The Orphans’ Friend.
-SErTEMBEU 14, 1883.
ELUOATION OP PAEMERS.
There is a current notion
that if a youth is to become a
farmer there is no necessity
for paying special attention
to his education, or giving him
good educational privileges.
Our opinion is, that this notion
is in part the result ot a mis
apprehension concerning the
natuie of education. What is
an education? Is it merely
the going through a certain
curriculum, or the ability to
converse in French or Ger
man, or TO read Latin and
Greek, or to tell about the
planets and fixed stars? Can
a man be said to be educated
because he has gone through
college and has his memory
filled with an astonishing ar-^
lay of words and facts? No !
certainly not, unless he has
learned to think, unless the
powers of his mind have been
developed by liis studies, un
less his faculties are properly
trained and brought under his
authority, so. that they are
obedient to his bidding, and
are w'ell in hand for any
emergency that may arise re
quiring sound judgment or
■patient thought. The truth
is, all education fails which
does not teach us to think ns
well as to observe, and think-
ing pays as well on the farm
as anywhere else. Whatever
training cultivates the mind
and make the perception
keener, is as useful to a farm
er as to a man of any of the
learned professions. Those
who have a real thirst fo)
knowledge, will never regret
the step if they secure a col
legiate education, for the
training thus received makes
one more perfectly master of
the forces of nature, and fits
him to grapple with the nat
ural problems which are con
stantly foiced upon the farm
er’s attention.
Another cause of the
notion that farmers need
not to be well educated,
is tho idea that the accumula
tion of property is the main
object of existence, and that
the chief design of education
istoholpin such accumula
tion; and consequently that
any amount of education over
and above' enough to help us
gather together the goods of
this world is a useless superflu
ity. We are constantly con>“
fronted with examples of suc
cessful farmers who are com
paratively uneducated. But
howmuch more successful they
might have been with propei
training, l ow much more s al-
uable as citizens, to.societ}’,
to the church, to tho race, is
not thought of. We believe
it to be the privilege and the
duty of every individual to
m: ke the most of himself
physically, mentally and mor
ally. Is a man who guides the
plough and tills the soil less
enliiied to enjoy this privilege
than others? Is it an3' the
less his duty?
God requires of us fait fulness in
tbe perlormauco of oar duties ; and
nothing is a duty which we are u
able to do. All we can perlorm is
one thing at a ti l.c taking up each
duty and doing it without troubling
ourselves witli anythii.g beyond.
For the quarter ending with
August, the children in the
various Forms at the Asylum,
made the following average
grades in their studies, 100
being tho highest:
THIRD FORM, GIRLS;
Florence Ballance 88
Lizzie Boyd
Alice Broadway
Hopie Barfield
Bettie Garris
Minnie Hathaway
Mary Harris
Mary Hill
Mary Hood
Lena Hudgins
Laura Hudgins
Mary Hutchinson
Ki te Johnson
Fmma Kelly
Mollie Kelly
Mary Knox
Nita Xee
Kate Mason
Charlotte Overby
Lucy Powers
Chloe Sanders
Mary Sasser
Martha Sasser
SECOND POEM, GIRLS:
Daisy Austin 94
Sophie Barfield 90
A. Beddingfield 88
Sophie Bivins 89
Annie Bobbitt 87
I']dna Ghambeis 87
Maggie Douglas 88
Hannah Erwin 84
M. Gabriel
93
J- Gabriel
84
Minnie Gibson
77
Lula Grady
95
F. Hutchinson
88
Lou Hatch
80
Jennie Hatch
92
Mary Holmes
99
Ella Hood
89
Isabel Mayes
61
D. Olmstead
86
i/is. Piland
96
Maltie Piland
89
Irene Turner
87
SI Woodhouse
91
Ida Watson
72
L. Whittington
84
Ella Young
97
Lelia Young
88
first FORM, GIRLS :
Annie Gray
78
lola Fowler
93
Alice^rwin
94
Ella Bishop
78
Lula Allen
90
Bettie Kelly
98
Koxie Keith
85
Amilda Keith
79
Mary Haywood
98
Ida Hatch
93
Lelia Olmstead
92
Ozella Manning
85
]\[ary Lynch
96
Jennio Kelly
55
Lucy Swink
70
Lula Potts
90
Ella Perry
92
Betlie Peden
80
Ella Wright
94
Idlly Tufford
91
FIRST FORM, BOYS :
Noah Albarty
60
Thomas Allen
57
Robert Bartle}'
87
John Bartley
84
Ernest Beddingfield
86
Alex. Cox
85
James Hartley
63
I'inley Hartley
85
^V^illiam Lynch
70
Edward Mc.Connell
66
Gideon Poteat
80
Blarlin Poteat
62
James Poteat
73
Charles Padget
40
George Padget
75
George i^poon .
57
John Spoon
68
James Swink
87
Evander Pruitt
55
Henry Palmer
68
Ben Owens
70
Wm. Robeson
62
Luther Hutchinson
75
Willie Taylor
67
Crawford Taylor
45
John Whaling
81
Arch Wilson
70
Sunuel Woody
91
THIRD form, BOYS :
rieury Austin
63
Lucieu Bishop
80
William Broadway
74
Jay Knox
78
John Holmes
71
Thomas Cosby
57
Thomas Gibson
84
Wm. Grady
76
Edgar Parker
84
Richard Poteat
73
James Harris
93
Duncan McLeod
65
RobT. Pritchett
85
George Robbins
70
John Sherwood
72
Wm. Tarkiuton
89
Wm. Tate
71
James Turner
87
SECOND FORM, BOYS :
Ilcury Beddingfield
58
Haywood Bobbitt
60
Richard Butler
63
Edgar Chambers
60
William Fowler
72
Fred Hathaway
63
Ernest Hayward
53
James Jones
63
Evanus-Lineback
68
Lemuel Lynch
60
Jesse McConnell
28
Clyde McGuiie
50
Willett McGuire
42
L’lintou Poteat
20
John Sitter.-:on
31
Theophilus Swinson
70
Samuel Taylor
42
Paran White
56
James Swinson
70
Correspondence:
We take pleasure in pub
lishing the following state
ment from the Attorneys of
the Powell estate, omitting
such parts only as threaten to
lead to an unpleasant contro*-
versy:
Orphans’ Friend,—As the pub
lic m ay be misled by a card from
Mr. Mills, which appeared in your
columns in reference to the Powell
estate, we ask you to please pub
lish these facts:
Mr. Powell’s estate consists of
an uncleared tract of land said to
contain four hundred acres,a judg
ment against the county of Hali-
fal for six or seven hundred dol
lars,and bonds amounting to about
$2,200. These were investments
made by Mr. Powell before his
death.
He directed in his will that an
amount not to exceed $400 should
be expended upon his graveyard.
Drs, Wood & McDowell and Dr.
John A Collins have filed medical
bills aggregating $253. A small
accouuc for drugs has been filed.
J. A. Perry has sued the estate
for $200. The case is in the Su
perior K !ourt, on appeal from a
lustice. J". C. Pittman has sued
the estate for about $1500, we
are informed. ^ He has not filed his
complaint,
Allfot the debts due the estate
are good, and will be collected, ex
cept one debt which is secured by
real estate, The land by which it
is secured is not worth the debt,
which is $600.
'>Ve told Mr. Mills that the exe
cutors had nothing to do with the
land and that the Asylum could
take charge of it.
We told him that we would wil-
lingly give way for any attorney
that he might employ, -ind the ex
ecutors told him that they would be
glad if he would secure an attor
ney to eO'Operate with us. We
gave him our opinion as to the
result of tho snits, and we would
state it here but it is not proper to
do 60.
Dr. Stalliugslis perfectly solvent.
Mr. Edm.ndson, other execu
tor, is a man of wealth, ancl^the
wherever he is known he is ad
mitted to be one of the most pru
dent and safe business men in the
State. He never acted as executor
or administrator before,and it was
with very great reluctance that he
consented to act in this instance.
■ The friends of the Asylum may
rest assured that the estate is safe
ii) the hands of these gentlemen,
and that at tbe earliest possible
time, consistent with safety, the
trust committed to them will be
turned over, and we know that
they will faithfully and honestly
execute the will of Mr. Powell,and
that they will do no act violative
of that confidence w hich he repos
ed in them aa shown in his life
time and in making them his ex
ecutors.
Ver\ Respectfully,
W. H. Kitchin & W. A. Dunn,
Attorneys for Executors
Side Degrees.—These are
legrees,which have generally
been the invention of Grand
Lecturers, but which have no
connection with the ritual of
masonry, and whose legality
is not acknowledged by Grand
Lodges. Some of them are
trifli g, and with no definite
nor virtuous object in view.
The worst of them however
can only be considered, in the
language of Preston, as “in^
nocent and inoffensive amuse
ments.’’
Theological Virtues.—
These are Faith, Hope, and
Charity, which, as forming
the principal rounds of the
masonic ladder, constitute a
jiart of the instruction of the
iJntered Apprentice. Of these
Faith may be explained to he
the first round, because faith
in God is tbe first requisite of
a candidate for ma8onry;Hope
is tbe second, hope in im
mortality, is a necessary con
sequence of faith in a divine
being; and Charity is the third,
because the mind that is ele
vated by such a faitli, and
the heart that is warm^'d by
such a hope, cannot fail to be
stimulated by that universal
love of the human race, wliich
is but another name for Char^
ity.
Again Charity is the
highest round,because Charity
is the greatest of these virtues.
Our faith may be lost
sight; “fait'i is the evidence
of things not seen;” he that
believes only on the evidence
of his senses, believes Iron
demonstration, and not from
faith, and faith in him is dead
Hope ends in fruition; we hope
only for that which we desire
but do not pos8e8s;and the at-*
tainment of the object is the
termination of our hope. But
Charity extends beyond tho
grave, through the boundless
re; 1ms of eternity; for there,
even there, mercy of God, tho
richest of all charities, throws
a veil over our transgressions,
and extends to the repentant
sinner the boon of that for
giveness which divine justice
must have denied.
Morality op Freemasonry.
—No one who reads our an
cient charges can fail to see
that Freemasonry is a strictly
moral institution, and that tho
1 rinciples which it inculcates
inevitably tend to make the
brother, who obeys their dic
tates, a more virtuous man.
What this morality is, has
been so well defined in a late
address before one of our
Grand Lodges, that nothing I
could say would add strength
to the sentiment, or beauty to
the language.
“The morality of masonry
requires us to deal justly with
others; not to defraud, cheat,
or wrong them of their just
dues and rights. But it goes
farther, it regards man as
bound by piety, masonic mor
ality, and fraternal bonds, to
minister to the wants of the
destitute and afflicted; and
tliat we may be enabled to
fulfil this high behest of hu
manity, it strictly enjoins in
dustry and frugality, that so
our hands may ever be filled
with tho means ( f exorcising
that charity to which our
hearts should ever dispose,
us.^^
cardinal virtues., the practice
of which is inculcated in the
firt^t degree. The mason who
properly appreciates the se
crets, which he has solemnly
promised never to reveal, will
not by yielding to the unres
trained call of appetite, per
mit reason and judgment to
lose their seats; and subject
himself, by the induLence in
habits of excess, to discover
that which should be conceal-
ed, and Uius merit and re
ceive the scorn and detesta
tion of his brethren. And lest
any brother should forget the
danger to which he is expos
ed in the unguarded hours of
dissipation, the virtue of Tem^
perarce is wisely impressed
upon his memory, by its re
ference to the moat solemn
portion of the initiatory cere
mony.
who fall by the >aysT de. in thia mad .
attempt to compass impossibilities*—
is alarmingly 1 »rge. Many of them
fill early graves, and many others aie
crippled for life.
Supports or the Lodge —
The institution of Masonry,
venerable for its antiquity,and
its virtuous character, is said
fo be supported by Wisdom,
Strength, and Beauty, tor the
wisdom of its eminent foun
ders was engaged in its first
design; the strength of its or
ganization has enabled it to
survive the fall of empires,and
changes of languages, relig
ions, and manners which have
taken place since its forma
tion; and the beauty of holi
ness is exhibited in the purity
and virtue that it inculcates,
and in the morality of life
which it demands of all its
children.
Our lodges, thus supported,
will find in these columns an
other analogy to their great
prototype, the Temple of Je
rusalem. For that might}'
fabric was designed by the
wisdom of Soloinonj King of
Israel, who found strength to
carry on the great uudertak-
in the assistance and friend'
ship of Hiram, King of Tyre
and beauty to adorn the struc
ture in the architectural skill
and taste of Hiram, the wid
ow’s son.
EDUCATIONAL.
A meeting of colored people was re
cently hold at Henderson with a view
of establishing a colored Orphan
Asylnm to be called ‘‘The Baptist
Association of North Carol ira.”
Officers were elected and a Commit
tee appointed to report a constitution
at a meeting to be lield at Oxford on
the 18th of September.
A Southern Univereity for Ladies
is to be opened in Abingdon, Va.,
soon as the funds are secured.
Officers have been appointed, and a
general agent is in the field. This
is, and has been, a long-felt need-of
our Southern, land. Our sisters of
mind and will, are demanding a
school where they can be educated m
the full sense of that term. Abing
don may be the right place for it, but
we would have preferred a more cen
tral location. But, by, all means, let
tlje work go forward.
Temperance.—One of the four
There is an ev;! in'our e(inc‘>tional
w’ork that ought to be abated, but
which lies beyond the control of our
educators. It i.s the disposition, on
the part of parents, to haye their
children hurried through their educa
tional courses,'often at the sacrifice of
health, and, oftener still, at the sacri
fice of real soholrrship and culture.
Our boys and girls “graduate” too ear
ly. Time enough is not taken for
the work laid out for them. They go
over it superflciallj', or give way un
der the strain, if they attempt in earn
est the impossible tasks required of
them. The former result is that most
frequently realized. We are glad
that nature revolts, and the victim of
a false system and evil fashion, pre
ferring shallowness to suicide, take^
time for sleep and recreation, oven if
one or more of a dozen “studies” are
neglected, in whole or in part.
But the number of those
who break down, mentally and physi
cally, under the high-pressure system
in vogue—the ardent, ambitious, en
thusiastic young spirits full of promise,,
We have thought much lately of
the “higher female"' educational” the
ory, and wondered if our faithful,earn
est teachers might not add this to
their list of duties—to . teach tbe girls
the great value of modesty and of
quiet demeanor everywhere; to tell
them the beauty of soft voices and
gentle speech; to give them instruc
tion in the true “wisdom” whose price
is above rubies; to show them their
proper paths, lying narrowly along
tho low, unseen valleys, where birds
sing and flowers bloom, and not upon
the thronged highways where older
feet must’ tread.
Would it not be the first great
movement towards that “higher edu
cation” of women, if our teachers
should give each day—side by side
with mathematics and Latin, if you
please—some carefni instrootion re
garding the Beauty'of Girlhood as
shown by modesty, by unselfishness,
by unostentatious care for others, and
especially for those who are older; by
quiet ways and words in all public
, and by gentle yielding to
those in authority.
Let the school make' it an impor
tant study. Give it high , grade. Let
it be put into immediate practice, un
der the watchful eye of the teacher.
Let our girls be taught to be true
girls, with girlhood ennobled and glo*
lified and set apart for pure and spe
cial work.
When such distinguished men as the
late President Martin Van Buten, Geo.
Badger, late Secretary of the Navy-
Gov Edward Stanley, of (.‘alifornia;
Gov. Iredell, of North Carolina; Sena
tors Talmage, of New York; Preston,
of South Carolina; Hendei son, of Mis
sissippi; Hon. Beverly Tucker, of Vir
ginia ; Bishop Green, of Mississippi,
Freeman, of Texas; Gen. Me Comb, of
Georgia; W. H. Appleton, of New
York; Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks, of New
York, and a host of other such men
give strong certificates of the value of a
medicine, it must have Intrinsic worth. ^
All this is true of BECKWITH’S AN
TI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS, and to-day
they are as good as they were whep
those certificates were written.
Ed. R. Beckwith, Sole Proprietor,
Petersburg, Va.
Coiiiuiittccs on Orplinn Asylum
Lily Valley Lodge, No. 252—John
11. Hill, William H. Riddick, Eras-
Ins Batrley.
■ Eureka Lodge, No. 283—G. A. J,
Sechler, S. G. Patterson, Charles W.
Alexander.
Fulton Lodge, No. 99—A Parker,
W. W, Taylor, Samuel McCub-
bins.
Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140
Henry Haley, Job a Knight, H. F.
Parrett.
Hiram Lodge, No. 40—George M.
Smedas, Theodore Joseph, John
Nichols.
Evergreen Lodge,* No, 303 M,
Morrison, H. P. Harman, L. MoN;
McDonald.
Feliowsidp Lodge, No. 84. Jo
seph Parker, C. S. Powell, John T.
Cobb.
Wayne Lodge, No. 112. E; A,
Wright, Augustus Edward, E, W'
Cox.
Cumberland Lodge, 364—Rev. A,
R. Pittman,
Salem Lodge, No. ,289—J. W.
Hunter, C. A. Fogle, Cbas. Hauser.
Ooharie Lodge, No. 379—A. J.
Butler, J. 1), O. Oulbreth and R. W.
ii'oward.
Winston Lodge, No. 167—J. q'
A. Barham, W. H. Miller, E. B.
Whitsell.
GRAND LBCTUEBIU-Dr. 0.
D. Rice, Raleigh, N. 0.
LAND FOR SALE.
A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO
WISH TO GROW FINE
TOBACCO.
Over 600 acres of Beaver Dam Fine
Tobacco land for sale. As good as
there is. It lies in one body and will
be fold all together, or cut up into
small tracts to suit purchasers-. Is sit
uated in Brassflelds Township, Gran
ville county, N. C., two and a half
miles south-west of Wilton. Has a
large portion of original growth on it,
is well timbered, and has a large body
of bottom land.
There are upon the premises a two
story dwelling, containing four com
fortable rooms, four flue curing tobac
co barns, with other necessary out
buildings.
Only part of the purchase money will
be wanted in cash, for the rest two or
three vears will be given.
Apply to
W.R.WALTERS, or S.H.CANNADY,
12-6t. Wilton, N. C.
JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL,
Jonesboro, Moore Co., N. C.
The next Session of this School will
begin July 30th,: jsgS.
For circulars or information apply to
Prof. Wlllloi C. Dour, A. M.
8-6t Pbihoipal.