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Watch Label on Your Paper and Don't Let Subscription Expire. ^ ESTABLISHED 1804 TOBACCO MARKETS OBEX TUESDAY. Crop Has Shown Marked Improvement in La.st Few Weeks. < ] The 1921 tobacco market of South ; Carolina will be opened Tuesday, ij July 19, which dote has been agreed | upon by all the various interests of,] the industry, including the buyers, the', warehousemen and the planters, says j, The Florence Daily Times. It was,] fixed in a general conference of these , three interests, after each of them had held an individual conference and | discussed this particular matter. 1 All these meetings were held dur- \ ing the week in Florence, which is the seat of the county producing ap- i proximately one-third of the tobacco t crop of South Carolina. x I July 19 is a compromise date be-! t tween the planters and the buyers.' i Some of the planters wanted a date 11 AA ?i1tt T-- 1 1 O U..i- 4.1 1 ! as can; ns u uij ? i. uut lue uu)?rs ' would have generally preferred an opening as late as July 26. A compromise was necessary because of the lower tier of tobacco producing counties of the state which report that they are nearly half through curing even at this early date. The upper tier of counties have not yet begun to cure to any extent and hardly will commence selling heavily till a week fV two after the official opening. State tobacco interests say frankly that the crop this year is in the hands of the big buyers. Few independent buyers, if any at all, are expected in the markets because of the financial conditions. Even last season, many of them were forced off the floors many days for inability to make financial arrangements; and, the present conditions are believed to preclude any hope of their operating. The crop this year bids fair to be one of the smallest, and, in many parts of the state, the poorest, that South Carolina has produced in a long while. In the first instance, the; South Carolina Tobacco ftrnwars Ac-1 Bociation undertook, m agreement; ] with North Carolina and Virginia to(t effect a reduction of one-third in ac-|< reage this year. The acreage reduc- ] t tion, accordinig to reliable figures, is 1 20 to 25 per centum off of the plant- < Inge of last year, when the crop was t 66,000,000 pounds. Lute colds killed < or damaged seriously a material per- r rentage of the crop. A protracted ? drought in many sections of the belt, i stunted further the growth and cut < down the yield. Authorities generally I estimate the probable yield this year < at between 40,000,000 and 50,000,- t 000 pounds of tobacco. t The present crop in the lower tier t of counties of the state is estimated f ac about three-fourths of the crop of i last year. It is practically made and ! much of it cured and awaiting the Is opening of the market on July 19. jt This section suffered most from the e drought. Within the past two weeks, t excellent showers have occurred over t most of the section. Tobacco which ? was dying from the lack of rain has 1 turned green again and is growing'i vigorously now. < All emphasis this year has been on ; quality of tobacco and not on quan-Ji tity. The growers association, the(l warehousemen's association, and the j buyers, with the Chambers of Com- J i merce in the tobacco belt have united t in this campaign. Barring Providen- i tial elements, the growers have re-d sponded well to this campaign and all ; t effort on their part was concent rat--1 ed to that end. Special work is being arranged now < to improve the curing and marketing!t conditions. This will relate especial- i ly to careful handling of the weed in t their field, obtaining the best possible 1 curing, and culling out thc sorry t leaves, so as to offer an attractivejt pile of tobacco on the floor. !< Warehouseman and buyers both t have notified the planters that the < pictm.fr win nave 10 aepenu ainiosi ex- < clusively this year on domestic con- t sumption which is very choice in its < article. There will be practically no > export demand or consumption this I year, according to the buyers. ! < o I Services at the Methodist Chudch. i Main"15treet Methodist Church, Dr. i Watson B. Duncan, Pastor. i Sunday School at 10 A. M., Mr. W. ; H. Muller, Superintendent. Preaching at 11 A. M. and 8:30 P. M. by the Pastor. Morning Subject: "Parables by the Sea." No. 4?"The Intensive Growth of the Kingdom." Evening Subject: "Kept from the Evil in the World." Junior Epworth League at 4 P. M., Miss Sarah Hargrove, Pesident. Prayer Service on Wednesday at 5 P. M. Public cordially invited to all services. o IxATTA Miss Mary Tart, a recent graduate 1 of Winthrop and R. O. Hinson a piosperous farmer of Kershaw were I happily married by the Judge of Probate in his office on Wednesday. ) They are now in Kershaw where they will make their future home. | The services at the Methodist church on Sunday morning were ^ n.ade more interesting and attractive by a duet sang by two gifted young i ladies who are visitors here. For sweetness and beautiful sentiment, I this song has but few equals. The ' sermon preached by Dr. Kirkland was l among the very best that the writer " has heard anywhere at any time, and . the prayer offered by the Rev. S. J. ' Bethea at the close of the services, being full of the spirit was edifying f to the large congregation present. ] 31jr THE DILLON HEK.4 MILLIONS FOR RAILROADS; PITTANCE FOR FARMERS. In h speech in the Housee recently Congressman Stoll arraigned the republican administration for its liberality with the railroads and its nig-i tardly treatment of the farmer in providing funds 011 which to operate. Mr. Stoll endeavored to impress upon 1 congress the necessity of providing; ample funds to help the nation's only producers of real wealth? the farmers. He said in part: "Mr. Speaker, the object of this bill is to make available $25,000,000 to the farmers of the country by loans' thiough the farm loan banks. There are really only three ques-l lions before us in the consideration of this ^>ill. First, is the condition of the farmers such as to demand that i l?e Congress provide additional funds for the farm loan banks, so that they 1 inay extend further loans; second, what amount is necessary to give the 1 'armers the relief that they are enitled to under the proper functioning 1 if the farm loan bank; and, third, fit whni * ??? il n ? * vr .. 11?i ca^ciu can iiic uuveniiueiiii hrough the farm loan banks, extend lid at this time and keep within the )ounds of safe and sane financing. The debate on this bill discloses that we are all agreed that the prespnt condition of the farms is such as o cause gravest concern. It is alarmng, when we stop to consider, that n the deflation of the prices of farm products of the last crop over the previous one that the farmers of this :ountry have sustained a loss of $7,>00,000,000, and this despite the fact hat the edemand throughout the world has been greater than the sun >ly. It certainly is an anomalous conlition that with the world demand greater than the supply that there s no ready market for many products >f the farm, and that the farmers ; should be forced to sell their products it a price far less than what hc was ible to realize a year ago. And to aid to his discomfort, the farmer had to produce his crop under conditions hat made it the most expensive crop ?ver grown. There are several causes j hat brought about this condition, but the two most pertinent in the consid- ( ration of this bill, and to which I desire to call attention are the failure )f the Reserve Board to extend the iccessary credits for financing th?* , rops by adopting unwarranted, tinlecessary, and arbitrary restrictions . f credit, and thereby making the , 'armer the victim of a financial con- , lition that was unexpected by him. ind which could have been avoided if hp Federal reserve banks, through hose who directed their policies, had sought to help the farmer instead of 'uining him. Running hand in hand with the restriction of credits by the Federal restive bank and bringing added discomfort to the farmer was the litigaion which held up the operation of j he farm loan hanks and which cnna.1 u that agency to cease functioning, t so happened that the two governmental agencies which above all oth-, >rs were capable of rendering assist- , nice to the farmers of the country ailed theni when most needed?the. "'edcral reserve bank either through) .arrow and intolerant opinions of Ti-j lance or deliberate purpose to layi he farmer upon an altar of sacrifice, or unknown selfish reasons, and the' "arm loan bank, through its inability' o function because of being en joined j )>* the courts. In considering the present financial :ondition of the farmer, if w,. wish o be fair to him, we must take coglizance of the fact that many have heir entire savings of many years of lard work invested in the land that ; ;hey cultivate. The crops raised by j >ur farmers are not natural products if the soil, but must be planted, culivated and harvested, entailinu not inly much labor but the expenditure if much money. It is estimated that, lie farmers of this country have $80.>00,000,000 invested 011 which the.Y 'Pf nr\ rnf nun Tho nmfita o "aimer are figured on what he Rets ? >ut of I he crop, stock and so forth, on us farm. There is no business in the vorld in which $80,000,000,000 rep- |< eeents the capital invested and where the work goes on every day in the year, and hard and increased labor of 10 hours or more a day performed, hat the returns anywhere approximate the low per cent the farmers ?arn on their investment and the, abor performed. And yet many do not j ippreciate the farmer. He is appealed to during the election, when his vote s needed ,and then he is allowed to return-to his plowhandles to feed , ind clothe the world- In legislating 'or him it sometimes seems that lawnakers are desirous only of giving lim the least that is possible with i lafety to their political welfare. To ny mind the farmer is the one big! hing in our American life. He makes: )ur commercial prosperity possible; I .is politics are the purest and most mselflsh; his morals are of the high-: ?st standard; he i8 the great conserv-i ng influence in our national life.' Whatever legislation is beneficial to nm should be enacted, for when the American farmer is benefited the enire nation prospers thereby. While I shall vote for the bill, I :hink the $25,000,000 that it makes ivailable is entirely inadequate bo meet the demands of the farmers for cans under the provisions of the law. 1 am more familiar with conditions n my state, and will illustrate with :he third district, which embraces 3outh Carolina. In my state there lave been 2,308 loans made, aggregating $6.785,410. The demand is far freater than the available funds. In. StUni ID, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA. ( OIKT OF COMMON PIJJAS. The Court of Common Pleas for Dillon County convened on, Monday morning. Judge Edward Mclv?r, the resident judge of the Circuit, presid- i ed. The first case called was that of ; the Peoples Hardware Company ol ' Lake View against the Raleigh and Charleston Railway Co. This case|| !>...! I - 1 iiuu u\~k'11 iu in*- supreme conn anu 1 was sent back for a new trial. It was a claim for lost freight and esulted ] it. a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, t The next case called was that of Geo. Howell et al against Eppie D. ji Berry. This was the second trial of i this case. On the first trial the verdict of the jury was in favor of the't Kowells. While it was pending in the : Supreme Court another suit of the same parties was brought against ji Erwin Coward. In that suit some es-il sential records were discovered where! upon a motion was made in the 1 Circuit court in the Berry case for a new trial on after discovered evidence. The motion was granted and the new trial resulted. The case grew out of the construction of an old s will of William Rowell and certain t litigation in connection therewith. | The lost records established the fact ' that the property was originally sold 1 for debts of William Rowell and Mrs. Berry claimed under the sale and up- ' on the testimony being produced al' verdict was directed in favor of Mrs. ' Berry. |l The only other case tried was that'' of Mrs. Berry, as administratrix of 1 the estate of Walter Berry, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. < This was a suit for damages for his 1 auegea wrongful death at. L/utta in * 1919 by being run over by a freight train. He was driving a tractor along Main street in Latta and according ' to the testimony did not observe or ' attempt to see the approach of the ' train. On the close of the% testimony , 1 a motion was made for the direction of a verdict on the ground that plain-j1 tiff's intestate was guilty of gross 1 negligence in exercising not the'* proper degree of care to protect: himself from the approaching train.;' After argument the motion was grant-j' ed and a verdict directed for the railroad company. The court adjourned Tuesday ev- 1 ening. There were a number of other! cases that could have been tried but it was a busy season with ju ors and it was not the desire of the court or attorneys to keep them away from 1 i heir work longer than necessary. o S. Checker Champions to Meet. 1 Columbia, July 11?Plans have 1 been made tentatively for a state1 checker tournament to be held at the Columbia T. M. C. A. on August 8.' Capt. F. B. Fishburne, Southern! checker champion, is in charge of,1 plans for the tourney, and it is ex-: pected that a large number of South], Carolina experts will be here to par-' ticipate. J. M. Lavton of Georgetown; E. L. 1 Jackson of York; and other checker'' 'fans" are promoting the state con- j test. ! o 1 Alt.MEK DROWNS IX C'HESTEIt POM). 1 ! i I.oses l.ift. While Bathing Atter Eating. I Chester. July 10?Paul Dunlap. a ! well known young: planter of Delphia, in York county, was drowned ' this afternoon in Guy's pond near i Chester. He was 27 year of ape.! llts wife was on the bank and witnessed the drowning. It is thought that he .went in bathing too soon after eating dinner and that death was caused by acute indigestion , lather than cramps. He leaped into}, the water and swam about 50 feet; and was coming back. When hej got within about 15 feet of t lie bath house hc screamed for help, which s was quickly forthcoming, but his k helper could do nothing for him and he was nearly drowned in the effort to save him. Mr. Dunlap was highly esteemed throughout Chester and York counties and his death has caused profound sorrow. He was a son of Thomas Dunlap. u prominent L York county planter. , ~ i i every agricultural state the condition*, ure the same. I would like to see the,! bill amended so as to uiak(. $100,000,- t 000 available. To help the farmers < at this time is to help the Nation. Make it possible for the farmer to fi- < nance his business, and a forward ^ step will be taken toward the normal conditions that are so much desired. By legislation the railroads were 1 given about a billion dollars to make 1 good their so-called losses. We appro, priate almost a billion yearly to the!] army and navy for national defense. 1 And yet when it comes to legislation 1 that seeks to bring about conditions i that will make possible the farmer coming into his own, some begin to I hesitate and to say that the legisla-l1 tion is class legislation. In a great) country like ours, where we have 11 many and manifold industries, if the 1 Congress functions us it should, we inust enact laws primarily affecting < distinct interest. We must legislate for the banks, railroads, waterways, farmers and so forth, because there are conditions that affect only cer- i tain interests, and we must meet by i legislation certain emergencies when i they arise. There is an emergency now existihg, as has been repeatedly point- i ed out on the floor of this House, i which affects the farming interests, and It must be met by proper legis- ' lation or may expect disastrous' consequences." It fel THURSDAY MOKM.Vi, JULY 14. 1 COUNTY NEWS , | Sellers. Miss Elizabeth Page is taking a special course at Columbia l'niversit\ New York City. Mtss Leila Sellers who has been working at Washington, I>. C\, for the [>ast several years, is spending her incut ion with the home folks here. Mrs. D. E. Oliver. Mrs. .1 C. Sellers and daughters are visiting relatives at Marietta. N. C. Miss Beatrice Price of Rocky Mount spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Allyn Smith. Miss Julia McGill of Kingstree is he charming house guest of Miss Selle Sellers. Quite a number of our people are spending the week at Cherry Grove jeach. Pee Dee Park is also quite a popuat place these warm afternoons. <> Carolina. A large number of folks here spent j i pleasant day at Mcltae's Mill on the 4th. The chief amusements were gathering the beautiful pond lillies in the morning, feasting at noon and tiathing in the afternoon. Mrs. l,. vv . Mcinnis entertained a: number of small children ion July 4th' when her little daughter Rachel celebrated her eiphth birthday and little Duncan his first. Many merry games were played on the lawn after which they were serve(i ice cream und cake. Mr. Knox Alford returned Satur:lay from Black Mountain, N. C. after spending three weeks with his brother Sion who is still very low. Mr. and Mrs. Chal Morrison of Fort Meade, Fla., Mr. Bid Morrison of Clinton, N. C.f and Mrs. Lon Cottingliam of Wesley spent Saturday at the tiome of their aunt, Mrs. C. M. Mcinnis. Mrs. Flora Lurkin and little daughter of near Rowland are spending sometime with her sikter, Mrs. A. 1. smith. Misses Agnes and Margaret Rob-j f-rtson of Rowland are visiting at the tiome of Mr. D B. Mcinnis. Mrs. Hec. Lester who recently un-' Jerwent a serious operation in the! Clio Hospital is slowly improving. o Fork. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Carniiehael of Catawba, N. C., are visiting Mrs. Annie Carniiehael. Mrs. L. M. Rogers and Miss Emmc Carniiehael spent Saturday in Fayftteville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Rogers and baby of Dillon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank1 Rogers. Miss Ora Rogers is spending the summer holidays at home. Mr. and Mrs. C. M Hall of Marlon' were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Fori Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Carrie Lewis has returned home from Southport, N C. where' she has been visiting relatives. Dr. and Mrs. \V. L. Rogers of Latta were in town Sunday afternoon. Dr. N. N. Sehoefieid entertained Wednesday evening with a slag party ir. honor of Dr. L. G. Day of Hemingway. The ladies of I he Fork School Imuovemenl Association held their nonthly meeting at the school house Friday afternoon. The following program was carried out Song?"Kind Words Can Never Die." lible Reading. :>rayer. [toll call and minutes of last meeting. tuir lit* !..?! M-rt ? .1 . .... ..nr.. uiivn Idtuuilitlil. rVju-r by Mrs. K. S. Moore. :istruniental Solo by Mrs. D. B. B. Johnson. 'nper?"People Wlio Criticize," by-j Mrs. Colon Pearce. leading by Miss Lucile Bethea. Jusinpss Session. social Hour?Refreshments consisting of iced tea and cake were served. o I.,uk(> View. The people are busy clearing the warehouses and buyers are coming in lailv, getting ready for the opening which will be Tuesday, July 10th. Rev. S. E. Ledbetter has returned ?onie after spending two weeks in :he training conference at Wofford. College, Spartanburg. Mrs. C. L. Norman and little son "1 f ehipflfn art. >...... 4r% .......1 _! w...v^.D?/ M? V UV1IIC tu opruu rt ?rhil0 with her mother, Mrs. Neppie rhonias. Miss Helen Wise has returned lonie after spending some time with I friends and relatives in Florence. Mrs. J. I>. Norman and daughters. Edna and Aliene, Miss Matni0 Bryant,1 VIr. Vonnie and Miss Ida Humphrey! have returned home after a week's! stay at Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Carl White of Mullins spent \ the week end with her mother, Mrs. Walker Hayes. Miss Louise Griffith has returned! home after spending some tinie with her sister, Mrs. Robert Ford. Misses Bertha and Adelaid RanJolph and their friend Miss Fisk of kinston, N. C., are visiting Mrs. R. F. Elvington. Mr. Foster and Alex Ford have returned home from Florida where they have been at work for some time. Miss Simpson has accepted a position with the Uinon Bank and Trust Co. Miss Dora Valentine who has been visiting Miss Christine Goodyear has returned to her home. in Mount Aairy, N. C. ratfi. li 921. .News Items of Interest in and Around l4t|H. Mr. W. J. R. Campbell a substantial fanm-r ot the K: ? nezer section of Mar.on county, and who i> about sixty ;.e;r'.' old, :< st bis wife about | two ears ago. boarded tbe train , some da>s .go. liis trie.ids thinking ? that lie was g? uc to some oUtln- sum-! tiier resorts, were surprised no little < when lie stepped off 8!? on Thursdaj . evening with a handsome bride, who j was a Mrs. Todd of Richmond. We wish the happy couple many years ;j ol happiness. Miss Julia Rogers entertained on j Thursday morning with two lovely j' patties at her home a few miles from | town. This beautiful and spacious!1 house so adapted for entertaining v as thrown "en suite" and beautifully decorated in red. white and blue flowers which were effectively . ar 1 ranged in wall vases, large jardiners; bowls and baskets. Small flaps were J gracefully draped about the rooms giving a patriotic note to those love-1 ly decorations. Score cards of small I flags were given by little Jane Rogerst neice of the hostess. The guests were J received by the hostess assisted by t Mrs. S. A. McMillan, and were invited i by Mrs. E. It. Ellerbe to the rear of the hall where beautiful red punch was served by Mrs. 1'awer Rogers ! Eight dainty covered card tables were' at ranged for the players. Hand painted markers designated the number of! each table. Four tables were usedf for bridge and four for rook. and many interesting rubbers in ?ich were enjoyed, highest scores being made by Mesdames Frank Thompson and D. 11. Shine. After cards were laid aside, a salad course was served. o I til ion County Farm Products. ? j The Director of the Census announces subject to correction, the following preliminary figures from the Census of Agriculture for Dillon County: Faring and Farm Acreage? Increase Jan. 1. Apr. 15 or de1920 1910 crease per cent. Farms 3.400 2,659 29.4 Operated bv |White farmers 1,574 1.354 16.2 (Col. farmers 1,866 1.305 43.0 1 Operated by j Owners and .Managers 616 725 15.0 (Tenants 2,824 1,934 46.0 I,an(i in farms Total acres 103.414 175,476 1.3 Imp'd acres 103,414 90,796 13.9 Farm Values: ? Value of land and buildings: Jan. 1. 1920 $19,178,050 April 15, 1910 ? 9.143.491 Increase, 1910-20: Amount 10,034,559 Per cent __ 109.7 Domestic Animals: ? Farms reporting Jan 1. April 15 1920 1910 ' "K- ? -<i<i Animals reported: H?rses 1.179 1.055 ? Mules 4.4 20 2,909 Cattle 3.601 2.150 Sheep 186 67 S\vine 17,336 11,781 Principal Crops: ? Corn 'lf? 2">.247 548,538 bu. 1 *00 20.388 461.447 bu. 1 Oats '19 6.3 4 3 14 3,1 17 bu. *09 6.163 169,060 bu. : Cotton '19? 54,251 45.294 bis. ' '09 50,260 4 1.7"2 bis. 1 Tobacco '19 8.674 6.54o.97S lbs 1 '09 3.393 2.981,639 lbs. 1 The figures for domestice animals , in 1910 are not very closely comparable with those for 19 20, since j the present census was taken in Jan uary, before the breeding season had begun, while the 1910 census was ! token in April, or about the middle of ine Breeding season, anu inciuuea , many spring calves, colts, etc. -1 Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Powell, Miss j Clara Powell and Mr. Robert Pace | spent the week end at Myrtle Reach, j Miss Helen Wise has accepted a position with Mr. W. M Ford. Mr. Q)aud Grantham made a business trip to Wilmington Monday. j Mr. W. E. Ford and J. 13. Good-, year visited Dillon Monday on business. o Oak Grove. A number of citizens from Brownsville and other points along the Beni.ettsville and Cheraw railroad to Sellers went to Columbia last Wednesday to attend a hearing before the railroad commissioners to decide whether this joint of the road should bo discontinued or allowed to remain as it is. The officials of the road claim that the road from Brownsville to Sellers has always been a losing proposition and petitioned the commissioners that they be allowed to cease operating this part of the read. This would work a great hardship to many people who have been patrons of the road and strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the authorities in Columbia that the petition of the railroad people be not granted. No definite action was taken last Wednesday and another meeting will be held next Friday at which time nc doubt a final disposition of the. matter will be made. 1 j 'he Date on the Label is the )ate Your Paper Will Be itopped. > VOL. 27. ><>. 43 IBMFS OF FOOD SHOWING DK< l;)Nff Decrease ??f Three I'd < Vnt Obser*?hI in 4'ltai*l?**?toii?Few ( <? lli'licr. Washington. July 10 ? Reports rt oin ten additional citu s compiled to. any b> the department of laboi -ii?.\v?-d Charleston. S. C., head itiK th< !i> t with a de? r<-ane ol 3 per 'Hit in the cost ?>! food ft>i liie month ndiug June lo. Kansas Cil> and I'hiladelphia reported tlecreases ol - pei cent, while Atlanta. Baltimore li.dianapolis and New York showed reductions of 1 per cent Reports Item othet cities previously made public showed declines of 2 per cenu in Manchester. X. H an(i Rochester. V Y.. and 1 per cent in Birmingham und Jacksonville. mui? 111k ?n increase were Little Rock with a 1 per cent. jump. Savannah, Ga., three tenths ol 1 per cent, and Washington four-tenths or 1 per cent For the year ending June 15, Indianapolis led the field with a 49 per cent, reduction. Kansas City being the next with 3 8 jier cent K.Vt'l ItSIO.NS OF THOlXiHl. The I"11realized Value of Huiiiau Companionship. i By R. N. Allen. Latta. S C. When Prince Kropatkin, the exiled Russian thinker an?' scientist, pointed out that "Mutual Aid" was even more than bloody struggle, the greatest factor in the survival ol tiie fittest he merely stated in scientific terms that human progress i? based upon companionship and love. When Henry Prvimmond wrote "Love the Greatest Thing in the World" he expressed the same idea in terms of Theology There can be no mutual aid without some form of love. A recent writer points out that the humanity loving Quaker's doing relief work in Germany seeking not to Proselytise, seeking no pay. have softjened the hearts of multitudes of GetImans into a realization that the power of love is greater than all the high :explosives in the world. | God's creation and nature's evolution has no hymn of hate. The progress of peoples, the development of literat'-res. the unfolding of man's I inner spirit, all these are not bom n the womh of war. nor of hate They are the children of peace and peace is the mother of till good things. National and international peace arr based on mutual aid, companionship and respect, which is a form of love. Hut in our daily dealings, in the home, in the market place, yes. everywhere, we still suffer from the unrealized value of human companionships We are yet too thoughtlessly stiney with our inexhaustible treasure of sympathy. The wounds of the world, the grie\ ances between eapitol and labor, the enmity that threatens the pence ol th,. race would be healed it onl> each and every individual had a heart full of sympathy. Ours is a poor rich attti a rich-pooi world. Trui hearted companionship between parents and childnt. under sympathy between pastor and congregf.tion, a s?-nse of comradeship iti the [ .(.niuou ?, it -t of knowledge between t< at lo i and pupil .best an some of , 11,. ways ?.iii ; i.n :?:tshi p can better !i 11 . a 1111 v Cain with a querulous, oliilclisli petulance asked of God "Ant I m> mothers K>c|it r.'" When .b'sm nun r-iatod the G< ld? : Uuh and told the .arable of tin ill . <i Samaritan h* nnv.'t i>-(i t\.in's p it : forevei and \? r. Wo must vabz t ;-.t our boy, ur jriil, our following! and women \ rywhen need not tin rely mono) ill over, more, companionship i'h beautiful nun Heloise througt In r wonderful lov? tin! oinpanioDhi;> elevated Abelard to the very heights of medieval learning. He was a priest and she was a Nun Vows ,.t celibacy prevented their marriage.. Fh,. love letters of lieloise how utterly unselfish i?j the heart of a trut woman, but her companionship, so sympathetic, loyal and true, raised Abelard to th<? very pinnacles of success. As we recall the ceaslesa devotion of the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson to him with his tuberculosis fraur wf will understand to whom he re fcrred when he was asked to whoir his success was due and he replied simply" "1 had a friend." A recent tribute by the wife of Jack London to his memory reveals again the value of human companionship as i factor in humun progress and evolution. In a weekly magazine w?? read con;erning Madame Curie. There has Oten some discussion as to whether Professor or Madame Curie deserves the greater credit for the great discovery of Radium. To raise such a question is to dishonor both by implying a rivarly where co-operation a as conspicuous. They did their heal work when they lived and labored together. Prof Curie refused to accept uiy reward that did not include his wife, whom he said was equally deserving of the honor. So the "Nobel" prize, the "Davy" prize ami "Osiris" prize was awarded to theni jointly. 7t was a professional partnership as well as a marriage. After this fashion, men and nations make progress. Within our breasts are inexhaustible riches? riches of sympathy and companionship. The son of man summed it aO up by saying "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his rtghteowsiess and all these things shall be addKl unto you." ,