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He tarried, however, tor forty days, with the Apostles for their es tablishmeut and instruction—He on the spirit plane, invisible to them, ex cept when he manifested Himself by appearing miraculously in various forms to convince them that He was no longer deceased, and also that He was no longer confined to human con ditlons—that His resurrection had made Him again a spirit being on the higher plane, where He was before He took human nature for the suffer ing of death, for the redemption of humanity. Not alone by His words, but also by His conduct, our Lord taught His fol lowers. They had not as yet been be gotten of the Holy Spirit, and hence could not understand or appreciate spiritual things. They could there fore receive Instruction only along nat ural lines. Jesus was raised from the dead a spirit being, far above angels, principalities and powers. Had He then gone directly to the Father with out manifesting Himself to His disci pies, they would never have been able to understand the truth of the matter. Hence their lessons were given them largely in pantomime, corroborated by the Master’s words, explaining that it was necessary that Messiah should die in order that He might redeem the world, and that it was also necessary that He ascend up on high and re-enter upon the spiritual plane of existence, which He had before He came into the world—in order that from that higher plane of being He might be the more capable of filling the great Office of Prophet, Priest, Mediator and King of the world. “Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom of God.” Not only did Jesus manifest Himself during the forty days, some seven times, for a few moments each time, in various forms, but finally, at the conclusion of the forty days. He ascended in full view of His disciples. This was one way of telling them of His ascension, that He had gone to the Father, that they need not expect to see Him again as formerly. We are not, however, to suppose for a moment that Jesus ascended a fleshly or human being; we remember, on the contrary, that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God,” and that “He was put to death in the flesh but quickened in the spirit,” and that thenceforth, as the Apostle declares, “The Lord is that Spirit” (Il Corinthians iii. 17). The Apostles were to bear witness to the resurrection of Jesus; but Judas, having lost his place, and it having been given to St. Paul, it was proper that the latter, as well as the rest of the Apostles, should be able to bear witness to Jesus' resurrection. Recounting those who had seen the Lord after His resurrection, in some of the various manifestations, St. Paul says, “Last of all He was seen of me also as one born before the time.” Jesus appeared to St. Paul in the glorious brightness of His Spirit Being. “Shining above the brightness of the sun at noonday." The sight caused injury to the eyes of the beholder. Such a manifestation would have been inappropriate and unsatisfactory had the Redeemer so appeared to the eleven during the forty days. How could they have identified the glorious Personage, who shone above the brightness of the sun at noonday, as the Lord Jesus, whom they had known for years. How could they have been enabled to fully identify Him, in His many different appearances, with His former self—their Friend, their Teacher? But to Saul of Tarsus, the revealing in fiery light, above the noonday glare, was very appropriate. It convinced him, in a manner that no human appearance in the flesh could have equalled, that Jesus was no longer a man and that He was no impostor. St. Paul’s conversion was instantaneous. “Who art thou Lord?" he asked. “I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest”—still represented in My followers, of whom St. Stephen was. One, whom you murdered, and others of whom you have been hailing to prison. It should not cause us to marvel that Jesus ascended as He declared, “up where He was before” (John vi, 62). It should not surprise us that the Heavenly Father gave Him back all the glory and honor which He had before. Impressive Services Conducted at the Residence Yesterday; Friends Pay Their Respects. Emm Monday’s Daily. The funeral services over the remains of the late John R. Thomas, Captives. May 21. Pastor Russell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle preached here twice today to large and attentive audiences. We report one of his discourses from the text, “When He ascended up on Seen by Saul of Tarsus. He came into the world—with added glory. It should not surprise us therefore, that the Apostle declares that He ascended, in dignity and station, far above angels, principalities and powers, and every name that is named! (Ephesians!. 21.) On the contrary, it would be both equitable and God-like that the great Jehovah should highly honor His faithful Son. Only Begotten Son, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the Ending of the creation of God (Revelation xxii, 13). Could we for one moment, suppose that our great Creator would allow His faithful Son, or any servant, to lay down life in Divine service, and to suffer loss as a consequence of His obedience? Is it not much more rational to believe, as the Scriptures declare, “Him hath God highly exalted" (Philippians ii. 9). The Ascended One Descended. Pastor Russell called attention to the Apostle’s phraseology in the context—that the Ascended One had previously descended, and that the ascending and descending were related as cause and effect. The One who ascended up on high completely filled the highest position in the great Divine Government of the Universe—as Head of principali and powers, angels and men—next to the Father. Yet, the Apostle warns us that we must not identify the glorified One with the One Who, in obedience to the Father’s will, humbled Himself to come down from the heavenly nature and glory to the earthly station where He, as a man, humbled Himself unto death, even unto the ignominious death of the cross. The Apostle calls our attention to these two extremes—the extreme of humiliation and the extreme of exaltation, both accomplished in the Son of God, the Logos, The Christ. If some of us at one time misunderstood the Scriptures and supposed that our Lord Jesus ascended to heaven in a physical condition, as a man, we entirely misunderstood the Scriptures—He Who was rich, as the Logos in glory, preserved His identity when He was made poor for our sins, made flesh, that He might be our Redeemer. Similarly, that Redeemer preserves His identity now that He has been made rich again—now that He has been received up to the Spirit of glory, honor and immortality, the divine nature. To suppose that Jesus went to heaven, a man is to mistake the significance of His title. The Son of Man, which He maintains, as identifying Him with His great redemptive work—as one of His many titles. To suppose that Jesus is a human being in heaven would be to suppose that He is still as when in the flesh, “a little lower than the angels,” whereas the Scriptures declare that He has ascended far higher, so that all the angels of God, as well as men, are commanded to worship Him. To suppose Jesus in heaven a human being would be to suppose Him out of all harmony with heavenly, spiritual conditions and surroundings. Moreover, are we not told that the Church of Christ will be changed from the human to the spirit condition in the resurrection, and that this change will make the “elect of God” like their Redeemer, so that they may see Him as He is, not as He was—that they may see Him in glory, honor and immortality, exaltation, and not as the humiliated One, Who was made flesh that He might sacrifice His flesh on man’s behalf? When we so thought we forgot the Scriptural declaration that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God." Hence that all those called to be partakers of the divine nature and heavenly Kingdom with their Redeemer and Lord must be made like Him by the power of the First Resurrection. Difficulties of Unbelievers. The Pastor declared that he had found worldly-wise people very skeptical respecting the descent of the Logos, the Son of God, to earthly conditions; but that Christians seem to have more difficulty than the world in comprehending the return, the ascension of Jesus to the spirit plane and its excellent glory. Both points, however, are important, necessary, as the Apostle declares in the context. Whoever is unable to see that the Logos, the glorious Son of the Highest, humbled Himself, divested Himself of the Spirit Nature and took instead human nature, cannot see that Jesus was sinless. And those who cannot recognize that He was holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from the sinner race (Hebrew's vii, 26). cannot believe in the sacrifice of Jesus as being a ransom price for Adam, to effect his release and that of his race from condemnation. Pastor Russell went into considerable detail respecting the manner by which the Logos was transferred from heavenly conditions to earthly conditions, and how His purity, His perfection of Organism, His freedom from sin was preserved, notwithstanding the fact that he was born of an earthly mother who was not free from the blemishes of Adam’s race. He professed his hearers, free upon application, a treatise entitled “The Undefiled One," which he believed showed scientifically the process used of God by which the Logos was changed from the higher to the human nature, yet preserved Immaculate. The error of supposing that Jesus is still a man signifies the denial of His word, that He would ascend up where He was before, and the denial of the Apostle’s teaching that He has been highly exalted to glory and distinction, the divine nature, as instead of human nature. This error, the Pastor declared, had led to other errors, one of which he cited, namely, the error made by many Christian people of expecting the second coming of Jesus in the flesh—ns a glorious man and not as a glorious Spirit, Partaker of the diocese, were held at the house, 936 South Front street, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and in spite of the rain there was a large gathering of the friends of the deceased. The various lodges to which he belonged, the Divine nature, and entirely disassociated from human nature. Thinking of the Lord at His second advent as a glorified man, they associate Him with a material throne and an earthly court. This, in turn, leads other Christian people in an opposite direction. Realizing that such an earthly kingdom would be a step backward rather than a step forward, they deny the second coming of Messiah to establish the Kingdom so long promised. The proper thought is that Jesus, in the flesh, accomplished the work which the Father had given Him to do, when He sacrificed His earthly life. The Father gloriously rewarded Him on the spirit plane. Now He is waiting for the gathering of His Church, His Bride, His Elect. These are to share in His resurrection to the divine nature and to sit with Him in His throne. Then the Kingdom of Messiah, so long promised, will begin to bless the world, using as its earthly representatives, visible to men, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the Ancient Worthies, mentioned in Hebrews xi, 3840; through whom the blessing will extend to Natural Israel and to all the families of the earth (Acts iii, 19-21). A Multitude of Captives. Our text, in a figurative way, represents the ascension of Jesus from the earthly plane to the heavenly as the triumph of a great Conqueror. Sin had gained ascendency over Adam and his race, and had brought mankind low to the dust, mentally, morally, and physically. Moreover, this victory over man had been gained in a legal manner through one man’s disobedience (Romans v, 12). The Logos divested Himself of His glory on the spirit plane, was made flesh, fulfilled the demands of the Law, proved Himself competent to pay the sinner’s ransom price, and gave Himself a ransom for all, “to be testified in due time” (I Timothy ii. 6). Having finished His sacrificial work, He was received again to the spirit nature with exceeding glory and to the right hand. of the Majesty on high. Thus the great Conqueror is seen returning to the heavenly state, acclaimed by the Heavenly Host; and following Him far down the centuries, the prophetic view saw first the Church, the "Royal Priesthood," “His brethren,” “His Bride,” delivered from the power of sin and death, through the merit of His blood. And these were but the first corps of a following host; they were “a kind of first-fruits to God of His creatures.” rescued from sin and from death (James i. 18; Revelation xiv, 4). Later on, stretching down for a thousand years beyond the Church’s deliverance, the prophetic pen foretells countless hosts of every nation, people, kindred and tongue, to be delivered from the power of sin and death through the merit of Him Who died, “the Just for the unjust.” Now the Savior of the Church, His Bride, He will shortly be the Savior of the world. Its Great King, Great Teacher. Great Priest. Great Mediator. Then will come the glorious consummation, when all who will have refused Divine grace shall have been destroyed in the Second Death—then shall be heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth saying, “Glory to God in the Highest.” Then forth there shall be no more crying nor dying, for all the former things of sin and death shall have passed away. “Times of Restitution, Which God Hath Spoken.” At our Lord’s First Advent the “acceptable time” began—the time when God, having accepted the sacrifice of Christ Jesus, became willing through Him to accept the sacrifices of all who desire to become His disciples—to take up their cross and follow Him through evil report and good report even unto death. The entire Gospel Age and types Israel’s Day of Atonement, and the sacrifices of our Lord and the Church, His Body, are the "better sacrifices,” foreshadowed by the bullock and the goat offered typically by the Jews (Hebrews ix, 19-23). This is the acceptable year of the Lord which Jesus declared (Isaiah Ix, 2; Luke iv, 19). God’s faithful people of this acceptable day are glad to be invited to “present their bodies living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto God” (Romans xii, 1). In the end of this acceptable day will come the end of all opportunity to thus sacrifice the human nature and become joint-heirs with Christ and partakers of the heavenly nature. Then will be introduced a new period styled, in the Scriptures, “Times (of years) of Restitution.” The acceptable day for the Church’s sacrifice has lasted for nearly nineteen centuries. And we know how long the “Times of Restitution” will last—nearly a thousand years. St. Peter tells us just when these “Restitution Times” will begin. They did not begin in his day. They have not begun yet. They will begin. As a result of the Second Advent of Jesus, the Messiah, and the establishment of His Kingdom and righteousness. “Times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and He shall send Jesus Christ, as before was preached unto you, whom the heavens must retain until the Times of Restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began. For Moses verily said unto the fathers, A Prophet like unto me (of whom I am but a type or figure) shall the Lord your God raise up unto you from amongst your brethren. Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall speak unto you. And it shall come to pass that the soul that will not obey that Prophet shall be destroyed from amongst the people” (Acts iii, 19-23)—In the Second Death were represented, and each of these sent beautiful floral offerings, and there were also numerous other set pieces and clusters of roses and other flowers. The Masonic Blue had charge of the services, and the services at the house were in charge of Rev. J.T. Ross Paden, assisted by Rev. W.E. Evans. Impressiveness marked the proceedings, both at the house and at the grave, where the beautiful Masonic ritual work was given. Owing to the rain, the John Klein Undertaking company had erected two large grave tents over the grave, and under these the relatives and others stood while the remains were consigned to their temporary resting place, later to be placed in a crypt in the mausoleum. A quartet composed of George E. Brett, R.F. Hunt, Mrs. H.A. Patterson and Mrs. H.I. Parry. Sang several selections very sweetly, choosing those that Mr. Thomas had so often sung on similar occasions. The pallbearers were Ed. Weaver, J. C. Wise, B. F. Pay, I. N. Griffith, S. B. Wilson, and J. A. Flittie. Pontificial High Mass Was Celebrated By a Son and a Nephew of the Deceased. The funeral of the late Mrs. Nic Weiss took place at nine o’clock this morning, at St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic church. Pontificial high mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Joseph Weiss, son of the deceased, Rev. Father Arthur Dittman, nephew of the deceased, and Rev. Father Ascheberg. The floral offerings were many and beautiful, and a large number of the friends of the family assembled to pay honor to the memory of the deceased. A long line of carriages followed the remains to Calvary cemetery, where they were laid away tenderly. The pallbearers were the nephews of the deceased: Ferd, John, Frank, Otto, and Charles Hoerr and Will Schaefer. Interment will be held at Glenwood Cemetery tomorrow afternoon. The funeral services over the remains of the late Otto Kresse will be held at the undertaking parlors of the John Klein Undertaking company at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, and the interment will be made at Glenwood cemetery. Rev. W. N. Jamieson will conduct the services. F. A. Kresse of Clayton, Wis., a brother of the deceased, arrived today. Frank E. Hidde today petitioned the probate court to be appointed special administrator of the estate of The dead man, to look after the funeral, etc. He will be appointed upon filing a bond for $200. The estate consists of personal property to the amount of $3,015. Fred O. True Has a Splendid Orchard in the Indian Lake District; the Big Crop. Fred O. True of Indian Lake has one of the prettiest and best producing orchards in Blue Earth county. His location for the growth of fruit is ideal and in planting his trees he selected a choice spot near his house, where good drainage and plenty of sun could be had. The orchard is well protected from the north and a more charming location would be difficult to find. Some twelve or fifteen years ago Mr. True, realizing the importance and value of an apple orchard, secured such varieties as Northwest and Patton’s Greenings, Anisims, Ben Davis, Duchess, Wolf River and others, giving them such care as an orchard should have. Today he has trees that are loaded with fruit, fruit that is eagerly sought for by the commission houses, who pay a price for the product on the tree, pick them and pack them themselves, relieving the owner of the responsibility of buying barrels and boxes and marketing them. The fruit, however, does not command the attention of buyers unless it is perfect either for shipping or local storage. Care in mulching and spraying must be exercised. In years past, Mr. True has used handsprayers to kill off the insects that infest the trees. The results have been good, but the labor entailed is enormous. This year, he has a Wallace Automatic spraying machine pulled by two horses. A large 150 gallon tank similar to the water tanks used in connection with a threshing rig, is placed on the wagon which contains the bordeaux mixture. An automatic pump forces the mixture through a hose at the end of which is a spray. The sprayed mixture strikes every part of one side of the tree. A boy can drive the team while a man works on each side of the wagon. The work is done rapidly, and a large orchard can be treated in a few hours. The pressure tank on the side develops 120 pounds of pressure. The Bordeaux mixture is made with lime, blue vitrol, and soft water. The orchard contains 700 bearing trees, most of them ten years old, and 900 two and three year old trees. The bearing trees should produce about 500 barrels of good apples this year. Blue Earth county has many apple orchards which if properly cared for would produce quantities of delicious and merchantable fruit. Henry Madson, His Late Employer, Is a Victim; Story He Told the Boys in Town. Friday's Daily. The officers are still looking for John A. Nelson, whose frenzied finance operations have brought him into bad odor with some of the business men. It was thought for a while yesterday afternoon that he was still in the city, but this proved not to be the case. It appears that Henry Madson, Nelson’s employer, was one of the victims. Nelson told how he was bringing his family to the city and how he had rented rooms, and did not have money to pay down. Mr. Madson suggested that he ought to at 2:30 O’clock. Make a payment down so as to hold the rooms. Nelson figured it out that his pay would just about bring his family to the city, with nothing left for the landlady. Mr. Madson then generously offered to advance the man $10 above what was coming to him, and drew him a check for the wages due and $10 more, and Nelson quickly got this cashed. Mr. Madson took the matter up with County Attorney Schmitt yesterday afternoon and got out a warrant for Nelson’s arrest, on the charge of forgery. Mr. Madson states that Nelson was a good tailor, and seemed to be all right. Nelson told all his victims that he wanted the money for the purpose of making a payment on the rooms that he had rented. President Crandall of the Chicago Great Western Receives a Letter From Passenger Agent. The following letter is self-explanatory: St. Paul, Minn., May 20, 1911. —Mr. Frank E. Crandall, President Commercial Club, Mankato, Minn. Dear Mr. Crandall: Referring to our correspondence and conversation about Sunday service from Mankato to the lakes on the Chicago Great Western railroad, I beg to advise that the operating difficulties have been overcome and commencing Sunday, May 28, we will establish service from Mankato at 8:45 a.m. through to Randolph and make direct connection to St. Paul and Minneapolis, arriving in St. Paul at 1 p.m. and Minneapolis at 1:35 p.m. The return trip will be made on present weekday schedule of train No. 143. We believe that the Sunday departing time of 8:45 a.m. will prove more satisfactory than the early weekday schedule, to the greatest number of your citizens, giving them longer to prepare for the pleasures of the day at the lakes near Madison Lake, Greenland, Elysian, Waterville, etc. Hoping this arrangement will meet with the approval of yourself, Commercial Club and all of Mankato, I am, yours very truly, E. J. Sawyer, division passenger agent. Sent to Jail Twenty Days; Craver Allowed to Go on Parole; Police Court Scenes. From Tuesday’s Daily. When Jim Kelly came into the municipal court this morning to be tried on the charge of vagrancy, he was visibly under the influence of liquor. The charge of drunkenness was substituted, and he was convicted and sentenced to serve twenty days in the county jail at hard labor. George Craver, who was also to be tried on the vagrancy charge, was on hand, but he was allowed to go until July 1 on parole. Harry Chittenden was to have had his trial on the charge of disorderly conduct, but he entered a plea of guilty and the pronouncing of sentence was postponed until Saturday morning. Officer Pollei late yesterday afternoon found Julius Seefeldt sleeping on somebody’s porch in Dukes’ addition and locked him up. Seefeldt this morning pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness and paid a fine of $5 and costs. Warren Mitchell this morning also pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness and paid a fine of $5 and costs. Terrible News Received By a Former Mankato Lady Now Residing in St. Cloud. From Tuesday’s Daily. The St. Cloud Journal Press says: Mrs. Hugh Evans of this city received a telegram from Wenatchee, Wash., bearing the terrible news that her niece, Mrs. Carl Kahl, was burned to death. No particulars were given except that the body would be taken to Madison, Wis., for burial on Wednesday, May 24. Mrs. Evans will meet the funeral car here and go to Madison to attend the funeral services. Mrs. Kahl was a most charming lady, and leaves a husband and two small children. She was thirty-two years of age, and has lived in Washington for some years, her husband being employed by the government as a railroad mail clerk. Death of a Sister. Mrs. T. J. Cummings of Le Hillier is in receipt of the sad news that her sister, Miss Lena Loitscher, has died recently in Lake City. Mrs. Cummings was not Furnished the particulars of her death. Henry B. Foster, Who Had a Wide Acquaintance in the City and Throughout County. From Saturday’s Daily. Henry B. Foster of St. Clair died in this city at three o'clock this morning of cancer of the rectum, with peritonitis from obstruction as a contributing cause. He was born in Guarance, Germany. 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Salisbury and Jobin exclusive agents for the SALISBURY & JOBIN - Mankato, Minn. in Wisconsin and was fifty-one years of age. He was a well known farmer and had a wide acquaintance and many friends who will greatly regret his death. The deceased is survived by His wife, who has just returned to St. Clair from a Minneapolis hospital, two sons, George of Kelliher, Minn., and Earl, who lives at home, and three daughters, Misses Goldie and Ethel, living at home, and Mrs. A. Shostag of St. Clair. He is also survived by one brother, Stephen, and four sisters, Mrs. J. Case, Mrs. H. Campbell and Mrs. John Wolcott, all of St. Clair, and Mrs. Thomas Hall of Albert Lea. The remains were taken to St. Clair this afternoon, where the funeral will be held. Find Everything in the Very Best of Condition and the Inmates Very Happy. From Tuesday’s Daily. Mrs. W. G. P. Smith and Mrs. E. J. Himmelman visited the poor farm yesterday afternoon to see about placing some reading matter there for the inmates. They were shown about the building by the new housekeeper, Mrs. Kilmer, in the absence of Overseer Mullen, who was in town. They found everything scrupulously neat and clean, and the inmates happy and satisfied. They were served with a lunch of bread, doughnuts and cookies of the very best, cooked by Mrs. Tenney, who presides in the culinary department, and with delicious homemade butter and rich cream. In fact, the two visitors report that the impression that they took away from the farm was “perfectly splendid.” They will place a lot of joyful reading matter in the house, that contains only uplifting thoughts, with everything debasing eliminated. Charged With Doing Business Without a License; Paid a Fine of $10 and Costs. From Saturday’s Daily. The Italian peddler who was locked up yesterday on complaint of a Broad street lady, who had bought a bolt of cloth from him on the supposition that it was linen, but which turned out to be cotton, was brought before the municipal court late yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging him with peddling without a license. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $10 and costs. This took nearly all of the money that he had, and he said that he would leave town last night. He also refunded to the Broad street lady the $3 that she had paid for the cloth. The Italian gave the name of Scietius Salvatore, and when asked who he was working for showed the card of Cantoni & Bertacini, proprietors of the Hotal Roma and of the Des Moines Brewing company. He said that he had worked a week for these people, peddling cloth. Procedure Was Had Before Judge A. R. Pfau Today; What Case Consists Of. From Thursday’s Daily. The Jackson lake judicial ditch case was heard before Judge Pfau today. Six witnesses in favor of the ditch were examined, and six opposed to the ditch will be heard. The Well Drilling Machinery Friday, May 26, 1911 Don’t go up against a nut hearing may run into tomorrow forenoon, as the first side did not finish this forenoon. The procedure is a little unusual, as ordinarily the court appoints the engineer and he reports before the hearing is had. Judge Pfau thought that he would have the hearing first, so that if the matter was not to be proceeded with, the expense of An engineer might be avoided. The proposed ditch will drain Jackson lake and several sloughs into Maple river. It is merely another feature of the long drawn out trouble over the level of the lake, which was recently established by the county board and confirmed by the court. Alleged That the Goods He Sold Are Not What He Represented Them to Be. From Friday’s Daily. An Italian peddler who has been in the city for several days is locked up at the police station. It is claimed that he has been selling cloth by the roll that he claims, is linen, for 15 cents a yard, but which turns out to be cotton. Complaint was made by a lady on Broad street, and it was at her instance that the peddler was taken into custody. The man has been peddling without a license. Up to this afternoon no warrant had been sworn out. The man stated to a Free Press reporter that the goods that he sells are linen, which is not linen, and he said that he has not claimed that it is linen. He speaks poor English and it is difficult to understand whether he calls it linen or linen linen when he speaks of it. Linen is worth about 80 cents a yard, it is said. Sensational Story Had No Foundation in Fact; Independent Oil Men Had No Guns. From Saturday’s Daily “W. L. Tallman is resting from his recent experience for a few days at home. He and his associates found it necessary to guard their independent oil tank at St. Clair, with revolvers from threats made by the Standard Oil company. This is getting rather strenuous when any corporation undertakes to drive out competition by threats.” The above “story” appeared in this week’s issue of The Vernon Center News. The Free Press instituted an investigation of the story and found it to be without foundation. The independent oil men have never found it necessary to guard their property against any threatened assault of the Standard Oil company. There was no violence displayed when the independents sought to have their oil delivered at St. Clair. Death of Rapidan Citizen. From Thursday’s Daily. Jacob A. McDuffee died at twelve o’clock last night at the home of his son, William J. McDuffee, in Rapidan, of Bright’s disease. His death was due to old age and Bright’s disease. 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