Ithe exchange
l«wt, m 2T*mwily form that ondor
hov. dooo thou
<—» that it » tr
i
;• • i
■
ibiaUi urn that ha will am *v. ami it
!•«« you may ant be awry af K.
But H eaanm that do eiaa* of owe *aa
• 4a Ikia thin* Hhe theaa his, hawaat
fellow. who Mot awt ia Gad*, greet
ion-door*. Their terra may ba -a***-1
[ad and tanned, their ha ad* call-meed
' «ed th.it ehooMeea baat from the
[weight af hardawa they Hava had to
1 boar, but under their ablrta are thump
ing hearts of goM. They nevar heei
catr, thay don't warry about th*
raok'* batag gone, end ihi.o'a little
likelihood that .their wivea wUl "lgue
•4M* becau-w they dWn^ let them
before that aaaaehody waa com
ing to d'npar. Suiely Ihaee err Ood*a
oboaan people-_
KEY. It It JOHN NEW HEAD
CAKOI.INA COI.LEGB.
INmiih ri I’lir* ° K Mercer. Who
WIE blm to XMstartal Work.
Max ton, N. C, Auk 11.—Es, K. B.
John, who wax Wat week Heeled pm
Moot ef Carolina Cottece. has accept
ed and will take chair* the first of
December, when the xeaicnation al
Preaidaot 8. E. Mercer takes efface
Caroline CoUe*e, Menton end the
Methodiat church are te be coneraha
la tad oc Mr. Met acceptance of this
position, lie seems in every wav pre
isai sanely dttad fer tt- Hie early Ufa
eras spent not far trees Heston, bis
tethy. Capt. J.-rJchaubelafl nttf
CONGRESS PASSES FIRST OP NA
TION’S DEFENSE MEASURES.
Cwmiwmmm ii^rt mm Army M Gtf*
. ryfap WIDTMt. A—Swi Ip
Emm hr n*%
japan. Kwil« or Italy had don* to
increase lla navy.
“Bat,“ ha added, “la my Miaiea
our navy will ha the second hi the
world dm w« got the new drift
pravMsdIfarjajh* grading meoear*.
the hill Is signed an four battle
ship*. tour battle cruisers, (oar scoot
cruisers, twenty torpedo beat destroy
m* thirty coast n^qmixni, tluor of
•he Md-tea type, aaa .eenty-eown of
gm|sW*
ttmpluiigiLr^sttl* crSSn^S
am at the dreaghtsTcea'i beads by
and that contracts (or tht
of tho ships probably will
all t by the Ant at Janeary.
_ if the proposed Government
ar_plat* plant would bo ready to
furalsh amor for tho now battleship*,
Mr. Denials declared that ao effort
would bo made to rush the work oa
the 111,000,000 plant or plants pro
vided for in the oSh bat private con
cerns would be permitted to bid for
the armor contracts.
The naval architects, said Mr. Den
ials, have planned the new dread
noughts, the fuel aad hospital ship*,
the eeoot cruisers and moot of the
submarine*. The dreadnought* will
draw about 83,000 tana and be pro
pped by electricity. Thera win be
sight 19-ineh guns to a ship, with a
- piere* armor at a diatom*
17,000 yards. In the re
■oa Aght bits wen mads
CHINA PAST BECOMING MIRA
CLE OP MISSIONS.
Mare Converts ta Loot Fifteen T«n
Than la AD tha Tears Before ■
Southern Mice tonary News Korean.
“There hare been mate converts
made la China in the laat fifteen, years
them tn aU the years before." This
la too surprising eta 1 sestet of Bishop
Wilson S. Lewis, for several years a
resident of China, superintending pert
[of the work of toe Methodist Episco
pal Church in ttet land. “The people
hare loot confidence la has then tarn."
he continued: "first, hose ace western
Weals and school systems have shown
them that their religious views wore
untenable. Second, tutnm' lb tint
: of aaad and under practical strain.
I their religions systems have all
broken down. President Tuna Shi
'Kai was very friendly to Christianity.
He gave liberally to the Union Protee
itaat Univeasity la Peking. The uni
versity, built aud endowed by the ex
Itrn indemnity money which the United
States retained, is completely equip
ped with Christian teachers, though
'it is a government institution. Pray
lev meetings are regularly held, and
ordinary instruction is gives a Chris
'tien bant. Recently one of our mie
jsionnries went Into a province where
i he was visited by the governor, who
* reminded the missionary that be had
given him hta education aa a boy, aad
that ha deal rad ta offer every possible
co-oDeration that ha, aa a missionary,
might eomasaad. That governor is
aam one - af tha owvootv ad Weave of
Brc7rtw.nt.'“" — -
"Am assay of the officials Chrie
ians ?'* ho m «»t»i
“While I »u holding a meeting in
LfiOB, n splendid young seen profeeanii
rooversion," ho replied. “He later ha
wses the secretary of President Ynaa
Shi Kai, and is now dm secretary of
the seventy adviaarm. The mere
ihoughtfui people are turning to
Christietlty u tha only solution of
China's problems Tha war between
Christian nations at first staggered
them; bat now they eossn tp recognise
in It man’s utter helplessness-aud need
For a vital religion. Whenever I visit
the capital of a province. I asa expect
ed to call open the governor. Ha
toon returns the call end confers with
me aboat many vitgl matters. The
vast Importance of oof work in China
lies In the fact that the lenders trust
Christian missionaries, and coma to
them for help in tha aglntion of praa
snt government problems."
“Do yon look for an nnwsnai revival
in China?"
“There never was eo orach interest
in tha Christian religion ns now. In
Hinghwa We are compelled to bold
litres meeting* a day In n building
which holds So# people, end to rsfuae
anyone the privilege of attending
Methodist church 1st Sfwi'sTta
putting two bishops into China, for the
demands upon Bishop BoaMord and
myself are-far beyond what we can
ton-fold in tan yean. Wa an
putting mush time and thought on tha
education* 1 tjrwtwva. Chin* h*a baen
too busy and too mock unsettled bn
formulate a system. Wo an bsdld
tag a school plan reaching from tha
kindergarten through tho high school,
hoping we may mark oat tho way
which China w6l utUmatafy follow.
TUa vast empire la certain soma day
to bacons Christian, and as man east
have a greater psirflaga than to spend
kio life In this strategic time la pro
posing Chine for that day."
Germany Wifi Have Feed Bessgk for
AarfherTeap.
Berlin, Aug. IOc-TMi year’s crepe
will be orach larger than say in the
test season of ponce, according to tn
formadon now at hand, the Food Beg
ilitfrm Hurd ubmmHs hb Gtn**
any la assured of supplies of all tbs
ns Basse rise of life for another year.
Magnolia Balm
• f-lh “r -i r ..
tsSzJissJzgi-tlzz
ar.fr S?.-4 tt Tr H
smeaA. enw to use sad MM
KaWIgh New* Letter.
■ ,w; C77W With
wy ten week* Intervening between
f2* <*•>■; Chelrmen War
"?• g* .Democratic State Coramit
®"*t •dttPUd * horry-up, slogan,
**“ ,*• endeavoring to Impreea up in
»od loader*
•*" countie* die neceseity of
getting the campaign formally started
everywhere without further delay.
E.ery intelligent person know* how
Oaagerou. delay* are. yet In eom*
counties thne ha* been a disposition
,to pttt off thing* that should bclooked
after and carefully looked after, at
once. Tbe local speakers who hav*
h*?*5. to balk at “hot weath
er” will cow And the Brat fall mouth
peeping at them just around the next
rornor—ami they are cxpcctad to
get e move on them" without farther
parley and proceed to ewat the ene
my at every little meeting place avail,
ebie—wherever * few max aewmble
thciaselvee together. It j* at these
! 4n * x"**^0**1 '"r,icni «>"•'» neighbor
i trJb.h>m the truths and developments
i wnicn ordinarily would not come to
! hie knewlodgo. that the bed-rock, the
IS laid. That is Chauman Warren's
opinion, and it certainly sounds like
th* **«l *Mpjf. Closely connected
with these little meetings it the op
portunity that presented for the pro
duct committeemen to get in tome
good work and paa* it on up to the
county chairmen—on* of tha must de
slrabie and affeetiv# not to say in
. djafccnaabj.il, roautt* being the proper
M"W ®£. voUr* every pre
cinct. as the State Chairman has been
ergtog already. That is the way to
»f hje fcoUticaj m*chin,y*r.d
J|^“ ■ teoa working and naming
* Mtw i««r on mm of the bis
KWU tho campaign (who cant be
{*^.feokad for Aab£
tasa. Then aeidt from 3a
far governor, and praaiden
«■» •* Wyge, than wheat tt
hard to fad three ■
gjjtada, apeak ere
"*• to make every effort's
fiLs? y-* ffa>orityja.5*
SSB-SSpS
*h«r* it U known the fapoblHmce are
f*knfr--r**1 •®ort» •“«* toiaJrmoney
to captate a new rongreeamon
Attorner QeneraJ Bidtett, Demo.
for Governor, will
•peak at A thebe ro next Saturday,
&«“»t Mth. and Bute Chairman
Warran anaotmoaa the following ad.
diuonal apnolntmenta far Mr. Blekett:
At Naahvllte'Monday, August 2*th•
UShdby BmptaSSfy eSufaSS;
S^>»Mher fi; Albemarle, Stanly
eottnty, September 9.
Thrwiidi woe accountable error the
data of the Aeheboro meeting became
“•■fooed. end a number of paper* an
flounced H for Augaat 19th, laatoad of
Next. Saturday. (89th)
wAa date officially eta tad from
Dmnacratk headquartare hare, and
tfce proapecta axe that H win be a .^.
prominent Democrats participating.
OttUr Cam. Mnrrfooc’s appoint
future are:
** tod Augu»« ss; at Sanford
August M; at Lumberton August 19:
sTVarottsvai* August M; *t S.int
Psals August #1.
Appointments for doctor Sinclair
will bo snnounced soon. Lika his
“*U "““todgn, Mr. Bln.
stair is one of tha finest campaigners
la will be de
1 '[ * dls
flguiea don't 11a, hora axa
least avoid tha truth ia
“hia»ir i'Ai__
« an attempt to figure out In
how tha eMctioa wUl go in
Novaubar la rather previous, sod to
that extant worthless. But tfafc ini.
tt^J^oweaar of tha BapubQaaan,
featMd an what they tarn “reasonably
*•**■*■' rotes, is as ridiculous as
xsrtj&rs tsSi Z2°s
who knows no bettor.
—the masher
ef State* tble prognosticator ladles
oat an ev#n MO votes for Hughm or
54-rtiin.,ss%£2£
SErsRtfpB
AnpwhHcan States will yiaid fia eandi
Juat bow urorthloaa sack caloate
tioss oro (except for potribte'ffast oa
§S§i£s3s
Stotoo. thh okateter teetedes West
SSfSlD£^i"?£jr.£S5
sa^a^^avrw'S
•oa oaeogh to elect, counting Mary
land. Thai there an Mlnpari and '
Iwtoiy left, with several doubtful
weataeu States to swell tha Wilson
vats ts mm larger proportioa* than
Hughes mas an now claiming.
The three Roberts brothers, convict
ad afi the murder of aa mad couple
named Wyman, on Sente Bern sound,
la Florid*, a year age, sad whoso easo
SsJrtsrjsraafh:!'*
arSiS ssa sjhu;
--- - — L4J a m—is. 1 w.- - u _
f*mrW ON DMD OVOMB' WW/t
nmdo aa oomment except to say that
they had art yot gives up tha fight.
Oov. Park Troutman Is exported,
whhla a abort time, to name tWday
gtiawffss. "i.'ia inr;
county that white mas lama rndfiafl .
the deoth jweslty. Urn mm
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