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Educators Awake to Value of Music Study in Schools. By Signora De Fabritiis. An eyent fraught with tremendous, significance to the educational life of the South-took place in Nash ville, Tenn., where the music Super visors' National Conference held their first meeting on Saturday of last week followed by others on Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. At this meeting, quoting from the Musical Plight, the first to be. held in the South by this organization of public school music teachers and edu cators devoted to training teachers ' for this kind of work, a united effort is being made to make the city's part in it-something to be remembered, and likewise establish a precedent making possible the holding of future conventions in the South. The potential possibilities of the South, as an agricultural and indus trial section, are too well recognized iy far seeing men to need dwelling npon, and it is the South, with its thousands of acres still to be culti vated and its marvelous climate that . will attract in greater and greater numbers-people who have "land hunger" and a passion for watching things spring out of Mother Earth. But of what use are agricultural and industrial opportunities to a man when educational facilities for his ? children are lacking? When I say ed ucational I mean more than the t?ree "R's," I, mean the opportunity of hav ing contact with cultural influences and. of this cultural branch-the study of music is a vital and integral part. To quote further from the special correspondent to the Musical Digest: "A Large Issue at Stake." It is no secret that one of the is sues held to be at stake is the need for causing a changed attitude to ward music teaching in public schools which held by southern educators Despite the demonstrated usefulness of music teaching as a factor in the child's mental and moral develop ment, school superintendents in near ly all the southern states have ye t'to be convinced of this fact. And this attitude is said to be too largely shar ed by many members of Southern boards of, educaron." The South, that for generations be for the Civil Wi.r, was the seat of learning and culture, suifered a ter rific set back ar the direct result of that war. Culture, the flower of civ ilization, is too fragile to resist the economic unheavals that follow iii the grim wake of war and once destroyed it takes years of patient cultivation and intense desire on the part of the people to bring it back again. Europe is facing the loss of ar tistic prestige held in the past be cause of the result of the World War, and grave doubts are expressed as to the possibilities of any artistic sur vival among the races that paid such a bitter price to stem the tide of bat tle, for many years to come. When the youth of a country is de stroyed, the artistic, as well as eco nomic and industrial future of that country is in jeopardy, and who knows how many painters, writers, architects, musicians and dramatists were lost to the world in this past struggle as well as tillers of the soil and ushers of industrial occupations? In this country, and in the south especially," all things are ripe for a new Renaissance, a new growth of an educational and cultural life, that will make America a leader among .nations and the Southland the desired section of the United 'States for peo pie who have ideals and aims beyond the material. One cannot expect intelligent use of speech if the foundation of that speech has not been laid in childhood. The foundation of musical speech should go hand in hand with rudiments for English. It is as impor tant for a child to be taught to read the symbols expressing musical no tation, as to be taught to spell, .read and speak words. We hope that the Conference held in Nashville will-have a lasting and farreaching influence on the policy of the men who have in charge the education of the youth of the South Talent knows no boundaries. East, West, North and South alike abound with intelligent keen youths eager to drink deep at the fountain of knowl edge. It is the supreme duty of those in charge to give to the children of the South, equal advantages in all things educational, with those of ev ery other section in the United States.-Augusta Chronicle. Eggs for Hatching. Wyckoff and Tom Barron strain White Leghorns, "the best layers." $1.50 per setting f. o. b. Edgefield, $1.75 by parcel post. Mrs. Geo. F. Mims, Edgefield, S. C. Automobile a Modern Farm Convenience. "Fewer automobiles and more work," is the remedy often suggested for the farmers' troubles by some per I son whenever a group of men assem ble and enter into the discussion of economic questions. Justi why a far mer is not entitled to an automobile the same as a man in the city, if he wants one and can afford it, is never explained. If the facts were known, probably a greater percentage of au tomobiles on the farm are fully paid for than in the city, but casting that feature to one side, just ask yourself the question: Who needs an automo bile most, the ' farmer or the man in the city? The man in the city can ride to his offi.ce or w\>rk for the small sum of a nickle or 6 cents, as the case may be. Neighborhood stores are convenient, and if not, he can secure delivery of telephone orders almost any'tiirJe of day. He has little need for a car, or at least could 'do very well without one. But the farmer, living several miles from town, finds an automobile an economy. He has no other means of transportation for himself and family except the horse, which is not always available in busy seasons, and a time killer under any circum stance. He needs a car. If any man is justified in making a sacrifice to get one, it is the man in the country. Be sides the farmer pays his share to wards good roads and is entitled to use them.They were constructed, if we are to believe the good roads pro moters, more for the use of the far mer than for\ the joy riders in the city. Let every farmer who can afford it, get an automobile. It will save him hours of time, bring his neighbors closer to him, permit him to give his family more pleasures and increase the attractiveness of life in the country. The man who would deny the farmer an automobile is living in the past. He needs to modernize his ideas.-Farm and Randi. * Feeding the Baby Chicks. Clemson College, April 3.-"Feed ing the young stock is perhaps one of the most important factors in poul try culture, for if we do not properly nourish the chicks we can not expect to develop them into good flesh! nor can we expect to keep up their health, vigor and vitality, if we underfeed, overfeed, feed unbalanced rations or feed anything but absolutely clean feed," says N.' R. Mehrof, Extension Poultry Specialist. Just as soon as the chicks are moved to the brooder there should be some firie chick grit and fine oyster shell on the hover floor. This is used as their first feed because it puts their gizzards and digestive systems in condition to handle the hard, solid feed'that they will eat from then on. The chicks should be fed sour skim milk just as soon as they come in the brooder. This can be put in littls vacuum water fountains. Natural sour milk and buttermilk are good, and if they are not at hand semi-sol id buttermilk diluted at the rate of one part of milk to 6 or 7 parts of water. The lactic acid in the sour milk acts as an intestinal disinfectant cleaning their digestive systems and getting them in good working order. It is also very palatable and appe tizing. A very light feeding of rolled oats should be given at noon of the first day, (just what they will eat up in a few minutes) ; and in the afternoon a feeding of a chick-scratch ration. .Perhaps it would help to feed on a shingle or cardboard until they learn what and where the grain is. First Week in the Bro?der. It is important to feed the chicks often and in small quantities at a time. Feed the chicken-scratch ra tions four times a day sparingly to make them clean up what they are given each feeding and to make sure that they are hungry when the next feeding comes around. Continue to feed the sour skim milk, but in addi tion have a supply of clean fresh wa ter. From the fourth day on, put wheat bran before the chicks in open hoppers. Leave it before them a short time the first day, but as soon as they have become accustomed to it, leave it' before them constantly. When the wheat bran is added re duce the feeding of chick- scratch to three times a day. Scatter the grain in litter so that the chicks will be compelled to exercise. Keep only clean litter on the floors. Continue to feed the milk. Have a supply of fine grit and oyster shell. Another important part of baby chick feeding is the use of green feeds. These can be supplied in the form of lettuce leaves, sprouted oat tops, finely chopped vegetables, j beets, etc. WA'NTED: Representatives to sell monuments. Attractive proposition. Write Charlotte Marble & Granite Works, Charlotte, N. C. Largest in j the Carolinas. J $5,000 WORTH OF AMERICAN PROHIBITION. "You people in the United States do not half appreciate your wonder ful prohibition law," remarked a vis itor from a distant country. "You let the widespread wet publicity about the violation of the law blind you to the stupendous benefits accruing from it even partially enforced as it is. We from 'drink-cursed countries see the situation more clearly than do you." To illustrate the impression the rej suits of our law make upon foreigners the visitor told of a man from Ans tralia who had not been especially in terested in the temperance'cause un til he had occasion to make a business trip to the United St return to his city, he A office of a temperanc? then engaged in a wei paign, and throwing c d?sk a check for five lars, said, "I've been States and have seen der prohibtiion. I want to happen in this co so here's my contribut cause in Australia." If the benefits of pr United States were s ble to this Australia] to impress him' as. bei: vestment of $5,000 t< lar policy tfor his ov, thorough enforcemenl can law is surely wc ment of money, tim< citizens of the United Our opponents are psychological effect ?? "Prohibition does no discourage and depr people of this countr tion law is operative part of the Unit?d S being emptied; savinj piling up; charity or. finding their lists ?: growing shorter; boys young men and you: being safeguarded frc cessible saloon formerly every street corner. All this is go... on but it is not sensational news and therefore does not get into the big newspapers with prominent headlines. The flagrant violation of the law, es pecially in the larger cities, is news of the kind the press will publish. The constructive work resulting from the dry law is being submerged by wet publicity. GOVERNORS SEND MESSAGES TO THE WORLD. In' preparation for an aroundtfhe world tour in which he was to repre sent the* Federal Council of Churches in the interest of international peace and Christian evangelization, Fred B. Smith, the noted evangelist,' wrote letters to the governors of all the states. He asked them two questions -fiirst, whether the people of their respective commonwealth believed in disarmament and world peace, and second, whether they themselves re garded prohibition as a permanent American policy. All of the forty-six governors who replied gave an affirm ative answer to the first question, and all but one an affirmative answer to the second answer. The sole- excep tion on the latter point was Governor Edwards of New Jersey. The reply of the governor of Maine, given herewith, indicates the tenor of the letters received in ans wer to the request: "As you travel about upon your tour of the world I shall be glad to have you take this message from the governor of Maine to your audiences wherever you are," wrote Hon. Per cival P. Baxter, chief executive of the Pine Tree State. "I have always been a believer in state and national piohibition," continued the governor, "and desire to be placed definitely upon the side of strict, honest and im partial enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. "The state of Maine for sixty years has stood loyally for prohibition. It has endured the abuse and been tempted by the gold of the liquor in terests of the nation; The state, how ever, has remained unshaken in its faith, and today stands before the action of its sister states in adopting national prohibition. Those within the state who in the past sought to betray it, are now discredited and are heard from no more. "The men of Maine remain true to this great" cause and the women give to it their overwhelming approval. I believe the day is close at hand when our whole nation will be as firm in the faith as is Maine, the pioneer pro hibition state." FOR. SALE: Good sound field peas at $2.25 per bushel. J. W. QUARLES. WANTED: Ten Bronze turkey eggs for setting, state price. Mrs. H. W. McKIE, 3-29-2tpd. Colliers, S. C.. BOLL WEEVIL I CONTROL FACT Methods Generally Employed WI Success, and Mistakes Which Farmers Make. . " ' By C. A. Whittle, Soil Improvement Committee. The boll weevil has practically co ered the cotton belt, but there seen to be no marked reduction in tl amount of cotton grown as a resu] The fact is the boll weevil can ni and will not overthrow the South greatest crop. How are farmers meeting tl v" weevil most successfully? Thei two main ways: (1) Pushing tl m to early maturity and (2) Ki the boll weevil, e following questions and answei the main things that are belt and also the mistakes that ai r made? JSHING THE COTTON CROP. ist soils are preferred for hastei :he crop? all drained, light soils warm u er and grow off the cotton quid ian heavy or poorly drained soil: y soils are, therefore, better tha jy soils. lt advisable to use poor solis would be a serious mistake. Poe never did pay, and with the bo -il taking toll, poor land cotto only put the farmer into a deepe nember that it costs more to gro^ i under boll weevil condition: there must be enough cotto: ke it worth while to fight wit: di weevil. at varieties of cotton are pr? i? 1 " r variety which will set an abut i of bolls early and will continu t fruit throughout the season, l ty which is early but which als< fruiting early ls not desirabl ise the weevils will do heavie .ge to the bolls when they do no squares to puncture. Clevelani is are most generally preferred inners. lat methods of cultivation ar to hasten maturity? jquent, shallow cultivation unti rreater part of the crop is set 1? less frequent cultivation. Th< later cultivation should be the skip middle method, taking alternate mid dies and with the next cultivation tak lng the one's , that were skipped. Thii keeps half of the roots of the cottoi plant undisturbed so that there will b< less shedding, more squaring and bet ter protection of the cotton bolls. KILLING THE WEEVIL. Is the poison method of killing th? weevil practical? ? 'It is, but lt is a particular met hoc which many farmers may fall witl when they first try it, because the: are net in the habit of doing particu lar things right the first time. If thc rules for poisoning are ad hered to strictly the cotton fannel will get the most complete and eco nomic control of the weevil of an> method known. Any one contemplating the use ol poison should get complete instruc Mons from the Government Boll Wee vii Station, Tallulah, La.,-the State Entomologist, or agricultural col leges. Does lt pay to kill the weevils or the young cotton stalks before |squarcs begin to form? If the weevils come out of winter quarters in large numbers and threat en to take all the first squares, it is considered advisable to kill as many of them as possible. Calcium arsenate sprinkled from a perforated can or from a cheese bag on the young plants is the most efficient and economical method of killing the weevils on the young plants. . It is not necessary to apply the poi son until just before the squares begin to form. ls lt practical to gather and destroy squares? If the poison method is not used it will often be found necessary to gath er and destroy damaged squares that contain immature weevils, in order to haye assurance of any sort of a crop. Picking up squares is not as efficient nor as inexpensive as poisoning, but if thoroughly done a fair to good crop can be obtained. Is poisoned molasses applied to cot ton effective? Poisoned molasses or other poisoned sweets will kill some boll weevils dur ing dewless nights, but the poisoned sweets will kill honey bees and other sweet loving insects that are needed to carry from flower to flower the pollen that causes th?m to fruit. Cal cium arsenate dust is more efficient and less expensive to use where poi soned molasses are effective. Are boll weevil traps practical? A farmer never tries a trap more than once. The government has tried all kinds and recommends none. Can the say of cotton be poisoned so as to poison or repel the weevil7 The Creator has given all plants the power to absorb throuen their roots plant food and to resist all that is not plant food. 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