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APPEAL FOR THE y UNIVERSITY OF S. C , v an institution without en l' dowment-is dependent on legislature for support. j Editor County Record:? J The University of South Carolin is the only State University in th South that has no endowment. Thi institution, therefore, is entirely de pendent on annual legislative apprc , priations for maintenance and futur development. There is never any dil ficulty abou: ordinary maintenanc Ibut development is necessarily slow as South Carolina is not a wealth; State and a>3 the demands upon th / legislature are numerous and insist } ent. Such an institution as ours * therefore, must be partly dependen upon its alu mni if we are to kee; pace with the rapid strides of mod era higher education. There are five ordinary ways b; which our alumni can contribute t the development of their Alma Ma ter: (1) By the establishment of a endowment fund; (2) by the erec tion individually or collectively o an alumni building on the campus (3) by special donations for the em bellishment of the grounds and build ings; (4) by supporting, in pari Ko mftn fn the Alumr BbUlCbiw, VU/ n>.~ ? Loan Fund. It is of the last that we shall spea! in this article, reserving comment o; the others in subsequent contribu tions to your journal. The Alumni Loan Fund was ere ated February, 1904, to meets th needs of poor but - worthy student of the univc ity. During the elevei j years of i s activity (1904-1915 $30,000 hav: been lent to student* "The active part of the fund ha ^ been paid out four times and recol lected three times," as we lear: from the bulletin prepared by th very competent administrator, Pre feasor F W Bradley. There ar about fifty regular annual contrit utors. A few others have contribut ed sporadically. The largest toti contribution was $2,602.85 (in 1910 the smallest $51.50 (in 1912). A there ere atout 3000 living alurac it will be .seen that the number o contributor!! is exceedingly small | + If the alumni averaged $5.00 apiec t annually the contributions to thi A fund would amount to $15,000 b year. As only $100 is ever loane I to any one applicant, this woul mean that 150 young men an women would be enabled annual! 4 to complete their education in addi tion to those who had already secui ed loans from the permanent fund When these young people gr&duat they naturally become the warmes friends of the institution ana tn most generous contributors to th fund to which they owe their hig educational training. But bette far the State is enriched by an ir creasingly large number of highl educated citizens to aid in guidin her future career. It is said that Alexander Stephen! the Vice President of the Confedei aey, educated out of his privat funds sixty young men most o f . whom rendered valuable service i after life to the great commor wealth of Georgia. Surely there i no benefaction that reaps larger rt |^urns than one that helps to fit me ^IH'r a c^eer ?' usefulness and dii I^ction in life. The interest o P) ch t fund is not to be measured i ollars and centa but in souls an 'rial service, the value of which i Ityond compute. ? Personally I feel keenly the in ^portance of timely aid to the atrus tier after the higher things of th Y intellect, My own father could nc have graduated in 1832 at the Un verity of South Carolina had it nc been for the generosity of wealth * gentleman in Southern South Care lina and an opportone loan from th aid fund of Washington and Le University enabled the writer t Amnlafo Kin <vmrflP_ I it keenly, therefore, when a youp man is compelled to forego altogett er the advantages of college trainin because of the lack of funds or fo 4 the same reason has to leave th university before he graduates There are pathetic cases of thi? kin every year, not to speak of th larger number who suffer in silenc ?> from the unfulfilled desire for a! higher education. In spite of these facts benefactors | 1 continue to build memorials and con- i tribute funds for the advacement of, various educational interests- all! admirable objects of munificence in themselves; but comparatively few | a have realized the importance of e making men of character and edu-1 g cation?always the finest assets of! any commonwealth. By means of : .1 ; i Kqc i me Aiumni juuuu ruuu muw been in existence only twelve years, >_ seven ministers, forty-nine teachers, e fourteen lawyers, six legislators, r thirty-four business men, four magy istrates, two doctors and three coune ty superintendents of education have been enabled to complete their col( lege careers. Two hundred ^nd t thirteen have been aided altogether p and twenty are being helped this _ year. This is a fine showing and should encourage every alumnus to do all in his power to enlarge and pertetuate a fund that does so great ^ a service to the uniyersity and to the State. W S Currell, Pres University of So Car. I | OLD JOHNSONYILLE SCHOOL NOTES } I The ExcelBior Literary society met ii Friday, Jannary 5, at its uaal hour. The object of this meeting was to k elect officers, the following being D chosen: President, Massebeau Huggins; vice president, Nedo Huggins; secretary, Evelyn Johnson; first crit* " rrr ? *1 i. 1C, LAlia Kucn weaineriy, nccuu'i e critic, Lizzie Lewis; first censor, s Clarice Huggins; second censor, D Lacy Edwards. There being no other ) business to be transacted at this meeting, the society adjourned after 3 resolving to do even better work in |. the future than in the past. Sadye Springs, Corresponding Secretary. e h honor roll. e Grade I. h Kimball Johnson 92 . Sarah Prosaer 90 j Grade I (advanced). ) Sherman Joy 94 Bennie Weaver 93 1 Grade D. l! Lou Alice Cox 92 r n TTT ijraae in. ' Willis Ard ~..94 e Johnnie Spring: 93 s Grade IV. a Eleanor Johnson 97 d Fannie Hughes 94 a Marvin Joy 94 3 Grade V. y Lottie Cox 94 . Lena Davis : 93 l" Aaron Joy? ? .97 Grade VII. ' Minnie Huggin9 95 e Grade VIII. !t Evelyn Johnson 96 e Sadye Springs 91 e Grade IX. ^ Verna Ard 97 r Adria Lewis 94 i- Grade X. y Clarice Huggins 97 g Lalla Ruth Weatherly 96 M B Huggrins 96 j Liston Huggins ....94 e The Babir of Taking Cold I With many people taking a cold is a habit, but fortunately one that D is easily broken. Take a cold sponge '* bath every morning when you first is get out of bed?not too cold, but a >. temperature of about 90 degrees. AlD so sleep with your window up. Do this and you will seldom take oold. h When you do take cold take Chamn berlain's Cough Remedy and get rid n of it as quickly as possible. Ubtaind able everywhere. is * * South Carolina Woman's Thrift. i. In the January Woman's Home Companion a writer advises: e "The idea of using the materials >t to be found in the home locality, plus i- her own labor, is well exemplified in >t the case of a South Carolina woman - _i :-i 1 ? J wno yiciu* ouu cures yiuc uccuics xx uiu > her own grounds, and later weaves e them with raffia into delightful base kets, serving-trays, and coasters, o which she sells to many distant shops. >1 This pine needle indestry is possible g in and part of the country where the ?- hiiw frooa nfa fminH Thp npprflpi g when dried in the light turn a tobacr co brown, while those dried in the e dark retain their green tone; theres. fore many beautiful combinations d are possible through this srmple and e easy means of obtaining variety of :e i color." 4 GUNS THAT SAVE LIFE. | They Are Used For Shooting Linea to Vessels In Distress. The three and six pounders with which all the seagoing cutters of the revenue service are armed now are used to shoot lines to vessels in distress, states the Popular Science Monthly. For years they had served as nothing more than ornaments on the decks of the cutters, for ii never was necessary to use them in the enforcement of customs and navigation laws. They were carried mainlv for their moral effect. These guns have been found far more effective in line shooting than the line guns formerly carried? small brass cannons of the type seen at life saving stations along the coasts. Although the cannons were in use for many years, they were never entirely satisfactory. It was almost impossible to aim them with any degree of accuracy, and accordingly line shooting with them was a "hit or miss" matter in the majority of cases. In line shooting with the modern rapid fire guns a projectile about six feet in length is used. The end, which is inserted in the gun, is a cylindrical piece of soft steel slightly smaller than the bore of the gun and about a foot in length. It is tapered dgwn to a rod about a half inch in diameter and five feet or more in length. There is a forged eye at the end of the rod to which the end of the line is tied. The line is a loosely twisted hemp rope about the size of a wash line. About 1,500 feet of it is woven back and forth around wooden pins set in a receptacle the size of a trunk, known as a "faking box." After this operation the box is turned upside down, and the framework holding the pins is withdrawn, lea9thg the line ready to be "fed out" without becoming tangled. Prior to the insertion of the projectile in the gun the first twenty or tfiirty feet of the line are dampened, so as to five it mere elasticity and lessen the anger of it parting. A cartridge contain ing about ten ounces of black powder is inserted in the breech of the gun, which is then aimed and fired. To Rimovi m Cork. When a cork is tightly held k the neck of a bottle and no corkscrew is at hand the cork may be removed in the following way: Hold a cushion or pillow against the wall or the door jamb, using the left hand for this purpose. With the right hand gently but firmly strike the bottom of the bottle against the cushion, being careful to strike it sauarely and not on the edge of the bOkem. With every blow the cork will be forced slowly out by the pressure of the liquid inside. At the last spurt, which discharges the cork, one must be quick to right the bottle so that none of the liquid is spilled. Julius Caesar. Caesar was assassinated March 15, 44 B. C., and was at the time of his death fifty-six years old. It is not alone as a military genius that his fame endures. By almost common consent he was the most remarkable all round man of antiquity?masterfully great not only as general, but as writer, statesman and administrator. In addition to these high accomplishments, he was a great mathematician, philologist, architect and jurist His conversational powers were extraordinary, and from all accounts he was in his manner one of the most attractive of men. An Ancient PrM^fcrtlon. Medical prescriptions are often hard to read, and there is one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which is particularly bothersome. It is on stone and dates from about 1500 B. C., making it no doubt the oldest prescription in America. Men of science say that the Egyptian physician whs prepared it was prescribing preciois stones, finely ground, for fumigation in cases of hysteria. And, as often in later times, a much more expensive remedy was prescribed for rich people than for the poor. Handling Bakad Flah. Place in bottom of pan two strips of ebeesecloth, three or four inches wide and long enough to extend three inches over side of pan, first dipping cloth in melted butter (or Eve oil) and being careful to keep the ends extending ever pan dean. Place fish on this and when dona take hold of ends of cloth and lift ?a -j ? rpWa XUtU UUI VI pun VU tU picikici. loth can then be easily pulled -item under, leaving the ?sh in perfect shape. True Way to Ba Humble. The true way to be bumble is not to stoop till you are smaller than vourseli, but "to stand at your real height against some higher nature that shall show you what the real amallness of your greatest greatness is.?Phillips Brooks. Mk AnHBgnNMi wrwftfiT ri t i n w Catarrfi means inflammation. Inflammation is the stagnation of blood?the gorging of the circulation with impure blood. Of course you can't be well under this condition. It means, headaches, indigestion, kidney trouble, coughs, colds, etc. Peruna By a,su,in? x VA U1AU nutrition Increases the circulation, invigorates the system, removes the waste matter and brightens you up. Over 44 Years Of service to the public entitles It to a place with you. It Makes Good The Peruna Company Columbus, Ohio You can get Peruna in tablet form for convenience. 700 MILES IN MOTOR BOAT By Crew of American Steamer Abandoned at Sea. .New xorK, J an i:?a voyage 01 700 miles in a motor boat from a spot in the Atlantic ocean, where they had abandoned their sinking ship, to the coast of Morocco, was the unusual experience related by five of the crew of the American ichooner Rob Roy, on their arrival from Havanna today aboard the steamship Mexico. According to the sailors the Rob Roy sailed from Alicante, Spain, for Havana, and on November 18 the vessel ran into a heavy gale. She prang a leak, became waterlogged and for two days drifted in this condition. The vessel was abandoned on November 20 and the captain and crew took to a motor boat They steered east, hoping to pick up a passing ship or sight land, they said. After traveling 700 miles without sighting another craft they landed on the coast of Morocco and made their way to Mogadore, Morocco, where they appealed to the American consul. The men were sent to the Canary Islands. They there boarded a Spanish steamer for Havana. WORK WEARS ON THE KIDNEYS. Doao's Kidney Pills Have Done Great Service For People Who Work Id Kingslree Many Kingstree people work every day in some srtained, unnatural position?bending constantly over a desk ?riding on jolting wagons or carsdoing laborious housework; lifting, reaching or pulling, or trying the backinahundred and one other ways. All these strains tend to wear, weaken and injure the kidneys until they fall behind in their work of filtering the poisons from the blood. Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys, and bad backs. Their effective work is convincing proof of merit. C R Rutledge, engineer, A C L R R, 212 S Gailliard St, Florence S C, says: "The jar and jolt of the engine caused my back to ache, and my kid~ neys to get out of order. I was sore and lame at times. The kidney secretions passed irregularly. I also had symptoms of kidney trouble. I finally used Doan's Kidney Pills and ?i: J ?? tnejr rcucvcu iur. Price 50c. at ail dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same, that Mr Rutledge had. Foster-Milburn Co, Props, Buffalo, N Y. To interpret art we must be artists, and the poet is not only one who writes, but one who understands. A black eye in a woman may indicate temper. A black eye in a man may prove "the other fellow" had the temper. Winter Brims tolda To Children. A child rarely goes through the whole winter without a cold, and ?-?/vikA? V* n ?A It fAlinViln every UJUUJCl OIIUUIU nave a i lhuuii. remedy handy. Fever, sore throat, tight chest and croupy coughs are sure symptoms. A dose of Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey will loosen the phlegm, relieve the congested lungs and stop the cough. Its antiseptic pine balsams heal and soothe. For croup, whooping cough and chronic bronchial troubles try Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. At all Druggists, 25c. f = JlflL A SPARK IIIm a sure spa FITS ALL J ^iNvi9^ ejectro<ies constructed tha the sparking gai g King'sti L. T. Thompsoi % 15c lb Paid for Choice Beef, Pc Mutton an THE PEOPLE'! H. A. MILLER. I THE CASH has a good m waiting for you. your headquart in town. 'Am al to see you in f Best Price Paid for Floor and Rice a Specialty. S( I S. DE Next Door to Hell How to "Can" Eat Pure Food from tt We have a full line of foot guarantee in every instance L. -L- X J-l_ ~ .... 4-1 eiiort LU get uie very ucbl u you are looking for a really Flour, Coffee, Tea, 31 in fact, anything to eat, coi We have it for you. M. H. 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