The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-12
Correspondence of the TlMEs,
Kelton Wheel on the Right Track.

KELros, Feb 3.--we are having pleasant
weather and there has been considerable
change arJu,d Kclion tho last two weeks.
On'y a few days ago he Joncsville and lock-
bart Shoals Il e. had but very little fasoc
in thi. neighborhood, but uisre seems t. be
groviag boom for the rad AID the out
ok is now in favor Of tho subscription.
lam no rail .oai mau when tho people
have to be raxed 10 build it, Let those who
will own and coairol the road build l.,
just as other persons would have 10 do who
wanted to bald up private enterprises.
But am true Alliance man and believe in
the majority ruling, therefore, if the iailrosd
tax of twenty thousand dollars Is voted IN
tn Township will submit to it and say no
more, although believe it will be a sid mis-
take and one that will be regretted by may
of our citizens in tmo 10 come.
Guano will not be use near so extensive
ly this year as it was last. At this time ia,
1891 there had bcen something like one hun
drei carloa Is of fertilizers moved, but up
t. the 10Th January, 1892, there was but
10 carloads moved-a considerable fal ing
off. Farmers can not use guano and psy
for il with six or seven cent cotton, and livcs
They, merely breathe now, so they had better
take warning and let the stuff stay in the
factories AMI haul pine st'aw and oak leaves.
| and make compost to apply TO their land TO
| farnish vegetable matter. which is needed q
| great deal worse than commercial fertilizers.
Some will say ah, vel, that kind OF doc.
| toring i. not worth q straw We have triel
| all such trash as that, anil it did not do Any
good. Well. my brothers, the reason It did
not do your land any good is. you did not
continue to use il. call your attention to
the fact that around NIL dwelling houses the
| land becomes rich by the trash being swept
| hom the yard out upon the land. Let US
L l., I<x fn fn.v x-oo
aud see what success we make. Let us raise
| enough corn, wheat, oats, pea. aud pork TO do
us, aud even raise our own horses and mules,
aud not 90 10 town with Kentucky mules
bitched 70 a Tennessee wagon, aud haal back
Northwestern -four, corn and pork, and see
if we can't be a little more independent.
Brother farmers, do you know why the
rrice of cotton is so low? The cotton NOR
chants say over production, but don't be-
lisve word Of what they say, in that respec'.
My idea Of the matter is they have
the money and oin do without our cot.
ton. We make the CO ton aud are COM
PEELED t, sill it. Why? Because we
have got no money, nothing to 20. II
feed our stock on and just SO long as that
is the use, our cotton will 60, not for what
it is worth but just what We can get for it.
When The time c,mes that we can say we
have got plenty t. en-, then We can say
now give u, whist our cotton is worth
aud You eau have ii. and not without. That
will be business on the first shelf Some
may say, we cau't do that. Oh, but kno Y
better than that. Now plan just an acre or
two more in corn aud other small grain each
year, and the fast thing you know you will
have provisi ms to do you twelve months
and cotton to sci and in fow ye,rs You
can say l owe no man anything. now
brothers re I'd what have :. liStca an | ask
our friend Il. NJ. Stokes if the Wheel has
not turned right this time.
hkLToN WHEEL.