The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-02-22
Card FY.m Mr.. Wharton

ponce O1 uLaUrenS; county.
Just ~ ward in reference to the
sheriff want to say here that l per
onally like sShefiff Reid and what
shall say il this article in no Way re-
fers 't@ hin personally. / may nse
little personal remarks, but if do,
Mr. Sheriff, 'thesc remarks shall come
from atn !llonest heart and not from any
whim OF fancy that l may be harhor-
ing lin nly.hcart against you.
We quite verbatim from your tdi-
'tUriGl Of several weeks ago as follows:
"'Our ,bGlatf in the matter is that il
would be.far better to wipe out the en-
tire MURAL police system of the county |
than to lose the services Of an efficient
farm demonstration department at this
time. fOne determined deputy sheriff,
provided he had the backing of juries,
Judges, and public which is now lack
ing, could keep the liquor making and
liquor dealing down, but no amount OF
law can take the place of the informa-
ton and leadership which the demon
strattun department stands for"
Mr. Editor, be honest with me, did
you read that dope before you publish
ed it, or did you just write it off ard
shot 1T over the "home plate" to the
printer? We'll, i want to say in the
beginning, you most assuredly have a
very poor opinion Of the farmers of
Iaurens county and their ability to do
things on their own initiative, to think
for themselves, to bring things to pass
for themselves, and on the other hand
you 'irave an exalted opinion of the
demonstration department. Now who,
kind Sir, is the daddy of this demon
stration department? 1 will tell you,
couIities of the commonwealth Of South
Carolina. My late uncle. w. 7. Harris,
was "a demonstration department all in
himself before Clemson ever thought
OF coming on the scenes. He was the
first man in South Carolina, think,
anyway the first one in IIaurens coun-
ty, who had a silo. Out Of his expert
ence, rich with research and work,
came this silo and many other discov-
cries valuable to the farmers of South
CarwIina Clemson, to my certain
knowtadge, sent man after man, time
after time, to see my uncle and get hia
line Uf"'Modus Operandi" IL you please
-tasat mure Is big thing for me to
say Aa1t maybe will get by with It,
and these. Clemson men went back and
labeled.. this as Clemson dope and put
their home demonstration department
!, out tn carry it out, and when these
ySSSsaS9 y,eople who comprised the Glenn
; Son Cnllege set, and the home demon
stratipn bunch, got in muddle the!
would run back to my uncle and woult
,,,,eay. A"@1hats that you said about rails
ing docllnut Mountain Irish potatoes?
And Mr.. Editor, you have the affront
ery to oame along here when you neVe
plowed a mule nor bull in your life
aud you have the Ssaudacity to say am
to pnblish..i too, that we cannot a.
,witbout the demonstration department
but we can do without the police.
We are the demonstration depart
ment ourselves and we do not lay CLAM
to it.
Now about the part Of your articl
in which ycul say, mo amount OF lay
can take the place Of the informatio
and leadership which the demonstra
tion department stands for MT. Ed
tor. agree with you heartily, for TN
information and this leadership ha
ever and will syerbe the birthright
the farmers OF any and all sections
OF course yon cannot pass any la
that will make Il farmer out OF foo
So much for tbaL. Mir. Editor, when
was a little boy Off years. my old Da'
God bless him, when the snow came
the winter and the 1ittle birds came
to the back door in search for food, I
would say, "Son, get you some sa
and nut on the tails Of the little birt
and you can catch them" Mr. Edito
that took the place OF the moves
those good old days. l spent many q
y hour chasing them with a hand full
salt. My little mind would drea
. about them at night. But little late
this thing that Is up In my bope ite'f
they call it brain, began to reyo1Te, an
soon went to my Dad and said. PAL
. II YOU can get close enough to put 81
4 (bn. a birds tail, you could catch II
bird and therefore you don't need u
a. Mo-