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THE COMMONWEALTH, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. ft MATTER OF JOBS DECLARE THE! REPRESENTATIVES RAILROAD EMPLOYES PROTEST AGAINST RATES OF JUSTICE ACT. BEFORE RATE COMMISSION Wages Will Be Cut, If They Say, and Hundreds of Workers Thrown Out of Employment. Asheville. North Carolina railroads which are fighting the rates named in the Justice intrastate freight rate bill Tested their case with the introduc tion of the last witness before the session of the North Carolina Rate Commission, now meeting in this city. Two witnesses were introduced by the railroads and their testimony was to the effect that the proposed rates are unfair and ruinous. James H. Pou, well-known railroad attorney, was on the stand during the morning and his testimony was of a technical nature, as was that of T. W. Matthews of the freight department of the Sea hoard Air Line. The feature of the day's delibera tions developed when M. C. Toms, chief counsel for the Southern, stated that representatives of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainraen and the Order of Railway Conductors desired to make statements to the commissioners. Mr. Toms explained Jthat when the bill was enrolled the Southern invited its employes to stdy its provisions and asked the three organizations to send representatives to the meeting of the commission. He stated that these men had attended the sessions and had expressed a de sire to make voluntary statements to the commissioners before the case was closed for the railroads. It was ordered that they be heard. M. C. Thompson, M. M. Albright, W. B. Smithers and J. A. Bolick ap peared as the representatives of the organizations named and spent con siderable time in making their state ments before the men who will decide whether or not the rates named in the Justice bill shall go into effect. The statements of the railway men were to the effect that if the rates are declared effective, hundreds of the employes of the railroads in this state will be thrown out of work, six hours will be named as the length of a working day of the shops at Spen cer, necessitating cutting of the sala ries of the men employed there 40 or 50 per cent, other employes will have their salaries reduced and railroad men employed in all of the depart ments of the Southern will be laid off by reason of the necessity that that Toad decrease its force of men. PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT. Winson-Salem Will Pay Fire Laddies in Near Future. Winston-Salem. Mayor O. B. Eat on and Chairman Fred Fogle of the fire committee of the aldermen have returned from Washington, where they went to inspect the Washington fire department with a view of putting the Winston-Salem fire department on a paid basis this fall. Harry E Ni pen, one of the leading volunteer fire fghters of the city, accompanied the officials to Washington, and is under stood to be slated for position of chief which will carry a salary sufficient to guarantee his entire time to the duties of the postiion and inspection of buildings. Mr. Nissen will remain fa Washington studying the most modern methods of fire fighting and handling of apparatus. Although the second city in size in the state, Winston-Salem will be next to the last of the major cities to in augurate a paid system. Greensboro probably following close after. If pos sible the change wTiil be made Sep tember 1st. $30,000 Bonds for Roads. Southport. Smithville township voted $10,000 in bonds to add to $20, 000 formerly voted for good roads. One road that will be improved will be Wilmington-Southport road. Juvenile Court in Asheville. Asheville. Rev. Crawford Jackson, managing secretary of the Juvenile Protective Association, is spending several days here working in the in terest of a juvenile court for Ashe ville, and the indications are that suh a tribunal will be established at this city. It is planned to conduct the court in a room apart from the police court and to eliminate all of the po lice court surroundings in the trial of boys and girls charged with violations of the law. Mr. Jackson was speaker at a-meeting held. Rains Save Crops. Mount Olive. Judging from appear ances and from reports furnished by the farmers themselves, this year's corn crop now bids fair to be one of the best in years; that is, in this sec tion. Before the rains of the past few days had fallen, corn was begin ning to fail fast, and the farmers were downcast and fearful that the crop would be a complete failure. How. ever, it seems that the rains came in the nick of time, as a result of which no crop in years has at this season of the year looked more promising. Work on Tarboro Postoffice. Tarboro. Contractors have began work on the new $55,000 postoffice building in this city. With the exca vation started in a short time the ma terial for the erection of the building will be combing in and work will go ahead on the building as rapidly as it can be pushed. The time limit of the contract is 14 months. The building is to face Main street from the east side of the town and will be a block above the present location. The old buildings have been removed from the site. NEWMAN DECLARED WILLIAMS WRONG GOLD HILL PROMOTER CONTRA DICTED COMPTROLLER BE FORE INQUEST. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of the Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will Be of Interest to Our Readers Over North Carolina. Jteleigh. Washington. John Skelton Wil liams, comptroller of the currency, told a special senate committee he had never had any financial interest in the gold mine at Gold Hill, N. C, the promotion of which through use of senate stationery is being investi gated by the committee. The comp troller said Walter G. Newman, who promoted the mine, had offered him some stock, but that he had declined to buy. Mr. Williams presented a telegram he had sent to Newman at Gold Hill, informing him that Berkeley Wil liams, the comptroller's brother and Clevelan Perkins might look over the Gold Hill property with a view to in vesting. Mr. William denied, how ever, that he had arranged an ap pointment between Newman and Per kins in Washington. Mr. Williams produced a letter writ ten by Newman urging Williams to join in some stock ventures in which the promoter said he had Alaskan in terests greater than those of "the Guggenheims, Morgan or the Standard Oil crowd," and promised to make the national city crowd green with envy." Frederick P. Dewey, assayer and after director of the mint, told of making an investigation of the Gold Hill property at the instance of Mr. Williams, and Director of the Mint Roberts. He said that he found "there was no mine there, but there was a good prospect." William C. Bishop, conducting an investigating agency employed by the Curb Market Association in New York said he investigated appearance on the curb of a letter written on sen ate stationery and lauding the Gold Hill enterprise. He said he found only about three copies of the let ter, "but that these copies were shown to every man on the curb. He wrote to Senator Chilton about the letters, which were on he paper of his com mittee, and the senator replied de nying all knowledge of them. Senators Pomerene, of Ohio, and Swanson, of Virginia, ' testified they had bought stock in the mine at their own risk and on their own responsi- bility. Mr. Swanson said he purchas . . ed at thirty cents a share and put in $5,000. Senator Pomerene did not specify the amount he owned. Assertions 01 comptroller vvmtams tnat r.e naa received no communica tions about the mine from Newman except a few telegrams were denied by the promoter when he was recall ed to the stand. Newman said he had two letters from the comptroller at his joia inn omce. Me onerea to pro duce them, but Senator Thompson, ciiairman 01 tne investigating com mittee, declined to receive them as he was anxious to conclude the inquiry. Cost of Hog Cholera Serum Lower. The state department of agriculture issues the following notice to the swine growers of North Carolina "On July 1 the North Carolina department of agriculture reduced the cost of hog cholera serum from one and one-half cents a cubic centimeter to one and one-fourth cents. The de- partmnt has been furnishing this se rum to the farmers at cost of produc tion since 1910. as tne demand for the serum in creases, with the improved facilities iiio-jviug it, me cost nas Deen re duced from two and one-half cents the cubic centimeter in 1910 to one ,and one-fourth cents. All serum will be sent by express C. O. D., unless check or money order accompanies order. "Orders for serum should be ad dressed to the Commissioner of Agri culture, Raleigh, N. C." Improvements in Health Bulletin. When the July number of The Health Bulletin, the monthly publica tion of the state board of health, is is sued it will contain considerable im provement in get up, according to an announcement made by Secretary W. S. Rankin of the board, who is editor in chief of the publication. It will have specific departments for tubercu losis, child hygiene, public health and sanitation and personal hygiene. In this way material hertpfore printed in scattered and haphazarded manner will be grouped much better. Court Will Begin in August. The fall term of the North Carolina supreme court is to convene on the last Monday in August and the prelim inary work is being pushed by Clerk J. L. Seawell. The justices, with the exception of Chief Justice Clark, are out of the city on their annual vaca tions. In the meantime, some atten tion is being given to the matter of the preparation of the questions that are to be propounded to the applicants tor licenses. Indications are that there will be 60 or more law students to undertake the exam in n t inn s Education of the Heart. I have read books enough and ob served and conversed with enough eminent and splendidly cultured minds, too, in my time; but I assure you, I have heard higher sentiments from the lips of poor uneducated men and wom en, when exerting the spirit of severe yet gentle heroism under difficulties and afflictions, or speaking their sim ple thoughts as to circumstances In the lot of friends and neighbors, than I ever yet met with out of the Bible. We shall never learn to feel and re- . . mmm I State Must Have Big Exhibit. A special from Charlotte says: Is North Carolina to be adequately rep resented by an exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition next year or is the state to overlook this opportunity of obtaining what is generally recogniz ed as the best advertising medium possible for the resources of the com monwealth? This proposition was presented to a representative gathering of business people of Charlotte at a meeting held at the Selwyn Hotel at which time brief but forceful talks were made by Col. Fred A. Olds of Raleigh, com missioner on behalf of the exposition; Mr. Leonard Tufts of Pinehurst, Mr. J. A. Brown of Chadborun, Mr. C. E. Hutchison of Mount Holly, and Mr. Stuart W. Cramer of Charlotte, com missioners on behalf of the state ap pointed by Governor Craig,' and Messrs. C. E. Hughes, T. W. Alexan der, Cameron Morrison and John a. McRae of Charlotte. At the conclusion of the meeting a resolution was introaucea ana un animously adopted providing for the appointment by the Greater Charlotte Club of a committee to secure $1,000 from the city for the purpose of properly exploiting the resources of the Queen City at the exposition and also to appear before the Legislature to urge upon that body the donation o fa sufficient amount to properly advertise the advantages of North Carolina at this great celebration. The sypreme need of obtaining more people m the state and the de sirability of making an effort to in duce the immigration from the Middle West and West was the keynote of the meeting. Mr. J. A. "Brown of Chadbourn declared that North Caro lina possessed greater advantages and derived the least returns there from of any state in the Union. He added that North Carolina had a population of only 2,500,000 whereas it ought to have and sometime would have 10,000,000. He cited statements by Dr. Seamon Knapp and Secretary James Wilson to the effect that the section of the country destined to make the greatest strides in agricul tural development was that situated within 100 miles of the Atlantic Coast between Norfolk, Va., and Jackson ville, Fla. Of this favored section he declared North Carolina stood first. State Laboratory Hygiene Hampered. The state department of health is much stirred over the possibility of losing just half of the $8,000 that has formed the basis of maintenance for the work of the division of the labora tory of hygiene for the current legls- latice biennial period, and this same issue is giving the council of state Governor Craig and Attorney Gen- eral Bickett a great deal of concern and perplexity. A long session of the council of state failed to settle the difficulty. The trouble is that Section 36, Chapter 62 Laws of 1911 made a specific ap propriation of $4,000 for the laboratory Of hVffipnP n Inner with nrnvlclnn ' m c nnn n , iu,vuu iui uinei woik ui me depart- ment. Then the 1913 leeislarnre imuugu section 11, cnapter isi, en acted specifically a substitute for Sec tion 36 that specified an annrnnria- tion of $26,000 for the department of health, specifying $4,000 for the lab oratory of Hygiene. One Hundred Farmers' Institutes. Director T. B. Parker, of the Farm- ers' Institute division of the state department of agriculture, announces a series of 100 institution to be held during the last two weeks of July and during August m that stretch of counties extending from Raleigh all the way westward to the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains. There are to be four institute parties that will in terchange specialists and other ex pert institute workers as opportunity affords. Among the most widely known institute workers who will take part in the various institutes are R. W. Scott, Col. John S. Cunningham, and J. P. Kerr, of Alamance; A. L. French, Rockingham; Prof. C. L. New man, A. & M. College; Dr. G. L. Christman, now of the Virginia Poly technic Institute. Several North Carolina Items. Washington. The general defici ency bill reported to the house con tains the following North Carolina items: Thomasville, for site and commencement public buildings, $8, 000;Edenton, for postoffice site, $7, 500; Chapel Hill, for site and com mencement public buildings, $8,500. Governor Goes to Camp Glenn. Governor Craig spent a few hours in the executive office here while on his way from Asheville to Morehead ClttT .l T , vii., nucie, as ne laugninKiy ex pressed it, possessing special military ability and skill, he will inspect the North Carolina troops in annual en campment there. The governor took part in a meeting of the council of state while here for the purpose of getting same "kinks" out of the ad justment of finances for the mainte nance of the special work of the state laboratory of hygiene. Ahoskie Will Get New Depot. The corporation commission has received and forwarded to the mayor of Ahoskie plans by the Atlantic Coast Line for considerable improve ments to the passenger station there, the purpose being to secure tho ap proval, of the mayor and citizens for the proposed changes. The proposed changes are the outcome of a petition by the mayor and citizens to the com mission for , improvements. If the plans of the Coast Line are acceptable the commission will make an order for the work to bo done speedily. spect our real calling and destiny, un less we have taught ourselves to con sider everything as moonshine com pared with the education of the heart. Sir Walter Scott The Right Place. Man of House Hi, there! -What do you want? Tramp Nothing. Man Then why are you hanging about here? Tramp This is where I always ge It Boston Eveilng Transcript. INCREASE IN PRICES - Modern Farm Packing Shed Vegetables and Fruit. (Prepared by tho United States Depart- ! ment of Agriculture.) The level of prices paid producers of the United States for the principal crops increased about 1.3 per cent dur ing April; in the past six years the price level has increased during April 3.2 per cent; thus, the increase this year is less than usual. Since December 1, the index figure of crop prices has advanced 2.4 per cent; during the same period a year ago the advance was 5.3 per cent, and the average for the past six years has been an advance of 11.1 per cent. On May 1 the index figure of crop prices was about 17 per cent higher than a year ago, but 18 1 per cent low er than two years ago and 1.3 per cent higher than the average of the past six years on May 1. The level of prices paid to producers of the United States for meat animals increased 0.4 per cent during the month from March 15 to April 15, which compares with an increase of 3.7 per cent in the same period a year ago, an increase of 10.7 per cent two years ago, a decrease of 4.7 per cent three years ago, and an increase of 4.8 per cent four years ago. From December 15 to April 15 the advance in prices for meat animals has been 8 per cent; whereas during the same period a year ago the ad vance was 14.5 per cent, and two years ago 17.3 per cent, while three years ago there was a decline in price of 6.6 per cent during this period. On April 15 the average (weighted) price of meat animals hogs, cattle, sheep and chickens was $7.40 per 100 pounds, which js 0.7 per cent higher than the prevailing price a year ago, 17.5 per cent higher than two years ago, 27.6 per cent higher than three years ago, and 4.4 per cent lower than four years ago on April 15. Number of Honey Bees In the Country. The number of colonies of bees in the United States this year appears to be about four per cent above the num ber last year, and 2 per cent above recent years. Decreases compared both with last year and recent years are reported in the New England states, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mis souri, Nebraska, Kansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and California. The loss in California and in a majority of the other states named was due to a se vere epidemic of foul-brood disease, ureases are particularly marked in the North Central, Rocky mountains and Pacific coast states, except as al ready noted. The condition of the colonies is re ported to be about 98 per cent of a normal, taking the United States as a whole. The condition is about 5 per cent above normal, however, in the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast states. The condition of colonies com pared with last spring is about 4 per cent better, being reported as inferior only in Maine, Massachusetts, Connect icut, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Ken tucky and Mississippi. It is generally better than last spring in the North central states and very much better in the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast states. The condition of nectar-bearing plants averages about 99 per cent of a normal for the United States as a whole, ranging in the neighborhood of 95 in all the country east of the Rock ies, excepting Texas, where it is 115, and about 105 per cent in the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast states, be ing highest, 120 per cent, in Califor nia. Compared with last year the con dition of nectar-bearing plants aver ages 3 per cent higher for the United States, being generally slightly below last year east of the Rockies, except in Texas, where it is 50 per cent better, and decidedly better in the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast states. reaching the very high figure of 175 per cent compared with last year in California, where moisture conditions in the white sage country presage a bountiful nectar flow. In the important honey-producing states of Texas, Colorado and Califor nia the outlook is very promising, showing numbers of colonies com pared with recent years of 115, 115 and 85, and compared with last year of 112, 120 and 93 per cent, respectively; colo ny conditions compared with normal of 115, 107 and 120, as compared with last year, or 150, 107 and 175 per cent, respectively. The number of colonies in the white clover belt of the North central states is at least 5 per cent above the num ber last year, and, taken1 as a whole, the condition of the colonies is equal to that of last year; but the condition Eradicator of Weeds. Experiments at the Wisconsin ex periment station show that hemp is an eradicator of weeds. Land that" was badly infested with quack grass and Canada thistle and wild mustard and other type of weeds was cleaned by a crop of hemp which grew to a height of ten to twelve inches. OF FARM PRODUCTS of nectar plants in these states is re ported as not quite so good as last year, due partly to a late spring and partly to loss of clover from the drought in some sections. An inquiry will be made in July re garding honey production, and another inquiry on the same subject will be made later in the season. It is hoped in the meantime to secure the agree ment of a large number of experienced and up-to-date beekeepers to furnish reports on the honey crop in order that the estimates may be approxi mately correct and therefore of real value to honey producers and others interested. Save Crimson Clover Seed. "Save your home grown crimson clover seed" is the advice given to farmers by clover specialists of the department of agriculture. "Clover seed of the home saved variety in the hull Is the best and surest to sow, since the hull seems to hold a little moisture and thereby reduces the chance of failure to get a good stand. Farmers are urged to save thier own seed. "The clover will soon be ripe and a few farmers will endeavor to save the seed in a small way by stripping the heads; by hauling the ripe hay to a shed and' let it lie until a slack time, when it will be beaten out; or by haul ing to a scaffold made of boards with cracks between, or stretching poultry wire over a frame and flailing the seeds out, allowing the seeds to fall through where they can be gathered up." The following simple method for saving crimson clover seed will prove practical and economical and is recom mended by the department: After the clover is ripe, select a time when the sun is likely to shine for sev eral days, then mow in the morning, while the dew is yet on the jelover. Let it lie without being disturbed until the next noon. Take a tarpaulin or large wagon sheet to the field and spread it out. Pitch the dry clover hay on to it, stir with forks, shake the seed out and throw the straw back on the land. When the seed that are near by are saved, drag the tarpaulin a little far ther into the field, repeating the opera tion until the field is harvested, or suf ficient seed is secured for the next fall's sowing. The seed thus secured can be placed in bags from time to time. Probably the most important charac teristic of crimson clover is its ability to grow and make its crop during the season when the land is not occupied by the ordinary summer grown crops In sections where it succeeds, crimson clover can be sown following a grain crop or in an intertilled crop in late summer, and will mature a hay crop the following spring in time to plow the land for spring seeded crops, such as corn or cotton. It may even be held for seed as far north as central Delaware and the stubble be plowed under in time for seeding the quick-maturing strains of corn. It may be turned under for soli improvement when only six inches high if it is desired to fit the land for early spring-seeded crops. Even if only the stubble be turned under, the effect upon the succeeding crop will be marked, especially if the soil be defi cient in nitrogenous fertilizers. The plowing under of the entire plant, how ever, will more rapidly correct any deficiency of nitrates or humus in the soil. It is one of the best cover crops for use In orchards and, in fact, under any conditions .where the soil is likely to wash during the winter months. The many uses to which this crop may be put merit a careful study of the best methods of establishing a stand of crimson clover upon a farm. Most of the soils in the crimson clo ver sections will be found to be bene fited by liming. Crimson clover, how ever, does not appear to require lime to the extent that red clover does. Fre quently on well-drained soils in a good state of fertility the crimson clover makes a vigorous growth vithout the use of lime. The stands are, however, usually more uniformly good over the limed parts of such fields than on the parts that have received no lime. The opinion among individual farmers ap pears to be about equally divided as to whether or not it pays them to lime their soils for crimson clover. In con sidering the advisability of applying lime one must not lose sight of the need of lime on the part of such other crops as cantaloupes or peaches, which require lime and which are either grown with the clover or follow iL Tillage or Mulching. The war still wages between the fac tions ehall it be tillage or mulching 7 The problem is easy of solution. Just use a little wee bit of horse sense. Orchadists on sites that erode badly and where soil fertility is not plentiful mulch if possible. On sites, the re verse, till. ' iNIEMriONAL SlMMTSfflOOL Lesson (By E O. SELLERS. Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR JULY 19 BLIND BARTIMAEUS. LESSON TEXT Mark 10:46-52. GOLDEN TEXT "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert." Isa. 35:5, 6. On our Lord's journey "towards Je rusalem," the place of sacrifice, a place of power was sought by his dis ciples, Mark 10:37. This lesson is an Illustration given to those who accom panied Jesus how they too may reach a place of power, viz., through service and sacrifice. Matthew 20:30-34 tells us that there were two who made the appeal, but Mark seems to have thought that Bar timaeus was worthy of special men tion. The healing mentioned by Luke 18:35 suggests that in that case it occurred as Jesus was entering and not leaving Jericho. Mark is telling of one man, Luke of another. Man's Nature. I. Bartimaeus Beqqlna. w 46-48. The passing tM-orig rebuked the beg gar. Very likely the disciples joined in this rebuke. This certainly shows the fact that none of them fully com prehended the Lord's teaching as sug gested in Mark 10:45. Bartimaeus is an illustration of man by nature. His home, Jericho, was the city under "a curse" (Josh 6:17), and is a type of this world cursed by sin. ' He was blind, see II Cor. 4:4; Rev. 3:17. His rags suggest Isa. 64:6 and, Phil. 3:9. If the rebuke was mainly by the dis ciples it was that they might save the master during these strange days. Great and marvelous were the works and teachings he was performing, but these were the things that called forth such a wayside service. It was a glad message to Bartimaeus, "Jesus of Na zareth passeth by." There was ho one else who could help him. Some one had told him of the power of Jesus. Now his opportunity is at hand, he must not miss it. Jesus never passed that way again. Bartimaeus began by crying out, Rom. 10:13; he called while Christ was near enough, to hear, Isa. 55:6. His cry was that of conscious need, it was direct, it was insistent. He called Jesus "Son of David" e. g., the Messiah, although the people had said "Jesus of i Naza reth," see Matt. 9:27: 15:21. 22. His cry for "mercy" is rebuked. Many to day are so stiff and formal as to frown upon any religious enthusiasm or ear nestness. It was not beneath the dig nity of Jesus to be disturbed by a blind beggar. Though poor in purse Bartimaeus was rich in faith for he answered those who rebuked him by crying "the more a great deal." He would not be put off. , II. Bartimaeus B.lessed, w. 49-52. His command "call ye him" is indica tive of the conscious power of Christ. Notice his great interest as suggested by the words, "Jesus stood still." Re member his important mission to Je rusalem and the leaders of the people who occupied his time; yet he does not compel Bartimaeus to follow after, nor to overtake him ere his prayer is an swered, see Matt. 11:28. This was good news for the disciples to pro claim, Matt. 28:19,20. There was no indecision on the part of Bartimaeus Casting his garment aside he sprang up, came and cast himself at the feet of Jesus. Although Jesus possessed all power still its manifestation was confined to the desire of the beggar. We have no suggestion of. any further controversy after the command to call Bartimaeus. No further objections or speculations are raised. He sim ply "came to Jesus." The garment he threw aside would have impeded his progress, Isa. 53:7; 64:6; Heb. 12:2. Before the cry has been for mercy, now it is for sight. This he received in response to his faith, "Thy faith hath saved thee" R. V. Notice he is saved (v. 52) "made whole," before he received his sight. Society will be saved only as individuals are first "made whole." Our "Lord's response was to the cry of need and the ac knowledgment of his Messianic office. The Teaching: Fjrst, the readiness of God's mercy. Jesus had been reject ed by rulers and councils and is mov ing "steadfastly" toward the consum mation of his earthly career. That journey led him through Jericho, per haps that he might meet Bartimaeus. At Jerusalem he is to pronounce sen tence upon the rebellion of his people. Nevertheless when one of that same people called him by the title that suggested his Messiahship. "Son of David," he immediately turned aside In response thereto, Heb. 3:2. God never destroys the righteous with the wicked or the repentant with the re bellious. His ear is ever open to the faintest cry. Second. The failure of men to ap prehend this fact. There are many to day as successors of those who re buked Bartimaeus. Some who hold him in reverence and yet fail to ap prehend adequately that he came to "seek and to save the lost." There is no consideration of policy or of expe diency, no question of method, nor the importance of rank, that can stand in the way of opening blind eyes, and an swering the cry of the beggar. Third. The nature of saving faith. ine answer or relief from the Lord comes in response to the profound con- viuliuh ui personal neea. tie came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." There is nothing in that call to make any definite appeal to the righteous. A blind man, through someone's testimony hears that he is near and cries out to him "from the depths of his need. But there must be also a recognition of power. Barti maeus had no assurance until he had made his appeal; he took a chance as it were. He was not assured until COULD NOT STAND ON FEET Mrs. Baker So Weak Could Not Do Her Work Found Rekef In Novel Way. Adrian, Mich. "I suffered terribly with female weakness and backache and got so weak that I could hardly do my work. 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Forgetting that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, the stupidest and ugliest failures of parents expect their sons and daugh ters to grow up miracles of beauty, in telligence and success." The speaker was Wilton Lackaye, the occasion the Lambs' Gambol in New York. He continued: "Sometimes, though, such parents are called sharply to themselves. The jolt is unpleasant. "A father said to his pretty daugh ter one evening with a scornful, angry laugh : " 'That young Jamson has the face to want to marry you! A mere book keeper!' "'But, father,' said the girl, 'I love Mr. Jamson. What is your objection to our marriage?' " 'Why,' roared the old man, 'why, he couldn't support you decently.' " 'But, father,' said the girl, 'neither can you. Everybody Praised but-Father. "Poor Tompkins never gets any credit for what he does." "That's the fate of some men." "His secretary gets the credit for all the sueches he makes, his wife gets the credit for his manners, and his daughters get the credit for his ability to dance the maxixe.' Quite a Contrast. "Are Tompkins and his wife happy together?" "Oh, yes. They are as happy as anybody could expect them to be, con sidering the fact that she was a Pen field of Penfield Manor, and he was just Tompkins of nowhere in particu lar." Keep Cool and Comfortable Don't spend so much of your time cooking during hot weather; and your family will be healthier without the heavy cooked foods. Give them Post Toasties They're light and easily digested and yet nourishing and satisfying. No bother in preparation just pour from the package and add cream and sugar or they're mighty good with fresh berries or fruit. "The Memory Linger" lit b - fu-MOR his eyes were opened.
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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