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VOL. XXXVII.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 23, 1914.
NO. 20,
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1 The War in Brief
SUMMARY OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR
FOR ONE WEEK READ AT A GLANCE
December 21 The Russian offi
cial report says engagements on the
left bank of the Vistula have been
nothing more than outpost affairs. In
these the Russians would seem to
hare been engaged in holding the
Germans', while the Russian main
force was forming along the Bzura
River, where a battle is beginning
to develop, and the German attack
is said to have been repulsed.
Part of the Przemysl garrison has
made a sortie in force in an attempt
to open the railway to the southwest,
and is giving battle to the Russian be
sieging army.
With the Germans strongly intrench
ed and the ground in bad condition,
the Allies' offensive movement in Bel
gium and France is making slow pro
gress. At several points, however, the
French official report records the cap
ture of German trenches The offen
sive is being pushed with considera
ble force in Flanders and from the
Belgian border south to the rivtr
Oise. where the line turns eastward.
The Germans keep up violent coun
ter attacks, and by these and the use
of mines, in some cases have prevent
ed the Allies from following up their
advantage.
A message from Antwerp to The
Amsterdam Telegraph asserts that the
Germans. oreDariner for a nossible re
tirement, aie constructing a line of J
defense accross Belgium from the
Scheldt along the Dendre River to
Maubeuge on the French frontier.
This, If true, might be considered
only a measure of precaution.
While the motor section ' of the
South African defense force is gath
ering n the remainder of the scatter
ed rebels, the main army is forming
in German South Africa frontier where
the advance guards are in touch.
December 20. The allies, accord
ing to Paris, continue to gain ground
in Belgium and France, Berlin, how
ever, asserts that the operations have
resulted in repulses to the allies in
various places in some instances with
heavy casualties. Paris says that the
French artillery In the region of Ver
dun. The British protectorate over Egypt
has been declared in all the garrison
town by the firing of a salute of 101
guns and the raising of the British
flags. Prince Hussein Kemal has been
appointed sultan of Egypt.
M. Ribot, the French Minister of
finance, has advised the appropria
tion committee of the chamber of dep
uties that France will not lack re
sources to continue the war to a fin
ish without faltering.
Great Britian has recognized the
French protectorate over Morocco.
The British fleet in the Pacific has
been reinforced by the arrival at Cal
lao of the Australian battle cruiser
Australia.
The British admiralty denies that
any British were sunk during the
German raid on the east coast of Eng
land. It says, however, that two men
were killed and 15 wounded aboard
the destroyer Hardy.
The latest German statement ; on
the situation is laconic. "In Poland,"
it says, "we continue to pursue the
retreating enemy." Austria is more
communicative than .Berlin, for Vien
na declares the Russian main forces
are being pursued on the entire bat
tle front for some 250 miles from
Galiicia to that point in Poland north
east of Lowicz, where the Bzure river
empties into the Vistula.
December 19. From Warsaw comes
word that a great battle is In pro
gress 30 miles to the westward; that
the German wedge has estabtlished
itself in a strategic position and that
desperate fighting Is In progress, with
reinfocements pouring into both Ger
mans and Russians.
In Belgium and France the allies
are carrying on the offensive opera
tions begun a few days ago, slowly
and steadily. Progress is noted in the
French official statement and it is be
lieved infantry on the two sides of the
Western battle front have come to
prips in many places, the number of
wounded indicating the desperate na
ture of the struggle.
Further details from the English
coast towns bombarded by the German
souadron disclose an. increasing num
ber of victims. At the two Hartlepools
alone the number of dead now offi-
; ally announced is 82 with 250 wounded-
At Scarborough 17 were killed
and it is thought the full casulty list
has not yet been made out. One Brit
ish light cruiser and a torpedo boat
destroyed which engaged the Ger
mans lost five men killed and a num
ber wounded. That the German ships
were hit several" times by the English
coast batteries is announced official
ly at Berlin but it is asserted that
the damage was slight.
Austria follows up the German an
nouncement of a victory in Poland by
the statement that the Russians are
retiring along the whole front in both
Galiicia and Poland, and it is said this
may mean the withdrawal of the in
vesting forces of Russians from
Przemysl.-
December 18. The German war
ship raid on the English coaizt yester-
day and their escape in a mist takes
precedence in news from the Euro
pean war zone. The Germans evaded
patrols and mines and poured shells
into the towns of -Hartlepool, Soar
borough and Whitby.
Petrodgrad advices denty that Aus
tria is seeking a peace agreement with
Russia.
France estimates that the war for
the first six months In 1915 will cost
her $1,185,888,578 or about $200,000,
000 monthly.
Vienna -has admitted officially, ac
cording to a Rome dispatch, that 100,
000 Austrians were killed or wounded
in the unsuccessful campaign against
Servia.
The German embassy at Washing
ton has rece'ved advices from the
German minister to Chile saying that
in the recent fight between - Brritish
and G- rman warships off the Falk
land islands the Br'tish ships were
badly damaged and one apparently
was sunk.
Basel, Switzerland, reports that the
French armies apparently hae taken
the offensive on the front from Bel
fort to Cainte Marie-Aux-Mines and
have converted Thann into a strong
hold. Washington has sent the cruiser
Tacoma to Colon to protect the neu
trality of the canal zone.
According to a Reuter dispatch from
Nish King Peter and Crown Prince
Alexander have entered Belgrade at
the head of the victorious Servian
army.
December 17. From Nieuport, says
the French official statement, the
Franco-Belgian" troops have debouch
ed and occupied the line from the
west f Lombaertzyde to the farm of
Saint Georges. Lombaertzyde lies
about one nad a half miles northeast
of Nieuport and Saint Georges is
about one mile southeast of Nieuport.
Farther ot the east there has been
a gain of nearly a third of a mile in
rthe direction of Klein Zillebeke.
The French war office admits the
success of German infantrymen in
gaining a foothold at Steinbach, in
Alsace, although declaring the French
still hold the heights overlooking that
place.
The German cruiser Dresden, th
last of the German squadron of five
defeated by British warships ni the
south Atlantic, according to latest re
ports has sailed from Punta Arenas in
the Strait of Magellan, where she took
refuge, with one or more British
cruisers in pursuit.
The British official press bureau
announces that the sinking of th6
battleship Bulwark was due to an ex
plosion caused by the accidental igni
tion of the ammunition.
December 16. "New decisions and
measures consequently will be taken
to repel the enemy," says the Austri
an statement. Apparently that means
that the Austrian army directed
against Servia will assume a defen
sive line. .
The progress of the war in North
ern Hungary is less definite. Sunday's
German wireless report, with candor
equal to that of the Austrian bulletin,
spoke of the severe resistance which
the German and Austrian arms are
encouraging in South Poland and Gal
icia, adding that it was evident that
the Austrian forces in the Carpathians
are not strong enough to clear the
Russians out of Hungarian territory.
The Germans claim a distinct gain
in their position in Northern Poland,
although they are not believed to be
as near Warsaw as the report last
week indicated. On the other hand
the Russians announce a strategic re
alignment of their forces which
strengthens their positions.
In a late report tonight the Aus
trians announce that they have reoc
cupied the important point of Dukla
north of the Przemysl and Cracow, but
nearer to the former, with the capture
of 9,000 prisoners.
December 15 The Germans in Bel
gium again are directing their atten
tion to the central point of Ypres
where the French report several at
tacks of a violent nature by the Ger
man infantry have been repulsed.
The occupation of a German posi
tion near Przasnysz and the retreat
of the Germans toward the 'East 'Prus
sian frontier also is announced. The
situation south of Cracow remains
without change and the battle In that
district continues. The Russians claim
a further victory on the Lowicz-Ilow
front, where a German position was
taken with important losses to the
Germans.
In West Galicia the Austrians claim
to have defeated the Russians at
Limanovo and to have crossed the
Carpathians.
Montenegrin troops have occupied
Vishegrad, to the southeast of Sara
jevo after fierce fighting, according to
unofficial dispatches from Cettinje,
and the ustrians have retired to the
west bank of the river Drina. '
The Swedish foreign minister makes
the assertion that German anchored
mines have been found in the gulf of
Bothnia, where a few Swedish steam
ers were sunk recently. vei3any has
claimed no mines had been laid ther
by her up to the .time of the dit
asters. '
SITUATION AT NACO
HAS CLEARED UP
GOVERNOR MAYTORENA HAS
MOVED HIS TROOPS 12 MILES
FROM BORDER.
A "CONVENIENT DISTANCE"
Messages to Washington Have Beer
Very Satisfactory and Affair Is
Ended and No Bloodshed.-
Washington. Consular Agent Caro
thers telegraphed the state depart
ment that. Governor Maytorena com
manding the Villa forces besieging
Naco, Sonora, was preparing to with
draw his troops 10 or 12 miles from
the border to eliminate the possibil
ity of farther firing into American
territory.
Brigadier General Bliss, command
ing, the. artillery, infantry and cavalry
concentrated about Naco, Ariz., to
enforce the American government's
demand that firing across the line
cease, reported that Maytorena ap
parently had withdrawn. This, how
ever, has not been verified.
As a result of these reports, of
ficials here were confident that the
troublesome border situation was
about to be cleared up. It is under
stood that when Carothers con
ferred with Maytorena he was given
a complete outline of the Villa lead
er's plans for withdrawal.
Enrico Llorente, repersentative here
of President Gutierrez, made public
a telegram from his chief quoting a'
message the latter had received from
Governor Maytorena announcing that
the force besieging Naco had been or
dered withdrawn to a "convenient dis
tance." In obedience to instructions from
the capital, Maytorena reported, his
troops did not fire 'a shot at Naco all
day although severafl casualties in
their ranks were caused by fire from
the Naco garrison. r
DR. J. R. WILLINGHAM DEAD.
Secretary of Foreign Missions of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
Richmond, Va. Rev. Robert J. Wil
lingham, D.D., general secretary of
the foreign mission board of the
Southern Baptist convention and rec
ognized as one of the greatest mis
sionary secretaries in the country,
was stricken with apoplexy while on
his way to Sunday school here and
died two hours later in a hotel to
which he was taken. Prior to becom
ing secretary to the mission board in
1893, Doctor Willingham had served
as pastor at churches in Talbotton,
Ga., Chattanoga. Tenn., and Memphis,
Tenn. Dr. Willingham was born Vn
Beaufort District, South Carolina, in
1854, and was graduated from the
University of GeoTgia, preparing for
the ministry at the Southern Theo
logical Seminary at Louisville, Ky.
He is survived by his wife, five sons
and four daughters.
Much Holly Is Shipped.
Warsaw, N. C. The holly shipments
from Eastern North Carolina have
ended for this year, with the excep
tion of only a few scattering ship
ments to be made and although the
prices that have been received have
not been quite as high as some former
years, the season has been a very suc
cessful one.
Judging from the best information
obtainable, Duplin county leads in
this industry. Magnolia is the first
town in the county, and possibly in
the state, as the eastern section is
especially noted for the shipment of
thi3 evergreen. Thirty-eight carloads
have been shipped from this point, and
Rose Hill comes second with 25 cars.
It has brought $150 a car.
Germans Evacuate Dixmude.
London. A dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph Company from
Amsterdam says:
"The Germans have evacuated
Dixmude, but the report that the Al
lies have taken Middelkerke is un
true." Kaiser Claims Divine Help.
Karlsruhe. Grand Duchess Louise
3t Baden has received the following
telegram from Emperor William:
"Field Marshal von Hindenburg has
just. reported that the Russian Army,
after desperate fighting, retreats and
is being pursued along the entire
front. It is -evident that the Lord aided
our heroic troops. To Him alone is
due the honors." Emperor William
also thanked, the Fourteenth Army
Corps, which participated prominent
ly in the fighting on the Russian cen
ter. Soldiers From Tropics Suffer.
London. Troops from the tropics
are suffering intensely from the cold
in Belgium! This is especially true of
the Senegalez. In many cases their
toes or ' feet have been frozen so
badly that amputation has been ne
cessary, according to Mrs. I Harty
Floyd, chief commissioner lof the
French wounded, emergency fund, vho
has just returned from the French
hospitals. Mrs. Floyd says many hos
pitals are badly in need of anaes
thetics, tetanus serum, surgical instru
ments and surgeons.
REGGOMMEND THAT
EXPERTS DO WORK
LEGISLATIVE AUDITING COMMIT
TEE SAYS IT HAS NOT TIME
FOR DUTY.
LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Review of the Latest . News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That
Will Be of Interest to Our Readers
Over North Carolina.
Raleigh.
The legislative auditing committee
v hich examined the State Treasury,
the office of the State Auditor and
the Insurance Department recently,
and found the substantial general
fund balance in the state treasury of
$164,572 for the close of the fiscal
year December 1, filed its formal re
port with Governor Craig for the
General Assembly and included a
number of important recommenda
tions. One is that provision be made for ex
pert accountants to examine the state
institutions that receive state aid an
nually, especially for he reason that
it is practically impossible for a legis
lative comrnfctee to perform this duty
with the thoroughness and accuracy
that the interests " of the state de
mand. Attention is directed to the fact
that the funds that the federal govern
ment provides for the work at the ex
periment station are paid over to the
experiment station quarterly and that
there are no vouchers showing how
the money is disbursed or under
whose direction and authority it is
expended. Also the committee finds
that the vouchers coming in for ex
penditures by the Agricultural De
partment and the A. & M. College are
not accompanied by detailed state
ments of the purposes for which the
amounts are expended and that there
should be a law to require such state
ments.
Opinions of the Supreme Court.
State vs. Ed. C. Craft, et al, New
Hanover, no error; State vs. Southern
Express Company, Burke, affirmed;
Corpening vs. Westall, Burke, new
trial; Ridge vs. Norfolk Southern Rail
way, Randolph, no error; Clarit vs.
Wright, Lincoln, new trial; Lutz vs
Lincer, Cabarrus, modified and af
firmed Horton vs. Jones, Caldwell,
modified and affirmed, cost3 divided;
Land Company vs. Bostic, Rutherford,
no. error; Carpenter vs. Rutherford
ton, new trial; Hoyte vs. City of
of Hickory, Catawba, no error; Pierce
vs. Eller, Wilkes, -reversed; Whitaker
vs. Garren, Henderson, new trial;
Embler et al vs. Glouster Lumber
Company, Henderson, no .error; Pad
getts vs. McKoy, Buncombe, no error;
motion for new trial for newly dis
covered evidence denied; Turner vs
Asheville Power & Light Co., Bun
combe, new trial; Reynolds vs. Palm
er, Buncombe, no error; Ingle Admr
vs. Southern Railway, Buncombe, no
error; A. Dicks vs. Chatham, Bun
combe, affirmed; State vs. McDraw-
horn, Sampson, motion of defendant
to reinstate denied; Dillard vs. Sim
mons, Granville, motion for new trial
on new evidence allowed; Lancaster
vs. Bland, Craven, dismissed under
rule 17 and motion to reinstate de
nied.- ,
School Teachers Must Be Paid.
J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent
of Public Instruction, announced that,
with the approval of the Attorney
General he hs made a ruling that it
is the duty of the county boards of
education, under Section 4,165, to bor
row money for the payment of salaries
of teachers, if necessary; and he urges
that the boards throughout the state
take the necessary steps at once to
provide for the monthly payment of
salaries without discount or loss to
the teachers.
Slaughter 20,000 Pounds Pork.
This was "hog-killing day" out at
the Central Hospital for Insane here
and Dr. Albert Anderson, superin
tendent, reports 20.00Q pounds of the
nicest sort of meat, with another fine
lot of hogs to be killed some time in
the new year.
Some Time Before Decision.
It is expected that it will be some
days yet before Unitd States Attorn
ey eGneral Gregory will definitely in
dicate to Attorney General Bickett
whether or not he will undertake the
suit that Mr. Bickett is urging him to
bring for the setting aside of the re
ceivership sale and partition of the
old Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Rail
road in alleged violation of the order
5f the federal court at the time and
f the Sherman anti-trust law. In
fact, the plan is for Mr. Bickett to go
to Washington for . a conference.
Employment For Discharged Soldiers.
The United States War Department
is seeking to establish in this state,
in co-operation with the State Depart
ment of Labor and Printing an em
ployment bureau for honorably dis
charged soldiers. To this end Lieut.
C. Tv Smart,4 Ninth Infantry,- located
at Charlotte, has just had a conference
tfith the Commissioner of Labor and
Printing in which the Commissioner
assured the army officer that he would
co-operate, in any way that he could
without doing an injustice to North
Carolina's regular labor interests. .
Try to Avoid Rush General Assembly.
In his annual report to Governor
Craig and the general assembly, Sec
retary of State J. Bryan Grimes In
sists that some method should bo
adopted to avoid the rush of work at,
the close of the legislative sessions.
He points out that at the 1913 session
I 76 per cent of the acts passed had
their final reading and ratification in
the last 10 days of the session and he
marshals figures from previous ses-.
sions to show tha the congestion in
the last days increases with each ses
sion of the general assembly, making
inevitable much crude legislation and
many inaccuracies.
He urges the consolidation of the
engrossing and the enrolling depart
ments of the legislature in the inter
est of economy and accuracy.
The report insists that the state
would have a competent legislative
reference librarian, an officer that
many states in the union have found
necessary and greatly helpful as a
"clearing house for information upon
public affairs." He points that such
an officer would be required to give
condensed, comprehensive, impartial
and accurate information on any sub
ject on short notice. For the busy
legislator he would have ready the ac
cumulated classified experiments and
entries upon every question of legis
lation that would be likely to arise.
This' officer could also edit the laws
for the state printer, make the annota
tions and keep the Revisal of 1905 re
vised to date and give assistance in
the preparation of bills for the mem
bers of the legislature.
The report expresses special regret
at defeat of those proposed amend
ments to the state constitution de
signed to curtail the work of the leg
islature ' by making unnecessary
three-fourths of the ltitle unimport
ant acts that now clog the legislative
mill each session. As illustrations
how there could be consolidation and
elimination of a large part of the leg
islation complained of, he gives fig
ures as to local bills passed the past
four sessions. The figures as to the
1913 session making this, the worst
showing. Acts as to county and town
ship bonds, 97; other bonds, 119;
county commissioners, 88; court sten
ographers, 12; chicken laws, 4; drain
age laws, 20; game and fish laws, 89;
primaries, 16; local courts, 40; road
laws, 153; stock laws, 18; jurors, 16;
justices of the peace, 19; relative to
cities, and towns, 325; corporations,
20; graded schools and school dis
tricts, 127; railroads, 24.
Nearly 300 Farm Boys at University
Classified according to the profes
sions of their fathers, the call of back-
to-the-land is imperative to one-third
of the students attending the 'Univers
ity of North Carolina The occupa
tion of farming contributes more than
twice the number of students enrolled
on the registration books this session
than any other occupation or profes
sion. Of the total enrollment of 9.82
students 289 are sons of farmers. The
merchants follow next in succession
with 132.
The distribution of other .' occupa
tions. and professions are classified as
follows: lawyers 68, doctors 60, man
ufacturers 50, public officers 30, min
isters 26, real estate dealers 23, in
surance agents 22, lumber dealers '18,
teachers 17, railroad men 17, bank
ers 17, contractors 17, traveling sales
men 15, druggists 12, tobacco dealers
11, livery men 9, mechanics 7, brok
ers 78, editors 5, book-keepers 4,
printers 3, fishermen 3, civil engineers
3, carpenters 3, laborers' 3, butchers 2,
nurserymen 2, jewelers 2, hotel keep
ers 2, engineers 2, chemist 1, photo
grapher 1, promoter 1, mason 1, libra
rian 1, blacksmith 1, undertaker 1,
optician 1, ranchman 1, boarding
house keeper 1, and purchasing agent
North Carolina Crop Report.
The crop reporting board of the
bureau of crop estimates of the De
partment of Agriculture says that the
cotton crop in North Carolina this
year" will amount to 950,000 bales
against 792,"545 last year. The price
paid in 1913 in North Carolina was
12.6 against 6.9 this year. This means
a total loss of $17,158,226 to North
Carrolina cotton growers this year.
New Manager for Yarborough Hotel.
B.H. Griffin, head of the corpora
tion operating the Yarborough Hotel
here, has decided to assume the act
ive management of the hotel him
self, following the . retirement of J.
T. Matthews as manager to engage in
the hotel business in Charlotte, and
he has made W. H. Plummer assistant
manager in active charge.
Attorney General Bickett Has Pork.
Attorney General T. W. Bickett said
that a letter from his home in Louis
burg has just brought the news that
one of his "pigs" had been killed .and
that it tipped the scales at 545 pounds.
The attorney general confided this
news to his friends with that pleased
mien that indciated confidence that
this would go far toward establishing
his farming interests and capabilities
and emphasizing claims to farmer
support for his candidacy for governor
two years hence.
Z
Limit Age of 13 to Child Labor Law.
Recommendations ty Commission
er of Labor and Printing M. L. Ship-
man to Governor Craig and the Legis
lature made public urged a specific
age limit prohibiting children under
13 years from working in any kind
of factory, or messenger service, or
any employment during hours schools
are in session; advanced laws govern
ing safety appliance and sanitation;
factory inspection as to child labor,
work hours, fire escapes and the like;
and either repeal our mine inspection
law or provide an active inspector.
STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
COMING EVENTS.
Annual Live Stock Meeting-, Statesvllle
January 19-21, 1915.
Tri-State Medical Association. Charles
ton, S. C Feb. 17-18, 1915.
, Secretary Houston at Aberdeen.
Diversified agriculture, the curtail
ment of the cotton crop, the raising
of beef cattle, hogs and poultry, dairy
ing, and the co-operative work of the
people were emphasized as the need
of the South" by Secretary of Agricul
ture D. F. Houston at Aberdeen, full
to the core of valuable suggestions for
farm and community life. This was
his first address in the South on agri
culture since he became a member
of President Wilson's cabinet.
"The occasion was lone planed by
the Sand Hill Farmers' Association,
an aggressive organization with a
membership from fifteen towns and
surrounding territory in this section.
Secretary Houston, a native of North
Carolina, was secured to make the
address at the rally and was accom
panied here by Congressman Page.
Nearly four hundred people were in
the auditorium of the Aberden school
in the afternoon and the address of
Secretary Houston met wits close at
tention and frequent applause. It de
served both.
Will Make Cheese.
A number of experiments have been
completed by the dairying division of
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion relative to cheese making as may
be practiced by dairymen in the west
ern part of the state. Messrs. W. H.
Eaton and Floid R. Farnham have
been doing the work and are highly
pleased with the results which have
been obtained. They are reasonably
sure that the art can be successfully
established and much profit be derived
by the marketing of this delicious
dairy product. The department will
not encourage dairymen in the central
and eastern parts of the state to en
gage in cheese making, chiefly be
cause the facilities for grazing cattle
are nofas favorable. In the central
and eastern parts of the state the cost
of production is greater and the re
sults not so satisfactory. The west
ern part of this state is ideally situat
ed and it is thought by the depart
ment that the project will meet with
success.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS.
Following an argument at a public
rest room at the Asheville city hall,
adjoining police ' headquarters, Her
bert Smith was shot and instantly
killed by William Ballew, who fled
from the scene but was captured later
by the police.
It required approximately $250,000 to
operate the affairs . of Mecklenburg
county during the past fiscal year,
which ended December 1.
The Associated Charities of Hick
ory has' now become a permanent or
ganization. C C. Bost has been ap
pointed to the office of disburser, and
placards have been placed in all the
stores subscribing to the organization
directing, those begging alms to apply
to Mr. Bost at the city manaegr's
office.
The Cramer Furniture Company of
Thomasville was recently sold to J. J.
Finch for a sum near $250,000.
Ham and bacon will be a big fea
ture at the Statesville live stock show.
Veterans of the Confederate army
in Buncombe county received a total
of $13,080 in pensions'.
Wilmington's school attendance is
nearly 4,000.
Brunswick, County has agreed to
have a farm demonstrator.
Miss Estelle Marx, the chief clerk
of the vital statistics department of
the Virginia state board of health was
in Raleigh inspecting the offices of
the state board of health and the sys
tem of the department.
Caldwell county has just closed a
successful exhibit of livestock and
poultry.
C. T. Tsai, a Chinese official, died
at Asheville a few days ago.
A big warehouse has been charter
er at Tabor and will handle cotton
and tobacco.
Park Avenue school at Asheville is
serving hot soup to students when
they arrive at school each morning.
The soup is prepared at the school.
In a letter to relatives Hickory Mr.
Auburn Setzer, in charge of the Presbyterian-Methodist
Publishing House
in Luebo, Congo, Africa, states that
he and Mrs. Setzer are on their wayx
to America.
The home of W. R. Carter, in West
Asheville, was destroyed by fire with
a loss pf more-than $2,000, partially
covered by insurance. The hose is
located within a few feet of a hydrant
but the town is without fire-fighting
equipment and 'the blaze could not
be controlled by the bucket brigade.
The West Asheville Aldermen have
just given' an order for hose and reels
Several point3 in Western North
Carolina are reporting zerofwather.
The mission board of the Western
North Carolina Methodist Conference
has just closed its session at Salis
bury. '
The Richmond -Federal Reserve
Bank has lowered its rediscount rates
to correspond with those authorized
for Atlanta.
Buncombe county's ' annual seed
corn show to be held in Asheville will
be bigger than ever this' year.
Superintendent J. Y. Joyner is urg
ing a permanent secretary of social
service.
iNmmioNAL.
WifSOlOOL
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting. Director of
Sunday School Course.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 27
JESUS, THE WORLD'S SAVIOR AND
KING.
(Review.)
READING LESSON II Cor. 5:14-2L
GOLDEN TEXT Far be it from me to
glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ.-Gal. 6:14 R. V.
With the exception of the temper
ance lesson, all the lessons of the quar
ter have to do with the death and res
urrection of our Lord. In the first
quarter we considered Jesus as the
great Teacher; in the second, he is
presented chiefly as. the seeking
Savior; in the third, we observed him
as he acted in judgment upon Israel
and sin; in this last, he is seen in his
supreme office as Savior and king. The
king of love, he' is also the world's
Savior. Deny him his kingship, refuse
to become a subject of that kingdom
of which he is the head and we bring
upon ourselves the condemnation of a
righteous judgment. This past quar
ter particularly reveals him in that
final ministry which resulted in the
initiation of the new enterprise of pro
claiming his gospel, io the end that
his kingdom shall be established. We
shall consider the lesisons under four
headings:
Story of Love.
I. Those of Preparation for His Pas
sion. These embrace the first three
lessons. (1) In the first, we have the
beautiful story of the love which
anointed him for burial, which he ac
cepted and immortalized. This was
not because of the greatness of the
act, but because of the appreciation of
himself and of his words. (2) Here
we observe him presiding over and in
stituting that lasting memorial, the
symbolic feast, wherein the old passes
away and the new dispensation is
ushered in. (3) In the third lesson we
view with awe the agony of the gar
den wherein he dedicated himself to
the coming suffering, "Not as I will,
but as thou wilt" absolute surrender
and delight in the Father's will.
II. Those That Preceded His Pas
sion. These next five lessons lead us
through those dark shadows, yea,
through a darkness which is yet un
fathomable and which ended in the
total darkness of Calvary, (4) In this
lesson Judas is presented, the incarna
tion of evil, and the agent of Satan,
who betrayed his Lord and "Friend"
by a'kiss. Here we see the utter ruin
of a soul which chose private ambition
instead of fellowship with Jesus. (5)
This is a presentation of the greatest
and most appalling travesty of justice
the world has ever seen. Humanity
never descended to any lower depths,
yet he is serene, calm, dignified and
strong. (6) The Temperance Lesson.
(7) This lesson considers the heart
breaking rashness of Peter. (8) This
is the story of the ignoble failure of a
weak, vacillating, time-server.
Story of the Cross.
III. His Passion. (9) This brings
us to the story of the cross itself, as
considered in this sequence of lessons.
Before that awe-inspiring, wonder
creating event we stand with bared
head. Here sin was unmasked and did
its utmost. Her also we behold grace
unveiled and active.
, IV. The Post-Passion Lessons. We
are now in a new atmosphere and
light, a new glory is to be seen. (10)
In this lesson we behold the empty
tomb, for "He could not be holden of
death." We share with them the glori
ous, the joyful consciousness that he
whom we have just seen die in Ig
nominy and shame and suffering is
now alive and "ever liveth" to be our
advocate and ever-present 'friend. This
is a glorious fact, that of the literal,
bodily resurrection of Christ from
among the dead. Hallelujah! (11) In
lesson eleven this same thought is
again emphasized and with the sugges
tion of its accompanying obligation, in
that "we are witnesses of 1 these
things."
In "Tarbell's Teachers' Guide" Is a
good suggestion for review Sunday,
viz., that a series of elliptical phrases
be written upon a board or chart, that
wfll fix the chief idea or serve to re
call the lessons, as follows:
(1) Let her alone . . . (2) For
ye have the poor ... (3) Where
soever this gospel shall be preached
. . . 4) Verily I say unto you,
One . . : (5) For the Son of Man
goeth ... (6) This is my blood
. . . (7) Take ye ... (8) My
soul is . . . (9) Father, all things
. . . (10) Watch and . . . (11)
My God, my . . . (12) Why seek
ye . . . (13) Ye shall be my . . .
These phrases may be written upon
cards or slips of paper and distributed
to classes or individuals, the entire
sentence to be recited when called for.
It would also be well to make men
tion of the two years' work in the
Synoptic Gospels. Define what the
gospel is (I Cor. 15:1-4), what the
word synoptic means, and wherein
these Gospels differ from the Fourth
Gospel.
Drill the school in giving book and
chapter of the following: The Lord's
Prayer the parable of the good Samar
itan, the mustard seed, the leaven,
the prodigal son, the great command
ment, the last supper, Gethsemane.
the trial of Jesus, the crucifixion, the
resurrection, the great commission,
the ascension.