The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-11-19
SOUTH CAROLINA
RISEN FROM THE ASHES OF
HER RUIN.
The wonderful ReCuperatlOn-
Prosperity Visible Everywhere
The Jute Trust Mee.Ing "a Firm
Foe im the Farmers Alliance.

The wonderful ReCuperafiOn-
Prosperity Visible Every where
The Jute Trust Mee.inE "A Firm
Foe in the Farmers Alliance.
DEAR CITIZEN An American who de-
serves the name loves all OF America, but
none the less, il he is a true SOutherner,
he must have special spot in his heart,
care for his own dear South, all the more
cndearcd to him because of all the suffer
lngs, privations and losses, which have
talIen to her lot OF late years. And as
you are true. American, and vet thor
Ough Southern paper you will rejoice
with us at the prospect which seems on
Ill sides to promise that the dregs OF the
bitter cups held to our lips III 61. and
Lgain in 76, have been at last swallowed
and that sweet peace and prosperity be-
yond all anticipation to be our peoples
portion to degree that will wipe out
all remembrance of those sad scenes now
among the thing" If the past.
Not that the South will ever forget the
noble deeds OF her sons, nor the equally
heroic sacrifices made bv her devoted
daughters. The lapse OF a quarter of a
century has only served to intensity the
briliancy of these acts, and to enShrine
in our hearrS the forms of those who laid
down their lives at the call Of duty, but
happily the recollection of the hardshipS
and Sutterings is Suitcucd as time, the
great moliIier, passes by, and the ami
mOsitics and hatrcds, which naturally
attended these recOlleCtions while fresh,
are passing away, and in very truth we
are all Americans once more.
South Carolina, the first to secede, has
drunk deepest and longest of that cup,
bitter asgall itself, which we secessionists
now see to have been the natural result
OF that hasty step, bnt she has seen tie
bottom at last, and ON all hands it is
evident that new life is commenced,
and while the ascent Of the hill OF pros
perity may be steep and slow, its accom-
piishmtnt is sure, because her men and
women have gone into the effort with
the saiEe gallant earnest determination
which sustained their ancestors during
those long, distressing, but glorious fur
Years, as they stood side by side and
supported what they honestly believed
TO Ue right, against the whole power and
wealth ot the federal government.
The battle now before them is a blood
less one, and when won, as it surely will
be, its trophies will not be thousands of
killed and wounded, and captured cam
non and ruined property, but they will
be that far more valuable prize, the
restoration OF good will and friendship
between the distant sections of our COM
mon country. In this direction every
thing is tending, ana the influence is
already happily manifest, even to a
visitor of a few days. The mcnyou meet
are more cheerful, and look uponhfe with
other eyes than those which heretofore
regarded all the future as dark and
threatening. A result is. that they are
deserting politics aud giving their time
and attention to the establishment of
factories OF various kinds, and to the in
PRODUCTION of new lines of business,
breaking the old routine which has led
us captive i'll the past.
For instance, not many years ago, no
one thought of saving his cotton seed;
it used to be hauled out from the gin and
thrown in heaps '1n the ground, and
there allowed TO rot. So much of the
lint was left attached, as to render it
useless forcattle food, and no one dreamed
of utilizing it for aught else than that and
manure; but now, by improved gins,
every particle of the valuable lin: is care
fully stripped from the hull and the seed
is utilized not only as food for beasts,
but provides an oil quite equal in quality
to the olive oil of former days. Indeed,
ali that is left OF the latter is the bottles
and labels. Popular prejudice compels
retention of these, but nine-tcnthS OF
these bottles are filled with cotton seed
oil which is quite as palatable and
wholesome, and modestly conccals its
identity behind pretty picture Of an
olive, and an unpronounceable Italian
name.
One Of these important industries we
find at The tiourishing town of Union.
The capital vested is S25OOu. The
location in close proximity to the depot,
affords every facility for receiving the
raw material and shipping the manu-
lacturcd product. Machinery of the
latest Improvement is rapidly got into
place. and will be ready TO begin it's
grinding and squeezing and pressing
about the 10Th of December.
Another illustration of the new life OF
the South, and one still more striking, is
the manufacture and use of fine straw
bagging. BY its aid an immense quantity
of material, which, until now, has been
worse than useless, is the means OF re-
dcemlng the farmers of South Carolina
from the thraldom Ofthe lutte trust, and
we are glad to note the determined at.
titudc taken by the Alliance on this point
Many of the platforms are crowded with
bales in white wrappers, and, although
I l,f,, tf,t hu &c inf.
haps in the end may cost more than jute,
the Alliance bravely sticks to it, and will
continue to do so until factories can be
established for the working of pine
straw. At present there are but few of
these in operation, and with them orders
are already placed to their full capacity,
but by the next crop year no doubt there
will be one in every county, and then
good bye iute trust, because from sam
pies we have seen of this product it is in
all respects equal to the best jute bag
ging.
We were surprised to learn that it was
not only the long-lcaed pine leaves which
| suited this work, but even the short
spikes of our old field pines. Nor does it
require the green leaves, but those that
have fallen and are halt decayed are the
best So YOU see what immense supplies
OF valuable material even our worn-out
old pine fields can furnish. All honor to
the Farmers Alliance for its brave deter
miuation to foster this infant industry,
which is destined soon to make amends,
! by setting free its patrons from the cruel
/ tyrant, who is seeking by unjust COM
/ bination to crush the whole cotton plant
ing interest.
Throughout the town of Union one
sees manifestations of this spirit of i'm.
provement and renewed lite. New stores
have sprung up ph0enix-likc from the
aches of their predecessors. Numerous
| fires have proved blessings in disguise, and