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PAGE TWO m r INTERNATIONAL Sunday School Lesson SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, 1915- x ELIJAH IN NABOTH'S VINEYARD Lesson Passage 1 Kings 21; 11 20. Ahab had a better chance than most men, but he abused his oppor tunity. The Lord had mercy on him and "saved him from danger and de feat many a time; but he stubbornly refused to serve Him. Ahab was in some respects a re markable man; in others he was an over grown baby. He coveted Na both's vineyard, and because Naboth refused to sell, the king went to his room and blubbered like a baby. Jezebel, always stronger and more re sourceful than Ahab, determined to have the vineyard any how. Since her day there have been many Jeze bels. The strong overpower the weak In the commercial world there is much piracy that goes by the name of "business foresight." It does not call for talent for a strong man to crush-a weak one it simply calls for brute force and cold blood. In busi ness life there are many men who are as cruel as Jezebel. Covetousness is the bane of our age. It is denounced in unmeasured termsin the word of God, but in bus iness life it is not only tolerated but honored. "Shrewd" business men are frequently cold-blooded Shylocks who take their pound of flesh. . But their standing in the church and commun ity is not affected by their cruelty to their opponents who are weaker than themselves. Jezebel was very liberal in giving to her petulant husband property that did not belong to her. And since her day there have been those who made large gifts to institutions that rightfully belong to the poor and needy. Jezebel, who cared no more for re ligion than a dog, had Naboth ac cusedof blasphemy. She thus made a cloak of religion to carry out the devillish scheme. Willing witnesses swore away the ilfe of this .good man. The elders and nobles in Jezreel obeyed the boss. No doubt they had no desire to kill Naboth but they were willing to help the vile queen in her evil purpose in order to make them selves solid. The descendants of these same ecclesiastical politicians accused one greaterthan Naboth of blasph emy and helped to drive him to the cross. And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite. The old prophet was himself again. He had run from this same woman, but is now ordered to meet her husband, and pronounce his doom. And he goes straight to the king and tells him to his face of his shameful and cowardly conduct. "Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?" said Ahab. "I have found thee: because thou has sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord," was the candid and fearless answer of the rugged prophet. Elijah shows his colors now and. executes his com mission. The end of Ahab and Jezebel was horrible in the extreme. They died dishonored and disgraced. They fade out after this lesson and we hear no more of them; but all who are en gaged in the study of these lessons should very carefully read how they reaped what they had sown. Ahab "sold himself" and he sold cheap at that! He had in him many of the elements of manhood;' but at bottom he was poisoned with covet ness, and he made the mistake of choosing a woman as vile and wicked as has been pictured anywhere in the word of God. . Are youfor sale? Does every man have his price? Not by any means. There are thousands of earnest Chris tian men poor in this world's goods who cannot be bought with all the money of all the millionaries. The study of Ahab has been one of the most interesting of the Old Testament. YOU'RE BILIOUS! LET "CASCARETS" LIVEN LIVER AND BOWELS Don't Stay Headachy, Constipated, Sick, With Breath Bad and Stomach Sour. Get a 10-cent box now. You men and women who can't get felling right who have headache, coated tongue, bad taste and foul breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are bil ious, nervous and upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, disordered stom ach, or have a bad cold. Are you keeping your bowels clean with Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with'salts, cathartic pills or castor oil? Cascarets work while you sleep; cleanse the stomach, remove the sour undigested, fermenting food and fouj gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will straighten you out by morning a 10-cent box from any drug store will keep your stomach sweet, liver and bowels reg ular, and head clear for months. Don't forget the children. They love Cascarets because they taste good never gripe or sicken. "W. S. Bradley of Asheville was giv en ten days in jail because he would not tell where he bought his liquor. FATHERS DIE OF TUBERCULOSIS Of Twenty-Five Orphan Children, Thirteen Had Tubercular Parents. (State Board of Health) Of twenty-five children recently admitted to the Odd Fellow's Orphan Home at Goldsboro it was found that of the father s of the twenty-five chil dren admitted thirteen died of tuber culosis. The application blanks which call for the cause of death of the fathers, for no child is admitted to the institution wh'os father is living, revealed this noticeable fact. But the above facts do not close the story. It has developed that those little children are falling vic tims to the same disease. One of the children has been sent to the State Sanatorium for the , Treatment of Tuberculosis while applications have been made for two more. Unless pro vision can be made whereby these two children may be given treatment, they will have to be sent away with no other alternative but to die. . Here, it seems, is the county's op portunity. The last General Assem bly passed an act whereby a county or a town may pay the cost of treat ment at the State Sanatorium one dollar a day of any indigent tuber cular patient residing in that town or county. No more appealing or deser ving case could call upon the county for aid than that of a child coming down with tuberculosis. The Uneducated Man. (Biblical Recorder) Just as a man may be illiterate without being ignorant, so a man may have a large acquaintance with books without being educated. After all, who is and who is not really educated? Was not Professor William James right in his characterization of the man who is uneducated? Said he, "An uneducated person is one who is nonplussed by all the most habitual situations." PUBLIC LEDGER Moriah News Items (Correspondence of the Public Ledger) " People are almost done curing to bacco and pulling fodder, some have sold some tobacco but are not much pleased with the average. A goodly number of ours attended the picnic at Roxboro last Thursday Among them were Mr. Henry Gray and family, Mr. L. M. Cash, Misses Cora, Vera' and Mammie Meadows, and Annie Clayton, Messrs. J. C, and H. C. Clayton. .They report a pleas ant day. Misses Millie Day and Zela Simp son were baptized Saturday evening after services at Bethany church. Mr. Herndon and Mr. Peed are to preach at the Old church the fourth Sunday P. M. Mrs. W. A. Malone continues very ill. She has been worse than forsome time- Mr. Tom Ellis is quite ill now, and we hope to see him out again soon, Dr. G. W. Gentry is treating the case. The groun of Oprma i. , uixus wuicn recently offered to buy 1,000,000 bales of American cotton at 15cents a pound if delivered in Bremen, have cabled Senator Hoke Smith they now are willing to pay 16 cents. The firms have deposited securities with the American consulate in Berlin to cov the Purchase price and guarrantee that the cotton will not be put to mil itary or naval uses. Delivery at Bre men will be impossible, however. Archie Hays Winfield, 25 years old of Wadesboro, fell from a box car at Newport News, Va., Thursday and was killed. Vaporize" Croup or Cold Troubles Vapor treatments for cold troubles are better than internal medicines, as the va pors carry the medication direct to the lungs and air passages without disturbing the stomach. When Vick's "Vap-Q-Rub" Salve is ap plied over the throat and chest, these va pors, released by the heat of the body, are inhaled with each breath. 25c. to $1.00. , .ZZflL GENUINE HA$ TWS TRADE MARK Home-Filled Bread Baskets During the last seven months of the first year of the war in Europe we shipped abroad $626,000,000 worth of breadstuffs. The increase over a simliar period in 1914 was nearly $400,000,000. The increase is due to the high prices offered. In order to feed our own people we were forced to import food supplies amounting to $312,000,000 during these seven months. Pantry supplies moved over long distances and handled by a swarming multitude of middle men sell for prices that stagger the poor and the middle class well-to-do people in America. It is a wise community that fills its bread basket at home from gardens, orchards and farms. William Howard Taft is not nn as pirant for the Republican presidential nomination in 1916, says Henry Wal lers Taft,' the ex-president's brother. SATURDAY. OHTnm,, I Coal! Coal! Coal SPLINT $Q.40 Ton POCAHONTAS . . .$7.40 Ton ANTHRACITE . .$10.00 Ton These prices subject to a dis count of 40c per ton if paid by the 10th of the month following de livery. Discounts not allowed to those who owe old accounts. Oxford Ice Co. Makes rain-water of the hardest water and your clothes let go the dirt. SAVES CLOTHES Red Devil Lye is powdered, and dissolves in stantly. 19 in sifting-top cans and you can use much or little without waste. It is the up-to-date lye. No cutting of cans, no waiting. You will neverxzse the out-of-date hard or l ball lye again, once you try Red Devil, Get a can - prove it to yourself. 8 St I CAN ft EM P WW. MniraD)ir W&ip At Oxford Tobacco Market is Coming to Her Old,. Place. RONT ranks anH hidhpst nrirpft is nnr full Hptfirm- H. , MfM. Qxxviv, fsw irmtirm Th Vnd J?Amrklrlc Tnhannn flmnnnnv has come on for a good share of the smoking grades and a big line of fillers also. W. A. Adams Co. who have stood by the market so faithfully for many years have shown us that they want tobacco and good tobacco at that. r Our market is getting in full swing prices ad vance with each additional order. We believe farmers will not make a mistake to begin marketing their to bacco. Be your own judge however about when you sell. This is what I want to impress. I want you to sell at the MINOR Warehouse if you wait till next June to begin selling. Bear in mind sell at the MINOR and get the best of everything. 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