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OLD CEDAR MOUNT ACADEMY One-Room School That Helped Pa?i the Way for State's School System. (Prom the Greenville Piedmont.) "An old humble building in ap pearance still standing on a high hil about one-half mile, above the ol< homestead of the late James W. Da? iel, Esq., on the old Greenville am Augusta road, ought to be preserve* as a monument to the great wori accomplished within its walls," say.1 Dr. J. W. Daniel in one of his valua able and entertaining articles of re miniscences in the South Carolim * ' t+ woe a huild' Christian Advocate, u _ ing of only one room and was knowr as Cedar Mount Acaciamey. In recor struction days when Laurns countj was under martial law, when tR< State was under the domination oi ihe infamous carpetbaggers and the ignorant negores, and when good men of that section were arrested and carried to prison to prevent them from voting, L. T. H, Daniel kept the school open and "saved many boys from growing up without an opportunity to fit themselves foi efficient service for life." Every morning 'the teacher came into the room took a pistol from his pocket, laid it within reach and then read from the Bible. At other times Con federate veterans "came in with gun and concealed themselves in in? woods near the school room to pro tect it from insult and rowdies who prowled about the country." So the school went on doing its work effi ciently. Many of the pupils were Oonfe<terate veterans who "cipher ed" under the oaks about the school house, for it was too small to contain all the pupils comfortably. Among those who had their schooling there were the late -United States District Judge Joseph T. Johnson, the late Wi H. Wharton, for many years su perintendent of the Epworth Or phanage; Dr. D. W. Daniels, of Clem son College; Dr. W. W. Daniel, for merly president of Columbia Col lege; Prof. J* W. Daniel, of the chair of history in the Wesleyon Fe male College; Dr. J. W. Daniel. Judge H. H. Watkins of the United States Court for the Western Dis trict of South Carolina, is from that community. Cedar Mount Academy was an ex ception to the general condition of public schools in South Carolina in that dark era. John S. Reynolds, in his "Reconstruction in South Caro lina," observes: "The free school system was worse than a failure. Of the $300^ 000 appropriated t the session of 1871-72 not a dcilar wa^ available for the pay of teachers, this entire fuh4 having been applied tQ other claims. Teacher's pay certificates f/vU J; i"15 b? luuivus ujsvuu/jta?usu ally 50 per cent?and in some coun ties were absolutely valueless. The school commissioners, with occasion al exceptions (chiefly in the coun ties controlled by whites) were in Competent to do even the routine "work of the office?much less were they able to organize, maintain or e.^and a schod system. The school fee8isons were irregular; the teacher's became discouraged; the white tax payers were naturally disgusted and the entire system had' sunk into a ,state of disrepute and worthless re:;*." Let the young f>outh Carolinian of today never forget that it was the iron determination of taen like that school teacher with his pistol, and like those concealed Veterans in the woods ready to shoot that pavsd the way for the Palmetto State to have a school system, which, while far from what it should be, is a thou sand times better than any they had or builHed in their dreams for fu ture. HIS CLOTHES IN THE MUSEUM Ambassador Jean Jules Jusseranc for the last twenty years the repre ?>entative of France in the Unitec States has a sense of humor that i: a constant delight to Washington. What is probably his prize qui] was made some years ago, when th< public was engaged in laughing a ri diculous statue out of the capito / grounds. This statue was of Georgi / Washington. It represented the Fa ther of his Country sitting, entirel; nude, amid the snows and wintr; blasts of Captain hill, one finge raised solemnly above his head. "I know just what he is saying,' Mr. Jusserand opinioned. "He is say ing: "My soul is in heaven and m; c'othes are in the National Museum, A GOOD WORK FOR THE SKUNK (New York Times) Althouh the skunk socially is not a pleasant animal, he possesses great economic value,. Generally despised sometimes with a bounty offered for his destruction, and under the ban of both farmer and sportsman, the animal now has become a recognized 1 asset of the communities in inhabits. The skunk indirectly conserves the food supply by preying upon insects and other enemies of crops. Among fur animals it is second in impor tance in the United Stat'es, the muskrat alone exceeding it in total 1 value of fur produced. * The Bureau of Biological Survt-y ' of the Department of Agriculture has collected some interesting data regarding the skunk. The three fur animals still fairly abundant in the United States, the bureau finds, are I the muskrat, the mink and the skunk ^: Of these the muskrat is most likelv I .' to retain its numbers since it multi II plies rapidly and, properly protect ed as in no danger of extenction ex ' cept -where swamps are drained for ' j agriculture. si The mink breeds but once a year, , j and close trapping has already made 11 it scarce over wide areas. Its choice of banks of streams and marsh lands* i as a habitat aids in its preservation, i. but unless given more adequate pro jection it cannot long survive the i high premimum on its pelt. i The skunk, although not yet in J danger of extinction, is likely soon s | to be even more closely trapped, as . its pelt has great intrinsic value and ijthe demand for it has not yet fully 'developed. The three fur animals j named are economically the most im 11 portant ones, because each is widely distributed and adapted to a variety !of climatic conditions. If, as is be | lievod, they can be domesticated or . successfully reared in captivity their breeding may became a means of I profit in most parts of the United States. Restricted in North America The common large skunks are re jstricted wholly to North .America, j They range northward to Nova Sco-j j tia, the Hudson Bay country, and i British Columbia; and southward; through the greater part of Mexico.! : including part of Lower California, j lo Guatemala. The number of spe-1 cies recognized is nine, with eight sub-specicies, or geographic races.; ' Fifteen of the forms occur within j j the United States. As these species ; ' and races are not separately recog- j nized in the fur trade, in general, | the more northern forms have the '> finer fur: but in the fur trade the' pelts are graded, according to the'r j amount of white in th?? pelage. In| .the best grade, No. 1, are placed i J those in which there is no white or! 1 in which the white areas do not ex- j j tend much beyond the head and i neck of the animal. Ion harvesting and j storing SWEET potatoes] i ? ! Clemson College, May 7.?Annu-j .'<llly 25 to 50 per cent of the entire j JSveet potato crop placed in storagej I is lost because of poor methods cm-j i ployed in harvesting and storing the J 'crop according to the horticulturists of the Extension Service of Clemson College; and yet th:s easily grown I crop can also be easily saved by pro I per attention to the three important 'factors of harvesting, grading and I curing. To help meet the demand for in j formation on these subjects the Ex ' tension Service has just issued Ex tension Bulletin 47, "Harvesting and rStoring Sweet Potatoes," by Geo. P. II Hoffman, Extension horticulturist, . and A. E. Schilletter, assistane Ex tension horticulturist. The publica tion is one of unusually timely in I it rest and importance because of the fact that the sweet potato is rapid j ly becoming an important crop in ^ *i- ^ 1:? dOUtn ^aruilllct lai'iiiing, capcvi<xuj Hi j the lower part of the state. 5 The new publication contains in structions in the harvesting, grading j and storing of sweet potatoes, and a detailed information concerning the operation of the curing houses, as 2 well as bills of material for sweet B potato houses of 500 bushel, 1000 bushel, 2,500-bushel, 5,200-busheI, P and 15,000-bushel storage houses. This bulletin and all other publi r cations of the Extension Service may be had upon application. The first domestic reindeer V.ou&ht to Alaska were imported in 1 CfGO f A ?vi f i (jt'b : j will uivvim* ? i > good-NaTured and haiio. I l English Visitor Pays Tribute to Vir tues He Noted as Distinguishing American People. A vrhile ago 1 published a nrtio book on a tour i made in America dur ing war time. I dedicated it "To the kindest people in tbe world," and I put the dedication In Latin to spare their blushes. Should I write another work of the same kind, 1 think I should dedicate it "To the most good | ua'.urcmj, luiuraiu auu puuein ijtrujin; i ; in th?? world," writes Sir Arthur E. { Shipley in the Outlook. Although as the election grew 'm- ' mincnt interest in it became keen and I ! discussion eager, still 1 only. once | heard an acute disagreement between || j the .supporters of the rival candidates. j and this was between a husband and I wife. It seemed based upon a funda- | j mental difference of opinion on thai j most innocuous and unexciting fluid ? j milk. [ As a rule the discussions were mos? | I amicable, and usually finished up, aft ? j er tlie method of Lincoln, In a Joke or ? a story. Their toleration equals their J good humor. They bear patiently | ! every variety of religious dogma; jj | these are almost as numerous in the i j United States as are patent medicines. i They quietly endure and ignore the II I most infernal noises. Owing to the | j enormous distances one has to trav | erse in the states, one spends a crn I niderable part of one's time on the I I tratfn and it is this reason which pos- | sihiy accounts for the fact that \meri- | cans persist In talking on the cars. ! Mr. Lucas has recently reminded us I that Carlyie bequeathed certain book!' j( to Harvard university because of Ms r esteem and regard for the American people?"particularly the more silent II part of them." The latter exist not j{ only in the imagination of the Chelsea j phjlosophcr. They are perhaps noi ? very numerous, still they exist ? IT MEAT UNDER PERPETUAL BAN I Residents and Visitors on Island of Valamo, Finland, Must Obey Law Centuries Old. i Every day is fish day on the little j Island of Valuuio, Finland, 12 squares j mill's in area. Almost ten centuries J ago monks of tlie Greek Catholic j church embarked on Lake Ladoga to i find a new home and landed on Vala j mo. A fine old monastery they built and 1 framed a law that from that day on | no moat should ever be eaten on the 1 island. Uemitly several members of i the Ahutu-sin Hi'd Cross stationed at I i lie Russian refugee camp at Viborg. j made a Journey lo tlie island and .were ! entertained at lunch In the monns j wry bui11 to replace the one destroyed in 1751. The old law Is still observed | by the -4.~>o monks now living there. [ From the day they arrive on the island to the day Hsey leave or die no meat is eaien by them. Husky, strong and living to a good old age. ibis lark of meat as food is not ap parent in their build. For lunch the Americans had fish in several forms, fried, baked and in soup, but always lisle Ii'iuting is barred, (rapping Is ta:(_. boo, so that temptation In the shapejl of meat may never come. S-mokb": j| also is banned. ... . j.'T *0 Aerial Mail fo'r~?hlne&v. W*hHtt *ihSTivg Tso Lin, who today domjnatcs the north of China, was wondering just what he would do with six airplanes which he ordered from England the qupstion of the disposal of three of them was settled for him. He was undecided whether to use * nurnAcno nr -Pni*" thn establishment of a mail service, in no eunlanee witli the terms of the con tract. N'hjle debating the question he ordered three fo be sent to Mukden. ^ \ife? tlie r? iiinffulerToPuptiiicty for military ptlr potts'. JSSB shipped to Mukden were loaded on flat cars and started on their way. Some distance from Tient sin they bumped a railroad bridge and were not only smashed but also put the bridge out of commission. So it looks as though those who expected to get their mail via the air route arc doomed to disappointment. President ObregOn of Mexico Ii?h given his sanction to bull fighting by uppcartng one Sunday afternoon when Rodolfo Gaona and Ernesto Pasior fought jointly. He occupied a ring side seat. When Pastor, playing the last bull, made what appeared to be n death thrust, the President arose to leave and the band Immediately struck up the national anthem. The hull, however, was not dead and start ed to charge. At the sound of the an them he stopped in his tracks, lowered his head, and with Pastor standing nt rigid attention not three feet from the bull's horns, the hymn was completed A second later the bull tumbled over dead. Veteran flghtgoers asserted th? spectacle was the strangest ever seen in the Mexico City arena.?Brooklyn Eagle. Then All Was Quiet Junior has reached the age of tn qulsltiveness. With grandma, he wa*!j making a social call. He noticed thai the piano was not in the same posi tion as the one at home, that the dav enport was different, and that th< library table was of another design and called attention to the facts ir. tones that all heard. "Grandma," he said, finally, "haven", (hey ROt any more chairs?" "Why rf course they have. Not* keen qr!ot." J "Weil, why Is that mart slttlrg 01 jj Uie piano moo! then?" gflfiBfflBBBBBgBBBggfea iffl I ] ] ! 1 Ale Statement of Th of th< Planters Abbeville. At the close of May 9, I [ Resourc Loans and Discounts Overdrafts . . . Bonds Banking House Furniture and Fixtures . Cash Due from Banks . Total Liabilit Capital . f ? Surplus and Profits Bills Payable , . DEPOSITS - Total PLANTERS Abbeville, "The Friendly The Home of Over 1000 OFFICE J, &. STARK, Pres. OT H. & HOWIE, Asst Cash. 1 DIRECTOR! j. S. STARK L. C. PARKER OTTO BRISTOW J. D. KERR !!UOIJUlJOUl!Jl!J!Ul3ltf01TS3l3 OTTSlT rt ' ' ictive e Condition n DanK South Car. business )2I $223,857.81 1,618.72 . 23,482,00 . 11,000,00 . 7,010.81 .' 466,751.25 $733,720.59 $50,000.00 5,621.94 58,000.00 620,098.65 $733,720.59 ) ' n t in/ ' DAM s. c. Bank" Bank Accounts. RS: TO BRISTOW, Cashier f. R. GALLMAN, Teller w. h. white j f barnwell h. a. benton j l. McMillan j. a gilliam