Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IN THE RELI What the Church Folk ] Sunday Softool I.essnn TH? AitisKH iar who l?ll? NOT I> \KI The Internet ional S? n>;i n s?-1i?m?1 l.o on for Frlu'iuii1)- I I '.Iimis Hi " Itvlm' of ilio World."?.loin llMl. <By William T. Ullis. > Of ail the t/.rcut dramas in tha richest storehouse 01 liiei i!i MCrlDtUrca. tl??M"r> a in ..ill.- III-.. three that euual or surpass ill tragedy ol tlic soiwins and ansfO crai, who first heard t.n fullest e\ position of tlto inne message an mission of Jest . ar.d y? ( tacked tii co'jrrgc to follow t:,e 'ruth he ha 1 en rued. Thut is a In !l. To knot the better and t> do lite worse; ; im the gi'ettt without the nerve t forsake tile cbtuinonplnco; to h.heard a oaJl ol t!ir> .ui^lust duty. ... then to ham slunk hack no i dreary ;ruts -of expediency and con venlencc?earth has no woiso i" ment than thk state ol iminl. T?: slackers and shirkers <u tin- ICuto pean war arc no such. cow.u is a _? the enlightened men and women lack stamina !< follow tiuth wliitli ^ ersoevor it max lead. y\ With the mtsguidi .| kimlhtw-s e Ju Christian teachers, it lias lit en ens fn toruary to hold up .\"icod<-uius a>j|p creditable Character, and ..a homo able man. blinking th. cent i.o that although >..\?...i nh.>\c .?.! nn-i he. did not become a ipic e Jesus until too 'ate to icrn'm t th heart of the lonely 'I aelmr. \\ it would have leaned 1 e:<\t'> upon ;l comradeship <> on*- > ik. :< oi holai _ N Nlcodeuttts. Itnaytm i. t >1 <v<- ;. hate tnoalit to o : I.old to have I a member of the uml-.-Inu for disciple' ? ?t I - mil ? winl. .lesii lived did Nt odenius open Ins lips t defense of the Master: ar.d that wn when the court of which lie was member, was plot -inu t '<< death l "hi 1st. Nicodeinar till.idle expostr lated. "Does our law condemn man unheard V" Swift came the "oarliuu t.p'x "Art thou also ;i ilalilean.' II... any of the rulers Indicted ?>u llita Ami Nicodctnus shut np? like a l.uu Jchn. who alone makes mention Nicodomna. doubtless had Hie sioi from the lips of Nicodom'.is himseh after the resurrection, for. inspire perhaps by a look cm t upon him i> the doomed Saviour. Xicod< mus a ?last escaped from his torment " fear and indeesion in time 10 brm gifts to the body r>t a dead Lord. M may easily Imagine the self-re proaches with whic'n the proud Phar IsM conlessed to John, the l.clovod his disloyalty and cowardice. Join conceals his friend's name as In records the explanation t the en tire experience: "Kven of the ruler: . many believed upon hint I mi t Ik.t:iii?i rsf the Pharisees they did, not eon loved ra i Let us he fair to Xicodcilitts. il really had a position to consider. II bad gone to the top rung or the lad <1*r . of success among the .KWh. fc b? ifcas a member of the snnhedrir LHe was a judge and teacher of hi nation. "Wherever lie went he was : marked man. and honored by al1 Other men stepped aside to let hin pass, and his ears were unite accns tomed to the sweei music of over head whispers: "That's Xioodemu* the great scholar and judge. lie'}, , good man as w? II as rich and great." -\n aristocrat, a gentleman, a publii man with traditions and oflleial posi tion, Xleodenms had inneh at stake Despite all. he came to Jesus Srnrr tlmf t?* li?^. . ? i. * opcn-nt iinlcii onoimh to iitvestigali new truth lit- dated eondescend t. vitit this humble 'lahleau and eon fer with 11 tin. True, hi* "eaine h; night." nn'i that tag. " >v night," i affixed to him in < cry mention < his name in tiie I: i 1>1 in history Hi* courage was not of the dayligli sort. lie K | t out ! th* light, to he was iifrai<l of "what they say." John's pieti-fe of Nirndemus i like one of the pro? inns l<y t he <*1> Dutch mnstns mn.Mly darkness ant shadow and I nckgmnnd. The hint light is ihat the t miner! I'harisefully eor.seions of his social and oe clcsiastienl standing. reallv <li.l eonn to Jeans lit wa-. tint a voting man either: it is easier lor the voting f crept new ways and new ideas am adventure new xperieitees. With all his inl'o:i!ed and ae to imivi: ot i m m mm \ am) m il l) i? ins: si sri v Take tiie Old Standard (tl'OVITf TASTEIjWSS eliili Toxit". Vmi know what you are taking .as the formal, id printed on every label, showing ii it? Quinine ami Iron in :t tasteles. form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron hit'' .k up the system 60c.? ( Advertise nmtil.) { H MIK 7^0^VER 7b7rrD?ii5T .( MAKER'S f\HD 5?? IF f UtY QoYiH 15 FlNieHEDJ GIOUS WORLD Are Thinking About and Doing ami Young People's Topics. mired prejudice* against t'.alllee I aiut against radical teachings, XicoI domus stooped to visit tins now rahl>i. 11n cir;at{uiu nt lim ing dualities: e bet ii made in advance through i n , sen ant. Wlten Teacher Became Pupil. I lodging over to the darker sld< .{of the narrow Jerusalem streets, am f j icllowing .it a distance the scrvan e ivlic led tin- way with a torch, wen r Ni< odemi.s. tilled with tlie though c in his own condescension in seekinj - "out tills new teacher from the north - ' ind not at all sure that lie was act I ' :t.g w scly in so going. Ili> phylac ti . us and his bearded lace, and his i ohe which marked his ottice. wen v . hidden beneath the folds of an all II enveloping clonk. It was a relic to iiiui when they liad ascended tin 1 o,it< r stair to tin upper room in tin ' house of a friend where Jesus lodg "il. Xieodemus knocked at tlie doo *i ol" lliui who pictures lllmsclf a knocking at the door of all hearts uiul 1'i was promptly tcceixed. whll the :# i vant waited without. " | No great uitist has painted tlia "i wonderiul picture The proud cc elisiastic. with the hearing of hi state and power, and the liuiilbl\ 1 1 i i ?i Young Man from Nazareth, eacl idl ing tin1 I'iii e ol tin other ii ill-' ilii-K' ti?>; light of sin ancient nrl lamp. As became hi* positiot sr. Lit: own estimation ?the \isito ' op-ne<l the conversation with run " , ... i ( ii.Iim;; Wi iii'' ot compliment " which he. himseir. scarcely believed " ' Kai'hi. .vc Know thou art a teache . .in. fi ,?n> '5oil"?which was th , ( . thing ho .till not know, and wa '! j s- .-kill g u> Mnd out. i Not hint; hut conventional orient ' j a; politeness la> behind the phrase 1 as when art insincere hostess says t ".an unwelcome guest. "<">h, my <iea Mrs. Smith. 1 am so glad to see you.' \. > In a lessor man Jesus might have it? I norod or parried the salutation: hu i this was i ho Kfoat I >r. Nioodcntus. so 1 with the disconcerting oattdor of ai 'nitorlv hon?'sl soul. 11? > ihre.M straign to the realities. With this meat re .. . hgi.wts tettcher in .ptest of truth. Ih j liar...I talk on the hiirhcst I^\el. tibou the suhliniest verities. So he replied 'v ("Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Fix .. ; cent ..no be horn anew he cannot se< I 'the kingdom of God"?can't evei " soo it. much less enter. t p Among tlio Mysteries, f Then to the dazed tniptl? for sit" 1 i Xiooilemus htid become-?the Gati c ' lean began to expound the lofties . j conceptions of Ills new Message - | Nicodemns had coine, conscious o .litis own high birth, only to meet tit. ! ; doctrine that they alone are hlgl e I born who- arc born from above. Thii . I light -seeking legalist had to lean * 11hat religion is a spirit, a life, a new . , nature, a divine sonships. It is ? . j iny.-tiuy of course?as mysterious m ( the v inB that was rustling the leaves outs'.'e *hn door .us the two men cont . .** T*^uM\??n owi Into the school whld te.nrv needs to enter, thl lot t h^kfcsjj, rit-h Am life. F'lcsh atr e | materialism caiino* change things es < j sentially; hti* the Spirit of God can r | new hearts. It is regeneration rathe i. j than reform that will set right thi s j world. The one essential thing it ? j?'hrlstinnity is not ereeds' or rhurcl membership or in * **) In: ?u<i I ftttlrnm i j turns. hut tite new hirth. The iirivi - I lege is one tliat (!od never denies t< - 0those who seek the new life which i \ in < 'hrist. i f White tlie two men were eonvers line earnestly tipon tiiis profoun* | theme, there occurred a phrase tha -i opens a wide \istn of meditation . | .lostts s-iifi. "If I lold yon earthl; thinus. and ye believe not. how shal s | ye believe if 1 te'l you heavenlj * i things?" That, after tiie discoursi i ! mi the new hirth' If the new hirtl - | is "earthly things." what must hi ?' "heavenly tilings" !>??! Verily, "Kyi liatii rot so"U no- ear heard." Tin f j heigh* tiiid depth of love of ?lo<l an b' vond mortal gr?.-,> The staggerini f 1 profundi!ies of the Oospe! move tn r i to nve and humble reverenee. 'The Man who Hoard tin* I'ttermost s To have heard I.other's defense a ' \V tints would have been a hid 1 privilege, and the experience of ; 1 'lift time. To have been among thi listeners to Paul's address in Mar'i " I I 111! or to Peter's sermon at Pentecost c oiihl have made one a marked man ; lint think what it meant to hnv< ' heard, hoi from the lips of Jesui 1 | 111r.isolf. illustrated by llis hoamim jeyrs and ravishing smile, the con. " j rent mi ion of all the truth of the Tos. ? pel. the supreme utterance of Oinj ni-cienee. Tor Clod so loved thf i world that lie gave his only-begotter J Son. that whosoever helieveth on bin | should not perish, but have eternal ; I life!" That greatest of all words wat i spoken to an audience of one. and i. Nicodemus was (lie man. The Hiving Word uttered the vocal word of ut terinost salvation, which latlhcr used to call, "the little fjospel"?and the man who heard it had not tlie courE f MESS l.tTlE oHE-rve I HtAK ^W/\ 0BEH 5ENT OVER. AH' ? O0?Y X// To GIT M#?6. P? ^ToWe pf?ess!y I ilage to lie true to this superlative revelation! To Nioodemua Jesus unfolds His Passion, In the. picture of tho uplifted cross. To Nlcodemus He made clear the untune mission of Himself as the Christ. To Nlcodemus He unfolded the old Testament as It had never been unfolded before. To Nlcodemus He made this marvelous exposition of faith and truth. And Nlcodemus still refused to become His disciple! Instead he went out into the night: and the night that surrounded hlru was not so black as the tumultuous midnight within His own breast. He | had talked face to face with the Christ Himself. He knew that, the Messiah had conic. Nevertheless, he " loved the honor that comes front men more than tho honor that comes from God. and so. for fear of his fellowaristocrats, the F'hatisees. he went back on Jesus Christ. If ever the , records of the sanhodrin which fried J Jesus should be discovered it would t he found that Nlcodemus was counted in his absence as voting against the t Victim. For Nlcodemus was not present at that cruel session; he was somewhere off in the night, tormente-' in his soul, and trying to decide whether he should risk all and cons foss Jesus. ' Something?perhaps a look from the Saviour on the Cross?settled his j ; soul's problem. H'e made the great , i decision too late to comfort and serve Hint when lie most needed a friend. 1 j If there is regret in heaven. Nicodoj. | mii?, the scholar who hud not the K courage to follow Jesus, experiences : I it. e WHWH ? 1 <. W ? W-I-+++* t * * ; + MOTl,OW C'KKKK. * s I + _ d-M-H-Ml 1 1 n 1 ! H | H ' j Motlow Creek. Feb. 1.?Rev. A. T. 1 ; Jones filled his regular appointment. Sunday morning at this place. There 1 were a good many in attendance owing to the beautiful day. The roads in tills section are getting bail on account of the continued ; bad weather. Or. T. I*!. Morrow is a frequent vis? itor in and around iliis community s on account of so much sickness. Measles is still raging in and around this " community. ' ilose Can ford of Greer was a vis? itor In this section Sunday. ? John Suddeth from near Holly Springs passed through this section " j en route to l)r. T. K. Morrow's. ' Will Campbell passed through tliis ' I r?r* in ?> i 11 ii it v rPnr??ilii v mnrninir. 1 George Turner of near Gowansvllle ' I was a visitor in this section Sunday. * | Miss Nellie Atkins visited her uncle e ! George Ash more last week. 1 j Mr. and Mrs. G. Y. Harrill and lit i tie daughter Ruby visited their " daughter. Mrs. Jasper Fisher, SunB (lav. 1 Miss Dorene Harrill visited Miss T.eila and Harriet Fisher lasj week. Far! Odom passed through this t section Monday afternoon. -j Mrs. George Ashniore was out vlst ' iting relatives Monday afternoon. READER ! H M11'1 > > >'1 ?; s WFXIiFORD. * >+ * ?! HIHH I III H I Well ford. Jan. SI.?Mr. and Airs. , Li* W. Walker, have returned to their /home in San L\ngelo. Texas, after jn spending soiup time with Mrs. WalF'.Uer'w j^riientsi Mr. and Gil[J | Mr. AI'manTof Orlando, Fla^fcas ii h visitor here this week. *\J W. Ia WilliaWis. of Cowpent, passed ,"j, through hereA Sunday on route to ' Greenville. rl Mrs. Wingo and son spent Wednesp day in Spartanburg 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, o* Westmin, j ster. passed here recently en route . to Spartanburg. Our community was saddened when j the death of Dr. J. H. Allen was nn? nounced. O. P. Gannon spent several days this _ week in Spartanburg. \ Miss Wingo has rettirne<l from f Georgia, where site was the guest of | Mrs. Rurriss. While away Miss Wingo J. visited Oakway and Greenville. I Mrs. X. Miller ('ash, of Spartnn, burg, was a recent guest at the home B of her uncle, J. G. Wingo. , A party from here will attend a ? j dance ?t the home of Mr. Guin Saturp i day night. f, j Miss I.aura Wingo has returned to ,, tier school after a few davs' stnv . j here. j The Misses Green were in Spartanburg Saturday night. Rjiltlinoif's Room. (Tho Philadelphia Record.) Washington "dry?" What a ron* trast with good old days of the capi ita! city, when it was famed for the excellence of its drinks and food' If j tlie Demon rum shall be driven from ' his lair on the Potomac he cannot cross that stream into Virginia, for that state is now enlisted under the * banner of prohibition. Maryland alone remains open to him, and Haitimore, only an hour away, seems his logical haven. The Monumental Cit> j has long desired a boom, and apparently one is coining at last, such as ! I it Is. 1 | , j ********* III Ill ???l -M 1 IN MAX. ' I II Mill III I I'll MMII MM II ! Inman, Feb. 1,?Rev. H. C. Rrab Jham at?d family are now occupying ENGER f ITW?LL~iJ>\ I'P Rather I) iri A I VVH/^T I THl //>fiW MlMOT?5-/ TELL ME. 7 AMD I WANT I WHAT !<b Y I YoO lb TELL (Vf?" 1 LITTLE M WHAT You 7H/NK ) V \T"<>F ^ t ' ~?l^ -tpy?- ? the new parsonage. Our Haptlst tl brethren are- to t>c congratulated v Thoy have provided u convenient, r commodious, ten or eleven room p dwelling house for' their pastor. w Several weeks ago Mr. A. M. I an- v caster carried a partv of men in his it automobile fo siaytpnburg. sev?ril1 I of them to the t??wter to hc.ir and w see Sprah Bernhimlt. After climbing h the mil at Mr. John Dodd's ho started o oil at a pretty Itvtfv gate. Kvery oc. k cupant of the ca>-was startled when t liis wind-shield won broken <> pieces ( n hy .some unspep bower, tin luvestigu- ( ri I I'm mighty glad erner.. Just suppo or an Indian, or i my nose and eai Yes, sir am , , Southern fcirth. fatl f I was bom and you alL / Yc Yc I want you all fo good. And don I am ( If yo your r the w< r dove TO "Jl ~HE MITT HELP BEING A HO WITH THE LAKES TlcLLyoO \ / it ISN'T 6c 1/ ofYooAI VeRV PffeffY-/ r HGHT BYES, I ,T* M?L?? \ 1 oOR PRETTY y FRENCH! f V V ^ 7 ^ ?"i?SLi ion. ho discovered that two telephone Ires had been stretched across the oad, and fastened securely to telehone polos on both side of the highay Just high enough to strike the i rind-shield of an automobile. Had not been for the wind-shield Mr. ancaster and the gentlemen who rere on the front seat with him would ave been beheaded. The writer was ne of the occupants of the car and tiows that the Impact was sufficient o have decapitated a number of ion. The wires were stretched just ight to have gotten a man on a mo I was born a real South se I had been an Eskimo, something with rings in -s! good and proud , of my My mother is from Virtier, i^ from the Carolinas. raised down here among til Folks of the Sot >u Folks of the Soui r my friends?every one 't forget? guaranteed by u don't like me retui noney back. I have said arid over for keeping hit reign R THE GENTJLE Ct/tvp cff i fsttrat ^ M OUST 50- "\ ( WHAT Oo You ioW PLEASE ) ( 8V 'ELL ME / \ W&V To VHAT IT IS v- pIN EN6USH1J ? torcycle at the throat. I understand that this is the second time that an automobile has run into wires stretched across the road at or near this particular place. It is hard to see wires at night, and any ono who will stretch theni across the public highway?Just high enough to cut a man's head off?is. to say the least, guilty of intended murder. I have been informed that sharp iron spikes have been driven In the road. Just right for the* tires of an automobile to strike them, at or near this place. Mr. Lancaster thought that his car Let's I Good' Stick 1 * ?f? I wish you could se< i 1 i 1 i ciean ana ongnt anc some?the finest, whih factory in all the wor I am called SOVERE All! But my midd friend?and all over friends are with me, ith KNOW good i h KNOW good tob of you. Give me a chai rn me to your dealei it. A Southern gentlems \ word, and I have riven Ciga irmw wr lnc TfLeari' CI WALT" ~~ TjHAfTT .? ? W VYoU'RE ENTIRELY ?j^7 J^J00 GMHRT! O -43L-^. fXF'^?~ J3C ? . " i r . wan damaged about ttB. but it via the shock that worried hffh. "The 8cheme That Failed," under '. ? the auspice* of the V. W. A. of the A V<4 ISaptlat church, at the school auditorium. Saturday evening, February . " > 3rd. The public ie invited tt?v come. V ' r Music and reading between acts. . G. H. Camp han been conflhed to , m vii-J his room for about a week with a boll on or in hla none. J. U. Cartee la out again after an attack of rheumatism. Merman Harris is still confined to his room with rheumatism. % Js Folks r ogether 5 my home?it is so i cheery and wholesst, healthiest tobacco id. IGN?King of Them le name is Smoke, the South my loyal became ^ v -' ^ Hoodt acco/ ice?see how I make ?Buy me. r and get m is known i you mine; irettes SOUTH ?6" r * ^ ,rf r / GEE WHIXZ.1r L WHAT A ftmULT / AN IHNOCEHT QUE0T/ON C?N , - ^ ' A' ,