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Issued ^Twi©*ri; M?;#. VOLUME NUMJ3E^>18, an interesting expmtti^ era! respects., If Kaleigh nevropap^^e^:^»3^ia^{^p^ state-wide circulation was nee$lecl, but riji; Was , Siaic-W.jws, -1 J ' ,' ' Jv the concensus of. ogiw^n tnafl st^ca ^ papeft, could not be successfufr^jublifhed^-^ The editor. rpaae.-tnat test; uoupiy .Hard • Dy< launching the Voice, upon a Jilgh)y; dtitelle^dal j^sis with a confessed, non-pi^lic a.K>P$lv It^^ , h-s aim to secure^ state who could folfe#' aiid‘ Appreciate .any. ifts,. ‘ iellectual discussion that rnTglkt .ajjise > source, and' contribute. Accordingly*. He rifa^C the>«ib§t ? t . temot open -tor himifeeriyifii . _ men. Without capital,; the, course most apparent-; " ly feasible was. 1q‘solicit •thdt'pfofedsional 'then^ ’ and other leading^citi«tas of the . towns of^the state. A selection of the “thinking ip61*’ ^ . country areas was out. of ythe qt^stjp^becau^ '. of the cost pf tW solicitation. *ty ‘ ‘ ■ j Wellr- if thereiairc fAqjr men” rn'the" state we Jhave %£ considerable ^flurritjlr o^ tbetn1 r; on»the '^aw*.?Voice subscription * list.: ; sibly the Biggest ; disappojntn^nt^h^t^een ttje‘> discovery of jr*among v ties. I am convinced ;fiiat’jhtdHectu*ility has , to do with rise bl a> hian to either affluence * or political ■ • fSs f reconsidef • tht£%iafteV j> acknowledge lha£w I iiachno'u-eiiso».t^!e^3^^feed^&^^tdC^p^ ten could successfully follow where his text* books led him and his. teacher pulled or. pushed him after planned‘preparation for the nexf-step, while as a teacher of long experience I can count upon the fingers of the two hands the boys and girl>. or young men and women; who demon strated the possession of gray matter sufficient to justify the expectation that they would ever become more than absorbers of knowl edge.. Intellectual penetration, discrimina tion, analysis, and \ synthesis have been observed to be almost as scarce as4hens’ teeth. Ratiocination is a rare bird. And the greater number of professional men and others who have risen to some degree of prominence in their communities were necessar ily derived'from the mere absorbers of knowl edge, and in most cases, mighty slow absorbers at that. How can youths who with weary hours of toil fail to follow an easy text, suffici ently well to secure more than a grade of 80 or or even 9Q, be expected to develop into original thinker? or even successfful followers of concen trated thinking? They just couldn’t and haven't, whatever the number of years in school or to what height of supposed scholarship they have risen. On the other hand, on farms or in little stores or as a plain mechanic one can find men who never entered a high school class. no** to mention college, who can think and do think. Of course, this is not to suggest that the tenth man who had propulsive power to carry him "°t only along pointed-out paths of the texts h^t int0 fields’of original conception and m^oHmion 0f ideas, is 'all the stronger for his educational opportunities. However, some of le niea with the capacity suggested didn’t care a flip for some of the things they were required °l!,ake, in c°hcge and^ voluntarily made low >- l,ch a one was Dr. Spilman,whose letter - i'Un(l ln this issue. I recall one day that he was Payiiig his flute, laid it down, and said.he had V Vila . tnfpf nAf | -V1" 11 ls flute, laid it down, and said he hac 0-i'tudy. his calculus Five minutes later Ber ^ard b.Zf] ^ _X.4. -rry-m WAfl nard had his flute again' “I thought you were g?ni£ to study your calculus,” I said. "I tried the problem,” • he replied, “and couldn’t work (I SO 1iQvn«i4 . /1a ^ 'TTa ixrOQ '! 311(1 so haven’t a thing to do.” He was per €cl -v satisfied, to accept Prof. Luther Mills Pronint —- - <■ ■' t-'— Prive hifti one -'-'Vi, i»v avA^v,|yL °niPt solution, of such eases—give mm aDove the passing mark and let him go. Profes Sn’ ^T'” ' : •* ~ ■ -v— ..,oUid . pacing marie ana tej. iuiu jjv. * Sot. •'111|s knew that'that young preacher wouju gain 11 e>ther cultm-^fBte logic" from a course in -ift ■ **:-V -*^-5*- V--':'i-;■ -t -> >'• -X-. vv,; * mm mm*m f Important to Subscribe**. 2 This |s . the,final iftiriAer Jof ^ jVoi0i^ ^ aaiEL y0jce Affer tbisj uay$ $Mj 3£$£e/f tfi t,umbe^d)i awl* cpi ^iifto weekly, ;^; % e Two roaso^^^tateTMs change. Firstj the" .state of the editor^iiealth deprives hiui. of ^privilege of ext^^ig the circuTotiop : ^vhile gathering inter^fih^^nate^iaL f of ^the.gjj U*paper.} jpuritbC Mond pl^i^lhe Stdf&A :W~ iM aid was* started -With "a .pufpo&. My pur* v was to launch a paper thaf should be,-; la sub-" *. for: and-.b^' mjan-^i3^tl Tl^eco ho?nic;jgueetiops\wei:^. principally ’in .mind *The. last two*, isstf^$f*ihe Voicein<li cate^ T || * Ufoi,tthe; Editor: ha(f f^tluded; up his discus^V ' ■ nn that MiK-terfrjt That hpincr, the”case. * depend ' upon- a *clfentile«f(^0t,teifed/ all over syr s* , -.V . ■; . . _ a twpTbld and sufficyeSft reasoB-fvv4 s liiJetdtff does not permit the %Ork: of'the' first ' .^.yy itl/h k zkiLJf*' *■ • ,-ttwo: years-^no traveling nt all, £orri £• six pjonths;' and- tht*. Wflfk }i<r«&fly f: i ' l. £m‘/Willing - to do two meii’s- ’ ••WB *s when The date of the first isaie oTtHe _ _ in its new form cannot now be definitely stated. When issued it will be continued to State's Voice subscribers during the dura tion of their subscription. The new form of the Voice will have an editorial page that will probably appeal more strongly to the average subscriber of the present State’s Voice than.do the contents of the former paper. It will discuss State topics in a sprightly way that was not included in the purpose of the States Voice. Accord ingly it is hoped that many hundreds of our present intelligent subscribers will con tinue as subscribers under the new regime. A calculus, especiafiy if he had learned how to pursue a mathematical problem to its lair in the earlier branches. Oh, there was no ques tion about' B. W. Spilman's ability to learn ma thematics ! He simply preferred to be picking up various 2’s and 3’s, 7,s and ll’s, on his own hook and to project with them. He has kept up the scheme for 45 years and the resultant is scholarship plus an ingenuity capable of meeting almost every kind oi intellectual emergency. Many a poor fellow, if he picked up a two and a three, forgot.that he had them about his person apd of course never conceived of the possibility of tinkering with them to see what 'combinations he coufd make. Poor saps then, and poor saps now, even though they may have , lought knowledge in the schools till awarded the /PK.i). degree as a result of absorption. An ori /ginal idea would astound one of the ilk. * But enough of that. I have made a living through the very depths of the depresson with the Voice. But lj hardly believe anybody else could have done so. In the first place, few could have done the work I have done, and in the second, it is doubtful if another who could ''have done it would have. . And I 'have enjoyed the work, though the triple task has been quite taxing. In the first nlace I have written enough editorials for the Dunn Dispatch, as payment for the printing of the Voice to make a thousand-page volume. In addition, I have written enough for the Vote* itself tohll several such volumes, and have read proof by the hundreds of galleys. In additon to . the writing I went through fifty counties of the state introducing the paper to my “thinking. ... V (Continued On Page l&ffbt) . ~ ■■Id, 4:; ffl&flffi. F #f^Iwo Kindi' ££ Folk *® •' mM !isi fma»v.ijBSue, of tfe« ?»».* ,..- i«~ ^mZie&Z&grirjL *, ;?> '•?!&&&■-*■ .as such, your *ur~ #v #?• s+*i sv^SW vappears'joy thfi jabel* and ^^aft^ot ^ ipf will be found in pencilon tfie^pap^j Ttf J2Ta ».«»«+ ,,««« *aoai^rinff *H« ii ,‘tehf '£$¥&' |‘> ;-if-^^iirssub^criptiPjras iriu^i ;a^ ’ £ three m^gs ^ ^A^epfevfenOT^4tw-'it advance you/^?Siii*to continue. the 'Subscription • •:to the-newpi^per,. which, Will‘pi$bahfy the "former forpt.^ mhPtfe* _,Mr,w,.., ipgaifcjSK gjlfe , last «^;moij£Rs, duri^jvWchv;^, . to & few Weeks ago, he was. cbhfipediv EpSis home' l6$ us to. allow, inany.,shb scnj «l and we did not wish the list to be bro 3C*h 'l :■' S ■S;r ifS sssi :•>< gj Is $ m “m h]2&s, ken. . .. : v'" ' : ■ Two Kind of Folk Frequently we placed good men upon our list when.it was not conveni ent at the moment for them to pay, with the promise that the subscription would be paid for later. There1 seems to be two kind of them. For example, the editor visited Fair Bluff during the very peak of the hard times in 1933. A good physician told him to send the paper and he would pay for it. No representative of the paper had the privilege of visiting Fair Bluff since nor do we believe that the phy sician was sent any statement of sub scription dues. Three weeks ago we' received a two-dollar check from that physician. Another Kind — In another lovely village about the same time, we put on a man under the same circumstan ces and treated him the same way. About the time we received the two dollar check from the Fair Bluff phy sician, we received a note from the other subscriber mentioned. He stated that he did not read anything but the Bible, that he had never read a single copy of the Voice and asked that it pe lent no longer. Of course, we were sur prised that he should not'have discov ered the Golden Rule in his Bible read mg. .. ' .. ✓ Now, there are scores of apparently ♦ good men-put on the list in the Same way and ^scores whom the representa tive of the paper failed to see on vis- - j its to their towns and whose names were continued on the list till the next visit, which illness has-prevented. . All such subscribers have their chance^ to choose the ilk they will be classed with—whether with Dr. Wad dell or with .the Bible reader, v* Some ' mighty big!- names appear in the list of those who are to: make the choice. If they prefer to play the cheap skate, we are perfectly willing to let them do so. . UtL '■ks-r:- ;rk ?•' • -j. , . tf .• - •" ■, - . A
The State’s Voice (Dunn, N.C.)
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