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' k' —; the SUNDAY SCH(K)L i , > ' LESSON A DAY FOR GLAD HEARTS A- RATHF-R THAN GLAD RAGS ..'C: : Samr^oiights About Easter Sunday and lb. .Meaning For Mankind. persecution because of his faith in a risen Christ- No wonder Paul wrote: “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all tnen most mis- eraible.” Some years agro I read a sermon by! “And thou^ after my ^kin worms, a noted minister, in which he>8pk)1ce of j destroy this body, yet in my flesh Christ’s farewell to his followers, shall I see God; when He stepped on the cloud oni “Whom I shall see for myself, and The Clinton Chronicle, Ginion, S. C^ Thursday, Mwh 29, 19S4 plan ply to his question, “If a man die, shall NjAiay he live agai^?’; ^ ,1WW “I kuow that my Redeemer'liveth, I and that He shall stknd at the latter] day upon the > earth; j Effective Soon CWA (iocs Out April 1 and Des-j titule Will Be Required To! Work For Food. Mount Olivet and ascended to heaven, as His last physical appearance on earth. It. seemed to me inexplicable (By George R. Koester) Ever since man began to chinking men in all countries and in all times have sought an.swers to such questions as these: What is man? What is life? What is death? Does life j)ersi.st after death? The oldest book in the Bible is Job. Genesis is properly placed first, be- Iby far the most important witness to !the physical resurrection of Christ, ! Saul of Tarsus. In his first Epistle to ’ mine eyes shall behold, and not an-J other. Columbia, March 27.—^The govern- j UTiy deny the fact of the physical j ment’s new relief program, designed resnrrrctfon of Christ when we see ^ to rehabilitate the destitute of every j countless instances of spiritual resur-! calling, was explained to county ad-, rections thru faith in that physical!ministrators at a state-wide meeting* resurrection? Christians worship a}today. * * j think, I the Corinthiams, Paul lists the wit-{living, not a dead, God. When a man, j J- A. Von Dohlen, of Charleston, a , nesses to the physical re.surrectioh of a'ho was dead in trespasses and sin, member of the state cquncil, officials | Christ and winds up the list thus: arises to newness of Itfe thru faith in;0^ state administration, and R. K. “And last of all he was seen of me a riiten-Savior, I ask no further proof [Watson, of Washington, field exam- also, as of one bom out of due time.'’ of the truth of the Bible account of; discussed (ktaiis of the new s^- Christ’s triumph over death. used after April 1 w'hen the In Christ’s day, the religious lead-l^WA goes ou|.j _ , ers put emphasis on the externals of j purpose of the new program Why do I list Paul as»religion, and they put Him to death forth as to put the needy in a-o •tant witness to the because He said they put emphasis ^ sustain themselves by they That means he testifies that he saw Jesus Christ as a flesh and blood man, not an aparition or spook or ghost or vision the mo.s't important physical resurrection of Christ? First cause it is the book of beginnings, (,f ^11, he was a man of the highest However, Job was writJen king bcfore|talont« and education, a,&upxent;^,_rep-_ look with favor upon the custom of| As nearly as jyssible, worthwhile j the wrong place; that real religion internal, not external. And so I do not; outs. efforts rather than by “hand- an occasion for a parade of new gar ments. Those are not even religious externals, such as He condemned the Scribeo and Pharisees for substituting Genesis. It is worthy of note that in j. esentative of the cla.ss of men who this oldest book of the Bible is asked find it hardest, because of pride in the question to which the whole Bible own mtellect.s, to believe the su- is an answer: pematural truths ns to Christ. Sec- “If a man die, shall he live apain?” 'Qnd, unlike the humble disciples, men The complete answer to that ques-1 j,f standing or rank, he had every-j for genuine religion, the religion non IS m the Sunday school lesson j^d nothnig to gain, as [which gives those who have it new for April 1, Easier Sunday (John n^e^sure things, by surrendering j hearts. I-IG). It is John’.' acccuint of the high iMnsitioii as a ruler among| unt^cLiorl. As ,I^aul phrast^ it,^^’^fbw"ttj^^'’j(]^ ^orsuffer ignominy and per^ Christians of making Easter Sunday;<;WA promts will be 4:ontimyd, par -J Copeland-Stone Co/ Sdiids Easter Greetings To All AND WVITES YOU IN TO SEE OUR BIG STOCK OF THE SEASON’S NEWEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL materials t ’ In Dress Ckxxls, Cotton, SOks and Linens, Draperies and Curtain Goods including Glazed Chintz, Blocked Linen, Slip Covers, Upholstery Materials, Lace "Curtains, Fancy Oil Cloth, Ready-Made Dresses and many new items you will want once you see them. Copeland-Stone Co* IS Christ risen from the dead, and he- as a follower of Chri.st. Third, I the fust fruil.s of them that Charter Approved come slepr.“ ■ ~™~- — - , - Paul put.'' tremendous emphasis in his preaching and writing upon the importance of the resurreelion of Je- SU.S. One of the heresies he combat- For New Bank i>ecau.se, as I have often .‘•aid before aiYd e jcjieCt to often say-a?:ain, no man ever lived or ever will live, no matter, Kiyat his naii'v “^Directors aiid Officers Named To aciluired learning, who can make aj rea.sonahle explanation of the change ^ ticularly in urban sections. In rural areas, workers will be paid in “orders” upon merchants for food, clothing and supplies rather than in cash. Eventually, Malcolm J. Miller, state; , administrator said, a plan will be' worked out to establish unemployed 444^4^ land destitute farmers on productive j farms, and furnish them with live- ; stock, poultry and other capital heeds until they become self-supporting. ‘WHERE TRiAUTY RULES" CLINTON, S. C. ted among tin Eoi inlhian Chri.'-tians' Tarsus from a persecutor was to the effect that the d<‘a;l arise not. He wrote them: <> “N\i\v if ( hi’.st be pleached that He rose f’-'iin the ilead, how .say/ some of (’bri.stians to a follower of Christ and yet deny that Paul told the truth when he said he met, on the road to Dama-scus, the very Christ whom he Head New Nthtional Bank of CJinton At Organization Meet-! ing Held Monday. i among you that there i.s no re.surriH.*- on the cross and been tion of the dead? 1 “Put if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is ■Christ not risen; “And if Christ is not ri.sen, then is bu ied. The certainly of the physical re.surrection of <lhrist converted Paul. It Avas the inability to explain Paul on any other ^hasis than aicceptance of ,j,, p.:..a»-i.injr_ VU/.I. -nd your faith ^ ip tha fact of tha buaineaa as alstr \ ain. ^iihvsical resurreelion of ('hrist which :: vrT-iiTr-rrTujij ■phyf ical resurreelion “Via, and we are foflnd false wit- ^ Christian. .\nd that same ne.sses of (iod; U'eause we have H'.sti- hap< miade countle.ss thousands fied of. God ^at He raised up <’hvist;yjjj- olhers di whom He laTsed not up. If so he that top .skepticism fort the cer- A charter for the new National Bank of Clinton was approved by thej comptroller of the currency at Wash-|. ington within the past week. The com- [ mittoe on the organization of the new j hank have been advised that the char-1 ter w'ill he issued and the new bank j soon as the subscribed stock has been] paid in and this certified to the comp troller of the currency. } The .stock in the bank was subscrib- I ed in part by local subsmbers. The | amount of slock subscribed locally is $.‘>2,777.00, with a surplus of 25 peri cent of this amount. The government, | through the Reconstruction Fin^ce ■ corporation, has authorized the issu- lance of $20,000 preferred stock, to be sioii^and his statement, of its py the R<*eonstruction h'inance E. .Mood Smith, O. D. *- Felder Smith, O. D. Drs. Smith & Smith OPTOMETRISTS SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined. (JlaHHCH Prescribed Laboratory for I’rompt Repair Service. 15 West .Main Street Phone 101 CLINTON. S. C. NOTICE! Street Tnx for 1931 will he $1.00 if paid March 31f-t. on or before _51^9 if paid from April Ist. throui^h April 15th. $2.00 theieafter. All able-bodied mule citizens between 21 and 55 years of UL’e are subject to street tax. inly of TaTlh. Coming back to Job, we have his of faith ‘testimony, the testimony ac counts of the resurrection of Christ and the testimony of Paul’-H conver- ihe di-cui rise not. i “I'oV if the dead rise not, then js not Christ raised; . .r 1 “And if <’.hri.st be not rai.sed, your which had not the four Gospel fttiJi 1.'^ vain; ye are yet in your sins.” Belief in the resurrection of Christ was natumlly the heart of Paul’.s preaching foi it wa.- that iK'lwf which (hanged him from Saul of 'la'-sus, a i V , . 1 -n u « i ^ ....in p^-rsecuto! of Christians. iQ the Apos- Christ wa.s incarnated, Job gave '01 tie Paul, om- suffering all manner of triumphant and certain faith this re-*#■ "^^ !* ** li, th** ’ • to open. Details of complying with the , lu*rms of the preferred stock are now B<»th the preferred and to bolster it. Many centuries before corjM)nition. Both the local and the FERTILIZERS NITRATE or SODA C. B. Holland By order of Town ComHaL \ D. C HEUSTESS / City Clerk and Treasurer This Is a Sports Spring And The SPORT SUITS Are Big! Ihery man will want a niw Spriritf Suit for KAS- TLK, and that s Sunday. Stt* our c<»m|)letc line,of SjHirt.s and IKmble-breast Suit.'^. All-Wool New Spring: HATS, SHOES-SHIRTS /■ ' under way ‘common stock are divided into shares j of the par value of $10 each, the pre- ferred stock to be i.ssutHl will be 2,000 shares; the common stock will be 3,277 shares, making a total of 5,277 shiirt'.s. The locally subscribed stock was ] ! pnn'ured by direct suh.scrijitions and | from dejwsitors of The Comtnerciai | Bank. The depositors who subsc( ibe<l | did so i.'r ct»n lition of payment by the! yConimereial Bank of a dividend on de- ; ’ jRksits in the i'oinmereial Bank. Those ; who suh.scrUH*d direct were to i>ay tor | the sUH*k w hen called uiion. Direel | j siJ>-crtl»ers have paid in their suh- jscriptioi)'; already The payment for, |ithe stock suhscrHi)e<l by Commercial ■ Itank dep*»sitors cannot he collected {'until the dividend is paid by the Com- ’ mereial Bank. {• The K*xonstr«e‘k>n Finance coi por- 'fation has approved a loan to the con-} {‘servator of the Commercial Bank for ’ the purpo'-e of nuiking the payment • of the dividend to the depositm-s. The I Chiunicle was informed la.-^t night • w went to press that the com- \ pletion of the details for the closing| of'this loan are now under way hut! ; it cannot be stated just how long it 1 I will take. * j At the .meeting of the subscribers of stock on Monday afternoon the fol- i.lowing_.boaxd jof <lj. wjas elected ito head the new National Bank of 'Clinton: John H. Young, 1). H Tribble, Jack H- Young, John T. IJttle.. W. D. Copelqnd, C. W. Slone, John T. Young, , H. I). Henry and O.^ 1. Sheely. The |l>oard elected . W. D: Copleand as its chairman. The directors have elected the following officers for the proposed . new bank: H. D, Henry, president; D. E. Tribble, vice-president; F. M. Bo- ! land, cashier; Miss Vera Wilson, clerk. Certificate of organization, together ■ with the election of officers, has been {{forwarded to the treasury department • 'in accordance with the instructions { from the comptroller of the currency. If were alive today ... /^/s /s zv^af you c/iiear mm say/ "So you want to know what motor car to buy?« Well, this is my best advice: **5ixth, and most important of sll, be sure' it is a car you can be proud of. No car is a burgam unless you can be happy with- it. "First, be sure it is a General Motors car. General Motors, remembtf, is the foremost automotive orgaoizatioo in the world—with the greatest exporitneo and the finest JucilitUs for building wpcribr automobiies. "Now, if you have Uuditd cars, you will know that there is only out car on the mar ket that meets my description—>the Pontiac Straight Eight! ’Pontiac is practically no more expensive "Second, be sure it is an eight-cylinder car. The trend today is unquestionably toward the Eight because of its "greater smoothness and finer performance. to kmy and no more expensive to operate lovi than cars in the very lowest-price field. "Pondac lifts you out of the mass group and into the class group at almost no addi tional cost. 'Third, be sure it is a Straight Eight. The ugn Straight Eight engine, you know, nas been ; Princeton-P. C. Game Friday developed to a state of highest perfection for use in cars of the more poplar type. Presbyterian college opens its base ball season Friday afternoon at 4 } I o'clodi with a- game with the Prince- Mton Athletic club, of Princeton, N. J., I at College park, Ad^nission will be 25c. SEE OUR CIRCULAR OUT THIS WEEK HIPP & ADAIR , ''QUAUTY ABOVE P«ICE- CLINTON, 8. C. "Fourth, be sure it is not too expensive. Nowadays you can get good cars for com paratively little money. "Yes, Pontiac is the car 1 think the average American family should buy.'" it 'it ir . Why not come in and see the new Pontiac Straight Eight—get behind the wheel and put it through its paces? : Chfldrca’t Coughs Need Creoamluon Always aat lha best. Unmet ai raiatitwi far yaar dial’s oaiigk > » "Fifth, be s^e it has a Fisher body, for in no other ca^ybu get the quality for which bodies by Fisher have long b^n famous. LIST PEICB AT PONTIAC. MICHIGAN WiAkmmV»rt,n^*ar*, mOsli nmr, tira imek •md tVrime nmrt, tka Uafriaa it$52J00 mddttiamaL ani sursti or cold. BH>ra aad Msre sra tura- for aay oaai^ or cold treat atitwl Predcat iaa Is that (>as<uk'>sa fnl aiss daosoU wltk sis athn ii^p,.#tant atadjctaal alsBenu which w-x’ia s=d hcsl the ia!lsaial tmbrsaea h is aat a cii^ roaiod). bat oautaios aa aad is oeiuia taliaf. Gat a kottl* yaor dntasiai right aoa aad kaia il ■aadf lac iaeua aaa (adf.) THE ECONOMY STRAIGHT EIGHT THOMASON MOTOR CO. EAST MAIN STREET LAURENS, 8. C. y \ \ \ ■.I ...A 5« Lf