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VOL XXII KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 20, 1908. NoT7
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MR. STOLL MAKES
* REPLY TO MR. STARR.
n
1AYIN8 BEES IEFCSES ADMISSION TO
TIE COLUMNS OF TIE "RUTLED6E"
COUNTY SEWS.
Editor County Record:?
It is not my desire to monopolize
your valuable columns,
but under the circumstances I
believe that you will be willing
to give me a little space in
your paper. Mr Stewart Starr,
editor of the Rutledge County
News, ignored my request to
publish in his last week's issue
an article written by me in reply
to* certain statements frjm
him in his issue of February 7,
and in his last issue he says
that my views on the new county
scheme are not wanted.- In
this predicament, being the target
of the News' editor and denied
the privilege of reply in
its columns, I have only one
{recourse. and that is to talk to
^ the people through your columns.
Mr Starr in his last issue
says: '*We again reiterate that
no one living outside of the area
of Rutledge has any moral right
to enter into this discussion of
this issue unless they have property
interests in the proposed
new county."
Who is this Mr Starr that he
' places the ban on the privilege
of free speech? By whose authority
does he speak and by
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wnatrigni aoes ne assume me
^ - role of adviser to the people to
^ the exclusion of all others?
Who is he,any way? Where did
he come from and what is he
doing in Lake City? Let us
look into this matter and see
who has the best right to an
opinion on ,tbe new county
scheme, this Mr Buttinsky or
your humble scribe.
The editor of the News is pot
even a citizen of Williamsburg
county, he pays no taxes and
has never been identified with
the interest of the county, yet
he pops up at Lake City, underv
takes to advise the people,
v gathers a mass of figures that
are entirely unwarranted with
which to pad the scheme, writes
for the press scurrilous articles
concerning' Kingstree and the
lower section of the county, and
then when he is called to account
for his wild and incongruous
statements, he replies
by saying that we are meddling
where we have no business.
His assurance is certainly not
the least of his many conceits
and has about degenerated into
? impudence.
He says that he is a citizen
of Lake City and I assert that
he is not. He may in due time
L become one, but at present he is
H merely a resident of that town.
He is now making Lake City his
W headquarters, but why? He is
boosting the new county with
Lake City as the county seat for
a purpose?and that purpose is
^ to establish a newspaper with
himself as editor. If the new
county is formed what will it
cost him? How much cash has
he put up towards building the
^^acoujthouse and jail? How much
x will he pay in the new county?
' In other words, what will
he gain or lose in case the new
county is formed? It appears
on reflection that his agitation
is for the purpose of feathering
a nest, or in plain words, to get
a permanent job for himself.
Now on his part that is good
business?let the people pay
the passage and he land in a
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good berth. But does this give!
him a preeminent right to ad-'
vise the people to the exclusion
of all others? If he sees a j
chance to make some money
out of this agitation that is leg-1
itimate business, provid ed only j
facts are given, and I condemn
him not for it, bat why I ask, I
must every body else keep;
9ilentand let him spiel to the ,
people uninterrupted on his
gold brick proposition?
He says that I own no proper-1
ly in the pioposed new county.
That is true. Does Mr Starr
own any iu Williamsburg countv
? If property qualification
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is to be the test will he not him
self be barred from the discussion?
In fact,we can relevantly
ask by what divine call has
he gone to Lake City, assumed
the title of commander-in-chief
of the Rutledge county forces
and issued general order number
one that Philip Stoll is not
entitled to an opinion in the
matter of the division of the
county in which be is a citizen
and tax paver?
But make a comparison of ray
rights and privileges in this
matter with Mr Starr 's. I am a
| citizen of Williamsburg county
| and he is not. I am a taxpayer
in Williamsburg county and he
is not. My family has for over
a hundred years been identified
j with the interest of old Wil- j
i liamsburg and Mr Starr is a new
1 comer and comes from?where?
And last, but not least, I have
; friends in the proposed new
j county of Rutledge who are tax
payers and who requested me
I to give the public the benefit of
'any information that I possessed
and any observation that I
may have made relative to the
proposed new county. This I
| did in an open letter to the peo!
pie of Johnsonville.
! And what was it fn that let!
ler that so astounded the advoi
cates of Rutledge county? Why
was a committee of eight in a
i mass meeting of over one hundred
appointed to # answer said
| letter? Why is it that it has
! not been ans wered? In that letter
there was nothing startling,
yet it caused confusion in the
! camp of General Starr. "Why?
Because it gave plain facts and
logical deductions that proved
beyond a reasonable doubt that
Mr Starr was ignorant on the
subject on which he was trying
1 4/v tha nunnlo Ar that
I iu au v lot V* %mwv
he was trying to deceive them.
My only object was, and still
j is, the enlightenment of the people.
With the full and unpad|
dea facts before them the ques1
tion of the new county can easii
ly be settled by their ballot.
J There are usually two sides to
a question, and on this issue
I there is undeniably another side
| that id entirely different from
j the positions and propositions
I as laid down by Mr Starr. The
' statements I have made 1 defy
Mr Starr or anyone else to disI
prove. I am prepared to meet
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stump or in print to discuss
this new county issue to an unbiased
people.
And now, Mr Editor, peradventure
the new county should
' fail, I wonder how long1 Citizen
Starr would continue to be a
citizen of Lake City? Iam no
prophet, neither am I an astronomer,
but still I will venture
! the prediction that should the
' issue fail there would soon be an
| eclipse or some other astronomic
al phenomenon in which this
luminary of the West would disappear
to rise and shine on
1 some other spot than Lake City |
I
iq thi s secession land.
Respectfully,
Philip Stoll.
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February 17,1903.
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ASIUIY LATIMER' T AT 9:15
TBISIOBF IT
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C/ -oruary 20:
S*' ?Senator Asbury Latiuied
at 9:15 o'clock this
morning.?Netot and Courier.
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We probably expend more
ill, more well-directed
;>ught and more consei- i i
tmm effort in making our
rments than any other
loring firn in this country,
lit year we have made
eat strides in style ? the ?
tie "kinks" that give in- |
viduality to clothes are
ere. Our complete same
equipment is on display .
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display all the time. Give
Guaranteed.
We also carry a large
stock of
Dry Goods
and Shoes
also
Fancy
and
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G r o c e r i e s,
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IMPROVED SEES COR*
Wfttt Doable the Yield Pit Acri it
Teir Cnp.
Editor Countt Record:?It is
true that we are now confronted
with an important proposition,
which is the formation of a new
county, and pur people seem to
be alive to their several interests
in the premises; yet there
are other propositions which
are of equal or more importance
r>ossihlv. then the one above
mentioned.
One of these is, "To double
the yield of corn per acre."
Now this may not have the ring
of newness to it, yet its importance
demands?indeed it should
command?our more chreful
consideration. During 1906 the
failure of the corn crop wrought
a blow which few, it any, farmers
failed to feel and hard
were our experiences during the
spring and summer months of
1907?1 am speaking of this and
other affected counties and
States and not of the "main corn
regions." But Providence in
1907 gave to us a bountiful
yield of corn, so that we begin
this year's work with renewed
spirits. Now, while much care
and effort were exercised by
many in the growing of last
year's corn crop, let us not forget
that the "seasons" were
markedly favorable to such
growth and that we cannot even
hope, much less expect, a constancy
of such conditions.
We, as farmers of the South,
are too careless and indifferent
to the prerequisites of success,
and one of these prerequisites is
to plant only such seeds wh ich
we know to bestrong ia vitality.
Considerable interest has been
manifested during the past few
years in the selection of better
rrkt-tnn <?p<?d. hut. to mv mind, the
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subject of improved seed corn
has not received anything like
the attention it should have received;
therefore the writer is
prompted to offer these lines.
Having read several articles
contributed by Prof P G Holden,
of the Iowa State College, on
corn culture I became interested
in it so much that I sent tor a
copy of his "A B 0 of Corn Culture."
This book I have carefully
perused and in it find many
ideas and principles which
are very suggestive. After reading
the same I repaired to my
barn and began to select seed
corn such as could be classed as
worthy to plant. Now let me
"drive a peg" right here, as I exclaim
that never before have I
been brought to so forcibly realize
how negligent I've heretofore
been in selecting seed corn.
Prof Holden says: "If the
com fields of the United States
were mine and I could give but
one order, that order would be,
to test six kernels of com from
every ear of seed intended for
planting!"
His method of testing is briefly
given, about thus: For testing,
select, say, 200 ears of the
1?* tttVii^-h arc wfll devel
ucai ?.ui u tw u.vu ?- _ ?
oped, also, at both ends of
thenars, number and lay the
ears in a row. Have prepared
a box, say, about five inches
deep and measuring about 2 ft
by 3 ft. Take a piece of thin
cloth the size of inside of box,
mark cloth off in checks which
will be sufficient for about 200
squares about 2x2 inches. Now
fill box to about half full with
damp earth or saw dust then lay
the cloth on top of earth and
tack to insides of box so as to
prevent disturbance. Next,pick
one kernel from each end and
y
one from middle of each ear,
turn ear over and repeat in like
manner, thus picking eix kernels
from each ear. Thus place the
six kernels from ear No. 1 in
in check No. 1, from ear No. 2
in check No. 3 and so on until
checks are occupied. Next
place another piece of thin cloth
over the corn allowing the cloth ^ '<*
to be sufficiently large to let the
edges spread out over the edges
of the seed box. Now put
on top of this second cloth about
two inches of moist earth. Set
the box in some warm room and
allow about 9 or 10 days for
germitation, or until the com
stems shall have become about
two inches long. At.this point
remove the earth carefully down
to the top cloth where you can
examine the germination* All
kernels which*fail to germinate
or which fail to show strong r
healthy roots should be discarded
as unfit add unprofitable to
plant (of course we mean that
the ears from which the kernels
were extracted are to be discarded
or used as the samples show
they should be.) Especial care
must be given to prevent
the kernels or ears from getting
mixed with others. As I am
much interested my full intentions
are to test all of the seed I
plant this year, and I hope others
will do the same and let us
report the result next fall.
Mr Editor, I do not wish to use
your paper to advertise for other
people,but if you think proper
I'll endeavor to write again
along this line and give the
price and address of book men>
tioned, for I wish it could be
placed in the hands of every
corn-grower.
i We believe that about onfe
' fourth or probably 4 greater
per cent of the land planted in
! corn produces nothing and this
largely on account of inferior
seed being used. It takes the
same land and the same amount
of work for a missing hill or fcr
a hill containing a barren stalk
i as it takes for one containing a
, fruitful stalk. Last year I noted
the number of missing hills
and of barren stalks contained
. in my corn field and was much
surprised at the proportion.
We further believe that an in- ri
crease of from five to ten bush- /
els per acre on an ordinary lands
can be effected by the proper
selection and testing of seed
Of rnnrse it will take
more than one year to grow our
corn to the standard which it
should be, but persistent effort
should accomplish more than
the casual observer may expect.
If you are interested, brother
farmer, speak out.
Yours for more corn and better
corn, for more home-raised meat
and better home-raised meat
(for more hog and hominy.)
S. U. JiADDY,
Johnsonville, S. C., Febrnary
10. 1908.
New AdTertisemects.
Kingstree Dry Goods Company?Spring
Goods Arriving Daiiy
Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Lake City?Four Per Cent Compound
Interest on Deposits.
The ladies of the Benson community
will serve refreshments
at the home of Mr T J Phillips
on Fridav night, 21 inst, for the
purpose of raising funds towards
the Confederate veterans'
monument to be erected at
Kingstiee. The public is corinvifpd.