The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-22
GM1NG IN soUrm cARoLINA.
Br CAN BE MADE TO PAY Oh A
LARGE OR A SMALL SCALE.
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eclbt 10 Inc news anu COurler'
DARLINGTON, Feb. 1Q.-The recital
the advantages OF South Carolina
aiming lands has for some years been
Rlorelthan a twice told tale. No one
enits the evident facts concerning the
wonderful productive capacity of these
3fertile acres, and yet but few do heed
4 the oft repeated invitation TO come and
/ buy wine and milk almost withou
money and without price. There az,
many reasons for this and each reason
can lie traced directly to one source.
That was a very smart little hoy who
recently said in reply to q question,
"Whai is a farm? 2" that GA farm is a
body of land surrounded by a bari
wire fence" Had he been Il little
wiser he would have added that they
were frequently surrounded by mort.
cages also, AMI that innumerablc crops
of wasted moments and waste lands
brought the inevitable harvest of bar
ren results. And, while he vas telling
unpleasant truths, he might have I'D.
vaptageously repeated the story of The
/ old woman who was seen weeping BIZ.
! terry at a revival service. The evan
gelist approached her and to- his query
concerning sins and II %rcpcnrant spirit,
she ctlmly stopped weeping long
enough TO tell the in,erlocutor that she
9Was crying owe other peoples sn.s."
Farming as a business has nct kept
step with the worlds work in Other
fields of labor. The @lauorers truly are
plentiful, but the harvests are few, SO
10 speak. What difference does ii
make that lands here, which ca ana
DIP produce almost II crop in abcn-
dance, are sold at from SO to $40 pei
acre? 1t seems to make q difference
only on the wrong side of the &C :oun,
aud the responsibility for this car
easily be located, 1t is no part of the
present article TO go into the subicc
concerning this limitless aspect of the
subject, nor Will the attempt be made
~ bring the same old "wonderful ad.
AsAtages" 10 the drow and cye,,
slumberiilg interests of [ ,Sc Who ar,
simply losing opportunities. 1t is sale
10 say that our advantages are under.
stood now, or they never Will he. Prrc
teal results only will BE here referred
TO and these have been accurately an
carefully obtained from most reliable
sources. Each one of the gentlemen
(, interviewed famed on stIictly business
principles. Complete sets of books.
kept by expert accountants, recorded
carefully the transactions of business
men. The figures given are, in each
instance, absolutely trustworthy and
most reliable, and they can be verified
'AI-by anyone VINO cares to do so.
Some general facts may here be
briefly stated for the benefit of interest
ed ones. On the books of one of the
best banks~in south Carolina | saw the
aii.rS recorded where a single check
Sfor $34 ,Sl4.O5 had been plid to on,
farmer for a portion Of his colt III Gro
of 1897. The nan who thinks this a
mistake will find upon the closest i'm
v~estigation that this is not the frs
time where temporary absence OF mind
located the error in the wrong dircc
ton. a "Tar-ucel" farmer wanted
two bushels of ouion buttons, and in
ordering them he practically, but mi>
Ruidedly, ordered "Union hultons.''
His dcaler bought all of the brass but
tons within reach, shipped one and Il
half bushels by express and notified tn,
customer that this was all he could get
a mistake generally ,drns out TO be a
mistake, whether or not the fact be
realized. One Of the fair maldens OF
Sumter County-of fire education anu
ancient hncagc-is a most successful
farmer. She farms, her feminine sci
personally supcrintends all of he work
and it would pay some ~lien-1ay-when.
you-get-it farmers to borrow som,
money and buy an excursion ticket to
this plantation.
Cheap and can be found i'm any
county in South Carolina, and cheal
LH IN rminr 10 nInntn,,,a 1.-..-1 =
much of the same territory, some O,
the Jest farming lands and some of tn,
best farmers in The world are also
found within the borders of our State.
and very many examples similar to the
ones here recorded are found IN every
county of South Carolina. One of thr
largest and most fertile counties i'm
ASOuih Carolina contains innumcrablr
fines acres, which can be purchased or
the Hlstallment plan for f ON So to SIS
per acSe. These figures are about wha
Is PAID Tor rem: in Iuany Of cur counties
Y ana they do not even approximate the
real value of the land.
Irodrcers ana consumers figure with
great Importance on the economy of
the world, and that this fl curing is
sometimes automatic Ices not helm
things. In no business do producer,
and figure With a grcatcr
'atlo OF importance than where a%pricul-
turll interests are concerned. The
south is a great place, decidedly and
distinctly one of the finest sections of
the world, but il has its neglected 3D.
portlnit'es, which are very politely
termed disadvantages" The great
disparity between producers and con
sumels is the mill stone here. 1t is
TINS fact hat l'aralyzcs our cooperative
power, and the need of this cooperative
Iorce Ia a poverty which no people can
wllhstand beyon'i certain limits. Every
armer-eYcry successful one-with
whom lhavc convcrscd upon his sub
Ject urges the absolute necessity of
raising all things on the farm that can
by any possibility there be raised. And
10 nm who properly undertakes this
task-for it is a task here will bc co
need of theories concerning "rur great
advantages." He will find that even
ms iong and patient digging kills at last
tne nut grass, so will patience and de
termination in the course outlined Ly
nhe practical success of others xiii