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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, May 20, I960
THE NEW BERN MIRROR
Published Every Ftidey et S10 Pollock Street
New Bern, N. C., by the Solo Owner
j. GASKiLL McDaniel
-Edlter and PubIMiar
Ona Yaar.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
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Entered secondless moil et New Bern April 4,1951,
under the act of March 3, 1879.
WHAT TO SAY
One of the things a teen-ager deserves when he graduates
from high school is a good speaker for his commencement ex
ercises.
However, able orators are few and far between, and even
the ablest aren’t overly blessed with words of wisdom. Some
of them are just about as incompetent for the honor assigned to
them as the editor of The Mirror, who will be the commence
ment speaker at the Atlantic High school this year.
Looking back at our own high school graduation, we recall
that an elegant gentleman from up state waved his arms,
rolled his eyes and trembled his voice in an effort to speed us
along the road to fame and fortune.
A few members of the class did achieve fame of a sort
in later years, and others latched onto a fairly respectable
amount of worldly possessions. Most of the graduates, how
ever, have lived pretty much from hand to mouth, and fame
passed them by.
That, alas, is how it will always be. Yet, among the ones
who haven’t set the world on fire, as the saying goes, are some
wonderful individuals who have found a measure of happi
ness by according kindness and considteration to their fellow
man.
Perhaps it’s corny to harp on ancient truths. The “clever”
approach would be to harp on new fangled notions, but this
old world of ours is much too clever already. We’ve learnec
how to destroy ourselves—all of us on earth—^in the twinklinj
of any eye, without learning the way to live in harmony anc
brotherhood.
It’s flattering to be invited to speak to Atlantic’s High
school graduates, and to their parents and friends. This little
town in Carteret county is known far and wide, since it is saic
to have sent a higher percentage of its graduates to and
through college than any other community in North Carolina.
This is commendable, but those good people down east
are well aware that knowledge gained from books is one thing,
and wisdom quite another matter. It is to be hoped that the
Atlantic seniors, in their understandable desire for further
enlightment in halls of learning, won’t lose sight of the wisdom
that abides within their homes.
Down easters—especially the ones who have been around
for quite a spell—can hold their own anywhere when it comes
to common sense. They’ve had no easy time of it in their bat
tles with wind and tide—battling that extends back for mOre
than two centuries. They’ve learned a lot the hard way.
Maybe we’re prejudiced, but it seems to us that oiie of the
nice characteristics about these clam diggers^—as smart-alecky
landlubbers refer to them—-is their bigness of heart. Like the
smell of salt in the air, their generosity and hospitality is evi
dent everywhere.
What ever Atlantic’s High school graduates may end up
doing—no matter where they go—they ought to take this
spirit of sharing with them. More than anything else, the world
has need of folks who are neighborly one With another. What
good will success be without survival?
And with this spirit of neighborness, we need to banish
from our thoughts and our deeds all snobbishness. Old, timers
in the coast country don’t take much stock in people who put
on airs and lord it over other mortals. They judge a fellow for
what he is, not what he has. That’s sound reasoning, if you
aSK US.
When we stand up before those youngsters a couple of
weeks from now, we’ll emphasize this heritage. We’ll urge
them to dream, for a life without dreams is a miserable ex
istence. And we’ll remind them that, despite what the cynics
may say, the best things in life are free.
■uu hasn’t placed a price tag on the splendor of a cloudy-
ribbed dawn, the flaming beauty of a sunset, the song of a bird,
the sparkle of dew on a rose, or the tinkling laughter of little
children. ^
Because we believe it, we’ll say there’s still time left to
make this world what it ought to be. With God’s help, this
younger generation may work the miracle.
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-By-
ELIZABETH MOORE
1759
NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN
COUNTY
WILL OF FARNIFOLD GREEN
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN,
the 15th day of July 1759,1, Farni-
fold Green, being very sick and
weak in body, but of perfect mind
and memory, thanks be given unto
God, therefore, calling unto mind
the mortality of my body and
knowing that it is appointed for all
men once to dye, do make and or
dain this my last will and testa
ment, that is to say, principally
and first of all, I give and recom
mend my sould unto ye hands of
God who gave it, and my body I
recommend to the earth to be
buried at the discretion of my ex
ecutors, hoping at ye general resur
rection I shall receive the same
again by the mighty poweF of God,
and as touching such worldly es
tate wherewith it hath pleased God
to bless me in this life, I give, de
vise and dispose of the same in the
following manner and form.
IMPRIMIS: I give and bequeath
unto my three sons, James, John
and Joseph, my plantation I now
dwell on.
Item: I give and bequeath unto
my son James, one mare a ye«
old and a cow and calf.
Item: I give and bequeath unto
my daughter Mary one mare, coalt.
Item: I give unto my son Titus
all my wearing apparel.
Item: My will and desire is that
Sarah my beloved wife should pos
sess and enjoy all my estate during
her widowhood and no longer.
Item: My desire is that if Sarah my
beloved wife should marry, then
my executors to make an equal
division of my estate amongst my
dear children.
I likewise constitute, make and
ordain my sole executors of this
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MAY MORNING
Two good eyes and so much to be seen,
The blue of the sky and the foliage green;
Yet, I walked unhiding with never a look,
Deeper engrossed as each step I took.
Then I heard a sound that came so plain.
The tapping sound of a blind man’s cane;
And I felt ashamed when I heard him say,
“Could there possibly be a prettier day?”
—JGMcD.
my last will and testament, John
Oliver, James Conway, and I do
hereby utterly disallow, revoke and
disannul all, and every other for
mer testaments, wills, legacies, and
bequeasts, and executors by me in
any ways before named, willed and
bequeathed, ratifying and confirm
ing this and no other to be my
last will and testament. In Witness
Whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal the day and year
above written. Signed, Sealed, Pub
lished, Pronounced and Declared
by the said Farnifold Green, as his
last will and testament in the pres
ence of us the subscribers: John
Biggs, Joseph Edmundson and Wil
liam. Biggs. Signed: Farnifold
Green (Seal). No probate.
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1774
NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN
COUNTY
WILL OF FARNIFOLD GREEN
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN,
I, Farnifold Green, of Craven coun-
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being very sick and weak in body
but of perfect mind and memory,
thanks be given to God, and calling
to mind the mortality of my body
and knowing that it is appointed
for all men once to die, do make
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