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WORK FOR EDLUCATION IN UOOD COMMUNITY Splendid School Found Near Gray Court Where Children' and Adults itenetit. The following article, concerning the Youngs school in this county, ap peared In The State last Sunday: "Gray Court, March '1.-Gushing out from the rocks of a subaltern range of mountains, the foothills of the Blue Ridge. is a bold, picturesque little stream that gathers force and volume as it flows onward in its course to the sea. The Indians gave it the musical name of Enorce, "the place of the muscadine." In its southeasterly flow it reaches a point where it becomes the dividing line between Spartanburg and Laurens counties. In the upper part of Laurens county, and stretchig along the Enoree river for a distance of 20 miles lies Young's township. 'This township is oblong being not over six miles in width. In the can tre of this township two important lines of roads cross, and the place of crossing has been knowns as Young's Store for more than 100 years. This was the home place of 'Dr. John Young, a member of a prominent and wealthy family, whose name the township bears, lie was a large plant er. physician, merchant and postmas ter. "Other families of equal prominehce lived nearby, which made this com munity, in ante-bellum days, noted for the line character of its citizens, their courtly manners and abotnding hos pitality. Descendants of some of these old families still live here. while many other-, have purchased valuable prop erties, moved in, and are now aiding in iving tone and sentiment to our commun( i I ty life. 'T'hey are quick to grasp ad utilize all possible means for the higher development of our social, moral, intellectual and industrial life. These efforts, being rightly di rected ,are bringing things to pass. In no line of cooperative work is the spirit of progress so strikingly man ifested as in the development of edu cational interests. "''The school is the pride of the com munity. With a comfortable build Ing of five rooms, with modern equip ment; an enrollment of 100 ,and three of the very best teachers to be found, places it in the front. as an active agent in working out a higher, nobler life for our people. In addition to the ordinary taxes for school pur poses, there is a special tax of S mills which enables the school to run for a period of eight months. "This intense interest in the cause of education, the strong effort made to place every child of school age in the school, brings the sentiment of the community into perfect harmony with that fine idea of Rousseau that 'every Ge AtOpraHoseFIa I SeaJeNwo a child has the right to be trained for life.' Miss Minnie Eubanks, Miss Edna Clayton and Miss Janie Harris are the teachers of this school, and they bring to bear on their work the prevailing forces of thoroughly train ed minds. Their energy, zeal, their devotion to their work; their ability to rightly 'teach young ideas how to shoot,' has secured the hearty in dorsement of tr'ustees and imtrons. I'lenentary studies in agriculture are conducted and in connection with this we have a small experiment al farm worked by the students. They have recently sold $150 worth from the the products of this little farm, and it is now planted to a crop which will yield $200 or more. Last year the teachers, unmindful of their own comfort, and the extra work it would impose, opened a night school for the beneflt of adults who in earlier life had been denied educa tional opportunities. The results were highly gratifying. Fifteen were enrolled and progress was made. This winter the night school was reopened with a larger en rollment. The zest of these men dis played for hard work was an inspira tion. Spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic were taught. Greater suc cess resulted from this second session of the night school as a large number of the students had made a good start on the educati..nal road one year ago." WILSON VIC"TORtY PLIASES BRItTISH l'ress Sees Issue Clearly Drani. Of Great I mport niiice, L~onclon, AI arch -1.-Few thIngs short. of an actual military vletory could have given tie Birit':h press greater satisfaction than 1'residetiI Wilson's victory it the senate. 'T'he Maanc hester Guardian regards editorially that Germany, having fail ed to convince the ('nited tates, ap parengly will ignore Icent;nen't. in that country. It continues:' "Germany has now definitely as sumed the line that she is within her rights and means to abide by the (on seqeunecs. If American citizens lose their lives she will make no ayology or promise of amendment.' The Guardian says It lean not imagine that Americans will accept "such a reversion to absolute bar barism" and therefore regards the de cision of the senate as having the greatest significance. All London afternoon papers com ment on the size of the vote to table the Gore resolution. The Pall Mall Gazette says President Wilson's dif ficulties have not been appreciated fully here and that it will be possible to judge the magnitude of his victory in the light of these difficulties. gSTIFIS { A}4 /i at Pw De -- NNemenSpringMerchandise New Shipment U tr snwrsln of . P New Spring Skirts. LAVJ dent with all the beau- a r I it! tiful things for spring wear ready ................*$.0 * to *5. Middie Blouses. and we are mighty anxious IBiggest and best stock we have ev- to have you call and in- New Spring Waists. e. shown .. .. .. .. ...>0o and $1.01 soto th$ t3 speCt them. show of beautiful ie-w % aists n Beautiful Laces,"" " "". .. '" ""s Prettiest of the season-just arriv ed and ready for your inspe'ction, N 0 __ New Spring Corsets. Spring Dress Goods. In this department we are better 5' Drss G ods.fixed to ill your wants than cever. We have a remarkable collection of ifxe tlo the newest dress goods now on dis- - play. All Linen Torchon Lace 0 Chambray Special. Au pure unen aorehen case, some 1 ~thing; rare andl remarkable v alue at Se Special lot of Chambray in blue, t pink, brown and gray at, per yd .07 1.2 Apron Ginghams. Towel Bargains. .Just reeeived flue selection of Apron -- o inil htave to ste" our Towels to (Ginghams, staple checks, vorth ore, apprevinte their wouderful value. buimt. on!)'............... ... ..05 II -. " .. Silk Hosiery. New Curtain Goods. *I.cic aek ( t '.1kllc ehavie iiioielit to The lust we hav livii offre a'.Ci01( theIli "ive entire satisfaction. price . . .. . 1 .3(- and ' c Spring Low Shoes. Spring Low Shoes. "Selby Shoes are better" this ex- Are here in all the wanted leathers plains it all. You are wanted here to and styles also a showing of high make you' selectIon. ('ome. Lace hoots in Patent, Kaid and White tria - - - - - SeomCanvas. DESTROY CORN STUBBLE Farmers Can Reduce Damage from " Corn Stalk Borer by Turning Your Cash Buys More Goods of the Better Kind Under Stubble in Fall. at This Store. Sold for Less for Cash. Corn stubble should not be allowed to stand in the field all winter undis turbed. The corn stalk borer Is one of the "reasons" for this. This insect is one of the most notorious corn pests of the South and evidence of its work can be seen in practically any iR OEC corn field at harvest time. It is the cause of the holes that may occur in any portion of a stalk. The corn stalk borer remains as a Ready-to-wear Specials larva, or worm, in the base of corn stubble 'beneath the ground during the winter. Farmers do this Insect a great favor, therefore, when the'y let their corn stubble stand undisturbed 3U tS in the flold during fall and winter. Destroying corn stubble is not very ea.;y, except on modernly equipped farms where there ia sufficient hiorso ed under thoroughly. There is, there- W e now fore, some temptation to leave it un disturbed. Flut the advantages of tatv u b r n S is ad C as turning stubble are such that a farm- Lv i S i ar C oats. Turning it under helps very much in reducing the corn stalk biorer for the next season. eWhere thorough turning cannot be , per and snappy, practiced, there are other methols such as "busting out" the stubble and Su t h t u u lyhauling it t-o tho compost heap for rot-se l f o$1 . 0 t $3 ting. By another method, after the corn is gathered, stalks, stubble, and everything else may be "busted out," our plan g eL to for raked into heaps and, after a few weeks for drying, burned. In experi mental work a very large percentage a difference that's worth sa g of corn stalk borer larvae (worms) was destroyed during winter where the stubble was plowed out and left exposed o th'e weather. Snappy Spring Coats $3.95 to $12.75. But when these methods are. prac ticed by farmers only here and there, much. The control of the corn etalk borer depends upon the co-operative action of the farmers of a community. The fact must also be, borne in mind that it is an extravagant prac tice to let corn fields lie Idle and ex posed during the winter months, not D a v i s only on account of these insect pests, but also on account of the loss from washing and leaching of soils. A. F. CONRADI, LAURENS' STORE Professor of Entomology, Clemson Agricultural College. To Pay Election Managers. Ross D. Young, county treasurer, stated Saturday that all election man- . agers of the rural police election held The Difference in Your Buy for Cash and in i i-I Will himo aild by him:: on the Saving will r-ount up. Save a art. sentation of claims properly sigred by the county supervisor. lie requests that the claims be presented inne diately so that the matter may be fin aished up. Read Our Advertisements A Drop of Printers Ink Most Everybody In Town Big lot Book flacks tust in. D eey are in Golden Qak, F ed Oak andedsi and Co t iuarly English.. plan giviy hes The mands T o andthe TAunfr' TH 9 .9 S. Mi. & PCi. LL WI LIDS1 & c. TA E H S P AP E R