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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07
RELIEVE DEL Ola
10 que parece logico...

p0r esa razdn vayamOs a conycrfir a
San Juan en- IN cuarentenariO perma-
nente, siendo como es nnestra ciudad,
el puerto principal de Ia lsla, que me-
cesitanos tener 10 mas limpiO possible,
sin echar sobre el nj sus inmediaciO-
nes todos los elementOs de aparente
infection que pueden hacer de Il un
sitio POGO deseable.
SupOnemos que cuandO la Sanidad
ha traido aqui Ia enferma de Caguas,
sera porque en- Caguas no tenga me-
dos de atender a Ia apestada con el
exito de aqui. Pero 10 preferible Sc
ria que alli donde surja un case, Sc lie
atienda 81 es possible. Afortunadamen-
te no existe epidemic, sino que la en-
fermedad Sc presenta en- aislados y
debiles brotes intermitentes que no
producer Ia confusion y la alarma
propias de las verdaderas epidemias
en- que el poder extensive de la playa
,iembra ell panico mas desconcertante.
;Cuando sino, vamos a yer a la ciu-
dad libre de la peste, 81 San Juan
han de ser traidos todos los enfer-
mos de ese NAL, que puedan ir cayen-
do en- las varias poblaciones de la
Isla?
Lo que importa, va que con entera
energia por parte del departamento
de Sanidad y con la cooperation de
todos, Sc pudo limpiar pronto la ciu-
dad del amago de la epidemic, 10 que
importa es que no prolonguemos in
necesariamente el periodo de hOspita-
lizacion aqui, sin necesidad impress
cindible de que sea aqui, cuando de
aqui no son va los enfermos..
Ell hecho de que en- San Juan ha-
yam ocurrido los primeros casos, no
justifica ell que aqui hayan de ser trail
dos todos los que vayan ocurriendo
en- la Isla. 81 el material Y el per-
sonal estan aqui acumulados, ino po-
dria repartirse de manera que hubie-
Sc ell necesario ALI donde haya un en-
fermo que demande adecuado trata-
miento? ESQ, a 10 menos, parece 10
mas logico...
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07
La poblacion del Japon

lei GObierno japon6s ha dado CO.
nocer. por vez primera, un censo de
la poblaci0n del Imperio, incluyendo
F0rmosa, Korea y Shangai.
El censo Sc ha hechO con la mayor
escrupulosidad v no Sc habla de DO.
blaci6n eStimada, sino real.
Hay ell el imperio, propiamente di-
cho, Ell las Islas que el fuego inter-
no mueve como una caldera ebullien-
te, II millones 22,O53 familias. con 81
nillenes 961 40 personals.
Korea tiene II millOneS 284,2 ,267 lla-
bitantes: Formosa 3 millones 654.O0O
habitantes Y Shangai, 105.765
El total de sdbditos del Enperador.
cuya capital tiene 3 millones es de
n millones 005.1f2.
Estos datos los publica la prensa de
los Estados Unidos, que es muy dada
a intereantes informaciones, que
sabe advertir a su pueblo, pues supo-
ne que el GoBierno este bien entera-
do. 10 que debe c,nlocer en- el mas mf-
nimo detalle.
ClarO que la hora de ahora, un
censo en- ell Japon. el primero que Sc
deja conocer oficialmente, con esa
no despreciable suma de amarillos,
es un curioso dato para los dados
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07
EN- Ell CINE PUERTO RICO"

Fue una function espl6ndida. costo-
sa para la Empresa Y sumamente r.
rata para el p1blico: TN Madrigal
de Bohemia, fotodrama de 10 mas
bello ;nteresante que Sc conoce en-
Puerto Rico. pelfcula muy POGO anun-
ciada de mas merito que algunas
de las que vienen precedidas con bonn
bos D platillos. Nos acordamos de
aquella en- que trabaja Ell noble 4kira,
de arte superiorfsimO, sin tanto pune
tazo nj tanta situaci6n inverosfmil. e.
Despu6s, el episodio ocho de la Sc
rie, tambien de situaciones asperas Y
ficticias, LAS Cuatro Llaves", una
de las jornadas mas interesantes Y
mas emocionantes de la indicada Sc
rie, obtuvo aplausos y ovaciones sin
cuento
Los Modernistas" trabajaron tam
bien, siendo su labor discreta Y meri-
toria.
Para esta noche, 'Besos que Matan',
y la Incompatible Josefina Lopez, ar
tista por temperamento Y obra de ar
te, va en- ST. por ia Naturaleza misma.
Josefina borda, tamiza afiligrana
sus diversos. trabajos. Por clio es que
no cansa nunca; por clio es que STEM
pre- deja al pdblico anheloso de algdn
ndmero mas
TT1nn
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07

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g.asaAaAA. 4 s~ssa IA sunsasnmxa~ a..
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lna nnanaa aIlnlEIunInl, a 1855 49,.
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Hus arsAussl1srm ens rnsnuaAAnlss en.
sx~lA0s y aA.lAs FNAs "A eeAaaa nafn.
ta.s A. 1nN mAmNMA En "a rwsmae ae
uSaualtA ana aaNairn 81 ussa AAnzle.
teu.iA. , lnzsa unn ulsna Fssuaxl.
fAlln q falnnlrIlAf Ne, I4fn =
imnxlnnriaA, e. sNnsrlfl1la nal.t 60
~ mas fAnn slsKlnF uus lnsssanF. y
slugiA. nanlAfm IN gngseAe nafnrF.
"a. ufn lFvF f.mnsn. nnn llnesM alnmn.
a n snctfsls . nl encir1orellics rnre.
~. para kalif ai pnss can eleasncla.
ifuss ne nchsr-- ~ aalelGso se
svpite. circala pr las mesns O. ~.
aarcidn co'ae IN billcie sacio. De un
ralor runrnnidu e imnltrFmhls . pcmnr
De "a Enciednd. le a Ia euelta q IA
cindad. al pals. al mnndo quizks. y a.
mas fnerEa humana logrark librar a
infeliz perseEuido dcl adjective SON.
bra cue se ha encadcnado a 50 perso-
.nalidad. 4 - reputation. ~ historic,
"a 50 vida entera, y no 10 dejara solo
nj siquiera bajo Ia TERRA misericor-
di0sa.
POr mi, Fulano de Tai, cOnozco el
''dolor", Ia angustiosa obsesi6n del
adjetivo-yugO. Desde hace algdn
tiempo 10 llevo ceiido al cuello, v me
oprime, me aplasta, me aeogota. To-
das mis- virtudes y defectos Sc han
reducido este adjective: "civicO". No
soy mas que ESQ: "el civico periods
ta". mi a prodigios puedo ser otra
cosa! He monopolizado el civismo. Sc
me ha puesto al pecho un trabuco, v
en- veZ de espetarme el calofriante sla
bolsa la vida!", Sc me ha dicho con
imperio que no admite replica: scfyi-
COO rnuerto". Pudiera objetar:-Es-
toy agradecidisimo; pero es possible
que, ademas, sea de otro modo, que
'posea otra cualidad, 81 no bella, al
iiienos distinta; acaso merezca ser ma
mado tonic, feo, bolchevique, banoue-
ro, de cualquiera otra manera desa-
gradable, pero que presentase una
nueva nodalidad de mi caracter v fue-
Sc como un desdoblamiento inespera-
do de mi idiosincrasia. iBaldfa espe
rama! No soy nj sere hasta la hora
de muerte mas que el "civico perio-
dista". @e
iPor los clavos de Cristo! .iQue
ne. hecho, que abominable crimen, he
cometido, para que Sc me lapidez Sc
me obligue llevar cuestas, como
una pesada cruz, el monopolio del ci-
vismo? iPor piedad, senoress distri-
buidores de epftetos-marchamos. de ad
jetivos-grilletes, quiero ser otra vez
un hombre secas, sin califcativo, sin
marca de fabrica!
Ramon vasconcelos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07

Aver Ia sido traida a San Juan pa
"a internarla en- el hospital cuarente-
mario. una machacha de Cagnas. in
festada dc peste bubonica.
Hacia va mas de cnRrenta dias que
no sc presentaba ningdn case nuevO
de Peste, y el anterior enferIno tam
POGO era de San Juan, sinO de CarOli-
ma. 81 Ia memoria no nos es infiel.
Sc hablaba va, en- vista de las Sc
manas transcurridas sin que Sc pre-
sentasen nuevos casos de la playa que
tan gran terror produce en- todos los
pdblicos, que dentro de unos dias po-
drian ser va licenciados los inspecto-
res. especiales que fueron nombrados
por la sanidad para realizar determi-
nados trabajos.
Ahora, en- vista de ese lamentable
retofo que viene asi en- forma tan
esporadica, no creemos que Sc siga el
plan de licenciamiento que estaba pre-
conizado; pero no es ESQ, 10 que i'm
porta aclarar en- este breve comenta-
rio puesto a la actualidad.
Lo que tenemos que recoger va, por
la insistencia con que Sc viene pro-
duciendo, es la queja del publico de
San Juan contra el hecho de que a los
enfermos - peste, sc les siga ira
yendo a san Juan, con 10 cual Sc man.
tiene aqui un foco epidemico que oca-
siona indudables perjuicios la capi-
tai de la Isla, sin una necesidad bien
probada de que las cosas no puedan
modificarse algo, para que no vaya-
mos a tener que alaFgar indebidamen-
tie, con notorio perjuicio para la vida
normal de la ciudad, ell estado epide-
mieo Official, solo porque de cuaren-
ia en- cuarenta dias pueda ser traido
a San Juan, desde cualquier pueblo
de la Isla, un case sospechoso, un
case comprobado de peste.
Ciertamente que en- San Juan, la
Sanidad ha lido acumulando medios
proflacticos superiores los que pue-
dan encontrarse en- cualquiera otra
poblaci6n de la Isla, para combatir la
peste, pero clio no quiere decir que
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07
LINCE.

ner en- consideration las leyes de los
pafses q. sc dirijan, para decidir 81
deben no solicitar un pasaporte.
81 un ciudadano americana desea
un pasaporte para viajar por ell ex-
tranjero, para fines de identification
como prueba de su ciudadanfa anne
ricana, puede hacer su solicitud en-
la forma usual.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07
La discussion de Aver

Emeterio Betances asignahdo los foIi
dos necesarios, para otros fines.
Por cuanto, el DIR. Ramon Emeterio
Betances naei6 en- abril q de 1927, en-
cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico;
Por cuanto. los pueblos Sc honran
al honrar sus muertos ilustres;
Por cuanto, en- el orden social, mo-
raj ' polftico, el DR.. Ramon Emeterio
Betances fue una cumbre ingente y
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07
EN- EL sENADo

s7,OoOpara un monumento a Betances
La R. C. de la C.. 10 en- la camara
de Representatives. de Puerto Rico, di-
ce asf:
Feerero q 1921. El 81. BahF pFesen
to IA siguienie Resoluci6n Conjunta:
para levantar un. monunnento ed Ia
plaza pdblica de cabo Rojo. Puerto
Rico, a Ia memoria del Dr. Ramon
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1921-06-07
TARJETAs DE IDENrIFIcAeIoN

Ell Permit Agent de San Juan ha
expedido Tafjetas de identification
para emharcar santa Domingo, Al
sr. Adonis San Antonio ) la nina
Margarita cofresf, ambos de San
Juan , IA Sra. Flopentina home
70, de San Pedro de Macoris. r D.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
GO TO WORK ON BRIDGE.
Contractors Prepare to Begin on
York -Mecklenburg Structure

The Hardaway Contracting
company, which has the contract
for building the brick and con.
crete portions of the York Meek.
lenburg bridge across the Cataw-
ba river at Buster" Boyd ferry.
Il miles northwest of Fort Mill.
has shipped a number of carloads
OF machinery and tools to Worth.
sldetrack between Griffith and
Charlotte. preparatory to begin
nlng actual work on the construc
tlon of the bridge. The machin-
cry and tools will be hauled at
once from Worth to the site Of
the bridge.
Some surprise was expressed in
Fort Mill that the contracting
company should have decided to
make Worth the point to which
its machienry and supplies were
to be shipped instead of Fort
Mill, as the distance to the bridge
site from that point is 16 miles
against a distance of II miles
from Fort Mill, but the extra
cost of the longer haul will be
more than offset by the lower
freight rate to the North Caro-.
lima sidetrack. according to a
statement of an employee of the
company.
The contracts for the York.
Mccklenburg bridge were let a
Few weeks ago at joint meeting
IN Charlotte of the York Meek.
l"nburg county commissioners for
a little less than 100000. which
Is said to have been about one
fourth less than the bridge could
have been built for year ago. 1t
is said to be the purpose of the
contractors to rush the cOnstruc-
tlon of the bridge. but at best
several months will be required
10 complete the structure.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
Negro Boy Charged With At
tempting to Assault Girl.

Mann White, Is year old negro
boy, Wednesday afternoon was
committed to Jail by Magistrate
j. X. Halle on the serious charge
of assault with intent to ravish a
II year old white girl in Fort
Mill township, a short distance
beyond the corporate limits Of
the town, Monday afternoon. The
boy was arrested by j. F.. Lee.
special constable, "Wednesday at
noon while he was picking cotton
i'll field near town. Late yes
terday afternoon he was taken to
the county Jail in York by J. Fl.
Patterson, constable. and j. F.
Lee.
The boy was represented at the
preliminary hearing by an attor-
ney from Rock Hill. Very little
evidence was brought out AT The
hearing, to which only few were
admitted. but enough, in the
opinion of the boys attorney. to
warrant the magistrate i'm hold
ing him for trial without bond.
Under the section of the criminal
code of South Carolina which
was consulted and followed ut
the hearing the boys offense.
should he be convicted. is a fel0-
ny and he may be punished by
death or life Imprisonment, de-
pending upon the wording of the
verdict of the jury.
A number of negroes and white
men who had been attracted by
the hearing were on Main street
during the time the case was un-
der consideration in the magis-
trate'S court. There was said to
have been some talk of violence
against the boy. but there was
no indication of such action
while the hearing was in prog
reSS or after the constablcs left
with the prisoner for Jail. Th"
fact that the boy did not lay his
hands on the girl will not excuse
him from severe punishment if he
is found guilty by a jury.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS.
Interesting Items From Progress.
sive Community.

Mrs. j. A. Younts of Pineville,
\. C., is spending some time with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Elms.
Mrs. Crawford Heath and chill
dren, Mrs. j. NJ. Hutchinson and
children and Miss Roberts mo-
torcd over from Fort Mill last
Tuesday and spent the afternoon
with Mrs. r. p. Stephenson.
Miss Thelma Potts entertained
the Young Ladies' Missionary So
cicty of the Pleasant Valley Bap-
list church at her home WcGnc&-
day evening. Progressive convcr-
sation and refreshments we're en-
Joyed during the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. w. Potts and
{. +. Patterson spent last Thurs
"ay in kcrsldw.
The hot dry weather OF tine
last two weeks has been broken
by a number Of refreshin, show
ers and farmers of this comTuni-
ty are busy sowing clover and
other cover crops.
Mrs. b. j. Alexander was ia
ken to a Rock Hill hospital last
week where she was operated
upon for appendicitis. Her con-
ditiOn is reported satisfactory
and ii is hoped that she will con
tinue to improve rapidly.
Spinner.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
Good Word for Weeyil.
: Fort Mill Times

ftltOf fOrl NlIl Times:
Permit me to say few words
to my brother farmers. While |
am not farming now, have farm
ed for a long time and have
heard so much about the boil
weevil in this section recently
that | want to express my opin-
ion of the weevil. | think il is
Il great blessing to this old
Southland of ours. 1t will cauSe
many OF our farmers to raise
what they have been buying from
the North and West. Since the
Civil war, 56 years ago, we have
been slaves to cotton and the
credit system. know plenty Of
men just as poor now as they
We're at the close of the war on
account Of all cotton, depending
upon the other fellow to feed
them. have heard some of
them say. II can take bale of
cotton and buy all the horse feed
| need, and right here is where
they make the mistake.
You can go over this country
and you can tell all-cOttOn farm
ers. His stock and everything
around him will look bad. On
the other hand, you can tell ev-
cry one that makes his living at
home. Everything is happy at
his home and the boil weevil is
not bothcring him.
This thing of all cotton has
ruined many Il man and has
caused some to commit suicide. 1t
has caused many woman and
little child TO go hungry and
without sufficient clothing.
SO. God bless the boil wccvil.
ID. \. Lee.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
BUFFALO FOR SALE.
Canada Puts on Market One
Thousand Head.

One thousand buffalo are for
sale by the Canadian government.
The animals are for the most par:
Dtils and represent the surplus
OF the herd of nearly 5000 IN the
national part at Wainwright. AL
berta.
The park is the largest wild
game preserve under fence i'm the
world. Ii contains more than
loO,OO0 acres and conld support
$4,000 buffalo readily. But there
is little winter pasturage because
OF the deep SHOWS and vast
quantity of hay has to be cut
every year to carry the herd
through the cold season. This
dlffienlty will make it necessary
TO limit the maximum size of the
herd to 10000 head.
The herd is now growing rap
idly. AS the number of breed.
ing cows increases it's rate of
growth will be more rapid. Near
~ tnlrd or the ANIMALS are
bulls. So large proportion of
males is unnecessary. and under
the present plan they will be
sold or killed and sold for meat.
The slaughter will begin when
col! weather sets in in the fall.
The Wainwright herd has de-
veloped from 800 buffalo bought
In Montana in 1909. The nation
al park is the prairie country
that was the aboriginal habitat
OF the buffalo. The herd is the
largest i'll the world. Of the
millions of buffalo that once
roamed the American continent
only 9.311 remain, according to
the last census
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
Cotton Twenty Cents.

Cotton Is selling for 20 cents on
the Fort Mill market today.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
Baptist Association Meeting.

The York Baptist association is
meeting this week in it's SD an
nual session with the First Pap
tlSt church of Rock Hill. A num-
ber of delegates from the Fort
Mill Baptist church are attend
ing the meeting. The association
is composed of representatives
of Is churches with Il combined
membership of about $500. A
number OF prominent speakers
are present to discuss missions,
bcnevOlence, education and other
topics of importance in the work
of the church,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
One Farmer Optimistic.

"A Lancaster county farmer
whose place is few miles north
OF the town of Lancaster was in
Fort Mill Saturday and remark
ed to The Times that the boil
we"vil was not only doing great
damage TO the cotton in his com
munity but also had attacked the
pea crop and was riddling it. Il
do not feel discouraged over the
outlook, however, he continued.
= Within year or two we shall
learn how TO grow cotton under
boil weevil conditions as the
farmers of other sections of the
South have been doing for sev-
eral years. The crop will not he
so large as il has been. but that
will be TO our advantage-we will
get better price for it and it
will take less work and less OK
prnSeS otherwise to produce it,
All along we have grown TOO
much cotton. Now we shall have
to produce more home supplies.
| am surprised that so many Of
our farmers are ready to give up
now that the boil weevil has
invaded this section. That was
the way the Hessians fought in
the Revolutionary war"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
HARD-sURFACE ROAD.
Highway From Charlotte to State
Line to Be Improved.

Va much INTEREST TO the
people OF the upper section of
York and Lancaster counties was
Tie Joint action in Charlotte
Saturday of the North Carol;na
n1ghway commission and the
Meckienbnrg county highway
commission in agreeing to hard
surface the public road throuob
fineville from Charlotte to the
south Carolina line, distance Of
ABOUT l6 miles. The work will
De under the supervision of III.
Neek'enburg commission. which
purposes to get it under wav as
soon as possible, perhaps within
the next few weeks. The work
OF improving the road will he
expensive, costing, it is estimat-
ed' more than 100000. as the
plans call for a road as good ,s
new city street. The macadom
Dase OF the old road will be used
ana tarvia form of binding at
tached.
Inc public road from Charlotte.
10 the South Carolina line rms
almost parallel with the Southern
railway as far as PincvilIe. a dis
lance of 10 miles, and from there
10 the State line passes through
the Harrison neighborhood to y
point in Lancaster county, con-
meeting with the Kings highway.
with the Improvement of the
Mecklenburg road there will he n
iirst class, modern highway from
Iharlotte to Columbia. passing
through Lancaster, Kershaw and
hichiand counties in South Caro-
lima.
Unless Fort Mill township
gets busy and improves the Bales
bridge road from Fort Mill to the
Lancaster county line before tbe
Mecklenburg county project is
completed, you may expect to see
considerable volume of trade
now coming to Fort Mill from the
Pleasant Valley, Harrison. Mar
vin and Belair neighborhoods di-
verted to Charlotte. dav or
two ago said Pleasant Valley
citizen upon learning of the plans
or the Mecklenburg commission
TO Improve the Charlotte road TO
the State line. "CitiZens of Pleas
ant Valley some weeks ago went
10 the expense of putting the
cross road from the Kings high
way through Pleasant Valley TO
Bales bridge in first class con-
dition by widening and top-soil
ing it the entire distance of four
miles to be able to get to Fort
Mill over II better road and now
we think il is high time for Fort
Mill township TO show its apprc-
elatlon of our efforts to more
readily come here and transact
our business by improving the
road to Bales BRIDGE
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
Many Loan Applications.

a recent report OF the secrr-
tary of the Federal Land bank of
Columbia showed that during the
month of August applications for
loans under the federal farm
loan act We're received aggregat-
ing approximately 81 10000, and
loans to the amount of about
81 100000 were made.
The Fort Mill Farm Loan asso-
ciatiOn has received, since the
opening for business of the land
bank in Columbia last spring. ap-
pllcatiOns aggregating $4,000, of
which $4,000 has been granted.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-09-15
FROM GUTTER TO PULPIT.
Rev. Baxter McLendon Tells Au.
dience of His Conversion.

Standing Oh high chair and
holding his hands in the air be-
tore an audience of 10000 peo-
pie III Spencer, N. c., last Thurs.
uay night. Rev. Baxter McLen-
uoh declared that he was just as
much called to preach as ever
was st. Paul, John Wesley or anv
man i'll history.
lie gave the story of his life in
such a vivid manner that the
great audience was thrilled with
his address. He said that ii wears
ago he was Il blear-eyed. whiskey-
soaked, goddess professional gam.
pier ana Il periodical drunkard,
and that today he may be classed
as "A gentleman and preacher of
the gospel.
lie was reared in a pious home
and at the age of 1t felt the call
to preach, hut he spurncd this
call, reveled in sin of the lowest
type until his home was a vcri-
table wreck on account of his
degradation. He drank to the
dregs and spent his time as a
fugitive from justice. He told
how he loved gambling and how
he operated one of the biggest
gambling places in his home
town, patroniZed the buckrt
shops and spent much time and
money fighting game cocks and
bull dogs.
lie told of many instances of
how he evaded the courts. no.
bocd from his home in South Car.
olina to the coal mines. worked
as IA miner. had many close calls
for his life and tried i'm every
way to get away from God, how
he was led back home. came un-
der the Influence of a sermon bv
dcvout minister, fought convic-
tion for days and weeks. got
INTO serious shooting Scrapes. was
sought by the officers for weeks
and months, how his wife and
parents tried to save him from
ruin and how the devil and his
associates pulled him back. Then
he spent several days at the
mourners bench. though he car
ricd two pistols there with him.
Finally he was converted. but
resisted a call to preach until tho
very last. Since taking up the
ministry he has seen most of his
old associates converted. He ask
eel the audience to tell him WHY
and how it was that one day he
was a professional gambler and
the next Il preacher of the goS.
pei; how that one day he was
carrying two pistols and the next
day Bible. Why was it that he
was selling blind tiger liquor one
day and the next day he was
trying to destroy itG
He recommended Jesus to every
vile and sinful man in his hear
ing and made a powerful appeal
tC them. In response to his ap-
peal several hundred. mostly
young men and young women
prOfesscd allegiance to their
Maker.