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t AGX SIX. THE GASTONIA GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1919. Burke Culpepper Man of God (Greensboro News, Sunday) By Eva HeitPian Hivin. in tirwiislmro ' Daily N.' Tli 1 1 , t : 1 1 1 uliirli ha just cl(.tl is In'.vhii.i .Imilit. tlic lnuK'ft thing that lias I'onii' t" i reriiliri m many a tlay, as all wlm kimv nf' its f'ai ii'.-uIiiiik i,-.-. Tlii int't't u.j,'. it Ha ii. i In- ht'lil in l Vntt'iiaiy tin' lii'ljllllllliy it HMS st't'll t . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u a ti ita II i iiM'lr r I .( I i . ulii-i'f! 's II I art a ill it as nri e n.ti a lai'i' tt-nt nt-ailiy. in 'f than t'n t-f nvt-k- a I't i 'lay an I mlit ;i!!ri caft t'i Im:i: tin- iim- !jj.-ht. r.ai l in tin- i' '..! tin- mm s i. i x I .f a ii. iniiif! ' t.i a rn, !.;. pa) t- it tin- nil. all .liphlal lull. Mi. n. " HUH n. ...1.'. Iiili an-1 ii.nic a ay 'in jit - ln-a rtt'. I I r results will a inteiiilt'il. .li rhurrh, liM i: that tin- ai..l quate t.i liil-l jireai linn; xsrv to iih.m This ten!, i.-r i jiaekt'.l. 'la a i night. with tin. mk "' ''''' ''w riiinK. " the .r.m.i dranii t'rinn a classes nt it chil.ltvn. ii.-li. of wIiotii unit Burke 'u I -; -of them. ha. I S' 'lin t Ii l h t in eai h With alnnist mi a.lM-rtiMiit: "ith mi resort to s. heme- to attra. t attention ami atteinlain-e. tin- t-niitiiiui'il iresenre of such a inultitinle fur so Imic a time was almost iilieiitniieii.il It ;u a mighty tribute to the pnwrr of li. t ulieiier. There is smiietliiiin alioiit him that hav ing hear. I him win', vim are tihlige.l to hear him again you cannot for the life of you stay away. You are attrai-te.l liy the man. hiuiwlf. I the simplicity ami prartii-aliility of his sermons, by his wit, his pathos, ami as yon hear him, you are more ami more impiesse.l with the fact of how itally important it is for you, anil all mankiinl to '-l'ut (lod First. ' ' In the lieginning of his campaign li. Culpepper saiil that his sole purpose in coining to Greensboro was to preach Christ ami Him crmifie.1. This he i i - J with an earnestness ami zeal that coul.i not fail to convince. He is what one might call an tihl fashione.l Methoilist. Nothing of mo.lern thought bas crept in to his theology. He lielieves in the mi raculous birth the vicarious atonement believes in Heaven as a place of rest in a hell wlier- the wicke.l sball receive just punishment. His scrimnis range through many subjects, tall up varying emotions. He tells in glowing wor.ls of the Father who gave bis only son to save worbl ; he hnl.ls up Jesus ns a loving Savior, the "ineinler of broken lives," ami then turns ami, in language etpinllv convincing, pictures the wrath of an of- I femle.l (toil, the tortures of tbe place of those eternally lost. Straight from the fihouhler he launches bis attack at what he consiilers the sins of our .lay. He nays quite fearlessly ami without reganl for opinion what he believes to U- the crying evils of the timt says it in a i I:, . mii i ail T . honesty. to ignti-.i.isui-.- ni all walk- of is k. ll.ih -i .. it-inn- of ivlig t:i:it will lie felt ill all manner that cannot but eio gooil every where. He will have no compromise with the worbl, the flesh ami the .levil. To ( In istians. he thinks, was the coinmainl given, ''Come e out ami be separate''; they slum!. I be a people 'set apart" to the i anyihg out of a great Heal. N.i one iiinlerstainls mine clearly the age in wlii.li w e aie living, tlic peculiar problems ami temptations of tmlay; no one kiMs inn'.- fi.lU the frailties ami weaknesses that humanity i- .iust now I , . ...ii- t... but thee he says most emphat i :il!v tan !c oc:coine n..i.i- arc oblige. I to s i ; i . Ihs is a j.l.'.tV. to I life. He i. Mils lrll.il , 1 1 : , i s ..I i n i t .iciioriiinati.il.. Hi-has male a .leep ami lasting irn pi ri. m on ..ni ..il life, has dean'. I it to the center ami ha icuin-'l those never before :ea. Iie.l. Many women an. I strong men have line. I up "ii the i le of light whose isi.ui to .1.. so will be of unto!. I bene fit to mii city. Ibamatic lie i at tunes, but with no stiarning aftei effetis the acting of a man thoroughlv at home with his subject ami hist to all save .liiviug his point home. Slangv." too. very often, but a very innocent sort of slang that couhl not offen I the most fasti. lions taste, that never Inn tiers on the coarse or rough. If we are conscious at times of wishing he were not quite so strenuous in his preach ing. it is mole out of consiileration for him than because we timl it unpleasant: on the whole, bis ilelivciv is pleasing. He has the ability in a very vvomlerful vvav of swaying his a inlieiices it laughs with him, dies with him. ami always he compels closest attention. Whether in the pulpit in out. Ir. "ill pepper is a person nt .loininatiug person ality. It is not what he says so much as what he is that speaks most loinlly for him. There is no .loubt ot bis consecra tion, no .loubt of his spirituality. He is giving himself, his life w it bout st in t to one L'leat cause. When all is saiil ami .lone it is the spirituality in a man that attracts most, perhaps because it is the thing most hardly attaint'.!. No man is truly great without it ami it possession is. 'The pearl of great price." that many seek for. But Burke I iilpepper i no aesthetic churchman, no long face.l fanatic. In let'.l. what strikes one very forcefully is the very liiiinaniicss of him. One secret of his sin-cess with man lies in his own iiile manhoo.l. Strong, forceful, fear less, gentle, sympathetic, he is all of this. Well built, always well .Iresseil. with a tine, thoughtful face ami searching eyes, a splemlhl hea.l flow lie. I with a mass of gray hair, his appearance is far from being insignificant. He has the ap pearance of excellent health and physi cal fitness, but he says at one time in his life he was very near death from a disease commonly Itelieved to be incura ble. When all other remedies and means had failed, he was healed through pray er and has had no return of his trouble. Ir. Culpepper's life has Iteen an inter esting one. Only 4u years of age he has been for more than I'M years in the evan gelistic work. His father before him was an evangelist of wide reputation and when the son was a mere boy the two became associated in this field of la bor. During all these years many un usual experiences have come to him and of them he makes good use in his ser mons. While here. aside from his pleaching he visited many homes, where were sickness and -iriow and many sought him out to tell liiin their sorrow and needs. In all of this he took a per sonal interest and gave counsel ami aid to all who asked it. He has been father confessor to many ami in I ireeiislioi o a lone he said lie had heai.l much of sin ami in.sciv. I'eihaps it is his sense of the great need of the win Id fo! com foil and help that makes the face of the evangelist seem at times sad. that, and the great burden of unsaved souls that lies upon him. (lue thing tpiile characteristic of Dr. i 'iilpepper is the fact that before begin ning a ii ting he signs no contract. makes no stipulation as to financial re wind. He allows no soliciting of funds in his behalf, indeed he wishes as little said about money as possible. Envel opes are distributed and what is given him as a freewill offering he takes nothing mole. Everyone give as he is able am! if there are those who cannot give they are as welcome, he says to the gospel he preaches as the flowers that bloom in May. In an age when so niu.h is unsettled ami in doubt it is refreshing and soul satisfying to listen to a man so sure of where he stands and what he stands for. In a tlay of so many changes, when old things seem to be passing away and there is nothing new waiting to take their place with ns. it is comforting to find one who believes s,, unalterably in the things we learned fioui our fathers and mothers, from which we may have grown away but in which we still wish to believe for their sakes as well as our own. Burke ( iilpepper goes to ami fro bearing a message to his generation. There can be no doubt that he is sent of (mh- that he has been touched by the spirit that his flaming zial ami burning words are those of a messenger of the King. He is as a voice living in the No Worms in a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength ening Tonic to the whole system Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be in "erfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight." His message is one of hope, of pardon, of courage and comfort anil Divine love to the world where many sit in darkness. In thinking of him one is reminded of those words of the Psalmist: "How beautiful upoi" the mountain are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace that sayeth unto Zion. 'Thy (lod reigneth." MEN WANTED FOR THE ARMY: To the Editor of The (Jazette: The I'nited States Army i open for voluntary enlistments for seivu-e in France, and on the Rhine, I'anania. Hon olulu. Philippines, ('hina. and in the I'ni ted States. The term of enlistment is fm one and three ve:iis. The only persons who can enlist f( i one vear aie those who have bad service in either the Regular m Na tional Armv. If a man only served two days in the National Army, he i- enti tled to eiil.st for one year. A discharge under this enlistment period is a com plete sep-i rat ion fi om the sei v let . voudo Hot pass t I the I I'sel v e. The ages are from Is to 4" vear-, both inclusive. The pay is A .".n per ntViith and up. with travel, lodging, medicines, modi eal attendance and all athletics free. for service in France we accept men for the Iiifantr.v. Cavalry. Field Artil lery, Engineer Corps and Medical !e partment only. For service in Panama we accept men in the Infantry. Coast Ar tillery, Engineer Corps. Signal Corps and Medical I epai tinent. For service in Honolulu we accept men for the Cavalry, Infantry, ( oast Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps and Medical Department. For service in the Phillipines we ac cept men for the Coast Artillery, Engin eer anil Signal Corps ami MtMical De partment. For service in China we ac cept men for the Infantry, only. For service in the I'nited States, .we accept men for the Infantry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery, Signal Corps, Engineer Corps, Quartermaster Corps. Medical De partment, Air Service, Tank Corps, and Motor Transport Corps. Men desiring to enlist 1 r the Air Serv ice, Tank Corps or Motor Transport Corps, must enlist for the Infantry, and they are given a trv out for the corps they desire, if they qualify they are transferred; if they fail to qualify they remain in the infantry. No els n. w licthe:' he has had previous service or rot. can enlist, if l.e has de pendents ill,. V. ti.lt I be t -l, titled to the bent ' - , War Kis' manic! im .1 A i in ('.. M i thi lamilv lllouaiu e of t:ie e. l'liis n cans that t enlist. B. BK A l Fi iK i ). Mil' . (, I Recruiting Stati-i.. da-toma. V. i .i i .) who die annually in the State and to those conditions which contribute to their death, and with the hope of at tracting through the school children the attention of mothers and fathers to these facts ami conditions, the Bureau of In fant Hygiene of the State Board of Health offers a prize of $10 for the best composition giving Id contributing fac tors to diarrheal diseases of infants un der two years of age, and the ,lest meth ods of removing these conditions. This composition is to be sent in to the Bureau of Infant Hygiene, State Board of Health, by May lnth and must con tain a statement that said composition was composed and written without as sistance. Information regarding the cause of disease can be obtained bv applying to tbe State Board of Health, in case local teachers are not prepared to furnish it. 2, v. aw Automobile to YOU. GREATLY CES. J. A. Blackwood & Co Tires at a BIG SAVING REDUCED PRI- tf nCETYlENE WELDING And CUTTING A SPECIALTY Auto repairs and supplies of all kinds. Work done right and our prices are rea sonable R. Hope Brison and Company J. V. Richardson, Welder and Manager. Corner Franklin Avenue and Cdlumbia Street. Near Ice Plant NATIONAL BANK SYSTEM SOLID, SAYS WILLIAMS. Only One Small National Bank Has Failed in Four Months; Only Two in Sixteen Months. Washington, May 4. Compt roller of the Cuiieiicy Williams, in a statement to. lav. called attention to the solidity of the national banking system, as illus trated by the fact that in the last four months only one small national bank, with rfJ.l.iMiu capital failed. In the last lli months only two national bank fail ures were recorded. At the same ti the number of national banks is growing and their earnings are im i easing, said Mr. Williams. "A knowledge of these facts must necessarily give inspiration ami fresh courage to all business men."' said the comptroller's statement, 'for our ecu noniie hitoiy shorts that every coininer i i.il panic and business prostration in the past has been precipitated by finan cial disorders and banking t r i s is. Contrasting the position of national ami state banks, the comptroller de clared that in three months ending March ol. last. U' I institutions under state supervision failed, and between .".II and (in state institutions failed in the 1 months ending last April 1. In the four months ending April oil, hi ch.'irteis were granted to new national banks, three were refused and II.': ap plications aie pending. TODAY'S CASUALTY LISTS CONTAIN 481 NAMES. i By 1 n'ei national News Sc vice. I WASHINGTON. May .".. The follow ii g armv .asuahics are reported by the commanding general of the A. E. F. : Killed in action, t; died of wounds, 2; died of aci nlent thei causes, .".I ; died of disease, Ml; Wounded severely, lti; wounded, degree undetermined, I'M ; wounded slightly, L'oS ; total, 4H1. The following North Carolinians are among those listed above; Died of Wound: I'rivate Walter l.owe, of l.ylesville. Wounded Severely: Corp. Charles K. Moore, of Kin ky Mount. Wounded. Degree I "mleter niined : I'ri vate Allen .1. Mitchell, of Wtt Durham. Wounded Slightly: Corp. Bracknell A. Benfiehl, of ( rossmore ; Privates Edw in Five. Eskota. Sam K. Hale. Wilming ton; Bernard I,. Hines. Cary, Loyd .1. Lambert, Tax lorsv ille, Ceorge Folies, I.a (range, (ilearnoiis .lohnsoii. Mi.ldleton, Bonnie Sea bury. Dunn, Lindsay H. Hol land. Seven Springs. Killed in action, previously reported missing in actum: Corp. Clannio W. Smith. Etowah. Prize for School Girls and Boys Offered by State Board of Health. State Board of Health Bulletin. ' l.'.lL'li children die in North Carolina each vear under the age of two from di arrheal diseases, this one disease causing the largest number of deaths in the .'la, (M 4 w h ich uri'ii r yea rly. With a desire of calling the attention of s, I children in North Carolina to the large number of children under five I'AHIS. May 1 --Agreement on the lapanese claims for the Shantung penin- nla insures the signing of the treaty i within Is hours by the Allied powers re gardless of the Italian position. Messa ges have been sent to I'remier Orlando at Home warning him of the necessity for action but the messages are friendly. This year will see the greatest peace ia history concluded. Keep up with the progress of the peace conference by read ing The Gazette three times a week. Those who once were saying 'Amen'' to the League i lea. now merely cry, 'Amend.'' Newark News. Fifty cents bring The Gazette three months. Try it. 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