The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-27
tn FARMERS INSTITUTE.
VIII Convene at Baker School ON
wednesday. July 81. and Will Last
Three DayS-irrangcments Conn
pieted.

iot the Farmers Institute that is to
be held at the Baker school house the
last day of this month and the first
TWO days of August. This institute is
rather unique IN the history of farm
! ers' institutes in this State. Clemson
has been having Institutes all over
the state for some years, sometimes
well attended, sometimes otherwise
hut mere Is 4 community Of people
who say to Clemson college, we are
going To have an institute that the
farmers will attend. Send your teach
ers and takers down To us and let us
manage the thing and We will get YOU
u crowd that will be a caution. Seeing
or hearing Of what the Baker school
people have been doing this summer
Mr.. English and Mr.. Williams and Mr.
Baker decided that the proper thing
to do Was to accept this invitation
and so the institute that was 70 have
been held in sumter the latter part Of
this month Will be held at the Ba-
ker school house instead.
The managers of the affair saw
they do not want the thing advertised
too much lest there be such Il crowd
that the ladies cannot take care of it.
But II IS necessary to tell Jus. how
it is to be managed so that visitors
may make their arrangements ac-
co-dingy. The institute Will consis, ,
I"t talks upon the most vitally inter
esting subjects at the day sessions
Then at night there will be addresses
by some of the best speakers that can
De mad The theme of these nisht
addresses will he chiefly the social
center movement which is now one
of the most noteworthy things about
country life. All over the world. at
least, in the United States. the rural
communities are coming into new
inheritance, they are finding out that
the school house belongs to them and
are beginning 10 use il for their en-
tertainment. their Improvement. their
upllft. The old way of shutting up
the school house at o'clock and
opening it up again at next morn
Ing is an outworn custom in many
communities. ON the contrary the
doors are kept wide open all the time
and the house is made the place
where the people meet for all sorts
OF purposes, religious. social, literary
and amusement. The Baker school
people seem to be the pioneers in this
kind of thing in the county, and they
are going to have at this conference
speakers from the Department Of
Education at Washington and else
where to speak to those present about
the way to get the most out Of the
money invested in school houses Col.
Watson, our able and genial Commits
sioner Of Agriculture. will address,
ing sessions upon the same subject.
a full program will be found else
where.
When people hear Of the Baker
school they think of good things to eat
and will want to know about the ar
|rangements made for the inner man.
In the first place the managers want
it understood that all who wish to
come prepared t. have a basket pic.
do so, and the ladies will help them
in every way To have q good time.
For those who do not care to bring
their own food. the committee of ar
ngementS will serve meals on the
grounds. or rather in a nice new
building which the men are putting
up for the purpose. This new build
ing is lSX3G feet; is built in the rear
OF the school house and will here
after be used us a part of the school
house when there is need of it. In
the meantime there will be avoided
the danger of drowning that threat
cned everybody at the last hot sup
per given by the ladies.
The menu at the institute will be
the one upon which these people have
made Il reputation-barbecue pigs
chicken stew. and probably fish stew
! il the fish can he caught. one farm
cr has ten shoats up and fattening
"and there are others" so no one
need fear that he will go away hun
CRY.
ON Friday. the 2nd of August, the
Farmers Union of the county will
hold an open meeting, at which the
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