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(CONDITIONS IN THE HOLY LAND TODAY By Dr. Z. T. Cody, Editor Baptist Courier. The following interesting pen picture of conditions in Palestine toduy is given in a recent issue of the Baptist Courier by Dr. Z. T. Cody, who vofnmo^ frnm u t.rin to Ell tiaa juol ivuuittvu a. >... _ _ rope and the Far East: The members of our party will never forget the twelve days we have spent in the land of our Lord. The purpose of our visit was missionary, but as any one might know, it has | been impossible to make sight seeing m secondary in the country that gave Wft us our Bible and our Saviour. We ^ have seen much of it, and are now in JoDDa awaiting the ship that will take us 011 the first lap of our long ^ journey back home. I will not under? take to give any account or descrip* tion of the places we have visited in Palestine, but will give this article to some of the questions that this country is now facing. Widespread barrenness is the first and most oppressive impression that a traveler receives. Not one tenth of the land seems to be cultivated and not one half of it possible for cultivation, though this last is denied by r those who ought to know. But what the eye rests on froro Beersheba to Dan are barren reeky mountains, - ?-'ai. ?:i which were once covered wun sou and forests, or vineyards, or fruit trees, and cities, but which are now treeless and waste. There are thou* sands of such hills or mountains. At present they serve no purpose except to keep the earth together. I was told that every one of these mountains can be brought back to cultiva tion and use; that when tney are terraced enough soil is found to susv tain a forest, or produce an orchard or crop; and that the British government is at work on a scheme to redeem rocky wastes. I asked almost I every one I talked to how the country ft ' got into such a condition, and in every r instance received the same answer, fVio Tnrl- TV.nnk Ood. he is ?rone never to return with his curse and | blight r I have been struck with the fertility of the plains and of the re.crion about the Sea of Galilee. The p.n'ns of Sharon, Accre and Drdr: "Ion are as rich as the cane lands of Louisiana, and the whole region about the lake of Gal;Iee is unequr.ki by any upland section 1 have ever se?n. And yet these fertile portions of Palestine * are lyir.<* almost useless. Not one- y hal? or one-vhird is being cultivated. The people have not the animals for farm use. The Turks took thern all is the explanation everywhere given. But if the people knew how to use the animals they have their lot would be better. I saw a good deal of plowing going on but I did not see a single instance of good work done by a native. They are still using the instruments that were invented before the , ' days of Abraham; and the shallowfurrows made by these rude plows are from six inches to a loot apart, just so the fresh dirt of the last furrow ; reaches to the fresh dirt of the former, they are satisfied. I have been unable to see how it is possible for even the sparse population that is now in Palestine to live. The poverty of the country seems to be appalling. The farming people live in villages which are usually a me.T"P r.illpr-t.irm of filthv mild huts and the provisions for the human beings in these villages is not mich belter than that for the donkeys and cattle. The stables in South Carolina are palaces compared to the very best abodes in some of these Palestinian towns. The people in these farm vil liijjes ill C (.1UUICU ill G.1.2U. a 1C LI.11formly filthy. The children excite > one's deepest pity. At one place where we stopped to eat our midday meal ten or fifteen of the most wretched looking little ones I have ever seen gathered about us and began to beg for bread. When a piece was given to one he would snatch it and run off with it like an animal. They seemed also accustomed to the treatment of animals. There was near us a wagon of natives who were also taking their lunch. One of the women of this party would "storm ^ out" at the children, who each time would run off, and then when things got quiet would come creeping back again. But the poverty of the country may be more apparent than real. The people are not starving and no one apprehends the nearness of a famine. During the course of the war thousands died from lack of food, but of course conditions are far better now. The traveler must remember that the and if there was a rich man in one of these farm villages he would doubtless be one with his more unfortunate brethren in filth. A few days ago I was standing by a follower of the faithful in the depot at 11%'fer whom I took to be a beggar. But I was mistaken. When he sat down on the floor by n?e to get his money for his tit-kef. I that the oid handkeroh:rf I-* ' ' > "" 'hc! his wealth v?v.:- T" 1' " ;ni$ and t fcL:- ! ' ' '*?.nn I r .. .ii i/iia i liavo L been told that in Palestine you "can' always sometimes" tell who is ric and who is poor. But I think I ris nothing: in saving that the great bod of the farming people of this countr are suffering: from a grinding povert} Those of the larger cities are recover ing more rapiuly from the Turk ani the war. Mohammedanism is a greater cursi to a people than the Turk, and it ha been the fate of poor Palestine t< suffer for ages from both. No religioi that the world has ever seen can mak< a people more content with evils thai that of the false prophet. It can a the same time create the deepest pre judice and fanaticism against pre TV>a >c tiling IlUt> lUOCli. 1UC ICOU.b 1U Miu the Musselman is a hard man to con vert. It is most difficult to get hin even to adopt the material blessing! of Christianity. He sees those bless ings but he seems not to care foi them. Take, for instance, the appli cation of the laws of sanitation whicl we in America have found so neces sary in preventing disease and conta gion. The Mohammendan meets dis ease and contagion as in th< will of God and he does nol care to prevent them. This is onlj a sample of a hundred other things and it pointsh to the fact that befon much can be done for the improve ment of the condition of a Mohamme dan people you will have to get bet ter religious ideas in their heads. Bui their fanaticism and prejudice againsi Christianity is so intense and univer sal that to convert them has been u[ to this time the greatest problem oui religion has ever faced. Let us look at this problem as il is. The Episcopal church has beer at work in Palestine for the Moham medans since 1856. I have met sev eral of the missionaries of this church and have been impressed wit* their genuine worth. They have built good houses of worship, have established schools, have done hospital, orphanage and relief work. 1 asked one of their missionaries how many Mohammedans had been conveiled by their mission since it begar in 1S5(J; and she told me twelve. Only twelve in sixty-five years! J asked why it was ihafc resulLs hac been so meagre; and she said th-.t one icaauii v\ me^.n ke^ mies n Christl^n it is r.1 orce the duty of every orh r .Mcliar.inicdan, a duty er.joii cd iy the Korean, to kill him; and so far, it has been a duty which the rlchammedans h:.v? lived up to. Heretofore, where need occurred, the Turkish government has assisted them to discharge it. i was told of several case; where converted Mohammedans hac been done away with. There was one case where a man, a government official, had become a Christian. The mission succeeded in protecting hiir for a while and he was thought to be safe. The government offered hiir promotion which he accepted and he and his wife started to Beirut to entei on their new work; but neither oJ them has ever been heard of since I was told of another who when con verted and pursued by his neighbors fled to the mission for protection. He was safe there. But after some time his neighbors persuaded him to come home, assuring him that their sni mosity was past and he was safe. He went and in a few davs died wiu "heart failure." The knife, a cup oj poison, or any convenient weapor will be used to do the work. No offi cial investigation is possible becaus* the whole community, including th< village physician, is under commoi duty to do away with such an of fender. Besides, under the Turks, th< government would gladly be a part? to such murders. This method on the part of thi Mohammedans in offsetting the worl of missionaries has made it impossible to ever get together a nucleus o converted Mohammedans to form ; church of. A start can not be mad' as in other lands. When individual are converted they have to be sen at once to some other land if the; j t 4. are 10 oe savtia unve. 1 can nui> mi agine a more difficult undertaking than to do work in a Mohammedai land. Will things be better under th< English? Those whom I have talkei with think so. Already a few Mo hammedans have been hung for mur dering Christians and the effect ha been good. So far as the govern ment can it will protect every on in his religious profession, and thi will make conversion safer, so it i thought. But we will have to wai and sec. Under England as unde Turkey it still remains the duty o every Mohammedan to do away wit] one who deserts his faith for Christ The missionaries all feel that th' overthrow which came to the S"ltai in the war will weaken the fa:' a o the Musselman in his religion. Thi <* ? * ? ' 1 * x 1 leeung is oasea on logic rauiur umj on facts. The missionaries, so I fea are merely reasoning themselves int< believing that this religion wil weaken. They do not point to an; certain evH"-"" ^ ;i weaken ing. I hope fhcy are ricrht. The livest o . : 1 > r\ in PaTestirn just now v~ 7ioriism. Fo** ycvi 'iki all otiu-v jroodi Americans. I havi t sympathized with this movement. Did h not Palestine belong to the Jews?. Had k not God given it to them? Didtho.y y not have the right to become a na-, y tion a .era in in their own land? So Tj \ questioned and believed; and along i - with my thinking I always linked cer-1 1 tain prophecies which seemed to fore-! tell the return of the Jew to raies-1 d *>ne. And more, I never dreamed but | s ?.nat the Jew would be welcomed j 0 home when he concluded to return, j 1 But I have been learning some other j e things since I came here. The Zion- , i ist Jew is not wanted, not wanted by j t many of the native Jews, and any i - thing but wanted by the others. And i - the others are the people who now t are the people of the land. They have - been in possession of it for some l fifteen hundred years and suppose 1 3 that they have about as good titles 1 - to their homes as a people could nave, j r All told there are only about 100,000 - Jews in Palestine and of the others! i i there are more than 700,000; and the - seven hundred thousand feel that - their country should be administered j - primarily in their own interest. They ; detest Zionism and would perhaps t wipe it out if it was not for the fact 1 r that back of it is the strong arm of j ; tne jbriusn government. ?i Why do the natives detest Zionism? . It is not merely another manifesta. tion of anti-Jewish prejudice. There . is something in addition to this. The t avowed purpose of this movement is t to take peaceable possession of Pales. tine and ultimately to turn it into a > Jewish state. With this in view the p, Jews from many patts of the world | are coming here, not as immigrants t to become a part of the country, but t! as colonists to maintain a separate g( ! TottrieK lifa until fliotr Vtoi'a tVio mo. ' . U V n iOU iUV V4 livu VilVJ 4I?? V bliv Hit*- JJJ jority and can take over complete guidance of things. The seven hun- ? dred thousand natives are looking on f a movement whose avowei purpose is f to supplant them. It is not difficult i to imagine how they feel. [! But there are many very fine things r that can be said of Zionism as it is j seen in actual ooerarion here. Tho?e i L Jews are bringing with them a far! higher civilization than they find in ; ... [ Palestine, and a better religion. They j I bi:y th? lnrcre tracts of land they oc-! > cupv, and turn them from a waste in- i ? to a garden. Whenever you find a ; J en* i~h col 02"', and you find many i here and there, you find a little patch i of our Western civilization set up j here in the dead and dirty East. But what of Zionism? I do not be-j l:cve that it is the settlement of the I V Palestine question. Among: other, J[ things it is intensely anti-Christian. . But apart from this it is sure to in-1 - troduce further confusion in this land I >; that is already a chaos. Zionism is . making no pretension at the eonver;; sion or improvement of the soven { hundred thousand Mohammedans who T. ; i are here. It aims at supplanting. t i And this spells endless trouble for ;! Palestine. The English are already . i unpopular solely because England is * believed to be supporting Zionism. ^ Many say plainly they would rather to have the Turk. Of course they would eI V PS 5 not; but they would certainly prefer jithe Turk to the Jew. I undersrjmd ^ ?j that in the very near future the Eng- u j j lish authorities will issue a proclama- 'c ' tion in which it will be explained that \ ... . thprp is nn intpr>t.inri of settm** Ul) a I ; : r, "X- - ,, ?! Jewish state in Palestine. This may s f I be temporary oil on the waters that 1; j | are already becoming disturbed, but ^ . ; it will be only temporary, for what- ^ ?I ever England may purpose, Zionism .v ? i does not hide its intent and aim, and !! the more it increases in Palestine the cf' _; more it will be hated. When the heat 2 i will flare into flame is only a matter n t' of time. The one and only solution to the ills a of this unhappy land is he whose foot n t prints have made it sacred to Christ- hi 2 ians. He himself said "Behold your f 1 house is left unto you desolate?un- ^ a! til the time come when ye shall say, 3 1 Blessed is he that cometh in the name _ s of the Lord." t im .. Wicks?Back to town again? I 7 ! _ j thought you were a farmer? y Hicks?You made the same mis^ take I did.?New Haven Register. 1 1 ? Hastings' 1920 . Seed Catalog; Free It's ready now. One hundred hands ! somely illustrated pages with brilliant _1 cover in natural colors. It is both o : beautiful and helpful, and all that is e j nccessary to get it is a postal card s request. You will find our 1920 catas I logue a well worth while seed book, t j Hastings' Seeds are sold direct by mail. You will never find them on r sale in the stores. We have some f five hundred thousand customers who ii buy from us by mail. We please and 1 ? +v.^tvi onrf it-p ran please and ^ bttllSlJf CiXt-iXl, uuu . ~ x satisfy you in 1920. j 1 e Planting Hastings' Seeds in your _ n garden or in your fields insures "good . ~ f luck" so far as results can be deter- i s mined by the seed planted. For 30 years Hastings' Seeds have been the . 1 standard of seed exceTlence and- prr- t; r i:v in the South. Only vari.ties 3 adapted 1o the South arc lifted. I: , ity of the be-t and pr'ces often i* -s than there yen eav af hone. Wrl e * ^ for fr? e copy of ir.is s;h:iu:d e. t v loguo now. H. G. HASTINGS CO., Seedsmen, Atlanta. Ga.?^Adv'?) ? GG6 h^>5 pr->von it will cu*-e f'a n. r . ' rever, Fever L> Colas ard LaGrippe. 1-13-lOt i no ,-r More Corn i Suffering j "Gets-It" Never Leaves a Corn On Any Foot For Very Long. The hurting- "pep" goes right out of that corn the moment a few drops of "Gets-lt" lands thereon. It is through, and "for keeps." k ! 4 VA Corna and "Getm-It* Cant lire Toretker You'll have no more pain but will notice the corn getting loose and wobbly. In a day or so, yon lift It right off without any feeling. That's the end of the corn and of your troubles. Millions have proved "Gets-It" to be the one ana only unfailing, common sense corn re* mover, why not you? i "Gets-It" costs but a trifle at any drug store and carries a money* ;? back guarantee. Mfd. by E. Law- I rence & Co., Chicago^ 3ia m isewoerry and recommended! \ the world's best corn remedy by r. G. Maves. JETTEH THAN WHISKEUOR^^ Few Elixir, Called Aspiron-j "J, Medicated Wiili Latast! * j*r?_ n 1 ! SCiem-ms j&eineuuis, uaj.ij and Endorsed by Euro- j pcan and American Army j Surgeons to Cut a Cold and Prevent Complications. ivery Druggist in U. S. Instructed to Refund Price While You Wait at Counter If Relief Does Not Come Within Two Minutes. i >elightful Taste, Immediate Reliel, Quick Warm-Up. Thr sensation of the year in th? ujr trade is Aspironal, the twoinitte cold and cougL reliever, an loritatively guaranteed by the laboraries; tested, approved and ruosi. "" . V.?a;oofi, ollv nnrlnrfinsl hv tllO hiffll 1 I 11 UOldOl X\ HI IJ VMV?V*VV^ n - ;t authorities, and proclaimed by it common people as ten times as t lick and effective as whiskey, rock ul rye, or any other cold and cough niedy they bave ever tried. All drug stores are no>v supplied ith tlu wonderful new elixir, so all )ii have to do to get rid of that cold q to stej. into the nearest drug store I md th' clerk half a dollar for a bottle Aspironal and tell him to R"!rve yor vr teaspoonfuls with four teaspoon .To r. i v 151 o rrloOQ Wltli V(i'! V llo V/- .v .arcl. in vo;ir hand, take the drink b5 ; one swallow and call for _ v>ur nrmey je1 aek ii twc minutes if von canuo* ?e your cold fading away like a drean ithir. thr timt limit. I-on't he Pi il, for all druggists invite vou aiK ha cnect you to try it. Everybody i fo ring it. Ipr "When you: cold or covjr% <s re-1 sa eved, take the remainder of the bottU- it omc to vor.r wife and hahies, fo: us spironal is In* far the s:<fVst ai*d mo? In tl'ertive. the e.'>s:est to t.iko nn i t}? sp est- 1 < "' o??i' ."V''1) r'/.ne] be til 1 >\V 1 h" ac i. > vU V; t '< iu "* ?; r'~i i ' 4. * V^lttab V U \ZSir ?t'5? (k.'l 1*6 V ?w . i' B/ ? j-j RESCUED : Kidney. liver, bladder and uric acid troubles are mcst dangerous bo cause of their lnsidicu3 attacks. Heed the lirst warning they give that they need attention by taking CGLDKEDAL The world's standard remedy for these riisnrriprs will oftpn ward off these dis eases and strengthen the body against I Further attacks. Three sizes, all druggists. Look for the name Gold Medal on every box ' and accept no imitation , Rheumatism j ? completely cashed out i?f the system ? ! * bravd Shlvar Mineral Y\ a ?,r T tO ivr.'y guaranteed fiv monoy-nac k. . -gg ;*; . : costs a trifle. Delivered *iny- is1 J>v orr 1) tpv A;.rrn*s, J. St 1 !, LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION. ,ad he State of South Carolina, !;'r i C County c f Nov; be fry. !V:< T.y W. F. 7>/art, Prc-nte Ju*.7e: ',r Vv'hcrcas, J. J. I/;r:rfcrd made suit 01 NEW FOR FIRST LOAD Will have anot 10 days. Place your ord we will deliver in 15 days or your money, w bill tied to it. Central ( Prosperity, S. C. J \bur Tabl< ! should bring y< as well as appel Let us S P*S11 If yen have used table beverage, ^ wholesome j If you have i* I^G+ant J Mm- IM frVAA* V 4b I have a delight 3 All Grocers s "There's a . 0 wmmmmmmmmmmwmmmm?MMmm*mdA^L*mmMLmmmm*mm rhe Best Insui Agair rominent Educator Beliv< A Sure Pre Dr. R. M. Brame, discoverer of tri :ame's Vapomentha Salve, has a Pe| tter from C. C. Wright, Superinten- ^ nt of the Wilkes County, N. C., thi lblic Schools, in which he says: "We mf ive used Brame's Vapomentha Salve pa r nearly all the ills for which it is rel escribed and have always secured un tisfactory results. If used in time ! Va has never failed to break up colds, | mc ually the forerunner of Grippe,! br< fluenza and Pneumonia. ... I j ast eak from personal observation. I j fla tlieve if this preparation is used in i ue it will prevent development of an leumonia in every instance, if used otl cording to directions." ev< These strong statements are fully de; stifled by the remarkable recoveries Dr at follow. Brame's Vapomentha sm live is applied freely over the chest j lar id throat and inserted in each nos- j mi * ^|||py" Bottle of j jb $ uavc d i* t Reuei fe?- / so b Writes | Mr. Jf. VnnBnren, Engineer, G. R. & L liy., 17 Highland St, Grand Rapids, Mich. me to grant him Letters of Admin-' on tration of the Estate and effects of ne anmore G. Lan<rford. o'< These are, therefore, to cite and ca [moi ish all ?*>d ?insular the Kindred Ac id rred'tcs r? th^ said S.armore , 'd ' :iie.v jQ ' cf i.' rr rc.ii 1 ' " i. ,i.. i .. - A v . j I ID CARS [ SOLD OUT j r her load in f , p i er now, and j you the car \ return you ith a $1.00 j i It 15 i Parage j Newberry, S. C. \ ? i ? Drink I ou comfort tizing flavor. J uS6est \NT I fUM II [ I: i t I i ell Postum Reason" I ii- n > " l anv/v ist Influenza that Vapomentha Is ventive 1. Brame's Vapomentha Salvt netrates the pores of the skin, reving congestion, at the same time aling vapors arise and are breathed *ough the mouth and nose, loosen> nVilp.rm and causing the , mv r*?o? ? tient to breathe freely. Its absolute lability is evidenced by dozens of solicited testimonials. Brame's pomentha SalVe will relieve pneu >nia, influenza, grippe, pleurisy, >nchitis, whooping cough, catarrh^. ;hma, tonsilitis, hay fever and inmmation of the skin. Vapomentha is applied externaliy,. d it will not stain the clothes, as sin Vrt Vinmp should 1C1 OrtlVCO ViV. A-t-yy ... er be without it. Buy it from your aler or direct from the Brame ug Co., North Wilkesboro, N. C. A iall bottle costs 30c.; a much, ger one, containing six times as ich, $1.20.?Adv. iE-RU-NAl Entirely Free from Catarrh of the Stomach "Peruna has positively (Tone for , e what many doctor* t?. F j >. I have been time and agaoa>mpelled to take to ray bed; far s tys. The first bottle of Perona ive relief and while I always . sep it in the house for emii??*^ j icies, I consider myself ee from catarrh of the itft^utcUV* ie trouble from which f ?'SfA i red for so long before taking lis remedy." \ ' - > Liquid or Tablet Form Sold Everywhere Ask Your Dealer iMiHiiii 11 viiii 1111ii R i mm i Monday 23rd day of February, xt, after publication hereof, at II :lock in the forenoon, to show use, if any they have, why the said iministration should not be grantedGiven under my hand this 5th da*. February, Anno Domini 1920. W. f. EWART. j p. j. jn. a i ?