Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Agricultural I 9 Teaching Agriculture in the ed? Country Schools. tlH fro tin Progressfve Farmer. tea Of all valuable resources of tea the South, none possesses greater |le, possibilities than our brain re- jie sources, if properly utilized. un Thousands are reading agricul- ]10 tural literature, and are being SU( benefited by it, but many of Qp these even are slow to see and slow to act; while the] masses, i). numbering millions, are drifting ?taking a game of chance with nature instead of informing themselves and intelligently harnessing nature to some definite purpose. It does seem to [rae that one of the greatest needs! of the po South is an] awakening among P'( our educated and among educa- of tors which will facilitate industrial education in the public bl< schools, where the masses can P? so easily be reached. je< It is not enough that we have ?f GOO to 1,000 students per year in th each of our agricultural colleges. pl< We should embrace a like ar course (elementary) in our pub- b? lie and high school courses ot study for the hundreds of thou- ed sands of children who can never de reach any hut such schools. th Under such an arrangement, the masses will awake, early in Ca 1 i f <=? tn lli? nrws i hi 1 i t i ps nf t.ha , 1' 3U soil to which they will necesea to rily he pinned for life, but not is to a life of servitude such as'wi 11 result from neglect of the indus- afi trial feature in our educational tb system. by Just exactly how to launch jj0 such a campaign, however, is the problem. South Carolina th has had for more than ten years, th a'statute requiring that the ele- ro, ments of agriculture he taught j)t, in the public shools; yet out of tin an enrollment of more than 300,- So 000 children, there ia only 3-10 th? of 1 percent studying this branch s0 Even the hoys of your approcin- Tli tive subscibers in this ?ftate Cai seem fo he forgotten so far as foi this matter is concerned with K< their education. In one sense, tin everything is being educated sel away from the industrial, away an from the practical, toward the f;li professional, toward the imprac- |,e tical?unfiUed instead of fitted en for the life which the greater part is destined to lead. tj My purpose, Mr. Editor, is to resound the alarm, and beg that you give "line upon line [and precept upon precept" until you "rub it in" it necessary. wa I would not be regarded as tai pessimistic, however. The signs to of the times are favorable. We tin have more helpful literature of sel the industrial kind than tlie po world has ever previously wit- ch nessed. The musses, to[some ox- tin tent, are reading, and we realize 1 that a revolution along this line sol is slowly brewing and that (as ho most revolutions have come) it i will come eventually, at the de- sol mand of tlie common people, wh driven by stern Necessity, the 1 mother of great reforms. Come art it must, and come it will, but ho this process is slow, and is fraught ! with too much loss of time and at too much suffering. ric In some way we must reach our j iby is sold at $20, while the mericau baby is taxed $22.50 r it. Cashmere bouquet soap is sold the foreigner for $20.48 per ops, while the American is ulched to the tune of $30.24. For glycerine soapy he prices e, to the foreigner f'8 34, to the tizen of the United States $12.. >. For a long time the lie publican aders denied that the tariff alwed manufacturers to sell their Department. a Jcators and awaken them to' |Q } importance of this matter,; gr m the teacher of teachers to , nl s teachers themselves. "Like icher, liko pupil.'' If our ar ichers and other educatioual cj ids go at this work in a half- | jr arted way or perform the work der protest, as it were, we need ]e pe for but little even when i0 ill a course of stud}- is put into p, eration. Wade H. Barton, w spartment of Education. Co- tr luinbia, S. C. (1) Fall Plowing of Stubble. in ei In a previous article we have ^ iufedout the advantages of fall ri awing on sod land, especially blue grass or other sods of long ^ mding. Fall plowing of stub? is a somewhat different prosition. In either eaee the ob Jt is the same?the preparation an ideal seed bed. Whether e seed bed is nrenared hv fall li a ~I "J owing or spring plowing, there cl e three objects that must be ci rue in mind. c< First, the soil must be loo3en to a considerable depth in or- P r to receive the rain and carry d: e water downward Second, the water which is rried downward into the sub- ^ il must be brought back again tlie surface soil where the seed germinating. v Third, water thus drawn up ain should be conducted rough the plant and not wasted ,j evaporation, and for this pur 0| se before the seed is planted p e upper two or three inches of !l e soil mu"t be in such condition at the roots will have ample J1 run lor development, and es- j eially in the drier sections of S( e country there must fee a lid, to speak, put on the cistern, or e water-holding portion of the , : i . ? ii, in order 10 prevent waste.? li' lis is particularly true in Ilie se of corn, andean be provided by maintaining t he 6oil mulch. i?> leping this distinctly in mind, 3 farmer can determine for iiimf, under the varying conditions d circumstances under which 's rming is done, the methods st calculated to secure this d.?Kxchange. n 'ow the American is Skinned. Here are some samples of the iy whereby, under the present cm 31 rilf, manulncturers sell cheaper l, tlie fore;guer than they do to ^ e American. The borax trust O Is borax abroad for 3 cents a uud and in the United States arges 7| cents per pound for rtft 3 same article. O Grain threshers, 32-inch, are ^ d abroad for $300, while at ot me $100 are charged. Ai Sawmills, 21-foot carriage, are 1,1 d to the foreigner at $214, iile at hornp fb? r*ri/?o ia tior - |/i ?vv; ?o T"*"7' (HI Cight-horsepower farm engines > sold abroad at -1503, while at J> mi me the charge is $750. th Spades are sold to the foreigner th> $'.) per dozen, while the A me an is charged $12. to \ brass crib for the foreign ' roduct8 cheaper abroad than ley did at home, but finally ere unable to withstaud the uth auy longer. Then they turned around and ^fended the inequality by sayig it increased the manulactur*s' output to sell cheaper to the reign trade. Rut how d^es it help the Ame can to btfy dear that the foreign r may buy cheap ??Augusta hronicle. ?Vhat Hearst's Candidacy Cost Him. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 19 ?Wil am Randolph Hearst, Indepenence League and Democratic andidate for Governor, today srtified to the Secretary of State iat he had spent $256,370 in romoting his canvass. This was ivided as follows : Independence League $198, 70. Democratic State committee 57,000. Traveling expenses $500. Washington Children Got Tipsy on Candy. Washington.?Booze drops, le favorite candy of hunreds f high school pupils, has been ot under the ban by the local uthorities, owing to complaints oni parents thai children come unie tipsy and in a fair way to Bcome hard drinkers. The can y is flavored with rum and the jllers may be prosecuted. Famous Strike Breakers. The most famous strike breakers in t) e nd are I)r. Kind's New Life Pills. Wh>n cer and bowels go on strike, they quickly ttle tlie trouble, and the purifying work >es right on. llest cure for constipation, adacbe and dizziness 25c at J. F. ackey Co.. Crawford Bros., and Fnnderirk Pharmacy, druggists Clerk's Sale. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster. In the Common Pleas. tilth Bunking A Mercantile Co., Plaintiff, vs. . Jackson Bailey; The British A American Mortgage Company, Limited; and Maude (taiison and Adam M. (iauson, as Executrix ami Executor, respectively, of the last Will and Testament of William Gannon, deceased, Defendants. Pursuant to an order in the above stated ,se, signed by Judge Geo. W. Gage March st, 1 '.? ?4, I will sell at public auction at Iivnmoi < ?I1H nuuw, r>. lO 1116 Illgllt bidder, on Monday, the 3rd day of eceiuher, Mi tC, being the tirst Monday in eceuiber. the following parcels or tracts land, viz: 1. All that piece, parcel or tract of land knate, lying and being in IMeasaut Mill unship, >n the county and state a foreid, on the waters of Turkey (Quarter eek, containing one huudrcd and ten 10) acres, more or leas, and bounded and 'scribed as follows: On the north by tate lands of Keuben Bailey, deceased; i the east by lands of J. D. Hailey, decead ; on the south by estate lands of John udrews, deceased; and on the west by nds of J. D Bailey. 2. All that piece, parcel or tract of land luate, lying and being in l'leasant Mill wnship, in said connty and state, conining two hundred and sixteen (21t>) res, more or less, bounded and described follows: On the north by lands of Jan. Bailey, deceased; on the east by estate ads ot Oeorge F. Bailey, deccasod; on ? v... i?^.? 1 r. w t. - < - o nuuvn < ? miiin ui i/. u. nuuey; nuu on e went hy laud* of John Andrewn, dec'd. Terrae of halo -CASH. Pnrchaaer to rnply with the term* of ante within one 11 r from the time of hi* hid. Pnrchaeer pav for papere. J. F. G&EGOUY, J. I). JONEH, C. 0. 0. P. L. C. Plaintiffs Attorney. [WARNING!! I Standing on a plank that crossed a stream, m A dog chewed meat, with teeth agleam. C j He saw?reflected just beneath? \ ^ Another dog with meat in teeth. J ? He snapped, with greed, to get this, too? J W His own meat quickly dropped from view. W ? How many people make this mistake, ^ ^ And shadow, for the substance, take ? ^ C We know that acquaintance begets either confidence I j or mistrust, and so we are anxious for those customers \ who are not already on our "Band Wagon" to get aboard \ ^ , and know us. Below, see what we offer while the lots J ^ last. (Those good friends who have helped to make us J ^ what we are?boss price makers of Lancaster?are not m J excluded.) B I Here You Are : t ? 1200 yards 10c Outing going at 8 1-2 cents. V v cr* : itm 1.:? Tur:ii? di _l. i__a. ? : m & o\j pans niiivin miiis r>iaiitt.cis at last years prices. f m 10 Bolts Buck-Skin Jeans at last year's prices. m t $1,100 worth of Ladies' and Children's stylish Coats S j and Millinery arriving this week. ^ ^ The goose-bone says a long, hard winter. Come on J m with your orders and we will deliver the genuine goods. I* I Williams-Hughes Co 1 J C7VSI-I STORE. ? mm,' TOOK MS IMA I TUMBLE D0WHVIBD ? .. T o keep up with the staple that brings I ! us cash, I am point* to make some r1n<;e figures for your consideration : Magnolia Flour Best by test?$2.00 per sack, 98 pounds standard weight. All groceries at bottom prices. Cooking Stoves cheaper by $2.00 than the cheapest. When it comes to shoes, we sell them too cheap. And on dress goods, it is astonishing the prices we make. And we don't mind getting down when people love to 1 buy notions. Hats?If you want to be agreeably surprised come to see us. CLOTHING If you want an odd coat, overcoat, ladies' jacket and all this kind of goods, our prices will amaze you?in fact, dumfound you. Think of an overcoat, the very best quality, from $2.00 to $4.00. Come at once. J. C. Edwards in Bennett's Old Stand. -