The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
a Land CT PROMISE
Golden Opportunities Which South
Carolina Offers to ettie.s.

Carolina Offers TO ettie.s
Ten years after Soutn Carolina be-
came State ite population numbered
less than 400, 600. One tenth Of this
population lived in cities aud towns.
Vast plap'atinns four!shcd along the
bsaks Of tie Eiisto, the Ashley, the
Cooper, the Catawbs and the Savannah
Rivers. These were the homes OF the
cultured classes, people of wealth ard
7, r,fucment, who here exercised sort
OF baronial sway over their numerous
slaves, and also in less degree over
their poorer white reigbbors. After
the civi! wsr ,ca1y Of these homes were
entirely deserted or left in ruins, and
for this reason many once fertile aud
we'll cultivated spct' are nov untitled,
and scchipg new owners. The romance
Of the past clings to many Of these
neglected. districts, aud the classic
beauty Of places famed in song and
story remains to ealice new. H.comer5 TO
lsud replcte with bountcoUs possihili-
ties. Tie Southera Field, paper de-
vo.ed to the agricultural mauufso>ur-
ing, mining aud busiaess igtsrests Of
the Soulhern States, gives a careful
sketch Of at least a part Of these neg
lected districts, embracing that sec
ton Of the State str tching from Char
lesion to Branchvilie, Themes to Aiken
and Augusts, then to Columbia and
doan again to Branchville.
This region embraces parts Of the
Red Hills country, 10 which the soil Is
generally red clay and sandy mixture
with here and there more or less dense
yroath of oak snd hicsery, Of tue upper
piue belt, in the up!auds Of which the
soil is light gray sandy loan, pro
ducing the best cotton in the State,
while susceptible, through proper trea:-
nens, of yisldlng fac crops of corn,
hay, vegetables, and fruits. Included
in this region are bayou or wet lands OF
remarkable richness, which may be
Drought to the highest state of cultlya
ticn by proper draiuing. The sell OF
these londs Is dark gray loan, under
laid at considerable depth with I'm
pervious clay. The produces are oats,
corn, cotton, rice, sorghum, cane,
sweet potatoes, beans, apes, p:uns,
pears and grapes.
EXTENSIVE MARKET GARDENS.
Leaving Charleston by rail the heigh.
way is fanked by extensive gardens,
the products of which afford comfortable
revenue to every thrifty farmer who
cares to engage in trucking, and which
are easily marketed in Charleston. AT
Seven Mile Station, suoh LANDS spread
out to the very banks of the Ashley
and Cooper Rivers, and there are tracts
yet urtaken which cfer especial inGuce.
ments to farmers experienced in garden
ing, the prices ranging low, and labor
being extremely cheap. Farther north,
20 miles distant from the city, is the
pretty to9n Of Sunmerville, known in
| this country and Europe as one Of the
finest Of heath resorts, where pine
| woods, good water, teeniug soil and
wholesome air give assurance Ct both
physical and worldly gain. Huodreds
of fertile, acres here await the thrifty
farmer; and nowhere in the South cou.d
be Go better than here, 10 the midst Of
refined and kindly people, with
| churches, schools, and a near by mar
ket. Four miles onward, and Jedburg
l. reached. This is as yet n unselt.
tied section, but there a7e s.V5ls'
thousands OF acres here available fol
truck gardening and orchards, for rice
culture asd hemp, and for stock rails
ing. Dairy farming could be made i'm
mensely pr. ftable at this point.
LARGE STOCK RANGES
At B5ro's Station, Il miles from
Charleston is another fine bJdy of land
adapted to fruit and cereals; while three
miles below is the station at Pregaalls,
on both sides of which thousands Of
acres of stock land can be purchased at
low prices and upon most favorable
terms for tillage, and for pasture. This
point affords extraordinary opportun
i;ies to stockmcn, especially for sheep
and cattle. The grasses are stroig aud
nutritious, and wi,h the forest fruits
will enable the ranger to fatten both
sheep and cattle at the cost only Of
tending. Numerous branches traverse
| these tracts, SO that the supply OF
water is unfail.ng and plentiful. The
mild AID wholesome climate aad the
shelterirg woods render 1t a perfec5
habi,ation for stock.
Twenty miles further on, is the at
tractive town Of Bcsnchvllle, encom
passed by woodlands not merely orra-
| mental but containing red ok, cypress,
water OAKS, chesuut, pine, hickory and
gum of noticeable g,r,h sodin sufficient
quantities to suppl, furniture factories,
plauirg mills, b aud crate and Stave
factories with material cheaply obtain
ed.