The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-08

OF dollars. 'Thirty-one million dol
hrs Of fertilizer year 10 tonic the
soil-sick man." Cotton had been
forced up to n cents by artificial
means. The people should thank
God that the var had come. because
it had put The people to thinking as
they had never done before. Don't
look for the cotton market to be
good again for several years. The
man who tells you that cotton will
be spun in Europe is fool" No
body wants the cotton. If YOU
plant only one half of a cotton Crop
next year it will cost you II cents
to raise it and you will not get over
~ cents for it. Our people have
been living too extravagantly. They
have paid out 100000 for hog
meat, $5,0O0,0OO for hay, $2O.OOO,-
600 for flour and meal, all of which
they could produce themselves. We
have been living on tin cans. Go
into our country stores and you will
find the shelves filled with canned
blackberries, peaches and even po-
tatoes, which have been shipped in
at fifteen times the price at which
they could be raised at home.
Fourteen million dollars thrown
away for these things. You can't
raise cotton any longer. The law
says you cannot raise more than "A
third OF your entire crop. Sow
wheat, oats and rye. The world
will be starving for something to
eat by another year. You will want
something to eat yourself. Twenty
'million men are now in arms and
they must be fed. Breadstuffs are
going up and will continue to 20 up.
The South is the only country that
can put in grain crop now and har-
vest 1t in from two to theree months
before any other country. There
will be no demand for cotton in the
next three years. By the first of
June next year you will get the ready
cash for the breadstuffs and by
raising them will have no fertilizer
bill to meet.
Colonel Watson said he had seen
as fine corn on exhibition in the
court house as he had seen in any
county. The farmer could have two
different money crops next year,
grain and corn. 1t is now the
golden opportunity for the farmer
IL he would but seize it, He advis-
ed the. farmers to build up . new agri
cultural basis on live stock and
things to eat. Live at home and quit
the miserable credit system If we
don't seize the golden opportunity
we will see ruin in 1915. You can
control the situation if you but will
to do it. He advised the farmer to
get up -four mill, as it would not
do as we'll to sell the wheat in the
| crude form. 81 am proud of this,
your first county fair" said Colonel
Watson. 'It will lead to a bigger
fair" He congratulated the Cham
Der of Commerce on the live secre-
tary they had in Mr.. Luther Ellison.
He had been observing the good
work he has been doing in the town
and county. The interests of the
town and county were interdepen-
dent. Let there be no antagonism
between the two. Get in behind
Ellison and he will lead you right.
l Colonel Watson's parting injunc-
ftion te the farmers was, LET old
lpotton Alone" We regret that we
teannot reproduce in full Colonel
Watson's, entire address, which was
90 full OF good suggestions to. the
farmers. Fs
SOUTHERN RAILWAY EXHIBIT.
| The old court house was complete
| ly transformed by the decorative
quality of the various exhibits. With
in it, at the right Of the door and oc-
cupying considerable space was the
very instructive exhibit of the South.
ern Railway. covering three phases of
activity, domestic science, dairyine
and horticulture. This exhibit was IN
charge of Mr.. and Mrs. T. G.. Wood
Iof Charlotte, MIR. Wood is an indus
trial and Immigration agent of tht
Southern. DR.. Walter Sorrell, assis
fContinedNon Page Eight.)
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