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THE CALL C Below is given the oration deliv ered hy Ellison M. Smith, of Oconee, at the State Oratorical Contest In Greenwood, on tho dollvery of which he was awarded first placo among the contestants. Tho article hy Mr, Smith is considered by competent judges to be of more than ordinary merit, and, with the addition of his rare ability as an orator, a master piece: The Call of the Ages. (By Blllsln M. Smith.) We aro living in nu epoch-mak ing and a wonderful age. Wo aro standing at the apex of hundreds of years of civilization. A new dawn is breaking upon us and is being ush ered In with all the splendor that accompanies tho ushering in of a new day. The past has unfolded its annals to us, and through them we have soon empires rise lo dizzy heights of civilization and, for years, tower above the smaller nations as tho mighty eagle, which, with pin ions outspread, soars high above the smaller hirds. Yet we have seen these powerful nations crumble be neath tho weigh! of problems thal rested upon them, and fall like mete ors Into an abyss of chaos and ob livion, only to he replaced by a yet stronger and mere ambitious people, Wo have seen cities whoso mag nificent structures lifted their grace ful forms li i ; - li Into lite air. whose streets served as the thoroughfares for hu >y feel for centuries, and in whoso tribunals were annually de bated the problems thal confronted their people. Bul with the lapse of a few centuries we lind these beauti ful cities smouldering in ruin, while still moro beautiful cities have sprung out of their ashes. The same ls true of tuan. We have seen men rise to eminence, make their contributions to civilization, and pass out of existence, only to be followed by greater men. Thus it would seem that the whole of history has been a struggle of individual against Individual and na tion against nation for supremacy. Bach nation has entered upon the arena of civilization, has played its role, and has passed off the stage, only to be followed by another whose ambition was to play a greater role than the preceding ono. nntil nt las! a super-nation hag actually Aspired to place in ; he sun. At) we sit dy tlii? continuai ?ttrag gie of nations and individu?is roo supremacy wo ask ourselves this question, What is it that, through all tho long years of history, has prompted men to action? What has laen thc cause of this struggle of nation against nation and man against man for pre-eminence and power ? lu prehistoric day? this was a con flict of tribe against tribe for self preservation. Men fought for per sonal aggrandizement, for seliish aims, for the loot of war, for the love of battle, lt was a deadly dual In which nullit vanquished right, in which thc strong domineered over tito weak. The desired man wits the lighting niau, willi a brawny arm and a war-like spirit. But through the evolution of the ages men ceased lo go lo war merely because of the love for fighting, for personal inter ests and pecuniary advantages. Out of the ferment of the past men have beard a greater call than that for mere warriors. This call has been - is to-day, a id forever will be -the call for MEX, for real men, for un crowned men. who are able to solve the problems that daily confront na tions; men who can light battles of peace as well as those of war; men who will stand (Irmly for tho right amid taunts and jeers; men who fear Cod and who fear doing wrong, but who fear nothing else, who are will ing to lay aside personal ambition and seliish aims and work for hu manity, work to leave tho world in :\ better ?md happier stale than thal in which they found it; men who are able lo look beyond the nitros! and ignoble strife of class against class, lind ca tell a vision of a better world and struggle to make thal vision real. This is THE CA EE OF THE AGES, and wo find it exemplified In Ibo his tory of every nation it was this call that inspired mon of the great Ro man Empire to become Romans, tn make Home the Eternal City, Typi cal of (hem was Marcus Aurelius, who at a youthful age heard Rome's call for M U.V. Wo see this groat sol dier and statesman go forth into fray and return with his victorious logions along ibo Appian Way. Yet all his victorios and the evorlnstlufi presence of war about him never tempted him to sink Into a mere fighting man. Above the noise and smoke of hallie Aurelius caught a glimpse of a greater Rome, a Rome with a more enlightened and a less oppressed people, and we soo this groat man. who had attained all Ibo dignities of stale, thirsting after knowledge, attending schools with his subordinates and laboring night ?F THE AGES and day for tho promotion ot civili zation. Marcus Aurelius heard tho call and Homo became a better state because he lived.' There were nu merous other Roman citizens who did their bit for advancing civiliza tion, and whose lives were a bless.ng to tho Roman Empire. What was true of Rome has been true of other nations. Greece had bor Reticles, her Aristotle and her l'lato. who spent their lives in an effort to make Greece the fairest land of all the earth. France had her Charlemagne,who not only Increased the territorial hounds of France, but brought about a revival of learning in lils domin ions, the effects of which placed France on the map of great nations. She had ber La Fayette, who heard tito cry of thirteen small colonies for liberty, who braved tho mighty deep to light in their defense, and who later returned to his native land to answer the watlings of his own dis tressed people. Finally we see him with the destinies of France at his command, yet refusing nil tho honors which his people would gladly have thrust upon him, longland had liri' great Wye'::', the ? morning star of the Reform at ion. I who spent his life in the car . of humanity; her sir Thomas Niore. who dreamed of a world at pea?. \ of a I'topia whose happy eitizenr; had wrought out an idea! COlUtllOUv ? tesl. Turning to our own fair and i.;p py land wo recall the name of V ' -h I ington, "the father of oar country." who withstood Hie hardships of war , for those seven years that y ?d many souls, but who always I; pt his eyes on thc goal--a Free Amer ica. We can also soe tho tali and sturdy form of Abraham Lincoln.with ! mall and wedge, splitting rails in the forest, yet rising from thc depths of poverty to the heights of national greatness; we see him endeavoring to unite a divided people, and finally succeeding. These are a few of tho many who have heard the call. 'Thus we see that from time Im memorial nations have been labor ing to attain the heights of civili zation, and out of this struggle has come the summons for men. Nor has the call died away, but to-day it is appealing in a more persistent mannet than ever before. The world cods- men to-day who aye bro?d-browed and far-sigh ten men of a cosmopolitan and altruistic spirit, mon who recognize the world as their honte, and every ni a ii as ; their brother; men who wish to j fight in order that posterity may not j have to fight, who wish to bequeath to generations yet unborn a still richer and nobler heritage than that ' which they now possess. 'The world I needs men to solve the paramount problem of the age -that of the League of Nations, a problem that has been laughed at until it has al most become a public joke. But, thanks bo to Cod. lhere are a few ! bravo men left who do not take this j great problem, which concerns the j whole world, as a joke, hut who are i willing to risk their all for its estab I lishment. We (anno; hut admire : Woodrow Wilson, the living martyr. I who has given his most strenuous j efforts and sacrificed popularity for the accomplishment of this one sn I premely great cruise. The day will I come when our country-when the j world - will realize, tis forty-two na 1 tiona have realized, the need of ibo League and Covenant, and Woodrow j Wilson's Hume will go down in the j solemn verdict of history as a man i who caught the vision of a world at peace, and who labored to make this j dream real. Vet. regardless of the universal I appeal for mon, there are those in the world, and many in our own na tive land, who have turned a deaf ear to the call of tho ages, and who would obliterate In a single day all thal former generations have achiev ed, who would maliciously destroy '.pr?c?dents, haws and institutions ASPIRIN j Name "Bayer" on Genuine Take Aspirin only as told in each package of genuine Mayer 'Tablets of Aspirin. 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There are those who would haul down the Stars and Stripes and holst In Its place the red dag of Bolshevism-men whose solo object is to stir up class against class and to breed discontent; who j wish to tear down the ideals that have made possible the founding of j a groat republic like burs, and Inun date the world with their new ideas, false doctrines and propaganda. Sol long as there are those in the body i politic who advocate such policies ; the very foundation of civilization Is threatened. Are we, as loyal Americans, who do not wish to see the onward march of America check ed, going to stand idly by and see all j that has been accomplished hy the noblest minds of generations de stroyed? Or shall we not, hy our j example of loyalty, heed the call for M KN ? Young men of America, the call ? comes to you -you who Inh?bil the greatest country tn the world, you j who possess the richest heritage of till peoples, who have at your dis-I posai Ibo greatest opportunities lo bo found. Thc summons comes lo j jyoti to lay aside every petty griev-, lance ami every selfish ambition and go forth with a brave heart to lighl ; for humanity, to make safe the ?groa; principle for which thousands sleep to-night In Flanders Fields to make the world safe for democ racy. Preparo yourselves for the her-j euloon tasks that await you. Your country needs you, Bolshevik i Kas sia needs you. devastated France \ needs you the world needs you. De-j velop your God-given faculties and j go forth to serve humanity. Fadeless laurels and the gratitude of millions yet unborn await him who does this. The paramount call of America to doy ls for real men. God give us men-men who will struggle in or der that liberty and democracy, the priceless heritage of America, may be given to all the world! Oeonee S.-A. Singing Convention. The Uconee County Semi-Annunll Singing Convention will meet with the Wolf Stake church, three miles northeast of w .st colon, ni aday,! j May 1st. All chinches :i)d linday [schools are urged to som'1 delega'.os and all good singers hnh mf.ers Of music are invited. Cc.nc and bring well-filled baskets and let us have a good day of prayer and praise to the Lord. W. M*. Lemmons, Pres. W. E. King. Secretary. Habitual Constipation Curco in 14 to 21 Days .LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially I prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but should be taken regularly for l t to 21 days to induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c per bottle. LIFE SENTENCE FOB TUE NEC HO Louisiana Sherill' "Forgot to Hang. Purdon Board Makes Change. Shreveport, La., April 21.-The death sentence of Lonnie Eaton, tho negro whom the sheriff of Ouichita parish forgot about when tho day set for his banging came around last month, was sentence! to lifo impris onment by the State pardon board yesterday, according to advices from Baton Bouge, when the board con sidered the negro's casi? at their reg ular meeting. Eaton was convicted of murder several months ago and was brought from Ouichita parish to tho t?addo parish jail for safe-keeping. 'Gov ernor Barker set the date for the hanging, but tho sheriff forgot all about it until tho legal date had passed. As he afterwards wrote to Governor Barker, he was so busy with other affairs In his oilice, he for got the day bo was to hang Eaton. When the omission was discovered attorneys for Eaton held that, as he had been in jeopardy once, his exe cution would bo illegal. Governor Parker secured opinions from mem bers of the bar. but (ho Attorney General held that, as Eaton bad been sentenced to bo hanged, the law re quired thal sentence bo carried out unleSjS executive clemency was ex tended. The matter then was allow ed to rest until Hie meeting of tho pardon hoard. Fr?lich Honor 2,800 American Dead. Cherbourg, France, April 20.-An impressive ceremony took placo here yesterday, in honor of L'.SOO Ameri can soldiers, whose bodies have boon assembled and aro wailing trans portation to the' United States. Pa triotic societies saluted the caskets and a battalion of marines rendered honors. The president of the French War Veterans lauded Die heroism of Ibo American soldier i?? ?in address. Thc American commander of tho base responded flt tingly. i .]..{? 4* .]..{. .!..{..}..{. ?I* ?I? .}. ?|. tfi COUNTY AGENT'S NOTES. .{. .I* *I# -I* 4* 4? ?1* * ?I? * * Club Members Enrolled. Fdghty-two club memberB have . boon unrolled In the corn, pig and I cowpe?.' clubs, which are conducted I by the County Agent, there being i about twenty-two more club mam j hers enrolled than last year. Listed j by schools and clubs, they are as fol ! lows: South Union. Corn Club - Raymond White, i Bruce Ivostor, Luther Fousek, Reece j Catboy, Billie Reese, George Massey, Ross Gibson, Harry L. Goodman, Tamos Burriss, Lawrence Burriss, Hubert Waters, Loaland Wiggins. Pig Club-'Felton McGuiro, Louise Robinson, Mary Fousek, Warloy Gib son. Flat Shoals. Cowpea Club-Lloyd Bell, Claude Brewer, John Sloan, Irby Crow, John F. Cowan. Pig Club - Clarence Crow, Jesse Sloan. Blue Ridge. . Corn Club -Johnny Adair, Joe Kerr, Milton Dil Bose, Turner Mc Call, Louie Brandt. Odell Madden. Pig Club-Karl F. Brandt. Tekoona. Pig Club-Schubert McPhail.Mary Noll Shirley. Cowpea Club-Guy King. Frank Gibson. Corn Club -Nelson King. (ink (?rove, t'owpea Club- Finest Arve, Prue Gibson, Neil Sanders, Joe Rogers, (?cor Pritchard. Dorrill Broom. I; a<,noona. Pig Club-Charles Craig, Jessie Hunnicutl, Grace Craig, Lois llunni CUtt, Mildred Cantrell. Keoweu. Pig Club-David Bennett, Jessie Bennett, James Lanford, Harry Neal. Neville. Corn Club-Manuel Keaton, Nor rlce Chastain, Alfred Stephens, Hen ry Cox. , Richland. Pig Club-Mildred McDonald.Bur gess McDonald. Corn Club and Cowpea Club Boyd Gumbrell, j Ebenezer, i Pig Club-Hazel Tolllson, Bertha I LeCroy. Corn Club-George LeCroy. I Earle's Grove. I Com Club - Forrest Smith. "Wade Callahan, Hubert Callahan. Coonee < ?reek, j Corn Club . Klin... Murphn-o. Richmond Owens. Tailor. Pig Club-Burriss Dickson, Ed. Rallonger. Providence. Corn Club-Frank Lowie. Cowpea Club-Clerey Freeman. Fair Play. Pig Club-Lige Marett. Cowpea Club-.Denman L. Loving good. Fairview. Corn Chi!) - Janies Peebles. Pig Club- Albert Smjth. ( lakway. Cowpea Club-Henry L. Prater. Corn Club-Curt Dearden. lMcket Post. Corn Club and Pig Club -Francis W. Galloway, Berry Galloway. Fairfield. Pig Club-Mary C. Fowler. (Note.-W. H. McJunkin, a pro gressive Duroc-.Iersey hog breeder of Westminster K. F. D. 3, offers a prize of ten dollars for tho best Du roc in Hie club work.) Experience with Velvet Benns. There is at least one farmer in the county who bas lind some valuable experience witli velvet beans, and it is well for others who have been "running away from velvet beans" to stop now and give those wonder ful soil Improvers a good trial. lt. 1). McDonald, of Richland, states that he sowed ono and one eighth acre in velvet heans, which kepi five a ii i ni a ls In feed, grazing on them for seventy days. The animals were one cow, ono horse and three yearlings. This was a poor, gullied hillside. How far dons this boat hauling Western bay? Ile also showed the agent a Held containing approximately three fourths acre, which was also on an old hillside where sassafras and wild plums used to grow. On this Held four crops of velvet heans had been turned under and only Hie ears of com pulled. Last year he raised ?18 bushels of corn on this small patch, with no fertilizer. Velvet beans were planted In every row of corn, and in the middles between "was a row of peanuts, and about forty bushels of peanuts were gathered. And yet some of us wail and gnash our tooth over fertilizer prices and weep over our poor, run-down hillsides because wo haven't the nerve to get out of Ibo old rut. On an acre field of cotton, where velvet, beans and corn had been I planted four years and the vines turned under, ho stated that last year thirteen hundred pounds of seed cotton was picked from that acre. ? ? ? ?m ?m? ? ? $$$$ m The Willard was first, The Willard is better built. The Willard lives longer, The Willard is used most, THEREFORE, You want and must have j he Willard Battery in Your Car. Wc have a complete line on hand. The name Willare' > 1 is a guarantee of perfection in the battery world. Our personal j guarantee goes with every battery. Hughs Garage, Main Street, \-\ Walhalla, S. C "Satisfied Customers** is Our "Motto. @ isi @ @ @ ? ? mt ?gi *?J ? ? ? ? ? ? & ? & is* @ .J* Here's yQ"r Chance $1.50 BFO' Progressive Farmer,] $1.00 year, The Keowee Courier, $1.00 year, Either paper well worth Combination Price of Both. Order yours now. For th For 12 Months ?Nu fertilizer was used, lie stated, ex cept one distributer full. Mr. McDonald says bis cow rel ishes the beans and produces a good quantity of milk from tljem. Even his horse has been taught to eat them, and now prefers them to corn.; Mr. McDonald states thai he was in-j fiuenced to start planting velvet beans some eight years ago when G. i M. Harnett was County Agent and came around and asked him to give! them a trial. Others are asked to tell the agent : their experiences. Geo. R. Briggs, County Agent. A WOMAN'S BACK! The Advice of This Walhalla Woman IS of Certain Value. Many a woman s back has many aches and pains. Ofttimes 'tis the kidneys' fault. That's why Donn's Kidney Pills are so effective. Ask your neighbor! Many Walhalla women know this. Read what ono has to say about lt: .""rs. S E. Powell Walhalla, says: "SoVorad years ago kidney trouble came on me and my back ached a good deal. When I bent over, sharp | pains would shoot through mo a?ul i spooks appeared boforo my eyes. Mornings 1 was as tired as when I ! went to bed and I was nervous. My 1 kidneys didn't act properly. Finally 11 began taking Donn's Kidney Pills and! they quickly cured mo of tho trouble. I I have great faith in this medicine." Prieo 60c, nt nil dealors. Don't ! simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Donn's Kidney Pills - he seme that I Mrs. Powdi had. Fos'.erMilburn Co., ? Mfrs.. Buffalo, M. Y. I 9800,000 Church Destroyed. j Montreal, Canada, April 20.- Fire' of unknown origin destroyed Ibo j Church of the Nativity here during i last night. The loss was estimated! at ?800,000. The church, one of Hie largest in tho city, was a reproduction of the Cathedral in Florence, linly. Its spire rose to n height of about two hun dred feet. Mrs. Crandall (Iowa) Tells How She Stopped Chicken Losses "Last spring, rats killed all our baby chicks, Wish I'd known about Rat-Sn,a|> before. Willi just one large package wc killed swarms of rats. They won't Kit (his year's hatches. I'll Let." Rat-$uai> is t;uar. ! antccd and sells for 35c, 65c. $1.25. Sold uud t;uuiautccd by I Burton's Drug Store, Whltnilrc-MuroH Hardware Co. Subscribe for The Courier. (Desi) CAN'T DMPORT A N V MU UK KC SS Undesirables if Soviet Opposes lt. Others Objectionable tiver There. Riga, Lei via, April 20.-The Uni ted States no longer will be able to deport its undesirables or send its willing Russian residents to Soviet. Russia without previous negotia tions and the consent of the Soviet government in each individual case, under the provisions of ti Soviet de cision made public to-day through a note to the Letvian government. The note says that, effective to day, the Soviet authorities will not honor any transit vises granted by Letvian representatives abroad for emigrants or deportees hound for Russia unless they also '.?ive Russian vises. The Letvian government has no j tilled its consul In New York to abide I by this ruling and similar instruc tions have been sent to England. For ?a long time past Russia has admitted j without 'Soviet vises, deportees and ; others from the United States after questioning them nt neutral port.-: of debarkation. Tho effect of the new ruling, so far tis the United States is concerned, will be thc prevention of further deportations from that country to Soviet. Russin unless a list of those deported has been submitted officially to tho Soviel government and the latter's permission for the entry of such deportees into Russia gained. During Ibo last few months Amer icanized Russians among the emi grants and deportees entering Rus sia have caused much difficulty there and in ninny instances are said to have been lending factors In re volts. In nddltion, many of thom have boen anarchists, whom tho So viet authorities also tire unwilling to admit. No Worms in a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms hnvo on un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, iv id as a rule, there is moro or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILI. TONIC given regu larly for two or three weeks will enrich tho blood, Improve the digest lon, and act ns c generali length ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel tho worms, and titi Child will bo in perfect health. Pleasant to take. COc per bottle flin and 07 Utiles Cotton limn. Rennettsville, April 20.- Fire de s I roy od Ibo gin and about !I7 bales of colton on D. K. McColl's plantation/ on tho edgo of Ibis town, io-day. lt is reporto! that the colton was long staple. The loss is partly covered by insu raneo. Subscribe for Tho Courier. (Best.)