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WHAT AKE WE HERE FOR? A Question that is as OI?l as tin . First Man, Must Important Quetf tiivi that Enters the Mind ui Man A reader who thinks and looks al life earnestly?the kind of readei worth having?sends this: "I wonder if you would answei these questions: " 'What are we here for?' " 'Do you consider spirit anc thought as identical, or is though' the outcome of spirit united witt matter?' "Yours sincerely, "Reader." The first question, "What are w? here for?" is offered to our readers for discussion to-day. The othei question will be reserved for futurt discussion. Is there a man or a womar among the many who see this editorial into whose mind this question has never come? It fills the minds of the conscious ness of men, and may be looked at in many different ways. A man may say to himself as an Individual, What am I here for? What is my particular task? What are my special duties and possibilities? Or a man may look at the question from a wider standpoint and ask: "For nrhnf nnt-noea ? . -V* >f uav J/UI puoc IO (.lie nuiuau race put here?" Men are all brothers, although a majority are not yet civilized enough to know that. Men are undoubted as much alike, seen from the heights of justice and knowledge, as so man}- grains of sand or drops o' water. Men were put here as a race to fulfill duties as a race, to live and achieve together. There can be 110 doubt of that. And the biggest question that men have to answer, the question that the Greek philosophers studied thirty centuries ago, that the Asiatics studied and abandoned long before them, is this: Why is the human race here, what should it do. what can it do? The question will be answered one day. and the answer will come because men forever discuss the great problem. To see any question clearly you must go rar away from it and study the picture as though you had n-o place in it. Suppose that you were a superior being on another planet, looking at this earth with its rivers mountains, flowers, trees beautifu green fields and about fifteen hundred million human beings scatter ed over it. The earth would look to you likt a great garden in need of cultiva tion, and you would look on the lit tie microscopic, two-legged creatures s 'Why are the little human beings as gardeners if any one asked you put on that planet?" you would probably answer."God owns the piai.et. His pridt is in that beautiful round earth He has put the little men there tc cultivate it, drain the marshes, irrigate the deserts wipe -out the jungles and finally make a glorious and beautiful and glorious park out ol the whole earth. "I marvel at His patience with these little human beings that fight each other and rob and cheat each other and waste their time instead of working at the great round garden confined to their care." That would be a view of a thinking being, away from this earth, Such a being would say that we human beings are here to beautify the earth and improve it, and that as the microbes in the cheese give the cheese its flavor, so we microbes are nere 10 give ttus earth its beauty. That would seem reasonable from our feeble human point of view. If you went down to Mr. Vanderbilt's magnificent place at Biltraore, or to some estate of some English duke, and saw huudreds or even thousands of human beings working at the lawns, the walks, the flower beds and the greenhouses, you would hesitate a minute to answer the question, "Why are these men there?" You would say, "They are there, of course, because the man that owns the great gardens wants the gardens looked after- First he got ,the garden, and after that he put gardeners there to make it beautiful." The materialistic man looks at the earth in that way: says that men are mere animals, with just sufficient thought to make caretakers of this planet, with no life hereafter, no probable great improvement here "But this is not the highest or true conception. tou raigni imagine tne Kngnsn duke thinking of his workmen only as human machines to care for his lawns. But you could imagine a nobler soul interested in his gardeners more than in his garden, anxious that the garden should be made beautiful in order that the gardeners ard their families might live happi'., and develop spirtuallj ;wniii beautiful surroundings. The man is dull-minded who doubts that the great power of Law and Justice that rules this universe ;ind maintains in perpetual equilibrium and warm sunlight our little planet has failed to plan and pro vide for the fullest development o! the spark of cosmic consciousnest called soul, which is in each of us the main spring. The wenderful earth, bo n ii heat and *'re, changing geological!} thru long millions of years, be coming more beautiful with eacl succeeding age, is ultimately to b< an ideal home, perfect and beauti ful. Who can doubt that that ti to be the history of this planet? A race or men born in ignorance passing thru hundreds cf thousand; of years of suffering, struggling poverty, ferocious combat, famlm and disease, are ultimately to attaii civilization, high knowledge, tru< brotherhood, to live happily on thii planet for millions of years, Wtu dreadful past forgotten. Who cai doubt that this la to be the futuri the human race? The race will become beauttfu aud perfect in beautifying and perfecting the planet. Tne numan * gardener will improve as his work - improves. He will become worthy ( of the beauty and harmony that surround him in space. Such is the t hope of men as a race. Thus man thinks of himself as r a drop in the ocean of humanity. But apart from that thought there is the constant study of the indii vidual by the individual, man t seeking to know himself, i It is this self-study, self-quesattioning and self-reproach that push thn tt?nrlH olnncr lifting "r. ?"V ? w. utvug, HK.U15 uf luc race by lifting up the atoms that ? compose it. The little child in the doorway ; on the poor street looks in wonder af the face of the old man, furrowt rowed, sad and discouraged. The old man whose questioning , and striving with fate has been answered by failure, looks down upon _ the little child's face and hopefulness and helplessness finds a partial answer at least to the great l question. He knows thai his own life need not be a failure in reality altho it . has failed on the surface. He knows that to protect one . such child, to give it an hour's happiness or save it from a day of suffering, is alone worth while. His clothes are torn, his shoes are worn, his face is sad with the disappointments and mistakes of many years. He looks at the child, whose , face is a page with no line written upon it, whose eyes reflect the wonders and all the beauty of truth and innocence, and looking at the child he is able to answer the question, saying to himself. "I am here tc help others, to use power wisely if it comes, and | to endure poverty bravely if it must come. 1 am here to think I not of myself but of others, to think of children such as this and to help them and protect them." What are we here for? We are here to find our work and do it, to realize our duty and ? do it, and to put ahead of all other consideration and things the needs of the weak and the poor. J F. D. Bryant. Pr I I Heal Fstnte j <?nvl investments. Special Kepi of Washington, j Canada, Mexico i 5 Persons hav well to corresfm ' | Marion, Horry ai i - REAL E v i Choice i | At and ?5? + ___ I Thursday a | This is the home the depot, divide^ i % large convenient * % house: also 635 ; < % Stedman, and I of Stedmen. Th< V I and sold separatl < ( % js an opportunity I *5* ; | Buy This Valuj 4 As we sell to the highest 1 * No better farm lands in tl ' 4 ; ?. etteville Brass Band, and * r | and many valuable souven ' + buyers or bidders, just so \ % ; | Terms Easy I I 1 v 1 Remember the Da X 1 Southern IX ? M. Andrews, Mat , PHONED WIFE AND DIED. Mangled in Wreck. Preacher Called Her up From Operating Table. | San Francisco Call. Sorrow swept over the community | *"hen the accidental death of the ' Rev. Cecil L. Marrack at Ross became generally known. From all sides were heard expressions of sympathy and sorrow and words of | tribute to the character of the Rev. | Mr. Marrack as a clergyman, social I worker, and man. From the scene of the accident he i was carried to the Hund Sanitorium. As soon as he was carriedwith! in he asked for the telephone. The slightest jar caused shocking pain, but he asked the attendants to place the head of his stretcher on the phone table. Fire Chief Daniel Schneider, of San Rafael, sup| ported the foot of his couch. One ' of the uninjured clergymen called Mrs. Marrack while another held the J receiver to the dying man's ear. He controlled his voice by a supreme efJ fort. I "Is that you, dear?" he asked Uls j wife. She answered, asking what was l trio m ') 11 nr "I am here in Ross, in a hospital," he replied. "We have met with an automobile accident. Don't 1 be afraid I am alive. I think it would be best for you to comeover ' here. I will not be at home to-night, i Good-bye, dear. And pray for me, i won't you?" I These were the last words his ; wife heard her husband utter. He sank back exhausted with his I effort, and never again fully re gained consciousness. "I never saw a finer example of nerve and endurance," said Daniel Schneider, chief of the San Rafael ambulance and fire service, in telling of the accideut. "Mr. Marrack was such a large man and so badly injured that we placed him in the ambulance alone. The lower part of his body was crushed and the lower leg completely shattered, yet he bit his lip and kept from groaning. When we passed over the railroad tracks it was more than he could endure, and he cried out sharply. But when the hospital was reached he esident. li. Stac PEE DEE REAL ESTATE A?ENC1 Offices: Marion and Mull ins, S. C , Fire Insurance and I oans. Busiiu ceseiitalives of the National C'o-Oper, I). C., Branches in all parts of tli ind Cuba. inn lands for sale or wishing to pu ml with this agency. Attractive pre ud adjoining counties. STATE AT A! Lots anc Near Stedman, nd Friday Ju AT 10:30 A. M. place of Jeff D. St d into lots and smai house and outbuil acres about 1 1-4 m 3 acres about 4 1-2 ise farms will be cu y or as a whole on that occurs but sel able Property at bidder. We make the terms, le state than here in this sect Barbeque will be served on c irs given away at this sale to i you art present. , Interest on Deferred ite June 29 at 30, Realty & A \ager pulled himself together plucklly. | , and I have never seen such grit dis- ; played by any man as when he insisted on telephoning to his wife. He died before Mrs. Marrack could j reach him. ! Inherited Millions. N?>w oankrupt. I George Law Davidson, who has never been in business and never j had an occupation, and who in one I way or another has disposed of j $1,000.00 or more, all inherited, ' filed a petition in the bankruptcy court, of New York, which stated that he had absolutely no assets and oweed creditors $16,935. Davidsonn originally inherited $160,000 from his grandmother, i Mrs. Abbey E. I^ayton, which lasted j him a year. His uncle, William I Layton, then bequeathed him $435,I 000, which went in ten months. Next 1 his mother ried leaving a trust fund of $300,000, which yielded his $13.000 a year. The $13,000 went in a1 [ year, with 10,000 raised on some | property and $6,000 borrowed from relatives. Davidson was married twice. His first wife was Mary Baldwin, of Motif Torcnu Thov flir/irnnH ! within a week. He then wed Miss ! Lillian L. Hall, of this city. In | 1901, when his first wife sued for; | $2,000 a year, Davidson first enterI ed bankruptcy. His creditors claim| ing $29,000 at that time, Davidson calmly displayed the testamentary provisions of his deceased relatives, all of which provided that his income was not to be attached by creditors. Then he went his way smiling. Buried Under <>old in Sacks. San Francisco, June 23?Literal-I ly huried under $,000,000 in gold, 1 Wadswortli S. Williams, an emJ ployee of the San Franciso Mint,! was so badly injured yesterday that I his recovery is doubtful. I The gold in sacks toppled over in I I one of the mint's vaults and over1 whelmed Williams, who was wheel1 ing a truck. F.i.rrTR: The Best Tonic, ( bitteeS Family Medicine. ' khnuse, Secretary, t. ^ss Opportunities utive Kealty Co., e United States, rchuse would do >l>ertv for sale in Hi ' UCTION I Farms | , N. C. | ne 29-30,1 > * > * > issions, right at | II tracts and the I > dings and small | iles southwest of i *8* i miles northwest | < t into small tracts * < 8* the land, and here f don in a life time I w * * your Own Price \ * but you make the price- % ion. Music by the Fay- | lays of sale. One lot free the lucky ones whether 8* .? _ A <4 s I Payments. f and 10:30 O'clock % uction Co. i Greensboro, Af. 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