Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-08

wherever and under Whatever cireun.
stanees hs is seen. The people. as !
mass. however. are too we'll csntens
With old ideas and tollow too alossly
IN the footsteps Of their fathers 70 e.
complish all that they are capable a
doing. IN u word there il painful
lack q enterprise. and especially i
this the caee With farmers. Cotton i
king, and everything elss gives way
70 cotton TO the cetriment Of osher and
material interests Of the farm. Nos
one farmer in ten raises sufficient meat
for his family or proxendsr for his
stock. Everything has to Be bought
u greater or less quantities. and e :
natural result q large class fail q
make both ends meet at she end 81
the year. the nioney nee6Ad for he
deveAopmsnt ufs home resources eoine
to other localities 70 pay for corn,
hay, meat and other supplies. This
can be very easily remedied. for this
section combines all that is necessary
to . great agricultural community:
the climate is healthful and mild, the
temperature rarely getting down b
2Oo above aud then only for a fsw
days; the soil is naturally good and
susceptible Of high state Of improve
ment and well adapted to the various
products. Here and there you find
man who pays attention to the laws
which govern good farming and he
Is found to be beforehand. Stock Of
all kinda il at a discount. I have
seen very few fine horses and no cat
Gle worth looking at second time.
The farmers mainstay is the mule.
The southern mule Is peculiar in
stitution noted for the general loose
ness OF his hindquarters. bat wi.hal
q very useful animal and seemingly
indispensable to the domestic econo-
my of southern farm. Another Pc
culiar institution is the frequent use
Of single OK worked in shafts like q
horse, and ] am assured on good au-
thority that cOlcs are worked in this
manner in some portions Of this State.
One OF the most ludicrous sights
have ever seen was in the streets Of
New Berne, N. G. 1t was forIorn
looking OK harnessed in the shafts of
a rickety cart loaded with about an
armful Of wood upon which was perch-
ed vociferous negress who handled
her rope lines and Rourisked her
goad with certain degree of skill if
not with dignity
The country has a general air Of
neglect and this is more apparent as
one gets further south. Notwith-
standing the general lack Of enterprise
among the people, there are many
notable exceptions and these are in
creasing day by day. Signs are seen
betokening a general change In the
methods of conducting affairs and the
sooner this is done the better. The
South, beyond doubt, has made won.
derful progress in material develop
ment since the war. This has mainly
been the result of the natural increase
OF population, but partly the result
OF individual enterprise, partly Of the
inflow of northern capital. The towns
exhibit most marked advancement.
and manufacturing establishments are
rapidly increasing. The people well
come with outstretched hands every
one who comes here to make himself
home and to aid in the develop
meut of the country. The papers are
doing the best to boom the country
and their sentiments seem to have
great hope of realization, and | have
no doubt that there will be greater
progress during the next ten years
than thirty past,
Certainly no one who comes here
and conducts himself m a law-abid-
ing citizen, be his sentiments what
they may, will be molested in the
slightest degree. The laws are pre-
served and justice is obtained with
as much facility as in any other State
in the Union, and all assertions to
the contrary are false. Northern pol
iticians would do well to make a visi.
to this section and get at the true
status Of things ere they yentilate
their fierce denunciations Of the
Southern people. and perhaps it
would do no harm to some of your
81. Mary's would-be- bloody-shirt-wa-
vers to give heed to this advice
Politics are quiet, and the people.
while not giving them their sole at
tention. have a deep-rooted determi-
nation that the intelligence Of the
State shall rule her destinies. and
that the worst element shall be held
in salutary check. Well would il be
for other localities If their people
would follow out the same idsa.-
South Carolina is democratic by 5O,-
600 majority. Large numbers Of the
negroes vote with the democrats and
the machinery Of State moves along
without jar.
The public school System Of the
State is very poor. Il Is difficult to
interest the people in this most essen
tiai Of all elements Of progress and as
necessary sequence there is much
illiteracy. Efforts are being made to
improve the system and it is 20 be
hoped that these will bear fruit in
the near future. Trusting. Messrs.
Editors, that the length Of this may
not prove too wearisOIne for you or
your readers. am
Respectfully
SFMIOH.