Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1910-06-16
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Secretary Wilson's annual re-
port figures the farm production
in this country for the past year
1T $8,76O,000,000, the highest on
record.
The Lackawanna Railroad has
taken a hand in the movement tor
he education of the farmer and
has issued booklet and is build
.ng model farms which they
promise will 60 long way to-
ward his enlightenment.
The number of useful animals
the world just about equals the
lumber of people. Australia
axes the lead with sheep. Rus
ia and the United States are
bout even on horses and India
leads the column in horned cat
tie.
Cane Cod figures that she pro-
luced last year about $4,000 bar
.'els of cranberries out of the 5OO,-
| 900 produced in the whole coun-
iry. Let Cape Cod furnish the
.ranberries to the people and she
cares not who provides the tur-
keys to 60 with them.
The newspapers say that a
Scranton, Pa, man has hen
which he values at $12,000-be-
cause, we suppose, of her rare
breeding and prize-winning ca
pacity-and when one of her eggs
was stolen the other day, he offer.
cd'$25 for its return.
| Farmers in this country are
coming more. and more to follow
Ishe Old World fashion of naming
i heir farms. In Minnesota therl
lave been registered in the ofice.
! the register Of deeds at. the
Kosefand, Sun 675pe5
Cosy Nook" and sBroadacres."
Massachusetts is doing what
should have been done long ago
" every state in the Union, send
ng a committee on agriculture out
lmong the farmers to ascertain
he latters' views on pending leg
Station. Legislatures are too lit
lie in touch with the voters elect
sg the majority of the members
Who know too little of the wants
# their constituents.
The Pennsylvania state game
| commission declares that Pennsyl-
vania can hold her own with some
| IF the Western commonwealth
IS a "big game" state. They say
hat the number of bears slaugh-
cred there in the past few years
las exceeded the deer. Last sea-
son between isx and seven hum
lred of the former were killed.
We are beginning to realize the
cope of the commercial automo-
oile. 1t is opening up the coun-
sry. Suburban real estate is be-
ing developed in a marvellous
manner. Farms in the vicinity
If cities which brought from $50
10 $40 an acre arw years agoare
aow divided into villa plots and
bringing twney-flve times their
original value.
A melting was held at Swansea
Tuesday with the object of start
;ng a movement for the organlza-
ion of anew county, to be carved
from the territory of Lexington
md Richland counties.
Edgefeld realtivs of Mrs. B. X.
ITillman, Jr., say Attorneys DePass
| y DePass, of Columbia, have been
employed to institute suit against
Young b. r. Tillman to recover
money he squandered out OF her
estate and money which he bor-
lrowed from her and collected from
her rents to the extent of about
Sl5, 600, and that while he is pos
sessed of practically no property
it is hoped to make Senator Till
man pay the judgment if one can
be secured.
John Shelton Williams, of Rich
mond, Va, delivered the COM
mencement address before the
members of the graduating clas of
tbs University of South Carolina.
He prophesied the restoration of
the South through her own e.
sources. lie advised the gradu-
ates to avoid politics and seek
their rewards either in a profes.