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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, MAY 26, 1915. NO. 42. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Natisss For Seven Days kn Given. THE NEWS 0FTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South, land Will Be Found in . Brief Paragraphs. European War A state of war now virtually exists between Italy and the Teutonic allies, of which the Roman government was formerly an ally. The Italian troops are reported to Jbe crouched to spring at Austria and bridges have been , de stroyed on the frontier. In the east the Russians are report ed to have been severely repulsed by the German and Austrian armies in the Carpathians. Dissension prevails in the English cabinet. Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, and Lord Kitchener, head of the war office, are both now out of favor on account of recent losses on land and sea. A coa lition cabinet is expected to be form ed that will embrace all parties. Ar thur J. Balfour, former premier at the time of the Boes war, is considered Churchill's probable successor and Bo nar Law is ' mentioned to succeed Kitchener. Fierce fighting is going on In the Dardanelles, but no decided gains are reported on either side. While on his way to dinner at the Spanish embassy, the Italian ambas sador to Berlin was attacked in the street by a patriotic German young ster, who knocked off his hat. The boy was arrested and the imperial government apologized. Three heads of the Bonaparte fam ily in France, Belgium and Portugal, all grand nephews of Napoleon the great, have volunteered their personal services to Italy in case of war. The archbishop of Canterbury has announced no candidates for the cler gy in the Church of England who are of military age will be ordained dur ing the war; that all must enter the government's military service. The Austrc-German forces, recently under personal supervision of Emper or William, have driven the Russian armies, stretching for a length of two hundred miles in the Galician hills in northern Austria, back into Poland ac cording to advices from Vienna and Berlin. The report was somewhat con firmed by the hasty departure of Em peror Nicholas from Petrograd to the front. The -Teutonic forces claim to have crossed the San river. Emperor William himself narrowly escaped death from a Russian shell in Galicia, according to a Budapest dispatch. The imperial chauffeur was killed. The London and Paris war offices claim the Anglo-French forces and fleet in the Dardanelles are gaining daily. An Athens dispatch states the Turks have been out of ammunition for a fortnight, but have been re plenished with an ample supply of war stores from Berlin. Another English merchantman, the Drumcree, has been sunk by a Ger man submarine, torpedoed in the Eng lish channel. The English parliament shows a re luctancy in passing a conscription act which is being urged by Lord Kitchen er and the Asquith ministry. Italians have clashed with Austrian troops at Pola. Both the Austro-Hun-garian and German ambassadors at Rome have asked for their passports. Declaration of war is expected any moment. It has been definitely an nounced that the old triple alliance is now shattered. The German imperial chancellor, in addressing the reichstag, said all had been done by Austria to keep peace between Vienna and Rome, but with out success. The London admiralty office ad mits that an Australian submarine, making its way into the Sea of Mar mora, was sunk by the Turks. ' A crew of thirty was lost. Domestic The West Virginia state senate adopted a joint resolution petitioning Governor Slaton of Georgia to com mute the death sentence of Leo Frank to life imprisonment. A concurrent resolution was adopt ed by the Pennsylvania legislature begging Governor Slaton of . Georgia for clemency in the case of Leo Frank. ' Former President Taft, in an ad dress at Painesville, Ohio, declared there was too much competition among the churches and hot enough unity. The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly is in session at Newport News. Governor Manning of South Caroli na has ordered the "tiger" laws of that state enforced which means a war against some of the municipal govern ments of the state. f Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, prominent New York attorney and railroad mag nate, is dead. He was a Civil war veteran. Governor Walsh of Massachusetts has issued to all state governors his official invitation for the conference of governors to convene in Boston in September 'for their annual; meeting. The conference last year was held in Madison. Wis. The jury in the Barnes-Roosevelt 11 bel suit at Syracuse is deadlocked. A conditional verdict was returned for Colonel Roosevelt which Justice An drews refused to receive. Eleven .ju rors, were favorable to the former president and one, a Syracuse motor man, was for Mr. Barnes. An import ant question raised is the division of court costs, which have been propos ed to be split equally' between plain tiff and defendant. The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly, , in session at Newport News, has. been greatly stirred by the prohibition agitation started in the proceedings. , Judge Arthur Powell bf Atlanta, Ga., an intimate friend of the late Judge L. S. s Roan, who presided over the Frank trial, has written an open let ter to Governor Slaton of Georgia In which "he states Judge Roan never be lieved Frank was guilty. . ... - The Texas legislature is the fourth American legislative body to adopt resolutions of appeal to Governor Sla ton of Georgia, begging for clemency for Leo Frank. At the international arbitration con ference at Mohonk Lake, N. Y., Pres. Wilson's stand was indorsed by unani mous vote amid enthusiastic cheers. The Northern Baptist conference, in session at Los Angeles, adopted res olutions indorsing President Wilson's administration and peace policies. In his argument to the jury at the close of the Barnes-RooseveJ libel suit at Syracuse, Colonel Roosevelt's counsel, John M. Bowers, begged the jury not to destroy the former presi dent's power in America by deciding against him, but to let him continue in. following President Wilson as a guide of the nation. . Washington Assistant Postmaster General Ro per has granted all postmasters who were ex-Confederate soldiers in the Civil war leave of absence to attend the Confederate reunion at Richmond. At the conclusion of five days of ar gument between counsel in the injunc tion suit of theRiggs National bank against Secretary McAdoo, Comptrol ler Williams and United States Treas urer Burke, Justice McCoy of the Co lumbia supreme court took under ad visement the dismissal of the case. He sharply criticised the methods of the Riggs institution for persistent viola tions, and stated from the bench Sec retary McAdoo and his associates had not shown any malice. . Frank D. Walsh, chairman of the federal industrial relations commis sion, now conducting an investigation of the Colorado strike situation, gave John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a rigorous grilling on the witness stand which greatly provoked the latter's resent ment. President Wilsqn has issued a com plimentary statement regarding the New York police service, praising its great efficiency in handling great crowds. President Wilson, who is back at the White House from New York, where he went to review the fleet, emphaticaly announced there would be no bartering with Germany over his recent note, that he meant fully all he said. Rev. Eugene S. Gaddis of Denver, former head of the Rockefeller's Col orado corporation's socialogical de partment, testified before the federal industrial relations committee that the Colorado miners were justified in re belling and that the strike was caus ed by brutes and bullies. Rev.. Mr. Gaddis was late let out by the Rocke feller interests, he said, and made an unsuccessful appeal to be reinstated. Secretary of Agriculture . Houston has received an extensive report from the British agricultural office on the first experimental cotton crop raised in New South Wales on the Australian continent. Clarence Darrow, counsel for the McNamaras, stated to the federal in dustrial relations commission that, in his opinion, the McNamaras, in being sent to Sfan Quinten prison for life and fifteen years, respectively, for blowing up the Los Angeles Times and killing 120 people and blowing up bridges and other properties were martyrs. , Foreign The Swiss federal authorities view with displeasure the sinking of the Lu sitania and have made suitable rep resentation's of disapproval to the Ger man imperial government at Berlin. The Canadian government steamer, Christine, was rammed 4n the St. Law rence river by a Canadian submarine, causing the loss of eight lives. Six of the crew were saved. , 'Some Americans residing vat an Diego report that they were fired on while in their private fishing launch, the New Ancono, while on a fishing cruise in Mexican waters in one of the harbors of Lower California. They report their craft waved the American flag. . ' ' Marriage by proxy has been made legal in France by a special act of the chamber of deputies. The first to avail themselves of the new law were Alfred Lorin, a Paris attorney, now a soldier at the front, and Mile Marie Martigny. The bridegroom was repre sented at the 'ceremony by a close friend. ..- Americans in Mexico recently at tacked by Yaqui Indians in an upris ing in the state of Sonora have been protected' by American marines land ed from the Pacific fleet and by Villa troops which immediately were rushed to the scene to quiet the Indians. . ITALY FINALLY TAKES PLUNGE INTO WAR FORMAL DECLARATION IS MADE THAT A STATE OF WAR EXISTS. SENT TO AUSTRIA - HUNGARY Teutonic Ambassadors Have Waited . in Rome Until Last Moment Hoping in Vain. Rome, via Paris. Italy is at wr with. Austria-Hungary. ' ' ' With the issuance of the general mobilization order the Italian Gavt-.rn-ment issued a proclamation declaring war -on Austria. ' ' Prio'r to this, and after a lengthy consultation, the Ministers of War and Marine proclaimed all the prov inces bordering on Austria and the islands and coast towns of the Adri atic in a st&te of war which was equivalent to the establishment ,of martial law, the step usually preced ing the formal declaration. Although drastic action has been looked for momentarily, Italians of all classes' have been electrified by tne swiftly moving events. Great crowds gathered around the Quirnal to await the Ministers, who called on tne King for the purpose of discussing the question and signing the decree. When Premier Salandra and Signor Sonnino, the Foreign; Minister left the Palace the people cheered -them enthusiastically. General Zuppili, Minister of War, and Vice Admiral Viale, Minister of Marine, remained with the king for a considerable time after the others left and later they had a conference with Lieuten ant General Cadorna, Chief of Staff and Vice Admiral Phaon do Devel, Chief of the Naval Staff. Austrio-Italion front, . on the Aus trian side of which feverish prep arations have been going on the last few days to make the fortifications as strong as possible, and to clear the way for effective artillery action. The German Ambassador, Prince von Buelow, and the Austria Ambas sador, Baron von Macchio, are still In Rome so far as is ' known. They have waited to the last moment in the hope that some way might be f ound. to prevent a clash at arms. They will be given safe conduct when they do leave and so far as German and Austrian residents in Italy are concerned, every effort has ben made to see them safely out of the country. VILLA TROOPS VICTORIOUS. Route Obregon and Win Victory Over Carranza Forces. Washington, Complete -victory for the Villa forces over the Carranza army was claimed by the Villa agency here on the strength of a dispatch from Diaz Lorn bar do, minister of foreign af faiirs at Chihuahua. The message, dated at Chihuahua fol lows. "An engagement was fought at points between Leon and Sinaloa be tween the forces of General Villa and those of General Obregon, resulting In the complete rout of the latter. A part of our forces occupied Sinaloa while the remainder actively engaged in the pursuit of enemy, driving him beyond Celaya. This pursuit is being contin ued. Large quantities of war mate rial were taken including small arms, ammuKition and some field artillery. Nearly all of Ohregon's trams fell In to our hands. ' Details have not yet arrived, but reports indicate the action was very sanguinary, the enemy aban doning a large number of men on the field. "General Villa will shortly Issue a proclamation of amnesty in favor of those Oarranzistas who wish to sur render and which will be applicable to all political offenders whose acts are not deemed to have been serious ly prejudicial." King Seriously III.. Athens, via London. King Con- stantine of Greece who is ill with pleurisy, became more feverish after undergoing an operation. His tem perature has Increased to . 103.2. Roosevelt Wins Libel Su Sracuse. N. Y. Twelve men chosen as a jury to determine whether Theo dore . Roosevelt libelled William Barnes when he charged that he work ed through a "corrupt .alliance by crooked business and. crooked poli tics," amid that he was "corruptly allied with Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall," returned a verdict in favor of the former president. In the belief of the jury everything Colonel Roose velt said about the former chairman of tJhe Republican state committee was true, and Mr, Barnes was not libelled. Reply Will be Friendly. Washington. Such advices as have been received from Ambassador Ge been received frrm Ambassador Gerard recently have given no intimation as to the character of the German re ply to the recent American not be vond the generality that : it will be friendly In tone. The German answeiH is expected to reach Washington son. Until then the situation as between the United States and Great Britain over alleged violations of international law in connection with the British or der in council will not be . developed by officials here.. . - HIGH POINT LEADS F IT IS APPARENT THAT SOME TOWNS AND CITIES ARE NOT REPORTING AT ALU DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the State CaoitoL . , Raleigh. Of the ten towns of the state hav ing 10,000 population or over, High Point leads in birth registration with a rate of 32.2, Wilmington following with 30.0. The other town3 in order of rank are: Raleligh, 29.8; Greens boro, 25.4; Winston-Salem, 25.3; Charlotte, 25.1; Rocky Mount, .24.1; Durham, 22.3; Asheville, 21.1; New Bern, 18.1. " By a comparison of the above "rates with the average national birth rate which is 35.1 per 1,000 population. It is readily seen that North Carolina" is falling far short in registering all her births, else she might as well be framing up a welcome to hold out to foreigners. If 18.1 represents all the births of New Bern where will she be in another century? According to her reports made to the State Board of Health her death rate will consume her berth rate in less than a century. Twenty counties of the state have been picked out as banner counties by the State Board of Health for the registeration of births. Of the coun ties, Clay leads with a registration of 46. ThftTl In nrdar frkllvnr Tlora Mitchell, Martin, Gates, Madison Warren, Lincoln, . Graham, Avery, Stokes, Washington, Wilkes, Caswell, Yadkin, Cabarrus Ashe Davidson, Beaufort, Alexander. During the same quarter the ten counties in the state making the poorest showing in the registration of births are .Craven, Carrituck, Cam den, Robeson, Bertie, Jones, Duplin, Lee and Lenoir. "If we dodn't know better, . we would expect New Bern, according to her own figures, to disappear from the map within the next generation," says a statement of the board just is sued. "As to the towns reporting best, on deaths, perhaps Raleigh leads, with Asheville as a close-.second. Then comes Wilmington and Charlotte. The next to follow are Rocky Mount, New Bern, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Durham and High Point. '- ' "It is evident that these towns are not reporting all their deaths, but as a general rule, deaths are more near ly all reported than births. It is dif ficult to tell which way we are going as a state in health matters unless there, be accurate reports of both deaths and births." Twenty-Three New Embaimers. Secretary H. G. Rowe of the State Board of Embaimers has announced the twenty-three successful appli cants to practice embalming in North Carolina who stood the examination before the Board at the recent meet ing in Henderson. In the list of six teen white applicants who were suc cessful two of them were women. There were seven negroes who passed the examination. The list of those who can now prac tice embalming in this state are: Miss Dorothy Creasmari, Asheville; Nelson G. Rogers, Winston-Salem ; R. F. Paggett, Asheville; Charles Ford, Gastonia; James T. Relnes, North Wilkesboro ; John W. Curtis, Liberty; J. W. Oden, Washington; John B. -Hatcher, Dunn; William L. Burke, Durham ; L. P. Andrews, Fair mont; John W. Newman, Fayetteville ; Miss Blanche McNeely, Mooresville; Charles C. -Baker, Goldsboro; M. Cherry, Washington; Charles O.. Rog ers, Sanford. Colored: J. E. Ransom, Warrenton; Nathaniel E. Hargett, Durham; Clar ence P. Wilson, Keysville, Va.; En gene Burrough, Ashvelle; John H. Rf,y, Durham; A. McNeil, Greensboro; John L. Thompson, Charlotte. Governor Preparing For Vacation. The Governor is getting the affairs in the executive office in order for his summer vacation with a view ' to absenting himself from the. office- for some time after June 1 ' The Gov enrnor's health is very much better than it was some months ago, and he Is steadily 'improving. Indeed, he is beginning to get into golf play again after having been missed from the links here for several months and he expects to utilize the Asheville and other western Carolina " links freely while in that section. Plant Breeding Experiment. . ' Several acres of the Experiment Station Farm, just west of Raleigh, have been fenced off for the special purpose of experiments in plant breed ing under the supervision of Dr. C. B. Williams, chief of the division of ag-, ronomy of the Experiment Station and the Department of Agriculture. The special work this season is to be with cotton plants and velvet beans. ; The results of these experiments will be published and during the season spe cial effort will be made to induct farmers to visit the farm. BIRTH GORES South Can Grow Corn In Plenty. Five years of Boys' Club work In North Carolina has demonstrated to the world the wonderful corn grow ing possibilities of the South accord ing to Mr. T. E. Browne, director of the work in the state, who reviews the history of the activity of the boys in North Carolina in corn growing and sees in this woric the future' and the near future in which the South will be producing all the corn it needs. 'One of the first and most promi nent results obtained, along with the work in other southern states, was the demonstrating to the world the wonderful corn growing possibilities of southern soils, says Mr. . Browne. Until the members of the corn clubs began to grow-' the enormous yields of 200 bushels and more of corn to the acre, and to grow it cheaply,' other parts of the country had not thought of the south as a corn section. So it remained for the boys between the ages of ten and eighteen years to prove that the real corn belt of the na tion lies in the south and it Is only a question of a few years now, since we have become aroused to our possi bilitiesbefore the south will be growing all the corn it needs. "The corn clubs have furnished an opportunity for teaching the boys a few of the simple fundametal prin ciples of good farm practice, and by their open-mindedness and willingness to try the methods advocated, they have been averaging from fifty-eight to sixty-five bushels of corn per acre, at a cost of from thirty-five to forty five cents per bushel. The average yield for the state has been about eighteen bushels per acre during the same time. . "As an adjunct to the Corn Club work, and for the purpose of teach ing them simple lessons in animal in dustry, the Pig and Poultry Clubs have been recently added to the club movement. By means of these clubs the boys and girls are , taught the value of feeding their corn on the farm in order to get a double value, and are taught the important place of live stock farming in all successful agri culture. "Through the agricultural clubs, we hope to build up a wholesome social life in the country. There is no phase of rural life more neglected today than the social phase. Too many farmers . forget that they were ever young, and that there is difference be tween exercise and recreation. It is true the farm boy gets all the physi cal exercise he can stand, but how much real recreation? Through the club picnics and various club gather ings we hope to add emphasis to the social side of country life." Opinions of the Supreme Court. State vs. Lyerly, Rowan, no error; Hardison vs. Richardson, Randolph, no error; Boyden and Henderson vs. Hagaman, Caldwell, no error; William son vs. Jerome, Rowan, affirmed; Hallman vs. Railroad Company, Ca tawba, no error; Lawrence vs. Eller, Avery, affirmed ; . Shuford vs. Brady, Catawba, affirmed; Carver vs. Rail road Company, Rutherford, new trial; Walker vs. Parker, Wilkes, new trial; Lynch vs. Veneer Company, Bun combe, no error; Shook vs. Lumber Company, Buncombe, affirmed; Raines vs. Railroad Company, Buncombe, new trial; Phillips vs. Hodgin, Guil ford, affirmed; Alfred vs. Longest, Guilford, affirmed; Goins vs. Lumber Oompany, Burke, affirmed; Belch vs. Seaboard Air Line, Robeson, affirmed; Transportation Company vs. Lumber Company, Haywood, motion to re-instate denied; Phifer vs. Mullls, Union, petition to re-hear dismissed. Charters Issued During the Week. The Orrin Williams, Weddell Cor poration, Tarboro, capital 100,000 autnorized and tu.000 subscribed by George Howard, W. G. Clark, John A. Weddell and L. D. Hargrove for a general real estate and investment business. ( v The McWhorter Bros. & Teeler Co., Wingate, capital $25,000 authorized, and $2,500 subscribed for general mer cantile business by N. A. Teeler, R. L. McWhorter and others. The Maxwell & Pugh Co., Newbern, capital $25,000 authorized and $10,000 subscribed for general mercantile business. The Marshall Realty and Insurance and Collecting Agency (Inc.) of Marshall, capital $10,000 authorized and $3,000 subscribed by W- B. Ram sey, Guy V. Roberts and Roberta Rogers. Governor Craig Grants Pardon, A pardon was granted by Governor Craig for Enoch Cocumber, Jackson county, who has served, more than two years of an eight years' sentence for manslaughter. The Governor says the only evidence as to the killing was that by the defendant himself, who explained that it was in connection with a sudden quarrel when he threw a rock with the fatal result, - He in sists that he threw the rock in self defense. The judge and solicitor recommended the pardon on the ground of sufficient punishment. , Many More Historical Relics. Col. Fred A. Olds, as collector for the North Carolina Historical com mission, is in' the Eastern part of the state where he is combing the coun ties to a finish for historical data and relics of various sorts. The flag of the Eighth, North Carolina regiment, snot down from the Fort on Roanoke Island and carried off by Captain Daw son at the surrender is one of the prized collections that he has made, according to a report just made to the Historical Commission. In addi tion, he has found many old records. SECRETARIES FORM STATE ASSOCIATION SECRETARIES OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE HOLD MEETING AT RALEIGH. G. R. H0RNE IS PRESIDENT Help Farmer is Keynote Cities Must Reach Out For Rural Prosperity. . ' Present System Valueless. Raleigh. With 'the formation of the North Carolina Association of Com mercial .Secretaries and the election of officers for this body, the seeds of a great uplifting movement were sown by the secretaries of the various chambers of commerce of the state. There were the following charter members of the association in attend ance: Messrs. M. R. Beaman, of the Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce; G. N. Home, of the Rocky Mount Cham ber; G. Warren Booker, of the Salis bury Chamber of Commerce ; Clyde L. Davis, of the Sand Hills Board of Trade; R. S. Register, of the Norlina Chamber of Commerce; J. C. Forester of the Greensboro Chamber; Da3siter of the Granville Qpmmercial Club; and Miss Bessie Hackney, of the local chamber. The following officers were elected: President, G. R. Home, secretary of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Com merce. Vice-President, G. Warren Booker, secretary of the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce. J Secretary and treasurer, Miss Bes sie Hill Mackney, secretary of the lo cal Chamber of Commerce. The president and vice-president will elect a delegate from the east, central, and western sections of . the. state and- two delegates at large, which will make five directors from the different parts of the state. The keynote of the meeting was the urbanizing of the rural districts and ruralizing the cities, and in his re sponse to the addresses of welcome, Mr. Clyde L. Davis, secretary of the Sand Hills board of trade, made a short talk, emphasizing1 this feature by declaring that it was the urgent need, of every commercial ' body in the state. This hustling young man, who has' done so much to popularize agri culture in this state, declared that the country does not take the city as seriously as the city takes itself, for the farmer knows the city is not the cause of anything but a result, i and spearing from the standpoint of a farmer himself, ne told them that it was useless to strive after prosperity by going after factories and stores, but the thing paramount in prosper ous communities was the securing of more farmers and helping those al ready here, and then the factories will come unaided. - Immediately fol lowing Mr. Davis' talk he was asked to read1 a paper prepared by Mr. Ju lian S. Miller, of the Greater Char lotte Club, on the question, "How can we link rural sections with cities V Berry Growers Face Big Loss. Mount Olive. With practically all of the Northern markets flooded with berries from about all of the berry producing sections of the country, the price .per crate has taken such a sud den and sharp decline and further suipments, under present conditions are hardly advisable, and the berry growers of east Carolina face losses aggregating, perhaps, several hundred thousands of dollars. Enlarging Hosiery Plant. Newtori. The Ridgeview Hosiery Mill is installing new equipment for the manufacture of hosiery. A num ber of new machines have arrived and are being placed. The additional ma chinery will swell the output consid erably. The other mill, the Fidelity, is also running full time. Both are hampered by the dyestuff situation. Warrenton Votes Bonds. Warenton. The election here re sulted in favor of issuing $50,000 worth of bords for the purpose-of installing water works and sewerage in this place. . A hundred and twenty-three votes were cast 100 In favor of issuing bonds and 23 against. Growing Sweet Potatoes. Reidsville. William Cummings, the well-known and progressive farmer near Monroeton, has placedan order for 20,000 Nancy Hall potato slips and expects to engage next ' year much more extensivevly in the cultivation of sweet potatoes, which demand high prices on the eastern markets during the winter and spring months. With fair success Mr. Cummings will gath er a fair crop around 500 bushels, which will be sufficient to Justify the construction of a small size dry-kiln. Durham Grand Jury Indicts 500. . Durham. The grand jury returned true bills against 503 people of . Dur ham for failure to list their taxes for the year 1914. v The former grand jury took up this matter and presented the bills of indictments. The grand jury this year returned the bills. This act ion was taken following a great deal of trouble the officers of the county have had in getting people to place their names on the books. Among the 500 people in the bills are many prominent people in the city. The bills came as a great surprise. teTMflONAL ifSfflOOI (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of Sunday School Course of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR MAY 30 . e BRINGS ARK TO JERUSALEM. LESSQN TEXT II Samuel 6:12-19 and Psalm 24. (Study all of chapter 6.) - uuLDGN TEXT I was glad when they , said unto me. Let us go unto the house Of the Lord. Psalm 122:1. This event probably occurred B. C. " 1042, in the twenty-second year ,ot David's reign. It would be a good plan to assign to various pupils such subjects as: (a) What the ark was and how it came .to be lost;: (b) . UT1 t A m mm . wnere it naa Deen since tne days ot Joshua; (c) What; occurred to it while in possession of the Philistines; (d) Who was Obededom? (e) Uzziah? (f) Michal? (g) How Jerusalem came to be the seat of government. ; I. The'Ark Recovered, w. 1-5. David realized that while God was the God of all the tribes, . still there was no visible religious center; there waa the consequent danger of confound ing the local place of worship wit , that of some local( Baal (god) and the possible breaking up of the national reliance upon Jehovah, Where Kir- ' Jath-jearinv . was is not definitely known, buterhaps it was eight or ten miles wgst of Jerusalem. The ark had lodged here for perhaps seventy years. , David and they that were with, him followed the example of the Phil-. is tines (I Sam. 6:1-18) in their mode of transferring the ark rather than to have it carried upon the shoulders of the priests (Josh. 3:3). Preceded by "ravlH Bnfl th a Tiniiaet nf Israel i nresent. thev beean the return lour- ney from the house of Abinadab. v II. The Ark Retarded, w. 6-11; They had reached one' of the open places used as a threshing floor when the oxen slipped and the cart was shaken. Uzziah, one pf the two into II. 1 J V. 1 J 1 A 4 ,1 hold of the ark to keep it from fall ing. Why was he slain therefore? We V have already suggested . the reason. How to carry the ark was plainly writ ten (Num. 4:5-12; 7:9). Neglect of God's word gets many well-meaning people into trouble, along with their friends, also. . The ark was the sym bol of God's presence, and men had to be taught to revere his holy name and his glorious presence . (see last A V . clause v. z). uzzian s sin was me sin of Irreverence. He seems not to have sensed the invisible God in his vlnihlA nhnde. Thn result struck ter ror into the heart Of David and the people, and the ark was left in the house of Obed of Edora for a period ot three months. David's "improved plan" was a proved failure. III. The Ark Restored, vv. 9-19. David, by thus abandoning the ark. , 1 A. . 9 seems 10 nave resented me judgment of God, yet he must have realized that God had sufficient cause for his acts. The ark is a type of Christ, who is Immanuel, God with us. The ark contained the law of God, as Christ enshrined the will of his Fa ther. Over the law was the blood sprinkled mercy seat where God met his people (Ex. 25:18-22). In Christ we find our mercy seat where we meet God. Though this ark brought . judgment to Uzziah it brought bless ing to Obed-edom (v. 12). Even so Christ brings judgment or Joy accord ing to our treatment, of -him. Obed edom so piously cared for the ark'that DOIU lie HI1U 111s uuuonuuiu ttuiu vu- . ly DHJSSeil. II lIlilBk IB ICOUjr 1U UUA hearts we will be blessed, and Christ abideth forever. , : ? IV. The Psalm of Praise, Ps. 24. In the Jewish synagogue this psalm is recited at the carrying back of the book of the law to its shrine, and in the Greek church at the consecration of the church. The twenty-second psalm presents the suffering Savior; the twenty-third presents the risen . Savior as the shepherd caring for and leading his sheep, and the twenty fourth tells 'of Xhe reigning, glorified , Lord. The whole earth is Jehovah's (v. 1) and no Incident better teaches the converse,' viz., that he is God of the earth and not a mere tribal deity. , He "founded" and "established" it, ' and all "the fullness," and "they that dwell therein" are his by creative and redemptive right. Since we belong to him we owe him worship and serv iceand a servant Is one who BliUlUB V. O. X 11 0 VUUU1UUU9 Ul r .- lowship with Jehovah are "clean . hands and a pure heart" (v. 4), those who deal with honesty and reverence "Vanity" and "idolatry" are frequently synonymous terms'. ; ' A ' The firsthand the fourth condition relate to others, the second and the third to one's Inner life (see; I John 1:. 7).. '. . The reward of acceptable worship and service is "blessing from the Lord" (v. 5). In verse eight we find Israel's great name for God first used in the Psalms. , , ' :. He is gloriously strong," this Lord , of the hosts of heaven. In I Cor. 2:8, Jesus who was cruci fied is called the "Lord of Glory." Even so our coming King is . "strong and Mighty" and will prove himself) "mighty in battle" (see Rev. 19:19-21). When he, the King of Glory, leads, captivity captive all of his followers will have a part ' in ' that triumphal entry. . -. "LV.''- ,- j
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 26, 1915, edition 1
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