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iH CHEER MUM A Higher Dignity For Ths Great Bust* net* of Farmers. Clensson College, Jan. 5?"As a man Alnketh in his heart, so is he". So ipuki Holy Scripture, aid all ezpen lence ooaflims its truth. j Hie moot; Important consideration, l Aerefore, for the farmer is his attitude ^toward his (arm. What does he think shout it,?what does he think about ttfUilniT Does he lore his fields and woods ?Doec hi* eye rest with peculiar sadness on his sleejc mules and tat settle? Doe* he feel in his rery soul that farming is a high calling, the only sanation for him? Or does he rain# ' fields and wood* and cattle in terms merely of money? Wtll he sell them all Jar a price, and gladly turn away from ' tfiezn ferarer? Is he a tanner by chance . sir by choice? Has he etasply "inherit ni* a farm? Is he a farmer bemuse he know* no other way of "making a lirlag." beeanse it may seem to him the easiest. most independent life? Has he lacked the world and Its businesses in the lace, and deliberately decided that, aa for him, the plow and the fresh earth upttc-ned, and the growing plant hare charms abort all? B store any further reed progress eaa h# mad* in the development of oui aaeatijr life.that country life must be saturated with lore of the country. Many mora farmers there must ha Whose determination to stay on the fiWm ie fmhe as fixed aa their detsrmlar aHoa to w?b success, and comfort and Isiptam, for thomsslres and theii families hy means of their fanning. Bheh farmers will not bo bribed by a Whiten rise la too prtsss ef lam lands fk "hell est" and novo to a neighbor jB| tow*, 'my wui ncn w arivou ?wmj J laker troubles. They may sell a part their holdings. but they will stfli tfltag to the soil. By the use of moden Machinery in the betas aad on th? | ,farra, they will so multiply personal ' eCident v am to reduce greedy the nuns her of laborers, and increase the output Of all * ho work. Theee farmers will be IUy persuaded in their own minds, they above mse in other callings, kopporunity to raise strong healthy ^^en. They will appreciate at theii ^Hworth, the breeze blewlmc aieai Hpnre over the wheat, the sight oi He on the hill feeding slowly homo rd. the ran in the woods after nuts, pthe children's growth, both of body, 4 mind. "Who but the farmer can J rnlsh in abundance to his children j on milk', fresh eggs, tender vegeta, blsa, home-raised bread and meat? The medloal ncordi of the Selective Draft oard.hav-? Juel revealed that the healthiest sone in the United States la from North to South, practically co1 OllV< " / ?' ' Ladi r* This sh Cc You are cc will be; We j ISILVJ Main Street, JBSSSSSSSSSSm imjlict with the zone W greatest agricultural development. the great MlsSbsippt Valley. May not the more abandart food supply there be th? Kint ef the stronger, healthier young men? j "Bread" la the universal human err. Only the farmer can furnish It. No other occupation fills so fundamental a need. Preacher, lawyer, doctor, met* cheat, manufacturer, baaXer,?we oai not do without them, hut their import ance to society la less than the farmer's. The first occupatlan both in point of time ana poini ->r togic i> rarming. Aid the farmer, the real farmer, will realize that he is. aider God. the dispenser of the bounties of Nature to his hungry fellowmen. He will value hi? profession accordingly. The "fry practice cf '.he art ol farm tug affords opportunity to the farmer to grow to the full, mentally and spiritually. He is not dependent on men and things as other men are. He is dependent on cloud and sunshine, on the hidden processes of life; that is, he Is dependent on the wisdom, power and goodness of God. He ought to be a better man for it. Just because the farm gives this opportunity for closer relationship with the Lord of life, there Is a higher dignty about this business than we have ocmmonlv accorded it. We hare looked at the dirty hand, and the bent back, and we hare called the fanner uioouth and his profession unclean. The world t?nrht hten to desnlse his work and himself ft admires the skill of the great surgeon, but forgets the Tears he spent in the gruesome work of the dissecting-room. It praises the artist who sings a song, or writes a story, or paints a picture, but the artist who gare us oar breeds of eattle, or strains of wheat or corn, our kaprored moth* orde of tillage, are almost unknown. Yet their reward is with them. In the qniet, wren in the obscurity of their ferms. they so lived and worked that mankind is perpetually their debtor. Your farming holds the pesslb<y of such a career for you. Some recent publications of interest to South Carolina f&rmsrs are listed below and may he obtained free by writing to the Agricultural Editor, Clemson College. S. C. Exteaslon Bulletin 4S. "Tobacco Culture in South Carolina." Ex"r>s:nn Bulletin 44, svi-stirr fv?B U Weevil with Pak ture* and Fendns." Experiment Station Bulletin 200 "Analyaea of Commercial rortniMrs " Experiment 8Utlon Bulletin 201. "Creaotlnr Fence Ponta" Attractive and sanitary bulldlnrc are a business asset to any farm; they ruxeest healthy livestock, protected machfw/ always ready for u?e. and other farm equipment and supplier Till cared for armsm5 is Now Show es' Spr ring Wi towing eml tats and I >rdially invited i glad to show yc guarantee our pi fm ERMAN * MAGIC IN GOLD AND HUMOR . How Happy Combination of the Two j Put End to "Run" on Famous i English Bank. A story Is told, with some reserva- i tlon, by a London paper. concerning j the grandfather of the wel!-knn\en ; Quaker peer. Lord IVckover. The I story goes that, during a run on the j hank of which lie \\as a principal, at j one time known as that of Gurtiey. ( Birkbeek. Peckover & Co.. he exhibit- j ed. within sight of the counter, hags j full of gold, surniount'sl by a peck ( measure, also filled \\ it li sovereigns. "Yott see." he explained to the de- i positors anxious to draw their bal- [ ances, "that there Is enough money for you all, and a peck over." This is ?sj ? -? ?Q?mir?ie(t flip run. Such >U1U IV IUI 1 r is the magic of g*)ld, and of humor. One feels by no means certain that stacks of "fivers" would have achieved the same happy result. Or, to revert to the time of (leorge 111, when the sum of twopence was represented by a solid two-ounce coin, would a large pile of these weighty "cartwheels" have allayed the fears of the small depositor? No! Not even a warehouseful !?Christian Science Monitor. "The Woman Who Fed London." One of the most interesting figure* [ brought into the limelight of publicity during England's groat railway strike was Miss E. M. Hopwood, now called "the woman who fed London." Miss Hopwood was secretary to a large commercial firm in the north of England, and her business ability wa8 so well recognized that when the ministry of food was organized, she was called to the service of th< government She scored such success In her emergency warwork that she was appointed at 4 4|- -?HWa mm tilt beginning 01 tne mimj food distributing officer for the whole metropolitan area. Htpa Not All Abandoned. x Silas Threejears was watching the grizzly bear In bis now cage to the northwest of the lion house. A ro? ctntly constructed chain of bear and other animal cages there has added Immensely to the attraction tf the place. Somebody threw the old grizzly a peanut and then another, but both nuts hit the bars and fell just outside the cage. The bear reached his paw through and tried to scoop the tempting nuts in, but his long, yellow claws seemed to be in bis way. He had to nse his claws as a sort of rake, and the spaces between the prongs of his rake proved too wide, so the peanuts slipped through. Miss Threeyeare was most sympathetic. The poor bear couldn't get his peanuts. But there was yet hope. The keeper would be around shortly with the bear'8 dinner, and then? "Maybe lie <-nn get it wif a fork or a 'poon," she said.?Washington Star. s Del ing a Beautiful ing Su its and braces son lats ever to come in and >u and help you fn Ha os 1 r L1VVU VVr w ?*k/ > r the same c 'S DEP ? ,!4i4!4!4!4^!4!4^;4!4!4M-^!4I4;4!^ i HERE'S A ?? ;-r* v 1 | ! We will ha ? ! I I! Saturday, i! 3 Brand Nei I . I With Sell $ ? f I 9 a ? r Jlrrowsoitl $ | Kingstree, I ' ' ' partment Line of Advance Style its, Spring Sorine* D lie of the snap shown in Kii look over this advaiu to make your selectio >w as will be found ii :lass of goods. ARTMENT Laaa'4.g'4.u.au.u^;-H^i-t-:-K-K-K-K-K , | CHANCE'! _____ I I 4 'i ive for sale '4 Jan. 31st, 11 '4 v Ford Cars 11 f Starters % i 73 '4 ===== k Hub Co, ! V South Carolina. { 3 i + 3 L '4 i Store i is in r rnfltc resses ?pie& Suits, lgstree. :e showing. We n. Come early. q the State STORE Kingstree S. C.