The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-05
Observation-Disclosures
ANTNpORTANT ENTERPRISE IN
AUGURATED IN COLUMBIA.

AN1NPOR-FANTE ENIERth1SE In
AUGURATED IN COLUMBIA.
yh. Work Mapped Out by the Coiombi'
Phosphate Company-Whnt Il Offers t
,he Earrlera of Georgia ana the Care
iiuas.
AnilGportant branch of hcmelndustr.
has lust hoen established at Colu abba
c., uu.ier the name OF the Columbls
Phosphate Company. The officers are
as follows: President-W. 4. Clark
Vice president-J. C. Haskell, secre-
tary and Treasurer-Wilie Jones, Su
rerintendent-T. c. Robertson, Direc
tors--W. A. Clark, James Woodrow, }
i. Haskell, G. L. Baker.
The company has just issued a clrcu
lor setting fourth its purposes and It's
facilities. 1t tsays: Before purchasing
your fertilizers for another season we
desire to call your attention to the
goods We will put upon the market for
the crop of 1890, and trust that you
will give them a full trial. satisfied not
oulv that the result obtained from this
our first years production Will 1uliy
realize your expectation, out tha1
succeeding years will confirm them. AS
rhis is our first season, we have no
testimony to offer, but have this to
sav. The best Is always the cheap
est y and with this as our motto, nave
A erected in the city of Columbia; st the
s,arv head of river navigation, Fert!li-
Works that, for thorough equip
snt; yerv respect, stand unrival- +
,5s3s ,a United States, and so shall
PRODUCTS be unexcelled.
q ar works cover four acres, ana are
81 ted at the intersection OF the hlcn-
I'D s Danville and the Atlantic
Line. and only 1906 yards from
$nby. the head of river navigation,
which point it will be connected
track. now being laid. The Allan
.,oast line gives US direct connec-
!Ss3 With the ports of Norfolk, Will
cton and Charleston, from any OF
ssh we receive our sulphur direct
Sicily. The r: y D. gives Us an
3ss&Stlet 20 the enClre IieonuonU
ofour State, and The Old Reilaole"
(the Consaree and Santee) connects US
directly With the phosphate beds, ana
delivers the crude rock to US at a
freight rate that paralyzes the great
est Of traffic managers and relegates
~ ;nnocuous desuetuae the Inter
State Railroad Laws. -.
Surrounded with such freight ia III
ties. we ask protection from none, ana
boldly assert thas we will denver our
Fertilizers at any point IN the otate;
duplicating prices OF any s5anoaEo
goods on the market.
1t NAV not be known, but 1t IS tact,
that ar iron steamboat Of 25O tons Ca
nsc;tv has made weekly trips between
Granby and Charleston since last
STarch. without missing once. 1t IS a
fact that our Oil Mills have sold the
nlanters of Pee Dee 500 tons meal, and
Irnck farmers of Charleston 600 tons,
an to be delivered by steamer; and
that an extra boat will be put on tne
river this month to meet the increased
traffic. But the fact Of all facts Is, 1nat
we offer the trade of the Pee Dee and
4he Santee, of the mountain ana
the seaboard, a Fertilizer exceIleo by
none. and at Charleston prices.
The names we have selected lor
onr Goods are "Granby Ammonia
ted Fertilizer" "Granby Acid Phos-
pbate " ., oo,.;o
Our ammoniated goods will contain
full p per cent of Ammonia, ana our
Acid Phosphate 10 per cent OF avalia-
ble phosphoric acid. This Wlll De our
minimum guarantee, and snoo!o tne
trade desire the cheap, l and l. per
cent ammoniated goods being now SO SO
lsreely nut upon the market, they Will
De made only at their risk and unoer
tbai, br.nd. We intend that IL the
Years to ,orae CRANKY Fertilizer" shall
be a household word in the South,
maintai led to the highest standard
and selling on its own merit.
VALUE OF FERTILIZERS.
The experiments Of Liebig and other
AGRICULTURAL chemists esta6hsheo the
Importance of applying artihclaliy Am
monia, Phosphoric Aid, and potash
70 the growing plant. The experience
ofthe Successful farmer has demon
strared the absolute necessity OF a tree
and intelligent use otthese ingredients
and to obtain them science, art ano
commerce have been employed on
the most extensive scale, and millions
of dollars invested in the production o;
commercial fertilizers.
NITROGEN.
Formerly the guano of Peru supplied
this clement in large quantities, bu
since the exhaustion Of those deposit:
the suoply has been largely from dry
blood. fish scraps, nitrate of soda, ant
cotton seed meal.
POTASH.
n>ais article is almost altogether OBJ
4n;ned rom the German mines, eithe
ss Kaipit or Muriate OF Potash.
pHospEoRlC ACID.
This ingredient is found in nature
hot as is soluble Phosphate Of Linn
and Phosphate OF Alumina, but a
Srch is useless as fertilizer, being IN
Soluble in water, and not available a
n1anJ f cd. To make it available a
- nlan5 food has been the work of tn
scientists, and the immense capital EN-
pioyed in this art attests their success
The largest deposit cf insolubls Phos
nhate Of Lime that we know Of exist
fn cur own State, and is known a
Phosphate Rock, evidently the re
mains and deposits Of sea animals an
birds. nits crude state it is insolublt
out when ground and treated Wit