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. c OPINION iare Life insurance to Ee CharlTabie business IIOLDLRS'CLAIMS NOl FIaST Mituai Life Insurance Company's President Makes Startling Deciara non iit xesiunony iseiore committee That Li*e Insurance Concerns Are Charitable Enterprises Founded tc Benefit All Ivlankiud. N^w York, Special.?The sessions of (Vie insurance investigating commit- 1 tec were terminated for the week at 1 the ad journment, because of the death : of S. Fred Nixon, Speaker of the As- j seuibly of the Legislature of New , York, at his liome in West field. ( ^ j The testimony did not elicit any in- ^ W formation of a sensational nature be- J yoad what had been discounted in j the testimony of previous witnesses. The feature was the presence as wit- t nesses of the execut've officers of the { Mutual Life Insurance Connanv. \ These were President Richard A. Me- , Curdy and Vice Presidents Grannis 1 and Gillette t While it had been hinted last week i - that some expenditures chared to > legal expenses might have been con- j tribntions fo campaign committees, it t was announced definitely by D* Gil- t lette that the Mutual Life contrihut- i ?d $40,000 to the Republican na ional committee last fall, that in 1000 ^* ^000 was contributed and in 1>9(: Q00 was given for campaign panoses. x iDr. Gillette testified that lie paid t these amounts personally in '-as'-, and i later in the day Mr. McCurdy said s that while he knew campaign contri- , *j iit i J i i ~ .I:.J DUUOUS uaci Wf ll IK- U."J iim . ' know the amounts. He said that no j _ eontrihuyons had been made to cam- v paign committees before ls'Hi and that r no contribution to State or municipal ] campaigns had ever been made in t!:is or any other State. The eontribu- j tioa of $2,500 to rhe Congressional n v campaign eominittee Mr Mc'imlv { said he knew nothing about until it j came out in the testimony last week. ^ Vice-President Grar.nis knew little j about the contributions to campaign p funds, but justified them on the same j. grounds as President John A McCall, ^ of the New York Life, that the free \ silver plank in the Democratic plat- ^ form was a menace to the interests of rj .the policy-holders. When Mr. Crimmins was called he a assumed the entire responsibility for w the terms of the contracts with C. P. u Ravmond and Co., by which '.hat firm made such latge profits. When the q ^method of expenditure of the $2.").'KM) items was inquired into, Mr. Gran nis admitted that the general sr ieitor v * could ^et $25,000 any time he wanted it without disclosing for what purpose . , he wanted it and without rendering any account of it He further said he ? " -? * !.? mnnav f L filler Knew wuere a ivm ui iUC spent by the general solicitor went. t 1^, Ju taking up a detiled list of the t wmjTuny'i expenses Dr Gillett" said 5 that the company last rear paid s #72 ,000 for luncheons for the em- j v ploves. It is the custom for the com- e Hp panv to furnish tiieir clerks with n T luncheon This is at the rate of about T \ $2o0 a day. < c Toward the close of the session Mr. s V%tiprdy made the startling state- 't w ment that an insurance company was h Bp1* not an institution founded to make k money for the policy-holders, but was, 1 r or should be, a great philanthropic n enterprise founded to increase and *r sproad its benefits over the entire 'a '( earth. n l'There Jias been a great mistake Ue he said' "about t'so real prov- m ince or life insurance companies in these latter years. People have been H led to believe that the main purpose \vas to make money for its policy-holders. In my view, that is not the pur- p pose of such companies. They are j ^ eleemosynary. When a man insures 3 f: in a company he should take into con- ? sidoretiou the fact that he has enter- jj ?d a great philanthropic concern that , is in duty bound to spread itself, even jj k though this growth prevents him from ^ ft< realizing as much as lie expected." jfc Vesuvius Alarriingly Active. ^ Naples, By Cable.?The northwest n crater of Vesuvius is very active. A 4 P -4freat quantity of lava is flowing down ,e the side of the mouutain and columns F." of smoke are seen ascending to an ,n ?r Mmense height, scattering rod hot )a ashes over the district in the vicinity. la The stream of leva is assuming alarm- or intr proportions ami the eruption is.(a ccompanied bv loud detonations. ;ei) fc^^r.ieh shake- the lio :.?es jr. surronndinv j?,f a. villages. It is believed the eruptionoa| K lias some physical connection with the^y E\-. earthqaake shocks, which are now no-(jjC ypr in:r on in Southern Italy. Jf $10 000 For Ta?kcgee. 0 Boston. Special.?Public boo nest ( If arr.onntin^ to f'i-i'j.OOO arc contains T*a p. in the will of Charles Tirftl Baker. ^ F Boston.ins'tru:r-"~ broker. which wo t\% ' filet! "Jn the probate Tiie lw m become operative on the der.t ties gj , of the testator's sister, Susan P. Hal- ^h t, er. Amon.tr them is one ol' i ^ . the Tnskeifee Industrial Institute u Alabama. # il0! 'v Editor Williams Technically Guilty. w Richmond. Va., Special?In the cos { of Alfred B. Williams, editor of tk c*? : .News'Leader here, who was e'.innrejrc' with violation of the election law i 10 rei * the recent Democratic State primary )tj the jury returned a verdict of guilt. >f <end feed the amount of the fine a $100, at the some time expressing th belief that Mr. Williams violated th (p{ '?w unintentionally and recommend Li - that the fine be remitted. ' ' TWO AT IE VIS AT WRECKING Train From foenville Knocks Obstruction Fm the Track and the Next Train inds it Replaced. Columbia, Serial ?Two dastardly attempts to *eck passanegr trains No. 12 and >. 1"> on the Columbia branch of th Southern were made Sunday morn? by unknown persons about two mil north of Honea Path. Neither of thattmepts was successful. Train No. 1 which leaves Columbia at 7 o'clock the morning, struck a niecp of iroirnown in railroad oar _ 1 lance as a bnper knuckle, which had been placed i the rail, and knocked the iron froithe track. No dam ape was done an the train proceeded to Helton, who trains 12 and 13 meet. The entrinee>f the train from Greenville was to of what had happened and caution, to look out for the obstruction. e acordinglv slowed his train down.vhen he approached the spot when1 he obstruction had been lashed an# by the first train and found tha lhad been replaced by the would-be wickers. The train was jrought t) .standstill and the knucke picked upnd brought to Columbia. No one w. seen in the vicinity by he crew obither train and so far is could be-arned no clue has been found or m motive discovered that will lead toxing the crime upon the ruiltv ]>erstK. It was stated by one who came 1 Columbia on the train hat Capt. . R. Willis who is the ipent of thSouthern at Williamston was at Hon Path and went, accompanied by serai others to the place o search f< evidence and if possible o locate tl person who placed the ron on th track. RewardOffered by Governor. ColumbirSpecial.?Governor Heyvard has owed a reward of $30U for he arrest the narties who wavlaid ind killedft. A. McDowell on the itreets of'amden last Wednesday light, andt the same time indicted langerous ounds upon J. W. Porter 11 the attcpt to take his life. A recard of t' same amount had been ffered b^tlie city council of Cam!en. , Govnor Heyward received an ppeal fm Sheriff Trantham and his was tlorsed by a number of the aost proment and most reliable busness me of Camden, among them lavor HG. Carison, Capt. W. M. Shannon. lr. B. B. Clarke, Mr. C. C. loore. C? T. J. Kirkland. Mr. W. R. lough. I: A. W. Burnet, Mr. E. D. Hakeuey.'apt. E. C. von TresAow, Ir. L. T. ills, Mr. Joel Hough, Col. V .D. Tntliam, Capt. M. L. Smith, 'apt. A. I Kennedy, and Senator J. \ Hay. A rewarof $100 was offered for the rrest of Ive Bush, a negro charged rith assav with intent to rape and ighway nl?ery in Richland county, 'lie aecus is said to be black, 5 feet i inches iheight, weiglis l/o ponas; s stoop s?uldered. and has a swingng moti? of the shoulders when talking. 1 Prolific Family. The Gtnville News says; " W. A. 'um* is.he proud grandfather of hree setof twins and all born within he presit year. There is no danger f race sicide in the vicinity of Simpoiville t least and President Roosedt ougt to be informed of the octrrenceand perhaps Andrew Carfgie mrht contribute a hero medal, he eldet set of twins were born live onths go. They are boys, the little ns of Ir. and Mrs. Arlington Curry, vo moths later Mr. and Mrs. AVi 1 im Cxry becames the parenis of o litle girls, and three days ago rs. frazier. a sister of Arlington d l\"Jliam Curry, became the rnothof the third set of twins in the nilx*. one a boy and the other a ?rirl. * children are lusty and bid fair to elop into sturdy manhood and xvonhood." rgrave Frierson Kiled by Herbert Vaughan. nimter, Special.?Herbert Vaughan shot and killed Hargraxe Frierson, on the cocoa-cola platform Sun7 night at 9 o'clock. The bullet ered the right temple and came out k of the left ear. Death was inneous. Frierson is the son of A. M. lerson, D. D., president of Kendall titute. Magistrate Mobley's Case. Jovernor Hey ward has declined to love Magistrate Jas. G. Moblev of mstou who seemed to have excited opposition of some people in inston b^ his action in regard to ae cotton damaged in the fire at ,t place. Governor Hevward stated it there was not sufficient ground removal. Mr. Mobley made a tement in his own behalf and preited a letter from Mr. J. W. Brown lit of the Southern Railway comix* at Johnston, in which the agent s that Magistrate Mobley was auirized to remove the cotton by the urance adjuster. A Negro snot. Charleston, Special.?A negro won, Christine Moultrie, shot another rro, Thomas Weathers Sunday, e shooting is declared by both ?athers and the woman to have been accident, but the reports of the wit-ses dont give the same version, e shooting occurred in the outskirts the city. The woman was arrestand the man was sent to the city spital for treatment. End of Gillis Case. Camden, Special.?A final terminan of the Gillis case has at last been iched. The jury after a deliberan of 20 minutes Saturday morning idercd a verdict of not guilty. Anier delay, although only for a couple hours this time, was added to the itory of the case. A peanut factory, barn and stables re burned at Holland, Va., loss 1,000. - N* COTTON CROP REPORT Recent Fnormous Consumption of the Southern Mills REPORT ISSUED FOR A FULL VEAR First Census Bureau Bulletin On the Subject Shows An Aggregate of 14,455 994 Bales, of Which 61 Per v^ent. uunsumea aume, xieavuijj a Surplus of 9 Per Cent. Washington, Special.?The census Bureau issued a bulletin showing the production and distribution of the cotton of the United States available between September 1, 1904. and September 1, 1903, to be 14,43o,994 bales. Of this til per cent, was exported, 30 per cent, was used in domestic consumption, leaving a surplus of nine per cent. The domestic consumption includes 36,776 bales destroyed by tire. The exportation amounted to 8,S34,929 bales, the domestic consumption 4,315,756 and the surplus 1,305,309. Of the total 13,693,279 bales were included in the crop of 1904 and the remainder in that of 1905. Of the quantity consumed in the United States, 2,138,829 bales were used in Northern and 2,140,151 in Soutrehn mills. BANNER EXPORT YEAR. In addition to the totals given 124,469 bales of foreign cotton were imported into the United States during the year. The exportation for the year covered exceeded that of any previous 12 months by 1,144,432 bales and they exceeded the average for the past ten years by 2,313,948 bales. New Orleans, with a total of 2,463,421 bales, held first rank as an exporting point, but was close pressed by Galveston with 2,3SS,319 bales. Savannah, Ga., with 1,290,9S9 bales held third place. The value of the total export was $404,209,293. The export of raw cotton was dis* r* Koine QC fnllnws* Tn IIIUUICU lil Udivc United Kingdom, 4,043,999; Belgium, 161,151; France, S57,103; Germany, 2,115,672; Italy, 536,929; Russia, 125,463; Spain, 289,68S; other European countries, 172,112; Japan, 324,668; British North America, 125,407; Mexico, 73,276: all other countries 9461. SOUTH'S HUNGRY SPINDLES. The total number of producing spindles in the United States is reported at 24,077,524 of which 8,211,734 were in the South and 15,S65,790 in the North. Notwithstanding the great difference in the number of 6pindles of the two sections the consumption of cotton is practically the same. The annual consumption of cotton per spindle in the Northern mills is 67 pounds, compared with 124 pounds in the South. The difference in the per spindle consumption indicates that the Northern mills are spinning yarns of very much greater fineness than those turned out by the Southern mills. The large output of the Southern mills this season has been mainly of heavy fabrics to supply a greatly increased demand from China and the Orient. The report shows that in 25 years the production of the United States has increased from 5,755,359 to 13,693,279 bales, aud that the total consumption of cotton in this country ' * 1 fl-1 ooo A Q7Q _ has increased irora x,u? 1 jOOv* 11/ "l^u i 92S bales. Within the last five years the cotton-consuming establishments of the Southern States have increased their consumption from 1,4S3,711 to 2,140,151 bales. During these five years the Northern cot ton-consuming establishments have actually decreased their consumption by 10,955 bales, explained by these mills being engaged during this period in replacing old machinery by more modern. Collision on Pennsylvania. Millersville, Pa., Special.?Three men were killed, one man was injured and a cardload of race horses were either kiled or so badly hurt that they had to be shot as the result of a collision at the junction of the Lykens Valley branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, a quarter mile south of this place Monday. Pat Crowe'8 Confession. Butte, Mont., Special.?Pat Crowe has admitted that he was in Omaha six weeks ago and engaged in a pistol duel with the police, during which aa officer was shot. He says the police fired 10 shots at him before he replied and that he opened fire to save his own life. He saia his sole objeet in coming here was to surrender believing that he had better give himself up at a distance from home, so tfiat in yielding to extradition he might make terms favorable to himself with the Nebraska authorities. Killing at Hot Springs, Ark. Hot Springs, Ark., Special.?Dr. G. H. Alexander was shot and killed at 7 o'clock Monday night near his home by Mcrch Jamison. Dr. Alexander and his daughter, Nora, were going home ^vheu they m?t Jamison, who began shooting. After he had shot Alexander he fled. The shooting is said to have been the culmination of family troubles. Dr. Alexander lormerlr resided at Hope, Ark. Loss of $75,000,000. Liverpool, Eng., By Cable.?The Post says that the destruction to oil I properties at Baku, Russia, amounts to $75,000,000. The Russian govcrnment, it is intimated, denies ils liability to the property owners, but has hinted that itjs willing to issue a loan for the purpose of making good the losses. It is anticipated that nn attempt to float such a loan in London will meet with faiiure' ' - J.. ?.. ' IN SOlffl CAROLINA! Occurrences of Interest in Various Parts of the State. ASKS ABOUT DISPENSARY ELECTION. Anderson's Supervisor Submits Several Questions Concerning Manner of Conducting the Election. Anderson, Special.?County Supervisor S. 0. Jackson lias not yet taken action in ordering the dispensary election. giving as his reason that he wants the law fully construed before | a vote is had on the issue in the county. The election to fill vacancy in the legislature has already been ordered for the 4th of November, and under the agreement reached some time ago the supervisor stated that he would order the dispensary election the same day as the other, so as to save expenses. At the request of the supervisor the county attorney, Capt. H. H. Wat kins, has written Attorney General Gunter in reference to the following questions: "First, Does the State of County pay the expenses of holding elections on the question of 'dispensary, %)r 'no dispensary.' \ 'Second, Does the supervisor appoint the managers of these elections, ??r is it the duty of the commissioners of State elections to appoint these managers and canvass returns? "Third. If the supervisor appoints the managers, whose duty it is to canvass returnes and declare the result? 'Fourth. What length of aavertisment, if any. of the notice of election is required?" The delays in reaching a vote in the county have been many, but it is hardly probable that an effort will be made to postpone it any longer. The supervisor states that he will act when the attorney general gives his construction of the law upon the questions submitted by the county attorney. Much Depends Upon It. Columbia, Special?A singular state of affairs was reported to the office of the attorney general. A defective vote had been thrown out in a municipal election at Blackville and upon that vote depended the election of the new intendant and one warden. The vote was regarded as defective as ' * ' *' tt*Unn it named out mree ior wuiucua four should have been voted for. The candidates for intendent received a tie vote and two of the candidates for warden were in the same predicament. The attorney general's office was asked as to the validity of the ballot. _ I Palmetto News Items. The dispensary at Marion closed last Saturday, and the stock on hand was shipped to the Florence dispen- N sary. However, it is said that there was very little to be shipped and the institution seemed to gain in popularity after the election. The dispensary was voted out of Darlington county by over two to one. Member of the Aiken Coloney. Aiken, Special.?William R. Travers. who is reported as having committed suicide in New York was a prominent member of the northern cottage colony in Aiken. Mr. Travers was a regular visitor to Aiken for several years before the Highland t~??i. Wa4A1 Km-iwi,] in IfiM. After I U1K 11UIC1 i/iu uvu iit the tire he became a pioneer member of the cottage colony, buying a tine piece of property on the famous Whiskey road. He improved this property and today "Rye Patch" is one of the handsomest places in Aiken. John A. Law, who with W. H. Fleitmann of New York, Wm. Winchester, Baltimore, and E. W. Robertson, Columbia, composed the executive committee of the directors of the Union and Buffalo mills has resigned his position on the board. Individual bankruptcy proceedings were instituted against E. I. Rosenfeld, general manager of the Western Life Indemnity Company, and an i,pplication for a receiver for th? company was also argued. Stole $100,000. Pittsburg, Special.?The startling discover}* has been made that the Adams Express Company has been'vici:?: 1 4100 nnn amv. liuii?eu ui iuc cAivni vi yi..,..., r posedlv through the peculation of an employee. Bomar Stabs Garrett. Gadsen, Ala., Special.?B. F Garrett, a well-known contractor, was seriously and probably fatally st jbed by 0. M. Bomar, who made bis escape. Family troubles alleged as the cause. Didn't Miss the Train. Some time since two merry sons from the land of the shamrock were walking down a railroad track of one of the suburban lines, and so interested were they in an animated conversation that they didn't hear the rumble of a train that was rapidly bearing down upon them. The warning whistle came too late for one of them, and before he could sidestep he was ungently lifted to a bank some feet away. Instead of dying on the spot he sat up, rubbed his eyes a few times, and then his face broke into a broad smile. "Shure. Moike," 6aid the one who had nimbly jumped from the track and escaped a rude jar. "do yez think it is a joke to be kilt?" "Begorra, an' who said it was?" returned Mike. "Thin phat aire yez grinnin' about, yez haythen?" asked Pat. "Nothin*," was the reply, "except that was ther flrrust toime in me loife that I didn't miss a train."?Philadelphia Telegraph. With the Funny Getting It All OoU Little Joe, who had a pin. Made the baby yell like sin. Mother said, "Here, stop that, Joe, Why do you hurt baby so?" Little Joe just yelled in glee, "Ma, my reason's this," said he, "If he howls with all his might He'll have none left for to-night." ?Kansas City Timet. Bruin the Hugger. Stella?"Papa says young Ticker is a Wall Street bull." Mabel?"I don't believe it. He acts more like a bear."?Chicago News. At the MlnatTelt. Mr. Bones ?"Why is an exhausted stick of carbon like a dove?" Mr. Tambo?"I gives it up, sab.'* Mr. Bones?"Because they both came out of the are." The Tellor. Flatbroke?"I'm sorry I can't pay that bill now?you'll have to wait a while. And I'd like a suit this fall, too." Tailor?"You'll get one. I'm going to start one to-morrow."?Cleveland Leader. A Sad Truth. The teacher was testing the pupil's powers of observation. "What do you always find in a parlor?" she asked. "A sofa or chairs." "Very good. And what do you always find in your kitchen?" "Yer mother." A Reasonable Proposition* Bumper?"You owe me $30,000, which you say you can't pay. Why don't you marry Miss Oldgirl? She's worth twice that amount." Jumper?"No, I can't do that; but you might marry her yourself and pay me the difference."?Translated ?pr Tales from Fliegende Blaetter. Caught. Miss Passey (coyly)?"I saw the cutest painting to-day of the?er?what is the name of thafclittle god that represents matrimony?" Mr. Tim mid?"Well, now you've got me." Miss Passey?"Oh, Mr. Timmld; this l^o sudden."?Philadelphia Press. Aided by Nature# Willie?"Bet I can "make the ugliest face." May?"You ought to. with nature to help you."?Brooklyn Eagle. Whole Skin Left. The Rocky Mountain bear grinned. "I certainly do miss Roosevelt," he remarked, peering from behind a bowlder. "And why do you?" .asked the lean bobcat. "Oh, I guess it's because he happened to miss me when he was here." ?Chicago News. A Sure Thine* Redd?"You say you do not indulge in any game of 'chance?" Green?"Certainly not." "But you play billiards, do you not?" "Oh, yes, I play billiards." "Well, don't you call that a game of chance?" "Why, no; I never play with a man I can't beat!"?Yonkers Statesman. Hla Qnandnty. "Why did you decline to answer when you were asked if you had been arrested before?" asked the chauffeur's friend. "This was your first offense." "Of course. That's just the point. I pot my Job with the swell that owns this benzine wagon on the strength of try representations that I had been in Jail eight times for violating the speed laws."?Washington Star. Caoit and Effect. "Dear me.'" exclaimed the bride of three short weeks. "What can have happened to dear Fldo? Hear him howl!" "Poor fellow!" rejoined the ex-bachclir, who was beginning to see things as others see them. "He must have caught a glimpse of you with your hai in curl papers."?Chicago Daily Xevs. j ^ In Donbt. "I thought I'd get a tip from Greatman on that stock." said the nervy yot: man. "so I just went up to him and ..sked him what he thought of its pro ^cts." "Veil." asked his friend, "what did he say?" "T "-n't flmirn whether h"* said. 'Good; buy!' or whether lie simply said 'Good-by!' "?Philadelphia Ledger. 8ncre?*iul Siratecy. "The baby," announced Mrs. BI"% "shall be named Mehitable." "Whatr exclaimed Mr. Biff argrilyV "Handicap the child with such a name as that?" j "That," replied Mrs. Biff calmly, "ia to be the name." Mr. Biff was silent for ? few moments. Then a crafty look crept athwart his visage. "Well," said be, "after all, I don't know that I can object to the name. I once had a sweetheart named Mehitable." "This baby's name," retorted Mr* Biff witi. hauteur, "ia going to too Jaie," / ? THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCTOBER 22. Subject: Rebuilding the Temple, Kxra ill., 10 to It., 5?Golden Text, 1. Cor. 111., 17?Memory Vereem 10, 11?Coin* uientery on the Day'* Lewoi. I. The foundation of the temple laid (vs. 10-13). 10. "The builders." Jeshua and Zerubbnbel as managers, with the people as workmen. The people did all they could during the winter in making preparations for building the temple, for great labor must have been required in clearing the ground for the | foundation as weu as m proviumg materials. In a little /more than a year after they left Babylon, Zerubbabel and Jeshua having appointed the priests and the Levltes to attend to their courses, laid the foundation. The Jeshua of verse 9 is not the high pries. of verse 2. but another?a Levite mentioned in chapter 2:40. "Priests in their apparel." The elegant and beautiful official robes used by the priests in their celebrations, especially the blue and scarlet and purple robes with gold and gems of the high priests and others, described in Exodus 39. Priesthood was an ordinance peculiar to Israel. "With trumpets." For summoning assembles and Joyful announcements. "The Levites." God chose the descendants of Levi for the service of His tabernacle and temple. Ip-?the wilderness they encamped a /und it as guardians, and in moving conveyed it from place to place. 11. "They sang together by course." Sang alternately, or responsively; one party saying, "The Lord is good," and the other responding, "For His mercy ondureth forever." "All the people shouted." "Those who had known only the misery of having no temple at all praised the Lord with shouts of I joy when they saw the foundation laid, for to them this was as life from the dead." 12. "Many?ancient menwept." To them it was the day of small things (Zech. 4:10). The newhouse. in comparison with the old one, was "as nothing" (Hag. 2:3). The temple would not be overlaid with gold, as Solomon's, nor surrounded with such magnificent buildings. The ark, the tables, the mercy seat were lost. No visible glory would appear in the holy place. There were no answers by Urim and Thummim. There was no fire from heaven. 13. "Could not discern." This mixture of sorrow and joy is a representation of this wofld; some are bathing in rivers of joy. while others are drowned in floods of tears. II. A tempting offer (vs. 1, 2). 1. "The adversaries." These were the Samaritans and different nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled the land of Israel when they had carried the original inhabitants away into captivity. See verse 9. Doubtless they were envious of the favor shown them by Cyrus, the king of Persia. The worst enemies Judah and Benjamin had were those that said they were Jews and were not (Rev. 3:9). 2. "Let us build with you." This people no doubt were desirous of partaking of the privileges granted to the Jews by the king of Persia. Hearing that the temple was being built they were aware that it would be a fatal blow to their superstition, and therefore they set themselves to oppose it But as they had not power to do it openly and by force they endeavored to do it secretly and by cunning. They offered their services, that by this they michi- nrv into their counsels, find j some matter of accusation against them, and thereby retard the work while they pretended to further it. "We seek your God." The religion of the Samaritans was a mixture of Idolatry. superstition and Ignorance; far worse at this time than it was when our Lord Himself declared that they knew not what they worshiped. The Samaritans were neither Israelites by birth, nor yet true proslytes. "Since the days of Esar-haddon." King of Assyria and Babylon. He is the only Assyrian king who reigned at Babylon. History tells us that he took a large number of people from Palestine to dwell in Babylon, and placed a large number of Babylonians in Palestine in their place. Those Assyrian settlers intermarried with the remnant of Israelite women, and their descendants. a mongrel race, went under the name of Samaritans. III. A positive reply (r. 3). 3. "Ye have nothing to do with us." We cannot acknowledge you as worshipers of the true God, and cannot participate with you in anything that relates to His worship. No compromise meas? ures could be considered. Zerubbabel and his associates saw that to enter into an alliance with these semi-heathen would mean the breaking down of the Jewish institutions and a relapse into idolatry. "We?will build.** Thus was a great peril averted. They saved a nation, for the time, at any rate, from the danger of having their religion corrupted and adulterated by intermixture with a form of belief and practice which was altogether of an inferior type. IV. The work delayed (vs. 4, 5). 4. "Weakened the hands." This opposition is supposed to have begun soon after the foundation was laid. During the remainder of the reign of Cyrus, about five years, they did not openly oppose a work be had commanded, but discouraged the people and perhaps intercepted their materials for building, and by bribing counselors to oppose their application to the ministers of Cyrus for supplies or protection they greatly obstructed the design. This would be more easily done, as it is probable that Daniel died about this time (Dan. 6:25-28). 5. "Until the reign of DariuS." This king began to reign B. C. 522. Permission was given to complete the building in B. C. 520. Sheriff Herrick and Speeches. The late Horatio G. Herrick of Lawrence for many years high sheriff of Essex county, always took a keen interest in the Lawrence schools, and was far a long time chairman of the school committee. Visiting the Saunders school soon after the death of Garfield, Sheriff Herrick spoke to the pupils of the life of the late distinguished statesman, and thus asked, genially: "Now, can any of you tell me what | a statesman is?" A little hand went up, and a little A girl replied: "A statesman is a man who makes speeches." "Hardly that," answered Mr. Herrick, who loved to tell this story. "For instance, I sometimes make speeches, and yet I am not a statesman." The little hand again went up, and the answer came, triumphantly: "I know; a statesman is a man who makes good speeches!Boetoa Her aid. CHRISTMnioi 1 OCTOBER TWENTY-SECOND. i Sacred Songs That Have Helped.? j Eph. 5:15-20; Col. 3:15-17. In our songs we are to "speak one t to another"; we are not to think selfishly of ourselves. . If a hymn is to.help us or any one else, it must come from deeper thaa - ?4 the lips, it must make melody in our hearts. The more of God's grace we hare in our hearts, the more helpfulness will there be upon our lips, whatever *\ we say or sing. If our singing is to be "in the name of the Lord", it must not only be in a religious meeting, but in a religious 1 spirit. 1 Suggestive Thoughts. A hymn will help yon most If yon make it help some one else. A hymn should not be sung at all unless It Is part of the worship. Often we sing merely the tune, not the words. Try reading the words over carefully in concert before the hymn is sung. The more you know of the history of hymns, the more history will they make in your own lives. Hymns and Hymn-Writers. Pntfjably the greatest of all hymns is "RBck of Ages," written more than a century and a quarter ago, and more helpful now than ever in its long history. "To the thoughts suggested in that song we may run as to a strong tower, and are safe." JM "Just as I am" was written by Charlotte Elliott, an invalid and very brilliant woman. Moody called' SB| it the most helpful of hymns. fiBH "There is a green hill far away' SB was written by Mrs. C. F. Alexander, 91 a most devoted worker among the 9fl| poor. Miss Havergal knew Greek and Hebrew, and wrote poems in German as easily as English. "I gave my life ^ for thee," she thought so inferior that she threw it Into the fire; bat it fell out again. Mr. Sankey was attracted by "The # ~ ninety and nine," and cut the poem j from a newspaper. At the close of an impressive sermon by Moody on the Good Shepherd, Sankey sung the now famous hymn, hastily improvising the music. "Nearer my God, to Thee" takes on fresh meaning as we learn that Its author, Sarah Flower Adams, sung it with almost her last breath. H. G. Spafford was a lawyer who Vat all his possessions in a panic, and henceforth devoted himself to religion. He wrote "When pcr.ce like a river" on hearing that his four daughters had been drowned and his wife left a hopeless invalid from the hock. The Service of Song. Plan some special musical feature for each meeting. The society might well assist, In a body, the musical service of the mid-week church prayer meeting and the Sunday-evening service. < M Many societies do much good by conducting song services in hosplt* als and similar places. * * vSffl EPWDRTHIEXGUE LESSOIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22. - VR Sacred Songs That Have Helped* Kj Eph. 5. 1S20r Col. 3: 15-17. From the beginning the Christian ' -T church has been a singing church cause It has been a happy, joyful church. Singing and service have always been closely joined. No part of the public service is worthier of more attention than is this. No better means of supplementing the study of the Bible can be fpund than to study the hymns ofrthe church. Commit to memory the hymns. They will be a solace In many a dark ^?id trying hour. X Music is the oldest and most na?w* al of fine arts. It began with the ^ first "lullaby" of the first mother. Ii w the ancient Jewish church gong had Its prominent part and place. In the apostolic church it was evidence. Down through all the centuries it v has been the service at song as much i as of the sermon that has been hon- * 1 m>A/i nt rinH Warlv as many souls have been sung into the kingdom as have been preached In. Look a moment at the matter of hymn and song. 1. The Christian Hymn is the Highest Expression of Experience. Charles Wesley's hymns are largely biographic. Charlotte Elliott's "Just as I am" la the expression of an experience into which she had just come. Cowpert personal history la written in his "God moves in a mysterious way." Fanny Crosby has put her life into the hymns she wrote. When ordinary words fail song gives expression to the deeper emotions of the aottL 2. The Hymn is a Means of Great Influence. Souls have been converted, wanderers reclaimed, and hearts uplifted more often by the singing of some hymn than by any other way. Instances are numerous where the singing of well-known and familiar . s hymns has been attended by remarkable results. On great occasions the hvnra is the best expressions of the thought of the service. 2. The Hymn is an Expression of ^ Doctrine. It has often been said that the hymnology of Methodism was her standard of doctrine. More than '? hnnUs nf theoloev are found I 1U VUI l/WIW w. _ ' In our hymns our best expressions of doctrine and belief. The Insurance of a common hymnal for the churches North and South will be a common bond that will keep unified our doctrine and be a constant compelled of fraternity. i -j The farmer has the rural free <fe v. livery or malls?although this was thought to be imnosslb'- ? few years ago. Shall he not ' -eels ^ ? n?o?i wir yAflS JA/31 . JUMVM movement. ori?ln-?tinf, ^?^cities. Is extending itself furTrrt^r into the real country. Trolley linos are ex- ^ tending rountryward; soon they will come actually to serve the farmer's needs. The telephone, as a separate rural enterprise, is extending itself. Extc'islonal educational enterprises, are reaching farther and further into the open farming districts. Co-operation and organization movements are ' at the same time extending and contfa? M ^ ^