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UNCLE JIMMY DANNELLY ? ~ Anli-Belluin Preacher of Wide Reputation. WAS BRUSQUE AND TO THE POINT ? Old Not Stand for Vulgar Display and Was Down on Hypocrites?Also Was Bitter Against Immorality?Would Fight If Necessary. /By T. Larry Gantt. In old antc-licllum days, and cs|ierially in the rural sections, preachers wore of an entirely different order from the ministers of the gospel in those advanced and modern times. They were clerical shoulder-hitters, who did not mince or choose their words and believed in and preached lioii pre and brimstone. After one of these fiery sermons the liairs on the In ads of the terrorized congregations stood out ,like quills upon a fretful porcupine. You could almost smell the brimstone and broiling flesh as they depicted the horrors of torment, that was the sure heritage of unpenitent sinners. <>no of the most noted preachers of the South was an old wooden-legged Methodist named "Uncle Jimmy Dannell.v," who lived about one and a half miles from Lowndesvillc, Abbeville district. South Carolina, near the old Smyrna church. He officiated in the early fifties. He was a stout-built man. and I should say weighed around J'oi pounds. 11 is home was within sight of Smyrna church, and close to the old camp-ground of that name. This church has been moved to Lowndesvillo and the railway from Anderson passes within a few feet of the large einvevard bclonirincr to the church and in which many of the remarkable men of that section arc buried.t "Uncle Jimmy" Danm-lly hated three things above all else: Foppery and grudy apparel; inattention to services during his long-winded sermons, and immorality. Some of his denunciations from the pulpit against the latter sin were so strong and expressive as not to be printed, at all. "I'ncle Jimmy's" fame as a preacher spread over the state and he was once invited to preach a sermon in a fash-| ionable church of Charleston, S. C. He had a piercing, high-pitched voice. After mounting the pulpit and taking his text, the old gentleman glancing over the building and then throwing his eyes into the gallery, set apart for slaves in innny city churches before the I war. began his discourse with: "t was told when invited to preach in this great city and to this gaudily-arrayed congregation that t^ey were very relindd people and 1 must be careful what 1 said, lest 1 offend their sensitive cars. From the number of mulattoes I see sitting in the gallery, I should judge that the people of Charleston are! indeed refined. Yes, the same kind of n fniement that brought about the destruetion of Sodom and fSomorrah." lie then delivered a powerful sermon on the subject, and told his hearers if they did not repent their city deserved the same fate as brought on the deMriietion of the Dead Sea towns. And lie could not bear anything like :i display i>i pride or hypocricy. There was a member <>f his church, a wealthy man. whom I shall call Itenjamin Jllank. This man built a real nice new .homo, tin* lust in tin- neighborhood, of which he was very proud. Once at Smyrna "t'nele Jimmy'* preached a stiong sermon about people in their old at?--, instead of d? voting their wealth and time to the eahse of find, w re spending their substance in riot, mis Jiving and the erection of line palad. s to live in. After services tbo house-builder appro i hod ITnele Jimmy, who was surinundiil by a number of bis flock, and remarked: "ISrolber Jiannclly, 1 do not tin 11k you did me the right thintr today in preaching that sermon about my to \v home. It was my money I put in u and every dollar was honestly made." I.'>??kini; at I trot her I thud: tin- ?i hi hi calmly i? ;?!i?-?I: "Kciijaiain, you ;iM' mistaken about my havinr th" :.ii i>11 v you I>11111 in my mind when I selected itiy .subject for today. 1 referred - lu a bouse the ?\l: tons erected ivar Cli: rlt -ton. Why they would not us" the hut you built and are so proud of, |'?ii* a Kurdeti house. If you had not In < n i mean and close-listed and stin. . hi would have I milt decent hour for your family long a wo. ja njaiain. ! war not shouting et you, lait my little shot from the pulpit today did not come within two hundnd miles iif you." Win n "I'nele Jimmy" first came to I.owndc.sville to preach, a leading iiu'inlicr of his congregation. who had a line farm and prided himselT on building higher fences, having fatter horses and better clad slaves than any ol his neighbors, approached the old man and n marked. "ISrothcr Dnnnclly, ] want to say that 1 am a very poor ^ man and have but litt'e. but \o|i an N.'iir >nu* i?? >iicxri' ii. i uidu \i>u i V take 11nii'-r with me today." . xpeeled "I'ncle Jimmy" to eont -idiot liis expression of poverty, anil thus toed his vanity. The old man saw at a glance his object and replied: "I thank \<>u Itrother Joins, hut there are I?'i at v of vcll-to-do tnetnlxTs in too ohniI'll who are hitter aide to entertain me, and I make it a rule never to impost on lite poorer members of my , little Hock. I will not take from your family a part of their pittance. I will call and see you when pissing, lmt do not d? prive your family to entertain me." And In* never could he induced to ink-- a meal there, although I trot her Jon< s did i vorything possible to make V IJimmy" realize his true condition. \ly fa 1 her s-iv that "l'nele Jimmy" .?.a.. t f..r his lolle-wind d > .-t mon w .? and when another preathei wa.s inviU'tl w j to fill his pulpit always closed with an ' exhortation as long as the sermon. One day at Smyrna, after a lengthy) discourse by a visiting1 preacher, "ITnclc .Jimmy" arose, and opening his Iti-; hie in u now place, began to exhort! sinners. My father says that himself and several other members of the eon-j ! gicgation got up and started down the: aisle to leave. "I'ncle Jimmy" waited i ! until tln.v ne.-nvd the door, when In closed the Jlible and thundered "out, > pointing to the truants, "All of you who were drunk yesterday can go out and tret water while we sing." Once a fray party of young ladies and gentlemen from town came to' Smyrna to a lug meeting, gaudily dressed, and during the services begun to whisper and giggle. "Uncle Jimmy", pointed them out and administered a t severe rebuke, telling them that if Ihey could not behave in church to remain at home and keep away from Smyrna, as their room was worth more than ! their presence. After services, one or the male escorts of the party approached "Uncle Jimmy" outside the church door and said: "Mr. Dannelly, I ' will let you know, sir, that those were respectable young Indies you singled out in church today for rebuke and Ij i will say to you that ;f you do not apol-. ogize, your clerical robes and wooden leg will not protect you." "1 am glad you corrected the imurcssion tliat those young women | made on my mind. I took them, from! the manner they behaved in church, toj lie some strumpets you young men had ' picked up on the stieets and desecrated i the house of God with tlieir presence, j And now, young man, in regard to*your punishing me, I will say that in my i younger days i used to be something of a scrapper. I drank and committed i . all manner of sins. In fact, I lost ray leg while running a horse race on Sunday while drunk. Now, if some of the brethren will hold my coat, in about [ sixty seconds 1 will give that young| puppy such a thrashing as he has not had since his father took him into the! I woodshed." These young folks did not J attend any more revivals at Smyrna. Vut "Uncle Jimmy" once got the worst from a visitor to camp-meeting. A gaily dressed young man from thoi courthouse attended services and took j a seat in front of the pulpit. lie began twirling bis gold-headed cane while j "Uncle Jimmy" was in the midst of aj sermon. Stopping short in his dis-, course the old preacher remarked, 11 pointing to the young man: "It^y youngj friend, let me say to you there are no go.'d-headed canes in heaven." The; instant retort was, "Yes, nor woodenlegs, either." During a camp meeting at old Smyrna "Uncle Jimmy" was half sick and hv/iin.n rinu-n Turning the ouloit over' to a young minister from a town church, he told the congregation that he would retire to his home and rest that night, as there recmed to l?e .1 : very cold and indifferent feeling. The! new minister delivered what he thought was a powerful sermon and 011 calling for mourners, toe altar rail was crowded. So elated was he that he sent a delegation to the home of JJrother Dannelly. who lived near by, to bring him to the tent to help pray for the vast number of penitents. The old man re- ! luctantly left his bed, and walking into the stand, looked upon the mourners, 1 strung around the rail. After taking a 1 good look at the penitents he turned to the young revivalist and remarked: "Dad haul, my young brother. Throw | out your net and try again. I have been converting that same old gang regularly at every camp meeting for; the past ten years and they are not! worth trying to save. The last one of them will forget before the end 01 the week all about your prayers, and be| drinking, gambling and frolicking." With this verdict "Uncle Jimmy" turned his back and returned home, leaving the young minister to do his own, converting. In l is later yars "I'iicIj Jimmy" n\arrnd a second time, to an old maid from Anderson county, who had In en ' exceedingly kind in nursing him while h?- was l ick during some of his preach-' ? 1 ,1 1.1 Jii:r Iours (iiiouiui ni."i ... eauulit .1 tartar i:i In;: \vif< . Oiii.(. when tin* i?M man walked ii|? the' : t'-|p nl n|il Smyrna ehnrt h lo (ill hi appointment, la- found Ins pulpit occupied 11\' Ills wife, who was telling the ' rnna.I'Kati'm what :i vile old hypoerite ilii'ir minister was. '"I'nHe Jimmy"; stood for ahout a minute in tie- dourway, listening t" the abuse by his bet-i ter half, when lie hobbled hick liotnc , and h ft the pulpit to her. This old minister is buried in the Smyrna graveyard, but the luelosu: > around the jjrave, and even the mound,! have hrntr sim-e di: appeared, lb- was a lemarkable man of his day and uen-' | elation, and ranked as a preacher alongside of Lorenzo Dmv. ^ McCAY HAS CHECKED OUT Eight of Spades Proved Death Warrant for Gambler. William Met'ay is sixty-live years old, and for (illy - Iwo years he has made, a more or less precarious livina by ^anililintr front I'risco to New York " 1 > > in I'm i, files a I letroil .Mich.. <lis| :itrl> 11< !i:ii] often <!<'clarcd his hcliof Hint :i man should die when In- reached the age of sixty-live. A low days aim he passed this mark. An inventors of the worldly i^ooi! > -dinwd lie w e; worth . xaeilt 72 cents, hosides his |ioor ? lothintf. II ' decided to lot the cards deterininc whether he should rontiiine tin- name or unit. lie locked tin door of Ids room in a r<miiiiii ' hoie-e and ileal! the cards. If it nine red the italite would e.o on. if hlacK it was 'hushed. \\ lien hi.* l:iii'il.niy ruiveti tin- <i???mtil his room sin- s;t\\ ;i |i;trl\ of ranis nil ilii- tnhlr. wiili Vhi* i-iyhl of s | miles i.uc 1111. <>m iIk- lliMir lay McC.-iy <|i-ill. his throat rut with :i rrr/ur. ? Mexico cession ?1 -1 > uMr.J ' 18'j square miles. 1 FACTS ABOUT CANCER (Continued From Tagc One.) of the-saddest things that I sec is for j tIn* mother of several children with an I inoperable, incurable cancer of the uterus to come seeking relief. For her J there is no balm in (Jiload. And an Decause of somebody's ignorance and neglect. If taken in time, cancer of the uterus is almost as curable as a laceration and most assurerdly it Is preventable. Cancer of the breast, which is so far advanced tl^t the patient and her} friends can recognize it as cancer, is usually beyond hope of relief. Hut I am glad to tell you that there is a time when cancer of the breast may be eured. Kvery lump in a woman's breast should be rega ded as a potential cancer, and she should seek professional advice as soon as she discovers it. ho matter how small or liojv innocent it may appear. A lady consulted me because of a lump in her breast, ller physician was a jnun of ability, and she spoke most < iJhusiastieally of him. She said, "I don't have any pain, but my doctor has been watching this lump for two years." 1 exclaimed, "My dear woman, your doctor must he a good Democrat." She askcrt wny. "lieruusc u?* i>vn? in watchful waiting." The lump proved to be a carcinoma. Fortunately, an extensive operation, followed by X-ray treatments, cured the womati, or at least there has been no evidence of recurrence after four years. Delay so often costs the life of the patient. Only last week one of my best friends diod;, of a cancer of the breast that had dis- j seminated throughout her body. She had known of its presence for two years , but would not tell her husband or her surgeon till a few days before her^ death. Pain is never ar early symptom of cancer, it occurs only late In the dis- 1 ease, sometimes not at all. It comes when the exuberant cells we have been talking about crowd and pack them- j selves into the tissue, thereby putting pressure upon the nerve endings. II have been guilty of saying I wish every ( one who developed a cancer, would j from the beginning have sufficient pain ( to call tluir attention to its presence. If cancer gave us from the start as much pain as an aching tooth, we would get rid of it in short order. On the other hand, remova is not always possible. If pain was present from the beginning in every case, it would condemn to the horrors of unmitigated torture those unfortunates who have cancer of the head of tlie pancreas, the mediastinum, certain portions of the brain, diffuse cancer of tho liver, etc. As it is these patients often live in comparative comfort for many months.I The malignant g'uwtli is often far) advanced before it produces any pain whatever. The moral of this is, don't wait for pain. Statistics usually make dry reading and are not remembered, but I want to give you a few figures that are significant and 1 believe will prove interest-, ing to this intelligent audience. I was in the service of the United States army for nearly three years. Among my manifold duties was that of organising Ilase Hospital No. fin, which was sent to France and handled In?-1 tween 40,000 and 50,000 sick and wounded men. While with this unit, I was J ordered first to Paris, and then to the; front and was near Verdun when Ihej armistice was signc.l. Ynu will recall that it was around about Verdun that j ooo.noo men laid down their lives. Yes. that was a great war, not only for the freedom of flu- seas hut the freedom of: our fins ides as wdl. Perhaps it was) worth a'l it costs; but Oh, tile price j we paid in human blood and wreckage: was fearful and the end is not yet. I; can never forget. As I stood within the1 sound of, the Om an machine guns, with the shells from our heavy artillery! in the rear screaming overhead, the. sight of our boys?lite flower of.our! young manhood Ik ing brought info, lie* first aid dn ssing stations, bleeding,! shell-shocked, mangled and : <*t:ie of! litem dying. I followed tin in back j to the field hospital, the base hospital | and came with them across the seas to the i < < instruct ion hospitals in the! Slates, in one of which I was made' Now. when \\v count i!i?>:-:o who died) in I nit t !" iiiwl from disease, wo find aj total 'il K.-..OIH) l??st during tin- two years' \v;ir with 'icrmniy. Yon will) ugn < witIi no' that it was a gruesome! toil wo 11:i<I. l'.ut tin yi?u know tli.it ovory twelve months in the T'niteoi Stilt'.- of America. there are as nianyi no ii. women and chililron who Jie of eiineer as wo lost in the whole two years of the World war? Think of thei significance of that statement. It means ten doiitlis occur ovory hour of every| day in the year, an average of otto death from cancer ? very six minutes. I These facts do not horrify us like tlie! ravages of war because, forsooth, we! arc accustomed to thorn. Thev have 1 boon happening ever since we wore horn and will continue unless we get j busy. Mortality statistics are usually given j in their ielation to the 100,000 population. The mortality from cancer in c rtain eivihzed countries aggregating! ... < I I '"I'UI.I I Ml, IUI .<11 of live years was 71.3 to the 100,000j population. Tin- mortality for tin- registered area of tin* 1'nited States in 1 ! IS was 7V0 to tin* 100,000 papulat ion. Another significant fact is that while' the (hath rate from typhoid fever, malm in. tuberculoids. etc.. is decreasing, j that from cancer is increasing. The! rate of increase is about 2 1-2 per cent per annum. Among Kuropean countries the death rate in 1 sS1 was 44.8; in tan. ! (?.t. In the I'nitrd Stales in 1000 it was if it- in l*iIS it \vm 78 St. In ilie New l-higlatid states, including. New Vork and New Jersey, the death I ?A? rate in 188G was 42.8; in 1913 it was 90. In twenty larpc cities of the United States in 1881 it was 39.6; in 1913 it was 89.3. In Massachusetts in 185G it was 18.8; in 1913 it was 99.4. The mortality amonp wnmon is 50 per cent higher than^it is among men.' One man in every 1-' over 40 years of I age, dies of cancer. One woman in every eight over 40 years old dies of cancer. 'J^hese statistics are distressing, but I bring you today a message of; hope. I come not to destroy but to make alive. That cancer is a curable! disease can not be controverted. /At' least 00 per cent of eancers may bo cured if recognized earl> and in the ho- [ ginning. It is never primarily a blood ' disease that breaks out in various parts i of the body. Those outbreaks are late! manifestations of the disease. There- j fore, people should learn the signill-| cance of the early signs of cancer. The persistent fissure of the lips, the indodolent ulcer of the tongue, the lump in the breast, the black mole nn the body afid abnormal uterine discharges arc ail evidences 01 at ic?oi. |m?u.a. ...... cor an J. de mand an investigation by a thoroughly competent physician. When wo come to deal with the cancer problem, we are confronted with ignorance among both high and low. It is common knowledge that we have been cursed with the so-called "cancer, doctor" from time immemorial. He unusually has a secret formula, which has such discriminating virtues that it will eat out the cancer and not harm the healthy tissues. Bad as this is, credulity goes still farther. In my community there is a man whom people ask to treat their cancers, and who does nothing more than rub their handkerchiefs between his hands and lay it on their sores. This sounds ludicrous, but T recently visited a great city, noted for its wealth, its learning, its philanthro-1 py. In the midst of the famous cen- j tor, 1 attended a meeting in a temple! costing millions of dollars. I never; saw a better dressed, more intelligent looking audience. They gave every ev-1 idenco of culture and refinement. I have rarely seen so many limousines stand-, ing in front of any one building. Now, Dnc of the cardinal doctrines of those marvelous people is that cancer can be cured by the patient believing that he docs not have cancer. We smile at I I I their lack of knowledge, but do we always manifest more wisdom than they do in the exercise of their absurd belief? E\en those who are nearest to us sometimes surprise us by the '-.norance they display upon quest >ns of ?'4" 1 : 4*-* f l-? r? i r* ViO.lltll FOl' VllU I lllipui l<iuv:e iv mvn _ _ instance, the daughter of a surgeon, who is reputed to be fairly well up in his profession, married. In due course of time, she became a mother. During that critical period her father watched over secretions, etc. She passed through the trying ordeal quite as nicely as if she had taken the once famous "twilight sleep." A few days later, her father congratulated her upon the case with which she accomplished the supreme function of womanhood. In a hurst of gratitude she said, "Yes. mama had me use $3.00 I worth of Mother's Friend." The trouble with the profession and the teachers generally is that we do not quite live up to what wo know. The health physician of a certain city is a" fine, jovial, happy-go-lucky kind of individual. He takes his work easy, 11 * rrU/N ' like he does every nuns ? !??-. ?uc daily paj>or recently said of him, "Our City Health Department does not take itself very seriously nor its duties very energetically." How applicable is that to many of us." I maintain ths\t the responsibility of the cancer problem rests with the profession and the intelligent educated portion of the community. It is our duty, as guardians of the public health to educate the laity. This duty has, by force of circumstances, been committed to our care, and we can not divest ourselves of the responsibility. You remember when Phillip was traveling' across the desert, he met an eunuch of high authority, who had charge tof the treasures of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the book of Isaiah, the prophet. Phillip under the guidance of the spirit, said to him: "Understandest thou what thou readest?" a"nd the eunuch answered, "How can I, except some man guide me?" Then Phillip got into the chariot and sat down by the eunuch and taught him the meaning of what he was reading. The people are not to be censuhed for their woeful lack of knowledge concerning cancer, because we have not taught them as we should. , \ ~ i Hit o Wakes a rpiIE problem of I uniform quality llie difficulties Ilia cessfnl gasoline pr had to solve. The varying quality is greatest annoyances olinc user. / It was easy to get product when pra - ! I I tic gasoline came i I wo types of crude Comparatively litt was used then, demand is so grej parts of the globe explored for pctrolc accounts for the g of "crudes" oil the Gasoline must he n only in one or two < speets, hut in eueri affects motor opor most every property STANE > NEW STEAM AUTOMOBILE Rumor Has Built up Wonderful Story of Perfected Power. America has at lan produced the first low priced steam automobile ever manufactured for general use, says a report. Word comes from New York that the steamer, the first steam car produced in the $1,000 class, will make its appearance in that city in about three weeks. x The car is being built by a firm in Indianapolis it is said. Engineers who have studied the development of gasoline and steam automobiles for the past two decades declare that the simplicity, the low operating costs and the undeniable power of-a Itractical steam car t in the low priced class will popularize i tho steam driven engine, because the complexities and. faults of earlier stoajners have at last been overcome, j The newt steamer will appeal especi: ally to women as it is easier to drive ! than an electric. It has no gears to ; shift and no carbon to burn out of the engine. Thero is no speed pedal to operate, complete control being effected by a throttle lever apd brake. It produces no noise while running because of the lack of vibration so familiar in a gas car, and it can easily climb hills, You will agree with me that the smartest thing tho Germans* did was their propaganda. It kept the Allies guessing at all times. It captured 117,000 Italians at one fell swoop. It disrupted Russia until they fell to fighting themselves and are still devouring edch other. It shook our own government until it rocked from center to circumference. If propaganda In the Interest of error and falsehood, is such a powerful weapon why should we neglect to uso it in the cause of truth? It Is to spread the propaganda concerning cancer that I am pressing 1 this question home to you today. To stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance in obedience to the command to "sow seed beside all waters." When once the people see the truth as it is, they will arise in the power of their knowledge?for knowledge Is i power. They will instinctively turn to the right source for relief. They will depl with this great problem with the intelligence of an enlightened democracy. i ?r Miss Gasc l Motor Hit obtaining line you use i is one of way the per it the sue- motor, oducer has The Standa matter of (New Jersey one of the content to > to the gas- Motor Gaso t good in any < a standard detriment ol ctically all Tlie ideal * rom one or every drop o petroleum. form in all i 1c gasoline chemicals a Today, the your pharma it that all script ion. -A have been co-operation >nm. which ? "'J Illt'lii anu itj rreat range payments, 4 market. Gasoline is j inform not balanced an >r three re- quality that / way that is the same ation. Al- it in one co oftliegaso- or another. >ARD OIL COM (New Jersey) starting from dead stop at any point in the grade. u VtQta f V?n anAQ ranroo f\t fl CAflA* J line automobile of tbe latest model. A foot brake and a shut off pedal occupy the usual positions on the floor, while a / gear lever similar In appearance to those in use on gasoline cars is placed as it would be for a gasoline engine. There are electrlq headlights. The rear axle is the same as those in ordinary use. The "radiator," which in s this car is the condensor, is neverthe-' less to all apearances a radiator. A boiler occupies the position just behind the radiator and immediately behind1' the boiler. Under the driver's feet. U the engine. It is only in these units > that the car is different from the standardized gasoline cars. To start the steamer the driver turns the switch on the dash. The automatic and fool proof device with which the machine is equipped do all thereat. The switch ftarts a fan and a pump. The fan forces air through the t Are box and the automatic jet at the top of the box sprays kerosetfe in quantities exactly suited to the amount (ft air that enters. This insures perfect combustion. The kerosene as it enters is sprayed past a spark plug which automatically ignites It, making the old and objectionable "pilot light" a thing of the past. All Are is absolutely enclosed and has no connection with outside air. 4 Once the fire Is started by the simpleturn of the switch, there will-be enough steam for running almost immediately. A throttle lever placed just below the wheel on the steering post controls the entire forward movement of the car. There are speeds?two of them forward and one reverse?but there la no clutch. The car starts, as rapidly on high as on lew.' The engine is said to benight, small and powerful. Tested as a gasoline engine would be tested it produces over fifty horse power, yet it swings no fly wheel and carries less than twenty moving parts.' There are no spark plugs in the cylinders, no carbon to foul the oil and wear out the cylinder walls and pistons. The pistons themselves are fitted with three rings each which seems to offer a factor of safety far beyond anything that is usuaL m ? United States paid for Mexico cession $8,250,000. . j ' ' ' * |j^ ll lSwMA >line or Miss influences in some formance of your rd Oil Company ) has never been have "Standard" line exceptionally one respect to the f other properties. ould be to have f gasoline as units qualities as the * nd drugs which I icist uses in a pres a result of the of our Develop[anufacturing De'Standard" Motor, positively the best' d the highest in you can buy. It whether you get rncr of the state^ PANY 1 _ * _ . M, m