The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-10-27
What Say Yon. Farmers:


como fof farmers 10 change their polcv
"rsihK INTO bankruptcy and starvation
must DO patent TO even casual observers.
lha all cotton system. has been sum-
GENTLY tried and found miserably want.
ing.
n" doubt scores OF farms in the County
nave already gone down under 1t. and
scores moro will follow suit in duo time
IL Is believed by many that it takes tha
bulk OF the cotton crop annually in An
uersoh County to settle the supply bills.
"mle i large proportion OF these sup
pies could be more easily and cheaply
mauc home. this be true, whv the,,
hot ie on tho cotton crop anu increase
tilo 81 'ply yield? 4 reduction of even
twenty-five per cent. in tho production Of
COTTON would doubtless make Il rcmerka
bic difference in the price.
with Il largo proportion of their sur.
plies at home, farmers could bo more in.
dependent aud rcaliza y ronunera.ivo
price Tor their labor in making cotton.
"o NAYS looked to and trusted agricul-
turai conventions, prominent men and
various other sources OF relief but all in
vain. There is an old saying that If YOU
want anything done sond. but if you want
1t done right go yourself SO tho farmer.
the plain. humble followers OF the plow.
will havo to take the matter in their
own hands and free themselves from tho
shackles that bind them.
Now, Mr.. Editor, with your permis-
sion and little help, propose to lead Off
In proposition, that if carried out, VII,
bring some relief at least. It is this:
Every farmer in Anderson County who
Will pledge himself to make, as far as
possible, home supplies, and let cotton be
entirely surplus crop, sign his name
and address on postal card and send to
the ANDERSON INTELLIeENCER to be
filed away by the editors. Then, when
sufficient number Of names have been
received meeting cen be held at some
suitable time and place for general con-
ference. and fc- making an appeal to all
other Counties and States in the cotton
belt to pursue the same or similar plan.
What say you, farmers Of Anderson?
Lat us be up and doing.
AS am neither a candidate for office
nc r seeker of notoriety, will for the
o. esent sign myaelf FARMER.
= Any fool can make money, but it
takes wisdom to knew ho= 10 spend it
we'll.
= Woman is superior to man. Two
women can talk to each other at the ssme
time.
= After man secures a girls hand he
sometimes finds she has him under her
thumb.
- The distance of the earth from the
sun Is about 100000 miles less in De-
cember than 1t Is in June.
life insurance statistics go to show
that total abstinence prolonge the average
life more than seven years.
= The Bible was written by degrees
during period Of 1,GOO years. It was
anclently called "The Books,'' but for the
past 700 years the "Blble."
The watch carried by the average
man is composed Of 9s pieces, and its
manufacture embraces more Than 1000
distinct and separate cparasioui,.
- A st. Louis woman has sold her hus-
band for $4,000, on the theory that she
can get q far better one for icuch less
money. She is taking chances, though.
A gushing poet asxs In the firs. li,e
Of recent effnsion, "How many geery
pilgrims lie2" We give It up :: out ex-
perlence has taught us that there are a,
rood many. .
One OF the stations of the railway
which Is to be built from the He'd Sea to.
the top Of Mount Sinai will be on the spot
where IL 10 supposed Moses stood when
he received the two tablets of. the law
from Jehovah.
There's no such thing. as perfect
contentment," remarked the Widow
Milligan. "When John was alive was
half the time worried as to his where.
abouts; and even now there is az un-
certainty thss s.:!l Iiaihos me uneasy"
= The eyes Of bess are made to see
great distances. When absent from their
hive they 20 up in the air till they see
their home. and then fly toward 1t in
straight line and with great speed. The
shortest lima between twc places places Is some-
times called "bae.line."
-Ifsany one were to undertake to
walk, one way only: through all the
streets Of London, he would be obliged
to go distance Of 2,66O miles, or as far as
It 10 across the American continent from
New YorE &c G.3 Francisco. This will
give an idea Of the distance one would
have TO 60 10 see thoroughly even the
greater part Of the city Of London-the
largest city in the world.
- The average of human life, according
to Prof. Warren, Is about 33 years. One
quarter die previous to the age of II, and
those who pass this age enjoy felicity
refused to one-hslf the human species.
To every one thousand persons cnly one
reaches 100 years of life, to every 100 only
six reach the age Of 65, and not more than
one In fivo hundred lives to 50 years.
There are on earth 10000 900 inhabi-
tants, and OF these 333, ;}33, 1888 die every
year, 81 GA every day, $3.50 every hour,
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