The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-24
"HAGOOD" DISCUSSES FARM.
ING.
Offers Some Advice and Tells Some
Local News OF Borden,

we nave 50 much to thank God for,
prominent among which is a State and
nation that our chief executive, State
and nation. walks in the fear of God.
And that means they have a back
bone. Our governor is bringing things
to pass that help to restore to our
State its former prestige and glory.
Abroad it has gone that South Caro-
lima has a clean governor, a man of
affairs and power.
III there Is power In prayer then at
this time Christians should pray
much. God, blessed forever, is over
ALL" Jesus taught us to say Thine is
the kingdom and the power, and the
glory forever"
The most surprising man in power
is he who. with a smile, says mo"
and means ii.
AS has been noticed, small grain on
light lands suffered from extreme cold
and in many places is quite inferior.
Bob" Atkinson. s. w. Allen and w.
j. Spencer have good oats.
In conversation with d. ". Keels of
Rembert he told me the other day
that he averaged close to ninety BUSH
els Of oats per acre on his crop last
year and 33 bushels on his wheat. We
all know he Is a Nc. 1 farmer, what
we all can be If we have the sense
and energy, and too. If we do not do so
we'll as that we can a close second.
And what? That sort of thing beats
cotton and gives all save the fools a
chance to- escape the difficulties we
were found In hast year. Just here L
remark that our best farmers the
country over are paying attention to
diversified farming.
A while 6 your correspondent no.
ticed in your columns how Mr.. Isaac
Cato corrected blight on some of his
land and suggested that our farm
demonstration agent. Mr.. Williams, in
vestigate, but he has not done so.
That Is a matter of great Importance.
not locally, but 20 the whole country
ana should be looked into by men
competent TO do 80. 4 did not report
hearsay, hui visual evidence. Long
ago your writer noticed in the col
umns OF your excellent paper that a
prime cause OF blight was the sheep
bur and that peas. while they might
encourage. never occasioned blight.
Another thing noticed In your paper In
those days was the lady bug as an
enemy to lice and still another was
the red spider on cotton.
/ mention these matters to show
that our wide awake farmers are Of
tener than otherwise discoveries OF
the beneficial things in agriculture.
Experiments? All his farming Ct am
talking about the wide-awake farm
er like Vernon Keels) is experiment.
And cotton is going up? When it
goes abroad that there is scarcely
half a crop making. o will see it
soar. / fear folks have planted too
heavily in tobacco. Plant corn. Hogs
will always come to corn. How many
of US make our own meat. Those of
us who do are better off, because we
are obliged to pasture to do so.
Our good friend Tasting Freeman
who was so sick a while ago was able
to attend District Conference at
Bethune last week.
And that young man, Mr.. Sam
Shirer, was able to be at Sabbath
school yesterday.
Miss Edith Mitchell of North Caro-
lima has been visiting friends and
relatives here.
The many friends of Mrs. Mary
Emily CAN'T of your city were glad to
have her with them again last week.
Miss Carrie Mitchell. one Of the
finest women ever reared in these
parts. is with us again.
Mrs. w. j. Spencer, Miss Viola, and
the children were all in attendance at
the school exercises in Sumter Satur-
day. April II.
"Hagood."
Rembert. April 10.