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PUB Li I C L E D G E R PAGE TWO INTERNATIONAL. Sunday School Lesson SUNDAY; SEPTEMBER ' 5, 1915 Elijah And The Prophets of Baal. Motto Text "Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heateth the pray er of the righteous." Proverbs 15:29. Leson Passage 1' Kings 18:16-40. Memory yerses 36, 37. In the Meanwhile it is thought mat .tne aengtn or Elijah's stay at Zarephath was about two years. , His presence hf ought a blessing upon ' the good woman, especially-in the resuscitation at her only child. The i three and a . half years of drought were now approach ing an end, and the prophet was bid den simply to show himself to the king, Ahab. There is nothing in the record that he was told what to do, but a promise was given that the drought should cease. So Elijah simply went his way depending on circumstances to indicate : what he should do. Thus he. met the master of the palace, an ofllcer named Oba diah. He feared the X.ord," and had hidden the prophets of Jehovah from the wrath of Jezebel. ' Ahab was much more concerned about his beasts than about , the human souls over whom he ruied, and had sent Obadiah to search for water while he was bent on a simliar errand in an other direction. It was on this march that Elijah came into the presence of Obadiah, from whom he learned that this officer had been commissioned to search for him. So when Elijah told him to inform Ahab that he was there Obadiah was alarmed, fearing to con vey such a message, especially as when-Ahab sought for him he might be caught away by the Xord so that he should not be found and then the king's wrath would be visited upon him as a deceiver. The prophet as sured him and the officer went and brought about the meeting "between the two In this meeting Elijah challenged Ahab to the contest now to be consiedered. Carmel. v Looking at the middle of the coast line of Palestine, a promontory jut ting out into the sea is easily per ceived. This forms the western end of the range known as Mount Carmel. It stretches toward the southeast for a dozen miles, and then sinks with abruptness into the hill country of Samaria. The brook Kishon runs along side of the northern slope. The " range reaches its highest point at the eastern extremity, while at the coast it sinks to about six hundred feet in height; the average height is about , 1,500 feet.. About four miles before the southeastern portion drops there is still to be seen a plateau overlook ing the plain of Esdraelon, and this spot is associated' by the natives with the events of this incident. A bright name from here would have been easily observable from Jezreel, . the summer place of the king. A very large concourse of people could be gathered on this plateau. The al lusions in the Scripture account en able this spot to be as nearly identi fied as possible. The " structure of the Carmel range is a soft limestone minded with veins of flint, a condi tion favorable to the existence of caves under the corroding influences of weather, somewhat after the man ner of the famous Mammoth Cave of Kentucky t- one of the caves in this spot bears today -an Arabic name which associates it ' with the place where the priests of Jehovah were, sheltered by Obadiah. , - y Special Topics. It was not an unreasonable propo sition to test Baal and bring the op ular idol into comparison with God. A god that is worshiped ought to be of some value to its followers. ; It is to be supposed that the' priests of Baal showed little hesitancy, but they were not addressed in this fer vent discourse of Elijah.. Public sen timent and the orders of their king and queen required them to stand by their belief; and the most they could hope for was that . neither project should prove successful It was hard conceivable in the eclipse of faith that Elijah rould do anything and the result they anticipated wouia be a 1 drawn battle in , which they "had nothing to lose, y -7 -We may yield tq the temptatidn to be amused at the ridicule which Eli jah heaped upon the priests of Baal, and it naturally provokes a smile at its fierceness. The prophet was ter- ' ribly in earnest, and the spirit con trolling him was the very, reverse of the frivolous. It was to mark the contrast be tween the helplessness of false gods and inanimate idols and the active helpfulness of Jehovah, which is one of his chief attributes. The worship of idols is ridiculous in the extreme, and their want of ; pofer is self-evi- dent. , : Their ears? do not hear and their eyes do not see, nor have' they mouths which can ; speak. The effect of any idolatry is a neg lect of God's sanctuary ,and , altar, . When Israel apostatized its altars fell into decay through disuse. It is precisely so in these days Indiffer ence and neglect oft God lead to open repudiation of him. ,'( One of tne strongest points that we get from this lesson is the fact that Elijah was f aihf ul when all " about , him were faithless, and. willing to be One with God rather than follow the trend of the people, and so, being bold and courageous,' was able to pre vail. ' c ' " , - "T " ' - ' 11 " ' " : " " SCHOOL LAW An Act to Hake School At tendance Compulcory All Children, Age 0 to 12, ' Arc Rcquird to Attend School Four Hontho. Section 6. . (Substitute for.) The county board of education in each county shall appoint and remove at will an attendance ofllcer in each township enforce the provisions pf this act. It shall be the duty of the school coinmitte or district to furnish each superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of each school; and to furnish also the attendance officer of each township and the county superintendent, with an accurate school census of each school district at the opening of the school in said township or district each year. The superintendent, principal, or teacher in v charge ( of any school shall at the end of each week serve written " or printed notice . upon every l parent" or guardian or other person having in charge any child within the coinpul sory attendance age, : notifying him of the absence or absences of such child during the week and shall file copies of all such " notices with the attendance officer immediately; aftd said parent, guardian,-or person shall be required to render promptly $ to such superintendent, principal, or teacher in charge of; the school the excuse or cause of absence of such child. The failure of such parent, guardian, or person to render satis factory excuse within three days after the mailing or serving such notice shall bo prima facie evidence of the violation of this ' act in case of' any prosecution of such person under, this act; and shall subject said person to prosecution therefor and , to the pay ment of the costs incurred in such prosecution. The names of all per sons failing to render satisfactory legal excuse shall be i reported " im mediately to the attendance : officer. Prosecutions under this act shall be brought by the attendance officer in the name of the State of North Caro lina before any justice of the peace, or police justice, . or recorder of any county, town, or township, in which the person prosecuted resides. Upon failure of any attendance officer to prosecute, the county superintendent upon . report and recommendation oj principal or teacher in charge or of the school committee, shall prosecute for violation of this act V The at tendance officer shall keep an ' ac curate recordof all notices served, all. cases prosecuted, and all other services performed, and ; shall make an annual report of same to the coun ty board of education. In , the discretion of the county board of ed ucation, the attendance officer ; shall be allowed reasonable compensation from the county school fund for such services as are required of him under this act, compensation for which is not specifically provided for herein : Provided, that in case the county board of education shall appoint a school committeeman or township constable as attendance officer,the du ties of such officer herein prescribed are hereby declared to be a part of his duties ex officio : : Provided, fur ther that the school committee or board of, trustees of any school in any town or city of five thousand or more inhabitants, operating-jts schools un der special charter, is: hereby, author ized and empowered; if in their judg ment such action is wise, to appoint an attendance officer for the schools under their direction, fix his compen sation, and pay the, same out of the special tax school funds of said, town or city, and assign to him other du ties in addition to those enumerated above. Teachers Must Co-Operate, Penalty for Non-Compliance. 4 Sec. 6. (Substitute for.) It shall be the duty of all principals V and teachers to co-operate with the at tendance officers in the enforcement of this law. ; To this end it shall be the' dutyfof the principal or teacher in charge in every school in which pupils between the ages of eight and twelve years are instructed to keep an accurate record of the attendance of such pupils. On or before the 4th Monday - of e a c h Calendar m on th .during' the ::'. com pulsory attendance term of each school ' the superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of, each school in each township shall report to the attendance officer of said township and the county superintendent ; the names of all children. that. have been absent without . legal excuse during said month, the number vof absences of, each child , together with the . name of the parent, guardian, or person in charge of said child. The said town ship attendance officer; shall immedi- ately .upon receipt of said report no tify each of said parents, guardians, or other persons having in charge such reported children to meet him at a designated place in said town ship at a designated hour on Satur day following said fourth Monday for the purpose of explaining the cause of such . absence, of such children, and said attendance, officer, after hearing andpassing upon the excuses render ed; shall:? proceed Vwith: : the prosecu tion as provided for in this act . a gainst ; those parents,' guardians, m or other persons , who ( fail to render legal excuse for the absence of such reported children; ' Said attendance officer shall; -be paid out of the general school fund TRY IT! SUBSTITUTE FOR NASTY CALOMEL Startrs Your Liver Without ; Making ' You Sick and Can Not Salivate Every druggist in town -your druggist and , everybody's druggist has noticed a great falling-off in the sale of calomel. They all give the same reason. x Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its place. "Calomel ?is dangerous and people know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is perfectly safe and gives, better re sults," said a prominent local drug gist. ' Dodson's Liver Tone is person ally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it. , A large bottle costs 50 cents, and if it fails to give easy re lief in every case of liver sluggish ness and constipation, you have only to -ask-for your money back. i Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant tasteing, purely vegetable, remedy, harmless to both children and adults; Take a spoonful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliousness, sick headache, acid stomach or: constipa ted bowels. :: It doesn't gripe or cause inconvenience all the next day like violent calomel.' Take a dose of cal omel today and tomorrow you will feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work! Taker Dodson's Liver Tone instead and feel .fine, full of vigor and ambition. J. ' G. Hall reccommends Dodson's Liver Tone to take the place of calo mel. adv. : Subscribe to the Public Ledger now. of the county two dollars for his ser vices rendered on said day for said purpose. The failure of any parent, guardian, or other person ' in charge of any child that has been reported absent, without excuse, to meet said attendance officer on said day with out satisfactory excuse rendered shall be prima facie evidence of the viola tion of the provisions of this act and shall subject him to prosecution here under and to the penalty prescribed herein. Upon the .willful or negle gent failure ot any ' principal or teacher in charge of any school to comply with the provisions of this section, the county superintendent shall deduct from his or her salary for the current month the sum of five dollars before approving the voucher therefor. adv 3t. " lIWfElllB We Ihiaw moved chfiiinLdlise o the GFeem-Hiint Co., to onir store building on Millsboro 'street. We have no extra rent to pay now, so we can sell mm. M This stock of merchandise is acknowledged to be the best one ever brought here: That we bought it at a big discount under the fac- tory and wholesale prices. That we can and are saving you money. aiudl gwM wK are het'w- dl T7 T? i " 7 V.C; SALE OF nWiT . ncim.U. Pursuant to authority vested in me by a certain mortgage executed b? N N. Cupp on the 104h day of June i1.and recorded in Book 81, We 501 in the office of the Reeitt 5? Deeds, default having rbe2?S2,2 the Davment nf x. t iUiae in Mona7ihel3tra;; sell at public aution at the court U door in the town of Oxford to the highest bidder for cash the fo lowing, described, land, sUuate near the town jt Oxford and known and designated in the survey of the Reav- ....... J SPM;'t, LJ USteeJ i n n n wn iuilalies Odo!(ing Yes Enjoyable. IS all the goods still cheaper. the . same for jowr, Dry hoes. SATURDAY. .-..-i.... 191S i8.BrPert3r as lot No. lTTHT555 ed and described as foiw boc ginning at a stake on WeltV B street corner of lot No ?n CoUeg thence in a northerly di'rptt- and H the line of lots 20 and I 26 nn alol in the line of lot 26 thl a s erly direction 30 t&i of lot No. 142 to a staVp , he lots 142 and 18; thence sZTS ieet to a stake in West Collet 20 thence east 120 feat " ufe SW lege street tn h " West Co! lL itW, S0ry' Six T00 house this land, in frnftri .ju. "uute ( of sale 12 oTelock M M T. LANTPU? at. Is lour leal forth Oas earable, Range, Is Cooler, Glsanur, Cheaper Titan WOO the stock of mer- Goods and 7
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