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- I; Dem?s, the ?| ? Deserter jil By REV. J, R. SCHAFFER ?j! Dlroctor of Evening Classes, Moody <\'< )\ nine Instituto, Chicago. ^ \, TEXT-Domas hath forsaken mo, hay? (iiK loVed this prosont world.-II Tim. 4:10. Tilts.- Is thu silen test biography In the annals of men-yet the tragedy of n lifetime ls pic tured In these wortfs.^ D?nias, tho deserter. What an ?execra* ?ion I How base and vile. Of all ( men, he is the most despised. Centuries ago the. war of Chris tendom had Just begun. Travelling worldwide, the great general of the cnuse recruit ed patriots to its standard lu city, Village and hamlet. Ho came into Colosse one day and gathered a crowd In the market place. He told Ibo story of the awful conflict rag ing-ho called for volunteers-and a fine specimen of Greek youth, edu cated In the subtleties of philosophy, cultured In the flue arts of lils re nowned laud, Initiated Into all Its se crets of pleasure and enchantment, stepped out of the throng, lie had been thrilled by tho recital of brave deeds, crimsoned.by sacrifice and suf fering. The appeal of tho heroic fired his soul; a burning desire was kindled to follow this Kreut lender. Ile en- j listed beneath the banner of the cross. He swore allegiance to tho Christ of Calvary. He left home 'mid kindred. Ho became a stnfr-ofllcer to the great general of the Christian' forces. For several years be shares tho honors of war, the spoils of victory, until one day lu a fierce conflict with the en emy the great Commander ls taken prisoner and cast lato a dungeon In Rome to await execution. This was too much for the gnllant young cap tain. Disappointed, disconsolate, ho deserted. General Paul writes a letter to Col onel Timothy of his stnf? nnd tells him the sad news. What a tragedy I Ho has fought side hy side with the greatest and grandest of soldiers, he has shared the triumphs of the cross from Ant loch to Rome; then be desert ed to the runks of the enemy, forsak ing Christ for the world. No wonder the "heart of thc apostle ls almost broken. It seems wo can hear the sob of his sorrow in these words: How can we account for this de sertion V I. Dcmns Was Never a Truo Soldier. A true soldier fights until peace ls proclaimed or death rewards his faith fulness. He may lose courage at times when hurd pressed, muy doubt and fal ter; may even be defeated in battle, but be can never, never desert. De sertion ls the proof of n superficial motive, tho result of an attachment. lils heart, soul, will, life, have not been abandoned to the cnuse. The Apostle John has explained this experi ence. When referring to the multitude of disciples who deserted Jesus, he says : "If they had been of us, they would not have gone out from us." Dennis ls always present In history of tho church. Thousands under tho spell of battle songs,und enlistment appeals have professed allegiance to Christ. They have put on the unl formv taken their place In the ranks, perfected the drills, gone Into battle, but when real testing came, they woro reported missing. II. Dcmns Reveals the Deception of the Human Heart. ' It ls possible to so closely resemble a Christian that only God can tell the difference. Wheat anti tares look ex actly alike until harvest. Soldiers wear the same uniform, fight under the same banner, follow tho some com mander until tho crisis conies, then one sticks, the other deserts. Satan's campaign is one of deception. Ile seeks to deceive men and women with a form of godliness, lifeless and worth less. The more nearly tho counterfeit resembles the genuino, the greater the deception, Hundreds of unconverted people have been deceived) A pro fession, a uniform, a dress parade, n battle have been tho boast of dis cipleship, but their name Is Domas, for when wounds, bloodshed and sac rifice carney they deserted. III. Dem?s Shows the Subtle Attrac tion of the World. Who can deny tho fascination, tho bewltcbery of this world? Its sights Charm lila? the mirage, its sounds en chant like siren voices, Its fleeting treasures create a riot of passion, its pomp and pride intoxicate the soul. Dennis loved the world ; lt was fatal. He never really opened lils heart to tlio lovo of etornnl things. "If any man love the world, tho lovo of tho Father ls not in him." Friendship with tho world ls enmity to God. To set the affection on things on tho earth, ls to deny heaven its rightful obligation. To follow the world's maxims and principles ls to discount tho Wold of God and the guidance of His Spirit. To live for n good time in n doomed world where sinners are going tho downward pnth to hell, ls for Nero to fiddle whllo Rome burns, for the captain to dance while the Ti tanic sinks. God has called us not only to salvation, hut out of tho world. "Come ye out from among them and bo yo separate." Angela Unaware. Bo not forgetful to entertain stran gers, for thereby some have enter tained angels unnwo.ro. - Hebrew? 18:2. The Outs! in the 3( "^TEVER before hae A^l euch value as is U. S. products ROYAL CORDS tlre values-both cl:r - The Net? (ind B?tu sidewall*, mor? rubbt SIZES 30x3 Cl. 30x3!?j M 31M M 30x3V2 SS. 32 x3V} " 31x4 " 32x4 M 33x4 " 34x4 " 32x4V2 " 33x4V? 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She was placed in ono of the automobiles and was carried away and was returned to ber homo after having been away about SO minutes. No harm had been dono to ber, according to statements made by people living in ibo bouse. Neighbors were visited early this morning and reported that several automol 'les-some said five and others said eight-stopped In front of tho house about midnight. Each car carried four or live white robed passengers. Minnie Smith was taken from the premises of 1010 Sen ate street a little more than a block from tho Stato House, and was car ried away, .lust where she was taken she seemed not to know, according to acquaintances. Sho was brought ? bock in about thirty minutes. "They made a mistake," one man who lives in tlie vicinity said early this morn ing. "They must have gotten the wrong woman." .Minnie Smith was said io bo very nervous and unstrung by tho expe rience and could glvo no very coher ent account of what happened, ac cording to the neighbors, lt was said that she was soon to become a mother. The case was reportod lo Ibo police about midnight.. A TOrNIC Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and I Enriching tho Blood. When you feel Its | strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to tho cheeks and how lt improves tho appetite, you will then appreciate Us true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup.. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs QUININE to Purify it nnd IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigo? oting Effect. COc. 't hree Children Burn to Death. Choraw, S. C., Aug. 2:5.- About noon yesterday threo negro children who were in tho loft of a barn in R. j. Little's place near town, burned to den lb. They wero throwing down hay lo food a mule and tho Uro was on tho first floor. They could not escape. Tho mulo was saved. The origin of tho Aro is unknown. Subscribo for Tho Courior. (Best.) T I -TS -.-^ 5^ 3^ ?5 5 ???????????????MBBMaMBMaai tanding Tire V? ) x 3Vx inch fiel i the light car owner been offered now at your service in these two -the measure of all automobile icher and straight side-$14.65. :r USCO-thicker tread, thicker ir-$10:65. Royal Cord in both. Clincher* Straight Si United St s United States Jy1|/-Mr?a Th? Oldtttand 1 i- ac tories Rubber Orgtwitalion in Uni ar h." fc*- V- (W- *v-> K^- K- lb." )K- IK~ R BRO WN, V HER (SI PHINNEY, We THE S. C. COTTON ASSOCIATION is Now Heatly to Handle Old Cotton for Its Members. Columbia, Aug. 2 1.-O?uclol an nouncement was made by the South Carolina Cotton Growers Co-operat ive Association this morning that ii is ready to receivo old cotton from members who may desire to deliver it. Instructions are being sent out to members who have indicated a desire to sell this cotton through the association. Delivery of old cotton is optional with the member. The association expects to bo ready with in the hext few days to receive now cotton. Officials of tho association to-day pointed out that lt had been a tro mendous task to build up tho ma chinery to handle tho crops. Tho or ganization had to build from tho ' ground up, but the officials aro en thusiastic over tho prospects now. The morale of tho members of the organization, they say, is perfect, and everywhere over tho State there is a disposition among tho members and the business men of tho State to back tho association to tho limit. Over ono hundred new contracts hovo been received by the association in tho past forty-eight hours, it was stated lo-day, and new members aro being received daily. Civil Service Examinations Again. Thc civil service commission In vites special attention to the fact that in examinations recently held in sevoray cities throughout the Uni ted States for junior engineer and deck officer i 0, S. Coast and Geo detic Survey; Junior aid, grades 1 and 2, Bureau of Standards; land law clerk, Department and Field Services, applications were not se cured In tho number doslrod, and that these examinations will bo held again, rho junior aid, grades 1 and 2. examination will be hold on Sept. 6; tho land law clerk examination on Sept. 20, and the junior ongincor and dock officer examination on Oct. 4 and f>. Persons interested in theso or other examinations should apply to tho secretary of tho United Stales Civil Service Board at tho local post ?nico for detailed Information and application blanks. Colds Causo drip and Influenza LAXATIVE DROMO QUININE Tablets remove th? :au80. Thcro la only ono "BrOmo Quinine." E. V/. GROVE'S elgnaturo on the box. 80c. Paterson, N. J., was founded by a cotton manufacturing society in 1791 ates Tires Rubber Company '?argtit i Two hundred and the World thirty-five Branche* ted States Tires e Good Tires falnalla, S. C. st Union? S. C. CAN'T SHH? CALCIUM ARSENATE Hy Matt?-Its Classification as a Pot sou^Hnrs It from tho Mails. A dispatch from Clemson College sas: Tho . sending of calcium arsenate through ttye mails ls against the pos tal regulations, and farmers and oth ers sending this material to Clemson College or elsewhere aro warned not to use the mails. This information is given out by Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist, who has made public thc following letter from tho Post oifice Department on tho subject: "A. P. Conradi, Chief Entomologist; "Clemson College, S. C. . "My Dear Sir.* Referring to your lotter of the 24th instant, relativo to tho shipment in the malls of calcium arsenate, used in tho destruction of ho boll weevil, I have to Inform you that, as calcium, arsonato is consid ered a poison, it is not admissible to the mails under nay conditions. "Very truly yours, (Signed)" "\V. II. Riddell, "General Superintendent." Renew your health by purifying your system with The purified and refined calomel tablets that are free from nausea and danger. No salts necessary, as Cnlotabs act like calomel and salts combined. De mand the genuine in 10c and 35c packages, bearing above trade-mark. Virginia* Editor Dead. Richmond, Va., Aug. 23.-Frank S. Woodson, 71 years of age, a vet eran membor of tho Richmond Times' Dispatch editorial staff, died nt his homo hero early to-day, following a brief Illness. Mr. Woodson was a nativo of Warronton, Va. Tho Mediterranean Sea has tldos of from five to seven foet. THE LIVINGSTON CO.'S FORI) CAR Wit H Stolon lu Walhalla on Tuesday . ot Last Week-First Theft. Tho first thoft of an automobile bog pardpn; our mistake-we should have said a Ford oar-occurred on Tuesday of last week, shortly after noon. Mr. Abbott, representing tho Livingston Wholesale Grocery Co., slopped his oar in front of tho Cash Grocery Company's store, loft lt .standing at tho sidewalk curbing, when he should have folded it up and put it tn his pocket for safoty's sake. At any rato, Mr. Abbott went into tho store and got very doeply interested in selling a bill of goods. Ho thought no moro about tho oir until ho had finished his soiling, and thou wont out for it, but it was no where to bo found. Search was dili gently carried on, but lt was Anally and definitely established that it had not,as was at first thought probablo, rolled Into a crack in tho curbing or that a piece of paper might have blown against it, hiding lt from view, lt was gone. Tho matter was reported to offi cers, who nt onco sot out to look for tho missing car. No trace of it was found, however, until Wednesday afternoon, when it was locatod on tho public road to Salem, near tho Billson place. The "snitchor" of thc car had been forcod to "park" ow ing to tho fact that he had given out of gas, and there being not much breeze In tho general direction ho had taken, tho car refused to go fur ther. Ono of tho front tiro casings had disappeared,, wo aro told, and lt is supposed that Curtis Young, who is said to have swiped tho car-ho ad mits lt, wo are informed-took the casing off and realized something in a little sido business transaction. Young Was arrested and placed in Jail on the charge of sloallng the car. It ls said that ho was accompanied by a second party, but ho refused to tell who was with him, though ad mitting that it was he (Young) who took the car. This is the first instance, so far as we recall, of a car having boen stolen In Walhalla. Curtis Young lives a few miles out from Walhalla. Dr. Hen Leo Clarke Dead. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24.-Dr. Ben Loo Clarke, aged 54, well known in medical circles throughout tho world by virtu o of his writings on medical resnrch, and prominent among tho Southern physicians, is dead at his homo here ns a result of a five weeks' illness, which followed a stroke of apoplexy. Dr. Clarke inaugurated I tho glandular treatment for dofect I ivo children. Artillery Officer Killed nt Crossing Durham, N. C., Aug. 23.-Col. Jas. Marks Williams, coast artillery of tho army, his wife and Miss Anno Williams, all of Montgomery, woro killed to-night when a Southern railway passenger train hit a motor car in which they were riding at a grade crossing three milos from boro. Needed Help. Standing on the slippery pavement of a small Southern town oue rainy night, like sailors on a reeling deck, they were discussing a member of their party who bad to retire from the scene of action. The principal speaker In tho group appeared to bo having some difficulty In keeping his footing on tho swaying pavement. The buildings on either side bowed and rocked. The telephone poles did some sort of contortionist stunt and oven ids voice was a blt thick. "Where's Sam?" another mcmbor of the group asked him. "We took him home," tho first speak er Informed him between hiccoughs. "Was he drunk" "Drunk? It took three of us to got hts bat In tho car."-Tho Argonaut. Men and Wom<;n Not Seen Together. 1 i Uko the w omen of some other at Ish speaking cuntidos, tho worn e ol Montevideo go out In the streets. ti ey "> about In groups together, hut noi in o company of men. The Mon tevh. >o 'oman doesn't even go out with li husband, If she wishes to dine In a public restaurant she cannot sit in the main dining room with her lord and master. If she wishes to enjoy his society, they are obliged to engage a privnto room and thus maintain their dignity. This custom ls carried to such a degree that In tho theaters thero oro Beparate galleries for the men and the womei Straightaway. Colored Bootlegger (three Jumps ahead of tho officers)--Gimme a tb'ket on the spoodln'est train what runs, I craves distance-au' no'nilnd whoro to. Ticket Mon-Hut tho fast truin bas Just gono. C. B.-Ne'miad. Jes" show mo de truck it left on.-Life. Tho spiro of Salisbury Cathedral (400 feet) is tho highest In England. The redwood tree is rnroly found beyond tho roach of tho ocean's fogs. Ill cigarettes 10? They ate GOOD! GOVERNMENT IX NEED OF. AIDS Anti Assistants in Rehabilitating Dis abled Winnis. Washington, Aug. 2 4.-Tho Uni ted States Civil Service Commission stntos that thcro is argont need at tho hospitals of tho Veterans' Du roau for reconstruction aids and as sistants in occupational therapy and physiotherapy In connection with the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines. Tho commis sion will receive applications for tlioso positions until further notice. Both men and women aro admitted to examinations. Applicants aro not roqutred to report for a written ex amination, but aro rated upon tho subjects of education, training, ox porienco and physical ability. Full information concerning sal arios and requirements, and appli cation blanks, may bo soon red from tho Unitod States Civil Service Com mission, Washington, D. C., or the board of civil servlco examiners aV tho postolllce or custom house In any city. Humed Up tho Sherill's Car. Greenwood, Aug. 23.-While offi cers were raiding a liquor distillery in this county this morning, friends of tho distillers, it Is nlloged, set bro to the sheriffs automobile, which was partially destroyed boforo tho Hames were extinguished. Two men were arrested, lodged in Jail. Th-iy aro Joe Klugh and Janies Edwards. Two copper stills, 15 and BO gallons each, wore captured, in addition to soven gallons of liquor and between two thousand and four thousand gal lons of mash. Tho two stills woro found about two and a half miles from tho Ab beville county lino, west of Green wood. According to Sherill' W. \V, White, four mon woro found at tho still, but two escaped. TO'NIGHT Tomorrow Alright WT\ a mild, vegetable lamttvo to PB? relieve Constipation and Bili ousness and keep thodlaeeUvo and eliminative functions normo!. Die, BOV^^^^^JO years "Chips off ffiSo?r Block. IR JUNIORS Little NR? One-third the re?u tlar dose. Made of ? ame Ingredients, then candy coated. Por children and adults. NORMAN Dltl'G CO., Walhalla, 8. C. Southern's President Contributes. Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 2 1.-Fair fax Harrison, president of tho South ern railway, has soul his personal chock for $1,000 as a contribution to a fund to relieve and suffering and want on tho part of worn on and chil dren of tho striking shopcraf ts work ers of tho railroad at Spencer and Salisbury. In a lotter accompanying tho check, which was received by Stahlo Lynn, special counsel for tho Southern hero, Mr. Harrison declar ed ho was "acutely conscious of tho plight of the women and children of tho shopmen." roe Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Ilecnuse of Its tonic nnd Inxntlve effect, LAXA TIV? mn IMO OUININI?Isbetlei than ordinary Quinine and docs not cause nervousness nor r??alas In head. Remember the full nnmcnnd look for the signature of ii. W. ORO vii. 30c. Ancient Grooks and Egyptians ro gardod tho Ivy ns a sacred plant. I roland has boon csllmatodto con tain moro Ithan 4.000,000,000 tons of poat-- enough lo supply tho re quirements for fool and power move than 250 years.