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Address Befoi Alumr *The Importance of the Com the Subject of the Addres of Oakland, Brothers of the Associa ion of The Alumni, and Ladies and Gentlement: I appreciate very deeply the compliment that you have paid me by inviting me to deliver the Alumni address at this commencement of our Alma Ma:er. 'To you, a body of men, who re present much that is wise, patriotic and progressive in South Carolina, I come from the far west. The golden State on the shores of t'be Great Pacific brings to you of the Atlantic coast its hearty greetings. I is. 20 years since the class of; v. iul'u i nas u iiifiuuer was graauatou irom old Newberry. We then still had . vi h us, and it was my great privi- | lege to sit under the tutelage of ' I whose presence a..d bearing, whose j dignity, whose scholarship, whose j standing among the distinguished children of this south land, fi ted him j ci 1 i U* o t n nmininonno oe o r> oilnnof/w , w |/1 vmiuv avv, o. o an tuia Ci LUI and as exponent of all that is worth while in life The name of Holland had been so long associated with ihe south and with this college, that to sit under his mild empire was like resting benea:h your branching pines, the breadth whose shade is only a i mOQciira nf V?rvlr3 J + r, ??AAfn >*/ ** /% ! jjLivucui v vi. tuu nuiu iid i uuio ua> c taken in the soil. After this lapse of years, "oday I j have come back to take, for the first , time, an active part of any prominence ! in the exercises of my Alma Marer's i fnmmpnf>pmpi!t wpnlr Twenty years after graduation a j man has either won or lost the game, j Let us consider for a moment wha: ! life has been. When the men of my ' time graduated, Grover Cleveland had 1 just been inaugurated president. Four j years were yet to pass before the war ; with Spain would be fought. Xo foreign possession of the United States existed. The poles of the ear:h had not yet been reached. The telephone I < and the phonograph were in their infancy. Xeit'.ier motor driven vehicles, | . wireless 'elegrapuy or practical aviation had yet been attained and the X Ray, ultra violet ray and radium had ; not been discovered. The years since ! then have been fairly crowded wi:h I events. A new world has come into , existence, and a world wholly un- j j i like that of our fathers?unlike it in j peace and unlike it in war. It is a I I T.'orld o: grea: intellectual quickening, I "which has extended until it now touch- i es a vastly larger number of men, iu j many countries, than it ever touched j before. No. only have nations been j rudely shaken up, but they have been drawn together. Independent thought has been carried oa, interacting agencies have been a: work in widely separate countries and different tongues. The solidarity of the peoples has been developed. Old professoins have arisen. Science has extended its domains and oiinorcoflfld oiithAritv ivi Vi hoia-41 flor OV^UV^U UUtllVi ilj >* i. XX a* XiUVl ing rapidity. The artificial barriers, natural, political, s:cial, enconomical," religious, intellectual,?have given way in every direction and the civilized races of the world are becoming one people. Wars have practically ceased. Ar- j bitration is the order of the day. \p\-t vpar thp tvnrlr? will r>plphra'p the anniversary of the treaty of Ghent ?One hundred years of uninterrupted peace be.ween the great English speaking nations of the world. We all of us live more in the pres ent and less in the past than we did j 20 years ago,?much less in the past j and more in the present than those j who preceded us did a century ago. The world in which our lot is cast ana m wnicn we na"e nau 10 nve is a t bustling, active, nervous world and one very hard to keep up with. This much all will admit; while I iiink I may further add that its most marked characteristic has been an intense men al and physical acticity, which, i working simultaneously in many ton- ! gues, has attempted much and questioned all things. The theme upon which T propose to offer some observations this morning is in common parlance destignat ed as conversation, but which I pre-; fer to call the economic use and devel- j p ment of the resources of the nation.' We have heard a great deal upon ! this subject the past decade and the j results direc lv traceable to the pro- i paganoa nare .y-. n so meagre i..ai our i piibji^ men now hesitate to discuss the topic. WV.at. however, is cf more impor- i ance than the betterment c: the cit- I izens of America in every way? It ' is our duty to 'sekk for the best i methods to do the greatest good to all j \ *e 1 'he v Association j 5ervaton of Our Resources" is of Mr. C. L. Trabert* California. j for this and future generations. mi u~ ~ i. _ u ^ ^ i me suujecis wiiiuli seea. lor ut:\t;i-| opment and economic handling are all around us. They are beyond number, there is room for improvement in every thing. Of paramoun; importance, however, I consider mankind first and after humanity the conservation of our agriculture, our stream flow, our forests, our mines and all other natural resources. WTa mnct inf.vflica tVlo forHlitV tv t JL11 uou iliV/i j. v_ a vj v??? v. productiveness of the soil. We waste in production as well as in consumption. In agriculture we will make the so;i produce so many bushels per j ac e man. The "limits oi' sub- j sistence" uiu. / what poli ical econo- f mists used to call their "law of dim- ! inishing returns'* has no fear ; r the [ <. cnservationist. Tae developing of human intelligence is enlarging 'ne productiveness of the soil. Irrigation, where possible; and where impossible, the science of what is called dry farming, bring increasing results. Old farms in Europe produce more ihan rV>ov 3AA vpnrc a?r> nnri this will U1U VVV J v, prove true with us, and there will be no starvation for the human race because of increasing population. [ The results so far ob ained seem j small. ir ic nActinc npnrlv twrv \ I U uaj 11/ AO VUOliiiJj 44VMA V .. W hundred million dollars a year to maintain agricultural institutions? :wo hundred million dollars spent each year to teach better methods of soil culture. Yet, in spite of this expends ure year after year, the average acre yield the world over has hoon inrrpaspri nn fo thp nresent time I by p bare fraction over 3 per cent. There is a better ou:look ahead. If those who depend upon the soil for their livelihood knew what my fellow Califorian, Luther Burbank, knows?if 'his simple methods and dis coveries were placed withfn :lieir reach, the acre-yield would increase not by per cent and fraction of per cents, but by doubles and trebles? wi hout any expenditure of public funds. The world knows of the potato which this conservationist invented 35 years ago, because it has been j adding more than seventeen million ! rl llorc a voar tn fhp farm in romps of I UVilUl O 14. J vw* V. v/ ... ... W _ America alo.:e. The world knows of Burbank inventions in the p-nne line, for they have made the United States a three hundred million pound exporter of prunes, instead of a fifty million pjund importer, as before. The world knows of the Burbank j nni'^Al AOO nc Kononco Q 1 /IT7 it I sylinricaa tai-Luo, un <_ t?. j , ?\. has been" earning for its growers, ifteen times what they formerly made cut of alfalfa, which, itself, only a j W'f f; ;j|f M Drink this M and be refreshed! f ^9 a Sip by sip V enjoyment fort?a sat ?a conten THE CQCAWhenever ATL. you see an A r r o w t h i n k * of Coca-Cola. ft y in m y y y l y HARDLY STA1 Because of Terrible Back ache. Relieved by Lydia : E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Philadelphia, Pa.? "I suffered from displacement and inflammation, and had SUC^ P ^ i U S i 11 my sides, and terrible j backache so that I: cou^ hardly stand. Jjlf 1 took six bottles of j ?||f Lydia E. Pinkham's iSgf c-3jl| Vegetable Com-1 |g?^ -^|l pound, and now I can ||;PL J|! do any amount of ZfriufP work, sleep good, eat good, and don't have a bit of trouble. I, recommend Lydia E. 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CLL^ nuot vuv fAAJ w^.wv. ? ? ?? ? j headache, nervousness, and the blues.; In many cases they are symptoms of I some female derangement or an inflarr matory, ulcerative condition, which mc be overcome by ^king Lydia E. Fin] ham'sVegetable Compound. Thousand of American women willingly testify t its virtue. few years before, was considered a wonder crop. The world knows of some thirty or! forty of the Burbank inventions?! knows of them hazily, vaguely, and! without profit. But it knows nothing of the 1253! other equaily important Burbank in- j ventions?inventions which might and ! ought to be lifting mortgages, reduc- j ing the cost of living, removing the ' cause of social unrest, increasing the i product ol the soil, and the wealth of the nation, and add'ng in a thousand ways, to human comfort, progress, happiness. In importance, other inventions; dwindle into insignificance when compared with thos eof Luther Burbank. For, while ether inventions i:ave; transformed one, or two, or a dozen j industries, Luther Burbank's inven-1 i rinn? r-an and will transform?and i even now are transforming?the one \ industry upon which all ether in-i dust'ies depe.d?the world's basic in-| dustry?growing things from the soil. Mr. Burbank is simply a conserva- i tionist to a superlative degree. His, methods are shortly to be given to ! he world. ivil 1 ! uutr, ui avciagc niicmatm-t ..m (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3). BII--I IIKKHW ^ fm? m. Here! IgSSfe* -_ i'' " C::-. ^"'1 # ' ' **' ?:&!*? *? ti % # ? : K?S-?Xv.O :V'" * ! p - . i W' v V ^ . w here's pure llh j cool com- j isfied thirst i j .ted palate. jf | j ' c<r^= A I RC is best done Newl Vll VI Its steady, ev the rich, nat meat. You just the righl T1 XT n Iine iNew r< to cook in fires to kind soot. I Made in differ* 3, 4 and 5. N( less cooking o\ all hardware ai CTAIUHADH o i rtiiuiinu Washington, D. C. (Nei Norfolk, Va. 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R:sults f: ,\n u .? uo .j \ - ii m..ze a:.d the benefits are cn .re!/ natur_l, as it acts or. the source and foundation of these ailm- i"?tremoving the po so '.jus catarrh and b:L* accrotios- , and allayImr f .iri.inrK'Mi.r / V* vf>i r> irfli rr. f mn in anaiencnry and internal tract, rendering the same antiseptic. Just try one dose cf Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy?put it to a test, tod.ty?you will be overjoyed with your quick y recovery and will highly praise it as thousands , of others are constantly doing. Sena for booklet on Stomach Ailments to Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist. io-i-lo6 Whiting St., Chicago. 111. For Sale ill Newberry, S. C., by Gilder & Week*. NOTICE ON ELECTION IN JONN- , tTnvr TirwTPH T vn i?> KJAV-lli MJ XkJ Jl 1IXV JL ^ V/fc Whereas. one-third of the resideat^. J elctors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of 21 years, of Johnstone acodemy school district No. 12, o! the county of Newberry 9.a;e of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the county Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and /equesting ;ha>: an election b -held in said school district on tae question of levying a special annual tax of two mills to be collected on ;he property located in the said school district. Now. therefore, the undersigned ' composing the County Board c-f Education for -Newberry County, South Carolina, do hereby order ihe Board of Tru9.ees of the Johnstone Academy School District No. 12. to hold an election on thp said -Question of levvine a two mill tax to be collec'.ed on the property located in the said school dis- ^ trict, which said election shall be held * at Johnstone Academy school house, in said school district No. 12, on Satur- 4 day June 16th, 1914, at which said eieo:ion the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m, and closed at 4 p. m.. The members of the board of trustees of said srhnnl district shall ac: as mana gers of said election. Only such electors as reside in said school district and return real or personal propeny for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections shall be allowed to vote. Elec ii? i : ? tors iavonug me levying 01 such mas. shall cast a ball's: containing the word "Yes" written or printed thereon, and each elector opposed to levying such :ax shall cast a ballot con ain- " i?rr flin ti'arh 14 Va'' trritfqr? r\r* nrirl Alio Lilt; UL pillil' ed thereon. Given under our Lands and seal ob May 27, 1914. f Geo. D. Brown, S. J. Derrick, T Q Whpolor County Board of Education for Newberry County, S. C. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves J Pain and He8ls sr>me Hro<? 35c, 50c. $1.00 I