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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
BY KEY. 11. P. HODGES
June 25th.
REVIEW?Thii being review Sun
day, we ehall not attempt in the limit
ed space aHoted here to give
an exposition of the lessons for
the quarter closing with this Sunday's
lesson. For the reader's study and
profit do not fail to take the thirteen
golden texts for the quarter and
ponder them well. They are full of
good things for every day life.
The key man in the Sunday school
is the superintendent. He holds the
most important place in the Church
next to the pastor. We make no
statements here by way of criticism
but the indifference oh the part of
some superintendents to the impor
tant task to which he is called is ap
palling. We hear a great deal said
about the duties of a pastor; his dut
ies seven days in the week: surely the
pastor worthy of the name knows -his
duty. Certainly he should visit the
sick, cheer the faint-hearted, comfort
the sorrowing, weep with those that
weep and so forth. He should look
after the straying sheep of the flock,
care for the tender lambs and see
that all are fed. If a preacher is to
do all this he must study and And
the best methods for doing the things
at hand. If the Sunday School sup
erintendent is to have a successful
school he must study the folks and
their needs and find the best methods
for doing the things he has to do.
Why should he not look after the
absentees, the sick and straying ones
from his school?
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mere is no isck ior gooa neips on
conducting a successful Sunday
school Any school can meet the re
quirements and get and hold the folks
If the right effort is pat forth at the
right time and in the right way. The
things that others have done suc
cessfully can be done again if only we
try. So much for the superintendent.
It goes without saying that he is a
consecrated Christian. If he is not
he should never stand in the high
place of Superintendent.
Let us now pass on to the teacher.
We take up the teacher and his work
for a few moments as follows:
The Relation of the teacher to the
curriculum?That about which the
whole educational world centers is
the teacher. No other agent or
agency in all the world is in any ade
quate way comparable to the teacher.
How important then that his or her
life should be illuminating, when it
is so essential to the opening up of
the soul of a child. Emerson vu wise
in declaring to his daughter that he
cared little about collage she attend
ed, but that he was much concerned
about the kind of teachers she had.
Garfield counted the life of his old
teacher Mark Hopkins?the best uni
versity. It is conceded by thoughtful
men everywhere that as the teacher
is, so is the school, and what the
teacher is determines what tha pupil
may become. Teaching is a process
that involves the contact of ife with
life.
The well trained, fully developed
Christian teacher meets the undevel
oped pupil and his gifts and graces
become the possession of his pupil.
Let the Christian teachefr understand
that he teaches more by his life than
by his thoughts, words or deed. "To
know is good." ' "To do is better."
"To be is beet." "Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is
in heaven perfect" is the ideal stand
ard set for every teacher by the Great
teacher. The transcendent need of
the Sunday School is teachers?teach
truth, and who glorify it by being the
truth.
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icacner anuuiu De nm, a genuine
Christian. Some teachers try to
teach, who do not even claim to be in
any sense Christian. If the blind
lead the blind both will fall into the
ditch together. He should: second,
one who has at least some knowledge
of the Holy Book. How could you
teach Latin if you never studied even
a Latin grammar? How could you
teach any important branch and go to
class room at 9 a. m., not before
having seen the subject. Not in the
distant past have I seen teachers be
fore a class not having seen the lesson
before.
Third. The true teacher aims at more
than the letter of the lesson. By
careful and tactful application of the
lesson, he seeks to bring the pupil
to a saving Knowledge of Christ.
Fourth. The true teacher is born,
not made. All the training classes in
the universe will never make a Sunday
School teacher. An educator was
heard to say that he intended to make
a preacher of his son. When Re.flni
; shed he had a street loafer and a
worthless fellow.
Fifth. The true teacher looks af-|
I ter the absentees of his or her class.
Some times the pupils are absent for
two, three and some times an indef
1 finite number of Sundays and never
i approached by the teacher. Often
I they are lost to the Sunday School
. entirely and we wondef why our
HICKORY CHAPEL NEWS I
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Lowe and
children, Mr. and Mr*. J. T. Hughson
and daughter spent Sunday afternoon
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
Lowe.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Casper of
Ahoslde spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Dilday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hughson
and family of Brantleys Grove spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Hughson.
Mr. Paul Jordan and Miss Mary
Brady of Winton, spent Friday even
ing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Earley.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Dilday and little
son spent Sunday with .their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Dilday.
Mr. Horace Sumner spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Messts.' Clax
ton and Haywood Earley..
Mr. Charlie Godwin of Ahosicie
spent Sunday afternoon with his
sister Mrs. B. F. Barham.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Earley spent
Mrs. L. C. Dilday.
Misses Mae Holloman and Maude
Hughson and Mr. Oscar Wiggins were
callers in Union Sunday afternoon.
Remember the prayer meeting next
Sunday night at the regular hour.
Farmers of our neighborhood re
port that crops have been materially
damaged by the recent heavy rains.
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There were 359,839 fewer meat
animals slaughtered in the JJnited
States under Federal inspection dur
ing April this year than last, accord
ing to the United States Department
of Agriculture. To this shortage
sheep and lambs contributed 301,511,
hogs 67,533, cattle 577, and calves
218.
school does not grow. To be a suc
cessful Sunday School, there must
be at the head a consecrated, wide
awake superintendent, a varied pro
gram to meet the needs of the pupils
\>f different ages, class rooms where
the* program can be carried out, a
consecrated corps of teachers. Tea
chers who give more time to the
work than a few brief moments on
Sunday morning. Is your Sunday
School worth while T Is the time
spent in the school work, even if it
requires seven days to the week,
worthy of your best? Is the young,
untrained life in your charge, worth
the time to develop them for useful
ness in life and happiness hereafter?
If it is give it your time and attention.
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CONFEDERATE RE-UNION
AT RICHMOND CLOSES
The thirty-second annual re-union
of the United Confederate VeteTmns
came to a close in the historic capital
city of Richmond, Va., on Wednesday.
The re-union was one of the most
successful ever, held and General Jul
ian S. Carr, Commander of the Veter
ans stated that there would be many
more and that there were lots of
the boys of '61-66 left It was esti
mated that about 6,000 attended the
re-union just closed.
Of all the cities of the South, Rich
mond is naturally held in the greatest
reverence by the veterans for it was
in Richmond that the activities of the_
Confederacy were centered and when
Richmond fell, the struggle was lost.
Richmond knows how to ehtertain the
veterans too. It doesn't care where
the veteran spits, or where he chaws
his tobacco, nor whatsoever he does,
or how he does it, so long as it pleases
him*to do it.
General Julian S. Carr of North
Carolina was re-elected Commander
of the Veterans by acclamation and
New Orleans was selected as the scene
of the annual re-union next year.
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Tanlac is the people's medicine and
the people themselves have made it
what it is. C. H. Mitchell. Adv.
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The 1922 production of crimson
clover seed is expected to be larger
than last year's small crop, although it
will not approach the heavy produc
tion of 1918 apd 1919, according to
reports received by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
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You can have a splendid appetite,,
perfect digestion and sound, restful
sleep by taking Tanlac. C. H. Mit
chell. Adv.
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He?Are you superstitous about
opals? She?Well, I think it's un
lucky to lose the chance of getting
one.:?Boston Transcript.
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Tanlac is unquestionably the most*
widely talked of medicine in the world
today and those who once use it in
variably buy it over and over again
and tell their friends of the splendid
results they have derived from its
use. C. H. Mitchell. Adv.
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Authors in Russia have to copy
their books themselves and illusrtate
them.
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HAVING FRIENDS
bright and Jovial among your guests.
Shakespeare.
AT THIS season visiting around is
a popular diversion. And it is
well. Most of the pleasure in life
comes through associations of one kind
or another. Without real friends to
greet or to welcome one, no person
could find much enjoyment in Ufa.
But It is essential that our guests be
L|tbe proper kind and that those whom
we visit welcome us because they
like us and not because an ulterior
motive Is back of the hand they proffer
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Unless those we would welcome to
oar hospitality are those we can wel
come to our respect and esteem. If
not our friendship, it Is far betteu that
the latchstrlng be not left out for
them. We cannot be false In our
greeting without feeling a keen re
sentment against ourselves.
And the same rule applies when we
go visiting. For our own happiness and
self-respect it Is far better never to
visit with people at all than to realise
the welcome given us Is hypocritical.
Someone has said: "First day, a
guest; the second,' a burden; the third,
a pest." Do those you Invite to enjoy i
the hospitality of your own roof come :
upder this category; or do you (It in-I
to It when you accept the invitation of
so-called friends? It Is well carefully
to consider this question before trying
to be one of the jovial throng In your
home or elsewhere. There must be
sincerity or false greetings are certain
to find one out.
i Just as one's sins will find him out
will false friends deceive him and will
his own hypocrisy lead him to a sorry
routs.
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$40,000)
?MTOULDNT you like to putyoar
boy In the way of receiving
$44,040 in excess earnings? A col
lege education will do this in thrf
vast majority of cases. Statistics
show that college men on an aver
age earn $1,000 a year more than
other men. During 40 years of
business life this will mean $40,004
in extra earnings. The Equitable's
special Educational Fund policy
will assure a college education to
your boy, whether you live or diet
J. t. ODOM, Agent,
Ahoskie, N. C.
NUMBER 11667
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Office of Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D. C., Dec. 2S, 1919.
Whereas by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned it has
been made to appear that
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MURFREESBOKO
In the town of Murfreeesboro, in
the County of Hertford and State of
North Carolina, has complied with
all the provisions of the Statutes of
the United States required to be com
plied with before an association shall
be authorized to commence the busi
ness of banking. r?
NOW THEREFORE, I, John Skel
ton Williams, Comptroller of the Cur
rency, do hereby certify that
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MURFREESBORO
In the County of Hertford, and the
State of North Carolina is authorised
to commence the business of banking
as provided in Section Fifty one hun
dred and sixty-nine of the Revised
Statutes of the United States
Conversion of the Citizens Bank at
Murfreesboro, N. C. j.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF wit
ness my hand and seal of office this
twenty-third day of December, 1919.
JNO. SKELTON WILLIAMS.
6-12-8L Comptroller of Curreniqr
I CAN YOU AFFORD IT? I
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If You CAN Afford
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Not to make the next payment on your farm
Not to pay your fertilizer bill
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Not to pay other debts
Not to be able to sell your own tobacco
Not to see yodr tobacco sold /
Not to collect for your tobacco when it is sold
Not to know who will collect for it
Not to know when YOU will collect for it
Not to know how much you will get when SOME
BODY collects for you
Then Sign a Five Year Contract that
Takes Full Possesion of Your Tobacco >
If You CANNOT Afford It
Sign no Contract
Get your money the day Your tobacco
, is sold
Continue to have the right to sell and
collect for your own tobacco and use
.m*r *
your money as you choose
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THE IRON HOUSE
AHOSKIE, N. C.
OPENS
Thursday August 1 Oth.
With a full set of Buyers
C. H. PHAUP, Prop.
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