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
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2 This |s . the,final iftiriAer Jof ^ jVoi0i^ ^
aaiEL y0jce Affer tbisj uay$ $Mj 3£$£e/f
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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~
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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
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s liiJetdtff does not permit the %Ork: of'the' first '
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• ,-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.
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•:to the-newpi^per,. which, Will‘pi$bahfy
the "former forpt.^
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_,Mr,w,.., ipgaifcjSK gjlfe
, last «^;moij£Rs, duri^jvWchv;^,
. to & few Weeks ago, he was. cbhfipediv
EpSis home' l6$ us to. allow, inany.,shb
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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. .
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