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VOL. XXXV.
PITTSBOriO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C.MARCH 26. 1913.
NO. 33.
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FOR THE BUSY
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From All
Part of World.
Southern.
More than one hundred persons are
reported killed, and hundreds were in
jured, some mortally, by a storm of
tornado intensity which raged over
central western, southern and parts
of the eastern states. Property dam
age will run well into the. millions.
Definite advices account for at least
seventy persons dead, with reports
from points temporarily cut off from
wire communication by the storm add
ing to the list. Reports from Alaba
ma show that the loss of life was
heaviest in that sixty, being placed at
sixty, with additional fatalities report
ed but not confirmed.
Dispatches received tell of the flood
ing of four towns in the vicinity of
Greenville, Ala., a town of 5,000 popu
lation. Greenville itself, Boiling,
Chapman and Garland, Ala., sustained
losses estimated up to two
hundred thousand dollars. The loss
at Garland alone, it is said will range
up to seventy-five thousand dollars.
Charged with defrauding banks in
this country and Europe of approxi
mately one million dollars through
'alleged manipulation of invoices, An
tonio Musica, his three sons, George,
Arthur and Philip Musica, New York
hair dealers, were arrested in their
apartments on the steamer Heredia
at New Orleans. Two daughters of
the elder Musica, Louise and Grace,
were also detained. The party was
taken into custody just before the de
parture of the Heredia for Colon, Pan
ama. Six persons were slightly injured,
when four sleepers and one day coach
of the Dixie Flyer, Chicago to Jack
sonville, were ditched at Bon Air, Ga.,
on the Georgia, Southern and Florida
tracks.
James G. Oakley, president of the
Alabama state convict ""board, has been
arrested, charged with the embezzle
ment of funds aggregating nearly one
hundred thousand dollars. Following
the arrest of Oakley, Governor O'Neill
announces that he has removed the
president of the board from office and
has taken charge of the convict de
partment in the name of the state.
With its assets exceeding," its liabil
ities, $4,000,00$, the American Naval
Stores company of Savannah, Ga., has
announced to the world that it has
suspended business. The statement
explains that the government has
made a fight on the company and its
officers that has practically destroyed
its credit and made it wise to discon
tinue operations.
General
Karl Hooper, who came over from
Amsterdam, Holland, some time ago,
has sailed for home after a decided
ly unpleasant experience in New York.
He wanted to get rich quick and
bought the Brooklyn bridge for $500,
and then became engaged to an heir
ess who "stung" him for $250. Karl
decided then to return to Amsterdam.
An Indian camp has been estab
lished on the roof -of one of the city's
newest and most fashionable hotels.
Chief Three Bears, who is SO years
old, protested against the confining
four walls of a mere room. So he
and Long Time Sleep, White Calf,
Lazy Boys and several others all pitch
ed their tepees above the eaves of a
New York City hotel, whence they
could look out over the city's artificial
peaks and canyons.
A five and ten-cent store at Red
Bank, N. J., "was wrecked by a mob
that objected to St. Patrick day souve
nirs displayed in the windows, declar
ing the display held up to ridicule
things which they considered sacred.
When the store opened the parish
priest called on the proprietors and
demanded the removal of the articles.
Two hundred persons gathered out
side the store and when the priest
reported that his mission had failed
the mob rushed in, tore the offending
articles from the windows and coun
ters and trampled them under foot.
Counters were upset and other goods
were destroyed.
The supreme court of the "United
States tied the hands of Postmaster
General , Burleson in the enforcement
of the newspaper publicity law by
granting the temporary injunction
asked by the1 Journal cf Commerce of
New York City.
Allegations that policemen made no
attempt to prevent an attempted rob
bery of the treasurer of a benefit
daace given for Russian political refu
gees was made to the chief of police
o Chicago.
Nashville, Tenn., city stables were
turned entailing a loss of $15,000 and
cremating sixty mules.
Sheriff T. R. Glenn of Dalton, Ga.,
went to Anniston, Ala., where Clyde
and Jim Linder were held for him.
The two are charged with a burglary
committed eleven years ago, near that
place.
President Wilson has sent the nom
ination of W. F. Eatman to be receiv
er of the land office at Harrison. Ark.
III
W. A. Hall, president of f New
York City magazine company, was
robbed in the subway of $45,000 worth
of negotiable securities.
Ojeda's- Federals, trapped by state
troops around Naco, Ariz., continued
destruction of the .railways to the
south, thus preventing the arrival of
Cabral's group of insurrectos. His
plight proved still more serious when
it was made known that 216 of his
men were held by United States troops
at Navo.
King George of Greece was assas
sinated while walking in the streets
of Saloniki. The assassin was a Greek
of low mental type, who gave his
name as Aleke Schinas. He shot the
king through the heart. The king fell
in the arms of his aide when shot.
Crown Prince Constantine has been
declared king.
Eighty ships, mainly small craft,
were sunk off Hamburg, Germany, in
a southwesterly hurricane. Twelve
deaths have been reported, and it is
thought that the death list may yet
reach fifty persons.
The New York City police authori
ties are jubilant over the arrest of
eleven men, who, they declare , are
members of the band of taxicab rob
bers which has been working success
fully for a long time.
One hundred and fourteen warrants
for thirty-one alleged members of the
"arson ring" were issued in Chicago
at the instance of Assistart State's
Attorney Johnston.
A resolution holding among other
things that the employment of child
labor had certainly brought reproach
upon American industry, while only a
small percentage of factories recruit
their working forces from juvenile
toilers, was enthusiastically adopt
ed at Jacksonville, Fla., at a mass
meeting held under the auspices of
the National Child Labor conference,
which is in session, and therefore urg
ently requests the National Manufac
turers' association to aid in its aboli
tion. The suffragettes who attempted to
hold a meeting in Hyde park, London,
England, were mobbed by a crowd of
ten thousand persons. For two hours
the park, where demonstrations until
recently were held in peace, and Ox
ford street nearby were the scenes
of widest disorder.
There is no prospects of the accept
ance by Turkey of the peace terms as
proposed by the allies. Dispatches
from Constantinople say that the lead
ing members of the committee of Un
ion and Progress have decided that
the conditions could not be accepted.
Washington
William F. McCombs, chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
has issued a statement announcing
his declination to become ambassador
to France.
The United States census bureau
has issued the annual cotton report.
The final estimate of the cotton crop
of 1912 is 14,076,430 bales. The crop
for 1911 was 16,109,349 bales, and for
1910 it was 11,965,862 bales. Express
ed in 500-pound bales, the 1912 crop
is 14,295,500 bales as compared with
16,250,276 bales for 1911 and 12,005,
638 for 1910. Cotton not yet ginned
is included in the total estimate, and
is placed by ginners and delinters at
129,172 bales.
A special commission to. inquire
into "the actual financial, physical and
working conditions" throughout the
postal service was created by Post
master General Burleson. It was an
nounced that there have been many
conflicting reports as to the general
conditions of the department and that
Mr. Burleson decided to have a spe
cial investigation to get the facts.
President Wilson will confer fre
quently with members of the house
and senate in the president's room
at the capitol during the extra session
of congress. The president intends to
make himself as accessible as possi
ble to members of congress on those
days when tariff legislation will have
reached its most important develop
ment. He found while governor of
New Jersey that legislation often was
expedited by his close communication
with the New Jersey legislature.
Oscar W. Underwood, chairman of
the ways and means committee, an
nounces that the appointment of Cql.
Neyle Colquitt of Savannah, Ga., aa
clerk of the committee, succeeding
Hon. Daniel C. Roper, recently ap
pointed first assistant postmaster gen
eral, has been made.
Four representatives of the French
government have reached Washington
to plan, with the "officials of the na
val observatory, time tests by wire
less to establish the exact longitudi
nal difference between Washington
and Paris.
The nomination of Chairman Wil
liam F. McCombs of the Democratic
national committee to be ambassador
to France was prepared at the white
house, and as it was about to be trans
mitted to the senate it was withheld
at Mr. McCombs request. Mr. Mc
Combs has decided to accept the post
and the delay does not mean a change
in his intentions.
The extra session of congress, call
ed by President Wilson to assemble
April 7, will begin with nothing but
the tariff revision bills before it. This
fact was made clear in a statement by
Representative Underwood, chairman
of the house committee on ways and
means. Until tariff legislation is well
under way in the house, no general
committees will be named and no' oth
er legislative subjects will be taken
up. The president specified no sub
ject for the extra session in his proc
lamation, but it is understood that
his message to congress at its open
ing will dwell on tariff revision.
orth gmiolii
sunday schools
WILL HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION
AT GREENSBORO IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
TO HAVE MANY SPEAKERS
Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard of Asheville,
is President of Association. Execu
tive Committee Composed of Thirty
Representative Men of the State.
Greensboro. The Thirtieth Annual
State Convention of the North Caro
lina Sunday School Association will
be held in Greensboro April 22-24. The
International Sunday School Asocia
tion will provide two speakers for this
convention, Franklin McElfresh, Ph.
D., of Chicago, Superintendent of
Teacher Training in North America,
and Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, New
ark, Superintendent of the Elementary
Division. These great leaders insure
a feast of good things for the Sunday
school people of all denominations of
the entire state, in addition to the
splendid home talent which will be
used.
Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, of Ashe
ville, is president of the association;
Hon. R. B. Glenn, Winston-Salem, W.
H. Sprunt, Wilmington, and C. W. Til
lett, of Charlotte, vice-presidents. The
general executive committee is com
posed of thirty representative men of
the state. The duties of the central
executive committee is to direct the
work of the association, and the mem
bers are as follows: W. A. Harper,
Elon College, chairman; N. B. Brough
ton, Raleigh, vice chairman; Dr. W. C.
Byrd, Greensboro; G. H. Miles, Greens
boro; R. M. Phillips, GTeensboro; R.
G. Vaughn, Greensboro; G. T. Steven
son, Winston-Salem; A. E. Tate, High
Point; Geo. W. Watts, Durham.
The World's Sunday school Associ
ation, of which the state association
Is a part, will hold its eighth conven
tion next July 8-15, in Zurich, Switz
erland. Five ships, chartered especi
ally for the purpose will carry the
delegates from America. In many re
spects this promises to be the great
est religious convention ever held in
the world, and can be attended at mod
erate cost, with interesting side-trips
arranged to suit all tourists wishing
to go to other parts of Europe and
the Orient.
Peach Crop Badly Damaged.
The peach crop in Rowan and ad
joining counties has been badly dam
aged by frost, though not totally de
stroyed. R. B. Bailey, a member of the
county board of commissioners and
perhaps the largest peach grower in
this part of North Carolina, states his
crop is more than half killed. He
says, however, that there was an ex
tra heavy bloom this year and that
if they had not been killed, he would
have had to knock young peaches from
the trees to get a good yield. As it
is he will have a good crop. In some
other sections the crop was entirely
killed, while in others, the young fruit
was not hurt by the heavy frosts.
Board of Education Oredrs Elections.
The Wake county board of educa
tion has just ordered three important
school elections to take place on early
dates. Cary high school district votes
April 26 on a $25,000 bond issue;
Wakelon high school district on a
$15,000 bond issue April 22 and Apex
grammar school district on a $125,00C
issue on Tuesday, April 22. Alsc
there is to be an election in Piney
Grove township for a special school
house tax of 30 cents on the $100 of
property valuation.
Governor Has Offered Reward.
Governor Craig has offeerd a re
ward of $100 for the unknown assas
sin of B. F. Wooten at Wilson on the
night of March 8th. Local authorities
have already offered $300 reward and
the reward now. offered by the gov
ernor makes $400 outsanding- at the
request of the solicitor and the coun
ty authorities.
Pushs On In Roads and Drainage.
Catawba county is pushing forward
on, the drainage question. An act was
passed by the recent legislature cre
ating four drainage - districts Lyle'r
Creek, above the G. D. L. Yount mill
place; Pinch Gut Creek, above the C
& N. W. Railway; McLinn's Creek
numbers one and two, from the Ca
tawba river to D. L. Witherspoon's
farm. This is the result of the re
cent drainage of Clark's creek, whicr
has proved, a wonderful success ir
opening some of the best bottom land
in the county for cultivation.
Establish Demonstration Plots.
Meetings have been held through
out Catawba county relative to the es
tablishment of demonstration plots a
the public school houses. The county
commissioner of agriculture is at the
head of this plan and it is taking
well with the people. The plot, ar
acre or two as may be desired will
be worked by the patrons of the dis
trict and the proceeds go towards thr
lengthening of the school term, Jbuild
ing, or improving the grounds. Thr
farmers of the Killian district have
heartily entered into the work.
i
RECLAMATION N. C. LAND
The Government is Showing an Active
Interest Especially in the Eastern
Section of State.
Raleigh. The government Is show
ing an active interest in the reclama
tion of the lowlands in North Caro
lina, especially in the eastern section
of the state "along the Roanoke river
that touches Halifax, Martin and Ber
tie counties. An engineer has been
over that section for some time mak
ing a thorough investigation. He has
reported to the official's in Washing
ton that by a systematic method of
dyking the river and proper drain
age, much of the land can be reclaim
ed and. used for profitable- agriculture.
Col. A. L. Smith owns a .large trac
of valuable farming land : in Halifax
county that joins the river. He stated
that for miles along that section, his
was the only farm that did not need
the dyking to keep the overflow from
river. His farm is on a higher place
than the others, and the freshets and
rising waters do not flood his land. He
stated that the farms to be reclaimed
were not in a sense reclamation, as
they were not sw.amps, but merely
lowlands that became flooded. The
dyking would keep the river out, anc
make the land valuable for farming at
all times of the year. Colonel $mith
is formerly of that place, and is there
fore thoroughly familiar with the re
quirements to remedy the conditions
He is decidedly in favor of the work
proposed and states it will be of vast
benefit to the men who operate farms
along this river, which waters a large
territory of exceedingly fertile land.
The government has proposed to dc
the work provided the farmers along
the river will bear a certain portion
of the expense incurred. The cost
will be a great amount and there arc
a number of miles which will have to
be dyked and drained to protect the
other property. It is thought that with
the river improvements, deep wells
being bored, and good roads construc
tion through the lowlands, it will
mean the redemption of a large part
of these counties bordering on the
Roanoke river.
What can be -done was shown some
time ago when the state farm, which
is located in Halifax county, was
dyked for some distance. The experts
who have been examining the dyking
there state that a great mistake was
made in building them so close to the
river, as a flood or freshet will over
flow the dykes, and in many cases
break them.
N. C. Postoffices and Salaries.
The first and second class postof
Sees of North Carolina for the fiscal
year ending July, 1912, with the sala
ries they paid, are: Asheville, $3,200;
Burlington, $2,300; Chapel Hill, $2,
100; Charlotte, $3,400; Concord, $2,
400; Durham, $3,100; Elizabeth City
$2,500; Fayetteville, $2,700; Gastonia
$2,400; Goldsboro, $2,600; Greens
boro, $3,300; Greenville, $2,300; Hen
derson, $2,400 Hendersonville, $2,
400; Hickory, $2,400; High Point, $2,
800; Kinston, $2,400; Lenoir, $2,000;
Lexington, $2,200; Lumberton, $2,200;
Monroe, $2,300; Morganton, $2,000;
Mount Airy, $2,100; New Bern, $2,
700; Oxford, $2,300; Raleigh, $3,400;
Reidsville, $2,400; Rockingham. $2,
000; Rocky Mount, $2,500; Salisbury
$2,600; Sanford, $2,000; Shelby, $2,
100; Statesville, $2,700; Tarboro,' $2,
300; Thomasville, $2,000; Washington,
$2,400; Waynesville, $2,100; Wilming
ton, $3,400; Wilson, $2,500; Winston
Salem, $3,300. After the extra session
of Congress meets postoffices of thr
first, second and third classes will be
gin to be filled by Democrats. A num
ber of postoffices in North Carolina
now have postmasters who are' serv
ing on borrowed time.
Asked to Pardon Hazers.
Governor Craig was asked by tele
gram to pardon W. L. Merriam, A. C.
Hatch and R. W. Oldham, the Univer
sity sophomores convicted recently
of manslaughter In connection with
the death of Freshman Isaac Rand
September last The appeal came
from Merriman's, father and is made
to restore the young man's citizen
ship. Governor Craig has not replied
to the petition. Much difference of le
gal opinion exists as to whether par
don would restore citizenship or
whether a sentence not carrying im
prisonment destroys it.
Mecklenburg in The Lead.
Mecklenburg leads all other coun
ties in the number of boys enrolled in
corn clubs, according to "figures sent
out by Mr. I. O. Schwaub, head of boyp
corn clubs work in the state. Meck
lenburg has 99 boys enrolled. Wilkes
is next with 75; Robeson is next with
66; Sampson is next with 58; Rock
ingham is next with 54 and other coun
ties follow with similar numbers.
Currituck, Dare, Ashe, Cherokee.
Franklin, Graham, PamMco, Perqui
mans and Wautauga are the only
counties reporting none.
In Interest of Highway.
For the purpose of arousing inter
est in the plan to complete unimprov
ed link of the Charlotte-Asheville
highway, a public meeting will be
held at Bat Cave, March 31, which
will be attended by Governor Locke
Craig. It is stated that at least 3C
convicts will be put on the road from
the Buncombe county line to the
Rutherford county line, through Hen
derson ' county, within the next few
weeks and it is hoped to have " the
highway in shape for travel in the
near future. -
10 HELP PRESERVE
CHINA S INTEGRITY
WILSON INTENDS TO PARTICI
PATE IN THE FAR EASTERN
DIPLOMACY.
THE PROTECTION REMAINS
The President Believes That the Na
tion Can Be of More Service With
-out
Being Tangled Up in the Six
Power Loan.
Washington. President Wilson's
recent statement withdrawing the aid
of this government from " what was
popularly known as the "Six-Power
loan" does not mean the retirement
of the United States from participa
tion in far Eastern diplomacy..
The president talked about, China
informally with some of his callers,
femong them George Bronson Rea,
techni al Secretary of the Railway
Commission, empowered by the Chi
nese provisional government to con
struct 10,000 miles of trunk railways
in China.
Mr. Rea explained to the president
that without the aid of the United
States . government, American capital
had been enlisted in the railway en
terprise, but that it was desirable too
know how. far the United States would
go in protecting what Mr. Rea term
ed "honorable contracts between
American business men and the Chi
nese government," independent of pe
rineal connection.
Tne president as sea Mr. Kae to
prepare and submit to him a memo
randum and promised to study the
question very carefully. Mr. Rea
pointed out that the objectional fea
tures of the Six-Power loan project,
to which China herself had objected
were those which concerned the inter
nal administration of China and that
his relations with Sun Yai Sen and
the Chinese republic were such that
he knew the action of President Wil
son had met with approval in China.
Mr. Wilson indicated that the .de
velopment of the administration's
policy toward China would be gradual
and well measured. That there was
no intention of withdrawing the po
tential influence for protection which
this government has exerted in re
spect of China.
The president's viewpoint, it was
said, was that the United States
would be in a far better position to
help preserve the Integrity of China
by remaining outside of any particular
agreements which might have for
their object a voice in China's polit
ical future than by actual participa
tion. Again Discussing Question of Peace.
Sofiia. Representatives of the
powers called on Premier Gourchoff
separately and handed him the fol
lowing communication: "The govern
ments of the great powers take note
with satisfaction of the acceptance of
their mediation by the allied states
and point out to them that before
the discussion of the terms of peace
is begun, it is for the powers to for
mulate their views as to the basis of
negotiations to pe adopted.
To Study Social Proplem.
Washington. The whipping post
for white slave traffickers and se
deucers of women, a tax upon bach
elorhood, more careful .training of
children and abolition of jov riders
and ragtime dancing were advocated
as remedies for the social evil at a
hearing here conducted by the Illinois
Senatorial Vice Commission, which
came to Washington primarily to in
terest President Wilson in a Nation
wide vice crusade.
Tariff Foremost in Wilson's Mind.
Washington. - President Wilson
hopes to do most of the fighting for
tariff revision before Congress begins
its work early in April. The presi
dent is of the opinion that it is better
to do the talking and the fighting
If any is necessary before the spe
cial session is far along.
Are Under Rush Orders.
Washington. Under rush orders
from Secretary Garrison, a medical
officer and three members of the army
hospital corps, are proceeding from
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to Lower Peach
tree, Ala., the town virtually wiped
off the map by a recent tornado. The
action was taken after an appeal for
help was received by President Wil
son. The American Red Cross noti
fied the governor of Alabama, that
it would give all possible aid to the
suffers in the tonado stricken dis
trict. Bark Meets With Disaster
Gvrimsby, Eng. The French bark
Marie, from San Francisco for Hull,
at the end of her long voyage met
with disaster t and destruction fyere.
Her capitain and crew of 24 men
were saved by the trawler Amer. The
Marie went ashore berore daylight on
Haisborough sands.in the North Sea
during a blizzard. It was quickly
pounded to pieces by terrific, seas.
The crew was in a desperate plight
and had lost hope when the Amer
came up, launched a lifeboat and
made several perilious trips.
FROM THE TAR HEEL STATE
Latest News of General Interest That
Has Been Collected From Many
Towns and Counties. .
. Asheville. Seeking damages in the
sum of $3,000 ' Lorenzo Parker has
brought suit in the Buncombe county
court for $3,000, against the Southern
Railway Company.
- Salisbury. Sheriff J. H. McKenzie
broke all records at China Grove by
collecting more tax than ever collect
ed in one day in Rowan county. The
amount taken in by the Sheriff was
$3,860.
Raleigh Governor Craig announces
the appointment of the visiting com
mittee for the University of North
Carolina, composed of Larry I. Moore,
Newbern; James Sprunt, Wilmington;
W. E. Breeze, Jr., Brevard.
Goldsboro. Almost the entire per
sonnel of the Wayne county bar and
a number of citizens of Goldsboro as
sembled at the clerk's office to wit
ness the inauguration of the new
county court of Wayne county which
had been established by the last gen
eral assembly.
Greensboro. The Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union of North Car
olina will endeavor to run sigarettes
out of the state. That was the deci
sion reached by the state executive
committee at a meeting here when
Raleigh was selected as the meeting
place for the state convention ,this
year and November 9 as the date.
Salisbury. A commission form of
government proposed for Salisbury
was voted down by an overwhelming
majority. Out of an estimate of 1J)00
registered, 372 voted against the
measure and only 77 for it. This gave
a majority-of 846 against the measure
out of 1,000 voters. Very little inter
est was taken in the election and many
leading citizens did not vote.
Newton. The county Democratic
executive committee met here recent
ly to consider several matters pertain
ing to county affairs. One pleasant in
stance of the meeting was the presen
tation to J. D. Elliott by the members
of the committee of a handsome sil
ver cup in remembrance of his gen
erosity in carrying them to Washing
ton to the inauguration as his guests
Rocky Mount The Virginia & East
Carolina Railroad, which is building
from Henderson in a southeasterly di
rection to Castalia, in Nash county,
may follow a preliminary survey and
be carried to Wilson and build to
Rocky Mount. President J. M. Turn
er of the road is making the trip from
Castalia through Nash county and
touching the points of Red Oak, Hll
liardston, Castalia and Ellenville.
Hickory. The voters of Hickory de
cided in favor of the new charter giv
ing the city a commission form , of
government by a majority of 35. The
total vote stood 291 for the adoption
and 256 against. This has been one
of the warmest campaigns in a munic
ipal election in the city for years, but
although the opposition on both sides
was bitter, the election passed off very
quietly.
Raleigh. President ' Hartness of the
North Carolina Anti-Saloon League is
one of the petitioners, along with the
trial judge and the solicitor for Gov.
Craig to parodn June McLean, who is
serving a 12-months sentence on the
Iredell county roads - from Alexander
county for selling whiskey. The par
don is granted. The prisoner has a
wife and three small children de
pendent on him for support.
Raleigh. An appeal came to Gov.
Craig from Graham county for a judge
to be assigned to hold court there
in the stead of Judge Foushee who is
sick at Asheville and not able to hold
courti The governor was advised that
Oraham county has had only two
weeks court in 18 months. The gov
ernor found that there is no judge
available and was obliged to admit to
the Graham authorities that "the ju
dicatory of the state is exhausted." '
Shelby. Opposition has arisen as
to the formation of Buffalo drainage
district, which proposes to drain thir
one-time fertile creek bottom with a
bond issue of $108,000. The oppositior
did not develop, however, until the
clerk had ordered the district formed
the commissioners had been electee
and arrangements were being madi
for the sale of the bonds. It is a ques
tion yet to be settled whether the
drainage district will go on 'with itt
work.
Shelby. Considerable interest is
being shown by the young farmers in
the boys' corn club this year. Already
47 have entered and more are expect
de to follow. J. Y. Irvin, who has the
clubs in charge in this county, says
he is working up valuable prizes, the
first to reach as high as $75.
Salisbury A. B. Saleeby, an officer
of the State Baraca Union, organized
two Baraca and one Philathea classes
at Cornelius in Mecklenburg county.
The Baraca and Philathea forces are
making a final rally for big reports
at the state convention to be held in
Charlotte next month.
Raleigh. Bob Snipes who was sen
tenced at Morganton to a term of
four months in' the state's prison for
killing a man named Britton last year
has been brought to the prison to be
gin his sentence. Snipes submitted
to the charge of manslaughter.
Spencer. Engineer Sam Elmore
and Fireman R. H. Stedman of Spen.
cer were slightly hurt in the derail
ment of a freight train at Stokesland
on the main line of 'the Southern re
cently. While their injuries are slight
it is believed they were saved by
jumping when the locomotive left the
tails.
iNIEMnONAL
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even
ing Department The Moody Bible In
stitute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR MARCH 30
REVIEW.
READING LESSON Hebrews 11:1-19.
. GOLDEN TEXT "Our fathers trusted
In Thee: They trusted, and Thou didst
deliver them." Ps. 22:4.
The Scripture lesson before us is
suggested for reading purposes only.
In these verses we have rehearsed
the principal events (saving Easter)
of which we have been studying this
past quarter, but presented from the
view point of the values and victories
of faith. The golden text suggests
three things, first the God of the fa
thers; second, the trust of the fathers,
and third, the deliverance of the fa
thers because of their trust in God.
Therefore it seems to be logical for
us to think of these lessons' from the
standpoint of faith, i
The first lesson, of this quarter is
suggested in verse three of our read
ing lesson. God is the creator and
works by his divine fiat, framing these
visible things from those that are
not; working or framing them by his
"word." So God today through the
"Living Word" makes himself known
to all men. He is the God of all re
tiree, and places those resources at
the disposal of men, becoming to each
under varied circumstances all that is
needed. Verily "God is love."
Second Great Fact.
The second. lesBon presents to us
the second great fact of the "begin
nings, viz., that man is to have do
minion over all of these created
things, and that woman is to be his
helpmeet. Again, there is set before
us man's relation to the Creator, a
relation of trust, and when that re
lation failed we have presented in
this and the succeeding lesson, the dis
astrous effect of disobedience. Where
trust is active there has always been
deliverance. Where trust has failed,
disaster has inevitably followed. -The
great central truth of these two les
sons Is the folly of doubting and dis
obeying God's Word.
Returning to verse four of the read
ing lesson attention is called to Abel
(Lesson IV.) as an illustration of a
man whose faith in God expressed It
self in the sacrifice he offered unto
God. Abel's gift was one of sacri
fice and not that of the labor of his
own hands.
The great fact of lesson five Is
that Noah obeyed God by preparing
for the coming judgment long before
there was any external evidence of
the flood. He was "moved with godly
fear," he saved his house, he con
demned the world, and he became heir
of the righteousness which is accord
ing to faith." Those who believe
God's word, live; those who disbelieve
God's word, perish John 5:24.
The sixth lesson, which also consid
ers the life of Noaf, presents for
our consideration . God's everlasting .
covenant.
In verses eight to twelve of the
reading lesson, the writer seizes upon
three supreme events in the life of
Abraham wken faith was manifest.
If we properly present these three
we shall summarize the remaining les
sons of this quarter saving that of
Easter, lessons seven to and Including
the eleventh. The first great event Is
of course God's call to Abram. Heb.
11:8. He must leave kindred, native'
land, yea, even his father's house.
The second great illustration of
faith was that Abraham should
tain God's promises. Heb. 11:9-10.
This he did by obeying the call to be
come a sojourner in a land not his
own, looking for a city .whose builder
and maker is God.
Necessity of Faith.
The third illustration, Heb. 11:11,12,
was Abraham's willingness to part
with his son Isaac in obedience to
God's command to offer him as a sac
rifice. True faith holds back noth
ing from God. Notice in this illus
tration how Sarah's name is linked
with that of Abraham. How it is de
clared that she received power to con
ceive through faith and because she
counted him faithful who promised,
there sprang of one "so many as the
stars of heaven in multitude and the
sands which is by the seashore innu
merable." Thus the message of the past quar
ter is the revelation of God and of
the necessity of faith in him on man's
part.
Some may have chosen to use the
lesson of Isaac-and Rebecca, rather
than the suggested Eastef lesson. We
judged the Easter lesson of the great- ,
er value.
Therefore in the final lesson, that
of Easter Sunday, we behold God's
matchless grace and mercy in that he
rolled away for those of loving, sim
ple childlike faith, the stone of their
difficulty.
"Cherish the hope that the world Is
traveling towards the dawn. Man'3
day begins with the morning and ends
with the nightk but the day of God be
gins with the night, and ends in the
glciious dawn." D. F. B. Meyer.
It might be well to require several
written stories of about 'two hundred
wcrds each from different members
of the class, relating these beginnings.
The Creation; The First Sin; The Two
Brothers; The First Immigrant;
Lot's Choice; The First Easter. Sure
ly there is an abundance of material
to make review Sunday one long to
be remembered.