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| ani i V Ial T t f I Tuesda T ? t T T T Y Y f Y Y T ? i Dor t i BAM ? METHODISTS HEAR REPORT. ' Plans Agreed Upon for Raising Fund of $300,000 for Colleges. Florence, Dec. 1.?The matter of f the most importance before the South Carolina Methodist conference today ! was the hearing and adoption of the j report of the educational commission,! appointed by the board of education j a year ago, to arrange for the raising of a $300,000 educational fund for the Methodist colleges of the State. The report was read by Rev. A. D. Betts, and with slight amendment was adopted. The report recommended the appointment of Rev. F. H. Shuler as commissioner of edu- J cation, to direct the proposed cam-; paign; that the following apportion- j ment of the money be made: Wof-| ford college, $145,000; Columbia col-j lege, $65,000, Lander college, $45,-] 000; that the time between February: 11 and March II be set apart for) concerted action in the raising of the j money, other work being suborainat-i ed to this; that the second Sunday in February be used for the presenta-j tion of the matter from Methodist pulpits; that the presiding elders and j pastors look to the collecting of the j fund under the guidance of Mr.; Shuler. The report provoked some debate, objection being made to some features. The Rev. M. L. Banks offered j an amendment to the plan of cam-1 paign and spoke to his amendment.; The amendment was defeated. | Speeches were made in defense of the report by Dr. E. O. Watson and others, and the report was taken upj and acted upon, recommendation by. recommendation. The Rev. A. J. Cauthen offered an amendment to the report as it related to the time for the campaign, nam-j ing April in lieu of February and March. Dr. H. N. Snyder and the Rev. F. H. Shuler favored the earlier j day. Mr. Cauthen's amendment was j carried and the campaign will be con-! ducted in April. Bishop Atkins made a speech commending the campaign and emphasizing its importance. Upon the adoption of the report Mr. Shuler asked for subscriptions from members of the conference and received money and subscriptions amounting to $7,000. The Rev. S. C. .Morris, of the Horschool was recently given to the church. The Rev. Dr. Kirkland made an address in the interest of the Advocate which caught the ear of the conference. Last night was given to Sunday I WE ARE INFORMED THJ ALSO THAT THERE'S NO ER THESE STATEMENTS rtnnTrnn TrATT C?TTrkTTT Tk XT/ OJIiLALA, 1 UU onuuiijj n\ ICT Of Al y, the I2tl EVERY ONE OF SAID LOT COUNTY, YOUR CITY AN NEVER "CUSS" THE TO\ ABOUT THE INVASION 0! EVER OCCURRED TO YO NATIVES NEVER SAW I ACRE? LET THE WEEV] WE ARE A FORTUNATE THIRD AND LAST CALL. I't Forget tl BERG PEININY BROT Bryan to Build Home on Mountain.! Washington, Dec. 1.*?William Jennings Bryan is going to build himself a home on top of a little mountain which rises 500 feet above the city of Asheville, N. C. He will1 call his new home "Mount Calm,"! and here he will spend the greater j part of his time, especially in thej summer months. Tn flrninnnrine- this fact todav. Mr. i Bryan made it clear that he will not give up his legal residence in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Bryan's reasons for building j a home at Asheville are his desire to be near his daughter, Mrs. Richard Hargreaves, who lives at Ral- j eight, N. C., and his desire to be! nearer to Washington, so that he can visit here oftener without sacri-j ficing so much of his home life. "I expect to be a frequent visi-1 tor in Washington during the next 15 or 20 years, if I live that long," he said. "I am interested in nationai and international questions, more so than ever, if that is possible. "Asheville is beautifully located in the Blue Ridge mountains. The cli-j mate is salubrious and the mountain peaks surrounding the city pre-j sent a magnificent view, but our: chief reason for spending the sum- j mers at Asheville is that it is only! a night's ride from Washington." Mr. Bryan passed through Wash- \ ington today on his way to Asheville i While he was here President Wilson invited him to a dinner to be given j in his honor at the white house on j December 6, and Mr. Bryan accepted. On December 5 a dinner will be j given to Mr. Bryan at the Hotel La- j favette. Secretary Daniels, who is a close: nersonal friend of Mr. Brvan and who i is suspected of having been instru-i mental in inducing him to make a home in North Carolina, gave a i luncheon in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan today. The guests included Secretaries Baker, Lane and Redfield, Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the! president; Solicitor Cone Johnson, of; the State department; Assistant Sec-; retary of State John E. Osborne, and | n'irao " nit vo# , A woman can adjust her figure to show up best at the point she wants it to. i school secretary; I. F. Way, general , Sunday-school secretary, and Bishop Atkins. This afternoon Dr. J. Walter Dan! iel spoke on church extension and toj night Dr. Bennett, of Emory UniverI sity, Atlanta, represented that school.! I l LT DESIRABLE BUILDING >1 A VAl/AJNT KiOliJJiWUJli i ARE FACTS OR NOT. IF DT FAIL TO ATTEND OUR IOI bout Thirty R h Dav of .'s are suitable for bu d their future or go vn you live in. boost f the bool weevil and u that in the wester cotton boll, their ] :l come, he will prov people, blessed with ladies especially in ie date, Dece REA hers & thoma! THE ELECTION. I Wood row Wilson's Election Means ! Nd War, Peace and Prosperity. L DelaW are I j GeO rgia J Wisconsin InDiana : NebRaska i WyOming < HaWaii NeW Jersey I j Virginia j, CaLifornia Missouri j! Florida !1 TenXessee \ Louisiana OrEgon j 1 MaryLand ; , MinnEsota Connecticut KenTucky i t Maine 1 Ohio |, WashiX gton AlabaMa : ( NEvada ? utAh North Dakota KanSas j ^ IlliNois ArizOna ( ToWa 1 ArkAnsas Smith OaRolina Pennsylvania RhodE Island IdAho j < Massachusetts j' VErmont 1j AlAska 1 MichigaN s South Pokota 1 Mississippi ? NoRth Carolina 1 Oklahoma ! ^ TexaS ( New HamPshire New MExico < ColoRado ! ] West Virginia j \ MoriTana :, New York ; ] ?Newberry Herald and News. Beats Cotton. j ] A Spartanburg county farmer: < planted five acres in fall Irish pota- j < toes. He made more than 100 bush- j < els to the acre and has sold his en-! i tire crop at $2 per bushel. i t This beats raising cotton even at | j 20 cents per pound. 1 And it must be borne in mind that i land planted to fall potatoes in this i latitude will produce another crop of j 1 something else in the course of a j ] year. The potatoes can be gathered ] in time to sow oats or other grain,. < which can be harvested next spring, j i in time for another crop.?Anderson i 1 Mail. | j i LOTS ARE EXTREMELY FOR RENT IN THE TOW1 mTTTlTT A "DTI PAriTC! MD 1 n?l X AAll X A O, JLTXXV V s esidence I-,ot. December ILDING AND LIVING UP SOMEWHERE WHERE IT OR MOVE. THERE'S! > ITS DESTRUCTION OF 01 kt *\m xtad'nnnrrc'pnjx U Ail U 111/XVi.li.VTJUUl XlXbr FARM LANDS BRING FR< E A BLESSING. OUR LA [ SUNSHINE AND SHORT1 VITED. :mber 12th. LTY < S BROTHERS, Al Father Noah as a Farmer. In Home and Farm of November i 1 I had occasion to refer to the incident of Father Noah sending a dove from the ark to reconnoiter for dry; land. In this connection, I am reminded that this venerable old navigator took a great deal of interest! in dry land, for just as soon as thej flood waters receded sufficiently he set about to establish a farm and be?in life anew, as it were, for Moses savs: "And Noah began to be a hus-j bandman and he planted a vineyard." I (Genesis ix, 20.) It may seem somewhat remarka-; ale that Father Noah went to farm-; ng so late in life, for he was over! 500 years old at that time. Prior to ;he flood his energies had probably Deen devoted mainly to raising sheep j ind cattle, but as that cataclysm hadj ievastated the earth of all livestock ixcept the few specimens that were saved by the ark, the old man realized the imperative necessity of cultivating the soil for a livelihood. The exisiting conditions were exceedingly favorable for agricultural! jursuits. The great flood had sub-' nerged the land for five months, j eaving as it receded, a fine, rich de)osit of silt. The record does not state the kinds j >f grapes that Noah propagated, j rhere may have been several varie-: ;ies, or possibly there was but one tind?a sort of all-purpose grape, suitable for eating fresh from the vine, for drying into raisins, for preserving and making jelly of and for ^ ^ A * rt 11 AtrAn In \7AO Vl 'o A lilt; liiatt-IUg,. Al All CVCULO, i^uau 0 : rineyard had wine grapes in it, and :he old man, unfortunately, upon one occasion at least, drank a little too j nuch of his claret. It is not stated j :hat he was turbulent or boisterous, j and the reasonable inference is that) le simply imbibed too much of his! iiome made wine and fell into drun-j ien stupor. While in no way attempting to excuse drunkenness, let us not hastily j condemn old Noah for his little in- j iiscretion. We should bear in mind j [hat he was over 600 years old at the :ime the incident occurred. At such ; an advanced age a very small quan- j :ity of stimulant will produce intox-I ioflton. Doubtless this was the first ^lass of wine that Noah had drunk for several years. He had, in all probability been used to drink wine; prior to the flood, but when all the rineyards were drowned out there niust have been an interval of at j least three or four years that the old gentleman was wholly without a drop i SCARCE IN BAMBERG, f. YOU KNOW WHETH. INVESTOR OR HOME 1AL s on , at 10:30 C ON. BELIEVE IN YOUR TfATT rvA T5T1T TTITTtl TUT XUU LIU OIiUlIi V Xi 0.11. MUCH TALK JUST NOW CJR VALUBLES. HAD IT r STATES, WHERE THE DM $50.00 TO $300.00 PER NDS GROW ANYTHING. WINTERS. THIS IS OUR Rain or Shi :omp UCTIOISEERS L A^A A^A ATA A^A ATA ATA ATA ATA ATA ATA ATA ATA ATA rl^F 1^r l^r / BEFORE BUY! HOLIDAY F Look over our stock We have no shop-wi have been in bush (months and all our up-to-date, and our Solid Gold Lavallier: I Solid Gold signet n up. Bracelet Watchi ENGRAVI1 ON ALL GOODS a ladies' or gents' AWAY FREE on tl I of December. Reid's Jewi BAMBERC of wine in his tent. The destruction \ of the vineyards probably caused Noah to become a husbandman. Like p Timothy, later on, he doubtless need- n ed a little wine "for his stomach's n sake." Consequently, in spite of the y weight of six centuries resting upon c his shoulders, he bravely accepted n ' 3 1M- . - L.I J tne situation, ana, uKe a uuiu yiu- ?, neer, he went to work. ii Again, this home-made claret of s Father Noah was pure, unadulterated v wine, and being new its intoxicating h power was great. Another thing in h Noah's favor is the fact that this h one little drunk seems to have been y enough for him. We do not hear h of his having ever again become in- e ebriated during the remainder of his 350 years. There are not many F men who can spend 950 years on this h earth and get tipsy only one time. Ii This fact alone speaks volumes in e praise of Noah's high moral charac- g ter g After the cessation of the great o flood we find him setting a worthy h example to all following generations pi by planting a vineyard and beginning s< an agricultural career at the age of tl over 600 years. How many old men, rthink you, could be found nowadays! u with sufficient energy and self-con-1 o I fidence to start upon an agricultural a campaign at the age of 600 years? tl | * f I 1^ 1.' ,E! x ('clock t T V T i 4K ? 1 | V / ne I ANY I' AAAAAA A VV *a" 'at . . ING YOUR . ^ RESENTS : and get prices, orn goods as we less but a few goods are new, prices are right, j as low as $3.00. : tings from $2.25 * bs from $5.00 up. * NG FREE SOLD BY US watch GIVEN le 26th and 27th 1 elry Store }, s. c. r AWTT 7 CI J n f Noah's career as a farmer also ^ roves indisputably the wholesomeess of farm life. Although far reloved from the period of vigorous outh, and even beyond the sober, alculating and conservative time of liddle age, we see the grand old sexuple centenarian embarking boldly 1 an ocupation requiring much phyical exercise, but which so filled him -*ith ozone and vitality as to prolong 4 is useful life 350 years. Suppose ^ e had undertaken the practice of tw, medicine or dentistry at 600 ears of age, think you he would ave lived the half of 350 years longr? Hardly. Of all occupations he chose the best le chose the one most conducive to ealth, longevity and peace of mind, t is not probable that Noah's farm ^ ver was encumbered with a mortage. Although the record does not o into the minutae of his farming perations, it is to be inferred that e made the business at least iainjr rofitable. The country was new, the oil fertile, and we are not told !iat he had any cockle burs or John- ?j on .Trass to contend with. Ko v.ac, o doubt, a happy, quiet and prosperus old farmer to the end of his long nd eventful life.?Dick Naylor in is Home and Farm. - \i J