The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-03


revision. we cotton farmers may just
as we'll make up our minds that we
will made to suffer in the price
OF our cotton now, and next fall. If
II shall make us do better farming,
cut loose from so much dependence in
cotton, organize to market the food
crops, we know we can grow and
make our cotton a surplus crop, it will
be worth to us all that it costs this
year in the price of our cotton.
The continued cool, cloudy weather
Is playing the mischief with cotton
stands. There is probably a more gen
eral planting of improved cotton seed
than ever before. Very few seed were
used per acre, and there are not en-
ough Of any kind of seed in the coun-
try to plant over, or even replant q
badly broken stand.
Ordinarily this would have q ten
dency TO firm the cotton market, but
for the reasons given above nothing
short Of general disaster to cotton
that will cut the yield nearly in half
will have any effect, and then not
until actual receipts fall off next
winter too late to help the mass Of
the farmers.
But what Is the use to write so
much on this thread-bare subject?
II am neither a prophet nor the son
OF prophet, nor any of my ances-
tors bitten by Solomon's pet dog" as
q valued corresondent wrote for my
page in the Progressive Farmer re-
Gently, and even il read at all, these
will fall on deaf ears.
The County School Day on Satur-
day was its own best argument for ,,s
The wonderful improve
ment in the quality and number Of
exhibits in cooking, sewing and handi-
craft, show what this friendly rivalry
Is doing. 1t was pity that Miss
Frayser who is trying to develop
more interest in this line of school
work. was kept so busy with the
Better Baby" contest that she could
not see the work OF the boys and girls
up stairs.
In small way their work in Sum-
ter compared well with the exhibit
from all over the South that / saw in
Richmond two weeks ago. There the
old high school building, three stories,
ten or twelve rooms. was filled with
the best from all over the South, in
Guiding grasses hay. grain and corn
from boys clubs and canned goods
from the girls
1t was remarked by County Su-
perintendent Of Education that in
five years the teacher who could not
teach agriculture, domestic science
and handicraft, could not get a school
anywhere in the South. And ne was
right. DIR. Il. II. Claxton the United
states Commissioner of Education
outlined raising Of the standard for
teachers that would require by 1922
that all teachers must have. not only
the high school requirements that will
begin the raising of the standard. but
the full four years course at n nor
mai and industrial college.
II would be well for everyone who
desires to teach to study the trend of
the times, and to prepare to meet al
requirements. For II will not do I,
count on the friendship and leniepcS
Of boards of trustees. as nav,
known To be done i'm the past.
In this connection | wish To publicly
commend Sallie a. Lowry, one of th'
teachers i'm the negro schools of thi!
county. She has been teaching dress
malling and other hand work I'm he
school but not satisfied with her at
tainments. she leaves next Mondayifo
"a four months course i'm Pittsburg
Pa. that she may increase her useful
ness To her race i'm the communit!
where she is doing good work.