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PAGE TWO ' L^- - ' ' i- MR. MCLEAN'S WAIt FINANCE j CORPORATION RECORIX (Continued from page One.) ?o? ? WERE AGAINST THE RBSOLIR TION. THEFACT THAT THEYptl; SIGN FID "WHEN IT PASSED PROVES /THIS. THERE WOULD - . "BEEN A MAJORITV, TITER HEORE, IF MR. MCLEAN HAD VOTED WITH "MEYER AND CUTCBEON; THE RESOLUTION COULD NOT HAVE PASSED. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THREE AGAINST IT, AND TWO FOR IT. BUT THE RESOLUTION PASSIQD! MR. MCLEAN COULD NX)T, THEREFORE, HAVE VOTED AGAINST IT. i I This conclusively shows that Mr. I McLean did not vote against the resolution, and that it passed only because he consented to it. It could not have passed, if he had voted with Merer and Cutcheon. It is as well-established as is the mathematical fact that , 2 plus 1 equals 3, anil that .3 is a majority of NulT sed! We submit the whole matter on the evidence produced by Mr. Brooke, bell ?? Fng the letter from Senator Overman nnotpd above. Let the people be the judtft. R rooks* has proved the rasa again* Mr. McLean. He has not only proved it, he has ftxeil it so that Mr. McLean can never disprove it. He has closed the ca?c against his candidate in the midst of the campaign \ for Governor. K The idea that the whole blame should be put uoon Houston was absurd from th^beginim^. I^^toiston ran the Board, whe didulh$-ptherp draw their salaries? Every jntmber Pc.i iMt Board that acquiesced in or voled for that resolution and did -rr.dlhing while the farmers of Aimerfrit were being ruined, notwithstandI' ing that the Board half power to save them. Is' responsible. Meyer and Cutchcon came clean. They opposed. the resolution, and when it was pass- i ed over their heads, they. resigned, i Had Mr. McLean stood with them,I the resolution suspending loans for. export of farm products could' notj have been passed. Had he done as. they did. the three of them would, hare whipped Houston, and the War Ffnan-e Corporation would have con-' tinned to make loans on -ottnn and tobacco for export, and the ruinous' fan in prices would have been pre-' vented. When Meyer resigned he was Man-, aging Director of the Board. Mr. Mc-| Lean su-ceedcd him as Managing Di-j rector. He and Houston remained on the Board. This was June. 1920. This was when he became "the big man on the War Finance Board"?aa one of his fbiends said in the Greensboro Mews recently. From June to January. cotton and tobacco fell as they had never fallen before. Cotton fell from 40c to 10c. Tobacco from 50c to 15c. Mr. McLean stayed on and did nothing but draw his Aalary. All i , activity was suspended?except draw- j t. 1 fog salary. He had *100 000.000 ori hand in Liberty Bonds, as Mr. Brooks admits?with which to aaaist in ev- < porting cotton and tobacco. He did not make a move. That is the sort ofj "big man" he was. His own defend* ers say he was utterly subject to Secretary of the Treasury Houston! (now selling stocks for a New York', stockselHng dompanvb The Board; i did not advance a Hollar. But be ron- ( tinned to draw $12 000 a year salary, from the United States while the Board was doing nothing, and at the 'r#, same time a salary, the amount of which he has not told, from the Atlantic Coast Bine TL R It has not been six weeks since Mr. McLean's friends published an article in the f?reensboro News describing Mr. Mclean as "the to man on the War Finance Board". How can Mr. Brooks now say he was the Ifttle man and Houston was the big man? J5o far from withdrawing our charge against Mr. McLean and apologising. as-Mr. Brooks suggests, we! thank Mr. Brooks, for having con-1 ... . chisrvelv proved the truth of it. Sen-! ator Overman's letter is evidence tbaf was not available to us. Tf anyj apologies are in order, thev are due1 from Mr. Brooks to Mr. McLean. He ought to apologize to Mr. McLean for having revived and proved the' Courier's charges against him just] 60 day? before the primary. "s? Li the Courier's onlnion. Mr. I ? ' Brooks has given the Republicans a! fefrible weapon to use in the cam-i oaign this f'ill, if Mr. McLean should' p . be nominated. The Overman letter; , settle? the miction,beyond all doubt ! ' >. Bit Mr. McLean will not be nom-' p v fnuied.. For4 thanks to Mr. Brinks.! &*' iNjr nftV welLe^tabl'shed that Hon., .V AB^JWH ean net onlv did not vote; . against A but that .if-'he had voted 'Tv against it, would have prevented, | f 1 the, nassage of, . the resolution sus* needing loans foT exnort cf farm[ pproducts May 10. l?2fr phfsj; Cutcheon plus McLean would have, p. fteen three. And thrtPe were the ma-| foritjrv,5iri?e the Board consisted of HE&-. V * ffvt men. If- Vf-T ? ? have been "opposed" to it: hot surely he had a poor way of showing his opposition. When Mever and Cutch?<m were there so strong" against it that thev resigned when it was passed, he did not vote against it?for if - ho had. the. resototion would have teen defeated 3 to 2". Mr. McT.esn was therefore, resoonrfbie foT the adoption of the resolution His vote would have defeated K - ii. Ha had the Power to beat it. And ft responsible for its passage, he is Bferte?r- responsible for the consetjuences of its passage. ?One Vote wouldbaee beaten the rerolation. McLean had He- did not aes It. He threw away the greatest opportunity that has come td any ...JMt) in. thi? generation. We are willing anywhere, any time, to'submit to any ur|prejudieod-forum S&.- . ' the tnieetion of MV. McLean's respon 1" ibIHtv for the psssaee of this resol rrtton npoiTTiTs own rvidnwre, that, is ii-?r." the letter-from Sena (or Overman and Ba, the letter from Mr. Kugene Meyer? each of which Mr. Broolcr has had '^BiglBMWPW ,? ' PBF ?KI " v - . ;?inted"in Mr. McLean's behalf. IT IS NOT CONTENDED THAT THE WAR FINANCE BOARD DID NOT MAKE LOANS IN 1921?main, ly to banks?AFTER THE RUIN OF THE FARMERS WAS COMPLETE. BUT IT IS ASSERTED WITHOUT FEAR OF CONTRADICTION THAT FROM MAY. 1920, until AFTER JANUARY, 1921?THE PERIOD OF DEFLATION AND RUIN?THE BOARD DID NOT LEND A DOLLAR SENATOR PAT HARRISON RECENTLY SPOKE IN KINSTON OF A LOAIN THAT WAS MADE TO A MISSISSIPPI FARMER. THIS WAS IN 1921?NOT IN 1920, WHEN IT WAS NEEDED. IS THERE A FARMER IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT GOT A LOAN FROM MAY 10, 1920, UNTIL MAROH 1. 1921? IF SO, LET MR BROOKS PRODUCE HIM. I The entire controversy comes dowi to three slmpl" questions: 1. IF SECRETARY HOUSTON AT-ONE COULD HAVE SUSPEND rD THE LOANING OF MONEY ^OR EXPORT RY THE WAR FI NAlNIE CORPORATION. WHY WAS THE RESOLUTION OF SUSPEN SION SUBMITTED TO THE BOARX OF FIVE MEMBERS? WHY DO A VAIN THING? 2. IF MEYER & CUTCHEON WERE AGAINST THE RESOLU TION. AS SENATOR OVERMAN WHY COULD?NOT MC r.EAIN?IF HE ALSO WAS OPPOS Kl) TO IT?HAVE JOINED WITH THEM AND HAVE DEFEATED IT THREE TO TWO? 8. IS THERE A FA.RMER IN THE WORT. D THAT GOT A LOAN OR ASSISTANCE FROM THE WAR FINANCE CORPORATION FROM MAY 10. 1920. UNTIL MARCH 1 1021?THE PERIOD OF DEFLATION AND RUIN? IF SO, NAME YOUR MAN! If Mr. Mrook*. or any other defender of Mr. McLean, ventures t< come again?which they will not dc ?let them answer these three ques 'ons. All the nice testimonials ol friends and political associates in the world will not serve in place "of a direct answer to these simple questions. _ j And if "they will" not answerThese simple questions, what will the victim* of the War Finance Corpora tioa's failure to make advances for c-nort of farm products frdm May, 1920. to Mar-h. 1921?the period ol rnir?say of Mr. A. W. McLean as candidate for Governor? The offl'e of Director of the War Finsn-e Corporation is the only nublic office he has held. Is his official record stfh as to justify placing in his hands the governorship of this state? We are discussing only Mr. McLean's official record. We offer no personal criticisms. The peoole?the voters?ought to know the facta as to the public record of any candidate. And only those who are afraid of the facts will object to an honest exposure of the official record of any candidate. .-VIK. MXKAIM AND THK WAR FINANCE BOARD/ : / Editor- of The Daily News: In an editorial appearing in your csteemed^paper December 24 last, referring to the Rox-boro Courier's attack on Hon. A. W. McLean and my renlv thereto, you say: "The gravamen of the accusation against Mr. McLean is that he caused the 1920 panic. He held up the money which the farmers and everybody else needed. He was on the war finance board. He voted for deflation and billions went to waste thereafter." You then added: "Now, just suppose he did no such thing . . In a word, what if the Lumberton statesman should be able to knock the whole business into a cocked hat . . We are just asking you as a matter of opinion." I assume you expect und want an answer. On your editorial page De-cmbpr 30, you print the Roxboro Courier's reply to mv article from which I take the following quotation: . - 1 "If Mv. Brooks, ahle lawyer that he is, will come to the point and of for a reply to our article, we will pnrt it . Come on. Mr. Brooks, with a straightforward answer to our statements of fact and we will give you all the space you can take." Your inquiry ami these invitations having appeared on vouc editorial page. I naturally make answer to and through your papjj;. My response, has been deferred, ov.qnsr to pressing professional engagements and a de ^rminotion to go to the bottom of this matter and to personally get the farts from original sources and present them connectedlv. so that no further dispute about the facts involved will be possible. To do this, 1 went to Washington, consulted senptoja ailAjiSJttlSSWH^tWT'Snd 'examined the law governing the mowers and duties of the war finance corporation. Following this, X addressed letters to a number of senators and representatives" asking soecific questions. Below I give a list of these questions and the answers from a number of senators and renesentatives. I have selected qrlv a few renlies, but will be clad "to furnish all for publication if desired. XTbon my investigation of the law and the testimony of the senators and representatives, renlving to my questions, I find the following to be the indisrmtable facts: ? ?? 1: The act of congress creating the war finance corporation made its activities depend upon the will of tlte secretary of the treasury and thai without his approval and co-operation it could not function; that the *enelai7 of the treasury ordered the suspension of lta activities. r ?Section t,wo of the original war finance corporation act provides: "That the capital stock of the corporation shall, be-0fiOO,QOO.OOO, all of which "shall be subscribed by< the United States of America and such subscription! ohall be subject to caH from thpp to time upon the vote <ri three-fifths of the board of directors, with-the approval of_jj)e. secretary of . . li - . . ? - , ?a. " *"* **** ' a THE" ROXBORO COUldEd I the-treasury. at such time or time* t ' as may bn deemed-advisable." " u i] All bonds that were issued by the t .; corporation bore the signature of the o 'i secretary of the treasury and section r . 2 of the act further provides: v ft "That the corporation shall-be em- s ' powered and authorized to subscribe t ; for, acquire by sale and deal in bonds ' and obligations of the United States s I to such an extent as the board of a .!directors, with the approval of the <i ! secretary of the treasury, itlay from e 'jtinie to time determinS?^ t . I Acting under the -power, with the c II approval of the' secretary of the treas- \ 'lUry, the corporation had invested in ! I United States obligations, at the t [.time of its suspension in May, 1920, Tj $422,000,000. Immediately following ( /the suspension. Secretary Houston i .-gave out an announcement to the [press as to why he had suspended its c i operations, in which he stated that c 'the war finance corporation had no i i, available funds to lend for the pur- t pose of financing exports for the res- j 'ison that' $422,000,000 was then in- | vested in the obligations of the Unit- < > ed States and $103,000,000 was in- t -'vested in loans which the corporation l had theretofore made, that this con- t - sunned all of the $525,000,000 of capital and surplus then outstanding. It c 1 thus clearlv rinnenra tbat il* ? .? vue nm ( finance corporation could not function i f over the objection of the secretary' i 'of the treasury. {Hence, the only re-1 ; mnining question unon this point is, t ['did the secretary of the treasury ac'itually order the suspension in May, t 1920%? The reat and most conclusive j answer to this is found in the-joint . r resolution of the house of represents' tives and the senate, passed by the I senate on December 11. 1920, order ; ? ing'the rehabilitation of the corpora * tion. As a part of that joint resolu 1 tion. the senate and the house of re preventatives declared: J "Whereas, the activities of the war ( ' finance corporatifin weTe suspended ' in May, 1920, by an order of the sec- ! ; retary/Of the treasury." etc. Senator Overman in hia reply to 1 my letter sky&: 1 "The cause of suspension at the time mentioned is a matter of nub- : ; lie record. In the annual report of the * secretary of the treasury for the 1 fiscal year ending June .80, 1920, the J , secretary on page 148 gives a detail- : ed account of the circumstances unI derr which these activities were stis- j ; pended and, corroborates statement ] made to the press at the time that , this * suspension was at his request. 1 Some, if not all of the directors?in- j eluding Mr. McLean?opposed sua- T pension. When the secretary insisted s Mr. Meyer and I think Mr. Cutcheon resigned. Mr. McLean wanted to re- J sign. butr was persuaded by his friends j and by other officials to continue to serve with the hope that activities ? would be revived. "It was obviously impracticable fdr. the directors to overrule the sec re- , tar^" in the matter of suspending the corporation's activities or to carry t on its expk>rt activities without the i co-operation of the secretary. This " because the secretary is in charge of t and is resnonsible for the fisal operations of the government and its fi- > nancial policies and because funds of [ the corporation have to be obtained , through secretary." t Congressman Doughton in reply to t my letter, says: * a "No money could be withdrawn 1 from the treasury on account of the i capital stock of the corporation, with- \ out the approval of the secretary of I the treasury, and the secretary of c the treasury had to approve all bonds \ issued by the corporation arid had to a affix his signature thereto. If it had c been thought that the secretary of j the treasury did not control the pol- r icies of the corporation it would not t have been necessary for congress to i | pass the joint resolution ordering the i i resumption 01 tne activities or tne s corporation." 2. That Mr. McLean was helpless to prevent the suspension, opposed it and was induced to remain on the board to help revive it, and did so; that no senator or representative during the debates condemning the secretary of the treasury for suspending the activities of the corporation ever charged that Mr. McLean was responsible either directly or indirectly f'&r the deflation, 'but fixed the whole responsibility therefor uoon Sserejtsrv Houston and the federal reserve board. /? From the letters received from various senators and representatives appearing below replying to my in, qulties touching this matter, I wish to cmnhasizo certain statements. Senator iFleteher of Florida says: "The -secretary of the treasury had control of the funds of the corporation, in the last nnalvsis, and not only that, but. under the law, )ic could recommend to the President the removal of anv or all of tjie.directors of the jpaxjuiasre corporation. He took the position that the war finance corporation had nothing except a credit on the books of the treasury. If the corporation should dray against that credit the treasury would have to borfow to get the money. If the activities of the corporation were resumed, after having been suspended by the direction of the secretary of the treasury, who insisted that they should be terminated, but modified his resolution so a> to suspend, rather than terminate, the financing, of exports, maltlncr thU nrtnnoaitirm f r\ fko r\T\r\r\ -0 vw..w.w?.w?. .i, V..V "KK"- 1 sition of all the director*, they would j have to borrow money in -order to t make loan*. Under the law at that t time, neither the war finaucfi-conior- , ation nor yie treasury itaelf could V borrow mohey or issue any obligations t aiT-the way ijf bonds or certiAcatea of i indebtedness, without the direct inter- I ' vention ami approval 01 me sacratary of the treasury. He was unwill- c inp to give such anproval." c Senator Ladd of North Dakota says ( In hi* letter: r "The war finance corporation aa. a cured its funds by- th{ government q of the Unitb^ States subscribing to c is caipital stock - and such subscript t ;.t.ions were payable ugfon call upon "VtiU of three-fifths /f . the.-director* ^ I of the corporation. With however, the ; ' approval of- the secretary erf thbn t . ? - ' 1 S . .-J-. . ~ V"'"?' " ? [ K ' .. tr^jtrilf TBt(r lte? reasury. The secretary of the treasiry had the final. word. Thia wag ike wise true aa regards other methda the corporation had for raising uoney from the isauea of itg bonds, .'hich could not be iirtued without the ipproval of the secretary; of the reagury. "lb May, 1920, Mr. Houston, who as then secretary of the treasury, idviaed the war finance corporation's lirectors that loans or advances fori xport purposes, ahotlld be discontinicd. Regardless of what the attitude rf other directors of the corporation vas' I am reliably advised that Mr. ifcLean was opposed t<\ the views of he secretary of the treasdrv:." Representative Stevenson of.South Carolina replied to my letter sayng: "The secretary of the treasury was logmatic, and under the law could lominatc the investments made, and n fact did so at that time. It was lot possible, for the corporation to iroceed to make investmenta over the irotesta and opposition of the secretary of the treasury. They were lubject to his approval." Senator Harris in his letter to mc lays: "The export credit activities of the corporation were suspended by an orler of the secretary of the treasury n .1080 and not by order of the diS?tor^ "Irt my opinion, it was not practicible for the. directors of the corporition to^fiarry on the work without he approval of the secretary of the ;reasury. I think it is generally ajreed amone the senators and repre:entatives that the corporation could lot have functioned in the face of the >pposition of the secretary of the ireasury. "Mr. McLean opposed the suspenjion of the. activities of the corporaion in 1920. and I believe he did everything within his influence and lower to continue the work of the :orporation;" 'Senator McKellar of Tennessee writes: "ft "is my opinion that the direc:ors of the war finance corporation vere powerless to carry on the busiless of the corporation against the opposition of the secretary of the reasury. My understanding, was that directors McLean, Meyer and Cutchfon were opposed to its suspension. I know that Messrs. McLean and deyer were, because they came to see ne in reference to the matter and xpressed their very strong opinion* ;hat the activities of the corporation ihould not be suspended. "I also know that Mr. McLean was rery active in placing the matter before Congress and in getting the war inance board restored and its powers enlarged and increased so that t could help the farmers of the coun17" ^ Senator-%Simmons in his letter' tc ne says: . "I -know, as do many other senators and "members of congress, that Hessrs. McLean and Meyer, both di ^ors of the war finance corpora^n, opposed this purpose of the sectary of the treasury at the time le disclosed it and his resolution of he 10th of May declaring the corr loration terminated because these wo gentlemen discussed et the time he whole subject with Mr. Kitchin tnd myself, leaders in our resnective louses in the management of the Ice ?it?Liuu creating vne corporation, as veil as with other senators and mem. >ers who thought as we did that the orporation should not be terminated >ut if by ^reason of the secretary's ittitttfle it could function that its mahinery and personnel least should >ekept intact as far as. possible to neet emergencies which the situation hen. existing forecast as highly probtble if 'not imminent. I know as a esult of these conferences the consensus of opinion was that the corporation could not successfully funcion without the anproval and coiperation of ifc%chairman,_the secreary of the treasury. I know that so ar as Mr. McLean i<r concerned he vas notrtmly opposed to the. action >f the secretary of the treasury with eference to the suspension of the inance corporation but was bitterly inposed to the policy and action of he federal reserve board in the mater of credit restriction." Congressman Doughton concludes lis lettdf with this statement: "In mv opinion, nothing could be lore uniust than to oharfv... Mr. -M >ean with the responsibility in anv vay or* deflation and the disastrous onditions that resulted therefrom. ;t would be just as far br reasoniblet.o accuse George Washington vith having been a Torv or Noah vith having brought on the flood as o charge A. W. MeLejm with the nsnonslbility in any "\vay for deflaion." ..... " ?H ?(Mr. Bfdoks in his .communication nnends at this point a number of fitters relative to the subject of the .-s r finance board and Mr. McLean, ill expressing: largely the same views is are expressed above. Tfijy arc fom Senator Overman. Senator Harson, Depresentative Doughton. Senitor Harris, Representative Stevenon, Senator Heflin, Senator McKel ar. Senator Fletcher, Representative lym?, Senator Capper.'sSenator KenIriek, Senator Simmons. Mr. Brooks idds that "in addition to the fere?ong I have received letters of similar mport from Congressmen. Lyon, tfeernathy and Hamilton." Llmitaions of space prevent the publicaion of these letters.) Jly readers by this time will have io doubt reached the conclusion that he attack in ?the Roxboro Courier ras not only unfounded and false, rat that it was positively stupid. SetifiwHimmoiu and a number uf ths ither senators and representatives inoted abeve say. that the suspension if the war finance corporation had lothing- on earth to do with deflation indrthat they had never heard any ienator or representative charge- or lahn that it was the cause of dcfla,ipn.. Hon. John Shelton Williams^ in a wrsonal letter to Mr^-McLean'dated fuly.fr, referring to his attack In the ?* N "It is indeed rather disgusting to fair-minded men to witness such an attack as was made upon you by ah annoymous writer in a local paper in your state recently when . your record on the war finance corporation. was so unjustly assailed. "Does it not also suggest the irony of fate that anyone should have the presumption to question the value of your services to the great farming 1 interest of the country when you have won for yourself a reputation far and wide as the farmer's friend, and when it ia so well known that you labored earnestly and consist, ently to prevent or "defeat measures and policies which you believed injurious to the farming classes, and at the same time took" a leading part in the advocacy and development of plans from which the farmers of- the country have derived enormous benefits!" In the interest of truth and fair play. I think another matter- in connection with this controversy should be cleared up. In your paper of December 30 you say editorially that the editor of the Roxboro Courier says that his article making the attack was not annovmous but editorial matter. Mr. A. Wayland Cooke of this city took my reply in person to Roxboro for publication. He tells me tu.t .--i?i ... i.that this attack was landed him by a local attorney in Roxboro' and that he a?kcd this attorney if matters stated therein were true and was assured that they were; that addressed wrappers had been sent him in which to mall rut copies of this article over the state from Cherokee to Currituck: and that he .was being paid 2 1-2 cents ptfr copy therefor. The editor stated to Mr.'Cooke that he , would charge $70 to print my reply. Wis it an editorial? If so, I did not understand the .ethic* of your pro[ fossfhn to be that a newspaper would | editorially attack official conduct of a public servant and then demand oayment to print his defense. If this be true the public ought to know it. I now call upen the Roxboro Courier to make good its challenge 1 through the columns of your paner and carry out its promise to print 1 this reply in its paper. I also call upon the Roxboro Cou; rier in the namt of iustice and fairness to apologize through the columns of its paner for having made ; this unjust and unfair attack upon 1 Mr. McLean. I also call upon the Roxboro Courier to give to its. readers i and the public the name of the man who paid this 2 1-2 c?nt* oer copy vid sent the addressed wrappers tb 1 him in order that thi* assault might h? distributed throughout North Carolina. A. L. BROOKS, Greensboro, April 9, 1924. ~ ? > A SCHOOL BOY'S LOSS. As a rule boys oi my age and old. er that are in scnooi are very very sensitive, they form the idea that the world 1s full of criticism toward them. It is partly true but not all. We have three classes of people in the world, the critic, the non critic and those that encourage. The noncritic stands on the street with, contentment when the fire alarm is given, the only time he gets in a hurry is when he hears the supper bell. The Pharisees or critics are the auaes 01 me country, n you are any judge of veneering furniture you , can tell who they~are, "they are a very encouraging sort of chaps, they keep up trade in general. 1924 years ago they could be seen scattered all over Galilee with the present day stamp on them, modernist and fundament- j alist, while the lovely Nazerene was causing the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the dead raised and the poor had the gospel preached unto thfenv ^is work, continues to make progress though old man Critic has never ceased his battle? On a thousand hills here and there many monuments can be seen erected in His memory in the form of church steeples and. christian saints. Alter pooling time we enjoy tipping .our hats to "th'd Critic for his contribution to mankind. In I 1492 on the same boat one part was I saying "turn back, turn back" } while one individual was saying "sail1 on, sail on. Is H. J. Whitt buried? It seems I can't believe, but T""hnow it? is true. Every act of his life towars^iTlo-.rirj^ftJ^enterecl school seven years ago has been, "sail en, j He not only meant much td me in a financial way but in an inspirational way, whenever the load seemed heavy almost impossible to carry L_lhought of him and believerfhe wair countmg I on me, witn sucn inspiration tne billows could be met with more ease. Just a few years ago, January 1917 during the big snow I went into a school room where was a little woman by name, Miss .Mildred Bradsher. I reported to her for entrailce examination. AfteT the same it was discovered that I didn't know the difference between a noun and pronoun, it was also found that I couldn't be placed jrith other classes well' entering, take in the session, I was . taught at .different, intervals and recess By Miss Mildred al) of my les. sons except sixth grade Geography. I shall n^ger forget the boys, girls and teacher of that Georgaphy cless, I didn't .learn anything except hu-1 man nature, I kept the boys and' girls laughing all the time by show-' mg ithorn fttimy pictures. The poor teacher did the beat she could I guess, t but I-can see now1 she didn't kmnr - i how to handle'a 170 chap, older thdn she was. Uelvin Gentry and 1 sat .together except during my classes, Melvin was some boy. He could have easily--"entertained a spring New Yorker on the race track grounds in Kentucky. Hiss Mildred not only, knew me, but she knew how to encourage. I confess my much ignorance, knowing that we have so much more of the unknown than wo have of the known. ' _ But I believe with all my heart, with the aid I received from the little form just mentioned I have made as great a discovery as Perry or Columbus ever did. She and Brother Whitt gave me some encouragement that I shall never forget. If she was here I am sure she would be going about doing good as Dorcas of Old. At this season of the year Brother Whitt would be found drawing a bucket of water now and then for his passing by friends. This writer would receive a hearty welcome into the dinning room if he should pass that way and would be given a royal welcome and a friendly chat. * These two characters did as Luke 16:9 commanded. . Yours truly, O. C.Gravltt. ONE THING NEEDFUL. Roxhoro is ono of those pretty towns, with the best people of any -s A town on earth. She has a bus line between Danville and Durham! four trains daily-?with a Pulman if you please, and the best tobacco market in the State. Beautiful dwelling, houses, magnificent store buildings, and is one of the fastest growing towns with good schools and churches, but there is one thing needful, and that is an organized fire department. You don't want to see the town destroyed by fire. Let's get busy .and supply this, needed want, do it now.?Sanford Brown. Farm girls id three clubs of Bladen County have raised funds to send a representative to the Girls' Short Course to be held at the State Col-' lege this summer, reports Miss Stella Rymer, the home agent. Twelve hats were made by club girls during a recent all-day sewing meeting in Edgecombe County. One hat was made from a skifT'il years old with the only cost being 50 cents for flowers. Banks of Nash County will pay . the expenses of a club girl from each of the fifteen townships to the short course for club girls. When Miss Florence Jeffress, Home Agent of New Hanover County, returned to her work after an absence of sever: 1 weeks due to an opera tion, she was presented with a new coup? by the county commissioners. iFarmers of Alexander County ordered 500 pounds of clover seed and 650 pounds of a permanent pasture mixture seed in a cooperative purchase made during February. In Caldwell County farmers have found that they can buy -fertilizers cooperatively at a saving. They recently placed an order for 300 tohs on this basis, o x Thinning and culling trees to be >. used for firewood and for curing to-f bacco instead of taking the trees as J they come is a new plan of handling M the farm woodiot in Iredell County. ^ ?o ? During February veterinarians of the State College and Department ' of Agriculture tested for tuberculosis 3,638 herds of cattle embracing 9,153 head "TTTid found 3g cows that reacted to tne test. ? :o Plenty of manure is one. of the first requirements of-a^ home garden. o ^ ^ Don't ruin your butter trade by allowing the cows to eat wild onions. v Farmers of Scotland * County"1 have ordered through the county agent 3,120 bushels of improved cotfonseed for Dlantinsr this v*??r_ By means of a sweet potato storage house, 'H. T. Catkins of Blanch, N. C., states that he has kept and sold to advantage two good crops of cured potatoes. * ' ^ '''"'I ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of J. C. Gentry late of _ Person County, N. 17., this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said deceased- to present them to the undersigned on or before the.26 day-of March 1925. or this notice will be pleaded in b'ar of their recovery. All persons indebt<d to said estate will,, please mak? immediate payment.' . . TWw April-1, 1924. ' ' Mrs. 8. Is Strum,' Administrator. V * : - './* > "'-i
The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
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April 16, 1924, edition 1
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