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D.:n ls But a Steward of His Possessions Lent to Him by the Lord. APHRASE we often use, "The mu sic of the spheres." we owe to an ancient belief that the heavenly todies, as they revolve about the earth, made a wonderful harmony de lightful to the ears of God. Present day knowledge of the stellar world has, according to some, banished thia pretty fantasy, but lt has revealed to u? something more wonderful. We know that the whole physical uni verse is in constant and infinitely Ta ned movement, and that this move ment rs rhythmic The movements of stars and planets, of molecules and ions, of light and sound, are all ac cording to the law of rhythm. This ls true also of all life. There ls con stant rise and fall-the throb of the prise, the breath of the lungs, the beat of the wing, the passage of every generation from youth to aga May not this infinitely intricate rhythm really constitute some wonderful rich iarmony for the all-father? Among the multitudinous rhythms In the midst of which human life 1B ?et is the rhythm of the seasons. The field is black In winter, green in spring, golden in summer and brown in autumn. The wonderful altera tions of sowing and tending and reap ing and plowing are repeated over and over again from generation to generation. Changes of civilization .axe continuous. Man's habits as he goes about his work vary indefinitely, but nature's rhythm is the same from age to age. The spade gives place to the horse plow and the horse plow to the steam plow; man is nomadic, ag ricultural, industrial; but the seasons ?wing on as before he came to his In heritance. For, indeed, this succes sion of the seasons underlies all hu man well-being and progress. If it should suddenly be changed, civiliza tion in all its ramifications would be .at once shattered. If the earth ceas -?d in its present mode of movement and instead swnng round the sun so that there should be eternal Bummer ?ra one side of the planet and eternal Printer on the other, mankind would Swiftly wither and die. So complete are we dependant on God for all that ?we have and are. AU the Gifts of God. I All our well-being, then, is depen dent upon the regular succession of the seasons, culminating in the har Test. What is the harvest? We usu ally think of it as corn ami t- ' other -vegetables. Bo much more than all I _ vest is in all our M shops. Boots and overc bicycles, theaters and 1 meats and battleships tne harvest just as re and mutton chops. F Ohings made for human of the primitive eU-men ... 0..^ v* God in sea and soil and seasons. Harvest is God's gift But he does not determine how that gift is to be .used-we do. He gives tis the raw materials-we make the civilization. He gives us iron and electricity and cotton-we make battleships and ex plosives. He gives us the wherewith al, and we make pernicious books, sweating dens, and liquor shops. The marvel is the God permits us. that he allows us so to squander his riches. But it is not all squandering. There is another side to the picture. God is always present by his spirit to direct and aid mankind in the use of the harvest. That is how good is done and progress ls maintained. Thanksgiving and Dedication. Hervest, then, is a proper occasion for two things-thanksgiving and ded. Icatlon. The thanksgiving is obvious. From him come all good gifts. But dedication should be as obvious. Wo anust never lose sight of the fact that r1! we have is from God, and must be -used in a fashion well pleasing to him. He dees not give us the hprvest that we may be gluttons, spendthrifts, self ish, luxurious, carried away by waste-" iul fashions and guilty of foolish and costly hobbies. Each is a steward of Ids possessions, b?, they great or small. Many people set aside a tithe er other fraction of their "harvest" tor the purposes of God. And this is good. But more important and more Christian is the constant use of all .our possessions as lent us by the lord. Said John Woolman. "As he .who first founded the earth was then the true proprietor of it, so he still re mains; and. though he hath given ft to the children of men, . . . yet he iath never alienated it, but his right Jis as good aa at first; nor can any ap tply the increase of their possessions ?contrary to universal love, nor dis jpose of laws tn a way which tends to iexalt some by oppressing others, with lout being Justly chargeable with us iwpatlon."-Newton H. Marshall. Appropriate Gift. : One of the mission boards reports: "A very much appreciated contribu tion of $12.66 for our work in Africa >was received recently from the mern- j ?bers of a colored prayer meeting held ievery Tuesday night in one of the ! .classrooms in Union seminary at Richmond, Va. A request accompa-1 [nied the contribution that it be sent Ito Mr. McKee and used to supply I ?some permanent need at the new sta- ? ttlon of Mutoto, where he works. The ?contribution is in recognition of the ? fwork which Mr. McKee did in the colored Sunday school which he or- ? jganlzed and conducted while he was -& student at the seminary." Story of the Wandering of the Israelites Conveys Meaning to Us Today. IT is the abiding charra o? the old Testament that so many ot' its mosi t^autiiui incidents contain aa eternal principle. This is the reason w?y. through all phases of religious opin ion, it still uringa to us a message spiritually true, and that a message comes fresh, as with the dew ot me earlier day, yet vivid with the un changing reality of its constant appeai to the heart, and conscience of man kind. Undoubtedly you will admit that this is the case with the great typical narratives, as it is with many of the minor events, recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures. Whatever our varying human theology may make o? it, they bear within them that seed of immortality which has preserved and will preserve God-given influ ences, aa primal sources for the higher life of man. Such points we surely And in the memorable story of the wandering of the Israelites after they escaped trom Egypt till at last they reached the land of Canaan. It is a atory not only picturesque and beautiful in itself, but with a great meaning for faith and a living message today. A more human story we can hardly find, nor one that more steadily sug gests its parallel in our ordinary ex perience of life. How like ourselves those far-off people were! Forget their strange speech, their curious dress, their unfamiliar ways; forget the desert setting, the over-arching eastern sky-they remind us of our common ancestry; they compel us to reflect how little time and place af fect our common human experience, because in the tumult of their thoughts is the same contradiction of trust and of fear, of patience and of hurry, of faith and of unbelief, which still vexes us all. No doubt their experience was specially trying, but it served, as it was intended, to bring out their weaknesses, that through their weaknesses they might be made strong. Touching it is to read in the narrative of the childlike swaying of their feelings from the strong simplic ity of a strong confidence in God to a faithless repining against his dealings with them. Yet through ali this con flict of human emotion, there came a steadying influence, a consciousness which was long after expressed in sacred song, that they were committed to him who goal, lt was rather, we in our lan guage would call, a moral and spiritual guidance tram God; yet it was none the less real and none the less con stant. Every day bi ought the assur ance, every night confirmed it, that the Lord was their guide. He took not away the pillar of cloud by day. nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. As sure as the sun rose over the mountain crest, with its promise of new life and beauty, so surely seemed that presence of God, veiled as in a cloud, to permeate the ranks of that wondering, wandering company. As sure also as night de scended and a thousand stars looked down on their silent tents, BO surely did that presence seem to blaze forth, illuminating through the surrounding darkness the path by which they must go.-Rev. A. W. Wallace, D. D. MANY ARE DIVINELY CALLED Not Necessarily Only to the Pulpit, but In All the Ordinary Walks of Life. If there is such a thing as c divine call to earthly workers, why should it be a monopoly to ministers? There are thousands of channels of good besides the pulpit, and it is reasonable that those who labor in them should be now and then divinely endowed for their work. There have been rulers divinely ordained. There are teach ers not a few, who some of them in inconspicuous places, who seem di vinely fitted for their work. There are writers who have guarded their talent as a sacred responsibility; there are physicians who rise far above com mercial Influences and render price less service to mankind-who, wheth er conscious of it or not, are as firm ly consecrated t ? the working of good as if they wer?. '.n the pulpit Any woman may bear a child, but not every woman by any means ls fitter to be a mother in the highest sense. Why should it not be said that the moth er who rears her children with wis dom and surrounds them with an at mosphere of love and sympathy and highmindednesB is divinely endowed? "The powers that are ordained of God." It is not for the workers in any one field to assume that only they are called. Stepping Stones for Us. The Lord knows how to make step ping stones for us of our defects even; it is what he lets them be for. He re membereth-he remembereth in the making-that we are but dust-the dust of earth that he chose to make something a little lower than the angelB out ot-Mrs. A. D. T. Whit ney. 1 Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will L open for the purpose of receiving taxe from the 15th dry of October 1913, t< the 15th day of March 1914. All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1913 and December 31st, 1914. That when taxes charged shall no be paid by December 31st, 1913. th County Auditor shall proceed to add penalty of one per cent for Janvarj and if taxes are not paid on or befon February 1st, 1914, tu* County Audito will proceed to add two per cent, am five per cent from the 1st of March t< the 15th of March. After which tim all unpaid taxes will be collected b\ the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1913 ar? as follows: For State purposes 51-4 mill " Ordinary county 5% " *' Special county school 1 " ConB. school tax 3 " Special tax 2 M Bacon-Shaw S. D. sp. 2 * " Edgefield S. D. 5 * " Long Cane S. D. 3 *' Liberty Hill S. D. 3 ? " Johnston S. D 5 ' " Colliers. D. 3 '! Flat Rock S. D. 4 " Prescott S. D. 3 M P. Branch S. D. 15 5 " - White Town S. D. 3 " Trenton S.D. 2 " Ward S. D. 2 " MossS. D. 3 " Paiksville S. D. 3 '* Modoc S. D. 2 " Oak Grove S. D. 3 " Red Hill S. D. 2 1-2 " 4? Antioch S. D. 2 ?. Bacon-Pickens S. D. 2 - " " Shaw township 2 " " Talbert S. D. 2 " RR Bonds Wise T'sp 11-4 " " R R Bonds Pickens 3 11 " R R Bonds Johnston 3 " "RR Bonds Pine Grv. 12 " " R R Bonds Blocker 12 " " RR Bonds Town of Edgefield 1-2 " "RR Bonds Trenton Pickens 8 "RR Bonds Elmwood 12 ' " " RR Bonds Elmwood Pickens 3 " " RR Bonds Johnston 3 " " Edgefield sch'l bldg. ? 2 " School Bonds 1 Town of Edgefield. Corporation purposes 10 " All male citizens between the ages ol 21 years and 60 years except those ex empt by law are liable to a poll tax ol One Dollar each. A capitation tax ol 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens be'.ween the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay S2 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. As his is optional with the individual, no ommutation tax is included in thc property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt ween you desire to pay road tax. James T. Mima, Co. Treas. E. C. MEW ? jQISCOVERYE j W. Ii. tatterson, Wcllfcj&'oc, Twc ? 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See our clothing before you buy. f We can fit any size boy or msm in" the m?st stylish garments that are made. Our prices hre very low too. Millinery department:- This has always been one the leading ler.tures of our srore. Nothing in Augus tn oftn surpass us. We have ihe nobby ready-to-we.ir hats and shapes that can be trimmed,* Augusta Bee Hive 916 and 918 Broad St, Augusta, Ga. Abe Cohen, Proprietor. --.? -a No matter what your walk in life, or what your station may be, you have an opportu nity to be the possessor of a bank account, and it only re main? for you to realize the importance of this one thing, to render you indedendent OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, Pres.; B.E.Nicholson' Viee pres.; E. J. Miras, Cashier: J. H. Allen, assistant Cashier DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, J. Wm. Thurmond, Thoa. H. Rainflfnrd, -lohn Raineford U. E. Nicholaon, A. S. Tompkins, 0. C. Fuller, J. H. Allen REAL ESTATE TRACT NO. 1. 215 acre* one mile thia sido M.:ys Cross Roads old May place. TRACT NO 2. 221 acres. Norris place, aljoins Rube Joinson place. TRACT NO 3. 473 acres, Joel Corley land, cearC leora. TRACT NO. 4. 425 acres, Dock Swearingen place, near Ropers. TRACT NO. 5. 50 acro5, Baeon tract near Eira Talbert place. TS ACT NO. 9. 110 acres Bira Talbert place. TRACT NO. 7. 42 acres, Char ley Dobey place, Antioch road. TRACT NO. 8 60 acres, part of Holson lands, Antioch road. TRACT NO. 9. 50 acres, part of said Holson place. TRACT NO. 10. 52 acree, an other tract of said Holson lands. TRACT NO. said tract. ll. 100 acre? of TRACT NO. 12. 63 acres Tank ley farm, near Red Hill. TRACT NO. 13. 57 acres. Isaac Harris place on Antioch road. TRACT NO. 14. 40 aerea, Robt. Cobb place, near County Homo. TRACT NO. 15. Acre? Kohlrouo place adjoins A. A. Edmuads in Collier township. TRACT NO. 16. 1006 acres, the Burt place, the finest farm in Edgefield County. TRACT NO. 17. 170 acres near Edgefield, 2 miles north, highly improved in every way. TRACT NO. 18. 5 acres in Edgefield lying between two streets, 4 good lots. TRACT NO. 19. Dwelling and lot well furnished and ornamented, in Trenton. fyf I have a good horse and buggy and would take pleasure in showing you over these places. E. J. NORRIS, Real Estate and Insurance. Edgefield, S. C.