Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-13
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NJ. Plaisted of Augusta, was elected
governor and three of the four con-
gressional districts have been carried
by Democrats. Asher Kinds, the
well-known parliamentarian, who was
trying to get To congress with view
to standing for the speakcrship, was
defeated. Kinds has been parliament
tary clerk of the house for many years
having served under Thomas t. Reed
and Joseph c.. Cannon. Governor Bert
NJ. Fernald comedies the election OF
Col. Plaisted, his Democratic opponent
by from 5000 To 5000 majority. Only
state issues were employed in the cam
paign and the Republicans are at loss
to account for their overwhelming de-
feat.
Before the years outing season is
over. says a Washington letter, nearly
100000 persons will have sought rec
reation and health in the national
forests of the United States Accord
ing to the record of the United States
department of agriculture, the total
last year was, i'm close figures. 4O6,'
With the finest mountain scenery ana
much of the best fishing and big game
hunting in the United States. the ma
tional forests made more and more
accessible each year through protec-
ton and development by the govern
ment. are fast becoming great nation
al Fairgrounds for the people. The
use of the forests for recreation is as
vet in it's beginning, but is growing
steadily and rapidly, in some of the
forests at the rate of 100 per cent per
annum. The day seems not far dis
tant when 100000 persons will an
nually visit them.
Charlotte, September 10: That the
National Farmers Union, which clos
ed it's annual session in Charlotte
Thursday night, was invited and
urged to take a stand in the political
field bv an able representative OF
Thomas f. Watson, and was besought
to declare for a platform after wat
sons own ideas, and to put out lis
own candidates, and thus become
political organization, contrary To It's
constitution. was learned here after
the dispersion of the delegates 10 their
homes. When the legislative commit
tee rendered its report it was noted
that it was a majority report. Now it
develops that there was minority re-
port, which was prepared by Frederick
Wimberly of Georgia, strong follow
er of Watson, and a member OF the
committee on legislation. The minor
ity report. it is said. was listened to
with kindly forbearance, but that was
the extent of its reception, for the man
at the head of the National Union, and
the assembled delegates. almost to
man, planted both feet on the PROPOSE
ton presented by Mr.. Wimberly and
fathered by the able Watson, so it is
stated, following the convention. the
censorship of news by the convention
was such that little of the entire pro-
ceedings were dug out by the report
ers. but it is pretty certain that much
interesting business was transacted
that has not gotten further than the
ken of the delegates who were present
at the closed sessions of the conven-
ton.
Charlotte Observer: we expect TO
see at no distant day the farmer wh"
is situated near an electrical develop
ment or near its transmission lines,
with his own plant producing his fer
tiliZer and doing it at season OF the
wear when the power company has
plenty of surplus power that could be
sold cheap. This production of fertil-
iZer will obviate to large extent the
work of hauling from railroad stations
to remote farms in the country. This
was the concluding paragraph of an
address delivered by Mr.. w. 5. Lee
vice president and chief engineer of
the Southern Power company, before
the Charlotte branch of the Engineer
ing Society of the South three years
ago and was i'm the nature of glimpse
into the future, a prophecy, the con-
summation of which means more to
the south, agriculturally and indus
trially, than any other one thing that
has been effected since Eli Whitney
perfected his cotton gin. And now
comes the announcement that 4,OOV
horsepower plant Will he erected at
Great Falls, 5. c., at the site OF the
great hydro electrical development
there, for the purpose Of doing just
h. ~ | aa nr11irtp1 his
epochal address three years ago. Th"
manufacture of fertilizer from the air!
The very suggestion is enough I" ar
rest thought. That it is feasible is
attestcd 10y the experience of Euro
pean scientists for there are two big
plants. one i'm Norway and second III
Austria, that are now successfully
working and producing fertilizers and
nitrogen compounds. That the South
crn Power company is confident of its
ability to carry through the scheme
successfully is evidenced 10y tn" fact
that second great plant of $4,000
horsepower is under contemplation for
this general section for this same pur-
pOse-the manufactur" of commercial
fertilizer from the atmosphere. The
dream of the ages, to discover the phil
osupher's stone whereby hascr metal
might bc turned into gold, is now a
thing of the past. The evolution of Il
process Whereby gold might he con-
vcrted from the very air is something
that has tn" philosophers stone
eclipsed forty city blocks. tn" South
ern Power company has been working
on this great scheme for years i'm fact
every since the great hydro electrical
development became verify. Mr.. w.
s. Lee. who has Immediate supervision
of the plans. went abroad tw" years
ago, spending som" time in Geneva,
Switzerland. investigating the details
of the wcll-known Geneva process,
which the Southern Power company
had acquired 10y purchase. Another