fAGE FOUR ~ Che Cbfrofece ?>cout Tho Official Orftn of Murphy ana Charoke* Coaatr. North Carolina. BRYAN W. SIPE, Editor-Manayar aiss H. M. BERRY. A..oci>t. Ed,to PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY A Kind Fate IT WAS a kind fate that ailowe Walter Johnson to achieve o last Friday the dream of his life, bt the desired end was not achieved ur til after black defeat had been pal aded before him on two succsslve o< casicns. The future must have hel out dark prospects for this preat ath lete after his second defeat on Wet! Iiesday by the Nt w York Giar.ts. H got another trial and made p- od i the last game of the world series be tween the National and Amcricai leapue baseball teams, the first an< perhaps the last world series In whic' he will participate. This preat pitcher had looked for ward to this series from year to yea throughout IS years in profession* baseball. Each year until this one he saw his team lose its chance t contest for world honors. Each yea he renewed his hopes. The prea opportunity came this year. He wa the main stay of his team and twic he went down in defeat To hitr however, was given the privilege o: pitching the last inrir.gs in the la> deciding game of the series, and t< him goes the honor of winning th< game. An Eight Months" School Term J | 'HE movment t, : an eight month 1 school term received added cm phasis last Saturday right at th> Ashe vi Ik meeting of the Westeri North Carolina State Teachers Asso ciation when that body went on roc ord as favoring an increased sch> < term for every boy and girl in Nort Crolina. Boys ar.d girls living in th cities and towns of North Carolin now have the privilege of tight an nine months of school, most of thei nine months. Those who happen t Jive in the rural districts of the stat< especially in the less wealthy coui ties, only have six months. In add to Tne snorter term, tne run boy? and girls suffer enough hand caps in the form of poor equipmei and inadequate facilities of all kind The question resolves itself inl this: Is there any adequate reaso why a boy or girl, who through r volition of his own. happens to lb In the Tural sections of our stat should not have an equal opportunil of attending school with that of tl boy or girl who is horn in the citii or towns of the state? There is on one answer to the uestion. The fac must be faced squarely and the pro lem met. The only possible reasc that couid be advanced for providir the extended term is lack of mone North Carolina can no longer pies this excuse. The state is plenty ab to provide the longer term. Thi- chi dren of the rural districts have right to expect it. The hope of the state and the * tion largely lies in the hands T fboys and girls who live in the rur sections. They are as bright and keen as the boy or gir! who lives the city. They will become citizei no less of importance than those wl have better opportunities. They ar just as much a part of the state as ai the urban boys and girls. It is s obligation of the state, undispute to pre; vide for the education of i people. ?y no reasoning: known the sience of logic can the state avo this responsibility. The rural sections are unable tax themselves and provide the long term. The populous sections a able to help bear the load of provi Jng for the education of all the bo; and girls in the state, regardless i where they live. The populous cou ties have already conceeded this du in the building of roads. If it is rig and just that the rich counties shou help bear the burdens of the poor ones in material things like roi building, who can deny the lack justice in the application of this san principle in the providing of cd quate school facilities. The rural boys and girls cannot 1 -expected to accomplish as much aix months as the city boys and gir do in eight and nine months. Thi cannot do efficient work in educatli themselves by working at thd but seat only aix months in the year. The longer school term therefor la a matter of justice to the rur school boy* and girls; it is an obligj lion of the state and the state plenty able to meet the obligation; la necessary in order to equip tt rami boys and girl* so that they ca ^ntei the h'gh schools on eqoal foo I ings with others. The right months F school term must be provided in the r ' near future. The legislature of 1925 t will he asked by the state teachers'. c "'assembly to provide for it in 1925. j F f It must and will come. jt , s . Equality Of The Sexes > j | '"HE purpose of this day is to pay * A tribute to the nvan who had the j vision to see to it that women should it 5 be considered in education." said Dr. . J. I. Foust, president of toe North j i Carolina College for Women, in his < remarks at Founders Day exercises in d Greensboro last Sunday. "W are now < j. reaping the reward of the unselfish s j effort put forward by Dr. Melver," t he continued. ] 1 Some of that reward is reflected in * n the size of the student body at this t state supported college for women.; < then b? incr nearly 1GG0 cirls in at-: j tendance this year. Hundreds of others have matriculated in the oth-? er colleges of the state and the num-' ber admitted to the University from year to year increases. All of this ( " can only mean one thing and that is that the vision of I)r. Mclver and oth--' ers of the last generation is coming' J | true. It means that woman is fast r taking her place along side of nun1 1 in the various spheres of life. For following the gaining of sin edequate 1 advanced education will ccme the 1 power to meet the problems and re1 sponsibilities of life in their every ] 1 form. It means that woman will nr. | longer fail to demand that she be acI corded all the opportunities op n to man. J Th last bit of earth is crumbling | under the feet of thos-. who would do-1 ny the equality of the sexes. | s [ Sunday School Lesson , | For October 19, 1924) l The Parable of the Sower. Q.?What is C.od? A.?God is a Spirit, Infinite. Eter! 1 nal. and unchangeable, in His R. ing. ^ wisdom, power, holiness, justice, good ? oess anil truth. a In this parable of the sower is the ^ bearer and dispenser of truth. The II seed is th? *eed of truth. The ground *' or soil is the heart of hearers of truth. ? The fruit is the Fruit of the Spirit. )' We have all seen some of the resuits of faithful seed sowing by the bearers and dispensers of truth. We j have likewise seen some of the re-1 * j suits of the see isowing of the bear| ers and dispensers of untruths. The ? ] lesson that I wish to stress most is n that there is need to guard the heart 10 against false teaching as well as need ,e to open the heart to true teaching. ' 1 In a certain locality a minister was j ^ jj conducting a funeral service. An J w evangelical church had recently can- ' . vassed the community and had open-' ed a Sabbath school. The minister t5 | forgot for n time his appointed ser-1 k" j vice of binding up broken heart? and >n ; directing the thinking of his people to , the brightness of the beyond to a pre- , d 1 7" (NOTE: Dr. PWrc* U prwident of d- A t ISJ.I Q..a.ln U V In IIM 1DTVIOJ nc?| UUli?4-, n. ? 1 which for 50 ymra put chronic offerers have been coming for specialized treatment from all over the U. S. I A., Canada and foreign lands.) Lti Will Undo Much Eva if a feeling cf relief on the part of;! arents for the religious training of'a heir children then it ought to be topped but no genius has yet pro- I red this point satisfactorily. What seems to me to be more a vholesome seed sowing is to be found n many a parish. Wherever the ruths of God have been faithfully own there has always been some1 fruit. Results have not been on the urface always but the sturdiness of i community depends to a tremendous extent upon the sowers of the seeds if truth. The four kinds of soil here spoken j >f are the four kinds of hearers. I uppose that ever congregation ha? hese four types. That three of them present problems is true but there ire hopes for all, even the most hard rnea sinner, urace is a great dissolv r of doubts. The first mentioned is the wayside iearer The wayside hearer is a leaten path trodden by many passcrs>y. The ground is too hard for the eed to have any covering of earth. Jut even old roads after years of -ultivation nvike very good land, rhey are not to be considered imposible. The seeds falling on an old oad are eaten by the birds. So the eeds of truth falling into the heart < ?f a weather beaten sinner are eaten ?y the birds of the underworld. Suficient floods of grace however, may ransform this soil into the most ruitful. The second is the stony ground > itarer. This does not mean ground illed with small rocks but a solid ock covered ever with a thin layer >f soil. This soil may be rich and he seeds will spring up quickly but laving no depth of earth they perish. ?o is the hearer of truth sometimes. There are great starters of right _II SOU' N< pa I I 01 I I . ! 91 An 91 vai i Sta 91 Th i tat I gre 1 ere; Th kee can out Wii abi i Cai JT *WT. WORTH CAKOLIWA ?Mfl movements who fall hy the wayside. J tr rhe early dew of morning: has pass- e, ?d away at noon. With a subsoil cf'^ stone it is difficult to prow a crop and yet even these rocks may be blasted and enough earth deposited to w bring forth fruit. It is never imposs- ? ible for grace to save. The third are those who receive ^ the truth among the thorns. The roots of the old man abide. Never would we spend our whole time looking for the roots yet they must have some attention centainly enough to get rid of them. In a newground decayed roots make the best of soil but in the jaw bone of a man the decayed root of a tooth makes poison to weaken the system. A dentist told me not long ago to stand it just a litle longer until he could remove a litle piece that if left would cause trouble. A man suffering with a bit of gauze left in his side by a doctor will recover now that the gauze has pccn uiscoverea ami removed. A church goer attended the morning worship between the hours of 11 and 12. Between 12 and 1 while eating his diner he used language that he supposed only his confederate would understand and arranged a game of penny poker for the afternoon. If the preacher preached the truth then it seems that it fell among the roots of the natural man. There are noble characteristics in this man and because he is still young we may look for a useful life in some years. The fourth class is the trained class. That is the spiritually trained class. Spiiitual things are spiritually discerned and the spirit is the great CORETHROAT Gurgle with warm salt wnter ?then apply over throat? WICKS VapoRubi Otwr 17 Million J arm Ummmt Yearly THERN SYS1 ping pace w\ irth Carolina is setting a vigoro ce. >vernment reports show that? North Carolina, injtwenty years, t made a gain in wealth from less th 700 million to more than four and half billion dollars. In ten years, while the rest of t country has gained 72%, North Cai lina has added 176% to her wealth. From less than 100 million dolls twenty years ago, the manufacture output of the State has risen to ncai a billion dollars a year. The value of farm properties is fi times and the value of farm produc nine times the value of twenty yea ago. lazing has been the industrial a< ice of North Carolina. And tl ite has only just begun to gro\ e progressive population which hi vitalized this opportunity inev ly will carry the State forward 1 ater. industrial activity and ii asing prosperity. t Southern Railway has had t p pace with North Carolina, b ise industry cannot ?rifi adequate transportation facilitie th courage and foresight, and a ding faith in the future of Nort olina, the Southern has gor ainer. These hearers consider and icpectar.tly depending upon God are ad to act in keeping with His grace. In conclusion let us pray that God rill send us always genuine sower? f truth and that our hearts may beome more and more soil that will ring forth fruit unto life eternal. RAW 1 LM Ith North C us steadily ahead, in good i years, putting new caj property?improving i heavier traffic, acquirin ias of greater capacity, ar 311 the ability of the roac a dependable and adequa In 1923 the Southern p 000,000 ton miles of frei tion in North Carolina, its 82% over the 987,000 ng produced ten years bef< Jy We provide transport* than 75^ of the raw ve finished product of th ts along the Southern Rai trs Carolina with their 4,6C The tobacco industry c lina, first among the manufacture of tobaccc 1C pends largely upon th< V. the movement of its rav i3 finished output. j_ The furniture industry < lina had its beginning, to its present commandi 1- the rails of the Sou then We have established t :o initiative, and have freight rates which have >- North Carolina manufac s. lock the doors of all mark Carolina products. n h The Southern is proud of te keep pace with North C I SERVES TH3 IT I Q??.b?, IT. to,. V CASTORlil Foi Infant* and Cluidre? In Use ForOv?r,30Y?fe? Alway* bear* ! Slgoamr. of WAY arolina fears and bad oital into its ts lines for >g equipment id increasing 1 to provide te service. roduced 1,794,ght transporta, an increase of ,000 ton miles >re, in 1913. ition for more materials and e cotton mills ilway in North 10,000 spindles. >f North CaroStates in the > products, de: Southern for ' materials and af North Caroand has grown ng position, on u )n our own maintained, enabled the rturer to un:ets to North its ability to ^ arolina. E SOOTH