The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 22, 1913, Image 1
4 The Herald and News
^ VOLUME LI , NUMBER 07. JTEWBEBBY, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A TEAR.
' OLD FOLKS' DAY IS j
i ENJOYED AT ST. PAUL
REV. DR SLIGH, PASTOR FOR 47
YEARS PRESENT.
tLarere Crowd Present?Sermon by
Rev. P. E. Monroe?Good Dinner.
B St. P*?ul, Aug. 21.?The order of
Wprogi\ ne that had been arranged
fjc Old Folk's Daj- :>t St Pa1'1 Sun
day. August 17, v-.as very EU^je^sl illy
cirrred out before a larne toncourse
of worshipers. Many visitors
||ere with us from different sections
m tbo county. Many old people who
d nor cad the pleasure of worshiping
with us in a number of" years
*ere thus drawn together from the
^Announcement of this occasion and
once more had the pleasure of spendm
ing the day of worship at their their
old mother church which a number
of them had gone out from years ago.
Special attention was given to the
old people by the younger people of
the congregation in order that they
might spend a day of pleasure in our
midst. The crowd was unusually
i
1 <->r-n-o TOifn oil ovtro nhairc that ^Ollld
X ^ ^ y ** * CU Ut I V/ bl M u W" VA V V ~ v> V.
(J& placed in the church we were not ,
able to seat scarcely more than half
the people present. After the order
of morning service and a number of ,
old time aymns had been sung, Rev.
P. E. Monroe, president of Summerland
Female college, was briefly in-;
troduced by Pastor Riser. Rev. J
Monroe is a very able speaker and
delivered a most interesting and help,
ful sermon, choosing for his text,
"Honor thy father and thy mother,
thv dav?? mav be Ion? upon the
\ land which the Lord thy God giveth j
thee." He spe 'ally emphasized upon j
rthe duty of }./dng people making
Vmany interesting points very clear.
W Rev. Monroe made a good impression
f upon the people oi St. Paul and we
I hope to ha^*e the privilege of having
him with us again sometime in the
future.
I Rev. Dr. J. A. Sligh, former pastor
Wof this congregation for 47 years, and
mtt present pastor Emertis, was
Bresent and occupied hist usual I
Wchair in the pulpit and while very j
? feeble and helpless, yet to the delight-}
of his many admirers he was able to j
I stand before his old congregation and !
speak to them for about ten minutes,
A while his yeak and feeble voice could
not be heard only by those nearest
Mm, yet it was quite a treat to the
fc people of St. Paul to have him once
^ fere to stand before them and deI
liver a message of advice. Dr. Sligh
^told the people that he had prayed
to God that if it be His will to grant
Hhim strength and voice to deliver one
^?ore message to his dear old congre
gation before he closed his eyes to
the great beyond. He never forgets
ito tell the people 01 mis cuugiesation
when he is dead he wants his
fcodv buried beneath the clods of St.
Paul graveyard of which graveyard
he has stood at the foot and looked
finto very near every grave in This
graveyard. We pray God's richest
"blessings upon this dear old pastor
and may God make his last days upon
earth ioyful and happy.
I During the day Dr. Sligh was presented
a purse which contained
greenbacks and silver In' remembrance
of his long and faithful service
of St. Paul which shows the love
and esteem that he is held by this
longregation.
j^ev- H. P. Counts, of Prosperity,
ho had gone out from this church
Peveral years ago was also present.
After the morning service was con
(eluded a long table under tne Deauutful
shade trees surrounding the
church was beautifully decorated
(from end to end with many good eatables
just such as the good ladies of
this section know how to prepare. All
the guests were cordially invited to
?->ake of the dinner. After all had
eaten plenty chairs were placed un-1
3 ~ unrl orpiinied by
Icer me sua.uc ~.
the older people and plenty of good
cool ice water was served while they
engaged in their conversations. It is
Ihe purpose of Sr. Paul congregation
to set apart one Sunday in each year
L> be known as Old Folks Day.
?VIrs. Grace Johnson, of Texas, is
* * i 1, x
(kiting at tier oia nome ut-i-;.
iss Annie Sligh, of Newberry, is
Bng her uncle, Mr. W. B. Kinard.
mr. and Mrs. A. E. Livingston, of
p'berry, visited at the home of Mr.
rd Mrs. J. B. Livingston the first
irt of the week.
Miss Catherine Sheron, of York
unty, is visiting ai Mr. and Mrs. W. |
Kinard's.
Miss Lyda Shealy, of Del mar. i? |
spending awhile with aer parents, Mr.
and Mrs. \V. G. iVIetts.
Mr. H. F. Counts and daughter, Miss
Louise, spent Monday and Tuesday
with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Livingston
near Newberry.
Mrs. Laura Hall, after spending
several wee'*s with her niece, Mrs.
Pauline R^ff, has returned to her
home in Broad River section of the
county. .3 -fc jTitf
Rev. R. E. Livingston, of aSndy
Run, visted his brothers here last
week.
Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaugh has
gone to Columbia where she will
spend a while with her sister, Mrs.
Grace Ricnards.
Dr. R. C. Kibler, of Atlanta, is vis
... , T-v T T T7;.U1A^
iting nis Drotner, j. \j. n. xviuici.
Mrs. J. A. Summer and daughter,
Miss Rosaline, of Newberry, spent
last week with her daughter,Mrs. Y.
von A. Riser.
Dr. and Mrs. Sligh, of Columbia,
were here in attendance of Old Folks
Day. They spent several days in
this section.
Miss Leola Bedenbaugh has gone
to Batesburg where she will spend a
few weeks with friends and relatives.
Mr. James Ellisor, of Columbia, visitor
his: nnole. Mr. P. B. Ellesor, the
first part of the week.
Messrs. Eddie Wicker and Arvid
Lominick, spent Saturday night with
Walter Richardson.
There wil}-?he a meeting of the
Luther league of St. Paul held in the
church Wednesday night. August 27,
beginning at 8:30 o'clock at which
time the regular programme
will be carried out. The public is
wrrliaMv invifpd mrl a full nfrrmdanrp
is desired.
The president of the cradle roll
will hold a mothers' meeting at the
residence of Dr. T. H. Wedaman
some rime ill the near future.
Miss Ida Tinmerm.n, of Pleasant
Lane, has been elected to teach the
crhool, near here.
Rev. Y. von A. Riser has been called
again to serve tl* e charge of St.
Paul and has accepted, with an increase
of salary.
Master T. A. Epting, son of Mr.
and Mrs: T. A. Epting, has about recovered
from a spell of typhoid fever.
'
Miss LiUian Stfn^ entertained a
? r, % O 1 JJ
numoer 01 ner irienas wnn a oinnaay
party at her home Friday night, August
15. ~
Mr. Fred. Bedenbaugh, of Prosperity,
had the misfortune to get his arm
broken between the elbow and wrist
while engaged in a ball game between
Prosperity and Jolly Street. They
were playing the game in Mr. T. A.
Epting's pasture near St. Paul church.
>'ews of Excelsior.
Excelsior, Aug. 21.?Cotton is opening
right along and picking will
commence soon.
Miss Eloine Wheeler is visiting relatives
near Ninety Six.
A good many of our people attended
Old Folks Day at St. Paul's church
on Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Sligh, of Columbia,
while up to attend Old Folks
Day at St. Paul's church spent Sunday
night with Mr. J. A. C. Kibier's
family.
Mr. P. S. Cook and little daughter,
Miss Lizzie, of Columbia, have been
up on a visit to his mother, Mrs. J. C.
Cook.
Mr. Jacob Hunt, of ntar Silverstreet,
came down Sunday ttf see his
father here who has been vsry sick
for several days.
? -
Miss Ollie Counts is visiting mrs.
J. B: Bedenbaugh at Pomaria.
Mr. J. S. Watts has returned from
a visit to his brother, Mr. Willie
Watts, of Georgia.
Hessrs. G. W. Kinard, J. J. Singley,
B. B. Rikard and M. R. Singley spent
Saturday in Columbia going down in
Mr. Hunter Caldwell's automobile with
Mr. Caldwell at the wheel. They
report a pleasant trip to the city.
Ciir^ov cr>hr?r?l rnpnic
JL 11^ d 1111 U CI 1 KJ L4.XA cc J
at Mt. Pilgrim church on Wednesday
was largely attended and the exercises
by the Sunday school children
was interesting from beginning to
ending. The dinner was fine and an
abundance of it. /
The young folks of Mt. Pilgrim section
enjoyed a moonlight picnic on
Monday night in Mr. B. 0. Lovelace's
nasture. Thev en.ioved various kinds
of games besides an ab indance of
nice things to eat.
Mrs. D. J. R. Langford, of Swansea,
has been spending a few days with
Mrs. D. B. Cook.
Mr. Sammie Cook went down to Columbia
on Tuesday.
Mrs. J. M Cook and little son. T.
*\T.. spent Thursday with Mrs. H. J.
Kinard. j Sigma.
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STATE TREASURY IS DEPLETED
Palmetto Bank Cancels Oner of Loan
Because State Would >ot Take
$300,000 in Lump Sum.
Columbia, August IS.?The State
treasury is depleted. ehTre is no
money to pay the running expenses
of the government. Claims against
the Stale, amounting to several thousind
dollars, have been held up because
of lack of funds. The Palmetto
bank declared today that they had
cailed off the offer to loan tne State
of South Carolina $300,000 at 5 per
cent, because they could not lend it
in installments of $50,000 each as r.he
Stated needed the money. Meanwhile
Comptroller General Jones is informing
persons holding warrants against
the State of South Carolina that there
is no money in the treasury and ev;
erything is being held up. For the
first time in years South Carolina is
not meeting her claims. Salaries of
all State officials, and county officials
'getting their money from the State,
will nave to go wanting.until taxes
come in unless arrangements are
made for borrowing some money immediately.
Bank's Offer Cancelled.
! Because the income of the State
from year to year will not pay the
expenses it is necessary to borrow
some money eacii year during the
summer months to meet the expenses
unt.'l the tax money comes in during
the fa]l. In accordance with this cus
torn, the legislature autnorized tne
governor, the comptroller general and
the State treasurer to have charge of
borrowing whatever money was nec'
essary. Treasurer Carter estimated
that it would take from $250,000 to
$300,000 to meet tne ordinary expenses
until tax money came in. Tne
governor made arrangements with the
Palmetto National bank, of this ?city,
| for a loan of $300,000 to the State at
; 5 per cent interest and six notes of
j $50,000 each were signed by Governor
j Biease and turned over to the State
treasurer through the sinking fund
commission. Treasurer Carter and
Comptroller General Jones signed
one note for $50,000 and sent it to
the bank, which refused to advance
the money in instalments, claiming
their offer had been for the entire
1 o ?-? /-v-P ? 9 A A AAA of An a f i m a a rt r\
luail ui ^UVV,VVV C* L uuv biuiV) uxxu
stated that unless all six notes were
at the bank by noon today negotiations
would be off and; their offer
withdrawn.
Instalment Plan Authorized.
The matter of the need for this
money was brought up before the
sinking fund commission last week,
and on motion it was left with the
governor, comptroller general and
State treasurer to make the loan, thl1
resaiution calling for the money to
be borrowed in instalments. The
bank refused to lend in instalments
and called off the offer of the loan.
ITnlncc V? nr* orrontrnmnnf o frvr* o*nf_
U1I1COO Util^/1 ai itt"{5Viavuv.o JLvyi ?-,v- u
ting money are made there will be no
money to pay any claims against the
State until taxes are collected this
fall. No salaries to State officials
and no claims of any kind against the
State will be paid unless some money
is Dorrowea.
The following letters passed be-?
tween Governor Blease and State
Treasurer Carter in regard to the
matter today:
Carter Issues Statement.
Mr. 3. T. Carter, the State treasurer,
and one of the members of the
borrowing board, tonight dictated JFe
following statement in regard to the
j failure of the bank to accept in instalments
the notes which are necessary
to float if the State is to meet
?
; its obligations. As it stands tonight,
I the State of South Carolina for the
first time since the Democrats recovered
the State government, in 1876,
j is failing to meet its running espens'
es promptly. Mr. Carter's dictated
statement follows:
"The six notes for $50,000 each,
i were aenvereu 10 me u.y me uuanmau
of the sinking fund commission, and
| not by Governor Blease. The sinking
j fund commission in its resolution tips
' a string to the notes and the bank reI
fuses to take them under those con|
ditions. The contract for the loan
; was made by Governor Blease. as ap:
pears from Mr. Matthews' letter. I
i
had nothing to do with the making of
the contract and was not consulted
i by the governor in regard to it, nl:
though the law requires that tne gov,
ernor, the comptroller general and
1 the treasurer shall borrow the moni
ey.
"It is Governor P>lea>e's contract,
[and he and the sinking fund commission
construe it one way, and the
i
bank construes it another. It evi
dently was the governor's intention
to have these notes placed with the
bank, from time to time, as the money
shall be needed, or he would not nave
had six notes for $50,000 each drawn,
when one for the entire amount would
have been sufficient if it had been his
purpose to have the whole amount
placed to the State's credit at this
time.
''Since the bank declines to comply
with its contract, made with Mr.
Blease. I have referred the matter to
him for enforcement.
"Tne State needed $50,000, and, according
to the instructions 1 received
with the notes, I presented one note
for $50,000 to the bank. When claims
amount to SI00.000 flrp nrpspritpri for
payment I shall present two notes for i
$50,000 each to the bank, and if they !
refuse to take them, I will hold them '
unti1 claims for $50,000 more are presented,
when I will present three
notes for $50,000 each to the bank,
and so on until 1 shall have presented
al! of them, if claims amounting to
$300,000 shall be presented for payment.''
Comptroller General's Statement.
f1 rvf1 r*r\ll en* Ti'hn ic
vyxi^i u^ixgi ai ?;vugO) ?? uw * o
a member of the borrowing committee,
today made the following statement
relative to the failure of the
State to get the loan necessary to
pay the running expenses of the State
government:
"On August 2 I received from S. T. '
Carter, State treasurer, a copy of a
i
letter to Governor Blease relative to
the necessity of borrowing funds to ,
meet the current expenses of the
State. I have waited patiently for the j
governor to call the financial board ;
together; this he has never done. On j
August 15, about 11 a. m., Dr. BaD- j
cock, superintendent of the asylum !
for the insane, presented a requisi- j
tion and voucher for $28,484.77. I re- j
quested Dr. Babcock to ca'il back at '
12 o'clock. Tne available funds in'
the State treasury applicable to cur,'rent
expenses at that time were $6,000.
At 12 o'clock a check was issued
for $8,027.76 in part payment of
J 11.. 1
voucner, ana me iouuwms cAyimiatorv
letter directed to Dr. Babcock:
"Dr. J. W. Babcock, State Hospital
for the Insane, Columbia, S. C.?Dear
Sir: I have voucher for $2S,484.77 on
account of support and maintenance
of State Hospital for the Insane, payable
to order of J. W. Bunch, treasurer,
and approved by you. The only
amount in the State treasury applicable
to the payment of th-.se expenses
I nnr ~r> ?ro_
I IS I . I O, WHICH 1UUUIUC3 <fl,uvu i v,
ceived by the State treasurer this
morning. I enclose warrant payable
to J. W7. Bunch for this amount. I
regret tnat you will have to wait for
the balance of the money due on this
voucher and necessary for the maia
I tenance of the State Hospital for the
Insane until the treasury si in funds.
The attention of the governor, exofficio
chairman of the borrowing
nnmmittpp. was called bv the State
i treasurer to this condition of the
j treasury on August 1, and I am safcisfied
that the money will be borrow,
ed by the proper officer to pay these
\ expenses and other obligations nec!
essary to the carrying on of the State
, government. I will be pleased to do
whatever is in my power to relieve
tVio ei+iiafinn
L IJ. V_> ClV.UUi.ivu.
"Yours truly.
"A. W. Jones,
"Comptroller General."
"A meeting of the sinking fund
commission was scheduled to meet at
112 o'clock to decide wihether or not
they should make a loan to the asylum
commission. When this business
had been transacted, Governor Blease
rallpri the attention of the sinking
fund commission to the necessity of
the State borrowing $300,000 to pay
its running expenses, and after explaining
a verbal agreement between
himself and Col. Wilie Jones and Mr.
J. P. Matthews, he said he had effect1
ed the loan of $300,000, and had sign
ed as governor six notes or ;?.~>v.vuv
each, to be placed in the State treasury,
to be used when the State needed
the money. That, heretofore, the
I
State had been paying interest on
borrowed money when a large part of
the money was left in bank without
interest: that under his agreement!
with Mr. Matthews, the State would .
only pay interest upon the money as !
it was used. Thereupon Dr. Dick of- j
fered a resolution referring it to the '
financial board, consisting of the gov- ,
ernor. State "treasurer and eomptrol
lor general. I took the position th?.f j
, the sinking fund commission had (
j nothing to do with the borrowing of
i
this money T requested that my vote
bn rc^ordod against any action of the
5?r.k* ""T find in the matter. The resolution
was passed. The governor,
nandea to the chairman of the sinking
fund commission six signed notes,
which were turned over to the State i
treasurer. Governor Blease handed a
copy of the agreement between Mr.
Matthews and himself, to the State!
treasurer and comptroller general.
The State treasurer immediately called
attention to the fact that the writ- '
ten agreement and the statement of
Governor Blease were not in accord.
After the meeting adjourned, I met
Dr. Dick and reauested him to state !
I
what he understood Governor Blease (
to say was the agreement about the 1
notes. He replied 'the notes were to
be placed in t'ne State treasury, and 1
i
as the State needed money they were 1
to be used, so that the State would
only pay interest on the notes as the
money was used.' To be doubly sure
i. , i. t ~ J A. J j.1__ xl
l. hi i nan unuersiuou correctly ine j
governor's statement of his agree- |
ment with Mr. Matthews, I asked Mr.
McLaurin, the field agent of the sink?
ing fund commission, what his under- .
standing' was as to the statement |
made by Governor Blease, as to how
the six notes were to he used. He said !
I
my understanding was that the six j
notes the governor had signed for!
$.">0,000 eacn were to be deposited in
the State treasury to be discounted as
the State needed the money,' so that
the State would only pay interest on
the rotes as the money was used.
"The above interviews were shortly j
after the adjournment of the sinking
fund commission on Augi st 15. Ex- j
necting to be absent the next day, the '
16th. and as the State needed $50,000
at once, T signed one of fhe notes.
"I nave had nothing to do with the
agreement made by the governor. I
have been ready at all times to meet,
the governor on official business when !
called upon. I do not allow any per- j
sonal feelings which may exist to- j
ward itie on the part of the governor
to interfere with the performance of
my duty to the State. The duty I owe
the State is paramount.
"The State treasurer informs me ,
Mr. Matthews refused to advance $50,- |
000 nnon nresentation of the note for ,
~ I
that amount, stating that he had not!
agreed to advance the State instalments.
"I regret very much that there
should have been this misunderstanding
b( jween the governor and Mr.
Matthews. Th? State is out of money,
and her obligations are becoming due
and should be promptly met. I have ,
no concern as to the cause of the difference
between th.* understanding of
the agreement by tne governor and
Mr. Matthews. ' I am standing by the
governor's statement of what the verbal
agreement was, he having signed (
the notes under that agreement.
"I am sorry mat mis nnsunuer- >
standing should have arisen between ,
Mr. Matthews and the governor, and
hope that arrangements will soon be
made to borrow this money.
"I am concerned about maintaining
the high credit the State has estab- j
lished heretofore by promptly meeting
har obligations."
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN
CONTROVERSY ON LOAN
Cashier Mathews Says All Notes Must
Draw Interest From Time Placed
In Bank. , ,
Columbia, Aug. zu.?staie .treasurer
S. T .Carter in a letter today to Cashier
J. P. Matthews of th-a Palmetto
National bank asks a question which
involves the crux of the whole controversy
over the State loan: "If the
six notes aggregating $300,000 should
be delivered to you at one time (say j
on August 21 or 22) would you ac- ;
rpnt them and nlace the amount to j
tne credit of the State upon the ex- ;
pressed understanding that not No. I
1 for $50,000 would commence to draw
Interest from that time, and when the
proceeds of that note ($50,000) shall
be exhausted note No. 2 to commence !
to draw interest, and when this $50,000
shall be exhausted note Xo. 3 to ,
commence to draw interest, and so
on until the tntire six notes (if so
much be necessary) are used?"
riVpU^UKFU ncjvvn-u. ,
This proposition, which Governor 1
Blease stated in an interview yester- I
day was the only sensible interpretation
of the bank s proposition to lend
the State money, which view, he said,
had been Mr. Matthew's offer froix
the beginning, was rejected by Mr.
Matthews in the following words:
"We could not undertake to handle
the matter in such a manner that the
State would only pay interest on the
notes in denominations of $.">0,000
each. The six notes as a whole will
draw interest from date of delivery."
Mr. Carter presented one note of
%
$50,000 to the Palmetto hank some
days ago and officials refused to accept
it, saying that the six notes each
for $50,000' must be placed in taeir
hands at the same time.
Governor Blease in an interview
yesterday stated that the purpose of
the bank in asking that all of the
notes be delivered to it at the same
time was solely to allow its authori
ties to use thees notes in securing ine
money and that they would not draw
interest when presented but when the
money, $50,000 at a time, was placed
to the credit of the State at the treasurer's
request. Mr. Matthews in his
letter to Treasurer Carter refuses to
accept the proposition which the governor
stated was the one which he
had advanced.
State >"eeds Money.
The State meanwhile is sadly in
need of money. State Senator P. I>.
Hardin, or unesier, cnairman 01 me
sinking fund commission, has called
a meeting of the commission for tomorrow
for the purpose Of straightening
out the tangle.
Mr. Carter's Comment.
Mr. Carter in giving out the correspondence
between Cashier Matthews
and himself this morning made the
following statement: \
"I had nothing to do with the contract
and accepted the governor's interpretation
of the bank's proposition
apd mv actions have been in accordance
with his position. I wish to repeat
that my hands are tied by the #
action of the sinking fund commission
in transmitting the notes to me,
and being under a $90,000 bond I do
not feel that the people of the State
will censure me for not placing my
bond in Jeopardy."
The ^orrp?;r>ondence follows:
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 20, 1913.
Mr.; J. P. Matthews, Cashier,
Palmetto National Bank,
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: It appears from an interv'fw
tho caption. "State Loan
Very Simply Says Blease," in the
Record Aiiorust 19. that
another interpretation has been put
upon ^*our proposition to loan the
money for use of the State.
Tf the six notes aggregating $300.
000 should be delivered to you at one
time (say August 21 or 22) would yon
accept them, and place the amount to
the credit of the State upon the expressed
understanding that one note
No. 1 for-.$o0,000 would commence to
draw interest from that time, and
when the proceeds of that note ($50,000)
shall be exhausted, note No. 2
tn draw interest, and
when this $50,000 shall be exhausted,
note No. 3 to commence to draw interest,
and so on until the entire six
notes (if so much be necessary) are
used.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) S. T. Carter,
State Treasurer.
Mr. Matthews' Reply.
To the above letter Mr. Matthews
wrote as follows:
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 20, 1913.
Hon. S. T. Carter, State Treasurer.
Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: Replying to your letter
of even date, in . reference to a loan to
the State of South Carolina amount(CONTINUED
ON PAYGE 5.)
FARMERS' MEETING
AT PIXEY WOODS
Tenth Anneal Pknic in Dutch Fork
To Be Held on August 22.
The State, 19th.
The 10th annual farmers' picnic of
the Dutch Fork community in Lexington
county will be held" at Piney
Woods' (St. Peter's) parsonage, near
Little Mountain, Friday, August 22.
The exercises are to last hroughout
the day, and will consist of speeches
on various subjects relatives .to the
problems of th.? rural community.
The programme as arranged Is:
"Better Schools for the Rural Districts,"
the Rev. F. K. Roof, Leesville;
"Why the Farmers Should Be
Organized," J. C. Riley, member of
the house of representatives from
Saluda county; "Cattle Tick Eradication,"
D. F. Efird, Lexington; "ConnoraHvo
Rnvins: and Selling." J.
Whitner Reid, president of the State
farmers' union; "Legumes in Connection
With Commercial Fertilizers," E.
J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture;
and "What the United States
Department of Agriculture is Doing
for the Farmer," Congressman A. F.
Lever.
Tnese picnics have always been
largely attended by the people of
Xewberry, Lexington and Saluda
counties, and the farmers have derived
much profit from these discus??m?