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VOL. XXXVII.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JULY 7, 1915.
NO. 48.
EPITOME OF THE
WEEO EVENTS
a a Condensed Form the Happenings of
All Nationalities Are , Given
For Our Readers.
WEEK'S NEWSAT A GLANCE
mportant Events of the United States
and Particularly in the
South.
n
foreign
Conditions in Mexico City are re
garded as deplorable. Riots and loot
ing are reported throughout the me
tropolis and much suffering as a con
sequence. The Zapata forces have
ieft the city to check the advance of
general Carranza, who is now march
ing his army onto the capital from
Vera Cruz.
Marion Letcher, American consul at
Chihuahua, Mexico, reports that all
Americans in that vicinity have been
treated well and courteously by Gen
eral Villa who maintains his capital at
that place.
From Jalapa, Mexico, in the heart
of the richest section of the south
ern republic, comes reports of scenes
of horror and sorrow, deafh, idleness,
ruin and human misery.
Searing the Huerta plan to again
?eize control of the Mexican govern
ment may lead to intervention by the
United States, the leaders of the war
ring factions in the southern republic
have decided to consider a peace con
ference within the next fortnight.
Generals Villa and Obregon will meet
each other, General Carranza person
ally declining to meet in person his
former lieutenant, but will allow Gen
eral Obregon to represent him.
It is reported that President Yuan
Shi Kai of the Chinese republic has
approved a bill prohibiting free speech
of the Chinese press and Chinese
writers at least for the time being.
The trial of Porter Charlton, an
American, in Italy, on the charge of
murdering his wife in Lake Como,
has been postponed until fall for a
further mental examination of the de
fendant. The monastery at Einsiedein in
Switzerland has been prepared for
Pope Benedict, should the head of the
Roman Catholic church decide to quit
Rome at least temporarily. This move
will meet with the approval of both
Germany and Austria, the latter of
which is officially a Roman Catholic
nation.
The American ambassador and Mrs.
Page, in London, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Katherine, to Charles G. Loring of
Boston. The wedding will take place
at the American embassy in London
in August and will be attended by
King George and Queen Mary.
Dr. Ernest Quorck, Social-Demo
cratic leader of the German reichstag,
is advocating peace for the belliger
ents.
Turbulent conditions in Haiti have
reached such a point that the United
States has been advised to take a
hand. Paul Fuller, Jr., appointee of
President Wilson to that island re
public, advises Secretary Lansing that
the Haitien government is in the
throes of a revolution between Doc
tor Bobo, the deposed president, and
President Sam, the new self-appoint
ed incumbent, who has been recogniz
ed by Italy, Germany and France. The
United States has withheld its rec
ognition of the Sam government un
til after a thorough, investigation of
the situation.
Domestic
President Wilson will await Emper
or William's reply at Cornish, so that
he may secure more of the much
needed rest which his physicians
have prescribed.
President Wilson was -quite surpris
ed by the news that a Canadian steam
er had been torpedoed in view of re
cent advices from Berlin assuring
America there would be nothing more
of that sort. He will wait word from
England to know whether the Arme
nian had been chartered by the Eng
Jish government.
The new state-wide' prohibition law
has gone into effect in 'Alabama. Ev
ery saloon in the state now is closed.
Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of
Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark, was
married at "Honey Shuck," the home
of the Clarks at Bowling Green,. Mo.,
to James M. Thompson, proprietor of
r.he New Orleans Item. The ceremony
took place in a bowered pergola at the
side of the house in the presence of
hundreds of guests. No invitations
were issued, but "everybody in Mis
souri" was invited. People came from
all sections of the state and nation,
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia is
dissatisfied with the British reply. to
the American note regarding . the
blockade of American importations.
The Culebra Cut, the famous and
annoying cut made for the Panama
canal, which has given so much trou
ble, has taken another slide and clos
ed the canal channel to ships with
a drift of more than 26 feet.
Harry Thaw was found sane and
rational by a jury. No contention has
ever been made about his sanity ex
cept by himself as a means to es
cape the electric chair for the mur
der of Stanford White. Justice Hen
drick,- presiding over the case, has
warned all New York newspapers that
the trial of the case in the newspa
pers will have to cease.
Asa Candler, the Atlanta million
aire, signed a check for $3,500,000,
which he gave to the Georgia state
treasurer in payment for the state
bonds which he bought a short while
ago.
The American Association of Jew
ish Rabbis is in session at Charle
voix, Mich.
A pellagra epidemic has broken out
in
Arkansas. Many cases are report
ed in a little Rock orphanage.
A midshipman testifying at the An
apolis scandal hearing stated the
prepared examination papers" came
to the students through the mail from
an unknown source.
The recruiting agencies in Califor
nia report that United States soldiers
and sailors, lured by cash bonuses of
$10 each, free transportation to Eu
rope and prospects of special pay and
spectacular fighting, have been Induc
ed to desert the American service for
the British army and navy. An order
has been issued to thoroughly investi
gate the matter Immediately.
President Wilson at Cornish has
been informed of all the important
events in the country from the deten
tion of General Huerta to the troubles
in Haiti. The president keeps in con
stant telephonic communication with
Secretary Lansing at Washington. '
Officials of the Sons of Teutons of
America, who invited William Jen
nings Bryan to address them in Chi
cago, rescinded their invitation while
the former secretary was en route
to the Windy City to fill the engage
ment. .
Gen. Victoriano Huerta, former dic
tator of Mexico who came into power
at President's Madero's assassination,
of which he was directly accused, was
arrested at Newman, N. M., and then
brought to El, Paso, Texas, on the
charge of conspiring to incite a rev
olution against a friendly country.
Since being deposed by President Wil
son, Huerta took refuge in Spain and
was driven to the United States,
where he was given refuge on his
oath not to violate any of the neu
trality laws of this country with any
other nation. His trip to Mexico is
taken as an act in direct contraven
tion to his oath to the United States
government, as it is understood he
plans to start another revolution in
Mexico and re-establish himself as
dictator.
Washington
The report of Secretary of Com
merce Redfield for the fiscal year of
the United States, which closed June
30, shows the last year to have had
the greatest trade balance to the
country's credit in the history of the
nation's commerce, despite the great
setback suffered in the nation's sec
ond crop, the southern cotton crop.
The trade balance for 1914-15 shows
a balance of $1,000,000,000 more than
ever before.
A big drop has been shown in the
last month in the trade balance of the
United States in its foreign commerce,
according to the report of Secretary
of Commerce Redfield.
Secretary McAdoo has appointed
Senator Fletcher of Florida chairman
of the committee arranging for the
trip of the United States business
men to South America, which will be
one of the greatest undertakings ever
yet attempted in American history.
The administration hopes to bring
about a closer bond of relationship
between the twenty republics,
of the two continents of the western
hemisphere and make them independ
ent of Europe and Asia.
Anxiety is being felt in official cir
cles regarding the Mexican situation,
as no word has reached the capital for
several days. It is feared communica
tion may have been cut off.
Secretary Lansing is now busily
preparing the new American note to
Great Britain resenting that nation's
interference with United States com
merce on the high seas. The text of
the note has already been published,
both in America and England.
European War
The Canadian steamer, Armenian,
carrying consignments of war sup
plies and passengers, was sunk by a
German submarine off the coast of
Cornwall in the Irish sea. Twenty
American lives were lost among the
passengers who went down.
The Germans still continue to drive
the Russians northward across their
own border. Austro-German generals
now predict Warsaw will be captured
before another month.
The Anglo-French allies are now ral
lying their forces in the east for a
renewed attack on the Dardanelles. It
is believed the fleet win be reinforced
by Italian battleships.
The Germans continue to drive the
Russians back beyond their own bor
der. The Muscovites have now taken
a stand along the River Bug.
A report circulated that the allies
were ready to sue for peace has been
denied in England by Premier As
quith, who stated in a public address
that Great Britain will fifcht to the
bitter end. ,
Italy's declaration of war on Tur
key is hourly expected.
The Austro-German forces are mak
ing a desperate drive toward Warsaw
which both Vienna and Berlin predict
wiil be captured within a month.
Germany received word from the
United States that America insists
upon an indemnity for the destruction
of the William P. Frye, the liability
of which has already been admitted
by the German imperial government.
The Petrograd war strategists are
mobilizing the Russian forces along
the Polish bordej to defend Warsaw
and endeavor to sweep down into
Galicia and retake some of the ter
ritory just lost to the Germans.
PORFIRIO DIAZ
DIED
PARS
FORMER PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
DIED FROM A COMPLICATION
OF DISEASES.
WAS SICK FOR SOME TIME
Had Been Sick For Three Weeks.
Wife and Son With Him Daugh
- ters Are in Mexico.
Paris. Gen. Porfiroj Diaz, former
president of Mexico, died here.
General Diaz's wife, Senora Carmen
Romero Rubias and their son Porfiro
Diaz, Jr., and the latter's wife were by
his side when the end came.
General Diaz began to fail rapidly,-
about three weeks ago and while his
death was not unexpected, owing to
his advanced age and recent failing
health the crisis came suddenly. Por
firo Diaz, Jr., and his wife were hasti
ly summoned and arrived at the bed
side only a few minutes before the end.
Colonel Diaz, in announcing the
death of his father, said that he was
unable to state the nature of the
malady, but expressed the opinion that
a complication of' diseases due to ad
vanced age was the cause.
Tw tragic circumstances marked
the death of the exiled ruler. Owing
to the troubled state in Mexico it has
been judged impossible to send the
body home with all the ceremony
which would have 'befitted one of the
figures of Mexican history, and further,
Col. Porfirio Diaz, Jr., has tried in vain
to inform his sisters, Senora Ignacio de
La Torre and Senora Rincoin Gallardo,
now in Mexico, of their father's -death.
No less tragic, perhaps, is the fact
that not one of those whom General
Diaz raised up as his assistants in
governing Mexico and who pprospered
and grew rich In the shadow of his
greatness were with him when he
died. Jose Yves de La Mentour, form
er Mexican minister of Finance, is in
London; Francisco de la Barra, former
provisional president of Mexico and
holder of other important positions and
Guillermo de Landa, former governor
of the federal district in Mexico, are
in Biarritz, France. Scarcely any one
outside of the family knew of the se
riousness of General Diaz's illness or
that he was in Paris.
The end seems to have been due
to failure of the heart, weakened by
an attack of grippe last year.
This illness left the aged exile
blind. Nevertheless he walked daily
last spring in the Bois de Boulogne,
which he loved because it resembled
the Chapatupec in Mexico City. He
had been hoping to go to Biarritz short
ly but illness prevented.
Will Protest Over Misuse of U S. Flag
Washington Representations con
cerning the misuse of American flags
by British merchantmen will be includ
ed in the general note which the Uni
ted States intends soon to send to
Great Britain covering restraints of
American commerce in connection with
the so-called blockade. Secretary Lan
sing disclosed that the investigation
being conducted by the United States
government into cases of alleged mis
use of the American flag to deceive
German submarine commanders had
not yet been completed but that evi
dence in specific cases probably would
be called squarely to the attention of
Great Britain while the general sub
ject would be included in the new
note. ' '.
Greece Would Claim Part of Albania
Rome.via Paris A Tribune dispatch
from Antivari, Montenegro, says two
large Greek bands are advancing to
ward Berat, occupying villages along
the way.
This dispatch is the first indication
that Greece intends to claim a sec
tion of Albania. Albania was estafo
lishhed after the Balkan wars and
borders on that part of Greece which
was awarded her after the defeat of
Turkey. Albania already has been in
vaded by Serbian and ' Montenegrin
troops while Italian forces have been
stationed there for some time.
Consider Relief Measures
. Washington. Relief measures for
Mexico City are occupying largely the
attention of officials of the Washing
ton government. Both President Wil
son at Cornish, N. H.; and Secretary
Lansing in Washington have under
consideration relief plans for the Mex
ican capital. The relief measures in
cluded efforts to oUtain Carranza's
consent for shipment of supplies into
Mexico City through neutral agencies
and removal of foreigners from danger
zones through the influence of the
diplomatic corps.
Will Keep Huerta Out of Mexico
Washington General Victoriano
Huerta, former dictator of Mexico,
whose defiance of President Wilson
led to the seizure of Vera Cruz, will
not be permitted to enter Mexico from
the United States at a time when his
presence would be a further menace
to the plans of this government to re
store peace. Determination to keep
Huerta from crossing the southern bor
der and thus complicating the present
Mexican situation has reached 'a point
where four ways of detaining the f orm
?ihieftain were under consideration.
GOOD ROADS WORK
IN NORTH CAROLINA
REPORTS TO THE HIGHWAY
COMMISSION SHOW COM
MENDABLE PROGRESS.
TAR HEEL CAPITOL NEWS
General News of North Carolina Col
lected and Condensed From the
State Capital That Will Profe of
Interest to All Our Readers.
- v ' f Raleigh.
The North Carolina Highway Com
mission was in session ia Raleigh and
received the secretary-commissioner
and from State Highway- Engineer
W. S. Fallis that showed the great
strides that are being made in tho
development of highway construction
in this state. Doctor Pratt showed
that there was expended for road weric
in this state in 1914 $5,109,000 and
that the present year will round out.
$6,250,000, more than a $1,000,000 in
crease in road work. The road funds
the past year were derived princi
pally, $2,430,000 from bond issue;
$3,600,000 convict labor and $800,000
free labor; private subscriptions $100,
000 and special taxes, $1,500,000.
The report by State Engineer Fal
lis showed 10 counties have urgent
applications pending for engineering
assistance and that there have been
during the two months that the work
by the State Highway Commission
has been under way co-opera' ve
work in Davidson, Caldwell, Chatham,
Henderson, Swain, Madison, Wilkes,
Yadkin, New Hanover, Randolp'i,
Edgecombe Franklin, Person, Hay
wood, Wake, Columbus, Hyde, Rock
ingham and other counties in location
of roads, bridge construction, . road
material and other road construction
problems.
The commission directed that te
work of employing engineers to give
assistance to the counties as request
ed be continued on the most exten
sive and complete basis possible. The
commission has engaged Miss Madge
Johnson of Raleigh as steno?ropher
for the Highway Commission haad
quarters here. The blanks and gen
eral forms that are needed for com
miss'oners and other local represen
tatives to file their roue.'s for as
sistance from the commiss'.on are be
ing gotten out.
Property Subject to Ad Valorem Tax.
Washington Director Rogers of the
United States census has issued a bul
letin showing that the assessed valua
tion of all property subject to ad va
lorem taxation in North Carolina
amounted in 1912 to: $747,500,632
against $346,878,923 in 1902. The ad
valorem tax levy amounted to $9,989,
052 in 1912 against $3,975,355 in 1902
For Mecklenburg county the figures
were: Valuation, 1912, $28,748,351;
1902. $14,989,818. Tax levy: 1912,
$1,534,085; 1902, $263,748.
The levy of ad valorem tax per cap1
ita for the state was: 1912, $4.33;
1902, $2.04'; for Mecklenburg, 1912,
$7.54; 1902, $4.56.
Buncombe county has a per capita
assessment of $8.21 against $4.12 in
1902.
Durham, $11.65 against $7.61; Guil
ford, $6.22 against $3.80; Forsyth,
$7.69 against $4.50; New Hanover,
$11.75 against $8.12; Rowan, $5.35
against $2.57; Cabarrus, $2.32 against
$1.51; Union, $3.06 against 1.77; Ire
dell, $4.54 against $2.42; Wake, $6.87
against $3.57.
Ask People About Changes.
N Within the next few days Chief
Justice Walter Clark and Secretary W.
S. Wilson of the commission appoint
ed by Governor Carig for the revision
of the court procedure in this state will
have ready for publication and dissem
ination an appeal to the citizens to
send to some member of the commis
sion any suggestions they may desire
to make as to needed reforms in the
courts and court procedure in this
state.
It is understood that two things
that are aimed at are the elimina
tion of the present rotation system
for the judges and an increase of 12
superior court judges bringing the
number up to 32.
Urge Effort For Open Market.
Meeting at Raleigh the State Coun
cil of Farmers' Union selected Durham
as the place for holding the next state
convention, and passed resolutions
urging the appointment of an interna
tional commission to adjust the matter
of cotton tare, requesting the president
and the North Carolina delegation to
co-operarte in an effort to keep the
markets of Germany and Austria open
to the Southern cotton and called the
attention of the local unions .to the
consideration of co-operative market
ing. '
Hudson Conducts Summer School.
The summer school ior the state
demonstration agents will be held- at
the A. & M. Colege August 17-26,
these agents coming to Raleigh for
the purpose from every section of
the state. C. R. Rudson, of the
State Department of Agriculture, will
be in charge. He is now preparing a
special v program for the conff rence.
He says that the ' reports submitted
by the demonstrators at th's time
will show spletdid work among the
farmers in the furtherance of better
methods of farminz
Public Health Arouses State.
That the people of North Carolina
are at last intensely awake on the
subject of better health 'through the
prevention of disease, especially ty
phoid fever, is indisputably evidenced
by the record of the State Laboratory
of Hygiene up to the first of June.
To thi3 date this year the laboratory
has sent out over the state approx
mately 137,000 doses of. anti-typhoid
vaccine, as compared with about 30,-
000 up to the first of June last year.
While thsi vaccine is never sold
from this source it is . sent out only
through medical channels, since it
should be administered only by a phy
sician. It seems, however, not to be
as generally, known as should be that
every citizen of the state can secure
the vaccine' without cost whether or
not there is a public dispensary in
their vicinity. All that has to be done
is to ask your doctor and he will get
the vaccine from the state laboratory
upon request. There is absolutely no
red tape to be folowed in order - to
become immune from typhoid. -
The laboratory is now working
right up to the limit, as every tube
has a place to go as soon as it is made.
In fact it is hard ot keep up with the
demand, so much interest has been
aroused all over North Carolina in
public health work. A large new
refrigerator that will hold a ton of
ice at a time has just been added to
the equipment of the plant here.
During the first week of the cam
paign that is being waged under the
direction of the state board of health
in five counties for typhoid vaccina
tion there have been 11,756 persons
vaccinated and the work is being
pressed steadily and will go on in these
same counties for another week. The
counties are Wake, 5,293; Buncombe,
655; Cumberland, 970; Henderson,
738 ; Northampton, . 4000.
New Officers Commissioned.
Adjutant General Laurence Young
has issued seveneen commissions to
newly elected officers in the North
Carolina National Guard. The high
est commission issued was to Samuel
Westray Battle retired with rank of
brigadier general.
The other commissioners, all for
men in active servic.s are Russell C.
Woody, of Asheville, second liueten
ant, Company F 1st regiment; James
A. "Leonard, captain company A 3rd
regiment, Lexington; Guthrie A. Rob
bins, first lieutenant, company A 3rd
regiment Lexington; H. L. Hatch,
Raleigh first lieutenant coast artillery;
Lee O. Layton, Raleigh, second lieu
tenant coast artillery; H. W. Whit
ley, Raeford, second lieutenant; D.
C. Knibbs, Raeford, captain; E. I.
troop B caavlry; William S. Ross,
Rowan, first lieutenant, fourth com
pany coast artillery; Thomas Benja
min Ross, Rowan, second lieutenant,
fourth company coast artillery; Wal
ter S. Blackmore, Rowan county, cap
tain fourth company coast artillery;
Dallas ollicoffer, High Point, captain
company M, 1st regiment; Phillip
W. Hardie, Greensboro, First lieuten
ant and artillery engineer coast artil
lery company; Frank L. Page, second
lieutenant and ordnance officer, coast
artillery company; Arbold H. Vander
hoof. Buncombe county, lieutenant
commander and gunnery officer, naval
militia.
New Charters During Past Week.
Valdese Roller Mills (Inc.), Valdese,
Burke county, capital $50,000 author
ized and $3,700 subscribed by J. H.
Pascal and others for a general grain
milling business.
The WiLlman Manufacturing Com
pany of Rutherfordton, capital $25,000
authorized and $7,500 subscribed by
C. M. Chapman, J. B. Bridges and oth
ers for the manufacture and sale of
special patented terracing and ditch
ing and other machines.
The E. B. Conrad Company, Ral
eigh, capital $2,000 authorized and
$1,500 subscribed by E. B. Conrad.
Herebert Rosenthal and W. B. Jones
for cigar and news stand and soda
fountain on Fayeteville street.
The Central Sales Company, Char
lotte, capital $50,000 authorized and
$500 subscribed by A. Collins, A. C.
Duckworth and M. C. Little for auto
mobile and auto supply business.
Stonewall Company, Charlotte, for
the operation of hotels, apartment
houses, cafes and other enterprises
The incorporators are J. P. Sanders,
Thomas Gresham and J. H. McAden.
Rutherfordton Transfer Company,
Rutherfordton, capital $5,000 author
ized and $500 subscribed by J. J,
Flack,- W. C. Hardin and others for a
general transfer business.
Junaluska Conference Season Opens,
The annnounceihent for the annual
gatherings of the various . boards o
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
to be held at the Southern Assembly
Grounds, Lake Junaluska, are out
For three years these grounds have
been open and ., each succeeding sea
son has been better than the previous
one. The first conference is the Mis
sionary Conference which begins July
9. There will be public addresses,
moving pictures, study classes, insti
tutes, devotional periods and other
features.
Rhodes Scholarship Examination.
Announcement has been made from
President Graham's office- at Chapel
Hill that the next qualifying exam
ination for- the Rhodes Scholarship
for North Carolina will be held in
Raleigh on . Tuesday, October 5 and
Wednesday, October 6, 1915. No
scholarship will be available for 1916,
but the candidates who pass the ex
amination the coming . October may
offer themselves for election in 1917
when a scholarship will be available,
Another examiration will be held in
1916.
COTTON MEN END
ANNUAL MEETING
EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
SOUTHERN TEXTILE ASSOCIA
TION ADJOURNS.
MEET NEXT GREENVILLE S. C.
W. M. Sherrod, Wllliamston, S. C, Is
Elected President; Other Officers.
Favor Education. Prizes Given.
Asheville. The eighth annual con
rentlon of the Southern Textile Asso
ciation adjourned after electing offi
cers and selecting Greenville, S. C, as
the next meeting place. The follow
ing officers were elected for the en
suing year: President, W. M. Sher-
rod, Wllliamston, S. C; vice-presi
dent, Frank E. Heyner, Alexander
City, Ala.; secretary, A. B. Carter,
Greenville, S. C; treasurer, Marshall
Dilling, Salurria, Ala.; official steno
grapher, .Miss M. G. Cranford, Char
lotte. '
Board of Directors: Robert Bowe,
chairman, Greenville, S. C; C. L.
Chandler, Rhodhiss'; Gordon Cobb,
Inman, S. C; Arthur Dixon, Gastonia;
L. H. Brown, Knoxville, Tenn.; and
W. S. Morton, Dallas, Texas.
Among the resolutions by the asso
ciation was one which placed the as
sociation on record as favoring com
pulsory education in all southern
states. Another resolution urged the
general assemblys of the Southern
states to make appropriations for the
presentation of free scholarships to
worthy boys of the cotton mill cen
ters. In the awarding of prizes . for the
best suit of men's clothing made of
cotton goods, W. A. Kendrick, oi
Mayfield, Ga., took first honors. The
second prize was taken by T. J. Digs
by, of Newberry, S. C. L. L. Arnold,
editor of "Cotton," published at At
lanta, Ga., won a special prize offed
for the best display of a shirt and
hosiery made in a southern cotton
mill.
Mrs. A. B. Carter, of Greenville,
S. C, took first prize for the beat
dress made of cotton, Miss Mae Lu
cille Smith, of Winston-Salem, taking
second for the best cotton coat suit
Mrs. Ethel Thomas, of Charlotte,
and Mrs. J. J. Her, of Greenville,
were awarded priee for gingham
dresses and cotton millinery. '
Iredell-Forsyth Road Completed.
Conetoe. The steel bridge across
Dutchman Creek has just been com
pleted and with the forging of this
final link, a main thoroughfare ol
travel was opened to the public be
tween Winston-Salem and Statesville;
via Farmington and Mocksville.
This road was constructed in part
with a fund of $40,000 which was
appropriated by Congress as an initial
step by the government to improve its
nost roads. The results of this ex
periment will fully justify the ap
DroDriation. in that they will improve
the conditions with which the rural
carrier must necessarily contend, and
which is certainly due him as much
as any other government employee;
and they will give impetus to road
building and improvement in the con
tiguous territory or wherever the re
sults are sufficiently known.
The government appropriated $20,
000 to aid in building, improving and
maintaining the road across Davie
county. Of this fund $13,200 was act
ually paid over to the county which
augmented this amount with a sum
twice as great, Taking a total oi
$39,600. With this fund a sand-clay
road twenty-six miles long, thirty feet
wide, and having . only a four per
cent grade, was built at tlie conserva
tive cost of $34,500.
Asheville Enlaraina Water Shed.
Asheville. Mayor J. E. Rankin was
authorized by the City Board of Com
missioners to purchase the Bee Tree
watershed of 5.500 acres which will
increase the capacity of the local
watershed by 2,500,000 gallons of
water a day. The option on the prop
erty expires the first week of July and
the mayor will issue bonds with which
to raise tho money for the purchase of
the land.
The Hickory Nut Gap Road.
Raleigh. Doctor Pratt's report
shows that the Hickory Nut Gap six.
mile section of the Central Highway,
is now completed with the exception
of about one mile of the least difficult
work and that the Charlotte-Asheville
highway, is now open to automobiles
and that tourists are enthusiastic over
the scenery in the sections this road
traverses. He also reports five miles
more of the Madison County section
of the Central Highway to be con
structed and fine progress is being
made.
Low Land Wheat is a Success.
Dunn. Farmers surrounding -Dunn
are now experiencing the first good
result of the war. so far as it af
fects triem. The great small grain
crops have matured, and yields sur
pass even the most sanguine expecta
tions. Though inexperienced in small
5rain culture, each Carolina farmers
Ijave proven to their own satisfaction
that wheat, rye and oats can be made
the' most profitable products of their
fields. The yield of wheat in Harnett
md Sampson counties have averaged
about twenty-five bushels to the acre.
MLTMriONAL
StDMfflOOL
Lesson
,By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
Sunday School Course, The Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JULY 11
SOLOMON ANOINTED KING.
LESSON" TEXT I Kings 1:28-40.
GOLDEN TEXT Know thou the God of
hy father, and serve him with a perfect
leart and a willing mind. I Chron. 28:9.
"The king is dead; long live the
ting." Old and decrepit at seventy
(rears of age, a successor must soon
take the shepherd king's seat of
power.
David's record Is a wonderful one
is an empire builder, an organizer and
in accumulator of wealth. -Reul care
fully I Chron. 29:28. Three characters
ire the most outstanding for our con
sideration in this lesson.
I. David, (a) He had to make a
selection (vv. 20. 27) but God used Da-
rid to make his own choice oZ Solo
mon. Jedidiah. "the beloved of Jeho-
rah," (2 Sam. 12:25), was he whom
fehovah desired to sit upon the throne,
(b) David had a promise he must
needs fulfill (vv. 17 30). While his
second son, who sought to usurp his
throne, is engaged with his fellow con
spirators (vv. 9, 41) in feasting and
rejoicing in their supposedly easy vic
tory over the aged father, David ral
lies and gives direction for the public
proclamation of Solomon as king.
hereby redeeming his promise. Many
professed Christians treat their prom
ises far too lightly. Bath-sheba em
boldened by her need (v. 16) enters
:he king's chamber where now another
ministers in her stead, and lays the
facts of Adonijah's rebellion before
David, concluding her petition with the
iramatic words of verse twenty. Bath-
sheba's petition is re-enforced by the
words of David's mentor, Nathan (w.
22, 27). Turning again to Bath-sheba
David emphatically reiterates his de
termination to carry out to the full
od's commandments relative to his
successor. Even In the hour of his de
parture David remembers that it is
Jehovah "that hath redeemed my soul
jut of all distress" (v. 29). (c) David
then gives careful command relative
to the public proclamation of the new
Hng (vv. 32, 35). Calling to his help
his trusted and tried friends, Zadok
the priest, Nathan the prophet (see 2
3am. 12:24, 25) and Benaiah the sol
Jier (I Chron, 11:22-25), he directs
them to place Solomon upon his own
mule (v. 33) and take him to Gihoa
there to be anointed and proclaimed
ting in David's stead. Contrast Da
rid's scrupulous obedience regarding
the use of horses (Deut. 17:16) with
that of Absalom (2 Sam. 15:1) and
adonijah (v. 5). Note also It was the
priest and the prophet alone who were
to anoint, the king (v. 34). In this we
3ee a parable of the establishment of
the everlasting kingdom of righteous
ness by the Prince of Peace and not
fry means, or. use, of the sword.
This anointing was a symbol of
Sedication to God (Lev. 8:19-12) and
the oil of our anointing by the Holy
Spirit which is all essential and suf-
Qcient for the subjects of his king-
iom (Luke 24:49: Acts 1:5-8). But as
these were only outward form and
symbol, they must petition Jehovah to
keep the new king (v34). (d) David
ook no chances but steps aside fully.
while he yet lived, that all question of
Solomon's right should be removed
(v. 35).
II. Solomon, (a) God-chosen. (I
Chron. 28:5; 29:1). Solomon was the
arst son of David and Bath-sheba after
their legal marriage. His name means
"Peaceful" (see I Chron. 22:9) and
may suggest the fact that David had
found the peace of forgiveness. Solo
mon inherited the strength of David's
maturity and chastening also, and
through his mother, the wisdom of
AhithoDhel, whose advice "was as If a
man had inquired at the oracle of God"
(2 Sam. 16:23). (b) He was chosen be
cause of intercession (ch. 1:17). The
3tanding of the Christian is what it is
In the sight of God because of one who
Intercedes on our behalf (John 17).
(c) He was chosen In the midst of con
troversy and as against antagonists
(v. 5). So the Christian, chosen be
fore the foundation of the world in
Christ, also has great opposition and
a dangerous antagonist and, lite boio
mon, he is secure in spite of the as
saults of the evil one (I Cor. 10:13,
Jude 24). (d) Solomon was chosen
for a definite work (I Chron. 28:10).
The sad spectacle presented today ia
to see so many professed Christians
who seem to have no sense of respon
sibility much less an appreciation ot
their privileges in Christ Jesus, (e)
Solomon was promised help (I Chron.
28:9) so are we and according to each
day's duty "so shall thy strength be."
"I can do all things through Christ
which strengthened me" (Phil. 4:13).
III. Adonijah. (a) He was a self-selected
king (v. 5) and as such lacked
not only the approval of God but the
ability to execute his designs. He had
Joab the bloody soldier and Abiathar
the Jealous priest as his conspirators,
yet all combined could not set aside
the decree of God. (b) He was a
spoiled child. "His father had nol
displeased him at any time" (all his
life, v. 6). True he was David's eldest
living son, yet he was not in the line
of God's selection. Throughout th
history of Israel the elder Is constant
ly set aside for the younger. He vu
lacking in many essentials.