Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

KJ I ’ ; L, v 4 v H Catered at the poet office at Wal- terboro. B. C. f as second elaaa mall matter. Subscription Rates: Oae Tear BUM fils MosClls* Three Remittances. - AH checks and drafts ftouM be drawn in favor of The Free# and Standard. « • Look at the printed lajbpl^dh your paper. The date thereon shows when the subecription expires. For. ward your money in ample-time for renewal. Notire date on label care fully, and lf not correct please notify us at once. - Subscribers desiring the address of their paper changed, will please state ip their communication both the old and the new addresses. The Hampton County Schools. The Frees and > Standard notes with great interest life illuminating remarks made by The News and Courier in a recent issue comment ing upon a. recent editorial anent the schools of Hampton county. Southern Carolina newspapers have a strong ally Jn The News and Cour ier, a newspaper which is always on the lookout for what is good in its section, artd ready to lend the 1 aid of ,its influence to any worthy moW . ment and-this newspaper rightly says: "The best hope of this city ilea in the upbuilding of the low- country counties of South Catolina.’' •'A Time was when this spirit was not manifest in our local newspapers, but The News and Courier now has a lot bf fine and progressive young tflen on its staff, who have caught the vision of the -wonderful future in store f.or this paradise of the, South, and they will continue to boost for "Southern Carolina." In this connection Miss Saunders desires one correction made. She states that not every te'acher In s Hamptoti county is a college gradu ate, and -she does not w ish this Im pression to be created. But ‘ with this fact true the frreat work done by Miss Saunders and her co-work ers make the results nil the more wonderful. J. ' The News and Coiytfer printed sev eral days ago an account of the Hampton bounty field day exercise* in whlt^ It - was brought out that over two thousand school children took part in the event and that from • six to eight thousand p^ple were estimated to have been In attend ance. In the current issjue of the Walterboro Press and Standard.^Mr. W. W. Smoak, who was present at the gathering, adds further testi mony as to the work- which th* Hampton counfy schools are doing and the interest which it is awaken ing. Mr. Smoak gives it ss his opin ion that Hampton county "has awakened from her sleep and is making as much progress as any in the State In matters educations!." In view of the fact that Mr. Smoak has lived In recent fears in upper ^South Carolina, returning to Colle ton only a few months ago. the en thusiasm with which' he. speaks Is the more notable. He Is satliWed thut Hampton la getting results in her public school work, and he made it his business to try and ffh»o6\er the secret of her success in order that the methods which have proved so orrvfltlble in Hamptoh ir.v be jted m Colleton klSfl. , In tho course of hla. inquiries Mr. Smoak came upon some very inter- 1 eating facts.-and he very right\v lays ill due emphasis Upon them. He found bhe thing that In Himp- tob county they have formed the habit of getting th« heat teachers available ai\d then keeping jhem as long as they can. thus making it po*> sible to have a real system in school work. "We met several teachers." he says, "who had been at work In the same schools for ftve years, four years and three years, and they will remain in their schools for even greater periods of time. One of . these is a man whd served in one of Colle-foii's schools for one tehn and was not^ae-elected. His pupils, af ter four jears of his teaching, won first in ^xery conteet tbev entered.” Hampton county has also had to/ several years a verr capable super visor of rural schools. Miss Belva L. Saunders, and Mr. Smoak accords hehT much credit for what is being accomplished. A statement made to Mr Smoak by Miss Saunders is In the highest degree significant.' "This Year." she told him, "every teacher in Hamntrin' county is a graduate of some college, and Is a trained tecchy er " * . bit of boosting for this section of the SUto. Among the things It was de cided to boost a bit is the healthful- ness of this section. The impression prevails In some sections thst this part of coeetsJ- (^rollna is a verit able death hole, and that It is dang erous for a white man to spend a night In some sections. It appears that the exploding of this fallacy has not travelled fast enough to overtake the fallacy. Truth always seems to trarel slower than a He, and this is one evidence of the truth of this statement. But in this matter the editors of Southern Caro lina are determined to refute such damaging theories affecting this sec tion. In the last issue bf Tfie Beaufort Gazette, the following editorial oc curred on this vital matter: To 1 establish the healthfulness of Southern Carolina should * e the fjrst undertaking of. the organization, pro- Iposed at Beaufort last Friday, The facts have not been available-until this yeari because vital statistics were lacking.* The State Board of Health, through its newly establ ed bureau, started last year, Und has secure,) more thorough reports than any,other board has been able to get in its first year. These should be studied and comparisons made with certain conditions in qther..parts of this State and in other parts of the country. The Gazette will soon be in a position ip do a little work along this line itself, but concerted work Is necessary And that is what this Southom Carolina movement is ex pected to get. . . Then when the facts have been es tablished they, need to be driven home. It will take years of constant 're-lteration to remove the idea from the minds of the people and from the records that this’section is un healthy. While we here know that Beaufort is a .health resort, that the records of the government army and navy posts here kept for bve.* thirty years prove the local reputation of the- place, as being singularly healthy, to be w>ell founded, yet even in this State a large part of the peo ple believe this do be a fever ridden death hole. There are life insur ance eompanies that put Southern Carolina on their black list, and many large investing concerns will not loan any money here. We should not be content to rest under such mlfeapprebensions. They van qpw be authoritlvely disproved, and our growth will be dwarfted un til we do disprb^e them. •‘t—< <• — Preparedness. Owing to the m ar approach of the cotton boll weevil to the borders of South Carolina, we must, of neces sity, (urn our attention to other crops than cotton, diversify our farming, produce more food for man and beast, supply our tables with an abundance of n\ilk and hutter. frults and vegetables, hog and hominy, td the extent that all of our farms wHl be self-sustaining. Forty-five demonstration agents in South Carolina are working to this end: but th«^r cannot shoulder jhe whole burdt n. and are therefore.ask- »** the support And hearty co-op eration of every business man, wo man and child: This is a very ser- ioust problmu we. are about .to con front, as we are reliably informed that the invasion of the weevils in other Southern states hate caused many bank failures, merchants have gone broke and farmers have been forced to the wall. What are you going to 4o about it; Mr. Farmer? If you are going to adher to cotton alone, as a money crop, you are Simply baiting the (rap into which rou *UI be caught napping, when the boil weelvil in vades yohr cotton fields as the armies are now-invading Europe. doing some excellent work. county. Many of them are alive and send In good reports from their com munities. and these reporta are ad vertising their communities as noth ing else can do. 'Any newspaper is always glad to publish authentic newa and .booster articles from any section of their territory. MEETING CALLED OFF To Theee Concerned: The meeting of the executive com mittee of the Colleton Baptist Asso ciation gnd pastors to meet, Dr. IV. J. Langston on Friday. April 7th. is called off by request of Dr. Langston until further notice. * I shall be glad to meet represent atives of the churches In Walter boro on Friday (Field Dayl so that I nidy distribute the minutes of* the association for 1915. Respect fullv, F. O. 8. CURTIS. Clerk. CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE FOR HALF—A nice driver, free and sound: will sell cheap for cash.— C. $0. Grace. 4-5c2t. FOR BALE—A mower and rake, nearly new; a bargain.—C. M. Grace.* •’ ’ 4-5-2t. FOR KALE—Nwncy Hall and Porto Rica Yam Potato plants,. $1.50 per thousand. Order* filled promptly. L. G. Yarley, Lakeland, Fla. 4-5-4tp. FOR SALE—White Rock eggs, three dollars per setting. Cockerel was best bird in November show. Pul lets won blue ribbons. Address W. H. Grefrath, Charleston. S. C. 4-5j,4tp. ; xt- FOR KALE—Two fine Jersey cows, $60.each; one milking; the other . fresh in a few days. Duroo Jer sey pigs. $5 each; Iiyiian Runner Duck eggs. 50c‘for 12. Apply to L. H. Yarn, Ehrhardt, S. C. * 3-29-4tp. FOR HALE—A large number of sec ond-hand buggies and surries for sale from $10.00 up. Several horses and mul^s'for sale from $50.00 up.—A. WICHMAN & SON. 3-15-2torff. FOR KALE—Single comb Rhode Is land Reds. Beautiful dark fowl, the best year round layen, fine sit ters and mothers, great foragers, large jnd healthy, quick.growe Eggs per sitting. $1.50.—Yty Fraser, Walterboro. S. C. 2?t6-4t. FOR KALE—One two-horso gasoline engine at a bargain./- Practically new. In first-clasa condition.—The Preps and Standard. 22-15-tf FOR KALE—Poftb Rico potato seed at $1.00 per bushel f.o.b. Ritter.. S, C.-r-Oolleton Mercantile & Man ufacturing Company. 3-22-41. WANTED WAITED—Tp buy 25 head of voung breeding/bows, ^ddress "Cow," » Press and Standard. TVRKltt EGGS WANTED—I desire to-^pi irehase some turkey eggs for setting gnd will pay reasonable pried.—R. M. Jefferies. ,ltp. WANTED—Frying size or any kind of chickens. Also a few nice home cured hams.—HOTEL ALBERT. 3-28-tf. The Price LOST—A Cameo an between my resid flee -Tuesday after if returned to Mrs. gett. . nd'-Pea lance at erhoon. A '* •earl Brooc*h and post of- Reward Bifenca Pad- It. It is to be hoped that the report, which Mr Smoak has made to the t people of Colletpn regarding the*- work which Is being <l**ne in their ^boring 'county will have £ he dating effect upon them whhdi^; ought to havp: It is certainly fult ittyn a Stop!| Loo>k. and Listen! The weevils are now about 14<> miles from the Sffvannah river, and If they cover as tpacdP territory;, or travel .a* fast as they, did last year, they will oiyaa over the Savannah river ’into South Carolina in two snore y and reach Colleton county wit! year or two more. This is/k 4 year of preparedness in all things: so let's us with ample tin** to prepare, thoroughly equip our^ farms with good • livestock, a twelve-months' garden, a good orchard and all oth- <tr requisite* that ^o t^ make flur farms self-supporting. Every hoy should Join (he corn gnd pig duty and eyery girl the to mato dub. to help us pave the way to better farming before the bpll weevils Infest our cotton fields. • « Good Newspaper Reporting. Among the agencies which may d*o a great ffcal to advertise the resour ces apd the desirability of a com 1 - For Your Convenience FOR CASH a » . First Patent Flour, Per Barrel .4 A White Rice, Per Sack j This shop Is here to enable us to give you better service. Models of various types of ma chines and styles of woodwork at all prices are here for your inspection, trial and ^selection. You are j cordially invited to call tad examine the stock without in volving obligations of any kind. We shall be glA to see you. You can make terms with us to suit your vonvenience. and we piake a fair al lowance for old machines taken in exchange. j « Machine* rented by the week or month. . Singer Sewing Machine * Company To make room for our Spring stock, we will sell shoes at very low prices for next ten days. The Poor Man’s Friend. , /