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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
A PEN PICTURE OF
CLEMSON COLLEGE
Works for Welfare in Many
Ways.

Picture a county estate of 1900
acres, with stately buildings
placed at eleyated points to form
a great irregular circle of half a
mile in diameter. Inclose in this
circle a beautiful grove of native
oaks, threaded by smooth drive
walks. Turn to the north and for
a background outline against the
sky at a distance of 20 miles,
range after range of mountains,
the home of the Highlands, of
Caesars Head, Whitesides and
other lofty peaks of the Blue
Ridge. Think of these mountains
as in summer clothed with YER
dure, standing out black against
the horizon, and in winter often
white with snow. Take for the
southern boundary a river of In
dian lineage and follow in its
sweeping crookedness the swift
and turbulent Seneca as it twists
this way and that to mark the
confines of the estate. And to this
setting add broad expanses of
river bottom lands green with
corn, steep hillsides sinuous with
level grassy terraces and cool pas
lures with winding brooks and
graceful shade trees and you have
picture of Clemson College, not
colored to suit the canvas of an
artist, but as seen every year by
nearly a thousand young South
Caro1inians, who seek, amid these
surroundings, an education that
will prepare them for self-respect-
ing, self-supporting citizenship.
A Large Plant.
The college tract contains over
1900 acres. On the property
there are % principal public
buildings, 70 dwellings and GA
minor buildings. The college
has in its employ 116 teachers
and officers. Its inventoried prop
erty is $1,S27,72S.57. The Of
6cers of the college send out year
ly over $4,000 letters and over
435,OOO other pieces of mail mat
ter, most of which give agricul-
tural information.
In addition to the parent sta
ton, the college maintains two
branch experiment stations-one
near Summerville and the other
at Florence. One more to be sit
uated in the sand hill sections of
the State, just as soon as funds
will permit, will complete sys-
tenn representing the principal
soil types of the State.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
CLEMSON'S PUBLIC SERVICE

During last fiscal year, more
than half of the fertilizer tax
was returned directly to the farm
ers in the form of public service.
This service included the demon
stration and extension work, the
maintenance of two branch exper-
iment stations, fertilizer inspec-
tion and analysis, scholarships,
veterinary inspection, and control
of contagious diseases, co-opera-
tive experimental work with
farmers, protection against plant
diseases and insect pests, designs
of rural school buildings, etc.
These lines of work cost last fiscal
year $81,323.99.
Any farmer in need of techni-
cal expert advice on agricultural
subjects should not hesitate to
write to the College for informa-
ton. The inquiry will be re-
ferred to the proper expert and a
prompt answer will be received.
The College officials write nearly
10000 such letters annually, and
send out nearly a half million
pieces of printed matter.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
SUMMER SHORT COURSES
A Pleasant and Profitable Vaca-
ton.

Clemson College is offering a
four weeks course in agriculture
and cotton grading. The course
begins July 31st and ends Au-
gust 26th.
The school will be arranged so
that one can get what he most
needs. During the first week the
subject of dairying will be taught,
the second week animal husban-
dry, and the third horticulture.
For the last week of the course
agronomy, which includes field
crops, soils, fertilizers, ETC., will
be the chief subject.
A special course for teachers
of agriculture has been arranged.
Four weeks instruction will also
be given the winners in the Boys
Corn Club work Of the State.
A ten-day course for ministers
interested in rural affairs-Au-
gust 10th to August 18th, inclu.
sive-has been specially designed
for them.
The entire equipment of the ag-
ricultural department will be at
the disposal of those taking the
four weeks courses. The farm,
dairy, dairy barn and the labora-
tories will be open for use in in
struction.
Popular lectures will be given
| each evening by some member OF
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
THE STUDENT BODY.

Every year the number Of applica-
tions to enter Clemson College ex-
ceeds the capacity Of the institution.
Early in August it is necessary to be-
gin waiting list" as all available
rooms in the barracks have been
taken.
This session the enrolment (not
considering the 1913 enrolled in the
summer schooD was 812.
The following data on 7S5 Of these
men will be of interest:
Average age, 1913 years.
Average height in shoes, #. 81 in.
Types: Blondes ............... $50
BruneIIeS ..........s. 4oo
Living in the country and in
small towns and villages. 10. 9%
Living in cities Of over $500
inhabitants .....:....... .2S.l|
Born in country. ..............64.0I
Born in towns and cities. ..... .36. .0I
Who have lived on the farm. SO. 81
Parents are or have been farm
ers .................. .S1.0%
Parents are now engaged In
farming ............ 'ol. %"
Two hundred and twenty students
now in College have had 313 broth
ers, of whom 121 graduated, to at
tend Clemson.
Occupations of Students Parents:
Farmers, 405; merchants, rs; clerks,
%; manufacturers, 1S; physicians,
II; postal service, Is; teachers, IA;
ministers, IL; railway service, IL;
lawyers, 8; bankers, 9; bookkeepers,
8; contractors, z; insurance agents, z;
dentists, 4; miscellaneous, 152.
These figures speak eloquently Of
the fulfillment of the primary pur-
pose Of the College-to serve the agri-
cultural and industrial classes Of our
people.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08

ton, but we would suggest from
so pounds per acre on poor land
up, according to the fertility OF
the soil.
Early applications are coming
into favor. We recommend that
the soda be applied to corn when
it is between knee and waist high,
to cotton just as the shapes begin
to form, and to small grain IN
March. Care should be taken not
to sow nitrate of soda on wet
plants, because it is likely to scald
them. 1t is best to apply it just
after a rain, when the moisture
had dried off the leaves of the
plants, then cultivate with a
mulch forming implement as soon
as the ground is dry enough to
plow.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08

valuation bore out the affidavit.
Free tuition was granted only
on the certificate of the County
Auditor, based upon an affidavit
of the parent that he was unable
to pay it.
This year the State Board of
Charities and Corrections IS
charged by law with investigat.
ing the financial standing of all
applicants for scholarships and
free tuition, and reporting their
findings to the board of trustees.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
CLEMSON'S HANDSOME
YIN. C.. A. BUILDING

Just north of the textile school
at Clemson College there is reared
a magnificent structure that is
an important factor in the social
and religious life of the student
body at the States agricultural
and mechanical college. 1t is the
building of the Young Mems
Christian Association, one of the
first association structures in the
South, and one of the finest col
lege association buildings in the
country. 1t cost $4,000 and was
made possible by the generosity
of Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, who
donated $4,000 on condition that
the balance should be forthcom-
ing. The College trustees appro-
priated $4,000, which left $13,-
600 still to be raised. This sum
was made up by the loyalty and
contributions from cadets, fac
ulty, alumni and former students.
Some of the recreational fea-
lures of the building are an up
to-date swimming pool, bowling
alleys, games room, reading and
lounging rooms, cafe and audi
torium for lectures, concerts, NOV
ing pictures, etc. Ample provis-
ion is made in the building for
the spiritual work of the associa-
tion.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
RESULTS OF TOP.DRESSING
Best Times to Apply Nitrate of
Soda to Corn, Cotton and Grain.

Results obtained at the South
Carolina Experiment Station
show that top-dressing with nj
trate of soda gives good results on
cotton, corn and small grains. The
increase is most marked during
wet year, because this nitrogen is
already in an Immediately avail.
able form, while the rotting of
the organic sources does not pro-
ceed as rapidly as usual on ac-
count of the excess of moisture in
the soil. The amount to apply per
acres varies with the fertility of
the soil and the previous fertiliza-
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08

the faculty or other lecturer
prominent in State or national
affairs.
The college library, with it's
10000 books and many popular
magazines, will be open during
the whole four weeks.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS
AND FREE TUITION

1t has been the practice of the
trustees not to recommend any
young man for the award of a
scholarship unless his parents
signed an affidavit that they were
unable to pay for their sons edu-
and the tax returns show
ed an unencumbered property
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08

The entire building is to be
made as attractive as possible for
the cadets, giving them a home,
like place where they can spend
their unemployed time pleasantly
and profitably.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-08
EXTENSION AND DEMONSTRA-
TION WORK.

The Demonstration and Extension
Work is under the direction Of Mr..
w. w. Long, who is jointly appointed
by the College and the United States
Department Of Agriculture.
The funds available for this work
last fiscal year were as follows:
From Clemson College,. :. s20,29o.4s
From Smith-Lever Act
Omitted States) ...... 1O,OOO.OO
From U. S. Dept. Of Agri-
culture ............... $4,000. 90
From counties .......... 2.S7s.3
From individuals. 2S4.16
From organizations ..... 5,716.55
Total. l.............. siz.oio.oo
In the Demonstration work there
are three district agents and 40
county agents.
Out Of the 46 county agents, 2S are
Clemson graduates and several are
from other Southern colleges.
In the extension service there are
six experts furnished by the United
States Department Of Agriculture and
eleven college officers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18

The watermelon is a native of
Africa. but is now more largely grown
In the United States than anywhere
else. 1t grows best on rich, warm.
sandy loans that are well drained. II
possible, a southern slope should be
chosen for early melons.
1t is desirable in growing water
melons for market that they follow q
crop Of clover or cowpeas. They
should be rotated with other crops,
and not planted on the same ground
again for three or four years.
The preparation of the land consists
in thorough cultivation at intervals
Of three or four weeks before the seed
Is planted. This Is for the purpose of
discriminating the weed seed and put
ting the soil in the best possible condi-
tiCn. In Georgia. rather shallow plow-
ing, followed by thorough pulveriza-
ton with the disk harrow, is practiced.
Cultivation consists in thorough shall
low tillage, with loosening Of the soil
about the plants whenever it becomes
compact. After the plants have be-
come thoroughly established and dan
ger from insects is past they are
thinned out to about three of the most
vigorous in each hill.
Watermelon growers in various sec
tons of the country frequently suffer
loss from a disease which blights the
foliage and spots the fruit. The
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18
Good Manners Help.

A merchant who returned from Eng.
land just before the war broke out has
been voluble ever since on the manners
Of the children he happened to meet
abroad. Apparently American parents
and schools do not lay on good man.
ners the emphasis that they receive
abroad. Yet good manners, like the
gold at the foundation Of all money,
are current the world over. Emerson
noted this: "Give a boy dress and &C.
complishments and you give him the
mastery Of palaces and fortunes wher.
ever he goes. He has not the trouble
to earn or own them; they solicit
him to enter and possess" "All your
Greek" Chesterfield wrote to his son,
"can never advance you from secretary
to envoy, or from envoy to ambassador
but your address, your air. your man.
ner, II good, may" '"The difference
between q well-bred and ill-bred man
is this" Samuel johnson said. zone
Immediately attracts your attention
the other your aversion. You love one
until you find reason to hate him; you
hate the other until you find reason to
love him." Civility, polished manners
mean much to a youth In his first DO.
sition.-Kansas City Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18
LOTS OF COMPANY FOR POOR
Statistics Show s2 Out Of 100 Leave
No Wealth at Death-Reeords
Of Surrogate Court.

1t may astonish you to know that II
you are forty-five years old you have a
better chance to live ten years longer
than you had of living ten years when
you were only twenty-five years old.
remarks "Girard". in the Philadelphia
Ledger.
From a great life insurance COM
pany l have the mortality figures for
100 healthy men at twenty-five. In the
first decade after that age five Of the
100 die. In the second decade, or from
thirty-five to forty-five years of age. II
die, showing that to be the critical
period in human existence.
Between forty-five and fifty-five only
four pass out, while in the subsequent
decade 16 fall. OF the little army of
100 there still remain 81 at the age of
seventy-five.
This company says that of 100 men
who start a business life at twenty.
FIVE, five will become rich and four
wealthy. Surrogate court records show
that only three out of every 100 men
die possessed Of an estate of more
than $4,000. Eighty-two out of the
100 leave no income-yielding estate.
Obviously If one loves lots of com
pany one should remain poor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18
BOIL WEEvIL IS EXPENSIVE
Reason for Immense Loss to Farmers
10 Destruction Of Birds by 49,:
ThouohtIess Men. +;

Destruction Of birds, according. to
a statement made by Col. q. o..
Shields. president of the League. Of
American Sportsmen. costs the Unit
ed States billion dollars year. Cot
ton growers" he said, lose $100, 000,-
600 year by the boil weevil Why?
Because the Quails. the prairie chick
ems, the meadow larks and other birds
which were formerly there in mil
lions. have been swept away by
thoughtless men and boys"
The chinch bug costs wheat grow
ers another 500, OOO, 900, he said. ana
the Hessian fly 5000, 1000. 900.
1T takes more than $4,000 chinch
bugs to weigh an ounce and nearly
$4,000 Hessian. flies to weigh the
same" he continued. "A quail killed
by an expert in Ohio had in its crop
1000 chinch bugs; another killed, in
Kansas wheat field had 1000 Hes
sian fiies."
Colonel Shields added that potato
growers pay $17.00O.0O0 q year for
spraying poisons,. and remarked that
a quail slain in Pennsylvania had 81
potato bugs in its crop. He said that
Mrs. Margaret M. Nice of the faculty
of the Massachusetts State university.
after long study. estimated that q
quail destroys $4,000 bugs and $780,
900 weeds seeds annually.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18

Use fresh homemade bordeaux mix
ture. In preparing it. follow directions
exactly. as much depends on the way
the ingredients are combined. Use, q
good spray pump, operated at q pres;
sure Of 100 pounds or more. Spray
thoroughly. The time of application
depends on the weather and the devel-
opment Of the crop. The disease usual
ly appears when the fruit Is nearly
grown. Watch carefully for the leaf
spot and spray as soon as any appears.
In any case, make an application two
weeks before maturity and a second
week later. -
Everyone who uses bordeaux mix
ture frequently and in quantity VIII
find 1t convenient to keep concentrated
stock solutions on hand, as. these keep
indefinitely II the water which evap-
crates is replaced. <.
Build an elevated platform to hold
the barrels. Suspend so pounds Of
copper sulphate to dissolve In q, So
gallon barrel of water. Stake SO
pounds of lime in another barrel. Add
water to make so gallons of lime milk.
When bordeaux mixture Is needed stir
both stock barrels and take from each
as many gallons as the formula calls
for in pounds. Dilute the copper sui
phate in one barrel and the lime milk
In another each with half the water.
and let the two run together into the
strainer Of the spray tank. =
To those who expect to spray on
large scale a more detailed instruction
about fungicides and. their application
than can be given here is available in
Farmers Bulletin No. 243; United
States department Of agriculture.
Washington. - :.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18
The Eitching
Post
Q
By
VICTOR REDCLIFFE

Copyright. 1916. By w. q. Chapman.l
Il say. neighbor," hailed old Jared
Bingham. bringing his horse to its
launches with a resounding "whoa!"
pears to me you're swinging some
style, aren't your"
'Oh, that" retorted Bingham. with
q careless nod of his head toward the
hitching post. Its not my doings.
Huldah and protege Of hers. as she
calls him. All the same, we needed
the post. Old one was of soft maple
and the bosses had nibbled 1t away
until there was nothing but stump
left. They won't nibble that iron
post, I'm thinking"
With quite a spice of pride old Jared
viewed the improvement in question.
It was simply a piece of hollow iron
pipe three inches through. A hole
had been bored near its top and
through this steel ring had been
driven.
Durable and convenient" COM
mented the neighbor; but you'll be
getting an awning next"
The new hitching post had been a
donation. or rather the humble offer
ing of a grateful recipient of the soul
full charity of the old mans daughter,
Huldah Bingham.
A travelling tinker had met with
mishap with his trundling cart in the
road near the Bingham place. He
had sprained an ankle and could not
proceed on foot Gentle, plying HUI
dab had ministered to him, and fur
nished liniment; and when her father
came home he found the tinker en-
sconced in the old rocker in the
kitchen.
Dunno about taking in free board
ers. Huldah!" he had observed, but
she had her way. For a week the suf-
ferer was comfortably housed in an
attic room, nursed and fed, and finally
was able to get around again.
He showed his fervent gratitude in
score Of ways. He mended up ev-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18

cry leaking tin and pot in the cup
board. He fitted new keys to the
doors. He set a new latch on the
gate. He ground the tools, he riveted
some broken links in the well chain.
Then he set the new hitching post as
final token of his appreciation Of
the kindness of his good friends.
That was not all of it. For a long
time Seth Greene, working on a farm
two miles away, had been dropping in
on the Bingham folks once or twice
week. Huldah liked him. Her ia
ther was taken with his steady. manly
ways. The kindness of Huldah to the
poor tinker was the final evidence of
a good heart to the already smitten
Seth. He proposed and was accepted
Although there will have to be
waiting spell. young folks" Jared
had announced. You see, l had to
mortgage the old place here when
settled up brother Williams claim.
Soon as l can pay of that two thou
sand dollars and clear the farm, I'll
lCCl Il VIC 6Ol a 6ldll III INC willy AOA
all hands round"
A year went by, a golden. happy
year for Huldah and Seth. Then the
old man called it a waste of time and
money to have Seth working for some
one else at small wages, when his serv-
ices would count with all working to-
gether on the old homestead.
You can have the wedding soon
as you like. Huldah," he said animat-
eddy one day. I'm within q few dol
lars of the mortgage money. and that
means independence, hey?"
But Seth has no idea of living on
you, father?"
Who wants him to? Here's my
plan: The farm goes to you. clear.
It's agreed that have home for life.
Seth can be boss and manager. All
In the family, isn't it, and the whole
problem settled. long as we live"
You good, dear soul" enthused
Huldah. 1T shall be the object of our
lives to make you happy"
1t was with supreme felicity that
Huldah and Seth settled down to q
peaceful, happy married life. The Sec
ond week after the wedding Mr.. Bing-
ham started for town to draw the
$4,000 that was to pay on the mort
gage. He had enough saved up now
to liQuidate the same. He had notified
. neighbor to whom he owed the
money to come for It the next day.
1t was just at dusk that Huldah. in the
kitchen. caught the echo of the
CHEEKY Get up there!" of her father
In front of the house. She hastened
the preparations for the evening meal.
Then she failed to hear her father as
usual busting about the stable.
THAT 10 strange!" she murmured.
as she did not see any lantern hight
at the rear of the house. Then she
went out to the front. The horse and
wagon were standing near the hitch
ing post. Just then Seth came In from
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18

duced by Watermelon Anthracnose.
leaves are covered with irregular
lark, dead spots and may die before
the melons are ripe. The trouble de-
velops on the fruit in the form of
water-soaked and later sunken spots
If varying size, which come to have a
pink center made up of masses of the
fungus spores. AS the disease pro-
crosses the melons decay. This is
Anthracnose, and is caused by a para
site fungus related to those which
produce the apple bitter-rot and pod
spot of bean. The fungus causing
watermelon anthracnose attacks Gu.
cumbers. cantaloupes' and squashes
but probably not, as a rule. any other
cultivated crops. Warm and moist or
'ainy weather is especially favorable
to the spread and development OF
anthracnose and for this reason II
was more prevalent than usual last
season. The losses we're particularly
severe in some districts where melons
are grown on a large scale for carload
shipments.
The United States department of
agriculture has found that the disease
can be controlled by spraying with
bordeaux mixture. and trials of this
treatment are recommended. The
methods to be employed are substan-
TALLY those in use for potatoes. cucum-
5ers and other truck crops. The fol.
lowing points should be observed to
insure success: