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r* J'* ^ 7 ? f/^i n im^ t _ PAGELAND, S. C? WEDNESDAW^^NING? OCTOBER 25. 1922. ^ S1.00 per year , ? VI* xu XI V. # WITH THE POETS 1 ^ f - The Great Contrast "Once it was the blessing, Now it is the Lord: Once it was the feeling, Now it is His Word: b Once His gifts I wanted, Now Himself alone; n Once I sought for healing. Now the Healer own. n 'Once 'twas painful trying, d Now 'tis nprfpct trust: Now His will alone. ?Selected. v e The Persian Crocns e S' All flowers bring: messages, if we ? will hear; Soft whispers from a world we do not see, Some hint how "rainbows e And some, of thorns the Sinless * One did wear; And purple dyes and crimson r \ stains agree In whispering how His sor- c rows set us free 1 Who scorn and shame and death * for us did bear. * And sdme?fair Crocus, thou art surely one? c Come lor a moment, just to let i us know i What robes are ready when < earth's cares are done, : For those, sin-stained and travel- c worn below, i Who, washed and sanctified through the Pure One, Shall44walk in white" before the , eternal throne. I ?Mrs. J. O.-Ballard in "Scarlet . Oak." . : # i ??? ii A Warning I, A man who would not take his home paper sent his little boy to borrow the copy taken by a neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over a hive of bees and in ten minutes he looked like a warty squash. His cries reached his father, who ran to his assistance, failing to note a barb wire fence, - which he ran into breaking it down, cutting a handful of flesh from his anatomy, and ruining a $5 pair of pants. The cow took advantage of the gap in the fence and cot into th? mm Hpfirinu the racket, bis wife ran out, up setting n 4 gallon churn of rich cieam into a basket of kittens ^ and drowned them. In her haste she lost a $17 set of teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled through the cream into the parlor and ruined a brand new $20 carpet During the excitement the oldest daughter run away with the hired man, the dog broke up eleven settings of eggs and the calves chewed the tails of four night fchirts. Cheaper by far to have the paper delivered, says a South Dakota newspaper.?Pacific Herald, Waldport, Ore. \ ' ? *? f ?? ? ??? -- ? ?-p Once a half salvation, j Now the uttermost; ^ Once *twas ceaseless holding, Now He folds me fast; Once 'twas constant drifting, a Now my anchor's cast. 0 "Once 'twas busy planning Now 'tis trustful prayer; " Once 'twas anxious' caring, ? . Now He has the care; Once 'twas what I wanted, ri isow wtiat lesus says; o Once 'twas constant asking, I Now 'tis ceaseless praise. "Once it was my working, o His it hence shall be;. a Once I tried to yse Him, fi Now he uses me; Once the power I wanted, ^ Now the mighty One; Once I worked for glory, IT IS SAID Barkis is willin'.?Dickens. Put your best foot foremost.? ^ongreve. Sweet mercy is nobility's true adge.?Shakespeare. An infallible characteristic ol leanness is cruelty.?Johnson. The manly part is to do with aight and mam what you can o.?Emerson. The people once belonged tc tie kings: now the kings belong ^ the people.?Heine. The use of money is all the dvantage tnere is in having aoney.?Benjamin Franklin. See, there is Jackson, stand tic like a stonewall!?Bernard i. Bee at the Battle of Manassas The perfect manhood of the ace in Christ Jesus is the errand >f Christianity.?Henry Ward teecher. A Health, loneevity, beauty, are ther names for personal purity; nd temperance is the recimen or all.?A. Bronson Alcott. October is the opal month oi tie year. It is the month of?g1o y. of ripeness. It is the picture aonth.?Hfenry Ward Beecher. Industry, temperance, and pity are the only means of pres nt enjoyment, and the only true ources of future happiness.? 1. R. Haydon, The Divine mind is. as visible ft its full energy of operation on very lowly bank and mouldring stone, as in the lifting ol tie pillars of heaven, and settliog luskin. Morality without religion h >nly a kind of dead reckoning ?an endeavor to find our placi >n a cloudy sea by measuring he distance we have run, bu vithout any observation of th< teavenly bodies.? Longfellow. If a young lady has that dis ;retion and modesty withou vhich all knowledge is litth vorth, she will never make at ostentatious parade of it, because >he will rather be intent on ac quiring more, than on displaying Arhat she has.?Hannah More. Character is money; and ac rording as the man earns o ipends the money, the money n turn becomes ?haracter. As mc ney is the most evident powe i the world's uses, so the us that he makes of money is oftei r?ll thnl nr/\r1/4 b riAtirc qKaii all lliai 111^ VYIIIIU QUUVV# UUVU the man.?Bulwer-Lytton. Every man's powers have r< lation to some kind of work; an whenever he finds that kind c work which he can do bestthat to which his powers ar best adapted?he finds that whic will give him the best develoj ment, and that by which he ca best build up, or make, his mat hood.?J. G. Holland. A Rilllnn dollar Strike Columbia Record J. G. Bradley, of Wi*?t Virgini formerly president of the N tional Coal Association, declare in in address before the Amei c. 1 Mining Congress # Clev la d the other-day that the r c- :t strike in the coal industi c: ised a total loss of $l,190,O0( 00 i his loss was figured by M Bi lley, as, loss in wages to tl Ui ,'d Mine workers of Amei ce, 5 estimated by them, $45( 00'', )0; loss to the railroads, fi;,u.ed by them, $300,000,00 lo^- to the public in cost of fui $400,000,000 and loss to the mil operators, $40,000,000. / . William H. Fnnderbnrk The ripened fruit must fall.. The matured grain, must hi gathered in. 'How fitting then that man when the fullness of his year! ! has passed, should fade as fade! the flower in the mellowness o [ the autumn sun. ' What a beautiful thing it is t< be allowed to live in this work for nearly a century. To see thl changing seasons and the pass mg of the old, the confing in o ! the new, so many golden years.. The death on Sunday Octobei 15, of Mr. William H. Funder i burk in the Dudley commun^t^ r cast a shadow over a wide circli of relatives and friends in thij surrounding communities. William H. Funderburk born September 16, 1834. He was first married on tfflN ! of Dec. 1855 to Sarah Anne HjM ' gum. To them were born I children, a daughter, Willie, died when a child, Mr. I.C. SH . Hprhnrlr nf DnHlpr nnrl \frul ; M. Baucum of Union count^H i C. Mr.-S. A; Functerburk, aH| died several years ago. H is jfefl , died July 11, 1911. He maj^H Mrs.Flora Fincher of Rock S. C., who died Sept. 11. Her death was such a shocj^H him he never rallied, or got <B| it. His two remaining l>rotflj are J. T. and J. M. FundertjH ! of Dudley He was a gentleman of th^H school, a noble Confederate fffl . eran, having followed the S<fl| ern flag through all the years of the Con federate JH f He was in five battles aniM r captured once^but came oJH the'surrender he found that tbu 3 Yankees had burned every bufl ing on his place, stolen all til ' could carry away and his famfl - was left destitute, but like tfl 1 hundreds of other Southerners! ' that day who though their caul was lost, never lost the spin - of unconquerable manhood, H t went to work to build up lu 2 own home and the bruisedj4|| ) not broken community. 2 dition to his work at home taught school in a little logbuilc i ing year alter year, receiving n< money at all and only such pa in farm produce as the parent r of the children who had been dc a prived*of the privilege of schoc so many years, could pay him. r He was a faithful member c e the Baptist church through a n the years and attended it as Ion |t as he was able to do so. He was buried at Liberty Hi cemetery Oct. 16, Rev. Zeb Cat * .1 l/\ />An ^4 i ir?l i n <v tVin fatrwtrrkl OA uic luiiuu^iiiik iuc luu^iai oc d vices. >f The passing of this grand ol _ man brings very forcibly to 01 e minds the following lines: Jj Passing out of the shadow Into a purer light, Stepping behind the curtain, n Getting a clearer sight. 1 L?ayipg aside the burdens, This weary mortal coil; Hone with the world's vexations, Done with its tears and toil. Tired of all earth's playthings, Heart sick and ready to sleep, Ready to bid his friends farewell, Wondering why they weep. Passing out in the shadow Into eternal day, 1- Why do we call it dying, e-( This sweet going away. e" ?Edna V. Funderburk. ry v Her Absent-Minded Crandfathe r[ A little girl, who was trying \e It'll a friend how absent mind< ? her grandpa was, said: "tie wall ).- around thinking about nothin as and when he remembers it; ] 0; then forgets that what he thoug d, of was something entirely diffc le ent from what he wanted to t member." \ [ .tMant Cove? Crops Now U (Jemson College ?Now that * W?rave ra*n throughout the EM and that there is good seat. |oCin the ground, it is a splendid * t to plant cover crops. The s i lo^aer cover crops are planted 1 t ??vthe better results will be se- | UgThe agronomist believe that t'hjj value of coVer crops can not s&jpverestimated, for they will Jive a marked influence not fjftly on crops next year but on JBose for several years to come. We now know that the most im"Mutant factor in fighting the boll |^eevil is fertile soil and we also Blow tnat tne most imponam ing in getting a fertile soil is ^^incorporation ot organic matMflfc Cover crops not only add Hflnnic matter but they also add H^Epat deal of nitrogen, if legumHs cover crops are grown. strongly recommend the ^^Bking of cover crops on all HHp except where cotton is to ^^H>lanted next yea4. says Prof. Blackwell, Agronomist; but Kdo not recommend the plant Bbf cover crops where cotton HB be planted next vear, except I ire soil is sandy and where B^Kfarmer is sure that he has suf^HBnt force to plow under his ftr crop at the proper time in ^^^K8pting so that it will not delay planting ot cotton. Cover may be planted preceding peanuts, soy beans, and ^H&ral others of our regular field BHFhey may be planted eh* n By seeding broadcast after couon Mfcutks have been plowed finder ^^K?^with a stalk cutter after ||^8kie Of our best cover crops is [jyrfnjt crop and is almost certain |gBBve a good result if seeded v* rt f\ nl iltrt r.itfi a! o i v fir sihpmli auu m me 1 aig ui oiaij ' pounds of rye and twenty pounds c of vetch per acre Oats and v vetch used at the same rate of { seeding will also give good re! suits. Another good cover crop ) is crimson clover. The only objection to it is that it is not so > easy to grow and that a failure 1 frequently results with farmers 8 inexperienced in its use. What the Strike Test IV j Spartanburg Herald. An Associated Press dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, said that ; J. G. Bradley, of Dundon, West Virginia, tormer President of the Natiohal Coal Association, told the American Mining Congress in session at Cleveland that the total loss to the coal industry of the recent coal strike was$1,190, rlivirlpH na follows* Wages of miners $450,0OG,00C Railroads, in freight. JJOO.GOO.OOO Public in cost of fuel 400,000,000 Mine owners.. 40,OOo,OOC Mr. Bradley added: If every family in America were to pay $45 it would barel> cover this loss," Mr. Bradley said L "price of the struggle which hat r. { i ,t been passed through is enor i. ?us. It is at least to be hopcr! to tl it it h is had its lesson from w ich both sides may profit." it was a game fight, if a vers ft I dish fight, that the miner; h)t i de and it will take a long time iij- f them to recoup their lossei ri ndeed it can ever be done They are nearly half a billioi OUR EXCHANGES The State France now looks to the Turk < ind the Bolsheviki, and the BoF iheviki and the Turk now look io France. It is not a pretty alliance, even if itinsures peace in Europe and Asia Mine Marshville Home. There isn't an acre oi land in cultivation in this community - 1 tnai can noi oe uuuseu iu uuuuic its crop yields within three years by the use of clovers under systematic crop rotation. There are plenty of examples of one hundred per cent increase in yields of crops following: the first jear*s seedings with lespedeza. The time is almost at hand in this community when a farmer will be considered very much of a "back number'* whose farm in the spring shows a wheat or oat crop without a "nurse** crop of lespedeza or other clovers growing with it. ?? nn! _ me v^ainoun nuie?. A cotton buyer of St. Matthews took a few samples of lone staple cotton to a city, not a thousand miles away, a few days ago to sound the market. They were beauties and the demand was eager. But listen atthistale which proves how the Utile fish are eaten up by the sharks. The : first bid out of the box was 25 cants. You would naturally sup j pose the competing wholesaler] \ would have edged up a* cent 01 7 something fine. But lo and be . I fK #2 II At, ^4.*! no conscience in tne country any more? No surprise that the big fish will remain whales and the little fish the minnows. Kershaw Era. According to reports emenating from the office of the state superintendent ot education, at the May examination for teachers certificates held in every county in the state, 589 white applicants passed the required tests, while 919 failed, Of the negro applicants, 315 passed and 522 failed. These figures show that 61 per cent of the white applicants could not meet the test, while the percentage of negro applicants who failed was62pei cent, only one per cent more, both standing the same test, Such circumstance is not pleasant to coutemplate and its occurrence testifies to gross neglect in the past. It ought to serve tc stimulate a far greater interest is the education of the white youtb in the state; that such a record may not continue to stand. dollars worse off than they were when their managers declared war against the owners and operators of the mines. They will never get that hack. That is im. nncciKlu Thu ramnoiuri manner. i ers or executive committees, 01 > whatever they may be called, did ) not lose any thing, probably b> the strike. Their salaries or tee! t doubtless ran along as if nothinj , was happening, and the innocen public has paid or will have tc J pay $400,000,000 for being per mitted to live in this land of op I portunity for strike-makers an( ! strike-breakers. "The dear pub lie" will probably think on thes< r things when the cold chill } make them shiver in the wintry , weather just ahead. s The genuine essence of trutl i never dies.?Carlyle MORAL ISSUES I h ' * m * A Prayer God of the Dew, s In gentlest ministry. As silently Would I some soul refresh anew. God of the Sun, Far flaming heat and light, Be my delight On radiant errands swift to run. God of the Star, To its stern orbit true, My soul imbue With dread, lest I thine order mar. God of the Sea, Majestic, vast, profound, Enlarge my bound? Broader aod deeper let me be. ?Maltbie D. Babcock. Begin the Day With God This is the way to do a good day's work: Begin it with God; do all in the name of the Lord Jesus and tor the glory of God; count nothing common or un clean in itself?it can be so only when the motive of your life is low. Be not content with eyeservice. but as servants of God, do everything from the heart and for His "Well done." Ask him to kindle and maintain in your heart the loftiest motives, and be as men which watch for - the coming of the master of the house:?F. B Meyer. [ The World Watches J 5 Just as surely as the earth tfowTthe dn.dpiBr Iwf iii ten we serve on committees, or how much we give, or how anxious we say we are to save souls, if our daily living does not exactly coincide with our profes sion. There is no lasting personal power in any sphere of action, unless the heart is separated from the world and bodnd with loving links to the great y heart of the universe. The world / is not slow in findin ? out whether our lives are actuated by heav| enly or worldly motives. We may deceive ourselves, but not ^ humanity.?Ida O Moulton. A Praying Church A prosperous church is a church which prays. It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer." We must nev- _ er lose faith in prayer. We must never abandon prayer. We must % -t. ( never lose iue spun ui piayci. ( A church can get on for a con( siderable time withoul singing I and can go on indefinitely with indifferent singing. A church may do well with poor preaching, and even without preaching of any kind. But a church without prayer is no church at all. We might as well expect a man to live without breathing as to expect a church to live without praying. Pray for the minister. Pray for the sick and afflicted. Pray for the children, fray ror j the lost. Pray for the communr ity. Pray for one another. Pray j ye the Lord of the harvest that j He may send forth laborers into His harvest. Pray without ceas ing. Pray everywhere Let the j church be characterized by prayer, filled with the atmosphere of , prayer, and crowded with the ^ trophies of prayer. / We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, i because they have never deceived us.?Johnson.