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TARZ,
THE
By EDGAR RIC)
^ ; Copyright, 1912, by the Frank A. Mui
CHAPTER XIV. |
The Call of the Primitive.
"Where's Miss Porter? What happened?*'
questioned Clayton.
"Ain' Miss Jane here?" cried
Esmeralda, sitting up with wonderful
celerity for one of her bulk. "O
Lawd, now Ah "members! It done
must have tooked her away," The negress
commenced to sob and wail her
lamentations.
"What took her away?" cried Professor
Porter.
"A great big giant all covered with
hair."
"A gorilla, Esmeralda?" questioned
Mr. Philander, and the three men
j scarcely breathed as he voiced the
? horrible thought
Clayton immediately began to look
about for tracks, but he could * find
nothing save a confusion of trampled
grasses in the close vicinity, and his
4c. woodcraft was too meager for the
' + translation of what he did see.
All the balance of the day they
sought through the jungle, but as
night drew on they were forced to
give up in despair and hopelessness,
for they did not even know in what
direction the thing had borne Jane
Porter.
It was long after dark ere they
reached the cabin, and a grief stricken
' ? fV*nf oof oilantlv within
the little structure.
Professor Porter finally broke the
silence. His tones were no longer those
of the erudite pedant theorizing upon
the abstract and the unknowable, but
those of a man of action, determined,
but tinged by a note of indescribable
hopelessness and grief which
wrung an answering pang from Clayton's
heart.
, _ "1 shall lie down now," said the old
JF/V man, "and try to sleep. Early tomorrow,
so soon as it is light, I shall take
what food I can carry and continue
the search until I have found Jane. 1
will not return without her."
Clayton rose and laid his hand jjentr
ly upon Professor Porter's bent old
shoulder.
"I shall go with you, of course," he
said. "Do not tell me that I need even
have said so."
"I know that you would olter that
you would wish to go, Mr. Clayton,
but you must not. Jane is beyond human
assistance now. I simply go that
I may face my Maker with her and
know, too, that what was once my
dear girl does not lie all alone and
friendless in the Jungle."
"I shall go with you,'* said Clayton
olmnlv
The old man looked up, regarding
the strong, handsome face of William
Cecil Clayton Intently. Perhaps he
read there the love that lay In the
heart beneath?the love for his daughter.
"As you wish," he said.
"You may count on me also," said
Mr. Philander.
"No my dear old friend," said Pro\
fesor Porter. "We may not all go.
It would be cruelly wicked to leave
poor Esmeralda here alone. Come?
let us try to sleep a littlq."
*******
i From the time Tarzan left the tribe
of great anthropoids in which he had
been raised it was torn by continual
strife and discord. Terkoz proved a
cruel and capricious king, so that, one
by one, many of the older and weaker
apes, upon whom he was particularly
prone to vent his brutish nature took
their families and sought the quiet and
safety of the far interior.
But at last those who remained
were driven to destraction by the
continued trucluence of Terkoz, and
it so happened that one of them recalled
the parting admonition of Tarzan:
"If you have a chief who is cruel,
do not as the other apes do and at^
tempt, any one of you, to pit yourself
against him alone. But, instead, let
two or three or four of you attack
him together. Then no chief will dare
to be other than he should be, for
four of you can kill any chief."
^ And the ape who recalled this wist
counsel repeated it to several of his
fellows, so that when Terkoz returned
to the tribe that day he found a
warm reception awaiting him.
There were no formalities. As Terkoz
reached the group, five huge, hairy
apes sprang upon him.
At heart he was an arrant coward,
which is the way with bullies among
apes as well as among men, so he did
not remain to fight and die, but tore
himself away from them as quickly as
he could and fled into the sheltering
boughs of the forest.
Two more attempts he made to reJoin
the tribe, but on each occasion he
was set upon and driven away. At
last he gave up and turned, foaming
with rage and hatred, into the jungle.
It was in this state of mind that
jp the horrible manlike beast, swinging
from tree to tree, came suddenly upon
two women in the jungle.
He was right above them when he
discovered them. The first intimation
Jane Porter had of his presence was
when the great hairy body dropped
to the earth beside here and she saw
the awful face and the snarling, hideous
mouth thrust within a foot of
her.
. One piercing scream escaped her
lips as the brute's hand clutched her
arm. Then she was dragged toward
those awful fangs which yawned at
her throat. But ere they touched that
fair skin another mood claimed the
t anthropoid.
The tribe had kept his women. He
must find others to replace them.
^ This hairless white ape would be the
first of his new household.
He threw her roughly across his
broad shoulders and leaped back into
the trees, bearing Jane Porter away
toward a fate a thousand times worse
- 4 than death.
Esmeralda's scream had mingled
with that of Jane Porter; then, as was
Esmeralda's manner under stress of
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of mind, she swooned.
The scream that brought Clayton
and the two older men stumbling
through the undergrowth led Tarzan
of the apes straight to where Esmeralda
lay, but it was not Esmeralda
in whom his interest centered.
For a moment he scrutinized the
ground below and the trees above
until the ape that was in him by virtue
of training and environment, combined
with the intelligence that was his
by right of birth, told his woodcraft
the whole story as plainly as though
he had seen the thing happen with
his own eyes.
Instantly he was gone again into
the swaying trees, following the high
flung spoor which no other human
eye could have detected, much less
translated.
Almost silently the ape man sped on
in the track of Terkoz and his prey, (
but the sound of his approach reached
the ears of the fleeing beast and spurred
it on to greater speed.
Three miles were covered before
Tarzan overtook them, and then Terkoz,
seeing that further flight was
futile, dropped to the' ground in a
small open glade that he might turn
and fight for his prize or be free to '
escape unhampered if he saw that the 1
pursuer was more than a match for
him.
He still grasped Jane Porter in one
great arm as Tarzan bounded like a '
leopard into the arena which nature 1
had provided for this primeval-like
battle. 1
When Terkoz saw that it was Tar- 1
zan who pursued him he jumped to '
the conclusion that this was Tarzan's
woman since they were of the same 1
kind?white and hairless?and so he
rejoiced at this opportuntiy for double
revenge upon his hated enemy.
To Jane Porter the apparition of
this godlike man was as wine to sick
nerves.
From the description which Clayton
and her father and Mr. Philander
had given her she knew that it must
be the same wonderful creature who
had saved them, and she saw in him
only a protector and a friend.
But as Terkoz pushed her roughly
aside to meet Tarzan's charge and she
saw the great proportions of the ape
and the mighty muscles and the fierce
fangs her heart quailed. How could
any animal vanquish such a mighty
antagonist?
Like two charging bulls they came
together and like two wolves sought
each other's throat. Against the long
canines of the ape was pitted the thin
blade or tne man s Knue.
Jane Porter?her lithe form flattened
against the trunk of a great
tree, her hands tight pressed against 1
her rising and falling bosom and her
eyes wide with mingled horror, fascination,
fear and admiration, watched
the primordial ape battle with the
primeval man for possession of a woman?for
her.
As the great muscles of the man's
back and shoulders knotted beneath 1
the tension of his efforts and the huge
biceps and forearm held at bay those
mighty tusks the veil of centuries of
civilization and culture was swept
from the blurred vision of the Baltimore
girl. When the thin knife drank
deep a dozen times of Terkoz's heart's
blood and the great carcass rolled life- i
less upon the ground it was a primeval
woman who sprang forward with
outstretched arms toward the primeval
man who had fought for her and
won her.
And Tarzan?
He did what no red blooded man
needs lessons in doing. He took his
woman in his arms and smothered
her with kisses.
For a moment Jane Porter lay
there with half closed eyes. But as
suddenly as the veil had been withdrawn
it dropped again, and an outraged
conscience suffused her face
with its scarlet mantle, and a mortified
woman thrust Tarzan of the apes
from her and buried her face in her
hands.
Tarzan had been surprised when he
had found the girl he had learned to
love after a vague and abstract manner
a willing prisoner in his arms.
Now he was surprised that she repulsed
him.
He came close to her once more
and took hold of her arm. She turned
upon him like a tigress, striking his
great breast with her tiny hands.
Tarzan could not understand it.
A moment ago, and it had been his
intention to hasten Jane Porter back
to her people, but that moment was
lost. Since then Tarzan of the apes
had felt the warm form close pressed
to his. The hot. sweet breath against
his cheek and mouth had fanned a
new flame to life within his breast.
Again he laid his hand upon her
arm. Again she repulsed him. And
then Tarzan of the apes did just what
his first ancestor would have done.
He took his woman in his arms and
carried her into the jungle.
Early the following morning the
four within the little cabin by the
beach were awakened by the booming
of a cannon. Clayton was the first
to rush out, and there, beyond the
harbor's moutn, ne saw iwo vessels
lying at anchor.
One was the Arrow and the other
a small French cruiser. The sides or
the latter were crowded with men
gazing shoreward, and it was evident
to Clayton, as to the others, who had
now joined him, that the gun which
they had heard had been fired to attract
their attention if they still remained
at the cabin.
By means of a bonfire the attention
of the cruiser was gained, and a
boat was lowered and dispatched toward
the beach.
As it was drawn up a young officer
stepped out. He was met by Clayton.
"M. Clayton, I presume," he asked.
"Thank heaven, you have come!"
was Clayton's reply. "And It may be
that It Is not too late even now."
"What do you mean, monsieur?"
asked the officer.
Clayton told of the abduction of
Jane Porter and the need of armed
men to aid in the search for her.
"Mon Dieu!" exclaimed the officer.
Among the officers in the last boats
to put oft from the cruiser was the
commander of the vessel, and when
he had heard the story of Jane Porter's
abducation he generously called
ior volunteers to accompany rroressor
Porter and Clayton In their
search.
Not an officer or a man of those
brave Frenchmen who did not quickly
beg leave to be one of the expedition.
The commander selected twenty
men and two officers, Lieutenant
d'Arnot and Lieutenant Charpentier.
A boat was dispatched to the cruiser
for provisions, ammunition and carbines.
The men were already armed
with revolvers.
Then, to Clayton's inquiries as to
how they had happened to anchor offshore
and fire a signal gun, the commander,
Captain Dufranne, explained
that they had overhauled the Arrow
and had boarded her.
The sight that met the Frenchmen's
eyes as they clambered over the ship's
side was appalling.
A dozen dead and dying men rolled
hither and thither upon the pitching
deck, the living intermingled with the
dead. Two of the corpses appeared to
have been partially devoured as
though by wolves.
The prize crew soon had the vessel
under proper sail and the living members
of the ill starred company carried
below to their hammocks.
The dead were wrapped in tarpaulins
and lashed on deck to be identified
by their comrades before being
consigned to the deep.
None of the living were conscious
when the Frenchmen reached the Arrow's
deck. It did not take the French
officer long to learn what had caused
the terrible condition aboard, for when
water and brandy were sought to re
store the men it was found that not
only was there none of either, but not
a. vestige of food of any description.
When restoratives had been applied
several of the men regained consciousness,
and then the whole story was
told.
With no one on board who understood
navigation after they left the
African coast, discussions soon arose
is to their whereabouts, and as several
days' sailing did not raise land they
bore off to the north, fearing that the
high north winds that had prevailed
had driven them south of the southern
extremity of Africa.
They kept on a north-northeasterly
course for -two days, when they were
overtaken by a calm which lasted for
nearly a week. Their water was gone,
and in another day they would be
without food.
Conditions changed rapidly from
bad to worse. One man went mad and
leaped overboard. Soon another opened
his veins and drank his blood.
Two days before they had been picked
up by the cruiser they had become
too weak to handle the vessel, and
that same day three men died. On the
following morning it was seen that
one of the corpse had been partly devoured.
All that day the men lay glaring at
each other like beasts of prey, and the
following morning two of the corpses
lay almost entirely stripped of flesh.
And then the criuser had come.
When those who could had recovered
the entire story had been told to
the French commander, but the men
were too ignorant to be able to tell
him at Just what point on the coast
the professor and his party had been
marooned, so the cruiser had steamed
slowly along within sight of land,
firing occassional signal guns and
scanning every inch of the beach
with glasses. The preceding night had
brought them off the very beach
where lay the little camp they sought.
By the time the two parties had
narrated their several adventures the
cruiser's boat had returned with supplies
and arms for the expedition.
Within a few minutes the little body
of sailors and the two French officers,
together with Professor Porter and
Clayton, set off upon their quest into
the untracked jungle.
(To be Continued.)
Of Good Reputation.?Col. A. B. Wil
liatns. editor of the Richmond Journal,
has much familiarity with South Carolina
people and South Carolina conditions.
Copying the Observer's article
on the proposition to advance Rev.
Richard Carroll to the leadership of
the colored race in place of Booker T.
Washington, he makes the statement
that Carroll is in many respects a better
man than was Washington. "In
the most trying and sometimes dangerous
conditions in South Carolina,"
says the Journal, "he has been working
now more than 20 years for his
people. He has worked faithfully, diligently,
ably, bravely, patiently and
unostentatiously and having very little
to work with?no millionaires behind
him. He has carried himself so tactfully
and skillfully as to win and hold
the confidence and good will of all the
white people; and he has produced
practical results for the good of both
races in the state." Evidently, Mr. J.
G. Butler, the steel manufacturer of
Ohio, who suggested Carroll as Washington's
successor, had surveyed the
field as one with a knowledge of people
and conditions, and that he has
brought forward a successor who
would naturally fit into the place.?
Charlotte Observer.
? John Bukowa, aged 27, while suffering
from rabies, became violent
and escaped from a Pittsburgh, Pa.,
hospital- on last Thursday, running
through a crowded thoroughfare
scratching and biting at people until
a patrol wagon loaded with police
gave chase. After a battle with Bukowa
in which six police officers and
patrolmen were either bitten or
scratched, the afflicted man was re
turned to a hospital, where he attacked
those in charge. He died during
the night. Bukowa was bitten by a
dog about two months ago, but no
attention was paid to his injuries until
he began to act strangely Thursday
morning. His escape was made but a
short time after entering the hospital.
Fourteen persons in all were bitten by
Bukowa, eleven of whom were at once
sent to Mercy hospital to undergo the
Pasteur treatment.
? The railroads are talking quite
favorably to Governor Manning because
of a request that he has made
of them for reduced rates on ground
lime and phosphate rock. The governor
represents the necessity of the reduced
rates because of the impossibility
of securing potash.
ittiscrllanrous Reading.
OUR DUTY TO GOD
Synopsis of Sermon Preached by
Evangelist Black.
By a Reporter for The Enquirer.
God's love for us and the duty we
owe him, was the subject of a strong,
simple and plain sermon which Rev.
T~?r William Rlapk nr.Mirhfwl to a laree
congregation in the Presbyterian
church Monday night. There were a
large number of young boya and girls
present. While it was not announced
that his sermon would be devoted especially
to children, so plain and clear
was the message, so interesting and
i tender the Illustrations and anecdotes,
that it appeared as though it were intended
especially for them and his
juvenile auditors as well as their elders
were greatly Impressed,* as was
evidenced by their rapt attention. The
text was from Romans 12:1?"I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, to present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to
God, which is your reasonable service.*'
There isn't a book in the world like
the Bible, said the preacher. We cannot
look upon any page in it without
seeing evidences of God's love for us.
For Instance, the first words of the
text: "I beseech you." There he condescends
to beg us, and yet he could
bring down fire and brimstone upon
us in a moment. He wishes us to give
him our souls and bodies and in return
promises us mercy. 'We cannot count
all of God's mercies.
Suppose you young people tried to
put down all God's mercies, said the
preacher. He has shown compassion
in sparing our lives. He has given you
health and strength. All children have
not health. Can you think what a
predicament you would be In If you
had not health? He takes care of you
every day, keeping your lungs breathing,
etc. He never forgets you. We
breathe sixty times a minute and
there are sixty minutes in an hour.
He is therefore watching over us 3,600
times each hour.
Yet we forget him. Many of us forget
to go to him in prayer when we
get up or go to bed. He is faithful to
us but we are faithless. The dog
does not forget the hand that is kind;
but we do.
"But, if you don't want to thank him
Tor his many blessings, don't you want
to thank him for giving his only begotten
Son to save you?" queried the
speaker. "They struck that Son and
spit upon him and crucified him, and
he suffered all for you and me. Don't
you feel sometimes like you want to
do something? I am sure you do.
Just give him your souls and bodie..
Sometimes, little children, you art
sad and miserable when other little
children treat you bad and don't want
to play with you. _But. donlt, .worry
about that. Remember God wants you,
not only your souls but your body
also. He wants your body pure
and unsullied. You can do many
things for him with your body. You
can attend church and prayer meetings
and otherwise work for him. So many
people think he wants only souls. He
wants bodies because they are useful.
Of course souls are useful, too,
but we know little about souls. i
Little folks, continued Dr. Black,
sometimes say, "I will give my soul
and body to God some day." Some day
will be too late. Isn't it a shame to
keep our bodies until thoy are worn
out and then give them to him? He
says the only sacrifice which is acceptable
to him is a living sacrifice.
Do you ask why It is reasonable
that God wants your bodies aB a Hvinrr
onnrlfipft Intprm^ntprt fhp nnenlfpr
It is so because God asks it, because
we can make such sacrifice and because
he has done' so much for us.
God loves us so much that he would
melt us down to love if our hearts
were not as hard and cold as steel.
The preacher concluded his sermon
with an appeal to old and young to
accept Jesus and consecrate themselves
to him before God might compel
such consecration by punishment. ' He
may take away father or mother or
dear brother or sister as a punishment
for our hard heartedness," he
said. In this connection he told the
story of an engineer who had a sweet
Christian wife and a dear little golden-haired,
blue-eyed daughter. The
wife often plead with her husband to
accept Christ, but he had turned a
deaf ear to her entreaties. The husband
was wrapped up in his family
and each morning as he started on his
run his little daughter would follow
him to tne gate and wave him good
bye and in the evening again be
awaiting his return. One morning the
little girl was sick and couldn't see
him off as usual. When he came
home in the evening she was not
swinging on the gate and as he approached
his door he saw a piece of
crepe hanging there. The child of his
heart was dead. Going in he gazed
upon his daughter's dead face and his
wife told him the child's last words
were: "Tell daddy I got so tired 1
couldn't wait at the gate for him but
I will wait at the gate of heaven."
It was then he realized his urtfaithfulness
to God and straightway became
a consecrated man.
Is that what you. my friends, are
waiting for? asked the evangelist.
Some dear heart to be taken away in
punishment. It may come if you continue
to refuse him. Therefore now
is the time to present your souls and
bodies to him as a living sacrifice.
Profit and Loss.
That it is impossible for any person
to gain the whole world or a very large
part of it and that even if it could be
done, it would be useless because the
only thing worth having?the soulwould
be lost forever, was the theme
of Dr. Black's sermon Tuesday evening,
his argument being based on the
'exl as found in Mark 8:36-37: "Foi
what doth it profit a man to gain the
whole world, and f<?rfeit his life. For
what should a man give in exchange
I. expect, said Dr. Black, that every
man has considered the question of
profit and loss. God has presented us
a serious problem. In college it is necessary
for us to get the right answer
to a number of questions in order to
pass into the next class. If you and
I don't get the right answer to God's
question, our souls are lost. Many men
and women are lost because they are
seeking afler the treasures of this
world without regard to their soul. The
devil has other avenues, but that is the
principal one. Heaven Is a place where
God has exhausted himself making a
home for us. Suppose heaven wasn't
beautiful, but merely a place where
one could live always. Wouldn't it
pay to give our souls to God on his
promise of eternal life?
It Is hard to tell the value of a soul.
God tells us it is worth more than
the whole world. He means any soul.
Tou can see what our souls arc worth
to him when you know that he gave
his most precious possession, his only
Son. to save each of us. We haven't
but one soul. If our horse dies, oui
house burns down or other property 's
lost we can restore It: but if our soul
is lost we can't Ret another.
Who can think of what eternity
means? It Is forever. These bodily
appetites of ours that are carrying us
down to ruin won't last forever. Many
men and women think only of appetites,
our animal instincts. They are
only temporary pleasures and yet
they will cause us to lose our souls
which live forever.
It Is dangerous to experiment In
this thing of salvation, said the evangelist.
You can experiment with crops,
modes of dress, etc.. but to experiment
with our souls Is foolish. A great
many people are lost and don't know It,
many others are lost and think they
are not.
How do we lose our souls? By neglecting
those souls. The people of
Yorkville are a good people morally:
but there are doubtless many unsaved
here, continued Mr. Black. There are
many of you who, though you may not
be drunkards, or robbers or perpetrators
of other such ofTenses. and therefore
think you are above reproach,
are lost because you are neglecting
your duty to your fellow man. to your
church and to your God.
A soul may be lost by remaining
under condemnation which is a conditional
Judgment. We can be pardoned
from the sin by which we are condemned
from birth only through tlje
acceptance of Jesus Christ. He is
willing to pardon, anxious to do so.
Yet we are unwilling to accept that
pardon and therefore unwilling: to
save our souls which Is greater than
the world.
In Illustration of the unwillingness
of men and women to receive salvatloil
Mr. Black said: "Suppose a man
who was to be hung, would trample a
pardon from the governor received at
the last moment, beneath his feet.
What would you think of that man?
And yet that is a poor Illustration of
what we are doing. It cost the 1'fe
of Jesus Christ to give us a pardon
and yet many continually refuse to
receive It."
We can lose our souls by being
ashamed of Jesus, the evangelist told
his hearers. Some of us say we believe
In him and yet we refuse to confess
him publicly. The man or woman
who Is ashamed to confess him Is as
truly lost as If they had committed
murder.
None of you men and women are
going to hell for the things you will
get In the next world, but In this?a
bottle of liquor, lust, card playing,
fine clothes and other sinful pleasures.
You are blindfolded by the devil.
Just before a criminal Is executed, sa'd
the speaker, a black cap is placed over
his head, and he is blindfolded. Then
the sheriff springs the trap and the
criminal swings Into eternity. "I
k/vn. moMt. rv# ... o
ni/uucr uuw iiicviiy ui uo aic uiuiuiuiu"
ed by the devil and are waiting for
the sheriff."
If we don't accept him. concluded
the speaker, God will pour out his
wrath without mixture. On the last
day all will be resurrected. Tho^e who
have not accepted will , be resurrected
and cast Into hell. God says hell is
the lake that burneth forever. God
put a man named Mr. Dives in hell
and he didn't burn up. God says it is
fire. If it is not Are and brimstone, it
is something worse. If we lose our
souls we have lost heaven and earth
and Jesus and are gone down, down,
down. There is no profit in the loss
of the soul.
To Be a Christian.
"We can't be apostles of Jesus
Christ," said Dr. Black Wednesday
morning, "because the only apostles
are those who have seen him." But
we can be Christians and saints by
believing on him. Disciples were first
called Christians at Antioch. In the
eleventh chapter of the book of Acts
there are a number of word pictures
of a Christian. A true follower of
Christ Is like a soldier, an athlete, a
husbandman, a servant and a vessel.
He is like a soldier in that he Is called
to fight the world, the flesh and the
devil and return a victory for the
Lord.
The first steps In becoming a soldier
is enlisting and enrolling. The first
step in becoming a soldier of Christ
is to enroll your name in some church
and then begin service. "I don't see
how any one can be a Christian and
not a member of a church," said Dr.
Black. "I do not say there are people
who are not church members who
won't go to heaven; but on the other
hand I won't say there are people
who are not connected with a church
who will go to heaven.
Characteristics of a soldier are
bravery and endurance, the minister
related. Cowardice cannot be in a
good soldier. Many of us are not good
Christian soldiers. We are afraid to
acknowledge the Master in public,
afraid to take the front seats at service,
afraid to lead in his work, afraid
to ask a blessing of him when we sit
down to meals, afraid to pray in public
and to go to church. We are not
willing to. endure mucn, out we want
a bed of roses.
A soldier is always ready and is always
at his post, continued the evangelist.
There are many in this community
who say they intend to aecepi
him some day, but are not ready now.
There are soldiers of Jesus who are
not always at their posts, but love to
take furloughs. A good soldier never
hesitates. Yet we Christian soldiers
often do.
The Christian, said the speaker, is
like the athlete in that he is running
a race for a crown. The reward for
victory is a crown of life and not a
mere chaplet of roses.
Many of us think we are good husbandmen
of God's, said the minister.
A good husbandman, when he plants
a crop, expects to gather the harvests.
There are many of us who have worked
in God's vineyards and who have
not saved a single soul for Jesus. We
will have to answer for that at the
judgment bar.
A good servant is one who is careful
in the doing of little things, the speaker
explained. We Christian servants
are often unwilling to do little things
for God. For instance, some mothers
think it unnecessary to teach their
children to say, "Now I lay me down
to sleep," when they are put to bed.
They think it unnecessary to ask some
unsaved one to come to church. These
little things are links of a great chain
which we must forge for God, if we
would receive life. We should not try
' to do as little as we can for the Master,
but as much as we can. The best
servant In the world is mother, and It
is so because of her love for h^r children.
Suppose in a home (here are six
persons and five pieces of cake. Each
child gets a piece of cake and yet one
person goes without. That person is
mother. She, too, likes cake, but has
sacrificed her desire out of love to the
little ones. Jesus is like mother, only
more -loving and thoughtful. He gave
his life for us.
Christians are like unto a vessel.
There are thousands of men and women
and children dying for lack of
the water of life. God wants us to be
the vessels to convey that water of
life to them.
Suppose, my friends, concluded Dr.
Black, you decide to say, "Take me,
Lord." God would first have to empty
you of your hatred and malice, then
he would cleanse you and then he
would fill you with his spirit and love.
He is willing to do it if you will consent.
The service was concluded with a
duet by Prof. Burr and Dr. Black,
"When You Have Found the Saviour,
Go Tell Others."
PALMETTO GLEANINGS
Current Events and Happenings
Throughout 8outh Carolina.
Chief Detective James Hogan of the
Charleston police force, has been retired
after 35 years of active service.
William .P. Stevenson, a prominent
farmer of Anderson county, lost 37
bales of cotton by fire Monday afternoon.
Pete Hamilton, a negro, Is In the
penitentiary for safe keeping, charged
with criminal assault upon a white
woman, In Pickens county, Sunday.
The 130th annual session of the
South Carolina conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South, Is
now In session in Charleston.
Dr. V. M. Roberts of Blacksburg,
suffered a compound fracture of his
leg Tuesday afternoon when his automobile
was overturned near Union.
The Woodstock Hardwood and
Spool Manufacturing company's plant
in Charleston, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday. The property damage will
total about $40,000, with riO'inSOT&nce.
Governor Manning has commissioned
W. C. Cathcart, former chief of police
of Columbia, as a special constable,
to act for the Southern railway
in Columbia.
Robbers broke into the dispensary
at Elloree. Orangeburg county, Sunday
night and later set the building on
Are. The blaze was extinguished before
serious damage was done.
Governor Manning has ordered an
election to be held Jn Spartanburg on
i December 7, on the question of whether
or not Mayor John F. Floyd of
Spartanburg, and tjvo councilmen of
that city should be recalled.
Lieutenant Qovernor Andrew J. Bethea
has accepted the Invitation of
Henry Ford, the automobile manufacturer,
to represent South Carolina on
Ford's proposed peace mission to Europe.
The Brogon cotton mills of Anderson,
resumed operations on Monday
after remaining Idle for eleven weeks,
due to a strike among the help. About
575 operatives are again employed at
the mill.
Fifty persons were arrested in Anderson
this week on the charge of
selling liquor. A number of them
have plead guilty. The cases were
worked up by detectives of a national
detective agency who were brought to
Anderson by the mayor of that city.
George Ham and Charley McElveen,
the two policemen of Olanta, Florence
county, who were arrested Saturday
night on the charge of killing Sam
Lee and mortally wounding his son,
Olin Lee, during a hand-to-hand encounter
on Saturday afternoon, have
been released on bonds of $1,500 each.
"National preparedness Is a question
which demands the earnest support
of all Americans and rises above
party lines or personal differences,"
said Governor Manning Tuesday night,
replying to a telegram from the New
York World, "Is national preparedness
above party lines " was the question
put to Governor Manning by the
World.
Deputy Sheriff A. G. Justus of the
Judson mills of Greenville; J. A. Jackson
of the cloth room; J. A. Parker,
overseer of carding; Floyd Tidwell,
overseer of spinning and Henry Jordon,
J. A. Rollins and Wllmont Jackson,
all employes of the mills, have
been arrested on the charge of assault
and battery with Intent to kill
David Freeze, who was so seriously
wounded in the riot between strikers
and strike-breakers at the mills last
Saturday. The men were released on
Tuesday on bonds of $2,000 each.
Next Year's Cotton Crop.?C. S.
Webb, cotton merchant, and, incidentally,
mayor of Greenville, in a newspaper
interview urges southern farmers
to persevere in the policy of last
year in reducing the cotton acreage.
He points out that if the war should
end the demand for cotton used in
the manufacture of tents, uniforms,
explosives, bandages and sundry other
appliances of warfare will cease and
that the Europeans who consume 65
per cent of the southern crop, will be
too poor to buy cloth and yarn except
to satisry tneir necessities. mere is
scarcely a man or a woman who, under
the stress of poverty, can not cut
down his consumption of cloth by half
without suffering actual discomfort.
Mr. Webb's opinion is manifestly
sound. The reasons to reduce cotton
production are even greater now than
they were a year ago. Had the war
ended at the beginning of 1915 the
reduction in consuming power of 400,000,000
people would have been comparatively~slight.
The danger that southern planters
will throw away the advantage that
they have gained in 1915 by overdoing
the cotton business next year is very
real.?The Columbia State.
TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES
News Happenings In Neighboring
Communities.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Dealing Mainly With Local Affaira of
Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster
and Cheater.
Gastonia Gazette, Nov. 30: Gaston
county was doubly honored by the
North Carolina Teachers' assembly ln^
I annual session at Raleigh last Thursday
and Friday, in that two of her
prominent school men. Supt. Joe S.
Wray of Gastonia, and Prof. J. B.
Henson of Dallas, were among the officers
chosen for the ensuing year.
Prof. Wray was elected president of
the association of City Superintendents
and Prof. Henson vice president i
of the association of High School i
Principals and Teachers Misses
Erroli Henderson and Connie Lomax
left last night for New York where
they will do postgraduate work in the
Polyclinic hospital. They are both
graduates of the city hospital school
for nurses Dr. L. N. Patrick re- (
turned this morning from Baltimore ,
to which place he went last week to
take Mrs. W. R. Harrison of Lowell ,
route one, for an operation On ,
Wednesday afternoon of last week,
at 3 o'clock, Mr. R. F. Campbell and
Miss Edna Wallace were united in
marriage at the home of the bride in
West Gastonia. Rev. F. W. Bradley '
was the officiating minister... .At the 1
parsonage of Bast Baptist church,
Sunday evening at 8.30 o'clock, Miss 1
Edna Rhyne and Mr. Jay Arthurs were 1
married in the presence of a few intimate
friends, the ceremony being
performed by Rev. J. J. Beach I
Dr. T. C. Qulckel left on No. 38 Sun- 1
day night for Baltimore, to take little ]
Beulah Hoyle, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Hoyla to Johns Hopkins ,
hospital. Mrs. Hoyle accompanied ,
them. The little girl has a serious
throat trouble which has rendered (
It necessary for more than two montns
to keep a tube In her throat.
...
Rock Hill Herald, Nov. 30: On or
about December 15, there will be .
turned loose in the city of Rock Hill
between $15,000 and $20,000, a goodly
sum of which will be spent In buying
Christmas merchandise, gifts, etc. The 1
spending of this money will cause <
business to hum along all lines. The
sum referred to is to be paid out
to the members of the Christmas Sav- i
lngs club of the Peoples' National I
bank and represents the deposits of 1
the 1,330 club members. Next Saturday
night the club year will close and i
all members who have made regular
payments to this date will receive 4
per cent Interest on their deposits to
cover the club duea This In itself
Mil amount to several hundreds of (
dollars Sunday morning at 10 (
o'clock at the Baptist parsonage, Rev.
W. J. Nelson united In mariage Ed- .
ward D. Catoe and Miss Mollle Parish,
both of the Manchester village......
The only" Rock Hill pastor to leave as
a result of the conference appointments
yesterday Is Rev. D. H. Aattaway,
who has served the North Rock
Hill circuit, Including the Manchester
church. Rev. Mr. Attaway goes to the 1
Brookland church, Columbia, as supply
paoii/i iui a. uu tt ai u a.- c n vi* o
friends will regret to know that she is 1
/julte sick at the Fennell Infirmary. '
An operation will probably be perform- (
ed today.
i
Lancaster News, Nov 30: Mr. Vem- |
on Proctor, who for the past two years ,
or more has held the responsible posi- ]
tion of assistant agent and operator j
at the Southern railway station, left ,
Sunday for Branchville to accept j
another position with the Southern,
the change being made In the nature ,
of a promotion. Mr. Proctor's Lancaster
friends regret that this change (
takes him from this place, but they
wish him continued success. Mr. ]
Proctor Is succeeded by Mr. Curry of
Forest City, N. C. An Interesting ,
gathering of friends and relatives '
filled the home of Mr. J. F. Bell on
Thursday, Nov. 25, to witness the 1
marriage of Miss Irene Bell to Mr. 1
T. P. McKeown Mr. Otis Dees of
Fork Hill, and Miss Millie Sims were
married Sunday morning at the home
of Rev. P. E. Blackmon at Longsvllle. '
On Thanksgiving night, the 1
25th, Mr. C. W. Estrldge and Miss
Nannie Lee Delaney were happily 1
married by Magistrate W. J. Crenshaw,
at his residence Sunday evening .
at 6 o'clock, Mr. L. P. Small and Miss i
Connie Eva Rowell were united In .
marriage at the home of Rev. P. E. 1
Blackmon Wednesday evening at i
0 n'nln/ik the hnme nf \f rs M P
Gardner was the scene of a beautiful
wedding1, when her daughter, Miss
Beulah, became the bride of Mr. Er- j
nest Knight, son of Mr. J. W. Knight. |
Chester Reporter, Nov. 29: Mr. J. .
T. Collins, who filed a voluntary pe- ,
tition in bankruptcy last week through
his attorney. Mr. S. E. McF&dden, has
assets amounting to S54.685.17. while
liabilities amount to S49.491.90. Mr.
Collins had been endeavoring with
the help of fall and winter business
to effect a satisfactory settlement 1
with creditors and was making pro- 1
Tress towards this end. when the seI
curing of a number of Judgments at
the recent term of court, to be served
last week and which would have been
preferred claims and not have allowed
him to settle with all creditors upon '
the same basis, led him to file the pe- 1
Mtion above alluded to. Mr. Collins is
one of Chester's best citizens, and ,
friends hope to see him emerge from (
his business troubles and re-establ'sh ,
himself more firmly than before the
terrible business depression came on.
Cotton ginned in this county up
t? Mnv 1?t wan .175 hales as com
pared with 25,832 bales up to the same
time last year, according to the
figures compiled for the government
by Mr. W. F. Marion Rev. C. B.
Betts of Troy, who has been spending
several months at Saranack Lake in
the interest of his health, arrived here
last week and is spending a few days i
with his father. Mr. C. B. Betts. The
many friends of Rev. Mr. Betts will
be glad to know that he is greatly
improved.
Gaffney Ledger, Nov. 30: Plans for
the new cotton mill at Blacksburg 1
have been received and have been I
placed in the hands of contractors. 1
Just as soon as they can render their
bids, Dr. Hamrick says he will immediately
award the contract to the successful
bidder and that he hopes to
receive the bids within the next week
or ten days. Work will be pushed as
rapidly as possible after the contract
is awarded Miss Edna Darvina
Green of Cherokee route three, and
Mr. S. C. Painter of route seven, were
married by Judge W. D. Kirby Sunday
Miss Clara Virginia Hicks of
Lattlmore, N. C., and Mr. Irving Richards
of route three, were married Sun
uay, me ceremony oeing penormea ay
Judge Klrby Miss Macie McCraw
and Mr. Bedford P. McCraw, both of
route two. were married Sunday by
Judge Kirby Vernon Oaffney, a
young negro man, was shot in the forehead
on Thanksgiving day while out
hunting with a companion. His right
eye was put out by the shot, but otherwise
he was not seriously injured. The
Bhootlng is said to have been accidental.
GENERAL NEWS N0TE8
Items of Interest Gathered from All
Around the World.
Banks of the large cities of the north
are complaining of an unprecedented
scarcity of one dollar bills.
A Reading, Pa., man called in his attempt
to commit suicide Monday, although
he used a razor, poison a bullet
and gas.
Orvllle A. Derby, an American, in
the employ of the Brazilian government
since 1875 as a geologist, committed
suicide at Rio Janerio, Saturday.
President Wilson entertained more
than 50 of his Princeton classmates of
the class of '79, at the White House
Tuesday night.
Large quantities of toys are arriving
in the United States from Japan.
This trade was formerly largely supplied
by Germany.
Thomas Miller, a Philadelphia club
steward, committed suicide Sunday
morning. He is the third of three
brothers to commit suicide within
eighteen months
A radium hospital for the treatment
nf ranrpr rnvtlAnt* rirh nnrl nnnr wan
opened in New York Monday. The institution
is the first of its kind in the
United States.
Rev. Frederick Krleger, formely of
New Briton, Conn., for many years a
missionary in East Africa, is in a
British prison camp in India, charged
with being a German spy.
Three persons were killed and three
seriously, injured on a grade crossing
at Tarentum, Pa., Sunday night.
The train struck a Jitney bus, which
was doing business because of a strike
Btopplng the electric car system.
Serious rioting continues at WilkesBarre,
Pa., in connection with the
street railway strike at that place.
Personal violence has been threatened
against the families of officials cf
the railways.
An American prelate stationed at
Rome, estimates that nearly 1,000,000
Armenians have been slaughtered
since the present slaughter began
several months ago. He says that of
14,000 who once lived in a single
city, only 100 are left.
Federal authorities are* investigat
Ing an anonymous threat to destroy
waterfront property at Seattle, Wash.,
that is being used for loading supplies
for the Allies. Pier No. 14, was
destroyed by a mysterious Are on
October 28.
An unconfirmed dispatch from Amsterdam,
says that information has
been received there to the effect that
several thousand women gathered before
the imperial palace at Berlin on
Saturday, demanding the return of
their husbands from the front and
better food conditions.
Congressman Howard of Georgia,
will propose to congress that in order
to maintain a large standing and reserve
army in the United States that
an army post be established in each
state, with enlistments of six years?
two years with the colors and four
years in the reserve.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L?. Dramond
and two other persons have been placed
under bonds of 810,000 each, charged
with manslaughter, by a New York
coroner's Jury. Dramond and his
wife were owners of a building recently
deatroyed by fire, in which a dozen
ur more young women lost their lives.
Joseph Campbell, a negro convict,
was found guilty of murdering Mrs.
Maizie Allen, the warden's wife, at
Jollet, III., Monday. The negro was
i trusty and murdered Mrs. Allen In
June last. Allen resigned as warden
because he refused to live In the prison
apartments, as required by law, following
the murder of his wife.
Several railroads running into New
fork, Philadelphia and Baltimore have
found it necessary to place an embargo
on freight shipments from
western points destined for export
through these cities, on account of the
freight congestion due to lack of ships
to carry the immense quantities of
freight abroad.
The four-masted schooner Judge
Boyce arrived at Philadelphia on Monday
from Opobo, Africa, bringing a
cargo of palm oil in cakes, the first
shipment of palm oil ever landed In
the United States direct from Africa.,
rhe mate of the Judge Boyce presented
an African chieftain with a silk
umbrella and the chief insisted on
presenting to the mate eight dark
African belles. The mate declined the
gift with many thanks.
Mother Shipton's Prophesy, Written
1445.?"Carriages without horses shall
trrt
Ov>
And accidents fill the world with woe,
Around the world thoughts shall fly.
In the twinkling thoughts shall fly,
Waters shall yet more wonders do,
Now stranger, yet shall be true;
The world upside down shall be
And gold'be found at root of tree.
Through hills man shall ride
And no horse nor ass be at his side:
Under water man shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall be seen
In white, in black, in green;
Iron in the water shall float
As easily as a wooden boat,
Gold shall be found mid stone
In a land that's now unknown;
Fire and water shall wonders do,
England shall at last admit a Jew,
And the world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one."
William Kinsler of Ohio, who was
committed to the state asylum for the
insane from Anderson some time ago,
has escaped from the institution.