FROM PENS OF OTHERS
BIBLE SHOULD BE READ IN SCHOOL.
(By J. A. Hartness in Junior Order Journal.)
The matter of teaching the 'Bible in the public
schools of North Carolina is a question concern
ing which there has been much discussion, for
and against. The widespread lack of familiarity
with the Book of Books, on/which our laws are
based and on which the very, foundation of our
government rests, has led J. A. Hartness, Iredell
county’s clerk of court, to revive the discussion on
this very vitally important, subject.
“That a ilarge per cent of the children in this
state are growing up without,.any knowledge, of
the Scriptures,’’ says Mir. Hartness, “is a known
and serious fact. - , . v ;
“This is true on account of the nbn-attendance
upon church services, Sunday school and. no Bible
teaching in the home. We also have it from
high church authority, that the decline of religi
ous observance and Bible reading in the homes
o£ church members has become a matter of grave
concern.
■“For these reasons, if for none other, the Bible
should be read and taught in the public schools
of this state. We now have a compulsory attend
ance law so that every child must go to school
arid it can have the benefit of being taught the
Scriptures, if the law provides it. Where will
these neglected children get Scriptural knowledge
if not through the public schools?
“The Bible is not written as a sectarian book
or. for any sect or creed or race. It is the book
dedicated by God AlmightjL-to the salvation and
service of the whole human family. It is the
book of the law and religion by which men are to
be saved, humanized and civilized. It is the book
of- human life, liberty and freedom, and through
which all the world’s progress has been made to
that high station of civilization of today and the
guide of the human race in the centuries to come.
The Bible is a literary masterpiece and God’s
moral code, and no education is complete without
acknowledge of it.
“It is also the Only antidote to the immoral
wave which is rampant in the life of the world
today. What is needed most in the life of the
people of today is a( movement back to the Bible.
We say in the preamble to the constitution of the
state that we are grateful to Almighty God, the
sovereign ruler of nations, for the existence of oUr
ciyil, political and religious liberties and acknowl
edge our dependence upon Him for the continu
ance of these blessings to us and to our posterity.
How will the source of these blessings and divine
laws be known and a^sontinuance of them be sup,
plied and deserved'"by the rising generation if
the Seriptures'are unknown and untaught to them?
“Moses said to Israel, speaking of the com
mandments which God had given him, “and thou
shalt teach them diligently uhto thy children.”
Another prophet of God said: “train up a child
in the way he should go and. when he is old he
will not depart from it.”
“Christ, speaking to Hjis disciples, said, “go ye
into all the world and preach the Gospel to every
creature.” Christ taught the Jews in..the temple
and went about teaching and preaching the gos
pel. How then shall we as His believers fail to
follow H}ls example and refuse to carry-out His
commandments and escape His condemnation?
“While we send our missionaries abroad to
preach the Gospel and teach the Bible, it is our
duty under this commandment to do the same
work in our own midst. This is a Christian state
and it is the duty of its Christian citizenship to
teach the Bible in its.schools. We are now doing
the foolish thing of waiting until the child has
fallen into vice and crime before we throw around
it a moral influence by placing it in a reform
atory.
“Instead of this false course, let us put into
its school life the moral and righteous influence
of the Scriptures and save it from a criminal
career, and humiliation through life and save
the expense which will be incurred in bringing
about its reformation. It is also true that if the
state has the right to take a child that has fallen
into crime and teach it in a state reformatory
school the Christian religion, it has the right to
teach the Scriptures to it in the states’ public
schools.
“Our civilization can not exist without the
Bible. It is. founded upon the Scriptures. ‘All
men have a right to worship God ^according to
the dictates of their own conscience and no hu
man authority should control or intrefere with
the right of conscience.’ This is a declaration in
our state constitution.
“You must be taught' the Scriptures to give
them an enlightened conscience and knowledge to
know to worship God. There is nothing here tb
interfere with the right of conscience. Never
theless, I contend that so long as we acknowledge
God to be our sovereign ruler there is no human
constitutional provision or statutory enactment
which can repeal the divine order ‘and thou shalt
teach them diligently unto thy children,’ and
which says ‘go ye into all the world and preach
the Gospel to every creature.’
“The first information which should be put
into the life of every child is the moral and
Christian virtues taught in the Scriptures and the
Bible is the only book where these divine truths
can be found from which they can be taught.
“Will fKe Christian people be held guiltless be
fore God to allow this great work to go undone?
“The Bible is now being taught in the public
schools of many states of this union and it will
honor North Carolina to do likewise.”
TEACHERS SHOULD THI.ftK.lt OVER.
“Avoid politics and never go on'strike,” was
the advice given recently by Dr. Herman H.
Home, of New York University, to about seventy
five school teachers gathered at a banquet of the
Newark High School Men's Associaton. He
proffered his advice while presenting a “code of
honor for teachers.”
That the Doctor, as welj as his hearers must
also have given some thought to one of the pri
mary causes of strikes, was evidenced when he
added: “An adequate salary is one that offers sev
eral hundred margin over a living wage. In or
der to reach some conclusion as , to what a living
wage is, double the combined cost of board, room,
laundry and transportation. Above all things do
not underbid. A teacher’s salary should befit the
dignity of his profession. It should be sufficient
to allow for professional improvement and pro
vide for those dependant upon him as well as for
a possible old age.”
Labor will not quarrel with Dr. Horne’s advice
against strikes. Nor will the teachers’ union. But
in view of his definition of an adequate wage, as
well as his admonition against underbidding, it is
difficult to undrstand just what the dstinguished
teacher would have his hearers do in order “to be
saved.” .The teaching profession is respected.
Nevertheless it is underpaid.. The general tenor
of Dr. Horne’s address indicates that he grasps
both these truths. Still he speaks as one who
while appreciating the underpaid condition of the
profession, would dismiss it by mere reference.
Something more effective is needed, if our
teachers are sincerely desirous of impressing the
public with the real worth. Mere esteem and pro
fessional pride will never do it- Nor will a higher
code of ethics awaken a thoughtless public to the
monetary appreciation it pwes our teachers. .
Organization—labor organization—is the ^>nly
“sometning” that will insure the teachers their
merited reward. They should embrace it because
of its demonstrated ability to enlarge wage or
salary returns. And they can embrace it without
any fear that Dr. Hornes’ strike advice will be
disregarded. Strikes more often occur among the
unorganized than among the united. But higher
pay seldom comes to any unorganized group. Only
by doing so can they expect a “salary befitting
their profession.”—Union Labor.
PROFITEERING IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIGH COAL PRICES, SAYS
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
By InternttUnal Labor News Service.
WASHINGTON,, Nov. 21.—Exorbitant margins of profit
taken by wholesale dealers in hard coal are largely responsible
for high coal prices, the Federal Trade Commission charges in
the third of a series of reports on anthracite.
The report deals with the number
of wholesalers intervening between
the mine and the retailer and the
margins taken by the wholesalers
tending to increase the price of high
priced or premium anthracite during
two recent Weeks. The reports for
the proportion of such high priced
anthracite passing through the hands
of; two or, more wholesalers. High
premium prices charged by operators
to wholesalers, noted in the coin-:
missioner’s previous reports, show lit
tle" or no tendency to decrease*::-: :•
Goal passing through the hands.'of
wholesalers at high premiums arfe aii
extremely disturbing factor in; die
market, often as the excuse, for the
for the excessive retail prtees being
charged the consumer, says the com
mission, which continues: - • -f
' “High prices exist in the whole?
sale trade either because they are
charged by producers, or because
of high margins taken by whole
salers. At the present time they
are due to both causes. About 25
per cent of the tonnage is being
sold by the producers at ‘premium’
prices ranging from $9.85 to
$12.25 per gross ton f. o. b. mines
for domestic and from $6.75 to
$9.00 for pea coal. Much of the
anthracite sold at these prices goes
directly from the producer to the
retailer or consumer, but a part
passes through "the hands of the
wholesalers.
“This report uses a tonnage as
large in amount as the commission
sovfar has been able to obtain. The
prices and margins shown by whole
salers reporting to * the commission,
both for high priced domestic and
low priced steam sizes are believed
to be representative of those .realized
. . ..... ■■ - .
in the premium anthracite trade, but
the tonnage would be larger were it
not for the fact that a considerable
number of wholesalers, including
some of the largest, reluctant to let
the public know what prices and mar
gins they are realizing, have refrain
ed from making reports. Under these
circumstances the commission is now
| using compulsory process as provided
by law.”
MISS PONSELLE
TO ENTERTAIN
i The Baptist Hospital company of
Charlotte are sending invitations to
•numy people of this section to attend
a concert to be given by Miss Rosa
Ponselle, of the Metropolitan Opera
company, at the city autditorium on
the evening of November 30. The
invitation reads as follows:
You are cordially invited by the
Baptist Hospital Company
of Charlotte, N. C.
to attend a Concert
given by
Miss Rosa Ponselle,
of the
Metropolitan Opera Company
at the City Auditorium
on the evening of
November 30, 1923
8 o’clock.
United Mine Workers win trial of
suit brought by Coronado Coal com
pany and others against the union
for $2,222,000 damages sought as re
sult of alleged property damage re
sulting from the Hartford Valley
Coal strike of 1914. .
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Teapot Dtome may figure as a
big issue in the coming political struggle.^ But regardless of its
political significance it figures as a case in wjhich right and
w*rong must be determined.
The Senate Committee on Public
Lands and Surveys has paused in its
hearings on Teapot Dome and other
naval reserves and certain major
points stand out to mark the Teapot
Dome, scandal as the biggest scandal
now before the piiblic.
First, Senator Thomas J. Walsh,
of Montana, by. persistent driving,
has cast grave doubt on the legal
ity of the transfer of naval oil re- ,
serves from the Navy Department
to the Interior Department.
This transfer had to be made to
enable the Interior Department,
under Albert B. Fall as secretary,
to lease Teapot Dome to the Sin
clair interests.
Second, the legality of the pro
ceedings by which Sinclair got his
lease without bids has been seri
ously called into question. Pall,
on the witness stand, testified that
there was no competitive bidding,
though United States laws require
competitive bidding f*- practically
all transactions except purely per
sonal! service, which customarily
means clerical service.
Third, expert geologists have
testified that drainage from the
outside did not affetet Teapot Dome
reserve, as has been alleged by
proponents of the lease to Sin
clair interests. ‘
Newspapers have treated the whole
investigation coolly, in spite of the
tremendous magnitude of public
wealth involved, in this million dollar
deal. >
STEEL PLANTS AIDED
BY SHORT WORK DAY
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—B. C.
Forbes, financial writer, declares that
the steel industry has been aided by
the short hour day, despite Judge
Gary’s dreary prophecy.
“The steel people,” said Mir. Forbes,
“couldn’t grant workers the eight
hour day, you well remember, be
cause it would almost ruin them.
Within a few months after public
opinion forced the United States
steel corporation and others to do
away with the iniquitous 12-hour
d«y, Judge Gary, head of the cor
poration, announces an increase in its
common stock dividend. The fault is
not to be found with the high divi
dend, but with the unconscionable de
lay in accepting the eight-hour day.
“I visited a steel mill in Seattle
and its head, William Pigott, told
me they introduced the eight-hour
day three years ago and that they
could not be induced to go back to
the 12-hour day for love or money.
“The steel corporation and other
eastern mills will have the same ex
perience.”
CO-OPERATORS CONFER;
TO EXTEND AcflVlllES
EAST ST. LOUIS, HI., Nov. 20.—
Co-operators declare that the annual
convention of the 'central states co
operative-wholesale society, held in
this city, will provide a mile stone in
the development of the co-operative
movement of this continent.
A large number of co-op. societies
were represented at the convention,
which adopted a broad educational
program. Emphasis was placed on
the need for intensive education
among the thousands of men and
women in Illinois mining towns. The
revised constitution of the society
places it entirely in the hands of af
filated organizations.
In his report A, W. Warinner, act
ing manager of the society, recom
mended the .training of men and wo
men to understand the fundamentals
of the Rochdale co-operative system
that competent managers for these
societies may be developed. It was
also urged that co-operative educa
tional and social activities be carried
on in the various communities.
Morris Sigman, President of the
International Ladies’ Garment Work
ers’ Union, announces movement is
under way to place entire Women’s
garment industry on five day forty
hour-week when present contract ex
pires.
King Victor Emmanual of Italy
issues decree granting amnestry for
prisoners guilty of economic, politi
cal or social offenses'punishable by
sentences not exceeding three years’
ELECTION DAY SWEEP
MADE BY UNIONISTS
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Nov. 20.—By
electing nine candidates out of 11
indorsed, organized libor in this city
has proved the value of the A._F. of
L. non-partisan political system.
Five of the successful candidates
were on the Democratic ticket and
four oh the Republican. The count
,shows that the trade unionists wield
ed their lead pencils most effectively.
Their candidate for register of wills
was defeated by only 145 votes out
of 33,000 cast. Their successful can
didates are:#Mayor of Allentown, one
common pleas judge, district attor
ney, sheriff, recorder of deeds, pro
thonotary, and three school direc
tors. The latter officials were picked
out of a field of nine, the wide-awake
trade unionists,'refusing to be con
fused by the' usual methods of poli
ticians.
The workers’ movement was in
charge of a committee headed by
Clarence J. Mjoser, secretary of the
Central trades and labor council. He
is giveri much credit for his resource
fulness and ceaseless labors until the
votes were counted. David Williams,
editor of The Pennsylvania Labor
Herald of this city, and vice presi
dent of the International Association
of Machinists, was a factor in the
success by presenting labor’s ciews
and its purposes in a straight-from
the-shoulder manner. fc
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You are not a success because you
do not believe in yourself. You are
suspicious, you mistrust everybody
and everything. You have no confi
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tive to you, because you have made
yourself unattractive to it. You
place your hopes of success in having :
luck, instead of recognizing the fact .
that there is a God-given power with- ,
in you with which to work out your
own salvation. But you are too lazy,
other things attract you. Being at
tracted in other directions, that which
attracts you succeeds and not you.
You have a lazy mind and a lazy
body. You stupidly work for others,
who are not interested in you. If
you could be induced to become con
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for yourself and those who are help- ,
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your past life has been a failure, so
to speak.
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that they have never been taught
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studying a picture upside down,
To test yourself first ask yourself:
Am I satisfied with myself in every
detail?, If you are, you are either
successful, or foolish. Second: If
not, why. ,jm I not satisfied, with
niyself? '^hird: How can I become
satisfied with myself? These ques
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