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THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR
C. B. Aycn, Pulliih#r
Entered as second class matter at the
Post-office at Danielsville
Official Organ of Madison County
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A MEMORIAL OF BEAUTY
Clarence Poe, in Propressive Farmer
Rife-fit here in the outset 1 wish to
quote one of the most remarkable
and beautiful letters that has ever
came to The Progressive Farmer in
all my twenty five years connection
witli our paper, ft is a letter written
by a Southern tenant farmer’s wife
ami published in our paper years ago
Remembering the letter recently, I
tried to locate it, but could not do
so. Consequently 1 wrote directly to
the woman who sent us the letter,
ami fortunately she had a copy, and
sent it to me, in fuet, to justify re
publishing it in The Progressive
Farmer once a year for all the years
to come:
“I am living at an old homt stead
that has belonged to several genera
tions to the Blank family. It has now
fumed into the hands of strangers.
The old family are disje soc! and
gone far away. But this place is a
memorial of them and especially of
the ladv who came here as a bride
and liv’o'.l here as wife and mother
through a iong and useful life.
“Her imprt!& is still upon every
thing, her spirit lives anew in the re
current blooming of ti e rose garden . •
1. a stranger, feel a kite hip with her
as I breathe their dewy fragrance.
Today there is a flaming of crimson
lilies, amarylia, againtt the great
shrubberry. she is mingled
Must with dust,’ the work of her
hands lives on in the beautious life
of the liliies. At Farter time the!
‘white flags’ unfurled in all thei
purity, an emblem of the *\\- M pari
ty of he”, whose pure thought and
innate L et- of the beautiful g .ve
thorn a perpetual gift of loveliness
to those v!,u came after her. Ririy
iii the spring a myriad of daffodils.
Jonquils and naroi'si came up m
great lie.ste. Seme bore tru/upe sand
wore live trumpet:; of good tidings of
spring. The eternal yellow of -.'l Ih
Mjnsc!.-' were within the Ii;a:t : -. of
them. Th ir fr.;*;atic:> and fve<>iie
were divine.
“The sweetness of one woman
made possible all t’ is lovo’i.ie s.
She is immotalixed in the blooming ;
of the flowers. And thefe is a lesson 1
foi- me in the exquisite Unvlli'.e,-. 1.
too, may live ag.dn in ail >w< ror j
vine cr tre.a. Who of us but: can re •
call evrn now ‘mother's rosebush, ’ ;
w the belly nocks and larkspur of the
old home garden, the trees that rath- ,
planted, the cedar bv the gate;
the poplar and walnut at tin barn
1< t; to F.ay nothing of individua. (fruit i
trees that had each a name and per- j
■r.onality if its own .
“Now for the lo?son. 1 l ave a!- '
thinly planted ?ome blood-re 1 cart i
I ■ H'! •• r '■ > r - its . •n ! V ’]
continue tor years and year;, i ant a ;
‘rollimr stone’ ami gather no moss j
porba's. \ T>i * , o
spot. that I tail away from a m le
bit improved. At one i grown.*
riemnt t v that blooms line a m et- ,
summer snow si omi of vapory white •
Hewt ■ . another a Virginia eveevt
or covers a plain liti'e cotta c, bant
inn it to fairy c:td ! e by moonlight.
"It is easy to set a few fine,
straight little turns ie. the
yard of tee ‘rented place
They are growing wildmi >ee ail
over one dar Southland. do t a
tnouvht ot the ( who come after us.
Hini let that •• bought :.neriulu.o *••
planting reir or maple or a vine
or a lie tr .. o anyihin.y dm of joy
mv! bo.aity. It will mako all tie
world lovlur ; mi our-elves nob! r.
l!li • : ' now. No matt v f you
have enh ; we \ to stay there leave
’’hi' that others who live
1 da t cv ;• mil ko s
ll,f d it a.•• r ' ictimes Is on the abo e
r > ul was alive with the
teie of (i ■ . of nature, of I uinanity”
Is.iv -a memorial of beauty and
y • on j land
it vott have land, and :f ret. then on
rb v’ v ; M % land. \VVtit a ■ ob’e
i ’.t. a 'w v. •••' if
), would remake our whole .Southern
| country if all of us would only nut
jit into practice. “They ae immor
talized in the blooming of their
flowers’’ how fine a thing is that
to say of any family.' One ia remind
ed of Henry Van Dyke’s memorable
lines:
I "He that planted a tree is the sr
j vaat of iod; He provideth a k.od
i i:<; s for many generations, and faces
1 <’-•.+ '• hath not seen shall hi s
THE DIGNITY AND RESPONSI
BILITY OF CHURCH MEMBER
SHIP
Bv Rev W P Brook*, pastor o!
Corner Bupiist Church
Part !.—The Dignity of Church
Membership
The subject for our com.(deration
at this time is, “The Dignity and the
!’e: j pon. ibiliiy of Church Mem he -
, ship. ” We are prone to regard out
Church membership too lightly, to
consider it a matter of no great sig
nificance or importance. There is
; the tendency to regard it mole as
n mere fashion or of good report io
have one's name on th“ Church book,
without realizing the supreme place
of dignity and responsibility tea
Church membership really ißi t
may we consider for a while the fact,
that to have membership in the one
supreme organization in the world,
the greatest fraternity on earth. It
is a place of dignity, a place of hon
or.
There .-.re two ina/tu tiers in th<*
vvovld that wore net up by the direct
initiative of God. One is the home,
founded yonder in the garden of E
den, when man was in a state of pu
rity and of innocence. The other
institution is the Church founded in
a world of darkness and of evil, —
but set up for the purpose of bring
ing light to those who sit in da kness
and of bringing truth to thoio who
walk :n error. One characteristic of
both is that of love. The homo stands
f ,r love—love ore for the other; the
Church stands for the love of Gcd
and our love for Him.
And yet how lightly many of us
treat :t. We do not give it the oon
sideration vo accord many of the
man made institutions, and many G f
u : hold our trwmbe' ship in the organ
i/at’4rs and fraternities of the world
as of more practical importance than
we do memV-ership in the Church of
God.And 1 am -peaking here of the
local ( hutch, tee Church of your
membership, the oiganized body of
believers ir. your community. We
need to have a more exalted concep
tion of the Church; we need to re
gard it. more as an institution of God,
horn in the heart < f God, establls’ e !
on the confession of the deity of
Je.'U,. Christ, and set in the world
as the one organized force and agen
cy by which the Kingdom of God ; s
to be extended in the world. We
shall never fully appreciate our in
dividual membership until we appre
ciate in a great and deep sense t' at
the Church is God’s organ 7 ?, tion,
O' '1- ; • 1 TANARUS;
niciont wisdom . the Chinch is
Ptoat then Vi®cause of it-i o“ipna.
J < ‘ - • • ' • '•• n;■ <. .* a
U.is that thought ever gripped you,
has it ever thralled your sou!—-h t
the ( hutch was ,-et up by the Sav
iour *..* : an’.it.a, the R.deenier ol
the w rid, yo ;r U aster and n:in ,
and that He calls it His Church.
Tin conception that the Church -
simplj a t ’ c: of social cvo'.i t o
l *-d in t: ""'Vers of the dev-lop
nidu of w;y a need wa- fe't for
somo ere ,r.’ • effort at relicitus
endeavor. ~ - ; apnea’ to me as
*ny ■>: xplanatioa of the Chui ch
ir is nof simply the scheme or plan
01 i >! n.c-i. s.-v'si r to wcishi), —
:! ,s M •’ • ran .*>.• •.! the j u>- < e
f Cod ex; re si g .cseif in the
hearts of met mi bringing them into
an o'er,tried force for the kingdom.
t .i> t !;i:,-c. s great as an institu
tion hot n\ :• bi u e cf its and ji
!' : ’nit also . cause o'* ita unique
mission in the world. Its one su
i ‘- e p .co e is t v ex ention cf
the Kit,-ii "> of tied -t e u! cf
Go,i in the h rts >f me i. H s gr.a*-
me-age is t > if sa’va Ts
glorious truth , that of redempfoa
throne the :. - 0 - : . f s . tj. .
. " ‘ ' • ■ V O- rre
THE OANIEuBVILUt. MONITOR. DANIELSVILLE. GEORGIA.
nent dht notion. No otter organ z -
tion can claim such a mighty task.
It stands for the mission of Jesus,
“As tlx? Father has sent me, SO send
I you.” the -e are words of Joss.
The Church has not one selfish mo
; tivc; it is dedicated to t’c glory o
j Cod and to the uplift of human ty.
; Out on the rough se is of life t. ! e
' Church stands as the ligiv.ho_-.se ot
i hope and faith. To those who hunger
: it points to the Bee id of Li e; t ;
those who thirst it brings the living
I
- to those who are in bondage
t rot ts to an On.nJpcte .t De iv.rer
o Ti'osc who sit under the shadow
;f death it point-- to the Giver o' al
ife. Its message is ti e old, o:d st:
y—tlie simple G’-spol of the Son o'
Tod . fr brings a message of sa.va
ion to the sinner, of hope to t' e do
oairing, of cheer to the discovrigetl
And in the lin'd t of the carnal and
material it stands for the spLi.ua'
alucs of life; in the mi Ist of the
massing and the transitory, it stands
’or the eternal, the everlast ng. Ii
the midst of the uncertainties and
storms of life, i's message bids men
to come to the Rock of Ages; and in
he face of death and decay it holds
out the glorious hope of a resjrrec
ioo morn, and the glad tidings that
we worship One, not deal, but li Jog,
reigning, triumphant- at tie richt
hand of God,—that oi.e day he shall
come again,—that rl! eneuies shall
be put under IBs foe. —tie pome ?•
of :>in and death. The Church stnfs
preeminent in that it teaches men to
think of the next I if:',—-it calls at
tention to the great truth, life is
but a vapor that ap eareth I r a
little while and then vanisheth away,
and seeks to ge; me i to p.eo re for
the world that is to come. It culls
men to repent of tfceir ai s. to pi a
their faith in the Lord Jesrs Chris'",
to clown Him os King cf Kims ?nd
Lord of Lords in their can ic ru
ami lives, ft k, working for the i >
1 eresls of a man’s soul, —that is
it?, main consideration. And yc-t
while placing the greater en.pbasM
upon preparation for the next i fe,
it dtt-s not neglect this. The Gosj-el
makes of a man a better citizen, a
better husband, a kinder parent, a
better neighbor. Wherever the Co■-
pel has been preached the physical
and mental phases of life ha e been
helped and brought up to a hi her
plain, as well as the spiritual and
moral aspects of life. The Church
then, as the organized agency by
which the Gospel is sprea!, stands
as an exponent practical helpful: ess.
I-s voice is calling men to parity of
life, nobility of character, and un
selfishness of activity. We -re tld
in Act:: 10:38 that Jesus went about
doing good— and He is our gre .t ex
ample. His one supreme mis ion
w~v. to atone for the sin of the wrrl!
by His death on the cross, and vet
lie was willing to heal diseases, to
cause the blind to see, the deaf to
bear, and to alleviate human suifex
ing. And we Hi?, disciples are to
help suffering humanity. In fact
the Gospel has many by prod ucs, —
its great purpose is the salvat’on of
the soul, but where it has gone,
ami other, institutions of uplift and
mercy have resulted. Ignorance
di.ir.te as well a... sin cannot st rid
the light of the Gospel. Truly the
Cnurch b-a? a yreit mi. s’on. It i,
something more than a mere club,
i something more than simply a social
I organization, something more than
' an attempt on the part of good pee
lic -O study and alleviate sociolo ;i
--c.u problems. It Is an org.iniza 1 '
i founded by God Himself to lui g
: ' t men and women, boys and x'r's
to a knowledge of Jesus Clvist as
Mieir personal Saviour, to call men
l uck from darkness to light, from
i ruth to life, from the pat' s of -h
i t t ways ••• peace and righteous
r'. s
t h vch i ; a gl. rious : .’-
' v. io;, also because of those wh -
compose it, of these who make up it?
membership. If you arc looking for
t e best people „n the face of the
e mih, you whl find them in the
\* 1; • 1 • 1!: ' ioes ni t mean that
ri ° ; ' rt 110 seed people who u e
• fibers i>: a Ciuircb, nor that eve v
■ in the Church is good, but it
doos *•* teat Hu. broad accusation
tmit the Church is simplj filled with
hypocrites is false. No doubt but
that there are hypocrites in th
f hurch. and a groat many of us arc
weak Christians !iv; -g r . r hn; ■—
t • ...
VI., •*’ * • , Sr |V.
but I am one who believes that for
the r-.of,t part the membership of our
Churches is made up of Godly, Chris
tian men and women, whore faith :s
in Ciirif t who love their Master, and
who are seeking to serve Him. We
are not perfect and wo don’t claim
to be. But thank God there are in
the Church for the most part, men
and women whose ideals are noble,
whose purposes are true, whose lit.s
may not be all that they should be,
out whose hearts arc filled with the
love of Cod and mankind". How thank
fnl we should be today for The choice,
Chrlstlike souls we have known in
jur Churches, many of them, no
•loubt, poor in this world s goods
but rich in treasures laid up above.
And no doubt as vouv mind goes hack
through the years, there comes the
memory of eaintly men and women
in the Church, whose fellowship war
like to that above and whose Christ
like influence lingers yet in your l‘fe
to bless and to ennoble. No, they
are not all hypocrites, many of them
are God’s choicest saint:, most of
them well meaning Christian men
and women, hoys and girls, drawn
together into God’s appointed organ
ization by a common faith, a common
Lord, a common Saviour and a com
mon love.
To be a member of that organiza
tion that has its origin in the mind
and heart of God, that has so great
a mission, and chat is composed of
such ratn and women, hoy:: and g'rls
for its membership, is an honor in
deed .
(Part I! —The Responsibility of
Church Membership to ta continued
next week)
WHAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD
KNOW’ ABOUT CANCER
Prepared for Publication bv tfie Can
cer Commission of the Medical As
sociation of Georgia anti the Geor
gia Division of the A-nerican So
ciety for ths Control of Cancer.
WARNING No. 2
In America and olsewhert cancer
appears to he increasing rapidly. In
1922, thtre were 20,000 more deaths
in America from cancer than there
were in 1900. There are several rea
sons why this is tru:e one of the chief
being that medical science and the
nursing methods of the present day
have added many years to our life
cycle; consequently, more people than
ever before reach the “cancer age.”
W e know for a certainty what can
cer is, but wo do not know definitely
what causes it. We know thal.it
arises as the result cf long continued
irritation and that it is reported from
year to year with almepi unvarying
frequency in certain parks of the body
Lancer of t-r.e D jest’ve Tract
Digestion begins in the mouth; there
for?.', it is well to consider the fre
quency and ciiar&clcr t 1 cancers in
ih ! s location. l ive per cent of all
cancoi-s are cn the lips or in the
moutlC The former are most fre
quently on the lower lip. About 90
' i cr cent of them are in men who
smoke to txeoss and, therefore, they
' - >-V r ,i •*■ .
or? sore. They ar also caused by
irT.tr-Con from ar. iverharguig tooth,
.■ut <~.re rnreiy sen. in people under
fifty years of eve.
An early cancer of h e li looks like
® : sore or “i ver ister,” or
it may be only a scaly spot which
doo- not heal. It is dangerous be
causo ‘t spreads quickly to the glands
oi the neck. It may be healed by a
vain ver of remedies only : o *v-appear
ust under the jaw a few months la
ter. I* properly treated early, it can
e cured; but, it it reaches the neck
'.',vtnd? a permanent cre ;. mbtful
mouth a cancer may be leea
' '1 on the tongue, can-, or under
1 •'’'cue. It mav rescirbLe a “yuc
<•' an ulcer vvueii a gum-boil
' opened. A perr stent --bite .-pot,
-r. c.r lump, on the tongue will
* ' ten develop? intc- a career. Ir
■ uni from a broker, to, th or an
hi-feting dental plate i.- a Freuent
c use which can he i-.v t - . Oral
f e i '• ar d the excessive i-s of to
u. ee'- are recognized c >.:*es: one of
iu i ore most authorities >r tq. sub
- - ' I have never sc a cancer
- mouth in an indiviuay. who did
’•-vs tobacco to exce-a.’ rhis. how
ever, does not always apply.
' It pv or nicer cr. Yw 1 lqi . or
* ' !-*■ Of 1V - . . • ;
** ■** w y - ■ •w-a s>j
suspicion and receive I
lump growing f r&m the
teeth may not bo * cancer, b* ! 1
mould be mve.-tteateu. Ar,v l„ ra . ’ E
the mouth, especially a “sore ”jj H
porous. Do not procrastinate I
Cancers in the ra.uth ,: e . e lOTIl OTI ■
die same layers cf C etU -n, I
’f f-
glands under the jaw and ft e R „, k I
Excepting cancers In two otter 1
■f the body those in th e
the hardest, to cure: therefore lR( _ I
kouM receive early attention ' A , I
though the mouth is very ?c , ts , ibl I
over 75 per cent of cancem in thj, I
location are fajtal, la-geiv I
of neglect. Mild caustics applet w I
People innorant of the real nature of ■
the disease only make it worse. I
Cancer in the throat is fortunately I
rare. If recognized early and p , 0 l
cr!y treated IT MAY BF, CURED, 1
but, unfortunately, the victim p. o ’_ I
crest: nates. I
Cancer of the stomach and gaKl
bladder (we rarely have a primary I
cancer of the liver) occurs with about I
equal frequency in the two sexes. It I
is rarely seen in an individual under I
forty-five and is much more frequent I
in stil older people. Mote than 35 I
per cent of all cancers are in the di- I
gestive tract beow the mouth. Four I
hundred and fifty of the 1,218 deaths I
from cancer reported to the Georgia I
Bureau of Vital Statistics in 1921, I
were- in the stomach, liver, gall Hai
der, and inte^tinea.
It is hard to recognize an incipient
cancer of the stomach, but r.eture
has provided certain signak which, if
heeded, will prevent many deaths.
Indigestion coming on after forty
five and persisting in spite of treat
ment, neglected gall stones, an old
ulcer of the stomach, pus swallowed
from a foul mouth, and many other
conditions may be mentioned as caus
es of stomach and gall bladder can
cer. Strangs as it may seem, a can
cer rarely, if ever develops from an
ulcer in the small intestine. They
"requently develop at certain points
in the largo intestine—so much so,
- hat surgeons know just where to
I look for them.
I It is impossible to give a 4 de'
, description cf all cancer .--ymptom
ah article of this kind; so. whneve,
there Is doubt, the thing tc do is to
j coniuit your physician. Hava :im
I make a thorough Investigation and
j keep a record of the condition in or
der that he may compare future
j symptoms with those present at the
j first examination. Ee sure to follow
j his advice.
j (IhJi article will be fsilowed 17 *
series of articles on ihe Cn;s.' for
i the next several sveekiu iraitiay tbs'
j they may be of e-;neral inteiiit
may be of direct beuefii to sotn?
THE SNOWY DAYS
The Snowv Days have come,
And with them con.es good c’ I
It is the time feu lots of fun,
The beat days in the ye.w.
We will all make a snow mar.,
And with him have lots <"■ ■ ■'<
For we till know we can.
I v.,'o V/v ‘ .* .’I ;■ t : J
i
!
01 7 such snowballi we i.c
Then turn and look arour ,
And throw one with a v k,
Andee it hit the grot -r
Hut, ah! when we get hit,
It splashes on our note
It putts out minds to wits
For since it will always s!> -.v.
But when mother calls u
And makes us stay ! ' t:
We all wish it was again.
Nothing but the bright pr
‘ |
Bv Minnie Belle
Eighth grade.
Hardman Drug Cos . Co i-'.j , J -
Do you realize the wrooj a-*
ruin your eyes, while the I 'S
ones will strengthen ard irr ■-'
them. Our optometrh: o: w-.’.a •* l
G.-rcn Optihal Cos., Atlanta Ct
* fit you with th* kin 1 vou =■--
H- '•'ill he at our tore i? a ' n - J
cN , January 26th.
ai Jr..a.i Cos _o- •'