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THE TIMES. TEXHOMA. OKLAHOMA.
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CXL/.UU I.E'AS NOTES
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.
Dei: .1—Allotted 1b nd MUe. Chlekaaha.
lAc 3— Allotted land s.ile. Idabel.
Dec. 3—A Hut led land wale. Atoka.
Dec. 3—Allotted l-.nd sale, Pryor.
Dec. 3—Allotted land sale. Poteau.
Dec 3—Allotted la ml sale, Okmulgee.
Dec• S—Allotted land sale, Sapulpa.
Dec. 4—Allotted land sale, Jay.
Doc. ♦—Allotted land sale, Nowata.
Dec. 4—Allotted land sale, Tahlequah.
Dec. 4—Al'.otted land sale, Holdenville.
Dec. 4—Allotted land sale. Muskogee.
Dec. 4—Allotted land sale, Ardmore.
Dec. 4—Allotted land sale, Pauls Valley
Dec. 4—Allotted land sale. Madill.
Dec. 5—Poultry Show, Woodward.
Dec. ti-*—School .and sale. Guthrie.
Dec. 9-10—Oklahoma Municipal League,
Norman.
nec. H-ll—School land sale. Norman
Dec. 13-16—School land sale. Oklahoma
City.
Dec. 27-Jan. 1. Eastern Oklnnotna poul-
try Show. Tulsa.
.Tan. 3-8—Newspaper week, A. & M-
School, Stillwater.
Jan. J-18—Sale of Indian lands of
Choctaws and Chickasaws.
March 3-8—Liivesiock Snow. Oklahoma
City.
Sept. 23-30—State Fair, Oklahoma City.
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITOL
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, Governor Williams will not Join
Henry Ford on his proposed peace ex-
pedition to Europe on December 4.
Chickasha banks have on deposit
$2,891,438.03, according to their com-
bined statement at the close of busi-
ness November 10.
For the first time in nearly three
years the Washita county jail is
empty. The jail was erected in 1910,
and was empty once before, in 1911.
The Bartlesville National Bank, cap-
italized at $150,000, has deposits of $1,-
517,599.12; and the Union National
Bank, capitalized at $100,000, has de-
posits of $1,114,845.37.
Walter S. Gilbert, who for more than
four years was assistant state high-
way commissioner, has been named
secretary of the Ardmore Business
Men's Credit Association.
Suit was instituted at Tulsa by W. P.
Blevins against J. S. McCartney and
others to recover $500 because the dogs
At the city pound keep him awake at
night by their barking. McCartney is
the keeper of the dog pound.
Unless granted clemency Crockett
Daggs, slayer of Mrs. May Harrison,
must serve twenty years In the state
penitentiary, as the state court of crim-
inal appeals has affirmed the decision
of the Pontotoc county district court.
Judge Ralph E. Campbell in the fed-
eral court at Muskogee approved the
$600,000 bond filed by Charles Page of
Tulsa, as operator of the Tommy At-
kins lease, under the order of the
United States circuit court of appeals.
The demand for foodstuffs caused by
the European war has reached Elk
City. A local concern there has re-
ceived an order for three thousand bar-
rels of flour from a New York firm.
The flour is to be shipped to Europe.
Friends of Senator Owen have been
- informed that J. \ Callahan, register
of the iand office at Woodward, will
be appointed register of the consoli-
dated land office at Guthrie. The mat-
ter of receiver ha.i not yet been de-
cided. Callahan formerly was a dele-
gate in congress from Oklahoma.
The two bandits who held up and
robbed the State bank of Avant have
escaped, all traces of the pair having
disappeared six miles south of town.
The robbers secured about $1,000, and
locked the assistant cashier in the
bank vault, from which he escaped a
few minutes after the robbers left
town.
Bryan county retains the lead
among Oklahoma counties in the
amount of cotton ginned for the pres-
ent season prior lo November 1, ac-
cording to the report issued by Sam
L. Rogers, director of the census, de-
partment of commerep. Bryan county
has ginned 9,063 bales, according to
the report. Jackson county ranks
second.
Of the seventy-seven counties of Ok'
lahoma, flfty-nlne are represented at
the Central State normal school at Ed-
mond and there are students enrolled
from twelve of the states in addition
to the students from Oklahoma. That
♦hey came from many sections of the
country is shown by the fact that
there Is a student there from New
York, one from Arizona, one from Ida-
ho and one from Texas.
John Wirth pleaded guilty in the
district court at Kingfisher to the
charge of having murdered F. C. Tro,
and was sentenced to life imprison-
ment In the state penitentiary. Mrs.
Wirth who has being held under ar-
rest, charged with having been im-
plicated ' in the murder was released,
the charge against her having been
dismissed. The Wirths worked for
Tro, a wealthy bachelor farmer.
The election which had just been
called to vote for bonds for steel
bridges in McClain county was called
ofT by the county commissioners. In
their statement they said that owing to
the manifestations of considerable op-
position, the county commissioners
have, after a thorough investigation of
the strength of said opposition, con-
cluded that the election would not
carry, and would entail a needless ex-
pense upon the taxpayers of this coun-
ty. . ,.
Hunters in Washington and Osage
countlqa are planning a big wolf drive
as soon as the cold weather arrives.
The hunt will be staged down around
Okesa in eastern Osage county Where
wolves are said to be numerous. The
hunt will end with a big dinner which
will probably be served at Okesa the
new town that is being placed on Ok-
lahoma's map as a result of a town-
site having been marked out. Hunters
will not only enjoy a day's sport, but
they will be paid a bounty by the state
for every wolf killed, besides receiving
so uvh (or each hide.
Oklahoma City.— Another New Election Law.
One hundred and nine delegates to j Machinery for the initiation of an-
represent Oklahoma at the seventh an-1 other "fair" election law was Bet In
nual convention of the Southern Com-! motion when J. L. Lyon filed with
nierclal congress, which will be held I himself as secretary of state a copy of
at Charleston, S. C., December 13, have j the law he proposes to submit to the
been appointed and commissioned by i voters of all political parties for their
Gov. R. L. Williams, as follows: i adoption or rejection. Provided the re-
Murray Haskell. Muskogee; J F. Darby. I quired number of signatures are ob-
Muskogee; A. F. McGarr, Muskogee: : ,_in j v,<i>in r.lnelv rlnv* Ihp time
Georte Bowman. Kingfisher; Elmer Solo- t8,nea ninety days, me time
•non, Kingfisher; J. K. O'Neil, Oklahoma fixed by law, the question will go on
B^c:e,AGUhrtrNW?Holman, Guthrie'; h! I the ballot at the next general election.
vaS!ieohriC'lIn.hAKa;;DJ,' W "Ally. | Which wi be th* Primary ln AUgU8t'
Watonga, A. L. Emery, Watonga. Hairy 1916.
Smith, Watotiga; I'. P. Dufl'v, El Reno; , . ,, ...
M. B. Cope, El Keno; Jack Kiveit, Eli If the law is udopted it will com-
Keno. j. a. TillotHon, Nowata; Arthur pieje]y revolutionize the election ma-
Mosely, Goltry; J. F. Kroutil. Yukon; V\ , , '
A. Chase, Nowata; Luther Harrison. We- j chinery of the state. It will extend
Uam*'WestiTOrefcnd^JStf ew ^L^'d.' ™ «<> -omen, abolish the offic e
enport. Antlers; Tom Hamilton, colbert: 0f secreturv of the state election board
J. D. Coleman, Colbert; G- W. Ellis, Hen-
drix; w. L. Curtis, Sallisaw; J. Hoy Wil- | as now constituted, and enable the
liams, McAlester; J. J. McAlester, Mc-1 voter to exercise his franchise when
Alester; Melvln Oormsyi, McAlester. J. S- I
Terry. Poteau; Hen Hodges. Okmulgee; necessarily absent from his regular
drum, kinJp^nL° AnUC^ley°hMad'n; I voting precinct on general election
J. R. McKinney. Durant, Horace Mar- : (jays.
shall, Durant; E. K. ltlnes, Durant, Frank
mm ioke otr wheat seizure
causes alarm
Semple, Caddo; H. M. Kainey, Atoka. J
H Chambers, Atoka; L. A. Ledbettcr.
Idabel; M. P. McDonald, Hugo; J. L.
Dickson, Hugo; Dr. Howard Weber, Bar-
tlesville; A. F. Vande\ enter, Bartles-
ville; Robert Dunlop Newkirk; C. S. Mac-
Donald, Pawhuska; John Leahy, Pawhus-
ka; H. Tom Kight, Claremore. .1 S. Moore,
Fairland; J. P. Thompson, Afton, E. C
Harlln, Welch; W. T. Whitworth, Cur-
men; S. H. Mayes, Pryor; A. F. Parkin-
son, Wagoner; John J. Gerlach, Wood-
ward; L. \j. Stine, Woodward; B. F Daw-
son, Waurika; Frank Beauman, Waurika:
J. E. Falkenberg, Medtord; Di F. P. Da-
vis, Enid. John WhlU-hurst, Sayre; E. F.
Cornels, Sayre; Sam Hawks, Clinton.; Jim
Meneiee, Anadarko, William Cross, Hol-
lis; J. R. Thacker, Eldorado; Andy Stew-
art, Hollis; J. W. Alexander, Frederick;
Dave Boyer, Walter; A. A. Spring, Ryan;
j s. Mullen, Ardmore; w B. Johnson, has been restored in the manner pro-
Ardmore; It. M. Johnson, Norman; Ben K yided by law; nor any person while
Williams, Norman; E. W. Low, Pauls • • - H
Valley; CeclJ Williams, Kingston: Perry
Madden, Cheyenne; 10. M. Garrett. Wa-
kita; L. P. Bobo, Wilburton; 11. M Ches-
nutt, Muskogee; H. W. Hoffman. Semin-
ole; J. E. Gibbons, Purcell; J. H. Holland,
Achille; Dr. E. 7. Norvell, Wynnewood:
Charles A. Thomason, Pauls Valley; N.
M. Williams, Chickasha; A. L. llausam,
Coweta; H. H. Johnson. Perry; J. J. 'Juar-
les, Falrlax; Don P Wills, Miami; T. C.
Wyatt, Shawnee, S. J. rfoldini, Ponca
City: C. S. Wortman, Claremore; R. E.
Echols, Elk City; l>. W. Peery, Carnegie;
J. W. Steen, Checotah. Guy llorton, Al-
tus; II J. Denton, Hollis; George A. Cof-
fey, Sentinel: J. WT. Reece. Stillwater; S.
A. Horton, Oklahoma Cltv.
The pioposed law defines qualified
voters as "all male and female citizens
of the United States, male and female
citizens i f Indian descent of the United
States, male and female citizens of the
state, who are over the age of 21 years,
who have resided in the state one year,
the county six months, and the pre-
cinct for thirty days previous to the
election. Provided that no person ad-
judged guilty of a felony after the
adoption of the constitution, subject to
such exceptions as the legislature may
prescribe, unless his or her citizenship
kept in a poor house or other asylum
at the public expense, except federal or
Confederate soldiers; nor any person
in any public ptison, nor any idiot or
lunatic shall be entitled to vote at any
election held under the laws of this
state."
It provides for the creation of a state
election board to be composed of three
members, two of whom shall be ap-
pointed by the governor from each of
the two dominant political parties, sub-
ject to the approval of the state central
Santa Fe Has Two Valuations. I committees of sucli parties. The see-
Cross examination of C. F. YV. Felt, j retary "f state shall be the third mem-
ber and exofficio secretary of the
chief engineer of the A. T. & S. F. sys-
tem, featureid the hearing 'ast week
of the two-cent rate case, in Federal
Judge Frank Youman s court.
Valuations offered by the Santa Fe
in reports to me corporation commis-
sion and in exhibits prepared for the
rate cases were the principal points in
the attorney general's questioning. A
report made by the Santa Fe to the
commission in 1909 in which a great
alfference in the reproduction new
valuations especially in the charge
made to engineering^ was apparent,
was taken up. In the report made to
the commission, this item was given
as slightly over a quarter of a mil-
lion dollars, waile in the 'exhibits pre-
pared for tfie rate cases, it was nearly
a hundred thousand dollars more than
this.
board and as such shall be the cus-
todian if ail books, records and papers
of the board. One of the members
named by the governor shall be desig-
nated as chairman.
County boards shall also be com-
posed of three members, the county
clerk being ex-officio secretary and pet-
forming the same duties for the county
board as does thy secretary of state for
the state board. Other two members
of county board shall be appointed by
the state board on recommendations
from the county central committees of
the two dominant parties. Precinct
boards ihall be appointed by the sec-
retary of the county board.
The law prescribes a form of affi-
davit which when subscribed to will
entitle absent voters to vote in any
precinct tn the state for state officials,
Jesus Was Ever a Stranger to
Hats, as Should Be His
Followers.
Can religion subsist upon the husks
of hate aft?* the grain of love nas
been threshed out upon the floor of
class and racial prejudice? This is
the great, looming question that is
showing its full proportions ln these
days of rancor and of rage. The
litany of love runs through the New
Testament and finds its ' compelling
objectiflcatlon in the cross burdened
Stranger to hate, as he travels the
way of devotion and of sacrifice. In
the supreme fact of the Christian re-
ligion, the fact of Calvary, stands out
the answer to the great question ot
today. It is not an optimistic answer
for it sets forth as the principal fact
of human history that hate unceas-
ingly challenges love It parts the
garments of purity and of hope and
of holiness and of faith, and reduces
them to the tattered spoil of a gam-
bier's throw of the dice Hata is the
hellish thing that sits at the loom ot
the worker, that drlbmes its malice
at the wheels and spindles of enter-
prise. It is the devilish device by
which the wheels of society are run.
For love is ever under the crushing
heels of hate. It Is never killed. It
ever arises anew. But the strength
of love as a motive torce in society is
its startling revival in forms that
compel the admiration and that se-
cure the devotion of great bodies of
mankind, and that even transform the
face of society itself.
Christ's Teaching Plain.
Love is now in the Oethsemane
garden. Even many of its disciples,
those who stand in the pulpits, are
preaching the doctrine of class hatred.
They picture the woes of the worker
until they forget the One who bore
EXPORTER SAYS BRITISH GOV-
ERNMENT COULD RUIN AMER.
ICAN EXPORTER.
QRIVE KIM OUT OF BUSINESS
Seizure Leave* Them All At Sea—
Looks Like First Step to Break
the Prevailing High Freight
Rates.
UraaujKm
SUNMrSCIM
Lesson
(By R. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
Sunday School Course of Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1916, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 5
UZZIAH'S
PRIDE AND
MENT.
PUNISH.
LESSON TEXT—II Cbron. 26:S-10, 15-21.
GOLDEN TEXT—A man's pride shall
bring him low, but he that is of a lowly
spirit shall obtain honor.—Prov. 29:31
New York, Nov. 30—The comman- R. V.
deering of Canadian wheat by the Ca- Again we consider the souther*
nadian government was interpreted , kingdom. No better character could
here today by grain exporters as pos-
sibly the first step by England not
merely to take over all Canadian grain,
but to smash ocean freight rates by
requisitioning the Atlantic freighters.
Exporters regarded the situation as
undoubtedly serious from their point
of view.
Julius Barnes, one of the leading
exporters on the New York Produce
Exchange, assured that the British
government could virtually drive the
American grain exporter out of busi-
ness if it chose.
"The seizure of Canadian grain." he
said, "has left us all at sea. None o(
us know yet just what it means, but
if the British government intends, as
is possible, to take over all of the
Canadian grain crop, it Is going to put
us in a serious position."
For some time there has been a
rumor current ln New York exporting
circles that Great Britain Intended to
take over all her Atlantic merchant
marine as a drastic step toward break-
ing the high freight rates. Mr. Barnes
the burden of privation until he was I declared that th« Canadian grain selz-
Another report made by the com- j members of the legislature, congress
pany to the commission, in 1909, gave j and electors for president and vice
the average cost of a mile of track on j president of the United States,
the eastern Oklahoma line of the Santa
Fe as $38,126, while the exhibits pre-
pared for the rate case give the re-
production new value of the same as
$44,361.80 per mile. In each case,
where the difference is favor of the
rate case exhibits was pointed out, the
witness explained that either some
item had been left out of the corpora-
tion commis.iion^ report, or that the
commercial rate on the material had
been charged instead Of the company
freight rate. ■; • ' 1 . :
Rate Cases Open Again.
Federal Judge Frank ■_ A. Youmans
has convened court in Oklahoma City
ahd further hearings of the* railroads
in* the 2-cent fare cases will be taken
up. There are several different phases
of the valuation testimony of the roads
yet to be offered, and the iau' valua-
tion testimony of the roads yet to be
offered, before the state can start to
present its proof.
This is the third sitting of the court
in the case.
Indian Girl Is to Get $18,000.
Declaiing that fraud had been prac
ticed when Luvanda Chambers, a
Cherokee Indian girl, gave E. M. Ar
nold a de<;d for her.rich oil proporties
in Bird Creek township for $200,
Special Itidge George C. Crump in dis-
trict court at Tulsa last week can-
celled the deed, gave the girl a judg-
ment for $5,300, with intere amount
ing to $1,100, and accumulated royal-
ties aggr'gating *6,000. Her total re-
covery under the judgment is about
$18,000.
The story of Luvanda Chambers as
pieced together in the district court is
one of the most unttsual ever unfolded
In that tribunal. Judge Crump found
her to be the victim of a conspiracy to
defraud her of her property, and ln
making his decision he bitterly deJ
nounced Arnold before a court room
full of spectators.
State Asks Probe of Gasoline Rates.
_ , , , A federal investigation Into the
Equipment valuations of several o prioes charged for ga8oline was askod
the roads have not been finished, and
the land valuation, compiled accord-
ing to the land owned by each com
pany in each county, are yet to be
introduced.
Orient Railroad Gives Altus Report.
kevenue accruing to the Kansas City
Mexico & Orient Railroad Company
on passenger traffic originating and
freight traffic terminating at Altus dur-
ing the six months ending September
30 last, amounted to $15,945.63, accord-
ing to a statement filed with the cor-
poration commission by officials of the
road. A statement of the earnings of
thte company at that point was asked
by the commission and will he used in
determining whether the business of
the road justifies ordering of better
station facilitls.
by Corporation Commissioner W. D.
Humphrey in a letter to the officers
of the federal commission. The com-
mission is now making such an inves-
tigation in several other states and
Mr. Humphrey asks that the scope in-
clude Oklahoma.
According to complaints to the com
mission from time to time, gasoline is
sold at a higher price In Oklahoma
than In any of the adjoining states. It
also is alleged that there is great dis-
crimination in price bet#een points
within the states, the same grade of
gasoline being sold higher at some
points that at others.
If the federal body agrees to Investi-
gate the condition in Oklahoma it will
have the support and co-operation of
the corporation commission, Mr. Hum-
phrey said.
Equalizers Hear Prairie Tsx C.ise.
Final arguments were heard by thp
state board of equalization Monday by
attonieys pn both sides of the questiofi,
of adding Approximately $31,000,000 tf>
the valuation of the Prairie Oil and
Ga* Company ln Oklahoma. This fig-
ure represents the estmated value of
oU and gas leases held by the company
and the capital stock of the concern.
deprived of the holes of the fox and
the nests of the birds, and had no-
where to lay his head. They forgot
that he entered upon the arena of hu-
man living through a cattle stall. They
overlook the fact that he never en-
tertained a social grievance. They
neglect the great positive of Ills life,
never to pass by an opportunity to
do service. In the world ye shall have
tribulations, says he, and adds, Be of
good cheer, for I have overcome the
world. He has no patent of suprem-
acy over the ills of life. He displayed
the source of the rejuvenating waters
of love that flow ljard by the throne
of God. He pictured the state of
brotherhood that should not be se-
cured by striving and by crying aloud.
He pictured the ideals of life In the
light of a love-wrought soul. He de-
picted the only way of true peace, and
even as he pictured It there fell
athwart that way the shadow of his
own across, leading him to exclaim:
And if I be lifted up I shall draw all
men unto myself.
One Only to Be Looked To.
There may be some other person-
ality more potent than that of Jesus j
Christ, some other teachings more
satisfying, some other life more In-
wrought with the persuasives of love.
But until such has been revealed the
one supreme exponent of the teach-
ings af love must be looked to as the
security of the toilers from those who
would exploit them in terras of exag-
gerated suffering and discontent.
Materia) panaceas for the Ills of
life there are many. There is but
cne spiritual corollary to the condi-
tions of human distress, and this is
God. Jesus Christ has the function
of illustrating by life and teachings
the possibilities of human reconstruc-
tion and blessedness when the indi-
vidual is brought into conformity
with the spiritual life of the Almighty.
Unfortunately, the war abroad is sow-
ing myriad harvests of hate, and at its
close the workers of those devastated
countries will be readily ranged in the
class of those who pour contempt
upon religion. Love is passing
through the valley of the shadow of
death, but the rod anjd staff of the
Almighty will sustain it There can
be no religion to which love is lost
and those pulpits that placard the
catchwords of schiBm ar.d hate, of
classes and crusades, are perverters
of the pure doctrines of humanity and
enemies of the law of love. If a man
love not his brother whou he hath
seen, how can he love God, whom he
hath not seen? This is a motto for
the so-styled capitalistic classes and
as positively for the so-styled working
classes.
ure looked very much like the first
step In this direction.
It also was reported that the grain
had been commandeered on behalf of
Italy, the Italian government having
urged the step on London in order to
escape the heavy burden of the pres-
ent 25 per cent rate of exchange
against It In New York. J, W. War-
ner, president of the produce exchange,
discounted this report, as he said he
understood Italy was not making in-
dividual purchases, but that grain was
being bcught In common for England,
France and Italy.
"The only explanation I can offer
for this move," Bald Mr. Warner, "It
that certain speculators have been
holding wheat in the Canadian eleva-
tors for a big rise and that the Ca-
nadian government has acted to check
them. But it is impossible Just now
to tell what It does mean."
The wheat market here was active
and somewhat excited today over the
news and prices were higher.
Former Official Sufd By 'Attorneys.
Spit for $1,57 attorney's fees was
filed in the district court by A. H.
Meyen and Fred Davte, Oklahoma City
lawyers, against Robert Ounlop, form-
er staite treasurer and an unsuccessful
candidate at the last primary election
for the democratic nomination for gov-
ernor. .The plalntffts aver lhat they
represented Dunlop In six cases ln
October and' December of 1914 and
January of 1915, succeeding in termln-jThe Prairie is vigorously resisting the
ating each to the advantage of their proposed Increase, asserting that its
client and that he has refused to set- capital stock and leases are not sut>
tie up. j ject to taxation as 1b physical property.
Accepting the Gift.
Peace Is a gift. It belongs to the
Prince of Peace, It is his by inalien-
able right, and as such it can only be
secured from him upon his own terms
and upon his own conditions. It Is his
resurrection gift, not to the world, but
to those who believe on him and fol-
low him; his gift to the world when,
and only when, the world is willing at
last to accept the gift by owning him
as its sovereign Lord and only king,
and by bowing at length before him
whom it has for so long despised and
rejected.
"We desire not only to get through
life, but to do it in the best way
possible. Not scourged through as
felons; not driven through as slaves;
not dragged through at the tails of
wild horses; but as those who have
learned the secret of noble living.
Never to tire, never to grow old; to
be patient, sympathetic, tender; to
look for the budding flower and the
opening heart; to hope always, tike
God; to love always—thl is duty.
AUSTRIA MAY SUE FOR PEACE
I^ondon, Nov. 30—The campaign in
the near east is about to enter a new
phase, upon which the visit of Lord
Kitchener to Paris and Emperor Wil-
liam to Vienna, it is believed, will
have an important effect.
Ixird Kitchener, after visiting the
Balkans and Italy, has arrived at Paris
for an important series of confer-
ences with the French staff, while the
German emperor has gone to Vienna
to see Emperor Francis Joseph and
discuss with the Austrian generals
whnt the next move will be. Presuma-
bly It is a question whether the central
powers will attack the Anglo-French
forces In southern Serbia or concen-
trate in western Bulugarla to meet the
threat of a Russian invasion from the
east and the possibility of Rumuanla
taking sides against her old enemies,
Bulgaria and Turkey.
So far as Serbia is concerned, win
ter appears virtually to have put an
end to any present movements, al-
though the Austrlans are proceeding
to deal with the Montenegrins whose
frontier they have crossed, while the
Bulgarians are attempting to advance
to Plrsend and Monastlr.
With heavy and continuous snow
storms reaching the proportions of a
blizzard, these operations must be
slow, especially as the Serbians and
Montenegrins are still offering stub«
born resistance.
Monastlr. it is admitted, cannot be
saved, but the Serbians who are de-
fending the city are determined to re-
sist to the last and give the civilians
a chance to escape. They hold a front
some five miles from the town in the
direction of Prilep, from which point
the Bulgarians, who have crossed the
Carassou river, are advancing.
It is reported from Rotno that Aus-
tria Is seeking a separate peace, ap-
parently with Italy. This is not gen-
erally credited here, although ln some
quarters the German emperor's visit to
Vienna Is belie ved to lend some color
to the rumor.
Scientific Advance.
The chemical engineer of the United
States bureau of mines has discovered
a new method tor producing gasoline.
He has also found a way to manufac-
ture toluol and bet.zol from petroleum.
These laBt named products are used Id
making smokeless powder.
Small Amount.
Mrs Meyser—Could you give me a
little money, my dear?
Mr. Meyser—Certainly, my dear!
About bow little?
have been chosen to illustrate the
condition of rulers and people in th«
declining days of Judah's glory. Us-
ziah ruled for 52 years and his reign
was almost midway between the days
of Solomon and those of the Babylon-
Ian captivity.
I. Priest and Parents, vv. 1-5. Ths
name Uzziah means "God has helped
me," and no king ever had better ad-
vantages in the way of parents and
counselors. To the influence of his
parents he yielded In his youth (v. 4),
followed the good counsel of Zacha-
riah the prophet of God (v. 5), and
as long as he sought the Lord, "God
made htm prosper." Ancestry and en-
vironment are not, however, a guar-
anty of any perpetuity in character.
II. Pride, vv. 6-15. Uzziah or Azarlah
(marg.) made a line start and his
reign, considered aB a whole, was
one of the most brilliant In Judah's
history. It bears some striking resem-
blances to that of Solomon in that the
dangerous enemies became subject na-
tions (v. 8). In the conduct ot his
campaigns Uzziah "waxed exceeding-
ly strong" (v. 8 R. V.) Uzziah also
greatly improved and strengthened
Jerusalem and gave much heed to
stock raising and forestry (v. 10). The
secret of all of this prosperity was
that he sought Jehovah. Christen-
dom is not Christianity, yet it is a
fact that ln those lands where God
Is most highly exalted and most near-
ly followed we witness the greatest
prosperity and men living amldBt the
most comfortable surroundings. Seek
Jehovah, know his will as revealed ln
his word, and do that will when
learned, is ths only true basis of real
and lasting prosperity. Uzziah also
gave an exhibition of worldly wladom
that he strengthened the defenses ot
the nation (v. 9-10). Confidence la
God doeB not paralyze human energy
or make us presumptuous and care-
less (I Chron. 27:25-31). Uzziah
brought the army up to a high point
of efficiency (v. 13*15), using the
best weapons known in his day. We,
likewise, may be "marvelously helped"
from the Bame source and upon th«
same conditions; viz., that we "seek
the Lord" (Eph. 6:10; Phi. 5:13).
III. Punishment, vv. 16-21. (1) Pride
—Uzziah's fall and shame is one of
the saddest chapters in history. His
strength became his ruin. "When he
was strong his heart was lifted up."
Poverty, struggle and adversity ara
not passports to glory though they
have strengthened the moral fiber of
thousands. The tempting testa of
prosperity, gilded, perfumed and at-
tractive are, however, far more hard
to withstand. Pride always leads to (2)
Presumption—Centuries before God
had warned men that prosperity
would lead to ruin (Deut. 8:11-17;
32:13-15) and Solomon also gava
warning (Prov. 16:18). The subtlety
of pride is the gradual way by which
we come to look upon our prosperity
as the work of our own hands, there-
by forgetting the source of our pow-
er and becoming filled with a feeling
of our own self-sufficiency. The next
step was that Uzziah assumed to him-
self those duties (v. 16) whleb right-
fully and exclusively belonged to thav
priesthood (see Num. 16:40; 18:7; 1
Kings 12:33; 12:1-4; Heb.5:4). (3) Pro-
testing—We now behold the strange
spectacle of the king protesting for
the wrong and the faithful priest!
Azarlah for the right. A sad specta-
cle indeed when the head ot a nation
openly avows the wrong and persists
ln it despite the protests of the serv-
ants of God. The last part of versa
18 Indicates the extent and perver-
sity of Uzziah's pride. Admonition
only aroused the anger of the all-con-
quering monarch. No honor ever
comes from disobeying God (I Sam.
2:30; Dan. 5:37). Uzziah apparently
(v. 19) was about to use the censer in
his hand as a weapon ln execution
of his wrath, but God Interfered (I
Peter 6:6-7). Azariah is saved and
Uzziah becomes a leper.
We must not press the teaching that
all sickness Is the result of sin (read
Job).
Unlah was forever separated ( .
21) and was In his death "unclean" b
cause "His heart was lifted to his de-
struction."
There are four suggestions In clos-
ing: (1) Uzziah s pride had gone too
far; secretly and perhaps unconscious-
ly it had slowly, but suraly permeated
his whole nature.
(2) Leprosy was a fitting punish-
ment, for It was an emblem ot th«
foulness ot his sin.
(3) His leprous condition was in
marked Contrast with what he had
formerly enjoyed.
(4) His punishment shut him out ef-
fectually from the work of his king-
dom—ability, strength, experience and
ambition fall before the blighting
blaat ot sin.
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