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'Prerequisites Of Success' Are Outlined In Address Delivered By the Late W. H. Carstarphen Speech Was Written By Harry W. Stubbs Late Of Williamston ?? Address I? Heard As Part of Trinity Closing Program Rack in June, 1879 ? (More than half a century ago, the late Harry W. Stubbs listed the pre requisites of success in a speech de livered by the late W. H. Carstar phen. Jr., while in school at old Trin ity College when the institution was located in Randolph County. Pre served in the personal effects of the Carstarphen family, the speech was uncovered a.short time ago bv Mrs.! C. D. Carstarphen who graciously] released it for publication, knowing that while the changes in this mod ern world have been many, the bas- j ic rules for success as outlined in the speech delivered hy Mr. Car starphen on June 7, 1870. are still applicable today.?Ed.) "Who never felt the impatient throb. The longings of a heart that pants. And reaches after this world's suc cess." Our life is a dying life; we arc con tinually gliding down the stream of time, into the ocean of eternity; we pause, as we enter upon the thres hold of life, as we launch our fragile hark upon the arena and theater of action; and for a moment ask our selves. ponder and decide what qual ifications are necessary to make one successful while passing through this transitory state. Am I to be an in fu ture connoisseur' Am I a prospect ing hero, to have the laurel and the bough twine about my brow; am I to carve my nomen upon the summit of the pinnacle of fame and success in brilliant and glowing characters; am I to quaff the nectared waters of the Pierian fount gushing in crystal streamlets around me. am I to al low an awestruck and admiring world pay me the tribute of reverent adoration? Am I? Am I to attain the climax, the grand culmination of success? If so, what must be the pre requisites? Six things are requisite to a "suc cessful man"?Integrity must be the architect and Honor the upholsterer. It must be warmed by affection, lighted up with cheerfulness, and in dustry must be the ventilator, re newing the atmosphere, and bring ing in fresh salubrity day ufter day; while over all as a protecting canopy and glory, nothing will suffice ex cept the blessing of God. Do you aspire to the emoluments of this world? Do you seek the ag grandisement, which this hollow mundane sphere can afford? If so, cast them aside, spurn such contemp tuous thoughts and ideas. Let us scan for a moment the pages of modern history, that link between the past ?and present, that chronicler 01 events and see the characteristics of the eminent men, who have gone before us. Take for instance, that type of southern chivalry and glory and success, the adamantine figure of stonewall Jackson, as he stands upon the blood washed fields of Chancel lorsville; and what ts it that has | crowned him with success, hqs ren dered him immortal, and who will forever live in the hearts of a grate ful posterity? It was his Christian fortitude and forbearance, his firm integrity, and unflinching and dauntless nerve, it was zeal and in defatigable energy. So with Lee. Oh, at that name, how the soul throbs and pulsates in ecstacies of delight and joy. Honored, respected and re vered, he has long since gone to his rest, and is now, no doubt, revelling and basking in the sunlight of God's presence He possessed, yea, compre hended in one whole, all the neces sary "Prerequisites for Success." So it is with all the heroes of ancient and modern times. Transplant your self for a moment, and go with me to the lonely island of St. Helena; and as we stand upon its rockbound shores, ask Napoleon what are the prerequisites for this world's success and from his cloistered home will come the response, "Integrity and Determination." "I was once the demi-god of France, but now am to spend the residue of my life a doom-1 ed fellow. Go to the battles of Ther mopylae and Plateae, see that mighty host of Persians, as they present a serried phalanx to the hand full of Spartans, led on by the immortal Se anidas, and ask him the necessities ?fee success in -this-life, and he-wiH tell you, "Energy and Honesty." Go to the pyramids of Egypt, gaze upon them in speechless wonder and amazement, as they nnre towered in all their lofty pride and magnifi cence; stroll through the broken down'and despoiled arches and halls of coliseum, gaze upon the ruins of some mighty collosal fabric, and ask what is "Success"? and the echo will rebound and reverberate through the dilapidated frescoed ceiling and embellished walls, "Genuineness of Purpose and Fidelity." Perambulate the groves of Parnassus and Arca dia, pluck from its variegated re ceptacles, the laurels of friendships, love and honor; sit among the fol iage and flowers decked and stud ded with sparkling dew-drops; re cline under some umbrageous mon arch of the forest, and there solitude and alone, ask what is requisite for success in life; and the passing zephyrs, falling in gentle accents upon your ear will whisper in tones as soft as an Aeolian harp of Syen'i Customs in U. S. and Britain Marked Contrast in Smoking, Whereas the American smoker handles his smoking after an helter skelter fashion just as he does many other things, the Englishman is in great earnest when he lights up his favorite cigar. It's nothing to argue about, however, so let the two smoke after any old fashion and each after his own. In this country the cigar smoker frowns upon a dried-out and crisp cigar, so the retailer keeps the ?smokes" in a moist case. Over in England the smoker prefers a dry cigar, and it is a fact that by the time the Englishman considers a TTgnr just" right for consumption it is brittle and almost to the breaking point. Possibly the Britisher is fed up with a drenched atmosphere, and he goes to the extreme in keeping his cigars from getting soggy in the island climate. Over in this country, our dry atmosphere and usually dry and hot buildings make the smoker want a moist or "green" cigar as the Britisher calls it. {The Englishman carries his cigars around in a leath er or silver air-tight case. When the Britisher makes ready for his cigar, he gffes into an enclos ure to make certain that the aroma will be preserved and not be sub jected to fanning winds. In this country, the smoker lights his cigar in the face of a gale, in a powder fac tory or wherever he may be ? it makes no differnece. Over here we smoke by habit, while it must be said that the Englishman smokes for pleasure. It has been estimated that if the AmTTtcarrsTrroker would smoke only when he really wanted to smoke and not pull cigarettes or cigars from the box merely by force of habit, tobac co consumption would be material ly reduced We just light one cigar ette from the butt of another, re maining unconscious of the habit and fooling ourselves in the belief that we are smoking for pleasure. FIRST SNUFF About the first, if not the first, snuff ever offered for sale in Williams ton was brought here by the late John Pinner and W. H. Carstarphen who, coming from Suffolk, formed a business partnership and operated a store on the corner of Smithwick and Main Streets. The name of the snuff and sales volumes have been lost in the stories handrd down from one generation to another. Peace-Loving State Slow To Start But Fights To The End Governor Sends Memorable Message To Abe Lincoln. Slating Carolina's Stand Some years ago the "land of the long leaf pine" was a place of peace. As a state, North Carolina was then very much in the same position as the nattons Trf The woftd are today. It desired peace; but faced war. People everywhere abhorred war. Peace was the prayer that ascended from the tongues of mothers through out the old North State. Yet, leaders whose duty was that of charting our course were in doubt as to the best path to follow. The Civil War crisis was knocking at our door. Our neighbors had se ceded from the union; and war seem ed inevitable. Three different paths were followed by other states. Some withdrew from the United States of America and became a part of the Confederate States. One declared its neutrality. The others remained a part of the union. The crisis came when Fort Sum ter was fired upon North Carolina was a part of Lincoln's nation. He called for 75,000 soldiers. As a part of the union, the Tar Heel State was asked for two regiments. Governor Ellis, as chief executive of North Carolina, received the message. Dispatching a reply to Lincoln was a tremendous responsibility for Gov ernor Ellis' answer was little more than a choice of fighting with the union troops against our southern neighbors, or one of waging war in cooperation with the Confederate States against the United States. His decision was much like Lee's. If war must be, he felt that his neighbors should be the ones to receive his aid. North Carolina's reply was very def inite, for Governor Ellis' words in cluded the following statement, "You can get no troops from North Car olina." Governor Ellis explained the stand he took in his telegram dispatched to Washington: He said, "I regard the levy of troops made by the adminis tration for the purpose of subjugat ing the States of the South as a vio lation of the Constitution and a gross usurpation of power I can be no song; "An unabiding Christian faith and zeal." And so it is with all the world. But there is a success, which we all should desire to obtain, it is the mortality: What are thy prerequis ites, "Liberty and Christianity"? Grand, glorious, sublime and stupen rious thought! Too sublime for the contemplation of ignoble man. Oh, for the requisites for an eternal suc cess, so we can feel assured we are soon to heave anchor amid the thun dering salvo of eternal victory on Canaan's fair and happy shore; when comes the finality of all things; when time, having commenced his course when the morning stars sang togeth er with joy over the new made world, shall have destroyed all that is beautiful on earth?plucked the sun from its sphere, veiled the moon in blood, yea, when he shall have rolled the earth and heavens away like a scroll, then shall an angel from the throne of God come forth, and with one foot on the sea and the oth er on the land, lift up his hands, tow ard heaven and heaven's eternal, i shall say; i "Time is. Time was, but Tune i shall be no longer." Fear Expressed In Laws Passed Prior To The Civil War Marriage Between Slave* ami Free Neproe* Pmliibiteil By Slater Laws In the era preceding the Civil ; War, there was a fear among the people of North Carolina which was reflected in the legislation of that period. Laws were passed concern ing teaching slaves to read and write and making it unlawful to teach them the use of "figures." Many laws were passed restrict ' ing their freedom Marriage between j slaves and free Negroes was for bidden, If they left the state for more than ninety days, they were not-al lowed to return under penalty of fine and imprisonment. After the war, When the freed men were enfranchised, one of the first j and most important questions .to] I come up was that of the freed man's, right to testify in court. Should he be ^permitted to bear testimony in cases whpn memh<>rt;?of his race were on trial? Should he be given unlimited privilege of appearing as a witness? Another question to be studied and answered by new leg islation was the right to serve on juries. In 1866 a North Carolina Senate committee reported in favor of per mitting freedman's testimony. The report reads, "We recommend that I the courts should be fully opened to | ? ^ party to ?hm wirkfH vinhitiim <?f | laws of the country, and to this wa> upon the liberties of a free people.' The concluding sentence of the tele gram informed Lincoln that a 4,re ply more in detail" would be Sen when the official call for troops wa received in Raleigh by mail. North Carolina had refused to sc cede, but the call for troops in April, 1861, forced the state to take a stand; and it chose the side of it* confeder ated neighbors where Tar Heel troops fought to the finish. At the Fanners ami Planters Warehouses Continuing their organization un changed. Messrs. Leman Barnhill, left; Holt Evans, center, and Joe Moye, right, are all set for a suc cessful year at the New Farmers and Planters Warehouses. Through their work on the local market dur ing the past number of years, these men need no introduction to the farmers of this and surrounding, counties. Conservative when it comes to making promises that are impos sible to keep, all three of these men throve their full strength to the whirl in promoting the orderly sale of tobacco at the highest market price When Joe Moye and Holt Ev ans start a sale, the patrons of the Farmers and Planters houses are as sured that their tobacco will be properly valued and that these two men will push the sale until that value is attained. In backing their judgment, their partner. Mr. Barn hill. throws a strong support. The organization is well balanced m that every branch of the ware house business comes under the di rect supervision of the men "behind the guns" There's no waiting and confusion, for they are right there on the job to render decisions. ?Connected cnrecuy or indirectly with the tobacco business during a greater part of their lives, these three men are in a position to serve the tobacco farmers of this section satisfactorily. They invite every far mer to sell tobacco in Williamston at either the New Farmers or Plant the Negro race, for protection and property, and all the rights of freed men. by being heard as Witnesses whenever their, rights are in con troversy." The committee stated reasons which induced them to recommend the reception of the evidence of the vast number of men who.were liber ated by the war. Whereas, plantation owners had formerly extended protection be cause of the property value of all men were in a helpless and unpro tected condition without the capa city to bear evidence in court. The situation was emphasized by the committee report. "If he should op pose force to force in the justest cause, whatever might be the result, his month and thiu-mouths of all col ored witnesses would he closed." "To secure the colored people in their right of property" the admis sion of such evidence is necessary was the opinion of the committee men The property which a freed man "shall own may all be carried off, yea. his very house robbed of its furniture- and his person of his valuables"; and he would be unable to bring the robbers to justice if the witness were colored. The Senate report was received favorably, for the legislature of North Carolina extended its demo - era tic principles in 1866 to include testimony in court of "persons of color riot otherwise incompetent." its (Brick) Warehouses. They are'cessful ami convenient markciuu! of employing an able group of assist-1 tobjicco has beep attended to pre ants, and every detail for the sue- pointer) im the opening -al. Safety Rules On Highways In State ?i?.. ON GOING TOO SLOW ??1<>2. Mot.if Vehicle Lawo of North Carolina- "(h) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable move ment of traffic except when reduced sp< ? d is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Police of ficers are hereby authorized to en force this provision by directions to drivers, and in the event of appar ent willful disobedience to this pro vision and refusal to comply with direction of any officer in accord am e herewith tin continued slow ?>pt ration by a driver shall be a mis d< mcarior." bi otlu r words, don't poke along "i. the highway and hold up traffic. getting on the nerves of other driv er, and provoking th? in to acts of reckle U-. Oris e low ly when .11< tv denialivI u the law requires tli.it you dp .. ()tlu r\\i e drive at .1 o< >i iii.d nut i. -nabl- ? p? od. Tirmiosi: 2 I WILLI VMST< >\ WE BUY AND PAY HIGHEST PRICES ?FOR? Logs ? Timberlands FVKMMLLK WOODW \U1) LI MBKU CO. II illiumstim Much More for Your Money Here We Hpccializc in (looilrich tires and til lies, stoeking the largest assortment of (ioodrieh Tires in this see tion of the State. Ihtr pifiee* are always lower and you ean always get voWr si/.e here. We also earrv *> ? i ' ? 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