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LAYMEN'S SUNDAY Gov, Ansel and Dr. Smith Were the Speakers Laymen's Sunday was celebra ted hero last Sunday by the Pres byterians in tho auditorium ol' thc Murchison school building. Tho weather was ideal and a tremend ous crowd was out. Every seat was taken when tho exercises were opened and many chairs were placed in tho isle to accomo date those who were unable to get seats. Thc exercises wore opened by tho singing ol' the long meter dox ology "Praise (Jed From whom all Blessings Flow" which was fol - Flowed by prayer by Hr. McLeod, thc Pastor ol' thc Church. Scated on thc stage were thc choir, thc Elders, Governor Ansel, and Dr. Bunyan McLeod. After prayer had been offered Ur. McLeod read thc morning lesson from tho first chapter of Genera) Epistle of J ames. After collection had been takan Dr. McLeod introduced Gov, M. F. Ansel, of South Carolina, who was to bc thc speaker at thc morn ing exercises. In introducing the distinguished speaker Dr. McLeod rcfered to thc fact that thc Chief magistrate of thc United States, thc Governor of North Carolina, and thc Governor South Carolina were God Fearing men and that each of them could and did carry thc message of thc Gospel of Peace to their people. He said that he was proud of this fact and j it was a cause of rejoicing that j such men lilied thc highest ollicc of thc State. In this connection also Dr. McLeod gave tho reason for having a laymen's Sun day, Ile said that he and thc ses sion of thc Church in thinking over ways in which thc religious inter ests of thc people could bc arous ed and bettered hit upon thc plan of having a lrymen's Sunday and Ulis was thc day. Only thc Lay men were to speak and they were to carry thc tidings of thc Iv in dom of God. Ile said that he was glad to sec that thc laymen wore be coming more and moro to realize thc fact they should take more part in werk of this kind and that it resulted in much good. In opening his address Gov. Ansel said that it was always his desire to speak a word for his Master, lie said that ho recog nized thc (iod of Nations and that without him nothing can bc done and ho was always glad tc say a word for him in season and out of season and that it was his priva lego today to say a word in behalf of God. Just hore Gov. Ansel said that it was an old saying that thc best things wore kept for tho hu.4, and that ho was glad it was true to day (Kofcring to Dr. Smith who spoke ath evening ser vice) Gov. Ansel made a simple, strong practical, and very convincing talk on tho subject "Thc Duties of Christan Citizenship". Hand ling this subject in a masterfully way Gov. Ansel said in part as follows: All people are citizens of some country, (Cither of this slate, or some other stale, or sonic count ry. As citizens wo must bc Chris tian Citizens and wo owe this as a duty. lu tho first place wo owe it to ourselves. You owe it to .your mental to your moral, and to ;*our religious man. We must take caro of our physical body if wo arc good citizens. Wc must bo as near a perfect physical man as wo can and for this reason athclotics When conducted properly arc all right, Wc should preserve our bodies perfect which God has giv en us, Wo should hot contami nate our bloood with any aleholoc ic drinks as this is a vertiable poison. We should not bo a glut ton. Many a niau has killed him self by overeat ino. Wc should no! destroy our phisical man and to this Olid wo should live clean lives. Wc owe it to our montai niau thal we direct our reading and study along tho right linos so that our mental capacities hay tho right training. Wc owe it to our religious man that wc arc true christians, that wc let tho world know under whose banner wo arc marching. Lot it bc known that wo follow Christ and are good sol diers of the Cross booth away and at home. Many a man when he gets away from homo is ashamed of his religion and tries to hide il but we have no moro more right to hide otu1 religion away from home than wo have at home. Wo should at all times bc soldiors of Christ and let it bo known by our walk and conversation. 'Jud wc owe a duty to our fellow man. "Am 1 my brother's keep er?'' is r question which has often been asked. And thc answer is yes. Von arc your brothers keep er. Sonic people arc pessimists. They never sec any good either in themselves or anything around them. They go along with their heads down and never sec the beautiful and bright things in this beautiful world. On all sides arc thc beauties of nature, thc blue of thc sky painted by tho masters hand, the green grass, and all thc beautiful flowers and yet thc pess imists never see these. Wc owe it to our brother to speak well of him. Wc should practice broth erly love. Love is all powerful. Often ene little word of sympa thy and encouragement will bring untold good. Often we speak one little word against a man and it groes and groes until it reaches mountainous propotions and wc should guard against this. Thc trouble with this is that wc are all sellish and need to get this selfish ness out of our herat and the love of Cod implanted therein. Thor wc would bc kinder te our brothel and encourage him. Al) men ncct sympathy. There is no mort? hut what needs sympathy, good example of this is seen Ol thc streets everyday. You g< down street in thc morning am you greet one man who replie with a surly growl while anothe responds with a cheery "Goo; morning". Now which one cl you like better ? The man with th gruff greeting you think of as bc ing in trouble. Either he is dys peptic, or else mubo he has had "curtain" lecture before lcavinj borne. Anyway you arc cor tai; that something is wrong becaus of tho way in which lie spoke Husband's should encourag 'their wives in their household du ties. Thc wife has thc same dut; over and over day by day, year b; year, and knows how to apprcci atc a word of encouragement WiVcs are their husband's bes advisers and critics and they stair closer than anyone else. Yo should encourage your chi hire and get into their confidences Often a man is worried an tries to get rid ol' thc child but li soon ld be companionable and cn courage and sympathize with it What is a better sight tba seeing a sen walking withins fath cr arni in arm, companionable And thc same way with t he motile and daughter, or with tin? daughte and father or with the mother am son. Our brother needs our en couragernent, our sympathy an our love, and it is due everyon that we fulfill this Christian duty Wc arc only here a short l ime 0 earth.. It is simply a period a pr< bation and then wc pass on. Th i is a preparatory period for tb hereafter, and we should all per form this duty as well as wc ea so that when we eoine at last t lay down our lives we can loo back and be satisfied as far as rnoi tal can be. 3rd, We owe a duty to our eour try and our state. There is not greater thing than law, that si len monarch which stands alike at th door of the humblest hut and th richest castle. The silent protect ing arm of thc law is around u no matter where we go. If on person visits another country an is mistreated the whole Tuite States is behind him and will SC that justice is done. Thc law jealous of thc rights of thc ci ti/.ci and should bc. I >o wo not the o.ve it a duty ? It is our duty t uphold thc law and the oflicci who administer it. Wo should put down lawlessness and wc owe it us a duty to the state and nation that wc make the best citizens that we can. Wc should see that right is done even lo the humblest. ?Uh, Tho duty wo owe to (?od. This is the greatest duty of all. Hero wo aro placed in a lund ol' bibles and churches and car. wor ship under our own vine and tig tree and in what manner we. choose. Then do we not owe a iluty toGod who has given us all this? (?oil eau take us away in tho twinkling of an eye. No one eau look around in thc world ami doubt that there is a God. Ile made tho stars, and tho sun, tho seasons day and night. Look how tho planets move in tho way (?od fixed for them without swerving one inch from thc path. Ho expects that wc bc Christian citizens and wc owe it as a duty to him. We will soon bo called before thc Bur of God and we should perform that duty as well ?as we can. It is pleasant for brethren to dwell to gether in unity and wc arc all serving the same God. Denomina tions do not matter for they are all advancing thc kingdom of God. Thc teachers have a great privi lege. They prepare the sons and daughters and sond them forth lo spread thc word and it goes on and on reaching up to thc throne of G race. Gov. Ansel closed by saying that as all knew he was a very busy man but he couldn't help hut com ing here today for thc privilege of talking upon this subject. And his linal words were, "May you all say as the sacred writer said. 'My citizenship is in heaven.'" At the close of this Dr. McLeod ollorod a fervent prayer and aftci . nother hymn thc congregatior was dismissed until evening will thc benediction. THE EVENING KXKKCISES. The evening exercises wore opened at M o'clock. Seated on tin stage were thc ciders, Kev. E I Rushton, Kev. R E Tumipseed Dr. Henry Louis Smith, Dr. Bun yan McLeod, and the choir. Thi first song was MIs thy heart righ with God f After one more hymi had been sung prayer was raadi by Kev. B P Rushton. Then thi singing of the laymen's hymn wa; followed by the reading of thc 3r< chapter of tho book of Daniel b; Dr. Smith. Prayer was offered b.^ Kev. Tumipseed and then Dr McLeod introduced Dr. I leur; Louis Smith, thc President o Davidson College, who was to bi the speaker of the evening. Taking as his subject "Shad radi, Mcsach and Abednego," Dr Smith held thc audience closely His presentation of this subjec and thc lessons from it was spion did and all were delighted witl speaker. Thc following is a short sum mary of his subject: All are hen worshipers. rCvcryonc has hi ideal and is striving for it. Wha one person's ideal is like woidd b scorned by another. Ambition are different und ideals are differ ont. Hut all admire courage Courage is honored tho world over Physical courage is applauded b; thc people and the world is com ing slowly to appreciate mora courage, that which dares to di tho right, that courage which i far more less appreciated by me today than physical courage. Then Dr. Smith drew a pictur of Babylon at thc time of Daniel Then Babylon was in all her glory All the nations of the earth bow cd before her. Kgypt, Assyrin and even Palestino had been coi quered. The. little land of the Ii raelites had felt the heavy hand c tho King of Babylon and Jems* lcm had been laid in ashes and th people carried captive to a strang land there to pine away by th rivers, Then tho speaker touche on thc picture of the three hcroo! The King, Nebuchadnezzar, ha made a golden image anil eon manded that when tho trump* blew, and tribes were to fall dow and worship or they would be cai into tho burning bery fumar* lloro tho three Israelites were pi< tu roil. On one side lav a lair road apparently. The favors of thc King, tlie power and glory of the earthly rule and the seats of the mighty for they had been trained in all thc wisdom of the age. All they had to do was to fall down and worship the imago. On the other hand if they refused to do this they would be east into the furnace and meet a horrible and agonizing death. This meant sac rifice of home, friends, all the glory and honor of the world. Dr. Smith gave some of the probable temptations which tho Devil whis pered in their ear such as thc worshiping of the imago was only a royal custom, and then that old rule "When in Babylon do as tho Babylonians do." Or probably the Devil argued with them that they ought to clo this in gratitude for what thc king had done for them. Also he probably argued with them that it was God's hand in this and that if they would wor ship thc King they could arise t? power and probably have the chance of reseuirg their people who were groaning on every side. But to all this they gave the strong answer, "We will not servo thy god old king." Such moral cour age as took to say that word. A brave thing indeed for they were all alone in all those thousands. It is easy to bc a . hero when thc cheering multitude is behind you, or on a battlefield when the con flict has turned your blood into lire and when you know that thc whole nation is behind you, but when these three men knew as they did that they were alone and had to dio that frightful death it was a brave thing to answer as they did. And what was the secret of their moral courage? "Our (Jod whom wc serve he will deliver us. The secret of their sublime courage was their sublime faith. They trusted in God and they delied the power of this earthly king. Inside tho fiery furnace Christ was wait ing for them as he is always wait ing for his followers to lead them safely. Through all tho ngCc this has ever been, lt is thc great faith in God which has enabled thc matyrs of the ages to die in prison, on the rack, and by the flames without Hindling. They knew that God was with them. On moun tain heights and in the deepest dungeon God's power goes. And thc story of these three he roes is told today and the power of Babylon has long since passed away. God has drawn the images of these three men across the path way of the centuries. Thc name of Babylon and her King and glory has survived simply because they came across the path of these men. And one lesson which Dr. Smith impressed was that all moments und events in our lives are not of equ.il importance. In one short moment may be crowded the. des tiny ol'our lives. The crisis may come in some moment. Then thc battleground ol' the soul will wit ness a sterner conflict than took place on the heights of Thermo plyee or thc plains of (Gettysburg. It behooves us to be on the watch. This moment w ill not come with the blowing of trumpets or the ciy of tho thousands. Itmay conic in the dead of night when we are all alone or a*, any moment. It comes silently. Therefore we should always be on our guard and act as conscience dictates. When you are tempted remember these three heroes and till thc heroes of tho past ages and have the cour age to answer no. I-A Y .MK N's SUNDAY A SUCCESS. Laymen's Sunday was a great success. Dr. McLeod and the members of bis church are gratifi ed at the great interest shown. The Baptists had no services on last Sunday and that night the Methodists also joined in the ex ercises of lay men's Sunday, lt is expected that much good will re sult from the meeting and that re ligious interest will be aroused a inong the laymen to a great de gree. w 11K it KT ii R v w i : i ; R i?: N T K KIA I N R I >. Gov. Ansel came in ni Saturday night and was entertained at the i homo of Mr. I> L) McColl. lie was given an automobile l ido on Sunday evening around town and over the county. The Governor enjoyed his stay very much and was delighted with Beimettsville. Ile returned on Monday morning to Columbia. Dr. Smith came in Saturday morning and was entertained by Dr. McLeod. Ho loft -Monday morning also having other engage ments to speak. The Dr. is a charming man and a fine speaker and is in great demand. Mo was also pleased very much with Bon nottsville and her people. AN ENJOYABLE RECEPTION Pleasant Entertainment at home of Mr. and Mrs. Howell. Thursday nignt March 12th at the pleasant and hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Howell on Robeson street a most enjoy able reception and entertainment was given. A couple ol' dozen young ladies, with as many ele gant young gentlemen were invit ed, and by nine o'clock had arriv ed, and soon all present were in the midst of the most genuine en joyment. Tho Howell home is very attrac tive and spacious a splendid place for an evening's enjoyment-wide halls and large spacious parlors brilliantly lighted, thc Bennetts ville String Band furnished music for the occasion. Some of vari ous kinds were participated in, thc young gentlemen trimmed thc la dies hats, which were varigated specimens of millinery proficiency. A prize was awarded to the best trimmer, also one to thc least of an export in this new departure. Thc beautiful strains of music not only were cxhilcrating and enlivening to the merry pleasure seekers but was enjoyed by thc residents who were so fortunate as to reside with thc sound limit ol' thc thrilling strains. At 10,30 the young ladies escorted thc young gentlemen to the spacious dining room, (as this was a leap year party) where long tables covered with spotless white Tin nen, flowing from beneath the numerous varieties of cake, fruits and cream. The happy young folks lingered until the hand on the dial painted to .12 o'clock, when they were admonished that it was time to separate and dis perse. All left in the most happy frame ol'mind, voting Mr. and Mrs. Howell many thanks for pro viding such an enjoyable enter tainment. This was given in honor of Miss Lila Howell, daughter of thc host and hostess, wdio for some months has resided in Wilmington, and was at home for a short visit and vacation. Mr. Mitchell, railroad agent at Maxton, N. C., a most excellent young gentleman was present by special invitation, also three gen tlemen from Pennsylvania, who I by their genial and pleasant man ners rendered themselves most a greeable. The iee cream of several flavors, and tempting cake were greatly enjoyed. Such occasions are happy epochs in the lives of those who participate. "Ditto." CLIO NEWS NOTES j Doings of a Week at Our Neigh boring Town. Clio, March 16-The Misses Al ma and Lizzie Quick of Rowland, N C, spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in town. Miss Al ma will be at the horne of Mr Mar shal Maiming making dresses. Miss Florence Edens one of our eflicient and worthy young ladies has taken a place with Mr Mittle in Beimettsville where she will be [ pleased to serve her Clio friends. When your correspondent en tered the Murchison school audi torium on Sunday bc was forced to admire the city like perfection ol' its adornments and soe how fortu nate a town is with such a friend as Mrs Beckwith. The auditorium was soon lilied with an audience of Marlboro county's best pcoploall ot' whom heard tho excellent talk of Governor Ansel upon thomo of Christain citizenship. Thc heart of Marlboro is apparently with him which hr knows and appreci ates at its l ull value. Mrs Levy ol' Atlanta is visiting tho family of her brother Mr Joe straus. The cotton fields hore are about bare of the blue cotton, left over from thc 1907 crop, which hangs along from 0 to 7 cents, and thc cotton buyers scorn to dread it oven at price. For several weeks the Octoraro cotton mills at Ked Bluff have been closed down for an indefinite period. lt is a great pity that this property should lie idle with such a great water power already in harness. Mr and Mrs () D Fitz have re turned from thc burial of Mrs Helen Palmer of North Carolina mother of Mrs Fitz and is well known herc as a quiet friendly, Christian woman. Mr D J) McLaurin has returned from Highsmith hospital in Fay etteville, N C, where he carried a child for an operation which has been successfully performed and the little fellow is doing well. Its grand-mother Mrs W 1) Pate is with it now and expects to return with thc child in a few days. Our townsmen, Messrs J II Stanton, Alva Newton and R L Bennett are jurors at court this week. Mr W S Thomas has opened up a new grocery and clothing busi ness near the post ofticc. Dr Milton Wright of North Carolina spent Sunday with thc family ol' II ll McLaurin Esq. Mortgagee's Sale. Notice is hereby given that un der and hy virtue of the power contained in a certain chattel mort gage executed to us by G C Min son on the 3rd day of Dee i907, and recorded in the Clerk's office on the 23d day of Dec 1907, and also contained in a chattel mort gage given to us by same party on thc 13th day of April, 1907, and I recorded on the Kith day of April, 1907, in the Clerk's oilice for Marl boro county, we will sell before the court house door in Benncttsville on the First Monday in April next, during legal sale hours to thc high est bidder for cash, the following personal property, to wit: 1 black horse named Campbell] 1 black horse named "Judge"; 1 bay marc named "Annie"; 1 bay horse named "Henry"; 1 black horse named "Dan"; 1 black horse named "Watson"; 1 bay horse named "T C"; one sorrel mare named "Weatherly"; 1 black marc named "Nellie"; 1 black mare named "Crosland"; 1 bay mare named "Little Bay"; 1 bay mare named "Bay Mare"; 1 gray mare named "(bay marc"; I sorrel horse named "Sorrel"; ono sorrel horse named "Side Wheeler"; 10 sets buggy harness' singh1; 1 sets bug gy harness, double; 9 buggies; 2 saddles; 2 riding bridles and blank ets; 1 three-seated carriage; 3 two seated carriages; H extra polcs;G lap robes. The same having been seized hy ns as mortgagee nuder tho powers given in said mortgagees and to be sold to satisfy the debts secured by said mortgages and thc costs, ex penses and so forth. This properly is now in our pos session, and persons desiring to purchase can see tho same before tho day of sale. Union Savings Bank By W S Mowry President. Benncttsville, S C, March 18th, I OOH. 12-14 Notice. Wc have moved our insurance ofliec into front room of Planters National Bunk building on corner. We will as usual be glad to see our friends and customers at any time. Crosland & Tyson Co, 12 A. 1>.