Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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■PWCPPiiiPPRPin —,—— , r --^' ^ • -■ -■ -1^ FAGB SIX. ■ y THE BAHNWKLL PEOPLE-SENTBCEL, BARNWKLL, SOUTH CAROLINA " ^ J ' ■ ' - J v- v -wrS % ’ V 1 Hipi- . ' •' • • ^ 4 * ' i£ t THURSDAY, FEBRUARY W, 19SL «w Learn Wisdom in School of Experience , The notion that experience Is a - good teacher is one of the most base, less of human obsessions. Were it otherwise, mankind would have reeched perfection long ago. “Learn- Isg teaches more in one year than experience in 20," wrote Roger As- cham in the "Schoolmaster" with pro found wisdom., The path of civilization through the ages is littered with splendid but wasted ideas. The largest visions, the deepest insights, the most com- 1 polling arguments, here been spread before the minds of then by prophets and by seers, by statesmen and by na tion builders, an{ then let fall into the darkness of forgetfulness. Nearly everything that map has said well was best and most., finely said by those ancient Greeks ami Rommis who after 2J&00 years still rule the mind of the western world. Material waste Is nothing compared with the Intellectual and moral waste which follows upon ear not heeding the counsels that have been offered ns from generation to generation and from century to cen tury. - He who Is In advance of his time is called a prophet and he who Is be hind his time is called a laggard, hut often laggard appears to count for as ■inch as the prophet. It takes time, much time, to catch up with an idea. The inertia of habit Is powarfu! In deed. ftnd It struggles mightily against rbange even when that change is demonstrably for good.—From the Path to Peace, by Nicholas Murray Butler. Ruins Show Design of Ancient Indian House In n plowed cotton Held in Missie- slppl the complete plan of a prehis toric Indian house was discovered re cently, according to Henry It. CoiPns. Jr., of the L’uAted States National museum. The plan showed throe sbal- low circular trertches, the outormoM- of which was (JO feet in diameter, Ihe builders set posts firmly -two fret deep within the trenches ns supports f<.r the roof. The wall of the structure was very likely of wattle-work of reeds, plastered with clay. Traces of a fine pit were inside the 'Bouse. In the outermost trench were found kitchen and household refuse, including bones of deer, bear and •mailer animals, fish jaws, arrow- points, a pipe and much broken pot tery. Some of the pdttery was of a red-aml-white kind, heretofore found only in Arkansas. Mother Cat Adopt* Rabbi^ Another supposed law of animal-life has been proved to have an exception and the proof can be seen at the shop .-of M. \V. llergel at Itangor, Maine, where an old mother cat nurses and cares for n tiny wil^l rabbit along with her litter of kittens. Mr. Bergel found the little creature in the woods and brought It home, lie was at a loss as to how- he would care for the rab bit until be thought of placing it with the kittens. Mother cat gazed In h aort of . perplexed manner at the *trange visitor and then, as though . taking pity on him, reached out her paw and drew him to her. Now the rabbit Is tier favorite kitten.—Boston Globe. ’**• —•'.wrsrv- The Pereaite The late Secretary of War Good Mid at a luncheon in Washington: -Ir* wrong,’When w ar comew. trr con script the youth of the country while the age of the country stays at home and profiteers. So we must have con scription for all; or conscription of none. “The partial conscription of the World war reminds me, in its shame-* less injustice, of young Jones. "The lazy and impecunious young Jones said to his oldest friend,: ‘“Well, I’m going to get married. Congratulate me.’ “ T do,’ said Ids friend. r ‘But what will you live on? Love?’ , “‘No,’ said Jones. ‘Loves father.’’* Success end Failure Uncle Joe Cannon on his ninetieth birthday talked to a reporter about success and failure. "Too many of us,” lie said, “are like a fisherman I came across one day on a walk In the country...’ ‘“Catching anything, friend?’ 1 said to him. “‘Naw,’ said he. ‘Every time a cur goes over the bridge It scares all the fish down stream.’ "‘Well, friend, why don’t you*150ve down stream a little?’ “‘They ain’t'no comfortable rocks there/ ’’ Radio Aids Fira Fighters When u fire breaks out at any point nlong the 150 miles of docks, which are under the patrol of the marine di vision of the New York city fire de partment, and the John I’uroy Mitchel is dispatched to render aid, communi cation by means of a newly installed radio telephone is maintained with the fire fighting craft from the time it leaves its berth at the bailery until it returns- *- Improved Uniform International Lesson (By REV. P. K nTZWATKR. D. !>., Msm- b«r of Faculty. Moody Blbl# Instltuts of Chlcaco.) ,, ii ~~~~ ^ or Lesson for February 22 JESU8 BEARING THE GOOD -TIDINGS , — - I.KHSON TEXT—Luka 1:1-40. (jOLDEN TEXT—And It cams to pass afterward, that h# went throughout every city and village, preaching and nhewinff th« glftd tiding* of the Kin*-' dom of God: and the twelve were with him. _ PRIMARY TOPIC—Jesus Teaching About God. 'L JUNIOR TOPIC —Jesus Teaching About God. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—“Take Heed How Ye Hear.” YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP- TC—Cultivata on lloneat and Good Heart. ^ M ' *1. The F i el d of J ecus' M i n ist ry (v, 1.) “He went throughout every city and village.” It is the will of God that the gospel should be preached to the whole world. • . II. Tha Message of Jesus (v. 1). The gospel message is truly good tidings, for God the Great King is of fering to rebellious sinners salvation through Jesus Christ, III. Jesus’ Helpers (v. 1). The twelve apostles were with him. Tljevgospel preacher should utilize the helped others. Those who have heard the good tidings of- the gospel glndy join in preaching it to. others. IV. Jesus Supported by Saved Wom en (vy. 2. 3). Certain women who had been saved from Katun's power, out of hearts of gratitude looked after the comfort "of the Lord and his disciples. This throws light on how* Christ and the apostles were supportwh’ —— V. Jesus Teaching (vv. 4-21). Jesus was not only a gospel preach er but a great teacher. When the,lMH>- ple from every city gathered unto Him, lie taught them. J. By the Parable of the Kowef (vv. 4 15). (1) The sow'ePwas Jesus himself (Malt. 13:37). CD the seed was the Word of God (v.lj,!). (3) The kinds of ground (vv. 5-15). The kinds of ground show the con dition of the human heart as the Word of God is preached. a. The wayside (v, The fool- trodden path of the wayside idetures liie hard-headed hearers upon which no impression fan l>e made. The word preached finds no entrance and Satan snatches it away as the’ birds pick up the graip from the hard-bCaten path. b. Stony ground (v. (’►). This is not ground where stones are mixed with the earth, but a thin layer of earth in a ledge of ruck. This pictures the hearer who receives the gospel with joy, but when persecutions and trials come, he gives up and deserts the com pany (v. 15). ^ ..... . e. Thorny ground (v. 7). The ground here is good, but It has thorns grow ing iii it. This pictures those whose lives are fruitless because of being- preoccupied _w' iOh. eg r^l i IjT-ri c lies, and tlH' pleasures of life (v.T4j, d. The good ground-(v. 8). The seed here sprang up and bore fruit to the full measure. ThisDSnrpictnre of the honest heart which receives the gospel message and allows it to pro duce in its life a full harvest of grain - (V.ISil.. ■ ‘ - *• 11. By 'I he liglded camfic {V\ l . IIP The W ord of God is compared lo a lamp or lighted ejftnlle. A lamp Is of use only as It sends out light. One who hears God’s Word and does not witness for Christ is as a lamp cov ered up. 3. Kinship with Jesus Christ (vv. Ill, 20). Only those who receive the message of God’s-Word and render glad obedience to it can claim relation ship with Christ. : — r- VI. Jtaus Performing Wonders (vv. 22 40). 1. Calming the storm (vv. 22-25). Jesus fell asleep while the disciples were sailing the ship. They were overtaken hy an unusual storm and- were affrighted. In response to their cry of distress Jesus arose and re-, bilked the storm, and likewise the dis ciples. 2. Casting out demons (vv. 20-30).* When Jeans came into the cotyHfy of the Gadaieues Uc was mpcf)y \ de- mon-possessed man. Knowing their doom, the ‘demons requested permis sion to eiit^-t herd of swine., Jesus granted their request! after which the herd ftiu violently down a steep place into the lake. The effect upon the people was such that they besought Jesus to depart from them. The sal vation of this man from demon pos session ought to have awakened grati tude on the part ot the people. The delivered man desired to be with the Lord. Ills request was refused be cause it was more important for him to make known to his friends at home the great deliverance which had come to him. Only ° ne D«llv«r«r No"one into wltysc soul the Iron of sin’s bondage has entered can free either himself or others. Our emanci pator must be one who Is ip fullest, uninterrupted communion with the Father, and comes, armed with his •fff W the 'captives^^lt^fn^ier Mnciuren. Cold Weather Freezes Up Pet Turtle’s Neck Ely, * Nev. — After withstanding weather extremities for 500 years, q turtle owned by Itoy Rigsby just got too cold and froze up. 7 . Old age may have something to do with It, but when Rigsby went out to feed h)g pet one inornirig be couldn’t find Its ht^ad,. He turn^Hie turtle on -Its back aflid found the wrinkles on the head projection apparatus frozen tight In perfect accordion plaits. He placed his pet In an oven to thaw out and shipped.it to a southern Nevada ranch, where, turtle care and comfort la a specialty. Pastor Quits After 21 Yean; Gets Job as Clerk Oklahoma City, Okla.—Rev. Newton H. Royer, former pastor of the First Lutheran church here—a post he had held for 21 years^-was not unem ployed long. Royer resigned recently as the result of a controversy over his “modern and liberal” views among ids Congrfgation: He has secured em ployment as a clerk in’ the office of- Paul Huston, assistant county treas urer. < Swedes to Drag River in Search^ for Historic -Bell Lulen. Sweden.—Search will , v soon begin for a 400-year-oid church bell .which was accidentally dropped into a river near here when UranspCjrted across In a rowboat in the Sixteenth century. Farmers arid village officials of Langtrask, through whleli-flows the Klockan, or "Bell ’river,” are hoping to And the relic and hang it in their church. Tornado Ends Wake, but None I* Injured Macon, Miss. — A tornado which ripped through this sec tion of Mississippi recently picked «p 22 negroes holding “wake” services over the body of Brown Hughes, negro farm er, dumping them several Inin- j! dred yards from the house where the service was held. Non* was injured. ” . S«S3S33SS$S$S$3$$SS33$$S$$$33$$S$3*g Two Youths End Lives \ With Homemade Pistol TeHJoki, Finland.—The suicide of two boys in this town, oue nine and the other fourteen, with a homemade pistol, loaded with powder, salt and match-ends, has puzzled the Finnish psychopathic authorities. The boys dis cussed their plans and executed the tragedy with uncanny coolness. A third boy, a playmate, who waa with them when they deliberated the act, was told to go away 5 He remained, how ever, and Is the only witness to the tragedy. -- \ After the fourteen-year-old boy com mitted suicide, tbe nine-year-old one picked up the weapon, and, after re loading It, followed his companion’s set w . Tbe parents of the boys cannot give any reason for the suicide. nostlcatlons that have contributed to ward ^is reputation as a weather or acle * j Each New Year’s eye Benesch takes his onion and spends itu hour in secret study in the basement of his home. He returns with a weather .forecast for the-entire new year. Benescb-was so accurate in his pre- dictiong for 1980 that ills pronounce ments for 1931 will'be taken by many without reservations. A ADVERTISE in The People-SentineL Secret Study of Onion Gives M An Weatber Dope Marshfield, Wis.—The ■» concentric layers of an ordinary onion, separated and minutely examined during the last half hour of the old year and the first half hour~t>f the new year, provide Ewald Benesch with weather prog- *4 tA Gives Free Haircuts to AH Jobless Men 11 Colchester, Conn. — Believing * that a well-groomed roan stands a better chance of obtaining work, C. J. Lyman, barber, has offered to give free haircuts’to the unemployed. $-<-<~x-:~:~:~x*<-x-:~x~:-x-x-:~x-x Max Schmeling, of Germany, afleg- ' ed heavyweight champion of the world, w'a 1 ? a visitor in Columbia Monday anti paid Governor Blackwood a visit. Tht German was booed at an exhibitior match Monday night. The World Must Know— -- / - V ■ iv.: -1 s-:. A few of the many men who have • , j • — ' signified their approval, many of whom will serve a- trustees: ROBERT SMALL, - Pres., So. Car. National Bank. R. G. RHETT, JR., President, Peoples State Bank/ DR. WILLIAM WESTON, Natural Resources Commission. t. w. bennett; So. Car. Produce Association,. NEIL O’DONNELL, Prominent Sumter Citizen. L? C. DAVIS, . ‘ , s . Editor, The^Times, Georgetown*— W.;W..SMOAK, Prominent WaJterboro Citizen. Q. A. KENNEDY, Well known Wiftiston business man. A.TF. PRINGLE, Pres., Merchants. Fertlizer Co* J. H. HAMMOND,’ * . p rani inent Columbia Attorney. . J./ROSS HAHAHAN, Pres., Planters Fertilizer Co. OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS PRODUCTS BE- - •«, • v f . • * FORE THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE,CAN CAPITAL IZE TO THE “FULLEST EXTENT UPON ITS N VIRTUES. ——* ^ ! THE BETTER BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WILL PRO- MOTE BETTER BUSINESS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF OUR STATE, NOT FAVORING ONBtSECTION OR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BUT BENEFITING ALL. IN ORDER TO BRING SOUTH CAROLINA TO V THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD THIS ASSOCIA- * TION rs RAISING A FUND TO ADVERTISE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONALLY. ONE OF THE -MANY v.. v FEATURES WILL BR THAT DF THE IODINE GON- TENT OF OUR PRODUCE. PUBLICITY WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO OTHER STATE ^ENTERPRISES. HELP SOUTH 14- CAROUNA By Supporting the Better Business Association and It Will He! r 1 IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THIS ASSOCIATION WILL REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF"OUR“ STATE. IT IS OUR PURPOSE TO PROTECT THE HONOR-- AND DIGNITY OF THE/STATE BY STRICT AD HERENCE TO THE HteHEST ETHICS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP TO ALL. 4 ' i ■ * * w * 4 - #1 JK • 5 WE NEED THE COOPERATION OF EVERY SOUTH CAROLINIAN FOR “IN UNITY THERE ' Ig ; STRENGTH.” THE ASSOCIATION IS BEING^, FINANCED BY POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION AND IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. ‘ 1 ’• r ‘ • ',' i • V •' ' y-i • Tr*'< | ' l j-'lmm '!■ " 1 4 3 —I, •-"rt.'• l A LETTER FROM YOU SEEKING FURTHER INFOR MATION WILL BE GREATLAGA?PRECIATED. —i v*« »!V. Better Business Association ~jr-: of South Carolina For further information write the Better Business Assooiation at 92 Broad Street, Charleston, S. C. •“I