The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-10
WHERE NATURE MAKES LIFE WORTH
LIVIEG,

Speaking of an ideal life,
there is nothing better or more
independent than a life on a
well regulated farm in a pros
porous section of the country.
In the cities and towns we are
engaged in constant game of
competition one with another,
always confronted with the pos
lsibility that the commercial rise
of the other fellow means our
own downfall. But not so on
the farm, where every man is a
life and a producer and con-
sumer unto himself.
The farmer raises his grain.
and his food stuffs, and bis hogs
and cattle and chickens and
eggs, and by his own efforts
alone his table is supplied the
year round and his surplus gives
a suf6ciency for those articles
not produced on his own acreage
It makes no material difference
to him whether his neighbor is
successful or a failure, for the
rapid rise of one does not neces-
arily imply the financial disinteg
ration Of another.
Hard times and panics may
sweep over the land, strewiD g
the path of life with the corpse S
of the commercial wrecks, but
the farmer moves steadily on
ward and is the last man on
Iearth to feel the pinch of want.
His crops continue to grow and
thrive, his stock fattens and be-.
comes meat for his table, his
fields and his gardens furnish
him the sustenance OF life, and
he feels, as he is, the one man
lon all of this earth who is abso-
|lctely Independent of all other
men or combinations of men.
/ When the country is stagger-
ling under the weight of depres-
|sion, and buying is slow and
prices are down he still has the
satisfaction of knowing that his
own table will be we'll supplied
while people 10 cities and towns
may be looking for bread for
the next meal.
| We hear many people depre-
Iciate a life on the farm because
of the hard work and long hours
lit entails, but these same people
|seem to overlook the fact that
there is no other business in life
which does not require it's labor
and its toll and it's brain racking
land nerve destroying race in
Icompetition with others of its
1 kind. And always before those
engaged in commercial pursuits
is the dreaded spectre of hard
times or strangulation at the
Hands of a successful competi.
|tor.
! Young men of today who are
comfortably settled on the farm,
or are just completing their edu.
cation preparatory to a life
tcareer,. should remain right
where they are and never leave
the green fields of the country.
The great cities will offer them
white lights, and dissipation,
land debauchery, and failure in
mine cases out of ten, and death
will find them wishing to God
they had never strayed from the
comforts of the old freside. But
not so the country. It offers
them a life of freedom, and man.
Ihood, and usefulness, with plen-
ty to eat and to wear, and
health. happiness and a clear
conscience.
I Now that the summers work
lis over and the time is at hand
when young men begin to long
for the gaiet;es of city life, we
|suggest that you spend your
idle moments in studying the
latest and most improved meth
DDS of farming. Thum'' over
! the pages of your farm journals,
and the bulletins of the agrioul-
tural schools. and perfect your
self for a winning fight IN ex-
tracing greater wealth from the
mother earth, the source from
which all wealth springs. Stick
to the farm. 1t is the greatest
spot on earth.
/ SLAEDER.
| Murder in fine first decree sav.