The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-05
COMPULSORY EDUCATION IS
URGED BY THE GRAND JURY
FARM DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
Who They nre and Where They are
Located

ti-EHiSCN Ec!.LEGE, Fob 2-Whn
are the farm demonstration agents Of
South Carolina? How rIany farmers
In given county know the name and
address or their county demonstration
agent. their agricultural doctor. SO to
speak? Granting that these men who
constitute the advance guard in the
march OF general agricultural ad-
vanccnent arc able and ready to give
the general army OF average farmers
advance information, what proportion
| OF the general farmers know from.
whom to seek and are willing to take
| trouble to seek such benefits? Alas.
too few.
| Stay among them three or four days
In such meeting as has just closed
at Clemson Cole ge. and say that they
are not Il body Of unusually intelligent,
progressive. serious. enthusiastic
workers for the upbu1lding of the
States agricultural and economic re-
sources! Many OF them are, first of
all. practical farmers themselves;
many OF them have been trained at the
great colleges and universities Of ag-
| riculture. all of them are students now
under the teachings OF Clemson Col
lege and the experiment stations. Dr.
w. w. Long, their leader. and the ma
tional department OF agriculture in
Washington. They are not holders of
soft snaps: they are hustlers who
must make good or get out.
| The king bee OF them all is Mr.. w.
w. Long. and you ought to hear him
buzz! He Is called director OF extern
sion and State agent of demonstration
work, but his job Is much bigger than
his title. All work is directed by Mr..
LOng from his Clemson College head
quarters. but he is more often On the
| go from one end Of the State to the
other than lie Is In his office.
There Are three district agents who
have general charge OF the work un-
der Mr.. Long. These are Mr. l.. l..
Baker, Bishopville. who has charge
Of the eastern part of the State, Mr..
w. r. Elliott. Winnsboro. the central
part. and Mr.. w. Fl. Barton, Clemson
College, the Piedmont and western
region.
The county agents. with their re-
spective counties and addresses, are as
follows:
L. b. Altman. Ridgeland. Jasper
County. =. !
F. II. Arrants, Camden. Kershaw
| County
j. II. Blair. Sharon. York County.
G. nj. Barnett, Westminster, Oconee
County.
J. l.. Carberry, Beaufort. Beaufort
County.
J. E. Cheatham. Abbeville. .Ahbeville
County.
| F. W. Carnell. Union. Union County.
! w. Il. Chftty. Olar. Bamberg County
]. F. ClaTy, Fort hi0ite. Calhoun
County. :;
F. NJ. crum. orangeburg. Orange
burg County.
T. o. Epps. Kingstree. Williams
burg County.
8. w. Epps, Dillon County.
| S. E. Evans, Bennettsville. Marlboro
| County
]. F. Ezer. Spartanburg, Spartan
burg County.
c. B. Earle. Greenwood. Greenwood
County.
]. Q. Finklea, Hyman. Florence
| County.
w. NJ. Frampton. Charleston County.
f. E. Hail. Columbia. Richland
County. as@j
Ashton Head, Aiken. Aiken County.
b. M. Hudson, Pinopolis, Berkeley
WI ". 3. Garrison. Denver, Anderson on
County. "a!
F. A. Lawton. Clifford. Hampton
County.
r. H. Lennon. winnsboro. Fairfield
County. *. r.
w. T. J.Lever, Blythewood. Fairfield
County. -! .
p. N. Lott. Johnson. ;Edgeheld Coun-
ty. -
D. L. McAlhaney, st. George. Dor
chester County.
Colin McLaurin, Mullins. Marion
F. McCluney, Gaffney. Cherokee
| Comfy.
c. A. McFaddin, Manning. Clarendon
I CouSty. St sss:5s ,Sa,
AZ A. McKeown. Rock Hin. York
County. s 55{ss
C. L. McManus. Lancaster, Lancaster
County.
T. M. Mills. Prosperity, Newberry
County.
JIM. Napier. Darlington, Darlington
County.
c. s. Patrick. Saluda. Saluda County.
]. A. Riley. Georgetown. George
town County
]. w. shealey. Ballentine. Lexington
County.
w. P. Stewart, simpsonvil,e. Green
vile County.
L. ". Summers. Springfield, Orange
burg County.
1 W. J., Tiiivr. Chesterfield, Chester
field County ~ A%.
4 J. D. w. Watts, Laurens. Laurens
County ~ 80 - ;s-s eats&s
NJ. w. Wall. Horee, Horny County.
8. NJ Welch. Elliotts, Lee County,
]. F. Williams, Sumter, Sumter
County.
l Just at present Chests. and Barn
we'll counties have no county agents,
but the places OF Messrs. r. l.. Cum
Ininghams of Chester: B. G. Price. of
EColleton, and A. NJ. Sanders, sof Barn
wei, will be filled as soon az suitable