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iield day contests more prizes than
. any other school in the county
and won first honor. Now. Mr.. Edi-
'or' this is constructive work, and
work that is bringing results that
VIII reach away into the future his
'ofE oi Prlvateer. 1t is for the up
hit OF the whole township. The
pubic spirited Privateer citizen
Wherever you find him, or her is
proud Of it and grateful for it, Now
the same that is being done at the
Bethel graded school can be done in
the eastern portion Of the distr;ct
peleve' say at Providence churcI,
"here there is already fine school
ana two as good teachers as there are
IN the township. Why not LET tn,
smaller schools around Providence
consolidate, as around Bethel and
nave another school that the wh,Ie
'o"hshlp VIII be proud of? l know
the trustees to be large-hearted pub-
llc-spirited. successful business mon
and fair appeal to them will not
DE turned down. Do not understand
me to advocate compulsory consolida.
ton, as | know human nature too
we'll for that, but if these smaller
schools will come in and let us have.
say two fine, large, well eouipped
graded or high schools il will
eventually be cheaper and the re-
suits four-fold and any prophet could
safely predict for the new and COM
ing Privateer, what was once the
condition Of the old-the seal of re-
, finement, prosperity and intelligence.
surpassed by no community on earth.
AS long as the patrons of the small
schools contend for the maintenance
of these schools, so long, in nv hum
| bic judgment will they retard the
progress that might and surely would
attain were they to come in with us.
believe in giving them all that is
right and just in the way of the pub
lie funds, however, if they will not
come.
In reference to the increase in tax
es for the schools, what say canno
be construed to mean self-interest, a
have already educated a large fam
lily and cannot benefit by it now, bu
having the public benefit of my neigh
bor's children at heart and 10 max
it better for coming generations
want to see the best schools possibl
and if by voting an extra levy W.
can get an appropriation from tn
State TO aid us / will vote for one.
| One word to Reader" before
close. You are quite a young mar
yet and in all human probability viii
outlive these trustees. Don't let tn
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We managed TO attend 10 our business
with it and do not have to run around
hunting "ready-made" opinion from
some one who can only see one side
Of any question. And as to the trus-
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are going to run a cash business of
several hundred dollars for three
months with nothing but $l.55 cash
Is something that a good many peo-
PIE want to know. AS To interests OF
majority OF trustees being centered in
Bethel school," Mr. Kolb admits that
'heir idea is to abandon all of the
other schools for Bethel" thereby
admitting that statement, but it
seems that they have got the wrong
idea of Capitalization. | have taken
notice of the movement for some
time and | have never seen or heard
of any educator advising ii except to
get better teachers and to reduce eX-
pense. The mere fact of school
building being in the centre of the
district has no merit whatever Co.
lumbia is the centre of South Caro-
lima. 1t has schools. colleges. the
STATE house. a court house and a
skyscraper. Why should the town
OF Sumter want any of these? Why
not do all of the banking business and
hold all Of the courts in Columbia,
and take al of the school children
| there to be taught? Sumter is the
centre of the county, it has schools
second to no city of its size. why not
| take all Of the children in the county
there TO school? Sumter also has
magnificent churches Of many de-
nominations, with the best preachers
obtainable. Why not abandon the
country churches and let everybody
go to Sumter to church. The reason
| of this must be plain to any one, that
people live all over this broad coun-
try of ours and they all want ar
| lrangements to meet their needs and
lconveniences wherever they live. AS
to the central location of the Bethel
school, it may be near the centre of
the district but l am only able to find
two of its pupils who live within a
|
them live three or more miles dis
tant. and three-fourths of them live
on the west side of the Cain mill
swamp. Certainly convenience had
nothing to do with its location.
am in favor of consolidating schools.
wherever 1t will reduce cost, be con
venient to patrons and secure better
teachers. but the condition of roads
cost Of consolidation all have to be
taken into consideration. 1t seems.
however. that Mr.. Kolb lost sight Of
all Of these facts and has tried to
consolidate by the steam roller pro-
cess" Any one who will look at the
conditions in Privateer district will
see that it will be inconvenient for a
great number of the scholars and i'm
possible to not few to attend any
I one SChoul Nj. Kolr says ,hat the
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one. IL 10 iar oos.e. ~ c.it.C.se III
building Of your neighbor that t.
pitch in and build one yourself.
know that you favor education anG
progress in every line and are com
petent to inform yourself and un
derstand the problems that perple:
the trustees, and it has been a wonde
to me why YOU have gone into pub
lie print over little local matters
without first exhausting home re-
sources. Some of these little local
reports and opinions expressed in
private conversation are sometimes
very amusing, but are frequently very
destructive to great and good prin-
ciples when in public print. Let us
work for a better Privateer. a more
harmonious Privateer and a more
prosperous Privateer Let us do con-
stuctive, rather than destructive
work in our school and all public en-
terprises. r<
To go back to the Bethel school.
When the trustees decided to build a
school house on the lot donated for
that purpose 10y the church they
wisely decided to build one that would
meet the already growing demands Of
the surrounding community and also
future demands. This building is al
ready being pretty we'll taxed as all
school grows as grow it surely will,
soon additions will have to be made.
There was opposition some years ago
To an extra levy to increase our
school facilities, but you could not
lind man now to vote to rescind that
levy. What citizen worth the name,
would vote to curtail the work at
Clemson or Winthrop or South Caro-
lima University. While there may be
lavish appropriations in the Judgment
of some who would vote to cripple
these institutions. we claim that there
are no lavish appropriations FOR our
schools. and the very thing We are all
asking for is an appropriation from
the State for our rural schools. and il
seems that the only way TO secure il
is to give little more ourselves. We
Will have a school then, that will
give, right here in our midst. an ed
ucation far superior to anything
dreamed Of by the fathers and moth
ers of PriVateer for their children
This is an age of progress and he who
would go To mill as his grand sire did
on horse back. with bushel of corn
in one end of Il sack across his horse
and a rock in the other to balance il.
Is ou; of date and has no pace in
PriNat"cr. am not trying to
trampl" ON the rights of anyone. nor
mpugn the motives or opinions II
anyone, but give this as my View II
the school matter i'm Privatcer.
w. G. Wells.
sumter. June Is
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READER REPLIES TO MIR. KOLB.

y 'urtncr Discussion OF the Pri,a.
I, = school Disiric9 COntcoycrSy.
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New York Cottsa Market.
Open. Clse
LIVERPOOL MARKET.

Open. Close.
Liverpool. June 20.
June July 637.
July-August $685.
Aug--Scpt $50.
Scpt-Oct. $40
Local Market.
Basis Mlddling. 1915.
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.FAT1ENING SURPLUS
STOCK OF CHICKENS
Dealers Find No Difficulty in Dis.
posing Of Well FIeshed Fowls
-0ne Good Ration.

There has been good demand for
well-fed chickens this season. The
dealers find no difficulty In disposing
of large quantities OF we'll Heshed
chickens. but the poor or thin chick
ems. or those of the range, have found
very poor market. Last years ex.
perience taught the dealers that this
class of stock Is very hard to dis.
pose OF at profit. and many dealers
lost considerable money on the thin
chickens they handled, consequently
this season they are buying ordinary
stock at low prices. The difference
paid by some dealers between stock
as 1t runs and properly fed birds has
been from five to seven cents a pound.
A good ration for fattenlng chick.
ems Is composed Of equal parts by
weight OF corn chop. low grade -four
and middlings This is mixed with
sour milk or buttermilk to the con.
sistency Of pancake batter. After
the birds are put In the fattening
crates they are starved for twenty.
four hours. So that when feeding
commences their appetites are very
keen.
At first they are fed sparingly. but
after a few days the ration Is gradu.
ally Increased until they are given
all they will eat quickly, In ten min.
utes. Two feeds are given daily, and
as near equal hours apart as pos.
sible. Grit should be given once
week. At the end Of the fattenIng
period the birds should be starved
from eighteen to twenty.iour hours
before killing. so as to make sure that
the crop and intestines are empty.
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ITCHING AND BURNING

17e6 West 4sth Ave-, Denver, COLI
II had a very sore leg. 1t troubled
me for some twenty years and finally
broke out to running sore with
much fever and terrible itching and
burning. It burned and i.ched so bad
" could not rest day or night and
was obliged to lie in bed. The sores
were in spots Just as raw as q piece
OF beef. I used medicine, yet II
wouldn't heal. Seeing the advertise
ment for Cuticura Soap and Ointmen,
Immediately wrote for some. The
immediate cure was more remarkable
than I can describe. l was complete.
" cured" (Signed) Mrs. Curry
Brown. April II, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32.p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston" !"
Adv,
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(By l. c. Correctly


There are three things necessary
for the successful storing of cabbages.
~ Carefully grown and carefully
handled heads Of sort well adapted
for storing; (2) storage warehouses
SO constructed and arranged as to pre-
vent drip from the ceiling or roof
striking the stored heads: and (3)
such an arrangement and control Of
the ventilation and temperature Of the
building as to prevent the condensa-
ton of moisture on the cabbage while
in storage.
Cabbage to be stored in commercial
storage houses should be very care
fully cut and closely trimmed 30 that
no loose leaves get into the storage
house. In hauling cabbage from the
neld to the storehouse. spring wagons
should be used and the heads should
be passed from hand to hand and
never thrown into the wagon body.
Tho same care should be observed In
placing the heads in storage.
II the heads are to be stored In bins.
the bins should be narrow and not
more than 'l6 or lS feet from front to
back. and the heads not more than 6
or Z feet In depth In each bin. Sew.
eral bins may be placed one above an.
other In the same section by placing
. waterproof flooring between the
bins. 80 that the drip caused by de.
caying cabbage or other condemnation
can not reach the lower bin from the
one above. This plan of storage il
not, In general. as satisfactory as to
store the cabbage on shelves. The
heads may be stored In single layers
or IN layers two or three deep on the
shelves. Precautions should be taken
to provide an area way between the
outside wall Of the building and the
storage bins or shelves.
The walls Of the building should be
80 made as to provide a dead.air
space to prevent the penetration of
frost.
The secret Of success in the man.
agement Of a storage warehouse is to
have disease.free. well.matured, firm,
carefully.handled stock grown from
htgh-srade seed and the storage house
30 constructed that the temperature
can be lowered and maintained as
near "a degrees F. as possible
throughout the whole storage period.
This means that the greatest care
must be exercised to take advantage
OF cool, frosty nights which occur
during the storage period. and as soon
as the house Is filled to keep 1t closed
during the Cay and open as much as
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Successful EarmIno.

The farmer need not. In order to
make Ills occupation success. be
highly educated In scientific agricul.
ture. The principles OF successful
farming are few and simple. The
farmer should adapt his crop to his
soil That is the first condition, II
plant and earth are to work together.
He must select his seed with care.
Too little attention has been given to
this in the past. But by selecting and
testing seed for quality. from 25 to 40
per cent. has been added to the aver.
age yield In a single season. Nine.
tenths Of tho battle. however. is
proper cultivation. Fertilizing, rota.
ton Of crops and constant working
Of the so!l are the best agricultural
methods.
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Two Smiles.

Ezra Pound. the poet, was talking at
the Authors Club, in New York, about
Shelley's cremation.
Cremation, although beautiful" he
said, 'lends itself to ribald Jest in
way that sepulture doesn't.
who can forbear smile at the
thought OF that devoted young matron,
who, her front steps being covered
with sleet, sprinkled her first hus-
bands ashes over them in order that
her second husband might descend in
safety?'
Smiling himself. Mr.. Pound resum-
ed:
"And who could forbear another
smile at the thought of the young
widow on the blustery March morning
who entered her drawing room to
find that the wind had overturned the
vase which contained her husbands
remains.
"'Pshaw, she said, now isn't 1t just
like George to throw his ashes oil over
my new Kirmanshah rug!"
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ESSENTIALS REQUIRED FOR SUCCESSFUL
STORAGE OF CABBAGEs DURING WINTER
Troubles Are More Largely Result Of Careless Handling and Bad
Ventilation Than Of Dsease-Take Advantage Of
Cool, Frosty Nights.

possible during the night so as to get
the benefit of the low night tempera-
lures. The other extreme Of too low
temperature should also be provided
against. During protracted cold
spells the temperature inside the stor.
age houses may get dangerously low.
To guard against loss from freezing.
oil heaters are placed at suitable in
tervals in the walks and alleys to
maintain the temperature above the
danger point
Storage troubles are more largely
the result Of careless handling and
bad ventilation than of diseases
Practically all of the rotting which
takes place during the storage period
is the result Of organisms attacking
the badly handled or slightly diseased
heads under bad storage conditions
Poor cultivation, bad harvesting meth.
ods. a long haul to storage. and rough
handling in unloading and storing are
all to be avoided II cabbage Is to be
kept successfully through the storage
period.
II storage facilities arc not avail.
able, cabbage may be stored on q
small scale on . well-drained portion
Of the field. The preparation for this
consists in leveling an area wide
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LIVE NOTES FOR -,
SWINE BREEDERS
Damp Wooden Floors Produce
Rheumatism as Quickly as
Those Of Cement
tBy r.. G. wEATHERsroNEo

(By r. G. WEATHERSTONE)
Now is the time to figure whether
1t would be cheaper to build comfort
able houses for the hog or supply the
heat this winter by feeding extra
grain.
1t is bad policy to wean youns
pigs suddenly and put them on cows
skim milk. The milk should be fed
them very gradually at first and sew
eral times day.
There Is much In breed and much
in pedigree. but these are worthless
unless the feeding and care are such
as to develop the natural tendencies
Of the breed.
To very considerable extent the
profltableness Of stock raising and
feeding lies in wise discrimination In
the selection Of the breeders and feed.
ers according to their ability to take
on flesh readily and rapidly.
Our experience is that wooden floors
In the hog houses will produce rheu.
matism In the animals just as quickly
as cement floors II former are allowed
to remain damp and the bedding holds
moisture.
II the cement floors are KEEP. clean
and well Uttered with dry straw or
other material frequently. rheumatism
will not result.
Better have q hole two feet wide at
the top Of the pen and crack two
inches wide at the bottom. It is the
cold air blowing under the doors and
around the pen that cause the great
90. discomfort.
BY taking the smallest pigs away
from the others and feeding them by
themselves as soon as they are weaned
you will seldom have a runty pig on
the place. Runts are merely those pigs
that are small at birth and which do
not have a chance with their stronger
companions to get enough to eat.
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Worlds Champion Cow.

Banostine Belle De Kol Is the worlds
champion COW. with record Of l.05s.s
pounds OF butter fat. which will make
1923 pounds Of butter. In the 1856 days
OF the test. she gave 27,404 pounds OF
1856 per cent. milk. Cows have been
making records for years and the lin
II has not yet been reached. This COW
has produced nearly six times the
amount Of milk and butter by the or.
binary COW and has nearly produced
an AMOUNT Of butter equal to her own
weight.
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enough to allow five heads Of cab.
bage to be placed. roots up. In con.
tinuous row.
The outer leaves are all preserved
and carefully wrapped around the
heads as they are placed, after which
the whole is covered with layer Of
straw or marsh hay. and, as the
weather increases in severity, with a
slight layer OF earth. In the milder
portions Of the country this protection
Is employed for the whole winter.
Farther north the soil layer must be
Increased. and where winters are Sc.
we're storage houses should be used
rather than this primitive method Of
storing.
II the crop is to be stored on more
extensive scale 1t may be placed on a
ventilated platform and piled in long
rlcks. and then covered with rye
straw and a layer Of earth.
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SENATOR 7. P. GORE BLINDED IN YOUTH

United States Senator Thomas
Pryor Gore OF Oklahoma Is known as
"The man that never sleeps" and
"The man that never forgets any.
thing" He is one Of the remarkable
men In American history. because
from q poor little boy In Mississippi.
blind from the time he was eleven
years old. he has arisen by his own
effort and indomltable will and cour.
age to become q statesman, scholar
and a foremost citizen.
THE blind senator from Okla
homa" is known all over the country
and the people like him because Of
his amiability. his intelligence, bis
high character. his oratory and his
success as q statesman.
Many persons wonder how he be.
came blind. His sight is totally
destroyed. When he was about eight
years old he was struck In the left
eye by a stick which a young com.
panion threw on the ground and
which bounded back. The eye was
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KING NICHOLAS PICKED TO START WAR

Declaration Of war against Turkey
by King Nicholas of Montenegro, fol.
lowed quickly by several severe en-.
gagements between Montenegrin and
Turkish forces. are regarded merely
as the beginning Of a general con.
Migration in the Balkan states.
1t is believed that the other units
In the Balkan coalition will follow
suit as soon as the mobilization Of
the armies is complete.
There is only q faint hope now
that the representations Of the pow
ers will avert general hostilities.
Montenegro's move IL considered
by many to be part Of a prearranged
plan. 1t 10 asserted that Greece was
first selected by the Balkan confed-
Grafton to force the issue and inau-
gurate the war.
This could easily have been done
by Greece seating in the Greek par
lament the deputies from Crete.
which was certain to prove . casus
belli to Turkey, Greece. however.
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new FIELD OPEN TO E. I. EAIRcHIlD

E. 7. Fairchild, president Of the
National Educational association. and
superintendent of education Of the
state of Kansas. has been rendered
the presidency Of New Hampshire
Agricultural college.
The practical benefits Of educa.
tion have been emphasized by Mr.
FArchild in his work in Kansas.
The conventional treatment Of the
sciences In the secondary schools was
objected to by Mr.. Fairchild a. un-
suited to the pupil and to his actual
needs when he got out Of school. It
is his idea that all text books. espe-
cially in high schools. should follow
the plan demanded by teachers Of
arithmetic-that all the problems
presented be Of things that concern
the active life of the child.
THE present text books are for
advanced work and are not practi.
CAL" Mr.. Fairchlld said recently.
while the books are written for boys
and girls Of high school age. still they
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Sacrifice Made for pre,..

Using the Los Angeles fashion show
for his text, DR.. Alfred Jones, a distln.
guished nerve specialist OF London.
now visiting the California city. made
the assertion that dress is causing
the ruination Of more lives in Ameri.
ca than malignant disease" He said
the intense competition among Amer.
lean women Of all classes to keep up
the pace set by fashion was nerve
racking and nerve.destroying.
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lie GAGNEUx BREAKS ALTITUDE RECORD

NJ. G. Le Gagneux, the aviator,
who the other day at Paris reached
the tremendous height Of 1867 yards,
more than four miles. when he broke
the man.Aying record for altitude,
has given graphic description Of
his feat and sensations.
That his achievement was even
greater than 1t at first seemed was
proven by the official and corrected
calculations made from the self.regis.
tering instruments which he carried
on his marine monoplane.
LIE Gagneux has gone farther from
the earth In flying machine than
any other.
LIE Gagneux says: I'm two and q
half minutes l was $500 yards in the
air. In seven and half minutes l
was $500 yards up. and a little higher
! few into dead calm. At an alti.
tude Of 3.125 yards l found myself in
a fog SO thick that could see moth.
ing.
"It grew very coId waa WARMLY
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Trees From France.

During last year many shipments
Of nursery stock from Anglers. France.
contained brown tail moths These
shipments have been placed into 35
states. and It Is believed that all the
nests Of the moths were found and
destroyed. The secretary OF agri.
culture will ask for law for inspec.
tion and quarantine for all imported
stock. ..
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DENVER & RIO GRANDE.WEyTERy
pACIEIC

1.-THE Royal Gorge Feather River
Canon Route"
Taken together form the most beaut,-
full line of continuous travel Denver.
Salt Lake, City, San Francisco.
The marvellous scenic attractions of
the Rockies. the Great Salt Beds of
Utah and the wonders OF the Sierras
can be seen from the car windows,
without extra expense for side trips,
SUPERB DINING CAR SERVICE,
For illustrated descriptive matter.
write Frank A. Wadleigh, General
Railroad. Denver. Colo.
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technical that often they are Of no practical
use to children after they through school
believe there real demand
ABANDON degree least the
as illustrative material the plant life about
poht the trees the flowers the wheat
truths Of the vegetable kingdom
There much practical gained the physics but
these too much Is laid to the
everyday propositions which
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on Matrlmony.,

The true essence of marriage-its
love is mutual, equally given and re-
ceiving at every instant of its action.
There is neither dependence nor inde-
pendence, but ;nterdependence. Years
cannot weaken its bonds; distance
cannot sunder them.
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Socity.

Mrs. Newlyrich-No. I'm no good at
bridge and l can't run gasoline Car
to save me.
The Social Guide-That's unfortun.
ate. 1t makes II necessary for me to
Introduce you into the slow and re-
spectacle set.