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?MOVED UNIFORM OfTONAllONAL
Sunday School
' Lesson '
(Br n?V. P. U. KlTZWATfH. D.D.. Daan
Of tha K.tnlni School. Moody Ulbla ln
atltuta of Chicago. I
1B?S. Wintern Nawapapar Union.)
Lesson for February 1
the vine and the branches
LESSON TEXT?John 16:1-17.
QOLrKN TEXT?"Ho that abldeth In
m?, and 1 In him. tho aamo brlnRctJi
rorth much frutt."?John 15:6.
1'KIMaUY Topic?UtliiK Krlends of
JUNIOR TOPIC?The Vine and the
Branch??.
intermediate and senior top
? C?!? rult*i)i*arlnt; Llvoa.
YOUNO PEOl'I.K AND ADULT TOP
IC?Union With Chrlat.
Under the bountiful allegory of tho
line and the ItnmdioM Jesus set forth
the spirituii> oneness of Himself and
Ills disciples.
1. The Rc'ationship of Jesus and the
Father to the Disciole (vv. 1-8).
1. JesuB the Source of the Disciple's
Life (v. l). He |g the true vine.
Fhroitgh the incarnation Jesua Identi
fied Himself with humanity, and by
rlrtue of His utonlng death and resur
rection It Js possible for the believer
to be a partaker of 111? life so that be
tween the disciple and hla Lord there
1? a community of life. Aa the vine
pours Its life Into the branch, bo Christ
pours His life Into the believer. Our
?ulvatlon Is eternal life because It Is
Ihe life of the eternal Son In us.
2. Tho Father Has In Ills Hands the
Discipline of the Disciple (v. 1). The
"Father Is tho husbandman." Just as
the culture of the vine Is In the hands
of u husbandman so the discipline of
the believer's life Is In the hands of
the Father. In tills disciplinary proc
ess he
(a) Removes tho unfruitful branch
(v. 2). He does not take the trouble
to prune the fruitless brunch. The
nominal church member, the mere pro
fessor, He removes.
(b) Purges the fruitful branch that
it may produce more fruit (v. 2). He
restrains our natural tendencies and
desires In order that the virtues of the
Lord, the fruits of the Spirit, may
ahlne forth.
8. The Instrument by which the
pruning Is accomplished Is Jesus'
words (v. 8). The disciples already
were cleansed by Christ's words, for
Judas the tndtor had been cast out.
If the believer's life Is to be fruitful In
character and service the pruning
knife, Christ's words, must be intelli
gently and regularly applied.
{VII. The Conditions of Fruit Bearing
(TV, 4?7).
I .The supreme object In pruning, the ^
culture of the vine, is fruit.
1. Abiding In Chrlat (v^r. 4-6). As 1
the branches draw cap and life from |
Uie vine, ?o believers must abide In :
jQftrlst, from whom they derive their
purity, strength and wisdom, Indeed,
It Is a mutual abiding, the jjlscipie in !
Christ and Christ In the discipl% It |
U Christ's life ezpremlfig itself
through the believer. The one thns in- j
dwelt by Christ will bear much fruit. '
8o great Is the displeasure of the Lord
with lifeless, unfruitful branches that
they are to be "cast forth," "withered,"
even burned (v. 6).
2. Christ's Words Abide In Us (v.
7). So ndghty Is the power of the
one who abides In Christ and In whom I
Ills words abide that Heaven can with
hold no gift from him.
III. The Blessed Issue of a Fruitful
Life (vv. 8-17).
1. The Glorification of the Father (v. j
8). Through much frult-bearlng, the I
Father will be glorified (Matt. 5:10).
2. Credentials of Dlsclplaahlp (v. 8).
The only way to prove that one Is a
child of God is to manifest the charac
teristics of (Sod In one's acts and serv
ice.
8. Abiding In Christ's Love and
Keeping His Commnndinenta (vv. 9,
10). The way to abide In Christ's love
W to keep His commandments. The
?ne who neglects the words of Christ
Is destitute of His love. It Is folly to
talk of being In the love of Christ
Srhlle disobeying His teachings.
4. Fulness of Joy (v. 11). The wny
to have fulness of joy la to have
Christ's Joy in ua.
6. Loving one another (vv. 12, 18).
{The one who abides In Christ and has
the life of Christ flowing Into him will
Ure a life of love, will lore his fellow
tnan, especially his brother in Chrlat.
0. Friends of Christ (tv. 14, 15).
Christ's friends do whatsoever He J
rommands. Heine thus obedient He
lakes us Into Hla confidence and I
fnakee known unto us the Heavenly
Father's will.
T. Perpeutal Fruit-Bearing In Love,
With Power In Prayer (rv. 10, 17). ,
Physical Vigor
Physical weakness is not a sign of
cplrltual power. All other things
considered, the man or woman who
?Uoys physical vigor will be able to
accomplish more than those who are
Amur and I1L
The Problem
of Jimmy
Br ELEANOR C. KOENIG
(i;?prn|ai.j
JOHN RDTHEHFORD wondered
why. In the midst of his dilemma,
he should pause to couslder how
charming a vision Miss Bryce was as
she blew Into the office like a fresh
spring breeze. These unspoken poetic
words were really his and. it may be
added, they were quite contrary to his
usuul prosaic trend of thought. They
were contrary, too, to his ubub! prac
tice of Ignoring Just what Miss Bryce
had on?the trim lines of her dark
blue dress, the fall of lace against her
white throat and the most becoming
hat she wore.
She actually did not look sixteen, he
thought, and thereupon felt a rather
queer sensation in his throat. Foolish
thoughts for a man of forty to be
thinking, and a widower, too, with the
ever Increasing difficulty of trying to
?manage the proper upbringing of a
seven-year-old boy, who, to use the ex
pression of Mrs. Hills, his long-oufTer
ing nurse, wus nothing lesa than a
"wild colt."
This last thought led him straight
back to his dilemma, which was the
Immediate and proper care of Jimmy,
who was to he this very day deprived
of Mrs. Hills' care.
On his desk Iuy the letter received
from her this morning to the effect
t lint she was bringing him buck from
Silver Snnds Bench, whither they had
been sunt a month previously by Jim
my's father, In the hope thnt there
Mrs. Ilills might recuperate her flag
ging energy and JImiuy receive the
benefit of the sea air.
The letter also recorded Mrs. Hills'
absolute resignation from her arduous
duties.
Somehow or other, Miss Bryce's
bright "good morning" sent flying the
dark clouds which hud settled around
tills perplexed father, and furthered
half-formed resolution to conflde his
difficulty to her. Come to think of It,
lie had confided quite a little in her
of late. Perhaps lie had better tell her
his plans for the future; his settled de
termination to liuve a "reai mother"
for Jimmy and of the letter that was
on Its way to Miss Kmlly Stephens.
His mind conjured up a picture of
Miss Stephens; not at all like Miss
Bryce. Miss Bryce was small, with a
little, round face. Miss Stephens stood
live feet ten aud, now that he thought
of it, must wear at leust a number
eight shoe.
Miss Stephens was thirty-nine, a
credit to her community, and a good
woman. In sliort, she would Instruct
Jimmy in such a way as to raise him
to self-respecting manhood.
Acting upon the Impulse, he tapped
on Miss Bryce's door, and, receiving
encouragement from her bright smile,
was soon outlining his purpose.
Miss Bryce knew Jimmy, but Mr.
Rutherford did not know of the won
derful times she and Jimmy had had
when he was away from the office.
The instinctive motherhood in her had
seen at a glance what Jlminy craved?
companionship and understanding.
There had been one glorious afternoon
when Jimmy had sat unceremoniously
on the floor and eaten popcorn, several
conversations when a complete under
standing had been established between
them and a warm, throbbing mad love
had, in some strange manner, sprung
up for the child.
Strangely, too, she felt a mean little |
prick somewhere around the region of
her heart when she heard of Miss j
Stephens. Then a deep look came into
her eyes. I
"Has Miss Stephens ever seen
Jimmy?" she asked.
"No," Rutherford replied. "That's
what bothers me. You see. Jimmy is
what Is termed 'wild,' and in my pro
posal to Miss Stephens I did not tell
her of tills. I ain sort of wondering
what she will think of him. I met
her only last winter in California, and
she struck me then as being n good,
upright woman who would make a
good mother."
"Then, In justice to them both, they
should know each other thoroughly be
fore you marry," said Miss Bryce, and
mentally accused herself of meanness.
This suggestion accounted for the
fact that a week later, the unsuspect
ing Jimmy was on his way to visit
Miss Stephens for an indefinite period.
? Meanwhile. Rutherford found him
self reluctant to think of his approach
ing nuptials. Really, it was strange
how thin and shadowy Miss Bryce was
growing. Then one night when he had
unexpectedly returned to the office he
had found her face bowed on the desk,
crying. What was the reason, he won
dered then; and that night he had
pared back and forth, calling himself
a blind fool and hurling numerous oth
er like epithets at himself.
The nfext morning he dreaded to go
near the office and it was not until 1st?
in the afternoon that he. ventured
there. When he opened the door, h?
saw s at range sight. Miss Bryce sat
the bJi leather chair, reading out
ft a mtfiijr-colored book, and on her
lap sat J Ira my. In utter content
"Why, Jimmy, what does this
mean?" asked Rutherford.
"Miss Stephens didn't like me and I
didn't like her," said Jimmy, "and I
like Miss Bryce and want her for my
mother."
Which assertion was borne out by a
letter that bad arrived earlier In the
day and which was lying on John
Rutherford's desk.
Tills letter settled forever the ques
tion of Miss Stephens, and Rutherford
read It with a shining face.
At any rate, Jimmy bad found a real
mother.
Water Denizen That
Hat Few Vital Organs
'
The little creature called the lance
lot Is slender and pointed at both ends
und not very easy to see, since It Is
almost transparent and Is only from
an Inch and a half to two and a half
inches in length.
It lives in shallow water and likes
to stick its head end into the sand,
into which It burrows with great
rapidity. It remains thus for a long
time with Its tall sticking out When
on the surface of the water it lies on
Its side.
While It can neither see nor hear,
there Is reason for believing that it
possesses the senses of smell and
taste. Its eggs are laid about sunset
and the larvae hatch out early the
next morning.
The lancelot has no head. More
over, It has neither legs nor pairs of
tins. It has a mouth, however, placed
at one end, which, therefore, may be
called the head end of the body.
It has a stomtfeh, a very simple
form of liver and another simple or
gan which takes the place of a heart,
since It is capable of contracting and
thus forcing the blood, which is quite
colorless, forward to the area of the
gills, where It is purified.?Review of
Reviews.
Business Now Made of
Producing Spider Silk
Spider farming la one of the little
known Industries of modern times.
The end in view is not the Intensive
fighting of the fly peril, but the produc
tion of spider silk, than which there
Is nothing better for the cross lines of
surveying and other Instruments.
Supplies in vastly larger quantities
are needed for the manufacture of spi
der-silk stockings, and it Is to meet this
demand that special spider farms have
been started from time to time, says
Tit-Bits.
It is no easy matter to keep and
feed the spiders, to prevent them from
engaging in mortal combat, and to
collect their silk In suitable form. The
process of "silking" the spider amounts
to playing catchhall, with the spider as
ball. In Its passage through the air
the spider instinctively pays out silk,
and It can be Induced to part with a
hundred yards or more during a suc
cession of such flights.
Secret Safe
*'Oh, Alice!" Virginia exclaimed,
"have you heard about Gladys?"
"No; what about her?" Alice de
manded.
' "Well, she and Dick Rodney are
going to be married In .Tune!"
"You don't say! Well, I always
knew Dick thought a lot of Gladys,
but I never did think she would agree
to marry him."
"And Alice," Virginia continued,
"the engagement is a secret just now.
I promised Gladys I wouldn't tell a
living soul, so don't you breathe a
word of it to anyone."
"Why, Virginia," Alice replied, "you
know I wouldn't any more think of
telling it than you would!"
Genuine Article
Salesmen may be gracious and cheer
ful and yet lack knowledge of the
goods they are expected to sell. This
is a sad fault and a handicap to good
salesmanship. A story is told of ii
genial storekeeper In central Ohio
whose education in selling was of the
kindergarten variety. , A customer
came in and asked for a little cheese
cloth.
The storekeeper disappeared, but
rame back lugging a large specimen of
! a New York cheese. "Here's the
cheese," he said, "but I'll be ding
busted if I know how I'm goin' to get
| the cloth offen it I"
Bog Ornaments Irish Asset
One of the Industries of Ireland has
long been the manufacture of bog oak
ornaments. Before the period of up
heaval In Ireland fhe export of these
goods from the Emerald Isle through
the port of Dublin equaled a value of
$100,000 a year. The trade originated
in the reign of George IV, soon after
his visit to Ireland In 1821, London Tlt
Blts says. At first all the ornaments
were hand carved and polished, but
machinery was used with the Increased
demand. Tew. fir and birch, as well as
oak, are woods used by the makers of
(lie ornaments. The one necessity is
that the logs sfasU have been loaf
tvrtt* 1* tbe bofs. .?-jr~rT.
SEW IIP THE HOLES
M FARM POCKETS
NO FARMER CAN REGULARLY
BUY FOOD AND GRAIN
AND PROSPER
Atlanta, Ga.?(Special.)?"For fifty
years or more the generality of our
cotton-growing larmers have been
regularly going around with holes in
their pockets, so to speak, through
which dropped any and all profits that
could and should have come from
their farm operations." "If the South
is to ever reach any reasonable degree
o< farm prosperity, those holes must
be sewed up," Bald H. G. Hastings,
leading agricultural authority and
chairman of the Farm and Marketing
Bureau of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce.
"I have been in practically every state
in our own country, as well as many
foreign countries. I have yet to see
any state or section where food and
grain buying by farmers was the regu
lar practice that did not show rela
tive poverty on the part of those
farmers. On the other hand, I have
never been in any state or section
where food and grain was grown suf
ficient at least for home needs where
farm prosperity did not show.
""If he would, thelBouthern farmer
could be the richest farmer In the
United States instead of the poorest,
which he is. The reason he isn't
prosperous is' because he persists in
following a farm system that has
proved a failure the world over re
gardless of the particular crop grown.
"The South's dependence on cotton
and the regular purchase of food and
grain from'other sections is the real
cause of the Southern farmer's lack
of prosperity. And things are not go.
ing to get right with our farmers until
they quit having their smoke houses
in Chicago or Omaha and their corn
cribs in Iowa or Kansas.
"The 1925 cotton crop is going to
be one of the most expensive to make
we have ever seen. Food, grain, labor
and fertilizer are all high. Every
pound of food or grain needed by
farm family or working live stock
should be produced on home acrcs,
and that production started In gar
den and in field just as early as sea
son conditions will permit. Home pro
duction of every pound of food, grain
and forage needed for home consump
tion on the farm in 1925 will stop up
the holes in the South's farm pocket,
and it's the only way to stop them up."
Flower/
Seeds/
Hastings' is giving away Absolutely
Free, 5 Seed Packets of Beautiful
Flowers to each 1925 customer. Hast
ings' beautiful, new 112-page, 1925
Catalog shows these flowers in full
natural colors. Tho front cover pic
ures the great Stone Mountain Confed
erate Memorial
This Big Seed Book is the Standard
Planting Guide, with valuable culture
directions and accurate descriptions
of all kinds of seeds, plants and
bulbs. It has over 250 pictures from
actual photographs .end is bigger and
better than ever. Brim-full ofinforma
tion, it's the most useful Seed Book
ever published.
You need it for ready reference al
most daily. Be sure to write for it
| today; a post-card will do. It comes
to you entirely free by return mail.
H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN,
| ATLANTA, GA.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
State of Georgia;
County of Houston, S S.:
Mrs. J.J. Smith et a).
vs.
S. A. Nunn, Trustee.
Equitable petition for Partition, & c.
To i lie October Term, 1924. of the Su
| perior Court of said Qounty.
! Take Notice that in pursuance of an
Order made xnd entered by the Honor
able M-ilcolm D. Jones, Judg? of said
I Court, on (he fifth day of December, 1#24
' the undersigned, as the duly appointed,
! qualified and acting Commissioners in
said cause, will, on Tuesday, the third
! day of Febrnnry. 1925, within the legal
hours of sale, at tbe places of pnblic aula
hereinafter named, oiler for sale and sell
at public outcry to the highest and best
bidder for ca?h, all and singular tbe fol
lowing described ical estate in said Order
leferrtd to, situate in the Couatie? of
Houston and Dooly, said state to-?it:
All that tract of land situate in the
City of Unadilla, in Dooly County, ?aid
State, being all of Blocks Nos. 30. 36,
and 43, And all of Fourth Avenue l ast
of Hudson Street, the 30 ft. of ) ifth
Avenue East of Hudion Street, the ] nst
erly ]ia<*of Gregory Mreet, and all of tbe
streets and alleys between above-mem ond
ed avsmies and blocks, together with all
improvements thereon sad being land
fernerly held by Mra. Henrietta Brannea
ucder bond for titU frpm B. E, Smith,
recorded in Deed Bock 21 folio 15 iu lha
office of?tbe clerk of the Superior Court
of Dooly County, Geoiirin; aiao:
Tnatiractof lend lying and being io
the 3rd Laud Distric t < f ? Dooly County,
Georgia, b?mg tbe Weal half of Lot No.
4? in said District coataiulag 101 Ji acres
more or lena, and known as tbe "Easter
King Place" i also, ell of tbe following
described land irf the 13tb Diatriet of
Houston County, Georgia; to wit: Lot
of land No. 951 containing 202>4 acre#
more or less, fractional lot of land No.
252 containing 98 acres, more or less,
fractional lot of land No. S11 containing
28 acres, more or less, fractional lot of
land No. 910 containing 28 acrea, more
more or less, 172% acres, more or less,
of Lot No. 80 in the 13th Diatiict of
Houston County, Georgia, being ell of
said lot except 30 acrea, more or less,
lying en the cioutb pari of aaid lot and
cut oil from the remainder of said lot by
an old road running immediately in front
of tbe old R. E. Smith dwelling house,
said read running from approximately
the Southwest corner of said lot in a
Northeasterly direction and passing im
mediately in frent of the old K.E. bmith
dwelling bouse, and continuing in a
Northeasterly direction until it inter
sects with the present eounty line road,
thence tbe line of said SO acres, more or
leas, continues along the present county
line road from the intersection ef eaid
old road witb the same to tbe East line of
said lot Ne. 80, also, fractional lot No.
253 containing 28 acrea, more or less,
and lot No. ?54 containing 170 acres,
more or lesa.
taid sales of 8aid lands will be had be.
fore tbe courthouse doors ofaaid Counties
wbereiu the lands respectively are situat?
on said day of sale. '1 he successful bid
der or bidders are required te deposit
ten per cent, of the bid, which will be
returaed without deduction if not con
firmed. No. deed or transler of title will
be made to purchaser until said sale has
been reported, and approved by, said
Judge. A report of Baid sales will be
made to said Judge at his oltice at Ma
con, Georgia, on or before Friday, Feb
ruary 6, 1925. Said lands will be exposed
to sale in parcela and in tbe aggregate.
The East half of lot 251 and the
fractional lot No. 253 in the 13th Dis
trict of Houston County, Georgio, are
encumbered with a debt of approximate
ly $1 ,UOO.00 held by Title Guaranty &
Trust Co.. of Bridgeport, Conn.
Dated, December 2?j, 1924.
C. E. Brunson,
Roy B. Friedin,
A. K. Ware.
Commissioners as aforesaid.
LAND SALE
Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in a certain dead to secure
debt executed and delivered by J. B,
Thompson bg Dr. J. H. Heard and
Walter Defore on the 18th day of June,
1923, and recorded in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court oi Houston
County, Georgia, in deed book 34, folio
124, liie undersigned wiil on the 14th
day of February, 1925, proceed to sell,
between the legal Lours of sale, before
the court house door in Perry,
Houston County, Georgia, at public out
cry, lo tli o highest bidder fat cash, the
following described real estate:
That lot, tract or parcel oi land situate
lying and being in one body in the Coun
ty of Houston and the County ol Hibb,
containing two hundred anu two and
one-half (202%) acres bounded oa the
West by lands of Mrs. George Jewau, oa
ihe south by lands of Alex Jp'argason; on
the East by lands of Mrs. J. S. Vinson;
on the north by lands of Miuchew and
Thompson; and beiDg the same property
that W89 conveyed to J. 14. Ihoinpson
by F. D. Bay by warrauty deed dated the
92nd day of August, 1904 and recorded
iu the Office of the Clerk of Houston
Superior Court in Book 2, folio 213, Th%
property hereby conveytd is known as
all of lot Two Hundred and Five (205)
in the lower Fifth District of Houtton
Couuty and all of fractional lot JN'o. Two
Hundred and Five (405) iu tnc liutland
District of Bibb, originally Houston
[ County.
The said deed with power of tale t(?
secure debt was given to secure the pay
! ment of a ceitain principal note for tne
| Hum of Thrte Thousand Doilars($3,000.00)
j dated the 18th day of June, 1923, auU
payable to the order of Dr. J. H. Heard
and Waller DeFore one year after dale.
On the 8th day of October, 1U24, the said
J. B. Thompson executed au extension
agreement to the said Dr. J. H. Heard
and Walter Dt-forc wherein he undertook
to exteud the payment of said note until
the 18th day ot June, 1920, upon con
dition thai he pay fOOO.OO on eaid
principal note on or before the first day
of November, 1924, iind puy ihe principal
aad interest on said note as the same ma
tured. rl he (>aid J. B. Thompson failed
i o pay said $500.00 ou the principal and
failed lo pHy the interest which matured
on said $3000.00 note on the 18th day of
December, 1924, and thereupon the said
Dr. J. H. Heard and Walter Dehor?
exercised their optiou in said deed with
pewer of sale to declare said debt due
and thereupon the potoer of ?ale contain
ed in *aid deed became operative and is
hereby exercised in this foreclosure pio
cecding. There will be due on aaid debt
an said 14th day of February, 1985, the
sum of Three Thousand Dollars($3000.00)
principal, and the sum of One Hundred
and forty $140.00) Dollar* interest. The
undersigned will execate and deliver deed
conveying fte simple title to said property
to the highest bidder as provided ia said
deed with power of sale. The proceeds
arising Irom the sale of said property
i will be applied as provided in said deed
with power of sale to secure debt.
Dr. J. H. Heard, Walter DeFore.
?CASH Paid for Fal?? Teeth,
dental fold, platinum aid discard
ed jewelry. Hake Smelting & Re
fining Co., Otsego, Michigan.