“THE MAN NOBODY
KNOWS”
By BRUCE BARTON
lew And Inspiring Picture Of Jesus.
■ INSTALLMENT XI
A^ptf i for Women
followed him, and the
i cf men have very Often been
illy strong. But women wor
him. This ia significant,
of women constitute a
proportion of the list
close friends. They were wo
from widely varying stations
|p£ neaded by his mother. P< r
ahe never fully appreciated
genius; certain**/ she was not
her periods of serious
» we shall discover later on;
hor loyalty to his best inter
ns she conceived them, re
true, and she stood tearful
I unwavering at the front of the
$
ra«re was Mary and .Martha,
» gentle maiden ladies who liv
oatside Jerusalem and in
ktw4 home with l<azarus, their
Other, he enjoyed frequent ho-;
ftslity; there was Joanna, a rieh
|ban, the wife of »ne of Herod’s
awards—these, ami many others
the type which we are acoustom
to designate as "good'' wo
ft#, followed him with a devotion
ifeh knew no weariness or fear,
file important, and too often
tgotten, fact in ;*.ese relation
's in this—that women are not
»wn by weakness. The aallow
Sed, thin-lipped, so-called spirit
Itype of man may awaken mat
nal instinct, stirring an emotion
Hell is half regard, half pity,
it since the world began no
Wer has fastened trie affection of
ttnen upon a man like manliness.
» men who have been women’s
ill hi the finest sense, have been
I vital, conquering figures of hi. -
he other sort or women came
contaet with him, too—wo
■ Of less fortunate experience
reputation—whose illusions re
ling men were gone, whose
> saw piercinj'ly, and whose
were well versed in phrases of
he taught in the Temple, one
iem hturied into his presence
vulgar crowd of self-righteous
•es and Pharisees. She hnd
v l# the act of infidelity, and
'ding to the Mosaic law .,he
t,be atoned to death. Shrink-i
embarrassed, yet with a look
Mch defiance a»nr scorn were j
led too, she stood in his pres
jynd listened while their un
i lips played with the story of
shame. What thoughts must
faced through her mind—she
knew men and despised them
and now was brought to
utent before a man ? They
all alike, in her philosophy;
Would this one do and say ?
her amazement, and the dis
kkure of her critics, he said
ag- “He stooped down, ami
his finger wrote on the
|(L as though he heard them
. They craned their necks tv
skat he wrote and continued
|Wnt him with their questions;
feses says stone her; what do
» now, if you are a proph
's a matter for you to do
found her in the house of
So. She is guilty; what's
this time he had not once
• at tnb woman's face, and
not look at her now. Slowly
fled himself up,” and facing
O-minded pack, said quietly;
r that is without sin among
$ him oast the first sone.”
•gain, says the narrative, he
jLdgwn and wrote on the
f Lord,” the mumured.
do I condemn thee,” he
imply. “Go and sin no
riful stlenee fell upon the
continued writing. Writ
Some have ventured the
that he traced the names
and placet snat brought
shame to men in that
may be so, but it is
ive to think that he
of sigatricance; that
Ur busied his finger in the
if to add to her discomfi
' :ing in her eyes. He
one by one the thick
Champions of morality
garments around them
away, until the court
except for him and
and only then, his
Mfted.
Where arc those thine
jgth'no man condemn
jtyhtuired as if in
At the suCden turn of
«ouM hardly find her
moment when the
throng had broken in
was complete master
Those were men
but they slunk
without wait
command. And she,
so much more
ever know each
to him reverently
INSTALLMENT NM
Self-Control
All his days were spent in the
open air—this is the third out
standing testimony to his strength.
'On the Saf^Sta he was fn the syna
gogue that was where the people
gathered: but by *.ir iao greater
part of his teaching was done on
the shores of his lake, or in the
cool recesses of the hills. He
walked constantly from village to
village; his face was tanned by the
sun and wind. Even at night he
slept outdoors, when he could —
turning his hack err the hot walls
1 of the city and slipping away int.y
the healthful freshness of the
Mount of Olives, tie was the type
( f outdoor man whom our modern
thought most admires; and .he vig
orous activities of his days gave his
nerves the strength of steel.
He stepped into a sailboat with
his disciples late or*. afternoon, and
being very tired. *ty down in the
stern and was almost immediately
asleep. The clouds grew thicker and
the surface of the lake which had
been quiet a few minutes before,
was broken into sudden waves. The
little boat dived and tossed, and
still he slept. His disciples ha i |
grown up <m ,he shores of that:
lake; they were fishermen, accus
tomed to its moods and not easily
frightened. But **iey had never
been out in such a storm as this.
It grew fiercer, water began to
come in over the side, every mom
em seemed to threaten destruction.
At last they could stand the strain
no longer; they went to the stern
and woke him.
He rose without ;hc slightest
suggestion of hurry er alarm. A
quick glance was enough to give
him a full \ mlerstanding of the
situation. He issued a few quiet,
orders and presently the menaced
boat swung round into the smoother
waters of safety. Call it a miracle
or not—the fact remains that it is
one of the finest examples of self
control in afi human history. Na
poleon said that Tie bad met few
men wftli courage of the "two
o’clock in the moo: Mg variety.”
Many men can he brave in the
warmth of the sun and amid the
heartening plaudits of the crowd:
but to he wakened suddenly out of
sound sleep, and then to exhibit in
stant mastery—that is a type of*i
courage which is rare indeed.
Jesus had that courage, and no
man ever needed it more. In the
last year of hir. public work the
forces of opposition took on a form
of coherency whose significance
was perfectly clear. Tf lie refused to
retreat or to compromise, there
could be but one end to his career.
He knew they would kill him and
he knew how .hey would kill him.
More than once in his journeys he
had passed the victims of the jus
tice of that day, writhing, tortur
ed beings nailed to crosses an I
waiting piteously for release.
Sometimes they «v:;ted for days,
before the end. The memory of
such sights must have been con
stantly with him; a: every sunset
he was consc ious that he had
walked just one day nearer to h:s
own ordeal.
ret no never faTicred. Calmly,
cheerfully no went forward cheer
ing the spirits oT tits disctples, and
striking those fiery blows against
hypocrisy and opnression whvh
were to be echoed by the hammer
blows upon his cross. And when the
: soldiers came to arrest him, they
found him ready and still calm.
The week of his trial and cruci
fixion takes up a large portion of
the gospels. For t»ar. week alone
we ean fellow him almost hour by
hour; ;wo know where he ate and
slept, what he-Mut^4uuLiri_whonu~
we can trace the gathering storm
of fury which finally boro him
dowrf And this is the magnificent
thing to Remember—that through
I all that long torture of imprisot
| ment, court trials, midnight hear
i ings. RCourgings, loss of food and!
. loss of sleep, he never once ceased
I to be the master. His accusers were j
determined. They thronged the
| courtyard befbre the palace, clam-1
| oring for his blood. -%t even they
| felt a momentary awe when he
appeared before them on the hat- j
cony.
Even Pilate felt it. The two :
imen offered a Strange contrast!
: standing there—the Roman gov- !
ernor whose Yips were so soon to
speak the sentence of death, and
the silent, self-possessed ex-car
penter—accused and doomed—yet
bearing himself with so much ma
jesty, as though he were somehow
beyond the reach of man-made law,
and safe from the hurt of its pen
alties. In the face of the Roman
were deep unpleasant lines; his
cheeks were fatty with self-indul
gence; he had the colorless look of
indoor living. The straight young
man stood inches a' ove him, hrotot
ed nnd hard, and clean as the air
of his loved mom-tain and lake
Pilate raised his hand; the shout
ing and the tumult died; a deathly
stillness descended upon the crowd.
He turned and faced the figure at
his side, and from fiia course lips
there burst a sentence which is a
truer portrait than any painter
; has ever giver us. The invnhmtar •,*
J testimony of the flabby cynical
i Roman in the presence of perfect
\ strength, perfect assurance, per
fect calm:
“Behold,” he cried, “tlTe man!”
; (Copyright 1925 by Bruce Barton)
The Fiddle, Queen
Of Instruments
Corn Cracker Upholds the Old
Violin if it is Properly Hay
ed as the Best.
Editor of The Star.
As is known of men, I have a
penchant for the spectacular and
hence hailed .he tiding with rap
ture that a Fiddlei’s convention is
staged for Shelby next Friday ev
ening. Owing to this queen of mu
sical instruments being caught
now and then in bad company, it
has fallen into disfavor, especially
with leather-eared, long-faced hy
pocrites. Secretly, such people ad- 1
mite the melting tones ef the vi<>- ;
1:n; but in order to be classed
among the elect wbo wish to post
as the truly pious who spend most
of their time upon their knees with
noses in the Bihle; they rail in
snuffling tones against the music
that can be evoked front tnis
thrilling instrument.. Of course the
fiddle is either the best or the
worst instrumental music. Pagan
ini nor Ole Bull could not have i
elicited real melody from a three
dollar single-lined fiddle; but the
untutored do not knew that. Out of
the great number who squeak on
inferior fiddles—not one out of a
thousand has the making of a trim
musician. A delicate sense of touch
a well-attuned ear and, the fid
dlers’ wrist are requirements. But
with the untutored and unwashed,
volume of tone is the chief re
quirement.
Two hundred years ago, in the
churches, all kinds of instrumental
music was tabooed, especially the
violin. Snuffling, dirge-like nasal
tones were regarded as the tones i
most acceptable to the Most High,!
and we have both laity and clergy'
who have not caught up with the
procession. Of course where civili ■
ration and enlightenment prevail,
cornets, pianos, organs and violins
are used: and I hove heard com
plete orchestras where they had
completely emerged from stupidity,
ami barbarism. But nn effort to in
troduce real music into a church
situated in some dark and dismal
corner provokes an expression of
holy scorn. As the walking dele
gate of the occasion, I hope to be
present at Shelby festival and help
add gnyety to the nations.
M. L. WHITE, i
Whose Friend Are You?
If you’re feeling sort o' empty, i
Lost the things that you lore
best, |
Why not take a bit of sunshine
To another troubled breast
'Tis n pretty good prescription,
Pretty sure to ease your pain—,
For a bit o’ friendly interest
Makes the dark grow bright
again.
If you’re feeling like the joy bells ,
Of a sparkling Christmas mourn,
Just full o’ pep and gladness
O’er the fact that you’ve been
born
Whv rot make yourself a present
Of just twice the joy you knok.
By sharing it with some one—
Some one who’s not feeling so?
Oh, being friendly is a privilege
some hurried f<Tks forget; ,
Being friendly is a tonic, which the
more you give, you get.
Being friendly is a duty, often to
the four winds hurled,
Through the God who made it
planned that this should be a
friendly world.—Anna Printsilaji
Bowen, in Kinds ’rvords.
Roz/cll Addresses Association. Mr.
Cornwell Moves to Charlotte.
Other News.
(Special to The Star)
Kings Mountain, Oct. 12.—Rev.
E. C. Rozzell, pastor of the Myers
Park Methodist chureh, Charlotte,
addressed the Parent-Teachers as
sociation at the central school
building this afternoon. His ad
dress was very fine - indeed. He
struck at the tap-root of all our
evils. His text was: "Teacher?,
Fathers, Mothers. These Three, But
the Greatest of Thent all, the
Mother.” His second text was "The
School, the Church. the Home,
These Three, but the Greatest,
Afwaeer
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the Home.’’ His address was time-'
ly, and went straight to th. hearts
of ih(se who heard hint. Our Par
ent-Teacher’s. association is stand
ing: by our school ;‘iis year as wc
have never seen this organization
stand by one before. Our folks arc
determined to have the very best
school that we have ever had. Ouv
children are so near to us thai we
just cannot afford to allow' the
present day tendencies to drag
them away from us to ruin. We
mean to do all that we can to help
our teachers do their l est.
The next meeting of the asso
ciation will be with the East school
the second Tuesday in November.
We hope to have a still fretter meet
ing then than we had today.
Goes to Charlotte.
Mr. Clarence T. Cornwell has
taken a positicn in Charlotte. He is
working with the Johnson Furni
ture company. He is a very fire
furniture man, and we feel sure
will do welt. He has had headquar
ters here for many years, but has
decided that he will not continue
business any longer in his own
name. His family will , move to
Charlotte a little later on in the
year.
Mrs. Emma C. Austell who
teaches in York, S. C., spent the
week end with relatives. She has a
position with the Episcopal orph
anagi at Vi.rk.
Rev. A. H. Sim' spen. the week
emi in Charlotte with his son.
Mrs. Frank Linctsay has been
real sick for the past few days, but
is some better now.
Mr. W. F. Logan has his nice
new home on Gold street about
completed. It is going to be a real
nice home when hr gets ii painted.
Prof. C. P. Gardner is teaching
a normal singing srbool in a
building near the Diliing mill. He
has quite an interesting bunch to
teach.
B. . P. F. Meeting.
Kings Mountain eity B. Y. P. XT.
met with Macedonia T.ptist church
Tuesday evening October 12th.
Quite a large crowd attended. Alt
of the unions of the city were weil
represented. Much interest is be
ing manifested in the work at this
time. The unions < ade a new' en
rollment >.he first Sunday in th's
month, but they still have 20ft. All
of these are interested and rue
striving for the A-l standard. Ad
of the Patterson Grove unions have
reached this point, and the major
ity of . the others are well on the
way. All will reach the standard by
the first of next, month. The ban
ners were taker, by the seniors
from the Second TTaptist churcli,
the intermediates from Patterson
Grove ami the juniors from the 1st
church. The next meeting will be
with Patierson Grove Baptist
church* Tuesday evening after the
first Sunday in November. An in
teresting program will be given at
that time.
Enters Hospital.
Mr. Fred Finger has gone to a
hospital in Richmond where he is
to undergo a very serious opera
tion for some kind of stomach t.-ou
ble. His many friends ire very
anxious about him. He is one of
our most congenial citizens, fled
one of the best business men we
have.
The Woman’s club gave a very
interesting play at the Main school
auditorium Tuesday evening. It
seemed to cover nearly all of the
ground of the past. It reviewed
the fashions and customs of fhe
past years. Ma.ny interesting char
acters were in it, and Jieir many
antics will live in the minds of
those who attended fer many years
to come.
B' auty note from Puritan days
in New England: “For ye com
plexion ye young girl may wash!
the face in snow, the tingling cold
bringing forth the blood and im
parting a rich glow of health which
is the true beauty.’
Girl Injured At
Gaffney Funeral
SpindaSe Girl Has Fool Broken.
Deceased Was Sister of Mrs.
Green of Earl.
Gaffney, S. C., Oct. 12.—Here to
attend ; lie funeral services for her
grandfather, Miss Thelma flay, 10
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VV. M.
flay, of Spin dale, had her right
foot broken - yesterday morning
when the automobile in which was
riuirg turned i ver Ihiee times on
the National highway i>eur the
Alma mills. Louie Hope, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Zed Hope, of Colum
bia, Mis.; Clay’s cousin, who was
riving, escaped without serious in
jury.
Funeral services for John James
Rippy, 70. grandfather <f Miss
Clay, were conducted at the Buf
aflo Baptist church by the Rev. B.
I,. Hoke, lie died Sunday.
Mr. Rippy is .arrived by the
following children: Mrs. Zed F.
Itope. Columbia: Mis. W. M. Clay,
Spindr.Ie; Mrs. Otto Baker and J
D. Rippy, Gaffney. A brother, L.
I). Rippy of Gaffney, ami a sister,
Mrs. Jake Green of Earl, alto sur
vive.
COTTON MONEY!
We are going to sell the finest stock of Furni
ture we ever had for Cotton Money—which means
we have adjusted our prices to the cotton cut
It means the biggest sacrifice we ever made.
We loaded up on fine furniture-living room,
bed room, dining room suites-preparing for a big
year. The price of cotton dropped. We faced the
problem of adjustment and met it-by cutting the
profits.
You will now be offered here the finest quality
furniture at the cheapest price any reputable house
has offered in years.
Come in and inspect the big stock-consider the
cost—and you will decide wisely to take advantage
of a condition which no merchant could forestall.
Jno. M. Best Furniture Co.
CLEVELAND COUNTY’S LEADING FURNITURE DEALERS AND
UNDERTAKERS.