The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-02
OUR SOUTHERN BUDGET
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
SOUTHERN PINES, NC, Dec. 2i


FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
SOUTHERN PINES, NC, Dec. 81.
It is surprising how intelligent pros
pentor gets as soon as he leaves his ma
tive heath. "A man who in the North
has never paid any attention to the diff
ference between '1oam," "clay,"
"shale," sand" or "muck," as.soon
as he comes South is apt to begin to air
his knowledge. He is astonished (of
course he lsl when he-gets a little south
of Weldon TO see for the first time the
red banks topped with. gray sandy loan.
The red banks. are clay, pure red. clay.
And when | say ''red" i mean RED not
'Ieddish." Pulverized pressed brick is
the exact color. Fresh bleed thrown on
this colored clay would scarcely ben
ticeahle. It's stain on clothing is some
thms for q careful housewife to remena-
her with feelings of.horrer..-: ar
There is a wide difference of opinion
both North and South over the color .of
soil. In the North the prevailing idea
is that Black soil IS fici- ard the correct
thing - =. &C.,. -.yze
Col. J. A, Price, Of Scranton, Paywho
is one Of the closest students and ablest
men of the keystone State, " recently
published a pamPhfet. on the Use of the
waste coal known as culm as crop pro-
ducer. He. cla;ms'that as it darkens the
soil it benefits,it. L have no doubt that
culm would be very valuable article to
use on some kinds OF northern land for
the simple reason that its darkening the
soil attracts warmth, and in the short
/ growing seasons of the latitude Of the
coal fields such use of cuim would be
an advantage.
1t is questionable here in the South
whether the dark soils arc really the
best. Here the growing seasons are so
long, and the heat so even during the
early summer, that pulverized oyster
shells, ground plaster, or other whiten-
ing substance would probably be far
preferable.
often think when see the look of
astonishmcnt that sweepsli like a thunder
cloud over the brow OF new conner from
the North when he for the first time sees
the light sandy soil of the piney regions,
that he fails to see the wise provision of
Mother Nature in protecting the grow
ing hcrbage by covering the surface of
the land with color that repels, rather
than draws, heat to the sand which of
itself is warm enough to grow small
fruits, vegetables, vines, &C. More of a
dark color in the soil might mean des-
truclion to whatever was planted in 1t,
And yet, we have to laugh at the per-
sistency with which the man from the
North chases up "sotl," ''muck, !"
'loam," "clay," sand" and fertilizers
until his dreams must be queer mix
ture indeed. There is one comforting
thought, however, and that is that he
can take his pick here, and if he doesn' t
do well it is probable that it is another
application of the old and wise saying
that there's more in the man than
there is in the land"
Soil, soil soil,
Toll. toll. toll;
How nicely the syllablcs rhyme.
Oh, the man from the North
With high hopes goeth forth.
Expecting TO find IN due time
Soil, soil, soil
| That will cost him per acre dime.
BE IL never so good, =,
Cost him little or much,
| II he wish to succeed L,
Fairy gold he would touch,
Sure with soil, soil, soil,
| Must come toll, toll. toll.
The man who scored failure in the
North every time he tried to do anything
will scarcely succeed anywhere, no mat.
ter how black, how light, how red, ol
how gray the land may be upon which
he pitches his tent. 1t is only labor
well directed that brings a proper re-
ward.
OF late l have seen living examples ot
people who come from the North loaded
down with great expectations. The.
had read of the genial climate, the Ion:
growing seasons, the many opportunitie
that are scattered all over the new ant
awakening South. They read of tn,
vast mineral wealth; the dense and val
liable forests; the cheap lands;, th
mammoth fishing interests, and thei
minds became fired. They came here
and because they found men and wo
men walking in flesh and blood; becaus
they found that the fish must be caught
the minerals must be mined, and tn
land must be titled; because they fount
that 1t cost them something to live; be
cause they found no money strewinj
the ground like forest leaves; becaus
they were expected to work, they wer
disappointed. Land, too, cost some
thing, and was not given away. The,
found the country new and awaiting tn
labor of the settler. These condition
| WV
that basking in the sunlight beneath tn
forest trees was very poetical but
would not appease hunger. The resul
was that they either went back wher
they started from, or else went west {,
experience even worse conditions. Sucl
people are not wanted in any new coun
try. They are like the 'silversmith
and gentlemen" who figured in our ear
ly history as colonists. They SHOULD
never try the experiment of settling in
new country. But men of nefye-mel
with sand in their gizzards2 come her
and in short time accomplish NOR
than they ever dreamed of accomplish
ing in their early homes.
A SOUTHERN WINTER.
1t seems strange enough to think tha
we are in the very midst of winter. Re
ports are read Of the extreme cold al
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