The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-06-14
GLORIOUS SUNSHINE.
Delightful NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Grass
--Luxuriant HHy--COrn in the Solid
State--COutamiuated Product of
the Dairy--Sick and Dying Babies.

GraSS
--Luxuriant Hsy--COrn in the Solid
State--Coutamiuated Product of
Ia Dairy--Sick and Dying Babies.
To the Editor Press and Banner:
Rain follows droughts and sunshine follows
clouds, always has aud always Will; then
why grumble and worry about one OF the
laws OF nature that you have not a particle
of control over In the world. The best thing
to do is TO submit and live with a conscience
that you have done your part TO the best of
your ability. believing that all things will
work out right in the end.
Two weeks OF glorious sunshine has follow
ed the wet and cloudy spell, enabling the
farmers by a persistent and hard struggle
with General Green. to once more see his
prospects somewhat brighter than they were
len days ago, but 1t has taken work, and COLI
slant work, 10 win In this great battle that
has been waging the past two weeks. Ii has
been from early morn till dusky eve with but
little time for anything else 10 have gotten
the crops In as good condition as they areand
still there are some who are not out OF The
grass yet.
The demands at a time like thiso on a farmer
are great. Everything needing work at the
same time, and milling to do, presses him TO
his utmost capacity, and yet II he does not
Some Of the farmers in our neighborhood
who did not reduce their acreage have besu
in the grass up TO their necks and still have
grass to burn. They are beginning TO believe
that less cotton wOul have been the best
policy. Their idea. like thousands OF others.
was to profit by the other fellows reduction
and be the gaiuer, but II seems now that he
will be the Iooser instead OF the gamer.
On our farm we are going over our cotton
the third time with the plow and the second
times with the the hoe. We also have our
our acreage we would nave had grass like
those other fellows.
How about your corn ? Did you forget ell
about tin your eagerness TO get your cotton
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when he did get 10 his corn the only way In
the world to clean 1t was TO rebed his ground
and plant II over. even though the corn was
knee high and over. We trust there were
but few IN bis tx, however. II there are any
in a similar condition my advice would be 70
SOW 1t in peas and corn and let's not work half
, year try Ing 10 Kill a crop of hay TO have to
buy 1t back another year brcause 1t is easier
10 raise it than to buy 1t, and then 1T Is not
adulterated. To some that may sound funny,
but did you ever examine 1t? o tton seed
meal 10 being adulterated with bulls TO an
alarming extent. A year or so ago cotton
seed meal felt almost as fine as flour, and now
II feels almost like grits, and still we go on
submisslvely. taking 1t as a matter OF course,
as this is an age of adulteration. Almost, II
If not everything in the way OF food is adult
Grated more or less. Why is 1t that things
have assumed such q shape? Is 1t for greed
and selfish gain? What Is 10 become OF the
people II this outrage continues 10 be perpe-
trated on them at the extent II has developed
in the past few years7 Why can we not have
u pure food law. or force the mannfactureIs
showing what per cent. IL pure and what
per cent. Is adulterated.
Why was 1t that ten thousand In fants died
last year in New York from poisoned milk?
The daiIymen use a preparation OF wood at
cohol In the milk to make 1t retain It's sweet
ness longer and TO give 1t more body, which
Is death TO infants and they know II, too, and
yet they 20 on from year 10 year poisoning
thousands OF innocent children and yet it IS
flowed to be done.
On April LIST at a meeting OF the executive
committee OF the National Association Of the
State Dairy and Food Department held IN
Chicago, reports were read showing that the
astounding lumber OF 445. 700 In In died In
the United States last year from the effects OF
food poisons. in. HurtZ, Secretary OF the
Board of Health of Indiana. claimed that G.
per cent. Of the total deaths OF infants in this
country was due to poisons administered In
impure food.
Not only do babies suffer from these pois-
ons that 60 into a lot OF the things that We
buy, but all ages suffer from the poisons, es-
pecially in canned goods.
In syrup the q Is extracted and glucose
IL substituted. We have lard labeled pure
leaf lard, yet a certain per cent. Is cotton OIL
product. / am told that q certain man who
owns man. acres Of fine white ohalky clay
bulk OF this clay Ia being used for highly use
full and legitimate purposes, such as fine mn
ishing brick. earthenware, Imitation marble,
etc.. yet l am sorry to say that car loads are
being ground int. fine powder 10 be used In
mixing in -four. Think OF the magnitude OF
this commercial raud.
Think OF sitting own TO a breakfast Of hot
biscuit composed partly of chalk. fabricated
With gluclose. Don't you think you had bsi-
ter raiae these things SO you will know what
you are eating. than to eat a whole lot of clay
and gluclose. If we continue the use of this
%adultered food, I suspect we will have TO have
q copper smith TO relieve our tomac or al
least be a little careful at any rate, until our
congressman can have the courage ond back
bone TO pass a national pure food law.
w. D. Kennedy.