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And Matthew Proved
Equal To The Task
Spring Branch, (Dunn R. No. )),
Dec. 10.—The colored people of this
community are Indebted to the effort*
of Matthew William* for a school
building to wMch they may *on<! their
jonng. Matthew live* ami farm*,
really farms, on Mr*. Norcrtl* Tew'*
place and on Sunday's lashes old king
split-hoof for the edification of hi>
race. Now Mat has 10 children of
school age, beside* of course, several
younger ones; he Uvea live miles
from the public school and did net
want to move from where he lives, al
though ho found It very Inconvenient
to carry the kids to and from school.
Mahomet, In this case, brought the
mountain to himself The county
would give him a teacher if hv could
dnd a house- and twenty-five pupils.
Mat. looked 'round for n site and
for holp to build a house. Mrs. Tew
gave the site and neighbors of both
colors gave money to the amount of
about *200, which Matthew added to
as need arose until he had bulk a
bouse costing about six hundred dol
lars. This building grew from naked
ground to completion in three weeks
end now houses a teacher and about
U pupils. Good work, so the neigh
bors eay.
D. R LEK.
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a TTinuon Lay Llaini
To Body Of Dead Man
New Bern. Dee. 7—The rose of
Oecar B. Barton, traveling man who
died suddenly in a local hotel ysster
dsy morning, took a new tarn to
day when a t»1egnun was rcceicd by
M»y°j Edward Clark from a woman
in Cooleeenee who signed herself
"Mr*. Oscar B. Barton,” requested
that the remains of Barton he held
here. •
A woman who was with Barton at
the time of Ms death and who arid
the wee Me wife left New Bern last
night carrying the remains to Liber
ty HUI, Texas, which she gave as
her original home. Dan ah aw, local
undertaker who handled the ease, wir
ed the Cooleomee woman to that ef
fect. but tonight had heard nothing
more front her. The woman who was
with Barton gave the appearance of
being comfortably wealthy. A few
bears after He death rise eotareem
rated with her home in Texas for
funds. Her father, ptsaumahly, wired
her 1500 to defray the expenses of
ending the remains to Texas.
She told a newspaper man before
leaving here that her husband bad
be so drinking for the past few days
A physician aaid heart trouble which
resulted from this woe responsible for
Ms death.
**i*tlzrar ‘ »°H <*»>
"Yeasum, he’s a good providah all
right, bat I’m alius sheered dal nig
gar*a gwino er git caught at It’.
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Conserve Tim* And
Energy of Coolidge
Washington, Dee. I.—Aasthsi
measure ta conserve tha Usee ant
tha snergy of the President will bi
introduced In tha White Hams* thh
weak by limiting tha engagements el
tha Executive on Tuesday and Pii
day—the Cabinet days—ta thass par
sons having official business ta tnaa
act.
act.
The nsw piss has bean worked
out by C. Baseom Stamp, secretary
ta tha President, to supplement aa
arrangement bo pat into effort err.
crol weeks ago whereby aa set en
gagements are scheduled far tbs aft
ernoons and which haa allowed Mr.
Coolidge bis afternoons free to the
work of his office and ta call in Cabi
net members for ccntsrsoae The
afternoon arrangement is hold by
Secretary Slump to have had math
ta do in allowing Mr. Coolidge ta gat
his message ta Congress template!
more than a weak in advance of do
lieary.
Under tha (new plsee ns sailers
wishing merely to pay their rejects
will be permitted on Toes days and
Fridays.
nt ml * Ol
Dig vjrvwui lu unowu
By Wilmington Harbor
Wilmington, Dae. 7.—That the
number of ehipe making the port of
Wilmington ie steadily inereaaing it
indieated by the enatoma houae rec
ord*. During the part month the
tonnage of the ahipe entering and
clearing from WUmngtoa totaled 7«r
047, as age net 68.710 for Maoamhar,
1KI, a gain of 19.811 tone is fewer
of the peat month orer the onto
month loot year.
The tonnage of the naib entering
last month from foreign and fame
tic amounted to 34,640; the teenage
of thoaa ci earing for feeuign and do*
meet* porta was 48,181. la Nareeat*
ber, 1922, the flgnrea vere: Vemeie
clearing for foreign and HaiaedHr
porta, 88,874; Tamila artiring hen
foreign arid domestic porta, 84,464.
A moat sdheiantiai gala waa shown
ht the tonnage of reaaeia elmdaf
foreign this year tm thoaa ad No*
vender, IMS. La* Meath fee tonsjqye
af the foreign dearancM were 41,181
aa apitt bat IS,17 4 fee tha aana
watt last year. Tha oat gain was
11.S17 toon.
"One mllhoa pecan tnaa far anat
atn Carolina la tha next four yaaia
may sound 19m aa amUtaoua pro
gram. hak tt la worthy of fulfillment.
A good dart haa been made by agrl
ewltrami aataaalen worker. thU fall.
InitSathre Or Drudgery
lb iu in tha mms old rat and
triad ta the aame old nay, ia all
right far the ln< bone ia a power
propall lag way, or far the shuttle in
a laadiaatial way, bat the day for
tha tench.r without inktiv. k “gone
forever."
To quota Henry rend: "JUpKlliva
•Hn the doing of one thing over
aad over again and ahrmya ia the
name old way—to a terrifying proa
paat to tha miad of a certain ckaa of
human betaqp." Although to ono
ckaa of tha human miad thought la
beyond imagination. To dt down,
dink through and aoivo oat never
dawna aw thia dam af mind, yet yea
eee them every day.
It k vary yathatte that tha average
paraaai war.to tha “jab" with little
Physical exertion and ahava all be
daaa not want ta have ta think ia
any farm af tha work. To tha im
«**ve mind, drag aad drudgery aad
rut driving ia ariad etminlr* and
nerve wrecking- The teacher no well
m all other type* af laboring people
—and oven more an to fifty par
cant handicapped who cannot meat
and aoivo dally atbrnttona aa they are
oonftontod in tha akm room. Thera
ia a clam af puhlk worker* (aoma
teacher, oven) who hare the inia
dvo or cranttv. typea of mind and who
thoroughly abhor monotony- Tkaea
are vary apt ta tmnglrn that ah other
mlnda are likewiaa reatlMi, problem
aeMng, help seeking, progreasive.
damning. and therefore have no ayro
pnthy for tfed atari or wewma who
day by day perform, the same old
tank in tha am aU way.
Can you dt down aad be parfaedy
content while the work is inernaalag
on your dally taakT Can you ignore
the )da *e be don* and aay that to
morrow k plenty of date in which to
do Do you mi M Out you
•ft juot bound U aun n or moro
outT I>o«» your mind «*ot throb or
your pula# over moro tpnal a took
that It to b* dona, whom it mm that
aome poop I* have forgotten their
taak and oach day joct atipe on ao
tho tun rolla by? If iM. you naod
to gu m bow grip oa ycmaaolf aad
your taak. Lai pour unrfc bo made
lighter by ftndlag a bpar way to
livo each day that naoL Tho bop*
of tomorrow la baaad oa dho thought*
of today earriad out ad tomorrow'*
taak.
Some peep)* think and nothin*
more. Some work and Direr think.
But bo who worka and tbinha at tho
mint time it tho one who movoo up
and out of th* old drudgery of hfe
and make* Hfa worth Bala*. MoV»
each day** work a now took. Put
into H a new thought aad you will
get out of it renewed energy and
aeal tar your work. It 1* impoaaOtle
to make or end taro ahjoeta exactly
alfka. N richer can you do two daya*
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work exactly alike. Ho who trice it
ku failed before be begin*. Mix
a little energy with a few spazka ef
cethaalsms, poar in a little active
thinking end yea wDI tad yeoreelf
fail wt the in halve to meet any taak
within the bcatds of year gaoiti—.
Try to do the took a little hotter ty
patting ooaw of your own ponooaal*
My with it, then toeing the tank Va
rear we llkonooe yon will learn to
love it oo ooooothing ef year own.
Haro ia the position of one with
out Inhaler i
I wiah 1 waa a little rock,
A-eltUn* cm the Mil, .
I wouldn’t do a single thing,
Bat keep o-dttln’ still.
I wouldn’t oat, 1 wouldn’t sleep,
I wouldn’t or oo wash,
I wouldn’t do a bloomin’ thing
Bat root myself, b’gooK
Who wants to be the rock a-idtin*
oo the WHt Too >n them overy
day. U to often mid It will taka a
big man (mentally) in hold down
each sad meh a job. But 1 say a
u*=!i aua or woawH (Me withoat
• (iwlm *W) *«i Md dam a
*»C Uijr jet, wHnotlMM. and faifidi
it* far Ufa. It taka* ten*
or.r with (ludrami and inwiilt)
to i'.rld up a “Jab" ia order to kaoa
it tr.oviui at • matnaklo apaad. Walk
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