fAGE FOUR ~
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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)
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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
i<i By Dr. V. M. Pierce
e_ Knowing the vast amount of harm
wrought by diseases of the kidneys, and
ld laving had opportunity to observe the
of analyses and the successful methods of
ne treatment in thousands of cases of kidney
trouble at the Invalids' Hotel, I
| have recently given to the public the
latest and perhaps most important of
he I the Dr. Pierce home remedies, "Anln
uric" (anti-uric-acid) Tablets, which
, . I now recommend to those who suffer
,f,: with kidney backache, irregularity of
iy ! urination and the pains and disturbances
ic that come from excess of uric acid m
I ' the blood.
"An-uriV can be had now at all the
drug stores. The mere drinking of a
e. cup of hot water each morning and a
aj little "An-uric" before every meal
should briag remarkably quick improvemeat
You may have kidney trouble
* f and not know it The danger signals
it to be watched for and quickly heeded
,e ; are backache, depression, aches, paint,
liuvistn, drowsiness, diai'inest, krha
I bality. hen dark ra, chilknrw, rheumatic
swollen joints, gout
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THM. CHttOCtt SCOUT, MUW
lared person and entered into a ti-'i
ade against the Sabbath school. If '
he Sabbath school has been the eau-e ?
>f 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
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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
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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