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VOL. XXXVn. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 2, 1914.
NO. 17.
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SUMMARY OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR
FOR ONE WEEK READ AT A GLANCE
November 30. Berlin claims suc
cesses for German arms. At Lowicz,
northeast of Lodz, the German official
report says, Emperor William's forces
have reattacked and. near Milowo and
Radom heavy Russian attacks have
been repulsed. ' .
Petrograd merely claims progress
for the Russians at "certain points"
in the vicinity of Lodz.
Southward in Poland and Galicia
the Russians assert they have won
important places and taken many
prisoners. They declare the situa
tion in this locality is good and this
statement is backed up by the Ger
man official report as' regards south
ern Poland.
In the west a dispatch reports that
the Germans are attacking heavily
near Arras in an effort to break
through to the coast
In the Servian war zone fighting
continues on nearly all the front.
Austrians again assert they have tak
en important positions, too.
Russian advices say there has been
an outbreak of fanatical rioting in
Srzerum, following the Mohamhad
an proclamation calling for a holy
war.j Four Armenians were killed
and much damage was done to prop
erty. According to Berlin, South African
rebels have seized the police station
at Kammanskraal, Transvaal, and
forced the British to retire with heavy
casualties.
A news agency dispatch from
Copenhagen says the two cable lines
between Denmark and Russia have
been cut in the Baltic, supposedly by
Grman warships.
Montevideo, Uraguay, reports ten
British warships in the Atlantic, 300
miles off that place, while Lima, Peru,
sighted four men-of-war of unknown
nationality, steaming north, off the
Chilean coast.
Germany has ordered Its subjects
in Portugal to leave the republic.
November 29. "Recent bombard
ment of Zeebruggs and Heyste, Bel
gium, by a British squadron, destroy
ed the hotels. The inhabitants fled,
German troops suffered no loss.
The declaration in the Saxon Diet
that peace would be concluded only
after the attainment of security
against other attacks was acclaimed
enthusiastically by all German par
ties, including the Socialists.
While Petrograd correspondents
continue to declare the Russians have
won a great victory over the Germans
in Poland, official confirmation is still
lacking. Although Russian headquar
ters say the advantage in the fight
ing remains with their troops, Berlin
declares that no decisive battle has
been fought. Some German enwspa
pers claim success for their armies.
In the western war zone compara
tive quiet prevails. No reports of
heavy fighting have been recorded in
several days although there have been
intermittent artillery duels and small
infantry encounters having no deci
sive effect.
Snow has interfered with fighting
in Servia, where the Austrians are
making a supreme effort.
November 28 The Russians are
said to be continuing their advance
through the Carpathians, in Western
Gallicia and against Cracow, and Prof.
Bernard Pares, the British Govern
ment's representative with the Rus
sian head-quarters staff, said: "The
Muscovite forces are forming a half
circle around East Prussia to avoid
the well-fortified and difficult Mazu
rian region' They are also declared
to be operating with success against
the Turks in the Caucasus.
There is no indication where the
next German blow is to be struck in
the attempt to reach the French coast.
Lord Kitchener in the House of
Lords today declared all the gaps in
the British army now had been filled
and that both British and French
reinforcements had reached the front.
While Lord Kitchener expressed con
fidence in the result of the war and
asserted that 30,000 recruits were
joining the British army each week,
he warned the public that still more
men would be required.
The secretary of war added that an
Indian force was in touch with the
Turks ten miles eazt of the Suez
canal, while Indian and British troops
were busy on the shores of the Persian
Gulf and throughout Africa. He said
that the Indian government had an
nounced its intention to continue to
support the Indian contingents fight
ing in France and elsewhere. -
November 27. While the Russian
army headquarters remain silent and
the Germans claim to have checked
attempts on the part of the Russians
to take the offensive the military par
tv in Petrograd has shown its full
confidence in the unofficial reports of
a Russian v'ctory in Northern Poland
by celebrating the event. .
It is even said in the Russian capi
tal that the victory was greater than
has been reported previously and
there is talk in Petrograd of an en
tire German army corps having been
broken up. Reports received there
say trains have been ordered which
"will accommodate 50,000 wounded
and prisoners. Heretofore, Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the
I? 11Crl'nM J! . ....
.-ui iorces. naa withheld his re-l
in Brief
ports until the work he set about had
been completed, so that the world
may have to wait for some days yet
for his official statement.
In Easf Prussia and before Cracow,
Galicia, the Germans also claim to
have brought the Russian advance to
a stop. The other side is yet to be
heard from in regard to this state
ment. Except to the north of "Verdun,
where the Germans attacked, were re
pulsed and asked for an armistice
which was refused, fighting In the
western theatre still is largely an ar
tillery exchange. There is evidence,
however, that the Germans contem
plate another desperate effort to get
through the French coast ports.
There is considerable diplomatic ac
tivity in the Balkans and important
developments are expected soon. It
is regarded in official circles here that
with the Austrian army on her soil
Servia will be more likely to listen to
Bulgaria's demand for a slice of Mace
donia as the price of her support.
November 26. On the snow-covered
fields of Belgium and France quiet
continue, the only unusual incident
being the bombardment of Zeebrugge
and Heyst by British warships. A
few shells struck hotels where the
German staff was quartered and oth
er buildings. The German shore bat
teries were unable to reach the war
ships In reply.
The Hague reports that railway
communication with Antwerp has
been suspended and that no travelers
will be admitted to Belgium during the
next few days. The Germans are be
lieved to be preparing for another
assault on the allies' defenses, but for
the time being there Is a nearer ap
proach to rest for the armies spread
out from Ostend to Verdun than . at
any time in the past two months.
The Portuguese congress decided
that country should co-operate with
the allies when it considers the step
necessary. The minister of war will
issue a decree for partial mobiliza
tion. Berlin reports that the Bunesrat
has pased laws to prevent and to
punish speculation in gold, to fix the
price of potatoes, to limit consump
tion of bread in Berlin, and to extend
the moratorium applying to bills of
exchange in Alsace-Lorraine, East
Prussia and parts of West Prussia
another thirty days, making its extent
150 days. It is expected the price ol
wool will be fixed this week. The
British government has taken up all
the stocks of leather.
November 25. The battles in the
region between the "Vistula and Warta
Rivers in Poland appear to have turn
ed in favor of the Russians. . A spe
cial dispatch from Petrograd to Paris
says the Russian army already has
won a decisive victory.
Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief
of the Russian fortes, foT two
days in succession has recorded par
tial successes and the German General
Staff says the arrival of Russian re
inforcements has postponed a decis
ion. While undertaking Immense tasks
in the east, the Germans according to
all accounts, are preparing to launch
another offensive movement in the
west. Just where this is to be is
known by the General Staff alone.
The Germans have been violently
bombarding Ypres in Flanders, Sois
sons in the Aisne and Rheims, while
they have been attacking in force in
the Argonne region. The French
claim the Argonno assaults have been
repulsed while the Germans say "that
they have been gaining ground stead
ily. Turkey, as usual reports victories
over the Russians in the Caucasus
and the British in Egypt, but these
lack confirmation. The English have
issued an account or successful Brit
ish operations in the Persian Gulf
territory.
November 24. The greatest activ
ity of the warring factions still ap
pears to be centered along the front
in Russian Poland between Vistula
and Warthe rivers, where the Ger
mans are endeavoring to press back
the Russians to Warsaw. What the
exact situation there is, however, has
not been divulged.
In the contests farther south in
Poland and in Galicia a similar state
of affairs apparently exists. Vienna
declares the Austrians troops have
captured 15,000 prisoners in lower
Poland and that an important battle
is proceeding near Donajes, Galicia
and in the Carpathians.
Turkey, according to Berlin, has in
flicted heavy losses on the Russians
near Batum, Asiatic Russia. The Tur
kish cruiser Hamidieh and torpedo
boats bombarded Tuapse.
Vienna reports the Servians -resisting
the Austrians in well-chosen po
sitions near the Kelubara river which
Cracow no essential changes have ta-.
ken place but that in Galicia the Aus
trians have evcuated Novy-Sandez.
.In the west there has been compar
ative quiet so far as Infantry attacks
are concerned, but heavy artillery
duels continue. The ' most violent
Austrians have crossed. Nish says
the Servian retirement before the
Austrians Is "for strateeic reasons."
RUSSIANS INFLICT
LOSS TO GERM
HEAVY LOSSSES SUSTAINED BY
TUETONS THROWN AGAINST
RUSSIAN HORDE.
KAISER JOINS HIS ARMIES
Gives Encouragement to Von Hinden
burg. Attempt to Reach Coast
Apparently Abandoned.
London. Latest official Russian an
Aouncements still claim advantage in
the fighting in Northern Poland, but
depreciaie exaggerated reports of
their successes. Germany declares
officially that the Russian attacks
have been repulsed and that German
counter-attacks have been successful.
The German emperor has joined
Field Marshal von Hindenburg in the
East toffer his advice and to encour
age "his troops.
Enormous losses have been inflicted
on the Germans, according to the Rus
sian statement, but no mention is
made of the capture of German divi
sions, so freely claimed by the Petro
grad correspondents of London and
Paris papers.
Some days must elapse before this
battle, which promises to prove the
most decisive of the war, is concluded.
So far, all that is definitely known is
that the German advance has been
stopped. Some of the German troops
have been partly or wholly surrround
ed but they "still are fighting stub
bornly to break their way through the
Russian lines, apparently to the north
ward, where they hope to rejoin rein
forcements from Thorn.
In the battle before Cracow the
Russians claim decisive success. Dur
ing the last week they took 30,000
prisoners in that region, which is
taken in Petrograd to mean that Cra
cow will not bar the Russian advance
in Silesia from the South but that,
with the Austrian army beaten, it will
be necessary only to mask the fort
resses. The Russians also announce success
on the Austrian side of the Carpa
thians and against the Turks in the
Caucusus, athough in both regions
the worst of weather has prevailed.
In the West, the Germans, although
making an occasional infantry ;- attack,
seem content at present to bombard
the Allied .positions with somewhat
lighter guns than they have been
using.
They may mean either that they are
sending troops and artillery to the
east or that they are preparing a new
attack against the Allies.
That the enterprise that failed in
Flanders will not be repeated for the
present seems probable as the Allies
have been allowed to capture some
points of vantage around Ypres pre
viously considered necessary to the
Germans plans. There has been' a
minor and insignificant attack near
Arras.
An interesting report from Field
Marshal Sir John French covering the
period of the battle in Flanders and
the days immediately preceding it,
shows that this battle was brought
about, first by the Allies' attempts to
outflank the Germans who countered
and then by their plans to move to
the northeast to Ghent and Bruges,
which also failed. After this the Ger
man offensive began, with the French
coast ports as the objective, but this
movement, like those of the Allies
met with failure.
Field Marshal French gives It as
his opinion that the German losses
have been thrice as great as those
of the Allies and speaks emphatically
of the future.
There apparently has been no de
velopment in the Balkan situation
but stress is laid on the cause of the
Roumanian king's speech at the open
ing of parliament, in which he said:
"I am convinced that, realizing the
importance of the present situation,
you will give the government every
assistance in passing such legislation
as is demanded by the circumstances
and required to meet the needs of the
army."
AM Quiet at Flanders.
While comparative quiet prevails
along the battle lines in Flanders and
Northern France official reports from
the eastern theater of the war indicate
that the fighting at various points,
particularly in Russian Poland, has
been of a very stubborn nature.
The Russians admit that between
the Vistula and the Warta Rivers the
Germans still maintain strongly for
tified positions, although their losses
are reported very large. The Rus
sians again have occupied Czernowitz
and the Austrians are retreating pre
cipitately from Buqowjna.
Emperor William, according to Ber
lin advices, is with the German army
in the east. -
Field. 'Marshal French, commander
of the British expeditionary forces, in
an official statement gives an optimis
tic view of the situation in France and
Belgium. His report brings the op
eration only up to November 20, but
he concludes by saying signs are in
evidence that "we are possibly in the
last stages of the battle from Ypres
to Armentieres" as the German artil
lery fire had slackenede and infantry
attacks virtually haa ceased.
LITTLE VIOLENCE .
IN BO CITY
ONLY A FEW ISOLATED CASES OF
ROBBERY WHICH WERE SE
VERELY PUNISHED.
OTHER PLACES ARE QUIE1
Except in Tampico and Conditions Are
Believed to Be Relatively Good
There.
Washington. Except for a few iso
lated cases of robbery and violence
whch resulted in severe punishment
to the offenders, the Zapata forces
have mantained good order in Mexico
City, according to advices to the state
department from the Brazilian minis
ter. The minister mentioned no in
jury to Spanish, and officials here do
not credit rumors that several Span
iards were killed.
The minister reported that the pub
lic was rapidly gaining confidence.
The Zapata military coramaned has
issued a decree levying a tax of one
half the annual property tax, which
he says is needed to pay troops and
expenses of the police and the gov
ernment. The Carranza administra
tion, he says, left the treasury empty.
Nothing was known by the Brazil
ian minister, when he filed his dis
patch as to the time when Villa and
forces would arrive. Previously he
telegraphed that agents of Villa and
the Aguasalientes convention were
working in perfect harmony with
Zapata officials.
The situation in other parts of Mex
ico is described in official reports as
quiet, with the exception of Tampico,
where the approach of Villa forces
from San Luis Potosi has terrorized
some residents. Reports are current
that Gen. Luis Cabellerlo, governor
of the state of Tamaulipas, who now
is aligned with the convention forces.
If that materializes, a peaceful entry
of the Villa troops is not unlikely.'
ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS OPPOSE
Mrs. Dodge Petitions President Wilson
to Ignore Request of Women.
Wa-hington. In protest against the
request of woman suffrage leaders for
another audience with President Wil
son to ask his support for a constitu
tional suffrage amendment, Mrs. Ar
thur M. Dodge, president of the Nat
ional association opposed to women
suffrage, addressed a letter to the
President setting out arguments
against the proposals of the suffrag
ists. Mrs. Dodge wrote that the at
tempt to get popular endorsement of
suffrage at the last election was a
"dismal failure."
"In the name of 20,000,000 mature
women in America who are not suf
fragists," she protested against Na
tional legislation "that would nullify
the expressed will of the majority of
men and women in the separate states
to decide this issue according to their
constitutional provisions."
"The 'Blacklist against Senators
and Congressmen was a suffrage
boomerang" wrote 'Mrs. Dodge, "the
war on Democrats" another.
Mrs. Dodge declared that, taking
figures presented to the credentials
committee at the recent suffrage con
vention in Nashville, there were less
than 200,000 woman suffragists in the
United States, "less than one per cent
of, the 24,555,754 mature women in
America." She sent extensive statis
tics to show that a great majority of
women do not want the ballot.
In Interest of Cotton.
Washington. Former Senator John
L. McLaurin of 'South Carolina arriv
ed here to confer with President Wil
son and the Federal Reserve Board
relative to, recognition for the cotton
warehouse bill recently passed by the
legislature of his state. Later he will
go to New York to make sure that
financial interests there will recognize
the warehouse receipts as security
for loans.
Major Fonde Dead.
Knoxville, Tenn. Major Fonde,
general agent of the Southern Rail
way, with headquarters in this city,
is dead at age of 62.
Held in Quarantine.
Colon, Panama. The British col
liers Kirnwoc and Roddam, from Car-,
diff for Norfolk by way of Kinston,
Jamaica, arrived here without health
certificates and were placed in quar
antine. The vessels cleared from
Kinston but shipping men here be
lieve they attempted to meet British
cruisers and failing ran into Colon in
stead of returning to Jamaica. The
canal officials have not yet determin
ed what action should be taken other
than to keep the ships in quarantine
a few days.
Sum Not Correct.
Ner York. A banking house with
Influential British connections receiv
ed a cablegram from London intimat
ing that a wrong interpretation had
been placed on the statement of Lloyd
George in the House of Commons that
this country's debts to Great Britain
aggrepated $5,000,000,000. The mes
sage said British bankers estimate
the amount of this country's obliga
tions to London as not exceeding
$250,000,000.' That also was the max
imum named by Sir George Paish dur
ing his visit to America.
SPECIAL FREIGHT
RATES WILL STAND
REFUND MUST BE MADE OF ANY
INCREASED CHARGE MADE
IS ORDERS.
TAR HEEL CAPITOL NEWS
General News of North Carolina Col
lected and Condensed From the
State Capital That Will Profe of
Interest to All Our Readers.
Raleigh.
An order by the Corporation Com
mission in the matter of the action of
the railroad companies in the with
drawal of the special commodity - in
trastate freight rates, directing that
the railroad companies must continue
these rates in force, "except where
such rate3 were made over longer
routes to meet rates in effect by short
er route, and refund must be made by
such railroad companies to all ship
pers who have been charged increas
ed rates by reason of the withdrawal
of such special commodity rates as
are not permitted to be withdrawn by
this order within 30 days from the
filing of the claims for such , over
charges." The order adds that "with
respect to rates to or from any inter
mediate point over any railroad lines
where any such special commodity
rate is applied between specific points
under this order, the commission will
give prompt consideration to any com
plaint from any shipper who may be
aggreived by the continuance of such
special rates, or by any failure to ap
ply such special rates to or from any
intermediate points."
The commission further points out
that the Legislature is to assemble
within less than 60 days and the rail
road companies will then have an op
portunity to take the matters involved
before that body for further legisla
tive expression.
In the meantime the view Is taken
that the direct declaration of the Jus
tice act that special commodity rates
that are lower than he rates pre
scribed in the act shall be continued
and, of the special rate commission
that "existing rates on commodities
not mentioned in this schedule, are
continued in effect," are too plain to
be Ignored. Furthermore, that these
rates were put into' effect by the vol
untary acts of the railroad companies
themselves to meet special conditions
Girls' Canning Clubs Fine Work. .
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, in charge
of the Girls' Demonstration Work,
under the supervision of the North
Carolina department of agriculture,
has compiled a report of the opera
tions of the girls' canning clubs of
the state. The report embraces 30
counties in which these clubs oper
ated, two counties failing to report.
The report shows that 830 girls
were members of these clubs; that
they put up 259,091 packages of can
ned fruits and vegetables in tins and
glass, having a money value of $35,
688.50. In addition to this, they sold
fresh vegetables and fruits amount
ing to $3,019.65. The cost of can
ning the fruits and vegetables amount
ed to $9,704.16. From this it will be
seen that the girls made a net profit
of $25,983.64, which is a remarkable
record for the smaller number, less
than a thousand girls participating.
The cost above is exclusive of the
girls' labor as it was almost impos
sible to get anything like a correct
estimate of the time consumed in
canning and gardening. Mrs. Mc
Kimmon is now working on a plan
to remedy this defect next year.
Mrs. McKimmon Is in receipt of a
letter from one of the leading whole
sale grocery concerns in New York
City placing an order with her for a
canoad of fancy packages of fruits
and vegetables for delivery next Sep
tember, to be canned by the girls
of the North CaroMna Canning Clubs.
A representative of this concern visit
ed the various fairs in the state dur
ing the fall, and was so impressed
with the work of the Tar Heel girls
that he Immediately got in touch with
his house recommending that the
order be placed.
Complete Vanderbi.lt Reserve Survey.
Eighteen surveyors employed by the
United States Government who have
been engaged in surveying the Pisgah
Forest tract of timber lands for the
past few months completed their
work. They state that the survey
just complettd is similar in many re
spects to that made under the su
pervision of George W. Vanderbilt
when he purchased the property. The
Vanderbilt survey was made with a
needle while the Government corps
used a sun survey, a very delicate in
strument. Dried Fruit For Belgians.
Clarence Call of North Wilkesboro,
here as a member of tha State Board
of Elections, say that the mountains
and other fruit-growing sections of
the state are full of dried fruit and
that the suggestion ' is made, and a
most timely one he considers it, that
in sending provisions to the homeless
and starving Belgians it would be an
excellent idea for this fruit to be pur
chasted and sent. He says it can be
bought from the farmers and dealers
in 25-pound sacks or packages and'
that it can1 be readily handled.:
Newspapers Grow in North Carolina.
Commissioner of Labor and Print
ing M. L. Shipman finds in the com
pilation of the reports from newspapers-
and periodicals received for
his forthcoming annual report that
"publications in North Carolina, both
newspapers and periodicals, show a
substantial growth for the past year.
The increase in publications has been
32 in number, and the combined circu
lation exceeds that of last year by
more than 125,000 copies. There is a
movement toward a higher class of
publications from year to year, and
also an advance in subscription rates,
with a noticeable tendency to place
subscriptions on a cash basis. The
weeklies have been forced by the in
creased cost of .production, in a num
ber of cases to raise the subscription
price from $1 to $1.50 a year. This
suggestion, in the main, applies to
the 8-page weeklies who are striving
to give to their readers better
news service and a better home
paper. , The dailies have in some
instances, and for similar reasons,
been compelled to advance their
subscription rates also. Four of the
10 morning dailies are published every
day In the week, thus showing a de
sire to keep pace with the progress
ot the times. At the present time the
situation of the newspaper business
appears, to be in a satisfactory con
dition, and, as the reports have indi
cated, has been progresslng-steadily
the- past year.
Circulation summary:
1913
Morning dally 8
Evening daily. 20
Weekly . . .167
Semi-Weekly . 24
Monthly. ... 48
Semi-monthly . 13
Annual .... 3
Quarterly ... 10
1914 1913
10 66,941
20 54,225
192 512,086
29 60,244
1914
78,059
50,252
558,561
81,591
261,451
353,000
120,000
8,045
52
10
3
9
233,003
335,350
115,000
9,575
Circulation not given by two even
ing dailies, 11 weeklies, two semi
weeklies, one monthly, one annual
and one quarterly publication.
Judge Clark Must Keep Off Grass.
The case of the "straight and nar
row path" for Chief Justice Walter
Clark around the Home Monument
to the Women of the Confederacy that
has raised such a stir here the past
few weeks, is now a closed incident,
and the ladies who led the opposi
tion to the walk In the tenactious
fight for it that the Chief Justice has
made, are the victors. The walk-way
will not be built and for a season at
least the Chief Justice or anyone else
who would presume to pass over the
lawn from the Bagley statue to the
Home monument "will be met with a
warning placard: "Five Dollars Fine.
Keep Off the Grass."
The Governor and Board of Public
Buildings and Grounds spent much
time making a study of the matter and
giving the Chief Justice his final no
tice of the annulment of the original
order for the walk. The miniature, or
artist model, of the Home monument
was lugged into the exscutive offices
and closely studied before the hnal
agreement was reached that the walk
way would really mar the appearance
of the monument.
Opinions of The Supreme Court.
Carpenter Baggott & Co. vs. Hanes,
from Forsyth, reversed; Sanders vs.
Southern Railway Co., from Person,
no error; Taylor vs. Holding, from
Wake, no error; McKinnon Currie Co.
vs. Caulk, from Robeson, error; Keen
an vs. Commissioner of ' New Han
over county, new trial; Scott vs. Jer
rell, from Guilford, affirmed; Sykes
vs. Clements, Trustees, vs. Everett,
from Durham, reversed; Hardware
Co. vs. Buggy Co., from Davidson,
new trial; Guilford C3. vs. Porter,
from Guilford, remanded; John C.
Webb vs. Telegraph Co., from Orange,
error; Grocery Co. vs. Vernay, from
Davidson, affirmed; Crowell et al. vs.
C D. Jones, from Davidson, no error;
State vs. Thomas, from Anson, no
error; Phifer vs. Mullis, from Union,
reversed; Savage vs. Moore, from
Mecklenburg, no error; American
Trust Co. vs. Goode from Mecklen
burg, no error.
Secretary- Grimes Issues Charters.
The J. T. Williams Warehouse Com
pany of Williamsburg. The incorpor
ators are J. T. Williams, Daisy Wil
liams and J. P. Jackson.
The Shelby Grocery Company of
Shelby, with authorized capital stock
of $25,000. The incorporators are
Felix O. Gee, John S. McKnight :.
Graham Has Good Report.
Commissioner of Agriculture W. A.
Graham is rounding ' out his annual
and biennial reports for the General
Assembly and in preparation for the
annual meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture. He says that the re
ports will show great progress in the
work. One of the most gratifying ad
vances that will be reported, he says,,
is the experiments being made in the
grading of cotton for the markets for
the enlightenment of the farmers in
this respect through the co-operation
of the Departments of Agriculture.
Convicts Furnished Railroad.
Receiver W. J. Grandin of the Wa
tauga & Yadkin Railroad and the
Grandin Lumber Company, appeared
a few days ago before Governor Craig
and the Council of the State with W.
B. Council of Hickory as counsel, in na
effort to make sure of the retention of
the present force of state convicts at
work on the railroad and an early In
crease of the number from 56 to as
many as 250 in order that the work
of constructing the road from North
Wilkesboro to Boone and beyond may
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,By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director Sun. .
day School Course, Moody Bible Insti
tute, Chicago.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 6 !
CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
LESSON TEXT Mark 16:1-8; Matt. 28:11.
15.
v GOLDEN TEXT Why seek ye the liv
ing among the dead? He la not here, but
Is risen. Luke 24:5, 6.
The death of Christ made a pro
found impression, Luke 23:48, 49. Jo
seph, who had been a secret disciple,
obtained the body and gave it burial,
Mark 15:42-47. In the lesson selected
for today we have, first, Mark's record
of the discovery of the resurrection
by the women, and, second, Matthew's
record of how his enemies dealt with
that fact
I. The Resurrection Morn, Mark
16:1-8. The Sabbath ended at sun
down and the shops were then opened.
Mary Magdalene ,then purchased
spices that they might anoint the dead
body of Jesus. They may have paid
the tomb a visit late on Saturday, see
Matt. 28:1 R. V. Starting the next
mora, "while it was yet dark," John
20:1, they tame to the tomb to per
form their last service of gratitude
and love. He had no need of this serv
ice, Matt. 16:21; 20:19; however, it
was acceptable and they were reward
ed by receiving the first glimpse of
the risen Lord.
Women's Love Genuine.
The reason they did not expect to
see a risen Jesus was in their failure
to listen to and to ponder on his
words. The men also failed to com
prehend the note of his resurrection
which he so frequently sounded. In
deed, the report of these same women
is by these men considered "as idle
tales," Luke 24:11. The women ap
pear in a better light than the men In
this story. The women, especially
Mary Magdalene, loved much because
he had done so much for them. The
extent and the genuineness of their
affection Is found in that they went to
the tomb to serve Jesus when appar
ently hope had fled and faith was
blighted, I Cor. 13:8 R. V. Their visit
was, the fulfillment of their ministry
of love, yet it reveals the darkness of
their minds. This was common to all
of his followers.
Approaching the tomb they are con
fronted by a new difficulty "Who
shall roll away the stone?" The words
of verse four are significant "Look
ing up, they see that the stone is rolled
back," Am. R. V. This undoubtedly
refers to the situation of the tomb and
their approach thereto, yet the fact
remains that "looking up" most of our
difficulties are removed. Let us be
constantly "looking unto him." It has
been suggested that God rolled away
the stone, not that Jesus might get out,
but rather that the women might get
in. Mary found two angels sitting,
one at the head and one at the foot,
where the body had lain, John 20:11,
12, and the two disciples to whom she
reported found the linen cloth and the
napkin and "believed," John 20:2-9.
The women were overwhelmed with
perplexity and, like Peter and John,
"knew not the Scripture that he must
rise again from the dead." The an
gelic message, "He is risen; he is not
here," was the sounding forth of a
message as great and as glorious as
that sounded by the angels on the
night of his birth.
Such experience and such knowledge
entails a definite burden of responsi
bility, therefore the logical message
and command of verse seven. This is
also in accord with the Savior's last
earthly message, Mark 16:15; Matt.
28:18-20. It Is natural for us to lin
ger in silent meditation at the place
of our greatest revelation or of our
deepest soul experiences, but these
women are urged to "go quickly."
The message of salvation is too im
portant to brook any delay.
Spread False Tale.
II. The Watch at the Sepuleher,
Matt. 27:62-66 and 28:11-15. Evident
ly the manner of his death and his re
ported prophecies as to the resurrec
tion made an impression upon the ene
mies of Jesus. This guard is an ex
pression of the ultimate antagonism
of the priests and rulers. As this, the
morn of the first day of the week, ap
proached the guard saw the vision of
the angel and in its presence became
as dead men. When later they had re
covered they hastened into the city
and reported to the priests the fact of
the coming of the angel aqd that tho
stone, upon which the seal rested, had
been removed. Bribed, they spread
abroad the tale that the disciples had
ctolen his body. The falseness of
such a tale is evidenced by the fact
that the rankest infidel has not the
temerity to make such a claim today.
The resurrection, as Paul affirms, is
the declaration that Jesus is the Son
of God. It is a vindication of his
supremacy and of the supremacy of
the spiritual over the natural. We do
well to emphasize his birth, and to
dwell much upon his death, yet both
of these have no essential value apart
from the resurrection. Apart from
this and the cross Is no more than
the tragic and awe-inspiring end of a
life that failed. Connecting the cross
with this demands that every thought
ful man should study it carefully. The
resurrection demonstrates that he
finished the work of redemption.