The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-06
tBy John Temple Graves.)

1t Is 80 with the South. Out of the
most serious financial shadow that II
has known for half a century there is
surely coming and now at hand, the
day of better methods, wiser econo-
mics and more substantial prosperity
than this section of our country has
ever known.
For quarter of a century the
Thoughtful economists and serious
leaders of the South have preached
the wholesome gospel of diversified
industries and self sustaining prod
ucts of the soil. II has taken this
European war and its smashing as
sault upon the supposed citadel of our
agricultural fortunes to awaken the
South and to impress the saving les
Ion OF common sense. The school
master has been stern and the dis
cipline bitter. The suffering has been
great. Millions have vanished from
our financial fabric. and fortunes have
faded in night But the splendid
soil remains. The incompatible cli-
mate is about us. The unconquerable
spirit of the people who outlived the
travail of reconstruction survives.
And the South, taught of experience
and disciplined at last by disaster, is
about to overthrow the old oligarchy
OF agriculture and compel King Cot
ton to share his throne with the ce-
real and sustaining products of the
royal line Of prosperity.
Farmers Much Advised.
In years past every farmer heard
the counsel of his leaders, listened
with respectful apathy to those who
warned against the coming day of
disaster to the all-cotton planters,
end resolutely went home to increase
his cotton acreage, in the faith that
his neighbor would do the curtailing
and he would grow rich from an
| enormous cotton yield in a year of
| small supply and great demand.
Burned to the level OF his selfish
ness and cupidity by the torches Of
this war, every farmer will heed,
| without the lashes of the law. And the
1915 crops, while they will carry cot
ton moderately for the worlds de-
mand, will certainly begin to pile up
| the great cereal and staple crops be-
hind whose sustaining living power
they can defend the citadel of their
| staple property against speculation
or war.
Place the cotton crop of 1915 at
100000 bales or less.
have never seen anything to equal
the intelligent vigor with which the
South is adapting itself and prepar-
ing itself for the new era of agricul-
tural independence. Millions of acres
arc being set aside to- scc,a. Greg: The.
have carried cotton heretofore. Corn
and wheat, alfalfa and hay, fruits and
potatoes. cantaloupes and poultry. cat
tie and hogs are preparing a perman-
ent and prosperous home in the
| future economy OF Georgia The
Boys Corn Clubs and the Girls Corn
Clubs are among the most enthusiasts
tic and numerous organizations in
the State. Some of them have, the
record of 200 bushels to the acre. The
universities and the railroads are
planning in every county of the State
their practical and scientific agricul-
turists to teach a willing and waiting
people. all the details of diversified
farming. There are more prizes and
premiums being offered in Georgia
for the best yield per acre Of corn,
the best acre of potatoes, the best
hogs, the best cattle. the best field of
alfalfa, the best yield OF cantAloupes,
etc., than will be set in cups and
prizes for all the athletic fields of the
republic.
Boys Cera C.abs.
The last parade OF the Boys and
Gorls' Corn Clubs in Atlanta, led by
three governors and with Judson
Harmon, OF Ohio, as orator, stretched
over mile Of the city's streets.
On the 18th day OF November more
than one hundred counties in Georgia
will gather at their county sites in
great home products dinners" at
which every article to eat, to wear, to
drink, 20 serve and to enjoy will be
made in Georgia-the plates. the
dishes. the table linen, the cutlery
and the bills Of fare.
1t is the beginning of the renais-
sance Of the old South Of marvellous
riches In agriculture. 1t is the awak-
ening OF a great people to thrift and
common sense.
The present situation, bad as It Is,
is improving in the philosophy Of
acceptance and renewed endeevor.
Three thousand Southern banks are
lending money to the farmers on his
cotton. The commercial syndicate OF
the st. Louis. New York and South
ern bankers will provide for mighty
volume OF the surplus cotton. The
scant concessions wrung from con-
gfess and the administration Will do
something to help The new interest
and demand from English mills Is
inspiring all along the line. Ana
there is the development from Wash
ington, printed first of all In the
Washington correspondence Of the
Hearst newspapers, that cotton Is not
contrabend OF war and can go with
out interruption to Germany and
Austria, where they wait TO welcome
1t, and back OF II ali was this initial
tonic of the ..Buy-a-BaIe Movement" !"
to which the Hearst newspapers have
given so virile and eloquent an adyo-
cacy. This movement. FIRST OF all, re-
vived the dropping spirit Of the South