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THE SUNDAY4 SCHOOL, 'LESSON X, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 9. - Text of the Lcuon Vark x, ":46-52. Memory Veraes BO 52 Golden Text, Bfark x, 51 Commentary Prepared by tbe Rev. D. ML Stea.rn. ' y y rCopyright, 1900, by American Press Asso ciation. ' 46. "And thej came to Jericho.", Je-' sus is on His way to Jerusalem to accom plish that decease of which Moses and Elijah talked on the Mount of Transfig uration and of which He Himself had so often spoken; the death prefigured in all the sacrifices since the Lord God first clothed Adam and Eve with the coats of skins; the atonement which provides the only salvation for sinners, sufficient for the sins of the whole world, efficient for all who receive It. The incident of our lesson occurred as He went outof Jericho. The healing of the blind man recorded in Luke xviii, 35 43, took place as He entered Jericho. In Math, xx, 29-34, we have the same inci dent as that recorded hy Mark, for Mat" thew says it was "as, they departed from Jericho;" only Matthew speaks of two blind men, while Mark mentions but one. Taking all the records, we learn that in connection with this visit to Jericho He healed three blind men -one as He enter ed the city and two as He left it and one of the two was Bartimseus, a poor blind beggar, picture of utter helpless ness, having nothing and unable to do anything but beg. He loves to open blind eyes. If any who have heard the gospel are not saved, it .Is because, sataa hath blinded their eyes (II Cor. iv, 4); some saved people are blind also to many pre cious truths which they should know. 47. "Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me!" Thus this blind man cried when he heard that Jesus of Naz areth was passing by. He had probably often heard of Him and of His mighty works and had longed , for ' the healing which he heard of others receiving. Can we imagine his excitement .and his ear nestness as, hearing that deliverance was within his reach, he lustily cried to the Great Deliverer. How much he knew of such prophecies as Isa. xxxv, 5, 6; Ps. Ixxii, 12, we cannot tell, or whether he knew that the name "Jesus" meant "Saviour" "and was His name as Son of Mary, the humiliated One, and that "Son of David", was His title as king of a kingdom, Israel's Messiah, we do not know. He did know that he was blind, and one was passing by who could open his eyes, and this was his first and might be bis last opportunity, and; he cried earnestly for mercy. When a sin ner cries to the Saviour, "God, be merci ful to me," that cry is never unheard. 48. "Many charged him that he should hold his peace." As well tell a man who is drowning but has yet strength to cry out, or one in the upper story of a burn ing building with no apparent means of escape to hold his peace; as well tell this maathat he is not blind and poor and needy, or that Jesus can't stop to attend to beggars. He knows 4mrtr; he has long realized Ms sad condition, and he believes that Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of David, is a deliverer for just such as he. :r- ' v ' . 49. "Be of good comfort, rise; Hecalleth thee." What a word that was for the poor blind man! How his heart must have leaped within him! Blessed Jesus, hearer of the cry of the needy, Thou dost not respect the rich because of his riches, nor despise the poor because of his pov erty. The poor man's importunity has prevailed, and the Lord of heaven and earth stops to grant him his desire. This word "Be of good cheer" the Saviour used to the paralytic, the woman with the issue, the . disciples in the storm, and also to the eleven on the last night before He was crucified (Math, ix, 2, 22; xiv, 27; John xvi, 33), and today He is saying the same to every afflicted, tempest toss ed, troubled soul that comes to Himl Whatever your need is, .remember "He calleth thee," and He is calling you per; soaally as much as He did Bartimseus. t 50. "And he, casting away his gar meat, rose and came to -Jesus." - The R. V. says that : he "sprang up;" he lost no time, and that he might not be hindered he cast aside his outer gar ment and quickly came to Jesus. He did not say to any one, Please, fix my turban, make me presentable, tell me how to come before Him; but, knowing his need and that Jesus was calling him, he came just as he was, and he came quickly. The only : garments- we ; have before we come to Jesus are as filthy rags (Isa. bdyt 6), but He is ready to clothe all who come to Him with a gar ment of salvation and a robe of right eousness (Isa. lxi, 10). . There are sight and health, life eternal and glory await ing all who will come to Him, yet multi tudes seem to prefer their rags and their poverty and refuse to come. . . . , h 51. "What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?": They are now, face to face, the Helper and the helpless, the Almighty and the undone, and these are the words of Jesus to the beseeching and expectant heart of the poor blind beggar. ' The same God who said , to the ; great King Solomon "Ask what' I shall give' thee" Is asking this blind beggar to state his desire. The very same gracious God is saying to us through ' Jesus Christ our Lord: "Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ,If ye shall ask aBything in My name, I will do it. 52. "Go thy way; . thy" faith - hath made thee whole." The margin says "hath saved thee." ' Compare the same words in Luke vii, 50; viii, 48; xvii, 19; xviii, 42, and say , from the heart "What think ye of Jesus," who can . heal souls and bodies? What is He to. you, and what are you tb,.Him? HaVHe forgiven your sins ? Does your hearts say gladly "With His stripes I am healed," and are you anticipating with joy the! body like His at His coming? (Isa. iiii, 5. 6; PhiL iii. 20, 21.) "Immediately he received his Biffht and " followed Jesus In T the way;." All sickness, blindness and death flee tie-' fore Him who is the Life and the Light. He who "in the beginning" said "Let there be light" continues ever the same Giver of light and life, for He is "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today ; and forever" (Heb. xiii, S); and His eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to , how Himself strong on behalf of them whose hearts are perfect toward Him. (II Chroa. xvi, 9). This man, having re ceived ! sight, followed Jesus,;: but there are many who profess to have received Bight who seem rather to I follow their own Inclinations, f or jthe iway is ; too straight for them. They are glad enough to be healed by Him, but unwilling ; to follow Him, at least fully.. Let . your. , teart omrer for jcxxzsXL , - GENEBAL NEWS. . The length "of .the average public school term in the South is about one- hall of what it is in the north and west. I The' Europeon powers have assured the United States that they not desire to imp se upon China conditions with which the cannot comply, y ) Honr William J, Bryan, while in Chicago, said he would soon be heard from on the proposition to reorganize the Democratic party. The police of Hoboken, N. J., have received a letter alleging the existence of a plot to assassinate President Mc Kinley. - The writer of the letter gave n his xtmmunication the name of the allegec chief conspirator, which; the police refuse to make public at this time. ! Pres .dent Kruger : landed - in ' Mar seilles, Prance, on the 22nd, amid im mense enthusiasm and boisterous de monst ations by the " French people; He made a speech and thanked the people! for their - interest in the Boer cause, jand their reception of himself and declared that bis people will not surrender or compromise. - '' ' United States i Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis, chairman of the com mittee on foreign relations of the Sen ate, died at his home in St. Paul, Minn., on th6 27th, after an illness of two month s. ; He had suffered greatly dur ing h is Isickness : and gradually sank away, being unconscious . for several hours jbefore death and so far as known, suffering no pain. , ' ' , c ' . .The! ' report recently circulated that tne Pennsylvania railroad interests bout to absorb the Southern rail- stem has caused much talk and ent amongbcal railroad men. It general opinion that the story is wild rumor from WaM street and foundation. . The Southern rail-. stem during the - last year has had argreat era of prosperity and is now in ah strong !" condition financially, brought about possibly by the reorgani zation or manipulation of J. Pierpont Morgan , the great financier of both the Pennsylvania and Southern systems. , The Southern Bail way is distributing among shippers the new freight tariff, which has gone into effect. The book is the most complete of its kind ever issued by a railway company, and in its arrangement the 'convenience of the shipper is 'he thing aimed at. It is a veritable shipper's guide, and all points reached by the Southern aud connect ing lines: find place in two well ar ranged lists the alphabetical and di vision. -.Another great convenience to the 8 upper is to be found in publica tion of class and commodity, rates. The xxk is complete in every detail. Plea ted With Negro Labor in Cotton Ce aeleston, S. C, November 31.- After the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Vesta Cotton Mill, held in this city yesterday, it was announced that ihe owners of the property were well I pleased and satisfied , with the operation of the mill with' negro labor. About two years ago negroes were em ployed " entirely in the mill and the experiment has been thoroughly tested, with the result that the stockholders are of tne opinion that their judgment was wisei- While the mill made money last yean no dividend was declared, as the money was used in permanent improve ments for the plant. A party of prom inent capitalists from the east Who have money invested in the mill came here to attend the meeting and they were evidently impressed with the idea that negro labor could be, made a ' success. They expressed the belief that the prop ertvj would paytetter hereafter,- as the negro operatives axe now familiar with the handling of the delicate mill ma chinery. ; ,.:.-': : .' ,; : 0 - Before they reorganization of the Vesfa, ; mill negro labor was given a short experiment, but it did not seem to work well. After the property was soldi however, and reorganized' under the jname of the Vesta company, negro labor was used altogether, and th8 has proved successful, as shown by the for mal announcement from tne manage ment. ' J Stamp Taxes are Going,, so tne ice- publicans Say. ; , . .;.., esub committee'' of the Bepubli- cant membership of the ways and means committee has - not yet completed the draft Of the bill to reduce stamp taxes butjis making progress. - It is understood that in addition I to red ictions heretofore mentioned, the inc: ease of 60 cents per 1,000 on cigars will be removed; jalso that ; the. stamp taxes on steamship tickets will be taken off I because the revenue received does noc justify the difficulties. of ; collection. Members of the committee have been asked to remove the stamp taxes on foreign bills of exchange and bills of lading, and it is possible that the ; mat ter may be reopened. -v'The tax on par lor 'car seats and sleeping car berths will remain. , -. The most important changes-in the present law will be in schedule B, which practically will be wiped out and which includes medicines and proprietaryar tices. ?.he tax also will i probably be reioved from conveyances, mortgages et4 Thesa, with the aboHshment of taxes on express receipts, telegrams bank checks and some other stamp taxes will, it is said, secure the reduc tioh of $30,000,000, which is the amount ancf the committee. V The Methodist Orphanage, of ,Bal the" xe- eigh, was formally opened for Mention of, inmates last week.' Bishop HJ C. Morrison conducted the services. E - No country has more ! rapid progress in jthe utilization of waste products than the United State?. :' ' In South Africa there is a great de mand for donkeys, as they ae . proof ainst climate, plague aud flies. -; -l- . STATE REWS. ' Charlotte is to have a new $200,000 cotton mill. ' ' ' . The Henderson Herald suggests Hon; F. M. Simmons for chairman of the National Democratic . Executive Com mittee. A . , ' , Guy; F. Wooten, a Winston boy, member of Company G, Twenty-eighth Infantry; was drowned : in the Philip pines on the 6th inst; y A negro hospital is to be established in Winston-Salem in connection ' with the Slater Industrial Bchool. Mr. B. J. Reynolds .. has contributed $j000 toward if. 5"he Legislature which meets in Janf uary will be composed as follows: Sen ate! 39 Democrats, 8 Bepublicans and 3 Populists; House: 101 Democrats; 17 Bepublicans and 2 Populists. It will mark the passing of Populism in North Carolina. . - . ' While hunting near Beidsville, Satur day, Will Rankin, 18 years old, in shooting at a covey of patridges, lodged a full charge of shot in the brain of Wright Smathers, Jr. son of a promi nent Bockingham county farmer, kill ing him almoet instantly. The Democratic State Committee, ; at a meeting September 5, adopted a reso lution creating a committee to ; draft a bill to be submitted to the Legislature for a legalized primary for white voters. Chairman Simmons this week appointed as the committee. Heriot Clarkson, Thomas J. Jarvis, Thomas W. Mason, Cyrus B. Watson and James S. Manning. ; It turns out that the man . who has set the cotton mill i employes in Ala mance county at enmity with the mill owners, their lifelong friends, is a Mas sachusetts man, J. F. Thomas, who was building a bridge at HaW river for the Southern railway. Thomas and three of his men beat a non-union cotton mill employe. t,He and one man were arrested.- The! other two fled. Now Thomas and the man arrested with him have fled the State, leaving their bondi men in the lurch. 'Bryan Writes Now Tor Pay Only. William Jennings Bryan says that 1 e has ceased giving interviews to new j papers promiscuously or individual! r.. He is now writing for pay. This polic j, he says, he adopted at the close of tne campaign and he intends to continne it till some matter of great and imme diate portent to the nation or to the policy of its present managers renders his opinion necessary or advisable. When seen; Sunday Mr. Bryan was jolly and talkative till approached n some question Of public interest, whin he immediately became silent. f J "It is like the case of any newspaper editor," said Mr. Bryan. "He writes what he thinks but he will not write it without the money. 1 I am not writing for the money, but I will not write with out it. Ill were to discuss subjects of importance I should wish to do so only after consideration and study and I should wish to prepare careful statement at my leisure. If I should be willing to give interviews on all these questions the newspapers would keep me busy practically all the time and I should find when 1 came to write for myself that I had printed much of it before." Mr.-Bryan said that his second reason for declining to discuss in the newspapers such subjects as he reduction of federal representation in certain of the southern States proposed by the Bepublicans was that he never believed' in discussing a thing until it was existent or imminent and that no action had been taken' in that matter as yet. "It is a nuisance," he said, "to be continually discussing matters which never come to pass." Rural Free Delivery. . Baltimore Sun. : -y ..-, - ;:-- ! . In his estimate for 'the forthcoming fiscal year the Postmaster-General sets aside the sum of ; $3,500,00P for the extension and maintenapce of the rural free delivery service, ia branch of the general postal scheme which has devel oped into magnitude and importance during the last few years. While ? it is essentially a losing venture it is never theless a convenience of broad scope and justified ? in most cases by, the circumstances of . its , creation. - The tendency toward suburban residence among taxpayers ' of . moderate means which has been manifesting itself more strongly year by year has also developed an extension which carries some of the suburbanites pretty well into the country;-. -: Electric and .steam railway service has kept pace with this natural se quence of urban: growth and has ; fur nished conveniences equal almost to those enjoyed in cities. It seems proper, therefore, that free delivery in the jural sections should be installed where con ditions warrant it. The year about to close has brought nearly 4,300 rural routes, and plans now formulated con template 1 the establishment of about 4,500 more during the next year. It is apt to prove costly, but the resident out side of the city limits who enjoys so many' other conveniences is beginning now to expect free delivery of his mail. George , Griffin and: wife, of Nash county, were recently sentenced to 12 and 6 years' imprisonment respectively, for causing the death of Griffin's fpur children by a former marriage. It is said that this case 'disclosed the most revoltingyCruehy ever heard of in North Carolina; ? The children, according to the evidence, were placed in a miserable bed in an outhouse and left to die from disease and starvation. They died one at a time and the dead were allowed to remain wilh the living until removed by neighbors.vwho were threatened with violence by Griffin. The evidence was such' as to sicken judge and jury. M s, : : -r - tarents who want their children to be polite1 must have good manners them sslves. . ' The Voice of Ilnmanlty. Charlotte Observer. wit is gratifying to note that the West ern North Carolina Conference, in - ses sion at Greensboro, adopted, Saturday, a mem oral to the General" Assembly in behalf of enlarged accommodations at the State Hospital at Morganton. The The number of insane persons in the district of this Hospital, Who "need its care and treatment but for whom ac commodations cannot be found, is closely-estimated at five hundred. Some of these wretched people are in - county jails; others are in homes for- the aged and infirm; others still are confined at their own homes, an unutterable burden upon their families a constant source of anxiety, a constant menace to others of the same household. The very best possible is being done at Morganton with the means at hand, but after all is said and done : there is not:; room .for these hundreds, these unfortunate chil dren of the State, who should bethere. Many of them could - .; be restored to lives of usefulness; " others ' who might not be restored to lives of usefulness; others who might not be restored' are-, tax-payers or their people are, and it is hard that they should be denied the care which they help pay to provide for others. The voice of "humanity spoke through; this memorial adopted .at Greensboro Saturday. It is more than an appeal - for humanity ) it is at the same timem cry, for justice It . is with the representatives of the people, soon to assemble at Raleigh, to heed or to disregard it ) : v Osteopathy,. . The Augusta Chronicle gives a piece of encouraging information in connec- uuu wim ,very luteresung expiauauo as follows: . xtev, cjam j ones says ne. was cure of nis recent serious illness by osteo pathy i' without drugs or any other me dicament. 1; Wherefore, he , hopes that when another bill is . introduced before our legislature and passed,-as happened, at the Drevious session. Governor Cand icr wm nut veto ii ami aepnve pracu- tioners of this new healing art of - a! proper license. Osteopathy is, esen-; tially, the manipulation of the - human skeleton and its incidental environ) ment. The contention is that many diseases, originate from dislocation - of the bonvstructure,- and,- this deranger ment being skilfully, removed, : the malady caused by it disappears. The discovery of osteopathy was by a regu lar allopathic! physician who was pre -nounceff to be suffering from chronic heart-disease and incurable. ' One day while in his parlor he felt a: twinge id jii a. a j" i j : J, . . x around his heart and thought if he could only roll some solid substance u der his left shoulder blade it would neve mm. uiancmg at tne noor ne saw a croquet ball and, prostrating him self on his back, he rolled it as he de sired.' Something seemed to snap in his anatomy and, upon rising, found his disease cured. This led him to in vestigate and finall to the osteopathic practice." ., , . Disquieting News trom China.' , ; It is becoming , apparent that the Ministers of the' Powers are finding: it difficult to arrive at a plan of rehabili tation of relations with China. The question of degree of punishment for the leaders of the rebellion, -and the question of indemnity presents the cer tainty that China will have to borrow money.; And of course that will give influence to the nation that lends it; to her. Again, Russia has already gained territory in the North and this arouses the jealousy of Germany and England. Nothing is so much to be dreaded as a suspension of hopes of peace and a general "grab" for parts of the troubl ous Empire. The United States is hop ing to win favor and power by. kindness and consideration : worthy part to play. We heat of rebellions and ; plots and sedition. No one really knows what are the relations of . the Empress and the Emperor; nor do we know what a day may bring forth. r , Baptist State Convention. The Baptist State Convention, which meets in Raleigh December 5, will be the seventieth annual tone.r It met here last in 1892. Rev. , Dr. R. H. ;r: Marsh, of Oxford, will .preside. The . number of church members with this conven tion is 167,000, an increase of 7,000 over last year. There are 140,000 negro Baptists in .the State. The contributions for foreign, State and home missions during the year aggregate $45,000, an increase of $5,000 over last year. This does hot include educational collections. 4-U the Baptist educational institutions are flourishing and 1,200 students , are flourishing and 1.500 students are at tending? them. They include Wake Forest College- for Young Men, the Baptist Female University i at Raleigh; Oxford .Female Seminary, y' Chowan Baptist Female Institute and 49 . acade mies, some of the latter having as many as 300 students! T . - . First Lady (off for a journey )-r-I hope we've got the right train. l . Second Lady I asked 17 trainmen and 93 passengers if this train went to Blankville, and they all said yes; so I I guess we're all right. , . . ' -yj "Junson has developed into a- con firmed kicker, but his wife can ' handle him every' time. , : He kicked last night because his dinner was cold." "What was his wife's play ?"; . y 'She made it hot for; him.' ' s- Grover Cleveland may be named : by the Democrats of New Jersey, as their choice for United States Senator . from that State. There is some talk to that effect among Democratic members of n the legislature. :L. , ' . The Sun says that Mrs. Tiernan (Christian Reid) the authoress, is ill at her home in Salisbury; i ' 7 . "j " :- ' Many a man is compelled to t ake jnarried life according to directions. SXAXES3XAWS IJIG. TVAIiJCf. Ho Tow, in Leslie's Weekly. Of course any man will fight against the invasion of his own country, but you must remember that in the interior of China' are millions of peaceful people who do not even know that there is a war in progress. ; :'L'-w: '-. We have as yet only 40,000 regular troops, and. all the rest are irregular fighters. But even these 40,000 are puuny iwu, euu wb uave uu peuoiun system.'- They are poorly, equipped and poorly; drilled. Just wait until the allies have 4 established garrisons in Tientsin, for' instance. Then you S will see our people, taking careful note of all that goes on. , .They will drill; they will copy modern methods and arm - them selves in modern style, and in the ; end they will overthrow And ' massacre any garrison, however strong. The European nations cannot place strong enough garrisons to hold down these millions of people. . ; They may hold them now just for a little while, but as soon as the Chinese shall be sufficiently civilized foreign occupation will not only be impossible, but the Orientals will be a menace to Europe itself. t I believe that : the allies themselves will see this and. that they will acknowl edge the futility of attempting to hold this immense country. : As soon as one province shall be subdued another will rise, and so on throughout the eighteen, when it will be time .to begin over again. It does not require a statesman to . see the futility of .'thaXfljt It ' can never be accomplished not with millions ;, . of money, nor, -1 was going ' to , say, in millions of years, v ' . ' -r'-.. 'w'A To sum up, China is a tremendous force, dormant now, but .she is exceed ingly quick to learn and 'amazingly intelligent and imitative.: Her people love their country more, perhaps, .than any other nation in the world. : They have not yet been etirredanc they do not understand true fighting, methods; but when they dof look out, for there will be a new force in . the .world, atd if the powera remain in China, whose territory theyseem ) to covet; "they will rouse a force which not all the power in the world: can put to sleep again. The allies make a great mistake if they thmk that China will tamely -or ulti mately submit to being sliced up. ' She is dazed now, but she will awaken, and nothing in the world can stop her then. ' North Carolina Furnitures Baleigh Times. . . Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, in an interview with a Times man stated that there ire 23 furniture factories at High Point, and all are doine ; well! This has' been a development of the past 10 years, for in 1890 one could almost count on his fingers -the furni ture factories in the State. It is in the development of such industries that the State is enriched and made prosperous. If we devote all our capital and energies, to the manufacture of cotton; when a depression comes in that industry it means serious loss. But if our indus tries are diversified it woujpl -take the most severe and far-reaching depression to cause disaster. Mr. Cox himself has developed one of the smaller industries tb e m anufacture of, shuttle blocks ; and he probably makes more of -them than any other man in the South. A Woman, Though Only 20, Dies of - Old Age. . Miss Fannie O'Kennbn, daughter of Peter O'Xennon, died at her father's home, in Matoaca, near Petersburg, this morning. : Miss O'Kennon, the doctors say, died of old age although it was in April that she celebrated her 20th birthday. Her case was remarkable. . She had not grown in stature since she was 2 years old, and her faculties at the time of her death were those of a child.. She was two , feet, two inches tall, and could speak only such words as she was able to articulate at the age of .2 years, bhe played " picture books and toys, and in all her actions was - a perfect child. - Her face was wrinkled like that of a woman who had lived many years: Her cage has attracted the attention of physicians for- some time, v : ' - ' Ground to Death by Engine Wheels. ' Charlotte. N. C..Nov. 26. Mr." Er nest L; Adams, a brakeman on the South Carolina and Georgia extension railroad, was ground to a, pulp under an engine at Catawba Junction, S. C, about 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Mr. Adams was riding on the cow-catcher of the freight engine, preparing to make a coupling, when he slipped, in some wav. and was ' instantly killed. The pony-trucks and driving wheels, passed over his body and his mangled, form, lifeless,1- was drawn from ; under the engine. " This death is a particularly -sad one. It has been less than three weeks since Mr. Adams was happily married to Miss Lillian Starr, of Blacksburg, S. C.y - Great Floods In Pennsylvania. ' Ptttsburg,. Nov. 27. After tnree days of incessant rain, a flood unpre cedented for this season of the year, and quite unexpected in its fury, swept down the Monongahela and Allegheny riyers last night. . In their .mad rush the waters ruined hundreds pf dollars worth of property, caused the loss of at least three lives, .temporarily threw out of employment thousands "of work men by the . forced suspension . of the many industrial ' establishments lining the banks of bothv streams and rendered hundreds of families homeless; -The Burt Shoe Company, of Salis bury, a leading concern in its line of business, closed under an assignment last Monday nights ; ' , Mr.'L. B. Wheeler and Captain Hopkins, y of Lexington, have pur chased the Paragon Drug Store, i$ Asheville, from Mr. Baxter Shemweu. CHINESE Buth Opened Vp and Swallowed A . Team. ... John Newton, a prominent f&rmei residmg at Petro, Tenn., had a narrow escape of his life a few days ao. He was plowing in a large field near his house when the earth suddenly opened and his team was swallowed up, he 7 pmg Sing down with the team. The field has been in cultivation for over sixty years, and never before has shch a -thing occurred. Newton was plowing with a double team and both horses went in the pit A num ber of neighbors a once set to work digging, and after some time secured the team, but one of the horses had to be killed. -It is supposed that, a large underground waterway was the cause of the cavein, but none was discovered in the chasm . One theory is that it marks the outiet of the lake on the mountain near by which seems to be bottomless and that the outlet is in the bed of the Tennessee river. Richard n. iiackett, :2LTTOXlXTXnr-21.T-XA'C7, ; r. , wtlkksbobo, sr. o. ; " : Practices la all the State and Federal Court. . 'YY. BARBER, A ttorney-A t-La vr9 - v WXUCB8BOBO, TS.C Practices in State and Federal Courts.1 Promp attention given all business entrusted to bis hands FRANK D. IIACKETT, ; ilttomoy-at-Iiaw ' . . , WILKK8BOBO, N. C. . Practice In the State and Federal Courts. Claims promptly collected and loans negotiated Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to (hem. . , . , T. B. FINLEY. H. L. GREENE. FlNLEY & GREENE, Attornoys-at-!Law WILR.ESBORO N. C. Practice in the courts of Wilkes and' adJoinlnK counties. Business entrusted in their hands re--ceives prompt attention. Also practice In the. J-ederal Courts. ( f l ' J. W. McNEIIJU R. H. 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