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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
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RACE*.
I iffsnf Will find Condition-.
IImm Ideal?ftrUUSl stand to be
i 1111> d ? Mi Jeukkaa Offers I te of
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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. Strong prea
sure will be brought to bear on the
road to give the accommodations ask?
ed for.
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