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Vol. 13 No. 9 PAGELAND, S. C-.'WEDNE^^Y MORNING. NOVEMBER 8. 1922. $1.00 per year
IT IS SAID
He who loves so far serves.?
Wiiliam Ellery Channing.
No man can lose what he never
has.?Izaak Walton.
Nature is a volume ot which
God is the author.?Moses Harvey.
Matrimony,?the high sea for
which no compass has yet been
invented.?Heine.
We love any forms, however
ugly, from which great 'qualities
. shine.?Emerson.
Modesty seldom resides in a
breast that is not enriched with
noble virtues.?Goldsmith.
Mirth is like a flash of lightning:,
that breaks through a
gloom of clouds, and glitters for
a moment; cheerfulness keeps up
a kind of daylight in the mind,
and fills it with a steady and perpetual
serenity.?Addison.
Dispatch is the soul of business;
and nothing contributes
more to dispatch than method.
Lay down a method for everything,
and stick to it inviolably,
as far as unexpected incidents
may allow.?Lord Chestertield.
Memory, like a purse, if it be
over-full that it cannot shut, all
will drop out of it; take heed of
a gluttonous curiosity to feed on
many things, lest the greediness
of the appetite of thy memory'
spoil the digestion thereof.?
Thomas Fuller.
Marriage enlarges the scene of
our happiness and miseries. A
marriage of love is pleasant; a
marriage ot interest, easy; and a
matriage where both meet, happy.
A^h^p^u^rjjyg^ luis in ii
all the pleasures of friendship, all
the enjoyments of sense and reason,
and, indeed, all the sweets
of life.?Addison.
My idea of the Christian religion
is, that it is an inspiration
and its vital consequences?an
inspiration and a life?God's life
breathed into a man and breathCsH
thrAflinli o mftn Li#vL ?<?
VM IU4\/U^U U UiOU?IUC UI^UCSI
inspiration and the highest life
of every soul which it inhabits;
and, furthermore, that the soul
which it inhabits can have no
high issue which is not essentially
religious.?J. G Holland.
Worth Remembering
God does not demand impossibilities.
Do what you can.?
St. Augustine.
The noblest question in the
world is, Wnat good may I do
in it??Benjamin Franklin.
If you want a really lovely
world without, you must make
the world within bright and lovely.?David
Gregg.
Seek to cultivate a buoyant,
joyous sense of the crowded
kindnesses of God in your daily
life.?McLaren.
Christ has come to live in the
hearts of men, and by that pres
ence he makes them priests unto
himself.?Rev. H. I. Rasmus.
Yesterday can not be recalled;
tomorrow can not be assured;
today is only thine, which if thou
procrastinates!, thou loosest, ]
which lost is lost forever.?1 ere- '
mv Tavlor.
When thou hast thanked thy
God for every blessing sent,
What time will then remain for j
murmurs or lament? j
?Trench, j
You can always borrow trouble I
without collateral but it is a cinch
that you will haye to pay compound
interest at usurious rates.
If},?'! desire to save a man,
you must look for the best in him
not the worst. And you must l
let him know it. To tell a per- s
on he it a child of the devil, or
act as though you so considered '
htm, is not the way to induce *
him to beoome a child of God. i
WITH THE POETS
Did you ever watch the sunljeatns
At play among the flowers? (
Or ever see the little stars
A-shining after showers?
I think the little children
Were made for shiniDg too,
To make this old world brighter,
Don't you? I
Have you ever seen the lambkins
Out in green meadows frisking?
Or spied a gay red squirrel
Along the branches whisking?
I think the little children i
Were made for playing, too,
Because they're happy-hearted, j
Don't you? ,
Did you ever see the farmer ]
His sheaves of ripe wheat binding?
Or ever catch the miller
Just when the corn was grinding? '
I think the little children
Were made for working, too,
To be the big folks' helpers,
Don't you? I
Did you ever find your pussy i
Upon the hearth rug sleeping?
Did you ever watch the chickens
When darkness comes a-creeping?
I think the little children }
Were made for sleeping, too,
When each long day is over,
Don't you? i
?The Mayflower.
A Temperance Hymn
O brothers, lift your voices, i
Triumphant songs to raise;
Till heaven on high rejoices,
And earth is filled with praise;
Ten thousand hearts are bounding
With holy hopes and free;
The Gospel trump is soundimr. i
The trump of Jubilee.
O Christian brothers, glorious,
Shall be the conflict's close;
The cross hath been victorious,
And shall be o'er its foes:
Faith is our battle-token;
Our Leader all controls;
Our trophies, fetters broken;
r Ow captive#, ransomed.souls. - - ^
?The Christain Observer.
Courage
If on a narrow precipe thou findest
thy way.
Look up?a downward glance
will bring dismay
And certain death.
Courage!
Or if thy way o!er tiresome plain
doth lead,
Look out, not in. Beholding 1
_ a1
oiner s neeu,
Forget thyself.
Courage!
But whether precipice or plain
thy path,
Look forward with strong heart.
*He victory hath
Who ne'er turns back.
Courage! Courage!
Mast Pay the Penalty
Frank M. Jet lords and Irn
Harrison were convicted last
May of the murder of John C. 1
Arnette in his filling station in 1
Columbia on May 9 The con 1
viction was on May 20, a record
for speed in South Carolina 1
Appeals were taken and the supreme
court has denied the ap 1
peals. The State says: !
The two cases weie remanded '
to the court of general sessions !
in order that the date for the
electrocutions *"iy be set, and '
llie two men will accordingly be
brought before Judge Thomas J. !
Mauldin at the November ses- j
lion for resentencing. Glenn ]
ireece, convicted with Harrison i
and Jeffords of the murder of 1
A rnett, was recommended by the 1
jury to the mercy of the court
a d is now in the state penitenli
ry serving a life sentence. i
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A Pleasure Exertion 1
i
" Vhy, Nellie dear, said the 1
i< i: j girl's teacher, "I haven't <
leeu you for several days." 1
/'Nome," replied Nellie; "I've 1
Jem on an exertion with mam ?
na." c
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^LThomas
NeMh Page ; ':
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The State.
The death of scarcely any otjier
American could bring to t?e
people of the South a keenfr
sense of personal loss and distf&s,
than that of Mr. Thomas Nelson
Page and, though a Virginian
and a Southerner of the warmest
Fpplinor onrt Involtw Sick unit Ka
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most equally mourned in other
parts of the country. With g
path's and sweetness hardly
equalled his stones of the South
brought home to the country ilte
trials and the sufferings of the
Southern people during and
the Confederate war, but th0f
were told with a gentleness tftnt
could give no offence?his ?5
ture was so generous and full cjf
manly goodness that no word cf
bitterness escaped bis pen. it
may, perhaps, be said that n$
other Southern writer of fictioft
who has taken the period of Xhk
'60s and the years following, iv
people and events, for his theme
has succeeded quite so well "J ?
awakening an understanding
sympathy for them in other
parts of the country. The sill J
plicily and beauty of *\V!antMT
Chan" and the tales that follow^
ed it were irresistible in their optt
As ambassador to Italy duriwl
the World war Mr. Page acquit-!
ted himself with dislinguishefll
credit and served the Rcpuhlt&j
with a rare sagacity. His nakmU
alness, his frankness, his humoitj
were the qualities that not onl|y
commanded the confidence jaH
the Italiao people but endeafflHj
him to them, so tha&Mn|MMj
their bent of mintM
swiftly tcwatd-^ur
in the months followflp^^^^l
mistice, their regalS^MH $li[J
Page was not diminished.
Twice in the last dozen years
Mr Page visited Columbia, his
second visit having been made
in the spring of 1021 when he
delivered two or three addresses.
Many of our people, who entile
into brief association with him,
will remember him as the kind
of man to write "Red Rock" and
IIT.../.1I / ? - J j 1? ? ?
i wu Mine v^wuieueraies ana
they have an affection for him
that no other distinguished visitor
of a few days could have in
spired. With the people of Richmond
and of Virginia and of the
country they sorrow at the death
of the most loyable and brilliant
gentlemen who served so faithfully
and to so great a purpose.
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Padrick Found Guilty
Below is press dispatch telling
the world that another criminal
lias been dealt with. When
God's word declares a man's sin
will find him out it means what
it says.
The fact that the former preacher
was tested as to his sanity possibly
accounts for a fife rather
than a death sentence. He 'also
slew his wife.
Statesboro, Ga.. Nov 1.?Elliott
Padrick, youthful former
Methodist preacher, was found
guilty of first degree murder in
connection with the killing of
tiis mother-in-law, Mrs. Mamie
Lou Dixon, Inst June, the jury
returning a verdict early tonight
with a recommendation tor
mercy. The. verdict automatically
carries a sentence of life
imprisonment.
The jury's verdict was reached
lfter consideration of the case
hat lasted since 9 o'clock this
morning.
Satisfaction with the verdict
md sentence were expressed by
Padrick as he was led from the
:ourt room by Sheriff Joe Till
nan to begin his lite imprisonnent.
"I will not appeal,** he said; 'I
ini well satisfied with the verlict.**
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What a Democratic Vote Means j
This Vear
? I
There has never been a na-j]
tional mid-election in which there
were so many important domestic
issues directly affecting the {
interests and welfare of all the 1
people. * )
A vote for Democratic candi- \
dates this year will mean that the 1
voter is voting against: ~ c
An extortionate profiteers' *
tariff act which taxes the Ameri- 1
can people between $3,000,000,- f
000 and $4,001),000,000 and in- 3
creases the already high cost oi 4
living. * \
A ret enue act which relieved
the big taxpayers of over a half *
billion dollars with no corre
sponding relief for the smaller 1
taxpayers,
A proposed Ship Subsidy bill
which would dispose of $3,000,- !
000,000 worth of merchant ships
for less than one-tenth of their <
cost and give a bonus of $750,-00O.O00
to private interests Commonly
known as the Shipping 1
Trust, together with a loan of
$125,000,000 at two per cent and
exemption front taxation.
Newberrvsm. Daugliertyism
and Nat Goldsteinism and the
scandalous appointments by this '
administration.
A policy which created a 1
rtreasury deficit of $S;-0,000,000 for \
tlhis fiscal year while the adiiriuIstration
makes a pretense ot
economy.
K A nnlicv vvhirli ranspH tho lnec '
iOf our foreign trade and foreign
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Thomas Nelson Page i
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Thomas Nelson Page, diplo- i
mat, scholar, author, and states- i
man, died Wednesday November i
1. Front The State of Nov. 2 |
the following is taken: ]
Within the four walls of the ?
edifice in which the funeral will j
be held many distinguished men t
and women, who now dwell in '
the lore that is Virginia's past,
have bowed the head and bent
the knee. Here his ancestors i
prayed for the new republic and ?
in like manner the dead states- j
man had worshipped within j
these walls since his childhood. \
The little church?"Old Fork"? i
so named because of its location | j
iii the fork of the Pamuakev river?stands
in the middle of an
old field, now grown up with
grass and weeds which obliterate
the pathways leading from the
high road to the colonial edifice
where Patrick Henry, Dolly Madison
and other notables worshipped.
It is a quaint structure, with
its tall columns standing majestically
as proud survivors of the
colonial days, when the "colonial
magnate" Thomas Nelson reigned
on an original grant as the
first settler of that name in eastern
Virginia.
Five generations of Nelsons
and Pages have worshipped within
the walls of this quaint old
church, where tomoriow another
mpmKpr rtf ihoeo lujAHiotinmnIoK
wa aaavwv I T? v VIIOl U|( U ? 9U*
ed Southern families, who bore
the ancestral name with a dignity
befitting the traditions of his
race, will rest silently as his
friends and admirers throughout
half the world chant the last i
words of earthly tribute. . ^
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Monuments to the Doctors r
Doctor?"Well, I consider the P
I 'dical profession very badly
1 ;ated. See how few si onu
i ' jnts there are to famous doctors
and surgeons." .
The Patient?"Oh, doctor! look v
hi our cemetery." x
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OUR EXCHANGES
Lancaster News.
The original Declaration of In
lependence made and signed by
he Revolutionary patriots of
riartford county, Md., at a meet
ng in Hartford Town on March
52.-1775, is still in existence. The
leclaration is older than that of
he Mecklenburg, N. (J., patriots,
vhich was signed in May, 1775,
ind antedates by more than a
-ear the Declaration of Independence
by the Continental Congress,
July 4, 1776. Hartford
Town is now called Bush and
Me House in whit h the meetings
was held was an old tavern, the
ruins of which are yet to be seen.
?Fort Mills Times.
What does the Charlotte Observer
have to say about this?
Charlotte Observer.
During the progress of the railroad
strike in Tennessee, Charles
Lamer, a shopman, was killed
and three men were arrested on
charge of the murder. The case
was taken up five weeks ago and
the lawyers have succeeded in
consuming all that time in selection
of a jury. It was only yesterday
that the twelfth man was
accepted. In AsheviHe, a youth:
was kidnapped and manhandled.
Three men were arrested for the
offense, were tried, found guilty
and sentenced to the penitenti
ary, all within the course of three
days. It seems that the lawyers
can almost always and generally
Aiken Journal and Review.
The arrest of a minister., in
the upper section of the state, for
violation of the national prohibition
act is the latest. The minis-;
ter was' arrested Sunday night,
October 1st, for having in his
possession a quart of corn whistcey,
which was carried in the
same bag with two Bibles. This
arrest took place after a prohibition
sermon?Next!?Tugaloo
Tribune.
Against that minister, by the
way, who was a simple moun-|
aineer, we can point to thoti
jands of ?od fearing, booze hating
clergymen who practice daily
n their lives thelessons that thev
each. This parade of the weakwilled
unfortunate teacher who
[ell does not lessen the fact that
Irink is a raw curse of the land,
and the holding up to ridicule of
[he poor weakling who tripped
t>y the wayside cannot and does
not gild or garnish the booze
Dottle, the booze maker or the
Dootlegger. Rather, in our opinion,
such exposition only serves
with a smarting sting to show
he cruel fangs of the snake. The
nountaineer Baptist preacher
:aught with "moonshine" in his
Bible sack is no sample of the
>reat army of Christian gentlenen
who are fighting the liquor
;urse for the salvation of men's
louls. Why search the bin for
he specked apple?
Mrs. Brown's Joke
"I could have laughed out*
ight," said Mrs. Brown, "when
vc yycic, KU?'K iuuuu DUIUUIH
ind Bailey's meaagerie on Frilay."
"Why, what happened?" asked
vlrs. Jones.
"Well, Mrs. Smith called an
inimal a seraph. Of course, she
m, ? Ui It. t u
ucaui a Kiiaiic, uui IUC1UU U1 11
sfns, it wasn't a giraffe at all. It
vas a camomile."
MORAL ISSUES
Daily Food
The Bible should be the Christian's
daily bread. A child, to
grow in siie and strength, must
have good food and plenty of it.
So the Christian must feed plentifully
upon God's Word. Moreover
he must feed with appetite.
The child that finds no pleasure
in three meals a day needs medicine,
or exercise, more than food.
So the Christian who does not
find God's Word sweet to the
taste, should look tor the cause
of his distaste.?Sermons for Silent
Sabbaths.
Thank and Think
It was no accident that extracted
the words "think"and "thank"
from the same root. So count- ^
less are our blessings that one
has only to set his mind reflecting
and his heart will at once
leap into praise. Nor was it a
bungling hand that huilt the
word "contemplation" (con-plustemplum).
He who begins to
meditate upon the goodness ot
God is ushered forthwith into a
great temple where worship becomes
an instinct and a delight.
?JohnBalcom Shaw.
An Evening Thought
Certainly in our own little
sphere it is not the most active
people to whom ^we-OW - s~' "
most. Among the common people
whom we know it is not necessarily
those who are the busHL
rBvp-^ ^
light of their bright and faithful
being, up to which we look and
out of which we gather the deepest
calm and courage.?Ex.
Power Id Weakness
It is otten the strong man that
falls before the power of eyil. If
Samson had been a weaker man
he might have been a safer man.
He would have been less selfconfident,
more vigilant and
cautious. But he believed him
W ? 4
sen equai iu any emergency, ll
is sometimes the young man of
brilliant talents, superior advantages,
and splendid fortune who
goes down in time of temptation.
Let not the strong man glory in
his strength. Trust in the Lord.
"They that trust in the Lord shall
be as Mount Zton, which cannot
be removed, but abideth forever."?EKchange.
The}Two Extremes of Lite
"If I can put some touches of
rosy sunset into the life of any
man or woman," says George
Macdonald. "then I feel that I
have wrought with God." To
make an old person happier
more comfortable, more hopeful?that
is, to put the touch of
rosy sunset into a human life is
one of our most sacred privileges.
It is a special privilege of youth
to cheer old age. How naturally
an old person turns to a young
nannn 4r\r ouncViinol It is Kon 11
OVU IVI OUIJOUIUV* At to UVUUtiful
to see the sympathy that
subsists between the two extremes
of life. In some respects
youth and age are as like as sunrise
and sunset; and it seems to
be God*s blessed will and plan
that each should turn to the other
for help. It is in the power
of every young person to bring
sunlight into the life of some old
person, to impart that "touch of
rosy sunset" which is so sweet to
the aged pilgrim who is drawing
near the close of life.?Selected,