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PAGE TWO CHATHAM RECORD O. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1930 T^jlowfs ABOUT TWO THOMPSON u SCHOOL BOYS In addition to our own brother, who came up from Savannah to at tend the reunion of Thompson School students at Siler City, the editor of the Record was par ticularly interested in two other Sampson county boys who foie gathered with the former students, namely George A. Smith, of Char lotte, and T. E. Battley of Hamlet. The former came to Siler City as poor as one could well be, worked his way through as janitor. Today he could buy out probably half of his school mates. Unable to find a position when he had graduated at Thompson’s he began selling books, and he sold them. Soon he and his brother-in-law, Mr. Robinson, went into the book business on the whole sale and hired hundreds of agents. As the business developed, the firm bought Bibles, for instance, by the carload, and horses and buggies by the carload. At one time they had SO men driving the firm’s horses and buggies in various sec tions of the south, besides scores of other agents afoot with regular subscription books. The men with the turn-outs car ried a supply of books and de livered as they went, and as buying in such quantities secured an ex ceedingly low price for the firm, and they were not in the business for their health and put on a booming percentage for the firm’s share, the boys grew in financial strength. As an indication of the business acumen of our friend George Smith, note that the very day the Titantic sank he mailed out a thousand postal cards to prespective agents of the book that he knew would be written about the sinking, and the harvest of sales of which he knew must be reaped within the next three months. Tens of thousands of others followed as fast as pos sible. It is probably that boys now control a half-million dollars worth of assets, but when the prices of books valuted during the war and it became impossible longer to secure justifiable profits, they quit short off. In the meantime, George had studied law and secured license, and while he is not as eloquent as your Tillets and other shining lights of the Mecklenburg bar, you may bet George is getting money for his' practice. **" ~~ •; ■r r,.. • * ► It was a great pleasure to have George Smith in the editors home Friday night and to return somewhat of the hospitality shown the latter when in Charlotte six years ago. The old Thompson School brother of ours had been George’s teacher, and George boasted in his little talk at Siler City that he was not only a student of the Thompson School but also of a Thompson student, who had started him on the education road. ? Well, we had read of T. E. Bat tley, knew that he aspired to the congressional seat held by the late Congressman Hammer, but had never dreamed that he was a Clin ton-born chap. But at Siler City we were informed by Mr. Battley that h« was born in Clinton and lived there till he was 12 years of age. As the family came after the war and left when the writer was only seven years old, the name of Batt ley failed to register on the mind of the Buckhorn tot. His father, besides running a mercantile shop, was also a pictur’ taker, and for forty years there drifted about a picture of the writer in his mother’s arms—by the way, the only good-looking picture ever made of this subject. The last time, too, that we recall seeing it, it was as clear-cut as if made forty or fifty days instead of forty or fifty years, and was the only picture that ever showed the writer the countenance and form of his mother in those halcyon days of her early motherhood. It was a tin type, and if all the pictures taken by the elder Battley endured as did that one, he was a sure-enough pictur’ maker, as his son is a sure enough farmer and dairyman. Mr. Battley broke the motonotony of reminiscence and appreciation of Mr. Thompson and the Siler City people by reading a manuscript in which he showed his perfect agree ment with the writer in the con tention that the political and eco nomic doctors have not correctly diagnosed the economic disease, but aie merely applying poultices to tne parts affected by the mere symptons. The seventh district could have done worse than to send this whilom Sampson lad to Congress on the death of Mr. Hammer. > A BIG-HEARTED JANITOR <3> The teachers and school officials and other public servants in North Carolina are getting in actual value several times the amount secured by their predecessors only a few years ago, and every day the value of their income is enhanced as the j prices of what they must buy de creases. It is stated that four million of dollars of new funds must be rais ed by the next legislature to main tain institutions of the state upon the present basis, despite the fact that the budgetary appropriations have been cut twenty percent the past year. The most of this sum of four-millions can be saved by a cut in salaries, merely reducing the incomes of state and county em ployees in a measure of conformi ty with the incomes of those who must furnish the money to pay them. Our own school principal express es a williness to see teachers’ sal aries cut. He knows that the people of this county have not made a living for six years, six bad crops being followed by general depress ion. But the following letter from a school janitor in the Monroe Journal breathes the spirit of the old-time school man, such as typi fied by J. A. W. Thompson, whose work was so lauded at the reunion of his o’d students the other day. Read the following from a man who makes S3O a month and con sider what would happen in this country if the golden rule impelled all men and women as it does this humble employee of the school Board of Union county. Editor of Journal: I understand there are about 1,500 children out of school in Union county, on ac count of hard times. I have been thinking over the matter and have come to this conclusion: Let’s call upon the salaried officers and teachers and janitors of the schools to give of their salaries at least 5 per cent for this work. They are the only persons who can stand this much-needed charity. The ! farmers and merchants are “shot” ] and it would not be right to call upon them for help. I am the jani tor of Wesley Chapel high school. I get only S3O per month, but I am willing to donate 5 or even 10 per cent of my sa’ary to get the children of my district in school. Let each district take the matter in hand and see after their own district. This plan would work and j I firmly believe every salaried of ficer, teacher and janitor in the county will gladly share in this proposition and hereby see every j child of age in the county is put 'in school. The farmers are living on the basis of 10 cents cotton, while the salaried officers and teachers are living on the basis of 20 cents cotton. So let’s start at the head and go way down the line and voluntarily give to provide for these children who have not the means to provide for their attend ance in school. Who is there among us who would net gladly do this? Let me call up on Supt. Gaddy to take the lead 1 in the matter and let him call up on every salaried officer, teacher and janitor in the county and the trick will be done. Let’s go to it! Respt. T. C. UNDERWOOD. Just when the editor felt ashamed of the smallness of the paper cir cumstances had forced him to get out for several weeks, came a cheering letter from our good friend Capt. S. A. Ashe, the oldest scholar and newspaper man in the State, expressing hearty appreciation of the Record and saying that it fills the bill and that while he does not see many papers he hopes others are like it, a wish we might make with the exception, as Paul ex pressed it to King Arippa, these bonds of poverty and scanty busi ness. Capt. Ashe, referring to the economic editorals, suggests that there should be laws preventing overproduction, and cites the case of coffee in Brazil, where the government has more than it can hope to sell. But if the economic system of the world was such as to keep all the people busy and fairly sharing in the proceeds of industry, the people of China alone could make that Brazilian surplus of coffee evaporate like the dews of the morning. There are doubtless more people in the world who can not enjoy a cup of coffee than do, j and the surplus would largely dis appear as sweetening, the silver sur plus in coffee spoons, the aluminum of Mr. Mellon’s Baden town in coffee pots. There is no such things as a surplus, or would not be, if the world were efficiently busy and | a fair exchange of products were ■ ‘ possible. Capt. Ashe in his 91st THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C. year is strong intellectually and that his skill as a writer has not been lost is indicated by his recent story of “The First Day at Gettysburg” as published in the “Confederate Veteran.” The W. C. T. U. has again de cided to fall back upon the pledge of total abstinence as a support of its temperance program. The Record knows that the sentiment for prohibition and the backbone of the sober element in this country .today are due to temperance agita tion that appealed to the good sense and conscience of the individual, and is inclined to think that the W. C. T. U. is to be congratulated upon its return to the old procedure. The boy or girl who decides to shun drink will never be bothered by the prohibition law, and the chap who is never convinced that it is safest and sanest to avoid alcoholic drinks wi 1 get it in spite of all the laws that can be made, or thus it appears. This writer somewhat startled his Sunday school on the last temperance Sunday by saying that he does just as he pleases, that he knows no laws barring him. The prohibition law is non-existent so far as his personal indulgence in drinking is concerned. |He drinks when he pleases, buys as much and as often as he pleases; moreover he steals when he pleases, lie knows no laws as barriers—the most of them lie has no desire to break, if he knows they exist, and others lie sometimes breaks without feeling their restraining influence. And when a youth grows up without any moral inhibitions, he breaks just any law that happens to stand in his way. A judge states in the Literary Digest that of 4000 criminals tried by him only three were attendants of Sunday school. Evidently, then, the person’s con science and character is the deter mining factor in his conduct, and proper training is worth more than a library of laws. The man without. personal inhibitions is absolutely j lawless. The Chatham Record lias, time and again, shown how the wealth, particularly the natural resources of the country, is rapidly being mo- | nopolized by the few, while the j I great majority of the people be-j come hirelings or tenants. Yet it j was surprising news, even to the' editor, to see it authoritatively stated \ that the Norfolk Southern Railway owns one sixtieth of the land in North Carolina. We have shown how a most conservative estimate of the profits of the Ford Company would buy North Carolina, lock stock and barrel, in a compratively few years, but if the wealth of the state already absorbed by the corporations and big capitalists, in luding all property mortgaged to the jhi.lt, were eliminated, comparative lit tle left for the Ford Co. to buy. The absorption in the whole country has already gone so far that thirteen percent of the people own 77 per cent of the wealth of the country. In the case of the Norfolk Southern, it is very probable that the actual value of the holdings of the com pany is largely covered by bonds held by those still higher up in the ranks of the monopolists. But our statesmen (?) are busy trying to patch up the old economic bottles instead of recognizing the necessity for new bottles for the vintage of the machine age. Russia’s revolution grew out of conditions such as are rapidly developing in this country, and the thought should give pause to every thinking man in the land., ® The Greensboro News has saved us the trouble of writing the follow ing paragraph, but we added there is less money to pay for them, and that Chatham during five bad crop years has skun its forests of cedar poles and crossties. Says the News paragrapher: “Reports from several southern states tell of farmers selling logs, poles, posts and firewood to sup plement their incomes this fall.” The reports might have gone farther and told of their having done so every fall, winter, spring and sum mer; less now than formerly, be cause there are not so many logs, poles, posts and firewood left to sell. ® Many hunting dogs have been stolen in Chatham County in the past few weeks. Some have been recovered in other towns, and the evidence tends to show that all. the I thieves did not come from other j towns but that there are some thieves in this county as well, or as bad. Stealing a neighbor’s dog to sell in another neighborhood makes ieven the dog ashamed of his human ' neighbor. “THE BUILDERS” James Cordon In the ibook of Nehemiah we j find this story: j j The walls of Jerusalem had been broken and torn down. There lived a Jew by the name of Nehemiah, “DUE TO EXPLODE SOON" ‘ # m/# #0 J who was much troubled when he heard the sad news that the wall had been destroyed. ■ Nehemiah was determined to have the wall rebuilt. He asked the sup port of the people and the King iin helping him rebuild the wall, j The King agreed to help 'him in this great piece of work. The work on the wall had begun, but in all great deeds you find enemies who try to hinder your work. It was, something from within which stir red Nehemiah on, though /his ene mies would laugh and try to dis courage him in his work. j There are many ways to make ! people laugh, but there are only j two kinds of laughter, the laugh jof Joy and the laugh of ridicule. The former makes life run smooth er, v.hi’e the latter is the kind that hurts and stings. This laughter is used in making fun of people and few can withstand it. Nehemiah could and did; he also withstood the sneers of his enemies. A sneer is lower and more degrading than the laugh ridicule. j Nehemialrs enemies did not suc ceed in discouraging him by mak ing fun of his work, they only. caused him to have more strength and faith an God and in his work, , so they then turned to force, but all in vain. We can deal better with, our ene-1 mies when we can see them, the j , invisible enemies are the ones that are most dangerous. In the study of Science we find that the little germs that we can not see' are the most harmful. Nehemiah’s enemies sent him a friendly message, saying for him to meet them, that they wished to ; talk to him, but Nehemiah said that he Was doing a great work and did not have time to see them. ’ They sent numerous messages beg ging him to come, but Nehemiah resisted the temptation to go. Un der all obstacl es and difficulties • Nehemiah continued his work till the wall was finished. j We are all builders like Neham iah, but, building the walls of Life. We are forming our characters ( now, the little things we do each i day go to make up our character. The habits we form while young, good or bad, follow us all our lives, therefore we must form a strong character while young, since, “The boys of Today are the men of Tomorrow.” “The underlying principles of character are: integrity, obedience to law, clean living and singleness of purpose.” You cannot build a character in a few days, neither could Nehemiah build- his wall in a few days. We have many temptations in building a character, for example some stu dents want to study and others willl laugh and make fun of them. The one who can stick to his pur pose through ridicule is building real character. How we spend our time now, studiously or lazily, will ibe an in dex to our lives in the future. If we go through school cheat ing this will lead to doing (Little dishonest things after we leave school. You imay think by cheat ing that you are putting something over on the other fellow, but you are only hurting yourself and set ting a bad example to others. I Girls can demand the respect of ' boys by setting a good example for I them. | A person has to consider the rights of others, “No man can live unto himself alone.” Every temptation which we re sist goes to make up stronger char acters which can stand the test of Life. Reputation is what people think we are, but character is what we really are. <S A LOVING TRIBUTE The passing of Mrs. Elizabeth Perry Quackenbuck, widow of the late W. J. Quackenbuck, in the evening of October the twenty third (23rd), was the passing of a de voted Christian mother—the mother iof ten children, six of whom had gone before her. Those surviving are Mrs. E. L. Andrews, Winston- Salem, N. C., Mrs. Jas. F. Thompson of Greensboro, N. C., and Mrs. Wil liam E. Apple also of Greensboro, N. C., and one son, D. Vanct Quack enbuek of Graham, and by 19 grand children. i Mrs. Quackenbuck was nearing her eighty-third birthday, and at the time of her death, was in possession of all her faculties. She j was a woman of unfailing cheer fulness and remarkable fortitude in times of trouble and distress. She was possessed of rare common sense and good judgement and this fact was recognized by her sons and daughters. Mrs. Quackenbuck was born in Alamance county, and was a mem ber of Brown’s Chapel Methodist church in Chatham county for many years. It was in the graveyard of that church that she was buried j beneath the many lovely flowers given in love. She spent most of her life in the country, which she loved. She liked to rise early in the morning before any one was stirring and the starry Heavens were her particular delight. Her greatest j pleasure during her married life was jin ministering to her family, an j also in dojpg for the sick amongst her friends, and acquaintances. Even her later years were spent in loving help and thought for her children and grand-children, and I as the case with all really unselfish ' livers, she was repaid in the love of those for whom she had labored, and not only the love, but the respect and admiration of her child ren and grandchildren. ! Her passing came as she had so often expressed the wish that it might come, suddenly and without a lingering illness. t For the past twelve years Mrs. Quackenbuck had made her home j with her daughter, Mrs. E. L. An derson in whose home she will be sorely missed, as also she will be in the homes of her other children | where she visited from time to time. Her loved ones should not mourn for her, however, for her work was finished, and it was well done and she was so ready and happy to go. The twenty sixth verse of the fifth chapter of Job beauti fully describes the manner of her passing; “Thou shalt come to thy gave in a fu.l age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.” Mrs. Robert Walker <s> All the world’s a stage, said Shakespeare. 'Some of it is as thin as a movie screen. SATURDAY, NOV. 22, ALL DAY. We will have in our store a trained foot expert t’° m ■ the personal staff of Dr. Scholl, of Chicago. I If you have any kind of foot troubles bring your - § to see this expert. All his examinations and Pedo- ! >- J pictures of your feet is free; won’t cost you one cent. STROUD & HUBBARD The Shoe and Hosiery Store Sanford, N. C. s>n 'did you ever 1 STOP TO THINK? By EDSON R. WAITE Shawnee, Oklahoma ! __J Charles A. Guy, Editor of the • Uubbock (Texas) Avalanche and ; Journal, says: “It has often occurred to me that the practice of community build ing—or rather the practice of en t gaging in it—has never struck close enough home to that great group of our citizens, covered in the blan ket characterization of ‘the man in the street.’ “That occurrence has led me further; has caused me to ponder over the condition in order to reach some direct reason for its existence. “In every city, village and hamlet in our country we find as bulwarks of the chamber of commerce, com mercial club or whatever the civic vehicle happens to be called, the same litt’e group of business men. This same little group bears the burden for the whole of the com munity in the expenditure of ef forts, time and finances. The ‘aver age citizen,’ who profits and whose family profits indirectly from the varied labors of the few, doesn’t seem to feel that he, too, is respon sible for helping make his town just a little better than it is. “The cause of the trouble, as 1 see it, is that the average com mercial organization does not realize that, beyond the few merchants who are vitally interested in civic development, there are scores ot other men who could and won a j help—if properly approached and cultivated. Generally speaking, the chambers make little effort to in terest, in actual cooperation, any one outside the ‘faithful few’ and as a result the term, ‘Chamber ot Commerce’ is foreign to many who reap great gain from its activities “Man-power is as valuable in civic endeavor as 'it is anywhere else. From the psychological point, h is priceless in welding communit} thought—in the making of that in ‘ tangible treasure, ‘public opinion- If our Chambers or Commerce wl - the light, make a little room tor the ‘average citizen’ and give nm an occosional opportunity to heard, the individual, the city an the Chamber itself will be ’ ened until all are vital parts of , ~ community in which they f iouj is.. . —<s> Business, as well as all the rert j. of us, -this year will be looking 1 Santa Claus.
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