The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-12
Correspondence Of the TIxFs.
ReIton wheel on the Righy Track.

KELroS, Feb. 3.--we are having pleasant
weather apd there has beei considerable
change arJuii Kehon the last two. wesks
On n few days ago the Joncsville and Lock
bart Shoals Il e. had but very little fasoe
in this neighhorhood, but there seems u b.
q grosing boon for tho rad and the ont
| ok is now in favor Of the subscriptions.
lsm NJ rail l,aai man when the peoole
have to be 'axed 10 build il. Let those who
vii, own and colirol the rad build l.,
just as other persous would have TO do who
waniei to bnIl up private enterprise.
Bui l am true Allisncc man and believe In
the mai Drity ruling, therefore, if the Iailrosd
tax of twenty thousaod dollars is voted ii
tn Township will submit to it anl say no
more, although be,icve il will be q I'd mis-
take and one that will be regretted by ma y
Of onr ci izens in timo 10 come.
Guano will not be use near so extensive
ly th,s year as it was last. At this time ia
1891 there had bcen something like one huu-
drei carloa Is of ferti izers moved, but up
t the 10Th January, 1892, there was but
10 carioais moved "a considerable fsl log
OF. Farmers can not use guano and psy
for il w In six or seven cent cotton, AMI live,
They merely breathe now, so they had bette /.
take warning and let The stuff stay in the
fac orits an haul pine st aw and oak leaves
and make compost to apply TO their land TO
farnish vegetable matter, which is needed a
great deal worse tbaa commercial fertilizers.
Some will say : all, wei, that kind Of doc,
toring i, not worth u straw; We have triel
all such trash as that, AMI it did not do any
good. Well, my brothers, the reason it dill
MT do your Land any good IS. you did not
coutinue to use il. l call your attention to
the fact that around all dwelling house, the
land becomes RIGA by the trash being swept
| T. ON the yard out upon the land. Let us
try home IN ,ic manure for few years,
aud see what success we make. Let us raise
enough corn, wheat, cats, pea. and pork to do
us. aud even raise our own horses and mules,
and not 90 10 town with Kentucky mules
hitched 70 Tennessee wagon, aud haal back
Northwestern flour, ourn and pork, and see
if we can't be little more independent.
Brother farmers, do YOU know why the
| rrice of cotton is so low? The cotton mer-
chants say over produc ion, but don't be.
Iieve worI Of wha' they say, in that respec'.
the money and can DO without our cot.
ton. We make the CO ton aud are COM
, pc!!cd I, sn it. Why? Because We
have get no money, nothing to "a: r.
! feed our stock on and just so long as that
| is the use, our cotton will CO. not for what
| it is wor,h, but just what We eau get for it.
| When The time c)mes that we can say we
have got plenty II ea', then We can say
INV give u' whist our cotton is worth
aud You c,n have it. and not without. Th,t
will be business on the first shelf Some
may say. we can't do that. On, bat kno Y
better than that. Now plan jus. an acre or
| two more in corn AMI other small grain each
yclr. AMI the fiat thing you know you will
! havs provi,i Ms t. do you twelve months
| aud cotton to sci and in few ye,rs you
can say | owe no man anything. Now
| brothers re id what haze written AMI ask
our friend Il. vi. Stokes if the Wheel has
not turned right this time.
HELroN WHEEL