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VOL. I NO. 7
FAIRS ANDf ARMING
gy MR. JORDAN H. SANFORD, MANAGER
OF GAMP JACKSON.
Dear Mr. Editor: Please excuse
me for butting in and assuming to
authority that I have not been.call
ed on to exercise or asked by ' any
one to do; but since arriving in
your hospitable and generous little
community, I have heard that a
Fair is to be held here, beginning
the last week in September and I
wish to contribute my little mite
to it's success. v -
One of the most inspiring songs
of my childhood ran thus: "If thy
friends forsake thee, Take it to the
Lord in prayer;"- and if you are bur
dened wi.h trouble, 'Take it to the
Lord in prayer." From my know
ledge and observation, I have been
taught that if you wish to get the
ear of the people, confer with the
editor and get him to insert it in
the colmmns of his newspaper, and
therefore, this article:
I conceive that nothing is so con
ducive to the improvement of the
methods and pi iucts of the farm
as a yearly Fair -hereat the stock
raisers, fruit growers and farmers
caii give inter-change of ideas and
discuss discoveries, and tell each
other how they obtained the best
results with certain processes. I
thank God that among the farmers
there is no disposition to seeretive
ness and that patent rights may be
obtained on improved methods.
In the earlier years of this great
Commonwealth, v the life of die
farmer was one of privation, of
labor and of waste. Some labor is
involved yet, for nothing is accom
plished without labor, but our peo
ple are growing to be more saving
more saving of time as well as
money.
When I meet a farmer, one of
the horny-handed sons of toil. I am
always iisposed to take off my hat
to him in token of m great respect
for him. His labors are many, and
his pleasures are not so many; but
he can make his cares less if he
will only consent to be amendable
to the laws of progress.
Occupying the relation that I co
to thiseommu: ity, I anl constrained
to tell you that I believe, that higher
education is essential to the more
rapid and successful progress of the
farmer. It is not enough for him
that he should be versed in the
three "R's," The more enlightened
our farming element is, the more
quickly will it take hold of the im
provements and discoveries of the
age.
Brains are as necessary for the
development as are its muscles, un
less the mind be stirred into activ
ity by the enlightenment of an in
telligent ambition, the son will do
as the father has done, without a
thought of improved method. Wecan
see proof of this in Eastern lands
where the same rude implements
and the same simple style of agrir
culture is employed now that were
in vogue 30 centuries ago.
That the nations of Europe and
America are not thus stationary
is owing to the fact that educated
intellects nave directed their efforts
to this question of material im
provement. In these countries the
scholars have not been idle dream
ers, jealously guarding the mys
teries of a fruitless learning, and
transmiting it without increment to
equal dreaming successors They
GREAT DOME OF
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A view of the Palace of Horticulture, showing completed pylon with decorative sculpture in position,
minor domes are to carry an arrangement of vines and flowers that will form a screen for the lights. The
dome is 186 feet in height and 152 feet in diameter, being the largest hemispherical dome in the world. The
ma-Pacific International Exposition will open in San Francisco in February, 1915.
have, on the contrary., brought into
fashion a philosophy, which does
not consider its lignity compro
mised by concerning itself with
problems of material advancement.
Men with intellects, energized by
the training of schools, have studied
the questions of agriculture, com
merce, manufacturing and finance
and are ever devising new plans
and methods for rendering industry
more efficient.
I am not so much of an optimist
as to anticipate a time when all the
people will be fine scholars, but by
persistently insisting upon broad
and liberal culture the standard of
general intellegence will be raised
and the number of close arid accu
rate students will be increased.
With an increased number pre
pared to think clearly and reason
soundly, we a .ticipate an :d ance
in ail practical interests of life.
We are impelled to advocate
High r Education, not only because
j it will benefit a few individuals or a
few classes but because we believe
that it will promote an upward and
outward movement of the world's
population toward that state of
tilings which has long been the
poet's dream and may now be call
ed the patriots hope.
I am more than conscious that
knowledge of farming is very limit
ed, that my experience is not great.
My observation has been more ex
tended. I am aware that the man
or woman who has never taught
school knows better how to conduct
a school than the teacher in charge.
And then I have seen croakers who
have endless compla nts against our
wonderful system of constitutional
government, and who could steer
the "Old Ship of State" into port
much better than he who now
stands at the helm
It is proverbial that old maids
and old bachelors have approved
ways for rearing children, just so,
we, who are not farmers can tell
you farmers just how it allshould
SYLVA, N. C, JULY. 24 1914
THE WONDERFUL PALACE OF
be done. In theflrstrjface, We will
tell you that your homes should be
made more attractive Make it at
tractive to your wife and children
that they may ever regard it as the
dearest spot on earth So far as
you are able, fill fthe inierim of
your home with comforts; carpet
the floors if possible, hang pictures
on the walls, have a library filled
with choice volumes, provide a
musical instrument, have the lead
ing magazines, both agriculturial
and literary on your table, and by
all means, subscribe to a daily
paper and read it.
Let there be order and neatness
about the premises the gates
should be light and lightly hung.
I have seen gates so unweildly that
I would prefer climing the fence
to opening them. I have recently
encountered some of this sort.
Keep your fences in order, and
those about the house should be
white-washed, also the barns and
other out-houses The laws of
health require this, as well as those
of neatness.
By all means, provide your wife
and daughters with enriched flower
beds. For flowers are God's jewels
Remember that everything of
beauty tends to the elevation of
man. Every little morning-glory
whose purple blossom is thrilled
with the amorous kiss of the sun,
tends to put a Jblossom in your
heart.
"Do not judge of the value of
everything by the market report.
Every flower about the house certi
fies to the refinment of some
body Ever vine climbing and
blossoming, tells of love and joy''
Remember that the beautiful is as
necessary as the useful.
Educate your children and teach
them instill it into their minds
and hearts That it is as honorable
to plow a furrow, mow the hay or
gather the crops of the fields, as to
HORTICULTURE.
The
main
Pana-
write books or sit in Senate Halls.
There is a wide-spread tendency,
and has been for years, for the boys
to leave the Old Farm and go to
the cities in quest of employment.
It seems that every farmers son
registers an oath that he will never
rear, pkw n r sow, and in?
moment he attains his
majority and is master of his actions
that moment he leaves the unattrac
tive home and farm in pursuit of
that "egnis fatuus", more honorable
work. This is a lementable mis
take and we should bend our every
energy towards its correction. In
culcate in children that tilling the
soil is an honorable occupation
that idleness is disgracef M and that
to be useless is dishonorable.
I am generous with advice today
advice is cheap all are willing
to give it, but few accept it.
But I am impelled to urge upon
each and every farmer to seek to
improve his land year by year.
Mc'ke it fruitful by restoring to it
that which enriches it. The Author
ities on our Experimental Station
at Griffin makes the positive state
ment that the poorest acre of land
in the State of Georgia can, within
fours years, by the process of resto
ration, be made to produce one bale
of cotton. Our firm belief is that
any farmer who sells a single bush
el of cotton seed, at any price," robs
himself every one should help to
enrich the land.
Perhaps you have had advice ur
ging diversified farming Never
turn a deaf ear to such advice, I
beseech you It is your earthly
alvation.
Nothing on this earth is complete
unless woman becomes a part and
parcel of it Here today we have
evidences of her refining influence.
We see the beautiful products of
her deft fingers, and. the aDnetizing
dainties which" the ideaT house
icH" die v ideal V; house-
wives pfj(l then)sejlvfes on. i prgy
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
that the younger generation will not
depart from the ways of their moth
ers to transmit to their daughters
all the arts of which they may be
possessed, and I urge upon the
daughters to endeavor to add to
those graces thus descended, others,
that the emolution toward perfect
ion may be complete.
"We speak about a woman's
sphere,
As though it had a limit.
There's not a place in Earth or
Heaven,
There's not a task to mankind given
There's not a blessing or a woe
There's not an answer yes or no;
There's not a life; death or birth
With a feathers weight of worth
Without a woman in it.
The prospective Fair is an insti
tution that will come nearer bring
ing about desirable results in a
material way than any other insti
tution in Jackson County and I
right here, bespeak for the Officers
of the Fair Association the sympa
thetic co-operation of every citizen
in the county.
Let every farm have displayed
some of its products in preserved
fruits, live stock, sewing,
knitting, quilting, and etc.
Eyery man, woman and child in
the county should attend and con
tribute his mite toward making the
Jackson County Fair a magnificent'
success. It is the intention of -the
Promoters to bring to the Fair great
men from differnt parts of the
country.
The boys and girls from 12 to 20
ought to hear these men, who have
achieved success in their line of
work, discuss questions which con
cern, so vitally, future generations.
"I am a part of all I have met'
is a noble and true saying and I
defy any boy to come in contact
with greatness without imbibing
something worthy. Coming in con
tact with a great man is an educa-'
tion.
America "has deposited her rich
es in the spirits of her great men
and they are forever secure. No
thief can steal them. No moth can
corrupt them. The spirits of great
men like immortal ships, sail the
ocean of time bearing the treasures
of the civilization which , gave
them birth. They outride the, fury
of all the storms and will sail on
till
Time grows old
The sun grows cold
And the leaves of : the
Judgement
Books unfold." v
Jordan H. Sanford.
CINDERELLA IN FLOWERLAND
At the Auditorium !
Next Thursday Eveing
july 30. ?;;
Come and see the Flowers in
Fairyland. Let the children enter
tain you on that evening:' j;J)on't
forget.
Admission 15c. and 25c.
TO WORK AT GRAVYARD.
Dillsboro July 20th 1914. -;
Gentlemen Will you please an
nounce in your paper, that the
people will meet Friday Aug. 7th.
at the Keener graveyard for the
purpose of cleaning off same.
Every body interested is asked to
be there and help. Bring tools and
dinnejfiriL-jj a s i: m m v
Miii'Mi. ' "-.'i c5 tyoujs truly,
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