The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-16
How TO Keep the Boy on The Farm.

What does the boy go after when he
takes the boy away from the farm, and
we can bring that thing to the boy in
stead of allowing the boy to go after
the thing then the problem is solved at
once. But it is often the case that it
is not possible to bring to the farm
that which the boy ie after. One of
these, are that some boys have a row.
the world, and when this is the case
the sooner this boy can get all he
wants in that line the better it will be
for him. This kind of disposition is
born in some boys. and they cannot
help it. We may as we'll put it down
for sure that about eight out of avery
ten boys that leave the farm leave
thing that the dollar could bring to
the farm, and just here that there are
few things that the dollar cannot bring
to the farm. Now, as we all know,
money will not buy religion, but most
any missionary lecturer will tell you
that money is powerful factor in
sending the gospel to the foreign
heathen, and also wonderful aid in
although We are willing to admit
that one does not need to be rich to
accomplish great things. Ideas, with
inspiration in them, cannot be bought
with money; but money will too often
bring the beautiful society. damsel
from the town t. the rural home. 1t
will also bring the luxuTies Of the town
to the country, but it cannot bring: the
the city. The trend Of the times are
that the rural mail, the rural telephone
and the rural trolley will soon anni-
hilate space, aud money will bring all
these to the farm, but all the money in
the city cannot bring the rural home to
the city The rural trolley will ere
long cover over the most prosperous
bring out to the farm all the gaiety
and attractive glee clubs. and sweet
sin9era Of the to~H &c enjoy an even
ing at the home of the rural daH,ssl;
but money will never bring to the
city the lovely scenery, the sweet songs
of all the birds, or the smell of the new
mown hay field.
farmer. Cotton-growers for forty
years have been perfecSing q system
and learning how to grow this great
wealth producing staple.
The have improved the seed and
been too busy ioarning the culture of
the plant and how TO manage the ne
gro, to see what went with the profits
have woke up to find that every body
that handles cotton has got rich except
the man that does the most work, and
that is the grower. We have just
found out that we knew too much
about making cotton and too little
about how to sell cotton at q profit
able figure. a. 3ESssys Z. 5s5
The farmer has organized to keep
the wealth on the farm that he pro-
duces, and if he succeeds in doing this
he need not bother about the boys
leaving the farm any more. When
ever the farmer learns how to retain
upon the farm the money that he pro-
duces, he need fear no more about his
boys leaving the farm, for you may
rest assured that boys like to stay
around near where the dollars are
made.
In order to learn the children of Is
rael obedience to His law, and to pre-
pare them to take possession of the
promised land. God, in his wisdom,
caused the children of Israel to wander
forty years in the wilderness before
they were allowed to enter their
God, In His wisdom, has caused
Southern on-grOwers to serve as
slaves to grow cotton to enrich the
world of cotton industries before the
cotton grover has come to see the
promised land OF O rich and prosperous
South. s-5:. i ...s
We now see our promised land and
know that we have paid the price for
it, and won the victory through organ
ization and concert Of action. We
ought never to forget that eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty. When
farmers have learned how to price their
own nprodncts-and do it--the problem
of how to keep our boys on the farm
has been solved -%
Sit is said that most any fool can
make money, bus it takes another sort
OF man to take care of it. just here
ia where the great strength Of organi-
| zati0n comes in. S: ID M s. \
The Farmers' Union has in its ranks
many OF the b5e5 business and mos6
Buccessfnl farmers and we all profit by
the combined counsel OF Buch men. &
Dess::.s sff a Ifne Christian Woman. #