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TEXT-Then wero there two thieves erv citied with him, one on the risht ha:i?J and another on the left.-Matt. 2T:3S. Three crosses stand on the lull called Ca'vary. To the middle one is nailed p. -1 the Son of God. down ns n part of Holy Scripture. And Barabbas is tho name by which every rejector of Christ is known, for it means "son of his father." Son of his father! Born bufonee. Twice dead, therefore, in trespasses and sins. Barabbas is the name of every man who has not been boru again, proclaim ing what he is as a sinner lost and un tjone. "Ye must be born again." But Barabbas escapes the cross that has befu prepared for him and another Barabbas. Son of his Father, Only Be gotten and well-beloved, goes to that cross in his stead, and in yours and mine. And a legend has it that, as the darkness gathered round, Barabbas ran to the foot of it and, smiting his breast, cried, "Ob, thou Jesus of Naz areth, I know not who thou art, but one thing I rio know; thou art hanging there in my place!" Oh. soul, have you said that to Him? That is the faith that saves ! That is what is means to "believe on his name." It is but saying again with the apostle, "The Son of God loved me and gave himself for rae." But see th? other two crosses. Hang ing there are two men sunk far down in sin. Not only condemned by the Roman government to die an igno minious death because of their crimes, but while standing at death's door they revile and blaspheme the Lord of life and glory: the thieves also which were crucified with him cast the same In his teeth." But a ray of divine light enters the soul of one, and by it he is led to see the glory of that Person hanging at his side. F"om the depths of his sin ful heart there rises a cry, "Lord, re member me when thou comest in thy kingdom." He has seen all the truth ! Has seen that this is the long-promised Messiah. Sees that though he is dying a shameful death, he must come back again in his kingdom, according to all the prophets and make good the title nailed above his head: "The King of the Jews." But the Lord Jesus, with out an upbraiding word, with no sylla ble of reproach, without a question or condition of any kind, goes far beyond his request, as He always does, and says: "You do not have to wait until I come in my kingdom ; I will do better for you." "Verily. I say unto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise." Saved ! in tho twinkling of an eye.' Saved! Snatched from the very jaws of death ! A man who is not fit to live on earth made fit to be with Christ in paradise! What a miracle! And he is the same wonder-working Savior to- , day. It has been said, "There was one such case that none might despair, but on]y one that none might presume." Let us rather say that here is a pat tern case of salvation, clearly and ful ly revealed, so that wherever the story of the cross should be told, this story of the saved thief must be told in con nection with it. Look now at those three crosses. On the rieht hangs the saved sinner; on the left the lost one; in the middle the Savior. This man on the right has sin in him still, and so has every saved man. But there is no sin on him. Un seen hands have lifted the sin that was on him and have laid it upou the One who hangs at his side, and he dies beneath the awful load, ?his Man on the middle cross has no sin in him: "holy, harmless, undefiled and separate 'from sinners" must He be tb die in your place and mine. The sin-offering in Israel must be without blemish. This man on the left has sin in him, but alas! it is still on him, and he dies and goes to hell. Look again ! This man on the right ls dying to sin, in the death of his Substitute on the middle cross. That is what the Lord meant by losing one's life tn order to find it. I must, at the cross, lose the life with which I was born, to find there a new life in the Crucified. This Man on the middle cross is dying "for" sin. The mun on the left is dying "in" sin. Oh, soul, these three little preposi tions tell all the story that our God is so eager to tell, and that men are so slow to hear. Do not die In sin, die to it by receiving as your personal Savior that Blessed One who died for it in your place once for all, and phys ical death shall then, at the very worst of its doing, but tajee you ta be with him. The Book. The word "bible" m-a^ *ook.' "Tlure Is but one book."-Scott. .. . \ to tho one on either side n thief. Thus it musi bo, for Scripture can not bo broken and it is written. "He was numbered with the trans Bv.t that middle cross was not made for Jesus of Nazareth. It was made for a mur derer and sedi 11 o n i s t whose name, Barabbas, has been written Closing Out Our Groceries We lake ibis means of informing the public that we closing out our grocery department in order to devote all of our time and all of our store space to our steadily increasing drug busi ness. We thank the*'people for their liberal patronage of our grocery department in the past, and we are closing it ont ?II or der to serve them better with our drugs and drug sundries. Our stock will be constantly replenished with new goods, keeping up the reputation which we have made during the past 75 years. Penn^ & Holstein Carrying alon a Mile for less than a Cent Freight rates have flayed a very small part in the rising cost of living. Other causes-the waste of war, under-pro duction, credit inflation-have added dollars to the cost of the necessities of life, while freight charges have added only cents. , The average charge for hauling a ton ^ of freight a mile is less than a cent % \ A suit of clothing that sold for $30 before the war was carried 2,265 - ; miles by rail from Chicago to Ix>s Angeles for 16& cents. Now tie freight charge is 22 cents , : and the suit sells for $50. \ \ \ The cost of the suit has increased 20 dollars. - The freight on it has increased on?y 5| cen rs. Other transportation charges enter into th? cost of the finished article-carrying the wool to the mills and the cloth to the tailors -but > these other charges amount to butafew cents ~~ more. The $10 pair of shoes that used to 7 sell for $5 goes from the New Eng- ~; land factory to the Florida dealer for a freight charge of 5% cents-only one cent more than the pre-war rate. Beef pays only two-thirds of a cent a pound freight from Chicago to New York. I American freight rates-are the low est in the world? ?fiis advertisement is published by the Association ofSlailway Gxecutiues Thune detiring information; tftsrailroad situation- may obtain, literature by writing to The Association of Kailwvy Executives, 61' Broadway* Nsw York.. a -a? ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. IDistributors of Marathon Tires and Tubes. None better, but our price YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See pur representative, C. E. May. J? .r- 7*017, the buyers, are the rc-1 builders Y thc final Okay upon the usc of certa struct Ion when you buy a wagon 1 refuse to buy awajjon that does not. Wc \ the ThomhiU Wagon is built. Upon,a pl we arc willing to rest our case. Wc belie would bc your way if you should build a waj Full Circle Iron Malleable Front Houri Plate Bolotera Can't riane ?i Turning In turning and backing up, with the ordi nary circle iron, which is only a half circle, alsters run off the end of the track and hang. It is difficult to make short turns and back up. The Thornhill full circle iron gives a continuous track on which the bol sters can turn. The gears of Thornhill wagons stay in line for life. Instead of the usual front hound plate, a hound plate of malleable hon is used. It is a metal jacket braced at eight points that keeps gear:, from ever getting out of line. FOR SALE: Wannamaker's Pedi greed Cleveland Big Boll Cotton Seed. This strain advertised by the Government in fight against boll weevil. Write for prices. J. M. VANN, Trenton, S. C. l-28-2tpd I have just received a car of cedar shingles Worth S 10.00 per thousand. E. S. JOHNSON. We have amp grade raw materia crop producers SWIFT'S "ll The demand f suggest that you balanced brands b< FOR COTTON AND GENERAL Swift's Eagle Swift's Cotton King Swift's Palmetto . . ! of wagons. You put in materials and con conu'ming them-and vant to show you how ain statement of farts ve the Thornhill way non. For rpohes cv.? axles tough second prowth highland hickory is used For hubs and felloes thc stanly white oak is preferred. Tiiis wood grows upon thc mountain side. Thc ground i ; hard the ch?nate severe. It hris to fight for life. It has nearly twice thc strength cf oak ar.J hickory that gro;vs under softer conditions. Outdoors under shelter ii remains for three to five years. Tho sap dries in it, giving it a strength that's kin to .steel. Trussed Bolsters and Gears Long Wea? Beds Note tho Adjustable Bralce Lever On thc front bolsters of Thornhill wagons are heavy iron plates running along top and bottom-connected by rivets that run clear through the bolster. Stren<rth and lightness are combined. Rear gears are strongly ironed. There are braces on both top and bottom that extend the full length cf the i hounds. Solid trust bars extend the full length of the axles giviuj them double strength. If you examine the beds of Thornhill Wagons closely you will sec at once thc superiority of the construction. The bottoms are re-i:.forced over front and rear bolsters. Come in and examine this wagon for yourself. We will take pleasure and pride in showing you a Thornhill-The wagon made of tough highland oak and hickory-with features all others lack. (610-Nl BETTIS CANTELOU Galvanized Corrugated and V Crimped Roofing Have two thousand tro hundred (2200) sheets Corrugated No. 29 gauge Galvanized Roofing in 6, 7. 8 and 10 inch lengths. One thous and four hundred (1400) sheets V Crimped in same lengths. This is car that left factory Jan. 21. expected any day. You ought to use our Lead Headed Nails in putting on roofiing. ?Send for circular. Columbia Supply Company 823 West Gervais St., Columbia, S. C. m an Pota le supplies bf Foreign Potash and other high .ls to serve our customers with the known bo?t STEER FERTIL!, r PAYS TO USE THEM" r. or fertilizer is greater than the supply, so vre order your needs now from the list of weil ?low. , CORN . CROPS . . 10-2-2 . . . 9-3-2 . . . 8-3-3 FOR TOBACCO Swift's Carolina Tobacco Grower 8-3-3 Swift's Georgia Tobacco Grower 8-3-3 Swift's (for Tobacco) . . . 8-3-2 Swift & Company (Fertilizer Works) Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte, N. C. New Orleans, La. Shreveport, La. REPRESENTED BY Edgefield Mercantile Co., Enfield, 8. C k