The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, June 07, 1922, Image 4

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. Lexington, S. C. Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington, S. C., as mail matter of the Second Class. - -. Subscription Price Per Year, $1.50 CASH IN, ADVANCE. \ ADVERTISING FATES Obituaries j and in raemoriams, one cent a word. Cash with order. Cards of thanks, pne cent a word. Cash with order. Want ads. one cent a word each insertion Cash with order. Make 8.11 remittances payable to SL1GH & WALKER. Address all communications to The DispatchNews, Lexington, S. C. Phone 119. DR. TALJfAGE'S SERMON. The Child Emperor. (Published by Request.) Text: "Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a ipanger. And suddenly there wa3 with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host." St. Luke, ii, /12-13. ;At midhight from one of the galV: I leries of the sky a chant broke. To an ordinary observer there pay have been no reasbn'tor such celestial demonstration.* A poor man and wife,, ?fr .. : .f travelers, Joseph and Mary by name, had lodged in an outhouse of an ordiaary village.. 'The supreme hour of <V solemnity had passed, ancl upon the j " J f akaV ao ^ one? nh AP7 nf MarV Vw |/MUU ?*? M V. w i- God had set the dignity, the grandeur, y. the tenderness, the everlasting and divine significance of motherhood. . f Such scenes had often occurred in Bethleham but never before had a! star been unfised or had baton of tight marshalled over the hills winged > orchestra. If there had been brilliant and mighty recognition in the sky at a nativity in the house of Pharaoh, or at. a natvity in th? house of Caesar, or, In after ages at a nativity in the house of the Stuarts, or house of HapSburg, it would not have been so wonderful; but a barn seemed too poor a centre for such a delicate and archangelic circumference, the stage \ ' * t ? * - \ ' V ' seemed too small for so great an act, the music too grand for such .unappreciative auditors, the stable too rude to' be surrounded by other Wjfu4ds. No, sir; no madjam. It is - '"my joy this morning to tell you what was bona that night in the village barn, and that 1 may make my sermon eumlative and climacteric I begin by ^ that ^ni^h^ th? f^His parents. No satin lincni cradle, no delicate attendance, but the strajv and the cattle and the coarse jokes i and banter of the camel drivers. No J wonder the medieval painters reprej sent the oxen as kneeling at the mangers. There were no men there at i that time to worship. But from what j depth of humiliation had our Lord risen. To what heighth! What is the mightiest name in all Christendom to day? Jesus. Who has more friends , .than any other being? Jesus. Before Wliom to-day do church and cathedral and chapel bend? Jesus. For whom might a hundred million men be marshaled to fight or die? Jesus. Oh, what encouragement for the poorly* started. Was your birth more disadvantageous? Were your surroundings more poverty stricken? Do you know that all the great deliverers of the wdittd were bcrn in barn-like places? 4 I Luther, the emancipator of religion, j borfc amid the mines. Shakespeare, thft eihnan^i'natinr nf litor~i*iii-e Vinm in an hui^ble home at Stratford-UponAvop. Columbus, the discoverer of a wojrld, born in poverty at Genoa. Hogarth, the discoverer of how to makfe art administrative of virtue, born; in poverty at Westmoreland. Pridfau and Kijto, whose keys have unlocked apartments of the Holy Scripture that had \8&erwfse never been explored, borm'in humble homes and amid greatest privations. Nine out of ten of the world's deliverers, nine out of ten of the world's messiahs-^-the messiahs of law, the messiahs of medicine, the messiahs benevolence, the messiahs of philanthropy, the messiahs of poverty, born in bam-like places. I stir your holy ambition today if you feel that there are those in your occupation or profession, or outside of it, who are trying to hinder your ascent and your progress, and I want to tell you that the iwrrmathetic; heart and the al mighty arm of the son of God are on your side, and you have an intimate and sympathetic friend in the one who is wrapped in swaddling clothes /and lay in the manger, j For all the poorly /started what encouragement, k - . ? j ... . lis 1 'Aye," you say, "He was divine and I am human." Then I answer by sayj ing that all the resources of the Lord God Almighty may be enlisted in your behalf, and that at your firsi call for 'help' He will come for your deliver'ance. Again, I remark, that in that Bethlehem barn, that Christmas night was f'born good will to men. whether you | call it kindness, forbearance, forgiveness. geniality .affection, or love. It was no sport for high heaven to send its favorite /to that humiliation. It was a sacrfice for a rebellious world. After t?ie calamity in Paradise not only did the ox begin to gore and the adder to sting and the elephant to j smite with it9 tusK ana me nun iu | j put to bad use tooth and paw, but I I under the very tree from which was i pinched that forbidden fruit there I j were hatched war and revenge and J anger and hate and envy and jealousy | and the whole brood of cosatrices. Against that I put the Bethlehem j srene which practically says bless instead of curse, endure rather than assault, and that Christmas night seems to put out all vindictiveness. It practcally says, sheathe the sword; spike the guns; dismantle the batteries; turn the war-ship Constellation that carried shot and shell, into a grain ship to take food to famishing Ireland; hook your cavalry horses to the plow; use your deadly gunpowder to blast rocks and for patriotic celebration; quit your lawsuits; stop your anonymous letters; take the sting out of your sarcasm; drop all harsh words out of your vocabulary; let your wit coruscate, but let it never burn. Good will to men! "Oh," says some one, "You may adopt that" principle, I'll j never adopt it. If my enemy wants I ? * ? Tliwi Via TLMlt Viava to' lilt? IV 1UX 51 v ^ MV ?? ?v.. v come and ask for forgiveness." If you say that you are no Christian, or you are a very mean specimen of a Christian. If ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses, j Forgive them if they ask it; forgive j them, anyhow. Shake hands all j around. Good will to men! Oh, thatj the blessed spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ would drop this morning into J all our souls. What the world wants is more kind words,' more helping hands, more disposition to give other | people a ride, more willingness to take the heavy end of the load and . give them the light end, more dispo sition to ascribe good motives instead ? ? H of bad, more willingness to find our {.happiness in making others happy. I Out of the Bethlehem crib let bear 'and lion.eat straw like An ox. Good j. ? . t:, . will to men! That principle will become "dorftinant in all the earth untili there will be only two antagonists left, and they will side by side take' the jubilant sleigh ride to which the 1 prophet seems to point when he says:1 ^ "Holiness shall be upon the belis of ^ t tgaln 1 remark "that'or. that Christ -1 i mas night in that Bethlehem wheci i was born sympathetic union with other words, . The only scepticism 1 that has ever touched me I mght call I ?n flstrnnnmiral scentieism which 1 said: "Why did God go past Jupiter and Saturn and all the mighty worlds nit ' and come to our little bit of a world | I * if 9 ?*i ' W*0 i" i for the'achievement of jhis-..son, His only Son,V^*heiv? it might, have been I j . t.. vj f * | on a larger scale and amid vaster I worlds?" But when I qcmie to. the?! I manger and I see. its \vociderful sur-| I roundings, the scepticism is gone. I' %'i-S s find all the worlds are. sisters,; and I <V" '' when one weeps they all we^P, -and< when one sings they all .sing < From' | that super-natural grouping in that j cloud bank over Bethlehem and from! t the especial trains that ran down to i the scene, I know that other worlds! are in sympathy with ours. The meteors are with us, for one of them ran to point out the Savior's birth-; place. The heavens are with us, for ! at the thought of our redemption doxf ologies "rolled from the midnight sky. Oh, my friend, I think that here is "* ; ' | more sympathy, more heavenly sympathy with us than we sometimes imagine, and that when a child is bom angels fetch it, ancl when an old man' is borne down with the weight of yea.-s angels support him. Angels in the hospitals to heal the sick. Angels in the cemetery to guard our d?ad. Angels in the church to cry heavenward the news of repentant souls. Angels aove the world. Angels under the world. Angels all around the world. Oh, if we could only rub from our eyes the dust of our humanity and could look up, we would see angels of pity, angels of mercy, angels of rescue, angels crowned, angels charioted. The world defended by angels, girdled by angels, cohorted by angels, clouds of angels. Hear David cry out, "the + ^^ T Ar/1 a rP f w f*nTV tw Jidl IU lo VI uvi u w ? I i thousand, even thousands of angels. ! But the greatest of the angels stood not that night in the clouds, but lay with the cattle, the angel of the newcovenant. Blessed be His glorious name. When the clean white linen sent jn by some motherly villager had ! been wraooed around this th Id emi ? ... *,<j: .mabV"?' ' " peror, not a cherua reraph, not an angel, not a woritf ;Jvut wept and thrilled and shouted ; ;V. Ov . worlds in "sympathy with us. Our world the silver runge of a great 'ladder at the top of which is cur' Father's house. No more stellar solitariness for our world. No more planet spun out into thread to freeze, hut world in the bosom of divine maternity?< star harnessed to a manger. I remark again, that born :hat night in the village barn was the < :Tender's hope. Some sermonizer -iii.-ht say, "you ought to hav* proj" : a that idea at the beginning of the -- rmon." No. I wanted to lead on :p to it. I wanted to show you the -.paz and the emeralds, and the ^cornelians of lesser beauty befoi ? -froti sa v this Kohinoor, this crown- fewei of the ages. Ah! this jew> t had a v> ry poor setting. Out of f* ar .is bor.i amid the grand old pillars of the forest, whelp of lion coming from the jungle takes its first step on \ltmiri.-nt leaf, and wild flower, kid of goat is born in cavern chandeliered with stalactite and pillared with stalagmite; but Christ born in! the manger. And yet from that nativity earnest the offender's home. Over t:ie door of heaven were written the words, -ahd are written the words now: "NSxve but the sinless can enter here." "Ah," you say, "that is a great ispgvov fpr our souls, then none oj" us can enter if none but the sinless." But I nave to tell you that Christ eapie into one door and He went out the oilier door of the world; He came into tr-e aoor of the manger and He wet out through the door of the sepulchre. His one business was ivJ^&sh us from sin so thoroughly that one second after we are dead we-wii? have no more sin about us than there"?!* about the eternal God. You say that is putting the case very strongly, i'know it is, but that is what I understand about full remission?all erased, ail washed away, all scoured oid. a|l gone .That under-girding and o^er-arching and irradiating and unpa rai&Sfr opportunity for you and for m e v> -$ born j? * { f'' ^ that night in the Berhleh'erh caravansary. Do you wonder thesp that we bring the flowers? Dodyou v/onder then that we bring the Do you wonder that Raphael ; n^rab'd Rubens and Gato and "Ghu^anro, and all the German and Itaisjfcp masters with their mightiest stroke sketched the. Madonna, Mary and hel^bby? Now I understand what the manger was. Hgher than the uneearless?ra die of the Henrys of England, th^jL^uises of France, the Fredericks <}f~ Prussia. ,Now out of this Beth-crib not sfc'much feed the oxen o? Ehc stall or "the whitiej horses of^po^yji^ltit vision . Now the swaddling clothes?i^arge and emblazon until they becom$% ><_ "robes of a conqueror, Now uit'the sis.r that shone that 'only the dmrr.on^ed sandal who I tint? ihat the song thatrnigh' was not the complete song : . the stringing of the instruments for ,,a chorus of two worl<6, the bass carried by earthly nations sacred. the. soprana carried by kingdoms of glory ... v won. And all that heaven made possible, to us through the birth, the sufferings and the death of the Son of God. I shall meet you there .on a 'brighter Christmas Day than th:s. I took this morp^ng through the dim distance, and" loqk thj-c^ri the fog banks over the * river. * look ths morning , through ihr Jim [ solid pearl, ana I s^ oyr' seuc <*Brr Oh, what higji. c'oiyvepr^vo'i un will have over sin pardoned.. ovp?. sorrow comforted, and over battles fought. How then we will tn:k over monger and. oyer.-oroatB. I am going there, I am going to take all my family with me. I am going'to tak-: all my church with me. I am ?o:'ng to take all my frends with me if I cap... I am going to call you to enter the kingdom"of 6od and be ready fo- it. I am going to push you in. I a::, by holy stratagem going to surprise you in. "With all physical and r.ierfal and spritual and immortal energy I -hall i compel you to come in. i J>ke you j so well on earth I would 'Ike- yo.ur | eternal companionship in hea-on. Into that brightness- and joy many of those who used to celemaie' Christmas with us are now> gathered. I was called to bury a little child, rod I suppose the people y>as?inir rflong the street, seeing the signal on the door-bell, said "it is only a chid;" ut a broken-hearted father <a:'d : ; n.e: | "Come around and comfort us .'or I though she was only IS months eld, j we all loved her so much." Ah! it | does not take a child a great while to | get both arms around the parents' ! entire nature. What a glorious J Christmas morning wher ;.;i get, j together again. The silvt --hah d ' father young again . The mother v. h tne acnes ana pams anu ti^r: tr well again.. All the young .*11 i the ol<3, and how we will a-: :" >. ov-r i the oast, how glad we w,*: he * e | them, how glad they-' will he .** e us. One of th$ little on?s .:.;S ' ing seenjs to ..stand a.t th- cat-. * 1 ? . . . -4 ? holding with one hand the shinning gate, waves the other hand out toward you, saying: "Come this way, father. Steer straight for me; i-iere saie in neaven I am waiting for thee." Oh, I am so glad that when the angels closed their concert that Christmas night over the hills of Bethlehem and they departed, they forgot to shut the door, and it cannot be shut again. It is wide open now. You cannot shut out from us the glories that are to come. The gate is blocked open by hosannas marching this way, and hallelujahs marching, that. What more than all unnerves me is the thought that all this is for sinners such as you and I, are?all this humiliation of the manger and all the suffering of the cross. If it had been only for those who had always done right and always thought right, and always acted right, we would have had no interest in = it, would have had no share, in it. W'e would have stuck to our raft in mid ocean and let the great ship of heaven go by taking perfect passengers from a perfect life on earth to a perfect life in heaven. But no. I have he'ard that the captain of that ship is the loving, the kind, the sympathetc one who hushed the tempest all around the boat on Galilee, and that all his passengers are sinners-isaved by grace. So I hail that ship and it bears down +ntiror/i ii.c an/i atj if comes near by I shout the two questions, "Who are thou?" and "Whence, are thou?" and the ahswer is, "I am the captain of salvation, and I cametfrom a manger,' Oh, bright Christmas' morning of my soul's, delight. Chime all the bells.* Wreathe all the garlands. House all the anthems. Shake nands in all the conratulations. Merry Christmas' Merry at the thought of sins pardoned and griefs solaced. Merry at 'the thought of raptures to come. Merry Christmas! Let Christ'be lifted from K 1 V'l ? the manger this day, and let dowyi in J all our hearts. We may not be:able to bring to Him such treasures as th?manger brought, but 'we will bfing ( " to Him the frankincense of our joy. the pearls of our tears;the kiss of our love, the prostration of our worship, tiown at his feet all the churches, all the earth, and all the heavens. Down at His feet the four and twenty elders on their faces. Down at His feet the great "multitudes that no man can number." Down at His feet Michael, the archangel. Down at His feet all worlds in worship. "Behold I bring you glad tidings of great joy which shall be to all people!" - HOW TO DRY FRUIT. Experiments in the "dehydration" of pears has been engaging the atferitftm of the Oregon Agricultural Ex peHihent Station. Development of a | satisfactory process has been attepdi ed with some difficulties,, a mo eg them toeing "that of preserving the natural color of the fruit, hut it is ^.believed that the problem has been splved. . Best for the purpose seem to he Bartlett pears. When peeled, cut in halves and deprived of their cores, what remains is aout 96 per cent. water. Thus, as a result of drying, the product is greatly concentrated. In thi9 form it can be utilized as a basi9 for very delicious confections, various flavors being added to the material. - ^? WANTED THE MONEY. Jt 49YU3*1! " 1* ,Ti*i , 1 ^ <0, $ % ^Th? "manager of a burleioue show $6fcT ftfe fQllc^pg incident of his theatrical career':' ;? "Fifteen years ago a cel&ain Chi. cago 'angel* staked me to a&mall re-, pertory shbtvv instructing m<e to make one-night stands in Kansas. Our show was' terrible, indeed, but finally we left Chicago. '' ^ '* c ? ?" " Taw A A f + t\V+ uur Tirsi Slop was J. u;i*:i\a. AHti the night's .performance I sent a telegram to my^angel,' saying: 'Topeka receiptsr-$92.50. . Made a good impression' here.' "The next myht: we played in Hutchinson. After the show I wired: 'HPtchihson receipts $52.50. Made a splendid impression here.' ''The next niht; found our. troupe in Chanute, My.telegram that night read: 'Chanute receipts $21. ^lade a wonderful impression here.' "Several hours later I was, at the Chanute depot with my troupers when1 the telegraph operator handed me a telegram. It t^as from my 'angel.' The message said: ' 'Make one more impression?then come home.'. " EASTMAN KODAKS AND FILMS. We are agents for the famous East man Kodaks. .We have many,'styles and prices, including the new .up-todate* ,Autograp hie Cameras,: Brownies, and Premo?,. A full stock of films for all cameras. Leave your films for finishing, .{developing and printing*) with us. We have your work finished by expert finishing people and give you quick service. Our prices are fight. IIA RM ON D RUG CO,, Hw Lexington, S.'C. USE OLD CARPETS AND RUGS. Providing floor coverings for the home is often a question of making the best of what materials are at hand. Oneway of doing this, the united states uepartmeru ui culture points out, is to have new rugs woven from old woolen carpets and rugs too shabby to be used as such. Factories for doing the work, may be. found in many localities. The old material is cut into strps about threefourths of an inch wide, which, when sewed together and twisted, make a cord somewhat like chenille and form the filling of the new rug. Cotton string is used for the warp. These rugs are heavy and soft, alike on both sides, and durable, provided they are cleaned carefully. They are generally rather neutral in color and without a definite design; orders, however, may be woven from strips of carpet of solid color, or figured carpet may be dyed for this purpose. In general about six and one-half pounds of old carpet is required to make a square yard of the rewoven fabric, depending, of course, on the weight 01 the old material. More people would be demanding the bonus if they did not fear they would have to pay for it. DELICIOUS AND REFRESHING. Come to The Rexall Fountain foi the best cold drinks. Our drinks arc made right from pure syrups, fruits and fruit juices. Our soda fountain ^throughout is a9 clean as it can be made. ..We serve Coca-Cola, the gcnu:ine> delicious and refreshing?not just' dope. Sancken's Golden Ice Cream the best in the South, Eskimo pies and : \ Polar Bear Slices. A cigar to suit .every smoker; .* :" HARMON DRUG CO., The REXALL Store, 2w Lexington, S. C. Lodge Meetings Dixie Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F. Dixie Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., meets the first and third Monday nights in each month at 8:00 o'clock in the Odd Fellows hall. Visiting brothers invited. R. F. ROBERTS, Noble Grand. H. F. RAWL, Secretary. ' Lexington Lodge, No. 184, K. of P. Lexington Lodge, No. 134, Knights ?of Pythias, meets the second and fourth Wednesday nights at 8:00 o'clock. Visitors welcomed. B. H- BARRE..C. C. I fL -E. COOK, K: R *' Lexington Council, No. -iO. ' Lexington Council, No. 240, J. O. j&l U. A. M., meets every Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. JOHN F. SHEALY, C. VICTOR RECORDS AND VICTROLAS. We are receiving weekly new Victor records, including dance records, one steps, fox trots, waltzes, medleys, Hawaiian- sacred music, popular songs, ballads, etc., all in the well knov^n 10 inch double-faced records now selling at the old price 75c each. Victor records and Victrolas are recognized the world over as the best made. Victor talking machines (Victrolas) from $25.00 to $150.00. Sold cheap for .at -Cftsh. or. on easy payments?instalment piarv Call and let us demonstrate fc Victor Supremacy and give you our 'prices and terms. ; HARMON DRUG CO., >/>' - ' * ^ ..y Ivr Lexington, S. C. BARBECUE. ' We will serve one of my famous Barbecues at the well known Ruck House, 3 miles South of Lexington, Saturday, July 4. Prices will be reasonable. Come one, come all and enjoy a good dinner. S. F. ROLAND, 4t-p J. W. BALLINGTON. i> PEOPLE'S PRESSING CLUB Cleaning. Pressing and Dying Good Work "nd Prompt Service Phone 131. Lexington. S. C. BARBECUE. We will furnish a first class barbecue and refreshments at Summit, S. C., on June 17, 1922. Everybody in vited. Come one. come all, old and young. Music by string band. P. D. HA KM AN. "VV. S. HARM AN. DRS. BOOZER DENTISTS Over l-icver's Shoe Store COLUMBIA, S. C.. ' WANT ADS \ LEFT?A lot of about 40 squares asbestos rubber shingles; good fireproof covering. This lot for $15 Cash. Mrs-. G. M. Harman, Lexington. S. C.r A SPRING WAGON?Good for market trucking, at-a bargain. G. M. Harman, Le^nigton, S. C. t < . .. WANTED?The farmers to know that we are-in the'market for all the ' sour 'cream \\:e can get. Write us for * ' information. Summerland ? ? Creamery, Batesburg, S. C. 2t-p . - * FOR SALE?Millions Porto Rico, Nancy Hall and Early Triumph potato plants 75c per 1.000 f. o. b. Valdosta. Dorris Plant Co., Valdosta. Ga. 2t-p< FOR SALE?One six cylinder, 5 passenger Buick touring car?pru terms. Call at Dispatch-News office. SEE US for Guano. Acid, Nitrate Soda and Kanit. Sam P. and W. P. Roof, Jr., Lexington, S. C. GOOD BELT 90 flet long, 4 inches wide, leather; Eureka smoater, can be bought reasonable. D. L. Epting, New Brookland, S. C. lt-p WE PAY $36.00 weekly full time, 75c I an hour spare time selling hosiery ' guarantee^ wear four months or reJ placed free. 36 styles. Free * samples to workers,. Salary or 30 I 1 per cent, commissiop. Good hosiery is an absolute necessity,1 you can sell it easily. Experience unnecessary. Eagle. Knitting Mills, Darby, Pa. MILCH COW?For sale a milch error good milker?just dropped a calf? Apply to Bent Se'ase,'Lexington, S. C., Route 5i ' " lt-p STOLEN?One black and tan bitch with large square ears, about four years old. Stolen from my place Sunday, May 21st. Reward for return . or information as to whereabouts. Paul W. Miller, Lexington, Route 3. - lt-p . '1 ; "~i '' i'*?????; ? BARGAIN. LOT-of Asbestos Rubber Shingle^?o9d covering, fireproof. Mrs. G. M. Harman, Lexington, S- ' ?*! ' ; " WIDOWslnd maiden worth over $80,000, wdni kind helping husbands. Write'* quick :?or pictures and descriptioni. ^ox 223, Los Angeles,~^W^H Cal. ~4Lp I 1 '' ' BAitBiSctF;." We will1 furnish a -st class barbe- fcue -and refiWhm-ent aV.tfce. county fair ground^; ' 'J^-y h. 1522. Four * -\'i bail teams and ail f = candidates to bo present and everybody is invited. ' to come and enjoy the day. W. S. HARM AN, G.' L. HARM AN, . J. A. HARMAN, J. E. HARMAN. Subscribe to The DispatchNews, $1.50 per yearFINAL DISCHARGE. . Notice is hereby given that I will apply to Walter F. Hook, judge cf probate for Lexington county, S.C., on Monday, June 26, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for final discharge as administrator of the estate of and effects of Heber R. Dreher, deceased. CHAS. B. DREHER, May 27, 1922. Administrator. FEDERAL LAND BANK NOW READY TO RECEIVE LIMITED NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR LOANS. The Federal Land Bank has changed itc nt Vi a/^ lno no n AU' CO ito mc Lii vu kj x. i i: cl i\ 11 x ivanc nv/ fr - k> v that every quarter they propose to al- * lot to the individual associations a limited amount of funds. * The farmers desiring loans within the terrtorial limits of Saxe-Gotha National Farm Loan Association, which is the local association, are re- fl quested to make applieatons at once if it is absolutely necessary for them to have the money within the next ninety days. If they do not have to have the money within that time, they are requested to reserve their applications until the next quarterly allotment, and thereby save for the intervening time the money which is required of the applcant at the time of filing hs appli- * cation, as loans will be made now only to those who are in urgent need. From now on the Federal Land Bank has restricted its loans to persons who are engaged exclusively in farming and in the cultivation of their own farms, either with the help of their families, or with wages hands, or with share croppers.to whom they furnish, besides the lands, enough to entitle them to at least one-half of the crops. . ;