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\ 0 } THURSDAY, AUGUST I1TH. 1M7. THE BAENWEIX PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BABNWELU SOUTH CA BOLIN A Baptuts-Do Not ^ r Indorse Anderson, Aug. 3.—The Saluda Bap tist association representing 15,000 Baptists, today declined to indorse Governor John G. Richards’ efforts to enforce the Sunday observance laws. A resolution intended to capture the support at this organization for the chief executive’s blue law program was tabled by an overwheUniny majority this afternoon at the Union church. The Association went on record as be lieving that there should be absolute separation of church and state and that the ehurch could perform its best -services by preaching the gospel and refraj^Hg from interference in politi cal and social movements. Ulmer News. Reeiroot Lake, Showing Earthquake Rldgee Marked by Trees. (Prepar«4 by the National Geographic Society. Waahtnxton. D. C.) M OST large national lakes of America came Into existence, many thousands of years ago, the Great Lakes, most nota bly, being formed during the Ice age. But one sizable body of water, Reel- foot lake, Tennessee, was formed by a great convulsion of nature, before the startled eyes of the first American pioneers on the banks of the Missis- formed, for large areas In eastern Ar kansas and northwestern Louisiana were partly submerged and a number if small lakes formed. This earth- [uake, known historically as the New Madrid earthquake, caused a settling and rising of the land ov«r a large territory, and partly demolished the old Spanish settlement from which It was named. General Rogers of Revolutionary fame, living at Rock Island, on the Ulmer, Aug. 6.—The Bethel Baptist church has just closed its protracted meeting. The Rev. L. S. Shealy, of Pelion, a former pastor, conducted the meeting,assisted by the Rev. O. S. Ulmer, pastor. The meeting proved to be the most successful that has been held here in several yearj. Eight new members were added to ! the church. Tuesday morning df " < EKe ■“meeting, the Rev. W. E. Brant was ordained to the gospel ministry. (By aav. r. a rintWATM, dm* Moody BIM* lost I tot* of Chloaow.) (A.4tn. Wootara MowapopwOMoa.) Lesson for September 11 . SOLOMON DEDICATES THE , J TEMPLE 4 . - • ’ , LESSON TEXT—I Kings, chapter t. GOLDEN TEXT—I waa glad whan they said unto me, let us go Into the house of the Lord. , PRIMARY TOPIC—Worshiping la God's House. JUNIOR TOPIC—A Young Man's LovsTfor God’s House. INTERMEDIATE AN^ SENIOR TOP-' IC—Lovo for God’s House. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Tbs Value of God’s House -to a Community. The first task of Solomon after hla coronation was the building of the temple, a privilege which was denied to his father, David. In his prepara tion for this task he secured wood from King Hiram of Tyre, stones for the foundations from the Phoenicians, skilled workmen also from King Hiram. It was located on Mount JKoriah (II Chron. 3:1). The suitable ness of this place was due to the fact that the Lord bad appeared here to Abraham. Its dimensions were 90 Mr. and Mr. C. W. Manuel, of An- '7'cfn,'^ed'he' br^n'..Ur! Mwl mu. mow than a century ap>. „ (tK , t ot And now within the past few weeks _ _ teelfoot country has been shaken < fand a ridge of gravel has ap- formerly level section. Perhajh De Soto, In his wanderings along the MlMtssippl river, saw this -country as a vast unbroken wilder ness. As he thrust wearily north ward along the weet bank of the ’'Fa ther of Waters," to the great Indian village of Cahokta, he little dreamed that this placid wilderness would within three hundred years be torn and racked by nature's forces, and that during one of the greatest earth quakes of historical times Iskes cov ering tens of thousands of acres would couie Into existence overnight. The old Spanish settlement of New Madrid, formed many years sfter De Soto had come and gone. did. how ever. play a prominent part In re cording the story of Keel foot, for here resided many of our American pio neers whose letters supply the details of that, to them, awful winter. At the beginning of the Nineteenth century this region was called Indian country, and rightly so. fOr In the rich bottom lands dwelt a tribe of the t'hlcknsaws. which camped at the fuse of Muffs 'hat rose Bk* feet shove the Mlsalsalppl. providing the look out points do needed In a wilderness Birth of Res I foot Laks. One of the pioneers of New Madrid, Elisa Bryan, derriihed the earthquake that enured the birth of Reelfoot lake as follows: “The Mississippi first seemed to re cede from Its hanks, and Its waters gathered op like a mountain, leaving for a moment many boats, which were on tbetr way to New Orleans, on the bare sand. In which time the poor Bailors made their escapf from them. Then, rising 15 or 20 feet perpen dicularly and expanding, as It were, at the same time, the banks over flowed with a retrograde current rapid ns a torrent The boats, which Mere had been left on the ,sfQ4. now torn from ^helr moorings l^^suddenty driven up a little creek, at the mouth of which they had lain, to a distance In some Instances of nearly a quarter of a mile. The surface of the earth was from time to time by these hard shocks covered to various depths by sand which Issued from fissures that were made In great numbers all over this country. Some of these closed up im mediately. after they had vomited forth their sand and water. In some places, however, a substance resem bling coal or Impure stone coal was thrown up with the sand. Tt Is Impossible to say what the depth of the fissures was; we have reason to believe that some of them were very deep. ‘The site ,of this town was settled down at least 15 feet, but not more than a half mile below there does not appear to be any alteration of the bank of the river. "Back, from the river large ponds, or lakes, which covered a large part of the country, were nearly dried up. The beds of some of them are ele vated several feet above the former banks, producing an alteration from their original state of 10 or 20 feet, and lately It has been discovered that « lake was formed on the opposite glde of the Mississippi, In the Indian ' country, upward of 100 miles long and from 1 to 6 miles wide, of a depth of - from 10 to 50 feet.” Several such letters are full of in teresting detail, yet now we know that the facts were greatly exag gerated. For example, the 100-mUe la^ts nearer 14 miles in length and ^^Mles in width. Great Arsa Affsctsd. This we do know and realise, how- evre: That such an earthquake, if occurring at the present time, would probably cause ten times the damage which followed the Ban Francifco earthquake of 19061 not the only herland mountains, 200 miles to the east, saw great blocks of sandstone, loosened from the top escarpment, 1,- 000 feet above the river, crash down the mountain sldssi A great area throughout America was affected by this earthquaks. Far up in the northern woods of Canada the Indians reported that earth tre mors occurred; to the west In Mis souri and Arkansas, the reports of James' expedition say that the In diana were terrified by the same quake, while {o the southwest, on the Washita river, tbere was much fear among the settlers. At New Orleans. 500 miles away; at Detroit 000 miles away; at Washington. 700 miles away, and even at Boston, at a distance of 1,100 miles, slight tremors were felt What occurred In the Reelfoot re gion T What happened to New Mad rid? Tbere were no hard rocks In that section; all tbs country was cov ered by rich looms and Hays, and on der this surface soil was layer after layer of loose sand and clay, down to a depth of 2.(M0 feet Tbs earth waves came op through these 2.000 feet of sand and clays, and wbsre breaks occurred on the surface poured streams of quicksand from deeply burled layera. veritable aand geysers. The great forest trees moved, with branches Interlocked, like fields of grain before the wind. Their trunks, not having the suppleneea of youth, fell prostrate or reclined at grotesque angles to the earth. The rhythmic motion of the earth. Is well shown by the parallel lines of cypreas trees growing on the low crests of the many rolls in the Reel foot lake region. An airplane view brings to llfh again the roll of the earth as It occurred more than a cen tury ago. •*. During the last 109 years the Mis sissippi river has continued to ravage the areas along Its course during the gusta, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. C Manuel last week-end. Miss Louise Kinard, of Ehrhardt, was the recent guest of her aunt, Mrs. G. L. Brant. Mr. and Mrs. Barthol Harter, of Georgetown, visited the latter’s par ent*, Mr. and Mrs. Allison Williams, last week. The Rev. H. C. Brabham and fami ly, of Manning, were the guests of Mrs. W. C. Manuel last Wednesday. Mrs. Viola Carlton was a recent visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G._ W. Cope. Mias Lottie Mixon, of Furman, was the. guest of Miss Mildred Cone last week. The many friends of little Nell Manuel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Manuel, are sorry to know of her continued illness, but wish for her a speedy recovery. Misses Fannie Manuel and Katie Brant left Monday to visit friends in Atlanta, for a few days, after which they will join a house party given by Miss Eva Taylor at Cullo- den, Gn. Mr. and Mrs. Cary \V:ik*rs-ni of St. George, have been recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Hoover. Advertise in The People-Sentinel. hack and forth across Its mighty plain, the newly-born Reelfoot lake grew more beautiful, and nature be gan to heal scars on tbs landscape which were Inflicted at Its birth. Its clear, brownish water became the home of many fish and its surface was dotted with illy pads, called "yonco- plna," whose gorgeous flowers had the Imprisoned yellow of a river sunset In and around the stunted cypress growths, struggling for existence In five feet of water, was a filmlike Iri descent green carpet, called “moss seed." Along the borders of the lake a dense growth of saw grass, mule- foot swartweed, and even wild rice soon appeared. Fine Resort for Birds. To this haven of beauty, teeming with plant growth and flab, soon came, on their yearly 20,000-mlle pil grimage, the wild denizens of the air —ducks, geese, water turkey or cor morants, coots and the white heron, while the rail, galllnule, bittern and teel nested among the taw grass and the Illy pads. As J wild fowl and wood folk flocked In, so did the French trapper and the American hunter and pioneer. Here one still finds the mink,- weasel and otter, along with the opossum and raccoon. ^ \ As the country was gradually de veloped, a number of the sport-loving settle^ along the lake and lived on fish from its waters and the fowls from its marshes, while the trapping of animals supplied their necessary revenue. Located In the most-used highway of migratory birds, Reelfoot lake la visited Ip the spring and autumn by no small percentage of oar jeurneylng waterfowl. From a naturalist's stand point, the region la one of great In terest Some fifteen years ago the state of Tennessee, realising the value of Reel- foot lake as a source of tit b Bah and (aaM lOifr Pi 'metical* Patterns X.*. 1173 and 1174 How perfectly 'adorable to have your two children dressed to match— and such clever little dresses, too! Use linen, tub silk or washable crepe in any pretty shade of blue, rose, tan or green, with collars, cuffs, bands and pockets of the same material in a darker shade. Satin ribbon forms :hc bows and belt on the older girl’s dressy while the younger child’s is a simple bloomer frock. No. 1174 may be obtained in sizes 6 to 12 and No. 1173 may be ob tained in sizes 2 to 6. Size 4 requires 2^ yards' of 36 to 40 inch material for little girl’s dress with 1 yard of satin for trimming and size 8 re quires 2 yards of 10 inch iqaterial and yards of satin for trimming. These patterns are 25c each and will be delivered to anv address upon re ceipt of cash or U, S. postage. Al ways mention size wanted. Address. Hand-Cut Pattern Department 17 West 28th Street, New York City, and please mention this newspaper. the laver, the golden candlesticks and cherubim. The dedication of the tem ple was arranged to take place at. an auspicious time. The dedicatory serv ices consisted of: I. Bringing Up ths Ark (w. 1-11). The ark of the covenant was typical of Jesus Christ God dwells amoog men through Jesus Christ (John 1:14). j The ark was God’s holy dwelling placa.! This, therefore, must be brought up first and placed In the temple. For the manifestation of the 41 vine pres ence was the real dedication. When the house of God was to be dedicated the king arranged for a representative gathering of the people, consisting of the elders, princes and heads of the tribes. There were many great men present but only the priests, God's appointed ministers, moved the ark. Ths fatal experience of Usssh In David's time waa doubtless Hear la, their minds. Solomon profited by the blunder of his father. Connected with this service waa a very great sacrifice, one In keeping with the occasion. Ths ark with ths two tablets of atone on-1 der the mercy aeet shows God mani festing Himself to lilt people on the ground of a law perfectly kept and ‘ sines atoned for by tbs shedding ot blood. At ths completion of the sac rifice, the temple was filled with the glory of the Lord. - —" | II. Solomon's Address to the People (w. 12-21). | He points out to the people that God had chosen David to be king, yet foe : certain reasons He would not allow , him to build the temple, promising that hie son should do the work. Now that the work was done, the temple was built and the ark of ths covenant was In Its place, they could be as sured that God had raised him up la the room of hla father. III. Soloaaon's Dedicatory Prayer j (vv. 22-53), The ark having now been placed la the most holy place, and ths address to the people being ended, the king pours out his soul to God In prayer. In this prayer Solomon gratefully a» knowledges God's goodness In ths past, giving glory to Hiss, and pleads that Hla promise to hla father be veri fied (tt. 22-26); he prays that God's eyes might he continually open toward the temple which He bad now taken possession of (vv. 27-38); so that (1) In case of contention between parties He would judge between them (w. 31, 32); (2) In case of belqf smitten by the enemy, even though they had sinned, upon confession of the same, God would forgive and restore (vv. 33. 34); (3) In case of fkmlne as chas tisement for sin, upon confession and prayer before the temple, God would forgive and send rain (w. 35, 36); (4) In case of pestilence and sickness, If they pray to God toward the tem ple, God should hear and forgive (vv. 37-40); (5) In case of the coming ol the foreigner who comes at the news of God’s greatness, and prays toward Jerusalem, his prayers should b« heard (vv. 41-43); (6) In ease of go ing out to battle, their cause should be maintained (yv. 44, 45); (7) In case of being in captivity because ol sin, God should hear their prayers and restore (vv. 46-53). IV. Solomon Bleseee the People (w. 1 ,54-61). On the strength of the covenant promises, he invokes Hla presence al ways with them to keep them faithful, and exhorts the people to have their hearts perfect before God, walking la His commandments and statutes. V. Solomon and the People Offer Sacrifices of Thanksgiving (vv. 62-66). ■ ■» ■■ -i n ■' '■ ' i ' ' — SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ANNOUNCES GREATLY REDUCED ROUND TRIP EXCURSION PARES ' ^ ATLANTIC CITY v- -rnivo' * ■* > % *!*• _ t NIAGARA FALLS The fottowing round-trip fares will apply from Stations shown below: From to Atlantic City to Nitgtra Falla. BARNWELL 126.40.— CAMDEN _l 22.95 32 JO .COLUMBIA 24.15 84.00 DENMARK -1- ... 26.35. 36.20 ORANGEBURG 25.95. 85J0 Proportionate fares from Intenaediati point* TICKETS GOOD FOR 18 DAYS INCLUDING DAT* OF SAL*, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Selling dates: via. P. R. R. June 21, July 5, 19, August 2, 16, 3,; via B. and O. June 29, July 13, 27, August 10, 24, Sopt 7. Excursion fares as above apply via. Norfolk, Va. • i - * . u * Reduced round-drip fares to other Nek Jersey seashore resorts. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Selling datee: via. P. R. R. June 22, July 6, 20, Augmt 8, 17, 31, Sept 14, 28; via B. and 0. June 30, July 14, 28, August 11, 25, Sept. 8, 22, October 6. Stopovers permitted on return trip not to exceed tan days within final limit qt Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, etc. Call on nearest ticket agent for further information, tions, etc., or address— B. H. TODD. D. P. A m -W. E. McGBE, D. P. A. Colombia, S C. Columbia. S. C. MM HALL & COLE. Inc. . * 94.102 Fancuil Hall Market • BOSTON, MASS. Commission Merchants and Distributor* of ASPARAGUS. One of the Oldest Commission House* in the Trade. Send for Shipping Stamp. UHC TE1 HIP TO [EM Farm Loans 6 per cent, large amounts. Town prop erty in Barnwell, residential and businesa, 7 per cent. Loans procured promptly at lowest cost Allendale, Bamberg snd Barnwell Counties. THOMAS M. BOULWARE N - Attorney-at-law • Barnwell, S. C. 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