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THE MONTHLY SERMON
FOUR KILLED AND
ONE HURT IN CAR
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A Sermon For This Department Will Be Supplied In Rotation
a sermon ror inis uepan
Each Month By the Local F
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(By Rev. Edward Long. Paator First
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Baptist Church.)
In II Kings 6:17 we have an account
of an attack on the Israelites by the
King of Syria. While Elisha and his
aervant slept in Dothan the hosts of
Syria surrounded the city with hor-
aes and chariots of war. Early in the
morning the young servant awoke and
was horror stricken when his eyes
beheld the Syrian host encamped a-
bout Diem. He hastened to Elisha and
cried aloud saying, “Alas, my Master!
how shall we do?" And Elisha an
swered, “Fear pot: for they that be
' with us are mpre than they that be
with them." And Elisha prayed and
aaid, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes,
that he may see.” And the Lord
opened the eyes of the young man;
•»d he saw:. ju>d». behold, the
tain was full of horses and chariots
lectors wereThere blit the eyes of the
young man were holden. He could not
appreciate their presence.
front yard gate he noticed in the cob-
bhe stone "fcncr-y peculiarly colured
gtonfa. nadfi bright from the brushing
of the garments of those who had
gone in and out of the gate for dec
ades. He stopped and looked. He
picked the stone from the wall and to
his great surprise it proved to be
a nugget of surface gold worth far
more than the purchase price of the
farm. He began to search and he
found a small fortune in surface gold
lying about the house and yard. That
young man had doubtless sat there
upon the stone fence and pounded his
feet against that peculiarly dolored
stone while he dreamed of the trea
sures of gold in the far away west,
he had doubtless sat there while he
bargained away the farm, while that
of which he was dreaming was un
derneath him and about him, but alas;
hlajcyes were holden. •• '■ •
IFlKTs "s^tionTa'farmer past mid-
Train Strikes Automobile Naar Aiken*
Filled With Tourists.
Aiken, Dec. 29.—Four dead, man
gled and broken bodies with probably
a fifth in the throes of death strew
ed the railroad tracks for forty yarife
near Aiken today as the result of
Southern Railway train No. 18 strife-
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die life sold his farm and hastened
the'broad acies and fertile' fields
of the middle west. The purchaser
Some years ago as I was walking
up to the capitol building in the city
of Washington with a gentleman with
whom I was stopping I said, “That is
the most stately and beautiful build
ing I have ever seen, truly it is worthy
of the great people that it represents.”
“Yes,” said he, “there is not another
in America that approaches it as far
as I know.” I said, “You have fre
quently climbed it, I suppose, that
you may get the picturesque view
from its dome.” “No,” said he, “I
have lived for fourteen years within
four to six blocks of the capitol build
ing but I have never climbed it, neith
er have I climbed the Washington
Monument.” “Ah,” said I, “you do
not know what you have missed. I
have never lived ?nearer than four to
aix hundred miles of Washington yet
I have climbed both and have felt
well repaid for the effort.” Sight-
seers by the hundreds and thousan^ ed
have traveled from every nook
corner of America and cwTjg'j ^
aeas that they mi c at look
beauty of our cppitol
the capitol building
Monument, while
ployee o$jpt
hi the
blind
of the farm introduced new and mo
dem methods of farming and soil re
habilitation. Soon his larders were
full to overflowing and his graneries
were bursting and he was envied by
his less thoughtful neighbors. The
rich harvests were in the soil but the
original owner did not know how to
reap them.
The residents along the Catawba
River sold their holdings for a song
to a syndicate. The promoters flung,
across the river dams of unthinkak^
height and strength, tunnelled/' ^
,i, m into** ujg' >nd
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the
d climb
Washington
man, an em
it and living
lw of both had been
beauties about him and
to his opportunities. Truly
and are send-
h and South
/network of wires,
and silver are pour-
treasuries of the syndi-
e resources were there but
inal owners could not realize
ljt that we in this richly favor-
section, ought really have our
ing it out
Carolinu
Streams of
ing into
cate,
the
it*'
Mi eyes were holden.
One evening when I was a student
Columbia UniTeroity I took th.
way and ran across to see friends ■ . *5 „ „ . V.
eyes opened that we may know just
what are our natural resources!
2. Intellectual Resources.
We have a system of common
schools, graded schools/colleges, and
universities of which we may justly be
proud. In our own city 'we have one
of the few A-l colleges in South Caro
lina. No hoy nor girl of our town
needs to come to maturity without
having received as good as the best
training for the tasks of life, yet how
many of our own receive their diplo-
How many
3* T*, fkm 0 f 9 ran-! from colle ge? Probably less than two
„ y f , MT . y j,.. 1 per cent of the youth of our land avail
tonatfem I said, “I have been to the Ju
Metropolitan Museum and the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History to-
day, I suppose you have visited them
frequently.” “No,” said one of the
number, “I have lived here all my life
and I have planned many times to go
hut have not gone,”. Almost within
a stone’s throw of the world’s most
remarkable collections of art and na
tural history he had failed id appreci
ate it enough to visit it.
We are within two hours’ ride of the
most picturesque mountain scepery
this side of Switzerland, almost wrthin
sight of the highest mountain peak
east of the Mississippi River and yet
how many of us have feasted our eyes
upon this scenery or climbed Mitch
ell's Peak? ’■>“
We are within a few hours’ ride of
Ridgecrest, Montreat, Junaluska, Blue
Ridge, among the world’s most far
famed assembly grounds, where are
held conferences touching almost ev
ery phase of life and discussions by
Die world’s most scholarly men, yet
how many of us avail ourselves of
these rare privileges?
Truly the Lord hath thrown around
us boundless resources, horses and
chariots of fire not only for our pro
tection but with which we may win
decisive victories, however, our eyes
are holden—we do not see them, we
do not press them into service,
' 1. Natural Resources.
God has been lavish in throwing
about us His natural resources. The
Piedmont section of South Carolina is
the garden spot of America. Our soil
Is fertile and easy of cultivation, our
climate equitable, rain fall abundant.
Our grops are varied. Our mineral
depbetb are abundant. We have wa
ter falls with which to produce elec
tric power in sufficient quantity to
torn all our machinery, light our ci
ties, warm our hemes, cook our food.
What more could any section ask than
tfant grfafeh hhs been lavished upon
Piedmont South Carolina by the ham
«f * loving Father. Yet, how many
young men have really had
es opened to the tremendous
^ at cm*doors?
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themselves of college training. Doubt
less a larger per cent of our young
men and maidens in our classic town
under the inspiring influence of our
own Presbyterian College of South
Carolia, win college diplomas, but
how many fail to appreciate the op
portunities right here at our doors?
It is not absolutely necessary that
every* one shall pass, through tire
tjme worn routine that he may be
well trained for life. On every hand
are other means of culture. News
papers and magazines are falling
from our perfection presses like snow
flakes from the lowering clouds on
a winter day, the treasures of Litera
ture, art, and science are within easy
reach of every one. Our libraries,
private and public, are at the com
mand of every seeker after know
ledge and that without money and
without price. Would that some
prophet might open our eyes to the
real intellectual opportunities ever
knocking at our doors.
2. Spiritual Resources.
The pantheist believes that as the
sap fills the tree so God fills his uni
verse, as the light hoyers about
body so Cod presses in about
soul. Shall we as Christians not be
lieve more—that God is a personality,
ever present and real? His horses
and chariots of fire literally swarm
about us and are ever ready to serve
US- But in the face of the tasks and
difficulties and sorrowsjut life do we
not, like the young gwvant of old,
say, “Alas, what shall we do?” but
we do not hear the Master say, “Fear
not: for they that be with us are
more than they that be with them.”
God does not give His Spirit by mea
sure. Yonder on the tower is* the
reservoir with it’s thousands of gal
lons of water. It is pressing hard
that it may enter your home to
cleanse it and to make glad the life,
but you put on a small spigot and
limit it’a flow. The electric current
comes bounding into your home in
large quantities but you put on a
ton, a twenty watt light and limit its
flow. So fee spicii o£ God is press-
ing an automobile laden with South- - j *
bound tourists shortly after 1* o’clock.
As far as can be learned from
names in the effects of the party, the
dead avp John Talin, A1 Berler, Paul
Reizer, and Rhea Reiser, only woman
of the party, all killed outright.
Charles Reiser is probably fatally in
jured.
The impact of the collision threw
the front wheels of the engine truck
off the track.; The automobile of the
victims, a seven-passenger car bore
license tag No. 728,084, New York,
dated 1923.
A card found in the pocket of one
of the dead bore the name and ad
dress Chas. Reizer, Quality Art Stu
dio, No. 853 Cauldwell avenue. New
York. Another card read Hotel An-
; 15ma L "Eflaicbtt?“OtheT : hintr of identi-f
fication were the cony ot -no Clinton
published af'JfiOth
10th avenue, New York. The wounds
of the living member of the party,
who was hurried at once to the Aiken
Hospital, prevented him from giving
any further clue as to their identifi
cation.
The accident occurred at, Seventeen
minutes after 1 the ^ ain ^ing in
charge of Con^to, E p. Greneker
and Enginee r w A Wagnon>
of Au-
^Other members of the crew
Flagman Grimes, Baggagemas-
&r Marcus and Fireman Ocane. The
train dashed off the track, its front
truck wheels chewing the cross ties
for about four hundred yards, follow
ing the accident. Aside from severe
shock the train crew were unharm
ed. The train left the. Aiken depot
at eleven minutes after 1 o’clock and
it was just six minutes later when the
party, headed toward Augusta, met
the train of the Charleston divisioii
at the crossing. Which lies back of the
Highland Park Hotel on the Aiken-
Augusta highway.
' E. Randolph Haigler, who was en
tering Aiken on the highway from
Augusta, was an eye-witness to the
accident. To a newspaper reporter
he stated that the party of tourists
with a man, probably John Talin, at
the wheel made their appearance on
the incline just at the approach of the
train. The speed was ordinary road
traveling, he stated. Mr. Haigler,
who knew of the crossing, Mowed up
as he neared the tracks and caught
one glimpse of the tourists party as
it topped the hill in front of the on
coming train. He did not see the
train actually strike the car but when
it had daahed by he looked for the
tourist car and found it gone, the oc
cupants scattered along the railroad
right of way. The woman of the
party who was attired in riding
breeches, lay with her head down
from the embankment some thirty
yards from the crossing and was
groaning. Mr. Haighler hastened at
once for medical assistance.
Thl inquest over the unfortunate
travelers were held Sunday after
noon tat the county court house, at
1:30 o’clock. On yesterday, the State
highway engineers began a survey of
the Aiken-Augusta highway with the
view of eliminating the three danger
ous railroad crossings along the route.
Charles Reizer, only member of the
party not killed outright, is uncon
scious tonight with life hanging but
barely on a thread.
Effective January 1st, the firm of King & Little, dealers in
Fancy Groceries, was dissolved, W. G. King disposing of his in
terest in said business to John W. Little, member of the firm.
This is to formally announce to the public, that following
this transaction, W. S. Denson of this city, well known in the .
fancy grocery business, has purchased half interest in the firm
from John W. Little and that the business will continue to be
operated at the same location under the firm name of Little &
Denson, with John W. Little a&tr W. S. Denson as owners.
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Fancy Grocery Store and Meat Market. We Will handle a
complgtfe line of the highest quality fancy groceries and meats
and will endeavor to give the best “Quality aiid Service at all
times.
We shall strive to please. We will appreciate your busi
ness and trust that during 1924 we may have the pleasure of
supplying your grocery wants.
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Yours For a Prosperous New Year
Is: Clinton,
Successors To King & Little
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a means of grace, prayer an open
channel through which God may emp- j
ty Himaelf into our souls. Oh, that!
some Elisha might pray effectually,]
“Lord open their eyes that they may
*, their ears that they may hear!
and their hearts that they may re
ceive.'
TWICE PROVEN
If you suffer backache, jrieepless [, , , .
nights, tired, dftil days and distress-1' r >.
ing urinary disorders, don’t experi-l|"’
ment, Read this twice-told testi- < " >
mony. It’s Clinton evidence—doubly | M >
proven. ' V v rJI
H. J. Neighbor, carpenter, 104 E. {4, ►
Ferguson St., says: “The continual
bending and lifting weakened my kid- [X I
ueys end brought on backache. When ( S ►
I went to pick up a timber a
ing hard upon you
little
Kirch of “the
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life
receive only Jtut what you will
hot what God wills. The spirit*
. source* am unlimited, Gedgfeea
it may
yo«r heart and gladden your
•las you limit ito how. You
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at) in
"waive. Hie word
Hie church
C up a timber a sharp | J ;
in caught me . fa the small of myf**
ck and it was a task to straighten.
My kidneys acted too frequently and
the secretions were scanty. I had to
get up many times in one night. I
had dizzy spells and a dull, ache in
the back of my head. I bought Doan’s
Pills at Rhame’s Drug Store an
relief from the first box.” (
ment given November 19,
On Janoary 28, 1922, Mr.
aaid: “Wheu I
Here’s a message from a bunch of fellows who mean
just what they say, we wish every body a happy and
prosperous New Year. We feel obligated to every body
who has given us such wonderful patronage; we have
tried to give you service, and from the patronage you
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have given us shows that our service has been appreci
ated. We have niade some money this year, and if we
keep our good health we are going to do still better in
1924. The service you receive from US in 1924 is going
to be better every day; we can look you in the face with
a clear conscience after every sale, because we sell high
grade merchandise in every respect* we'have a service
station completely equipped, and a liberal stock of re
pair parts, without either we would not ask you to buy
our motor cars.. ■-.y'.A /
Again thanking you for every thing you have done
for us, we are looking for you to keep on coming.
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