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Wednesday; june 19, 1929
DePRIEST'S WIFE WINS
PLACE IN HISTORY.
Congressman DePriest's wile, of
Illinois, has won her place in his
tory, and will be the subject of many
an editorial, news story, magazine
article, political speech and pulpit
oration. The congressman's w,fe is,
like her husband, a person of color,
sin- was invited to and did at
. vi:<l a social function in the White
House, a function over which Mi's.
Horbert Hoover, wife of the presi
dent of the United States, did grace
fi..ly preside.
Now the war is on, or renewed,
lathi 1. A war that started some1
sixty years ago, and will end at a 1
time and in a manner that is known '
only to God. It is a war of th?
races, living: in one country, under
one flag, participating in the affairs
of the one republic, and each race
making every effort to obtain all
those things which the republic has
to offer. The shot that was heard
around the world did not arouse more
intense feeling than that which met '
the Associated Press announcemsnt '
one day last week that a negro wo- j
man was a guest at luncheon in the
White House.
The line-up was formed in the
twinkling of an eye. Alt the demo
crats of the South, that is, those
democrat* who voted for A1 Smith,
were glad that Mrs. Hoover had in
vited the colored woman to her so
cial affair. These were glad because
the Hoover forces in the last cam- j
paign said Mrs. A1 Smith was not
the titti'n and proper person to pre
t-idt over the White House, claiming I
she was nut a finished expert in the (
matter of things social. Now that
Mis. Hoover has received a negro j
woman in her official position as
White House hostess, these demo- f
crats aiv naturally smiling behind
the ear, and saying: "I told you so."j
And all the negroes of the whole
country are happy,. One of their!
race has been received at the White j
House, and no one can blame the
colored folks for their unrestrained
joy in thus having a member of |
their race sit with the mighty in
mighty places.
Republicans of the North, the
East and the Central West, are well
phased, because the fact that De
PfiesiV wife was invited to the'
White House social affair means
many additional republican votes in
those sections of the country where '
the negro vote amounts to a big lot. '
Then, too, there is not that racial
feeling in the sections named that 1
we have here in the South. '
Democrats of the Last, North and
Central West, or naosc of them at
least, are glad. They are happy for
two reasons. First, the democrats
of the sections named do not look 1
upon the negroes as the people of!
the South see them. They, like all 1
the populace in those sections, meet
the negro on more nearly equal '
footing. Then these democrats are '
glad also because their brothers and I
sisters in six Southern states left the
fold last fall, and voted for the hus- j
band of the lady who entertained '
the colored woman from Chicago. j
Other smaller and less important '
groups are made happy because of
the incident.
Now for the other side. The re-|
publicans of the South are hurt, of '
course. The party has been busily '
engaged in making the republican
party of the South into a white
man s party, and much headway had
been made. The luncheon event
will, of course, undo much that has
been done, and in future campaigns
the republicans of the South will be
meeting this DePriest luncheon
party at every stump on the politi
cal battleground.
But the greatest hurt comes to
that group of Southern democrats
who, because of- their great confi
dence in Herbert Hoover and their
lack of confidence in Alfred Smith,
left the party of their fathers in the
last election, and gave six of the
Southern states to President Hoover.
Regardless of whether or not one
agreed with them in their course,
practically every one admired the
courage these democrats had in sac
:iflci.ng party affiliation for what l
;hey saw as a principle. It took cour- ]
?g? to do it The blow of the White i
House hurricane, therefore, fell
heaviest upon those who had sacri- ;
ficed most in creating the Hoover 1
household.
The battle of the races is on. It ]
takes no seer or prophet to recog- j
nize this fact. Such events as the ,
White House luncheon are only re- ;
minders of the ever present prob
lem cf two distinct races living in ,
5ne republic, under one banner, both '
having part in a democracy's af
fairs. Whether these battles will
remain is bloodless battles fought '
upon the political battleground, or
whether it becomes a battle of '
blood and death and annihilation of i
a race, is something that no man can (
tell.
$1000 AN ACRE FOR
TRANSYLVANIA FARMS. I
One Thousand Dollar an Acre J
crops are possible in Transylvania1,
county, according to a test made by ,
Frof. J. F. Corbin, vocational agri-l,
culture teacher in the Kosman High
School. He and members of his ;
class, known as "The Young Tar
Heel Farmers," have grown an un- 1
usually fine crop of lettuce on their
test plots.
Prof. Corbin had a box full of
lettuce, grown on his premises in
Rosman, averaging one ar.d one-half ^
pounds to the head. It is the "New
1'i-rk, ' or "Wonderful" variety, and
is as crisp and fine lettuce as any
one ever tasted anywhere at any
time.
Ralph McCall, in Gloucester, has
500 heads just as fine as that grown !
by Prof. Corbin, while Robert
Gravely, of East Fork, and Almond
Hall, of Gloucester, have been most
successful in their experiments with
lettuce growing.
Prof. Ccrbin is confident that this
high grade lettuce can be grown in
ten to fifteen thousand heads to the
acre, easily averaging one thousand
dollars an acre to the grower. Of (
course, in order to market the let
tuce there must be a large crop
grown, so all those raising the let
tuce could pool their shipments and
ship in car load lots. "Transylvania
county could easily ship 100 car
loads a year of lettuce alone," |
Prof. Corbin said.
Corn will bring something like
$25 the acre, it was pointed out, as
against the $1000 an acre for let
tuce. The Young Tar Heel Farm
ers of the county are making rapid
progress along these lines, and it
cannot be very long until these ef
forts will be bringing untold wealth
into the county.
ELIZABETH CITY,
A PLACE OF BEAUTY
Delegates to the 57th annual con
vention of the North Carolina Press
Association left Elizabeth City last
week-end in unanimous opinion that
there is no other North Carolina
town quite like the county seat of
Pasquotank. It is really a splendid
little city backed up by rich farm- 1
ing lands on the one side, and the
great Pasquotank river on the other. (
It is much more progressive than
those who had never been there be
fore could possibly think.
It matters not, however, so much ^
about the little city, as such, even
though the streets had been unpaved (
and no sign of present day progress
apparent, the unusual manner in
which the visitors were received and
treated by the people of Elizabeth
City would have sent the delegates
away boosting the place just the
same, for after all is said and done
the people of a town are the ones
who create a lasting impression on
t^e minds and hearts of the visitors,
rather than the material side of a
center.
Herbert Peel, editor of The Eliza-!
beth City Advance and host to visit
ing newspaper men, was in his sev
enth heaven of delight, and he and
his wife, his brother and the whole
force on The Advance worked day
night in making the stay in Eliza
beth City filled with pleasure for
the- delegates attending the con
vention. The Virginia Dare Hotel,
the mayor of the town, the business
men and women's organizations and
the citizens in general acted in one
accord in making every moment
pleasant and profitable for the visi
tors.
Regardless of how fine future con
tentions may be, no town could ever j
possibly exceed Elizabeth City in its ;
spirit of fine hospitality to the edi- J
:ors of North Carolina and their .
families.
New faces and foreign car tags j 1
ire filling the town and countryside. 1
Welcome, we say, thrice welcome!
Have you seen the new band- j
tand? It's a beauty, isn't it? The <
>and can make fine music now, j
lonchernoT f ,
NMF.AT PRICES 'WAY
3ELOW DOLLAR MARK,
K.ND MILLIONS HUNGRY.
Official statistics give old wheat .
ret unused at one and one-half bil- I
ion bushels. i 1
This year's crop is two billion j
juahels above the average yield, I
nuking a "surplus" in the wheat I
:rop area of three and one-half bil- 1
ion bushels. j 5
Therefore, the price for wheat is j
ibout ninety cents the bushel now, ! c
?nd will go lower. t
This means continued poverty for ^
the wheat growers and stagnation ' t
tor business in the wheat-growing r
lections.
While this 3V4 billion bushels of j
wheat go begging for a market, j
thero are millions of people crying ^
for bread that that, wheat wouid ( i
make. We have, right here in Amer- '
ica, some four millions of unem- ^
ployed men and women who need ' j
bread but are unable to purcliase it, |
because they have no work to do. I
Then, in land of famine, this wheat 1
would be a god-send, were there ?
some way the financial end of the j
matter could be so handled as to sell <
this surplus wheat to a nation that '
is dying for bread.
Except for famine and unemploy-|
ment, both starvation agencies, there :
would be a market for the wheat 1
crop in its entirety.
All the Kiwanians should attend
the meeting this Thursday, und be
present at the christening of the new
private dining room in the Walter
mire Grill.
Greet the visitors as they come in
like you are glad to see them. Wc
know that you are glad, but they
will not know it unless you tell them
so. A kind word is worth a million
dollars a syllable.
Go to Sunday School somewhere,
Sunday, and feel better for the go
ing.
The Lord bless the boys and girls
who are returning from colleges and
universities. Their coming is mak
ing the old town look like home
again.
HISTORY OF MORRIS RE-UNION '
(Contributed) ,
Miss Arra Lankford invited sev
eral of her relatives and friends to
visit her, at Saluda, on the last Sun
day in June, 11)10. They responded
with full baskets of lunch, which was
eaten as a picnic dinner. After din
ner they voted to make it a perma
nent event on the last Sunday of
June of each year and call it the I
Morris Re-union.
The object of the reunion was, to '
weld the decsendents of Churchwell
and Elizabeth Morris into closer re- I
lationship and allow the younger set i
to get acquainted, as their families 1
had settled in different localities and j
were drifting apart.
In 1917 the place was changed to'
Laurel Park Hendersonville, as that J
was more of a central location for |
the majority of the relatives, than
Saluda.
Laurel Park, at that time, was ,
owned by Hon. W. A. Smith, who j
gave us a most hearty welcome dur
ing his lifetime, and at his death,
his son, Walter Smith, extended the
same courtesy his father had shown
us. ,
jln 1917 the register was adopted,
and all who attend are requested to
register.
In 1925 the location was changed
to the home of Mrs. W. P. Cathey,
as that was considered the most suit
able at that time.
lit 191(5, Mrs. Arminta Morris
Rhodes was the only living daughter
and Mrs. Elizabeth Neill Morris was
the only living daughter-in-law of
Churchwell and Elizabeth Morris;
since then both ladies have passed on
to a Heavenly Reunion.
The other members of the reunion
who have passed to a higher life are ?
Mrs. Nina Pace Rhodes, Mrs. Olivia
Lankford Aiken, Mrs. Hattie Morris
fcmith, Judge C. M. Pace, Dr. L. L.
Johnson, Miss Arra Lankford, Clar
ence W. Morgan, E. B. Clayton, and
three children of Mr. and Mrs. H
C. Jones.
Several homes have been sadden
ed by the Grim Reaper, but it would
be the wish of each of those who
have passed on, that we, who remain,
should carry on. Let us not fail
them. If we adopt the rules of liv
ing that those who have gone, lived
by, we will get more out of life
than we are at present.
Their rule was one of unselfish
ness. They lived for others entirely
and received many blessings that
many of us miss because we are
selfish to the Nth degree.
The reunion is not restricted to
the family alone; their friends are
included. The only proviso in any
one attending is: a well filled basket
of good eats. The Morris generation i
are fond of good food and are al- !
ways glad to spread their baskets !
with those of their friends.
The last Sunday in June, of each
vear, at Mrs. W. F. Catrey's, with a
basket of good eats, insures you a
hearty welcome at the Morris reun
ion.
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Club boys of Granville county !
tiave purchased ten pure bred Duroc j
pigs with which to start their pig
:lub work for this year.
Twenty business men of Asheboro !
n Randolph county are placing $100 i
>ach in a pool to finance a pure bred j
:alf club of 20 members among (
'arm boys of the county. The men
ind boys will share in the profits.
CALVERT NEWS
Eev. Jaa P. M.*son of Brevard, .
?reached a very interesting sermon v
it Calvert Baptist church, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foster of n
^sheville, were week-end visitors of
dr. and Mrs, Arthur Whitmire and f
dr. and Mrs. J. F. Morgan.
Miss Mamie Hayes visited friends
it Rosman, Sunday afternoon.
Homer Whitmire, wife and son,
3illy, have returned to St. Louis,
ifter spending some time with rel- 0
aives in Transylvania.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. c
Jlazener of Brevard, will be ;?lad
,o know they ari upending the sum- v
ner with E. C. Glazener of Calvert. *
Rev. Joe Mason and family were '
linner guests of Mr and Mrs. T. P. *
jalloway, Sunday.
A special meeting of the W. M. *
LT. was held at the church Friday
ifternoon. Mrs. P. A. Morgan pre- !
iided .-.ver the meeting. Mrs. Judd '
Plott had charge of the program. '
Miss Verona Gillespie and Mr. (
Roy Waldrop were married at Lib- s
;rty, S. C., Saturday afternoon. The ,
jride is the attractive daughter of
5. V. Gillespie of Calvert, while the <
?room is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Waldrop. Neither of the two |
popular young people need an in- ,
traduction, as they are well known j
and have a host of friends in the
county who wish them a life of joy ,
and happiness.
Mrs. T. P. Galloway is spending a i
few days in Brevard with her broth- j
er, Jack Fisher. <
W. T. Whitmire spent the week-,
end at Marior;, visiting friends. Mr. i
Whitmire will leave for St. Louis in j
a short time to be with his brother,
Eomer Whitmire. 1
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hegsed had as
their dinner guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Glazener and children and
Harry Sellers of Brevard
The Sunbeams met at the church ,
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock,
with the meeting in charge ol the
president, Mrs. Judd Plott. 1
J. V. Gillespie and family visited
relatives in South Carolina recently. ,
Mrs. Tempie Whitmire is slowly
improving, after having the flu. j
Mrs. F. Paxton is able to be out
again after a week's Buffering.
Miss Louise Gillespie, of Brevard,
spent the week-end with Miss Alza
Hogsed.
Misses Opal and Lucy Fulbright, |
Miss Catherine Moffitt of Brevard, 1
were Calvert visitors last week.
The Y. W. A. girls are doing some
spltndid work and deserve praise for
carrying on their work so weli, with |
Mrs. P. A. Morgan as their leader, j
THE POSTMAN !
Back and forth across the street |
In his uniform of blue or grey; |
Through the cold, or summer heat, |
The postman comes each day. i
In rain or shine he makes his round, |
And we with joy await him;
There's none moru faithful in the
town,
And very few folks hate him.
Sometimes the letter he doth bring
Contains the news we love to hear.
And then our hearts rejoice and sing,
And we forget all pain and care.
At other times it is not so,
But the letter brinjrs us sorrow;
It tells that some dear friend we
know
Will be buried on the morrow.
He sometimes brings to us a bill
From people 'that we owe ;
Sometimes a check from Tom or Will
For money borrowed long ago.
He brings us invitations to
The socials we attend ?
We thank him, and we like him too;
To us he is a friend.
And when we're living in our home
There on the golden street;
Where death and sorrow never come,
But life is glad and sweet;
I wonder if when some dear friend
Is leaving earth below
Our postman will his way the* wend
To our door and let us know.
Zeb H. Wolfe, "The Plumber-Poet,"
Easley, S. C.
BLAMRE BREEZES
L^o Mocdy spent Sunday evening i
nth L-seRoy Davis.
Miss Doxie Brewer was the din- j
ar guost of Mils Martha Maxwell.
Charlie Southern of Fletchor spent I
Yidp.y Bight with Roy Mahaffey.
D. S. Morgan has ben ill.
Miss Martha Maxwell spent the |
?eek-end at her home here.
Miss Violet Tilley was the guest
f Miss Sadie Reed, Sunday. j
Mrs. Lyday Baynard, who has
leen ill, has improved very mnch. ,
Miss Lillian Scott of Little River, j
tras the dinner guest of Miss Belle
teed, Sundsy.
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Osteen of
Jrab Crek, were dinner guests of
At. and Mrs. J. T. Justus, Sunday
tvening.
The subject for prayer meeting
mxi Sunday night will be "House."
Wrs. Flora Picktlsimer will conduct
he services and it is her dosirt- that
everyone, have some verses to read
>n the subject. Everyone is invited
a come And help out in the ser
vices. I
Miss Irene Davis had as her guest ,
Sunday, Miss Mary Ellen Reed. I
Mis sAgrss Maxwell, who has
)een spending some time with her
sister, Mrs. Cora English of Boyls
:an, has returned to her home here.
On Sunday morning, July 21, the
:ommunion service will be held at
Blantyre church. The following
:hurches are invited: Etowah, Pleas
ant Grove, Boylston, Beulah and
Crab Creek.
Virgil Duncan of Little River, vis
ited his parent^ Mr. and Mrs. R. V.
Duncan, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reed and lit
tle daughter, Jewel, wer? guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Simpson, Sun
day.
Everett Ledbettsr of New Hope,
was in this section, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lea Baynard visited
Mr. and Mrs. M. Baynard of Turkey ;
Creek, Sunday.
Raynel Morgan has been ill with j
tonsolitis, bat is improving.
CARD OF THANKi
With grateful hearts we thank the !
kind friends who gave us so gener
ously of their sympathy and assist
ance at the death of our husbend
and father, and for the many lovely
floral remembrances. i
Mrs. Z. W. Nichols and family. ,
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