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THE CHATHAM RECORD ti A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Sqoar,on MMrtioa Oim Square, tmo inMfboM 1 HO CW Square. noadi S2S For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts I1 ba made. VOL. XXXVl PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 18, 1914. NO. 32. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Part of World. Southern. The new lighthouse service depot for the south Atlantic coast will be locat ed at Charleston, S. C. Hunt for the treasure the pirate, Jean LaFitte, is supposed to have buried in the swamp lans of Louisiana during his successful operation on the gulf coast has been renewed' by two parties. A large elephant which escaped from a circus train said to have been wreck ed on the Seaboard Air Line was kill ed in the woods about six miles from Hartsville, S. S., by a party of men who, in a long chase, used shotguns, ri fles and axes in dispatching the mam mal. Excitement was intense and there were many wild, but; baseless, rumors of damage done by the beast. An effort was made to have the local militia ordered out to protect the in habitants from the elephant. R. J. Taylor, a deputy sheriff of Lex, McDowell county, is dead; A. D. Beav ers, a former United States marshal, of Bartley, is in the Welch hospital in a dying condition, with a pistol wound in the abdomen; D. W. Weav ers, a deputy sheriff and' brother of A. D. Beavers, was shot through the leg, and T. E. Hickey, a non-combatant, was shot through the thigh in a pistol battle on a crowded Norfolk and Western passenger train, between Iae gar and Berwind, W. Va. .The trag edy is said to be due to a quarrel that began at Welch. The United States court of appeals at New Orleans handed down a decis ion in the case of Haven & Clement, brokers, on the New York cotton ex change, against D. W. James of Blake ly, Ga. This suit was brought by the New York brokers in the United States district court at Columbus, Ga., some ten years ago, and has ever since been stubbornly litigated through the various United States courts, reach ing, finally, the circuit court of ap peals in New Orleans. General. Arthur Fisher, a Chicago and North western railroad freight engineer, was shot and instantly killed in the cab of his engine near Manlius, 111., 45 miles north of Peoria, 111., by bandits who were surprised while stealing mer chandise from the freight train. A deputy sheriff, in pursuit of the band, was shot through the head and may die. The station agent at Langley, 111., was shot in the arm and the fire man on the freight train was shot through the leg. Brigands sacked and burned the city of Lao Ho-Chow, China, killed Dr. T. Froyland, a Norwegian missionary, and wounded several other foreigners, in cluding the Rev. O. M. Sama, a native of Norway. A force of 500 brigands obtained entrance to the city by means of treachery from within. They im mediately used the torch and sword. They burned the Asiatic Petroleum the Singer buildings and looted the British and American Tobacco com pany's premises. Afterwar dthey pro ceeded to the arsenal, where they se cured guns and a quantity of ammuni tion. Disturbances in connection with the general preliminary elections held in Spain are reported from various places. A riot at Bonagalgon, in the province of Malaga, resulted in the wounding of two policemen and a score of citizens. One policeman is missing and probably was killed. In Bilboa also disorders occurred. The chief of police and a number of riot ers received severe injuries. . v Suffering with bruised heads and empty stomachs, 1,000 members of the unemployed armies that have been in Sacramento are encamped on the Yolo county side of the Sacramento liver, to which they were driven by Sacramento county, California, offi cers. Not all were suffering from in juries, but all were hungry. Most of them were cold from the drenching given them by the city fire depart ment in routing them from their Sac ramento camp. Information secured, unofficial but f"om sources usually well informed, in dicated that at least two Mexicans were members of the party which exhumed the body of the Texas ranch man, Clemente Vergara, from the cem etery at Hidalgo, Mexico, and return ed it to the American side of the bor der. Eight Americans are said to have been the others in the expedi tion Property valued at half a million dol lars was destroyed in a fire which swept the plant of the Exporters and Traders' Warehouse and Compress company in East Waco, Texas. The loss includes the $100,000 plant, 5,000 tales of cotton in storage and on the harfs, eight box cars of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad and adjoln :ng outhouses of the company. Losses vere said to be nearly covered by in surance. A big brick warehouse con taining more than a thousand bates of cotton was closed and withstood, in tense heat. Employees in the busi es district were forced to flee.; MAN Boys flying a big cord kite with a long tail and cutters on the end of it, put Atlanta in darkness for more than forty minutes and threatened to tie up traffic. It was between 3:30 and 4:30 o'clock when the lights went out. In vestigation by inspectors of the Geor gia Railway and Power company show ed that the switches at the Ashby street station were burned out, possi bly because of the extra heavy load thrown on them when the kite pulled down wires in the neighborhood of the Davis street school.-- A London militant suffragette In flicted severe damage on the famous Velasquez picture known as the "Roke by Venus," which hung in the Na tional gallery, Trafalgar square.. The picture was purchased for $225,000 in 1906, and presented to the nation. Art experts have estimated its pres ent market value at $500,000. The woman entered the gallery and At tacked the picture with a sharp knife. The perpetrator of the outrage was the notorious militant suffragette, May Richardson. Washington. The president and Mrs. Wilson have announced the engagement of their youngest daughter, Eleanor Randolph, to Hon. William Gibbs McAdoo. This announcements was issued at the white house by Secretary Tumulty. Tov benefit farmers, the rural credit commission has recommended to con gress that banks with a capitalization as low as $2,000 be allowed to become member banks of the new federal re serve system. The commission con tends that the present limit of $25,000 prevents the benefits of the system be ing extended to a large degree to the farmers. The commission recommend ed that the states authorize the cre ation of credit unions and crop credit associations. Amabassador Walter Hines Page re ceived from Secretary of State Bryan notification of the resolution of the United States senate in regard to his speech on the Panama canal and the Monroe doctrine delivered before the Association of the Chamber of Com merce in London. Ambassador Page says the senators had been misled by the, excessive condensation of his re marks in regard to his interpretation the Monroe doctrine. Two regiments of infantry were or dered by the war department to the Mexican border. The seventeenth, now stationed at Fort McPherson, at Atlanta, and the ninth, stationed at Fort Logan H. Root, Arkansas, will go to El Paso and Laredo, and relieve the cavalry now there. Col. John T. Van Orsdale is eligible for retirement, and his successor has not yet been named. Lieut. Col. Henry D. Styer will .be temporarily in command of the regi ment. Colonel Van Orsdale's number will fall to Col. George W. M elver, now stationed at Manila, Philippine Islands. Secretary Bryan, speaking before the Maryland legislature, declared he hop ed that not only would the United States bororw the initiative an drefer endum as it had borrowe dthe Austra lian ballot, but that in time it would adopt the postal vote. An initiative and referendum bill is pending before the Maryland legislature. The postal vote of New Zealand allows a citi zen, though away from home, to cast his vote on an election and have it counted. , Secretary Bryan said he be lieved there is more virtue in the peo ple than ever finds expression in their representatives. Future annual reports of the census bureau on the quantity of cotton gin ned will not, as heretofore, include the quantity of linters in the total produc tion of cotton for the crop, but will relate only to lint cotton. This change in the method of publishing the statis tics of cotton was announced by Di rector Harris of the census bureau, and will be effective, beginning with the next report on March 20. Information as to the production of linters, how ever, the director states, will be given in a foot-note. Secretary of Commerce Redfield, In an address before the Brooklyn In stitute of Arts and Sciences, in New York City, urged the enactment of more liberal laws to permit the Unit ed States to regain its maritime trade. To prove the prosperous condition of the United States, Secretary Redfield presented statistics showing the Unit ed States cultivates twenty-seven acres of land for every person employ ed, as compared with five to seven in Europe. He says that out of our prog ress has grown a sense of the soli darity of man, and says deposits in savings banks would pay national debt. Senators are discussing with unus ual interest Senator Tillman's decla ration in his address on his non-smoking resolution, that he believed he could lengthen the life of. every man in the chamber "if I could only get them to believe what I tell them and follow my advice." The South Car olina senator asserted his colleagues ate too much. "Since I was paralyz ed four years ago and read my own obituaray," he said, "twenty-one sena tors, including Vice President Sher man, most of them younger than me, have died." Officers of the United States army who resigned their commissions to give their services to the Confederacy will be reimbursed for iheir pay and allowances they sacrificed by such ac tion, under a bill offered by' Senator Overman of North Carolina, which has passed the senate." It will go to the house. Among those who will receive back pay and allowances are the heirs of Jackson, Longstreet, Pickett and many other famous Confederate gener als who were in the army service when the South seceded. More than twenty-five years ago the Supreme court held that one Walker had a ftist claim. C01IITTEE CHOSE CONFLICTING DATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION CALL ED AT TIME OF MEDICAL MEETING WILL CHANGE. 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 State Democratic Executive Committee a few days ago elected Thomas D. Warren of Newbern chair man to succeed Charles A. Webb of Asheville, resigned, and selected June 17 as the date for the state conven tion and Raleigh as the place. Other business of importance to the party was transacted during a three-hours session. The roll-call of the committee mem bership showed 52 members present in person- or by proxy. Next morning the people of Ral eigh and remaining delegates awoke to the realization of the fact that the committee had been allowed to name a date for the Democratic State con vention, June 17, that is" in direct con flict with the State Convention of the North Carolina Medical Society that will have 600 or more delegates here June 16, 17 and 18. The managers of the hotels insist that It will be impossible to take care of both conventions at the same time and the representatives of the Medical Society here insist that it is next to impossible to change the date for their convention on account of all arrangements being made for the state board to hold the examinations for medical licenses at that time and all .stationary and other arrange ments are made with relation to Na tional and othor related organiza tions. The remedy for the tangle that seems most likely is one suggested by C. A. Webb, retiring state chairman, who suggested to Chairman Warren that he write to all the members of the State Democratic Executive Com mitteed for their proxies to be used in a special meeting to fix another date for the state convention, this to be most likely June 24. Chairman Warren and his advisors would look into the matter of dates and name the one deemed most gen erally satisfactory. Some suggest that it be held Thursday, June 11, the day after the unveiling of the Horne monument to the North Carolina Wo men of the Confederacy. No definite announcement can be made at this time, as everybody seems completely "up in the air" in regard to the matter. The North Carolina Manual. The State Historical Commission has just gotten from the press a North Carolina Manual 1913 that is a valuable publication of 1,053 pages substantially bound in cloth and ad mirably Indexed and with subdivisions running lip to "Part XVI." Some of the most notable features of the sub divions are "The Legislative Depart ment," "Executive Department," "Ju dicial Department," "Administrtion Department, Boards and Commis sions,' "State Educational Institu tions," "Register of Colonial Officials 1663-1776," "Register of State Officials 1711-1813," and "North Carolina in the Federal Congress." There are also grouped the names of North Carolin ians who have held Federal office from this state and those native North Carolinians who have held such offices from other states. Ccrn Clubs in Wake County. Wake county at the present time has 215 boys enrolled in the corn club who will compete for prizes this year. This number is more than fifty more than any other county in the state, Richmond and Buncombe com ing next in the order named. There are now more than three thousand boys enrolled in the ciubs over the entire state. Short Line Railway Men Meet. There was an all-day conference iiere a few days ago of the North Carolina division of the Short Lines Association of the Railroads of the Southeast that was formed a year ago at a preliminary meeting in At lanta, John E. Hancock of the North & South Carolina Railroad, Hamlet to Pee Dee, being the vice president for this state. The conference select ed H. B. Edwards of the Atlantic & Western as secretary of the North and South Carolina division. There are 33 railroads that are members. Press Association Meets June. 24-25. Raleigh. The Executive Commit tee of the North Carolina Press Asso ciation in special session here decided to call the annual convention of the association for Wrightsville Beach, June 24 and 25, and to recommend to the association that the midwinter session be held in Raleigh. Commit teemen here were Maj. H. A. London, Pittsboro; H. B. Varner, Lexington; J. J. Farriss, High Point. Absentees were Secretary J. B. Sherrill, Con cord; R. R. Clark, Statesville; D. T. Edwards, Kiiuvtan; J. H. Caine. N. C. Wins Freight Rat Victory. Special from Washington, says the Interstate commerce commission granted the application of the South era Railway, Atlantic Coast Line, C & O., Norfolk & Western and Sea board Air Line to establish through rates to North Carolina from Ohio river crossings and St Louis, to take the place of rates now in effect to the eastern part of the state based on the through rate to Virginia cities to North Carolina; ana to the western part of the state basea on the through rate to Paint Rock, a point on the Southern ' Railway "- on the state line between Tennessee . and North Caro lina cities. The commission in - its decision states that the proposed, rates will ef fect reductions averaging 10 per cent. The commission decided, however, the rates proposed through the Mem phis gateway will be established as proportional rates only, applicable on business originating in territory west of the Mississippi river, and so limit ed in their application as to prevent increase or discrimination against in termediate points of origin. This, while not giving the exact rates desired, was declared to be sat isfactory by both the state commerce commission and attorneys for North Carolina shippers and the railroads when the suggestion was offered by the commission at the hearing. Officials of the Southern Railway declared that they believe'd they could arrange to put the new tariffs in effect within 60 days. ' This would require the publication of the proposed new rates and their filing with the commission within 30 days, as the law requires 30 days' notice of new rates. Tobacco Sales For February. ..Loose leaf tobacco sales on the North Carolina markets dwindled to 9,912,700 pounds for February, this year, a big reduction from the Jan uary sales, but more than twice as much as the total sales for February of last year, which totaled only 4, 354,145 pounds. Winston-Salem led with 2,851,990 pounds and Durham was second with 961,427. Other notable sales follow: Rox boro, 735,077; Oxford, 782,077; Reids ville, 641,294; Henderson 648,708; Rocky Mount, 442,936; Wilson, 454, 169; Walnut Cove, 301,503; Warren ton, 265,732; Mount Airy, 275,758; Madison, 236,085; Mebane, 184,766; Louisburg, 184,689; Creedmoor, 150, 739; Greenville, 170,866; Stoneville, 131,174 pounds. Medical Society Cannot Change Date. The executive committee and other officers of the North Carolina Medical society conferred at length as to th possibility of the society changing the dates of its annual convention here in June so as not to conflict with the date of June 17, that tne Democratic State Executive Commit tee has chosen for the State Demo cratic Convention, and finds that it is impossible to change the dates from June 16, 17 and 18. This means that it is up to the State Democratic Executive Committee to get together at least a "proxy meeting" and name another date, probably June 24, for the state convention. Three North Carolina Men Promoted. Special from Washington says the Secretary of the Navy recently sent to the President with approval the reports of the examining board, rec ommending promotion of three North Carolinans from the grade of com mander to captains, Victor Blue, chief of the bureau of navigation; Thomas Washington, member of the inspec tion board, and Archibald H. Scales, commandant of naval training sta tion at Norfolk. These three North Carolinans oo cupy three of the most important po sitions in the naval service. Com mander Blue, who is head of the Bu reau of Navigation, ranks as an ad miral and is carried now on the lin eal list as a captain. He is an extra number because of distinguished ser vice in the Spanish-American war. Some New State Charters. The Doughton Mercantile Co., Doughton, . Wilkes County, capital $50,000 authorized, and $6,000 sub scribed by J. T. Miles, G. W. Lyon and others. The Cabarrus Union Supply Com pany, Concord, capital $25,000 auth orized and $5,800 subscribed by J. L. D. Barringer and others. The Waynlck Paint & Oil Co., Greensboro, capital $50,000 authoriz ed, and $5,500 subscribed by J. M. Waynick, L. A. Wachler and others. The Royal Land & investment Co., Charlotte, capital $75,000 authorized, and $20,000 subscribed by M. G. Hunter, W. D. Wilkinson and others. The Deep Ford Rod & Gun Club, Lake Toxaway, chartered without capital by W. E. Breece, Charles E. Orr, J. W. Tinsdale, Jr., and others. The Rosebud Mercantile Co., Rose boro, Sampson County, capital $20, 000 authorized, and $1,400 subscribed by W. H. Howard and others. Governor-Issues Requisition.. , . Governor Craig issued a requisition on the Governor of Tennessee for C. D. Jones, who is a fugitive from this state under sentence from Mitchell county to 10 years in the state's pris on for manslaughter in the killing of William Mathley in 1907. He served five years and escaped to Tennessee. He is applying to the Governor for a pardon on the ground that he has been sufficiently punished and that he really killed his victim while in an insane condition and after Mathley fired at him, repeatedly. VILLA'S AMBITION TO BE PRESIDENT REPORTED HE WILL CONTINUE FIGHT UNTIL HE IS "DEAD OR PRESIDENT." BEEN DICTATOR FOR MONTHS S Will Remain , Supreme Commander Through Rebellion and Victories Over Huerta and Prestige Will Win Him Place of Power. Chihuahua, Mexica. "Villa, the one time bandit, will be the next Presi dent of Mexico. That is his ambition and despite all reports to the con trary, it will remain uis ambition un til he either is dead or president." That declaration was made by a friend so close to General Villa as to give authority to the assertion. It was prompted by reports that, the coming to Chihuahua of General Car ranza, recognized as the civil head of the revolution, was to bring about conditions more satisfactory to for eign governments and to place in "the seat of authority better advisers than General Villa appears to have in handling compactions growing out of "the killing of William S. Benton, a British subject. That Villa and Car ranza might publicly embrace as an evidence of their perfect harmony was given out as a possibility. Car ranza is now on his way overland from Sonora and a magnificent mar ble building has been prepared as the official residence 5n which he is to perfect the details of government. But it was stated emphatically that the coming of Carranza was not to les en in any way the power now weld ed by Villa, who for months has been a dictator. "General Villa will remain supreme commander through the progress of the rebellion," said one of his ad visers. "His succession of victories against the Federal Army; his sweep ing away o fthe Huerta soldiers from teh north of Mexico, while Carranza remaied in compartlve obscurity on tne Pacific slope hate so exalted him in the minds of his soldiers as to make his subordination to any one else improbable. . . Adamon Warm on Canal Tolls. Washington. Statements that gov ernment vessels would be compelled to pay tolls if the Sims bill repealing the exemption clause of the Panama Canal act were enacted, were charac terized as "monstruos perversions of the truth and the most foolish enun ciated since fools were dfscovered," "Such vessels are not mentioned in the canal act nor in the Sims bill and ought not to be," the statement continues. "They are owned by the same owner who owns the canal and passes its vessels by right of owner ship according to treaty. Owning both warships and canal, the government could pay tolls to nobody but itself, which would be concentrated non sense." . 1,000 Perish in Russian Village. Ekaterinodar, Russia. More than 1,000 persons perished in the inunda tion of the towns of Stanitza and Achtyrskaja by a tidal wave from the sea of Azov. The wave struck the towns during a violent hurricane which swept the Province of Kuban. More than 150 pesons also were drowned in floods in Yaznkaja. A dam coMasped in the town of Temryuk on the Taman Peninsular, 98 miles northwest of this city, flood ing the greater part of the city and drowning many persons. The sea washed away thre hundred and eighty buildings in Achtyrskapa. No Income Tax on Partnerships. Washington. Commissioner of in ternal Revenue OsbOrn notified collec tors of customs that partnerships are not subject to the Income tax, but ae required to file certificates of owner ships of bonds, etc., to prevent with holding their income at the source. Individual incomes from partner ships, it was explained are subject to the tax. Kelly's Army Makes Demands. Sacramento, Cal. Two ultimatums from the army of unemployed camp ed on the Yolo side of the Sacramen to river were delivered to the Sacra mento Citizens' Committee. Both de manded food and the privilege of con tinuing their journey eastward in units of 50. One ultimatum was from "General" Kelley's main army; the other from the opposition, or union faction. The latter was modest in its demands, agree 'ng to travel to the Nevada state line on foot if supplied with food. Thaw Appeal to" N. Y. State. Concord, N. H. Harry K. Thaw has addressed to the people of the state of New York, in whose name is being conducted the contest to return the slayer of Stanford White to the Mat teawan asylum for the criminal in sane, an appeal to end the case against him. A statement of the case was telegraphed by Thaw to news papers and press associtions calling, attention to resolutions which have ben Introduced in thw New York As sembly by John B. Golden, demanding that the prosecution be terminated. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. Build $25,000 Club House. Not many people, however familiar with the beauty of the chains of mountain which fringe the horizon of Morganton are aware that there is ac cessible within four' miles an eleva tion which is 50 feet higher than the city of Asheville and 1,000 feet above the town of Morganton itself. On such an eminence there is to be erected in the near future a club house that will cost $25,000, accompanied by such de velopment as is -expected to concen trate there the interest of several hun dred people throughout this and other states. The site is southeast of the town. The High Peak" Park Associa tion is the name of an organization which is now in process of formation and in which some of Morganton's most promient and wealthy citizens are financially interested. Five hun dred lots have been laid off and an automobile road will be constructed from the town to the summit of the development, this road to be complet ed by the middle of May or earlier. Schools in Surry County. There is no better indication of the moral and industrial growth of a section than figures that demonstrate the increase in both educational insti tutions an dthat spirit that charactr izes a healthy growth in educational sentiments and a review of the ac complishments along that line speak well for Surry county. Twelve years ago Prof. J. H. Allen became county superintendent and his reports shows a wonderful increase in those things that tend to further the sentiment fa voring education of the masses and the facilities for promoting the work. Women Suggest to Aldermen. Following a meeting of the women of Forest City recently the mayor and aldermen were called Into extraordin ary session to consider a general cleaning up of the town and some needed ordinances. Among the things the women asked for was the exten sion of the water mains to the graded school building, the removal of trash and rubbish from the streets, and back lots, an Inspector to inspect each month the back yards, stables, etc., and a curfew law. Rush Asheville-Spartanburg Highway. County Road Supervisor P. F. Pat- ton is completing the survey of the last link of Asheville-Spartanburg Highway, which passes through Hen dersonville. Polk county is spending $100,000 in road building and will soon complete its portion of the highway wheih passes through Salu a and Tryon. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Mayor Bland of Charlotte a few days ago mailed' a circular letter to the mayors and other officials of North Carolina towns and cities, inviting them to have their municipalities rep resented in the giant exhibit to be held In Charlotte on the occasion of the convention of the association of North Carolina mayors in May. These letters go throughout the state. Practically all of the reports of the commissioner of labor and printing have been mailed out from the office at Raleigh. Commissioner Shipman stated recently that copies had been sent to nearly all of the people and li braries over the state and the nation who are on the mailing list. The Appalachian Interurban Rail way Company is again endeavoring to condemn waterpower sites of the Hendersonville Light & Power Co., and was heard recently In the Hender son county superior court. The Catalogue number of the Dav idson College Bulletin has just been issued from the press. It shows a to tal enrollment for the year 335, appli cants for A. M. 2; for A. B. 138; B. S. 151. Seniors number 45, juniors 45, sophomores 85, freshmen 115, electics 44. Highland Lake Club, a popular re sort three miles from Hendersonville, will be converted into a school for boys and, the first session will be held here next winter, opening in the fall after the close of the tourist business during the Summer. The Citizens National Bank of Gas tonia has purchased the $100,000, 30- year, five per cent Gastonia bonds. The Shelby Ice & Fuel Co. at Shel by is placing material with which to double the capacity of the ice plant. At present the output is 10 tons daily and a brick addition is being built and new machinery installed so that the daily capacity will be 22 tons. " Succeeding R. W. Scott as superin tendent of the Edgecombe county test farm, J. F. McDowell arrived in this city a few days ago to assume his new duties. Mr. McDowell comes to the local farmers' institution from Meck lenburg county and is highly recom mended by the state department of agriculture. T. A. Cole, the new farm demon stration agent, announces that the boys' corn contest this year is to be the biggest in point of number enter ing, in the history of Lexington coun ty and he hopes to make it the big gest in results. Dr. E. A. Hennessee and Mr. W. T), Pitts, responsible men who promi nently participated in the Glen Alpine fight last year, were each fined $100 and taxed with $500 costs. Each was required to give bond in the sum of $2,000 to keep the peace for five years toward each other and all other ri dent of North Carolina. MnMnONAL' SlNMfSOlOOL Lesson By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) ( 0 LESSON FOR MARCH 22 LESSONS BY THE WAY. LESSON TEXT Luke 13:18-35. GOLDEN TEXT "Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall enter Into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my father who la In heaven." Matt. 7:ZL The paragraph selected for our study is wisely entitled "Lessons by the Way," and easily falls into three sections. There are two, parables, about the kingdom, a reply as to who shall be saved, and an answer- to the advice given Jesus about Herod seeking after his life. The first section Is properly a por tion of the preceding paragraph which relates to the incident of the woman healed on a Sabbath. I. What the Kingdom7 of God Is like, w. 18-21. The word, "there fore" (v. 18, R. V.), links this. section with the lesson of last week wherein we . observed, the effect upon his adversaries when' Jesus worked his miracle of healing upon the woman (v. 13), and they were "put to shame," v. 17. With this fact in mind it is easy to reconcile the principles advanced by the two different parables, viz., the fact of intense opposition on the part of his enemies, and that of rejoicing on the part of his friends. Symbols of Evil. The faithful servants of an absent but expected Lord are to watch for him that they may give him suitable welcome when he comes. This king dom Is to1 be outwardly prosperous and grow to that extent that it shall be a shelter to the birds, which rep resent the nations, Ezek. 17:23. But at the same time there is to be an in- . ward growth as well, one of leaven (yeast), putrefaction. See I. Cor. 5:67, also Gal. 5:8, 9. A mustard seed thus growing large Is abnormal; the birds are symbolic of evil; bo Jesus teaches us here, as elsewhere (Matt. 13:24 30), that the kingdom is to be of a mixed character, an intermixture of good and evil, opposition and victory. History has abundantly fulfilled these predictions, though at the time Jesus uttered these words nothing seemed more Improbable than such a suggest ed development, either of outward prosperity and power, or of such a possibility of finding evil within. Common Question. II. Who shall be saved, vv. 22-30. What is more natural in view of these thoughts than to ask this question, a question that is a most common one stilL Notice, he did not answer In a way to satisfy Idle curiosity, but di rected each to his own duty, to see If they themselves had entered the king dom rather than be concerned about how many are to be saved. The sec ret then is still a secret. He told them to "strive" (contend earnestly) to enter in. Soon the door will be shut, now they are able to enter, then not at all. He is the "door," John 10:9. There is one form of work which is essential to the salvation of the believer, see John 6:29. "Works," altruistic service, is an essential part of Christianity, being an evidence of faith, James 2:17, 18, but altruism is not the whole of religion as some seem to imply. We do not drift into the kingdom, Acts 14:22; I. Cor. 9:24 27; Heb. 4:11; 2 Pet. 1:10. All one needs to do to be lost is to do noth ing. To be saved calls for an hon est, earnest effort. Jesus again sug gests his return as he reveals the kind of seeking which fails to find an entrance. In another passage (Matt. 7:13, 14) Jesus states this same thought. The way of unrighteousness is broad, easy to follow and many walk therein. Whereas the way of life Is narrow, straight, and few choose to follow It. To be even so familiar as to have eaten and to have drunk In his presence, or to have lived on the same 'street, will not suffice, and will not merit an entrance. In another connection (Matt. 25) Jesus taught that even if admission is claimed on the basis of actual service rendered there was still lacking one thing, viz., the Lord's knowledge of them. To be casually, superficially familiar with him is not enough they did not know him. Many of our "first" people will then be "last," when that door is closed, and they find themselves without. "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." "Word and Work the two Ws. You'll soon get spiritually gorged if It is all word and no work, and you will soon be without power if it is all work and no word. If you want to be healthy Christians, there must be both word and work." D. L Moody. III. Warning about Herod, w. 31- 35. Why the Pharisees gave Jesus this warning is hard to tell. They were not .interested In his safety par ticularly and perhaps only wanted to frighten him and thereby limit his in fluence and activity, see Neh. 6:9-11; Amos 7; 12, 13. There is no doubt, however, of the truth of their words and we know that Jesus never need lessly incurred danger. He had his work to do and could not be killed until it was done, John 11:8-10. The mention of the usurper called from Jesus a revelation of his compassion ate love for the city of Jerusalem.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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March 18, 1914, edition 1
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