Oldest Newspaper li South Carolina.
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CHEAP COTTON RUINOUS.
Editor Edmunds of The Manu
facturer's Record Strongly
Advocates High Price
For Cotton.
"A permanently high price for
cotton ia essential to the best inter
est?, if not to the very life, of the
cotton manufacturing industry. The
manufacturers who are anxious to
see lower prices by reason of* the
probability of a large crop this year
are shortsighted. Low prices tins
year would inevitably drive cotton
growers to other pursuits, and the
smaller yield next year, wi h con
sequent abnormal high prices, would
bring back all the evils from which
the industry has suffered during the
last few years in which it has had
to contend with high cost of raw
material and low price of finished
goods.
"The world must adjust itself to
paying a higher price for cotton
goods. The sooner it is done tte
better it will be for all interests, and
especially for the manufacturers.
The time has passed when southern
farmers were compelled to raise
cotton. In former years they were
forced by necessity to raise cotton,
and cotton alone. Conditions Jiave
changed. Unless prices be high that
is, high as compared with former
years, they can make more money
doing other things. There is no
moral obligation to the world to
compel them to raise cotton, though
many people seem to think so.
"If New England could turn its
cotton mills into shoe factories and
double the profits on the investment,
and pay better wages to the labor
ers, nobody would say that New
England must continue to make cot
ton goods because the world needs
cotton goods. Now the southern far
mer can do a dozen things more
profitably than to raise and sell cot
ton at a low price, and even 10 and
ll cents a pound may now be count
ed as a low price. He can do things
that he could not have done a few
years ago. (Industrial development
is affording employment for thou
sands who were formerly compelled
to raise cotton. Urban growth is
drawing tens of thousands from the
country into city activities. City
growth and industrial development
combined are making it possible for
thousands to engage in diversified
farming and truck growing to sup
ply home needs.
"In the last 10 years industrial
development in the south increased
largely over 100 per cent, while its
population increased only about 10
per cent. Thus industrial activity
gained six or seven times as rapidly
as population. The extension of
railroad facilities to all parts of the
south and the ever increasing de
mand in the north and west for ear
ly fruits and vegetables make it
possible for a very large number of
southern farmers to make more
money in meeting these require
ments than in raising cotton, even
at 14 or 15 cents a pound. The
south is now annually shipping to
the north and west of fruits and
early vegetables over * 100,000,000
worth.
"The development of transporta
tion facilities throughout the south
is making the extension of this in
dustry possible in sections which
were formerly compelled to raise
cotton. Under such conditions the
world might as well face the situa
tion frankly and fully and under
stand its meaning. It is much safer
for manufacturers to squarely face
this condition than to blindly im
agine that we can again go back to
low-priced cotton over a long term
of years. Last year the south's cot
ton crop, the seed included, was
worth $003,000,000. If the south,
by raising a small crop, can sell it
for such a figure, it is certainly not
going to raise two or three million
bales more and sell it "at two or
three hundred million dollars less.
"Nearly three-quarters of a cen
tury ago a report made to the Brit
ish Parliament advised the spinners
of England to do all in their power
to keep cotton at a low price, be
cause, said this report, the farmers
of America would undertake to so
increase their production when
prices were low as to get as much
money in the aggregate as when
prices were high?.The English spin
ners have always gone on the prin
ciple that by forcing prices down
they would increase the supply.
Three-quarters, of a century ago, and
even up to a few years ago, that was
the ease. It is not so any longer.
Conditions have absolutely changd.
Economic development has made
it possible for the south to turn its
attention to other crops and to oth
er activities which yield a far
larger profit than cotton, unless cot
ton commands what manufacturers
regard as a high price.
'If during the last few years the
cotton manufacturers of this coun
try had given more attention to
educating the public* to paying a
higher price for cotton goods, in
stead of spending their time, as
they have don% in seeking to put
down the price of the raw material,
the situation woulu have been far
more favorable for them. Persist
ently claiming, as most of them
have done, that prices of the raw
material were too high, they con
vinced the buyers that cotton goods
ought to decline in price, and there
fore the price of the finished article
continued low while economic con
ditions forced an advance in the
price of raw material. The specula
tors who were credited with being
responsible for these higher prices
did not create these conditions. They
only took advantage of the situation.
1 The Southern Representatives
and Sertt>rs who united a few days
ago in urging southern cotton grow
ers not to sell at less than 13 cents
a pound may be open to some criti
cism. They have been praying one
way, that is, for higher prices, and
voting another way. In the cam
paign for political capital, which
has been so vigorously worked dur
ing the extra session, some of them
have been doing as much as was
within their power to injure busi
ness and thus to injure the cotton
grower.
"It is possible that the depression
in business, due in part to much of
this unwise political capital mak
ing, will cause the south a heavy
loss in its cotton, for if business
were as prosperous as the natural
conditions justify and as it would
be but for the hampering legisla
tion of the day, even a 14,000,000
bale crop would bring 14 or 15
cents a pound. The world needs a
crop as large as that and could
readily absorb it at?a price as high
as that.
"To the extent that the Southern
Representatives who signed the call
to southern fanners to withhold
their cotton, aided in such legisla
tive activities as were planned not
for the gocd of the country, but
merely to make political capital,
they will be responsible for the low
er prices of cotton which southern
farmers may this year have to take.
But, coming back to the question,
of the fjrmtb'i^ii'MuoiUg rWrflply
of cotton sufficient for the world's
increasing needs, the manufacturers
of the world are vitally interested
in establishing cotton growing on a
basis so profitable as to insure con
tinued increase in population, for
otherwise we shall most certainly
see a decline in the size of cotton
crops and much higher prices than
we have 3-et had, with all the at
tendant evils which have harassed
the world's cotton manufacturing
interests of the late year."
Information Wanted Concerning
Old Edgefield Families.
Wanted, to get into communica
tion with some one who can give
me information concerning Thomas
Lewis, who died in Edgefield Dis
trict in 1784.
And of Thomas Shaw who mar
ried Elizabeth Lewis and who ditd
in Edgefield District in 1805.
And of Christopher Columbus
Shaw who married Mary Butler and
who moved to Bedford Co., Tenn,
in 1805 or 1806.
Mary Butler was the daughter of
James Butler and Winnifred
Biooks.
Winnifred Brooks was the daugh
ter of Robert Brooks.
Want information of the Butler
and Brooks families.
Also Revolutionary service of C.
C. Shaw, James Butler and Robert
Brooks.
C. C. Shaw is thought to have
been in the battle of Musgroves
Mill.
Information will be much thank
fully received. Address
Mrs. W. A. Rowan,
2612 Milam St.
Houston, Texas.
A Discouraging Outlook.
"In the Cumberland Mountains
of East Tennessee," the Honorable
"Bob" Taylor says, "a good coon
dog is considered a valuable asset.
"A visitor once asked a native,
Bill Smoon, how many dogs he
"'I ain't got but five,' said Bill,
dejectedly. "Looks like I never
kin git a start on dogs agin.' "
A Confusion of Terms.
Judge-wno is now on the
Supreme court bench, was, when he
first began the practice of law, a
very blundering speaker. On one
occasion, when he was trying a case
in replevin, involving the right of
property in a lot of hogs, he ad
dressed the jury as follows: "Gen
tlemen of the jury, there were ju >t
24 hogs in that drove-just 24,
gentlemen-exactly twice as many
as there are in this jury box."
Case and Comment.
W.M. ?. CONVENTION.
Seventh Session Held at Tren
ton Very Profitable. Address
by Dr. McLean. Beauti
ful Hospitality.
The seventh ann nal meeting of
the Woman's- Missionary Union,
auxiliary to the Edgefield Baptist
association, was held at Trenton in
Ebenezer church on Wednesday
and Thursday of last week.
On account of excessive rains
which seemed to be general over
the county, many from distant
churches were not present, but
while the representation was small,
the meeting was full of interest to
those who were there. Several pro
nounced the Trenton meeting the
best of all others that have preced
ed it.
The presence of Mrs. W. J.
Hatcher and Mrs. A. L. Crutchfield
was an inspiration to all who heard
their addresses and words of en
couragement and commendation.
They spoke of the splendid work
that is being done by the women of
the Edgefield missionary union and
congratulated them in having one
of the best superintendents in the
state, Mrs. J. L. Mims, to whom
much of the credit should be given
for the development and growth of
mission work in Edgefield county.
Mrs. Hatcher urged that a Sun
beam band be organized in every
church in the association, instead
of as reported, twelve bands in twen
ty churches, and the "Standard of
Excellence" explained by Mrs.
Crutchfield showed that it is possi
ble for every society to reach this
high ideal.
At Wise's hall on Wednesday
night, Dr. P. J. McLean, of Aiken,
presented the subject of missions
in an original and forceful manner,
demonstrating clearly that no church
nor people can exist and attain
spiritual growth unless possessed of
a missionary spirit. The audience
was large and close attention was
given to this splendid and impres
sive address.
The meeting was called to order
by Mrs. W. E. Lott,. acting pr?si
dent, who presided over the sessions
with much ease and dignity, in the
absence of the president.
The welcome that was voiced by
Mrs. Jerome Courtney with sinceri
ty and cordiality was repeated many
times and in many ways by all the
other hospitable women of Trenton
who left nothing undone that would
contribute to the comfort and hap
piness of their guests. Dinner was
served at the church each day and
in such abundance and variety as
would suggest the "good old times"
before the war when peace and
plenty reigned. To the already com
plete menu, barbecued hash was add
ed, as a pleasant surprise and an ex
tra dish that was much enjoyed, es
pecially by the brethren who were
invited guests to the dinner.
The Trenton Sunbeams sang a
motion song, "Across the sea," hav
ing been well trained by their en
ergetic and consecrated leader, Mrs.
T. P. Salter, to whom much of the
success of the meeting throughout
was due.
As a fitting close to this gather
ing of mission workers, a chorus of
young ladies from Edgefield and
Trenton sang the eong of the Young
Woman's Auxiliary, "They that be
wise shall shine as the brightness of
the firmament, and they that turn
many to righteousness, as the stars
for ever and ever."
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: Association
al superintendent, Mrs. J. L. Miras;
vice-president, Mrs. W. E. Lott;
secretary, Miss Robbie Jones; treas
urer, Mrs. P. R. Wates; superin
tendent of Y. W. A's., Miss Eileen
Ouzts; superintendent of Sunbeam
bandi?, Mrs. M. N. Tillman; super
intendent R. A. S's., Miss Martha
Dorn. The financial report showed
a total of * 1553.00 contributed for
all purposes. About $350.00 is still
to be raised for missions before Oc
tober 1st, in order to raise the as
sociational apportionment. The good
women of Edgefield association are
determined to keep up their usual
standard and will make an effort to
raise this amount in time.
Grounds for 'Divorce.
A tourist in the mountains of
Tennessee once had dinner with a
querulous old mountaineer who
yarned about hard times for fifteen
minutes at a stretch. "Why,
man," said the tourist, "you ought
to be able to make lots of money
shipping green corn to the North
ern market." "Yeflj I orter," was
the sullen reply. 'You have the
land, I suppose, and can get the
seed." "Yes, I guess so." Then why
don't you go into the speculation?"
"No use, stranger," sadly replied
the cracker; "the old woman is too
lazy to do the plowin'and plantin'."
PARKSVIL
Parksville Growing/ Good Crops
in White Town and Reho
both. Baptist
Makes Good
Isn't it bad to be ignored? When
I think of this deplorably condition,
I often think of Bo-flaseJ and the
moon. Bowzer was a great big fat
watch dog, and he ba?5 a habit of
going out after dark, sitting on his
great fat haunches, ana barking at
the moon. What do yon suppose the
.noon did? Why it simply ignored
Bowzer, and went on performing its
functions, and has not varied one
iota from the path of duty.
But Parksville can't'be ignored.
There is no better townin the state
of its size, and every day we see
signs of growth and improvement.
The meat markes, about) which I
wrote last week was opened last
Saturday by Messrs. Barrett and
Redd, and did a good business. The
merchants seem to be doing a good
business and are happy,, io fact we
see signs of prosperity ; and con
tentment on every hand,
Mr. T. E. McDonaltttold me the
other day he contemplated putting
in a grist mill, run by ?gasoline in
the suburbs of the town in order t o
furnish every day, right at our
doors, fresh ground cona meal. Mr.
McDonald is a miller by profession,
his father before him being one,
consequently he was raised up in a
mill, and is an expert in grinding
corn and wheat ?.' " ffift
The crops around hers r3iave lost
some, especially cottori from rust,
though corn is about th? average.
The finest crops I have seen in my
rounds are to be found in the Reho
both and White Town communities.
Especially fine are the crops of Mes
srs. Press and Luke Culbreath of
Rehoboth, and Geo. Cartledge and
Boyce Kitchings of White Town.
Mr. Cartledge thinks that Mr.
Kitchings has the finest cotton crop
in the county. His totton is planted
in six foot rows, is Ir.ghci Dian your
head, and is lockqcT ffrfflj! TOW-to
row. ^v^mH
Rev. P. H.-Bux->n , . .. M. J???-.?-.
of Clark's Hill visited our town last
Wednesday, and at night conducted
prayer meeting for us, both of them
making good, helpful talks. Mr.
Bussey will soon leave for the
Theological Seminary at Louisville,
Ky.
Miss Carrie Sue Tompkins enter
tained last Friday night at the home
of Mr. Claud Parks in honor of her
cousin from Edgefield, Miss Nellie
Hill. The following were the guests
present: Misses Annie McDonald,
Carrie Cotton, Leila and Bettie
Edmunds, Rosa r J Mattie Sue
Minor, and Messrs. D. N. and L.
F. Dorn, W. J., S. W. and T. G.
Talbert, J. H. Elkins, H. C. Bar
rett, J. E. Bell, Newton and Rob
ert Edmunds, Jesse and W. H.
Minor, T. E. McDonald Jr., and
"Jodie" Tompkins.
The delegates to the Edgefield
association from Parksville, which
meets Wednesday the 6th, are Col.
W. J. Talbert, T. G. Talbert, W.
G. Blackwell, W. R. Parks, W. M.
Robertson and J. C. Morgan.
Mrs. C. A. Brunson, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Lillie Mor
gan, was called hastily home to Au
gusta on account of the serious ill
ness of Mr. Brunson who was re
ported to be in the hospital for an
operation for appendicitis.
Mr. John Brunson and Wife from
Columbia, have been on a visit to
his sister, Mrs. J. C. Parke.
Mr. T. G. Talbert, Jr., ?from Co
lumbia, is on a visit to Ijomefolks
in our town.
Miss Julia Strom from Rehoboth
is visiting Mrs. Virginia Stone.
Mr. Robert Blackwell ind fami
ly from Calhoun Falls, is on a visit
to her mother, Mrs. Hattie Ridle
hoover.
Misses Lillian and Robbie Parks,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Parks, of Augusta, have been on a
visit for some time to relatives in
Parksville.
Mrs. Fannie Marsh and Miss
Fannie Kate Marsh of McCormick,
are visiting at the home of of Mr.
J. A. Harvley.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bmsey gave
a watermelon cutting to the chil
dren of the Sunday school, of which
Mr. Bussey is superintendent, Sun
day afternoon.
The church letter to tba associa
tion adopted Sunday, shows that
over $1,400 have been raised by the
Parksville Baptist church during
the associational year for the vari
ous objects fostered by the church.
Mr. Jim Christian from McCor
mick was a welcomed viiitor Sun
day at the home of his mule of our
town, Mr. E. T. Christian.
The B. Y. P. U. had a good meet
ing Sunday night at which Mr. T.
G. Talbert made a splendidj talk on
the harm of a worldly life.
? More'Anon.
JOHNSTON LETTER.
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W. M. U. Meering, Large Col
lections From Baptist Sun- .
day School. Corner
Stone to be Laid.
The Woman's Missionary Union
of the Ridge association was held
on Thursday and- Friday of the past
week with the Good Hope church,
and ia spite of ' the rains and ex
ceedingly bad reads there was a
fairly good attendance, especially
the second day. It was greatly de
plored that the president df the un
ion, Mrs. Alvin Et lie red ge, of Salu
da, was too ill to be present. Mrs.
L. C. Latimer, vice-president, pre
sided, with Miss Leila Attaway as
secretary. The-pastor, Rev. D. W.
Heckle, was present and extended a
cordial welcome, in behalf of the
ohuroh. The reports of the various
organizations .were interesting and
marked improvement was seen in
some during the past year.
In the conferences, a number of
the ladies took part in the discus
sions, and the splendid talks of Mrs.
W. J. Hatcher will bi.ng forth
good fruit. The next union goes to.
Saluda, and the .?? following officers
were elected: president, Mrs. Alvin
Etheredge; vice-president, Mrs. P.
C. Stevens; secretary and treasurer,
Miss Leila Attaway; superintend
ent Y. W. A. work, Miss Evelyn
Cooner, and superintendent of Su n
beam work, Mrs. W. J. Hatcher.
The date for laying of the corner
stone of the .Confederate monument
to be erected here by the D. of C.,
has been set for Tuesday October
10th, the speaker on this occasion to
be Dr., S. C Mitchell, of University
of ^outh Carolina.
Miss Lottie Bryant, of Granite
ville, has "been the guest of relatives
here.
Misses Maybelle and Annie Wil-,
son of Granitevill? are visiting
friends near town.
Miss Bessie Walshs of Sumter, is
the guest of Miss Edith Coleman.
Mr. Alton Bland, of Vidalia, Ga.,
is the guest cf relatives h
Mr. and Mrs. Will
??om y^S?r^iS^Kfn?,
Mr. Fletcher Boyd during the past
week.
Mr. Lawrence Stevens, of North
Augusta, has been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Claud Wertz.
Misses Lottie and Isabelle Bean
are at home from a visit to Edge
field.
Miss Louise Coleman, of Earle,
has been the guest of Miss Mary
Spann Harrison.
Miss Lola Harrison, of Trenton
has been visiting Miss Mary Saw
yer.
Mrs. W. A. Beckham and J. H.
Lyles, of Columbia, have been
guests of Mrs. E. H. Beckham.
Frof. Marvin Riddle, of Balan
tine, spent last week at the home
of his sister, Mrs. H. D. McCravy.
Mr. W.McB. Sloan, of Columbia,
was a visitor here recently.
. Mrs. W. C. Bailey, of Ellenton,
has been on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. J. M. Denny.
Mr. Y. May spent last week in
Georgia, on business interests.
Those from here who attended
the W. M. U. held *at Good Hope
were Mesdames Lucia C. Latimer,
M. T. Turner, W. J. Hatcher, P.
C. Stevens, J. P. Bean and Miss
Zena Payne.
Mr. Charlie Hearsy, of Waynes
boro, Ga., is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Carl Lowrey.
Capt. and Mrs. P. B. Waters
have returned from a visit to the
home of their son,Dr. John Waters,
at Saluda.
The annual report of the John
ston Baptist Sunday school which
was read on Sunday morning, show
ed that the collections of the classes
during the year had amounted to
$600.84. Mr. W. L. Coleman's lead
ing in the collection, having given
$119.00. The averags attendance of
the past quarter exceeds that of any
in the history of the school.
Miss Clara Sawyer is at home
from Hidenite, N. C.
Miss Lila Bucalen, who is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. J. A. Lott, spent
last week in Edgefield.
Mrs. J. H. White is at home from
a few weeks' stay in the mountains
of North Carolina.
Miss Hille Glover, of Beech Is
land, bas been the guest of Miss
Alma Woodward.
Miss Emmie Wright entertained
at tea one evening of last week in
compliment to Miss Louise Cole
man.
Dr. Victor Seigler, of Jackson
ville, Fla., is here on a visit.
Miss Weinona Lewis has gone to
Elberton, Ga., to visit her friend,
Miss Nettie Burton.
The Ridge association will be
held at the Baptist church on Tues
day and Wednesday of next week,
and the Sunday school convention
will be held on Thursday. During
the week the committee on hospi
tality has* been /busy ' arranging
homes for the delegates that will
be sent from the various churches
to represent these two organizations.
A Tribute to Capt J. C. Wil
liams.
Editor Advertiser-: It has been
said that the' living should deal ten
derly with the dead. It has also,
been said that if the flowers which
decorate the graves of our dead had
been strewn alorig.theira pathway in
life, and the kind words, in marble
epitaphs had been spoken to them
While living it might have been bet
ter for the dead. Be it as it may, ?
come this morning to contribute a
few lines to my (departed friend,
Capt J. C. Williams, who died at
the home of his brother, Mr. CM.
Williams, August 1st 1911. Had
he lived until the -7th; of Au
gust he would have reached his
eighty-second mile post.
When the tocsin of war was first
sounded in the sixties he was one of
the first to leave the plow in the
furrow, and in the bud and flower
of young manhood, laid his all upT
on the altar of the . south that h>
loved so well. He volunteered in
company G., 7th South -Carolina
regiment, and nobly followed-his
mighty chieftain, Gen. R. E. Lee,
from Manassas to Appomattox, I
breasting the blazing' guns on many
a bloody field of battle, and he was
?one of the humber who imprinted
on the cold pittilest stones at the
Wilderness in letters of blood his
chivalry and his courage. A braver
soldier never faced the fire and
smoke of,battle. The gray headed
survivors of the 7th South Carolina
regiment will uphold this . ?tate1
ment. Froui the ranks of a private
he advanced to the distinction of
Captain. In war he was as brave as
.Caesar,' in peace as gentle as Ruth.
His was the genial, typ? -of true
hearted friendship that never fades
from the memory of those who have
enjoyed it. Words seem'.too com
mon-place to express an estimate of
this'quiet true gentleman. He was
tender as a child's to the great ap
peals to truth. As a public officer
be was capable, zealous and con
scientious, always serving the best
interest of the people. His devotion
to his brother and his family was
beautiful, and his love for his
friends was sincere.
Capt Williams and myself were
members of the same company, and
I never knew a braver man in battle.
He was my ideal of a soldier and a
citizen, a man with a warm heart,
clean hands and clean lips, never
demonstrative, but true to his con
victions, and faithful in his rela
tions, His convictions were based up
on the high standard of truth, hon
esty and virtue.
May his mantle fall upon some
one who will as worthily wear it
His life is an open book that can be
known and read of all men. May
the abounding grace of God sus
tain the loved ones left behind. A
good mau has gone to his reward
and we will ever cherish his mem
ory. He was a gentleman of rare,
quick sympathy, a faithful large
hearted friend with a fund of varied
knowledge.
To live well, die well and leave
the wealth of an untarnished name
to those who linger behind is a
grand consummation. He had not
only played long at the game of
life, but he had played fair. Hence
death to him was robbed of its
sting. I hardly think that there wi s
a man in the 7th regiment who dh1
more real hard service, and fought
in more battles than he, up to the
battle of the W ilderness, where he
was severely wounded through both
thighs completely disabling him for a
long time. These bullet scars he
carried with him to the grave,
which are letters of nobility.
Farewell my good friend;
From afar I salute you,
Who still live in my heart,
Who still inspire my life.
Did I say he was dead?
"There is no death, the stars go
down
To shine upon some fairer shore;
And bright in heaven's jeweled
crown
They shine forever more.
There is no death, an angel form
Walks o'er this earth with silent
tread,
He bears our best loved ones
away, J
And then we call them dead?
But ever near us, though unseen
Their dear immortal spirits dwell.
For all the boundless universe
Is life-there are no dead."
J. Russell Wright
Greenwood, S. C"
Full line of tooth brushes, tooth
powder, pastes, etc. B. Timmons.
J^lNTr^ COVM^ROPS.
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Mr. P. N. tort, C?uS^ Agent
cf Farm D?monstration
v Work, Strongly Advo
cates Winter Legumes.
, Editor Advertiser: One of the
most important facts in agriculture
seems to have never been thought
of by the majority of the farming
population, namely, feeding the soil.
There is not any difference between
s?il.and animal life when it comes
to food,, both must be fed; arid fed
well if satisfactory resulte are ob
tained. The . Great Creator, knew
that the people of Georgia , and
; South Carolina would treat the soil
like? the Jews did in Motes? time,
hence the decree of God given
Moses, Lev. 25: ? to 6.
A prevalent i^ea is that commer
cial fertilizers is a soil focx? when
as a matter of fact, it is nothing
inor? than a plant stimulant, .and
Southern farms are 'growing.poorer
every year. Every farmer can prove
this On. his own farm, leave a few
rows in your field and plant them
without any guano, watch them
grow and weigh the yield, then you
can see the force of ; the argument.
The remedy is Nature's plan. Cov
er your larfd with legumes, the ef
fect of which is to extract nitrogen
from the air and store it in the
earth. Supply the.earth with plen
ty of humus that.the nitrogen might
be kept in An available State.. Every
one thst- "knows ^anything about
the constituency of :air : knows it is
composed of oxygen and-nitrogen,
these gases sustain animal and plant
life. Think of the human family
being kept in a liealtby growing
condition on machine-made oxygen
and then apply the same principle,
and see where we are drifting.
The,farmer that sows his stubble
and corn ,in cow peas and ? his cot
ton field in hairy vetch andr rye or
wheat, oats, and vetch is adopting
Naturels plan for .building his soil.
The wrttef has been doing this for
years and can truthfully state that
nie busji
cottcn in
September will produce from three
to four tons of dry' hay per acre,
and add fifty per cent to the fertility
of the soil. This crop is cut about
the first of May giving ample time
for a corn or cotton crop.
Last year I planted cotton on
vetch, wheat and oats stubble, that
produced 2,200 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre. Rye and vetch turn
ed under in March adds wonderful
ly to the crops that followed. This
green humus is a substantial food
for the soil and pays handsomely.
I hope .The Advertiser readers will
not construe me as being opposed to
the use of commercial fertilizers. I
believe in a liberal use of them, but
only conjointly with barn-lot ma
nure, green rye and vetch, vetch,
wheat and oats, pea vine stubble,
beans or any of the summer or win
ter legumes, turned under at the
proper time deep with the disc plow
if possible.
P. N. Lott,
Demonstration Agent.
Johnston, S. C.
The Preventive.
A well-known revivalist whose
work has been principally among
the negroes of a certain section of
the south remembers one service
conducted by him that was not en
tirely successful. He had had very
poor attendance, and spent much
time in questioning the negroes as
to their reason for not attending.
"Why were you not at our re
vival?" he asked one old man,
whom he encountered on the road.
"Oh, I dunno," said the back
ward one.
"Don't you ever pray," demand
ed the preacher.
The old man shook his head.
"No," said he; "I carries a rabbit's
foot."-Lip pin co tl's Magazine.
Slim Chances for Her.
A missionary, who was making
his way through a backryoods re
gion, came upon an old woman sit
ting outside a cabin. He entered
upon a religious talk, and finally
asked her if she didn't know there
was a day of judgment coming.
"Why, no," said the old lady.
"I hadn't heerd o' that. Won't
there be more'n one day?"
"No, my friend; only one day,"
was the reply.
"Well, then," she mused, "I
don't reckon I can get to go, for
we're only got one mule, and John
always has to go everywhere first."
When in need of farm wagons
try an Old Hickory or White Hick
ory. They have stood the test on
Edgefield roads for many years.
Ramsey & Jones.