The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, September 30, 1915, Image 3
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cent,
HnHnHnants. the
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South
H|H^^^H^H|^fti?.sipni,
aho nn
operated
<<i.g
up the fer^^ ^^^^^ nluctiveness
^^^^HHflH^^Ers under our
i^l^H^HBem,
I of the constantly
: cent which is in
the tenants? Here,
roblem big enough
e thought of any
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ions of acres will
ysteinatically coniproved
under our
pstcm. The reason
pal reason, at least,
in is willing }<> go
Mise of terracing,
dying manure, ami
ilanting high-priced
mproving crops uiiroiig
assurance that
seme other man.
) land for tiio next
His interest, plainf
of exploitation?
i much out of the
jist as little back
y cun.
i what actually hapsoil
conservation
always been the
tening problem we
3 intend with in our
J! I JLfl sy
it'
L H. TROTTI, President.
?> a /
EXECUTI \' E COMMITT1;
* BI G 0
T\ Grand Nin
\ Gin
J Tuesday
Mr. Automobile Ovvi
''Booster trip aroun
Chesterfield County
4%County wanted to tal
to visit every town ii
Fill up your car with 3'our fric
fbis i* the first rime anything 1
the first effort along this line si
held for the benefit of all the j>
START WILL BE MADE
AutomoLile Marl
Arrive
6:15 p. m.
9 a. m.
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11 ;0() a. niv L
V2:00 noon k_
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ses Will
iers and Renters
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work among the farmers. Realizing,
as every other thinking
man does, that the first fundamental
requisite to a more productive
ugriculture is richer
land and, at the same time that
nearly all of ou~ '"mproved farm- '
ing land is becoming poorer and
poorer year by year, we have at- '
tacked this problem first in everv
r.?,mminiit v in
WW... .?? VJ * " ?? ?I?VI? "" '* I
have labored. But in nearly all j
instances our pleadings fo* the1'
improvement of the soil, where !
the tenant farming was concern- (
ed h'ave met wirh the same dis- !
couragtng response? nothing '
could be dun >. "I don't know :
whether 1 will farm this land
next year or not," says the ten- 1
ant, "and I cannot afford to go 1
to the expense of improving the
land for someone else, perhaps, 1
to make a crop on." "I know 1
the land is getting mighty poor,"
says the landlord, "but 1 can..ot ^
alFonl to put out money on lam) '
that is being exploited by a care
less shifting, and mercenary lot
of tenants." The landlord can 'r
do nothing and the tenant can
do nothing; what is to become
of the land?
Yet to both of them, the land-j
lord and the tenant., rich land
is a matter of the most vi'al importance.
What can be done tn
| make soil conserving possible?!
We believe the thing to do is to ,
change from the present indeti- ,
nite, one year, generally verbal j
contract, to a ten or fifteen-year t
legally executed lease, setti g e
forth the rights, privileges and (
dories of both the landlord and t
the tenant. Such a lease would
not only make systematic soil ]
consevation and improvement c
1 II
\V. .1. 'IILLER, Vice President.
',E-L II TROT I'l, .). A. W ELS I
tOSTE,
ety-MHe Parat
Qsterfield Gout
7,' Octobe
tier:-- You are invite
d Chesterfield County
Fair. Every Autorn
kp nnrt in tVllG rrr^nrl
I? S1UUVJ V
ti the county.
nds who will "HOOST" for The (}
like this has be-?n attempted in th
lould be made in th? interest of i li
"oplo of G'hesterlie'.d County.
FROM CHESTBRFIRLD, 9:00 A. P
ke<l "SCOUT CAR" Will Tate Lcac
TlJe Following Is the Schedule:
Chesterfield
}y. Kuby
Mt. Crogkun
| P aye la nd
.Jeirerson
Catarhh
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j... Middendorf X_, r
-i~ Patrick \
Cheraw
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possible: it would confer a number
of other important benefits
on both the landlord and the
tenant. It would give the landlord
a better tenant, and i*
would 6ave him trouble and expense
of fr< quently changing
tenants, and of having part of
his land, often, butchered or lyng
idle'; and would give the tenant
a place he could feel to be
home, save him the heavy expense
of fnquent tiioves, and enable
him through permanent
residence to become a a citizen
if some prestigo and consideration
.
WHAT TilK LANDl.OKD MUST l>0
But, as we see it, it will be
necessary before this long lease
system can he inaugurated and
: ,1 i. e l _ Ai At i n ?
jarneu uui', u>r oom me landlord
md the tenant, to change radically
his attitude, in certain respects,
toward the farm and the
business of farming. Let us exinline
briefly the more important
things that each must do.
The first move?the comincement
of the fundamental change
must be made by the landlord;
ne must exert, himself to make
permanent tenancy of his land
possible and desirable. One
lung that he must do is to provide
better houses and improvements?better
tenant homes.
Tenant, houses in the Sooth are
lotoriously had ; and this creates
i feeling of dissatisfaction and
estlessness which keeps the
enting class forever on the
liove in search of more comfort
ind better homes. This is true
r. an especial sense of the better
class of tenants?tiie only ones
vlio are worth having. We do
int believe that any other one
hing causes so much changing
imong tenats?so much pulling
ibout from pillar to post?as the
li lapidated, ram-shackle houses
hat many landlords furnish.
Another thing the landlord
must do is to furnish a better
;lass of rural schools. Nothing
n a ifi
U. L. IiUNLEV, Secretary.
I, EMSLEY A KM FIELD.
R TRIP
tie 7\round
nty.
r 5,191 5
d to join the Great
in the interest of the
obile in Chesterfield
arade of ninety miles
reat. Chesterfield County Fair,
is County. It is fitting tliat
h County Fair which is to be
II., OCTOBER 5th, 1915.
I; Others Follow.
Depart
9 :<M)a. m.
9,4<> a. ni
10:U> a. m.
12:50\ ni.
2:4o iAm.
. 4 :19 p. IL
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else you can think of is drawing
as many people from the farms
to the town8 and cities today as
the superier facilities of the city
schools. Self respecting, ambitious
people naturally gravi- j
tate towards good educational i
advantages for their children.
The better c'ass of tenants?the i
ones the landlord wants?are no i
exceptions to this rule. They i
may not be able to keep their \
children in school all tne time,
but they are deeply concerned
about their training and want \
them to have ihe best advantages
procurable when they are in ]
school.
We cannot help f?qling that
from the landlord's standpoint
the present idea of economy now '
very general, in the handling of
tenant-operated farms is fundamentally
wrong. A very large 1
percentage of landlords seem to j
think that they cannot afford to (
put up good, comfortable Houses
on theli places ana to keep up
the improvements: it costs too
much. Suppose the manager of
a business concern?a factory,
for instance?should conclude
that he could not all'ord to go to
the expense of keeping up some
important part of the establishment,
and stop putting money
into it; how long do you suppose
that business would continue to
run? The business concerns that
make moupy are those that, are
kept up; and the same is true in
equally as gre&J, a degree of
farms. Look around you and
see if you do not see everywhere'
confirmation of this statement. I
Unquestionably, we think, more
money put into better houses
and improvements, better schools
and better roads would be the
best investment that Sourthern
landlords ooukl possibly make.
And the most encouraging
feature of the situation is, that)'
it can be handled by the land- ,
lord as an individual proposition. 1
We are discussing it here in an
abstract, collective way; but
any man can change from the
present system to a long-lease
system of tenantry whether bis
neighbors join in helping him in
making toe change or not. By
providing better accommodations
lie can got the best tenants,
and iie can keep them as long as
he wants them.
WHAT Tin: TKNANT A1KST DO
But. the landlord cannot do it
all and must not be expected to
do so. The tenant must do his1'
part. He must quit his everlast-:1
ir.g roving, find him a suitable
location and settle down, and
then go to work to make a home
of !iis rented place and permanent,
substantial citizens of himself
and wife ami children. We
have a class of tenant farmers
wno are never satisfied, who are
forever pulling about from place [ i
10 piace, Kearcnitig inr some
fabled paradise where oppm tuni-j
ty and money grown on trees. <
Such men instead of finding the 1
i '
best opportunities, are always!,
missing ihem and getting the1 i
very worst of the deal. The best:
places are naturally occupied by ]
men who are stayers; an 1 the ]
perpetual movers have simply to 1
take what is left, whatever that'
maybe. Not only this, but t he j i
inveterate moving man never
. 1
wins that prestige nor forms
those neighborly and friendship i
ties which are so essential to 1
any man's success, llcrt, again, ,
"the rolling stone gathers no
moss."
The eminently wise and profi
table course, we think, for the
tenant farmer is to find a good
location and take as long a lease
as he can get, having it stiplated
in the contract that he shall fie.
paid at customary prices for any 1
improving which he may do by \
i agreement with the. landlord I
an j then proceed to improve his
land, to improve his stock, and
to establish himself as a citizen
of prestige and influence in the
community in which he has cast
his lot.
That this system would probably
work out in this country is
shown by the fact that it hah
worked out with entire satisfaction
'in the old country of Europe.
In England for instance, where
the long-lease system of farm
tenantry prevails, the land, al
though much of it has been in
cultivation for aenturies, is pi^i
ducing larger ofops today udflj|
ever before.
The lori^lease is th^^^HBB|
to be tak^ib
co 11 m e r v a t
I fLfarmu^HNH^^^^Hn
| The Wrong !
J Rushville j I
|> Bu Marion Warrington | }
(Copyright, 1915, by W. O. Chapman.)
"I am tired of it all," spoke Myra I
Cloyd, and she sighed and really ?
looked weary and discontented. 1
Mrs. Verner, her aunt, glanced at (
her quickly, shrewdly. She traced i
3igns of worry in the fair gue3t she l
had entertained through a busy social <
season. *
"You need a rest, a change, dear," j
Bhe remarked soothingly. c
"The change, perhaps, yes," admit- t
ted Myra. "Rest? Oh, just the reverse
of vnat, dear aunty. I can never i
thank you for all the trouble you havo i
had to give me the grand time of my f
life, but there is so much hollowness t
and insincerity to all the people I t
have met, that I am not only disap- t
pointed, but weary of it all." 1
"I am what they call a worldly woman,
Myra," spoke Mrs. Verncr grave- <
ly," but down in my heart of hearts 1 f
commend your point of view. My t
thought has not been, to merge you t
into the social whirl, but to give you
the experience that will enable you to a
contrast the varied issues of life. I 1
had hoped, though, that the pliilan- r
tliropical work would interest you?" i
"Aunty, dear," broke in Myra pas- t
sionately, "it is there that I have seen t
the weakness of the system followed. <
I will not say that good results in the ! 1
concrete are not attained, but so much e
expense, so much time wasted by im- t
petuous members with a theory to ex- e
ploit. Oh, aunty, if only 1 could go
direct to the poor and suffering! 1 x
would give my services, the fortune t
jear (lead father left to me to relieve i
them."
"You would be deceived, robbed on i
svery band," declared Mrs. Vomer. 'Good,
kind soul that you are! spend
i week or two with Aunt Martha at
Rushvillo. It will quiet you and settle
lown your ideas after the turbulence
jf the past three months."
Myra had never been to Rushvillo,
but she had twice received a visit
rrom Aunt Martha when her father
tvas alive. She recalled the plainfaced
but charitable-hearted old lady,
mticipating guidance and help in
Traming up her life work, for Myra
Telt that she had a call to assist in
the great benevolence her fortune
j | |
IWI- 'P
"Rushville," Sl-.e Spoke. *
would allow. She was tired and had ?
a headache and longed only for a restful
sent on the train, when she reached '
the big crowded Union depot.
"Rushville," she spoke, approaching
one of the many ticket selling windows,
received a bit ol stamped cardboard
and was soon past the iron
guard gate and selecting a scat on the '
shady side of tho car. |
Myr#i let her mind drift. Then she
must have dozed. It was quite dusk
and the car lamps were just being
lighted when the train slowed up and
the conductor sang out:
"Rushville." I
Myra caught up her satchel and
Btepprd out upon tin? platform of a
little flag station. It was surrounded
by freight trucks, there were no houses
In sight, only a crippled flagman, whom
Bhe approached. This train had gone
on.
"I must have made a mistake," she
Bpoke flutteringly. "My ticket was for
Ftushville and the signboard on the
little depot is "Way 22.' "
"Yes'm," nodded the old man, "Rushville
is a mile and a half west They
have no railroad there."
Myra looked dubiously across the
level twilight stretch before her. There
Beemed to be no way of obtaining a
vehicle, "So she set out to walk the
distance. She hastened her steps as
tho gloom of night began to develop
the dreary landscape. She had nothing
to go by except the broad direction
from the flagman that iluBhville
was "west."
She was startled and affrighted as
suddenly a vague form loomed up In
her path Myra came to an irresolute
standstill as the figure confrontedher.
It was that of a haggu^Bt-\l
tenuated man, whose N
v ho kept
coherently. Almost lnj^ A
AI
"I have
readh Rushville
easy,
utrr.n^e
Ho i^9|HHHH|HBUayfl
"way,
ialf a dozen "cots" and as many reclln- ?*"(l bW11 hait
ng chairs. Each was .filled with an ,^ve3 * ^L*
nvalid?the bloodless faces and lan- ,f" ap*?9**y ~
EUid poses told this much. roW' * ?**? r^
"Ah!" spoke a sudden brisk voice. *retfu'- T> wl" chj^my sisters lo
you come back," and Myra noticed hoar from you ocrasfnally. I
ho speaker as a professional looking M hcr cTeTr? trlthful tay ^ThlJ
foung man, who at onco called some- f e e u v y' y
tody from outside. Two men appeared lo11 th"'IT tl plt+will bo stamp.
,nd bore her guide away against his ""l,wlU"" ? n'?C' ,n<1 ">?' "
will. The young man stared strangely U take up a cttarttAbls work n tl a
. .. .,o city. Let mo assist |you?oh, pleasi ?!
11 my. a. Dlease'"
"I cannot understand why you aro ,
rere," he spoke, and trembling, fear- *?d ,rora ""J" J""6
died Myra explained. The young man f tte"ro"e IU,u,hvl " ?r?w tho M? ookod
serious and troubled, *?? ?f ^"d'nilt?e.r J, T ""'IV
"There are two Rusbvllles aeees.l- side by side with her,noble husband.'
)le from the city Union depot," he j" _ i
;aid, "on different railroad lines, nnd On account cf tlietal being po
[ fear you pot a ticket to the wrong high, we have a lot of Nos. 1 and
;ne. The Rushville just beyond hero 2 shingles oil hatnl. So if ydju
s a poor industrial town. Typhus has are in need of roofing come in
iroken out and 1 am Doctor Willis, in an(i s00 us.?Cholsterfield M(fr;harge
of the hospital here. I am very i pantile Co
;orry, miss, but you have been ex- * J
losed to the disease through the folly . . __ J
>f that escaped patient, and will have iViOlN tl V /
o be quarantined. Tlio mint, makes it and under |tho
It came upon Myra with a shock, but terms of the t'ONTI NRNTALMORlever
was physician more gentle and IT?JA(5K Cn.V.L'ANY yi>u can secure it] at
eassuring than her courteous, intelli- ; 0 per cent for any legs I purpose on up.
;ent host. He explained to her that proved renl estate, 'f ernm easy, telll lib
he law exacted her isolation for four- .vour wants and we will co-operate wjitli
een days. He assured her, however, 1 .
hat she should have a room in the 908-9 Munsey Bltig-. Baltimore,
louse himself and Ms sisters occupied. J 1
"I shall give you preventive medi- SaJc 0f Lantllfor Taxes |
:ines," ho explained, "and from your * L ? .1
jeneral appearance I believe you will # Under and by virtue 01 autlilor>e
immune from infection, as I am ity contained ill certain Kxecunyself."
tions issued by \V. P. Douglass,
The sisters Of the dnetnp were likft t\iiirvftr 'IVooLtii.ni, anil rl 11.0.014- n.,1
- " WW vvuuvj I i vciruicijt U'lgvf.uu
^arm-hearted sisters, indeed, to Myra. to mc, 1 have levied upon tind
rhey gave her a room by herself. 'I ho taken exclus.ve possession of ^ho
text day she had recovered her nat- f()):owing real estate, to wit, iknd
irnl poise and becahno interested in -m ??ii *1 ?
heir helpful duties. They took care of ?'' . . ti. '
heir brother's dispensary, nursed the hidfller, Ibefore Ithe
ronvaloscenta, and Myra felt really Court house door p.t Chesterfield, \
iappy and contented as they gave her (>,l tile lir-t Mondlay in Oct. & I ^
iome cloth to make bandages of, and between tho l&gal) hours of Bile.
.ecame a helper in good work of tho J77 A teflerson T|wnitockado
hospital. , , . m<L .
"It is my first experience in netnal ?h,P k,,ow" Mf McOaskllllEst.
vork among the poor and sick," Myra 9
old Dr. Willis one evening. , "Yours loO acres in St.feer I'en Tftwiis
a blessed task." , , ? v> vi B
She regarded him wiih genuine ad- "'"P as ' B' M?n|n?0,
niration. llis tirclcssness. patience laud.
r n t t n Ki I
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