Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.r | 't.:- it the Postoffic. *tzi v ? . as 2*vi class matter - r. aull, editor Tuesday, February 11, 1912. L_ g? ? o an^akine: idea all V? V Ud\C uuu U ? I along that it was impossible for an entire year to slip by without some cfcance to vote, and now the bill to call for a court house election next j August confirms our idea. Voting Is rapidly becomii^ one of the chief occupations of South Carolinians.? Greenville News. This is true not only of Greenville but of some other places we aave fceard about The people must vote whether the people want to vote or not. The corn show will continue this > week in Columbia and every farmer in Newberry who has not attended i should not fail to go down this week, j if for only one daJ. It will pay you to attend. It would be better for you if j you could spend more than one day,1 tout if you can not, do not fali to give one day of your time to a visit to the mm show. You can go down in the j Biorning and return the same day and' . feave several hours at the show. It is ! "by far the biggest thing that has ever been pulled off in South Carolina and it will be a long time before another such show will visit tlie State. It seems to ua that it would pay the owners of automobiles who drive only for the pleasure they get out of the l - *?? r^ormiRsion from the' driving, tu jfv*. ? ? county supervisor to put come work on the road from Newberry to Prosperity. A small amount contributed by ^ach owner who uses the road for pleasure driving would be money well invested, if put in the up-keep of the road. Just a little work on this road would put it in fine condition. Supervisor Feagle did some fine work on) I this road, and it does look almost like \ a crime to let the road go down for ! the lack of a little attention. Why not get together and do something and xrnrth while. Mr. R. I. Manning is correct in say-1 I ing that the personal relations between the farmer and the banker are pleasant and cordial, bait do the bankers, as a rule, let the farmers have the mocey to run their crops at a reasonable and living rate of kiterest, and so long as the ii-en merchant charges 25 to 50 p r cent, profit and the farmer tries to pay it, the country is not going to be prosperous. The only -way for prosperity to come to this section is for the farmer to become in-dependent of der and this he can never do so long as he sticks to the one crop ide^ and undertakes to buy his supplies. He will continue to be a tenant and renter. I The Anderson chamber of commerce has been organized and has begun work. The Andereon Mail says: "The spirit was all unselfishness, all optimism, all Anderson." That is the only spirit that will or can succeed, especially when it comes to doing anything for the gereral welfare. There must be a spirit of unselfishness, or optiTv^em /vr <j tn have in mind first ZUAOXXXy V* U w ? the community for which you are working. If that sort of spirit does not prevail there 1b no use- to try to do anything. Wonder how we would start about working up a spirit of unselfishness in Newberry. Will some one please tell. The Anderson chamber of commerce o-nincr to rait;** mnnAv with which to j do this work?that is to say has already raised the money. A special train is going to be run to take the farmers of Anderson county to the National Corn show in Columbia. That will b-e a good year's work in itself. Maybe a live city council will be worth as much. Will the live city council j get busy and do something. In speaking of the men who have-1 been selected to mai:age the Anderson chamber of commerce the Mail says, "they are wide awak*, capable, patriotic, public-spirited, willing to make < .iv ;; .tl ('. niloi l for t!;.~ city's good." Thc-c arc the kind of; men to make such an organization a . power for good in the community. It j would be refreshing to find public i spirited and patriotic men in a com-; munity in this day of selfishness, and i yet, without them it is difficult to make a community grow. In this day there | is demand for broadiniadedne.;s and! i tne community mat nas not sucn men . may expc-ct to remain behind in the march of progress. Will somebody sound the bugle horn j and wak*e up the dead men of Newber- j ry. We need them just now and need! Jiem badly. HOLD COJiFEKENCK ON VITAL PROBLEMS i Methods for Enrichment 9I Rural Life in Jkrntli Carolina Discussed at ileetiog. i Coiuinbia, Feb. 7.?Yeeteriay morn-j ing was a day of particular oigiilncance at the iNational Corn exposition { oy reason oi tne joining hands of two j 01 the most powerful factors in the ataie?uie t>au^.ers ana the farmers. I lue agiicuiLurai conference of tne South Carolina cankers' association marks a long ?iep forward iu the di-1 rection of a closer understanding ami ! a moie harmonious working between the farmers of south Carolina an1 those who oomroi the money markets. lesLerday's meeting was such as to give much encouragement, to tno^e who have hopes ot Dringing into tne oiosecit possiuie Louch tne producers of. the Slate wit.ii trie .nanKers. Jfuipuse oi Meeting. Adopting from Zenophoa as its slogan, "Agriculture is an art ".hat j renders those who understand it rich,1 but leaves those who do not understand it, ht>wever hard they ma labor in it, to live in poverty," the Soath Carolina Bankers' association der.rmined by yesterday's conference to do everything in their power t_ grf into closer touch with the wea-n producing element of the State, the farmers. Robert I. W'oodside, of Grje^vilje, Mioirmon nf thfi committee on agiicul | tural development and ptucation. opened the meeting and the.i tenderI ed the chair to Emsiie Nicho!?ou, of ; Union, president of the association. Address by Dabbs. The first address made was that of E. W. Dabbs, president of the State Farmers' union. Mr. Dabbs said that I in his opinion this was a most auspii cious event in that it vras giving the 1 (banker and the fanner a chance to j become 'better acquainted and get some closer understanding of the j needs and motives of each other. He I was of the opinion that the confer1 ence would not only redound to the xt~ ~^~ liontor D6DGIH OI III? ia.1 Luci auu uic uuiiuv. but that it would be -equally as beneficial to the merchant and all other 1 classes who may come in contact with | the first named two. Mr. Dabbs said ! that one particular and important way ! in which the banker could aid the i j farmer materially was that of assistI ing in providing some means for the : producer to market his crops. "Not ! in producing," said Mr. Dabbs, "be* I cause there we have no complaint. With our unrivalled soil and climate the matter of production is easy, but we meet our Waterloo when we attempt to market the crops at a fair price and along this line is where tne banker can do the farmer untold I good." Mr. Dabbs is of the opinion 1 that the bankers are largely responsible for the partial failure of the "holding" plan by reason of their advising their customers that holding their cotton is unwise and by urging that the cotton be put on the market at an early date. This, when done all over the State, is almost fatal to the plan of holding. Work in 191S. Mr. Dabbs regarded the coaiserence I yesterday as being the opening gun in the campaign of 1913 and hoped I that with the assistance of the bank| ers the farmers would find themselves | in a more prosperous condition than ever before. E. J. Wateon, commissioner of agriculture of South Carolina, spoke fluently on the subject of "The Farmer and His Relation to th-e Economic Development of the State." Mr. Watson said that of all the meetings he had * ? 4-X J ? J 1* ~ f f Vt Q t I ever at-Leuutxi uo tucv? ui uuuc v 1 could be more productive of good re! suits than a coming together of the j farmers and the bankers. He said that j he has worked fcr year.s for the joini ing together of these two Dodles and | that he considered this meeting as being a signal success. He pointed out that the farmers produce $90,000,000 every year and that they must borrow, in order to produce crop? aggregating this sum, the sum of $60,000,000 for which they are forced to pay twice as much interest as is paid in any other agricultural coun 1.1 ?S..i i Mr. Waxson: ^ :ii.u row of the qiv?2- J ticn, whion the bankers think that ^ th?-y are coming to the aid of the far- !< m r, they are merely trying to farm J the farmer ir.stead of helping the far- g form Ami vpf the banking i business would not bo worth 15 cents I '? per w^ek w-ore it not tor the;e produc- ' ers. I have no desire to arraign the 4 bankers but you bankers do not realize what you permit to go on behind your doors and you are not always giving the fanner a "square deal." Condi. . . ! tions in South Carolina are as bad witn the cotton crop as they are in the West with the moat question. Many a farmer there is selling his hogs to the markets and then buying back meat at a larger rate with an extortionate profit to the middleman. Our banking system is wrong so far as the farmer is concerned and some steps should be taken to avert the system now in use of 'fall and call' and when the fall does come the banker should not always bo so ready to 'call.' The credit system in the South is too high, which fact ia proved conclusively by the fore;gn country where- the agricultural loan rate is 4 1-2 per cent. Work of Farmers. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson j college, spoke on the subject, "The T.-ever Bill and Its Possible Effects Upon the Demonstration Work." Dr. Pi?rgs be^an with the demonstration work when it was.in its early stages, before there had been attempt at cooperation between the State and federal workers. He spoke of the fact! that the work in its early stages was, not successful by reason of the fact that the farmers did not care to act en the advice of the book-taught farmers and that it was not until the coming of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp that the work really began in earnest. Said Prof. Riggs: "The advice of Knapp "show the farmer on hi3 j own farm' proved to he the right; course and the work began to gain! headway. T^e State and federal au- j thorities have been working hand in ! hand with the demonstration work and it has advanced very rapidly indeed by reason of the alliance of these two bodies. The Lever bill, proposing to appropriate $10,000 to each State and additional money from year to year where a like appropriation is; made for the succeeding years after - - . i I the first year would do great gooa in: South Carolina. There are only two 1 institutions in the State which might be eligible for this appropriation,; being Clemson and the negro college at Orangeburg. Clemson would be the logical institution to receive the appronriation because it has been demonstrated that the negro can learn bet ter by imitation than by any other known means; therefore, teach the white men and let them show the negro." ! Banker and Farmer, Richard I. Manning, .cf Sumter, a member of the association, discussed the topic: "The Relation Between the Banker and the Farmer." Mr. Manring &aid that so far as he knew tnere had never been anything but a very cordial relationship between the two in South Carolina, and thai spraxing os a banker he was sure that his perioral relationship had always been, as pleasant as might be denred. He referred to the faulty credit system which had been in vogue before the coming of tbe banks when the farmer had dealt with the "factor" at a loss *-.->ar and remarked on the great change for the better which had been cff?eted by tho coming of the banks. ~ ^ -3- "U-~ speaKing or in? re^orus m-d.ut? uj South Carolina in agriculture, Mr. Manning said: "We have every reason ;n the -world to he proud of our records, wonderful as they are, but why is it that we should make these world records and yet stand almost at the fcot of the ladder so far as the general averages are concerned? The explanation. lies in the fact that we have too many tenants and renters and too fpw landlords. As for me, give me 20 frrm<? -of 50 acres rather than one fnrm of 1,000 acres. The result will be astounding. The bankers can not sucked unless the farmer succeeds, and speak'ng for myself and for the banking association, I say that we stand ready and willing to put forth every effort for the advancement of the farmer in any way that may lie within our power." The crying need right now, as Mr. Manning sees it, is education, economy and thrift and the farmers mayi have help from the bankers in attaining these, if he will only accept that help when tendered him. One Crop System. The last speaker to address the conference was Bradford Knanp, social a^ent farmers' cooperation demonstration work of the United States d-part-| ment of agriculture. Mr. Knapp said j that the worst thing the South has to contend with is the one crop sysqcyee nos otn xkoij 'toe? 9HB9E9BSHEflBflHEBHflHBB9KJESES3SE9B&flB l Tin A MaiitIIA Iiuc iiewue Capital Stock, | Cuyjiight 190 II grows * J up one one I and the ha ^ I quired so < ly stimulate creasing e "The Bank That il Four Per Cent Inti 1 JAS. McINTOSH, President year the same ingredient, which is not | rotnrnoH thp novt nr thft nfxt. aild C.Oil- I S'equently the soil suffers or want of yf this one ingredient until it ;s no longer ^4 o. of value. "All over the country," said \ Mr. Kirapp, "we are suffering from the A, wrong system of marketing and as a Jj resul' we have a low clas's1 of produce and a low class of efficiency. The crying need of the agricultural country ___? today is a certainty of production and if a uniformity of products. A bumper i a crop this year and a failure next year J will never gain for the farmer the 3 success which he desires. It i?s> a fore- |j gone conclusion that it is mucti c.ieap- j er and more satisfactory for the far- f mer to farm on, the cash system instead j of the credit system, but there are so jj many farmers who can not do this j that some revision of the credit sys- * tem is- imperative. In less short term ! tenancy, cooperation and proper dis- j tribution lie the- secret of success with I the farmer. a "Gambling on produce "oy tlie stock J I exchanges should be stopped by some j legislation enacted in that direction, | | and I have hopes of this1 end ultimate\y being attained. The opportunity g for teaching the farmer is at hand, and 'a we have grasped it; the results of our 1 efforts are becoming more and more apparent." Following the conclusion of the ad- i i dresses a general discussion .ras en-1 \ gaeed in, this sbeing participated in by i i the members of the banker?' confer, j 1 n r\r\ o n ^ fVin lorerex niimW nf ' I "5u^C' ttuu ia* ov ** -w- ?w? - ? . _ present. Numerous questions of in- *%?33Qgaa terest to both were discussed at length. p Resolutions. resolution was adopted by the Resoluio conference that a telegram be sent Robert j the South Carolina senators, stating f0u0Wg: the sense of the Bankers' association | and the Farmers' union of South Caro- ; a better lina to be that the South Carolina sen- | That loa ators should support the Lever bill and men of gc put forth their efforts for its passage, chasing of It was the sense of the association j that better warehouse facilities are j That a imperative and it urges that steps be culture be taken looking toward this end. | high echoo / y rry Savings Ba $50,000 IARS W : Upon Thi )ther WHE IN OUR SAN 9, by C. E. Zunmermaa Co.?No. 48 in the Ba ; fast. Doiiars p i top of the oti bit of saving, easily, is consts sd bv the ever r ffect of interc Always Has The Moi arest Paid on Savings Depoi J.JE. NORWOOD, him a?3?m?????? Poland jJS| If ^SO *n Tins MP 10ctiM fn rnrriM "Pans Across The Se AS WAiSVV A _ ? ?? ? ? ? "What's the matter here?" say "If a little girl is sick, Rona helps her pretty quick." "Yes" she answered, "I do thk RONA is a comfy drink." HOUTEN'S ^^ORTED DUTCH WSBaBamXttSZSZSZZJZZZ. JORHBH 'or Sale by E. M. I 9 lis were introduced hy M Woodside, the chairman, as j>r Kjn to the 1 selection of seed. fering ns should be encouraged to *r >od character for the pur- onoe U? small farms. ! Crawfoi j King's course in elementary agri- boy fro; ^ught in all the public and ture of is of the State. j Only 50 mmaHHBHeeaea?| ink 1 I .00 1 I f h IK _ ? nk j iile I t ier I ?1 aC" mi i . ; lir ? I ley I sits I Cashier I UNI ??yw?????n?^ J ^ 1 I I ?ane & Co. others Can Salelj Boy. |j g's New Discovery and give it ittle ones when ailing and sufwith colds, coughs, throat or oubles, tastes nice, harmless, ied, always used. Mrs. Bruce d, Niagra, Mo.t wirtes: "Dr. New Discovery changed our m a pale sick boy to the pichealth." Always helps. Buy it c, at W. B. Pelham & Son's.