THE ROWANS IN N. CAROLINA HISTORY
>IectiB2 Mr. T, H. Bfflm ift Cfefe
tba?e
u'ives
me occasion* to, v$rite< of
*>
family’s «* *wfe* **mf
'Loliua history,
: ue ilie name always to^gptfk ms,
JJL oldest Baptist f&MCfc, *h SWft.
f0UUty three miles southeast, of Cite- ,
m f; named Rowan, as., is, the ereyfe
near if- 1 am if tJhe
which I presume was named %&t,
named thus by some admirer of VmiT:
deBt Rowan of the eolo^:e«alrW;
whether perhaps some, R^wau, Of#?
jived in that community,
rho Rowans I now hn^w. of in.
the state are those of. Moore. and,,
Robeson. Mr. T. H. Etowan, in. d^,
tended from Robert Rowan, probably
a nephew of Matthew Rowan* as, he
had a brother named. Robert Rowan,
jt was this Robert Rowan* great-^reat
grandfather of T.JI. Rowan, for whoift
Bowan Street in Fayetteville is.
named-.
Matthew Rowan probably h$d no,.,
sons. At any rate he is found willing,
at least part of his property to.his’
nephe ws in Ireland, sons of bis brother
Andrew. President Rouvan, wjbo,.liye<i,
iB Bath at the time of h^s. becoming
president of the Council in 1753, ’vy.as.
living in New Hanover county, when,
he made his will in 1700.
H - was sprung from a lin£ of
jitH»teh ministers. The family seems
to have been among the immigration
to north Ireland, however, as. Key,
Andrew Rowan was located a$
puuxhl'.v, diocese of Connor, in 1601,
drills there in 1717. His second son,
Rer. .John Rowan, married a Stewart.
Matthew Rowan was the' fifth sou of
that couple. His first appearauee in
any North Carolina records, is as a
church warden at Bath, in 172Q, next
as a member of the,. Assembly % 1727.
He been me a member, of the;, council
in JT-'U’ and continued a memher till
REP. BAYARD CLARK
Mr. Hark is being opposed in the
primary tomorrow for re-nomination
i’.r Hie Democrats of the Seventh Dis
frirt by L. Clayton Grant of Wilming
ton.
Society Must Defend
Itself Against Killers
We are quite sure that there
have been more people mur
dered within five miles of
Dunn the last year and a half,
especially if you count those
killed by drunken drivers, than
Harnett county lost in battle
during the World war. I
haven’t the figures as to Har
flett’s loss in battle, but I do
know that Sampson lost in
that way only eight or ten
men—and at least two of the
number of the murdered within
hve miles of Dunn were in,
Sampson, maybe more. And
that means a fourth or a fifth
nf the World war loss in bat
tle, and not by disease, of that
”ext to the largest county ~in
the State.
o„The time has come when no
babyish sentiment should al
low the murderers to escape
Paying adequate and speedy
Penalty for, their criniej^When
He seems to have been an nnu»pa£.
sss&i&A!*** » «»
father of T. H. The Rowan family,
which gave Scotland and Ireland a
number of Church ofEngland min
isters, has prodrrced two Presbyterian
ministers at the oM homestead near -
Carthage. The one of them is Rey.
Jesse Colin Rbwan, I>. I>., now of New
York, and Rev. Charles H. Rowan of.
Paw Creek. Another brother of T.
H. (Thomas Holt) Is Robert Carl of
Raleigh. Three sister^ live at the old'
homestead, Misses Mary, Lottie, and,
Sarah Elizabeth.
Evidently, the Robeson Rowans are
descended from another son of the
original Robert, since all the male de
scendants of Thomas Rowan are above
accounted for, Four generations have,
lived at the homestead, near Carthage.
Two references are found to- Robert
Rowan in Saunders' Colonial Records,
one to "Major Robert Rowan (kins
inan of Pre^denC and again,
At the. beginfl(n^ of, thg,' accp«tut»^ojf
the revolutionary struggle, to “Cap
tain Rowan." The intermarriages
have been with the Holts, Mel vers,
and Phillips families,, at least up to
the present generation.
I am still wondering how Rowan
Creek; near Clinton got its name, Thg
name of* President tthew Rowan is.
deservedly perpeinaied-in the name, of
one of -the State’s best counties.
it becomes known that killers
will be killed,, as remorselessly
as ' mad. dogs- are, would-be
killers (and those who carry
pistftlsL ai^' iij.; that categoryl
will take. heed. "
Judge: Sinclair has hit the
nail on the head when he says
that the death penalty is so
ciety’s weapon of self-defense.
When a killer is dead he will
kill no more—society is rid of
one menace. A writer wonders,
if Judge Sinclair has ever seen,
an execution, implying that if
he had his sentiments might
be different. Wonder if that
writer has seen a murder.
Shooting down unsuspecting
filling station men, shooting
with less compunction than
one shoots a dog a man begging
for his life—those things are
not pretty to look upon, and
the people of North Carolina
are not called upon to tax
themselves to keep in comfort
such cattle while they are sup
posed to be paying the penalty
for their crimes.
Lei the legislature give the
juries a chance to save the ex
ceptional killer—one killing
under most trying circum
stances—from the death pen
alty by a recommendation to
the judge for mercy, but let
the death' sentence and execu
tion follow speedily the convic
tion of any others. The safety
of the people demands such a
course. Mad dogs should not be
penned up and fed at pub.io
' expense.
. Duke University is to be
congratulated upon securing
as commencement speaker, oir
Wilfred Grenfell, He is °ne
of the greatest and most be
loved characters in the world
today.
Dry weather this, spring m Pied
mont Carolina has. been beneficial to
the extent that it has permitted the
hhrrestins of a, high quality «op of
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Estimated tile State Hu
It
Carolina. ** having ppured out
from, the college* and universe
ties 2400 < college graduates
than year.t That number is .far:
ip excess of; aM tfm graduates
^ lathi century. Thew, prot*- ;
lens now- it to,, find iohe* They,
must not be toe particular, m
to the kind ofjobthey accept.
There b no question that they'
are better fit|edj5 in the long
run, to, raak.e their way, in the
world, thap,tho av.erage^ y«ij&
of th.au? % it wilf- kayo
to be, in C)QhiReti^«i » i&; many,
cases with youths, not sa highly
educated but with a readier ex
perience in the jobs that some
of the, graduates must accept*
if they are fqrtupate^ in securr
ipg any joha at all. The qoj
lege youth who has really Re
quired a practieaii e^catiou,,
preparing him for. work in the
great industries wiMh probably ,
find himself the more fortu
nate. The next mosf fortunate
is the fellow, whq has cqme up
by the way of hard •roeks,
ajid, difficulties, end has culti
vated no expeuefc hajrits* and a
is of a type that ean turn his
hands to almost any kind) of
work*
But the old-motto .of pn
the Wake Forest literary sof
ties—“If you cannot find a
way, mal$ft. one’.Wis more pqr
tiseptj, today than ever before.
Forty to. fifty years ago t|e
college graduate found bp
L. CLAYOTN GRANT
iXew Hanover’s Representative In
the General Assembly for three terms,
who is opposing Congressman Bayard
Clark in Saturday’s Primary,
flowery road open for him.
Many a bachelor of arts was
glad to get a Job at forty dol
lars a month for eight or ten
months teaching. The Wake
Forest man in the early nine
ties who could boast of a six
or eight hundred-dolar job
was an exception, an object of
envy or. congratulation^, ac
cording to the feelings of. the
other fellow. The writer,
“making a way” as a teacher
at Burgaw, made exactly his
board the first month—$§.Q0.
Yet he managed to pull in pu
pils from eight counties that
year and raise his income for
two or three months to, the
: ^ i CHARLES: ROSS ;
i -of Harnett County
Democratic Primary, June 2, 1934
“Mr. Ross toy nature and training
has the qualities of head and heart
which will insure the maintenance of
the high standards the people of the
Fourth Judicial District are aiasnr
tomed: to.. expect/* * j • # ,
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munificent sum of $75 a month;
had occurred and with an op-,
eningjust three timea ashurge
aatheyeerbefOrehe wa* un
able to coilect enough to pay
hfl assistant ~ag<£ %av& nffe
e^ug^toJiyoupon, though h^
board, ami room CQS^ only Q\;
a.; month*. ^ tSmm t*k A&
valley of the Pigeon*
cotton was, not king* enabled
him to make $75 a month d»F-.;
ing the sprinjg of; 1894. ThafcV
spring he was. offered a Job as,
“pro&ssm:” C Marg Co{
lege and one in Tex&$. $t th$
inuJUftcent rwjge ojE $2$k a
month. Ope,J^tou^andf!
a, year for % school, man, wa%
ap. exception in. the South: aa*
late as 1906* It haa been
worse by far than now, young,
men. Tighten your belts and
put seiyjce ahfaA, of compen
sation, and. £ can/ assure you,
tha£ Iffe, worth living,
you, ever; Uiafce %
money, or not. ‘ Ju#t remember,
that the, aye^ge- map’*. rigfct
f«tk share in smalh at the hegt±
and that youfcannoi expect to,
live in luxury and- ease except
at the cost of increased hard
ship, to A© less fortunate.
. it tak^mijhty, little., tosup-.
port a, plain* simple, Ufa, huti
take my weed, for .Jit,. it you
~wiih that hind of life baa asu^
much joy bir-it- as any other. '
The fellow: who does habituate
himself to any other has a
deyii. of ai thhgr^Nn the tide/
<$?unge&, and* qv.e,rtiqw&, W,
Health* vigor* ift^tiye*, a
right attitude toward yqu?: fat
low mem of whatever degree,
o' determittat^R to pay-vyojar*
way through-the world; .if not-,
more, will assure you of a; :
happy life< put your
affections on'gettmg nippey at, ‘
any cost? to younr integrity. or
to the rights*of your fellow;
men, and you can count as
suredly upon much unhappi
nessr—-even Af* you become a. .
Croesus. Life does not, consist
of what one possesses of this^
world’s goods*, Twenty' cents,
worth of staple foods a day
will keep you in fair physical
trim. One shelter keeps of£ -
the rain as well as almost any
other. A broad, deep life is
what counts, and a big income
is not necessary to f uch a life.
An Embargo- Eaid* Upon
Shipment of .'Munitions
The President is forbidding
the shipment of arms from this
country to Peru and Bolivia,,
which countries, have, beep
waging a foolish war for two
or three years: about a forest
border area. Yet-Bolivia claims
that sueh an embargo xavors
jPeru, which has its own arms
manufactoty^and Pacific port?
by which.it may raceiye ship
ments from agy country willing
to sell it mipitionSr, An em»
bargo, therefore, may, some?
times mean the^ifcakingof sides*
Yet it is gratifying that this
minor step is^ken. in forbid
ding American munition mak
ers. front, fatoning upon, th£
blood of the youth of nations
.foolish enough to engage in
war. It will take more grit,
however, to place an embargo
upon shipments of munitions td
foreign countries in case of a
majorwarv In th^t case, the
munitions makers, will bring an
immfttise pressure to.beay. But
it is Vlea^^^t the, man who
furnishes the. wea.po for
slaughter is pot innocent of the
blood* ,1^,
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