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Jerry Moore and the Bible Jerry Moore, the Florence coun ty boy who won fame for South Carolina as a corn-grower year be fore last, has not been in the public eye very much for the last few months, his modesty being as great, we are glad to say, as his ambition, hut the news which comes to us of him now, through the medium of the Florence Times, is about as re freshing as anything we have heard in a long, long, while. Unspoiled by all the publicity he baa receivedjJerry, itseems,has been ?. inning new laurels for himself, in a new field, and he has just been awarded a medal for the study of Bible history. The Times does not . enter into particulars, and we are not advised as to the conditions un der which the medal was contested (for. At any rate, we are heartily glad that Jerry won the prize, and bladder still that he tried for it Too many young people nowadays are actually ashamed even to be found reading the Bible. They are afraid that they will be laughed at by the other boys and girls. They do not know what the Bible is even apart from the matter of its, divine inspiration. They do not know what it would mean to them, from a purely wordly standpoint, to fill their minds with its rich phrases, with its deep wisdom, with the light which it sheds upon man and his ways. They .are even possessed with the foolish idea that it is hmart of them to be able to boast their ignorance of this wonderful Book. Jerry Moore knows better. In his study of the history of it he has learned, we dare say, that from the standpoint of style alone-we speak of the King James version, of course -it is the happiest blending of the language of the street with the lan guage of the study that has ever t/een made, and that it has become the model, the pattern, for all who would use the English tongue effec tively. He has learned that our greatest writers and greatest speak ers have been fairly saturated with it. He has learned that it has shaped the character and the institutions of England and America. He has learned that but for it the greatest movements of our history would never have been. President Nicholas Murray But ler, cf Columbia University, has said that no man can haye a prop er understanding ,of English litera ture who lacks arr-acquain tanjce with the Bible. We go further and say that no man who is unfamiliar with the Bible can underatand life or set his hand with sureness to the unravelling of its riddles. Rob England of the Bible and she could never have brought forth a Crom well or Gladstone. Take the Bible oatjof our history on this side of the Atlantic and you will take out also the names which we all revere the most. We have no idea that Jerry Moore was seeking further fame when he-took up the study of this Book of books, and we suspect that he will even be embarrassed that his achievement should be her alded abroad, but he has set an ex ample which cannot be too highly commended and which deserves to be held up for emulation.-Char leston News and Courier. Clark's Hill News. Mr. Editor: Clarks Hill isa busy hustling town at this time. Clark's Hill has shipped at least rive cars of peaches, while Meriwether has ship ped almost two, counting express shipments of both places. Farm work is behind on account of the continued wet drouth. Crops are poor for this time of year, corn still to be planted on account of W6t weather. Mr. W. W. Stevens of Mayfield Ga., a famous grower of the fa mous Georgia Elbertas, as well as a practical successful farmer has been on a visit to Mr. W. S. Mid dleton at Meriwether. They are an appreciative interesting pair of men, tho the Georgian says we have the advantage, as "Mr. Mid dleton moves mountains while we in Georgia dnly read of it and think it impossible. He says Mr. Middleton will make twenty sar loads of peaches, on lands six years ago but gullies and briars. See what brains and energy can do. Mr. L. A. Nivens of Clemson also was with Mr. W. S. Middleton while Mr. Stevens was there. He is making a special study of the peach cultivation, both for practical and theoretical reasons, and regards Meriwether as an excellent field for study of both. It is to be regret ted that Clemson College will lose Prof. Nivens who goes to Atlanta to assume the editorship of a farm and horticultural magazine. Rev. B. H. Covington has been spending the week with your scribe. We turned him out in the woods where chiggers got him and gave him a good time. At night we rested him on a corn cob mattress, which he enjoyed hugely. We en joyed his visit. He is a thoroughly good Christian gentleman. Mr. Edwin Calhoun and his daughter Miss Sallie of Abbe ville have been visiting their rela tives at Clark's Hill and Meriweth er. Mr. Calhoun belongs to the old school of southern gentleman and is an interesting rehearser of war scenes and times. Miss Christine and Master Chas. Lee have been down from from Asheville to visit Mrs. W. S. Mid dleton. Master Robert Luke, join ed them making a jolly trio. Messrs. John MeKie and Hugh Adams have returned from Clem son and gone right to work in the peach packing business. Mr. D. A. Bell was in Meri wether last Sunday with friends. Mr. Tom Perrien of North Au gusta has been visiting Mr. John Middleton this week. He is a fine musician. Miss Nina King and Annie May McKie have gone to Rock Hill to attend the summer school, we ad mire their ambition. Miss Alma Wise of Augusta has been on a visit to Mrs. E. L. Fooche. / Mr. P. M. Markeri has been in our vicinity for a day. Mr. R. H. Middleton is using a gasoline engine to plow, we hope it will prove a success. Our L. G. Bell is living on peaches cream and honey. Why should he not with plenty of peaches fine Jersey cows and a dozen bee hives. That ie enough for any old man. Prof. Bradley and Mr. Morrow of Clemson College are at Mr. W. S. Middleton's studying peach cul ture. His orchards are a thing of beauty. Sol. Farmers' Institutes. Clemson Agriculture College and the Farmers' Co-operative Demon stration Work of the LT. S. Dept. of Agriculture have combined their field forces, and the Farmers' In stitutes to be held this summer will be under the auspiecs of these two organizations. The special agent of the Farmers' Co-operative De monstration Work in each county will have charge of the arrange ments for institutute in his county. It is desiraDle that as wide publici ty as possible be given these meet ings. The Institute in Edgefield coun ty will be held at Johnston (Harmo ny School) on July, 27, 1912. The enclosed is) a list of the speakers and the subjects they will discuss at the Institute to be held in your county. J M Burgess, Live stock. J M Napier, Farm crops. A F Conradi, Insect pests. -Earle, Fertilizer laws. W F Burleigh, Tick eradication. Fred Taylor, Handling long sta ple cotton. W II Barton, Cover crops and rotation. J N Harper, Forage crops. Ai.angements will be made to hold other Institutes in your coun ty on the same day if they are de sired. W. L. English, State Agt. <fc Supt. Ext. An Interesting Letter From Uncle Iv Morgan. Dear Old Advertiser:- The first paper I ever read or remember reading was The Advertiser, and that was sixty years ago, and I was too young then to know what Ad vertiser meant. Those were the days of regiment al musters and fist tights, an i there comes to my mind now an incident at Red Hill when the Colonel, Ben Strom, had a desire to give one of the privates, George Broadwater, a pounding, but it was stopped by the friends of both parties interfer ing, and I a little fool didn't like it. 1 wanted to see two big grown men fight. Older heads didn't, and they were.right. But times have changed and in stead of a broken nose or a black eye 'tis a bullet hole. Yes, sir, the men of to-day are not ? what they were sixty years ago. Very few are willing or man enough to pull off their coats and hats and say, "here I ara walk in and I will give yo t the best in my shop." No sir, tis pistols first, last and all the time, and I don't like it. I got enough of the things duiing the war, and haven't owned one since 187G, and have had no ne^d for one. But say some, "what are you going to do if some fellow pulls |a pistol on you, and you unarmed." Just bare your breast and tell him to crack away if he is so cowardly. But enough. I could fill every page of your paper with evils of to-day, and I despise every one OL those evils. Not the men, Oh, no! I am sorry for any man or woman who is lead off by the evil spirit. I have just read your issue of this week and find a 1 jtter from W. J. Rochelle, of Texas, better kn^wn to those of us who used to be with him in our school boy days as Pin dar. His father gave him the nick name and of course we boys just thought it a fine name, but let me say if you please that Pindar and I were classmates in school and chums and if we ever had i cross word he and I have no recollection of it. While he was amona us on his visit this year we spent a day on the river fishing, and he just caught fish it seemed without any trouble, and as we fished we talked of our boyhood days, aod it was indeed a day of real pleasure to me. Have we any prospects for a crop in this section? Well, yes, taking into consideration the late and wet spring which of necessity made planting late I don't think we need to get too blue. Cotton is beginning to grow some where it has been worked up. Corn, all or most of it late in planting, is beginning to show up very well especially that which is up and had a working, and some are still planting corn. Rain had been needed badly up to yester day when there came a fine season and to-day while the land in the cultivated crops is too wet to plow, those who had oats are now plant ing or sowing peas. Are we putting any iertilizers where peas are being planted to cultivate? Yes sir, we want to make our peas to sow next year D. V. - c Well, Mr. Editor lam taking but little stock in politics this year, but if spared expect to go to the polls and vote too, and scratch eVery name that I know or have good reason to believe of those who aro di nking men or profane swearers. I can't conscientiously do it. I ara tired of the wicked being in power and don't propose to help put them there by my vote. Did you ask me what I though t of Blease. Well my opinion of him as a governor or man is too poor to put in a paper especially The Ad vertiser. What am I doing with myself these days? Well, when I am not shaking with a chill or burning with a fever, I try to help a little in the fielu, and go to the fish bas kets. Julian did you ever have a chill? If not 1 hope you never will. They are tough customers when they don't visit you only every other day, but when it comes to a visit every day tough is no word to explain. It is wosser nor woss as the old woman's explanation of bad things. I am writing full of quinine to close the door against a visit to day having had a call yesterday and the day before and if your paper doesn't catch malaria fi iiiirjj^iiiiii^ this (and that is leYt to you)it jen it 19 immune from the headache, burn ing and freezing all at the same time. Old Uncle Iv. WANTED-Several health and accident insurance agents to sell in surance for a reliable company. References required. Address, Insurance, Plum Branch. S. C. Fresh ship ment of Russell's can dies by express. B. Timmons. Have your windows and doors fitted with wire screens and doors for the summer. We have all sizes. Stewart & Kernaghan. A large shipment of dynamite just received. Stewart & Kernaghan. FOR SALE-Thoroughbred pup pies-both setters and pointers. R. G. Shannonhouse. Come to us for paints of all kinds for both inside and outside work. B. Timmons. Come to us for onion sets, and Landreth's celebrated garden seeds of ?ill kinds. They never fail to give satisfaction. B. Timmons. Keep out tho disease-spreading mosquitoes and Hies by getting your windows and doors with wire screens. It will not cost you mach. Get our prices. Stewart & Kernaghan. Public Pasture: I solicit your stock for pasturing in my large pasture on Horn's creek. Enclosed with woven wire. Rates reasonable. W. E. Ouzts. Edgefield, S. C. Brighten the interior of your home by using Alabastine on your walls. B. Timmons. Look at our buggies and ?harneas before buying,! we will save you money. Wilson & Cantelou. FOR SALE: 5 full blood collie pups, and 4 full blood Essex Pigs. L. R. Brimson, Cleora, S. C. Fresh shipment of Ferry's garden seed just received at B. Timmons. Large stock of wagon and buggy harness, also parts of harness. See our saddles, bridles and blankets before buying. Ramsey & Jones. Dior J want the address of so believes that he is wortnle ily; who believes that th< along just as as well withoi who believes that his land? vestments will produce as : for his widow as they do f believes that his creditors widow to just rock along l ry, as she can have her o' settling ; who believes th bors will step in and pu along for his widow, quit C. M. Mel D. Sam Cox, Main Columbia, DEAR SIR:-I was born be the cost of a policy best Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gie Mills, Engines, Boilers,' Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes.' WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, . *" AU(i?ST4, GA. . Money to Loan. With real estate y security, for long time. Easy terms. ARTHUR S. TOMPKINS KEEP IN PERFECT HEALTH. Ibu owe it to yourself, your family and your work to keep in the best possible con dition. If you have strong, ready muscles .--rich, heathy blood and a clear brain, you can do more and better work and really live, and enjoy living and be a blessing to those you love. Much of the eternal grouch and many of the aches and pains you see every day Ere caused directly by a lazy, torpid, over worked liver, and all of that may be abso lutely cured by R. L. T. (Richardson's Laxative Tonic). One fifty-cent or dollar bottle of this magnificent tonic will prove to you that it is the finest laxative and the quickest strength building tonic ever of fered sick, suffering humanity. Get a bot tle from your druggist today, and keep it always in ttie family medicine ehest ready to put the Liver right in one night or cure malaria, constipation, or bilious fevers in the shortest possible time. If not on sale in your town, write R, L. T. Go., Ander son, S. 0. A Perice! Tonie THE BEST LIVER MEDICINE 50c & $1.00 per Bottle All Drag Stores. Expect Whato*TTT You Pay For It's Lime It's Cement It's Brick It's Patent Plaster It's Gasoline Oil It's Kerosene Oil It's Machine Oil It's Auto Oil It's Motor Oil It's Lumber It's Shingles It's C. S. Hulls K's C. S. Meal AND THEN I WILL EXPECT TO BUY YOUR COTTON SEED. ALSO HAVE ?THE ARTICLES FOR YOU AS EVER. E. S. JOHNSON. ?fidU me man who ss to his fam tj would get at as with him; 5 or other in mucb income or him ; who will tell his Ind not wor Wn time about at his neigh sh his affairs e. as well as they have bee this man is ph ical examin?t present of a y of ONE TI tho' he really pathize with h [f the reade scription, maj at something something to case he is loo' INS'URANCI liehamp, Speei; Edgefield, S. C., or iger of Agents, S. C., on the-day of adapted to my age? NAME __._ POST OFFICE. STATE. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The teachers' scholarships in the University of South Ca roi ina, worth ?100 in money and exemption from fees, offer a fine chance for the young men of this county. See the advertisement on another page of this paper. Teaching is one of the best ca reers open to the strong young men 'of the State, as high schools are multiplying upon every hand, call ing for trained men at fair salaries, and with prospects of large useful ness. The University of South Carolina is now under-a full head of steam. Efficiency has marked the past ses sion to a remarkable degree. 443 students were present. A new au ditorium is now building, which will be of great advantage- The separate Y. M. C. A. building, with a permanent secretary giving his whole energy to the moral and re ligious life of the students, is a fact of prime importance. The spacious gymnasium with good baths, the modern infirmary with a trained nurse in attendance, are splendid means of insuring the health of the ' students. The outreach of the University in many forms of public service is gripping the people of the whole I State. Close attention is given to the individual student. The growth of the Law School has been signal. Columbia offers many advantages for struggling young men to sup port themselves while they are studying in the University. Xo matter how poor a boy may be, he he can get a full college education at the University. There is a Business Course with fine facilities. All in all, the progress of the University during recent years as regards attendance, efficiency, and the spirit of public service is in \ spiring. 1785-1912. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. 128th Year Begins September 27. Entrance examinations at all the county seats on Friday, July 5, at 9 a. m. It offers courses in Ancient and Modem languages, Mathematics History, Political Science, Debat ing, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Engineering. Courses for B. A., B. S., and B. ; S. degree with Engineering. A free tuition scholarship to each ' county of South Carolina. Vacant Boyce scholarships, giving ?100 a year and free tuition, open to com petitive examination in September. Expenses reasonable. Terras and catalogue*on application. Write to HARRISON RANDOLPH, President, Charleston, S. C. Ladies' writing desks in mahoga ny, birdseye maple, weathered oak in mission effect. Open and roller top office desks and office chairs. Ramsey & Jones. I will stand my pedigreed jack at my home for the spring season. Weight 1,145 pounds. Julian R. Strother. Fee Silk Georgia Cane Syrup, fresh from the South Georgia farms, at B. Timmons. n handled heretofore. If ysically able to pass a med lon, I will make him a ear's premium on a policy ?OUSAND [DOLLARS, isn't worth it, but I sym is wife. r dosen't fill the above de r be he values his existence and would like to leave take his place. In that king for the|STATE LIFE I COMPANY. al Agent, What will PORCH SHADES Make your porches comfortablej during the summer by using th eelebrated Vudor Porch Shades.! We carry a large supply. Edgefield Mercantile] Company Back of your lens should be Ansco Film. It takes a quicker, clearer impression, , makes a finer negative and more artistic pictures. Have you seen the super ior Ansco Cameras that open horizontally-the way you want to take nine tenths of your pictures? All sizes and all prices here. -)?dL^^HjlkXi%- -' ,'GEO. F. MIMS, Edgefie Id, S. C I Mr. A. T. S/KTH, '< will do yrur fnifhing We have more wagons than care to carry into next season, boj Webber and Columbus. For next sixty days we will make tractive prices. Adams Warehouse Co. A beautiful lot of 75c lace cu] tains for 4Dc. J. W. Peak. Notice-Automobile rain prc dusters $5. Also gloves, caps full line. Write F. G. MERTIJ Augusta, Ga. The best assortmentand fit men's and Boys' shirts. Can found at Rives Bros.I