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COMMENT ON ' VARIOUS V MATTERS
By J. M. Fleming
It was refreshing and inspiring to
meet with the Confederate 'veterans
in Lumberton Wednesday. We think
there were only about twenty-five of
them present. One of the sad features
is that the crowd is smaller every
yean One by one they . fall out of
the rank! at the call of their Cap
tain. The consoling-thought is, that
while their ranks here' are thinning
they are swelling the numbers in the
blest bevond.
I , Lumberton's' quartette, sang "Tent,
ing On the Old Camp Ground " to
1 i i .it I. a m . a. tA4l.
old and young. We have heard them
sing , in the city churches, in college
I chapels, on convention floors, and in
patriotic choirs, . but it must b n
..t.KK.tuwt fact that- Lumberton
quartette Ed. B. Freeman, . Frank
Gough, J.-rope stepnens-ana
Skipper-is as gooa as tne oesw
Mr Vnhfrt A. Mclnrvre made a
most excellent speech entirely befit
ting the occasion. We nave arway
mt.ntito tn h vfkunir men and
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esteem It a privilege to avail oursell
of every : opportunity to encourage
them. Lumberton bas several very
hriirM vntmtr follnwa of which the.
no doubt, is justly proud. '
Jefferson said he never w a beg
gar from Georgia, and Dicken'a - Is
nryniaA savinir that one in Boston
was like a flaming sword. Up to 1830
there were no fortunes m tne umieo.
States and no paupers, but now there
are more paupers and more, million
aires than 1 anywhere , elf e in the
world."; "
This week ; the Baptist will be
rowdinc the streets of Florida's chief
city. Another , page of history has
been added to our book of "denomina
tional nroeress. We hone it may b
somewhat worthy of us. Bujt we fear
II is spiotcnea wnn unianniujne
Him and too conspicuous with our
this is true we shall be sorry scmel
day. ; : y -V
: Three vpars sen it was said that to
hold our own (meaning all Christian
denominations m the Umted Mates;
it renuired two and a half million
converts. There were only eight-hundred
thousand that year just one-
third of the required and stipulates,
number,' The number has not. been
cninpH nnlv in the corresDOndinir
ratio of three years ago. Who has
the other two-thirds? i ,
Some one said not long ago that
if we could have only twenty-five
genuine Christians and each one of
these would win only one other the
first year making fifty Christians
at the close, that in twenty-five years
at that rate we would i have a con
verted world. This is one of. the
troublesThere is too much figuring
and telling what might be and not
Decay is certain
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Decay is constantly at work. It begins with
little specks of rust a rotted spot-perhaps a crack
that exposes the wood to the elementshut decay once
started spreads rapidly.
ITiere is only one way to prevent this destruction-
the timely use of Paint and Varnish.
Pee Gee Paint Products have "Saved the Surface", for
oyer fifty-five years. They will prove to you the best
and cheapest insurance against wear and weather. -
For house exteriors Pee Gee Mastic will give longest
service at lowest cost. It is an absolutely pure, double pigment paint,
containing a high percentage of ZINC ground in genuine Unseed oil,
and therefor has greatest covering capacity and durability. It adds
to the looks and life of your property and is the most economical
paint for you to use.
For every surface that needs protection, whether wood, stucco, brick,
cement or metal, specif y
enough holy living and earnest pray
ng in order to bring things to pass.
What is geometrical progression
even though it be raised to the
twenty-fifth' power if the good Fa
ther's plans are left out? ,n
We heard preacher giving put
some aphorisms seme time ago and
jotted thera down, not, i knowing
whether he was right or wrong.
They follow: 1 .
."Going to church is not working
for the Lord, it is only going up to
Hi boarding house.
"Praying is not 1 working for the
Lord, it is only dunning Him or ask
ing Him to pay tu off for doing noth
ing. When we have not worked for
Him, He doesn't owe us anything."
That mighty man said he was
preaching the gospel, but it seems
that anything a fellow can think Of
to say may be easily called the gos
pel. The scientists are about as
numerous as were the Sadducees - in
the days of our Lord upon the earth.
They appeared to think their system
of ethics, education and religion was
ideal only to find themselves hope
lessly in the night and blight of ig
norance.
What if science in our day shall
dethrone God? WhaMdeal will re
main for mankind except an educat
ed selfishness culminating in perpet
ual war? Educated depravity is but
a machine of destruction. Germany is
a concrete example verifying this
statement, while on the other extreme
is Russia submerged in ipnnranr and
almost if not altogether as danger
ous tnougn more to be pitied.
The religious leaders of our day are
clothed with a fearful rexDonsihilirv.
Many of them are teaching and caus
ing many to believe a doctrine con
cerning the origin of life and the de
stinv of man which, if universally
accented, must reault In infiifolitv nA
atheism and in the. enthronement v. of
the Goddess of Wisdom. s s, i "
. Many of them are uttering very soft
woras and sweet. They say certain
preachers are too plain. They will
have better ' tn their musi
if they will run the soft pedal. As
mis serine sees, it. would be a thous
and times better to return to the days
of Jonathan Edwards and Bartholo
mew Fuller, the days of undenying
faith, ,the days when faith did not
doubt and when God, the eternal
made the heavenly message real and
vital in the lives of men and women.
It is far better for us to not cast
away the sacred things. The writer
does not understand it all, and can
explain but very little of the. things
of life, but with Newman and "the
remnant whose faith has been honor
ed, we may give heed to that voice
that speaks so clearly to our hearts
and consciences.
Ask for this DtavtifuUr
Ulustrate4 palnthook, or - '
writs to
caslee-Gaulbrt Co.
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Lumberton, N. C.
NORTH CAROLINA LEADS NA
TION IN PAYING yP DEBTS
Its Repayments to War Finance Cor
poration Exceed Any Other State
McLean Gratified by It Splend
id Showing.
E. E. Britton in Raleigh News and
Observer.
Washington; May 12. That North
Carolina, of all the agricultural and
livestock states, stands at the top of
the list in its ability to meet obliga
tions, and in the promptness with
which it does this is shown by some
facts - concerning the situation
throughout these states as shown in
statistics having td do with the War
Finance corporation. North Carolina
has the. distinction of having made
the re-payment of the largest sum of
advances made by the War Finance
Corporation to the various states.
With over $8,000,000 having been ad
vanced to the banks of North Carolina
for loans for agricultural purposes,
these loans have been repaid in such
amounts that there has been returned
to the War Finance corporation above
$1,500,000. ,
While in many of the other states
the amounts borrowed have been
largely in excess of the amounts ad
vanced to North Carolina, the repay
ments from North Carolina are far
in excess of the returns made by any
of the other agricultural and live,
stock states. This is an evidence that
conditions in North Carolina are bet
ter financially than in the other states
in the list to which advances have
been made. -:Ui .
The information of the gratifying
state of Affairs was obtained today
from Angus W. McLean, of Lumber-
ton, director of the War Finance cor
poration, whose term of office as a
member of the board expires next
week, having been mads a member
of the board on May 17, 1918, by the
appointment of President Wilson.
Mr. McLean says that he is gratified
by the. fin showing made by North
Carolina and that - whlls depression
exists, It is more largely confined to
the eastern section of the State, and
to the cotton growing section, , but
that despite this depression conditions
in North Carolina are comparatively
better than in the other states, r '
As yet there is no intimation as to
who will be named as th successor
to Mr. McLean. He is the only one
of the four members of the board
who was born and reared on a farm
and who has had a life-long experi
ence hi farming. ' .
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They, are Valuable. l
For 100 names, "Golden Crust" cut from
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ICE - Reduction - ICE
For lee Coupons Books if discounted for Cash, ss follows, f
f ective May 1, 1922- -
- Domestic Trade. 75c per 100 pounds, less 10 per cent dis '
count for cash.
Commercial Trade, 60c per 100 pounds, less 10 per cent
discount for cash, using 300 pounds or more, one delivery.
Watch improvements in appearance of Ice from now on,
as undergoing some changes in plant .
Respectfully,
M. A. GEM)IE,
Phone No. 138 '
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