Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-03
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1915.

sponsible therefor. He urged the ne
cessity of raising supplies at home and
said that if there was suffering now, II
was because of two reasons-lack OF
common sense and ~laZiness. He was
proud to see the spirit manifest in the
chautauqua tent.
Hon. e. ]. Watson.
Next TO he rural free delivery sys-
tenn, the chautauqua is the creates
university ever established in TINS
country said Hon. E. j. Watson, com
missioner of agriculture and emigra-
ton, who was the asst speaker intro
dnced to the audience. 1t has been the
means of giving thousands Of men
some education which they would not
otherwise have had. 1t brings before
them men from all walks Of life from
whom they gain much experience ana
a new light on life.
A plea to the farmers OF the state
to continue the work of planting gram
and raising foodstuffs, was the glst oi
Commissioner Watson's aooress;
South Carolina farmers, he said, had
gone fertilizer mad" Instead OF
PLANTING legumes-the best fertilizer
they were spending millions OF dollars
yearly for artificial fertilizers winch
did as much harm as good.
He cited in point a York county
farmer who had nearly gone into
bankruptcy buying German potash
when his own farm contained enough
potash to last 1000 years. He urgeo
Knowledge of their own premises, to
raise those things WHICH were neces,
sary for the nourishment or man anu
beast, first and then to turn their at
tention to cotton as a surplus. -,
We have made more progress IN TINS
line in the last year., said Commission
er Watson, than we had in the Prev.
Gus so. A year ago there were ABOUT
five flour mills in operation III the
state. Now there are 12S. 49,
what / want to see is a statewide
shirt of cooperation. Get the mer-
chant and the bank in line with the
farmer. / want to see the local. mer-
chants handling the products OF the
local farms. l would ave your slogan
be, Carolina First
Thursday Morning.
Major w. B. Moore presided at the
exercises yesterday morning, whlch
were opened with prayer by Rev. l.. !.
Walsh, and introduced the two SPEAK
ers of the occasion, DR.. Henry N. Sny,
der, president of Wofford college, n
Congressman A. F. Lever Of the Sew
enth congressional district. The pre-
din officer stated that he was APP
nearing in a new role. 1t was the
MAYORS Job to preside at public meet
ings, but since the mayor was 1eeIhs
unwell, probably because OF he Iact
that his c~arborator, liver or other
organs were out of commission, ne
had been asked to preside. On the part
of the "so-called board of trade ana
the little bunch that represented 80
per cent of the citizenship of the
he wished to extend a cordial welcome
to all present.
DR.. Snyder.
THE People Finding Themselves
was the subject of the lecture WIFI
which DIR. Snyder of Wofford college,
entertained his hearers for forty MIN
utes or more. The human person Is
the most wonderful of the things OF
earth, the speaker said. The animals
are strong and wonderful; but man Is
more wonderful. The essential unity
of our being is the mind, body ana
spirit. We can't break them up.
The first thing that meets the nu,
man is the call to perform some KIND
of labor. Some one has said that men
are divided into three classes, viz:
pirates, prodigals and parasites
the speaker was willing to agree as TO
the truth Of the statement. In order
to achieve higher and nobler things
work and labor are necessary.
Worklife, playlife, lovelife and wor-
shiplife gets it's fruits when we begin
at the right time to cultivate those
things. The best is only coming when
we do our best in the beginning. the
inspiring thing about a child is not
what it is but what it can be. Kings
and queens can be nodded from the
little bit of flesh and bone which is the
beginning. Training is the all-import-
ant thing. The process of knowing
ourselves never ends.
The speaker, whose address was
beautifully illustrated, paid a tribute
to the work of the c~hautauqua plat
form. 1t is, he said, the outcome or
a new spirit which has been lying dor
mant within uS-the spirit OF democ-
racy and AmericaniSm which has never
been realized in it's fullest meaning.
When | ask the meaning of democracy,
you say, it is the ballot, and we have
it. Yes, you men have 1t, you can
vote; but, he said, pointing 10 the
ladies, you can't.
He paid a glowing tribute to Wood
row Wilson, who was in his opinion,
one of the greatest of presidents.
The highest task Of an American
community, said DR.. Snyder in con-
c~lusion, is the task of all joining to-
gether to lift others to a sweet
stronger joy of the beautiful things
of life. Democracy stands for that
The speaker was the recipient of a
bouquet of flowers when he conclud-
ed.
Congressman Lever.
when we public men don't know
anything else to talk about we talk
about the cotton CROP" said Hon. A.
+. Lever, who was the last speaker
of the morning. l am going to tell You
people today my views as to the OUT
look for this cotton crop. Is the cut
look better now than it was a year ago,
and if 50, why? Will it be better for
the farmers to sell their crop as fast
as they IAN pick and gin it or shall
we market slowly?
The condition of you farmers IN
1915 compared with their condition in
1914, in regard to credit is indeed bet
ter, he said. There is plenty Of money
here. For the first time in the history
of the country the secretary of the
treasury has put $50, 000, 900 in south
ern banks to move the cotton crop.
The crop, in the speakers judgment,
would not total over II, 100000 bales,
whereas it was 16,5 500, 900 last year.
The consumption of cotton last year
vas OlhS Wv DoASS ANSo ShAsN NAN
year before, and in view of the fact
that practically all the spindles in the
country were now running-some Of
them day and night, he believed the
consumption this year would be con-
siderably more than last year..
The surplus of cotton from last
years crop nov on hand, said Mr..
Lever, is about 5000, 900 bales. Add to
that the IL. 100000 bales to be raised
this year and the total is 14,500, 900
bales. The worlds yearly demand for
American cotton is 5000, 900 bales.
There will, therefore, be a shortage
and he did not see why the present
crop would not bring a good price if
the farmers could only manage to hold
their crops during the months OF
September, October and November.
Foreign nationS-those at war-have
got To have our cotton this year even
as in the past. They have got to
clOthe their armies. Since the begin
ming Of the war last August, the Allies