It Always Helps
says Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky. t In
writing of her experience with Cardui, the woman's
tonic. She says further: "Before 1 began to use
Cardui, my back and head would hurt so bad, I
thought the pain would kill me. I was hardly able
to do any of my housework. After taking thrie bottles
of Cardui, I began to feel like a new woman. I soon
gained 35 pounds, and now, 1 do all my housework,
as well as run a big water miiL
1 wish every suffering woman would give
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The Woman's Tonic
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tired, worn-out feelings, etc., are sure signs of woman
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MEXICAN IHCM coram
COMMISSION ENDS JUIOID EXTRA MEET
FORMALLY ADJOURNS ITS SES
> SIONS AFTER POUR MONTH
CONFERENCE.
PROBLEMS UP TO PRESIDENT
With DUMlutlon of CommlHlon, 8«t
--tlament of Mexloan Problems Are
In Hand* of Wilton.—Recommsnd
Withdrawal Psrshlng's Troop*.
Tdrk.—The Mexican-American
Joint Commliilon. which railed to ef
fect an adjustment of the queitlon* at
Ink between Mexico and the United
Statsa after a ssrles of conference*
that began four month* ago, wa* for
-1 mrJly dissolved..
Secretary of Interior Lane and the
other member* of the American com- ;
ml**lon, Dr. J. R. Mott and Judge ,
Oeorge Orny, told the Mexican* that
i they bad recommended to President
WlUon the dispatch to Mexico of Am
bMMdor Fletcher and tba withdrawal
of the American troopa.
The American* impressed upon the
Mexican* that with the dissolution of
the commliilon. the Mexican problem
reverted to Preildent Wilson. They
ware careful not to leave In the miad*
of the Mexican* the conviction that I
Preildent Wllion would accept the
recommendation that an accredited
diplomat be aent to Mexico and that
General Perilling'* force be with
dtawn, bat the Intimation that he
would do ao waa conveyed.
Lata Cabrera, chairman of tbo Mexi
can commission, and Ignaclo Bonllla*
and Alberto J. Panl, the other mem
ber* said thay expected to leave with
in a week er tan daya for Mexico.
The session continued through
most of the day. The Americans ex
plained that they regarded furthea
dl*cus»lnn by them Impracticable.
BSNSATIONS RIPE WHEN LAWSON
RESUMES STAND IN 'LEAK* PROBE
Telia Commltto* It* Chairman, Honry,
Waa Authority,—MoAdoo'e Name .
Brought In.
Washington.—Thomas W. Lawson,
lulled before the House Rules Com
mltee to tell what he knew or had
heard about a stock market leak on
Prealdent Wll»on'« peace note or be
| punished calmly declared that the
L_ mysterious Congressman who told
him a Cabinet Officer, a Senator and
• banker were engaged In a stock
gambling pool waa none other than
| • Representative Henry, chairman of the
committee.
Than, before hla bearer* had time
to recover from the ahock, Lawson
•prang one aenaatlon after the other
by declaring that the Cabinet Officer
referred to waa Secretary McAdoo;
I that the banker waa H. Plney risk
of Now Tork, and that he knew the
Senator only by the initial "O"
To complete the explosion. Lawson
went on to charge that Paul M. War.
. Jan, of the Federal Reserve Board,
had knowledge of the leak machinery,
repeated a rumor that Count von'
j," BersatorfT, the Oerman Ambassador,
had made two mllllona In the stock j
market, and to mention a list of well
known men whom be thought should
bo questioned.
Mr. Lawson said he had been told |
that Malcolm McAdoo. the Secretary's .
brother, knew of the leak, a* did C. j
D. Barney A Co. and Stuart O. Olb-.
boney of New Tork. A Mr*. Ruth
r . Thomason Vlscountl of thl* city. h
■aid, had declared to him In the pros
ence of bar attorney that •acretan
' Tumulty received hi* "bit," and that
W. W. Price, one of the White Houst
I correspondents, wa* "the go-between
4 for Tumulty and others."
DBCLINB NOTES IN
PRICE OF COTTON.
t4. New Tork.—A decline of $3 a bale
la cotton under last week'* closing
prices, was the outcome of heavy sell
ing on thl* market due to weather
condition* over the belt and *msll con
somption figure* from American mill*
tar December, announced by the con
ns bureau
ENTENTE RBPLV BARS FUR
THER POSSIBILITY FOR PBACI
I Berlin. Sundy, via Bayville.—Dr.
~ Alfred Zimmerman, the Oerman For
eign Minister, informed the Assoclat
od Press that In hla opinion the Ba
tons reply to President Wilson's peace
note bars the possibility for the pres
ent of further Oerman step* to bring
about peace. In particular, he said,
It preclude* any direct announcement
by Germany of her peace conditions.
In answer to the term* set forth in
the lateat Entente note.
!• Fire etartlng in a pile Of run--
;; blah tleatroyed a building at York,
S. C., that contained a bank, 11-
£ brar.v, postofflce apt} theatre. Loss
Hi 00,000 or- more. « J1
MEMBERS ARE DOWN TO HARD
WORK IN EFFORT TO FINIBH
LEGISLATION.
'LEAK" PROBE HAS INTEREST
Senate I* Considering Wster Power
Lssslng Bill.—District of Columbls
Prohibition Bill, Passed By Bsnats,
May Strlks a Snag In ths House.,
Washington.—Whll* public Inter
est In Congress Is centered upon the
so-called "leak" Investigation, the leg
islative machinery of both houses Is
grinding awsy, and members have
settled down to hard work In an earn
est effort to clear the decks and avoid
an extra session,
j The senate still Is considering the
i public lands waterlpower land leasing
bill, but It may be side-tracked any
day for either the legislative or In
dian appropriation bill.
I Hearings on the nominees for the
shipping board continues before the
commerce commute*. When tho
nominations reach th* floor. Senator
LaFollette will protest against some
of the shipping idea* of Bernard 11.
Baker, the Baltimore nominee.
I The Interstate Commerce Commit
tee is preparing to report on , the
President's railway legislation pro
gram after holding extensive hear
ings. Ths so-called "compulsory ar
bitration" feature of the bills will be
modified, If It is reported at all, It Is
*•
The senate bill for prohibition In
thi District of Columbia, passed re
cently, I* about to be considered by
the District Committee of th* house.
Sentiment In tho committee Is said to
be unfavorable to it unless there Is a
provision for a referendum voto In
the District. Hoimb leaders say, how
ever. thero will be a vote on the bill
regardless of what may bo the action
of the District Committee.
BAILORB ARE COMPELLED
TO ABANDON U. B. CRUISER
Three Hundred Jack Tar* Fought for
Lives Against Hsavy Bea on
~ California Coast.
Euroka. Cal.—Shortly after S o'clock
at night the last member of the crew
of the rrulser Milwaukee, which went
ashore near h*re early In tho day,
was landed on the bearh. Not a life
waa lost, and but one man was hurt In
the rescue of the hundreds aboard the
stranded vessel.
In n fight for their lives against *
heavy sea, more than three hundred
United States sailors w*r* brought
ashore In breeches buoy* from th*
Milwaukee, which rolled In the sort,
with possibility of being a total loss,
on the northern California coast wher*
she atruck shore In a fog.
Breakers w*r* spraying over the
warship'* superstructure, and th* In
. c**s*nt pounding of ths waves was
driving tha vassal further ashore In
th* sand. Tha Mllweuk** fals* bot
tom was flood*d In an effort to anchor
bar against th* wash of ths sea. Na
-1 val officer* asbor* said It waa hardly
poasible that the cruls*r would *v*r
I float again.
Tha Mllwauk** Is stuck on the
sand only a few hundred yards form
! th* submarine H-8. which grounded a
I month ago. near the entrance to Hum
boldt bay. Th* crulsar was attempting
to aalvag* tha submersible at th* tlm*
of th* accldsnt. Within forty or fifty
miles on this part of th* coast, six oth
er vessels hava atruck ahor* during
th* last f*ar years, and non* of them
have been saved.
CENTRAL POWERS HAVE
WKLL-OEFINED GOAL.
Berlin, via Calvlll*.—Further com
ment on the note of the Entente Pow
ers to President Wilson lays empha
sis on ths decisive character of the I
declratlons which clear th* air, the 1
newspapers say, and give the Central
Powers a well-defined goal—defense
against the plan of their opponents
for re making the map ot Europe. ;
VILLA CHIEFTAIN AND
FORTY MEN KILLED.
Chihuahua City, Max.—The Villa
Chief Morena and alxty follower*
were killed In the fight January 11.
140 miles north of Parral, according {
to details of that action received i
from Oen. Pablo Oonxalas, com-1
mandlng the Oovernment troop* in the |
Held. The Carranxa troops lost Col 1
I Lozano and three officers snd eight
men killed besides a number of
■wounded. They captured a amall
number ot prisoner*.
A demand for an 8-hour day for
textile workers throughout the
country will aoon be made, accord
ing to John Golden, international
president of the United Textile
Worker* of America.
OLD NORTH STATE HEWS
Brief Note* Covering Happening* IN
| Thle Stat* That Are of lnt*r**t to
All the People.
Many new borne* are being erected
at Mt. Holly.
Ten farm loan association* have
been organized In Union county.
Th* pupil* In the public ichoola of
Fayettevllie are undergoing medical
Inspection.
The local bond Issue of $25,000 for
school Improvements at Bladenboro
has been sold.
The tenth annual convention of
the N. C. State Oplometrlc Society
will meet In Raleigh January 23 and
24.
| The Southern Railway pay roll at
Spencer amounts to more than a quar
ter million dollars this month for the
first time.
On his arrival at bis home In Ashe
vllle Governor Craig was presented
with a handsome gold watch by cltls
ens cf Ashevllle.
While playing around a Are under a
wasWlng kettle In the yard, the two
year-old child of a Mr. Carmlchael of
Aberdeen, was so badly burned, when
It* dress caught lire, It died a few
hours later. *
It was reported in Washington that
R. J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem con-
I templated building a paper mill In
| Washington county, N. C. He has
i purchased land there for $50,000 about
which there Is much timber.
A charter was issued for the Lloyd
Cotton Mills, Inc., of Gaatonla, capital
sso,odb for a general coton milling and
■ textile business, Including dyeing and
bleaching of fabrlca. The Incorpora
tors are Lueco Lloyd, A. K. Walts, F.
L. Wilson.
i The Seaboard Is pushing Its work
rapidly at Mt. Holly, and In a short
I while barring accidents and strike*
will soon be ready for putting down
the bridge work. Three pier* are fin
ished, fourth has cribbing and other
' work done. The dirt train Is filling
° ' in the approach from the Mecklen
' burg side.
Rev. Milton Webb, aged 85, father
of Congressman E. Y. Webb, and one
s of the pioneer Baptist ministers In
North Carolina, died at the home of his
son, at Shelby, following a second
stroke of paralysis. The death was
expected, as the attending physicians
had announced, earlier In the day, It
was only a matter of a few hours un
} til the end would come.
J The members of the personal staff
of Hon. Locke Craig, the retiring
Governor, presented him with a su
perb silver tervlce a* a token of their
B affection for him and their apprecla
tlon for personal and official courte
slss during the Craig Administration
, just closed. The member* of the staff
, went to the Governor's Mansion and
, presented the service fust before the
arrival of Governor-elect Blckett and
, his party.
y Thursday was truly an epochal day
, for Raleigh and North Carolina, mark
a Ing as It did the passing of the Craig
, Administration and th* Induction Into
, .the high office of Governor Thomas
W. Blckett and the adjustment of the
I state legislature to th* new condl
„ tlon* aa to leglilatlon brought about
by the Immediate operation of the
„ constitutional amendment ratified at
the last election. The Craig Admlnla-
tration passed out with It* record of
road building and general business
, progress, and Mr. Blckett. the new
transition of tenants Into landlords,
making country llf* aa comfortable
as town life and an appeal to sustain
Interest In every worthy Individual
and collective enterprise. The Inau
guarai ceremonies were most suc
cessful In *v*ry detail, closing with
a brilliant reception at the Mansion
by Governor and Mrs. Blckett and
the other state officers and their
wives to members of the Oeneral As
sembly and cßliens In general, and
th* ball in the auditorium.
Chairman Herlot Clarkaon and Rot>-
•rt Ruark, of spaclal committees from
th* State Bar Aasoclatlon and Stat*
Municipal Council, returning from
Raleigh to their homes at Charlott*
and Wilmington, said that th* commlt
t**s will rsturn to RaUlgh within ten
ay* with the perfected bills th*y will
offer to the Legislature for enacting
the machinery for control of munici
pal charters and municipal finances
under the operstlon of the constitu
tional amendment which have Just be
come operative.
For the first time In the history of
Catawba county, thrifty, progressiva,
s*lf supporting farmers hav* bought
corn and had It shlpp*d In for feed.
Some of the best farmers In the coun
ty who always have cribs bursting
with corn are buying It this winter.
The grain Is being be tight by the as
sociation of sweet potato grower*, who
are able to obtain It for ll.lt the
bushel. The reason for their pur
chased I* the July flood, which swept
* away the torn from practically every
piece of Bottom land In the county.
FORMER OFFICERS OF
VILLA ARMY IS SHOT.
j Mexico City.—Marcelo Caraveo. a
former Villa general, who was imprts
' oned In Chihuahua City by General
I Trextno and liberated when Villa at
! lacked the town last September, was
I shot at Teotltlan. del Oamlno. Oaxaca.
Oeneral Caraveo, soon after being lib
' erated by VUla. surrendered to th*
Carranaa authorities and was brought
to Mnxlco City and confined In th*
penitentiary. He had escaped from
thu penitentiary laat weak.
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l retic may be worth more to you
—more to jroq than 1100 if you
have a child who eoila thn bed
ding from incontinence of water
i during sleep. Cures old and younjr
alike. It arresta the trouble at
one*.' 11.00. Sold by Graham Dreg
Company. sdv,
"GOOD HEALTH GOVERNOR" I
Pleases State Board of Health—En
dorses Work of Board and
Recommend That It
Be Enlarged.
Board of Health Bulletin. i
The State Board of Health made
the statement to-day that it was
highly pleased that the State's new
Governor, Thomaa W. Bickett, has
been given the name of the "gooa
health governor." The Board wel- I
cornea the idea that during the )
next four years the health of the
people of North Carolina ia to re
ceive the attention that heretofore
other-questions of vital importance
have been wont to receive. It val
ues the views and rec
ommendations along the line of
constructive health work, ana
greatly appreciates his endorse
ment of the work of the Board.
The Governor in that part) of his
inaugural address which dealt with
health and health work, wore no
gloves for "quacks and quackery.''
He said in part:
"I am in favor of a law making
it a felony for any man to sell,
offer for sale or advertise! for sale ,
in North Carolina any proprietary
or patent medicine purporting to
cure cancer, consumption, diabetes,
paralysis, Bright'a disease, or any
other disease for which the North !
Carolina Medical Association ana j
American Medical Association de- |
clare that no cure for has beeif dis-|
covered."
Again he said, "I am earnestly in
in favor of a law requiring ail ]
vendors of proprietary medicines
t,o file with the State Board dl
Health a statement showing the
exact composit.on of such medi
cines, and that the State Board be
empowered to forbid the sale of
such proprietary medicines in the
State of North Carolina, if in its
opinion it is withouut curative val
ue in the treatment of the disease
it purports to cure."
Another health measure advocat
ed by Governor Bickett was that
every child who enters the public
schools should have at least twice
a year a careful, physical exami
nation. He not only endorses the
work that has been done by the
State Board of Health ia the past
but recommended that it "be given
ample funds to continue and en
large its work."
Make A New Year Resolution Not
To Worry.
"It is to late to make to
inake a good New Year resolu
tion," says the State State Board
of Health, especially when that
resolution its, "Not to worry."
Worry is abnormal aud is there
foreiujurionstohealh. Itweakons
the mental forces by tiring them
out by doing nothing. It never
gets anywhere. It is mental la
bor for nothing.
The effect of chronic worry on
health is almost that of poisun. It
not only disturbs the mind ana
perverts mental vision but it dis
turbs the natural functions of the
body, causing indigestion, poor nu
trition and neurasthenia. It often
produces a condition of the bow
els that favors constipation with
all of its attendent ev.ls. It under
mines the health and is af all times
a great menace to bot.'i mental
and physical health.
For most people, worry is largely
" a habit that can be avoided. Of
tentimes when reason is applied to
worry, worry vanishes, which is to
say, there is seldom a reason for
worry. Strange to say, the things
that people should Worry over
moßt worry them least. However
people can by firmly resolving not
to worry and by looking at the
physical and mental results of wor
ry, do much toward living a saner,
happier, healthier lite. '
A Business Romance.
. _
There are few people in any
civilized part of the world who
have not beard of the well-known
Kidney remedy, Doan's Kidney
Pills. The story of the introduc
tion of this remedy from country
to country until the globe had
been girdled would read like ro
mance.
It ia a strong testimonial to the
merits of a remedy which baa now
been on the market for fifty yearn
aud for the progrssslvoness of a
typical American business firm,
b'oster-Milburu Company, Buffalo,
N. Y., who have iuspired confi
dence everywhere, in tbelr adver
tising, by the use of local testi
monials. —Adv. It
Returning, to bis home from
work Wednesday night, Everett
Crosier, a farmer residing near
Uulley, Col., found the bodies of
bia five children lying In the house
shot to death, and bis wife lying
uucouscious in a field nearby. A
note supposed to have been writ
leu by Mrs. Crozier charged her
husband with infidelity and said
she didn't want her children to
be disgraced. Intimations of In
sanity.
Help For Girls Desiring Education.
Wshsveonour campus an
ment house, a two storyb uildiDZ
lot M rooms, with a frontage of
1M feet which may be used by
girls who wish to form clubs and
live at their own charges.
Pupils can live cheaply and com
fortably in this wsjr, many of them
having their table supplies sent to
them from their homes.
For further information address
J M. Rhodes, Littleton College,
Littleton, N. C.
The nomination of Winthrop M.
Daniels of New Jarsey to succeea
himself as a member of the Inter-
State Commerce Commission, heta
| up since December 9t by opposition
lof Progressive Republicans has
been confirmed. \ f _
EXPLOSION BUS
■INS PUNT
MILLIONS IN MUNITIONS AND
POWDER ARE LOST IN *lO
FIR*.
TWELVE INJURED, 2 MISSING
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Plant of DuPont Company at Haskell,
N. J., Is Almost Totally Destroyed.
—No Estimate of the Loss Is Ob
tainable.
New York. —Pour hundred thousand
pounds of powder was destroyed by,
Are and explosion at the Haskell, N.
J., plant of the da Pont Powder Com
pany. Officials of the company de
clared, after checking up the mem
bers of the night shift at ths Works,
that only two men were mlselng.
Twelve others were cut by flying
debris, bat none of them was serious
ly hart No estimate of the loss was
obtainable.
Until Investigation la completed no
further statement will be made as to
what evidences of Incendiarism have
been found, an officer of the com
pany said. ,
It was explained that the danger of
Are or of explosions from purely ac
cidental causes was reduced to a min
imum by the fact that no completed
ordinance was on hand at the plant.
The officers said ths propelling
charges for the shells were not at
tached until they reached the battle
field, and that the same was true as
to the detonating caps by which the
trlnltrotuluol In the shell bodies Is
exploded.
The statement said the Kingsland
plant was used for the assembling,
packing and preparing of these shells
for shipment. Large quantities of
these shells have been shipped to
Russia.
"The buildings destroyed were val
ned at 1750,000. The value of the
contents destroyed amounted approxi
mately to $16,000,000, of which $6,-
000,000 belonged to the company. The
company was protected to the amount
of about $3,000,000 In Insurance on
buildings and contents. The rest Is
a total loss.
"So far aa we have been able to as
certain, no one was killed or seriously
Injured as a result of the fire and sub
sequent explosions.
"An examination Into the circum
stances attending the origin of (he
Are in building No. 30 has created the
Impression that It Is possible, If not
probable, that the fire was of Incen
diary origin."
SITUATION A 8 TO PEACE UP
AT BESBION OF CABINET.
Entente Reply Gone Over In Detail.—
In President Is Only Hope of
Peace.
Washington.—At the Cabinet meet
ing the peace negotiations were dis
cussed only In general terms, but
afterward Secretary Lansing, remained
for a conference with the President,
and It was understood they went over
the Entente reply In detail.
The attitude of President Wilson
toward the replies of the warring
nations to his suggestion htat an op
portunity be given for comparing
peace terms remained undetermined.
Preliminary discussion of the ques
tion was begun at the cabinet meet
ing and at conferences between the
President and Secretary Lansing and
between the President and Col. E. M.
House, who spent the day at the
White House.
Informally, officials expressed the
opinion that the problem facing the
President Is how to reconcile the con
flicting attitude of the Central Pow
ers and the Entente Allies on the
question of comparing terms. The
Central Powers having offered to dis
cuss peace at a conference Of repre
sentatives of the belligerents and the
Entente Powers, though virtually de
clining to agree to a conference, have
given their broad terms publicity. It
was suggested that thf President
might seek a new method of having
terms compared.
SILENT SUFFRAGE "SENTINELS"
SALUTE PRESIDENT WILSON
Washington.—Although the temper
ature waa 11 degrees below freezing
and a cold wind was blowing, the 12
suffrage "silent sentinels' 'again took
np their picketing of the While House
to Impress their cuase upon President
Wilson. When President Wilson re
turned from golf, the silent sentinels
stood at aalute with their right hands
raised to their hats. The president
smilingly returned the salute.
REMOVAL OF THAW TO
NEW YORK TO BE FOUGHT
Phlladelhpla.—Plans for the remov
al to New York of Harry K. Thaw,
who recently attempted to commit sui
cide aa he was aboat to be surrender
ed to the New York authorities on
charges of kidnapping and assaulting
Frederick dump. Jr., ot Kansas City,
as soon as he Is able to leave the hos
pital. were diseased at a conference
here between counsel for Oliver A.
Brower and representatives |pf the
Thaw Interests.
English Spavin Linimnet re
moves Hard, Soft and Calloused
Lumps and Blemishes from horses;
•'so Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
Sweeney, King Bone, Stifles,
SpraihSrSwollen Throats, Coughs,
•'«. Save 950 by uue of one bot.
te. A wonderful Blemish Core.
Sold by Graham Drag Company
adv
J. D. Austin, manager of the Tex
as Oil Company at Maxton, waa in
stantly killed Saturday afternoon
two iniles from Maxton when the
oil tank wagon he was driving was
struck by an Atlantic Coast Line
passenger train moving at the rate
of M miles an hour. He was sixty
yesre old and is survived by four
sons and three daughters.
WE HAVB THB EARLIEST, BlO
gest, high class Strawberry grown.
Also the Best one or tns ever
bearing kinds; bears the best lla
yered berries from Spring until the
snow flies. Free Booklet Wake
field Plant Farm, Charlotte, North
Carolina. . - lffsbat
SUNDAY SCHOOL
i
Lesson lll.—First Quarter, For
Jan. 21,1 SI 7.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, John I, 38-51.
Memory Verses, 36-37—Golden Text,
John I, 43—Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns.
One of the wonderful and most' In
teresting things In fills' first chapter ot
John Is tbe many different names of
the Lord Jesus. In tills res|ieet It li
somewhat like Rev. L He Is called the
Word of Ood. flic Word made tiesh, the
Son of Uod, tbe Sou of Mun. the tomb
of Ood. the Messiah, tbe King of Isra
el. Jesus of Nazareth' and other names,
and each one beam a different revelfl
tlon of Him to our souls. I-ot om
heart cry ever be. "That I may know
dim!" until we inn say from the heart
"Yea. He ia altogether lovely; tbla If
my Beloved and this Is niy friend."
(PblL 111. 10: SOUK V. I til. When we
are fully occupied with lllm all else
will seem different AH .IIIIIU cried the
next day. "Heboid tbe Laiiili of God!"
two of John's disciple* followed Jesus,
and when lle turned and said. Wbiy
seek ye? they replied. Where dweiiesl
tbou? To which He answered. Come
and see! Tlila led to probably many
hours with -Hiiu. for It waa n'iout tbe
tenth hour (verses 8.V3D1, which was
not. as In the margin. two hours be
fore night, but ax we couut time, 1Q
a. m.
It Is easily proved by John xlx. 14.
where, at the sixth hour, which fhust
have been our II a. , in., Jeans was still
before Pllnte, that John Roman
time as we still do. Matthew. Mark
aud Luke use Jewish time, counting
from e a. m. (Roman timet as tbe be
ginning of tbe day, so with them tbe
tblrd hour would be our 0 a. m„ tbe
sixth hour our 12 noon, and so on.
Jesus was crucified at the tblrd bonr
Jewish time, or 9 a. m. Roman time
and our time. The darkness began at
the sixth hour and continued till tbe
ninth (Jewish time) or noon till 9
p. m. our time, wheu He died (Mark
xv, 20, 83, 34; Matt xxvll, 46, 46;
Luke xxiil, 44). He met tbe woman
at tbe weil at B a: m. or (I p m. (John
tv, 6), not at noon, .lost remembet
that John counts tbe hours of tbe day
as we do. What our Lord talked about
In tbla Interview we may Imagine from
-the previous chapter (Luke xxlv).
tyhere we rend of His conversation on
ifhe way to Emmaua. aud In tbe upper
room thut same evening. We know
that one of the two men on tbla occa
slon was Andrew, aud we may safely
conclude that the other was John him
self (verses +O-42). for the evangelists
have a way of not mentioning theit
own names when they are specially In
the event.
We may also easily Imagine thai
John found his brother .lames as quick
ly as Andrew found Hlmon. Are we
as eager to lirlug others To Him, and
does our talk about Him lead others
away from ourselves to Him, as Jobn'f
"Rehold the Lamb of Ood!" did? If
our motto "He inust Increase, but 1
must (John 111. 30.) The
next day Jesus went Himself to find
Philip of Bethsalda the city of An
drew and Peter, mid said to blm, "Fol
low me." I cannot tell you why He
sought Philip and went Himself to di
it, but I aui glail that He ever sought
me, though I fear that He has occasion
to say to me, as He did to Philip aft
er those three years. "Have I been sr
ipng time with you and yet hast thoti
not kliowq,, .Me?" (John xlv. 0.) Wf
ail seem to iiei-ot-ie acquainted with
Hl*n so slowly. Oh. how patient He
Is with us Ills "Follow Me" to Phil
ip (verses. 4it. +l> makes us think ot
His resurrection word I" Peter In chap
ter xxl. tl), 22. and the application tc
us is so helpful
Philip soon found a friend, saying tc
him. "We have found Him of whom
Moses In the law and the prophets did
write." With a djsdalnflll word con
cerulKg Naswreth Nathaniel was per
suaded to come and see for himself
aud soon lie was heard exclaiming
"Raiilii. Thou art the Sun of tlod; Thor
art the King of'lsrael" (verges 45-40)
Perhaps the word of Jesus, "Befort
(bat Philip ended thee, when tboi:
wast under the Hg tree, I saw thee,"
had something to do with Ills confes
sion. Only n- who knoweth our down
sitting and uprising and all our wayi
could say A"h tilings to any one (Ps
exxxtx. 1-41 It will help us greatly It
we rememU-r that we have to do Witt
Him who I.IIOWK us so thoroughly and
to whom all things are naked aud open
Our lord's next word to Nathaniel
"Thou shall SIT greater things than
these." I have often taken to mysell
as I have seen many of the wouderfu'
things He h:i« wrought for us and
through us. ami then have I pleaded
again Ills wonts In Jer. xxxlll. 3.
Tbe last verse In our lesson, whlcti
Is an evident reference to Jacobs
dream and vision at Bethel (Oen
xxvlll. 12). makes me think that per
'lisps under that fl-c tree Nathaniel had
been meditating upon tills very thing
else why should our l-ord refer to It'i
If my aupimsltlon Is right. It la a con
firmatlon of Hack tl. 15. "I know the
things tbsl come lnt» ysur mind, every
one of them." Only In this gospel U
this man mentioned by this name, but
he la supposed to lie the Bartholomew
of the other gosiiels, a* he la nlwayi
mentioned aa such with Philip (Matt
x. 8; Mark 111. IS; Luke vl. Mi. Tb
Isst mention of him Is In John xtl, 2.
where be Is seen sa one of (lie seven.
NITRATE PLANT CLAIMS TO
BE PROBED BY SEC. BAKER.
Columbia, 8. C. —Columbia'* light
for the OovsAment nitrate plant Is
being pushed energetically and plans
are forming to send a committee to
Washington to formally Invite Newton
D. Baker, Secretary of War, to visit
Columbia and look over what ahe has
to offer for obtaining the nitrate plant.
Word has been received from Wash
ington that Secretary Baker will visit
c«rt\mbia to the advantages of ths
locaticn here.
WARNING MADE AGAINST
GIGANTIC NAVAL PLAN
Washington.—Warning against
dertaklng too great a building pro
gram in naval plants the next II
months Is given Is the annual report
of Rear Admiral Taylor, chief con
tractor. Because of the shortage of
skilled labor resulting from the an*
precedented demands of private build
er*. Oe admiral says, "additional new
construction work must be undertak
en at the navy yards with great cars
ard recognition of probable delays."
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For Infants and Children.
rAqTnßil Mottiers now at
Genuine Castoria
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ZONE BYBTEM FOR PAPERB
PROPOBED IN POBTAL BILL
Ratea of Bseond Class Matter to be
Greatly Increased Under New Ter
ritorial Division. —One Cent Postage
on Local Letter*. ,
Washington.—One cent postage for
local first clase mad deliveries, and
a zone system of rates for second clans
matter which Is expectod to greatly In- •
crease the charges for magazines and
other periodicals having a nation-wide
circulation, Is provided for in the an
nual postoffice appropriation bill as
virtually completed In committee. The
measure, carrying appropriations to
taling about $327,000,000, probably
will be reported to the house next
week.
Under the one cent postage provis
ion the rate on letters and other mall
matters of the first class, when depos
ited in any postoffice or branch post
office or letter box or postoffice in the
delivery district, for delivery within
the limits of the postoffice, city or ru
ral delivery district, would be cut
in halt
The zone proposal for handling
newspapers and magazines, which
now pay a flat rate of one cent a
pound. Is regarded as one of the
most radical changes in postage rates
in years. It divides the country into
eight zones, with rates chargeable
ranging from one cent for 300 miles
to six cents for 1,800 miles or more.
The bulk of dally newspapers, the
oommlttee believes, will not be affect
ed, because they do not circulate be
yond a 300-mile radius.
Btumplng the Agent.
"I tell you," said the real estate
agent, "there isn't a finer residence de
velopment on earth than this. Just
look at the wonderful scenery." "The
scenery Is all right," replied the man
who was looking for a home. "The
only trouble 1* there's too much of'lt
between here and the city."
My Friend.
My friend is constant, like that high
star, and though distance and days
come between us, as do clouds between
It and me, I khow my friend Is still
there, shlalng with the same clear,
steady light, and when the distance
and days are melted away, I shall find
It so.—Leigh Mitchell Hodges.
COTTON PRODUCTION EBTIMATE
PLACES YIELD AT 11,511,000.
With Publishing of Report Cotton
Took Tumble of Nearly $5.00
f Per Bale.
Washington.—Further reduction in
I the estimated size of this year's cot-
I ton crop was recorded in the depart
! ment of agriculture's final report pat
ting the production at 11,611,000 equl-
I valent 600-pound bales, exclusive of
Unters. That is 126,000 bales less
than forecast after the last condition
' report in October.
Production by states, with last
year's crop figures for comparison,
follow: 1916. 1916.
Virginia .a 29.000 16,809
North Carolina.. 646,000 699,494
South Carolina.. 920,000 1,133,919
Georgia 1,846,000 1,908.673
Florida 43,000 47.881
Alabama 626,000 1,020,839
Mississippi 800,000 953,966
Louisiana 440.000 341,063
Texas 3,775,000 8,227,480
Arkansas 1,146,000 816,002
Tennessee 378,000 303,420
Missouri 62.000 47,999
Oklahoma 835,000 639,626
California 60,000 28,651
All others ...... 8,000 7,149
Placed Belfry en Wrong End.
St. Clnlrsville, O. —The carpenters
erecting the new Florence Methodist
Kplscoiml church In Pinch Run placed
the belfry on the rear Instead of the
front of the building. Members are
peeved. The mistake may be rectified
before the dedication, which will be
the latter end of the month.
I iron asew What Yoa Are Takiag
When yoa take Grtjve's Tasteless
' Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every botUe
showing that It is Iron and Qui
nine in a tasteless form. No
cure, no pay —6oe. sdv.
| The Governor of Mississippi ex
pects to call an extra session of
tbe Legislature to enact an abso
lute prohibition law for the State.
Li]uor shipments into Mississippi
now are limited to one quart every
| 15 days to any one person.
m to YEABS BEPI'TATION * L
Arnolds^
*"*■ Warranted To Cure
■ ALL SUMMER SICKNESSES DYI
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EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
Raving qualified as executors of
• ie wui oi Aiargaret King. drees*
ed, tue undersigned hereoy notify
all persons aolding claims agaioat
estate, to present tue Mine, dal>
authenticated, on or before tiie oth
day of January, 1917, or c.us iot.c.
will be pleaded in bar of u.eir re
coverjr. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make
immediate settlement. .
This January Ist, 1917.
W. B. BELLARS, ,
8. E. TATE,
Kx'rs of Margaret King.
4)an6t. j
HUBSCRiBB FOR THE GLEANER,
«I.M A YEAR
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