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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 VOL. XXXVII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, APRIL 14, 1915. NO. 36. Contracts will be made. (3 M M IM " ' '"'.''' '' " ' '" ' ' ' ' ' " ' " ' '"" ' 1 III II II HI I II II II .-I. I I. ... ... Ml . , I. .., , , . ,, ..I, - I, II. I.. I., I IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. ' THE NEWS OTTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In the South land Will Be' Found in Brief Paragraphs. European War Greece is said- to be in the same position of Italy. The king and cabi net are opposed to hostilities and the populace is eager to fight. The Italian populace is clamoring for war, it is said. The cabinet is waiting to learn what will be Aus tria's decision regarding peace before taking any definite step. Reports from London and Paris state that all the belligerents, both Germany and the allies, fear that Aus tria may sue for a separate peace on account of the recent Russian suc cesses iri the Carpathians, which they say now gives the Muscovites the complete command to the Hungarian plains. The German-Austrian line in the east is reported to be gradually weak ening before the advance of the Rus sian Cossacks. German submarines are reported to have sunk several neutral vessels, in cluding Argentine and Norwegian harks. , . The liquor ban has been placed in the armies of all the , belligerents. Decrees have been issued by Emper or "William, Emperor Nicholas, King George, Emperor Franz Josef and President Poincarel British and Russian reports declare the Teutonic dams in Austria are giv ing way to the horde of Muscovite forces sweeping down upon the Hun garian plains through the Carpathian passes. Italy is said to be prepared to strike at Austria, although the German am bassador at Rome is doing1 all he can to urge the Italian government to keep out of the war. The Bulgarian raiders who have been committing depredations in Ser bia have made several invading ex cursions across the Greek border. The Athens government is concerned over this incident, and it is believed both Servians and Greeks will take the mat ter up in a way that may result seri ously to King Ferdinand. A German submarine is reported to have sunk the Italian steamer Luigi Parodi, which sailed from Baltimore recently for Naples. Parties in Austria and Turkey have expressed their desire for peace and as being weary of so much war. Tur key has been at war continually since the autumn of 1911 and has lost in every campaign. Servia is again greatly exercised over the Bulgarian situation owing to a raid made within her borders by Bulgarian forces in which much life and property were destroyed. Fifty three Servian officers were wounded in the encounter ' when driving the neighboring enemies back into their own territory. This is the fifth at tack of its kind since the outbreak of the European war. An official note has been sent by King Peter to King Ferdinand asking for indemnity and punishment of the invaders. The French report the capture of the summit of "Mt. Hartmanns-Weiler-kopf by French troops from the Ger mans. The German defeat was mark ed by a bloody battle in which the French claim to have outgeneraled the enemy in every point. The Russians claim to be rapidly pushing on through Galicia through the Beskid mountains and breaking the Austrian line in several places. Domestic . The building contractors of Chica go have declared a lockout against every union which allows its wage agreement with the employers to lapse. It is feared by the incoming city administration, headed by Mayor- elect Thompson, second Republican since 1892, that a general labor strike will ensue and bring the new city gov ernment in under embarrassing condi tions. ; . Gen. Victoriano Huerta, former die tator of Mexico, who attempted to make himself perpetual president of the southern republic on assassination of President Madero and later driven from power by President Wilson, is ex pected to land within a few days at New York, where he will be met by a number of his followers now exiles in United States. Spanish advices state Huerta intends to plan another revolution in Mexico and oppose both the Carranza and Villa-Zapata forces Govern sr Rye of Tennessee has been publicly charged by a Chattanooga cit izen of playing politics since he en- ?red office in January. Swine in Old London. We hear much today of the dangers of the London streets.but we are spared some of the perils of an ear lier age, says- the London Chronicle The recently published Calendar of Coroners' Rolls for the City tells how the many swine wandering about the streets were once London's greatest nuisances. In 1322 in inquest was held on a child who Avas attacked in Iht cradle by a pig which had wan dered in through the open door of her parents' shop." And a little earlier The New York Safety First Feder ation has refused to condemn the jit ney bus as dangerous and declares such action would be merely uphold ing the electric public service corpora tions. . The battleship Georgia, which has been doing duty at Vera Cruz has been relieved by the gunboat Wheel ing. The Georgia will rejoin the At lantic fleet. 1 Accountants state they have found a discrepancy of between $16,000 and $20,000 in the accounts of former Congressman James H. Cassidy of Cleveland as receiver of the Pittsburg Coal company. Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terer Haute, Ind., arrested in January, with eighty-nine others on the charge of defrauding the November elections. has been found guilty in federal court in Indianapolis. Mayor Roberts is credited with being the Democratic boss of southern Indiana and an aspi rant for governor in 1916. The charg es were preferred by the Democratic state and federal officials at Indian apolis. Roberts avers that the whole thing is but a scheme to ruin his po litical chances. . Chicago, considered one of the strongest Democratic strongholds of the country, was swept by the Repub licans in the municipal election. Hen ry Hale Thompson was elected mayor over Robert M. Sweitzer, Democrat, by the surprising plurality of 130,000. It is said, the support of Mayor Car ter H. Harrison, defeated for the Dem ocratic mayoralty nomination by Sweitzer, went to Thompson. The time for the Prinz Eitel in New- port News harbor has expired and the vessel still remains in American waters. It is now believed she ex pects to intern. Washington 1 Secretary of State Bryan has re fused to issue a passport to Jack Johnson, the ex-champion pugilist, for his traveling abroad. Secretary Bry an says the Stars and Stripes cannot lend any protection to any man evad ing his country or who stands indict ed on a criminal charge. In a public statement issued from the residence of the secretary of state. Secretary Bryan said he intended to urge the Democratic party to fight the liquor traffic and make the prohibition question an issue of the 1916 cam paign. Statistical reports made to Presi dent Wilson and Secretary Redfleld show that business conditions throughought the United States as a whole are better than at any time since the panic of 1907 during the Roosevelt administration, when thou sands were suddenly thrown out of employment in every Northern city. Secretary Daniels of the navy is re ceiving congratulations for being the first official in the world to place a restrictive ban on drink on any of the military and naval forces. His order was first ridiculed. Now that the Eu ropean crowned heads have followed his example, the secretary has been lauded by the prohibitionists- of the country. Miss Margaret Wilson, elder daugh ter of the president, who acts as offi cial mistress of the White House since her mother's death, entertained the children of Washington at a big egg rolling on the White House lawn on Easter Monday. The United States Supreme court upheld the Florida statute to sell or ship immature citrus fruit. The de cision was handed down by Justice Day, who said the Florida law was valid until such time as there -might be further legislation on the question by congress. Foreign The American note to Germany has been read in the reichstag and declar ed to be evasive. The United States is charged by the German war party, now in control of the national assem bly, of violation of neutrality. Pres ident Wilson's personal address to congress regarding the Mexican situ ation in August, 1913, was quoted and cited as an example of neutrality the German government feels it should ex pect from the United States, and not the partial action that the Germans clai mhas been taken by this govern ment toward England and France. The German' authorities in Belgium have ordered Gifford Pinchot, former chief forester of the United States un der Roosevelt and dismissed from of fice by President Taft, to quit Bel gium at once. Mr. Pinchot is acting on a special commission for the state department in his work in connection with the American commission for the Belgian relief. It is said the Germans objected to his activities in Belgium on account of his sister being Lady Al lan Johnstone, wife of a former Brit ish minister to Brussels. No informa tion has come from Berlin regarding the incident nor from Minister Whit- lock, but it is believed Mr. Pinchot had expressed his views freely against the German sentiment. The Villa-Zapata troops are again in complete possession of Mexico City. Genera' Villa ha3 authorized his repre seutatives in Washington to say he has entered the Mexican capita) letters patent were issued to an infant who lost an ear from the same cause. The letters certified the cause of the accident, lest later on the uncharitable chmiiri sav that the ear had been cut off in the pillory by the knife of the law. Sawed-Off Sermon. If a man fails to open a door when fortune knocks it doesn t borrow a hattp.rinz ram for the purpose of breaking the door down. Indianapolis Star. KRONPRIN2 WILWELM REACHES NEWPORT NEWS AFTER LONG SEA RAID. DESTROYED MERCHANTMEN Slipped in By British Warships and Captain Says He Can Go Out the Same Way. Newport News, Va. Steaming her way at full speed, passing four Allied warships off the Virginia capes in the early hours of the mornipg, the Ger man converted cruiser Kroaprinz Wil- helm, another of the remarkable mer chant raiders of the South Seas, arriv ed in this port; and asked for fuel and supplies. The Kronprinz Wilhelm, many times reported destroyed, made this port in almost helpless condition, with less than 25 tons of coal and only scanty provisions for her crew of 500 men and 61 prisoners from British merchant ships sunk in the South Atlantic. The 15,000-ton crui ser came with a record of 15 mer chant ships of the enemy captured, 14 of them sunk, nine British, four French and one Norwegian. The British ship Chasehill, captured,, was allowed to proceed, taking to shore more than 300 prisoners from pre vious raids. The value of the 1 ships and cargoes destroyed officers of the Wilhelm estimated at $7,000,000. Following in the wake of the, in terned Prinz Eitel Friedrich which arrived here about a month ago after similar thrilling and effective war op erations for the-German arms, the KronpTinz Wilhelm came dashing bravely through a lane of enemy war ships, and her commander Lieutenant Captain Paul Thierfelder, formerly navigating officer of the German cruis er Karlsruhe, said, "we got in with out being seen by the enemy an we can go out the same way." Most of these were sent to South American ports at various times on German ships which met the raider in response to wireless call. The sixty- one one board who were landed hero are British sailors taken from the steamship Tamar, destroyed March 25 and Coleby, destroyed March 27 last. The toll of destruction credited the Kronprinz Wilhelm include the follow ing vessels: ( British steamer Indian Prince, sunk September 4, 1914. British steamer La Correntina, sunk October 7, 1914. French bark Union, sunk October 28, 1914. French bark . Anne de Britagne, sunk November 21, 1914. British' steamer Bellevue, sunk De cember 4, 1914. French steamer Mont Agel, sunk December 4, 1914. British steamer Hemisphere, sunk December 28, 1914. British steamer Potario, sunk Janu ary 10, 1915. British steamer Highland Brae, sunk January 14, 1915. British schooner Wilfred M., sunk January 14, 1915. Norwegian bark Somatha, sunk Feb ruary 5, 1915.. French passenger steamer Guade loupe, sunk February 23, 1915. British steamer Tamar, sunk March 25, 1915. British steamer Coleby, sunk march 27, 1915. British steamer Chasehill, sunk February 22, 1915. ANXIOUS TO LEAVE TAMPICO Three Hundred Americans Have Ap plied Fr Transportation. Washingotn. Three hundred unam- ployed Americans have appealed to the state department for transporta tion from Tampico to the United States. The situation there was re ported officially to be serious. Food is scarce and an early attack on the cjty is expected. Rear Admiral Capterton with the cruiser Washington went to Tampico from Vera Cruz on his own initia tive to join the gunboats Petrel and depend on the general himself. Great Commercial Congress to Meet Washington. The sixth annual con vention of the Southern Commercial Congress, to be held in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the lastjreek in this month will be presided over by Senator Dun can U. Fletcher, of Florida, president of the organization, and will be par ticipated in by representatives of na tional and international organizations, bringing to one platform the most im port leaders of constmctve thought in the fields of agriculture, immigration, municipal efficiency and foreign trade ever assembled In this country. McAdoo Says Prosperity is Here. Washington. Declaring that only illness prevented him from accepting the invitation of the Westchester County Democratic Club ot- its ban quet In New York, Secretary McAdoo wrote President Van Cortlandt of the cub saying the national prosperity "now planted upon secure economic foundations' Is becoming more pro nounced and widely diffused every day. "The financial and economic situ ation in the United States," the letter said, "is the strongest In the world. TO REVISE SYSTEM COURT PROCEEDIE GOVERNOR CRAIG APPOINTS COMMISSION PROVIDED FOR BY LEGISLATURE. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and " Happenings That Mark 1 the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the State Caoitot. ' j Raleigh. Chief Justice Walter Clark, of the Supreme Court, Judge W. J. Adams of the Superior Court, ex-Judge W. P. Bynum of Guilford, L. V. Bassett of TTt J 1 a -w iN ii iMigecomDe ana xiugn u. vnamam oi Winston-Salem are commissioned by Governor Craig as a commission for the revision of the North Carolina sys tem of court procedure and the for mulation of a uniform system of in ferior courts. These appointments were announced by Governor Craig and it is understood that Chief Justice Clark, who will head the commission, will call the commission together soon for organization and for project ing the work that devolves upon the commission under Resolution No. 43 of the recent Legislature authorizing the creation and the appropriation of $500 for the expenses of the commis sion, which is to include clerk hire. Chief Justice Walter Clark has writ ten to the other members of the spe cial commission for the revision of court procedure and formulation of a system of inferior courts, just appoint ed 'by Governor Craig calling a meet ing here April 17 for organizing and projecting the work to be done. For Our Rivers and Harbors. Washington. The rivsr and harbor bill of the last session of Congress provided that the sum of $25,000,000 be appropriated to be expended by the Secretary of War in making im provements, to be recommended by the chief of engineers. Under this act the following amounts have been made available for works of river and harbor im provement la North Carrolina as fol lows: Waterway from Norfolk, Va., to sounds ' of North Carolina, $5,000; waterway frod Norfolk, Va., to Beau fort Inlet, $400,000; Scuppernong Riv er, $2,900; Shallowbag Bay, $2,000; Fishing Creek, $1,000; Pamlico and Tar Rivers, $35,800; Bay River, $1, 900; Conttentnea Creek, $1,000; Smiths Creek, $1,400; Neuse and Trent Rivers, $22,500; waterway from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet, $9, 000; Beaufort Harbor, $17,000; water way connecting Core Sound and Bedu fort Harbor, $2,000; harbor at More head City, $3,800; New River, includ ing inland waterways between Beau fort Harbor and New River and be tween New River and Swansboro, $37, 000; Cape Fear River above Wilming ton, (locks and dams), $173,000; Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington, $150,000; Shallotte- River, $1,100; Waccamaw River, North Carolina and South Carolina, $40,000. Governor Craig Names Delegate. , J. Frank Wilkes is one of 10 dele gates appointed by Governor Craig to represent North Carrolina manufac turing interests atthe Southern In dustrial Council at . Chattanooga, Tenn., April 27-30. The governor also named 10 agricultural and 10 profes sional men as delegates. Will Provide Farm Laborers. The United States Department of Labor, immigration division, has writ ten to the State Department of Agri culture here for the names of 100 far mers in this state who desire to hire farm labor. Commissioner W. A. Gra ham will take steps immediately to provide the information wanted. Internal Revenue Collections. Internal revenue collections : for the Eastern Carolina district during March aggregated $405,579 compared with $371,717 during February. Mr. Hudson Returns to Office. Mr. C. R. Hudson, state farm demon stration agent, has returned from Co lumbus in Polk county where he ad dressed a large gathering of farmers, teachers, and school children on rally ady, speaking along the general lines of farm demonstration. , Mr. Hudson prior to that had been in Greenville, S. C, where he attended a meeting of the United States and state officials of demonstration work, which was to consider general plans of co-operation Mr. Bradford Knapp, special agent, was present. Governor Names Fish Commission. Governor Craig announces the ap pointment of the State Fish Commis sion which he appoints under the pro vision of the fish commission act of the recent Legislature. Ed Chambers Smith of Raleigh and A. V. Cobb of Bertie county are appointed for terms ending January 1, 1919. Mr. Freeman is the Republican member required. Governor Craig also directs the com mission to elect H. L. Gibbs as fish commissioner and explains that Mr. Gibbs was appointed by him as shell fish commissioner two years ago. Davidson County Road Case Heard. The Supreme Court heard exhaust ive argument by counsel for and against the noted Davidson County road law passed by the recent Legis lature creating a county road commis sion that is self-perpetuating and hav ing authority to issue $300,000 in bonds for road building, r This is the case in which Judge Lyon' refused to issue an injunction against the com mission's taking up the work assigned to it by the legislative act. , It was in the very last days of the legislative session that opponents of road bonds in Davidson got wise to the fact that Representative Leonard in co-operation with H. B. Varner and others, had gotten through a $300,000 road bond act and they tried vainly to have he act recalled, and then proceeded with indignation meet ings at Lexington and with the effort to procure restraining order from the court. They are raising no question as to the constitutionality of the act, but are making the fight on the legal ity of the details of the machinery for the road work, ' especially the self perpetuating power of the road com mission and its powers' that- super sede the county commissioners and the township commisioners for road work and the machinery for the con demnation of lands in locating new highways or straightening roads al ready established. The case is entitled Hargrave et al vs. Board of Highway Commissioners, and counsel for the plaintiffs are S. E. Williams, W. O. Burgin, McCrary & McCrary and Manning & Kitchin. Appearing in the case for the defahd ant board of highway commissioners are E. E. Raper, Phillips & Bower and Walser & Walser of Lexington. Record Federal Tax Collections. Federal tax collections . for the month of March, Just passed, accord ing to Cashier A. S. Carrson of Col lector Watts' office, went to nearly $200,000 over any previous month in the history of the fifth district of North Carolina, the record prior to the past month, having - been the month of February, 1915, when the total collections were nearly $695,000. The tax collected .from the different taxable sources in this district are as follows: Special taxes, $672.05; to bacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes, $830,697.24: opium license and blanks, $836.40; documentary and proprietary stamps, $8,620.67; wine stamps, $21. The total amoant collected for the month of March aggregates $852,- 817.69. Several New Charters Granted. Wilmington Steam Laundry Com pany, of WUmingotn, capital $50,000 authorized and $20,000 subscribed by Charles T. Harper, W. A. French and Jesse Price. The Rockingham Storage Ware house Company, of Reidsville, capital $50,000 authorized and ,$7,600 sub scribed by W. 'A. Turner and 50 oth ers for general bonded sotrage ware house business, including tobacco in all forms, cotton building material and numbers of other classes of commer cial products. The Eflrd Mercantile Compasy, of Durham, capital $50,000 authorized and $15,000 subscribed by W. L. Eflrd, Winston Salem J. B. Eflrd, J. W. Eflrd and W. C. Wilkinson, Charlotte for general mercantile business and with authority to establish branch stores elsewhere in this state. The Riverside Brick Company of Charlotte capital $60,000 authorized and $10,000 subscribed by W. R. Taliaferro Jr., H. A. Morson and C. D. Taliaferro. Hog Cholera Serum Reduced. Raleigh. Announcement is made by Commissioner of Agriculture W. A. i i ii t. ai. . Tv t t a A j jriaiiam Luut tile Lwjjai luieui ui Agri culture has now, In compliance with the special act of the recent Legisla ture, put down the price of hog chol era serum $1.25 to 75 cents the 100, which makes the serum cost the far mer about 15 cents a dose for the vaccination of a hog. The work of distrubuting the serum is under the direction of the state veterinarian. Compliments Major Graham. Maj. Graham, Commissioner of Ag riculture, received a letter from Mr. Garland Daniel, Secretary of the Cen tral Carorlina Fair, of Greensboro, in which he stated that at the meeting of the secretaries of the North Carolina circuit of fairs he was directed to ex press to the commissioner the appre ciation of the various fairs for the in terest that the department of agricul ture had taken in the fairs. . Patents For Tar Heels. Washington. Davis & Davis, patent attorneys, report the grant to citizens of North Carolina of the folowing pat ents: John H. Ashburn, Ararat, to bacco curing and yellowing pan; Wil liam F. Byram and R. P. Phronebar ger, Charlotte, current-supply system for electric railways; Cornelius S. EV lison, Granville county, railway-rail joint; John Y. Savage, Scotland Neck, step-ladder; Lynn B. Tillery, Rocky Mount, guage; Robert E. Wall, Wil son, stamp-canceler; Vick Chemical Company, Greensboro, trade-mark. Decisions of the Supreme Court. Fowie vs. McLean, Beaufort, modi fied and costs of the appeal divided; Batts vs. Thompson, Wilson, affirmed; Stanland vs. Rourk, Brunswick, no error; Powell vs. Powell, Robeson, reversed; McRainey vs. Railroad, Robeson, new trial; Herring vs. Atlan tic Coast Line, Pender, ' no error; Bank vs. Wilson, Cumberland, no er ror; Lumber Company vs. Cottlngham et al, Robeson, affirmed; Guthrie vs. City of Durham,' reversed; Llyd vs. Town of Venable, Orange, no error; Motsinger vs. Sink, Forsyth, new trial. GIRLS STATE DEBATE MISS LALLA FLEMING AND MISS ETHEL GARDNER VICTORIUS - AT CHAPEL HILL. DEBATE ON MARINE SUBSIDY They Uphold Negative Against Stew art Cowles and Cowles Bristol of "!. Statesville. Chapel Hill. Misses Lalla Fleming and Ethel Gardner, 16 and 17 years old respectively heaped undying glory on the Wilson High Schol and inscribed their names upon the Aycock memor ial cup as the champions of 1915 in the High School Debating Union of North Carolina. The final triumphant victory in the mammoth contest was won from Statesville'High School, rep resented by Stewart Cowles and Cow les Bristol. The-winning team cham pioned the negative side of the query: "Resolved, That the United States should adopt the policy of subsidizing its merchant marine engaged in for eign trade." . The third annual debate was held in Memorial Hall, attended by 2,000 visitors, school principals, superinten dents, citizens of the village, students and members of the University fac ulty. Concentrated and vitalizing in terest from 91 North Carolina coun ties, 250 high schools and interested audiences of 50,000 citizens of the Commonwealth centered on the final outcome of the comprehensive State wide debate. The winners triumphed over 998 other debaters in 91 coun ties and over 250 schools. , The winning debate of the cham pionship series which had its origin back in March in the preliminaries held over the state began at 8 o'clock. President Edward K. Graham presid ed over the finals and E. R. Rankin was secretary. The presentation of the Aycock cup was made by C. E. Mcintosh of the State Department of Education. The judges of the contest were Prof. H. H. Williams, L. P.. Mc Gehee, W. S. Bernard, and ; E. A. Greenlaw and V. P. Graham. The Judges rendered a unanimous decision in favor of the Wilson. . The debating teams entered the hall attended by the officers of the contest and 'the ushers. Tremendous cheering, that fairly shook the walls of Memorial . Hall was the reception accorded the youthful orators. The championship cup occupied a stand just in the center of the platform. At the right of the cup the bright, keen eyed girls of the Wilson School took the desk provided for the debaters. The Statesville debaters, StewaTt Cowles, 15 years old, and Cowles Bristol, 17 years old, seated them selves at the debaters table on the left. Both teams exercised remark able composure and showed evidence of excellent training for the final forensic clash. . The two girls In plan ning to combat the points of their opponents would often lovingly throw their arms around each other. President Graham in his introduc tory remarks said that it was v with the highest sense or satisfaction tnat the high school folks of the state were guests of the University. "When the University sees you she sees herself and sees an occasion that represents1 North Carolina. She sees North Carolina's hopes and aspira tions on this occasion more than on any other." ' Health Campaign in Orange. Washington, D. C. Orange county has been selected by the United States Public Health service as the next North Carolina county in which the Federal Government will co-operate .with the North Carolina Board of Health in waging a campaign for'san- itation. Dr. Lumsden, of the Public Health Service, Dr. W. S. Rankin, of the North Carolina Board, and several other surgeons will co-operate in the work. The campaign will last from May to November. It is expected that the work will be given good pub licity by University correspondents and because of first hand observation by University students. , Guilford Votes on June 1. Greensboro. June 1 was set for an election on $250,000 bonds of the county of Guilford to build a new court bouse by the county . commis sioners in extraordinary meeting here. The last Legislature passed an enabling bill in the matter, subjecting the final issue to a vote of the people. There is an almost unanimous senti ment in the county, it is believed favorable to the erection of a hand some, adequate court house, but there is a decided division as to the kind of building. . Two Chatham Townships Vote Bonds. Siler City. In the election held in this Matthews Township, the advo cates of the $50,000 bond issue for good roads won by a handsome ma jority. " This was one of the hardest fought contests the voters of . this township ever engaged in and the vic tors are elated over the splendid vic tory. The $50,000 bond issue for good roads in Gulf Township, Chatham .County, carried. by a safe majority. The. progressive ciitzens of Chatham are determined that the county shall go forward. Will INIIBOTONAL' iMfflOOL (7 E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 111) . ,. LESSON FOR APRIL 18 ins; sntrncnuo ronLm, LESSON TEXT Psalm 23. GOLDEN TEXT The Lord Is my Sheo- herd. Ps. 23:1. , xiua j r. i.iin uiiiflL n 1 1 ii i ii n Liin sheDherd kine'a writings. ; Pmhnhlv 1 written in his later life, he borrows his figure from the experience of his youth. The relation of the lamb to David is a type to him of his rela tions to God. Israel's greatest poet . had ample time for meditation In the days of his youth as he followed the occupation of shepherd. His nlayine on the harp is famous and he made the. first official use of music in the worship of Jehovah (see I Chron. 15: 15-24). The word "Psalm" is from the Greek, and first meant a stringed In strument. The Hebrew title of this book is "Praises." Of the 150 psalms David is expressly credited with. 73. To fullv studv this, the sweetest of all psalms, we must consider it versa by verse. Ml "Mv SheDherd." The lamb Is David. The Shenherd is Jehovah. The time is man's natural time on earth. The rest is In the future. This SheD herd so provides that the lamb "shall . not want." It is his business to care for his sheep. We are the sheen. Jesus 13 the Shepherd, and his sheep obey his voice (John 10:4, o). we shall not want for food, lor drinc, tor grace, for quietness, for companion- shin, for euidance and for welcome - back to the fold at the end of the day or in the time of storm. (2) "He leadeth me." "The Lord is my Shepherd because (a) he bought me; (b) he feeds me; (c) he leads me." Robertson. To fully comprehend the deep significance of this psalm we must try to know the land of Palestine and the habits of eastern shepherds; how they feed their flocks, know them by name, and keep constant' vigil against the danger of flood and wild beasts. The Lord is an Individ ual shepherd, interested in the one. as well as the whole, and as such at tends to each Individual's need. He provides a place for us to "lie down In pastures of tender grass;" he also causes us to walk beside "waters of quietness." He makes us to He down at times and he knows where to lead, providing at the same time both food and drink. (3) "He restoreth my aoul." The Shepherd revives our faintness. If the lamb Is too weak, he carries it "In his bosom" until It is revived. Many are the ways he revives us. A word, a sentence, a paragraph, or an experi ence will ofttimes restore the sick, weary, sorrowful or sin-buffeted child of God. He also leads remember he does not drive and his paths are paths of pleasantness and of peace. His paths are "right tracks," not the delusive ones of - sin. We cannot walk in these paths without his leader ship, without his strengthening rest, without the invigoiating food and drink which is provided for us by the Good Shepherd. (4) "Yea though 1 walk." Just as every need has been and will be pro vided for (Phil. 4:19) even so will eyery fear be banished. The flock has passed beyond the "tender grass" and "waters of quietness" into new and strange experiences, into the "valley of deepest darkness," not alone the experience of physical death but all of life's experiences that are shroud ed by thick, Impenetrable darkness, for the Christian does not always walk In paths of light. Sometimes we scarce ly see the Shepherd, but we may al ways hear his voice. Dark valleys may lie between two excellent pas turage grounds eve as Bunyan sug gests in Pilgrim's Progress. Death, is a shadow, not a substance, for the sting of sin has been removed (I Cor. 15:54-57). Why not fear? "For thou art with me" and he is stronger than any possible enemy. ' There are dangers which we cannot cope with, but as he is with us "we are able." (5) "My cup runneth over." Here the figure changes. ' Jehovah Is nof the bountiful host. What a repast he has spread! David as a shepherd and as a fugitive from Saul knew the pinch of hunger and the (satisfaction of eat fnff in neace. in the very presence o his enemies, man and beast. They that are Christ's havu enemies (John 15:19; II Tim. 3:12), but as our Host he has spread a banquet in their very presence while he , world goe3 on feeding upon the husks He also anoints our heads with the "oil of gladness," the Holy. Spirit (Acts 10:38; I John 2: 20,' 27 R. V.). For the ancient feast this anointing was i n essential prep aration. ' . ' . (6) "I shall dwell .. .. . forever." Goodness and mercy pursue the psalm. 1st In marked contract with the calam ity and the angel, of judgment which follow the wicked (Ps. 35:6; 140:11), ,There Is a perpetut,y of blessing as well as the penalty f sin. The psalm ist leaves the feast for his dwelling house which shall abide "to. length of days." ...This Is to be interpreted in Its fullness only ty the New Testa ment "I John Htl-3; I Thess. 4:16, 17). Everlasting ,;felloV( ship, communion and companionship with the Chief Shepherd, the greaV Shepherd of the. "sheep" fv"' ' Si Lesson
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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April 14, 1915, edition 1
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