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No. 14 N. he *auig tiaes. jLUI2s APPELT. 3~ MANZNG, S. C., DEC. 29, 1915 taBDEVERY WEDNESDAY 1.1I. APPELT, S~fo AD PROPRINTOR. .Aff EW 11EAR TO ALL. D)elght and pathos are inex rincably smingled with .t h e t hought of-New Year's day, it -Iaonaly conventioualt point of une,. any other would do as wai. Every day closes an old :'erand begins a new one, but orell -we cannot help feeling -that this day, which is agreed s pon throughout Christendom J'k thepeginning of a new year usoebow unique. The pathos bomes from the review of the past, and from the sense that annther'aotch has been cut for aa'on the stick of time. Do we take time during the -hurry andsbustle of the holiday ,aann to, review our work of - the year :api see wherein we veg made mistakes, jotting tiang down in our i~emory as to y aiojied in the future? That 5oppggid never have become a rfitge workmian if he did not dyoa4 istkes of yesterday. e inat never make the same mtiatakatwice, and in order to esaid against doing so, we must !'bsbck and find the mistakes we have made. Turn over the leaf. You may regret to place such a page on fue record of past years, but to :nourilover it will not change it. It iaa page of your past life now .ndnest cont for or against. Jist one thing left, forget the .pas# and press on. A clean aigemt before you, ready for the rmoord of another year. The don thing is to start it right n~h greater thing is to keep ~;~1jKeep the end in view ~myou start with a Happy tw ear ibanay be yours to be a 1the year. SNew Year. Let not s hreart be troubied, neither A We afraid. Seek peace and -:rsue it; Be true to every nest conviction, and live to zxke the world better for pass a 2Kmarhit. F U FSOI le TI MAIN ST., TEE CL.OSE OF THE TEARt.. The close of the year is. al ways a time for serious thoughi and reflection. The past crowds upon us at such a time with fai more than usual iratensity and especially forces upon our at tention our faults, -failures and mistakes. Let us look thenm squarely in the facc and profit by thesm. The wise man always does this, but the fool never. The latter goes on committing the same follies and making the same mistakes, never profiting by his experience, to say noth ing of the experience of others. Every man makes mistakes. It may not ,be his fault the first time, ,but i't is if he makes tire same mistake a second time. We believe that the secret of success with those who succeed, and the cause of failure with those who fail, will be found largely in tbe ability and disposition to study the causes of both success and failure, not only in one's own ex perience, but in that of others. The farmer now has leisure to review the operations of the year, and he should do it candid ly and critically. Make a com plete analysis of every import ant operation. Find the weak places in it and trace them to their origin.- Nothing will pre pare one so thoroughly for the operations of the year to come as this kind of searching inves tigation. And while we are about this business we should look just as carefully into our record of mor al responsibility. We should be far more anxious to improve character, wind and morals than to improve our far'ms. Serious study of our weak points and of means to strengthen them is a very profitable business at any time, and if pursued assiduously will strengthen and develop all that is good and admirable in our natures, and make us better, stronger, noble men and women as the years go by. And the time will come in the life of every one when such a recordlof honest, earnest, persistent effort to improve will afford far great er satisfaction than anything else in his account with this world. We can wish no better thing for all our readers than that they begin the new year an imated by a firm resolve to turn all its experience into profit for themselves, mentally, moeally,| TS0 Men, tart te Sooner socially and material-y, and then to faithfully carry out the reso lution. The days, weeks and years slip away lhke water in a run ning stream. Time's greaticlock never loses a moment. Relent lessly, surely the moments pass, and our eager hands are not able to detain them. We cannot keep back the flying years, but we can and should keep the blessings they bring. Hold fast to the lessons they have taught. Keep the memory of their joys. Enrich every day of life with the garnere d wealth of the days be: hind. Happy New Year! What a blessed phrase! Speak it frows the heart, and then strive- to make everyone's New Year a happy year and yours will be happy, indeed. THE SITUATIltIIN MEXICO. Recently Mr. Tumalty, secre tary to President Wilson wrote a letter to a friend answering criticism of the administration because of its recognition of Car ranza as de facto president of Mexico. This was because some Catholics have violently pro tested against recognition of Carranza. Being a devont Cath olic himself, Mr. Tumulty's . let: ter should have great weight. Thbe charge .had been made that Carranza was responsible for the- spoliation of Catholic church property, for the killing and exiling -of priests and for assualts said to have been made upon nuns. Mr. Tumulty pro. duces testimony from Mexican church dignitaries disproving the charges. During the almost five-years of turmoil in Mexico there has been a reign of brigandage, and it is a fact undisputed that the adher ents of every leader have re sorted to barbaric deeds. No one faction is blamnelass, all are more or less guilty. Another thing to be borne in mind is that in all preceeding revolutions in Mex ico for the past century the rev olutionists have opposed both church and- state. That aiways brings the church into the lime light, and in all previous upris ings the churches have suffered. All the Latin-Americans recog nized Carranza. The time came when some one had to be recog nized, as anarchy prevailed all oer the republic, and. that s VERCI SBoys You Cal, the reason for the recognitionp f Carranza~ by this government, which originally 'contemplated givmng Villa an oppoi-tunity. Ob jection by Latin-American coua fries caused a change, and as Carranza controlled a large army and was ini possession of agreat er area ot territory than any other chieftain, he was accept 'd as the best an to place-in con troL. It was a sort of Hobson's choice, and recognition was not extended for any other reason. Caranza, has given .assurance thab all religions shah be pro teced~ in, Mexico so long as, th-e members of the different churches respect the ]aws of the ~republic. He has given assur ~ange of a free press an4d other :constimational guarantees, and so falhsepe hjis word, therefore tbe administration should not be condemned for its action. Had the United States and the Latin-American not recognized Carranza a. most appalling con dition would have followed, for there was no one to enforce even the laws of humanity. People were starving in the midst of plenty in some sections. The bandits who posed as army chiefs shipped large quantities of food and large numbers of cattle out 'of Mexico and -permitted the masses to starve. Banditry pre vailed and everywh~ere there was a state of anuarchyl From a hum itarian point, therefore, the best thing to do was to extend official recognition to the one consider ed the - best man to place in authority. Carranza has been traveling over- Mexico meeting the people and explaining his policies. The Mexicans have for the first time in their history found that when they surrender and lay down their arms they are not assassi nated, and this is having a salutary effect. Had some of the others been placed in Carranz9.'s position they might have butch ered all their former enemies the first time they were disarmed. Give the new Mexican admin istration an opportunity to make good, and if it fails it will be tiime to criticise.--Ex. CASTORIA For Tnna and-Cirdm in Use For Over 3OYmar Aways bears the OATS and orid r'he Bette, "It is more blessed to give han to receive" say the minis ers when the collection plate i: passed. Fact, b'gosh! Bu: editors are under the painfu necessity of receiving befort they can do any elaboratt amount of giving. Senator Chamberlain want: ongress to pass a law providing for universal military traing be tween the ages of 12 and- 23 The cruel old thing! 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