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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, FEBRUARY 18, 1914.
NO. 28.
IE F NE1S NOIES
FOR 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
Parte of World.
Southern.
Battling blindly against the fury of
a northeast gale in a blinding snow
storm ( two steamers went ashore a
few miles from the Virginia capes.
0:;e of them is the British steamer
Katherine Park and the other is an
unknown tramp. The Katherine Park
stranded off Smith Island, a few miles
from Cape Charles. The unknown ves
sel struck the beach near the 'Cape
Henry Life Saving Station, almost in
the same spot, where the naval collier
Sterling went ashore several years
ago.
One hundred and fifty feet of Su
wannee river trestle was destroyed
and thirteen freight cars plunged in
to the river near Waycross, Ga., when
a northbound extra freight on the At
lantic Coast Line was wrecked at the
river.
The Mexican federal gunboat Zara
gossa crossed the bar at the mouth of
the Mississippi river and proceeded
up the river toward New Orleans.
Although the destination of the vessel
was announced from Vera Cruz when
it left there several days ago, the
purpose of the visit to New Orleans
has not been definitely determined.
G. F. Armstrong, cashier of the
Farmers' State Bank at Hazlehurst,
Georgia, which closed its doors on
January 31, shot himself through
the head and died shortly afterward.
Investigation of the bank's affairs dis
closed a shortage of approximately
512,000 and a warrant was issued,
charging Armstrong with responsibil
ity for the disappearance of this sum.
General.
Harry Weiss, internal revenue col
ector for northern Ohio, has mailed
to John D. Rockefeller at Tarrytown,
Ky., tax blanks for the listing of the
oil king's income for federal taxa
tion under the income tax law. Mr.
Yeiss said he would proceed to col
lect about $2,250,000 income tax from
Mr. Rockefeller unless he pays the
money to the revenue collector. "It
hasn't been decided whether Rockefel
ler's home is Ohio or New York, so
I've sent him blanks to be on the safe
side."
The first translation of the Bible
from the original Hebrew, the com
pletion of which was celebrated in
New York City, marks the beginning
of other translations into English,
which speakers declare was the inten
tion of the committee in charge of the
work. The completion of the work
marks an epoch in the history of the
Jewish people.
At Zion City, 111., an ordinance for
the "promotion of public morals and
the regulation of the conduct of citi
zens" was enacted by city council. The
first section of the ordinance makes it
unlawful to do any act, suggest any
conduct or say any word that is pro
fane, vulgar or immoral, or that has
a tendency to offend public decency.
The second section is directed chief
ly at flirting and makes it unlawful
for any person in a loud or boisterous
tone to ask any other to accompany
him or her in a buggy, carriage, auto
mobile or other vehicle or for a walk.
New York's oldest pickpocket, 70
years old age, scarcely able to walk,
but still active in petty crime, added
another arrest to his long record. His
name is John Hanley; the police call
him "The Ghost of the Past." He was
caught stealing a purse from a girl
in a crowd boarding a trolley car.
"I've been in the business for forty
years and in jail most of the time. My
father tried to make a stone cutter
of me, but I was too delicate to work,"
he said.
The bandit held responsible for the
Cumbre tunnel horror and the remain
der of his band have been captured.
The capture was made at Gabalin
ranch, a few miles east of Pearson.
The reports states that the prisoner
y-'il be taken to Casas Grandes, Mex
ico, and executed.
Confined in a tower of a windmill
'vhile the whirling sails cut off his
only means of egress, Edwin Pike, a
mrmer of Harmony, Maine, was de
prived of food and water for three
day? and nights. Several types of
wind mills having failed to give him
satisfaction, he decided to make his
f-vvn. He finished the mill and enter
ed the crank chamber between two
'Jf the sails to oil the machinery, when
the wind arose and set the mill in
action, making it impossible for him
to 'save.
Hundreds of Chicago's unemployed
were given temporary work in the
ice fields of Wisconsin and Michigan.
The zero weather has produced a big
ice crop and harvesting was begun in
earnest. Many of the workers were
engaged at the municipal lodging
houses and cheap hotels, where they
had been driven by the first severe
cold of the winter. Hundreds were
turned away from the lodging houses
and were given quarters in police sta
tions. More than one thousand men
ere in a bread line maintained by a
tirivo iharitv.
IN
. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is plan
ning to visit the United States at an
early date. He will be accompanied
by the queen. King Ferdinand is con
vinced that Bulgaria couid learn more
from the United States than from any
other country on the best methods to
develop her industries, and hence the
visit is planned.
King Georgia"," with the customary
state ceremonial, opened the historic
session of parliament, which, accord
ing to all reasonable probability, will
see the victorious conclusion of the
thirty years' struggle of the Liberal
party to give self-government 'to Ire
land. The home rule bill, which will
be presented in the house of commons
for the third time, will, if carried, re
ceive the royal assent, with or without
the consent of the house of lords.
Whether the bill will pass as it stands,
or whether it will be amended to meet
the wishes of Ulster, will depend on
the nature of concessions.
The Japanese house of parliament
was. attacked by a mob. It was driv
en back by the Tokio police only
after the entrance gates ' had been
broken down and scores of people
injured. The rioting followed a big
mass meeting at which resolutions
were passed to impeach the cabinet
for its attitude in connection with the
graft charges against naval officers,
several of whom are accused of re
ceiving commissions for influencing
the allotment of admiralty contracts
in favor of a German firm.
A ship load of negroes, mostly farm
ers and their wives from Oklahoma,
waited in New York City for Alfred
C. Sam to lead them to a negro Uto
pia on the gold coast of Africa. The
negro farmers were induced to come
to New York, they said by Sam, who
had been collecting colonizers from
Oklahoma, Texas and Mississippi.
More negroes were expected from Gal
veston and the west, and it was said
that eighty-six were coming from Boston.
Washington.
Despite a general understanding
that, in defense to the administration,
Asiatic exclusion legislation would not
be agitated in congress pending diplo
matic negotiations with Japan, Com
missioner General Caminetti of the
immigration bureau addressed a house
committee urging early action "to
check the menace of Asiatic immigra
tion." The Chinese have become so
acclimated to the United States, the
commissioner asserts, that Asiatic im
migration is a serious menace to the
entire country. The danger is great
est, in his opinion, on the Pacific coast,
but it is general as well..
Six vice admirals for the American
navy would be authorized under a bill
passed by the senate, after an ex
tended debate, in which senators told
of how the commander of the battle
ship fleet in Mexican waters might
have to take orders from a ranking
foreigner. The navy has been appeal
ing for years for a revival of a higher
grade than rear admiral. Secretary
Daniels was highly pleased by the sen
ate's action and expressed confidence
that the measure would certainly pass
the house promptly and be signed by
the present. Under the senate bill,
four vice admirals would be promoted.
Secretary Redfield of the department
of commerce has advised Representa
tive Howard of Georgia that he has
decided to establish one of four
branches of the foreign and domestic
commerce bureau at Atlanta. Other
branches are to be established at Se
attle, St. Louis and Detroit. The
sundry civil service bill carries $80,000
for the establishment and maintenance
of this service, approximately $20,000
to be devoted to each of the four bu
reaus. Nearly five million dollars has been
added to the total of the postoffice ap
propriation bill as it passed the house
when the senate committee completed
its work on the measure. It carries
$31,000,000, the largest amount ever
appropriated for postal purposes. The
maximum salaries for rural mail car
riers under the bill will be increased
to $1,200, the total increase for this
purpose amounting to $4,350,000. An
increase of $1,000,000 was added to
the house appropriation for railway
mail service to meet the demands of
the parcelrpost.
After weeks of study of the com
plexities of the income tax law, treas
ury officials issued a 90-page booklet,
christened it "Regulations No. 33,"
and sent it forth to collectors of in
ternal revenue in the expectation that
it will 'clear up many of the misun
derstandings concerning the law that
have arisen throughout the country.
It takes twenty-three pages of the
book to set forth the law itself, but
'sixty pages are used . in telling how
the net income to be taxed is ascer
tained by the taxpayer, when and
where tax must be paid, and penalties
imposed for non-payment.
While senators of the interstate
commerce committee were conferring
with President Wilson on the anti
trust legislative program, Progressiva
party leaders in and out of congress
were explaining their views oa the
handling of the trust problem to house
committees. '
An earthquake lasting from fifteen
to thirty seconds and disturbing par
ticularly what are geologically known
as the Devonian and Silurian sections
of the northeastern parts of the Unit
ed States, took place. It was espec
ially severe in the central and north
ern parts of New York state. Virtually
all of New York state, including New
York City, felt the shock, and New
England generally, lower eastern Can
ada and parts of New Jersey and east
ern Pennsylvania were shaken. Trem
ors were recorded as far south as
Washington and as far west as St
Louia. ' -
NORTH CAROLINA
CROP IN EPITOME
ESTIMATED AT $241,533,67020
BUSHELS TO ACRE. COTTON
SECOND, TOBACCO THIRD.
LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Review of the Latest News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That
Will Be of Interest to Our Readers
Over North Carolina.
Raleigh.
The department of agriculture is
sued an epitome of the North Carolina
crop for 1914 and places the products
at $241,533,670.
Corn leads all with the grand total
of 55,282,000 bushels which bring , up
a total of $65,000,000 with the forage
thrown in. Cotton plays a good sec
ond with 800,000 bales valued at $50,
000,000. The yield of corn an acre
is 20 bushels and cotton 315 pounds
to the acre. Tobacco is third with
$31,000,000 with 67d pounds to the
acre. The poundage is estimated at
167,000,000.
The value of pasturage is placed at
$30,000,000 and cotton seed comes
fifth with $10,000,000. Wheat stands
sixth with 7,078,000 bushels, worth
$8,500,000. The average is 11.7 to the
the bushel. . Hay ranks seventh with
its 1.31 tons to the acre, 320,000 tons
or $6,914,00 and peanuts are placed
eighth with $6,000,000.
Rye yields 10.3 an acre, 474,000
bushels and $474,000. Buckwheat with
10 bushels an acre, 174,00 bushels and
$474,000 duplicates rye. Irish potatoes
are listed at 80 bushels an acre, 2,400,
000 bushels and $1,938,000; sweet po
tatoes 10 bushels to the acre, 8,000,000
bushels and $4,880,000 for the crop.
Rice was scant, 25 bushels to the acre,
7,000 bushels and $9,000 in money.
Peas are estimated at $1,500,000
for the crop of soja beans at $100,000;
grass and other seeds and green for
age at $2,000,000, garden vegetables
at $2,500,000, apples at $2,044,670;
peaches, pears and grapes at $1,500,
000, truck $2,500,000, dairy $2,000,000,
poultry and eggs $9,000,000 and wool
$100,000.
The poultry and eggs items are not
divided and are therefore not listed
in the order of single products. It i?
presumed that they are about evenly
matched.
Invitations to Good Roads Meeting.
State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt
is mailing a letter to the road engi
neers, road superintendents and
chairman of the board of county com
missioners in the various counties of
the state asking their atendance upon
a statewide meeting to be held In
Chapel Hill on the dates of March 17,
18 and 19. The letter addressed to the.
good road promoters of the counties
expresses as the purpose of the gath
ering that of threshing out the road
problems confronting the engineers
and superintendents.
Anticipating the development of
this meeting into one of tne state
wide significance and of annual oc
currence, the state geologist hopes
that the Institute may become a clear
ing house for solving the various road
problems that arise in conection with
county road work. Lectures and dis
cussions on the sundry troubles ot
the road engineer as well as the road
superintendent will be given during
the three days' session of the institute.
So enthusiastic is Doctor Pratt as to
the value that will be derived from
this institute that he suggests that
the road commission of each county
authorize its engineer and superinten
dent to attend.
Report on Silk Mills.
"The silk mills reporting show the
employment of 26,500 spindles, 472
looms, 1,41.0 horsepower. The approx
imate amount of raw material used in
270,000 pounds; estimated value of the
yearly output, - $375,000. The total
number of employes reported is 445.
Of these 165 are males and 280 fe
males. The estimated number depend
ent on these mills and on the 445 em
ployes for a livelihood is 500. The per
cent of employes who read and write
is given as 95.5.
Craig Appoints New A. & M. Trustees
Effective April 1, Governor Craig
issued commission's recently to a num
ber of new me miters of the board of
trustees of the Ncrth Carolina College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
They follow: Fleetwood W. Dunlap,
Wadesboro Matt H. Allen, Goldsboro;
J. E. Swain, Asheville; W. L. Vaughan,
Washington; W. P. Stacy, Wilming
ton. These gentlemen take the place
of the following, who retire from the
board: W. J. Newberry, Magnolia; W.
D. Siler Sitr City; C. M. Hughes, C.
G. Roe, Fayeteville, C. C. Cranford.
Award Contract to Lorado Taft.
The State Historical Society has
awarded to Lorado Taft, the distin
guished artist of Chicago, the contract
for the O. Henry memorial that is to
be presented to the state by the soci
ety at its next annual meting in the
fall. It is to be a tablet with bas re
lief of Sidney Porter and will be set
up in the new state building.
Mr. Taft has also been selected as
he artist for the marble bust of the
late Judge William P. Bynum, who
was a member of the state supreme
court to be presented by the familr-
Education Board Apportions Fund.
Apportionment was made Dy the
state board of education recently of
the fund provided by her last Tegular
session of the general assembly .for
the equalizing of the terms of the pub
lic schools of North Carolina.- The
total fund amounted to $401,015.72,
and was distributed among ninety
counties of the state which needed as
sistance in extending . their school
terms to six months. The counties
named above already had school terms
of a longer period of time than six
months, and consequently needed no
money from the state treasury, these
being Buncombe, Durham, Edegcombe,
Forsyth, Halifax, Haywood, Mecklen
burg, Nash, New Hanover and. Wilson.
State officials declare that this is
one of the most progressive steps that
has been taken by North Carolina in
her history, as it; puts,-' In reach ot
every child in the state, the opportun
ity of attending school at least six
months during "each year. The law
making possible the six months school
term was passed by the. general assem
bly of 1913, and was enacted in the
face of a deficit which grew large
when the fund was set aside, but was
enacted by men who knew all the
while they were legislating in favor
of the children of the commonwealth
and for those who would soon be the
future generation.
The action of the state board of edu
ition was taken under the provision
of Chapter 33, Public Laws of 1913.
The apportionment was the first to
be made under the new law creating
the equalizing school fund, and will
provide' this year from the state and
county funds, exclusive of all funds
raised by local district taxation, a
minimum school term in every school
district in the state of one hundred
and three and three-tenths days, or five
months and nearly one week. This is
wenty-three anl three-tenths days, or
one month and three and one-third
days more than the minimum school
term ever heretofore provided in this
state.
The law provides that it shall be
a misdemeanor, imposing a fine and
imprisonment, for any school official
to use or to permit to be used, any
part of the equalizing fund apportion
ed to any district, for any other pur
pose than the payment of the teachers
salaries for the designated period.
All of the counties of the state
which have heretofore had only a four
months, or an eighty-day school term,
the number of which last year amount
ed to fifty-seven, will not have a
school term of twenty-three and three
tenths days longer in every district
this year. All the other counties, ex
cept the ten which did not need it,
will have their school terms length
ened to a minimum of one hundred
and three and three-tenths. This will
give every county of the state a con
siderably longer term in every district
of the county than it has ever had be
fore. Tobacco Marketing Falling Off.
While the earlier months of the
present tobacco season showed record-breaking
marketing of leaf tobac
co, there was a mraked falling off in
sales on all the markets of the state
during January compared with Janu
ary last year and with the earlier
months of the present season. The
sales of January amounted to only 9,
833,476'pounds, compared with 12,438,
857 pounds for January of last year.
Prices are still high and it is estima
ted that the bulk of the present crop
is already marketed.
" Winston-Salem led with 1,080,184
pounds and Oxford has second place
with 895,925 pounds. Other markets
are: Henderson, 858,571; Wilson, 781,
271; Roxboro, 644,289; Rocky Mount,
617,284; Reidsville, 342,522,; Greens
boro, 33,87; Greenville, 310,166;
Burlington, 363,741; Mount Airy, 301,
626; Durham, 300,478; Louisburg,
264,261; Warrenton, 321,433; Apex,
176,033; Walnut Cove, 126,536; Stone
ville, 148,923; Creedmoor, 136,877;
Pilot Mountain, 85,076; Statesville,
78,459; Wendell, 67,804; Smithfleltt,
62,325; Fuquay Springs, 45,445; Madi
son, 42,646; Youngsville, 42,646; Kin
ston, 30,510.
New North Carolina Enterprises.
The following charters for new cor
porations were issued by the Secre
tary of State:
The Rowan Baptist Association,
Winston-Salem, chartered .without
capital stock.
Uncle Sam Asks For Special Rate.
The corporation commission heard
recently a petition from the United
States government for a special rate
to be put in force for the freight de
livery of crushed rock at Elizabeth
town, on the upper Cape Fear River
to be used in the installation of lockfc
and dams with which to improve th
navigability of the Cape Fear from
Wilmington to Fayetteville. The peti
tion came through Major Stickle, Uni
ted States engineer at Wilmington. S.
G. Ridley was here to present the
case.
Report on Knitting . Mills.
The data given out by Comissioner
Shipman is as follows:
"Sixt3-one knitting mills are re
ported for 1913, and fifty-one of these
show a capital stock of $3,944,235. The
approximate amount of raw material
used by forty-one mills is 14,731,119
pounds. The estimated value ot year
ly output by forty-three mills is $6,
811,690. The . number of spindles in
use in these mills is given as 60,861;
knitting machines, 8,287; sewing ma
chines, 753; cards, 248; making, use
of 5.145 1-2 horsepower.
N
OF
A DEAD
ILL BUT TEN DAYS, DIES IN
WASHINGTON HOSPITAL OF
KIDNEY TROUBLE.
19 YEARS IN THE SENATE
Gallant Soldier, Brilliant Lawyer,
Had Attained Nation-Wide Promin
ence. Mark of Respect Paid Dead
Statesman by the Senate.
Washington. Augustus Octavius
Bacon .United States' Senator from
Georgia for nearly 19 years and chair
man of the Foreign Relation Commit
tee since the ascendancy of the Demo
cratic party March 4, 1913, died in a
hospital here after an illness-' of ten
days. He was the first United States
Senator elected by direct vote of the
people under the seventeenth consti
tutional amendment.
Though Senator Bacon had been
seriously ill with kidney trouble and
complications developing from a bro
ken rib, his death was unexpected. It
came suddenly at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and news of the end fell up
on the Senate as a shock while it
was in executive session.
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SENATOR AUGUSTUS O. BACON.
The 'mmediate cause of the Sena
tor's death was diagnosed as a blood
clot in the heart. Throughout the
monrn'ng he had been in good spirits
and it was announced to his colleagues
that he was feeling better than for
several days. Physicians had deter
nvned that an operation which had
been contemplated, was unnecessary
Despite his 75 years it appeared that
the affliction which he suffered was
of recent origin, and specialists be
lieved it would yield to treatment.
This conclusion relieved considerably
the anxiety of the friends and asso
ciates in Congress.
Half and hour before his death the
Senator talked with his daughter,
Mrs. W. B. Sparks of Georgia. She
had just left the room when-he raised
himself in bed. As Mrs. ;parkes re
entered the room her father fell back'
in collapse and never regained con
sciousness. In the absence , of Senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia .Senator Overman
was notified and proceedings in the
Senate, were abruptly halted when the
North Carolina Senator announced
the death. A brief resolution of re
sp.ect was adopted and the Senate ad
journed. The scene on the floor of the Senate
was an unusual one. Not only had
the death of their colleague shocked
the Senators,' but the effect of his loss
at a time when important foreign1 re
lations measures were pending at once
impressed itself upon the . minds of
Democratic and Republican; .leaders.
Informing the Senate of Senator Ba
con's death, Senator Overman said:
"In absence of the Senator from
Georgia, Mr. Smith, it becomes' my
painful duty to announce to the Sen
ate the death of Senator Bacon. The
sudden passing away of this great
Senator, who came to this chamber
with all the honors which has native
state could confer . upon him and
who repaid that trust by his long,
honorable and industrious career in
this body, Is an irreparable loss not
only to the Senate, but to the people
of his state, and also to the country
at large."
Preident Wilson Improved.
Washington. President Wilson's
cold was much improyed. The presi
dent lunched and dined with his fam
ily. It was the first time in three days
that he had descended from the upper
apartments of the White House.
White House officials said they did not
know whether or not the president
would be at his desk in the executive
offices next day. So far as known
no engagements have been made for
him and it is likely he will be given
an additional day of rest before re
suming work.
SENATOR
GE0R6
STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
To Uplift Rural Life.
P. P. Claxton, Lnited States -commissioner
'of education and Bradford
Knapp of the United States depart
ment of agriculture were speakers in
a conference held at Raleigh recently
under the auspics of the state depart
ment of agriculture for the purpose
of agreeing on , a program for united
effort in further uplift, for the rural
life in the state through the work of
the department and through the rural
schools. '
Mr. Claxton presented the general
plan he has worked out for advance
ment of rural life through the increas
ed efficiency of the public schols. He
advocated consolidation of schools so
far as is possible without undertak
ing the public transportation of the
pupils, which he believes to be too
expensive for school districts to un
dertake. He wants school farms pro
vided in connection with each of the
schools and the principal of each
school to be a capable farmer as well
s school teacher.
Against Low Freight Rates.
That there is another side to the
railroad freight agitation as viewed
by many citizens throughout the state,
is shown by the fact that the Inter
state Freight Rate Commission is be
ing petitioned to leave the ' rates
alone. Several hundred' petitions
which in due time will be presented to
the commission, are now being freely
signed in various parts of North Caro
lina. .. 1
Offers. Corn Club Prizes.'
Mr. L. B. Sasser, of Wilmington,
last year gave $100 toward prizes for
boys' corn clubs in this section, mak
ing possible the big corn show held
here last fall, has this year shoulder
ed the entire prize list himself, giving
the full $200 in prizes which will be
distributed as follows: First, $50; sec
ond, 40; third, 35; fourth, $30; fifth,
$25; sixth, $20. .
Suicides In Charlotte.
The body of S. M. Mackendree, a
business ! man of Spartanburg, S. C,
was found recently in a room in a
Charlotte hotel. A pistol shot wound
in the temple and a revolver lying on
the floor disclosed the manner of his
death. Many leters found in the dead
man's room have been taken in charge
by the coroner.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES.
Mr. B. L. Duke has made the tuber
culosis sanitarium at Durham an as
sured fact by offering the civic associ
ation a tract of land on which to lo
cate this hospital. '
The' report of Chief Charles Schnib
ben of the fire department for the year
1913 shows that Wilmington suffered
a fire loss of only $90,021.06 for the
entire twelve months, and this is con
sidered high for Wilmington. .
The Methodists of Mount Holly are
to build a new house of worship right
away. The edifice as planned will
cost about $5,000 to $6,000, and it is
hoped that no time will be lost in its
erection.
A large timber deal was closed at
Cooleemee recently, when the Fred
Brenner Lumber Company, with of
fices in Salisbury, bought lumbei
privileges from the Cooleemee Mills
Company on a vast area of original
forest lands in both Davie and Rowan
counties.
B. H. Bridges, Rutherford county
superintendent of schools, has an
nounced that a commencement . will
be held in Rutherfordton Saturday,
March 20.
At a meeting of the directors of the
First National Bank of FoTest City re
cently J. F. Alexander was elected to
the presidency of that institution to
succeed the late Dr. G. ,. Young. This
is the first time in the history of the
bank ,that the directors rave had to
choose a new president, Dr. Young
having served in this capacity since
the organization.
The Broks-Parker Contracting Com
pany, which has the contract to con
struct the Southern Power Company's
railroad from Steele's siding on the
Catawba river, ten miles west of
Statesville to the site of the big power
plant to be erected at Lookout Shoals,
five miles further up the river,- began
the work of grading the roadbed re
cently. The continued wrork in surveying
the swamps of Grant's creek, prepara
tory to draining the lands has
brought the surveying corps to a
point near the Salisbury fair grounds,
some three miles from the mouth of
the stream at the river.
In concluding its work, the grand
jury in Rowan county superior court
recently inspected the newly-erected
court house and complimented its gen
eral appearance as being a building of
which the county should be proud. The
building is nearing completion and
will be occupied at the next regular
term of court. It cost $111,000.
A few days ago the citizens of
Vanceboro in Craven county held a
mass meeting and decided to erect
two large tobacco warehouses in order
to take care of the larger quantity of
tobacco which is to be grown in that
section during the coming season.
What Is said t obe the largest dam
age suit ever filed in Rowan county
has-been instituted on behalf of Mrs.
Jessie Eagle of. Spencer against the
Southern Railway Company. She de
mands damage in the amount of $76,
000 on abcount of the. killing of her
husband, Engineer W. M. Eagle in a
wreck near Hickory.
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(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 22.
FAITH DESTROYING FEAR.
LESSON TEXT Luke 12:1-12.
GOLDEN TEXT "Every, tine -who shall
confess me before men, him shall the
Son of Man also confess before the angels
of God." Lufce 12:8.
The first verse of this lesson Indi
cates the character of this period in
the life of our Lord which we;are now .
studying. It was a time of thrilling
interest and of intense excitement. A
time when .the crowds were so great
that they "trode one upon , another."
This may have -resulted, "'from the
preaching .of the 'seventy;' ttut we of
today can. see whatesustlsen saw,
that this' interest, was only superficial
and transitory.' :"S6! it was ;that the
Master turnedifirSt-of atf'this dis
ciples lest -they be deceived by this
seeming popularity. .
Hiding the Truth. ' 1 . '
I. The fear of losing a reputation,
w. 2, 3. The. Pharisees tiad'e great,
pompous claims . at their being re
ligious.' A hypocrite is 6ne who hides
behind a mask,', one" who" is a play
actor. v It is prefcsnqQ-instead St reali
ty. Therefore, if. one is,, not real his
fear of losing his reDuVatfon is increas
ed in direct ratio to the extent of his
deceit. The principal error' of these
Pharisees was that they hfd'tne truth
and at the same time . refused to be
ruled by it themselves. Jesus de
mands a new publicity (v. 2) of serv-
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crowd denounces this hypocrisy as be
ing sin. He also says plainly that what
they had been saying in darkness will -be
proclaimed from the housetops.
Our Lord compares hypocrisy with
leaven in that it Is the product of cor
ruption, it works secretly, it infects)
the whole mass. (So hypocrisy will
effect our whole life and conduct.)!
This leaven 'is a sour spreading cor
ruption that changes the whole charac
ter of a man. It cannot be hid. No
amount of care can effectually cover
our deceit. We may, for a time, hide
our sin from men, but God knows and
in due time will publish it abroad (v.
3); I. Tim. 5:24. - .'
Warned by Jesus.
' II. The fear of death, vv. 4, 7. Such
publicity will and always has led to
persecution, and so Jesus calls his
disciples to courage, charging them
that they fear not those who have
power over the body, but rather to
fear him whose power is over the
soul. Notice the manner of address,
"my friends, fear not." Intimacy and
courage are suggested. Look up the
many times the Scriptures admonish
us not to fear, I. John 4:18. Satan and
man (v. 5) have power over the body,
but they cannot touch the soul. The
Christian, however, needs not to fear
man or Satan, Isa. 51:12, Rom. 8:31,
for the angel of Jehovah (the Lord,
Jesus) encamps about them that fear
Jehovah (Ps. 34:7). Paul tells us that
to depart from this life is again, Phil.
1:21; II. Cor. 5:8. We have, therefore,
no cause to fear the death of the body.
One only, God, has the power after
death, to cast the soul into hell (v. 5).
He it is who gives us a suggestion of
awful consciousness of the soul, and of
the body as well, when they are in
helL Matt. 10:28. Jesus has warned
us and we are to warn others that they
avoid that which was prepared, not for
man, but ofr the devil and his angels.
Matt. 25:41. Is there a hell? Yes! .
Else Jesus was deceived or has de-
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however, that as a man is of more
value than a sparrow, so God has pre
pared better things for those who
place their faith In his son.
III. The fear of making an open con
fession, vv. 8r12. With such a tender,
beautiful assurance of God's care over
us it would seem unnecessary for
Jesus to admonish his followers about
confessing him before the world. Yet
such is the persistent hardness and
the natural timidity of the human,
heart that the Master, in mercy, warns
his followers, Rom. .10:9, 10. Our
Lord looks beyond his disciples to tha
dispensation of the Spirit and de
clared' that men, speaking against hin
would be forgiven, but, that those who.
slander, detract and heap vituperation,
upon the Spirit would commit a sin, a,
blasphemy, which could not b$. -forgiven.
Moreover, in that dispensa
tion of the Spirit, no matter how muchj
men might suffer, or be hi .danger,,
they would be taught by that Spirit
what they ought to say, w. 11, 3,2. .,
The one who commits this sin, de
liberately attributes to the Devil what
he knows to be the work of the Spirit,
Matt. 12:22-32. It is a deliberate
choice of darkness and the heart is so
hardened as to preclude repentance.
There is no desire for repentance-
Those whom Jesus calls to proclaim
the truth concerning the Kingdom of.
God may depend upon a co-operation
of the Holy Spirit which will maka
them fearless of all opposition. Tha
death of the body Is but an Incident.
As we receive the Comforter and;
come to know the God of all comfort
we begin to sense our value to him In-,
carrying out his enterprises and tha
mystery of his condescending- grace-
There is no warrant ior unaenaKing; -work
for Christ without adequato
preparation, but there Is sufficient war
rant for fully trusting him In every
emergency.