N.C. State Fair Will
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Chowan County citizens are remind
ed that it’s almost State Fair time
again. This year the fair is set for
October 19 through 23.
C. W. Overman, county farm agent,
urges all citizens to help make the
1954 fair the biggest in history by:
participating in every way possible {
“It would be nice to have several state'
winners from Chowan County this
year,” said the county agent.
“This year the State Fair enters its
second century of service to the people
of the state,” said Overman. “It con
tinues to be the state’s biggest an
nual event.”
The new 1954 State Fair catalog
and premium list is just off the press
and anyone interested in entering any
of the 28 different competitive de
partments (everything from sewing to
livestock) is urged to write for a free
copy immediately. Each catalog con- j
tains an official entry form. Requests
for catalogs should be addressed to:
N. C. State Fair, P. 0. Box 1388,
Raleigh, N. C.
Closing dates for entries this year
are:
Livestock Division, all departments,
Friday, October 1, at 6 P. M.
Poultry, Pigeons and Rabbits Divi
sion (live poultry and pigeons), Mon
day, October 11, at 6 P. M.; all other
departments in this division, Wednes
day, October 13, at 6 P. M.
Cut flowers (Horticulture Depart
ment), Tuesday, October 19, at 11
A. M.
Arts and Crafts, Wednesday, Oc
tober 13, at 6 P. M.
All other divisions and departments, |
■Saturday, October 16, at 6 P. M.
PREACHES SUNDAY
The Rev. Alphonso Jordan of Ra
leigh will preach next Sunday, Sep
tember 5, at the Middle Swamp
Church. Mrs. Jordan will also take
part in special singing.
GRADUATES AT E. C. C.
) Walter M. Harrell, son of Mr. and!
.rs. L. B. Harrell of Sunbury receiv- 1
ed his I!.A. degree at East Carolina!
College, Greenville, last week. He also !
received a commission as second lieu-!
tenant in the Air Force Reserve which
he earned through the A.F.R.O.T.C.'
program attached to the college. He,
plans to enter flying training in the
Air Force in March.
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By James Mackenzie
It was Friday, and John Smith,
minister of Lochalsh, Scotland, was
writing his sermon. Things had not
gone well that week. He had just
about persuaded his deacons that a
bath in the parsonage was not a lux- '
ury but a necessity, when Peter Mac-
Robert dashed his hopes by declaring
that as for him, he had never “had
such a thing in his life; and as for the'
i minister, their former pastor, auld |
|Maister Drouthy, had dune without;
j yin for thirty-three years to the sat- |
isfaction of the parish.”
A plain man was John Smith—as
plain and hodden gray as his name
His sermons were not brilliant, but I
they were staves and crutches to I
many. But now, as he sat in his study 1
that gray November morning andj
watched the rain spatter against his I
window, he felt grimly in unison with j
the elements. He had chosen for his
text: “Wisdom is justified of her,
children,” and he began his sermon •
with the intention of dressing down 1
l those who had offended him I
j “That’ll put them in their place,” he
j thought as he finished. Wtih Peter
Macßobert in mind, he rose and walk
ed to his study, rehearsing his ser
mon with appropriate gestures. As
he passed the window he glanced out
just in time to see someone stumble
and fall, discharging on the muddy
road an avalanche of shavings, small
branches and squares of wood. In a
moment the minister was out helping
, old Nance Kissock to her feet, and
then assisting her to collect again her
bagful of chips and kindlings.
“I hope you are none the worse,!
Nance.”
“Thank ye, Maister Smith. I’m
weary wi’ the wind, but I’ll be at kirk
on Sabbath. It’s guid to think all the
week about what ye tell us. Why it
(makes me forget the verra rheuma
tics!”
The minister returned to his study,
and to his sermon. But somehow, he
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j felt dissatisfied with it. If Nance fed j
■ all week on the spiritual food she re
ceived at kirk on Sabbath, he could
[not conceal from himself that next
j week she stood a good chance of go
ing hungry. Yet he resumed his task.
“Wisdom is justified of her chil
dren,” he repeated doggedly; but his
text now awakened no fervor. He de
cided to go out and let the wind drive
the rain into his face for a tonic.
Once outside, his feet carried him to a
humble attic where an aged woman,
blind and infirm, awaited the summons
of God.
Mary Carment knew his step far
down the stair, and deep within her
; she gave thanks. “It’s a great thing
to hae the bread o’ life broken to us
| so simply that we all understand it,
; Maister Smith,” she said.
| “But Mary, how long is it since you
, heard a sermon of mine?”
“It’s a lang time since I heard ye
■ preach, minister, but I hear o’ your
sermons every Sabbath. Yin and
I anither tells me pairt o’ it ’til I get
as much as I can think on.”
j As the minister rose to go, Mary
said, “Ye’ll hae much on your mind
I this Lord’s day as ye speak for your
• Maister; but dinna forget, I’ll be
[ praying for you all the while.”
i “Thank you, Mary; I’ll not forget.”
j Anr he went out much strengthened.
Heading home he passed Peter Mac
i Robert’s little cobbler’s den, and the
sound of Peter’s terrible cough caused
him to stop and enter. “Are you not
thinking of getting that cough at
tended to, Peter?” he asked.
“Who? Me? Na, no me; hoots,
I’m only a wee bit hoarse.”
But seeing the doctor pass by the
minister summoned him. The doctor
called the unwilling cobbler from his
work, and after a brief examination,
said, “It’s just a trifling local inflam
mation. Less lapstone dust and less
snuff, Peter, and warm water three
times a day.”
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Peter smiled at his pastor. “Mais
ter Smith,” he said, “if water be sae
(needful for the inside o’ a cobbler,
maybe I was wrang in thinkin’ it
wasna as necessary for the ootside o’
a minister.”
When the minister reached home he
never stopped even to wipe his feet,
and when his wife followed to remon
strate she found him putting his ser
mon in the fire.
The minister’s text the following
Sabbath was an old one, but it was no
old sermon the Lochalsh folk got that
day. The text was, “Come unto me
! all ye that labour, and are heavy lad
! en, and I will give you rest.” Nance
Kissock was there, and did not go
home hungry. Peter Macßobert didn’t
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! (Adapted from a short story by S. R.
j Crockitt).
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