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VOL. XXXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N: C, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915.
NO. 8.
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ORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
for Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found in
Brief Paragraphs.
Foreign
Following the example of Bulgaria,
Greece has ordered mobilization of all
ter troops. What plans Bulgaria has
in mind and what Greece and Rouma
Eia will do, is still an open question,
and until further developments, the
course of the Balkans is still a mat
ter for speculation.
The Bulgarian situation is absorbing
the attention of France to the exclu
sion of all other topics. Little doubt
is felt that Bulgaria has decided to
cast its lot with the central powers.
At Como, Italy, attorneys for Porter
Charlton, the American whose trial on
rhe charge of murdering his wife there
during their honeymoon trip, was set
for October 5, have applied for a fur
ther postponement.
Another body that came ashore at
Clonakilty, on the south coast of Ire
land, has been identified as that of
Mr?. Josephine Bruguiere of New
York, an Arabic victim. (
Bulgaria's mobilization a war
move that may solve the riddle of the
Balkans has struck London with dra
matic suddenness.
Commanders of German submarines
have been given strict orders that in
case of doubt as to the intentions of
liners to take the safe course and per
mit the ship to escape rather than run
thes lightest risk.
Of the thirty-four American and Ger
man papers found in the possession of
James F. J. Archibald, the American
newspaper correspondent, when he
was apprehended at Falmouth, Eng
land, while proceeding from New
York for Rotterdam, seventeen are de
scribed as having been made public
and the other seventeen as being in
sufficient to warrant publication.
The greatest war budget in the his
tory of the world was introduced in
the British house of commons by Mc-
Kenna, chancellor of the exchequer,
as another step toward financing the
war, which is now costing Great Brit
ain nearly twenty-five million dol
lars daily.
Officials reports from Austrian and
German headquarters and dispatches
from the Balkan capitals show that the
long expected Teuton campaign to be
waged against Servia has begun.
Freight traffic has been suspended
on the Bulgarian railroads. Forty-
five thousand Bulgarians in Macedo
nia and Thrace have been called to
the colors.
Domestic
A Philadelphia dispatch reports
that the Midvale Steel company, one
of the largest of the independent steel
concerns, has been sold for nineteen
million dollars. The company will be
reorganized. The company had refus
ed to accept war orders. The plant
employs 5,500 men.
W. K. Vickers, a lineman in the em
ploy of the Georgia Railway and Pow
er company, Atlanta, was killed when
he was crushed by a heavy pole which
fell while workmen were trying to
place it.
Roy Canfield, an amateur automobile
driver, was killed at Cedar Falls, Iowa,
when his machine went over a 15-foot
embankment in a fifteen mile race at
the county fair. The accident was
due to a blow-out.
On urgent request from Chicago,
President M. M. Allison of the Dixie
Highway association announces that
the first official tour of the Dixie high
way will begin at Chicago oh October
9 instead of October 11, as previously
announced.
Six bodies had been removed from
the wreck of a section of the Seventh
avenue subway excavation destroyed
by a dynamite blast, and the task of
uncovering the wreckage is reported
to be proceeding rapidly. Two of the
dead w.ere passengers on the trolley,
and four were laborers on the subway
Cotton bulged a quarter of a cent
a pound around the opening in New
Orleans on September 21, and later
took another upward turn, which land
ed the most active options in the fu
ture market 39 to 42 points, or more
than $2 a bale over the close of the
preceding close.
The proposed mammoth credit loan
to Great Britain and France, it is re
ported in New Yor'c City, is to be un
derwritten by a syndicate -of Ameri
can finnanciers, who are to receive a
commission for their services. The
loan will be between six hundred mil
lion and eight hundred million dol
lars.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is visiting
the scene of the Ludlow battle in Col
orado and the mining camps of Ber
'vind and Tabasco on his inspection
tour of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company properties. He talked free
ly with the miners and visited their
homes and conversed with their wives.
Apolonio Rodrigues, who was sus
pected of having kidnaped a Texas
ranchman in 'February, 1914, has been
Placed in the Laredo, Texas, jail. He
was formally charged with horse steal
mg, but interest is attached to his
arrest in view of demands made by
the Texas officials.
Dr. Austin Flint, alienist, who was
much in the public eye recently as
star witness for the state against Har
ry K. Thaw, was found dead in his
home in New York City.
Anthony Comstock. the noted New
York City vice crusader, died at his
home in Summitt, N. J., after a brief
illness.
The legal battle over the estate of
Francis A. Ogden, the eccentric Hous
ton, Texas, millionaire, who died June
1914, begins shortly in the Drobate
court of Houston.
European War
The Russians in Galicia and Volhv-
nia have forced General Mackensen
to retreat. The Russians laid a' tran
for the Germans, and nearly succeeded
in circling them before General Mac
kensen discovered their plans.
The center of the Russian armv is
still retreating, and in the north von
Hindenburg continues to make prog
ress against Dvinsk, although much
slower than formerly.
Berlin reports that a British attack
south of the LaBassee canal broke
down under German fire.
An Italian army headquarters state
ment announces that on the Dlateau
northwest of Arsiero the strong posi
tion of Monte Coston was stormed by
the Italian troops. The Italians had
virually isolated it already by a skill
ful enveloping movement. The ene
my's columns then tried to check the
progress of the Italian envelopment
by violent attacks on the days of the
17th, 18th and 22d, which broke
against the firm resistance of the Ital
ians. General Joffre, Sir John French and
King Albert of Belgium are develoDine
a new plan of campaign that involves
the almost continuous use of artillery
on a vast scale along the whole line.
The allies are methodically maintain
ing their shell fire for days at a time
without infantry attacks.
Austrian and German artillery are
reported to be bombarding Servian po
sitions south of the river frontier at
various points along the hundred-mile
front between the mouths of the Dri
na and Morava rivers. This action
is introductory to the "steam roller"
movement through Servia long ago
decided upon by Austria and Germany.
Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, commander
of the British forces at the Darda
nelles, tells how the British and
French through the summer kept at
grips with the Turks in Gallipoli, with
terrible losses on both sides in the
arid, congested area, where the gain
or loss of a few yards of trenches
measured the tide of battle and the
dead lay so thick that a temporary
armistice was imperative at times.
The Germans occupied Vilna, Russian
Poland, and by a wide-sweeping move
ment north of that city, almost sur
rounded a part of the Russian army
fighting in the railway triangle be
tween Vilna, Lida and Vileika.
Washington
The way has been cleared for the
release of American-owned goods of
German and Austrian origin now held
at neutral ports of Europe by the Brit
ish order in council.
The group of Gerjnan firms which
recently offered to buy a million bales
of cotton at 15 cents a pound have
raised the price to 16 cents a pound,
and guarantee that the cotton will not
be used for military purposes.
Aliens, such as actors, singers and
others residing temporarily in the
United States, must pay an income
tax just as though they were full-fledged
citizens.
It is reported to the war depart
ment that another American soldier
Private Henry W. Stubblefield has
been killed by Mexican bandits.
Tariffs on the Clyde Steamship com
pany which provide for the cancella
tion of joint ocean-and-rail class and
commodity rates from New York and
other Eastern points to Charlotte, N.
C, and destinations via the port of
Charleston, were suspended by the in
terstate commerce commission until
January 25.
Exports exceeded three billion dol
lars during the year ending August 31,
breaking all records. The exact fig
ures were 13,035,033,280, the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce an
nounces. The United States government will
make no effort to secure the safe con
duct from this country for Dr. Con
stantin Dumba, Austro-Hungarian am
bassador, until the Vienna government
has replied to the request that the
ambassador be recalled.
According to reports received In
Washington, business conditions all
over the country are showing improve
ment and trade generally is picking
up.
The federal advisory council has
not yet taken up the credit loan by
American bankers to England.
Prospects for the recognition of
General Carranza, it was admitted in
official quarters, are much more fa
vorable than at any time since the
United States began to exert its in
fluence toward the establishment of a
central government in Mexico.
Death decreased the government's
Civil war pension roll nearly ten per
cent during the last fiscal year, accord
ing to the annual report of the com
missioner of pensions just made pub
lic. ' '
James F. J. Archibald, the Ameri
can correspondent who carried a mes
sage from Dr. Constantin T. Dumba,
Austro-Hungarian ambassador at
Washington, which led to a request
from the United States for the am
bassador's recall, issued a statement
in New York City denying that he had
connived to break the neutrality law
of the United States.
FRENCH AND BRITISH
ADVANCE IN WEST
TWENTY MILES OF TRENCHES
AND 20,000 UNWOUNDED SOL
DIERS TAKEN.
A LARGE NUMBER OF GUNS
French Have Most Credit For Gains.
German Positions Around Ver
dum Weaken.
London. The German trenches
along a front of 20 miles between the
Belgian coast and Verdon, and more
than 20,000 unwoundd prisoners, be
sides 32 guns and many machine guns
have been captured by the British and
French armies in the first offensive
movement on the Western front in
months.
The offensive followed a several
weeks' almost incessant bombardment
of German positions with big guns,
which late last week increased in in
tensity, particularly in the sections
where the infantry attacks took place,
simultaneously with the dlrive of the
armies British warships and French
and Belgian batteries heavily bom
barded the German positions on the
coast between Zeebrugge and Iieuport.
The French, who have the most im
portant gains to their credit, made
their chief onset against the German
lines around Perthes, Beausejour and
Suippes in Champagne, where in De
cember they made a considerable
gain of ground, and also north of
Arras, where Souchez was stormed
and captured.
The French communication says the
Allied forces continue to gain ground
in Champagne. With the Advances
thus recorded, this offensive has given
the French possession of more terri
tory than they had retaken from the
Germans since the latter dug them
selves in after the battle of the Marne.
According to the French account,
the Germans' were driven out of their
trenches over a front of more than
15 miles, varying in depth from two
thirds of a mile to two and a half
miles. The French in this engage
ment captured 12,000 prisoners. Ap
parently the advantage is being
presed still further, as the French
communication makes only the brief
est mention of the operation.
The importance of this gain lies in
the fact that every yard of ground
taken in this region weakens the Ger
man position around Verdun from
which the Germans might be compell
ed to retire should the French suc
ceed in making any further advance.
ANOTHER BROADWAY CAVE-IN.
Three Injured When Street Sank Into
Subway.
New York. One death and the in
jury of three other persons resulted
from the caving in of the street over
the new subway in Broadway near
28th street. An unidentified woman,
who was caught in the falling debris,
died later In a hospital. The others
injured were men. The police and
firemen continued their search for
several workmen reported missing.
The accident occurred a few blocks
from the heart of the theatre district
shortly before 8 o'clock and Broad
way was crowded with people.
The weakening of supports in the
subway, due to weight of traffic, is
believed to have caused the beams
and planking to collapse, making a
hole about 50 feet -long, extending
about half way across Broadway. The
pit was about 30 feet deep.
Two of the injured, a man and a
woman were in an automobile that
was carried down into the -hole. The
other person injured was believed to
be a workman.
Smuggled Bulgarians Across Border.
Toledo, O. Charged with smug
gling 800 or more Bulgarians from
Windsor, Ont., to Detroit, then to
Toledo, Mike Tonoff, a Bulgarian,
was arrested here by Government of
ficers. The arrest followed affidavits
made by some of the men brought
across.
Conditions of Big Loan.
New York. The Anglo-French fi
nancial commission and Eastern
bankers have reached a virtual agree
ment on the details of the proposed
billion dollar credit loan to Great Brit
ain and France. Following are the de
tails of the loan agreed upon: The
amount approximately $500,000,000 ;
jthe securities joint Anglo-French
notes; the interest rate 5 per cent to
yield the investor about 5 1-2 per cent
by the notes being offered at slightly
under par.
Carranza Troops Not Present.
Washington. 'Major General Funs
ton, commanding United States troops
on the border, and General Nafarrate,
.the Carranza commander, both dis
claim for their men responsibility for
the fighting near Progreso, Texas, in
which one American trooper was kill
ed and an officer wounded. Report
ing to the war department General
Funston said his men had repelled
the raiding party which fled across
the border under the protection of sol
diers "in uniforms" who were en
trenched on the other aide.
EXPRESS COMPANY
WILL PAY $10,000
CLAIMS OF STATE FOR BACK
TAXES SETTLED. BY COMPRO
MISE FOR 50 PER CENT.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the State
Capitol.
Raleizh.
Litigation of the .State of North
Carolina against the Southern Ex
jpress Company involving over $20,000
of back taxes owing to the state by
the comD&nv for the vears from 1903
(through 1912 was settled In confer
ence between representatives of the
state and the express company in the
office of Governor Craig.
A compromise of $10,000 was reach-"
led and agreed upon by parties.
Those appearing before Governor
Craig in the matter under settlement
were Corporation' Commissioner E. L.
Travis, Attorney General T. W.
jBickett, State Treasurer B. R. Lacy,
ani General Counsel Robert Alston of
Atlanta, Julius Martin of Asheville,
A. B. Andrews of Raleigh end Agent
J. J. Bowen of Raleigh.
The charge for collection of back
(taxes was made in 1913 following an
(investigation by the corporation com
mission. According to the order
rwhich was issued by the corporation
commission then, it appeared that for
.1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, there was im
posed upon the express company,
"upon its gross revenue derived from
ibusiness done wholly within this
ptate," an annual tax of two and a half
jer cent for 1909 and 1910 and three
per cent for 1912. The gross revenue
.for the Southern Express Company
.for this time, according to its own re
ports made to the commission, was
1909, $313,052.73; 1910, $348,865.57;
,1911, $385,900.27; 1912, $432,810.01.
In making report to the corpora
tion commission, howver, the South
ern Express Company, it is charged,
deducted for those years the amounts
paid railroad companies for transpor
tation as follows: 19f9, $148,550.04;
1910, $168,520.27;" 1911, $183,657.11;
1912, $219,512.49.
By this method the company a
rived at the amounts which it re
ported as gross revenues for the four
years and upon which its franchise
tax was computed and paid. These
amounts were as follows: 1909, $164,
402.50; 1910, $180,345.24; 1911, $220,
,243.16; 1912, $213,297.51.
The corporation commission con
tended that the reductions made by
.the express company were neither
proper nor lawful; and if .the com
pany were allowed ?o deduct trans
portation charges, other expenses
might as properly be deducted.
With this state of affairs facing it,
,the corporation commission adjudged
,the Southern Express Company to be
Indebted to the State of North Caro
lina in back taxes for these four years
;the amounts of $3,716.25 for 1909;
,$4,213 for 1910; 5,509 for 1911; $6,575
for 1912. All of it totaled $20,014.32.
This order was issued on August
,1, 1913, and since that time the at
torney general of North Carolina insti
tuted suit.
(Warren County New Dog Law.
Notable among the opinions deliv
ered recently by the supreme court
rwas on the Warren county" dog law
(passed by the last legislature that
(imposes a tax of $2 on each male and
(S3 on each female dog in the county.
(It was introduced by the representa
tive from Warren originally to apply
to the entire state and after many
(committee hearings and amendments,
laws passed to apply only to Warren.
(There was a restraining order by F.
B. Newell 'and others against the
jcounty game warden, charged with,
(collecting the tax, and this was dls
fsolved by Judge Ferguson and his
taction is now upheld by the supreme
(court. Chief Justice Clark, in writ
ing the opinion, took the position that
In such matters, If toe people don't
want such a alw, must be handled
through the legislature.
No Decrease in Assessment. ,
In the matter of the equalization
of the assessment of real estate of
.Mecklenburg county with other coun
ties in the state, as the commission
expresses it, the corporation commis
sion gave 1 out, through Chairman E.
Jm Travis, the order of the commis
Bion declining to modify in any way
Its order for the 15 per cent increase
Jn the Mecklenburg assessment. This
action follows the strenuous hearing
(Of the big Mecklenburg delegation
,when there were also present repre
sentatives fro ma dozen other counties.
FirePrevention Day Circulars.
Circulars on Fire Prevention Day
are being sent out from the office of
the North Carolina Insurance Commis
sioner J. R. Young to county clerks,
mayors of cities, fire insurance com
missioners, journals and state papers,
General Lee's Address to Army.
The State Historical Commission
has received for the Hall of History
a steel-engraved copy of General Rob
ert E. Lee's farewell adderss to the
army of Northern Virginia on April
10, 1865.
Tax Assessments Given by Counties.
The recent order of thfe corpora
tion commission affecting tax assess
ments in the counties is given in full
because of the general interest
throughout the state in its contents.
The increase by counties is as fol
lows: Alleghany, thirty per cent; Anson, ten
per cent; Ashe, twenty per cent; Beau
fort, five per cent; Bertie, fifteen pei
cent; Bladen, ten per cent; Buncombe,
five per cent; Burke, ten per cent; Ca
barrus, five per cent; Caldwell, twenty
per cer.L; Camden, ten per cent; Cas
well, ten per cent; Catawba, fifteen per
cent; Chatham, ten per cent; Chowan,
ten per cent; Clay, five per cent; Cleve
land, fifteen per cent; Columbus, five per
cent; Craven, five per cent; Cumberland,
ten per cent; CurrituoJt, five per cent;
Davidson, fifteen per cent; Davie, five
per cent; Duplin, 10 per cent; Durham,
ten per cent; Edgecombe, ten per cent;
Forsyth, ten per cent; Franklin, ten per
cent; Gaston, ten per cent; Gates, five
per cent; Granville, ten per cent; Greene,
five per cent; Guilford, ten per cent; Hal
ifax, five per cent; Harnett, five per cent;
Haywood, five per cent; Henlerson, five
per cent; Hertford, lve per cent; Hoke,
five per cent; Hyde, five per cent; Ire
dell, ten per cent; Jackson, five per
cent; Johnston, five per cent; Jones, ten
per cent; Lenoir, five per cent; Lin
coln, ten per cent; Macon, ten per cent;
Madison, five per cent; McDowell, ten
per cent; Mecklenburg, fifteen per cent;
Mitchell, five per cent; Montgomery, ten
per cent; Northampton, five per, cent;
Onslow, fifteen per cent; Orange, ten
Der cent: Pamlico, five per cent; Pender,
ten per cent; Perquimans, nve per cew;
Person, ten per cent; Pitt, ten per cent;
Polk, five per cent; Randolph, fifteen per
cent; Richmond, twenty-five per cent;
Robeson, ten per cent; Rockingham, five
per cent; Rowan, ten per cent; Ruther
ford, five ner cent: Samoson. thirty per
cent; Scotland, thirty per cent; Tran
sylvania, nve per cent; ryrreii, nve per
cent; Union, ten per cent; Vance, five per
cent; Warren, five per cent; Washing
ton, five per cent; Wake, five per cent;
Wayne, five per cent; Wilkes, ten per
cent; Wilson, ten per cent.
It was further ordered that the as
sessment of all real property in Pas
quotank county be reduced five per
cent.
The assessment as made and re
turned by the assessors and respect
ive boards of equalization are approv
ed as made in the following counties:
Alamance, Alexander, Avery, Bruns
wick, Carteret, Cherokee, Dare, Gra
ham, Lee, Martin, More, Nash, New
Hanover, Stanley, Stokes, Surry,
Swain, Watauga, Yadkin and Yancey.
Several exceptions as to certain
property in some counties, was made.
Opinions of the Supreme Court.
There were opinions delivered in 13
appeals by the supreme court. The
epinions follow: Card vs. Mason,
Pasquotank, no error; Cutler vs. Cut
ler, Beaufort, affirmed; Cook vs. Ve
neer Company, Pasquotank, no error:
Sexton vs. Duff, Pasquotank, affirm
ed; Horton vs. Light & Water Co.,
Beaufort, new trial; Fowle vs. War
ren, Beaufort, new trial; Elliott vs.
Railroad & Lumber Co., Beaufort, no
error; Hobgood vs. Hobgood, Edge
combe, modified; Iron Company vs.
Bridge Company, Nash, reversed;
Brown vs. Telegraph Company, Edge
combe, new trial; Marsh vs. Early,
Hertford, reversed; Newell vs. Green,
Warren, affirmed; Blue Ridge Inter
urban Railway vs. Light & Power Co.,
Henderson, error.
Plan Forest Fire Protection.
Special from Asheville Owners of
timber lands of this section of the
state expect to save thousands of dol
lars during the coming fall and win
ter months as the results of the adop
tion of a co-operative plan of protect
ing their holdings against forest fires.
State Forester J. S. Holmes spent
some time here In conference with
the lumbermen of this section of the
state discussing plans for the employ
ment of patrolmen and rangers by
the individuals owning timber lands,
the city of Asheville and the state. .
For Cause of Moonlight Schools.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner, superintendent of
public instruction, has received a con
tribution of $100 from a former North
Carolinian residing in New York now,
for the cause of Moonlight Schools.
Having read the bulletins on the sub
ject and the press notices of the move
ment, the New Yoifcer felt disposed
to help in the work. Under no condi
tion, he said, would he consider al
lowing his name to be used
Secretary Issues Several Charters.
Buaffo Packing Company, of War
rensville. Capital stock, $50,000. Sub
scribed stock, $1,750. Incorporators,
R. L. Ballou, Jefferson; W. H. Jones,
Warrensville; A. F. Robinson, War
rensville. Asheville Development Company, of
Asheville. Capital stock, $25,000.
Subscribed stock, $4,800. Incorpora
tors, J. M. Chiles, Kenilworth; D. R.
Millard, Asheville; E. T. Belch, Ashe
ville. Lenoir Mills, of Lenoir. Capital
stock, $75,000. Subscribed stock, $7,
000. Incorporators, J. H. Beall, J. C.
Seagle and T. T. Broghill.
Waterways Men to Make Step.
Congressman . John H. Small of the
First district and Congressman J.
iHampton Moore of Pennsylvania spent
one afternoon at Raleigh conferring
with city authorities and Governor
Craig in preparation for 200 or more
delegates to the Savannah conven
tion of the Atlantic Deeper Water
-ways Association to stop over here
(November 8 for a few hours en route
to Savannah. They met with the
iheartiest co-operation and every pos
sible arrangement will be made for
the occasion.
Reports to War Department.
Adjutant General Young of the
North Carolina National Guard for
warded to the war department re
ports from the captains of the compa
nies of the North Carolina National
Guard and the commanding officers
of the regiments as to steps taken to
eliminate the deficiencies charged up
to each in the annual inspections held
last spring. General Young says the
deficiencies have been satisfactorily
met.
HARDING EXPECTS
12 GENT COTTON
SROAD FOREIGN DEMAND FOR
STAPLE WILL SEND PRICES
UPWARD.
DELIVERS STRONG ADDRESS
Before Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
He Praises Southern Banks And
The Good Judgment of Bankers.
Raleigh. Hon. W. P. G. Harding,
member of the Federal Reserve Board
in a forcible address delivered at the
annual banquet of the Raleigh Cham
ber of Commerce at which there were
honor guests representing numbers of
the leading commercial organizations
of the state, declared that "it is no
longer a secret that there is a broad
foreign demand for cotton. Estimates
now range from 10,000,000 to 12,0.00,
000 bales and a price of 12 cents looks
less improbable tonight than 10 did a
month ago."
Continuing Mr. Harding said on this
subject: "For the first time the crop,
movement has begun with an abun
dance of cheap money available for
Southern bankers and upon their
judgment, advice and co-operation de
pends, to a great degree, the question
of whether or not farmers shall re
ceive intrinsic values for cotton this
season.
"My friends," declared Mr. Hard
ing, "the financial emancipation of
the rural South is no longer an irrides
cent dream. It can be made a glorious
reality and surely you of North Caro
lina whose forefathers at Mecklen
burg framed the original declaration
of political independence will not be
laggards in this movement for the
new freedom.
Mr. Harding's address was an il
luminating presentation of the pur
poses and the work of the Federal Re
serve Board.
He opened with an expression of ap
preciation for the opportunity to visit
the Capital City of North Carolina, a
State rich in colonial and national
traditions and history and especially
powerful in national prestige at this
time, with the President a North Caro
linian in boyhood, with Josephus
Daniels in the cabinet and "with one
of your senators chairman of the
Senate committee on rates and the
other chairman of the great Finance
Committee of the Senate, and with
a Representative of your State, Con
gressman Claude Kitchln, soon to be
called to assume the duties of chair
man of the Ways and Means Commit
tee of the House and the majority
leadership in that body."
Continuing Mr. Harding declared
that "the important chairmanships
held by your Senators and Represen
tatives will give your state a com
manding influence in legislative affairs
during the term of the next Congress."
Hotel For Mount Mitchell.
Asheville. That local investors and
visiting capitalists have made arrange
ments to build a modern hotel of 50
rooms at the summit of Mount Mitch
ell was the announcement authorized
at this city. Work will be started on
the structure in time to permit its
opening by the beginning of -next
spring. Boulders from Mount Mitch
ell will be used in the construction
of the foundation and the wall will
ibe constructed of immense logs from
ithe mountain top. The rustic style of
architecture will be used and modern
conveniences will be provided.
Point Lookout, a short distance
ffrom the grave of . Dr. Elisha
Mitchell, has been chosen as the site
jfor the hotel and Perley & Crockett,
(owners of the railroad to Mitchell,
state that they will extend their lin
to the location of the hostelry.
Dies From Burns.
Snow Hill. Attempting to extin
guish a blaze started where her five-prear-old
son emptied a. can of kero
sene oil on the kitchen range,, Mrs.
Sam Cobb, of Maury, near here, re
ceived burns from which she died
several hours later. The child also
iwas burned, but is expected to re
cover. Seventy-Five Bushels Per Acre.
West Raleigh. Seventy-five bushels
an acre is what the North Carolina
Corn Club boys are putting as their
this year's average. Last week the
(Officer in charge at the experimnt
(station at West Raleigh asked each of
the boys to report an estimate of the
yeaT's yield, and up to the latter part
of the week about 1,000 had reported.
It seems that this will be a good year
for. the corn crop, although it was ra
ther unfavorable for a good stand to
be obtained in some parts of the state
thsi spring.
New Hosiery Mill.
Hendersonville James P. Grey and
their son, James P. Grey, 'Jr., of John
son City, Tenn., have announced their
plans to have a $10,000 hosiery mill
in operation in Hendersonville by the
first of the coming year. A site has
been purchased on Fourth avenue
near the Southern tracks and plans
and specifications are being draws for
for the plant, machinery for which
has been ordered for shipment on
November 1. Mr. Grey states that 1
Is his purpose to employ about $9
operatives to begin with.
tomnoNAL
SUMfSOtOOL
Lesson
By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course, the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago.)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 3
ELIJAH IN NABOTH'S VINEYARD.
LESSON TEXT-I Kings 21:11-20.
GOLDEN TEXT Be sure your sin will
find you out. Num. 32:23.
Ahab disobeyed God' and failed to
follow up his victory over Ben-Hadad
(ch. 20:31-34). Thereupon one of the
prophets resorted to a plan whereby
Ahab was rebuked and also received
a message that sent him "to his house
heavy and displeased" (v. 43). All of
this needs to be borne in mind when
we study Ahab's course of action re
lated in this lesson. Learn by heart
the tenth commandment; also Luke
12:15.
I. The Schemes of Men, vv. 11-16.
Ahab had been king for twenty years
(B. C. 906?). Jezreel was his summer
capital, about twenty miles northwest
of Samaria. The chief actors in this
tragedy were Naboth, a well-to-do citi
zen; Ahab, a petulant monarch to
whom Naboth refuses to sell his vine
yard; Jezebel, the Lady Macbeth of
Ahab's court; elders and nobles of
Jezreel, willing tools in the transac
tion; false witnesses, executioner, and
Elijah, the servant of God, who con
fronted the monarch in his newly
gained possession. Ahab was con
stantly in conflict with the purposes
of God and with his Word. Naboth
had no right to sell his vineyard (see
Numbers 36:7; Lev. 25:23; also Ezek.
46:16) and sturdily stood out for his
God-given rights. These land laws
were rigid, but at the same time wise
and beneficial. Instead of yielding to
God's law Ahab sulks like a petted
child (v. 4) and thus again runs coun
ter to God's Word (see tenth com
mandment). At this juncture Jezebel,
his wife, appeals to his pride and
power as the king (v. 7), and offers
to-procure the coveted possession. The
methods of mankind whereby vast pos
sessions are accumulated do not al
ways bear investigation; murder and
rapine, broken hearts and shortened
lives, weakened bodies and stunted
children can largely be traced to the
Bin or covetousness, against which we
all need to be on guard (Luke 12:15;
Eph. 5:5). The first 6inner was covet
ous (Gen. 3:6), so also were the
chosen people of God (Josh. 7:21), and
it was this that caused the first dis
sension among Christian believers
(Acts 5:1-3). Jezebel most graciously
gave Ahab that which belonged to
others; how free we all can be with
the property of others! She also
cloaked her designs with the mantle
of religion (8-13).
II. The Sentence of God, vv. 17-20.
The dead Naboth was happier than his
neighbors of Jezreel, the king and
queen or any of the other evil par
ticipants. Ahab began by breaking
the first commandment (I Kings 16:31;
Deut. 5:7) and thus laid the ground
work of the whole train of evil for
which he and his household and his
reign are famous. The elders readily
obeyed the word of Jezebel and Ahab
profited thereby, but now he was to
hear the Word of God and it was not
to be so welcome. Recently we saw
Elijah set aside, following his flight
from Jezebel, but he is not entirely
beyond use .nd God now gave him a
new commission, one more task in
connection with his old opponent.
There is nothing Indicating cowardice
In Elijah's bold challenge of Ahab and
there is also a suggestion of a, guilty
conscience in Ahab's exclamation,
"Hast thou found me, O mine enemy"
(v 20) ? Ahab had "gone down to the
vineyard of Naboth" (v. 16) to enjoy
the pleasure of possessing his ill-gotten
treasure only to hear again his
word of doom (ch. 20:42; 21-19). It
was a poor exchange Ahab made
(Mark 8:37), a throne and his life in
exchange for the carrying out of his
own will and the possession of a vine
yard. In that exact spot where Na
both had been foully stoned the dogs
would lick up the blood of the king.
As is usually the case, the guilty sin
ner called the righteous servant of
God his "enemy," yet had Ahab
obeyed the Word of Jehovah as so
frequently spoken by Elijah he would
have discovered him to be his true
and best friend, not his enemy. Ahab's
sin had found him out (Golden Text,
Num. 32:23).
III. The Summary. Covetousness is
not the mere desire for things we do
not possess, but a deep longing which
is willing to do wrong, to injure oth
ers, to profit by the evil deeds of oth
ers in order to come into possession.
Covetousness seeks to gain at the ex
pense of higher and better things; it
Is the extreme opposite of the spirit
of him who "gave all."
The greatest danger of our land and
the chief source of sin is covetousness.
The source and fountain of covet
ousness is selfishness. Hence the one
and only cure Is In a changed heart,
one consecrated to God and devoted
to the service of others.
Love God, obey his Word, strive
with all our ransomed powers to build
up and advance his kingdom and
covetousness will vanish as mist be
for the summer sun.
Covetousness is insatiable, it is
never satisfied.
It is like the drug habit, it grows by
leaps and bounds.
It Is Idolatry, effectually shutting us
out of the kingdom.