The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-08-11

a meeting OF the association, held on
its grounds, to which the public is
invited. Last Thursday was the day
fixed to hear the reports. About two
hundred people were present. 1t was
decided TO hold the exercises in sthe
grand stand, and the crowd assembled
there at about III O'clock. The meet
irg as called to order and the chaplain,
| Mr.. j. j.. Stoddard, offered prayer.
| Next came the roll call, to which most
Of the members answered, and the
minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved. 1t was decided that
| the next thing in order should be the
reports of the liz dividual members
| of the committees referred to above
on the crops Of members of the associa-
ton.
The following is one of the reports
To the Officers and Members of the
Fairview Agricultural Society.-Mr.
Preside mt: Your committee appointed
to visit and inspect u fellow mem
Der, Walter Peden's crop, respectfully
present the following report:
In the performance Of this duty, we
visited his farm on the 9th instant
and in making II rounds found his
crop to consist principally OF cotton
and +
Brother Peden is farming on the ex-
I JCuolNS pan, tuFlhB Nooup DhtiVy oSiSo
in cotton, which we judged had been
well cultivated from start to tinish,"
and is now in a tine growing condition,
putting on and developing fruit rapid
ly. He was not quite done ploughing,
but was finishing up, or laying by, in
as good condition as he usually does.
We think he will, if August is a SEP
sonable month, make (9OO) nine hun
dred pounds Of seed cotton per acre.
! He has about,sixteen acres in corn,
which seems to have been cultivated
all right, and will make q good crop If
seasons continue.
He has q very fair potato crop. His
pea crop is young yet having been
sowed when corn was planted last
time.
He has the finest crop OF forage or
thick corn that we have seen. He
planted the kind he recommended
when this subject was discussed in the
spring, and although it is very thick
it has II small ear forming on almost
every stalk. We recommend that it
would be well for each member of
this club to get seed and try this kind
Of corn for a forage or rough feed
crop.
We examined his barn and stables,
found them in good condition. His
stock are all in fine condition, and he
has plenty Of feed to last until next
March, without feeding much on the
present crop.
W. found very few things to dis
approve of and much to commend.
And finally we will say that if all
farms of this community were manag-
cd as well as Brother Peden's it would
be made evident that we have (what
most Of this club already believe) " the
best country upon which the sun
Shines
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
J.. Z. Willis, d. L. Thomson, Com
mittee.
Mr.. w. H. Britt, the secretary, re-
ported on the crop of Mr.. Lee Mearcs
and stated that 1T was in fine con-
dition, as was everything else on his
farm. Mr., Britt called special atten-
tion to the crop Of n tenant on the
place, q negro, and said that he had
n field Of 40 to so acres that was as
fine q teld OF cotton DIS he had ever
seen, would average waist high and
was heavily fruited.
Another committeeman reported that
he had examined a brother members
crop and believed that his prize acre
Of cotton leach member has a prize
acrc) would If no unforeseen calamity
| uClci IL, ylclC u"O DdlCS vi COUbOl.
After d number of reports were
heard, IN motion, the hearing Of the
remainder was postponed until the
afternoon, and Col. James A. Hoyt, Of
~Greenville, was Introduced by the Sec
rotary as the orator Of the day.
The speaker, at the outset, stated
that he had been invited to talk to the
association about farming, but felt
that it would be out of place for him
to attempt to instruct the members Of
the club, and therefore would talk to
them about something else, and an
nounced that his theme would be
Good Roads, Good Schools and Good
Society"
Each of the three subjects was ham
died in In interesting and able manner
and during the entire time occupied
in the delivery OF Che address, which
was about thirty minutes, the spcalI"r
had the undivided attention OF &c
audience and was heartily applau 4.
At tho conclusion Of Col. Hoyt's re
mar ks q recess was taken and dinner
was soon announced, add such q dinner
is seldom seen. The tables were liter
ally loaded down with everything cal
culatcd TO tickle the palate and satisfy
the appetite. After every body had
oaten their fill, including twenty-five
or thirty negroes, there was still an
abundance left.
The club was again called to order
about 2 o'clock, and the hearing OF
reports resumed, most Of which were
made in an interesting manner, each
member having u style peculiarly his
own.
Special mention should be made OF
the report Of Mr.. Lee Mcarcs on the
crop Of Mr.. Commodore Rodgers. Mr..
Mearcs said that, considering quality
OF land, he wa satisfied that Mr.. Rodg-
crs had the best crop in Fairview
Township. He said hat Rodgers had
bought the land seven years ago, when
it was considered worthless, owing to
its being filled with gullies and all the
soil having been washed away. Every
thing Is different now. The land has
been terraced and redeemed and is
producing fine crops. This year Mr..
Rodgers has forty acres in corn and
sixty in cotton, and the entire crop is
in perfect condition so far as cultiva-
ton is concerned. Mr.. Meares also
said that he was pretGy we'll satisfied
that Mr.. Rodgers prize acre was about
the best in the township, with the pos
sible exception OF his own.
Me-. Miles Henderson, another NOM
Der OF the club, Was reported as having
sown W and IL half bushels Of wheat
last fall and reaping forty this year.