The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
PICNIC Ar SHARON.
SPLENDID SPEECHES, SPLENDID Din
NER, SPLENDID DAY.

Onvrhursday last Sharon entert alneo one
of the largest assemblies OF picu lcers ever
gathered together within her bound
From all parts OF the county, pra .arme eiTIs sI and
Sandsome Young men were in evidence. by
the hundreds, good humor ~pervaded the I'M
mense throug, ani all passed on smootnly'
quietly, and to many, very quickly. .
The Farmers held n meeting, OF the county
Farmers Union during the day. Inc nTst
speaker OF the day was Hon. j. y. hlcnafus. Oh
Liberty lItll, kershuw county p ~. LIZ
speech Will be iounu Else" "'' f"f
Read 1t. ~, Han
b.. Harris Of Pendleton. Mr.. Hsrrls msue u
forcibIe talk on q triple subject-Organl.
cation, cooperation, and Diversihcation Oh
crops He lamented the fact that II was
necessary 10 dwell on organization. Inc :ar.
mers, he says, wouid or eo NnIv n Snew We w6pt
great things they could accomplish Tor tnem.
selves by joining the Union. he sho~ea
what the r. of L.. E. had done for the engi-
neers and quoted an engineer as saying tSaI
II farmers knew what was good for them tney
would get into the Union quick. lie Greg
the Armour and Swift companies as showing
what organiza tlon could 40. Ihey mantaun
their prices without any tronble: The spea,
ker urged ali those who were not alreauy III
the Union to join at once.
Along the line of Diversincatlon tue spec,
ker talked interestingly, saying mat any
man that bought corn this year was s~ap.
ping Sl,35 for &c, claiming that IL COST the inI,
mer 100 per bu. to haul the corn b miles. ne
made the startling stetemenI MA maSe ali
their Germ this wear for less than zoe per on.
and that some would make ~ Tor iess tnan nc
per busbel! The speaker claimed that any.
one buyipg bacon was swapping collars ~
the same discount, that pork could be raiee1
al So per pound gross. The anne psrtaineu
TO horses and mules. A $50 horse could be
raised for less than 500
Hay can be raised, he SAID, at GO PEI lon
that costs 2S dollars.
He showed hat we make from our cotton
crop S6l. 000, ono and bought other goods amo0 03
ting to $50 100000 leaving deficit Of 24oCO:oN
The leln law came in for It's part OF crltl-
cism. The man who sold his cotton for lu-
tire came In also, for scatb1ng criticism
An farmers were Srged 10 ~ naF hnr nn tbeir 6ex H
years crop at spy price. Men VINO sen tnels
cotton in the fields are the greatest bears on
earth. ,.,,,ho
farmers could finance nothing. when tneS
finance the world every year that comes. DE
spoke of money coming South and OF %hy II
is coming South. 1t Is coming SOUP bs Def been
lately, does not need 1t, they nave money oi
their own out there. and they have maze
their money by United action; by joining
the Union and sticking together.
Hon. J.. Bolton Watson, OF Anderson, wat
the next speaker. He scored the
for not providing seats for the women who
had graced the occasion With their presence
BE preluded his talk with a story OF q young
st11dent of theology who had been boarding
at q place where the housewife had .proVloeo
rabbit for the table until rabbit became naS.
Young student delivered himself thus:
Rabbits young, rabbits old,
Rabbits hot, rabbits cold,
Rabbits tender, rabbits tough,
Thank the Lord, rabbits enough.
He thought that those present had hac
enough of speaking.
He blamed the farmers with the d!sinte.
--z,Ion ~ tho yronua op6 the farmers all
snce and thinks that the farmer would az
we'll to sstudy the science Of government
dc begs no pardon for farmers taking an IN.
terest in politics and thinks that II ls mo-
only their right 5nt their duty and that ]
ever they accomplish any thing IL WILL De
through legislation.
body else, have as much brains as any othel
class. but that they have been devoured and
daysed 30 long until they feel small and &c
not know their W power. he sale that tne
ton and get that price just as Stark does his
mules. pointing TO that gentleman In Inc au-
dience.) A..
tricts-the need of education, etc. he COM
pared womanhood OF the rural districts WIFI
tbs %womanhood Of the cities 10 the detri-
ment of the latter. He compared the two
lives. town and country, 10 the sdVantase o.
Mr.. Wstssn also put in a strong plea fol
organization, saying that orgsnIZallon ano
cooI eratiCn had paid OH the mortgages OF tpt
Northwest and that 1t would do the tame ioi
the South.
Speculation came in for It's share OF male
diction the speaker referred 10 the Bank
and Secretary of the city OF Anderson VINO
had come up short In their accounts, ano SUE
gested that speculation was at the bottom OF
all their troubles. He thought the present
races were living too fast and that 1t Is time
for us to 60 back to first principles to The lie
OF our fathers-make an honest living and
live within our means.
The boys OF the State ought to be educated
back to thesfarm instead OF away from the
farm as they are being educated at present
He thanked our stars that the Lein law is
gone and said that be started that ball lC
rolling in 1884. Said that he would rather
work for some one else at 50 ct q day than 10
lien.
He is opposed to farmers owning large es-
tstes, says IL is better for the farmer owning
them to sell off in small tracts 10 small FAR
mers and thus enhance the value OF the land