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.