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Page Tw?V iSeasky’s Fam Hem^;We^^, Gharlottey^N. C. - Qetober 1941. Page iiw BEASLEY’S FARM and HOME WEEKLY Publi&hed each Thursday in Char lotte by The Weekly Publishing Company, R. F. Beasley, President. Entered in the post office as mail of the second class, on Oct. 3, 1928. Office 219 Law Building, East Trade Street. Phone 6204. Subscription Price, $1.00 per year The Weekly goes to press on Thursday and is' delivert’d in the ;Charlotte post office Thursday af ternoon. Advertisements to be in serted in current issue should be received not later than Wednesday. Devoted to the upbuilding of the farms and homes orf Mecklenburg and contiguous counties, of which Charlotte is the natural center. It believt's this is to be accomplis.hed through the ancient American \ir- tues of honesty, thrift, imagination, and independence, and by growing cows, hogs; poultry and the feed stuffs to be marketed through them. arise out of measures to make the policy effective. The test which the opposition now face is whether they will refuse to support a policy which has al ready been adopted. They can not fevede this test by a propa- gandaist maneuver which would make it appear that what is at stake is not the existing policy of limited intervention but the vfery different question of whether to declare an all-out war which might mean universal war in both oteans. If on the pretext that they are trying to avert this universal war they obstruct the national policy which is, in fact, designed to avert universal war, the maneuver will be quite obvious and will; easily be ex posed.’”’ COMPLETES FOUR YEARS SER VICE IN CHARLOTTE MINT STARTS ON PAGE ONE REPUBLICANS SHOUI.DN’T CRAWFISH ON RECORD STARTS ON PAGE ONE leaders, are jockeying with the ' fate of their country and the world in hampering the carry ing out of the lend-lease policy. ■ In the backwoods attitude of the present Republicans they are not only crawfishing^on the par- ■ ty’s'record, but they are on the • ^ge of a dangerous national situation. In the insane desire to .make political capital against Roosevelt they are “investing their political capital” ' in the hope of a national defeat of the country’s whole effort to keep. . out of war while at the same time doing our part to make sure that the dictators of the world shall not compel us to Surrender our rightful place in ■ the world and live in perpetual fear and preparation to defend our very existence. This oppo- 'sition is gambling on a disaster to the United States. In hoping to capitalize on the defeat of the Roosevelt policy it is placing the future of Amer ica in the balance. It is doing violence to all the statesmen of the past, both Republican and Democratic, who have made our foreign policy what it is. It is crawfishing on the policy of the government and its own party , 'as written in the Kellogg -treaties. That treaty committed this government as it did all other governments, to the policy of peaceful settlement of all inter national disputes and the aban donment of force' in inter- - national disputes and the aban donment of force as an inten tional policy. The dictators abandoned this policy and Hitler announced that since he could not get what he wanted by nego tiation, he would get it by war. Our promulgation of that trea ty committed us to the principle of support of opposition to ag gression. General Wood organized the “America First Committee” for the purpose of providing a “Ipy^] opposition” to the aid to otheiK countries. - He soon found that;"he had attracted to his causq; all the rag tag and bob tail v'elei^ents of the country,' those; who, oppose anything that Roosevelt foes, hate Englaand,' admire Hitler, and never lose an opportunity to express disloy alty and often verge upon trea son. The Republican party, if its present course is pursued, will find itself the champion of all this hodge podge of idiocy ;an'd rascality. It will become the party of what Theodore Roo- sevel called the lunatic fringe. | ' “The opposition,” says Walter Lippman, “and particularly the Republican opposition in Con gress, have gone as far as they can afford to go in obstructing American foreign policy, and in the showdown which is now at hand they will face a very seri-^ ;^us test.' By the action of the ‘President and the Congress this country has been thoroughly committed to a stupendous pro gram of defense against the ag- .gressor nations. The country is ;:committed already to an ex- "pehditure of 60 billions which paas already begun to grip the whole economic life of the na tion. The country is committed to the support of Britain and of other countries. Congress having ?voted that their' defense was vital to the defense of America. T-he country is committed by the President to the control of the seas against the aggressor states', and this commitment, al though it hasi not had the formal approval of Congress, was well advertised in advance by autho rized official speeches and it was in session and free to express its disapproval. | “The nation’^ polfcj^ h.as.' therefore, b^en fix!ed,.' and the questions now before Congress lotte, my health is better, and I am better pleased in the city. We have ! many good friends, and are becom- I ing’ more accustomed to life here.” I In February, 1896, Captain Ardrey I went to Washington, on business for Lthe United States Mint. On the 20th I'of that month hie wrote: “In Wash- ing’ton; extremely cold. Visited Mount Vernon; ice six inches thick on the Potomac River. It is a grand old homestead. February 22: Went to New Yoi’k to see my son, Lucius and my wife’s brother, John Howie; had a delightful visit; extremely cold but I spent a week with them, visiting the sights in the great city. On the 23rd we all went to hear Dr. Park- hui'st; the church was crowded; he is a plain and practical preacher. The 27th I was in Philadelphia, at the United States Mint.” Th^t Captain Ardrey traveled with his eyes open is clearly indicated by his daily notes. In April he went to . Georgia, and back by Murphy, Wayn- esville. and Asheville. At the Creigh ton mine, with Captain 0. J. Thies, he wrote. From Murphy to Asheville he “passed over a lovely mountain country — the scenery is perfectly ^rand.” April 14: “Arrived at home, Jim mie on the jury. The Monroe John ston case tried, idefendant found guil ty.” Monroe Johnston was tried for bur glary. For two years he worked for my father, and w'as handy man about the “Big House” kitchen, cutting and carrying in wood for the stove. My mother liked him because he was al ways on time, very industrious, and not a big* eater. He was hired from the road in a busy crop season, with out references of any kind. It was brought out in his trial that he had run away from a serious crime in South Carolina, and came to us. He left us under fire—it came near being real fire—for one of my brothers had to draw a gun on him to save himself. It was two or more years later that he entered the home of a farmer about 20 miles north of Charlotte, shot the owner, and injured his daugh ter. For that offense he was execut ed. July 5: “I was very sick; Dr. Jones attending me. Only weigh 105 pounds. ■ cn very bad health. Lowei- down than ever before in my life.” Despite his condition then he lived eleven years longer. Courage, opti mism and joy in life kept him going. August 19, after a rest on the farm. Captain Ardrey said: “My health muqh better. Have not chewed any tobacco in two years, and have not smoked in a month.” September 13: “Dr. John Preston, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, died in Virginia. He was dear ly beloved by all who knew him, and was idolized by his church.” September 17: “W’illiam Jennings Bryan’s day in Charlotte. He spoke in the Mint Park to 20,000 people. I had never seen such an eager crowd.” Mr. B(ryan was the Democratic nominee for President; William B. McKinley, Republican, defeated him. Nov. 3: “National election day. The greatest excitement I have ever seen ove^ an election.” December 25: “Christmas day very quiet.” Anxiety came in 1897. The Repub licans were in the saddle at Washing ton, and preparing to oust Democrats and give their jobs to what Romulus Z. Linney, of Taylorsville, called “pa triots.” June 20, that year, the diary read: “We are expecting every day to be relieved of the Mint, as our term of four years is out and there has been a change of administration at Wash ington.” August 10: “Our term at the U. S. Assay office in Charlotte as out after four years-and 2 months service. It has been pleasant in many respects, but very arduous in others; it has been profitable to me^—benefitted me fina»i- cially. glad hearts we are ready to return to the dear old home in the country. Our neighbors and friends are glad-to have us back. So we bid fare>vell to Charlotte and our many dear friends here. We move in with Jimmie and his. wife,' Sallie." After all what is more to bti desir ed than what the Ardreys were able to say ? They were glad to have spent four years in a thriving city, but glad to return to their native heath, and to find that their old neighbors were glad to welcome them. September 15: “Mollie and I went to Fort Mill. Brother John has a sore foot. October 20: Brother John and I went to Nashville, Tennessee, to the exposition. One of the most pleasant trips of my life. Nashville is a nice city and Tennessee a good state. The people there seem to be more prosper ous than in the cotton sections. The crowds were large.” June, 1898, Captain Ar-drey wrote: “This season I have the finest herd of To relieve Misery of COLDS LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUGH DROPS cattle I ever had and have sold $400.00 worth, and I gave sister and Lucius one each.” September 28: “Emma, Kate and Mary Ardi'ey went to Due West Fe male College; I accompanied them to Charlotte.” December 25: “I went to Charlotte in the evening on my way to Wilming ton to see Lucius and Sister (Mrs. Ida Ardrey Crowell). Spent the night at a hotel with John 0. Alexander, D. P. Lee and S. Stough. We all left at 5 a. m. and arrived at Wilynington at 12 noon. They had been having a big Negro riot in Wilmington but all was quiet then.” That was the year of the Red Shirt campaign, and there was much fric tion between the white and colored races. Negro politicians were in con trol in many communities in the east- tern half of the State and riding rough shod. ’ , 1899, April 9: “Thirty-fourth* anni versary of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appamattox. One of the most;, eventful days of the coun- ti’y’s history, and for us, it was a sad one.” April 21: “Mr. James R. Cunning ham, our oldest citizen, and a good man, died.” July 12: “Billie and Bobbie Cun ningham, May Rone and myself went to district conference at Monroe. We were entertained pleasantly at the May 19, 1900; “Went to Charlotte to county convention. All the nomi nations were made in the primaries; for Senator, Capt. S’. ‘B.‘ Alexander, and for the House, Charles H. Duls, Frank M. Shannonhouse and W. E. Ardrey.” June 11: “Lieutenant Jno. T. Downs of Pineville died. He and I went through the entire war together; he was brave and generous.” July 2. “I went to Pineville to meet Cousin Alexander Ardrey from Tex as, his first visit to us. He is fine looking and very intelligent and we are glad to know him, and have him with us. July 29: Cousin Alexander Ardrey left for Texas. July 30: Gen eral Matt W* Ransom and Buck Kitch- in spoke in Charlotte. Willie Cunning ham, Charlie Elliott, Sam Elliott and I went up in the surry. August 2: Election day. The Democrats carried the State by 60,000, our county by a large majority.” August 27: “Jim Blakney sold the fiVst bale of cotton.” Mr. Blakney, whose son now runs the old Doster-Blakney farm, was first with a bale of cotton for many sea sons. He had red land that produced early. October 18: “Sold Daisy to Sherifi:' Horn for $50 cash. October 19: Took Daisy to Monroe.” ' Early in October cotton was selling for ten cents a pound. On the 25th Captain Ardrey said: “AH' the crop is picked and ginned, and farmers are storing it for 12 1-2 and 15 cents. Crop is vei'y light i but price is good. "fElverybbdy seeding larg'e small grain crop this season.” i November 6: “National election. Everybody confident that William J. Bryan will be elected,” November 7: “Heard that William B. McKinley was re-elected.” November 23: “Mollie and I went to Fort Mill. Toad (John W. Ardrey) and I saw the Catawba River bridge and the great dam. It is immense.” That was the enterprise launched by Dr.'^^Giil Wiley, a native of South Carolina, then living in New York. Later, Mr. J. B. Duke took it ovei:, and there commenced the wonderftil Ihiydro-te'tec'tricial power develoipment that revolutionized the textile busi ness of the South. I have heard that Dr. Wiley, while treating Mr. Duke for an in-growing toe-nail, interested him in the ad vantages of water power construction in the Carolinas. Decetaber 8 and 12: “Hauling cot ton to Charlotte and storing it with J. W. Miller & Co.” That was the beginning of a pro^ gram that developed into the trei mendous storage of cotton during the Herbert Hoover administration and which has affected the price of cotton ever since. The diary added: “Mr. and Mrs. James Warwick moved to Waxhaw. I have the blues over their leaving. It may be a good move for them but wei will miss them. “All the farm work done for this year. Killed 7 hogs; have ten to kill and they 'are fine this year.” December 15 Captain Ardrey had a sick spell which put him in bed for two weeks. He suffered a severe pain in his side. It is a wonder he was not operated on for appendicitis. Abut that time mine' was i”emoved, and while reluct ant to part with it, I have not felt the need of it since. AS ONE EDITOR SEES IT S By R. P. BEASLET AW A "MAN ori the sitreet with a big wide straw hat oh*. The wide and projecting brim turned dowm in front and up behind. That old straw hat, original cost about 35 eeht's, look ed real artistic, and the man in over-' alls wearing it was the picture of self reliance and old time American independence. His demeanor was that which we used to describe as a man who had corn to sell. That used to be said of a man when his hat turned up behind and down in front. In the old days when most everybody went in foi’-. raising cotton and buying corn, the farmer who had plenty of corn at home was the picture of independence. I like i;^ese old saying that have come down from the days when everything was so different. They usually tell a story. A lawyer in Charlotte was telling me the other day about look ing up some old land papers. He sai;l that the oldest one he could find went back to the time of the Revolutionary war, but he knew that there was one before this. The deed referred to ^the “old field,” so^he knew that the land had been worked long before that deed was made. ^ SPEAKING OF CORN for sale, Messrs. Sam Lathan and Tom Broom were talking about the present com crop, I stopped a«id butted in on them. Something was said of seed com. That reminded Mr. Lath an of a story he got many years ago from Uncle Joe Harris. The year 1845 was very dry and the corn crop was a failure. One man down on Cane Creek, who had good bottom land, was an exception. He made plenty of com. People were talking about where they would get seed corn next year, for there were nb seed houses in those days and you couldn’t order on for anything. The man who had plenty of corn was talk ing with a number'of his neighbors. “Seed- corn will be high next spring,” said one. “It will be worth five dol lars a bushel,” said another. Then they began to ask the man who had plenty wh^at- he thought seed corn would be worth next spring. “Well,” he said, “seed corn will be worth five dollars a‘Bushel, that’s right. But I am not going to be hard on my neigh- , bors, I aim to let them have what C' they need for |4.75 a bushel” Look how the homely stories persist. Here is one that has come down a hundred years, and yet it is direct and first hand. Mr. Lathan got it from Uncle Joe Harris and Uncle Joe doubtless got it from a man who had been liv ing at the time. 4c >ic ORN IS NOT ONLY a native of America, but it was the basic food of early America. It could be grown 'in the rich virgin soil as soon as a few trees could be cut down, long be fore there was enough cleared land for wheat, which the English and Eu ropeans called corn. And in the early settlements there were no mills' to grind wheat. Com was eaten whole when parched, or pessled into a coarse meal, as the Indians used it. On long jou'rneys the early Americans sub sisted for days on parched corn, and on military expeditions the only food of the soldiers was little bags of parched corn and what game they could kill. Light Horse Harry Lee says that when the American soldiers were marching and' fighting in this section they usually ate but one meal a day, and that was, breakfast. But it was a good meal, he aaid, for it con sisted of corn meal and bacon. One meal a day! Com meal cakes and bacon! Some of us are now worrying about whether our soldiers are get ting enough to eat; when they have what Mr. Dunham Bundy calls “three hots” a day, with the cold things thrown in. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By REV. H. C. PENINGER V4* , JUDGE SHOULD BE OUT OF POLITICS, SAYS ASSOCIATION STARTS ON PAGE ONE asked to decide vi^hether from his record he should be retained in of fice. If he was retained then after a period of years he would again come before the voters on a similar provision, and if continued on the bench would remain in office during good behavior. In connection with improving the judiciary, a committee headed by Walter S. Foster of Lansing, Michi-i gan, asked that judges be paid more for their services'. It reported: “It is our opinion that if this country will ever need a strong judiciary, it is in the near future. Wei need judges of, courage as well as wisdom, men of faith, fortitude^ and sagacity. The surest way to ob tain such a judiciary is to make the office attractive to those who are, in fact, best qualified for a trying or deal. The possibility of a short tenure, through defeat for election, is a great handicap, but indadquate compensa tion is equally a deterrent. A great responsibility rests on the bar to en courage the selection and retention of competent judges.” A jeep^—Army midget car — has joined automotive exhibits in the Smithsonian Institute at- Washington, PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS (Oct. 12, 1941—Matt. 20, Luke 19) Glancing through my quarterly I find that most all of the lessons for this quarter are taken from different scriptures. It is very important that we, especially teachers, familiarize ourselves with all the scriptures, so that we will be sufficiently able to handle the lesson to the best advant age. Jesus is here called upon to deal with a situation that must have griev ed His heaz’t. You remember that the mother of Zebedee’s children, James and Joh,n> had been to Jesus and ask ed that her two sons be given places on the right and left hand of Jesus in His coming kingdom. I will say just here that this mother has been the object of criticism for pride and worldly mindedness by many who call themselves Bible scholars. I fail t.o see any just grounds for such criti-i cism. For, like all great mothers, she was anxious that her sons have the best in life. Then, too, she didn’t understand the nature of the kingdom of God. I will admit that her request betrayed two weak places which must have weighed heavily on the heart of Jesus. First of all it indicated to him that all her efforts to explain the nature of hi^ kingUom had fallen on deaf ears. The minds of those who professed to fol low him were still too completely overshadowed with the mistaken Mes^ sianic expectations of the idea of a spiritual reign over the hearts of men. It also showed to him that James and John, who were his most intimate friends, had completely mis-' read his teachings and ideals of his spiritual kingdom. All along Christ had been teaching that to serve and not to rule was to be the standard of his new kingdom. Jesus offers a light criticism of these two ambitious boys by telling them that they are looking at things in a wordly minded way. Jesus finally quiets them b-' sayingt Whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister. And who-- soevei' will be chief among you let him be your servant. This was the principle on which the kingdom of God was founded back in that day> And neither Christ nor the disciples ever changed it. To this day the place of greatest honor is the place where one becomes the slave of all. ; It seems to me that it is not only shocking but startling to see and know just how far the church of God has failed to understand and to carry out in practice this great fundament al principle of the kingdom of God. The things of the world run so counts er to eamal pride and involves so radical a transformation in our norr mal thinking that today after 1900 years of Christian teaching it still sounds as strange as it did when the disciples heard it from Jesus’ own lips. As I close this part of the lesson let me say that Jesus really means to teach that'if you and I are com pletely wrapped up in the things of the world, or, in other words, if the things of the world are the biggest thing in'mine and youi- life, we just can’t be saved. We now notice, the second part of the lesson, Luke 19. The' incidents in these scriptures occurred during the approach of Jesus to Jerusalem, ,a journey that ended at the cross. There- is every indication that the weight of the cross, «o to speak, was upon :him —still his heart was keenly alert to every spectacle of human need. As he came near Jericho, the cries of blind Bartimaeus reg^ched his ears. And now here he is aware of the little man who was so eager to see him that he climbed a ti’ee to,get'one glimpse of this great teacheiVT|iere were many things in the ■ -of Zacchaeus that put him in a elia^s al most by himself. First ho^ wasjaijew, second, he was a publicar^* ai^qPaat, he wa s a wea 1th y nl an, a 11 ■ of which seem to put a barrier between* him and the average sinner of today.. But he was a typical sinner, huny«i-ing after that which alone Christ vcan give. Some people think he was hioved by curiosity to see Jesus when’he climbed the tree, but I do not'think so. I think that he was just under plain old fashioned conviction of sin. The whole story goes to prove it.T He knew that he was rich and that he had obtained it by fradulent means. I think the kind of life he had lived got on his conscience and he wanted to contact him who would save. ,Th^s. is just where every sinner will have to come before he ever saved. There are four pofnts to consider in his com ing to Christ. First, repentance. It vis true there is no record that he pray ed. There is no evidence that he made any to do about it. He ran', he climbed the tree and he quietly came down to meet Jesus and* that was enough. Then he received him joy fully. Pardon for sin always puts,a twinkle in the eye, a shine in: the face and joy in the soul. The next thing he did was to make restitution, when new life came into his soul he sought to atone for his unjust past. Much of his wealth had been secured by unjust methods; Now^ it oppresses him with bitter remorse and he Idoes this by restoring four .vfold, i He wanted to mkke'sure.-. ^le^^Sailfeir at Philippi had to wash Paul’s steipes. Reader, what will you have'to'do ? A FEW SCHOOL NEJEDS Need for repairs and: additions to Charlotte school plants involving';an outlay of several hundred .thousand dollars was seen* in recommehdftttons of the various- principals, submitted in connection with the most ej^aus- tive survey in local school history. • Urgent requests for nine-new audi toriums, eight cafeteries, six vocation al shops, and three laboratories were included among the items listed as necessary for current and future op eration of the schools on an adequate basis. Lack of proper toilet and stor age facilities, together with a shorts age ' of drinking fountains and' light ing fixtures, was described as the most immediate problem. ■ Prepared by school heads in rcon nection with the city’s 10-year pl^an, the sheets will be turned oVet' to Rich ard E.i Thigpen, who is expected tto relay the information to school board members. _ - ‘ , In peacetime, London^s Fire -Bri gade. num.ber$ .3^000,;/to ;-fight^tfe8 started by bombers the Brigade Keeps •'ii',000 Londoners busy. r RELIGIOUS CHRISTMAS To encourage the participation of religious, fraternal and civic. organi zations in the annual Charlotte Christmas parade, November 21, the Charlotte Merchants association an nounced that it would award 11,000, and probably more, to those organi zations that entered floats in the hoi-- iday festivities. ; T At a meeting of the civic, fraternal and religious floats committee, 0. Ai- McKeithan,_ chairman of the associa-' tion’s special events committee, said that the first 20 organizations to reg(-' ister witli the floats committee ‘and have- their sketches approved would receive $50 each. He said that it wasT highly probable that all floats up to 25 or 35 would receive the same amount. The Merchants association is moije; than eager to make the annual paradje' as religious in character as possible, Mr. McKeithan said. He added thaf'. the merchants hoped that this would be only a beginning and that in fol lowing years the religious aspect can be even more largely emphasized. ' Enthusiasm among the representa tives of churches and fraternal organ izations at the meeting indicated that there would be little trouble in having 20 or more floats of this character in the parade. Rev. Thomas E. Morton, president of the Charlotte Ministerial association, said that he was heartily in favor of the proposal of the asso ciation to award the churches and other organizations for their parti cipation’instead of making:a competi tive affaix ,of it, ^ / I i ■4 ‘4 i f BUY "A United States I>BEENSE SAT^IN;GS S TA M P S Think, too, how YOU can help. Let the Minute Man remind you to d(X your part. 7“ Save and buy Defense Savings Bonds. They will help protect your homes atld^ your families today. They wiil help make the future secure. Every time you see the Minute Man —emblem of America arming for defense—think how good it is to live in the land where there still is -liberty to defend. ■jii I m
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