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Shipped to us from the factory by fast Express VoJ Lik m Use as much care selecting candies as selecting food. When you buy Nunnally's, you know it is unequalled in purity and quality. \\ . W. 8IBKRT THE POWER OF A WOMAN. Matthew 14:1-12.?May 22. **B* that t? n1f)%r> to antjer it better than the mighty; and he that ruleth hi* tpirM than he that takeih a city. "?Proverbs 16:92. t+M+fOWS THE BAPTIST, because of his boldness and courage as a servant m aud mouthpiece of Ood. was a thorn In the side of King Herod and ? his courtiers and ibe great of that day. Herod and the High Priests and the more prominent people considered John the Baptist and Jesus fanatics. Doubtless they would have made away with them quickly had it not been for their fears of the people. The common people heard the Master gladly aud d**- ared that "never mau spake like this man;" the same common people belleveti John to be a prophet. We will uot undertake to say whether John exceeded his commission or not when he reproved the King and Queen. As a rule, however, we believe It to be th^ wiser plun fo" Christian ministers to speak forth the Word of Ood fearlessly and plainly, without attempting personal application?allowing each hearer to'llpply the message to hjs own heart Herodlas fortunately represents an uncommon class of women. She was governed by boundless ambition she married the man who. for a time, seemed in line for promo? tion to s kingly position. But when the title was given by the Roman Km peror to his brother. Herod Antlpas. she inveigled the latter by her charms and. deserting ber husband, became Herodlas the "Queen." John the Bap? tist while fearlessly denouncing sin. felt led to make a personal application of bis teachings to King Herod. Some have assumed that Herod bad requested John the Baptist to visit tbe palace ami give a talk on the reforms he advocated, and that in this con? nection, the prophet pointed out the wrong of the King's conduct, saying that it was not in harmony with the Divine Law that he was living with his brother Philip's wife. Herodlas heard of this and realized that if the King accepted such counsel it would mean that herself and her beautiful daughter, Salome, would become outcasts from the palace nnd be without a homo, as it would be impossible for her to return to her husband. Philip. The power of Herodlas over the King led to John's Imprisonment. Her next move was to effect his death, for she realized her position insecure so long as he lived. John's fearless speech might yet Influence the King. This ambitious, wicked, artful woman plotted murder, and the Kind's birthday celebrntion was her opportunity. 8he forwarded the arrangements for a great banquet, at which were present the nobles and princes of the Wine was In plentiful supply. She well knew that tbe wine would In the pas?icns and relax the moral tone of the company. So she bad her beautiful daughter. Salome, specially prepared and attired, and Instructed her to perform one of the obscene dances common to the east on such occa? sions, but not commonly Indulged in except by the lower classes, and never by princesses. Tbe occasion was to bo a rare oue It was intended to influ? ence the King exactly as it did?to admiration and a l>oastful offer to the girl of any gift she would ask. The plan succeeded to the letter. The King's words were. "Ask of me a gift, even to the half of my Kingdom"?possibly a ition of his willingness to make her his true Queen. Following her mother's Instructions. Salome reported the matter at once, dring of the mother what gifts she should request. We can better im? agine tbsn describe the surprise of tbe girl when told by the mother to re? quest "the head of John the Baptist on a plotter." We may conceive what a disappointment this would mean; what visions of the beautiful and precious things It would destroy!?with what surprise Salome must have asked as to why this gruesome gift should be given. We can imagine the mother hissing to her that tbe death of John the Baptist was tbe most necessary thing in the world for them both?that without It any day might see them hurled from conditions of affluence Into the abyss of degradation and poverty. We can imagine her saying, "This. Salome, is the priceless gift which you must ask from the King." And the power of the woman over both the King and the daughter was wonderfully exemplitled In the result Salome went gaily sgalu amongst the company of nobles whom she had charmed, and in a loud ?olee accepted the King's offer of whatever she would choose, even to the half of his Kingdom and stated that accordingly, the gift should be the head of tbe Prophet on a platter. The King's conscience was not quite dead. He was grieved; but his pride as well as his, subserviency to Herodlas controlled him. He reasoned that for a King to give bis word of honor in the hearing of nobles and princes and theo to repudiate it would be to him n lasting shame. Ah. what an illustra? tion of how "the fear of man brlngeth a suare!" What I lesson we read In this!?that a man's first responsibility Is to his tiod and to his conscience, whatever the cost. TradiUon hus It that Herod was haunted with tear the remainder gf ids days. It Is In line with this that when he heard of Jesus snd his mighty works, he expressed the conviction that somehow, the spirit or power of John had passed to Jesus. Our lesson brings before us two strong and two weak characters. John snd Herodlas were strong characters, the one for the right and for God, the other for selfish ambition and sinful Indulgence of It. The one swayed his nation for their good and prepared the worthy remnant to receive Messiah's message. The other swayed the King nnd her daughter to Infamy, murder aud dlsgruce. and terribly blackened her own character. John's reward lies In the future, when he. at a member of the Ancient-Worthy class, will come forth to a 'better resurrection"?to be associated with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob nod all the prophets In the earthly phase of the Millennial Kingdom. Herodlas. surely continuously unhappy, finally persuaded the King to a course which led to his banishment, in which she shared. Her future, ac cording to the Bible, will be a resurrection to shame aud lasting contempt. (Daniel 12:2.? Innsmuch as she degraded herself and missed grand opportu nltles. ws may sssuredly know that she will come forth In the Millennium greatly handicapped by her Improper course in the present life. It may take centuries, even under the favorable conditions of Christ ? Kingdom, for Iticta a deeply-dyed character to purge Itself of the shame end the lasting contempt and to rise gradually to true nobility god human perfection, or, failing so to do, to die the Second Death RAGING ON SALEM AVEN'/t. i in ? 11 man i in mi cm ii \^ M i \ s| 1,1 4 I i I) i OR RACE*. I iffsnf Will find Condition-. IImm Ideal?ftrUUSl stand to be i 1111> d ? Mi Jeukkaa Offers I te of ii i i From tim Dally Item. May 1*. Then- will be ra< Ing 00 Salem Ave-l nn?- with Um sauet leg mi 11m etty mi UMftttOi OU JUUS II nnd IS, That ??r. ? r. ketweeg Liberty ami Ouhland ha? l.? sskiseed gg the place for Um n is daring the rtreuseu'i Touraa BJHal In June. The start will be at liberty street and ran to the hydrant J at aortliwest cor net of Barttett and | Mem This grn I I right hand run after ktvaaeng from tbe wagon, which \< greatly eeuered by the Rreeaea. Tim < nnmlttee kj In hopes of get? ting the va mt lot Jn ?t back of the hydrant for the grand stand. The owner of the lot Is out of the city, hut he will ae doubt give his consent for it to be aaed, Mr. t. B, Jenkins diag? onally aeross tbe street has kindly of? f-red his hd for the pUrpOSS of . reet Ing the grand stand. Sumter win have the largest crowd here that week she has bad in a long time. Firemen from all over the State are exported to eome, ami par t ike of tie hospitality of the city, which hi famous for its hospitality, Conditions on Salem Avenue for the races are Ideal. That Is one of the best clayed stretches of street in the city end Is almost a perfect level, efforts- are being made to have th< automoblikni In the city get up some additional amusement in the shape of automobile races and the like, u Is likely that the gutolsta win take the matter up and add to the attraction of the Week. Mr f Knos. Newman Is tin bonds Man for o. ii. McKagen in the case for perjury lodged against him by chief Bradford this *re< i< PARKER PLEADS FOB FARMERS COTTON MILL PRESIDENT BPEAK? BEFORE CONVENTION. In Address at Annual Session of American Cotton Manufacturers As? sociation, in Charlotte, Mr. Park? er Urgei Mill Men to Aid in Secur? ing to Cotton Planters Higher Trices for Their Staple. Charlotte, May 17.?The American Cotton Manufacturers' Association representing sixty per cent, of all American spindles, has been asked and urged to join the "Boosters' Clttb." The appeal was made by L< wis W. Parker, the proslaent of the Association. It was a red hot and eventful speech. Mr. Parker went to the meeting with a printed speech, but he was vo Impressed with the im? portance of this appeal that he left the text and made his real speech im? promptu. It was a ringing appeal to the manufacturers to join the boosters and help the producer secure high and good prices for raw cotton and a logical and sharp arraignment of the outrageous rules of the New York Cotton Exchange. Mr. Parker, himself at the head of mills operating over one-third of a million spindles and a close student, insisted that the cotton manufactur? ers should quit backing up the spec? ulator by decrying the value of raw cotton. The very want of confidence irl high cotton on the part of the manufacturers, he urged, bolstered the speculators and helped the "bears" force down the market that was never supplied with real cotton. If the same effort had been used in convincing the world that there was a shortage of cotton as was used in decrying the price, the market would have been maintained and goods would have kept on a parity with cot? ton. He, therefore, begged the manufac? turers to profit by possible mistakes and join hands with those undertak? ing to get a fair price for cotton and appreciate changed conditions. The farmer is entitled to a fair and honest return and he begged the representa? tives of the cotton mills to see that they got it. The world is going to be bare of cotton next Septemebr, and next year's crop will hardly supply needs with reasonable reserve, and there is no use to expect low price cotton, and then Mr. Parker frankly showed that his personal experience was that his mills made more money with high priced cotton than with low and declining cotton. Mr. Parker knows what he is talk? ing about and his intelligent audience was amazed at the array of facts and figures he gave in an off-hand way. Mr. Parker said that the government was to blame for much of the mis? understanding about the crop. It sent out a report about the ravages of the boll weevil being exaggerated and all sorts of stuff. He rapped the government officials for say? ing that the normal price of cotton should be from 8 to 10 cents. When the boll weevil fake was sent out, cotton tumbled 1 l-'J cents and the cloth market went to pieces. Then, early In January, the government sent out a crop estimate and the gamblers, by their manipulation, forced cotton down 3 1-4 cents on the exchange. Mr. Parker talks freely and gen? erally In a conversational tone, but when he landed on the methods of I the New York Cotton Exchange he j rose on his tip-toes and grew eloquent, i Mr. Parker made It plain that he ap? preciated the honest men In the ex? change, and that he knew there were honest men In the exchange, but he denounced the methods and went in? to minute details. The chief trouble, he pointed out, was that the rules are framed for the protection of specula? tive sellers and are not for the legiti? mate buyer. The rules are for gamb? ling and not for trade, and he lnsist j ed that all he wanted was a fair, square deal for all and rules that were j fair and honest, both to buyer and seller. Mr. Parker carried conviction with his statements, because he knew the rules, and then he related a personal experience. He, with other legitimate buyers, was in New York early this month to get cotton. On May 2 Mr. ; Parker bought five thousand bales of cotton in New York. It *vas not spec? ulative cotton, for Mr. Parker wanted the actual cotton for the summer. Then Mr. Parker related how the New York folks squirmed and twisted to keep him and other buyers from demanding the real cotton. One of the party from Georgia wanted to borrow money on the actual cotton. He did not get It, and was told he had better not mix up with Brown and j Scales and a lot of "bulls." The mill I man told him that he would get the money at home, and he did so, but he j was offered the money if he would . leave the cotton in New York. Mr. ; Parker did not want nor need money, j They told him the brokers had been j refused insurance on the cotton he I had bought, and how he had to get insurance in his own way, and then how the effort was made to dissuade him from taking the real cotton by delaying and playing with the classi? fication and suggesting that the clas? sification may be indefinitely post? poned. Mr. Parker and the other Southern buyers have paid for the cotton in New York, and want real cotton, and will not be satisfied with paper cotton. Mr. Parker's account of the wiles of the New York Exchange made an Im? pression and he argued that the gov? ernment should see that Its rules be made fair and honest to buyer and seller and that the contracts be hon? est?that's all. If this is not done then the real cotton manufacturer Is at the mercy of the cotton gambler an 1 cotton manufacturing will degen er te into cotton speculation rather than manufacturing. If cotton is to be Inflated or depressed in price by gambling processes, then the mill president has no need of knowing the manufacturing end near so much as the speculative branch. Cotton must boar such relation to the actual cotton conditions that any honest man can judge prices. Mr. Parker said that the manufac? turers could do much towards rem? edying these conditions and he out? lined very clearly that cotton should respond to supply and demand, that was honest and fair, but the cotton' exchanges had no right to deal un- J fairly between the buyer and seller, by its rules, and no more convincing evidence of this was needed than to show that spots were selling for three cents a pound more than New York contracts. Mr. Parker's talk was re? ceived with great apj ?lause. The cotton mill men are here from all over the country. They are dis cussing live and practical questions. The recent tare law in South Carolina was freely discussed today. The con vsntion will continue through tomor row and then the Southern Power > Company will take the visitors to its great water power plant, over on the South Carolina side. A WOMAN BLIND TIGER. ller Husband is in Jail and She Wants to be There Too it Seems A warrant was issued Tuesday by Magistrate Harby for Mrs. J. A. Johnson, whose husband is in jail awaiting trial for numerous cases of selling whiskey, charging her with selling spiked cider. It seems that Mrs. Johnson has continued the busi? ness since her husband's incarcera? tion. The constable found when he went out to make the arrest that the woman is the mother of numerous small children, the youngest of which is less than two months old. He felt that he could not take her away from her children and warned her to quit the unlawful traffic. Mr. Harby is determined if she does not stop sell? ing whiskey to find a home for net children and lodge her in jail. Judge Purdy spent two days this week w ith the commission appointed to select a site for the asylum. He was seen by a reporter this morning, but had nothing to say for publication, except that the commission is agreed that something must be d >ne and done soon to relieve the congested sit? uation. The asylum is too crowded at this time. There are 1,500 people, where only 700 should be accommo? dated. The commission will be in a position soon to give some relief to the situation. LAWLESS CALLS BRANDEIS LIAR. Exciting Day in Ilullinifcr-P?uhot In? quiry. Washington, May 17.?A day filled with intonating episode* reached an exciting climax in the liallinger-Pin chot investigation late today, when Assistant Attorney General Oscar Lawler, author of the now famous Lawler memorandum, rose wrathfully from the witness seat and accused Attorney Rrandeis of uttering a de? liberate untruth. Then, after he had been rebuked by several members of the committee. Mr. Lawler withdrew his remark and apologized to the committee. Mr. Lawler was called to the stand by the "defence" to explain the cir? cumstances under which he had pre? pared for the President a memoran? dum containing his opinion on the charges that had,been filed by Special Agent Glavis against Secretary Bal linger. Several hours had been con? sumed in the examination of Fred? erick M. Kerby, the stenographer in Mr. Ballinger's office, who was dis? charged yesterday. Mr. Kerby was called unexpectedly by Chairman Nelson soon after the committee assembled, that he might give sworn testimony to his published statement, which Mr. Brandeis had endeavored to have printed in the Re? cord, together with the President's letter of last Sunday. Directly contradicting Secretary Ballinger's testimony, Kerby said hin former superior knew about the prep? aration of the memorandum and that he participated in a conference on the subject. Furthermore, he said, Law? ler had told Private Secretary Carr, in his presence, that he had left a copy of the memorandum with Mr. Bal linger. Under cross-examination by Mr. Brandeis, Mr. "Lawler was referred to various requests for the document and information bearing on it, which the attorney had sent to Secretary Ballinger through the committee, Mr. Lawler had informed the secretary, in each instance, that he had supplied all the matter bearing on the Glavla charges "in his possession." Florence Wants Another Train. Florence, May 17.?The business community and the traveling men of this whole section of the State join in a petition to the railroad to operate a train out of Columbia, leaving about 11 o'clock, and reaching here about 1? leaving here about 2:30 and arriving In Columbia about 5. This train to do local work. The business of this section needs it, for local accommo? dations are few on the railroad, and the present schedule makes it very expensive to get about. 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