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: . s 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 CO UNTY, N. C, APRIL 28, 1915. NO. 38. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS J)FTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South, land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. European War In the first big encounter of the spring along the western war front, the Germans repulsed the French and forced them to retreat across the Ypres canal from the positions they have held all winter. The Germans used asphyxiating bombs and killed off the French in droves. English losses in the same region are also noted. . The scene of activity has shifted from the Carpathians to the western theater again. Hard fighting .has been renewed in Belgium near Ypres. Italy and Austria are on the verge of an outbreak, say the dispatches from Rome, Vienna and Paris. It is reported Franz Josef has rushed Hun garian troops to the Italian border to protect his provinces of Triste and Tr.ente which formerly belonged to Italy. To offset the efforts of Prince von Buelow, te former German chancel lor and now ambassador to Italy, who has been successfuly keeping Italy out of war with Germany, the arrival of a special ambassador from France is expected in Rome to urge the Italian government to join the allies. Reports from Rome again state that Italy and Austria are on the verge of war. Breaking out of hostilities are ex pected at any time by the Roman peo pie. Paris dispatches say the French troops are making noticeable gains in the Vcsges district. Domestic Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, chairman of the industrial relations commission, in a public statement de clares that John D. Rockefeller, who recently testified about his ignorance of the Colorado strike situation, did know all about the labor conditions. He announces Mr. Rockefeller will be summoned to Kansas City again to testify before the commission. Mr. Walsh says he will sift the strike matter if it takes him the rest of his term on the commission. In the rigid cross-examination con ducted by William M. Ivins, Col. The odore Roosevelt was forced to tell about the $3,000,000 campaign fund furnished him by the Standard Oil company when he ran for president in 1904. This immediately followed his charges that $500,000 had been con tributed for the candidacy of Judge Alton B. Parker, his opponent. His admission caused considerable inter est in the Syracuse court room where he faces trial for alleged libel of Wil liam J. Barnes, Jr., of Albany. In an address before the Associat ed Press in New York, James J. Hill of St. Paul, the northwestern empire builder and founder of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads advised the people to leave the tariff alone and not blame it for any busi ness depression which the country has felt since the outbreak of the Euro pean war. Mr. Hill declared "the Un derwood tariff the best ever written and provided for greater good for the greatest number. He said it was time for the American people to quit blam ing business conditions on adminis trations and politics. President Wilson delivered an ad dress to the Associated Press' at its annual luncheon in New York City He spoke . on his ideas of American neutrality and the importance of the free press in guiding the republic carefully over the sea of international unrest. His voiced policy was "Amer ica first," and proclaimed by many editors present as another one of the president's masterful speeches. Secretary Bryan has announced his intention to reprimand Robert E. Pea ry, Arctic explorer and North Pole claimant, for a public utterance in the face of the international crisis that another century would either see the United States increase its territory from Panama to the North Pole or dis appear from the map. Mr. Bryan brands the statement as absurd and fallacious, and probably misconstrued by other countries at such a time, William R. Nelson, late editor and publisher of the Kansas City Star, left an estate of $1,000,000 for his grand children and many other funds Among the provisions of his will is one establishing a 1,750 acre demon stration stock-raising farm. He nam ed his widow and daughter, Mrs. Lau ra N. Kirkwood of San Antonio, as trustees of the estate to be succeeded on their death by a board New Aero-Sleigh an Onnibus. An aero-sleigh capable of making a j speed of 35 miles an h'mr on ordinary roads while carrying passengers, has been built by a mechanician at Lake Forest, 111., who contemplates the es tablishment of a sled-bus line between the suburb and Chicago next winter. The experimental machine is 14 feet in length and is fitted with two sets of runners which have a height of about two feet. It weighs approximate ly 300 pounds and is driven by a 60 horseDower motor and aeroplane pro- A damaging wind stovm struck Bir mingham, Ala., toppling over the ruins ofNa recently burned building onto a department store, filled with shoppers and ; killing several people. About a dozen bodies were recovered from the debris. A bill abolishing capital punishment in California, introduced in the legis- ature at Sacramento by the Socialist party, failed of passage, although it has the general support of leaders of all parties in both houses. The first woman mayor of an Illinois municipality is Mrs. A. R. Canfield, 74 years old, elected by a majority of four votes, as head of the city gov ernment of Warren, which has a pop ulation of 1,700. The leaders of the carpenters' strike in Chicago, have agreed to Mayor Har rison's plan of mediation. Mr. Harri son says he is desirous to turn over a peaceable city to his successor, Wil- iam Hale Thompson. Washington v . Secretary Redfield submitted a re port to President Wilson and the cabinet showing that American ex ports in the last year had amounted to $2,750,000,000, which, considering the war, was almost unprecedented in the history of commerce. Secretary Bryan has received a note from the Swiss government asking that the United States join with Swit zerland in protesting to the European powers against the allies' blockade which virtually forbids the importa tion of American cotton and other non-contraband commodities from the Swiss republic. Secretary Houston has announced the appointment of his private secre tary, William F. Callendar to be field agent of the bureau of crop estimates with headquarters at Madison, Wis. Floyd R. Harrison of. Petersburg, Va., will take his place in the office of the secretary of agriculture. Mrs. William Cumming Story of New York has been re-elected president general of the- Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution over Mrs. George T. Guernsey of Kansas by a majority of over two hundred votes. In addressing the Potomac presby tery of the Presbyterian church, as sembled in Washington, President Wil son, son of a Presbyterian minister, who was a member of that presbytery, stated that the future of the Chinese republic would lie in the spread of Christianity in the Orient. The pres ident made some big predictions for China as a nation in the next cen tury. Baron von Bernstorff, German am bassador to the United States who re cently criticised this government for permitting shipping operations to Eng land and France and not insisting on American rights with trade to Germa ny, has been given a little advice in diplomacy by the United States gov ernment through an official note writ ten the ambassador by President Wil son himself. The president cautions the baron against the reiteration of such caustic statements, and told him they were unbecoming in an ambas- dor. Official information was received at the White House that the Japanese naval office in Tokyo has ordered all Japanese warships now in waters along the American Pacific coast to return to their home stations, with the exception of the Asama, in port at Turtle Bay, Lower California, Mexico, which is waiting for assistance from home before sailing. In his address in opening the con gress of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, President Wilson said one of the greatest tests of patriotism in times of stress was self-control. He urged calmness on the American peo pie. Other prominent speakers ap peared, including Ambassador Jusser- and of France, John Barrett of the Pan-American Union, R. C. B. Thurs ton, president of the Sons of the Rev olution. All endorsed the president's sentiment. Secretary of the Navy Daniels an nounced a tremendous review of the Atlantic fleet of the United States navy in New York harbor, May 17 This will be, perhaps, the greatest na val review in the western hemisphere President Wilson will review the fleet in person. . Foreiarn Sir Edward Grey, British foreign secretary, is reported to have notified Ambassador Page of the United States that England will endeavor to influ ence Japan against the latter's dicta torial, program in China. Sir Edward is said to have informed Mr. Page that England is just as anxious to maintain China's integrity as is the United States. General Villa, after his severe defeat at Celaya and the loss of 6,000 men, at the handsfcpf the Carranza forces under General Obregon, made a hasty retreat in disorder to Aguas Calientes This completely cuts off all connection with ZaData and it is believed Generals Carranza and Obregon will immediate ly take Mexico City to establish their nermanent governmenL With Villa worsted the Carranzaistas believe the end of the long revolution is near pelfer mounted at the rear. Popular Mechanics Magazine. He Would Not Tak No. "I'll not take 'no' for ac answer. Miss Bunker Priscilla," he declared bravely, as he persistently pressed his suit "Then, sir," replied the cold and cultured Boston girl, rising proudly to the occasion, "will you, in lieu of that much hackneyed negative assertion. accept my positive declination to re spond concurrently to the query pro pounded?" And he did, rnumiu Riinimin mi nuonmu MEN TO FLANDERS CONSIDERABLE SUCCESSES ARE BELIEVED TO FORERUN A BIG EFFORT. BRITISH HOLDING POSITIONS rankfurter Zeitung Justifies Use of Asphyxiating Bombs on Ground That Allies Used Them. London. The German rushes In landers and the Woevre. where they claim considerable successes, are be lieved to be forerunners of another big effort to break through the Allied lines in the West. For many days Bel gium has been sealed, from the obser vation of neutrals, while German re inforcements are being moved to the South to take part in the new offen sive, which they hope is to carry them to Calais.' The attack in Flanders, originally leveled at the French, has been transfered to the British lines held by the Canadians on the immediate right of the French and here for two days the men from the Dominion have been engaged in a deadly contest with the Germans. The Germans claim further progress to ward Ypres and that "British counter attacks have been repulsed. The French, on the other hand, declare the Allies's counter-attacks coninue with "success and that the British hold all their positions and repeat the charge that the Germans are using bombs containing asphyiating gases. The Frankfurter Zeitung justifies the use. of these missiles on the ground that the Allieh have done like wise. The German attack in tha Woevre, or in the Meuse hills was directed aeainst 'the French positions south west of Combres, and according to Berlin, the' French suffered a heavy defeat. Paris, however, says that in a counter-attack the Germans were driven out of the French first line which they had pushed back. ' The Germans in the East trans ferred a large number of troops to the West to make another big effort which shows they are not content to rely on a passive policy. It is believed that a half million new German troops have Teached Flanders and that more guns and ma terial are to be used than were provid ed for the original attempts to destroy the Allied armies in the West at tempts which met with failure both In August and in October. JAPAN'S ATTITUDE POPULAR. Public Opinion Justifies Firmness in Dealing With China. Toklo. The Government's firm at titude in pressing its demands on China Is meeting with widespread ap proval in Japan and public opinion is manifesting itself with increasing force in this direction. Although Parliament is not in ses sion, many members of the National Legislature are lending active sup port to the Government. One hun dred members placed themselves on record as favoring Japan's demands. They laid special emphasis on the de mands for railway and mining con cessions and provisional supervision over financial, political and military affairs of eastern Mongolia. Assert ing that Japan is actuated by a desire to bring about permanent peace in the Orient the legislators urged the Government to proceed firmly with its program. The press calls on the Nation to present - a united front and declares the world should be brought to real ize that the outcome depends entirely on China. More Heavy Rains in Texas. Austin, Texas. Another heavy rain swept central Texas and streams al ready swollen out of their banks by last week's rains began rising rapidly. No deaths have been added to the 21 killed last week but a score of persons still are missing. In Austin- rain damaged streets and bridges. Persons in the lowlands fled before the waters. Higher License for Saloons. Albany, N. Y. A determined but futile fight in the Assembly on a bill to raise the cost of liquor licenses one- fourth throughout the state delayed adiourhment of the Legislature until almost daylight. The license measure passed and now goes to Governor Whitman. He is expected to sign it. Appropriation measures, which brought the state bidget up to about $64,000,000 also were passed in the closing hours. All bills relating to the ousting of public service commis sioners' were killed. Concessions Not Satisfactory. Rome, via Paris. The press' politi cians and the public are discussiug with the most lively interest, the plan for Austro-Italian agreement reportel tn have heen presented by the Ger man Ambasador, Prince von' Beulow, in the original negotiations on this subiect. This plan, as set , forth by jthe Socialist organ, Avanti, which fa vors neutrality, provides for recogni tion of the reciprocal interests of Italy and Austria and approving the Triple Alliance, and for territorial concessions by Austria. NORTH GUMS REMARKABLE STATE HAS GREATER PER CENT OF NA TIVE BORN PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER STATE. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings- That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the State Coitol. ' Raleigh. North Carolina, according to the abstract of the thirteenth census of the United States, taken in 1910, is a most remarkable State. She has more native born people a greater per cent than any other state in the Union. At the same time she has sent abroad more of her sons and daughters than most other states.' Other States of the Union have drawn from the North Carolina pop ulation as follows: Maine, 160; New Hampshire, 107; Vermont, 91; Massa chusetts, 3,832; Rhode Island, 541; Connecticut, 1,742; New York, 14,450; New Jersey, 7,720 ; Pennsylvania, 12, 577; Ohio, 5,841; Indiana, 8,183; Illi nois, 5,417; Michigan, 867; Wiscon sin, 280; Minnesota, 524; Iowa, 2,081; Missonri, 7,258; North Dakota, 659; South Dakota, 400; Nebraska, 1,360; Kansas, 4,128; Delaware, 320; Mary land, 4,257; District of Columbia, 4, 482; Virginia, 73,813; West Virginia, 9,174; South Carolina, 42,749 ; Geor gia, 28,953; Florida, 17,642; Ken tucky, 4,994; Tennessee, 29,066; Ala bama, 8,722; Mississippi 10,554; Ar kansas, 15,459 ; Louisiana, 3,769 ; Ok lahoma, 9,483; Texas, 18,863; Mon tana, 1,100; Idaho, 1,681; Wyoming, 521; Colorado, 2,746; New Mexico. 768; Arizona, 461; Utah, 588; Neva da, 156; Washington, 5,502; Oregon, 2,345. and California, 4,358. The last census gives North Caro lina a total population of 2,206,287, of this number 2,089,278 or 94.7 per cent were born In the state, and 108, 605 or 4.9 per cent in other states, while 6,092 or 0.3 ' were born in for eign countries. - North Carolina has the smallest for eign born population of any state in the Union. Her foreigners come as follows: From Austria, 139 ; Bulgaria, Servia and Montenegro, 2 ; Belgium, 5; Canada (French), 29 and (all oth ers), 514; China, 61; Cuba and other West Indies, 43; Denmark, 36; Eng land, 940; Finland, 18; France, 114; German, 1,074; Greece, 174; Hun gary, 37; Ireland, 306; Italy, 521; Ja pan, 2; Mexico 10; Netherlands, 28; Norway, 39; Portugal, 20; Roumania, 7; Russia, '711; Scotland, 435; Spain, 8; Sweden, 112; Switzerland, 68; Turkey (in Asia), 402; Turkey (in Europe), 107; Wales, 35 and all other Nations, 95. North Carolina has sent her sons to every state in the Union. It is esti mated that about 2,000,000 of he sons spent their' best days in other Commonwealths. In 1910 North Caro lina had as residents from other states as follows: Maine, 268; New" Hampshire, 141; Vermont, 203; Mas sachusetts, 668; Rhode Island, 134; Connecticut, 323; New York, 2,315; New Jersey, 509; Pennsylvania, 3,- 063; Ohio, 1,393; Indiana, '818; Iilli- nois, 660; Michigan, 469; Wisconsin, 202; Minnesota, 100; Iowa, 235; Mis souri, 482; North Dakota. 25; Kansas, 251; Delaware, 246; Maryland, 1,626; District of Columbia, 273; Virginia, 29,939; West Virginia, 903; South Carolina, 42,525; Georgia, 6,589; Flor- da, 675; Kentucky, 1,180; Tennessee, 8,104; Alabama 1,377; Mississippi, 688; Arkansas, 393; Louisiana, 272; Oklahoma, 81; Texas, 629; Montana, 7; Idaho, 67; Wyoming, 12; Colorado, 103; New Mexico, 13; Arizona, 15; Utah, 18; Nevada, 20; Washington, 81; Oregon, 28; California, 123;' Phil ippine Islands, 2; Porto Rico, 1; born at sea under United States flag, 10, .nd American citizens born abroad 127. Salisbury Company Disbanded. Report of the recent inspection of the Fourth Company of Coast Artil lery Salisbury, by an officer of the War Department, shows that this company will have to be disbanded for failure to conform to the Coast Artillery regulation-. Adjutant Gen eral .Young says that preference will be given to Salisbury for the forma tion of a new company to take its place, but that it will be necessary for definite assurances to be given that the company offered shall meas ure to standards required- Enlarging the Market Report. The weekly statement of prices of cotton, corn, oats, soy beans, cow peas, sweet potatoes, butter and eggs issued by the. division of mar kets of the State Department of Ag riculture shows strong market . con ditions and prices well maintained with decided advances in a number of products. Greensboro Is the only market that reported 10-cent cotton with nine and one-half cents report ed for middling at Charlotte and the prices on other markets - ranging from 8 7-8 to 9 1-4 cents. Tennessee' Sends State Greetings. Governor Locke Craig has received from the Legislature of Tennessee a copy of the resolutions passed by that body in response to resolutions pass ed by the North Carolina General As sembly at the recent meeting in rf erence to the Southern National High way which was established by a com mission representing all the Southern States. f ; The resolution signed by Albert H. Hill, Speaker of the Senate, and by William R. Cooper, Speaker of the House of Tennessee, read as follows: "Whereas, the General Assembly of North Carolina has sent resolutions of greetings to the State of Tennessee in reference to the Southern Highway which was established by a commis sion representing all the Southern States and calling attention to the great loss resulting to the South be cause of the unfinished condition of certain links in the road and asking for the co-operation of the eight States traversed by the highway the entire South and the Federal Government for the completion of the road. "Therefore, be it" resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring: "First, that the State of Tennessee sends greetings of response to the State of North Carolina expressing its appreciation of the situation taken by the Honorable Locke Craig, Governor in the incpection and prosecution of the great enterprise. "Second, that the State of Tennes see complies with the request of the resolutions in confirming the action of the Asheville convention in adoption of the name selected and in the sug gested plan of co-operation. The gov ernor of this State and the State High way Commission, if one shall here after be authorized and appointed, are hereby authorized and requested to act for the State in taking such steps in co-operation with others as may seem best fitted to secure the desired results. "Third, that a copy of these resolu tions be sent to the Governor of this State for transmission to Governor Craig and to the General Assembly of North Carolina. Chemical Society Has Good Meeting. The North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society held a most interesting business session in connection with the annual meeting of the section that opened with ad dresses and a banquet. The society heard numerous papers on technical subjects of vital interest to chemists and these papers elected numbers of lively and profitable discussions. Enthusiastic praise is accorded the address delivered byDr. C. H. Herty, University of North Carolina, presi dent of the American Chemical So ciety, in which he asserted that the chemists of the United States are In no way to be blamed for the shortage of dyestuffs for the American-textile industry and that while the textile manufacturers readily ciy out as to shortage of dye materials and call on the chemists to relieve the situation, they at the same time fail to provide any financial backing for efforts of chemists to produce the dyestuffs. The North Carolina Section elected officers as follows: President, Dr. J. Wi Newell, Wake Forest; vice presi dent, Dr. J. K. Plummer, Department of Agriculture, Raleigh; secretary treasurer, Dr. J. T. Dobbins, A. & M. College, West Raleigh ; councilor, Dr. A. S. Wheeler, University of North Carolina; reporter, J. W. Pratt, South ern Cotton Oil Compan7, Charlotte. Union of Live Stock Association. Plans are now under consideration to make all County Livestock Associa tions and their members subsidary to the state organization. It is thought that such an organization "with the financial strength and moral backing of a state membership will be able to do much more effective work. At the next annual meeting of the state association direct steps will be taken toward this end. Attending Commercial Congress. Lieutenant Governor Daughtridge and Commissioner of Agriculture Gra ham have gone to Muskogee, Okla., to attend the sessions of the Southern Commercial Congress to be in session there all this week. New Enterprises Authorized. The Forquor Heating & Ventilating Co., of Greensboro, capital $25,000 authorized and $5,000 subscribed by Sk H. Hodgin and others. Opinions of the Supreme Court. State vs. Collins (in re Bell and Jenkins) Jones reversed; Keenan vs Board of Commissioners of New Han over County, dismissed; Love vs West, New Hanover, N reversed; Mer- ritt vs. Dick, New Hanover, no error; State vs. Gibson, Rockingham, revers ed; Massey vs., Railroad Company, Durham, no error; Edwards vs. Year- by, Durham, affirmed; Lloyd vs. Rail road, Orange, reversed; ; Snider vs. City of High Point, affirmed; Hedge- cock vs Tate, affirmed; Cambier vs, Kimbal Guilford, no error. Mr. Parker Returns From Meeting. Mr. T. B. Parker, head of the Farm ers' Institute .work in North Carolina, has returned from Washington where he went to confer with the executive board of the American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers relative to the next .meeting of the associa tion, which will be in California, at the University of California, August 12th, 13th! 14th. The other members of the board are Edrrard Van Alstyne, of Albany, N. Y., L. R. Taft, of East Lansing, Mich., and A. P. Yanvela of Columbus, Ohio. K. IS PRESIDENT U.N.C. FORMAL INAUGURATION AT TENDED BY THOUSANDS OF NOTED EDUCATORS. SPIRIT OF SERVICE LEADS North Carolina University Fully Realizes That Its Duty is. to Serve the State. Chapel Hill. In the presence of a great gathering of educators, scient ists, dignitaries, alumni and visitors. Dr. Edward Kidder Graham was in augurated president of the University of North Carolina. He is the tenth- man to be at the head of the oldest state-supported university in the United States. Governor Locke Craig presided over the exercises and Chief Justice Walter Clark administered the oath of office. The retiring president, Dr. Francis Preston Venable, present ed Dr. Graham. The monster parade of notables formed at 10:30. Parades rarely make thrilling reading, but this one thrilled the thinking observer. In line were leading educators from all over the East, a faculty that takes second rank to none in Southern Universities Prof. Horace H. Williams for once In a cap and gown, the student-body -age, wisdom and experience. Youth, hopes and its blessed enthusiasm. In Memorial Hall Governor Locke Craig presided over the exercises, first calling on Bishop Edward Rondthaler of the Moravian church to invoke the Divine blessing on the gathering. The venerable churchman fervently and eloquently gave his thanks for Presi dent Graham, a man of great quali ties, for the cordial spirit between the students and their leader. Governor Craig then spoke of the dedication of a man to his work and of the welcome given the visitors who had come to honor Mr. ' Graham, a man worthy of the University's glo rious past equal to the opportunities of the greater future, to the work in addition to ability, bringing a pure and earnest life. . President Powell of Harvard, who was to have delivered the first address of the day, was detained because of. a death in his family; but the greet ings 'and congratulations of 'Harvard University were read by Professor Charles H. White. President Frank J. Goodnow, of Johns Hopkins, treating the general theme of "Aspects of Lifes Educa tion,' devoted himself to "Research," explaining its function and place in American colleges. Addresses were delivered by Dr, Frank J. Goodnow, president of Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Edwin An derson Alderman, president of the University of Virginia; Dr. John H Finley, president of the University of toe State of New York. Then followed the presentation of the president by. Dr. Francis P. Ven- able, the' administration of the oath of office by Chief Justice Walter Clark, the induction Into office by Gov ernor Locke Craig and the president's inaugural address. - Greetings to the University were ex tended by Dr. George H. Rennl, pres ident of the University of Alabama, on the part of the State Universities and Dr. William J. Martin, president of Davidson College, on the part of the colleges of the state. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock 'a luncheon in the University dining hal was given, plates for 600 being laid. The academic procession was nota ble in every way. Distinguished dele gates from 98 institutions and learn ed societies, the governor of North Carolina, members of the supreme court of North Carolina, various state officers, members of the board of trustees, members of the general as sembly, hundreds of visitors and alumni, more than 1,000 students swelled the attendance into" the thou sands. Those in the procession wore caps and gowns signifying their rank, making a picturesque appearance as they proceeded in a long-line from ihe various buildings to memorial hall. 4 Edward Kidder Graham, who was inaugurated as tenth president of the Universitv. will not be 39 vears old until Oetober if He was born in Charlotte, the son of Archibald and Eliza Owen (Barry) Graham, and was prepared for college in the public schools of Charlotte. He entered the University in the fall of 1894. He was graduated in 1898 with the de gree of bachelor of philosophy. Mr. Graham spent one year as teacher in the Charlotte graded schools and two years pursuinggraduate"studles in Co lumbia University. . . Modern Creamery Started Wilmington A modern creamery has been installed in this city by Mr. A. G. Warren, for many years en gaged in the manufacture of ice cream in Wilmington, and will be operated along the same lines that have proven so successful in the western part of the state. - He has already made con tracts for milk with farmers and dairymen in New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick, Duplin, Sampson, Moore and Bladen Counties and the S. A. L, and A. C. L. railroads have agreed to ship the milk. at a baggage rate. DWARD GRAHAM Lesson (By B. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of eunaay acnool course. The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, I1L) LESSON FOR MAY 2 SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID. LESSON TEXT-I Samuel 19:1-12. GOLDEN TEXT Wh nan rmttott. V.I. trust in the Lord shall be safe.-Prov. Although anointed by Samuel vfv torious in arms and promoted at court, David was many years In reaching his . throne. At first both court and armv did him honor (ch. 18:2), yet he con- auctea himself with great modesty (IS: 18. 23). He also nheveri the. vnc explicitly though he knew fully that ne was the God-appointed successor of Saul. Escapes as wonderful and as providential as David's occur in the lives of most of us if we could but know them. I. David and Jonathan, w. 1-3. The story of the love of David and Jona than Is ia- classic. With such close family relations and a son-in-law so successful at arms It Is strange that Saul's anger should vent Itself upon David. At first Saul was much at tached to David but the admiration of the people for David aroused his Jeal ousy, (ch. 18:6) and Jealousy is pecu liarly a soldier's disease. The slave of ealousy never has peace. As sin and disobedience developed in his life Saul became subject to fits of Insane rage during one of which, as David played upon his harp and endeavored to quiet the monarch's spirit, he hurled a avelin,' which served as his scepter. at the harpist (ch. 19:10). Saul felt that David was divinely protected and he knew that God had departed from his own life (15:23; 16:14). Saul did not keep his grief and rage to himself for Jonathan and the nation alike Knew an aDout u. II. Saul and Jonathan, w. 4-7. It took courage and ' self-sacrifice on Jonathan's part to speak on behalf of David. Prudence and principle are combined in Jonathan's plea. Those who envy Include in their hate and anger all who speak kindly In behalf of their enemy. But Jonathan's argu ment (w. 4, 5) Is unanswerable. David had not sinned against Saul; It was Jehovah who "wrought a great salvation for all Israel" on the day David took his life in his hand and overcame Goliath. Jonathan pleads for God as well as for his friend. He called to Saul's memory his former Joy at seeing Jehovah's victory through David and for the time being Saul was persuaded (v. 6) and made another of those impetuous promises which proved so fleeting. Ushered by Jonathan (Matt. 5:9) David returned to Saul's presence, entered once more upon the discharge of his duties and desisted only when he' saw that his presence only aggravated the king and that he was uselessly exposing his life In Saul's presence. ' David was faith ful to God and to God's anointed king. III. Mlchal and David, w. 8-12. Saul's hatred was too deep to be per manently avercome. David went out and won a great victory over the Phi listines and as he followed his courtly duty, Saul burst out with a fresh at tack (vr. 8, 9). David had married Mlchal when about twenty-one years of age and Saul's attacks occurred dur ing the next three years. The evil spirit mentioned was a demon (18:10; Acts 16:16-18; Mark 1:23-26), a mes senger of Satan permitted by God for Saul's discipline (II Cor. 12:7). God permits evil to come upon men not to tempt them solicit them to do wrong but to bring them to repentance or to refine them as pure gold. Thus evil may be said to do God's work (ch 4:1) "to be sent from Jehovah." IV. Summary. All who envy are murderers at heart (Matt, 27:18; I John 3:12, 15). The present day murderers hurl their Javelins of slander, lying and vituperation against the reputa tion of the men whom they hate. Or else they hurl unfair and unjust busi ness methods at others that they may perpetuate their power or else build themselves up upon the ruins of those whom they envy. Saul missed David but he was no less a-murderer. Satan always overshoots the mark when he assails one of God's anointed, chosen ones. Saul could not harm David though he wished to ever so much (Ps. 3?:32, 33; Isa. 54:17; Luke 4:30; 10:39). Saul's hatred stopped not even at the threshold of David's house but Invaded the sacred precincts of his home. Envy is blind. It assails all that a man has, spares none with whom he is connected and colors ev ttt art and relation of life even to the : relations of father and child. Saul was frustrated by his own children, Jonathan and Mlchal. David's danger, was . Imminent, hence his speedy es cape, y Men are strong In so far as they see God's purpose and discipline la their lives. Saul's experience at Naloth (w. 23, 24) was a response of his emotional nature to a religious appeal, another time when God was waiting to be gracious. Divested of his armor and outer robes Saul lay In a trance, overcome by the power of him who turns tha hearts of men as rivers of water. The wrath of man Is made to praia him, the life of the prophet Is pre served and likewise the life of hia servant David.
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