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The town hall is a veritable death trap in case of alarm and The Chronicle has referred to the danger time and again. Nothing short of a catastrophe will bring the people .to a full realization of the danger. It for any reason an alarm should be given and a gen- eral stampede be made towards the onlyexit, no possible concep- tion can be formed of all getting out alive. A public building in which large gatherings are sup- posed to :assemble. and at times do assemble, should be provided with all the safeguards required bv the law. It isn't necessary to enlarge on the thought. It should have sufficient exits to clear it in a minute or less in case of an emergency. The churches are not much bet- ter and there. too, the danger of escape is ever present in the mind 4 of all who stop long enough to l. think. \Yith perhans one exception we don’t think there is a church 13 in town that is fairly provided ‘3 with a means {of escape in case r of a rush through fire or some t other cause. No one will thank us ‘ for this information, but the day may come, ,and come too soon, i when some will regret .the ‘ neglect to make a remedy. We can sav then. “We told you so,” ‘ but that will be a poor remedy. Just picture the churches over in your mind and think of the cer- tainties of danger in case of accident. ‘ - The school is fairly xv‘ell nrovj_-:l- ed in case of an emergency, and with frequent fire drill exercises there should be little'to fear from that source. In any of the public buildings we have no doubt a safe exit could be made if the inmates would all keen their heads. That’s the very thing they won’t do. and that's Where the great danger lies. To keep cooll in a time of excitement is a les- son that many have yet to learn. Now is the time to act. Locking the stable door When the steed is stolen is looked upon as poor pol- man people.. The whole civilized world is shocked at the tragedy, and messages of sympathy have W. DURHAM} MAY 13, 1915. icy. mm DEATH TRAPS F _____ Canada has suffered heavily. Our! strongest and best have fallen but‘ they have bled and died to uphold freedom, to uphold humanity, to uphold civilization and to destroy the spirit of barbarism so manifest -_‘A--fi antagonists. “DI-“av" ..... The destruction of eleven hund- red innocent noncombat tnts,‘ many. of them women and child- ren, murdered without warning, and sent to the bottom of the At- lantic without a chance oi escape, will bling no honor to the Ger- onus--.) THE LUSITANIA powerful and l I I]! .menceme: ! 7!]. unscruoulous teen 1 treen pouring in Irom an anal...” dignant over the loss of a "hundâ€" p1 red and fifty who went down with tl the Lusitania. The advertisement iwarning Americans not to take 9; {passage in ships carrving the D British flag is considered by e Count von Bernstorfi, the German u Ambassador to the United States, r as sufficient warning for Ameri- cans not to sail on such vessels. t Whether or not the .advertise- f American people, the same an- nouncements show the tragedy was not the result of impulse, but of careful planning on the Dart of the enemy; it was premeditated and the wilful premeditation only . makes matters all the worse 1n the minds of the civilized world. Canada, too, has lost a heavy toll. For this the German people will have no regret, as Canada is one of the belligerents. The 1058, however, will only make Canad- ians more determined, and Germanl sympathizers will have to guard their words and actions more closely than they have been doing. A British subject in Germany now wouldn’t be allowed to open his mouth in favor of Britain. It must be the same in Canada. We» m; are at war with Germany and of Germans in ‘Canada will be pro- of tected so long as they deserve ry protection. but no true Britisher ti- will stand up willingly and see on the British flag insulted by sym- 'n- nathizers with the enemy More than thatâ€"mo British sub- heir words and aetions luuxc losely than they have been doing. ‘ I h A British subject in Germany , . , , 10W wouldn’t be allowed to open The campaign 0f murdcr msn': “ iis mouth in favor of Britain. It “‘th by the German government d nust be the same in Canada. We not only disgusts all civilization u ire at War with Germany and with Teuton savagery. but makes :3 Tirermans in ‘Canada will be pro- it harder, 3130’ for Germans in h tected so long as they deserve neutral countries. as well as those t protection. but no true Britisher in. countries antagonistic to the t will stand up willingly and see ng Of the .Prussmns. to get”! the British flag insulted by sym-I along. In We BritlSh Empire. .95..” nathizers with the enemr necrally, is their lot oecommg-ll More than thatâ€"«no British sub-I harder, and whereonce they were: iect should be allowed freedom in treated as other Citizens, :hey are‘( the expression of disloval utterâ€" now. looked do“ n upon. Evidently! . j Britishers have come to the con--' ances. Only a £9“ days ago ‘1 clusion that the man whose orders; ‘ < 1 man “'35 arrested m Toronto be- torpedoed the Lusitania .Vuuld not 1 cause he made use Of the innocentl be overly particular as to the kindl statement that people nere {001" of treatment meted out ts) British I: Ullder the I1 ish to trax el on ships during warfresidents in Germany. time. '~ A113 0 us might ’2“ that circumstances, a person canI‘ and many say WOI‘SG- There are t scarcely blame Britishers for re-I some in this town who use theiritaliating, though we are not ini tongues too freely and if they'favor, altogether, of making the‘ innocent surfer for the wrongs; were in some places they would done by others. Patience. however be jerked up short for doing so. has ceased to be a virtue. and It doesn’t matter What England while the Government will give: ' ll alien enemies full protectionq did in the past, the condemnation a of her conduct is treasomble mathey caglwtf bethheldt altogether , .. ' . . respons: e or e ac s 0 an ex- :ar "me am; at}; agrtiiators'should IaSperated pOpulace.'. Below we re- e suppresse - 9 1“ gloxe 15 noicount brietly two or three hap- use in fighting with the mailed penings of this nature: I .fiSt. We have 3-11 t0 keep 001‘ Sixty-five employees of a mouths shut against everything leather company at Calgary, busy‘ {on French war .orders, have issued that can be construed as treasonn . an ultimatum to the management able. ~ - to discharge all German cr Aus- trian employees by Saturt‘av The KOBE P30 GERHANIS‘ men refuse to work alongside peo- . . . . le whose countr me - ._ - There is neither humanity, logic Ed themselves toybe “b2;;L:,pr0\A 1 nor good politics in the statement similar notice is given Lv ‘the ) in Tuesday’s World of Mr. C. B. Victoria Falls Power Company at - Brakpan, South Africa. There is neither humanity, logic! nor good politics in the statement in Tuesday’s World of Mr. C. B. Whitney, the Detroit theatrical manager, that the Americans who! lost their lives on the Lusitaniaf need only blame themselves, inas-‘ much as’ they were warned by the German embassy of the fate which awaited the ship. The Germans have no right under the laws of ordinary ,warfare to blow uD .pas- senger vessels carrying non-comâ€" batants only. To warn people go- ing to sea that you will turn pir- ate it you ’meet them does not instiiy piracy, and it is of that that the Germans are guilty. Mr Whitney will find it hard to ex- plain his views to Americans, let , alone Canadians. __.- ‘ “0V --' The above, taken from WedneS- day‘s Toronto .World, just about hits the nail on the head. 0n land or sea, international law claims for those not actually bearing arms, the full protection as ac- corded neutrals. The Allied army, when the time and opportunity in from all smarter: Sir Robert takes a strafigle grip on the beast of prey :comes, will have just as much excuse to butcher innocent women and children along their line 0! march as the Germans had to tor- pedo the Lusitania, knowing when they did so that only the lives of :n-on-combatants would be endan-, gered. International law also: provides that armies shall not dir-- ect their force of arms against uniortiiied towns. The German air; raids on the English coast are but: another instance of the perfidy of the Germans. At The Hague con-i ference they endorsed all these; and now, at their View first oppor tunity, repudiate the whole thing. Under such circumstances. it is not much wonder that good Brit- igh subiects should quickéy lose IT MUST BE DESTROYED Under such circumstances. it is . not much wonder that good Bz‘itâ€" : ish subjects should quick£y lose 1 patience with those who try to 1. iustify Germany’s barbarous war 1 methods. Such pro-German advo- ' cates should not be allowed to'. air their views in any British pos- session. outside the dotentioni camps. Not that we altogether beâ€"', ‘lieve in wholesale internment. but. just to give some of theso fellows a taste of the mailed fist and the Imethods of which they are appar-‘ {ently in favor. Dr. Lachmanin, a .German officer-l, is under arrest by the military otâ€" liicers at St. Catharines. He came .to ,Merritton some time ago to take a position as superintendent! of the.Lincoln Paper Mills. He, admitted being a German citizen and took his arrest coolly. The cause of arrest is not stated. Three Germans 'were arrested in Vancouver because they rejoiced ’ publicly over the sinking oi the ' Lusitania. A German in New York . threw up his hat and shouted ju- ; bilantly when he saw the bulletin announcing the loss of the Lusi- tania. He got a bat in the jaw; ' and narrOWIy eSCabed lynching: t He‘s a wiser man nowâ€"pez'h".p3. A strong anti-German feeling, - the result of the sinking of the Lusitania, is sweeping all over :1 Britain, and in many towns the premises occupied by fiermans 3 have been stormed and damaged dbuvv vaâ€" or destroyed. The feeling has grown so strong that workmen in the industrial districts‘ have re- fused to work with Germans, whether naturalized or not [a] THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Text of the Lesson, 1 Sam. xxvi, 5-16. i Memory Verses, 11, 12â€"Golden Text, I Luke vi, flâ€"Commentary Prepared 1] l by Rev. D. M. Steams. The lesson today is a record of one of the occasions on which David had Saul completely at his mercy. but he refused to lay hands upon him or to listen to the suggestion of Ahishai that David would permit him to smite Saul, for he said. “As the Lord liveth. the Lord shall smite him. or his day shall .come to die. or he shall descend into battle and perish” (verses 9. 10). Thus iDavid left the matter wholly in the 1 hands of the Lord. illustrating his own ' words. “Commit thy way unto the _- Lord: trust also in Him. and He shall _ bring it to pass” (Ps. xxxvii. 5). 1 Sam. xxxi tells how his end came. "I On this occasion David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's . 'bolster that he might show him how i he had him in his power, but did not ( harm him. David was able to do this without any one knowing it because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon Saul and his men (verses 11, 12). Compare Gen. ii. 21; xv, 12. and consid- er Peter's release from gf-I'iSOD. though he was bound with chains betvleen ) two soldiers. and there was a guard at L the door of the prison (Acts xii. 6-10. H13. 19). Truly the God of Israel is the *" i God that doest wonders (Ps. lxxii. 18; gilxxvti. 14). David. with his trophies. e , stood on the tap of a hill afar off and -e cried to Abner that. though he was a y i valiant man. he was worthy to die he- __ ' cause he had failed to take care of the [.53 king, and he told him to look for the DU king‘s spear and cruse of water that , . had been by his bolster (verses 13-16). (DDUJUPTI Saul knew David‘s voice and pro- fessed to be very grateful to him for sparing his life, asking him to return to him. and saying that he woulfl no more seek to do him harm. but David knew his enemy too well. and after ”u‘ vv telling him to send for his spear. they again parted. each going his own way (verses 17-25). This was not the first time that David. had Saul in his pow- er. but refused to harm him. See in. chapter xxiv how he cut od’ the skirt of Saul's robe and how Saul then pro- fessed penitence and good will and spoke of David's being king some day. Thus Saul sought him every day. but God delivered him not into his hand ' (xxiii, 14). In the end of chapter xxiii ‘there is the record of an incident that ilooked like a close call for David. but Saul was suddenly called off and David escaped. All through the story we can hear David saying: “The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall i be afraid?" (Ps. xxvii. 1-3.) A 1â€". Ah-“ W “‘Iulvv ‘ The cave of Adullam story in chap- ter xxii is full of interest. beginning with his seeking a place of safety for his father and his mother till he could know what God would do for him and ending with his words of comfort to ‘Abiathar: “Abide thou with me. Fear not. for he that seeketh my life seeketh "U“ ‘V. II" ‘â€"‘-- W--. , thy life. but with me thou sha1t be in safeguard.” Chapter xxv tells of the death and burial of Samuel and then the story of drunken Nabal and his beautiful wife Abigailfibeautiful in wise counsel to David and .in her con. duct toward him. Some of her mem- orable words are ever with me: “Bound {in the bundle of Me with the Lord thy â€"“‘"L Ann-‘nfi God" luv. 29). a bundle which cannot be broken. for those to whom He gives eternal life can never perish (John x. :28l. Chapters xxvli. xxix. xxx. tell the lstory of Zlklag. which Achlsh gave to David. but to which David returned on one occasion to find the town in ruins and the wives. sons and daughters of himself and his 600 followers all gone lnto eaptlvlty._ That was one of l the most trylng timesuin all David's ex- ~AL" ‘L‘_ ' ‘uc wvv- wg 'â€"c ”11950381113 they had no more no: iNTERNATlONAL SERlES. 23a they all wept until they more power to wean. (Elm ‘ rid seemed. as far as human sympathy i, was concerned. to be absolutely alone. lThen we read the words which have ‘ helped so many. “David encouraged \ himself in the Lord his God" lsxg. G). griet of 'David. almost beyond endur- ance. was heaped up by the threat of, his 600 follOwers to stone him. as it be was the cause of all! this. so that Da- A somewhat similar incident in the t life otPaul is recorded \in II Tim. iv. - 16-18. The way that David found the ‘ enemy. the Amalekites. through the t guidance of an almost dead Egyptian i servant. whom he resrored to life. and ‘ how he recovered allâ€"wives. sons. 1 ldaughters. spoil. nothing lacking to i. any. and much additional spoilâ€"is a a ‘very thrilling record and should en- E ‘ courage us all to wait on the Lord and '1 not to think anything too hard for Him. There were 200 of David‘s men 3 too weak to join in the pursuit of the ' enemy, but they. too. shared in the spoils of victory. and David made it a : law that those who tarry by the stuff shall share equally with those who go forth to battle (xxx. 10. 24L Let all homekeepers he encouraged. The sin of Saul in the matter of familiar spir- its and the witch of Endor is recorded in chapter xxviii. This is a prevailing sin of many today. it is wholly of the devil and is strictly forbidden in Dent. xviii. 9-12. It is not all trickery. hut ofttimes some real work of the adver- sary. The living. those who are truly saved. should seek only the living God and His life giving: word. All else is from the deVil. and it will he a night of awful darkness forever for all who turn away from the Word of God "No morning for them" (lsa. viii. 19. 5 320; margin and R. VJ- By ratifying the call which Cen- tral Presbyterian church voted Fall Wheat. ............ $1 45 to $1 45" ! Spring Wheat .......... 1 45 to 1 45 Milling Oats ............ 60 to 60 Feed Oats ............... 55 to 60! Peas............... ....150 to 165' Barley ..... . ............ 65 to 70 Hay ..................... 16 00 to 18 00 Butter. . ................ 24 to 21 Eggs ................... 18 to 18 Potatoes, per bag ....... 45 to 45 ' Dried Apples . 3 to 3 Flour, percwt .......... 3 50 to 4 50 Oamneal, per sack ...... 3 50 to 4 0) Chop. per cwt .......... 1 40 to 1 75 Live Hogs. per cwt,.... 8 75 to b 75 Hides,perlb............ 11 to 12 Sheepskins .............. 60 to 90 { VVmfi .................. .. 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These wonderful tablets relieved me of Indigestion, and through the continued use of same, I am no longer distressed with that terrible disease, Asthma, thanks to “Fruitoa-tives” which are worth their weight in gold to anyone suffering as I did. I would heartily recommend them to all suflerers from Asthma, which I believe is caused or aggravated by Indigestion”- D. A. WHITE two weeks ago to extend to Dr. John McNeill. formerly of Toron- to, the Presbytery of Denver for- mally settled the question (is to who should be their pastor. It was definitely annouvved m Brantford by the men of the 36th Pattalion, training in Hamilton. who were home for the week-end visiting relatives and friends. that the battalion would shortly leave for England. For Asthma, for Hay Fever for any trouble caused by excessive nerv ousness due to Impure Blood, faulty Digestion or Constipation, take ‘ Fruit-a-Lixes” 50c. abox, 6 for $2. 50. trial size, age. At all dealers or from 1 ruit-a-tixes Limited, Ottawa. a most acceptab'ae wedding gift. \Ve are also showing a large and varied stock of Cut Glass Jewelry and Clocks. D. A. WHITE. Eco. 21 WALLACE AVE, Toxox'ro. Dec. 22nd. 1913. May 13, 1915.