The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-20
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| Whas about tte prohibition move
! nsent? Well. ID seems th&s she crtfcGes
are taking hold OF th~ no&tter very
| mild. The mGsc OF them have shomn
thaS thGP ave opposed 10 the mover
iSs prescott shape. hnt SSH sNey seem
| TO he waiting for fHe5hcr dever nent
| b tore t""y have very much 90 say.
| In the very OaSshs. W. are opposed to
! prohibition for reasons whfl we viii
| m t.e known later: nos 80 much op.
| p Jscd 10 prohibition as to the way il
! has GG:n ana may h@ managed. We
believe il th" prohibition par:y wanted
to sx0nerate itself from She evil effects
oS Intoxicating liquors Is shouId have
| set forth ia dema0A5 before the people
in as much OF noG.poIIticaI way as
| possible. S'ut ~ 10 has met and nOrni.
mated II full State ticket IT, looks to vs.
! very much ike Il desire for office
as much as for prohibition. We
didn't like that part OF the platform
| which the State Prohibition CungeH-
| ton adopted recommending the cOun.
| ties To organize in order to put out 81
| full ticket for the Legislature. This
began TO smell Ike it. might result In
another factiOnal fight. But wc fear
no such dangers at the present; there
fore, I'm our feeble way Of looking into
matters We cnn see no harm that may
| rc9ult from tho nominations that have
been made. We arc not personally nc.
1uaintcd with any Of the men who arc
| placed upon the ticket, except MIR.
| Mower, but from reputation they are
all very good men. Still II there
should be some who are pretending to
be in synpathy with the movement
| simply Tor the greed Of office we must
not criticisc the whole ticket for what
might hc the intentions Of Il few. AS
! To Mr.. Movers position In the matter
we know him to be II natural born pro-
htbitionist. A part Of his dear old
mothers mission while on earth was to
teach and train children in this dircc-
tion: thcrcforc, we have Il right to say
that MIR. Mower is II prohibiti0nist at
heart and rot for political greed or
worldly gain, aud il he remains II
cnnhidaLc for Attorney General he will
be candidate Of the Democratic party
Tor the whole people; and when the
votes are counted they will tell the
talc that Ncwhcrry County has fur
nishcd the next Attorney General for
the State.
We arc glad to say that there is more
IL mi M Irl In f.,
our section than usual.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Strauss is running an cy.
prrimrntni farm to Il small extent. In
tcnsivn fnrming has been the theory
tanght by oui' leading ugricullurists for
Il considerable white. and after all we
hrllrNr that this is the key note to rnc-
cess IN farming. Mr.. Strauss rents ont
all of his land with the exception Of !
about lhrcc acres. which he culiivatcs |
for pass time. He has been expert |
mcnting on this patch for about three
| or four years. When he first started
| the land was very ordinary. The soil
is OF y dark grey top with clay bottom,
! and would have produced about 500
pounds Of seed cotton per acre. He
has been manuring very hign until the
land is now up to II high state Of culti-
vation. Last year the three acres
yielded him four bales Of cotton, each
weighing over 100 pounds. But still
he's not satisfied, hes going on increas-
ing the quantity Of manure every yaar.
This year he used the following
amount:
One ton Of ammonialcd fcrtilizer.SlS 90
100 pounds kainit. t...................... 200
l30 bushels cotton seed, at I2}c.... 1926
Total value OF manure.... ..$3T Is
Now let us make II little further cal
culation and see how much clear profit
there Is IN this mode of farming. The
land nnimproved would have madc 500
pounds of lint at cents, 90; but in
all probability this year it will make
1000 pounds Of lint--this at 5 cents
would bring 800.
| Land mprOvcd~..... -. .............$lOO, go. 90
Land nnimprovcd ..................., $500
'alh 1900
| Cost Of mnnurc........... 37.15
| Net protit...... ...............$ 81. .S5
This calculation shows that with the
mode Of intensive farming there can be
u net gain Of $i2.6lS per acre even with
cotton at . cents per pound. But some
| viii say where comes the cost of ma-
nnrc which brought the land up to its.
| present stage Of cultivation. Mr..
Strauss will admit that he has already
realized sufficient gain to cover all cost
OF manure previously used
| The only little son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira g. Fcllors died on Sunday evening,
| Tho lst inst nUcd nhnni IL nnnnihu