The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-10-20
ball--thns dying at his post in tie har-
ness of bis Cilice, amid the sy,npatbias
OF ber&av ! community.
<, JOHN p. TuooIAs.
Columbia, S. c., Oct. II, 1852.
TALK ABOUT TO BkCCO.

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1t viii Some Day suppiant King Cotton
In Sout,, Carolina.
FLo"ENCE, S. g Oct 12.-Tha insine
OF tobacco warehouse on salesday
presents some interesting as well as
amusing sights to the novice in the to-
bacco Industry. TO hear the everlast.
ing voice Of the auction r and the
quick and snapkish bids Of the buyers
induc s one to come to the conclusion
that cotton is no l. ,ger king in & nth
Carolina. The buyer eagerly seeks the
| article and pays a good price for it, in
stead of the article seeking the buyer
nd getting a small siZ. nothing
| Florence can boast of having the
| larg 1t ,bt warehouse IN Sol tG
Carolina, which fact indicates that this
| industry is assuming size in this par-
ticular section of the State.
| Flo: :ence county farmers have wisely
| come to the conclusion that tobacco at
"a cents pound beats cotton as cents,
| and the con, 'Quence of this conclusion
is that tobac has almost entirely sup
erceded cotton. Other counties should
initiate Flor nee in tbs particular li.e,
and they vii! soon shake off the Shack
les Of poverty"
You say YOU will have 20 hire some
! experienced MAJ. from Nrrth CarrtE 4
| or NiaT'7iG to lcH"l IOu Ghe OuSia@".;.
! Hear %nat 0ue says who lenGn tie
| business himself, in ar ,"r TO tbs ro-
| porter'S or StiUnS ahG,,t l,HrDing t. .
| business:
| DO you mean t" : ~ that yuu h;a 0
! one to !pSu oct Oh IN the tGutGco CO.
| tnre?"
"Wejl, sir, / used common seas". so,
| GGther wire information Gat seed fiu!n
books and D: 1ers devoted 10 the cultu, o
! OF tobacco.
"Tell me something atoHt your
| faI m
There is nO,lung nuCh to tell, bat
| what there Is, you are welcome tol:.
| IhrCe years ago L commenced t&planJ
tobacco, simply rs an eXpe irnrHt& did
not have much faith in it rs Il p:oliAue
! crop in South Carolina. At the cad OF
| the first year l cam" out 50 we'll that
| was induced TO try it on lager scale,
| and the third year finds me planting
only ten acres OF co.,ou, jus; for the
| sake of before the war; The frst crop
| the second and third crops have nett,d
me about u thousand dollars fer cverv
ten acres; OF, in Othe words, | clear
about one hundred dollars per acre.
| what peculi? ..ty does this soil DOS
seSs which makes it good for tobacco ?"
| Nothing, sir. Tobacco will grow
just as we'll anywE re in South Or
DINA. Coco cotton and !: &C ID tobac-
land"
well YOU put % much expens, in
building ,ur t'jbaCco oarn?"
"No, sir. l hull it with nv oya
hauds, and at every little expense"
I'm transplantit e your crop, do you
! nave to wait for RAINY weather."
Not at al. Dry weather is lust ss
aCod. The tobacco plan is almost as
hard to Kill as nat gras- or will grass.
Tobacco !. rms are bee ming very lum.
erouS in this section, and We are o. +.
ting better prices here than the plant
ers of Virginia and North Carolina"
u The questions PROFOUND; by the re-.
~orter and answered by this planter
SHOW that the tobacco culture is d
power ~ this section.
a buyer of Virginia SAYS: South
Carolina tobacco is veay line and com
names the best Pric''. 1t brings as
high ;9 S24 3r hundred pounds"
The planters bring their tobacco tc
the Florence warehouse, where it is
auctioned off in piles. Each pile is of q
different grade The Florence ware
house, one Of the largest of any tobac.
co state holds about seven hundred
piles. Salea are made every day drrirp
the tobacco season. About eight thouS.
and pounds Of tobacco Is )ld at this
warehouse each dav.
| If the cotton cranks would stop pick
| ing short while and visit Florence or
Darlington and see how much they are
| making out Of the ''unlvcrSal weed" in
two years South iarHIua wor!u rot
produce enough cu.ton 20 strT "a p,l-
low.
Florence nnG D'rii0rlo1, ihe pioncer
counties IL ,ODaCcO ct,.urJ. s'2rL. !rn
small %caie. and J:a!nal!y they law.
grown to h" knUWn as tha tobacco
counties Of South Caro-; ma. Why can't
other counties JOIN this small band?
The FLORENCE tobacco factory spn,s
out as good stuff ~ DOES the factori. :.
OF Virginia AID North Caroline,
tnuS showing thH; l"e can pr1du&e iiras,
Class raw materiAi Hnu GiSs.c:4ss nlrri.
ufactured s;alI.
Let 1893 be tAe torGccr year and mark
the downfall Of His Majesty Einr C,i
ton. -CDlumbiH Sttt,".