Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ALUMNI LOAN FUND OF THE UNIVERSITY OF S. C. The University of South Carolina is the only State University in the South that has no endowment. This institution, therefore, is entirelj dependent on annual legislative appropriations for maintenance and future development. There is nevei any difficulty about ordinary maintenance but development is neces sarily slow, as South Carolina is nol a wealthy State and as the demands upon the legislature are numerous an? insistent. Such an institution as ours, therefore, must be partly de pendent upon its alumni if we ar< to keep pace with the rapid strides of modern higher education. There are five ordinary ways by ? which our alumni can contribute to the development of their Alma Ma^er: (1) By the establishment of an endowment fund; (2) By the erection individually or collectivelj of an alumni building on the campus; (3) By special donations foi the embellishment of the grounds and buildings; (4) By supporting, in nnrt.. athletics: By srifts to the Alumni Loan Fund. It is of the last that we shall speak * in this crticle reserving comment on tfi" rrs in .subservent contributions to your journal. The Alumni Loan Fund was created February, 1904 1 to meet the needs of the poor but worthy students of the University. During the eleven years of its activity (19041915) $30,000 have been lent' to students. "The active part of the fund has been paid out four times and re-collectea three times," as we learn from the bulletin prepared by the very competent administrator, Professor F. W. Bradley. There are about fifty regular annual contributors. A few others have contributed sporadically. The largest * * 4 * Aft /*AO OC total contriDunon was (in 1910) the smallest $51.50 (in 1912). As there are about 3,000 living alumni it will be seen thai the number of contributors is exceedingly small. If the alumni eve^aged $5.00 a piece annually the contributions to this fund would amount to $15,000 a year. As only $100 is ever loaned to any one applicant, this would mean that 15C young men and women would be enabled annually to complete their education in addition to those who had ; already secured loans from the permanent fund. When thaise-^-young people graduate they naturally become the warmest friends of the institution and th^ most generous conv tributors to the fund to which thej owe their high educational training But better far the State is enriched by an increasingly large number ol highly educated citizens to aid k guiding her future career. It is said that Alexander Stephens the Vice-President of the Confederacy, educated out of his private funds, sixty young men most ol whom rendered valuable service it after life to the great commonwealth of Georgia. Surely there is no benefaction that heaps larger return: than one that helps to fit men for c pareer of usefulness and distinctior in life. The interest on such a fund is not to be measured in dollars anc cents but in souls and social service -. the value of which is beyond compute. Personally I feel keenly the im portance of timely aid to the strug gler after the higher things of th< intellect. My own father could noi have graduated ir 1832 at the Uni versity of South Carolina had it nobeen for the generosity of a weathj / gentleman in Southern South Caro " ?J I- !?< ? -fy^rr una HPU UIl uppui IU11C ivaii uvu the Aid Fund of Washington an< Lee University enabled the write: to complete his college course, feel it keenly, therefore, when v j young man is compelled to foreg< altogether the advantages of college training because of lack of funds o: for the same reason has to leave th< University .before he graduates There are pathetic cases of . thi kind every year, not to speak of th larger number who suffer in silenc from the unfulfilled desire for higher education. In spite of these facts benefactor continue to build memorials ah contribute funds for the advanct ment of various educational intei ests?all admirable objects of muni ficence in themselves; but compars tively few have realized the import ance of making men of characte and education?always the finest as sets of any commonwealth. B; means of the Alumni Loan Fun< which has been in existence onl; twelve years, seven ministers, 4! teachers, 14 lawyers, six legislators 34 business men, four magistrates two doctors and three county super intendents of education have beei enabled to complete their college ca reers. Two hundred and thirteei * * ^ xl J Oi have been aiaea aitogemer auu are being helped this year. This i a fine showing and should encourag* every alumnus to do all in his powe to enlarge and perpetuate a funt that does so great a service to th< University and to the State. 4 W. S. jCurrell, President, University of South Carolina. NEW ENEMY OF PEACH. 4 An insect destructive to the peacl and kindred fruits, believed to b new in the. United States, has beei discovered by entomologists of th United States, Department of Agri culture in the District of Columbi; and its environs. This insect, whici in its adult' form is a brownish mot' on/1 in vfo lirrvnl fitncp ft Small whit and pink caterpillar, attacks both th tender shoots and fruit, causing sei ious losses. Because of the habits of the worn the "usual control measures such a spraying with certain arsenates wil probably not be effective. Th smooth young shoots, owing to tliei rapid growth, are protected by th poison solution for only a very shor time, after the spray is applied, an hence it is almost impossible to poi -son.them. The entomologists of th ' department who bave been investi gating the pest will continue t study it in the hope of developin control measures. What the Insect 1$. v The insect, known to science a Laspeyresia mplesta, is believed t m AF Wl f ? I ; Begins THt and Closes \ ;i goods" I i ^"TT WX i t| Beginning ti i tinuing until t\ | fice in price < j numerous ot\ i . r** _i_ lugni; now k what price will ; and are willing I spring goods. 1 r i * SHIRT WAIST G< ! 10C,?E I ' ' . , SHEETINGS ! { I 30c to A r I ; \ /t\al 8 / OFF ON ALL \ ppy e I COATS and COAT | I a 111 SUITS and HATS I I Vl J and L- 111" i- [I ill TT H 1\V\ ! Ml)l) _ umw?m>iwMii>mciwuuuuirmmttittmiiiiimnniwwmmniniiitHMPHmiiinni?MUiiniMiKiiirtmtiiitiiiimi nMMHiiMiiHiiitra>NiiutmmMiM?titiiMiuiiuitiniuHttHi?iwhiiiiii?iiitiumtitnmmuNiit?iMiiiUMtmiiititi?uuiMi i k ) ' ~ === s have been introduced from Japan. T1 B So far as the department's entoinolo- s ? gists know, it has not been found in espe e America other than in the District of or 0 Columbia and in the adjoining territory'in Maryland and Virginia. The ?pC" specialists are desirous of knowing ?? *1 if the insect has, ^ attacked peach, plum, or cherry trees elsewhere in the United States. TO h xne presence 01 tu.e niseis tan i e best be determined in most cases by W n the nature of its injury to peach are , e trees. It bores into practically every jng. i_ tender twig and causes new shoots jugt] a to push out from lateral buds. These sent h are attacked in turn, the abnormal lem h stimulation of lateral growth pro- the e ducing a much branched and bushy ferr< e plant. A copious flow of gum from atioi - the twig ends often follows the at- Sine tack of the caterpillars. comi I, / . Injury to Fruit. the ,s In attacking fruit the young cater- post [1 pillars generally eat thruogh the basis e skin at or near the point of attach- A r ment of the fruit stem. The larva, class e as it grows makes its way to the pit, urge t where it feeds on the flesh, which ent d soon becomes much discolored and near i- more or less slimy. Larva entering rate e at the side of the fruit are more ed s i- likely to eat out pockets or cavities new! o in the flesh. natii g The full-grown caterpillar spins a post whitish silk cocoon in which to pu- be b pate. Moths emerge in the spring T1 ts for egg laying by the time the besi< o shoots are well out. lions TER INVENT lite % JRSDAY MO] VHEN ALL \ ARE SOLD - ' > omorrow morning le last piece is sol 3ur entire ftock c ler odds and end / \ the time of year when we forg promptly sell them. We have h to lose on our present stock in "or instance here aire a few pric / DODS DAMASK >0C 75c t / 5 x BLEACHING / i5c mil ,L THE GOOE XING AT "B1 N- ?? 1, many articles at ONUS itimiiiraiwiiittniitiuiiiiiiiirtiiiiiiiiinimiNtiNtiiuKiiMriuiiiiiiimiiiiiiiNiiiiiniMniiMiHivHmitiiiiHuiHiHiiiiiiiinMiuiiiiiiiiMiiiiHiuiiHi -- D TT?5f_ I tVi Anconrl loffprs ic ju ui ^au ui utiuvuiuivf f wmv- vuvu?m?u tates Department.of Agriculture urging a readjus cially reauests owners of peach with a view of ther fruit trees to report the cent ietter posta ence of this new pest in their , ards Specimens of twigs may changes will be lailed wrapped in paper, or pre- 1if b.y, in a suitable box. ?* ' - the nex* sesion READJUST POSTAL SATES. airman Mo, , .. . . _ ? tar Committee, ashmgton/ Jan. 9.?The ways that the Commil now being greased for the launch second-class mai of the movement for the read- session and pre! nent of postal rates in the pre- at once. While session of Congress. This prob- the Committee, was to have been taken up in the matter. I < last session but had to be de- kind of a bill wi ed on account .of the consider- it will have a zi i required by railway mail pay. to it or not. T e this has been disposed of the presented frequ< mittees are prepared to take up and sometimes matter of placing the various' sometimes not. al rates on a more equitable the legislation i 5. ' able to say, out zone system of rates for second mittee will give : matter is being prominently shape in the pu id to take the place of the pres- Senator Hard flat rate which was adopted prominent meml ly forty years ago. The present Postal Commits has for some time been regard- the time has cor is a discrimination against the who write and i spapers in favor of the great postage ought r jnal magazines. Like the parcel much of this bu the proposed zone rates would transporting anc ased on the length of the haul, matter of the va ne postal committees have been zine publications sged by petitions bearing mil- Representativi i of names and several hundred Georgia, said: - , ; rjumwmtHtowuwiWMinuiwumwwwiiowoMwgmifwnwwBiwpiwHiMimiiwwiMWiimiwwiawni roRY si Gc RNING^j VHITE sa OUT Wo ?/ (Thursday, d we offer a )f White Go Is about the \ [et what we paid for gc tad a wonderful busine order to clear our stor< :es on high class new g< S, Per yard $0.50 * o m ' . -/. WD CAMBRIC '.J 15c )S IN THE EFOREHless than wF ION CI iiNiitiniiiiimitiiHiiiNimiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiHuitmutitiitnt 'UflMiiimmiriMittniiitMuiiiflnMUiNniuuNMN t from individual be carried all ( tment of postal rates to certain forei making possible one cents, and retu ge. A survey of the is quite eviden ites that sufficient local, or the s made in the various must be exorbr the granting of a 1 will mean no fi al delivery letters in nues as it is ge of Congress. the volume of >n of the House Pos- !>e doubled imi . i ?t iLi.i. installation of 1 toaay saiu; m uuuivi ;tee will take up this, Representatn 1 matter at the next Carolina, forn ss it to a conclusion master General I cannot speak for ?f the House F this is my desire in that "1 cent w io not know what Pay the cost o e will pass, whether livery letters a one feature attached suc^ a rate will 'his view has been lus to urban bi ently in years past, respondence. i received favor and tal statistics wi As to what shape -be easily feasib will be in I am not to believe that I am sure the Com- adjustment of < it the best possible one-cent letter blic interest." distant." wick, of Georgia, a "I* d/thfnk JS0U ERtNa? ne when the 'people mail letters and pay tot to have quite so Washington, rden of the price of firming the acq 1 handling the mail. Orleans and Ni irious national maga-1 Fairfax Harrisc i- on their shoulders." | Southern Raih e Carl Vinson, of today: "When letters, can "The control! LE OF 11 I tods I iis Sale Willi 1 ve Abbeville I men Many Dollars I Jan. 17) and con : i r i ' m t wonderful sacn- II 1 ods tpgqther with ' 1 store.; - J ii: 1 ods and Consider only ' It 88 during ^he piut year ' j -,| s for an alljnew stock of 11 -A BEST QUALITY LINENS V I >?e $1.50 | mi%J to <1 ORGANDIES A \ 25c to 50c S STORE ARE IE WAR" prices lolesale cost today f\ '.'The "|| I I Worn ans | ^ Store I >ver our country, and Orleans and Northeastern Railroad / . j gn countries, for two Company, Alabama & Vicksburg ;rn a large profit, it Railway Company and Vicksburg, ' ri " ' " ?J Qt?Ai??ini4 on/1 PaAifid flfailvAv dnTTl- ! t tnat me pront on-] ? c***u ?. ? , , o-called drop letters, pany have , been held for many years } tant. The reduction by an English investment company, ailing off in the reve- known as the Junctions Company. mail winegpractic3l?y Southern Railway Company acquired rrj nediately upon the in 1905 a minority holding _of the the new rate." shares of this English- Company. re Britt, of North . "By a transaction made possible ler assistant Post- through the wish of the directr -s and and now a member 0ther security holders of this Eng- ? ' ostal Comittee, says company to assist the British # i. ji* ore than Government in securing American j +2 g lo5.al "e" exchange, Southern Railway Comnd the creation of pany ^as consolidated its invest- - . be a powerful stimu-. ment by the acquisition in direct ^ asiness and local cor- ownership of the controlling stock v ^nce at the pos- 0f the New Orleans and Northeastern ,11 oha-nr this rnte to l i_l A VWlfe), nr.m. w"Vff uerciuiurc iiciu ujr ui? "? ile. I am encouraged pany, and at the same time has partthe day of equitable ed with all interest, direct or indi>ur Postal rates, and rect, in the Alabama and Vicksburg postage is not far Shreveport and Pacific by sale of its holdings of the shares of the June- ' ? tions Company, which are now held \ILWAY ' abroad. ovfr n o A N "In consequence the New Orleans OVER N. O. A N. and Northeastern hereafter be ~ ' operated as a part of the Southern . D. C., Jan. 3.?Con- Railway System, thus affording the luisition of the New Southerns lines a direct entrance ortheastern Railroad, into New Orleans, as well as pftysi>n, President of the cal connection with the extensive vay Company, said terminals of New Orleans Terminal Company, of which the Southern has ling stocks of the New been for some time the sole owner..'