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FROM GIPSY TENT TO PULPH i ' i ? ' (Continued from Page 8) oathire w.th him. Their wives canv out of their wagons and tried to com fcrt the five raoth?rless children. M; grandfather said to his brothers: " don't know what is the matter witl me, for i.-ver since I buried Polly haven't been able to eat properly, can't sleep and I have a burden i > my heart which I think is driving m out of my mind, and unless I get ri of it I feel sure I shall go insane, an I have decided to go to London an sell my horses, so that I shall hav no temptation to move. I am goin into the churches and chapels an ask everybody I met if they can te me what >s the matter with me." Hi brothers said, "We will go with you On their way to Lcndon cne day, the stopped at a saloon and calling calling for their liquor the saloor keeper's wife c me behind the bai , and seeing my grandfather there, sh asked him how h s wife was. for sh had known them in previous days. M grandfather than had to tell her o the loss of his wife and alsa told he something cf his heartache, an asked her if she could help him. Sh said. "Xo, I can't relp you, but I hav l book .upstairs' that makes me cr every time I read it. I will go an gat it for you. A: d out of an o d b 1 rcau drawer she brought down tha immortal bookk, Bunyan's ' Pilgrim' P.ogress." She handed it over th bar U the throe Gypsy men, and m grandfather said, "We can't read. A: d a young man who was drinkin at the bar beskii them said, ' I wi r ad it to you." They went out o the salcon and sat down by the sid of the read, and the young man be gan to read to them the story c Chiistian; l e read on and on until h came to the plr.ce where Christia mounts the hill w th a bundle strappe to his shoulders and at the top cf th hill is a cross, and immediatel Christian sees the cross fitters tha bind the bundle to his shoulders ar uroKcn ana tne oundle talis to th ground and rolls down the hill. M giandfather said, "That is just what want. I want to get rid of my bur den 1 ke that." But the young ma could not he'p them and the saloon keeper's wife couldn't help them, s they went on their way that day mor disappointed than ever. Arrivirg in the city of Ldndon, the camped on a piece of ground in th e st end a fa Trite camping groun of the Gypsies when visit ng Londoi My grandfather saw a block awa f.om the wagon an old man breakin up stcr.e by the s'de cf the road. H n as an old Methodist and had a fac on him like a quarter-acre of sur shine. My grandfather entered int conversation with him. They spok nbout the wcath'r, about people in th neighborhood, abeut local condition; a~d then my grandfather opened hi heart to the o'd man nd told him c ih^ loss of h s w fe, and also of th burden of his beart. The old ma: w o e heart had been touched, sai< "What you need is to be converted A.nd seeing the puzzled expression c my grandfather's face he said, "Whs you need is Je ns." My grand lathe said. "If vou will tell me bow to <*e II"m, I w.ll do anything on earth The o'd man replied, "You go bac to your wagon rr.d I will ccme fo ycu at seven o'clock tonight and vill ta' e ycu dewn to our missio ha'l where we are holding m'ssio services." That night my granc father was dressed in his best and wa f.tand ng on the top step of the wago wating fcr the it ne-breaker to com for him. lie ha J persuaded cne of h: b-others to go with him. When th o'd m n came, my grandfather tur i ed 'round and said to the children i Ihe wrgen, "Co u night, my dears, am not coming home until I get con verted." IV"y fa: her, who was ju going to bed, shouted out: "Dudd; wl o's he ? ' Fo: he supposed tha "ccn erted" was the name of som: b >dv his father was go ng to brin home. After the men had gone m fa*her sa:d to hir- brother and sistei "We have no m ther and we sha " Aeon have no father for he is goi - out of l is mind and I am going to fo low him." My father followed those two Gyr ?y men and the stonebieaker unt tr.ey reached a httle mic? on hall. A the men entered the hall and too thrir seats nearest the pulpit, m father crept into the rear, and fo the first t me in his life sat d .wn i church. After the cpening song serv ic?f, somebody prayed, and then the /.... b.oga'VQ to sing an,old chorus. It wa Life Wr? J nenks and ( and painful 'ieve- 1 now bo, eve '* - . sus d' d fcr me, Some there ?e Crosg He fhed Hia bloo peak and, per to set me free." content themn eomp's:hed &V b sin* somethini ., , , eaki er,'' but there were si b'oodrd man . . .. . ds n that verse that th fled. The Btf;dn>t knew anyth'n? about heart pro nptoie months afterwards the; his jourirev. 1 were singing tliis him that there iV - , . the r?wer of cancelled sin of the grinding prisoner free, side of the grfn make the f >ulest clean he is in the ,> avails for me." ^ ihen at the invitation from th( r" ^headers of the meeting my grnndfath J cr went forward to an old mourner's " b nch and hia brother followed h'm ]$/' ' , and they knelt and asked God fai Christ's sake to forgive them of theii |$L;; sins. ^ My father never knew just how long jm lhey knelt there, but to h s boyisa mind it seemed uges. Presently my ffigO. grandfather jun p d to his feet and ' ' boutcd, "I am converted." The look % of worry that had been on his face since his wife died was gone and instead there was transfigured face. My father took one look at him and. then ran all the way home. When he' e got into the wagon he said to his - brother and abler, "Whatever conIt \orted :s, Daddy's got it, and I am goI ing to bed." h My grandfather and his brother 1 wore both sour.d'y converted that 1 evening and they stayed long enough n to learn that chorus, "I do believe," t and went horn2 singing it. The chilu dren heard them leng before they got; d near the wagon ar.d were afr .id, for d they had never known their father to *. erne home like that before. When ft my g-andfathcr got into the wagon t. ne called his chiMren 'round h'm and !1 aid: "Don't be afraid of mn, dear-., s ;lod has sent heme a new fither to you tonight." And he put his arms y ss far around those five motherless d children as he could get them, and 1- then dropping on his kn-rns he ercctr *"i the family r.ltar in his home, and f prayed that the same blessing that v t?ad rome into h's own heart and life J m'ght come to his children. if TL_ . -1 J? ^' '* iiifit* wu? now ?n%v si'i'p in iiiu ? wagon that evening for the chi'd^e n ' wanted to loam the wcrds of that ' wonderful chorus, and they sang it t vcr and over again. Farly the next morning there wis a d ' rock on the dnor and my g'-Tdfather ' Yoked out to pep his brother who it -id been converted with him standing s h"re, and he sa'd, "C^rn-dus, my ? wife is on her krees in my wagon and he wants to b^ converted, wm't you ' veve 'ome over and help her?" And hos-j two Gypsy men with such a :mited knrwYdge of Chrst, aid withf ut any Bib'e w<nt frcm wagon to vagon end from tent to tent tel'ing f their experiences until they had Yd a number of Gyps'es into the nowYd^e rf Jesus Christ. "11 before hey had thejr b ealfast. The third brother was converted that morning, nd they became known as ' the three in* e*ted Gypsio." Every day when h"y finished their work they wou'd itand on the village green or on the orner of the street and have a litt'e service and te'l what great things God ' ad d ne for them. And t~d v there <te hundreds in the southern and eastern counties of England who date heir conversion from the work of hose three Gypsy men. Of course my grandfather was anxous that his children should be concerted, and the c'dest ones soon ga-o their hearts to Jrsus Christ. One VI my father g"ing into a Methodist 1 urch in the city of Can-bridge dur'"g a s"rios cf meetings, when the invitation was given walked down the n'sle, and as he was going past the ' rst seat an o!d man said, looking -t him, "Oh. he is nebedy b i a Gypsy kid " end my father heard it. lie was i child of nature and sensitive, and dropping on his l nees at the a'tar he said looking up to the sky. "Then t'esus. you will hove to take me, for ,nobody else wants me." Another old man came to my father and putting bis hand on my Cither's head said. "I k"ow your father, son, and *1 know I oVionf Vsic rru'lmf Vic? f ?'.* f?nan r\\r fm* r Christ, ~nd yru want to b? a Ohr'stian i fr><\ don't vcu?*' And mv father r?"Yes, sir." The o'd gent'es wan p-aycd with my father and that ' >5<jht he surrendered h:s heart to ! 'esus Chr'st. At the cnclusion of the meeting rurning home as ha^d 1 as he cou'd go, he rushed into the wagon and throwing his arms around r his father's neck he said: "Daddy I I m con"erted " My grandfather wept tears rf joy for he knew that he was r a whole-souled b-y, and then sa'd* "Wow do you knew you are co ivert: d?" That was a hard question to ?i * to a young c nvert and my father i bought for nui'e a while and th?n dating h:s h nJ over h:s heart, he aid: "I don't ln w D id-lv. only T feel so n'ce and warm here." I shou'd ' ink that my father f ?'t semethin** f the burning wi hin him that those i wo men fe t as th"y walked with Christ on the read to Emivaus. My father soon wanted to learn toad the Bib'e, .ml asked his father if r 'e won'd allow h m to go to school TTe went to s?h~.ol that w n'er in a" - rbout four weeks, learning h s alpha ' hit, and that is all the sehool'ng tha* ' >e ever recei ed Yet one of our Lon) Irn dailies said of him a few years i * <$", that Cypy Fmith was one of the s "-nest exponents of the p ssibilities of Anglo-Faxon <pecch s nca the days ; f John Bright. In these days somei body mad? my father a present of bis Bib'e an Fng'ish dietiorary, and ' Sadies Biblical d ctionary and he used : to carry them everywhere he went, s When he was se'ling e'okh'-s pins they were under h s a-m. when he went to b"d th-y were under his pillow, and l:- ? v;<iit; ma u vi f u ill 10 mu i- mil <f him for rarrvi g them, he us"d to d s'lcnce them by saying: ''Scm? day I am going to be able to read them right !i?ojgh. He mid? m nv attempts in g Y??-p eerlv da"* to ta' e port in the c services that my grandfather and hisj vo broth'rs held for by this time the ' es (f these Gyp y men had i""; i- ^-sed the m'nist rs where they ; we.nt, and the ministers wore gladly pening their pulp ts to the Gypsy men. My fatner wou'd sometime n morize some r riptnre and in the ) ao rf the r >g I jr scripture lesson '. 3 was rs' ^d to recite the versas he '-d learned. He made several attempts tn preach, 'lis first rermon was preached b?-, *or.e a great cor gregation. Several' s Ihosuands were present, they were an I rderly ccngre utim rohody moved.| , t wea a fed of tu-nips. His second, Oomnt \i/Qa n n pfi'intrv ' illnflrp 11 -o Surday mcrning aa th b-'la w?re : to'ling for the hour f service at the vnT?'opal church. My fa'her s ood at the cross roads and began to sing. The people stopped on their way to ' c^"ren to see whet wis the matter, i and after my father h d sung two hymns, he to'd th'm of Pis cpericnc~ and hew h-? taj given his heart Lo Christ. And th<n he ddVt know 'now to finish and was so embarrassed that he began to cry, and running off I e sad: '-if yo-j will come back next Sunday I will tiy and do better." Of courae my grandfather got tc know cf these curly attempts and enouraged the bey. About this tim? in the city of !<ondon the Rev. Wil. n m Booth had left the Method .si rliruch and had founded an organi:.ntion known as the "Christian Miss:on." It was intended for worli j.niong the people in the slums, whe were not b*ing reached by th< churches. Mr. Booth had alreadj .hirty-fi\e workers on his staff, hot* t-icn and women and had several sta .k-n3 where meetings were hel< tightly. One uay every year, Mr Jooth gathered nil his co-workers an< ho Christian people wno were inter or.ted, for an ail day of prayer. A1 v.ne of these meetings my father at t nded, and he sat near the front o iliat great aud ence. Mr. Booth sav him and heard him sing, and he knev his wi.s the Gypsy boy who wantec < be a preacher. Mr. Bocth said t< he congregation, "Our next speake: * ill l e a Gyp y boy." My father knev tiiiit he w..s thp only Gypsy in thi ujicnce, and his hist impulse was t< g.t cut as quickly as poss.ble. H? rem' led 1 ke a leaf in a thunderstorm .o?* he had never spoken ,n a publii ;athe. ing like this in his life, bu ?.emb ir.g he went onto the platfom j nd Mr. Booth, seeing his ner.ousnesa | .-id: "Before he speaks to us he wil ng." Mv father sang his first sol" i niihlir fnnf n crVit "Jesus died upon the tree That I might fiom s.n be free, And ever, ever happy be, Happy in the Lord.'' After he had finished singing hi was clearing his throat, a little ner v ous habit that young preachers have vhen an o d gentleman, who .was s>t .rg behind him, said: "Keep you heart up youngster." My father re plied: "Its in my mcuth now wher .! : yi u w. nt it?" Of course the con .regalicn smiled and that gave hin m3 to recover himself and he said "I am only a Gypsy boy and live ii . v^ypsy tent and I don't know a grea iany th ngs thai you know, but kr.cw Je^us and I am going to b< i bey and I hive given Him mj f And then he sat down. It is i oc d thinqr for a preacher to sit dowi hen he is through. After the services were over Mr 'tooth went to my father and puttinf his arm around his neck su.d: "Rod rcy, how would you like to be a: ang list?" My father said, "Wha is that?" And Mr. Booth told him i meant to preach and looking up int< is f ce my father said: "Do yoi hink I will make a good preacher?' Mr. Bcoth replied. "Yes, I think yoi vvi 1." Then my father sad: "I wil lie one. bccau o it is an answer t< prayer." My father was only seven een years old that March, and Mr Bro.h arranged for him to leave hii t:v.t the following June. My fathe: 1 >n a'l the way home that night an< In'd his familv what, he was ?rmrt?r be His re'atives called him a ""Sort r.oi any Rashi," which means a grea vp-'V preacher. The next morning he was walkins un a-'d down in front of his tent witl \s 1 brary under his arm and sing i'fc, "There is a Fountain Filled Witl "51 od." He looked at his velvet-cord d suit and the silk handkerchief witl t'l the colors cf the-rainbow in it rourd his neck, and then he remem b?rcd how A'r. Hooth ws dressed " a Prince A'bert ?uit. and he ran int< ni? father's tent and said: "Dad. i am going to lie a prearher, I wil r. c to dress like one." And of cours< : ot meant a Prirce Albert suit an< I that went with it. He borrowe< some money from his f other and rela tivcs and going into a large clothing *< ro in 'he cily of London the clerks nthered 'round him and said: "Wha' 'an we do for you?" He replied^ "' nt a proath^v's suit of clothes.' They asked "Who for?" "For mv > If," he replied. They measured hin ul <h'n brought him nis suit, and af r f tt:ng it on him wrapped it ug 'n a brown paper parcel and my fath^i yaid for it, then pushing it over thf "nter to them my father drew him r'f up to his full height and with all he d'gnity he cou'd command h< .'id: "Send it." He didn't intend carylng parcels ; ny mere. Then he knew t here was so nethinc Ise that went with a Prince AlbT t.. fcr preachers have something hite around their necks and 'round ' oir wrists. He d dn't know what i as b 'ea ise he had never seen one off 'd he d'dn't know whether it was i-- p eers or sixty-six. He went intr \ strre and was very much embararsed to find only a lady present and. ? a"' ed her "I vnnt what a preacher cars 'round here and l ore," pointing o hir nek and wrists. "Oh, you mean st 'o'-ed shirt and collar." Hf a'd, "Is that what it is is?" "Yes" said, and he rcDliod: "All rierht, i e me '-ne.' Tli-n she as'-.ed, "Wha ' /r ?" W1 at did he know about, sizes? he cn'y shirt that he bad ever worn were tho"o thr.t his father made afcr his mcthcr died, and he s id: "I ' n't k*i'w what size; give me a ore? rf str ng ar.d I will measure on self." lie knew that the preachers always ad a trunk and sc he bought an o'd ' ?r d n box Td twenty-five cents ..rlh of c'otth- sline, to tie it up with ar.d he had that sent to the tent tco The d -y came when he war to leave ' erne. Ite pot up early in the mom X and put on Ins starched shirt and 0 said he fe't as though somebod' ad d pped him in a pail of starch d hur.g h m up to dry, it was so ' iff. but he was glad of it before 1 e day w-s over because it helped "in to sit up strai2ht. Then he put rn his Prince A'bert coat and all the (Jvniion rnmo i.nt 1a on? r nchor and they called him a "Romany Boro Rarha," a great Gvpsy ; i "a' her. He r.'arted for the depot .r.d h d two cousins to carry his trun''ic rgh there was nothing in it, for 11 the clothes he had. he wore and U his library was under his arm, but ' v as the correct thing for a preacher '( ha* e a trunk and he meant start' 'right. 1>e 'rdy who w~s to entertain him met h'.m on his arrival in London, and he*/ jea'hed her home just in time '< v the evening mral. My father had nwer sat at a table as we do and had n.-ver slept in a hed, in fact he had iver seen a bedstead only in a store 7 rdew. He war. going into a new 1/ me and amidst new surroundings and his father had said to him just b.fore he left heme: "Rodney you will see a gr at many things in the home that you won't know what to do ith them, and then he gave him a Lit of giod advice aid s ia: "Watch what the other people do and do as i^nr'y |jve them as p ssib'e." My father was shown into tied ning roor aid they rat d"\vn to the table. He aw by the side of his plate a little write thing with a ring around it. His hostess passed him his first course, * I'd he waited for sometrdv to start something, and the lady seeing the ifv's embarrassment, turned to him vi'h a * ery gracious smile and said: "Don't wait for u?, Mr. Smith, go ' right ahead," bat his father had told : him to wait and watch what the other people did. So very much embari tossed he picke-l up the napkin and . said: "Please ma'am, is this a pocket i i.endkerchkf T" Immediately he knew . there Was a discord in the harmony. : You and I sometimes wl.en we put our .'rot into it. try and climb out and . cover ourselves with glory coming t ut. But if I could gs to tfce piano > in your home nd put my finger on i the keynote of success I should put I r 1 on o natural, and if you are not J i natural you will be flat. My father j . was a child of nature, and ne said: i 'Ya'am, you must excuse me if I . make a mistake, and if you will al. * ways tell me when I do right, for .hat is the only way I shafl learn." t After the meal was over the lady - i aid: "Mr. Smith, when you are read; f wc will show you up to your apartir ment." That was a big word for my r father, he had never heard it before, i but he made a mental note that he > would look it up in his dictionary r when he got alone, then they showed 1r him up to his room and shut the e door. He looked around the room. I ? was small nnH sliiffv ?n/l hnl fr\* If 81 was the month cf June, ai d lie wa , i, n*?d to lying cut in the open in June c. with the sky and stars for a canopy. V He looked at the b:d, it only had four l?g3, and taking hold of it he shook i1 it and it seemed very shaky. He 9 didn't want to fall through the very first night, and he wasn't sure t would hold him, so he went to the farthest wall and taking a ru.tiling jump he jumped on the middle of it, and he thought if it can stand that, it can stand sleeping on. He turned down tin. bedclothes to see if they were ah r light, for he had heard that tney had isitois sometmcs'in London, and h !, objected to the way they made their - living. He looked at the wash3tand, r and the articles they were hand-paint od a-1 J he was afraid to use them for e fear he would dirty them. The Gyp - sics wash in the brooks and stream: i a*.d when thera is no water handy : there is always the dew in the lonw I g?*ass and you can't find a more san- < t tnry towel than the kii.d, just run I around till you get dry. Then to bed, e out not to sleep, for he was homesick. f The next morning he went to see i Mr. Bcoth, and Mr. Booth gave him s i h's first Christian work. He sent him out doing pastoral work, visiting the r members and the rew concerts of the I lm sion. After a while he gave him P - an opportunity to speak in the open i fti-r and my father was then told by j t Mr. Bcoth that he was going to an- . t nounce him to take a service indoors J And one day while walking through T J London he saw a placard with this t " notice cn it: "Gipsy Smith, the con- r i \ertod boy, will sing and preieh." My . 1 father went to Mr. Smith and saia: 3 My name isn't Gypsy, it is Rodney." r - Mr. Booth rep'ifd: "Oh. anybcdy can e a Smith, bit it rn't everybody can 3 bt a Gypty Smith." r My fa?.her, in preparing for his first 1 i crvice. was bothered a crreat deal ) about his reading. He could 6ing so 3 1 e could le.d in the singing; he couia t t prny, because he lived in the atmos . here of prayer, he had a wonderfu r story to tell you, but he didn't read 1 cry well. His ?nst thought was; "J - will get somebody else to read for n 1 mo" but he knew that wou'd not do ! o he got out of it in this way: He 2 ..nnounced the book, chapter and , l e verse and began to read until he ?me to a big word that he couldn't r pronounce and d.dn't know the mean> lg of, so he. didn't try, but stopped . f this side of the big word.' Then bj I way of 'exposition he explained the - moaning of the verses that he had jus; 1 read, and when he began to reac " i gain, he began on the other side of he big word. T Some months after my father be ? ..an to work fbi Mr. Booth, Mr o llooth c lied all the men and women "i ' who were working for him together and sa d: "We are going to change .he name 9f this organization, it i*> 1 ..'oing to be fcnown in future as the .Salvation Army." Mr. Booth was > made general and each of his co" vvrkeis were given tiiles. My fath ev was given the title of lieutenant nd he war the th rty-sixth officer s I ?"er made in the Salvation Army.. H< afterward became captain, and thej 1 nr out of London in the provincial towns to cpen up in each ci ii.se plates a local corps. My father m rried in the town of o ' A'nitby, Yorkshire. My mother was v I jr. English lady and one of his first ? nverts. l ater iry fa:hnr had a disrreenrent with General Booth and " 1 'cneral Booth di missed niiu from u.e p Salvation Army. My father then art( d preaching wherever he was n ! :al'.ed. America called him, Australia > uth Africa, France, until today mv " 'other has preached on every English jntinent in the world. His home in tl he c ty of Cambridge. England, is > *ilt on the picet of ground where . his tent was pitched the night he cave s m:aru to Jesus Christ. In his study -here is a letter framed from the*late ii )ueen Victoria and aiso one from Ji virg George, and mementoes of his uccers from all over the world. But ore than all these he prizes a picture b f a Gypsy tent and wagon and an old il n fe on his desk that he used to writc clothespins wi.li, and sold them for wo cents a dozen. Sometimes when b i i? devil tempts him, and tells him el hat his secret of success is himself, lis personality and magnetism, he . akes ho'd of thqt old knife and look- | ing at the Gypsy tent, he says: J I ;.eie, Devil, f it wasn't for the B Cross cf Jesus Christ I should be in i uy Gypsy tent tonight." If you w?nt to know what I think lias been the secret of my father's I jrcat success on five continents, I ? nould not hesitate a moment in * eying that it has been because he j ' tried to live in an atmosphere of prayer and to live in the sunshine of '?u's love. Montreal's bachelor tax, yield'nj b $100,000 a year, was vo'.ed down. The vote stood 23 to 8 in support of an appeal to the provincial legislature to repeal' the law. ctops J Wm ! Even a little ^ p! j helps to free you from that cold '1 f| and eases the coughing. See i tl directions on bottlo for relieving i L congestion, soothing inflamed, scratchy throats. Ban!.ih that _ ' cold. Now ? don't risif your I _ health through ehoer neglect? ? I ask your druggist for Dr, KINGS DISCOVERY I C "a syrup for coughs & colds tc i .i. i ii ii i L] " 1 "ii?g?LH ill. JpVERY CHURCH BELL ought to bring to memory the days when you - . accompanied your parents 10 divine worship. If you have neglected the habit of regular church attendance let this invite you to start again. *1 You would not care to live in community without churches. Support them with your gifts and your effort They make for better community. Their growth means a better town in every way. 1 Every church in this town is worthy of your support We are all serving one God. Worship in the one in which you feel most-at home. Try our welcome. Episcopal Church. Sunday next before Advent. % Sunday school and Bible class 9: t. m. B. F. Alston, Jr., Supt. At the \1 a. in. and 7:30 p. m. ;v> to the tabernacle for the closi ervices of the evangelistic meetin Tuesday even, 7:30 p. m., Bish "inlay w 11 meet the congregation he church. Matters of' great i .ortance is to come before us at tl iire and every member is asked ancel all engagements and come he Tin hluhnn Tie io nnrnltr o Knoin/ netting. Plerse be present. L. W. Blackwelder, Rector. First Presbyterian Church. Sunday school, 0:30 a. m. (Notl he time). Morning and n'ght worship at t abemacle. Mt. Vernon: Sunday school, 2: ?. m. Preaching, 3 p.' m. J. F. Matheson. B?the]'A. M. E. Church (Colored) 10:00 a. m.?Sunday school. 11:30 a. m.?Preaching; subje The Christians Race." 7:30 p. m.?A. C. p. League. 8:00 p. m.?Preaching; subje The Power of Prayer." Everybody welcome. I wish to thank my white and c red friends for kindness shown di ng the annual conference. L. D. Gamble, Minister. Corinth Baptist Church (Colrired) Sunday school at 10 a. m. The pastor at 11:30 a. m. from t ubject: 4,Cond'tions to Discipleshi] Busy Bee at 6 p. m. B. Y. P. U. at 7 p. m. Preaching at 8 p. m. There will be services at Corin hurch Thanksgiving day. A dinn ill be given to the old people ofst ty at the church, and an .offering w a taken and divided among the c eople. The missionary club will render rrgram Thanksgiving night at 7: m. The public is invited to atte; (lose services. J. S. Daniel, Pastor. With the except on of France, eve r?portant country shows an anno lcrease in population. Brussels has a church clock woui y atmospheric expansion induced 1 ie heat of the sun. Since Russia turned communisl er railway fuel has been wood i tead of coal and oil. iLWAYif TIRED HO AMBITIOt lervons and Dizzy, Ever) thing Seemed to Worry Me, How 1 Got Well Larwill, Indiana.?"My back wao t ad 1 could not do iny washing. I was a ..........mi....H waya tired out ar |i u mt Hll had no ambition, wi nervous and dizz llw, ijraJMUj and everythin | seemed to worry m ' and 1 had awful pair U vHfl fait badly About for *7111 yer.ra and could nc lllllft'' lllll ny work as I lllllffcto* <1111 fihoi'ln hnwA IIIWKT M ^<>r\c. I saw Lydia E lUKr Jm rinkham'o Vege ^fl tablo Compound cue crtised so much and it did ro many pec le good that 1 began to take it myaell am feeling fine now and everyone tell te thoy never saw me looking so well, ve on a farm, do all my work, and hav iree little girls to take care of. I ax 'commending this medicine to m; iends and know it will help them i ley use it like I do." ? Mrs. Hebber' ong, R. R. 3, Box 7, Larwill, Indiana Many women keep about their worl hen it id a great effort. They are al ays tired out and have no ambition fhen you are in this condition give i rompt attention. Take I.ydir. E. Pinkham's Vegetabl ompound, for it is especially adajpte* > correct such troubles, as U did fa irs. Long. * * UNION DRUC phone 1 a11 Notice ng 's' By virtue of ajtnority contained in ] l0P .wo* certain chattel mortgages, exeat utcd by J. C. Deadmon u> H. I. m- Painter, which said chattel mortgages rr iat arc the property cf Mrs. W. D. Mayo aui . a.>d Mrs. L. M. Miller, and are re- <,0( ^ corded in Book G 24, page 692 and jar B. ok G 26, page 122, respectively, in ;ss >he Clerk- of the Court's Office for Union County, South Carolina, I wal hei sell for cash, to the highest bidder, Bii .he following property described in J .he above ment.oned chattel mort- v?. gages, to wit: Three barber shop * chairs, fifteen common chairs, six bar- ?el lc '?tr shop mirrors, plumbing and fix- ^ai urcs and towels, one dresser, ten in I . at hangers and racks, three razors, adc wo straps, two pair hand clippers, :ie electric sign, eight hair gowns, a_ 3C ight breast towels, one vibrator, barbar shop fixtures, on December (8th. .922, at ten o'clock a. m., at the place f business formerly occupied by tne r aid J. C. Deadmon as a barber shop, i n Main Street in the City of Union n? ou.h Carolina. itj ?f Jno. K. Hamblin. ,nfi Utorney for Mrtf W. D. Mayo and . Mrs. E. M. Mil.er, Assignees. oeri 11-23; 12-2 he ct, ' * :?u RemovTpoisonoiu waste irl E^DeKINCS/PILLS ho! hr< News from Howell's Community he ??? j.'* Mr. and Mrs. Se;h Gamer, Mrs. W. s M. Sanders and children, Browney 0 Howell were victors at the home o.' * Mrs. Emma Farr Sunday, th Mr. and Mrs. Toy Proctor and chil ler dren, of Wilkinsvi le, spent Sunda; nr wun mr. ana Mrs. K. B. Bailey, i'l Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Garner, am Id hildren attended the Gipsv Smitl meeting at Union Sunday ni *ht. f Mrs. Francis McCu.lcu^h is spe .d 3C ng several weeks with her brothe. 'leorge Bailey, of Union, nd Mrs. Sallie Trammell has been or he sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Garner an< hildren were the week end guests a ^ iiss Ida Garner. Ia Mr. and Mrs. Seth Garner, Whit rey Farr, Willie Farr, Bowney How MO ell, Gee Garner, Miss Madge Farr at a by >?nded preaching at Lockhart Sun- ci day night. fi tic Grandma Farr, is spending several ei n- days with her daughter, Mrs. W. S. S Sanders. ,, Mrs. Mike Trammell, is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Cat vert Farr at Adamsburg. I SAVED SICK SPELLS 1 r" Black-Draught Found Valuable by ?a a texas rarmer, Who Has a Known Its Usefulness R Over 30 Years. 01 to fd * F01 ls . Naples, Texas.?"! have used Thed- y y lord's black-Draught lor years?1 cah s. g salely say for more than 30 years," de ,e dares Mr. H. II. C'omer, a substantial, iiqi tn well-known farmer, residing out from , I here on Route 3. & ir "I am 43 years old, and when a small a1 it boy I had indigestion and was puny and \\ it my folks gave me a liver regulator. Then n Black-Draught was advertised and we 3. heard of It H "I began to take Black-Draught, and Ji I. have used it, when needed, ever since, di k I use Black-Draught now in my home, and certainly recommend It for any liver j trouble. I "I have given It a thorough trial, and e after thirty years can say Black-Draught _ a is my stand-by. It has saved me many y sick spells." t Mr. Cromer writes that he Is "never ? r out of Black-Draught," and says several w of his neighbors prefer it to any other k liver medicine. "1 always recommend F | Black-Draught to my friends," he adds. ** This valuable, old, powdered liver t medicine Is prepared from medicinal * roots and herbs, and has none of the bad effects so often observed from the use of H/ ? calomel, or other powerful mineral drugs. 1 R. In M>t Inn o.nliin* TWCnui'. r| NC-14fttL. --v,-;. L tMfiA ? * ::W3t UOMPLETE assortment of Evers harps is here You will profit by com' arly to make your gift ions. Dont be a"lact . te shopper"?buy just you want now rather 4take what's left" lptcr. - ,~r r styles and sizes, prices y'" $1.00 up. l VRSffARP ;,v* y ' 'v ; STORE Senator Smith to Speak ? a t<> xr? oj a ^i. Jll II HI?II?llll, ^ ia*f fill"-AUMV11 rk of extending invitations and anting the program of the 11th ah* \\ con-.ention of the United States' d rc ads association, which meete Greenville, S. C., April 16 to 81, 53, is being pushed forward .at the idquartcrs of the association in -mingham. r. A. Rountree, director general, i recently received a letter from lator Ellison D. Smith of Sontfa rollna, accepting life membership the assoc ation and an invitation to \ Ircss the convention. rests May Solve Thefts of Frsi|ki Greenwood, Nov. 24.?Willie Paynf Bill Harris, negroes, are in the r jail, charged with carbreaking larceny fol'owing a s ties of re& ies of freight and express cars on. tracks of the Seaboard Air tlihe, ? ."j them ?railway and Charleston A stern Carolina railroad here, QUI* * * state <hit they have recovered ?e quantities of stolen clothing, ps, meat and other goods. The erican Express company is said . have lost goods valued at $1,806 sugh robbery during the paat ?e months. ECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS L KINDS of plain and some fancy ewing. Apply to Mrs. B. W. Greg* ry at Mrs. Joe Sanders Boarding louse. 1544<8tpd - n n i . ^ v i 4 r 1 NEY TO LOAN?An unlimited ; mount of money to loan on city or ountry property on from one to ve years. This is quick money and an be secured in 10 days' time. . E. Barron. 1544-tf * ' '1 ESII NEW ORLEANS UoUlM' ist arrived; 75c per gallon. J. M. eter, Jr. 154S-4t 5T T oaf ? ?kf -f *1? *-? SuK at. uia uioemacie Mrscnic emblem with wreath round it mounted on a stick pin. eward if returned to Times office, r J. L. Anderson, Carlisle, 8. C. I SALE?Jersey milch cow with oung calf. R. P. Smith, Kelton, . C. ltpd USE FOR RENT?One four-room welling on South street, bath and 1 modem,conveniences. Apply to r. S McLure. 1545-Sa-Tu-tf ast Received Sh'pment Ladies' pek Silk and Wool Hose A Good One For $14)1. Austell's Shoe Store Drlak ''HELEN LAWTON" Cot? .It'* D*Hcfo??. Sold Exclusively By? kv \RRIS-WOODWARD CO. T Good Things to Egft 1 i &