The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 15, 1913, Page 7, Image 7
* "BOYS,
STAY ON ffll
President Farmers' Union Calls
Too Many are Being Dri
I heard a man say a while 1
ago that he had made a careful i
investigation of the men who t
had achieved success in a large a
Southern city and that 90 per f
cent of them had been bred on 1"
farms.
*** To him it was a matter of r
nriHp anr) crrntifipntiftn Vint. T I C
wiil confess frankly that the a
statement shocked and sadden- a
ed me. I knew in a general way v
^ that our cities were absorbing t
~ too many country boys, but the v
thought that the brains, ener- s
gy and power of a great city e
had been achieved at the ex- f
pense of the farms was startling.
In it, I saw one of the 1<
main reasons why farming was 1<
falling into decay, and farm a
lands were in alien hands. r
We hear and read a vast deal
these days about conservation,
but to my mind the most vital
things in America today is the
conservation of our young men on
the soil. It is old and trit
to say that a nation's prosperity
is measured by its agriculture,
but it is profundly true (
nevertheless. d
There are a thousand issues 1
over which our statesmen con- ^
cern themselves and with which f
they whip the people into t
frenzies of political fevor. But s
they are not striking at the t
heart and soul of the most vital v
problem of the day. These 1"
questions are largely political, c
while the greatest economic is- a
sue of this century is to create F
such conditions and to so edu- r
y cate our boys as to make them r
love, prosper on and stick to our v
farms. ^
When statesmen big enough I
and broad enough fill our law- F
making halls to sense this fact c
and seek the remedy, then we
shall have a new era. F
Here are just a few random ^
facts tending to show our farms j y
have been and are being drain- e
ed of its best blood. Sixty-six c
per cent of the tillers of the soil ^
- i'-- TT-U?J '
in LI1C UIUICU oittico oit iiunlandowners.
In Georgia only 34 per cent
of the farmers own the land
which they till; in Alabama and
South Carolina 37 per cent. 1
while in other Southern states 1
conditions are as serious. Sim- \
iliar conditions probably prevail j
nationwide. This farm owner- t
ship by those who do not culti- (
vate the land is becoming one 1
v of the gravest problems of the 1
day, and 1 believe much of it is <
due to the boys leaving the <
farm for the city. This alien 1
land ownership must be serious ?
when Mississippi finds it ex- 1
pedient to pass a law regulating *
it. <
VVe must face this problem *
and find the remedy. Unless j
this movement away from the J
soil is checked our national j
prosperity and greatness is '
sure to crumble. Agricultural ,
schools, rural delivery, rural
telephones, wider and more )
general dissemination of infor- (
mat ion on improved farming :
and now the parcel post are '
helpful factors and beacon j |
lights along the way, but much |
more is to be done to accomplish
real results.
We depend on the farmer !:
farther. They must treat their :
boys right; teach him how to
love the farm and let him share J
in the profits of his toil. The
Boys' Corn Clubs have demon-! j
strated very clearly what they
can and will do if offered the
right stimulus, the hope of re-',
ward. Closer and better community
interests and interj0
course, accurate knowledge of
the soil and the things that best
grow on it?all these form part [
at least, of a general upward '
movement for the future farmers
of this country.
Are we to have conditions
here in the South and in the |
West as one may find them in
many of the New England
states?miles of abandoned
farms and houses vacant and
falling into decay? I fear so
unless we can check the flow of
boys from the farms to the
cities. In the South particularMothers
Cun liny
I)r. King's Now Discovery anil give
It to the little ones when ailing and
suffering with colds, coughs, throat
or lung troublot, tastes nice, harin ss,
one* used, always used. Mrs
s* Bruce Crawford, Niagra, Mo.,
writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery
changed OT?r hoy from a pale, weak,
sick hoy to the picture of health."
Always helps. Buy It at Lancaster
Pharmacy and Standard Drug Co.
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[_FARM"-BARRETT
Attention to the Fact That
iwn to the Cities.
y, where the negro farm help
s even more pronounced in its
endency to leave the country
ind congest in the cities, the
armer must learn how to hold
lis boys or go to smash.
I am not an alarmist?nornally
and naturally, I am an
>ptimist and believe most men
ire struggling toward the light
ind better conditions. But I
could be foolish to blind myself
o the conditions outlined, and
vhich any observant man may
ee. Good schools and broader
ducational advantages will go
ar as a remedy.
This is a real and great probem
of the day as I see it. Uness
it is solved we shall inevitibly
decay and vanish as the
nost powerful nation on earth.
C. S. BARRETT.
FOR COLORED FAIR.
Negroes of County to Form an
Association the 21st?VVellKnown
Speakers Coming.
Editor News:?Rev. Richard
Carroll of Columbia will adIress
the colored farmers of
Lancaster county, February
!1, at the colored graded school
>uilding. Mr. Carroll is one of
he greatest negroes in the
tate. He is a safe, true and
ried leader of his race. He
vishes to speak at the court
mnsp. whprp thp whit.p npnnlp
an hear him, at 4 o'clock. We
hall be glad for the white peo>le
to hear him. As a race we
leed any help for the betternent
of the negro farmers that
ve can get. The white men
vill be given a chance to exmess
themselves to us along
>rogressive lines for the good
?f the county.
R. W. Wesberry, who is em>loyed
by the government to
onduct farmers' institutes on
icientific farming among colorid
people, will be here. The
:ounty colored fair will be organized.
Let every colored
armer be on hand.
M. D. LEE.
The Newspaper.
Running a newspaper is a
lard job. The editor aud manlger's
path is strewn with
horns. He has to stay 011 the
ob early and late, he has to
ake abuse for saying what he
ioes say, and gets abused for
vhat he doesn't. He stands up
"or the home folks first, last and
ill the time and they in turn
;uss him out. The subscribers
;o his paper abuse the paper
ind do not pay for it. The local
nerchant says the paper is no
iccount, and he won't spend a
iollar for advertising?and you
:an't run a good paper on hot
lir and cold potatoes. If the
nome office bids 35c higher on
x job than the out-of-town fellow
does?tne job goes out of
town.
When you are born the local
paper announces the fact to the
l _i *J . .
woria, your prosperity, your
success, your virtue and good
deeds are heralded in the local
sheet, and your vices and
wrong-doings are overlooked
by it; when you die your virtues
are enumerated and you are
praised, and the editor sends
you on your way to your long
home with a good recommendation
from the old home town?
for all of which he gets a
meagre existence and an unpaid
subscription list sprinkled with
a few promises of advertisements
which he never received
?yet somebody must perform
the disagreeable task, for it's a
mighty poor town that has'nt a
newspaper and if the paper were
to die a natural death from
want of support every fellow in
town would wake up and make
o >>il ,1)1 i/\n 4 /? ?^/>4 O ?-v / t4 U
<4 v.uni.1 luuiiuu lu auuinui
one going. Don't let the paper
die, support it now!?Kershaw
Bra.
Alphabet on Pinhead.
While almost incredible, a
Portland, Ore., engraver has
been able to cut on the head ot
a common pin every letter of
the alphabet, and they are perfectly
legible through a strong
microscope, and it was only
with the aid of such a lens that
the work could have been possible.
The pin, of the ordinary
kind in common use for domestic
and office purposes, is owned
by Hal Thompson of Washington,
D. C.?Exchange.
Lancaster Leads.
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THE LANCASTER N3
HpiirH Rvprvwl
mwMA - - ? va. J JL
"I see the Gowan Pne
out a long line of new
this year?changing e
"Yes, I notice it?and
tainly the finest prepa
market. My wife wou
cures Pneumonia and
inflammation."
GRIEF
THRILL ENGLAND
Country Mourns Sons Lost in
the Antarctic?Nation Will!
Care For Those Dependent
on Victims of the Cruel |
Southern Cold.
London, Feb. 13.?Grief and
pride over the simple narrative
of courage, endurance and sacrifice
given in Capt. Robert F.
Scott's farewell message to the
I world are close competitors for
dominance in the feelings of
the British public today.
"It is a white and not a black
mourning we wear for these
gallant souls, who have done ,
and dared so greatly," was the
comment of a cabinet minister
today. The closing words of
Captain Scott's epic were:
"Had we lived I should have j
had a tale to tell of the hardi- i
hood, the endurance and the
courage of my companions
which would have stirred the
heart of every Englishman.
These rough notes and our dead
bodies must tell the tale. But
surely, surely, a great and rich '
country like ours will see that
those who are dependent upon
us are properly provided for."
These words have had an
electric effect. Steps are on
foot to respond to his appeal to 1
the nation by assuring a comfortable
future for those dependent
upon the men who,
vuhila Quroifinnf
Iff iw*v utfliivtllg VVI KU11 Vtcntll, I
could still write that they did
not regret their journey.
Captain Scott's interest in
! the welfare of his men was emi
phasized by practically the last
i business transacted in New
1 Zealand. This was the sale of
his story.
He declined to make any private
profit from the transaction
and decided that the total receipts
should go to increase the
1 financial reward of the men who
had undertaken to share with
him the dangers of the Antarctic
region.
It was therefore arranged
i that all funds realized from the
story of the adventure should
be distributed to the members
of the crew as a surprise bonus
on their return to England.
Mrs. Scott is assured of a
good pension from the British
government.
A memorial service for Captain
Scott and his companions
s to be held in St. Paul's cathedral
Friday.
I Flags in all parts of London
are flying at halfmast today.
The tragedy of Captain
t Scott's Antarctic expedition
! was referred to yesterday in the
! house of commons by Premier
i Asnnith
"We all at this moment are
under the deep impression
created by the reading of the
last message to the world left
by Captain Scott," said the
! premier.
"It is the message of a brave,
I enduring man in the face of a
! most tragic death. His career
! was one of self-sacrifice and
devotion to the service of his
i country. We can only say that
his last appeal will not fall on
deaf ears."
The committee of the British
Antarctic expedition will issue
, a national appeal for a fund to
i provide for the relatives of the
dead explorers.
' Turkey Seekine Heln of Power*.
London, Feb. 13.?The turkish
government yesterday formally
requested Sir Edward
Grey to invite the European
powers to intervene to stop the
Balkan war. The request was
communicated to ambassadors
here who transmitted it to their
respective governments. The
ambassadors will meet Friday
to report the result.
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5WS, FEBRUARY 15, 19i:
iere
umonia People are putting
and original advertising
very day."
I by the way, that's cerration
ever put on the
ildn't b? without it." It
anything where there is
SPARTANBURG ADOPTS
NEW CITY GOVERNMENT
Vote is Nearly Two to One?
Same Factional Lines Drawn
as Appeared in Gubernatorial
Election.
Spartanburg Special to The
Charleston News and Courier,
Feb. 12: By a vote of 496 to
290, the electors of Spartanburg
yesterday adopted the
commission form of government
as provided by an act of
the . general assembly passed
last year. The same factional
lines were drawn in the election
as appeared in the gubernatorial
primary last summer.
The precincts which gave Governor
Blease a majority were
overwhelmingly against the
commission plan, and those
which U'Oro pan?in/l
.T Viv vm l mi k^y rl
Jones were just as strongly in
favor of the plan. The four
cotton mill precincts opposed
the commission plan.
The city, under the commission
plan, will be governed by
a mayor and four councilmenat-large,
who will serve four
years, save that the two councilmen
receiving the smallest
vote at the election shall serve
only two years. Two councilmen
shall be elected every two
years thereafter. An amendment
to the act pending in the
legislature reduces the number
of councilmen from four to two.
GAFFNEY VOTES HONDS
TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS
School Bond Issue of $.30,000 is
Authorized ? To Maintain
Carnegie Free Library.
Gaffney Special to Columbia
State, Feb. 13: In an electior.
held here yesterday two important
questions were disposed
of, both in the affirmative
The question of a school bone
issue of $30,000 for the purpose
of improving the two present
schools, the Cherokee avenue
school and the central
school, passed by a good majority.
This vote also carries
with it a provision for the paying
ofT of past indebtedness anc
the constructing and equipping
of a new school. The measures
provide for $2,500 for the paying
off of past indebtedness
$3,500 for improvements at the
two old schools and $24,000 foi
the erection of a new school
The vote was in the affirmative
by a good majority.
The election on the questior
of voting one-half mill tax or
real and personal property ir
Gatfney for the maintenance ol
the Carnegie free library alse
passed by a good majority
This provides that if Mr. Car
negie should not make the gifi
for Gaffney that the tax levj
will not be in force.
FOR NEW NEWSPAPER.
York Publishing Company i:
Organized at Yorkville.
A meeting was held Tuesday
night at the office of Thomas F
McDow at Yorkville, at whicl
the York Publishing Company
was formed. At the meetinj
the sum of $8,000 was sub
scribed. The company wil
publish a newspaper in York
ville. Application will be mad
at once for a charter. The capi
tal stock will be $12,000. Amonj
the largest subscribers are IJ
E. Finley, W. B. Moore. B. N
I Moore, S. M. McNeel, J. A
' Latta, J. A. Tate, B. T. Allison
J. S. Brice, Thomas F. McDo\
and W. R. Bradford.?Rod
Hill Record.
Count Ynmamoto New Japan
ese Premier.
Tokio, Feb. 13.?Count Gam
boi Yamamoto took up th
duties of the Japanese premier
ship yesterday. The retirinj
premier, Count Katsura, wil
now devote his energies to th
organization of the new part}
through which he hopes to re
gain control of the Diet.
Dishonest tfains are equal t
losses.
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which we are having a special sale
this week. It is sanitary, and inexpensive;
and its graceful lines make an artistic
addition to any bedroom. Our
line of iron and brass beds is extensive.
covering everything from the most in*
/
expensive iron bed to the highest examples
of the metal workers' art. Come in
and inspect our line.
See Display in Window
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s ! ' We are badly crowded for storage room. A \
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[ ' before the recent advances in lumber prices. 1 ,
i , This being the time of year when farmers can ; ;
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ial prices for cash as an inducement for quick !
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I * Better "get busy" we are afraid we can ' '
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1 well as make a little profit for ourselves.
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