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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSB0R0, CHATHAM SOyNtfY, :N' C , MAfcCH 25, 1914.
NO. 33.
iHIEF NEWS NOTES
IR 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
Parte of World.
Southern.
j. A. Eubanks, a farmer of Oak
Park, Ga., killed his wife and two
young daughter as they slept and af
ter setting fire to his home, barn and
several tenants' houses, fired a bullet
through his own forehead. Physicians
say he cannot live. He went in
sane as the result . of continued ill
health.
Harry B. Melville, the postal clerk
on the Queen and Crescent southbound
train No. 1, running from Cincinnati
to New Orleans, which was robbed
near Birmingham of $40,000 on the
night of February 19, arrived tit Atlan
ta. Ga., and identified A. O. Perry, one
of the three alleged yeggmen, who
were arrested at No. 89 Brookl?ne
street, as the train bandit who stab
ted him in the back, with .a knife
when .he refused to tell the gang of
robbers where all the money in ' the
mail car was hidden.
Fire in the business section of Tus
caloosa, Ala:, early in the morning
did damage estimated at a quarter of a
million dollars. Three business hous
es and their stocks were destroyed.
The cause of the fire had not been de
termined when the news was sent
out. Rosenau company, department
store owners, were the heaviest los
ers, their building and its contents be
in valued at $150,000. A jewelry
.stare, a bakery, a general merchan
dise store and a millinery establish
ment occupied the buildings burned.
After bundling the messenger, "Reb"
M&rtin, in a gunnysack, a masked man
robbed the express car attached to
northbound Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe passenger train No. 202 of several
packages of currency, estimated to ag-,
gregate about $i.4y0.00, and . escaped
from the train at the village. of Hel
big, Texas, 12 miles north of jBeau
nont. Posses, which went to Helbig
from Beaumont in automobiles," have
not found any trace of the bandit, who.
is believed to be hiding in the dense
forest about the village. The money
was part of a shipment of a lumber
concern to be used as a payroll.
Schools in general, were discussed
and suggestions,pffered as to how they
might" be improved, at the concluding
session- of the tenth annual National
Child liabor conference at New Or
leans. On several, occasions during
the conference' f efef ences to what was.
termen' inffje'fen'cy .'of. schools system
or inadequacy 'of school laws have
met with' applause of delegates. Dr.
E. N. Chopper of New York, secretary
of the Northern child labor commit
tee, saidj children were leaving school
s,s soon as the law allowed, .and for
that reason the schools were assailed
as being too academic.
JTohn Nolan, accused of the daring
single-handed robbery of a Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis passenger
train on the outskirts bf Atlanta, Ga..
on January 17 and of afterwards en
gaging in a pistol battle with the por
ter and a county policeman was found
guilty in the Cobb county superior
court at Marietta, Gai and sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentiary. F.
W. Hadley of Atlanta positively iden
tified Nolan as the bandit who reliev
ed him of $17 on the train. Two negro
porters also identified him. The . de
nial of the accused was the only testi
mony given by the defense.
General.
General Villa and his army of 12,000
rebels has invested the federal strong
hold of Torreon, Mexico. Villa's prog
ress has been slow, because it was
necessary to repair railroad tracks and
bridges. However, the road was open
from Yermo, where the troops have
been mobilizing, to Mapimi and Ber
mejiiio, which are only a few miles
north of Torreon, and virtually are
suburbs of that city. The federal J
arnjy, under General Velasco, is es
timated to number n:ne thousand men.
At least two persons were killed,
fitVen buried under debris and ten
injured when the west wall of the'
li.curi Athletic club building, which
was destroyed by fire in Which thirty
!'' ' ' lost their lives a week ago,
?om;p;.;ed tinder a high wind at St.
, U':. Mo., and crashed through a four
:?" building occupied by the -St.
' ' Seed company. The wall of the
!; : ; ari Athletic chib building, which
' ' seven stories high, crumbled
' ' i' a 35-mile wind veered to the
r-( ru .west. The four-story building oc
t!!l i l by the St. Louis Seed company
weakened..
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn.,
"tatta that harmony in the Demo
atifj party in Tennessee is impossi
,J and the party in convention as
sembled endorsed the administration
oi the Republican governor, B. W.
Hooper, and then the Independent
pate Democratic executive commit
ite adjourned after Calling two state
ynventioue, both to meet on April 22.
first convention is to 'meet at
Jn'-n April 22 to nominate a candi
' for judge of the supreme court,
second will meet at 3 p. m. the
same day. President Wilson had sug
sted harmony. J -
MAN
Plans for Joint maneuvers by the
United States regular army and the
National Guard, to include attacks
upon Washington . and San Francisco
by invading forces,, together with the
establishment of numerous training
camps throughout the country, have
been announced by the war depart
ment. Guests of the Windsor hotel, Mil
waukee, Wis., numbering nearly two
score, were compelled to flee for their
lives when a fire which destroyed the
hotel and the Western Newspaper
Union plant, in the southern' portion
of the building, destroyed the four
story structure. T6e barking of a
dog sounded the alarm in time for
escape. The lessee of the, hotel de
clared that every guest of the hotel
got out safely. . The property dam
age is $200,000. .
"Kansas expects to harvest more
than one hundred thousand . bushels
of wheat this year, and the crop
may run to 150,000,000 bushels," said
Henry Lassen, a miller of Wichita,
Kan., at the opening of the annual
meeting of the Southwestern Millers'
league. Millers from six states attend
ed the me'eting. One of the topics dis
cussed is " a proposed protest against
the 5 per cent, increase in freight rates
east of the Mississippi river. The
millers say that if this increase goes
through there will be a similar raise
west of the Mississippi next year or
the year following.
Forced by the increasing serious
ness of the financial situation in Mex
ico, President Huerta at last appears
ready to resume negotiations with Mr.
John Lind, President Wilson's personal
representative, which were broken off
last August, if reports current at the
capital city of Mexico are true. Where
Huerta's representative will meet- Mr.
Lind is not known. Every effort has
been made to keep the meeting a se
cret, and should it fail to take place,
the government could repeat the ex
planation that the minister is taking
the trip to celebrate a saint's anni
versary. One hundred and fifty men the
remnant of "General" Kelley's army bf.
the unemployed laughed at Sheriff
Ahern of Sacramento? county. When
the sheriff received word that the
scattered members were reassembling
on a ranch four miles north of Sacra
mento, Cal., he hurriedly collected a
force of deputies and went to the
scene. When he attempted to driv
out the tenters, he was halted at tb
boundary of a camp by a man with a
legal paper, which proved a contract
fpr the purchase of one acre, on which
$70 had been paid. He retired amid
the jeers and hoots of the unemployed.
Submission to the nine-type system
of cotton grading favored by tjie Unit
ed States government was acknowledg
ed by the board of-"managers of the
New York cotton exchange in the
adoption of a resolution ' making the
government standard types of cotton
the basis for trading on and after
April 1, 1915. The twenty-three cot
ton grades heretofore maintained by
the New York cotton exchange have
been criticised severely in the South,
and it was said by some of those- in
f touch with the situation that this ac
tion was taken to forestall possible
antagonistic legislation by congress.
Perfect discipline, coolness and
bravery on the part of students and
faculty members prevented loss of life
or injury, when college hall, oldest of
the Wellesley, Mass., college buildings,
was burned at Wellesley. Two hundred
and fifty young women students, fifty
instructors and fifty maids, were in
bed when the fire was discovered. Ev
ery one was saved.
Washington.
Robert Lansing of Watertown, N. Y
has been nominated by the president
to be counselor for the department of
state to succeed John Basset Moore.
President Wilson nominated Cone
Johnson bf Texas to be solicitor for
the department of state to. succeed
Joseph W. Folk.
One of the largest cotton crops ever
grown, amounting to 14,127,356- equiv
alent 500-pound bales of linters, was
produced by the farmers of the United
States during 1913, the census bureau
announced in its preliminary report
of" cotton ginned as reported by sin
ners and delinters to February 28.
With this report the bureau of cen-i
sus departed from its previous method
of reporting the cotton crop by not
including the quantity of linters in the
total production. Included in the
production for 1913 are 29,267 bales,
which ginners estimated would be
turned out after, the time of canvass.
Woodrow Wilson unbosomed him
self to members of the1 National Press
Club of Washington, telling them
in a frank, conversational way, how
he felt' as president of the United
States, how difficult it was for him
to. imagine himself as the chief ex
ecutive with the formal amenities of
the position and how he had struggled
to be as free as the ordinary individ
ual without the restraints of his of
fice. It was an intimate picture . of
Woodrow Wilson, the man, drawn by
himself on the occasion of the "house
warming" at the Press club's new
quarters.
' A Washington dispatch says that a
material decrease in the, number of
train accidents and in the. number of
people killed and injured, in such acci
dents was shown by- an , interstate
commerce commission bulletin issued
for the quarter ended September 30,
1913. During the quarter 211 were
killed and 4,011 Injured in 'train acci
dents, a' decrease as compared with
the corresponding quarter of 1S12; Of
77 killed and 587 injured., An in
crease of 123 killed and of 1,904 injur
ed was shown in "other than train ac
cidents." ' Improved appliances have
contributed to the good showing.
WILL IfflliTE
TEN NEW JUDGES
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WILL
NOMINATE ONE CORPORATION
COMMISSIONER.
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,
. When the State Democratic Conven
tion meets here next June it will have
to nominate only one state officer, a
candidate for Corporation Commis
sioner, and confirm the nominations
of 10 candidates for Superior Court
judgeships. There is no doubt about
the nomination of E. L. Travis as
Corporation Commissioner. He is the
present chairman of the Commission
and will have no opposition for the
nomination to succeed himself.
So far as is known all the Superior
Court Judges whose terms expire with
this election will stand for renoiin
nation and as yet no accountments.
are made in any of the districts of
candidates in opposition. - The candi
dates for judge are' selected in : the
several judicial district conventions
and these nominations are' confirmed
by the state convention and included
in the regular state ticket. The dis
tricts in which there are to be nomi
nations for the coming election follow :
First District Judge W. M. Bond.
Fifth District Judge H." W. Whlfc'
bee.
-- Sixth District Judge C. C. Lyon.
Tenth District Judge W. A. Devin.
Thirteenth District Judge W. J.
Adams.
Fourteenth District Judge W. F.
Harding.
Sixteenth District Judge . J. L,
Webb.
Eighteenth District Judge M. H.
Justice.
Twentieth District Judge O. S
Ferguson.
Hamlet Has Best Kept Grocefiss.
State Food Chemist Allen says
there has been cohsiderable'decrease
in the number of violations of the
state pure food laws during the past
year and that the most trouble that
Ills Inspectors find now. is .the sale in
bulk by- North Carolina dealers of
substitutes for the pure articles in a
number of lines of groceries, especially
lard, vinegar and syrups. These are
shipped 'into the state, . labeled ac
cording to the law as substitutes with
ingredients specified, but are sold by
some unscrupulous msrehants as the
real articles of the retail trade, and
there is no law to reach these viola
tions effectively.
Mr. Allen says there is much im
provement .in numbers of the Impor
tant towns of the state in the cleanli
ness of the grocery stores, but that in
his " judgment Raleigh has the most
poorly kept grocery stores of any
town he knows.
He says Hamlet has about the
best kept frocery stores to be found
in the state.
Bryan and Daniels Will Attend.
A letter received recently by Editor
Clarence Poe of The Progressive Far
mer, who with Collector J. W. Bailey
and President Alexander of the Far
mers' Union is leading the movement
within the party for a progressive
Democratic convention to be called to
meet here soon! from Josephus Daniels,-
Secretary of the Navy, states that
he and Secretary of State Bryan will
be here for the convention on what
ever date is agreed upon.
Governor Grants Requisition.
A requisition from the governor of
Florida was honored by Governor
Craig recently, for William L.' Wig
gins, who is now in Winston-Salem
under arrest awaiting the arrival of
the Florida officer to take him back.
He is charged with the embezzlement
of $100 from the Lyric Moving Pic
ture Show in Orange county, Fla. He
was a partner in the management of
the theater.
Raleigh Entertains Road Scout Party.
Raleigh entertained the scout party
of the United States Office of Public
Roads and the American Highway As
sociation for a brief time, the party
stopping long enough to address a
goodly crowd of good, road enhusiasts
in the chamber of commerce rooms
before resuming their run to Smith
field and Pinenurst in their tour of in
spection from -Richmond to Atlanta
over the Capital-to-Capital Highway.
They report great improvement in
the condition of the roads from Rich
mond to Raleigh via Petersburg. -
Chairman T. D. Warren Issues Call. s
Chairman Thomas D. Warren of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee has issued a call for -the commit
tee to meet in special session ere bn"S
the night of March 25 for the purpose
of considering a change in the date
for the state - convention so that, it
will not conflict with other conven
tions, the June 17 'date conflicting
with the convention of the State Med
ical Society. June 19 is most discuss
ed as the prf bable new date for state
convention.
Secretary Maxwell on Inheritance Tax
Secretary A. J. Maxwell, of the cor
poration commission, calls attention,
to the fact that had the North Caro
lina estate' of the late George W. Van
derbilt been subject ' to inheritance
taxation under the New York instead
of the North Carolina inheritance tax
law it would have paid into the state
treasury not less than a half million
dollars instead of the $100,000 in tax
that it is estimated that the North 1
Carolina state treasury will receive
from the estate as inheritance tax.
Under the New York inheritance tax
law the Vanderbilt estate in that state
will pay four, per cent under.' the in
heritance act into -the state treasury
while in North Carolina -it will only
pay one per cent into state treasury.
Mr. Maxwell explains that the
North Carolina inheritance tax act
provides a flat one per cent tax on
all inheritances above exemptions ex
cept to collateral relatives, making
the North Carolina rate as high as
the New York rate on small estate,
but the New York act has graduate
increase in rate for the larger estates.
He says 1 this graduated system that
New York has is approved by 'nearly
all states and by the national associ
ation on state and local taxation,
which is' endeavoring to promote uni
formity of such taxation methods. He
points out that had th$ North Caro
lina Inheritance law been, the same
as the. New York ast State . Treasu
rer Lacy would have at least a haJLf
.million dollars, mere from the, Vander
bilt estate alone. And this would
have taken car of the present deficit
in state finaries and been felt by no
one.
Mr. Maxwell does not call atten
tion to ihis In any criticism of the
legislature, which really provided
the siate at the last session 'with' de
cidedly -the best revenue act .the
state has ever had and the best inher
itance tax law the state has yet had,
and that about half the inheritance
tax the Vanderbilt estate will pay
will be due to improvements which
the last legislature made in that
statute. Still -Mr. Maxwell believes
that there is room for improvement
In- this inheritance tax act in getting
it in line with the New York and -most
of .the other state statutes so that the
state will fare better In the future. He
insists that the principle of graduated
inheritance tax is too well recognized
by the other states to be longer neg
lected by North 'Carolina,. He. believes
that if the . graduated principle in
taxation is justifiable anywhere it is,
in his opinion and the opinion of the
times, justifiable inheritance taxes on
the large estates.
Postmasters Recently Appointed.
Shoals, Surry county, John A. Mar
tin, Floral College, Robeson county,
Alexander H. White; Dunlap,. Iredell
county, Mrs. Belle M. Howard; Okisko,
Pasquotank county, John L. Ludford;
Dystersville, McDowell county;, "Addie
J. Satterfield; ' Sunburst, Haywood
county, John H. Peebles; Ha'nriers
ville, Davidson county; Lacy ,E. Help
er; Rex, Robeson county; Joseph F.
Pittman; Brummett,Mitchell county,
Mrs. Bessie Tipbn; Onyil, Montgom
ery county, Mrs. Diza- A. McAuley;
Vander, Cumberland county, Daniel N.
Carter; Eunice, Allegneny.'-; county,
Monroe Jordan; Round Peak, Surry
county, Benjamin F. Jarrell; McLeod,
Richmond county, Ernest L Pegram
Supreme Court Decisions. ?
The Supreme Court delivered opin
ions in only seven appeals this week
ly delivery day. The list follows:
White vs. American Peanut Com
pany, Bertie County, reversed; Holton
vs. Norfolk Southern Railway, Craven,
new trial; Pate vs. Lumber. Company,
Sampson, affirmed; Tyler vs. union
Djumber Company, Duplin,, affirmed;
Brock vs. Wells, Duplin, affirmed;
Taylor vs. Brown, Duplin, affirmed;
.Massie and Pierce vs. Hainey, Samp
son, error. "
Hall of History Open Sundays.
An arrangement has been mads
whereby the new Hall of History will
be open to the public each Sunday af
ternoon during hours that will not
conflict with 1 church services. An
other new departure, now that th6
Hall of History is opened -up in the.
splendid new quarters in the state
building .will be evening lectures from
time to time, the purpose being to
make the fine collection of historic ex
hibits of the most value possible to
the general public.
Government Watchman Dies.
William E. Cooper, who was strick
en with paralysis recently .while on
duty as night watchman at the tem
porary postoffice and government
building, died a few days ago. He was
45 years "old and had been in the gov
ernment service several years, as ele
vator man in the' old; government
building now being remodeled, a po
sition that he was to fill again when
the '.remodeled building , is occupied
again by the local departments of
the government. Mr. Cooper was a
widower' and leases two children.
Some New State Charters. .
The White Coal Power Company
of Asheville, capital ?125,000 author
ized, and $3,000 subscribed by Daniel
W. Adams ancj. .others -with special
authority to build and operate elec
tric cars for Old Fort and surround
ing, country, and devetop water and
othr power for commercial purposes.
The James Knitting Mills Company
of Mount Pleasant, files notice of dis
Olutioh, the purpose being for A. N.
Jaines and others to conduct the busi
ness as a co-partnernip for the fu
ture. . . . '
STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
Laymen's Convention Closes.
Under the spell of "Christ's Chal
lenge," presented in a masterful man
ner by President E. M. Poteat of Fur
man University, the Baptist laymen
brought to a close at Durham one of
the greatest Baptist meetings ever
held in North Carolina, a convention
great in its accomplishments, great
in attendance, great in the addresses,
and one that will have a vast effect on
the missionary work of the Baptists
in North Carolina, according to the
leaders.
President J. D. Bruner of Chowan
College presided; and, following a
praise service, Dr. William Smith de
livered, a stereopticon lecture on mis
sions. He was followed by. Doctor
Bruner in a few remarks.
Dr. William Louis Poteat of Wake
Forest then presented 14 student vol
unteers for mission work. These
were conducted to the platform and
presented in person to the audience.
There were x eight young women, two
of whom came from the State Normal
and six from Meredith. The six men
presented come from Wake Forest
College.
Western N. C. for "Movie" Scenery.
.Barry. O 'Neil, familiar on motion
uicture screens in every city of any
size in the country, accompanied by
a case of 12 players, was an 'Ashe
ville visitors recently, en route to
Bat Cave, where ! the players of the
Lubin Company will enact "The, Wolf"
for the benefit of the lovers of the
"movies" throughout the country. The
Lubin players were, Bent to western
North Carolina for the picture be
cause of the ruggea scenery of this
section bf the state', the scenic effects
of. the picture to be produced demand
ing mountainous land.
Settle . For $82,Q0.
The insurance companies have
practically' completed the adjustment
of the loss occasioned by the fire .that
destroyed the' 'cbhtents of the leading
ladies' ready-to-wear and millinery es
tablishment df J. W. Ballard & Co.,
Charlotte. According to the best
authenticated. 'reports, the companies
settled for $82,500 which represented
almost a complete loss. . .
Molasses Warehouse For Wilmington.
For the use of C. C. Covington, the
molasses Importer of Wilmington, the
Hilton Lumber Company is preparing
to erect a . mammoth -metal-sheathed
warehouse, as a distributing point in
the northern part of Wilmington. It
will cost approximately $20,000 and is
to be completed .by the middle of June.
Mr. Covington's warehouse on the
river front was burned last July and
Since that time he has had tempor
ary quarters.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
' The Southern Newspapers Publish
ers Asociation"unani!"iQusiv endorsed
and. Commended the administration of
President Wilson at the annual meet
ing in Atlanta. ' Asheville was selectt
ed as the place for 1915 convention.
The " population of Wilmington, ex
clusive of Carolina Heights, Carolina
Place and other residential suburban
sections, is 31,316, representing an in
crease of 1418 the past year, accord
ing to the figures of the annual cen
sus ' of the health department, "which
has just been completed.
The new' showcase factory and the
invalid bed factory at Lincolnton, are
turning out the finished product naw,
and find a ready sale for output ' of
their plants.
The business men of Forest City
have organized a board of trade. The
office of .this organization. will be in
the -First National Bank building . for
the present. W. W. 'Hicks was chosen
president, J. F. Alexander vice presi
dent arid Walter 'S. CrOker " secretary
treasurer. - ). . '.
.The Atlantic 'Coast, Line recently
awarded the" contract for. 15 all-steel
passenger and combination mail, bag
gage .and express coaches to the
American Car & Foundary Co., deliver
ies to be made as early as possible.
The equipment Is for use on the main
lines of the company.. t
" Governor Craig, who spent one day
recently in Durham arid attended the
laymen's meeting, went! from' Durham
to Greensboro to attend the inaugura
tion of Dr. S.B. Turrentine, the new
president of the Greensboro College
for Women. . . .' .
At a meetmg held in. Shearers Hall
recently the Davidson . .student body
voted in favor of a college newspaper,
which will begin very shortly and will
give a detailed account of all the
nappenings of the college and the sur
rounding community. ';
With appropriate exercises, includ
ing addresses by the Governor of
North Carolina, President Bruce R.
Payne 'of George Peabody School, for
Teachers, Mfsl Lucy H. Robertson
and others, Rev. Samuel' Bryant Tur
rentine, A. M., D. D., was recently . in-
augurated as, the ninth president of
Greensboro College for Woman. '
The Mecklenburg Declaration So
ciety a few days ago gave the contract
for the decoration of .Trade and Tryon
street during the 20tli of. May celebra
tion to Harry W.'Lewisi' official decor
ator, for the Confederate reunion at
Jacksonville and Atlanta.
Jamie Whlsnant, Fulton ' Whisnant,
Hugh Davis and Zeb Bell of Blacks
burg, S. C, are held without bail . in
connection with the- murder -of' Sol
Williams," an 18-year-old negro' who
was. shot through the head and killed
a few nights ago at 10:20 o'clock at
an overhead bridge,, two blocks north
of Kings Mountain passenger station.
KING GEORGE FEARS
A CIVIL CONFLICT
HIS MAJESTY EXPRESSLY RE
QUESTS HIS OFFICERS NOT
TO RESIGN VHEIR POSTS.
"MIGHT STARK A MEETING"
One Hundred Officers Resigned, Win
Not Reconsider. Ulster Army Is
Busy Moving About the Hill
Around Belfast
Belfast The defection of Army
officers is the cause of great jubilation
in Ulster and among the officials of
the provisional Government, who are
keeping in close touch with events at
Currah and other military depots in
Ireland, through secret correspond
ence. The Associated Press was shown a
letter which the provisional authori
ties have received from an officer at
Currah station, saying that more than
x00 officers had resigned, including all
the calvary officers.
General Arthur Pagel, commanding
the troops in Ireland, had them
paraded and told . them, according to
the letter that he had "an express or
der and request from the King him-"
self to ask every officer to go as or
dered; that ney might never be call
ed on to fight arid that if ;they re
fused there' might be a mutiny in the
Army which would mean a revolution
in England and in six months there
would be no King and no Army.". .
Despite this appeal all-the officers
refused to reconsider .their resigna
tions. A general "officer of high stand
ing in the regular Army" was offered
the post of commander-in-chief of the
force which is to -operate against the
Ulster volunteers. When he declined
the offer tne war office informed hiin
that his refusal meant the severence
of his connection: with the Army. He
persisted, ,and the authorities offered
the post- to another officer, said to
be a friend of the general now in
command at Belfast, who accepted.
A denial was issued of the reported
mutiny of the ' Dorsetshire regiment
There has been no diminution in
the activity of the Ulster Army. Of
ficers of the so-called headquarters
staff, on duty at Craigavon, now the
center of the Ulster movement, were
busy taking the ranges of the various
hills and other strategic points of
Belfast, which the estate overlooks.
U. S. AWAITS TORREON SEIGE
Mexican Policy Will Remain the
Same For the Present.
Washington. Although full reports
of the conference at Vera Cruz, be
tween John Lind and Senor Portilloy
Rojas, Minister of Foreign Affairs in
the Huerta Cabinet, have been re
ceived here, the disposition of tne
American Government Is to make no
change in its Hexican policy or ex
press itself on any of the new pro
posals reported to have been made
until after the battle fit Torreon is
fought .
This became known authoritatively,
though officials declined to say what
new proposals had been made by the
Mexican Cabinet officers. . .
Reports that a mere friendly feel
ing prevails between the Washington
Government and those of the Huerta
Administration seeking a peaceful set
tlement of the difficulty are borne out
by dispat!ches received here by Charge
Algara, of the Mexican Embassy, who
said President Wilson's attitude in
welcoming a resumption of peace
negotiations had made a faydrahle.
impression in the Mexican Capital.
Well Known Banker Dead.
Chicago.0 Byron Lafllin Smith,
president arid founder of the North
ern Trust Company, died of .heart
failure. He was one of .the best
known bankers in Chicago " and was
a director of many railway . compa
nies, v '
Wires Cut Near Torreon.
Mexico City. Telegrapni'j com
munication with . ToTreon, iiterrupt
ed recently is still cut-off.
New Haven Will Dissolve.
' Washington. With; the danger
of an anti-trust suit out 'of the way,
the next, steps in the"' untangling of
the. New Haven Railroad system must
be 'taken . by'vthe ' New Haven- direc
tors, its' thousands of stookholders
throughout New England and by the
Massachusetts legislature. Depart-;
ment ' of justice off cials have agreed
to a dissolution and ..the feeling here
is that the salvation" of the road is in
..the hands eff -its directors; arid stock-'
holders. The- New' Haven board will
meet soon:' ' " ' ' : . ,
Must Die For--Crime.'--' .
Boston. His appeal for-execrutHe
cle"mency hans.. failed ..WilJIam-." A.
Dorr? 'of Stockton, Cal. awaits . at
Charleto. itate. .prison . fulfillment: of
a sentence pf.ieath. , He may be eleot
trocuted' any night this' week': In ac
cordance witfi' the law, providing for
Secrecy j' ""the date has :net" been an-;
'ipuncedv. --' ' ';
Dprr's crime -was- the 'killing- April
1, 1912," of George E. Marsh, 'a
wealthy retired soap manufacturer of
'-ynn. Marsh was trustee of a .fund
tt $100,000 for" Miss Orphia Marsh.
MTOOIONAL1
smsoiool
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening- '
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR lAARCH 29
JESUS THE GREAT TEACHER.
(Review;)
READING LESSON Matt. 7:21-29.
GOLDEN - TEXT "Ha bath showed
thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the Lord require of thee, but to do
justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God."Mlcah 6:8. -
There is no chronological order to
the lessontu for the past quarter,
though they have all been selected
from the period of the Perean ministry
of our Lord. The thought of tho Gold
en Text, rather than the reading les
son, will serve to give us a connected
review.
: The lesbons liave chiefly, concerned
Jesus as the great Teacher, thus we
notice the inclusive note of the first
clause of the - Golden Text; "He hath,
showed thee, O man, what is .good."
As an exposition bf that note we have
presented God's plan of action, out
ward, "to do Jnstly, aid to love mercy,"
and inwardly, "to . walk humbly with
thy God." With this thought .In mind
let us divide lessons of the quarters
into two sections:- (1) -The -first seven
lessons which have to do with man's .
relation to the kingdom in its' outward
manifestation, and (2), the, remaining
five that have to do with "walking
humbly with thy'God.,',
As -Children. ;
I. The first section. In order to
keep this two-fold thought before us,
we must observe carefully the, several .
golden texts. In-the first lesson we
have set before us the manner where
by we are to enter into this new
kingdom. We must enter as' chil
dren and the Golden Text, "Likewise,
ye younger, fte: subject : unto the
elder . . . for God resisteth the
proud, "but glveth' grace to the hum
pie," illustrates the humility of chil
dren and the necessity of our right
relationship to them. The second les
son deals with, the possibility of co
operation with him in service, as
when the 70. went before his face.
Great privileges, however, when
abused, bring condemnation and deg
radation. "It is not you that speak,
but the . Spirit of your Father that
speaketh in you.' The third lesson
"The Good Samaritan" is another ex
pression of the outward walk of life,
that of loving mercy. True love never
asks who it may, but rather who it
can, serve. It always manifests It
self in sacrifice and in service "Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
The story of service actually ren
dered to our Lord in the days of his
flesh is the subject of the fourth, 'leu-:
son. ' All other Interests and ties muBt
be secondary to our allegiance and
obedience to him "Inasmuch as ye
did it unto one of these, my brethren,
even these least, ye did it. unto me."
The fifth lesson concerns prayer: The
parable of the unfriendly neighbor and
the effect of prayer to bring about just
relations ' is revealed in the . Golden
Text which is the heart of that les
son. "Ask, and it shall be given you;;'
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and It
shall be opened unto you." The sixth
lesson still continues to treat this out
ward aspect' and reveals to us the
fact that great as Satan is, cfur Lord
Jesus has far greater power.
Must Walk Humbly.
II. The second section. We now
come to a group of lessons that? seem
to emphasize the-second part of God's
requirements, . as expressed in the
Golden Text foj' today, viz., "and to:
walk humbly with thy . God." This
Is the inward;, personal,- relation with,
God, as against our outward, right
eous relations with men. These re
maining lessons deal with the abiding
principles " of ; ' discipleship which.
Jesus gave - to his followers. The
eighth lesson, reveals the principle of
a true confession of "Christ to be that
of the faith which'. makes, fear impos
sible.. We are 'to fear God alone. In
the ninth lesson we see' that the true
fulfillment of life is- that of having
the heart set upon the true treasure,
which is spiritual, rather than upon
the false treasure whichris material,
for, "Where' your treasure .is, there
will be your heart also." In lesson
ten we have set before us the prin
ciple of faithful service which is that
of watchfulness for the returning
King, and which expresses itself in per
petual service in his interest and on
behalf of his household. "Blessed
are those servants 'whom the -Lord,
when he cometh,. shall find watching."
The principle of the religion of Christ
is . that of compassion (lesson 11),
and the true sanction of the Sabbath
is fulfilled in such service as make's
the Sabbath possible to those who are
In need. ' it is, therefore, lawful to
do good on the; Sabbath".
-. Lesson. 42 deals with the vital Issue
of -this second section, Viz.,' that it is
of far more'iinportance that we be in
the kingdom than any other issue.. We
must put.fortlj strenuous efforts that
we may enter the narrow door. The
kingdom of -God is doing the will of '
God, rather '-.than calling him Lord!
Lord! "Not everyone that saith unto
me,; Lor4, Lord., shall 'enter., into the
kingdom1 of heaven," ' '
Thus as'- we1 hastily look over these; 1
lessons from these two "viewpoints,
we are led to 'conclude with the first
declaration of the Golden Text for
the day.
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