The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-10
CAPTAI.s JOSEPH SpROIT SR..
Gives Glowing Account Of the Grand
MOrk at Clemson COLLEGE.

Editor Times:-Having a grandson
at Clemson College, I visited there
about mouth since, and was so I'M
pressed with the extraordinary sys-
TEN pervadirg the whole place and
the excellent work being DOPE there
that I am sure the establishment of
this grand institution means more
real good for our State t;.an anything
that has been done for :sGS enlighten-
ment, elevation and prosperity for
many years Indeed, TIE greatness
OF the scheme can only 1e realized by
a visit to the place when one becomes
surprised ana pro@d that si,ch col
lege is il South Carolina.
The morning after M arrival Pres
ident Craighead invited Mr.. J. Il.
Boulware of Newberry, who has son
in the college, and myself to drive
with him over the farm. We left
President Craighead's Office at about
S o'clock a. N. in the omnibus, Pro-
fessor MCGEE driving and President
Craighead, DR.. Orr, Mr.. J. H. Boul-
ware and his son and I comfortably
seated. We first went to what is
called the bottom, which contains
one hundred and twenty-five acres OF
fertile land. We rode around it and
then through it and most of it is
planted in corn. I thought the aver
age yield would be about thirty bush
els per acre, but 1Ir. Boulware
thought it would yield an average OF
thirty-fve bushels to an acre. Some
Of it I am saro will procude forty
bushels to the acre. About one hun
dred conviets were throwing up al
embanbment around it to prevent
overflow of water. They had dug up
earth TO the depth of six or seven feet
and at that depth it looked as black
and fertile as the surface.
We were shown about eighty hogs
in the pasture which President Craig
head told Us cost them nothing to
raise and fatten, as all that was fed
them was what would have been 9th
erwise thrown away and wasted, like
scraps, ETC., from the table. You can
readily understand that the food COL
lected in that way is ample to feed
the hogs when you take into consid-
Grafton that there are over four hun
drea students at the college and
many workmen employed there. The
brainy President is practical man
and has az eye to everything that
aids in building up the college and
reducing tie expenses of the stu
dents.
From the pasture we went to the
spring which is about q quarter of a
mile from the college. It was being
dug out, tie workman having reached
about ten feet and the intention was
to dig it twenty feet deep, when it
would furnish ample water for the
college which would be conveyed
through pipes run four feet under
ground.
After visiting the spring We rode
over the balance of the farm which
is in a beautiful state OF cultivation.
Professor DUPre certainly under
stands bis business. They have
quantities OF young trees of various
kinds Of fruit that are not yet bear
ing. The orchards are truly extern
sive. All sorts Of vegetables ere
raised in quantities and canned by
the students. About twenty students
We're canning green corn while I was
there. Some would cut the corn
from the cob, while others would fill
the cans and solder the lids. They
had already canned and labelled a
large quantity of tomatoes.
They purchase their beeves and do
their own butchering. President
Craighead said that last year they paid
Eve and a half cents pound for beef
but that this year they, procured it at
four and q half cents. He thought
by next year they would be enabled
to get board down to IS 50 per
month.
We visited the creamery aud SAW
them making butter Every vessel
was scrupulcusly clean and in nice
order.
The chemical building is two
story brick building well supplied with
chemical apparatus.
The mechanical hall is large two
story brick building and we noticed
while in it that about a dozen boys
were making cedar walking sticks.
A cedar tree had failed in the yard of
John C. Calhoun and the boys were
utilizing trunk and branches in max.
ing walking sticks as valued souvenirs.
We also saw the milking done at
Clemson College. They MIXED forty
five COWS and separated the cream
from the milk by the new process as
soon as the milking was done.
We talked with many Of the cadets
and they are all we'll pleased. The
fare is good and. they seemed per-
fectly satisfied in that respect, but
are anxious for the college to be
completed.
I boarded with Mr. John F. Cal
houn, relative Of the great Carolin-
ian, and was most Hospitality enter
tanned by him and his kind family.
They make one feel at home.
A large hotel is being built at Glenn
son and viii be used for summer
resort and I: ,lummy will connect with
the railroad. I was more than pleased
with my visit.
JOSEPH SPROTT, SR.,
Jordan, Oct. 3, 1894.