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THE NEW BERN MtRRCkR, NEW BERN. N. C.
Friday, July 24, 1959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR
Pubtished Every Friday at 111 King Street,
New Bern, N, C., by the Sole Owner
j. GASKiLL McDaniel
-Editor and Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year — $2.50 Six Months $1.25
Entered at tecend-clats mail at New Bern April 4,1958,
un4er the act of March 3, 1879.
A GREAT MOVEMENT
Historical
Gleanings
—By—
FRANCES B. CLAYPOOLE
and
ELIZABETH MOORE
Villoge Verses
CHIMES
When the editor of a weekly such as ours gets invited
tO' write the State 4-H Club Health Pageant for that organiza-
ion’s 50th anniversary, it’s a flattering assignment. To admit
less would be hypocrisy.
We only hope that what we wrote for last night’s per
formance in the William Neal Reynolds Coliseum at Raleigh
did credit to the 168,000 4-H Club boys and girls in this
heaven-blessed Old North State.
Not only do we hope that it measured up within the con
fines of Tarheelia, but did equal justice to all of the two mil
lion 4-H youngsters throughout the length and breadth of
America.
This great movement is the largest organization of youth
in the world dedicated to the uplift of mankind. During its 50
years, many an outstanding American has graduated from its
ranks.
Indeed, 4-H Club work has made a cultural and economic
contribution to the wellbeing of the country that marks it as
a brilliant achievement We need look no further than to the
rural areas of Craven County to be convinced of this fact.
There may have been a day in the not too distant past
that farm boys and girls were more backward in some re
spects than their city cousins. This day is no more. Not only
is the rural youngster just as up-to-date as his counterpart in
town, but in our candid opinion is more versatile as a rule.
When a youthful Tar Heel becomes a 4-H member, he
makes this promise: “I pledge—My Head to clearer thinking,
Ijly Heart to greater loyalty, My Hands to larger service, and
My Health to better living, for my club, my community, and
my country.”
It is an obligation that each of us—irrespective of age or
place of residence—might do well to assume. Certainly each
cf us can elevate ourself and exalt our nation by patterning
cmr life after these challenging words.
A TRUE AND PERFECT INVEN
TORY OF THE GOODS AND
YOUNGER, BUT WISER
You’ve got to hand it to residents of Old Salem, they
sensed the cultural and economic value of history long before
New Bernians awakened to the possibilities that stem from a
golden past.
This despite the fact that New Bern was founded 66
years before that venerable'Tar Heel community even came
into being. When it comes to age. Old Salem isn’t in our class,
yet accidentally or through clever promotion there has been
impressed upon the public mind a notion that the town is more
ancient than it really happens to be.
Mind you, we have no desire to belittle Salem’s appeal.
Like their attractive tourist folder says, “Charm of the Old
World and challenge of the New makes Old Salem a truly
unique adventure into American frontier history.”
It was the central town in the Moravian settlement of
Wachovia. Despite a 200-mile distance from a navigable river
or established road, the community became the main trading
center for western North Carolina.
Salem settlers, reared in the artisan culture of their na
tive Germanic states, were skilled craftsmen. They turned out
a variety of wares such as pottery, leather goods, guns, silver
ware and clocks.
Unlike New Bern and most early American towns, Salem
was a planned community. The town design is mid-European
in style, with buildings constructed flush to the walks and
clustered around a central square. The sturdy—though en
chanting—architecture employs hand-made brick, tile roofs,
hooded doorways and arched windows.
Culturally, the people of Salem were more advanced than
many of their contemporaries. Their schools were noted for
excellency and wide scope of education. Their religious and
secular music is acclaimed today as a tremendous contribution
to musical Americana.
Yes, the Moravian congregation town had a wonderful
past, as did New Bern. Where its citizens of today outsmarted
us was in getting a head start on this business of promoting
history.
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The best in seafoods and regular dinners served with Foleys
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For Your Convenience When We Are Closed, Pick Up
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CHATTELS, RIGHTS AND CRED
ITS OF ISAAC COLE, DECEASED,
AND SALES MADE OF THE SAME
COMMENCING ON THE 29th day
of SEPTEMBER, and CONTINUED
ON THE 20th OCTOBER, 1806: By
Edward Pasteur.
(Inventory in part) 11 Vz yards
homespun, Mrs. Cole, 31 Vz yards
of brown Holland, William Shep
ard, 10% yards ticklingburg, Wil
liam Eaton, 8 pair cotton stockings,
John R. Good, 6 pair cotton stock
ings, James Slover, one doz. cotton
stockings, Thomas Hyman, 6 pair
stript trousers, Thomas Webber, 6
pair stript trousers, William Smith,
6 pair stript trousers, John Justice,
6 pair stript trousers, Henry Bett-
ner, Sr., 6 pair stript trousers,
John Dewey, 1 doz. pair shoes, Wil
liam Winn, 1 doz. pair shoes, Eli
jah Scott, 1 doz. pair shoes, Wil
liam Tignor, 5 pair Morocco slip
pers, William Eaton, 1 fine hat,
John R. Good, 1 fine hat, Charles
Sanders, 1 fine hat, William Dud
ley, 1 fine hat, James Carney, 1
fine hat, Thomas Master, 1 fine
hat, John Templeton, 1 fine hat,
Dr, Mears, 1 fine hat, Mr. Horton,
1 fine hat, William Good, 2 doz.
knives and forks, John S. Pasteur
2 doz. knives and forks, Thomas
Grace, 3 yards velvet, John Tem
pleton, 10 vest patterns, William
Eaton, 5 pocket handkerchiefs.
Hart Levy, 7Vz yards of homespun,
John M. Oliver, 7 yards homespun,
Elijah Clark, 14% yards of home-
spun, Thomas Bryan, 14% yards
homespun, John M. Oliver, 15Vz
yards homespun, Francis I^wks,
18Vz yards humhums, Philip Neale,
2 doz. knives and forks, John An
drews, 2 doz. knives and forks,
Thomas Grace, 2 doz. knives and
forks, Mrs. Cole, 2 doz. knives and
forks. Dr. Castex, 2 doz. knives and
forks, Samuel Weeks, 21 yards of
callico, Mrs. Cole, 15% yards print
ed muslin, Mrs. Cole, 1 pair can
dlesticks, Mrs. Ridgeley, 1 pair can
dlesticks, Benjamin H. Martin, Vz
doz. packs cards, Philip Ryal, %
doz. packs cards, Peter Peterson,
5 shaving boxes, Henry Bettner, 6
doz. razors, William Coghlan, 1 fine
hat, Thomas Thompson, 21 yards
fine wide callico, James Slover, 13
yards blue cloth, James Slover, 1
pound pins, Mrs. Cole, 16 iron
spoons, Philip Ryal, 2 harps, Mrs.
Cole, 6 cooper’s vices, James Carn
ey, 1 doz. pen knives, Mrs. Cole,
13 Tortle shell pen knives, Lem
uel Rountree, 2 doz. knives and
froks, John Sears,
21.Vz yards callico yard wide,
Mrs. Parks, 6Vz yards fine cloth,
Dr. Mears, 8Vz yards callico, John
C. Stanly, 6 inkstands, Mrs. Cole,
1 gallon pott and funnel, Philip
Ryal, 3 looking glasses, Thomas
Grace, 5 10/12 doz. pair sleave
links, Mr. Ridgeley, 2 doz. knives
and forks, George Ellis, 2 bonnetts,
Chimes in a church tower, free as the air,
Hymns of remembrance, of courage and prayer;
fitting memorial for someone whose thoughts
Were always devoted to lonely hearts.
To motherless orphans, the sick and the poor,
Yes, Mamie Castet would be happy. I’m sure,
Just to know that sweet music high up in the trees
Is bringing its message on Heaven-blessed breeze.
A message for Protestant, Catholic and Jew
Of life everlasting for me and for you.
Chimes, unrestricted by teachings or creed,
Seeking to comfort, wherever there’s need.
Not a shaft made of stone, reaching up to the sky.
To impress those who happen to be passing by.
But instead something active, with service to give,
Yes, active like someone who tried so to live
That others less fortunate could bless her name—
The lowly, the friendless, the halt and the lame.
Chimes in a church tower, free as the air,
And .somehow I feel that she knows they are there.
—JGMcD.
William Dudley, 1 frying pan.
Charles Sanders, 1 fine hat, Thom
as Tolson, 12 combs, John Justice,
6 cork screws, Daniel Shackelford,
11 doz. wood screws, John Dewey,
6 chisels, William Shepard, 6 com
passes, James Carney, 10 plain
irons, Henry Bettner, Se. 12 brass
cut files, William Dudley, 7 tobac
co boxes, Benry Bettner, 1 musket,
David Lewis, 1 coffee pott, Philip
Ryal, 1 coffee pott, Richard Fisher,
14 sticks sealing wax, Francis
Hawks, 2V4 yards sprig muslin,
Elizabeth Turner, 1 straw bonnett,
William Pritchard, 1 straw bonnett,
Samuel Street, 1 fine hat, John M,
Oliver, 1 fine hat, Jeremiah Brown,
1 fine hat, James Carney, 1 bread
baskett, Jeremiah Brown, 5Vz yards
callico, Mrs. Prentice, 3Vr yards
callico, Francis Hawks, 3% yards
callico, Edward Pasteur, 10 yards
book muslin, Mrs. Cole, 2 bridles,
Edward Pasteur, 1 doz. spinning
wheel spindles, James Hollowell,
1 coffee mill, Peter Peterson, 1
keg gun powder, Thomas Masters,
Vz doz. slates, Henry Bettner, 6
bed chords, William Eaton, 6 lead
ing lines, Philip Ryal, 6 stock locks,
Mrs. Cole, 5 hats, Lott Battle, 1 pair
boots, William Shepard, 2 pair silk
stockings, Francis Hawks, 18%
yards of black shaloon, 16 yards
stript Nankeen, Elijah Clark, 1
piece Moreans, Mrs. Cole, 4 yards
India persian, William Shepard, 1
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pair trunk handles, Michael Gillet,
1 box buckles. Hart Levy, 24%
yards linen, Charles Sanders, 14Vz
yards linen, Wallace Moore, 5 to
bacco boxes, John Justice, •
% doz. bottles snuff, Mrs. Cole,
1 barrel flour, Philip Ryal, 1 large
tea board, Lott Battle, 1 spitt box,
Dr. Mears, 3 candle sticks, William
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