ADVERTISERS WILL FIND-OUfjf"
COLUMNS A LATCH-IMftf To
1100 MARTIN COUNTy|IOMES.
VOLUME 23—NUMBER 89.
PROMINENT YOUNG
WILLI AMSTONIAN GETS
GREENSBOR')
Weeding of Unusual Interest for thi
Entire State Solemnized In
tGreehsboro Wednesday
Greensboro, Nov. 22.—A wedding of
heafry and solemnity wa>j solemnize;
la»tYght at the West Market Street
Methodist church, when Miss Virginia
Louise Hunt became the bride of Wil
liam Jackson Hunter of Williamston,
The impressive ring ceremony of the
Metfyxlist church was used, the vow
being said before Dr. J .11. Bernhardt
the pastor of the hride.
An entirely new decorative scheme
had been used in the church, creat
ing a scene of fairy like beauty. -The
entire altar was elaborately decorat
ed with graceful southern srrnlax
palms, and ferns against a back
ground of white, while in the certite
of the altar and forming a j art o
the back ground was a mirror again:
which a fountain played. Tall Hot.
baskets filled with white chrysanthe
mums and pedestals of white lighte
candles among the greenery bright
the artistic effect. The \av.
were spoken beneath a wedding bell
suspended from an arcif entwine,
with southern tmrrkix, ami Hank, tl oi>
either side with baskets of chysan
thermims.
Prior to the entrance of the bridn
party, a beautiful musical pr grai
was rendered by Miss Pearl tfellei
of Greensboro college. Miss Alleegt
Sapp then sang in her slveet sopraiv
voice, Grieg's "1 Love Thee." Thi
number was followed by Mrs. Fran!
P. Jones, of Charlotte, a cousin o
the bride, who sung "The Song o
Ruth" in hei deep, rich contrail.
The wedding march from Loheogi*'.
was used as the processional an
MendelsSohn's wedding march as tin
recessional.
The flshers were J G. Godard o
Williamstoh, and Jenies K. Faison t
Faison.
The groomsmen and bridesmaid,
entered in pairs fiornl either side ol
the church, Felix E. Brockman an
Jeroy Groome ,of Grreensboro; C. I'
Cjjrstarphen, of Willianieton, anu
Ernest M. Fulp, of Winston-Salem
Misses Irene Sapp and Aletha Fisher
who wore America!*' rfeauty taffeta
with silver trimmings and hooj
skirts, and cairied arm bouquets ol
Ophelia and pom potf chrysan
them u ins, and Misses Elizabeth
Stockton aiul LilUe Mae Stockton,
wearing gowns fashioned of tur
quoise blue tall eta, with silver trim
mirign, and hoop skirts ,and carrying
arm bouquets of Richmond red rose.-.
The dftme of honor, Mrs. Jame
E. Faison, wore a lovely dress o.
peach blow crepe back satin, witl
silver lace trimmings apd carried
Russell roses showered with swan-
Miss Margaret Hunt was maid of.
honor. Her gown was of orch.d crepe
back satin, and she carried Opheli.i
roses and pom pom ch . y-.ai themums
tthowGred with swan*on.
The handsome title ring bearer,
tfobert Harden, wore a white satin
page suit, and carried the ling on a
white satin pillow. Litle Virginia
Hayes ,as (tower girl, wore a quaint
litlte frock of blue georgette, with
)#ce ruffles, and scattered Ophelia rose
petals in the pathway of the bride,
who entered with her father, J. T.
Hunt, and was given by him in mar
riage. She was met at the altar by J
the bridegroom, and his best man, j
Howell Wadsworth, of New Bern.
During the ceremony, M'Sf Selm
played very softly, "At Dawniej'.
,Mi>». rlunter is hi! laughic -f Mi
end Mrs. J. T. rfu.it ht« city. She
is a member of \*iit M;'rkol •> ett
Methodist -church, having been a
teacher in the Sunday school, and ac
ttive in all phases of church work.
Huner is the assistant cashier
nAMartin County Savings and Trust
jjjbk, and is a prominent young busi
ness man of Williamston.
Immediately following the wedding
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hunt gave a
reception to the close friends and
members of the families, at their home
on South Edgewoith street.
The entire house as beautifully dec
orated with palms ,ferns and chrys
anthemums with the exception i f the
dining room where a color mot ff of
. pink and green had been carried out
with delightful effect.
Out of town guests here for the
.wading were: Mrs. W -T. Hunter,
the groom's mother of Williamston;
Mr. and Mr?. J C. Godard of Wil
liamston, Mrs. Elias Fulp of Walnut
Cove, Misses Kate atid Will Stockton,
Mrs. W .D. Stockton, Mr. land M>s
J. P. Adkins, all of Kernersville; Mr.
rMt-g. C. W. Hunt and Mrs Frank
Jones, of Charlote; Mrs. Ollie D.
THE ENTERPRISE
State Highway System Proves
Big Drawing Card For State
ROAD BUILDING SYSTEM OF THIS STATE ATTRACTING AT TEN
TION FROM ALL OVER TH E UNITED STATES AS WELL
AS FROM FORE GN COUNTRIES
By H. M. BERRY, Secretary.
Early in 1920 the North Carolini
Good Roads association sent ou. i
folder regarding the ultimate cos
of the proposed state highway pro
grant in which the state, •cirt vu
made: "It wil lcost from $109,• 00,
000- to $150,000,000, to build a sti.
system of 5,500 miles of hard surfaco
roads connecting all county seats .in
principal towns." There is no re isn.
now to change this pro milage osti
mate except that, when actually me
sured after the passage of the stat
highway, as the mileage of state high
.vays crept up to 6,100 and there -u
still 74 counties not connected direc
ly with some of their adjoining count,
seats. So that, the above estimaU
will have to be adde dto eventuall
for the extra six hundred miles.
The tvrtT years since the passage o
ihe state highway law have demon
strated beyond a doubt the possibili
ty of a state highway commission
giving an economical and efficient
service, both MI thee onstruction an
maintenance of a system of roads. I
has also been demonstrated that i
« possible to have a state c.minis
.urn that will,.as far as humanly put
uble, do the fuir thing by the vai
ous local communities and meet
ieeds as nearly as is compatible w.tl
diciency of location and economy o
■onst ruction from the standpoint o,
tate wide developnn nt. Thus, the.
lave apparently won the approval an.
upport of the fair mimled iiien am
,ami'n of the sUite, regardless oi
arty or creed.
It is costing aroun'l $2,000,000 p i
ear to maintain qur state system
'tiil.it,_is cheap at tliat.' Hoatls which
A ere boneless before the maintenance
>oyt took charge tan now be skin,
med over in high Rear; communities
vhich were inaccessible can now be
cached; land which of little o
tiliU BOAT LINK GIVES US
LOWER FREIGHT BATES
Railroad Rates Are Higher Here and
Give Merchants of Other Cities
An I'nfair Advai^age
The Norfolk and Southern is run
ning two freight boats up to William
son regularly, one arriving eveiy oth
r day. They are handling much
11eight and their rates are much low-
•r. than those of the A. C. L. Mr.
drown, auditor of the N. & S., was
i ntown thin week for the purpose
if canvassing the business men of the
.own to make a more extensive use
if the bo.it line. The merchants of
vVilliaimtoii have been told very
I i oli.it">y by some one that a , ert'.-n
ut: t" to J.t .-r town an I get i
;•« 'immodit ih«Mre than l'«> y
could right here at home and they
were right, but our freight rates are
•ie cause o fthe d |rt .erenc3 in the
price of them instead of the merchants
It is up to us to star a little com
petition by patronizing a boat line that
will soon get our rates in proportion
to other places. We have the water
line and we should certainly take ad
vantage of it.
HIGHLY KESPECTEI) OLD
NEGKO PASSES AWAY
Old Aunt Rhoda Slade, one of the.
few darkies of the old south who have
lived to see 1922 died at the home
'of her daughter, Ma Slade yestrday
after,a sly>rt illness. Aunt Rhoda, as
she was lenown, was one of the oldest
inhabitants of the town and her pass
ing causes sorrow among both white
and colored for the old "black mam
mies" possess certain beautiful traits
of character that endear them all and
Aunt lihoda belonged to that biassed
claW
We are always glad for our read
ers to give some study to the adver
tisements in our paper. It is general
ly the place to find the names of the
most progrerssive merchants, and
names and brands of the best goods
are usually found in the newspapers.
In this issue a review of the bank
ads. will show the progrress these
institutions are making, as well as the
care they are, taking to serve their
customers. Always trade with adver
tisers. It is their way of inviting
you to examine their goods.
Miss Janie Freeman of Wilson will
arrive Saturday to visit her sister,
Mrs. P. B. Cone and Dr. a
month.
Stockton, of Mocksville; C. D. Carstar
phen, of Williamston; Ernest M. Fulp,
of Winston-Salem; Misses Aletha
Fisher, of Tampa, Fla.; Lillie Mae
Stanford of Durham; Mr. and Mrs; J.
>E. Faison of Faiion.
BAB COPY -
WILLIAMSTON, MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOV. 24, 1922.
no value is now sky rocketing; tlj
citizens of modest means, instead' c
being- crowded into a two by four cit\
or town lot, is now buying: sever
acres, building- a neat cottage or
bungalow, and bringing his boys ur..
.girls up under the blessed inftuenci
of a country environment, and, wit
his little "John Henry," is able t
hold his city job, a healthier and hap
pier man, rooted in the sod once more
Our great educational department li
able to carry out its work of rur.
school consolidation with greater east
It is believed further, that the stnU
sysein serves from *«>' Tic third to on>
half of our farmery Just about ev
ery farmer gets, on a state high!
way for at least a part of his jour
ney to •market.
Construction work on this highwa
system is going on at an uinprecent
rdly low figure per mile; we are to
by engineer' from other-states wh
rank high in the road building- pr
iession that we are getting extr
good results in the various types o
roads that are being built. Those link
are being- selected for hard suifacini
first on which the trade demands an
greatest of wu'eh constitute section
of great through highways of natioi
al or state importance. The beaut,
of the whole undertaking is that w
.1 re working toward a plan, state wait
of huge proportions as to money re
quired, size and strength of organiza
'tion built up, and labor involved, wit
an infinite variety of hunu\n .interest
scattered over an immense territory
which Rave to be met. "■
| The period of greatesT friction i
now practically passed with the se
lecting of the routes and re-locating
;of the roads. From now on it i
largely a question of administration
| engineering; and. financing. We hav
Mtccee'W in building up an organiza
tion tliat has excited the admiratioi
and emulation of other states (mi**
countries for we hear of engineer*
from 'Canada and France visiting" u
to find out just how. we are doiiH
it. We have a law which is general!;
ciimceded as having reached the high
water mark of road legislation or
throughout the I'nited States and otli
er states are using it as a model by
which to re fashion their cumbcisoim
and unwieldly methods of proeedu c
Through donations from the war de
partment,- as well as purciuix-- ', w
have equipment that is worth upward
6f ten million dollars. We have ac
quired a morale and momentum I hat
wdl increase the purchasing power ol
our road dollar during the next tw
years by at least twenty-five per cen
over the initial two yea mi expendi
ture.
Thf state highway commission es
timate* that in order to keep theii
forces busy for the next two year.'
and meet the available federal aid,
there will be needed, in addition to
the balance now available from the
fifty million dollar bond issue, an ad
ditional authorization of $16,000,0(10
for construction. It is not contem
plated that this amount will complete
the state system as it stands today.
It will simply carry on for two more
As the bonus are sold, greater in
roads are made on the current reve
nues obtained from automobile licen
ses and a one cent gasoline tax, that
will reduce the maintenance funds be
)ond the point of efficiency. To meet
this contingency, it iy thought desir
able to increase the gasoline tax t
three cents. The expenditure of this
money makes it possible for the auto
mobilist to obtain a greater mileage
on a gallon of gas, thus reducing tin
quantity of gas used. The collection
of a gas tax also makes it possible
to -derive some revenue from the army
of care, tourist and commercial, which
now use our roads in increasing num
bers.
The points we want to guard ag
ainst and which every interested' citi
zefu should see to it that his represent
afrve thoroughly understands aie:
That the present mileage should no
( lie increased a foot until we have com
pleted what we have already under
taken.
That there .should he (to infr n r
Iff?nt on the part of the counties OR
the only source of -revenue left tr
the state system.
That tike present ♦tate highway I."
should no be tampered with inany
material respect.
North Carolina is in.the midst o r
an undertaking which* requires pa
tience and faith on the pa rt of
all; self sacrifice on the part of the
many Individuals; that self respect
and integrity which makes us willing
to pay for what we get; and the vis
ion and genius to adhere to democratic
principles in the distribution of great
public benefit. Who can foretell the
magnitude of the destiny which row
awaits such a people,
LIGHT PRINT
A CLOVER COVER CROP WILL
INCREASE THE CORN YIELD
| Been Tried and Proved
i»y I armors As Well An Ex
periment Stat-mn*
Trenton, N. C., Nov. 24.— C. M.
Foy, who lives four miles from Tren
ton in Jones county, has found that
it pays to use a league in building
up his crop yields. In a demonstra
tion conducted in cooperation with
pa.v. season, an acre of land which
wu planted in coin, gave some in
ter« liiijr results. This entire acre was
fen I iced with 125 pounds of an 8-3-3
fertilizer before the corn was planted
on lay 16. All or the land in the
acr was the same type. One fourth
of the acre/crimson clover was plow
ed i iulcr before the corn was plant
ed; one fourth had the clover grazed
and the stubble |>fowed under; one
fouruh was given a top dresser of 20(1
pounds of an 0-9-2 and one fourth
wa; used as a -t'heck plot with nothing
added except the regular fertilizer as
used over the whole acre when tS>
corn was planted.
here are the yields;
Plot with clover—4l.s bushels per
acre.
Plot with clover stubble—37.7 bush
els per acre.
P'ot with top dresser—34.6 bushels
per acre.
Plot used «n check—26.4 bushels
per acre.
.This demonstration proves that the
•lo\cr. w ill help to increase'the aver
age yield because the plot which was
fertilized with an 8-3-J1 mixture gave
oily 26.-1 bushels, while tlie plot on
which the clover was plowed under
:>efore the same, fertilizer was added
rfav.e a yield of 41.5, an increase of
over 15 bushels per acre. E, C. Blair
of tiu> division of agronomy assisted
iVlr. Fletcher and Mr. Foy in conduc
ting this demonstration and the results
show that the farmers of this "sec
tion should begin the practice of using
more legumes in their crop building
and land building operations.
EL'-' HA.ViIN WEST llliOS.
CiUCt'N t.OT LOOSE FOR A
SHORT WHILE 1111 RSDA \
The hue elephant of West Bros,
big trained animal circus got loose
■oi a short while Thursday, a little
vvhili; before the night performance
oegan. Two children were, thrown
but w.ere not hurt seriously und the
animal was not very wild ami no
damage to mention was done . He
was not unmanageable, but very stub
born,about returning to his tent. This
js his second escape, having made one
.ii Turbo i o a lew nights ago where
the show was wintering.
SEUVICKS vi mi. LOCAL
t 111 lU'HES ON SUNDAY
The usual Sunday services will" be
held at ibe liaptist and Christian
churches on Sunday excepting the
Sunday evening service.
l)r. Tebeaus of the Theological
Seminar) of Alexandria, Va., will
conduct the Sunday morning 'Service
at Hit! Church of the Advent here
and will preach at St. Martin's church
at Hamilton that evening.
Hev. i.. C. I.arkin of the Methodist
church v,ill preach his farewell .ser
mon at Holly Sprinys rhurch Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. He will con
duct his laiit service at the/ Metho
dist chuivh here Sunday evening at
7:3 C md all the other churches will
worship with him. ,
The Cnibn Thanksgiving service this
year will le held in the Christian
zhunli and the leader will be an
nounced in Tuesday's issue of this
paper.
MKS. H. M. STL'BBS VERY
CHARMINGLY EMKKTAINS
Last n*; sht from eight to eleven,
Mrs. H. M. Stubbs charmingly enter
tained at her hlorne at bridge. There
were tables arranged for sixteen
guestf. The home was prettily dec
orated' with cut flowers and attrac
tive chrjstal bowls of candy were
placed on each table. At the con
clusion of the paine Miss Anna Craw
ford was presented with a lovely
hand mftle guest towel for making
the highest scoore.
Mrs. Stubbs, assisted by Miss Craw
ford servi-d fruit salad molded in at
tractive shapes with sandwiches, sal
tines and pickles with coffee and
cream. ' •
The invited Kuests were: Mrs. P. B.
Cone, Mrs. Kted Dunstan, Miss Anna
Crawford, Mrs. Oscar Anderson, Mrs.
Wheeler Martin, Jr., Mrs. Maurice D.
Watts, Mrs. C. H. Godwin, Mrs. Clay
ton Moore, Miss Essie Peel, Mrs. F.
U. Barnes, Mrs. K. B. Crawford, Mrs.
J. H. Saunders, Mrs. F. W. Hoyt, Mrs.
W. H. Bifn?B. Miss Vella Andrews and
Mrs. W. K. Parker.
About the beet thing we know of
for breakfast is sausage and eggs.
The only improvement is to raise
them. ,
if**
Chamber of Commerce Preparing
Program For Membership Drive
.IKMBERSHIP OF OIIR LOCAL CHAMBER IS "GETTING READY TO
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING WORTH WHILE FOR WIL
LAMSTON IN THE NEAR KIT! RE
Last mght was the scene of the
first business meeting of the newly
organized Chamber of Commerce tl'
Williamston in the hall of the old Lo
tus club, when the first steps were
taken to put the organization on a
functioning basis by the charter mem
bers of the boosting assembly.
The program for the night only
covered the organization of a corps
of solicitors and boosters who will
be known as the membership commit
tee, and form plans for workings of
the local chamber. These arrange
ments consumed u considerable num
ber of long hours of hard, tiresome
and enthusiastic work, but at press
time the chamber was still discussing
the plans that were brought up by
the members and eliminating the red
tape and useless parts of all sug
gestions, using only the fundamental
points that were presented, and all
appeared to be just as enthusiastic
NEW ICE PLANT TO BE
STARTED AT EARLY DATE
Williamston Will Have An l'p-To-
Date Ice Plant At An Earl)
Date It Is Now Thought
■ ~ •
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After the most enthusiastic meeting
ever held in Williamston, the directors
of the Chamber of Commerce held a
meeting with a representative of a
Norfolk firm in regard to building
a modern ice plant here in view of
furnishing all the towns from Tar
boro to Plymouth, also Hamilton, Oak
City arid towns across the river, with
ice.
The plant will be modern through
out and entirely new, and will mean
much to Williamston if we succeed
in getting them to establish it in our
town.
Williamston is the best field for a
business of tlYis kind in this section
of flm country, and we -feel certain
that the Norfolk concern will do more
than just come half way with the
people of Williamston in establishing
the new business,
. -
Win with Wiliamston.
Mrs. Karnes hired a new butler:
"We always call our servants by their
last name, what is your name?"
"May I suggest, madam, that you
tall me by my first name, Thomas,"
said the new butler,
"No," »aid Mrs. Hames. "1 shall
call you by your last iiaase, as it
is our custom; what is it?" *
"Very well, madam, but if your hus
ba'nl finds fault,d on't blame me, my
name is Thomas Darling."—
boro News,
llKill St iIOOLS WILL DEBATE
ON RAILWAY LABOR HO AKD
W ill Endeavor to Discuss the I'rob
lerii That lias Stumped Nation's
Most Competent Minds
Chapel Hill, Nov. 24.— I The query
for the high school debates for the
present school year has been decided
on. It is:
"Uesolved that congress should
provide for the enforcement of the
decisionso f the railway labor'board."
This is the eleventh year of the
high school debating union, which
was organized by the Dialectic and
Chilanthropic societies at the Univer
sity. winter sixty schools which
had won their preliminary contests
sent teams, numbering 240 debaters,
to Chjipel Hill to enter the final round
for the Aycock Memorial Cup.
Every secondary and high school in
North Carolina is invited to become
a member of the Union and participate
in thte Htate-wide debate. Every
school that enters will be grouped
in a triangle with two others, each
school putting out two teams, one on
the affirmative and one on the nega
tive, Every school which wins both
of its debates is entitled to send its
team to Chapel Hill for the final day.
"You have your father's eyes, lit
tle girlie."
"Aw go on."
"And your mother's hair."
"Ssh! If mother heaers you she'll
make me take it off."—Dry Goods
Economist. '
SCOUT ACTIVITIES
» Williamstpn Troop No. Two, Boy
Scouts of America held it" regular
meeting Thursday, November 28, with
Scoutmaster Lilly presiding. After a
discussion of the Thanksgiving hike,
the troop adjourned for a short drill.
Visitor* are always welcome. We
especially invite the parents of our
boys.
—The Scribe.
lis they could be expected to be, had
it been mid-day instead of near mid
night.
j The first- orfiixt week will find the
committees at work securing the new
members., for the assembly an. I
we predict that it will be a orie hun
dred per cent membership when th>
plans that the organization is ex
acting are carried out by the commit
tees which are being appointed at
tonight's meeting.
With everything progressing in a
strictly business like manner, with no
superflous movements by the organi
zation, and strict attention being giv
en to all affairs that are worthy of
notice, and deserving of promotion,
| we now predict that the Williamston
Chamber of Commerce, will, in the
| next few weeks, be the 1 ivest organ
, izaticn of its kind in the state, pro
curing mow progressive enterprises
iCrr-the city and county tha; out
fore-fathers believed were possible to
jbo derived from the organizing of
the business men of any one city.
.With the organizatoin of the Cham
ber of Commerce Williamston is now
in a situation to compete with our
sister cities for the new enterprises
that are ripe for organization, such
as the new ice manufacturing plant,
an up-to-date hospital, better hotel fa
eilitiea, as well as lower freight rat's,
better transportation service, lietter
roads which are already under con
struction, closer affiliation with our
farmers in the surrounding country as
well as the other numerous advan
tages that can be mentioned, and we
bid fair to a more progressive Wil
liamston and Martin county through
the efforts of the local--Chamber of
Commerce.
THE DIVORCE MILL
GRINDS OUT WEDDING
Two Couples (Jet Divorce and Marry
Each Other's Partners Here
This Week
, Tuesday morning, Albert Marlow,
of Hobgood was before Judge Fergu
son asking- that the marriage vows
that hail once been sealed between
himself and one whom he had taken
for hotter or worse-be severed. A
jury said that he should be free and
Judge Ferguson signed the decree
putting asunder the solemn yows.
| At the same time Kosa Walker
was asking the same jury to help
her get untied frrnm one husband
that she might take unto herself an
other. The judge and jury granted
her divorce and soon thereafter Al
bert Marlow procured license to mar
ry Itosa Walker and they were mar
ried that same afternoon before leav
ing the court house. He is
and she is twenty two years of age.
We have often wondered what kind
of liquor the guy drinks that spells
the names of Pullman cars.
TliltEK JKINI>B OK GIVKKS
Some witty person once said: "There
are three kinds of givers—the flint,
the sponge and the honeycomb."
To get everything out of a flint
you niu.it hammer it, and then you
can get only chips and sparks.
To get water out of a sponge you
must squeeze it, and the more you
squeeze, the more you Will get.
But the honeycomb just overflows
with its own sweetness.
Some people are stingy and hard;
they give nothing ifway if they can
help it.
Others are good natured; they will
yield to pressure, and the more they
are pressed, the more they will give.
A few delight in -giving, without
being asked at all; and of these the
llible says: "The Lord loveth a cheer;
ful giver."—The Christian, London.
The open season for flies is about
over but .-the dwelling placet thereof
has not hail an embargo placed there
on.
The officers and executive committee
of the Chamber of Commerce will hold
| a meeting tonight for the purpose
of arranging committees prepara
ory to making a member ß hip drive.
is time for the people to get busy
and move things along. Those who
are unwilling to push can help a bit
by getting off and walking. There
seems to he a determined spirit to
do something, yet much may be ac
complished if all pull together.
Teacher; "What are the three forms
of expression by the verb?""
Pupil: Indicative, interrogative, im
perative." * i
"Tom is sick"— pause. "Is Tom {
sick?"— longer pause. "Siek 'em
Tom!"— Journal American Medical
Association.
THE ENTfcPRi&E COVERS MAR
TIN COUNTY AND VICINITY
LIKE A MANTLE.
ESTABLISHED 18M
| WHAT ABOUT THE NEEDY
| ORPHAN ? IS A MATTER
TO HE CONSIDERED NOW
His Demudn Are Vrrjr Urgent In tlu
State of North Carolina Today.
Something Muat Be Done
(The most pitiful ,th moat appeal
ing sight in thifl world ia that of
an orphan child without a home. And
this condition constitute* him a moat
serious menace to society.
When the lights are brightly burn
ing in your comfortable home on
I'hanksgiving night, when the chil
dren's hour has come, apare an in
stant's thought for thoaa litle once
—homeless, without father, without •
mother ,set adrift through no fault
of theirs to find what harbor they
may—and let conscience say wheth
er your duty to them has been dis
charged.
Consider those children of your*—
look ut them now; that little tot ao
bravely against the Sand
man, hose of a larger growth buay
with their lessona for tomorrow, •«
well .started along life'* road, to be
come flue, useful citizens, with all of
life's opportunities before them.
Turn your thoughts for a moment
—just a minute—from this rweet
picture to some ill-clad, shivering
hungry, wistful little object out there
in the dark. Through no fault of
its own, that other child is denied
all that is given yours.
Your child is safely harbored in
your heart and in your home. When
the r right time comes it will sail over
life's seas, with a strong body, a
clear mind, a saving knowledge of
and the love for Jesus Christ, our
Lord.
That other one out there in the
dark, perhaps peering through your
your bright window and mso at
these blessings unless this appeal
rreaches your heart and soul, and un
less you do those things which the
God of the fatherless expects you to
do in the name of His own beloved
Soil.
How can you do this, how can you
so give that your charity will reach
directly to the homeless orphans—aad
how much shold you b« teasoiiably
asked to give?
You are asked to give aj a Thanks
giving offering, the equivalent of
one day's salary to some one of the
North Carolina orphanages or hom»-
placing institutions — all oi them doing
a work greatly bleased of God.
| If that amount is larger than you
can afford, you are asked to make
SOME contribution in money an*
| send It to the orphanage that you
' prefer.
You are asked to do this in Ha
name for those of His unfortunates
so sorely needing your aid and your
comfort.
And, remember, please, remember,
on this Thanksgiving day and on
all others- th**.. the North Carolina
orphanages are quite unable to care
for hundreds of homsleaa litle ones
—simply through lack of means with
which to do it.
So let this Thanksgiving day ap
peal reach your heart rand consider
what may be done about it. For,
if you will earnestly consider the
mutter —look at it as a personal
privilege >an opportunity to render a
service such as Christ himself would
do—you will And happiness in your
thoughts fo rmany a day after.
And think of this! Winter is ap
proaching with its cold, its snffer
ings ,and its privileges for many. Can
we allow a single orphan child in
this ,our own great and woll belov
ed state of North Carotin*, to lack
for clothes, for food, for knowledge
that will enable that child to become
a useful citizen, and that will direct
it steps into the ways of pleasant
ness and peace?
So then, one day's work or its
equivalent, if you can. If not, give
in Jesus Christs* name, what you may
be able. The Recording Angel will
most certainly jot it down to your
credit; your own home and your own
children will be the safer for the
taking of that drifting one out there
on the highways and byways into a
home where all of those things that
Christ would have done for him—in a
North Carolina orphan home.
So give—in His name—give some
thing. You will be adding to yoor
store of happiness here on earth. You
will be adding to your store of in
corruptible riches In a fairer, sweet
er home than this; in a home where
we-all orphan children and nil
others —shall some day, and any
day, meet and rejoice over the good
we have done in the world.
| Mine dissaaters seem to he en the
increase. M*ny hundred! of miner*
have been entombed thU yeor,
starve, and some suffocated. Miner*
are entited to hut a little mere tham
| the other fellow.