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VOLUME 2.
WADESB0R0. N. C. MARCH 10. 1908.
NUMBER 41
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Editorial Comment
M. 11. Dry of the Win
gate c!tool thus describes in his
lair, th ItaplKl Messenger, the
changed conditions to be noticed
lre and on the trains leading
away from Wadoloro, sine the
ching of the saloons:
Saturdav. ( rtober Jth, we were
in Wadesboro attending the Pec
IVe Association which met there.
At night e returned to Wingatc
with a whiskey crowd on the train.
Jugs aiwl boisterous language were
much in evidence, both at the de
pot ami on the train.
SaUlrday. February 22nd, we
were again in Wadesboro, and al
tliough hundreds of people were
there from the surrounding coun
try to hear the gubernatorial can
didates, we never saw any one who
seemed to lc in the least under the
influence of liquor. In the depot
at nitrht the crowd was quiet and
orderly.
What hail wrought such a
chance) It wa I he I jo Id stand
which. the people of Anson had
taken against the whiskey evil.
What a magnificent argument for
prohibition!
They may sell a whole lot of
blind tiger whiskey here, but it
certainly does not make the show
that the saloons did.
Tin: esteemed Monroe Journal
sa.vs:
e are an built so as to see in
their most favorable light the ac
tions of our friends or ourselves.
This veins to le doubly true
when it conies to the subject of
IMjJitics. For instance, pretty
ruuch evcrvlody regards one
George Wrshington as a prettv
good Kitriot. yet when he retired
from tle presidency, one editor
said in his pipr that no man
had ever delwuehed a nation like
Washington had this one. This
kind of talk was so irritating to
the Father of his Country that he
once referred to a citizen as "the
dmdcjt scoundral that (toil Al
mighty ever iermitted to disgrace
humanity.
Ot tie debate between the can
didates for Ciovcrnor at Wades
Iwro the other day-, the Ansonian
says:
"It is the consensus of opinion
here that Kitchin made votes for
Carig by hi-, irsonal attacks, all
which remd utterly uncalled for,
and th latter left the impression
that in no vLe would he have
treated any op;onent so.
Hut the Messenger and Intelli
gencer, coming two days later,
vi v :
IU il 4ches were heartily
rnjord by all prent, the consen
sus of opinion Uiug that either
.
g.nii n in. so ir as ora o y is con
ierr.etl. would N a credit to the
Mate in the other of (iovernor.
IIoweer, it is also a fact that
iartisan of each cadidate contend
that their favorite got the best of
the deljate and made votes by
coming here. Of course, it is a
matter of opinion as to whether
Kitchin or Craig gained votes,
I ut the M. Ji I. feels no doubt at
al upon the subject. A repres
entative of the aper made a
thorough canvas of the crowd af
ter the shaking and heard many
lrsons say that they- went to the
meeting inclined to support Craig
bul came away strong Kitchin
men. The sane representative
did not run across a single person
who had been seduced from his
Plain Talks on Fertilizers
Improving and Increasing Tobacco Crops
No soil is lich enough in
all the foods thc.tolacco plant
needs to produce it at its best.
Many tobacco soils, how
"ever. -contain natural clc-
,e
ab!
ctents, nchm ccrtxTt vaiu-
e plant foods, but lack
ing b others. And just as
ft dead or dying soil must
be. fed with a complete plant
food, so these partially
fed soils need specially
prepared food to supply
what they lack, and
balance the unequal
fertilization supplied
by nature.
When these special
nourishing elements
axe added to the soil,
crops multiply enor
mously; quality improves, and
profits are
doubled and
trebled. To
bacco is seldom
planted nowa
days without
the use of scm
tertilixer; but
the great point
to remember is
to have the rtU
fertilizer in the jT
citnt quantitits,
I SU
V'
to 'Kitchin by-
the
Vet both these papers are edited
bj hoaest men, who would -not in
tentionaliy misrepresent. It is a
matter of opinion, you see, and
previous bias. We are all made
that way. and none of us have
cause to turn up the nose at others.
However, our neighboring edi
tor agree on one thing. . That is
that Mr. Ashley Home sent a let
ter.
After watching the effect of the
speeches on the crowd, we did
ft . a
not deem u necessary to make a
personal canvass. We related
cold-blooded facts and some par
ties, who came here from another
county in the interest of Mr.
Kitchin, made statements that
correspond, to what The Anson
ian said about the matter. We
stated no decided rjreferance for
either candidate and reserve the
right to fay just what we please
to say about all of them. What
- iu i.uv.ci iiiti mo iiijtm i uj;
of votes for Craig by Kitchin, in
hi manner of speaking, is borne
out in the statements made by
number or gentlemen who came
to this office after the speaking.
Wait until the votes are counted;
we are willing.
Yes, Mr. Horn sent a letter.
Meetlaf of North Carolina T etchers'
Asseotly.
The North Carolina Teachers
Assembly, which will this year
celebrate its twenty-fifth anniver
sary at the session in Charlotte,
June 1C-19, has been for a quar
ter of a century one of the most
effective organs for the improve
ment of educational conditions in
the State. It has been behind
every movement that has contri
buted to the "Educational Revo
lution" of recent years, and that,
too. at a time when these educa
tional reforms were not popular.
The Assembly originated tho
great campaign which Mclver and
Alderman conducted in 1889-1892.
"The good results of their labors
-.1 .1 I !
are with us today and win con
tinue to bless the Commonwealth
when we, our children, and our
children's children have finished
life's appointed lessons and put the
books away."
I he session at Charlotte pro
misses to be one of the most suc
cessful in its history. Several of
the most prominent educational
leaders in the country will appear
on the program. Among them
arc Professor Matheson, President
of the Assembly; Prof. P. P. Clax
ton. University of Tennessee, who
has perhaps trained more North
Carolina teachers than any other
living man; Dr. (). T. Corson,
formerly State Superintendent of
Ohio, President of the National
Educational Association, and now
editor of "Die Ohio Educational
Monthly; Dr. Charles W. Kent, of
the University of irgima; Dr.
Seaman A. Knapp, of the United
State- Department of Agriculture,
and others. Governor It. H.
(ilenn will also be present, and
will make what will probably be
his last great educational speech
while in his present office. Hon.
T. S. Franklin, Mayor of Char
lotte, will deliver the address of
welcome.
It Does tfce Business. '
Mr. E. EL CtuunberUin of Clinton.
Main, un of Bockten'n Arnica Salr:
"It dor tie basioe: I hare ommI it for
and it cured them. Uaed it for
chppJ hand and It cored them. Ap
plied it to an oM'sore and it healed it
without leTin a cax behind." 5c at
Patwo Drug Co .
otherwise the
results will
not bo satis
factory. Over . one
million tons of
Virginia -aro- ,
Una Fertilizers .
were sold last
year, a sure t -
proof cf their great popularity
and value.
The whole story o
the composition, treat
ment, and productivity
of the soils of the
tobacco region are
told by government
anil private experts in
the Farmers Year
Book or Almanac of
the Virginia-Carolina Chemi
cal Co. sent free if you
write to any ides office
the Company.
of
VIRGDOA-CAKOLTNA
CHEMICAL CO.
Richmond. Vju Darham. N. C
Norfolk Va. Onilotoa. S. C.
Col.mta.S.C BilUaort, Md.
AO". C. CoUmb, C
SaTannih. Ca.
M out fom7,'AIa.
UemfAU, Tcaa. '
SLrerrport, La.
allegiance
speaking.1
-" - -
THE PROPOSED'
PROHIBITION
LAW
Wait It Will aai Wait It Will Rot
DoBy State Orraatxer of tae
Aitl-Salooa Leirae.
I. Wat It WO D
It will abolish every licensed
winskey ana brandy aistnierv
me ouiie.
, - -
it win abolish every saloon and
... ..... .
dispensary in the htate.
it wiu stop we wine trade with
in the Mate, tor wine can be
sold oily at the place of manufac- tions the community is under a Conductor Bowen, it will be re
ture in quantities of two and one- reciprocal obligation to give him membered, was the conductor of
half gallons and not shipped any- the preference of trade at least the Seabord Air Line train pro-
wnere in the &tate.
It Will Stop the sale Of all those
wicuiiwj lui a lu res uj wuavever
name Known mai win proauce in
t .. ,
toxicauon.
:u i J a. '
win piaco unaer me most
stringent and binding regulations
pharmacists and
physicians, who
may handle intoxicating liquors for
. - -
meuicai purposes oniy.
iv wui anow uie omciais or any
T. -II tl . n I .
county or town to regulate or pro-
i iuuivonuh 114-
uors D Pharmacists in the drug
prosperous country town indicates
2. WUI It WW Hot Do.
It will not prohibit the farmer
from, making cider from fruits
grown on his own land and selling
the same at home or in his market
town.
It will not stop the manufac
turer from making his wine and
shipping it outside of the State.
It will not stop the sale of those
medical preparations and essences
that may have alcohol in them to
preserve them or to hold the medi
cinal agents in solution, such as
camphor, vanilla, etc.
It will not repeal existing pro
hibition laws.
It will not prohibit the sale of
wine to ministers or church offi
cials for sacramental purposes.
If this law fails to be rati bed by
the people at the polls on May
26th, 1908, it will not affect the
present status of any existing pro
hibition law in the State. In oth-
a . .
er words, the dry territory will
not be changed.
. 3.
We are sure that when you have
studied this law you will agree
with us that it is fair.
Under this law, Greensbord's
voting wet would not make it wet,
and Salisbury's voting dry would
not make it dry. Under local op-
tion Ureensboro has voted drj
and as a locality she must remain
so until the locality as such votes
wet, while Salisbury has voted the
other way. This vote on 'the
manufacture ana saie oi mioxicai
ing liquors" in North Carolina is
quite a different thing from local
option.
Atrain. the law is right. For
the influence of liquor is never
local. Salisbury or Wilmington
citizens, while controlling the sale
of the traffic do not control the
dangerous and damaging influence
of this trffic. This influence is
felt for hundreds of miles around.
Lverv citizen in the otate has a
right to sejf-protection against the
inrjuence tramc, now cenierea ai
a few points, and the only way of
protection is the abolition of the
traffic throughout the Stat1.
Political Bitterness.
(Charity and Children. )
Messrs. Kitchin and Craig met
in Wadesboro on the 22nd, and
had a rather personal discussion
of the claims that each of these
gentlemen, according to his view
of the matter, has upon the office
to which he aspires: Mr. Ashley
Horncboibeinga trained debater,
declined to appear in person, but
sent a letter. The three gentlemen
who are seeking the nomination
are good and worthy citizens.
They are clean, upright, honest
and honorable men; but we arc
sure the meeting in aaesooro
added nothing to the strength or many fines," said the Trust Mag
popularity of either, and lowered nate, .
the tone of the canvass for the She ought to be protected by a
highest honor the people can be- biggernavy, said the Admiral
stow. We are glad to see that 'Nothing the matter with her
Mr. Cndg-is ojfcosed:to any more
rdebates" between the candidates,
and we hope that Mr Kitchin feels
the same-Way about it. Already
the spirit that has developed
among the foolish friends of tbe
candidates is bearing bitter fruit.
Personalities are indulged in that
do not at all comport with the
dignity of the office, and the dan
ger is that before the convention
meets to name anybody, the air
will be filled with vituperation and
abuse. If the newspapers would
steadfastly refuse to open their
columns to this personal warfare,
and compel correspondents to dis
cuss principles rather than men,
they would perform a
valuable
service to the state. A campaign
between candidates in opposite
parties, that is conducted in a bitter
and persona spirit is always de
plorable; much, more a campaign
among members of the same po
litical faith. The outlook tnis year
from a political point of view is
In State and Nation I
ttiA fplinfr-amonj? the different
VIm-.?? fimfr l
candidates and their friends is
quite. ' unbrotherly. It is to be
horvxl lhi snirit will not crow as
the weather warms.
Here cornea the spring wind to chap,
tan and freckle. Use Pineealre Car
bolized (acta like a poultice) for cnta.
ores, bnrna, chapped lips, hands and
face. It soothes and heals. Sold by
Martin Drag Co.
RECIPROCAL OBLIGATIONS.
Tbe Borne Me re tint inl the Mill
Order Houses. ana the Craze for
tae Latter.
(Sanford Express,)
Utilization as we know it is
based upon reciprocal obligations.
in in Uie ordinary coarse of trade the
i . . ,
i locai meronant iurnisncs a marcei,
. I .
I for the smaller products of the
farm, and also furnishes a reason
- awe assortment or goods for the
community. or these accomoda
I to give him a fair chance to com
pete for that trade. This pnnci
uai is recoiniiztxi oy iuo cumuium
ir. i . r i l.t. in
- uy wnen u demands inai pedaiers
I Shall take out a license. .
J j Lr
xne man wuo seuus nis mouev
away from his home town for
goods that he can buy at the local
, - .
store loses more than he can possi
oiy eain. ne suiKes at me very
I . . , .
root or nis prosperity, iwerv
hundred dollars sent out of Lee
wumj icuwc. mo "
or the county just that much. A
your town looks seedy and un
a ui voLa suo sue cat vvuiiuuuitj a a
Kept; ir the rcr rent signs on
tho bulletin boards at the post
office stare you in the face; if the
merchants are discouraged, what
is the effect on the community
what does the stranger, the
investor, the man who is looking
for a home, if you please, think
of the community in general?
ItTMl I
ill he invest his money in a
community that is not true to
itself?
The story of the rise of the cat
alogue house is an interesting
chapter in our commercial history,
The craze for buying through the
mails and by express has spread
until today it touches every town
in the land. Among the
women of Sanford there is a regu
lar organization for the mail or
der business. The craze for it
must be classed as such has been
allowed to spread without any
precaution being taken against it.
Hut from present indications its'
decline will be as rapid as its rise.
Tbe Main Issue.
(Lexington Dispatch,)
Sorne democrats are engaging
in
a lot of loose talk nbont the
party being cleaned up in the state
this fall on account of prohibition
and the troubles with the railroads,
The republicans, of course, freely
predict such an event There is
nothing to it," whatever. Those
faithful gentlemen who are alarm
ed by it may still their fears when
it is recalled that there never was
a campaign in the history of the
nation that did not develop
"floaters" those bits of material
that political parties throw off in
the animated whirlings and swirl
ings of a hot campaign. What
ever this or that individual may
think, however much the opposi
tion may try to use the liquor leg
islation of the state to democracy s
hurt, the great body of the people,
in t Vi ai co r in rr rrrr r-rrr eahca ortrl
: k t
111 CIJG 1 1 AC 1 1 b IM CAITCI ICllbC, 1 CUiCIU-
ber that the main issue in North
Carolina is good government or
bad, and that the democratic party
gives good government and that
the republican party imposes bad
government. Such is history.
Look it up sometime when you
are not plowing.
Tbe Diagnosis.
Old Mother Confidence lay
gasping for breath by the road
side. "Ah, ha!" said the liquor Deal
er, 4too much prohibition."
"No, No! Too much rate regu
lation," said the Railroad Man.
"Not enough adulteration," said
the Food Manufacturer.
"Not enough rebates and too
at My said the AiUr.
"Not enough laws,"- said the
Politician.
Shev needs, a .new . President,"
said the Partisan. '-: .
'Too niach dope And rkscality,"
said the commbri- person who was
growing in wisdom 'as he grew in
years. ix.
A Stanly County Product.
(Stanly Entersrise.)
"Grandma" Omie Austin as she
is familiarily known to all her
friends in Harris township, . is
young at 82 and can boast of six
i :i j r o I ... .A v
. ' j j i::
grea( K inuu-vuuuicu, oil uviug.
She is cheerful and a most lova
ble old woman, and is one of the
county most remarkable aged
persons. , . . . - , r . ,
Rink Foolish ess
"When attacked br a ooojrh or a cold,
or when your throat Is sore,-it is rank
foolishness to take any other medicine
than r. Kins New IXacoverT." says
co. EldriI of Empire. Ga. "I hare
naed New Diaoorerr seven years and I
know it is the beet remedy on earth for
conghs and colds, cronp. and all throat
and . lung . troubles. My children are
subject to croup, but New Discovery
Quickly cures every attack." Known
the world over as the King of throat and
lung remedies. Sold under guarantee at
Parsons Drug Go's. 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottle free. -
B owe n Gets
$15,000
Damages.
(News and Observer.)
In -the Supreme Court yester
day. on the call of appeals from
the Fifth District, the most inter
esting case from a public point of
view was that of appeal of the
Seabord Air
Line from a judg-
Imenf. of War Unnar s.irrinr
. i - -- - f-
iiVMirt hv w . p fnrmor Honrine.
I -T . " - M
I tor John D. Rnwon awr4loH
- damages in the sum of 15.000 for
injuries received in the fatal
- wreck near TTamlpt. in .Tnlv i)Ofi
- IceHim? from Charlotte to Wil
- mirmton that ramn in he.ad-on col
- 1 nsion near Koekino-ham with a
i - . . . r . " .
train that had been permitted to
I IoAe Hamlet troincr south bv res
. V. .7
son ot nei?In?ence in the railroad
telegraphers' office. Many people
were killed and iniured in the
I
- wreck that insued. and Conductor
Hou-en now eorps that. he. was in
I . . : . .
I ir for severa wppL-s nH hd
since beerr in a crippled condition
1 anu iu u .suue 01 suaiwjreu ut rves.
j The chief point in the argument
before the court yesterday was as
to the correctness of the trial judge
admitting the plaintiff and his wife
to testify to the fact that since the
wreck Conductor Rowen has been
afflicted with night-mares in which
he constantly dreams that he is in
collisions and wrecks, etc. The
testimony showed that he was in
a highly nervous condition, dc
nominated by the traumatic
neurasthenia" and that the sciatic
nerve is badly affected. The doc-
tors testined that he was in so
nervous a condition that the
shock of the injury sustained . in
the wreck might well account for
the night-mares complained of.
In the argument the attorneys
for the defendant railroad contend
ed that it was error in the court
to charge the jury that "he con
tends he has awful night-mares,"
and complained of comments
made by Conductor Boweii's at
torneys to the jury to the effect
that every time their client goes
to sleep, he is haunted with hor
rible visions of wrecks and col
lisions, which, like Banquo's
Ghost, will not down!"
Negroes Lynched and Burned.
Hawkinsville, Ga., March 5.
Two negroes. Curry Robertson
and John Henry, were lynched to
day near here and their bodies
burned. They were charged with
the murder of Mr. and Mrs. War
ren Hart.
One of the negroes confessed to
the crime and said the motive was
robbery. R)b3itson and Henry
were arrested Wednesday follow
ing the discovery of the body of
Warren Hart. His wife was lying
nearby in a dying condition. The
murders took place near Frazier,
the home of the Harts.
The crime of which the negroes
were accused was committed just
at daylight Wednesday, as some
one attacted Hart as he went
from his house to feed his stock.
His head was crushed. The mur
derers then went to the kitchen of
the Hart home, where
Mrs. Hart
1 . i -e . 1 ,
tacked her with an axe, leaving
her for dead.
Mrs. Hart was found on the
floor with a fork in her hand and
the breakfast which she had cook
ed burned into a crisp. She died
late last night.
The purpose of the assault is
belived to have been robbery, as
the Harts were known to have
about $1,000 in the house. The
murderers did not get the money.
News of the murder spread quick
ly through the section, and in the
vicinity of Empire, a village
near the scene of the murder,
there was the most intense excite
ment. mamsBMBr
Bishop Duucao's Funeral.
Spartanbug, S. C, March 4.
The funeral of Bishop W. W.
Duncan was held this afternoon in
Central 31ethodist church. The
church was crowded with sor
rowing friends, many ministers
from cities throughout the State
being present.' Among the prom
inent churchmen present were
Bishop E. E. Hoss, of Tennessee
James Atkins of North Carolina
and Candler of Georgia, who as
sisted in the service. The funeral
oration .was preached by Rev. Dr.
J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity
College, N. C, who paid a beauti
ful tribute to the life and charac
ter of the deceased. Among the
selections rendered by the choir
were "Consider and Hear Men,"
"Never Alone," and . "How
Firm a Foundatson," favorite
hymns of the bishop. The inter
ment was in Oakwood cemetery.
Both Good Men.
(Lexington Dispatch.)
Noting the admiration expressed
by The Dispatch for Mr. Locke
Craig's conduct as a candidate for
the office of governor the Char
lotte Chronicle says we might have
added a word for Mr. Home, on
the same ground. True, we could
have. We were writing of Mr.
Craigr Mr. Home deserves the
same commendation given Mr.
Craig. Both are conducting a
dignified, admirable campaign.
Rings Little liver Pilla for biliousness
and sick-headache. They clean the sys
t m and clear the skin. Price 25c. Try
u.em. Sold by Martin Drug Co.
Coniactor
180 SCHOOL
CHILDREN BURNED.
Caofnt In Ul-FiteJ BalMla. tbe
Little Tots Meet Horrible Death.
Cleveland, O., March 5. One
hundred and sixty five lives, all
but two of them were children
between the ages of 5 and 15, arc
known to have been lost in the
tire which yesterday destroyed the
public school in Pnorth Collinwood.
oeverai otners are sun missing
and their bodies mav possiblv be
in the ruins
It probably will be several davs
before the exact number of the
dead will be- accurately deter
mined.
Of the 165 bodies recoverd, 108
i -'"v"-"
have been identified. The remain-
- 1 intr Iwlipc m cn ML-anon
, - .u .vvuvUi UJ
Mi tp. nnrf cmnbA hottro anA
bruised bv trftmnlintr feet that it
is onlv hp mpgnc enmo orMo
I -"J vmJ uvuv u. I'VlVi
of wearing apparel that their iden-
l tiKr on aaa'nA
I wllitu.
tk0 o.,cq r k u;u
aided by a frantic panic,' narrow
i nanway ana aoors which it is
claimed, by many, were made to
open inward, still is a mystery.
It was at first supposed it came
from an overheated furnace or an
exploded boiler in the basement.
It has been established there was
no explosion.
L. It. Gardner, member of the
school board, is positive in his as
sertion that the fire was of incen
diary origin. There was no elec
tric light wires in the portion of
the building where the fire started.
There were between 310 and 350
pupils, the sch"boI was overcrowd
ed.
The teachers retained their self
possession and showed great cour
age in the face of imminnet death
For supreme horror, the scenes
enacted around the rear door of
the ill-fated school house have had
few parallels. Little school chil
dren lay six and eight deep, while
men and women struggled with
desperation to release them-until
they were compelled to give way
before the flame and smoke.
One woman found her daughter
in this press and tried to keep the
flames away, but the child was
burned to death while the mother
looked on.
The front door never was fully
opened, but a dense pile of little
Ixxlieslay in the blackened wreck-
i . t . i .
ag oeneath this point.
When the fire broke out the
teachers promptly formed the pu
pils in columns of march, accord
ing tqthe fire drill, but when the
head of the column was nearing
the front door a rush of flames
met it and some of the children
dashed at the door in an effort to
open it, while others turned and
fled wildly up the stairs.
The column above kept pressing
down and within a few seconds
there was a jam, panic and strug
gle on the stairway and behind the
half closed front door that noth
ing could stop, which cost the
lives oiall caught withinin it.
A far worse tragedy was enacted
at the door in the rear. This, it
is claimed, opened inward like the
front door. In order to reach this
entrance the pupils were compelled
to march down the stairway, make
a sharp turn in the narrow hall
and so to the door. It was the
lack of space in the hall and the
sharp bend at the foot of the stairs
that cost so many lives at this
point.
Fleeing from the fire in front,
the children came rushing and
tumbling down stairs in a frenzy
of terror. At the bottom of the
stairs somebody tripped and fell.
In an other instantothers were down
and in less time than it can be told
the doorway hall and foot of the
stairs were packed with little bod
ies; wedged so tight that the res
cuers struggled and fought until
their own hands were scorched
almost to cinders and still could
move no child from out of the pile
and could save no lives beyond a
few that they lifted from the top.
AH the while, until death closed
their lips, the children were shreak
ing for aid. .
A few of the women stood by
holding the hands of the little
ones until" the flames drove them
away.
While agonized men were strug
gling in the doorway and frantic
mothers were standing by, they
could see smoke rising up from
the floor and floating away above
the heads of the children. Outside
women dropped to the ground in
swoons.
So great was the mass of chil
dren at one point that when the
floor fell through the top of the
heap of blackened bodies reached
from the basement floor to the
level of the ground.
As the day wore on the belief
became general that the number of
dead wiH reach 180.
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SUNDAY. MARCH 15.
The Lesson. Jesus heals a man
born blind. John 9:1-12. Read
carefully the entire chapter.
ti olden Text.! am the I xrht
ot the world." John 9:5.
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Place. The pool of Siloam, at
Jerusalem.
lime. Six months after the
last lesson, October, A. D. 29.
At the feast of the Tabernacles.
Toward the close of the third year
of the ministry of Christ
CONNECTION.
The last lesson closed with John
6:51. Many events and many
glorious truths are recorded in
the accounts given by the sacred
writings of the intervening
months. In studying these lessons
read the connecting scripture in
John's Grospel as well as Matt. 15,
16, 17, and 18, Mark 7, 8, 9.
Luke 9: 18-62. The chronology of
this part of Jesus life is very un
certain.
LESSON STORY.
Perhaps a week after the scene
recorded at the close of the eighth
chapter of John, Jesus finds a man
sitting as a beggar at one of the
gateways of the Temple. Even now
it is the custom for the lame and
blind to sit and beg at the doors
of the cathedrals and churches ot
Europe. This beggar is blind
and has been from his birth.
The Jews believed that misfor
tune always came as a punishment
of sin but this position was not
well taken as the students of the
book of Job are well aware. One
of the disciples, seeing the man.
and doubtlestj wondering and think
ing concerning the problems of
luinan suffering questions the
Master. Was this sent because
of early transgression:. this man
was born blind; his punishment
precluded the possibility of per
sonal transgression. Was he the
victim of parental wrong-doing?
In his reply Jesus does not teach
that there is no such thing as suf
fering for individual hereditary
sin. When men break the great
moral laws of human life they in
volve themselves and their child
ren in life-long suffering. Jesus
tells the disciples that in this case
the misfortune was not the result
of sin. We should be careful
that in our passage tftxough the i
world that we be rather inclined to
help the unfortunate out of the
difficulty than to discuss with him
him the history of the past which
has brought him so low. The
answer of Jesus continues with
another truth. All suffering is an
opportunity for the exhibition of
the power and love and mercy of
God. The words of Jesus are
still with us today and precious
words they are, meaning much
more than the restoration of the
eye-sight. "As long as I am in
the world. I am the light of the
world." The light of heaven
needed by each in our darkness,
Jesus brings to us. Jesus him
self, with his character, his teach
ings, his works, reveals to us the
Father, with his law, love and
mercy. More than this Jesus is
the light which shows us the way
through this world and on to the
better World beyond. After
the conversation with his disciples
Jesus heals the man. With spit
tle mixed with clay, Jesus an
noints the sightless eyes and tells
the man to go to the pool and
wash. He went, washed and
came seeing. The pool of Siloam
is in the valley of Kidron, south
of the Temple area and about
1200 feet southwest from the
fountain of the Virgin from which
there flows the stream of water
through a rock-cut acqueduct to
the pool of Siloam. The pool was
about 70 feet square and was sur-r
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rounded by an orcade. Water
was used from this pool for tho
celebration of tho feast of the
Tabernacles. Following tho mir
acle there is opposition. First,
because Jesus worked on tho Sab
bath and second, because the mir
acle tended to confirm Jesus as
the Messiah. The proof of the
miracle is found in tho testimony of
the neighbors who knew the man
and in the testamony of the man
himself. "Qne thing I know,
that, whereas I was blind, now I
see." The following verses tell tho
interesting story of the debate be
tween the Jews and the blind man.
Study carefully this part of the
chapter.
ILLUSTRATIVE
The chapter falls easily into
three divisions: 1. The Healing.
2. Theluquisionof the Pharasoes.
3. The conversion of the blind
man.
It was a prayer service in a
prominent city church. A man of
culture and education, a visitor in
the city was invited by his friend
to attend. The host hojed that
the best speakers would take part
in the service that night and they
did, but before the meeting closed,
one of the plain men arose and
said, hesitatingly, "Mv friends,
I havent much to say, but I do
want to say that I love the Ixml
Jesus Christ with all my heart
and I want everybody to have the
same comfort in his love that I
have." The host was sorry that
the higher plane t the meeting
had been marred and sorry on
account of the visiting friend.
On the way homo he talked of
one of the more finished addresses
and asked his friend if he did not
enjoy it. "Yes, it was very well
said the friend, "but the man
that told of his love for the
Christ took hold of my heart."
The simple testimony of tho blind
beggar is the most effective.
The night cometh when no
man can work. me uay or op
portunity passes, never to return,
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune ;
Omitted, all the voyage of their lives
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
The last sentence formed by the
lips of Cecil Rhodes was this: S
much to do; goodbye." Do you
ever think like this: "After that-
the dark." "We shall never pass
this way again!" It is an awful
thing that so many of us make so
little mark on the world.
"Very much of our growth and
progress depends on better seeing
seeing more of the meaning of
God's word, seeing (iod, seeing
eternal realities, seeing the pur
pose of life, seeing opportunities
of doing good, seeing letter ideals
and possibilities." Heaven and
earth, so full of blessings and
truths, and opportunities and glo
ries, are of ten invisible to us, as
the chariots and horses defending
Elisha were to his servant.
Nor do we
"See the helpers God. has sent.
And how life' ruirfred mounktin uln
Is white with many an angel teut."
He stood before the Sanhedrim;
The scowling rabbis gazed at him;
He' recked not their praise or blsme;
There was no fear, there was no shnine
For one wboe dazzled eyes
The whole world
poured
its vast sur-
prise.
And I am he.
For I was blind, but now I see.
He told his story o'er and o'er;
It was his full heart's only lore;
A prophet on the sabbath day
Hath touched his sightless eyes
with
clay. : .. '
And made him see, who had been buna.
I know not what this man may be,
Sinner or saint; but as for me,
trae thing I know, that I am he
Who enca was blind, ana now i s-e.
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