The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-06
A. SUGGESTION FOR
THE NEWBERRY BANKERS
How ii Paid In, Laurens to
q, Encourage the Growing Of
t Hogs

3ECV washington, NOV. H0.-f1s SoAIStSSS
adjourned until the fifth of Decem-
hsr, Senator Dial has left for his home
insLaurens. He said he was going
down to look after some private bus
Msss and in the meantime to see if
hecauld help his people prepare for
the boil weevil.
An experience which the senator
had several years ago might well be
ysseated now. Some five or six years
since, when the price Of bacon was
rising so rapidly, the senator was
president Of the Enterprise National
Bank of~Laurens. He sent for the
county demonstration agent and told
him to get busy and help the people
m Laurens county raise more hogs.
He surprised the agent very much by
telling him to buy a carload of hogs.
The agent stood aghas+ at the prop
osition Of buying carload at one
time. The senator told him that that
was exactly what he meant, and the
agent asked how he expected to get
rid Of them. The senator replied
that he must sell them; he was on a
salary and to help the people; that
much Of the land in Laurens county,
saeh as woodland, swamps, etc.,
should be fenced and that we should
raise all the pork in that county that
was needed. The senator told the
agent he did not claim chat the peo-
pie could raise pork at a profit to
SELF butsthey could not afford to pay
freight and niddleman's expenses,
and he hoped the time would come
when they would not let a pound be
shipped in the county.
After some persistence, the demon
stfation agent agreed to make the or
def. The senator told him that the
Enterprise bank would pay for these
hogs and all they would expect would
BE the usual rate of interest, and that
lfe would sell thni to any white boy
ia the county on credit, without any
seenrity except the boys note. The
asent replied that the boys might be
minors. This made no difference to
the senator. He said he would trust
Any white boy for a hog. It was a
pretty sight when the carload of one
Injured and twenty-four hogs ar
rived The papers had made mention
OF the fact that they were coming
and the people from different sections
Of the county came ia~and selected
the kind Of hog they desired. The
,sale went rapidly until about one hum
dfed had been disposed of. The agent
then notified Mr.. Dial that the sale
was going a little slow. and wanted to
khow how he expected to git rid of
the others. The senator told him to
sell them to anybody that would buy
them, even to darkies. In this man.
rer they were disposed of at once,
taking mortgage on the hog.
This was the first lot of stock hogs
that was ever shipped to Laurens
county, 80 far as there is any record
OF. That fall and the next fall there
was an epidemic Of flu, but these pa
psfs were watched particularly, and
the senator says that everyone of
them was paid; that the bank did not
lose a cent by this method.
s4There were more hogs around Lau-
refts than there had ever been. A
year or two afterwards some of the
pAtpie complained to the senator that
they had overdone the thing; that
Trey had killed plenty of pork for
thsf own use and had a surplus on
hshd, which the packers would not
take. The senator told them thar
was all right, to fatten the hogs and
hsswould have market for them. He
sent for the demonstration agent and
requested him to get in touch with
some Of the packers and have them
Sante ITO purchase surplus hogs. An
advertisement was made to this effect
and on "a certain day the people had
assas Of their surplus hogs, and King
and Company had an agent on the
gfeaad. The hogs were weighed and
bought on the spot at twenty-one
cents a pound. This was the highest
price that perhaps hogs brought in
.Latrens county. The point in the
case is that this is the first car of
breed hogs that was ever shipped into
Laurens county.
The senator has requested Clemson
college to get in touch with the people
at home and see if they could not
furnish another carload of hogs. He