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T1-.E CHATHAM RiCORD H. A: LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square on insrt)oa $1-00 One Square, two insertiooe (US) One Square, one month - . XI SO For Larger Advertisements Liberal ContractSwitr-bo made. VOL. XXXVi ' PITTSBOHO. tHATHAM COUNTY; N .C, NOVtMBtR 26. 1913. ALL v,.. IEF FDR THE BUST 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. Southern. An official list of men killed in an explosioL in the Acton No. 2 mine of the Alabama Fuel and Iron compa ny shows that twenty-four men were lulled and six hurt. None of the latter wiil die. Whether it was a gas or (iu-t explosion will be determined on later. All portions of the mine have teen explored. Of the dead, eight were negroes, four of the dead being foreigners. A telegram from Birming ham. A":a., says there were forty-three men at work in the mines at the time ci the explosion. Scores of passengers left the coach es of a Southern railway train sixteen miles north of Jesup, Ga., to wring the hand of a tramp who saved many lives in a melodramatic manner. The train, carrying four crowded sleepers and several day coaches, was rushing toward a broken rail at a speed of fif ty miles an hour when the tramp ap peared in front of the locomotive wild ly waving his arms. When the engine raan stopped the train it was within a few feet of a' misplaced rail. Formal greetings by Jacksonville commercial organizations featured the welcome which the delegates got to the Atlantic Deeper Waterways' asso ciation's sixth annual convention. Sev eral special trains arrived in Jackson ville, Florida, and brought delegates from the North and East. The coast al steamship lines delivered their quota of delegates on three vessels. Frank P. Glass, editor of the Bir mingham News, and president of the Mentsromery Advertiser, has been ap pointed by Governor O'Neal of Ala lama to succeed the late Senator Jo seph F. Johnston. Mr. Glass is one cf the oldest and best-known news paper men in the state of Alabama and in the South. Mr. Glass is a native of Alabama, an alumnus of Princeton and founded the Blade in Bibb county in 1SS0, a year later bought the Selma Daily Times and in 1SS6 acquired a ha.i interest in the Montgomery Ad vertiser. He became editor of the Bir mingham News two years ago. General. The transmission nearly four thou sand miles of a wireless telephonic communication from a point in Ger man to a point in New Jersey, was accomplished on October 27, it has just teen announced. A Japanese daily newspaper publish ed at Honolulu, Hawaii, contained an attack on American soldiers quartered in that city. General Funston has sent a communication to the paper de manding an apology. He says the ar ticle is a "malicious untruth" and must be retracted. A new era of prosperity and good living for the farmer under the new tariff law was predicted by Josephus E)anie!s, secretary of. the navy, speak ing at the nineteenth annual John Jay lanquet of the Kansas City (Mo.) Commercial Club at Kansas City. The tack to the farm movement now dor mant would be revived in earnest, he said, under the improved conditions that are in store for the dweller in the country. He said Mr. Underwood was right when he said the benefit of the tariff cannot be realized suddenly. The blessings of the reduction are al most in sight, however, he said. It is announced in New York City that the revision committee of the New York cotton exchange at its meet ing increased the penalties on 'low grade cotton by from 10 to 85 points, making low middling 125 points under middling and placing good ordinary cotton at a discount of 300 points, com paring the old differences of 80 and -15 points, respectively. High grade premiums also were increased slight ly, and the most general comment of brokers is that the committee had ad justed the difference to meet the re I'lireraents of a Iqw grade crop, As the result of a test case, the su preme court of New Jersey has set a si as unconstitutional the act of -'HI providing for the sterilization of ' ! L-yucs, the feeble-minded, criminals ' d other defectives. The supreme '-'urt holds the law was based upon a ( o ssification that bore no reasona-i'-r- relation to the object of '.police reg ulation. ; iialph E. Jossman, defaulting cash ier of the E. Jjossman State Bank of "iarkston, near Pontiac, Mich., was 'atenced to serve from seven to twen ty yfr.rs in the state prison at Jackson. He admitted having taken for his own '-'se more than one hundred thousand dollars of the bank's funds The high cost of living puzzle will I'e np for attempts at solution at a '5 lfcrence arranged by Governor fyi;n of New York with the heads of the railroads over which most of the state's food supply is transported ?.nd with a number of economists. The conference, which will be held in New York City, will mark the new state executive's first step toward the for mation of a new legislative plan to reduce prices of foodstuffs in New York state. The governor's interest itas been aroused bv the New York members of the American commis- i fcn whiuh been abroad. H MAN Emanating from San Francisco, a telegram was sent cut that the Brit ish freighter Rosalie of the Maple Leaf line, which cleared for Swansea and Dunkirk, returned to port with twelve firemen out of forty-one locked in the forecastle and nine armed men from the United States revenue cutter Gold en Gate and McCullough on guard at the hatchways. Captr. Thomas Pritch ard said that shortly after he put to sea nine of his firemen threw down their shovels, asserting that when they signed in England they had agreed to work shifts of four hours, with hours off. News comes from New York City that a long funeral procession was halted in Long Island City, a suburb, and that the chauffeur of the auto mobile coach wrhich headed it was ar rested and convicted of exceeding the speed limit. The arrest was the out come of many complaints that New YTork funeral processions on the way to Calvary cemetery have been so speedy as to endanger the lives of persons crossing the streets through which they pass. Christian Frickey, the chauffeur, protested that a funeral should not be stopped, but the police making the arrest won their point. America won the first two places and the fourth, the third going to Great Britain, in the international contest for army chargers at the national horse show at Madison Square Gar den in New York cityk Francisco Escudero, minister of for eign relations in the Carranza cabinet, asked William Bayard Hale, President Wilson's agent, to present his creden tials before continuing further with the conferences which have been un der way here informally for several days. This was interpreted by many as a virtual demand for recognition of the Constitutional revolution before the exchanges between the Carranzists and the Washington government are concluded. William C. ' Brown, who rose from section hand to the presidency of the New York Central lines, has resigned. The directorates of the four railroad companies comprising the New York Central system accepted his resigna tion. Mr. Brown is 60 years old, and has been in railway service for more than forty-four years. He has been president of the New York Central for the past five years. As president of . the lines he was in charge of 160, 000 men. He rose from section hand to-the presidency. He was one - of the best known railroad men in the United States.? 'Washington. The department of justice at Wash ington has taken steps to lower the high cost of living. The investigation includes eggs, poultry, etc., which were placed on the free lilst recently, but for some reason have gone up steadily. The fifth cotton ginning report of the census bureau for the season, which has just been issued, announces that 10,434 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1913, had been ginned prior to Friday, November 14, to which date during the past seven years ginnings have averaged 2.9 per cent. Washington society has received the greatest shock administered since President Wilson assumed office. Of ficial announcement has been madei that the annual New Year's reception, which has been held at the white house for a century, will be abandoned. An increase of $100,000 in the ex ports of manufacturers of the Unit ed States in 1913 is predicted in a report by the department of com merce. For the nine months of the year ended September 30, 1913, for which figures are now available, the exports of the manufactures ready for consumption increased $37,000,000 over last year; manufactures for further use in manufacturing gained $26,000, 000, and foodstuffs, partly or whol ly, manufactured, increased' $17,000, 000, making the total gain $SO,000,000. Railway cars totaled thirteen and a half million, double last year's. Proponents of Federal control of water power rights led by Gifford Pin ch ot, former chief forester; Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war, and Walter L. Fisher and James R. Gar field, former secretaries of the inte rior, won a victory in the National Conservation congress at Washington in the test of strength on the para mount issue before the assembly. By a vote of 434 to 154 a motion to refer to the resolutions committee that por tion of the report of the committee on waterways was voted down, and the report was adopted without a . roll call. No official comment was forthcom ing in Washington on- the action of General Carranza's foreign minister, Francisco Escudero, in asking William Bayard Hale to present credentials be fore continuing the conferences which have been in progress at Nogales be tween Mr. Hale and the Constitutional ist leaders. Mr. Hale was sent to the border, it is announced in Washington, li a purely unofficial capacity for the purpose of putting the Washington ad ministration in touch with the Mexi can Revolutionists. A change had been noted in the demeanor of the Constitu tionalists since the capture of Juarez. President Wilson has sent the fol lowing application from Washington, D. C, to C. J. Haden, president of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Atlan ta, Ga.: "I wish the Georgia chamber of commerce every success. Your or ganization has a great opportunity to do constructive work in the develop ment of the agricultural resources of Georgia. The farmer has not been served as he might and should be. Let Georgia set an example in this truly great and intelligent work for relaying the foundation of wealth and prosper, ity in the United States. I, take pleas ure in applying for membership." NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA Latest News of General Interest That Has Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. Washington. Senator Simmons saw" the president recently in behalf of S. L. Rogers his campaign manager. He said that Mr. Rogers would have a position. Warrenton. Warrenton township held an election recently on a proposi tion to issue $50000 worth of bonds for the improvement of the roads and the result was a vote of 9 to 1 in favor of the bonds. Greensboro. D. R. Huffines a large property owner in Greensboro and also a large farmer had his right eye slit open recently while looking after the building of a bridge near his country home. 'High Point The Columbia Furniture Company and W; H. Ragan have both appealed before the United - States court and asked for a discharge from bankruptcy. Raleigh. Thomas Dupree was brought to the state's prison from New Hanover county recently by Dep uty Sheriff Kelly to serve twelve years for second degree murder. Wilmington. Sent out from this port recently was the largest cargo of cotton ever carried out of an Amer ican port. The British steamer Holtye i:as on board 20,324 bales valued at $1,525,000. Washington. Representative Stead man was informed by the postoffice de partment recently that Greensboro hac been selected for a parcel post depo.t Burlington. Mr. Charles F. Web ster, one of the county's most pros perous and prominent farmers,, died at his home in the Hawfields section, eight miles south of here recently. Salisbury. Secretary W. J. Bryan has been, invited by the Salisbury Council United Commercial Travelers to address the organization in Salis bury sometime after the hplidays. Raleigh. Charlie Cardino, a carpen ter at work on the postoffice building, which is being practically rebuilt at a cost of $300,000, fell from beams on the second floor, about thirty feet and was unconscious for some time. For tunately no bones were broken or in ternal injuries sustained. Wilmington. It is practically cer tain now that Wilmington will be the training quarters of the Philadelphia Nationals next spring. The Phillies agreed to come upon condition that their hotel bills were guaranteed. A local company with $5,000 capital stock has been formed for this pur pose. Lexington. Judge Shaw recently pronounced sentence on Lee Ford, whose attorneys had submitted a plea of murder in the second degree, giv ing him 30 years in the state's prison at hard labor. This brought to an end one of the most sensational mur der cases that ever occurred in this section. Jackson. The Northampton Coun ty Teachers' Convention, held in Jack son, N. C, recently, and presided over by Prof. W. D. Barbee, of Seaboard, N. C, proved to be a fine success. Wilson. The case of W. A. Fret well, of 'this city, who is sueing the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad com pany for $100,000 for discriminating against him as a shipper, has been, by request of plaintiff, continued and will come up for a hearing at the February, 1914, term. Greenville. The senior class of East Carolina Teachers' Training school has watched the marketing of tobacco from the time it has left the field until it is in hogshead? in the Imperial stemmery, all ready for ship ment to England. This was done un der the supervision of Miss Maria. Graham, of the department of mathe matics. Gastonia. Miss Lola Davis, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boyd, were both painfully injured recently wrhen the Davis family horse they were driving ran away and threw them out on the sidewalk almost in front of Miss Boyd's home on West Franklin avenue. High Point. Trying, it is thought, to actch a freight train on the local yards of the Southern recently,. James Parker failed to swing on in time .to avoid a heavy switch lamp beside the track and was struck in the -head, his skull crushed and, being thus render ed helpless, he fell under the novih train, both of his feet being severed just above the ankles. Raleigh. Candidates are getting into the race for the appointment as State Bank Examiner, the Corporation Commission having under an act of the recent special session of the Leg islature authority 'to appoint a third examiner whenever, " in its judgment, the wctIc requires an increase of the present, corps of two examiners. Hickory. The Martin Furniture Company will run its plant on extra time after 6 o'clock to take care of the increase in business. The factory is behind on orders and extra time will probably be put in until Christ mas. . :. Kinston. -Dr. C. W. Stiles, famed the world over as the discovered of the hookworm, who was recently in this section of the state to study ma larial conditions for the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, informs Dr. Z. V. Moseley, that Kinston has the cleanest mill vil lage in the country, with possibly one exception, in his opinion. Mount Airy. The first foreigner to be charged with violation of the liquor law in this section appeared before the mayor recently charged with retailing. The defendant is an Italian stonecut ter, R. MiglorL JUDGE, fill LL COLLEGE PRES. M. H. JUSTICE, A. A. THOMPSON, AND W. L. POTEAT ARE RATE COMMISSION. rHEY WILL ADJUST. RATE Governor Craig Says . He is Satisfied They Will Measure Up to Responsi bility Judge Justice's Judgeship Not Effected by Appointment. Raleigh. Judge M. H. Justice ot llutherfordton, President 'W. L. Poteat of Wake Forest College and A. A. Thompson, prominent mill man of Ral eigh, are named by Governor Craig as the Special Rate Commission to pass upon the new tables of intrastate freight rates prescribed in the Justice act by the recent special session. All three have accepted and the commis sion is to be organized just as speed ily as possible and get under way the hearings that will enable the commis sioners to make the adjustment of the rates as they deem just to the railroad companies and the shippers in the light of the protests and allegations of injustice and confiscatory status of the rates prescribed in the Justice act. In announcing the personnel of the commission the governor said: "The commission stands for itself. I realize that I was charged with the performance of a most important duty. I have taken thorough and mature considration. The subject to be con sidered by the commission Is of the greatest consequence. It. involves a large amount of money directly ana above that the welfare of the State now and hereafter. "All will agree that the men ap pointed are of the highest ability. They are well known they are courage oucs wise and just. I 'am satisfied that they will measure up to the great responsibility and that the jtidgment pronounced by this commission will command the respect of all and will have behind it the force and convic tion of ability and conscience. "No tribunal superior to this has set in North Carolina and no larger issue has been passed upon." The Justice act was ratified Octo ber 13 and was to be effective within 60 days this extending to December 13. Thereafter there will be the first additional 60-days extension by the governor to allow time for the spe cial commission to investigate and ad just the rates. The act provides that if the special commission finds the rates prescribed in the act of confiscatory or unreason able they can lower or raise them as they deem just and change the classi fications and relationships of the sev eral classes of freights at their dis cretion and promulgates the new rates by filing them with the governor and the corporation commission, the rates to be in effect 60 days after promul gation. Governor Craig says that the ac ceptance of this special commissioner ship does not necessitate the resigna nation of Judge Justice from the su perior court bench, as the constitution of the state especially provides that the holding of special commissioner ships shall not disqualify from hold ing other public office. Search and Seizure Law Valid. In a list of 13 opinions delivered in pending appeals this weekly delivery day the supreme court disposed of one liquor case of interest that of State vs. Lewis Russell from Charlotte. In thisthequestioTi of the constitutionality of the legislative act making that the possession of two and a half gallons of liquor prima facie evidence of guilt of selling liquor. The supreme court sustains the ower court in the conviction of -Russell and declares that this principle was settled in State vs. Barrett 138 North Carolina reports, and in the case of Ctate vs. Wilker son, decided only a few weeks ago, the court holding in the latter case that such acts, including the search and seizure act, are . constitutional and that the legal procedure established in such acts is valid. Live Stock Association Meets. The North Carolina' Live Stock as-" sociation met here recently at A. & M. College ,the members being wel comed by President D. H. Hill of the college. This morning there were special addresses on technical subjects by Mr. Schuyler of Salisbury; Dr. C. M. Morgan, dairy agent for the South ern Railway; J. C. McNutt, A. & M. College; II. P. Luttz, Newton; Stan ley Combes, North Carolina Experi ment Station; Mrs. J. A. Hornadf-y, Liberty; Alvin J. Reid, United States Agricultural Department. Appointed, Second Lieutenant. L. M. Bourne, Jr., of this city re ceived a message a few ?ays ago from Major General Biddle, commanding the Marine Corps, telling him to re port in Washington before November 29 and be sworn in as a second lieu tenant. Mr Bourne - will leave for Washington within the next 10 days. He received an appointment from Sec retary Daniels last April to take the examination in July, standing the test on the 15th of that month. Eighty ap plicants stood the examination for the 16 places in the marine corps. Mi TO MANUFACTURE FINE CHINA Chief of Bureau of Mines Says North Carolina Raw Product Is Finest In the World. Raleigh. Special from Washington says Dr. J. A. Holmes, chief of the Bureau of Mines, has called the atten tion Of some business men to the great opportunity of Asheville or some other Southern city in the kaolin district to manufacture fine china and porcelain. "There ought to be at some place like Asheville a pottery for high grade ware like the Rookwood at Cincinnati or those at Trenton N. J.," said Dr. Holmes. "The Federal Bureau of Mines has just issued two bulletins that shoulct prove of great value to the business interests of the territory of your rail way system. Each of the publications shows that there are in certain of the states traversed by railways, large amounts of valuable mineral resources which are capable of a much greater development than has so far taken place. -' "Referring to the kaolin or white china clay used in the manufacture of china and porcelain. Charles L. Parsons of the bureau declares that the raw material from the region studied has no superior for color but that there is great need for some cen tral depot at which the output of many small mines may be mixed and graded under the supervision of a trained ceramic chemist He further adds that in the year of 1912 there were imported into this country more than $10,000,000 worth of china and porcelain, which is unnecessary, as the supply of kaolin in the Ap palachian region is fully able to sup ply nearly all of the domestic con sumption and he adds that the quality of the kaolin now available is excelled by none." Doctor Holmes is very enthusiastic over the reports made by experts of the 'department on the kaolin deposits of North Carolina. He thinks that a great enterprise could be built up at Asheville which is favorably located for the bringing together of the kaolin from the various mines. People of Western North Carolina will recall Sallie Michael and her famous pipe and tie-tie stem. No clay pipe ever excelled the one made by Sallie Michael, who lived near Mor ganton. She found a clay that was free from grit. It is now known that she used kaolin of the best grade. There are kaolin mines at Bakers . ville, Bandana, Beaver Creek, Burns ville, Franklin, Galax; Jefferson, Pen land, Plumtree, Speedwell, Spruce Pine, Granite and other places. Appoint Delegates to Richmond. Governor Craig announced recently 25 delegates to the convention for the celebration of the 100 years of peace between the English speaking peoples to be held in Richmond Va., December 3 and 4. They follow: Lieut. Gov. Daughtridge Rocky Mount; 'Walter Murphy, 'Salisbury; J. Bryan Grimes, Raleigh; A. B. Andrews, Jr., Raleigh; Col. W. G. Lamb, Williamston; S. Wes tray Battle, Asheville; J. S. Carr, Durham; H. A. London, Pittsboro; J. C. Mitchell, Durham ; J. H. Currie, Fay etteville; R. D. W. Connor Raleigh; J. G. DeR. Hamilton, Chapel Hill; Mrs. Annie E. Bailey and Mrs. James Sprunt, Wilmington; Mrs. E. E. Greg ory, Salisbury; Miss Mary H. Hinton, Raleigh; Mrs. Marshall Williams, Fal son; Mrs. T. W. Thrash, Tarbon; Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Winston-Salem; Miss Adelaide Meares, Wilming ton; Mrs. Reilly, Charlotte; Mrs. A. B. Andrews, Raleigh; Miss Julia Alexan der, Charlotte; Benehan Cameron, States ville; John W. Graham, Hills boro. Pare I Post Depot for Salisbury. Representative Doughton was noti fied by the postoffice department re cently that his request for a parcel post depot at Salisbury had been granted. Representative Webb was told that Charlotte would get a simi lar depot if the right sort of arrange ments bout a building can be made. Mr. Webb said he would keep up the fight for it. New Charters Issued. Charters are issued for two new cor porations: The Citizens Bank, Wil mington, capital $25,000 authorized and subscribed by R. E. Williams, T. F. Bagley and E. Norfleet, and the Half-Way Park Company, Thomasville, capital $100,000 authorized and $3,000 subscribed by J. L. Armfield, R. T. Lambeth and others. Urged to Pardon B. J. Cottle. Governor Craig is being urged to pardon B. J. Cottle, holder of a Car negie hero medal from' a 12-months sentence on the Newv Hanover county roads for selling liquor. Cottle won the medal and $1,000 in cash from the Carnegie fund for saving lives of the two little children of Doctor Cald well of Wilmington by. stopping runa way horses on Market street at the peril of hi sown life, the children be ing alone in the carriage. He was then a drug clerk in the Robert Bel lamy drug store. Big Western N. C. Poultry Show. : ... The Western North Carolina Poul try Association, which," ordinarily stages its shows here at , its head quarters will this year exhibit in the: big Pythian Hall at Ellenboro Decem ber 4, 5 and 6. Premium booklets are now beingent out all over the' state,' and a good show withe a large atten dance is expected. The change to Ellenboro is caused by the better shipping facilities of this point, It be?" ing believed that moving the show wfll bring more ejitriea This entire' sec tion is interested. NEXT AT WILSON NORTH CAROLINA DRAINAGE AS SOCIATION WILL HOLD NEXT : . t r ? " MEETING AT WILSON. 0FFJGERS ARE APPOINTED Enthusiastic Men Appointed Who Are Bandishing Malaria and Reclaiming Farm Lands and Making Them at Once Productive. Charlotte. With the re-election of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt of Chapel 'Hill to the presidency, the selection of Wilson as the place for the next meet ing, and the adoption of resolutions touching numerous pbaises of reclama tion work, the North Carolina Drain age Association, asembled in sixth an nual convention, adjourned recently at 3:30 p. m. The morning session was marked by a nuraber of reports from drainage districts, some of them being in this immediate section, from Iredell, Ca tawba and other counties, and each one was of the most optimistic na ture. The story in each case was one of the banishment of malaria and the utilization of farm lands which for years had been unproduc tive. Preident Pratt in his speech of acceptance when re-elected said that he expected a number of new districts to result from the reports made at this one. He declared that never be fore had he been, so delighted with developments " in drainage. The election of officers correspond ed precisely to the recommendations made by the committee on nomina tions and next meeting place .the re port' of this committee being rendered as follows and adopted unanimously: "We recommend Wilson, as the place to hold the nextf-.c.onvention, the" date being left with the presi dent . . : "We recomend for the ' "office of President of the Association; Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt; of Chapei Hill. "We recommend for. the office of secretary, Mr. A. B. Skelding, of Wil mington. "We recommend for Treasurer, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chapel Hill. - "We also recommend that the by laws of the Association be amended so as to provide for tlie election of a first vice president and second-' vice presidents, one for each county.;- "We recommend Mr. Lawrence Brett, of Wilson, for the ofSce of first vice president. 1 "We recommend that the following named gentlemen as second vice pres idents: Anson county, B. A. Earrett, Polk ton; Beaufort, P. H. Johnson; Bertie, Francis D. Wilston, Windsor; Bladen, O. L. Clark, Clarkton; Brunswick,1 Jackson Johnson, Town Creek; Cabar rus,' J. Lee Crow ell, Concord; Chow an, W. S. Privott, Edenton; Columbus, Joseph A. Brown, Chadburn; Cumber land, W. A.. Beard, Fayetteville; Clev eland, C. F. Hambright, Kings Moun tain; Gates, A. P. Godwin, Gates ville; Guilford, 'M. W. Thompson, Greens boro; Halifax, John L. Patterson, Hal ifax; Harnett, A. J. Dunn; Hertford, R. C. Bridger, Winston; Iredell, E. S. Milsaps, iStatesville ; Jones J. H. Bell, Pollocks ville; Lincoln, W. A. Graham, Llncolnton; Mecklenburg, W. S. Pharr, Charlotte; New Hanover, B. F. leith, Wilmington; Onslow, E. M. Koonce, Jacksonville; Pitt, Alston Grimes, Grimesland; Robeson, J. B. Sellers, Maxton; Rockingham, R. P. Richardson, Reidsville; Rowan, C. M: Miller. "For some of the counties we can not make recommendations for , the reason that we do not know the par ties, and we ask that the President of the Association make such appoint ments a she may see fit." Davidson's Corn Contest. Lexington. The 1913 men's, corn contest in Davidson county closed re cently with the final filing of reports from the contest acres. A. C. Tus sey - of Lexington township, winner last year, again heads the list. His yield was 109 bushels on one acre of land. Lust year his winning yield was 138 bushels. Red Cross Seal. . Charlotte. rThis year promises to be banner year lin the sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals in North Caro lina. This means that people all over the state are taking great, interest in;, the fight, against tuberculosis, as the seals-are sold wholly to help on this work.. . Leet B. . Myers ,the Secretary of the Red Cross Seal ( Committee, stated recently that sixty-five cities have ordered thus far more than one million seals, and many 'more orders ark" expected to" come In in-the next few weeks. ! ; ' . .Agricultural Exhibit. Durham. The location of a place in which the mid-winter exhibit of agricultural .and industrial products of Durham -county could .be held has at Jast been aranged "and this forerun-' ner of a county fatr, is now -an assured thing. The Tobacco Board, of Trade and the proprietors of the Banner warehouse have agreed to allow th Commercial 1 'Club' to : use the Banner warehouse ' for this 'flxhibit, and com matrees, have, now, been appointed to complete all, arrangements for holding L3.B fXX'm i : ;v MQM1GM SMMfSOiOOI Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 30 CROSSING THE JORDAN. LESSON TEXT Joshua 3:7-17. GOLDEN TEXT "Fear thou not for I am with thee." Isa. 41:10. The spies sent out by Joshua (ch. 2) were animated by quite a different motive than that which governed those wha first visited Canaan, and they bro'ight back a much different report (Num. ch. 13). The story of their experience in Jericho with Ra hab, tneir escape. from her house, and the incident cf the "scarlet thread," will prove an interesting introduction for today's lesson. There are two suggestions in the preparation for the crossing of the Jordan mentioned in the first seven verses of this chapter: (1) It was to be an orderly advance (v. 4) ; no disorderly crowding about those who led. This was also to be a sure path, though they had not passed , that way before, for God was leading. (2) It was to be a prayerful advance (v. 5). Literally, they were to "un dertake great things for God and to expect great things from God." ' Jesus Must Lead. I. The Leader, vv. 7, 8. Tne cir cumstances surrounding this episode are far different from those at the crossing of the Red sea. Moses en counter with Pharaoh had stamped him as the one who should save the nation. True, in the battles and in his association with Moces Joshua had occupied a position of leadership. but now he is to deliver Israel from -the death of the wilderness into the life and possessions of Canaan, hence the words,. "I will magnify thee In the .sight of all, Israel." It is notice ably, however,' that Joshua did not lead 'this' ' forward 'march, but rather the priests .-"jrhe ajk which they bore IS a tyjpo Oi-unrist ana a iuuki al ways fekd. Jehovah magnified Joshua because' 'Joshua had-magnified Jeho vah; see I. Sam. 2:30, John 17:4, 5 II. Those Led.-vv'. 9-13. Joshua at once eommulAal&es Jehovah's order for a forwardA&irch to the people (L LThess.2:i3y., But God graciously ac companies his word by a visible mani festfation of his presence (v. 10, 11) cf: I. John 1:1, Cpl. 2:9. It was the word and presence of the "living God" (v. 10)' that was to work this miracle, and to accomplish the victo rious possession of the land In ac cordance with his own sure promise. This lesson is-a great lesson of types. God, through the leading of his priests bearing the ark (a type of Christ), leads man from the failures of his wilderness experience, through death fthe Jordan), into newness of life (Canaan), Rom. 6:4, 9. Previous ly the mention of the names of these enemies (v. 10-) had so frightened Israel that they turned aside in a panic, but Israel had been learning in the bitter school of discipline and failure. "The. Lord of all the earth" (v. 11) is to lead, why then fear? There was,, however, to be a test, viz., the path was not to open until their feet were. In the waters. There was no such test at the Red sea, for they did not then have sufficient faith, I. Cor. 10:13. I. Peter 1:7. , . Israel's One Way. Ml. The Dry Ground, vv. 14-17. Up until the moment they stepped Into the water, priest and people alike re lied upon the bare word of Jehovah, J. Sam. 15:22. We, too, will surely find a way of escape if we yield him implicit obedience, Isa. 43:2; I. Cor. 10:13. As If to heighten this miracle we need to remember It was the sea son of flood tide (v. 15). The river Jordan is a great type of the judg ment passed upon sin. Verse sixteen tells us that the waters were backed up beyond; "the city of Adam." Our Joshua delivers not only us from all sin but his deliverance is alsd suffi cient for the whole human race, Heb. 9:28, I. John 1:7. Our deliverance is complete, let us praise him. The Jordan would not, however, have opened had those bearing the ark paused upon the bank. The people could not have been delivered except as the. ark remained in the fiver bed. Jesus went into the waters for us, 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:13. He has con demned sla for us, Rom. 8:3. He alone has opened a pathway for our deliverance. There was no other way whereby Israel could be delivered and further they were delivered "right ; against Jericho" (v. 16) viz., before their next big task, and "all, the na tion were passed clean over Jordan" (v. 17), J6hn 17:12. Representatives of each tribe , (ch. ,4) carried from the river twelve 'stones for the building of an altar so that the history of that deliverance might be perpetuated. IV. TheLesson. In this lesson we are brought, in company with Israel, into the land at last. Abraham saw and, believed. Jacob and his sons left it when threatened with moral .contamination and physical . death. "Much has happened since that time. 1iut God's purposes have gone on un changed. Nor has Jehovah ever been "defeated. Israel Is delivered because, iri' the language of Ps. 114:2, "Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his do minion. Note how Ps. 114:3 united forty years of history, "The sea saw anil floJ. Tnrdan W9 9 rtrivpn Kfl fir." This , Is the history of Israel. 4. r -O -5. 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The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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