Show no NEED OF TEA OU oa COFFEE mr junius smith has commenced commence A tho the cultivation of the tea plant in south carolina with the expectation of making it a staple production of the south like cotton hut bu at a meeting recently held it was stated by judge keggs meiss that from recent discovery the leavis leave s of the coffee tree were found to produce tea equal if not superior to any of the tea grown in china I 1 if what judge judee meigs stated he be true it is is quite useless to cultivate the tea plant for the leaves of the coffee plant will answer every purpose but another member of th the institute in made nde a statement that rather went ahead of the judges he be said that the mangul beet when properly cured produced a beverage bever beve asre raze superior to that of the finest coffee and the shrubbery of the beet could be used tor for tea so that there can be no necessity for raising coffee either for the sake of the berries it produces or the I 1 leaves eaves which are better than tea |