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m Stdnlong' Xfkr S^b Before 1800, Caldwell’s Log Cabin School Was Greatest Educational Force In N. G. The average pupil can identify a log cabin school, but he will describe the one his great-grandparents attended. Chances are two to one that he cannot identify the log cabin school. To do this, one must be acquainted with the famous missionary, preacher and teacher. Rev. David Caldwell. When the Revolutionary War came in 1775, many of our leaders were men born in other states. The work of David Caldwell and his log cabin school is another link in the chain of=k — great deeds contributed by adopted sons of North Carolina. After his twenty-first birthday, this native Pennsylvanian left his carpenter’s bench to seek an educa tion. At the period in life when he should have been in school, he was a carpenter’s apprentice. At 21 his apprenticeship ended, and for four years he was a builder of houses. Having made a profession of religion he had a yearning to be a builder of character. To secure money to go to school only his word was required in an "agreement with his brothers. He re linquished all claim to any share in his father’s tremendous estate. When his schooling was over, he was sent by his church in 1765, “to labor as a missionary in North Carolina for at least one whole year.” Rev. David Caldwell located near the present site of Greensboro and was pastor of the churches of Buf falo and Alamance nearly sixty years; but his more noted work was accomplished through his log cabin school. It’ was started before the Declaration of Independence and was an educational force for a half cen tury being operated as a combined academy, college and theological seminary. Pupils enrolled from the entire area south of the Potomac. Many of the students completed their work under his guidance. Others went to Princeton, and to the Uni versity of North Carolina after it opened its doors while Washington was President. Five graduates of the log cabin school became governors of different states, many were congressmen, lawyers, judges, doctors and min isters. Of the many who attained fame and honor, Judge Murphy was the one with the greatest vision, for he was a century ahead ,of his time in visualizing schools, internal im provement. and constitutional re forms for North Carolina. One of the oldest of the “log cabin graduates” living in 1840, Rev. E. B. Currier, expressed this suitable tribute; “Dr. Caldwell, as a teacher, was probably more useful to the church than any one man in the United States.” Prominent Republican Loses Life In Accident “THE WORLD^S LAZIEST TOWN'^ Dr. Glenn Frank, candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States senate from Wisconsin, and his 23-year-old son, were killed in stantly when the Frank car left the highway while rounding a curve last Sunday night. The primary election, which was held Tuesday, would have determined whether Dr. Frank would be the Republican standard bearer from his senatorial district in Wis- Dr. Frank was a former president of the University of Wiscpnsin, and was frequently mentioned in 1932 and 1936 as a Republican presidential possibility. He was on his way to a conference with the Republican state chairman and other political leaders at the home of Attorney Robert Bas sett of Green Bay, Wis. His son, Glenn Frank, J'r., was a reporter for the Madison State Journal which post he had temporarily relinquished in order to be with his father in the campaign. There were three other persons in the car at the time and the car was completely demolished, but their injurides were not believ ed to be of a very serious nature. LARGEST FISHVILLE, La.—Yessuh, 'this is Fishville—the same as people last year started calling the “laziest town in the world.” It’s been the loafing center of Louisiana for more than 100 years, but folks outside never heard much of it until some news paper feller who had too much energy to belong here anyway wrote a story about it and' put Ed’s picture in the paper. Ed is the mayor. Ed. Hawthorne, his name is. And he’s the laziest man in Fishville, and that makes him the laziest man in the world. He’s been here going on twenty- seven years now, and the only thing he’s ever done was fish and gab. Ed opened a store when he first came out here, after he quit the sawmill business. But he don’t run it now. Mrs. Hawthorne kind of keeps an eye on it, but she don’t run it either. The store just runs itself. If you want to buy your lunch over there, you just go in and wait on yourself ,and if nobody’s there, you just make your own change out of the register. Folks used to tell Ed he would go broke doing business that way, but he’s just kept right on fishing, and hasn’t gone broke yet. The wholesale grocery man over in town keeps Ed stocked up with what he needs, with out any bother at all. Lots of people are coming here this year. We’re glad to have em, as long as they look like they haven’t got anything on their m nds but loafing -and fishing, and as long as they are not too dressed up. Why, last year, Henry Ford and Mrs. Ford came and Ed says he was just about to ask Mr. Ford to go put on his overalls, when they had to leave any way. Polks were right interested in that meeting, betv.'een the laziest man in the world, and one of the world’s most industrious. They got along fine. Ed didn’t get to be mayor by elec tion. Elections are too much bother. We all just called him mayor, and mayor he has been. The only thing he has to see to is that nobody here Army Volunteers From Johnston Head the List Johnston County Youths Help Army Recruiting Station In Raleigh Set New Record. Sergeant Jennings B. Smith, officer in charge of the Army Recruiting Station in Raleigh, announces that the Raleigh Station has just com pleted a most' successful month for recruiting in. the Army. He states that reports from his headquarters show that 143 men were enlisted in the Army through his station during August. This is the largest number of men ever recruited by Smith in one month. Of the 143 men enlisted during August, 36 of them were from Johnston county, as follows; Lamman Moore, 19, Smithfield; Herbert Perry, 19, Route 2, Benson; Alvin E. Overbee, 18, Benson; Geo. T. Robinson, 24, Route 1, Selma; Gattis M. Stephenson, 21, Clayton; Paul Barbour, 20, Four Oaks; James T. Hudson, 22, Clayton; Etheridge Spell, 19, Clayton; and Charles J. Mumford, 20, Clayton, were enlisted for ser\-ice in the Quartermaster De tachment in Fort Bragg. Eugene P. Barbour, 22, Route 1, Benson, William Allen, Route 3, Benson; Cameron H. Godwin, 19, Benson; Kenny McRaynor, 23, Route 3. Four Oaks; Dallas E. Allen, 23, Route 3, Four Oaks; Henry T. Scott, 18, Route 1, Selma; Thurman R. Rose, 21, Route 1, Selma; James M. Carter, 18, Route 1, Selma; Conrad D. Giles, 19, Route 1, Clayton; and Lawrence H. Jones, 20, Route 2, Clayton, were enlisted for service in the Medical Department in Fort Bragg. Lester R. Blackman, 30, Smith- field, was enlisted for service in the Field Artillery, 9th Division in Fort Bragg. ■ Sherwood Reardon, 18, Four Oaks, was enlisted for the 41st -Infantry, Fort Benning, Ga.; Wilbert E. Allen, 18, Smithfield, was enlisted for the 8th Ifantry, Fort Benning, Ga.; Ivan E. Woodruff, 18, Selma; James D. Davis, 18, Selma; Robert L. Price, 19, Route 1, Selma, and Robert L. Taylor, 18, Route 1, Bensom were enlisted for service in the IrN^try, 67th Armored Regiment, Port Ben ning, Ga.; Floyd W. Pittman, 18, Micro, and Juner Davis, 18, Micro, were enlisted and assigned to the 83rd Field Artillery in Fort Benning, Ga. Jesse W. Evans, 18, Route 2, Selma; Earl W. Harrison, 25, Route 1, Smithfield, and Ottis Massengill, 23, Route 3, Princeton, were enlisted for the 13th Coast Artillery in Fort Moultrie, S. C. John G. Pleasont, 21, Clayton;.Al ford ’T. Barbour, 29, Route 1, Clay ton; Walter C. .Barnes, 18, Route 2, Kenly, and Randall A. Barnes, 18, Route 1, Selma, were enlister for ^ service in the 70thth Coast Artillery, in Panama, while Wendell R. Lee, 21, Route 2, Four Oaks, was en listed and assigned to the Coast Artillery in Panama. Sgt. Smith announces, that at the present time he can accept young men for assignment to the following places; Field Artillery, Fort Bragg; 13th Infantry, Fort Jackson, S. C.; Air Corps, Infantry, Coast Artillery and Engineers in Panama, and In fantry in Hawaii. Men between the ages of 18 to 35, who are single with no dependents, of good character and can read and write are eligible for enlistment. Qualified men desiring to enlist may do so at once by ap plying in person or by mail, to the Army Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Raleigh, N. C. works, and I could count the of fenders on the fingers of one hand if I was of a mind to.—New York Times. N. C. QUESTION BOX Which state established the first’ state university ? ANSWER; North Carolina — at Chapel. Hill. NEW PICTORIAL REVIEW SECTION IN COLOR You’ll enjoy the bright new Pictorial Review, a section revealing many pictures in color, special features and short stories. Look for this innova tion in the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN On Sale at All Newsstands Pictures that Satisfy or a New Roll FREE A new automobile record was re cently made. 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