The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-03
SAMMY SWAMP.
4 THOMAS .tN0SH THE FARMERS.
Friendship. Feb. II. 1856

%'~ii>''"iii I: ~ -, ASSO'
MR. EDITOR Friendship was the
name Of the first post-otiice establish
ed here, and this community has ever
been known by tie name OF Friend
ship to the oldest citizens, but with
the passing away Of time, new names
and new measures have been intro
duced. But few OF those living thir-
ty years ago are alive to-day--they
have gone to that eternal realm Of
mysteries, and their places axe now
filled by a new generation.
can't say that this township de
serves to be called .Edens Garden
yet abundant opportunities are offer
ed for living we'll to any one with a
plenitu3e of economy. I must tell
your readers in this letter something
about our system of farming. The
old implements of tilling the ground
are sill! in use among US. Moving
machines, rcapcrs, aud sulky plows
are little used. I am glad to say how
ever, that the improved methods of
farming are gradually growing in ia
vor with the people. Tie majority
of our farmers have yet 70 learn the
value, as a manure, Of the grass
crop which grows on tie land after
the regular harvest OF the corn, cot
ton, etc. Instead Of turning this un-
der during the winter they wait until
spring ana then take their old-fashion-
ed plows and break and ridge the
corn and cotton land Still we can
hoast-of good farmers whose success
is only eclipsed by our neighbor in
Calvary Towus!lip--;l retired mechan
ic who is the most wonderful planter
Of the present day. I saw published
in the ZINES part of an essay read by
onr neighbor before the Agricultural
Society of Sumter which makes him the
most remarkable farmer on record. His
manner OF making manure, the loss
sustained to cattle, capital invested in
lands, since he has been patching have
produced a profound sensation III
farming circles These Blizzard state
ments, coming as they do, from one
in early life, trained to the anvil, are
fabulous to those who have always
been plowlnen. AS Paul the great
Apostle once learned al the feet Of
Gamaliel, may we not likewise be
taught a wholesome lesson from
one who only patches We would be
glad to lave tacts and fg.TeS from our
brother farmer Did he make all this
money patching? The eight or ten
thousand dollars invested in lands
since the war, has it all been made by
farming? If not the whole essay has a
tendency to mislead the public mind,
and the writer Should rise and explain.
There are numbers Of persons who
doubt the practicabl.itv Of the state
ment. But we know Mr.. Deschamps
and are satisfied with his honesty,
truthfulness and sincerity. He By no
means intended making a false i'm
preston, yet the impression is made,
7sSl he should by all means make an
explana>$A'an-
4 d,:rstardly &c. ac..S--,'s,,.,comLitted in
the school tauelt by Miss Eddie -
person, one day this week. Miss Ep-
person had gained the i'll will Of some
OF the large loys of her school by US
ing discipline. In revenge dead dog,
found on tie roadside, was carried in
the school room and placed in her
chair.
We'll, before I tire Your readers, or
perhaps cap the climax by falling into
the waste basket, I Will close. May
be l will write again giving you few
chips over the nom dephtn1c.
PANOLA.