Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

flip ill CHS. Misery and Crime the Story ol Every Place Where It Is. Pasadena Star. One need not be a purist to see the awfulness of the effects of gambling upon the individual. The •gaming table must have been turned out by the workshops of the lowest depths of perdition, It has not a single redeeming feature! It curses jts victims with a withering, blight ing blast as if from the sevenfold- heated furnaces of Inferno. •It is a hard vice to deal with be- oause in the Adam-nature of men there lurks a disposition to gamble in some way. So long ns this pro pensity is trained in the right di rection it is beneficial The men who gambles with circumstances, who takes chances in life, along legitimate lines has this gaming impulse refined to a nicety. But the low-down, lust-for gain gamb ling, such as ootains in the hell- halls of the cities, is one of the most horrible scourges that a good God permits to afflict the moral world, San Francisco, it seems, has been honeycomed with dens of gambling. The police have been conveniently blind to their existence. But a tragedy in a gambling hall opened the eyes of the public and is forc- . ing the/police to see things, also. It would not be quite so bad if this vice could be restricted to those confirmed habitues of the gaming table, to whom gambling is as daily nutriment. But the greed of the game demands the innocent victim— tbe neopl yte, When the innocent one has been led like a sheep to the slaughter, he may be demoralized beyond redemtion. He may be begiled Wy the allurepients of the “profession” into liecoming an habitual gamblar. Or he may be • so discouraged and embittered that that he will take his own life. Misery and crime and hollow, mock ing cruelty follow in the vake of gambling. It is a vice of ‘.‘such frightful mien, as to be hated needs but to be seen.” Every honarable nan should discourage it, combat it in every way pocsible. Cash Now. A Moultrie man is advertising for beef,.kid, mutton, pork, chickens, eggs, etc., and agrees to pay the highest market price for them ini cash. “There was a time,” says the Observer, “when the farmer had to exchange such things for mer chandise. It is cash now, and the buyers are on the alert for it. That is the reason you can find a little ready money in almost every home.” The days of “barter and trade” ~have almost passed, yet they werp good old days when we swapp ed a dozen eggs for a sn.lt mackerel, and a spring chicken for a box of axle grease and a can of cove” oysters. Two good ’coon skins used to fetch enough jeans to make a pair of breeches for a 15-year-old boy, and two quarts of huckleber ries would pay for a bottle of ginger pop. Then we all used to sit on the counter and fiddle with the pound weights and play checkers and tell hunting and fishing stories, and then tote home our bundles and be safe, sane and happy. But bus iness methods have changed, doubt less for the better, since we are as sured that revolutions never go backward. We are approaching nearer and nearer to the cash basis of exchange; but somehow or other spot cash has a tendency to make people perk up and be less open- hearted. The money, however, is the essential thing.—Savannah News. Missions. Do both. While the nations over the seas arc calling to the Church in this country for more men and money to push forward the cause of Christ—and this call should have liberal response—let it not be for gotten that the church is also try ing to enlarge its home mission work. The eyes of the leaders are on the whitened harvest fields here and yonder. They see both parts of the great field of operation, and while they are seeking to meet the larger responsibilities abroad -they are not neglectful of the increasing demands at home. We can do all that we ought to do yonder and here at the same time, and what we do yonder will not prevent our do ing all that we ought to do here. Our cities in this country are growing rapidly and they are offer ing to us demands for the gospel that are bigger than we have ever known. And then the rural sec tions from one cause and another are appealing to our Mission Boards as they have not done for several years. We cannot diminish our Home Mission funds—we must en large them—but while we are do ing this we must abo remember tlyit the call is for larger gifts for the foreign work. We must do both. The Supreme Business of the Church. The presentation of Christ to all mankind is the supreme bus iness of the church. 1 do not speak now of the final purpose of the church. That will be seen when she is completed in multitude and perfected in character. Our view at present is limited to that gener ation of the universal church which by the will of our Lord is living now in this present world; and the ques tion before us is, What is the pur pose of our Loid in locating and maintaining this supernatural or ganization in the midst of mankind, and wnat is our plain duty as de termined by His purpose? It is blnced beyond question in His part ing charge, After His own per sonal work on earth had been ac complished, He furnished a preg nant foreword to the new era of re demption in the forty days between the resurrection and the ascension ; and of that whole foreword the new and triumphant characteristic was the one great charge, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gos pel to every creature.” “Make disciples, of . all nations.” j “Ye shall be my witnesses unto the ut termost part of the earth.” Through all these centuries the charge comes down to the present generation, telling a task yet unac complished, a purpose and a desire in the heart of our ascended Lord for whose fulfilling He is waiting at our hands, if perchance we are ready to do His will.—Rev. George Robson, Edinburgh, in The Mis sionarv. Something New Superior Value is Truer Economy.” No matter what article you are contemplating the purchase of “Get the Best” and be sure to see to it that you are getting the best, for it’s more eco nomical in the end. Oil) STOVES ■ OB. ODE BUILT on “sane” and proven principles that are corredt Wed like to “show you” our way, for we be lieve that you would like it. Come, have a look through our splendid Stock of Fine Furniture and the lines that are usual to a firft class furniture house. We ll be mighty glad to see you. The Easy Payments are for your benefit, they are not the so-called “easy payments,” but they are really easy. CASH OR CREDIT. Grady County Furniture Co- G. S. Johnson’s old stand CAIRO, GA. Alabama Midland road over which the through trains would be run and the jonction of several other branches of the Atlantic Coast Line it would no doubt be made an important point on the line. NEW KIND OF COTTON GROWS HIGH AS TREE Subscribe for The Pboohem and •yon will get the nwi while it it Believe Monticello-Perry Rail road Link Will Be Built. Thomasville, Ga., March 4.—The citizens of Monticello, Fla., seem very sanguine as to the building of the proposed extension of the At lantic Coast Line railroad from that town to Perry, Fla. It is stated that the preliminary survey of the proposed link has been completed and the officials have reportsd fa vorably on the project. The distance from Monticello to Perry is only thirty-odd miles and the building of thiB would give an almost direct line for the Atlantic Coast Line from the West to Tam pa, cutting the present distance 125 miles, Of course Thomasville people are very much interested in the build- of this link as the faBt through trains from the West would be brought this way, and m Thamaa } vill* It th* starting point for tho Some Seed 5ent From Guatemala Will lie Used lor Experiment. If all reports are true, Georgia will soon be growing a species of cotton which will require a ladder for use at picking time and which will resemble a tree more than it does a stalk. Captain Robert F. Wright, as sistant commissioner of agricul ture has received a lettter from S. Billow, Guatemala, South America, in which he states that a specie of cotton has been de veloped there which grows as high as 15 or 30 feet and which has bolls 7 inches long and from 5 to 8 inches in diameter. Mr. Billow states that he is mailing the department of agri- j culture some of the seeds of the' plant and they will be turned over to the state entomologist' for e :periment as soon as they arrive. It i 3 said this new cotton, which is a hybird of two tropical varie ties, will make 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of clean lint per acre.— Atlanta Constitution. Have you nominated some one in our Grand Voting Contest? How Can I Secure A Good Position? There are thousand; of young men and women asking themselves that question, and the secret of their success in life is wrapped up in in the answer. There is but one answer to the question- just two words. “PREPARE YOURSELF” Every one.who has„attended Bagwell’s Business College and aid faithful work, now has a good position with a good salary and a bright future. • If others succeed, why not you? We have the leading Business College in the state;, the easiest,, briefest and best courses. We save our students at least one-half the time and expense other schools require and give them a bet ter course' We Give a Written Guarantee to Secure a Position for Every Position. WRITE TODAY for catalog and full particulars, Address, Bagwell's Business College 198 Peachtree St. Atlanta. Ga. • ••- ■ ••• SherIll’s Sale. GEORGIA—Grady County. Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in April next, at public outcry at the court house in aaid county, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest biddor for cash certain property of which the fol lowing, is a full and complete description: One Starr Piano. Said property levied on as the prop erty of 8. P. Cain to satisfy an execution issued from the City Court of Cairo, of Baid county, in favor of the Jessie French Piano & Organ Co., against said S. P. Cain, said property being in possession of 8. Pi Cain. This March 10,1911. A. L. Nwmodwn, 8htri*‘. Wm. Allen place 7 miles north of Cairo, 500 acres. 5 horse farm open. The Jonathan Walden place 7 miles southwest of Cairo 4 miles southeast of Whigham. 175 acres of the Whit Gainous place. Will sell all these places at prices that will please you. Will sell you any size farm you want. €[[ We are in the market for lands at all times. If you want to sell see us. W, T. CRAWFORD, M’g’r. rnuBWiw—>w>w>nimati