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THE CHATHAM RECORD H A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance Wtot VOL. XXXIU BRIEF NEWS NOTES MTTSBOO, CHATHAM UOUNTY, N. U.. MAI 31, 1911. NO. 42. THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion One Square, two insertions One Square, one month $1.00 S1J50 S2.S0 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made ANNUA FOR THE BUSY IN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. Francisco Leon de la Barra. the Mexican foreign minister and former ambassador at Washington, took the oath of office as provisional president of Mexico. He will act as the chief executive in succession to Por rerio Diaz, who resigned, until a een eral election can be held. Order pre vailed throughout the capital. Porferio GREAT SUN SES- "um aunng years an L CONVENTION ORDER OF RED MEN WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Parts of World. Southern. Mexico has stood to one side, hat ir nana, stole from the capital with great secrecy. Only a few devoted frienas whom he dared to trust followed him to the station. He was bound for Vera Cruz to take ship for Soain. General Diaz undoubtedly will make his home in Spain, probably in Madrid The Revolution in Mexico will hit the till of that country to the tune of more than $20,000,000 (American). according to Policarpo Bonilo, former president of Honduras, .who arrived in XT ' rew urieans irom Mexico City. "It SION AT ELIZABETH CITY. SUCCESSFUL YEAR. AN INCREASE OF MEMBERS Election of Officers Retiring Great Sachem W. L. Stamey Elected Great Prophet and Great Representative to Great Council of the United States The Florida senate passed the An- looks as though peace will come to gle bill, abolishing the convict lease Mexico," said he, "but I doubt that it system by the vote of 21 to 7." The will be permanent. I fea rthe hasty cm was recently passed by the house, wm be permanent. I fear the hasty p n H nnw it nnlv remsinc fry natron. I fiv pica tn monv ;-! i. . v Raleigh. The thirteenth great sun session of Improved Order Red Men of North Carolina convened In its Gilchrist to sign the measure to sound vhen the Mexicans find themselves re- first business session at Elizabeth the death-knell of the lease system in Heved of the restraint to which they City. mis state. ine Dill was passed by were subjected by the former chief One matter of considerable in- the senate only after a long and nard executive." terest was the large number of mem fight. Only one change was made in For six hours Mmc. ntv v i-n bers . admitted.- Tieine- tho lnroo the bill as it passed the house, arid tn hands of a mob until a rainstorm, number in the history of the state mis m now ise anects tne sense of the more enective tiian police and ' sol- organization. measure as it was originally drafted, diers, caused the dispersal of most of W. J. Leary, Sr., Edenton', was elect The bill has been placed in. the hands them. Twice soldiers fired on the ed great sachem and J R. Anderson. of Governor Gilchrist, . and it is ex- mob, the first time at the Zocalo, the Charlotte, great senior sagamore. The pected tnat ne will take some action j Dig square in front of the national race of the greatest rivalry was for in regara io it witnm tne next few paiace, and again to disperse a mob great junior sasramore nosition in line days. Speculation is rife as to whetn-l which had stoned the building occu- for presiding officer, there beine two Ci luc suvciuui wm sigu me measure, liuparciai, ana naa set it candidates D. E. Henderson, New- aunougn mere are enough votes m n ure. ju imparcial, which eontin- Bern, and Rov C. Falannaean. Green iaor oi me dui to carry it oyer the uea to prepare for publication, de- ville, the latter receiving a majority governors veto.' sr-3 the attacks made on the build- of six RPti President Taft, in Washington, ing' goes so far as to place the esti- Stamey, High Point, was elected great touched an electric button and sig- mate at aead, mostly at the Zocalo. prophet and also by acclamation great naled the start of the parade tn 'Mo- VVltn President" Taft, Governor Dix representative to the erand council bile, Ala., to 'celebrate the two hun- ana -viayor Gaynor participating an of the United States, which meets in dredth: anniversary of the founding ine ceremonies, iew York's new $10,- Cleveland. Ohio. W. Tten finndwin of Mobile by the French. The maron- 000,000 library was formally opened. Elizabeth fMtv. was re-elected ; prnt -ers went around the old limits of the lue "orary is me largest, most cost- chief of records without opposition. city as marked out by the maps drawn f uu uue Ul l"e most DeauilIul DUlia" A warm race was made for great by Bienville and Aberville, Tnohmed "Bs m me wona. it is Digger man vPIn.r nt wi?wnm r otote tr.mr. in the parade were 300 bluejackets the congressional library, holding the candidates being W. E. Hendron, and marines from the fleet at Pensa- x.Buv.ww vuiuuies tuQ Hlgh Point and tQe incumbent E coia. xney were under Rear AQmi- o..v u p H. Rtrimok WilmiTiPtnn the int. - I ncratno Vi OOC n..n . r x l. t - rai ward and Rear Admiral Lucien l. c u,""v' Byu,e A ter winning out by, a small majority wugiisiiivucti iiuiaij. x lie laiiu upUU which the structure stands is valued at $20,000,000. A BANK CASHIER SUICIDES R. M. Spruill of Tlrrell County, Banker and Superintendent of Schools, Short in Accounts. THREE MEET DEATH 1 SEABOARD RAIL PLUNGES HEADLONG INTO BURNING TRESTLE. HAD NO TIME TO STOP TRAIN Raleigh. R. M. Spruill, cashier of the Merchants' and Farmers' bank at Columbia, Tirrell county, and su- A DOUBLE-HEADER COAL TRAIN perintendent of the county schools, was found dead in the woods some distance from that town wltti a bullet in his brain. By his side was a note stating that two men whose names the authorities are withholding were responsible for his suicide, and direct ing the disposition of his money and property. He had been dead for some time. Recent examination of the bank's books disclosed complica tions in the bank's affairs, and a spe cial examiner was sent to work on the books. Sprill turned over every thing to the auditor and disappeared ine nrst evidence or a sbortage came Charlotte. N. C. A double-header 111 elefm 5rom the county treas. Seaboard freight traln plunged Qead. uici iu mo aiaie treasurer a. I rial- eigh, holding up a state school fund long through a burning trestle be rheir fr,r i nrtn frr,miaur ov, tween Bostic and Ellenboro, N. C. Seventeen Cars of Coal Pile on Top of Engines and Men at Bottom of Creek Two Fatally Injured One Fireman Saves Himself. MEN'S PLUMED HATS APPEAR Downy Adornment for Masculine At. tire Is the Greatest Departure In a Century. Chicago. Plumed hats for men are the latest. They have made their ap pearance in Chicago and have caused a great wave of excitement among the fashionable men of the city. They are the biggest departure in masculine adornment made In a century, and are so decided a change from the con ventional that leading hatters declare that a complete transformation In men's formal attire will be the result. The extreme styles in men's plumed hats will not become popular at once, say experts. Extreme styles never da But observant persons have noticed that for several years many of the better dressed men of Chicago have I ISRAEL'S PENITENCE Sunday ScIm1 Lmm far Jtmm 4L 1312 Specially Amnpd for This Papor LESSON TEXT-Rmw U. MEMORY VERSES t-C GOLDEN TEXT "Thou Act a. GoA. Ready to Pardon, Graclou ajad MtrdTUf. Slow to Anger." Neh. f:17. TIME Hosea bega.n to prophecy twr the close of the reign of Jeroboam IX. tm. Israel, whose reign closed B. CL 751 (Beecher). or 763 (Hastings). His propatt life extended Into the days of HexeklAh. king of Judah, who came- to th thmi (Beecher), B. C. 723 (Hastings). 72T. rijAUE Hosea wu a DroDhct northern kingdom. PROPHETS Isaiah and Ifleak; Amos. began for Spruill. Three men, all white, were killed. They were Engineer R. M. Green of Monroe, N. C, Engineer J. M. Lind- sey of Cherryville, N. C, and Fireman Young. The executive committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen voted unanimously for a strike of the firemen on the Southern railway should the company refuse to accede to their demand for a 20 per cent, in crease in wages. The committee will confer again with President Finley, and if he refuses the demand will at once order a strike. When inform ed of the action President Finney de clined to make any statement. a strike will affect 2,400 men on 8,000 miles of road. An unusual sight was witnessed on the streets of Moultrie, Ga., when a white woman was sentenced to work upon the streets in default of paying a fine after her conviction in the recorder's court. She was con victed of an infraction of the munici- W ashington. Unless otherwise directed by con gress all ttiat remains of tne ill-fated Ben W. Taylor, Washington, and W. S. Liddell, Charlotte, were rivals for the vacancy as one of the great rep resentative to the great council of the United States, the latter being elected. Among committee reports of in Lat"!SP M5ne' af5er, H ha! been terest to Red Men of the state was that of state of the order and mem hprchin The vrrJot- 4a in tinfisr fl. out to sea and sunk in deep water. The j-x- . . . . . j aiuuvjui uuuiuuu auu migci ill llivrill- . i i- v. x cui iu.au. crci uctuic aiiu uiaua raised from Havana harbor and strip ped of parts of value, will be towed report which the war department sub mitted to congress. Secretary Dickin son has approved the recommendation and says: "Action will be taken ac cordingly unless congress directs oth erwise." President Taft denied the applica tions for the pardon of Charles W. Morse of New York and John R. were approved for continuing the great work for another year on larg er scale than ever before undertaken. The increase in membership during the past year which closed May 1, was excedingly gratifying and the announcement elicited great applause and enthusiasm. Upwards of 1,200 new Red Men, have been added WflQ"h of Phipflcn tha txpn Trine Trr-i i pal ordinances and sentenced to pay nent bankera PVPr onnvMa 9nH sent Ncrtn Carolina, Bonds are Sold, a fine of $10 or work twenty days on tn Pp1pral r.iter.tiaHec nr th. Nortn Carolina 4 per cent forty the streets. Being unable to raise the nstional banking laws Not only did year bonds to the amount of $310,000 required amount she was forced to ac- the president refuse to pardon either were sold to Messrs- C. C. McDonald, cept the alternative and was placed Tnr.ca nr wQio, oic, of Raleigh, and A. B. Leach of New iuuS W1tu a. ucgiu cuiivil. at this time tQ exercise any otner York, for $310,124. Of this amount, Enraged citizens quickly paid her fine. sort of . exeCutlvo clemency in these ?250'000 is for tn.e erection of the vv. P. Brown, the well-known bull cases or to shorten the sentences im leaaer in cotton, one or tne nrst to posed upon the two men. In denying predict 16 cents for the summer the nardons the nresident tnok a months of this season, is once more firm stand that the national banking enteen bidders for the bonds a aany visitor on the New Orleans laws or any other laws must be up- cotton exenange, and tne gossip of the held when they affect the rich man, musx IN0X B,eacn r.' . . new fireproof administration building and $60,000 for the state school for the feeble minded. There were sev- flcor is that he has an active interest in the market He seem3 to have al most completely recovered from Uii recent illness which was the cause of his return to his home here from Xew York, where, during the winter, h? was engaged in large operations in the cotton market there. even more than when they affect the poor. Senator Borah of Idaho, author of the resolution providing for the direct election of senators, which is now the unfinished business of the senate, an nounced that he would press the con sideration of the resolution without in- The pure food division of the state department of agriculture has had seized a lot of flour at Asheville be cause it is highly bleached in viola tion of the state pure food law. The flour was shipped into the state by the Cumberland mill of Nashville, Tenn., and was found in the stock The South Carolina planters of sea terruption to its conclusion. Senator of H" X Ilive of Asheville- The . fine Heyburn of Idaho predicted dire con- ""a 1D AUC uBnmeui island cotton gathered in Charleston to taKe action to secure a reason able market for the staple. It was. decided to commence the campaign for a better marketing condition by combining with the National Farm ers' Union and attempting to have that body co-operate with the planters in marketing their crop at a profit President C. S. Barrett of Union City, Ga., who was present, assured the planters of the co-operation of the na ticnal body. sequences which might befall the some time .ago discontinued prosecu- country if the direct election amend- uons Ior SIlgni weacmng Dut tnis is ment to the Constitution were made very much bleached, the food chemist, in the form and manner provided for w- M- A1Ien, says. The fact is the in the Borah resolution. department proposes now to resume B.iat, i wT,ir,ar, Prosecutions for ven slight bleach- Ibl 1U tWlilb WWA 41"U Getting Ready for Big Legal Battle. As a preliminary Droceedine tn en tering upon the actual trial of the Roy Dooley of Monroe,. N. C. Those famous Ware-Kramer suit asrainst the seriously injured were Early Lewis, American Tobacco company for $1,- colored, a fireman from Monroe, and 500,000 damages on June 13 in the lJn weeiy, coiorea a Draseman Federal court here. United States CaP- Frank Howell of . Charlotte, Judge H. G.. Connor has directed that was conductor of the train, which contending counsel to anDear June ft consisted or J cars leaded with and submit all arguments on pending Clinchfield coal destined for yarious motions, an that all thaca pouiis m ims secuoii ana to me 7 mv bUM-lr KA, X X LUL.tJ 111U T 1 1 VT I cleared up before the jury trial comes South- The train was drawn by two up. Among the motions to be thus engines, owing to its weight. The disposed of are that each side Dre- fact that tne trestle was burning was sent certain hnnlrs nnri letter flia not discovered until too late to nalt yet drawn into the litigation. The before reaching it. Both engines and depositions taken in this case already 15 of tne cars crashed through th constitute a reonrd nf four thminri fire-eaten woodwork to the stream be- or more typewritten pages and there low five cars PilinS UP on the two are numerous exceptions noted that eneines- Engineer Green's body was are to be disposed of so far as Judse extricated at once. A wrecking train Connor's rulings are concerned before was sarted from Monroe for the the trial begins. scene of the tragedy as soon as tidings of it reached that place Enforce Quarantine and Vaccination. Tne scene of the accident was Wat The Raleigh school committee has km s trestle, two miles east of Bos- passed an order prohibiting the at tendance of any child at the public schools of the city unless there has been vaccination with results satis factory to the city physician. The ap pearance of two cases of smallpox in Growth in Past Decade Pointed Out the schools a few weeks ago brought bY Southery Railway's President. about this order. At the same time Washington. The astounding . pro- the city authorities have determined gress cf the Southern states along to keep up rigid quarantine of small- agricultural lines is pointed out by pox cases and persons exposed as in President Finley, of the Southern the past in spite of the recent re- Railway company, in calling attention peal of the state law requiring qtfar- to the comparative figures made pub- antine, a change that was brought llc by the government showin - tve in- about by the state board of health on crease in the value of farm s in the much criticised ground that vac- as compared with 1899. cination is the proper preventative of The values in the two years refer- the spread of smallpox and that quar- red to with percentages of increase, antine is an expensive protection for are as follows: the few who wilfully stand (out Value Value Per. cent. against being vaccinated. States . . 1910 1899 of increase Ga. $210,192,000 $72,985,000 188 Teachers' Training School Succeds. S. C. .. 140,009,000 51,324,000 173 ' 1 n"l r tic. No other members of the craw except those specified were injured. FARM CROPS OF THE SOUTH. East Carolina Teachers' Training Ala. school, at Greenville, has a remark- Miss. able record for an institution only N. C. two years old. The enrollment the Ky. past year reached 226, which was 32 Tenn. more than the dormitories will ac- Va. commodate, the overflow having to Fla. find board in the town. For the sum mer -teachers' term soon to begin. fully 50 applicants have been turned 136,867,000 62,584,000 119 134,401,000 75,066,000 79 122,037,000 53,214,000 129 .110,731,000 65,655,000 69 102,009,000 56,459,000 81 71,264,000 41,517,000 72 15,104,000 6,677,000 126 The Plumed Hat. worn a ruffed feather Just above the bow of their dress hats. Recently this feather has been made a trifle larger until the leaders of fashion have accepted It as permanent feature of the thoroughly up-to-date hat The most striking of the new hats are in the shape of the foreign Alpine hat which comes In all colors and can be had with any style of trimming de sired. One shown is of a light pearl gray and trimmed with a dark green plume, with a light border of rich yel low. A Paris milliner would call It Btriking. The same style with a long green quille makes another combination be coming to many faces. The Alpine hat admits of almost unlilmited changes and will permit well-dressed men to show as much individuality in the mat ter of hats as women do now. The dent-crown imported soft hat shown, with a novelty wing, Is of dark gray and comes In many pretty shades of brown, which will harmon ize well with the newer fabrics which the tailors have been Importing for spring suits. Wearers of the always formal silk hat will also be able to take advantage of fashion's latest caprice and will not be denied the privilege of ornamenting It Dignified white and gray aigrettes and other more conservative feathery effects can be added to the latest French style with the flat brim with out defying the mandates of Dame Fashion. tha $1,042,614,000 $485,481,000 115 President Finley, believing the in- away for want of rooms. Despite the terests of the Southern Railway com- handicap of receiving no. appropria- pany and the people of the territory tion for improvements by the last it serves are identical, states that the legislature, treatment not accorded Southern is devoting much of its ener- any other state school, this school has gies toward making Southern devel- cone a great work. As its name opment more positive. It has now in implies, it is a training school for operation live stock and cotton culture teachers and It is carrying out its departments, for the purpose of pro- miSSlOn Well. mntirtr tha rnicintr rf Htt oi-li- o ti --"o -xxw vx. ii r obvvn auu securing larger vields of cotton to the Prize Winners in Auto Contest. acre as well as airline- in tne hr.ii Following a meeting of the technical weevil fight. It is now conducting a. committee of the Savannah automo- campaign for good roads throughout FOR CROSS-COUNTRY FLYING Aviators Gradually Turning Their At tention to More Important Phase of Sport. New York. Cross-country flying is gradually attracting more and more attention on the part of aviators. This is, of course, as It should be. Mere racing around a track, for hours at a time, goes for nothing in indicating its satisfaction the reason for the ac cumulation of household goods by Maj. Archibald Butt, the apparently confirmed bachelor, who holds the ex alted position as aide to President Taft, -as well known as the robust figure of the chief executive. It is expected almost any day that the an- lng as deleterious to the health of the people. Statesville Air Line Progressing The Statesville Air Line is going right ahead. Practically all of the grading is done to three miles from the terminus. In the course of the nouncement will be made of the en- summer the track will be laid, and eaeement of Major Butt and, Mrs. 11 10KS now as n. it would -not be T.iir-v Herron Lauehlin. Airs. Laueh- lnS before the dreams of some of lin is the sister of Mrs. Taft tne citizens will be realized. The joint resolution admitting An General. Pierre Vedrine, the French aviator, arrived at Madrid, Spain, . being the first contestant to complete the third stage of the Paris-to-Madrid aviation race. The Paris-to-Madrid rac was begun on May 21 under the auspices zona and New Mexico to immediate Teachers' Examinations July 13-14... of the Petit-Parisian, which offered a statehood, but. withholding approval There are 175 public high schools ' - I I a a m i prize ot $20,000. In addition the Soan- of the constitutions of both states un- m .worm uaronna employing prob- ish Aero Club gave prizes amounting til the people have ' voted on certain ably more than 600 teachers, and it ?o $10,000 and King Alfonso offered proposed amendments to them, passed is ior the fliiing of these positions a special prize for the fastest speed the house of representatives by a viva as teachers that the examinations are over the Spanish section. Twenty ma- voce vote. - No roll call was demanded called for each of the county seats chines were entered. on the final vote. in this state July 13 and 14, to be No effort is made now to dlseuis Congress will not adjourn until close held by the county superintendents. the fact that President Diaz of Mexico I .to September. This is the opinion the questions to be prepared by the Heave the country at an early expressed by Vice President Sherman, state board of examiners. There is cate. it is expected that he will Representative Underwood, majority to be at the same time examinations spend several months visiting differ- leader, and also Speaker Champ Clark, for the five-year public school cer ent countries In Europe. Mr. Underwood said that the house is tificates provided by law for teachers lhe Mexican chamber of deputies determined to put it up to the senate to avoid annual examinations. passed the bill providing general am- to vote on the farmers' free list bill nesty to political prisoners. The state department replied to the Convicted Using Mails .to Defraud. oan was placed on tipping at a criticism oi tne uerman press on In Federal court at Raleigh. J. L. iass meeting of barbers in St, Louis, the arbitration treaty between the Bowers was convicted of using the The action comes as the result of United States and France by saying mang for fradulent purposes. He was nvestigation by the International Un- that Germany had herself to blame, sentenced to one year and one day Jon of Journeyman Barbers of Amer- for not being include in the proposed jn the Atlanta prison. He ordered JV. representing the TTniterl Rtaeo rrmvention. It was Stated tnat tne f,ln,itii on nths nn , wtw. 1 w I lUlUiLUlO UUU l,XXX VJIU0 X. X 17111 1110.11 Canada and Porto Rico. treaty as now drafted was simply a orrier houses, to be nairi for on the notmcation that peace had been basis indicating tne terms oi arDitra- in.t-iiment nlaT, RenriiTifi- the orders ' fU'eed to, the management of the tion which the United States was dls- In a number of fictitious names from ; ttUU,wl railways or Mexico began posed to discuss witn any ot uie pow- Rosemary) Halifax county, Wilming- "on uluuu. il is psnmsrofi That I om enTeren in ULiier wuius .me vrci- x. j xt n tr. i t ., , , , , I . , , , , LUIl H.I1U inuiiluh.. ne IS kuuwu to r- ir, i 7 . y ' 4 miACS oi man guvciuuio '" have obtained over $6,000 worth of '"iroads nnt rt rvmm I n.. 4. ;p V Vioc-io fnr trrtiatirvro I . V1 vumuusoiyu. . tne paui u. P-ooris In this wav He has n wife m 1 1 X. XI IS nwk hmmaI- appeals lavoraoiy , me uman and children in Wilmington. pie. bile club, the winners in the endur ance run from Savannah to Charlotte were announced. The winners fol low: Class A, Morning News trophy T. A. Bryson's Packard and H. F. Kuck's Stevens-Duryea tied. Class B, Augusta Chronicle trophy R. V. Connerat's Buick, first; J. E. Finner's Buick, second. the South with a road improvement train with the hope of inducing the construction of a complete system of improved highways. Civil War Prisoner's Feat. Terry ville, Conn. A memorial can non and tablet were dedicated here to Dorence Atwater, who was born here. While a war prisoner at An- Class C, Columbia State tropy- sonville, Atwater copied for the Con- J. H. Ham Of Charlotte in Maxwell, fprlerate government the naoa f 13,000 Federal prisoners who died in E. M. F., first; I. V. Seckinger second. Class D, Charlotte Observer trophy W. P. Durst of Greenwood in Max- while in confinement, and secreted on his person a duplicate list By means of this rlnnlir'ato Hot tha ctto ima rf oil well, first; H. Y. Righton's Hupmo- tne deaa were locatea t the close t bile, second. the war. Instruments and Uniform for Bands. In addition to getting new instru- Postoffice Department Out of Debt. Washington. For the first time in ments from the war department, the the higt of the seryi -t is gaid ro t ri a rT thft thAA w 4-rm Tn.itt i ' r T T the deficit in the postofflce deartment V, T ; I has leen entirely wiped out and $1, nanr Till I rivaoo tiritf nimio 'I V. n m I T lull UICOO UUllUllUOi 1UQ . 1LC T uniforms for the first regiment band at Asheville have been shipped. Central Highways Stirs Enthusiasm. The central highway? proposition has the state stirrefcL -It is going to be built and will give a new impetus to the good roads cause in North Carolina. 000,000 surplus for the current fiscal year, ending June 30 next, is in the treasury to the department's credit. Postmaster General Hitchcock has signed a warrant returning to the secretary . of the treasury $3,000,000, the last of the amount set apart from the public funds to assist in defray ing the expenses of the postal service for the present fiscal year. Schoolgirl's Essay Wins $5 Prize. At the Raleigh Murphy school there was presented to Miss Edith Farmer, Field Mass For Spanish War Dead. Washington. Military field mass for the Spanish war d&ad was . cele- Pleire Vendrlne of France. the value of the aeroplane. Gradually the short trips, so uncertain and dan gerous, have been stretched out, until now 150 miles in an air line is a com mon occurrence, made in a single non stop, flight. One of the most daring cross-country flyers is Pierre Ven drine, whose feats have astonished France. In one of these cross-country journeys he flew 181 miles and In an other 212. Recently he flew from Paris to Pau, a distance of about 500 miles. - and treatment of tuberculosis that was offered by the North Carolina Federation of Women's clubs. Monument to Hon. R. Z. Linney. At Taylorsville a monument has been erected to the late R. Z. Linney in the town cemetery. It is three feet by seven and nearly two feet thick. ' ton monument before and audience of fully 25,000 people. President Taft, members of the cabinet, the diplo matic corps and of Congress were among the participants in the mass, which was preceded by a parade of the local veterans' association, the National Guard companies of Wash ington and members of Catholic or ganizations. The event was the first of the kind celebrated in Washington, Bargains In Bright Dollars. Trenton. Because many foreigners In South Trenton were parting at half price with bright, new, silver dol lars bearing the date of 1879, It has been necessary for some of the banks to announce that these dollars are not counterfeits. The cry was raised among the small tradespeople that money of this particular date was no good, and several strangers hav been going about collecting them. What was the iniquity cf Israel from which Hosea exhorted her to re turn unto the Lord? The degr&d&tioK of religion Into a sensual and revolt ing worship of idols, and the toeiisbt. and weakening separation from th Southern Kingdom. The period va& one of frightful violence and cosfe sion; all ties of social llf tm loosened; immorality, irrellglon. mr perstitlon, panic and despair contrib uted to the common misery and ruin; it hardly needed prophetic Insight tm foresee the inevitable end in th total, dissolution of the state. Their reliance upon Assyria, for sal vation Instead of upon Jehovah; their reliance upon' Egypt, the Land csl horses; their reliance upon Idols, (be work of their own hands. All the- lo ner woes of the nation prune tttxm, its idolatry, and all its woes fitom without sprung from the mischievous foreign alliances against which. th prophets continually protested, Nota that this is more than a confession It is a promise of amendment, a vow c total abstinence from these sins. God promises to the repentant bs- tlon, promises for the past. forgiv- ness. I will heal their WffHInn, that horrible disease of apostasy front the Father's love; for the present, love; I will love them freely, "without money and without price," for what price could pay for this inestlmablo blessing? for the future, ever4ia- creasing progress and blessedness; God will be to his restored peoplo asv enriching, stimulating, reviving dew. causing them to throw out new branches, strike new roots deeper Int the soil, blossom in beauty and fra grance, and bring forth fruit tn anna dance. What Is the significance of three comparisons used of the Btored people? L They are to be? Oho the lily, in Its purity and beauty. 2 They are to be like Lebanon, rooted. deep in the earth, with, its foothills stretching forth Like roots; or perhaps the reference is to the firmly rooted, cedars of Lebanon; at any rate tne comparison signifies strength. wbJeai is to be added to beauty. 3. They are to be like the olive tree, which is not lovely as the Lily but is gnarled and ugly; nor strong and Imposing Dk the mountain and its great cedars, hut feeble and Insignificant to the eye- but it is green when other trees are bare, and it brings forth abundance eft! rich fruit The confident statement (whether made by Jehovah, or, as some com mentators and both authorized sad re vised versions hold, by Ephrsim him self) that Ephralm (that is, Israel, thor leading tribe being put for the eattre Northern Kingdom) has nothing; more; to do with idols; he is through witfx them ; they are laid away with, his un happy past This actually happened after the exile; the returned Jews had. had enough of idolatry, and never again lapsed into that sin. Hosea certainly did not mean, as ho is so often misunderstood to mean. that Israel was so firmly fixed In idol atry that the nation could never be moved from that iniquity. The prophr et was addressing Judah, the South ern Kingdom, and bidding her hold. aloof from her idolatrous neighbor and let him alone, lest she herself' contract the foul disease. The sum of wisdom, according ta- Hosea, is that wisdom consists of three things: Understanding, hnow lng the things that Hosea had beeav Betting forth, namely, God's dealtnga with his children. Understanding; that God's ways are always tight, straight. alike when they spread themselves out in an unbroken level for the pious, and when they oppose themselves int. rocky stumbling-blocks to the an-godly. Hosea began his warnings at thei point where we feel the most pride. Our nation is proud of its wealth, and. power, but these two things lead to worldiness, which is our greatest: peril. What would be the substance ad Hosea's message to the nation and tn each one of us? "Take with. yon. words, and return unto the Lord." Our sins must be acknowledged, humbly before God and frankly before everjr one who should hear the confeasion. for any reason. Then we are simply., in Christ's strength, to ober Sam Jones' oft-repeated injunction. "Quit your meanness!" We are to "eeaeo to do evil, learn to do welL" There is a story of an ancient Uns: who lighted a lamp and had it hung; he. his palace; he then sent heralds forth to bring into his presence every crtml-- nal and rebel, that they might obtainv. pardon. Those that came while th& lamp was burning were set free; but those that delayed till the lamp had gone out, or altogether neglected the. invitation, met with a terrible death. Unlike this, God forever holds forth. his offer of mercy, and his lovlne eart always yearns after the sinner; sut with each wilful delay we harden, sur hearts till at last they are fixed. Ja the ways of sin. t;- 1 1 y i 't i t. L. ' i 'M't f , it . ( t '' !' V if J: .. ii-i v: ' I 1 ' n i i i . i ' j : ' 1 5f H ; f , ! 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The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 31, 1911, edition 1
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