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“BUT SCARLET CANNOT WAIT’ 1 By OTELIA C. CONNOR . > i Y~ I have not washed the dishes, Nor made my rumpled bed; H But out along the roadside, The trees are turning red. It was Sunday a week ago. Annie Blackwell Payne’s little verse rang through my head. Autumn was call ing me. I repeated the rest of the poem: Oh, I can wash tomorrow And sweep behind the gate; But gold is not enduring And scarlet cannot wait. For while I polished silver. And raked the withered grrs=. And smoothed out the blankets— The street parade would pass. "Tis proper to be tidy And thrifty, if you must; But I’d rather see October Than save a house from dust. And, suiting the words to action, I set out with my little boy, to Milton, | N. C., to see my aunt. When we] reached our destination the said aunt’ was not at home and though we searched the little town and set every body to looking, she was nowhere to be found. However, all,was not lost. Mr. Cl ay tor, the Presbyterian minis ter, drove up and promptly volun teered to look for her at her favorite! haunts. While he was knocking on i the neighbor’s doors I asked his wife if I might go in the garden to see] the boxwood maize. It is like the one at Mount Vernon, and is the only oth-] er one I know of in this section of j the country. It has always fascinated' me to death. There are other beauti ful boxwood in tbe garden. In fact, it is an old English boxwood garden. The house was built in 1823 and is in-' eluded in the book of historical homes in North Carolina, 1 The town, Milton, was laid out the' same year that Baltimore was. Most of the old homes have burned, but a few are left and there are at least three on downtown main street that make you feel you are in Charleston, S S. C., built right up to the sidewalk, with the door opening almost flush with the sidewalk, and the narrow porch at the side instead of at the front of the house. I never cross the modern bridge, fc over the road entering the town from BRoxboro, that T don’t ro.gret that the “old covered bridge was not preserved when the new bridge was built, as a colonial relic. We in North Carolina have been very shortsighted in our destruction of old mills, old bridges,! old homes, and old gardens. Our slo-j gan has been make way for progress. But a sense of the continuity of his tory is essential t■> true progress. “Unless upon itself it can construct itself what a vain' thing is history,” might be said of history as well as of man. Dr. LapfUde once asked his class, for a definition of culture. Os course he eventually had to give the answer, which was as good as any T have heard. “Culture,” lie said, “is the Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky p g gl| M $4. JM * 4/5 QT. SR $2* 70 gjgjgj PINT 86 Proof EARLY TIMES DISTILLERY COMPANY Louisville 1, Kentucky r ' ability to appreciate the finer things of life.” Education should assist us in appreciating values before, not af ter they have been destroyed. It is what the educators have in mind when jthey insist upon a genera! education for everybody before vocational educa tion is begun. The October hills, as yet, are not aglow, hut over since Hurricane Hazel swept through our way the days have [been heavenly, and I want to be out of, I doors every minute, thinking of the ( jbad weather ahead when we will have i to spend many days in doors. I Would ! say the days are running the sunsets a close second for honors in my estima tion right now. I never tire of looking at the wa ter. . Always different, never the same. Today, as T look out of my window a sail boat is coming right' toward me, Yesterday a motor boat flying up the bay. The day before] |a yacht or a tug boat pushing a flat I boat before it. And the colors, no two ! hours the same. There’s never a dull] Imoment around the water. I I -- i f Weekly Devotional! Column By James Mackenzie A I One of our great living Christians lis Wendell P. Loveless, Bible scholar, ] professor, and author of many popu lar Gospel choruses, including “Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before,” “Altogether Lovely,” I “All because of Calvary,” “I love to hear His voice,” and “Lead me to • some soul today.” It was my glorious privilege to know Dr. Loveless while I was a student ( in Chicago, and to study the book of Romans under his guidance. He was the most unprofessorial profes sor I ever had, and by far the best. Loveless is a living example of the difference Christ can make in a man’s life. He is humble, but not craven; pious, hut most sanctimonious. This is due to his all-consuming love for his Saviour, As he says in one of his choruses: Altogether lovely, He is altogether lovely, And the fairest of ton-thousand, This wonderful Friend divine; He gave Himself to save me. Now He lives in heaven to keep me, j He is-.altogether lovely, , Is this wonderful Saviour of mine. Blit while Loveless is able to express in some measure the love he feels for Christ, he is speechless when it comes to expressing the love Christ feels for him. As he says in another of his choruses: ; T haven’t words to tell of the love of Jesus, His love is wonderful, 'lt fills each joyous day, Each step He leads me; Oh, what a joy to tell all the world THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. f' "URSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1954. of Jesus, As, yes, but I haven’t words to. tell of His love for me. Like everyone who really loves the Saviour, Dr. Loveless is concerned that others come to love Him, too. He has a passion for souls, His prayer is expressed in the words of this cnorus: Lead me to some soul today, 0 teach me, Lord, just what to say; Friends of mine are lost in sin, And cannot find their way. Few there arc who seem to care, And few there an vho pray: Melt my heart and fill my life, Give me one soul today. Does Wendell P. Loveless find Christ* ] sufficient 7 Who is there who hasn’t Vsung his little chorus: Every day with Jesus Is sweeter than the day before, Every day with Jesus, I love Him more and more; Jesus saves and keeps me. And He’s the One I’m Waiting for; Every day with Jesus Is sweeter than the day before. Whenever I hear children singing these songs—and how they love to. i sing them!—l wish they could know, las I know, the saintly man who wrote (them from the depths of a heart over j flowing with Christian love. Census Brings Farm Records Up To Date The Bureau of the Census, serv- j ing Uncle Sam as a bookkeeper, brings, the Nation’s farm record book up toj date in October and November with, the 1954 Census of Agriculture. Robert W. Burgess, census director .says, “We will get records of produc tion, take inventory of our farm re * ■ ■ •*♦*-**. I Christopher 1 I Columbus I t “Chains of superstition keep t | our people prisoners; to ven- t t ture is to live; to fear the | f unknown is to die.” | A MODERN science has f 5 brought many refinements to & j? the practice of our profession. ? % And a desire to bring comfort has brought peace and dignity ? 6 to the service we render. 11 TUB HOM£4TH£ALBEMARLE* MUTUAL BURIAL ASSOC/ATIO/m sources, and record major items of farm income and expenses.” He points out that just as individuals, modern farmers need to keep records. Progressive farmers can compare items of income and expense from their own records with averages of such items from group records to find how they can improve their own op erations. Census figures by counties offer farmers statistics for groups against which the individual can com pare some of his own figures. One way the nation uses the census records is to answer questions about i production, Burgess points out, “If I Uncle Sam wants to know how much ] oil seed he has—and how much oil he can produce from seed crops—he , turns to his census farm record hook.! The Census Bureau has taken farm 1 inventory every five years since 1920. Between 1920 and the first complete farm census tn 1850,. the inventory came every 10 years. Farmers have been urge.l to coop erate with census takers to keep roc-j ords up to date, complete, and accur ate. | Officers Elected For Negro NFA Chapter . i The Edenton High School Chapter of ’ New Farmers of America met recently, I to elect student officers for the cur- ] rent year. The following candidates (were elected: President, George Rob-j erts; vice president, Erwin Moore;! ' secretary, Nelson Owens; treasurer, j , Percy Nixon, and reporter, Frederick Coston. ' The president appointed tt.e follow ■ ing: Percy Nixon, chairman of finance committee; Erwin Moore, chairman of recreation committee; James Sawyer, chairman of program of work com mittee. During the year there will be other committees named. These committees will give each member of the or ganization an opportunity to have the experience of working on a commit tee. 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Department Commander Joyner was the Department representative and Department Senior Vice President 1 Carrie West represented the Auxiliary. | Very inspiring talks Were given on youth activity and what it means toj la community. Increased membership lin both organizations was also urged. | ! Marguerite Weaver, First District i- H __ j .• "77 IH d&Get set for I Jpf COLD eiLSk WEATHER ri A i Arrange for Summer Fill-Up today _ Be like thousands of Solar Heat users ... f fffllllff .1/ Get the jump on autumn’s first cold snap. J/s How??? Have your tank filled early —before MmIM the heating season begins. Arrange for a lUitbUidl summer fill-up today. Call: hooting oil Coastland Oil C° m P an y PHONE 699 EDENTON, N. C. Distributors of GULF OIL PRODUCTS SECTION TWO [president, presented Mrs. John Oliver, ] Jr., a past president’s pin set with a ( ruby. » I Those attending the meeting from Edenton were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Per ry, Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver, Jr., Jim Basnight, Tom Lane, John Bass, Har old Langdale and Van Small. No Sale 1 “I see your husband has a new stenographer,” remarked Mrs. Busy body to the lady on whom she was j calling. 1 “Yes?” | “Yes, and she’s very pretty.” “1 know, she’s our daughter.” Page Seven
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