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| [ wait I PLYMOUTH I I I 1936 MODELS WILL BE ON DISPLAY SOON AT I II CAROLINA MOTOR COMPANY I 1 Super Service Station J D, I I "non? 210 hhh I ? I Deposits In State I On Increase I Columbia, Nov. 20.?Thomas H. i. Daniel, chief state bank examiner, I uid today in an analysis; of reporta K ggbmitted to him showed total deposI its in state banks had increased at I Dm rate of nearly #?,000,000 vmonth ' jjnce June 80. From July 1 to October 17, the date upon which statements of all banks w$re called for by the chief examiner, r he snid the increase in deposits ** amounted to #6,030,244, an average II of 41,702,154 per month. [ ' Daniel said since June 30, 1933, total deposits had increased #18,059,fr m. Carnival Shows And Crooked Games Columbia, Nov. 23.?"The smaller a show or carnival is, the more likely it is to be crooked," an experienced carnival operator recently told a University of South Carolina student - whom he picked up on the highway. "Most big shows running today are straight," he declared, "but there are j still a number of smaller ones that are known as 'grift' shows, those in - which every booth, stand, and game - is designed solely for the purpose of stealing money. And there is a way to steal in any game ever played. "Even as simple a thing as driving a nail into a board can be crooked." he added, "the nail given to a prospective customer to experiment with is straight, but when the bet is made, a nail is presented that is slightly bent, and as soon as it is hit, it bends over no matter how straight it is driven." "The wheels used for spinning with numbers painted on them are all built so they can be controlled. At a fair owned by a 'grift' company, these wheels are stopped at will by the operator. In games in which numbers are unfolded by a house man, part of th~e "number is concealed undef^hUfingers, so that ?he player has no chance to win. If ten y^ere the Tricky number, the zero would be covered, and the player would see only the oae." < j "But the show people are the realsuckSrsVf he concluded, "because it! takes all they make to pay for the concession. The concessionaire pays all he makes for railroad and demurrage bills, and in the long run everybody loses or barely makes a living." The banking department of Illinois has taken charge of the Central Republic Trust company (the iDtawes bank) in Chicago. * ^ Why the Sudden Change to Liquid Laxatives? v Doctor's have always recognized the value of the laxative whose dose can be measured, and whose action can be thus regulated to suit individual need. The public, too, is fast returning to the use of liquid laxatives. People have learned that a property prepared liquid laxative brings a move natural movement without any diecomfort at the time, or after. ine dote of a liquid laxative can b? varied to suit the needs of the individual. The aetkm can thus be Quieted. It forms no habit; you need not take a "double dose" a day or two later. Nor will a mild liquid laxative irritate the kidneys. The wrong cathartic mag often da more harm than good. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a prescription, and fa perfectly safe, its laxative action fa based on senna a natural laxative. The bowels will not become dependent on this form of help. Dr. Caldweirs Syrup Pepata obtainable at nil '' "(MffT'f Garden Suggestions Early Winter Clemson College, Nov. 24.?-The garden gate need not be and ahould not be closed in December, in the opinion of A. ESchilletter, extension horticulturist, who advises present attention to inaect and disease prevention work, the planting of certain seeds and plants, and preparations for next season. Many of the most destructive insects and diseases found in the garden are destructive, says Mr. (Schilletter, because the owner of the garden fails to employ standard and well known remedies for their control. This is true of weeds also. And weeds, when allowed to develop and remain lrj orchard, garden, field, and waste places afford resting, feeding, and breeding places for these pests. Sanitary measures in the orchard and garden are as necessary and proportionately important for the protection 41^ fruits and vegetables as sanitary measures for the protection of farm animals and human beings. As to plantings the horticulturist reminds us that even in December we may,plant English peas of smooth, round type for early spring crop; cabbage plants if not enough have been set to supply the early spring needs; kale, lettuce, onion, and spinach for succession; strawberry, dewberry, raspberry, and blackberry plants for home use. In this connection he suggests also that garden crops now in the ground such as beets, carrots, parsnips, and salsify can be left where grown and dug as wanted, though beets and carrots later in the season should have a light furrow thrown over the beds for protection. In the way of preparations for the future Mr. Schilletter suggests that gardeners prepare hotbeds now for sowing seeeds in January, and make planting plans for the coming year and order seed catalogs. Cotton Payments Pass Four Million Clemson College, Nov. 24.?Cotton payments for 1934 made to South Carolina farmers who signed acreage reduction contracts have totaled $4,332,563.48 through November 13, according to -figures received here from C. A, Cobb, chief of the cotton production section, Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The first payment, including checks sent out from Washington November 12, totaled *2,611,712.21, in a total of 75,856 checks. Second payment checks numbering 51,816 have so far been sent to South Carolina farmers, the total amount of these to date being $1,720,851.27. Payments will continue to reach the cooperating farmers as promptly as they can be handled through AAA headquarters in Washington until the big job is completed. Pension Demand Is Increasing Washington, Nov. 23.?A prediction that " a demand for old age pensions will sweep the next congress" was made today by Senator Reynolds (D. N. C.). "The movement for the federal government to take the leadership in formulating a plan for old age pensions is gaining momentum," he ?a?d in a statement. "In every section of the country groups are being formed to press this cause. It is a just one. "Under our new social order, we must expect to find some way to make it possible for those in dire circumstances by renson of age to spend their declining years in selfrespecting privacy, free from the pangs of hunger and the stigma of pauperism. We must banish the poorhouse." REAL ESTATE 1 RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY 1 HUNTING PRESERVES Repairing and Cam-Taking of Property ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL. ESTATE CO. I Crocker Bdttding -S TUB LIKR OF FAITH" IS SKftMON SUBJECT " . (Continued from first page) ; make it, but only u biological urge, and therefore, hhould not be taken seriously. We have discovered that v\BJwnnot engage in four years of destruction of human life and property without paying the price. We cannot use every means of propaganda at our command to stir up hatred and strife and bitterness and distrust and then hope for it all to subside as soon as the war ends. We cannot place machine guns into the hands of soldiers without puttiife them into the har>ds i of gangsters. We cannot rob public office for private gain without creating racketeering. Wo cannot gamble on the stock exchange without losing money and endangering our morals. We cannot encourage a production necessary to prosperity and at the same time tolerate a poverty which necessitates under-consumption. We cannot oppress the masses without inviting revolution. Our economic and social order, if it may bb called an order, based on competition, struggle, and mutual selfishness, has brought us into the flames of social and economic fires. Do we who profess to bo children of God find ourselves worrying find fretting and chafing, under the ham* ess of responsibility in the midst of these strained circumstances? Then, it is because we have taken the eye of faith off God. God has promised to keep those in perfect peace whose minds are stayed on Him; whose eye of faith is fixed on Him. (Someone has said there are three ways to look. If you want to be worried and disturbed, just look around you; look at your neighbors; look at current events; look at What the Federal Government is doing. If I you want to be filled with the spirit of doubt, uneasiness and inward restlessness, look at yourself; look within and stop there. But if you would have peace, look up. Simon Peter, we are told, was walking on the water. He had God's eternal promise, Vhich was sure-footing and more reliable than either concrete, or marble, or steel, but the very moment he took his eyes off the Christ he began to go down. Another suggestion is this. Look at who Christ is, and what he has done, not at who you are, and what you have done. That is the way to have peace, and joy, and rest, and the full assurance of salvation. Oh, for a faith that will not shrink Though pressed by every foe; That will not tremble on the brink i Of any earthly woe. j . -. * That faith which shines more bright and clear When tempests rage without; That when in darkness knows no fear, In dangers, feels no doubt. Li t I 11 rI II. Furthermore, faith in God shows itself in our use of economy. When the Lord Jesus Christ fed the multitude on the mountainside, he | said to his 'Disciples, "take up that j which remains, that nothing be lost; that nothing be wasted." And when ; the Son of God said, "Let nothing be wasted," he meant what he said. No money, no talents, no time. Let nothing be wasted. .Some three and a half years ago, driving across the State of Florida, a member of our party suggested that we go by way of Bok Tower. Following tho suggestion, arriving there, we found Bok Tower to be a vast affair situated on a little knoll overlooking lovely Florida lakes and beautiful flowers. We were told thai it was built for a bird sanctuary, but that the birds do not use it. God himself has prepared mansions and! palaces for his little creatures in the grass and the weeds, the underbrush, j the limbs of the trees, and man can- I not improve upon what God has done for them. We were further told that the Tower is made of the finest material and cost a million dollars. It is a thing of beauty, but it cannot be a joy forever, because as Dr. Mullins said, regarding the Pyramids of Egypt, it renders no adequate service. After looking upon it and passing 07?, I vhvUghv tO w.ml A of money. There is a million dollars squandered that might have been used for the feeding of the hungry, for the healing of the sick, for the training of the young, for the saving of the lost. And then the thought occurred to me that we are all engaged in this wasting business. Even those of us who succeed in making very little money, waste a good part of that which we do make. We excel our fathers in this regard. This perhaps is because we are living so rapidly that we do not take the time to consider the real Value of material wealth. Money is no ordinary stuff. Money is power. Money is manhood and womanhood and, therefore, when we wrongfully spend five dollars of our honestly earned money, we have thrown away five dollars worth of our muscle , power, or five dollars worth of our skill as a workman, or five dollars worth of our red blood. Surely then faith forbids the wasting of our material wealth. And again, we are not to waste our talents, th,e education, the culture, the ?<&'- y -L ?a - i power, the social skill, the personality which God has given to you. He hus given these things for a purpose, lor the high purpose, to be used it* the advancement of the greatest of all causes, the cause which the Christ came to establish and promote. > An then, we are not to waste our time. Of the three, money, talents, time, the last is by far the most important. Time is the world's greatest factor, and it is also the world's greatest waste, be it known unto each of us, every minute is big with destinies. Honor and culture, power and influence, material wealth and eternul salvation, all these are bound up in the moments of time that are fleeting by. While on the drive across the State of Florida, to which 1 have already alluded, we arrived at Daytona Beach in the early afternoon, following the Coastal Highway on to Jacksonville. That highway, ** many of you know, leads along the water's edge. Driving that afternoon, looking out across the Atlantic, thinking along the lino of which I am now trying to speak, our waste of money, our waste of talents and our waste of time, I drew extensively on my imagination. 1 saw the waves, high and mighty, roll up and beat themselves into spray and foam against the rock and the shore. While we were on that drive there was enough power wasted on the waters of the earth to turn the wheels of commerce around the world, if it could only be harnessed and properly utilized. I followed my imagination to the Royal Gorge yonder in the Rockies. Saw the rock piled up miles high, glistening beautifully in the bright sunshine, enough marble to build mansions for all the poor people of the country, unused and almost undiscovered. I followed my imagination across the 'plains and there saw the wild horses running fleet-footed, madly wild. Enough domestic animal power to pull the ploughs of all the farmers west of the Mississippi, unroped, unhaltered, untamed, unused, wasted, lost. My mind goes back to Camden, to the dear people to whom I have endeavored to preach for more than five years; as good men and women as can be found anywhere; finer people in many respects have never been born. But yet, I know that not ten per cent of their real power is rightly directed for the good of humanity and the glory of God and this same remark may be applied to any congregation represented in this Convention. Here then, we see the world's greatest waste, the waste of manhood and womanhood. You will no doubt agree with me when I say that if during the next Convention year, South Carolina Baptists, 240,000 strong, could possess that faith which would lead us to use our money, our talents, and our time, under the dictates of the Holy Spirit, those around us would be reached and when the Convention meets in 1935, great shouts of praises, hallelujahs, and glorys to God, would be going up from all over South Carolina toward Heaven. The influence would not stop here, but would sweep out beyond the borders of our beloved State, would go on and on around the globe and as a result the whole world would..be in some measure, lifted toward God. I'll. Again, faith in God manifests itself in our human relationships. Are we envious ? Then, there is something wrong with our faith. You know we often ftwkenvy existing between two men of the same trade, two men of the same profession, two merchants envious, two lawyers envious, two doctors envious, two teachers envious, and sometimes two preachers envious. Envy is one of the worst! passions of the soul. The Bible teaches that it is as cruel as the grave. It is dangerous because it often reacts and destroys its possessor like the flames of old Nebuchadnezzar's furnace. Does more harm to him who sees the ruin of another than it does to the object of envy. Like a ball tossed against the wall, it responds; like an arrow shot up into the air, it comes down again and often falls most fatally on the head of him who shot it. History tells of a statue erected to a celebrated victor in the public games of Greece whose name was Theogenese. The erection of that statue so excited the envious hatred of one of his rivals that the rival went every night and strove by repeated blows to throw the statute down. Ultimately, he succeeded, but, alas, the statue fell upon him and he was crushed to death beneath it. Such is the fate of the person who suffers himself to be led about by the Airit of envy. My dear brother preachers and fellow Christians, has anyone of us felt the rise of this devil within him? -Then, may he crush it by fixing the eye of faith on the Lord before this enemy defeats and crushes him. And then, are we domineered by race, or class, or pereonal prejudice? Prejudice it is said -may arise from any one of several souroes. It may come as a result of natural' inheritance. Someone has said that we are 1 tattooed with the belief of our tribe | before we get out of our cradles. Or tain it is that many of our prejudices < came to ua from the family or com'- i munity in which we grew up. < We are told of a mother who dis- J covered race prejudice in her litt'e , daughter. The child was not more J than seven or eight years of age. i Coming in one day she dropped the i remark that she did not like a certain 1 playmate. The mother realized that I this was t'he first manifestation of i race prejudice in the heart and life 1 of her littlo daughter because the < playmate mentioned had a Jewish name. The mother being a woman i of fine intelligence and Christian faith was hoping to destroy the evil idea 1 in its very inception and so she began I * I to explain to the little girl that our. , Jewish, friends have as much to be', proud of as any of the rest of u?. She j closed her remarks by saying, "Why : don't you know that Jesus Christ was : a Jew?" The tiny girl pondered that thought for a moment and then responded, "Well, anyway, God was an ] American." L There we have an illustration of race prejudice before the dawn of ' reason. Many of our likes and dislikes came to us during that hazy, half-vision of childhood and when we became men we did not possess that quality of faith which puts away childish things. Another origin of prejudice is ignorance. We often dislike because wc i do not know. We are against a pro-j gram or an institution because wo ' are ignorant of its .merits. We need I that faith which will lead us into a ; deeper, fuller, richer knowledge and'' thus save us from the terrible curse1 of half-truths. An then, we must draw on our imagination. For instance, if I would 1 be fair-minded toward the man at the i head of a Baptist institution, I must, ] in some measure, through imagina- ' tion, put myself in that man's place. ' If I would be fair-minded toward a I man of another denomination, I must.' ask what would -be my belief if I had been reared in his religious environ- 1 ment. If I would be fair-minded to- 1 ward a man of another -race, I must ask how would the world look to me if my skin were of his color. And then, through^ faith in God, our imag- ] ination and our information must bo j cemented in an enduring, concrete ; Ifair-mindnesa. j Thus we see New Testament faith destroys envy and prejudice among men and produces the spirit of unity, fellowship, cooperation and brotherhood. I shall not have time to discuss these four suggestions but permit me, as I bring this message to a close, to emphasize the value and necessity of Christian unity. Jesus said on one occasion, "I and my Father are one." Thus, we see there is unity existing between the Father and the Son and were it not for this oneness, this urtity, in the Godhead we would need other Gods ' in the great work of our redemption. But in as much as the Father and the Son. and the Spirit all agree in one and each executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of our salvation, Jesus Christ is in every way qualified to be a suitable, a desirable and an all-sufficient Saviour. This unity is revealed in the Scriptures as three-fold. They are one in love, in holiness arid in wilL We are further told that just before Jesus Christ was separated from his Disciples ?n<j rj?l?a?,r to be crucified he was talking to the Father praying, praying for his Disciples, and this is what he said: "Oh, righteous Father, that they may be one, even as we are one." We see then that we, too, must be one in lovo. We are told of a man who asked the Lord Jesus Christ a question about the Commandments. Jesus answered, "The first and great commandment is this. Thou shalt love tfce Lord thy God with all thy heart, znd with all thy mind nnd with all thy strength, and with all thy soul. And the second is somewhat like unto the first. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self." You know we may judge a person's love for an object by the sacrifice he is willing to make for the good of that object. Thus the sacrifice 'a mother often makes for the good of. her children proves the power of maternal affection. .? I remember reading a good many years ago ??' woman and her husband, with their infant child, drawn -by an ox .teem crossing mountains of Vermont. With the darkness - r?I i- w*iC- -... > ' _ :ame on a terrible storm, Ihe wind roared and howled. The snow drift* sd and drifted in great heaps. At last, surrounded by drifting anow on every hand they could advance no further. The husband and father left the wife and babe t<5 go in quest of jome farm house where help might l>? secured and the dear ones rescued, ' but in the darkness of the night und I he fury of the storm he was unable to retrace his steps and so the help obtained was unavailing. At last the morning dawned. The storm had subsided. The sun shined beautifully on the snow-clad hills. The anxious father, with a few neighbors renewed the search. Toward the middle of the day the body of the woman was found cold in death and partly enshrouded in a white mantle that had fallen from the clouds during the terrible night. But strange to say the child was still alive. With a mother's love she stripped her mantle from her breast and ibared her bosom to the storm, then sank upon the snow to rest and smiled to think that her babe was warm. The sacrifice of that mother proved the power of her love for her child. We know what sacrifice God has made to prove his love for us, but what sacrifice have wo made to prove our love for God, to prove our love for our fellow man? The first and great Commandment is this: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength and with all thy Soul. And the second is somewhat like unto the first. Thou shalt ? love thy neighbor as thyself." If then, we are living the life of faith, our affection, is set on Heaven and that great love is moving, burning, stirring and controlling in our heart and in our daily life which embraces all humankind, white man, black man, brown man, yellow man, red man, the whole race, loving our neighbor as we do ourselves, and that love expressing itself in the right use of our money, our talents, and our time, for the good of humanity and the glory of God. And, of bourse, we too, must be one in holiness. Now I do not mean to Imply that we have all grown to the iame degree in Christian grace. The ; y man sitting by your side may be a / better man than you are. He may / r. have a greater capacity for understanding God^and Serving God, and loving God, than you ^i4ver~telt we must be one in /holiness in this regard. We must/be born of the spirit, born from atx/ve, remembering how Christ said to Nicodemus, "Except a '-ZU man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God." And, finally, we must bo one ln~" will. It must be the will of each of us to let God use him for whatever purpose and in whatever way and at whatever place he mayst require. And we must be willing to make any personal sacrifice necessary for the salvation of South Carolina, for thp salvation of China, for. the salvation of the whole world. When South Carolina Baptists possess that quality of faith, producing the spirit of unity, and we become one in love, one in holiness and one in will, then we may be safe in pledging ourselves to reach across the world in the person and service of our missionaries, conquering, and subduing, and bringing about that blessed day when our Lord shall rule as "King of Nations" as he now does "King flf Sftlnt*/' In Short Order /- tVf"Now, alter, 1 want a nice chop/* he said. "I want you to give my r" compliments to the chef and askhimto pick out one of the best. I want there to be a little fat on one aide* -s I don't want the chop to be underdone, nor do I want it to be burnt. I want it just right, with plenty of :7 gravy." "Certainly, sitf" said the waiter, 1 whereupon he shouted down the ? speaking-tube that connected with the lower regions: "One chop, Joe.,r By mean 8 ht a breeches bouy the crew of 24 of the wrecked Brftfckh . ; freighter (Seven tSeas Trader were rescued, and landed at Nassau, Bahamas by the 10-ton sloop Sagamore. Don't lot tliora got> ttiwd. hold. FUktl ? .... wmmbmmmwbmwwwmwMPBPBPWPWIWWMWIPWIWMWW "Columbia's Oldest Jeweler" VISANSKAS = Established 1869 k * J" * S CHRISTMAS SHOJPPERS! Don't fail to see the unusual Bargains in all aorta of v Holiday .Gifts in Silverware, Jewelry, Brassware, Glassware, Pottery and Novelties. At the l/owest Prices. j? * j? "Just Back of SyIvan's" 1215 Hampton Ave. Columbia, S. C.