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HE AmricanThank- -A vested with a pro found significance, a blending of reverent appreciation for the - blessain gs o f t he twelvemonth. and a poignant regret that so many mem- 3 " - Z bers of the World Family are mn the red agony of wvar. The Thanksgiving, definitely established after national stress and travail, is tend:er with sym pathy and brotherhoodl, and, wvhile - - One gives fre3ely of thanks to his Crea tor, freely, likewise, (does he give of love for his fellors. it is the most human of seasons, in which man~ should, and (does, followv the eternal. lesson of the Great Teacher. Thanksgiving is elemental in the soul of man and It probably found its first expression, not in peace, but aft er conflict in the early twilight of - history, when some of the hairy men, who had awakened to the mystery and majesty of the sun as the giver of good things, raised their scarred arms toward it, reverent and tri umphant, their grateful gutturals vole- la t Thursday in November. it sine that crisply show ivory whIte and pale ing thanks for victory. has thus been obsrved, emerald, and translucent, liquid ruby. And this primitive thanksgiving will So it is that in 1915 the people of In the turkey at this season there be multiplied and intensified a thou. the United States give thanks, not are the pride of' country, the religious sandfold at the expiration of the for a war over, with the combatants sense of a nation and its sustaining oresent ar-and not for the victory putting aside the sence of murder hopefulness, the racial family spirit but for the coming of peace. In the for the scie of constructive thingS that "makes the whole world akIn," intoxication of bloody triumph there and resolutely facing the future, but and the very essence of pleasing can be little of the deep, spiritual because the country Is at peaoo with plenty, thanksgiving; for, despite the gigan- its wor-d brothers and looks toward tic slaughter that has made this c taking tho inpartial part in the brint tury the Crimson age, the world is ig about of the penoe of l~urope- THE THANKSGIVING FEAST still one big family wvith interests so andi of the woral, Dr. Carleton Simon, closely interrelated that none is un- the distiniguished neurologist, recent-Ti ste(a conflict~beor thoesin feast.lype ce affected by the struggle, And none ly, whlilo discussing "war' as an nte~it A rack of sto leouds they wt i warn will give thanks, even with the prizo nl'vouis filtioni and its trientment lng, of victory, for having made widows and its cure," madeonn inter'ating signals the valley, west to east. and orphans by the hundreds of thou- diagnosi of the condition of the Wh'ef,elds and roads tomorrow morn sands. United Stteo, it may be tenssuring But thugh the farmhouse kitchen glows In the real thanksgiving there is to har from uneh tin eminent author- A tight to gladden saint or siner, neither exultation nor pride; no re- ity, who regards the mo'e than i,. While Nel, and Margaret, and ruos . And hispriitie tankgivng ill So i istha In191 th pepleo Mn te ready or thsivin diner ection of bitterness or hate; but a 000,000 Uitmat beings in the present- akhere fotk thving iner. sweet realization of the kinship of all for atof a veignti composita, thtat i men baore the Great Father. thoro i no feat of Unelo S rm "'ying The pantry shelves are lined with cakes In certain early and oriental litur- off the handle," Of (Iaky erust and fragrant sweeuing, gies was the Great Thanksgiving, now FordGttnha napd" Q tis imch Marret's spoo> is beat replaced by the preface and part of ny lie, "That is thte special oea ing,. the anon The thee isthe ene al- i for thankcsgiving. But mny net 'he sideboard gleams in .jeweled tight Th an oin g Thn ther iso the Comna the whle world com e to find eause Wth amer quine and rub~y jelly. Pryeankgvn colc n te tid pa e for real thankgiving in the new spirit Wrought by the hugance of Roe and rar a lect of the erd placen derived and nourishod by the tragedy Nelly, andm eenprand of the ore ormitny of titl wr?" aut te Thnkgning pryr wadohch wity Contrast thosq typionl rural Thankq. A stir of eager girlish feet maket the hancensen whichy, while giving picture with some of the fai. Aeros the ancent oaken flooring. maed buny teinsoenes of prayer ha ly groups and of Atnstnance oprn A hurst of laughter, bubbling swet than lghtsomenesthat goodll chb- tions within the wr-smitten territory, \Vith mirth andl confIdence outpouring. anrvd langther U is e t at es annly b nd, if you be apart from wnti, yo A rlin g jest. an a estrtuck sigh In te beinnng o theobswill fool n pnng of kotn'st commisorn- knowledge. rae was th ba eginning of the obervance tion and a regrt that nll of' the world's Oh. never hours spedt merrier y was da se aprt y te Pymouth ntrtuggling family should not he shnr.- For thriee fair cousins home from cel Pgrims, In 1621, In acknowledgment lng the 'penco.nnd-plenty cotnditions lege! of their first harvest' in America, It I hses h ttkyI h )r1 ana petiaedappomnytes by an alIke of petao anti of penty, it is the ieneath the kitchen rooftree brown, annul fstivl apoined y the birt'i, liktowise, of sacrlifloe-but not or n ith weathered tile arnd rough-hewn governor. its national celebration, In bur'nt of~arlng-andl fnOs to its n il , ~Virtmerie r ok on recognition cofm m ende ar' b lesi ngs, pointed n di with wvitat peenm a like n A hundred years of' toil and aughteri wti irs re om e de y procama- conscious dignity of the part it playa \Yhat echoes of hmbg-vanished feet onsu tthe city of Now York, in the gr'atpful ge t St ir Lu the shadows evecrlasting! in issued at GereWsigowhVhtfna hat far-off voi'eit. youung and sweet, int 1789, byf or gb e rv a sh tnce T u vo f i h m o e h oni nh'aii and iim , romr other (ays of feast and fasting ! Notembrt for o bsevatnyea r hu ay, piressIve for a butd than to be fated to Novembr b2 twee tht yea tes i e o toi i ish happ an ent Ire natioii? ,romorrow, through the drifted snows, he n thar betweenished s a e a the ionaitl bre, golde p riod thi o sie W ith hearts aglowv for sm ile and gr'eet. day.n Ithat beentabiherefore nai n l b ony a remnote ymbol, The Tihanies, lng, dy Ithaboo beenrotherfr, sanctified giving bird Is magically trannfol'mt@l Nely. and Margaret, ard stose era ho ied ot llioa tmptig ting f i n il walk across the hills to meeting. b y th en bo or of r oth r sn w ob s ev a n ot d or a t m in t i i g f p l t lrin f1 (il ang els join th em as th ey r 'ise t vanw ras c am e currin Pre se rntc e od r, an OY .etntranting vision .f Th~e old hymns dear to dead andi living. ci was pOcobe, b863 whoesident L- glitning brown fi bronse antd brig. And blend the feasting and the praise the ng n it trin ttenant ofthe ieti ito one (ay of pure thanksgiving. c o i n i n c t o e r , 1 8 6 3 w h f i e d h e n g i i t t r i n t t e d a n t o f t h e f i e d - M a h e l E~ a r le , i n Y o u t h 's C o m p a n i o n . INTERSTIN BIT Resmblig a large tracing whieel Is Sydney, N. S. W., now has a benzol --a German inventor's device that accu plant. The American mountain sheep are ratehy measures irregua ie,'lorltv auso aiu id the greatest leapers in the world. A muscle from ars lgnis. utlie of aretv vadeterine varou kinds The British government is establisht- by a Fretnch iomentorg' ing as devied of wit ar metdinned by X-'rays ig a very powerful wireless station receives and records wrelessvientas vcictntistsmto.nete yFec VninJaca Pstelaigstt nteseeat, compressed and formed Into -Statistics have shown that Amern Vprodu tion i thf ladist te ienth s et, i s rl acng cork in Germany cant telephone ope.'ators answer calls - rnk ei son d- o ~tn, e m n as at naulating material againtl ieaf t~v wo (eonds1 (quicker than their IEng ra kigh e n d . St ts b r a f s an dc old- lish cousins. dadTh as Unevet opSdates eb retu therma- Enland and Wales together hatve 40 i-~xperiments in rice cultivation lb 'hacric hast flveor~d theiurt ofhpetn- specal schools for the blind, 51 for the Porto Rtico give promise of the iand e~etnc tstforth Ithrtyof lai- he? nd 2' for othierwise defective btecominig at)niportant producer of FISH DYNAMITER KILLED BY BLAST COMPANIONS ARRESTED.-GAME WARDEN OFFERS REWARD FOR ALL OFFENDERS. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina Peo pie, Gathered Around the State Capitol. Columbia. Alfred A. lihardson, chief game warden. said a fetwc days ago: "1". l. Grubhle, gane wardlen front Clarendon county, has been in to see me relative to some dyniito cases in his county. According to Mr. (b-umtable's statement, three 1n( gr.oes nasmed Dickson and another negro n'ale( Tom Brown went to ('ClIdo lake, near Davis Station, No vember I and were dynamiting the lake for the purpose of taking fish. It seenis that one of the negroes. Frazier Dickson, was haldling the dynaiito and either cut his fuse too short or the fuse was defective. At any rate the dynamite exploded pre maturely, killing Frazier. None of he other negroes was injured. Game Wardell Grumble immediately got on the job, with the result that Tom Brown and the uthr two Dicksons have been placed in jail, charged with ciolating section 757 of the criminal code of 1912, which section imposes a pentalty of $500 for dyna miting any of the streatlis, lakes or waters of the state for the purpose of taking fish. "This is the second case of dynamit ing that has comae to my notice re cent'-y. Rlecently I attended a pre liniI nary trial at Bllackville of two white mien, charged with dynalitilng fish in the Edisto river, but we failed to get a conviction. as the only wit ness we had was a negro aned his tes timony was not con1sidered by the court to- he sufficient. "These dynamite cases are the hardest that I have to contend with. 'ihe crime is always committed in a lonely spot and the violhtors use every precaution toward secrecy. It M0111m from Mtr. Grumltlible's stateenlll t that he has absolute proof on the Clarendon county netgroes, and al though it is to be regretted that one of the party was killed, nevertheless an example should he made of the others. A few esamplea throughout the state will go a long way toward breaking up this dyt~aniting business and if It is not broken up, it is just a matter of time before all of the fish in our streams will be killed. When a charge of dynamite is flrod In a stream the man shooting the dynamite usually gets Ur.ywhere from five to 20 good sized fish. This In it self wouIld nIot be 50 disaustrious, but thlat samne explosition kills hlundredC~s of smaller fish and1( man iInstances (destroys millions of eggs. "After COnlsidering tihe gravity of the malltter I have decidied, as chief' game warden, to make tile followlng offer: To an~y person1 or persons who wuill furnlih ev'idn1ce suffic~int to conviet atty one0 of dynamiting fish, T will pay tile sumf of $50) (1nsh. 1, hlowever,. reserve the rIght to reject any13 testimtony thtat is noCt (competent."' 3,000 FIsh For Broad River. TPhroulgh tile efforts of Congressman Wyatt Aiken, 1 the ihery dep1ar'tmlent of the~ UnT~itedl States has1 ju~st put 3,.000 black bass, alverain g- abouit thre1e iniches lon1g, In liroadi river' above Parr Shloals--onte-thilrd of th1em1 at D~aw kills, a lthIird at St rothlers and a thlird at Uiitrs. The expert from Wash mtgton,. Mr. Suddu~lth I ho h~lOlandlied tile fih, says Uroad liver Is p)Onllarly suttable for' tile raisinig of tihe black hass. Peeples Will Be Candidate. Talomlas 11. Peopleii s, attIorney gent oral, 1ann1oun11ed that1 lie would be0 a CandCIid.a to for re-elec'tion1 nlext year. IMdr. P eoplies is se'rvling hIs seconld term, ha11ving been eIcetedi ii 1912 and re-electedl in 1914-. Many Good Postoffices. iSpieiai froml WashlIigtott. ---There' postoffices, nerorin ig to a sitatement Issued wihere* tile inlenmhi nt s have not bleen appo)iiinted Simt P Mriih 4. 191 :. antd it is Itindlated( that the plum tree may soon1 hei sihak1(e. These o'I'fflces are as follows : I amb)ert'g. J ishioipville, Ulranehillle, i 11 eamd (CIIntral, ('lbs ter o lutmbia, iDarlin,:ton, D~enmark, Mill, Grieer, Hloneal Pathl, Johnston, Kershaw, Lamar, McCr,rmtick, Orange burg, Prosp~erity, Itidgeway, Itock 11111, Printing Pian't At Asylum. A small prnintinig plant is uclng oh';rated by patienits at tile State Tios pital for- tile Insane. A small hatnd pre was r'eently iniva1l and1( the plant Is a part of tihe oc'cupational treatmetnt for t he ptien its, wichI Is proving a fine surr''''s at thle insfti. tionl. "Tile pre''.s i being opterated by tihe patients,"' sid~ C. I redl William is, wilhl 1me00n a 'onsidte -able Savinlg to tile state. We exp--t toi trajn the pa ientts atnd simple14 job 1 will be turnled DVal' to thn nl1ant" Tobacco Peddlers Must Register. It has been brought to the atten tion of I). C. Heyward, collector of internal revenue, that some of the latnufacturers or wholsale dealers or traveling representatives of these concerns may have unintontionally violated the federal law covering ped dlIers of tobacco. It has boon report 0(1 that Wholesale dealers and ianu fa cturers have, through their repres entatives, sol(1 dlirectly to retail deal era without having their representa tives register with the collector of in ternal revenue as peddlers. Subsection 11 of section 3244 of the revised statutes proviide that any person Who ofiers to sell and (10 liver manufactured tobacco, snuftf, cigars or cigarettes, traveling from )lace to place, in the town or through the country shall be regarded as a peddler in tobacco, and section 3381 provides that every peddler of tobacco before conmmencing husiness or if he has already conmienced, before con tinuing to peddle tobacco shall fur nish to the collector a statement ac curately setting forth the place of his resicdence and the state or stat :!s through which he proposes to travel, whether he proposes to sell his own manufacture of the manufacture of others, and if he sells for other par ties the person for whom he sells. Tiis peddler is rel:Ired to give boaal inl the sum1 of $500, said bond to be apl)provedl by the collector. It is therefore held by the depart tm'nt thati a traveling representative of :a manufacturer or wholesale dealer should not deliver cigars or tobacco inl any form11 upon receipt of an or der. Should he do so, he would he E'onsideredh a peddler, and for failure to register with the collector would he liable to the penalties prescribed by law. Nine Big Craft to Charleston. Washington. -- The Second and10 Third division of the Atlantic fleet, inic'cllding the battleships South Caro lina. Utah, Michigan, Kanisas, Florida, Virginia. Georgia, New Jersey and Ithode Island andt a flotilla of torpedo boats, sublinarines anl other naval craft will be ordered to Charleston du rin g the convention of the Southern ('Otinler icial tongress thet e I )eectber 13 to 17. S 'cretary I)anics so notilied c.ificials o fthe congress in rexs)nse to their request that warships be scnt to ('ha rlc'ston during the contven 1 ion. A feature of the sessions will be a ('elel'ation of the Wnih aniilvr'i'satry of the conclusieion of the War f1'e(we'eni the St at cs. Both Secretary I)aaIlel and e ( ret aiy (arisen are cx ectedl to elclivc-r acldresses. Officials of the congress announ0c111ied( that. South Carolina antliorities hadl pronised to mobilize the State Not tonal Guard at ('harleston Ituring the convention. One of the features of ihe c Oinven t.ion will be a general discussion o the national defense problem. Bryan Sends Gift to Manning. A highly polished, miniature stee plowshare has been presented to th< State of South Carolina by Willian Jenuings Bryan. The glt, which bear: the following wvording, wvas senit it Gcov. Main iizg's office: "To the State of South C'arolina fromi Williami Jeniningi I3ryan. "Not hiniig is II nal between friends. "TI'V,. shall beat their Sword(s inito "f)ipilomiacy is the art of k.eepinig Militia Will Soon Be Paid. Thei inil Iitiai comnpan iis whii c-l were ini service in (hlecstciiniuing andc afiter Ithe mrec-et miiun icipa 1 e1(lectioln will be pa id as soon1 as all the expense accounets ha vc b~cen sent to the eofficec of thle adjuttan t general. The neces sariy funds wvill1 be borrowved from a Charlest on banik and wvil be do(istrzih tutedl immediately. Practically all thle expense aiccounits have beeni received, andi it is esti mated that the expenldi. tuure wvil1 aggregate $8,750. New Enterprises Authorized. T1hie M (Faddeni-Millsaip companuliy of SardiiIa has been e'ommlissionied with a (api tal of $5,000. Tihec pet itioniers are W. L,. Millsap, L. 11. Mc-laddeln andc TI. M . Mc-Fad dini. Th e se-cetaryv of state has isstced a commiuission~ to S. L~. Miller & Son of C olnumbia, withl a capital of $1,5010. The pet itiloners are S. l . Miller and S. L,. Mill-r. .' Thiie seccretaray oif state has issued a <hlarter tc, Ilhe Modlertint'uniturec C'omplany of liartsvjic with a caplital of $15.0' n. Th'le oficers are: J1. M. lilackIcwe'll, president; A. L. Iiiackwell, vice tresidlent and tr'easurerr and S. L.. IIIc k will, sac-ret ary and nmanager. Mackcurcll-l hirt Comnpany of York has benI mssli')1 i 5ondcc by the secre. tar'y of state, withI a capital of $101,000. The E. l'. Mobley Company of Lit. the I tck has been coimmissioned with a caita ul of $2,000. Theli P'iedmont Motor C'ompany of Grc'enwocdc has been commuissionedl with a capital of $1 0,000. The D ariington I nsura nce and In. Vestmnent c'omp~any lhas been charter. ed wvithi a canital of $10,000, The oTi, ((ers are: \V. L,. Wait, President; A. Hyvman, vice pres5ident; B. WV. Walt, secretar'y, andt J. S. M~cInnes, treas The C. F. Power ('agh Grocery Com-. PanIy of Anderson has beenf c:harutered with a ('apital of $1,000. The Bank of Whitmire has be-en c;har'tered wilth a capital of $1 0,t)0. The Domus coi'noradoni of (Chicor a in Charleston county, has been (liar 'eredl by the secretary of state, wit) NEWnog SUNDAYS10OO (Dy E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of Sunday School Course of Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1915, Western Newspaper Uniopi) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER '21 JONAH A MISSIONARY TO NINEVEH. LESSQN TOX'--Jonah 3:1-10. GOLl)J:N TitX'T--Gu ye therefore, and mrakle disciples of all nations, baptising them into the nane of (he Fiather anti of the Son and of the holy Spirit; teaching thorn to obse-ve all things whatsotver I cornmand you; and In, I an with you al wa ys, even unto the end of the world. Mutt. 28:19, 20 R. V. The story of Jonah is one of the most famous and most ii. arestirng in the 1iible. In former series of lessons more extended use has been made of the book giving time to discuss its historicity and other questions in volved. 'T'his time only one reference is used and that for the purpose of its missionary teaching. We accept the record of the book literally because similar facts are recorded in profane history but chiefly beuauso of the tes, timony and tie usage made of it by Jesus (see Matt. 12:40; 10:4 and Luke 11:30). 1. The Prophet Proclaiming, vv. 1-4. Jonah "paid the fare" (1:3) and "out of the depths" (Ps. 1:;0:1) God de livered him- that. he might fulfill hi:; God-appointed task. Even so the na tion of Israel is today crying from out of the depths of its woe among the nations and will certainly n0 "deliv ered" when the king comes, that it may take its rightful place and fulfill its 1God-appointed tasks. It is a won dorful testimony of God's grace (vi) that God's word came to Jonah a "sec ond tie." Once he ran from God's comand but God is the God of the gospel of a "second chance" and a third if only we repent and die his commands, but God does not give a "second chanco" to the unlrepentant t Nuni. 1-1.-0--15). Verse two explicitly sets forth thI messago Jonah is to de liver even Ho we are to proclaim the Gosi l I see I ('or. 15: 1-i) nit the spec ulations of men nor the subtleties of philosophy. 'lire mIess'nger of God will find his 11'sige in the word of (odl and will declare it. It is th word which 1''rveais God's love, his pan of salvation, and the destiny of the saints. "fly tie foolishness of lirenehi Ig'' lien will he savel. The word "preach" literally means "to cry out" or "call out." and implies that earla.stlness and insistelee needful for a true advocate or witness of God. Rtut the power is not in us; it is not the word of God mlogled with the the ories of meni, or with such added to the word. The Bible is the soul win ners tie staff. Nineveh, vast magnif icent and wealthy could not atone for its wickedness; its greatness only aggravated its condition. Jonah did not spend any time to acquaint him self with cond(itions or to (10 sight seeing but cried, ''yet forty days, and Ninevehl shall be overthrown." When lie explicitly and1 minutely obeyed andi dlelivered G;od's message he at onces arlouised and arrested the atteni tion of tile city. lie d1id not attemplt to p)resent "credentials," nor exIplain or detfond his message. lie did not soek to harmonize it with "cur rent thlought" nor give it a "miodl ern'l expression."' H e was blunt and wi thout comprom)ise but gave an opiportunIity for repenIItance. II. The People Penitent, vv. 5-10. Nineveh paid inmmediate 1heed( to the lnan who did niot slur over God1's wan in1g. Had the city continuedl in sin, It had not been delivered. Ninovoh did four' thiings andl as a resuilt they were saved: (1) Th'ley believed, "believed God(" (v. i) . All tru 3 repe)ntance is conditioned upon accepting (God at his word (John 13 :20). (2) They evidlencedl humiliation (v. 6). They gave such ovidence b~y humbling them. solves in the night of God from the king upon the throne to "even thd ieast." There was no app~larent attempt to (quatlify Or to evade God's dlecree, but rather to accept it and b~y taking a proper place ini his sighit be. dleliv ere'd from the penalty of their just deser1't s. (:3) They prayedl (v. 8; ef. (1, 7). Their prayer was intense. The kind of prayer that counlts with God m uist also count uiponl God, and( God "'is slowv to anger', and( p)lenteous5 in mercy" (Nebl. 9: 17). Prayer thlat is effective is (a) grounded upon the word of Goed (b) forsakes sin and (c) obeys thle will of God. (James 1- 12; 2:17). (41) They made sacrifice (v. 8). Mere humiliation andi prayer does not effect a remedy unless there is a mner ciless judgpient execuled upon sinl. Did( Jonah fail in 1)1i, mission? No! for God's predictions of' ruiin are nt absolute and unconiditional (Jer. 18:7-10). Chapter fotir is the record of Jlonah's petulance and of God's iou' in g-kind ness. Nineveh continuedl foi' -nearly 200 years subsequently but it was then so comlaletely (lestrloy'ed that for nearly 2,000 years its location was unlknown andl disputed through now yielding a rich harvest for the archeologist and Can a nation be stirred today? For atnwer witneOss Mott andt Eddy in China. In 14 of China's chlief cities diuring thlree months of 1913, 7,000 of tile ilaaders of that nation enr'olled as inlquirers. Jiave your clais read carefuilly and prayerfully P'salmls 2, Matt. 28:19 i'0 f(Liden text) aind Romi. 1:16.