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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-18

Nick Powers, the mayor Of Brock
man, was in the city Saturday. He
says he has called off the city election
that was to be next week. When the
election was called there was no OPP
position 10 his reelection, but the
section boss has come out as a can-
didate. The election would result In
a tie, one vote for Nick, and one for
the section boss, so he would hold
over, and there was no use for an
election. When the road was built a
we'll was bored at Brockman, but 1t
was not properly cased, and COM
menced to ill up. The company con-
tracted for the boring OF another well,
but the contractor made a crooked
hole. Other contractors tried, and
all made crooked holes. 1t appears
that at the depth of about an hun
bred feet the formation dips, and this
dip is followed by the drill, making a
crooked hole. Mayor Powers has lived
at Brockman some nine years, most
Of the time In a shack, or a box car.
The superintendent happened to be
there n day when there was a heavy
rain. He went into the house for
protection and found that he needed
an umbrella in the house. Mr.. Powers
put In a word for better protection
and the company is just completing
a fine five oom house with bath and
a porch IS feet long and ten feet
wide, The mayor does not know
whether he can induce his family to
live in such a fine place.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-18
Valley View News.

Our school will not commence until
October LIST.
Tom Kerr is spending a few days at
the home ranch,
Clint Olney looked after business In
Lordsburg a few days.
Roy Carbon has returned home after
an extended visit in Texas.
Miss Capitola Robertson will teach
the school at Richmond, n. M. this
year,
Sunday will be the regular basket
dinner aud song practice at the school
house. A cordial invitation to all.
X. Y. u.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-18

In settling up a partnership Pink
Cosper and Charlie Tyson divided a
bunch of cattle. Later there a
dispute regarding n Of the COWS,
which dispute was dragged into court
at Silver City this week, on a claim of
COW stealing. The district attorney
examined his witnesses before he took
the case into court, and then announc-
ed to the court that there was not
enough testimony to convict any one
Of stealing, and so the case was dis
missed. Three auto loads of men,
witnesses in the case, or interested in
it, drove into town Tuesday, after the
case was finished, on their way to
Duncan. Pink Cosper has got the
COW.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-18

Tuesday a couple of strangers drop
ped into the Bank of Duncan, held up
the cashier and assistant, drove them
into the vault and closed the door on
them, gathered up 49, 200, and went
away horseback. A customer came
In the bank, heard tapping on the
vault door, opened 1t and released the
prisoners. A posse was formed and
went after the robbers, but at last &C.
count had not got them.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-18

J. L, T. Waters the Duncan post
master, was in the city Sunday, en-
route to Silver City, as a witness in a
case that is to be tried this term Of
court. Mr.. Waters has been post
master at Duncan for a long time.
Duncan is a fourth class office, and
comes under the civil service rules,
which provides that a postmaster
shall continue to hold his Office in
definitely. 1t was put in the civil
service by President Taft. When Mr..
Wilson took charge of the p~ostofices
there was no record regarding the
competency Of the men in office, and
he ordered a special examination for
all the offices to see If the holders
we're competent. Mr.. Walters at
tended the examination. 1t was sim
Pile for a man who had had his ex-
perlence, and he had no trouble in
answering the questions. No other
Duncanite attended the examination,
so Mr.. Waters considers himself set
tied in the position for so long a time
as he wishes to stay there. He is a
very competent postmaster.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-18

The Germans have been getting the
worst Of it the past week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-04
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks - Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DIR. Edwards, a welI-Iknown Ohio
Physician

DR.. +. NJ. Edwards for II years treat
ed scores of women for liver and bowel
ailments During these years he gave
to his patients a prescription made of
a few well-known vegetable ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them DR..
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them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder workers on
the liver and bowels. which cause a
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results.
Thousands of women, as well as men.
take DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets now
and then just to keep in the pink of
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-04

only hoped in Christ in this life, We
are of ali men most miserable
Light From the Book
Every day, in every section of the
world, there rage arguments about re-
ligion. Men cannot be restrained from
specializing about this supreme theme.
No aspect of these discussions strikes
an observer as more significant than
the fact that so often men debate as IL
there were no authority above their
own reason to which appeal might be
made. They talk as though historical
facts were to be decided by horse
sense; and as If one mans opinion
were as good as another In other
words, they leave the Bible entirely
out of their discussion. and airily put
forth their own immature opinions as
If they were the last word on the
subject. Every reader of these lines
has probably heard controversies on
the resurrection, without q single ap-
peal to the Bible as historical evil
dence.
That makes only one of two courses
possible. Either the Bible must be
discarded utterly, or else it must be
accepted as the only scientific and
valid evidence available up to the
present time upon the subject of the
resurrection. To reject the teaching
of the resurrection is to reject the
New Testament; for 1t is full of the
fact and of the Implications of the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. And
apart from this Book we have abso-
lutely no other historical evidence of
the raising of the dead to life. / take
concordance and follow through
the words raised" 'risen," "resur-
rection," and fine 1913 separate refer
ences given to resurrection.
When the sorrow of death enters
circle of love, it is not 10 the barren
philosophy of the ancients that we turn
for comfort, but to this Book of the
immortal hope, whose words of sweet
assurance are repeated daily over
thousands of biers, imparting the light
of eternal sunrise to the dark day OF
grief.
Facing the Facts
AS a bit of reporting, or historical
writing, the four evangelists did first
class work. They were mindful oil
the facts, first of all. We see this
clearly in the resurrection story. First
they present the evidence that He
really died-the Jewish usage that
the condemned criminal must not re-
main on the cross over a high sab
bath: the spear-thrust of the soldier
which brought both water and blood
gushing from the Victims side is sure
proof of death; the. report of the vet.
eran centurion; the tomb sealed with
the seal of Rome and guarded by hel
Dictionaries: the tomb was a new one
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-04
LIFE AFTER DEATH?
BIBLE GIVES LIGHT
123 References to Resurrection
Can Be Found in New
Testament
The International Sunday School
Lesson For December 6 is "Christ
Risen From the Dead'-Mark 10:
1-S; Matt. 28:11-15
BY William T. Ellis

To-days newspaper contains a spe-
cial mention of those who have solved
the problem of immortality; and of
those who are deeply, Immediately and
supremely concerned in it. They will
be found in the death notice column.
and the first group are those who have
died, and the second group are the
families and near friends of the dead.
No question is more ancient, more
insistent, or more profound and inn
portant than this one, IF man die.
shall he live again?" To some degree
it is certain at some time or other to
engage the thought of every mature
mind. With the daily dispatches from
abroad fairly reeking with news of
bloody deaths by the myriad, the
problem is one that thrusts itself in
exorably into the consideration of
even the frivolous minded and the
needless.
Every poet. every philosopher, has
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-04

speculated upon the theme. The
human mind has always experienced
"intimations of Immortality" The
conviction that this supreme flower
and fruit of the universe, the human
soul, was not born to fall and perish
utterly, and that this earth life is,
by many signs. only the preparation
for some higher form of existence,
lies deep down in the thinking of
every normal person.
How Creed Affects Conduct
There is surer ground for a con-
viction of Immortality than any 1 have
yet cited; and we shall consider it a
few paragraphs later. First, though,
we need to remind ourselves of some
practical consequences of our belief
upon this subject.
If man dies as the dog dies, then
the greatest of all inspirations and
inhibitions are removed from the
realm of morals. 1t is because man
is to live forever that he should live
like an immortal here and now. Once
grant that this life is all and then we
must admit the wisdom of the in1unc-
tion, Eat, drink and be merry, for
tomorrow we die"
The chrism of earth's friendships is
the hope of the resurrection, which
sacredly anoints them for two worlds.
All our highest conceptions of love
are bound up with the expectation of
a life beyond the grave.
Grounded in the resurrection teach
ing is the Christians hope of Christly
character and of future glory. III
ye then be risen together with Christ
seek those things which are above
Now is Christ risen from the dead
and become the first-fruits of them
that slept" IF. Christ hath not been
raised, then is our preaching vain;
your faith also is vain" IF we have
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-04

with no other body in 1t, so no room
for mistakes remained there.
Then, in all their native natural
ness, the historians relate the appear
ances of the Lord to the various dis
ciples, the first of whom had come to
the tomb expecting to find dead
body, and not a risen Christ.
The verisimulitude of the report
that Jesus was three days buried, when
He really was only in the tomb from
Friday. night to Sunday morning, Is
evidence of the trustworthiness of the
narrative. That is the Eastern way
of writing to this day-to count a part
of day or year as a whole. so 1t
is on the Assyrian tablets; so 1t is In
the Christian Koreans account of the
length of time they spent in Jail. In
the light of modern scholarship, with
its full knowledge of Oriental usages,
any other form of expression on the
part OF the New Testament writer's
would have been counted suspicious;
they were true to their time and to
the facts.
OF the ten appearances of the risen
Christ-eleven, counting His appear
ance to Saul on the Damascus road
the first two were to women. Mrs.
Browning wrote, in compact
quatrain:
mot she with traitorous kiss her
Master stung;
Not she denied Him with unfaithful
tongue;
She when apostles fled could danger
brave,
Last at His cross and earliest at His
grave"
The first six appearance were in or
near Jerusalem, in this order:
To Mary Magdelene; at the sepul-
chre;
To the women on the way from the
sepulchre;
TO Simon Peter alone, near Jeru-
salem;
To two disciples on the way to
Emaus, near Jerusalem:
To the apostles, except Thomas, al
Jerusalem;
To the apostles with Thomas, a
week later, at Jerusalem.
The next three appearances were in
Galilee, first to seven fishermen; then
to the eleven on mountain; then to
about 500 brethren at once. The final
appearance was at the Ascension, OF
Mt. Olivet.
Assuming the historical validity oil
the Bible, and we find that the resur-
rection is established by many wit.
nesses, and that 1t Is as completly
buttressed fact as any event in an.
cient history.
There remains one final proof of the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, which
in the case of millions of persons
makes all the other evidence unnec
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-04

essary. That is the fact of personal.
present relationship with the living
Christ, to whom a long line of mar
tyrs and saints bear testimony. say
ing with st. Paul, IT know whom
have believed" That relationship is
for multitudes more real than any
transaction with merchant or friend.
CLOSER is He than breathing,
Nearer than hands or feet
Canadian in the tropics might
be ieered at for his talk of ice and
snow; and the black philosopher
might conclusively prove that such a
phenomenon is impossible. But the
Canadian can confound them all with
"I know. for 1 have experienced ice
and snow" A Greek sophist might
have caught Peter in the market
place at Antioch and argued the inn
possibility of the resurrection; but
Peter could crush Him with sim
pie, "I saw Him dead; and then I
saw Him alive A personal expert
ence of the risen Christ is the final
argument for the resurrection; and
the one most sufficient proof of i'm
mortality.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-04

only hoped in Christ in this life, we
are of all men most miserable"
Limit E.rnnn tho RnnE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
The Greatest of State Fairs

1 The State Fair which will be held ir
 Birmingham next month will be the
 greatest in the history of the fair as-
 sociation. Indeed, it is no exaggera-
 tion to say that it will be the greatest
 of all state fairs held in the south.
 President R. A. Brown and his ex- |ecutive committee have worked hard to make this the banner fair year. They have arranged for an unusually large exhibit of the agricultural resources of the state. Alabama has long ranked high in the farming world, but within the last three years it has made strides in diversified farming, while phenome- nal progress has been made in the yield per acre.
 The farmers are now somewhat de- pressed because of the unsettled cot ton market owing to the European war, but there is every reason to be- lieve that by October 1 there will be demand for the southern staple at fairly good prices. If the cotton farmer is inconvenienced by reason of the war it will be only temporary inconvenience.
 Many farmers can well afford to hold their cotton. What is mostly needed is patience. Those who can not afford to hold cotton for year can afford to hold it until the coming winter. No matter how long the war may last, cotton must eventually bring a big price. These observations, how ever, are merely in passing. Alabama's tillers of the soil have reason to be grateful for bountiful harvests and for their prosperity in the years gone by, and no one of them can afford to miss the State Fair this fall.
 In addition to the exhibits of live stock, grain, fruit and other branches of husbandry there will be more and better free shows" at the fair than Tn any former year. The management has made an especial effort to provide for the amusement of the people, and the efforts of President Brown and his  associates should be rewarded by a record breaking attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 One reason why we all pity a deaf man is because we all love to hear our selves talk
 Some of the bow-legged girls take chances with the transparent skirt, but why is it that you never see one wearing a bathing suit?
 One reason why Solomon gets credit for being the wisest man is because his long est court decision is only five miles long.
 There are lots of good lawyers who go home late and have the law laid down to them.
 Men will often trust their daughters with men whom they wouldn't trust with $5 bill.
 When man can get his wife to believe that his business compels him to remain at the office until a. m. one day a week he imagines that he has the world by the tail.
 Before he gets her he swears by her. After he gets her he swears at her.
 You can't tell man to his face that he looks like a monkey. But you can tell his wife that their new baby resembles it's father.
 A suffragette demands that the govern ment become progressive and arrange matters SO that children can be sent from point to point by parcel post. We al- ways had g0rt Of sneak1ng Idea that some of those suffs wanter to put the stork out of business.
 Every princess believes that some day she will come back to her home town at the head of her own theatrical company.
 great many of our young men insist upon their ties harmonizing with theif socks But that isn't the reason why this Is the greatest nation in the world. One way to beat the high cost of living is to beat the bartender home every night,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
NEW wARRIOR IN EUROPE

From the Kansas City Star.
 In the terrible fighting that has marked the general engagement along the whole front of the allied armies. body of French troops new to Europe and to Euro- pean warfare covered itselif with glory.
 This innovation was Frances Senega- lese soldiers-a force recruited in Africa and trained by French soldiers. The French have rarely, if ever, made the mistake of using force unnecessarily against the people of their African pos sessions and protestorates, and travel CTS in the dark continent say that they have been repeatedly assured by native chiefs that multitudes of French African subjects would volunteer for service in any European war France might take part in.
 One of the bugaboos of the German for eign office has for many years been the great and constantly increasing force noire which France has built up through it's African protectorates E. Alexander Powell. formerly of the American con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE WAR
 SITUATION IN EUROPE AS TIT IS TODAY
-HE preparedness of the Ger

THE preparedness of the German army has maintained itself
 The Germans have been very much like unto a contractor building [. storehouse or a residence. who had or dered his lumber cut to lengths and his material all prepared in the shops from which they were to come-a contractor who had figured out his work in advance When he began building it was little trouble to put this material together and make the structure.
 The Germans had figured this war out to the most minute detail, while the Eng fish and French have more or less been dallying for the past ten years. With tn. exception of the continued construction or a great British navy both England and France have done more talking in their respective pariaments and more news paper and magazine talk than actual work.
 Russia, on the other hand. was griev- ously wounded in her war with Japan She learned the danger and the serious consequences of lack of preparation and after that war began seriously to prepare for the condition which exists today. Therefore, the Russians are doing effec- tive work in their invasion of eastern Germany and Austria. They are going towards Berlin with but little less speed than the Germans are penetrating to- wards Paris.
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 There is no question now but that the Germans will reach the outer fortifica- tions of Paris Whether these fortifica- tions will withstand the pressure of the wedges of the Germany army and its
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
The Spectacle of War

An English newspaper correspon- dent sends to his paper vivid ac- count of the German entry into Brus- sels. He says it was a wonderful and impressive sight. He was profoundly impressed by the perfection of dis cipline and training shown by the Ger man troops and the excellence of thelr equipment. Not for nothing has Ger many devoted all her energies since the close of the Franco-Prussian war to building up the "most perfect fight ing machine in Europe" Her army has so far proved tremendously ef- fective and her success is entirely due to close study given to every phase of the service by her militarists. They seem to have overlooked nothing, un- less it is the temper of the German people, who, in spite of reports to the contrary, seem to be in favor of the war.
 Some idea of what the German army really is can be gained from the de- scription of the correspondent referred to above. Tt was impossible" he writes, ''to imagine that these men had been fighting continuously for 10 days or that they had even been in active service. First of all came six cyclists, then great mass of infantry, then huge howitzers, then pontoon train and then more infantry, from 1:30 o'clock Thursday until Sunday morning without a break" The men were fresh and keenly alert, the cav airy and artillery horses were in wonderful condition" Each company had a travelling stove in which the fire was never out, and there was always some hot drink ready for the troops. Singing their national songs in excellent time, their singing being organized like everything else, this mighty host streamed through Brus- sels for three days while the inhabit- ants looked on in wonder. Ahead of the column an aeroplane lowered in the air, adding picturesque touch as it signaled day and night by dropping colored stars, by which the movements of the troops were regulated
 An impressive picture, to be sure, of modern warfare with all it's up- to-date appliances. The imagination can hardly grasp the immensity, the overlapping splendor of it all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

would have his revenge and that he would set fire to the place and go to { the top of the hill and watch it burn
 The trial only occupied a very short time, and the jury, after an absence of / 20 minutes, returned a verdict of guilty 7 against Lee. When the judge passed the \ sentence he told the prisoner he was sur prised at the calm appearance he had maintained after having committed so / barbarous a crime. to which the mur- derer replied: The reason am so calm is because l trusted in my God. and my, God knows that 1 am innocent"
 Then comes the most remarkable part of the Barbaeombe mystery. Lee was to have been hanged on February 2s. 1885, but the execution did not take place for / the reason that newly erected gallowsv failed to work. At signal the lever was drawn. but the trap did not fall Lee was marched off with the cap still over his face. The drop sprang all right when his weight was removed. Six minutes later he was again placed upon it and it refused to work
 The prisoner was marched back to his i. cell while the edges of the doors were " cut away. He was brought back for the third time, but again the drop failed to Worh. HIS tlme ne was again taken back to his cell, and the home secretary 4 was communicated with the result being respite for the prisoner, and the even- tual communication of his sentence to penal seritude of life.
 Lee claimed that the night before the .-s fatal day he had dreamt dream that three attempts would be made to carry out the sentence of the law and that his life would be preserved
 The sequel of the story is still more remarkable. The governor was in the { habit of carrying a little pocket almanac, 4 with a scriptural text affixed to each date. and on the day in February when the convict ought to have been hanged appeared this record: Surely, it is the hand of the Lord which has done this /
 Tomorrow-Trial of Jonathan Bradford.