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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 - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXVII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MARCH 10, 1915. NO. 31. i t ii a i i it u irm in eiii hi lit if i PORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This, and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH i What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. European War Very little change is noted in the European war situation, excepting the Russians are credited with being on the offensive all along the Polish and Austrian borders. It is reported from London that England will lift the embargo on cot ton as contraband. According to reports from Athens Greece is contemplating to aid the al lies in the attack on Constantinople and the forcing of the Dardanelles, which is being rigorously continued by the Anglo-Finch fleet. The Russians have been repulsed in a number of places along the Aus trian border, and the German troops have been beaten back in Poland. England refuses to concede the rights of neutral powers on the high seas in her retaliatory measure against Germany. Tako Jonescu, Roumanian minister of the interior, has announced in Bucharest that a formal agreement has just been concluded between his county and the triple entente by which Roumania is bound to enter the war in the near future! Bucharest dis patches declare preparations are be ing made to call all classes of reserves for the army, which it is expected will move on Turkey. It is announced in Paris that an agreement has been reached between England and France on one side and Russia on the other regarding the future status of the Dardanelles, which will give Russia free passage of the straits, over which the other two nations wjll claim control. This is the important step and crux of the whole European war situation and was the underlying cause of the en tire conflict, yrecipitated some six years ago during the first Bulgarian outbreak against the Turks in 1908. Russia's eye has always been on the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles and has always been held in check by Na poleon, by Bismarck, by England, France and Germany, and by England and France together in the Crimean war. English and French troops have been landed from the Anglo-French fleet, which is forcing its way up the straits. Several more Turkish forts have been demolished and . the Mos lem troops are hastily giving way be fore the allied invaders. The American steamer Dacia, re cently purchased from its German owners, has been captured by a French warship and taken to Brest, where an investigation will be held, regarding the nationality of the boat. The Dacia sailed from Galveston in January expecting at the time it would be seized. Foreign William Graves Sharp, American ambassador to France, has begun the promulgation of the peace treaties between the United States and France which were negotiated by Secretary of State Bryan last year and which met with cordial response by President Poincare and the French people. This treaty was the nucleus of the secre tary's plan for peace treaties between twenty nations which was started be fore the outbreak of the present Eu ropean crisis. It is believed fcy Pres ident Poincare and Ambassador Sharp that the Bryan peace plan will soon meet with the consideration of all the nations which first agreed to take part. Representatives of Holland and the three Scandinavian nations in Par is are assisting the American ambas sador in his promulgation of the proj ect. A large delegation of Americans and Parisians headed by Ambassador Sharp of the United States and Pres ident Poincare of France, paid a great tribute to George Washington and held a patriotic demonstration and pa rade in Paris, which closed with Am bassador Sharp, placing a wreath at the foot of the Washington statue in Paris. The wreath was tied with the American stars and stripes and the French tri-colors. Germany is reported to have favor ed President Wilson's vigorous note regarding the English water war zone declaration and the admiralty office in Berlin will send word that the kaiser is willing to life the ban provided Eng land will cease the contraband on foodstuffs. England's attitude is coubtful, but it is believed she will obstinately maintain her present posi tion. The steamer Dacia, recently pur chased by Edward N. Breitung from its German owners and captured on 1he high seas by a French warship and taken to Brest, has been stripped of the American colors and the American rew shipped back to New York. The Irench foreign office, however, has not been officially apprised of this act. Queen Wilhelmina has informed Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American ambassa-. oor to Holland, that her nation will continue its present course of neu trality, but that she will stoutly main tain her rights on the high seas. Mexico again takes the center of the stage so far as commanding the world's interest. Residents of the Mexican capital entertain grave fears of starvation and the city is being pil laged.. Some of the foreign embassies have v proposed an expeditiqn against the revolotionists. General , Cararnza has publicly stated foreign interfer ence is unnecessary and will not be tolerated. He has received a caution from American Consul Silliman reprt senting President Wilson. . The condition of Sarah Bernhardt, who suffered a relapse after her recent operation, is now said to be improved. The Democratic party of Portugal in session in Lisbon denounced the Portuguese president, who is one of their party leaders, as an outlaw and his administration officials as a band of public brigands. Washington President Wilson has abandoned his trip to San Francisco to attend the Panama-Pacific exposition, at least for the present, on account of the Eu; ropean war situation. He says he feels' it his duty to remain in Washing ton on. the job during the grave crisis in international affairs. The .presi dent's determination has been highly praised as an act of much patriotism. Vice President Marshall has accepted the president's invitation to go to San Francisco to be the chief executive's personal representative at the exposi tion. ' Senator Gore of Oklahoma, the first chairman of the new federal rural credits commission, has announced the other members, who comprise Sen ator Hoke Smith of Georgia, Senator Owen of Oklahoma (Dem.),. Senator Hollis of New Hampshire (Dem.),: Sen ator Nelson of Minnesota (Rep.), Con gressman Lever of South Carolina (Dem.), Congressman Moss of India na (Dem.), Congressman Hawley of Oregon (Rep.), Congressman Glass of Virginia (Dem.), Congressman Phelan of Massachusetts (Dem.), and Con gressman Hay of Virginia (Dem.). Congressman Joseph T. Johnston of Spartanburg, S. C, has been appoint ed by President Wilson as federal judge of the new United States bench in South Carolina created by the last congress. The Sixty-third congress, perhaps the greatest and most eventuful con gress since the adoption of the Amer ican Constitution, came to a close on Thursday noon, March 4. President Wilson has been voted the power to preserve the neutrality of the United States and the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine in the absence of congress being in session by a joint congressional resolution introduced by Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. President Wilson and his cabinet held a prolonged , conference in discussion of the English blockade of Germany. The president declared England was openly and defiantly in terfering with the rights of the Unit ed States on the high seas and that it must be stopped. The situation be tween the nations is graver today than ever before. President Wilson has signed the pensions appropriation bill which calls for $164,000,000. The rural credits reform legisla tion, which was one of the Baltimore' platform pledges, has been redeemed by the Wilson administration just be fore the adjournment of the present congress. The house passed the farm loan law by a vote of 237 to 89 votes. The amendment offered by Senator McCumber of North Dakota in the up per house was. voted down in the low er branch and the Bulkley-Hollis plan was adopted as originally intended. In addition to the tariff, currency, ship tolls and other great measures put through by the Wilson administration, this is one of the important bits of legislation that will make the pres ent term memorable. Congress has passed an act incorpo rating the Ellen Axson Wilson Memo rial Home Association for the District of Columbia, which is the permanent memorial to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and will be in the nature of dwelling houses for families in the tenement districts of the Capital City. Domestic The lower house of the Oklahoma legislature at Oklahoma City has im peached two state officials, State Cor poration Commissioner Watson and Insurance Commissioner Welch on charges of accepting money from rail road officials, riding on free transpor tation and charging mileage and ex pense accounts to the state. The two officials will now be tried by the state senate. , The minstrel comedian, known as "Honey Boy" Evans, died just as the curtain fell on a performance at Bir mingham, Ala. . v Over one hundred and sixty-five men were entombed in a West Virginia coal mine by a mine explosion at Hin ton, W. Va. ' President Wilson has ordered a probe of the alleged passport frauds, which have grown out of the Stegler incident. Another Pittsburg millionaire springs into the divorce court lime light in the person of Edward B. Al sop, one of the steel magnates, 80 years old, who seeks separation from his youthful Southern wife, Mrs. Effie Pope Alsop, aged 23, formerly a Geor gia girl. Desertion is the plaintiff's charge. The case has : caused wide spread gossip in Pittsburg social cir cles. . . ' The Mississippi Supreme court has upheld the constitutionality of a law recently passed by the legislature barring the use of whiskey in all so cial clubs. . WILL IKE CLEAR NEEO FOR MARINE McADOO EXPECTS PAN-AMERICAN FINANCIAL CONFERENCE TO DO THIS. MAY 10 DATE OF MEETING Bankers of Central and South Ameri-' ca Will Meet Financiers and Offi- -rials at Washington. Washington. President Wilson has selected Monday, May 10, as the date for the Pan-American financial con ference here; at which the Ministers of Finance and leading bankers of Central and South American countries will meet financiers and treasury offi cials of the United States to discuss the establishment of more satisfactory financial and commercial relations be tween the Nations of the Western Hemisphere. In a statement announcing the date Secretary McAdoo said all the foreign Governments had responded fovorably when approached informally regarding the conference and "that formal invi tations would be sent them imme diately. Congress authorized the conference and appropriated $50,000 for expenses. '.'The Secretary of the Treasury," said Mr. McAdoo, 'is given authority to invite, in his discretion, represen tative American bankers to partici pate in the conference. This discre tion will be exercised so -as to secure the attendance of as large a number as practicable of our representative financiers in order that a thorough and comprehensive discussion may be had of existing financial conditions throughout the Western Hemisphere and of the measures that should be adopted to strengthen financial and trade relations between the United States and our Central and South American neighbors. A suitable pro gram will be carefully studied and announced in due time. MEDICAL BOARD ORGANIZED. Rockefeller Foundation Undertakes Improvement of China. New York. The Rockefeller Foun dation announced that it had decided to undertake a comprehensive plan for the improvement of medical and hospital conditions in China. For this purpose the foundation has established "the Cchina Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foundation," and plans first to develop medical educa tion in China. This will include aid for the two or more medical schools in China; the strengthening of the staffs of the mission and other his pitals; assistance in the establishment of two modern tuberculosis hospitals, and the establishment of six scholar ships to enable Chinese graduates in medicine to prosecute further studies abroad, and of five scholarships to enable Chinese nurses to obtain train ing in this country. Mad Georgian Kills Six. Brunswick, Ga. Armed with an automatic shotgun, Monroe Phillips,-a real estate and timber dealer ran amuck in the business district here, killed six citizens, wounded 32 and was himself shot dead. Of the wound ed Gunner Tolnas, a bank collector, probably will die. The dead are: Harry F. Dunwoody, prominent at torney. , William M. Hackett, undertaker. R. M. Deaver, policeman. . ' George W. As bell,' mot orman. Earnest McDonald. Monroe Phillips, real estate and tim ber dear. Bern hard t's Condition Good. Bordeaux, via Paris. A bulletin by : Dr. Denuce, attending Mme. Sarah. Bernhardt, whose' right leg was ampu tated recently, says Mme. Bern hardt's condition continues satisfac torily. ' Portugese Minister Resigns. Paris. A Havas dispatch from Lis bon says the Portuguese minister of finance has resigned and that the min ister of foreign affairs has taken over his department. Horne A Federal Prisoner. Machias .Maine. -Werner Horn, the German reservist, who attempted to Wow up an international briflge at Vanceboro early last month and as serted that he did so as "an act of war" against Great Britain, has be come a Federal prisoner. He will bs taken to Bangor tomorrow for arraign ment on indictments charging illegal transportation of explosives. Horn finished a sentence of 30 days in jail here on account of property damage caused in Vanceboro by the -explosion. 781,000 Prisoners in Germany. Berlin. By wireless to Sayville. Items given out the Overseas News agency included: "Members of the Prussian Diet who have been visiting prison camps have received informa jtion that at present there are 781,000 war prisoners interned, in Germany an increase since the end of 1914 of more than 200,000. The newspapers continue to devote their attention to the bombardment of the' Dardanelles. The latest reports from Constantino ple say no damage has been done and that shooting is from a lodger range." LAND SEGRAGAT10N BILL VOTED DOWN AMENDED ANTI-JUG BILL HAS EASY SAILING THROUGH SEN ATE. MANY BILLS PAS8. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings - and Happenings That . Mark ths Progress of North Carolina Peo pio Gathered Around the State ; Caoitoi. Raleigh. The senate listened for half an hour ;o arguments by Senator Majette and others on the Majette bill for a consti tutional amendment to allow a system of rural land segregation between the races, as endorsed by the State Far mers' Union, and then voted 17 to 15 against the bill on second reading, killing, the bill for the session. The vote was first postponed and then Mr. Majette urged reconsidera tion of this with the fatal result for his bill. ' The senate passed without opposi tion the bill agreed upon by the joint conference committee as a substitute for the anti-jug bill that the senate had amended to require a referendum and the measure went to the house, where its passage is assured. This means that prohibition legislation is terminating in. a bill that will limit deliveries of "spirituous liqours" to one quart within 15 days to one per son and not over five gallons of malt liquors with not over 5 per cent alco hol" within a 15-day period when the bill had been passed without amend .ment. Senator White, who had offered much the same bill early in the con test over the original bill in the sen ate, took occasion to especially thank Senator Gilliam and Senator Nash for their support of the substitute bill in -he conference committee and on the floor of the senate. Both had oppos ed the original bill and worked for the referendum amendment that finally worked its defeat through the senate amendment.' ' House and Senate Very Busy. There was favorable report from committee for the Darden bill to al low commissioners of counties to pay $10 reward for information to convict blind tigers -and blockaders. Doctor Carr pleaded for a bill for inspection of hospitals, convents, re formatories and the like, and it was passed with an amendment fixing it on his county of Duplin only on motion of Representative Vann; Rep resentative Hutchison's bill to amend the law as to bills-of-lading as evi dence; require telephone companies to render statements. The House concurred In the Sen ate substitute for the bill amending he pharmacy law and the amend ment to the bill to give peanut pick ers a lien on peanuts picked. The Senate passed the bill to in crease the fees of solicitors on a scale of running to $25 instead of $20, it being estimated that the bill will give an increase of about 30 per cent in the revenue of these officers. There were numbers of amendments offered and voted down, notably one by Mc Leod to strike out,, his senatorial dis trict and, failing in this, to exempt Robeson county. An amendment by Senator Muse requiring reports of ex penses of solicitors, was adopted and this immediately concurred in by the House. The Senate passed with only one dissenting vote the Gilliam bill to amend the Constitution so as to re strict local and special legislation. It is a duplicate of that amendment lost at the last election and will now be submitted, if the House concurs. The Senate passed the bill to re quire railroad employes in shops to be paid off semi-monthly. Senator Gardner got up his bill to amend the law as to hours of labor in millsand remedying defects in the present 'law, -fixing 60 hours and re quiring better machinery as to child labor regulations as approved by the Committee on Manufacturers and this passed is second reading after an ex planation by Senator Gardner. . Senate Considers Machinery Bill. t The senate spent some time con sidering the machinery bill and voted down a substitute embodying the 1913 machinery act offered by Sena tor Muse because he opposed the tax assessment feature of the new bill with its county assessor feature with, as he charged, tax assessments as to sheriff settlements, and listing town property in May, and all were ac cepted and the bill passed in final reading to go back to the house for concurrence. Education Bill in House. The house took up the omnibus edu cation bill prepared by the committee to generally amendthe public school laws and more particularly empower ing the board of education of any county to raise the age limit for com pulsory school attendance to 14 years. The provisions of the bill were ex- plained by Chairman Mintz of the committee on education. There was considerable discussion and then the bill was referred to the committee on appropriations. Senate Bills Become Law. 1 Bills passed Included: Omnibus jus tice of the. peace bill; amend the law as. to mortgages and torts; amend the library commission act; amend the re visal as to the oyster industry; au thorize the governor and commission er of Agriculture to regulate com merce so as to prevent spread of foot- and-mouth disease among cattle; amend the . law as to regulating se curity selling companies; protect and regulate agricultural fairs; authorize depositions in recorder's courts for de fendants; amend the form of marri age "licenses so as to show divorce when obtained and grounds, in mar riage of divorced persons. Pass Bachelor Tax Bill. In spite of the terribly ' congested calendar and great flood of work, the house took time for a bit of horse play in passing a facetious bill 'cred ited to Benton of Columbus imposing a tax of $2 on bachelors for support of the home for fallen women, with an amendment by Mickle of Forsyth providing a fine of $1 to 2 on all mar ried men who stay out after 10 o'clock at night, this to benefit the fund for woman suffrage.- It passed applicable to Columbus county only. Change Name of State School. A bill passed to change the name of state School for Feebleminded to "Caswell Training- School," as did bills to prevent trial of prisoners in prison uniforms and - shaven heads ; perfect details for electing United States senators by the people; pro vide rural police in Columbus county. Carter-Abernehy Investigation. The joint resolution from the House enlarging the powers from the special committee of the House to investigate the Carter-Abernehy contempt case and charges of immorality against Judge Carter was laid before the Sen ate and passed without a dissenting vote. This is the resolution that pro vides for the expenses of the inves tigation through providing stenogra phers counsel, witness fees and mile age and any 'and all other expenses that may be incurred in the investi gation. The resolution was ordered enrolled for ratification. Seek Federal Cooperation. The House passed a resolution on motion of Senator Gardner looking to the acceptance of the co-operation terms of. the Federal Government in the farm demonstration work under the Smith-Weaver bill for which the Senate has just passed the bill appro priating $11,000 to be expended by the State in this woTk. ML Mitchell Appropriation Passed. The House passed the' bill from the Senate to appropriate $20,000 for the purchase of the top of Mount Mitchell and preserve this original forest and most valuable watershed as public park for the people of the State. It is the Weaver bill that has already passed the Senate. No Appropriation For Home. The House Committee on Appro priations reported unfavorably the McRae bill for $25,000 to establish a home for fallen women, a measure that had already passed the Senate. The joint committee on appropriation? reported favorably by one vote majo ity a bill to increase the pensions of the several classes of Confederate pensioners. Regulate Importation of Cattle. The Senate took up "the bill of Sen ator Miller to authorize the Governor and Commissioner of Agriculture to stop or regulate the importation of feedstuff s and cattle into the state at their discretion and passed it with little discussion, the purpose being to be in position to take prompt and ef fective steps to prevent or stay in vasion of the foot-and-mouth disease which has recently appeared in Vir ginia. Fish Commission Bill Passed. , The state-wide fish commission bill completed its running of the gauntlet being passed by the House by a vote ofi 53 to 51 after an especially spidited final argument ,then had its amend ments concurred in by the Senate and order made, for its" enrollment for rati fication. Woman Reformatory Bill Passes. The McRae bill to establish a re formatory for fallen women was pass ed by the senate. Bynum Divorce Bill Killed. The House reopened the matter of the passage of the Bynum bill for allowing absolute divorce after five years separation where some one of the statutory cases is involved and killed the bill by a vote of 50 to 42. The calendars In both houses are terribly congested and committees are reporting great numbers of additional bills at the opening hour of every session in preparation for - the fianl deluge that can but characterize the last hours of the session. Senate Bills Pass Final Reading. Amend the charter of Bestic; pro vide bonds for Woodland school dis trict, Northampton county; improve roads of Wake county and employ road engineers;" establish boundaries of Waco Graded School district, Cleve land county; encourage, reclamation of swamp lands; authorize New Hanover county to issue bonds for free ferry and build causeway across Eagle Is land; authorize special hospital tax in Henderson county; amend the Smith field township road law; amend the charter of Lenoir. PiSGAH OR EST ROAD TD PUBLIC FIRST OFFICIAL ORDER OF FOR ESTER REGARDING NEW NA TIONAL PARK. SCENERY IS MAGNIFICENT Wonderful Road Was Built by George W. VWIerbjlt Without Regard of Time or Money. ' -. . Asheville. The first official order of the forestry services affecting the recently purchased tract of 87,600 acres of the Vanderbilt timber lands at Pisgah Forest was made a few days ago by the forester In charge when it was ordered that the road to the top of Pisgah be thrown open to the public and that -vehicles, be allowed to ascend the mountains from 9 to 1 o'clock, making the descent from 3 to 6. ' Heretofore passes have been neces sary to obtain a trip over the excel lent mountain highway of unusual beauty; but in the future all persons who desire to make the trip will be allowed to do so with the understand ing that they drive at a moderate rate of speed. The road was constructed by the late George W. Vanderbilt at great expense, the creator of Biltmore or dering that a highway be built .from his mansion to the lodge at the sum mit of the mountains without regard for time or money. The road was In the course of construction for several years and has been pronounced by ex perts as jone of the best mountain highways in the world. The highway, opened to the public, promises to prove one of western North Carolina's biggest attractions, going through the very heart- of the finest stand of timber in the United States the property on which Gifford Pinchot inaugurated scientific meth ods of forestry. Wooten's Will , Was Brief. KInston. Exactly three years be fore the date of his funeral, on Feb; ruary 28, 1912, to be exact, the late Emmett R. Wooten, speaker of the house of representatives, made his will. The document is one of the briefest on record, contains only about 85 words in holograph and was writ ten on a memoranda sheet bearing the business heading of an insurance company. The will was found among his . pa pers, and names his widow, Mrs Nannie C. Wooten, as the executrix;. She is the sole beneficiary. Mr. Wooten was the owne of consider able personal property, and real es tate, although he was not excessively wealthy. Clerk of the -Court Heath turned over the letters to Jklrs. Woot en as executrix. ; Wiping Out Hog Cholera. Scotland Neck. It is now pretty certain that the heretofore dreadful disease, hog cholera; that has ' killed thousands of pounds of meat in this section, will be almost, if. not quite eliminated. The local live stock agent, N. B. Stevens, says he has in oculated' 2,022 hogs since coming here a little more than a' month ago, and from the reports received the percent age of deaths from the disease has been very materially decreased there being less than a dozen deaths among the hogs treated and in many herds, there were well-developed cases of cholera. Cleveland Drainage Costs Less. Shelby One of the few instances in which public work is carried on at a less expense than 'was anticipat ed is in the draining of Buffalo Creek and its 'tributaries. The district was formed about two years ago and a bond Issue of $108,000 voted. The drainage commissioners have been faithfully working on the reclamation of the land with two big dredge boats for a little over a year. Chairman A. H. Cline says the :wprk will be com pleted in two months and there will be left something like $25,000 in the treasury which will go to paying the interest on the bonds; -t. . Buncombe Has Big Corn Club. Asheville. That a call will soon be issued for the first meeting of the youthful corn growers of Buncombe county who have joined the Boys Corn Club was announced by the agri cultural committee. The meeting will be held sometime during the latter part of the present month or early in April and at this gathering the boys will meet with Demonstrator E D. Weaver and make plans for the cam paign of the coming year looking to the production of the maximum yield per acre at a minimum cost. Will Have Suffrage League. Wilmington. Preliminary arrange ments for the' formation of a Wo man's Suffrage League in Wilmington were made at a meeting of a number of prominent women, both married and. single, at the home of Miss Elsie Kidder, on South Third street. The meeting was well attended and the greatest interest was shown in the movement. ' Those who have signified, their, purpose ; of , uniting with the movement are among the most prom inent women of the city, leaders In the social life of the community. NOW OPEN toHMnONAL SllMSOIOOL LE550W (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of Sunday School Course, Moody Bible In stitute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR MARCH 14 SAUL. GAINS HIS KINGDOM. LESSON TEXT I SamueL chapter 1L GOLDEN TEXT He that is slow to an ger is better than the mighty; and he that .ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. Prov. 16:32. In order to repay Israel's victtty un der Jepthah, Nahash the Ammonite de manded the right eye of those besieged in Jabesh in Gilead, knowing that the left eye would be hid by their shlolds and they would thus be incapable of warfare. For Israel to make any cov enant with the Ammonites was con trary to God's commands (Ex. 23:32; Deut. 23:3). I. The Cry of Jabesh, vv. 1-3. This event probably occurred about a month after the previous lesson. 'It was a proud, haughty demand made of thene Israelites. Exhausted and hopelees, they had offered to become servants in order to live. So today we frequent ly find men wil'Ing to compromise with the world and the devil, who only hold them in derision and contemot (v. 2). Compromising Christians ae always blind leade r of the blind (Matt 15:14; 6:22). Tho demand of Nahaeh would also bring reproach upon Israel, yet this same king afterwards showed kindness to David (II Samuel 10:2). History records that Emperor Ba3il II actually sent an army of 14,850 sightless men bacX to the king of Bul garia, who died of grief and horror. : II. The Conquest of Ammon, vv. 4 11. Nahash granted the request for a seven days' respite. Here was Saul's opportunity wrongs to be righted and people to be saved. Saul had held his peace since being anointed by Samuel, employing his time in everyday toil and duties (v. 5), for the messengers did not find Saul at home idle. The tidings of this insult were told to the people who lifted up their voices and wept. (v. 4). The news of this threat ened calamity reached Saul's ears and his conduct effectually put to silence those "worthless fellows" who de spised him and had brought no pres ents at his anointing (10:27). Instead of tears Saul is moved to deeds. Like Cincinnatus and Israel Putnam, he left the plow to take up the sword. Saul did not, in his own strength, under take to relieve Jabesh, for "the Spirit of God came upon him" (v. 6; see also Judges 3:10; 11:29; 13:25; Luke 24: 49; Acts 10:38). This moved Saul to anger, not alone at such an evidence of cruelty, but more at the contempt Nahash had for GoI and his people. Saul associated himself with Samuel, the man of God, and summoned the na tion of Israel to his side. The Holy Spirit gave Saul clear as surance of a call from God, and he re sponded with unquestioned faitfi (Rom. 8:31). The people responded with great rapidity, for the fear of God came upon them also. We have the good news of a better deliverance from a more subtle foe to proclaim in the present age. They all resorted to Bezek, west of the Jordan. The messengers returned bearing a mes sage having two meanings (v. 10), and that helped to keep Nahash ignorant of Saul's -actions on the other side of the river. Dividing his army ito com panies Saul attacked the enemy "in the morning watch," and completely overwhelmed them and put them to rout. As the Ammonites had refused to show any mercy, they in turn wer judged unworthy of mercy (v. 11, sen also James 2:13; Matt. 7:2). III. The Crowning of Saul, w. 12-15. Saul's victory so Impressed the peopH that they demanded to know of Sam uel who it was that had refused him as king, desiring to put them to death. Saul showed his wisdom by not per mitting such a course of action. Many today refuse God's divinely appointed king who will yet be glad to acknowl edge him (Luke 19:27; Phil. 2:10). In the nest place Saul did not claim credit for . the victory for, said he, "The ,Lord hath wrought deliverance In Israel" (v. 13 R. V.). All real vic tories come from God (Ps. 44:4-8; I Cor. 15:10). This was the true king ly spirit Saul reaped the reward of his humility, his forbearance, cour age and activity In the loyalty and pride of the people. Samuel gladly shared In the success of Saul and led the people to Gilgal for the crowning ceremony. This was the place where Israel had first encamped under the leadership of Joshua and where the twelve stones from the river had been set up as a testimony to God's real pesence and deliverance. Saul had natural and physical char acteristics calculated to make him a great and useful king self-restraint, modesty, military Invention and a ca pacity for leadership. He was shrewd, patient and gener ous. He thus stood on the threshold of his kingdom with the possibilities of 'untold usefulness and blessing. We are , "kings and priests unto God." He has ushered us into hi3 kingdom. Power, usefulness, influ ence, helpfulness, victory ove sin are before us. "Napoleon said that his nobility dated from Arcole and Maren go. May ours date from the victories of love over the evil within us and in the world." "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" (I John 5:4).
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