The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 04, 1900, Image 1
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VOL io.---NO. 36. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBBER 4, IgOo. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
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G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - -
FARM L-ABOR IN TIIE SOUTH.
There are some few m1en in the South
who, because of the trouble that, the
"negro problem" in politics and crime
has given them, are ready to declare
that they wish the negro well out of
the South. Now the fact is that there
are good negroes and bad negroes, 1as
there are of all other races, and so far
as farm labor is concerned those who
have all their lives worked the negro
in the South, and understand hii, know
very well that there is no better farm
labor when mtelligetly (lirecte(d. This
fact is strikingly brought out in an ad
dress by Mr. F. .l. Merriam, of Battle
Hill1, Georgia, before tihe Georgia State
Agricultural Society, at Dublin, Ga.,
on the 5thl of August. Ile said: "'With
us5 in tile South the question of farm
labor is essentially a question of negro
lab~or. Th'lere are some amionig you, I
know, who would like to see the negro
cleared out of the country; hut if he
were, who would take hlis place? You
would have to dlepend almost entirely
on your own efforts until the foreigners
came to take the place of tihe blacks
a calamity I trust we shall neOver be
called upon to endure. Thie South is
to-day almost the only part of thle counli
try which is truly American, and I hope
we shall learn to keel) it so. I toll you
I can take my negroes anld (10 as muchl
or more work, and do it as well as withl
any lot of white 11en1 you can pick up.
'Tho negro is tile natural labor of tile
South and with prioper management he
can be muade to pay." The speaker
thlen went on to detail his experience
in picking up) whlite laborers about
Atlanta, and the unlsatisfactory resulit
of the experiments. With the negro,
''when you want your horse hitched up~
on Sunday morning, youl call out 'Ihere
Mose, catch my horse, iil you ?' andl
shortly the horse come10 around~ well
groomed and shiiny,withi Moses holding
him, halt ill handl, and1( smiling as you
come out. You may give him a nlickie
or a cigar, or nlothing at all-it is all
the same to hlim. Thle 'BOS' wants
his8 horse and that, iS enoughl. 15t. if
the man 1s a whlite mani, if you can11 111nd
him, you say, 'Mir. Johnlsonl, will you1 be
kind enoughl to hitchl upl tile bay to the
buggy ?' and Mr. Johnson goes about11
tile task moodily, multtering that lhe
was not hired to Wail on p~eople. Bul
when pay day comes he exp~ects all
these little extras to be settledl for.
You may run off your negroes if you
will; but for me I will keepi mine foi
a while yet, for I consider thle nlegroei
on the whole, muchl superior to th<(
class of whtte labor you1 maly be corn.
polled to hire."
A new cartridlge, claimned by an Ital,
ian eletricianl to be an effective substi,
itot for dlynamite and smokeless po0W.
decr, for mines and heavy ordnance
contains a mixture of carbonate of
potashl and chloride of ammonia
While the mlixture is ordinarily harm.
less tihe passage of an electric sparn
sets up electrolytic action giving
violent. nXninnBion.
D ComelO to see us for any thing that men
ar.
en's Suits run from $4.00 to $25.00.
e Pant Suits $1.60 to $6.00.
on $1.00 to $7.50.
0 of Mlen's and Boys' Iats in both
raw goods.
Shoe made for men.
Underwear, among which is the best
undered white shirts and colored shirts
,he trade for 50 cents.
>leasure in showing you through the
of goods in our line in the Piedmont
I the prices are all right.
BRISTOW
?NVILLE, S. C..
28S.
DHORT NO-C10E.
xamine our Summer Stock of
, Buggies,
s and Harness.
Our Goods Are.Guaranteed.
Coach Factory.
- - Vi-. C. MARKLEY, Prop
In Albuquerqe, N. ., which has
an altitude of about 5,000 feet, the re
cipes and regulations laid (own by the
ordinary cookbook are, it seeis, worth
less. Water boils there at 202 degrees
Fahrenheit, instead of at 212 degrees,
as at sea level. Hence articles of food
to be boiled require a much longer
cooking than the usual cookbook prC
scribes. On account of the extreme
dryness of the air, farinaccous foods,
such as beans, corn, etc., lose so much
of their moisture that they require
long eonking in water before cooking.
The worst difficulty, however, is said
to b~e with cake and1 bread making.
Ordinary directions as to the miiuber
of eggs and amount of baking p~owder
break dlowni altogether. As the baro-0
metric pressure largely determines the
effectiveness of the '' raiser,'' this may
explaini the unusual action of the bak
ing 50(da and egg batter.
T1hie idea of a fruit, that bears con
tinuously is somethmng new to muost
peoplle, since the majority do not know
the habits of the orange anid somue oth
er sub-tropical and tropical fruits, but
since men have begun to aid fruits and~
flowers in their process of cultivation
by intelligent crossmng and cultivation,
it, is not surprising that they are
dcyceloping fruits that continue to bear
(luring a whole season. A new st~raw
berry has been introduced iln the last
year or two, that not only possesses
the merit, of bearing along through the
whole sensoli, but, of p)roducinig really
good fruit. Those who are very fond
of strawberries will fInd this a great,
comfort, since they can continue to
have fresh home growin berries after
the regular sup~ply is gone, without
having to resort to those shipped from
a d1 i stance.-T'ri-~t ate F~armer.
Tiwenity barrel's of uinleaed~ wood
ashes would usually weigh about 2,400
pounds(1. T1his amount woul(l sulpply
as much potash as would 1b0 turn ishied
b~y from 250 to 300 pounds muriate of
potashi. Double)1 this quantity of ashes
might b)e used if the soil were quite
seriously in need of lime, although
such an amount would f urmish more
piotash than wouldl be required imme
dliately. Better' results wouild be se
curedl by harrowving in the ashes than
b~y plowing themi undier.
T1heo largest 01 chiard in South D akot a1
is near 11111ley, Turner county, and1( hias
150 acres, in which are M,000 trees,
two acres being given over to 1plums).
Besides the0 trees there are' 1,000 cur
rant bushes, 1,000 gooseberry bushes,
500 grapevines, and1( ihree' acres oif
strawvber'rios,
Some idlea of thbe extent of walnut
culture in California, may be formed
from the fact that, a single large as
sociationi, ini Southern California, ad
Vertisedl for b)ida for 70,000 sacks to he
used( mi the shipp~ling of the cominug
II ltIUDA GItASS.
Krittor Cotton Plant:
As I am housed to-day by a welcome
rain, I will try to fultlil a promise
made you some time since, that is to
give you a part of my experience with
Bermuda grass. Several years ago I
was appointel to write an article on
the grasses, for our summer meeting
of the State Agricultural and Mechan
ical Society, which met at Spartan
burg. When my article was read,
taking high grounds in favor of 1er
iunda grass, a gentleman jumped up,
and while lie did not. call ine a fool, lie
intimated as much, and warned those
present against this grass as a danger
ous enemy, saying that it would run
over a twelve acre field in a week. I
had lauded this grass ats a blessing
not appreciated by our people, as it
will grow on almost any kind of land,
either dry or moist, so it is not cover
ed by water. On good land it will
make heavy crops of the best hay,
and on poor, worn out land makes the
best of pastures. When a good stand
is secured, it is so well protected that
stock may tramp it without injuring
the soil or killing the grass. It has
taken entire possession of many fields
inl this section without the aid of the
owner of the land. There are hun
dreds of acres in this vicinity, of as
fine pastures as you can find any where,
and all without a sprig having been
planted. This looks as if it had beei
seeded, but the theory is that no seed
ever matures in this climate, though
some think it (toes mature seed under
favorable conditions, and I am in
clined to that opinion, as it gets into
farms in a way that can't be accounted
for unless the seed gets about like crab
grass.
Be that as it may, it is gaining popu
hirity and is a blessing to our people,
who never think of pastures or their
value unless the Bermuda has visited
them. The late G(ov. Ilagood was the
only one that I know of who planted
it for hay, which lie did after a ftie
bottom of river land had been taken
by it. Ie told me that lie had forty
acres planted by having the roots cut
into short pieces and sown broad cast
and plowed iii, which made him 2 1-2
tons to the acre the next spring, and 1
presume It is still kept ill. Col. '. .J.
Moore, of Spartanburg, has given up
his fine river bottom Corn land to it.
I think, like Gov. lagood, a good deal
(if his was volunteered when lie saw
its Value1C aid enflarged its dominions.
The late I)r. Raveilel, of Charleston,
told i1e that he made six tons of lilie
hay to the acre at the phosphate works
near Charleston, and yet I see iL stited
that some farmers near there say that
It don't grow high enough to cut onl
their land. I ai inchlined to suspect
that they have gotten the old wire
grass, which somewhat resembles the
Bermuda, but differs ili many respects.
The wire grass has been here for ages,
I presume. It is never discussed, but
the Bermuda has come within my
memory. It is said that )rs. Nichols
and (,olding took a tripi West, and
brought, back a few sprigs and planted1
themin near their gard1ens. Froml this
small beginniing came what we have,
so it is thought., but it fins certainly
spireadl rapidlly to depend entirely on
(lie roots being carriedl by wvater or the
feet of cattle. My neighbor, D)r. Frank
Fuller, makes a large lot, of fine hay,
yet lie had about 200( acres wvell set, be
fore lie realized what a treasure he
had.
Th'le wire grass makes a finle pastuire,
all stock are fond o1 it, but it, niever
grows high enough to cut for hay. It
dliffers from (lhe Heranmda in color, and
thle seed vessels are but, two, coming
out, at, the end of [lie stem, while (lie
Bermuda has from three to seven, usu1
ally four, which conies out, at thie end
of (lie stem, cycnl, like (lhe arms of an
umbrella. T1he color of the wire grass
is like rye, wvhile (lhe JHermuda is like
wheat. I enclose you samles of each.
I donll't know whiether the wire grass
seeds ; also (lie seed vessels of (lie
crab gr-ass, which colmes ini pair dS(owni
(lie stein. Nature has beeni very good
to) our peolde in seninmg us Hermnuda
grass andl /cspedcz striao, which hats
sp~readl over our pasturies without the
help of mani, for- which we shoul be
very grateful to a merciful God.
It is embarrassing for me to dlescribe
grasses, as I know nlothling of blotanly,
though I hope your11 readlers may be
able to undl~erstand what I have writ
ten, and1( that, you may be able to dhe
cipher what I have written with a
cipplledI forefInger. Wimth many goodl
.J. WAsmux~rroN WVAr-rs.
T1hie tea usd in thie immeiidiate
household of thle Emp~eror of China is
treatedh with the utmost care. It is
raisedl in a garden sulrrounldedl by a
wvall, so that, nieithier mian nor beast, can
get aniywhiere near (lie pilants. At (lhe
tiuie of the harvest those collecting
the leaves must abstaini from catinig
fIsh , that their breath imay not spoil
thie ar~omal of the tea ;they must bathue
three tilmes a (lay, aind, ill aldItion,
miust wear gloves.
T1hie recett periodh of extreme heat.
is blamed1C~ fo an' epii dmihc of Sulicides
ii Chicago. A phiysiciani said that (lie
heat irritated weak temlperamoents and
led( maiiy persons11 so afllictedt to at
temupt, to k ill themvselves. 'I'hiore weme
fnour successwfual attetis in one day.
AINOTHER SIDE OF FAtMING.
8partatiburg Free Lance.
The mercantile side of farming ha1%s
been too much overlooked. We have
been accustomed to think that others
should run that for us. We have been
so much engrossel in producing that.
we have not given as illucl thought to
selling as we should have done. There
are so many sharp traders in every line
ready to manage that for us, that we
have quietly submitted to their mani
agement, and, of course, they have
looked after their owni interest. The
iesult is that, all we make is consumed
and yet we remain poor. More than
this, every class is making more money
out of our produce than we make.
SELLINO COTTON.
Take cotton, the most important
ioney-producing crop we grow. We
have given more thought to this thaln
inly other, and how does this stand ?
Everybody gets better pay than the
producer. The picker gets good wages
for picking; tile ginner gets good pay
for ginning; the bagging and tie men
get immense profits, furnishing tile
covering; the warehouse men get good
profits weighing and storing, and many
of thlm have accumulated large foi
tunes in this business; the isirance
companies make very large moiey from
every crop; the samfpler and street or
wagon buyes make good wages; the
railroad aind ship companies make
larger profits Ihall oil any other class of
freight; the compress men get ilunmiense
ly rich squeezing the badly packed
bales; the larger buyers start in busi
niess ith little or no monley atid get to
be millonaires; bankers get laindsome
profits, furnishing the cash anl paying
the bills; tie mauiifactirers doubile
their capital and pay large dividends;
lastly but Mostly the speculators--.-a
vast army of sharp traders and schem
ers who deal in cotton Im sight and out
of sight, and gamble in options to the
rulin and hurt of thousands of honest
men-often roll in wealth, when they
shouhl be toiling in chains.
Thus we see these fifteen classes of
men all making profits, sometimes im
lleuse fortunes, ild many others in
cidentally getting a good living, while
we often sell at less thail the cost of
production. Take manufactured goods
and follow them back to the consumer
and the imlan who grows the cotton is a
very liberal consmier, and ilnd almost
ats in1an1y profits attached. We sell a
pou1nd of cotton for from six to eight
cents mid sow oin our buttons with
thread for whili we pay a dollar per
poluld.
Nonie of these people are to lamie
for imak~img whiat they cani and do.
They are only looking out for sefI-in
terest, Int we ire to biame for selling
them our cotton without first gettilig i
profit for ourselves.
110W (AN T1113 iC iONliE.
First, we muilist own the cottoni. We
can iever control the sale of i m11ort
gaged crop, or i crop llade lipoln prov Is
i011 bouliit on1 tillc. We must. raise
our own suipplies ani1d own the cottoii.
This has been often said, but we have
iot yet learned what it. really meansIM.
Then We must distribute the sale
throuligh the twelve Ioniths. 3y doing
this we will avoid the numerous go he
tweens andl([ get nearer to the mani
factories. We cai this stop the forced
sale we have beeni mlaking. We cani
avoidl the annulial glut of warehlouses,
raiilroadsl and money markets. When
we have donle this, we cani haive a voi(ce
in the price. We hlave ia practical
moiiopoly of growing this great and~
esseinial cropi of Amiericani cotton. We
lose ll the immliense aldvantage for
want of bus1iness5 melthodsh ill selling.
When we get ini this shlape many113 of us5,
whien we found a cotton crop 01n hand
for which we could not get. a saitisfac
tory price, wvouhld hold it, and quit maik
ing cotton andi give our attention to
somuethinig else until the price was
satisfactory. O.f course this means a
great revoltion inI our1 methlods, but
that, is just what we need and must
have if we arc ever to got fair prices
for farm produlIcts.
What I haive saidl ablout cottonl 15
eqluaily true of many other crops. The
seed of the cotton is another Iilustrationi.
Most of us 01(d 0our seedl last sealson for
about fourteen cents per busheeh or less.
A fewv who he10 on3 1 got t wen ty-fIlye to
thirty-five ceants. All could just, as well
have gottoni twenty-fi ve cenlts if they
had1( walitedI. Cotton sQed are wvorthi
tweinty-flve cents 10 us5, they are worth
over that to thle oil nill nmenm, and wily
shiold we sell thema at fourteen cents.
I trust, that the farmers will read the
above catroef'ully and heed its inean ing.
C. A. WINoo.
Roebuck, .S. C.
GxhowixaN BAN ioo.-T1hie United
States I )epartment of Agricultulre re
cently issued Farmters' ibullotmn No.
931:, from which we fake the following:
"l'he (lay will come when all of ourm
Southllanid will grow the bamboh)o.
T.Jravelerns ini the far East, anid especial
ly JIapan, are' impllressedh with the im
portanlce of the bam boo. It is ulsedl
for almost everything, and is prialltabhy
used3( too. It, can be grown so easily
and1( in such31 profusioni that when we
beginl to study economy, as we must,
50ome ti me, we will iraise baimboo in all
localities where it will grow. It thrives
wonderfully well as far north as coni
tral Japan, anmd we are led to believe
that it will thrive iln theO Souithern
States as far north as Tenmmnessee. 1t
grows to conlsidherablhe size e've as1 1 far
north as tihe latitudeh of Souitherni Iowa,
bult Iowa winters, are too severe for It.
''It wotl tlourish ini tihe South, anid
it, is susceptible of so mfany) and1 such
varied uses that it mlust be seen aind
utilied to ho fully alnlrecatena .'
LUCERNE OR AILAllA.
Correspontienoe Cotton Plant.
We like the lirst nan'e better. We b~e
came acqtainted with this plait in our
earliest years. Our home garden had
the borders oil either side of the walks
marked -by rows of lucerne. For a
half century those rows held their own
against all sorts of abuse. How long
it would have continued to grow there,
we have no way of telling. The old
h1omle, with all its 1011d1 memories, was
turned over to the negro tenants, and
after planting the garden in cotton for
several years, they succeeded in get
ting rid of tho lucerne. Father paid
sixty cents 1)01' )oun1d for those seed.
Those rows of living green are among
the precious memories of childhood.
From this we are inclined to think
that wheui we have secured a set or
stand of lucerne, we have it for a life
time, or even for succceding generia
tiolns. Tis is 0110 great pollt ill its
favor. Of course it can be destroyed
by neglct or abuse, but not by culture
and use.
V(lu(c (is l(' ' irage Crop>. Inl pocint
of yield and feeding valie, Lucerne
stands at the head of the list. Through
out the South it is green all winter. It
begins growing early in Spring, and
wihi favorable seasons may lhe cut
four to seven times.
11 is particularly valuable 11 I green
forage crop. You. begin cutting as
0011 as it is sixteen inches high. If'
you cut and feed day by (lily, by the
time you have gone over a few acres
It is ready to cut again where you iirst
began. Used in this .way, you have a
perpetual greenl feed all summiliner and
fall. Cows 11w an increased yield of
milk and butter from the first (lay it
is given them. And they decrease ats
sooni as you stop the ration of lucerne,
Tins will be true no matter what other
food you use. Nothing can take its
place inl the dairy.
(Good *for 1(ly. If desired for hay,
you begin cutting ats soon a s it ill
full b0loom. It is easily Cured and
makes a first class hay. Youi can get
from four to six cut itngs as the seasons
and soil may be good or bad. Oi good
soil two tols per cutting is not anll unl.
usual yield. One an1d 1 half may be
counted ia safe average. So you get
from six to eighlit tolls per acre per
sCasonl.
All stock are fond of it. IIoi ses
ald mules keep filt nild hogs grow well
When fed Lucerne.
It is not recolimenled for graziig
pariticIlarly. 1he caps whiCb fu1lrm1sh
the shoots ar') genierally aIbove groun1d
ano d hence liable to be bitten off by
cattle or hogs.
Where Will -i Urow ? We might
say iywhere. We do not. know any
other forage plant, that. has so Wide a
rainze of cilmate and soil adaptation.
It grows all over the inited States.
'['lTe South seeis especially suited to
its wants. Plenty of rain rejoices it,
biit. owing to its deep rooting it has
wonderful power for resisting drouti.
Hlow to I'lunt Lucernc. Tihe roots
grow deeper than any other field crop,
ften penetrating froi Revel Io twelve
inciesi through the stiffest clays.
l Iienoe the soil should be brokell very
leep, and harrowed very often. Twelve
to lifteen pounds of seed should then
bIe sown broadcast per acre and cover
lightly. The fall sowing is better. It
will greatly help to use four hundred
pounds(1 per acre of acid phiosphlate
mdl~ kainit mixed in eqfual propiortiis,
it will b)e still bettecr if you have grownI
1 crop of' cow pens1i and1 cut them for
bay. Topd d1ressing once a year withi
thle above or with stable manure or
bo0th will help.
Every farmer shoul have a lucerne
patch or fiel. No farm is complete
without it. Wherev'er a cowv is kept,
lucerne should grow for her. They
should go hand and hand.
F~or p~rofit anid for beauty, nothling
equa1l11 Luicernie. Fields of living
greeni beautify and enmiich the farml,
and( help to keep the boys andi~ girls
happy and1( conitent, upon the old farm
home.
It absolutely prevents all washing,
and1( leaves the soil rich.
Atlanta, (Ga.
TIhe brierroot. indlustr'y, on which the
mlanufactunre of the popular brier pipe
depends, huis had, according to the
British vilce conlsul at Leghuortn, a
somewhalit curious history. First be
gun ini the Py3renees some1 llfty y'ears
ago, it traveled along the Frieuich
Rtiviera and the Ligurian coast (taking
Corsica bly the way) to the TIuscan
Ma ireimna, and has now reached Cala
bria, whlich is at plresent. its miost flom --
ishiing ceniter. By the very nlature
of the business5, wheni a1 certin district
has been exhausted of all its roots thle
industry mullst miove on, and it is be
lieved that the Italhan branch of It canl
niot last miore than antotheri tell years.
Le.ghiorn hlas bieen for so1me timel~ the
ceniter for the expIort of' TIuscani br ier
root, but as thle South I talianl root is of
admnittedlly supjerior quality, a lary.
quanlltity' of- the C alalbrhmi produc~it is
also imp Iortedl inito L eghorn11. ThIe
roots, wvhiich are sometuniles two feet or
mforeO ini( ci'Crcfeence, are cuit inito
vairiouisly shaped blocks amid boiledl soon
afteor they are gathered , amid are then
ready for the maniuifact ureir.
Did you eveir notice how mnuclhbot.
ter crops5 woul grow onl a alpot where
a dIwellinig has once stoodl. The dliffer
once may bo obiservedl for ten years.
This is ini consequenjlcfe of the supply
of lpotalsh from the fire places. Ashes
are usually scattered near the house
andl soon there is an excess of plotash.
As it will not, leach uor evaporate it
remains until taken upj b~y theO planits.
Then une niah freelyo n ui', ro.s.
T'HE (w001) RtOADS SOUIETY.
AN MM(ANIZA'rl0N TO SECURE uM
'ICOVIGENT IN '1 PlnLIC ROADS.
Chester County his taken the initia
tive inl organizing societies to awaken
and stilmulate interest among the pco
ple for the improvement, of the public
high ways. The following is the iplan
of organization :
1. The name of the organizalioll
shall be, " The Good Roads Society of
Chester and Chester County."
11. Tihe o'oject of the society 8hall
be to stimulate general interest in the
improvement of public highways, to
determine the best methods of build
ing and maintaining good roads, to
secure the legislation necessary for
their cstablishment, aid to promott all
other proper and expeditious moans
having such results in view.
ill. Any persoil who is interested
in the purposes of the society, who
lends his iniluetice or who makes a
liberal contribution may become a
member by signing any one of the r
gistors provided by the society.
IV. 'Thle funds iof the society are
not to build roads, but are necessary to
advertise the advantages, to pIocure
able lecturers, and to provide such
other iean1s to ae'oiplisl the much
desired object as may be deemed ex
pedient.
V. The otlicers of the society slll
be a president, one vice-president, a
secretary and treasurer, ia director for
each townaiship inl the county, ald a
Working commit tee of three members
for eawl townushili. The oillcers and
boar d shall be electId by tle pireseit,
coliven tion. The working coninittees
:hlil coisist. of the toWnshiip's respec
tive director as clairmaii and two
other miember.s appoinited by the board
of directors.
VI. The board (if directors shall
consist of the presidelt, thew vice-presi
dent, tlie secretary and treasurer, and
one director for eachi townslipl.
V1. The board of directors sliall
have control and direction of the al'airs
of the society at tinies when the
society is not iin sessioni. It. shall
direct the IImaking of all oitracts, pur
chases, 1ami expienid ituri es, but shall not
rendier Ihe sociely liable for debt be
yon tlie amoui of lie treasury, and
no( neeeI to discharge eXistin( liabi
lit is.
V Ill. 'ive lenimbers of the board of
directors shall volnstitute i quorum of
the hoard.
IN. The teri of the otice of the of.
fleers and directors of tlie society shiallI
be one year.
X. The'IiLIii aa meethi ig shall lbe
hel on tlle last Monday of .1uly eacht
year. At ihis imeetiig a full report,
shall be made as to all work doie, and
thw secretary and treasirer shall Ilmake
i report of all money received and ex
pen(ed. The nnual elect ion will take
phice at, this meeting.
At the reiuest of a inmjority of' the
directors the president shll call a
ileetinlg of Ithle sociely, giving one
week's notice.
X 1. Vilcailcies inl lite ollicers of
tle society shall bc filled by tie board
of directors.
XII. The constiftution may be
amended at any regular meeting of the
society, by a t.wo-thirds vote (if thoe
present.
X lL. The oflicers11 and di rentors shall
be elected by a miajoirit y vo te of t hose
piresenit at. a regular imeet ing of thin
society.
X|IV. Thel board of directors shiall
imeet immiedhiately after each annual
meetinig of thle society and appoint
froim among themselves the followiing
committees;
scriptionis:
CJomnutttee on agitation and litera-.
ture:
C omminttee on legislatIon, and14 such
oithier comiittees as inny bei deemed i
flieessaily.
CA N WVl IIA VE GOOD IIOADlS ?
Winte(r will soonlb pon usi~i . Alost
of our haulinag lad travel inag are donei
during the fall, winiter' iad sprinig.
'Thie fairmier'is produ1 ce must be carried
o (lie uarkets. [1lenlce it is a maiitter
of very greatin poifrtanice to every
farmewr to see thIiat lie hias thie best pos
sibIle ro~ad s over which thIiis mtust, lhe
Itoughi ioadIs wear out. wagonas, baag
vies, horses, imuiles, OXen aiii idriver's.
M i111b1y r~o~is mailke us carry' Ilit. loads.
Ho that bad1( road s iiake uis go oftenier
am114 cost. uIs 11n01( every tim liOwe go.
Good Iroad(s eniablec us to carry haavy
loadhh travel laster and save ourselves
and1( teamls linnIcessard y WearI ad tear.
'They (cost somethinilg to buil, but
they Save rnoie thani they cost. T1hiey
saive time, and1( time1 is often worth
more thaii money. T[hey save buying
new wagons and1( repair hills for 01(1
ones. They Save temiper and1( worry.
'They keep us ini goodsa spirits. 'Thiey
eiicourage us to sell iniaiy thinags whiich
woul not, be worti hain g over' had1
roads. 'Thus they miake our business
more proll table, ouir lands welt h more,
our hiomaes happier. 'ThIey helpi churches
and schools 11nd4 social visitinlg.
Can we hive good road(s ? Yes.
There is all the needed material in at
miost every commuiniiaity. All (lit. is
aneceed is conceertedl actioni. ( et to-.
gethler and pull together and soon you
cani build good roadls aniywhere. If
the bicycle never did any other good
it will deserve the graititudi~e of man
kiand foir the help it has given the goodl
roadls movemenit,.
We urge our farmer friends to go to
w~olu ando never stop1 wor'king until
they have goodl roadls to travel.
Ini miost ('oun11 ins the tie and1
mioney ilow spent In i'ying to patch .j
the bad roads would soon make per.
manent good roads if spent with syste -
mnatic judgment. First you need A
competent road engineer In every
county. Then all convict labor shoU14
be used on the public roads. Nowhere
else can they work without competing
with free labor. In no other way can
the counties standing the cost CA cnn,
viction get back the proceeds of the
punishmentu.
Give every man the choice of paying
road tax or working out his time under
the supervision of the engineer. Fill
out the details for yourself. But go to
work and have good roads.-Southern
Cultivator.
OUR GREATEST NPECIALIST.
For 20 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway
has so successfully treated chronic diseas
es that he is acknowledged today to stand
at the head of his profession in this line.
Ilis exclusive method of treatment ifor
Varicocelo and Stricture, without the aid
of knife or cautery cures in 90 per cent. of
all cases. In the treatment of the loss of
Vital Forces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney
and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis, Blood
Poisoning, Ricumatism, Catarrh, and die
eases peculiar to women, lie Is equally
successful. Dr. Hathaway's practice 78
more than double that of any other speo.
lalist. Cases pronounced helpless by other
Physicians readily yield to his treatment.
Write him today fully about your case.
le makes no charge for consultation or
advice, either a, his ofiloe or by mail.
J. Newton Hathaway M. D., 22% South
1Iroad streot. Atlanta. (Ia.
To All Our
Pickens Friends.
We want to say that we intend this
fall to have the best line of Shoes and
Dry Goods ever shown in Easley, and
at prices tho sanie as you pay in Green.
ville. Our Easley store will have
everything our (G' reenville store has.
You know our stock is the largest in
Greeniville, therefore you know what
you can ind in our Easley store.
We are agents for some of the best
shoe factories in the United States,
and we will sell theni at the lowest
lossiiible price.
Mr. .1. Melton King. our manager,
asks all his friends to give him a call
that lhe may let, them see what he can
do for t hei in supplping their wants in
Dry Goods, $lhoes, etc. It will save
you a long ride to Greenville. He has
miany things that lhe is selling at
bargain prices, and invites inspection.
Keep your eye on this space and it
will save you many a dollar.
Yours truly,
R. L. R. Bentz
Cash Dry Goods and Shoes.
J, MiC[.TON KING,
ManagerEasley. Branch.
Greenville Store, ...... .
..Corner entrance, 201 Main St.
E?WAgent for liuttecrick Patterns .
We have our store ilted with the best
selected stock of
Fall and Winter
Foot Wear
ever shown in GreenvIlle.
You cannot fall to see the superior stock
and workmanship in our Men's, Women's
andi Children's kenoes.
No shoddy stock . One Price.
Everything Warranted,
PRIDE & PA'ITON,
106 S. Main Street.
100 First door above