WHERE WE FIND SOME OF
OUR DEPART!* FRIENDS
Those old paint buckats we used
while painting up lust spring?Under
the house on in the closet (They are
about right now to start a fire or
make a line incubator for mosquitoes,
etc.)
The Christmas edition of a New
York paper.?It's back behind the
kitchen cabinet. (You never went
back to read it the second time.)
The shavings and scraps the car
penters left when they remodeled
the house.?They are stuck around in
little piles under the house and
around the yard. (Unsightly and
dangerous.) A ' " 7 jfef '?
W bouetK w- .? which
the furniture was packed.?It's up
in the attic. We are going to use it
some time. (Said that last year.)
You are going to use it some time,
too, if you don't mind.
Those buckets we mixed the white
wash in last spring.?They are around
on the north side of the house.
Thought it was best to leave them
there where the sun would never
reach them.
The hat boxes and tissue paper
which came around last Easter's hat
and elothes.?They are up in the attic
' with those from Easter before last
They are doihg no good?might do
harm. BetteT clean up and get rid
of them.
Take a look around your premises. 1
Clean up. Get those fire breeders
and germ breeders out of your house
and out of your yard. They belong !
on the city dump heap, but will never <
get there until you start something.
Start them on the road to the dump 1
heap?that's your part
All is trash which reason cannot 1
reach. There is no reason for:
A back yard full of broken bits of 1
goods boxes. 1
A basement full of old papers, hat 1
boxes, and ashes.
An attie full of broken chsirs. soft i
stuffing, and old carpet strips yon ]
will never use.
AH the wrapping paper and old <
nev^papers which have for years
blown under the bouse.
"Rarely do things perish from my
memory that are worth remembering
?rubbish dies instantly."?DeQuin
eey.
You will find the rubbish which
has perished from your memory stuck
around in the basement, closets and
attic of the home in which your wife
and children sleep every night in
the same house in which you keeep all
the little things which are near and
dear to you. >
Have a Clean-up Week and clear
your house and home of that rub
bish.
Quit flirting with the fire depart
ment.
Clean up and be safe.
Write for free literature.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Raleigh, N. C.
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DATE CIV1I NATION
FROM YEAR 1700 B. C.
Presence of ft civilization dating
^ to 1700 B. C. has been discover
ed at the site of Beisan, the Beth
Shan of the Bible, according to word
received in Philadelphia from Or.
Clarence B. Fisher, head of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania areheolo
gista, working in the Holy Land.
The reports stated that relics of
this civilization were found in the
seventh subeeller of the hill of Beisan,
and that on top of it were piled in
distinct strata six other cities or civili
sations. However, extensive digging
thus far has proceeded only to the
third level, uncovering the remains,
first, of an Arab city; below it a
Byzantine community, containing
pretentious edifices, and below this
ruins of Soman city.
The most important find was hiero
glphic stella of the fourteenth cen
tury, as yet undeclphered. Dr. Fisher
reported he hoped to find one or more
of the iron chariots from which the
place was famous in Biblical history.
The University of Pennsylvania has
engaged in this sort of work since
1889, when the university museum
was founded as the department of
archeology. This institution became
the beneficiary of the results of four
Babylonian expeditions which oper
ated on the site of Nipp for exten
sive periods between 1888 and 1900.
The Temple of Bel, probably the
oldest known edifice in the world, was
brought to light in these investiga
tions, and the collections of 20,000
clay tablets brought to this country
Beads the university a shrine for
delvers into ancient history. Par
tions of the code of laws of Hammur
abi, King of Babylon about 200 B.
C.; of the Sumerian account of the
creation of the world, of the founding
Of the principal cities of Babylon and
the deluge, deciphered from the sun
baked slabs of clay, have proved of
value and intense interest to scholars.
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Reed ywor kmc paper and
got your money's war*.
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KNOW NORTH CAROLINA; /
WHAT CXMOLINA NEEDS
North Carolina cannot live on it*
past. What are we willing to give
toward ita future? Within the bound
ariee of this commonwealth are all
requisites for the building of a great
state?soil, climate, natural re
sources* means at communication,
and an inspiring people.
North Carolina needs faith in her
self. To believe that the golden age
lies in the past rather than in the
future is a denial of faith. When
the backward look dominates a people
H is already in the first stages ot de
cay.
North Ca^g^^^ stSBrisiUt: :f!
its organic law. The present consti- I
tution must be msde to square with |
the facts of modern times. A cohsv,' ir
tution which does not grow with s
progressive people is destined in time
to become a barrier to further prog
ress.
North Carolina needs s country
life commission. A state whose pop
ulation is eighty per cent rural can
never go far beyond the average
standard of living of ita fanning
people. The co-operative movement
is'an indication that farmer purposes
to have a more distinct voice in his
economic affairs. But, man does not
live by bread alone?even though the
bread be made from wheat scientifi
cally grown and co-operatively mar
keted. The good things of life?edu
cation, recreation, health, culture?
may all come to the residents of cities
in their compact groups without ad
ditional stimulus from the state.
A' country life commission would in
terest itself in promoting a more
equal distribution of these good
things to the food-producers.
North Carolina needs an earnest,
concentrated campaign to wipe out
the blot of illiteracy. The level of a
state's progress must always be guag
ed by the extent of the people's abil
ity to share in the thoughts, hopes, as
pirations, discoveries, and movements
at humanity. So long as North Car
olina has a white illiteracy rate higher
than that of 46 other states in the
Union, her level of progress will be
lower than it ought to be.
"Great is our hertage of hops, snd
great
The obligation of our civic fate."
?E. C. Lindeman, Professor of So
ciology, N. C. College for Women.
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SELFISHNESS
Editor Herald: In attempting to'
discuss this great question I hardly
know where to begin for there can
be so much said upon this subject.
Well,, did you ever see some o^
these real selfish, grouchy fellows,
who are always walking around com
plaining of the taxes they have to
pay for road building, for schools,
well for everything?worrying every
body who they come in contact with?
Cursing those who they vote to make
our laws. Setting up their judgment
against the folks of the state, and
even the nation. I have known a few
of these old guys; do you ever know
these same fellows? They don't count
for much in their communities or
their county. I do really believe that
a real selfish, narrow minded man
is a menance to the progress of any
community where he lives, because he
will always have some one, .who he
will have some influence over, helping
to keep up a stir. Several years
ago there was a man who lived in
Raleigh, N. C. by the name of John
Pullen. This man died and the people
of Raleigh turned out to his burial
by the thousands to pay their last
tribute of respect to one who had
been a great friend to everybody and
especially to the poor of the city.
Mr. Pullen was a great banker and
financier and regarded as a great
Christian. The Lord prospered him
in his business and this unselfish man
gave thousands of dollars away in
helping those who were down-trodden
and financially depressed. Oh! If we
could see ourselves as the Lord sees
us.
I do believe one of the meanest
sins of today is ingratitude and sel
fishness. We are affected in our
church life by this terrible sin. Some
members throw the burden of church
expenses upon the few who have to
carry the weight of expenses of the
church for those unwilling to do
their part. A real stingy, close, sel
fish person does not amount or count
for much in the world.
Selfishness leads folks to be dis
honest too, not willing to give the
other fellow a square deal; taking ad
vantage of ignorance, the fellow who
can't help himself. Oh! If we would
only apply tha Golden Rule to our
selves. Treat the other fellow as we
would have him treat us.
JOHN A. PARKER.
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