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IT IS SAID
Silence is ibe best resolve for
him who distrusts himself.?La
Rochefoucauld.
How victorious is silence!?
Longfellow.
Everv sin provokes its punishment.?A.
Bronson Alcott.
There is always a best way
of doing everything, if it be to
boil an egg.?Emerson.
The heavens are nobly elo
quent of. the Deity, and the
most magnificent heralds of their
Maker's praise.?James Hervy.
To be prepared for war is one
of the most effectual means of
preserving peace?George Washington.
Kind words are benedictions.
They are not only instruments
of power, but of benevolence
and courtesy; blessings both to
the speaker and hearer of them.
?Fredeiick Saunders.
Better to wear out than to rust
out.?Bishop Cumberland.
I
Moral Geography
The longest river is Time.
The deepest ocean is Death.
The highest mountain is call'
ed Success. Few reach the top,
save those who watch sharply
for the passing of the spirit of
the mountain, Opportunity, who
carries upward all those that
seize hold upon him.
The most highly civilized country
is Today.
The region where no man hath
ever set foptis called Tomorrow.
thing hath habitation^^c^hedj
Yesterday.
The greatest desert is called
Lite, and ill bath niany oases.
These are called Hope and Am
bition and Love and Chanty and
Home; and of them all, the last
is the most beautiful. Besides
these, are many others, smaller
in extent, whence the traveller
obtaineth refreshment during
the weary journey through life.
?Author unkown.
The Prospective Tariff
The big talk of the Republicans
about the fat times to be
brought about through protective
tariff would be laughable were it
' not so serious. Protective tariff
enriches the few by robbing the
many.l It is special privilege
with a vengence. Protectiye
tariff destroys competition,
creates high prices by restricting
production, and the poor pay the
bill. Look at the country today.
The farmer's wheat is going
down to the bottom. Wages
keep going down. Merchandise
is high. Shoes are high. What
the working mail has to sell is
going down. What he has to
buy is going up. A fine thing, is
this robber doctrine, it is a good
doctrine, as well!?Union Times.
The Missouri River
The Missouri is one of the
great drainage channels of the
United Slates, measuring in total
length about 2,400 miles. According
to the United States Geological
Survey, Department of
the Interior, it drains 527,155
square miles, a territory as great
as that embraced in all the States
south of New York and east oi
the Mississippi, except Indiana
and Illinois.
Although the Missouri is no
longer utilized to any extent as a
means of communication and
transportation, it is destined to
play a large part in the development
of its drainage basin by
furnishing water for irrigation
and generating power.
A Core 2or Faultfinding
The Youth's Companion
It is so easy to find fault, so
easy to stand by and criticize
what others do, to imagine what
might have been accomplished
and to set it upas a fatal standard
for what has been accomplished!
To slip into the habit of thinking
such things is dangerously easy,
and when we think them it is
difficult to refrain from saying
them. Perhaps the best cure is
to say little or nothing; but for <
the most part humanity is not <
contrived that way.
A help to preserving n better
attitude in the matter-is to con- <
sider not so much what people 1
have actually done as what they
tried to do. Once understand i
what they were aiming at and i
you will understand something
/t<f ftntillaikA rt rt/f r\ r\ -V* r ( '
wi men uiiiiLUiuvrd, UIIU ^ciua^/a
in the end you will be astonish- i
ed, not that they have accom i
plished so little, but that they '
have accomplished so much.
Also that understanding: will
be vastly facilitated if you go '
farther and consider whether in
their place you would have done
exactly the same, or even less
well. You are human as they
are, your means and capacity are
limited as theirs aie, perhaps (
even more limited. When you
estimate the complication of cir- |
cumstances find put yourself, (
your own blundering, mistaking,
regretting, ever-recommencing (
self, right into them, your tol |
erance for the failures of others
will be immensely increased. '
For this is the best cure of all: ,
instead of dwelling upon the j
iassawsass-,
attention, to your own. It is (
rdally quite as easy to find flaws ,
in your own liJjrge Jield orTife^ *
fn others', m fact much easier, j
since yuu Hie even iiiuic i<iiiiinai |
wiih your own mistakes than (
with theirs. Tne trouble is that
it is much less agreeable, This
little unkintlness, that little social
awkwardness, the sharp, harsh |
word you uttered yesterday when
a small matter went wrong?it is
much more unpleasant to remember
those than to point out
a friend's shortcomings. It is,
however, much more profitable
Those were wise words of Or.
lando's, the good wrestler, the
good lover, and the good friend:
"I will chide no breather in the
world but myself, against whom
I know most faults." (
n . jt viri j .1 rvi.?_ii * _
aoaium ninety uisinouieu
The element sodium is very
widely distributed in the earth.
It forms about 2.86 per cent of ;
known terrestrial matter, according
to the United States Geologi- I
cal Survey, and is the most abun- ;
dant of the alkali metals. Sodium i
appears to occur in nature only
in combination with other ele <
ments, if its alleged occurrence :
as the free element in blue rock |
salt is neglected. It is an import- ,
ant constituent of (he feldspars
and several other insoluble ntin
erals from which sodium saUs
are not extracted commerciall*
but which are nevertheless re- 1
garded as (he ultimate source at
the salts that are soluble in
water.?Youtes Companion.
Personality
Persistency
Earnestness
Reliability
Sociability
Optimism
lti ontnoco
I IIVOJ
Assurance
Loyalty i
Initiative I
Temperance i
Youthfulness i
1 lie above is an analysis of i
,i1h- personality that wins, by V.
L. t'rice. <
i
\
. Without a Church
Charlotte Observer
Mr. Hickman, the Baptnl
preacher of Gaffney, who was M
candidate in the late primaries iol
South Carolina, and an open advocate
for Cole L. Blease, wA#
asked shortly after the electionlQ
quit that pulpit. The deacoAftl
have later joined in the request,
and the preacher has quit. Botj
in a public statement in explanation
of his retirement, lie indl
cates that it was not all on account
of his championship of Mf.|
Blease. It seems that he has anl
un-American war record. For an]
established case of opposition t |
the Government's war policies h>|
was at one time fined $500, and]
it is his own admission that this;
is his third and last church to lose',
"on account of my stand on the
wat." About time he was seeking]
some charge in Germany. He
might find a church over there;
to which he could stick and
which would stick by him.
Bouncing Baby is Found Upon
Anderson Porch
Anderson, Oct. 24?A bouncing
two months-old baby gtrl;
wrapped in a luxurious bundleef
clothing and snugly tucked away {
in a drummer's sample case, was
left on Mr.^nd Mrs. 1 E. Martin's!
front porch in the lower edge of \
Anderson county the night oil
Oct. 24. Awakened by thO
baby's cries. Mrs. Martin saw an]
juiumuuiie uuve oil ID 106 aarit;i
less, and later discovered ?
woman's size 2 shoe track in the
front walk. I
t?k**Jtoua* nadta*
For her," Mr. Martin replied yelfe'
ierday, when asked if the child
would be adopted. "Havei ^
w*rluea vrmnrermother1
is, but she can come to see the*
baby if she wants to. Mrs. Marliu
and myself wouldn't care"
The girl has been christened
Mary Louise. - She is enjoying a
gallon can of malted milk left beside
the sample case.
The Good and Bad
How's your cotton crop this
year?" I asked a Chesterfield
pnnnlv furmpr nnp Hav lovi moi.1/
W..W 1MOI ??vvn
"I am making a fairly good
yield this year," said the man.
"You know my farm is sandy
and not very fertile, and I'm
making more cotton than some
of my neighbors who have better
land.
"Do you think vou,can grow
cotton another year?" the farmer
was asked.
"I know it. This is our third
v ears'experience with the boll
weevil. With proper cultivation
tinn land where cottou does not
i?row rank is where we are go
ing to make the most cotton
Ti e Lord in my opinion nevir
put all the good in one spot
an<l all the bad in another. Our
rwk:ir e-.inrlhi 11 lcinrl ia puminor in.
to its own."
And the man may be right ?
Monroe Enquirer. ,
VVoodrow Wilson Can Vote In
New Jersey
Trenton, N. J , Oct. 24.?The
ruling made several days ago by
the Mercer county board of elections
which deprived former
President Woodrow Wilson from
voting in the slate of New lersey
under the absentee voters law
was reversed tonight by State
Attorney General McCJran. The
decision of the attorney general
is oaseu on a supreme coun ruling
which holds that a voter's
residence is deter.i iued by his
intention. Under the decision
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will vote as
ct t ben 8 of Princeton, N. |.
[Time to War on the Boll Wee
vil?Now
The State.
Iritis a great mistake fcr thos
respecting to plant cotton nex
&rear to assume that the figli
wgainst the boll weevil need nc
rbe entered upon until the 192
ferOp has been planted,
r It there is one thing the ex
Lperts who have studied the sut
feet, in the schools of both thee
ay and practice, are agreed upor
nit is that the time to begin th
night for next year's productio
fe as soon as possible after hai
westing this year's crop. Expei
Iments have proved that the em
net mc cuuuu siuius uie ti
mown and plowed under in th
wall, the smaller th? number c
greevils appearing in the spriui
moreover, this method is a soun
fearming policy.
{'With equal insistance the
Hrge the early clearing of fielc
Pdges and ditch-edges and th
Eirning of the brush.
?The second point of impor
Ece on which the experts agre
Kthat it is economically disa:
Sgpus to nlant land in cotton the
Hnuld not produce, if free fror
gveevil attack, a half-bale to th
Bre. Fighting the weevil su<
Htsfully necessitates expense fc
material and the going over fror
fifeee to six times of every foe
pground planted. The cost i
n?l greatly different in protec
Wan acre that normally woul
MBduce a bale than that. iDcui
Pin protecting the same acr
I'E&t normally would produc
one fifth as much. It is oi
jfijll^at the ,atter is not worl
^^boll weevil can be anni
Ij&L but in-order to a<
PConipik^ii A :?v r* .?
progressive farming methods wil
wave generally to be employe
in the South. Those new metl
wuj iii v w> ) c aiuuv l?l ill
problems, more canstant after
tfon to the farm, and a greate
degree of energetic work tha
heretofore employed.
Gambling and Gambling
That what is gambling to on
person may be merely an innc
cent pastime in the opinion c
some other people seems to b
indicated by the way some peopl
who would not think of playin:
cards for stakes played gamblini
devices ai the recent county fai
here quite frankly and openl
and seemingly withoutgiving th
gambling feature a though
Some people who would b
quick to condemn a card game fo
stakes cheerfully paid the prie
A_ II t - _t ..
to pucn a oan 101 a cnance ai
doll or to try their luck with
wheel or some other devict
Isn't gambling by some othe
name just as bad as it is whei
you frankly call it gambling?The
Lumberlon Robesonion.
Politics In Amen Corner
During a recent political cam
paign, two deacons of the sam
faith religiously, but on oppositi
sides of the fence politically, al
tended prayeimeeting.
"Oh Lord," intoned the Repub
Ucan deacon. I pray 1 hue. tha
the Republicans may hang tc
gether?"
"Amen," ejaculated the Demc
cr.u.
"But not. O Lord," continue)
tr ? Republican, "in the sens
it!-it my Democratic brothe
d rans. but in the sense of accon
In d concord."
"Any cord'll do, Lord; an;
r rd'll do!" was the Democrat'
t >sing t h r u s t.?Everybody'
Magazine.
- The Death Penalty
The Spartanburg' Journal.
We do not think the Associate
ed Press dispatch which follows
t has been published here, but if it
it has been it is well worth reprint,t
ing because of the steadily in3
creasing body of public sentiment
in favor of punishing crime
as its enormity demands for the
common welfare:
>. "Detroit, Oct. 18.?The murder
rate is increasing in the Unite
ed States because, in the opinion
n of leading statesmen, capital
r punishment is not inflicted in all
r. cases of deliberate murder and
r because misguided sentimental
,t ists are interesting themselves
e in behalf of murderers, Henry
?f Bariett Chamberlain, operating
r. director of the Chicago Crime
d Commission, declared tonight
before the American Prison Asy
sociation.
j. "Crime, though incurable, can
e be minimized and controlled,
and capital punishment is a de
t. terrent and does reduce murder,
e he asserted, speaking on the sub5.
ject, "The importance of the
it Death Penalty for the Murderer."
n "The right of the State to exee
cute a murderer does not exist
because of the gravity of the
>r offense, but solely because of the
n necessity for protecting itself
,t from the murder" he said. "Abis
olition of the death penalty for
t. murder in this country usually
d has been for short periods, folr.
lowed by its restoration when
e the murder rate rose."
e "Mr. Chamberlain said he believed
irresponsible slayers
: ?ert*?itfr*J|ew?p.p?T ?Uu>n>)
i he read sometime ago that Mir>
responsibles should be painlessly
iiflg'J'MiKuuu u..il r
d murderer who has been put to
death by Law The only safe
e Judge is the Judge who proi
nounces the penalty prescribed
T by law fox the crime committed
Q by th. murderer, the manslayer,
the rapist, the firebug, the thief
arraigned for sentence before the
Court. The only safe State or
community or county in which
to live is the State, community
e or county whose official representatives
do not shield the crim^
inals, but who execute the law.
e
e A Beetle Story
?
[r A beetle weighing two grains
is able to move a weight of five
and one-half ounces, or 1,320
j times its own weight. A man
e weighing 150 pounds, if proporg
r tionately strong, could thus move
e 198,0OO pounds, or nearly a huna
dred tors. Some years ago I
captured a very handsome beetle
[ and placed it under a beaker?a
r thin tumbler used in chemical
a analysis?on a shelf of my laboratory.
A few hours after the
beetle had disappeared very mysteriously,
the beaker remaining
inverted. He was recaptured
and again placed under the beak
er. I watched the result and
presently found that the beetle
e walked the tumbler along the
J5 shell till it reached the edge, then
crept out and fell as soon as the
overhang was sufficient to afford
room for escape.?W. Mattieu
lt Williams in Gentleman's Maga?
zine.
God's almanac has but one day,
, that is Today.
Satan's almanac has but one
e day, that is Tomorrow.
The fool s almanac has but
one day, that is By and by.
A man must be either a Christian
or an unsaved sinner; there
s is no neutral ground. Which
are you??Exchange.
MORAL ISSUES
? . > i
A Belter Way
If we notice little pleasures
As we notice little pains;
If we quite forgot our losses
And remembered all our gains;
If we looked for poeple's virtues,
And their faults refuse to see,
What a comfortable, lnippv,
Cheerful place this world would be!
?Youth's Companion.
The Blessfng of Work
One of the best things for any
young man is work. Idleness is
the devil's trap. Work is the
liberation of energy, the channel
of achievement. Whatever
one may lack of native talent
may be compensated for by patient
and persevering drudgery.
The young man who does not
have to work is to be pitied; the
man who won't work is to be
condemned; the man who is wilting
to work but can find no
work to do should have our sympathy
and our uid. But work is
a generic term. One can work
with his brains as well as with
his hands; on his knees as well as
on his feet; with his pen as well
as with his pick; with his pocketbook
as well as with his plumbline;
with his prayers as well as
with his possessions. God has
not held any of us up to one single
line of duty. Obligation is as
wide as lite, and our energies
should be as expansive as our
vision and ns generous as our
prayers.?Christian Observer.
The Worth ot A Soul
I, ; . *
In the shop of a diamond merer
all brought to bear on what
seemed to be a,small piece of
glass. One might be sure of the
if he would but loofc'arounlPJSfft
spp what skill and lahnr wprp hp
ing expended upon it. God has
laid out lor the good of a soul
the watchfulness of angels, the
providence of this world, the
glory of the next, the councils of
eternity, Himself and all that he
hath, the Holy Spirit and all His
Divine influences?yea, He spared
not His only Son. Say, soul,
what must thou be worth thus to
have all Heaven's thought and
power and love laid out for thee?
Ca1
iJtltVIVVJ .
When one enters into the common
life, resolved to live it in
the spirit of lesus, bringing into
all its occupations, even the
homeliest, the faithfulness, the
thoroughness, the courtesy, the
consideration, the gentleness ot
ideal demeanor, then to him is
given, in answer to his gift, the
blessing of the wise men, and
under his own roof, through the
street he lives in be narrow as
that in which the carpenter and
his family were lodged, the Lord
Christ shall appear daily.? Geo.
Hodges.
Rothschild's Rules
When Meyer Rothschild, founder
of the great banking house
in Frankfort, Germany, died, he
left something better than wealth
?an example that has become a
tradition in this noted family.
He also left precepts. Among
them were the following:
Carefully examine every der\f
t'/Mir Kncinocc
laiA \ji j v/ui uuoiuvao<
Be prompt in everything:.
Take time to consider, but decide
positively.
Dare to go forward.
Bear troubles patiently.
Be brave in the struggle ot life.
Never tell business lies.
Make no useless acquaintances.
Pay your debts promptly.
Shun strong liquors.
Employ your time well.
Do not reckon on chance.
Work hard.
?American Boy. S