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apt THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion' - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month r - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VV VOL. XXXVII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY N. C., FEBRUARY 17, 1915. NO. 28. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations Feu Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS JFTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In the South land Will Be Found in ' Brief Paragraphs. European War The Germans have announced a jrreat victory over the Russians in poiand. General "Von Hindenburg Is said to have taken ,26,000. prisoners.. , Emperor William of Germany and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary are soon to declare the in dependence of Poland and place Arch duke Karl Stephen of Austria on the throne, according to dispatches from Vienna and Berlin. Great alarm has been felt in Petrograd over the ru mor. The British aerial fleet raided Ger man posts off the Belgian coast, in which Claude Grahame-White, the dar ing air racer, narrowly escaped deaths when his machine was disabled and he fell into the sea off Nieuport. Sir Roger Casement, leader of the British separatist faction in Ireland, who is now in Berlin, has issued an open letter to Sir Edward Grey, in which he accuses the British govern ment of a criminal conspiracy to have him captured or killed. His state ment has greatly agitated Berlin. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American minister to Holland and Luxembourg, has complained to President Wilson and Secretary Bryan that Germany has been intercepting his mail from Lux embourg and has generally invaded his rights as the minister of a neutral country. He recommends that the United States demand an apology from Germany. Battle after battle is reported all along the eastern war front. The Car pathian passes are the scenes of des perate struggles. In some instances Petrograd admits the superiority of the Austrian and German forces. Official accounts from London and Petrograd indicate that battles in Ga licia are being waged with a ferocity without precedent in the history of warfare. Charge after charge of the German troops in mass formation was shatter ed by the terrible enfilading fire of the Russians. Undaunted, the Germans would make another attempt only to be shattered again. Twenty-two as saults in one day were made by the Germans. The Muscovites made Tree use of bayonets. The situation In Austria Is critical for the Russians, according to Petro grad advices. The czar's war office admits that the Muscovite troops are having to evacuate the Austrian prov ince of Bukowina. Fighting is in progress all along the line from the Polish province of Plock to Tilist, the point where once Napo leon and Czar Alexander met on a barge in midstream and divided the world between them and took every thing away from Queen Louise of Prussia. The Muscovite forces are reported to be making rapid gains in the Car pathians and throughout Austria. The Vienna war office announces Hungari an successes which discounts the val ue of the other advices. French gains have been made in the south and it is reported that most of Alsace and Lorraine are now under French military control, with French troops rapidly pushing on towards Strassburg. Domestic The Iowa state senate passed a state wide prohibition measure by a vote of thirty-nine to ten. The bill now goes to the house. Governor Willis of Ohio was sud denly stricken with a nervous col lapse soon after taking office. Being unused to gubernatorial duties is said to be responsible for his break down. The DesMoines city council has re fused to renew the licenses of the 80 saloons in the Iowa capital. A drastic child labor law has been introduced in the Pennsylvania legis lature which, it is said, meets with the approval of Secretary of Labor Wil son, Governor Brambaugh and e tne Pennsylvania Child Labor Associa tion. The Chinese porcelain collection of the late J. Pierpont Morgan was sold hy his son, J. P. Morgan, to New Ycrk china dealers for $4,000,000. The collection will be resold in indi vidual pieces. Jack Johnson, champion negro pu gilist, now barred from the United States, has arrived from Buenos Aires at Barbados en route to Juarez, Mex ico, where he is to meet Jess Willard on March 6. A number of leading beef packers of Chicago and St. Louis have been found guilty of violation of the Mis souri anti-trust law by the Missouri supreme court. Suits against ' these companies were brought by Governor Iajor when he was attorney general. The Alabama legislature has passed a bill which prohibits the sale of more than one quart of whiskey to any one Person, it is expected a state-wide Prohibition law will be passed over Governor Henderson's veto. The southern members of the Asso ciated Press are in annual convention at Knoxville, Tenn. Foreign General Carranza summarily expell ed the Spanish minister to Mexico, Senor Jose Caro, and has forced him to leave the country. The Madrid government cabled the United States to act on its behalf in the matter. Secre'ary Daniels immediately noti fied the captain of the American bat tleship Delaware to take Senor Caro on board on his arrival in Vera Cruz. Edward Monroe, oldest veteran of the Civil war, died in London, where he had arrived on his way home from spending the winter in Egypt. t Three allied cruisers are watching Havana harbor." The French armored cruiser, Conde, has joined the two Brit ish protected cruisers, Bristol and Berwick, which have been watching Cuban territorial waters for three weeks. There is much speculation in Cuban official circles over the pur pose and presence of these vessels. Bubonic plague is said to have brok en out afresh in Havana. It is feared a general epidemic may ensue this spring. The steamship, Wilhelmina, laden with foodstuffs, has arrived in port at Falmouth. The vessel is routed from New York for Hamburg. Zapata is reported to be rapidly closing in on Mexico City, In which event it will place Francisco Villa, who recently proclaimed himself pres ident "of the southern republic, in complete control of the capital. Eduardo Dato, premier of Spain, has announced in Madrid that the Mexican-Spanish disagreement growing out of Carranza's expulsion of the Spanish minister to Mexico has been left to the United States government in whom Senor Dato said he had the ut most confidence to arrange an ad justment of affairs that would be sat isfactory. Del Caro, the Spanish minister to Mexico, was arrested by General Car ranza on the charge of alleged serv ices to General Villa. Washington President Wilson insists on the passage of the merchant marine bill at this session of congress if possi ble. The bill has been shifted tem porarily from the senate to the house, where Congressman Kitchin, who will soon be the administration floor lead er to replace Underwood, when he becomes senator, has promised its safe passage. John T. Boifeuillet of Macon, Ga., clerk of the Georgia house of repre sentatives, is in Washington receiving instructions from Secretary Bryan preparatory to sailing for London, where he will fill a post under Am bassador Page for the next few months. Secretary Bryan has been informed by counsel for the owners of the steamship Wilhelmina, detained at Falmouth in the British prize court, that the owners will bring suit to have the detention postponed. Secretary Garrison has announced that United States troops would be withdrawn from the Arkansas coal re gions where they were dispatched last fall to quell the strike disturbances. President Wilson has' sent formal notes to both Germany and Great Brit ain regarding the incidents which re cently caused a panic in international circles, that of flying the American flag atop the Lusitanla and placing Great Britain in the war zone. After a continuous session lasting fifty-four hours and eleven minutes, the longest session in its history, the United States senate adjourned, with out accomplishing much on the ship purchasing bill. An extra session now seems inevitable. Through a blunder on the part of Senator Sherman of Illinois, he, with Senator McCumber of North Dakota, may be the means of losing the Re publican fight on the merchant marine bill. Senator McCumber was deliver ing a speech against the bill and yield ed the floor to Senator Reed of Mis souri to ask a question. Senator Reed was" in turn interrupted by Sen ator Sherman. Whereupon Senator Simmons insisted the Republicans had lost their right to the floor. Senator Lea of Tennessee, in the chair, sus tained the point and refused to grant an appeal from his ruling. Despite protests from Senators Gallinger and Smooth, Senator Stone was recogniz ed. The Republicans hastily retired for a conference.. All their efforts for adjournment failed. President Wilson heTd an important council with his chief advisers re garding the Lusitania incident. Am bassador Page at London has been in structed to probe the matter thor oughly. The president declares that England was decidedly beyond her rights in appropriating the American flag to protect her own vessels, espe cially when it endangered the lives of citizens of America and other neutral nations at sea. President Wilson will also send Ger. many a note through Ambassador Ge rard regarding the Berlin war office's declaration of a war zone about the British Isles and that all neutral ves sels would be sunk if found in Eng. lish waters. Secretary Bryan has officially warn ed General Carranza to proceed with caution in the latter's seemingly high-handed expulsion of foreign min isters from the Mexican republic. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia hs stated he is not one of the Democratic bolters and has come back into the fold and is now supporting the mer chant marine bill. " The National Farmers' Union, hold ing its annual convention in the na tional capital, has endorsed rural cred its legislation. The assemblage was addressed, on the subject by Congress man Howard. GERMANY FOOD UNHAMPERED HINTED BY AMBASSADOR THAT WARFARE ON MERCHANT SHIPPING BE RELAXED. BUT ONLY ON CONDITIONS Conditional Contraband Designed For Civil Population is Not to Be Molested. War Zone Measures. Washington. The importance which the German Government at taches to the unrestricted shipment of foodstuffs for its civilian population was emphasized at the State Depart ment by Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, who conferred with both Secretary Bryan and Coun sellor Lansing. While no formal statement regarding the Ambassador's call was issued by the Department. It was said afterward that he had hinted that warfare on merchant shipping might be relaxed if Germany could be assured of a continuous food supply for her non-combatant popula tion. The position of the German Govern ment, it was explained, is that the proclamation of a war zone and cam paign against enemy merchant ships was simply a retaliation against Eng land's alleged violations of the Decla ration of London in hindering condit ional contraband for civilians from reaching Germany. This, according to the German Ambassador, is no less inhumane than the campaign on mer chants vessels. While declining to authorize any statement, officials admitted that the American note to Germany was open to the construction that no vessels, either belligerent or neutral, should be sunk unless previously visited and an opportunity given for the taking off of passengers. It was reiterated that while the Tules of international law clearly compelled such steps, the position taken was based largely on humanitarian grounds. An official who helped prepare the American note to Germany pointed out that the strong warning tone of the communication was not intended as a threat, but was a friendly act in a spirit of precaution lest the sink ing of an American vessel with Amer icans aboard inflame public opinion in the United State to a degree which could not be estimated in advance. ENGLAND CELEBRATES VICTORY Great Britain Has Advised Using American Flag for Emergency. London. Berlin is celebrating the evacuation of East Prussia by the Rus sians .which is hailed in the German capital as another great victory for Field Marshal von Hindenberg; Eng land is not attempting to hide her ela tion at the success of her airmen's raid on the German positions in Bel gium, and 'all Europe is -eagerly dis cussing tne American notes to Great Britain and Germany and contemplat ing what the replies wil be. Great Britain has already intimated that British merchant ships have been advised to use neutral flags only in case of emergency, and no general use of such flags is anticipated. The German minister of the Hague has is sued another warning to neutrals to the effect that in view of the alleged declaration of all the British ports as war ports and the use of neutral flags by British ships it would be dan gerous for neutral merchantmen to visit the proscribed waters after Janu ary 18. Serbian Fortress Blown Up. Berlin. By wireless to Sayville The Overseas News Agency says that according to Italian newspapers, the Serbian fortress of Semendria has been blown up by the explosition of its powder magazine after being shell ed by Austro-Hungarian artillery. Smallpox in County Jail. Charleston, W. Va. The Kanawha county jail here was quarantined when four cases of smallpox were found among the prisoners. Seven prison ers were taken to the state peniten tiary at Moundsville after having been exposed to the disease here. Albanians Invade Serbia. London. A large force of Alban ians have crossed the Serbian front ier into the Department of Prisrend, forcing the Serbian troops and local authorities to withdraw, according to a Reuter dispatch from Nish, Serbia. Cotton From Wilmington. Wilmington, N. C The Greek steamer Ellin sailed from this port for Tiverpool with a cargo of 5,550 bales of cotton taken on here. She arrived here from Savannah with a part cargo to complete loading. Battle at Castano. Washington. Enrique C. Llorente Washington representative of General Villa receiver advices from Piedras Negras declaring that the Villa troops had defeated the Carranza forces at Castano, 18 miles south of Monclava Food Scarce at Tampico. Washington. A report to the state department from Tampico says the food situation there is serious. The local government has imported corn from Vera Cruz and sold it to the peons at a nominal price. - WEATHER FORECAST. Movements Due and Their Local Effects For the Cotton States, ' February 21 to 2 1915. Carothers Observatory Forecast Sunday, Feb. 21; Monday, Feb. 22. The week will r open with warm weather in the South; mini ma ranging from 40 degrees along the Mason & Dixon line to 60 de grees on the coast, with maxima generally unsettled. v Tuesday, Feb.' 23 ; Wednesday, Feb. 24; Thursday, Feb. 25. A cool wave will develop in the South Tuesday, bringing minimum tem peratures around 40 degrees, but actual frosts are only expected in Eastern Cotton Belt Wednesday or Thursday. Friday, Feb. 26; Saturday, Feb. 27; Sunday, Feb. 28. General rains will immediately set in, with probably tornadic storms in parts of the South. A cool wave will overspread Western Cotton Belt Friday and the remainder of the South Saturday, with clearing weather and light frosts over the Cotton Belt, except on the imme diate coast. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. The Greek steamer Elkin has been loaded with cotton at Wilmington. Charlotte Bakeries have increased retail price of bread to six cents. Among the 27 trustees of the North Carolina University named recently 10 are new members. Danger of fire at the Bostic coal yards has now passed. Fire recently destroyed a cotton gin, 75 bales of cotton and 1,000 bushels of cotton seed at Warsaw. The Bank of Stokes at Winston Salem has recovered $1,435 of the 13,000 alleged to have been stolen by "General" A. Hill, route mail carrier, recently. A large stock barn valued at $4,000 was burned at States ville. Holdingthat the factrthat Solicitor Charles L: Abernethy did not sit down when told to do so was contempt of court, Judge Frank Carter, who is presiding over Craven County Super ior Court, placed a fi,ne of $50 on ta9 prosecuting attorney. MARKET REPORTS. Cotton, Cotton Seed and Meal Prices In the Markets of North Carolina For the Past Week. - As reported to the Division of Mar kets, North Carolina Agricultural Ex periment Station and Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. 2. II ' 1 g 33 - .6 ft mO C WO oj . r t- a - - & o i ftn o Oh m U 5 a, a- ! G 00 i MO c o Farmville ... 8c 42-45c 30.00 Jacksonville. .7-84c 40c 28.00 Kelford 7 -Tc 35-40c 26.00 Moyock 7-8 c 42c New Bern 24-30c Windsor IVi-1. 30-36c Winterville...7-7c 40-45c 30.00 South Eastern North Carolina Fayetteville...5i,4-8i4 40-45c 30.00 Maxton 7-7c 35-45c 27.00 North Central North Carolina Battleboro. . . .6 -8 c 40-42 30.00 Louisburg ... 35-40c 27.50 Raleigh ,.8 8c 42c 30.00 Scotl'd Neck.7-7c 42-44c 27.00 Smithfleld ... 8c 40-43c 28.00 Tarbono 7-8 c 40-45c 30.00 Wilson 8c 45c 30.00 North Central North Carolina Charlotte 8 -8&c 36-39c 29.00 Cleveland 32-40c Concord 8 -84c 39c 29.00 Gibson 36-46c 30.00 Monroe 8 -8o 40-43c 29.00 Newton 8c 35-40c 28.00 Mooresville 8c 30-35c 29.00 Statesville ... 8c 36c 29.00 Norfolk, Va... 8-8c 1900 2000 2000 2000 1950 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1900 1900 RETAIL PRICES OF CORN FOR THE PAST WEEK. No. 2 No. 2 Town White Yellow or Mixed Charlotte 90-95c 79-95c Elmore 1.00 Greensboro ..... 1.00 99c Maxton 1.00 Monroe 1.10 Moyock 80c New Bern 1.00 Newton 1.00 Raleigh 1.00-1.05 95-100 Scotland Neck... 95c 85-90c Smithfleld 1.00 Tarboro 1.00 Wadesboro 97c Wilson 95c-100 NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS. C. S. Campbell, Columbia, S. C, was elected presdient Southeastern Ice Exchange in session at Asheville. The business men of Henderson ville have organized a Merchants' As sociaiton. Mr. N. H. Hollowell is president. Henderson ville people credit Ex Congressman John Grant with their new $64,000 postoffice building. Farmers of Mecklenburg have form ed the Mecklenburg Live Stock Asso ciation. W. B. Newell is president. Kernodle hall at Rieds ville which has bten used for 20 years as an arm ory has been condemned. ' The National Forest Reservation Commission has purchased 35,370 acres of land in the White Mountain section for a national reserve. Dudley Hall of Rowan county is champion corn grower in this state for the year 1914. His acre produced 148.5 bushels at an aevrage cost of 9.5 cents per bushel. - Fire recently destroyed the Blanfon Roller Mil;s, two miles we3t of Shelby with a loss of $15,000. The mill wil be rebuilt. BODYOFSOLOIISDO 1H 00 MM THE LAWMAKERS ARE WADING THROUGH BILLS WITH LIT TLE DISCUSSION. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the State CQitoL. . .. ; Raleigh. The Hobgood , equal suffrage bill, under favorable minority report from committee, had something of an air ing on the floor of the senate, giving Senator Hobgood opportunity to warn his fellow senators that equal suf frage is a coming issue and that it must win in this state ultimately. He said his "house was divided against itself," but that this only went to show that in his advocacy of the bill he is tied to no ap'ronstring. When the bill came up Senator Johnson of Duplin moved to indefinite ly postpone as the house had done the duplicate bill by Roberts of Bun combe in that end of the capitol. Hob good strenuously resisted this and resented alleged efforts to cut off de bate. Johnson insisted this was not the case, and with reiterated charges by advocates of the bill, he wfthdrew his motion and made another to table the bill and give a direct expression on the measure. However, this was finally In turn withdrawn, and the bill set as a special order for Thurs day. Telephone Service is Ratified. The bill for telephone service of processes, to overcome a ruling of the supreme court last term that such service was not valid, was pass ed, but there is a qualifying amend ment to the effect that every process so served mus be endorsed as "serv ed by telephone." Exempt Tyrrell from Fisheries Bill. The senate passed the bill from the house to exempt Tyrrell county from the Vann fisheries bill of 1907, with the understanding that if the state passes a state-wide fisheries bill, it would repeal this act as to Tyrr rell's exemption. A great number of local bills were cleared from the sen ate calendar. There was a spirited debate on the bill to create a board of examiners for architects and Senator McRae and others argued strenuous ly for the bill in the face of -the charges by Senator Muse and others that, it would create a special inter est. When the vote was reached there were only 11 voting for and 12 against bill, less than a quorum. Discuss Educational Standard. The7 House took up the bill to raise the standard of educational and spe cial training for applicants for license to practice prahmacy and specifying that a person shall not be licensed to practice until he is 21 years old in stead of 18, as at present. The bill was opposed by Williams of Cabarrus a sworking a hardship on the poor young man who would be obliged to spend two years at college. Senate Bills Pass Final Reading. Correct errors in Lincoln Count, drainage law; require audits of the books of Pitt county officers and levy a special tax; provide good roads in Kenansville township, Duplin coun ty; amend the law as to the bond is sue in Mecklenburg for court house and jail; provide for working the public roads in Balden county; au thorize water works In Franklinton; amend the Rowan county drainage law; create Cane Creek Township, Mitchell county; provide special tax for county home in Alexander coun ty; amend the charter of South Mills, Camden county; amend the charter of Gibson; incorporate Oakboro, Stan ly county; amend the act authorizing bonds by the town of Hertford; allow bonds by Wilson for gas plant: pro vide for waterworks in Smithfleld and funding of the- debt of the town. Other bills passed were: Amend the charter of Asheville; provide for roads in Gates county; amend the road law of Hyde county; ratify Rowan -county drainage bonds; au thorize bonds by Asheville for float ing debt and to extend her water shed; regulate hunting in Warren county; amend tie Alleghany road law; amend the charter of Cherry ville; prevent sale of partridges in Davie county or their shipment out of the county; repeal the 1913 game law for Pearson county; appoint E. L. Teague game warden for Alexan der county. Favorable Report on Amendments. There came a favorable report from' the - coriimittee on constitutional amendments for the Laughinghouse bill to submit to the. people the ques tion of amendment to the Constitu tion changing the homestead exemp tion so as" to allow $300 for a wife and $100' for "each child involved in the estate,! instead of The present system of $1,000 exemption out of real estate and $S00 from personal property. There Came a unanimously unfavor able report" for the Stacy bill to pro hibit all work on Sunday. Making Progress on Revenue Bill. The section as to cotton compresses was left open, this being Section 49. In committee Senator Cooper has se cured a cut from $250 for state and $250 for county to $200 for state and $150 for county and Representative Stacy and others propose to put it back. There are only four in the state, two being in New Hanover. Representative Hall of Iredell tried vainly to get pharmacists out of Sec tion 31 imposing $5 tax no profes sional men, but his amendment was lost. He said there were 1,000 phar macists to be affected and many could not afford the tax,, which is an entirely new one. Sections 51 to 45 were adopted without change. Section 55 was amended to catch the soft drink deal er just without corporate limits where heretofore he dodged- taxes. Section 5 6, packing house tax, was adoptde. . StctLon.,5.7 .asto newspaper contests was left open for hearing. Sections 59 to 65 affecting automobiles for hire, malt dealers, druggists handling liquors, news dealers on -ains, dealers in patent receipts were U adopted; and also 67 to 71 in their order. Section 72 as to . automobile maufacturers was passed over to an other day. The committee arose and reported progress. Joint Session of Assembly. The members of the senate filed in at noon for the joint session to elect 27 members of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina. The session was presided over by Lieu tenant Governor Daughtridge and Capt. T. W. Mason. The list of nom inees selected by the joint committee Wednesday night and heretofore pub lished was read by Senator McLeod. The motion to adopt the nominations as the choice of the joint session for the terms of office to be filled was made by Representative Bowie and this was seconded by Senator Ward. The vote of the senate was cast 37 for the nominees by the clerk of the senate, Mr. Self, and the vote of the house, 97 votes,, by Mr. Cobb, clerk of the house. Architect's Bill Meets Opposition. There was a lively debate of the bill to create the state board of ex aminers for architects. Senator Muse made his promised argument that this would create a trust. Health work warranted such practice, for physi cians and others but there was no rea son for this making of a "close cor pororation" of the architects. Senator McRae took issue, insisting that the bill would not operate to stop any man from drawing plans for buildings but it did make it a mis demeanor for any man to represent himself as an architect when he had not passed the board and received, his license. Discuss Prohibition Bill. The joint committee from the Senate and House having in hand the bill of the State Anti-Saloon League to stop the shipment and delivery of liquors for beverage purposes heard advocates of the bill for an hour under the direction of Supt. R. L. Davis of the Anti-Saloon League, who offered a substitute for the original bill that so changed the measure proposed as to make it possible to ship wines out of this State and prevent only those ship ments and receipts of liquors involved in interstate shipments. After the hearing the joint com mittee went into executive session and decided to have the bill and sub stitute with amendments printed and set the bills for further executive ses sion consideration next week. Giles Bill Finally Passes Senate. The Senate finally disposed of the Giles bill for the uniform examina tion and certification of public school teachers, passing the measure without material amendment 29 to 13. Sen ator McRae of Mecklenburg contend ed courageously and adroitly for the exemption of ' the Charlotte schools from the operation of the bill, but his amendment to exempt cities of 30,000 was defeated 37 to 8 along with num erous other amendments designed to exempt smaller towns, down even to those with 2,000. It was this move for wholesome exemption of towns that cost Senator McRae his fight. Aid of Forests of State. Two bills affecting the forests of the state received favorable reports, one of these allowing the state to purchase forest areas and the other to protect the forests of the state from the ravages of fire. Many House Bills Pass Final Reading Create certain road districts in Swain county; authorize road and bridge bonds in Madison county; per mit special tax in Transylvania coun ty; establish Mount Olive road dis trict; authorize fronds by Swain Quar ter; incorporate Durham and repeal all amendments to charter; for the relief of the sheriff and tax collector in Lincoln county ; abolish the treas urer's office in Davidson county; elect auditor for Forsyth county; allow full fees in Forsyth where defendants are sent to the roads. Another important bill was offered by Senator McNider to eradicate hog cholera and regulate distribution of virus. Prepare Machinery Act For House. The joint Finance Committee be gan the work of preparing .the ma chinery act as a commpanion measure for the reevnue bill that was intro duced in the house. There is special effort at the very beginning of this work tc settle the question of the scale on which the reassessment of property for taxation wiU bo MDNfflONAL SOI LESSON By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of Sunday School Course Moody Bible In stitute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 21 THE DEATH OF ELI AND HIS SONS. LESSON TEXT-I Samuel 4:1-13, 18. GOLDEN TEXT Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. James 1:22 R. V. The Philistines in the days of Ell overran Israel pretty much at will. AU.JsraeL.'AJod's. people, soon knew that God was speaking through this new prophet I. No Help at Ebenezer, vv. 1, 2. Eb enezer was that place where Samuel later set up the stones of commemo ration (I Samuel 7:12). Here the ag gressive Philistines overcame and put to rout' the Israelites. Israel had sinned and needed correction (chapter 7:3; Ps. 106:40, 41). When God's peo ple neglect him they weaken them selves and easily become the prey of their enemies. Full often the church of today stands defeated and dis graced, nay even turns its back to the enemy, because it harbors sin and sinners in its ranks (Josh. 7:12). II. Seeking Help, vv. 3-9. If Israel really desired to know, the cause of their discomfiture they did not need to go far to seek it. The trouble was that they were not willing to see and owns it (L Cor. 11:31). The reasoning upon the part of these elders seems to be, "Why have we, Israelites, been smitten by these Philistines who are not God's' chosen people?" It was absurd and unjust for them to have to suffer. We hear this same sort of reasoning today, whereas God would have us probe deeper and search our hearts, for if we regard iniquity in our hearts the Lord will not hear us. At Shiloh, Eli is caring for the ark, and with the fatalism and superstition that will govern the ungodly, Israel sends for it "that it may save us" (v. 3). The ark contained the tables of the law and was the symbol of the presence of God (Ex. 25:10-22). Their trust was in the ark and not In the God of the ark. Such is ever the dan ger of formalism in religion. To carry the ark about Jericho trusting in Je hovah, was quite different from har boring the sons of Eli, yet thinking that God could not let the ark be captured. The churches of our land are the saving salt, but "if the salt hath lost its savour," if Hophni and Phinehas bear the ark, nothing but defeat and disgrace can be expected, though the enemy may tremble (v. 8). The Philistines were strong enough to smite because of the weakness of Israel. They recognized the shouts and remembered the mighty deeds oi Jehovah, which exploits would have been repeated had Israel truly turned to God. There was good reason for the Philistines to fear. But God was not on the side of Israel at that time The Philistines began to exhort them selves. Their call (v. 9) was a good one and was used later by Paul (1 Cor. 16:13)- For them not to do anything was to be captured by their former slaves. If they fought, they could but die. III. The Lost Battle, vv. 10-11. God would not succor his chosen people, nor defend the symbols of religion when the spirit and heart of that re ligion had departed (Ps. 78:56-64). The two reprobate sons of Eli were slain as a punishment for '.their sins and in fullfillment of the word of God (chapter 2:12; 3:13, 14). Their pun ishment came in connection with the same holy service they had defiled. IV. The Death of Ell, w. 12-18. Ths aged Eli, now ninety-eight years old, was anxiously awaiting news of the battle, "for his heart trembled for the ark of God." This anxiety was quite unnecessary (v. 13). God can take care of his ark. Eli had reason, how ever, to tremble for Israel and his wicked sons. He is an illustration of. those indulgent parents who refuse to use discipline in the care of their children. The ark did not return to Shiloh. After its various vicissitudes It found an abiding place in the house' of Abin adab, whose son Eleazar was sancti fied to take charge of it. Later It was taken to Jerusalem, and in the meantime Shiloh passed Into oblivion. The Golden Text. That we learn to do by doing is a fundamental prin ciple in pedagogy. Mere human words do not change character. Youth does not acquire purity of character by listening to beautiful statements about the virtues. Religion is not a last re source. It must be practiced in youth if it is to give .strength, courage and comfort in old ago It is not a matter of creed and formula but a life; It Is not a convenience but a course of action that governs all of life. It is not the turning in life's testing times, to those forms from which all life has departed. Parents today seem to be lax in discipline. Too often it is the child that brings up the parent We need to accustom the child to virtue and obedience, to teach him truth while at the knee, that when "he is old he may not depart" therefrom. While some children of good parents go astray yet this is not the rule. A true Christian atmosphere and spirit of service in the home, the Sunday school and the church are the great est possible safeguards for the young.
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