THE MEBANE LEADER.
“And Right The Day Must Win, To Ddubt Wouid be Disloyalty, To Falter Would be Sin.”
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Vol 4.
MEBANE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31 1913
No 81
NLS AND LOCAL
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; v; 01 K REPORTER
Harris is visiting his
!• ortruson
left last week
Chirk spent
:li Iviemls.
Monday in
Alt’l l il f^ykea of Spencer
,.10 with relatives
r.r:ulU‘V and Mr. Claud
uiulay out in the country.
. wliiiof Burlineton spent
; Mc.s. T. B Pettigrew.
r. rad ley of Burlington
. lys in Mebane with
:.rron spent a few daya
I'a.-es Mill S. C. the
and Grace
last week
Cheek of
with Miss
liur.t and three children
’ \ irajinia to visit friends
Ham of Morvin was in
: ■ his brother Mr, W. E
. Hudson left last week for
s. r., to spend some time
. ..nd.
! a monch at Black
■ r. Paisley Nelson is back
u h improved.
• i Clark left for Durham
i : ■•>11 where she will make
• e w ith her mother.
Miichel of Yanceyville,
St' Taylor of near Rox-
•Mrs. James.
B. Grant and wife of
:\re visiting his brother
■; . ::L on fifth Street.
1 Malone was here from
C Sunday, and went
; to see Mrs. Malone.
Curtis Clark and little
>f Richmond, Va , spent
Ml Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
the best posible value,
and effects. Nothing
i‘ i'our in hand. Mebane
vVarren left Friday for
. , to spend two weeks
1 who is at that place
" business.
Ham made a brief trip to
jjust week accompanied
Barrel Workers
Where are all the Barrel Workers? j
How are the ladies who promised to i
work for the church, groing to do t
when they don’t come to the meeting \
nor own a barrel to w ork at home. !
lit'
New Flour Mill MachinPiy
received and
Choose A Suicide Grave.
Died from his own ’nand early Monday
Mr. Ralph Vincent h is
3 installing machinery for a forty imornino:, ors me tim« Sunday night at
' t'le h«'me of his parents, at Liberty
about fifteen
his
miles from Burlington,
Di’ John II. McPherson in the fortieth
year of his age of H '\v River.
Dr. McPherson had a short while
past suffered from a iserious domestic
misfortune, his w’ife had left him, as
to causes sufficient, or unsufficient it
does not concern the world, the fact
develops that it v.’is of sufficient
Itor ure to Dr. McPlicrsons mind to
jilrivo him to a suicide grave.
1 Ho had gone to his fathers home to
particepate with them in a family
reunion, it was there he was vividly
icniinded of the fact that for him there
„ 1 I was no reunion, that his mate was
han. Lodge A. F„ A. M. Saturday , ^
was a reawakening of sensiabilities, it
the less poignant, that he
barrel flour mill. Mr. Vincont’s mill
was destroyed by fire somi* tin.e las.t
winder, after he had a veiy success
ful run for some time.
Barrel Workers
Be sure to answer present at the
home of Mrs. Will Cheek’s next Fri
day afternoon at 4 o’clock as we have
something good to tell you in which
all the ladies will’be interested,
A Call Meeting
There will be a call met ting of Bing-
The Merry Rompers Go
‘-Rompinic” at Bonnett’s
Pena.
Bonnetis Pond, July 22nd 1913
The beautiful land locked lake, known
as Ronnett’s Pond ann for years fam
ed as a scene of much society activity
and the end of the pleasu' a seekers
Mr. Gene McCadams of Weldon is I continued during the past
spending sometime with his parents j g°od form to play its role in
Mr. and Mrs. Cole McCadams.
Efiand Items
Mrs. O. L. Baity and ittle son Grin
Lockett of Winston-Salem are visiting
Mr. Baitys parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Baity.
Miss Ida Pittard of Cedar Grove
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
friend Miss Annie Jordan »
DR. ORR’S SERIES OF
mmm o.^ “iii
SPiRIT OF CHRIST.’’
August 2 for work insti uction, a large
attendance deaired
J. S. Cheek, W. S. Han is
Sec. W. M.
A Fine Crop of Tobacco.
From general reports it is believed
that the tarmersof North Carolina have
the best crops of tobacco this season
known in the State for years. That in
the Elastern portion of the State is
ripening fine, and that in central North | deeper,
Carolina is growing to a splendid stalk, j love, or the slighted.
If no untoward condition happens we upon opportunities.
his suflFering, is
that can not be
was none
gave his life to ease
the one awful fact
doubted.
No onn was near in that fateful
moment, no one heard him say that
he drcadc'd the dark cold tide that was
plishing around his feet, no one heard
him solilcKjuise as he stood face to face
with eternity, that in that sleep of
death what dreams may come, which j
the papgs of despised |
and trampled !
shall have a fine crop of tobacco.
Warehouse Complete d
Our Greensboio friends have com
pleted their brick warehouse for the gushed out and wasted away, leaving
lie lifted his hand and with the keen
edge of a razor^ he severed the main
artery that feeds the brain with the
crimson tide of life, and the red stream
sale of leaf tobacco. It is 80 feet w’ide
by 175 long, a near by building con
tains six rooms for the accomodation
of patrons of the warehouse. We lear.i
that they are already receiving tolm-
eco at the warehouse.
Threatened His Life.
Charlie Petiford colored who bore
evidence against S d Evans in the case
when Evans was chargcd with the
elicit selling of whiskey, was shot at
'while on duty as a watchman at the
White Furniture Co. Sunday night.
a poor frail helpless body of clay God
had not required this of him, but in j
reckless hast he had lushed his soul,
naked and I’ lprepared into the judge- :
ment seat. Let us look « ;th pity upon j
this pathetic picture.
A Near Riot. i
It seems that Winston h*\d a nearj
I'iOt last Friday when the Snipes boys i
undertook, and for a time did run
things They had a fight with a cou-1
pie of fellow-s and getting the worst
of it, went home and got their win
chesters, and marched through the
It is alleged that since Petiford gave gf^eets unmolested, breathing threats
his testimony, that both Sid and
Evans have threatened his life.
Joe
Marcus, who
Morven.
was here
r Hunt of Greton, Va.,
iavs last week with his
tid Mrs. J. C. Hunt.
'>f advertisement of H
o .in this evening’sLea-
rticular direct your at-
ir superior hosiery. See
Raise Honey
Mr. L. T. Johnston has all ready
gathered 750 lbs of honey of his own
nome raising. Findinig more than he
needed for his retail trade he has
shipped away a portion of it at 16 2-3
cents per pound. The honey busincFS
ought to promise good results in this
section. There is an abundance
clover blossoms. Try a few hives, the
results will be gratifying.
CfioK', Miss Sudie Cook
at,d Dorsie King were
' Pearson county to see
:: automobile by Mr. Ed
■ : "rnin^,
(colored) was arrested
r-'i k one day last week, by
'■UK as an escaped convict,
as assisted by Mr.
inf' the arrest.
■ il line of four in hand
tics including the latest
olors, and the Bulgarian
'iiu thing stylish andcatchey-
, Mebane Supply Company.
Would Be Glad ot Help.
Some time ago when a massmeetirg
was held in Mebane to determine a
number of questions then pertinent
before the people, the matter of
prosecuting the sellers of elicit whiskey.
Mayor Shaw remarked that
did not have the money for prosiiuting
these cases. Some gentleman said go
ahead they would assist in the work.
of a most serious character. The way
the polices handled the matter gave
offense to the citizens, and there was
a pronounced piotest. Chief Thomas
and some of his subordinates were
temporal y suspended. People of
Greensboro who have much to do with
police work, and who can peep over in
Winstons back yard, believes the
whole thing and many other things of
a like character, due to too much
: politics.
^ The arrest of a man with a strong
political pull in Winston is said to be
all most the impossible thing. They
grow up with a contempt for law, and
act with the same indifference. It is
charged and seemingly correctly that
Winston is dominated by pulls, and
no city can reasonably hope for a
deacent municipal j,overnment as long
as such is the case.
When your rich and powerful citizens
the tow'n ! dare your highest officials to lay
their u/.hollowed hand upon some
treasured privileges under threat of
decapitation, and that dare is respect
Misses Alene and Nellie Perry of
O. ange Grove ara visiting the Misses
Murrays and attending the protracted
mt^ting at the M. P. Church.
Misses Irene Williams, Reber Reeves
and Lilly Thompson also Halcutt
Williams and Paul R^ves of Cross
Roads neighborhood were Efiand
visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Smith and baby
girl of Greensboro visited relatives
near Efiand Sunday.
Miss Pearl Tapp has gone to Chatham
to spend a few weeks with her grand
mother Mrs. Thompson.
Misses Alice an 1 Mamie Lashley of
Durham are visiting Miss Mattie
Stanford.
Mrs. Roy Thompson and children of
Mebane are visiting Mrs. George
Thompson.
T. R. Fitzpatrick who has been con
fined to his room with rheumatism for
several weeks is able to be up again.
Mr. and Mrs. E D. Thompson and
little daughter Georgia visited Mrs.
Thompsons sister Miss Jennie Bacon
near New Sham last week.
Mrs. Sallie Efiand is on the sick list
this week also Miss Audrie Jones, we
hope they will soon recover.
Miss Sudie Pratt who has been
seriously ill so many weeks is getting
l>etter now. Her friends will be glad
to bee her well.
Mrs. Joe Thompson and children who
have been visiting her mother
Sharp at Madison has returned.
The protracted meeting commenced
at the M. P. Church in Efiand Sunday,
Revs. Stubbins and Hutton are conduct
ing the meecing.
Ask Annie Jordan, Ida Pittard and
I Lettie Thompson about the snake, horse
and buggy and big mud hole last
Saturday
What has become of all the old
writers? We are anxious for their
return guess they are like me tnelted,
oh this hot weather is just awful.
“Pat.”
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the life of the gay world through the
agency oi the Merry Rompers. This
social organizatijn of only a few years
existence originated in South Boston,
Va., in the home »f the Mebanes.
Those present for the weeks festi
vities were: Misses Mary B^ll and
Fannie Bell, Ch ise City; Maude Meb
ane, Myrtle Mebane, and Mrs AM.
Moody, (Ch^iperon) South Boston;
Annie Hurdle, Union Ridge; H^den
Pickard and Lucile Pickard, Greens
boro; Katie McIntosh, Richmond, Va.:
Messrs. Chas. Daniel, B. F. Mebane,
F. H. Mebane, Robt p^iw^kes and W.
W. Bollow, South Boston; A, N. Scott
and Dr. J. H. Hurdle, Mebane; John-
ette Burks, Bedford City; Stafford
Patterson, Danville, Va., Henry Bell,
Chase City, and Arthur Gentry. Those
present as visitors were Misses Lee
Fowlkes and Virginia DeJnnette,
South Boston; Eva Aiken, Greensboro,
Mildred Connally, Leasburg, Messers
Clifton Sutton and Rosser Clarke,
Greensboro; Frank Harrelson ard D.
J. Walker, Union Ridge; R. Cheek,
Roxboro; George Norwood, South Bos
ton; Wash Reed and Dr. Reed.
These merry rompers with the ex
perienced and popular Mrs. A. M.
Moody of South Boston as chaperon ar
rived at the pond on July 15th, from
time dates the romping which con
tinued until July 22nd. With a full
moot> and fair weather the god of
pleasure had done his best and noth
ing else was needed to heap to over-
‘Tf Any Man Have Not
The Spirit of Christ, He is
None ot His.’'
That which makes one a Christian s
the positive, definite reception of the
living Christ, If we have Christ in our
hearts He will manifest His spirit in
our lives.
What was the spirit of Christ?
1 To please the Father always, Jno
8:29. To do God’s will was (’hrist’s
object in coming into the world, and
doing the will of the Father was His
daily work. His meat and drink. He
did His work to please God, rot to be
seen of men or merely for results even.
2 Humility. Jno. 13:4,5. Christ first
humbled Himself; therefore other?
could not humble Him, for His humility
reached the greatest possible depths
by His own decision. Their attempts
to dc so, therefore, proved only to be
persecution, hence to add to His glory
and blessedness. This is true of all
who are really humble, mock humility
counts nothing.
3 Endurance, Heb. 12:3. To endure,
to bear with, Tade possible the
extension of Divine mercy to man. The
same spirit must, characterize those
who would help their fellows when
circumstances are adverse, surroundings
discouraging, and the future promises
little or no success
4 Grief over hardness of the human
heart Luke 19:41,42. Thi:. was not
He knocks at our he?ns door. Mothers
I love le ■ them to suffer t.r their
■ children. T len'^s !ove causes them to
stand by friend But as Cod loved
His e^'emies, so must we.
13 To attcr.d chr^ch, Luke 4:16. It
was CHilsts custom to go into the
Synagoj^ae on the S;;bbath day. David
fviid, “I was glad when they said unto
me. Let us go up to the house of the
Lord.” The church is the olaco where
God meets His people in a special
tnanner. Those w'ho fail to -ittend
church regularly also fail to coent for
much as Christians, generally.
14 To seek end save the lost, Luke
19:1C. Christ not only saved those
who came to Him for salvation, but He
sought the lost. We must do good not
only to those who seek help at our
hands, but to ti'ose v/ho make no
•ippe.d, we must s-^ek 0]>portunities for
doing good.
15 Sympathy Jno. 11:35 uhrist had
great sym.pathy for all who needed it,
and He manifested it to those He came
in contact with, v.e must let others
know that we sympathize with them.
Do not take it for granted that because
we and they are friends or acquaintances
that they know of our sympathy,
express your sympathy privately and
heartily, but do not be ashamed to
manifest it pubhcly if occasion demands.
It will help others.
flowing the full measure of happiness sympathy, merely; it was real heari-ache
that bubbled from the face of every on account of human sin. When He
one present-. There were lillies to
gather in the mornings and boats for
Mrs. I the evening moonlight and shady nooks
for cupid and winged ?»rows and oars
for joy rides to Roxboro and other
places. These and good music for
dancing at any hour in the day added
to the unbounded hospitality of the
entainers and the good fellowship and
congeniality which permeated the at
mosphere every where were some of
the things which enabled the Merry
Rompers to make this seasons Romp
ing the loudest and the happiest in
the history of Bonnett’s Pond.
Better the Streets
Our streets are in good conditiora
now, but this is no reason for believ
ing that they will remain so during the
wet weather of winter. Would it not
be a part of wisdom tx) arrange to put
on a few car loads of coal cinders, or
something that will help in preserving
the better condition of the str^els dur
ing winter when there is so much
leaf tobacco to be hauled over them.
Marable of Austin Texas
turday morning to visit his
family, Dr. J. D. Hufham.
i left the East when quite
an. and made good in the
Mr. Shaw says he is without money i gj |^,y t^ho weak and servile, then you
now and would be glad of help. j have a city government wcrth watch-
__ 1 ing for whether you see it, or not,
i irischief is brooding in the basement, j
Elict Whiskey selling
1 at some ones cost. You had better
Sid Evans colored was arrested Friday prepare to clean out the Kitchin for
I charged with the elide selling of there is gw.^t^b^ro^^^
J*"'1 whiskey. The evidence seemed pretty. ^iinnpr
conclusive, but Sid said rt was all aj ICe-Cream OUppC
mistake, but some how, or other the | The ladies of the' Presbyterian
Mayor thought differently, and asked a church led by Mrs. Ralph Vincents
bond of Sid. Sid readily gave cash Club will give an ice cream supper on
security, as it seemed that Sid had been the Leader square Friday night Aug 1
doing a land office business in finance,
having quite a respectable sum in the
bank to his credit. Sid will find money
mighty handy when he gets to monkey
ing with the court at Graham.
rid Mebane of vagrancy? is
i'sii, but it ought not be any
r the town Commissioners to
If they feel that they
r act under a State law, it
’ ' slightest trouble to enact
ance that will fully, and
!v cover the bill.
BOOZE PLANT DESTROY
ED.
Lis>t of Letters Advertised
For the week ending July 26 1913.
1 Letter for Miss Irennie Anderson
cl Building in Orange
County.
' and the Alamance county
Hk' work to be completed in
rlred working days.
1 L. Scrubs is buiMing a road
l)'’»ham county line to be com-
Officers Find One Near
Burlington of 200 Gallons
Capacity.
Revenue officer Vincent, assisted bv
Sheriff Cook and Depaty Sheriff Story
made a big haul Saturday capturing
one of the largest blockading outfits
''Oud Roads Commissioners made j tjgen taken in this county in
t a short while past with j^any years.
- Nottingham and company for outfit was found on the lands of
i; I ruction of a highway between Holt, a prominent farmer
and citizen some four miles south of
Burlington on the road leading to Bel
mont Cotton Mills and was a 200-gal
lon capacity outfit. A thousand gallons
of beer was destroyed, but only six
‘ 1 l y the first of the year. The {gaiionsof the "real article” was found.
' ■ isKii.ners have also closed with! Holt was arrested and was giv*
T( or of Durham to use his teams ^ preliminary hearing Monday, but
tv-noral suppervision in the con- j jg known what evidence the
'’■"1 of a road from Chapel Hill g|.gte and federal Government have
■^1-Alamance line. 'against him.
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He Stuck to the Job
It is pointed out that the reason Dis
trict Attorney Holton is not ousted is
because there are one or two yery im
portant cases on tap that the depart
ment of justice wan^s him to attend to
This moves some one to remark that
if it takes him as long to wind them
up as it did in the Breese case he will
be in office a long time. But, like a
turtle, he never turned loose in the
Breese case. Not one man in a thous
and would have stuck to the job until
he landed him.-—Greensboro Record.
May be they did in the Breese case,
but they broke h’s hold in the Williams
case. Judge Boyd said he ou^ht to
do, and then Judge |Bynum agree with
him, then it was done.
thought of Jerusalem’s wicked record,
and her refusal to receive God’s Messiah
Christ wept. In His lonely night-
watches of prayer, in the garden and
elsewhere Christ manifested His grief
for human sin. Those who would and
others must heartily feel real grief for
that others sin before it is possible to
appear real help,
5 i: rayerfulness. Mark 6:46. Over
and over the record speaks of Christ’s
praying. He needed to pray; He
needed to commune with the l'ather;
He needed heavenly aid end comfort
He not only prayed for Himself, but
for others, and rot only for His friends
but for Hisenemis. We are commanded
to pray, not only for ourselves, but
i for and wih others. For prayer is
j touching Gci in a way to influence
i Him to grant our desires as well as to
! put us in the correct attitude to
I receive Divine gifts,
j 6 Forgiveness. Luke 23:21. In tnis
I we have the very heart of Christ, of
God, without this spirit God would
never have offered salvation, and
Christ would never have come to work
it out, and tne Holy Ghost would not
knock at our hearts, pleading to be
allowed to apply to us the redemption
purchased by Christ.
Christ was subjected to the greatest
ir.diguiters; yet He said, “Father
forgive them.” We can and must
forgive if we expect to be forgiven,
~ . j and none of us have as much to
The Niagra oi Life is Scene, forgive as christ had. i
of Many Heait Tragedies. | Resignation. Luke 22:42. This is
j quite different from submitting. We
“Only two weeks ago two boys i submit because we can’t help it; we
plaving in a boat on Niagara River j become resigned of our own free will,
found themselves adrift, the rope i ^ hurt usually goes with sdbmitting;
having broken.” says Rev. E. A. Cul- L^fety, ease of mind, and favorable
ter. “Soon they were being rapidly | results follow resigning. Two men are
carried to the whirlpool rapids, while i approached oy an officer; one says he
hundreds on tne shore were powerless | willingly, he is resigned, and
to rescue. A part of the river called his case will not go so hard wrth him.
Swift Drift hurried them on to their; ^he other refuses, and is hit on the
fate. They were capsized and en-j head with the officers club, he submits,
gulfed in the raging torrent, and and his case will go hard with him in
Patronize Home Institu
tion.
Get your job work done at your home
job office. It does work well, strives
to please you, and is always here to
m?'te things right, ?nd as a rule the
work does not cost you as much as it
does elsewhere, besides you can see
your proof if you wish to, and know
what you are getting. You want peo- !
pie to support home industries, pat
ronize home stores, then why not you ■
patronize home institutions? It is the !
best principal to inculcate all around, |
it made Atlanta famous, it will help I
every town that adopts it. j
OSIFTliio'm GOD. I
But W ho Pays It
The state of Texas has just securcd
a round half-million dollars from the
Standard Oil company as a penalty for
violation of the anii-trust laws of that
commonw’^ealth. The Texas school fund
is to bo fattened with this oleaginous
cash, a most commen' -ible turn of
events But if the Toxens believe
that th( y are to be the gainers they
have, in the language of the street,
“pnother guess coming.” Too often
nas the octopus been squeezed thus not
to have invented a “comeback.” In
a few days- or weeks at the utmost—
the price of oil will be boosted a cent
or two on every gallon; a little while
and another cent or two will be added,
and this process will be kept up till
that $500,OOf,' and $100,000 more has
been taken from public and
returned to the coffers of the cormorant
combine.
There is no way of preventing this,
but there is a way of pv’iishing these
lawbreakers without making the public
pay for their crime. That way is to
impose long jail sentences and compel
the convicted ones to serve every day
of them. So brazen a gang as that
which directs and controls the oil trust
deserves no mercy, nor even con
sideration.
The legirlacjre c2 Per isylvr^ta at its
recent session imposed a tax of 2J per
cent on eve*y ton of anthracite coal
mined in t> ^ state. At once the coal
companies added that amount—about 5
cents a ton—to the prices at the mines.
The retailers, not satisfied with merely
“breaking even,” clapped a ten-cent
advance on to the price to the
consumer. So that the man who is
least able to stand the extortion is the
one who is hit the hardest.
A striped .suit and a few years of
prison fare would go far toward
deterring would-be emulators of these
harpies, and certairly the man who
“pays last” would be greatly joyed by
the spectacle.—Nashville Tenessoan.
Card
“ Gelio R. Donnell
“ Roxie Teague
Mary A. Lea
“ Lillie OWman
“ Louise Price
“ Flora—S, S. Stafford
‘ Ollie F^tttwee
“ Lillian L. Sykes
Mrs. Aby Richmond
Mrs. G, T. Hurdle
Mr. L. E. Richardson
“ Andy Chamberlain
“ J. I. Smith
“ Tenor
“ Will Sharp
“ G. W. Fowler
“ P. P. Marsh
“ S. B. Sykes
“ “ Chas. J. Malone
“ “ Hubert Richmond
“ “ Carl Powell
“ “ John Rille
“ Mrs. Haywood Page
“ “ F. O. Moon
letters will be sent to the
Dead Letter OflSce Aug. 9 1913. If not
called for. In calling please give date
of list.
Respt.
S. Vrthur White. P. M.
Mebane, N. C.
RUNS INTO TREE
Driver Burlington Auto
Injures Himself atd Mr.S
J. W. Cates
A serious automobile wreck occured
Tuesday morning midway between
Elon College and Gibsonville, on the
Greensboro road, in which four men
were hurt, two of them seriously.
Albert Kernodle was driving the
car in which were O. F.- Crowson,
editor of The Burlington News, W.
H. Carroll, lawyer and J. W. Cates,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce. Kernodle attempted to pass
another car that was making 30 miles
an hour. In attempting to avoid the
other machine he lost control of his
own and seems to have lo^t his head,
too- He left the road, running over
bushes, stumps and gullies, and finally
fetched up against a tree which wrecked
the machine and threw all the
occupants to the ground.
Messrs. Crowson and Carroll es
caped almost unhurt, . but Messrs.
Cates and Kernodle are badly injured.
They were brought to their homes
where they are under the care of
physicians.
awhile later two lifeless
the gruesome relics of
catastrophe.
“The Niagara of life is
similar tragedies. Men
are allowing themselves to
from the old moorings.
“The Blow Has Fell.”
Iii the language of the classics,“The
blow has fell.” E. J Justice has for
mally arnovnced that he will be a can
didate against Senat'ir Ovei.nn. for
mer Govei.ior Glenn has as goc 1 as
announced himself also. We '•‘in see
it sticking outright now—that election
I is going to be a repetition of one oth
er election that was held in this state
last year. — Charlotte Chronicle.
bodies were
t^e terrible
the scene of
and women
be severed
They are
forgetting the teachings of former
days. The Bible, the Church, prayer,
God—these are only memories. And
with the lapse of religious duties they
are getting father away from the
simple moralities of life. Honesty,
purity, justice, kindness, sympathy
ere torgotten ideals. Sad to say, our
boys and girls are becoming tainted
by this spiritual carelessness. They,
too, are drifting. Worst of all, con
science, that tocsin alarm of the soul,
is almost silent.
“What can ona do who finds him
self ad’rift?
“H3 must realize the danger that
impends both for him and those who
look to him for guidance. The whirl
pool—moral chaos and destruction—
looms ahead. Seeing this, he will at.
tempt to stem the current and reach
the shore ere it is to late.
“There is a source of rescue. The
boys on Niagara had a chance at a
rope dropped from a bridge, but
somehow they missed it, God holds
out to the one who drifts the rope of
salvation. Laying hold upon Jesus
Christ, putting one’s trust in Him,
allowing one’s self to be brought back
to the old shore-lines of simple
Christian faith and 'practice, the dan
ger will be over.”
addition to his having a sore head. We
must be resigned to God’s providences,
not merely submit to the inevitable.
8 Self denial Rom. 15:23. If Christ
had not denied Himself of heaven, of
comfort, ease, pleasure and exaltation
in this life He would never have been
the Savior of the world. If we do not
deny uorseJves of many pleasures,
opinions and selfish efforts we can
never upHft our fellowman. Church
unity can come only as the result of
THE STORM
J. C. Ripple’s Tobacco crop
Total Loss.
The s-oim that swept Davidson Co.,
Saturday and Srnday afternoon did
thousands of dollars damage. Several
barns were buiiied, horses, mules rnd
cows were killed and f "mage done to
I self denial, for churches must give up | growing crops ^hat canotbc estimated
many non-essentials if they join hands!in dollars rnd cents
and lives with other churches differing {
from them.
9 Unity Jno. 17:21 Christ claimed to
be one with the Father. His life proved
his claims true. We must be united
with Him in God; but we must be
united among ourselves.
10 Industry Jno. 9:5 Christ was never
idle. He worked God’s works unceasin
gly. There is no such thing as a lazy
Christian, God has no place in His
kingdom for one who will not work for
his own improvement, the uplift of
others and the glory of God
11 Zeal, Jno. 2:17. To work in a half
hearted manner accomplislies very little j was in the bain,
suggests that the work is not very | of oats in the hr’”
important, and so discourages others, cutter were destroyed.—'Lexing on
Mr. Louis F. Weaver’s fine barn
was stuck by lightnir^ Sr iday after
noon. One of his mules was killed ^nd
good work by members of the family
saved the o^her stof’’. The ba^n was
stiach right at the worst of ^he stoi.n
and this undoubtedly saved tbe co^n
cribs and machinery sheds neaiby.They
caught on f' 'e repeatedly but the heavy
rainfall quenchcd ^’le flames. Mr.
Weaver’s I*" s was about $1,500, with
no insurance. The b^ cost more tha.i
$1,000 tD be’d P id he mule was a very
valuable one. Last week he tl”reshed
hrs wheat and oats and a I the straw
Seventy five bushels
of oats in the bf^n and a costly feed
we should put our whole soul into the
work. ^
12 Love, Jno, 13:34. All that is really j
worth while is born of love. God so j
loved the world that He sent His son i
to die. Chiifct so lovel us that He'
Dispatch.
Sale.
A land
Mr W. J Griswold and Mr.
. -- Mason will hold a land sale of a
came. The Holy Spirit so bves us that | tity of land in Hillsboro shortly.
J. B.
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