The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
A Prelude Concerning the Industri.
GUS Hen, Economies and Sugges.
tions for the Christmastide.

comforts for the holidays. Rightly
managed there are great possibilities
| in this humble bird. Mine have al
ready treated me to pair of warm
blankets-a most acceptable gift
these cold nights. But you should
remember as you treat the hen 80
will she treat you. There is law
that is inexorable. ruling in every
business however small: LAS we
measure to others it will be measur-
ed back to u.s."
Merchants would do we'll to put
on their thinking caps along this
line. When they sell shoddy articles
for several times their value they are
making a little temporary gain but
losing in the end. Mail order houses
are being largely patronized. This
trade should be kept at home. Peo-
pie know full we'll when they are
getting value received and when they
are being euchered. They will re-
spond to fair treatment. The man
who does business on the "love thy
neighbor as thyself" principle will
soon have all the best trade and the
customers will exhaust every effort
to pay him. Right here let me sug-
gest to the farmer that he must use
more judgment or he may not be able
to pay. This years record shows
that lands are being overdOsed with
commercial fertilizers. You can
overfeed land as well as people. In
either case the result is Injurious.
Lands with small amounts of fertil-
izer have made the best crops. Sta
tistics show that cotton is being
grown in more countries each year,
hence the supply is exceeding the de-
mand. BY making small crops of
cotton, thinking more of the quality
than the quantity, you could get bet
ter prices. The most pressing need
is for people to learn to live at home.
Make everything you can to live on,
rotate your crops, letting cotton take
a secondary place, and you will soon
be masters of the situation. Provi-
dence has been leading you away
from cotton several years now, but
instead of needing the warning, you
rush in faster only to meet with dis
aster. Still a merciful Providence
watches over us and makes up for it
in other ways.
borrowing dulls the edge of hus-
bandry." The credit system is ruin
Gus to this country. If the farmers
could go one year without plunging
into debt it would be blessing to
the country. Mix more brain and
less commercial fertilizer with the
soil and see if you won't get better
results.
Americans are proverbial masters.
The master is a twin brother to the
slothful man, both coming to power
ty. In nature nothing is wasted,
Providence thereby teaching us a
most important lesson.
When people become more careful,
then and then. only will we be
happy, Independent people. Buying
only what you can pay for and treat
ing others as you would like to be
treated are good rules to follow. The
golden rule is as applicable in busi-
ness as in morals.
1t seems we are not to have much
money this Christmas but that is no
reason we can not make it the best
one we have ever had. The best
things of this world are not pur-
chasable with money. You will have
an opportunity of showing the true
Christmas spirit. There are many
little attentions and courtesies that
would be more highly valued than
costly gifts. ''The gift without the
giver is-tbase." Do all the kind
deeds you can especially to the neg
lected ones of earth and see how
happy you will be.
The Designer gives a new idea for
Christmas. Instead of spending what
money you have on your friends, or
for things that do no good, put your
money together and buy something
especially needed in the home. Then
watch the tired, over-burdened moth
er and see how she will brighten up.
Then she in turn will not save all
her best things for company, but
will show her appreciation by giving
you nice wholesome meals every day.
Then instead of having only one
Thanksgiving day in a year we can
have one every day. The most ac-
ceptable gifts are those most needed.
A true mother always enjoys every
thing that will add to the comfort