THE INVITATION
AND REFUSAL
BY JOHNSON R. SLAUGHTER
(Copyright applied for)
Said the Church unto the world
Come take a part with me
I'll show you something that's worth
while
Beyond life's mystic sea.
I'll lead you through your going here
Which you will not regret
I'll guide you to those mansions fair
To things you have not met.
No you wont replied the world
I have a big time gay.
I can't afford to follow you
And throw my time away.
Because I'm tied up to those things
From which I will not part
I rather you vrould go away.
I will not yield my heart.
I will not do as you command
I care not for you now.
I think 111 reach the goal all right
And get along some how.
But no you can't replied the church.
I need to win your soul
Which is my mission here with you
To take you in the fold.
I did not come into this race
For gold and wealth to reap.
I came to fill a mission great
Your very .?ul to seek.
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But if you will not go with me.
The fault will be in you
I've done the very best I could
To change your life a-new.
I've begged and pled with all my might
Your heart for it I lo~?
I'd like to have you go w'Ji m?
Be with the ransomet throng.
For there's something just beyond
That's greater than this place
If only you will heed to me
Come seek my love and grace.
But said the world I've told you plain
I do not want your bidden.
IYi rather have my pleasures here
And keep my secrets hidden.
I would have to change my way
If I would heed your voice
I cannot think of doing such
To let you be my choice.
All right then replied the Church
The tears streamed from her eyes
If you rebel against me now
To heaven you won't rise .
Where great Joys there awaits
For those that will be true.
Who will unite with heaven's band
Go with the ransomed few .
Some day to dwell within my care
Upon "the Golden Strand"
You only need to list to me
Forsake the Devil's band.
Then how happy you will be
When all this life is o'er
To go in pleasure, peace and Joy
To that glad happy shore.
To know no more of life's distress
With sorrows' round about
Twill more than pay you for your time
To list to me no doubt.
I tremble and shudder when I think
Of that great burning hell
That's why I plead with you sincere
To come with me and dwell.
It tis but foolishness to refuse
And trifle on with sin
You better settle it now for good
And let me take you in.
And write your name upon the page
In that great Book of Life
Which will preserve you for always
From sorrow and sin, and blight .
That dont suit me said the world
I will not heed your voice
I cannot give away my time
To let you be my choice.
I don't believe those things you say
They seem to not be so
There fore I care not for you now
My ways I'm going to go.
So the world at last one day
Went down in great despair.
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XII. FEDERAL SUPREMACY ESTABLISHED
For 67 years, from 1789 until 1865,
the Constitution of the United States
remained unchanged by amendment,
although the powers of the Federal
Government were immensely expand
ed during tHat period by judicial in
terpretation, the decision of the Su
preme Court in the "Dred Scott Case"
that indirectly brought about the 13th,
14th and 15th amendments, though
not until a Civil War had been fought
over the basic issue of states' rights
versus Federal rights.
The subject of Negro slavery had
been considered in the Constitution
from the beginning. Slaves were to be
counted as only three-fifths of their
number, in apportioning seats in Con
gress to the states where slavery pre
vailed. The further importation of
slaves after the year of 1808 was for
bidden to all states, and the Federal
Government was empowered to lay a
tax of ten dollars a head upon all
slaves imported before the end of that
year.
As the new nation began its task
of cutting up the western lands into
new states, the question whether slav
ery should be permitted in them be
came an acute issue. Under the Mis
souri Compromise of 1820, slave-hold
ing was permitted in the new state of
Missouri, but thereafter prohibited in
any other state that might be created
out of the territory of the Louisiana
Purchase, or in any state lying north
of Missouri. But in 1854 Congress, in
setting up the territories of Kansas
and Nebraska, provided that the resi
dents of those territories might vote
upon the question of slavery.
This fanned the Are of anti-slavery
agitation in the North, which burst
into flames after the decision render
ed by Chief Justice Taney of the Su
preme Court, in 1857, that the South
ern owner of a Negro slave, named
Dred Scott, had the . right to recap
ture him and bring him back from a
free state to which he had fled.
The Court held that slaves were rec
ognized as property, and were not cit
izens, and that the Missouri Compro
mise, prohibiting the ownership of
slaves north of Missouri, was uncon
stitutional.
The bitterness between the North
and the South which this decision
crystallized precipitated the determi
nation of Southern political leaders to
withdraw from the Federal Union,
which South Carolina first, then ten
other Southern states, undertook to do
in 1861. The choice of the Federal
Government was between recognizing
the right to secede, or preventing the
secession by force. The decision was
for the latter course.
Four bloody years of war ended with
the defeat of the Southern armies,
and the downfall of the political theo
ry of state supremacy. The Federal
Government had established itself as
the supreme power.
Immediately upon the end of the
war, the 13th amendment of the Con
stitution, forever abolishing slavery
anywhere in the United States, was
submitted to .the states and promptly
ratified. Three years later, in 1868, the
14th amendment was ratified, giving to
Negroes equal citizenship rights with
Whites, and entitling them to be
counted in full determining state re
presentation. The same amendment
repudiated all liability of the Federal
Government for debts incurred by the
states which had seceded. Two years
later, in 1870, came the 15th amend
ment, guaranteeing the rights of citi
zens to vote, regardless of race, color,
or previous conditions of servitude.
Next Week: Expanding National Powers.
And when her Journey had been made
She found no pleasure there.
But in their stead was other things
She expected not to be
T'was torment for the future l*fe
Her negligence she could see.
Then how she wept and cried, and
prayed
Her torments hard to bear.
She wished she'd listened to the
church
Its ways and p}ans to share.
Too late the time has come to hand
She see's her great mistake
The scales are falling from her eyes
She knows it is too late.
So she said O faithful church
Mine is an awful doom
I'm sorrow I rejected you
With me you offered room.
But now alas it is too late.
For me need not yearn
Your burdens great you'll have to bear
In hell youll have to burn.
I've come to you from time to time
You would not list to me
Now theres nothing I can do
No peace and rest for thee.
Well faithful church I must admit
You gave me good advice
If I had listened to you then
My doom would been all right.
That's your fault replied the church
You know I warned you well
I done the very best I could
To keep you out of hell.
There's n<> more that I can do
I cannot heal your wound
Therefore you've put it off too late
And hell is now your dooiti.
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I'll sail away upon the wings
To lands of peace and love
To reign a thousand years >on high
In mansions up abovf.
After which I'll come rorain
With peace on earjm to stay
To reign throughout, the endless time
A'midet a perfytt day.
So you will have /pur wfles to bear
While I'm redeemed and blest.
You had as gooa a chance as I
To reign inr peace and rest.
So vit is I ca^'t give- aid . ?"
I'll have 1k> bid adieu
Farewell old ^vorld it is delight
I'm withJ the* ransomed few.
' Mebane. N. C.
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slices. Bjfttter the slices and on one
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with s p small quantity of mayonnaise
and a/ few chopped nuts. Put together
in safidwich fashion. Cut triangles.
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I have plenty grain fertilizer at Plant
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Route 1. See me for your fertilizer
needs <F. D. LONG.
The Sales Tax
Collections Up 44
Percent In State
All State Revenue Show In
creases For First Quarter
Of Fiscal Year
The State of North Carolina collect
ed 44 per cent more sales tax during
the first quarter of the present fiscal
year, which ended yesterday, than it
did during the first quarter of the
fiscal year before.
The increase was due to elimination
of exemptions, increased business, and
probably better collections. The sales
tax on cafe meals was not Included.
Collections of all forms of state rev
enue increased 17.03 per cent ? general
fund tax receipts having increased
18.75 per cent, and highway revenue
14.55 per cent.
All Collections Up
There was not a single state tax
which did not bring in more money
in July, August and September of
this fiscal year than during the same
months the year before.
Despite the increases for the quar
ter, general fund collections for the
month of September were 33.63 per
cent below those of year before. The
re-i<>on was that where the big drive
/or franchise tax collections came in
September last year, it was earlier this
year. The September franchise col
lections dropped from $2,163,202 to
$748,244, but the quarterly collection
of the same tax increased from $4,
594,050 to $4,691,969.
Another big increase in the quar
terly collections were in license tax
es, which climbed from $393,951 to
$809,222. There were two main reasons
for this. In the first place, the sales
tax on cafe meals comes under this
section. In the second, the new chain
filling station tax is classified as a li
cense levy.
The total collection for the quar
ter climbed from $12,075,037 to $14,
130.937. The gain in the general fund
was from $7,114,432 to $8,449,927. Col
lections of highway revenue for the j
quarter rose from $4,960,119 to $5,
681,910.
Other general fund items showed
the following gains during the quarter
ended today as compared with the
corresponding period a year ago.
In heritance taxes, from $95,762 to
$105,778, license taxes from $393,951 to
$809,222; income tax from $344,133 to
$405,479 and beer taxes from $107,444
to $162,219.
Gasoline taxes netted the State $4,
949.757 for the quarter ended today,
compared with $4,289,330 for the per
iod ende<l September 30, 1934. License
taxes gained from $405,541 to $420,099.
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LOOKING BACK
TEN YEARS
Roxbopo Makes Rapid Growth: Yes
terday was a great da? for Roxboro,
the citizens having voted almost unan
imously for the extension of the town
limits. The limits of the town have
been very mu~h circumscribed, being
only a half-mile each way from the
courthouse, while as a matter of fact
the area was about twice this size. For
many years it has been apparent that
the town must change its area, but for
.pne reason or another it has been
postponed, but Anally an act was
passed by the legislature and the vote
was. taken yesterday.
Bright and early the voters began
to register their votes and by noon
day it was evident that the question
would be carried, and at sun-set when
the votes were counted It was found
that it had almost been unanimous,
the vote being 381 for extension and
34 against. We congratulate the peo
ple upon this wise move and believe
even those few opposing will find that
they have been benefitted rather than
hurt, as they now seem to think.
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Tearing Down An Old Landmark: The
old tobacco factory on Depot Street
belonging to Mrs. Mamie Merritt is be
ing torn down. Thus one by one all
frame buildings in the fire limits are
disappearing and soon there will not
be a frame building within the Are
limits.
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A Rich Haul: Yesterday morning
Sheriff Brooks and his deputies made
a raid down in Plat River township
and captured a 150 gallon still, des
troyed 4500 gallons of beer and caught
two men, together with about 30 gal
lons of corn whiskey. The men cap
tured were Jim Torrian and Leo Dod
son, both of Orange County.
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Announcement: Mrs. Powell Dobson
Neely invites you to be present at the
marriage of her daughter, Margaret
Hamlin, to the Rev. Jadi Levi Martin
on the afternoon of Thursday, the 8th
of October at five o'clock, St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, N.
C. At home after the first of Novem
ber, Waimea, Kauai Hawaii.
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Misses Marion deVlaming and
Louise Wilborn left Tuesday for Bal
timor, Md., where they will enter col
lege for this session.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. R. woodv spent
last week in Baltimore and Washing
ton.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith, who have
spent the summer in Danville, will re
turn to their home in Roxboro this
evening.
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Mr. Edwin Eberman, jr. will leave
this morning for Pittsburgh, Pa. where
he will resume his . studies at Car
negie Institute.
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Mrs. E. D. Cheek left last Saturday
morning for Richland, N. C. where she
will spend a week visiting in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Herring.
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Dr. and Mrs. Davidson, who spent
the summer in Iowa, have returned
home. ' *
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Chicago. ? When physicians x-rayed
Robert Adams, accountant, prepara
tory to operating for appendicitis, they
were amazed to discover that his
heart, appendix and other important
organs are all on his right side. There
was no operation for appendicitis.
Bethel Hill !
Farmers to Meet ]
The Bethel Hill Parmer's Club will
meet in the agriculture building at :
Bethel Hill High School Friday night,
October 4 at 6:30 o'clock.
An oyster stew will be served and I
and an interesting program presented. |
Every member be present.
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Mt. Zion Aid Society
The Ladies Aid Society of Mt. Zion
Church will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Miss Omega
Foushee on Thursday before the 4th
Saturday at 3 o'clock.
It is very important that e^very
member be present since it is the
time for the election of new officers.
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NOTICE! SALE OF LAND
(Jnder and by virtue of the authority
conferred upon hie by a judgment of
the Superior Court of Person County
in that special proceeding entitled Joel
Jeffries et al, Ex Parte, I will on Sat
urady, October 19, 1935, at 12 o'clock
noon, in front of the court house door
in Roxboro, North Carolina, sell to the
highest bidder, for s cash, the land des
cribed in said petition, to- wit:
That certain tract of land lying and
being in Allensville Township, Person
County, North Carolina, bounded on
the North by the Jands of Huel Jeff
ries; on the East by the lands belong
ing to the estate of Alex Atkins; on
the South by the lands of C. B. and
A. G. Adcock and on the West by the
lands of Victor Kaplon, containing 216
acres, more or less, and known as the
T. H. Jeffries home place.
This September 17, 1935.
N. Lunsford, Commissioner
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Having qualified as administrators
of the estate of J. Y. Pox, deceased,
late of Person County, North Caro
lina, this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the un
dersigned on or before September 18,
1936 or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 18th day of September, 1935.
L. B. and C. O. Fox, Adminis
trators.
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