The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-04
PanoIa's Prosperity.

PanoIa's Prosperity.
PANoLA, Sept. 2.-Fortune is smil
ing on Pamela. There is no neighbor
hood in Clarendon whose future looks
more hattering, or whose prospects o.
speedy and lasting prosperity look
more promising. For some time
have promised to write something
agreeable for the TINES. Your read
.ers are always kept so full of good
things my pen almost fails. I fear toe
much may be distasteful, an ovel
dose of anything proves nauseating
We have had repetition after repeti
ton of oil mills, railroads, gin houses
new towns. Everything has been
written, read and reread, until a stran,
ger might think these ac1tereaboutE
abound with scenery equal to none
except London. We have been gorged
till our appetites are full. Not SO with
Pamela. What next? Well the ALI
ance; war to the bitter end on jute.
Messrs. Trust and Company are on
trial for their lives. Is this all f? no.
The farmers are wide awake on other
kindred matters. 1t has already been
said politics is the moving cause; far
from it. But suppose this to be the
case. Must farmers have no politics
Must they continue to be the dupes
Of every and any monopoly who would
squeeze the life's blood from the poor
farmer? I have been shown some
items bought on lien that would
move to tears small devil, yet the
seller has no conscience in the matter.
This is all right enough, but the farm
er commits an objectionable offence
when he lifts his voice against extor-
ton or cries out against an evil which
is daily sapping the life's blood from
some of the best people who cultivate
the soil. 1 do not suppose an Alliance
man would wage war or oppose any
profession simply for political gain.
This is not the spirit or intention of
the order. But there is one thing I
do know, if true to themselves, true
to a supreme being, rEKEI will be
found written on the wall Some Of
these very extortioners' countenances
will change, their knees will be made
to smite one against the other. The
Farmers Alliance is perfect sine
qua non.
I have during the past month seen
many crops, and think I am in a po-
sition to judge impartially of both
cotton and corn. The continued rainy
spell gave tremendous weed, such
has been scarcely known before to the
most experienced planter, low lands
signal failure, up lands will scarcely
give two-thirds of crop. Much
money will be lost this year to the
farmers. There are exceptions where
cotton lands are well drained. The
corn crop is the best we have seen for
years. This is only so where corn has
been we'll worked.
The saw and the hammer give no
uncertain sound. Lost time, short
crops must be remedied, new stores
are to go up everywhere. Our farm
ers will have to keep bonfres illumi-
mating their fields from the clutches
of the seed cotton buyer. Little crops,
road shops, and catch pennies are a
mania. The disease has become so
contagious that everybody wants to
be merchant, and the situation really
looks as if Pamela and it's suburbs will
become solid town. But when the
worms get through their invasion
they will have but little left. I can
not see that they will do much hurt.
Old cotton will not be injured at all,
for its fruitage is ripe to the ha:vest;
young cotton will be damaged nate
rally.
My attention has been directed to
the public roads, bridges. e.. 7 think
I can give credit to overseers in this
part of the county. They deserve the
praise of the community. They are
men of grit, and are much concerned
for the public travel. Where there
is work needed they do not hesitate
to do it, and we hope to have them
merit the we'll done of every good
citizen. If you want good roads get
good overseers.
Our section revels with pine knot
fires; at night you are reminded OF a
standing army. Mosquitoes are mas.
ters of the situation; we long to see
the day when they must shoulder
their knapsacks with their chief gen.
erals to call a truce.
I will leave to-day for Plowdens
mills, Fork of Black River; Wednes-
day the 4th for Pocotaligo to take in
reunion of Company Fl. S S. c. Cav
airy. Every item of interest will be
noted; will the editor be pleased to
get them? OF course. Ton.
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