The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-14
COMMUNITY FAIR
WAS A REVELATION

cans, peanuts, tomatoes, syrup, etc.
Several OF the specimens were declar-
cd to be as fine as any of the kind
ever seen at Il state fair. In neat pens
and crates, placed in a nearby grove.
were various specimens of poultry.
such as turkeys, geese, guineas, chick
ems. pigeons and peafowls. Poultry
tancier could have found here a feas,
for the eye that would have occu-
pied their attention for u full day. In
live stock exhibit were mules, horses,
colts, swine. COWS, goats etc.
The Educational Phase.
MOI all OF the program was devoted
to the exhibition of fine stock farm
products. poultry and flowers, the
viewing of the tempting specimens of
the culinary art or the admiring OF
the beautiful creations OF the needle.
In the adjacent church building splen.
did talks were made On educational
ana agricultural topics by well known
authorities.
This feature of the days program
was IN charge OF County Superintend-
ent of Education J. B. FELTON,. The Rev.
Il. II. Harris opened the exercises
YIN prayer and welcomed the visi-
tors TO the Mountain Creek Community
Fair. The first speaker of the day was
MI. Lueco Gunter, State Supervisor
OF Rural Elementary Schools, who is
spending a fortnight In Anderson
County visiting the rural graded
schools OF this section. The speaker
had been assigned the subject of edu-
cation! He treated practically but one
phase OF the broad subject, MAKING
a plea for the localization of teach-
ing In the. common schools, that is.
The teaching OF practical subjects or
those subjects which are most useful
20 the pupil In his vocation. He stress.
ed the need for teachers of this Slay
specializing In their chosen branches
OF study, that Is acquiring all tho
knowledge possible about that sub
ect which they are to teach. Having
outlined his address, the speaker point
od out that the great problem eon>
irontfpg tho patrons of the rural
schools was the providing of tho ru-
raj schools adequate facilities. both
n number OF teachers and equipment.
He deplorcd the fact that in some
counties OF South Carolina was still
20 he found the ono-teacher school.
and expressed tho hope that soor
hero would be. not only no one-teach,
OF schools in the state but few two
teacher schools. Mr.. Gunter was &C
corded the closest attention through
out his address, and his remarks
doubtless deeply impressed his hear
SrB.
G0spel of Agriculture.
Declaring that the gospel of agri-
culture was second to mono but the
gospel of Jesus Christ, Prof. w. III.
Barton, OF the Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Work of Clemson Col
lege. who had been assigned the sub
Ject of agriculture. delivered one of
Inc most powerful ard impressive
talk5 on this subject that has been
heard In Anderson county In many
day. Agriculture he stated, is one OF
me two goat columns supporting the
ntrncture of the State, tho ether coll
umn being education. by means OF q
chart. tho speaker splendidly, Illus
trated his talk and drove home the
truth OF every point In q most con-
0ineing manner. Tho columns "edu-
cation" and "agriculture,r he stated,
,aro composed of seven stones each,
the former being composed of the fol-
lowing stages: homo etucati IN, rcli-
Tious education. public school, high
school. college, university and person
n experience. Corresponding with
these seven stones, he stated. the coll
umn designated Agriculture. is CONS
posed OF the following processes:
Drainage including proper terraeine,
deep fall plowing, we'll prepared seed
bed, frequent shallow cultivation, seed
SELECTION and seed breeding, winter
nnd summer 1egumes In crop rota-
lion and sanimal industry and mar
letting. The first Ave OF these process
cs the speaker characterized as "soil
robbing" and the last two as "soil
building" In a convincing manner he
showed how the farmers Of this couu-s
try have been soil robbers Of the worst
typo In their methods OF agriculture,
and then he showed how by the last
two processes. the soil could be built
up again and the farmers saved a
large proportion OF the cost of com
merciai fertilizers. Supported By the
two columns, education" and "agrfs
culture" the speaker stated, are tho
following results in the order named:
labor. manufacturing and mercantile
prosperity commercial prosperity.
profesncSat support; civic prosper
ityf which ne eAfeeeilt IT, tho s,sate, J, 5
BduntIfak Picnic Dinner,
y Following the close Of the exarcis
ca in the church. those In attendance
repaired ta the yard; where Prof. JnO.
0.,sWiliiams, OF Clemson Go:iege, cx-
planned to Them the good and bad
points about several; types af live