Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-16


carry out his present intention Of
holding these meetings annually or
semi-annually. While not so largely
attended as will be. the case, no doubt,
in the future, all Of the farmers pres
ent expressed themselves as delighted
with the results.
All those who attended were guests
of the college and at 2 o'clock were
served with the college girls boun-
tiful and we'll prepared dinner.
The morning session opened with
prayer by Rev. H. r. Mills OF the
Methodist church Of this city. After
this followed a short address Of well
come by President Johnson OF Win
throp.
In his remarks DR.. Johnson said In
part: winthrop college stands for
service to the schools and to the
home. In line with this spirit there
was organized at this college in 1902
the South Carolina Rural School I'm
provement association with one Of its
graduates, Miss Maud Nance, at its
head. In accordance also with this
purpose Of service, the call was made
today to the farmers Of York county,
their wives and daughters and to the
rural school teachers to meet here and
consider the great subject Of agricul-
ture and its bearing on the home"
Following this address came pa
per by Miss Hyde, the superintendent
Of Winthrop's model home. Miss
Hyde's subjct was Home Making
Versus Housekeeping" and her treat
Of the home as the central unit Of the
nation and brought out very forcibly
the difference between a house-a
mere shelter-and a home, an abid-
ing place. a retreat Of Joy and COM
fort. Miss Hyde spoke Interestingly
Of the work Of the model home and
invited all over to inspect 1t and see
the various demonstrations Of house
work to be given in the afternoon.
After this came splendid paper on
"The Spraying of Plants" by Frof. l.
A. Niven, head Of the new depart
ment Of elementary agriculture at
Winthrop. Professor Niven gave
many helpful hints on the care Of
crops, fruit trees and plants, and
showed how the progressive farmer
made double or treble his yield. The
startling fact was brought out that
insects alone destroy every year in the
United States 5000, 100000 in crops.
Hygiene in the Home" was the
subject Of the next paper by DR.. M.
II
DR.. Jones showed that health Is the
natural condition Of man and that
good health depends upon three
things, viz: Ventilation, drinking
water and food. He also showed how
worry will cause indigestion and sum-
med up with the telling sentences:
There are four things the further
ance Of which the government should
make one of its aims: Preventable
death, preventable sickness, preventa-
BILE physical inefficiency and preven-
table ignorance"
Then followed a short intermission
when the audience was treated to two
musical numbers by Professor Bauer,
a reading by Miss Spencer, head Of
the department Of expression, and
two songs by Miss Salmon, teacher Of
voice. All Of these numbers were well
rendered and much enjoyed. It was
Miss Spencer's first public appearance
In Rock Hill and her reading from
"Quo Vadis" was magnificent.
Food and Our Meals" was the sub
ject Of most interesting paper by
Miss Whittemore Of the domestic SCI
ence department. Miss Whittemore
brought out clearly and convincingly
that many of our so-called meals"
are not food, and used appropriately
the quotation "Tell me what you eat,
and will tell you what you are"
Then followed a few remarks by
Hon. d. e. Finley, congressman from
this district. The keynote Of Mr.. Fin
ley's speech was Economy" not pc
nuriousness. but wise spending and
wise saving.
After dinner the reassembled audi
ence was given splendid address ty
Mr.. F. W. Howe Of the agricultural
department at Washington. Mr.. Howe
was invited down especially to make
this address and his every remark
was received with interest and pleas
ure. He brought out that the study
of agriculture in the schools may give
a dignity of meaning to geology, ge-
ography, the languages and literature,
and advised that among all Of our
other "fads" we admit agriculture,
which would certainly repay US In re-
suits little dreamed Of The lecture
was illustrated by fine stereopticon
views.
DR.. Knapp, another government Of
fetal, was to have been present but
was unavoidably detained.