The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-04-16
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Lisbon, April 12.-The farm work
has been going right along until yes
terday when the workers were stop
ped by a good rain which was very
much needed. The farm hands, both
white and black had a tough time try
ing to plow where the ground was so
| hard from the continued rains in the
winter and spring, also the poor mules
| and horses, the farmers are very much
| behind. Some corn has been planted
| but very little fertilizer put in to this
date. In 1910 your correspondent had
planted his bottom corn and planted
his individual crop of cotton by the
above date and his hands finished the
10Th. We may plant some next week
but that is to be seen.
The grain is very promising. More
corn is going to be planted this time.
We all are getting very much inter-
ested in more corn and less cotton.
We are out among the sticks, but we
are reading more, we are learning
terest as TO our future welfare Will
you be surprised to know that some
of the farmers in this community will
not buy a pound of meat nor bushel
to what they have on hand? What
country we would have if every farm
er had enough food stuff to run him
year in and year out, these cotton
buyers would be coming around every
week, asking you what you will take
for your cotton. Then we could i'm
prove our houses AMI farms and make
the country life one of the happies5
lives in the land.
The fruit crop is going to be very
short this time, we are sorry u rc-
port but somc ~ us nave planted mel
on seed already and hope to have
plenty of melons as other f.ut Will
be short
This is an off year in politics, but
you would think if you did not know
better that we would have an election
in August. hear of the different men
mentioned for state and other Offices
Your correspondent was in another
what man said who had been in
Washington looking after job:
when | was working for man who
| considered my friend DO all you can
old boy, if you will, help to return me
to Washington. All you will have to
do will be to command me- | COM
manded him but there was nothing
doing. They seem to be too busy in
Washington to give you much aid"
You may look for some of this same
crowd in>19l4, when they get on the
stump. They will appeal to the dear
people to send them back as they
have some unfinished work that they
would like to finish and aside from
that, 81 am able to do more work and
better work than new man and for
that reason, you ought to send me
back to congress" Some of this same
crowd have said through the press,
I'VE are not going to have an efficient
man turned out to putt Democrat"
Now let us give you our version of
the matter. These boys who have been
posing az Republicans to hold office
in South Carolina should get out, and
let the Wilson crowd have what right
ly belongs to them. If our represen-
tativcs do their duty, we Will have
democrats to fill these places. This is
the third democratic president in fifty
years and it may be our last one for
years after Wilson serves his four
years.
Miss Garrett's school will close in
two weeks. Miss Garrett has been
elected to teach the school again and
we hope that she will accept, as we
find her very efficient as school
teacher and would be hard to dupli-
cate her.