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THE CHATHAM RECORD It A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE IZECtD" Kates of Advertising On Spore, ee moatk '253 For L&rgor Adcsrtlscnssata Liberal Contends 3 feMQsda. VOL. XXXVI PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JULY 1, 1914. NO. 47. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This 2nd Other Nations Fcr Seven Days Are Given. IHE HEWS J1FJKE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. It is believed by the Constitu tionalists representatives in Washing ton that now that Zacatecas has been taken Carranza will consent to enter juto the peace conference. Refief for the homeless thousands of Salem. Mass., poured into the city within a short time affler the world had learned of the terrible fire that visited that city. Four bodies have been recovered from the ruins. The losses by the fire will run into the mil lions. The mediators in attendance to the peace conference at Niagara Falls have virtually put the question of peace up to the warring factions. In other words, it is now up to Huerta and Car ranza to say whether there shall be peace. The peace conference this week signed a second protocol which includes practically all of the points to be decided by the peace confer ence. Severe electrical storms swept seross the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, incurring loss of life and property. -This is believed to be the same storm which wrought havoc in the southeast portion of South Dakota. The Saengerfest societies of the United States are holding their an nual meeting in Louisville, Ky. There are 125 societies represented with sev eral thousand delegates in attendance. Absolute prohibition for the District of Columbia was proposed by a bill introduced into the senate. Admiral Fletcher, aboard the Dol phin, arrived at Key West, Fla., from Vera Cruz, Mexico, on his return to New York. The United States' reply to the Jap anese regarding the California alien land law and all correspondence be tween the two governments on the sub ject is expected to be made public ty officials in Washington in the near future. King Peter of Servia is reported to have abdicated the throne in favor of his second son, Prince Alexander. The 1913-14 Georgia legislature has begun its second session at the capi- tol in Atlanta. The opening day wras spent in hearing the reading of new bills. There are a number of import ant measures that will face the state scions at this session. . According to reports from Washing ton, D. C, the American soldiers at Vera Cruz, Mex., have been greatly annoyed by the Huerta troops snip ping at the United States outposts. War department officials, hfcwever, de clined to make public any complaints of General Funston regarding the mat ter. A German aviator has established the world's record for length of flight by staying in the air 18 hours and 10 minutes according to reports from Johannisthal, Germany. According to meager reports, nine persons were killed and forty others were injured when a .tornado swept across the southeast section of South Dakota. Thousands of dollars in dam ages to buildings was done by this storm. It is now practically certain that the United States will sell the two battle ships, Idaho and Mississippi, to the Greek government in spite of the pro test of Turkey. The bill which pro vides for the sale of these battleships also includes building of a dread naught. Another crisis in connection with granting of home rule for Ireland was reached when a bill. was entered into the house of lords in London provid ing for an amendment to the Irish home rule. Secretary Bryan has come to the defense of the clause in the treaty with Colombia in which . an expression T,t "sincere regret" on the part. of the United States that ' anything should have occurred to have marred the friendly relations between the two countries. He said, further, that the memorandum of the peace treaty made during the Taft administration and was defeated, contained the words "honest regret.'' hat is believed by those in close 'ouch with the peace conference at Niagara Falls as the "court of last resorf has been reached, when the mediators will attempt to bring the legates, representing the Huerta and Carranza factions together in an effort to restore peace in Mexico. !n a letter to president H. B. Joy, the Lincoln Highway Commission, resident Wilson expressed a wish flat the Mason and Dixon line should be forever abolished. Carranza has sent word to the medi ators at Niagara Falls the terms upon "-" ae will enter into the discussion cr the peace conference. Among the 'Jngs he expresses as futile and de Hres not to discuss are the proposed jrmiiitice, military movement of the constitutionalists, the agrarian ques- r. arid the designation of a provin c'al president for Mexico. Europe is breathing easier, for re p ts have come from the capitals Jof --e ana Turkey that both of these c am u'-mes nave come to some form of " agreement and that war has been trtfcd. It has been learned that the Chi cago Clearing House three years ago refused admittance to Lorimer's La Salle street bank because of alleged unethical and dangerous methods. President Wilson is considering sending federal troops to Butte, Mont., on account of the disturbances caused by the disruption among the labor men there. Zacatecas, one of the strategic point that loomed up before the Mexican rebels in their onward march to Mexi co City, has beefi captured by Villa and his army. . The various branches of the Mexican Constitutionalist army are assembling at Zacatecas preparatory to their march southward. Lack of artillery support necessitat ed repeated charges by Villa's soldiers in their assault on the city of Zacate cas, and resulted in heavy losses. It Is also understood that the Mexican federals also lost heavily before the surrender of the city. A lively contest is being waged by the cities of Birmingham, Ala., and Atlanta, Ga., for the new Methodist university which is to be located east of the Mississippi river, according to th'e plans of the Methodist conference, which met recently. The committee appointed by the conference announc ed a short time ago that the Methodist university to be located west of the Mississippi would be established at Dallas, Texas. The creating of these two new Methodist schools was brought about by the break between the Methodist churcli and Vanderbilt university at Nashville. x While playing in a cave they had dug, two small boys in Atlanta were crushed to death when the earth , gave way about them. . It appears that the 'Peace Confer ence at Niagara Falls, Ont., has struck another snag. They had hoped to bring about a conference between the Carranza' and Huerta representatives but an envoy of Carranza who was in Washington, has made the state ment that Carranza will refuse to meet Huerta on any such terms. The slogan which the delegates to the International Sunday School Con vention in session in Chicago has adopted, is "A Million New Scholars a Year." The trans-continental railroads may be compelled to refund millions of dol lars as the result of a decision of the United States Supreme court, in what is known as the inter-mountain rate decision. Already claims amounting to $2,000,000 have been filed with the interstate commerce commission. The situation in Butte, Montana, where there is a conflict between the various factions of the labor union men, has become serious and a num ber of the union men were wounded by deputy sheriffs when they attempt ed to storm the union hall, when s a meeting was about to be held. A bill has been introduced into con gress at Washington, D. C, providing for an investigation to ascertain who really discovered the North Pole. The mails at the French postoffice in Paris were detained by angry post men who were indignant because the French congress had failed to pass certain legislation that would have been beneficial to them. The bill allowing federal and con federate veterans of the Civil war to take fourth class postoffice examina tions regardless of their age was pass ed in the senate. Dennis J. Cassin, for fifty years a railroad engineer, with not an acci dent to mar his record, recently ask ed to be retired rather than be placed on duty on one of the roads electrical engines. Because of her heroic work in sav ing the life of a man, who had been overcome by gas, while digging a well ,Miss Doris Lippman, a girj scout of Savannah, was awarded a prize of $50 by the National Red Cross Society. This is the first prize the society has .ever awarded a girl scout. The government scored another victory and the scope of the Inter state commerce commission was en larged when the supreme court sus tained the action of the commission on the so-called intermountain rate orders and the long and short haul clause, which was vigorously attack ed by the tran-continental railroads. The supreme court has decided that oil pipe lines across state lines are common carriers and are there fore within the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission. This places the Standard Oil com pany's pipe lines under Federal con trol. The department of agriculture is sued a bulletin in which it was de clared that there would be a "bump er" crop of apples and peaches The senate banking committee is busy searching the records of the five men who have been nominated as members of the Federal Reserve Board. Friends of the administra tion, it is said, will urge an early con firmation of the appointments. Decks have been cleared in the sen ate this week for action on the anti trust legislation now. before them. It Is predicted that the senate will not adjourn until the entire program has been acted upon. Twenty persons were injured and eight houses were destroyed at Wash ington, Pa., as the result of lightning striking an oil tank. It was neces sary to dynamite several houses in order to prevent the entire town from being destroyed. The latest reports from, the mine disaster at Alberta, Canada, brings word that' 95 of the bodies have been recovered. There remains more than a hundred bodies in the mine. A bill proposing to provide an addi tional revenue from whiskey in the event that the Hobson amendment fails to pass the house, has beec introduced. GARRAN ZA TIE TO ER HAS REPLIED TO THE INVITATION TO ENTER INTO AN INFORMAL CONFERENCE. THE TEXT OF HIS REPLY Wants to Have Consultation With His Generals Before Announcing Medi ation Policy. Washington. Gen. Venustiano Car ranza, first chief of the Mexican Con stitutionalists, has replied to the invi tation extended for participation by bis agents in an informal conference with representatives of General Huer ta and the United States concerning plans for a provisional government in Mexico, asking that he be given time to consult with his generals. General Carranza, it was learned here, informed the mediators in his latest communication that because of the plan of Guadeloupe under which he was chosen first chief of the Con stitutionalists, it would be necessary for him to confer with his associates before entering such important nego tiations. Acceptance of any proposed provis ional government to succeed Huerta, he said, necessitarily might require some change in the terms of the Guadaloupe plan and this could not be done without the consent of va rious military leaders in the Constitu tionalist movement. , General Carranza is said tb ' have assured the mediators he would has ten the proposed consultation with his chiefs. Some of the Constitutional ists representatives in Washington still insist that General Carranza has been influenced to look with favor on the proposal to confer with the United States commissioners and Huerta representatives. Others, however, are not so certain of this outcome and they insist that, whatever happens, the military campaign against Huerta will be pursued with renewed vigor toward Mexico City, with Aguas Calientes, San Luis Potosi and Quere taro as the next objective points of the revolutionists armies. Many perplexing elements have de veloped in the situation, however, among them being the apparent dis agreement between Crranza's agents here over the recent break with Villa and the publication of the statement attacking General Angeles, authorized by Alfredo Bracenda, General Car ranza's personal aide, who came to Washington fronl Saltillo for this pur pose. HEIR TO THRONE KILLED. Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand and Wife Victims of an As sassin. Sarajevo, Bosnia. Archduke Fran cis Ferdinand, heir to Austria-Hungarian throne, and the Dutchess of Hohenberg, his morganic wife, were shot dead by a student in the main street of the Bosnian Capital, a short time after they had escaped death from a bomb hurled at the royal auto mobile. The two were slain as they were passing through the. city on their annual ilsit to the annexed provinces of Bosnii and Herzegovinia. The archduke was struck full in the face and the Princess was shot through the abdomen , and throat. They died a few minutes after reach ing the palace to which they were hurried. Those responsible for the assassina tion too kcare that it should prove effective. Prinzip and a fellow conspirator, a compositor from Trebinje named Gabriifovch, barely escaped lynching by the infuriated spectators. They finally were seized by the police. Both are natives of the annexed province of Herzegovnia. Negro Excursion Train Wreced. v Hookinsville,, Ky Two trainmen were killed, one perhaps fatally in jured and many negroes hurt when a negro excursion train on the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad, was wrecked by spreading -rails three miles south of Trenton, Ky. ..Paris. Frank Moran, of Pilteburg, who was defeated on points by Jack Johnson here in a 20-round bout ;f or the world's heavyweight champion ship rested today at his camp. John son also remained at his training quarters, nursing a badly swollen hand. . He received many visitors. Johnson attributed his injured fist to the fact that he wore for . the first time four-ounce instead of five-ounce gloves. Johnson has agreed to fight Sam Langford in October For this battle he will receive $30,000, win, lose or draw. Murietta Returns to Laredo. Laredo, Texas. Lieutenant Colonel Murietta, commander of the Consti tutionalistss garrison at Nueve La redo, returned to his command after a trip to Monterey to welcome Gen eral Venustiano Carranza on his re turn to that city. A broken axle which ditched the Monterey train de layed Murieta's arrival until - 2:30 o'clock in the morning. Notwith standing the hour elaborate plans made to celebrate his return were carried. The engineer of the light plant was arrested. WANTS ON 1 STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. Guilford Hotel Burns, 1 Dead. Though the property damage was not so great, fire in the Guilford Hotel at 4 o'clock in the morning furnished to Greensboro people ;the most thrill ing scene they save witnessed . in years. The results may be gummed up as the death of H. J. Collum of Philadelphia, a traveling salesman, the serious injury of Fireman Ed Greason, slight Injuries to two . or three others and considerable dam age to dining room, kitchen by the blaze and damage to the rest of the hotel from smoke and water. Mr. Collum lost hfs life on the fourth floor, while in search of a fire escape or other means of egress. He had left hip room and lost his way in the hall, going into another room, where he was found dead under the bed with his head buried in a pillow. When he was rescued by a porter and carried to the ground, efforts were made to revive him, but he did not breathe again. Newspaper Men Meet. With a large attendance of promin ent newspaper men from all parts of the state, the forty-second annual con vention of the North Carolina Press Association opened its annual session. There were a number of interesting features of the opening day of the convention, included among these be ing several suggestions brought out by Judge George Rountree of Wil mington in his address of welcome; the annual address of President Clar ence Poe; address on the constitu tional amendments by Attorney Gen eral T. W. Bickett of Raleigh; ad dress by President E. K. Graham of the -University of North Carolina, and others. The visitors were welcomed in behalf of the local press and the municipalities, of Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach by Judge Rountree of Wilmington. Asks Charlotte to Help. Is Cnariotte to secure the half-mil-llon-dollar exhibit of American textile machinery next year? The question is being viewed from a new angle here owing to the presence of two Atlantians who came to ask Char lotte's co-operation in obtaining a de cision favorable to the South in the first place, the choice then to lie be tween Charlotte and Atlanta, or other Southern cities. The Atlanta repres entatives are Mr. W. R; C. Smith, president of the W. R. C. Smith Pub lishing Company, and Mr. L. L. Ar nold, editor of Cotton. The Smith Company publishes the Southern Engi neer, Southern Machinery and Cotton and Electrical Engineering. Collector Sets Speed Record. Deputy Revenue Collector M. P. Alexander of Statesville made a record trip to Davie County to destroy an illicit distillery, driving 38 miles in a machine and putting the plant out of business within the short period of four and a half hours. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Rowan County farmers have enjoy ed a Temarkable wheat yield. There is no report of specially large output on a single acre, but the crop as a whole turned out extraordinarily well. Local mille are buying thousands of bushels aaily. The wheat is dryer than freshly-threashed wheat has ever been known here. ' Heat at Kinston was so intense that a cement sidewalk on North Queen street bulged several inches, asphalt in a crack between two squares being made to boil by the sun's rays. The high temperatures, ranging around 100 for three days, gave dspressed social and business life, and :. number of people are pre paring for the summer exodus to the mountains and seashore. "The approaching convention of the North Carolina Good Roads Associa tion to be held in Raleigh early in July," said P. H. Hanes, "is one of greatest importance and the next few years present a field; of operation that will mean much to the development of the state7 and opportunity for this body to accomplish things in the way of road building. A .committee appointed, by the War saw Board of Trade has been soliciting subscription with which to build two prize houses to care for the tobacco crops. ' That the Southern Railway realizes the importance of maintaining a. road that can meet the' approval of the public is demonstrated, by the fact that 100 Tien have been added to the construction force on the branch of that road between Mount Airy and Rural Hall. , ? . ... ; '" Lester French, aged 25 and; married, was blovn to small pieces at Granite Quarry ;near Salisbury. He was powder man for the American Stone Company and was preparing to prime exploders, preparatory to . loading, in holes in the granite, when a quantity of explosives near him went off. Extensive town improvements , are being made and in a few months Mor ganton will In several respects be right up with - the " larger town3. Work was commenced on the installa tion of a white way along Main street and in front of the court house square. Many letters have come to Gov. Locke Craig from Old Fort urging that the road across the mountain De built immediately instead of that part of the road from Old Fort east. The people of Old Fort and all of West ern North Carolina are greatly inter ested in the construction of this road over the Blue Rid so. SMALL RESENTS AFFRONTS CONGRESSMAN SAYS ACTION OF CONGRESS INSULT TO EDU CATION BOARD. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the State Capitol. V : ..... : - .. Raleigh. Washington Representative . Small, in a speech to the house protested against what he termed a proposed in sult by Congress to the General Edu cation Board, which is one of the philanthropies sustained by John D. Rockefeller. In his speech he paid tribute to the work which the Rocke feller funds have accomplished in North Carolina and other Southern States. The occasion of the spech was , an amendment by the senate to the agri cultural appropriation bill. Tlhe house bill - had appropriated $373,240 for the farmers', co-operative demon strations and boll weevil study, but the senate added $300,000 to this ap propriation with a proviso that none of this amount should be used in co operation with funds from the General Education Board. The house con ferees accepted the amendment, but changed the language so as to pro hibit anybody outside the various states from contributing and did not mention the General Education Board by name. The senate objected to the use of the General Education Board's money on the ground that form demonstra tors wer,e employed by the govern ment but paid only a nominal salary by Uncle Sam, the bulk of their sala aries being ' paid by the Rockefeller fund. sV The senate decided that the loyaltyof these demonstrators would lie where their salary came, from ra ther than to the government which nominally employed them. There fore, the Senate wanted no divided loyalty. Mr. Small pointed out in his speech that Rockefeller's money has done a wonderful amount of good in North Carolina and that it 111 becomes tlhe state or congress, after having accept ed this money and used it when the work was in its primary stage, now to spurn it and add insult by specify ing the general education board in the bin. He said that when the hookworm work was first begun in North Caro lina there was a great prejudice against it, both to the Rockefeller money and to the work itself. He said, however, that this prejudice has completely dis appeared and that now the 100 coun ties in the state have appropriated an average of $250 each and that the state has appropriated $800,000. National Forests in North Carolina. Washington. The following state ment was issued by the Department of Agriculture "The National Forest Re servation Commission approved for purchase by fhe Government a num ber of tracts in Virginia, West Vir ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia totalling over 27,000 acres. About 13,500 acres is in North Carolina, principally in the Mount Mitchell region about 7,000 acres in Tennessee and 6,000 acres in West Virginia. This will conclude the purchase for the fiscal year closing June 30, 1914, during which the areas approved for purchase have totaled nearly 400,000 acres at an average price of $4.96 an acre. "The lands selected for acquisition by the Government for National for est purposes in the East since the pur chase policy was inaugurated in 1910 are now 1,105,000 acres, having a pur chase price of $5,560,000. About $2, 000,000 of the original appropriation remains available for use in the fiscal year 1915. Governor Appoints S. W. Battle. Asheville. Governor Craig appoint ed Col. S. Westray Battle, surgeon general of North Carolina as his offi cial representative at the celebration to be held in Philadelphia July 3 and 4. Army Officers Visit Governor. sheville. Capt. Preston Brown and the United States officers in charge of the military instruction camp 'at. the foot of Sunset Mountain officially called upon Governor Craig recently. Governor Craig received the officersWin company with Col. S. Wes tray' Battle, Col. Garland A. Thomas-' on. Maj. James L. Alexander and MajJ. George Winston Craig. The Uni ted "States officers of the party ,were Captain Brown, Captain Day, Captain McMillan, Lieutenant James and Lieutenant Burdett. Wake County Pays Taxes. The settlement of state taxes for Wake county has just been made with the State Treasurer by Sheriff Sears, the total being , $275,289. This in cludes special road taxes amounting to $69,032, and school taxes amount ing to $66,470. Secretary Issues Charter. ' A charter is issued for the Auto Supply Company, Charlotte, capital $10,000 authorized and $2,100 sub scribed by D. G. Hilton, H. P. McGill and E. T. Wadsworth. Feeble-Minded Guarded by State, , The trustees of the North Carolina School For the Feeble-Minded, locat ed at . Kinston announce the formal opening July the first. The last Legislature provided that only children between the ages of six and 21 years be admitted. The com mittee on admission has decided that to begin with children will be. admit ted in the following order: - First the highest grade girls be tween the ages of six and 21 years; stcond the highest grade boys be tween the ages of six and 21 years. Then if accommodations are not all taken lower grades will be admitted in the discretion of the superentend dent. The applications already on file will be given preference. It is understood , that this is not a graduate school, nor ms' it a school to fit . children for- college, but it is a training school, where, subnormal children will be taken and given training in whatever direction is best suited to the individual child. Some children of the lower grades may not be able to take training at all in the regular courses given, in which case, they will be given manual training, and such intellect as they may have will be cultivated in this way: to make them as nearly self-supporting as may be possible and to make them happy, therein. TheVpublic is invited to' visit the institution and the various depart ments. Those in the vicinity and nearby will strictly observe Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2 to 5. No company will be received on Sun day afternoons except by special in vitation of the superintendent, as Sunday school and devotional exer cises will be held from 3 to 4 o'clock in the winter and from 3:30 to 4:30 in the summer. - Road Builders to Meet Soon. The annual convention of the North Carolina Good Roads Association will be held in Durham July 8th and 9th at which time the- road men will endeavor to thresh out the problems of road building in those communi ties which are not financially able to vote a bond issue. Practically every county in the state will be represent ed. A large number of counties in the state have within the past year and since the last meeting of the as sociation voted money for road im provement and it is expected that puite a number of counties which hith erto have reported poor progress in road building will have a different story to tell at the approaching meet ing. The officers of the North Carolina Good Roads Association are: Presi dent H. B. Varner, Lexington; Secre tary, Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill; treasurer,, Jos. G. Browne, Raleigh; vice-president, J. L. Patterson, Roa noke Rapids; R. L. May, Trenton; M. C. Winston, Selina; P. H. Hanes, Winston-Salem; P. B. Beam, Salisbury; F. M. Shannonhouse, Charlotte; E. C. Chamrebrs, Asheville; A. B. Skeld ing, Wilmington; II. E. Stacy, Row land, .i Executive committee: H. B. Varner, Lexington; Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chap el Hill; Frank H. Fleer, Thomasville; William Dunn, New Bern; Dr. C. P. Ambler, Asheville; Wade H. Harris, Charlotte; James A. Wellons, Smith field; R. R. Cotten, Bruce; D. A. Mc Donald, Carthage; G. D. Cansfield, Morehead City; J. E. Cameron, Kins ton; John C. Drewry, Raleigh; Leon ard Tufts, Pinehurst. Secretary Issues New Charters. Charters were issued for two new corporations: The North Carolina Acetylene Company, Shelby, capital $10,000 authorized, and $6,000 sub scribed by J. D. Huggins and others for installing light plants; and the Ottoway Theater Company, Charlotte, capital $20,000 authorized, and $6,000 subscribed by Otto Haas,N J. W. An drews and L. L.' Little for moving picture, vaudeville and other theatri cal business. The secretary of state granted a charter. for the Schloss Circuit, Inc., of Wilmington, capital $125,000 au tnorized and $3,000 subscribed by Mrs. Mary B. Schloss, Henry O. Bear and John D. Bellamy, Jr. Joyner Returns From Nashville. J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of public instruction, has returned from Nashville, Term., where he at tended a conference o f the state . su perintndnts of public instruction of th entire country under the auspices of the national educational associa tion. Lacy Speaks at Commencement. ' Commencement exercises for the or phanage of the North Carolina Meth odist Conference were held at Raleigh a few days ago, the feature being a concert by the children of the insti tution. The commencement address was delivered by B.Vt.R.. Lacy, state treasurer. .' 1 V There, are four I orphans who com plete their courses with the institu tion at this time and go out to take positions on their own account. The trustees held their annual ses sion at this time. Craig Invited to Philadelphia. - Governor Locke Craig has received an invitation from the Council Com mittee on the great Fourth of July cel ebration in Philadelphia to attend that great occasion. The thirteen original states are asked to send their Gov ernors. It will be the first time that a President of the United States has ever spoken in Independence Hall, the las.t time that a man afterward made President, being July 4, 1776. Several Presidents were about there then, but it was a celebration of the baby I nation. . IfffOMnOM SRmXt Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evenln? Department, The Moody Bible Institute Chicago.) . LESSON FCR JULY 5 THE LABORERS IN THE VINE YARD. LESSON TEXT Matt. 20:1-18. GOLDEN TEXT "He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the un just. Matt. 5:46. . This,, is another lesson connected with our Lord's Perean ministry. I. The Calls to Service, vv. 1-7 To get a correct setting we must re-, turn to Peter's question, 19:17, which in turn grew out of -our Lord's deal ings with the rich young ruler (see lesson of June 21st), and which called from Jesus the exclamation, "It is. hard for a rich man to enter the king dom of heaven" (19:23). At this the' disciples were exceedingly surprised ' and exclaimed, "Who . then , can .bo saved?" (v. 25). Jesus replied, "With God all things are possible." There upon Peter said, "Lo, we have left . all and followed thee; what then shall we have?" T.'ie young man refused to leave his all and follow, whereas the disciples had and Peter seems to desire to know what advantage had accrued to them, what reward they were to have. ' Jesus Answers Peter., . Jesus closed his answer to Peter by saying, "Many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first" (v. 30) and illustrates his reply ' by the parable which is our lesson. Many who do not stipulate a reward shall be first, while many who work and t work long, but work only for a re ward, will be last. Preceding thin ' Jesus definitely told Peter that the twelve should be associated with him judging the twelve tribes oit Israel and that all who had left all to fol low him should receive an hundred fold and would inherit eternal life (see chapter 19:28, 29), that is, tbey would gain what the young ruler sought by doing what he failed to do. Historically this is illustrated by the Jew and Gentile, Matt. 8:11, 12; Luke 13:28-30; Rom. 9:30-33. Parable cf the Kingdom. Jesus says this is a parable of the kingdom, hence the householder repre sents God (cf. 13:27; 21:33, 43); th vineyard is the kingdom, see Isa. 2:7; Matt. 21:33. The king Is , seeking laborers to labor in his vineyard. He began in the early morning (v. 3) and with those whom be employed ho made a definite agreement. The penny had a value of about seventeen cents and represents an average day'n wage at that time. No one works for God without a fair wage, Eph. 6:8; Heb. 6:10. Notice, before they were set to their task God called them. The call was to service, Mark 1:17. He goes out again at the third and the sixth and the ninth hour, finda other laborers making no 'definite agreement with them but sends them into his vineyard to work. He led them into the work and they trusted him for wages. At the eleventh hour he found idlers and asked them the reason (v. 6), they replied that :.no one had employed them and them too he sends into the vineyard without any bargain as to wages. None except those at the third hour had any in timation as to their wage and they were to receive "whatsoever is right." Those called at the first may put in longer hours but produce a poorer quality of service than others called at a later time. The character of tie service is of greater value than the amount rendered and the higher the service the greater the proportionate reward. We get In this life about what we work for. II. The Reward of Service, w. 8-16, At the end of the' day the Lord's steward rewards each man, beginning, with the last and ending with the first (v. 8). The first one Is paid ac cording to the strict letter of the agreement, and the last is likewise paid in strict justice but in a most liberal manner. He, too, was worthy fox he worked throughout all the time that was for him available. Giving an equal reward to all was a test of the character of those men who entered the vineyard in the early morning. The Lord's answer . (w. 13-15) Is a four-fold one (1) "I did thee no wrong;" the contract had been lived up to to the very letter. (2) "It is my will to give, even as unto thee;" the Lord has a right to be generous if he. so desires. (3) "It is lawful for rae to do what I will with mine own;" God has a right to exer cise such i prerogative and man has no right to complain, Rom. 9:15-21. (4) "Is thine eye evil because I arn good?" The ground of this complaint was that of envy. III. The Teaching. We must bo ware of trying to make this parable teach more than is written. To right fully understand our Lord's dealings with those who serve him we roust consider others of his parables. This one has two chief lessons; first, that priority of time , or ; even length of service is not the all-essential requi site; and second, that our fidelity to and use of our opportunity is the chief desideratum. Along with this there are of course other lessons.- In answer to Peter's question onr Lord showed him and his fellow disciples that the last might be first MM