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IMIIAK TRAIL
: LEADS TO
EDE.VT0..
Great Council of The
Improved Order of
Red Men to Hold
Annual Meeting
in Edehton. ;
v. i i
Prominent Speakers , From
All Over North Carolina
And Eastern Virginia
To Be Present.
Danghters of Pocahootas
The Same Time.
"Edenton, N . C,
To The Editor:
- Uur people
w
ill
do well to note that in May 1915 .these gentlemen most agreeable
; we will have a very notable gath- and pleasant to them. Our city
ering of some of the mostVom- is noted for its hospitality and
inent citizens of our' State as' the generous treatment to strangers
Improved Order of Red Men will and visitors, and we will have on
meet in Edenton that "month, this occasion one. of the best op
? Among thern we are to have portunitiesto display it that has
the HonoraBTe John W. Cherry ever been - afforded us. Now,
of Norfolk, Va., Past Great In- brother Red Men, to the front
, cohonee one of the bieeest and with all the power and -energy
brightest men in, our country,
Among the citizens of our State
will be Col. W. S. Liddell of
Charlotte, a Past Qrand Master
of the Masonic order in the state;
Hon. Joseph E. Pogue of Ra-
leigh, secretary of the North
Carolina State Fair; Hon. R.
C. Flanagan of Greenville, Great
Prophet and Great Representa
tive to the Great Council of the
United States; Dr.D.L. James of
Greenville, member of the Board
of Aooeals and one of the most
eloquent orators in the State ;
Hon. W. L. Stamey, editor of last -Luesaay in ounoiK on ousi
The Tomahawk and a newspa- ness.
per of High Point, his home J. T. Ashley has moved in the
town, and a Past Great Sachem house recently vacated by S. L.
and Past Representative to the Dale, who moved into, his new
Great Council of the United dwelling. ;
Slates; Dr. O.G. Falls of Kings
Mountain, a fine man and a splen
did gentlemen; Capt. J. R.
Anderson ot Charlotte, a Great
Representative and a Past Great
Sachem, well thought of and
tnrA t?s4 tvt w.ti,
Carolina: Hon. D E. Hender-
son of Newbern, a prominent
lawyer and Great Senior Saga-
more ahd incoming Great Sachem
n( ft,. r-4. r.-:i f m.v,
Carolina; Hon. B W. Taylor of
Washington, N; C , Great ; Re-
Piesentative to the Great Council
of the United States ; - i Hon
1 Heenan Hughes of Graham; Great
Junior Sagamore and the next
Gret Ceiincii of North Carolinar
une lawyer ana a genueman ot
agreeable -manners; Dr. Chas.
fl. Beme
one
oldest ana best
men t in
4S
Carolina
who has more life and
vim than many younger men y
Prof
. D.M.tH6StherlyJof sRamf
j : one of the finest orators -in
seur
our state 'and' one f of theil best
educatbrs Vin the - land ; ; G .
FarlowCoi'-Kinston,, editor, of the
Kihston newspaper ; J. W. "WiU5
enuiusiastfc K.ea men oi norm
Carolina; . - E-Mayor E. Tv
Stewart of r Washington, - N.
and now on the committee , in
J udiciarv ; f Hon. William J. An
Irews, Jr., of Raleigh, who; i one.j
of the greatest, Red Meri and.one
of the cleverest gentlemen in the
State and many other Bed Men
of great prominence iri: their
several communities; and last
but not least, Hon. W. E.- Hern
don of High Point, the present
Great Sachem of the Great Coun
cil of Improved Order of Red
Men of North Carolina. The
meeting of this splendid body of
representative men of North' Car
olina in Edenton will be
among
the days to , be counted in - the
history of our beautiful old city.
This-splendid order is now.doing
a great. Work in North Carolina
along the most humane and
philanthropic Unes. It is v
highest orex and a . strong edu-
cator-pf.the best principles of
patriotism and Of Freedom,
Friendship and Charity. Every
citizen in our community should
make ita point to do everything
possible to make the stay of
I- . - m m
you have and let Chowan Tribe
No. 12 give our visiting brothers
with the assistance of Hiawatha
Council No. 25, Daughters of
Pocahontas' and our fellow towns
men the best time they have ever
had at any Great Council of this
Great Reservation. We can do
this if we only try.
W. J. LEARY, R.,
Past Great Sachem.
Cisco News.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Dale spent
L.. Forehand is planning to
build a house near Usco station.
Saturday after Christmas Joel
Twine and George Goodwin,
both white, while drinking and
acting very disorderly in the store
of Mn S. L. Dale, beat A. ij.
Forehand an innocent bystander,
Mr. Forehand has never been
known to drink liquors of any
kind or to oe arunK. warroiua
have been issued for the arrest
of Twine and Goodwin.
Mr. Luther Dale and
Miss
Alice Blanchard were to have
been married Sunday but owing
to the ; slwt ,:it -was, postponed
but nas jouDWess WKcn
mm
From a Mere Man to ihe Grofl elpldS NafcEuropc at War)
Are3 you, O fcings and ernrcfrs,iM right?
iIa'mar;of.in
Your nations now are relfrpgrafte the Cause,
Your morbid thirst for power- kh'bpfijiybVc: or laws.
Jppur fcretie areibut paper scrapp:nids?'idteiitttod ;
u'cros;a:heljpl
Forgive ;the world O Belgium! T hlS is. on us all.
All thinking men 'thMigK6ahe
To learn the problems of the war, and inet them -face to face
Belshazzar couldnot;read,Iit seems, the writine on the wall;
Nor Alexander understand how Greece;3Cb:ukiever
Fiill bon their ha ugh ty wills were
They gave their scepters back to
In evolution's onward path, from
And: then through generations on,
The wtfecks of selfishness and hate,
Are scattered on the sands of time,
They cannot Veach their cherished, goaltjieir end is with the dead ;
Eternal truth has so decreed; the God Sfialf has said,
What if, by shot and steel and, force; tyjourmpire rule the world;
And all your enemies were slainaQqtfl;s'lrere furled ;
If death and desolation stalk across pur lands and streams,
And widows sobs and orphans' tearsdisturb your, royal dreams?
Are all your peaceful homes and "men fbupawfts and rooks fluid things,
That they should thus be sacrificeia'sjtfiixrqae!!?'
The crimson flood from millions slain engults your nations' fame.
The angry clouds' of war conTer..yqur!gloio'IUiAme:i
Ambition's guidfe becomes a , stafwith:ioye
But glory's wreath is not a cron unless "itsaise isght. . .
iu you ueucvc nidi uu is
Would you advise Godto exchange .thelawrofiove for? might? r !
Tiwr iawMove bringsjoy-andage,' ai4s3oangirmo
Think you a rule by force and war
If one be wrong, the other right, which one for man is best?
Or would your arrogance demand a change at your behest?
Be not deceived, God is not mocked; you asked his aid to win;
If insincere in this appeal, against your soul you sin.
Your prayers are then but a sham, to stir your subjects1 zeal;
While you avow a faith in God, yet put your trust in steel.
Thus reckoned Rome, a world empire, before her mighty fall;
So, if by swords the nations rise, by swords they crumble, Ml.
Then why not play the nobler part ? Why not have higher aim ?
Why not reveal a godlike heart? a manly course proclaim?
Put forth an honest effort, all, to give your subjects peace.
Let Wisdom's counsel now prevail, and all this carnage cease,
Let kings be men, and men be kings, man's high estate attain.
Your beastly passions ail forget, the Prince of Peace will reign.
DeVallVBluff, Ark.
A Spelling Test Given by the
on Friday
The report from Edenton Graded School, High School Dept. is
as follows:- "
List of words and number of
0 Separate-which.
1 Wednesday-business meant -
2 religious-yield-grieved.
3 foreign - until - receive - absence
4 neuter-relieve-changeable-breadth-appreciate.
preparation-privilege.
spitiable-precede-receipt-licenseparallel-governor.
8 accommodate.
9lose-confceivable-prejudice-necessary.
10 cylinder-achievement benefited-February-ridiculous-convenient
12 descendant-referred-embarrass pursue.
14 recommend.
15 xpnsnsus.
16 laboratory.
17 plenteous.
19 Connecticut-occurrence.
24 twelfth
Time used: Fifteen minutes. Hour of test? -9:10 A: M.
Number of High School pupils enrolled: Boys 12, girls 24, total 36
Number in attendance on day of test: " 10, 20 - -M
Number who took the test:
Highest grade attained :
Lowest erade attained:
Average grade -attained by school:
Text Used during the year: Chancellor City :o 8. -Only, one j enormous figures of sixteen mil
wprd pronounced twice during the; test. :i v V . ilions, with last year's surplus of
Miss AlHe Parham made the
:ho)pl hpiidayj f m
wmtm
call
iiatSZ - '
fall.
behttey' mingled with the dust
Gora$;tfce ?mighty must,
atoQiSitipVto mani
thrqujall this human plan;
of 4frbgance and strife,
vftlon the way of life.
such blessings can bestow?
EUGENE LANKFORD.
High Schools of the State
Dec. 18, 1914.
times each was missed :-
precious.
- whether - courageous.
.
" 10, " 20 30
44 78, M 94
44. 54
63, 80.1 t' Tl.$
highest, crade 94 " ,
COTTO M
fARffiRS.
To the i. Planters, Farmers and
Farmers Union: . ,
It was Henry Gradv that
dellved such a4)eaultif ill tribute
to cotton. It was as follows:
"What a royal plant, it is. , The
wbrld waits in attendance on its
" r"7uwa, 111 u" T
gtowth; the shower- that .falls
whispering on its leaves is' heard
arbund the earth ; the sun that
shines on it is tempered by the
prayers of all the " people ; the
frost that chills it and y the dew
that descends from the stars are
noted and the trespass of a little
worm on its green leaf is more to
England than the advance of the
Russian army on her Asian out
posts. - It is; gold from - the in
stant it puts forth its tiny shoots.
Its fibre is current in every bank,
and when , loosing its fleeces to
the sun, it: floats a sunny banner
that glorifieB the fields of the
humble farmer that - man is ma r-
Ishaled under1 a flag that will com
pel the allegiance .of the world
arid wring a subsidy from every
nation on earth. It is the herit-
age that God'gave to tiis ; people
fcjrever as their own when he
arched our skies, established our
mountains girt v u s ab with
ft rOPea Jdcal ithellbreei
tempered the sunshine and mea-' wa'suilty of :tlatalhK
ured the; ram. Oursnd our wagon on the roadside and ccj
children's forever. . As princely a mentmg on what he woufd'do in
talent as ever came from ;fes raisin"thi ctb ?i J : c
hand to mortal stewardship."
A king in the commercial world
commanding and receiving obe
dience to the call of nations.
'King Cotton" the king of the
Southlands, but his rule as a
princely talent is threatened and
unless timely steps are taken
poverty will overtake! his people
and leave them homeless. The
means ofslefence. and of ample
protection is in thehands of the
farmers and planters who live in
the limits of the ' great cotton
country, and simple enough for
I all to understand. The farmer or
planter who raises cotton at less
than 10 cents a pound is gradual
ly but surely selling his lands
and 'fast becoming a pauper,
Supply, and demand: governs the
price of all commodities and here
we have a key to- the - situation.
We must raise less cotton, and
we must go at it in a systematic
mannet. The., great trouble is
that the- farmers arid planters
have never been organizers', and
the charge has time and again
been seriously, made that they
are not and we think correctly so.
The lacr is unless an effective
organization is constructed all
the w spe'ches and talking will
be of no essential value in oro-
ducing results ; so it is, and must
be plain totjys intelligent farmer
and planter4-that what is needed
. - - 1 -
a strong cementing of the.peo
pie interested m the prosperity
of the . cotton producer. IX. is
oerfectlv plain that the cottonlhappy days were nt upon, the.
crop must be reduced and to the
extent that it will regulate the
supply, so that a fair price will
he :n?alized We see from the
IneWspapcrs that: it is estimated
Ithe crpip for 1914 will Teach the
1 twoinillion ; bales not included.
runs
and demand xonroi the !,price.
The niethtWhich w
to;get thlarmfersntiV
to understand what practical
brganizitjon m
advantage it will be to them.
Theri for them d-iffi& 'olail
ization 1 like unto our great nation
and di?ip!e itjinto loncJlcctions.
msions anksub
entire cottorQwmg . regions - or
belts of the Southland, with
capable men over each and such
other men as , may . be, needed to
handle the situation,; !Then-as-certain
what r: percentage ,: of re
duction will be necessary aod
when this is done have a commit
tee in each of the last, subxiivls
ions to see that only o much
cotton is planted by ;the ; Indi
vidual, farmer as will give . proper
results based oa c the ;percentagff '
and not leave it to him to comply ,
with , what is eoniderd (o be - a
proper reduction of . acreage.
The .lands, bv the lauihosrked
persons, could be 9tad;'offiiii
the v right quantities. Our great
republic is handled in tthis wy,
and so are our .great; political .
parties. In thevuggtioo nee
make there is ;iothmg.new only
a new application upon ; the; ijold
principles, for the benefit oi our
Southland arid , ; it& iarmers ian4
planters. , If the iduciorMfieft
t6 the individual ti)er .of vthe oU
ittwili be thenuai
J Iesea 5
And Jones was settih- in it, so;
! A reading of a paper,
His mules was goihv powerful slow
rFor He Had tied the Unes jrto
The staple of his'scraper '
I The mules they stopped about
a rod
From me9 and went a feeding
'Longside the ..road, upVn the
sand, , 1
But Jones, which he had tuck a
"tod1'
Not knowin kep a-reading.
And presently says he, "Hits true
That Clisby's heaif is level
Thar's one thing farmers all must
" ! do . ' ' . ';
To keep themselves from goin'
to
Bankruptcy and the devil.
; More corn, more must plant
less ground, ' '
And Thus'nt eat What's boughten,
Next year, they'll doit reason -in'
souiid .
(And cotton will fetch ' 'bout a
dollar a pound)
Tharfore, III plant all cotton.
Macon, Ga., Sidney Lanier."
A fit portrayal -of what will al-
ways happen when Uiere is no
orSmuuu, uwrciurcra cth
sty of some vnie;0rhiio(l
at.wtu De lair to au ;tod-place .
in the pockets' of ail Cotton
growers alike morieyL iT-wlir
c tim,jda "f
fairness of the method BUggeited,
bat wlUepay for ttolS r
trouble spent in -doing to. We
I know what farm life, is, tor many
C!?
T(Tnb
I to the happiness and fros-
J perity of this class oC.pfOple V(p
I would begiad of it; and feel
that we had Jived-for some, pur
pose. The man who sujgestedX
the ;Bticr frec- belliverya'and
those wh'helped t6 ptti?irthto
use; destrvethfc b1essftigSbfMIl;
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