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El LET TJS HAVE RURAL POLK . and farm villages, Jlllll By Bishop Warren A. Candler vflf Atlanta Journal. |||B * * * * * ** *>!? i It is of (ho utmost importance JWWeorgia encourage her people to W tlle country and cultivate t When the drift cifvwar, ir?ng all the interests of the Si highest to lowest, suffer. hKH (Material interests suffer, for u ^^|je tides of population set tov wMk10 tOWU ^10 tentlenc.V i-s to d tt\vay from (the farms the most ii MW^8eil_t classes and leave in the r 8^**c^s ^10 least capable people ' ,|tay behind because they cannot Iwls 'n'V' This damages the very &1Bm * deteriorates agriculture. But higher things than soils Su^01' The country schoo l$wf^nia^e('' ''lC n,,m')er ?f pupils gMTO reduced, the reward of f?*ea('1,C1' *S P10P0rti?nntely dimin aiu^ t',e best teachers cai i||M The country church also sufl that menus the ministry is i jiWM^P^tcd; for city churclies produce rCaell0,S' "n(1 w,um tl,e churches \$lP^,e lllral districts arc not pros M||fus religion suffers in both town $?Wry. Whatever may or may be true of otlicr countries, it i 'fffact in the United States that churches arc the strough |w^.-of Christianity. f'ikWi ^"or these and other reasons i dgfcmportnnt to encourage the peopl< ralMl V? "l0 country, and it is p^-?'ul ?!non for ,,H> future that co tions in the rural regions of' llll South have greatly improved dm ml thc las* ten years. While the m< ment cityward has not been wh jj|i arrested, it is not nearly so sfi as '' was somc years ago. f7\ural schools have improved, are si ill improving. fyf liural free delivery of mails also done much for the improven of country life. I>;1pers and Ik (i; are circulated as never before. ,v|f schools tend to create a thirst Tea ding, and rural i roe delivery < 1 much to satisfy thai thirst." ;|> country people read more and ki W 111010 ",an ever before in (he hist M of our Southern section. The po |f| cians will do well to note (his f Fooling (he people is a much n difficult thing than formerly. If)', p\ er.v year it will become more <1 W; cult. The long-distance telephone als, penetrating (lie country. Whil was at a camp-meeting some wc a?? ^ heard an intelligent and p perous young farmer telephos U from ,lis tent to his county to % That meant much. He is in to ^ with the great outside world witli | 1'aving to live in i(. He is in sp( ln~ distaiice with it, and vet escn much of its contaminating influc But there is one more ihing nee || to make rural life in Georgia and | South inviting. Rural police for safety of (he women and childrci til' "ceded. Tl would cost something provide such protection, but it wc be worth far more than it would c Tf men felt that their families wc be absolutely safe while they v fel a way from their homes toiling in | fields, many would engage in agri |p| *ure w'm d? not now seek that n< II vocation. imp ^)0"1 ^u',a flnd Meixco ri im\ guards are scattered throughout > rujral districts, and, despite tl $ faults, they are a great safeguard homes of the country people. Two or three mouunted officers M each militia district would lie an M sp oak able comfort to our coun $$ People. The very fact that tli ?wcre such offices about would j vent much disorder. They wo forestall far more crime than I H< would l>e called on to punish. V ous tramps and brutal negroes wo I be held in wholesome fear. Illicit s if intoxicants would be rendered M unsafe to he profitable, and t hateful menace to (he safety of j? men and children in the coun W would he effectually put away, ft jk one of (he most diabolical results p liquor selling falls on the people At the' country, because they are wi out adequate protection by offk r of the law. j8 Until some such defense of $ rural home is provided much that 'M been done to make country life H tractive will go for nought. G< !'V roads, good schools, rural iVee-dc | ery of mails, and the long-dista | telephone have done much; but wi | out (he added advantage of seem < to the home they will fall short ? making agriculture as inviting as j, should he and as it would be if n felt their wives and children w i \ * * perfectly snfe while they were j * sent in the Ileitis. 3E * Moreover the eonviet quest i * would be less perplexing it' we h * rural police. Crime would he di ill * inished and criminals would not * so abundant. Incurably erimii * men would not be inclined to tarry a Stale where, they would be so ei that ^'V ovcr'n'um niu^ arrested in (h? j. misdeeds. If we had mounted o . . t cers moving daily throughout the i j . ral districts we would not need _ ' many wardens and whipping boss u c' to run our penal system. lien ' ',e 'nci'onsc 'n land-values cons .j qucnt upon increased security in n raw n' won'd go far towards provi it el- taxes required to pay i ural nual P?liccw}10 If then our country people wov get adopt more generally the plan of v soj] lage farming we would have alm< ideal conditions. Our farmers live t am| far from each other. It is better ,1 js go two miles to one's work than ho. live two miles from one's neighlx (|)C In no other country in the world iish- farming life so isolated as it is mot South. Neither in Europe 11 Asia is such the case. Farmers li in villages and hamlets in those lam .crs, Ic and they are thus of mutual prot< ^ tion and pleasure to each other, our farmers lived thus grouped the South tliev would have bed and RC',00^S> hotter churches and bet I , farms. Coming in daily contn s ^ with each other would quicken tin minds and improve their methoi A mind which lives alone., becon morbid and torpid. It does not be fruit as does a mind in touch wi ' ,s another. A lonely stalk of com n a cotton field makes ni tre cob |l> a corn, and a lonely mind is cqua lull- sterile. King Solomon, wlio has t P'(> reputation of having been I he wis< im? man who ever lived, said: ,;rr [)Ve" sharpencth iron, and so a m ol,.v sharpencth the countenance of 1 >onS friend." But men can not sharp each other unless they rub logetl and daily. Our country people are 1 dullards, but they need attrition o has witli another to brighten their min icitl and (|uicken their faculties. >oks If they lived in farm-villages 111 The could easily have winter courses for lectures, and many other such ent< Iocs taininents .that would enliven a The enrich their social life. now qj; course in such villages t church and the school house won hl,_ be the. centers around which the li i,pt. of (he community would be organ ,nrp ed, and this would ho. a distinct n and vantage. A community held toget lilli- 11v mental and moralties wm: live, under the* most elevating com i) is tions. (> ^ Such social centers, secured by t 'C sure and strong defense of the ol ros- C(M.S ()j- j|10 ]!nV) would draw men a mi?? women away from tlie congest wn* urban centers by an almost irres ,u'1 tible attraction. Fanning, wise l0U' mid diligently pursued, is not an n >ak- profitable business. I know ign< 'Pos ant negroes who as tenant farnu IK,('* make more money each year tli (l?d many young white men who are c the prjiged as clerks in stores. Very ma t'jc men in Georgia are raj>idlv accuir 1 ,s lating property on their farms. T ' t? recent panic hurt the farmer k mid ||ian j| (]i(] nny other man. lie w ost. very little affected by it. His invo: mid nionts were not in inflated and w ,?cre oev(ajn securities, but in the stea the vn]ncs of his native soil. His Inn cul- }iave steadily appreciated in val jble for manv years past, and they w rise still higher. Their increase iral value would be. mightily accelcrat tne if adequate protection were tliro^ icir around his home. ' *? If our lawmakers would frame statute providing for rural polii 1 m bound by bonds and moved by t un- sternest penalties to the faithful d 'try charge of their duties, a vast advan cro in agriculture would speedily folio ire- The products of the soil would idd multiplied by so much as tlie peace hey the community would be preserved. ICI" Tt ought never to be forgotten tli aid j|)0 pPaf.0 an(] prosperity of the rui ,a e sections of the South have much t?n do with the welfare of ihe whr hat country. The cotton crop of I vvo" South goes far^ to keep Ihe balan ^r-v of trade in favor of the Unit ^ Slates, and thus it breaks the for . of panics \and averts the perils , Jn financial depressions. Our nortlie neighbors may lecture our people, if virtue were a growth native on to the Slates north of Mason ai the "Dixon's line; but if the cotton en lias of the South failed to come, th ftt" would find themselves in very gre straits. Now England, as Old En "v" land, could not live six months IK'? shut up to Ihe products of its o\ ith- soil. "The lazy Southerner." so*ea 'it.v ed by his selfeomplacent Northe ?f neighbor, has much to do with ma ing life tolerable in the land of co fish and dried apples. The truth crejthat this much-criticised Southern i ib-| is shout the only I'uritau now left in | America, and lu? needs proteeon ! tion in Ins rural Iiohh* that the nation ad ??a.v have a good crop of young I'uriiii tans to save the republic in some be hour of stress ami danger. lit 1 Rural police and village farming in would make his habitation the most is- blessed in the world. His climate is uir not enervating, as some ignorantly 111- suppose. lie lives between those mi- parallels within which have been so produced the greatest men of the <es world. Messrs. David, Isaiah, Paul, Demosthenes, llomer, Plato, Alexnn,e_ der, Hannibal, Ceasar, Virgil, Dante, n'_ Cicero, Napoleon, George WashingIt]. ton, Madison, Hubert 10. Lee and 'or Stonewall Jackson were all Southern men. They were not specimens of ,j(j enervation, but samples of'the high,jl_ est sort of energy. The Southern )Sj climate is not enervating; it is in()() spiring. But the rural home in the ^() South during this period of transits tion needs better protection. Let us see that it has it?at least in Georis -inin , " or Living expenses in New York have vc been increased by 11 per cent in one year. BARBECUE. in 01 We will give a first-class barbe'cl cue at. Bethel Academy at Pom aria K'l on Saturday, September 10, 100S. 511 Dinner 40 and 45 cents. ^ IT. M. Wicker. l0S Jno. A. Graham. at* i it, ; 1 1 i... The Remedy That Does. in 1 lly ''Dr. King's New Discovery is tlie lie remedy that, does the healing, others st V"<?:niso l)iit fail to perform, says on'Mrs. K. I,'. Pierson, of Auburn (Vnnn 'r0' "It is curing me of throat li^ and lung trouble of long standing, on. j thi*t other treatments relieved only K.r j temporarily. New Discovery is doiot j ing me so much good that I feel conne J tident its continued use for a reason,]s ' able length t>f time will restore mo to perfect health." This renowned j Piuiffh and cold remedy and throat . and lung healer is sold at W. K. Polham & Son's drug store. .">0<*. and $1. M(j j Trial bottle free. The Standard Warehouse 're Company Bess to Announa-: i/- ist. The rates of storage cover all costs I,)., to llic fanner, including protection for )i_ | his cotton from fire and the weather, and il,j j the rate is as low or lower than the |j_ ; farmer can insure 11is cotton when housed ' at home , 2. Its warehouse receipts are regarded as the highest class of bankable collateral, I 3- f moncj. can be borrowed on anvj j 't can be borrowed on the receipts of The Standard Warehouse Company. I 4. The identical cotton that you placet in the warehouse is returned upon the in" surrender of receipts. 5. In case of fire your cotton is paid ' ** for at market value, ami you have no nn difliculty as to insurance, the full in>n~ surance being maintained by The Sland?.V ard Warehouse Company. 6. The Standard Warehouse Company he is absolutely independent of any other >ss organization and conducts its affairs upon as strict business methods. st- 7. The paid up capital stock of The in- Standard Warehouse Company is $350,dy 000.00 and the company is absolutely ds safe, and its warehouse receipts come no ahead of the stockholders. ill 8. The Standard Warehouse Company in is anxious to have cotton of farmers and 0(] others stored, and offers the most coinvn plcte protection and encouragement for farmers desiring to hold their cotton. 9. Rates will be furnished upon appli^ cation to Mr. J. D. Wheeler, I^cal Man^ ' ager Standard Warehouse Newberry, S. C. ? T, B. STACKHOUSE, President, w. Columbia, S. C. 1)0 nHBMawMMaaBMMnBHMMaHncaHM of NEWBERRY SCHOOLS TO OPEN. nt The next, session of the Newberry ill Graded Schools will begin on Mon<.-> day, September 21, 1008. The schools ,lo will open promptly at nine o'clock, he I he pupils who wore not present on r.0 account of sickness last June and also od new pupils will report for examinaco fion and classification at the office of of the superintendent on Thursday, Frini day, and Saturday, September 17, 18, as and 10, for the purpose of regrading. l.v W. A. Stuckey, nd Superintendent. ey Best the World Affords, at . g- "It gives me unbounded pleasure if to recommend Bueklen's Arnica vn Salvo." says .T. W. Jenkins, of Chapel U- Hill, X. ('. "T am convinced it '?. ihe rn best salve (lie world affords. I; c ;rk ed a felon on my thumb, and it never d- fails to heal every sore, burn or is wound to which it is applied. 2"? . at er W. E. Pelham and Son's durg store. * I The Paci ORGANIZED I OVER $100,000,000.00 01 This giant of the great West wr only Life Company in America wl liable for the Company's Obligatio and Permanent Disability Clause Life Premium, you can get apollc dition to the protection against De Write for Specimen Policies at Convertible Term. Age?Five Years. 21 $10.05 26 10.45 31 11.05 36 11.90 41 13.30 46 15.85 47 16 60 48 17.45 49 18.40 50 19.50 51 20.70 52 22.00 53 23.50 54 25.15 55 27.00 JLm X DO JS! J?L Xji ROBES REGISTRATION NOTICE. Nut ire is hereby ?r i von that (lie books uf registration for the town of j Xo wherry. S. ('., will ho open 011 Tues- | lav. September St li. 1'KIS. and the nil- : der?|M.ed as Supervisor of liejiistration lor tlie said town, will keep said j j hooks open every day from nine A. ; M. unlil five 1\ M. (Sunday exeepted) j including the lirst dav of l)ecoml)or. i 1 !)08. En.irene S. Werls, Supervisor of Registration. I td. j J ???? Iimniiiirnnii , ? It Can't Be Beat. I I lie host ot all leaehers is oxpor- SJ iouco. ( . M. Harden, of Silver City, ' ^ Xorth Carolina. says: "1 find Elec-j trie Bitters does all that's elaiined for it. For stomach. liver and kidney 1 troubles it can t be beat. I have tried it and find it a most excellent medicines also for weakness, lame hack, and all run down conditions. I>es( too for chills and malaria. Sold 111< ^ dor guarantee at \V. K. I Villain and ^ Son's durg store. ~>0e. j ??" ??IW?W?BKmcl g* BARBECUE AT JOLLY STREET, i ? \< Wo, the undersigned, will furnish a first class barbecue at Jollv Street on j Saturday, September 12, 1008. ! m The Rev. J. A. Sligli and Prof. "R. a O. Counts will be present and speak j If) the farmers 011 Hie cotton union. ; ^ Those men have had groat oxperi- i \ once in farming as well as in educa- I M tional work. Everybody is most' heartily invited to come and enjoy 1 J the day. A good dinner and good j speeches and a pleasant day promised lo all who attend this barbecue. j ? Admission to the table will be 40 cents for ladies and 45 for gentlemen. T. T). Richardson. J. "Walter Richardson. NOTICE. ! The County Board of Registration ^ ? will be at the places mentioned below ? for the purpose of granting regislra- j tion certificates to those who have not, secured same, viz: Township Xo. 2, at Mt. Bethel j selif.ol Sept. 1st. Township No. .'5, at Ml. Pleasant school Sept. 2nd. I'ownship Xo. 1, al Whi'miro Sept. 3rd. Township Xo. 5, at Jalapa Sept. 4 th. Township Xo. 0, at Prosperity Sept. 5 th. Township No. 1, at Newberry C. IT. Sept. 7th. Township Xo. 0, at Longsiiores store Sept. 8th. Township No. 7, at Chappells Sept. Oth. Township No. 8, Utopia Sopt. lOt.h. Township Xo. 10, at. Jolly Street.,' 1 Sept. 11 lb. Township Xo. 11, al Poniaria Sept. | H 12th. ' M E. Lee Haves, Ch'm'n. J. W. Wertz. B. B. Le.it.zsey. i niiiitiii. ific Mutual Life; 1868 ON "OLD LI" E" BASIS. ? BUSINESS IN FORCE. ASSETS $15,000,000.00. Ites all forms of Policies. 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Also Extracts, Talcum Powder, Toilet Water and Tooth Powder. \A/e will make the prices right. Come and see us before making your purchase. HERALD & NEWS BUILDING. \