The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-01-06

lOnalreS.
Here will be found the negro in his
original state, as happy as thoug he
were in the Garden of Eden, speaking
his own language, and contented to
live on what dame nature so gener-
ously provides, and many million
aire would envy him did he but know
his bill of fare. On recent hunt IN
this section a party OF gentlemen de-
voted one day to their ability to pro-
vide food with gun and canoe. They
wore IN Berkeley county near CAPE
Roman. Arising at 5 o'clock a. m.
they took the canoe and went off into
the marshes, and returned at S
o'clock for breakfast with 80 malard
ducks. After breakfast the hounds
were turned in the deer drives and
they returned to lunch with three
handsome deer and four wild turkeys.
After lunch, at o'clock, trip was
made to the snipe bogs, and returning
to dinner at o'clock they counted II
woodcock, 81 snipe and two marsh
hens. a negro had been given half
dollar, and he returned from the
lOgendah river with three barrels OF
oysters and a basket of mullet. After
dinner coon hunt was arranged, and
before 10 o'clock our party returned
with four raccoons and two opoSsumS.
Every negro raises his rice, corn and
potatoes by simply planting them, as
| nature does the rest. Verify, this IS the
land of milk and honey. The pastures
are ever green, and dogs and cattle
are fed only to keep them tame. These
lands can oe bought from 81 to 81 per
acre, and the pine ridge is as healthy as
the Piedmont section No country
possesses grester nstural facilities for
| producing grasses, hay and live stock.
and their products OF meat, butter
and milk.
This is also the nome of she dia
mondback ierrapiu, so toothson2e &c
the ep;cGre. TIE Development OF
| Port Royal, will soon make this the
garden spot Of the world. This sec
ton is also ricn with phosphate de
posts. South Carolina, with these
Ihosphatic deposits, manufactures
more fertilizers than any other State.
Il Will thus be seen that one taking
the train in the early morning a
| Charleston orPort Royal, arrives at Co
lum 5ia II and at tSpartanburg at 2, hay
ing breaktasted in the tropics, lunchec
in the plains aud dined on the highest
peaks east of the Rockies.
TIE taxes in South Carolina arr
lower than anE in the Union. We
spend more for education in proper
| ton to our wealth than any people ii
the Union. Our State debt is aoou
SG, SOC, ,OC0, refunded al / II per cent.
| and IS being decreased every year by {
sinking fund. O,.r farmers, although
severely oppressed by low prices, arr
making no debts and decreasing tkei
old ones. In 1890 the per capita deo
| of the State was $ll:j5; today ii IS les
than s., reluctioD-in less th2l
years OF "a per cent.
In 1890 the taxable property &
State was in round numbers, 81
900: in 1854 it was nearly SI
900, an increase Of $25 coo. 00J - S-:
riod during which the wealth. Of .
sections Of the country showed de
crease. The increase IL property i
1894 over 1898 WAS $500, ,000 Ou
sister State Of Georgia for the sam
period showed 2 decrease OF over $50,
900, 900.
The annual products OF the Stat
for 1890 were valued $l2, 0O0, 600, tive
! fi!ths Of which was in manufacture
products. In 1896 the value Of agr
cultural products alone amounts t
SAG. 600. 000-more than all product
, combined in 1890, and cotton is one
, third less IN value. No souther
state can compare with South Care
Ina in the advance that has been mad
!, since 1880. The assessment OF propert
: for the past year will show a slight d
crease over the preceding year by re'
5 son of the reduction in the aSses!mel
E of railroad property. Not railroa
5 in this State is now IL the hands OF
receiver, and all show good earning;
5 In the deca4d;ns scale our Sta1
a stands forty second ia the amount
S mortgaeed indebtedness. n her edl
G catioHal facilities the Stale IS no~ II
e equal OF any in the Union. the pa
t lie schools are we'll attended and II
d collegesare full. There are ), ,Q00 moI
d children in the school this year th@
\ last. We have homes and farris f
many times the number OF our iaha