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TIIB Most Desirable Possession .By REV.'GBANT STROH ii Corii'jjponaonco Department, Xl?o4y if ll Oiiblo Institute, Chicago. li TEXT-But ono . thing is . neodful.-^I.uke 10:42. . Staad varees..38-42. Never1 lins. tlie < ?raving after tidings been keefer (ban now. The Joy of ownership Is-tteep sented. ?This ls natural and fight, but easily: pervert ed. Some tilings ure more to'Vre de sired than others. Most of ms bave sense enough : left to want a ?jgoo? home or .occupa tion, rather than. a rattlesnake nor a bomb. M u rt li a ?was right in -ber service, but not in tho manner ol it. She was cumbered Mind distracted by lt. lt made lier impa tient und fault-finding, perhaps ?ni ons. There was something better,for Martha than mho i hud yet gotten hold of. 11er 'thought was only upon .thu physical and the material. For Hier, service was the s all-important thing. Undue emphasis ls today placed upon Service. To have things and to do things ure good and needful, but tiley ure not the best. They cannot be elim inated, but neither should they en slave. Mary's di -ires were deeper. She would liol penult the material to crowd out the spiritual. Her choice was Ibo unseen. Ee>r ber the words , Of Christ were the most precious things she could possess. To get thom 'brought ber to .loans' feet, made Him her companion. After Ho was gone those words would still be hers tot . comfort and atirengthenlng In the hom of mood. ?Jesus knew values 'Ivetter than any man who had ever 'lived. He could .weigh worlds ami words and the souls . of . men.' Ho said to "Martha, reprov ingly and lovingly, "Mary bath chosen the good part, which Shall not be tak .on -away from her." Mary chose the .things that will last: "Heaven and (earth .shall pass away, ?hut my words ??hull -never pass nw:ay." Knowing tho Father. No knowledge ls Ro important as knowing God ; not knowing about .God but 'having personal acquaintance m"H'b Hliq. Gotl is revealed In nature mvd 'In history. True science tenches ns marvelous things about 'God, but thetre ls only one Wily to know God personally, and that is through Jesus Chrlrt. Ile rt I one- fully knows tho Ea ther ?ind He alone ls able to reveal the Father to us (Luke W>:22). There 1? no use to quibble"*nbout this fact. Tlie sooner you accept and act upon lt the sooner will you come lalo possession of a knowledge that will enthrall you and free you from tho desire to know many other things thftt only curse and degrade. This ls what the lawyer sought, though Insincerely (v. 20). is lt not really what wc all desire? Eternal lifo ls only Christ's to give: "I give unto my sheep eternal tifo." He ls th? Life. The seventy returned with joy. Through Hie delegated power of Jesus they hud wrought the very same miracles that Ile had. Jesus prom ised thom the exercise of almost un limited authority (v. 18). Well might the disciples rejoice that even de mons were subject to them, hut Christ pointed to something grouter: "j?ut rejoice that your names nro wrllt?:i In heaven" <v. 20). Eternal Hf??] The good nod enduring possession. Do you have it? The Joy of Possessing the Best. Not the best in comparison with the possessions of your neighbor but the best in themselves. Only Intrinsic values count with those who are Im mortal ; deeds that produce lasting ,1oy boen use wrought In the power of God ; rejoicing thnt abides because they abide who know God and His Son, Jesus Christ ; peace in the midst of, things that are distracting because the words of Jesus Christ nre hld In our hearts. These are the best things to possess. They produce ?I10 Joy that abides. They are spiritual and un seen, but most real. Other things pass away, hut these abide. When revelation of the best posses sions ls made to us, lt still remains for us to, deliberately make choice of them. Martha could have made the same choice that Mary did, but other things more strongly appealed to her. Our lives may bo so full of pleasant "things" that we may not d<?slro the best. But If Ihey do appen) to vis, even then they must he earnestly chosen. Bettor accept God's valua tion of things than your own. Choose what Ho approves Instead of what you may prefer. They make no mis takes who decide with God. Interest In Fellow.Man. A dutiful Interest in our fellow-mnn ls something from which no ono cnn he wholly excused. We presume that moro mon will be "found wanting" jin the Last Day for this grave sin of omission than for any other single charge.- Humphrey .7. Desmond. God's Requirements. And now, Israel, what does the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear tho Lord thy God, to walk In nil His wnys, und to love Him, and to serve tho Lord thy God ?with all thy heart and with nU thy soul.-Deuteronomy 12. Subscribo for Tho Courior. (Beat.? TUN .?WW COMPIflUMIRY UH Id, / , . Will ltoobubly be Sfecaed Hoon-lt 1 "J?vi(k^ County xQptlou. Columbia, March di;-Governor Cooper is expected to -sign the new compulsory school attendance act, makins the employment .of attend ance officers a matter ?of oiounty op tion, at .an early dale. -He has not indicated what he will ?lo,.Mit he bus expressed the opinion .that the new act is better than the law.how in ef fect, and it is presumed, he will sign the act?passed by the recent Genoral Assembly. While the new eomjuilsory atteud anco act does make the employment j of the "truant officers" a .matter of ? county ^Option, putting the duties of j the office on the County Superintend - j ont and the school trustees, the new ? act .sir.engthens the .compulsory at : tondanee law, Governor Cooper has I said. j The Teal reason why the attond j ance mincer is abolished, said Gover nor Co.poor to-day. in . speaking of 1 the arl, is the fact that tho recent i legislature did not appropriate the j money Cor bis salary inpeach county. I Future legislation can provide for ; the oil. e. by appropriating funds. At I the .vani.e time, said the Governor, ! eaeb of the counties eau employ its ; own attendance ofiicer, or several ? districts JU ay co-operate in employ : ing such an officer. ! In explaining why he thinks Hie j new act better than the old, the Gov ernor mentioned several provisions ! of the new act, which has .not yet re ceived his.?signature. The new act allows any school dis : tried, on petition of a majority of Its electors, to require the attendance of children for the entice school term, instead of merely for four months. i Tho new ?*et pr?vidos ?vina Hies, : line of live to ten dollars or impris j onment of fjopm live to len days, I against a parent or guardian who j.fails to make his child attend-.Behool as required by tho law. j The new act provides thai any teacher who fails to make a report of the attendance of school children aluin be held responsible, no salary wotnrant being approved unless it I ha* .Che report of attendance attac'Ji I ed. Sfihe .act also provides thal for ! every absence not reported to the at ' tendance .ofneer or bounty Superin tendent fi. teaclier shall have deduct ed from .his or her malary warrant the ?vain of live dollars for each of fen? When a rbihl i.-. absei.:1 from school I wi I bout saiiaftict'Ory e<<:use under law, the naines ot the parents are referred to UKO rural policemen of the county, who summons them to appear before a magistrate and an swer tile charge of violating the at tendance law. The new act also provides that no' child between S and 14, the com pulsory attendance years, shall be; employed In a factory or mercantile establishment during the attendance poriod as required by tho law. This act was introduced by the I education committee of the House. To Stop a Cough Quick? take HAYES' HF.AUNG HOMEY, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the Inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES* HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. Tho heiring effect of Hayes' Healing Honey In side tho throat combined with tho healing effect of Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salvo through the pores of tho skin soon stops a cough. Both remedies are pecked In one carton and the cost of the combined treatment is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. University Students Must Promise. Columbia, Mareil 31.-Tho board of trustees of the University of South Carolina met to-day to con sider tile budget. The principal bus iness of Hie board was to allot tho appropriation ?made hy the roc ?nt session of the General Assembly. The board elected Hov. L. L. Car penter, of Greensboro, N. C., to tho chair of the study of the Bible. All other elections were postponed until tho .lune meeting, and in the mean while committees of tho board aro to study the various departments, and particularly Hie work of tho law school. Tho board decided to exact of all matriculants next year and hereaf ter that students will not, directly or Indirectly, while attending tho university, Join "Greek letter frater nities." There is a State statute against "Greek letter fraternities" at State Institutions. I'alinafesta's Queen. Columbia, March 31.-At tho close of the i'alniafesta contest at noon in Columbia to-day, Miss Sarah Kirk patrick, of Chester, was chosen tho quoon, she having received the great est number of ballots. Miss Callie Minis 'Purvis, of Flor ence, ennio second, and Miss Mayine Rost, of Orangeburg, third. The queen was crowned to-night amid much gala performance. MSN'S BSG BLUFF - ? Mere Fiction That He ls Incapa ble of Housework. Yt? Throughout th? History of th? EWorld, a? Writer Point? Out, He's Qot Away With lt. When Adara delved ?nd Eve spun, the fiction that man* te Incapable of housework was first established. It j would he Interesting ro figure out Just how many foot-pounds of energy men have saved themselves, -stoop the cr?a tion of the world, by keeping up the pretense that a special knack Is re 'quired for washing dishes and for dusting, and that the knack Is wholly feminine. The pretense of .Incapacity ?ls Impudent In Its audacity, and yet dt works. Heywood Brown writes In McCall's Magazine. Men build bridges nmJ throw rall .roads across desertt;. and yet they coo .tend successfully that Hie Job of sew >lng on a button ls beyond them. Ac cordingly, they don't have to -sew but .tons. It might be said, of course, that the .safety of suspension bridges ls so much more Important than thal of sus penders thal the division of labor ls .only fair, bill there are mn nv of us who have never (brown R railroad In our lives, nd yet sweeper in all the glory of masculine uchievemoni with? ont undertaking any ol tlx- drudsery of odd jobs. Probably men alone could never have maintained the fallacy of mascu line incapacity without ibo nld of women. As soon ns that rathol lim ited sphere, oner known ns woman's place vas established, women began tn glor'fy and exaggerate Its impor tan'", hy the pretense that li was all so special nnd difficult Hint no other sex could possibly begin to accomplish the tasks entailed. To this declara tion men gave Immediate and eager assent nnd they have kept it up. The most casual examination will reveal thc fact that all the Jok<?? about the horrible results of masculine choking and -sewing are written by men. It is all part of a great scheme of sei propaganda. Naturally there age other factors. Biology has been unscrupulous enough to discriminate markedly against ?gonion, and men have seized upon this advantage to press the belief that, ?Ince the bearing of children ls ex clusively the province of women, I? must be that all the caring for them belongs properly to the same sex. Yet how ridiculous this ls. Most things which have to be done for children are of the simplest sort. They should tax tho intelligence of no ont?. Men profess a total lack of abil ity to wash baby's face simply be cause they believe there's no great l'un itt tin? business, nt either end of the sponge. Protectively? man must go to the whole distance 'and pretend that there is not one single thing which he cnn do for baby. He must even maintain tbut he doesn't know how to hold one. From this pretense has grown the shockingly transparent fal lacy that holding a baby correctly is one of the fine arts ; or, perhaps, even more fearsome thnn that, JV wonderful Intuition, which has come down af ter centuries of effort to women only. Seek Candle Light Shade. At a committee of the National Elec tric Light association, Investigating the question of toning lamps for color, lt seemed to he thc general Judgment of those to whom samples were sub mitted that a light even 'somewhat nfore distant from white than that of the carbon incandescent lamp was de sirable, som, thing indeed approximat ing the kerosene flame of earlier days. The result of practical experience on a considerable seale In the candle flame lamp now brought out meets the color requirements very beautiful ly, and moreover, the conting given to the bulb IB permanent In hue even when used on the gas-fitted lamps, thus possessing a virtue which most of thc earlier experimental lamps did not have In a reliable degree. The loss In efficiency by the color-toned diffusing coutlng Is relatively small, the specific consumption being less than half that of a carbon lamp of lytblng near the same color. Building Model a Wonder; What ls claimed to be the most complete piece of model building ever attempted ls that of Pershing square, New York, shoWn nt the recent con vent lon of hotel men In flint city. The model ls a large one and attempts to be a complete miniature. It was con structed from plnns furnished by the public service commission and archi tects. Francis T. Gilling, a sculptor, worked on it for two years. The ma terials used for the miniature of Grand Central terminal are wood pulp and celluloid. The ln.OOO windows of the skyscraper ore shown, together with cars, lights, signal devices and other equipment of the subways. Af ter the exposition the model is to be shown in other cities and may be tok en abroad. Suspicious Prosperity. "Are there any 'moonshiners' about here?" "1 wouldn't make a positive state ment as to that," said Squire Wither bee, "bu. dnce the eighteenth amend ment went Into effect a lot of moun taineers In this neighborhood who couldn't support their families before have bought motor cars, phonographs and pianos and finery for their wives and daughters, so I'll Just let you draw your own conclusions.'1-Birmingham Age-Herald, i "THE F Hero ls the greatest Motor Cai miy other car in tho world. Gi CA HS this year fully 50 per ce lng Car is a car of great servie ever-faithful Ford Touring Cai larger measure than falls to tl We can now deliver Ford C delay, If you would ho wiso. Tl cnn carry ono when it ruins! XIS VISU l<X)ltG?$T that rig versal uKorti After Service." H Kord Equipment, to give servi sion. Piedr WALHALLA, TWO HUMAN BEINGS CRUCIFIED By New Mexico Sect-Indians Ker milled Americans to Witness lt. .Alberquerque, X. M., .Murch 30. Two men were crucified ut the Peni tente village of Abiqui, in Northern New Mexico, on Good Friday, in ob servance of holy week, in rites per formed'by members of the Hermanos de Luz, Brothers of Light, a relig ious order, according to B. J. Nord foldt and Gustave Baumann, artists, of Santa Ke, N. M" who arrived here to-day. Nordfeldt and Gustave say they were members of a party .of two dozen tourists who witnessed the cruol'flxion and ceremonies incident t&?V_ ..Por moro than half an hour, Gie artiste >aid, the two human saorb ilee^'Mvero tied to huge wooden ero =ei?, ai the end of which thur they were taken do,wn, bleeding" and exhausted. Tho condition of the men is said to bo serious and their recov ery In doubt. Tho Penitentes are. Indians with a Mexican admixture. The order has many followers, it is understood, in remote villages of this State. Al though supposed to he dying out, the order still attracts wide atten tion because of its mysterious cere monies, which Americans seldom are able to witness. The principles and practicas of the order aro said to have come from Italy through Spain and Mexico. Lafit Friday was one of the rare occasions, according to tho two art ists, when Americans were permit ted to witness tho most solemn core monies performed by the renitentes. "When the Penitentes form in a long procession," said .Mr. Nordfeldt, "they march to slow, weird music and beat themselves with thorn whips soaked in brine water to wound themselves and make their wounds smart. One man carried a large wooden cross, under tho weight of which he fell exhausted frequent ly. The procession ended with tho erection of two crosses with mem bers of tho order tied to them." lt is considered an honor among the P?nitentes to be selected for cru cifixion. UNSHAKEN "TESTIMONY Time ls tho test of truth. And Doan'8 Kidney Pills have stood the test in Walhalla. No Walhalla res! dont who suifors backache, or annoy ing urinary ills can romain uncon vinced by this twice-told testimony. NV. S. Grahl. blacksmith, Spring st. Walhalla, says: "I hurt my back many years ago and since then 1 have been troubled with kidney com plaint. When I have one of these attacks, severo pains shoot through my kidneys and these organs do not act as they should. ? bave dizzy spells ami sevoro palub In the back of my booti. 1 hava usod Dean's Kid ney I'llls whenever an attack comee on and they have novor failed tc quickly relieve mo. I think Doan'l nre a wonderful medicine." (Stato mont given Doc 17. 1M4.) On April il, 1918. Mr, Grahl said: "I am glad of another opportunity tr ?ay a good word for Donn's Kidney Pills and believe Dom's have affected a cure. 1 advise anyon o suffering from kidney complaint to glvo th li remedy a trial" 60c. at nil dealers. Fostor-Mllbum Co.. Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Subscribo for Tho Courier. (Best) ar ii ORO ,7 A TiVi-X'.! ml) THE UNIVERSAL CAR ORD TOURING CAR" . in all tho world-great because there ta moro of it in uso than of ?eat because that in our demand for a million and a quarter b'OUl) nt of that damand is for tho Touring Oar. Surely every Ford Tour o. You soe il wherever you go, ?lay or night, summer or winter-tho r is delivering soi vico and satisfaction, pleasure and economy, in a io lot of nny-other ono piece of meebun ism in tho world, 'ors to you with reasonable promptness. Leave your mtiers without lio prudent man carries his umbrella when it is dry, IKM'SIINO any fool ht hand to every Foid Touring Far is that ovor-dcpcndablo and uni ere We ?re, With the genuine made Ford Part?, Ford Mechanics and cc to Ford Cars instantly, so that your car is never out of cominis nont Motor. Co. s. c. WESTMINSTER, S. C. PHONE 34. How a prospective mother prepared for babyS <x>ming SvoIutJoJx Of all the vital adventures in life, the birth of a baby it the climax of nature's most wonderful evolution. During this period, nature is supposed to bc preparing the internal organism of a woman for a safe and speedy delivery; but it is more the exception than the rule when, nature, unaided, performs her port at the crisis in a manner to relieve pain and contribute to comfort. "/ was afraid," writes a prospective mother, "until an experienced mother told me about MOTHER'S FRIEND," "-but now I cannot recommend MOTHER'S FRIEND too highly for I know it helped nie wonderfully, and I can almost say my baby was born willtout pain. At tho present time I am usina it again, as I do not want to go thu tho ordeal-without ii -._Threa-g__5i__icu^ MOTHER'S FRIEND. When gently applied, during the period of expectancy, it soothes thc fine net-work of nerves, lubricates the broad, flat, abdominal muscles and prepares the way for an easier, quicker and practical delivery. / For valuable ?ootfef-^OTHtmHOOD and Tho BABY" ftte, /hi tn coupon below and mall direct to tho mahers of MOTHER'S FRIEND. WARNING! Aoold u$tng blain otlt, gteastt end substitute* fhey oat only om the ski" and moy cause harm without doing good Used by Expectant Mothers for Three Generations. BRADFIELD RECULATOR CO.. Dept. 26, Atlanta, Cn. Pleaae ?end me your FRE-tL hook let on MOTHERHOOD und The BABY. Name_ Su R. F. D. Town ___ .State. ? Women and Health f TTJO marry iromen, unfortunately, suffer in health, hence in loss of happiness, thru conditions or irregularities peculiar to their sex which might easily oe relieved, with a consequent restoration of health and all tbnt it weane*. To every woman suffering from such troubles we advise the use of Dr. J. Brad field's Female Regulator, as a tonic of great value. Thia remedy, for women only, has been eold for moro than 50 years, and is today, as always, depended upon fot good results. At all druggists in $L60 bottles. TRY IT. SOUTH CAROLINIANS CAN FISH Free, But Outsiders Must (?ot License to Fish in (Iiis State. Columbia, Mareil ?to.- No fishing license for fishing with book and line ls necessary for native South Caro linians, says a statement issued to day by Chief Slate Damn Warden Richardson, In an attempt . allay tho impression that fishing licenses aro necessary. Non-residents arc re quired to pay $3 for a license to fish in any waters of the State. Tiie only restriction on llsliing willi hook a ii 1 linc in South Carolina hy natives of tho State is in Williams burg county, where tho months of Juno and July constitute a closed season, lt Is unlawful to soin for game fish or to trap game fish at any time or in any part of the State. Mr. Richardson is this weok check ing up tho records of game wardens willi a view to locating the niuo thousand dollars worth of hunting llcensos not roported hy tho wardens. Six county wardens a day aro being heard by tho Chief Warden, and all tho counties of tho State will bo checked during tho week. NOTION OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. (In Court of Common Pleas.) Ex Parlo Mrs. N. A. Watkins, In Ro Petition for 'onioslead. To Whom lt May Concern: Pienso, take notice that Mrs. N. A. Watkins, widow, and lier six minor children, to-wit: Jesse irby Wat kins, George Watkins, Amanda Wat kins, John Watkins, May Watkins and Mary Watkins, respectively, have made application to ino, stating that sho is Hie hoad of a family, and asks that a Homestead Exemption bo set off to her and lier minor chil dren above named, i 11 * tho real estate of Wm. Jesse Watkins, deceased, in Oconee County, S. C., not to ex ceed in value tho sum of $1,000.00, and Also a Homestead Exemption in tho personal proprety of said doceas od, not io exceed in vaiue the sum of $500.00. Tliat said Petition will bo hoard by mo, nt my office, at Walhalla, S. C., on April 15, 1921, nt 13 o'clock A. M. W. O. WHITE, Master for Oconeo County, S. C. March 23, 1921. 12-15 Colds Cause (hip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. Thero ls only one "Bromo Quinine." E.W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30o. Many of tho best paintings of Fab riano, the "mastor of masters," have por i sited. Nazareth, tho birthplace of Christ, is famed for the beauty of its wo men. Engraved signet rings woro used by tho Grooks about COO B. C. Plies Cured tn 6 to 14 Days DrutMlste refond money If PAZO OINTMENT faff a to cure Itching mind, ftlcedini or Protruding Pile?. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you cnn riet restful bleep ofter the first application. Price Coe.