The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-10

another sort. Instead of a farmers,
lnstl ute il was x Bible assembly. The
three addresses that I heard We're of
Il nlsh order. DR.. r. =. Dargan
president OF the southern Baptist
convention. a Darlington boy and
knsman, Was both entertaining and
instructive as he told ol the great
Johns Of history, but especially Of
John, the goldmouth. Bishop of
Antioch in the 4th century and Bish-
op Of Constantinople until by his
fearless denunciations 81 profigacy
In the court he was banished by the
orders Of wicked Queen. Who
knows but that John Knox WHO fear
I'd Mt the face of man received some
OF his inspiration from this gold
mouthed preacher Of the 4th century?
Dr. Jeffries told how the Canon of
Scripture was finally adopted by the
church. He ought to have the story
ward went TO the legislature and was
a good doctor. In his boyhood he
saw in the library at Brick church a,
Look labeled Alexander on the
Canon" and took it home expecting to
have a week of entertainment as he
read of war. His chagrin and disap-
pointment can be ina gined better
than described.
)r. Dill told of the wonderful, visior
Cf DR.. Tichenor, for many years sec.
retary of the Home Mission Board of
the Southern Baptist convention. How
like Jefferson in the Louisiana pur-
chase he was an expansionist. and
rled to show his church the rich
ness of the Southern field; and how
it was due to his foresight and elo-
quent pleadings that the Baptist de-
nomination has made such rapid
strides in the last quarter century.
For ten years, just after the war,
DR.. Tichenor was President of the
Alabama agricultural college at
Auburn. During that time he pre-
dicted the founding Of the great
steel city of Birmingham. In one Of
his addresses he said: Immense as
is the mineral wealth Of the South in
the great Alleghaney mountain range.
its greatest wealth is in its soil where
Gracious God has stored the food
and clothing of q thousand gener-
ations." Gods wisdom and His bene-
Violence are wonderfully shown in the
manner in which so much of this
wealth is locked Ep. thereby pre-
venting man in his wastefulness from
selling for mess Of pottage" the
birthright of generations unborn"
And as the needs of the human race
mere 2se giving To first one and then
another of his -M!6ren tae so.autsro
and practical h-N % srlcol his treas
ure house f. .h~ U-. lr q ..
mankind. TIL Is rr. ror,- that
farmers insti,4,.s 4ro GC.uS tahinz
to the people the results of the la
bors Of the discoveries of the various
Keys to natures secrets.
And this brings my narrative to the
institute at the Baker school. | heard
only two OF the addresses: Prof.
Haddon on seed corn selection, and
Prof. Jackson on stock raising and
breeding. Both of these gentlemen
made clearer and palmer the truths
they We're teaching than l ever heard
them before, and their addresses were
worth all the trouble and cost of the
! institute. Miss Parker. the new Prof.
of Domestic Economy at Winthrop.
made a splendid impression on the la
dies to whom she lectured. The girls
who take her course al Winthrop are
10 lie congratulated
The meeting Of the Farmers Union
IN the afternoon was Interesting. es-
ecially the friendly rivalry 10 secure
! an Experimental station in connec-
tion with one OF the rural schools Of
the couny y. The State President
stated that he had been approach
ed on the subject. and wished to