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PAGK3IX i' THE PRESS AND STANDARD u: Wednesday, June 13, 1317. Papers Read at Closing/ of Cottageville School ****** * * ********>, good farm land* have been waited, worn and exhausted. The virgin soil ha» largely given pJJUe to old fields. The yield per acre of our lands Is not what it should be. Bet ter m&thods should be adopted. Brain must come to the farm. But whethe/ in “ttM* little old red school house” or in the central school, children must be prepared for the practical aspects of life. Under the present system school* educate the young away from their life work, ff* they desire a higher education they must go to towns or cities and there they quickly lose all sympathy with farm life. What are w> to do then but provide for the instruction of agriculture in ou*- rural schools? ’ Had agriculture been taught in rural schools heretofore. would there have been a crisis in food pro ducts at the present? No. Instead the farmer would be producing more than his family could use. and the surplus sold at the high prices paid for the foodstuffs today would yield much profit. No amount of education, science. — nr,>nared for greateC , invention, industry or skill can do rnes Men mav neglect theni. but *way with the necessity of cultivat- oncs. Men may negi n „ rrtlin .i i n marshaling the The following excellent papers uore delivered by the two gradu ates of the ( dttageville rural grad ed school. These papers were pre pared with care and elicited much favorable comment: . tlpjmrtunity (By Clarence Efultant.) M this time, we are constantly h. 'r'n, of .IMC and miut.r, pro- naredness. This means that tne government Is urging the _ grasp their opportunities to incr fhe yield of our land and to mak i. rh t-.lon of ,ho *Vd: culturally Independent. Prepar . nes* then Is our watchword, and certainly it will not be any Incon sistency to pause here for » f , moments and think of the prepare np)<i , for life by making use of our OP Ma!.> n op^rtunltlese are offered us. but because they are. *m*U. w* neglect them. Do not meet thes- opportunities, trivial as they i gh* he. with an inlifferent Make the - most of them, and in this tyiiT-n. **■''*■ merf who nre eaRer for RUCCeRR in life do dot. Have you not hea-d busin<> men In speaking of one who is rospering say: ‘ If I onl >’ had his opportunities?” And be forgets to 'ecall some neglected op portunity that if used would have put him in a better position than the one to whom he alluded. Had Columbus sat indolently and said WF.KK HKWHV CIVIC LKACJCK * * ******* ******* Baby Hay. rf" The Baby Day entertainment will be held Monday morning. June 18th' jtt lo:'.JU o’clock. «t the school au ditorium.. It will be free and we >|H-S. It( H4,IN Tllt»i'4iHT C H\NC;- iuvite , and expect everybody to come. Remember one baby in ten dies before it reaches the age of; \<;\|\>T HKK * one year. This is partly due to the ignorance of mothers. i *’ Como to this entertainment and - , leaPu ho\\' to grow better babies CHANGE W AS “A MIRA( LE You are doing something for youi country by helping to k^ep alive th* babies of today, because they will (;rcor Woman Talks Interestingly be the men and women of toiuo.-* of Her Itemurkable F\» A *. •» # ■ • Screen Doors and Windows » • V LAST CALL row. |»erience. by tt>e members of the Civic Lea-j — r gue. read as follows: *'ln view of the pressing military neces- ”1 was in an awful condition sity of conserving the food supply ol when I began taking Tanlac and the Nation, 1-hereby pledge myself diad been for two years, but Tanlac to do my bit *as follows: 1 will use got me back in good health.” was only those amounts of food requir ed for adequate nourishment. I will endeavor to control the waste in all kinds of' materials in the household and to live simply. 1 will begin now!” tlje emphatic statement of Mrs. D J. Burgin. of Greer, S. C., in a statement she gave May loth in en dorsement of Tanlac. ‘T was suf fering from the after effects of ma laria. My system was out of order. Kach member of‘the Civic league I was, weak and run down and my struct barns, silos and out bouse* of various kinds. H ,N must know ing the ground. In marshaling the resources of the United States for war the first thing considered was "Karin Preparedness.” and the men who till the soil are exempted from the military. Success in agriculture depends upon he knowledge. Knowledge is power. Brgin. rules the -> eWorld. oiumnus sk« ........r..,./ - , l <,ain directs, muscle. The farmer It lakes mon^y. boats and men to, must know the chemistry and phys- mak. an exploration tour;” do you | ics of the soil lie cultivates, the sunpnse Queen Isabella would have j life history of plants and animals offered her- jewels to assist him? He must be a good mechanic and No. indeed! Suppose Kli Whitney something of an architect, to eon had beerf indifferent to his oppor- tuntH«s^-iin you think the cotton , gin would be in its present state of something about forestrV He must perfection?. Had’ not Robert Ful- be a bookkeeper and k.\-p an ar ton Benjamin Franklin. Morse and count of eaeh particular crop to the Thomas A. F.dison lived up to the end. that he may know what is best that was in them, science to- profitable’ and what is n«>K He da v would he the poorer. We of must know how to handle comWr- this dav and time, enjoying these cial accounts and papers and b wonderful conveniences, do not , versed in the law of contracts. How reqlltle the hardships those men en- many of these things do children diired to make these things* pos-, learn in rural schools? slide for us. I The country school is not per- One of South Carolina’s most forming and cannot perform to its eminent circuit judges was heard to full ability, its function of making remark: "Oh. what great oppor-1 citizens by a continuance of t ie ‘unities the bovs and girls of this present course of study, largely av have in our graded and high based 6i> text book work, and only I slightly related to the life of a com inanity. Tjie child should get at will sign one of these cards and try her best to live up to the pledge. MRS* K. T. H. SHAFFKR, Secretary face'was as yellow as a pumpkin. My feet and legs felt like they were dead or •asleep’ and tingled ail the time. Really I bad begun to won der if I ever would regain my ‘health and I didn’t think I had a chance, for ,so much medicine had failed to help- me. In fact. I felt H<\ must jrest i\. M* lle|K>rt of la-gi'dative Cliainnan. (Clubwomen Labor Untiringly for Institution for Feebleminded. Also for Bill Making Women Eligible asi so badly that 1 oft^n told my family School Tiustees. Both Defeated by at night I hoped there would he no Lawmakers ) | stove tn the house in the morning Madame President and Members s« I would not have to cook break- of the Federation: In accordance f^st. 1 had stomach trouble very with the expressed will of the last badly, too. federation yoor legislative commit- "Tanlac is the grandest tiling in le,. directed its best effort toward the world for a condition like I was the establishment of an institution 1 in. and it soon got m>- stomach in in South Carolina for the care of Rood shape, my face cleared up and the feehlenflBded. The JUate Board! regained the right color and my ap- of Charities and Corrections pro- P*’*'** s°on came back. No matter pared a bill to be presented to th**J’".w bad a headache i had one dose Legislature asking for an appro- f,f TJuilac relieved it. Soon tin*, p.nation fo'r this cause. So. early in ! Tanlac had me feeling tine and the fall, your chajrman met with and hfter I had taken two Mr Albert S. Johnstone, secretary j bottles I was well ajid strong. I of the Board of Charities and Cor-, '*/ «>"’ Janlac Tablet^ roctions/and w ith‘him mapped out 11,1,1 *he\ yelped i aniac e-.er so i SUMMERTIME IS HERE AND WITH IT FLIES. • \ . » ...» Keep Them Out of Your Home NO WAY TO DO iT BUT WITH SCREENS Screens are cheaper than Typhoid, Malaria. Chil dren’s diseases—all caused by screenable . injects. KEEP THEM OUT. a OUR STOCK IS LARGE—OUR PRICES RIGHT Tin Caijs and Glass Jars for Canning Fruits and Vegetables. Roger Hardware Co. WALTER BORO, S. C. COLLETON’S BANK DIRECTORY vhool systems. Had I o’nly ha« *uch fortv years ago. what a power for good I \yoiild he to the country.” Do we as students realize these op portunities’* Do we not merely «tudv sufficiently to make a pass ing mark disregarding the injustice we are doing to ourselves” How many of us would.peraervere if wc only had as thivt^-wonderful man Abraham Lincoln, the light from i pine knot to study by. not to men lion the books and competent teach- 1 11*111 •i’ll 1 1 fill II - r • he lacked' As this exampl i -t;^[ f .J h, _'‘ f » , ' n,< : r i'"' 1 ill illustrate, it is the person who rasps small opportunities wh- worthy of age, but now a* it is the small Very few -hav • thrust upop nakes himsMf nes. This is h , great rr years gone by. hings t hat.< ount reat opportuniti* hem. hut Ijv making use of small lies. We t|ike iVlirselves' Com]H'le!|t n acliieve --uci.'.- I’robahly. onL few o> ns will be so fortunate as a hare a college education, hut let each «J:i\ do niir best, remember- II!:—th;'t tieglerleil opport III) it ie ; ' e\cr* i oine liaeK. To the sityfess 'll in life ciasps opportunity tr\ he for«'|ii('k "It sleeping. Wake; r feastin':.- rise liefore 1 tmn awav •lie hoii* or LtT»*. and thev.who ieaclyeverr state priirtal -. ind conquer erery Jnt-. save ‘nth. lint those who dorffd or t,es- l>e ciUldemned to failure, penury id woe Seek me<in vain and use- sslv implore: I answer not. and I f-*-n no more " I r ns impHive eai h opnort lytiit v lire put" and nolile lii ^Then the merchant’s goods upon his\ x s!u-lf must lit If the farniVr fails and In- nothing to selK Then the honker's aciouht doe- . not i well: farmer fail\a:rd has nothing to sliip. -h railroad train makes an empty trip:. fuehrer fails and hasn’t the , i, 111 ow me 1‘sjr. tl \ es en I /i that we «i«» not make Hit illus- o’ls name- tlje w orld w iR he i>-id-- Dei foi our haring . lived in it lord ryuK dxpia»ssed m Knglish 1 \\ e w ill not pass tins Mi>\ aga'n 1 let Its do I he | iudjy sief rile o f s> i.p ij,r v , (, v (i rtuna'e. foi T • K ' - to "tmiydovv gDe the t! • one le^js mav he to i Ooportoalitv makes life worth tile H opens to us thr at lend to success, f () . eme in advancing (he‘c , tlizafion. the prog rest ml. avenues a useful ey [VU.se/of * of inati- The Value of \grirultiu-e in llur.tl Seh<M»|s. < I'iv Mis.* Mattel Ackerhian t Agriculture is the noblest pursuit of man. It touches all nature where the Interest of living man is considered. If is the largest of all science*. All other pursuits, call ings and profession* among men are related to and grow nut of the necessities of the agriculturist, an 1 are largely dependent upon him for their support In the past, agriculture has not been taught in the rural schools. Statistics say that in proportion to their number, there are fewer edu cated men among our farmer* than In almost any calling The reason this i* true is because many have the idea that a man can succeed as a farmer without an education, con sequently agriculture has not been included In the Course* of study in our school*. / . AVe can look around very near our homes and see the need of agrieul Mite in rural school*. From the fact that we hive not had agriculture in the rural schools and through the school everything he needs in the struggle for exis tence on the farm The present course of study must he modified so that the children will he given both the desire an 1 capacity to improve the life of the tvpmmunity in which they live. The day already is at hand when the rural school must control the food suppN of this nation. It I! I’ll If the \ funm v- he ought T*fcn the lawyeiV fee clr<fps down a naught: If the fariie. faiL ami hadn't l|ie bill*. The doctor ce:p<es t.. roll hL pill*: I f -tho funnel rails and cannot pav. The school teacher's account vv aits fni another -dav ; l ! t he fal Hie" sure. eds. as SUCcCed he should. We all feel happy and wo all feel good, Ivor upon broad shoulders all the lest do lie. Vnd sometimes the pile g. Is v, rv\ verv high." CLIMBED STAIRS ON HER HANDS .00 Too 111 to Walk Upright. Operate Advised. Saved by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. This woman now raiae* chickens and doea manual labor. Read her story: Richmond. Ind.—‘‘For two years I was ao aick and weak with trould>9 from my age that when going up atairs I had to go very alowly with my bands on the step*, then sit down at the top to reat. The doctor said he thought 1 should have an operation, and my friends thought I would not live to move into our new house. My daughter asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as she had taken it with good results. I did so, my weakness dts- apj*efcred, I gained in streninh. moved into our new home, did all kinds of garden work, shoveled dirt, did build ing and cement work, and raised hun dreds of chickens and ducks. 1 can not say enough in praiae of Lydia E. Pink ham a Vegetable Compound and if these facts are useful you may pub lish them for the benefit of Other women.”—Mrs. M. 0. Johnston.Route D. Bog 190, Richmond, lad. a publicity campaign to atoii**- sen timent and interest. The club women all over th<- Hi ate rallied to the cause and ex tended their interest by public mee‘- ing>\ bu public endorsement of .the bill jhxl by press items from time tu Mm* placed in the newspaper*. UOwevei\it requires a very superior sort of skvjl to run a river through a mill i ace\ When the Legislature convened in januaiy last, although it was evident 1 that a strong senti ment iiad been awakened for th< establishment of a recreational and vocational training school for the feeble-minded of the State, the bill only passed the House. The bill was introduced in the House by Mr. Cothran, of Green ville. and passed by an oveiwheliO- ing majd»Tty. It now stands on tin* calendar of the Senate, favofablv icparted from the finance conimi*- Me of that body. But that same fi nance committee, for tea/on- polC- ical. admiiii-teri.il t ix/tiou- an I vexations, grows very Inward tlo last of thf- session- Tli..- I'otl -. n bill was c/ne < f tie ••• <»n- Oliic-S held eVe! until n*\t Veal. I: is a disanfaiintjyv-nt that th*- bill should t ot/fiav) come hetoif i!.i Senate, ilaylnu iv 1: ove' unt i next se-sjop delaX- Jll>t that : ich lollr*-1 11/ takif.g up oi th* v-t it vvoik u! lauuc toi the unforiuna'- people ^*f oai State, and the menac' • tbfit coin/s wit! the l..< k of .tl.ei,-- tale lieordHes greater daily. But with Put disappointment- bet 1is itnew ouiV pb-ilges and -tart atresh vmi!i vigoi to tty to amu.se oiik Seiiatois con^etning the eat needv for tl i- institution and seiuia the pr^ttnise of t!;eir. suppoit. Throtvali th» effort of your coin- mil tee Senator ChristenJKn intnv- dticed a l»iH to make women Tl'^itile to serve on s\!• im>I lioards. as iR>rary tr.iste*** and aXiiotary puldu s. Tliis bill JnAo leceived favoialde reconi- mendation tioia (he opium.tie, and stands ready to be\p« ted on at t!r- m xt Legislature. _Sifv; e tie fe-i, ra tion last yeat endorsed (hi- bill w. would ask that each c’liib woman actively eXert herself in\oi i|,i to cieate puhln sentiment in ravou of women acting in these thi**- c.ip.i - Hies. Respectfully submitted. FANMF B. SL< >A\ Chaiiihan Legislative rommittx- tnucyh to get me well. Those tal>- lets are the best 1 ever took. I am glad to recommend Tanlac, for it is the first and. of course, the only medicine that ever helped me.” Tanlac. "The Master Medicine," is sold by: .Inn. M Klein. Walterborn. The Colleton Cypress Co.. Colle- ton Cottageville Drug Co., Cottage ville Isiandton Mercantile ro.. Irland- ton AV C. Glover. Oree n Pond (Jack- son boro. ) K. R. Bishop & Co.. Lodge. S.C. BANK OF SMOAKS . . SMOAKS. S. C. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,...$16,151.57 W. H. VARN. A. EUGENE YARN, S. P. J. GARRIS, J» SAFE. PROGRESSIVE. ACCOMODATING President. Cashldr. Vice-Preaid**. Mr. and Mrs: B. C. Strickland and children went to Fairfax Saturday for a visit to relatives. Mr. Strick land, and little son. Johnnijfe return- ed, y but Mrs Stkickland will remain for several weeks. FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK CRCHANTS -ille. s. c. OF COTTAGEV CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $11,200.00 EVERY BANKING NEED FOR BUSINESS PEOPI E B. H. WILLIS. W. E. WILLIS. B . G. WILLIS. M. p. President. Cashier. Vlce-Pre*idenL Stonutc Ii Troubles and Constipation. economii al | "I will cheerfully say that Cliam- bet'lain’.s Tablets are Ihtt*<nost satis factory remedy for’ stomaclv tro.u- hb - and constipation that I hav.* sold in thirty-four years’ drug store service." wiiti- S. H. Murph.y. d.rusr gist, '\Veil-tiurp. N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. YES UR II Our Service Will Keep Your Car in The Best of Condition. ' * Your automobile needs treatment once in a while, .in-', like the human body. The carburetor may be out of or der; the spark plugs may.be dirty; the cylinders may be clogged up with carbonand working poorly Hn fact your car gets sick just as you can. If there is anything the \ ' / matter with your car call up b*-8. Our corps of expert machanicians will render you prompt, courteous and satisfactory service at reasonable ea‘sFr>ri(*es. Gasoline and Cylinder Oil *for Sale e Colleton Garage RAILROAD AVENUE, WALTERBORO, S. C. ('incinnati Authority IdU how to dry tip Corn or fallow* *mi ic Lift* off with Finger*. You coin-pestered men and wo men need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you be fore. says this Cincinnati authority, because a few drop* of freeznno ap plied directly on a tender, aching corn or callous, stops soreness at once and soon the corn nr hardened callous loosens so it <-an he lifted out. root and all. without pain A small bottle of freezone rnsfi very little at ajiy orug store, but will positively take off every h.trd or soft corn or callous. This.should be tried, as it is inexpensive and i« said not to irritate the surrounding skin. ^ . - _ If your druggist hasn’t anv free zone tell him to get a small bottle for you from his wholesale tfr-u* j house. It is fine stuff and a. Lite • a charm every time. -AND- > •» HIGH GRADE MEAL POTASH. DO YOU WANT IT” TH* BEMT CHEAPEST FFFD Waiterboro Oil Mill PLANTS *■ e y, . X S' We arv ready at all times to supply fresh tlowers in wedding botjuets, corsages or in funeral designs. Our stock is absolutely the freshest and mnut ar tistic we can obtain and our designs are all executed bv artists. We request a share of your patronage and assure you eff our best efforts to please. Rogers Floral Co. 174 Tradd Street. 'Phone S.V). CHARLESTON, S. U. ’Phone 857. " 1 he beauty about laur business is—Flowers.” ie