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VOLUME L, KUUBKB sS. KEWBERBY, SOUTH CABOLDTA, TUESDAY, XOYEWBER 5, 1912. TW1CB J. WIIK, tlM A IMAM. DR. HARMS TO ST. JOHN'S. St. John's is Among Largest Lutheran Churches in the State, News1 and Courier, 2nd. The Rev. J. H. Harms, D. D., president of Newberry college, has beeo called to th^ pastorate of St. John's < Lutheran church, and the officers and congregation are hopeful that he -will accept. The call was extended lasl Monday, but up to last night no answer had been received from Dr. Harms. Since the resignation of Dr. C. Arm<ind Miller, some months ago, St John's church has' been without a pastor. The church building has been undergoing repairs, and has been closec most of the time, since Dr. Miller left Two weeks ago Dr. Harms preachec ' Jo the congregation of St. John's, th? "--services being held in the Sundaj schiool room. He is well likeci lr h Charleston, -and his friends have gooc ' hope that h# will accept the call, especially as he seems to like Charles ton. There has always existed the clos est-relationship between the Lutherai church of Charleston and the Luther an college, at Newberry. Dr. J. A'. B Scherer, one of the ablest men th< Lutheran church 01 souui ^(11 U1111C 5 ever produced, was pastor of St. An drew's Lutheran church, this city, be fore he was president of Newberr: college. This time the tables are turn ed, and instead of a Charleston pas tor being called to the head of ai educational institution, the head o ^ Newberry college is called to be pas tor of a Charleston churchy* n Dr. Harms is a young uaw, v energy and full of zeal for righteous ness. As a preacher he is one of th< most eloquent and forceful in hi? f church. St. John's, the church t< which he has been called, is one of th< largest and most influential Lutherai churches in- the State. i ^ PRESIDENT HARMS DECLINES. Will Not Go to Charleston w oe Pas tor of St. John's Church, u? That City. r>_ T TJ Charleston, jnov. s.?ui. o. Harms, president of Newberry college who on Monday received a call to th< ^pastorate of St. John's Lutherai church, this city, has declined to ac t> cept, according to reports receivet yyesterday. The officers and congrega k tion of St. John's church were ver: eager to secure Dr. Harms as pasto; of their church, and the news yester day of his declining the offer was "heard with much regret. The Philosophy of Character. ' Rev. W. H. Kirton has recently pub lished a little book on "The Philoso /phy of Character." It is paper coveret and contains 144 pages, and is selling at 50 cents per copy. Rev. Kirton i: at present with his daughter at th< Crotwell hotel, and will be glad t( Lave you examine the book. He wii deliver a copy at the price named. 11 regard to the merits of the book, th< following criticism by Re v. .J. T. Gibbj . presiding elder of the Washington dis P. . trict, will give you a clear insight i.-it( ils contents: "'The Philosophy of Character' is '< big subject, but you have handled i Veil, and put much good sense in srnal compass. I think the study of it woul( be especially helpful to our youni preachers, and profitable reading t( our older preachers, and the people generally will find profit in its brie cogent teaching of matters funda nen tal. I am glad to have read it am to give it this recommendation, am k you are at liberty to use this letter ir k " any way 3*ou think proper." \ ^ Werts-Bedenbangh. The following invitations have beer t^ouca . Mr. and Mr3. James M. Werts. give in marriage their daughter \ Addie Elizabeth to Mr. John Bachman Bedenbaugh cn Wednesday evening, November :iOtl 4 at half after seven o'clock * Grace Lutheran Church Pros ?"?! >i.y Sort!: <*:iv THr of yo'T I t ^ t'-d. k COUNTY TEACHERS MEET i Association Organized.?Officers Elec- , ted.?Next Meeting First Saturday in December. The county teachers' association for ! this county was organized on Satur1 day the 2nd of November. 1 Thet meeting was called to order by ' county superintendent of education, Mr. E. H.'Aull, who proceeded with the election of a president. Mr. J. S. "Wheeler, of Prosperity, was elected president of the association for the ' ensuing year. The other officers elected were as follows: Miss Mary C. Burton* vice-president; Miss Olive Feagle, secretary, Mr. H. L. Dean and J Mr. E. H. Aull together with the other officers will serve ass the executive * committee. T t The association decided to hold their ^ meetings this year always on the first . Saturday of every month at II o'clock, . and it is sincerely hoped that all the teachers of the county will make an earnest effort to be present at the next l meeting on the first Saturday of De I ce-mber. * i . I The following wefre the teachers j' present at the meeting held on Saturi day: Misses Rosalyn Summer, Mary - C. Burton, Julia Kibler, Josie Pay singer, Olive Feagle, Lucia Winn, Lucy f Agnew, Winton Agnew, Aurelia Mayer, - Mayme Swittenberg, Ma^y E. Wall, Va nessa Williams, Mary C. Brown, Nenie 1 Caldwell, Ola Brown, Anna Dickert, ^ and Messrs. S. J. Derrick, D. L. Weda" man, H. L. Dean and E. H. Aull. f Xews From Siimmerland College. Rev. Steadman, of St. Mathews, S. C., conducted servk "a chapel Wed5 * ? ! ?nrruro lie fa. nesaay morning <mu aiow 50..^ ; s culty and student body a very inter" esting talk. President S. P. Koon attended the South Carolina Synod, held at Newberry last week. He brought hack ' very encouraging words concerning | our college. 1 Miss Olive Richardson was called to her home in Pomaria last week on _ account of the sudden death of her . <i grandfather, Mr. Setzler. A number of the girls spent the " ' week-end with relatives and friends. President Koon- preached at the Lu1 theran church in Leesville Sunday night A The street leading from the college e to Batesburg is being lighted up by a 7 electric lights. j * Several of the girls attended the 8 Stat? fair Thursday. f s The college has recently purchased r another new piano. a mnm a CLEVELAND'S PHYSICIAN DEAD. c t " Former Surgeon General O'Keillv, lT. f 1 iS. Am Expires in Washington. 5 ^ 5 J Washington, Nov. 3.?Major Gen. * 3 Robert Maitland O'Reilly, former sur- s J geon general of the Unite J States 1 army personal physician and inlimate c 1 *' !.-:.ti of President Cleveland. tli?v1 t - h t > leday of uv^.iic poisoning. ja ? Gen. O'Reilly, who had been ill for j ^ * some time, was born in Philadelphia j t > in 184.") and figured in many of the s stirring events of the nation's military t 1 in the last half century. He was in the a t Civil war as a medical cadet and saw o i hard service in the Indiana campaign, a 1 In the Spanish-American war, Gen. j t ? O'Reilly was chief surgeon of the 4th j t ) army corps. [ t ? He was a member of an evacuation | v ? committee at Havana, and chief sur- y - geon of the division of Cuba during the p i first American occupation. He ended t 1 his active career as surgeon general a i of the army in 1909. when he was re- i: tired with the rank of major general r ?rlisHn^nished ser- F Ill recugiuiiv/u . j-, vices. t i The body of the dead soldier will be h buried in Arlington National Cemetery t with military honors Tuesday morn-j mgr. I a c Seidell-Porteous. \ Nr. and Mrs. Charles Kenry Ivy, of a 1 Atlanta, GP^rgia, announce the engage- a ment of their daupMer, Elizabeth Sei- o dell, to Mr. Arthur Tfec*?^rne Por- ti of Syrnfiise, New Yor*. i.vr wed!; -o ': i>!:\re in December, -n ^v1 n | o:o!' ' - Iri.'.e ui Atlanta. y==== HI ^ 1 Who Will Today Be Elected > <s> * > KXAI'P AGRICULTURAL DAY. <S> ] > <$> ><S><S><S><S><$><$><^<S><S><S>^><^< >^><S><S> i The 148,000 teachers and the 7,000,- 1 00 pupils of the South are being urg:d by their educational and agriculturil leaders to assemble 3,000,000 farners, their families and friends, in the 9,000 school houses on November 27 or an hour, in order to survey and * eview their agricultural1 resources md achievements, and to express their 1 ippreciation of the services of one 1 it tneir great Deneiaciui s. ure is worthy of this consideration, or the farmers of the nation have this rear produced ten billion dollars' 1 vorth of crops to feed and clothe tearly 100,000,000 people here, with a urplus fcr other nations. Knapp Agricultural Day is the offi-; :ial designation. The South wishes to lonor the memory of Dr. S. A. Knapp . s the founder of the Demonstration vork and the Boys' and Girls' clubs, i "his is fitting, because 100,000 demonJ trators are making larger crops on ^ heir farms and Corn Club boys are j ttracting world-wide attention by j .rowing mere than 225 bushels on one j ere at low cost. The indications are ; , hat several of the 75,000 boys will i j his year break all records. It is tit- f ing, because 25,000 girls, in the harest season, are filling pantries with , t'hnipcnmp food and selling the sur I ilns. rt is a duty, because Dr. Knapp i ( aught a new method in agriculture nd the lessons must be more widely , < mpressed and unfailingly transmitted. Representatives of England, Russia, ! < irazil, South Africa, Siam and Argen- j ^ ina ha%-e come to learn them. It is j ligh time for American schools to' ' I nke the lead in these ideas. There is to be a Knapp school and j , . Knapp farm near Xashvillp. and in j oniiection with Peabody college j Vhf ii $1."0,000 is collected for the farm j nd school building, $2r>0,000 will lie j dded for endowment ot tne scnooi, f f Country Life by the general duea- ; ion beard. Xo other such institution j xists. Tr will sfnrt out with thr pr.r- ' f o of r^a'-hlr?* and helping rv< vy ; . >;o. ^.r;n in the South This i ==jflW t s BSfl^pr ^M^nnrai '"jHi JRBnil Br" b WV WOOD2CM r W/ZiSOj/ HHlSKIir' "" - ~ President of Lnited States institution will be a laboratory, a clearing house, and an u^sorablin^ i place for agricultural and edu *ational workers. Eventually it will have demonstration schools in each State and county teaching its lessons. It will be a working, living memorial, bu* in a conspicuous placs will also appear a life-sized statue of Dr. Knapp. What vast possibilities loom up, if the people of the whole South will innually contemplate agricultural matters for one hour! The State and county superintendents of education are taking the lead in this movement. It will be a worthy tribute, to a worthy man. The name of each contributor will be kept as a grateful record. Suggested Program for Knapp Agricultural Day. November 27, or the nearest Friday to that date. 1. State song, or America, by school. 2. How the Bible teaches agriculture, by an invited minister. 3. What great pcets have sung about the farm, selections by class of pupils. 4. How Dr. Knapp prepared himself for sre-at service, by a boy. 5. What Dr. Knapp taught, quota-1 'ions by class of pupils. 6. How the Demonstration Work iv:> organized and conducted, by a lending citizen. 7. How Dr. Knapp's work helped this community, this State, and the South, 3V three boys. S. Hew I grew my crop, by a Corn 21 ub boy. 9. What T did with my vegetables ind fruits, by three- girls. 10. The best "farm crops for thisl community ana wny, uy several pupno. Flow can these crop products be displayed today, school exhibit 11. What can we do to express our ippreciation of Dr. Knapp's great i,vork? Collecting contributions, i ledges. 12. Song, "Bringing in the Sheaves," all. tfimnau&rhV Bargain. The Herald and News calls attention o Minrmaugh's advertisement of this -* '.vit'i iimtsva! < ;??id value? s a :v-rtisesl. MANAGERS SEE ROSY OUTLOOK. Representatives of Three Candidates Are Confident?Jfurpliy of Tammany Talks. New York, Nov. 3.?Sunday was a day of comparative quiet in the presidential campaign camps. President Taft, remaining in New York on his j way from Utica to Cincinnati, con' ferred with National Chairman Hilles, State Chairman William Barnes, Jr., and other political advisers; Col. ; Roosevelt had George W. Perkins and j ethers of his political aides at Oyster j Bay, and Gov. Wilson, resting at nis j home in Princeton, was in telephonic j communication with his headquarters in New Yorl:. I | The day -brought forth no changes i in plans and no important developments in the wind-up of the bitter fight ..nat is to terminate with Tuesday's election. Forecasts issued by Senator Dixon, Progressive chairman, and William F. McCombs, Democratic chairman, reiterated their predictions of Saturday as to the ouecome. President Taft and his advisers spent some time on a statement issued before President Taft left for Cincinnati. Managers Are Hopeful. I TTinrh candidate's manager express J I ed again the conviction held by his committee in the successful termination of his fight for election. At the respective headquarters desks were cleared up, clerical work brought tc an. end and preparations made for dismemberment of the big organizations tomorrow. Exaggerated reports of the accident to Gov. Wilso nearly today, which were circulated in Xew York in ? i. - * Kw tV?c the morning, wer tvi at icsi uj u.v candidate himself, who told his managers over the telephone that he had suffered only a slight injury. The Republican vice presidential situation occupied much attention in Republican circles. Re ports were I current that an attempt was being I made to sound out Republican sentii ment throughout the country as to a satisfactory choice for the place made vacant by Vice President Sherman's death. While- the president's intimate friends disclaimed such an intention, names of several possibilities were brought forward by various men prom inent in Republican circle?. William Barnes, Jr., on leaving President Taft's apartments at the Manhattan hotel made the following statement: "The Republican, battle has been carried on in this campaign in the interest of sane and intelligent government and straight thinking. The candidate for vice president to be nominated by the national committee ought to be a man who fits in with the meaning of the party. I think Mr. John Wannamaker is such a man. 1 hope he will be named at the meeting " I X? v. OI lilt? naiJOllcU CUlllUUUCC UU ber 12." Senator Dixon, Progressive nat'oral chairman, announced today that the Progressive fight for the congress of 1915 will be inaugurated at a r.ievring of the Progressive national committee in Chicago December in. Without awaiting the result of Tuesday's congressional and presidential election Senator Dixon will issue tomorrow a formal call for the December meeting of the Progressive party organization. "Tn addition to tne memuers ot in." national committee," said Senator Dixon. "I am also inviting to participate in the conference all chairme- of the different State Progressive comnittes and all candidates of the I'rogre* sive party for governor in the \arious States." The forecast from th? respcv'ive na tional headquarters gave u-e i?um: which the leaders of the respective parties bflieve will affect. Tuesday*? voting. .Hay Carry All States "Wilson and Marshall will lur'e 11? * largest majority of electoral votes ^iv?n to any candidte since before the War Between tha Sections," said Chaiiman McCombs; in the Democratic forecast. "They will receive also the largest popular vote ever given a political party in the history of ' q-.-iTJTyv will carry LCt P 1' c: 1 '' 1 is S" i O ; ; < are likely to carry tnem all. A unanimous vote in the electoral college will not surprise any man who has seea the confident reports to Democratic headquarters in the last few days of the campaign. "Congress will be Democratic in both branches. The lower house will not contain more than 100 of the co.ni bined opposition and in thte. senate the Democrats will gain more than the 10 seats necessary to wipe out the: Republican majority. The same sentiment that is sweeping Wilson into executive authority will back him up with legislative power to do the things the people deniand." i Senator Dixon, Progressive national ' chairman, in an official statement dej clared Col. Roosevelt would carry the i election. "Approximately 6,000,000 votes will be cast for Roosevelt and Johnson out of a total vote of 15,000,000," he said. "The fatal error in Democratic estimates is the assumption that Wilson will poll the Bryan vote of four . years ago. The Progressive party program has appealed mightily to the j great industrial classes of^ the nation. ! "We say that Roosevelt will re ceive * ! at least 60 i>e<r cent of the Taft vote I . for four years1 and not less than 15 per cent, of the Bryan vote of that year. Thus he will carry New Yori ' j by a plurality of 65,000. At the same j time he will have at least 297 votes in ' I the- electoral college. It takes only 266 to elect a president.' Tammany Hall joined in the predict ? 4 tion of a general Democratic victory in a statement given out by Charle* F. Murphy. ? L ? DESTROYING GRASSHOPPERS * - j- i -1 j ? . ' [ Reply to Jacob Matbiason, Walnut . "PlaflCfl UATt/t mp hV VI|U?C| tUlUll, . i IVBUV HVUU ?w mail directions for killing grasshoppers." Before attempting to give & remedy for the grasshopper plague, a few words in regard to its early stages oL' growth will not be out of place. la order for the grasshopper to multiply to any extent, the soil in which the eggs are laid must be undisturbed and there must be an abundance of food available. The most favorable condition for grasshopper development seems to be found in the alfalfa sections of the west. Where it is possible, one of the best preventive measures is to cultivate the ground. The soil need not be disturbed below the first two otirfopo frvr rnnsst nf thft illV/ilCO Ul out Luvv, vi _ eggs are deposited very shallow. We fully realize that in many cases this cannot be done so as to completely destroy the grasshopper, but where.it is possible to plow and cultivate in the fall, the number can be greatly decreased. There are t'vo ways of destroying the adult or c,rown grasshopper. One is by the use of the. hopper dozer. Various forms are in use. but one that has given verv goort satisfaction can be built of sheet ircn. ten or twelve feet long, and about twontv-six inches wide, with a board across the back, against which the grasshoppers will fly and then fall into the bottom of the ( nopper aozer. i uc uuuum vi uui*per dozer should be made water tight, bo that a quantity of water may be poured into it, also a small quantity of kerosene. The hopper dozer should be mounted on low skids or small wheels i ;ud drawn by one or more horses. The grasshoppers will be collected in the hopper dozer and killed by coming j in contact with rhe kerosene. This ! whole structure is rather inexpensive 1 and has proved a very good method of destroying the grasshopper. The bureau of entomology of th<* United States Department of Ast?culture has recommended a poisonr 1 bait, which is known as the "crrd' > mixture." and has given very goo 5 results in some sections. The mi>* j ture is made as fellows: One-half barrel fresh horse drorI pings, in which is mixed one poun<1 I each of salt an i pari* green. If th > j droppings are not f'esh. the silt m dissolved in water and mixed with th * manure and poison. Then this mixture is scattered freely ahnnt whprp the erasshooDers arf> abundant. Dr. Fletcher, entomologist for the Dominion of Canada, cites an instance where this poison mixture was scattered around a portion of th-> field, with the result that this portion stayed sreen while the grasshoppers seriously Injured other parts of th? same fie'd. The criddle mixture has been preferred to other brands of poison because its effect on other forms of animal life Li not so serious. j Before the fret is the time to p*vj p. -o for ?-?* * verb's orcp by selecting l st IJ LX* *1 ui t'hs -ell. ,