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2 THE RURAL COMMl THE UNION SUA (By James D. Burton, Represents- ter t< tive, American Sunday School Court Union, Oakdale, Tenn.) 1914: This article has to do with the "A rural population of the Carolinas. zens 1 What Is set forth herein will apply reasoi in a large measure to conditions as poorei they are found throughout the rural consid communities of the South. Com- a cont munity betterment is uppermost in uae to the minds of ou.* statesmen and l??ad- RO not ers everywhere, and any study that selves will throw light upon the subject at disast< this time it is hoped will prove profita^e* values North and South Carolina are dis- increai tinctly rural states. Eighty-five per am| at cent of the population lives in thefts inei country, in isouin raronna, oi 1110 man r white people. 33.1 per cent are iir- 'and oi ban, while 66.9 are rural. The wel- tj0n in fare of the country is fundamental, and ts not only because of its own activities, return but also because of the further fact a cons that it will ultimately furnish the wealth larger share of our city population, and to The last census contains some very tenant) interesting figures which illustrate oroach this drift of the young man to town, must < Age for urban and rural population farmer In South Carolina, male, is as fol- paid f< lows: tendin; ?Percentage of Population? or moi Ago? City. Country. Under 5 years 12.4 15.5 1 nc Prom 5 to 9 years. ... 10.5 13.3 natural Prom 10 to 14 years..10.9 12.1 ance ai Prom 15 to 19 years..10.4 10.9 tion ai From 20 to 24 years.. 10.7 9.2 , Prom 25 to 31 years.. 18.0 13.9 From 3 5 to 4 4 years. .12.5 9.8 ments i Prom 4 5 to 64 years.. 12.9 12.5 the c Over 65 years 2.3 2.9 ignorar WHAT THK8K STATISTICS PROVE pants c These figures indicate: method First. That the birth rate in the thercfo country is higher than in the city. js done Second. That there is a steady elevate drift of young men to town. boys in Third. That the religious influ- only fo euces ai worn in me coiinirv win |i,ri, po largely determine the future course of these young men on moral issues of the day. Alon, Between the ages of 15 and 34 las there are in the country in South sn'%''- ^ Carolina 05,838 nten. These ere the <'u,r('H men on whom the state must depend suPP<>rt for the raw material out of which its An wealth is produced. They will deter- '',>noni* mine largely the attitude of the Iminil> state toward law enforcement and s ro,lK matters of civic concern. Many of or fun them will he drawn to the cities to Pc,'1,lP! become leaders in the business life of p, r 1110 the state. Their attitude toward the ',1K' so church will determine largely the re- 'ometii ligious vitality of the commonwealth. ns,!n' t Most of them will be the heads of 'na,ion families, for in the country 82.8 per ,ll? *^e cent of the men between 25 and 4 4 wnin^ years of age are married; while is :sl 1,11 the city only 7 2.2 per cent are mar no ried. In the city IS.2 per cent of the ,:,u' v' men under 25 years of age are mar- 'ann?t ried. The proportion of marriages S(>'lon' decreases with the size of the town. P,Min,p In Charleston nnlv C.7 r?r>r wnt nf ' men between 2f> and 4 4 years are married, while in Columbia this is at inf 69 per cent. which It is a sad fact that the man in the ma,*p country is relatively more poorly ,,lft ''? prepared to m?et the larger respon- '',OSP ' sibilities of earing far wife and clill- lour ? dren than his brother in town. A The very large proportion of illiteracy is Hiurcli found in the country. According to what the last census, in South Carolina, of of 'he native while males over ten years of hie to age living in cities, 3.9 per cent were ?"Rht illiterate. While of the same class v'hip ii living in the country 11.9 per cent niaintt were illiterate. The TIIK FARM TENANT PROBLEM. Ia<k ? Another fact which contributes to sence the difficulties of the problem is the amuse wide prevalence of tenantry in the d'fficu Carolinas. In South Carolina 4a per nation cent of the white farmers are ten- s<iuart ants. In North Carolina 34 per cent 'pm 's are working land which thev do not more own. The tenant system is not only 'n destructive of the best type of farm- rura' Imr. but it nlso reacts strongly and ' unfavorably on the social conditions. The tenant does not acquire an abid- ri ing interest in his community. Fie is to ')0R frequently illiterate himself, and is | we aK indifferent to the development of a I Cf good school. The fact that he shifts nre from place to place prevents him ' from taking a permanent place In the ' nder church or Sunday school. Ills pov- rea' 1 erty and his inability to appear as ro"?P< well as his land-owning neighbor pre- niay ^ vent him from taking part in the general community social life. His nnt p natural suspicion and envy of the .. , . .. Itlieiii man more prosperous than h'mself tends to set up walls of div'sion. The which frequently separate the land- ^ow f owners and the tenants into hos?i'e nencti camps, not only in politics but a!"o starts in their attitude toward community ^>0f'v * improvement. In some ce?es th's bostlle ntttnde is intensified by ar- p?jn f roganco or oven injustice on the part ment e' the more prosperous and powerful. 1 The following extraet is taken from "p^R United States Senator Tillman's let- fts mu tllk lancast TT'm.TW'T'Xr A KTI\ I rollllon is the basis of [ 11\ I I Y A |V 13 spiration to higher vir 1/1,11 M ,)ubllc or private. A "XT' Qmrifkl That the Sunday scl A t3Lli V render this service is t of many who have stud , lem. One of these exp? > The Charleston News and . , , , , # *....... u know of no better place er, under date of August 15, , . the problems of rural ] to develop constructive certain class of our fellow cltl- communlty bunding tha lave been very unjust and un- gchooj #. lable in their dealing with the s Jn rural communities r people, treating them with no twQ Qr more denomll leratlon whatever and showing lheso tftken 8eparateij ernpt for them. It did not we&k f(jrce the ciUzel i be so, and it ought not to be unj^e jn support of v. We should all address our- day school- Thls WOulc to the remedy lest it bring dire the con8olldati0n of th< jr upon the commonwealth." nominatlons. but would rapid appreciation in land rotnmnn Sunday school all over the state is constntaly oraj welfare of the conn sing the percentage of tenancy 8ame principle should a ;gravatlng these conditions. It jected rural communitb easingly difficult for a young cburch organizations are alsed on the farm to secure j WoRK OF AMERICA f his own. The rapid apprecla- I SCHOOL UNI( values, low rate of assessment por ninety-one years t ixation. and the good annual sunday School Union, wt s on land investments offer | terg ln ti,e c|ty of Philn tant temptation to men of been grappling with a living in town to buy farms, j 8aive some of these p run them by white or negro has organized, and is r s. The South i3 rapily ap-! inf, moro Sunday schoc ing the time when the state I 0ther agency in the worl levise some way by which [morris K. Jesup, of the s may purchase land to be j commerce, of New Yor ir In annual installments ex- j one of its distinguished ; over a period of twenty years Mr Martin L. Finckel ? phia. is now the preside! vices of the country are the ciety. Tho work of th outgrowth of isolation, ignor- Sunday School Union is id the lack of religious direc- a board of managers, c id leadership. The drinking thirty-six judicious. Chi wuyism ai sriiool entertainness men. They are from and other social gatherings in | nominations and donate onntry usually spring from1 vices. The society also ice on the part of the partici-l known vice presidents in f other and more intellectual j The object of the so s of having a good time. It pressed in the following re appears that anything that; establish and niainta to improve the conditions or schools and to publish a the ideals of the men and moral and religious publ the country will he done not Its aim is as follov r the present but for the i'u- child in rural America iteration. ' school, and a llible in ei IK COUNTRY CHURCH. "In laboring to promot ..... . . ,| object it uses two princip g this line the country church J 1 The living teacher euliarly difficult problems to ' ... ,. 2. The printing press here are in the country more , .. . . . This calls for the cmi *s than can be adequately ? . . .. , ,, . ,, , .. . . Union Sunday school i ed. Especially is this true , . ,. ... ' When a man s support there are two, three or more . . . ,, , ' from a church or indiv nations in the same com- . . ... ... . given a commission will In this case neither is .... . . . . ment of territory. The 1 enough to support a pastor . , . , . . , . .. T, . field is conducted in ahi lisli a congregation. Kadi . , . . . lowing manner: i has Preaching once or twice j Th(> Slin,lnv s,.h inn, sometimes in tne morn-1 , . , , I arv makes a religious si metimes in the afternoon, and j , , . . . , , 1 field assigned to his ca nes at night. The gregarious . . ,. . . . ? , , certains the vital facts o is often stronger than denorn- , , , ... . ? social and religious i>ro| al cohesion. The members of .. . . . ,, . , , , ? community depend. He thodlst church, especially the .. . ?i??? v , ,, with religious organizat people, want to go to the Hap- ? , , , . , ,. , 11 1 field aiul seeks out the 1 troll on the day when there is , .. . . for the establishment of aching at their own church, , , , - ,, dav schools of all denom ce versa. They frequently) , ... 1 make out monthly repo do this, and go to Sunday I . .. of the work accomplis at their own church. The su- ? , , , I field, and torwards si ndent and teachers grow tirod | Ani<,rican SuiuIay School r efforts to hold the school to-, Seoom, With (ho ai(, , and it suspends operations | .. . . . M,? H ' lications issued by the ervals. A Bible studv class 0 the Sunday school mis would be a great success if . . .. u. vides the communities h< up of all the young people in . , ' moral and religious pub mm unity fails miserably when ,)ooks are publlahed , ire divided up among three or gaiuUon of lhe committ liurc his. cations, consisting of t pastors of most country from various deno les live in towns and are some- christians. The meml removed from the social life committee come from no community. If it is not possi-' five or six denomination ? consolidate organizations it oight or ton denominati to be possible for all to wor- represented. Not rnort ii the same building and to (Rn be of the same''enor tin a common Sunday school. no hook ran he pv,olislu isolation or country life, its which any member of tl if social organization, the ah- shall object. These br of satisfying recreation and .,0ld for profit, and ma ments for old and young. thejaWay to individuals am lties in some places of denomi-, The Amorimn sm al church work, must be rnion now have five m ily faced before the rural prob- |n the Carolinas. Then i solved. Social causes arejmany more. It is ho] powerful than economic causes i nominational zealots wi lermining the course of the Mock the progress of thl community. The society is patriotic ^ION SUNDAY SCHOOUS. and does not organize v shall we permanently better attempt in any way to t iral community? We are told prerogatives that bcloni :in at the centre, but what shall ions denominations, ree upon as the centre? Is it in other states, afte >untry church? What if there I speetIon of the methods vo or three churches dividing] the American Sunday ? community??a common fact.1 and of the results of 1 such conditions there is nr>| rural districts, busine inity, and rarely any effective cheerfully making invest >ration. The public school, form of Christian work >e a centre for physical and in- ing reports from thei oal improvement, but it does tives of work accompl retend to teach religion. Yel various fields. P?'--Th" ccware of Ointments conecMt'on of the hlood tn 'ts That Contain M ?hs"b opin. SMan's T 'ni;nor,t ate* to the conation e-d the htood to flow free'v. The it tbronxti the nuioou i warmth is renewed: tho pain *;^hysi'cUo! ie. The "man or woman who th< v w u <io i* n-a r..iii t<> tt.o i ite.-mit'sm. nenralrln or other ^'] l?>d faMs to keep Sloan's Idnl- cnnlulns io mercury, unit l? In their home Is I ke a dn-'o- t W nan refusmg a rope." Why euro u- mirr yon ?f>t thr k<hu . cS; "!."'1 0. 11 AO hettio hold six times ^ ,iy l>nMrp,.n.. prim?. 71 ch as 25c size. 3 I 'Xuke LUU'a K?u.Uy I'tih ft* KRNKWS, SI'.l'TKM HIQli 24. 10Jo. anil the In- "Happy School Days." ? tue, whether Abbeville Medium. r k\ Another season of instruction for aiml 100I can best youth of the community is before us. he testimony Let us meet It as becomes an enied the prob- lightened people who seek to Rive Nc >rts says: "I their offspring an education which of h to discuss all will enable them to successfully cope bers progress, and with the many obstacles that will be- ing. plans for real iet their pathway through life. quel n the Sunday "But that Is up to the teachers? if yj what can we do?" you say. Sliyi , made up of may perform our own duty in latlons, and premises by extending to the inr, present a structors our loyal support and en- ns ought to couragement, both by act and word. _ a union Sun- may impress upon our children ??? 1 not require ,lie noce9Bity and importance of ab> various de- soiute obedience to the will of the * i mum in in ?j teacher. for the gen-j We may jn8tui into their young uunity. The | nijmj8 the knowledge that unlets ppl> to nt-K ?hey improve their educational ad-, B8 where no vantage8 an(j opportunities of today,, malnta ne . commercial advantages of toSUNDAY morrow wjjj pass them by. j This is a day of education, and the! he American th lieadquar- *nan whose mind h&8 received proper KCH delphV has <rainlnR w,n bo found invariably In I nd helping Mc ?8GG"dGnt, filling the Important ,, positions of life, accumulating the . M roblems. it ' ? \ . financial competence which their unlow organlz- * . . .. .. educated brothers seek in vain to the Is than any . m, i "?nd of their days, d. The late * . - It is vitally necessary that our ffTPL Chamber of ' , f f| k city was f'h"dren ?' t?(lay receive every edu A . national advantages possible to be- mm of Philadel- stow uPon them, and this may only ill! . < .? ? accomplished to the fullest extent a_ it of the so- , , , . ... . .. AH , ? by working in harmony with both e American ' . , we . teacher and pupil. directed bv . , . , , . .. Th , Be not hasty in condemning the onsisting or . . I talr , teacher for trivial things, but rather istian busi- " ' wa . bear in mind that the child who1 , i various de- .... val, their ser- come8 home with complaints often has well- i vo'ce8 conditions which exist mainly! ^ Y ? in its too vivid imagination, forty states. mm I tv is ex- Hemember that the teacher has words- "To r<>a< h?(i the age of discretion?the! in Sund ?v ,lils not- T'ie reasoning capa- | . city of the one has been extended _ nd circulate. B and broadened and developed to a . icattons ' , ,, , r and "Fverv wlth the other it is > feel in Sund'1'" 'llst be8'nninK to bud. j I you 111 ' ' i The future life of the children cf JS ,-erv home, i ??* _ our community will be smoothed and e this grear ; sweetened by your loyalty to the DCDC al agencies: . . .. . , rP r ^ ! teacher today, and in your own de- ( I eline of life you will view with pride _______ .. | the results of wisdom properlv ap-1 nloyment of * * J H , . plied. nisslonaries., is secured " " I ^ [dual ho is For the best turn out, and quick-' 1 est time bring your cotton to the Oil ' i an assign- Mm tQ bo glnnetL ivork on the out the folool mission- w w irvey of the! |-J R T 11 C S S * re. Ho as- I" u which the | IIT ?ress of the| co-operates J faild made ions on the St 1*011 J? ?eedy place* |)ura))|e union Suninations. Ho , ris 111 aetais __ m _ _ hed on his: I* ? {A I p o ime to the | * 1 I W ? ' Union. ? of the. nubunion press I (i<)od Bionary pro-; ; serves with I , f lieations. No IlanifiSH without the :eo of publi-i welve mem- ^ a rl ^1 1 n e mlnations of *-* va *-* * V* O iors of this; ^ U fewer than ???????????? , ,s. and often ^ t(> ons sir" thus . , , than three 1 ,(*(> '""I ninaticn. and Idist. forCVCl* id or sold to le committee >oks are not II 1 O J. ? 1 nv are given iJ.C2LCt iSll 1 S 1 I schools. | X iday School ? 1 I en employed j tllP kind i AI > ought to be . J a mA pod that de- t licit ill not try to (loll't bl'Cak |; j Is good work, j J| and national, | churches or, <<> ake away the ^ ITS * ^Oll S to the vsir- '? ???????' *" | j j r careful in- ^ j ] employed by i Uliytllillg || ichooi union.j ju leather -' ^ ts efforts in and a f 1, ss men are i i o I tments In this M,n( J(,l) X , and receiv-j r represents-1 /IIVfl/1 "* * '"I (iKtUUKY- | ?S?"*i HOOD | ~ Iho nonao of ?mcll _ _ _ _ ?,_ w w X rtfTssr siirs IIVC CTHflf icej.t Oil prom-rlp- I I V T 1 I I II |% no the damage 1 1 ll |1 ^ Ijljll ? tood you ohii pon- ** " T Hi COMPANY ?; V. per hottto. , aHHaHaaaaMaaaBawaiMaMHHMMM| T r coutiipaUoa. I ' RMER'S MUTUAL 11 notice. | fl}rWUIYflr 5 Write mo and I will ex- H UI\U VY Illtl H plain how I was cured in 4 H ... . days of a severe case of BP twithstanding tn6 cry H piles of 40 years' standing |H ard times, our mem- without pain, knife or dehip is steadily increas- H tention from business. No I visit Lancaster fre- | ltly and will call on you sure can be had right here )U will drop me a postal in South Carolina. ng you are interested, H r. m. josky, h D. E. BONEY, at Girl looks like Oasis in the Desert" id never was Oasis more 1 1 T \ Icome to sun-baked mortal. A 1 \ e cooling air of the \ I \ \ >s, the vigor of the ocean's^^H^Kl k\ \ \ V ve, the contentment of the \ \ ley?all these are brought to \ \ \ rk-wearied, heat-bothered f street, home and office by \ \ PSICola r x :ing, invigorating, refreshing? Drop in at the fountain?then a "come-back" that makes you you'll know what we mean, like WORK. It gives you what Put up in bottles, too, at your want when you want it. grocer's. For All Thirsts?Pepsi-Cola I-COLA Company, Lancaster, S.C. Tr - - i Your Appetite 4eeds No Whetting when you eat our meats. For freshness and genuine all round deliciousness they have no equal. You buy the real article when you come to us, and your money goes a long way. CITY MEAT MARKET ? ? ? -M-i - } i :\**r.ik i: i Die <Y OLD TIME FROM SIX to NINE jl will find thin Grocery Store open and ready to serve ; i you the best Groceries in town. H EEEEEEEEEEEE I! n The Job Sixteen Hours j I Per Day ]j ? C /. ? 4.111 ? * ii v a. 111. Liu it p. m. we are nere to answer phone 276 !I to fill orders just like you want them filled. Early \; ite we greet you with a smile and serve you right, j: WE'LL STAY IN THE RING IF WE DON'T MAKE A THING . B. RODDEY & Co. ;s Elegant Flour. Rock Hill Bread. ?