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- ? ? '? . 11 ? 1 ? v o i .i .m i ; XXV. ? ? . .. : - ? & ? >r . ? - - . > ? ? ? ? I l? CAMDEN. HOUTH CAROLINA, WMUAV, JVNlj 547, lWl.i. -3 1 1 1 <i NUMItHIt W. JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS SUBJECT OF SERMON |,U?<K <X>N<iliK<?*TlON Al! THK mi vmomtn? vwmm pisy SI NDAV MiqttT. Before a large congregation of MaKoug and their friends Rev. H. 8. Browne delivered a fine sermon ttt the Methodist church in thin city Hunday night, tjie occasion being (be lOlHt anniversary of Kershaw Lodge, No. 29, A. P. M., and the Festival of St .John, the Baptist. Mr. Browne's remarks were based Oft historical facts In the life of the great Prophet mid were high ly instructive and entertaining and greatly appreciated by the Masons present. The order of exercises, with Mr. Geo -A- Rhame, as musical director, were as follows: 1 Voluntary 2. Hymn No. 3 3. Prayer by Rev. J. C. Rowan. 4. Voluntary. fi. Scripture Lesson a. Voluntary ? Everting offering 7. Hymn No. 187. . 8. Sermon by Rev. "fa. B. Browne. 9. Hymn No. 78 ?? ? - - 10. Prayer by Rev. J. C. Rowan 1. Doxology and Benediction. The officers of this lodge are R. T. Goodale, W- M.; N. R. Goodale, ~ s. w.; w. TVt; Young, J; w.*; w, Ooisenheimer, Treas.; C. P. DuBose, Beefy.; J, Rr Goodale, 8. D.; T. J. Lipscomb, J. D.; P. D. Campbell, E. J. McLeod. Stewards; J. J. Goodale, 'Pyler; Past Masters, P. L. Zemp, Jso. W. Corbett, S. R. Adams, C. H. Yates, J. B. Wallace; Chaplain, Rev. Hi B. -Browne, Rev. J. C. Ro-. wan. ! Mr. Browne's ItcuiarKs. "There came a man sent from God whose name was John." ? -John 1:6. / We assemble here to celebrate the ainiversary of John Baptist's na ^d day. In responding to the very courteous and brotherly invitation of Kershaw Lodge, No. 29, A. P. M., to deliver the oration on this occasion, I beg your sympathetic and tatelligent hearing, as we shall note wtne of the larger things that made JAn Baptist a great ambassador irom God to' men. To be an ambassador from one W?at country to another, with the i seal and signet of highest authori ty, is no ordinary epoch in any Man's career * He becomes the mouth-piece of the government he - presents Not only has he great ^?nor, but great power ? power to negotiate, to adjust, to arrange, to harmonize, to administer affairs of State in equity and justice The Divine credentials, gave John a g?0(i start ? a royal introduction te the sons of men. He had fio apol ?gy for his coming, for God -Bent Mm. He called himself a voice, Md that voice was God's voice. .He delivered the message that the King commanded hinf to bear to a needy *orld. And when he had finished *8 work, he returned from whence e came ? he went back to God. The parents of John were of >*iost)y lineage," says the Standard Dictionary, "and he was the ( hi of their old age. Though a f>riost . Zaohariah, his father, had ttl?> sympathy with the worldly and con up t Sadducee class in; Jerusa? ^e,n- His homo in the "hill coun ry of Jndea was characterised by c beN{ type of Jewish piety," In * i( l> the ardent hope of the speedy u ilinent of Messianic prophecy no insignificant olement. In '? home John passed his child ??d As the son of a priest he ust have been well versed in the jaditional learning and, especially, * ' ;if-Quainted with the Scriptures., e portentous expectations awaken . y his were probably not j nown to him, and must have dri ?n him to profound meditation ap Prob'em 9$, Israel's "sal va ?h Th? t,eath of his parents he was still a youth - may - vo been the occasion of his with into the deserts, instead of up the active work of , a t- In these solitudes' he re- j cd and pondered over the pro ?l 7 h ?f the Rge' feed,?8 hi? ??ul - J^rner aspects ol the. me& 08 of old Testament prophecy, nK less attention to those of a <kjT!Vnt CA8t- That he had any communication with the Hs ?? i? improbable, though he meet known of them. Job* %as sal *ia; he learned his tosooa at feet of no homak itnthrr. T ? ho feet of 110 human teacher- HIh doctrino wan formulated by himself In the years of solitary communion with God and the message <>f Scrips ture in tiio w i 1 d ttnit'HH. At lust he hroko the silence, und began to preach. He came forth, not for self>aggntinil/.cnuin( . not to organize a now sect, or to inaugurate a now political movement, but to proclaim a great message and issue a great summons. Clad in simplest garb, itself suggestive of the prophetic or-: dor, using the plainest speech, with no fear of man before 1i1h eyes, bin atroug earnest words soon croated a profound impression. No such voice had been heard in Is rael for centuries. The crowds Came from far and near, and the excitement was Intense." In speaking of the defeat of He rod Antipas by Areta*, . King of Arabia, P^tra, Joaephus tho Jewish historian, turns aside to say that some of the >Jews looked upon the defeat as a Divine judgment on He rod for his treatment of "John who was called the Baptist, for Herod slew him who was a good man, and had commanded the Jews that they should practice vlrtpe, both In re spect to righteousness toward' oin another and piety toward God, and that they should come together In a Baptism. For Baptism would thus appear acceptable to him, not when they used it as a request for the forgiveness of certain sins, but as a purification of the body after the soul had been thoroughly cleansed by TtffhtooxtBnBBS.^ ~ Amrh?go&fl on" to say that Herod feared lest John'tf popularity might lead to some polite leal disturbance* and so he thought it :.tst to forestall any such thing by putting John out of the way. He therefore sent him to the castle of Machaerus, where he was executed. This notice in Josephus is of great importance, for back of the some what vague generalities of the Jew ish historian must have been facts substantially the same as .are record ed, more In detail, in the four Gos pels.. The results of no man's- life can be estimated by the nuftiher of the days of the years of his public ser vice. John was thirty years in pre paration for one short year's pub lic service. ,He was a well prepar ed man, "a workman that needeth not to be ashamed." Like a mod ern machine-gun, he poured forth a constant stream of hot missels. He hud been communing with his own spirit in the wilderness, and with the Spirit of the livng God, and with nature, and had asslmiliated the great thought of God in the long ages of preparatory work. When he came forth he ?iad a real message for needy men. Rallty be came the slogan of his ministry. "Repent, change your minds," said he, "leave off r the artificial, and adjust your life to the largeness and liberty ? of ttye coming kingdom." He became the connecting link be tween the old order of things and the new. Masonry has wisely treasured up the worthy traits of John's charac ter for hundreds of years, and his uame has ever been a household word in Masonic Lodges. Ho has been denominated as "an eminent patron of Masonry," and his Illus trious example of the higher ofrder of true manhood has al ways been most highly prized. The great men of the ages past have made Masonry what it is. Their nobility of character, their love of truth and honor, and their devotion to the betterment of others, has enabled the fraternity tov be a wonderfnl force in the uplifting of men, and also, of ^omen. For thr protection and purity of woman, her peace and happiness, Masonry stands pledged. The man who will not' pledge his life as the benefac tor of woman cannot become a Mas ter Mason. The wife, the widow, the mother, sister or daughter of a Master Mason is held as sacred as the most treasured of Heaven's costliest jewels. When. Masonic halls are erected, says M&ckey, they are dedicated with obtain well known and im pressive ceremonies, to Masonry, Virtue and Universal Benevolence. Masonic Lodges* however, are differ ently dedicated. Anciently, they were dedicated to King Solomon, as the founder of Ancient Craft Mason ry, ? and -the- first - Most Excellent Grand Master. Christian Lodges are generally dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and St. John the Brange list; and in every well ^regulated lodge there Is ^sfclbltod a certain point within a circle, embordered by two perpendicular, lines, called the "'lines parallel," which repi ?Ml ">?<?<? I WO Hitlnttt. in u>y?v Knglfch lodges which have adopted the un 'on Hystein of work, the dedication Ik to "<Hod and HIh Service," and the Hues parallel represent Moses and Solomon. , . . . The two paral lel lincty whidii in modern Masonic lectures are Bald to represent St. John the Baptist and St, John the Iwangelist, really allude to partic ular periods In the sun's annual course. At two particular points In this course the sun Is found on ? he eodaical signs of Cancer and Ca pricorn, which are distinguished as the summer and winter solstice. 1 When the sun is in these points, he has reached respectively his great est northern and southern limit. These points, if we suppose the < frcle to represent the sun's annual course, will be Indicated where the parallel' lines touch the circle. But the days when the sun reaches these points are the 21st of June and the 22nd of December, and this will account for their subsequent appli cation to the two Salnta John, whose anniversaries the church has plac ed near those days. In reviewing the life of John Baptist, it will be helpful to em phasize a few of the more mark ed characteristics of his short but eventful career. Let us look, there fore, into some of the larger things that made him truly great. Courage.-? Possibly no man men tioned in Masonic, ecclesiastical />r political history has possessed quite JjjftjL. J?gcn 11 ftr type of courage that John had. it Is fifltftpftrniivuly 1 ay for one to boast of courage at long dl?t?ELC? ? but John was coura geouBs at short range ? man dealing with man, faoo to face. ? And whcth er the man was king or peasant, churchman or politician, soldier or ?tradesman, John spake the Words that brought the whole population to the open place of large expect ancy. No one could mistake his meaning. The arrow went straight to the mark. This, too, has charac terized freemasonry. Not always popular, it has often been sunder' tJio ban of the church and has been oppressed and den6unced In councils of state. But the voice of mason ry haB ever spoken out the burn ing words of profoundest conviction, and has Remonstrated . a courage that commanded the respect of, and left the deepest impress upon, the passing centuries John Was No Respecter of Per sons. He did not trim his messages' to accomodate his auditors. If the king was guilty, he did not hesitate to rebuke him in strongest terms. If scribes, pharlsees and men of high estate from governmental or church circles came with curious questions ?he met them on the same level ? man, to man.' And this was in the day when class distinc tion was at its zenith. The so-calK ed aristocracy had elevated ltdelf to giddy heights, % was pufffed up ber yond measure, and exhibited its pretense of superiority every whith er. John knew no man after the flesh. Every man must needs re pent, "change his mind," and ad Just himself to the .ne^r order of, things or be rejected. All thld Is emphatically true' of Masonry. It recognizos no man because of his outward appearance, his wealth or his station. His ' moral character must pass the severest scrutiny, or he will be rejected. In Masonic lodges kings sit /with artisans, princes and noblemen with tillers of the soil; men of every vocation and class? but they must be men of good moral character. Mason h "meet upon the level." Humility. ? John's habit of life was of the humblest, simplest style. He was unpretentious in appear ance. His abode was the wilder^ ness. His food was locusts,, and wild honey from the rocky cliffs. His clothing was of coarse camel hair cloth, girt about with a leath ern girdle, and with only sandals to protect his feet. These are tbq sim plicities of life that force men to be real. But he was a man ? every, inch a man.' How neiwfyr the noYl tiate resembles this great patron saint every well 'instructed brother will at once recall. Neither bare footed nor shod, naked or clothed, gi H aout with a girdle, and with nothing offensive or defensive on his person ? his appearance Is to all intents and purposes that of a perfect upright men-end- Mason, end is admonished ever to maintain that relation before God and men And even il he* should be In compara tively destitute condition, h<5w viv idly does he brine to mtmll the Prophet of the wilderness. Truth. ? John baptist was* treth incarnated. Every shads of Bnhte hood, ?>v? ry form of error, ?>v?-ry at tempt ut deception whw met with a trip hainnin blOW. If it H6Ut him to prison, and to the axe-man's bloc, he Uid not stop to count the cost. Truth ? pure as the itir of hlrt wilderness abode, aud solid aa the granite of Judean hill* on this he stood at ail hazard#, It was the maHteivpHHsion of bis life. No won der free masoury honor** him. No wonder she reveres his memory and treaHures his mighty rieods, and annually celebrates hi? natul dAy, Truth muut characterise every Htep that Masonry takes, or she cannot justly claim John Baptist > uh her patron Haint. The Resurrection of the Body and the Immortality of the Soul. ? I clos with this querry: Where is John now?or, where will be his abode throughout all eternity? He was a man sent from Ood with a mission to the sons of men. How true he was to that mission we all know full well. His Master declared that he was the greatest of all the prophets? his life-work has the Di vine stamp of approval upon it. His career was a short one, and the e*4 came suddenly. The closing I scene makes one shudder. In a dark Roman prison?the head sev ered from the body and exhibited In derision in the king's court ? his headless body conveyed by faith ful disciples to a grave cut in the side of the mountain six feet due east and* weati Oh, where is he? Let his brethren of the myetlo tie 0tt dOWiX aSff' rest aw hi ie, and medi tate. Look up at the . blue sky above those Judean hills, and con template his sudden taking off ? and aik, Where i? he2 ? Aa. you arffaa to pfrsue your journey, note the em blems of mortality round about. Can the headman's axe, the settfog maul, the spade, the pl<&r the oof fin, ;the grave give answer? In mouruful whispers they may suggest that John lived in vain. But not, SO! The ever-green, ever-blooming Acacia marking the place of the temporary abode of his body tells u^ that John is not dead, but Bleep ing. John Baptist believed with all his heart in the resurrection of the body, and in the immortality of> the soul, and that the trustful, obe dient child of the Father of. us all shall live forever in the House xiot made with hands, eternal in the Heavens. For this faith, and for this hope as an anchor both sure and steadfast, Masonry has stood through the ages past, and for this she will .ever standi even until the crowning day. "There is no death. The stars go down To rtae upon some fairer shore: And bright Hn Heaven's jewelled 'crown They shine foreverinore. There is no death. The dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer' showers To golden grain, or mellow frait. Or rainbow-tinted flowers. There1 is no death; An angel form Walks o'er ?the earth with silent tread, And bears our best loved things away; And then we call them Vdead." "And ever near us, though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread: l^or all the boundless universe Ih Life ? There are no Dead." After Many Years. Dr. w. it. O'Vcal, and Messrs. W. H. Boswell and Walter Hay, of Mar lol, FMa., wore in Camden lyeaterday, having made the trip In a touring ear. Messrs. Boswell and Ray went on into North Carolina for a \ isit but Dr. O'Vlel remained In Camden. Ho formerly lived here and left Camden forty-six years ago; He is having a good time meet ing his old boyhood friendu. wbo in' turn are glad to see him. It will be interesting to the cltisens to know that he is the fellow who de- ' prived Mr, A, I>. Kennedy, Sr.; ot the sight of one of his eyes by the accidental shot of an old fashioned bow loaded with a nail. Kershaw's Big Day. The oltisens of our starter town ot Kershaw are planning a big' day for Wednesday, July 4th, and are advertiSfhg"-CBe" event" In the hopes of assembling a large crowd. Ker shaw's fine band of 22 pieces will lead the parade. The merchants and business men will have about, thirty floats decorated representing their business. The good citizens of ^Kershaw are preparing a royal welcome for all who attend. lit H? CIIOM:it.\ (H).NTHO|( l4Mt of u Mn4(W of Artlclrn by M. liny IN ? wen* of (Imiwoii, , Note.- - Thjs Ih the aLxth and last of a series of short progs bulletins on hog cholera. Ah serum lu h preventive agent, the inject iou of hogs affected with cholera 1b not adviaable. While se rum in very largo doses has some curative properties, it is too costly for u?e in ordinary hogB. There are two methodH of using Kcruiu - -the "8erum Alone Treat ment," and the "Serum Simulta nedua or Double Treatment." Hwutu Alone Trastuent, Thin 1b a pafe treatment and the only one that the farmer can safely use Himself. It conaists in the in Jcetiou of aeruin into the ham or bent ath the forearms. The farmer, by observing directions which are furnished with the serum, can eas ily and safely apply this treatment The only objection to this treatment is the fact that it only protects the hoga for from three to eight weeks. However, if injected hogs are di rectly exposed to cholera in the meantime, they will be protected for a much longer time ? probably for as long a time as hogs treated by the "Double treatment." This treatment, owing to the short immunity conferred (unless hogs are exposed to cholera) can he economically, used onlyy when cholera appears in a herd -or when herds are directly exposed to the disease. Hogs sent to lairs, etc., Bhould receive this treatment before shipment. ? ? Practically all ? the serum ? sent out by this Division has beeii used in herds in which Beveral hogs had died from cholera before its use. I have had under personal obser vation a herd of hogs treated by the serum alone treatment on April 1, 1912. These hogs wete left on infected premises with sick hogs and were again exposed to the dis ease in June and again in Septem ber. Altho over a year, haa elaps ed since the herd was treated, none 6t the hogs h aye contracted this, [disease. This shows thet permanence of the Immunity conferred by the serum alone treatment on infected premises. 4,8erum Simultaneous" or "iiouble Treatment." This treatment consists of the injection of a small quantity of vir ulent blood from hogs affected with chojera and a suitable quantity of protective serum. Virusjwid serum being injected in different portions of the body. While this .treatment confers a more lasting immunity, considerable danger of causing chol era accompanies its use. This me thod cannot be used safely by stock ownera. Those desiring to have their herds treated by this method should employ a qualified veterlna-* rlan. Seerum may- be secured upon ap plication to the Veterinary Division, Clem'son College, S. C. Orders for s^rym Should, give tho approximate total- weight of healthy hogs to be injected. Serum will then be sent C. O. D. at actual cotft of manufac ture? two cents per cc. Dose for 100 lb. hog, 50c. : With every order, unless otherwise instructed, a 20 cc hypodermic syringe is sent, for which actual cost , $2.15, is Purg ed. This syrlhge may be return ed and purchaser will bo refunded purchase price, less' copt of repairs, if- any. Attention Is directed to the /act t,hat tho Farm DemonstrMkWL A?C?U? throughout tho state have been ?to the- College serum plant and have received instructions relative to the use of serum. If your hogs are sick, notify the Local Agent and secure his services. This Division Will gladly send literature, answer questions or give advice in regard to^rog cholera. Cotton Bloom. Mr. B. Barfield, of Cantey, re-4 ports to " The Chronlclp office that he found a cotton bloom In hit farm on Monday, the 23rd Inst. Mr. W. C. Stephens* of near l^ucknow, in ~that part or Tlee re-' cently formed from Kershaw, was in Camden Wednesday and ahnsr*, ed us a cotton bloom plucked on the 24th. . Mr. Stephens says he has forty acres of cotton that will average knee high. It Is on that kind of land which formerly sold for not much over one dollar per sere, and ft now grow in* as - good crops' as can be found in the coun ty. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM MATTER# of MENJSltAL INTEIt KHT SBOURRP BV OUIl O IUBPOUTbiuj. Mr. tt ud Mrs. Jim Clyburn, of Be thurie, wero here Wednesday. Mr. William Lindsay, cuHhler of the Camden oil mill, spent Monday in Columbia? Misses Vivian Yates and Kather ino Zomp are* attending a house par ty in Sumter. Mr. JJratton deLoach was iu the lower part of the state last? week on legal business. MIbh Maria English, of Columbia, Is visiting the family of her uncle, Mr. A. 1). Kennedy. Mrs. David Dixon and daughters, Misses Jennie and Willie, are visit ing relatives in Blshopvllle . Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Moore have been spending several days with re latives in Chesterfield county. Mr. Jas. McDowell, of Savannah, has been spending several daya' in Camden this week with relatives. Misfy Evangeline English, of Co lumbia, was the guest of Miss Nan cy Lindsay during the past week., Miss Mary Lindsay, of Chester, in. yMtJjagatthe homo or her uu^ - cle, Mr. John S. Lindsay, of this city. Mrs. Edward Eve and children, of Charleston, are visiting Mrs. Eve's mother, Mrs. A: ? Ancruta oil Txfr ? Street. Chief H. L. Watkins, of the Cam den fire department, attended (the firemen's tournament in Abbeville this week. Mrs. J. T. Hay, and daughters, Mrs. Bonham Brooks and Miss Joe Lee Hay, of Columbia, are visiting in Camden. Dr. I. H. Alexander is attending a meeting of the South Carolina Dental Association at the Isle of Palms this week. Mr. G.? A. DeKay presented The y?hroniole this * week with a squash weighing 11 pounds. It Is of the "giant" variety and was not full grown. , Dr. S. Fi BrasingtoiL this week Hold to Messrs. George and Las. Levkoff his two- six room cottages on Mill Street. These ar$ pretty homes in a desirable residence sec tion. The hour for preaching at the Presbyterian Church has been chang ed from 11 to 11:15 a. m., and the hour for Sunday School has aliK> , r been changed from 5 In the after tt<56n to 10 in the morhihg. Mrs. G. H. Lenoir and daughters, Misses Bessie, Kate and Margaret, ' left, this week for an . extended trip north. While aWay they will visit the most interesting Northern ciities, and many of the popular re sorts. ?? ?? ? :~ Mr. and Mrs. J,. M. Williams and daughter of Dublin, Ga., were in Camden Friday last enroute to Ra leigh ,N. C. TWy were traveling in a "Michigan" touring car. Mr. Williams is president of the First . National Bank of Dublin. ?; . . ? - - - ^ Forty-eight dollars to be applied to the Gettysburg fund for the transportation of the old soldiers, was- rajsed on Monday-by Dr. W. J . Dtinn, but upon reading that arrang men.ts hasd been made by Gov. Blease and Gen .Teague for the transpor tation of the veterans to; Gettysburg, he returned ;the mbney to the do nors. - gratifying indeed to an nounce to the people of Meridian* and adjacent towns/ that the Coun cil of the Victoria College of Musics London, Eng., has offered to Prof., J. EL W., IiOrd. F. I G (. C. M., L. V *C. M./the position of honorary repr resentaitoe and -locai secretary of the college for the city oT Merid ian. Prof. Lord has accepted thla office, and will at once begin his work. X nthe Interest of /the college/ 1 says the Meridian "Dispatch. Miss ? Annetts Jones. Tie popnlar -and ef ficient organist of the Lyttlejton. eti^ Meth odifit jCkurch. Jn JKerJULv lan taking pipe organ lessons from^ this celebrated teacher -v/r. ? i a " - ^ Ftii? crop of Outs. It is stated that Mr. J. R. c. Wray has the finest oat crop ia West Wateree. ; He has fire acres ?? of oats from which he expects to* realise fire hundred bushels. ?V I miff