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, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Some Reasons Why We Should En
courage Grass Production
We are now not producing nearly
as much milk or beef as we ‘need for
local consumption. At least these
are the facts directed to my atten
tion by those who are supposed to
know. I am fully informed relative
to the wonderful amount of progress
which we are making along animal
husbandry lines and commend and
approve all that has been accom
plished. We have made a good start
on a long trail, but there is much
more to be accomplished and so we
must not be weary in well doing.
There are millions of acres of land
in the southeastern states which are
quite well adapted for pastures that
are now not utilized for any useful
purpose. A part of this is cut-over
land, some of it has the remnant of
a forest on it, part of it is covered
with brush land young trees, and
some of it Which has been cleared
has been so much abused that the
cover which nature originally pro
vided has been destroyed until noth
ing but gullies and barren, waste are
visible to the eye. We have been
prodigal in destroying the vast nat
ural resources which nature has
placed at our disposal, but we have
now about achieved the job and are
faced with the difficult, trying and
exacting task of building back and
reclaiming for agricultural purposes
a part of that which we so ruthless
ly destroyed.
Nearly all the land of the char
acter I have mentioned is capable of
producing grasses of one type or an
other which will aid us materially
in sustaining large herds of beef ami
dairy cattle successfully. It is self
evident that at least a considerable
percentage of this land should be
utilized for the purpose indicated. It
is better suited to lay down to grass
than to any other agricultural crop.
Besides, it helps to balance up our
farming operations and makes it pos
sible for us to extend our animal in
dustries. While live stock can be
raised on a minimum area of pas
ture, or possibly in its absence alto
gether, there is nothing which has
ever yet been found as satisfactory
and economical for the animal hus
bandman to use as a good pasture.
Our native pastures have some virtue
and, of course, should be utilized as
much as possible, but they can never
be counted on to aid us materially in
the solution of the problem by which
we are now confronted. On the other
hand, these native pastures can be
readily and very greatly Improved.
It will cost some money aud take
soma time, but ft Is an undertaking
and an enterprise well worth while.
Grass constitutes a problem which
we have set aside and neglected as
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| long as possible. Worse than that,
we have busied ourselves in fighting
grass. Now that the boll weevil has
come our attitude must of necessity
be changed on this, along with many
other propositions, and we must use
grass as one of the strong and es
• sential aids necessary to the recon
struction of dur agriculture on a
basis in accordance with ths require
ments of the situation we are forced
to meet. At the present time prob
ably it would require ten acres and
upwards of our wild lands to provide
indifferent grazing for a single ani
mal during the growing season. I
know, of course, there are exceptions
to all rules ami tiiat this statement
could be controverted to some ex
tent. On the other hand, I believe
that it represents an approximate
average of the area which would be
required.
On the other hand, we know that
Bermuda grass, for instance, may be
made to clothe a field in the course
of a single season and that one or
two acres of it properly handled will
provide a maintenance ration for an
animal throughout the growing sea
son. In other sections of the coun
try where they have studied grasses
and encouraged pasture production
for many years they have been able to
develop a carrying capacity pe» acre
far in excess, of the figure indicated.
In New England, for-instance, a beef
animal may be carried through a sea
son successfully on four acres of im
proved- pasture land. In New York
it is said that it requires five acres
to c.t>ry two head of stock for the
pastur® season, while in Indiana and
Illinois the same acreage will carry
an average say of three head. Os
course, none of our pasture lands,
oven in the most favored sections of
the country, have yet reached their
ultimate carrying capacity.
Undoubtedly if the best tame varie
ties of grasses are selected and sown
end our pastures given the considera
tion and treatment which their im
portance justifies, we will materially
increase their carrying capacity.
Enough has already been accomplish
ed here in the south to demonstrate
the correctness of this statement.
Pastura lands, of course, require
fertiiizai'on just the same as Other
farm crops. We think this would
likely be more true of the south than
of some other sections of the coun
try. In the territory included in the
I southeastern states most of our soils
. arc relatively low in nitrogen at
best. They are markedly deficient
in phosphoric acid, and in some in
stances .potasn as well. Most ,of
theyx need- liming,- Nitrogen is an
expensive element and this fact will
deter many from its use, but in es
tablishing pastures we think some
should be applied. Formulas suit
able t r use might contain 2 or 3.per
cent of this element, 8 to 12 phos
phoric acid, and say 2 to 6 per cent
of potash. The amount to apply
will vary. Five hundred pounds and
upwards per acre could probably be
used witU profit and advantage. Ma
terials ot this character should as
a ~alr be put on in the spring and
it is better after broadcasting them
over the land to harrow them into
the soil. This applies to a pasture
already established. In case one de
sires to establish a grazing area from
seed, we would prefer that the plant
ing be done as a rule in the fall.
In the event fertilizer is to be used
it will be better to incorporate it
in the land before the grass seed is
sown.
t'astures should be limed at least
once in three years. We are dis
posed to think that a ton of crushed
raw rock per acre would be the mini
mum amount to apply.
As to varieties of grass to use,
there will be some difference of opin
ion. Undoubtedly Dallis grass is one
of our most valuable assets. Next
to it comes probably Louisiana car
pet grass. These two grasses are
especially valuable for the southern
part of the state of Georgia and in
that territory in other states called
the coastal plain region. In the
Piedmont section probably Bermuda
grass can be used to better ad
vantage than any other of the tame
grasses. Its use can be supple
mented in favorable locations by
seeding orchard grass, tall oat grass,
meadow fescue, Italian rye grass,
and in some localities . Timothy and
red clover. On Bermuda pastures
Lespedeza should be sown. This also
applies to some localities in the
coastal plain region. White clover
can be used in some sections and
alsike in others. Alsike will do bet
ter on lands which are somewhat
acid than probably any of the other
clovers mentioned.
In establishing a pasture one
should exercise patience and consid
eration, and not expect it to be high
ly productive for several years. Some
grasses will cover the land in a much
shorter period than others, conse
quently they • can be grazed earlier
and more freely. This applies with
particular force to Bermuda grass
when planted on soils to which it is
adapted. Most other grasses are
rather slow in developing, and early
and too heavy grazing may result in
their practical destruction. This has
often led to the conclusion that there
were no grasses adapted to given lo
calities, whereas tne factor of mis
management was really responsible
for the condition which arose.
Undoubtedly the pasture problem
constitutes one of the greatest issues
confronting our agriculture at this
time. It will be many years before
we need to use much of our idle land
for the production of general farm
crops. It seems clear from the ex
perience we have had and the infor
mation we have been able to gain
that grasses will be found adapted
to practically every soil and climatic
condition occurring in the great
southeastern group of states. The
question is to find out which are the
best for a given locality, then study
their habits and plant them on soils
to which they are adapted and fer
tilize and handle under conditions
which will bring about the best re
sults.
The cotton industry in Georgia is
said to be based on the planting of
a few seed by Oglethorpe in the vi
cinity of Savannah about 190 years
ago, and now we see what astonish
ing proportions it has attained. It is
said that a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country, there
fore prophesy is a dangerous and
probably an undesirable thing, but I
feel certain that before another cen
tury has rolled around we will have
developed an animal industry in the
southeastern states of unbelievable
proportions frpm the standpoint of
today. To do this we will have to
develop a vast area of pasture lands
of fine quality and of great carrying
capacity. We will certainly do this
with the same relative degree of
success as attended the humble ef
fort of Oglethorpe to establish the
cotton indnustry.
Grass is the best friend of man
kind. The cotton farmer has had a
notion all his life that he has to
fight it. It is true that he does not
want it in his cotton field and there
is no reason why he snould have f it
there. Ossacionally in a wet sea
son it has been a menace to the crop,
but under normal conditions grass
can be destroyed on land under wise
and efficient management. On the
other had, we need grass everywhere
outside of our cultivated fields and
we must study the habits of the prin
cipal varieties and adapt them so
they will help us to effectively solve
the problem by which we are now
confronted. This is not a more dif
ficult task than we have set our
selves on many other occasions, and
I feel certain the same degree of
success will attend our efficient ef
fort along this line as we have se
cured with cotton, corn, velvet beans
and our other principal field and gar
den . crops.
AUNT JULIA'S
LETTER BOX
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things*\
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Dear Children: It surely seemed good to get home to your
letters, but I had a lovely vacation and feel.yight up to our winter’s
work. ' <
Remember, we have pledged ourselves to an. AMERICAN child
for a year, and also remember that whenever it is possible I want
you to earn your mite. At Christmas we want to be able to send our
check for SIOO to Miss Berry, and to give sojne .little child at least
one year in that lovely Faith cottage at Ga.
Here is an honor roll. Next week I will tell what our bank ac
count is.
Thank you, Fannie Bailey, for the flowers* and Effie Green for
the sweet violets. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Honor Roll
Ola Corley, sc; Lola Sorrells, sc; Selma A.
Caiue, sc; Lola Stillwell, 10c; Lucile Bradley
and Gladys Thomas, 10c; Lilian Anderson,
10c; Annie Ruth Robinson and Bertha May
Steele, 10c; lonia Wigley, sc; Mary Mae
Brown, 10c; Luther Boswell, 25c; Maud
Enzor, 10c; Mildred Davenport, 10c; Kate
Chastain, 10c; Tomie Mae Myers, sc; George
W. Clayton, 10c; Martha Castleberry, 10c;
Sara Reed, 10c; Molly Hall, 10c; Walter R.
Chambers, sc; Louise Elmore, sc; Pearl Wil
son, 10c; Margaret Craine, sc; Mabie Cor
ley, se; Bennie Mae O’Neal, sc; Bertha Mc-
Cray, 10c; Willie L. Mock, 10c; Inez Moody,
10c; Viola Cochrane, Virginia Coltrane, Ef
fie Cochrane, 15c; Clarence Lecroy, sc;
George McAllister, 5; Norman Siker, 10c;
Cromer P. Vaughn, 10c; Fate Sharpless, sc;
Sarah Ferguson, sc; Manley Burch
field, 25c; Ernest Rosenstreter, 10c;
Allen S. White, 10c; Everett Bridges,
sc; Bessie Lee Garvin, 10c; Lois Franklin,
10c; Engeone Spraberry, sc; Ruth McGuirt,
10c; Bernice Beatty, 10c; Miss Mary Ray,
sc; Eula Boatright, 10c; Kate Howard, sc;
Allie Austin, sc; Evie Johnson, 10c; Mildred
Norton, sc; Matra Drake, sc; Sara L. Fisher
and Bess Fisher, sc; Myrtle Bullard, 2c;
Mary Lou Sutton, sc; Winnie Hampton, 10c;
Kate Siegler, 10c; Bertha Teague, 10c; Ber
nice Beatty, 10c; Corbia Todd, 10c; Vera
Moore, 10c; Berdie Kathren Frey, 20c; Gro- I
ver Lindsey, sc; Pellie Banks, sc; Mrs. R. 1
J. Owen, 10c; Charles F. Dixian, sc; Ardath ■
Loyd, sc; Izora Loyd, sc; Beatrice Homes, |
sc; Eva Martin, sc; Binney Goodwin, 10c; l
Hart White, 23c; S. W. Williams, 10c; R.
F. Filgrim, 10c; J. R. Sharman, 10c; Olive
Best, 10c; Alice Kerr, 10c; Willie Mae Aus
tin, 10c.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Our thought
ful auntie lias now found the school, with
the' helpless little cherubs already on deck.
Now, shall we tell her to go right there,
look them over, and pick out the cutest anil
sweetest little black, curly-headed four or
five-year-old lassie she can find, especially
a worthy one who will merit our sympathy
because of unforseen events in its history
that caused it to be brought there! Then
we can call it, as the Scotch say, "our
bonnle sweet lassie.” Suppose, then, that
after her selection, she gives us ner life’s
story, age and description and then let this
be followed up by her photo, which by that
time we will all be keyed up to sec! I can
imagine we will all clap our hands together
as we behold it. Then it will be up to us
cousins to furnish that SIOO, and I know
each cousin will want a share in her ex
pense, for they are so kind-hearted. I am
still kept busy teaching music on various
instruments and the Wampum band.
Your cousin,
JOHN W. GUY.
Dear Aunt Julia: For some time I have
intended to write and express my ideas
about the little orphan. I am much pleased
with the plan you suggest and think the
cousins will respond to the cause readily.
We do not need to ask if it is a needy cause,
for we all know that little orphans need the
care and attention of some one and must be
provided for. I am very much in sympathy
v.-ltr the little orphan, and while we are
proud of the little French girl, it will make
us all feel good to help those at our door.
Some time ago a union missionary society
for women was keeping a little girl in
China in school. When a suffclent amount
was raised for her it was decided that we
would raise money to keep a poor man in
a hospital longer than he was able to pay
for, and we were happy because we could
help at home as well as abroad. And I’m
sure we will In this case. I would be glad
to hear from some of you cousins.
BERTHA TEAGUE.
Taylorsville, N. C., Route 6.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Gangway!
Coming through! Here comes two sailors
from the United States Naval Hospital, Fort
Lyon, Colorado, knocking for admittance into
your happy circle. Trust we will be wel
come for a while at least. Well, no doubt
you will be wondering what we are doing
way out her in Colorado. Will try to tell
in a few words: We are duty hospital
corpsman, assigned to duty here at present.
This is certainly a beautiful country out
here and a finer climate could not be found
anywhere. Uncle Sam’s greatest tubercu
losis sanitarium is located here. The Old
Santa Fe Trail runs by here and we have '
a fine school building on the site of Kit
Carson’s old home. Old Fort Lyon is just
across the Arkansas river, which runs on the
south boundary of the reservation. Kit
Carson fought many battles with hostile
Indians around this fort, famous in frontier
days. We will try to describe ourselves, so
here goes: I, Jack Burns, am 19 years old,
5 feet 6 inches short, black hair, blue eyes,
light complexion and weigh 138 pounds. I.
Mr. Hussey, 5 feet 8 inches short, black
hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, weigh 168
pounds anti am 18 years young. Now, if
any of you cousins want to know any
thing more, just let your letters fly to
J. J. BURNS AND D. HUSSEY.
U. S. Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo.
Duty Corpsman.
P. S.—Aunt Julia, please print this.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here I
come again, knocking at your door. Will
you let me come in and chat with the
cousins one minute! I will promise not to
stay long. Will describe myself. Run, run,
everybody, and get behind the door. So here
goes: Blue eyes, fair complexion, dark hair,
weight 140 pounds, 5 feet 2 inches tall,
will be 17 years old the 18th of June. Would
like for some of you girls and boys to
write to nie. Will answer all cards and
letters received. Come on, all you North
Carolina boys and girls, and don’t let the
other states get ahead of us. I see Aunt
Julia coming with her broom. Must say
good-bye to you all. Hope to see this in
print, as this is my second trial. Hope to
hear from some of you.
CALLIE STELS.
Letitia, N. 0.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am a
stranger now but hope soon to be a friend
to al lof you.
I am sixteen years old and a decided bru
nette. I finished high school this year.
We had our commencement exercises Friday
night, the 28th. I had to read the class
will, and, believe me, It was some will."
I would like to correspond with lots of
the cousins. Just write and you may be
sure of an answer.
I would like very much to see thia letter
in print. And, cousins, don’t be bashful
about writing; Just "go to it.”
I remain, as cever, a true friend,
EUNICE STOGNER.
Hartsville, S. C.
Box 34.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wonder
if you have yet found room in your happy
band of boys and girls for me! I have
written five times before, but there was
never room for me. The wastebasket seems
to like my letters better than any one
else’s. But I am not going to let that dis
courage me. I guess he ought to be fat by
now.
Some one said, “I wonder how he looks.”
I’ll tell you if you won’t laugh: I have
brown eyes, brown hair, dark skin and am
fifteen years old. Well, I guess this is
about enough for the wastebasket’s break
fast, so I will go. I want some of you
girls near my age to write to me. I am,
Your nephew and cousin,
JOSEPH HYDE.
Valdosta, Ga., Route 2, Box 99.
Aunt Julia: Will you admit an old lady
into your circle! I am postmistress of
Perkinsville, Va. I take The Journal and
enjoy reading the Letter Box. I am a widow;
have no one but myself to look after. We
have beautiful flowers here now; the air is
laden with perfume. If I can make the life
of an old gentleman less lonely by writing
to him I will do so. Inclosed 10 cents for
the American child.
MRS. R. J. OWEN, P. M.
Perkinsville, Va.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit another South Carolina girl into your
happy circle of boys and girls! I live on a
farm of about a hundred acres, and like
farm life fine. My brother takes The Jour
nal and I sure do enjoy rending the cousins’
corner. I have been a silent reader of the
corner for some time, but this is my first
attempt to write, so I guess I had better
describe myself and go: I have light hair,
hazel blue eyes, fair complexion, 5 feet 4
inches tall and weigh 113 pounds. My age
is between thirteen and eighteen. If any of
the cousins would like to correspond with me,
just let your letters and cards fly and I will
answer all received. With much love to all,
A new niece and cousin,
JULIA B. BEAUFORD.
Abbeville, S. C., Route 4, Box SS-A.
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MARY MEREDITH’S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
I am coming to you for ad
vice. I know a young man about
twenty-three, and Tny mother won’t
let him come*to see me. It is almost
killing me,i because I love him so
much. I’m fouttedh years old and
live in the country and he lives about
fifty miles from me. What should
Ido about it? Should I go with him
Or not?? Another girl loves him, also.
How can I make him love me better
than her? I am of a very jealous
disposition and’can’t- stand for him
to go with anyone else. How can
to go with anyone else. Most of
the boys around here love me for
a while, thev fhey don’t care any
thing about me. Why? I treat them
nice and treat them all alike. How
old should the. feoys I go with be, if
I am fourteen? What would you
think about im-e‘visiting the town In
which he livqjs?. ;I have a girl friend
there and sh,e asks me to come to see
her. Should I go?
■-C ’ GRAY EYES.
Perhaps i your mother has a
very good reason for not permit
ting the young man to call on
you. Why don’t you have a
heart-to-heart talk with her?
Find out ewhy she objects. Do
not storm, and' fret and fly into a
tantrum. "That isn’t any way'to
win your mother. If she has a
good reason for not allowing the
young man to call, let her ex
plain it, and leave It to her good
judgment. < But if she thinks
you are tor young, wait awhile,
and ask her kindly. Do not dis
obey her. I feel confident you
will have things turn out pleas
antly for, You. after awhile. I
wouldn’t advise you to visit your
friend; it Would do you harm.
I am a lonesome girl coming to
you for advice.' I am fifteen years
of age. I .have , been going with a
boy eighteen. I love him very
dearly and I think, he loves me. My
father is dfe'ad arid my mother is
married again. This boy has asked
me to marry him. What do you ad
vise me to dp? Stepfather is not
good to me at all. I think he would
make me a gooff husband and if we
marry I will, fry my best to make
him a good wife. - Please give me
good advice.'
. . .7 ‘ MARY LOU.
The’ main thing is, can this
boy support you? Is he steady?
Does he make enough to have
the responsibility of a wife? If
he doesn’t it.would be doing him
an injustice, also yourself, to
marry him. Go to work, be self
supporting. There is always a
way to get .along .if one wants to
try .it. Wait a while longer to
marry, and,‘ in the meantime see
if you cati not help to make life
at home more pleasant. Marriage
is very serious, and it is not a
rose-strewn, path, at best, and
you will be wise to give it much
thought arid consideration before
you decide to take the step.
Please tell? me how and what to
serve in courses for breakfast, din
ner and supper. Am going to have
special company' and don’t know how
to serve and What to serve in
courses. Would it be stylish to
sbrve punch immediately after the
guests arrive? Your advice will be
appreciated. • Please print this at
once. >
“GEQRpiA CHICKEN.”
I cannot print in The Journal
the menus so each day as your
request, oh jaceonnt of the space
it would consume. But if you
will send mb a stamped en
velope with your name and ad
dress I might' be able to help
you out. If yfould be very nice
to serve punch to your guests
shortly after they arrive at your
home.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1020.
The Country Home
BY MBS. W. H. FELTON
This Year of Wet Weather
Still it rains. Still the thunder
clouds hover over the horizon. It
lightens in the east every night.
There are mutterings of thunder ev
ery day. Sometimes it sprinkles.
Then again it pours down rain. When
you go to bed at night you are not
surprised by hearing the rain pat
tering down on the roof. When
you whirl along on a railroad train
there is standing water between the
rows of corn and cotton.
Occasionaly you see a sort of a
lake in the middle of the field. The
cotton stalks are tall enough. How
much fruit there is on the plant is a
question yet to be answered. Inside
the house the damp has made the
doors stick fast, and the shoes and
leather articles accumulate mold. If
•you have some woolens hanging
about or lying around you see a plen
ty of gray mold. The' grass is rank
in the yards and few people are will
ing to mow it down or cut it for hay
at any old price.
And the roads'.
From bad to worse, and from worse
to nearly impassable for mud and
slush.
Sure it has been a long rainy spell!!
GEORGIA CAMPMEETINGS
Among the earliest of my child
hood recollections were concerned
with Georgia camomectings. I had
a young uncle, who made his home
at our house for many years, where
he was engaged as clerk and chief
man in my father’s country store.
My love for this uncle was surpass
ing strong. I thought he was the
dearest of all my playmates.
Everything that interested me ap
peared to interest him. Anyhow, that
is the way it appealed to me. I felt
like he would always be one of us
and be mine. So it happened that I
had my awakening at a campmeet
ing. We had to go a long way and
started in the cool of the morning.
We arrived with the Crowd and it
was a big one. Some time after we
were- comfortably seated, and I was
looking about me as children will
do, somebody whispered, "There’s
your Uncle John’s sweetheart. Won
der how long until the wedding?” I
was wide awake in an instant. There
were many hundreds singing and en
joying the scenes about them, but I
ha! only eyes for one person in the
multitude. I cared for nothing else.
I watched her every motion. I'
sidled up near her once or twice un
til she perhaps understood my eager
ness or whatever was moving my
mind that day. 1 quizzed my mother
off and on every opportunity.
I did not dislike her, fortunately
for my peace of mind, but I could
think of nothing more important.
It was one of the crowning events
of my life at that early period, and
in tne late autumn of my long life,
I can still remember how she looked
and my probable association with my
uncle’s sweetheart filled my little
self brimful of anticipation.
And so it turned out all right. I
loved her as hard as my young soul
could take her in; to the day of her
death, nevertheless, I had a feeling
of disappointment. I had to take a
lower seat in my uncle’s affection,
where I had believed I held first
place among his pets. Childish love
is very importunate.
I remember another big bush ar
bor meeting when a big storm came
over and we had to pack inside the
nearby church, and I was lifted Up
io a window at the close and handed
to mv father’s waiting arms outside.
I recall also that Dr. Alexander
Means, Bishop Andrew, and Judge
Longstreet were there and some ot
them, maybe all three, went home
with us to spend the night.
They were great men m middle
Georgia, great preachers and my
delight was tumultous when they
came to Decatur to preach, and
would stay at our house often or
occasionally as it happened.
These camp meetings came along
vear by year. Everdybody went,
who could get there, if only for a
day. Everywhere I have lived, be
fore the war, we had these big
campmeetings, until we had one for
several years on our own land. here,
which was turned into a military
camp for training Confederate sol
diers during the Civil war. We had
a tent of our own and lived down
there in the tent near the big spring
which supplied all the people and
later all the soldiers, with the purest
of good water.
How those dear Christian® would
shout and how we could all sing the
songs of Zion!
All these things have been in my
mind lately, for I have been to two
camp meetings within the last
week, and have enjoyed them much
more than I am able to express.
On Sunday, the fifteenth of
August, my sister and myself were
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at Indian Springs camp meeting in
Butler county, Georgia. There were
thousands upon thousands who came
and went during the days of the
meeting. It was a great day and I
heard one of the really great ser
mons of my entire remembrance
from a California preacher who de
livered it from St. Paul’s sermon
before King Agrippa.
I once heard Dr. Andrew Lips
comb preach .on the Life of St. Paul,
and it stayed with me, but I shall
never forget the California preach
er’s disburse.
Then again I attended the Pine
Log camp meeting, here in my own
county, where I have been going
off and on for more than sixty-five
years. I could feel in touch with
the multitudes that have gone to
their long home, where feet had so
often trod upon this hallowed
ground, when I was present, to hear
them sing and pray. Are there min
istering spirits who are privileged
to get near and close to those who
has loved them also long and well,
them in the great unknown? I wish
my dear Tri-Weekly readers could
have shared these memorable occa
sions with their aged scribe, who
has loved them all so long and well.
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