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Mr. Lewis and Mr. Harris and
Their Prizes
CEapel Hill Weekly.
Sinclair Lewis declined the
Pulitzer prize awarded to his
novel “Arrowsmith," saying
that through such prizes com
pulsion was put upon writers
to. become “safe, polite, and
sterile/'
Julian Harris's newspaper, the
Columbus, Georgia, Enquirer-
Sun, received the Pulitzer gold
medal “for the most disinterest
ed and meritorious public ser
vice rendered by an American
newspaper in 1925/' In an edi
torial in last Sunday's issue Mr.
Harris reviews briefly the policy
which won his paper the honor,
and continues:
’ “So much, then, for the policy
of the Enquirer-Sun, and the
path it has blazed to a recogni
tion which it hopes will prove ar.
to hundreds of smal.
city newspapers—and weeklies
v also—which are making brave
• and lonesome fights. It is in the
* name of such newspapers and
their gallant editors that the En
quirer-Sun accepts gladly anc
with gratitude the bestowal o: ;
? the Pulitzer medal. And the
Enquirer-Sun accepts also th
still greater responsibilities tc
which it is challenged by this
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for financing fertilizer purchases and other 1926 crop
j:_ costs. They should get on a cash basis as far as pos
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|: county. It is our desire to help every legitimate enter
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|: Every farmer, particularly, should feel that we are his
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We feel that the people of the county must econo
mize, must spend wisely, and work hard, in face of the
j:j effects of the past two difficult years. Two heads are
better than one. Consult your banker before making
1:1 investments. We shall be,glad to give you the benefit
0 f whatever knowledge and experience we have. There
i|; fore do not hesitate to consult us at any time.
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;i[ tures now than suffer consequences of another bad crop
season, if one should come, upon those overloaded with
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[ splendid award."
Which of the two, Mr. Lewis's
response or Mr. Harris's, reflects
the greater degree of sanity, the j
better sense of proportion, the
j better spirit ? We have no hesi
i tation in saying that to us the
course of the Georgia editor is
far more admirable.
We wish that it were possible
to get from Mr. Lewis an answer
to this question: If you accept
ed the prize, do you think such
acceptance would have a deteri
orating effect upon the quality
of your future writing? And if
he answered No, as we believe
he would have to if he told the
truth, our next question would
be: Well* then if you do not
think that accepting such a
prize would have a bad effect
upon your own writing, what
right have you to suppose that
it would have a bad effect upon
that of other authors?
Julian Harries is not one whit
more of a conformist than is
Sinclair Lewis. And his non
conformity, in conducting such
a paper as the Enquirer-Sun in
Georgia, requires far more
courage than is required of Sin
clair Lewis in satirizing the
meanness and narrowness of
Jopher Prairie and Zenith. Mr.
Piewis sits i>n a comfortable
tudy and w r rites books, and for
lis insight and skill he deserves
and receives credit. But his
writing calls for no courage at
all—he has nothing to fear and
nothing to lose. Mr. Harris, on
the other hand, carries on con
stantly a fight against the most
powerful influences, and against
the most powerful traditions and
prejudices, of the region in
which he dwells. Mr. Lewis's
books, no matter how faithful a
picture of American life they
may present, have to do with i
maginary persons who have no
power to harm him. Mr. Har
ris does not hesitate to attack
the dearest idols of his next
door neighbors and of the busi
ness men upon whose patronage
The main point made by Mr.
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THE CHATHAM RECORD
1 Lewis—namely, that prizes tend
I to place a premium upon con
formity—is controverted by the
1 Pulitzer awards recently an
-1 nounced. If there ever was a
j non - conformist novel, it is
“Arrowsmith"; and if there ever
was a non-conformist newspap
er, it is the Columbus Enquirer-
Sun. If writers are to be in
fluenced one way or the other,
it would appear to us that these
two latest decisions of the com
mittee, instead of making them
“safe and polite," would encour
age them in non-conformity 1
A. C. RAY
Attorney-at-Law
PITTSBORO, N. C.
A GOOD WOMAN GONE
Pittsboro has lost an excellent wo
man and her home a devoted wife
and mother in the death of Mrs. B.
A. Berry, a brief announcement of
which appeared in last week’s Record.
Mrs. Perry had been a sufferer for
several months She had undergone
an operation or two without perman
ent relief. A few weeks ago she was
taken to Durham to the home of Mr.
Perry’s brother, in order to secure the
benefit of-the advice of the city phy
sicians. But death came apace and
she departed life Wednesday night,
May 12.
The body was brought home and
taken Friday to Center Grove Chris
tian church for burial. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Carden pastoral supply for that
church and Rev. R. R. Gordon, pas
tor of Pittsboro Baptist church.
Mrs. Perry before marriage was
Miss Agnes Lee Gough, a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gough
of the Goldston section.
She was a good Christian woman.
Thursday, May 20, 1926
In early life she became a member of
Antioch Christian church. Later her
membership was moved to Center
Grove.
Mrs. Perry leaves besides husband
and five children, three sisters, Mes
dames Joe Goldston, D. E. Mclver,
and Charles Kissell, the last named*
living in Norfolk, and one brother,
Mr. Arthur, living somewhere in the
state of Washington.
Mr. Perry and children greatly ap
preciate the help and kindness of their
friends and neighbors during the ill
ness and after the death of Mrs.
Perry, and desire to express thanks
for the same.
Richard P. Hobson, of Spanish-A
merican war fame, has been in the
state making prohibition speeches.
The burden of the prohibition fight
now is successful enforcement. The
hero of the Merrimac is pleoding with
the citizens to cooperate fully in en
forcing the anti-liquor laws.
The Southern Baptist convention
will meet next year in Louisville.