DEAF PERSONS ARE
VERY INTERESTING
+~. "7 s .
Head of Bureau of the Deaf
Find* Wonderful Examples
ef Pluck and Persistence
Among Handicapped Ones.
Raleigh. July 25.?"We are run
ning across some very Interesting
deaf persons in our employment
work," said J. M. Robertson, head
of the Bureau for the Deaf of the
Department of Labor and Printing.
"One of the most unusual of these
ia that of a deaf mute employed as
billing clerk arid stenographer for a
tobacco concern at Danville, Va.
"This fellow attended the North
Carolina School for the Deaf at Mor
ganton. almost a helpless hot with
a big hump on his back. The older
he got. the bigger the hump became.
He bent down, his hands almost
touching his feet. This deformity to
gether with his deafness was a great
handicap.
"He was determined not to allow
hmlself to be dependent upon char
ity. He searched many months for
work and at last found employment
with a tobacco manufacturer at
Danville. He has worked hard and
has made good. We have Just re
ceived a letter from his employer
telling us what he thinks of this deaf
mute."
The letter from the manager of
the tobacco company Is as follows:
"Henry has been in my employ
alnce 1914. I foun^hlm at that time
working In a "ToEacco factory of
which I aasumed management. He
waa paatlng revenue stampa and lab
tls on smoking tobacco, making $1
per day when at work. I do not
suppose we operated that department
more than half the time. Conse
quently he had to get assistance from
relatives.
"He was very anxious to work full
time and was anxious to learn to
operate a typewriter. So. I put him
in the office at $4.00 weekly. He*!
learned to set up forms for writer
press, this being very useful to us as
we did a great deal of circularizing.
"His salary was Increased from j
time to time and it was not long be- J
fore he was able to take care of
himself. He bought liberty bonds In
war time and has probably saved a
little money.
"A few years ago I cot up a spe
Clal letter-head with his name an
manufacturer's agent to sell tobacco
by mall. He got uji_a list of good
merchants, circularized them and did
?ell quite d lot of goods.
"Henry Is now acting as my sten
ographer which sounds strange for a
deaf and dumb man. I pencil my
letters hurriedly and he copies them
on a typewriter. He does it accur
ately and neatly and his work Is very
satisfactory.
"He Is also my billing clerk In
which capacity he Is very accurate;
also assists with the bookkeeping.
He la very happy In his work, never
wants a Vacation and would work ov
ertime if I .would let him.
"Being deformed as Well as deaf
and dumb he Is handicapped for
speed, but being constantly on the
job he turns off a great deal of work
and honestly earns every cent he is
paid. He la one of the most deserv
ing young men I ever saw and it is
a pleasure to have him around."
"All of which," said Mr. Robert
son, "goes to show that the deaf can
do any work where^hearing Is not
required, If given "a chance."
Institutionalism Is
Not Main Objective
Salvation of Chinese Pftople In What
In Nee<!f<l Hay* Dr. Miao
of Shanghai
Stockhalm. July 26?Ily taking
the salvation of Chlnene people
rather than the propagation of mere
Institutionalism an our main objec
tive "our big brothers" can help us.
Dr. C. S. Miao, of Shanghai, aaid at
today's session of the Baptist World
Alliance.
They can help us. he Raid, iby edu
cating and utilising more of our
?trong leaders by putting more eni
phaaln upon democratic cooperation
and by encouraging our leaders ?o
conduct the churches more in a
Chinese way so that our people can
understand His teachings more
clearly.
In name our country has been
politically revolutionised. Dr. Miao
said, but In reality the attitudes and
habits of our people need yet to be
radically changed. No matter how
discouraging the present situation Is,
however. It Is perfectly dear that
the challenge of the church of Jesus
Christ In China at this hour Is most
Imperative, he added.
We feel that we hare been handi
capped In many ways._ the speaker
continued. As Baptists we have nn
national consciousness, being dlviri
ed Into various nationallstlcs. Ai
an Institution our church are oul
; and out foreign in the eyes of our
countrymen and cannot make out
people feel at home. However. h?
concluded, we hope and believe
there Is a way out.
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China Must Work
Out Its Salvation
, M u?t A|.|'b ( lirUtL.ullv In lu Own
*?>. *?>? MK.h.narr
ill Addrrwi
Stockholm. Juiy 26?China wl !
accept Christianity when It is con
vinced that the religion of Jesus
j Christ and that alone will solve the
| pressing problems of that country,
! Dr. Joseph Taylor, missionary of the
I American Baptist Foreign Mission
,Society in China, told the Baptist
(World Alliance today during the pre
sentation of its program on "Facing
the Future in Baptist Foreign Mis
talons.'*
Taking an expreaslon of % native
i Christian gathering In China to the
effect that "We are agreed to differ
I but resolved to love" as one o! the
most concrete statements of the
? spirit of Christ, Dr. Taylor said:1
"It Is, after all, but the beginning of i
the contribution of the Chinese j
church to the volume of Christian!
thought. If the Chinese are per
mitted to work out their own con
ceptions of the teachings of Jesus,
I they will still further enrich the
|church of the Weat with other Jew-I
[els and add fresh garlands to her!
adornment. But they must be al
j lowed full sway and play with th's
j beautiful thing which we call Chris-1
tianity. They must be free to take J
j the religion of Jesus and'apply It a
to their own individual lives and]
' test it in their social organization
land apply It to their national pro
blems and prove it and see Jf It will
i help them as individuals and as a
nation. If It will, and I believe it
j will. and that nothing else will, then I
they will adopt It and adapt It to '
their needs."
Fathers and Sons
Will Have a Week
Will Probably renter About Armis
tice l>j%y If Plans Are
< nrrled Out
New York July 25?>A change In
the dates of National Father and
j Son Week, so as to have the obsev
l vance center each year uround Ar
mistice Day is endorsed by Presi
dent Harding in a letter received at
j the New York offices of the Inter-1
| national Committee, Y. M. C. A.,'
| which originated the observancy in !
11)17 and whose Oo^-Wsrk Com
mittee continues to lead its promc
-tion.
The change from the week of
Lincoln's used for tlie purpose of the
observance until thfife year, has bevn
made in response to the desire of the
national and international Sunday
School organizations. The Presl
dent'S^letter follows:
"My attention has been called to
the National Father and Son Move
ment. which is to be launched during
National Fa'her and Son Week, No
vember 11-18. It Is a great pleas
ure for me to commend this move
ment which has as -Its objective to
draw together In** a more intimate
way the fathers and sons of Amer
ica, and?Strengthen and develop this
relationship.
"The success of this .movement
,during the past years has won for it
a distinct place. Since the move
ment has become world-wide in char
acter, It Is most fitting that it center
around the date, of world-wide sig
nificance, Armisfl^e Day. Surely
the coming generation will need tor
be constantly reminded of their ob-1
ligation to help maintain the peace i
of the world, for which millions'of)
6ons and fathers hace died in pa?f 1
years. I'
"It is hoped that all Individuals;
as well as constructive agencies, in- |
te rested in the boy life of our nation
will give this week due consider*-1
11Ion and recognition by bringing
together fathers and sons In schools,
churches, clubs, and other places, i
and assisting the boys of the com-j
munity to their own inherent right .
I of companionslilp with their fathers.
American School
Lures Refugees
llUHKlnns nt llerlin Attracted by Op*
|M>rtunlty to Study Many
Things
Berlin. July 26?Forty-two hun
dred Russian refugees, scattered all
over the face of the earth, are tak
ing courses In the correspondence
school which the American Young
Men's Christian Association Is con
ducting in Ilerlln. \
A hotel porter In Cairo Is study
ing bookkeeping. Three Russians
who have sought refuge in Tunis are
studying farm organisation. Kight
refugees In Turkey are taking
cournes In stenography. A former
Russian officer who found work in
Last Man Eater
Found in Samoa
Capture of Wild Men end* The
Thirty Year Dread of The
Uland Natives
, Pago Pago. American Samoa, July
25.?The capture of the last of four
[wild man-eating savages who es
jcaped from the Island of New He
brides in 1890 and landed on the
[Island of Tutulla on a raft, ends the
130-year dread of the island natives
there for the man-eaters. TW wild
'man was captured by an escaped
prisoner who. being filled with re
! morse for his criminal record and be
jing ashamde again to face his fellow
I man. said he took to the hills of Pa
go Pago where he had planned to
I commit suicide.
| While the escaped prisoner was
i making preparations to carry out his
j suicidal intent, he was confronted
| by the black savage. The convict
"got the drop" on the wild man,
i bound him, and held him prisoner
'over night. The next day the pris
oner brought his savage captive to
the Tutuila Naval Station here,
where the two took their stand in
dramatic fashion under the Stars
and Stripes. Samoans gathered, but,
apparently, feared to attack the sav
age they had hunted for many years.
Robert Louis Stevenson, in one of
his books, told of the escape of four
black recruited laborers from a Ger
man plantation in New Hebrides. The
men, Stevenson wrote, fled owing to
their ill treatment, and escaped to
France oiling steam engines Is tak
ing a course In steam engineering.
Down in the heart of China one
Russian is taking a course in road
building. Six Russians in Cyprus
are studying radio telegraphy. A
Russian in Brazil is taking machine
drawing.
Bulgaria has a larger number of
correspondence students than any
other country, 864 In all. Most of
these are studying mathematics, but
there are also many there who are
taking courses in farm organisation
and book keeping, and 127 -Russians
in that country are taking electrj
technlcs.
Eight Russians In the United
States are taking courses from the
Berlin school, most of them mathe
matical courses. But Bulgaria.
Rumania, Jugoslavia. Czechoslova
kia, Poland and Germany, the coun
tries where the greatest numb r of j
Russian refugees are, lead all others ;
in enrollment. Poland is seco:. l
with S10 mail students* -
The new Baltic states, Latvia.
Lithunla and Esthonia, are all well I
represented in the list, having from !
150 to 200 students each.
Tutulla on a raft. One was killed.
The three remaining blacks haunt
ed the bush not far from Pago Pago,
towards the eastern end of Tutulla.
and were occasionally seen by hunt
ers. In the year 1900 one was
|caught by a young Samoan chief, and
ithe captured savage said that one of
i the other two fiad died, leaving only
, one at large. This Is the man who
has Just been brought In.
PEHSONALS
I N. G. Burgess of Camden was In
1 the city Tuesday on business,
j 'Miss Buelah Doyal of Harbinger
Is visiting friends and relatives here.
N. T. Aydlett has returned from
a business trip to Currituck.
M. D. Guard of Harbinger is in
Ithe city on business.
L. Dowdy of Harbinger was in the
city Tuesday on business.
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