The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 07, 1907, Image 6
THE FARMERS'
UNION BUREAU.
Cwtocted by S. C. Farmers' Union.
Addrew all communication* intended for thi.?
eotum? to J. C. Stribling. Pendleton .S. C.
Our South Caroliuu Fanners'
f Union would I?p exceedingly well
pleased to have congress to 111*estirutta
iku PumiurM' TTninn nil llle
same plan with the New York Cotton
exch-tugi. It would We interesting
to know just why it takes a
ninety thousaud dollar fee to buy a
seat lu the New York Cotton exchange
and it takes but one dollar
to buy a seat in the Farmers' Union.
We would also take much pride in
showing up a shirt made from our
Farmers' Union cotton against a
shirt made from Wall street wind
cottou.
Take Tear Choice.
We had rather chew the rag than
chew tobacco and spit upon the floor
of the church or schoolhouse
If we had qo bad farmers in the
country good farmers would not
stand so high.
If we had no enemies would we
have much appreciation for our
I friends?
Yon can't take a man very lowdown
that has not already gone up
high. This should be comforting
to some of us that hare never gotten
np high enough on the ladder of
fame to make our heads swim.
If cotton farmers could feed their
stock and families on future coru,
oats, hay, wheat aud pork crops
without getting their jaws on the
real stuff, like cotton gamblers feed
cotton mills on cotton futures, the
all-ootton farmers would then be in
shape to enforce a square deal with
Blind rvkttnn fellows.
If
we bad 110 trilling, do account
farmers in the couuiry, uo graftv
merchants in towo, no small lawyers
in the legislature and court rooms,
would we have auy use for a lien
liW?
Ever bear anything like this?
"I'm not going to lose a crop trotting
round alter no Farmers' Union
and things like that/'
"Now, I will be good if this same
old fool won't be found up a tree
next fall hanging out on a lien law
limb and a big cottou bear at the
root looking at him, and he looking
down at the hear praving and howling:
"Good Lord, if yon can't help
me please don't help that bear." .
Our best generals will tell you
that it is an invariable good rule, in
warfare to never do that thing which
your enemies suggest would be best
for you to do. Cotton speculators
have nut it iu the newspapers and in
themouthsof the conimerioal travelers
to sing a swan song all over the
South to grow all thecottou possible,
that-ihere never was such a demand
<-?for cotton products and that the
trade will ueed and take fifteen
million bales next year at teu cents.
Don't you do it! Fill the mouths
of an that you eat at your place first
with home growu food crops and
then fill the mouths of these cotton
beais with 12 cent cotton.
Look Out There! Be Careful, or Some
One Will Get Left on Long Staple
Cotton This Year.
Because the lcng staple cotton
growers have come together and got
a good price for their cotton through
intelligent coucert of action, it now
looks like every jackass in the
country id goiug into the loug staple
cotton growing business. Whenever
this condition of things comes to
pass and the growers do not stick to
their organizations there will be less
pro6t in long staple cotton than in
short staple cotton. Many farmers
refuse to join the Farmers' Union
because they say the farmers won't
stick. Now any man that puts up
this kind of an excuse for not sticking
to the farmers' organization because
some other man won't stick
had abont as well go out and steal a
chicken because some other man
fellow had done the same thing.
When you come to think the
matter over there is something
onrious about this. Mr Drake, of
Marlboro county, South Carolina,
grew 252 bushels of corn oa one
I
i acre and Mr Tindal of Clarendon
i county, of this State, grew nearl
; 200 bushels one ao?e, both winning
priz s. beting the world on corn i'
jdiffeieut times, ami vef it is sui-i '
j thai Son:h Carolina cotton farm -;
buy |?roi)ortionvrtv as much
more corn per horse th*o any otto
cotton State. Again, we can nam
some Farmers' Union men in Anderson,
I'ickens, Oconee and several
other counties in South Carol in*
that ave age nearly one hale of eo'~
ton jar acre on their crops and then
some of them sell from 300 tonearK
1,000 bales of lmy One Farmer*,
Union man near Pendleton, now ha*
over 1,000 bushelsof corn injhiscrib*
and 106 bales ot cotton on hand
And again our co-operative experi
ments last year season averaged up
on liveacivsTO bushels without using
the hand hoe at any time, no thinning
done, corn left in tows just a*
nluntor nut. it in. IjCSS thaU 47
W.V ...... . ,
worth of fertilizers was used p?r
acre. But the land was cow pea
stubble and plowed deep before
planting, and weeder and cultivators
were used in rapid succession.
Again, ia this connection, we mention
the fact that Sonth Carolina
needed both Mclver Williamson
and Robert Aldrich, and these two
corn champions in turn have raised
mere discussions of their respective
methods of the far-famed Williameon
stunting" method and the
"Aldrich system" of growiug two
rows of corn alternating with two
rows of cotton, than auy other corn |
growers on the continent.
Now, we South Carolinians are a
very inconsistent, unbelieving, thickskull
set of cotton tots, or we do not
believe what we can see all round us.
The world is now compelled to
recognize South Carolina farmers as
the champion corn raisers of the
world, or we South Carolina farmers
are the biggest liars in the world.
We don't believe that cur lien law
farmers will ever grow their own
food crop as long as thev can go to
the 6tores and buy it. This SAtne
class of farmers would also buv
' '' in ?Uo lion law nlan
tilt'ir UUllVll v?u wiv ..v.. >.- r
instead of mc.kiug it, if there was a6
slick a plan to do it on.
ENTERED INTO REST.
Mr. Samuel S. Tisdale of Central Passes
Away After a Long Illness.
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.truereu unu ciciuui ?
Thursday, February 28, 1907,
Mr Samuel S Tisdale at his
home near Central church after
an illness of typhoid fever
covering- a period of twentyeight
days. The deceased was
the eldest son of Mr James II
Tisdale, of the same community,
and was fifty years of age. He
had been married twice, his
first wife being Miss Martha |
McCullough, by whom he leaves)
three children, and by his sec-1
ond wife, who was Miss Ellen)
Philips, he also leaves three J
children.
The remains were interred at
Bloomingvale Baptist church
on Friday after his death where
a large crowd of kindred and
friends gathered to pay their
final tribute of love to the
deceased, who held a high place
in their esteem and whose presence
will be sadly missed in
the community in social and
business relations and whose
loss in his home circle is irrepar-I
able.
Mr Tisdale at all times and in
all circumstances walked the
well-beaten path of rectitude
and when fully conscious that
he was nearing the last of earth
he was impressed with the idea
that with the end of time eternity
began, and the bright faith
which sustained him during his
trying hours of suffering grew
brighter as he neared the goal
of the Infinite, and the final
gloom of death was dispelled
by the distinct realization of
the eternal aphorism that God
is Love. *'
O'er the bier of our departed
friend we mingle our tears with
his bereaved loved ones and
point them to the promise: "At
eventide it shall be light."
CUT THROUGH m V } u
Brains Ran Oul i ' * :r.:
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i?l?t 'Ved I K> : '
Sheriff (jrefn i i
S J. Mclnnis, i r }
i tlitr c i >: i
i purpOSf Of \ !; -1/
I bloody a l - ch ' irrvd
Mond.jv *n ?ji v-'e.i ' >'in
Evans, c>l t til Hilfor, Jsh*??
nrliitp
( It seems t i?: U-di *r h* 1 on
Monday sent ><. v-"- ujm? the
4 State Line" ! r < jug of b ? ?ze,
and Monday night Usher vvent
to the negro's house for h.s liquor.
While there, both b-i?gin
toxicated, Ev is struck Usher
with a large h.itchet. the >lade
being imbedd d in the skull,
penetrating t" the brain This
occurred at tli neyro house a
distance of 150 yards from Dsh
er's residence. About day light
Usher's wife found her husband
on bis porch, with a pool of
blood and brains where be whs
lying-. Usher and the negro's
wife seem to know but little
about it, while the negro seems
to know absolutely nothing
about it.
Dr. Faison was called to see
the injured man, and stated that
the brains bad run out on the
t nA ftn fVio nnrph m 1 Tftl
gilsuuu aau vu wuv
with the blood. The Sheriff
visited Usher's home and talked
with him, although be was in a
dazed condition. The doctor
pronounced the wound a very
dangerous one.
Sheriff Green brought the
hatchet and the wounded man's
coat with him to town. The
'hatchet and handle both had
! blood on them.
I Another sad result of the
North Carolina State line "bust
head" liquor.? Pee Dee Advocate.
A Curious Bird.
As to food, the weka is omnivori
our. eating everything from a DCa I
rifle cartridge to the remains of
one of his own offspring. I remember
an instance of this when our
dog unfortunately killed a young
bird which was too small to cat.
The parents made a decent show of
grief over their loss and then, being
quite sure that the little one
was dead, proceeded to eat up its
still warm remains. In camp wekas
are useful as scavengers, but they
are incorrigible thieves, trying to
take away everything at all white
or glittering, and, as they are able
to move a weight of two or three
pounds, it may be well imagined
that a careful lookout has to be kept.
The glance of mingled triumph and
contempt which a weka gives over
his shoulder as he walks off with
your pipe is inimitable, and his
whole attitude would make a most
laughable picture if well drawn.?
I "Pioneer Work In the Alps of New
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/-eaianu, uy r. narper.
A Curious Test For Beer.
At Munich an ancient custom I
still obtains of the burgomasters
and town councilors going annually
to Salvator cellar in order to test
the quality of the beer consumed
by the people. The test is a very
primitive one. The officials attend
in their leathern breeches, and beer
having been poured over the wooden
benches the civic dignitaries
plump down upon them. While
there seated they 6ing an ancient
6ong, the 6ame that their predecessors
have sung for ages, and in order
to subject the beer to a fair
test they sit long enough to sing
the song through three times. Then
they essay to rise up. If now they
find their breeches sticking to the
benches the beer is voted good and j
sound. Having stood this test, the j
beer goes through the formality of j
being tasted, and then its sale to J
the public is duly sanctioned.
Good Bait.
Aunt Tillie, cook in a Georgia
household, took home a dish of macaroni
from the "white folks'" table
for her own family and after assuring
them that it was good induced
her children to eat it. The next
morning she discovered two of
them out in the yard turning over
stones and boards and scratching
vigorously in the earth.
"Hyah, you!" she called. "What
you all doin' out dah ?"
"We a-huntin'," came the glad response,
"foh mo' of dem macaroni
worms."
Are you troubled with piles? One
application of ManZan will give
you immediate relief.?Sold by W
L Wallace.
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. AXJ10? r-'-'JUTRY.
W ;? I the ?o!it?
-t t%* en in Japan
- ?. long poem
is . b. p ;<ic of Japa
ometiincs
pa r. in verse,
but ai .. v.- -ling more
ihsi .. j- together,
lar . * / save i tat of subjec..
; : f ;r ts are the
hok ; ( si v.- of three lines, the
first l:;:v. i w. the second having
seven ?nd the th'rd having five syllah'e%
seventeen in all; the tanka,
cor.-'.sting of live line of five, seven,
five, seven and seven syllables,
thirty-one in all, and the dodoitsu,
consisting of four lines of seven,
seven, seven and five syllables,
or twenty-six in all. The
tanka is the classical form, affected
bv the standard poets of the
country, while the other forms are
used by every Japanese who writes
at all and by many who cannot
The hokk i is the greatest favorite.
"The hokku is composed impromptu
upon every occasion, the
writer putting into verse the
thought appropriate to the moment,
the incident or the associations suggested,
much as the Greeks wrote
their epigrams before the epigram
became a little satiric sting. Hokkus
are inspired by grave moments
as well as by the gay ones. An old
"talesman on his deathbed sees a
dead leaf whirled past his window,
and it suggests his own faring forth
on the wings of eternity, and he
writes, 'A leaf whirls down?a leaf
whirls down in the wind.' Nothing
more, but the simple repetition
pours out volumes with beauty and
power.
"These little poems arc so much
a part of Japanese life that every I
cujtivatcd person writes them, and,
^ Awr' fl <\n*A?o f
ail Wild ?(J lu Yicn nic iwnuC) vuu
blossoming of the cherry trees or
the reddening maples in Uveno or
other parks, write some pretty conceit
in a hokku and har.g it upon
the chrysanthemum or lotus stalks!
or on the trees. The hokku may,
therefore, be justly called the song
of Japan, as we say a certain ecstasy
in a few notes is the song of the
thrush."
An Animal Born Only to Dio.
The instances of natural death in
the animal world are conspicuous in
comparison with those in the vegetable
world for their greater variety
and complexity. There seems
no doubt that this manner of death
established itself independently in
the different groups of animals.
Years ago an American naturalist,
Dana, discovered on the surface of
the sea a little animal of so singular
a character that he named it
"monstrilla." It is a small crustacean
akin to the cyclops so common
in ponds. But, while the latter are
furnished with all that is necessary
to capture and digest their food, the
monstrilla has neither apparatus for I
seizing prey nor digestive tube. It!
is richly provided with muscles, I
nervous system, organs of sense and
sexual organs. It only lacks what j
is necessary to prolong life by alimentation.
The monstrilla is doomed
therefore to natural death.?Pro-:
fessor Elic MetchnikolF in Harper's.
Ths Letter of the Law.
The Hon. John Steel was a sheriff
in Missouri. A new county judge
was elected, and Steel, thinking to
pay the judge a delicate compliment,
selected for his first panel of
jurors every fat man in the county.
The judge weighed nearly 300
pounds. The day was hot, and
Steel, when he took the jurors out
to dinner, fed them so heartily that
they all went to sLeep during the
afternoon. The judge was furious.
"What do you mean," he roared
at the sheriff, "by bringing those
sleepyheads into court as a jury?!
rTv? "1 * ?- i 1 ?.. ~c '
i.ney naveu i nuaru am ui una anernoon's
evidence. I discharge the
panel. Go out now and get a panel
of men who will stay awake. I
want men with a single eye to justice,
not dolts like these!"
Steel went out and rode tbc county
that night. When the judge appeared
next morning Steel had a
panel of one eyed men for him.?
Saturday Evening Post.
Why He Planted.
Thn nnor man who seeks to help,!
even in the smallest way, but with
a right spirit, his fellewmen is of
infinitely greater worth to the race
than the man of millions whose
chief aim and end are his own pleasure.
A poor and aged man was
6een planting an apple tree and was
somewhat rudely accosted by a
stranger who said, "Why do you
plant tr?es when you cannot possibly
live long enough to eat the fruit
of them?" The poor man raised (
himself and, leaning on his shovel, i
sard: "Some one planted trees be-;
fore I was born, and I have eaten
the fruit. I now plant for others
that the memorial of my gratitude
may exist when I am dead and
gone."
h>-o- \jne \
Doctor jj
I No sense in running f : om c j J
j doctor to another. Select ti. t !
t best one, then stand by hir. \ i
$ Do not delay, but consult hin, {
j in time when you are sich l ,
\ Ask his opinion of Ayer'sJ j
| Cherry Pectoral for cough> P
land colds. Then use it or? i
| not, just as he says. ,
8 Jk Wo publiih our formula* F I
I _/ a Wo bonlah oloohol 5
fi a a* -i from ???e<U?inoo?
1/ 1 HPrK w*^nx?t?l
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Always keep a box of Ayer's Pills in the
house. Just one pill at bedtime, now and '
then, will ward off many an attack of
biliousness, indigestion, sick headache.
How many years has your doctor known
these pills? Ask him all about them.
? Vado by Who .T. C. Aycr Co., Lov:j. Mr?. ?- '
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"A dollar
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Thflra ic nn hpftpr WAV tl
| 1IJVIW ?J liv >/vnv. " ?J "
dealingwith
J. L. Stuckey, the olc
;man.
I have a splendid line oi
111!!. Will
that in view of the hard times
I above cost.
A nice bunch of HORSES
| at prices to suit.
J. L. Stuc
An Important Post.
When Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
was secretary of state for I
war Queen Victoria wished to make lj
the czar an honorary colonel of a
British regiment. The prime minister,
as he now is, demurred on
the grounds that all other European
sovereigns would expect to receive g
similar honors. But as the queen
was willing that even this should be
the czar was made colonel of the
Scots Greys. Naturally the appointment
caused some excitement in ^
the regiment. One subaltern was
overheard saying to his servant,
. "Donald, the emperor of Russia
I has been made colonel of the regiment."
"Indade," was his reply,
"it's a verra gran' thing for him,
but will he be able to keep baith (
places?" i
NoticePursuant.
the p?..n .if' worki
i no- dvo -aied by me (i?tring the lat
.mi .-.fun I mwca I ujK> ! lie eitize its
: i * (viin'i to inert en'! ,t ree upon
<.-uitaJle and ?? m overseer
' reach mile 8^:; n, .howiilbe
ti:-. iire?l as such b> uu- whose dufces
will be to see that eac crw>irfiifl>lrtt>
r ;ei w< rk uer - m pays. The
laid overseer's salary wiii be ajre<?<h'
ijKtn by the boa- to at '
: er f'.te. 1 e e r?c? in ndatinns 1*
want forwarded to me by Match 20y
i>?o7 ai l?.i 91 N'-w u I owm itizens.
Lid* plan Ise- g inaugurated for the
pui jxj-eof improving our highways,
ind keeping them in proper condition
i i. ii.akinp every nnn do his duty, 1
irge ui en >. o not to stand <?n a mor.~
ytan consideration, hut select a man.
who w ill wt.tk lor the tij.i uildingoftbe
toads audi us all w?.r., n-gether ij>
making them better than they have
ver been before.
5 j ^inglktary. a
Count* Stpervisor. *
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Notice
Notice is hereby given tliat the R.ook
3f subscription will be open at the
Hank of (ireelyville, Ureelyville, S. u.
for increase of capital stock 50 per
:er.t? on the 15 of March, 1907.
T. W. Boyle, Prea,.
5-28-3L
Final Discharge. .
Notice is beieby given that the un)er?igned,
S. B. Toston, adniinistraor
of the estate of J. J. Airman, devased,
will apply to P. M. Brockln*vn,
Probate Judge of Williamsburg;
rounrv, nt twelve o'clock m.. Monday.
March 11.1907. lor a tinal discharge asnch
administrator.
H. B. Postok,
Administrator Est. J. J. ALTMAN";
5-5-6t,
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Also Granite Monuments. $
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CAMP NO-22.
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WflSH Visiting choppers cordially
invited to come
icf* '/ up and sit on a stump
xSWj? vy. y/ or hang about on the
? * limbs.
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27 12m. Con. Com. ?
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Kingstree Lodge'
Wmj No. 9i i
Jllll Kniyljts of pyt^tas
r^'i Regular Conventions Every ^
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Visiting brethren always welcome,
Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building. ?
F W FAIREY, c. c.
THOS McCUTCHEN, K. R. & s.
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