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The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Introductions to Poe and Emerson
Each Revealed in His Own Writing

ology, physics, music, metaphysics
mechanics and other branches-pollti-
cal economy, electricity, and, in fact
all things that are making for progress
IN the lc0rld.' Poe might have said the
same. 1t was the forward movement
the widening horizon. the latent posi-.
bilities OF a subject that interested
Poe, rather than the elemental nature
of the subject itself. Landscape gar
dening, mesmerism, cryptography
metaphysical speculation, the nebular
hypothesis, the new science or pseudo
science OF aeronautics, the explorations
then making in the Pacific Ocean and
the South Seas, Maury's additions to
marine lore, the latent results of the
gold excitement in Califofnia-these
appealed 10 Poe not so much in them
selves as through the EMBODIED sense
OF something greater yet to be. They
were open doors rather than reser-
voirs, They were frontier subjects,
and out OF each Of them he wrought
literature"
"One OF the larger questions that
pressed for solution in Poe's lifetime
was that Of public education in the
South. Poe had himself applied for a
position as teacher in a public school
of Baltimore early in 1885 In my
present circumstances he writes 10
his friend. j. T.. Kennedy such a posi-
ton would be most desirable, and if
your interest could obtain it for me, l
would always remember your kind
ness with the deepest gratitude He
was unsuccessful in his application
but, what Is far more important, he
became a resolute champion of a pub
lie school system for every Southern
State. a system that should have as
its pinnacle a State university. This
was Jefferson's plan, though many
years were to pass before II was to
find even partial fulfilment. Poe had
hardly moved 10 Richmond before we
find him urging upon Virg:nians the
establishment throughout the country
of district schools upon a plan of or
ganization similar 10 that of our New
England friends"
And as for his world fame. it is
enough TO refer 10 the position he
holds in Spanish lands. less often re-
ferred 10 than his influence upon
France:
1T is by no means certain that Poe
IS better known in Spain than i'm Italy,
but the facts are more accessible. The
distinguished Spanish novelist Vicente
Blasco IbaneZ, when visiting the Poe
cottage at Fordham in November, 1919,
said: Poe is my spiritual and literary
father. His name is as famous in
Europe as Lincoln's.' In Spain it is
probably more famous OF SPAIN says
John Delaney Ferguson, Poe is
probably the most significant Though
in mere number Of translations he is
| surpassed by Cooper. he has received
far more respectful treatment than
has ever been accorded to the older
man, and from the time of his first
introduction TO the present day the
Spaniards have shown a persistent
and steadily increasing interest in his
work."
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
WELL known religious book

~ shop uses in its window a
= display card with the words:
This book shop interprets religion
as concerned with everything that
helps humanity" Perhaps the fact
that religious books of to-day are
really the kind that enrich life ac-
counts in part for the nationwide in
terest that is being taken in Religious
Book Week, March 13 to 20. An order
for fifty posters received by the COM
mittee from q big department store in
Pennsylvania indicates that the inter-
est is by no means limited to church.
Public libraries and women's clubs are
taking part in the week; ministers are
giving book talks and having book
exhibits to-day and throughout the
week; church societies are holding
special book meetings."
1t was with the idea of giving the
public a better chance to know what
good things there are in religious
books that a group of publishers met
last fall to formulate plans for a Re-
ligious Book Week. A study OF ell
fective means of display in book stores
was made, and suggestions for at
tractive exhibits of religious books and
Bibles were sent to about 1,500 book
sellers throughout the country. 1t was
suggested to the dealers that local
ministers associations, women's clubs,
parent teachers associations, Y. Nj. G.
A. and Y. w. c. A. would be especially
interested iE announcements or new
books religious in character.
A peculiar duty devolves upon the
man or woman who is enthusiastic
about a religious book read. He not
only likes to talk about 1t, but he
feels that he must do so. The book
has actually helped him solve some
problems or has given him a new
angle on a worrying situation. He
can't keep the book to himself be-
cause it might help the other fellow
too. The influence of ministers who
tell their congregations about such
books cannot be estimated Many
clergymen definitely plan to mention
at least one book in every sermon be-
cause they know that their recon-
mendations or quotations viii bear
weight with their audience. one promi-
nent New York clergyman wrote to
the committee: II am very enthusi-
astic over what you write me about
Religious Book Week. Indeed, | am
Interested in the entire year round
bookselling plan. I would be glad to
receive the posters for all the months.
In intend to take up the matter right
away in our church bulletin. Please
have my name on the list to receive
all material Why walt for Religious
Book Week? Why not ask the
churches through their bulletins, to
cooperate in the general campaign,
working up to Religious Book Week?
The subject will be taken up
at our young peoples meeting. 1t is
probable also that 7 shall preach at
either the morning or evening service
on the subject. If I could arrange to
have some books on exhibition the
whole matter would be greatly
strengthened"
There is a working "Self-Service
Library" in the Unity Church in Mont
clair, n. J. The following statement
from the church bulletin gives an idea
of what an effective means this pro-
vides for distributing religious books:
"A local church as a distribution point
for books has practically ceased to
function in any denomination for
many years. Church libraries have
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
RELIGIOUS BOOK WEEK-TWO OAMERICANPOETS[ Boo

papers, writeups in church calendars
announcements in gatherings, all pos
sible cooperation with your local book
store, personal influence a. q religious
leader"
DR. II. G.. Enelow OF Temple
Emanu-El, New York city, wrote to
the committee: "Everywhere prophets
are crying aloud for a new birth of
righteousness and brotherhood. II re-
ligion has a hope, it is il these voices,
But where, if not in books, can we
find those voices? Where else can we
find those prophetic pulsations? "A
good book says Milton. 'is the
precious life blood of a master spirit
The precious life blood of many re-
ligious master spirit to-day is found
in books. ToHe lege! Take up and
read!"
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Fiction.


WOODEN CRossEs-By Roland Dor
geles. Putnam.
CALL MR.. FoRTUNE-By Fl. =.
Bailey. Dutton.
THEY wENT-By Norman Douglas
Dodd, Mead.
HELLS HATCHES-By Lewis r. Free
man. Dodd, Mead.
THE GOLDEN PARRoT-By Frederic
A. Fenger. Houghton Mifflin.
THE BRIMMING CUP-By Dorothy
Garfield. Harcourt, Brace & Howe
JACKIE = BY Countess Barcynska,
Houghton Mifflin.
THE sHEIK-Ry E. NJ Hull. small,
Maynard.
THE MoUNTEBANK-By William J.
Locke. John Lane.
THE SIXTH sENsE-By stephen Nc
Kenna. Doran.
THE FOURTH DIMENSTON-By Ho-
race Annesley vachel Doran.
TWISTED TRAILS-By Henry oven.
Doran.
STORIES FROM THE OLD TESLA
MENT-Retold by Logan Pearsall
smith Boston: John w. Luce.
sCATTERGooD BAINEs-By Clarence
Rndington Kelland, Harpers
Education.
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF sCH0Oi.
LIFE-By Ian Hay. Houghton Mliilin'
History and Public Affairs.
THE STORY or THE WOMAN !
PARTY--By Inez Haynes irwin. liar-
court. Brace a. Howe.
EUROPES MORNING AFTER By
Kenneth +. Roberts Harpers,
THE UPPER SILESTAN QUESTION
AND GERMANY'S COAL fRoh-
LEM-By Sidney Osborne. l.ondon'
George Allen & rnwin, Ltd.
AMERICAN RED CROSS Wokh
AMONG THE FRENCH PEOPLE
nv Fisher Amcs. ~. Macmillan
GREAT MEN AND GREAT Days
BY Stephane Lauzanne. Appleton
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF TT Z
UNITED STATE S-By Isaac Ltppin-
cott Appleton.
Miscellaneous.
IDLE MOMENTS IN FLORIDA -By
George VI Hobart. Doran.
PINS FOR WINGS-By Emanuel Nor
gan. Sunwise Turn. Inc
PUTNAM'S MtNUTE-A-DAY ENG
LISH FOR BUSY PEOpLE-Compiled
and arranged by Edwin Hamlin Carr
Putnam.
THE BLUE woUND-By Garet Gar
rett. Putnam.
a HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL SHIP
PING-By J. u. MacBride. Van Nos-
trand.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

trate all efforts on religious books.
We OF the association have an un-
usual opportunity to enter heartily
into the spirit of this plan.
1T would be interesting to get a
thousand offhand answers to the ques-
ton: What Is a religious book?' 1t is
doubtful If many Of US really know
how Indispensable present day relig-
ious literature has become and how
close a relation it bears to questions
Of daily living
The suggestions made to Y. NJ. c.
A. secretaries in the bulletin are:
Some ways in which you can help
make Religious Book Week a success
in your community and real start
toward a wider use of religious books
throughout the year; Writeups in
association bulletins, writeups in local
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Individuality Is a Social Asset

dragoon them very bitterly. On this
point he wisely says: THE real study
and understanding Of American ideals
is not furthered by the attitude Of Bit
terness and rancor that leading up
holders of Amerlcanism exhibit. Hys-
terra and intolerance are as bad as i'm
dolence. America has withstood CEN
tury of open discussion OF her ideals
and her problems. 1t seems unlikely
that she could withstand decade OF
espionage and repression"
The New York herald., 1921-03-13


Samuel McChord Crothers.
POE: HOW TO KNOW HIM. BY G.
Alphonso Smith Both books published
by the Bobbs-MerriIl Company.
The best way to correct errors about
a man of genius Is 10 lead the public
back from the myths and legends that
grow up about him TO the works OF
the master himself This DIR. !Crothers
and Prof. Smith have done. The basis
of each book Is a selection from the
subjects writings in prose and verse.
But this is well filed in by all the
biographical and critical matter needed
by the general reader.
In vastly different ways Poe and
Emerson seem about equally remote
from the everyday person. And each
might be brought closer. Lowell said
OF the Sage of Concord that he dwells
lin a mystery, calm and intense" So
does Poe, and so do all other poets.
Nobody wishes to see the cloud wholly
cleared away But some of 1t may
very well be made TO disappear. For
one thing Emerson saw clearly our
national traits. 1t is In order to quote
a passage like the following:
II hate this shallow Americanism
which hopes to get rich by credits. TO
get knowledge by raps on midnight
tables, to learn the economy of mind
by phrenology, or skill without study,
or mastery without apprenticeship, or
sale of goods through pretending they
will SELL or power through making
believe you are powerful. They think
they have got II, but they have got
something else"
1t is Emerson, the poet, who rises
To the highest point of intensity. The
creative force in nature and in man IS
his theme. one thinks of certain
passages OF Bergson when he reads
a paragraph like this from DR..
Crothers:
Now Emerson was profoundly
stirred by thought of the explosive
power of nature. Indeed. his world
was always exploding. lie attempts
to express the sense of these sudden
happenings in his poetry. He Is pre-
eminently the poet of swift motion.
And that calm for which philos-
we attain il? Not by standing still,
seeking refuge in some venerable
form. but by fiinging ourselves into
the swift current and yielding our
selves TO the eternal power"
There are chapters on The Opener of
Doors: The Poetry OF Science; Emer-
sons Elusive Smile; The quiet Revo-
lutionist: Emerson's Historic Sense {;
The Fortunes OF the Poor.
Poe is treated under these heads:
The World Author; The Man; The
Stories The Frontiersman. Prof.
Smith in this last chapter refers to
Poe's experiments both in literary
form or thought, in those pieces which
are in the nature OF speculative essays,
yet have the imaginative character of
fiction. They might be called parallels,
fables, prose poems, or what one will
But they are notable for originality
and freedom.
There are passages here that reveal
Poe as thinker in the fields of science
and of education, like the following:
"Poe's interest in the discoveries that
were beginning to throw new light
upon many perplexing problems In the
Bible was not the interest of the anti
quarian. There was little OF the anti
quarlan in his nature. 1t was the in
terest of one who feels an instructive
fellowship with all forms of progressive
thought. 4 read all the time says
Edison, 'on astronomy, chemistry, bl-
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Political Science.

THE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL
by r. w. Postgate. Harcourt. Brace
a. Howe.
CAUSES or INTERNATIONAL WAR
BY c. loves Dickinson. Harcourt
Brace a. Howe.
PATRIOTISM AND THE SUPER
Stately J. l.. stocks. Harcourt
Brace a. Howe.
ECONOMIC TMPERTALISM--By Leon
ard Woolf. Harcourt. Brace q Howe
NAT1oNALISM-B @. r. Gooch. Har-
court. Brace & Howe.
GUILD SoCIALISM-By @. u. III. Cole.
Stokes.
HUMAN ENGINEERING-By Eugene
Vera. Appleton.
MIND AND wORK-By Charles :.
MYERS Putnam
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

Can you read your laundry mark I?
Mr.. T. Philip Terry. author Of "Terry's
Guide To Japan" (Houghton Mifflin
Company. tells the following joke on
himself--a joke which emphasized the
advisability Of keeping on good terms
with ones Chinese laundryman. The
chink in Mr.. Terry's home town was
Inclined to be surly, so one day Mr..
Terry lectured him on the subject OF
courtesy and urged him to adopt civil
ity as a habit. The admonition pal
pably displeased the celestial, but he
said nothing. Later Mr. Terry who
after having lived several years In
China and having acquired something
o. the language. was surprised to find
his shirts and collars marked with the
Cantonese hieroglyphic signifying ''up-
start jackass.'
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
PsychicaI Research.

RECURRING EARTH-LIvEs-B r.
Milton Willis. Dutton.
A THEORY OF THE MECHANISM or
SURVIVATl-By Whately Smith. Dut-
ton.
THE A. u. c. OF OCCULTTSM: THE
ANSWER TO LIES RIDDLES-Ry
Olivia NJ. Truman. Dutton.
IN SEARCH or THE soUt.--By Ber-
nard Hollander In two volumes. Dut-
ton.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Books of the Week
Ora ma.

Drama.
COLLECTED PLAYS-By stephen phil
lips. Macmillan.
ESSAYS ON MODERN DRAMAT-
ISTS-By William Lyon Phelps. Mac
milan.
Essays.
ESSAYS: SPECULATIVE AND PO-
LITICAIr-By Rt. Hon. Arthur James
Balfour. Doran.
BIBLIoPHILY OR BOoKLOVE-By
James +. Willis Houghton Mifflin
Psychology.
SEVEN AGES OF CHILDHOOD-By
Ella Lyman Cabct. Houghton Mifflin.
Verse.
THE GARDEN OF BRIGHT WATERS
BY r. Powys Mathers. Houghton
Mifflin. .
LIES vAGARIES-By Beatrice b.
Bernheim. New York: Jaques q Go.
Juvenile.
PEGGY STEWART; NAVY GIRL AT
SCHoOL-By Gabrielle +. Jackson.
Putnam.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Were All Good Men
Really Puritans?

THE INFLUENCE OF PURITANISM.
BY John Stephen Flynn. E. p. Dut-
ton Co.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

PEGGY STEWART; NAVY GIRL AT
SCHOOL-By Gabrielle =. Jackson.
Putnam.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

display card with the words:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
state, are very favorable to weevil

state, are very favorable to weevil
development.
During 1920 experiments in poison
ing the boil weevil in Georgia, Ala
bama and Louisiana, showed gain,
notwithstanding the adverse weather
conditions. Experimental work, in
South Carolina showed no gain, but
it must be remembered that the
weather conditions were decidedly
adverse to poisoning.
Until poisoning has reached more
certain and "foolproof" stage cotton
growing under boil weewil conditions
will continue to be gamble. A
sound policy, therefore, demands that
every farmer grow his food and feed
and raise cotton only as surplus
cash crop.
Every cotton farmer in the infested
territory should read most carefully
circular 1872 of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, which is a
very brief and definite discussion OF
the subject of poisoning the weevil.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
Variety Tests With Corn.

Clemson College, June 6.-In 1900
the South Carolina Experiment Sta
ton began a series of corn variety
tests at Clemson College. Later these
tests were extended to the Pee Dee
Station at Florence and the Coast
Station at Summerville. The objects
of the experiments have been, first,
to determine which of the standard
varieties most commonly grown in
this state are best adapted to soil
and climatic conditions, and secondly,
to test new varieties and varieties
which have made exceptionally good
showing in other states.
The data obtained from these tests
have been published by the Expert
ment Station as Bulletin 2O7, entitled
variety Tests with Corn" The in
formation enables the agronomy di.
vision to give the farmers of the
state reliable advice regarding the
merits of the different varieties, and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08

| it is hoped to bring about the grad
ual elimination from the fields of the
state of a large number of inferior
varieties.
Comparative yields in 1920, for ex-
ample showed wide difference in pro
duction per acre of the different va
rieties, the highest yielding variety
at Clemson College making 62.2 bush
els per acre, the lowest 37.5 bush
els. The difference of 25.1 bushels be-
tween the highest and lowest yield
ing varieties, due entirely to good
seed of a superior variety, illustrates
the striking Importance of using seed
of the best varieties.
The bulletin contains number of
tables showing comparative yields
with data as to weight of ear of corn,
per cent of grain, weight of grain,
bushels per acre, etc., and also ta-
bles showing average yields for GER
tain periods of years, the physical
characteristics of varieties, sources
of seed used, and the rain fall at the
three stations.
Bulletin 2O7 is now ready for dis
tribution and may be had upon appli-
cation. Z
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
Complaint Served.)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS.
The Farmers Bank of Edge6eld, S.
c., Plaintiff, Against Ramsey Jay
and ]. L. Hart, Defendants.

To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action, of which a copy is here
with served upon you, and to serve a
copy of your answer to the said COM
plant on the subscriber at his Office
at Edgefeld, South Carolina, within
twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to answer the COM
plant with the time aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
EDWIN H. FOLK,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Attest:
w. B. cogburn, (of seaD Clerk C..
c. P, E. c., S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
Citation.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD


By W. T. Kinnaird Esquire, Probate
Judge
Whereas William Wright of the
County of Edgefeld, State aforesaid
made suit to me to grant him Letters
of Administration of the Estate Of
and effects of Claud L. Chester, late
of said county and state, deceased
These Are Therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Claud L.
Chester deceased, that they be and.
appear before me, in the Court OF:
Probate, to be held at my office at
Edgefeld, S. c. on the 18th day of
June next after publication thereof,
at II o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand this 9th day
of May, Ammo Domini, 1921.
w. T. KINNAIRD q. S.
Probate Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
Weevil Menace Not Known
Now.

Clemson College, June 2.-"Boll
wevils are in my cotton in great
numbers. Would you advise me to
plow up the cotton and plant some
other crop?"
This is a question being asked by
hundreds of South Carolina farmers
in the infested counties of the state,
says Prof. A. E. Conradi, chief of the
entomology division, who says that
advice from any source concerning
this matter is not dependable, for
there is no man who can tell in adj
vance whether or not it would be wise
to plow up cotton and plant other
crops on account of boil weevil infes-
tation.
The cotton boil weevil is an insect
whose activities depend on weather
conditions. If the weather in June
and July is comparatively warm and
dry, we may expect to make cotton
crop so far as the weevil is concern
ed. In other words, abundance of
weevils at this season of the year is
no indication of the loss that may be
expected, for the reason that so fal
the weevil has had every advantage
and cotton every disadvantage. On
the other hand, if June and July are
comparatively wet, one may expect
severe loss from the boil weevil. II
must be remembered that the average
South Carolina weather conditions
especially in the southern half of the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
WEAK, NERVOUS,
ALL RUNDOWN
Missouri Lady Suffered Until She
Tried cardui.-Says "Result
Wa. Surprising" Got Along
Fine, Became Normal
and Healthy.

Springfield Mo.-"My back was so
weak I could hardly stand up, and l
would have bearing-down pains and
was not well at any time," says Mrs.
D. v. Williams, wife Of well-known
farmer on Route 6, this place. II
kept getting headaches and having to
go to bed" continues Mrs. Williams
describing the troubles from which
she obtained relief through the use Of
Cardui. my husband, having heard
Of Cardui, proposed getting 1t for me.
II saw after taking some Cardui
-. that was improving. The result
was surprising. I felt like a different
person.
Later suffered from weakness
and weak back, and felt all rundown.
did not rest we'll at night, was 80
nervous and cross. My husband said
he would get me some Cardui, which
he did. 1t strengthened me -. My
doctor said got along fine. was in
good healthy condition. I cannot
say too much for II"
Thousands Of women have suffered
as Mrs. Williams DESCRIBES, until they
found relief from the use of Cardui.
Since it has helped so many, you
should not hesitate to try Cardui II
troubled with womanly ailments.
For sale everywhere. EsS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
The Future of the Country
Weekly.

What is to be the future of the
country weekly? This rests with the
community and with the publisher. If
the community recognizes the value
and possibilities of the country week
ly and is willing to pay what it is
worth, and if the publisher realizes
his responsibilities to his community
then its future is bright, it will have
an important part in building up a
satisfying and wholesome rural life.
First of all, the country weekly
of the future will be recognized as
community institution. This means
it will be prosperous. The community
will realize that it is unwise for the
community to have newspaper
which is not prosperous.
The country newspaper of the fu-
ture will not be sold as newspaper,
but as community service, just as
the telephone is service. No one thinks
a telephone rental of from $12 to
$50 year is high, yet in the service
it renders the paper is quite COM
parable to the phone; and the tele-
phone receipts can't be used to put
on the pantry shelves the way the old
newspaper can. A country newspaper
is worth more than the $1.50 or $500
usually charged.
The publisher, of course will be
recognized community leader. He
will have emancipated himself from
the thraldom of detail. He will have
capable girls who can do this sort
of work better than he can do it him
self. He will never find that he is un-
able to attend the meeting of the
committees in charge of the comnlu-
nifty house, of which he is chairman,
because he has to fix balky linotype.
1t goes without saying that he will