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Page THE STANLY NEWS-HERALD riday. Aprils Albemarle. N. C, From Gary To The Court of St. James (By Josephus Daniel? in News anil Observer:) Cary. April 16. I started out to write about the commencement of Cary High School and branched otf to discuss the mistake of making concessions when principle or sound policy was at stake. But it was not so much of a rabbie path as you the success his venture deserved; the poverty and illiteracy of the people, coupled with the provincial spirit and the pressure which political solidarity imposed. I remember the enthusiasm whii-R thrilled me, then just starting, as a boy to try to write locals in the Wilson Advance, when Page struck out on new lines in the State ("hron- may suppose, for the Cary High icle. It seemed a tall to rise above School of today is the successor of ! all hindering -traditions and to go the earlier schools which were con- forward with faith along new high ducted here when two men. who serv- ways to larger freedom and larger ed their country in diplomatic stations prosperity. Young people of this of importance, were learning the rud-' day cannot appreciate the conditions iments of an education. Of Alfred that then existed. A silver dollar I. Jones , Const I wrote ytsteri service as a en shorilv afte ;1 general to Shanghi, lay. not much of his -ul for he was sti'ick- he entered upon his duties and v:ts n-t given time to dem onstrate how well he would meas ure ur in the field to which he hud looked as big as a cart-wheel, and nearly every man was force 1 to ex pend all his energies to secure sus tenance for himself and his family. The older men had g ne tiirough Re construction and just .succeeded in res cuing the ship of state from those who came dangerously near scuttliny it. They were resolved not a risk a return to those days of peril. Some bu-e'. appointed. At the same time he was at school here not the hand some and commodious building that is now the pride of the county Wal-'of them feared the new ideas of Pag ter H. Page was his schoolmate in the small wooden sehoolhouse where they were taught the three r's. At that time Cary was the home of Mr. A. F. Page, one of the noblest cap tains of industry and vision the State has produced. It was here that Wal ter Page, afterwards ambassador to Great Britain in the eight most criti cal years of the world's history, was born. Mr. A. F. Page, in co-operation with other sterling men let me name some of them, Rufus H. Jones, A. H. Merritt, Dr. Mallette, H. B. Jordan, Atlas B. Yates, John W. Creel, Rev. A. D. Blackwood and others saw to it that there was as good a preparatory school here as was pos sible under prevailing conditions. Not a few young men who got their first gleam of knowledge in the Cary school won high place. Of them all, Walter H. Page attained the highest eminence in public station and re flected credit upon the place of his birth. He was born lover of books, endowed with high qualities of mind, wHh anitiative and Imagination and freedom from conventionality. Per haps he owed as much, perhaps more, to his mother than to his father. Both were of fine mettle and sterling stuff. It would be difficult to name two parents in the State who were of the editorial. But it had spice. It looked up to more in their communi- hit the bull's eye. It had style, "style ty or who gave to their country a fthe) while," to quote modem children of stronger character or slang. larger usefulness. j But money did not flow in, and it It was a far cry from the little required money to print a paper. wooden sehoolhouse in Cary in the Page wished .to keep out of the poli- seventies to the Court of St. James. Itical atmosphere and never ask office But after all it is not so far a crylor political favor. But he entered as we are wont to believe. Most of the race in the early part of 1885 the great ministers and statesmen for Public Printer. That position of America have come out of coun- then paid a man $3,000 or more, try homes or homes in villages. It j and that was big money. More than is not how big a town a man is that; the editor who was chosen reared in. It is how big the man is , Public Printer was supposed to be and whether he permits himself to jthe spokesman, the organ so to speak, be circumscribed by his environ- j of the Democratic party. Page did men.t. A diligent student, Page was not aspire to that when he began trained in college at Trinity, Ran-. the State Chronicle. dolph-Macon, Johns Hopkins (I his thoughts. But though he hated the blight of Recon struction as much as any. Conser vatism with a big "C" was prerlomtn- i Sassafrac, an' all the time a bellerin SASSVFKAC RirM.E NEWS Or Willie C'logfont made a pleas ant call on Miss Sullie Slogan la-t Saturday night. Them what seed ol' Willie said he didn't look so bum, nu ther, sence he shaved up an' got hi. hair painted around the burr of the yurs whar it wuz a turnin a bit gray. Ol' Willie, he's gone an' treated the ol' parental nest to a new kiwer o' boards, ;m' sot up house keepin' in right smart style, an hit's a bein' whispered around that they was some thin' twixt him an' Sallie way back, that had to do with ol' Willie a goin' off like he did, an' Sallie a turnin' ol' maid like she did. Listen fer we ldin' bells soon. Well, like I was a tellin' you, a mad dog bit that thar ol' brindle cow of Joe Pane's, an' the critter she de veloped hydrofoby right away, or ra ids, or somethin' o' that kind, an' she kicked up a right smart rumpus fore Joe he got Cy Watson's boy to shoot 'er. J,e he got ol' Deacon Josh Wil son to come over an look at the cow, an' while Josh, h- was a lookin' it 'er, .-.he was a lookin' at Josh, an' all to once she give a awful ball art' then away she went with her tail right straight up an' tore right through the fence, she dad, an' headed right fer whar Bill Surkeys was a diggin' SOYBEANS A VALUABLE LE-(IME (By N. C. Extension Service.) HIS RULES FOR ! WHAT NORTH CAROLIS (By William Louis Poteat I of Wake Forest Cni We do not fin.! good, pra.tical, comor.-sense farmers trying to keep the fertility ot tne sou oy rf commercial fertilizers i l -Ol Sink 1. North Carolina needs "to up use tne do-.e. They know it is too expensive. therv fore they are using legumes, sta'de manure, and winter cover crops, such as rye. The most popular legumes for soil building are red and crim son clover, vetch, soybeans, cowpeas and velvet beans. The clovers and vetches are known as winter legumes while the last three are summer le gumes. Of these the soybean U the best for most sections of North Ca rolina. In eastern North Carolina, it is grown in large quantities, hav ing almost displaced the cowpea. It is grown for seed, hiy, pasture and soil improvement. The soybean is also cainimr in popularity in the -rrMi i u.. . . I U M ' v reco?n;-ng her .;, KY;drp tail feathers fr ! 10 giance ai ugly feet. Man (1) Education. t . In Chans U'hon Ho ftl Rllll OUT Dublin schnl ,.. u f " . ' ' learners i. Nothing Like Tanlae To Put A Down. He States For Years. Has Used It.quate. Such train; 1 had .puts too heav nut l emnh,.;. i me expense For four years Tanlac has kept m,tter. Fn- me in the nink of condition as I take h Di. r i- . ' w r j iv n . v a v. II a few doses of it every time I fee! ! method kePt i matter. 01 SQhU. maw Kllf 3 . Hflo run .Invi-n and it alwav'3 bulids ; v , . w a - - icutii ariiaimetic, nut not hnw i me up - us prooiems. And then th IV, tseacn riace, ia..iH ol training is meawor English. know how to write it- "I began taking Tanlac first about four years ago when I was m a very bad state of health and had be'.-n run down for s.veral year-. I was always taking laxatives, too, but I believe i.ity did me mu.v harm than goo As instruction these teachers Tanlac made me feel like a brand new man in a very short time and I have never had a return of any of Tny old troubles. The reason of this I am firmly ror.vin.;i is that I z- 'wa. s have ran a: hundy n l l i'c- a few doses cwv tim." I f'-'el a bi. under the weathor." j Tanlac U sold i.i Albemarle by the Albemarle Drug Company and by all ant. Page called at Stagnation. The fine men at the halm were true to their adeals and in some things were following the only course that would preserve all' that had been won. Page was impatient of ultra-conservatism and scorned it roundly. We youngsters hailed tthe plainness of his speech even when he seemed to go too far. The people needed awakning and Page was truly wak ing them up. I came to Raleigh in the winter of 1885. to edit his paper while he was absent for a few weeks. At that time he had felt the impossibility of the success of which he had dreamed. He had con verted his weekly paper into an af ternoon daily. It was bright and enterprising and he printed the news with something of the modern touch rather than in the brief paragraph which generally prevailed. At that time the big news story occupied, say, a quarter of a column and the edi torial upon some political or literary topic had first place and made a column or sometimes two. Page made the big news story two columns, with a corresponding decrease In the length jest like forty railroad injines blow in.' Bill he seed her comin' an' she seed Bill a makin' fer a scrub sassa frac shrub, 'cause they wan't noth in' no biger fer Bill to climb. Well sirce, when Joe an ol' Josh got thar that beast was a terin' away at that thar sassafrac shrub like to uproot it eveT lick, an' Bill up thar scream in, an' a callin' fer help, an' a callin' fer the Lord to help that cow. Bill he thought he was a goner fer shore an' hit did look that way, too. Well, after Cy's boy came up an' shot the cow an' Bill he got down, Ol1 Deacon Josh he says: "Bill, I bin a tryin' fer a long time ter git you to pray, an' the Lord he's bin a tryin' ter git you ter pray, an' both of us failed, but hit didn't take that thar cow long to fetch you to it." Bill he sorter grinned, he did, an' says: 'Wall, Deacon, I hain't bin jest exactly what you mout call in the habit o' prayin,' but seem the fix that thar pore beast was in, it shore would take a powful hard sinner not to want to pray fer some relief for the pare thing." JIMMIE. MISSION NEWS think) and later spent some time in Germany where he broadened both his mind and his herizon. But, though whatever concerned mankind in any part of the world interested him and he read avodly books on It was far from in January his friends persuaded him that the young men of the State could elect him and that his eleotion would lift the , Democratic party out of the ruts and I make it responsive to a larger and broader public service. Moreover, he every subject, even when abroad he desperately needed the money. So was thinking of coming back to he announced that his paper would North Carolina to do his life-work. ( like to be given the State Printing. He won his position in other lines It was a ringing and clarion sort of but he was first of all an editor, announcement, penned more in hope He taught school, he took a dash in than in desire. Some of the younger oolitics. he was ambassador, but all , fellows rallied to his candidacy. But I to those laboring in the state, they were not always just to him, but he had an abiding love for the State that gave him birth, and whenever he saw an old friend what was going on in Cary or Aberdeen or Tialeirh was of deep interest to him. And, when he passed into the beyond, ac cording to his desire his body was laid to rest in the wholesome soil of his beloved state where he had planned to spend the last years of his life. And to write! "There is no man in America who can write so good a private letter" said President Wilson to me one day. He was correct. In a period when let ter writing had gone out of practice he wrote with the fluency, charm and grace of the best masters of the golden age of letter writing. I had myself half an hundred, which show ed his real soul and his true self, which were found in The News and Observer file. They were not written with the thought that any' eye would read them but that of a younger co worker, with whom he was often in argument and sometimes in Utter disagreement. It is a glory to a town to have given the world so eminent a diplo Piedmont and mountain sections of the State, an. I will no doubt replace the cowpea to a great extent. The soybean has severil distinct advantages over the cowpea. 1. It produces more seed per acre than the cowpea, in many cases more than twice as much. 2. The soybean is much more eas ily harvested, being an upngnt grow- leading druggists everywhere. er, ami all tne pocs ripening at ine i same time. j 3. It produces as much or more iay, is more easily handled and cur ed, and contains a higher per cent of protein and fat. 4. The soy bean makes an excel lent hog pasture, being far superior to the cowpea. When turned under for a green manure crop, it should be done just beifore they are mature, when the lea ves begin to fall, as the greatest amount of organic matter will be se cured at this time. The soil is also considerably improved when the beans are .pastured, or when harvested for seed, provided the leaves and stems are left on the land. The soil gets very little if any benefit from a soy bean crop when it Is .used for hay, unless the hay is fed on the farm, and the manure is Teturned to the soil. The soybean is usually a very prof itable commercial crop when grown for seed. Yields of twenty to thirty bushels .per acre on fairly good land are not unusual. It costs very little to grow them, and the seed usually bring a very good price, often $2.00 per bushel, or more. During the past year a soy bean test was conducted in your county to determine the variety best adapted to your locality. The result of this test will be given in the next issue of this paper. tor further intormation see your county agent or write the Division of Agronomy, North Carolina Exten sion Service, State College Station, Raleigh, North Carolina. MISENHEIMER the while the editorial instinct was it was of no avail, he only received ; mat and Cary is justly proud of uppermost. He learned after many 16 votes, but they represented legis- attempts to speak with power, but lators who yearned for a New Day. his gift was with the pen. He alThe older men (were they wiser?) ways wrote a speech that was f ar j felt that the ideas we entertained better than its delivery. This was would not bring th results we desired as true when he made his great ad- but might send the ship on the dress at Edinburg as when he first rocks. Page then did a characteristic thing. He could not continue his pa- essayed to speak in the school here on Fridav afternoons. After he had completed his course per as a daily it was losing money, in college and university, taugni He thereiore converted it Dack into i time enough for that, school awhile, the one thing he naa a weekly, with a brilliant editorial Ambassador Page, it's most distin guished son. He will live in history among the most brilliant of the bril liant diplomats who have represented the United States in Great Britain! My paper is exhausted, and I am reminded I have not yet written of which was the subject I started out to say something about. But there's ever kept in view the establishment of a real newspaper in Raleigh brought him back home in 1884. He had written for other papers. He knew he had the goods. He wished to build up a vigorous, truth-telling, frank paper in the capitol of his state. He essayed the .task in per haps the mostl unpropltous era it weekly letter signed "W. H. P." which could have been undertaken. But was the brightest thing that appeared when he established the State Chron-jin any North Carolina newspaper. But icle in brightness, in interest, in a j it stirred up the folks! And when he new and inspiring note it appealed got after the preachwrs and ,the wo to the younger and more progressive . men, declaring that "the preachers Soon in .the Spring of 1885, he accept ed an editorial position in New York, the State Chronicle was continued by Mr. Arendell and Mr. Shotwell until October when I went to Raleigh to try the job. He loved the paper, and, busy as he was, for months sent a J. D. R U Superstitious) thought of the State. They hailed it with gladness and hope. It was herder good women by stagnant pools" the batteries were opened. He wholly different from any paper then hit back. But other engagements de. published and since. It had his .manded his -time, and from that time original touch, his daring disregard of convention, and his faith that the he seldom wrote for North Carolina journals. He won large success in average man wanted a different kind large fields before me year 1913 call of a newspaper than the State then ed him to the great station where his possessed. But he did not reckon 'devotion to duty in trying times cost upon the chief thing that prevented him his life. He wasn't always just DoYou Jjs Believe an1 DUrtra man. ju dicious aerwertamg Always Pays uidetpeciaQywheo yoa arcist. in a paper tfat lead by everybody ia k territory. In Signs 1 Tliis nevtpeper f everybtdy I posirbic buyer reaches tite eye who night be a ia tltii sectioa. Fruit seem to be plentiful if not killed later on. Farmers are late with plowing and some land is getting hard, and if the weather remains dry they may have a tough time breaking up their land. Some flu yet in the community. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cody and family have been down, but re improving some now. The funeral of Mrs. Lizzie Math ews was held at Wesley Chapel M. ,E. Church Monday. She lived in Albemarle. We do not know the cause of her death. Rev. J. L. Dennis, the pastor here, is holding a protracted meeting, which will continue for a week or two with services at 7:30 p. m. every evening through the week. Pastor Rev. H. A. Trexler held communion at New Bethel Church Easter Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Home, of Mt. Gilead, presided at the organ, and after dinner the people met in the choir and sang some old time songs. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Misenheimer, of Albemarle, attended the communion service Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. New man Lefler, of New London, were in attendance, and had their son, Char les Boragand, baptized, also Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Piyler and family of Salisbury came down for the services. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ritchie of Badin were in our town Sunday. The Sunday School of Wesley Cha pel had a cake and egg picnic at Mr. J. O. Culp's Saturday night M. Ritchie, Esq., has been elected delegate to represent New Bethel Church at the Southern Conference of the North Carolina Synod to con vene at Cherryville in May, The farmers are making good use of this beautiful weather that we are having. Mr. Ellis Herrin continues very sick, we are sorry to note. The box supper at the school house Monday night was attended by a large crowd. All had a nice time. The guess cake was not won by any one, and was sold to the highest bid der. Miss Zora Mauney spent .the latter, part of the week in Moore County with her uncle, Dolphus Mauney. Miss Minnie Almond, of Kannapo lis, spent the week end with home folks. Mr. R. A. Almond has the best ipiece of oats in this community, and T. F. Rowrand has the best wheat. Mr. James Crayton and family, of near Stanfield, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. R. A. Almond. Mr. James Mason returned to his work In Concord Monday after hav ing spent a few weeks with home folks Mrs. Oscar- Eudy, of Kannapolis, was buraed here one day last week, the funeral being conducted by the pastor of the Baptist Church of Kan napolis. Mr. Berry Hatley and family spent the week end with his father, W. H. Hatley. Mr. H. B. Crayton is attending court in Salisbury this week. Mr. E. W. Lambert and family of Wyatts' Cross Roads were Sunday visitors here. Mrs. T. F. Rowland has nice straw berries ripe and juicy, Venus. They are real good. School will close the last of this month, with an entertainment. Chiropractic READ HIE NEWS-HERALD Consists of Adjusting tie Movable Segments of the Spinal Column to Nor mal Position Try Chiropractic For HEADACHES NEURALGIA NEURITIS LUMBAGO SCIATICA CONSTIPATION COLDS BRONCHITIS HOARSENESS STOMACH TROUBLES PARALYSIS NERVOUSNESS BACKACHE SORE THROAT CHRONIC APPENDICITIS KIDNEY TROUBLES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE INDIGESTION GASTRITIS GOITRE EXOPTHALMIC GOITRE DEBILITY INSOMNIA PELVIC DISORDERS LOSS OF APPETITE T.CSplude, D. C. Graduate Palmer Chiropractor Office Over Johnson Gro. Co. ALBEMARLE, N. C. Mini lmnai . T-i . . . C-lL, ' oujrni 10 remember that they har( chance at one-half of our school J ..w,,i ire.iunu me Mxm grade an tne grades, and in the high w' as well, the quality f instruct nueiior as comparer) with there?)!: eisewnere in the United States, we not too much o -r ipied with e.aooraie enucatior.a: machinery, a,1 mue concerned about its output' Thirteen per cent of us remain illii. ate, and, according to the tests E&. ate is fir from b-in- the sam i educated. Agricultural rank hi 4 sisterhood of states, fourths; fo tiona! rank, forty-fourth. (2) Law and Order. Fourth legitimate agricultural production J tne lead or an in illicit production. The intelligence conscinece of the state need to organized and made practically fective in expunging the stain this bad distinction. Our native dependence is lasping into lii The personal liberty folly goes J rebuked, is indeed sometimes chaf pioned by men of respectability, J ever and anon the mob digs fotoi foundations of our ordered life, k of character and better equip are needed in the public servw displace men whose ambition it justified by their gifts 3. North Carolina needs to rt! our state motto: Be, not seem to kf As a state and as individuals, in if not on a splurge of luxury? Wewf to recover the true perspective, so our poise; to put first things U Enhance life, let its comforts ul Enrich life, let the impression it nV es take care of itself. Let iW determine expenditure. Insist Mx ficiency in the public business. It vise the pay roll. Cut out dom tion in responsibility and exceuil positions which are created for Jones, he pays the freight, mi getting tired of paying so muchfn goods which dont come. . LOCUST NEWS. Born to Mr. and Mrs. N. J. CtW a son. Mrs. Fanny Long and childreno Oakboro, spent the week end m with her mother. Mr. Hoyle Tucker, who is w ing near Aberdeen, is spending W er with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mullis and i opted daugHter. little Miss Early, of Charlotte, also iMr. and Daniel Teeter, of Charlotte, sp Easter here. Mr. M. L. Green has gone to & napolis where he has accepted position. Mrs. Avin Shinn and children, Georgeville, spent Sunday here n.Miit 4 anrt Mrs. Turner. Mr. C. L. Smith and family to Badin Sunday whre they 'a surprise reunion at the hfl'1 Mrs. Davie Coeein. Mrs. mother. m.- Tir:i w;iiofrti-.) meetilUT ed last Wednesday night and j not continue this week as stated. ( and Mrs. Willeford will m" to Concord. A quiet marriage took pl day morning at the. ome oi -) , t. united Simpson, Esq., wnen : . Rush Love and Miss Julia w nnW attendants were JllSS un and Mr. Lester Little. May'o"' their lives. o - un w.c badly ' OUI I IC VIMS " " - VL MllU-JIWW ' t t v.-. . ji or menu He had left it in the field bet highway and some scalawag Tt was valued at f 17. 1 We Want Yc to keep in rnina fact tht in addition W printing this new paper we do job w uiy kind. Wba in need of anything in this line be sut To See tt I V
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