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Volume XXII. i BICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1913. Number 23.
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THE LOVE OF COUNTRY.
Three Powerful Groups ot Hen .Who
Are the Real Enemies ol (be
Nation.
(Christian Work and Evangelist.)
Whatever else we may associ i
ate with Memorial Dav, the one
great thought is that we shall
honor those who loved their coun
try. They happened to be called
to die for it. It is unlikely that
that call will ever come to us;
but the possibility of manifest
ing love remains the same. And
the best honor we can show the
fathers Who died for the nation
is to highly resolve to love it as
fervidly and as practically as did
they, For many years now we
have been urging this truth in
general terms on Memorial Day
and have tried to show the great
channels in which that love might
be manifested. This year we
should like to go into detail a lit
tle and call attention to some
way 8 in which love of country can
be manifested very practically
and very humbly.
One of the best ways of loving
your country is to take a per
sonal interest in securing the
best schools possible in your com
munity and supporting them with
all your power. The future of
America depends upon the boys
and girls now in its schools.
There are great crowds of these
boys and girls who need not only
the education your boys and girls
need, but who, having come from
other countries whose ideals and
institutions differ greatly from
ours, need the added instruction
in American ideals,ethical stand
ards and constitutional govern
ment. We need the best schools
possible if we are going to have
a safe and unified America in the
next generation. Why, there are
piaces in our ewes wnere swarms
of children are even being taught
anarchy by special teachers. (Dr.
Hillis has recently given one of
their catechisms to the public,
and he estimates that 12,000 chil
dren are being taught that there
is no such thing as government
or God.) Many of these children
come from parts of Italy where
ignorance is beyond our imagin
ing and where the only ethics
commonly held by the people is
to get what one can regardless
of how you get it. (It is in this
respect that our big corporations
and the immigrant from Sicily
and some parts of lower Italy
hold exactly the same philosophy
of life, and both ought to be
taught the same lessons.) These
children can only be reached by
our public schools The Protes
tant Cnurch cannot reach many;
the Roman Catholic Church does
not. They do not go to church
yet The school must make them
good citizens and teach them our
ideals. Here is a great oppor
tunity to love your country. We
always distrust the patriotism of
the map who grumbles at the
Bchool tax or wants to cut down
the teacher's salary. Make the
public school in your town the
best that can be made regardless
of expense, and you will be serv
ing your country much more ef
fectively than bymarching in pa
triotic parades or shouting for
national defense. The only ene
mies this country has are within
its own borders, and they will be
overcome, not by a cannon ball,
butbyaschool book.
-Another way of evincing your
patriotism la by supporting the
church in your community with
all your - strength- and means.
This fact Of the' local church as
a national asset is not sufficiently
dwelt upon. U There are three
great and powerful groups of
men in this country' who are the
real, though perhaps unconscious
enemies of the nation. Tbey are
those, who set 'aside both the
moral and statute law in their
greed for money and their ruth
less competition; those who are
actively and outspokenly engag
ed in warefare against the coun
try's good liquor dealers, brew
ers, gamblers at races, and keep
era of pool rooms, traffickers in
women's virtue, grafters in bus
iness and politics, buyers of leg
islatures and votes, printers , of
lewd books and indecent news
papers; and then those who live
only for themselves. These three
groups are very powerful and
are exerting a terrific influence
in our modern lifd. They are
more rampant and centralized in
our great cities than in the coun
try towns. But our great cities
draw both their increase and the
vitality largely from the annual
immigration of boys from the
country towns. The character
of these boys will determine the
character of the great cities dur
ing the next two generations. - It
is easy to see, then, that the
character of our great cities de
pends largely on the efficiency of
the country church. If the coun
try church cannot reach these
boys who are going to New York,
Buffalo, Pittsburg, Minneapolis,
Chicago, St. Louis, San FraWLco
and all the rest, what will event
ually be the, make-up of these
cities? Thus the country church
becomes a national asset, it is
the university for the city build'
ers and the leaders of the na
tion's life. America rests on the
school and the chujrcb. If you
want to make a verile, upright.
honorable America, make the
church in your town so efficient
that it can train every boy who
j j8 gojDK 0ff to college or the city
to be a lad of honor that the citv
caDnot touchi and of Buch. char-
acter that his coming shall be a
real contribution to the higher
life of the city and the nation.
we say it without meaning any
offense that the man who is not
actively supporting the church in
his community is making it easy
for the enemy to take it. The
only enemies this country need
fear will enter by the unguarded
fortresses of the schoolhouseand
the church. Support your church.
Make it the wall against which
greed, and lust, aud corruption
in politics and business, and the
love of the world, may come to
grief. Support your home mis
sionary society with all your re
source and interest, and plant i
church and Christian school in
every hamlet and . outpost of
America. Cover it with these
fortresses and it will be secure,
We have given here two ways by
which any reader can begin to
show his love of his country at
once..
Hadn't Lost Temperature.
An old darky was taken ill and
! called in a physician of his own
race. After a time, as there were
no signs of improvement, he aBk
ed for a white doctor. .
Soon after arriving. Dr.,
felt the old man's pulse, and
then examined his tongue, f
"Did your doctor take your
temperature?" he asked.
"I don't know, boss," replied
the sick negro, "I hain't missed
nothing but my watch as yit"
Exchange.
"Each of those 10 boils is worth
$15, said the physician, essaying
the roll of a Job comforter.
"To you or tome. Doc?" anx
iously asked the afflicted man. -Bvffalo
Express. : , . "
SEABOARD LOCALS.
Tbe Condition of tbe Crops Wbat the
People of the Town and Vicinity
are Doing.
Mrs A. T. Vick, after spend
ing the week-end with her daugh
ter, Mrs. E. M. Boyd, left Sun
day afternoon for her home,
Franklin, Va.
Miss Jessie Fleetwood, Jackson,
is spending some days with her
friend. Miss Eunice Howell.
Mr. L. G. Vick, Woodland,
spent the past Saturday night
and Sunday in tbe home of his
sister, Mrs. E. M. Boyd.
The frequent showers of last
week gave our farmers an unde
sired respite from work, but the
warm sunshine at the close of
the week put the land in good
condition and Monday found ev
ery farmer as busy as could be.
Good stands of cotton are report
ed, but peanuts are convng up
badly. Some oats were cut last
week. The crop is far from an
average one.
Miss Willie Stephenson leaves
this week for her usual summer
visit to her cousin, Mr. Jno T.
Maddrey, Norfolk, Va.
Seaboard 2nd. nine defeated
Branchville team on the latter's
diamond last Wednesday. The
score stood 39 to 5. A happier
set of juveniles would be hard to
find.
Miss Marguerite Maddrev re
turned Monday from Franklin,
Va.,where she attended the com
mencement and also paid a visit
to her uncle, Mr. Grover T. Ste
phenson. Seaboard Sunbeam Society met
at toV'usual hour in Seaboard
Baptist church last Sunday morn
ing. Miss Rayner Long is Pres
ident and presides with much
ease and grace. The enrollment
is Urger than ever before, the
children more interested, so
greater results will naturally fol
low. Misses Lillian and Julia Jones
attended Franklin commence
ment last week and are still away
visiting in the homes of their un
cle, Mr. Joe Crocker and aunt,
Mrs. Marvin Harris.
Seaboard first nine accepted a
challenge from the Franklin nine
to play a game of ball last Friday
afternoon. The game had to be
discontinued at the close of the
second inning on account of a
storm. We hear they will repeat
their effort Friday of this week
We have faith in our boys and
feel tbev will come home bearing
palms of victory.
Rev. Paul Hartwell, a youne
Wake Forest ministerial student,
preached for Seaboard Baptist
church the past Sunday evening.
His utterances Commanded the
respectful attention of every
thoughtful hearer, especially
those interested in their future
estate. We predict for him a
b-ight future and hope if he ever
passes this way again he will
give us another good sermon.
Miss Lottie Stephenson arrived
last week from the Southern Col
lege, Petersburg, Va., and is
spending a well earned vacation
in the home of her parents, Dr.
and Mrs.' M. R. SteohenBon.
Messrs; Dean Crocker and Kin
dred Long, accompanied by
Misses Florence Leake and Mary
Pruden. attended services at St.
Andrews' church, Greenville Co.,
Va., the past Sabbath and spent
the remainder of the day with
Miss Ruth Taylor.
Ignorance of the law does not
prevent the losing lawyer from
collecting his bill. Puck.
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George News.
Mr. Wm. Dilks is In New Jer
sey this week on businesp.
Mrs. J. A. Mitchiner, of Eden-'
ton is spending a few days with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Futrell.
Miss Luella Brown, who has
been very sick fof more than a
week, is slowly improving. Mrs.
Emily Copeland and Mrs. Isabel
la Parker are also on the sick list.
Mr. W. Jordan Brown, Miss
Anna E. Copeland and Mrs. Mar
garet F. Parker attended the
Friends Quarterly meeting in
Wayne County last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. D. H. Brown attended the
commencement at Guilford Col
lege the past week.
Mr. Claude Bradley and family
of Norfolk, Va.. arrived here
Monday to make this their home.
Mr. Bradley has a position in the
basket factory here.
The writer was at the basket
factory some days ago, and watch
ed the baskets manufactured
from the gum log into the finish
ed truck basket which we often
see in the city markets full of to
matoes and potatoes. At the Ed
itor's request, I will tell in detail
something about how these bas
ket are made. In tbe first d!&i
tbe gum Ioks are Bawvd into
' blocks about 4 ft. long, this be
irig done by machinery, and then
; they are rolled into a large steam
vat wmcn ib air ugnt. in nere
they are allowed to remain for a
bout 24 hours, during which time
they have become wet through
out The logs are now taken out
of the vat and the bark is readi
ly taken off, and they are swung
into a giant like machine which
begins revolving and at the same
time peeling off the wood. ThiB
machine cutsjtbe staves the pro
per shape and length. At another
machine the bands which go a
round the top and bottom of the
basket are being cut. Over a litte
further one may see a little circu
lar saw going, and it does not
take long to Bee that it is cutting
out the bottoms for these baskets.
It cuts about 3 or 4 hundred an
hour. These bottoms are cut from
pine boards 10 inches vide and
3-4 in thick. All this time one
has been hearing the himmeis
of the basket makers, but notun-
til'now have we actually arrived
at the scene of action, for after
all, this is the whole show. It is
really amazing to see how rapid
ly some of these fellows can drive
nails, faster than an ordinary
person can count. There are at
present about 18 hands working
in the factory, ten of these being
makers. A good quick fellow can
make from 250 to 300 baskets a
day after he learns. They are paid
by the hundred, receiving $1.00
per hundred for all they can
make. I have in mind a certain
fellow who began working a few
days ago and he made 100 baskets
the first day. He is a Woodland
fellow too. I am alto thinking of
a gentleman who came here from
New Jersey, who is making 275
a day, said he only made 25 the
first day he began making So
we can easily see it is not alto
gether impossible for some of our
Southern fellows to get that
quick motion which one is bound
to have if he makes 200 to 300
of these baskets a day. We un
derstand that the firm, Dilks &
Brown, is very much encouraged
with the rapidS progress which
has been made. They bave up
to the present time made about
60,600 baskets in a little more
than a month. These baskets are
sold to the wholesale dealers in
Philadelphia, where they are able
to dispose of all tbey can make
at a fairly profitable price,
ROXOBEL NEWS.
The Roanoke-Chowan Bank Organized
-Two Marriages Home From
School-General News. .
Weather could not be more
suitable for growing crops and
the farmers are making fine use
of their time.
Miss Mattie Liverman left last
week on a visit to her sister.Urs.
A. V. Cobb, of near Windsor.
Messrs. Junius and Jack Pow
ell arrived home from school last
week to spend their summer va
cation. They attended school at
Warrenton.
Mr. Marion Liverman, who is
taking civil engineering course
at the A. & M. College, Raleigh,
is home for the summer vacation.
Mr. E. R. Tyler, who is reading
law at th University of North
Carolina, arrived home a few
days ap"
Mr. Edgar Norflee-, who is
studying medicine at a Medical
College in Richmond, Va,, is home
for hii VHcatf on
Miss Eliza Cipehvt has reach
ed home from the Normal Col
lege, Greensboro, where she has
been the past session.
The Rianoke-Chowan Bank
was oremiz?d Sairdiv. the 31.
with Dr J.M. Tacobs, President;
Jno. E. Peele,Vice President;and
S J Fore, Cashier. The bank
will begin business not later than
Sept. 1st., 1913.
Mr. Lee Brewer and Miss Sal
lie Castelloe were quietly mar
red at the home of the bride
here last Wednesday evening.
Only a few friends and relatives
witnessed the tieing of the nup
tual knot. Rev. J. F. Cale offi
ciated. It is announced that Mr. J. T.
Burkett of Roxobel and Miss
Mary Lawrence of Summerton,
Va., will be married on Wednes
day, Jane 4th., at tbe home of
Miss Lawrence. Ma Burkett ia
a promising young farmer of Rox
obel and Miss Lawrence is a pop
ular young lady, having visited
here on several occasions.
Mr. C. T. Peele ia in South
Carolina and Georgia this week
in the interest of the Peele Pea
nut Co.
Roxy.
Desirable Farms.
Wilmington Star.
If a farmer wants to buy a
farm he will pay more for one on
a good road. This shows that he
knows that a farm on a good
road is worth more than one on a
bad road. It proves conclusively
and absolutely that he is satisfied
that a good road adds to the
value of land. Therefore, accord
ing to tne logicians, a farmer is
going back on his horse sense
when he votes against building
improved highways. Every good
road is a value-maker and all of
us recognize it when we prefer
to have a farm on the very best
"good roads" in the country.
Hence no man can make a mis
take when he votes for improved
roads and the rural development
that is brought about as a conse
quence. We leave the Bubject
right here in this nutshell and
defy anybody to crack it
No Benefits.
An old citizen in a country vil
lage being asked for a subscrip
tion toward repairing the fence
of the graveyard, declined Bay
ing: "I subscribed toward improv
ing that burying ground nigh on
to forty years ago and my fam
ily hain't bad no benefit from it
yet -Chicago Record-Herald.
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