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V2 | How Brave Shoi Well, let's see. There are two kinds of bravery, both of them much to be desired in their way. but quite distinct and separate attributes of a human being. One is physical bravery' which :s born in a man if he ever has it al all. and make* h:m face a.nv kind of danger without a tremor The other .3 moral braver?', which we believe he may acquire from a aer.se of duty, and which enables him to do or suff-r anything :f he thinks he should. They do not always no together. A woman who wouldn't for any consideration whatever <-r >ss a room in which there was a 1 jose rat may stand a decade of aoui racking agony for an ideal or for love. It Is the difference between nerve and character. o While few- admire the rattle h -a 1 style of courage that tak<-= any risk, counts no consequences, and plunges into danger when :t is not required j and wh'.-r g od 'an be accomplished. ?*v-r;. o :y ad:r..res that ool reserved. .r.":R'-h:njr ourage which ir.vttes no danger, tout shrinks froral none when annot b<- avoided. So there is even a difference a physical bravery; *h?- latter kind mor* nearly approa h<-s the higher quality of moral ;rage. Many physically brave ra<-:. have *. * the finer ourage to refuse to do wrong lest the;. te though* r.c * brave Ho** brav- should a man he physically? How far -:h . 1 he go * r-- the moral reasons ma*. righ?lv rler.-.and *h it he cease to be brave? Wo do not know. The qves-j tion is not ro interesting a- The Hon of rn- ra! courage. There a-as a time when physical courage ahail Imp r* . .*. > : : g.- 1 r 11: .or.- . < r a!*. i at are liv .~i are - . :. -.at the ality r?1] mora. ra rv re rrrpoi* i * X r : * i * ' - -aid ill)''.'- :t mii'T'-r o: r;,urn'T<.r. It fou 1 ipon n k<<-r. of duty. r said that ar ha - * ' - tr1 r.. :r becaus'- .t i.as been r<-'i j? ?-'! to a ha-:- of m<" ha'-al -'a :}rht"r. bedecked warrior no lonjfer plana his caparisoned steed forward a* so ;nd of Th<* bugle and th" wav nx of a flat: He must stand kn?-?- deep in the i'-y trenches and never boo hienemy. far. t h?* doubted which place ro'jld rnor<- easily b<: filled? So it is with the silent. fin<r battles of moral war Th" dercest struggle may be in th" breast of the feeble and *>oul racked individual, to whom only it is ca n or loss of consequence. Moral co irage not th" kind which t AT T r t never l i + + + ++ + + + + + + + + 4 The old-time rate pat:.or who .- ' to express gratitude for North Caro lina ho?a .so she kept .Sooth < aroiina from being at the oof ?rn in iihtera>\ seems <t lite a th:ng <>' too pa - * ilready, and : the enthu-is-ni <> the Far Meels along e<| . .? ot.a! 11u - ot. tinues. we may yet f:i <a tse to look to tin* Old North .-'rate tor g,idaii'< ] along certain l:n< s o" learning North Carolina, to ho sure, \va - j not th'- orig nator or rTj? moonligh' .school. Kentucky ha- had them for| several v?ar-, Mrs. Cora Wilson? tStnart having originated tie* move, merit in that -late several years ago She is the author of a "Country I.if Header" for use in thes. schools, a striking feature of this hook being "the practifal character of the lessons." A simple lesson is before us on what color to paint the house, wherein the writer by a simple* moth od of questions and answers quite child-like in the way it is carried out, imparts a lesson of good taste in painting that would be advantageous to many who regard themselves as far better educated than the users of these text books. Now our sister state, not satisfied with longer schools, compulsory education, and better teaching facilities, is extending the chance of an education not merely to the younger generation but, as the Progressive Farmer expresses It, also to those "she neglected in her honr of poverty the great army of 131,000 who were illiterate in 1010 largely because they have 'never had a chance ' i .|MA I - ?? /> U ^ I ~ t? ? ? /"VNiiiiui \my iiui imvr u>'iimmi atrated that the old provrh "Yoii can't learn an old do* new tricks" i-not always applicable unless In ref pronce to real old are. In fact the ah'lltv of the mind to team new )es anna in middle If'o would surprise tt>e nn nltlated. This has been demonstrated by the pupils at 'hes' gn^nnls and we are told that "these" e'?t?r 'll'ter^tes wt'h the'r m'nds fully ttrown learn the simple lessons of ] ild a Man Be? ? mar'-nei with banners. Its struggles ar?* in the silent trenches. o Moral courage must be exercised in two ways. It should compel us to go or not to do as the case mav It is called into play so often that its perfect application finally becomes a habit. Its highest law " for personal application is expressed ( by Jesus Christ in the statement that i one should do unto others as he would have others do to him. The more you study that expression the i deeper ax. 1 more all prevading do you find its significance. Certainly there never was a creature who would not w ish that all men act fairly and generously toward him. Then he knows 'now he should act toward* others Should a man always b^brave enough to do that? Tis a noble ideal. How many of us fall short of it! Should a man be crave enough to -' frain from misrepresenting an opponent? Should he be brave enough | | to use no aavantage wmen ne may ::avf against another who may not have it? Should he be brave enough say nothing or else tell the whole tr ith? Should he refrain from using prejudice or weakness to his own advantage? Should he be too brave to u.-e superior intelligence upon inferior ones? Should he regard it as egitimate to mi.-state or misrepresent the position of those with whom e disagrees? Should he be torbrave to withhold a word which he r.ows will injure another? Should be too brave to drive ou spite ! ill will and 1. at red from hiheart? Should he be too brave f throw out innuendo. which, though r: iv well -crv<- to injure an op nent. h?- knows ? have no founda ? In -hort. should a man be ton <- to forego any 'an- >d o r r< 1 a - 'air- ' hJch may n rne to hi::. v f ; 1 :;g to do as near right as hi ' < should reach him? !f h? .1- lo ?ha* he is a brave man. my toy, of the bravery greatly to be desired. If he can't, h?* is not a brave' * an. though he may look a cannon in the mouth. To do unto others as one would be 1 done by is simple. manlike 1 bravery. The highest form of bravery has not even then been reached, lor Jesus Christ said: "If a mar. compel you to go with hirn a mile. ko with him two." If any of us arable to do that we are Christians. Monroe Journal ? Hd to Learn * K+ + + + + + ++ + +++^ reading and writing with amazing .'iJiiUll v. From a recent edition of the ahovp mentioned farm journal w< trans- .-he th?- follow.iik letter: t'hadbo irne, N. eh. 2 6.1 h 15 l?'-ar Sir: I have loll coming to monnliglr. tool four t nights I have lorn this muck four nights so I will close for this time. Yours truly li. I>. Sellers. Mr. .Joyner, who is connected with this movement, says the above letter was written the fourth night of his 1 attendance at school by a man who 1 did not know a letter In the book on I the first night, and who was twenty- , four years old. Kentucky and North Carolina are both reducing the illiteracy within fhe.r borders to a surprising degree. .. and all over the latter state next - -i month the school houses will be open to the neglected men and women of ? the population. \\ It seems that people of all ages at- * tend these schools, from the teens to ^ the eighties, and their work is certainly worthy of being supported and spread to other quartern. Cl "Never too late to learn" is a far to better rnotton than "You can't learn tl and old dog new tricks," and whenI r( we think of the enormoun Illiteracy j hat was revealed among our own'?, white voters in a recent campaign we j( may well reflect that the example of 0| Kentucky and North Carolina is M worthy not only of our pra ne but alno of our emulation.?Greenville Pled- pj mont. To Drive Out .Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVB'S r' TASTKLBS3 dull TONIC. You know If what von are takinu. as the formula is I m printed on every l?bel, showing it is Juinine-and Iron in a tasteless form. The Qtlinine drives out malaria, the " iron bailds up the system. 50 cents e< rTTF T.AXPASTFR VFWS. ?i ? <?< ? ? B | Th What dc MF.N'f mm mw mm i ?* CL : dr^ WW * c tt> 22 Mil O 9 *: LADI J and O r\ J 0 KJUT gooc # \ L< ? 1 I s; 1 ?* i e? I ? ? ? 99 ) ? I 99 # > 49' 77iaf Famous "C 1 4 1 .;. .! Dispatches from Washington idi- the ite that the president has listened J bef > the voice of the people, as well as ! is lat can be done, on the question of em tnvening the senate In extra session ou i advance of the regular December of sslon of congress, and that he has dls "termined that the preponderance tel r the evidence Indicates that public uh ntiment ia against such a seas on of t<c te upper house. The president is Mu rnhntilv rlsrht In his iudflrment of sir le sentiment of the people as a as hole, his decision having been reach- ?h< I, no doubt, after careful pursual of poi potable newspapers, which he has arned to regard as faithful reflect- Ho rs of public opinion. sec It Is a matter worthy of note that er. 10 president of the United States e tos fit to consult, as far as he can, th< J >? TQBKR 19. 1915. [IC\ e Store FAi > YOU need 1 > and dUi, OTHING r GOODS HATS ;hof^ S A. M. W LLINERY ES' COAT OAT SUIT i_ _ r >i_ _ is are or rne 3WES1 hi I R 5 the people's wishes are likely heeded. Hut there are powers } hands of the President of t ? <>< r RC WL^M wmt For All T viily For winter in the ] 1V ^ s highest quality THE.... ' PRICE5 iCh's )SY ? I'niled States which might be ex?;r-| I cised, if ihat official saw tit. to the I ^ detriment of the people. Some of ^ these powers, no doubt, it would be well to restrict further than is now the case. ry However, it all harks back to a ii8 fundamental principle?an honest | ,ts and conscientious public official can be entrusted with a large degree of ,1S discretion, while a scheming politiotan cannot be safely entrusted even ?* with restricted powers. It is all in or ?he man, and it would be a difficult task to find a better man for the ir" great office of president in these) T- troublous times than the one who, I?* now occupies that exalted position.? Spartanburg Herald. ;m 11 Australia ha* 17,000,000 unculti miru (ti lanfl su.taoie Tor 1,0 wheat. If J1 Com Sorw, Otter RmmCn Ww't 2te? rhp wont cop*, ww matter of how Ions itiwtlai in ore cared by lif woadrttul, oki reliable t)i Por*er'a ^wtineptie Healing OIL relte*-? fai.* a ad ??v time >jc. Lt J* < ? < l? m:?i ? rpcn lniiiu.. H i ; H?{ ! sentiment of the whole count ore taking important steps. T1 a proceeding that Mr. Wilson h ployed more than once, and he h ind it worth repeating. He con course, exorcise a great amount cretion that would not injure p him politically, and the result ich would not be Injurious or pi ularly beneficial to the counti t he has the "open mind," and <! es to know what the people wa far as possible and to give th< *'r desire in so far as he finds wdhle in his own acts. With a real statesman in the Whi use. a man who is not a se klne nolltician or notor'efv-aec ? X 'tr H a Hi ss tie line of ) I' J ? and at ** 99 1 > 99 = *# - *9 w?# ? 'sift W 4* mm mm mm mm UOD'H COUNTRY. The Banker-Partner. When all of our roads are good roads; when country schools are good schools; when farms produce larger ylelde at greater profits; when farmers unite to upbuild rural life? Then the children of the farm will scorn to desert the fairest of places for crowded cities, population will be more evenly divided because many who struggle for n crust In the city will find plenty in the count*. Wealth will be more evenly divided: there will be lees of the doctrine of hate and more of the goApel of lovo. Thin in the future of Ood'? Country if you and I lend our aid. It means a wonderful future?not in dollars alone?but in a contented, successful people, constituting an Industrial < and agricultural republic, peaceful and proaperoua beyond compare. What an incentive?what nn opportunity for the banker! Isn't It worth fighting for?