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TEACHING FARM IN f Sapt. Swearingen Comrr Act Passed B' ad DARIJNMTON EXPERIMENT Schools, Teachers uihI Pupils Ready nnd Enttrr for Industrial Training. | a Columbia, April 16.?One of the. t most Important measures passed by1 the 1916 session of the leglslature was the Toole Act to provide for the teaching of agriculture In the public schools, said J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education, yesterday. Such a law has been urged and discussed for years. Mr. Toole has been an Insistent advocate of the policy. In and out of the legislature. The proposal was discussed throughout the gubernatorial campaign of 1914. The establishment of county 01 district agricultural schools In other states has proved expensive. The Toole plnn Is the outgrowth of the experiment conducted In Darlington county by state, count\ and district school officers in co-operation with Clemson College. In the fall or 1?14. Prof. J. M. Napier took charge of an agricultural class In each of the five con-; 8olldated county schools. The prln-j elpals co-operated heartily by aiding him in class room Instruction and, field experimentation. The result was pronounced successful by men j like D. R. Coker, Bright Williamson. , L. W. nick, V. E. Rector and D. I,, j Lewis. In the fall of 19IK two additional experts were employed In Darlington county, and fourteen schools organized regular classes In Agriculture. Terms of the I^nw The Act Is based also on the Nicholson rural graded School law of 1912, which has been so stimulating In promoting rural graded school progress. Three, four or five school? must co-operate in the employment of an agricultural teacher. Each school must have an enrollment of at least seventy-five, three teachers, a three room building, an eight-mill tax, and a school farm of at least two acres. The tax is required in order to insure adequate support; the school farm is necessary In order to provide a demonstration plot. Tho crnnn nf cn-nnor#Hni* Hletrlffc supply $750 and the state contributes an equal amount. A salary of $1,C0(- Is thus niado available for the employment of a trained teacher of agriculture, xvlio may act as superintendent of the group of schools. The law follows: An Act to provide for teaching | agriculture In the public schools of the state. Section 1. Be It enacted l?y the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: To promote the teaching of agriculture In the public schools, there Is annually appropriated out of the State treasury five thousand dollars ($5.000> to be expended as herein-' after provided by the State Superintendent of Education. In consolidated schools during practical class room and field work In agriculture. Fund From State Section 2. Whenever the boards of trustees of three or more school districts shall raise from regular funds, local taxes, nrlvatn suhsrrln tlons. or otherwise, and shall deposit with the county treasurer not less than seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.) to be expended by the county hoard of education upon their warrant, duly approved by the coun- 1 ty superintendent, for the teaching of agriculture In their respective districts. such group of d'strlcts shall i be entitled to seven hundred and fif- 1 ty dollars ($750.) from the State. All funds raised by the respective < boards of trustees, or supplied by I the state, shall be uaed to pay the 1 salary of a trained teacher of agrl- I culture, who shall do class room lu- s struction, field work on the school i farm, school garden or school or- t chard, or In any other line of agrl- i cultural teaching needed In the ter- \ rltorv composing the districts. Such ? trained agricultural teacher may serve nn superintendent or principal < of the group of co-operating school?, 1 shall reside during the twelve months t of the year In tlie territory he serves, < shall possess alt the scholarship re- a cjulrements regularly demanded of t other teachers, shall hold a valid certificate duly reelntered In the a county superlntendant'o office, and a ahall be subject to the same super- i v'slon a* other teachers In State- J aided schools, fie shall make all re- o ports required of public school teachers, and. In addition thereto, shall UNG VPLIC SCHOOLS iends on Importance of V Legislature. furniHh such other special reporfs as may he required in his special i flel. Section 3. Any hucIi teacher of agriculture shall be employed jointly by the co-operatiug bourds of trustees. the county board of education and the State superintendent of education. But any contract for the employment of such teacher shall require at least three years' consecutive service, and such contract of employment shall be signed by the legal representatives of the districts, the county superintendant's office, And the State superintendant's office. Kni'ollment of Schools. Section 4. Auy public school cooperating In this work shall have an enrollment of at least seventyfive pupils with a regular attendance! of at least forty pupils, three teachers of the regular public school sub-1 jects, a term of seven months, a lo-l eal tax of eight mills, a comfortable and sanitary building of at least three rooms, a school site of not lens than two acres, the minimum cguip-l meat prescribed by the State hoard of education, and shall use the textbooks and course of study regularlv required of other publ'c schools. The special lessons or course of study In agriculture may be adapted to the community needs as recognized by the agricultural teacher, and such teacher shall have full right and ab-i solute freedom In the Introduction j and presentation of any additional | lessons, bulletins. Instructions. or| other matter that may be furnished; by the United States department of; agriculture, the State department of agriculture, Clomson College or anvj other agricultural college or expert-1 ment station. All such modifications! of tho course of study shall be re-j poneu in writing to the county superintendent of education and to the State superintendent of education :.nd ahnll not be continued in any school over the disapproval of the State board of education. Section 5. Any school receiving State aid for agricultural teachingj shall enroll free of-charge any pu-, pil. 14 years of ago or upward, desiring to pursue such a course and possessing sufficient knowledge of ; the elementary public school subjects to enable him, in the opinion of the agricultural teacher, to do this work with advantage. Schools receiving aid for agricultural work shall not be ineligible to share in the State appropriations for term ex-i tension, rural graded schools or high, schools. Section ti. In the t'u~tIterance of this work, district. eountv and State school officers may ln.lt> the co-operation. advice and inspection of Clemson College, the farm demonstration forees. the state department Of agriculture, or the United States department of agriculture, and the basis for this co-operation shall be determined by all the agencies interested. Section 7 The State board of education is ho?Kt. ~ - * auiuunzcn IO adopt a text-book on agriculture to he juuKbt in nil other schools not provided tor by this Art. Section 8. All Acts or purls of Acts Inconsistent with this Art are hereby repealed. Section 0. That this Act shall take effect Immediately upon the signature of the governor. Approved the 27th day of March. A. D.. 1916. Counties Where ll?e Work Can be Cntlertaken. In commenting upon the outlook the State superintendent said that fourteen or fifteen gro.ips of schools ire readily available. Anderson. Hhesterfleld. Colleton. I>arlington. Dillon. Florence, Greenville. Hnrrv Laurens, Oconee, Orangeburg. Spar anburg ami Williamsburg, all hav-> lections with schools that ought to undertake this work. In selecting he loaclltles consideration must he flven to Rood roads in order to prorent too mueh waste of time in trav>llng from school to school. Letters have heen addressed to the^ iounty superintendent of education n these thirteen counties, urging hem to look Into the local situation, >onfor with their district trustees,j md communicate with the State su erintendent. All the agricultural and educationil forces of the State and the. nation .re behind this movement. The ap>ropriatlon for 1D1R-1H wot only! ! K AAA ?"* '* 'iiiuw ?nn win, tnererore, take car*' if only seven groups of schools. The success of the work In DarfContinueri on Page fO THE LANCASTER NEW MAN WHO Ml-:NHS SHOES OF WILSON I'SKS OHKAT CAltl) Washington. April 15.?A tight boot duis changed the fate of nations; corns have caused the undoing of statesmen. If President Wilson's administration stumbles on a tight boot, or limps on a corn it won't be the fault of F. Sumner, shoemaker-ln-ehief to the President of the United States. Sumner never mixes in polities, but lakes the affairs of the nation seriously. Each national! crisis is a matter of nnvloO- In ih? shoemaker, for the president doesn't solve all his problems in cabinet meetings. When his mind 's troubled he takes a long walk, ^ind in those 'walks, on which the fate of the nation often hangs, the presidant must have comfo-table. easygoing shoes. Therefore, Sumner swing his hammer with patriotic discretion. Statesmen may lighten the burden that rests on the president's shoulders? it's for Sumner to protect the presidential feet. ONIONS IN Mil.K C?h> Should lie Kept Out of Pastures Infested Willi Onions Previous to Milking For the next lew weeks there will | he much trouble w ith the cows getting wild onions in the pasture. Th> flavor of the onion is passed off with the breath of the cow and in her milk. Butter made from such milk carries a stronp taste of onion and cannot he sold on the regular market. There i* no way the farmer can pet the odor out of the milk or butter. None of the patent stock foods or any other powder or remedy is of any value and so no money should be wasted on them. Keeping the cow away from the onions Is the only satisfactory way. If the cow Is kept awav from the onions six or elpht hours before milking almost all of the ordor will have passed out of her system and very little will be noticed In her milk. This method will allow the cow to use the pasture for two or three hours after the morning milking. Where the grass is thick the cow will not usually bite the onions. -w?? m r c w I1CCUS Husband*?"Now, thou, what are our needs?" Wife?"Well, the house needs painting, we are all out of kitchen utensils, the dining room rug is threadbare. the bathroom must be decorated, and I've simply had to order some clothes."?Judge. Daily Thought. He determined to add nothing, not so much as a passing nigh even, to the great total of men's unhappiness. in hla way through tho world- that, too. was something to hoKI on by the drift Of mere "appearances."?Walter Pater. Somewhat Hard to Digest, On Monday morning little Jennie observed the kitchen assistant putting the clothes on to boil preparatory to washing them. Running upstairs she exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, we're going to have boiled clothes for dinner!" Removing Wax Staina. To remove wax or tallow stains lay a piece of brown paper over them and apply a hot flntiron. After one or two applications the paper will absorb every bit of the wax or tallow from the rloth, leaving no trace behind. Terrible Fate! Marian returned home from school somewhat excited. "Mamma," said she, "some of the children threw notes in school today and the teacher says il' they do it again they are going to be misspelled." Evolution of Orange. Tho oranco was originally a pearshaped fruit about the size of the common wild eherrv. Its evolution is believed by naturalists to be due to 1,200 v ears of cultivation. No Kick Coming. The men bave no kick coming. About !ts7.6f?4.321,000 women could paint their cheeks for what it costs one man to paint his nose.?Cincinnati Knquirer. Souvenir*. If It weren't for the free seeds that come annually uome of us might forget that we had a represc-ntutive in congress. Dotrolt FYoe Press Firmest Friendships. The firmest friendships have been, formed In mutual adversity, as Iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.?Colton. Memory's a Great Thing. Not a few brides wear better clothes on their wedding days than they ever do thereafter.?Topeka Journal. i > i S Al'Ull, IH. litlti WELL KNOWN AUTHOR j DIES VERY SUDDENLY ' j Itirliurd llanliiiK lliivi.s, Novelist and War < 'orrespmiden^, Sueeumhs | to llcart Disease. | 11 Mount Kisko, N. Y., April 12.?! 1)1 | Richard Harding Davis, author and war carreaDondent ?h?m1 ?i ? ?.. In i here late lust night from heart troub j le. His body was found early this morning and he hud apparently been sl i stricken while at his telephone. He had gone Into his library to dictate a fl ' telegru into a friend in New York ' city, llis wife assumed, when he dl 1 ? not return, that he was reading and she did not visit the library until after midnight. 81 Mr. Davis had been in failing jj health for some time and had sought quiet at his country place. Cross Hands farms, under the care of his wife, who was Hessh McCov. the ac- '' ' S' j tress. Richard Harding Davis, one of the most popular of \merican wr'teis. a " playwright also and a veteran corre- '' spondent of five years, was horn In ' Philadelphia in 1864. the son of D. " Clarke Davis ;?nd Rebecca Harding , Davis, also a writer. After being educated at la-high 1 I .1 iki .lolins Hopkins universities. Mr. Davis entered journalism, starting II J II | with the Philadelphia Press, and later serving on the New York Kvenj Ing Sun . He was correspondent du! ring the Turco-Greek. Spanlsli-Am1 ' 1 I erlcan. South African and ltusso-Jap| aneso wars for the Dondon Times 11 j and the New York Herald and du- ^ j ring the presen twnr wrote dispatches for a syndicate. One of his earliest and most wide- M ' lv read hooks. "Soldiers of Fortune." ^ was published In 1809. He wrote , more than 80 volumes of fiction and SI war experiences, together with a number of plays and short stories. In 1899 Mr. Davis married Cecil Clark, daughter of J. M. Clark of ' Chicago, and was divorced by her in 1912. A few days later Mr Davis married Miss McCoy, who was 1 the famous "Yama-Yama girl" In a popular musical comedy. A daughter. Hope Davis, was horn. STKVFNSOY ON Itt'll.W. CRFD1TS Mr. W. 1**. Stevenson, candidate for congees from this district, calls at | trillion to the fact that lite Memo era tie, the Republican ami the Progressive parties all endorse Itl'ltAL ('RKl)lTS in their platforms in lit 12. Congress has passed a general I banking hill for mercantile purposI os and boasts that it is the greatest : in the world. Why did they forget I I the party pledge of all of the parities to take care of the fanner? Is i the law now proposed calculated, ?f I passed, to relieve the need? lie will have more to say later about this proposed law.? (Adv.) 53-2tc iH(DR Y ,Ki EAS1 VfiA @v:' IVe know how to add nets of the pr M. POLI DKAI.KY Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoe Bags, Ladies' and Ge I ,.\ N< AST* ? ????-| II K\l.Til XKWS ' ssii???l by Tilt* I ii I? ?I States Public Health Service. MO Yor KNOW THAT Sags in roof-gutters may art alosquito breeding places? America's most valuable crop is i abies? ! v Tho ik111*1 i?? 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A common mistake among th-? tockmen who have built silos In his state in the past years has been allure to plant sufficient corn to ill the silos. Out of the seventyhe construction of a silo should hree silos built last year, not more ban a dozen were entirely filled the irsi year. Fanners contemplating egin now to plant corn with which o fill the silo. Corn and sorghum ire the best silage crops nud sor(hunt should he used only where utlieient corn cannot ho provided. Vnv farmer who will write to the Extension Division. Olenison Colege. can get a bulletin giving directions for planting, working and ntting corn and other crops for the dlo and a full bill of materials and Mlildillir Inst ruet ion a ?'?F ? /??? ? ........ >.<<t IV VUUVI OiO >r stave alio. tores did Seres. Otl.sr Remedies Won't Core Thr vot ?t cii't: ?' > v.-ttrr ? ' hi:w lonir Htandina ,rr cur?-.l ' 1 . iv'ri tut, ??1>l rrtiatite I?r 'or'f's. . lit ,'itr; till I". reliev;? 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