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Missionary Department.
The Entrusted Letter:
One day Farmer Bliss received a
letter from a great prince. When
he opened it, what was his delight
to find that it contasned a
for a large sum of money and a
promise that if he used this well
he should constantly receive more,
and by and by be allowed to re
move to a still larger estate than
he could possibly buy in the coun
tryon the Prince’s own possessions.
How rich and happy he felt! ‘This
is good news, truly!’ he exclaimed.
Indeed, for a time he was so over
joyed that he failed to notice that
there was another letter enclosed
in his, He took it out eagerly, but
was not a little disappointed to
find it directed, not to himself, but
to a man who lived some distance
from him Holding it up to the
light, he thought he could see the
end of a check just like his own,
but of this he was not certain un
til, takmg up his own letter again,
he saw a postcript, which he had
before overlooked.
“Will you have the kindness,”
the postcript read, “to hand the
enclosed letter, which contains a
check and promise exactly similar
to your own, to you neighbor, Pur
man Knight?”
“Why,” exclaimed Farmer Bliss,
“I’d hardly call him a neighbor.
He lives full ten miles from here.
I don’t belisve I ever saw him, and
the little I know about h m hasn’t
been much to his credit. A kind
o’ne-er-do-well fellow. I think
the Prince might have found some
one nearer him to send the letter
by, or else send it to him direct. It
does seem a little unreasonable, if
I do say it, as I oughtn’t, to ask
me to take that long journey. Nev
er-the-less, since he did ask it, I’ll
take -r send it’the first time it’s
convenient, but just now I shall be
uncommon busy getting the things
I so much need with this check.
So he slipped Purmon’s letter in
to the big family Bible, and, as it
chanced, it covered the last three
verses of the last chapter of Mat
thew.
For days and weeks, every time
Father Bliss’ eye happened to light
on the Bible on the centre table,
he resolved he would take the let
ter over the next day, if it was
convenient; but somehow, it was
never convenient. His new es
tate must be fenced in, abetter
house built for himself and family,
and each day was full of some new
work for his own comfort. Thus
the weeks lengthened into months.
One bnght May morning, he was
busy superintending a large new
barn in which to bestow his great
incraase, when a neighbor drew up
to the fence.
“Have you heard the news?” he
asked. “A man died last night
from starvation dewn Darkville
way,”
“You don’t mean to soy so!’
exclaimed Farmer Bliss, stopping a
moment in hi# work. “It's a shame
such things should be. Did you
happen to learn the man’s name?’
“Yes,” replied the neighbor, “it
was Purmon Knight.”
Purmou Knight!- Purmon, for
whom a check for houses and
lands and food and clothing lay in
his Bible, The saw fell from Far
mer Bliss’ hand. He went into
the house and shut tte door. From
between the leaves of his Bible the
yellowing edge of the letter for
Furman Knight pointed at him.
He fell upon his knees, but even as
his stiff lips tried to say, “Oh,
Lord, forgive!” he seemed to hear
a voice—stern, awful—saying:
“His soul shall be required of
thee.”
And who was Farmer Bliss? Ah
who but you, if so be vou have
held back the good news from any
one for whom it was entrusted to
your care? Open your Bible at
tne last chapter of Matthew, and
see if the Prince’s letter to some
starving soul does not lie covering
the verses at its close. Hasten,
hasten ; let him have it, ore it is
too late.
What The Trouble Is.
The trouble with the small girl
is that she isn’t bigger.
The trouble with the big girl is
that every pair of scales she steps
on gives her a weigh.
The trouble with a great many
editors is that they don’t think one
half as much as they write.
The trouble with the small boy
is that his big sister never was a
small boy herself and so she doesn’t
know how the small boy feels.
The trouble with the average
husband is that he knows his wife
knows he isn’t so big a man as he
wants the world to think he is.
The trouble with almost all the
ministers is that they don’t hear
other ministers preach often enough
to know what a really first class
bang-up sermon is.
The trouble wth the young man
in love is that he is insane enough
to think that all the other young
men are making just as big fools of
themselves about his best girl as
he is.
The trouble with the young wo
man love is that she doesn’t know
whether she really loves the young
man for himself alone or for the
caramels he brings and the pros
pect of a solitaire diamond to daz
zle the other girls.
The trouble with the average
wife is that her husband is much
more prodigal with his protesta
tions of affection than he is with
his money, and that he does not
waste much of either unless he
wants a hutton sewed on.
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Well Known Ueorgian An
nounces Candidacy co Suc
ceed Pope Brown.
Elbertcra, Ga. ( May 9. — (Suecial.)
Hon. Peyton M. Hawes, of this city,
has Issued formal announcement of
his candidacy for office of state treas
urer, to succeed Hon. J. Pope Brown,
who will not a candidate. Mr.
Hawes' announcement bas been re
ceived with general interest through
out the state.
Asa result of his seven years’ ser
vice in the state legislature, five in
the house and two in the senate, Mr.
Hawes is well known over the state.
Besides having been actively engaged
in the banking business for the last
fifteeu years, his legislative work was
largely concerned with banking and
financial laws.
Mr. Hawes' announcement of his
candidacy follows:
“To the people of Georgia:
“1 hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of state treasurer, sub
ject to the democratic white primary
of 1910, to he held on a date to be
selected by the state democratic ex
ecutive committee
HON. PEYTON M. HAWES.
"In making this announcement 1
feel that it is appropriate for ine to
say that, my service for seven years
in both branches of the Georgia legis
lature, during which time many of
the present laws relating to banks and
banking were enacted, and my service
at the same time od the house com
mittee on banks and banking by
which these laws were considered, lias
given me a clear insight into the
Georgia laws concerning banking and
finance.
“In addition to the foregoing expe
rience, I have been, for fifteen years,
president nr the Elbertuu Loan and
Savings bank, in which capacity I
may say, I have gained wide practical
experience concerning the operation
of these laws; and, as a result of
which I am in a position to recom
mend certain improvements in the
present laws, which will better safe
guard the interests of the depositors
in Georgia’s sta-te banks.
“If elected to this important posi
tion, I shall give my every effort to
the faithful discharge of its duties,
to assist me in which I shall secure
the services of trained expert and ca
pable assistants.
"I respectfully request the favora
ble consideration of the democratic
voters of the state.
“PEYTON M. HAWES.
“Elbertoa, Ga., Majr 7, UHL* „
A Handsome Woman
Every woman may not be hand
some, but every woman should
keep with care the good points
nature has given her. No woman
need have sallow skin, dull eye,
blotchy complexion, who pays
proper attention to her health.
Where constipation, liver derange
ments, blood impurities and other
irregularities exist, good complex
ion, bright eyes and sprightly
movements cannot exist. Internal
derangements reveal themselves sooner
or later on the surface. Headache, dark
rings around the eyes, sallow skin, a con
stant tired feeling—mean that the liver
and digestive organs ere needing help and
correction. Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets give this necessary help.
They work in nature’s own way. They do not
merely flush the bowels but tone up the liver and
stomach to fulfill their proper functions. So mild
and gentle do they aat that one hardly realize,
that they kave token medicine. Chamberlain’s
Tablets can be relied upon to relieve biliousness,
indigestion, constipation and dizziness. Sold ev
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.^JJjfxSp)The Rural Telephone
In QOOXKR or later, Mr. Farmer, you’ll
m 188 wanta telephone in your home, When
■ KM you get it, you’ll wonder how you got
u| fISaJ | along without it, for nothing can do the
’ffirV/V —— 1 telephone’s work. Its services become
indispensable for calling a physician; for
summoning help in a hurry; for ordering
L su PPbcs when it’s inconvenient to go to
Jt" ' town; for talking to neighlxirs or friends;
for communicating -with persons wherever there’s
WSW a telephone.
T^C * armcr without a telephone
1 \ x Is like a farm with no labor
saving machinery.
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We have a 'plan for furnishing you and your neighbors
with full local and long-distance telephone facilities at a figure
so low it will surprise you.
Write for free booklet describing plan and giving par
ticulars. Address nearest Bell telephone manager or
FARMERS’ LINE DEPARTMENT
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& Telegraph Cos. if
South Pryor Street Atlanta, Georgia
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