The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 23, 1914, Page 2, Image 2
RECLAIMING OF
AND W<
Population of the Unit
Dense That it is h
Every Foot ol
Much of the land in North Caro-I
Una has been practically washed
away and before crops can be raised
on it must be reclaimed. The popu-j
, lation of the United States is becoming
so dense that we are going to
have to make every foot of land in
the Nation produce something. There
is much land in the Southern States
not producing one penny that could
if properly reclaimed could produce j
large yields.
To
reclaim a worn out farm, we
must give it thought. A man must
study how best to stop the wash and.
get the land back to crops.
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We were on a farm last week in
Davidson county, North Carolina,!
which the owner has just started to
reclaim. It was an old farm that;
has practically been turned out. It!
was slightly rolling, ditches were so
deep we were unable to cross them.
They extended from two feet to 10 in
depth and from four to 12 feet across
the top.
The present owner has not naa pos-.
session long so had* not had time to j
do much towards reclaiming it, but
he had begun along the proper line, j
The first thing he did was to cut j
pine tops and throw into the
washes with their heads up
stream, thereby making it easier for ,
them to catch the wash as it came
Car i u' down.
He was then taking scrapers,
where he could get to them and cut-,
ting down the banks and pulling
them into the gully. His plan is then
to plow the gullies the best possible
- and plant something on them, in
ordei; -to have something growing.
Next fall he expects to plow deeper
and pull more dirt into the washes,
and put more refuse matter in them
till he has the ditches filled and is
cultivating the entire field. It is pos- ;
sible and only needs a little deter-j
mination and good judgment to ac-!
complish it.
We were in another State last week j
| and noticed a farmer also attempting j
to reclaim some gullies. He was cut-'
ting off the growth along the bank on j
the wash but instead of pulling it in- j
to the ditch he was piling it up and
burning it and pulling the loose dirt'
into the ditch with npthing to keep
it from washing on down the valley j
with the first big rain. He will never ,
rpciaim his field while the other man!
will. That is the reason we used the j
word good judgment. A man may j
have ever so good a determination
but if he does not use good judgment!
in this work, it will be of little value, j
We often say it does not require
brains to farm. It may not require!
brains to farm but it requires brains:
to make money farming. We will
wager that the man who was putting
the brush in his gullies and all the
refuse he could get hold of will in a
few years be making money from
his land while the other good man
may have worked just as hard but
the chances are that he will lose his"'
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farm in some loan company and;
spend the latter days of his life a '
renter.
There are thousands upon thousand
of acres of waste land in the
South that could with Httle work be
reclaimed and the Southern farmers
should begin giving attention to it.
It does not take a farm long to
wash away. We were on a farm in
South Carolina a few days ago and
remarked to the owner about a large
;
gully running from the top of the hill
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to the branch at its foot. We said
it was a pity that such an ugly scar
should be on his farm.
The owner said he had been trying 1
to fill it up but it was next to im-j
possible. He then remarked that he j
remembered when that was a path
V lea'ding from the negro quarters to
the spring at the branch. His
father's negroes before the war walked
up and down that path for water
and the wash started from the path
they made. It was not given any attention,
in fact, the owner never;
dreamed that it was possible for such j
a wash to be made in so few years.!
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In places it was 15 feet deep and 1 2 i
to 15 feet wide at the top.
This all had taken place in about i
50 years, or during the memory of j
the son who now owns it and is try- j
ing to stop the wash but is having a
time for it has gotten such a hold on
the land that it will take years to
overcome it.
There are very few farms in the
South but what have some washes on
them, they may be very small now.
but suppose you leave them for 50
years and see the results. At the
end of that time you coukl not cross
your field on foot where now you
drive in your farm wagon. And why?
Simply because we failed to stop the;
wash while it was small.
We have been terracing to stop
tbem but the best way is to do deep .
WASTED
DRN OUT LANDS
:ed States Becoming So
iecessary to Make '
f Land Yield.
plowing in the Fall and keep a crop
of some kind growing all the time.
Mr. Allen of Buford, Georgia, has
over 500 acres in his farm and not a
terrace on it and, some of it is rather
rolling and there are very few wasnes
in the farm. This is done by deep
plowing and keeping something
growing all the time. There are
farms all around Mr. Allen that are
full of terraces and also washes.
Let us begin studying how we can
reclaim the old fields that have been
allowed to wash away.?Charlotte
Observer. '
Vice President's Libel Suit.
Vice President Marshall and Judge
J. E. Dodge, of Milwaukee, had a
pleasant visit here Thursday. When
the vice president learned that Judge
Dodge wa6 identified with the
Journal, he said, reminiscently:
"I ran a newspaper for four weeks.
I was 18 years old. It was at Wabash
College. I had three fights in that
brief editorial experience and was
sued for $20,000 for libel. I had
three college mates as associates in
the enterprise." The vice president
paused with a grim smile: "It was
the college paper."
"Well, how about the libel suit?"
"Well, we won." said he, "but we had
a good lawyer. Renjamin Harrison,
afterward president of the United
States. As soon as we were sued I
took the college paper containing the
article to Gen. Harrison. He read it
and appeared to be greatly amused. I
asked him if he thought it was libellous.
He looked at me with an amused
expression on his face for a moment,
and then remarked: "Young
man, if I wanted to have a man libeled
I would hire you to do the job,
feeling assured that it would be a
complete one."
"I was scared," said the vice president.
"not because I expected to have
to pay $20,000, because I could hot
have paid a judgment for 20 cents,
but Gen. Harrison asked me if 1
thought we could prove the allegations.
The strange thing about it is
we did prove them at trial. Gen. Harrison
refused to take any fee from us,
but.I remember that he told us the
experience ought to serve us as a
lesson. "There are a great many
thinga that happen in life and c^in be
proved, but it is just as well not to
publish them,' said Gen. Harrison."
?Washington Letter to Wilwaukee
Journal.
WOMAN DENIED NEW TRIAL.
Likely Mrs. Godbee Will Have to
Serve Sentence.
Atlanta, April 15.?Mrs. Edna
Godbee, under sentence of life imprisonment
for the murder of her divorced
husband's wife, Mrs. Florence
Godbee, at Millen, Ga., was denied a
new trial to-day by the Supreme
court of Georgia. The court
^overruled contentions of the
Godbee attorneys that insufficient
time was allowed for the preparation '
of their client's defence and that procedure
of the State was irregular
in other respects.
Mrs. Florence Godbee and her husband,
W. S. Godbee. were shot and
killed by the convicted woman in the
Millen postoffice on August IS last.
She pleaded justifiable homicide.
BLACKYILLE DARK.
Boiler of Lighting- Company Bursts,
Picture Shows Lmbarrassed.
Blackville, April 16.?About 5.30
o'clock this afternoon an alarm like
the roaring of cannons was heard by
the citizens of Blackville and it was
discovered that the boiler of the
Blackville Lighting Company had
burst. It was a terrific explosion.
Mr. Moody, the fireman of the plant,
was about 50 feet from the scene of
the explosion and he was hit on tfi,e
leg and knocked down. The boiler
jWas thrown about 100 feet.
In addition parts of the roofing,
brick and wood were thrown about 20
yards. The plant is owned and operated
by J. K. Hair. He estimated
the loss at about $1,000 with no insurance.
The city in all probability will be
in total darkness to-night, further necessitating
the closing down of the
many moving picture snows.
A new stock of Waterman Ideal
fountain pens expected this week, i
Call and make a selection before they
are picked over. All varieties.
Herald Book Store.
No matter what you want in the
stationery or book line, we can sell
it to you. If we have not got what
you want in stock, we will order it
for you. Herald Book Store.
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ATTEMPT TO KILL MAYOR.
Bullet Meant for Mitchel Seriously
Wounds City Attorney.
New York, April IT.?In an attempt
to take the life of Mayor John
Purroy Mitchel to-day, Michael P.
Mahoney, an apparently irresponsi
ble, elderly man. who later said he
was a blacksmith out of work, fired
into a group of three men seated in
the mayor's automobile on Park Row
at the east side of the City Hall park.
The bullet entered the jaw of Frank
L. Polk, corporation counsel, who
was sitting next to the mayor. With
blood spurting from his mouth, Mr.
Polk was taken into the City Hall
and afterwards to a hospital, where
it was said, the wound would not
prove fatal.
Mahoney shot at the mayor, he declared
to-night, because he felt aggravated
at the executive's "extravagant
expenditures" and because he
was incensed at being refused an audience
with the mayor on two occasions
this week when he came to
apply for a municipal job.
Before Mahoney could fire a second
shot he was overpowered by Detective
Geo. Neun. who, in the capacity
of chauffeur, was adjusting robes
about the men in the automobile. The
mayor sat in the middle of the back
seat with Mr. Polk on his right and
Geo. V. Mullan, .the mayor's former
law partner, on his left. The bullet
passed so close to Mayor Mitchel that
the left side of his face was scorched,
standing within a few feet of
Mahoney was Police Commissioner
Woods, who was waiting for the
chauffeur to get into the car, intending
to sit beside the driver.
To bystanders, the sound of the revolver
shot and the sight of the
aged man who did the shooting,
sprawled on the pavement as he was
borne down by Detective Neun, seemed
almost simultaneous. The sight
of Mayor Mitchel steadying the staggering
figure of Mr. Polk then detached
itself from the picture. Within
a short time the City Hall plaza
and Park row were flooded with a
surging crowd and police reserves
were called out.
Politics in Barnwell.
Barnwell, April 16.?The political
situation in Barnwell county is warming
up. A glance at the candidates'
column in the local papers will show
that already about 15 aspirants for
office have made announcement of
their candidacy. All county officers
have to make the race this summer
with the exception of the sheriff and
clerk of court, and judging from the
talk that is going the rounds there
will be no dearth of material to select
from.
County Chairman R. C. Kirkland
has issued a call to the Democratic
clubs to meet on April 25 and elect
delegates to the county convention,
whirh will rrmet in the court house on
May 4.
The announcement of the appointment
of Dr. A. B. Patterson, State
senator, as assistant physician at the
Hospital for the Insane, has created
quite a stir in political circles and it
is expected that a number of gentlemen
will offer for election to fill the
unexpired term should the doctor accept
the position. Among those mentioned
are: J. Eniile Harley, mayor
of Barnwell, H. F. Buist of Blackville
and Jas. M. Patterson, of Allendale.
Mr. Harley has made definite announcement
of his candidacy in case
the vacancy is created and is receiving
encouraging reports from his
friends in many parts of the county.
He served this county for two terms
in the house of representatives and
during the time that he has been
mayor of this city has proved himself
to be fearless in the discharge of
his duties.
The other two men mentioned are
well known attorneys and should
they decide to enter the lists will no
doubt make excellent races.
The most fashionable thing in use
now is the initial correspondence
cards. We have them. 25c a box.
Herald Book Store.
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