Looking Back
Ten Years
The Following Items Were Taken
At Random From The Courier Of
Ten Yemen Ago This
Attended the Hall-Carter Wed
ding: Mr. O. W. PulHam, Mrs. M.
U. Daniel, Mrs. O. Otis Hall and
Miss Mary Willie Hall spent last
Thursday evening In South Boston
attending the wedding of Miss Ruby
Hall and Mr. Irvln R. Carter.
Ground Hog Making Good: The
gronnd hog has sure been on his
job this week?everything covered
with sleet If your coal pile is run
ning low you had better see Henry
Gates for there Is yet four more
weeks of ground hog weather.
Around the World: "Around the
world" Is aboulT the only way you
can describe where Mr. Lawrence
Woods has been during the past
three years. He enHsted in the Ma
rines and for three years has been
on the go, but his enlistment hav
ing expired he returned home last
Friday. His friends hope he will
decide that Roxboro is the best
place, and will enter business here.
Change in Business: Having sold
an interest in my business to Mr.
J. J. Woody the firm name in the
'future will be E. D. Cheek & Co.
Misses Louise Stalvey and Eva
Harris of Raleigh, spent the week
end here.
Mr. Robert Featherston, who has
been attending A. & E. College in
Raleigh is at home this week. ?
Revs. J. A. Beam and R. E.
White attended the funeral of Dr.
Hobgood in Oxford Monday.
Dr. E. L. Marshal of Bedford, Va.,
spent last Friday here visiting his
son-in-law, Mr. W. G. Miller. Dr.
Marshal was on his way to Florida
where he will spend several weeks.
We enjoyed a pleasant call from
our friend, Mlss Minnie Glenn last
Thursday. Miss Minnie has been
reading The Courier ever since it
was established and was kind
enough to say it was better today
than ever before in its history. Such
kind wbrds are appreciated.
Several cars of beef cattle fed by
C. A. Brown of Cleveland In Rowan
County paid for their feed and have
provided him with between 700 and
1000 tons of manure.
LOCAL H. S. GIRLS
GIVEN CHANCE TO
GET SCHOLARSHIP
University scholarships will be
the> goal of high school girls of this
city vho compete in a nation-wide
essay contest just announced in de
tail to local teachers of home eco
nomics.
This educational project known
as the national meat story contest,
has been conducted annually since
1924 under the supervision of teach
ers in hundreds of high schools
throughout the country, according
to the National Live stock and
Meat Board, its sponsor.
National, sectional, and state
winners are selected each year.
Miss Gladys Best Tripp, an Ayden
girl, was the state champion of
North Carolina last year.
Contestants have until March IS
to get their essays in. These essays,
judging from past years, will cover
a wide range of subjects such as
meat In the balanced diet, the pre
paration of meat, meat in the econ
omy budget, the importance of the
livestock and meat industry, etc.
Selection of the winning essays
will be In the hands of a commit
tee of eminent home economics au
thorities whose names will be made
public at a little later date, accord
ing to the announcement. Dr.
Louise Stanley, chief of the federal
bureau of home economics, headed
this committee last year.
Teachers say they have found this |
type of competition of value not]
only for the scholarships it affords
but also for the training it provides |
in the interest of better home-mak-l
rng in the future, according to the)
Board.
The organization sponsoring this
annual contest represents the en-1
tire livestock and meat industry. It'
is interested in extensive research ]
i into the subject of meat, working
1 closely with leading colleges and t
| the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
The essay contest is conducted with
the purpose of assisting in the j
, study of meat in high school foods (
! classes.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks and most grateful appre-!
ciation to our many friends and1
neighbors for their many kind and,
helpful acts, their thoughtful con
j rideration and expressions of sym- I
jpathy during the illness and death
of our mother, Mrs. Isiah Gentry, j
The Gentry Family.
A wingless rooster in the Wash
ington zoo is being studied to learn
more of the origin of flight.
Uncle Josh' with his "Fiddle," who will appear with Mack Crow
and BiUie, the Mexican boy comedian, at the court house Friday and
Saturday night, March 2 and 3, under auspices of American Legion.
GOD'S ACRE
PLAN HELPING
MANY CHURCHES
Country Chnrches of Sohth Getting
Out Of Red As Result Of
Program
AtlarHat_Ga., Feb. 18.?The coun
try church of the south Is keeping
step with improved economic con
ditions, and through a plan of its
own making?thg God's acre plan. ,
Preachers are being paid, debts
are being liquidated, and mortgages
destroyed, thanks to the soil, and
the determination of those who till I
it.
The plan is a simple one. The
rural church member simply sets;
aside an acre of his land, or any
amount he may desire, for the ben
efit of his church. Cotton, corn or |
grain is planted, and after the har
vest, the money thus derived is
poured into the church coffers.
Ministers throughout the south
where the plan has been applied
are enthusiastic over its success. [
Nothing has so helped the rural
church to overcome the hard times
of the past years, they say, and the
movement is spreading. Georgia,
North and South Carolina, Alabama, |
| Texas, Virginia?practically all thei
southern states are falling in line, j
1 The plan is now new. Dr. Louie
D. Newton, Baptist minister _ here,
says It has been in use in Georgia
for two or three generations.
It gives everyone a chance to
help. Dr. Newton says, the men,
women and children, and gives them
an opportunity to use the materials
they have at hand.
The rules do not restrict the plan
to use of the soil alone. Hogs, calves
and chickens are raised for the
church in many communities. W.
O. Rosser of Pisgah Baptist church,
in North Carolina, reports the sale
of honey, canned goods, and soap
among other things as a means of
meeting salaries and church budgets.
The plan has been used success
fully by Pisgah church for the past
five years, Mr. Rosser says, with
the result that the number of givers
has increased from 60 percent to
95 percent of the total melnbership.
"Usually the gifts are collected
near Thanksgiving," Mr. Rosser ex
plained. "Our church calls it 'har
vest day.' A few days before the
day of sale the members of the
committee make arrangements to
deliver bulky articles such as cotton
to the church if the donor is un
able to do so. A service of praise
and thanksgiving is conducted in
the church at 11 o'clock on'harvest
day, after which a bountiful dinner
is served on the grounds in picnic
style. After the dinner the gifts of
various kinds are sold at auction.
The bidding le usually spirited."
Last year the church through its
sale made enough money to pay its
bills lor the next eight months, he
said.N
Hie ReiL Charles C. Gillespie, pas
tor of churches in the Plat River as
sociation, North Carolina, says the
plan has resulted in increased giv
ing for missions, salaries and
church expenses. "Those who have
tried the plan this year want to!
continue it," he said.
Many ministers prefer to develop
the movement on an individual rath
er than a group basis, however. "Let
each man, woman and child have
his own God's acre," they say, "and
more good will be derived."
Sunday
School
Lesson
By Rev. Charles E. Dunn
I
THE TWELVE SENT FORTH
!
Lesson for Feb. 25th. Matt 10
Golden Text: Matt. 9:37, 38
As we think of the twelve disciples
we are reminded of that impressive
I word of the apostle Paul, "Not many
] wise men, not man leading men,
j not many of good birth, have been
i called!" Not one of these twelve
was a college graduate. Not one
I belonged to the professional or up
I per classes. They were tiumbte,
i obscure souls, common folk of Gali
lee assembled from the rank and
j file. At least four of them were
fishermen. One was a despised
tax collector, one was a militant,
zealous antagonist of the Roman
i Empire, and one was a traitor.
Yet these apostles of lowly origin
heralded the gospel with such sig
nal success that the Christian move
ment, although it lost its footing in
Jerusalem, spread rapidly, as a con
quering force through the Gentile
' world. To quote again from the
I'
noble-hearted Paul, "God has chos
( en what is weak in the jvorld to
shame what is strong."
Here we have an illustration of
cnq of the striking lessons of the
Bible. The Good Book is eager to
point out the power of a resolute
minority. "The race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong."
Abraham was told that Sodom would
be spared if ten righteptls men
could be found therein. ' Jeremiah
sought for one conscientious man in
Jerusalem, confident that his pres
ence would save the city. And Shad
rach, Meshach and Abednego sue
cessfuly defied the burning fiery
furnace of Nebuchadnezzar 80 the
disclplea, though very few In num
ber. boldly and triumphantly chal
lenged the pagan world of thefr
day. ,
Of course the field of their oper
ation was limited, for Jesus bade
them go only "to the lost sheep of
the house of Israel." Their ministry
was wisely centered by the Master
on the local neighborhood and its
immediate need. The time was not
ripe for a foreign missionary tour.
But it was not long before their
message had been carried to the
ends of the earth.
Providence Evening
Classes Come to Close
A series of eleven evening class
meetings in the Providence commun
ity under the direction of A. O.
Bullard, agricultural teacher, clos
ed last Wednesday night.
Over twenty-five farmers were
enrolled during the meeting which
Magging Pains are
Warning Signal*
TEMPORARY pain relief remedies
nay save you mueh suffering at
die moment, but putting a mask
Dver a warning- signal does not
:lear up the condition It was tell
ing you to avoid.
When periodic pains, due to a
weak, run-down condition, dis
tress you, treatment for the cause of
the trouble should be started without
ielay. Take Cardul to build up against
the nagging symptoms of. ordinary
womanly ailments. So many women
praise CARDUI, It must be good to
have the widespread use that it has
today. Sold et drug stores. Try it!
were held to discuss current farm
problems. Most of the meetings
dealt with reorganizing the farm
business and problems in growing a
better quality of tobacco.
Dr. Mlddleton, seed specialist for
the N. O. Crop Improvement Asso
ciation, and J. K. Ooggin, Vocational
Agricultural Supervisor were visi
tors on Monday night, Feb. 13. Dr.
Mlddleton made a very Interesting
talk on the value of good seed in
growing quality crops.
The members of the local farmers
club have been busy the past week
cutting and hauling logs for the
new club house which is to be con
structed by the CWA soon.
The next regular meeting of the
club will be held Friday night
March 9, at 7 o'clock.
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Eyes Examined?
?Glasses Fitted
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It is the Service of Intesrity. _
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