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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1919. THE COUNTRY CHURCtf Bf C. C. HtDGEPBTH. On of tha most widely knows tad successful tuntry pastors ia the South il the Ben George Waehiogtoa May, of North Carolina. XI r. May wat bora ia franklia county, N. C, March 1, ,1800.' This aa during the Brcoaatrue Horn period following the dona of tin (War Between the States and timet wert hard. Tht people Jist aot yet recov ered from tha ravages of war,' now in tht rule of 'esrgot-bsiners." rest psopls had aay matey. Mr. May's pa ' rents, like their neighbors, were poor. . This rettrded hit edueatioa to such an tsteat that he was twenty-two years of age before he was ready to begin tha study of mathematics, geography, his tory and English. It also made it nec essary for him to rut wood by the . moonlight nights for thirty-five eenta per eord. But this did not discourage this young man, for he was determined to prepare himself for his life's work the ministry he having been converted in 1883 and later feeling the. call to preach tad being licensed to the gotpt-l ministry in 18M. Mr. May continued - to tplit cord-wood and to do any hon orable work before him until , he had prepared himself for college. He then entered Wske Forest College. During his college career he served a number . of rarsl churches for an average annuul salary of $225. This, with the donation of hit tuition by the college, enabled him to take tha A. B. degree. When ha graduated ia 1800 he owed only the small sum of 165.00 for his edueatioa. Responding to the call of Bed Oak church' Snd" thr chBllencs of Messrs. ,JL C. Bear (now deceased) and J. T. Jona, two public-spirited men, Mr., May moved to Bed Oak in 1001. At th.it - - ttor there wa ao--wtrrre;d- eemm unity spirit. They had no good roads. The school building wat a discredit to the eomsnaity. Only two teachers wert employed and these but for a few months in the year. The religious lift of the community was at a low ebb and tht community church conain'.-d ef ont small auditorium. But with i hnrnifi nn.iinn a ktiil.t n n Um a ligiout life of the community and to help' educate the boys of not only his county but of other counties, aa well, - he, to use a slang svpressioa, "pulled off hit cost, Tolled up his sleeves, and went to .work" with the reault-lhnt the following things " have buppcusd. 1. Educational status. When Mr. May, moved to Bed Ooahyhit salary as teacher ia tha public school wnt 47.50 per month, and board nnd lodging fur nishtd. At indicated above the school had very small and inadequate build ing with only two teachers. There were Only one or two boarding pupils' ana they were related to the teachers. There was no teacherage .and not a dormitory and tha school was accom plishing very little. But immediately after assuming management of the Bed Oak school Mr. Mi begun to formulate plant for a now school building and for thrts domitoriet and other improve- uium jh avf ymra time me ariena a net had doubled and trebled. Thert were sevsnty-two bearding pupils rep resenting number of counties in tha Htate. Thia wat in 1904. ' At the end (f the year Mr. May severed his con nection with the school but his work , wat a thorough and we IT organised that tht community continued to keep .hp its pace until today they havt ono of tht leading farm-life schools in tha South. They havt bow a teaching force of thirteen. Tha student body numbers upwards of 300, The school is equipped with one of tha best wooden buildingi ia the State. It hits eleven clam-rooms well eqiiipied with, the best single 'dtaks, an auditorium containing four hundred and thirty-two opera chairs, a laboratory, a workshop, ailiraty and reading room and a boiler and engine room. The home economics room it equipped with the best modern domestic science desks, cooking range', oil stove, kitchen cabinet, two sewing 'ma chines, running water and other neces sary equipment. : The workshop is equipped with necessary tools, and the laboratories are well equipped with ap paratus and chemicals for teaching fhvsies, chemistry, botany, and agri rnltnre. The buildings at well lighted with electricity, the school building and kitchen have running water, and the school building is heated by atesm. There are Ave dormitories, one of which Is occupied by superintendent and fim Hy. The farm contains thirty acres very lemie rano and is equipped th a large modern barn, and good firming machinery, Tht, school ownt a pair of good draft horsei, tit head of cattle, and Bat a good pasture. A ptultry yard hat been built add vrell Keeked with chickens. There are two literary societies, tha Wood row Wilson for the boyt and the Nonpareil for girls and every student above tha seven m grade is required to become member of one, of these societies. In Addition to the 'awarding of diplomas to those finishing any prescribed courW of study the following medals are given: Hcuol arship medal, Declaimer's medal, deela- matioa medal. Recitation medal, Iba ter's medal. Bread medal and Music medal. Athletic games are under the direct superviaioa of members of the faculty. In audition (o tha baseball diamond they have) basketball court for boys and girls, and. a tennis court. This school now succeeding in such a large and effective way bad ita founda tion laid mostly by the man who as a boy had to cut cord-wood by moonlight nights in order that he might be able to educate himaelf. His example in building up 'the rural school of his adopted community, needa to be fol lowed by thousands of country pastors in the rural South. 2. Good Boada. The building of this school brought sbout another need in the community. This need had existed all along but became more noticeable in tha educational advancement of the neighborhood. I refer to the goAd roads. Not only this psitor but others in the community felt the need of better rosda. Bad roads and illiteracy are twin-sinters. Long stretches of doep heavy sand, poorly built bridges and narrow roads are a disgrace to any community. This was the kind Bed Oak bad. But as I hsve already indicated the school brought about a desire on the part of the people to change this condition and today you will find no better roads in the eastern part of the Old North State than those to be found in Red Oak com munity. ' ' : - 3. Better Homes. Thia rural psstor and friend of country school. George W. Alay. lias .helped .to . bring About an other change. Having led the commun ity to build a high school that later developed into one of the best "farm- life schools in the Houth and through 'thia having also brought tie community to see the need and to build better roads it followed aa a matter of fact that the easiest and the most natural thing In the world for the people of the neighborhood to do would bo to build modern and up-to-date farm homes. Strictly speaking there wsi not a mod ern farm home in the Red Oak Com munity in 1901, although there were two or three reaideacea that almost ap proached the modern home ideal. To day few communities anywhere can maks a better showing along this line than the one of which I write. 4. The Religious Life. But Mr. May could not stop off here. It is not enough to build a good school, and to lead the community in building better homes and roads. One must go further or these things will lead to destruction. For Just at the body needs to be fed with diet that will feed the musels, nerve, bone and mind, so must the life of msa have a balanced diet. Good homes, good roadt and progressive churches are a necessity to any com munity. Emphasia placed oa good homes to the aegleet of the school, roadt and church will result in lopsided nets. The same can be said in regard to any one of the the other three. But at a matter ef fact all are necessary and should be built together. Mr. May believes in all and ia all he has greatly succeeded. This rural community under his leadership has recently built a $13, 000 church edifice. And what this rural pastor and these farmers of the open country have done other country pas tors and teachers and farmers ran do. Ia 1911, the year the last manufac tures census was taken, there were 275, 000 manufacturing - establishments re ported. The Census Bureau expects about 300,000 establishments to be listed in 1920. is Labor Unrest Helps Wales. "Swansea, Wales. Oct. 84, (By Man.) Labor unrest in America is laid here to have benefited - Welsh manufacturers. A wave of prosperity it sweeping over Swansea and its, surroundings which resident declare is reminiscent of "tht good old days" pre-war day! when 8wansei thrived. The faetoriet ia the vicinity cannot keep pace with the or ders flooding in. , Iron, steel and tin plate works are glutted with orders and through prices have been forced Upward through competitive bidding by eagsr buyers, this is not acting as a dsterrsnU The Swansea Labor Exchange reports there are far fewer pertont unemployed now thia at any time tinflkthe armis tice, and the numbers are decreasing weekly. Wages on all banda are such as to attract labor unskilled worktrt receive U0 to 25 weekly which ia ma1- . 1 1 t : .A - i : : .i... I L calities in England. Kamanla Wants Republic. Paris, Nov. 29 A movement looking to the establishment of a republic in Rumania, which leNinder tht direction of General Fofosa"' Avereseo, former minister of war and Take Jonescue, t ..- :. !t, wtthmn portfolio,, hnt apread to Bessarabia, Transylvania and ........ i.... , aceiirthug to a Bucharest dis patch to the Oeuvre. The situation if said to be alarming for the dynasy. 1 France Gets Submarines. PafS, Nov. 2S.--rraneo it to get tea Germaa aubmarines, the Supreme Coun cil decided today in continuing its con sideration of tha allottment of German naval tonnage among the Allies. France il allowed this number of submarines, it It explained, because during tne war she wat suable to build to the exteit of ether of the. Allies ( her plants be ing devoted! to tht making ef munitions for the use of all. "; ' . 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