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BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOB THE BUSY MAN
A discovery whereby epidemic spl
nal meningitis can be entirely con
trolled was announced by Dr. Simon
Flexner, director of the Rockefeller
institute at the conference of sanitary
officers of New York state in New
York. hTe control could be establish
ed, Doctor Flexner said, by injecting
serum into the cerebral spinal mem-
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF brane- tnus getting at the seat of
the disease. The application of this
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
new form of treatment will be not
one-tenth as dangerous as it was be
fore.
After a flight in a hydro-aeroplane
145 miles down the coast of Mary
land, Lieut. S. Gordon Ellyson and
Complete Review of Happenings of John G. Towers, U. S., landed on the
Greatest Interest From All broad beach of Bukroe, Va., three
Part of WnriH miles from Fortress Monroe. The of-
- - - i
ncers were suffering from the bitter
cold. Lieut. T. G. Ellyson, in charge
Smitfiorn or tne nval aeronautic school at An
nans for tne nrennwHnT of th napolis, and J. H. Towers made their
National Federation of Voting Women aescent aIter the most remtarkable
i -I Alill ('I'HNS II Urnr 1 n TH A hi ci -k
were iam Dy delegates who attended 7 . ""'"v VL
the convention of the National Amer- "avtl aviation.
ican Woman Suffrage association at opponents and supporters of the
Louisville, Ky. Mrs. George A. PIan which the American Tobacco
Smith, president of the organization company has mapped out for disin-
in Washington, made the announce- tegration both had their innings in
ment. "The federation," said Mrs. the United States circuit court in New
Smith, "will be formed by the enfran- York City. Counsel for the so-called
chised women of Washington, Cali- independent tobacco manufacturers
fornia, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Col- and producers had filed their brief of
orado, the states in which they have objections but a few hours when a
the ballot." lawyer for a committee of the pre-
When less than 200 miles of road ferred stockholders of the trust peti
lay between them and the end of a tioned the court to be heard in sup
1,400-mile tour from New York to Port of the plan
Jacksonville the first fatal accident Cattle received more attention than
of the 1911 Glidden tour occurred human being in the appropriations by
three miles trom 'litton, Ga., when b. the last New York state legislature
M. Butler of New York, chairman of according to a complaint of the state
the contest committee of the Ameri- sanitary officers' association embodied
can Automobile association, was in- in a resolution passed at its annual
stanly killed, Driver Charles F. Kel- convention in New York City. The
leman of Rochester, N. Y., was inter- resolution deplores the action of the
nally injured, and Mr. and Mrs. P. legislature in appropriating liberally
j. wainer or California received DroK- for the prevention of disease in cat-
en bones. tie While it cut tn th hnne annrnnri
The commerce court granted the pe- ations for the care of human beings
tition of the railroads in the Nash- suffering fro mtuberculosis
vine gidiu cases uy issuing a tempu- Doctor Cook, who was so onthnci,
rary injunction against the decision astica,lv weicome(, iT1 Pnn(,nhaiwi
f ,A rv nr,?r.. " " 0
VERDICT IS THAT
THERE IS FRAUD
IN CASE OF MRS. NANNIE JOHN
SON AGAINST W. E. CRITCHER.
WILL APPEAL.
HE MUST PAY HER $1,559.12
Suit Was From Wendell and the
Charge Was That By Fraud Critcher
Had Obtained Widow's Money For
Use in Business.
sion, wherein it ordered the roads not
Denmark, after his alleged discovery
of the North Pole two years ago, ar-
to grant reshipment privileges on riyed in CoDenhaeen aomnan?oA h
,1 l 4. x- v, ; " -
5i Ha, at .a0u,nlc uuui nis wife owing to the threatening
ilar privileges are granted to Atlanta, attitude of tne crowd Doctor Cook
Montgomery and other Southern cit- was escorted to his carriage D a de.
iniuuivui Wi lie 1UUU 1UUOW'
ed, jeering and hooting. The news
papers denounce him, some of them
The low price of cotton does not
seem to prevent the rushing of the
staple to port for export, judging from rec0mmending demonstrations of dis-
me receipts 01 conon at oavaiiuau
this season. A year ago Savannah
celebrated the arrrival of the first
500,000 bales of cotton at the port for
the season of 1909-10. There had
been recorded the receipt of 780,000
bales so far this season, an increase
compared to last year of 280,000 bales
The outlook is for very heavy exports
Frank Harrison, a negro who shot
and killed former Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Cooper at1 Northport, Ala.,
over a trivial matter, killed Deputy
approval at his lecture.
In adidtion to bequests to charitable
institutions the will of Mrs. Ellen
Mulveil of Chicago left $2,000 to
insure the care of an old horse. She
had driven the animal herself for 17
years and in her will provided that
the horse never be sold or worked.
John R. Walsh, former head of the
Chicago National bank, died at his
home in Chicago. He lived only nine
days to enjoy the liberty of his pa
Sheriff Brown Horton and a negro role from the Federal penitentiary at
and wounded a white deputy named Leavenworth, Kansas,
Hornby and another negro in the Archduke Ferdinand Charles, neph
swamps near Sanders' Ferry, Ala. A ew of Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus-
posse is on his trail. hTe fight took tria, who recently renounced his rank
place in a wild spot in the lower part and all privileges as a member of
of Tuscaloosa county, Northport, the imperial family, has married in
where Cooper was slain, is a village Switzerland the daughter of Hofrat
iear Tuscaloosa. Czuber, a professor of engineering.
The archduke wished to renounce his
General. rank in 1903 to marry this young w&
Conditional appropriations, aggre- man but the emperor refused permis-
gate $635,000, were granted to six col- slon- ine marriage, nowever, is now
leees and universities bv the board of with his majesty's consent and ho has
trustees of the John D. Rockefeller granted nis nepnew an annuity U 40,-
fund for education the General Edu- 000 crowns
cation board: To Southern Methodist The town of Milpa Alta, Mexico, in
university, Dallas, Texas, $200,000; to the federal district, and within thir
Furman college, Greenville, S. C, $25,- ty miles of Mexico City, was almost
000; to Bucknell university, Lewis- totally destroyed by fire and dynamite
burg, Pa.; $35,000; to Earlham col- by Zapatistas, who fought what ap-
lege, Richmond, Ind., $75,000; to Grin- pears to have been a drawn battle
nell college, Grinnell, Iowa, $100,000, with Federal troops lasting for more
and to Smith college, $200,000. than five hours on a mountain road,
The government's long-planned suit a short distance from the ruined
to break up the so-called "steel trust" town. The insurrectos returned the
was begun at Trenton, N. J., in the fire of the government troops shot for
United States circuit court. It is shot and are said to be now occupy
the most sweeping anti-trust action ing the village of Nativas, only two
ever brought by the department of miles from Xochimilco,
justice. The 'government asks not In a speech before the Commercial
only for the dissolution of the United Club at Aberdeen, S. D., President
States Steel corporation, but for the Taft replied with feeling to the
dissolution of all constituent or sub- charge that he had set up the Su-
sidiary companies which are alleged preme court with the idea that it
to have combined in violation of the was to emasculate the Sherman anti-
Sherman law to "maintain or attempt trust law and declared anew his in
to maintain a monopoly of the steel tention to have that law enforced.
business." There are thirty-six sub- The president referred to the criti
sidiary corporations named as defend- cism of the Supreme court's rulings
ants. in the Standard Oil and Tobacco
Further defection to the Chinese trust cases and declared that the
rebels, including Nan Chang, capital charges that the statute had been
of the province of Giang-Si, and Kwei- made ineffective were untrue,
Lin, capital of Kwang-Si, have served
io increase xne tension or me revo- .k;n f
infiiiTi It ia fnmtnnnlv rpnnrtfln in I
Pekin that the imperial family is now e urover eiana cnooi is tne
ready for flight. The road to Jehol, name selected by the commissioners
115 miles northeast of Pekin, is stud- of the District of Columbia for the
ded with troops. Other rumors des- iatest public educational institution of
ignate tne ioreign settlements in nen f
Tsin as the nossible refufre. Wasmngton,
Leading roasters advanced the price ory OI tne iast democratic president
of package coffee one cent a pound we bestowed on the recommendation
to 23 1-2 cents, but families which Gf the board of education, which stat
us sugar in the beverage may find sol
ace in the fact that a cut was made
in the price of this commodity.
A light frost was reported in Tex
as as far south as Houston. No dam
age was done to cotton.
President Taft signed the long-ex-
ed that the name of every deceased
president of the United States except
president of the United States xecept
naming the schools of the capital.
Reform in the rules- of the Federal
Supreme court to expedite cases
pected proclamation declaring the awaiting the courts action some
neutrality of the United States in times delayed two or three years
the war between Turkey and Italy. was inaugurated by Chief Justice
The proclamation was forwarded to White- Hereafter the time for oral
VVashington, and the state department argument of cases will be three hours
will notify the powers. ' instead of four. A new. rule provides
Eight miners were killed and eight for a "summary docket," on which
others were temporarily overcome by wi be Placed cases whlcn tne court
an explosion of powder in O'Gara mine should expedite. The court will ar--o.
9, a mile from Harrisburg, 111. "ve at a decision as to these after
A crossed electric wire is said to a motion has been presented to it to
have been the cause. ''affirm" a decision in a court below.
Miss Ida Conquest, the acrtess, has nly half an hour wlU be allowed
just teen married to Riccardo Ber- each side or argument on this docket,
telii of Boston- "Rejected on the ground of fraud,"
Raleigh. By the verdict of the jury
-Irs. Nannie Johnson, of Wendell,
was awarded $1,559.12 in her suit
against W. E. Critcher, of Wendell,
in arrest and bail proceedings. The
suit was for $2,050, and in the de
fendant Critcher admitted receiving
$2,012.35, the other being paid in
taxes and declared he had paid her
412.35, leaving $1,6000 which the
plaintiff, so defendant alleged, had
invested in business with him as part
ner, that the business failed and that
the plaintiff had received advances
from the store, and goods, which
wiped out the $1,600 and that he had
put $600 in the business.
The charge against Critcher was
fraud and misrepresentation in ob
taining the money which Mrs. John
son, a widow, realized from a piece
of property sold in Raleigh. She
declared she had left Critcher have
it to use in the business as he as
sured her profits. Critcher alleged
it was a partnership, but the jury
said not. It found that Critcher had
not paid over to Mrs. Johnson
412.35 as alleged, that he owed her
$440 for board for himself and men,
that the stock of goods taken by Mrs.
Johnson when the business closed
was worth $250 and not about $600
as Critcher alleged, and that Mrs.
Johnson owed $128 on the store ac
count. The result of the suit was that Mrs.
Johnson won on practically every is
sue. The defendant has given notice
of an appeal to the Supreme Court.
EXPERTS FOR GOOD ROADS
The Trinity College Authorities Are
Boosting the Good Roads Demon
stration Work in This Section.
Will Be Thrilling Affair.
That the daily flights of the Strobel
biplane at the Fayetteville fair will
be thrilling in the extreme was
evinced by the fact that Harry La-
van, the daring young aviator who
Durham. Trinity College authori
ties are trying to give the good roads
a boost and havo been planning to
have the government send experts
here to do demonstration work on
their campus.
There are two and more miles on
the big lot which will be macadam
ized and put in shape for an idea
drive way. The college is now at
work upon this, and has had the city
crusher and roller leased for a short
while, in which to do this work. It
is a tremendous job, because the col
lege road varies in length from 30
feet to 50, thereby costing from three
to five times as much as the ordinary
road, all other things being equal
The opportunity for doing this dem
onstraticn work is therefore large,
President W. P. Few does not know
what date the government can under
take this work, but has a hope that
it will do so. Durham's road prob
lem is less perhaps than most coun
ties, because it has now above 115
miles of macadam. But preserva
tion of it is something else. This
road is on the decline all the time,
and it is costly to maintain. The
cost of all this has been from $3,000
to $5,000, and there has been no way
to reduce the wear and the loss of
granite. The government's work
here would be that of finding the
best stone, the best binding and the
best oil for this soil and use it. It
is simlar to the soil analysis which
determines the best fertilizer to be
used for growing crops.
The government has not given the
date upon which it can come here but
there is not a great amount of doubt
that it will come. The college is
building a beautiful entrance to its
front yard, a turnpike of fifty yards
The campus road will necessarily last
better than the county's because the
almost level "lay of the land" will
make washing almost impossible.
BIG GUNS WILL
SALUTE 1. TAR
PLANS ARE MADE FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW OF
THE BIG FLEET.
A Novel Case Is Completed.
A novel case was completed in
Guilford superior court. This was an
action brought by C. W. Pegram of
Stokesdale against Charles Ingram of
High Point for injuries received by
Pegram, his horse and buggy, when
the animal became frightened at In
gram's automobile and ran away with
him several months ago. The acci
dent happened near Stokesdale. The
plaintiff told a wonderful tale of the
has performed creditably at Rich- ; fl.ght of the horse, which broke away
mond, has got "cold feet" after the j from him and ran towards home. Just
perilous situation of his landing ! before the animal reached home,
point, and has thrown up his job ra- j Pegram said, it "ran into a clump of
ther than attempt two flights daily j hickory saplings at the side of the
from a landing place within a half- I road. The harness broke; the leaning
mile race track half surrounded by a saplings straightened up, carrying the
mill pond. Nevertheless the flights
will take place. When Lavan an
nounced his intention of quitting, the
fair management got busy and as a
result of negotiations with Charles J.
Strobel, the owner of the machine, an
expert aviator is now on the way here
from New ifork.
Complain of Lack of Farm Help.
The planters of nearly every section
of the South, are complaining bitterly
against the lack of farm help and
the beautiful fields of unpicked cotton
are discouraging them. It is said that
not anything like the yield will be har
vested and that the loss by the plant
ers on account of the lack of help
alone, will be enormous. One planter
in Periquimans county is said to have
125 acres of the richest lands in cot
ton, with very little of it picked and
he can get no assistance. The land
is said to yield a bale to the acre
and the seriousness of the situation
can easily be appreciated. There are
plenty idle negroes and some whites
without work, but cotton picking ap
pears not to appeal to them.
buggy up in the air, so that it was
necessary to cut down one of the
sapling3 to let the buggy down." Pe
gram sued for $800 damages for per
sonal injuries and $200 damages to
horse and buggy. The case resulted
in the defendant's favor.
Wanted For Passing Bad Checks.
A man giving his name as Charles
Gilchrist is badly wanted by several
Raleigh business men and the police
for passing worthless checks three
checks, each for $11.65, signed - by
Acme Wood Company and payable to
himself. They were drawn on the
Wake Savings bank, which reports no
such account. The checks were pass
ed on Cross & Lineham Co., Peebles
& Edwards and C. R. Boone.
Awaiting Confirmation of Sentence.,
Burrill and Leona Casey who were
recently found guilty in Craven coun
ty superior court of poisoning Mr.
Joseph Whitty, Leona Casey's former
husband, and who were sentenced to
a term of ten years at hard labor in
the state's prison, are still confined
in Craven county jail, awaiting the
confirmation of their sentence by the
supreme court. A correspondent visit
ed them in their cells and they still
seem very unconcerned in regard to
their fate. Burrill Casey stated that
he was sure that the supreme court
would not confirm the decision and
that they would, be given a new trial. He
further stated that he believed that if
he had another trial that a very dif
ferent verdict would be brought in by
the jury. However, this is not the
opinion of the general public.
Greensboro Jail Being Completed.
The new city jail, which is the old
fish market overhauled, is about com
pleted and will be ready for prisoners
after November 1. The prison has
separate cells for male and female
and white and negro prisoners. It
will be heated by steam and have
every convenience that is provided in
larger modern prisons. When the
new prison is ready, ,. the chief of po
lice and other members of the force
will be given a larger office and quar
ters, with a rest room for officers not
on duty.
Bicycle Thieves Are Busy.
Another wave of bicycle stealing
has struck New Bern and owners of
bicycles who do not care to part with
their machines are guarding them very
carefully. About three months ago at
least fifteen or twenty bicycle mys
teriously disappeared and the owners
have never seen them since. Where
they went to or who purloined them
will doubtless ever remain a mystery.
All of the nearby towns were notified
of the thefts and the police at those
places kept a' diligent watch but fail
ed to locate even one of the lost cycles.
Improving Automobile Highway.
With a view to improving the na
tional automobile Jhighway through
Davidson county, a force of men has
been busily at -work in Boone town
ship, near Spencer, grading some of
the worst places on the road. The
work is being done under the super
vision of J. B. Bailey and W. H. Whit
ner, two of the leading good roads ad
vocates in Davidson county.
To Abandon The Experiments.
Orville Wright has practically de
cided to abandon the, experiments he
has been making at Kill Devil Hill
with a gliding machine in the hope of
discovering an automatic method of
preserving the equilibrium of heavier-than-air
flying machines. -His record
breaking test when he remained vir
tually stationary in the air for nearly
ten minutes, convinced him that the
development f aviation depended al
most completely n a greater knowl
edge of air currents send greater skill
in meeting such conditions.
Clearing Away Old Buildings.
The work of clearing away the old
buildings on the site for North Caro
lina's first fireproof state administra
tion building on Morgan street, be
tween Fayetteville and Salisbury
streets, is well under way now, and it
is expected that the lot will be clear
and ready for excavations to begin
any time after November 1. The state
building commission, Ashely Horne,
chairman, and W. E. Springer, Wil
mington, secretary, is to open bids
for the erection of the building, Nov
ember 1.
MAYFLOWER TO HEAD LINE
Each Vessel Will Burn Powder In
Firing Twenty-One Guns In Honor
ing President Taft Will Watch Ar
mada Get Under Way.
Chicago. In other respects than
more mere number of ships and pow
cr of armament, the great naval re
view to be held at New York prom
ises to eclipse any naval pageant ever
seen in this country. President Taft
not only will saij through the four
line3 of ships at anchor in the Hud
son river, but will watch the vast
armada pick up it3 anchors and get
under way.
He then will lead the long column
down the bay and off Staten Island
will stand aside on the Mayflower and
again review the fleet as it passes out
to sea.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer who
came to Chicago to assist in the ded
ication of the new naval training sta
tion here and to arrange for the re
view has left for the East.
. The main features of the review
have been agreed upon. The Secre
tary of the Navy will inspect the fleet
from the Dolphin. In a sense this
inspection really will mark the be
ginning of the pageant, for Secretary
Meyer will be received with the roar
of all the guns and other honors due
his office.
The Mayflower, dressed in the finest
of bunting and flying the President's
flag, will reach the head of the four
battleship, when the commander-in
chief of the fleet, Rear Admiral Oster-
haus, and possibly the division com
manders, will pay their respects to
the commander-in-chief of the army
and the navy. President Taft will re
turn Admiral Osterhaus' visit on
board the flagship Connecticut. When
he is again aboard the Mayflower, the
yacht will steam up the river through
the water lane formed by the first
and second columns of the anchored
fleet, a distance of seven miles. After
the last little torpedo boat at the end
of the columns has paid its tribute of
twenty-one guns to the President the
Mayflower will turn and steam back
through the third and fourth columns.
Will be Ready For Opening.
Washington. The tariff board's
much discussed report on the woolen
industry i3 to be transmitted to Con
gress upon the opening of the next
session in December and the board's
report on cotton will follow, probably
before January 1. This, it became
known, is the administration's pro
gram with relation to the big tariff
fight that will be waged by the Demo
cratic majority in the House ai?.d be
tween the Democratic, insurgent Re
publican and regular Republican for
ces in the Senate.
A staff of fifteen clerks at the cen
sus bureau is putting the finlsning
touches upon the tariff board's wool
en report.
Fight a Duel to Death.
Aberdeen, Miss. Joe Reese, a loco
motive fireman in the employ of the
Illinois Central Railroad and Frank
Scitz, a timber man of Longview,
Mass., fought a pistol duel at the Illi
nois Central Railway station resulting
in the death of both. There were no
eye-witnesses to the shooting and the
cause of the quarrel is unknown.
Both men are said to have been
drinking.
Makes Second Trip Down Niagara..
Niagara Falls, N. Y. Capt. Klaus
Larsen of Detroit, made his second
Niagara river trip in a motorboat
from the cataract to Lewiston. He
completed the six miles through the
turbulent waters without a scratch.
Larsen says he is through with Nia
gara adventures, but next year will
make a trip across the Atlantic in his
boat, the "Niagara."
1.
Murder and Then Suicide.
Parkersburg, W. Va. Carroll L.
James, a railroad conductor of this
city, shot and killed his father-in-law,
William Pritchard, probably fatally
wounded his mother-in-law, slightly
injured his wife and committed sui
cide at Pennsboro, W. Va., Ritchie
county. James broke into the Pritch
ard home and caught his victims
while they slept. He made no effort
to harm his 4-year-old daughter, who
occupied the bed with her mother and
grandmother. The tragedy follows a
series of sensational occurrences.
Situation At Peking Is Bad.
Peking. The situation in Peking is
becoming worse. A veritable panic
prevails among the Manchus. The
trains that are leaving the capital fcr
the most part are drawn by two
engines, so heavily are they loaded,
the people sitting on top of their
household belongings. Officials are
seeking asylum for their wives and
children among the foreigners. Prior
to the revolution, the newspapers
frequently cried out against the
presence of foreign soldiers but the
natives are now fleeing to ' them.
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Latest General News That Has Been
Condensed by the Editor For Peo
ple of the State.
Oxford. Everything Is in readiness
for the opening the Granville county
fair. A splendid exhibit is now being
arranged and floral hall is being made
very attractive.
Raleigh. William Jones, a former
hackdriver here who was given a 2
year sentence on the roads in connec
tion with a noted and most scandalous
case, and who escaped from the con
vict camp a year ago, has been re
captured.
Fayetteville. From ten acres of
land in this section this year a farmer
got 400 bushels of clean threshed
oats and about 30 tons or -peavine
hay. He will realize more than
thousand dollars from the ten acres
He also grows plenty of potatoes and
raises plenty of hogs.
New Bern. Marion Harrell and Le-
roy Stanley, two colored youths of this
city, were found guilty of second de
gree murder in Beaufort county court
and were sentenced to terms of 20
and 25 years in the state's prison at
Raleigh. Harrell and Stanley were
charged with killing Oscar Hill, also
colored, while on a colored excursion
en route to Greenville; N. C, from
this city several weeks ago.
Raleigh. Mr. Wilson G. Lamb, of
Williamston, chairman of the state
board of elections, was a visitor to
Raleigh. Mr. Lamb says that he finds
that tobacco is selling higher than .for
years and that he knows of many far
mers realizing $150 an acre from it
Peanuts, he says, are selling at from
3 1-2 to 4 cents a bushel, the crop
good, though 20 to 25 per cent, small
er than last year.
Raleigh. Mr. D. J. Whichard, edi
tor of the Greenville Reflector, who
was in Raleigh, invited his Raleigh
friends to attend the Pitt County fair
It is to be strictly a Pitt county Agri
cultural fair. Friday will be Educa
tional Day, with an address by state
superintendent of schools Joyner,
when all of the school children In the
county will be in a big parade.
Davie. Henry Angell tells us that
on 3 3-4 acres of land which had no
fertilizer or manure, he raised 165
bushels of corn. Counting his labor
at $2.50 per day for breaking and
$1.50 per day for cultivating, the total
cost of producing this corn was $26
For the corn at 75 cents per bushel,
he received $99.75, which was $73.75
clean cash on the lot. This is a
mighty good showing, considering the
dry year.
Lexington. The Alumni of the Uni
versity of North Carolina in Lexing
ton and Davidson county, will hold a
big banquet in this city on November
9th. There are 26 university men in
the county and all of them are ex
pected to be present ai d make an in
formal talk to the boys. The toast-
master will be the only and inimitable
Zeb Vance Walser, who is president
of the Davidson County Alumni Asso
ciation.
Wilmington. Certificates of incor
poration of the Carolinas' Cotton &
Southern Industrial Agricultural Ex
position Company, granted a charter
some days ago, has just been received
for record at the office of the clerk
of the superior court. The authorized
capital stock is $250,000, but it begins
business with $50 subscribed by the
five incorporators. The purpose is to
give a cotton exposition in Wilming
ton next year.
Raleigh. Governor Kitchin is just
back from Marion where he delivered
e address for the McDowell county
fair which he says was exceptionally
successful. He was greeted by an im
mense audience that gave him an en
thusiastic reception. While he would
not discuss that phase of the situa
tion for publication, he seemed well
pleased with the conditions as he
found them relative to the impending
senatorial contest.
Kings Mountain. Messrs. Carl
Mauney, White and Beam of Cherry
ville passed through here on a novel
trip to Miami, Fla, They are making
the trip through the country in a wag
on and expect to reach Miami in about
four weeks. They expect to go into
the trucking business and, raise toma
toes for the early markets. With them
they had several head of horses, with
which they expect to work their crop
this winter.
Durham. The case against Oscar
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theater, in which he was charged with
showing obscene pictures, the lan
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Thomas W. Bount of Roper. The
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W. J. Peele and Prof. M. C. S. Noble.
The secretary is R. D. W. Connor.
Greensboro. Dr. Charles W. Mose-
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fering from a broken arm, which in-
ury he received while cranking his
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office, though he suffers considerably
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Esther Pleading
For Her People
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LESSON TEXT-Esther 4:1-5:2.
MEMORY VERSES-4:13. 14.
GOLDEN TEXT "The Lord preaerretlk.
all them that love him." Psa. 145:20.
TIME Accession of Xerxes, B. C. 4S0L
Xerxes conquers Egrypt, 1st and 2d years,
B. C. 485, 4. He prepares to Invade
Greece, 2d to 6th years, B. C. 4S4-48L
Vashtl deposed in his 3d year, B. C 483.
Invades Greece, B. C. 48L Defeated at
Thermopylae and Salamls, B. C. B. 4B&.
Esther becomes Queen, B. C. 479. Ha
inan's plot and defeat by Esther (occupying-
nearly the whole year), B. C 474.
PLACE Shusan (Susa) the winter capi
tal of the Persian Empire, about 200 miles
southeast from Babylon and 125 mile
north of the Persian Gulf.
There are two principal theories
concerning the historical nature or
the Book of Esther: one, that it is a
veritable history; the other, that It
is a historical romance founded one
fact, like Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
and Henry VIII., or like Scott's novels,
or Homer's great epics. While there
are a number of serious difficulties,
yet there are few if any unanswerable
arguments against its being a true his
tory. Xerxes is the Greek shortened
form bl.he Ahasuerus of Esther, as
York, for instance, is a shortened formi
of the Latin Eboracum. He began tot
reign B: C. 485 and ruled for 20 years.
We can best understand Esther by
means of thpse parts of his history
which reveal his character. Xerxea
at the very beginning of his reign:
completed the conquest of Egypt
which his father Darius had begun
On his return he Immediately beganj
to prepare for the invasion of Europe
and especially of Greece.
Xerxes sought a queen in place of
the deposed Vashtl. The one select-
ed from the most beautiful women!
of the empire was Esther, a charming
Jewess, a descendant of one of the
exiles, her great-grandfather being4
among those carried captive to Baby
lon by Nebuchadnezzar in 598. Her
Hebrew name was Hadassah, the.'
myrtle, a beautiful and favorite shrub'
in the east. "Esther" means "a star,";
and many think it the same as Ishtar
the Babylonian equivalent of Venus
She must have been quite young: atl
the time of her marriage, not orer
15 years. Four or five years pass
and then begins the tragic story of!
Haman, his rise as a king's favorite,,
his pride Incensed at the conduct of!
Esther's cousin Mordecai, his attempti
to bring vengeance upon the whole-
Jewish race on Mordecal's account,,
his success in obtaining a decree,
from the king, throughout his empire,-.
to destroy, to kill, and to cause to
perish all Jews, both young and okLj
little children, and women, in one
day."
Great mourning and terrible dis-'
tress came upon the Jews all over
the empire as they learned of the de-.
cree. Mordecai sent word to Esther,
now about 20 years old, asking; her;
to go to the king and request the de
liverance of her' people. Esther re-
plied "Whosoever shall come unto1
the king into the inner court,' who Is
not called, there is one law of hia tot
put him to death. Except such to
whom the king shall hold out the.
golden scepter." There was, there-
fore, a possibility of Esther's reach-
ing the ears of the king, but with
the greatest uncertainty as to how"!
such a capricious king would act,
especially as his love for her hadi
cooled. The mission Mordecai com
mitted to Esther was one of great;
danger and difficulty. It required the
utmost heroism.
Esther, put on her royal appareL
She was a sensible, practical woman,.
and used her. beauty and charm of
person and of dress to accomplish..
her object.
She waited for the fitting time.
The king held out the golden sceptre.
The sign that he received her, and;
that the most dangerous part of her
mission was over:. Instead of askinc;
her favor, where she would be sur-f
rounded by spies and possible ene
mies, she invited the king to a ban?
quet in the seclusion of the Harem
gardens. She invited Haman her en
emy to join with the king and thus
ward off all suspicion, and at the;
same time have him vhere he could,
not escape.
Esther presented her petition .'In,
wise words and pointed out Ham air
as the enemy who was seeking; her
ife and the life of her people. The
king was very angry and immediate
ly deposed Haman, and had him
hanged on the gajlpws he had pre
pared for Mordecai.
The result was a counteracting de
cree, permitting the Jews to stand
up in their own. defense,' and large
numbers of their enemies were slain.
The Jews were saved- from destruc
tion, and exalted i bef ere the people.
Mordecai took Ham-Jn's place in the
government. The feast of Purim -was
instituted with great feasting and
oy, and has been' celebrated annual
ly ever since on .the fourteenth of
Adar, February-March, one month be
fore Esther.
One of the most' interesting stud
ies in the story of Esther is to trace
the ways of divine, providence, and see
how God makes all things work to
gether for the goo"d of his people
God's sovereign grace' and man's free
will are here seen perfect harmony.
Heroism in Every Day Life -is the
expression and cultivation of the he
roic spirit in our ordinary daily liv
ing. We cannot all be heroes In great
things, but the field of heroism is ev
erywhere, in every home, in every
town. There are great enemies to
overcome in our own hearts.