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WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
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(By Dr. Frsok Crajie.)
Confusion arises in iiiidiag an
aaswer to this question when we
do not keep in mind that Christi
anity is an ideaU and its prac
tice, at the preset stage of de-
v^pment, can only be approxi
mate. if we eotild literally prac
tice an ideal, it would he
an ideal no long:er. The
idea! floats before us as
a guiding star. The ideal
is set for us as the perfect copy
in the copy book, toward which,
by constant practice, we are to
work nearer and nearer.
A great deal Of conscience-
lashing and misery would be
sirred honest people if they
%'ealiz.ed this. Love is the - ful
filling of the law, which means
that the earnest desire and ef
fort to do right is all that is ex^
pected of human beings.
. Christianity consists of lliat
Vjpdy of ideas and emotions
taught and exemplified by Jesus.
These constitute distinct force
in human progress. They ai’s
drawing individuals and the
whole world onward in a develop
ment toward better things con
stantly.
While the principles of Jesus
are simple, few and easy to be
understood, it must not be for
gotten that they are based o!i
absolute justice.
Absolute justice cannot be
maintained by anybody except
under social conditions Ifhat are
absolutely just. The only way
he can be a Christian under
such conditions is to go out and
be crucified. The social struc
ture cannot endure him. When
vve speak of a man being :i
Christian, therefore, it is an ac
commodated sense of the world.
To be a Christian, implies that
one ifliould change the world.
Louis F. Post in, a letter to
Ever>'botly’,s Magazine, expres
ses this thought. He says; "An
actual Christian is one who in in
dividual concem.s sincerely tries
to practice the Christian ideal
and in common affairs sincerely
tries to cf)nvert to the Christian
iieal the social organism !if
which lie is a part.”
in the last half of this stato-
ment lies the gist of the matter.
Christianity is a social ideal.
Eveiy man in the United State.s,
and in measure in every countr>',
id more than an iodivHtolV He
is a maker of laws and goVeini-
ment. He is r^ponsa>le for the'
vi4iole .social organism.
We can no longer shift respon
sibility for work conditions to
rulers. We are nders. At first
Christianity ex{Mreseed it^f in
terms of individual salvation,
because all countries were auto
cratic. The growth of Demor
cracy has roU^ the butden of
government upon the shoulders
of the citizen.
We are awakening to the faci;
thiat ho man can save his own
soul wit^ut saving all souls. I
3hare tSie crime of every crimin
al because I help create or per
petuate the conditions that make
criminals. l am giiilty along
with m.y country, if it. makes
wfir, bwause I stand for tho.^e
things in government that make
war possible.
The day is past when the
Christian conscience can be
satisfied with being “piueked sis
brand fi-om the burning.”
Nothing can satisfy the consci-
AWTHER CBSIAMEBY
NORTH CABOLINA.
IN
During the last two years
there has been consider^ie in
terest and substantia! growth in
the creamery business in thiS
South and escepially in North
Carolina. All of the creameries
in North CaroUtta are located in
the western half of the State
and the interest is so large that
often there is demand for more
creameries than there is cream
to isupply them.
The operation of cream routes
has b^h so successful that many
are being put into operation
where a creamery" would not;
possibly exist now. The cream
route serves to collect the small
amount of surplus cream in com
munities where previously dairy
ing was not considered seriously
cans, etc. Comespoiuk»iee 1.^
solicited from local Chambers of
Commerce, Boards of Trade, and
Farmers’ Unions who wish to
push dairy fanning in their com
munities. Literature will be sup>
plied and some special features
in local boosting are on hand for
those who ask for them.'
CHARLOTtE DRiiG STORE IS
raided.
Charlotte, .4pril 29.—Fptlpw-
ing the trial and conviction of
two win known white men of the
city yesterday and theii: sent*
en(^ of four months each to the
county roads on the charge of
selling liquor, the police depart
ment Ifhis afternoon arrested
four more men charged with the
same often.se and raided Bowen's
The ’ cream route7s0^n “d^^^^^^^ the heart of the
their output and others who]^*^' where they found about
forty Quart.s of whiskey of dif
ferent kinds and a barrel with
a small quantity in it that ap
parently 'h^d been used for some
would not join the movement at
first soon hear the jingle of coin
that comes regularly and surely
and everybody goes to milkinj
ence of a man who accepts thejcows. The cream separator .storage tank for the
leadership of Jesus but to put jagents say that North Carolirct
out the fire.
Septonber, 19X4, ant) luiy regis
tered in the office of the Kegis^
ter of Deeds for Alamance coun
ty, North Carolina, in book No.
66 of Mortgage De^s, pages
314-317, to secure th« payment
of a certain bond, conveyed a
certain real estate, and whereas
default having been made in the
payment of «iid bond and ih-
ter^t, I will expose to public
^te to the highest bidder for
cash at the courthouse door of
the coijnty of Alamance, on Mon
day, May 10, 1915, ut twelve
o'clock P. M., me land convey
ed in said Mortgage Deel to-
wit; •
A certain tr^ct or parcel of
the United States, according to
estimate of the Post Oflke De^
partment, received about 10
cents per ton for each mile. If
this is the kind of extravagance
the government ownership of
rairoads stand for, it will Ite a
long while before the voters of
this country will give it serious
consideration. Had the private
ly ownki railroads of the United
States been paid on,, the same
basis the Panama Railroad,
instead of receiving $,56,000,006
or . about one-fifth of the Post
Office Department’s revenues,
they would have received ?1,557,-
000,000, or niore than five times
the total revenues of the De
partment. The; railroads have
land in Thompson township,,
Alamance county. State of North 'not asked Congress' to advance
Carolina, adjoining the lands of | mail pay rates. All iSiey have
William'Bason and others arid .‘asked for is to be paid all the.
bounded as follows: -mail they carry and for alfthe
BEGINNIN^G at a stone, com-j special - facilities and'.services
er with Bason and Newlin’s line they furnish and the Post Office
t’AT COMES BACK 300 MILES
Goes Away in Crate on Train
But Her Return Trip
Mystery.
IS
jis their idea of the promised
I land. Even the cotton faiiner
isays better days are coming if
'Cotton never gets ahy higher for
jv.’ith a creamery check coming
, in every month he does not mind |
. the separator agents or the si>p-
I pl.v man and the cow makes bet-
ter fertilizer than he can buy
“Susie," the family cat of so he is just saving the cotton
Mrs. C. T. Banks, has com-'and is living on crsani.
pleted a hike of almost 3001 Most of the farmers ' iiTt’ne
miles, returning home after more eeritral and eastern parts of the
goods.
The four men.arrested, one of
whom is a clerk in the store,
will be tried tomorrow morning
before Recorder JonM. The
clerk is S. C. Jordan. The'other
men .are L. O. Wilson, Robert
Johnson, white and Charlie
Lindsay, colored. The. case
against the drag store, charging
it with keeping liquor for .sale,
will be tried next Monday.
running North 45 deg. East with
Bason’s line 19 poles Uj a stone;
thence 45 deg. West 24 poles to
a stone; then.-e South 34 deg.
jWest 4 poles to a -itone, corner
I of Church lot; thence Soiith 12
ideg. East with said line to first
istarting, containing one and one-
• half acres,. more or less, upon
[which is situate a three room
I frame dwelling.
: This .31st day of March, 1915.
, G :W. HOFFMAN,
Mortgagee.
They say that when Senator
Shan a year’s absence in Broad-J State have not had the privilege "
head, W is., fat and sleek and of cream routes because the
showing no signs of travel fati- creameries were in the western
interview.^ to several crowned
heads. And we’ll bet that he
pari of Ohe Stiite
and railroad i
the cat iiKfacilities were not convenient! countnes.
fi.r extensive shipping.
gue.
Mri. Banks sent
October, 1913, to her mother.
J. A. Broughton, of Brosdhcad.
Pussy w;ent in a crate by dray
an dexpres.s. She did not seem:to)-y if a good
contented and often wandered, loi-at«d there.
Raleigh is a good central prjint
and would serve a large terri-
creamerj' were
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of the power con-
itained in a certain mortgage ex-
away for a day or two. Last ,lack of creamer/revl^pmen?
May she di.sappeared and neith-iin this section of the State and the 2i.nd day of
er family had seen her t ince un-jthe good location at Raleigh for
til she walked in the Banks '.-! creamery, the authorities re-
back door, purred her greetings,' presenting the Agrieultuval and
and made herself at home again, jivrcchnnical College, the Agricul-
“1 wish we knew where Susie |t»ral Experiment Station and
has i)aen :ind how she got hei-e.thu Statu Department of Agri
looking :«i well," said Mrs. | culture have organized the Es-
Ranks. “iVIr. Banks is a rail-lpurirnent Stcitioii Creamery,
road jnut! and .some think may-; The creamery will be operated
be she got a iiass, but how divi lin tli Agricultural Building, West
she know which train to take?” Raleigh, where the College has
■ INJUSTICE TO RAH.ROADS.
: —0—
Unfair! The glaring injustice
iof the government’s treatment
I of the railroads in the matter
! of carrying the mails is brought
'out in a comparison of what
Uncle Sani pays his own road
and what he pays others. The
government-owned Panama rail
road receiveci lust year, accord-
ling to a statement by the coiti-
mittee on railway mail pay, $2.77
for each ton of mail carried ,v
jmile, while the private roads in
Department. Why
Sam?—Leslie’s..
not. L^^ncle
ONE ON TAFT.
Formei- President Taft tells
this one on himself;
“There is a lad i»f my bct
quaintance in New Haven,” said
Mr. Taft, “who used to bite his
nails. ‘See here,’ .said his nurse
to him one day, ‘if you keep bit
ing your nails like that, dp you
know w'hat will happen to you" ’
“No," haid the youngster,
‘What?’
“You’ll .swell up like a balloon
and hurst.”
"The boy believed his mirsu.
He stopped biting his nails at
once. About a month after the
discontinuance of his habit ho
encountered meata luncheon. He
surveyed me with stem disap-
pn;val. Then be walked over ami
said to me accusingly;
“You bite your nails!”
—Everybody’s Magazin-.
Potato Slips
Tfee Twice-A-Week Dispatch
la anxiQua to in'^rease its subscription list to FIVE THOU
SAND by JULY 1ft. Therefore we are going to OtTc; 01,,;
of the Biggest Inducements ever offered by any twiee-a-
week paper.
For Every Dollar paid upoc subscription
between Now and June 1st
We will give .FREE
A Hundred Potato Slips
(Either Nancy Hail or Norton Yam Variety.)
This applies to old as well as new sQbseribers, but you must
pay before June 1st. to get the benefit of this offer. Seed
Sweet Potatoes of these varieties have been scarce and high
and this is the chance of a life time. Remember for every
dollar you pay entitles you to a hundred plants, two dollars
get two hundred and so on. Get busy, tell your neighbor
and take advantage of this generous offer.
This offer will positively be withdrawn
June 1st. Now is the time; Act Quick;
Do it Now!
granted the use of the labora
tories and equipment. Extra
> supplies iuui equipment'have
bov^ii oj’dered and the creamen'y
will soon be ready to receive
cream by May 1st.
It will be under the dirct
management of the Dairy Farm
ing Office and they already have
two extra men in the territory
organizing cream routes and ar
ranging for cream shipments.
The creamery will be operated
on a co-operative ba.sis, receiv-
jing the butter fat from the far-
'mer.s, charging t»ie necessary
mamifacturing and marketing
expense, and turning all that is
left back to the producer, the
same as aiiy othcA cc-cpcrative
creamery.
Prices paid for butter fat will
equal that paid in other Nortih
Carolina creameries. It is not
the purpose of the Experiment
Station Creamery to enter any
other territory now occupied by
a creamery or to build up a large
central factory, but to act only
as a local market to develop the
diary business within easy ship
ping distance of Raleigh and as
soon as communities develop by
cream shipping sufficiently to
support a factorj- other inde
pendent creameries will be
built.
There are going to be some
splendid opportunities at thi.s
creamry for young men to get
training and experience in
creameries that will soon be or
ganized in the South.
Individuals who are interested
should write the Daily Farming
Office, West Raleigh, for inform
ation about organising cream
routes and securing shipping
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CheeksB Healthy Children
We know of a large number of families who have adopted
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meals, and with the meals, who hstve the healthiest and most
robusi children to be seen today There is no longer any
doubt as to the
Superior Merits of Pepsi-Cola
As a beverage unequalled for indigestion. It is the very best
drink available today for relieving that heavy, uneasy feeling
after eating—AND WHEN USED CONTINUOUSLY you will never have
indigestion.
Pepsi-Cola is The King of Drinks.
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works
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L. M. Squires, Proprietor Burlington, N. C.