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


ravages of the mosquito. Bakeries.
restaurants and other public places
are constant menace unless every
care and precaution is taken all the
time. because Of the knowledge
that we have recently acquired Of the
germ bearing insects, it is not pro-
bable that we shall ever again ex-
perience a widespread outbreak of
yellow fever in the United States,
while malaria can be reduced and
new cases prevented by simple op-
eratlons which control the breeding
places of the mosquito, thus opening
to settlement many localities hitherto
thought to be unhealthful for white
men and bringing into the fullest pro
ductiveness some of the richest agri-
cultural land in this country.
Among diseases from fy-borne
germs probably the saving in life that
is easily possible can be measured by
the tens Of thousands each year. Our
largest prosperity, continuous health
and increasing happiness, can be real
lied only as these problems are con-
sidered seriously and their solution
undertaken through community eff
fort. In the Alabama booth may be
found enlarged photos illustrating all
Of these dangerous insects and the
Alabama exhibit, possibly more so
than any other at the exposition,
shows the absolute necessity for the
control of the insects"
Especially attractive and interesting
was the lecture given yesterday, both
morning and evening, by Miss Marie
Wliloughby Of the office Of the sec
retary, department Of agriculture. In
one Of these lectures, Miss Willoughby
told Of general home conditions and
showed that the subject is a practical
one and that it is significant at this
time when the eyes Of the entire coun-
try are turned upon Columbia, look
ing for the success Of the Fifth Nat
ional Corn exposition. THE subject
is one of vital Importance" Miss Will
loughby adds, 'to the people of your
own State, State that has passed into
history as winning a prize in a corn
contest that is national. Should such
unprecedented success reward the eff
forts in almost any other field Of en-
deavor, the competitors would be
myriad, but in spite Of this prosperity
we must confront the truth and ad-
NIT that this is not the case in the in
stance of farming, but that the boys
and girls, the backbone of the farm,
are drifting to the towns and cities
and this very condition exists right
here in South Carolina So it follows
that agricultural advancement and
success alone is not sufficient to keep
our boys and girls at home on the
farm.
THE boy or girl who goes to the
city is rarely attracted there by the
possibility of congenial work, which
is confined more or less to an endless
routine, doing the same task day by
day, year in and year out, much of
which he realizes before he leaves the
old farmstead. 1t is the boy and girl
with enthusiasm and energy and
with a vision Of something more in
life than mere meagre, beggarly eX-
istence, with a desire to be in an en-
Vironment which offers refinement and
satisfies the longing for the beautiful
that is a bit of the immortal in our
own Souls-theSe are the boys and
love and ofttimeS health, in their de-
sire TO escape from the squalid con-
ditions which exist in some commu-
mites and where the growirg gener-
alton can have no conception Of the
real beauty of life. This condition can
be changed by just such orders as the
just such eXpositions as the Fifth
National Corn Show. The people can
not do what they 60 not know to do
nor can they better their conditions
when they do not know that they
have the means at hand to accom-
plish the desired end. The country
community conferences point out to
them what is necessary, what can be
done, and as a result there are now
hundreds of houses being changed into
real homes. The refinement and
beauty is being observed now where
none existed before and just such
endeavors as these are directly re-
sponsible for the great change which
is coming about
This work of transforming the shell
Of "a homo nj a nlaCn Of haontNr ic