The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 13, 1908, Page FIVE, Image 5
ON YOUNG'S ISLAND.
< Mrs. Evans Writes Interestingly of
the Vast Truck Fanning Industry
There.
Young's Isilaind, S. C.
Kdikir Herald mnd 'News: Ear ftixxm
the "maddiiing crowd," on an island
surrounded by water mind green nimrsh
on every side, wo ?uvkc on the whit/3crested
wia.ves, on it lie ma ny steamers,
launch bomits aiiid swift-sailing fishing
craf t fclwut come so near the bluff,
t limit wo hear theftr laugh of enjoyment
at -a we.ll-lillcd boat of oysters
nulling far it.lse cannery just above us
t limit is giving employment to many
poor people on the inland.
'The point of view is lovely ait all
hours on ttfliis 'isle, ibut especially in
live morning at sun rise, when the
great round orb of day seailis to rise
, < from the wtaUxr, mud its rofllectdon,
seen so bright mud glorious like a
stiwaan of molted gold, nuvke one
loriig foil- the soul of an am fist to depict
its glory on' emiuvas. A surprising fact
is 'that mill vegetation here is frostproof?great
mares of white cabbage,
on ions, beets, amd a si range looking
vegetable, limlf cabbage mmd half .turnip.
Caibbage plmwts by millions aire
seen alll oven' the island. And as owe
sits shivaiiimg from bltdak winds, the
plantation is green as in mid-summer
with us 'in upper Carolina, and
violets, narcissus a?ntd spring flowers
are in bloom. I man told the heavy
fogs prevent injury from frost.
The islanders nadse hundreds of
. *
hogs, corn, potatoes, perns, ground
Quits, fruits mud henries, while oysters
aa-e plenteous and1 cheap, and
(bo-aits are constantly on the river to
supply flanviJi'es with fish and oysters.
A spur track from Ravened to
Young's Island trims to the dock or
landing place, with cars in which are
loaded hundreds of cabbage crates,
and millions of plants muv sent each
day of the week during the busy season
all over South Caircvlinia maid all
over the United Stales. At the
present time the office forces aire
working until inidnvigiht .to fill orders
from distmiiit points. The life is an
ideal one for those who desire to
avoid politics amd all its ways thait
are dark mud tricks thai mre mean.
Wig get the News md iCourler, of
course, but mio one seems to know
that the Columbia iStm.te sdi'll lives.
We semt to Charleston for it, but
failed to get. a copy; so we wrote to
a young friend mt Columbia to supply
us. The "Old Lady on Broad
Street" has the love and eoovfidemce
of her island subjects, and they own
no other sovereign.
Announcement is made that Ihe
world-famous and most beautiful
gmrdems at MtvynrolUv-nn-lhe-Ashley,
wiil be opened inext Mowdmy, and a
visit to these gardens is one
of the features of m tourist
itjrip mnd! m yiUop-over in the
City by the Sea. For information
lo many who have never visited this
grand old place, we will monition thai
the. fare, f/ixxm it lie Tslc of Pallms, including
mdmtiissaon lo the grounds is
$1.50. W'3 will take .a trip over
soon, and may scnid you a description
of 'this old-world dream of beauty.
M. A. E.
APPEAL TO FARMERS.
Prest. E. D. Smith Ui*gcs Production
of More Hog and Hominy
This Year.
President E. I), 'Smith of the South
Carolina Cotton association bias issued
an ad dire ss to Ihe pe >ple of the
State, urging (he farmers to provide
for mm abnndianit graiin mifd forage crop
and Ons secure further independence
in the cotton world. Mr. Smith believes
the high prices of cotton for
two years have enabled Ihe farmers
to be in position to provide these
supplies and tlius be practicality independent
of the lien. The statement
is ms follows:
"After cmroful investigation as to
conditions in this Slale, 1 deem it to
/lie my duty lo ask every farmer in
the. 'Sta.le. now that Ihe time has
come I" prepare for another crop, lo
take no chances but to lay his plans
so as to provide for*a'ir abundant grain
and forage o-op. By a'nuidance T
moan not m!y anough to n.r'o.l '!>e
necessary >'* iiiiivmcnfs if his laborers
and family, but a surplus of ii
sufficient to provide f'.r the conversion
<>f a part of it into p'ork amd beef
and for the purpose of using (his live
slock ns a means of permanently improving
the plantation, reducing (lie
fertilizer bill and (lie supply bill. The
three lmst years of coii'linued high
pri ce collon hms put us into a position
where we can make Hie experiment
of an abundance of food and
supply crops. T mm particularly anxious
for the Slate to try one time (lie
experiment of producing m surplus
of these food supply crops.
"In iluokiiKv over (ho onuses that
bring about the terrible fight for
higher price cotton, 1 'have found
that (ho main muse, ami perhaps the I
only eau:e, when reduced to its bust
analysis, has been indebtedness of
the producer to the hawker and merchant;
and in investigating i find J
that this indebtevdnress is practically
all for those very -things which -a surplus
of food crops on the farm would
eliminate. I once thought that having1
control of the price of cotite.n we ]
could 'afford to purchase these tilings.
T sitill think so; but I am convinced
that wo will never bo able to control
the price of cotton until we- ]
iceaao to purchase these thing's.
"As I have called attention incidentally
in another amlicJe, the appalling
number of liens recorded in '
this (States gives the aoswer'to why
so much cot,torn is put upon the market
at?a price which the seller knows
is not what ho is entitled to, but '
wlvich necessity drives him to Lake.
"We htave made -a wonderful fight
and have accomplished a wonderful
victory and with practically the lien
debt el i minted and the fertilizer bill
kvrgelv deoroasekl means the oomparativo
emancipation ami absolute control
of (he cotton erop ..by (he cotton
grower. 1
"The present outlook is for much
higher prices during the spring and
summer, and for that reason I foar
there will bo a tendency on the pa/rt J
of the cotton grower to load himself
up again- with debt for fertilizer
and supplies; and thou, in order to
make provision to meet with this J
debt, to load himself up with a big
cotton crop, which -meatus -a burden
too groat far him to bear and a con- *
sequent sacrifice of what otherwise
would be his.
"1S0 without attempting: to begin
on on-gami/ed effort, T appeal to the
(common sense, experience and wisdom
of I lie. farmers -and beg each
-and every one to ilnt's start this year
with the determination to provide for
the liquidation -at home for our hoy,
girain, meat land fertilizer bill, so that
we will bo in debit to nobody for
those things but ourselves, then next
fall let all those who have tried it
meet at (lie fa.ir grounds in Columbia
and have -am experience mooting <as to
what our prospects are for next year,
based upon the consciousness of having
-an abundance <a( home and no
pressing obligations to force our cotton
on 'Ilie -market at a. pricc less than
that indicated.
"I have no .doubt, of our wiifning
it he price for which we stand this
year. In no iStato do T hear of any incliin.atfion
to weaken, but having- so
much debt upon us and being put to
so many expedients to (borrow money
on our cotton in order to moot, our obligations,
when without this indebtedness
and obligations we could meet
(ho issue, settle it at our own good
pleasure and be thoroughly independent.
of .all parties, let's try the experiment
in; .(lie yvwr 1008 in the
Slate of (South Carolina. Tn my
visits and 'commuuicnf ons to the other
iS'tatcs I shiall insist u|>on the
saino I hing.
"E. D. Smith."
Was no Raven?A Parodyf.
Our facetious friend and neighbor.
"'W. Jay D.," of the Clinton Gazette,
drops into verse, and writes the, best
of all the parodies we have read on
Poo's immortal "Haven," as found
annexed.?Ed. Laurens Herald.
Once upon a midnight, dreary, when
my eyes grew rather bleary,
[Prom my nearly empty bottle I
, another drink did pour;
While the solace T was drawing;, and
again my heart was thawing, l
^Suddenly there came a gnawing
just, outside my chamber door. <
" *Tis a cursed mouse," I muttered, 1
"gnawing at my chamber door. Only
(his and nothing more." i
I
Presently the gnaws grew stronger; 1
hesitating then no longer, i
"Mouse." said T, "believe me, <
your cessation \ implore; i
For the fact is T was drinking to
suspend this awTul thinking, 1
And in slumber fast was sinking when j
you roused me at the door; >
Oct you gone and let me snore." ,
Deep into the bottle peering, long I ]
sat there wondering, fearing (
That if T refilled the bottle T would j
gel (he snakes once more. t
Hut the silence was unbroken, and T
needed but one token,
And the only words there spoken ,
were the whispered words "Some |
more." I
These 1 whispered, and an echo mur- r
mured back1?"Hebind the door, |
Fill the bottle there once more." <
c
Toward the jug then turning, all the ],
man within me burning, (
Was T when T heard a rack-el, some- j ||
thing louder than before. is
"Maybe," said .T, "there a rat is; It
womlor where nn earth the cat is, I iLet
me tiron see what thereat is,
then mo&Uenrnestly 1 swore;
i'Vr my heanwas cold within me and ii
I deeply, deeply swore is
At tliat mouse, and nothing more.
Hero 1 opened wide the easement
when, to my profound amaze- 1;
m en t, 2.
In there came a sealy serpent, sueh t!
as IM ne'er seen before; e.
S"ot an instairt stopped or stayed he; s<
nor to me attention paid he;
But with wondrous instinct made u
he for the jug behind the door, n
For the demijolui of "Fuss X," just p
'behind my chamber door, S(
And 1 sat down on the floor. cj
' u
Then the cussed snake beguiling my f,
sad visage iivto smiling, (|
By the quite unusual number of p
the goldarn tails ho wore; (|
"Though my troubles thou dost
thicken, thou," said T, "art no .
spring chicken, U
And my pulses yit do quicken, as .
you roost behind my door:
For from out that jug of liquor 1
would like a few drinks more."
Quoth the serpent. "Forty more."
c
Much I marveled this ungainly snake
to hear speak so plainly,
For its countenance a look of deep
and wondrous wisdom bore;
For we cannot help agreeing we were
never blessed with seeing
Any living human being who had P
room for forty more. n
And mortal man who'd taken all the h
drinks I had before b
And had room for forty more. a
e
"Prophet!" said T, "thing of evil! h
prophet still, if snake or devil! t
Whether real or whether like the li
snakes I've had before, Ii
Desolate, yet undaunted, on my jug of r
booze implanted, I
In this room Peruna-hauntcd?tell 1'
jno truly, I implore, 1;
Ts there balm in the Keelv cure? Teli t
me, toll me, I implore!" I
Quotii the serpent. " Xovermore." I
Ii
"Be iliat. word our sign of parting, t
snake or fiend," I shrieked, up- i
starting, c
"Get thee back to outer darkness? t
quit tiro jug behind -my door!"
Then a missile sent T. dashing where f
the serpent's eyes were flashing, 1
When T heard an awful crashing, T
and a chill my heart ran o'er; r
For the demijohn was broken, and s
upon my chamber floor f
Flows the liquor evermore! <>
And the serpent in it floating, still is i
gloating, still is gloating r
On the busted jug of liquor just n
behind my chamber door; 1
And "nis eyes have all the seeming of a
a demon's that Is dreaming, c
And the whiskey o'er him stream- <1
ing, floats forever on the floor; j I
But my soul from out I ha; liquor ;
thai is floating on the floor c
Shall bo lifted?forevermore. I
W. Jay D. i
Origin of "Buckboard." J
Tliv-r? are few persor.s who know .
h -w (iif: name <' ' bi<v kl :i\.' came
to ,u ;;iuilied t?? "hieic It was back
in the '20's when the transport alio.i
or goods w:i1-. s, and ucichandisc
was almost entirely by wagon. A Dr.
Buck, wlio, for many years afterward J.
was the mMiliary storekeeper at Washington,
was then in charge of military v
' iftjo^e onl'outo to army posts in the
Southwest. I
In East Tennessee much difficulty f
was experienced by reason of the |
rought mads, and there were frequent \
mishaps, mostly from tfic wagon over- (
turning. Dr. Buck overhauled tiro j
outfit, and, abandoned the wagon
bodies, long board's were set directly |
on 'the axles, or hung below, and the (
stores were loaded in such a manner j
that there were no further delay from ]
breakdowns and, the stores safely f
reached their destinations. In special s
emergency, too, the load could be ],
diiftc.1, or taken off in a hurry. j
The Idea was probably not new, but a
Dr. Back's example was followed. \>s- I
socially when roads were rough, and a
soon much hauling was done by the 'I
ise of wheels, axles and board only, i;
STow ",v have the h'.ickboard, both in
arriage and automobile forms, con- a
'orming closely to the original idea, 1<
hough few suspect the source of it. li
"If you don't go out of here in a ir
ninute I'll scald you!" exclaimed e:
he wrathful woman of I lie house to u
he pci'sistont peddler. "That water w
in the stove won't scald for half an ll
our yet." answered the merchant, tl
'So you had better let me sell you o
me of these patent automatic tea II
:o!tles that Iraat water in loss than o
wo minutes over a slow fire. If you d;
lad one of them I should have been m
cabled and on my way to sell some- s<
liing to her rod-haiired woman who sc
; trying t;> keep house next door.''
J>f happiness,is tlio rarest of blossigs,
it is because the reception of ii
the rarest of virtues.??Sil vest re.
Crosses of Honor.
The Drayton Rutherford Chapter,
32, U. D. C., Newberry, S. C., this,
3th day of February, 1908, begins
le -three months advertising requir- *!
to precede the bestowal of eros?s
upon the dependants of veterans.
Rule 1. See. 2. The oldest living*
neal dependant of veterans who have L
ot received a cross may secure it, ?
rovided that notices for three conjcutive
months be published in the ^
ity and county newspapers calling C
pon veterans to send in certificates' /-<
or crosses. If, at the expiration of
iree months no veterans have ap- C
lied, the bestowal of crosses upon S
ecendants and widows may begin. ^
The chapter urges the veterans to
c prompt in sending in their cortientes
for two reasons. First of all,
ecause it is the on pose of the
hapter to honor every veteran with
cross and. second, to give to such Q
ecendants as described in the rule r
hove, the opportunity to sccurc their
roses. L
Mrs. ?T. A. Burton, ?
President. jThe
Agitation Grows.
T would like to know who "Bill
impson" is. but. it probably does not
lake any' difference, for whoever ,
0 is he has hi! the catalogue house
usiness just ahout right. T am furinst
these large cities controlling
voryit liiing. T .bo)ieve wo ough.l to
usiness ourselves. The harvester
rust went to work to drive the sinalpr
fellows out of the business and
lave succeeded so well 'they have
eally cornered the entire harvester
rade. Then we have our nail trusts, (
ardware trusts and trusts of all
inds. 1 am not exactly satisfied with
liis idea of shipping our cream to the
arge cenltral creameries where it
nnks to me like an effort to drive our
lonie creameries out of business and
hen they will pay n* whatever they C
dee.se for our cream and they will 1'
ontrol the price of butter as well as C
lie price of cream.
There is danger in such things and
01 one T do not propose to harbor
he mail order catalogue house trusts.
t seems to me our home merchants C
ccupy the same relation to us as the X
mall manufacturer does to the dif-. j
erent trusts. If the big fellows once j
;et a hold of us, we are their meat.
The things "Bill 'Simpson" says ^
n his letter to you are just a'bout
iglit. This nonsense about our home
nerchants making too big a profit (_
believe is all wrong. Tt seems to me >
ny man capable of reading and of ^
omprehending the way business is
lone nowadays, knows that eompeliion
in all lines is so strong that it is
welly near i'npos:-ibIy ('< r a man to K
barge more than lie ought to for any
ength of time. Suppose one of the J
nerchants of our town should ask a
lollar profit on an article he ought
o sell at twenty-five cents profit,
iow long would it be before the otht
fellow, selling the same thing,
vould see his chance of cutting* unler
the man who wants such a largo
)rofit and get the business?
I remember once only a few months
i*j'o, of reading a lecture given by one
>f our professors of economics in one
>f our large eastern colleges, in
vhicli he warned the people to look
ut for this mail order and catalogue
nisiness, for it was only another
'orm of the trust idea. lie went on
o say that these concerns bought .
vhat is called seconds or slightly ^
lo <a liiittlo of >t his con! rolling (
n .Hunt. way got. a hold of stuff t hey
'ould handle, lie said the most of I
lreir goods which were only slightly
lamaged could not he detected by
he average, person. Tie drew the illustration
of a customer buying dried :
rnits, or groceries of any kind, an 1 '
aid that if it. was only a quarter or
a 1 f a pound short, the person buy- n
ng thought it was so small an item 0
s not to be worthy of notice, but to '
he catalogue house, handling tlions- 11
mis of" pounds it made a nice profit.
'his he called robbery and guess he
< about right.
1 one? had the pleasure of visiting
large factory where they made
nives, forks and other things in that
ne. The foreman of one of tire >
ooms showed me a pile of these d?
nods and said they were damaged. 1 I'1
vamined some of them, but 1 declare,
ntil lie showed me where the flaw h<
as, it was pretty hard to detect it. f<
t seemed to me a big waste to throw m
icse damaged pieces away, and T e
<ked him what they did with th in, in
e said thai they had a contract with
large eatalo'/ne house to lake all In
imaged goods tlrey had and showed wl
e how they wrapped and packed so
? as to keep the. Claws from being
icn unless the examination was pret- vc
STATEMENT
OF
The Commercial Bank
OF NEWBERRY, S. C.,
Inder call of State Bank Examiner at the close of business
March 9th, 1908.
RESOURCFS
oans and discounts $335,541 29
>verdrafts 9,713 06
umlture and Fixtures 3,116 93
)ue from Banks $ 41,615 91
lurrency 8,280 00
iold 370 00
.liver ' 1,152 42
Jash Items 1,289 86-$ 52,708 19
401,079 47
LIABILITIES.
'apital Stock $ 50,000 00
Jndivided profits (less expenses paid) 48,958 32
>ividends (unpaid) 1,24 7 00
Jashler's Checks 1,236 24
)eposits, Banks $ 1,202 7 1
)eposits, Individual 298,435 20?299,637 91
$401,079 47
[NO. M. KINARD, Pres. O. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres.
J. Y. McFALL, Cashier.
4 per cent. Interest Paid in Our Savings Department.
STATEMENT
>f condition of THE EXCHANGE BANK OF NEWBERRY,
S. C., at the close of business
March 9th, 1908.
K HSOlJRCliS.
,oans and discounts $>79.95iS 19
)vcrdrafts 7><l l<> 5^
furniture and fixtures 3/^7 (>2
lash on hand and in Banks 10,1X7 41
$201,279 78
1,1 A HI LIT I ICS.
!apital Stock $50,000 00
Tndivided profits S,if?4 56
Jnpaid dividends .... 12 50
ndividual deposits $109 361 32
tanks " 2,5.15 74
*
1 1 1,907 06
iashier's Checks 1,195 66
Totes rediscounteci 10/03 00
Jills Payable $20,000 00
$201,279 78
mmmiilimi iiooffm*'-tuk raro'znp/vn2rxn^\i^ij\-rrKr\:\xiri&vat~xss.v.'i.r.w.-r.r*.-*r voaqivsvtu?rjq
Cures headache and indigestion. Refreshing and
nvigorating. At fountains and in bottles, five cents
Irink. Guaranteed to cure and helpful. Made of
>epsin, acid phosphate and juices of fresh fiuits,
Send to your grocery man for dozen bottles and try it.
V thorough. This was about the first ami n??thi 1114- ;il ail to do wilh their
inro I ha'd had my eyes op,-wed on oni.irin. There arc many hearty outiis
kind of .business. Pint, varnish, door laborers, such as ear men, li i?ico
boxes, ote., can hide a wlnde lot nll(| members of the building
f devilnient. Two or three years a.150 era.'is n ii.? are never alT-elcd, while
rcrybody was .iroinjr crazy over buy- sonm of lli - vsi sufferer^ mav be
); from catalogue, but I notice of found anions ])eo|,|,. wli-.se business
li.' a p.o.l many people are i?etli:i?- does ? >! expose th.-m to the weather.
,'"'1 t I' has hinir been conee.led that
The Home Man. rheumatism is strictly a blood disease
arising I roin excessive uric ac.i.1. and
The Weather and Rheumatism. ean *?: 11v lie cured by puriI'icaiion.
Did von ever tall; with a rheumatic What seems lo be the most salisfaciend
about his aches ami pains'/ 11's t' ry ajjent for this purpose, that of
dlars lo doiiv'hnuts rie. would blame I horonirhl v clean>in<_" and puiifviiur
ie weather according to the de.jrrce the blood, is one known as Andes'
his sitffei'in^. And at lirst ula.ice f treat. Prescript ion. Hundreds of
> would seem to have jrood grounds rather remarkable cure*, have been
>r his opinion, as during the bad reported lo its credit, and W. E.
onlhs, when clammy damp days al- Pelham and S..,i. who handle it. say
male, with cold snaps and every it is 1 h. larvest and mod sa Ms factory
lauinable kind of weather may be seller for rheumatic affections in
perienced within twenty-four their -dorc. The price of I lie medicine
uirs, rheumatic pains oficn run riot, is one dollar per bottle, three for two
!iile in fair weather the aches are dollars and a half, and six bottles
nietimes forjyoMen. for five dollars. We would advise a
Weather conditions, however, have trial all who -a.ro alVli'ded wilh rlieury
little to do with such troubles, jiitisiri.