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The increased" O-nijef 0f a bigtpedition always en^?eg the resdsibllity and difficultly jn the early irt of a polar venture ks disadvantages eliminated by ttjgmrjyQi of tl| fittest, but after the^j supporting&leds return the men * marrjed to eta other and can no lcer separate. ..'disabled or unfitted c, can fed t<nis companInnc hnt" ??. ?) injured ot mau can" not be P' aside. An eMoring venture Is o, as strong a^ts weakest member. ld increased timbers, like increased nbs ^ a chaiifreduce efficiency. s Tbe petjna idiosyncrjyes and inconvenient ?ways shorb tbe day's . march; bu at,ve ali a Diberous party quicklj4iv1eg lnt0 cipeS( which are alwayopoged t0 es3 other, to the leaden odu0 tbe best nterests of the problti ir hand W h but two savage c0Paa3ns. to w <m this arduous tasl wa. but a pa 0f an accustomed ?e 0 frost. 1 hoed to over^ I $ r:^BB MjngrflB . "SBw? S* WyaSW L* .. . i/tt. UOUK A. RKA:HBD cope;<e1LJWHEJi ^ AGEN. amflTnmny ol the n. tamers to tie success Vttc espdltions. \ One Dqree In J D ? By dead r .^onUv^. ./ latitude 82 position vas ture 95 degi*3 ?'mininutes. lontfof the ice srnied t0 lltes- A stldy had passed 3e5"ond *hca,e lbat we crushed by t,e intend zone of Ice sore Bebli1' were graMand pre* ? . .:? ihend w hummocks Hoes, a cheerful i tail vlf>r?' man ?'D5 'he ac* cumulated vlf , , ,? had advaneeta desree oi beast* We pad aatancet destlnatic latitude In three days. C , ?f .. . >nd. was about 4C0 miles be; , , it1 had assumi Previously' quite an ro,;;>me luxuries permitted ourseve | und ?">rned each ofenusk ox ?>W|n ,?'to c0?k abui|ato heat e g oo iwre serve(j wjcit food. faVtonca, casion caiJea j Vjoan ate and drank al ^/^stockings or the flJUFe | th was fire enoiT/rJlry then t ?'! all of this be chf^. There was short daily -fowance of food and fi*?one pound _.m . can per day ,r the dogs. ?' th" same for the "with just tn_f. ftf other things. Fortunately. . '?aro well stuffed f tbe race W?ll frpsh meat In the l^y run throu L lands. f game At first no Mt hardship Lowed the changed r<*ne. We filieolL Sllf. flciently on t^cold meals jlC se(j superfluous bc7 tissue, it |SU Q0 longer possibl0 Jump 0n t.|Ssip/i for an occasW breathing silfii we bad done'^g the land. V-Tr-j^ overloaded sle&e drivers musl. n~h and pull at theds to aid thef j!n{n. and I searched troubled J^e A an easy route, cut here and ther!01"}^ the ice ax to pit the passing IfWtbe sleds. T Stripped tl.* Race, ft We are finairipped for the M.acei Man and dog i^alk along toS. +her through stcpnd frost for MlilUL elusive pivot. 3ss or fnilur^K depended mostly a our abilitjM. transport nourtft and to keei?, Up the muscular sth for a proloiHLed period. I|| As we awokee following tn^Lrnlag and^neeped- the eye olej M : ^educed fo <$? J orthward ? < > 1?AH Con- *. 1 >rable * 1 ricLEi * 1 R, . > ? ? ?{ > e ?> !? 'J* edging along the northeast. ' a warm orange glow on us j lened our hearts. The temwas G3 degrees below zero >arometer was steady and ?re was almost no wind, and ' ad lined the dome of. pale ' purple Mue. x After Jtjaocups of tea. a \ratch sized biscuit. acEli^of- frozeo meat and a ^ ^ ' ' ESKIMO MOTHER AND BABE. bowlder of pemmican we crept out of ( the bags. The shivering legs were , pushed through bearskin cylinders, which served as trousers; the feet were worked into frozen boots, and then we climbed into fur coats, kicked the front out of the snow house and danced about to start the fires of the heart. Quickly the camp furnishings were tossed on the sleds and securely lashed down. The dog traces were gathered into the drag lines, and with a ( vigorous snap of the long whip the- j willing creatures bent to the shoulder straps. The sleds groaned, and the un- | yielding snows gave a metallic ring, but the train moved with a cheerful ] pace. I "Unne noona terrouga dosangwah" (good land out of sight today) we said to one another, but the words did not come with serious Intent. In truth, each in his own way felt keenly that we were leaving a ^yorld of life and possible comfort for one of torment and suffering. Heiberg island was already only a dull blue haze, while Grant Land was making fantastic figures of its peaks and Ice walls. Wave of Mirages. The stamp of reality had given place to a wave of curious mirages. Some peaks seemed like active volcanoes; others rose to exaggerated heights and pierced the changing skies with multiple spires like church steeples. Altogether this unexpected panorama of the upper surface of Grant Land under the inlluence of optical Illusions gave us considernble entertainment. At every breathiug spell the bend3 lurneu 10 me iuua, auu every iuuk gave j a new prospect. From belching volca- l noes to smoking cities of modern bus- I tie tbe mirage gave suggestive bits of j scenes, but a more desolate line of f coast could not be Imagined. Low wind swept and ice polished i mountains were separated by valleys I 1 filled with great depths of snow and i Ice. Tbis interior accumulation moved ; slowly to tbe sea. where it formed a j : low ice fall, a glacier of the malaspina type, but its appearance was more like j that of heavy sea ice; hence the name j of tbe fragments from this glacier, floe j ' berg, which, seen in Lincoln sea and re- ; 8embling old floes, wore supposed to bo the product of the upbuilding of the ice of the north polar sea. Late lu tae afternoon tne lanu sua- j denly settled as If by an earthquake. The pearly glitter which raised it darkened. and.a purple fabric was drawn i i . ' . : .V- . ' : > <. \ : ' i . . . | DB. COOK HUNTING WALBUS. over the horizon, merging imperceptibly with the lighter purple blue of the upper skie^. We saw the land, however, repeatedly for several days whenever the atmosphere was in the right condition to elevate the terrestrial contour lines. All Conditions Favorable. Everything was in our favor in this march. The wind was not strong and . struck at an angle, making it possible to guard the nose by pushing a mitten flm V?A/\/1 Af? Ktf t*aicln? fliA fnr UilUCl LUC UUUU Ul \JJ UilOlUj, IUV- iUi clad hand. The snow was hard, and the ice, in fairly large floes separated j by pressure lines, offered little trouble, i At the end of a forced effort of four- i teen hours the register indicated twen- i ty-nine miles. j Too tired to begin the construction lown on the sledges for a short breathing spell and fell asleep. Awakened ibout an hour later by a strong wind, we hastened to seek shelter. The heavy floe upon which we rested had 3everal large hummocks, and over to the lee of one of these was found suitable'snow for a camp. Lines of snowy rapor were rushiug over the pack, m ind the wind came with a rapidly In- gi( creasing force. But the dome was erected before we - - to suffered severely irom me Diast, auu under it we crept out of the coming L* storms into warm furs. It blew fiercely that night but in the th morning the storm eased to a steady draft, with a temperature of 59 de- efi grees below. At noon we emerged. 0f The snow grays had been swept from the frigid dome, but to the north there , remained a low black line over a pearly cloud which gave us much un- 8a easiness. It wad a narrow belt of water sky and indicated open water or at rery thin ice at no great distance. th The upper surface of Grant Land was ft mere line, but a play of land clouds over it fixed the eyes on the last known rocks of solid earth. In this march we felt keenly the piercing cold of the polar sea. The temperature gradually rose to 46 below in the afternoon, but the chill of the shadows increased with the swing of the sun's glitter. be A Life Sapping Wind. It still blew that light, life sapping flraft which sealed the eyes and bleached the nose. We had hoped that this would soften with the midday sun. but instead it came with a sharper edge. Our course was slightly west of north; the wind was slightly north of west. It struck us at a painful an- loetfe and brought tears. The moistened 0-( lashes quickly froze together in winking, and we were forced to halt frequently to unseal the eyes with 'the warmth of the uncovered hand. In the meantime we found the nose tipped with a white skin, and it also required nursing. The entire face was surrounded with ice. This experience brought warm language, but there was no redress. If we aimed to succeed the face must be bared to the cut of the elements. At about 6 o'clock, as the sun crossed , the west, we had reached a line of high pressure ridges. Beyond the ice was cut into smaller floes and thrown tv together into ugly irregularities. An df active pack and troubled seas could nt not be far away, according to our sur- ^ mlses. The water sky widened, but a. became less sharply defined. We managed to pick a way among hummocks and pressure lines which seemed im ossible from a distance. | in ESKIMO POO. 00 and In a few Lours we saw from an unusual uplift of ice blocks a broad, dark line separating the packs?a tre? le< mendous cut several miles wide, which he seemed at the time to bar all farther izi progress. We had a folding cauvaa en Hoof nn tho cloHs hnf {n fl tpmnprnfnre lv il1 of 48 degrees below zero do craft could Qr be lowered into water without fatal results. All of the Ice about was firmly cemented together, and over it a a* way was forged to the shore of the si< great lead. Camp Beside the Lead. su Camp was made on a secure old field, or and over its huge ice cliffs the crack m; seemed like a long river winding between palisades of blue crystal. A tbiu sheet of yellow ice had already spread over the mysterious deep, and a profusion of fantastic frost crystals were arranged in bunches resembling .... . a flowers. TUrougn tms young ice oars vapors rose like steam through a screen of porous fabrics and fell in feathers of dust along the sparkling shores. Etukhishook went east and 1 went west to examine the lead for a safe crossiug. There were several narrow places, while here and there floes had been adrift in the lead and were now fixed by the young ice. Ahwelah remained }*a to make our snow house comfortable. In exploring the shore line a partial- tb ly bridged place was found about a !lr mile from camp, but the young ice was ev too elastic for a safe track. The temperature, however, fell rapidly with ,. the setting sun, and the wind was just ^ strong enough to sweep off the heated w * ? 1. -31 7Q vapors. A oetter atmospneru: cuuut- ? tlon could not be afforded). to quickly io: thitkea the young Ice. ar The grcaning ice and the eagerness ri( to reach the opposite shores kept us of awake for A long time. With the ear ba resting on t?e frozen sea the vibrations ui and noises i^f the moving pack were ^ not unlike thtase of an earthquake. j!| Breakfast ^vas served early, and soon after we were on the thin ire to test its strength, if hough the ice was hardly th Talk on Missions. ' i * Extract from Mr. Wilson's Booklet. All Christian people must believe in missions. The only difference at'can exist must be in the method of raising the money and in the anner in which it should be spent, and the field in -which the mismary work should be done. While a man may believe in home missions, it is possible for him see mistakes in the organization of Ladies Missionary Societies, or idies Aid Societies. The gathering up of a few dollars to the negjt of the higher, the holier, and the nobler work of bringing souls to e foot of the Cross is, at least, of doubtful expediency, if not error. The manifestation of interest in our soals would be much more 'ective in strengthening the Church and in promoting any kind good work. The holiness and the strength of the Church is in woman. Under t guidance men are drawn to the Church. At her suggestion these me men will furnish all the needed money for any purpose. The church should spend more money at home than it spends >road. For instance : It is estimated that the white population of e city of Abbeville is about 2,400. ' The church membership is: In the Methodist church ? 356 Presbyterian 287 A. R. Presbyterian 102 Baptist 201 Episcopal 59 Total )... 855 :, less than fifty per cent, of our people are communicants. On the ,tes below, the attendance at each of the churches was reported to as follows: Mar. 14. Mar. 7. Feb. 28. Feb. 21. A. R. P. Church 39 55 54 52 Baptist 52 88 87 100 Methodist estimated at ... 100 125 108 188 , Episcopal 20 40 85 Presbyterian 135 159 157 170 Total 346 . ..,467., 446 460 On March 14th, the callers at the postoffice were recorded as fol<vs, beginning at nine o'clock in the morning and closing at seven ilock at night: .? ' " %' ' From 9 to 10 o'clock 180 . From 10 to 11 o'clock ; 91 From 11 to 12 o'clock c N 44 From 12 to 1 o'clock ; 167 From 1 to 2 o'clock 104 From 2 to 8 o'clock 58 From 3 to 4 o'clock 55 From 4 to 5 o'clock 118 From 5 to 6 o'clock 122 From 6 to 7 o'clock - 121 Total callers 1010 Well, now, gentlemen of the South Carolina Conference, are ese not eye-openers to you ? As has been said elsewhere, this is the st town in the State. But who can tell, or who knows, why only renty per cent, of the population attend religious worship on Sunly morning ? Who can tell why less than fifty per cent, of the imber of communicants are in their pews on Snnday morning ? Of urse you will recognize the fact that of the total number at service large per cent, are children or other non-communicants. All who tend are not communicants. Who can account) for the fact that seventy-five per cent, of our bite population regularly absent themselves from devotioral es6rjes in our churches Do you think that fact is indicative of a high ite of spirituality ? Does it not look as if the very foundations of r churches have been removed and that only the pillars remain ? In the past the Methodist church of this country has a glorious cord, bnt is not the structure being undermined by the diversion of e efforts of our good women from the spiritual welfare of the lurch to the work of gathering.up unwilling dollars that would herwise be cheerfully given if these same good women thought ore of our souls ? Do you think there is room for missionary work in Abbeville V* Do you think that, if our good women left money matters entirely the men, and if these good women, in goodness and in mercy and holiness, looked after the temporal welfare of the needy or the des;ute, and if they gave effort to bring wayward men into the holy mple, that, seventy-five per cent, of our people would absent themIves from the Sunday exercises ? Do you think there are not thousands and millions of people in merica who need the comforting assurance which only our religion n give ? If you still think that we need no missions at home, and that the ;ies in every part of the United States are fully supplied with Chrisin attention, I would ask you what you think of caring for the souls miiiinn nTn-m^crrnnf.Q whn land annuallv upon our shores ? Do ey deserve attention ? They, with few exceptions, are strangers to r religion. Why should we neglect the stranger within our gates ? Why ould we go to their homes in foreign lands to do that which we neg:t or refuse to do for them at our very doors?in the shadow of our imes ? Here the environment is favorable to our work of Christianing them. If we cannot Christianize them under the most favorable vironment, how is any man, or any set of men to go to the homes of ese people in a foreign land to accomplish that which we cannot do, do not try to do at our own home where all influences are favorable 1 Missions, like charity, should begin at home. Foreign missions e good when the people at home are not oppressed, but home mis>ns are a thousand times better under any circumstances. It is better to hpld fast to that which is good, than to release the bstance for the shadow. If the church at home is to be sacrificed injured for speculative purposes abroad, then is it not better to ake all proper efiort to keep our own people in the faith. Should Christians be Sane ? ur Saviour Sent His Apostles to the Most Profitable Fields and to Men of the Highest Civilization?Why, then, Should We Repudiate His Example by Sending Our Missionaries to the Most Barond *r? thfl Ti^ast Civilized People on Earth? The Psalmist said that we must "sow the fields, and plant vineirds, which may yield fruits of increase." Our Saviour in his parable of the vine and the fig tree carried out at figure of speech. If the branches are cut off and [our preachers] e separated from the vine and sent to barren fields, how shall they en live, to say nothing of bearing fruit? Civilization is the substrata, and religion the superstructure. Region, no more than the vine, can live in a barren field. The heathen, batever be meant by the term, must first receive a degree of civilition before they are fitted for our religion. Civilization and relign are two distinct things. The religion of our Saviour cannot grow id bear fruit except when planted, or grafted on civilization. Mateil prosperity and mental elevation are necessary before the grafting our religion. As you would not graft a fruit-bearing bud upon a rran trpp sn vnn cannot srraft our religion upon a people who are | icivilized and who are unprepared for it. If you would not graft | e finest fruit on the barren stem, so you would not graft the best region on the rudest and the least cultivated people. "Ye sh ' em bv their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, purify. It restrains the evil that is latent good with which we may be po and the sweetness of the home. Its gl to a position scarcely less pure and non angels. But because of the lack of that cii ion grows and is sustained, the heather the acceptance of the highest, the best, known.to men. How can any man wi the task, hope to graft upon the ignora: of India, the religion of which they c its beauties and its benefits, they can h; If the present movement of the < laity, to send thousands of our best pe fields is not cutting off the branches tri , It is true that the Christian churc of piety and morality, have included a people as church members, but there ai who are without the pale of the churcl a most fruitful field for the spread of , souls a ? our doors cry aloud for, the them. Shall the field of large p< men and money may be sent to peop or our religion? It would seem that tt the disappointments of a hundred yeai not, now accomplish the impossible* Is there any reason why Christian ] ble people ? Would men in the secUlai pend their time, their energies, and t pon, common sense and the experienc proved to be impossible ? i B There is p to a Fei n than Am y uiuit i uu W The mere ri n materials to obt; p sis requires n< r] knowledge. Tt q of a fertilizer li< n source from w D- plant food is ol: Each ingrei Royster goods i with a view of : W the plant from M , until harvest. W is not overfed M time and starv n other. Twer H years experience n every bag. H TRADE MARI i M REGISTERE y Sold by reliable deal* y the Soutl Q F. S. Royster i VftBFAlK n 11 VAM V mm my mm I n For the Purpose of Accommodati of Making their Tax Returi Mentioned Below on the Date A itLL RETURNS MUST iiili lVlAUili U. erty both real and personal returned at its n Persons not making their returns betwe 20th, 1910, are liable to a penalty of 50 per e against delinquents ; for the failure to enfoi on neglect of the law. The return of those who conform to th ships and County Boards, while those who < meeting of the Boards aud return to suit thf 50 per ceut. penalty will correct this evil. Employers are requested to return all them and getting a statemant of their prope Eeturns wih not be taken by mail uc proper officer. All improvements on auy t ported to tne Auditor. May Appointments are as Follow Mt. Carmel, Tuesday," January 11th. Calhoun Falls, Wednesday, January 12 Lowndesville, 'Thursday and Friday, Ja McCormick, Tuesday and Wednesday, J Bordeaux, Thursday, January 20th. Williugtoo, Friday, January 21st. Dondp.lr'fl, Tuesday and We.' ^ay^d.F, vClaaf, Da*11 So? J o r r:' ' . V within is, and it develop^PfjjBBa issessed. \ It gives ns the ory is ;the elevation of wojJii^GHH^ e the less'holy than that i? i! ? ii- ^nm riuzuuuu upuu wxuuu uur reug- mmh i of India are not prepared for and the purest form of religion th the least understanding of <^H| at, and the uncultivated people ^1 an have no conception, ana of ave no understanding. :lergy, under the name of the ;ople as missionaries to barren Dm the vine, wh^t is it? ' hes, by lowering the standards " k large per cent, of the American e in this country other millions, v . . ?i 1. Our civilization makes this j gospel, and the many perishing . - . bread of life. Shall we deny : Dssibilities be neglected that les who are not ready for us le experiences, the failures and s should teach us'that we can- . .;/ < jeople should not also be sensi world be foolish enough to exheir money in work which rea;e of hundreds of years have , __J- W *'Hi x ' -V' 'M i more B tilizer | alyses I B nixing of N nn analy- , . n 0 special /, PJ \e value y is in the n hich the f| )tained. m dient in s selected M supplying Q sprouting fj The plant M at one n ed at kn- n 1 ty-five H rrnps with vh k- I ? 'ft" trs throughout M h. jluanoCo. , jtH va. eg the Public in the MattejIaJ is, I will Vi?it the Flacts ? s Indicated in Schedule: I SDER OATH, AND ALL PROP- I larket value. 1 leu January 1st, 1910, and February V ent. This penalty will be enforced - ^ ce it heretofore has pat a premium i e law are placed before the Towniisregard the law come in after the 'mselvea. The enforcement of thlB i iv| of their employees after notifying rty. . iless they are sworn to before some ransfer of real estate must be re-' y c nb: , ..-X nuary 13' ran par " -1 >7'j - '" f i I ,4 "Mym . m I