The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-02-28

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Every farmer cannot grow corn
crops to equal those of ]. NJ. Woodiey
of this county or McIver Williamson,
of Darlington. but they can at least
plant enough and make enough to feed
themselves and their stock if they go
at it right. No one should expect to
make corn if they plant all their best
land in cotton, put all the fertilizer
they can buy under their cotton and
work their corn only when they have
nothing else to do. AS long as we try
to make enough cotton in the South to
pay for all the corn and other food
we need, there will be hard times and
a struggle to make ends meet. If Mr..
Harvia Jordan would talk more about
corn and less about bulls and bears
better results would follow his cam
paign for the independence of the
Southern farmer.
Congressman Levers efforts to inter
est the Agricultural Department in the
promotion of stock raising and dairy
ing in the South and to secure an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 for carrying on
the work is in accord with his desire
to be of practical benefit to the State
he represents. The industrial devei-
opment and prosperity Of the South is
dependent upon the profitable diversi-
6cation of crops and if through Mr..
Levers efforts the farmers can be
taught to make a success Of dairying
he will add millions to the value Of the
lands of every Southern State. Money
that is now paid the dairymen Of the
West for butter and cheese will be.
Kept at home while enormous amounts
now spent annually for commercial
fertilizers will be materially reduced.
With Bermuda grass pastures and pea
vine hay the South has the means to
make stock raising and dairying pay
handsome profit and all our people
need is to be taught how to utilize
heir opportunities.
The jug trade to Brice law towns
continues to be profitable business
:or the express companies and it is
growing.
If the men, who endorse the dispen-
sary as it is want to kill the system.
quick they. could find no better meth
Cd than to hold a convention and at
tempt to organize dispensary faction.
( Gen. Keiffer, of Ohio, thinks that
South Carolina should have only three
seats in the House of Representatives,
and he would probably like to see
those seats occupied by G. w. Murray,
Aaron Prioleau and Red Tolbert.
When the United States gets well
mixed up into the Moroccan dispute
the San Domingo mess, the Venezuelan
row, the Congo scandal and the Chi
nese troubles, it will require more than
a Rough Rider with a ssbig stick to
get her out with a whole skin.
Presi dent Roosevelt, with his "Big
stick" and Senator Tillman with his
oitchforA are expected to get the cor
poration senators into line on the Hep
5urn bill, which, it is claimed, is a bill
TO make the railroads give the people
a square deal Perhaps they will sue
ceed in passing the bill, but who will
enforce It?
The privilege tax sales show that the
sarmers of South Carolina have pur-
chased to date more than $4,000 tons
more fertilizers than during the same
period last year. This indicates bigger
crops of some sort If all this fertilz
izer goes under cotton there is going to
be a squeeze to get the money to pay
the fertilizer notes this fall. A big
crop will help the spectators and mill
men depress the price to or 6 cents.
Jumps the Track.