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A Farm and Home Weekly For the Carolinas, Virginia,
Georgia and Florida.
FOUNDED, 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C.
Vol. XXVIII. No. 27. SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1913. Weekly : $1 a Year.
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ONE THING WE
SAYS President Wilson in "The New Freedom:':
"America is great in proportion as she can make sure of
having great men in the next generation."
So it might be said of the South, that she is strong and wise today
just in proportion as she
is making sure that the
next generation will be
strong and wise just in
proportion as she is train
ing and instructing her
children to do good
workV to. think soundly,
andt&flead upright and
useful livSr -
The older men and
women of. today all who
have reached middle age
knew a South with the
wounds and sorrows of
conflict on her face, with
the desolation of defeat
all about her, and with
the burden of poverty
and ignorance upon her
shoulders. Yet this South,
with undaunted spirit,
set about the repairing of
her broken fortunes and
the building of a new and
a finer civilization. The
fruits of her labors we of the younger generation have enjoyed. It
was our privilege to begin life's work in a land of hopeful endeavor
and of almost unbounded opportunities.
Back there in the dark days, amid the ashes and the ruins of de
feat, our fathers wrought well. We are never tired of boasting of
their courage and their achievements, and we do well to be proud of
them. It is for us to say, not by words but by deeds, whether the next
generation will have equal reason to, be proud of us.
Unless we see to it that this next generation of Southern men and
women, the boys and girls of the South today, are given an equal
chance in life with the next generation of men and women in any
other section, we shall not deserve such praise as we give our fathers.
There is some reason for the South of today having more illiter
acy and poorer schools than other more fortunate sections; but there is
no excuse for us if we permit, this state of things to continue. What
is.yet to be done and it is much, more indeed than most of us dream
is much less than what has been accomplished, when we come "to
compare the South that rebuilt her fortunes from the wreckage of war
and Reconstruction with the South of today.
To give every child in all this Southland the opportunity to secure
a good education an education that will not only teach him to read
and write, but to think for himself, to care for his health, to love his
country, and to do some useful work and then to make sure that this
opportunity is not taken away from him by anyone; this is the great
task imposed by the spirit of civilization upon us. It is a task, too,
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A GENERAL VIEW OF SVEA CENTER.
The Village Consists of the Co-operative Store, Creamery, Telephone Company. Bank and Church, and the Homes
of the Managers of these Enterprises. See Page 11 for More Information About This Remarkable Village.
which we dare not fail to perform. No excuse for failure can be wor
thy of real men. If we would say that we are too poor, we need only
remember how rich we are compared with the men and women whose
toil and sacrifice made the wealth of today possible. If we would
say tnat we nave otner
things to attend to, we
need but remember that
there is no other thing as
important as this, that
nothing else we can do
can atone for neglect of
our children. We must
remember, too, that we
fail to do our duty by
the children unless we
give them an equal chance
with all other children,
and that if we leave them
in mill and street and
field when they ought to
be in school, we are
cheating them of their
birthright.
We desire for theSouth
of tomorrow that she be
prosperous, that she be
aspiring and progressive,
that she hold her ancient
place in the councils of
the Nation. If her chil
dren are left ignorant, it is inevitable that she be poor; if they are not
inspired to hope and dream, it is inevitable that she be dull and sordid
minded; if they are not trained to think wisely and act bravely, it is
inevitable that wiser men from elsewhere rule over her.,
The South of today is great just as she offers the opportunity of
greatness to her children. If they are not given as good education as
the children of other States, they are largely deprived of this opportu
nity. We dare not thus deprive them; we dare not fail to do all in
our power to" give them a fair chance in life.
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.
A Thirty-Cent Local Tax-Tim is What Your School District Needs
and Should Have . . 10
Farm Work for July Mr. Parker's Notes 18
Look to Your School What Do You Know About Its Health Con
ditions and Moral Atmosphere? . 8
Plant Crimson Clover Try at Least an Acre This Fall .... 3
Progress in Georgia Great Decrease in Illiteracy ' 13
Svea: Where Neighbors Work Together And Where They Pay
$1.70 School Tax on Each $100 11
Training Farms for Young Farmers A Suggestion by Mr. French 14
Two Things Often Neglected Water and Sanitation . . ... 15
What One County Superintendent Did The Inspiring Story of
the Last Twelve Years in Wilkes County . . . 5
What Readers Say About Their Schools Our Prize Letters . 6
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