THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD, NpRTH CAROLINA.
lER tS, 1921
IN MEMORY OF L. E. REECE
' Ijarkin Reece (as he was familiarly
known) the eldest son of Jasper and
Kebckah Reece was born February
7, 1859 at Old Toxaway. His father
was a Christian gentleman, in the
truest sense. His mother “a mother
to all children.” His grandfathers,
Enoch Reece and Wm. Galloway,
were most notable characters. They
were volunteer soldiers who in 1836
helped to drive the beligerant In
dians from the Toxaway section back
into the Cherokee Hills. In his
3'outh and young manhood days, Lar
kin was a simple farmer in Old Toxa-
w-ay, the home of his birth. His edu
cation was obtained chiefly from the
common public schools of the coun
ty—his parents being too poor to aid
him in higher educational facilites—
but by his industry, honesty and fru
gal habits, he won and maintained
the confidence and respect of all the
people through all his life.
January 5th, 1888, he was married
to Elizabeth Henderson, daughter of
George and M. Henderson (a fa
ther end mother in Israel of Quebec,
N. C. To this happy union were born
eleven chilclreh, three of v/hich pass
ed away in infancy. The remaining
eight arc Walter and George, misses
Maxie, Roxie, Dora and Pauline
Recce,, and' Mrs. Myrtel Whitmire
and Mrs. Mamie Reed, and his life
long companion, Mrs. Elizabeth
Reece, still survive liim. From the
date of Larkin’s marriage till his
death ho lived at Quebcc, N. C., r.rd
the sturdy habits and honorable
traits of his youth here developed
into manhood and citizenship, which
not only made him a leader in his
community, but a strong and depend
able citizen in his county and state
and a conscious member of society
and church. Larhin was always on
*hc nxral and conservative side of
all groat questions for the good of
the people. He pos£c."sed a progres-
; ive a:ui bouyant spirit and labored
to advaT'ce every great enterprise.
He was r faithful and consistent
membi'r of the Baptist church and
never fr.i’'*.] to support its institu
tions and to perform all his legal and
n‘'cr;il obligations.
Bvi* the one* great achievement
nhirh stands out pro-e:ninently in
Lark ii’s life, and for which he has
no pier, “i; that although he was
poor, yet he deprived himself of all
the luxuries and many of the neces
sities of life that he might educate
his chilciren. .■^nd thus by his econ
omical management and for the high
ideals he conceived in education and
for the love he cherished for his child
ren, he succeeded in griving: to the
entire eight a common school educa
tion, to six of them he gave a high
school education, fiVe of which are
teachers in our public schools.
So having fought a good fight on
earth, having kept the faith of his
fathers, he has finished his course,
and on Dec. 4, 1921, in his 6^rd year
he gathered his mantle about him
and passed to his reward which the
Righteous Judge will give.
On Dec. 6th at Ook Grove Baptist
church in the prescence of a large
gathei'ing of his neighbors and
friends his funeral was conducted by
Revs. A. J. Manley, Ed Summey and
Isaac Henderson. His body was com
mitted to mther earth and his spirit
commended to God, who gave it.
The family has lost a devoted hus
band and father; the church, a faith
ful member and the state a good citi
zen. Maj- the Holy Spirit comfort
the bereaved family. May the child
ren emulate fathers example while
tho church and state mourn his ab
sence.
By one who knev; him,
T. H. Galloway
sible way to make the Christmas
season a success.
At present the following children
are ready for placing in a suitable
home:
Baby boy, 10 months old; boy, 6
years old; boy, 5 years old; boy, 1
year old; girl, 13 years old; girl, 10
years old.
If there are anj^ childless homes
in this county w'ho desire to receive
nnc of these children, kindly write
to
JOHN J. PHOENIX, State Super
intendent. 2071 Sou. Life and Trust
bldg., Raleigh, N. C.
JUSTICE TO THE JEW
the Merchant of Venice, also centur
ies ago. The world has long outlived
this treatment of a historic race, ex
cept, perhaps, in 'darkest Russia*
when under the Czars. When Dis
raeli, later prime minister of the Bri
tish Empire, was reproached in Par
liament for being a Jew, he made the
memorable reply,* when the ancest
ors of the right honorable gentleman
were painted savages, roaming naked
in the forests of Germany, my an-
cesters were princes in Israel and
high priests in the temple of Solo
mon.*
“Every voter, every witness and ev
ery official takes an oath upon a sa
cred book, every sentence and word
in w^hich was written by a Jew. When
the Savior was iucarnated ofter the
Hcjh he was of the tribe of Judah,
(Greenville Piedmont)
Following are the facts in a recent: jjjg mother, whom a great church
holds immaculate, if not divine, has
her name borno by millions through
out the civilized world. Whatever
the shoi-v-comings of any individual,
ft- is strange that in this day of en-
■®j iightenment such-prejudices as were | public
manager: in this case should survive '
A LITTLE FAIRY IN
THE CHILDLESS HOME
court case in North Carolina:
Munick, an aged Jew, in paying a
j water bill in the city of Durham gave
I ar part payment 50 pennies! wrapped
I up together. While the clerk, who
: had already receipted the bill, was!
j counting the pennies the
came in, and, on learning that the j against the pace to which the plain
Jew had paid his bi’l with them, he; belongs.”
I knocked them off of the counter and j
cui'sed the Jew. The latter war, or- i
dored to pick up the money and v/as i
SIDELIGHTS ON BANKING
The following is clipped from the
Hendersonville Times:
The following item on banking was
written by B. L. Shipman, minister
ial student at Randolph-Macon col
lege, for Reveille, a college journal
published monthly by the students.
Ben well known here, is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Shipman, of this city:
*The average young man has the
wrong idea about banking. He think?
of it as a very easy and desireable
work. The reason for this is jnrob-
ably due to the fact that he cannot
believe there could be very mud
work in counting money. He also
thinks of it because the doors of a
bank close so much earlier than do
other business concerns.
IN^
LITTLE ED^i
tsA OWEN
By considering the different de-
thc victim of a violent assault by the!
This utterance in behalf of tolei*-
ance and liberty is worthy of rank
beside the great oration of another
manager. During the course of che
i eminent North Carolinian, the late
As the yuletide searon approaches
'.vilh :i]] its beautiful significance for
ir.ost of us who live in this land of
]^cacc and plenty, our thoughts turn
to a certain part of our populaticn
vho v/'Il have litt’e reason to be
hrini.i’ul except for North Carolina
We refer to the homeless
!n(! (leoenacnt children w^hom the
''orth Carol'na Children’? Home So
ciety is trying to provide for. If the
public generally were aware of the
splendid work that this society is
doing for so many children who
would probably otherwise be entirely
destitute, we cannot feel that ade-
qa.'^to financial support would be
lacking. The institutions in this
for dependent children can only
•’?v'riv;' j.bout hall of the appiica-
fon', ir.ado to them, moreover the
p’ricin'r of d;?per.dent, children in fos
ter homes- must ahvays suplement
the :nf.tit\itional care of children, eon
sequentiy the work of the North Caro
tina Children’? Home Society is ab-
'Olutely essential for the develop
ment of the statc’.s program for the
carc rf the dependent, neglected and
destitute childron. therefore, we feel
jailed upon to as.;ist them in any pos
j assault, Avhich took place after the •
door v^as locked, the manager was in-;
I tsrrupted to admit another customer,
! and on resuming he called for a to-yel'
i which he wrapped around the Je-v’s,
! head to drown his outcries. He fina!-'
117 tenciered a one dollar bill and wa" ;
1 allowed to leave with instructions,
1 not to come back. The olTicial VvP.s i
indicted, convicted and fined for the |
a<-r i:u]t, but the Jew's action against;
the city resulted in a non-suit. He ap 1
pealed, and the judgement of the
lower court was reverted in his favor |
by the Supreme Court of North Caro- i
I lina. The decit.ion, a ringing rebuke
to prejudice against the Jews, v.;as
handed down by the learned Chief
•'u‘tice Waiter Clark in tlnL '-c r.nble
V orcis:
“There is no explanation of the
, c-cn luct of the company’s su',:oriaten-
u.nt. and the only provocation '^iven
v>Mch v.'c can infer from ths langu:;-
Q'e.i V'od by Bolton is the fact that
the plaintiff was a Jew. Ho made no
i oiher charge. The treatment which
: the pla’ntifi received is paralelled by
I that which is portrayed by Scott in
: Ivanhoe in the treatment of Isaac of
j York, seven centurie" ar;o, and by
j Shakespeare as meted out to Jews in
Senator “Zeb” Vance, on “The Scat
tered Nation,” a powerful plea for
the obliteration of prejudice against
the Jews. Such decisions as this of
the Supreme court of North Carolina
strengthen the principles ot justice,
freedom and righteousness upon
'.vlsich our nation is founded.
Martyr*
R. K. Criff‘'th of Ada, an old
friend of the edito!’, was a p'easant
caller at cur shop ti‘ie fir.^t of the
week. Af.er we had aert-cd tiiat the
crying need of *h> ooL'irry
)i00d nien in oface, th
writer bdh ag^/eJ ’
i:’ the coming ;
oir.ces v. e are to
at our la;-t m?-
nounced in dae
Democrat.
lor
1 "^'.nd the
tor office
-h'ci-
: .cic'drd
h-' an-
In~cribin-i' th;^ dr t. her b.r'n on 1
a woman’s tombs', ne is taking a
mean advantage nf ihe dead, we
should sav.—Nashville Tennessean.
partmerts and then work, we shall
find that the money counting is j^out
the least work of importanc(r and
that the majority of the work is done
after the bank’s doors have closed to
In order to have a
cleaner conception of what banking
really is let us consider a fev/ of the
departments separately.
“All mail is opened, assorted end
diijtributed by the transit depart
ment. This mail contains the de
posits of the various bank and in
dividuals that are not in the city.
These deposits are checks drawn on
different banks in all sections of the
country. All checks drawn against
the same bank are assorted together.
If the bank on which they are drav.*n
is a member of the “Federal Re
serve System" they vnll be handled
’ubject to final payment at par.
“The collection part:” nt hand
les all checks and .'afts rot pable
through the federal reserve bank.
It also handles all out-of-town collec
tion for individual customers. The
bookkeeping department keeps all ac
counts and must be able to give a
statement of each depositor’s ac
count at the close of each day. The
receivintj department receives ail de
posits of the curtor'.crs v.ho live in
the city, Vvhile the paying depart
ment ca;she3 all checks drawn on
banks within or w'ithout the city. The
note and discount departments han
dle ail loans and collect all money
due.
“Abo%'e all every record and book
must balance at the close of the
dav.”
Our Heav«D|y Tather in the exer
cise of his infSm^ Wisdom and out of
his unspeakable love |For his children
saw fit in the early morning hours of
Nov. 6, 1921, to send |the death Angel
to earth and claim fo? his victim li^
tie Edward English, the sixteen
month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Berlin
Owen, to carry with him from earthly
sorrow and pain to the beautiful
mansion of gold. Li^le Edward was
stricken with pijj^mohia. Every aid
possible was ministeil^ed to its com
fort, and to try to break the strong^
hold of the disease b^ the physician
but all proved in vai^, for its little
body stilled weakened away and soon
their little darling passed from a life
of care and trouble l;o that happy
clime where sorrow pnd pain are
never Known, to restf forever more
beneath the loving 'smiles of our
blessed Savior. So as we believe in
the resurrection of Christ, we there
fore believe in the continuation of
life after death and that all the re
deemed are there forever.
“What a consoling thought to
know that by the grace of God, we
will meet all our many friends and
loved ones who have been called from
earthly ties on before; we are made
to wonder some times why the jewel
j of the home is taken away. But in
I our weakness we are not alv/ays to
j understand God's will and plans, so
j in thete dark hours we can only bow
j in humble submission to Him that
I doeth all things well. The funeral
J scfvicc was conducted by Rev. A. J.
Manley. His little remains were laid
» rest in the Owen Cemetery near
Kke Toxaway. Until the dawning
^ the Resurrection Day, m.ay God’s
blessing rest upon the father and
mother and all the relatives who
mourn their loss.
A friend, E. D. Randalph
A determined effort is being made
to ban the Ku Klux Klan. The day
is pas* when night hood v»'as in flow-
1 er.—Cypthiana (Ky.) Democrat.
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