The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30


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1 for the prize for the
yield Of corn.
The Exhibits.
exhibits were displayed in the
ouse, and there were inspected
judges and the awards made.
ldition to the exhibits by the
ere were some exhibits by the
emonstrators under County
duncan, in response to his re-
published in the Newberry
The Addresses.
Preceding the award Of prizes,
Congressman Lever and Aessrs.
Williams and Smith were introduced,
and they made excellent addresses,
! dealing with timely topics of inter-
lest to the planters. They were in
trodueed by County Superintendent
bf Education Wheeler, who in call
hg the meeting to order made few
appropriate remarks congratulatlng
boys upon their efforts.
first speaker was
Congressman Lever,
spoke of the conditions confront
he Southern farmer and suggest
,me remedies which he said he
Fed would bring about good re-
s. The Southern farmers, he
b, did not control their cotton
p and fix the price because they
d not own it completely when they
I'D made it. The remedy for that,
e said was for them to own their
wn cotton crop by a system OF dl-
Eersifcation. Even if they did own
heir own cotton crop, however, they
puld not fix the price upon it unless
hey worked in harmony with each
her, and that meant that, in order
get the best out of diverslfcatlon
Cas necessary to organize vigorous
nd effectively. And the next thing
that they could not and would
ever organize and they would not
er diversity most effectively until
ev were educated-not necessarily
high school education by ed
(tion he meant the opening OF their
5 to the facts around them. Ol-
sify, organize and educate-those
e the remedies, and for each he
strong and eloquent plea. In
lection with the latter phase Of
subject he said that South Car
la and the South needed a system
education that not only trained
he mental capacity Of the boy and
irl, but at the same time the manual
md physical capacities, to fit the
South Carolina farm boy and farm
girl for farm ife-that education
which combined in perfect balance
the training Of mind and hand.
In this connection he referred to
Clemson College, saying that while
he had made some suggestions recent
ly as to Clemson, which some people
had termed criticisms, they were
friendly criticisms, and he said that
! he vas a stauneh friend of Clemson:
The only criticism he had made OF
Clemson was that it had not been IN
The best and closest kind Of sympa-
thy with the agriculture OF South
kCarolina. It had been suggested that
clemson should set aside some OF Its
funds and establish a fitting school
kfor Clemson. A fitting school may
10 GOOD, he said, but he was IN ia
Eor Of the establishment each year
IF an agricultural high school in the
Congressional districts Of the State,
funtil we mad one in each district,
hooking ultimately towards the estab-
lishment Of an agricultural high
school in every county in the State
He believed that we could take from
the funds going to Clemson s5O,Ooo
each year and devote this to the es-
Establishment each year Of one such
Congressional agricultural hlgn
school. He gave figures showing the
amount received by Clemson from the
fertilizer tax, which he said was IN
addition to the amount received from
the Federal government. The fert1-
lizer tax this year amounted to $780,
600. Five years ago it amounted to
s109,OO0-in five years an increase
Of $S1, 1000. He could not believe that
the expenses of Clemson in five years
had increased $4,000 per year. He
would not injure Clemson, but he be-
lieved that $4,000 could be taken
from the funds received by 1t each