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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 Sqnare, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements liberal Contracts will be made: . A A. 'A I I ' WWW r ; VOL. XXXVII. 4 PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. 0., AUGUST 4, 1915. NO. 52. ..tfinTMiiT Aimrn imruKiANi mm THE WORLD OVER f Thic onri nth-r. Nati fldp(jciun& wi mi " For Seven Days Art Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In the South- hets through his own head. land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. V.trrrl I rulc6" mv V.oo Wnm nnrl ia HlrAl-r to I continue for some time a contest of endurance, Premier Asqulte told the " British house of commons, while mak ing a general review in moving the adjournment of parliament. Henry L. Wilson of Portland, Ore gon, recently a clerk in the Amert can consulate at Berlin, and now un der arrest, faces charges considered extremely serious. The imperial ccanceilor. Dr. von Bethnian-Hollweg, has returned from General headquarters, but nothing re- arding his conference with the emper- or can be ascertained beyond confirm- ation of the fact that the German answer to the American note, as pre- viously stated, will not be delivered for some time, if, indeed, it is decided to prepare an answer. . . A revolution more terrible in the toll thus . far. taken than even in the days of Lord Alexis,' tlamed out in the Haitien capital. One hundred and sixty men, ' including a former presi- dent of Haiti, Gen. Orestes Zamor, have been executed by order of Gen- eral Oscar, ' governor of Port-au- Prince, who later in the day was drag- gea irom tne sneiter or tne uomimcan legation by a mob and riddled with bullets. lhe American embassy nas present- ed to the German foreign office an inquiry trom Washington in regard to the recent attack on the British steamship Orduna by a German sub- marine. Efforts to bring about a conference of military leaders in Mexico, in antic ipation of a final appeal to faction leaders by the United States, are re ported unde 'way in the . southern re public. It is announced that the English government will pay a flat rate of $160 per head for American- mules, which wiu oe paid ror m casn.- Despite the recent demand, by part of the British' press that cotton be de clared contraband, the English gov- ernment has not changed its decision on this noint' " - I Lord Robert Cecil, English under- J secretary for foreign affairs, says that "so far as cotton reaching- Germany is concerned, it will make no difference the American state department with whether it is contraband or not." hold from publication, as originally The latest American note to Genna- ny concerning submarine warfare was received. most unfavorably by the Ger- man newspapers. ine itussian government nas decid- ed to give Socialist and Labor mem- snjp Leelanaw by a German subma bers. of the duma representation on rine has drawn sharply to the atten- the military and naval committees' in proportion to their numbers. - . reports or renewed raids by Yaqui maians who were said to have terror- ized San Jose de Guayman in Lower California, killing sixteen Chinese and go, CaL Mexican. troops from Guay- Oct i J I mas .pursued the raiders. Domestic Three persons were killed when a Coney Island (New- York) roller coast er jumped 'the track.' Two . other oc cupants of the car escaped injury. Rev. W. H. McCart, charged with the murder of Monroe Smith, a neigh- bor, .forty-five years ago, was acquit ted at Covington, Ga., after the jury had deliberated an hour and five min- utes.: At Christopher, 111., seven men are known to have lost their lives and at least eight others were badly burned as the result of 'an explosion of gas in Moderwelt mine, No. 1. Four hundred and fifty men were in the mine when the explosion occurred. A coroner's jury returned a verdict placing the blame for the. capsizing of the steamer Eastland in the Chicago Tiver on six men: William H. Hull, general manager of the Chicago-St. Jo seph Steamship company, owner of the Eastland; Capt. Harry Pederson of the Eastland; J. M. Erickson, engineer; Robert Reid, the federal inspector of steamships, who gave the Eastland license to carry 2,500 passengers on July 2; J. C. Eckliff, federal inspector of steamships ; W. K. Greenbaum, gen eral manager of the Indiana Transpor tation company, lessee of the East land.' Atlanta, Ga., by reason of being one of the greatest mule markets of the T'uited States, has been designated by the English government as the Assem bling point for thousands of mules to be shipped to Europe for war pur poses. The Cunard liner Carpathia from Liverpool to New York was chased by a- submarine off the Irish coast Sunday, July 18, according to several of her passengers. The next quadrennial meeting of the general conference of the Method- 'st Episcopal Church, South, will be held in Atlanta, Ga., in 1918. Hundreds of persons lost their lives in the Chicago river by the capsizing of the excursion steamer Eastland while warping from its wharf with more' than twenty-four hundred per sons on board,' bound for a pleasure trip across Lake Michigan. At Temple, Texas. Will Stanley, a negro, arrested In connection with tht killing of three children of W. R. .Grimes, a farmer, near Temple, was burned to death by a mob in the r."d"- uc square there. The final chapter in a romance cf r6"" muui.us was enacted m At- iv - ... lama, ua., wnen Edwin A. Moore, aged 27, a former United States sol dier, who has served on the Mexican border, visited the home of his girl wife, Violette Tucker Moore, aged 16, while the members of the family were away on a short auto ride, and shot and killed her and then sent two bul- Charles Becker was put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison at OssiTiinc N V fnr rt " - u. Rprmsn RncontViol tVio M : -" " aviq. , ; - 27 v " " V V f , iasu tie went to nis aeatn with a photograph of his wife pinned on his shirt, over his heart. , Three shocks were given before the prison physi cians pronounced Becker dead. Washington Two American bluejackets were kiU at niSnt at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, held by Rear Admiral Caperton with 4UU men Irom tne cruiser Washing. lon - Ane auacKing party, according to dispatches received in Washington, was Deaten on ana oraer was main- tamea m ttxe 7 itself. Definite steps toward the restora- tion or peace in Mexico will be taken immediately after President Wilson returns to Washington from New Hampshire. The specific action the president may have decided on has not been disclosed, but it was statea authoritatively that the executive de- partments of the government were preparing to carry out promptly the program determined on. Defense of the right of belligerents to blockade a neutral port through which an enemy is receiving supplies or attenrntinR to market his own Drod- ucts ls tne chief argument made in tne supplemental note of Great Brit- ain in reply to the American note against enforcement of the orders-in council. With the receipt of a virtually com plete report on the torpedoing of the American steamer Leelanaw by a Ger man submarine, state department offi cials prepared a note to Germany re questing payment of damages on the ground that the Prussian-American treaty of 18 28 has been ' violated. American' marines were landed at Port-au-Prince Haiti, to protect the lives of Americans and other foreign ers. Rear Admiral Caperton advised the navy department that he had sent a force ashore from the cruiser Wash- ington. A request by Sir Edward Grey, Brit- ish minister for foreign affairs, that planned, the text of the British reply to the American protest against the British order-in-council, caused much speculation in official circles. The destruction of the American tion of Washington officials the fact that Germany is insisting. on her own internretation of the Prussian-Ameri- ran treaty of 1828. Exact figures of the record-breaking American export commerce of the fis h(JW that the trade hsLice in favor of the United States was the greatest in its history. 1 Great Britain's reply to the Ameri can note, March' 30, protesting against the enforcement of the orders-ln-coun- cil which restrict neutral commerce. has been received. - The new British note, while courte ous in language, holds that Great Brit- ain's action is justified by decisions of the United States Supreme court in cases arising out of tha Civil war. European War Fighting between the Austrians and Italians continues, but no material progress by either has been reported. A Swiss newspaper prints a dispatch from Laibach saying that the Aus trians in an attack in the district of Goriza suffered twelve thousand cas ualties. The. casualties In the British army and navy reached a total of 330,995, according to a printed statenfcnt is sued by Premier Asquith. Austro-German attempts to envelop the Russian armies, defending War saw and -to capture the Polish capi tal. Which for a time progressed "al most with the momentum of the of fensive that cleared Galicia of Rus sians, have been almost halted, and where the Germans are moving it Is only yard by yard and at tremendous cost. Petrograd dispatches predict that a climax to the great struggle in Po land will come within a fortnight, with simultaneous attacks on the city from the north and south. Field Marshal von Mackensen's ef fort to throw a heavy body, of Austro- German troops astride the Lublin- Cohlm railway having failed, the Ger mans now are centering their main offensive ntorth of the Warsaw salient and having crossed the Narew river along a 40-mile front. . The German advanco from the Na rew river is 24 miles as a crow flies from the Warsaw-Petrograd main rail road, - but the German? still have to fight their, way across the Bug river, as well as. over 16 miles of virtually roadless country between th Narew and the Bug. EFFORT TO FEED STARVING PEOPLE CARRANZA IS PREPARING TO SEND , FOODSTUFF FROM . VERA CRUZ. MUST FEED CAPITAL CITY United States Will Take Hand In Werk if Mexicans Can't Da it Themselves. Washington. Announcement of the reoccupation of Mexico City by Gen eral Gonzales' army was followed by a statement from General Crranza's headquarters" at Vera Cruz that im mediate efforts would be made to send foodstuffs by rail to the starving people of the capital. The state de partment had no direct advices as to the situation in Mexico City. Heavily guarded trains, ,it was re ported, were being prepared to leave -' vi iu nim pi u v xaiuus lu suyyie- ment food being taken into the city by the army of occupation. Reopen ing of .the railroad line will furnish an important . test for the effective ness of military operations of Car ranza's forces to protect means of transportation from the east coast to the ; capital, officials here ' believe. Much depends, they say, upon the success of this undertaking, because the United States government is de termined to relieve the famine in Mexico City if Carranza's forces can not do it Information of Carranza's plans came to his Washington agency in a message from Jesus. Acuna, Carranza minister of foreign affairs, who an nounced also that the railroad be tween- Queretaro and Aguas Calien- tes, connecting Gonzales with Gen eral Obregon's forces, would be re opened. FRENCH MARINES LANDED. Quiet Now Prevails in Halt!. Wash ington Does Not Object. Washington.- French marines have been landed at Port au Prince, Haiti, where a revolution overturned -the government and necessitated the landing of an expeditonary force from the United States cruiser Washington to restore order." The landing of the French was the con sent of the United States. It was stated detachment from the cruiser Descartes having been sent to guard the French Legation from which President Guillaume was taken by a mob and assassinated. A request for a guard of French marines was presented by the French Minister at Port au Prince and cabled to Washington by Jtear Admiral Cap erton in command of the American expeditionary force. The message said the French minister had express ed an urgent desire hat his legation be guarded by French sailors in as much as the Descartes had arrived at Port au Prince. The minister thought also that the French guard would be able to lighten the burden on Admiral Caperton's men to some extent. Discuss National Defense. Madison, Wiss. The national de fense will be discussed by Governors of the various states at their annual conference in Boston August 24 to 26, according to the program announced by M. C. Riley, secretary of the gov ernors' conference. The meeting will have added significance by rea son of the fact that several adju tants general will participate in the discussion of the plans for increasing the size of the National Guard. Employes Get Bonus. Hartford, Conn. Employes of the Colt Patent Firearms Company were Informed that a bones of 12 1-2 pei cent would be paid to all, based on wages earned and dating frdm May 1 last. The action was voluntary, on the part of the company. Cotton Receipts. Galveston, Tex. Cotton receipts here for 1914-1915 season amounted to 4,039,022 bales ,the largest ever recorded here. The previous record was in 1912-1913, 4,035,009 bales. Labor Supports Wilson. Washington.: After a two-days ses sion here a convention called 'by Labor's National Peace Council and composed of representatives of or ganized farmers and ' labor bodies adopted memorial pledging the con vention's support of the national ad ministration in every patriotic effort and urging that every means be em ployed to keep the country out of the European war. Copies will be sent to President Wilson, his cabinet and members of congress. Aver Williams presided ax the convention. Russian Duma Gets Busy. Petrograd, via London. The first sitting of the Duma, which opened a few days ago, holds out promise of work with the object of . promoting th nrodnp.tion of military supplies and- meeting, the , military require ments, rather .than oratory, recrimi nations or effort to. discover those re sponsible, for the failure to realize the earlier high hopes. The temper of the deputies was moderate ; party differences were minimized; there wa3 an entire absence of gloom or factious enthusiasm. OOOCOOOOOOOOQGOWXXXMOOOOO FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR ON THE SEA - At the end of ths "first year of war not a German fighting craft, except submarines, is known . to be at large outside ths. Baltic' sea. The Austrian warships are confined to the up per Adriatic and the Turkish fleet to the Sea of Marmora and adjacent straits. The mer chant marine of the central European powers has disap peared utterly from the ocean highways. Sixty million dol lars' worth of German shipping lies idle in the docks of .' New York, while several times as -much is bottled ' up elsewhere. At the . same time the German submarines have inflicted enor mous losses of allied shipping. While both sides have prob ably concealed many losses, the following ls a fairly accu date, summary of the number of craft which have been de stroyed: Entente Allies. Brijt- Rus ish French sian Battleships ..10 2 .. Cruisers 12 1 2 Submarines ... 4 3 Auxil. cruisers 5 .! 1 Gunboats, de stroyers, and torpedo boats 4 6 Total Japanese and 2 Italian of all losses, seven vessels classes. Teutonic Allies. Ger- Aus many tria Battleships 1 Cruisers 18 2 Submarines 9 1 Auxiliary cruisers ....19 .. Gunboats, destroyers, and torpedo boats ...20 1 . Total Turkish losses of ves sels of all classes, four. Total tonnage en tente allies 376,770 Total tonnage, Teutonic allies 224.746 oooooooooooooooooooooooooo BIG EVENTS IN FIRST YEAR OF THE WORLD WAR June 28 Archduke and Archduchess Francis of. Austria slain by Serbian assassins. . t . ' " " I- August 1 Germany declares" war on Russia. August 2 German forces enter Luxem burg. Germany demands passage through Belgium. ' August 5 England announce state of war with Germany. August 7 French Invade southern Al- August 8 British troops land in France and Belgium. August 11 German pass Liege forts. August 12 England . and France de-. clarc war on Austria. August 15 Austrians Invade Serbia. In force. August 17 Beginning of Ave days' bat tle between . Serbian and Austrian on the Jadar, ending In Austrian rout. August 20 Germans enter Brussels. August 23 German enter IHamur ana attack Mons. Austria announces vic tory over Russians at Kraanlk. Japan declares war. ' August 24 British begin retreat from Mons. August 25 -French evacuate Muelhau- en. . August 27 Louvain burned by Ger mans. August 2S Battle off Helgoland, sev eral German warsnlp aunK. i August 29 Russians crushed in three days' battle near Tannenberg. September 3 Russians occupy Lem berg. September 5 Battle of the Marne be gin. German right wing defeated and retreat begin. September 7 Maubeege falls. September 12 German retreat halt on the Alsne. September 20 Germans bombard Reims and injure the famouacathe dral. October 9 Antwerp occupied by the German. October 12 Boer- revolt start. October 14 Allies occupy Ypres. Bat tle begin on Vistula. October 15 Ostend occupied by the Germans. October 19 First battle of Ypres be gins. October 24 Ten days' battle before Warsaw ends In German retirement. October 27 Russian reocCupy Loda and Radom. October 29 Turkey begin war on Rua - sla. November 3 German squadron bom bards British coast. November 5 Dardanelles forts bom barded. November 6 Tslngtau surrenders. November 12 Russians defeated at Llpno and Kntno. November . 15 Russians . defeated at Vlotslavek. November 17 Austrian victory over Serbians at Valjevo announced. December 2 Austrians occupy Bel- December 5 Serbian defeat Austrian in three days' battle. rMmber 6 Germans occupy Lodz. December 15 Austrians evacuate Bel grade. . December 16 German cruisers bom. bard Scarborough and Hartlepool, 150 civilians killed. December 20-26 Severe lighting on the line of the Bcura river. January 3, 1915 French advance across Alsue north ol soissons. January 14 French driven back across Alsne river. ' Januarv 24 Naval battle In North ea, German . armored cruiser Bluecher rank. Januarv 30 Russians occupy Tabrla. February 9 Failure of German attacks west of Warsaw. Februarv 8 Beginning of battle in Fast Prussia, ending In Russian de feat' , February IS German formal subma rlne "blockade" on Great Britain be' srina.' Frhrnarv 24 Russians driven from Rnkowlna. March 10 British make advance at Neuve Chapelle. Marr'h 21 Zeppelins bombard Paris. itfnrch 22 Surrender of Prsemysl to Russians. March 31 Russians penetrate Dukla nasi and enter Hungary. Arll 5 French begins violent attack on Mihlel salient. Anril 14 Russians at Sztropko, 20 - miles Inside Hungary. Anrfl 18 Russians evacuate Tarnow. April 22 Second battle of Ypres be e-Inn. Iprll 25 Allies leave . Gallipoll penin sula, suffering fearful losses. Iprtl 28 Allies announce recapture of Llzerne Het Sas and Hartmannsweller Knnf. May 15 Berlin report capture of 30. 000 Russian prisoners in west Gall cla and seizure of three villages near fay 8 Russian fall back from Dukla Slay 7 Berlin report capture of Tar- na am. now wltk ma7 RuiIiii prisoner. May 8 Uerman aubmarlne slaka the Lusttanla, more than 1,150 lost. Rui slana In tuil .retreat from Carpa thians. May 8 Germans capture Llbaa Baltic port. Mar 12 French capture Ceremony, north of Arras, at areat cost. May 14 American first anbmarlne note made public. . May 24 Italy declares war on Aus tria. May 26 ItaUans Invade Austria. May 29 Italians take Grodno. Russians check Germans at Slenawa. ' May 31 First German note on subma rine reaches Washington. Zeppelins drop bombs In London. June 3 Prsemysl falls to Austro-Ger- mans. June lO Germans capture Stanlslau. June 11 Second IT. S. submarine note to Germany made public Italians take Monfalcone. June 12 Italians take Gradlsca. June 10 Austro-Germans occupy Tor- nog-rod. June 22 French take Metaeral. June 23 French announce occupation of the "Labyrinth," north of Arras. June 24 Austro-Germans capture Urn- berav''', June 28 Austrian crosa the Dniester at Hallca. June 29 Hallca fall. ., July 2 Russian defeat German at tempt to land at Windau. July 8 Rosso-German naval battle of Gottland. ' July 4 Italian take Tolmlno. July 5 Berlin announce Brain tn the Argronne forest. July 16 German take Prsaany, 60 mile north of Warsaw. July 19 German advance at many point In Russia, taklna- Windau, Tu kum. Blonde and Grobee. July 20 Russians report sinking- of 59 Turkish sailing vessels. - German a-uns reach outer forts of Warsaw and damage the Lublln-Cholm rail way. . July 21 Third V. S. submarine note goes to Germany. July 22 Turkish-German expedition landed in Tripoli. . July 24 German take two-fort near Warsaw. x - ... July 26 Russian repulse Austrian, la Gallcla. CAMPAIGNS OUTSIDE BIG WAR THEATERS In a score of regions there has been fighting which would have held worldwide attention were it not for the mighty battle lines in France and Poland. Servia's own war was a greater trial to her than either of the two. preced ing Balkan struggles. Assisted by Montenegro, the little Slavic nation twice threw the hosts of .Franz Josef beyond her borders and inflicted losses of about 330,000 men, but she suffered severely herself. The Austrians invaded Serbia in griat force about August "15 and pene trated to the. Jadar river, where a great five-day battle ended in the rout of the Teutons. The' -Austrians returned soon in stronger" .-force than r ever. They reached .Valjevo, where on November l7',the Serbians met a defeat. wita .tneir supply or artillery am munition exhausted, the Serbians now had to retreat. The Austrians, be-, lievlng them crushed, withdrew six army corps for re-enforcements against the victorious Russians in Ga licia. . Shells and English tars with naval guns - reached the Serbians, and on December 5 they turned on the Aus trians and cut them to pieces. The entry of Turkey into the war was marked by a brave, but foolhardy attempt to invade Egypt. Great Brit ain's Indian and colonial troops threw the invaders back with heavy losses. British and Japanese troops invest ed the fortified German "port of Tslng tau. China, and after a siege of a few weeks the defenders gave up the hope less struggle. A section of the Boer population of South Africa revolted. The revolt was put down by a Boer, Premier Botha. He then invaded German Southwest Africa, and after a long campaign in the waterless deserts captured the greatly outnumbered Germans (July 8). After taking three-quarters of a year to arm herself to the teeth, Italy at tacked Austria this spring. The effect of the entry of Italy upon the arena has not yet been marked. t FIRST YEAR COST OF WAR IN MEN AND MONEY uniy approximately accurate tables of the killed, wounded and missing in the first year of -the war are possible, because a France and Russia and Austria- Hungary do not give out their figures, while Germfiny has changed her policy recently to one of secrecy. Great Britain still tells her losses from month to month. The following estimates are believed to give a fairly cor rect idea of the casualties: Teutonic Allie. Germany 2 300,000 Austria-Hungary 1,900,000 Turkey 230,000 ... - Total ... 4,430,000 Entente AINe France .1,700,000 Russia (including pris- "-" oners, 1,175,000) ....3,500,000 Great Britain ......... 480,000 Belgium 260000 Servia 240,U00 Japan 1.210 Italy (no reports of losses 75,00 Portugal (fighting In colonies) (minor) a. Unntcnetrrn ... 20.000 4 r mui.LvyD ---------- , ' San Marino (J) Total ..6,286,210 . . . ' The first year of the war has cost the belligerent govern- menfs about $16,500,000,000 in tary purposes. The war is now costing about $45,000,000 a day, $2,000,000 an hour and $30,000 a minute. " TO HOLD TEXTILE EXHIBIT IN SOUTH ShSQIOOL BIG EXPOSITION FOR COTTON MILL MEN TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 2-6. MOST COMPLETE EVER HELD Greenville, South Carolina, is Making Preparations to Rival Boston's Great Biennial Shows. Charlotte, N. C. Cotton mill super intendents and overseers from South ern States who have been going to' Boston every other year, or wishing to go, to ' inspect exhibits of textile machinery and- textile- products, 'will this fall have an exposition for their benefit at Greenville, S. C. that prom- sjs to be, for cotton manufacturers at least, nearly, if not quite, as complete as any that has ever been held in the United States. Leading machinery firms that are jjepresented in Green ville, Charlotte,' ..Atlanta; and other southern cities,'., are co-operating with Greenville's cominercial interests and tne ? Southern. . Textile Association, which 13 combosed of mill men. to make the occasion one of great edu cational and. industrial value to the general .public, as well as to those directly engaged in textile and allied bus(ness. - - ': Robert F. Bowe of Greenville, S. C, is at the head of the exposition, and W. M. Sherard 'of Williamston, S. C, is president of the Southern Textile Association. -They claim that as the south is now consuming more than half of the cotton manufactured into cotton goods in the United States, the mill men who have direct charge of these vast operations should have ex positions of improved manufacturing devices brought to convenient places for their inspection. The dates of the meetings and show at Greenville are Nov. 2 to 6, inclu sive. The exposition will be in four departments: machinery and mill supplies; cotton fabrics and finished products: textile colleges and mill village welfare departments; " Govern ment exhibit .of South American fab rics. . . Liquor Shipments Decrease. Raleieh. That the- shipment ot liduor into NorthCarolina Is less than a fourth of what it was before the auart law" went into effect is indi cated by comparative figures issued by Superintendent c L. Davis of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League The delivery statistics gathered by Mr. Davis in this connection are as follows, the figures being in gallons: June, 1914. June, 1915 Morven 119 19 oranite Falls .... 33 & 24 McFarlan 78 4 Roxboro 220 Lenoir 395 Pikeville 266 7 45 Swannanoa 844 7 Pee Dee 95 162 y4 Dud!tey 109 Mount Olive 514 54 177 Brown Summit. . . 49 Skyland 31. a ma 4 Total ... 2572 666 RaderV Big Report. Newton. Upon baling and weigh- ins: his famous oat crop, which has attracted wide attention because of its luxuriance. Mr. urana; xtauer found that the crop totaled 45 tons. the product of 24 1-2 acres of fine land and a spring wholly favorable to soring sowed oats. The crop is worth $1,125, or an average of $45 an acre, and is being followed by a fine growth of clover and grass, which is exnected to be worth anywhere from $600 to $1,000; making the total re ceipts from the 24 1-2 "acres a very at tractive sum. Nurserymen to Meet. Hendersonville. The Southern Nurserymen's Association will meet in Hendersonville in annual session some time during the latter part of August. It is expected that about 50 of the south's leading nurserymen wtfll attend this convention, which ordinarily lasts for three days. Buv Bia Timber Tract. Southern Pines. Within the past few days has been closed a timber transaction whereby John Curry, ior mer president of the Ridgeway Bank nf Rideewav. Pa., and W. G. Curry of Brockwayville, Pa., secure a tract of 6,000 acres of timber in the Ashe- ville section of North Carolina, ine tract will run about 35,000,000 feet of each of white pine, hemlock ana i-hestntiL and smaller amounts of poplar and other trees, the total cut being estimated at about luo.wu.uuu feet. Enlarge Hosiery Mill. Asheboro. The Acme Hosiery Mill has broken ground for he addition to their plant whicn will about double In capacity. D. B. McCrary, president and Thomas H. Redding, secretary treasurer, have just ' returned from New York City where, it is under stood, they have placed the whole out put for an indefinite time. This mill has given the girls and unattached young ladies of the town plenty of work at remunerative prices and the enlargement of the plant pleases Ashe boro. : Mmonal Lesson By E. O. SELLERS, Acting- Director, .of. ounaay acnooi course, xne moody aiDi Institute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 8 the' kingdom torn asunder. LESSON TEXT-I Kings 12:6-18. GOLDEN TEXT Pride goeth before Jestruction. and a haughty spirit before a fall. Prov. 16:13. Solomon's kingdom though outward ly magnificent contained within it those germs of oppression, formal re ligious observances and , the lax ex ample of an Indulgent monarch which speedily led to its disruption after his death. Forty years Solomon reigned, but the latter end of his life was none too peaceful. "He loved many strange women" and "his heart was not per fect with the Lord his God" (11:1, 4). Rezon was his "adversary" (11:25) and Jeroboam whom he at first sought to conciliate (11:26-28) was finally driven Irom the land (v. 40). Chapter eleven contains the prophecy of which this lesson is the fulfillment. "And Rehoboam, his son, reigned in his stead" (11:43). I. The Convention at Shechem, w. 1-5. This place has an important his tory beginning in the days of Abraham and Jacob. It was a city of the Levites and the place where Joshua gave his final charge (Josh, 24:1,. 25.). Ablme lcch destroyed it though it was soon rebuilt'. Here Israel gathered to con-' firm Solomon's son upon the throne. Jerusalem and Judea readily .aceebted Rehoboam as king, but the ten tribes , hesitated and, according to one trans lation there was a year's delay during which time Jeroboam was sent for and certain reforms were formulated (v 2). Their charges were entirely selfish and made no reference to the rights of Jehovah nor offered any protest against the Increasing idolatry. Be fore allegiance was sworn Jeroboam as spokesman presented these reforms ' (v. 4) and Rehoboam wisely asked for time to consider the request (v. 5). . II. Good Counsel Neglected, vt. 6:12. Rehoboam came of bad stock (ch. 14:21), yet his first step was a wise one. His name means "Enlarger of the people," but he sadly belied the same. Too long had he lived in the atmosphere of luxury and enervation. The northern tribes suffered greatly through taxation and shared none of the prosperity of Jerusalem. Solomon's yoke," like that of every earthly mon arch, had been heavy (Matt, 11:29, 30). The counsel of the old men was good (v. 7), It was kingly, manly. Jesus tells us that the greatest must be the servant of all and sets us the example himself (Matt. 20:28). Reho boam next consulted those of his own circle who "were grown up with him," men of like position . and passions, youths as inexperienced as himself who' had no sympathy but were wild, conceited, overbearing, selfish. Reho boam asked "advice" (v. 6) of the old men, but asked for "counsel" (v. 9) of the young men, but in neither case ls there any suggestion that God was consulted (James 1:5). These young men counseled a boasting and burden some course which brought Rehoboam to grief. Oppression always results in rebellion, a fact that those who gov ern or employ others should ponder welL Rehoboam's choice of counselors and his consequent course of action was the height of foolishness (Prov. 13:20). III. Bad Counsel Confirmed, vr. 12-14. Jeroboam's subsequent career confirms us in believing that he more than all others encouraged and fos tered the division of the kingdom. But he and the proud, foolish princeling were both only carrying out the word and will of Jehovah (v. 15; Ps. 76:10). This does not, however,, lessen his guilt or folly (Acts 2:23). Not content with declaring his acceptance of the evil counsel he spoke "roughly" (v. 13) and this verse suggests to us that "the old men's counsel" was known to the people, thereby aggravating his offense. "Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad." Rough words wound or madden and, "by using soft words you may lead an elephant by a hair." Not content to refuse Reho boam threatens added burdens (v. 14). IV. Conclusion. God turned away the kingdom from Solomon's house be cause Solomon had turned away from u-uu icu. OX, OO. J. UUO prophet foretold what would happen, the "cause was from the Lord that he might perform his saying" (v. 15, cf 11:31, 32). God is constantly and lit erally fulfilling prophecy. Those which have been so fully and so minutely ful filled are a warrant that in due time all will likewise "comB to .pass." Re hoboam is a lesson to the young men of today. Rehoboam is also a lesson for pres ent day fathers. Finally Rehoboam ls a lesson to all who are set In authority. To close our ears to the cry of the needy; to forget our obligations to God and to men (Matt. 25), and to fail to see God's pur poses, prophecies and plans, inevitably: courts disaster. The coming king of kirigs who in ful fillment of prophecy did come, and will come again, has a yoke for hls subjects "which is easy." His finger (v. 10) and hands were used in loving ministries and the only chastisement (v. 11) he ever permits is that which proves us to . be i(Heb. 12:6-11). "sons," not slaves