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THE CHATHAM RECORD it a. London; EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, on mj srtiosi ." ,- JLOO . One Square, two toertioaa tUB- One Square, one montk 1 CtM?, For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. ft: VOL. XXXVL PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N .C, JANUARY 14, .1914. NO. 23. BRIEF NEWS 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. southern. Geii. Simon Buckner, the last or the Confederate lieutenant generals, is dead at his home in Hart county, Kentucky. He will be buried in the state cemetery at Frankfort. Three lives were lost- and more than twenty-five persons injured, six of whom are seriously hurt, in a wreck of passenger train No. 3, on the Geor- gia Southern and Florida railroad, 60 miles south of Macon. The wreck was on Gum Creek trestle. After the lo- comotive and baggage cars passed over a broken rail the day coach appeared to have been lifted skyward, then over the embankment and a heavy Pullman plowed into the rear of it. The dead and injured were taken to Macon, Ga. Majority rule was upheld as a Dem- ocratic principle in aoama uy m - T 1 1 t Xl I state executive committee wihch met in Montgomery. Two primaries will be held, the first April 6 and the sec- ond May 11, to select a United States senator, governor and otner state or- ficers. geKsolutions providing tne ex clusion of all non-Democrats from par ticipation in the primaries were adopt ed without opposition. The purchase by Edwin Gould and associates of Latham Hammock, and the filing of a petition for charter in the Glynn (Georgia) superior court for the incorporation of the "Latham Hammock Club," probably means that Glyn county is soon to have another club composed of millionaires, similar in many ways to tne lamous jeKyi Island Club, which has been known for many years as the richest organization of the kind in the country, being com- posed of one hundred members, all of whom are rated upwards of, a million dollars. President Wilson has begun work on the message dealin with anti-trust legislation which he will read to con- gress shortly after his return to Wash- ington trom i'ass nnstian, miss. L.iKe his inaugural address and , previous messages to congress, the document was first sketched in short-hand by the president and then given to a sten- ographer to transcribe. While tne president considers wnat ne is wont- ing on as only a rough draft, if pre- vious experience is repeated, the mes- baSe uwi ue iiny uemu m UU ue materially ciiaugeu uum mio moi composition. rveeuuut lH.e, we muiuw """'"f. and game resort, near the western i j. - -c ii.. r m -K uuiuei oi me suiie ul ieuuCBSCC uc- came the property of the state of Tennesese when the condemnation suit brought by the state against the West Tennessee Land company for the part of the lake represented by grants before the earthquake of 1811, which caused the lake, was settled in open court at Union City, . Tenn, General. The gross value of the estate of the late Col. John Jacob Astor, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, is $85, 890,826, according to a report of re appraisement filed in New York City Dashed to death on the rocks in the Fraser river. British Columbia, or swept to their doom by the swift cur rent, was the fate of 75 laborers em ployed by the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, according to Angele Pugli- ese, one of 25 who managed to escape when the fiatboat in which they were being transported across the river was wrecked on a rock. Pugliese reached Winnipeg and says the 25 who escap Pd wore all iniiiroH Thf trftETPdv OR- curred in British Columbia, west of Fort no- a nhnra motion of thn wnrv noAoitatori nrnssine a river, A telegram from . Johannesburg, s, a5 v,?.fiM thousand sth Afrin statl? railwav emnwoao m BtHv a dIovppc nr th administration's policy of retrenchment. Attempts havp hppn nvAo n cottio thp HismitP but. thP nvprnmpnt has rofSPd to re- instatP thp Tnpn Aa TJatoi onai minp.rs are still on strike, the situation is grave. A plot to attack the barracks at Guayaquil. Ecuador, was discovered by the government in time to prevent a serious situation. Revolutionists under Col. Valle Franco were surprised while making preparations. The leader was killed and others were dispersed. The troops patrolled the city throughout one whole night. Several government officials in the rebel campaign in Es- meraldas have been brought to Guay- aquil for courtmartial. Fighting between the northern di- vision of the Mexican federal army, to be followed by individuals in mak defending Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite ing returns of income subject to the Marfa, Texas, and General Ortega's 6,- new federal income tax were sent out 000 rebels ceased as suddenly as it began a week ago. Without any fed- eral activities to nrovoke his move, General Ortega withdrew his army several miles to the west, along the Ptio Grande, supposedly to await the arrival of reinforcements from Chihua- hua. Information had reached the reb- el that a large body of federals, on the way from Jiminez, were within four! days' march of Ojinaga, and were planning to steal of Ortega's rear. The capsizing in Hampton Roads of a mator cutter from the battleship Wyoming, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, resulted in the loss of fee lives of four seamen of the Wyoming's crew. The accident occurred near the very spot where a launch from the battle ship Minnesota went down in 1907 with the los sof eleven lives, mostly young midshipmen returning to the Minnesota in a storm after midnight following a' social function at the Jamestown Exposition grounds. The release on bail of Harry K. J?TLZT fc, a public meeting before the commis- sion appointed by the federal court to pass upon Thaw's mental condition and its relation to. his liberation un der bond. Holman A. Drew, sheriff of Coos county. New Hampshire, and Clark D. Stevens of the Concord po- nee iorce,. wno nave naa Thaw. : in charge since September, favored his admission to mail. Thaw and his mother were present at the hearing, as were also the leading members of his counsel Sentences of twenty-four of the la bor union officials convicted in In dianapolis of conspiracy to transport dynamite were confirmed by the Unit- ed States circuit court of appeals of the seventh district. Six of the 30 who appealed were granted new tri- als. Counsel for the twenty-four with in thirty days will petition the court of appeals for a rehearing on new le gal points. If that is denied they will take the case to the Federal Supreme court. According: to cables. Power of the Boston Athletic association and Tem- pieton of the San Francisco Olympic elub members of the All-American track team broke records' in the meet at Wellington, New Zealand John McCauley, who arrested Leon F. Czolgosz, after the latter had shot President William McKinley at Buf falo, N. Y., is dead. At the time of the assassination, McCauley was a police sergeant in charge of eleven patrolmen who were to assist secret service men in guarding the president. Washington. Just $797,948,900 was expended last Jtoj v-uui)u linu uj mo o ua- val powers of the world, the United States standing second. Japan stood last. A general outline of the tentative draft of anti-trust legislation prepar ed by majority members of the house committee on judiciary by the full com- mittee, subject to a conference with President Wilson, has become known in .Washington Tne eighth cotton ginning report of tne census bureau for the season an noUnces that 13.333.074 bales of cot ton counting round as half bales, of tne growth of 1913 had been ginned prior to January 1, to which date dur- w the past seven years the ginning averaged 93.4 per cent of the entire crop Secretary McAdoo has asked con gress to appropriate $47,000 for a pellagra hospital at some Southern Tva eorotarv in hia lpttpr to nnint gpeaker of the house pointed out . . ,lara h iTrmnspf1 o-rpat finnn 1 burdens on communities in which it prevails and that while investiga tions of pellagra have been systemat- Ically carried on at the marine hospl tal at Savannah for several years, and important bacteriologic and epidemio logic studies are being carried on from that station, that institution has no facilities for the conduct of metabolic and physico-chemical studies. Explaining that his judgment was not influenced by the Mexican situa- tion, Major General Wood, chief of staff of the . army, has advised com mittees of congress that they should appropriate $3,000,000 for field guns and ammunition for the regular army, and $3,000,000 for the militia. General Wood states that "we neither have guns nor ammunition sufficient to give any general commanding an army in the field any assurance of success if attacked by an army of equal size which is supplied with its proper quo ta of field artillery." Frequent conferences between am bassadors and ministers here are tend ing to unite xnem on a une ul con duct regarding Mexico, which, while conforming to the plans of the United States, involves an understanding as to obligations the American govern ment will be expected to assume as eign powers. This common under standing has not taken the form of direct pressure, dui tne siaie uepait- ment is kept informed through the medium of individual representatives of the expectations of the European powers Loss of $129,000,000 in two years by the unsuspecting public through swindling operations carried on by use of the United States mails has J stirred the postal authorities to drastic campaign against fraudulent schemers. Wholesale use of govern ment's right to deny the mailing priv ilege to persons or firms whose oper ations may be tainted with "get rich quick" and other false promises, is the weapon to be empolyed. The form to be used and regulations by the treasury department, livery citizen of the United States, whether residing at home or abroad, every per- son residing in the United States and every non-resident alien who has in come from United States investments of $3,000 or more, must make return. The law imposes a tax of 1 per cent and provides that individuals who have an income between $20,000 and $50,000 shall pay an additional tax of 1 1 per cent, on such amount. E OF LF APPORTIONMENT OF $250,000 AP PROPRIATED BY THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY. BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Fund Was Appropriated by the Gen eral Assembly of 1913 to Aid in Car rying Out Full Six Months' Term as Provided by Legislature. Raleigh. Apportionment of the $250,000 ap propriation by the general assembly of 1913 for the schools of the state was made a few days ago at a meet ing of the state board of education held in the office of Governor Craig. This fund was created out of the state treasury for the purpose of enabling the schools of the state to fill out the required six months school term. The new law provides for the set ting aside of five cents on every hun dred dollars worth of property in the statp. that is taxed, and this will bt apportioned to the various counties later in the year. The total scnoo fund will then it is expected, exceed $400,000. The figures as given out by Stat Sunerintendent of Public Instruction J. Y. Jayner are given Deiow. in-s school population in each county, tnj gether with the proportionate amount of the school fund, are given. State Appropriation of $250,0CO, Appor. tioned Per capita. Total School Amount COUNTIES Population. Apportioned Alamance .. .. 9,17 Alexander .. .. 4,263 Aleghany .. .. 2,978 Ashe 7.194 Anson 8,811 Avery 3,904 Bfeaufort .. .. 9.894 Bertie 8.078 Bladen 6,978 Erunswick .. .. 4,397 Buncombe .. 17,169 Burke 6,9S2 Cabarrus .. .. 9,079 Caldwell 6,706 Camden 2,157 Carteret 4.449 Caswell '5.327 . Catawba 10,565 Chatham 7,976 Cherokee .. 5,580 Chowan 3,605 Clay 1.546 Cleveland .. .. 10.S11 Columbus .. .. 9,474 Craven 7.900 Cumberland ... 10,759 Currituck .. .. 2,S14 Dare 1.48S Davidson .. .. 10,158 Davie 4,573 Duplin 8,375 Durham 11,903 Edgecombe.. .. 9,440 Forsyth 16,930 Franklin ... ... 8,946 Gaston 13,114 Gates 3,915 Graham 1,607 Granville .. .. 7,863 Greene 4,470 Guilford 20,212 Halifax 12,79 Harnet S,3)6 Haywood .. .. 7,408 Henderson .. .. 5,910 Hertford ...... 5,068 Hoke.. 1 3,588 Hyde 3,204 Iredell n'5? Jackson 4, 70S Johnston .. 15,481 Jones 3,100 Lee 4,002 Lenoir .. .. .. 7,025 Lincoln .' 6,390 Macon .. .. .. 4,346 Madison 7,834 Martin 6,057 McDowell . . . . 6,11 Mecklenburg .. 23,388 Mitchell 3,781 Montgomery ... 5,094 Moore 6,727 Nash 11,978 New Hanover.. 8,301 Northampton . . . ,927 Onslow 4,934 Orange 4,910 Pamlico 3,557 Pasquotank.. .. 5,495 Pender 5,400 Perquimans ... 3,835 Person 6,021 Pitt 13,326 Polk 2,609 Randolph .. .. 10,538 Richmond .. .. 6,909 Robeson 15,257 Rockingham ... 12,779 Rowan 12,547 Rutherford .... 9,771 Sampson .. 10,414 Scotland .. .. 5,489 Stanly .. .. .. 6,404 Stokes 7,435 Surry 9,005 Swain 3,621 Transylvania .. 2,600 Tyrrell 1,745 Union 11,661 Vance 6,455 Wake 22,028 Warren 7,511 Washington ...V 4,965 Watauga 4,370 Wayne.. .. ,. 11,869 Wilkes .. .... 11,284 Wilson 9,455 Yadkin 5,460 Yancey 4,917 Teacher Train'g .... Rural Libraries - .... 2,941.85 1,373.96 960.5S 2,318.62 2,839.78 1,258.25 3.1S0.83 2,603.53 2,249.00 1,417.15 5,533.56 2,250.29 2,926.16 2.1S0.68 695.98 1,433.91 1,716.89 3,405.09 2,570.66 1,798.43 1,161.89 499.05 3,484.38 3,053.47 2,546.17 3,467.62 901.73 4S0.36 3,273.92 1,473.92 2,699.26 3,836.33 3,042.51 5,456.53 2,883.29 4,226.64 1,261.80 518.71 2,534.24 1,440.68 6,514.22 4,086.44 2.677.02 2,387.59 1,904.79 1,633.41 1,156.41 1,032.64 8.806.04 1,515.45 4,989.52 999.90 1.2S9.84 2,264.15 2,059.49 1.400.T1 2,524.89 1,952.17 1,972.15 7,537.85 1,218.61 1,641.79 2,163.11 3,860.50 2,675.41 2,554.87 1,590.22 1,582.49 1,146.42 1,771.03 1,740.42 1,236.02 1,940.56 4,294.96 841.66 3,396.39 2,226.77 4,917.33 4,118.67 4,043.89 8,149.19 8,356.43 1,769.10 2,064.00 2,396.30 2,902.31 1,167.04 838.76 563.84 3,758.34 2,080.45 7,099.62 2,420.79 1,600.22 1,408.45 3,825.38 3,636.83 3,047.35 1,759.75 1,584.75 1,500.00 1,485.45 Total. 260,000.00 Hubbell Gets Rhodes Scholarship. Paul A. Hubbell, now teaching school in Marshall, Madison county, gets the 1914 Rhodes scholarship from North Carolina to Oxford Uni versity, England. The committee on the part of this state to pass on the examination papers was in session some time here recently, being com posed of Prof. Graham of the Univer sity of North Carolina, Dr. J. Y. Joy ner of the state department of edu cation and Chief Justice Walter Clark of the supreme court. $4,500 is al lowed for the three year course. Will Sell Cotton Goo&s. The Gastonia Cotton Company, Ino., which is largely cotiposed of Char lotte and Gastonia capital, will begin business in a few days and will sell cotton goods and yarns from a large number of mills. The members of the firm well known here are - Messrs. J: H. Daingerfield and A. W. Latta. The officers of the company are Mr. J. H. Daingerfield, president; Mr. S. S. Shu ford of Gastonia, secretary and treas urer. The company is chartered un der the laws of Pennsylvania and will maintain head offices in Philadelphia. OUNTIES SHAR SCHOQ UNO Help Market Farnj Products. , Plans to list various products which the farmers have to sell and to list such products are set forth in a let ter being sent out 1 by William R. Camp, chief of the division of mar kets of the North Carolina Agricul tural Experiment Station. To have the work prove of value the co-opera tion of the county demonstration agents . and farmers organizations. The list of grower's products in the offers for sale include wheat, oats, hay, corn, peanuts, apples, sweet pota toes, Irish potatoes, cow peas, soja beans, meats, lard, syrup', cattle, hors es, hogs, sheep, mules. 1 Concerning this Mr. Camp states that "it should be impressed upon all farmers who list their products that we do not undertake to sell anything. This is simply a news channel for buyers, whether they.Jhe farmers, gen eral consumers In the town, retailers or jobbers." In his letter to agents Mr. Camp says: "Mr. C. R. Hudson joins with us in the request that every county agent co-operate with us in this workt The blanks which are enclosed may be filled out as each agent makes his rounds about the county. All blanks must be filled out and returned to this office not later than January 15. Cop ies of the Farmers' Market Reporter, in which the farm products will be list ed, will be furnished you, and all oth ers who may request them. Copies will also be sent to the newspapers of the state at the same time." The regulations for listing the pro ducts offered for sale are as follows: 1. Only those products which are in the hands of the original growers or producers shall be listed. 2. No products which farmers have sold to dealers shall be included. 3. Farmers' organizations whos membership is limited to actual grow ers are permitted to list their pro ducts. 4. All products listed shall be of good quality. In quoting prices tc buyers an exact' and honest descrip tion of the grade and character of the products for sale shall be given. 5. Repeated compalints of products falling' below description will result in the name of the grower being struck from the list of future issues. 6. The description given in this cir cular will be limited to the name and quantity of product, price and the grower's name, address and shipping point. JNo matter whatever ot a gen eral advertising or "boosting" nature can be inserted, nor can publication be given of any special breeds or va rieties of plants or Animals. 7. Any products which are not on hand but which will be produced within the present season may be in eluded. The period within which such products will be ready for shipment should be indicated under the head of shipping date. . une quantity or a product may be expressed in bushels, barrels, pounds, crates or car . loads. 9. All prices shall be listed at tke rate per bushel, barrel, crate or pound, subject to change of market conditions. The local market prices requested in the last column are de sired solely for the information of this office as to what market condi tions are, and will not be published or given out in any form. Only the price which the farmer asks will be published. IP. m addition to the above we shall appreciate any further infonna tion or marKet conditions which you may think of value. New North Carolina Charters. The Merchants' Bank of Fair Bluff, Columbus county, was chartered with $10,000 capital authorized, and $5,000 subscribed by A. M. Jenkins, I. B Tucker and others for a commercial and savings bank business. The Black Lake Lumber Company, Black Lake, capital $50,000 authorize ed, and $20,000 subscribed by. J. P, Allison, Bynum Clark and - others of Concord, for a general lumbering busi ness; the Wake Building Supply Com pany, Holly Springs, capital $50,000 authorized, and $3,000 subscribed by G. B. Alford and others; the Pegram Watson Hardware Company, Beaufort 'capital $25,000 authorized, and $3,000 subscribed by S. C. Pegram and others There is an amendment for the charter of the Lumus-McCoy Com pany, Charlotte, which changes the capital stock to $50,000. The Belfast Land Company, Wil mmgton, capital ""$100,000 authorized and $15,000 subscribed by W. B. Her ring, C. F. Davis and others. The Ramsey Drug Company, High Point, capital $5,000, by A. J. Griffin and others. Odd Fellow's Hall, Inc., Mayodan, Rockingham county, capital $10,00u authorized and $1,000 subscribed. The Spring Lumber Company Spring Hope, Nash county, capital $25,000, authorized and $5,000 sub scribed by W. M. Prescott and others The Variety Stores Company, Leaks ville, capital $5,000. ' The R. A. Ellington Drug Company Corporation, Madison, Rockingham county, capital $15,000 by R. A. El lington and others for drug and gro cery business. The Marsh-Bowman Company ot Marsh ville, capital $10,000 authorized and $4,000 subscribed by J". A. Marsh and others. The Dunn Realty & Development Co., of Ridgeview, Mecklenburg coun ty, capital $100,000 authorized and $10,000 subscribed by Charles B. Dunn and others. Henry Farrior & Co., Warsaw, ca?i tal $10,000 authorized. GUT OUT GAMBLING GAMBLING WILL BE CUT OUT AT NORTH AND SOUTH CARO- . LIN A FAIRS. MEETING HELD AT CHARLOTTE Of the Secretaries of Fairs Indicate This. Questionable Shows As Well As Gambling Devices Must Be Pro hibited. Behalf Social Service. Charlotte. That the fairs of this state and South Carolina are going to completely eliminate gambling and questionable shows oa the grounds of the fairs was indicated here recently at a meeting of the secretaries of these fairs. A committee consisting of A. W. McAalister, of Greensboro; W. C. Dowd, of Charlotte, and J. E. Clark; of Charlotte, representing J. M. Brought- on, Jr.,. of Raleigh, went before the fair secretaries and presented the matter in behalf of the North Caro lina Conference for Social Service. The committee was cordially received by the secretaries. A number of the secretaries have already aliminated all objectionable games and shows, doing it not only in response to public sentiment and on moral grounds, but they assured the committee that the financial returns were better. The committee presented the fol lowing resolution in part: "The state and county fairs of North Carolina are playing an important part in the in dustrial development of the state and possess educational possibilities of great value. In addition to their in dustrial and educational value they have a great recreational value. With these worthy things as an objective they are entitled to the encourage ment and support of all the people young and old, church-going people, school children, school teachers, In fact everybody. This being true, it is not right, neither is it wise to admit to the midways of our fairs features which are a ground of conscientious objection to a very considerable pro portion of our people and whose in fluence upon the children and youth attending them is unwholesome and injurious. "These objectionable features are not needed to make the fairs attrac tive. The fairs can furnish abundant recreation and diversion and such as will fully satisfy the public demand for such things without admitting those things that are immoral in their suggestion and tendencies and those things whose influence is unwhole some and hurtful. The time was when these things may have been popular, but that time has passed, The tmblic has changed. Sentiment has changed. The popular fair now is the clean fair." Blue Ridge Highway. TOristnL Tenn. The people of John enn countv. Tenn.. are organizing, with a view to building their section of the f 'Crest of the Blue Ridge High way," which is to be brought this way from the Carolina mountains. Sulli van county, Tenn., has already graded most of its Dortion of the road, ana has onlv to cut the grade wider and place macadam on eight miles before its work is completed. The citizens of Boone and Watauga county, North Carolina, are being ureed to provide for their link of the highway. Since the visit to east Ten nessee of Dr. J. Hydel Pratt, State Highway Commissioner, the people of this section have been active, and literature has been mailed into War tauga county with a view to arousing enthusiasm among the people of that county. - Buncombe Cupid a Hustler. Asheville. The past year was the busiest Deriod of 12 months yet ex perienced in this county, the records of the register of deeds showing that duriner the 12 months all previous records were shattered. The little god never had a busier year and. through his manuverins:. 648 couples made trios to the altar. This record ex ceeds that of 1912 a leap year by 106 licenses. , Winston-Salem Wants White Way Winston-Salem. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Retai Merchants Association recently active steps were taken toward the forma tion of a fund of $5,000 for the purpose of giving Winston-Salem a mode great white way. While in the city a few days ago, President Taylor of the Southern Power Company was asked to give suggestions for the formation of a white way and his plans called for an outlay of about $5,000. A spe cial committee of the Retail Merchants Association presented the subject. Board of Health. Hendersonville. At the meeting of the Town Commissioners recently the preliminary steps were taken for the organization of a Hendersonville board of health., Dr. L. B. Morse represented the Hendersonville-Polk County Med ical Society, and asked for the passage of a resolution expressing it as the sense of the commissioners that this city should have an active board of health. As a result, M. M. Shepherd, T. L. Durham, George W. Justice, W. A. Keith and A. Ficker, city officials, were appointed to represent the city. WILL NOT RESUME MINING Welsbach Company Sees Nothing In Production of Mesothorum As Cost is Prohibitive. Shelby. Dr. Howard A. Kelly, a surgeon of Baltimore, who has gained National reputation for his discovery of the use of radium in the cure of cancer, and Joseph T. Singewald, pro- fessor of domestic geology in Johns Hopkins University, were Shelby vis itors recently -: to confer ".with- L. A. Gettys of this place as .to the possi bility of radium being produced from the mines of Cleveland county.- Mr. Gettys has been deeply interestd in monazite when the industry flourish ed in this section and, in addition to a conference with him, the Maryland notables investigated the sand that has been produced in this section. In view -of the fact that it was pub- lished during the holidays that the mines in this section might be re-open- ed because of the newly-discovered use of mosothorium, it is interesting to know the real situation. Mesotho- rium and radium have practically the same powers. Doctor Kelly says that radium is rated at about $250,000 an ounce and that if he only had 'his quantity, he would want . no raOre to perfect numberless cures sf cancer, He says the cancer germs wall them- selves in impregnable cells which ra- dium will penetrate and destroy. Sev- eral people, claim to be in the posses- sion of radium but he denies that they have genuine radium. As to the possible reopening of the Cleveland mines for mesothorium, the Welsbach Company, which holds mon- azite lands in this section, says the must love his neighbor as himself announcement is premature. Experi- Summarized the Law. . ments with small quantities produced In European laboratories have rated its curative properties for cancer troubles with that "of radium used for mantel-making to equip plants for the treatment of the residues from which mesothorium is extracted. The Welsbach Company says that before it can engage in the manufac- Vire of mesothorium, or the owners of monazite property can lpok forward to a resumption of mining, It will be necessary that the present tariff be changed so as to make possible th reduction of the American market's consumption of thorium in order to obtain sufficient quantities of residue to make the manufacture therefrom in a plant for that purpose. Cleveland county has nothing to ex- pect from this product, . for a ton of monazite would produce only a frac tion part of a cent's worth of radium.- Move to Wilmington. unarlotte. Woodall & Sheppard, Inc., one of Charlotte's . best known and most successful drug stores, is to ue mvu uou"y lo Wilmington, on or about February 15. This impor- tant step was decided on at a meet- ing of the stockholders recently, at dead." If left to himself he will sure which time Dr. T. F. Costner. presi- i T? rm To! Tin mo a n a dent of the corporation, submitted a report of a recent visit to the City- By-the-Sea, at which time he looked mg aiong the Jerico road. Remem the field over and made the necessary btsr that Jesus'' is dealing with the sec- arrangmenets whereby the firm will secure the southeast corner of Front and Princess streets, in the event that favorable action was taken on the proposition to move. This decis- ion having been reached, immediate measures will be taken. . . Farmers Are Gratified.- Statesville. Gratifying reports for the past year were made at the an nual meeting of the Iredell Farmer's Union held at the court house in Statesville, and in their discussins the farmers also reported a good year on the farm as it affects the individuals. The drought . cut down the crops in some sections of the county, and oth er sections suffered from hailstorms, but as a rule the crops rere good, and prices being good tne farmers have fared well. W. B. Gibson of Statesville was re elected president of the union, C. M. Wagner of Troutman was named as vice president, and' I. N. Pain, secre tary and treasurer, W. C. Wooten, F. T. Meacham, P. M. Cline and J. M. Lobertson were re-elected members of the Executive Committee and C. L. Sherrill. . Court House Contract Awarded. Tfnloip-h Wniro ennntr rnmmissinn. ers awarded a contract recently for the erection, of the new $300,000 coun ty court house to Little-Clackler Con struction Company of Anderson, Ala. The contract price was $275,000, not including jail equipment for the fourth floor Or the heating plant. Stamp Sale .Increases. Charlotte. The annual report fur nished recently by the postoffice of ficials showed an increase of $13,- 54,7.61 in receipts during 1913, the time included in the report being from December 31, 1912, to December 31, 1913. During the months interven ing between these dates the total re-' ceipts were $180,000.35. For last year the figures were $166,452.74. The monthly report for December, in which th4 great holdiday rush is of course to be round, shows tne busi ness to have reached $18,506.34. New Traffic Manager. Asheville. M. R. Beaman, a well- known freight, rate expert, who has had several years' experience at Mem phis, Washington and other points, arrived in Asheville a few days ago, and after a conference with several of the leading lumbermen of this sec tion of the state, who are members of the Western Carolina Lumber and Timber Association, he agreed to take the position of secretary , and will enter upon, his new duties the fifteenth of this month. SDWfSCBOOL Lesson (By E 0 sellers'. Director of Evenina Department, the Moody Bible Institute. Chicago.) LESSON FOR JANUARY 18. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. LESSON TEXT Luke 10:25-37. . GOLDEN TEXT "Thou Shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Mark 12:31. Probably no other parable given by; Jesus except possibly the Prodigal Son, has made such a deep impres- Bion as this one. It has inspired alx truistic service, promoted the idea of the brotherhood of man, and served) to crystallze Christian thinking and, service. I. "What shall I do?" vv. 25-29 J (jj The first question. This lawyer in bis test question implied that eter- nal life was dependent upon his worits, a well nigh universal Jewish idea. With a true teacher's skill. Jesus drew from his own knowledge of the law an answer to his question, viz.: that, bn the ground of doing he must love the Father with an undi- vided heart; .with all his soul, the seat of his emotions; with all his strength energies ."and with all his mind his ' intellectual powers. The evidence of such a love is that he (2) The second question, (v. 29). Jesus had not said anything to this lawyer about belief, or faith, for he was not yet ripe for that idea. He had summarized the law and by this law Jesus must teach him. Rom. 3:19, 20: MatL 22:37-40. It is one thine to read and summarize the law, and quite another to rightly apply it. It is quite possible to be ultra orthodox in our teaching and in our statements of belief, and yet to fall far short of doing. The force of this second question Is then, "Who must I love?" He avoids asking, "Who can I love?" The question was not as to who will be neighbor to me, but to whom shall I be neighbor? In answer to this Jesus employs this wonderful parable. (Note: Explain the nature of a para- ble and the Master's frequent use thereof). II. "Go and do thou likewise." vv. 30-37. That this story is not alone a parable but a literal experience is pretty generally, believed. "The way of the transgressor" is a Jericho road, and the traveler therein is bound to be "stripped," if not always of his nrnRnpritv then of hia-character. and niHrnatAlv find himself "halt ,-, wlio then is the man I can neiehbor? Anv wretch that is pass- ond half of the summarv. of the law. Three classes of men passed this man; (1) The Priest, of all men the most Hkelv to help that fallen one. rrAated in the lmaee of God in whosa worship he led. It is easy to find an excuse . for this exhibition of heart- lessness. The danger of robbers; of being suspected of complicity in the crime; the duties of his important of fice; the danger of contamination; a work not suited to his position in life. Let us beware of too hastily judging the priest until we examine ourselves. (2) The Levite. Perhaps he had seen his superior In the temple wor ship; he drew nearer than the priest, perhaps for the purpose of investiga tion, but offers no remedy. (3) The Samaritan. This Ostracized man would have been snubbed and cursed by the wounded man under any other circumstances. He therefore could certainly have been excused had he followed the example of Priest and Levite. He is a type of Christ dealing In grace with one who had no claim upon him. Note the steps: (a) "He journeyed," are we to be found visit ing the places of great need? (b) "He came where he was," evidently not from idle curiosity, but to meet a case of need., (c) "He saw him." To often our eye,s"TblInd to tht misery about us. (d) ' "He was moved with compassion." The compassion of Jesus was an. active "principle. Does misery mcve us to action? Dqes it send us to cases of heed, or do we wait for them to knock at our door? (e) "He bound up his wounds." Not acting by proay; hot sending him to a. public institution. Real charity is accompanied by warm, sympathetic, Christ-like, human hearts in action. (f) "Brought him to an Inn and took care of him." : Q . . Love Is Costly. It cost the Samaritan much, to act this way. Racial pride, aesthetic re pugnance, commercial obligations, perhaps family duties,' to say nothing of the actual expenditures of time and money. But love is a costly thing. Jesus, himself fully . portrays this pic ture, John 3:16.' The road was away from God's city, Jerusalem. It is ,not so much the doing as the motive that compelled the doing. It was not duty but desire, compelling love, that Jesus is exalting. Altruis tic service never saved any man, I Cor. 13. On the other hand, to make high sounding professions and not to give a tangible, material evidence which will affirm that profession, is to sound the note of insincerity, Jas-2:16-18. The teaching of this story is that the true and acceptable motives .for altrustiC) neighborly services, orig- inate.in a love for God that embraces man's threefold nature, body, mind and spiriL 1 ' 4 f; i. . f K" , li ft if i . -1 . f'i
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