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DANCING
BY C. M. THOMPSON
I may be guilty of sins more griev
ous in the sight of God and man
than dancing, but I am not guilty of
dancing nor even a visitor to the
midnight reveling of dance halls.
Some devote might say “If you
could you would,’’ and finish his
speech by saying “you are not in
our class.” 1 can only say I am
proud I am not of that class and the
reason why you may find by reading
on.
The term dancing may be divided
into three distinct parts. First the
spontaneous activity of the muscles
under the influence of some strong
emotion, such as social joy or reli
gious exultation. This social joy
is indulged until it becomes a sex
ual curse. The dancing produced
by religious exultation may put one
on the list of fanatics.
I can give you dancers a small
loop hole, but am fearful it will be
too small for your escape.
This way of escape is temperance.
Be temperate as regards the length
of time you are dancing and control
your thoughts, not permitting to en
ter you thought degrading.
The second division is a definite
combination of movements performed
for the sake of pleasure.
The third division is carefully train
ed movements which are meant by
the dancer to vividly represent the
action and passions of another. This
position but few of you would like to
occupy. It is nothing more than
apeing. As often as the ape finds
man or woman performing, at once
lie begins and he is a good perform
er with little training.
My education is very limited and
1 fear sometimes I am in no sense
fitted to speak of the errors of life
lest my ignorance lead astray. But
when 1 learn from actual observa
tion facts coroborated by history
written and hearsay, the epxerience
of; others 1 am forced to a conclu
sion one way or the other.
David danced before the ark. He
had a right to dance to express his
religious exultation at the thought of
the return of the ark to God’s chos
en people.
The damsel danced before the
king. She had a right to dance but
sin and wickedness was the result.
John, the Baptist, was beheaded. She
danced for social pleasure which
pleased the king who readily con
sented to grant her that for which
she should ask. Her dancing brought
.about the death of one not equaled
for righteousness save the Son of
Man, " ’ "We*
In the lamentations of Jeremiad lie
exclaims, “The joy of our hearts is
ceased, our dance is turned into
mourning.”
The Psalmist says, “Thou lias turn
ed my mourning into dancing."'’
When the prodigal son return
ed there was singing and dancing. •
Win n you go out to your festive
balls and dance do you go rejoicing
in some wonderful gift or power tlie
Lord has given you? If so you will
not be turned into mourning.
If you go out for social pleasure
and dance until the early morn you
will eventually find yourself less fit
ted for the battles of life.
I am-surprised at members of the
eitureh visiting these high balls when
they well know it is against the
Church rales.
I I am not so much surprised at the
fun-loving, giddy youths who go
solely for pleasure. The older ones
act in this matter as if they thought
their pastor an old foggy or liar. If
this is untrue they have seared their
conscience and given way to their
desire for pleasure until they have
no more control of themselves. Whetf
married folks visit these high balls
I can excuse them if they have a
daughter, for they should know the
errors of youth. When married peo
pie visit the high balls whe have no
children I wonder if husband does
not tbink he has the wife with the
prettiest form and the cutest dancer
of all the town and 'l’ll show them.’
Thus making a show of his better
half. Then I wonder if wife does
not feel the same way of hubby.
<Then think of high ball, high kick
ing we find at the theaters that give
“sight seeing” many a thought
that leads only to a sensual and car
nal life.
Dear dancer you should not forget
the Dancing Dervish who made his
living by going from house to house
and dancing for what he could get.
Would you have your children grow
up and make Dancing Dervishes?
Go with me to the dance hall of the
past and learn for yourself the suf
fering in after life. The blighted
life of some boy or girl. The
divorces, the murders that have an
origin in such places of amusement.
Read the papers, see what part
dancing has had in splitting a church
in Atlanta. In what is now Barrow
county and not many miles away
there lay the bodies of husband, wife
and mother on the same ground the
same day; a high ball dance was the
origin and a bit of whiskey to en
courage the desperado in his deed.
In the mountains of North Geor
gia lived a happy couple, Fayette and
Kate. A dance was given, the hus
band danced with a country lass, the
wife was angered, drew a knife and
stabbed the lass which produced her
death. Fate and Kate were tried for
murder.
At a dance, not in Alaska, a young
man met as lie thugoht his sweet
heart in a dark passage; he raised
her bonnet to get a parting kiss;
she proved to be his sister. The
young man was so teased he lived
and died without marrying.
In this same community lived an
other handsome and much admired
girl. A social dance in her commu
| nity put her on the list of those who
j were no more to be leaders in soci
ety, A dance was given by one in
his community who should have op
posed dancing. A lady near to him
j lived the remainder of her days un
der a scarlet name. You often read
in the papers “found dead a nice
young man of a prominent family,”
bit if you knew the secret you
could write it, “Found dead; slain
by a young man for dancing with his
sweetheart.”
Why do you wish to seek pleasure
in indulging in so perilous a game.
Thjs game is idolized by heathen
tribes. Think of the native Indian in
his war dance who on a certain
night in each year they assemble to
dance and choose partners for the
night. The young squaw chooses
any old brave and they are man and
wife for the night. The young brave
is content provided the squaw re
turns on the morrow.
Rank Foolishness.
You occasionally see it stated that
colds do not result , from cold weath
er. That is rank foolishness. Were
it true colds would be as prevalent
in midsummer as in midwinter. The 1
microbe that caqses. colds flourishes
in damp, cold wqutijer. To get rid
of a cold take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It is, effectual and is high
ly recommended by people who have
used it for rqany ks occasion
required,, and know its real value!.
Obtainable everywhere,—Advt.
First Baptist Church.
Preaching Sunday at 11:30 o’clock
by Rev. W. H. Faust, pastor. Sub
ject, “The Compassion of Jesus.”
The story of the Good Samarttan Il
lustrates this very important charac
teristic* of Jesus in his work among
men.
Seeing. Sympathizing. Serving are
three key words of the story also
of Mfe
No nwice at night on account
of revival services at M. E. church.
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There Is more Catarrh in this sertlon ol
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed te be incurable. For a
crest many years doctors pronounced it a
local disease and prescribed local reme
dies. and by constantly failing Cos cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore re
quires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by r. J
Chenev & Cos , Toledo. Ohio, is the only
Constitutional cure on the market. It Is
taken internally. It acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case It fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHBNEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists. 'Sc.
Take Rail's Family Pills for constipation.
Tht Windtr New*, Thursday, March 16,1916.
THE WOODRUFF
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North Georgia Fair
To Educate Farmers Boys and Girls of
Barrow County
To advertise Barrow County, and Winder, at the Southeastern Fair
in Atlanta, and the Georgia State Fair in Macon.
To give twelve scholarships to six boys and six girls to the short term
course at the State College of Agriculture. The Corn Club winners gets
one scholarship, the canning Club winner gets one scholarship. Then
there will be five boys and five girls elected from the difference schoo 1 '
of the County. /
• /
Has already arranged for Barrow County to be reprerented at tfic©
Southeastern Fair at Atlanta, and the Georgia State Fair at Macon lt
an exhibit of Barrow County resources. Already has pictures of Barrow
County agricultural exhibits traveling in the State Chamber of Com
merce train, which will travel over Georgia for several months and over
the Middle Western States for five years.
Our competitors are flaunting money in the faces of the City Offi
cials, trying to buy from them the exclusive permit for fairs in Winder.
They hope to stop us from operating The Woodruff North Georgia Fairs
in Winder, and thereby profit by the prestige and reputation of the fair
which was originated, fostered and promoted by us. The people of
Winder are with us; the people of Barrow County are with us, and we
are prepared to tell you that the same old fair, at the same old stand
will be in operation this fall, notwithstanding the opposition of Pink
Flanigan, who happens to be our competiton. We are indebted to the
Farmers for their support in this work, and the money we have to spend
in this project will be given to the Farmers as premiums for exhibits,
and to educate the farmer boys and girls of Barrow County. We prefer
to spend it for the advancement of the agricultural interest of Barrow
County, and the advancement of the live stock interest of Barrow Coun
ty rather than to put it into the City Treasury to buy permits from
City Officials who are the political allies of the Flanigans. We stared
this work in faith to advance Winder and Barrow County, and our plans
as cited above is evidence of our interest in that respect, and we mean
to continue the good work as long as the people of Winder and Barrow
County are with us, for if the people of Winder and Barrow County are
with us the opposition of our competitors amounts to nothing.
We labored diligently to get a Farm Demonstrator in Barrow County
this year, but By next year, if the farmers will stand by us,
we will see that there is a Farm Demonstrator in Barrow County if we
have to furnish fifty percent of the money ourselves.
We want the Farmers to co-operate with us in the movement to put
good beef cattle in this County. We are doing our part.
It is the purpose of the promoters to make the Woodruff North Geor
gia Fair the greatest benefactor to the Town and County of any institu
tion in the County. We mean to make it stand out in bold relief above
every other County Fair in this We mean to have Barrow
County represented in every big fair that is held in the State as long as
we are able to operate The Woodruff North Georgia Fair. We know we can do
tt, because the people are behind us.
We call upon the People of Barrow County to stand
by us in the future as they have done in the past, and
we will keep the good work going on.
THE WOODRUFF
NORTH GEORGIA FAIR
By G. W. WOODRUFF
Winder, Georgia.
How to Prevent Croup.
Wen the child is snbjeot to at
tacks of croup, see to it that he
eets a light evening meal, as an over
loaded stomach may bring on an at
tack, also watch for the first symp
tom —hoarseness, and give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy as soon as
the child becomes hoarse. Obtaina
ble everywhere.—Advt.
Auburn Baptist Church.
Rev. W. H. Faust will speak at 4
o’clock on “Reading and Its Impor-*
tance.”
Someone has said that reading
makes a full man, speaking a ready
man, writing an exact man.” We
need today men full of wisdom and
information.
Most of us who can read, and what
we read shapes and moulds our char
acters, therefore its importance.
Sign of Good Digestion.
When you aee a cheerful aad hap
py old lady yoo may know that she
has good digestion. If your diges
tion is impaired or if you do not
relish your meals take a dose of
Chamberlain Tablets. They strength
en the stomach, improve the diges
tion and cause a gentle movement of
the bowels. Obtainable everywhere.