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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-09-14
EPNORTH LEAGUE LESSONS.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER II.
The Great Surrender. Acts 9: 1-22;
Rom. s: 1928.

There Is no contest more interest.
ing and more important in its results
than the battle Of a human soul with
it's convictions. Saul Of Tarsus Is q
good type Of the convicted sinner.
The supernatural light, the audible
voice, the outward phenomena are In
cidental. The great fact is that God
met a soul and brought 1t face 10
face with duty. Up to this hour Saut
may have been deceived. But now
he knew he ought to surrender 70
Christ. And he did. There comes
to every soul the moment when he
must decide. And there comes to
many. as there came to Saul, the full,
complete, absolute surrender to Jesus
which carries with it all future dutfes
and service. Notice such elements Oh
this great surrender:
Paul never reserved anything. He
gave up absolutely to Jesus. There
was no reserve to his surrender. It
embraced all his Tife-all Of his time
and all of his days. 1t took IN all the
future. To his death nothing moved
him, for all was surrendered 70
Jesus. He delighted to subscribe him
self as the "doulos," or slave, OK
Jesus Christ. There may have been
after-moments of special consecra-.
ton, but it was all embraced by his
what shall I do, Lord?" There was
never a longing look backward, but
constant pressing forward.
Some surrender their time, their
money, or their services to God. Paul
put it all in. It meant to him his
time, his service, his thought, his all.
It was a devotion to Christ as the de-
votion of a slave. He called nothing
his own. 1t meant prison, stripes,
joudneyings oft, sacrifices many, poy-
erty, pain, loss and death. God does
not call all to such life as he lived,
but he does call on us for surrender
of the whole life to him.
This surrender Of Paul determined
every action and service Of the fu-
ture. 1t was the determining factor at
every turn in life. Once so surrender-
ed, soul has never quarrel or ques-
ton with duty. Obedience becomes
a habit. New details Of conservation
are easy. Gods claims are never ques-
toned. Such great surrender makes
Christian living easy. Only such q
surrender can bring peace to the LIE
and the soul. Every soul should at
once make this great surrender.
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Restricting women's Clothes.

The opera management at Co.. ent
Garden regulates the dress of it's male
patrons. When is it going to do the
same to the women?
On Saturday night 1 went to the op-
era. wore the costume imposed on
me by the regulations Of the house.
I fully recognize the advantage OF
those regulations. Evening dress is
cheap, simple, durable, prevents riv'
airy and extravaga on the part OF
male leaders of fashion, annihilateS
class distinctions, and gives men VINO
are poor and doubtful Of their social
position (that is, the great majority or
mem a sense of security ard satisfac-
ton that no clothes Of their own choos-
ing could confer, besides saving a
whole sex the trouble Of considering
what they should wear on state oc-
casionS.
But I submit that what is sauce for
the gander is sauce for the goose
Every argument that applies to the
regulation of the mans dress applies
equally to the regulation Of the wom-
ans. At 8 o'clock lady came in and
sat down very conspicuously in my
line of sight. She remained there un-
til the beginning Of the last act.
do not complain Of her coming late anG
going early; on the contrary, 1 wish
she had come later and gone earlier.
For this lady, who had very black
hair. had stuck over her right ear the
pitiable corpse Of large white bird,
which looked exactly as if some one
had killed it by stamping on its breast,
and then nailed it to the lady's temple,
which was presumably OF sufficient
solidity to bear the operation. l am
not. 1 hope, a morbidly squeamish
person: but the spectacle sickened me.
I presume that if 1 had presented my
self at the doors with n dead snake
round my neck, collection of black
beetles pinned to my shirt front and
grouse in my hair, should nave
been refused admission. Why, then, Is
woman to be allowed to commit such
q public outrage? Had the lady been
refused admission, as she should have
been: she would have soundly rated
the tradesman who imposed the dis
gusting headdress on her under the
false pretense that 1.-The best people
wear such things, and withdrawn hel
custom from him; and thus the root oi
the evil would be struck at; for your
fashionable woman generally allows
herself to be dressed according to the
taste Of a person whom she would mol
let sit down in her presence.
1 suggest to the Covent Garden au
| thorities that if they feel bound to pro-
tect their subscribers against the dan
ger of my shocking them with q blue
tie, they are at least equally bound tc
protect me against the danger OF a
woman shocking me with a dead bird
C. Bernard Shaw, in London Times.
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Bead Work Much in Evidence.

Bead work Of all sorts come up sur
priSingly this season. They and their
cousins, the spangles, are used in pro-
fusion for all sorts of purposes. In
millinery hats are edged with beads
both in jet and colors. and festoons OF
beads are mingled with the lace which
is so much employed for brims and
edgings. Bead embroideries done on
velvet, silk or cloth are very smart for
all sorts of dress and millinery pur-
poses, while the short bead collar
pieces and long bead lorgnette chains
are very much worn by smart women
here. The chains, of course, are not at
all the lideous things one sees on bar
gain counters, but fine, artistic COM
binations specially designed.
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City vs.. Country Eyes.

II one of his delightful books DR..
JessopD remarks that whereas coun-
Try people look up. Londoners look
down. 1t is largely this habit that has
limited their observing powers; but
London has itself to blame. l take 1t
that one can observe we'll only by the
power of taking large views. and in
London this is impossible, even If one
would. partly t:oai tie circumscribins
effects of bricks and mortar, partly
from the din light of a London dis
tance, and partly from the need OF
avoiding co <isions. Ones eyes uneon,
scousy habit of s1esiaiass sest,s5sa
like that - the little girl in Mrs. Mey-
naIrs book Hho beguiled the tedium or
her walks by collecting shopkeepers
named Jones. Perhaps that is the kind
Of observation for which we in London
ar. best suited.-London Outlook.
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The Tyranny OF Fashion.

81 have just come home. and all the
fashions seem so queer" So remarked
Mrs. Archibald Little, authoress ana
traveller, to the Society of American
Women in London yesterday. When,
the speaker added, Il saw that every
woman's dress opened up behind, 1t
seemed to me that another worry had
been added to life, even to that OF poor
man. Can't we women look beautiful
I'm dresses that open in front: Ana
must our hats all require three pms
or more, and must they always De ser
oskew?" Mrs. Little appealed 10
American women as leaders of fashion
TO consider whether current feminine
attire was calculated to impress the
5eholder with respect.-London Iele'
graph.
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Aprons.

Make a square Of Persian lawn,
twenty four inches when finished,
trimmed with tucks and lace around
the edges. From the middle of each
side make a diamond square Of bead
ing: cut six yards of ribbon into four
lengths, and run them through the
beading. leaving it very loose on three
sides and drawing it quite tight on the
fourth. to give little fulness at the
waist line of the apron. Make hard
knots at all four corners, and then tie
double bowknots. By lifting these
bows you can draw it up into a bag.
But if you unite the bows. not the
hard bows. at the ends Of the shirred
side, you have four long ribbons to tie
about the waist. While sewing you
have OH what appears to be an ordinary
apron with a pointed bib. When you
stop you pile all your things into your
lap, unite the ribbons about your waist,
retie the bowknots, take hold Of all
-four bows and drag it up into bag
Boston Traveller.
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Who Sets tho Fashions:

"U-hat is the use in our WAITING
around the anterooms Of the great
dressmakers to see whether this OF
that fabric, and how much of it. Is 10
be worn? Money can do anything. Lei
lis show proper sum to two or three
of these satraps of the mode, tell them
that we will stand in with them, ano
publish to the world that certain taD'
rics-our iabrics-are to be 1asnlon'
able; that skirts are to be longer, tha'
hats are to be more fiamboyant, tha'
trimmings are to be more abundant
that ribbons must be continued III
favor: and that these little canons have
come to stay. Is not business the hear'
of the worid-and is it not Il fact tha'
the more Of our commodities there
are used the better will De our busl
ness: Let us bribe few of the le d
ins actresses and singers, also-ano
others who are considered mirrors OF
fashion-apd then our position is as
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-09-14
GR! FR1zI55 2 5)1
AAAAsSloME9|

Dress stuffs, organdies, and dimities
and Swisses are selling.
A parasol of blue silk-a strong shade
of blue-has a handle Of blue-enameled
wood.
Hand-painted parasols are stunning,
but the embroidered ones are still more
popular.
japanese styles are less good in them
selves Though they're stunning) tnan
as inspiration for other parasols.
For "dress-up" gloves everything
mousquetaire is liked-suede mousque'
taire being the newest Of all.
Nowadays the riding skirt reaches
barely to the instep, and is lighter in
weight than the average walking
skirt.
All the talk about returning to bus
ties and crinolines becomes nonsense
when the increasing nationality of fash
ion is observed.
Several narrow silk rufles stitched
and corded in the hem have been found
TO fulfill the function Of holding out
the skirt quite successfully.
Such good looking outing hats as the
milnners are turning out! They're soft
felt hats with soft wings-all pale
gray or all white or gray and white to-
gether.
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The Dinner Coat.

There is more than little to say IN
favor of the dinner coat, which mas
added itself to the long list Of separate
garments of the present day wardrobe.
The dinner coat is essentially varia-
ton or play on the Louis AVl. coat
adapted to indoor usages. 1t is at its
best. in fact, it is only consistently
made. of brocaded silk.
The long, tall, big reyers, and courtly
looking cuffs fiarinS upward from the
elbow are salient characteristics. The
tails are narrow enough to just escape
being seen from the front. They fall
nearly or quite to the hem Of the gown,
and are, perhaps, smartest when they
are rounded at the ends into what has
been described as a spoon shape. The
scantiness of the sleeves If Offset by
the fiaring elbow cuff and the wide
reyers. Old silver or paste buttons
are essential.
The woman with brocaded silk
gown folded away for many day will
find use for it now in these separate
Jackets, which are Of divers shapes
and kinds. With sleeves Of different
material from the bodice possible short
lengths come into excellent employ
ment.
A dinner coat designed to accompany
two skirts, one of plain amethyst vel
vet. the other of palest mauve chiffon
very fully pleated, is made OF pale
amethyst silk, brocaded with roses IN
deeper shade of amethyst and bright
ened by the Interviewing of fine silver
threads. The coat has a bertha or
point de Yenise lace, laid over anne
thyst velvet.
The waistcoat is Of silver tissue,
trimmed with fiat buttons Of amethyst
crystal. covered with silver flaTee.
The coat is perfectly suited TO the
matron who wears it. 1t is being
copied in white satin. brocaded with a
pompadour design Of pink roses TOT a
debutante. who will wear it over a
white point d'esprit skirt and white
chiffon philadelphia Telegraph.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAT0R \
SEPTEMBER SEVENTEENTH
Til. erea. Surrender. Acts 8: ID
Rom. S: 1928.

Rom. 5: 1873.
Saups blindness and his recoys
were as nothing compared to the spir
itual blindness in which he had been,
and the spiritual vision he received.
The true blindness is Of the soul.
There is no progress outside OF
Christ, but as soon as one thoroughly
yields to Christ, his strength increases
from day to day. :
Nothing promises finer wages than
sin, and though Satan cheats us time
and again, how many go on wt'ing
for him to the last
Heaven alone is given sway"
Only the greatest Of blessings, eternal
life, is given freely, for no price that
could be paid would be adequate.
Suggestions.
Christ wishes to yield Himself end
tirely to US, and that is why He wishes
us to yield ourselves 7entirely to
Him.
1t Is not our surrender, 1t is our
promotion-not our defeat, but our
victory.
We cannot be led; we have only
the choice of service, either of God
or of the devil. Can we hesitate?
We do not surrender liberty; we
surrender slavery, and enter into the
GLORIOUS liberty Of the children OF
God"
Illustrations.
If a man, in selling you field, re-
serves the farther corner OF 1t, ne
also has the right Of way thither. So
if Satan yields all your heart but one
little corner, he has the right Of way
to that corner through your whole
heart.
An army, when it surrenders, lays
down it's arms. When we yield to
Christ, we are to yield all that we
have and are.
A magnaminous victor returns the
sword of his conquered foe. So Christ
returns to us our surrendered pow
ers. vastly enlarged and glorified.
Christian Endeavor societies are
springing up on ships OF war and mer-
chant vessels, and in sailors rests
ashore. The sailors make splendid
Endeavorers. sincere and earnest.
These Floating societies" need q
close connection with the land forces,
since they cannot in any other way
get the staying influences OF the
church. Every land society may have,
and should have: some part In this
work. You can correspond with some
of the sailors. 1t is wonderful help
for a Christian sailor, amid body Of
men, very few Of whom are Christian,
to have the support Of some Chris
tian friend, though at distance. You
can greet the sailors when they CONS
ashore, and make them at home in
your society. You can send good ut
erature to the ships.
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The Good re ads Proposition.

-ACN HE press Oh the couiltT! iii
4 D all directions is urging at
8 O tention to the question Of
4 - k national aid to good roads.
8O~ The proposition as embod-
led i'll the Brownlow-Latimer bills has
now been under discussion long
enough to be we'll understood. and the
demand for its adoption as a national
policy is growing in every quarter.
The first of these bills was introduced
in the House by Hon. W. =. Brown
low. of Tennessee, and the other in the
Senate by Hon. \. c. I.ati!Ier, Of
South Carolina. The bills are practi-
cally the same. both seeking to bring
in the United States as cooperative
factor in the systematic construction
and improvement of the highways. the
Government to supply sum equal 10
the sum any State will supply up to
the maximum provided for. In a
speech in Congress on his bill Repre-
sentative BrownlOw declared that a
general plan OF cooperation would
have to be resorted to in order to fairly
distribute the burden Of taxation neces-
sary to adequately improve the high
ways, and added this forecul point:
so long as We pursue the original
method of taxation the entire burden
Of %st for highway improvement falls
M bn the owners OF agricultural lands
and the persons living in the rural
districts. When the great mass OF tie
people lived in the rural districts this
was just and equitable distribution
Of taxes for such purposes. but with
the changed conditions of the present
day. when one-half of the people live
in cities. and much more than one-half
Of the wealth is concentrated in these
cities and in the corporations that are
so powerful at the present time, It IS
absolutely necessary that some means
should be devised whereby the reven-
ues requisite for the great improve
ment that is called for should be de-
rived from all Of the people and re-
sources of the country as nearly as
pOSSlUIc, anu iiol ANS'' ''' AN@> ~
upon the farming classes. who are the
immediate losers by every failure or
crops and sufferers by every decline III
price of agricultural products
About one-third of Our people bear
the total cost Of the construction ana
Improvement of the common roads.
They are the people of the country dis
tricts. who constitute the ;nu&-sill upon
which is built the political and indus
trial development which is our boast.
To them, in a larger degree than any
otner class. we owe the magnitude OF
the position which We have attained
along all lines. Upon them the heavy
Aand OF taxation falls relentiessly.
they never dodge the tax gatherer'
but bear the largest proportion OF the
burdens of government, and receive
the smallest OF its benefits. 1t Is an
unjust and unequal distribution OF the
burdens and benefits OF government
and il is to correct in measure these
INEQUALITIES and hardShips that the
bills uIder discussion are being urged
by the people everywhere
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Tho Road.

road is like a work OF art-it in
cites the imagination. In this con-
tend that it is IN educator OF no mean
worth. 1t promises q healthy interest
in the brain. and scraps OF wisdom
may be found scattered along the way
for those who will 10 pick up. There
are as many sorts Of roads as there
are many kinds of books, each sort
filling its place. The grand turnpike,
with its fine estates, speaking Oh
wealth: the country byways limiting
modest contcatmcnt and ease; the toll
road with its gate and its wayside inn
for travellers; the river road. foliowinS
the stream, now giving Slimpses OF
the broad sweep and now but sparHies
o. light through the foliage as the
trees obstruct the Wow. There Is TIE
hi,ly road where one loses the view o.
the highway ahead as it dips down
into the valley, only 20 rise with mar
rowed gauge on further bill, ane tue
wood road with It's ccnnuent paths ana
trails. Ore Of the strongest lures Is
the road b"ilt at time When II WAS
easier to 20 around or over hill than
through it; better to find 4 safe fora
than to plunge anywhere into the
stream o. build 4 bridge. The high
way which goes straight from one
noint to another is scientist and not
a poet. 1t may be fine servant put
as q friend and companion give me the
meandering road. with its constant
surprises. its up hill and down dale lis
srDsh:re AID shadow. One which ma!
he seen O raile ahead may be a me
sneedvav. bit It is not capable OF
rcrsing the Imagination. - Waiter IN
Stone. in Recreation. -
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Tho City M,-nt Profit.

Oneida County has unanimously ao-
proved the issue Of S50,Oo0,ooo Oohds
for improving the country thorough.
fares. The State meets the count! nan
way and all the highroads arc promps-
X improved. AS New York IS located
IL counties. we are free to take advaH-
tanc of the same law. There are roads
within the city limits that need repair
inc quite as much as the worst maa
holes in the Adironda c.is.-Town Top
inc
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IN exchange puts it this way: There
obt TO BE- law to stop fools build
r-n1& highways. This idea that Tie
outer edge of a highway-sod, dirt ana
Stone. all-should be thrown into the
centre Of the road. ought to entitie
the people who do it to ninety days III
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sc|Ei(E|aD4Aug|s
@S~ss,

A quite extraordinary combination or
merits. is claimed in France for a new
explosive, which consists of mixture
of powdered aluminium and nitrate OF
ammonium. 1t is not liable to spon-
taneous combustion, cannot be prema-
turely exploded by shock or friction,
burns only with difficulty, is not affect
ed by frost or dampness, and the gases
from its explosion are harmless.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-09-14

An inventor has hit upon a method OF
putting what are practically stone soles
on boots and shoes. He mixes a water
proof glue with suitable quantity OF
clean quartz sand and spreads it over
the leather soles used as foundation.
These quartz soles are said to be very
flexible and practically indestructiole,
and to give the foot a firm hold even
on the most slippery surface.-Chicago
Journal.
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Thanks to "The Smart"

The smart woman, bitterly villified
as she is. always has been and always
will be, is the biggest Of blessings in
one way, and that is her encourage
ment Of tradc.-The Queen.
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There is a telegraph box in every
street car in Norway. Write mes
sages. put on right number of stamps
drop in the box.
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The house in which Harriet Beecher
Stowe lived for a number Of years in
Hartford is now being torn down to
make room for the advancing factories.
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There Was a Leak.

81 take my pen in hand he wrote.
1t was fountain pen, and he got no
further.-New York Sun.
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THE SUNBEAM.

Down it came dancing, dancing,
Straight from the land OF light,
In through a poor attic window,
Making the darkness bright.
Glanced off broken mirror
On to an old armchair,
Lit up pale-faced sufferer,
YEARLY tossing there.
Brought with it hope and gladness,
Soothing the restless boy,
Lnlled him to sleep with bright visions,
Whispered of health and JOY.
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And to far-cf country,
Washed by refreshing streams,
Guided his slumbering spirit
Into the land of dreams.
Then when its task was over,
Softly fioated away.
Back to its home in the sunshine,
Its mission f2l6l!ed that day.
Oh. to be like that sunbeam.
Shedding forth light and love,
Then when our labor is ended,
To pass to the light above.
A. l. Bu> aanan, in indianapolis News.
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Aluminium-coated paper, made IN
Germany for wrapping food SUBJ
stances, is prepared by applying thin
coat of an alcoholic solution OF resin
to artificial parchment, then sprinkli1g
aluminium powder over the surface
and finally submitting to pressure. The
artificial parchment is paper that
has been treated with sulphuric acid.
The aluminium paper is not attacked
by Tie air or by fats.
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In the examination Of food SUBJ
s,an:cs ard other materials, micro
scopists often find it necessary to COM
rare two slides. This soon becomes
very tedious by the usual method of
substituting one slide for another or
using duplicate microscopes, and Ia
borious study Of starches, fibers, ETC.,
has led two English investigators to
devise much simpler process. The
new idea is piece of apparatus
known as The Ashe Finlayson compara-
scope. The second slide is placed upon
Il horizontal rod attached to the side
of the nosepiece Of the microscope. ana
4 r.irror and lens project the image
into the nosepiece. where an inclined
reflector defects the rays up the MI
croscope tube.