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THE CHATHAM RECORD tl A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance VOL. XXXIV. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 27. 1911. NO. 20. THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one ' insertion $L00 One Square, two insertions U50 One Square, one month t $250 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will bo made. NEWS OF THE WEEK JCmilio Estrada, president of the re public of Ecuador, died in Guayaquil suddenly. He was 65 years of age. President Estrada was elected to of fice on January 11, 1911, and was i ATF NEWSOF1HE WORLD inaugurated on SePtember i- He was UlEiniil J I to Iron ccrinnclv 111 n Ua. 1 Of n f tViQ i fctlVjr.l a X J1U, I 00 mo mnnth anri wont r "nit- tn t-o. cuperate. During his sojourn there a plot to assassinate him was discov ered and several conspirators were arrested. Guayaquil is quiet. Opposition members of the Russian duma ridicule ex-President Guch- koff's legislative proposal to provide for tariff war schedules, applicable to the United States, at the expira tion of the Russo-American treaty of commerce and navigation, which he and other signers representing the WAK SOn EAST, NORTH Ai U Notes From Foreign Lands, Through out the Nation and Particularly the Great South. E COUNTY IS S28,00GBETTER OFF THAT IS SHOWING CONTAINED IN ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE COUNTY. DECREASE IN THE EXPENSES Southern. Governor Ben W. Hooper of Ten- lessee, an inmate of the state pern- octoberist and nati0nalist parties in Itemized Statements By County Audi- THE HEALTH PROTECTIONS An Account of What Is Being Done Over the State For the Protection of Health. tentiary not, however, because he had committed any crime. In gath ering material upon which to base liis pardons in his proclamation oi Yuletide clemency, Governor Hoopei thought the best plan would be to go to prison and see for himself which the duma have introduced into that body. The opposition declare that the proposal would strike hardest at the Russian agriculturists and cotton manufacturers. "We have nothing to hide. We are Raleigh. Guilford county has em ployed a well trained ; physician as county superintendent of health. He devotes his entire time to guarding the people against preventable dis eases, to lecturing in the schools on how to prevent diseases," and to in specting the children for defective eyes, ears, throats, for hookworm dis eases, etc. Twenty-seven counties have made provision for free state and county roadv nt omr timo fnr tho' n?pntR nf nriennprs neserveri consideration. "j - - - nrin. h? inoamorntinn th .nv.n,. the law to begin investigating," de- or will observe all the prison regula tions as though he himself were a convict. He was released after 24 One hundred and 'fifty indictments appear in the January issue of The oinct siwort votpr-sollors in T.pp American t eaerauomsi. ine lurtu county, Virginia, were handed to the cominS number of the official organ Commonwealth'- attorney and others of the federation will be the first to i.-,i - u iu. j anoear since ursauueu mwi o u- clares President Samuel Gompers, of the Americas Federation of Labor, in an editorial on "Labor's Position; Lawful and Progressive," which will tor Gives Saving In Past Year Over Previous Years of $2,000 In Conduct hoowkorm dispensaries, Johnston and of County Home. Gates were the last two counties to i take action m- . -w-v . fi - f a 1L. Raleigh. Following is an itemized up to uecemoer , aio oi me statement of the general county and state's physicians report having road expenses for Wake county for the disease. Twenty-two thousand -three fiscal year ending November 30, 1911, y.ni.rttA anri thirtv-thr cases have i-: a i -.- tt tt ijs-.. I - as ruueu. uy mr. xi. v. nuium6, been treated since July x in the state county auditor. Last December the . ftmmtv diDensaries. or a totai present ooara oi commissioners punt ed the statement. An examination of that statement and a comparison of 46,648 cas'i.3 have been treated within two years in the state. TIip RiinpriTitpnripnt nf health in of the affairs of the county will be MoQre CQUnty lg employed for half interesting to tax payers. This com- his entire time. He visits schools, are inn- investigation into eleotinn irres:- clarities during the past three weeks. aPsed in their confession. It is generally believed the gfirand jury probe will result in wholesale disfranchisement of voters in this county. The chief witnesses in the investigation have been men charger" with handling the money. parison will show that from the year lectures on the common diseases, and December 1, 1910, to November 30, inspects the childreil for curable af- fpnR nf tie McNamara brothers col- I mn oo nnn ic-o I XJ XX, tUUUlJ OpCUl iOjUUU ICiJia fpfinn. tnau in me year euuiug oveuiiwsi Thft hnard of education ia Rowan SO, 1910. In round figures the pres- county has already erected sixty-five sanitary surface closets at public school houses and the county super Washington. ent board of commissioners saved the following amounts: have County home and farm County roads Ge nera The exports of the United States to the countries of the rest of the world during ' the eleven months of General county expenses the current, year ending with Novem ber exceeded the imports by some what more than $475,000,000. The Persia yielded to the demand of the value of the exports was $1,867,614,- iiussian ultimatum that W. Morgan 510, while the imports were worth Shuster, an American, who holds the $1,392,552,228, according to statistics post of treasurer-general in the Per- issued today by the department of sian government, be dismissed from commerce and labor. During the the service of the Persian govern- corresponding period last year the raent. The Russian ultimatum also exports exceeded the imports in calls for the payment of an indem- value by about $211,000,000. $ 2,000.00 intendent 0f schools "renort that they . . ii.uuu.uw are givjng splendid satisfaction AO.uuu.uu tViq Wato Pnnntv Mriirnl Snaifttv nassed a resolution recommending Total $28,000.00 that au schools of the county away The general statement will show f t SUDDlies be supplied with tnat tne county is z,uuu Deuer on, sanitarv snrfaP(, Pinapt 1 a. A1 A AAA & i . 1 3 3 I " out i.u,uuu oi mis is in increaseu An imnnPt!,nt ninf,A on thp nro- taxes, ana tnereiore snouia not ue . f th gt t Association of credited to the present administra- County superintendents of Schools tiOn. I tj-q a rtavntaA tr pfinsprvin? thft health Tne statement mane one year, ago f th children by tne old board of commissioners A.1 x . 1 1 J ? A. xl waa uai tuej ua.u spent un me uuuu- i n,...,,.' n Th(, n.rMS. . 1. a m r r f e m t. I ty noma i,y.;j..- ine amount Pmhahlv nn acennnt nf the near an mtv Which IS to reimburse KUSSia President Tnft tntati-olv nrnmU for money expended in sending an ed a committee from the Southern spent dunnS the year ending Novem- proach of the holidays, when a little armed expedition into Persia to en- Commercial congress and members De . 6V' A311' 1S 1'us-s-l niaKing a whiskey is acceptable in most circles, force her demand. Mr. Shuster's ad- Df the Tennessee delegation to at- Qinerence m iavor or ine Preseni the owners of illicit distilleries seem ministratiion of Persia's finances has tend the next meeting of the con- been displeasing to Russia from the gress to be held in Nashville, Tenn., start and when he caused the seiz- on April of next year. - Among those management of $1,955.90. But.it is T have increaSed their operations: even better than this, because the th t a in the district that is under commissioners have advanced $150.00 the supefvision of Revenue Agent ure of property belonging to the included in the committee are Sena- f the superintendent o the county R- B Eams who has his headquar nome to De useo in paying ior iaDor, terg at A8heville. These increased The amount spent for roads for the th actlvlties of the revenue officers year ending November AO, 1910, was in the fieid Mr Eams has just re $51,212.83. The amount spent for the iv d reDOrt from Deputy Collec year f.rom December 1, 1910, to No- tor Hendrix of the seizure of seven- brother of the ex-shah over tne pro- tor Fletcher, of Florida, who at the test of the Russian vice consul Rus- time in a neat speech presented a sia called for the dismissal of Mr. handsomely bound copy of the pro- Shuster, and this has finally been ac- ceedings of the last Atlanta congress ceded to. to the president, and Senators Tay- The Ocmulgee river, fed by forty lor and Lea hours of unceasing ram in middle That the United States will be the Georgia, flooded over the danger line loser as the result of the abrogation in the flat lands of Macon, and thirty Qf the treaty of 1832 between that families, with the water at their country and Russia through tariff op thresholds, fled to higher levels for erations and trade relations, was a eafety, leaving belongings to the belief expressed unofficially by mercy of the waters. A dairy of many persons having access to Rus eighty cows was flooded, and the anl- sian government circles. Russia has mals, released by the owners, struck indicated that she will compel the -vember 30, 1911, is $42,160.26. Of teen illicit distilleries in Franklin this $42,169.26, $2,000 was loaned to rountv vireiniaT These stills were all the county fund; therefore the money seized on one raid, or rathe? one se- spent on the roads this year is really ripa nf ids and Mr Hendrix was ac $41,169.26, making a saving of $11,000 companied by a posse that was fairly m round ngures. nrrgnl',el nnH nrrmnintprl with the country Wilmington to i-iave Aviation ivieei. UPWARD MOVE FARMERS' UNION OF THE ETATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SHOWS BIG IMPROVEMENT. REPORT OF STATE ORGANIZER It Shows That There Are Over One Thousand In This State, Six Hun dred Having Been Added Within the Last Year. Raleigh Following is the interest ing annual report of the state organ izer and lecturer of the North Caro lina Division of the National Farmers' Union, whose state . convention at Wilson adjourned a few days ago. We have chartered 3,102 local unions in North Carolina. This is a gain of 608 local unions since our last annual meeting. Twenty county unions have been organized this year as follows: Alle ghany, Gates, Pamlico, Bertie, Mc Dowell, Richmond, Henderson, Hyde, Jones, Madison, Martin, Northampton, Onslow, Pasquotank, Pender, Wash ington,' Watuaga, Hertford, Avery and Hoke. There are fourteen counties which have as yet, no county unions. These are: Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Jackson, New Hanover, Periquimans, Transyl vania, Tyrrell, Edgecombe, Mitchell and Polk. In a greater portion of the counties which have county organizations the organizing work has not been com pleted and there is much follow-up work to be done in territory where the union has already been planted. I would recommend that in the special work that is to follow in the organized counties that it be dono at expense of the state union, or under some kind of a guarantee that will 'secure men best fitted, by experience and qualifications, for the work, and that' in selecting counties for this special service these counties that are raising warehouse funds be given preference so that the special organizer may visit local unions, explain the ware house system of marketing intelli gently and solicit stock for same. FROM ALL OVER THE STATE Column of News That Have Been Gotten Together For the People of the State. Wilmington is to have another avi- Number of Pensions. ation meet and it will usher in the out for the middle of the stream, and United States to make retribution for new year of 1912. It is to take place Trpdpll this vear is 28 comDared with disappeared down the current. the summary abrogation of the com- at Hiehwnod nark and in addition tc , . ' i . -- o - - v last year auu tne amuuui ui xx- Fears over the condition of Em- mercial treaty. the flights of Walter Brookins a well- Llrtn wnT.rnte w distributed peror Francis Joseph, who is ill in President Taft sent to congress the known aviator, in a famous Wright ig 790 compared with $7,512 last Vienna, were increased when it be- long awaited report of the tariff machine, there will probably be auto- year ' Tliere is one first-class pen came known that all of the members board on schedule K of the Payne mobile, motorcycle and horse races, sioner in the county, Mr. Milas Holts of the Austrian royal family had tariff act, and with it a message rec- this furnishing diversion for the koer wh0 is totally biind and gets i umiutjiiuiug mat me i aica uu r, i cruwus cib wen its eiiLci taiiiuiein. ub- i 570 the vear Three set $60 and six been summoned to Vienna. 'general explanation" offered was and woolens be materially reduced that following out the traditional cus- The report shows that the existing torn, the royal family was coming to duties on many classes of wool and spend Christmas with the emperor, wool manufactures are prohibitory but there was a growing belief tha. and greatly in excess of the differ the summons resulted from untoward ence in the cost of production here developments which have arisen in and abroad. The duties are so ar the condition of the aged monarch. ranged as to keep out of the United The motion made by attorneys for states entirely woools of finer quail the ten Chicago packers now on trial ties which if imported might be used in the United States circuit court, to displace the cheap substitutes now asking for the quashing of two of the employed. President Taft calls atten five counts in the indictments tion to these points and urges that tween nignts. t ao Tn thfi fourth class which Farm Life Schools on Increase. includes widows, there are 276 who The Education Committee begs draw $30. It is interesting to note leave to submit the following Farm that although the veterans and wid Life report: "During the year Farm ows are on the decrease the number Life Schools have been established in of pensioners are increasing the counties of Craven and Guilford. In Craven county the school was es- North Carolina New Enterprises, tablished bv a vote of the Deoole un- Charters were issued for three ne-w der the General Farm Life School coporations. They are: The Alford Law. A most desirable location has Ricks Co., Inc., Nashville, capital $10, been selected: an excellent board of 000 for dealing in live stock, vehicles T.noaoo snnnintaii- tha nonnia coom and farm ySUDDles: the Ricks, Bache- against the millionaires, was denied a revision of the schedule be pro- mogt enthusiastic about th school and ior Company, Nashville, capital $50,- The final executive act in me ao: ceeded with at once. ... . n(iYt fim nnnT1 thp 000. mercantile business by Temple B rogation by the United States of the The 'federal government filed suit Mmrtotir nf th mant Th town- Ricks. W. J. Bachelor, B. G. Alford treaty of 1832 with Russia was tak- the united States circuit court at cMns 0,,,.,-no- th owtirm nf tho and others: the Picord Buggy Com- en when resident lait bigneu Philadelphia against the Keystone SChool voted a bond issue of $10.000 . pany of Jackson, capital 50,oou, ny . joint resolution oi congrebb euumg Watch Case Company, declaring it an and donated one hundred acres of land Picord, W. T. Picord and otners the convention on Decemner si, uniaWfUl combination, in violation of anA an 0Yf.oiiPnt new twn.Rtnrv shnnl the Sherman anti-trust law, and ask- nuildine Union County's Fifth Poultry Show ing that it be restrained from car- The 'Monroe Poultry Association With his signature the diplomatic crisis that has overshadowed the two nations since the Sulzer resolution was passed by the house was out of the way. Secretary of State Knox was the only witness present when President Taft affixed his signature to the joint resolution. Cries and groans breaking the still ness at the jail in Boston, Mass., led to the discovery that the Rev. Clar ence V. T. Richeson, awaiting trial on the charge of having murdered Miss Avis Linnell. had mutilated himself severely with a piece of tin So serious was the wound that it was found necessary to perform an op eration immediately. Later in the day the surgeon said the operation was entirely successful and that the prisoner probably would recover. The newly appointed American minister to Cuba, Arthur M. Beaupre, presented his credentials to President The customary courtesies were exchanged between the presi dent and the minister. A New York firm has just been fined 500 for selling rotten eggs in liquid form. Constitutionality of the Illinois statute to indemnify the owners of property from damage occasioned by mobs was upheld by the Supreme . court of the United States. Several cases brought under this law are now pending in the Illinois courts. To an audience that filled conven tion hall in Kansas City, Mo., Col. Henry Watterson delivered an ad dress in support of the general ar litration treaties with. England ant' France. The river Avon in South Wales has burst Us banks and is spreading rying on an alleged monopoly in the parkeP is -rhe Bov Corn Kina." "The All-Cash Show" will hold Its manufacture and sale of watch cases. Charlie Parker, of Hertford county, fifth exhibit at Monroe on Jan. 11, 12. The government declares that the has sustained his right to be known 13 and 15th, next, unis snow nas em- company now "manutactures and aa Tne jjov earn Kine " And he has bedded itself in the neans oi tne sells 80 per cent of all watch cases done this in south Carolina, the home citizenship of Union county, and its manufactured and sold in the United n his nenrpst rival. Jerrv Mnnre This development has reached a large pat- States." waa at th Smith Atlanta Pnm ronage, indeed. There is probebly The senate, by a unanimous vote, shnw. rw.ent.lv. held at Columbia. R more fowls raised in this county than formally ratified President Taf t's no- c the fuu report of which has ,been any other in the western part of the tlfication to Russia oi tne termma- made Diibiic state. tion of the treaty of 1832. The Lodge joint resolution, reported by the for eign relations committee as a substi tute for the Sulzer resolution that Mr. Watts Re-Eleeted Chairman. Endorsing Koaman ror uuugsmp Tt, rnakin hia annual renort Mr. There are delegates at Kaieign near nonr w Watts whn rave Mia r.ttv 17 every day from one or another passed the house 300 to 1, was adopt- and Durham county such a fine hos- section of the First judicial district ed after an all-day debate over Kus- pital showed that 1,110 patients have m the Interest oi tne several caum- sian discriminations against the been treated at the hospital since this dates for the superior court judgeship Jews of America. The house is ex- time ast year. The meeting of the to succeed Judge George W. Ward: pected to agree to the senate meas- boar of trustees took place a few resigned. There was a delegation ,.r The resolution was introduced -lavs aen and Mr. Watts was arain here for Col. W. C. Rodman of Wash for the committee by Mr. Lodge oi chosen chairman. He selected then ington. It was headed by Capt. J. G. Massachusetts, as the measure couch- his aids from all departments of the Studard sind included J. v. urimes, a I . i xt T "D-r-wm i nfmaa COP. ed in the language most sausiactory city and county, the health boards, the uromer oi '" to the Washington administration county commissioners, board of alder- retary of state, ana waneu. whic hsought to avoid giving offense .'menf Trinity College and the citizens They brought a petition endorsing the tn the St. Petersburg government. in eeneral. - candidacy oi Itooman. Thprfi was an echo of the Savannah i v,r. oanriai in the Suoreme court rnmmiccinn Rr;uc Manv Pmuc Interest In Band Tournament .v. v,ot tribunal assigned for early T.a onrnnrntinn rnmmiaainn ia ro. Adjutant General it. L. Leinster K i :' r, tvia "ciimmarv docket" the I working un much interest in a big n11.otinn nf whether the United oi- nninta hpfwoon RalAih and Hamlflt Dand tournament i licit it i& yiupuocu OtO-LtJa 13 CUUHw ww ttgaillDC LlAtJ IIIUVCUICUL Ull IUC ttXl L Ul I , in tho Norfolk and Western tho soahnnrd Air T.irm fnr TiPrmissinn which all the bands in the state, In nronertv Dur- ot-Q nff tho T?aioif-h-Wamiot chnn. eluding the regimental bands of the chased for Capt. Oberlin M. cartel fly. The insistence is that the train orxn Carolina uualuSl uu f-"-f,mHa aiipared to have been 1m i, TvviHino. a e-rpat mnvpnie-no an.i pate and contest for cash prizes thai niKMX X . I i-. . c , . . , - mi.... properly procured from the govern- the parties protesting Insist, must be "W"' oe wen worm striving ior. ment. Mary C Leary or isew i oris yielding a revenue for the company, are proDaDiy my uauus m mo Moima tho stock as indemnity for hei The conference between General Man- the arrangement for the tourna husband going on Carter's bond wher ager C. H. Hix and the commission as men tnere wiU be "its agree upon he was arrested i connection witt to the fate of the train is to be held as to tne numuex ut iucB iu the scandal. soon. shall ' Include. The State Is Handicapped. Shelby. Now that the date of the special term of the court is set to try the three Ross negroes charged with killing Mr. and Mrs. W. John Dixon near Allston, attorneys for the prose cution are working on evidence. Sher iff Wilkins left for the neighborhood in his machine and will seek new tes timony bearing on the case. At pres ent the state is handicapped. All three of the negroes cannot be indicted without destroying the evidence they offer. Each one places tne crime on tho other two and the state will no doubt be at a loss to determine which two to indict and which one to hold as the state's witness. However, the prosecution is working on evidence, hoping to fix the blame on the right parties. The Instruments Have Arrived. Raleigh. A special from Washing ton states that Representative Robert L. Doughton is in receipt of a letter from Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, stating that the instruments which are to be used in the establishment of the experimental meteorological stations in western North Carolina have arrived from abroad and are now being adjusted and tested, and says that in a few days all of the new stations will be equipped.: "We shall be able to get the work under way by the first of March," says Professor Moore, "which is the beginning of the most critical period for which we desires to have observations." Mr. Duncan Confirms Reports. Raleigh. E. C. Duncan, a Norfolk Southern Railroad director, who is en gineering the great extension of this system, including the Raleigh to Con cord and Charlotte through line, was seen and he confirmed the reports that definite efforts are on foot for not only the Raleigh-Concord line but also for the building of the road right on from Concord to Charlotte as well Governor Pardoned J. R. Brown. Raleigh. J. R. Brown, of Moore county, convicted at the January term, 1911, for the crime of an assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to six months on the roads was par doned, conditionally by the governor, the reasons for pardon assigned be ing: "'In this case the judge, the solicitor, the prosecuting witness and the attorney who aided in the prosecu tion, all recommend leniency, thinking the punishment is now sufficient. Par doned on condition that he pay the cost and remain law-abiding. Requistion Will Be Honored. Wilmington. Steve John, one of the leaders of the tribe of gypsies that has been in this community for some days, is in the county jail awaiting the arriving of an oScer from Pulaski county, Arkansas, to take him back to that state to answer a charge of per jury, which has, been preferred against him. It is expected that the Arkansas officer will come armed with requisi tion papers and that they will be hon ored by Governor Kitchin, iwho tele graphed Sheriff S.-P. Gowan to hold the gypsy. Raleigh. There were issued by Ad jutant General R. L. Leinster of the North Carolina National Guard com missions for A. A. Russell as first lieutenant and Freeman Neece as sec ond lieutenant of Company L. Third Regiment, Burlington. Raleigh. Chairman Franklin Mc Neill and Mr. E. L. Travis, of the North Carolina Corporation Commis sion, left for Tarboro to inspect the proposed site for the depot to be erec ted by the Altantic Coast Line. They will also visit Wilson to inspect the site suggested for a union depot there. Monroe. The teachers' association met in the second meeting for this year at the Monroe high school here, and despite the rain and muddy roads there was an unusually large attend ance. The program was carried oul although some of the principal speak ers were unable to be present. North Wilkesboro. The North Wilkesboro Board of Trade is a live wire, and has been doing much good for the town and vicinity. By pointing out some defects in the railroad ser vice the company was induced to pul on this line a better coach, which is a benefit to every person who trav els in or out on this road. Charlotte. The annual election of officers by the Mecklenburg Medica' Society resulted in the choice of Dr T. F. Costner as president, Dr. Leigh ton W. Hovis as first vice-president, Dr. G. Mc. DeArmon, second vice-president, Dr. J. K. Ross third vice-president. Dr. H. A. Wakefield was re-elected secretary and treasurer. Dunn. Curtis Benton, a young man from Rocky Mount, was found near Godwin by the crew of a through freight lying near te railroad track in an unconscious condition with a hole in his head. The young man was carried to Godwin and treated by Dr. McLean but never regained consciousness. Newton. Dan Misenheimer, who stabbed Ivey Stme, operator at the Southern station, was admitted to bail in the sum of $500, with S. L. Rhyne as surety, and he waived ex amination. It is understood that should Stine's condition become worse Misenheimer is to be re-arrested and held. Gastonia. The" annual rifle shoot Df the North Carolina National Guart for this section of the state will ne held in Gastonia again next May. The meet here last May was in every way a most pleasant and successful one and it is gratifying to know that Gastonia was again selected as the place for the meet. Wilson. The people of Wilson coun ty are waking up to their duty they have cut their eye-teeth and their op tics are open to the fact that In order to have peace and happiness blind tig ers will have to be driven out of the land, and they are having their claws clipped at this term of court. Out of the many cases tried net one has es caped conviction. Durham. At a meeting of the Re tail Merchants' Association, a petition was presented to the body from the coal merchants, calling upon them to the fieht against unfair freight conditions which the interstate commerce commission nas recently made easy by its ruling in the cele brated East Durham coal exposure and the Durham and Southern freight divisions. Southern Pines. Four negroes were drowned on Cranes creek back in the country from Southern Pines They were: Ben McKeithen, daugh ter, daughter-in-law and child. They attempted to drive across the bridge n the darkness, but the creek wae at flood stake and they went off the Dridge into the water. The bodieE havo not. vet been recovered. The body of the mule was found next day Raleieh. The executive committee of the North Carolina Bar Association in session here a few days ago, decid ed to hold the 1912 session on June 25-27, the place to be decided upon later with strong indications that Raleigh will be selected. On the committee are Col. Harry Skinner, Hon. Francis D. Winston and A. W. McLean and A. B. Andrews, Jr., with C. W. Tillett and T. W. Davis, the latter secretary of the. association meeting with them. Raleigh. Resolutions and definite agreement on a basis for the elimina tion of duplicative work by the State Department of Agriculture and the A. & M. College and experiment sta tion were adopted here by the joint committee from the department and the college. Asheville. Information has just been received here of the serious wounding o Walter Martin, a 6-year-old boy, by Charlie Wilson, an 8-year-old boy, in Liecester township. The boys were out hunting, it was stated, and the small boy accidentally shot the other. Statesville. The state convict'force which is engaged in grading the Statesville Air Line Railroad is mak nig rapid progress. About seven miles of the road have been graded out from Statesville, being just one mile from the Yadkin river. Statesville. Deputy Collector Davis and Sheriff Adams of Alexander de stroyed three distilleries in Gwaltney TAWTl chin Mnr of them were in operation for the blockaders had them ready to run. Several shots were fired and the officers presume they were fired at them, one barely missing Mr. Davis. Mrmtional -SONMTSOIOOL LESSON nnrLTui o ri it r - i i rvi jnirrM-i LESSON FOR DECEMBER 31 REVIEW. GOLDEN TEXT "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un righteousness.' I John 1:9. To go over all the lessons separate ly, one after - another, to repeat titles and Golden Texts in order, to select certain truths we have learned this is not review. What we need Is the movement of the whole period of the history, to study its meaning, to what it is leading, how each event, each charac ter, bears upon this end, to help or to hinder, to see God in the history, and to learn the lessons the whole period teaches us. Reviewing is looking backward from some tower or hilltop, over the land scape through which we have been traveling. The hills, the valleys, the cities, the villages, the forests, the fer tile fields, we have been seeing in de tail through the quarter we now see as one broad country, and we understand the meaning and powex of the land aa a whole. , The principal countries where the events took place should be noted on the map, their relations to one anoth er, the modern names of these lands given, and the events in each reported. The Bible history is made more real. and more interesting, when the con temporary events of tecular history are connected with It, Joining day school with Sunday school. And often the. secular history throws light upon the Biblical history. The monuments, the remains of ancient times found in the ruins of their greai cities within ' the last century, add greatly to our knowledge and interest The history we are reviewing liat urally falls into four eras or periods. (1) The two streams of the divided kingdom. (2) The single stream of Ju dah. (3) The Exile. (4) The Return and Restoration. I. First Period. The Divided King dom. Judah and Israel side by side, a double experiment in the progress of the kingdom of God. This period ex tended from . 982-722, about 260 years, Judah's territory contained about 3,400 square miles; Israel's 9,400. Judah's capital was Jerusalem with its tem ples; Israel's was Samaria, with two centers of false worship. Judah' was more sheltered than Israel from close contact with the heathen, both politi cally and religiously. Judah had one dynasty of 11 kings and one queen, all of the house of David; and Israel 19 kings and 9 dynasties. Judah had several very go&d kings, and great revivals of religion and reforms of morals; while in Israel from the first was a deterioration , of varying de gress, with great help from Elijah and Elisha. The principles we have been study ing apply to our own times, but are worked out in ways adapted to modern life. "The church is an army on duty, an army for the Christian conquest of the world by loving faithfulness." There are great evils to be driven out of our country. The whole land is wak ing up to realize the need of civic right eousness. There is always need of awakening new reforming zeal. For every step we gain gives us, views of new needs, and new ideals. Every Christian land ought to be a perfect ex ample of the kingdom of God, and of the blessings that abound in it. Every failure to live that life lessens its in fluence over the heathen nations. IT. Second Period. Judah the Sole Kingdom. Length of Period, 136 years from destruction of Samaria 722 to final fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the temple in 586. Every failure from the perfect life, every moral wrong, every fall into idolatry, dimin ished their power for good; and it was necessary that punishment should fol low such conduct, both to persuade them into the ways of God and right eousness, and also to show the heath en that only obedience to God could lead to the blessings prepared for Gods people. III. Third Period. The Exile in Baby lon. Length of period, 70 years, 605 536 and 586-516. A period of discipline, of sifting like wheat, of the refiners purifying fire. The Jews learned their need of Ofed. the value of religion, the blessedness of the Word of God; they gained the broadening of their ideas, and sympa thies, the increase of their culture. Discipline, purifying In the furnace, the strength that comes from overcom ing, is the need of all individuals and churches today. IV. The Fourth Period. The Return. The New Spiritual Nation. This pe riod extends from the first return in 536 to the close of the Bible history, 400 with an onward vision to the com ing of Christ. Preparations for the coming of Christ. The forerunner. A CURE FOR CARE. "Do not worry: trust Instead!" That is what the Master said. And it cannot be denied That his teaching, when applied, Pioves a oveneign cure for care. Lightens brudens anywhere. Heathen men who never heard Of the Master's restful word May be pitied if they let Anxious thoughts their spirits fret,. But disciples all may learn Of the Master to discern. That, while God doth reign above, . "Providence" means watchful love..