The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
Conducted By
 martba Young

1 The kinsman of one of these sturdy farmers has endowed one of the great ! schools of the South. This farmer is animated by the same spirit of helpful ness and progress. He is a leader of I his settlement and neighborhood; he does more for the school than any other three men Jn 1t. He gives, and lends, and helps every soul within reach, and gives not out of an unearned increment, but out of the proceeds of his daily labor Every gift that he freely be- slows has in it something of his own strength. time. need. Every gift bears the divine seal of self-denial
 This is something millionaire can not buy, the stamp and seal of self-de- nial on his gifts
 Give, give, give generously as they do, there Is yet more. and more, ana more in the coffers, and the crownins grace of self denial is never reached
 The blessing of rural free delivery has reached this neighborhood.
 | No one that has not lived sO long as three days out of reach of the post masters whistle can fully realize what rural free delivery means to sucn set dement's.
 People are getting mail matter am told that never have seen their names before on a newspaper wrapper or envelope"
 am told that 20 cents a year brings some very reputable papers to subscrib- CTS here. Every word is read with in- terest Advertisements are scanned with seriousness. Suggestions Of prac- tical helpfulness are caught up ana adopted. A furriers catalogue sent py chance, or out on an adventure, WILL start some settlement genius of finance to offering small payment for the furs of "varmints." such as abound In these hills, so a little limit of prosper.
 ity is loosed into the district. An ar ticle on magnolias will start some hand moved by progress to ship small plants of the greater magnolia of our hill country (the cucumber tree) and plants of the lesser magnolia (the bay). Fur niturc catalogues will teach the value of rattan which nets all the forests and will create a new industry.
 The public school Is a vast lever to
 move to this sections betterment
 Under the new laws the teacher who
 comes to these far-away sections re-
 ceives the same pay as do those in more favored sections.
 See what it means to such com : . munity to have a seven months school
 In exchange for three months term. To gain a $40 teacher for SIP one. It Is to these distant places that the
 best teachers should go. just as in
 great cities the best material Is put
 into the primary teaching.
 With the public school the free cir , culating library might be /easily . brought to every such settlement.
 There are many movements North for this end. The wealth of the North only waits for some formation of sys-
 tenn South when the books and period- [ icals will be ready for shipment. 7 There is much skill and knowledge, many ancient industries in these hills F that ought not to be allowed to die out of the world.
 visited one house yesterday and
 saw work done which would be valued 3 and artistic anywhere: work of the : loom.
 /; A counterpane was hand spun 7 d-dyed. hand-woven.
 g The colots were vivid and beautiful 7 a yellow clear as sunshine. and a rich. l dark red. The yellow was dyed with l yellow rock" the red with red rock t The secret of these dyes are now pos
 country, ere long. unless some step to
 save them is taken, they will be los, s as is the rich purple of Tyrian dyes. s There were also white counterpanes 8 some over fifty years old, having been t in constant use. The cotton had been raised in valley patches, had been spun e and woven in these cabin homes The
 
 of nomenclature most interesting. the c honeycomb. the double divinity. the Alabama beauty spot, the w-droI ' and a hundred more. The frnges ol these were elaborate and 'hand-tied. The woodworking could be put tC very modern usage The old dyed-in the~wool red and white and blue anc
 white weaving seen In old fash y toned counterpanes would make mos u effective draperies and portieres If thi u work Uf ric., colorins and qIdlnt pat . tern and artistic workmanship wer, I brought to the world $ knowledge d de mand would easily be created for it
 and profitable work would be put int, y many hands skilled for such tasks. bu ! held by necessity to the hoe. for thes
 skilled weavers even though they b.
 women of some fifty years or more. arr D often field d-laborers. The neighbor - who were their customers once. nov U prefer the gaudy weaving of machiner. | to the old fast and good work of hand
 looms If these old arts and ancien
 industries are saved it must be by creat r ing a knowledge of 1t and d decided o demand for it by the wealthy. Alread IT demand for rag-carpet, with its quain
 blending of colors and rare medley O ', design has been created. The Aver = family of Louisiana have revived tn h | old arts of the countdy folk of tn d prairie tremblants," and have create it a growing demand for the products i . l the North.
 fl Much the same work has been don IF by a Southern woman in Tennessee a The work of the kind done at Eas " Aurora, New York is amply advertise .t and well known. A fortune is bein
 realized by him who revived the an