The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-15


achievement at the end OF the year
1919 that is all around me. and have
my vision OF what the year 1914 holds
for the man who tills the soil and pro-
duces wealth and thereby makes busi-
ness activity for his fellows in other
callings. in my minds eye / see a pic
ture that | feel like stopping and car
essing II is the same picture that I
saw in the spring OF 1904 in the shadow
wncn the farmer was looking down
upon his calling. when the farm boy
and girl were leaving their homes al d
going 10 the cities, when the profits
OF the farm were but scant and when
economic Developments on all lines
was just about standing still. The
only and the great difference is that
the picture is now real and that its
realism Is dawning Gpon the catside
world. We have every reason to be
proud of South Carolina's achieve
ment during 1913.
The establishment of a daily news
paper, such as The Inte]ligencer will
and must be. in the live center OF tJ.S
naturally richest agricultural produc-
ing section of the State, blessed by ma
ture also with abundant water power
to make possible great studies in the
mechanic arts, Is a needed and an i'm
portant step IN the program of prog
ross for 1914 and the succeeding gears.
The energies of all the forces max
ing for the development OF this State
during the past year have been direct
ed along definite lines, each having
as its ultimate end results measured
in dollars and cents. Hard but most
essential economic facts have been
hnnnn nitt ,ri11 i.N
dulged in before. The effort has been
made by plain, direct talk straight to
the people To- show them the folly OF
things they have been wasting their
time upon and to- point out to them
those lines of procedure making for
their ultimate prosperity and happi-
ness. The effort has been made to
reach the average man on the farm
whS does not reside near a town but
who lives In the far-rural districts and
to arouse his ambition and get him
going. The average man in South Car
olina today who ssengaged in yf.griA
culture is doing more hard thinking.
for himself than ever before in. the
history OF the State. He is simply
crying for information and he has lest
the iden that every man who comes to
him merely q theoritical lecturer oryI
political vote Getter, whose SOLE OBJ
1ect in life has Leen to fool him and to |
make him neglect his work ON ,accouat1
of politics and leave him In the fnrch
when tn eelection was over. He mas,
Eeen shown and Is being shown that
ne is Wasting his birthright.t No mat
ter whether cotton he 10c or; zoe per
pound, IL he throws il away by buying
mules and horses and canned goods,
and every other thing that he eats and
that ms animals eat from Deople who
grind tho materials up, make them
look pretty. put them in beautiful
sacks ana ship them 20 him from the
west. He has been shown that his en-
ormor3 expenditure, because he makes
no efoort to raise something to eat
at home TO enable him. to take care
OF his cotton and VIII keep poor for
ever. He has had pounded into him
the almost criminal folloy of spending
the fancy sum of more than S25, ,00O, 900
q year for fancy mixed fertilizer ana,
has 1t heen told how to buy arst-ciass
raw materials that he needs and mig
the materials at home and how TO farm
the air with lesumes. and has been
made to understand how essential to
ana agricultural industry is the own.
lng and Keeping of live-stock,
IN other words the plain, straight
from the shoulder educational cam
paign based on sound economics mas
heen waged from ore end of the State
20 the other. 1t has been coupled with
the effort to give the farmer a full
understanding of the value of feeds
to give him light on food authorizations
and to pull the scales from his eyes
In a hundred other different direction
and l thank high heavens that he has
welcomed plain talk and is. proIiting
by it
could not begin to outline Ia the
couFac nf his h-ies article the diverse
lines of activity that ahve been pur-
sned, bodItu wsahi atos
sued. but do wish TO ASSERT ..;s.s Every !
one of them have been taken UP be-
;euse they had result measure in dol
lars and cents isinhgt
lars and cents in sight, a result that
could be from the very nature of con-
s,tions obtained. We have workedwith
The knowledge that the only thing that !
Is absolutely convincing 70 the farmer
or anybody else for that matter, is
hat thing which at the end of the year
brings money returns, We have even
put into full operation practical
house minus any niiddleman
DR. nliddleman's charge between the
farmers and merchants. by which
can be effected within
-wenty-four hours and II Is growing In
strength and effectiveness with each
succeeGing week.
The coming year brings With It the
absolute necessity FOR Increased er-
Iort 20 cut down living expenaes. in /