Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-02-21
PREPARE NOW FOR TIE CROP.
Keep Cotton Acreage Down--Dcvotc
More Land to Grain.

EditOr kcO~CC Courier: That
which we should do is often left un-
done, and that which VIC should not
DO is often done.
Last week, reader, tried to APP
peal to your reason, my purpose be-
ing to get YOU to thinking. AS you
remember, | intimatcd that some
one was, or had been, asleep. You
can call it Just what you want to.
Some say that they were born in
hard luck and others say they were
born tired but in my Judgment they
must have been born asleep. One
man OF this county attended a far
mcrs' meeting and old Prof. Hunni-
cutt picked him up and shook him
so often that he came to his right
mind long enough to still be awake
when the meeting adjourned, and he
remarked to a gentleman as they
walked from the hall, 81 have been
asleep for forty years, and just now
walked up" Another gentleman near
by spoke up and said, eyes, and you
will be asleep again before YOU get
home.'
Right here is where the trouble
lies. AS many Of the readers Of The
Courier remember, | wrote repeatedly
as to the care OF the soil, and in my
talks the year round | make that a
specially. 1t is like sending a child
to mill or to town riding or driving
N tn no
ful---that mcuus to drive carefully
and watch your business--is seldom
needed. Keep fire out Of the field
when the ground Is wet Keep
awake--if YOU have ever got that
sleep broken up.
| am aware Of the fact that nearly
all the land is to plow yet, and a
very heavy coat OF Crabgrass is on it
to contend with, but if you will take
brush when the grass is dry and
put some weights on it. you can wear
that almost entirely out, and it will
hold more moisture plowed in, after
YOU have apparently worn it out,
than the plOwing would it it was
burned. This is natural. That we
must have fire in Il field is a thorn in
the flesh; it should never get there
except by accident. and then we
should exert our best efforts to keep
1t ont
| see few hauling litter to put
on their land. Go ahead; you arc in
the right road. DO all of that sort
Of work you can on the public high
way, where 1t will teach some one
else the Importance Of it. One i'm
portant thing now is to hold your
self in readiness; do not let a day
that You can plow find you in town
giving dealer the assurance that
yOu and yours are going to be in their
service for the next five or ten years
to come. None OF us mean ii that
way, but it usually turns out like
that.
Hold that cotton Plant less
Make more home supplies. II You
have cut the acreage to eight acres
or less to the horse and are not max
ing cotton to buy home supplies, that
Is al we ASK OF you. IL YOU can,
make cotton a surplus. That is the
object. Don't be a crank and cut
yourself out Of your just rights. a
money crop is essential to progress.
Every one should know that. Mix
your fertilizers at home; use your
&t@hlc manurcs under cotton and gar
dens. NJ. G.. Holland.
First La Grippe, Then Bronchitis.
That was tho case with Mrs. w. S.
Bailey McCreary, Ky. "My wife
was taken down with a severe at
tack OF la grippe. which ran into
bronchitis. She coughcd as though
she had consumption and could not
sleep at night The first bottle OF
FolcEa Honey and Tar Compound
gave her so much 'clicf that she con-
timed using it until she was perma.
ncnny cured" J. w, Bell
Federation Officials Not Touched.