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POLK . COUNTY HEWS, TEY01T, ITOHTII CAROLINA tHFtOVED URIFOtM IRTEIllATIOIfAL 14 (By REV. P. B. I ITZWATER, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) , (Copyright. 181. Wwttrn Nwgppr Cnlon i LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 23 ' 1 Lesson 1 r O a iConducted : by National . Council of : the Boy Scouts of America.) - - - xsi(ifr- foOyM fpi. 'warn L . i M-zJ&b Wbm$ik IHm JsmwS xwsM In! pi as. yaw: 1 mmmm. ill ; Vfc mm i n. .? RWS II I 2 ii i -yr I :;::: S-:5?::::::Jf:9W SI; - ..,AV"..'.'.l.'XiP,t.l ler-Km WX" 7 j l&S&Bmmmi symbol of Thanksgiving t Why, turkey, of course., Thanks giving means plenty and good ness. So does turkey plenty of white meat and plenty of dark for everybody. And as for the goodness just remember how, when a slow and awkward carver was on the job, you sat and fellf pur mouth water! And the stuffing that's plenty and goodness, too. Down with the fel low who says turkey-stuffing lessens the sweet fjivor and delicious aroma of the bird! - That Jellotr never tasted real turkey-stuffing in all ' Jtisborn days. Why,' it's the soul of the turkey. You just smell that heavenly smell and then pu take all the carver will give you for a first helping. What'll 1 have? Imparticular. Big fiece. Lots of stuffing. mm :VK;::":;;: .'tVi-.ii proceeding is as important economically as ' the first. And under that heading the art of Mr. Jordan Is final, though French chefs, amid their smears and cococtions, may voice exclamations and "denials. "If the turkey is young," Mr. Mcllhenny says, quoting Mr. Jordan, "cook it in the way usual to stove baking, after first filling its ; cavity with a suitable dressing of bread crumbs, pepper; salt and onions chopped fine, moistened with fresh country butter. This is Is the best dressing that can be made, and It will detract nothing from the flavor of the bird nor add to it." . Oysters or chestnuts. If put Into the dressing, are a profanation, and shrimps an abomination, in the view of Mr. Jordan. Wineand celery de stroy the rich turkey flavor. . Originally the wild turkey was found in most parts of the United States from the forests of Maine and westward as far as Nebraska and southward to the lower parts of Mexico. Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, the Spanish historian, who wrote ' many books about the West Indies, printed a description of the wild turkey at Toledo In the year 1527. He had seen the males In the gobbling season and supposed they were peacocks. Thus Oviedo brought the turkey into literature. But if the records are reliable, it was Alejandro Geraldinl, an Italian and the Roman Catholic bishop of Santo Domingo, who Introduced the turkey Into Europe. A letter he wrote in 1523 mentions that he had sent a pair of turkeys to a friend in . Rome. . - , The domestication of the bird, however, was brought about by the Spaniards, whose naviga tors took It home In their queer little ships and localized it in "European barnyards," as John FIske states the case. This happened in 1530. Eighty years later Christopher Newport, the leader of the expedition that founded James town,. ir Virginia, sailed back to England. With him he took a large quantity of yellow sand that he thought was gold, and several coops of wild turkeys, "the first," again to quote John Fiske, "that ever graced an English bill of fare." The sand was found to be valueless, but the turkeys lived and multiplied and became a source of large profit to British farmers. ? ' . During the reign of Charles I, king, of England, the prices of many things were regulated by law. Hume, the historian, says a turkey cock brought four shillings and six pence, $1,12; a turkey hen three shilling, or 75 cents', and a goose two shill ings, or 50 cents. A pheasant cock sold for $1.50, a pheasant hen for $1.25 and, a partridge for 25 cents., Turkeys then were a novelty in Great 'Britain.' ' .... , About 7,000.000 turkeys are grown yearly in this country. Texas produces , more than , any other state. Missouri is second, Illinois third. Iowa fourth. Ohio fifth and Indiana sixth. An ordinary western , turkey weighing 12 pounds used Ttw"mcS5 'to sell for about $36 at retail , in the eastern : VXSSS"' markets.- As .to its cost this Thanksgivfngyour. sland . some 3 500 2uess is as good as anybody's. . , V : , ' , ' Mr. Jlhehny i will tell you that : wild turkeys, live In the regions where, they are' born. !, If they go away it is for the reason that there is a shortage of food In the territory constituting their natural range. After feeding they will return ; to their old homes.4; , ."- ' ' . V ' During the 60 years that Mr. Jordan spent In " hunting and studying wild turkeys, he never saw or heard of one that died a natural death. 1 "Nor." he said, "have I heard of any disease or epidemic among them Blackhead, a common distemper among domestic turkeys, has baffled the- doctors, far and in regions has made the production of turkeys not only unprofitable but practically out of the question. After studying the wild turkey for 60 years, hunting it for 50 years and photographing It for ten years, Charles L. Jordan, , an Alabama gen tleman, thought with Benjamin Franklin, that the eagle hasn't an honest leg to stand on as the real bird of freedom. - Though a little vain and silly, the turkey. Franklin said, is a native American "and a bird of courage." Had he known more on the subject he would have added that the turkey is both wise and cleanly and is never vain or silly except dur iag the gobbling season. Can as much be, said of any other biped? - The gobbling season among turkeys, of course -opens and ends with spring. It is then that the male struts and calls and reveals his whereabouts to hunters and their dogs. During the rest of the year, however, he frus trates man and mocks at all his plans. He Is in the woods, but invisible to enemies armed with Pins. Brave, silent, dignified and capable, he is unconquerable until he becomes elocutlve and tove-lorn and begins to make a huge fan of his tail. Wild turkeys have had their historians, biogra phers and antiquarians, says James B. Morrow in the Boston Globe. Scientists have written about them in a lingo that nobody can under stand. There are enough turkey books here and to- France, Spain and Great Britain to make a krge library in themselves. . The department of agriculture in Washington flnploys-a field expert who spends a larger part 01 the year with flocks of domesticated turkeys toat he may learn their habits and search out all the secrets of their lives. The turkey Industry Ouches almost every farm. - Trainloads of live and dressed turkeys , are dipped from large and small towns in the Souths There are turkey farms In the West, with herders for the flocks, and turkeys in droves, like cattle 8od sheep,', can 'be seen in Tennessee, California and elsewhere, just before Thanksgiving, and Christmas, on the way to market. Also there .are torkey doctors. v - " ' But Mr. Jordan, living, out-of doors from child hood to ld age, and meeting his death at last from a poacher's shot knew . more about .turkeys than anyone who has ever lived. He began study ln them, hidden behindr fallen trees; and in the hnifch. while still too young to carry a rifle. Clilef among the pupils of this fine old master Edward A. Mcllhenny. a business man of Ary island, Louisiana, at , whose suggestion re-. ."wres for birds have been established in mnereui Jmrts of the 'United Jmily owns Averv tslnnd tent, whore the fast vanishing white heron finds ref?e during the breeding season, ' apd where ducks by the thousand live throughout, the win ter, j- ' ';T y.;-.; : rl Ani(,Dg the turkey! hunters of 'today Mr. Mc Hhenny is prominent. But, for his fidelity and , ,rithtiHsm and his . skill - asa writer, "Mr. Jor lan'R practical and fascinating knowledge of the uiIl turkey would have been lost to sportsmen naturalists. So, too, would' have been lost 4 Mr- Jordan's method of cooking, - whether the t. Jurkey is shot in the woods or. less, dramatically, , taken from a tree near the house or, from a A turkey having been obtained, the next trans aion ig'to prepare It for the table. The second The mother turkey of the woods keeps her children under control and at her side until mid winter. By that time the brood is full grown. The young gobblers, Mr. Mcllhenny says, then leave their mothers and sisters and form bachelor clubs among themselves. Turkey society in the forests, from December until , early in the spring, Is made up of three di visions -the old hens and young hens; the young gobblers, and the old gobblers. At mating time, in March, there Is a reunion. It is then, that the old "gobblers strut and gobble and call to their plural wives as well as to the hunters. At the moment the hens begin to set, the old gobblers, in couples and groups up to 20, again sequester themselves from all but their own society. So they live, summer, autumn and win ter. They never fight except when they are show ing off to the ladies and then their combats are not mortal. The rules of their contests of strength permit shoving, pulling, pecking and wing-beating. . They are brave birds, as the McHhennys, all famous hunters, will testify. Furthermore, they are wise birds. It is the exceptional hunter who gets a sight of them in summer. They are not afraid, however, of the farmer who is plowing. husking corn or reaping. Notwithstanding the spectacular enterprise of turkey ranching in Texas and California on a grand scale, the old farm must still be relied upon for most of our Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, says James Hamilton Byrd in Grit. On thousands upon thousands of farms, as a side issue to her regular work, It is common practice for the farm wife to keep a. half a dozen or per haps a dozen turkey hens and a gobbler from which ta raise a flock of 40 to 50 turkeys. Early in the spring the turkey hens begin lay ing. Then comes the brooding season. By Octo ber 1 the young turkeys have grown to be big, rangy birds so, now the fattening or finishing process is begun. Little do they know as they are being fed more and. more of the farmer's corn every night of the diabolical intentions of their master's better half. Ten days oi two weeks be fore marketing, they are literally, feasted on grain stuffed three or four times a day until just be fore the enactment of the tragedy of their young careers theyt should be as fat as butter balls. , Although turkey ranching in Texas and Call forniaVhas almost reached the proportions of a new and spectacular industry, by far the greater number of turkeys are raised on the farms of the middle West Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky Missouri and Iowa. New England, long famous for Its turkeys, raises comparatively few,, al though its reputation still lingers. s Some of the big turkey ranches have a thousand or more tur keys, and some ; of the turkey drives to market are most extraordinary sights. The flocks of the middle West are usually less than a hundred. ; Still 50. to 75 " fine gobblers and hens weighfi from .15, to . 25 pbundseachv Is. not a . mean sight and represents" Indeed "no small' value. '" ' . , There are still millions of acres, Jn Texaspkla homa and New ; Mexico ' where, the wild turkey breeds "plentifully, and where" turkey hunting Js great sport.' But of far "more Importance to the turkey : market is the "still hunting"' which Is carried on; in the spring in many places to secure eggs or possibly the" very young; birds In order to raise the pure wild-blood turkey and introduce it Into tame flocks; The tame turkey has degener ated until It Is no longer the virile bird it was in the days of our pllgrini fathers, but the wild turkey is subject to no known disease.. On some of the forest reserves" the government Is "protect ing the wild turkey .'for this Important purpoa of using It as a breeding stock. JESUS CORRECTS JOHN'S NAR ROWNESS. : Jt LESSON TEXT Luke :46-5. GOLDEN TEXT-r-Grai.ee be with all tbein ' that love, our Lord Jesus Christ in sin cerity. Eph. 6:24. : ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Mat 18:1-35; Mark 9:33-42; 10:13-16. ' , J PRIMARY TOPICS Jesus and the Chllr dren. " . .... . JUNIOR TOPIC Jesus the Friend of Children. INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Hasty and Narrow Judgments. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC True and False Liberality. I.Jesus Teaches True Greatness (vvr 46-48). .tl .. 1. The occasion (v. 46). A conten tion among the disciples, as to who should be the greatest. Jesus had just announced his coming death on the cross, admonishing them to let his say ings sink down Into their ears (v. 44). They were disputing among themselves as to who would be the biggest man In the kingdom. The imagination can not depict a condition where rebuke and teaching were more needed. 2. The method (v. 47). He "took a child and set him by him." Teaching by object is one of the best of methods. In this Jesus showed himself to be the master teacher. Christ was qualified to meet the supreme need of all teach ing, namely to know the pupil and to translate knowledge into terms adapt ed to the comprehension of the pupil. He perceived even the thoughts of the disciples and met their need. When they were conscious of his knowledge of them they were ashamed (Mark 9:34). 3. The teaching (v. 48). (1) "Who soever receiveth this child In my name receiveth ' me." So completely is Christ identified with those who are childlike in spirit that he regards treat ment of them as treatment of himself. (2) "Whosoever receiveth me receiv eth him that sent me.' Christ and the Father are one, therefore whatsoever attitude one has toward Christ he has toward God. Rejection of Christ is rejection of God. (3) "He that is least among you all, the same shall be great." The one who in self-forgetful service takes the lowest place is truly the great one. This is the supreme law of Christian discipleship. In Jesus we see the one who was Incomparably great identifying himself with humani ty. : V II. Religious Intolerance Rebuked (v 49, 50). 1.- The case cited (v.. 50).. The dis ciples saw one casting out devils , in Christ's name, bet because he refused to follow them they forbade him. This spirit is liable to seize those who are; really zealous for Christ It often expresses Itself against those who do not belong to one's particular church or sect In determining whom we should admit to fellowship two ques tions only need be asked (1) Are devils really being cast out? (2) Are they being cast out in the name of Christ? The plain implication of Christ's words In Matthew 7:22,, 23 is that one may even cast but devils and be a stranger to the Lord. There Is a supernatural work which is noC divine, so unless the mighty works are done "in the name" of Christ a Christian should not fel lowship the miracle worker. 2. The principle declared (v. 51). "He that is not against ns Is for us." This truth is positively stated in Cuke 11:23, "He that is not with me Is against me." When it comes to man's attitude to ward Christ there is no neutrality. III. Resentment Rebuked (vv. 51-56). 1. Farewell to Galilee (v. 51). As the time had come for him to be re ceived up he set his face to go to Jeru salem. The time of his sacrifice was Come and Jerusalem was the place where it was to be accomplished. 2. The Samaritans refused to re ceive him. (w.52, 53). This refusal was due to the impression that he was go ing to Jerusalem. Their national pre judices were so strong that they re garded his action as a national Insult therefore refused hospitality to him. 3. James and John vehemently re sent this action of the Samaritans fv. 54). They regarded it as an Insult to their Lord. Their love was so vital that an affront to the object of their affection was most bitterly resented. 4. The Lord's rebuke (vv. 55, 56). (1)" "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of." He did not minimize the lnsult or question their motive. He who knew their hearts was aware that they were moved by love for him. He told them, however, that.such Insults were not to he met by t violence. . Re ligious persecutions are always wrong. The spread of truth Is not to be by means of , material weapons. (2) "For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's f Uve$, ; but to save ' them" A Fiction. That God being good Is the author of evil to anyone, that Is to beLstren uously denied, and not allowed! to be sung or said Iri any well-ordered com monwealth by old or young. Such a fiction Is suicidal, ruinous. Impious. Socrates, In Plato's "Republic." V" The Law cf God. ' Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man ; this Is the law of God that virtue - only Is' firm: 'and nnot be shaken by a tempest Py tbagoraa. ,. CATHOLICS EXTEND SCOUTING Upon the initiative of . the National Cariiolic War -council, the formation of the boy scout organizations in ev ery Catholic parish throughout ther United States will soon be under way The council, which' has. been, casting" ! about for a solution of the problem of taking care of young boys and provid ing for them wholesome and profitable . diversion, has decided that .t the boy scouts, meet the requirements of the situation better than any other organi zation that could be devised,' and an effort will -be made to stimulate the fenrollmentr4rCatholic boys In It. Contrary to the impression that has prevailed vtitr some quarters the boy scouts are not in any sense's religious or denominational organization, it happens that in most cases Protestants have been quick to take .advantage of It, and Catholics have for some reason held aloof. Assurance is given by the officials of the council that there is no reason for this. Through Michael, J. Slattery. chair man of the committee on men's activi ties, the council has taken up the ques tion with the national governing body of the boy scouts, and has been as sured that Catholic boys will be placed on the same footing as any other boys, and that their Interests will be safe guarded by Catholic representation on the various boards. No discrimination of any kind is made. A campaign for the extension of the organization among Catholic parishes will tfe under taken under Mr. Slattery's direction. It is evident, from what has already been done, that the idea has Impressed many pastors very favorably. More than 400 inquiries have been received by the council, asking for information. as to the methods of organization. SCOUTS KILL OFF GOLF PEST. After every other means to exter minate the beetles that had menaced the golf course of the Louisville Coun try club had failed, the boy scouts of the city -ere frantically appealed to. "Everybody has fallen down on us," the ' khaki-clad boys were told, ."and we're calling on you as a last resort"' The boys ' looked the situation over.. They found that , the beetles at the links had become so numerous during the past four years that they swarmed around like bees and threatened the very life of the course. ? But that didn't faze the scouts a bit. They, armed themselves with a bund f small minnow nets and some used by entomologists, and then went after 'em." ,. .; Result? Complete annihilation of the foe ! Thousands of the pests were' caught killed, piled up into a moun tain of "carcasses," and burned. . Incidentally, the golf authorities were tickled and showed their appre-. elation by giving the boys a spread of "chow" that would make a New York hotel look like a night-owl lunch-cart SCOUTS TO BAN NICKNAMES. One branch of the government at Washington has instituted a campaign to discourage the use of nicknames fors representatives of our allies. Boys are the ones who most, of. all perpetuate the use of undignified ap pellatlons and the Boy Scouts of Amer- ' ica are invited to put their active ban . on them. "The use of nicknames and names of derision as applied to the foreign-born in America, is a considerable obstacle " In the way of Americanization," says Commissioner of Education P. P. CI ax ton in a letter to Chief Scout Execu tive James E. West 4 ' , "So long as the foreign-born person feels that we tlo not respect him he does not want to join America, learn English or become a citizen. With the help of the Boy Scouts of America we believe the use of, such nicknames can be eliminated to a very large extent" THE RELIABLE SCOUT. Here's to the steadfast reliable scout The scout with the tongue that Is true. Who won't promise to do any more than he can, . . , " But who'll do what he says he will do. ' ' ; - '." ; . He may not be clever, he is often quite " blunt Without either polish or air; Yet though it's not in him to "put' up a front" : He is there when you needrhlm, he's , . there. . , So here's to the scout on whom one can rely,: . . 4-.t -. , . . And here's to his lasting success.- May his species continue, fore'er multl- ply, . "'z..yi- w r And his -shadow majr it never, grow less. ; ,;r. . Boys', Lif SCOUT" GOOD TURN RUNS AUTO. ; As to unusual "good turns,'! Scout Jack Branch of Atlanta, GaM tells of a new one that took place outside that dty.v; "We were going home from a meet lng,n writes Jack, "when we came upon an elderly lady whose auto was stalled. The gas had given out and she .couldn't get to where she wanted to go. So we just put our 'shoulders to the flivver and put one orer on the freakishness of stubborn lizzies. She rot there I"