The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-05-12
3AMBERG, S. c. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1910
STAY ON THE FARM.
Crops Look Well and the Future is
Roseate, Says "Old Timer"

Wanderers Rest, May 9.-The
long drouth is broken by fine rains
and some hail but no damage done
here. The birds are singing and
nature smiles as she is kissed by the
warm and bright rays of May day
sun and the roses send forth their
fragrance as they nod in the breeze.
Soon the young crops will be
thing of beauty and the heavy heart
ed old farmer will have broad smile
on his careworn face as he looks at
the bright prospect ahead and he
will be ashamed of his means and
groans during the drought, and his
sadness will be turned into joy un-
less he allows his crops to be taken
by weeds, then he will howl again
not once thinking he and he alone
will be the cause of it, but man is
prone to murmur and complain,
through the sunshine and the rain.
But the sun is shining brightly to-
day, the birds are singing their happy
songs and there is no place like this
coastal plain of South Carolina, for
many farmers have on their tables
each day now potatoes planted and
grown with less than one inch OF
rainfall from date of planting and
many other things taken from his
home garden IN spite OF the long
dry spell.
The oats are poor, but the early
field peas will be good and last
years corn crop was fine, so to an
old mans mind all will be well, for
he has passed more than one long
spring drought and came out with
flying colors in the fall
So don't 60 to town, boys, get a
small farm home and make it good
cne; learn a thing or two from ma
ture and then you will find that he
is the most useful and important man
on the globe, for when he fails all
else goes under, and while like Mark
Twain's donkey brought low by ridi-
cule yet that same donkey can bray
Justify, 80 with the farmer boy. The
day of ridicule is past-progress is
here and to stay, and the auto and
telephone is to play an important
part in bringing the country homes
together, for even now little chill
dren can call an old man up miles
away and his face is study as he
eagerly listens to the childish voices
talking to him and how he smiles
when Buster or Kid or some other
little one answers to his hello.>
Then there is the music-piano
violin, banjo, and other instruments
of music, with songs sung and played
in homes miles away are listened to
all along the line and when the
madam wants to make things lively
by a gentle reminder to the old man
causes a smile far away and she can
gossip with her children and distant
neighbors and know who Is sick or
to be married soon-all this helps,
and the daily mail brings letters from
the children who have left the home
nest and gone to home of their own
gives the country lad or lass a
boon coupled with fresh air and sun
shine and skating rinks and ball
games, entertainments, picnics and
so on, a boost that Julius Caesar
never dreamed Of.
Then the flowers and fields and
forests and birds all have their
places and the stars shine DER head
no streets to shut them out-sives
an old man in the country place to
be envied by the dwellers of city
mansion owned by millionaire, and
then when mothers day comes
around and he has no white rose bud
to pin on his coat lapel or suspender
as the case may be he can 60 IN
some one else's garden, select one,
and some bright eyed country lassie
will pin it on for him. Stay on the
farm, boys, for there the future will
hold good, is che prophecy OF
j OLD TIMER.