The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07
THEY CAME BACK.
Sought Homes in oklahoma But
They All Returned

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The Augusta Herald says there Is
something very significant in the an
nourcement that of the one hundred
South Carolinians who went out to
Oklahoma with q view to remaining
there permanently there were only
three who did not return to their
homes in South Carolina.
The south is certainly good enough
for most people, and there are more
reasons for this than the mere fact
that We have 10 marked extremes Of
heat and cold, and that the sky Is
generally blue.
Or course climate Is the south's
greatest and rarest gift. The free
dom of outdoor life is pleasantly pos.
stble the whole year round, which
is not only a most agreeable state OF
affairs in itself, but which means a
great deal to the agriculturist. Nat
urally, the practical aspect OF the
case Is that which appeals most IRE
sistibly to sucn home seekers as those
southerners who have rtcentlY come
back home again after visiting the
west, aud 1t is to the practical as well
as to the sentimental and romantic
standpoint that the south makes its
most sure appeal.
To begin with, land is cheaper here
than in the west. This Is, Of course,
a great consideration to those who
have only a limited amount Of money
to be expended in acres, and to whom
it means much to have enough money
left over. after the purchase Of the
requisite amount of land, to build a
houss and the out buildings.
Those interested in the settlement
of the west have had much to say
about the greater richness of the land
there, but it Is a well known fact
that when the land Is richer in the
west than in this section Of the south
it ia where 1T has been more indefati.
gably worked and fertilized than IN
other places 1t has been demonstra-
ted more than once that one farmer
can raise over two hundred bushels of
potatoes on a single acre, while
anoth n can barely raise one hundred
on the acre adjoining, even though
both pieces Of land have equal values.
From which it is readily ssen that it
Is the man as we'll as the land that
counts.
Unquestlonably, the people of the
west are more energetic and industri-
Gus than those Of the south, and this
is largely due to the fact that the
west has to fight harder for what 1t
gets than does the south. All who
know this section at all know that
there hundreds of growths here which
Nature gives almost for the mere
asking. Because Of this the southern
farmer is able to support himself and
family entirely # OF what be raiser,
having in clear cash all that be re-
ceives for cotton, corn and odher pro
duce carried to the markets.
Not over a hundred miles from Au.
gusta there is certain prosperous
farmer who sells quantities. Of cotton
and corn and WHO buys absolutely
none of his supplies except salt. He
raises his own beef and pork and has
plenty OF corn TO feed his stock. He
owns rice fields and raises his tea,
the front avenue leading to bis house
sing bor6ered by tea plants. Sugar
and syrup he makes from ths sugar
cane he raises. Fruit and vegetables
of all kinds he has in greatest abun'
dance. and he has recently begun to
can on a tremendous scale for the
market tomatoes, peaches, pears, ap-
. pies and berries.