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A NEW CICILIZATION- A NI WORLD. Here upon the continent of Nc America, destiny has determii that there shall arise a new so^ eign race, stalwart in physical frai tig in mental mold, strQiig in mc convictions, broad in sympatl which shall be world wide and c v?rsal, and clad in the garments physical beauty, mental culture i spiritual power-a new race, a n type of manhood, a rare type of A manhood, a new civilization-a n world. From the old world to the n world the sons of men are coming behold them! They are sailing o^ every sea. Over the blue waters the Mediterranean, over the ci waters of the Atlantic, over 1 warm waters of the Pacific, over t Indian Ocean, over the Yellow Si over the sea of Japan, over the Soi % sea. They are coming! Coming people a new world. Coming to pi duc? a new race. Coming to enthro a new civilization. They are coming! From Rus: with her diamonds and rags, frc Germany with her soldiers a: scholars, from France with her fr and independent thought, frc Egypt with her tombs and pyramh from Greece with her isles and mon ments, from Rome with her reli and ruins, from Italy with mart and bonze, from England with h cathedrals and chapels, from Chi; with her idols and altars, from P? estine with her memories and phop ecies. They are coming, from all n tions, from all lands, and from ? climes. They are coming! Men born on tl banks of the Euphrates, men wi "have labored on the shores of tl INile, men who have been cradled c tthe banks of the Rhine, men wi have sailed over the classic Tharne men who have gazed upon the Arm men who have floated over the goL en surface of the Seine, men wi have worshipped near the sacred w? ters of the Ganges, men who ha\ vbeen baptized in the turbulent wi rters of the Jordan-they are cominj Let us contemplate the 'element ingredients and qualities which mu: enter in to produce a m?st?f raC?* a new sovereign civilization. It will be, intellectually, the mo? brilliant race and civilization whic tthe world has ever known. The mi> ing and the blending of many blood will produce a mighty brain. Wher nations mix and races cross ther you find a new evolution in though product and brain power. The "cross ^wherever you find it indicates an in -crease of power. The very fact tha .all races have been thrown into thi ;melting pot of destiny would seen .io indicate that God is preparing ti present to the eyes of angels the di .vine masterpiece of history-a nev _ sovereign race. Our new civilization will product a race of magnificent physique anc superb physical strength. Scientific care of the body will tend to elimi . nate fads and faddists in strange anc eccentric phases of thought. Our coming civilization will be one in which womanhood will be en throned-for in that civilization wil be found all queenly qualities. The tender toueh of Florence Nightin gale. The genius of George Eliot. The stateliness of Lady Somerset. The charity of Elizabeth Fry. The strength of Queen Elizabeth. The eloquence of Frances E. Willard. The soul qualities of Julia Ward Howe. The devotion of Lady Huntington. The heroism of Joan of Arc. The statesmanship of Jane Addams. The divine persistence of Helen Keller. The gifts and graces of Nellie Mc Clung. The tender care of Clara Barton. It will be a civilization in which all necessary labor will he holy and every calling as sacred as the calling of the preacher ought to be. The girl who stands behind the counter is as necessary to our present civilization as the lady who stands before the same counter. The man who builds a sewer is a worker as honorable as the city father who signs the con tract. There was a time when the organist would have fared poorly with the organ blower. We should not look down on a man because he goes down to do the thing that will not only lift us up, but hold us up. Our North American civilization will possess enormous wealth, and this wealth will be divided and dis tributed according to skill and abili ty. The great problem of the future will not" be distribution of wealth, ?hut the proper use of money. The crowning civilization of his toy will produce a social circle in which no man will be ashamed of his God-given ancestry. In that civiliza tion a Jew will not be blamed for his physiognomy, Chinaman for the shape of his eyes, or.a black man for the color of his skin. "I can afford .to be called a Jew," exclaimed Dis raeli as he stood in "the mother of parliaments*' and looked into the face of the man who sneeringly re ferred to his birth and nationality. I should think so. Only an ignoramus would sneer at a Jew for being a Jew. Jewish blood is rich blood. . The North American civilization will some day embrace five hundred million people who will speak one language. In the last analysis there is only one thing which divides men, and that is language. Seas can bo crossed, rivers can be bridged, moun tains can be tunneled, and continents can be spanned, but language is a barrier in the realm of thought. The language of our North Ameri can civilization will be English. It is already spoken by one hundred and eighty million people, one hundred million'of whom reside on the con tinent of America. It is a universal language, enriched by contribution from all other forms of speech, liv ing or dead. It is the language of William Shakespeare and John Mil ton. It has no competitors in the realm of thought exchange. The sovereign civilization of the North American continent will pre sent many creeds, but only one reli gion. Think of the evolution in the blending of the various phases of re ligious thought. Out of it all there must come forth a sane and univer sal type of religion, in which shall be inwrought the morality of the Synagogue, the dignity of the Epis copalian, the sagacity of the Metho dist, the loyalty of the Baptist, the universality of the Congregational ist, the idealism of the Christian Scientist and the conservatism of the Roman Catholic. What a blend! And in spite of all we can do, there will be a blend.-From "The Dream of Theodore Roosevelt." I WHAT PROHIBITION DOES FOR A CITY. "The prohibition law is better ob served and better enforced, with few exceptions than the old restrictive provisions," says Deets Pickett of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Church, in an article in a recent is sue of the North American of Phila delphia showing what prohibition is doing for that city. "It; is very much ea?i?r" to take a stick of can dy away from a child than it is to prevent the child from eating more than half of the stick," he continues. "The same is true of the element of the population which is hostile to law. It is much easier to take all li quor from this element than it is to .prevent it from 'drinking to excess.' It is easier to prevent the saloon keeper from selling it at all than it :1s to prevent his selling? out of hours, selling to minors, interesting himself in politics and allying himself with gambling and prostitution. "Philadelphia occupies an unique position in American life. It is the city of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, a city of high intelli gence and staunch character, a city of substantial trade and beautiful homes. Also it has frequently been a city of political corruption, of filthy streets, of rum rule. It has typified the best and worst in American life. "The general population of the city has accepted the prohibition law in the same sporting spirit of Amer icanism observable in other cities. Todd Daniel, in the department of justice, said to me: 'The way in which the city accepted the law was nothing less than astounding. We had expected to have all kinds of trouble, but there was not a ripple. One day the saloons were wide open; the next day they were closed, and the people accepted the fact without the slightest opposition.' " A story which was printed in Eng land, in which it was said that pro hibition in the United States "is doubling the amount of crime, and has other evil effects," Mr. Daniel denominated a falsehood. "Just get the figures," he said. There is no go ing back on them. I know lawyers who had good criminal practices who have been put out of business hy pro hibition. One of them came to the department of justice and said that his flourishing criminal practice had been completely destroyed and that he wanted a job. There are tough wards in this city where the station used to be swamped and now on some Saturday nights there is not one arrest." There are police stations in the tenderloin district of Philadelphia where the nightly average since pro hibition has come into effect has de clined from approxomately twenty to two. Examination of the police fig ures for 1919 show that during the first six months of the year, under license, the total number of arrests was 47,090, and for the last six months, under prohibition, 28,530. Plies Cured in O to 14 Days Vonr druggist will refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50& Effort lo Om?t Lee and Jack son. Washington, May 9.-Strong pro tests have been made by officers of Washington Confederate organiza tions to members of congress and to Secretaries Daniels and Baker against the exclusion of Lee and Jackson from the list of American heroes carved on the marble columns of the memorial amphitheatre in Ar lington national cemetery. It ' was authorized by congress to commem orate American heroes. The Con federate organizations claim that at a meeting of the committee appoint ed to handle the project at which the only Confederate member, Capt. Frederick Beall, was absent on ac count of illness, a resolution was put an dcarried to exclude the names of and carried to exclude the names of list. According to these reports, Sec retary Baker presided over this meet ing and Secretary Daniels was also present. Attempts, it is said, were made to reopen the matter in com mittee but without success. Men and women belonging to Con federate organizations here say that the sons and grandsons of the men who followed Lee and Jackson and Grant and Sheridan gave their lives side by side in the great world war and that the permanent exclusion of the names of Lee and Jackson from the amphitheatre will make it im possible for Confederate veterans to hold memorial execises there in the future or for them or their sym pathizers to attend the dedicatory exercises on May 15. This situation is considered most | unfortunate especially just at a time when a friendly spirit of broad pa triotism is manifested over the coun try generally. This incident recalls the fact that something like ten years ago an Idaho senator objected to the plac ing of the bronze figure of General Lee in Statuary Hall at the capitol by the state of Virginia. Whenever the name of Lee was mentioned this senator became angry and harran gued against the South and the Con federacy. Finally Lee could go in the hall, George Washington should go out and that ended the matter as far as the Idaho senator's tirades were concerned and sectional animosity has gradually died out. Arlington national cemetery where many thousand bodies of American war and naval heroes lie in their long sleep never looked more beautiful than now, dressed in all of its mag nificent spring verdue and with the nation's flags spread everywhere as if ? keeping vigil over the spirits of^je departed men. The Confederate sec-| tion is especially pretty at this time of the year, as is also that part of the big cemetery given over to the burial of the bodies of the Spanish American war heroes. Almost every day those who see the cavalry horses canter leisurely over the long Acqueduct bridge, which spans the Potomac river, be tween the city of Washington and Arlington, or hear the strains of a navy band and notice the flag draped casket being carried along, realize that another of the country's heroes is finding his long sleep in the'nation al cemetery. It is, therefore, especial ly important that every element of sectional difference be eliminated for all time and that ^Arlington be recognized as the final resting place of all the fighting men from what ever place they came. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will be awarded to those mak ing the highest average at this ex amination. Provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Ap plicants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship ex amination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 15th, 1920. For fur ther information and catalogue, ad dress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, South Carolina. Periodic Billious Attacks. Persons subject to bilious attacks at regular intervals know about when to expect an attack. They find that they have no desire for food when an attack is due but usually eat be cause it is meal time. Skip one meal and take three of Chamberlain's Tablets and you may be able to avoid the attack. Persons subject to period ic bilious attacks should not drink tea or coffee at any time. The Advertiser $2.00 a year in advance. Sciui Tn TJ VERY Dia ^ on a car are 2,000,00 in use - mi somebody h into a dealer* bought it Often to replace of tires. This fact is o! Diamond Tires as original eq cars. In short, actua cars has proved the utmost tire Diamond Tires Adjustmcc Cords - 8, Fabrics ? 6, Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $8,875.360 WRITE OR CALL on the under signed for any information you maj desire about our plan of insurance We insure your property againil destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared tc prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the countiei of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Edgefield, Laurens, Saluda, Richland, Lexington, Calhoun and Spartanburg. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia S. C.. J. R. Blake. Gen. Agent, Secty. and Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. J. R. Blake, Greenwood, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. G. R. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. J. Fraser Lyon, Columbia, S. C. W. C. Bates, Batesburg, S .C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J. R. BLAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. January 1, 1920. Velvet Beans Ninety-Day Speckle Velvet Beans., grown by myself, at Ellenton, S. C. $3.00 per bushel, cash with order, f.o.b. Ellenton, S. C. H. M. CASSELS, Ellenton, S. C. MONEY TO LEND On proved real estate, town and country. Short and long terms. T. B. GRENEKER, Attorney. HST TIRE mpnd Tire -and there 0 of them eans that as walked s store', and another brand bvious since do not come uipment on .1 service on to users that value lies in it Basis OOO Miles OOO Miles & MOONEY, Edgefield, S. C. We Have Re-Opened Our business in temporary quarters in the rear of our old place of business on the Square, and are now ready to serve you. ? We wish to express to you our appreciation of the patronage you have given us in the past, and trust that we shall continue to merit your patronage in the future. W. E. Lynch & Co. From the Cradle to the Grave SOMETHING TO SUIT THEM ALL Carriage for baby. Victrola to take the place of mama's roll ing pin. Soft, comfortable bed for hard-working papa. Violins and guitars for sister's serenade. Art squares and rugs to finally put her on the carpet with. And if these do . please We have a full line of guns and rifles to send yourself where you can get pleased. P. S.-We also supply the coffins. B. B. JONES Edgefield, 5. C.