Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2 The Rural 1 And i Addn'ss Delivered by Dr. 1>. II. Ten-chers' Assoc The rural home anil the farm \v< man deserve all the consideration w can give them because of their vita relation to the betterment of run life conditions and to the welfare i society in general, They have not received in the pas the consideration due them. Muc has been done to help the farmc build up his land, produce bett crops, improve his cattle and markc the products of his farm, but tli needs of the rural home have bee overlooked and the farm woman ha been forgotten in all of these prt grcssivo movements for rural better ment until comparatively recen years. There have been good advice fo the farmer without limit and agri cultural appliances of all kinds fo the fields but not much of anytliiiij for the home. "The neglect of the woman in tie country is one of the most serioti indictments that can be drawi against our civilization," and it i one of the main causes of the unsat Isfactor.v agricultural conditions ii our land. "The farmer's wife need comfort, company, and conveniences Hath rooms are more important thai automobiles. Running water in tin house is better than cream separator and sprayers." It has been found that the averagi woman on the farm lifts one ton o water a day throughout the year be cause of a lack of running water it the house. It is this terrible and tin necessary drudgery that takes tin elasticity out of her step, the blooti out of her cheek and leaves the ey? lusterless. and the whole woman list less and incapable of real enjovmen of life and incapable of making i real home, and that leads to mori second marriages among men thai among women in the rural districts "The woman wears out and the litth children ::< left motherless." Ii the place where the human family i housed and reared is to be a rea home as ii should be and noi nier ly a house, the woman must make it that real home. A man h not able to make a real home. Ilis work is mainly on the outside. IK can help, of course, and should ex poet to help. The farm house is the beginning and the end of every day's work. Il differs from the town house in this respect. The farm house is an es sential part of the farm business. Ii the farm house and the farm woman are not what they should be, th< farm business cannot lie what ii should be. The home is the foundation stone of civilization?upon ii must rest the welfare of the people In it originate the forces which determine public sentiment upon whicl the laws and institutions of a coun try must rest. As is the home, so i: the community, tlie state, and tlx nation. This is true of tlte countrj home as well as of the city home Heme the vital importance of thi question of the rural home and th< farm woman. The welfare of tlx whole country, urban and rural, c involved in the welfare of the agri -cultural people who constitute sud -a large proportion of the whole pop ulatiou?So or 90 per cent in tlx South and the welfare of the agri -cultural people is involved in tlx welfare of the farm woman and tlx condition ot' the rural home. Then is now common agreement with (Iif ford Pinchot in the opinion that "NT nation can continue to prosper unless its civilization is built upon tlx abiding foundation of a strong aix satisfied life in the open country." With a view of making some con tribution to this vital question of ini proving rural conditions, which wi all agree need improving in the in terest of all the people, both urhai and rural, I have made a study o the rural home and the farm womar which, by common agreement, lie a thi* fnmwl?tinn t\f rnrnl xAn/lit Iaxo to get at their actual status and thin having ascertained the facts, havitu made the diagnosis, having estab lished what is the trouble, to suggesl what is to be done and how it is tr ' "be done. In pursuance of this difficult am delicate commission, I prepared r questionaire for the Farm Womai and sent it out over twenty-five coun ties in South Carolina, asking thi county agents of the Girls' Canninj Clubs in each of these counties t< have the farm woman of the averagi farm answer them. This, of course Is merely a beginning In this grea work. The agents. In sending me the an awers, asked that the informatioi given be considered confidential as i iome Farm Woman J oluison, before the Lancaster County lat ion, December 4, lb IS. 3- number answered rather reluctantly e questions which they considered "too jl personal." One of the agents writes: il "A great majority of the white >f families in my county are renters. Most of these could only answer 4t No," to the questions and a goodly h number can neither read nor write." r i received back from the twenty>r live county ageuts 178 questionaires t pretty fully tilled out. To the first e question, "Is your homo large n enough?" 89 answered yes, and Sl> s answered no. 1" answering t lio! >- question, "Is it conveniently nr-1 - ranged?" 59 say "yes," and 119 t "No"' In answer to the question, "What r would you like to have in the way of - furnishings and decorations lor your r home?" li said blinds, 10 house g painted, 7 kitchen cabinets, 15 yard fence, 5 carpets, li8 furniture, 9 pieB tares, 8 piano, 15 books, 7 new house, s 7 (lowers, trees and a yard, li chairs. , 1" walls repainted and papered, some s needed everything and some said _ "needs were too numerous to men, tion." s The answers to the question,' . "What would make your work in i cooking, laundry, and house-cleaning j a easier?" were quite interesting, s Fifty-five said waterworks, 5 gasoline iron, 3 oil stove, li lights, 13 5 washing machine, 13 vacuum cleanf er. li gas stove, 3 4 tireless cooker, 3 . new stove and flue, 7 some hired help, t 13 lights and water, one said "Don't . know but please tell me," one said, 3 "Don't know," one said "To learn 4 better how to do it," and two said that "Nothing would help to make . their work easier." t Tne seventh question oi (lie quesi lionairc asks, "In your home what ? share have you in the house work1' i This is answered as follows: Twenty. one share in all the house work. < superv ise, 4 do '11 except luundr . .1 1 48 do all. J 3 iii cooking and h i i ;o - keeping. 1 : do p.ivutcr part, l <i > .! 1 .hey can do, ,I.> all the cookie I I to about half, do it all with il , l h'dp of children, only three r.vmr; 4 servants, ami she teaches the ehl! i dr? n. hies the ti.ii.ily sewing, we ;, > the flowers, cans and preserves the - vegetables, keeps husband's accounts, writ s all of his business let; : rs. and, with the assists! ce of inI experienced girl, does everything } else. In reply to the question, "Do you r take part in any meetings to pro-1 i mote better housekeeping?" 28 say ? they do and 150 say they do not. t To the next question, "What form | . of recreation, what outings, and I l what amusements do you have?, 22 . answer none, 25 visit, 17 drive. 8 - ride, 8 go to church for recreation. i The tenth question is. "Do you - play games in the family? Which < games are most enjoyed?" Twcnty? three do not play games, 31 do. ; Others do not answer. 12 like carl' games, 8 checkers. Other games on^ joyed are croquet and dominoes. ! would make this paper too long to ? give all of the remaining questions ? of the questionaire with answers - given. I give some of them i 11. "What provision have you for - housing your farm animals, horses, i mules, cows, pigs, poultry, etc?"| .ighty-two have barns, sheds, and j :> buildings sufllciont, have no pro-1 j vision whatever or else very poor. 13. "Who cares for tin- poultry?"; Mother of the house or farm woman 1 > in cases. In 12 cases the husband s helps. In 23 cases the children ? help. In four cases the husband does 1 it all. 14. "Do you sell chickens and . rK(;s. u so, now mueti do you j make?" Ninety-one sell chickens , and eggs; 30 do not. No answer . tioin others. 42 have kept no record I , of what they have made, 20 makej r from $6.00 to $200 per year. Sev-1 ( eral make their pin money. 21. "Who works tlie garden?" I In 16 cases, farm woman does, in 33 . cases all the family, in 22 cases hus, band does, in 5 cases children do, in . 1!? cases hired help. I 22. "Have you an orchard? What , kind of fruit have you?" One hundred and twenty-four have orchards,; j but many of them very poor. Peachc . ore tlie main fruit, but some have 1 apples, tigs, pears, and grapes, a few have plums, cherries and strawberries. B ^ 25. "Do you raise everything you RUB-MY-TISM ; Will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, King-Worm, Ec1 zema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, j 1 used internally or externally. 25c X ^ THE LANCASTER NEWS, need in the way of food for your tl family and farm animals?'" Thirty- c< five say "Yes," 48 "No," 20 raise vorything for farm animals, 4 0 j raise a great deal. it 23. "Please give the names of some books that you own, and say which you read with most delight." n 103 answers. Firty-seven prefer the T Hible. The others read fiction, gov- p eminent bulletins, and some relig- ( lous books. Two report no books in their homes, and two only report ' that they have a library. The only ? books of fiction and biography men- a tioned are Pilgrim's Progress, St. ,, Elmo, Life of Washington, and The .. Royal I'ath of Life. 3<>. "What intereferes with your 1 reading?" Eighty-six say "lack of 1 time because of housework and chil- 11 dren. Ten have weak eyes. .'11. "Do you road aloud to your a family?" One hundred and six do. a Twenty-eight do not. 32. "What papers and periodicals are taken in your family?" One hundred and thirty take papers. r Sixty-one take both state papers and ' magazines. Twenty-four take relig- ' ions papers only, 14 take county and farm papers. " .33. "What do you enjoy most' ( if you could select, what periodical 11 would you select?" The majority J) say they enjoy most "The State" and u "The News and Courier," the lead- ' ing newspapers in South Carolina. a The tirst choice made is The Ladies' ~~ Home Journal or The Woman's Home co Companion; second choice, farm uu papers. j,ur The above answers indicate the J* average conditions in rural homes in lia South Carolina, and 1 believe ii! throughout the South. They clearly show that the rural home and the 'jj farm woman should have the con- in sideration of such a body as this. What can be done? is the question that comes naturally to the minds of IFor Chilh an d Frosty ]\ A SMOKEL1 L\ PERFECTIO JL JL is just what the morning it war room and bathroom In the evening it le smoke in comfort? ing a costly coal fir The Perfection bui a gallon of kerosene Clean?quick?con Look for the Trademark. Sold in many sizes at hardw; and departm everywhere. Use Aladdin Security White Oil to obtain 1 Stoves, Lamps and F STANDARD Oil (New Jer BALTIMl Washington, I). C Norfolk. V?. Richmond, Va. s i SnwiaHO' m&x DECEMBER 14, 1915. lose who have the welfare of our) >untry at heart. There Is no question but that addional forces must be set at work toj nprove the conditions obtaining in ( le rural home and that the forces! i ow at work must be strengthened, he aim should be t omake the rural ome comfortable, convenient, saniiry, attractive, efficient and educa-; Ive, and to lift the farm woman out; f the deadening drudgery, grind, j nd monotony which now, in so! lauy cases, take all sweetness andi ght out of her life, render her Ir.apabie of making the home the iree for good it should be. of trans-{ liftincr t/i lior ? iw i.vi viiuuien me viiauiy ] ceiled by them to succeed !n life,' lid are responsible for there being greater percentage of women from io farms in the Insane Asylum than! rom tIre cities. if there were running water in the ural homes, the farm woman would e relieved of nine-tenths of the terible drudgery which now leaves no me or strength or interest for rec-' ?ation, reading and atention to tlie; ultural and educative side of the| < ome. If the same power used to I ut running water in the home were i tilizeil to run a washer and wring- L r, tlie washing could lie done in bout one-half the time, and with There Is more Catarrh In tills section of the untry tlinn all other dlwusca put together, uuil it It the lust few years was supposed to be curable. For a great many years doctors enounced it a local disease and prescribed lorul medics, and by constantly tullliiK to cure with at treatment, proiiouneed It Incurable. Science s proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, it therefore requires constitutional treatment, ill's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. icney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Is the only Constltu>nal cure on the market. It la taken Internally doses from 10 dro|>s to a tenspoonful. It acts rcctly on the blood and mucous surfaces of e system. They offer one hundred dollars for y case It falls to cure. Send for circulars and ttlmonlals. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Tbledo. Ohio. . Sold by PruRclsts. 75c. Take Hull's Family Tills for constipation. V Nights I Mornings El ESS, odorless ill NOIL HEATER you need. In EO ms up the bed- ra in five minutes. R| ts you read and H < Onrl cotmn ^ unu oaves aidl I" e or furnace. H *ns 10 hours on H < 3 9K ' ^ venient. H Triangle H < styles and I ? are, general H ? ent stores H ' Oil or Diamond H 1 best results in Oil H | ieaters. H 4 L COMPANY Q l)KE Charlotte, N. C. ICharleaton. W. Va. ICharleaton, 8. G. Highttl award fanama-Pacihi H Lxjxwttiom D mm PH-?UB-P1R * PERPaCTION VVK||' iMgjy 1 HHH I '"" 1 vrnrnimmmmtmumumn >,? I. MEET US ! V face to face and we will > I MEAT YOU I ? ===== i -? All kinds of Meat for & All kinds id' People. ?< * The Meat is Right X > ??? A The Price is Right, X A and A That is a FACT. A | CATAWBA MEAT MARKET ! ? Phone 210. A Rear E. B. Roddey & Co.'s Store. >, |: | Here Is A | [Christmas Treat! [ FOR rot; | c . 5C [I I am Going to sell on the | i on.l /* rv X i: zur/i of uec. ? > X .y. [ a pound of the best Choco[ late, put up in the hand- * * somest holly box you ever % C saw for .... 25c X [ r . # f Just think of it. the box alone is worth V 7 : 10c. Now this package will be in the window y [ for inspection on the 20th and you can X C judge for yourself. Only 25c and you ? ? get a pound of chocolates that is worth ? [ 50c anywhere. Not a pound will be sold until the 20th. You lose if you miss this * C and it is Christmas too. V . [ Old Santy will be at my place with a full ??> f load. | 11 J. B. Mackorell i t. % / I (jf.~ %4a.4it&* TGCauA C&oA. r urfuu*. -H3L, **/+' ^ /35f a, XOc&jtl+Lcs&ouAA StutvLc /wk &vi &{Zu<t&~ j{f[[(? ft::-::::!::&\ <0^ ZS<%?