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j , E CHATHAiYI RECORD H. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription 1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising On Sqaar, on mstrtioa $1.00 On Squara. two kiMrtioM SU9 On Sqaar, oa moittk SZEQ For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will bo made. VOL. XXXVI PITTSB0R0, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MAY 20, , 1914. NO. 41. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUST MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Cc-ripiete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Part of World. l explosion in the Crude Rubber Vki.Lt at Detroit resulted in the death oi ;en men and three were seriously in. i. i f. spite the fact that English made ln:i;iii;g would be cheaper, the navy dfVu.rtment gave out assurances that or.iy United States made bunting weuiu be used for the making of flags to K 3own from American battleships. Tom Madden, the 12-year-old son of lir and Mrs. T. F. Madden, of Ross vi .... Ga., was instantly killed when ?i!vdt by an automobile containing a party of Canadian Shriners visiting the the battlefield at . Chickamauga Park lu-rj Chattanooga. a decision was handed down by Judie George L. Bell of the superior court ia Atlanta sustaining the finding of State Auditor Anderson in the Crawford will case. This will mean an other victory for Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford in a long drawn out legal light to defend a "legacy of $250,000 u-ft feer by Joshua B. Crawford Crawford against forty claimants. An American soldier serving a sen tence of eight years in the Mexican prisma at Cananea, Sonora, lor the nmrder of a Mexican is rapidly losing his mind, according to B. S. Selver, who arrived in Douglas, Arizona, from V,"ater-borne traffic, is now passing through'-the Panama canal according to iaformation received ; in Washing ton. ' . Because he disturbed the services in Rockefeller's church by attempting to make a public request of the pastor that fee. discuss the Colorado strike sit uation, Bouke White, congressional clergyman and Socialist, was sentenc ed t Blackwell Island workhouse by a magistrate in New York City. Seattle was chosen by the Shriners of North America during the meeting of the Imperial Council in Atlanta as the meeting place ot tne council in 1915. Dr. Frederick Smith of Roches ter. N. Y., was advanced to imperial potentate, Dr. Lansing Burrows of Americus, Ga.. was elected president of the South em Baptist Convention in session at Nashville. CLar.es Henderson of rroy was nominated tor governor oi Aiaoama over Gov. B. B. Comer. W. L. Mar-; IN un as nominated attorney geneiai. utica N y., when Percival Van Ness Cap. Frank S. White was given a wag killed His brother " who accom large complimentary vote for United panied him in the flight escaped with Mates senator. .5 idam Ionian woroica, tne linger, died at Batavia, Java. Her illness be- uan when the steamship lasman went ground in the Gulf ot fapua, Decern- oer, last. A decided victory was won oy tne labor leaders in the United states su- preme court when Samuel Gompers, Fraak Morrison and John Mitchell vere freed for alleged contempt in court m 1907 for violating injunctions acjiinst boycotting of a stove compa- jntny in 1911. (diaries W. Post, the millionaire manufacturer of breakfast foods OI Battle Creek, Mich., committed suicide by shooting himself while a guest of a hotel in Santa Barbara. Cal. Ill health is believed to have been the cause of the deed. a Dili recommending an appropn- tion of $100,000 has been introduced in tke New York legislature. me amount will be expended in preparing 1 the state militia in the event of war. Tke censorship of songs having ex- pressions that tend to lower morals was recommended to congress in a resolution adopted by the Women's riubs of North Carolina. . Tt cnttnn fnhirpc hill is exnected to again be brought to the attention of the natP whon th house committee on aericultiirfi renorts on its cotton fu- tures hill n nn amAnrimpnt. nassed bv the senate. The substitute provides for tne aholition of the exchanges. I Citizens and others in the strike ot. i iimuau, v,ui., ic ounw 1 n j j c.ranrial'. ins their arms to the United Statfes army authorities as the result of a proclamation issued by Col. James Jacket. poTnTnanditifi- Onlv a small per cent of the strikers have turned in their arms. - 4 poi; u r on earth, 1 vaiamitv 1 11 tilt: AVJI ill ui oi -i 1 )uake visited mnnv villaees in the Mfiitity of Mount Etna according to reports from Catania. Sicilv. There ' ere 173 killed and 350 injured. It tv,4 .n,nnt ho prpat. sa 111 10 aiuuui.Ak o 1 ? creased when a thorough invest!- atuja is ma rip. The interstate commerce commis- sum will continue its probe of the New Haven road next week. William Rocke- ieller. President Mellen and George Mccnllough Miller has been called to iftcHtv T m inn "wvrsi. LUC ICUCiai l.uuoui.unv.. 11 Til or, 4. i I "wiumem emra. utilising w umcu jicuu ing before the house and the- senate, thousands of women paraded the streets of Washington. D. C. Every Ktate in the Union. was represented in the linp nf TYior-nh Fvonr coniitnr and congressman was seen personally by the suffragettes. " Because he is said to have alienated the affections of a wife from her hus band and married the woman after she had secured a divorce, Lloyd B. Field, a Presbyterian minister, formerly of Macon, Ga., has been unfrocked, ac cording to advices from Pine Bluff, Ark. It was proposed by a committee of the conference, of the Methodist Epis copal church, South, in session in Nashville, to prohibit any young man who uses tobacco from entering the ministry. In a word of farewell Past Imperial Potentate Irwin said that Atlanta had set the pace in the manner in which she entertained the Imperial Council of Shriners. "It's the best meeting the Shriners have ever had," said Imperial Potentate Smith. Eight inches of snow fell at Pine Lake, New York. Lake Pleasant re ported a four inch fall and snow storms were reported all through the Adiron- dacks. Huerta's administration is doomed, and it will be only a matter of a few days before he will be forced to flee to Puebla, according to reports from Vera Cruz. Mexico City is in a state of anarchism and the assassination of Huerta is hourly expected is the word brought by refugees. Charles Becker, the former police lieutenant of New York City is again on trial for the murder of Herman Ro senthal, the gambler. W. H. Smith, aged 29 years, a bar ber of Calhoun, Ga., was instantly kill ed-when he was mistaken for a burglar in the home of J. J. Edwards in Atlan ta. He had gotten into, the wrong house. President Wilson was the chief mourner at the ceremonies attending the arrival of the bodies of the sailors and marines killled in the taking of Vera Cruz. Secretary of State Bryan is very much agitated over the continued con finement of Vice Consul Silliman and his clerk, Joseph A. Marchani, by the federal commander at Satillo. He has threatened that something would be done if they were not immediately re leased, but would not say what action would be taken. In a cablegram to Washington Rear Admiral Mayo explained the taking of the lighthouse on Lobos Istand, by say ing the Mexicans in charge had de serted lighthouse and that the de stroyer Dixie was maintaining it for the good of navigation. ' Germany is alarmed over the num ber of students who are committing suicide because of their failure to pass examinations. There have been a 11TTlhpr rpnorted in Berlin alone Tendon comes the information that the drink bm for the British Em pire shows an increase of $25,000,000 this year. However, there is a decrease in the per capita consumption. The six hundred refugees from Mex ico City are safe and sound aboard the steamship Esperanza according to a message received in Washington from Dr. Edward R. Ryan . aviator's fatal munee in his bi plane was witnessed by his mother at serious injuries Because of the city's low death rate caused by the sman number of deaths during the winter the strike of the cof fin workers has been called Off. The union had made a demand for a short- er day and an increase in wages Th d after he had been elected president of the New York chamber of commerce seth Low, former mayor of jew York, died A bill appropriating $5,000,000 for gQod roads has been agreed upon by a subcommittee of the postoffice com- mittee This bill is a substitute for a bill calling for an appropriation of $25, 000,000. According to a report compiled in Washington the average wage rate per week m forty of the leading cities from May 15 1912, to the same date in 1913 shows an increase. The painters led with an inCrease of 4.2 per cent. while home on a' furlough from the tate penitentiary to attend the fun eral of nifi sister, Arthur McKinley killed his wife with an axe and then snot himself. He will probably die. The wife had entered suit for divorce after his conviction for attacking a young woman. The Catholic church at Geneva, has condemned the immodest attire , of women. The archbishop of Besancon has issued warning that young girls dressed decolette or naked arms can not take communion nor will they be confirmed Roll call by an electrical device will I 1 4-' nnm foo tuT-Q in not n nouses at U IUB yy , . V,Q V0r,-n thir wasmu ne r, ,7 TVl ment zu,uuu, uu. much time, Francis Spankee was killed near Fort Smith, Ark., while trying to save her phiim. Mary Aberiee, wnose ioot ' - -1 . l J . n 4- . .-x rml had become weageu ueovevu iu .a., road ties while walking across a tres- tie. The tram strucK num ui we sa as the Spankee gm leaneo over tu inid release her chum, bne was Kinea and the ADenee gin wat lured Congress has been called upon to make their nrst Dig mmuriiuuum expenses on account 01 tne crisis, ine om auieu i r -yi ation of $2,701,327 It mcmaea tne cost of the Vera Cruz incident and the keeping 01 tne troops u . uu'ul- Lillian Lenton, a militant suffra eette. was sentenced at Leeds, Eng land, to a year in prison, for setting fire to the Westfield House, Doncas tor in June last year. After making a confession she disappeared and was I re-arrested a short time ago. COLORADO READY FOR THE FUTURE STATE LEGISLATURE AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR EX PENSE OF MILITIA. TO END THE STRIKE TROUBLE Difficulties Will Be Taken Care of ir the Future Without the Necessity of Federal Aid. Denver, Col. Despite the fact that President Wilson asked for action tfce Colorad) Legislature was on the point of adjourning. Governor Ammons in a message to the President said that as soon as bonds, opposed by the Assembly, could be , authorized the Legislature would adjourn. President Wilson warned Governor Ammons that the state of Colorado must be prepared to maintain peace in the coal miners strike districts ' $59,000 bonds for the purposes, ex without Federal aid. The President cept schools, issuing none for the said Federal troons would remain in I schools. The bank, as purchaser of the troubled district "only until the state of Colorado has time and op portunity to resume complete sover eignity and control." I cannot conceive that that' state is willing to Rrego her sovereignty or to throw herself entirely on the Government of the United States," said President Wilson. In response Governor Ammons tel egraphed the President that an extra session of the Legislature, just ad journed, had provided a $1,000,000 bond issue to cover past and future expenses of the state militia. The Governor expressed . confidence that as soon as these funds are available the state will be able to control the situation. The Colorado mine districts have been under virtual martial law for months. Previous to the arrival of Federal troops three weeks ago the miners were guarded by the state militia. After the militia and strik ers participated in a battle at Ludlow on April 20 when 21 were killed and after other serious conflicts the militia was replaced by Federal troops. Of the $1,000,000 provided by the bond issue referred to by Governor Ammons, $691,000 has been spent in past expenses of the militia. MEXICAN GUNBOAT SUNK. Admiral Mayo Reported Vessel Wht to Bottom of Panuco River. Washington. Admiral Mayo report ed that the Mexican Federal gunbot Vera Cruz previously reported to have been abandoned, was sunk in the Panuco River at Tamos. Admiral Craddock commander of the British naval forces at Tampico, call ed upon General Gonzales command er of the Constitutionalist troops. Admiral Mayo said he had arranged to . call but with the understanding that the visit would be informal. The American admiral added that business of the port of Tampico is being resumed slowly. Two oil ships cleared. No banks are open and money is extremely scarce. Rear Admiral Badger reported from Vera Cruz that the cruiser Chester had sailed for Puerto Mexico to join the three other American war vessels there. Move on to Saltillo. Hipolito, Mexioo. General Villa's Army was astir in preparation for its advance against Saltillo. The men were in excellent spirits. News that a Constitutionalist party of 300 men had surprised and routed 400 Federals near Paredon filtered through the ranks, putting the men in good humor. General Villa realizes the effect of music on the spirits of his men and the organization of hands and chor uses has been encouraged. Expose Interests in Steamship Lines Washington. The Senate passed a resolution empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to call upon the railway lines for. data regarding their interests direct or Indirect in .steamship lines. The resolution w?s Introduced by Senator Sheppard. Naval Academy Examinations. Washington. That the tests requir ed of candidates for admission to the Naval Academy are not so severe as to be beyond the aspirations of the average American boy, is the asser tion of the Navy Department in statement issued referring to the en trance examinations nem a Anna polis on Aprif 21. In support of its claim the Department calls attention to the large number of successful candidates at that time. The state ment is in the nature of an answer to criticisms of tie examinations. Clean Boy's Brains. Philadelphia. Physicians at St Agnes hospital lifted a piece of the skull of James McMonigal, three, and cleaned certain affected parts of the boy's brain. The boy was suffering from tubercular meningitis, but Tril recover, it is said. Wanted Parrot Buried With Her. Chicago. Dr. Celia H. Haynes, 'a former civil war nurse, in her will, .requested that her pet parrot, Tommy be chloroformed and cremated with her. REGENT DECISIONS OF SUPREME COURT TRIBUNAL DELIVERS OPINION IN 23 CASES THAT WERE HEARD ON APPEAL. 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. vJUIeigh.' The Supreme Court delivered opin ions recently in 23 .appeals, one of the most notable being that of City of Gastonia vs. Bank of Gastonia in which $100,000 bond issue under 'un usual conditions is sustained. - There was a special act authorizing bonds for streets, schools, waterworks, sew erage and lights, no election being provided. The commissioners issued tae bonds' Questioned their validity The court declares that while this court has settled as a fact that schools are no part of the necessary expenses of a corporation, the school system being founded with statewide laws governing them, there is no rea son why the bond issues actually made by the Gastonia government should not stand. The full list of opinions follows.: Thurston vs. Southern Railway, Ala mance. (four cases) affirmed: Hol- ton vs. Moore, Alamance, affirmed; Starr vs. Cotton mills, Gastonia, new trial; City of Gastonia vs. Bank of Gaston, affirmed; Wilson vs. Manufac turing Company, Lincoln, affirmed; State vs. Wellman, Rowan, no error; Ray vs. Peterson, Hoke, error; Alex ander cs. City of States ville, no error; Cooper vs. Southern Railway, Cabar rus, new trial; Tester vs. Horner School, Cabarrus, no error1; Pharr vs Commissioners of Cabarrus, no er ror; Land Company vs. Floyd, Cald well, new trial; Boger vs. Lumber Comnanv. Burke, affirmed; Tucker Pope Company vs. Aluminum Com pany, Rowan, affirmed; Bowman vs Blankenship, Catawba, no error; Lit tle vs. Telegraph Company, Ruther ford, no error; McKinney vs. Street, Mitchell, reversed, Deaton vs. Lumber Company, Henderson, no error, Coop er vs. Express Company, Henderson, error; Bolick vs. Cline, Catawba, no error; Sigman vs. Shell, Catawba, no error; Michael vs. Leach, McDowell, no error; Byers vs. Express Company, Buncombe, no error. . " State Sells 2,500 Acres Land. A deal was closed recently between the State Board of Education and the Tidewater Power Company of Wil mington conveying to the Tidewater Company the state's title to 2,250 acres of marsh and overflow alnd about Wrightsville and Greenville Sounds, the deal being a preliminary to extensive developments on foot by the company. The state gets $1.50 an acre and a percentage of profits in the development. Much summer resort development is contemplated. The company pro poses to fill In and drain much of this property and will construct an electric belt line and automobile road that will extend from Wrightsville Sound over to Wrightsville Beach, much as the present electric line runs, and then up the beach beyond Lumina and back across the sound to Greenville Sound, connecting near Greenville station with the present line running to Wilmington. Watson's Portrait Presented. Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the Supreme Court, declared in accepting the oil portrait of Hon. Cyrus B. Wat son of Winston-Salem, to be placed-in the Supreme Court library among the paintings of distinguished lawyers of the state, that while there is no sucn duely created position as leader of the Bar Association, there would be no invidious distinction in declaring that if there were such a position to be filled the eyes of the profession and of the people of the state would turn with great unanimity to Cyrus B. Wat son as that uncrowned king. To Exclude Egyptian Pink Worm. A special from Washington says North Carolina cotton manufacturers were represented at a hearing by the Agricultural Quarantine Board on the question of excluding the Egyptian pink worm by J. O. White and J. H. Separk of Gastonia recently. It is the purpose of the department of agri culture to exclude Egyptian cotton and cotton-seed so far as the South ern tSates are concerned. The seed may be excluded entirely and the lint be admitted only to Northern States. Revenue Collections For April. The monthly revenue collections in the Statesville distict continue to ex ceed the half-million mark. The record? in Collector Watts' oftice show collections for last month as follows: Special tax $48.75, cigars $2,449.92, cigarettes $25,000, tobacco and snuff $524,.u74.66, lists $8,612.94, a total of $560186.27. Collections on spirits are probably -a thing of the past for ever, all liquor in the district having been tax paid and removed from the warehouse, the N. Glenn Williams liquor bein? the last to go. Not Opposed to Oil King's Cash. The joint committee of the State Department of Agriculture and the Trustees of the A. and M. "College doesn't think well of the plan being agitated by some members of Congress to refuse any longer to use money donated by John D. Rockefeller for the farmers' demonstration work now being carried on by tne United States Department of Agriculture. The com mittee took emphatic action in a meeting held a few days ago, adopt ing the following resolution: "The joint committee of the State Department of Agriculture and the Trustees of the North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture and. Mechanic Arts would deplore any interferance with or discontinuance of the farmers demonstration work now being carried on by the National Department of Agriculture. This work is enormous ly benefitting the farmers of North Carolina. These two bodies hereby appoint a committee consisting of th Commissioner of Agriculture, presi dent of the college and Mr. C. C. Wright, of the Department of Agri culture, to take up this important matter with our Senators and Repre sentatives In Congress and earnestly recommend that provisions be made to carry on this work in case the money from the General Educational Board is withdrawn." The joint committee, which was appointed to prevent duplication of work by the State Agricultural De partment and the A. and M. College, held a meeting here recently and transacted much business of import ance to the agricultural interests of the state. Full reports were made by Maj. W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Dr. D. Hi Hill, president of the A. and M. College, an dthese indicated that there is now and these indicated that there is now were understood to be fully satisfying to the committee. To See That State is Represented. A permanent organization was perfected a few days ago by the special commission recently named by Governor Craig to see to it that North Carolina is adequately and creditably represented at the Panama Pacific Exposition next year, Gen.. Julian S. Carr of Durham being se lected chairman and Col. Fred A. Olds as secretary, the meeting was in the executive offices of Governor Craig, who took part in the deliber ations. Important committees were ap pointed and Governor Craig agreed tc make the trip across the Continent in June, leaving here June 20, to San Francisco for the purpose of selecting the site for a North Carolina building In this building there will be installed the exhibits to represent the indus trial, agricultural and other activities of the state, and there will also doubt less be a special moving picture equipment that will give to the great throngs of visitors from all parts ol the world illustrations of the indus tries, the scenery and other attractiv features. The following committees were ap pointed to get busy on the prelimi nary arrangements: Executive committee J. S. Carr, George A. Holderness and John C. Drewy, Raleigh. Frank Hogue, representing the ex position management, was present and gave the commission the benefit of much information as to just what the representation of the state will require and details as to general con ditions. After the conference the members of the commission were thu guests of Mr. Hogan at dinner. New Charters. The American Fire Appliance Com--pany, Gastonia, was chartered with $59,000 capital authorized and $2,000 subscribed by J. S. Gray, J. M. Sea pajtfc and M. F. Henderson. The com pany will promote and sell chemical and other fire-fighting appliances. Certificates of dissolution were filed with the Secretary of State for the Swannanoa Drug Company, Asheville, and the M. B. Nicholson Company, Osborne, Richmond County. Governor Grants Commutation. Weldon Horton, Franklin County, was granted a commutation of sen tence recently by Governor Craig. He ha3 served since last October on a two-year sentence for criminal assault on Mamie Williams. The Governor .gives as his reason that the guilt of the prisoner is doubted. Committee is Named. A committee consiting of Commis sioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham, President D. H. Hill of the A. & M. College and C. C. Wright of the board, has been appointed by the joint com mittee of the A. & M. College and the tSate Department of Agriculture, to urge upon the Federal Government that there be no discontinuance of the farmers demonstration work now car ried on through the state and the Fed eral authorities, nor any interference with its work as now carried on. Forestry Student Visits N C. Mr. Ralph Harvey, a young forestry student of Pennsylvania State College, who has been touring the South on an 'inspection and instructive trip through North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, has been in the city the past several days as the guest of Mr. J. G. Yon, a member of the Raleigh baseball club. He left for Peters Burg, Va., where he will join a party of other students. The party from Pann. State College , have been inspecting the big lumber plants and mills in these Southern. States. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. N. C. Bankers Meet. The preliminary welcoming cere monies for the eighteenth annual con vention of the North Carolina Bank ers Association took place with a recork breaking attendance of nearly 300 and great numbers of other bank era were on hand for the business ses sions. President George A. Holder-, ness of Tarboro, pres'ded and there were addresses of welcome on the part of the state, the city, the ,jpom- mercial organizations and a fitting re sponse by Hon. Walter E. Daniel of Weldon on the part of the bankers. Hon. J. Bryan Grimes welcomed the bankers for the state. He paid trib ute to the wonderful . growth of the banking interests the past 10 years, more especially the increase, being over 400 per cent, which he declared to be only a token of the ever increas ing confidence the people have in the bankers of the state. He recited the noble manner in which the bankers came to the relief of the state finan cially four years ago when the state was refunding her bonds and the "Re pudiated bond" interests North was hammering on the foreign credit of the state. State Electricians in Raleigh. A rejuvination of Jovians was in progress in this city for two days with electricians .who constitute the mem- bershiD from all the principal towns of the state and from other sections going to lose his spoil without putting of the country, from Baltimore to St. forth hit, best endeavor to hold, to en Louis and Atlanta. The affair was snare, to trap nlen. God, however, under the direction of a local commit- has taken this into his plan and makes tee heanded by Statesman at Large N. them to work out for the good of his L. Walker and Statesman J. S. Ham- mack of Raleigh. The Jovians met in initial session in the city auditorium for the welcoming ceremonies. Mayor James I. Johnson welcomed them on the part of the city, Albert I. Cox in troducing him. ,The response to this address was by Statesman at Large , N. L. Walker. There was also an ad dress of welcome on the part of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce by President John C. Drewry. To this address there-was a response by-W. N. Matthews of St. Louis, who occu- pie sthe supreme position of Jupiter for the order throughout the county, Carolina Mayors Meet. , With an attendance of municipal oflicers from all over North Carolina from Asheville to Beaufort, the sev enth annual convention of the Caro lina Municipal Association two busy and interesting .sessions were held in Charlotte. The first feature on the program was the parade which left the city hall shortly after 10 o'clock and traversed several of the principal streets of the city, passing through Dilworth, Mayers Park', Chatham Es- tates and other prominent suburban "these" as here used Is another re sections. Forty automobiles were dication of the nearess of childhood placed at the disposal of the members of the convention and these with the various city departments including police, fire, health and school, made a most creditable showing as they autoed through the city behind the Steel Creek band. They meet next in Asheville. . Funeral Directors Meet. The funeral directors and ambalm- ers of Nort Carolina met in annual convention in Winston-Salem. An ad- adress of welcome was given by May- or u. a. uaion, to wnicn a was given on oenaii oi tne associduuu by J. M. Harry of Charlotte. The raminder of evening was taken up with the appointment' of committees for the convention by President J. K Willis. The annual address of the president and the reports of officers were presented to the association at the morning ession. Hendersonville. They met in NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. The work on the new hosiery mill at Durham is going forward rapidly and within the next few days the con- tractors will be ready to put the roof on the warehouse part of the new construction. Wilmington newspaper men will 0 . . hold a meeting within the next tew days to perfect arrangements for the entertainment of the North Carolina Press Association, which will meet in annual convention at Wrightsville Beach June 24th and 25th. There will be a number of pleasing features. C. B. Ross, poultry agent for North Carolina, was in Iredell recently lec- turing before the poultry clubs of the county. A large club was organized at the Feimster school, in the north- era suburb of Statesville a few nights ago. Col. Walker Taylor recently took charge of the office of collector of cus toms at the Wilmington port to sue ceed B. F. Keith, his commission having arrived a few days ago. No formalities attended the event. The retiring collector wasn't in the city and Col. Taylor just walked in nad began his official career Mount Airy township will now; be gin the construction of good roads m earnest for the highway commission has authorized its chairman. A. E. Smith, to award contracts for the con struction of the Low Gap, Old Hollow, and White Sulphur Springs roads. Fred Brotherton, a young man at B. A. Troutman's sawmill on Jim jonn ston's place, six miles west of Moores ville was instantly killed recently yet they knew tnat sucn opeaience when in moving saw dust from the would assure them the highest re mill he cot beneath the saw in a wards of faith. His words implied stooping position and raised up, the raw striking him on the top of the head smittine it wida ooen. MlTIMnONAL SDNMrSdlOOL Lesson (By O. E. SELLERS, Director of Even ing: Department The Moody Bible Insti tute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR MAY 24 UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS. LESSON TEXT-Luke 17:1-10. GOLDEN TEXT "He that glorleth, let; him glory in the Lord." I Cor. 1:3L This lesson Is closely connected with that of last week; while spoken especially to his disciples It was most probably at the same time and in the same atmosphere as that of the other lesson. The teaching is a con tinuation of that just given and which grew out of the hospitality Jesus re ceived In the Pharisee's house. The heart of Jesus was filled with compas sion for the needy multitude. He,. the Good Shepherd, was seeking the lost sheep. His anger was kindled against the men whose love of money and of show had calloused them in the presence of this multitude. ' It was In this spirit that he turned and taught his disciples. A Special Warning. I. "Take Heed to Yourselves," vy. 1-4. It is inevitable that occasion ot stumbling shall come. Satan is not people, Ps. 76:10; II Cor. 12:7. Why does God permit evil in the world? He uses these stumbling blocks to test us and we who are approved are made manifest, I Cor. 11:10. This does not mean that we are guiltless if through one we fall, nor minimize the guilt of the one through whom they come, see Matt. 18:7. We as follow ers' must go to every possible length to avoid being an occasion to another, I Cor.8:9, 13; 10:32; Rom. 14:13. In this' lesson (v. 2) Jesus sounds a spe cial warning against those who cause one of his little ones to stumble, e. g.. those weak in faith, this hungering multitude who follow him, these "babes in Christ," as well as children 0f tender years.. Particularly, how- ever, is this doom pronounced upon those who divert from paths of right- eousness the course of childhood. Not only men who prey upon those of ten der years, who exploit their labor or cause their moral corruption, but careless and indifferent parents should nonder these words. To hinder a child fr0m accepting Christ or cause It to stumble through a sinful example will reaT) an awfUi retribution. The word to our ln hia earthly life. To avoid such a danger each indi vidual life must "take heed" (v. 3). (I Tim. 5:16). Appealing to his dis-. ciples Jesus showed them their true attitude towards a sinning man was to rebuke him, Lev. 19:17, and if he repented he should be forgiven. It was here that the Pharisees and rulers had failed. They were "blind leaders of the blind" and failed to see the eagerness of the sinners and public ans to hear Jesus, a movement which ,nMttnA . ta reach ft hieher moral plane. Understanding this, they . fnrfrfven thGm eventhoueh it to be unto "seven times in the day.' Forgiveness here means to dismiss or to send away. . Nothing Impossible. II. "Increase Our Faith," vv. 5:10. Such a program as that just outlined must have staggered tne apostiea u they thought of their own inability so to conduct their lives. This exclama tion reveals their sense of the Impor tance, superiority and difficulty of his ea. TZVttT :;";"" '. oi our ..i-up . . see our importance tte hmmh Y of having him fulfil to vm that is laing of ""J- ! petition wh ""JL I , null no rt thalr noon In TPROOnHO " Z"'"-. to our cry ne win fcuWiy 24-27. Nothing is i!HWe to Urn (v. 6), Phil. 4:13. The "lustration is one easy to remember. The insjgnifl. cant awe seea ui u.., muBla.u - n it tremendous poww m giuwu .uu development, many tnousanu .m . 1 own wSui uu uu.. - 13:31, 32, because it is linked w th God's tremendous laws of life, with omnipotence. Our Lord contrasts such power with the removal ot a sycamore tree; sman wonoer wb re ceive such a vivid and lasting lesson o'f the power of faith, even the weak est faith. Faith is a principle neces .sary to overcome the obstacles ln the way of measuring up to his Ideals If it is of the right quality, it is equal to the doing of the most mighty things. Passing from this contrast Jesus uses the parable which follows Cvs. 7-10). The word "but" would suggest an ap parent departure from this subject. It is, however, a correction of any false Idea that may have arisen that the doing of duty can be the cause of boastfulness or create any rights whereby we may expect any special reward for service. The disciples. as has been suggested, realized the - difliculty of - obeying his commands and warranted such a conclusion, I hence he warns them not to make the reward th motive of their service.