Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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11 >Ti > THE PROJECT IS ANALYZED>h of COMMANDS W1DK PUBLICITY. th m Scope and Purpose of Conference For Common Good to be Held in Columbia Are Outlined. ^ Columbia Slate. "More than mere local interest at- m, taches to the South Carolina Conference for the Common Good, to be K held in Columbia on August 6 to 7, ror this is en experiment already be- I ing watched by the progressive citizens ot neighboring states, and one is nf pufliciently charged with ambition to Rl spread it to all parts of the Union. It Is no novel thing for teachers to meet wj In convention and discuss the needs m of their state with respect to school room education, no novel thing for m preachers to meet in denominational (o and even in interdenomational con- ro fer?*nce. Hunkers have their con- j ft ventions, farmers their meetings, *a If* phvsicians their societies. But it is new to have all of these profession- co al and business men together in one ^ conference dedicated to the common ta good. This is the South Carolina ex- n( periment." ti( COMMANDS WIDE PUBLICITY. th "Thus begins a 1,600 word article dispatched from Washington yesterday by Frederick J. Hasken, and . which Is today published In all of the ^ many newspapers which are subscrlbers to the Hasken service. By means (>a of Mr. Hasken's letter the conference ()t to be held In Columbia next month m Is brought to the notice of many thou- g( sands of newspaper readers scattered through the various states. Uf Mr. Hasken's analysis continues: ^ "The Conference for Education in the South, embracing all the South- ^ ern States, several ago confess- ov ed the discovery that education was too broad a word to be pent up in a school house, and so widened its range of activites as to inquire into ^ all the elements affecting the South- \ ern people. As most Southern people 'v live in the country, the rural aspect of the problem naturally assumed large proportions. At the last annual Tj conference, held in Richmond in April, especial emphasis was laid on (i] the matter of marketing crops as well as of growing them, particular attention was devoted to the vexing prob- q( lem of rural else, business men and js educntors and farmers were brought 1() together. But one annual conference . embracing a dozen states never can hope to reach the farmer in the fur- j row of the storekeeper behind the ^ counter. n( ORIGIN OF IDEA. tl< "A half dozen socially sensitive * South Carolinians soon after the Richmond meeting had demonstrated the fine hope of eo-operatlon. p wrote a circular letter to a hundred ' others of like minds and purposes w and called a preliminary meeting In Columbia for June 10. This gatherlng Issued the general call for the p' state Conference for the Common Good. "It Is the purpose at the meeting In August not only to discuss the problems confronting the people of . the state but to begin active work In attacking them. Permanent exeeu- * tlve offices are to be established, and the state conference will he held anV T1 nually hereafter. Then as soon as possible county conferences will he held, and while the state executive ^ headquarters will assist these local meetings, the intention is not to In- rv struct or to preach, but to give the gi people of each community a forum tli where they may discuss their own fa affairs in their own way and take di ' advantage of that wisdom that Presi- k< dent Wilson is so fond of saying is to v? be found in common counsel. This, pi Indeed, is the whole purpose of the vi movement?common counsel for the tli common good. tli SCOPE AND PURPOSE. "The tentative program for the si first state-wide conference?since ai the forum is to be free there can be g< no fixed program?indicates the cc scope and purpose of the movement, fc The first thing is to be a statement ei concerning the co-operation prob- ei lem In the South by Clnrence E. Poe, 01 editor of The Progressive Farmer of c? Raleigh, N. C. This will be followed ta by statements showing the loss to ai farmers on account of poor market- st ing. Representatives of the House- O wives' League and one or two pro- pi gresslve grocers and merchants next sc will discuss plans for creating a ef home market for home products? al plans to end the waste of throwing se away sweet corn in South Carolina cr in the summer and buying it in a can pi shipped from Iowa in the winter. TT Actual experiences in co-operative tli marketing, and a general discussion ol of the various methods of marketing ai me conon ana corn corps win ciose ?? the first session. "As the first session Is devoted to marketing, the second Is dedicated to the home, the social following naturally upon the economic problem. The discussion will follow four heads: Home ownership and good pf farming, home ownership and health, home ownership and the school, *>! home ownership and the church. This leads naturally to a consideration of . actual plans for aiding the tenant farmer to buy land, and for assisting . ^ the mill worker to buy a home. ? "Another season will take up the general topic of education with special reference In Improving school Jj, conditions in the state by providing j, more funds, by considering a com- Cf pulsory attendance law and planning w to use the schools as an Instrument fa for abolition of child labor and Improvement of sanitary conditions. Cf "Other special subjects will be the ol 'PmKIIc TTnnlfh 'Wnmon'o Pl.ih ti Work/ and further conferences be- dl tween business men and farmers on ol practical problems demanding imme- ki dlate solution. w PROBLEMS OF CITIZENSHIP. U Pi "At the end theso related eco- n< nomic, social, educational, agrlcul- w tural and business discussions will be ai brought to a focus in a more general consideration of the 'Problems of tJ Citizenship.' The building of a com- 1? . - ? y unity spirit is the whole purpose of e movement, and the best thoughts ! the workers will be addressed to is subject. "P. P. Claxton, United States coraIssioner of education, has given his >arty approval to the purposes of e conference and will address it at e closing session an 'Education and .lizenshlp.' i1 r A. P. Bourland, cretary or tne Conference Tor Edution In the South, where the new ovement had Its inspiration, will i present at all the meetings W. , Tate, state supervisor of elemenry rural schools and professor of dagogy in the University of South irolina, is the provisional president the conference, as he is also the tiding spirit in its organization, ipt. W. E. Gonzales of The Columa State is another of the leading | en interested in the conference. "The plan and purposes of the! ovement for the Common Good is 1 build up and utilize the natural sources of the state, its boys and rls as well as its acres and waterlls. To do this it is believed that is state conference with the county nferences following will be of great >lp in getting before the people cerln poononile iiupsUnns In a mannnr >t confused with partisan or fac>nal politics, and not obscured by e personalities of political leaders. TENANT FARMER PROBLEM. "It is the hope that these raeetgs will lead the farmer and the isiness man to see that their inter-, ts lie in a common plane and that ich helps himself by helping the her. In South Carolina, as in any other states, especially in the >uth, far-seeing men are deeply disessed by the wasteful methods of dng the soil. Here in South Carola the problem is made more diffiilt by the tenant farmer. To help lis class of farmers to become land vners is one of the chief purposes the conference. "Forty-five per cent of the white rmers of South Carolina are tenant rmers. They shift from place to ace. They have no abiding interest hich will lead them to build up the th schools or support churches, heir presence in the community nds to stratify the people into ases. "Mr. Tate believes that the greatit problem now to be solved in >uth Carolina (and the same thing true of other Southern states), is provide a way hv which the tenant rmer may acquire land. In other >untries this has been solved by the nd and mortgage bank, and a comission from the United States is >w in Italy attending an internaonal congress on agricultural creda. South Carolina intends to tackle le question at first hand and imediately. "The Conference for the Common ood, it may he *aid in review, will t up a forum where every man or oman in the state may he heard and here, first, will be asked the quesr?n. 'What's the matter with South arolina?' When that question is lswered the problem will be deflite and by common counsel and immon strength the leaders of this ovement believe they can eventualsav 'Vnthinc is the matter with Here Is a study in headless from le New York papers of Thursday: The Times: "Choalan Attack Shaki Connolly." The American: "Choalan's Accus is Unshaken in All-Day Inquision." The Sun: "Connolly Takes Part of Back. Has Bad on Stand." The World: "Connolly Unshqken i' Cross-Kxaminntion at Choalan rial; Tells of Demand for Note." And yet there are some people talk sout the conspiracies of the press; ley have even been saying that ndge Coalan is a victim of such a >nspiracy. Other people there are ho foolishly take such talk at its ice value. The fac is ,of course that there in be no such thing as a conspiracy ' the nress. Newsoaners are essen ally human. Their points of view Iffor Just as do the points of view f men. The readers of a newspaper now its general character and Judge hat Is has to say by the standard of ist character. There are wise newsipers and foolish newspapers, good swspapers and bad. Just as there are ise men and foolish men, good men [id bad. "You pays your money and you ikes your choice."?News and CouriT. Mith rarolina.' " lie Same Thing is True Nearly All Over the South. radesboro (N. C.) Ansonian. Farmers and others living In the iral districts are negliecting the eatest money-making opportunity lat has ever come to this section, in iling to raise enough country proice to supply even the home mar?ts. Eggs, chickens, meats and 'gctables are selling at fabulous ices, compared to their market ilue of only a few years ago. But le price is not the saddest part of ic situation, since it is almost imlssible for housekeepers of the town i secure enough country produce to lpply their families. Fresh eggs e scarce at 20 cents per dozen and >od butter is hard to obtain at 20 >nts per pound. Hens sell readily >r 50 cents each and spring chickis, when found at all, are 50 cents ich. Country hams are seldom seen l the market and cucumbers, beans, ibbage, garden peas and other vegeibles are shipped in from Florida ntKor Qnnthorn ft n rl WpQtpril ates to supply the homo markets, f course those sell at very high rices, as they must he handled by (veral middlemen and express chargi paid. We are not complaining lout the prices, but would like to >e farmers and others of Anson >unty reap their share of these high rices for products grown at home, nless the home folks take care of lose fancy markets, truckers from her sections are sure of come in id take away the money that should 'main at home. The Point of View. THE LANCASTER NEW S, A "LAZY HUKHAND LAW" Sp State of Washington Imprisons Men and Pays Families. mc "The lazy husband law" is the name popularly given to an act lately passed by the Washington legisla- f . i i.. . va' iuib, auu us purpose is to maKe U ' easier to compel men to support their ..' families To this end it is provided . that they can be haled into court by c fortunate in any case; it is absurd lect, and stiff penalties are provided. Is including imprisonment with hard PJ"labor, the proceeds to go, as they should, to the family. "n The State does a poor service to a KeI family when it imprisons its bread- J511 winner and either keeps him id!e or confiscates his earning. That is un- j* fortuante in any case; it is aburd *rf when the offense Is precisely the neg- jn lect of the family which the State aggravates in punishing the offender ?p The Washington law should work ' well, provided it does not tempt offlclous outsiders to meddle in cases un where they will do more harm than PVI good. Every family has its own prob- J"1 iems, and in unhappy cases the seat : of the trouble often lies deeper than the meddlers realizer. "All happv *?nun ? ..? ..? sei lauiiiren, tnjii luiniui, ?re illlHf; . each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." I gii lei Mosquitoes. he Exchange. thl Where mosquitoes are not infected an they are still objects of interest. In J"" certain sections just now they are so fai irritating and annoying that some sp' City people are wishing that they had a not gone to the country, and certain others are glad they have not moved . to the country. J To prevent mosquitoes from bit- !T( ting, Howard recommends: * ( Oil of citronella, one ounce; spirits mi of champhor. one ounce; oil of cedar. J}.? one-half ounce. c A few drops of this on 'a towel at the head of the bed will answer if the mosquitoes are not especially hungry. To rub some on the face and hands is better. It fhe mixture has evaporated before morning and J the mosquitoes are no longer kept at hay. substitute for it the following: .p. Oil of citronella, one ounce; liquid vaseline, four ounces; or 20 drops of oil of citronella to an ounce of vasellnP ic" To ease the hurt of a bite, use soap. Moisten a cake of toilet soap ? and touch it to the bite. Ammonia ha im .i liiiriy goon suosmuie. Gorgas tells us that, as a rule, w( mosquito bars and screens do not . keep rooms wholly free from mos- ^(1 quitoes. In a malarial country enough will pet throuph ordinary ? screeninp to infect. Mosquitoes are persistent and they are certain to find imperfections in the screeninp. (jj Howard tells us to use bars and k screens with 20 mesh to the inch and hi not to try anythinp less than 15. ar Rut the preat shortcominp is in the ar cracks around the screen. Gorpas j says that an ordinary* carpenter will a never make things mosquito-proof. 0j Howard advises that, where bars are fti used, one should not retire until he , has pone over his mosquito bar with ? needle and thread and patched the holes. To catch the mosquitoes in the ' room the following method is used: ( A cup is nailed throuph its bottom to the end of a broom handle. A teaspoonful of kerosene is put in the ; cup. It is easy to catch the mos- . quitoes resting on the ceiling with 41, ID A . v.l J 4- - ni>.->. t\ piinnn luiuulf l I i?r>l?*II?-<l IU H ; stick has been used in the same way. Mosquitoes are not travelers. Rarely do they go. or are they carried more than 800 feet. If a wind storm is brewing, the mosquitoes will , seemingly sense it early and get into cracks and under leaves. The man who keeps his premises free of mosquito breeding places for a distance of 300 feet from his house i will have little trouble with mosquitoes. To keep pools free from wigglers, sprinkle with oil about once every two weeks in hot weather. Use t a mixture of four parts of heavy , crude oil and one part light. The oil ' on the surface must remain un- i broken. A spray is the best method 1 to apply. A sprinkling can will do If there is a fountain or pool in the yard keep gold fish or top minnows ' in it. If a neighborhood or village wants to know how to run a mosquito campaign. let some one get Henna* "Ma- J laria" and rend how some California communities campaigned. Perfectly Correct. Columbia State. It Is reported that Mr. Albert Bur- ' leson, the postmaster general, arises at 5 o'clock In the morning and retires at 8 o'clock in the evening. While we are not prepared to defend these hours as a habit for the whole year, it is the simple truth that the J early hours in the summer are, for ; work or play, worth twice so much as are those of any other part of the j day or night. One can really enjoy oneself between 5:80 a. m. and 8 a. 1 m. in July and at no other time of the day or night perhaps. ''Why do people stay up late at night anyway? The answer is simple and plain. The average man is too lazy to retire early: lie prefers to sit still in his chair or to wander about to the exertion of making ready for bed. Once he has mustered the resolution and energy to go upstairs and get into his bed, he falls Hsieep ana, neeuing eignt hours, the temptation to stay In bed until the latest possible moment In the morning Is tremendously powerful. Laziness increases often with sleep. Thus nearly everybody except Postmaster General Burleson loses, in the summer, the cool and bracing hours of the twenty-four. i Causes of Stomach Troubles. 3edentary habits, lack of out door exercise, Insufficient mastication of food, constipation, a torpid liver, worry and anxiety, overeating, partaking of food and drink not suited to your age and occupation. Correct your habits and take Chamberlain's Tablets and you will soon be well again. For sale by all dealers. I JULY 22, 1913. "Puritanical." artanburg Herald. Thus exclaimed a girl In the Rich>nd police court yesterday, in dlssted comment on the judgment of s court, fining her $25 for appear5 on Richmond'8 Broadway In a ry much "silt" skirt. It has ever en the way of some to answer critsm by burling epithets at the tics. But "puritanical"?what about It? i the rising tide of comment on ev- | f side, which by its very existence jws how the fashion of women's i ?s8 is tending; to emphasize mere ' isual suggestion, to be regarded as ( ritanical, viz., foolishly scrupu- I is? The worst eenray that woman- . id have to deal with is the ill-con >lled sensuality of the other sex. j a thousand ways its poisonous tail \ drawn across human society, de- . Ite church and state, despite piti- | I tragedy, despite ages of efforts to I ^iblish control. The old Puritan derstood and strove to keep down pry incidental suggestion of oppornity that might become an ally of 8 enemy. He did go to an extreme, t he was no fool. But now the very women them[ves, though a better portion of pm are fighting bravely against the emy, are in the majority?young Is that know not what they do? iding subtle aid to the enemy. The art of woman expresses Itself rough voice and eye and mouth dtliatelusive something we call exession In her whole face. But the shion devotees are deliberately eking, it would appear, to distract tentlon from these and boldy direct otherwise. In the end it will be the women 10 suffer most when the harvest )m this sowng is fully reaped. >ne can doubt this who know huan nature and understand the wer of what is called "sugges>n." The Poor Farmer Boy. axhaw Enterprise. The poor farm-working boy! A y or two ago we saw four Waxhaw > 8 who are working a little farm ar town going out after dinner, ley were going to hoe in a field by e creek near a good swimming hole d besides their hoes they had a icket, a dipper, a nickel's worth of ?, a dime's worth of lemons. Now isn't it hard on them to go to the Id? 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Loans and Discounts. .. 3140,978.09 Overdrafts 1,9 81.88 Furniture and Fixtures. 2,876.08 Due from Banks and Bankers 16,472.88 Currency 1,449.08 Gold 927.68 Silver ahd Otner Minor Coin 324.38 CheckB and Cash Items 166.48 Total $166,176.08 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid In.. I 60.000.00 [Surplus Fund 1,250.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid 6,208.07 Dividends Unpaid.. .. 12.00 Individual Deposits Subi ject to Check 18,482.00 Time Certificates of Del posit 9,904.01 Cashier's Checks 317.00 Bills Payable, Including Certificates for Money Borrowed. .. 80,000.00 Total 2166,170.00 ] STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancanter?ss. Before me came w w Cashier of the above named bank, who, being sworn, says that tlM above and foregoing statement is * true condition of said bang, aa shown by the books of said bank. W. H. MILLEN. Sworn to and subscribed befora me this 12th day of June, 19i$. W. P. ROBINSON. Notary Publle. Correct?Attest: E. B. LINGLE, W. T. GREGORY, W. P. 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