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VOL. XXXVI.
PITTSBOROv CHATHAM COUNTY, N .C, OCTOBLR 22. 1913.
NO 11.
BRIEF H5 NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT . EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED
Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest From All
Parts of World. X
Southern.
Gov. B. W. Hooper of Tennesee, who
has fought persistently for the passage
of the prohibition law enforcement
bills in Tennessee, has signed the
measures. The bill prohibits liquor
shipments from county to county and
in quantities over a gallon. It becomes
effective at once. '
The diplomatic repersentatives of
Great Britain, prance, Spain, Cuba,
Guatemala and Norway, at a confer
ence in Mexico City, decided to rec
ommend that their respective govern
ments send warships to Mexico for
the purpose . of affording legation
guards, should conditions so require.
Judge R. R. Henderson in county
circuit court, Maryland, in a decision
sustained a mandamus petition seek
ing to compel the board of election
supervisors to place the name of Mrs.
Grace Koontz , of Midland, Md., on
the official ballot to be voted in the
November election. Mrs. Koonta is
the Socialist candidate.
Governor Trammell of Florida an
nounces that he is investigating the
question of Japanese colonization in
Florida by land companies and will
act as his judgment dictates as soon
as he has made up his mind as to
the seriousness of the influx. An ex
tra session of the legislature may be
called to pass an alien land bill as
a big protest has gone tip over the
coming of these Japanese from Califor
nia. They are settling in the celery
belt for the purpose of raising vege
tables for the Northern markets.
H. A. Fillmore,, an employee of the
Mississippi River company at the
West Burlington, Iowa, sub-station, at
tempted to light a cigarette at an elec
tric spark and was killed by 11,000
volts passing through his body. He
has been seen to light cigarettes in
this manner a rumber of times, and
had been warned that it was danger
ous. Four persons were killed and more
than twenty injured when a freight
car loaded with crossties which broke
from a train on a down grade crashed
into an interurban passenger car near
Dallas, Texas. The collision occurred
on a 50-foot trestle and practically de
molished the entire front end of the
passenger car, but did not throw it
from the bridge.
The second extra session of Tennes
see's fifty-eighth General Assembly,
which convened at Nashville, the capi
tal, gave promise of speedily pass
ing the sp-called law enforcement bills,
the subjects of which were specified
by Governor Hooper in his call for
the extra session.
General.
William Sulzer has ceased tp be
governor of New York state. He was
removed from the office by the high
court of impeachment by a vote of
43 to 12, two members not voting
Martin H.' Glynn-; lieutenant governor,
v. as sworn in as his successor, the
first in the history of the state to step
into its high office in this manner
Twenty-eight persons were- killed
near Johannisthal, Germany, in the ex
plosion and fall of Count Zeppelin's
latest dirigible balloon, the "L-II."
The twenty-eight men represented the
entire personnel of the admiralty
board which was to conduct the final
trial of the dirigible looking to its
acceptance by the' German govern
ment as a new unit of the aerial navy,
the pilot and crew and invited guests.
P. B. Ellis "of Cripple Creek, Colo.,
arrived in Juarez from Torreoh. ... He
said 'his brother Joseph was killed
by Mexicans, while a party of Ameri
cans was leaving Torreon for the bor
der. F. B. Ellis was shot in the arm.
Three others of the party are miss
ing. Joe Ellis was killed at the first
fire. After making a brief stand the
Americans fled.
Experts of bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce --at Washington
have issued a report showing that
exports of eggs from the United
States during the fiscal year of 1913
reached 21,000,000 dozen.
Plans have been completed for the
dedication of the, monument to Gen
eral Braddock in the mountains near
Uniontown, Pa. The monument has
been placed on the grave of the f am
ous English general, who was buried
where he fell in a battle with the In
dians in 1875. George Washington
was liis aide-de-camp.
J. It. Parrott, president of the Flor
ida East Coast railroad, died at his
summer camp a Oxford, Maine, of
auguia pectoris. ine ena came sua
denly. During the day Mr. Parrott was
apparently in normal health. He had
been closely affiliated with the late
H. M. Flagler in the railroad and
hotel business. He was born in Ox
ford, Maine, October 30, 1859. He was
a graduate of Yale, and while a stu
dent there was active athletics, be
ing a member of . the football team
first and then stroke oarsman in the
sculling team. At the time of his death
he was president of East Coa'st road
Prince' Arthur of Connaught, son of
the Duke of Connaught, governor gen
eral of Canada, was married to Prin
cess Alexander Victoria, Duchess of
Fife; eldest daughter of the widowed
Princes Royal Louise. The ceremony
took place in the ancient chapel of
St. James palace, London, where both
were baptized.
A disaster, possibly the greatest in
the history of the South Wales coal
fields, whose annals are blistering
with terrible catastrophes, occurred
through an explosion in the Universal
colliery near Cardiff. Shortly after
the day shift of 931 men entered the
mine an explosion shattered the
works. During the day . and early in
the night about five hundred miners
were brought to the surface alive.
Including" the bodies recovered and
those killed at the pit head the known
death roll numbers 16. Doctors with
oxygen arid "medicaments descended
the- shaft.
The latest accounts or me disaster
to the steamship Volturno, burned and
abandoned in mid-ocean, confirm that
the loss of life will be limited to about
one hundred and thirty-six. The Car
mania, first of the rescuing ships to
reach the burning steamer, arrived off
Qtteenstown, but, owing to the gale,
proceeded , direct to Fishguard. A
graphic story by the solitary survivor
aboard the Carmania was received by
wireless and presents a terrible pic
ture of the horror, the panic and con
fusion aboard the burning liner, but
the story is too incoherent to be ac
cepted in every detail.
Washington.
Frank admission that the "grandfa
ther clause" of the Oklahoma Consti
tution was designed to restrict the
right of negroes to vote as far as pos
sible within the limits of the Federal
Constitution, featured the argument
in defense of the clause before the
United States Supreme court.
Pensions for teachers in the public
schools, to be derived from funds
founded and administered by the indi
vidual states and without contribu
tions by the ultimate beneficiaries, are
advocated by Raymond W. Sies, in a
bulletiin issued by the United States
bureau of education in Washington.
Doctor Sies' recommendations are the
result of an intimate study of the pen
sion system maintained abroad. In
suggesting the adoption of pensions in
the United States, Doctor Sies declar
ed the Scatch system, based on sci
entific insurance principles, is espe
cially valuable for this country.
Fifteen girls, one from each of 15
Southern states; will visit Washington,
probably on December 11, as a reward
for their success in being awarded
first place in the. girls' canning club
state contests, the department of ag
riculture announced. Women agents
of the canning clubs will assemble in
Washington at the same time and will
act as chaperones for the girls. The
department estimates that 25,000 girls
have been enrolled in the canning
chibs of the Southern states this year.
Each girl is supposed to have carried
out a delnite project in gardening on
the 10-acre plot. ' "
The .interestate commerce commis
sion has postponed the date when its
decision in the LaGrange and Vienna,
Ga., cases will become effective. The
new date is February 1, 1914.
The v designation of five natives to
majority control of. the commission of
nine for the Philippine Islands marks
the first step in the policy of the Wil
son administration, aiming at self-government
and ultimate independence
for the Philippines. Governor Gener
al Harrison recommended the native
commissioners, stating that they were
among the most prominent and best
educated of the islanders. In the ap
pointments three members have been
selected from the majority party and
two from the minority party. Two
have been appointed from the Visayan
islands, Manila, and the neighboring
provinces are given two members, and
one is from the Ilocano province in the
north of Luzon.
The United States government has
informed Provisional President Huer
ta of Mexico that it looked with ab
horrence and amazement upon his as
sumption of both executive and legis
lative powers in Mexico and that in
view of his course could not regard
as constitutional the elections plan
ned for October 2(. Two notes, one
strongly phrased and written by. Sec
retary" Bryan, and the other drawn in
forceful language by President Wilson
himself and said to constitute the last
efforts of the United States govern
ment to deal with Huerta, were sent
the Mexican president.
It has taken Uncle Sam fourteen
days to catch the assistant postmaster
of Pocahontas, Va., who is charged
with the robbery of that office of $14,
000. Postmaster Mastard received a
telegram from Cleveland, Ohio, stating
that his late assistant, Edwin M. Sil
berger, has been caught, in that city,
and some of the aioney has been turn
ed over to the ofjficer making the ar
rest. He was in company with his
wife. She was arrested as an acces
sory. The secret service men traced
him after leaving Pocahontas to Nor
folk, the. home of his brother, and
from there to Cleveland.
German's decision o dispatch a war
ship to Mexican waters attracted wide
attention in official circles in Wash
ington. No intimation had been re
ceived at Washington of Germany's in
tention, and President Wilson was in
formed by press dispatches of the ac
tion. No formal comment was made
on the incident, but it was apparent
that the Washington government was
not displeased- The sending of a Ger
man warship is in line with the pol
icy - of other European governments
which' had vessei cruising off the
Mexican coasts from the moment' of
Mexico's internal strife.
SPECIAL SESSION
IS NOW HISTORY
SENATE FINALLY AGREE ON
VEAL BILL AND ASSEMBLY
, ADJOURNS.
SUM OF PRINCIPAL ACTS
Acceptance of Railroads' Proposal
and Passage of Intrastate Rates
Bill Constitute Main' Results. Num
ber of Minor Bills Passed. "
Raleigh. The gavels of President
Daugh triage of rthe senate and Speak
er Murphy of the' house fell simul
taneously at 8:28 o'clock Monday
night as the voices of these two pre
siding officers rang out through leg
islative halls and the corridors of
the state Ihouse -declaring the 1913 ex
traordinary sessions of the North Car
olina general assembly adjourned
sine die.
The senate had held quite a busy
evening session, while the house
waited more or less hilariously the
pleasure of the upper branch for final
adjournment. The senate at last ad
justed the ever-present Caldwell calf
bill prohibiting the sale or . shipment
of calves dead or alive, under one
year old to slaughter for veal. As
ratified the act applies to Caldwell,
Alamance, Alexander, Ashe, Avery,
Burke, Cabarrus, Cherokee, Clay,
Cleveland, Durham, Franklin, Gaston,
Groham, Guilford, (Henderson, . Polk,
Lee Lincoln, Madison, McDowell,
Mitchell, Robeson, Rowan, Ruther
ford Moore, Sampson, Wake, Warren,
Wilson and Lenoir counties.
The extraordinary session of the
legislature just adjourned that was
called for the specific purposes of
taking action for the settlement of
freight rates and passing upon con
stitutional amendment proposals to
be submitted to the people for ratifi
cation at the next general election,
passed 497 acts and 19 resolutions,
the great hulk of them bearing on
the local matters in every section o
the state. ,- -
' Principal x Acts.
The principal acts of really state
wide interest are the resolution ac
cepting the proposal of the railroads
for settlement of the interstate
freight rates, the passage of the bill
to ireduce intrastate freight rates and
provide for special commissions to
investigate allegations of any railroad
companies that the i-ates prescribed
are confiscatory, the act providing for
a rate expert and a'Cltional clerical
force for the corporation commission,
the act carrying the constitutional
amendment proposals to be submitted
to the people, an act to work con
victs on public roads instead on rail
roads for stock in roads built after
present contracts with railroad com
panies are completed, provision for
completion and opening ol the state
school for the feefole-mlnded at Kin
ston and supplementary appropria
tions for a number of state institu
tions. Afternoon Session.
Much time at the afternoon session
of the senate was devoted to consid
ering a resolution from the house for
a seeial commission of three to re
vise the court procedure in this state,
the resolution finally going to the
table. ' '
Thesenate finally disposed of 'the
wrangle over the site for the state
.school for the blind -by providing that
ithe state treasurer shall pay the $4,
600 ibalance due for the new -site out
of proceeds from the sale of 35 acres
of land
The principal changes recommend
ed iby the conference committee are:
That mileage of members be five
cents each way instead of 10 cents;
that the house recede from its posi
tion favoring local legislation in the
matter of bridges, ferries, . etc.;
that game laws should be passed hy
the general assembly; that towns and
cities he allowed to levy $1 tax on
real property; that the politax shall
not exceed $2 for state and county
purposes and may not exceed that
'sum for municipalities.
Marking Daniel Boone TraiL
The General Joseph Winston Chap
ter; Daughters of the American Revo
lution, have undertaken ; the marking
of the trail of Daniel Boone from his
old home on the Yadkin river, near
Salisbury, to the place where he
crossed the line of North Carolina
and went into Tennessee. As marks
to thfi trail, handsome bronze tablets
will beerected at 15 points in this
state. The unveiling of the first of
these tablets . was in the center of
Huntersville, this, county, recently.
Others will follow, soon.
State's Income Tax $450,000.
The new income tav, it is estimated,
will yield albtout $80,500,000. North
Carolina's share of that is some
wjhere in the neighborhood of $450,
000. The sum of $800,000 has been
provided for the collection of the tax.
About $3,500 of this will go to North
Carolina, which will he used by Col
lectors Watts and Bailey in the em
ployment of additional help. Charlotte
or Winston-Salem the experts have
notnot decided which will play the
greatest sum of any Tar Heel com
munity to the income tax collectors.
SYSTEM OF RURAL CREDITS
Commission Which. Investigated Euro
pean Conditions Makes Sugges
tion With Report..
'. . '
Raleigh. The special commission
appointedy.by the governor to. investi
gate the' rural credits systems of Eu
rope and to mak'e a report and recom
mendations based thereon makes pub
lic its findings, setting forth what it
considers the needs of the farmers
of the state in regard to credits,
hanking and co-operation.
"It is clear that there is something
radically wrong with the facilities for
ibor rowing money on farm lands in
North Carolina," says the report
From inquiry, it is stated, it has been
found that few banks in the state
lend money on farm lands and tha
the farmer, compelled to deal with
land-loan shaiks, has to pay from six
to 20 per cent-interesrt.
"Hardly any greater blessing," says
the report, "could befall the farmers
of North Carolina than the institu
tion of a system of land-mortgage
credit that will bring money to the
farmers and landowners at a low
rate of interest and, -by the process
of amortization ar annual instalments,
extend to them the privilege of re
paying this money over a long period
of years, v. '
"Collective credits ror public pur.
poses at from four to five per cent
has already been extended by inves
tors to nearly all counties of North
Carolina, but collective credit has been
denied the citizen in his individual
capacity." The result has been that
the counties and cities in their cor
porate capacity have made marvelous
progress, yet the farmer is doing little
to develop his lands.
It would be difficult for the banks
to extend the necessary credit, but
there is a pressing need of a great
state land-mortgage, institution, or
some institution of like nature. The
farmer's greatest need is for long-time
credit, yet there is fuvner great need
for short-term credit, also. The manu
facturers have a practical monopoly
on short-time loans and the farmei
has either no credit at all, or is forced
to obtain the high-priced credit o?
the merchants.
Experiment Station in Haywood.
That Haywood county hs been de
cided'upon by the United States gov
ernment as the most important stock
raising center in the South was prov
ed when final arrangements were
made for the location of a large ex
periment station on the T. L. Gwyn
farm at Springdale, .nine miles from
here. The. announcement was not
made here until the superintendent,
Mr. T. F. Peeden, had received his
civil service commission and all ar
rangements for beginning operations
were completed. This is the only
such station in the South, except one,
in Alabama. Mr. Peeden, who will
have charge of the station, is said to
be an experienced etock man and Mr.
Gwyn, upon whose land the operations
will be carried on, is a member of a
family of leaders in the cattle-raising
industry. The chief aim of the exper
iment station is to make tests an the
feeding and care of cattle. A series
of experiments along this , line will
be made for a period of six years.
Vaccine Probablv Free.
Dr. C. A. Shore, director of the.
state laboratory of hygiene, says that
within a short time the laboratory
will be ready to begin the distribu
tion of typhoid fever vaccine cultivat
ed in the laboratory. The law pro
vides that the vaccine, shall 'be furn
ished to the people at actual cost of
production. However, Dr. Shore finds
that the cost is so very. little that tTie
indications are that the vaccine will
be distributed' free of charge.
"Poor Man's" Bank.
Coincident to the tprosecution ' of
the loan sharks at Durham which has
been announced by City Attorney
Scarlett, another set of men are mak
ing an effort to organize a ".poor
man's" banH for the city. This Vill
be one of a chain of what is known as
the Morris system, and one of the big
officials of this system will come to
Durham the middle of this month to
make a speech at a mass meeting in
the interest of the proposed bank.
Delegates to Cruise Appointed. ,
Adjutant General Young recently is
sued an order designating Lieut. R.
T. Brinn of Hartford and Lieut. Geo.
F. Poppendick of Elizabeth City as
the ofGcers of the North Carolina na
val brigade who shall accompany the
Atlantic fleet on the cruise of Euro
pean waters this fall. The cruise
starts October 23 and the return is to
be by December 15. The order was
made a" few- weeks ago by Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels for the
North Carolina authorities to desig
nate two officers.
Declares North Carolina Happy.
Representative Robert L. Doughton,
a mountaineer of mountaineers has
come hack to Washington from a visit
to Alleghany county, this home wih a
most , glowing and cheering story of
real progress in -North Carolina! He
says that his people are more pros
perous, soberer and happier than ever
before in the history of the state. He
attributes this state of affairs to pro
hibition, the enforcement of the law
the high price of meats, apples am"
other things that the Tar- Heel mour
tain dwellers make.
RATES INTO EFFECT
GOVERNOR CRAIG THINKS RATES
CAN BE PUT IN OPERATION
IN ABOUT 90 DAYS.
THE INTRASTATE TARIFF
State May Be Involved in Long Ltti-
gation Before Scale of Tariff Can
Be Adjusted and Put Into Effect,
Must Give 60 Pays Notice;
(Raleigh. Governor Craig gave as
surance to a big delegation of Wil
mington business men, recently-that
he will proceed just as soon as prac
ticable with - litigation against the
railroad companies and (steamboat
lines for procuring freight rate re
ductios, espeeiaJly from the Eastern
and Northern shipping points to Wil
mington with a view to putting Wil
mington on the proportionally lower
rate basis to which she is entitled
through here water facilities.
The delegates -here from ' Wilming
ton felicitated the governor on the
outcome of the stand Ihe has made for
better rates to North Carolina ship
pers and assured him that they real
ized that he was acting in the best
faith for the advantage of the whole
people. The governor promised them
that he would proceed as speedily as
possible to accomplish every conces
sion possible for Wilmington and the
other Carolina ports, along with prop
er reductions from them inland.
The conference was executive and
the governor and the Wilmington
delegation manifested thorough satis
faction at the outcome of the confer
ence. Governor Craig expects that it will
require about 90 days for all the ma
chinery to be perfected for putting in
operation the reduced interstate
freight rates included in the proposal
from the railroad companies. The
rates have to 'be worked out in detail,
printed and distributed to agents
throughout the territory involved and
there was to be 30 days' notice pro
mulgated therefor before the rates
can be operative.
I Tithe matter of the interstate
rates involved in the Justice bill the
course will be that the rates are op
erative within 60 days after ratifica
tion, unless the railroad companies
represent to the governor that they
regard the rates -unjust and -confiscatory,
in which event the governor will
proceed to name the special rate com
mission to investigate the claims of
the railroads and recommend adjust
ment of rates.
The governor can postpone the ap
plication of the rates for 60 days af
ter they are operative under the act,
while -the special commission, makes
its investigation. Also there is a pow
er on the part of "the governor to fur
ther suspend the operation of the act
on representation of the special com
mission that the 60 days' suspension
is not sufficient for completing the
investigation and adjustment of the
rates.
State Charters Granted.
Raleigh. Four new corporations
chartered: The Winston-Salem He
brew Congregation, Winston-Salem
chartered for congregational purposes
, ami ultimately establishing a syna
gogue. The incorporators are M.
Marks E. Robinson and others; the
Rex Lumber Company, Washingtori,
N. C, capital $50,000 authorized and
$4,000 subscribed by W. T. Hudnell
and others; Nash Telephone Com
pany, Battleboro, capital $25,000 au
thoribed and $2,500 subscribed for
establishing rural telephone lines; the
Queen City Medicine Company,
;Marsihville, capital $125,000 authorized
and $10,000 subscribed.
Highway Most 'Completed.
Linville Falls. By another season
this region will be accessible at all
times to automobile from several
(railway points. The . crest of , the
Blue Ridge 'highway, from Altapass
on the Clinchfield road to a connec
tion with tho Yonahlossee road on
Grandfather Mountain, passing Lin
ville Falls, Altamont, Crossnore, Pine
ola and Linville to Blowing Rock, will
be completed iby that time.
To Build Baseball Training Ground.
Southern Pines.-The prospective
new hotel and baseball training
grounds near Southern . Pines have
aroused talk of a trolley line from
Pinehurst by the ball, grounds to
Southern Pines, and thence 'by the
Hoke county battlefield down the
ridge to Raefordand out to Red
iSprings. This route has been the
subject of more or less talk at one
time or another, one- portion being
considered by one authority another
by some one else, and surveys made
of it with -several ciles graded.
, "Back Home" Celebration.
Ttaleigh. There were hundreds of
callers-at the 'News and Observer
building recently for the "back home"
celebration marking the reoccupancy
of the rebuilt and enlarged News and
Observer (building. Fitting ceremo
nies included addresses by Governor
Craig, Editor Hight C. Moore of the
Biblical Recorder and others. Josephus
Daniels, principal owner and president
of the The News and Observer Co
was chief host, aided by Busines;
Manager Henry Bagley, Editor E. F
3ritton and News and Observer staff.
DON'T WALK ON RAILROAD
More Than Half Fatalities on Rail
roads Caused by Using Tracks
For Walking.
. Atlanta, Ga., October 12. "He was
In the habit of walking home nights
along the. railroad . tracks," says a
newspaper account of the death of a
minister of the gospel who was re
cently killed by a frieght train near a
Georgia city. A college graduate, a
man far above the average in intel
ligence, and a useful citizen, yet this
man by his daily habits, formed prob
ably because the railroad track offer
ed smoother walking than the public
foad, did (nothing less than invite the
late which finally overtook him.
.Commenting, on thiswdang0rous
practice the Atlanta Journal says edi
torally: ,
"The loss of forteen lives in a
wreck would loom forth as a national
horror; yet statistics show that there
is an average of fourteen deaths every
day caused iby the dangerous custom
of walking on railroad tracks or
otherwise trespassing on such proper
ty. It is estimated, indeed, that in
this manner occur more than half the
fatalities incident to railroads in the
United States; and the majority of
the persons thus killed are not tramps
but children and valued citizens.
"The time has come when the pub
lic should take serious note of this
record with its grim warning to all
who are accustomed to use railroad
tracks as a common . highway. The
transportation companies are extert
ing themselves to end this peril and
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has" spoken to the same purpose. After
aU, however, it is upon the individual
that responsibility must rest; it is
popular .sentiment and jjppular judg
ment that must correct this evil. Five
thousand lives a year is a terrible sac
rifice to carelessness. It can be re
duced and prevented only through in
dividual recognition of the great risk
in walking on a railroad track.
"This matter should now be of pe
culiar concern to the South where
railway traffic is fast increasing. In
Georgia and neighbor states many
more trains are in operation today
than ten or even five years ago and
their number is continually multiply
ing. The danger to pedestrians who
venture on the tracks Is accordingly
more and more serious. It is far bet
ter to stick to the muddiest highway
or the roughest woodland path than
to take the deadly chance of follow
ing a railroad track simply because
the latter affords easier walking. . -
"Much emphasis is now laid on the
need of greater caution in the traffic
of crowded cities but It is scarcely
less important to remember that in
rural districts and in the ope,n coun
try there lies a constant jeopardy of
life to every one who walks on a
Tailroad track."
Could Improve Physical Standard.
Washington. The general physical
standard of the enlisted men of the
army would be materially advanced,
in the opinion of Captain H. J. Koeh
ler, instructor of physical training at
the United States Military Academy
if the graduates of the academy were
required to impart to the men under
their command the training they
themselves have received. He has
suggested that the war department
Issue the necessary orders. Colonel
Townsley, superintendent of the acad
emy, in commenting on the sugges
tion, says that while the men at pres
ent take enough exercise in the
course of their drills to insure health
they fail to acquire that all around de
velopment' physically that results
tv$m regularly planned exercises.
Big Improvement in Corn Crops.
Washington. An improvement in
the condition of the corn crop during
the past month, to the extent of 22,
000,000 bushels in the estimated final
production was the feature of the de
partment of agriculture's October crop
report issued recently. The indicat
ed final ' production is placed at 2.
373,000,000 bushels, or 752,000,000
bushels below last year's record crop.
Tobacco prospects increased 19 per
cent during the. month and flax 5 per
cent, while the prospects of rice de
creased 7.4 per cent, buckwheat 6.7
per cent and white potatoes 1.8 per
cent.
Savages' Idea of The Soul.
London. Some of the curious con
ceptions of the Kiwai Papuans with
.regard to the soul were described by
Dr. G. Landtman in the anthropologi
cal section of the British association.
It appears that among these savages
the word for "soul" has three other
meanings. It may mean a shadow, a
reflection in the water or a 'picture.
The shadow idea is the one most
closely associated with the soul, for
it is generally believed that you can
steal a man's soul by catching his
shadow. '
Big 'Bus Strike Started.
London. What is believed to be
the .biggest li very business in the
world, the proprietors of which own
and run over" 500 motor omnibuses
and employ, besides more than 5,000
Jiorses and a huge fleet of motorcars,
proves to have started some 60 years
ago . with just one solitary gray nag.
This business is the one of Messrs.
Tilling, whose dispute with their mo
tor omnibus drivers as to whether the
atter shall he allowed to wear their
liiion badges when on duty has startr
d a & 'bus strike here.
iNHTMnGNAL
School
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, Th Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 26
SIN OF MOSES AND AARON.
LESSON TEXT Numbers 20:1-13.
GOLDEN TEXT "Let the words of my
mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable In Thy sight, O Jehovah,
my rock and my redeemer." Ps. 19:14.
Forty years have passed since Isreal
committed its fatal mistake of diao-
bedience. This lesson Is a three-sided
picture.', A murmuring, blindly diso
bedient people; God, the righteous di
rector -of the affairs of men; Moses
and Aaron, the divinely appointed but
sorely tested leaders of the people.
I. The people's petition, vv. 1-5 The
name of this place was Meribah (y.
13), which means strife. 'It was not
the fault of God nor the desired lead
ings of Moses that brought these peo
ple to this place. Forty years of wan
dering seemingly had not taught them
this lesson. Many people accuse God
when they themselves are t6 be
blamed for the evil that comes upon
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mem. o ames x.xa-xo. wnai a lernoie
sin ingratitude is and how incredibly
ungrateful these people are.
Their Usual Plan.
II. God's Plan, vv. 6-8. Moses and
Aaron followed their usual, and the
wisest plan of taking their difficulty
to God. Separated from the people
they throw themselves upon their
faces before him and he graciously
manifested himself unto them' and
gave them explicit directions (v. 8).
Other-times M"es had had this same
experience, ch. 14:5; 16:4, Ex. 17:4,
etc. It is an inspiration to recall the
multiplied times God has used these
common agencies in the hands of his
consecrated servants to work his
mighty deeds an ox-goad, a boy's
sling, a lamp and a pitcher, a few
loaves and two small fishes.
III. Moses' and Aaron's Pride, Vv.
9-14. These servants began very prop
erly to carry out God's instructions.
They took the rod from God, "as com
manded" (v. 9). They gathered the
people together in the right place "be
fore the rock." But then began their
failure. Some may plead extenuating
circumstances or great provocation.
But Moses, for he takes the place of
leadership, made a four-fold mistake
which was too serious to be over
looked or to go unpunished. (1) He
deceived the people. He had just
come from "tent of meeting" (v. 6)
and,- as heretofore, the people expect
ed some message from Jehovah,
whereas he gave them not God's
words, but those of his own coining.
This ought to be a warning to minis
ters and teachers, viz., that the people
have a right to expect from their God
called and . instructed leaders, his
word, not the opinions of man nor
the wisdom of the sages.
Considered Them Rebels i
Moses in his pride separated him
self from the people. He assumed
a "holier-than thou" attitude. He
looked upon the people, over this line
of separation, as being rebels, and God
will not allow Christian leaders to
hand out admonition upon a platter
of anger. (3) He took the glory to
himself. This was more serious still
and was in direct violation of the
spirit of those laws he had received
upon the Mount, Ex. 20:5. "Must we
fetch you water," is quite different
from "Thou shalt bring them forth."
This is that which has set aside many
Christian workers. We must not lean
to our own understanding nor fail to
acknowledge that it is God that works
and to him be the glory. Look up
Gen. 40:8; Dan. 2:28-30; Acts 3:12-16;
I. Cor. 3:7. (4) Moses smote the
rock. ' God had told Meses to "speak
unto the rock" (v. 8) whereas he
smote the rock as though the power
were in the rod or the strong arm
back of the rod. Exct obedience is
expected by God and to do anything
else is to doubt his power, to reflect
upon his word and to draw attention
away from him and upon ourselves.
Our attention has been called to the
fact that on a previous occasion, Ex.
17:5,' 6, God had commanded Moses
to smite the rock, that the rock sug
gests Christ (I. Cor. 10:4), that he was
to be smitten but once and thereafter
nearly a word of "prayer would bring
forth water, see Luke 11:13. No man
is essential to God's plan though God's
plans are always worked out through
men. When men fail to see this
God speedily sets them aside and ap-
spoints other leaders. Moses and
Aaron fell 'through unbelief (v. 13)
and Moses is compelled to give up his
place of leadership and is not allowed
to enter the land of promise though
graciously granted a view of it, (Deut.
3:23-26; 32:49, - 50; 34:4). Moses
"spake unadvisably with his lips.'
Moses had also to suffer for Israel.
IV. The chief points. There are
three great teachings in this lesson.
The ' wrong of having a provoked
spirit, one contrary to that of the
God of Mercy and Grace. It is hard
to learn that God is hindered by those
who manifest such a spirit. Again
God must be represented, glorified,
by those who profess to be his serv
ants. To let our methods, our per
sonality or our Ideals come between
man and God invokes his jealousy.
And lastly, the measure of privilege
is the measure of responsibility,
and understanding.
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