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In the special edition of The Messenger of June 24th, several mistakes were made. The cut of A. S. Woodmg's residence of Dan ville, Va.. Route 4, was marked "H. S. Woodmg's Residence, near Pelham " The engraver had fail ed to mark the cot, and when the time to go to press came in the print shop at Burlington the editor had to draw on his memory for the name and address, and his memory proved to be treacherous Another mistake crept into the article aboot the health of the county. In the original draft of the story we stated that there had been only three deaths from tuberculosis in Yanceyville in . twenty eight years. This rough draft of the story iyas turned over * to another to be copied and smoothed out, and in copying the statement crept in that only three deaths from tuberculosis had oc curred in the entire county in . twenty eight years. This is an obvious mistake, and an unfortun ate one We want to claim all we can for our county, but we mustn't make claims that are not based op facts. Another error crept in as to the J ytay in whichthe Caswell County Court House was built. The fore man called for a description of the Court House to be used w ith the cut^ Again we had to call on memory, and our memory was at fault* On seeing the error in The Messenger Mr. George A Ander son informed us that the construe tion of the Court House at Yan eeyville was begun in t868 and was not finished till J870 We had stated that it was built in iS$o We ask the forbearance of our friends in regard to these and other mistakes. There are two or three excuses that we offer for making them The first is that the editor has been doing the best he could in carrying on the work of at least two men. He has had to get up copy for each issue of the paper, and in addition to this has had to secure the advertise ments for each issue. The second excuse is that the paper is^ edited and published at Yanceyville. and the printing is done at Burlington. It is hard to get everything to -coordinate when the ofhee is so far from the print shop The print shop is not at fault in the least. The fact is that if we did not receive such magnificent sympathy and cooperation from Mr. Pate and his co-workers, it would be a difficult thing indeed to get the paper out at all under the conditions existing If The Messenger is worth anything to Caswell county then A. D. Pate & Co., of Burlington, must be given a large share of the credit for producing it with the P. H. Nea!, of DanviHe, who has to his credit the fact that he was the first paid subscriber to The CaswtH Messenger, paid The the additions! honor of Ithe office on !ast Monday, $th, in company wUh his friend. George A. Nea! is he!d in very high ! in this office because of his ! nature and estimable char ! because of the fact that rouragement and sup : Messenger when tht a friend. As a ! concern ht ! oHice af has been one of the truest and most toy a! friends The Messenger has had Their advertisement appeared in the first issne of The Messenger and continued without cessation Tor about four months Those first fOya! advertisers who heiped to Hoat the paper wiH ever have a warm piace in the hearts of those who are investing their !ives in this enterprise We short id state that M r. Neai's father and mother were natives of Ca$weH and that Mr Nea! re gards this connty as his ancestra! home He is for that reason, among others, greatfy interested in ah that pertains to the we! fare oiCasweHL A CORRECTION Through an error in the Milton reminiscences in our special edi tion it was mentioned that Cherry HiH farm was owned by Dr, P. W. Miles We are informed that this is a mistake and that this old home is still owned by Mrs. R. L. Walker, nee Miss Cornelia Wil son, who came in possession of it at the death of her husband, R. L W alker. PRESENT DAY EDUCATION The present day methods as seen by an unknown poet are taken o# in the following bit of humorous verse, for which we are indebted to Miss Jennie P Buford of Semora. ' * ' j, ' * A Parent s Plea My little hoy is eight years old; He goes to school each day. He doesn t mind the tasks they '"set/' They seem to him but play. He heads his class in raffia work, And also takes the lead In making dinky paper boats— But I wish that he could read! 1 They teach him physiology . And. oh, it chills our hearts To hear our prattling innocent Mix up his inward parts! He also learns astronomy, ' ; And names the stars by night. Of course, he's very up to date-— But ! wish that he could write' They teach him things botanical/ They teach him how to draw ; He bahtdes of mythology. And gravitation's law; And the discoveries of science With him are quite a fad. They tell me he's a clever boy— But I wish that he could add. IF THE BUND LEAD THE BLIND Once upon a time we advised a very dose friend, who was like ly to be chosen as a delegate to the Genera! Conference, to stbdy* the constitutiona! history of bis church. We were audaciously free enough with him to say that we didn't pee how he could in telligently legislate for his great church un!ess he knew the pritw ciptcs of church government and was informed on the history of her past !egis!ation. The welfare of a church or state is sometimes put in jeopardy by one of two things. These are the self seeking of her represcnta tives or the ignorance of her representatives. Disaster can come to a church or state through men who arc not familiar with the principles of government or the history of legislation. The state and coun ties need more men and women who know the problems of state and county government, and who know what not to do as well as what to do. Sometimes an inno cent looking little measure can put a monkey wrench in the gears, and cause endless taouble. County government is at pres ent the weak spot in our govern mental system. It is said tha) there is no actual head to the county government. The depart; ment of Rural Economics at the University, under the leadership of Dr. E. C. Branson, is making a very thorough study of county government in North Carolina If the county officials will co operate with him it js likely that j he cam brad a* oat of the wilder <acss. } At present Dr Branson o5ers [to make a study of any county's goverument which requests it. With the data which he willhe able to formulate as to the coun ty's affairs, that county will be able to so reconstruct its system as to bring it in !ine with the best that is known in coanty gov ernment. " s ' The citizens of Caswell would like to see their coanty one of the first to catch step with the more progressive and efficient conn ties. * : - CONGRATULATIONS The successful candidates in the two recent Democratic pri maries are to be congratulated upon the honors bestowed upon them and the trust imposed in them by the elecorate. At thy same time some of them are to be commiserated upon the meagre emoluments of the offices entrusted to their care. In order to break even the state senator and member o!f the house of rep resentatives wiff have to sleep out under the stars, do their own cooking, and wear patched clothes. But then these ofhcerselect don't mind a little thing like that. They are patriot*}, who stand ready to die for their country. The point to keep in mind, how ever, is that the sovereign citizens of this proud commonwealth seem willing to stand cheerfully by and let 'em die. They can readily spend a few paltry millions for this, that, and the other But when it comes to paying men to legislate for and govern the state the aforesaid soverign citizens suddenly be come awfully penurious, and chop off the salary of the legislators to four dollars a day. i"The dark and devious ways of the heathen Chinese" are quite lucid com par ed to thi*. WB ARE POR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT The Messenger has tried to treat a!! ot the candidates up for nomination in the Democratic primary atite ft was too new. and too ignorant of county af fairs, to he able to take an inteiii gent part in the primary contest. But now that the primary is over and the candidates are nam ed, The Messenger .wishes to re peat that it stands inf Democratic principles and policies, and wi!) with deference, support the Dem ocratic ticket. The Republican party national* ly stands for centralized govern ment Centralized government is -said to be Strong government. And to some this is the supreme consideration. And we have many Xorth Carolinians who vote the Democratic ticket in the state and county, but who vote for a Re publican president. ^ But this Republican policy of a strong centralized government at Washington has had the effect 6i promoting the huge fortunes of the few, by its protective tariff and other measures, which im pose a huge indirect tax upon the many for the benefit of the few i These great corporations that are, fostered by this unjust and dis criminating tariff are able to furnish huge campaign funds to elect the men who will promise to maintain this high protective tariff for their benefit. And these representatives of the financial interests will, in the nature of the case, carry out the wishes of the men who sp<yid their money to elect them. This sort of government is un just and unfair to the masses. We prefer a type of government that is less centralized, and even less efheient, if your strong, cen tralized government is going to impose high tariffs upon the com modities used daily by the masses : of hard worked, poor people for [the enrichment of men already inordinately rich. We are Demct cratic in National politics. And we are even more strongly Democratic in state and county ! politics, and on give * reason for {the faith that -s in ms in taking ! this stand. While we are toierant < of men who hold contrary political j views, and number some of oar ibcstJftieBds in dm deposition party, yet we dare to assert it as our delAerate opinion that the situation in North Carolina would be fnought with the gravest dangers to the peace and pros perity of the state should the Democratic party lose coutro! in state and oonnty aHairS This imposes a frightful trust upon the Democratic office hold ers. They should walkup rightly and guard jealously the interests of our people The Messenger supports these men for office because they repre sent principles of government for which it stands. And if these men should betray the interests of the people we would say with deference again that we hope to have the courage given us to take issue with them on behalf of the interests of the people THE SPECIAL DESERVES A SECOND READING The special industrial number of The Messenger carried some special articles prepared for this paper by men who knew what they were talking about These articles will repay a sec ond and third reading We have seventy five or a hundred copies of this edition left. Many of the readers have said that they thought the special was a credit to the county, but so far very few have written anything for publication about it Dr E. "C." Rran'.'ti. '!**the f'niveTsity faculty, was good enough to w rite that the special was a distinct credit to the county And he ask (d for another copy to put on Ale Dr. Branson's commendation is worth a whole lot to us. and we "roil it as a sweet morse! under our tongue." A FINAL PLEA ^)oc fay)or is a citizen of Las* w?H county. He. was at the point of death. He didn't have the re sources to carry him to the hos pita). Severa! of his neighbors and friends picked him up and carried him to the Genera) Hospita). Dan vide, trusting that the funds necessary to pay the bids cou!d be raised in the county. A num ber of people have contributed to the expense of this case. But there remains yet unpaid a ba) ! ance of twenty odd doMars. The Danvide hospita) is !ooking to us for a sett)ement. Joe Tayior's )ife was saved, and he wi)! soon be ab!e ot take care of his fami)y, which otherwise wou!d have had to be taken care of by some one rise, or by sopie institution. - Aside from the humanitarian view of the case it is a gpod investment from an economic point of view to give this man the hospita! treatment that saved his )ife. Lei us make this hna! p)ea to the generous hearted ptppte of Caswe)! to send in contributions to sett!e this bi!) and satisfy the hospita! authorities Please send your do))ar or five doMars to R. W. Is)ey, Dr S. A Ma!!oy. or to The Messenger, and share the privilege of having he!ped to save a man's )ife. Greetings and best wishes to the correspondents of The Mes senger. For the benefit of the tinotype operator, the correspondents are rcquestedto write on one side of the page only. And we wiH ap preciate tf)f favor greatly if the correspondents wifi write ad of their words and letters plainly. We would tike for at! of the c's ^ to be made so plain that they wi!! not be mistaken for i's, their w's different from Kheir m's. and the b's to be distinguished from h's. The letters of t!4e correspond ents constitute one of the most j important parts of The Mes ! senger. And we want to print I thump for the readers without mis takes. In this connection may we say that we wwrMTHhe for the cor respondents to report any and a!! bniMing operations and and enter prises to the various woimnnitif s that are rd any importance There are two or three reasons for this. Tn closing. we would express onr gratehd thanks for the care and industry shown by the staff of exceHent correspondents that are helping to make The Mea senger so interesting to the read ers It is a fine service you are rendering. FOLLOW UP OF THE FOURTH A few days ago a hundred mil lion people joined in celebrating the seven score and tenth anni versary of the date when "our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceiv ed in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that a!) men are created equal." Since that date we have ad vanced; our nation has increased over three thousand percent in population, ewer three hundred percent in ^territory; while in material prosperity the horn of plenty is overflowing to such ex tent that we spend annually mote money on pleasures now than the entire w ealth of the land one hun dred and fifty years ago. These things are well. They flatter our national vanity. More gratifying, however, should have been our progress in national idealism. Adopting the solgan of the French Revolution. "Liberty. Equality. Fraternity^' We can with a little cutting and slicing make those three abstractions represent three stages irt the humanitarian philosophy of the American republic, "National Hbertv. human equalitv.' and .cos mic fraternity ' We shall select from three orators or statesmen contem porary with therstTTree great crises in our national develop ment to illustrate the three stages in our nation's thinking. The spirit of '76—"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it. Almighty God! 1 know not what course others may take; but. as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"—Patrick Henry The spirit of '6$—"We under stand that when fan coin signed the Emancipation Proclamation, your victory was assured; for he then committed you to the cause of human liberty, against which the arms of man cannot prevail. And ! am glad that the Omiscient God held the balance of battle in his Almighty Hand, and that hu man slavery was swept forever from American soil. "—From "The South and !ts Problems," deliver ed before a New York assembly, by Henry W. Grady, an editor from Athens, Ga. The spirit of t8—"Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together "—Woodrow Wilson. -J, A. T. Columbus discovered a new continent, but in that day of slow sail boats for ocean travel, slower canoes for rivers, and still slower pack horses for land travel, it took decades to start a great migration here. Now America discovers Dixie and in this day when rail roads, steamships, airships, and automobiles have given every man the wanderlust of Ulysses and the wings of Mercury, and when tele graph. telephone, and radio dash news to a listening continent in the twinkling of aw eye—in this far speedier day. a nation's dis covery of a vast, undeveloped area results almost immediately in a great mass movement of hu manity —Review of Reviews ... —-y The whole situation in a single statement is that the South has practically the same summer tern petature as the North, with im measurably more agreeable win ters. "Practically as cool in sum ' mer; vastly pleasanter in winter' —thM is the whole story of Southerner climate in ten words as proved by indisputable official data—Review of Reviews ! (CMtiaaod frota Faye 1) Creek, 76; Mitten and Lcasburg. Horton carried Yanceyvitte, Stoney Creek. Rascoe, Mitton, Purtey, Blanche, Petham, tying Mr. Neat at Baynes, where each received 42 votes. Horton's big gest vote of t9 was received at "Yanceyvitte. Neat carried Locust Hitt, Ridge vitte. Hightowers, Lcasburg and Seniors. Mr. Neat received his targest vote. '04, at Yanceyvitte. The figures given in this brief story of the second primary are unofficiat, but are considered cor rect. The vote by precincts is given in this issue of the paper in the form of a tabte. . SECOND PRIMARY VOTE BY PRECINCTS o Hitt Yanceyvitte — Stoney Creek Rascoe AH! ton .. . Baynes Locust Purtey 1 Btanch RidgeviMe Hightowers Leasburg - Semora ....... Petham .... 97 5? 73 73 66 "57 t to 3! .} 62 } 46 ! - 53 }t25 !50 76 23 23 23 54 !4 !39 78 78 42 '3 to8 2!" 6l 49 23 104 42 *5 15 42 tot 20 tt 30N76 16# 5^ 5'^ 37! 48 3'! 3o' 43 37! ">3* 60 Tota!.!86o)6o7iBoQ!6&t TO THE VOTERS —^-1—^ OF CASWELL t wish to thank you with at! my heart for the wonderfu! and tova! support rendered to me in the campaign just finished, and you have spoken in no uncertain terms your wit!, nominating me your standard bearer Therefore, vlhth Cod's hetp, and with what abHity I have, t wit! keep its escutcheon untarnished. W. B. HOTON. TO THE PEOPLE OF CASWELL COUNTY For the spiendid expreswsunaf confidence given to me by the voters of CasweH in the Demo cratic primary iast Saturday. I am indeed most gratefu! aod ap preciative May I not say that this^expres sion fiited my heart with rea! joy. and I wish to re affirm the one pfedge which I made so often dur ing the campaign, that in my future retation with the citizen ship of the county, I wi!) do aM that !ies in my power to render to the peop!e of CasweH faithfu! and accommodating service. GEO. A. ANDERSON. ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OF N. C. TO BE LARGE fCcattnved from Page 1) ^— and constructive purpose, the members say. It is pointed out in this connec tion that while one community atone could attract little attention in a nationa) way through adver tising. a group of cities can com bine resources enough to attract wide, constructive attended from the nation at large. It is the pur pose of North Carolinians, Incor porated. to inctude every city and community in the state in a broad nationa! advertising campaign. Adherents to the movement to !end publicity to the state through coHectivc forces refer to the fact that this same form of advertising is being adopted today in many industrial quarters. For instance, the paint manufacturers organiz ed into a group to advertise their products under a common slogan, Save the Surface and you stave a!!. This collective bit of adver tising has done much to popularize the uses of paint oh a broad scale, which could have been accom plished by one of the group only nt h high premium.
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