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one year would start them on the
road to true independence. When
one has once begun to travel this
road by banking his money he nev
er turns back. It's a comfortable
feeling.
Make our bank your bank.
We pay liberal interest consistent
with safety 4 per cent.
The First
National
Under
Government
Supervision.
of Monroe, N. C.
R. A. MORROW, President. J. R. ENGLISH, Vice-President.
D. A. HOUSTON, Cashier.
H. M. L'LMER, Assistant Cashier. V. H. PHIFER. Teller
The Farmers and Merchants'
Bank solicits the accounts of in
dividuals, firms and corporations.
Interest paid at the rate of four
per cent, per annum on time
certificates.
M. K. Lee, President.
J. L. Everett, Vice-Pres.
C. B. Adams, Cashier.
EDWARD RAY AGAIN.
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Notice.
Having qualified as executors of the
last will and testament of J. F. Hay
wood, deceased, notice fs hereby Riven
to all parties holding claims against
said testator to present them duly au
thenticated to the undersigned, on or
before the 5th day of July, 1912. or this
notice will be plead in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said
j estate will make prompt settlement and
save costs. 1 his July 4th, ism.
DAWSON B. HAYWOOD,
REECE HAYWOOD.
Executors of J. F. Haywood, dee'd.
Stack & Parker, Attys.
Executors' Notice.
Having this day qualified before the
Superior court of Union county, N. C,
as executors of the last will and testa
ment of A. J. Price, deceased, all per
sons holding claims against the estate
of said deceased are hereby notified to
present the same to the. undersigned
executors on er before the 6th day of
July, A. D. 1912, or thii notice will be
pleaded in bar of their right of recov
ery. All persons indebted to said es
tate are notified to make prompt pay
ment and save cost This the 3rd day
of July, 1811. N. A. PRICE,
J. N. PRICE.
Executors of A. J. Price, dee'd.
Redwine & Sikes, Attys.
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other machinery, do your plumbing and other
work In our line. Shop near the freight depot
AUSTIN & C0RRELL.
Blind Han Who Taught School In
this County Scores Another Suc
cess and Declares that He Will
be a United States Senator.
The friends of Edward Riy in New
Salem township, where he" taught
school a few tear ago, will be pleas
ed to hear from him again. The
following story is taken from the
Chattanooga Times:
If fate is not cruel Chattanooga
will have had a hand in the making
of a "second" Senator Gore. Grad
uated from the Chattanooga College
i of Law, with the Ull c!a. last
Tuesday tight was Kdwar J Kar, a
man who has for years been without
one of the most blessed faculties
J eyesight. One would suppose that
life held nothing for him after he
I was stricken, but there is little d.mbt
j that his calamity was predestined as
an incentive lor nirn to become tee
I "best educated blind man in the
I United States, if not in the entire
I world t odar."
Two vears ago Mr. Ihv came to
this city to take up the study of law.
He was equipped, as few are. and he
offered as evidence diplomas show
ing that he had been graduated from
the University of North Carolina,
with the degree of A. B.; from Har
vard with an A. II. degree, and a
certificate showing that he had also
studied at the great University of
Chicago as a candidate for the de
gree of Ph. I. Today he possesses
another, that rf L. L. B , fnra the
Chattanooga College of Law.
Iiis life is without a parallel for
one so a::!icted. Mr. Ray has had
two aims in life. The first was to oc
cupv the chair of English in some
j great university of the country. It
was beginning to look as if this
would be his life work, but for a
second time the hand of a:!!iction
was laid upon him, that of being
rendered partially deaf by disease.
This second drawback overtook him
while at the University of Chicago,
but undaunted, he conceived the idea
of building for himself another ideal,
which is now to become a member
of the greatest body of legislators in
the world, the Senate of the United
States of America.
Ik has had a long and dark jour
ney. One filled with innumerable
hardships, which he has overcome
one by one, by being possessed with
a reasonable amount of self conli
dence, perseverance and energy, uot
to mention a happy disposition. Ad
versity has taught him that "noth
ing is impossible under the sun."
His motto is "win," and he is win
ning. Alerady he has been the subject of
much praise for his accomplishments
and if he realizes his ideal and some
day becomes a United States Sena-!
tor, every hamlet in this nation will
have an opportunity of learning what
hardships he has endured in reach
ing his goal. Already, he is classed
as the first man alilicted with blind
ness to receive a degree from Har
vard, and the first of two other blind
men to be graduated from univer
sities ranking as high as Harvard.
Mr. Ray has done a number of things
while perfecting his education. He
has tuned pianos, written bocks,
taught school, lectured in many
cities throughout the country and
done many other things equally as
remarkable for a blind person. " He
has been a familiar figure on the
local streets though only a few per
sons really have known that he is
classed as a "man of letters."
Story of His Career.
I was born in Madison county, sit
uated between the Smoky and Blue
Ridge mountains of the Tar Heel
State, North Carolina, where the
crystal streams dash in mountain
torrents; where the bark of the nim
ble squirrel is incessant; where the
girls are the prettiest in the world,
and where everybody is as green as
nature. I was reared in a log cabin,
with its puncheon fb?r and other
rustic features.
For the first ten years of my life I
spent my time as most boys do, fish
ing, "going in swimmin' " and 'tend
ing the "deestrick schu'e." I had
never heard of a blind person and,
of course, didn't know what it meant
to be deprived of my sight. This
never even entered into my dreams,
which were the happiest that ever I
mountain boy had.
Disease had'closed my eyes to all
the beauties of the world that can
be seen, but not to the beautiful
thoughts and sentiments that unfold
to one through study of literature
and the higher arts. It was decided
by the doctors that my sight was
lost forever and my parents and
friends prepared to send me to the
school for the blind at Raleigh, N. C.
How well I can remember the first
time I rode on a train. It was the
day that I journeyed to Raleigh to
enter a blind school, a school differ
ent from the one most boys attend.
The distance was 300 miles, but I
must have liked it, for I fell asleep
and when awakened by a deep-voiced
man, was lying on the floor of the
car. I was then taken in charge by
the president of the school and taken
to the school building.
The blind school was the real be
ginning. Everything bad to be
learned from the first This school
had the regular curriculum followed
me a good turn, appointed a commit
tee to wait on me, and ascertain if I
wouldn't give up the idea of pursu-
in the eight grades of the average , ing my course. Many people said
grammar school and' also the four ; that it was bard enough for a person
grades cf a high school. It required j with eyesight to make the degree and
twelve years to complete the course 1 didn't believe I could make it.
but I stayed only six years. i Well, that committee never waited
Lverytmng was strange to tne in ion me, and I afterwards learned that
my new surroundings. Another stu
dent explained to me around the
grounds and buildings and after be
coming acquainted began my study.
I thought those raised letters of the
blind alphabet to be the funniest af
fairs imaginable. It was a difficult
task to learn all of them but I mas
tered the alphabet in a month. Our
learning of geography was secured
from raised maps and we learned
the shapes of the different States of
the Union by working cut a puzzle,
which was to put together the dif
ferent blocks shaped exactlv like the
State represented by them. We used !
I made bet'er grades than those who
composed that committee. However,
they thought tney were right My
studies here were those regularly en
countered in a university and to the
surprise of all I received my degree
after dotng in three years what some
students took four cr five to do. The
degree of A. B. wos confered on me
in 1903.
Not sotisfied with my progress I
desiied a still higher education and
thought if I would receive it any
where in the United S'ates it would
be at Ilarvad. Here I was confront
ed with one of the greatest obstacles
to run races to see who would fit to- absolute poverty. When I reach
gether the map of the United States ,td Boston, 1 had 17.71 in my pock
first. I used to do it in three min-jet and apparently no money in view,
utes. j It was raining the day I reached the
My parents moved to Tennessee, campus of the university.
when 1 had been at the blind school
in Raleigh for six years. Their new
home was near Greenville. This was
in 1801.
Being a resident of Tennessee I
was admitted to the school for the
blind at Nashville and spent two
years there. Here I made good prog
ress in mathematics.
I had worked mv
1'ecKs algebra, ana it usually re
quired not less than six months for
one to finish that book. At a rapid
rate I also worked through plane
and solid geometry and formed a
great liking for mathematics.
I re-entered the school at Raleigh
and was graduated in 18911 after
three years cf hard study. My stud
ies at this school consisted of Greek,
Latin, higher geometry, trigonome
try. All of the problems I worked
out in my mind.
After graduating from the blind
school I took up the position as teach
er in a pubiis school. Let me sav
right here that the boys and girls
gave me no trouble whatever and I
thoroughly enjoyed the work. This
teaching was done during the sum
mer 1898 an 1899. Huring the fall
and winter of 1900 I also taught
school in Union county. Mv first
teaching was near Monroe N. C.
I was determined to continue my
education and made preparation to
enter the University af North Caro
lina. Here an effort was made to
discourage me but it was of no avail.
I learned that a number of the stu
dents, thinking that they were doing
m
11 anytmng win cause a mans
spirits to prood it is being in a large
city on a rainy day with a ilat peck
etbook. It was very unusual for a
blind man to seek admittance to
Harvard, and it seemed that I would
be doomed to disappointment. Here,
for the first and only time in my life
In two months: I performed a miriole, being that on
war through h? 7.71 1 spent two years at the great
est unuersiu of tho country, cost-1
ing !RKJ per year or 1MX in all.
1 must explain bow this was done,
and thank those who gave me the
opportunity. The university authori
ties were very much interested in me,
but the cold, hard cash was needed
before I wuold be allowed to enter
the classes. The first thing demand
ed was a fee of $90 cash down, be
fore I could be matriculated and a
person to goon my bond for $400,
this amount required as collateral
for the amount of my board. "
Through the aid of several whom
I caused to be interested in me, it
was arranged that I was to go through
the university on scholarship, or
subscriptions. A large part of the
money subscribed went to pay some
one to read the lessons to me. There
were scores of books to be rean and
just as many students to have the
job. Dillerent prices were required
before any would accept the job. It j
cost me on the average twenty-five
an hour to have the reading done.
After graduation from Harvard
with the degree of master of arts, I
determined to go to Chicago and en
ter the University of Chicago. lie-
came a candidate for the Ph. IL de
gree at that school and was proceed
ing nicely until the spring of 1907,
when my hearing became a.Tected by
catarrh. I was compelled to stop mj
college work and tried every way to
have my hearing restored to its nor
mal condition.
I tock the lecture platform and
for twenty-six long months travelled
from state to state. At different
cities. I had doctors endeavor to cure
by defetive bearing but to no avail
and today 1 can only hear tolerably
well 1 went through many states,
at one time being in the stase of
Washington at another in Atlanta.
I was treVed at John Hopkins for
my impaired bearin g
In the fall of 1909, 1 came to
Chattanooga College of Law, aao
was eradnated with the decree of
dachelor of laws this week.
It is my intention to enter polotics
but I cannot say when nor where it
will be. This is another problem to
be worked cut. but I am not worry
ing, for things have been shaped cp
well, so tar.
For summer diarrhoea in children al
ways (rive tiiatnlwrlain'a Colic, Cholera and
1'iarrhoea Kt-nwdr and castor oil, and a
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dealers.
I If Experience counts we
are there.
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Pressing.
jf Repair Work a Specialty.
5 Special attention given
to Ladies' Work.
Carolina
Pressing Club
LAWRENCE S. J'RESSON, PROP'R
PHONE 163.
Tremendous Buggy Sale'
Never in the history of our businoss were we ever so well prepared to give the
farmers of Union county the kind of buggy they wanted than we are today. We
haven't room to unpack our enourmous supply. Three solid cars in one week from
Corbitt and Virginia besides several half cars of other good makes such as High
Point and Tyson & Jones, compel us to get busy. We want you to see our buggy
department. If you have never traded with us now is the time to gegin; if you are
an old customer of ours we want you to come again. Don't fail to take advantage
of this great buggy sale. They must go. "We sell buggies and don't keep them."
Come this week if you can, if not, don't forget to see us next week. When you
think of a buggy think of us. This June 20, 1911.
The Sikes
JOHN C. SIKES, President
A. DIXON SIKES. Vlce-Pres.
CULL C SIKES, Sec. and Treas.
Company.
Plenty of Hackney Wagons.