The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-17
Some Good Hard Sense.
GLEAToNs, S, c., June 7th, 1SS

GLEAToNs, S. g., June 7th, 1856.
As regards crops in this section every
thing may be classed two or three
weeks behind to what it was up to this
date last season, yet, notwithstanding
the unfavorable weather we had IN
May, which kept cotton from coming
up, we have some very fine patches
that will compare favorable with any
in the county. There is great many
advocating the small farm system and
hireing but few hands, and It's those
alone who are practiclng 1t that sue
cess seems to attend. There IS not the
demand for labor this year as has been
heretofore, and from the tone OF con-
versations among our planters gener-
ally the day is not far distant when
there will be but little demand for
cuffy's labor, by the day or month, and
but little goods bought on time, and
when ever that day comes, which come
it must, owing to the low price Of cot
ton, then will dawn on a burdened
people the bright days of a brighter
millennium. Then there will be but
few mortgages given, for believe me,
nine-tenths Of the mortgages given by
our planters is given to furnish corn
and bacon to a class OF people whose
labor is so unproductiye and unreliable
that when the crops are gathered and
sold and net proceeds placed to bis
credit he is long ways behind, with
out a dollar, and a mortgage staring
him in the face, a mortgage covering
the lands and roof that shelters and feeds
loved ones. A homestead given them by
their ancestors, place where in days
past and gone peace and plenty reigned
supreme, and want and poverty dared
not come, but those were days when
there was but little hiring, as our fore
parents done their own work and were
a happy and prosperous people; a peo-
pie who by industry and economy built
up handsome little fortunes, only to be
spent by their children, in many in
stances in idleness themselves and feed
ing class Of laborers whose highest
aims is to run their employer in debt,
and withhold from him the service
that he has paid them for. Ephralm
certainly is Joined to his idols. Now
one word regarding the much talked OF
Moses that is to lead our farmers out of
this critical condition, this financial
embarrassment that grieves them so.
That Moses can never come. No legis-
lation by our representatives can en-
hance the value of cotton and other
products of our soil, or compel the mer-
chant to dispose of his goods at more
reduced rate The merchant is not to
blame in the least; he is trader; he
puts up his goods, and we have our
choice to buy or not to buy as we like.
We are not doing our duty TO our
selves, to our God or to our fellow man
to buy from the merchant all the sum
mer and curse him all the winter. Let
us buy but little and pay for that little
cheerfully, plant but little and manure
and cultivate that little highly, hire
but little and pay that little promptly,
if we'll perfOrmed; raise our corn and
bacon, practice economy and we will
be happy and prosperous people.
Coming events 'tis said cast there shad-
dows head, and I havea presentiment
that the time is not far distant when
our present uphill way of farming will
be thing of the past, and feeding a
laborer on provisions bought under a
mortgage to idle and steal the time you
have paid him for will be a,thing un-
known. DENT.
P.S. The shell of three candidates
is pipped. They will hatch soon in this
community, then you will have them
to raise. Blessed are they who trust in
the editors.