MOar.KH EDUCATION
(Continued from jkip.c 1)
j'tiblic school system must look be
yond mere material well being, Mor
al integrity is of greatest moment in
the equipment of men and women for
life's battles. The teacher who slurs
aver morals and guesses at truth is
, curse to any school and a menace
to anv community. To cram the head
at the expense of the heart is to pro
iuce a dwarf and dwarfs do not
produce anything worthwhile.
Spiritual Ideals Must be Presented
According to a fair interpretation
; af our Constitution it is doubtful if
ihe JJible can be read and commented
upon in our public schools, and yet,
America must find some way to pre
sent spiritual ideals to the children
m our schols. To lose this note from
mr educational anthem will spell dis
cord throughout all time.
When Abraham Lincoln was a lit
tle boy, living in a log hut located
m the midst of intcrminible woods,
he would offer up his childish prayer
at night, always adding:" "And God,
leep us all from getting lost in the
ivilderness."
Ibe wilderness which haunted that
ehildtsh mind has disappeared, but
rhere are other jungles today in
America within which may lurk far
anere deadly perils. The educational
wilderness has its cess-pools, its ser
pents, its miasma and its deserts
where the water of life never flows.
Old Horace Mann used to say : "The
tat ion al safety, prosperity and hap
piness could be obtained only through
free public schools, open to all, g6od
tmough for all and attended by all."
The public schools of America as
?bey 'are being run today are neith
r "attended by all" nor "good enough
for all." Hundreds of thousands of
little children cannot attend betausc
of poverty on the nc hand and the
unreasonable cost on the other, and
no' school is good enough for an
American youth wherein the books
which he is compelled to study, be
little the fundamental things of life,
undermine faith in God and poke fun
at divine revelation. With the excep
tion of three states, the free schools
of the nation offer a primary course
in infidelity such schools are not
good enough for my son or daugh
ter. Education Should Meet Needs
Man is more than a mere working
animal; he is an immortal soul, and
education ought to meet the needs
of the whole man. Education should
be so timely that it would aid men
and women in relating themselves to
two worlds the here and the here
after. Here we strive for individual
and racial happiness by renedering the
best service possible, and for the
hereafter we want to gain habitation
for that spiritual part of our make
up which lives on after the day of
dissolution. Education that only
teaches how to make a living, may
not be a worthwhile education. It
is more important to live a life than
it is to make a living, and no school
is good enough for my son and yours,
that does hot reckon with this two
fold fact and deal with man, not only
as a working, suffering, serving mor
tal, but also as the crowning gift
of the Creator destined to live on
when the sun is cold and the stars
are gone and the heavens "rolled to
gether as a scroll." No matter about
our fame unless we have been taught
to live for eternity as. well as for
time, our teaching is worse than wast-
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Franklin, N. C, Oct. 6, lfJ(),
Editor, Press.
Dear Sir:
jn view ot trie tact that there is
being circulated among the people
of the county some mistaken notions
about my views- on the question of
road maintenance, I would like space
in your paper to briefly outline my
personal ideas.
In the first place, I think it would
be a waste of man-power to use free
labor for maintcnanc as against ma
chinery. It has always been found
more expensive to construct or main
tain roads by convict labor than by
contract, but is. used only as a means
of finding employment for those' that
have broken the laws of the land.
Under the formtr system of free
labor we, in , my township, Millshoal,
consumed our tax money and had a
4 4 a . m
gooa deal less road work than we
have had for the past eighteen months.
Second, in a county as large as
Macon with as much road mileage as
she has, the task of supervising or
overseeing road maintenance is almost
more than one man can handle. So
in order to reach every public road
with upkeep according to the use of
that particular road it seems to me
that if the county were divided into
road units consisting of a township
or parts of two or more townships,
according to their nature, that the
roads of the county could be more
economically, efficiently and effective
ly maintained.
Furthermore, I believe the super
visor of these units should be hired
by the commissioners and responsible
to them for. his work.
So if the citizens of Macon county
see fit. to elect me as their servant
on November 4 it will not only be my
duty, to render such service as they
wish but I shall take pleasure in seek
ing to know their wishes and ' will
do all I can t6 carry into effect those
that stand for the best interest of the
county as a whole.
Very sincerely,
JOHN C. FERGUSON,
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Revival Services at Mt. Zion
Mt. Zion church held its first ser
vice of a revival Sunday night at
7 :30- o'clock. A. good, crowd, attended
the opening-service and gavegjtN
attention-. Ar$. 4hrwf ilba. Hotter
"KevrCFrMf risr Stated that -tne
lesson ij one of "a breaking down
and building up again." "The Lord
Jesus breaks down, gives a second
chance and sets Himself up in the
heart -of the believer. Then He sends
the promise of the Father, the Holy
Spirit. The pastor said that there are
stones in the clay, and God wints to
break men down that He may de
stroy the seed of sin. "God is a
melter of hearts; he does not humili
ate or belittle men like some men do
others, because He is love. He has
crushed, however, everyone that re
jected Him; for He said, 'he-that
falleth upon this stone shall be brok
en (repentance), but on whomsover
this stone shall fall, it will grind Him
to powder.' He crushed Babylon, He
crushed the Medes and Persians, He
crushed Greece, and some day He will
call for His own and crush this, final
order of civilization with all its re
form, socialism. He will make fools
of those who belittle the atonement
and then break into pieces a remnant
and set Himself tip inside of lIos
who will barken. Jesus is the only
remedy. Everything lost in Adam, wc
have regained in Jesus Christ."
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Evangelists Here
Evangelists Bradford B. Shelburne
of Ashevillc, and Frederick W. Nu
gent of Canton, will (D. V.) hold an
old time revival meeting in the county
court house on Saturday, Oct. 11 at
7:30 p. m. '
Come and hear Jhe old fashioned
gospel that Spurgeon Wesley, Moody
and other men of God preached years
ago, which led thousands of souls to
Christ and transformed lives and
homes. s
The fellowship in prayer of "born
again"' Christians is asked for 'this
meeting, also their presence, that God
might come in and lead some precious
souls to Christ during this meeting.
Everybody welcome. ,
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