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INDIFFERENCE AND MORALITY.
(By L. H. Smith.) i
Indifference and morality play a
decidedly greater tragedy in the ?
world's history than one can lmag- i
ine. To my mind they are more die- <
astrous in the physical and spiritual j
life of mankind than famine, war/'
disease or pestilence. <
These evil spirits, through the law i
,1 of heredity, from the fact that we i
!J do not accept Christ while young, '
fasten their poisonous -fangs into our i
lives, and as a result. Individual, na
uonai ana world life sutler greatly. 1
and the fact, that its work Is seem- \
_ ingly slow and silent is unobserved. '
Indifference upon the part of Adam <
and Exe to God's command in the
Garden of Eden entailed untold suf- |
fering upon mankind. Every Individual
born into this world has to com- i
bat with this gigantic evil. It is dis- i
cerned in our lives while quite young; (
thus robbing young life of that. 1
which should, be sweet and sacred, t
for in childhood we lay the founda- !
tlon for the future life and the law i
of nature demands that the structure 1
become heavier as one grows older. <
And if, indeed, the foundation is not <
securely laid this 'structure must i
crumble .and fall. '
At the tender age of six to eight <
years, upon the entering of the school I
room, indlffference to the teachers, i
playmates and parents becomes prominent
and as we grow older it becomes 1
a component part or a second nature
in our lives. We become indifferent i
to our own personal interest and that
ui uur neignDor. we iau to speak
a kind word to him. when a kind i
word to our life and to the life of
cur neighbor would mean so much.
We fail to smile when to our life and 1
to the life of our neighbor a smile
would mean so m'uch> Not to the aef- i
r thetic only, but all life demands cour- i
tesy and kindness, the rich, refined
and cultured alike. God demands ?it. |
Robert E. L?ee, whose memory not
only thg south but the world cher- i
ishes, soon after the war between
the States was riding on a railway i
train surrounded by friends and ad- '
mirers. The cars were crowded with i
passengers, a young mother with her i
baby walked into the car in which
the General was sitting and it ap-j
yearea mat mere was not a vacant i
seat In this car and the young mother ]
seemed to be unobserved by all except
General Lee, who npon seeing
her promptly offered her his sdat.
General Lee's friends and those
aboard very readily saw their ugly
and discourteous act and in his act
he gave those aboard a severe re- i
buke. Dr. Jas. H. Carlisle lives in the
lives of more ,men of the state,
church and school room than any i
other man ever born and reared in
South Carolina. He was one of the
most simple men in his life and char- i
acter the writer has ever known; the
most ignorant mQuntaineer or negt?
in Spartanburg loved and respected
him because he was always so courteous
and polite- William E. Gladstone,
England's great statesman, his
life and character showing him to be
cue of the world's greatest and best
men, usually walked from his home
to his office once' a day through the
principal street of London in order
that he might speak a few pleasant
words with the street cleaners.
Throueh this un?n,ilv omri? nf ! >
, difference we neglect our health. Visit.
if you please the leading hospitals
of the country, in which the writ_
er has spent considerable time, and
pi you will find hundreds of young men
and young women fron\ twenty five
to forty five, usually refined, cultured
and people of means, who by ;
indifference to their health have
made a shipwreck of their physical
lives thereby unfitting themselves fori
further duties in life. To hear them
speak of themselves is heartrending.
Seldom if ever you see one in the
hospital pass the meridian of life who
has practiced this great evil of indifference
as to their health. I venture
assertion that not exceeding
ten percent of the deaths that occur
are from natural causes. Through '
the remarkable discoveries of science
there is no reason why we should
not live to be a hundred years. Our 1
people are doing a great deal to improve
the pedigrees of cattle, horses
and sheep but I fear that our health :
is not being given the propel' attention
and it seems that we should endeavor
to improve our health just as
eagerly as we endeavor to improve
the animals of a lower degree. The
schools of our country in sending out
monthly reports TO the parents should
have a space devoted to the health
of the child and marking him 011 this
branch just as he is marked on his ,
deportment. Should the child ever be
seen in the school room or on the {
play ground with unclean hands, face I
or unbrushed teeth demerit him and
If he found with a cirgarette punish ,
him with the black jack. This might '
create an Interest upon the part of J
the parent and result in a healhy ,
public sentiment. The matter of
health is important. Science may j
patch up and prolong life but if that .
health is lost which God gives, science
cannot replace. Science may sweep (
aiound the ea#th but can add no star
to the resplendent galaxy of truth
and virtue. Underneath science, life 1
and health is God*
Indifference breeds carelessness,
and through carlessness thousands of
our people are swept into eternity an*
nually as result of automobile, steamships,
railway accidents, discharge of
fire arms, taking of poisonous medi- ]
clnes and in various and sundry ways. (
Automobiles alone in the year of (
nineteen hundred twontv ?j
ii ?u?j iuiim^r m
thirty five hundred souls through ;
nothing but careleaBneBB. And I ]
should think it safe to say that not ,
fewer than a hundred thousand bouIb ,
perish each year as a result of carelessness.
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We are yet to tell however of the i
saddest part played by this spirit of ]
Indifference. It seriously effeots our I
spiritual lives. W? beeom? Indifferent )
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THIS OHJLON H
ta our religious duties, failing to read
the word of God and to pray daily,
to attend church services regularly.
We cannot believe our Lord will excuse
any one from attending all the
services of his church after he has
declared his allegiance for the kingdom,
unless providentially hindred.
The financial appeals of the church
causes him to grumble and he can
see no good reason why the church
Bhould be calling for so muoh money.
The writer has known individuals
Eind communities to become bankrupt
as a result of dealing in cotton
rutures or in some wild cat speculation.
but has yet to learn of an individual
or community bankrupt by
dealing with and for God Almighty.
It is readily recalled how God's own
people, the Israelites, suffered as a 1
result of this ungodly spirit- It represented
Hint that he had made man
and but for Moses their fearless leader
who holdlv nlenri with flrwl man I
in all probability would have been
Exterminated. The ancient cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah, Babylon,
Chdrazin, Bethesaida and Jerusa'em
were destroyed because of indifference.
While every nation upon the
earth has falln except our own great
nation we have a lesson from the past
which teaches us that should we
drift into this great stream of indif-'
ftrence the same fate awaits us as a
nation. Less than fifty percent of our
population are not members of any
branch of the church and while I am
far from passing judgment I am
afraid that not ten percent of these
lives is as God would have them. It
was this spirit in Napoleon disregarding
the rights and liberties of others
that came near wrecking or destroying
France. Great Britian's disregard
for her colonies caused the RevoluHnnorv
wo r nn ?tr'r. i??L 1*1
ttuout j nui . \jc i iimia uiv rv ui icxiiii
In God and the twentieth century
civilization incurred the preat world
war. while the North disregarded the
South and war was brought on be-1
tween the States. With all the faults
and shortcomings however of this
indifferent class they are not altogether
unappreciative or desirable.
They should not retard the religious
or physical progress of anyone intentionally
but on the other hand
would do all in their power to further
same if it had only occurred to
them. They are simply unfortunate in
life and there is an opportunity f r
them to repent.
The class however to which I refei
now, the moralist is more poisonous
to the world and mankind than
the sting of an asp, probably robbing
the Kingdom of more souls than any
Due sin. "*
To this class the Sermon on the
Mount offers no efficacy in this life'
and nothing that is sweet or assur- J
ing in the life beyond. Their religion
Is confined to the brain only. Their
attitude on all life is of a mental nature.
They can brilliantly relate the
great work accomplished by our Lord
while on this earth but ?hey fail to
make'a norsnna 1 Snvinr him
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subscribe ^to the letter of the law as
did the rich young ruler who came ]
to Jesus by night. The joy "Which
passeth all understanding" never en-|
tors into their lives. They emphatically
claim that no man knows when
he passes from death unto life, or
when Jesus comes into his heart. He
is exceedingly careful as to his social
standing and would say or do
nothing that would bring discredit
upon him for anything. He is usually
more popular with the masses
than God's people. He is a harsh critic
and is full of egotism. If indeed
the church or his neighbor is full of
the Christ spirit he recognizes them
as fanatics. He usually attends Sun
day school and church but never
prayer-meeting and boasts that he is
ju?t as good or better than those who
do these things. Unlike the indifferent
class there is little if any probability
of his ever entering the Kingdom
of God or heaven.
The writer offers no apology for
writing what may be termed a- religious
article to the secular press. Our
people are so full of the reduction in
cotton acreage and fertilizers, stringency
of the money market and politics
that a diversion might be of some
sfcrvfbe.
We are passing through the most
perilious time in the worlds history
and we should live as near the cross
as possible of him who gave his life
for us. Then and not until tfien will
the innumerable evils in our lives be
reduced to a minimum and our lives
in harmony with divine life.
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I.ITTL.E BOY DROWNS
IN FORMER*QUARRY.
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Columbia, April ?Robert Williams.
the youngest son ot the Rev.
G- Cfoft Williams, secretary of the
state welfare board and a member of
fc&gle patrol of Troop 11, Columbia
Boy Scouts was accidentally drowned
Saturday afternoon when he slipped
ind fell into a water filled abandoned
quarry. All efforts of fellow
scouts and other volunteers to rescue
the boy proved fruitless, the body
not beine finallv lrw?nto?i imui 0.9 a
li night after it had lain for nearly
five hours and a half at the bottom
of the deep hole.
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COLUMBIA CITIZEN >>
COMMITS SUICIDE.
William M. Rose Said to Have Been
Depressed by Financial
Conditions. I
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Columbia, April 18 ? William H.
Rose, Sr., prominent business 'man
of Columbia, a former resident pf
Gireenville, associated with the for
mcr ranter cotton'Mills Co., killed
himself this morning early by cutting
hi: throat. It is understood he was
depressed over financial conditions
and that he had been in bad health
For several days. Derails of the tragedy
.are lacking as th e family does
not care to discuss it. Coronor Scott
will make an investigattbn this afternoon.
Mr. Rose w*8 in the waste
business.
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XBALD. DDION, SOUTH CAROLIN
WHY SEND MILK TO ITALY?
There seems to be a very general j
impression that the Itali&n Babies are
cared for by the Central European1
Relief- * This, however, is not the
case, as Mr. Hoover has himself emphatically
stated- The Central Euro-1
jpean Relief, as its name indicates,
cares for the children of Central Eu
Irgpe?Poland, Austria, Hungary and
I adjacent states. 3,000,000 children of
these countries have been rescued
^his winter, but Italy too, needs help
;and we must give both of out sym|
pathy and our substance to her in
l this her hour of need.
The question is often asked?"But
why is Italy not able to take care of j
ter children?but the circumstances j
art- extraordinary.
In Italy today a milk famine exists?due
to the fact that many cattle
had to be sacrificed th^ last year of
the war to feed the army. Later the
rll'Pnri U/ii.il- -
uiiu nooi disease brokej
out and swept the country of the re-;
maining milk giving animals- This,
has left them with no native milk.
Four years of devastating war had
left the nation with enormous war
debts, a depreciated currency and
great scarcity of the necessaries of
life. As the currency went down
the cost of living went up, and for i
the poor the conditions of existence
became almost unbearable. Foods
were so high and so scarce that
in November last the Government
found it necessary again to issue;
food cards?more stringent than during
the war, and much of Italy's unrest
has been due to the'food situation.
Under these conditions, the Italian!
mother, herself undernourished, has
not been able to nourish her baby?|
formerly she was abundantly able;
to do?and in Italy the unprecedent-1
eu has happened?Italian mnther-i
jhave had to feed their babies artifi1
cally. The artificial feeding of a baby
is not the best way, but it can be successfully
done if good milk is available,
but without milk it becomes a
question which scientists have not
yet been able to solve. There is no
substitute for milk?and the baby
under one year deprived of it, cannot
live. The littl^ cli^d over one year'
may live but becomes an easy prey j
to rickets, anaemia and tuberculosis j
?the hunger diseases?and with1
these the hospitals are filled.
Three hundred baby hospitals' and
institutions for children in Italy are
now being supplied with milk by the
American Free Milk Fund, and
trrough its dispensaries and milk
distributing centers 100,000 babies,
hav^ been rescued, but many prov-1
inces have not yet been reached for!
the relief can go only as far as the i
milk goes. The institutions already
established must be maintained and
the work can be extended only
through larger shipments of milk.
Tlte situation in Italy is briefly
this:
The people are burdened with tremendous
taxation necessary to pay
their war debts and the currency so
depreciated in consequence that they
cannot buy from us with the ruinious
exchange now existing. Few people
here realize that the Italian lira,!
which used to be equal to 20 cents in
our money is now worth only 3 1-2 ,
cents. Five dollars used to be the j
equivalent of 25 lire. Now it takes,
nearly 150 lire to purchase five dol-1
lars worth of American goods.
The milk that we are sending over I
costs us here, wholesale 11 cents a
quart, but if it is sold to the poor \
Iialian. he must nav npnrlv fifi /??ntc
a quart for it in Italy.
Can Italian babies be properly fed
without milk if we sell it to them? 1
Italy's suffering babies are the vic-i
tims of war?they are reaping the re-1
suits of Italy's great sacrifice in "the
cause" which was "Our Cause."j
Italy was our friend and ally. Shall
we be content to offer her no sympa-j
thy, no aid? A cup of milk is all that
is asked in her name?that her bab-'
ies> ? the future?hope of the nation j
? may not be dwarfed and stunted as
a result of malnutrition.
Send your contributions, large or
small, to Miss Jane B. Evans Florence,
S. C., State Chairman ? For
American Free Milk and Relief fori
Italy, Inc.
Every Penny Counts.
Is it Not Much to You:
"To know that there is saved for
great tomorrows
A man who may stand firm for truth
and right,
May be the one to lead a groping (
people toward the light?
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"Somewhere in distant lands a child
Is happy, , ,
And growing happier with its every,
breath,
Vf ?. ?UI1 1 1 * ^
mj cniia, wiiuiu, mrougn uoa's gracious
bounty
I saved from death." .
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two killed when
BOILER EXPLODES.!
Serious Accident ?t McKelthnn Lnmber
Company's Plant at
Lumber, S. C.
Lumber, S. C., April 18?Two negro
workmen were killed and another
serously injured in a boiler explosion
at N thg big lumber plant of
the D. T. McKeithan Lumber . com-,
pany here at five o'clock this morning.
The names of the dead men are
John Hard and Alex Small. One boll-,
er exploded, but the other six, as
well as the building housing them,'
were wrecked. The engine room was
also seriously damaged. The qxtent1
of the property loss is not known as
yet. The> lumber plant has not been
in operation for about six months and 1
wag to have started up work again]
thlp morning. The explosion occur-]
j?eu a ibw minutes arter the fires had
been built In, the boilers,
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A, .THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 81
Professional Cards.
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Surveying ;
Drafting and Blue Printing ! x
W. M. ALLEN
Dillon, S. C.
Phone No. 112 ' .
L. H HAKKLDEN
Attorney at Law
DILLON. 8. C.
oney to Lend on First Mortgage
Real Estate.
DH. J. H. HAMKK. JR.
Dentist
Office over Peoples Bank.
OTIS M. PAGE
Civil Engineer
DILLON, S. C.
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JOE P. LANE
Attorney-at-I<aw
Office Next to Bank of Dillon,
Main St. Dillon, S. ( .
DR. R. M. BAILEY, X
Veterinarian
Office at Dillon Live Stock Co's.
Stables.
Office Phone - - - 235
Residence Phone - ?
S C. HENSLEE, M. I).
Wye, Ear, Nose and rhroat
Spectacles Fitted.
Offlee Hours 9 to 11 and Z ta 4
livening Hours by At>polntmenf.
J. W. JOHNSON
Attonifj^t-Law
."metier In State and Federal Genre*
Marion, 8. 0.
DR. R. F. DARWIN
Dentist
Office Over Bank of Dillon
L. D. IilDF,
A11 on?ey-at -1 w
MARION. R. C\GIBSON
A MULLER,
Attorneys-at-Law
Office over Malcolm Mercantile Co.
DILLON, S. C.
Practice in State and Federal Courts
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Distinct Court of the United States, 1
Eastern District of South Carolina.
In the matter of W. C. Parham,
Bankrupt, Dillon County.
Tu the Creditors of the above named
Bankrupt: i
Take notice that on the 6th day of
April, 1021, the above named bankrupt
filed his petition in said Court
piajing a discharge in bankruptcy,
and that a hearing was thereupon ordered
and will be had upon said petition
on the 18th day of May, 1921,
before said Court, at Charleston, in ,
said District, at 11 o'clock in the
forenoon, at which time and place all
known creditors and other persons in
interest may appear and show cause,
if any they have, why the prayer of
said petition should not be granted.
Rich. W. Hutson, Clerk, j
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IF YOU I,IKE GOOD BEEF I
or a good roast, don't go-any farther !
than this shop. You won't need to j
telephone or shop around to find it, |
because it's here and at prices that, i
arc right besides. Our meats are all ,
carefully selected for your pleasure. I
DILLON MARKET.
I -r?v bic': 0-catiOD i
\\ If HUNT'S S?t?? lalln In tb? I
I \| treatment ot ITCH, RC4BM4. i
Wht a If Fiwr u>neu tbttub i
| I ( P/ otntv Itchln* ifctn Jtimnt
iJ| Try 75 ooat boa at oar riata.
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Sold btf Brans Pharmacy
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. 1921
NOTICE
As cotton buyer for the American
"Moducts Export and Import Corporition
of Columbia I will bid on cot
on graded by the Government Grad>r
and will accept the government
trades
I.. Cottingham, Sec.-Treas.
)illon Co. Warehouse and Market
Corporation. 3-24.
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Money in the bank is a mngtn
The START is the tilingStart
a bank account with \
We take an interest in our
to advise with them a? to how tl
We invite YOUR Banking ]
The Bank
SAFETY, SERVICE
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union, Sou
CARL
M1LI
COMi
Dillon, - - 1
We offer Corn-fa 1 fa a f
one hundred pounds. This feed <
fifteen per cent molasses and si
ha\. It is as cheap as timothy h
and corn. Use ten pounds of this
!? uiius ui uuj <tn?i you win na\
8 We offer Purity Self Rif
per barrel. Single baps ^1.2 5. W
sure this flour will please you.
County to try at least one bap
encourage a home industry. We
ficient to take the output of ov
evory business day in the year.
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3 We are now booking or
scrphum seed- Best pet a pood
own hay. Velvet beans planted
planted in the middle of corn
next year. Velvet beans is the p
provement ever introduced in tl
one gallon of seed will plant an
grow as to cost.
4 We continue to operate
for sale some choice planting
Staple.
5 We have two cars Tim
6 We offer 55 per cent
hundred pound bag. We offer cc
died pound bag.
Yours t
Carotin*
Com
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TRESPASS NOTICE.
All persons are hereby forbiddca
to hunt, fish or enter upon the lands
of the undersigned without written
permission from the undersigned.
For hunting, fishing or hunting- of
anything strictly forbidden. AIT persons
violating this notice wltt bo
dealt with according to law.
S D. Graham,
Mrs. S. E. Page,
Mrs. Bet tie P. JoneK.
3 U- 3t.
?t which draws more money to it
us.
customers ami are always gte<i
ley can make MORE MONEY.
Business.
: of Dillon
AND 4 PER CENT
ith Carolina
~)LINA
LING
PANY
South Carolina
weet feed at $1.75 per bap; of
consists of twenty per cent corn, 5
ixty-five per cent ground alfalfa
ay and can bt. used both as hay
feed, five pounds of corn and five
re a balanced ration.
ling flour in 24 lb. bags at $9 60
e have an expert miller and feel
We wish every family in Dillon
of our flour and to that extent
hope our flour trade will be suf- }
ij nun aim mat we can operate p
ders for peas, velvet beans and
supply of seed and produce your ?
in tht. drill with corn and peas
rows will fertilize your land for
reatest single plant for land mile
South. It beats clover and as ;
i acre it is the cheapest crop we
our cotton seed grader. We have
seed?both Cleveland and Long
iothy hay in transit.
digester tankage f3.75 per one V
>rn feed meal $1.75 per one hun
o Please, I
a Milling I
ipany Ij
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