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AT RED GROSS f DID LAST YEAR Report. of War Council'Surely Will Thrill the Hearts of All Americans. flOMEN GIVEN HIGH TRIBUTE orttributions of Materials and Time Have 8een Practically Unending .Figures Tell of Work Don - by the Various Chapters. October 23 the 3,854 chapters of the d Cross held their annual meetings etvt officers and make reports. To read at H these meetings through t tiie United States, the Red Cross fl-jr Council sent the following an nual message covering the work of UkKmI Cross for the past year: To the ' Chapters of the American Red Cross : The War Council sends greetlugs to the chapters of the American Red Cross ou the occasion of their annual meetings for 1918. With these greetings go congratula tions on the great work of the chapters during the past year and, above all things, ou the wonderful spirit of sac rifice nl patriotism which has per illed that work. The strength of the Red Gross rests apoiuits chapters. They are Its bone md liw. TheT supply Its funds, they supply Its men and women, they tWy lf- enthusiasm. Let us, then, review tether the Red Cross story of the pa i year. Some kie?. of the size to which your Fed Cress family has grown may be fathered from the following facts: On M.;y 1. 1017, just before the ap-pnintia-ir of the War Council, the American Kerf Cross had 486.194 mem bers work-ins: through 562 chapters. On J'.iiy 31, 1018; the organization. r.uml -ored 20.043.103 annual members, besides S.OoO.000 members of the ' jjnl'.M- Ked Cross a total enrollment oover one-fourth the population of ;he UnitI States. Since the beginning of the war you of Tie chapters have co-op,erated with the War Council in conducting two war fund drives and one membership drive, la nflilitten to the campaign on behalf of the Junior Red Cross. The total actual collections to date from the first war fund have amounted to tuorejhan $115,000,000. The sub- scripUvus t the second war fund amounted to upwards of $176,000,000. From n!?iribesiiip dues ihe collec tions .ir.ve mnounted to approximately f24.300.iW. Spiendm Work Done by Women. f To the forcing" must be added that Tore lortra i.TntiIK.iitnn rf ma tortnlc ami w by the millions of worn n through"-.;! the country in surgical iresslngs, ir: knitted articles. In hos pil and refugee jrannects, In canteen work, and ihe other activities the chap ters have boen celled upon to perform. It is eT!;uHred that approximately 8.000.OrO wr.:i.-r. are engaged in can teen work nd the production of relief supplies r!;tough the chapters. tor the rorioci up to July 1, 1918, American Rod Cross chapters, through Ciieir workroom, had produced: 400.120 "refugee garments. 7.12.621 hospital supplies. 10.78CU-4S9 hospital garments. 10 184.501. knitted articles. IW.U'l.ur; surgical dressings. A tore.! jf 2U 1.282,838 articlesof an eittute ; hfc-gregftte value of at least IL r:u were largely the Product M women'- hands, and, by the aaie toi,Pp ui finitely more precious than vtvM imvs. fceeu the output of Clones or machine. These articles 'R1 to V-w operating room of the uos 5!'au, vo hvimo! er needy refugees, sea r.-r3ing comfort to our own boys " tl n:i cot7 a message of love fr-'s ib -.v9ffi.n of this country enlire 'J clUtinrr 'rora the great money value "aobipij t. their band! work. M :.fly Spert in Work. By t!.- forms enter which the first 8e(1 Cross ;vRr fund was raised, the rtuptr v.r 2ttled to retain 25 per r(nt of thf amount' collected, in order expenses, tc carry on their yuie orvi.-i. work, to purchase roa- teriu ... '"'ii a,Vj o'r.rwlse to meet the numer-u- calls niHile upon them The chap es w re- tims entitled td retain nearly .Ooniv as a matter of fact, tlieir ct:i3, retentions amounted .to only about S'j;:.(o o00. y Out of ".loiiectlons from annual mem 'Tshij.H, the chapters have retained ""u: $ ; -, 000.900. From m total sum, therefore, of $33, 'JO.Of.y? rained by the chapters, they oa 0ftentjnies Very heavy -.ic:Ab upon them, and in addl . n ivc vroT'.ded for use by national dq-ifljt. products valued, as ri!..,ve, at upwards of $44,000.- 'hapten hare In effect returned w rhi. War Coundi. not alone the $33, '' retained out of the war fund ct,iM product, an additional coutrlbu nn of nt ieast $11,000,000. 't w)i; thus been seen that during 1 ?i-'htten months which hare Ped iin! the United States en the war, the American people Jy'1 either paid lo er pledged to J AnBrteaji Red Cross fer It work J fiUf thioufbowt the worW, lo nyr la material vaJive. a set l of t least $835,000,00a This outpouring of ireneroslt-T in m terlal things has been accompanied bv a spontaneity In the giving, by an en- uiuiasm ana a devotion .in the doing, which, after all, are greater and bigger than' could be anything measured In terms of time or dollars. It has been because of 'this snirit which has pervaded all American Red Cross effort in this war -that the aged governor of one of the stricken and batterel provinces of France stated not long since that, though rrance had long known of America's ereatness. strength and enterprise, It remained for the American Red Cross In this war to reveal America's heart. In this country, at this moment, the workers of the Red Cross, throutrh Its cnapters, are helping to add to the comfort and-health of the milllonsf our soldiers in 102 camps and canton ments, as well as of those traveling on railroad trains or embarking on shins for duty overseas. The home service of the Red Cross, with its now more than 40,000 workers. Is extending its ministrations of sym pathy and counsel each month to up wards of 100,000 families left behind by soldiers at the front a number ever growing with the increase of our men under arms. But, of course, the heart of the Red Cross and Its money and attention al ways move toward and focus them selves in Europe where the American Red Cross, as truly "the greatest moth er in the world," is seeking to draw "a vattoet f-trierey-through anocean of nnspeakabte pain." Red Croee Worth Recognized. Nothing Is withheld that can bo given over there to supplement the efforts of our army and navy in caring for our o'wn boys. The Red Cross does not pretend to do the work of the medical corps of the army or the navy ; its purpose is to help and to supple ment. Nor does the Red Cross seek to glorify what it does or those who do it; our satisfaction Is In the result, which, we are assured by Secretary Baker, General Pershing, General Ire land and all our leaders, Is of Ines timable value and of Indispensable im portance. By the first of January your Red Cross will have working In France up wards of 5,000 Americans a vivid contrast to the little group of eighteen men and women which, as the first Red Cross commission to France, sailed about June 1, 1917, to Initiate our ef forts In Europe. Under your commission to France tho work has been carefully organized, facilities have been provided, and ef fective efforts made to so co-operate with the army as to carry out the de termination of the American people, and especially of the members of the Red Cross, that our boys "over there" shall lack for nothing which may add to their safety, comfort and happiness. Your Red Cross now has active, op erating commissions in France, In Eng land, in Italy, in Belgium, in Switzer land, In Palestine and in Greece. You have sent a shipload of relief supplies and a group of devoted workers to northern Russia; you have dispatched a commission to work behind our arm ies In eastern Siberia; you have sent special representatives to Denmark, to Serbia and to the Island of Madeira. Carries Message of Hope. Your Red Cross is thus extending re lief to the armies and navies of our allies; and you are carrying a practical message of hope and relief to the friendly peoples of afflicted Europe and Asia. Indeed, we are told by those best In formed In the countries of our allies that the efforts of your Red Cross to aid the soldier and to sustain the morale of the civilian populations left nt home, especially In France and Italy, have constituted a very real fac tor in winning the war. The veil has already begun to lift." The defection of Bulgaria, which by the time this message can be read may have been followed by events still more portentous, may point the way to yet greater Red Cross opportunity and ob ligation. "TJie cry from Macedonia" to come and help will probably prove one of the most appealing messages to which the worid has ever listened. What the Red Cross may be called upon to do in the further course of the war, or with the coming or victory, peace and reconstruction, it would be idle to attempt to prophesy. But your great organization, in very truth "the mobilized heart and spirit of the whole American people," has shown Itself equal to any call, ready to respond to any emergency. Spirit of All Best and Highest. The American Red Cross has become not so much an organization as a great movement,- seekfng to embody In organ ized form the spirit of service, the spirit of sacrifice In short, all that is best aud highest. in the ideals and as pirations of our country. lnded we cannot but believe that this wonderful spirit which service in and for the Red Cross has evoked in tins war. Is destined to become in our national life an element of permanent value. At Christmas time we shall ask the whole American people to answer the Red Cross Christmas roll call. It will constitute a unique appeal to every man, woman and child In this great land of ours to become enrolled in our array of mercy. It is the hope of the War Council that this Christmas membership roll call shair constitute a deconsecration of the whole American people, an In spiring reassertion to manklad that in this hour of world tragedy, not to con quer but to serve is America's aupreme aim. THB WAR COUNCIL Or THE AMER ICAN RKD CROSS. Henry F, Dariaoa, Chairman.' Waafcingtoa, CU Oct 10, ma. POLK COUNTY NEWS; TRYON, N. C. TRAINING SCHOOL FREMONT THOSE CIVILIANS WHO APPLY MUST BE QUALIFIED FOR GENERAL SERVICE. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo pie. Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. Applications are now berng received from civilians for infantry officers' training school to be held at Camp Fremont, California, beginning Decem ber 1. Applicants must be qualified for general military service and eligi bility rules are the same as those for Infantry central officers training schools. All draft registrants between the ages of 18 and 46 are eligible ex cept registrants in class 1 who regis tered prior to September-12 and reg istrants in deferred classification on aceount of industrial occupation or employment, including agriculture. Applications may be made to the commanding officer of students army training corps at any of the following schools: North Carolina College of Agriculture and Engineering, West Raleigh; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Bingham Military School, Ashevllle; Trinity College, Durham. The quota for the State of North Car olina Is approximately 410. Waste In Leather and Meat. The North Carolina Council of De fense in co-operation with the United States Food Administration has under taken a special campaign with the stock owners throughout North Caro lina, looking to the elimination or at least the reduction of the waste leath er and meat incident to the killing of stock on the1 railroad rights of way. Through co-operation of the rail roads and the two organizations nam ed, the campaign will be waged under the direction of Mr. Frank B. Simpson, of Raleigh. "It is estimated." said Mr. Simpson "that these losses will average $50 per mile on class 1 lines. "Clean-Up" Week. Since North Carolina is to be de prived this year of the observance of fire prevention day, November 2, and will not have the public gatherings in this connection that usually give additional impetus to the active rvpd effective observance of the week fol lowing November 4-9 as clean-up week. Insurance Commissioner Jas. R. Young, as fire marshal, is especially stressing the importance of the clean up week observance in- the cities and towns and in the rural communities and wants the community leaders all through the State to get behind the movement- as a conservation efforf eminently worth while in saving lives and property in this State from the fire fiend that annually destroys around $4,000,000 North Carolina prop erty and takes a toll of 300 or more lives. The mayors, the chiefs of fire de partments, the police and the business and civic organizations in all the cities and towns and county and rural community workers are to take the active leadership in the clean-up movement and see that the facilities for the clean-up work in the homes pnd places of business have the es sential support necessary in means of carting away the waste material that should be dragged out of closets, at tics, cellars and outhouses and back yards where it constitutes all too great a menace as a cause of prevent able fires and in harboring disease germs. Extend Dates for Closing. With the epidemic of influenza still on the increase in the State, the State Board of Health has forwarded a let ter to all tobacco warehousemen in the State urging that the order closing warehouses be continued until Mon day, November 4. Report on Abrasives. Senators Simmons and Overman are to make demands of the War Indus tries Board that the report of the in vestigation into the abrasive supply of western North Carolina be made public. The Department of the Inte rior sent its agents to the mountains of the State to determine the quality and quantity of the natural abrasives with the view of utilization for war purposes. The report has been label led "confidential" by the War Indus tries Board, although It has been read by some members of Congress. Situation Still SerTSus. The state board of health reports Indicate influenza epidemic conditions In the state as serious as any since the disease started on its rampage in this state. As many as 15 doctors and 25 nurses are urgently needed to meet the calls that poured in from infected districts, the disease seeming te be on a steady - movement to the interior irith piedmont Carolina pretty well pervaded, and the western counties showing up umbers of badly infected district. - Success of Loan Assured. Practically every city, town, hamlet and county in the state sustained her nation wide, reputation for patriotism . by doing their full duty in bringing tJ?-'.Fourtn Loan campaign to a trium j pH&ht conclusion. . With every town in the county over th-e top with a good margin in. the fourth Liberty Loan campaign. Wake county, outside of Raleigh township, has exceeded its allotment of $358,400 by nearly $100,000. The success of the campaign turoughout the county has been most noteworthy" in view of the widespread epidemic of influenza. The county or gani&ation had planned over forty Liberty Bond meetings, and speakers had all been arranged. The epidemic came, and only three of the meetings were ever held. Charlotte, queen of the Carolinas. and. historic old Mecklenburg, wound up the "Fighting Fourth" Liberty loan campaign in a blaze of glory. The county's quota was $3,386,000 which was oversubscribed by approx imately 25 per cent. Of the $4,000, 000 subscribed, over $2,100,000 wa? credited to the woman's committee $100,000 to the Boy Scouts and $450, 000 to the 14 townships of the countj -outside Charlotte. Fixes Responsibility. Col. Chas. W. Stiles. United State public health ' servfee, assumed full responsibility for the policy with re gard to the use of whiskey in connec tion with the present emergency. Colonel Stiles made the following statement: "In order to clear this matter up, I wish to say that I personally am responsible for the policy that has been followed In regard to whiskey, and I have no apology whatever to make for the course I adopted, "This is not the time to raise ques tion as to whether or not tu, "tate Medical society of North Carolina has or has not taken a position that drugs other than whiskey can take the place of whiskey. This is the time to place at the disposal of the physicians of the state the supply of drugs available to meet the merency." North Carolina Casualties. Casualties among North Carolina troops, overseas, as shown by late re ports from the front, are as follows: Killed in Action Crops. H. W. Ward, Ashe; M. W. Cockerham, Crumpler; W. A. Dry, Richfield; Chas. Wood, Durham; Privates Arthur Ham ilton, Laurinburg; Fred Mathis, Need moore; Steve Youngdeer, Cherokee; J. C.' Harmon, Sugar Groye; J. R. Deese, Wadesboro; Geo. Stewart, Mocksville; C. F. Lane, Winston-Salem; Ezra A. Mayo, Selma; E. H. Rierson, King; H. A. Williams, Rox- boro; J. T. Cox, Winterville. Died of Wounds Privates R. P. Conley, Andrews; F. N. Cox, Grassy Creek; I. C. Phillips, Bear Creek; Frank Joyner, Fremont; R. L. Mal lory, Mocksville; C. L. Drewett, Sea brand; E. L. Walton, eBaulahville; W. B. Melton, Caroleen. Died of Disease Privates Ananias Robertson. Williamston; Depp Rowe, Croatan; J. W. Shepard, Leatherman ; Abe L. Buett, Warne; G. W. Simmons, Zebulon; F. H. Cook, Waxhaw, Perry Harris, Moon; S. L. Montz, Lexington; G. W. Stevenson, Weeksville; J. H. Walker, Maxton. Severely Wounded Sergts. Larry Clay, Black Creek; F. M. Patterson, Concord; W. H. Sprigs, Concord; Corps. Sam Maddox, Graniteville; J. W. Franklin, .Croesmon; D. H. Ben son, . Smithfield ; Nick BradLey, Chero kee; Privates Robert Bivens, Marvin; C. D. Fentress, Maribel; D. Stanley, Crutchfield; C. F. Ritchie. New Lon don; M. A. Jackson, Dunn; Jno. R. Massey, Selma; Quinter Warrick, Sioux; R. F. Furr, Staiflield; W. H. Peake, Green Mountain; J. P. Gunter, New Hill; F. G. Hill, Belhaven; Sid ney Carrolly Goldsboro; T. C. Math ews, Turkey; C. A. Williams, Eagle Springs; J. M." Nicholson, Salisbury; Corp. D. R. Roark, Ashland; J. N. Neal, oLuisburg; Sergt. W. R Minish, Lenoir; Corp. J. S. Faircloth, Fayette ville; Privates P. J. Parrish, Durham; E. C. Yates, Raleigh. Prisoners or Missing Nathan Dun nican, Wilson; F. Telli-rgton. Golds boro; P. R. Frain, Spray; Evander Hickman, Lumberton; Trumpeter W. E. Batting, Wilson; Wm. Rooce, Hick ory; B. M. High, Simms. Roads to Camp Greene. Washington (Special). The War Department has under consideration the letting of a contract for concrete roads at Camp Greene which will in volve an expenditure of more than $100,000. This is taken as a favor able augury of the future for the camp as it shows the intention to further improve and extend the facilities ap proved, and probably would be at an early date. All projects of this char acter are carefully prepared and sub mitted to the chief of staff before the work is begun. May Return to Private Life. Prescribing regulations for the in duction of draftee registrants into the service for the purpose of attending officers training schools, the Provost Marshal General has made it plain to the Adjutant General of North Caro lina that such registrants, if they be to deferred class on grounds other than that of occupation or employ ment, including agriculture, may be given the option upon failure to gain commission, of returning. to their for mer station m civil life or entering tie army as ordlMkrj registrants. PLAGUE RAGES IH BEAUFORT COUNTY DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS EXIST AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE RURAL DISTRICTS. MANY ARE DEAD AND DYING Red Cross Is Rendering Great Aseist ance to the Needy in Distri bution of Soups, Etc Washington, N. C According to of- fieial reports given out by the physi cians in the county the influenza pi demlc has not yet reached its height but is raging uncontrolled amongst the country folk of Beaufort county. About thirty deaths have occurred in the rural sections in the past three or four days. The members of the Red Cross have lent material assistance by carrying soups and other nourish ing foods to the needy. The ladies reported that they rarely found a sin gle farm house where there were no sick ones at all and most cases sev eral members of each family were ir bed. So numerous are the cases it is impossible for the physicians to reach all of them and many are dying with out ever having had the assistance of a doctor or a nurse. The tea room was kept open in Washington on Sunday all day where soup and other foods were served. Fatal Auto Accident., Charlotte. David Little, formerly of Charlotte, and brother of W. B.. Lee and John Little, of this city, was fatally injured when an automobile which he was driving turned turtle on a road near Fredericksburg, Va., throwing him many feet in the air. Mr. Little has been employed by a Richmond, Va., newspaper for several years and was returning to that city from Baltimore when the accident oc curred. Governor Names. Delegates. Forty-five delegates were appointed by the Governor to represent North Carolina at the thirty-eighth annual session cf the Farmers National oCn gress. to be held in Jacksonville, Fla., December 3-5, 1918. The delegates are: B. F. Shelton. Speed; T. C. Whitaker, Trenton; W. B. Ventus, R,ichlands; O. L. Joyner. Greenville; W. G. Wilson. Wilson's Mills; W. D. Avera. Smithfield: J. H. B. Tomlinson, Smithfield; H. E. Thompson, Stantonburg; F. K. Bor den, Goldsboro; J. T. Albritton. Mt. Olive; Chas. F. Cates, Burlington; J. W. Shuford, Hickory; F. P. Latham, Belhaven; S. W. Wilkinson. Pant ego; W. T. Hopkins, Creswell; W. S. Dav enport, Mackeys; W. F. Pritchard, Elizabeth City; T. B. Attmore, Stone wall; S. H. Hobbs, Clinton S. A. Fleming. Hester; Julian Wood, Eden ton; M. J. Hendricks. Cana; C. T. Weatherly. Greensboro N. 1; Dr. M. E. Street, Clendon; A. L. French, Cas cade, Va., R. F. D.; WT W. Shaw, Cru- so; J. R Rives, Sanford; Rutherford B. Hays, Asheville; George Walker; Andrews; R. W. Scott, Haw River; R. A. Doughton, .Sparta; G. C. Greer, Grassy Creek: J. A. Brown, Chad- bourn; B. F. Eagles, Macclesfield; J. L. Cherry, Tarboro. R. F. D.; L. S. Townsend, McDonald; A. W. Pate, Rowland; J. McR. Bracey, Rowland; S. J. Smith, Raynham; Arch McCall, Elrod; M. N. Culbreth. Pembroke; W. H. McLellan, Rowland; Frank Bul lock, Rowland; Walter McLeon. Row land; C. M. Townsend, Raynham, and T. B. Parker, Raleigh. Two Pardons Granted. Raleigh York T. Wrhite, Bertie county, receives a pardon from Gover nor Bickett from the remainder of an eight years' sentence for barn burn ing. The prisoner has served three years. Another notable pardon is for Ed ward Crist, of Winston-Salem, who was serving a sentence for forcible trespass. He is the son of a. Moravian minister and has a, sub-normal mind, according to statement of reasons by Governor Bickett. Expect to Lift Quarantine. Chapel Hill. The quarantine at the University of North Carolina, which has been on for the past three weeks, probably will be lifted within the week, as the influenza situation has rapidly improved. Only about 35 vic tims of the epidemic are confined to the college infirmary and none of these cases is reported as serious. Only three deaths have occurred as a result of the disease thus far, which loss is obviously small when it is con sidered that some 300 members of the student body have had It. Openings for Officers. Ashevllle. Oeorge L. Forrester, a prominent lumberman of this city, has been designated by the acting United States forester as a recruiting officer for men qualified to serve as captains and first lieutenants in the Twentieth regiment of engineers, on duty in Franco. He states that practical lum bermen between the ages of thirty and forty-five, will be considered for the positions named, and, rau inter ested to this branch of the aerrico art nrced to comnunletto with htm tea-aradiatelyr Lesson .By REV. F. B. F1TZWATER, D. D.. Teacher ot English Bible in tb Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) iCopynght, 1S18, Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 3 APPETITE AND GREED. LESSON TEXT-Genesis 25:27-34. GOLDEN TEXT Every man that strtv eth foi Oe mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a cor ruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 1 Corinthians 9:25. DEVOTIONAL READING Romans 14: W-22. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR TEACHERS I Corinthians 8:1-13; W:23 -33; Hebrews 12:15-17. 1. Boys With a Difference tv. 27). Esau and Jacob were in decided con trast. They differed in appearance and disposition. Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. They were born that way. Every child born into the world possesses a peculiar bent which we call Individuality. No " two are exactly alil:e, even twins like Esau and Jacob. The wise parent, the wide-awake teacher, the educator, seeks diligently t discover that pe culiar individuality, and to give It di rection according to the laws of Its own being. This bent is the basis of character. Neither Esau nor Jacob Is an ideal personality. Both are selfish. II. Parental Favoritism (v. 28). Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison. He ought to hav loved him because he was his son, but it is a sad commentary upon a fa ther that his lo fe for his son had such a sordid basis as that of his stomach. Isaac, howevei was like many .today whose love is secured through their ap petites. Rebecca loved Jacob, though t we are not told why. Perhaps it wa because of his cunning. In this re spect he was like his mother, who practiced craftiness to. a finish on her husband. Cleverness Is a bond which strongly binds together many people. Many hold the respect of their friends because of their shrewdness, irrespec tive of their moral qualities. Parents should treat their children alike. To show partiality is both unwise and unjust. Even when children possess peculiar qualities which call forth pa rental affection, it should never be made manifest that preference Is made. III. A Birthright Sold (w. 29-34). 1. Esau's profanity (Heb. 12:16-17). He sold his birthright for a bowl of pottage. The birthright was the right of being nt the Ik ad of the patri archal family, a position of honor and Influence, as well as being the Inherit or of a double portion of the father's estate. This being a gift of God should not be despised. He came from huntiner physically exhausted. In this moment of distress, he thought only N of that which promised Immediate sat isfaction. He was willing to relin quish all claim upon the future, if only his present desire could be grati fied. A profane person is one who for the enjoyment of the present will forfeit all claim upon the future. He would gladly gain both worlds, but seeing that mess of pottage he lets go of the future for the present. Swear ing Is profanity, but not the most com mon. To be under the sway of appe tite Is to be profane. What profan ity about us! For a moment's sin ful pleasure men and women are throwing away innocence, happiness, and their souls eternally. This is most serious, for acts are irrevocable. 2. Jacob's cunning. It was right that Jacob should have the birthright, for it was according to God's plan which had been pronounced (v. 23), but his scheme to get It Is to be condemned. He took advantage of his brother's weakness to . drive a sharp bargain. The same thing Is practiced when un der the force of necessity unlawful In terest Is exacted, or property Is bought under price because one Is obliged to sell. To get rich at the expense of anoth er is to practice Jacob's sin. Modern competitive business methods to a de ided extent are of this type. Let each one ask: "Is my name Jacob?" The end never justifies the means. God said that the elder should serve the younger. It was his plan that Jacob should be at the head, but God was able to bring his own plans to pass. He did not need the scheming of Ja cob and his mother to further his plans. To do evil that good may come is always wrong. Understanding the Bible, I believe that the Bible is to be un derstood in the plain and obvious meaning of its passages; for I cannot persuade myself that a book Intended for the instruction and conversion oi the whole world should cover its true meaning In any such mystery and doubt that none but critics and philos-1 ophers can discover it Daniel Webster. Public Good. There never was found in any age of the world, either religion or law that did so highly exalt the public good as the Bible. -Bacon, y With Christ's Aid. With the power of Christ perfected In my weakness, I am equal to every temptation, competent, for everyvduty, equipped for every struggle, the mas ter of every, f ear. -W. L. Watkinson. Theory Is a vine from wnlcb facta trt fometlmes gathered, , v ; 3 ...
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