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FAITHFULNESS THE KEY WORD.
Tribute of Rev. T. C. Bales, of Mount
Airy, N. C., to the Memory of Prof.
Ira T. Turlington.
At the funeral of Prof. Turlington
held here Wednesday, the sermon was
delivered by Rev. T. C. Bales, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Mount Airy, whose words so fitting
ly expressed what so many of the
frii'ndr. of the deceased feel are so ap
propriate that we are giving the sub
stance of the discourse as our prin
cipal article in today's paper.
Tribute By Mr. Hales.
Rev. Mr. Hales began his talk !>y
reading tlie first Psalm and stating
that it was a most fitting expression
of the life of the deceased. He then
spoke of Prof. Turlington's work in
this midst and told of Sir Christo
pher Wren's epitaph at St. Paul's,
London. Sir Christopher was the
architect of that great edifice and
when he died the following inscrip
tion was placed on a tablet on its
walls: "if you seek my monument,
look around you." Such an expres
sion might with appropriateness be
spoken of Prof. Turlington today.
In Revelations 2:10, we read "Be
thou faithful unto death and I will
give thee a crown of life." In these
words we hav : what might be called
the life motto of Prof. Turbngton. |
He was too modest to say so, but his j
life showed it. These words were ?
spoken to the church at Smyrna and
to the individuals in that church. In
these words we have a groat call to
faithfulness.
Beneath the city of Rome there is
a long succession of subterranean
streets and galleries quarried from
the rocky strata of the soil. They
are called the cantacombs and are the
burial places of the martyrs of the
young church for their faith in
Christ. Along these streets and gal
leries are found many touching in
scriptions, telling of the fidelity of
the early Christians. The words of
this text are found there.
This call is not a call to perfec
tion. It is not even a call to be suc
cessful. It is not a call to be bril
liant, but only to be faithful. Prof.
Turlington, whose memory we honor
today, w: s* successful in the truest
sense, but the thing we love to re
member most is that he was faith
ful. He was faithful in little things
? in servicc, in worship, in giving,
and in obeying his Master.
The Measure of Faithfulness.
Among men there are several
standards for measuring faithfulness.
There fire those who will be faith
ful to the point that it interferes
with their personal ease and com
fort.
There are others who will be faith
ful to the }>oint where it interferes
with their business and pleasure.
Others will be faithful even to the
point of self-denial.
And again there are those who will
be faithful to the point of suffering.
The supreme test is to be faithful
unto death. Polyearp, the pastor of
the church at Smyrna, to whom the
words of the text was addressed,
was a striking example of one who
measured up the highest standard.
Polyearp, it seems, was the pastor of
Smyrna church. In A. D. 168, the por.
secution of the Christians broke out
in great fury in Asia Minor. Poly
earp, found hiding for a time, but a
child was tortuied until it told of his
retreat. When captured he was given
time to pray; then he was urged to
gave himself by offering sacrifice to
the Emperor, but he refused. He was
then thrown from a carriage and
dragged through the streets and
taken to the amphitheatre and threat
ened with lions. Again he was offered
his freedom if he would recant. He
answered, "Eighty and six years have
I served Christ and he has never
done mo wrong. How, then, can I
curse my King and Saviour?" A
fire was built about him but the wind
blew it to one side and finally he was
released by a thrust of the sword.
The measure of Polycarp's faithful
ness was the measure of the text,
"Unto death."
Faithfulness was the key word of
the life of him we honor today. He
was faithful in all the relations of
life. He was faithful to his own
home. He loved the fellowship of
his home, and enjoyed having others
share in that fellowship. He was
faithful to his friends. No man ever
had a more faithful and loyal friend
than was Mr. Turlington. He was
faithful to his work and when a task
was given him we knew that it would
be carried to completion. While in
Mount Airy his work was largely ed
ucational and to that he pave his very
best. In serving as superintendent
of the city s -hools he had many prob
lems hard and difficult to solve. In
this capacity he came in contact with
the whole community and no man
ever poured himself out moro unsel
fishly than he.
In his relation as a citizen, these
words might well be used to dessribe
him:
"He built no palaces high and proud,
He owned no acres fair and broad,
And when he passed, the busy crowd,
Was not expected to applaud.
"He won no fortune, gained no fame;
No ships of his put out to sea,
Hut free from dread and free from
blame,
lie did his work from envy free.
"No other sigh'*! because he won
A little tr'umph now and then.
The creed imparted to his son,
Was "Deal thou fairly with all
men."
"He took no others' rights iway;
He lent the weak a helping hand,
And deemed it manly to obey
The laws provided for his land."
He was faithful to his church. He
always attended the meetings of the
session. He was a superintendent
of the Sunday school and a teacher in
the Sunday school. He was always
found at the services of the church.
Just here Mr. Bales read the tribute
paid Prof. Turlington by the Session
in a letter to Mrs. Turlington:
"We, the members of Lhe Session
of the Mount Airy Presbyterian
church, wish to express to you our
deepest and sincerest sympathy in
this, your great >Sorrow Our long
association with him as a member of J
our Session was always most delight
ful his eminent piety and consecra
tion was a great inspiration to us at
nil times ? his w'se advice and counsel
was always sought after and gladly
received and greatly missed. We nev
er meet without thinking of him and
very often speak of him and of his
work in our church. Not only do we
miss him in our Session meetings
but in the Sunday school, the prayer
meeting, the church service and in
fact, all of the activities of the church.
He was a most faithful member.
"While we mourn his loss, yet, we
rejoice in the fact that he is now en
joying the companionship of the
blessed Master, whom he so delighted
to serve on earth. We commend you to
Him who said, "I will be a husband to
the widow and a father to the or
phans."
"(Signed)
"W. F. CARTER,
J. II. CARTER,
"D. E. HOFFMAN,
"W. W. BURKE,
"T. C. BALES."
His life was so permeated with the
teachings of Christ that I say with
out the least hesitation that I think
it was impossible for him knowing'y
to do a small or wicked thing. His
spirit was not one of compromise,
and all that we've been saying might
be summed up in the words, He was
faithful to his God, for lfter all fidel
ity to the home, and to friends, and
to one's work and to the church means
fidelity to the King of Kings.
We shall miss him here and we
look forward to meeting him here
after. The crown promised to the
life that is faithful is the crown, the
Crown of Life.
THE CAUTIONS Itl'RALlST.
Now and then statements appear
to the effect that the farmers as a
class have not done their full duty
toward helping finance the war; that
they do not buy ns heavily of Lib
erty bonds and war savings stamps
as other classes.
The farmer, by heredity and envi
ronment, is very cautious and con
servative when it comes to investing
money. Every Saturday is not pay day
with him. The worker in town knows
that even if he is "broke" today it
will not be long before the welcome
pay envelope arrives. Not so with the
farmer, who seldom ses any great
amount of money oftener than once a
year. All his hereditary instinct,
all his acquired caution warn him
not to be too precipitate in parting
with money. While his reason tells
him that any furds he may lend his
government are safely and wisely
invested, old subconscious caution,
the heritage from foreparents who
kept on hand a years supply of home
produced rations, and hung strings
of red pepper from the rafters of
their houses, tell him that he may
need the money before it would be
available should he invest it in war
savings.
In the past years he has needed it.
Not until the last few years has
farming been so very remunerative.
The farmer of 10 years ago nearly
always was short of ready money.
He managed to get along without
many things that he needed, labor sav
inpr machinery, pure bred livestock,
and other improvements, because he
did not have the money to purchase
them. Past necessity has taught
him that he just must be careful
when it is a matter of spending mon
ey. He cannot well help feeling
that way, for one cannot easily in a
few months throw off the habit of a
life-time.
In addition there always have
been so many middlemen keen to take
toll of the farmer. He had to be
watchful of every cent when dealing
with these gentry. Again, all his life
he has been building up mental re
sistance against the importunities of
those who would sell him something
that he did not want. There were
"agents," who expended v*.?t amounts
of energy while trying to sell the ag
griculturist stoves, new fangled ma
chinery', stereopticons, patented roll
ing pins. Just think of the book
agents and their wares: "The Com
plete Horse Doctor," "Every Man
His Own Lawyer," The Compen
dium of Human Knowledge."
All this simply is an attempt at an
explanation as to one reason why the
farmers have not lent more of their
money to their government, if, in
deed, they have not done as much as
other classes.
It is not an excuse. Just because
the farmer, as a general thing, has
been self educated to resist all at
tempts to separate him and his mon
is no reason at all why he should
not buy liberty bonds and war sav
ings stamps. He most emphatically
should buy them. He is prosperous
now, and he is buying and will buy
them in constantly increasing quan
tities. In this case the salesman is
his government and is selling a good
and necessary article. ? News and Ob
server.
Robert Burns' Complete Poems, $1.00.
Mrs. Browning's Poems, 75c.
Shakespeare's Works in one volume, $1.75.
William Cullen Bryant's Poems, $1.50.
Keats' Poems, Padded Edition, $1.25.
Mrs. Browning's Poems, Padded Edition, $1.25.
Robert Browning, Limp Leather, $1.75.
Robert Burns, Limp Leather, $1.75.
We have in stock a choice lot of novels which
we are selling at GO cents each ; by mail, 65 cents.
Here are some of them:
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
At Smithficld, N. in the State of North Carolina, at the Close of
Business on March 4th, 1918.
Resources:
Loans and discounts $482,461.62
Overdrafts 8,428.28
Liberty Loan Bonds, 3 *4 and 4 per cent, unpledged.... 45,800.00
Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent, of subscrip
tion) 2,700.00
Value of banking house $15,000.00
Equity in banking house 15,000.00
15,000.00
Furniture and fixtures 4,715.00
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank 40,149.01
Cash in vault and not amount du > frtm national banks. 181,380.27
Net amounts due from banks, bankers, and trust com
panies other than included in items 13, 14 and 15. . 3,304.30
Checks on banks located outside of city or town of re
porting bank and other cash items 1,974.23
War Savings Certificates and Thrift Stamps actually
owned 20.23
Total $785,932.95
Liabilities:
Capital stock paid in $ 75,000.00
Surplus fund 15,000.00
Undivided profits $6,647.78
Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid ..3,704.70 2,943.08
Interest and disocunt collected or credited, in advance
of maturity and not earned (approximate) 4,907.77
Amount reserved for all interest accrued 3,803.29
Individual deposits subject to check 483,828.61
Certified checks 696.85
Cashier's checks outstanding 1,868.46
Dividends unpaid 5.00
Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits)
subject to eserve, items 34, 35, 36, 37, 3 8,39, 40
and 41 $486,398.92
Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed. . 197,879.89
Total of time deposits subject to Reserve, items 42,
43, 44 and 45 $197,879.89
Total $785,932.95
State of North Carolina ? County of Johnston, ss:
I, R- N. AYCOCK, Cashier of the above named bank do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
R. N. AYCOCK, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of March, 1918.
W. M. GASKIN, Notary Public.
My Commission Expires January 15, 1919.
Corract ? Attest:
W. H. AUSTIN,
T. R. HOOD,
J. D. SPIERS,
1 Directors.
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