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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03

knowledge of forgiveness Ezekiel
1911; Matthew 23:37). No parable
ever had its desired effect more quick
ly than this one. 1t brought conviction
and repentance ". 13) and led to the
writing OF the fifty-first psalm. It was
a delicate task set before Nathan thus
to rebuke the king, yet 1t reveals the
essential nobleness of David in that
he did not become angry. Nathan's
task and his wisdom are revealed in
his approach and in the way he led
David to condemn, unwittingly, his
own course of action. This was bet
ter than to begin by upbraiding and
denunciation. Verse two suggests, in
ferentially. Gods great goodness to
David, which made the offense one OF
gross ingratitude.
w. Thou Art the Man'-v, IA. Thus
far the story is one all too common,
then and now, of the strong crushing
the weak and glorying in their selfish
ness. What follows is the evidence
of Gods response to mans repentance,
the parallel to which has nowhere else
been found in the ancient world. The
glory of it is that David heard and
needed Gods messenger. The whole
sordid story with its resultant action
on David's part brings us many price
less lessons. % That man who had
lived a life Of faith and communion
fell most miserably when he neglected
his duty and took his eyes off God.
There is a grave danger ahead of the
man who begins to trife with sin Il
Cor. 1919. I2) Though a man fall
(the cody mani yet he is not utterly
cast down. There is pardon for the
vilest sinner and the most abject
backslider David's murderous hands
and Sustained soul found pardon
FPS. 80 and 81. (3) A mans sins,
though he may find pardon, will cloud
all of his future.
David felt it in his own life and fam
lily; both daughter and sons felt its
blight (see chapter 13), and it brought
forth David's immortal lament over
Absalom.
Davids trusted friend joined the
sons rebellion and caused David great
sorrow (see 11:3; 1894; 1921 and
Ps. 55:12-14).
A human book would cover up, omit
or seek to palliate such an act by one
OF the great of the earth (cf. the
story of Napoleon and Josephine), yet
the Bible tells all the facts to serve
as a warning and to reveal Gods
matchless grace and mercy,
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03
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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03
HAW KS NEST

Farmers in this section are
getting behind with their crops
owing to the continued wet
weather.
. Several from here attended
the lecture ON Poultry 1aising
Monday night,
Mrs. j. II. Mullens of Corneits
Vile, Perry County is visiting
RELATIVES here.
Alex Dehart, Of Howell Branch
went TO Cave Greek Sunday on
business.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNYSO[lOOL
LESSON
by f. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course OF Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago)
LESSON FOR JUNE 6
NATHAN REBUKEs DAVID.

LESSON TEXT--II Samuel 11:22-12:7a.
GOLDEN TEXT-Create in me a clean
heart o God.-Psalm 51:10.
This is a lesson that demands great
care in its presentation and treatment.
which will differ widely according to
age. For the younger the briefest sort
of statement that David fell in love
with Uriah's wife and to obtain her
had her husband killed will be suffi-
cient. With such, throw the emphasis
upon the danger Of harboring evil
thoughts and the need of heart purity
(see Golden Text.
With adults, however, some time
may be devoted to the social evil
which is such a menace to every ma.
ton, care being taken lest the discus.
sion become morbid, or that we neglect
to emphasize the fact that the cure.
is not in regulation or reformation but
in the regeneration of the human
heart
I. David's Many Good Deeds, u
Samuel, 2 and 9. AS a background
for his most repulsive sin David had
long list of excellent deeds. His de-
sire for better abiding place for the
ark was not according to Gods will
for two reasons: first, that an ornate
house might easily corrupt, through
idolatry, the spirituality of the Hebrew
religion; second David was man of
war and therefore not qualified for
temple building Though denied, David
did not despair. but at once provided
that his successor carry out his desire.
u. David's One Great Sin, n Sam
ueI, 1885,. David's victories over his
enemies are dismissed in a few
verses. yet his sin is set forth in de-
tail-another evidence OF the divine
origin and inspiration of the Bible.
David had followed the example of
neiShboring kings and taken to him
self many wives, evidently regarding
his fancy as supreme and himself as
above the law. David was "off guard"
in the matter OF temptation, a danger
GUS position for all, both soldier and
civilian. David had had too long and
too great period of success and pros
perity after his long period Of priva.
ton, and this led to carelessness and
pride. David was "off duty" indulg-
ing in ease while Joab did his fighting.
AS a result he became an aduiterer
and a murderer, and the record in no
way seeks to palliate his guilt. From
all this the record brings to us many
important lessons. Outwardly pros
Ferrous and his army successful, Da-
vid must have felt in his heart the
spiritual blight in the words, but the
thing was evil in the eyes Of the
Lord" (v. 27 II W; no psalm writ
ing then.
~. Nathan's Parable, n. Samuel,
12:1-7. 1t is an evidence OF Gods
grace that he sent his servant to re-
buke and restore this man after his
own heart" Such is his mercy, for
he does not will that any should per
ish but that all might come TO the
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03

home folks at Genet Saturday
night and Sunday.
On Monday evening May 3lst
as the writer was blowing on top
of a yellow knoll on Maiden
Branch he saw Brodhead IL Gar
rett's logging train whiz by load
ed with women going for a JOY
ride. Robert McNabb engineer
was putting them over the. road
as fast as steam would carry
them and that is pretty fast
when Bob is at the throttle.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03
wstersearino Rocks.

All rocks contain some water, but
some, such as the GRANTEES, carry only
an approachable amount Sandstone.
on the other hand, has an absorptive
capacity of a gallon or more water to
the cubic foot of rock and is the best
water bearer of the solid rocks.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR five YEARS

taking other medicines. decided to
take his advice, although did not have
any confidence in il.
have now been taking Black-Draughi
for three months, and /! has cured me-
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using il.
am so thankful for what Black
Draught has done for me-"
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de-
rsngements Of the stomach and liver. II
is composed Of pure, vegetable herbs.
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. II can be freely
used by young and old. and should be
kept in every family chest.
Get package today.
Only quaftef. -
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03
Majority Of Friends Thought MIR.
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.

Pomeroyton, Ky.-ln interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr.. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows: 81 was down with
stomach trouble for five 80 years, and
would have sick headache SO bad, at
times, that thought surely ! would die.
! tried different treatments, but they
did not seem 10 dome any good.
lgol SO bad, could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends. except one, thought !
would die. He advised me 10 try
Ihediord's Black Draught. and quit
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03

Blank deeds for sale at The
Times office, 5 cents each.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1915-06-03

W. j. Hanks has returned
home after IA brief visit with his
daughter, Mrs Mort. Faulkner at
Mt, Sterling.
Judge Shackelford was calling
on his many friends through here
last week in the interest of his
race for Circuit Judge. He has
IA host of friends here who will
support him at the primary in
August.
Several from here attended
the magic lantern show at NADIA
Saturday night
b. f. Martin and wife visited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
English Apathy

The English people as whole seem strangely unmoved by the gravity of the war in Europe. The difficulties met with in getting recruits for the army have been frequently noted and the large number of men in London and other cities, who are eligible for military duty but have not responded to their country's call for volunteers, has been unfavorably commented on by visitors. The Germans have made much capital of this indifference of the English. Some of their most tell ing thrusts have been inspired by a situation that appears almost incred- ible to a resident of the United States.
 As a matter of fact, the English government is chiefly to blame for the apathy that is being shown by Eng fish people. War news has been cen sored so carefully that the main body of the British know little or nothing of what is really going on. In fact, the average citizen of the United States probably has a much more com prehensive knowledge of the war than Englishmen who are directly inter- ested. While his country is presuma- bly, fighting for its existence the average Englishman goes about his daily business or takes his recreation as if nothing extraordinary were hap pening. Correspondents assert that the theatres and restaurants are filled to overflowing, dance clubs are well patronized and London life IS much the same as it was before the war.
 Paris and all France are keenly alive to the need for great sacrifices, while the Russians are fighting on a tremendous scale, but it is quite ap- parent that England has so far left her allies to bear the brunt of the struggle. The British troops have been holding thirty-one miles out of bat tie line 591 miles long. The foolish British censorship has resulted in a national feeling of optimism and care lessness. Englishmen have been led 1 to look on the war as "small affair,
 with which they have little concern
 They may yet learn to their cost that
 they are badly mistaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31

that,with market always readily ac- cessible to them-made so by splendid roads-it paid them to work the land to its maximum production. So, in final analysis, this conclusion is proven, viz: The automobile was the forerunner of good roads, and better roads were the forerunner of remark able rises in farm values. Moreover, the rise in land values, which is mat ter of public record wherever road inn provement has prevailed to any con- siderable extent, is not fictitious. The land is more valuable simply because it can profitably be made to produce more In other words, the money that goes into the roads comes back with interest from the land. History reveals that no country has ever languished where agriculture flourished, and no country has ever flourished where az riculture languished Therefore, since agriculture is the basis of all wealth, as the farmer prospers so prospers the city man.
 So, the deduction is evident that the automobile is a factor for general bet terment in the modern scheme of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 There is big difference between knock ing the dead and knocking the dead ones
 A woman can have her husband so henpecked that he brings home his pay envelope unopened and gets an allow ance, of 25 cents every morning. out of which he iS to pay 10 cents for car fare and 15 cents for his lunch. Bu- that does not keep his wife from be- lleving that he is out squandering his coin on strange blondes if he happens 10 be an hour late getting home to supper.
 The reason why man is certain that other people are getting a lot of graft is because none of 1t is coming his way.
 Before he gets her she is the girl of his dreams. But after a while he regards her as a sort of a nightmare.
 One reason why friend wife isn't con tented is because if you let her have her own way she will want to do something else.
 After a man has been married for a while it does not take much of an at traction to snare him from the comforts of his own fireside at night.
 There is a whole lot in bluffing. If a rabbit had sense enough to rear up on his hind legs and show his teeth and growl mighty few dogs would take chance tackling him.
 Ths old-fashioned man who used to take a bath every Saturday whether he needed it or not now has son who always TOT gets what day of the week 1t is Any man is satisfied to be as young as , he feels. But a woman is unhappy unless she looks the part
 Once in a while a tightwad gets a libera spel, and takes his wife down to a 1O cent store and lets her look in the win dow until she gets tired feasting hei eyes
 Maybe the lad who carries the odor ol garlic into a street car Is the huspane of the woman who opens her hall doors when she cooks cabbage in her fiat 1 The man who marries for money usually gets more than he bargained for
 Columbus is always regarded as pikel | in the household which has just discov cred that the first baby has its first tooth l Why is it that the tiresome man Is alss
 tireless?
 II she didn't lie so much about hei wealthy relatives and he didn't lie SC much about his big salary when the, ] are courting. the honeymoon might las
 d .ew weeks longer than it does
 A little learning is a dangerous thing A man once paid SC to get front seat a grand opera production because the pro
 gramme Announced that the ballet woul' appear only in advertisements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
The Princess de Chimay

What the newspapers call the Tat est chapter" in the romance of the for mer Princess de Chimay, who began her spectacular career as Clara Ward of Detroit, has been added by the death of her mother, Mrs. Catherine l.. Morrow of London, The tempera- mental ex-princess was not cut off with the proverbial shilling, but the fact that the late Mrs. Morrow died possessed of property worth more than million dollars, of which her daugh- ter receives but one thousand dollars, indicates that there was little affec- tion lost between them.
 The former princess, who is now known as Mme. Ricciardi, is said to be living in seclusion in New York. Clara Ward was only IT when she was mar ried in Paris to the Prince Joseph of Chimay and Caraman. Her extrava- gance became the talk of Europe. She was much sought after by European portrait painters and her startling costumes seldom failed to create the sensation she desired. When she met the gypsy violinist Rigo, now playing in a Chicago cafe, they felt their souls attuned, and forthwith eloped. Later she left Rigo for an Italian station master named Ricciardi, but quickly tired of her new husband
 Had the former princess inherited, say, half million from her mothers estate, instead of one thousand dol lars, another affair of the heart could have had a speedy inception, but the prospects just now are not so promis- ing. Women like Mime. Ricciardi fur nish excellent subjects for moralists and the writers of "feature@ articles for newspapers, but after all they are pathetic figures and pay bitter price for their folly, which is quite ofter due not so much to depravity as te an insufficient supply of brains. They are fortunate if they can end theii days in seclusion and escape actua want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
PERFECTING SCALES

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 ing the weights of objects is a very
 X old one, but it was not until Thad- deus Fairbanks United States manufac- turer, got the system into logical per- lection that weights and weighing has be- come the universal system of computing the value of an article by weight. Fair hanks was a miller and carriage maker in his early business life and finally en- tered into a partnership with his brother in the manufacture of cast iron blows and castings for stoves.
 This firm later built machinery for dress ing hemp, and while so engaged Ihao- deus Fairbanks perceived that there was a great demand for some contrlVance which would accurately weigh the hemp straw received from the farmers, ana he devised and constructed a satisfac- tory platform scales.
 Thaddeus and his brother Erastus built one for their own company and one or two for others, and they met with such gen eral approbation that they began to build and introduce them into general use. While preparing to do so, Thaddeus Fairbanks , invented the arrangement and combina- ton of levers supporting the platform, which were practically those of the plat form scale as it has continued to the present day. This scale he patented on I June 21, 1881.
 ] So successful were the Fairbanks broth CTS with this platform scale that they gave up the manufacture of all other ar- 1 ticles and devoted all their attention to 1 the manufacture of scales. Two years later than this patent mentioned. they be- 1 gan to supply a great need in the manu- l fracture of fixed and movable platform scales, constructed on the same principle, for use in stores and factories. They add ed so many varieties of scales until they l finally numbered hundreds. from the most delicate instruments for the use of jew eers and chemists. to those which could weigh the heaviest of the Egyptian obe' lisks. with the superadded weight of foul ordinary locomotives.
 Previous to the introduction of the Fair banks scales there were a great numbe of devices to accomplish the same thing
 most of them more or less inaccurate ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Improvement at Bessie Mines

We had a good school year at the Sloss- -Sheffield's Bessie mines in Jef- ferson county despite the fact that in- dustrial depression was in evidence" said c. R. West, who as principal of the public school, closed the session last Friday
 There has been some improvement lh the coal mining situation. The Sloss- Sheffield Is now operating at Bessie two days a week and will soon increase operations. I believe that before the summer is well along Bessie mines will be operating very briskly.
 have arranged to take charge of the public school at Inglenook in the Boyles section next fall. Inglenook has an excellent school, and l am looking forward to my new work with great pleasure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
Should Have Park Concerts

Let's have park concerts here In R;rm;noham this summer, such as we have had during past summers.
 Two years ago the ladies of the Music Study club, under whose auspices the park concerts have been g;ven. were able to raise fund ot s5oOO which was sufficient to pro- vide a large band for SIX perform onces a week. In 1914 the fund was smaller than usual, and the Music Studv club had to curtail the num- her of concerts a week and also to curtail the concert season.
 It is hoped that the concert commit tee will be able to do at least as well this season as last. A tag day for the hand fund has been proposed, and It seems to meet with popular favor. II a substantial sum could be raised in this way it would be comparatively easy to add to the money thus se- cured by small subscriptions from the corporations and mercantile concerns
 Park concerts free to the public have come to be recognized as lmpor- tant civic institutions in all wide awake cities, and Birmingham simply cannot afford to let the concerts go by default.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
sentiment for the successful observance
 of these days
From stock Market Viewpoint

From stock Market Viewpoint
 Henry Clews in his Saturday review says in part:
 This market exhibited no new tenden- cies during the current week Hestancy is still it's chief feature. Money continues easy and promises to so remain. Gold per sists in flowing in this direction, although not wanted Further sums have arrived from Ottawa and elsewhere, and indica- tions are that more will follow, this be- ing a safer and more convenient deposi- tory for treasure than some of the foreign markets Trade at home continues quiet, though slowly improving The steel indus try shows moderate activity, chiefly owing to foreign orders for war supplies. Rail- road traffic shows more improvement and a few systems are making better reports than a month or two ago, net results oc- casionally being even more satisfactory than gross.
 "The crop outlook is fairly encouraging. reports of damage to wheat having evil dently been exaggerated. Farmers are getting good prices for their products. The condition of cotton is satisfactory though late, and acreage promises to prove larger than expected. The condition of the fruit crop is uniformly excellent over the entire country. In brief, the do- nestle situation is not only fairly satis- factory, but distinctly encouraging; and. were it not for the disturbing effects of the war, the stock market would unaues- tionably be refecting the more hopeful state of home business This market, however, is still dominated by war, and prices must be expected to f1uctuate Tn accordance with the daily happenings within the zone of hostilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-31
Rich Alabama Coal Fields

"The coal fields of Alabama are pro ducers of much wealth. remarked J.. c. Motley, Jr., on the eve of his de- parture with his friend, R. B. Ragsdale, Jr, to take charge of mining opera ton in Walker county, near Jasper.
 With the opening of the last lock on the Warrior river renewed interest is being manifested in the coal fields of this state, which are widely extend ed and most profitable when worked in a practical manner Walker county is esl ecially rich in minerals, and the earth is scanned. with large veins of coal. At some places the coal seams lie deeply buried beneath the mountains while at others it is near the sur lace.
 Any successful mining operation has to be handled with good judgment II lorge waste is to be avoided. All work possible should be performed by ma cninery. The work that I contemplatd taking in charge is being promoted 1 by Jacksonville capital and l believe cur undertaking will prove quite profit ] able. A rich vein lies very near tho surface of the ground and steam shovel will be used to strip ava. the rocks and soil with which 1t is covered. This kind of work is termed ] stripping by mining engineers and is highly economical of both time and Ia bor."