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Tw? * * * **** * * TRIBUTES TO THE * * MEMORY OF REV. * * EDGAR TUFTS * *k * * * if tfr * * (*4A Friend** in the Wilmington Star) 1 "Faithful unto death'' is the record of the life of one of God's noblemen. ; the Rev. Edgar Tufts of Banner Elk, j N. C. , who died Saturday Morning,! Decern lot t). His fata: liness was doubt J e - contrarted th: -gh exposure to cold and contau >a irs mini^br erin^ to the people to -.s hum he dedicated his life, as pastor and teacher. friend and court celior His idea of duty wa- revealed in his answer t*? the question of a fellow student as they w ie leaving the seminary for their r*?sp? ctive fields of I service. Hit freimi. knowing: he had ea'ls to - .ft;. ' < t daces, linked v. ry he 1 tad Banner Elk, then considered one che worst places in North Carolina. His answer j was ('rump' aKy-:.!-;:* c: "That! is in here" His] ehoii e<5 by the change \\r< \ ght n ugh u r. falterhoj.-r. i* pr h ..--ever he conM iruthe;- a lit: > ; < vigrerraciori ana a ft . -r ire-; around hslud_. -?r: Mmer .'lings. His kird ie? and tact fek.y won the conntie .. ; i ?'; in.; i .f h.s immediate a: -i .. . the senport ;;vai o-epcuition of freirds in this and other states. ! :rs small b?ginni g has mown ir.to the Banner Elk Presbyterian cburcb. Lces-McRae, Institute, with graded ar.,1 high school departments. Grace hospital and Grandfather orphanage. The church has an active and I gr wing member hip, which for some j years has worshipped in a beautiful! and artistic building of native stone, erected by native workmen?a buiid ing that could not be created in a city for loss than thirty or forty thousand dollars. The Lees-McRae Institute, until recently housed in three wooden buildings, has already >cnt out more than a thousand girls, some of them making Christian homes a wives and moth* --. some as teachers and trained nurs? s. These wooden buildings arc be it l rep! iced by larger permanent stone to. lings, one ai* ready coir.p.e ? d. and 'dr. Tufts had the joy oi known ig that the ground wa? brpki r for the s i before his death. The v.oo'b'n < ira- e^o-pitai building is new being repln. 1 by a subslant In!. web p.;;> >. ck Building This lie > al, though .mdicapped b\ iaek of pace a; d in at, ha 110 My tnei great need in a large and scalt*>rjra nm n.ity, nv*l this now building wi-.b : * equip me rfc will enable Dr. i : te and his assist ants to ' enikT a larger sorpfSq So an even ..ug-.r territory. * Grandfather orphanage hasfflpown from a small hoiist . accomm.t.iatirg a dozen children, lo a large plant comprising hoys' and girls' domitorries, scool and industrial buildings, and a baby cottage. Under the super-' intemleiny of Mr. and Mrs Hoiro?nl> with their elRcient helpers, these buildings house a happy family of more than 50 children of school age, and the baby cottage will care for about twenty babies. The orphanage, farm contributes "largely to the support of orphanage and schools. The i electric light plant, the grit and lumber mills. o!i serve the community, as we*! as the school, churches, hospital ( and orphanage. Mr. Tufts 'enthusiasm for service! was infectious, and drew to him a corps of teachers and other helpers, of raisionary spirit, on salaries less! than haif paid for similar service elsewi.i iv. iirns enabling him to offer' educational opportunities at wry low j cost. This great construction work, buflt j up out of nothing under his direction, I will be his f- lent monument. But! his best memorial is in the hearts and lives of 'hose whom he has served, and those who have served with him. His generous and acute.guidance and i co-cper-ttioii were fully recognized and appreciated by his associates, and! the m . lory c,f his devoted anu unscl-l *?.: i *<_- win oe a constant ;stimalus' to them to continue his splendid eo*vl struct hv work. s -r i (The Charlotte Observer) A:; might have been anticipated, I the good work started at Banner Elk in enlargement of the educational fa-! cilities there by the late Mr. Edgar | Tufts is to be prosecuted to comple- 1 tion. The leadership falls upon the worthy shoulders of Mr. Edgar Tuts, j Jr., who had been associated for years with his father. The young man is a graduate of Davidson College, and the trustees of the LeesMcRae Institute and of the Woodrow Wilson Junion College entrusted continuation of the work to Mr. Tufts the day aiter the funeral of the founder. The Lenoir News-Topic says Mr. Tu< ts will have associated with him in his work men who were connected vith his father for years. Mr. J. W. Holcomb, who for years has been at the head of the orphans' home, and Dr. W. C. Tate, who has been in charge of the hospital since it was established, will continue at their posts, and in co-operation with Mr. Tufts will carry out the instF" tute's program. The Lenoir paper recounts that when Mr. Tufts first came to this secf:' v tion of North Carolina he came as a jr. preacher and served a number of }?. churches?at Boone, Blowing Rock Banner Elk and Linville. Then he took up the wofrk of establishing a & school in the mountains for the boys and (rirls. He was the founder and president of l.ees-M-Rue Institute which had its beginning: in a small! summer si hool that was first taught by a lady. The next step was when Mr. Twfts gathered a handful of boys and girls I in his own room and before an open i fire taught them during the winter of. 18;*9. Tiits was followed by a -mall dormitory for a few girls; tht :> the boys* department was added in 1905 at Ptunarce under the same management. In 1900 a hospital department known as the Grandfather Ot :>hani age was opened on a beautiful farm j belonging to the school. In this home are 75 children who arc Joeing edu- j I cated and given every opportunity. | More than a thousand gir;* bav been j taught within the Lees Inst; i aie. anu an nave j^one away irom jtlus school impreawd the >nJ?rI ivil iiifluejnS ? f thi- jjrosi-i i dent, whose "i ill i>< sort: loss' ' > th^ .school, and will cau.-o 1 -grot throughout the entire state of North! 1 aroima end other states from which girls have come to be trained in' i hristian influence. Mr. Tufts was a suiFerer fiom tu-! h?S uiosis, and several years ago he an a breakdown He went i B ack . .ui. " li?r tlx -i r.? n t.t rt re- j | mained for quite a while. As soon' tftae Mas as re: t( d e reit'jitd to lu work it- the n;?- . ' a?ns. if: rsta ' ished a motto which he rally . i;d avortd to jive up to t! mount ri>; of the mo.. .ains; ;or w. mountains.*' A - ery unty has met her heaviest r.\- months ago ve were all >* ;?ined by the death of the country's , most nelovs-d iinancier, .Mr. Charlie i I VoiiCanon of Banner Fllk. rnd now j lis pastor and friend has been almost as quickly taken, and we have lost a; minister, a pastor an educator and; a financier, a man who since he con-j secratcd his young life to our moan-1 tains, has been the greatest molding j power in this section of the country.! Bitter weather and terrible roads] | deterred the great crowd that came! : some 50 miles to that beautiful little rock church?Mr. Tufts church?to show what his life had meant to them. 'Twas a typical afternoon as I they bore the casket from the church the sleet and mud reminded us of the many years of faithful service in i all sorts of weather, when this servant of God had failed not once to me; i hi speaking appohitnu nts often r ttberoM cove of the hi<?ak??>i mountain due. During the funeral service tin- Hood of sun . .gin. that poured through the autifu: windows of the chuivh, typified God s rich bl-.-sings i upon Mr. i nits' tirefo efforts. As .-i n laded. 5he flash of the electric u i.ore \vinu-,-> of h s vision of what ntight .0 iccompli-hod ni the enxtntam of the mountains?and ; moil'..alas. And at the grave la. < mplete lining of green gal ax ! at tern, and the large blanket of roe galax and silver pine, which loving hands had so -ki&Jfully prepared, |irov?;<i how his iove o? t.he beautiful had met a response in their hearts. We left the gi ?ve praising God | .or i'To endless infuenn ol suc.i j iife? a life whose secret was unsclii>n faith; a death whn.i: key not was : victory- Aod we thanked Clod for the son and daughters who caw go with I his work. Prepared Ivy his training j and experience, led by his wonderful vision?-strengthened by hie- indomitable courage and limitless faith? | they must carry 011 to completion iue I work of this wonderful man of .God. Mary Martin Sloop. Crossnore, N. C. k is impressively sad information that comes from Banner Elk of the death at that place yesterday morning of Mr. Edgar Tufts, the founder j of the Lees MeRae Institute and of! the Woodrow Wilson College. Mr. j lulls had been in poor health for | , some months, but there had come no I intimation to his friends throughout j the state that fatal termination was! impending. It was but a few days| ago that The Observer gave the story j of the founding of the great phiian-j throphy in the little mountain hamiet' of Banner Eik by Mr. Tufts and oi its development into a conto*,.-?f nruc ' tical education of a character for I which there is no paralell in the coun- j i -y. Mr. T'fts years ago saw the ! | opportunity there for advancing the 1 interests of the mountain people and in quiet manner and out uf his own resources proceeded with the founding of a school with a great mission. The blessings followed the operation I of the Lees-Mcftac Institute will ever ! remain uncounted. A great hearted people will rise from their habitations j among the blue hills of North CaroI lii.a, and call his name blessed and I the world will know that a noble soul has come into enjoyment of reward 50 good CIGARETTES , ? GENUINE ! "Bull" i T "tW- DURHAM TOBACCO _ THE WATA1 more glorious than earthly agencycould bestow. Edgar Tufts has fulfilled his mission of immeasurable benefit to humanity and h:s great work will live after him. (Presbyterian Standard ) There is a keen piece of sarcasm in the epistle of James when he pictures a brother or sister "naked and destitute of daily food "to whom we offer the cold comfort of empty words, saying, "IX part inpeace- be ve warmed and tilled." James comment is. "Notwithstanding ye gave them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit?" Since the death of Rev. Edgar Tufts many have been moved to bear testimony to his worth, his unselfish i life and his hopes for his mountain ork. it has occurred to us that all of us in addition to our testimony, could honor his memory still more if w?would do some thing to finish the work that was the dream of his last : days. The establishment of a rea! college for the children of his beloved mountaineers was ar. object very dear to l bss heart. It was to be the cap-stone } the monument he was niild'ng, i that was to insure the permanency of that work to which he had given the freshness ol his ear y manhood and his efforts and pray* ;s when :il..ealth had underniit d his strength. Our Lord put hit finger upo;' one of ?Br human nature w. n !le eaid Not every one- That seith unto me I Lord, Lord, shall ent* r into the kingdom of heaven, but he thai doeth tne twill of my Father which :s in heaven." I TEN REASONS FOR SUPPORTING THE HOME TOWN PaPER The Democrat has recently received from the Division of Publication of the Agricultural Extension Service the following ten reasons for supporting the homo town paper as offered by the Valley Enterprise of Nebraska. It is felt that the county newspapers of North Carolina arc t endering a real service to the communities which they u i c and Hat the readers of this paper may gain an idea as to some of the reasons i why this claim ir. made, you: attention i: invited to the fQ|W:n?r: 1. Because when you v.vrv born, it was the home paper that introduced yuo to the world. 2. When you grew up and gradu |ctt'd 'In home paper gave you othes | writ.-up. .1. When sat -r on you found youi ' i fe companion and \mv happily mar | i led the heme paper gave y?.a and yours a ?t|ce notice. ; S. When . iekness and misf irltim; j invaded your home, the sad iu va; carried to your friends and tte.&Iv I '>ors by the home paper. I .>. When you had been suc? f il [ in a business venture or had oeen I promoted, it was the liomc paper thai heralded your ability. ( . if you sold out or moved t? another location the home paper followed you with news of friends ami neighbors. IT. When some unscruplous person tried to injure your charavtei | it was the home paper that came tc J your aid. S. liecause the home paper boost> I your :ovn and its institutions, it> people its schools, itr churches, ant! helps t".o promote goon fellowship in the t mii.umty. BvcaC'hc the live ran chants cf fer money-saving bargains and pro tect you iro.n catch-penny moil ordei knitcw lO. And last, when you are finally] I Had away, it is the home paper thai ! prints consoling news of your di j mise, and that extols your virtues I so the hearts of those who mourn i are made to feel thankful that thi I home town paper -stuck by you from j the cradle to the grave. Jug Imbedded In Tree. Workmen of the Manchester Ship Canal company at Weaste. Eng.. while sawing a big old elm tree into baulka found a brown enrthenware Jug en! tlrely Imbedded in the very heart ot the tree. It is thought thnt more than a hundred years ago a forester put the Jug In the fork of tie tree after a meal and forgot It. The Jag | during many years waa grown over j and became imbedded In the trea | After Every Meat ssagm I Chew your food I well, then nse I WRIGLEY'S to I aid digestion. I if also keeps I the teeth clean, 1 breath sweet, appetite keen. I Thm Great American Sweetmeat UCA DEMOCRAT HAP T. R.'S REGARD Roosevelt's Tribute to Most Fearless Man He Ever Knew. Colonei Means, Army 8urgeon, Had All the Qualifications Which En- , cleared Hiro to Teddy." Wliilt* Mr. Itoofewlt was In t?*.e hospital it was necessary to remove one of hU teeth, the upper left bicuspid. In (ilsntssing the advisability of an anesthetic Colonel Roosevelt said. "I can stand pain if 1 have to, but I am not hankering after It." In describing his Improved wrist Joint lie said. "The wrist was painful day before yesterday, yesterday It was ore. but now there Is discomfort." The removal of the tooth caused Mr. I Rooset ell a irreut deal of naln. and he 9 remarked to me refHHitPtfly, what a P cowar.i he was. I ?4?l?t him that 1 had 9 not only l?eec differently Informed by people who knew h!m best hut that all 9 the American people had been differ- ? entiy inform??d. arid that I should hate myself to take the risk Involved In = calling hi;n what he called hhaself. f??r I i-. ?i always considered him the mes' fearless man whoiu I had ever known. J "The most fearless man of toy acquaintance," said Colonel Roosevelt in the course of the conversation that followed, "was Colonel Means. lie was absolutely unafraid, and at the same Itiiue one of the gentlest of souis. "lie was an army surgeon, but much m??re interested in natural history than In medicine. At the request of the : ' Smithsonian institution?to enable blm to secure specimens?lie was assigned to duty In the Philippines during the . More war. j "It happened one day that he heard the call of ? certain animal he was I I af?:er, and out in the Moro country as | he was, without any hesitation he j ; i went after that animal alone. He shot < It. and noting the place of the carcass ] be planned to g*?t it after dark, and | then started back to our lilies. j 1 "On looking around he saw tfiai he . wis being pursued by a nakcu Moro j armed with a spear. Now he could have killed that Moro, hut his feelings 1 were ????? tender, and he was too ktnds hearted; and so he run and on turning his head to see how much progress the Moro uus making he saw that not only i was the Moro gaining on him but he I had been jolted by two other Moros, ftlinilnrtv <lit!lu>il nml armoil llo ' ' doubled his speed, but soon reu.'lzod . j that Im- could not make our linos. j j "Much ??? his dislike, thereupon, he i stopped and shot all three. I Then, over a true naturalist, he I went to examine the specimens, and 1 j finding that the heads were of a pe- I j cullar shape he cut them off and sent j them to the Smithsonian Institution us ! j specimens. j ' j "Colonel Means was one of oar party In the African hunt. It.was our custom, whenever the natives had located a lion, for two of the party to take the lion?one to take the picture and ; the other to shoot the lion. This time It was the turn of Lorens and Means. Means to take the pictures and Lorrens to shoot. "The lion, which proved to be a | i llouess, was in the brush about eight . miles distant from the canip. Lorrena ' and Means had no sooner arrived than j the lioness made her appearance, and : Lorrens, who is so deadly a shot that | he used a rille of too small bore. | wounded the animal with n shot which j was not instantly mortal. The lioness j charged directly at Lorrens. She was 1 a fine specimen, and as Lorrens saw i her pounding straight at him he raised his guu to shoot. "Means called out in a loud tone. iwu i ouvui, uifi i riis, utu; i 1111 mm. Hon In the head! Lorrena, don't spoil that specimen !* Lorrens did shoot, but did not spoil the specimen. Neither ! Means nor Lorrens seemed to see the ( | Joke, but everybody else in camp didt" , ; ?Chicago Dally News. Valuable Derelicts. Bobbing up and down on the tossing f wares of the North Pacific and destined, sooner or later, to tind a resting " place on some beach, several hundred , huge steel drums of whale oil are the 1 most recent derelicts reported. The motorsbip Anvil, the crew ready to drop from exhaustion after days j and nights of toll and vigil. Its rudder j shattered, guard raits torn away, was ? forced to throw much of the valuable cargo overboard. The Anvil was com- \ pleting the homeward trip from Bering ! sea after a season's trading with whalers and natives. Each cask of oil thrown away contains 112 gallons and would be a valuable find for a beachcomber. Neah Bay Indians eagerly are watching the rfr.hAMi itxie i>AOF Van/wvnt'OF (alnn^ ! for the flrjt of the huge drams of of) j which they believe ultimately will reach that locality. Barge Peculiarly Useful. A San Francisco man has constructed a barge of balsa wood, which Is considerably lighter than cork, although It has much greater structural strength than the latter. The barge Is used mainly tor salvage work, la 80 feet long, 14 feet wide, and draws 15 Inches of water. Two 30-horeepower gasoline engines are used to drive the barge and to operate the winches. Additional buoyancy Is provided by 38 air tanks placed at various points throughout. In the centar f the deck a large hole is provided jr winch-operated grappling chain Iand Irons, need In raising sunken objects.?Popular Mechanics Magasme, j FEBRUARY IS. IMS AUCTION SALE As ! have decided to close out my entire stock of Dry Goods, Notions. Shoes, Pants, Overalls, Coats, etc. 1 WILL on monday FEBRUARY 26 1923 at 10 O'CLOCK a. M. SELL FOR THE HIGH DOLLAR AT YOUR OWN BID THE I ABOVE GOODS AT PUBLIC AUCTION So come and bring some one else with you as you will miss lots of bargains if you fail to come, as 1 don't want to have to sell any more goods at a sacrifice, n irr rtnni; n iunn. it n i nm iu i it. VI. LUUIY, SAiYLKV IV LAK.UL11> A D. J. COTTRELL, Auctioneer. R^UNA^cu^nr New Price j b. orrnoiT ] * Where can you find a greater value than the Ford Run- jjj about at this new low price? ijj: We believe, without quest ion, j j j :n *-i? ?-? * jiiu uiat it xo uic liii/oi cuunuinicai means of transportation salesIIII men can employ. Time-saving ?absolutelydependable travel at the minimum cost Terms if desired. J. B. TAYLOR uEALER BOONE AND VALLE CRUSIS ~-:jj IB 03 I "Slimy Taste" ? *Wheo I feel stupid, get constipated, or bilious, I take a good dose or | two of Black-Draught aad it sets me straight," writes Mr. George B. Ml Haisiep, of R. F. D. 2, Columbia, S. C. "It dean-ss the liver and i feel Oil all right, and have not used any other medicine as I do not see the need jS of H. 1 am a guard at the State Reformatory, and have been for three j[] or more years. When 1 first heard ot BLACK-DRAUGHT | Liver Medicine It. U ? ? KUWU mrann: u was, i naa Deer tiaving a tired feeling when || g. I'd get up In the morning. I would be stiff and sore, and had a almy, M | bad taste in my mouth, but didn't think so much of it till 1 began to feel R| I stupid and didn't feel like eating?then I knew I needed medicine. It |9 I wis than I began Black-Draught, and i felt all made over, ready for any H n kind of work, ready to eat and sleep. So, lor any return of this trouble, ! H I take Black-Draught, and for 25 years It has been my medicine, and 1 Hi wouldn't be without It at all. My work is constant. I am on my feet a 1 g lot I am out of doors, and fresh air and Black-Draught are all the | g p- '"-rjnes 1 need. I recommend it to others for 1 know it is good." 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