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?BLE- STUDIES' 'Caumt? the pmpl4 to uruU-rstamd the law.' EZRA'S BIBLE CLASS. Nehemiah viii?Dso. 17. TI? Lam of ihr Lord in p*1*XX. cotHxrting Ike ?out "-P*Qlm Sin, 7. eZRA APPARENTLY returned to Ha by Iou. there to prosecute bis study of the I..- iw aud his collating thereof. We next beer of him thirteen years after, again ? prominent figure at Jerusalem. Hilst niab s work on the city wall and Its gates was completed a week before tbe Jewish new year. That week was Wed for rat und refreshment, snd on tbiit day (about October 1st) a general convocation or public gathering took place In au open square Just behind tbe temple. There a platform or pub pit vas erected for Ezra, wbo was the scribe or learned -nan of the occasion and read to the people from morning until noon out of the Book of the Law It was read In sections. The priests and Leritc? commingled themselves with tbe people and explained to them tbe mean? ing of tbe various ?actions. It was so Im mense Bible ciaas and aroused deep Interest As the people neon! the words of tbe D1 Tine Law. snd reallj ed that thej bad failed to keep that La w- even to tbe extent of their ability?they per calved tbe reason why the Lord had allowed various chastisements, captiv Itiea. etc., to come upon them. They perceived that such was His Cove? nant with them: thst obedience on tbelr part was to be rewarded with blessings and prosperity, and dlsobe dJeoce with punishment, captivity, etc Tbe realization of sin brought sorrow and tears?the people wept sore. Then Nebemlsh. Ezra and others ex? plained to rbe people, directly and through the LevRes. that this was not a time for tears but on tbe contrary, a time for re)olc1ng. They were not only to rememher the se/erity of God la punishing the wrocrdolngs of tbelr fathers, bat they were to rememher also His mercies now returning to \ tbecu. snd especially to appreciate the fs? t thst He had again sent to them tbe Law. and thns Indicated His will Ingo ess to receive them back again to His far or. Thsy Rssd ths Law Distinctly. declaration 1s that ihey "caused people to understand the Law." There is evidently great need of Just ' such Instruction today. Nominal Spir? itual Israel If in a dilapidated condi? tion because of the hick In understnn 1 bxg Ood's Word. We seem to he In the time referred to by t m Prophet, saying. 'There shall !>e a famine In the land.' saltb tbe Lord, "no: a famine for bread, neither a famine for water, but a famine for the hearing of the Word of the Lord." tAmos rill. \L.) .Many Imagine that tbey are familiar with the teaching* of the Bible, when In reality tbey are familiar with one or another of tbe creeds of the darker paat. all of which contain some truth. 1 with considerable error, we must a!l admit. Our great mistake has been In assuming that our confessions of faith and all of our creeds fully rcpre. at the Bible's teachings. This ml take baa already been costly. Thousands of tbe most generous minds have been turned awnj from tbe Bible by the J mistaken supposition that the creeds properly represent Its teachings. As? sured that they could no longer en dorse sny creed ss s whole, these bright minds have renounced tbem and tbe Bible as well. Tbe necessary thing to be done is to resume Bible study, and that without 1 our creeds I spectacles. Our forefather* wbo made our ?TAB WIOMC, WAY I ci mc/in creeds participat? ed more or less In psrsecutlons of each other which we today entire? ly condemn. Tbey were as bonest, doubtless, as are we, bat tbey bad leas Hght-they lived In a darker Age. Tbe belief that Ood Is tor? turing thousands of millions of His itures led some of our well-inten? tioned forefathers to torture one an.it h or to God s name, which we today can not endorse ss being Just or loving. Ths Pewsr of ths Divins Lsw. There la a power for good In the Word of Ood which can he found no where else Higher Criticism has m ich rssponslb-i.f y in eonnectiou with th* growing Isw'? *siieM* or the world i n ? Higher Critic* lu al of our colleges and semlnnrb ? are doing a terribly de? structive work In con parUon to wh' a tbe work of Voltaire Thomas Paint, and Robert Ingersoll was as nothing. It fs safe to say tbst three-fourths of sll tbe graduates of all college** w ihm the last thirty years hsvs been unbe Uevers in ths Bible, and that tbelr in fluence ha* been used persistently to undermine the faith of others. The er? rors which led them to infidelity are li? able to Influence others The Bible Itself Is a Study, and only what it teaches ah believed, whether favorrMe or contrary to our foru ? I rfe. d? Why do rout salt until I ?.rl. tm i Christ ? ? i P\ ?bot . REAL ESTATE DEALERS ACTIVE. Hard Times Do not Seem to Effect OMMI and Dealers in Heal Estate. The fact that cotton Is selling at six rents and that farm labor is -??live and hard to got, that there was a bind per crop of cotton during the past season and all other attend? ant circumstances to make the pur? chasers beware, does ont seem to be hindering the sale of real estate, for ncTo transfers have been left at'the ajfJJoa of the county clerk of court during the post few weeks than at any time during the past six months. It seerns that something has started up an active movement in the real estate world, both country and town , property, as will be seen by noticing the number of transfers during the past few days. Some of the deeds to be recorded during the past week are: W. R. McLeod and P. A. IfeLood to George W. Lowry, 25 acres in county, $600. K. C. Haynsworth. Master, to W, J. Johnson, 15 acres In county, $100. J. B. White to H. M. Stuckey, 30o acres on Sumter-Wedgefield public road. $20,000. Realty Development Company, to Moses Rrevard, 2 Iota In city, $600. Sandford Sanders to E. W. A. But man. as Ducker 0J Rultman. interest in 708 acres in Stateburg township. $100. Emily M. Spann to J. J. Whlldon, 2 lots on Salem avenue. $850. W. J. DuRant. Rille D. Rrunson, Annie E. Reaves. Alelno Fulton, Henrietta L. DuRant, to Louisa W. BnUMi their Interest in 506 1-4 acres in Concord township, $1,4ST.60, Jacob A. Goodwin to Henry P. MOOOU, lot In county. $5.00. It. J. Harby. trustee, to W. A. P.ow man. Interest to plantation of 1,043 acres In Providence township, known as "Knox Place," $10 and other con? sideration. \ Mrs. M. C. Stubbs to Robort J. Pland. lot on Atlantic avenue, $1"0. Harriett Anderson to Mark Rey? nolds, lot with dwelling house on "Chlchester Row." $400. Our Queer language. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Isn't It a queer language? A New York policeman saw a WO? man In the street with a carpet and a stick. "Peat it," he 'harshly commanded. Whereupon the woman struck the irpet with the stick and the DOUCS* man arrested her for violating a street ordinance. The Judge hoard the woman's story and smiled. I Vat it." he said to her. and this time she understood and hurried away. ri\ir Bungling. They look a little gravel. And they took a littb* tar, With various Ingredients Imported from afar. They hammered It and rolled It, And they went away, They said they had a pavement That would last for many a day. Hut they came wltn picks and smote It. To lay a water-main; And In time they called the workmen To put It back again. To run a railway cable They took It up once more; And, later, put It back again, Just where it waa before. They took 1t up for conduit* To run the telephone; And then they put it back atrain, As hard as any stone. They took it up for wires To feed the Mectric light, I And then they put It back again, Which was no more than right. Oh, the pavement's full of furrows; There are patches everywhere; You'd like to ride upon it, Put if* seldom that you dare, It's a very handsome pavement, A eredlt to the town; They're always digging of it up, <>r putting of It down. ?Exchange. We wish to ca I your attertlon to the t,o t th;it mojt Infectious dl*c.< MM ?uch ns whooping cough, diphtheria MM] POarlet fever are OOUtrUOtf 1 when the child haa a cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy win quickly cure a eold and greatlv Iosm-i the danger of OOntfUatteg the.-e iliMoase*. ThN rem . dv Is fa\RIOUt for its ( ara s of soldo, It fOtltUlWf BO Opium or other n ir 11 I m i y he gfrOn to a child with implicit oonndsncs, Bold ??y all gOI U rs. ChristOAOJ turkeys are boglnulllg lo he . tTered OB the market. Tbl rul? ing ? ion Is 1 I e?.nts, although 001110 ?oilers i k Mtoi leeeive 15 cents from IhoOO not Well posted on prices. i od Winter's Troabseav To many. winter I** i season of tr" it.|e. The frost-b|tten toes and fingers, > hopped haadi and Hps, chil? blains eold-OOf a red and rough skin rova this. Put ouch tro..1 Hy b T"re Rucklen's Arnica Salve. A ti ivtwoaPj Qroatoei healer ol I i. piles, outs, onieo. brul? X ad spi I ins. ( udy t at Bit* ft'" rug Store. GINNIIIS RECORDS BROKEN. ESPECIALLY LARGE IX GEOR? GIA AND CAROLINAS. in Tbli Slate i,aio,?i? Bales Hure Been Prepared for Market up to December I? Washington, Dec. 8.?North Caro? lina South Carolina and Georgia have ginned thui far this year more cot ion than ever before was grown with? in their borders. All cotton growing States except Arkaiwea, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tonneeeec already have ginned more cotton than was grown In the States last year or the year before, accord? ing to the census bureau's cotton re? port issued today showing the gin? ning prior to.December 1. To that date there had been ginned In the United States a total of 12,814, 832 bales, exceeding the toal sea? son's ginning of every year except 1904. 1906 and 1908 and coming with? in 637,000 bales of the total ginned in 1904, the record year. During the period between Xovem- ! her 14 and December 1, an average of 107,256 bales of cotton was gin? ned. The census bureau's sixth cotton ginning report of the season, issued at 10 a. m. today and showing the number of running bales, counting round as half bales, of cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned prior to De? cembcr 1, with comparative statis? tics to the corresponding date for the past three years, la as follow United States: 1 2,814,832 bales, compared with 10,139,712 bales last year, when 87.7 per cent of the en? tire crop was ginned pior to Decem? ber 1, 8.876,886 bales In 1909, when 88.1 per cent was ginned; and 11, 008,661 bales in 1908. when 84,1 per cent was ginned. The number of round bales includ? ed were 87,567, compared with 101, 718 bales last year, 134,393 bales in 1909. and 201,480 bales in 1908. The number of bales of sea island cotton Included were 87,457, com? pared with 66.696 bales last year, 77, 591 bales in 1909, and 68,396 bales in 1908. Ginning by States, with compara? tive statistics and the percentage of the total crop ginned pior to Decem? ber 1 in previous years, follow: Alabama. Bales Per cent, ginned. of crop. 1911 .1,436,155 _ 1910. 1,063,498 89.2 1909. 917,406 88.2 1908 .1,175,629 88.3 Arkansas. 1911 .682.049 1910 .625,226 78.3 1909.613.939 88.0 1908. 776,461 78.0 Florida. 1911. 74,018 - 1910. 54,396 81.0 1909. . . . . 56,132 90.7 1908. 58,603 S3.0 Georgia. 191 1 . 2,337.770 1910. 1,625,573 89.7 1909 . 1,673,301 90.4 1908 . 1.739,657 88.0 Louisiana. 1911.313,614 1910.217,596 8S.3 1909.238,675 92.3 1908 .394,918 84.6 Mississippi. 1911 . 893,288 _ 1910. 970.626 80.1 1909. 869,368 81.0 1908 .1.297,677 80.1 Xorth Carolina. 1911 . 829,150 1910. 615,637 81.7 1909. 535,653 84.5 1908 . 554,346 81.1 Oklahoma. 1911 . 783 741 1910. 829.387 90.2 1909 . 505,584 91.5 1908 . 431,504 62.5 South Carolina. 1911.1,310,613 1910. 1,036,889 85.6 1909. 998,158 87.8 1908.1,051,550 86.5 Teniie?s?'c. 1911 . 319,763 .... 1910. 249,927 77.8 1909 . 206,197 85.7 190S. 279,154 83.7 Texas. 1911 .8,745,980 1 910. 2.794.12.? 91.7 1909 .2.213.1 4 1 89.6 190S. 3,193,091. 88.0 All Other State?. 191 1 . 88,741 .... 1 91 0. 56,472 66.6 1 909 . 49.229 85.6 190S. 56,016 76.6 s<?a island Distribution, The dletrlbutlon <?f lea island cot? ton by States was as follows: Florida. 191 1 . 32,359 _ 1 910. 23,663 .... 1909. 25.90:, .... 190S. 27.907 .... Georgia. 1911. 51,888 _ 1910. 35,4 0.-, . ... i:?<?!>. 43,164 190H. 32,140 South Carolina. 1911. 3,810 . ... 1910 1909 190S 7,628 8,522 8,349 GINNERS' ASSOCIATION BAYS BIG Crop. Annual Report Plates Minimum Crop at 15,125.000 Rales and Maximum at 15.700,000. Memphis, Tenn.. Dec. s.?Tho Na? tional Ginners' association in an an? nual report issued today estimates, as a minimum, that the cotton crop Of 1911 will be 15,426,000 bales. A maximum forecast of 15,700,000 bales is also made. The estimates are exclusive of Unt? ers and repacks. Five hundred thous? and bales of linters are anticipated. Weather conditions during the re? mainder of the picking season will de termine the exact figures, it is point? ed out. Estimates by States follow: States Minimum. Maximum. Alabama. . ..1,690,000 1,710,000 Arkansas. .. . 950,000 98,000 Florida. . . . 90.000 95,000 Georgia. . . .2,750,000 2,780,000 Louisiana. . . 365,400 380,000 Mississippi . .1,195,000 1,210,000 North Carolina .1,305.000 1,050,000 Okahoma. . .1,015,000 1,040,000 South Carolina .1,560,000 1,585,000 Tennessee. . . 425,000 440,000 Texas. 4.220,000 4,300,000 Others. 130,000 130.000 After Blind Tigers. Pinewood has ben making the blind tigers of that section chew the bitter cud. Mayor Toomer tried and convicted several, imposing heavy fines, and on last Saturday night two negresses were put in Jail.?Manning TLmes. Without opiates or harmful drugs of any kind Foley's Honey and Tar Compocnd stops coughs and cures colds. Do not accept any substitute. There have been 1,844 fires in South Carolina this year causing a loss of $1,040,391.15. In 1910 there were 1,219 fires entailing a loss of $967,565.17. --? You will find that druggists every? where speak well of Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy. They know from long exrerience in the sale of it that In cases of coughs and colds it can al? ways be depended upon, and that it is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all dealers. Alderman Chicco has bought a throe masted schooner, and we as- j sumo he will use this vessel to freight the blind tiger liquor out of Charles- ] ton.?Manning Times. With the Coining of Middle Age. ] There ll a letting down in the phy- i sical forces oftea shown in annoying j and painful kidney and bladder ail- I i ments and urinary irregularities. Fo? il-y Kidney Pills are a splendid regu- i lating and strengthening medicine at j such a time, Try them. Sibert's Drug Store. Mrs. Abathlas II. Capers died in Baltimore Thursday, aged 96. Herl body was sent to Camden, her former homOi for interment. She was an aunt of Bishop Ellison Capers. If you are troubled with chronic constipation, the mild and gentle ef? fect of Chamberlain's Tablets makes 1 them especially suited to your case. For sale by all dealers. Miss Sudie Stukes of Sumter is i visiting Miss Grace Hearon.?Bishop i vllle Vindicator. A Des Moines man had an attack of muscular rheumatism in his shoul? der. A friend udvised him to go to Hot Springs. That moant an expense of $150.00 or more. He sought tor a ! quicker and cheaper way to cure it j and found It in Chamberlain's Lini j ment. Three days after the first ap ; plication of this liniment he was well. For sale by all dealers. J. Col. Gregory, a member of the Union police force, left for parts unknown last week after committing forgery and taking between $200 and $300 belonging to the city and other parties. n'e doaorted bis wife and several children. When you have a bilious attack give Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. They are excellent. For sale by all dealers. The Southern Railway yesterday paid their taxes, amounting to above $5,1)00 to County Treasurer Wallace. Tho Atlantic Coast Line has not paid vet but its t.ixos in Sumter County amount to about $1 7,000. These tiu ures Show What S railroad is worth to a county. The new Seaboard boo I ! win be worth more than the Southern and will pay a larger tax, The ap? plication li obvious. An Alarm at Night. That atrlkea terror to tho entire household is the loud, hoarse and metallic cough of croup. So mistak? ing it. and fortunate then tho lucky parents who Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Compound "ii band. n. vv. Cae selman. Canton, N. V., says: "It is worth its weight In gold. Our utth< children are troubled with croup and hoarsenoss, and all wo give them is Foley'i Honey ami Tar Compound. I :.hwiys have a bottle of it in th-> 'house." Blbert'a Drug store Homes For Sale. The time to buy property is when it is FOR SALK. These places 'nave been listed with us, and if you are willing lo pay fair value you can buy the one that suits you 6 room House and Lot, 53 x 170, Liberty St.S2.20O 6 room Mouse and Lot, 53 x 164, Liberty St. close in, 3.C00 6 room House and Lot, 80 x 200, Calhoun St. 3.000 6 room House and Lot, 83 X 250, Broad St. 2,500 6 room House and Lot, %y2 acres, Broad St. 4,500 7 room House, Store and Several Tenant Houses, 48 acres of land on Broad Street.11,000 Elegant 10 room House, close in on Calhoun Street, lot of 100 x 219.12,000 city property T) t> o ~1 ^ /"^ _ real fstate loans farms k d Belser I jo mortgages and timber land av# lfv/1jva KJ\*9 investments real estate dealers. 26 1-2 N. Main Street. Sumter, South Carolina Buy Your Fertilizers From Wulburn Fertilizer Go,, Charleston, S. C. We make the best grades of all kinds of Fertilizers. Can furnish testimonials from best farmers in Sumter Coun | ty. For information apply to L. D. NETTLES, Local Agent and Traveling Representative SUMTER, S. C. II Christmas Holiday Rates Via Southern Railway Account Christmas Holidays the Southern Railway announces attractive round trip excursion fares from all points. Tickets will be on sale December 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th. 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 31st, 1911, and January 1st. 1912, limited good to reach original starting point returning not later than midnight of January 8th, 1912. For information concerning rates, tickets, etc., call on ticket agents or address: J. L. MEEK, W. E. McGEE. Asst. Gen. Pas. Agt. Division Pass. Agent Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the South Rzmafies the "Na? tion's Garden Spot" Through the Sxates of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida I FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMIT? ED/' "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINK FLORIDA MAIL." Din Ing Cars? a la carte Bervici. All year round through ear service from New York to }>oth Port Tampa and Knights Key. connect* g with steamships to and from Havana. For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the "Purple Folder/' address, T. ('. wh1 rE, \Y. J CRAIG, General Passen (er Agent. Pa Wc Mur. ? Wilmington, >?