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VOL. XXXVI
PITTSB0R0, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JULY 8S 1914.
NO. 48.
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MPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS OFTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South,
land Will Be Found in
Brief Paragraphs.
Important conferences between
President Wilson, J. P. Morgan and
other big business men of the com
mercial world were . held recently at
the White House. The purpose of
these interviews by the President is
generally believed to have been for
the exchange of ideas as
to the future prosperity of the' coun
try, though none who consulted with
tie President would say just what
was talked about. It is believed
that the new currency reform, the
proposed anti-trust legislation and the
new tariff reforms were discussed at
some length.
A deputy sheriff at Pendleton, Ore.,
fought a single handed battle with
bandits, who attempted to hold up
a passenger train near that city. After
a tierce struggle, he succeeded in kill
ing one and wounding another.
George Fred Williams, the Ameri
can Minister to Greece, who is in
vestigating the Albanian trouble for
the United States, has reiterated a
previous statement made by him that
the regime of Prince William of
"Weid, is not a practical one.
John R. Silliman, the United States
Consul at Saltillo, Mexico, who was
arrested by Heurta's troops and plac
ed in jail, accused of aiding the rev
olutionists, , and released only upon
condition that he leave Mexico, has
been . sent to Satillo by President
"Wilson. JC is.' understood that he will
be this president's personal represen-
Tarranza and other rebel leaders.
Sedate is now probing the "letter
head affair," in which it is charged
that the official letter heads of
the Senate were used in the promo
tion of a North Carolina gold mining
project. Senators Overman and Chil
ton were the principal witnesses be
fore the committee making the inves
tigation.
The fiscal year of the federal gov
ernment ended the last day of June
and the report of Secretary McAdoo
shows that there will be a surplus of
over thirty-three million dollars over
the ordinary expenses. President Wil
son has expressed himself as highly
pleased with the financial standing of
the coutnry at the end of the first year
of his administration.
Fifteen naval officers have been re
tired from active service by the na
val plucking board. Several of them
are captains with distinguished rec
ords.
While in conversation with some
friends at tea in Mexico City Dictator
Huerta is credited with making the
statement that half of the city would
die with him before he would sur
render the city.
According to information given out
by those making the investigation into
the bubonic plague in New Orleans,
it has been learned that fleas and rats
are responsible for the spread of the
malady.
A barefoot girl discovered a trestle
c-i fire near Hazlehurst, Ga., and ran
forward to flag an oncoming train,
while the women folks of the neigh
borhood formed a bucket brigade and
fought the flames.
West Virginia has now taken place
among the "dry" states of the Union,
the prohibition law having gone into
effect. The event was marked by much
disorder in the state.
The Cherokee Indian nation, the
largest of the civilized tribes, will be
dissolved as a nation and the funds
of the tribe amounting to $600,000 will
be divided among its 41,000 members
The edict has gone forth from the
senate that it will nof adjourn until the
entire program has been concluded
This was decided -upon by a meeting
of the senatorial committee called by
Majority Leader Kern.
The city of St. Louis will get a new
charter according to the returns of an
election held, in that city. At the ex
piration of sixty days when the new
fcrm cf government will go into effect,
the city will be governed by only one
wise instead of two.
Reports are reaching Washington
-earing the news that the breach be
tween Villa and Carranza is widening
!;ii!;.-. it is also said that Zapata, an
otiir-r of Carranza's generals, has de
serted the rebel commander and will
carry on a rebellion all his own.
ine city of Sarajevo has been plac-
d under, martial law as the result of
serious outbreaks following the assas
sination of Archduke Ferdinand and
Hie Duchess of Hohenburg, by a Ser
viyn student. The anti-Servian feel
ing is increasing among the populace
he Smith-Lever cotton bill, which
's intended to regulate the cotton ex-
--lur.ges of New Orleans and New
ork, and which does not prohibit but
regulates the dealing in cotton futures
'as oeen passed. It was offered as a
substitute for the bill introduced in
uie senate which proposed to regulate
me dealing in cotton futures through
Hie telegraph and the United States
mails.
Mediators attending the peace con
ference at Niagara Falls, Ont., have
about given ud hone, and it. is reDorted
Uiat they are considering a formal ad-
-jvjurnement.
The Servian youth, who is now un
der arrest in Vienna, charged with at
tempting to take the life cf Arch
duke Ferdinand and his wife, the
Duchess of Hohenberg, who met
death later in the day from an as
ssassin bullet, has at last
made confession that he threw the
bomb into the royal carriage, and is
also said to have revealed the details
of a plot which resulted in the death
of the royal couple.
During the course of a lecture be
fore a National Body of Physicians
in Atlantic City, N. J. , a Cleveland
physician is credited with making the
statement that more of the old fash
ioned love and less eugenics is whtx
the American people need.
Governor Walsh, of Massachusetts,
has sent an urgent appeal to President
Wilson asking that the government
appropriate $200,000 for the relief of
the Salem fire sufferers.
An incedent of an unusual nature
occured in Savannah when some relics
which were taken from a lodge room
in that city by looting British officers
many years ago, wre returned to
Solomon's Lodge. The relics were re
turned by G. T. Parker, of Kissimmee,
Florida.
Sweden is the latest country to
face the woman suffrage issue. Re
cently the Swedish Parliament receiv
ed a petition urging the enfranchise
ment of women.
The Golden Jubilee Reunion of the
Elks will soon be held in Denver.
Three thousand young people are at
tending the annual session of the Bap
tist Young Peoples Union in Kansas
City, representing the Baptist church
es of the South.
The World's Peace Conference to be
held June 1, 1915 at the Hague,
Netherlands, in which all nations
have been invited to participate, has
been called by the Dutch government.
"W. A. Graham Clark has been ap
pointed commercial agent of the Unit
ed States department of commerce
for the Southern states. His head
quarters will be in Atlanta, Ga.
Officials of New Orleans have issued
the statement that the bubonic
plague of that city is not as serious
as has been reported.
King Peter of Servia is ill and a
specialist from Austria has been sum
moned to attend the Servian raler.
Heavy rains and floods are causing
the Mississippi to rise to a danger
point, and it is reported that a slight
rise will cause the waters to flood
certain portions of LaCrosse, Wis. It
is reported that in some sections the
river has risen to the highest point
in years.
Senator Root has announced that he
will not be a candidate to succeed
himself as senator from New York,
according to dispatches from Albany.
When two men attempted to open
a six-pound shell in their home at
Brockton, Mass., the shel lexpioded,
blowing one of the men into bits and
seriously injuring the other.
The city of Philadelphia has invok
ed a law enacted fifty years before
the signing of the declaration of inde
pendence to insure a "safe and sane
Fourth of July in that city. This law
of Puritan days prohibits the sale of
explosives or fireworks without a spe
cial license from the governor.
An appeal has been made by the hu
mane society of Atlan tato give better
protection to the dogs during the hot
weather.
The Albanian troops who have1 re
mained loyal to Prince William and the
government were defeated by MmssuI
men during a short conflict near the
capital at Durazzo.
The advocates of woman's suffrage
were destined to two disappointments
following their visit to Washington
this week. Shortly after President
Wilson had informed them that he
would not recommend the Condell-
-iBristow bill granting suffrage to wom
en, the house rules committee post
poned until August 1 a meeting to
pass on the amendment.
President Wilson has given his final
answer to the suffragettes, in which
he stated he would noi support the
measure now before the senate pro
posing an amendment to the constitu
tion permitting women to vote. In ex
pressing his reason why he would not
support the measure President Wilson
said that it was his belief that this
was a question to be settled by the
states separately and not a national
issue.
President Wilson has signed the na
val bill providing for the building of
two dreadnaughts and the sale of two
of our battleships to Greece.
The Smith-Lever cotton bill has
struck a snag in the senate for that
body has refused the bill which was
sent to it. from the house as a substi
tute for the senate bill. Both are in
tended to curb the alleged inquities
of cotton exchanges.
Carranza agents in Washington have
been pictured the possible interven
tion of the United States in Mexico
as the realization of a dream of the
American people of one great nation
from the Canadian border to the Pan
ama canal, and were also told that it
would probably be many years that
the American flag would wave over
Mexico once it is raised in the Mex
ican capital.
It has been declared by those who
were at Zacatecas at the time of the
capture of that city by General Villa
and his troops that the munity of sev
eral thousand federal soldiers figured
in the rebel victory. "
Doctor Rajas, minister form Vene
zuela to the United States, died in
Washington, after a linger illness. His
body was returned to Venezuela
A. M. Herring of Panama City, Ala.,
dived in the St. Andrews Bay to res
cue the body of a child he saw lying
on the botton. When he brought the
Dody to the shore, it proved to be
that of his own son.
PRESIDENT TALKS
OF INDEPENDENCE
AMERICANS SHOULD MANAGE
THEIR OWN AFFAIRS IN WAY
TO HONOR FOUNDERS.
CRITICIZES THE KNOCKERS
Facts, or Alleged Facts, Being Given
Out Do Not Always Tally, Says
President Wilson. -
Philadelphia, Pa. Advocating the
modernizing of the Declaration of
Independence by applying its princi
ples to the business the politics and
the foreign policies of America, Pres
ident Wilson thrilled a huge crowd
asembled in Independence Square
within a few feet of where the origi
nal declaration was signed.
The president touched on Mexico,
the Panama tolls repeal controversy,
his anti-trust program, business con
ditions and his ideas of modern pa
triotism. Pounding his fist on the
table on which the Declaration of In
dependence was signed, he declared
Americans today must manage their
affairs in a way to do honor to the
founders of the nation. There are
men in Washington today, he de
clared, whose patriotism is not showy
but who accomplish great patriotic
things. They are staying in Washing
ton, doing their duty, keeping a quo
rum in each house of Congress to do
business. "And I am mighty glad, to
stay there and stick by them," he
added.
Touching on business conditions of
the country, President Wilson said a
great many allegations of facts were
being made, but that a great many
of these facts do not tally with each
other.
"Are these men trying to serve their
country or something smaller than
their country?" the president asked.
"If they love America and there is
anything wrong it is their business to
put their hands to the task and set it
right."
Eighty-five per cent of the Mexi
can people, the president said in
touching on Mexico, never have had a
right to have a "look-in" on their
government while the other 15 per
cent were running it.
"Now, the American pople have a
heart that beats for them just as it
beats for other millions," Mr. Wilson
continued. "I hear a great deal about
the property loss in Mexico, and I re
gret that with all my heart, but back
of it all is a struggling people. Let
us not forget that struggle in watching
what is going on in front."
"I would be ashamed of the flag if
we did anything outside this country
which we would not do in it," the
president declared.
Speaking of Panama tolls, the
president said the treaty with England
might be a mistake, but its meaning
cannot be . mistaken and he believed
in keeping the nation's obligations.
He believed in keeping the name of
the United States unquestioned and
unsullied. N
Before the president got his speech
well under way the crowd surged for
ward in such confusion that a panic
was threatened. Two companies of
marines and sailors stood before the
speaker's stand and the president was
forced to stop several times but finally
got the crowd under control.
TROOPS MOVE TO CAPITAL.
Federals Are Recruiting and Prepar
ing to Attack Mexico City.
Eagle Pass, Tex. Information
brought by messengers from Saltillo
was that troops from the division of
the East have been ordered by Gen
eral Pablo Gonzales to proceed im
demiately to Queretaro. This move is
regarded as significant of the part the
division of the East intends to play
in the final assault on Mexico City as
the final stand of the Federals prob
ably will be made at Queretaro.
The movement to Queretaro, it is
thought here, also was precipitated
by the withdrawal of Federal troops
under General Pascual Orozco from
the Queretaro garrison to reinforce
the Mexico City garrison.
Want $10,000 to Fight Plague.
Atlanta, Ga. The State Board of
Health, is was announced a few days
ago, has asked the General Assem
bly, through Governor Slaton, for an
appropriation of $10,000 with which to
fight possible entrance of bubonic
plague into Georgia seaports. In re
questing the appropriation the health
officials announce they wish to make
an investigation, following the recom
mendation of Surgeon General Rupert
Blue, of the United States Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service
now at New Orleans.
Killed by Dynamite.
Dayton, Penn. An explosion of
dynamite here killed William Clever,
aged 2, and so seriously injured Fred
Clever, age 6, and his sister, Grace,
age 4, that physicians said they could
not live. John Wargney lost his right
hand. A friend had taken four sticks
of dynamite to the Clever home to
celebrate the Fourth and while he was
preparing the charge, William picked
up one of the caps and bit it. The
explosion that followed instantly killed
him and set off the dynamite.
LD COOPERATE
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FRISCO EXHIBIT
WILL ASK. SOUTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA, ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA TO GROUP.
TAR HEEL CAPITOL NEWS
General News of North Carolina Col
lected and Condensed From the
State Capital That. Will Profe of
interest to AM Ou-Readers. .
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V Raleigh.
There vas a protracted; conference
recently between the members of the
North Carolina "Commission on rep
resentation for this state at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition next year, mem
bers of the State Board of Agriculture
and representatives of the leading rail
roads operating in the state, the spe
cial purpose of the confer en ce being
to agree on some corxerted action
as to the representation that the state
shall have at the great exposition.
There was a great deal of discusion
of the whole situation that finally de
veloped into the adoption of a resolu
tion offered by Commission T. S.
Powell of Asheville, that the states
of Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia
and Georgia be visited by represent
atives of the North Carolina Commis
sion especially for the purpose of in
teresting them in some plan of co
operation, especially through bringing
about a grouping of the states men
tioned in their exhibits in agricultural
palace.
The commission decided to set
about at once stirring up public senti
ment for a complete representation of
the state and" the raising of funds for
the purpose.. 'To this end a man espe
cially fitted for the-work- is to be put
in the field at once to go throughout
the sate working" 'up the sentiment
and securing pledges -of. financial sup
port. Later, with the resources all
marshalled for the exhibits, the com
mission will bring pressure to bear in
the next session of the Legislature
to make some creditable appropriation
for the exposition exhibits.
There is also a plan to have co
operation as to exhibits by the rail
road companies, this to. extend to the
Southeastern stattes and the railroads
operating in this group. Florida will
not be asked to. co-operate for the
reason that she already has arranged
for a full-fledged state building of her
own-.
Gen. J. S. Carr of Durham presided
as chairman. There was a very full
meeting 6 the members of the com
mission. Interest and enthusiasm for
a creditable representation was great.
It was decided to send Alf Thomp
son of Raleigh to Virginia, Leqnard
Tufts to' Alabama, .J. A. Brown to
South Carolina and T. S. Powell to
Georgia t--. take up with the adminis
trations of these states the question
of co-operating in the installation of
exhibits at the exposition.
Farmers Moving to This State.'
For the past several days three and
four letters a day have been coming
to the state department of agriculture
from farmers in all parts of the United
States informing the Commissioner of
agriculture that they are making their
perparations for moving into North
Carolina this fall. Some write that
they are preparing to settle on the
black drained lands of the eastern sec
tion of the state and others are com
ing into the piedmont section.
Big Company Is Issued.
A charter was issued for the Pal
metto Island Company, Southport, cap
ital $1,000,000 authorized, and $46,000
subscribed fo rdeveloping real estate.
seaside resorts and real estate devel
opment and building generally. The
principal incorporators are F. T. Boyd
and E. A. Lackey of Hamlet, W. H,
Pike of Southport and quite a number
of others of Hamlet, Southport, Rock
ingham and other points.
Raleiah Makes Up Budget.
Raleigh's City Commission has just
made up its budget of expenses for
the next year, the sum total being
$165,412 as compared with $165,657
last year. An entirely new item of
$2,500 in the new budget is for the
maintenance of playgounds for the
children of the city.
Many County Commencements.
According to a statement by the
state department of . education there
were held in the state this spring
county commencements for the. ele
mentary public schols in 40 counties
and there. is every indication that the
number to be heid next year will be
not ..less than 60. The idea of the
county commencement has" grown up
in the last four years according to the
state department, having originated
in this state, and has spread until
nearly half of the counties in the
state are already holding them
It seems that the first county com
mencement was held in Sampson
county by Supt. L. L. Matthews in
1910, the commencement being at Au
tryville, a kind of co-operative com
mencement. It was so successful that
Superintendent Matthews prese'nted
his plan to the annual meeting of the
county superintendents of, the state
that summer. The state department
of education, the education and sec
ular press -and the superintendent
took the matter up and its rema'rk
aM growth is the resuJi,
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Encampment of Third Regiment.
Twelve companies of the Third Reg
iment of the North Carolina National
Guards have begun their ten day en
campmenL.at Camp- Glenn near More
head City. Practicariy all arrangements-
were completed for the 'arrival
of the soldier boys there at that-time
and: the grounds are in first-class condition.
Special trains carried all of tho
companies to Morehead City. One
special started from Greensboro; and
another run from . Raleigh. All of
the companies in the central section
of the state, which are included in
the Third Regiment, are included in
the first encampment, and the others
will go at a later date during the
summer.
In addition to the field maneuvers,
the ;regiment will also engage in tar
get practice, and will be put through
a thorough practice in every respect.
Eight hundred men are in the camp
and special preparations have been
made for their entertainment. A unit
sanitary kitchen and repairs to the
sewer and water systems are among
the improvements that have been
made by the state with the ten thou
sand dollars that have been spent
there during the past several months.
There are twelve companies in the
Third Regiment, and the first encamp
ment will last from July 6 to 16, ten
days in all. The companies compos
ing the regiment are Company A,
Lexington; Company B, Raleigh;
Company C, Henderson; Company D,
Louisburg; Company E, Oxford; Com
pany F, Franklinton; Company G,
Reidsville; Company H, Warrenton;
Company I, Burlington; Company K,
Asheboro; " Company L, Thomasville;
Company M, Durham. The Third
Regiment band will go from Raleigh,
and the regiment infirmary from
Reidsville will be present.
Of the features of ' first encamp
ment will be the regimental dance,
and the governor's reception on the
evening of July. 11, this to be held at
the' Atlantic Hotel. Gov. Craig will be
present, and will be the honor guest
on 'the occasion.
The First Regiment will camp at
Morehead City from July. 20 to 30,
and the .Second Regiment will go to
Augusta, Ga., from August 4 to 14.
Standard Fire Insurance Policy.
Commissioner of Insurance James
R. Young made public the letter of
transmission and recommendations to
Governor Craig and the next General
Assembly for his forthcoming annual
report, a r umber of matters of much
interest being considered.
He reports that the National As
sociation of Insurance Commission
ers has a special committee at work
now on revisions for the "standard
fire insurance policy" provided by
statute in this and many other states
of the Union, and that a number of
very important amendments will be
reported by this committee to the an
nual convention of the insurance coni
missioners in Asheville in September.
These will then come to' the state
legislatures for adoption or rejection.
Commissioner Young predicts, . how
ever, that a number of amendments
of -very .great value will be the out
come and that the legislatures will
readily adopt them.
He reports that the building and
loan associations of the state had re
ceipts the past year aggregating $7,
785,599, a gain of $843,000 over the
previous year and that the state fire
men's relief fund has grown from
$6,805 In 1907 to $8,758 for the past
year, the fund for the present year
having been very recently distributed
to the several cities and towns en
titled to it for their fire-fighters.
Goes to Mattamuskeet.
Col. J. P. Kerr, private secretary ol
Governor Craig, has gone to Matta
muskeet Lake, Hyde County, for the
purpose of attending a meeting of the
commissioners for the drainage of the
lake bed and immense body of sur
rounding swamp lands. There is un
derstood to be very general satisfac
tion on the part of those having the
work in hand at the progress made
and. the results being obtained.
Col. Williams Succeeds Dr. Middleton
A commission wsfs issued by Gover
nor Craig to Col. W. H. Williams of
Washington as a member of the Board
of Directors of the Central Hospital
for Insane at Raleigh. Colonel Wil
liams succeeding Dr. S. O. Middleton.
resigned.
Crop Condition is Promising.
By the department of agriculture
the statement is made that crop con
ditions are developing very satisfac
torily now in all parts of the state
The wheat crop now being threshed
is proving ' to' be a considerable im
provement over last. :year's fine crop
and 'the total yield' will- be consider
ably more than last 'year. Corn condi
tions are very promising and with fair
seasons for the; remainder of the
growing period, the yield will be well
up to the average. Commissioner Gra
ham says tobacco has suffered most
One County Has No Automobile.
. State Treasurer B. R. Lacy was
amazed a few days ago to learn that
there is a county in North Carolina
that has not a single automobile in
it. It is Mitchell county and the in
formation came in a letter from the
sheriff of the county, Joseph' Tipton,
who replied to letters from the state
treasurer urging that special attention
be given' to seeing to it that all auto
mobile owners pay the state license
taxes and that automobile agents have
their state licenses wb.en offering to
sell machines.
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STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
1
Charlotte Firemen Killed.
Chief J. H. Wallace of the Charlotte
fire department and Capt. W. B. Glenn
of the No. 2 station were killed about
9 o'clock in the morning and three
other firemen, Messrs. R. T. Barnes,
J. R. Erwin and C. W. Todd were more
or less seriously injured as the re
sult of the explosion of a quantity of
blasting powder that had been stored
in a barn belonging to Mr. John B.
Hawkins, a railroad contractor in the
rear of his home on South Cedar
street. The barn had caught fire and
the department had been summoned
to extinguish the flames. Never hav
ing been appraised of the presence of
the explosives and fearing no danger,
Chief Wallace, Captain Glenn and
Firemen Barnes, Erwin, Todd and
several others had just laid a line of
hose and had rushed through a dou
ble fence for the purpose of reaching
the seat of fire. The hose was not
quite long enough and Chief Wallace
had called for a little "slack." Sev
eral of the men turned to drag up the
line and this accounts for their es
cape. The next moment the explo
sion occurred. Captain Glenn was
killed instantaneously and Chief Wal
lace was felled in his tracks and so
also were Firemen Barnes, Erwin and
Todd.
Kentucky Lands Mrs. McKimmon.
Mrs. Jane McKimmon, whom both
the state and the United States de
partments of agriculture are claiming
has been lecturing in Kentucky on'
tomato canning and the papers of
Lexington have been giving her lib
eral write-ups. The bottled and canned
goods that made Kentucky famous
were not tomatoes. That state has
doted upon other products, among
them being its fine horses and finer-
women. But the Lexington press
takes time to -glorify Mrs. McKim
mon's work and to say a word about
the charming woman who makes it so
attractive. Two 'very flattering sto
ries of Mrs. McKimmon's work have
appeared in the Lexington papers. One
of these dealt with the technic, so to
speak, the other tells in running way
how the North Carolina genius has
impressed the meeting of Kentucky
agents who" are attending the demon
stration work out there.
Revenue Increased.
With the closing of the fiscal year
of the internal revenue department
the books of the local deputy collector
showed a gain in business over the
preceding year of $734,803.53, the
stamp sales for the year amounting
to $5,866,443.83. This is by far the
largest business in tobacco stamps
done by the local revenue office dur
ing any year of its existence. The sec
ond largest year's business was that
of the year 1912-1913, when the sales
amounted to $5,131,640.30. The total
number of pounds of tobacco manu
factured in the Twin City during the
last fiscal year is 73,330,548 6-8, as
against 64,145,603 6-8 pounds for the
previous year.
Blackberries Short, Peaches Fine.
The blackberry crop, near Newton
this year is the shortest in several
years. They are so very small that
it is tedious for the pickers to get
them in any quantity. The long
drought is no doubt responsible for
this.- The dry weather seems to have
been advantageous to the peach crop.
Peaches are fine, about the usual size
and perfect in flavor and soundness.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
An order issued by Adjutant Gen
aral Young disbands the division of
naval reserves at Plymouth, desisna
ted as fourth division for failure to
measure up to the required standards
of efficiency. At the same time the
adjutant general accepts a new divi
sion to take the place of the Plymouth
organization, this being a company
to be organized at Belhaven.
Senator Overman, ranking member
of the appropriations committee, plac
ed the following apropriations in the
sundry civil bill: For a Quarantine
wharf at Wilmington, $25,000; repairs
on fish hatcheries at Morehead- City
and Edenton, $5,000 and $3,500, re
spectively; for rebuilding and repair
ing life-saving stations on the North
Carolina coast, $20,000.
After having been in office a little
over 14 months, Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Os'born upon enter
ing, the fiscal year showed that he had
collected more money for the govern
ment at less expense than ever be
fore in history.
An Old Fort delegation, composed
of J. C. Greens, H. A. Westerraann,
J. K. Cowan, J. H. Turner and D. W.
Adams appeared before Governor
Craig recently to urge that he use his
influence to have the commissioners
of McDowell county build the road
from Old Fort west to the top of the
mountain, rather than east to Green
Washington. The following post
masters were appointed recently: Al
len, Thomas W. Allen; Balsam, 'Sa
rah K. Bryson; Nat Moore, Mary E.
Squires; Tabor, William C. Graham;
Wolf Mountain, Olivia E. Galloway.
Rural life week at Chapel Hill kad
a strong series of meetings to close
its program. Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey
director ol the agricultural depart
ment of Cornell University, had
charge of the last four meetings. Dr.
Bailey has been the pioneer of the
country life movement and is the
author of a score of books on it and
kindred euhiect
Mhmtional
LESSON
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.)
. LESSON FOR JULY 12
GREATNESS THROUGH SERVICE
LESSON TE3tr-Mark 10:32-45.
GOLDEN TEXT "The Son of man also
came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister, and to give his life a ransom
for many." Mark 10:45.
This is a time In the life of our
Lord that vibrates with Interest as
we rapidly approach his last tragio
week upon earth. At the beginning of
his Perean ministry (Luke 9:51) we
read that Jesus "steadfastly set his
face to go to Jerusalem." Now that
journey is nearly ended. He had
reached a place' near Jericho. Know
ing the antipathy of the rulers, those
who journeyed with Jesus were
"amazed," and some as they followed
him on this journey were "afraid"
(v. 32). Jesus, therefore, and for a
third time, plainly tells his disciples
what is about to take place in Jeru
salem. The contrast of self is the distin
guishing feature of the lesson of
the Belf-Beeking disciples over against
the self-renouncing Master.
Assurance of Faith.
I. The Self-seeking Disciples, w. 32
41. As Jesus clearly spoke to those
who in amazement followed him he
told of his condemnation and deliver
ance to the Gentiles; his persecution,
death and resurrection (vv. 32-34). It
was then that James and John pre
sented their request. Matthew tells
us (20:20) that they made it through
their mother. It was an ignorant re
quest, for they knew not what It in
volved (v. 38), nor whose it wae to
grant it (v. 40). He had spoken with
great clearness about his suffering
and death and immediately they ask
a position in his glory. This may in
dicate the assurance of their faith
in him, but it certainly intimates that
they did not comprehend the suffering
of which he had been speaking. We
need to remember, however, that they
believed in that approaching hour of
his glory. They desired, though, to
have an association with him in his
power and authority, thus showing
their mixture of selfishness, though
Jesus seems to have Ignored it. Was
this request incited by the. mother?
Evidently not to a degree, for the Mas
ter addresses his ..reply to the dis
ciples. In that reply he does say
that to occupy such a position was
denied them, or might be quite pos
sible. What he does lay stress upon
was what was Involved and that this
was not the time or place to lay em
phasis, in this new kingdom, upon any
other idea than that of equality.
Jesus then clearly declared all that
was involved In his pathway of suf
fering and propounds his question,
"Are ye able to drink the cup that I
drink?" (v. 38). It was a heroic but
ignorant answer they made, "We are
able." Their language reveals the
character, however, of those who did
enter into that fellowship with him
which eventually led them to martyr
dom. He told them they should be
baptized into a strength to do and live
this life of abandonment, but that such
a life could not command any pre
eminence on that account. Their re
quest was otherwise a correct one. In
order to share with Christ in hie glory
we must share his cup and his bap
tism of shame and suffering ; see 14 : 36 ;i
Matt. 26:39; John 18:11; II Tim.
2:12; Rom. 8:17; Matt. 16:24. James
and John (v. 39) did not stop to meas
ure the meaning of their request.
Wanted Places of Authority.
I!. The Self-renouncing Master, w.
4145. In answer to the indignation
(v. 41) of the other ten disciples Je
sus without any manifeet impatience
calls the disciples "unto him" and sets
before them their absolute equality,
and yet at the same time a way of ex
altation, v. 43. Jesus is ever calling
us "unto him," for he desires to lead
us out of lives of selfishness into
those of fulness and service. These
ten were not altogether without self
ishness; they wanted the places of au
thority also. Once before, chapter
9:33-36, this same controversy had
arisen and wae again manifested
(Luke 22:24) and that, too, at a sol
emn occasion, as he announced his ap
proaching death and instituted the
supper. It was not till after Pente
cost that It became possible for a dis
ciple to' write "in honor prefer one
another," Rom. 4: 10, Phil. 2:3. This
reply of Jesus to the indignation of
the ten is a teaching by contrast and
accurately describes the Gentile meth
od of self-advancement. Over against
it he sets forth the method of the
"Son of Man." Till this present day.
such are the methods of those who
rare of this world only.
In hie kingdom it is different, great
ness is inverse ratio until we find
the greatest is the one who serves
most perfectly. In emphasizing this
verse (v. 45) it is quite common to
omit the last clause, "and to give hia
life a ransom for many." So to omiti
it is to neglect his work of redemp
tion and overly emphasizes the altru
istic aspect of Christianity. Men are
not saved by any such method. Je
sus is the greatest example of a per
fect servant because he did give his
life. Let us also remember that he
gave that life and that no man took
U from him. John 10:18.