Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Th is because Foley Kidney Pills are true medicine and quickly effective all diseases that result from we; inactive kidneys and urinary irreg larities. For sale by alt dealers < erywhere. Actors imitate mankind; amateu imitate actors. The selection of a monument comparatively easy at this esta lishment for here you will find a coi prehensive display of the latest c signs splendidly executed on the fl est granite and marble, and besid our splendid stock of finished mc uments we carry an unusually exc lent supply of photographic desigi Do not make the error of not vis ing us or having our representati call?it will prove profitable for o prices are reasonable and our gran , or marble and workmanship a guaranteed. BAILEl nunrnTAtniio n/\ U Mi 1/Eill A riltlllU VU. and live Better Y ? Fresh Mackerel Fish. jossible to the American Broiled or Fried Mackerel atisfying, thirst producing ?f the best things you could 10c each, three for 25c? ind choise extra large, fanKits $1.25 and $1.50?try . out three mornings out of yourself. 'HAT WILL HELP TO ving?Lake White Fish in brine. Holland Milohnpr i kegs, Kippered Herring, Fresh Boneless Cod Fish, lerring in glass. US WHEN YOU, ARE V yant to get hungry?When hunger, or when we fail to only safe thing to do is to Serve You, and given ility and Quantity, we ap as any Concern irt Grocery Co. i Food Store. L. WAGNON, Manager. ties ? *i Mh- * on Farms lonth and Up telephone on your our free booklet may get service at ddress It, DEPARTMENT rELEPHONE COMPANY KJLD ATLANTA* GA. ly. LA GRIPPE LEAVES ITS VICTIMS le, PROSTRATE. its Some victims of la grippe never ey fully recover the health of the lungs, 'V- anfl nprsiefonf ? rv.w.u??..v wugiiiiifs, AO at The quick action of Foley's Honey a and Tar makes it valuable in severe in la grippe coughs. F. G. Prevo, Bedak ford, Ind., writes: "La grippe left u- me with a severe cough that Foley's :v- Honey and Tar cured, and I am back to my normal weight." irs To Prevent Blood Poisoning npply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. IORTI-R'8 ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a surgical Idressine that relieves pain and heals at the same time. Not a liuiineuL 25c. 50c. $1.00. j4emH J \ 1 KktA( v \V wjMVs. JIMHPU-& k Bk m- ' COME RIGHT IN |es When you need anything for your bi?n ;ycle. No matter if you want only a el- screw or a nut we shall be fclad to is- furnish it. And if you need a new it- saddle, a tool case, some new tools, ve new handle bars, sprocket wheels, ur chains, etc., we are equally ready to ite jerve you on the instant and at a ire reasonable price. W. NEWELL SMITH f AUTO COMPANY. UNION, S. C. 4 X "THE COUNTY UVE STOCK ASSOCIATION" PAPER READ BY DR. S. S. UNDER BEFORE STATE ASSOCIATION, COLUMBIA, FEB. 5? RELATION OF COUNTY ASSOCIATION TO THE STATE ASSOCIATION?GROWTH OF. UNION COUNTY ASSOCIATION. About the 7th of December, ultimo, i received a letter fr m Prof. Burgess of Clemson College, asking me to be present at this meeting and contribute my mite directed mainly towards two things: i 1st. "How the County Live Stock Association may be a benefit to the State Live Stock Association and the General Upbuilding of the Live Stock Industry in the State." 2nd. He further said: "Reasoning from the work you have been doing in your county, Mr. Mason, and 1 have selected you as the one to lead this discussion. We want just a straight talk as to how you manage your County Association." We must cultivate an acquaintance by reading, studying, and learn of those people and places whose success has been far above the average. A few men in each County could and would in a few years show our people and the world at large we are not altogether a cotton or rice growing State, but would challenge comparison with almost any other in the live stock industry. Standing, as we do in South Carolina, far from the lead in the live stock industry of the United States, with the boll weevil's steady march towards our very threshold, does it not behoove us to put on our whole armour and enter each county and organize associations in every branch of live stock Is this not the time and the place for better resolutions, for better planning of county organ 'iztions and greater individual progtess Is this, gentlemen, not the occasion to point out the fact that the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, the former 12 miles long and six or seven wide, the latter 9 miles long and 3 or 4 wide?both put together are not as laroro oo nno n/Mi-l- O i-l~ ~ MW Viiv wuiitj All ouutll Carolina?export every year 3,000 (three thousand) head of cattle, at prices which astonish the whole civilized world? It has been wisely said that our influence lives after we have passed away, and it is almost beyond belief, the influence for good that even one man in a county leaves behind hifiT.^ How many members of this association appreciate the fact that the first Jockey Club that was ever inaugurated was gotten up by a South Carolinian?to come closer home, by a man from Richland county? How many of us realize what the Jockey Club has done for the American race and trottincr hnrsp' It V>a<s ? -w ..vru v/llijr interested men in America in raising the standard of these horses, but European countries have followed in the footsteps of this South Carolinian in breeding. A step further, the Jockey Clubs have not only increased the speed of the running horse, but they have developed a distinct type, namely, the trotting horse, which was peculiar to the United States and was almost equal in speed to the running horse, and unknown to the world prior to the formation of this Jockey Club. How strange to some of us, at least to learn, this same man Wade Hampton, Sr., 131 years ago was one of the very first importers in the United States of thoroughbred bulls and cows of the Durham type. Who amongst us can predict what the live stock and this association would have been today had each and every county possessed only a dozen just such men with this man's love for the magnificient pure thoroughbred horses and beautiful pure-bred cattle? Within the last few years the dairy center of America has been shifted from the North to the Northwest, mainly through the efforts of 'one State, and that Wisconsin, which has built within her borders 42, 821 silos; whilst we, with the world's record of being the leading State in producing more corn to the acre for years than any in the kn#wn world, have less than two hundred (200) silos. With the best government on earth, one of the best agricultural colleges of the world, coming to us daily, beseeching us individually and collectively, and imploring us to accept their nuggets of gold and gifts of wisdom and experience, in the form of bulletins on every known topic appertaining to the farm, with seeds of every description, seed inoculations, experimental farms, and the best expert teachers each in his special line, ,.11 tk e - r _ii ? on ui mesc irce Ul Mil COHl, urjflMH us to better our individual conditions and ultimately the upbuilding of the State, in a way of "More Live Stock and Better Live Stock." More crops and better crops, more markets and better markets. With these stubborn facts before us, is it not sufficient proof that we have allowed others with more brains, brawn or money to reap from South Carolina the laurels she ao richly deserves. We must realize that the planting of one crop incessantly on the same land, the shallow preparation of the soil has so galled much of our lands, especially in the Piedmont section, until much of it has become a veritahlo 4-1 a? * * *"* ?- w me irue ana scieniinc farmer. Starting as we do under these unfavorable conditions, we must have each county understand it it incumbent upon it to first learn and accept for its motto the old English saying, "No manure, no land." We can begin by planting our unavailable lands in Bermuda grass, one of the South's best friends, as permanent pastures; next on our cultivntable lands by deep plowing; the application of lime where necessary; the rotation of crops, especially the growing of legumes, feeding the legumes to the live stock on the premises; the application of manures back to the soil; the breeding in all lines from purebred sires; the betttr feertii?g, better quarters, the more intelligent care of live stock of every kind. When we have accomplished these things our progress is irresistable anrt mip orpnuilti oooh?AJ d" j-: ' UOOU1CU. 1>V UUIIl^ these things we bring pleasures in the toil of the farmers' life, adding: contentment and joy to each member of his household and prosperity throughout the length and breadth of the State. Now as to Professor Burgess's and Mr. Mason's second request, you can all see that they both seem to think our little county association a success, yet I must admit that neither I nor any other member realized until the coming of this letter that we had done aught to attract attention outside of the county, more especially the attention of these gentlemen who have a statewide acquaintance. Six years ago this coming summer we organized the Union County Dairy Asso<mtion, with fifteen members; collectively they owned about one hundred and fifty head of cattle. Not a man of us knew how to organize or had ever belonged to an organ i/.uuun ui wnis Kinu, nence you can readily see we were inexperienced, md wrote to Clemson college as to how to proceed. If my memory serves me right, they sent us Mr. Welch, who gave us a talk, and formulated a constitution and by-laws for us. Further, I feel very sure that the sole idea of every member in the beginning was restricted to the one idea of co-operation in buying cotton seed meal and hulls at the lowest possible price for the association. A4r. Welch's talk so interested us I being free of charge, from time t?? time, we invited other experts to visit and talk with us. Later on we invited Clemson college der jnstration and educational train to stop in our town, and I want to emphasize the fact right here, that trip was worth more to us than any one thing we have ever received. Previous to this we were satisfied in our own mind, if we had a good field of young broom sedge of crab grass pasturage for the good old summertime for our cows and by the co-operation plan secure our cotton seed meal and hulls for winter feeding as cheap as possible, there was nothing more required to open up a first class dairy. The lectures on this occasion were so painstaKing and instructive, until much enthusiasm was manifested by the association and our progress, whilst not as much as I would like, has increased from year to year. Aside from the lectures on handling milk and butter, T cannot omit to mention here that we learned Hoard's Dairyman was an accepted authority on dairying, and that dry corn stalks, after frost, cut in to stove was as valuable a food, ton for ton, as cotton seed hulls. On this same occasion many cows were tested and our membership began to throw off its lethargy dealing a death blow to many scrub bulls and look more to the grading up of their cattle. We quit retailing sweet milk out of five and ten gallon cans at the door of each customer, and commenced delivering in clean bottles; we purchased improved churns, butter workers and butter presses, we bought scales, and even got extravagant enough to buy butter paper, and delivered our butter in neat packages weighing 10 ounces to the pound. We have fenced in hundreds of acres of our waste or rough lands, planted on this many acres Bermuda grass for summer pasturage. We have sowed more legumes crops, consisting of 1,200 acres of clover, 300 acres vetch, 1500 acres rye, 500 acres permanent pastures. We have improved several hundred acres of our lands, improved our barns, dairy houses and cellars. We have saved from Ave to seven hundred dollars in cash every year under the co-operation plan of purchasing our cattle feed. Six years ago "Hoard's Dairyman" had about five subscribers; I alone sent them last fall fifty-one. Just here I might say that the premiums I get I take in books and instruments appertaining to cattle, which are at the service of the association; the (Continued on page 6) 4^4 A^A ji^A J^A A^A A^A ^y ~^~ | We Are Ren T i Cyclone Vacuun f ?^> And will be pleased to send ^ home or office and clean your V tains, upholstered goods, etc. > ^ tee the machines to do first c spects. The charge is made I ?* machines will be rented with tors. *+* We are selling this line *** and are anxious to arrange JL tions. t X | Bailey Furniture & Li Union, South C A^A A^A, | Bargains! 6 X EVERYTHING IN ROUGI Y LUMBER x Y AND BUILDING MATERIA Y ?* We make the price sir the stock rolling. A fi Jt Lumber each week. C Y J* Your Opportunity? % I Lawrence Y X Lumber Coi A^A A^A A^4. A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A , ^T IINVESTM t : Washington, D. C. lots f< > J. located, easy terms. A V coast fruit and truck 1 V V Orange and Grape-fruit mate, in the Indian ri\ V prosperous colony, $1. 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