The Knocker. J One of the exchanges remark* that thlB Is the day of boosters and boost* lng. A great majority of fur p*>p?e are desirous of seeing thW town grow. Everybody watches the cen sus report Just to see how big they have gotten. The tjfcught of ad vancement seems to be in the popular mind. But also we have a sort of counter Irritant in every community that we commonly speak of as the knocker.' We always have had him, .possibly always will. He Is with you there In your town, and possibly he has a mission to fill. But whether he is of any use or not, you have him, and should bp able to take care of him. Any movement for improvement and betterment In your commulty will bring him to the fore, and it often happens that your local knocker is the very one yho should be the biggest booster in your town. It often happens to, that your knocked le not a pessimist at heart but ^finpiy knocks for lack of under standing. He works against his own Interest, against the Interest of his fellow townsman, because he really dosen't know what Is best for him. This often happens just because peo ple do not put forth any effort to be come better acquainted with those about him. The business men In a certain little city feel the need of a new bridge across the river, but the farmers on the other side of the river have been told, by some politlean perhaps, who wishes to curry their favor, that such a bridge would be an enormous tax, and those farmers are almost to a man against the bridge proposition just because they'do not understand, they have not stopped and seriously considered the situation, they have not realized that the bridge across the stream Will bring them nearer to the town, to better markets, to closer! fellowship with those of the other side of the stream, and that all these , things are of value to them. These men are knocking because they do,' not understand. Yes, every town seems to have the knocker, but we can not afford to j take him seriously; we must simply go on and ignore him. If you have work to do there in your town, do It. It may require a little nerve, some back bone, and courage, but if a thing needs to be done it will pay you to do it. Throughout this country there are many towns that have absolutely no reason for not progressing, except that there are some few people In the community who hold back?because there some knockers to be reck oned with. Yes, you have him It may be that he has retited from' active business. He has no children to educate,, con sequently he is not interested' In the betterment of the schools. He is j penurious and hasn't bought an au- | tomob.lle, so he dosen't care about spending his hard earned money for1 street improvement. He dosent hear very well and so dosen't'/go to church, so he dosen't feel incline to | contribute to the support of the churcli. Yes, you havi him. There " are many such knockers aboard. He | Is usually selfishand the selfish per son Is nevjer the best for the com munity,? -Cut since you have him in | some form or other It 1b necessary | far you, the real soldier of advance ment, to buckle on your sword and go out and light the battles of yourx town and community without paying attention to him. If you can just go on and do things you will be sur prised to see how many of the knock ers will fall In line, and after while ask to carry the flag or beat the drum. TiO MORE USr^ l... .j' FOB CALOMEI. Since CarsweU's Liver-Aid Arrived \ At F. R. Pleasants 1 No wonder everybody'? happy look ing better; feeling better. Old dan gerous, salivating calomel la out of a job and in its place comes CAR8 WELL'S LIVER-AID,1The pleasant tasting, sure acting discovery that banishes and hustles Into yonr tired strength and hultles Bat6 yonr tired overworked lW-ef and gently but -surely drives out poisonous gases v and foul secretions from every part of the bowels. It's a wonderful liver remedy that has freed thousands from the habit of taking calomel and brought health and happfne?? to score? -of homes In thfg vicinity. ^ - It is sold 'at 60 cents a generous bottle, rigidly guaranteed to please every purchaser ofc money hack. Take It for constlpatloBundfges tion, upset stomach* diolmu bili ousness, sick headache, malaria, kid ney troubles. A few doaes will make you feel line and vigorous. ' ? For sale by V. R. Pleasant. To Cure a Cold b One Day f.k. LAXATIVE BTOHO A? ?ti t Sg GROVE'S on ?ch box. 9* SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson XI.?Second Quarter, For June 14, 1914. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lmon, Luk? xvlii, 9-14) xlx, I-10?Memory Varoa, 19, 10 Golden Text, Mark ii, 17?Commentary Pre parad by Rav. D. M. Staaraa. Perhaps there are no people more difficult to deal with or to live with than those who. like the Pharisees, pride themselves upon their own right eousness. which In the sight of God Is only as filthy rags (Isa. ixlv. 6) and can In no case entitle one to enter the king dom (Matt v, 20). ' The righteousness ?which ts required by God must be ab solutely perfect, an unbroken law, for1 "whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend In one point be Is guilty of all" (Jas. It 10). The law is so holy and righteous that no sinful man can keep It. and It was never Intended to give life, but to prove our guilt, shut our mouths and lead us to. Christ, who 1* God's perfect righteousness and the end of the law for righteousness to every one that belleveth. There Is no Saviour or salvation for a righteous man In the Bible?that Is, for such as think themselves righteous ?but only for sinners. In connection with the murmuring of the Pharisees when our lord called Matthew or Levi, the publican, and Levi made Him a feast In his own house, at which a great company of publicans and others were present, our Lord said: "They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance" (Luke T, 31,83). On another occasion He said to the chief priests and elders. "Verily I say unto you that the publican? and the harlots go Into the kingdom of God be fore you" (Matt rrl, 23, 31). To this day there are churchgoers and church members who, "being Ignorant of 1 God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto tpe righteousness of God" (Bom. x, 8). ^ It is Indeed a?fearful thing to be sat isfied with oneself and have no convic tion of sin. In the first part of our les son today the Pharisee did not pray to God, did not ask God for anything, did not seem .to need anything, but prayed with himself and told God what a good man he Was and how much good he did and how thankful he was that he was not a bad man nor even like that publican.^ Truly be was well satisfied with his righteous self. The publican had no goodness to prove his right eousness, nothing good to say of him self, but he did have a consciousness of his own sinfulness, and from his heart he said. "God be merclfiil to me, a sinner." In the margin of the re vised version it is, "God he propitiated to me, the sinner." Weymouth has it, "O God, be reconciled to me, sinner that I am." The Lord Jesus Christ, who reads all hearts, the only Saviour of sinners, the only Judge of all men, said that the publican went to his home justified. I like the definition of justification which I learned in Sunday school when I was a boy, and, if I remember'cor rectly, It read thus: "Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein He pardoneth oil our sins and accepteth us as righteous in His sight only for the righteousness of Christ, Imputed unto us and received by faith alone." In the second part of our lesson we have a rich publican who had a desire tp see Jesus, and, though he did not seem to have the seme conviction of sin as the poor publican, he, too, was welcomed and saved. He was a prom -inent man, chief among the publicans. 'He was not prominent as to his phys ical appearance, for be was llttle.jof stature. He was not what one might call dignified, for he ran and climbed up Into a tree. His thought evidently Was to see without being seen. How surprised beyond measure he most have been to see Jesus look up and to bear Him call him by name and to hear Him say, "Make haste and come down, for today I must abide at thy heuae" (verse 5). Was this something exceeding abun dantly above all that Zaccheus had wve?^h ought to come his way, or was ft the Baviosr"? recognition of a desire Which Be had actually, seen In tke heart of this man? (Eph. til, 20; n, 6; Pa.-ex*, 10.) I cannot ten, Ait I do know that the "handfuls of pur pose" which the Lord drops for those Who seek Him and for those who Miflk ?to serve nim are truly wonderful (Ruth u, 18,1?). We do not wonder that Zaccheos made baste and came down and re ceived Him Joyfully (verse 6). Any one but a Pharisee would If he only understood what It meant According to John t 12, Zaccheus thus became a dhllfl of God and according to I John tL 12. had there and the forgtve nass of hfi sins?frwBy justified, as -Whs the other publican. There is only one salvation and one way of salvation for rich o* poor. It was foreshadowed In the atonement money of Israel, con cerning which it was commanded, "The rich shall not give more and 'the poor shall not give Jess than half a shekel" (Ex. xrx, 11-15). That which Zaocbeua said be did In vane 8 was part of the evidence that he had he come a child of God, iter, while no works of ours can W help to ob tain salvation, the fcood worts mast follow aa A result (Eph. ii, 10; Tit 1U. 8). Weymouth translates: "Here sad now I give. * X pledge myself to repay to him font times the annut" Report o Mi rand Jury. ? . The following is the report of the Grand Jury for Jiay term of Franklin Superior Court,, which wag made af ter the completion of their work oil Friday May 15th, 1914. To the Honorable O. H. Allen Judge presiding at the May. term, 1914, of Franklin Superior Court. We -ffie Grand Jury for said term beg leave to submit the flowing re port for said term. We have passed on all bills which have been given ug ineharge, and di? ' posed of all matter which have been brought to oar attention. Our Committee lias visited the county home, and And that the mana gement is very satisfactory, the in mates well cared for and satisfied, we suggest that the houses occupied by the colored Inmates be celled over head. tVe recommend to the county com missioners that a woman be employ ed to assist Mrs. Williams the wife of the superintendent in attending to and caring for the female Inmates'?of the county home. We have visited the jail in a body, and find the prisoners satisfied and well cared for. We recomend that a new floor be placed In the hall of the jail,, we have examined the offices of the court house officials and find the records well kept and properly indexed. We reccomend that, owing to the congested fcondltion of the office of clerk of the court, as to records and papers, that more room Is needed, and the same condition exists in the Re gister of DeedB office. We find that thegrand jury at the January term 1914, reccommended that a safe be purchased for the clerk of the court, and that a commode be placed 1 down stairs, and that neither of these | recommendations have been com plied with We recommend that the- county commissioners comply. with these recommendations. We, have visited the convict camp in a body and find one white, and one colored Inmate sick,. and one with foot in bad fix from a cut by an axe in his own hands. The sleeping de partment, we think needs attention, and that It is very unsanitary, and that a negro in that department should have attention, and that he should be removed immediately. We recommend use 9f lime on Inside of Bleeping'departments . Whereas we find the negro , and white man men tioned above, are unable to work, and are t:harges on the county, and we I think neither o^. them will recover under the circumstances, we have recommended to the sheriff that they be turned loose until he may see fit to have them Drought back. This release not to ba any expense to the county or Loulsburg, township. Respectfully submitted, **' F. W. Justice, Foreman- Grand Jury. Notice. I hereby give notice to the public that I have a contract with Frank Byrd, and Anna Byrd. Father and mother of Fred Byrd a minor, em ploying Fed Byrd for the year 1914, and herewith notify all persons ag ainst haling or otherwise laboring blm subject to prosecution by law. x,'* W. R. 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