The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 24, 1906, Page 2, Image 2
Agricultural
A Good Suggestion to thos
who Rent Out their Farms.
A great deal of the Sout
is in the same condition a
Ireland, suffering from absen
tee landlords. We can tell ever
6ectiun as soon as we pas? throue
it, where the owuer? ot the lan
live in town and turu over thei
* farms to renters. Scratching
washing and desolation reig
supreme. We often are unabl
to see how reuts, guano and ra
tion bills are paid. L'nfortur
ately many landlords do not seer
to care for anything except thei
annual rents. Judge Knoch C'a
lowav, of Augusta, is not only
good lawyer but is a good farmei
In a talk this summer with us, h
gave us quite a good idea on thi
renting ilja plantation and numei
ous others in this county woul
do well to follow his example. II
said insubstance: "Several year
ago I bought 1.800 acres of lan
in one body. The lirst year
only received twelve bales of cot
ton rent. Several negro familie
lived on the place, but they wer
utterly shiftless; had no corn o
hogs ; sowed 110 grain, raised bu
little corn, scratched along wit
%mall one-horse plows and mad
about half as much cotton as the
should have made; besides thes
other crops. I tried to stir thet
np by talking to them, but me
with poor success. I realize
something must be done and fit
all^ fell upon this plan 1 decic
ed to hire one good white ma
and two negroes and operate
two-horse farm upon the plac
myself and conduct it as a fan
should be run. 1 bought two-bori
plows, harrows, ect., built a pa
ture, put in cows and hogs ; gov
ed down five acres to the mill
* ? > I _ 4 _1 .
-x lituiifu pn-iuy ?i corn, piowe
mv land right and made goc
crops. The consequence has bee
every negro on the place has fa
leti into line. Several now ow
a cow and some hogs ; all sow oat
make more corn and more cotto
They come over and borrow m
two-horse plows and harrows an
from seeing this better svste
going on right under their eye
they have all improved, until no
the place is bringing me doub
the return it formerly did, and
can increase it much higher yet
We call this real down good bus
ness and we heartily recommen
Judge Calloway's plan to other
It is much cheaper and mm
\ practical than endeavoring t
run the whole place, and it I
much better than leaving it ei
tirely to the mercy of ignorat
and thriftless negro tenants. Th
South needs, "every man accon
to his ability," now, and e?
j?ecitlTK' when it comes to get tin
a more rational system into on
farming methods.?Souther
Cultivator.
TTatol I*"* Dif?nn!?rYVi?^.
* MkMI * At W AAA A^IA 11 ill Igl iai 1 1,
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 2*V
Twelve lives were lost in u fit
early this morning which destroy
ed a hoarding house at Twenty
eight street and Third avenui
The house was filled with lodger
ruany of whom were in bed whe
the blaze started. A panic follow
ed when tney were awakene
and some were killed by jump
ing from windows, while other
were unable to escape and wer
burned to death.
Head?The News.
Department.
e Loss to our Cotton Crops on
Account of not Giving it
from One to Two More
l Plowings.
is 1
v From Southern Cultivator.
It would be very difficult to
j estimate the enormous amount
r our farmers lose annually on ac
r count of their habit of- "laying
n by" their cotton too soon, especiallv
has this been the cr.se this
e *
_ year. The rains came so frequent
ly thev could not cultivate as it
i should have been, and when the
i usual time for quitting work
I came, they ceased to plow, ala
though another plowing would
have added from 10 to 30 per
cent, to their yield. We have two
p patches of cotton, one we plowed
. lu August, and it held thy "top or
j late crop;" the other we did not
? | plow and it has from ten to fif-i
p ! teen dried uu squares upon every;
cji stalk and no "top crop." We
j 1 have a neighbor who has the very
. same experience; although his
cotton is extra tine and was well
: worked. He did not give about
six acres the late plowing because
jit was comparatively clean and
. ! the cotton was so tall and large, i
e j You can tell to a row where the
! plowing ceased, the amount of
fruit thrown off ten to one greate
er where the land was not plowH
I r
ed, in August Colonel Livingston
j asked a body of farmers this very
pertinent question. He said :
j "What is that which makes and
sets the bottom fruit on your
cotton? Cultivation?and it re?
* L -
i qujres me same culivation to
propeny make and set the fruit
upon the top of your stalks." We
should never cease plowing until
ourcotton begin to open. It should
be plowed shallow, of course, but
J ; the surface should be stirred. Our
j farmers have very unfortunately
' fallen into a habit of attributing
111 all disastrous results to I'rovi~Idence.
They will say "too much
" rain," "too much hot weather,"
8* "dry too long," etc., but these
* I natural agencies do but test the
efficiency of your cultivation and
l( where they will reduce the yield
m of proper methods perhaps ten
per cent, they will often cut off
^ the yield where improper culti'e
vation is used at least 50 per
cent. Do not undertake more
' j than you can cultivate we'l and
' ileum what are the very best
'^ methods. We were talking with
8* I a gentleman who this summer
et toured New Jersey in an automo
?ibile. He said : "What our Southls'ern
farmers need is to go up in
1 j that section and see real up-todate
farming carried on. Kverv
e I acre is in the highest state of
cultivation and every field like a
garden." It distresses us very
v much to know that our Southern
r | farmers, as a rule, are so far ben
hind. We have been North twice,
and we know it is true and that
our methods are all the way
from 50 to 75 per cent below the
level of theirs. We do a great
~~ deal of bragging down South but
'e I nothing save <hettor M7/-.rfc- ?..n
"U? l\ will
bring uh up to the level of many
~ other sections of the globe. We
* Want to feel that we not only
s? have the best section on earth
n but also that it is one of the best
improved and cultivated sections
d on earth, then we will feel that
~ we have come into our very
s own.
Tho Nou/e *>oes ^ol> *>rinting
111C livsIU for others. Why
can't we do yours? ??????
Details of Storm Damage. I
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Further Particulars of Havoc
Wrought by late Hurri- ^
cane--Terrible Loss of Life.
_ j
Miami, F.a., Oct. 20 ?The re
port of the loss of the steamer St.
I Lucie. Captain Bravo commanding.
has proven true this evening.
One of the extension steamers
arrived in port, bringing 00
wounded who were taken to the
hospital. It js said there are 2S
dead bodies, which will be bn>ugt
! up to morrow. It is believed now
that a portion of the Florida Fish
Arl'roduce Company's ileet were
i drowned. Manager Adam? sent
' out one of their boats this morn-1
ing to look for the men and on
| their return they reported no
signs of the fleet. The fishing ^
neis were iounu strewn upon me A
v '
shore. Captain
Bravo eays that he an I
ctiored on the lee side of E'iott's
Key, 25 miles south of Miami, |
yesterday morning and that soon g
| after a tidal wave engulfed the l
island. He says there were 250
residents on the island, all of i i
j whom were lost. The St. Lucie j 4
I was crushed by the same wave ^
I and of the oue hundred persons
; on board 25 were killed. Capt 4
Bravo was seriously injured. 4
The St. Lucie belong! to the N
lleet of the Florida Fast Coast &
Railway and is employed in car- I
rying workmen to and from the i
extension work on the keys. l)e- 4
-pite the storm warning Captain g
Bravo sailed for Key Sargo with a
a large number of workmen ^
aboard. i
The steamer was caught in the ^
storm aud was driven ashore with g
the awful loss of life reported in
the foregoing.
Charleston Struck by Hurricane-Worst
Storm Since
1893.
Charleston special in the -Sun
dav Sate: Charleston was
struck by the West Indian liur
ricane this afternoon, the wind j
attaining a velocity of 02 miles i
an hour a^out 4:30 o'clock. \
knocking down trees, fences, r
poles and fign beards and doiiic I
other damage and perhaps cans
ing loss of life among ventursonie
marsh lien liunters and ^
fishermen. 1
Manv houses are surrounded I
? c
by a few feet of water and the
inmates waterbouml. No! a few
of the places beinjr, however,
deseried by their occupant- who ^
had foreseen tin* rise of lire "
water. j jj
1 he storm is the worst tha' f
Charleston lias had >it ee the ter |
rible cyclone of Auo. 2>. 1893, '
when the wind attained a force ^
of 120 miles, af which time tlie 5
storm caused a los* of much life j
i and destroyed property to the t
| amount of $1,250,000. j
A Badly Burned Girl |
i by,man or woman,is quickly oat >>t pmn I
it li'K'klf n - Arm ft >i?l ve isttppheil prom- "
pUy. <> J.Welch of Tekonslie, Mich , says: P
1 to- ,t in my family for cuts, Mins and I
?1( skin injuries, and tin t it perfect "
quickest pile cure known. best healing e
sal ve made. 2oc at J F Mackey Co, Craw- _
j ford IlroH, Pnnderburk Pharmacy. I
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have not yet paid their subscription*
are earnestly requested to do so N OW. ^
Please give this matter your prompt
attentiou, and oblige* "
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\ As the name implies ^
? Can furnish your supplies. ?
^ We ate going to keep almost everything, and what we ^
[ haven't out will order for you. We want your trade*your m
JP good will, your friendship, and if reasonable prices, cour- #
W teou8 treotment and appreciation ?>i your favors will win W
them we will sure have them. Misses Lula Lindsay and ^
f Maggie Hood are in charge of the Ladies' I)re-<s Goods
) and Notion Departments. Messrs. Albert Blakeney and I
?Bon Welsh of the Clothing, .^hoes, and Gents' Furnishing ^
(foods department ; and Mesars. Sistare, Hilton and Fun- ^
f derburk in Hie grocery and hardware. Our corps of clerks, W tA
^ as you readily see, insures kind and courteous treatment. ^
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r udfydiiioi udrydiiisi ^
For the next ten days we throw on our middle counters ^
r the stock of Dry (loods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Men's ^
% Shirts, etc , bought of Carnes Bros., to be sold at a big ^
P pacrilioe in order to make room for our nice fall goods g
P which ate daily arriving. ?
5 Peoples Supply Co. f
L J NO. A. COOK, Manager. ^
Al WAVC
M \. Kan W V B % I
Buy a< the Cheapest I'lace.
J DOIUR SHED IS J D0L14R MIDI
We have just received a car of the wonderful MAGNOLIA
"lour, which we offer for only $2.20 per 98 lbs. standard weight. ^
V complete line of Groceries. Kverything fresh and new. We
vill at any time take pleasure in waiting on you. Always your
noney's worth. Remember we have a nice line of Notions and
Dress Hats, Shoes and better Shoes.
Did You Hear What
dr. Williams said to Mr. Steele about Mr. Small? Said that
dr. Usher told Mr. Porter heard Mr. Jackson went to Mr. Sowdl
and Mr. Gardner told Mr. Caskey that he saw Mr. Perry purhase
that fine pair of stylish dress parade shoes, sold by
E. A. Thompson
Two Doors Below Old P. ().
ft ===== "The Old Reliable." U
5 THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster. S.C.
i CAPITA! $50,000.00. A
'J SURPLUS $50,000.00. ^
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8i>?ans made on Keal Estate, at reasonable rates. \
Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^
Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^
^ Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and |1
jj the strongest Hank in Lancaster county. Jg
-lurried from Gasden to plant, last night, whs hurried to
Avoid Lynching. Auniston this afternoon. Threats
of lynching were heard all day.
Uasden. Ala , Oct. at.-John Cobb ""Very popular here and
loseley, the negro arreted last ln Alabama City, where he lived,
ight charged with the murder ot The engineer was brained with a
Engineer Joe Cobb at the steel hammer. ^
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