The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-02-08

II.
Adams came down for the special pur-
pose of seeing what the exposition
| exhibit demonstrators could tell him
| about the growing of alfalfa. Mr..
Cherry is said to be the largest grow
er of alfalfa in South Carolina. He
has planted, it is understood, more
| than 60 acres of this crop, and is de-
sirous to maintain his reputation as
an alfalfa grower in this section Mr.
| Adams found all he was looking for
and probably more besides, along the
| alfalfa line. He got in touch with
one of the exhibitors who is an ex-
pert in alfalfa and other crops of this
| nature, and was in conference with
him for a long time.
The visit of Mr.. Adams for the pur-
pose of finding out more about alfalfa
| cultivation is taken as an indication
that the farmers of the State and sec
tion are coming to realization that
the National Corn exposition is not a
mere SHOW" nor devoted only to
corn, but that it is an agricultural ex-
position having as it's purpose the ad-
vancement Of agriculture and rural
life along all it's varied lines
From the standpoint of it's edu-
cational advantages, and as a power
| full factor for the improvement Of
agriculture, and the advancement of
rural life, the exposition has been,
according to the unanimous testimony
Of all it's visitors striking success,
and it is agreed that it is one of the
greatest events of the kind ever held
in the South.
Yesterday was rural life day at the
Corn Exposition and in this respect
there was nothing left to be desired,
but of even more Importance yester-
day than the corn was the first meet
ing of the country community con-
ference which took place in the main
auditorium at o'clock in the after
noon.
Those who are in Columbia interest
ed in corn are equally as much inter-
ested in their good health and the
opportunities for the betterment of
their surroundings and this is what
1t is hoped the country community
conference may accomplish. Those
who are putting forward the question
at the exposition and showing exhib-
it's are directed by desire to help the
people Of the rural communities in
their endeavor to improve the home
and the premises in their country,
while at the same time the all i'm
portant question Of safeguarding the
health is forcibly brought home.
Those who may have feared lack
of interest in the conference were
surprised upon entering the auditor
ium for it was filled
The conference was opened with
a short address by Miss Mabel Carney,
who has in charge the model country
community now being exhibited. Miss
Carney stressed the Importance Of the
subject and introduced the speaker,
DR.. w. e. Kinds, who has in charge
the exhibit of Alabama and who is
the State entomologist of Alabama.
DR.. Kinds subject was Insects and
Diseases and he handled the subject
fiuently, COUGHING his address in lam
guage that conld not but be perfectly
plain TO every one Of his hearers He
dealt especially with the topic Of dis
ease transmitted by insects and the
insects themselves, pointing to sta
tistics to show the number of deaths
occurring in the United States every
year from diseases transmitted by the
deadly mosquito and the fly He call
ed attention to the fatalities resulting
from yellow fever and malarial fever
even in this section and the extreme
South and pointed out that majority
Of the cases had their origin in the
germ carrying insect. This fact"
said the speaker was established de-
finitely for the first time during the
Spanish American war and honor the
brave American men who showed
enough heroism to give up their lives
in the interest of science that thous-
ands Of lives might be saved"
DIR. Kinds said that il had ONLY been
possible to build the Panama canal as
direct result of the investigation
which had resulted SO successfully in
Cuba and that this fact had proved to
be blessing to the entire civilized
world, and that without the continued
control of these germ bearing mos
quitos the complexion of the canal
would have marked the beginning Of