EEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE
HAPPENING OF INTEREST IN
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
NORTH CAROLINA, v.
SENATE KILLS AUDUBON BILL
Bills Introduced Providing for Crea
tion of Two New Counties Out ;
of Robeson County.
Raleigh. The following are among
jie features of general interest mark
ing a week's work of the North Caro
lina General Assembly:
The Senate.
Feb. -21. Senator Sisk, member
trom Macon, put in a bill to amend
materially the absentee election stat
ute, making it obligatory for the reg
istrars to turn over to the county
boards of elections all ballots cast by
.absent electors. These are to be kept
for six months ajid together with the
registration books shall be ' Open to
inspection to anyone desiring to do
30. ; ; . . ;
Passage of bill providing fr uni
form system of recorders courts for
cities of 5,000 population and over
and ali counties of the State and
defeat of Senator Ferebee's proposed
State-wide stock law featured, a busy
session of the Senate yesterday.
The House.
Committee reports included favor
able action on the bill introduced by
Mr. Matthews to divide the State into
five judicial circuits and restrict the
resident judge to each district in the
twelve months at a time. The house
judiciary committee number one," re
ported unfavorably the senate bill in
troduced by Senator, Price to set aside
November H as a legal holiday in
North Carolina. , ; . , "
Confirming a forecast some time
ag6, Representative Neal, of 5 McDow
ell county, introduced a bill tp abolish
the State-wide primary act insofar as
it relates to State. Congressional and
District offices. The jaat class .would
include judges, solicitors and State
senators representing .; more than one
-county.. ; . .
The Senate.
Feb.
22 The ; Warren- bill for the
'election of . school boards by, vote of
the people in the respective counties
came from thecommitteeiortrcduca
tion with unfavorable report and Sen
ator Warren procured, under Rule 51,
the placfng of the bill on the calendar
so that the- issue can be fought out on
the ficor of the senate. . '. : 1
New bills were .introduced as fol
lows: - . - ;. " '
Adoption of the conference com
mittee report of the' cdmmittee on the
State-wide dog law. Senator Stevens
thoneht the leaving of the question of
requiring tx tag and collar to the dis
cretion of the county commissioners
was undesirable ' but considered this
the best that could be obtained at
this t'me. The conference report was
adopted.
The House. -
The house passed on final reading
. and ordered engrossed and sent to the
senate Saturday the revenue bill, an
amendment being - aepted to allow
blind men and Confederate veterans
to sell pianos and organs without a
license. . - ' . ' . '
Bills passed; " '
Extend the period of compulsory
education in Charlotte. '
Amend the law as to licensing em
balmer. v'..'--.-.- '''-:;, v' ''"--
Require all State officers making
collections of fees and taxes to, make
return to the State treasurer.
The Senate. '
. Feb. 24. Senator Wprren nrocured
the passee of bis bill for te popu
1 raeleoticncmfwyp.Eiqvf nemf wvp ao
iar election of countv school boards
by the poTle. through the senate on
Bpcond reading with the understand
in s; that opposUion to the, bill and
.V features of the measure can be
f'ht out on the final read'tr. ;
Te senate ctead from the ca,len
tiHr some local , bills and adjourned.
The H use. ' ' ' - v ':
t,. v nroii onnvened ' flt 3
tabor Surpluses Increasing. .
Washington (Special), The United
States employment service reported
an increase in labor "surpluses for
this week over last week. "Slight
shortages ar still reported from
-Charleston and Columbia, S. C with
a general shortage of jabdr through
out the state. ' ' - u
"North Carolina shows. slight short
ages of carpenters, laborers and wo
TTien cigar workers.' Common labor
ers are plentiful ' in the larger towns.
Heleigh reports an equality of labor
supply and demand: - " ' '
Demand Handy's Dismissal. ' 1
TheTiouse thrashed out in.tfie most
heated .and indignant . .manner the
"Handy" slanderv on the Wf stern Car
olina mountaineers as to the rounding
up of draft - deserters v and -a finally
adopted the moderate t senate reso-1
lutions ' and referred the resolu
tion offered by Turner; of Mitchell
county, denouncing r "Federal Agent
Frederick- Handy - as personally re
. sponsible rf orthe Blander, and calling
for his dismissal from the ' serviced to
a committee for recommendation.
PE
o'clock by Speaker Brummitt. : New
bills were introduced' as follows: '
Gold Amend the North Carolina
lien tewv? Amend ttie 1917 vital ta
tistics law. ''-,-' , X
, In . the' last hour of the late afteW
noon session , th e house ' first amended
the Everett bill to regulate "the rcon
ferlTng of degrees by colleges and
then tabled the measure. The Amend
ment' was by Williams, of Cabarrus,"
to cut joit the endowment feature,
'.Villiams making the plea that the bill
would :, create something' 'of an- aris
tocracy in' educational .degrees ; 4
A b'll to' raise the pay of members
of - the county boards of pensions tci
$4 "a day was ; much " discussed: and
then amended to applyorily to Robe
son. ' , '
House and Senate.; - . "
Feb. 25. The senate completed the
consideration of the- revenue bill in
committee of the whole today mak
ing few changes in, the bill as it came
from the, house. The tax on . dealer 3
in revolvers was cut ; to $25 with the
tax. on cartridge dealers one-fourth.
An amendment by Long of Halifax to.
strike out the sections providing the
income tax was voted down. ?
The ; senate killed - the State-wide
Audubon bill providing1 State : game
laws and a game warden. .
The house killed the bill to annex
Williams township, Chatham county,
to Durham county.
Bills .were introduced by ' Sellers to
create two new counties out of Robe
son, one to be known as Liberty coun
ty with St. Pauls as county seat, and
the other as LaFayette with Rowland
as county seat.
Representative Mull, for the special
committee of the house appointed to
draft a State highway bill that the
legislature can 'get J together on and
make sure of full participation in" fed
eral aid ' road funds the next two
years, introduced the committee ,bill.
It, provides that automobile license
taxes sh!l be $9 to $10 according , to
horsepower, and license . for trucks
$40 to $100, with $20 per ton for trail
ers.,. ;.. , ..,,.
"The senate passed the Stacy bill to
require counties to establish juyenile!
courts with the clerk of the court, as
judge." . v . .
.',:- The Senate. ;, (
Feb. 26. -The senate passed on .finr.?
reading without discussion the , War
ren bill for popular election of county
school boards.- j
Senator Long, of Montgomery, in
troduced . a bill to require registrars
of election to furnish official lists of
those registered in their precincts to
the candidates for office of all parties.
In committee of the whole, the sen
ate amended the revenue bill to im
pose, a tax of $250 for amusement
parks where advssinni are, charged.
X?epting4 baseball paxks.,5,
!-f- - The House. ,
- The house entered into a strenuous
discussion of the child labor bills., the
Saunders bill and the Neal sub.st:tute
that differed mainly in point of com
position of-the commission to enforce
the child labor law. th S"drn '11
having the state commissioner of la
bor" as the enforcing official and the
Neal substitute the commissioner of
public welfare. : ,
In the end the Neal subst'tnte. was
adonted bv a large maiority and
amendments were .voted down to in
crrnoratft tb e eigb t-hour ' da. y ' a d sub
stitute .'the oTnm'ss'nnpr f h"" f
the commissioner of public "welfare,
v The Senate. ,
Feb. 27. The senate took ..up the
health bills that had been pending as
requested by the, state department of
health and all six of them were pass
ed with only minor amendments.
The last of these measures is that
reauirine health certificates for the
issuance of marriage licenses. It pro
hibits the , granting of licenses to .per
sons drunk or under the influence of
Ames and requires a cert;ficate of
health, particularly of freedom from
venereal diseases before a marriage
license can be issued.
- The House.'
The house defeated, by a vote of
37 to 42. the b'll bx Matthews of Ber
tie to . divide the State into five cir
cuits f or-superior court judges instead
of the present system of rotating in
10 districts.
'. The house also had its "knock-out
drons for bills to increase the' sal-
M.e&ot the assistant attorney' gen-rM
and the sunreme v court reporter
Gardner, of Yancey, in" leading the
ormosition. s id he - would onose all
salarv increases until what- he con
sidered, adequate nrov's'on has been
made for. the old Confederate soldiers.
Revaluation of Real Estate.
A complete revaluation of all real
estate in North Carolina at full "mar
ket value during the next 12 months
and a special " session of the legisla
ture, in May, 1920, to reduce the tax
rate, fixing it in proportion to the. in
creases in the property valuations,
are contemplated in a bill to be known
as the Gray-Doughton bill, unanimous
ly"" approved by the joint finance com
mittee. Indications are that there
will be practically no opposition to the
bill in either house.
Mill Men Arraigned.
"The textile .manufacturers ot North
Carolina, are not honest on child, la
k :iri"iation: they merely- .think
thev are.', accord ing to Representa
tive W. 0, Saunders, the introducer of
the Connor-Saunders r Din wnicn . nas
met with the ; stubmornest resistance
ffom cotton manufacturers-, in" North
Carolina Mr. . Saunders admits tbe
cotton mill men say they are honest
hut he . insists that , the evidence 4
Affftinst : them, tn support of, .thi-,
stand he draws a .briet covering th
ieislative situation witn a . scatnmr
criticism of. cotton mni menoas.
EDUCTION
FROM
TH ARE U6ERAL
MERCHANTS MAY DEDUCT FROM
RETURN ALL AMOUNTS PAID
OUT FOR ADVERTISING.
IMMUNITIES OF PHYSICIANS
armers Deductions Consist Partly . In
Cost of, Seed and - Fertilizer. Used, V
.;. and Harvesting of-Crops.
Statesville. That deductions . more
liberal than , those, embraced in any, of
the previous income tax-acts, for bus
inesj expenses, are allowed underi the
new revenue law, is a fact that Col
lector Watts, of this district, Is 'call
ing tds the attention of the taxpayers
throughout his division. Discoursing
further upon this subject Mr. Watts
said: .' -,-'-; '-'-'v ':
'Business expenses are the amounts
actually paid' or incurred duringthe
tax year in the conduct of a business,
trade or-profession, ,.
'A merchant may" claim as deduc
tions the amount paid for advertis
ing, hire of clerks, land other em
ployes, the cost of light "and fuel,
water, telephone, etc. used in his
place of business, the cost of operat
ing delivery wagons, motor trucks, and
incidental repairs to such vehicles.
Amounts expended in entertaininir
out-of-town customers may be deduct
ed if the sole purpose is to cultivate
the; good will of the customer and ob
tain an increase in trade.
'A physician may! claim as deduc-
tions. the cost of medicines' and medi-
cal supplies used by . him in. his .prac-
ce a reasonable proportion of Ahe
expenses paid in the i maintenance an 1
repair of an automobile used in mak
ing professional calls, the expenses of
attending medical . conventions', dues
to medical societies and subscriptions
to medical journals the rent paid for
office rooms, the cost of heat1 light,
water, telephone, etc., used in such
office rooms and ieihire-rtf office at
sistants. ' The same deductions are
allowed a dentist. '
"The farmer may deductall
amounts paid out In preparing his
land for a crop 4 apd the cultivation,
harvesting and marketing of the crop.
The cost of seed , and fertilizer ' used
rna amounts expended m; caring -for
livestock are deductible items. The
cost of minor, repairs' tb farm bu'ldings
other than dwellings, and of fences,
farm machinery and wagrtns may be
claimed, also the eost of farm tools
which are used up in the course of a
year or two and of materials for im
mediate " use such as binding twine,
stock powders, etc.- '
Another Industry For Charlotte."
Arrangements are being. ,made
which are ; exnected to result in the
bringing to Charlotte about , 10 000
tons of soanstone annually from
Tiemp. 85 miles east of, this c'tv on
the Norfolk . Southern railroad,! to be
ground, and talc extracted by tb Oli-
vr Wuartz companv. w'ch wMl n
shinped to northern points; orxvd'T'?
to tc. S. Cre'gton. of the Charlotte
Shippers and Manufacturers Associ
ation. Soapstone is gathered at
Hemp. . ; - - "
Heretofore, the soapstone has , ben
ground by a nlant itHsnn n"d r'iv
ped direct to northern points. The
Oliver Quartz Company, since the out
break of the war. has been engaged
almost solely in the manufacture of
acid proof cement for the government
and war contracts having been filled
the company , is to turn lo. the . grnd
ing of soapstone ;and shipning of talc
as one of its peace-time activities, r
Webb to Get Judneshlp.
Washington, President Wilson
aid that he would appoint the federal
judge for North Carolina right away,
and added that he had made up his
mind to name Representative .Webb
This information is accurate.
It is believed now that the Presi
dent will act immediately after Con
gress adjourns. It will be a recess
appointment.
Charlotte. The average salary paid
teachers in 1918 was $243 less a year
than the average wafre pa.d" to scrub
women in the united States ; navy
yard " stated a card received bv Coun
ty, School Superintendent J.'' M. Mat
thews from the University of North
Carolina education extension service,
irrgiug general support of the new ed
ucational bill introduced in Conerress
bv Congressman Towner, of vIowa.
This bill, te card stated, provides
for the estahl'shmentof a federal de
partment of labor. . i .' -
. -Boy Mangled by Dynamite.; " .
Statesville. - Herman Pharr.. 17-year-old
-schoolboy, had his hand bad-!
ly , mangled, while - en route to school
with1 a piece of dynamite in his pock
et. . .Just how ": the accideiU occurred
cannot be explained by .the boy ex
cept thatVhe, was flngering wjthfthe
explosive' while It layln .his Docket
and itj suddenly "went off." His mo
tive for having" had such a dangerous
piece of", paraphernalia In , his posses
sion, could not be learned. Doctorf
tiay it'may be necessaiy to amputate
.the wounded nana. ,
GATilPGBetflE IS GIVEN AWAY
I-
Company v Composed of Land Owners
; of Site Acquire Title to theEn
;r .tire-Property; for $25,000. 1 '
i . - r? , . - .
x washingtoa;:.Special),---The war
department ! fhas practically . made
Charlotte a jjpresent of ' Camp Greene.
It, has turned f over the camp, tock,
stock and barrel, to the company com-
P;vi of lanjl owners of the site, rep
resented rby jMr. E. C. Griffith for the
nominal sunjbf $25,000. Charlotte is
to.V assume all liabilities that might
arise, - rfa ' . , - ' .
The papers were .signed by the! war
department authorities 1 this morning
J and the Camp Greene deal, is officially
ana finally .closed, v. There were two
other bids ; tor the ; camp, but the de
partment was , inclined to. give Char
lotte preference. : '
Manager riffith says he expects
the camp will be turned - over to his
company by March 15. : .
: ;His plan a for development of the
camp into .frjn industrial and manu
factoring suburb are well advanced, I
iome deals iftaving .been already -clos
ed. Among these is one by which
the splendid laundry building com
pleted about the time the armistice
wsa signed,! irilt be utilized- aa a !spin-
t ... . 8 . .
T11T1P' mill us..'
O AAA ....
Publicllhcomes Tax Exempt.
Statesvill -Off leers and employes
of a state lor a nolitical subdivision
thereof, such as a county, city or
town, will fibt be required to pay. in
come tax o$Mtheir salaries, wages and
official fees! -received during 1918, ac
cording to fillings of the, internal rev
enue bureaat Washington, copies of
which wer received at the office of
Collector 'Watts. In determining his
liability to pile a return 'anJ. to pay in
come ta.Xf under the new revenue law,
any such officer or employe may omit
such compensation from his gross in
come. WitK Respect to any taxable in
come he may have received "in 191S
from otherl fsources, he, is subject" to
all the provisions of the law, and
must file 1. 1 return ' 'f .such other in
come amounted to, $1,000 or more or
$2,000 or More dependent upon his
married ori jingle status.
Will lllft Embargo on Crabs.
Washington. Shipments of soft
shell craba'ifrom Eastern North Caro
linar to deilinations north of the Po
tomac ; rivGK and' points' west of the
Ohio riverfan proceed , uninterrupted
after March' 1 The embargo of the
praduct thak finds, favor 6n tables
north and'est will . be lifted then,
v To the Tilt Heel who resides far in
land, the iea of a soft shell crab in
dustry big enough to invite an "., order
from the United States railroad . ad
ministration mv provoke laughter.
However, "te industry brings into Car
teret county- alone something like $75,-
000 durmgj3Lhe rush season or Aiarcn,
April and llay. .
mi.
An Effective Liquor Law.
. Morganton. Wilson's Burke county
ilquor lawj eias gone into effect . with
a rush an$ during the " few days it
has been M effect three alleged block-
aders have! been jailed. This being
oqual to am-, month previous.
ii-Sr- ' .
The expanse of being caught and.
tried now Mimes from the moonshiner
and the fe $50, for each man caught
in opera tm$ a still, is . paid by th e
moonshinarf himself instead of a countv-
or govr&ment expense, as hereto-
tore. T k
...
'4 ReMstratlon of 789,813.
Washington (Special). A total of
482,463 Nflfth Carolina men and' 307,-
350 SouthCarolma men registered tor
selective Service in the four registra
tions, according to figures included ; in
the seconlf "annual report of Provost
Marshal general Enoch Crowder to
Secretary f War' Baker, copies of
which werfe received by the members
of the lojI board for Charlotte. Of
thp Mnrtlh? Carolinians. 105.922, or
46.29 perflent, were unmarried, and
South Caiplina had 65,733, or 45.43 per
cent, single registrants, mw , maw
sent ; into I the national army through'
the draft 181,690 men,, wnue aouui
Carolina nt 37,104, and of .these 4,-
517 Norths fcaroHaians amd 3.653 South
Carolinian were rejected, leaving
Vnrtii r'n4Hna a renresentatlon of
47,173 mej in the "national army and
South CaMlina 33,451. v ;
" Younii Aaain in Trouble, ,
AsheviM Following , a raid, made
n tn T&iCTen hotel bv S. . Glenn
Youue: editor of the . Crawlers. Guy S.
Lavender! manager of th.e hotel, had
a warrani tissued for Toiing. chargine
tia frnvefWnTnAnt asrent with assault
th a ddlv weapon and .false ira-
nrisonmel for the period of ore hour.
Mr. Lavellder charges Young : with
hretenl to rfix" him (Lavendey
follnwin iyf nayment of a hotel. b 11
wVVh Tender -av ho rr.i'rod t.
A which Young de
nied. he pwed. , . -
(. 4 '. idge to Be Rebuilt." . 4
Fayettf ille. Plans already under
Way t Or'he erection of a newcon-
crete bridge to replace - the county
bridge a jManchester burned accord
ing to amiouncement made by F LI
HolcombeJ member of the board of
. county Commissioners. Mr. ' Hol
combe, V. den and . Albert Wade.
'. commissioners, with an engineer and
cohtract' visited , the scene ! of ' the
Are and plans for ttie new bridge are
being drawn now. Construction ' wfll
b competed la 0' dayiv 5
BILUS
PASSED BY SENATE
HOUSE HOLDS BRIEF SESSION
.'1 . .Mi .... ...
DISPOSING OF CONFERENCE
REPORT ON HOSPITALS.
MANY BILLS, DOOMED TO FAIL
No Matter of Sufficient Importance to
Require the Calling of an Extra -
Session Expected to Arise;
Washington. The sixty-fifth con-
gTess entered upon its last full' work-
ing day, facing an unprecedented mass
of legislation, but with the contested
"Victory loan" bill out of - the way.
The senate remained in session all
night . to pass the loan bill, the key-
stone measure of "the calendar, 'while
the house held a business session.
disposing of the conference report on
the hospital bill.
Passage pf the loan bill 'without ..a
record vote and in the Identical form
in which it came from the house defi
nitely marked the course of future leg-
islation and gave assurance ' that
President Wilson would not find it
necessary to change his plan of defer
ring a call of the new congress until
after his return from France, prob
ably in June, r ' ?
Most Republicans favored '-an ear
lier extra session, but after Republi
can senators at a conference last night
failed, to reach any decision as to the
advisability of obstructing the loan
bill no filibuster' was undertaken.
Although many important bills, in
cluding the $720,000,000 navy appro
priation measure with its , authorize
tion of a new three-year building, pro
gram and the 1,215,000,000 army bill,
apparently, are doomed to certain faiK
ure, administration leaders . believe
that none is of sufficient importance
to require an earlier r can of con
gress, and that the president will ad
here to his original plan, announced
'after be arrived from Paris.
Passage by the senate of the . "Vic
tory loan" bill, authorizing sale .by the
treasury of $7,000,000,000 of new
short term notes and $1,000,000,000 for;
advances by the war finance .corpora
tion in extending American foreign
commerce, came alter a hitter con
troversy threatened Republican fll-.
ibuster.
COAL AND OIL LAND LEASING
..." BILL IS TALKED TO DEATH
Washington. The oil and roal l-nrf
leasing bill virtually was killed whn
obstruction led by Senator JLiaFollette
of " Wisconsin, Republican, prevented
a vote on the conference report which
had been adopted by the house Mana
gers and opponents of the bill Tred
tnat mere now : is practically no
chance of securing action on the bill
before Congress adjourns. j -
Senator LaFollette spoke for three
hours - and a half nad only - yielded
bill being laid before the senate with
the understanding that if the oil bill
was aaiu uruugui un. ne wouia not oe
. A A 1 1 , . . a .
barred, from speaking again. , (
- The Wisconsin , senator devoted
most of his address to an attack on
the senate rules giving conference re
ports priority over, other matters and
on the practice.. of v?eing. in, a"r.h re
ports on imnortant bill late In the ses
sion. . - .' ' " " '
Washington, Forty per cent of the
total known oil supply in . the United
States, exclusive of. oil shale, denos-
its. three states, has been : exhaust-'
ed, according v to estimates transmit
ted ; by: Secretary Lane to the senate
commerce committee in comnllarice
with a resolution nrpsented by Sena
tor Ransdell, of Louisiana. ; .
Up to last Januarv 1 Mr. Lane said
a total or 4.5908.000.000 barrels had
been produced, while the known avail
able oil. resources, not counting the
shale deposits; in the eround and in
field storage were estimated at 6.
740 400 000 barrels. Dtillation of
alfi denooits in Colorado. Utah-stnd
Wrmft t A however. ' wonTd rodne
7 000 Ooa o00 barrels of oil, the' sec
retary said. '-:-' " -,; :
LAfT O c t.r v ftTWISP SHI0"
RESTORED TO THEIR OWNERS
Washington .--Ships of the Mer
chants and Miners ' Transportation
Company; engaged in Atlantic coast
wise , traffic were . turned back to pri:
vate management by the railroad id-
ministration. Officials of the company
accepted the ; relinquishment which
heretofore they have protested. . .
. This action restores the last of the
coastwise steamship lines not owiedv
by railroads to private management.
40,000,000 RUSSIANS ENGAGE
IN EFFORT TO SAVE COUNTRY
Paris. "Forty million Russians f in
organized -governments are. now, co
operating , in. a movement for a re
anited . Russia. These,' Russians , are
working and fighting, dying by hun
dreds aud i even by thousands daily
in an. effort, to save Russia' from com-
jleto destruction; and. all this. is being
done without a thought ' of political
ambition," said Sergius 5azonoff,,min-
itser of foreign affairs la the Denikine
CovernxaenC . ' ' . i " .
(By lUv P. ' p. F1TZW ATER, D.
Teacher of. English Bible in the Moody
oiDie institute or cnicago.) . .
. iCopjrlKbt. 191 S. Wtra Newspaper Caloa.i
LESSON f OR MARCH 9
JOSHUA, PATRIOT. AND LEADER,
LESSON TEXT-Joihua 1-1-t. ' v
GOLDEN TEXT Be strong and of av
food courast. Joshua. 1:1..
ADDITION AL MATERIAL - Joshua
l:lft-S:17; 1:11-15. . -f . l" .
PRIMARY TOPIC A etory of a brave
leader. Memory Verse Joshua 1:1.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Follow the right lead
er . Memory Verae Deut. 1:7, S. , ; ; j . - a
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC When to bo
brave. ,
The book of Joshua Is a history of
the conquest of the promised land and'
Its apportionment among the tribes
of Israel. It takes its nanfe from tts
principal character Joshua. Durinf
the wilderness Journey hewas Moses'
V
minister, and captain - of his . army. , .
When Moses was denied the privilege -v
of going over the Jordan, Joshua was :
appointed to the leadership of IsraeL
Being so long faithful as a servant. '
he Is now , qualified to rale. Only
those who have themselves learned to
Aka 1 a mmIa 1(aao th& MffWA.
uiiri n u i i.i a., m u ui irarA. lur i tui rr- -
sentative of the law, brought Israel t,
tht borders of Canaan. . Joshua ', was
the man chosen to lead the people into
the place of relL - The name MJoshuaV
has the same derivation as, the nams
"Jesus." , The ' law (Moses) wask one .
schoolmaster! to bring r us to Christ
victory and rest. . ' . '
I. Joshua's Call (1:1.2).
m . . a o a
uuacs, uuu s acrviiui, is ucnu, uuw .
God's work must go on. He continues
his work ' by calling others to take It
up, though he buries his workers.
Joshua, no doubt, was sorrowful over .'
the loss of his master, "but there Is no v
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cure our griefs and sorrows Is to take
up courageously the burdens and re
sponsibilities whch our- leaders have
laid down--' -V''-' " , .
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ii. uun ncnewi nis rromiio 01 nm . .
Land to Israel (1:3, 4). - ' . ,
The promise H had been ' ' made r to
Abraham, and renewed . to Isaac,"
Ja'cob and Moses. It Is now- renewed
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ter upon its possession,; The borders
of the land were quite ' large (v. 4) '
"from the wilderness and this Leb-
anon, even unto the, great ; river, the
river Euphrates, all the , land of. the -
HitHrpR- nnii nntn tho . rrpnt spa trw .
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noiu luc.gwius uuwu vi tucr uu, piian
be your coast The nearest It was
ever possessed was during, the reigns . ...
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longs to . the Jews, and in God's own -
a-1 m-AM-. Am. a. v. i . a. mi. f a.
iiLue .uiey .suait possess ii. . xiieir uev
ting, p'ossession. ,of this, land was ( due
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enureiy to menisei ves. .uoa , promisea -
them, that wherever 'their ( feet . set
upon the land it was their?. If th.ey
failed to secure possession It was be
tnnvt. thov fnllwf tri -'Main U s VVm
would all enjoy;, larger ' blessings ' If.
we would clfllm' 'them.
1114 God's Presence' Promised t;
Joshua (1:5). : , '
Josnua was entering upon a peril
ous and difficult enterprise, bttt 4hs
Lord said as he was with Moses so
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wouiu ne ue wirn, mm. me aimcui
ties before him were: ' -
1. The Jordan river (v.. 2).', It Jwas r
now at its flood (3:15). mnklnsr it lm
possible for armies to cross. .
2. In the land the people were' '
ing in walled cities. Notwithstanding
this, God's help insured success (1)'
I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.'
(2) ""There shall not any man be alrto
to stand before thee." .(3) "As Ia
was with Moses,, so I will be - With'
thee."'"-:' ' i-v j
IV. Conditions of Blessings in th "
l. ."Be strong and of a good courage"
r. x. ms mission was 10 go in ana
divide the land among , the tribes, for
an inheritance, .-God could not bless
him if be should play the coward.
2. Unwavering obedience to, ths
word of God . (v. .7). In a . land of
Idolatry It requires much courage to
obey the trua God. . ; The prosperity
and good success - was . j conditioned
upon unswerving obedience to God's
commands.. In .all his work, he -roust '
conform his life ;to . the law of God. '
To pass from the path outlined there
in would bring disaster and ruin. -In
order-, to accomplish this, the law of
the Lord must constantly be in his
mouth. He was to meditate therein
acaj ouu uijui.' u we 01c tw isyer
in . pur Christian experience x there -
must pe tnat regular and reverent
study of God's Word. Joshua , ren-.
ders prompt obedience, u He did not
stop, to cavil; out at' once 'gave orders
for the march. v God; made the plaa .
and gave the directions, r His respoa- .
sibillty was- to go forward, without .
doubting-taking possession of the. in'
heritance. : . .. .. .,
-. . . sacrifice. . v. ,
A work that requires no sacrifice
does no count for mtich dn ; fulfilling
God's plans. But what Is commonly v
called sacrifice la the best,, happiest,
use of one's self and one's resources
tne Dest investment . or ., ume, strength.
nd means. He who paskes no such '
sacrifice ls; mpstto. be pitied. Be Is a
heathen because ;he knows nothing ot '
uou. -oauiuei vaapman Armstrong. '
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- ' oThy Friend.: .;Tlc.
th, nor thyself to thy' friend, Fullta