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SUNDAY SCi-iCOL LESSON . O ' '- m gl n i it' 'CliiiOF iS Di6 Wear' Warm Well-Fitting Ifilderfarments Prevent Colds by using a Cozy Knitted Vest . i , i ' We are readyito serve you, with any sort of un-' dergarment ou could choose. v We have the right garment for all the family from the littlest kiddie up. Infants' Soft Cotton Vests. , .50c Infants',. Wool and Cotton Vests. . . .. ....... ...75c Infants' Silk and Wool Vests., . . . .$1.00 and $125 Misses' good quality Vests and Pants. . .. .. ...,75c Misses' All-Wool Vests .$1.00 ; Misses' fine quality Union Suits. . . . $1.50 and $1.75 Ladies' soft knitted Cotton Vests and Pants 75c to $1.25 - Ladies' soft knitted Union Suits . . . . $1.75 md $2.00 Ladies' fine Wool Union Suits, the suit.. .. ....$325 Beautiful Silk Underwear That Is So Lovely to Wear As : Well As So Warm and Comfortable . V; ;,iWe have a'remarkabte. stock on our Third Floor of all styles of Ladies' Silk'-Undergarments. . : Siik Vests -.- 1 Excellent "qualities warm Silk knitted " Vests, " both in ' the all plain and embroidered styles, $2.50, $2.75 T! i Cr .LL Fw it C w n w.. ji ? . BY-WILLIAM T. ELLIS. -, Secretary Daniels tell of a recent visit to the Naval hospital In Brook lyn, where he aaw a returned ma rine, with one leg shot off. A rela tive had said to the lad, after hearing hi , enthusiastic account of the bat tle, "But lt'a too bad you lost your ie." . ,..., , v "I did not lose my le(,ra responded the marine; "I gave It" ... That la the spirit which makes great saints and rreat soldiers. , It is the spirit which has wrought mir acles In our lands ' at war. , Surren der and sacrifice are the two wings br which our people have risen to new. attitudes of life. We" have en tered upon the heights of possibili ties of the human soul, because we have learned to give up all, J things we prized moat, even Includ ing our sons. . .. .This is the mood : that makes. the present lesson of Abraham's gift of his son Isaac on the altar of sacrifice an appropriate and timely one. It is the same mood that' sends our sol diers thronging to the sacrament of communion In camp and at the front I know of boys about to sail from an. embarkation camp who asked a T. Iff. C. A, man, shortly before mid night, it they could have a commun ion service that night :- A chaplain was itwakened, rejoicing at the op portunity, and he prepared the "Y" hut for the sacrament. By the time he was ready, there were hundreds of soldiers quietly gathered to par take of the memorials of the Bu preme Sacrifice, and' the eerlve fas Impressive beyond words. By three o'clock that morning, the boys were aboard ship,. bound for France. . 'Wtaoi the Son' Left Oamp. In the same' address wherein he related the Incident of the soldier in the Brooklyn hospital; Secretary Daniels told another , story, which dealt with what he termed the most sacred and Impressive experience of his own life. He had gone to Quan tico, the marines' training camp, the night before a detachment of , five thousand men were to embark for France. Long before daybreak the men were aroused, and a large pro portion of them assembled for a tare well communnlon service -sharing, as they went forth In the . train of Christ to offer their bodies, -in life or In death. ; to help redeem the world, the memorials of the Redeem er's supreme sacrifice. -, . The head of the American navy ha4.no thought at that moment of his position and authority as the commander of half a million .men, and of untold ships: All the pomp and state and circumstance of his high office were out of his thought As hs knelt there In the fellowship of the sacrament (he did not tell this part of his experience '-in public: I know it from other sources) he was but an humble Christian, saved by the grace of Christ; and a. heart-sore fath er, parting from his first-born 'son. For among the marines leaving that day for the other side was rthe old est son of the secretary of the navy. who had a few weeks before won t' it set the divine seal of favor upon his character. We come to our high est when our hearts bow lowest in submission to God. It was a verlt able Gethsemane that- Abraham un derwent; and he' emerged like his greatest Descendant obedient to the Will. - - For. obviously, aof ten, 3od asked for Isaac because He wanted Abra ham. The thing He cared about was the complete and uttermost loyalty of His servant He desired to make sure that Abraham jftould stand any test Once he found that there was absolutely no ; reserved room In the house that His friend Abraham had made over to him. God relinquished His claim upon the token He had Indicated. - It was because Isaac was Abraham's 'dearest' possession that God, who "Will not be king at all un less He can be king In all." wished to make sure that the son was in cluded 'In the patriarch's loyalty. A Legend of Many Lands. One of the universal beliefs, found la some form or other among- all primitive peoples. Is that every great structure needs at Its foundation the sacrifice of a life. I have seen tem ples and palaces and bridges and bells, in many foreign lands, of which stories were told that the king's son or daughter., or the fairest maiden In the - land, had been entombed In the foundation, or cast Into the mol ten metal. .- God has written deeply In the heart of man . this instinct, that the best' must ; be sanctified by sacrifice. Abraham was but working out a law of the .highest life when he offered his son. In Abraham, stlme, human sacri fice as a religious rite svas widely ob served.; To him. the Idea that God should want him to slay his sob was not Incongruous, but ; In perfect ac cord with the religious Ideas of the surrounding . nations. We must re member that Abraham was only learning to know Jehovah and His nature. So when God stayed His hand, as he lifted the knife to slay Isaac, a new idea came Into the world. It was that human sacri fice is repugnant to the Supreme Be ing. A new step out of heathen darkness was taken , on the heights of Mt. Motiah. Occasionally, the records tell of some demented person who feels that God calls him to emulate Abraham and offer up his son's life. Onljr a crazy man would get this Idea: for God expressly prevented this act on Abraham's part We, who have so much fuller and clearer knowledge of the nature of God than was vouch safed to Abraham In that twilight time, understood that such an act would be sheer and horrible murder. Any person moved with an Impulse to slay his child should know straight way that his brain has broken down and that he should give himself at once into the hands of the physicians or the police. It Is the spirit of sacrifice the willingness to relinquish our most cherished possession for the glory of God that this lesson teaches Loyal ty to the divine Will, in complete self surrender, is the message of Mt. Moriah, of Gethsemane on the Mt. of Olives, of Mt Calvary, and of the world's present Mountain of Tribula L-!i..J Ll 1 1 L.-3 Sellers in Fifth District Have Bo'Jsht Over SI 0,500,000 cf Fourth Lean. . That " the soldiers In the army camps In the Richmond reserve dis trict are not only training to fight the Hun. but aro subscribing te the fourth Liberty loan at a rate double to that of their subscriptions to the third loan, was the message sent out last night by Chairman Brown, of ths North Carolina Liberty loan or ganisation. Mr. Brown's message fol lows: v - r. . "Liberty , loan subscriptions 1 by members of the army located In camps and stations within the fifth federal reserve district which in cludes North Carolina, had subscribed a total of $10,500,000 for Liberty bonds up to midnight October 14. The army is buying bonds at a rate equal to double its subscriptions to the third loan. Indications are that the army .will subscribe over $45, 000,000 to the fourth loato. "At the urgent ' request ' of Ger man orisoners interned at Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga., permission has been re-J ceived from Allen enemy wusioaian Palmer for them to purchase Liberty bonds."'' , -T'"' MRS. A. J. PR0PST DIES OF PNEUMONIA ATTACK Became III Returning From Fare well Visit to Brother at Florida Camp Funeral Today. his promotion rrora tne ranic oi a w!lt v. , i FORMER UNIVERSITY STAR All UTC1 L11D ITUnU LUUBV 1 1 1 f I IT HI- ' fathers and ' mothers sharing the Abraham experience of offering up their sons. There Is no parent who sees his boy go forth to France who does not in his imagination, picture him as slain. Our sons are surren dered for the supreme sacrifice. In this hour of holy dedication we overlook the reassuring statistics that by far the greater number of soldiers will return safe and strong and emancipated to new manhood. Our allied nations are today unit ed in the fellowship of the supreme renunciation. . Love has given of its best, to the- highest and ' holiest cause. We read with mellowed hearts the Abraham story: and we enter into a new appreciation of the divine meaning of ' the inspired words, "Qoi so loved; . . Jhat he gave his only Boh." What a spirit ual epoch the world is passing through! God forbid that we should LOSES LEG IN BATTLE John K. Patterson, of Concord, re ceived a letter from his son, Fred Patterson, who is now in France, stating that the' ' Injury received by the young soldier in action several weeks ago had resulted' in his hav ing one leg amputated below the knee. The letter was written by Private Pat terson personally, three days after the operation, which his father took for an indication that he Is making rapid progress toward recovery. Fred Patterson is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and while a member of the university baseball team, made an enviable rec ord and became known throughout the stats. , Mrs. A J. Propst fd 10 years, died Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at her home. 1S04 East Fourth street, of influenza," after an Illness of a week, pneumonia being the Imme diate cause of death. Mrsv-Prepst was taken 111 on her way home from Camp Johnston, Fla where she and her mother had gone to bid farewell to her only brother, Clarenco Woolen, who Is In service. -. Mrs." Propst before marriage was Miss Ola Woolen, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woolen, of Char lotte. She was married to Mr. Propst June 28, 1908. She was a devoted member of Ninth Avenue Baptist church and was beloved by a wide circle of friends throughout the city. She Is survived by her husband, her parents, and one brother. The funeral services will be eon ducted at Elmwood cemetery this morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. L. R. Pruett pastor of Ninth Avenue church, officiating. The pallbearers will be W. J. FIte, D. W. Fink, J. E. Miller. P. A. Bowden, W. A. Morton, and Mr. Clontz. ' 137 CITY MEN APPEAL DRAFT CLASSIFICATION We have a very attractive burrow !. t : section In the Pines which lias Ce ntw rars aJ of being ready- for Immediate occupancy. ' It has six good rooms and bath on the first floor acS a small , bedroom on the scoond floor. It has Larwi2 floors In three rooms and is heated by a hot air hear j plant y The let fronts Ct feet ena splendidly paved street hot there Is no charge for paving assessments. r , This propsrty is Cor sale, not for root. ' $1,000.00 is the price and we can make you terms. . 't'l PHOITB . Ml THE STEPHENS COr.IPAIJY and. up to $5,00. . , ;. (The Niagara Maid Line;) ' Silk' Bloomers- V; iv-.i '.ii 4-' ' Firie quality plove Silk. Bloomers in all weights $3.00 se aa "K- ' - - '--' - MO fV.W. , , ...... - (The Niagara Maid Line.) ' ,; ' 1-' Beautiful qualities Wash Satin Crepe andhGlove S;lk : - TeddieS in a big variety of pretty styles $3.50 to . - ' (The Niagara Maid Line.) : ' -: " 1 - SilklUhion Suits ., We offer the genuine Glove Silk Union Suits in excellent !''; . qualities at $5.00 and up. , v r s ; : : - : ; : (The Niagara Maid Line.) V- fiiiillilW -( busy ourselves with the merely ma terial aspects of the war, and miss its nobler, truer meanings. Loyal to the Limit War has broken the crusts that seemed to hold life down to lower levels. A Nebraska boy in France -closed a letter home with the rhap sody, "Oh, my people, my America, I never knew I would- love you as I love you now." A myriad of young women will testify that their letters from France breathe and Intensity and a loftiness of pusionate affection I such as their lovers had never ex- pressed before leaving" liome. Sons I write as parents never understood be fore that they leu. Home ana inena shlp and old associations have gained a new nreclousness since the sepata- j tions of war. j. Bonshic meant more to Abraham . than ever before, when he bore Isaac' ' up to the place of sacrifle Isaac. ! the comely, sweet-spirited, handsome ! young man, -who had reached the age j of .the. boys who are .now burdening (the bosom of the sea en route to i France." A new v conception of how f much our sons mean to us has come i tantly 'and loyally given their boys , r . I to the nag, sna to uie cause wtuoa ' we profoundly bellevovJs, Identical J with God's Cause on earth. It seems ' as if our sons were first anointed 1 with the sacramental oil of sanctity B-iind of holy affection before we laid break as we sing, weeek after week, "God save our splendid men, ; ' Send them safe home again, "VGod save our men; - . y Keep them victorious, " v "Patient and chivalrous, v . ;- . . r They are dear to us; - God save-our men.".'- - -This is the very chrism of our de votion. -It seals the quality of our patriotism. - " Btecause . these ' boys whom we-offer-up i to God and, our cause are ' so"precioos, we thereby 'prove the genuineness of our passion ior me Brcai luenis. 1 x ins is wun I our people today, as , It- was ' with i Abraham of old, loyalty to the limit. I We, have not kept back our best from i the highest use. God asks our best, 'in order that He may. ylve .us of His best. ; r$K s. :.', - , ' At the Finnarfe of Life. . - I know a dear old woman who is an original thinker upon Bibillcal themes. v Once she asked me, "Did you ever consider when it was that Abraham saw Christ's day?"- - The question, was only rhetorical, '.ao I waited. "Well, I often have; and It used to puzzle me. - Then, one day, 1 It all came to me of a sudden, when, I was bending over the. sink washing the dishes, and thinking about this matter. It was when - Abraham of fered up Isaac that he saw Christ's day. He understood the great sacri ficial ptJove4of,Goi, when he' took his only boy up to Mt. Moriah, ready" to obey God at any cost, That (Was "the spirit -of calvary.w-r n -,j-k And It Is: i coincidence of inter est that .where Isaao was offered up, somewhere - near the.. Jerusalem, rock, there also Christ was offered In real ity, as well' as in Intention: He was both the Son' and' the Lamb', devoted j. to sacrifice. V "i-yft; ? v'Wm t ' This was! the apex of ' Abraham's I spiritual experience. W He achWvd soiute devotion--to- the. -will .ofGod, FUNERAL SERVICE FOR W. L HENDERSON HELD The funeral service of William Lor- hralne Henderson, whose death occur red Wednesday night at his home on Mint street was conducted at the resi dence yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. Z. E. Barnhardt, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, officiating. Many beautiful floral designs were sent- by friends in city and county, ers of the deceased from the P. & N. The pallbearers weree associate work railroad.., , , . BODY OF JAMES HARPER i. INTERRED IN ELMWOOD The funeral service of James Harp er,whoe .death incurred. Wednesday, morning at his home on AVondale ave nue, -was held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the grave in Elmwood cemetery, the service being conduct ed by Dr.- Albert Sidney Johnson, pas tor of "the First Presbyterian church. There were many beautiful floral de signs, from friends in this and other The local board for Charlotte has forwarded all appeals from classifi cation by the local board to the west ern district board at Statesville, It was stated yesterday by Secretary Lyles. Only 6.52 per cent appealed, he said, there being 163 appeals filed out of the 2,500-odd registrants classified. It is not expected that many more appeals will be received. Only registrants between 19 and 36 years, inclusive, who did not file claims for deferred classification " on industrial grounds, have been classi- nea- BROTHER OF F. M. REDD 1 ; KILLED BY TRAIN F. M. Redd, of this city, wss called to Kinston, last night .by the death of his brother, W. J. Redd, who was killed in a railroad accident at Kin ston yesterday. -Mr. Redd received a message announcing his brother's death, ths message merely stating that he had been killed in a railroad acci dent, and giving no particulars. He left Immediately and will remain for the funeral. HOLD FUNErUL TODAY OF MRS. CLAIRE W. CRANE The funeral service of Mrs. Claire Williams Crane, wife of Claude Crane, of Philadelphia, will bo held this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the grave in Elmwood cemetery. The service will be conducted by Father Jerome, of St. Peter's Cathollo church. , MRS. H. S. ROBINSON IS VICTIM OF INFLUENZA We wish every boy in Char lotte would write us a letter telling what clothing he needs this Fall and in reply we'd give an idea' of the cost and other w ( valuable information on this" ' subject. Our new. Fall clothing for boys covers the wholes range of what is correct and at right prices. Unusual variety for boys from 8 to 18 years. THE BOYS' SHOP Second Floor. The Tate-Brown Co. WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE CH ARL0TTE OBSERVER. IT'S SO. Mrs: HTSrR.dbnwon died late Wed nesday night at her home, 910 North Davidson street. Her death was due to pneumonia following Influenza. The remains were taken yesterday to Black Creek, in Wilson county, where the -Interment will take place She was 33 years of age, and Is survived by her husband and two children. feeling Your is ate a better guide than anybody's r say-so :hmcm:n't !:ir Hot Water Is a Necessity in the Household Think of the many times during the day when 'yoti actually need 6r could use hot water for some house-. hold .purpose Think: of the y numerous instances when you really do go to the trou- , ble and inconvenience of. ideating a kettle on . the . kitchen range. , ' Then decide1 whether "c? . not it isn't about. time ftsj you fo, , ; . Install a Gas Water Heater '' There! are several types, automatic and tank, and X choice of various styles in each: .-f , - " Install an Automatic Heater and you have ;.ater fcr. . washing windows, dishes, floors or woodwork tt tha turn of a faucet-enough for laundryof bath or just t cupful for shaving. " H ' . -.. ' Hot water from a, Gas Water .Heater costs less thir. ' when coal-heated and the fuel-saving is of importance U the nation,;. , ; ; v ' Only $10.00 Down Places ah bitir-lir.cr-j ,' y, Heater in Your Hers? Vicut D;!:y.
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