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Filthy Lucre Transformed By REV. LEW W. GOSNELL Assistant Dean, Moody Bibi? Institute, Chicago. TEXT.-Not becauso I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your .?count But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphrodl tue the things that were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifico ac ceptable, well pleasing to God.-Phil. 4:17, 38. Shakespeare sets before us with a few strokes the apothecary, "In tat tered weeds, with o v e r w h e 1 ming brows," from whom Romeo would fain buy poison. It was against the law to sell lt, but Romeo urged upon tho poor mau forty ducats, saying : "There is thy gold, ^ - * worse poison tx? mmafk jf?s?Q men's souls, WMWML Doing moro mur ?OTK In im? loathsome world Than theBO poor compounds that thou may'at not sell; I sell thee poison, thou lins Bold me none." But our text sets before us tho thrilling fnct that this poison, lllthy lucre, muy lie. transformed Into ruin current In the Kingdom of God. l'util disavowed that he desired a gift, but rather that "fruit" might abound to tho account of the IMilllppluiis. The late Bishop Moule of the Church of Eng land, a distinguished Bible scholar, held that the word for "fruit" might ho translated "Interest." This ls sup ported by the fact that tl.i? context ls full of commercial terms. Hence, there is very clearly set forth the fact that gifts to the work and servants of God, Instead of being lost to the giver, rather become Interest uccrulng to his account. Reward From Heaven. Even now we find blessing lu using our means In the service of God. In Acts 20:85 Paul preserves for us a saying of the Lord Jesus which ls not found hi tho Gospels: "It ls more blessed to give than to receive." Tho favor of God upon His generous chil dren ls assured In Hebrews 13:10: ''But to do good and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God ls well pleased." And the "inter est" abounds not only In this world but In that which ls to come, for the Master will say : "Well done, good and faithful servant." He ls a wise mun and a farsighted Investor who heeds the words of our Lord : "Provide your self bags which wax not old, a treas ure In tho heavens that falleth not, where !.. lulof approriehetl)? neither moth 'U.tr-t 'i.-Lake t*? :?l??? tint not ?iilj doe?i P? il use thc coin* mercie) figuro <...' "In ?rs!," -but ht) ?p'cakti the jd ft iv hie)) ?he Philip pians had sent him as "an odor of n sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God." His language com bines the figure of the burnt-offering of dedication with that of the peace offering of thanksgiving. In this met aphor "nil the snored Ideas of yielding up precious things to God and of the sacred fire that consumed the offering ?re brought to hour o the prosaic ma terial gift." Giving to God. It ls Interesting to note that, while the gift was sent to Paul, It was really a Sacrifice offered to the Lord. What assurance this gives us that our benef icences cannot go astray ! Even should the recipient prove unworthy, or the money he mishandled, the gift remains safe, so far os we are con cerned, in the keeping of Him who lins accepted it ut our hand. Perhaps most wonderful of nil ls the fact that our gifts of money may bo "well-pleasing to God." It ls beyond our comprehension that the ever blessed God can be given pleasure by any deed of man, but Holy Scripture assures us lt ls even so. Luke tells us of certain women who ministered unto our Lord Jesus of their substance when He was upon earth.-Luke 8 :'t. How often have we wished we might have been will? Ulm then, nod brought a smile to His face and joy to His grief-oppressed heart, by our loving ministries! How thrilling that (his privilege of giving Him pleasure is still ours, although Ile ls the Lamb In the midst of the throne ! We are not surprised to find Paul following the tex! with two verses con taining an assurance and u doxology : "Hut my (??xl shall supply all your need according to His riches lu glory In Christ .Jesus. Now unto God and our Euther be glory for ever and ever. Amen." Love One Another. Let us reinemho. that Just as th? sin of murder is wrong because lt ls a defacing of God's Image, so love of one another ls an Imperative duty, because in loving a fellow-creature we love the work of God, the redeemed of Christ, one who is, or should be, the temple of the Holy Ghost. If we cannot love people as they ure, let us love them as they (night to be. ns they may be, and as we may help them to become.-Selected. World of Your Thought. Put Phillp- II. of Spain In the most beautiful gardens that had ever been built on earth, and he remarks, "It gave me content for two minutes." Put Bunyan In Bedford Jail, and bc lives In spiritual mansions, und sees the gie'/ming turrets of Hie Eternal City. Ker, the world you really live in is the world of your thought. Subscribo for The Courlor. (Bos'.) A PETITl ON Citizens of West Union and Community Seek to Have Blue Ridge Railway Build Station-Old Building Destroyed by Fire Four Years Ago. The State ot South Carolina, County of Oconee. To lion. W. P. iMason, State Senator, E. P. 'Bruce and W, L, Dallon,, Members House of Representatives, for Stato and County a foresail; We, the undersigned citizens ot tho town of West Union, and com munity, County and State aforesaid, respectfully petition your Honora ble .Body to use your best efforts to have'a law passed by the noxt Gen eral AssemJbly to force the 'Blue Ridge .Railway Company to rebuild ibo depot at West Union, S. C. The depot was destroyed by tire on or about April 1st, 1018, and persistent efforts have 'been made to have it rebuilt, but with no effect. We have in our town one of the largest humber companies in the upper part of the State, handling dil grades of lumber, and wo haye a largo lot of saw mills throughout the surrounding country that uro fully able to supply the material for tho construction of a suitable railway station, and wo feel snve that a station could 'he rebuilt, su ?rielen ?ly good for a town of this size, for $2,500.00 to $3,000.00. The present station is an old railway car, and is very unaanituiy, Wo have a lady agent, who is very e?lclent, and the conditi'ms Under which she works aro very inconvenient and undesirable. There is i1.. convenience for the passengers coming and going, nor any protection from tho weather. We hope you-will uso your best efforts to have the ralina;. Stull ?I robu lit. Very respectfully submitted, J. B. SCHULTZ, S. D. A DOTS, W. C. HESTER, G. J. HUNTER, W. D. PELL, R. A. TAYLOR, J. H. ALLEY, 'E. GI LLI SON, A. T. SMITH, J. M. BH1NINEY, MRS. A. K. CALLAS, .1. C. SHOCKLEY, County Supervisor, MRS. J. D. TODD, ?MRS. J. W. REDDER, .1. C. KNOX, NEVILLE BIROS., BURT ABBOTT, IR. D. MAJTTISON, J. C. RAMIPIJEY, E. R. 'WYATT, JOHN W. BlREfW'ER, 'PRANK POORE, J. F. HEBDEN, |J. R. PDAY, W. J. TOW, J. M. HOOD, J. W. HU'NiNilCUTT, 'B. T. JONES, ('.. i, KERR, J. If. a WAC ?-J, \J J SCUM TZ, t A lt?t?ER$, ?CHARLIE SHIPMAN, W. F. MILLER, G. A. SE TT LIOS, JOH X F. CIRA'IG, Cashier Bank of West I nion. JAMES PHlNXEY, E. P. HUTCHISON, 'MI6S MIAiMUE FR KIO M'A V. -MRS HANNAH SA'X'DJ?RK R. A. HUTCHISON VAN DUiNOAiN, JOHN W. W?K3KiLjFFE, W. I. HUTCHISON, J. H. ADDI'S, 0. W. ADDIS, T'HOS. PEAY, E. O. ?H'UTCHJl SON. Intendant of Town, B. J. ROACH, J. A. HUTCH ISON, J. F. NEVTLUE, A. H. ELLISON, <W. N. LTND9AY, J. ALDEN HIAfLL, MONROE WIH'ITN ER, S. J. McCURRY, J. D. ADDIS, J. R. DUNCAN, WALTER DICKA'RD. F. J. BELL, J. C. IMULKDY, A. VOLLRATH, T D 'V.\PTON, L'lCKAitl), <. \V. \VifCil?Llr>FlP . S'l'OHOLDS; r WHITEN1?!* JOE QUARRELS, 1. F. LEE. STATEMENT OF FACTS REGARDING THE CONDITIONS A ? WEST UNION, S. C. West. Union is situated in Oconee County, two miles east from Wal? halla, the County Seat of Oconee County, S. C. Its' business plac con sist of Cotton Seed Oil Mill, Corn Mill, Large Wheal Mill, f Bank, Garage, Largest Lumber Mfg. Plant in the Up-Cou n Hoof Market. Soven Stores. One Physician. West Union ls also the 'home of tho County Supervisor, wh< LS a largo business here with the railroad for the County, and would have more If a depot were built. The population of West Union is about four hundred. This ls the nearest shipping point for Salem, a town about twelve miles distant, which town has four stores, one drug store and a restau rant. West Union is also the most convenient shipping point for W. M. Murphree and M. H. Hughes, two country merchante, nearby. Marshal Foch, Indian Chief. (New York World.) Having smoked the pipe of peace with Chief Ked Tomahawk of tho Dakota Sioux and had tho resound ing name of "Charging Thunder" conferred upon him, Marshal Foch's next honor at I he hands of the Amer ican red mau was to be invested as a chief of the {'row Indians by Chief Plenty Coups. Thus is tho generalissimo of the Allied armies received into full in dian fellowship with tribal ceremo nies and decorated willi tho Indian equivalent of the academic UL. D. As a heap big chief he has been ns much a subject of admiring Interest in the wigwam as nt the college con vocation. Has any other pale-face visitor from abroad been accorded a greater diversity of public honors? It has been left to the Indians to perform tho finishing ilourish of American hospitality. Marshal Foch is report ed to have found the grandeur of the prairie country "almosi overpower ing," and in tho nature of things ho cannot havo failed to bo impressed with tho novelty of his reception by tho descendants of tho aboriginal Americans. They havo now confer red tho final freedom of the country on its Illustrious guest, and there aro no more honors loft for him to achlevo here. $i?(>,<XM> to Treat Joint Diseases. 'Newark. X. J., Jan. 12.-The gift of $100,000 in cash and property hy an unnamed citizen to found a hos pital for the treatment of Joint dis eases under Dr. 'Adolf Lorenz, the famous Austrian orthopedic surgeon, was announced to-day hy Dr. Karl A. Kopplor. Tho proposed institution would make Dr. Lorenz's services available to thousands of crippled children i'i this Stato and servo ns his American headquarters. MOTHER! OPEN CHILD'S BOWELS WITH CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP. Your Ut tie ono will love tho "fruity" taste of "California Fig Syrup" even if constipated, billons, irritable, feverish, or full of cold. A teaspoonful novor falls to cleanse tho liver and bowels. In a few hours you can seo for yourself how thoroughly lt works all tho sour bile and undi gested food out of ibo bowels and you have a well, playful child ??gain. Millions of mothers koop "Califor nia Fig Syrup" handy. They know a teaspoonful to-day saves a sick child to-morrow. Ask your druggist for genuine "California Fig Syrup," which has directions printed on bot tle. Mother! You must say "Califor nia" or you may got an Imitation fig syrup.- -adv. A 20 per cont carbon monoxide In tho air will causo unconsciousness. tf? By MARGARET A. SWEENEY? tt% br McClure Newspaper BJM .ik-*to. I was spending a few days In the valley of the Naugatuck, Jaunting about the highways und the byways in a flivver, with only a dog and ft cam era for company. One morning, on a lonely blt of road that rims tbs river, I chine upon an old garden-a garden run to weed, where a few roses' of un earlier day still struggled for their share of the sun. At the entrance to a gruss-grown path that led to an old house, there stood two ancient ash trees. I sut down upon the wide stone door way, and it, too, was covered with wild, green things-creeping tendrils from a fallen vine that loy twisted on the ground like a huge brown snake, j In the tall, waving grass I saw the tip of my dog's white tail moving stiff ly. He was stalking so^ne wild crea ture. I sat very siieut. "Who built this house and who made this garden, und why are they allowed to run to ruin?" These and other questions drifted into my mind as I sat there under the Indefinable spell of this old place. Suddenly my meditations were Inter rupted hy the yelping of my dog. Ile was fiercely disputing the right of u tall, white-haired man to enter the gurdon. As quickly as I could I made my way through the weeds and bram bles again. The dog, his sense of duty satisfied, wagged a welcome. The old gentleman (he looked like n country doctor) cupped his hand behind his enr and .shouted: "Are you one of the Rnmluls-the New York Randals?" "No. I'm not," I shouted buck. "Is this their place?" "Yes, this is the old Rnndal honse. I was driving pnst and I saw you sit ting In the doorwny and I thought that -that you might he one of Miss Abby Randal's relatives from New York." And then, with the loquacity of the aged, he told me this : "Abby Kendal, a very beautiful wom an, the hist mistress of the (dd place, was born there about 40 years ago. When she was a girl of nineteen or twenty she was engaged to a young man named Nelson-Peter Nelson of Naugatuck. Nelson was fond of horses and he rode a tine saddle horse. It was his custom to ride out from Nau gatuck to the old Randal place every evening. "One evening, the eve of his wed ding day, his horse came dashing into the Randal yard riderless and covered with foam. Abby, sensing that some thing had happened to her lover, hasti ly ?mddled her own horse and Btnrted , out toward Naugatuck; about half way ? Bbc (mind .Nelson lying lu the road, j ['cul uinl Needing, but corbel du 8. I "Holj v.Tts summoned and tte I Jared mun was carried 1 > \iiss Han j dal's home. I "Throughout the night Abby Rnndal ; ' never left his side, and the next morn- j j lng, nt the request of the dying man, I she became his wli'e. At nightfall she j was a widow. j "The glrl-wldOW, dry-eyed and silent, shut herself In her room-she wanted to be alone. "In tho morning the girl lay crum pled upon I he floor, sleeping as peuce fully as a little child. Kindly hands j helped her into bed, and all day the girl lay In profound sleep. And when, j toward evening, she awoke, she .seemed 1 to have lost all memory of what had befallen her. She complained of a , headache, and of having bad a fright ful dream-that was all. j "In a few days she was busy about her accustomed tasks, not exactly the same ns of old, but doing things In a dreamy, automatic way. She never spoke of Nelson, ?nd her family and friends avoided mention of his nnme. I She seemed happiest when working alone among the flowers In the garden. "Five years went by, ber mother died and Abby Randal lived on In the old place with only an aged servant for company. "Nelson had been dead about ten years when one morning Abby Ran dal's memory came back-port of lt came back. "She had come down to breakfast, and when old Mary brought In the coffee Miss Randal said: 'I'm going away todny, Mary. My husband, Mr. Nelson, came back. He was here this morning, and he ls coming again this evening. But you may live here, Mary, ns long as you like.' "In her old heart Mary rejolocd, for the doctors had said that, eventually, Miss Randal's memory would come bock, and now there was u glimmer of lt, "Just before supper Mary saw her mistress gathering roses-white roses from the bush near the birdhouse. When supper was ready the old serv ant went to the door, but Miss Ran dal was not In the garden ; then the old woman walked down the path and there under the ash tree-the one at the left as you go out-lay Abby Ran dal, Just as she had fallen, the white roses lu her bund. "She lind gone out to meet Nelson." Crowd Prague University. More than 21,000 students are now in the Prague university and Polytech nic high school, studying law, medi cine, electrical engineering, chemistry, commercial science, architecture, ngrh culture, philosophy, literature and his tory. Many of tbojn are from Jugo slavia and Bulgaria, while a large per-1 centage are refugees from Russia, wht , Rave Chosen Prague because the uni? j versifies of their own country ar? clthei closed or lack personne). LOI Found,-that glorious feeling; th nt i comes with u oltur, pure, ruddy com- I y lox! OIL. j J. HARDIN MA1UOX IS ELHCTKI) i To Kill Vacancy on tho Hench of (he Smith Carolina. vSuprcino Court. Columbia, Jan. 12.-'Senator John Hardin Marton, of Chester, was this afternoon elected Associate Jus"iee of the South Carolina Supremo Court to succeed the late Associate Justice George W. Gage. He was ilectori ou the eighth ballot. This ond? a Ugh* that has lasted for many months. 'When "the balloting .'or Associate Justice was resumed to-day, after u recess of eleven months, '.no vole stood on the ilrst ballot Just about as it did yn the last of last year Carter 50, Donburn 4 5, Marlon 12, Shipp 24. On the third ballot Judge Shipp's name was withdrawn, and the vote then was very close-Carter 55, Bonham 51, Marlon 53. At 2 o'clock a recess was taken un til 4 o'clock. On the seventh ballot -the first taken after t'he recess the Carter forces authorized Senator Black to withdraw his name. On-the eighth ballot of the day-or tho 4 7th ballot since the election started - j Senator J. H. Marion, of "Chester,was elected as Associate Justice by a vote of 83 to 72. Thirty-nine ballots were taken In 19 21 In an effort to name a successor to Judge Gage. Slnco then the Su preme Court has had only four mem bers. Four candidates wore being balloted on when the 1921 session ended-Mr. Marlon, Gen. Bonham of Anderson, Jesse F. Carter of Bam burg, and Circuit Judge S. W. G. Shipp, of Florence. Tho Now Associate Justice ' Is the ;on of .Tamos Taylor Marlon, for mauy years u conspicuous figure In tl a business lifo Of 'Chester cdifft y. Ho married Miss .lane A. Hardin, i w'no came from ft prominent Chester I county family, of English ancestry. Tho Hardins have lived in Chester county since the Revolutionary war. Jobs Hardin Marlon was born Oct. 23, 1 874, in Chester county, lu 1 Sa i he graduated with the degrees of A. J}, and LL. D. from the University of South Carolina, being but nineteen years of age, and a special act of the Legislature was necessary to admit him to the practice of law. Ho re 1-turned to his home In Chester and was associated with Willam A. Bar ber, then Attorney General of South Carolina. He ls nov/ senior member of the firm of iMarion & Marion. Since 1902 he bas been attorney for the Carolina and Northwestern Hall way. j The new Associate Justice was a second lieutenant in Co. D, First reg iment. South Carolina Infantry, dur ing tho Spanlrh-Amerlcah war. He later served in the national guard of the State, and when retiring from this was a lieutenant-colonel. Justice Marion was a member of the House of Representatives from 1898 to 1900. In 1918 he was elect ed State Senator from Chester coun ty, serving In the session of 191?. For several yours he has boen a mem ber of the board of trustees of the i Chester schools. Time to Plant and the best varieties of vegetable and field seeds to plant for each purpose is told in tho 1922 Catalog of WOO?S SEEDS Now ready to be mailed, free on request. Reduced prices are quoted on Seeds, Poultry Supplies, and Feeds, Garden Tools and Spray Materials. Write for your copy today. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, 17 S. 14th St., Richmond, Va. ? Crows and hawks start Ufo with blue eyes. . 250 Pimples, 736 Blackhead? arid 3 Boils! No rowan! In offered, heeaUBO thojr uro lost foreverl No question will be inked*, except ono question, "How lld you loso them?" There ls but ona finswen--"I cut out now fad treat ments and guesswork; I used ono of tho met powerful blood-cleanaers, blood-purifiers and flos h-bulldera known, and that ie S. S. 8.1 Now my face is pinkish, my skin clear as a rose, 'my cheeks are filled out and my rheumatism, too, ls gonol" This w.lll bo your cxperlonce, too, if you try S. S. 8. It ?8 guaranteed to be purely Vegetablo in nil its remarkably offoc tlvo medicinal Ingredientes 8. B. 8. moons a new hlstoiy for you from now un! 8. 8. 8. ls HOM at all drug atoros In two sizes. Tho larger size is tho moro economical. JAP PAPEKS HAVE SCAPEGOATS. '.DttUUtty*' Editor's Job is to (Jo to Jail When Paper Offends. The "duminty editor*' ls one of the hardest jobs around a Japanoso newspaper otllce, relatos a Tokio dis patch. 'Hie Job ls simple enough. It is merely to go to Jail whenever nec essary. On dull days tho "dummy* editor" has nothing at aili to do except sit around tho shop and twiddle his thumbs. 'But when business ls brisk and the cops como in and pinch the place for having printed forbidden material, he puts on his frock coat and climbs imo the hoodlum wagon and spends a week or so in the cala boose earning his salary. IM eau while the real editor runs the sheet in tho same old way, at t'he same old stand. That's one of tho ways of main taining the freedom of tho press. Another ls to printianything you choose und trust to Buddha and the police. Tho latter are growing In favor, and a good number of news papers are breaking away from the once-universal "dummy editor" plan. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Warning! Unless you sue tho name "Bayer" on package or on tablets, you aro not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for twenty one years and proved safo by mil lions. Take Aspirin only as told In tho Bayer package for colds, head ache, neuralgia, rheumatism, ear ache, toothache, lumbago and for pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. Aspirin ls the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetlc acidester of Sallcylicacld.-adv. Protest Against Foreign Clothing. 'Washington, Jan. 13.-A protest has been filed wi Nh the Senate Fi nance Committee by the National Association of Merchant Tailors against the provision In the Ford ney tariff bill which would permit resi dents of the United States returning from abroad to bring into the coun try, duty free, $2f>0 worth cf per sonal belongings purchased abroad. Tho association ailso asked that '.he prosent allowance of $100 be repeal ed. The protest, which was signed by Wilbur W. Stewart, president of the association, says this would Ve claws l?gislation sinco it would affect only those residents "who can afford to travel to 'Europe several times a year. Taking ns a basis of calcula tion the number of travelers return ing to this country last year, and as suming that each would bring in the limit of duty-free goods, tho asso ciation' says, tho government would lose tho revenue on approximately $33,000,OOO worth of goods. Ute Quinine #That Doss Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, T.AXA TIVK BROMO QUININl?isboUei '.han ordinary Quinine and docs not cause ncrvouanes nor naging) in head. Remember the lull nnmennd look for the signature oi it. W. GKOVI?. 30C. Sentenced to Fleet locution. Aiken, H. C., Jan. 12.-Curtis Franklin, a negro charged with crim inal assault on a young white woman of Aiken county, was found guilty by a jury here yesterday afternoon after a few minutes* deliberation and was sentenced by Judge Jamos W. 'Dovoro to be electrocuted Feb. 3d. *?>#.?. - No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms hove an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there la moro or I ess stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC Riven rcgu lorly for two or thrco weeks will enrich th:) blood, improve the digestion,nnd oct os a riencrnj Strength ening Tonic to tho wholo system. Nature wi: I then throw off or dispel tho worms.nndthoChlld wlllbe lu perfect health. Pleasant to take. GOc per bottle.