The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-08-24
THE HARVEST IS LAIsE.
Bill Arp Writes About tho C,ps and
Looks for Better Times Politics
Has Nothing to DO With

81 don't complain
When the Lords send ram
When the tanks in the sky rutoyer;
For the rain you know
Makes the corn to grow,
And gives lift to the clover"
But my humble friend Cobe SAYS
we've had bout enuf and he want ito
stop right now. We've had bu,d :
ance," says Cobe, "and Pm afeerith,re
won't be any nubbins to feed the lters
on this winter and no seed tater;to
plant next spring"
Another one-hOrse farmer sayshe
Is afeerd he will make more coon
than he can get picked out.
Was there oever such a bountul
crop year? Wheat, corn, cotton, pa
toes and fruit Mr.. Roberts, who fans
on Pumpkin Vine Creek, says he f,ls
sure OF 900 bushels Of corn from ne
field OF ten acres-that he can sect
one or two acres that will yield 20
bushels each and there are seyLal
square rods that will make busheto
the rod. That would make 100 bus,ls
per acre, If every rod was as good tr.
SoOerts is no brag. He is a conseta-
tive, truthful man and good ,arer
Mr. Akerman made twenty-five bsh-
els OF wheat to the acre right in h Q
suburbs of the town and he has lore
beautiful fruit than was ever Arwn
here before. Oar market Is .uliug
over with goodV lings-a apples, IPees,
pears, grapes land melons. Hhtry
| wagons drive to the residences eve
day loaded with delicious fruit and v,
can buy at your own price, ioN,he ST
ply Is greater than the denaN Je
luxuriate on soft pea..@hAS anCcream,
which is the next bes&hing to straw
berries and cream, ar we buy fine,
large cantaloupes at a,ickel apiece
OLD folks lose their relio for meat, but
they never get tired n fruit. was
Illuminating about the /Rflness ofprov.
idence in arranging /the ek,cssion tc
suit our health and( appeth> Straw
berries, raspberries, dow berriS hucS
lebefries, blacltbeF'ries, Jund apples
cherries and then peaches andfmpes
with melons throw n In, and bstro Ions
the town will be FLOODED will aoples
Oh, the jelly agd jam and Feserye
that my folks have put upland th,
sugar that | have had to pay RI. Thanl
goodness, bought it befOrekho Nc
| kinley trust c3rnered tho maket. a
clever Republican neighbor%oId m,
that the Almighty was smili9 on tho
land because good men wei now il
power and he quoted Script,A whicf
said when;the righteous are 4 nowc,
the people rejoice.
"Yes," saidSI the devil Oh ouote
Scripture to suit his purposd Davit
understood thl, situation whedie said
Il have seen tk wicked In grd power
spreading himself like a men ba
tree, yet he passed away, and5 he wa
not"
don't thihS the Lord ravin
much attention%c Congress- X thS af
ministration, hut Ee does seen TO m bav w
pity on the people, apd is sAowerin
blessings upon them. -
There was acampmeeti, g dorv ths
Old Allan Turri or told when gas n bC
that | have tot forgotten. He W,
preaching aboa at the perils a rich.
and said therd was a good Old dark
who had a kid but un-Chris,ian an
skcrsical masler, and he tried In h
humble way 20 convert him but h
master only hughed at HIM and OF
Day said to Inn: NOW, Unae Jac
II the Lord Is so wise and osood al
loves ns al sdmuch as you Ay, VIII
makes him lei Jim Austin gel 40 ri,
and keep on bkying more landIand mo
niggers and mules, when you know tn
Jim Austin athe meanest han In Il
county. DE stindles HE neidhbors a.
oppresses thd poor. He drinks O.
gambles and turses, but evfything
: touches MAKE him richer Ind rich,
HOW DO yo explainoth