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MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925
1200
r
piTH OF MRS.
IN MEMORY OF MR.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S COLUMN
Edited by O. S. DILLARD
ii. warn
J. N. BUCKNER
.....
Saraa Hears
s. n. k. JNortoitdied at the
of her sister, Mrs. J. J
r oi Marshall. She was
ears Id. She was born in
ear of 1977, May 7th, and
Dec. 3, 1925. She is sur-
by her husband and one
ivi vai nt, aviiu bllJ.CC DID
Ji Mrs, R. B. Payne, of West
ieville, Mrs. J. J. Hector, and
p. Joeie Mull of Marshall.
itsfw been ill for two years.
uneral services were con-
fted by Rev. Arthur Hensley,
Marshall, bhe was a mem-
of the Free Will Baptist
Irch of Red Hill. She has
fays been a kind and loving
her and true to her family
trusted in the Lord, that His
might be done and we
w that she is at rest, where
will know no more sorrows.
he place of interment was at
Station Cemetery, near Wal-
C. The family highly ap-
ciate the kindness of her sis-
Mrs. J. J. Rector and
ghter, Frances, during her
three months' illness. The
mily greatly mourns her loss.
e was loved by all who knew
f'
EDITOR'S
1 . . .,. .
am was omutea
NOTE: We re-
that the account of this
last week.
Jwas misplaced, which was
jb reason why it was left out.
i."mfm 1 , j'.w
I along Lirfia
l..'jjf .;J-,isT"Et AtMii.
9y THOMAS AMCLK
FLOTSAM
pTOWr Uartvrjke.tai W
i twor. Md iiewoB sai (be moat Hk
Ujhlklrea i hat eter met nd'a
Jtht mat n1rrg. He tmtmg.
Sfl healthy, and attxaictl'e of faee.
it mad Mends whenever IT west.
J Hie father bud itled when Martin
rtaa ten. tad the bay badjtha pretty
! 'wh his owa wavy nlth the woxsen of
fa ramuj. h wuia wheedle Me
fdtber or Us crun flirt tHaer Inte letttaf
fm do aathlr be had set bis mtad
l doing", and since there was no espe
JaJ need ef eeoStyny In the family, he
fnjoyed a good many privileges and
Ten luxuries.
He was seldom subjected to any
Cipllne; he wrs such a lorable child
at It hardly seemed necessary, and
be grew up selfish, without aa idea
the meaning of sacrifice or self-
jcontrol.
He could have been the best student
I In high school If he had had any am
bition to do well. He had an alert
linfalhbut he seldom applied it to any
tttUng, so that he slipped through with
Iber an Indifferent and commonplace
cord. His good manners, his lngra-
atlng way, the generosity with which
Ee spent his mother's money, made
1m the most popular boy In school,
owever, and even his teachers
bought little of his failure to do his
pest
I In college he gained some distinc
tion in athletics, nnd he was clever
enough to -pass his work.
I After be graduated he went back to
his home town and began the practice
of law. He could have been the best
lawyer In the county If he had chosen.
at be loafed, he took to gambling, be
fell Into drunken habits, and his name
became associated with the worst
women in town. Gradually his busi
ness fell away from him, hla, friends
deserted him, people were afraid to
put their affairs Into bla hands. He
drifted lower and lower ; be fell into
debt ; be looked like a tramp, and then
he disappeared was swallowed up in
the maelstrom of the underworld.
I was visiting a hospital In a great
city not long age wheq necessity took
me to tne morgue wnere we unrecog
nized dead are breoght oodles picked
up in ine si urns, oraggeq iroin iae
river, fonnd cast away upon the shores
of wretchedness.
As I passed through the long Uses
of human wreckage a familiar face
caught my eye. disfigured and swollen
as 1 was It was Martin. '
And thus be had come to his end.
when be had M in him to be anything
he had wanted to be.
(&, itlf, WHt.m Nwipp Unlea.)
Marshall N. C.
t Dec. 14, 1925
Editor. News-Record :
In compliance with the re
quest of Mrs. J. N. Buckner,
Big Pine, N. C, that I write
something in memory of her
husband, I am submitting here
with for publication in your pa
per a little poem entitled "One
of Us."
Having been intimately ac-
uainted with Mr. Buckner since
the time I was a little boy, I n
cheerfully say for himthat ne
was ever a Christian gentleman.
He was generally known
throughout the county, and in
other places as well, and had a
host of friends. I feel that in
his passing I have lost a real,
personal friend; the remaining
members of his familv have lost
a devoted husband and father;
the North Fork Big Pine Baptist
Church has lost one of its most
faithful and consistent members
and the county has lost one of
its best citizens.
Mr. Buckner was born May
28, 1861 ; his death occurred
October 25, 1925. He was bur
ied in the North Fork Big Pine
cemetery funeral services being
conducted by Rev. B. B. Plem
mons, Trust, N. C and by,Rev
R. H. Hipps, Asheville, N. C .
Surviving the deceased are
his widow, Mrs. J. N. Buckner,
and three sons and one- daugh
ter, as fellews; filbert. Allen
btftft Wilson BAclmer. and Mr.
residents f the-Elf Fine -
tion. Three brothers and one
sister also survive They jure,
Christopher and Jacob Buckner
and MtUtKtaJtebStR iHJBft
PineT d Stephen C. Bucknar
of Marshall. K. F D. o. 3.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM WORLEIY.
ONE OF US
( By WILLIAM WORLEY )
Friends, we are sad and lonely;
Great is the loss we bear;
But we would ask for oaly
Your sympathy and prayer.
A husband and a father
Has ended life's race;
And never can another
Be found te fill the place.
There are gxod people many;
We meet them when we roam;
But seldom find we any
As dear as folks at home.
And when one dies and leaves us,
As good as was this man,
The going greatly grieves us,
Though do the best we can
He used to do his labors
About the home and farm,
Respected by his neighbors,
For no one did he harm.
As many friends remember,
He kept the golden rule,
Of being a good member
Of church and Sunday School.
He was at every meeting
That he could well attend;
The church will misi his greeting
And service of a friend.
His eyes could yet behold us,
His mind could act also,
When in calm tone3 he told us
lie vv:s prepared to go.
He suffered uncomplainingly,
Bound by a dread disease's
The while his strength was waning,
And soon death gave release.
About the bier the flowers
Were in profusion laid,
, While many friends for hours
Their final tributes paid.
Earth held for him no treasure;
It was laid up in heaven ; ,
And now in greater measure
To him it has been given.
We hope one day to meet him
Where sorrows are unknown;
It will be sweet to greet him,
. And have again our own .
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CARD OF THANKS
'Him UmHy sf Mrs. H. K. Nerto
k tev ttww her sister, Mrs. J. J.
Recter aft daWBhter, Frances, aas
the many Mends for their kindness
and sympathy durimg the last three
months illness, and death Mrs.
Norton. Ths family greatly mourt
their loss, She was leved hf all whe
knew her.
THERE ARE-STILL A FEW DAYS LEFT IN
WHICH TO BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS SEALS
Golden Rule Sunday Plans Win
Approval of President Coolidge
THS WHITE BOOSI
WJttHINOTON
OtatlwaMi
Miss Idll Buchan from the State Board of
Health has just completed an inspection of the
school children of the county. Miss Buchafn
started work here the latter part of September,
and finished December 11th. During that time
she visited every school in the county with the ex
ception of two, and these were temporarily clos
ed. These will be visited next summer before tjhe
opening of the clinic. In these visjts she inspect
ed and examined 3624. All of these children are
under the age of twelve. In addition to this, a
large number of children over twelve years old
were examined, but no record was kept of this
number as a child over twelve years of age is not
eligible to the clinic, as the demand is so great for
admission to the clinic, that the State cannot pro
vide for all.
It is important to note that out of the 3624 chil
dren examined that 1942 of these were found to
have enlarged and diseased tonsils. That is to
say that more than fifty per cent of the children of
the county have diseased tonsils, and are more
or less retarded on account of such Of the num
ber examined, 2247 were found with defective
tfceth. 329 were found .with defective vision.
That is one child out of every eleven is handicap
ped by reason of the fact that he is unable to read
as well as his classmates. Som of these chil
dren are in a pitiable condition, almost blind.
S6iie of the parents perhaps dot not realize, this.
Qkmp&faps do, but are unable to have then
During the w4.disky e cnnaren mieu wmi glasses wiai. win matte ic pos
f Alabama was bfisiiy egasred sible for them to see. We houe that in these
in a cootfa hunt- Wbeif asked. aBAa Wa nf h cfcTe whib
X'VWXSW V41HV VilV VVMIVllViU JL V UVIIV VAIJ Alt STiliVH
ese eases are located will try to have the worst
It is the purpose of the State lwartro? HEeiliif
to conduct a clinic here some tfine next summer
to remove tonsils and adenoids. We certainly
hope that the parents will avail themselves of
this opportunity of having the work done. There
are a great many cases in the county that need
this work done, but cannot afford it This is the
kind of cases that we hope to reach through this
clinic. We would .advise all parents who are
financially able not to wait for this clinic, but to
have the work done before.
Day after day we get excuses from parents for
non-attendance from school on account of the
sickness of a child. In a majority of these cases
we find that the trouble is bad tonsils colds or bad
teeth. If these conditions are remedied, it will
not only enable the child to make better progress
in his grade, but will also have a marked influ
ence on the average daily attendance in school.
School attendance for the year, closing for the
holidays, has been the best in the history of the
county. While complete figures are not avail
able for the county, all not having been tabulated,
the records point to an average daily attendance
for the first three months:
by a serf ent wbpt he was do
ing, He JPlWfevU , . .
metic bum."
"Why'do you call them arith
metic bugs?
"Cause dey, add to ma mkery
dey subtract from my pleas
ure, dey dividea ma attention,
and dey multpily like hell."
22. 1920.
1t njierti of th obierana of IntaraitloMl
Ooldan Rul Sunday lat year In fifty conntrloo,
wd tt far-reaching r.lults In th tralnlnc of
orphans In the Hear Eat nan been of croat lsMroet
to me. Thie expression of brotherhood Inevitably
baa a beneflslal Influence open thoee who (! aa
sail aa tkoae who rocalva.
aa praetteal help la the beat axpraaalaa of
friendship, I feel that the aid which we nay Clo oat
of onr prosperity to thoee lapoverlahed by wax aay
bo of the uoaoot alue In the promotion of In tar -aatlonal
good will. The oonalatent obaerwanoo of
Coldon Kule sanday oaanot but help to brine aboot the
application of the Golden Bale Itself to ta ale.
anderatandtBg of nations and of Individual..
I earnestly hope that th voluntary obaervano
of this day aay beeone Increasingly pre relent 1 the
f jaarloa aad tnrossnout ta vans.
JVISSV vwry tnrly yoar,
ear Xtt lellef.
151 fifth aweene,
ew TorK ClBf-
'..j ' s
' if.
Preeldent CoeUdge, in a letter jut given out by the Near Eaat Reliefs
tidoreee plana for the third obeervanee ef oldn Rule Sunday.
Walnut High Schco! Avs;. Daily Attendance 334.57 or
92.80 pe- cent.
Mars Hii! Avj. Dz'ly .'V. 393.63 or 91.50 per cent.
Hot Springs H. S. A- :. Da:'- Allicdance .. 205.06 or 90.40
MarsL J.I Ii. 5. Avj. Dr :'y Attendance 430.70 or 88.00 "
These figures taken from tjie larger school
warrant the statement made in last weeks' issue
of the RECORD that the larger schools have a
much better attendance xn the percentage basis
than the smaller schools.
Quite a number eff violations of the compulsory
attendance act have been tried, and in every case;
except one there have been convictions. The ,
one case? that was lost was because of distance
and poverty. These cases will have a whole
some effect on the attendance. Quite a number
have plead ignorance of the law, and. stated that ;4.
they did not know that the law was so strict. 7
It js our purpose to bring before the courts ev
ery willful violation of the law. We do not de
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