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tHmrmnffffrrFffftf LOOK! Ml J jnwn tT t? I'P'jJ !)s;Kllll3AaV Tis Dt tbnrt t wbm jvu nbKrtptlM h nVJ. If n bektrt. si ! ti MMMt. A mist to tk wis s Ik ad rtitoailte. to sarffclMt. fit ttftS4 ubllshed Every Tuesday. WADESB0R0. N. C. JUNE 30. 1908. VOLUME 3. NUMBER 5 J I, JJ rvfr 1 I V7 s 5 . : Editorial Comment Mr. CloeUnJ. I. I I t 1 I . . iu't juvru, mi m -1 a Iiuht f ( inn cr Cleveland, ti,.- r.ti'uiir 1 1 1 1 f ul tri- t iu:n I t-t w ''k : Th 'ii.li will n 1 surpri"! by th ann'un nnt'iit f the death of Mr. fr-r 1 eland. Tho event hd l-n anticipatcil anl i fr r- I lnjer tlian many if lu fnrnU had exHxted. It " r-irr tlHl-lf t!ut in the order of nature Mirh mn rannt live fir'Ver hut in that onfer this irreat t nwvn had r'nthf the rid when Heath w .. I:ih1 anl rejunini: on arruunt of it were vain and flih. Curm''. ! Senectute vv Knethin hLe this that the . L-ntli of :n oi l man i a natural vent whilf that of a yuni man t-. a- if a U-kii of destruction hal et o er the lanl. Mr. Cleve I uid hl reai he.1 the ae when leath follows n.iturally. In the maturity of lu .u r hi intel httuil foret unatKtted. he lays in the hurden ( life arnl j;ns to jm the mtjoritv . I'm nmtan forlid that tri oitle hi h the event Mii.'l'et, an' 4 trioute of wird. wotild, after all. .uireroiration. Trie work f tin- mat ill linger in hitcoun trH history. His re-op is a tnl etnordtnary one. Few j.re-si. lents have iasve through si.. !i a jwrn-1 of storm atl strips, trfl whatever els.' ne may think of him none will deny that he met the rtss. m ht rmvr with Mivrl i oiirak'e. ith a nerve which never fviters nor faihl. I "Mrtel, hy hts fwrt v . left fnenIIs.s atnorur I'ttlle. Mn'tnifs. he folowel with serrmtv the hard .th f dutj" and left, unhonori anl unatterulel. at the erl of hts srond term, the ajuto to which he had l""t-n wel- otrvsl I tit a i-y us lfore hy the irlad acclaim f sliutin thou sands. Thank (iil that he lived In vf his vindication! However morry ct Jr cet mot than our. Thy ,5n. wk( at much re3 tap. tb ocvier it do brtr. it tdm a lorrt timm t iKorrt if it is kt thaa oar BANK MONEY OKDFRS. Southern Savings Bank. OUR SALE SUCCEEDING People know staple goods when they see them and since we have cut the price, they are coming our way. I am going to sI! Men's and Boys' Suits, Plaid, Colored Uri.v Gingham, Calicos etc.. heretofore carried by the Gray Grocery i. I am jut overstocked in these goods nnd must s.'II them. S. from June 1st to July 1st Price will greatly reduced ami some bargains in real valuer will I the tune here. How are these. Ladies' Oxfords $!.. kind at !.!. .. kiml at 1.50. X00 kind at 2.i. In tan. Men's Oxfords M ku d 4t kind at 3.00. 3.C") kind at 4J.50. Pru-rs on all othr shoes reduced from 4J5 to 50 per cent? lUns' Panu selling at from 10 cents to $1.00. Men's Pants 1. on up. Men's Shirts, negligee, from '-' cents to I.lie ar.d GenLs Underwear greatly reduced. S. J. HAIRE Sucuuor to CRAY GROCERY CO. Have You Seen DAIN Vertical Uft Slower The easiest managed and lightest running mawrr - . Perfectly Ulanced and the frame, with simplicity. If you are going to buy a mower, you had better Rpcnu a iew m,nut .mining the DAIS 6nU B. G. COVINGTON'S tly may deny it all know in their hearts that Cleve- I I i . 1 1 i . i iKiHi m ncni an me ume anu Uiat though lie sacrificed himself hit unexampled nerve save! his countrv in his swot id term from what was perlians the greatest dls- ater tliat ever threatene.1 it. The ungrateful ieoie. most of all the rcrcani ."xuin. musi stanu at nis ! . .. . . . . .1.1 ojwn jrrave toilay with conflicting emotions. To tliis nothini: need 1 alded exceit tliat in Novemlier, 1h6, Harvanl University celebrated thel two hundml and Hftietli anniver sary of its founding arxl that President Cleveland attended the ceremonies; that on this occasion James Mussel Iiwell delivered a matmitkent oration, concluding with this reference to the Presi dent: TIis presence is a signal honor to us all, and to all I may say a iersona! irrati heat ion. We have no politics here, but 'the sons of Harvanl all Udong to the party which admires courage, strength of purpose and fidelity to duty. He has left the helm of late to lie with us here, and so long as it is entrusted to his hands we are sure that, should the storm come, he will sav with .'senecas pilot, '(). Neptune! You may save me if vou will; you may sink me if you will; hut whatever hap- Ins, I shall keep my true. rudder The spirit of prophecy was uixn the siieaker. The storm came and the pilot kept his rudder true. Gl rvst him! The shaft at Kinir's Mountain will lie ready for unveiling in Oc tober. The monument will be made of North Carolina granite. It will be 115 feet in height and about 21 feet square at base. He Cot Whit Be MeeieJ. "Nin Team msro it lookM a if my of IiU Or-k In.l TVr. 1 I wu o ran town that life hun to a very Mender threa.1 It ww then rov drmnost r- btU and I iroi what I need.! :l?rBJkri tarf airaiu and I re Wn well ererlyouth he clerked unrf." under jruarnatee at Par- ria rrnir li .W. OFriCEHS: John T. L. Cudl. V. Prwi.; wiriA iv. t I vv . m. jiarrcra. i . . . i . C.hier. W. P. l-dhett-r. A vis taut Cashier. DllECT0S: Fred J. Core. J. W. txlom. W. T. IUw. W. O. It-nnett, Jr. C. W. Thcwuaa. W. T. Druangton. John W (inlleJire. J. S. Webb. T. Antin. F. XL Hiihtower. D A. Mc- (Irecor. John T. Patrick. S. M. Clarke. Peter Jones. Geo. T. Doyett. ...... . ' l It Sahrcnt ficVunrr Th statement re- while ngm, cornu.m Ca t sn t r?,""G ROVER CLEVELAND IS DEAD . - .. UCS auaaeniy Or RCari ITOUDIB-a onei oummury u. Eventful Life. Grover Celveand, twice president of the United States and before his Mti, iirmrraT.rlont -- f " 1 died at 8.40 o'clock Wednesday morning at his home in Princeton, r. J. He had lived there in pri vate life for 12 years and though he had not enjoyed (rood health for two years, he was thought to be recovering somewhat his usual strength. The immediate cause of death was heart trouble, and though attended by the best phy- . a. sicians, tney were able to give him no relief. He was conscious until about two hours before bis death and passed away in perfect quiet. Just before he died he sought to say something but his words were inaudible. Perhaps the death of no other citizen would have shocked the country more or caused more heart-felt sympathy. Flags at Washington city are at half-mast for thirty days and at nearly every capital in the United States official note was taken of this great man's death. Governor Glenn sent a special telegram ex pressing his sympathy to Mrs. Cleveland. A special proclama tion was issued by President Roosevelt to the iieople of the United States. The President at - tended the funeral in company with many leaders of his party. Sincere friends and admires, ir respective of political affiliations, I - m expressed sympathy on hearing of l,,e (,eaui- Stephen urover Cleveland was v. t..k ofl I83i. and was therefore 1 years early at his death. In in a country teacher in later a the New Jcrsy institution lor the bund. lie was aumiueu 10 me i. . . ... Kq- ,n iH5i'i nH wa antointerl as sistant district attorney of r.ne county in 1863. He was defeated for the office of district attorney in 18C5 and was elected sheriff for the same county In 1870. He was mavor of Buffalo in 1881 and governor or rsew iorK in lonz. He was elected president of the United States in 1884 and defeat ed for the same office in 1888. He was married to Miss Francis Folsom in the White house in 1886 and was again elected presi dent of the United States in 1892. He settled the Venezula boundary dispute in 1895 and after leaving the White House in 18, lived the life of a private citizen at his home in Princeton, New Jersey. Something of his brilliant ca reer is told in the following ex tracts from an article by liober tus Love: The most distinguished private citizen in the world, said a cele brated Republican ex-Smator, in troducing G rover Cleveland at the it. Louis world fair in iyu,j. Nobody disputed the character!- zation. Mr. Cleveland had spent two full terms in the White House divided by an interim of private citzenship, and he had survived his retirement for years. He was not like an ordinary ex-President, who retires from one term or from two terms served consecu tively. This man had suffered defeat after victory. This record is unique in our history. It ad ded to that high distinction which inheres in any man who has held the greatest elective office in the gift of the world's nations, it made him indisputably the most distinguished private citizen in the world. Earlv in life Mr. Cleveland discarded his first name, Stephen. rherefore he could not be called Steve by the people of the United States. But as the one great na tional character of hts day he be came respectfully and affectionate ly known as Urover. Everybody was interested in knowing what G rover was doing it his Prince ton home. When Grover went fishing, everybody wanted to know bow many he caught and if they were cats, suckers or floun der. -When Grover , went duck hunting, everybody waited eager ly to learn how many he bagged. Counting: at any rate, from the time be urst became resident. Mr. Cleveland never evinced any of the personal magnetism quali ties which are calculated to make people think of him by his first name, much less to leaayize it- Mr. Cleveland was always a dig nified person. More than that, he was essentially austere and pon derous. Of course he may have been quite otherwise when he 7 Dubfic appearances. He Impression of being la mountainous mass of mind, m0ving slowly, but surely, toward .u ummj pm. u . - nd went into camp. He did not get there by jumps oi- jerks, by . m:- impulsive catching at conclusions. but by the laborous method of feeling his wayjmd treading care fully, though perhaps not softly. President Cleveland was a big thinking machine in constant op eration, but so well oiled that he made no unnecessary noise. He took his work so seriously and found it so exacting that no time was left him for tne ligter side of things, even if he had had the in clination. Yet he was not always devoid of humor. It is said that all the Presidents together up to Mr. Cleveland's time did not leave so many state papers in their own handwriting as did this hard worker. Mr. Cleveland insisted upon attending personally to many affairs which other Presidents turned over to their secretaries. His mind work ed best through his arm and his finger tips. His messages to Con gress he wrote with his own hand, as, in fact, all his important state papers. Thus nobody could charge him with being a dictator. From his boyhood Mr. Cleve land manifested those traits of iron courage which may be term ed self confidence, so characteris tic of his official career. Young G rover's first job away from home was a clerkship in a school for the blind. Fanny Crossby, the noted hymn writer, herself, blind, was a teacher there. Young Cleveland used to assist her by taking down her poems in handwriting. ; Mr. Cleveland made his own " . . way in the world. His father, a Presbyterian minister, died when Grover was sixteen. The boy after his brief experience in the school for the blind started for for Cleveland, O. It is said that the name of that city was its cheif attraction for him. But he he visited an uncle in Buffalo on his way West and was induced to remain in that city. Grover's mother when he left home gave him a little Bible.. Daniel La mont, who was private secretary to Governor Cleveland and later a member of President Cleveland's cabinet, told a highly interesting storj' of this Bible. "I first saw it," said Mr. La mont, "on a table in Mr. Cleve land's law office in Buffalo. When Mr. Cleveland became Governor, the little Bible was generally to be seen on the bureau in his bed room in Albany. Just before his inauguration as president I found the book in his rooms at the Arl ington Hotel, Washington, and carried it to Chief Justice Waite, requesting him to use it when he swore the new Chief Magistrate into office." Aboui 40,000 witnesses saw Grover Cleveland press his mother's gift to his lips on that memorable occasion. The late Senator Ingalls, him self a brilliant orator, once con fessed that he was stricken dumb with wonderment by Mr. Cleve land's display of self-confidence at his first inauguration. ith 40, 000 people in hearing and 70,000, 000 waiting to read the words he was about to utter, this man, al together new to V ashmgton and to the national arena, stood forth to deliver his inaugural address offhand. He held in the palm of his left hand a scrap of visiting card on which he had noted the merest catchwords of his address. The sight of this scrap of card caused Senator Ingalls to say: "Suppose his memory had failed him. Such things happen to speakers skilled by a lifetime of experience, and why not to Cleve land, a novice in the art. Yet he stood there with all the confidence of a prophet of old, and without manuscript spoke for an hour to 70,000,000 people." This courage, this self-confidence characterized his entire career as President He seemed always pre hand, and when he got his gun before hand, and when he-, got ready to fire he fired. . During his first term he vetoed ,413 'bills. This unprecedented exercise of veto power astounded Congress and made the people sit up and take notice. No adverse criticism swerved him. Among the bills vetoed were 297 private pensions. Cleveland, who helped to support his mother during the war on a meager salary as assistant prosecu tor in Buffalo, had hired a substi tute when he was drafted into the army. This was brought up against him by indignant Grand Army men, but ne believed that the pen sion bills-he was vetoing were im proper under the laws, and he ig nored the insinuations. Mr. Cleveland devoted his entire congressional message in 1887 to the tariff. He . characterized the the existing tariff laws as vi- cious, mequitaoie ana niogicai. His bold stand for a reduction of duties contributed largely to his defeat for re-election the ; next year, though he received a major ity of the popular vote. It was in his second term that Mr. Cleveland's policy or princi ple of standipg pat with his own convictions split his party, wide open and made bim millions of political enemies. He was unal terably in favor of the gold stand ard. In the sttmmer of 1893 be called a special session of Congress to repeal the Sherman act requir ing the government to. make pur chase of silver bullion. Succeed ing chapters in the monetary strug gle are of such recent history tha it is umceessarj to mention them Perhaps the one actof Presiden Cleveland which aroused the deep est indignation in some quarters and evoked the highest commen dation in other quarters was the sending of Federal troops to Chi cago during the great railroad strike of 1894 to prevent obstruc tion of United States mails" against the protest of Governor Altgeld of Illinois, who held that his State forces were adequate to cope with the situation. His vigorous assertion of the Monroe doctrine in the Venezue lan boundary case, even to the extent of inviting war with Great Britan, swept away partisan prej udices for a time and made Pres ident Cleveland a national hero. 4 A public office is a public trust," in seven words, is Mr. vvwveiana s nooiest literary crea tion. Time softens even political as perities. It is yet too early for unbiased history to be written around the Cleveland ad minis tra tions, but one may venture the prediction that, when the scroll of history is made up on the list of the greater American Presidents will be the name of Grover Cleve land, "the most distinguished pri vate citizen in the world" for many years towards the end or of the nineteenth and the begin ning of the twentieth century. THE TWO CONVENTIONS Mr. Dooley's Opplnlon of the Way Botb Great Parties Act. (Mr. Dooleyin The American Magazine) "Well, sir," said Mr. Dooley, I'd like to go out to Denver. No, I didn't go to th' recent Kosenfelt gratification meeting in our beau tiful city. I niver wanted to go to a Republican convention any- how. "Tis no good. "There's a sign on th' dure readin' "This way to th' candy- date,' a Republican clargyman prays to a Republican Providence to keep us Dimmycrats out iv offices intinded f'r th' use iv Re publicans, th' platform is taken an' passed around out iv th' can among th' d illy gates, th' conven tion nommynates a man that lrvy- body outside iv New York . knew was going to oe nommynated a year ago last Christmas, ivrybody sings 'Th' Star-Spangled Banner' an' other Republican ballards, an' thin, goes to their peaceful an' onintherestin' homes an' begins to pile up thim returns fr'in Northern New York an' Western Piunsylva nia that will cause th' Dimmycratic hosts in th' streets next iliction night to assult th' United States mail wagons. Ye say there were ructions at th' convention th' other day. 1 don't belive it. If there were they were conducted accord in to Roberts rules iv order. "But 'tis different with us Dim mycrats. Nobody ever knows what we are goin' to do, an' we don't. "We may fight on th' side walk an' embrace on th' platform, an' fight again on th' way home. No man can say what anny ten Dimmycrats will do whin they gather together f'r th' good iv th' country in a hall. "Yes, sir, I want to go out to Denver an' I wud go, too, if th' railroad firemen wud adopt this let-us-alone policy, an' not chuck lumps iv coal at a gentleman on th' blind baggage. "Faith, I can see th' Dimmy crats now gatherin' frm far an' near. Bands are crashin down th' street, good Dimmycratic bands, playin' out iv chune an' so that nobody can keep step with their music, if ahnybody wants to to, which nobody does. Ye have J to put ye'er name down days in advance to get a drink at th' bar. Th' lobbies iv th' hotels are full iv Tammany men, splendid fellows with stovepipe hats an' with acet- yline lamps in their shirt fronts, . a i an tney are lenin now aisy lvery- thing is if ye know how." The acting Secretay of War, Robert L. Oliver, a few days ago made known President Roosevelt's plans for a standing army of 250,- 000 men to be divided into 8 corps, in hopes or being ready in two years or less for any em ergency. Volunteers from each State to be trained in eight dif ferent training camps. Pinesalve C&rbolized acts like a poul tice. Quick relief for bites and stings of insects, chipped skin, cuts, burns and sores, t&n and sunburn. Martin Drug Co. Gov. Ansel of South Carolina has decided to attend the campaign meetings ani meet the attacks of his opponent. Senator Cole L. B lease. He spoke at Barnwell Friday and will attend as many of the remaining meetings as the duties of the office will permit. There is no general feeling that he will be beaten but newspapers and many of his other friends urged him to meet the attacks of Mr. Blease. Sick Headache and Biliousness re lieved at once with Rings Little Liver Pills. A rosy complexion and clear eyes result rrom uxetr use. uo not gripe or sicken. Good for all the fam ily. Martin Drug Co. STATE AND CENERAL NEWS The handsome North Carolina! building at the Jamestown Expo sition was sold June 20 for $5,000. Zack Kinghton, aged 130 years. died at his home near Woodruff Wednesday. He was active upj to a short time before his death. John D. Rockefeller will write the story of his life. He will give to the world briefly his mo tives, early struggles and ideas of doing good. v niie attempting to ho do an Atlantic Coast Line train a few days ago in Washington, a ten- year-old boy was injured and af terwards died. Governor Glenn has completed his speech seconding the nomina tion of Mr. Bryan. He will be first among the seconders, of whom u :n u i tucic mil uu acvciai. farmer living eight miles south of Greensboro, committed suicide bv cutting his throat with a pocket knife. The cause is unknown. , , . , . , un JUiy i, tne Sixteen Dig Dat- uesnips, wnicn steamed i,uuu il l t 1 A 1 A - - y-v I miles from JNew lork to Ualifor- nia last winter, will start on their for the people but it was imper return journey by way of the Pa- fect because of the limitations cific Ocean and Suez Canal. Representative J. S. Sherman, Republican vice-presidential candi date, who has been dangerously ill in Cleveland, Ohio, has been re covering rapidly since Thursday, and it is thought that he will soon be out again. A thorough investigation of the causes oi tuoercuiosis win he A.I Ml 1 undertaken at Fort Atkinson, WTis., by experts of the State College of Agriculture. Several cattle will be killed to test the rav ages of the germ. Jim Crump, a negro convict, at tempted suicide at a convict camp near Salisbury last week. He made a six-inch incision in his throat with a razor, but Dr. Foust sewed up the wound and he seems to be out of danger. The first bale of cotton of the season was shipped from Texas to New York. It first brought 54 cents per pound and was sold in New York for 35 cents. It will be shipped to Liverpool, where it will probably be sold within 10 days. The trustees of the Baptist or- phanage were in annual session ast week at Thomasville. The reports this year show a larger number of children than ever cared for before. The Noah Rich- ardson Library and the Infirmary are both nearing completion. Clarence H. Poe, editor of theL",0?"'? J.Z Progressive Farmer, has gone to Europe and expects to return about September 1st. While vis ing England, Scotland, Belgium, France and Germany, he will make a special study of agricul tural conditions and methods and, upon his return, write a series of article on these subjects. The United States Government will investigate into the causes of disasters in the American coal mines in hope that humanity might be more protected from present frightful deaths, becre- tary of the Interior Garfield ap- proved of the plans made, and by August 1st the Interior Depart- ment will have an experiment station in Pittsburg, Pa. Tbe Next Legislature. (Charity and Children.) It behooves the people of North ; Carolina to be on their guard, Mr. RjiiW nointed out last week the dantrer of electing a wet" Tptr c atnrft and the weakening, if . . I not entirelv destrovins the force of our prohibition law. It would be a strange thing indeed if the fruits of our glorious victory were thus snatched from our firraso. Wft annrehend no such calamitv. and vet there is. of course, a no's- sibility of it. It will not do for us to get too "broad" and vote for wet" candidates to nullity the registered will of the people. I ou Many men do likewise. He at may always know where a man is tempted too much. All that he who does not openly commit him- self to prohibition, tie is as wet as a dog. A prohibitionist is not ashamed to own the cause. ie stands four-square on this issue at least, nowever ne may woddib on other matters. The primaries will settle this question. It will be too late to do anything after the nomi nations are made. It is easy enough to secure proper candi dates if the people will only at tend the primaries.. Wake and Wilkes and Johnston will likely send men to represent their views; the dry counties must do the same. Liquor dies hard. It . is all the time on the watch. The liquor henchmen are busy as bees night and day. But we have got them down and out at last, and it will be the easiest thing in the world to keep them out if we will exer cise the least foresight and pru dence. The law we have must be strengthened, not weakened. Its defects must be remedied, not multiplied. Whatever the failings of our next general assembly, it must be as sound as a dollar on the temperance question. It cer tainly will be if the moral forces send men who represent their views. - SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Ccndistsd Dy SUNDAY, JULY 5. Lesson Text: "Israel Asks For a King" I. Samuel 8:10-22. Read the entire chapter. Golden Text: "By me, kings and princes decree justice" Prov. 8:15. Time: About 1100-1095 B. C. Place: Ramah, a few miles north west of Jerusalem. EXPOSITION If we are to understand the pe riod that closed the regime of the judges and inaugurated the king dom, it will be necessary that we bear in mind that Samuel was the most important of the men after Moses. In his boyhood he had a reputation as a prophet, and as the i . , i , , the Judge, or Ruler, of the peo- Pie- It was exceedingly difficult to discharge this duty and as the country was not free, it could not oe seit-governing. 1 he rand was largely in subjection to the Phihs tines, who had tronh ed thft conn try since the days of Samson. Samuel had done, reat service which he found himself powerless to remove. His authority was not complete, it was largely personal and spirtual. In every city there were local judges, but Samuel was the final court of appeal in all complicated cases. He was sup posed to be judge from Dan to Beersheba" but as a matter of fact he was compelled to make only a narrow circuit of cities. His work as the head of the school of the prophets demanded much time and attention. With too much on his hands, like Moses, he neglected many important and es sential things. He placed his sons in Beersheba as the local judges and their bad behavior brought him shame. They were greedy, dishonest and partial and the peo- had a real grievance when they came to him, an 1 the elders of the land and they had the right to take the matter in hand. Samuel did not fin fauIt witn tne complaint. His protest was against the pro- Psea remedy. Kemcmper that a 1116 sarae umo tne eiaers were pot altogether fair with bamuel. -Lhey asked lor a king, lhey were really tired oi bamuel. oamuei nrst prayea aoout it. lie discovers that their request for a king is a deeper wrong against God, for the plan as proposed rep- udiates God's kingship over Israel, When he tells the people this. they only the more insistently cry "Give us a king!" Samuel tried to deter them by telling them what a , , o , f. m.A ,a xui o LAviA ca iiiiig viivj' n vuiu lit v v to pay a heavy price. This people, at this time, were a nation tribe of nations, loosely bound together, with no particu lar national feeling. They saw what other nations were doing and were envious. The Philis tines, their enemies, had recently chosen a king, and this probably suggested the idea to the elders, The people refused to hear Samuel and still demaned a king. They would belike other peoples; they would be free from the adminis tration of Samuel's sons; and they would win back their independance if only they had a king to lead them. Samuel continued to do all he could to change the purpose and demand of the elders. Prayer. protest, argument and prophecy were of no avail. Then he yielded, but before settling the matter he once more took the matter to God and there received the assurance that so tar as he was concerned all ii mi i . wouia oe wen. ne new condition brings up new questions for which there is no answer at this time. v no was the king to be, or in wnafc manner he was to be chosen Wftre matters ror miner considera tion. feamuel sends the people home, while he considers these matters. PRACTICAL. Samuel made on mistake. did was good. His influence for cood contined in Isreal. The proohecies of Samuel did not come during his lifetime, but they did coVne to pass. No change r OUR SAVINGS BANK is not restricted in the scope of its patronage. It is broad enough to accomodate all, and HERE ARE IT'S PATRONS: 1 The young folks with their small savings. 2 The breadwinner striving to accumulate a fund to procure a home or a competency for old age. 3 The well-to-do, for the convenience afforded and the income provided. 4 Those with idle funds awaiting other investments. THE BANK OF WADESB0R0 Special Editor. should be made with simply a thought of immediate results. Imitation is sometimes a sin. Resistance and non-conformity are oftimes a duty. These people desired to imitate their neighbors. How far were they justified in this? To relieve the situation docs not necessarily mean to change it rad ically. The charfge may bo worse than the present situation. Rest lessness is by no means a sign that a change would be advisable. Israel was not content with its condition. "Dazzled by the tin- selry of the courts of the heathen and tired of their own simple and inexpensive forms and maybe even ashamed of them, they began to long to be like their neighbors." Just so it is today. We long to be like other people. Beware, it may mean sin. The Lord Kints each man to the path of duty and safety and urges man to pursue it. Some persistently refuse and God allows them to follow their own way and eat the fruit of their own doings. There is serious danger in having "your own way." The Jews, when clamoring for the death of Jesus cried, "His blood be on us and our children." They have borne that burning burden all the days! 'Like the Israelites, wo aro tempted to insist on our own wills and choices, when wisdom would make us say "thy will bo done." All insisting on our own will is really tantamount to rejecting God. We can neither have two masters nor two confidences. The divine dealing with the faithless recreants is a specimen of what he often does for us. He lets us have our foolish desires and so find out our mistakes." Maclaren. An impious will was this. Con trary to God's will. God's will is our peace. It is also our wisdom our, prosperity and our happiness We should always ask, What is Gods will concerning mc? When we ascertain this, the other things should get out of the way. The victory of salvation from sin was won 'toy our Saviour us ho said, "Not my will, but thine, be done." In the .spirit of the Getlisemano prayer alone can wo win victories over sin. There is no sin that docs not cross the will of God and there is nothing harmonious with His will that is or can be sin. ILLUSTRATIVE It is human to wish to bo as others. To follow leaders. There fore should the Christ-man or the Christ-woman be careful of the life. Others may be following you I More often Is the world led by foot-prints than by guide boards. Like Otbers. Joe came homo with his clothes, and even his little curls, all wringing wet. "Just knew the ice wasn't strong enough 1" he grumbled. "Then why did you slide?" ask ed aunty. " 'Cause all the other boys did," said Joe; "so I had to, or they'd laugh." His aunt gave him dry clothes, sat him down behind the stove, and made him drink hot ginger tea. Then she told him a story. "When I was a little girl, Joe, my father had a great flock of sheep. They were queer things; where one went, all the rest fol lowed. One day the big ram found a gap in the fence, and ho thought it would be fun to seo what was in the other field. So he jumped, without looking where he was going, and down he tumbled to the bottom of an old dry well, where father used to throw stones and rubbish. The next sheep never stopped to see what had become of him, but jumped right after, and the next, and the next, although father tried to drive them back, and Watch,' the old sheep-dog, barked his very loudest. But they just kept on jumping and . jumping, till the well was full. Then father had to pull them out as fast as he could; and the sheep at the bottom of the well were almost smothered to death." "My! What silly fellows!" ex claimed Joe. Then he looked up at his aunt and laughed. Youth's Companion.