The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-10
The The Crop Prospeota.s

6les3 Edittrs Phore IL /. consideratis
degree oi anxiety ii the lliuds ot tho
planters In this section With. refetens5 itn
the cotton crop Some aro plantinr aya;6
' .noses ~ who not planting ovut arc ut IL,
1888 Go know what to do for the best rhe
ground has beoa wot, aud ,be woathee ha,
peen t'Sll cold, and the seed have sottcd. th.s
= siis ouso especially who,o tho plant;6t
nas boon deep. Takon as q whole the psol.
pect 10 gloomy. It seoms like p, ,ovtd,no.
's putting thlngs il order fora shoit crop
At oil semtnds me Of a remark which /
heard Major Drake uae, many yea,s apa
lie said In substance rs follows: Il a.o
plant crop Of cotton and have a a,eaag
sail all through tho SEASON, nntil the cron.
y 8 'thorod, Il the sood oones up prompt,
y and the plant is healthy aud grow, :. II
nicely, aud no disaster Visits II darlpp sha
ssaaon, thon would not ask to h,, en- .
gagged IN any business moro pleasant. Bn 1
when t-ouble arisos, when tho stsnd "a
poor aud whom that which has come no
looks like II IS nearer doad thai alive Ana
an as loss to know what to do wilethof
70 piant over or try to cultivate what /
have, and other tronolos arise during tho
season, don't koow Of any thing ,nors
perploxing.' Major Drake was a succsssfo,
planter, and ho was we'll acquainted With
oil tho minutiae OF farm work and wh.s
no sa'd about the cotton crop was tho
poauct OF experience, rathor than al Oh
sol .ation. b
also hear that the stands of corn are
not good. onco heard Mr. John s. NIeors
OF Bennettsvllle say, that he asked a i,
have you goo stand Of oorn2 The !. &
replied promptly: "yos air It is ,niehty
good IN somo hills That answer may bo
considered fair representation az ,ho
present outlook for Tho corn crop around
hero, the stand is "good iu come hills
! hopo that mono Of youc readorp viii
conclude that tho foregoing utternances
are made BY way Of complaint. W. know
that It is all Psovldelt al, that !. hand
that is guided By infini Q wisdom IL litsn
ting and controlling with reference 10 Il,
these things and that we should Without
any disposition to murmue. do ous duty
and leave the results In the hand, ~ ,he
Almighty.
Among my many acquaintanoes, I knew
o clever ohrlatian gentleman who fc.;tlod
10 what was then called st Peter's pati;a
IN beaufort Dlsteiot now called Han,,sc;:
county, hia name was Richard Davis II
never saw him when ho appeared to he ia
q despondent state, he was always cheerful
when ne heard hia neighbors speaking about
tho season In manner that seomra Ia
evinoo spirit OF murmuring h,s adyi,s /, =
variably was this: ''Trust in tho LORD ana
do good, 40 thou shalt dwell In tha l.nd
and verify thou shalt be ed."(37 pl 3vy d
will here relate something that waa
told me abont him. It was told me by Ne
Joseph Lawton, who was one Of hia
aud who was deeply pious innr
and whose veraolty was hover oa,le5 8,
question. Mr. Lawson said q serious drought
was prevailing IN that part OF the s.ato
tho crops were suffering and the pappIn (
were becoming alarmed by its oontinoanoa
and the blasting effect upon the orop. The
ohristians were praying for rain .;Jao,r
Diokey" (as he was famillarly oalled) s.,noac /,
tho rest. After this atato of things had
gone on for some time Jrc,c D.tt:Gy
topipE ppon ttiaiNattor, uBi5e u .Nq c3Dt
c'poio.i fni,t hc void 4ail r,4yipg fol yo;n
~ maid that Tor nNght holkngs. TIA Il$T
'n'gnty w'Aa anbaoHlh2 b3sne Inrt 4ssijs.t,
withholding the< rpiHaBia tNI,.s5s RI n
lisers ~ 'hnt S2hoS prsg!6Gs: ~ B 81. Il
We m '1' Si" thHt Sasleot ndt L, .s,a
!is ibea weuS cu. iu,o MS rlsll
and Got down upon MS knees ia the mid II,
81 Of hiA corI, and 10 hii pleading he 10 a |
tho Almighty, that If 1t was not ia acco,
dance .Tith his will 10 give him rain, 10
give him corn, aud it IS said that small |
stalks Of corn produced large full ears,
tho ends Of which rested upon The groupd /
Dir. Lawton told me that he saw the corn
md that ho never saw such largo ears on
stalks that were so small, 1 will not uo
dnrtake to moraliZo on this inoid ent .io |
tho history Of that good mau g life: An
will only remark that ST Paul said ~ |
havo planted, aud Apollos wateroi but
God gave the increase (lst Cor, Sd oil, 6 Z
loo many plant and cultivate and forge,
tho source from which the increase alone
Gan come.
Mr.. Editor: According to my obscrya-
ton, it requires many different kinis Of
woather to mako and mature crop. Some
cold. some warm, sOmo wet aud some dry;
aud the poet Montgomery beautifully
illustrates this thought with reference TO
The soods Of divine grace 10 the heart;
'sThou canst not toll In vain;
Gold, heat and moist and dry
Shall foster and mature the grain
For gamers in the sky."
. l will close by referring to some rem Al ks
/ heard made by ono OF my aohool mates.
Of the long ago. DR.. w. j. David. Wo
occasionally Let in the later part Of his
life, and we always paused long enough
to have Il pleasant talk 1t was tho sst
timo saw him. Wo spoke Of the general
state Of things in tho country. Tho prica
of cotton WIS low. and it looked like thc
farmers would have a hard pull to max 4
the ends meet, md the prospect was 90
means ohe oring. The Doctor said the peo.
ple would get through it all. that shey
would wind up the business Of the n,cs.
ent year, in tho best way thoy could, aod
that they would ontor upon uo,eo lina
one with buoyant hopes that It nigh; s,l
moro favorable, and if it should be 80. 10
the midst Of their prosperity they would
forget tho reyersos Of the past. and ttns
ho remarked. 1t won't on from ono yea, ID
another, some years were favorable,
others unfavorablo, but thoy always canao