The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-04-28
4 1894. ard continued:

t1it L'Ct NCSCiiOG III QSLdLI- SluCCISiN
believe, however, that the time will
come when Columbia, Atlan,s, snd
Birmingham will be TO America what
Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds
are TO England. When that day
dawns, tie supremacy Of Fall River
la wrerce, and Lo7Sell will be lost for
ever, aud Charleston ard New Orleans
will be rivals OF New York and chi
cago. I wish to say further, if the
science mining is ever perfected SO
that the gold in Georgia and the Car
linas can be separated ard secured,
there will be as wild a rush for the
mines in these States as there vas for
the gold fields of California I de
sire TO call attention 10 my own ra-
tive Safe. South Carolina. Ia con
1aiDs 81, 600 square miles Of as fertile
land as the sun shines upon, and
l 15l, coo Of as kiad. brave, and hospi
table people as can be found on earth.
Us geographical location brings it
| genial, healthy climate, luscious
fruits, beautiful flowers, bountiful
harvests, and all the comforts Of life
which attach to such q favored region.
We have what is known as the coast
section, the middle section, and the
Piedmont country, each adapted to
particular lines OF production. Our
State is traversed by numerous rivers,
many OF which are navigable. It is
otherwise watered, and the annual
rainfall is abundant for all agricultu
raj purposes.
II 1890 the American Agriculturist
offered , prize of 81, 900 for the largest
gield Of corn from single acre, and
Mr.. L 7. Drake, OF the county Of
Marlboro. secured it. Mr.. Drake
gathered 255t bushels of corn from l
acre. This seems impossiblas except
for the fact that Mr.. Drake gathered
two crops the same year. He planted
his first crop in season, and by the
time that had matured ne had sec
ond crop ready to cultivate be.ween
the rows In this manner he made
two crops OF corn N one season, and
secured the premium. Marlboro
| County, l may say, is one Of the ban
ner agricultural counties OF the Sou.h.
FIGURES on FARMING.
IN 1895 the News and Courier, OF
Charleston, S. c., with its usual liber.
ality and foresight, offered prize for
The best all round farming in my
State. This prize was also secured by
citizen Of my home county, Mr..
John G.. Fletcher. With but 100
acres under cultivation Mr.. Fletcher
produced at mar ket prices So, 726 As
worth Of farm products, ranging
from 49 bales of cotton to 400 dozen
eggs. Let those who are seeking new
homes remember that in South Carroll
na nearly $4,000 in various farm pro-
ducts were made on 100 acrss of land.
II my opinion, a State with such
record should not want for the very
best class CT emigrants. Farmers out
West have become rich chiefly through
the increased value OF their lands
Now, when the manufacturing indus
tries increase in South Carolina, pop
ulation will increase also, and an in
creased value in our lands will surely
follow.
The crops CT 1S93-the figures are
taken from agricultural reports
We're: Wheat, l, 732 ,S24 bushels; corn,
90, 261. 422 bushels; oats, 4767, ,S21
bushels; rye, 23,64l bushels; potatoes,
$40 264 bushels; cotton, TAT All bales;
rice, 30, 33S S95 pounds (this is about
one-fourth Of the product OF the en-
tire country. in which respect South
Carolina stands second tobacco, 222,-
S99 pounds.
South Carolina has u.s. 00S farms,
), 255, 237 acres OF improved land, and
1928, AS unimproved. The value Of
its lands and farm Improvements is
S99, 104 SOC; value Of farm implements
and machinery, 81, IT., 1852; live stock,
SIC, 512 40; estimated annual value
of farm products. $577, 1881, ,9S5; 59,SS9
horses, ST, 800 asses and mules, 26S-
293 neat cattle, 494, 696 swine, 79,421
sheep (producing 157, 707 pounds Of
wooD; the product OF milk was 23..
S33, 63l gallons; butter, 5.737, ,557
pounds, as well as 690, 47S bushels OF
COW peas, S.01S bushels Of beans, and
~, 767 bushsls OF peanuts From this
it will be seen that South Carolina, as
an agricultural Safe, makes an excel,
lent showing, and that it's admirably
adapted for all who desire to engage
in farming.
Apples, pears, ounces, plums,
peaches, nectarines. apricots, and
cherries grow in abundance, and all
along the 800 miles OF coast oranges,
figs, lemons, olives, aud pomegranites
are raised in perfection. S:rawber-
ries, raspberries, whortleberries, and
blackberries grow spontaneously and
in such quantities that they are large.
~ exported to northern markets.
Grapes grow wild in many sections,
and can be successfully cultivated in
all portions, and wine making has
very natural facility 10 make 1t a
leading and profitable industry. The
forests are full to repletion Of the
most valuable timber, there being TO-
900, 600 acres alone of superior yellow
pine, which produces immense quan-
titles of lumber, tar, pitch, turpentlne
and rosin. There are also the mag
nolia, sweet and black gum, wnlte-
water, red, black, and live oak, black
walnut, elm, hickory, maple, syca
more, ash, cypress, chestnut, beech,
locust, pecsimmon, dogwood, poplar,
etc, IN fact, about all varieties suita
bic for all the purposes of the lumber
man, shipbuilder, and manufacturer,
and ali in great abundance.
There is no lack Of mineral wealth
in South Carolina, as is well known
70 all who are familiar with The re
sources Of the State.
In building stones are granite Of
beautiful colors, and porphyriticgrar-
ite resembling the Quincy granite,
white and variegated marcle, gneiss
for tagging purposes, white feidspath-
ic sandstone, buarstone, ttagstone,
limestone, red aad yellow ocher, and
porcelain clay OF superior quality.
Experts pronounce the glass sands
equal for glass and crystal ware to