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Authority on .
psalms writes
Personal Letter of Interest
From Judge
W. C. Benet.
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1
Knew All About the Erakine Brothers
Long Before Erskine College
Was Established.?Is a Native of
Scotland.
Anything from the pen of Judge1
Benet is always interesting to the
people of Abbeville county and the
state, and we are taking the liberty
of publishing a private letter knowing
that it will be read with pleasure
and profit. Judge Benet was born in
Scotland and his opinion of the
Psalms is worth while as Scotland is
the stronghold of all Psalm singing
religions. In fact Judge Benet says
that the history of the church is:
very familiar as "your A. R. P.!
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unurcn was craoieu ju9i> buuuv unwiv
miles from my birthplace, I knew all
about the Erskine brothers, Ebenezer
and Ralph, long before I heard
of Erskine Collie, Due West"
Cashiers, N. C., Sept 12, 1916.
Y The package with "the Psalms"
and "the Bible Songs" came safely,
and I am most grateful to you for
sending them. I have gone through
both?somewhat hastily, no doubt?
and I do not think they have improved
on the old Revised version, nor on
the dear old tunes,?long, common,
tod peculiar meter?to which the
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in Bulk (uhbagged). at the Fertilizer
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ITS THE lONG^jf
old Psalms in metre were sang. Pei
haps I cling too much to old familifl
things; but I never find much, i
any, improvement, in any moder
"revisions," whether of the Scrij
/tures themselves, or of the ol
Psalms, and familiar Hymns. Th
Hymnal of the Episcopal Church i
not as good a collection as was th
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hymn-book was not an improvemer
on the small collection of hymns an
selections from the metrical Psalm:
the English "Tate and Brady" an
"Sternhold and Hopkins" version.
In the music of the "Bible Songs
I find too much evidence of th
"Moody and Sankey" influence. Ant
in "the Psalms" I was surprised t
see verbal changes in the sacred cer
turies-old 23rd Psalm, and th
100th Psalm. I revere the ol
Psalms, and cannot bear to see thei
altered. The following from Si
Walter Scott will show I am m goo
company. In his "Journal" he sajft
"The expression of the old metrici
translation, though homely, is plaii
forcible and intelligible, and vex
often possesses a rude sort of maje
ty, which perhaps would be ill e:
changed for mere elegance. The
are the very words and accents <
our early Reformers?sung by thei
in woe and gratitude, in the field
in the churches and on the scaffoldNo,
no! Let them write hymns ar
paraphrases if they will, but let i
have still "All. people that on -earl
do dwell".. Law and devotion mu
lose some of their dignity as ofte
as they adopt new fashions."
Episcopalian, though he was, h
Flour is $8.00 a barrel and the;
are talking $10. You- can make it
cheaper than that and better. Um
our Fish and Blood Gu4no.
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r- love for the old metrical version
x continued to the end of his life. On
if the morning of the day on which he>
n died, he asked his nurse to read to
>- him 9 psalm. She bfegan to read
d from the prose' version. He gently
e interposed, saying, "No! nol the
is Scotch Psalm."
e Some folks might say that ^fres pa-!
d triotism, not piety. Very well?but
it really true patriotism and piety are
d not far apart. ,
3, '
d SOUTH SHOULD BUILD
ONLY STANDARD ROADS
If ,
e Not Wider and Mora Costly Roads
|. Needed so Much as Roads of a
X> Single Instead of Many Types.
I
,e "If there ever was a time when
d the need and i;he opportunity for imn
proving Virginia's roads marched toir
gether, that time is now/' This ded
claration, by the Richmond Timesi:
Dispatch applies as well to other
il southern states, it also suggests the
i, way in which the south's road imy
provement program should be attack9
.ed4c
Just as cities in the west profited
yjby the mistakes of the older cities
>f in the east, and built broader streets
on looking to future as well as immes,
diate < traffic requirements, so the
? south should profit by the mistakes
id of the thickly populated northernis
states and adopt standard type of
th road. This dies not mean wider and
st more costly roads, as in the case of
in streets, but roads of a single standard,
type as opposed to the many and
ia junsatisfactory types found throughn
qut^e.north. " f';' V
+ Highway engineers are un^nimously
ag^ree that successful road-building
must include a stable foundation
I and a wearing surface suited to all
, types of traffic and involving low
maintenance charges. There are
just two types of roads within the
resources of prokp^rous communi,
ties which can be So combihed as to
meet these requirerftents and at a
cost not exceeding that paid for these
-highways when built as separate or
distinct types. They are tike asphalt
macadam road and the concrete road
which are cheaper, stronger and more
satisfactory, when properly combined
in the form of a concrete foundation
, and a natural asphalt macadafii wearing
surface. Where
a road is of the asphalt
macadam type, any defect in the
foundation causes trouble. When
; roads are built of concrete throughout
any.neglect or carelessness in
workmanship is fatal. Saturation atid
subsequent drying ofslabs means expansion-and-contraction
inviting upheaval
and disintegration.
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But when concrete- Is /used as a
foundation, -the asphalt macadam
wearing surface acts as a wateS
phedding material, keeping conditions
more constantl>oth as to moist
ure'and temperature changes. The
unyielding, concrete in turn keeps the
asphalt macadam wearing surface
from breaking down. Furthermore,
the latter imparts to the ro.ad the
I .resiliency, or elasticity required for
both horse and motor traffic.
.' This type of road has been thoroughly
tested oh city streets, sub
[urban highways, park drives and
country roads. Costs have ranged
ibetween $11,500 to $18,50Qper mile
for roads 16 feet in width. Philadelphia'built
sections of her great
northeast boulevard in this way at
;lower cost than some states have
paid for water-bound macadam. The
taxpayers of Monroe County, Michigan,
are building 40 miles of the
type, the concrete foundation including
six-inch concrete curb? between
?ill ? a 4mr/v iraIi VtTAOV^
WOiCU Will uv ymccu a vwvtubu nw?,
ling surface of natural asphalt maca.
idam.
Roads of this type running from
.city to city and state to state would
profit the south far beyond anything
she can hope to achieve by building
roads in the customary hit-or-miss
(fashion.
I Anticipate Big
Attendance at
Columbia Fair
; .. Columbia,
S. C.,?Sept. 30.?Continuous
advances in quotations for
cotton and the unprecedented prices
for cotton seed indicate that all previous
attendance records upon the
State Fair are to be shatered this
year. Preparations are being made
rapidly for the early installation of
exhibits, and reservations are being
taken daily for special exhibits of
farm machinery and other appropriate
displays for the annual agricul
tural celebration while numerous
booths are being constructed by
churches and other organizations for
lunch rooms and refreshment stands.
Consensus of opinion is that when
farmers over the State are receiving
approximately $100 for a bale of
cotton and the seed a trip is likely
to be made to the State fair October
23 to 27.
A distinct feature of fair week
will be the Harv&t Jubilee. This bj
festival introduced last year was an yc
enthusiastic success throughout the p<
week and was the means of bringing e\
thousands to Columbia wno would qi
not have been otherwise disused to ,oi
.? ^ k * If ~
come to tne iair. a queen oz toe
Jubilee is to be selected agaih this tv
year in a manner similar to that of iw
last fall and a ball will be given in >a<
her honor, following the coronation aj
jceremony in front of the capitoL isp
Horse racing is to be maintained tr
n wWKBjtfnO^SStSi^
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in goodness and * r?
in jpipa satisfection "
Is all^e or its enthusiastic
friends ever claim
for it!
It answers every smc
or an^ : other man 3v<
cool aMd fragrant ai
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Will you invest 5c or
so on the national joy i
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r a high scale - of premiums this
rar. More than $1,700 will be comited
for in prizes 4n the different
rents, and some particularly high
lality animals will be seen ih apti</p
1 the fair ground;turf. ..
Football games will be played on
co days of fair week, and this alone
ill induce many to attend. Free
:ts are to be placed on the ground!
rain this year as last, some of the
lecialties being extraordinarily at
active. '
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A meeting W8 held in Columbia '
yjast week, when the farm demopptration
agent fortes agreed to com- J
bine their, exhibits into' ope comprehen
rive Statewide display of farm
products. The county by county ex- ;
. hibit plan will pus h!e; abandoned,
i, and all exhibit* arranged According I
to crops, with all necessary informs- ' '1
[ tiori ss to production and fertiliser
t and soil analysis data. The homs JjJS
, demonstration forces will also pre- ^
i Albert gives w
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't bite your tongue; ^011
't parch your throat; 1
an itnoke R as long and
as you like without any 3
k but real tobacco hap- 'f|
averse, side of every Prince '
Jcage you will read:
PROCESS PATENTED \ ' 'jSK
is to you a lot of tobacco ?nPrinc*
Albert has always been ;
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