Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-12
NO.64.

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but that he systematic his business
by cooperation and apply the prin-
ciples of scientific commerce.
" The greatest result Of agricul-
tural cooperation in Ireland as Sir
Horace Plunkett said to me last year,
is not the profits we have made, but
the fact that we have made business
men of farmers They have worked
out new civilization--haye learned
to believe In themselves and In their
netghbors; have learned to do team
work, have gotten the power and
operation in business Is making them
capable Of doing anything and meet
ing any situation that may arise. And
the secret is that cooperation has be-
gun at home--as 1t always must be-
gin at home to be permanently sue
cessful. The place to begin co-opera-
ton Is with your next-door neighbor.
Brother J. r. Rivers told me the
other day Of two neighbors near him
who had horse apiece and had been
making 20 bushels Of corn per acre
with hard work and one-horse tools.
Last year they Joined together,
row, plowed and narrowed and cui-
tivated as never before and made 40
bushels Of corn per acre. That's
sample of the sort of cooperation
100,0 900 South Carolina farmers need
to do.
Broadway Union.
Here, too, is a letter ] have Just
received from North Carolina local
UNION, wncn Is q superb ILLUSTRATION
or wnat thousand little country
neignbors all over South Carolina
ougnL 10 be dong:
"The members Of Broadway union
Ne. 1883 nave been doing Things tnls
year. We have bought Tor casn
,l,s50 worth or fertihzers, q tnresn-
ing outnt at q cost OF $16U, lime
and FERTILIZER distributor and have
bought together wnat grain we had 70
buy. 81 ngl
1.-TWO of our members own ma
nure spreader and two other memr
pers own q wheat drill They all tour
use the two machines. therefore
each man gets the use OF these two
machines az one-fourth the COST OF
each man owning a separate ma
cnine. We also nave several pinaers
in our local, each owned by Two or
more indiviauais, and several mowers
and rakes owned in the same way
rlye own stalk cutter ana nve own
a
rhickly selIled, and IL Is almost as
convenient TO own such machine In
co. operation as mentioned as 10 own
them separately, and q good dea1
more convenient to our pocketpooKs
sometimes. Is,
II should like to discuss the oppor-
tunities Tor many other forms OF agri-
.u.ai cooperation cotton ware
houses, cottonseed oil mills, cream
cries, egg and poultry societies, CO.
operative exchange In each town for
seilIng farm products. breeding asso-
clations, insurance associations, puiid-
ing and loan associations, telephone
lines, etc.--but time will not now per-
NIT. y, ,t.E5s5 iei.h l5.Gs.
The Future South Carolina.
.I must also bring my message to
a close without further elaboration
of the agencies needed Tor bringing
ABOUT the great results have peen
advocatIng-trst, Farmers Union OF
other farmers organization In every
township and a farm womans ctup
| In every township, each keepihs
eyerlastlngiy at II" for these reiornlS' ls
linen a local paper and a county pa
| ner. each devoted to community de-
lyelopment, and then In every county
three leaders Of progress employed
for their whole time and selected LOT
| their ability, enthusiasm and expert
knowledge without regard to ponucs.
pirst. county farm demonstration
agent. working all the time for better
Farming methods-improved impie-
ments and machinery, more horse
power. better methods Of marketing,
better systems OF cooperation and q
richer social life. Second, county
superintendent Of schools, giving ms
whole time to the work OF bringing
every teacher and every schooi ano
every pupil to the higher degree OF
| etticiency and carrying on a never
ceasing campaign for consolidation,
local taxation, industrial training,
school libraries, corn clubs, tomato
clubs. ect. Third, superintendent
| of health, giving his whole time nke-
wise to a never-ceasing campaign
against disease and all the conditiohs
that promote disease.
i $50 runs my dream Of the South
Carolina that is to be. the South Car
olina that 1t Is our high privilege 70
help develop, q South Carolina pre-
dominantly white, predominantiy
home owning, state OF marvellous
productiveness, famous alike Tor great
lcaptains of industry and for the hign
Il
state where science and the schoois
have made labor an art rather than q
drudgery, and have provided the
iappreciation, the leisure and the nnan-
cial wellbeing necessary for the oe-
/ yelopment of a high degree OF cul-
lture and the finest Towering OF ma
five genius. But her greatest source
q of strength / shall expect to hnd not
lin her crowded cities, but In her white
i country districts-in beautsfui homes,
Il girt about with fair groves and gar
Il dens, approached by roads equal 10
any of which Rome ever boasteo' anu
set in communities possessing xne pes.
sehools and churches and libraries
u and lecture halls and all the conven-
liences of modern 20th century lie;
lcommunities where character, indus-
ltrv. thrift and service to others are
the tests of leadership and Where
with no blighted poor begging, OF
bloated rich idling, one and all enjoy
| a beautiful social life as fair as the
Il MIA ntation life Of ante bellum days
hut more robust, virile and demo-
lcratic. and where the spirit OF broth
erhood developed by working In CO.
operation In matters of everyday pusi,
ness has produced powerful anu
fraternal democracy, which VIII ce
the best monument 10 All Oh us ssat m
are working and striving to bring that
day to pass. This fruition OF all our
hopes may be yet but distant ana
dim discried, but with the eye OF
faith you may catch vision OF lts
far Off beauty, and in the truest sense
N NAV be said of each OF you work"
ers today. in the language OF lsraefs
nrophet He shall see of the travail
of his soul and shall be satisfied.
Owners of misunderstanding to a
return presented to the London county
council, the total number OF persons
who own houses in which they live Is
only $4,000. There are 700 persons and
corporations owning five acres and up
ward of the ground upon which Lon