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I w*. * J ? ^ 4- ^ . "fiEN HOPE," TH ESHUT-IN SENDS HIS GREETINGS y Editor The Herald and News: May 1 not communicate with mj many unknown friends and helper: once more.through the medium o1 your columns? Only in this waj can I keep in touch with all those ? who think so well of me and remember me so kindly on special occasions. *- "May all the days be- thank. ful ones*and may your whole life be ^ rich as the golden harvest that al s autumn time we see," writes a deai utiknown friend. The beautiful message came just as I was beginning tc ^ prepare this informal communicator and I repeat it here because I desire y, jhe people to know and be impressed with* the fact of my profound appreciation of their devotion to me. I feel, this Thanksgiving and Christmas season, that I have much for which to be thankful, much for which to bless the Giver of everj good and perfect gift, if my shut ir life has not been all joy, pleasure and beauty during the year that has just about passed away forefver. It * ic wpII that the vears do pass, but we , regret to see them go when we remember that we are growing old, and reflect on the many good things we should have done, and would if-we had had the power, while the years were still ours in which to do as we pleased And we do as we please, hence *3ie barren years! "Time ? flies," and we can not keep the happy days with us any longer than we can 1 ????A?rfnl rtnps Tn this re &CCp tllC OVi 1. V ?? wwv? 4 spect nature is impartial; but, then, nature is as nature should be; and so we must hasten on, I feel, and Say often to my friends that really there only one thing we are obliged to have, be it jn our pow* er to fcave it, in order to get on in this life, in order to fight the battle of this material existence successfully; and that one thing is good health, physical, mental an4 spiritual. Without it. we can do nothine and our possessions, be they infinitely vast, can not do us the greatest good. 'Health is., therefore, the greatest blessing; and to see?'it if we have > it not* ta .preserve it if* we dp have it, is our firsfc?duty. ^ . Maii^c6f the world's geatest, most , useful. pitizeps a*e and have been physical weaklings. I recall the % stories >of the > Jives of, Sirw Walter Scott, tjie .author of so iaiany beautiful romanfr^%>f"the'^ood old days in England .^d^hjs own beloved Scot land; olKooert louis oievenson, miother gr?^^d,noW^,AYxit,erx and. of A1 exande^S^8gtephe?f$, tfr<| Georgia - statesmajfo^ other days. They were not #fack Bempseys, physically, but > of how mach more worth to the world ' tfcan alltfhe De:npseys who ever lived! I also remember Uncle Charlie, the virile .shut in writer for comfort and beloved of thousands of true Americans everywhere in our gloria ^ ious union.' His cfippled life is an in: spiration and the marvel of the age. coYnron^c fKou 1IIUCCU LUC l Oti * UiiVC) wtivj who have accomplished mqst in the * cause of right, who have done most for the moral uplift, have in nearly every case been weak physically. Their being of so ^jiuch account is readily understood, we think, when it is explained that they were giants in mental, spiritual and will power. But what inspires some men and women with the determination to go on, des-J pite all handicaps and discouragements? Who gives them the strength , ? which is invincible? I hope m> course is directed by Him who aloTu \ is able to answer these question -perfectly. It were hard indeed to imagine how * our great?and he isn't all ours either; for he belorgs to the worlc , MILLIONAIRE I I OUTWITTED i ' f Annnlil nktain^J for Triflins Sum An Asset for Which Million* aire Had Offered Million. J. C. Arnold, printer and li^typ< operator, of Huntington, W. VJF, has he says, the distinction of putting on< over on the country's greatest oi magnate, n an interview Mr. Arnoh tells the full details in a most inter ^ es;Ing .rsanner. "About a year and a htilf ago," says Mr. Arnold, "I began having at tacks of stomach trouble, which con + o-otHnrr Until 111V live SltiUVU ^VVV1?<^ .. , and kidneys were so affected that was forced to quit work. I had bcei wo/king nigi.t shift on an Akron pa per and sh:fiiNi ro day wo.k, thinkinj .t change of hoars world help me, bu without avail. I was taking medicim cont:mnPy, ar.d hrc; first one docto and then another but kept gettin. worse. Every time a friend suggest eu a remedy I tried it. until at las ^ some one recommended The Rfees Formula R-ll. By this time I ha< given up-hopes but began taking Th Reese F-ovmuia jk-jli. 1 naa ?oi con fxdence in it or anything else. Imag ine my surorise when after takin; hfcll flf the first bottle my conditio: bega# to improve. I continued tak . | and to immortal fame?Woodrowi: >| Wilson could have well been strong- j: er, had he possessed twice the mere I' physical strength of Samson or of! 1 r Hercules, Had he been as weak of 1 > soul as he is of body, he would have : t long ago given up his epoch making 1 r fight for human rights and been^] : crushed under the weight of ingrati-j < jtude which has been his portion ever j 1 j since the war was won with his mas- J ! terful leadership. And while I would j' ijnot be understood as comparing my-i I ont-f urifVi Wilsnn. vet I can sav that; - I do indeed go much of the time o?i my will power and the strength which j > I find in the sympathy and encoyr- ' i agement of my frienls arid helpers. i 5 My health has been fairly good tfcig i ^ year, better than for several yeafs past. I have been outdoors more. Have a friend who takes me to; i krhurch, in my wheel chair, every, ' ^ 1 A1?1 T ? * #*/*. fti? "i ii.n ! * -fcunaay xnci i i um <x >ikz ^\j v* w>?v . ' weather is fair. Often on other days j ' I am well enough?and take.the time; 1 ?to go up street, a boy rolling me.1 ! "Ben Hope," in his wheel chair, has > come to be a familiar sight on the j ; streets of York. Have done an im-^ ! mense amount of reading this year.: Had hoped to be able to do much lit' erary work in connection with my'' 1 reading, but there isn't much to show; a:. .. ? ! i oi my writings iur tins >cai?umj <*. , > few letters to the newspapers, one j ''published pamphlet, several- more; nearly ready for publication, a vast j amount of scribblings of a miscellan-j ' eous character which will, I hope, j ( t serve for the foundation of some i really serious literary work in com- j , ing years. My sister and aged moth- j IJ er have also enjoyed fairly good j health this year. We have had good j ; neighbors, kind friends. And when i one can have neighbors, and friends, j and health, one does well indeed. j Have received hundreds of letters, . cards, books, papers and other mani- r' . festations of good will from almost everywhere this year, and recently . j my newspaper friends have given ] quite favorable editorial notice to my (! newest pamphlet. I appreciate it all j deeply, dear friends; therefore I ' ; j write this very informal letter, for 1 I ^ o^AArl no nor nnr. * I J 111 imo ^UUU i J |/Vt4 ^ , {posely to impress upon your minds | the fact of my profound gratitude ! , J for what you all have done, are do- J ling, and will continue to do for me. I hope to hear from you aM again j {this Christmas, dear friends. I am | depending on you for at least some * of the things which I* need. I can J 1 not promise"to answer every letter j personally, but please don't* allow! f a KA/in trAii -frAm wrifir>ir tn TY>A I Ulia 1/ IV/ IVCty JIV/U ILVili MWVlllb KV (4>V> II wish that ! ware able to write per-1 ! sonally to my friend?. But let me ;' hear from you. Address J. S. Love , 1 ("Ben Hope"), Lockmoi^ Mill, York,] 1 j S. C. | "Ben Hope." : ' j York. " j * ?? In Memory of Little Rena Elizabeth ; ^ ! Bouknight. ! Rena Elizabeth Bouknight, \laugh- 1 i ter of A. H. and Reng E. Boiiknight, j ' jwas born October 1, 1918, and died;' ! November ?, i'JZU, Deing two years,! ' j one month and eight days old. She , , j was born during the great influenza ! ] ;j epidemic, at which time her fond !J ; j mother fell a victim to the awful dis- j; 11 ^ase. Little Rcna never knew her ; ' , j mother here, but a fond, patient, lov- j' i, ing and indulgent grandmother lav- j5 j ished upon her all of the love of her j( j noble motherly heart, and grieved 11 greatly over her going away. 'j Little Rcna had a beautiful, gen-1 'Jerous, unselfish and sunny disposition j Iand was the pet of the family, and : was loved by all who knew her and . r| especially the children, and she was j J patient, loving, obedient and . cheerful 11even in her last hours. After the' )IL MAGNATE f BY LOCAL MAN! l [ injr it f?ud before finishing I he third t j bottle I was completely restored. I j j am again working and feel better j ! than 1 have for many years.'' i 17 v.,Wo T?.11 M ff>n- ! > I J lit; / iti cov; . i , i tinued Mr. Arnold, "cost me a dollar ' and a quarter a bottle and considerthe fact that a millionaire oil! 11 magnate offered a million dollars for, .'a relief from stomach truble I think. I am .tome financier. "! "But then pooi-le don't think they -jca r.fet relief ur.iesi; it is expensive, j ., A'.i 1 can say I? :hav if only cost one i Hvbllar and twenty fiv: centr. the price 11 ?>f The Itee -e Formula R 11, to re-| t ! Move '.ouiii':): trouble, for mv case . ha.i ; rev. n it * i ; The K?ese Formula K 11 is sold by t yll druggists in Newbepy and vicin-? c | ity and is bein<r demonstrated* at P.: r E. Ways' and Gilder & Weeks Co. * .1! ! ?! Any o;ic si-.ltenn" ircm muiges-; -!lion. nervousness, rheumatism, back-, t j ache, lumbago, soui- stomach, heart-; e i burn, urinary, kidney or liver trou-; dlbles of any kind will do well to stop' ejin at this store today and talk over, -1 their case with The Reese Formula ! :-j Company's representative. It doesj ?] net cost one penny to do this and j n J you are under no obligation whatso-l ;-' ever. J mm ?????ra a i funeral service, conducted in her father's and mother's church, and of which she was a member by right of baptism, her little Remains were laid to rest in Rosemont cemetery by the side of her mother, while hen- spotless little spirit went winging its way home to the loving, waiting, wide open arms of the mother whom she had lost for a lfttle while. 'The golden gates were open And heavenly angels smiled And with their tuneful harpstrings 1 Welcomed the little child. 1 i 'They shouted high and holy . A child hath entered in " i And safe from all temptation A soul is sealed from sin. "They led her through the goldeff . streets -On to the King of Kings And a glory fell upon her From the rustling of their wings. j I 'The Saviour smiled upon 'her As none on earth had smiled \nd heaven's glory shone around The little earth-born child. 'On earth they missed the little one They sighed and wept and sighed \nd wondered if another such As theirs had ever died. ( 'Oh had they seen through those high gates 1 The welcome to her given . ' rhey never would have wished their 1 child * Back from her home in heaven. ( REV. S. C. BALLENTINE I WRITES TO OLD FRIENDS 1 1 Sditor The Herald and News: * Just a short letter that may be of ] interest to some of your readers. ! rhis leaves the family well, but we 1 ire coming to the point where the ( family is beginning to scatter. Mrs. x B. is fully 50 pounds Heavier than i when we came to these mountains, t ind seldom feels a symptom of asthna, of which she had been a chronic * sufferer. William has been working " for the American Sugar Refining ^ company and now has charge of sell- j Ing to jobbers in Virginia, west vir- j *ina and Maryland. Pearl is teach- t ing at Marion, about 30 miles from < lomc. Charles has been at Roanoke :ollege but for financial reasons is ? now in business in the city of Roa- j loke. Horace has completed the r ligh school and holds a good position ^ with the Damascus Lumber company^ j Fhe other children are in school." And I am at the same work in which i ny frier^s in Newberry county knew T 1 Tie. ^ Besides a lot of pastoral work, I L*over a very large pastorate, thanks , ;o Jolin Henry Ford, and preach reg- t ilarly ten times each month, with r avo extras when there are five Sun- 1 days. My health is fine. Preached : in three churches Thanksgiving day, | J 25 miles apart. At one with a mem- f bcrship of less than 50," the offering A for the orphan's home was $212.40. > There has been a bumper crop up i riere this year. One of our members * has gathered about 3,000 barrels of apples and threshed about 2,000 4 !>ushels of wheat. But our mills? ^ extract, dyu plant, dimension factory , and band mill?arc felling the prcs- < t business depression. i S. C. Ballcntine. ! Damascus, Va., Dec. 1, 1020. I n i TO PRESENT VIEWS BEFORE COMMITTEE ?. 1 Representative Byrnes Asks That 1 Cotton Association Be Given j < Hearing. 1 ? i Die St^te. Washington, Dec. 2.?At the joint , 1 .. .....r .>?rri. > SCFSlOn Ot ine scnuic aim iivyuci. ??>-.? cultural committees todag Representative Byrnes of South Carolina i asked that representatives of the American Cotton association be permitted on Saturday morning to present views of the agricultural situa- , lion and the remedy for existing conditions, and today wired President Winnnmakpr urcintr him to attend. Mr. Byrnes has been in conference : with senators and congressmen from the West, and he states that if Secretary Houston does not change his attitude and cause the war finance corporation to function he 's hopeful that congress will within the next two weeks enact legislation requiring | the secretary or some other official j of the United States government t<? *in. ttnwcr irranted to the V ALI *_ I O V- v?.-? f ^ ^ war finance corporation. Mr. JBvrnes stated that the functioning of this corporation offers the best hope for immediate relief by providing a foreign market, and he is doing what he can to induce Secretary Houston to change his attitude. Finnish Language. The Finnish language hai> no articles or prepositions and the verbs i ?i.. nvoepnf find xjave viuy uwu itucvc, ? past. . < ' Uncle S^on/^-g j VEXATION OF SPIRIT ( '*TT! Ill'>J T ii'fic in Itn<it1i>f;K " s.'iifl i "W ilit* retired merchant, "iij n6ver- liad time to rend much. and I . used t<> look .forward to llio glad day when I could revel in literature. I felt ; sure I'd be entirely linpp.v. I used to '1-. jot flown the w>Ttired from business I had a list as Ions as the Russian battle js soon ys I begin to * read,'end my vife comes and tolls mc my snoring is listurhin? the neighbors." "It's lhat way -villi everything we ook forward to," observed the hotelxeeper, sadly. "Man always will be, >nr is iiever blest, as some half-baked >?>et remarked. Young ^Gooseworthy v.-is in here last evening, bubbling over Aitli happiness. Tliere wasn't, any>ody rround, so he took me into his onfidewe. lie's going <o marry J iv.vndolin Jiraalong, next month, and ! ic's perfectly satisfied that his mor frd life will be one long stretch of mnshine. He seems to have the idea i hat he's going to do something orignal when he gets married, but the dea isn't now. Men have been getting narried. ever since Christopher /lis overed Columbus. Ohio; and every loggone man jack of them had the dea that everlasting bliss was going o be inaugurated on the wedding day. "I listened to liooseworuiy lor inree , lours, and hadn't the heart to say ! my tiling that would dampen "his enhusiasm. His twittering' pea lied the ong vanished days when I was meting ready to be married:-1 T felt about t then just as he does novfc. I thought he parson opened the craves of paralise when he joined two Ipving hearts. iTy wife, lived up to all tl)/; plans and Jpecificali'ons, and was aud is one ?f he best, women in the T'ljitod. States, mt I hadn't been married three ! nonths before I had a sneaking oon ietion that the man who ^ets married s a chump. "A good many optimist"^'say that a j nnrried man doesn't need any more | nonev than a single one, i?he marries j lie right sort of womnp. .bur they night as well go to thejblaekboaitl md demonstrate that two and two. i nake tw6. instead or four.' I fell for hat cheerful theory when01 was maried. T was earning enough to keep nyself comfortably, and*' never had my financial worries. Iricoqld have } >een buried for less money than it ook to be married, and the expenses j "rom .that time forWard were double vhat they used to be, although my rife was so economical she used to nake waists and such things for herself out of uiy superannuated shirts. "Oh. doggone it. there isn't any unidulterated happiness in matrimony. I vonder that young fellows like vioosetvorlhy dou't look around theui. and contemplate the dejected appearawe >f the ma.ioril.v of husbands. T*ul even if they did. it wouldn't do' tljem any xood. I suppose, for they arc full of <j i?ipo dreams. and they think th^ glriv; i (hoy are going to marry ore different from all other trliis, and Hia1 they will f>rove exceptions to the general rule. "I had a wise <>!?! limb* jn those hal. i-jron days, and about a week before I he wedding day. ho backed mo info a corner and banded me a dust-proof iwkage of wisdom. Tfo tried lo load mo into taking a sensible view of t?>e future. ITe talked about tlio euros and resp^isifulilios dial would mine j afior Hie wedding. :ind wanted Jo know if T fell equal to iliem. He tried lo sliow mo thai I wasn't going to marry an angel, but a human being like myself, wfili a human being's k faults and frailties. ' f lof liini itpI that far. and th*n > j I old Iiirn fh;ir liN gray hnirs nlono j savpd tiini from Imvingr liix hrad r?'- i roodelpd. and said I nwr wanted hi;n to darken my floor, and lie npvpr did. I had to dorkpn it- myself, villi wal nut stain. But many a finip aru-r* word, I recalled liis wisp words and wept over liis jrrave." Well Off. **.Af?*?r" nil :i man novor knows when lie's wpil off." J "Wluit"s happened now; "I wits .just thinking what ;i fool I was for trading off my F.iherfy bonds | for oil sfoefe." J i I Nut Waiter Wanted. Au old lady, sifter waiting: in a <*on- j feHionery storo for about ten minute.*?. j grew grossly impatient at the lack of ; serviee. Finally ?"io rapped sharply on 1 lie counter. "Hop.v yoiinp- lady." she <*:ill>'d, "who j waits on 1h<> I'lits';" -Kvfi vbody's Mag- J aziue. The Consequence. "At the anf.i-ilog meeting nobody J muzzled the speakers." "That was the reason, then, tteera j tv.tpD, c.n ntnnv bftinsr remarks." \ ^ v' : .. s V . 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