The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-09
THgY oAMg BACK.
Sought Homos I'm Oklahoma hut
Tney All Returned

3ney AN AteturneQ
The Augusta Herald says there is
something very significant In the an
nounosmsas taascf the ore hundred
S,uth Carolinians who vent cut to
Oklahoma witha 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 no marked extremes OF
heat and cold, and that the sky Is
generally blue.
o. course climate is the south's
greatest and rarest gift. The free
dom II outdoor life is pleasantly pos
sible the whole year round, which
ia not only q most agreeable state Of
fairs 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 sucl home seekers as those
southerners who have Rc,ntlY come
back home again after visiting the
west, aud 1t is to the practical as we'll
as to the sentimental and romantic
standpoint that the south makes It's
most sure appeal.
To begin with, land Is cheaper here
than in the west. This Is, Of course,
q great consideration to those who
have only a limited amount of money
to be expended In acres, and to whom
1t means much to have enough money
left v er after the purchase Of the
requisite amount of land, to build q
house and the out buildings.
Those interested in the settlement
Of the west have bad much to say
about the greater richness Of the land
there, but 1t Is a we'll known fact
that when the land is richer in the
west than in this section Of the south
1t Is where Ii has been more indefati-
gably worked and fertiliz d than in
other places 1t has been demonstra-
ted more than once that one farmer
can raise I'VE two hundred bushels Of
potatoes on a single acce, while
anoth r can barely raise one hundred
on the acre adjoining, even though
both pieces Of land have equal values.
From which 1t la readily seen that 1t
is the man as we'll as the land that
counts.
PROFESSIONALLY, 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 2rowtbs here whic--
Nature gives almost for the mere
asking. Because Of this the southern
farmer Is able to support himself and
family entirely IF Of what he raises,
having Ia clear cash all that he re
ceives for cotton, corn and obher pro
duce carried to the markets.
Not over a hundred miles from Au-
guSta there is a certain prosperous
farmer who sells q lantitses Of cotton
and corn and VINO 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 h3lds and raises his tea,
the front avenue leading to his house
baing bordered by tea plants. Sugar
and syrup he makes from this sugar
cane he raises. Fruit and vegetables
OF all kinds he has in greatest album
dance. and he has recently begun to
can on q tremendous scale for the
market tomatoes, peaches, pears, ap-
ulaS and hprrips.