OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910.
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I What I Saw In The Middle West
II CLARENCE POE, Editor Progressive Farmer and Gazette. jj
Si vciv I PLANTATIONS. The hope of the
' It has come to my attention that i South lies in the breaking up of our
one of mv readers has objeced tb the big plantations cultivated by shiit
mrmarv"of things I did not see as " i less, uninitelligent labor and the de-t-t-fl
- lien cn the South." And this veionment of a great democracy or
HeapV m- to sav that here is hardly ; thrifty and intelligent white far
ttnvt."m els in Southern life that ! niers. owing their own homes. In
Tnak?s me so exceedingly
svpai v saving wnixe lariiiei i uu u'l
crit'e'sm of Southern! conditions.. I niers. but it is best for them and
What I said about the criticism ; best for every interest m tine boaw
re i- st",i snnifi months asro is as that our white ponulaticm t-hc-uld "11-
appropriate as anvthing I comd say ; crease by immigration and iiatua m
in replv to this critic of mine, and increase until the proportion ct ne-
7 e-a ii.2T to reprint nerev i-tn tut? i groes m no ia-ie is
paragraph I published thai, tune:
"It is high time, anyhow, for the
South to get over this morbid
and babyish sensitiveness about
the miblicatkmi of every statisti
cal fact that doesn't suit our -pass-
r ing fancy. The true Southerner,
the man we ought to honor and
follow, is the man who looks an
unpleasant fact squarely in the
face and sets about getting a rem
edy, lit Heaven'& name, let's have
hunting doctors and leaders who
done with our quack, popularity
tell us there is nothing the mat
ter with us. that we are great
est and happiest people on earth,
and that all we need to do is to
ke.-p on forever in our ruts of
old illiteracy, undeveloped re sour
ce:?, and out-of-date farming me
thods. Let us rather follow the
doctor and the leader who loves
the South wif.li- all his heart, but
-who loves her too well not to use
the knife of criticism and reform
upon the cancers that are sapping
her economic life and general well
be'ing." In love for the South I yield to
no mm living. If I have any master
passion, it is. the desire to make my
life of some service to her and her
pecp!e. My father fought in her ar
mies, runcl I pity the man who does
not res-pond to the patriotism of
Senator Carmack's eloquent declara
tion: "I was born of that land; I
was nnrtvred at her bocm. and to
3ier every drop of my blcod, ev
ery fiber of my being, every pulsa
tion, of ray heart, is consecrated
forever." z
But how are we going to serve the
South? Certainly it will never be
by playing the- ostrich and hiding our
lieads in the sand in order to keep
from seeing facts as they are. The
miserable flatteries that the South
thern people have to'ie rated so long ii
a certain type of politician and dem
agogue make me wonder sometimes- i.
Dante w.?:a net .right after all in put
ting flatterers in cue of the lowest
liells along with thieves a.nd forgers.
If yon are going into training to
struggle for the mastery with some
powerful and muscular wrestler, that
man. as net your friend, who flat
ters you with a thousand luUrling com
pliments abcut your strength and
your super "ority over your opponent,
and how needless it is for you to feai
oppc-si.f.i on. Y o vr real friend is man
who tells you the exact truth about
the strength of your rival, who tells
you how necessary it is that you put
yourself in. the very best of train
ing, on th? very best of diet .and wihe
urges you every day after day to a
void every weakening and debilita
ting influence; who encourages you.
Indeed, for every well-meant effort
you put forth, but who never lulls
you into a sense of ease and false
security that would only ruin you
in the end..
If I know my own heart, it is th:';9
sort of friend I wish to be to our
Southern farmer folk, and I hope I
shall always be too true to them to
flatter them. As one of our Tennes
see correspondents said the other
day; "My heart goes out to all
Southern farming people. The pros
perous and enterprising ones I ad
mire, and the poor and backward one
I sympathize with even more than
I admire the rich and prosp:ous."
But the best way to help both by
clashes is to spur them on to doing
be oppressive. The cruet reason
so many of ouir white farmers have
gone to" town has been a lack of
au
tr:
ieouate white society in
til
covin-
districts. When the farms are
S smaller and the farm homes closer
Together, as they suiould be w-itn a
great bodv of 8- to 100-acre farms,
the situation will be materially
ohanged.
V.
I SAID THAT I SAW NO STUMPS
IN THE FIELIV3. Having just made
a trip through six Southern States
this fact impressed me especially. A
stumpy field means that the farmer
must "use the most expensive labor
and tools. The saving that would re
sult from the use of labor-saving tool
and machinerv would soon pay en
tire cost of takinsr out the stumps
to sav nohing of he increase in the
crop from the greater area cf land
made available bv removing these ob
struct icn-s to progress and productivi
ty-
V!.
I SAID THAT I SAW NO FARM
HOMES TJNPAINTED. With the in.
creasing prosperity of the South
there is no reason why we should not
have the same beautiful farm homes
one sees in "Wisconsin and Illinois
The whole farm locks different when
it is set off by a beautifully painted
farm home. and it seems to me that
if must make a difference in the spi.r
it of every member of the family. A
pretty home inspires an atmospnere
of pride and cheerful mess which will
VII.
I said I saw no one room school-
houses. And when I say th's I mean
also that I saw nothing of that indif
ference to public education of which
the one-room school house is- an inde:
Tn Mississippi there are eight times
as many inhabitants born of native
parents who cannot read and write
as there are in Wisconsin; in Al
aoama ntteen times as many as r.n
Wisconsin; in Georgia and Arkansas
twelve time's as many; in Louisiana
20 times as many as in: Wisconsin.
And this is the ma in explanation
of why the West has forged ahead of
the South. Knowledge is power. The
first great need of the South is bet
ter schools for our fccys and girls.
VIII.
I said I saw no farms without live
stock.Dr. Butler has already pointed
out that the average farmer worker
in Alabama Louis ana., and Mississip
pi gets only $13 a year from the sale
in Iowa. Illinois and Indiana gets
$212 16 to 1 against our people. and
tb'is is a very live and meaningful "
16 to 1" issue, whatever may he saM
about the old free silver ratio.This
not only means that they are get
ting sixteen times as much as we are
from the sale of live stock, but it
means that they are restoring six
teen times as much fertility to the
soil as we are. It means too, that
wTnile we are getting one profit that
is, fr?rn growing crops they are get
ting two profits first from growing
them, and secondly, from feeding to
live stock.
IX.
I SAID THAT I SAW NO BURN
ING OF VEGETABLE MATTER. In
Champaign County.. Illinois, I travel ec
over some of the richest land in the
wcrld.but I quickly found that the far
mers there did not think their land
rich enough to justify tluem in burn
ing, their corn stalks and wastins-
ent situation the need of the bourn
is ten times as great in the produc
ing as in the selling line.
Again, because we have so many
stores, com petition in merchandising
has become very keen. I know sev
eral bright young farmer boys who
grew up with me who have almost
made slaves of them selves running
small stores, who I believe wrould be
five, tifenesi better off if they had giv
en the same energy to up-to-date! fan
ing, not to mention the immeasura
bly greater service they would have
rendered their communities.
XI.
I Said I did not see any farmer
"bossing" hands without working
himself, and that because thers were
no negores I found no persons wait
ing on any work as "beneath them."
they ought to do themselves or look
ing op.i any work as "bnesath thetn."
On this point I am go:ng to quote
again a very -striking utterance of
Dr. Geo. T. Winston, formerly I 'resi
dent of hte University cf Texas and
of the A. &. M. College of Nqrth Car
oli;na.What he says ought to be
memorized, word for wcrd, by evcry
yormg Souhterr man and woman:
"The necessity cf labor and
the honcrabl'Tess cf labor are
tlhe first lessons to be taugpnt the
youth of the South. Out: people
as a whole, can not learn these
lessons, because Ave are still too
close to slavery. We still" con
sider manuel labor, to be some
what beneath a gentleman or a
lady. We waste our substance
inj t)he employment of servants
apparently to wait on us. while
frequently we wait on them, and
usually they cost us more time,
imoney and trouble than they
render service. It is a matter
not of economy, but. of supposed
gentility. A little observation
and easy calculation will demon
strate that" in this. State we spend
for wages and feed and break
age and stealage of unnecessary
servants, money enough, if sav
ed annually for thirty years, to
purchase every acre of ground in
the State. Our whole landed
:--i')erty is eaten up by servants
one time during each generation.
It is impossible to become
wealthy under such conditions."
It is a common remark of people
who nave lived in both sections
that it takes three times as many
servants in the Souh as in the Nor
th, and in many cases it amounts, as
Dr. Winston says, to our n:akin:gf our
selves slaves of the .servant instead
of the reverse. At the Universi
ty of Wisconsin, which I visited, I
heard a good story which strikingly
illustrates my -point. When Ambas
sador Bryce of Great Britaiin visited
the Unnvers'ity last year he wTas gues
of the President, Dr. Chas. R. Van.
Hlse, one of the foremost educators
in America, and a man wnose salary
I presume, is upwards of five thous
and dollars. When Mr. Bryce went
to bed, he put up his shoes outsJde
the door, thinking that they would be
blacked by a servant. The two beau
tiful daughters of Dr. Van Hise, see
ing the situation, blacked the shoes
themselves., and Ambassador Bryce
never knew any better until tjhe sto
ry leaked out by accident some mon
ths later.
In Madiscn- I was the guest of an
other man 'of distinction, who prob
ably has an. income of $4,000 a year.
At supper his young daughter, about
fourteen years old, waited cn table
and nobody even thought to make an
explanation, of her making herself use
ful in this way, instead of depending
on a servant as a family wr'thi 1-4
the income would have tried in the
South.
Of course where family does its ovvin
work all the modern conveniences!
used, and the kitchen Ln the North
and w-est would be a revelation to
most of our Sontihea.-iii womem. All the
most up-to-date cooking utensils are
used, amd the kitchens are so small
that nearly all the utensils and ap
pliances Ere withfim reach as the
woman stands, at her stove. Nor do
the men expect hot bread for every
meal. If cur women in the South neet
to learn the lesson of depeiidiag le.;s
on servants r ur men in the Sovth
need to learn the lesson of providing
better equipped kitchens' and dim.ing
rooms and alL the labor saving con
veniences that can be 'ha-d. And these
are at least cheapre than servants..
"Sure
Cure
'I would like to euide
suffering women to a sure
cure for female troubles,"
writes Mrs. R. E. Mercer,
of Frozen Camp, W. Va.
"I have found no med
icine equal to Cardui. I
had suffered for about
four years. Would have
headache for a week at a
time, until I would be
nearly crazy. I took Car
dui and now I never have
the headache any more."
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Time of Lodge Meetings.
Oxford Lodge No. 103, I. O. O. F.
Tuesday night .
Granville Camp No. 49 1st and 3rd
Friday nights
Junior O, U. A. M. 2nd and 4th
Friday night
Masonic Lodge A. F. & A. M. 1st
Monday night.
W. O. W. No.17 Thursday night.
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I The Woman's Tcnfc
The pains from which
many women suffer every
month are unnecessary.
It's not safe to trust to
strong drugs, right at the
time of the pains.
Better to take Cardui
for a while, before and
after, to strengthen the
system and cure the cause.
This is the sensible,
the scientific, the right way.
Try it '
Winston Salem June The R. J.
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streets.
One of the features will be a
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will be two entrances to the buolding.
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& good work as that dene by farmer, j the humus and fertility there is in
tinyvshe.re on earth. . th8m xile farmers .aTOUnd heTe say
W.th -o mr-ca said in explanation j that it takes two or three years to
of my attitude, let me turn, now to , recov.er from t ioss of hVT;v P
soiae commrnt on some f the thinigs ; Crop of corn stalks," so a thoughtful
I saidin the beginning that I did . cit,izen, told me. and I could not but
0 se9, . ' contrast the careful economy of
t cmt- t n,w VA , T..- j these farmers with the wastefulness
1 SsAILn L oii ISO tAL.s. We i Df the South. Here we not only burn
cannot facpe to get thrifty and pro- j our corn stalks, but too often deliber
fressive tenants on our Southern ' ately set fire to our fields and burn
larms until we provide a better type , up in a few hours' time all the hum
us and vegetable matte!r which Moth
er Nature has. spent years accumulat
ing in am effort to build up cur wast
ed lands. In Illinois the stacks are
either cut n,p and left on the. land or
else hauled aside and rotted and t;hen
restored to the soil.
X.
I SAID THAT THERE WAS NO
STORE AT EVERY CROSSING. I
honor our progressive and enternris-
.1 I rI f I 1 V w I tlw II I Ml I .-,-;, ,11111 I (I j I . -4 : f I ;( I
to hold the soil together. Commer-! !"s ?,a he Soutihybutwe
of houses for these tenants to live
in.
II.
I SAID I SAW NO CABINS. We
farmers in the West keep the lands
filled' with humus, keep the land grov
ing something the year .round, and so
it does not wasth away. We must
grow winter cover crops tail the Sou
tJh. and we must also use more soil
ing crops a Hid more stable manure,
thereby getting humus, into the land
eial fertilizers, furnish no humus. Be
fore many years land is going to be
ing merchants! in the South, but we
nave too many stores. Twice asi ma-
come too valuable m the South for j siVe young men have gone into mer
anyibody to let it wash away. But . chandisitag as should have gone. Half
tiie difficulty is that great areas ! the merchants in the South, t'o-dav
aire aLready ruaung Detore taat time would be ten times a.a useful to theirr
comes.
III.
i communities and their1 State and mat
I more mrvnev fnr h Am calroa Sf thov
I SAID THAT I SAW NO FOREST j were giving the same energy and
TTRES. Our carelessness twith re-! enterprise to some productive indus-
gaird to forest f iires in the South is j try, either manufacturing or farming
almost a disgrace to our people. If
si man by his carelessness started a
fire wfhich hurned up your- smoke-hou
es or barns, you would raise a great
disturbance, but some worthless vag
abond may start a for set fire that
-wdfl do damage equal to the value
of a dozen smoke-houses or barnsi anc
THothSaig Is ever done about it.Tim
foer is becoming scarcer and scarcer
The merchant is a useful servant of
producers (provided there are
not stores enough already), but: the
merchant himself is not a producer.
We must come to see that there is
just much credit in making Southern
meat as there is in selling Western
meat; just as much credit in making
Southern goods as there is in selling
Northern goods and that in tb p- s
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There have been plenty of them, no
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condemned so vigorously, that every
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is privately owned, is condemned and
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Eckman's Alterative deserves atten
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Henry Clay said he would rather be
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' Weldon, 111., Feb. 3, 1906.
In July, 1905, my physician sent me
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for Consumption.
(Signed affidavit) Arthur Webb.
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