Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-24

ed ;3that the only hope for the pres
ent md future cultivation of his
mental faculties and the betterment
Of his material prosperity must lie ii
4 the local organization of}farmers' in,
stitutes. The farmers institute il
without cost to its membership.
want to give my aid and encourage.
ment to their establishment in every
county in the South as rapidly as
possible. If you have no institute
in your State organize and begin the
battle for greater success and pros.
perity in your farming methods. In
these institutes the interchange OF
ideas, experience meetings, discuss
ing and adopting tie most successful
plans pertaining to our business
would meet and overcome many Sc
rious obstacles, which retard, as
stumbling blocks, our future path
way. What the farmer needs most
of all at this time is encouragement
and aid in the solution of such prob
lens as will help him in his life work
and the bnilding of future filled
with contenment, happiness and
prosperity. Organize and attend
your institutes, with full appreoia-
tion of your needs and surroundings.
There are no people who have bet
ter opportunities for self education
than the farmer, and we should be
quick to take advantage of the cir
cumstances which place this highly
desirable feature of his ayocation
within his reach. That farmer whose
business is operated on self-sustain.
ing basis, who exercises intelli-
gence, forethought ard correct meth
ods in the conduct of his affairs, fears
no panic. The tightening of the
money market, the crash of failing
business houses in the great cities,
reach his ears only through the me-
dium of the heavy headlines of his
newspaper. He is happy, peaceful
and contented, and only responsible
to his Maker,
| NORTHERN LOAN COMPANIES.
But what Of the farmer whose
home is mortgaged in the Northern
loan companies, whose stock and
crop furnish collateral for the pur-
chase of supplies ? When the strin-
gency comes the crop fails to settle
the obligations tho loan falls due,
an extension is asked and refused.
The iron grip of tho law is evoked ;
the property is advertised for sale
and knocked down to the highest
bidder. The wife is torn from a
home which she has long learned to
love; the little children arc forced
from the cherished Fairgrounds and
another heartbroken farmer is added
to the long and rapidly swelling lists
of tenants, while one more Southern
home passes into Northern control.
This picture is not drawn from fancy
it's realism is TOO often heralded as
one Of the misfortuncs of our pres
ent farming system.
The solution of the race problem
is matter in which the farmers of
our country are moro largely inter-
ested than anyone else. The field of
most serious trouble is in the rural
districts.
WHEAT ON EVERY FARM.
| We have assembled here for a
high and noble purpose, one worthy
and fitting the honorable avocation
in which we are engaged. We are
here to discuss plans for the mate
rial bettermont Of the farmers con-
dition in South Carolina and to ex-
press our determination before the
world that the future planting and
growing Of wheat will be conspicu-
GUS on every farm in the State. The
reform movement is taking posse".
sion of your people in earnest, and a
revolution in our farming methods
is sending the pleasing sunlight OF
it's advance into the mind and heart
of every farmer.
For years there has been great RI
valry among the transportation lines
from the West, soliciting heavy
freight for shipment into orr South
ern country. Wheat or lis manu-.
factured products, flour and bran
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