The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 18, 1916, Page 3, Image 3
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
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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.
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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
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| 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.)
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Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoe
Bags, Ladies' and Ge
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II K\l.Til XKWS '
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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?? "i"" " ???**?? 1 * - * - *1'
... > >nu> -vuncr is *i neailil l |
icuace? j t
The l"iiStall's Public Health <
ervlce maintains a local library of 1
creoptleon slides? t,
The typhoid rate measures aeeii- v
\tely community Intelligence? '
Whooping cough annually kills
ver ten thousand Americans?
Had housing produces had health' ,(
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is c
read bv a wood-tick?
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ONOU ItOl.h Ol IMTV St'114MMj |'
tirade 1 Arthur Rruce Mailman,!
thel McCain, Ineita Thompson, Mil-M
urn Simpson, L. V. Parks, Callle
teele. I
(iradt 2?Margaret Steele, J. W. a
lallman. Joe l,eo Robinson, ltosa '
ee Dees, Myrtle Rlackmon. Eugene1'
arks, Austin llinson, Connie Mae
in i ma ii. j
Grade Connie Robinson. Floy
tarnes, Inez McCain. Hlakely Hall-j
tan, Robert McCain. .Kllzabeth Slmp-|_
hi. Kniinn Dees, May Steele. Carec I
teele, Alexander Thompson. Gladys
lackmon.
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Grade 4 -Mary Fiances Simpson. t
illian Parks. Y
Grade fi Anna Mae McCain, Shir- \
y Nlsbet, Cleo Nlsbet, Juanita Stoy-t
er. Jeannette Thompson.
Grade 6?Anabel Crenshaw, Lucy I5
ecs. Joe Dees, Frank Hallman. Loyd a
inson. Claude lllnson, Emma Hin-|
in. Nellie Helms, Alex Simpson. I
Grade 8?Ada McCain, Loma M>-aln.
Grade 0?Ebbic llallman. Edna
' 'I
Impson, Margaret Simpson. |v,
Miss Llllio Usher, Prin.
Miss Alllno Nelson, Asst.
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?li\\T CORN FOIl SIIX>S NOW
Judging by the number of inHilries
reaching the Extension Dlision
of Clemson College, there Is
;reater interest in the construction
if silos this year than in any preious
year. Seventy-three silos were
luilt in the state in 1015.
Present Indications are th.-ii this
,m 111 her will ho doubled in 1916. A
urge number of tlm silos built this
ear will he of concrete. The faruers
are learning that this is the
heapest silos in the long run.
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 ? /??? ?
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