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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
MARSHALL, N. C, FRID AV, -. NOVEMBER 191926
Circulation:2000
f S.S. CONVENTIONS
IN BURLINGTON
IN APRIL 1927
5 According to action taken by the
1 Executive Committee of the North
; Carlo ina Sunday School Association
' at its semiannual meeting in Greens
?; boro a few days ago, the 1927 session
I : ox the state Sunday School v uon-
Tention will be held in Burlington on
April 26,27, 28. .The "convention ip
t : i Burlington .was extended by a "joint
i '.1 ' 'meeting'' oft pastors and Sunday
as ,i School superintendents of that city,
j : , and was concurred in by the Burling-
", i'.itm Ministerial Association, the. Ala
m mance County JSunday School Associ-
j ation, 'and the Xlwanis and Rotary
' Organisations, The following sub
u' Y committee . from the State Execut-
ive Committee O.: W. Sims, Raleigh,
I Chairman: J, B. Ivey, Charlotte; L,
W. Clark, Spray; S. B. Crow, Ea-
" : leigh; T. W. Costen, Gatesville; John
v B. Wright, ,' Raleigh; C. M. Van
; Poole,! Salisbury; i. Thos . P. Pruitt
Hickory. .
U In reviewing the work of the North
', Carolina Sunday School Association
for the past six months, the Execut
ive Committee found that unpreeed
ented progress had been made. In
the six monlihs eighty-two County
bunday School Conventions were held
in which 1,272 Sunday " Schools were
represented by 836 pastors, 623 sup
erintendents, and 2,694 , teachers.
The total attendence at these con
ventions was estimated at more than
20,000 people. The reports showed
that with few exceptions there was
noticeable increase in .interest and
enthusiasm in the conventions this
year over last year, which seemed to
indicate that the kind of work being
done by the North. Carolina Sunday
School Association is constantly
growing in favor with the Sunday
School people throughout the State.
The North Carlina Sunday School
Association furnished two speakers
for each of the eighty-two County
Conventions. Tee reteordsi (also
showed that in the past six months
209 townships conventions and insti
tutes were held by the County Sun
day School Association officers, with'
out help from the State Associatoin
other than suggestions for programs
and plans for advertising. The State
Executive. Committee felt that this
great bsnd ofvolunteer workers was
-t one oi ute most- important: aaeeta -of
Itthe work of the State Sunday School
Association.
The following facts were taken
from several county reports to illus
trate how many County and Township
Sunday School Association officers
are pushing the work : In Randolph
County the officers of the County As
sociation during the past year wrote
1605 letters, visited 121 Sunday
Schools, held conferences with 166 in
dividual Sunday School workers,
made 134 addresses in conventions
and institutes and traveled 3,929 mi
At this county convention 78 Sunday
Schools were represented by 8 pas
tor?, 47 superintendents, and 199
teachers and officers, the total regis
tration being 713 with probably 300
people attending who did not register.
Ihe report from Hyde County show
ed that more than 400 people atten
ded the county convention, practical
ly very Sunday School in the county
being represented. This county was
organized a litle more than a year
ago, and at this time all townships
except one are organized and holding
conventions and institutes. At the
Gaston County Contention represen
. tatives were present from all parts of
, me county, all townships being repre
sented. About 350 people attended
among them were 8 pastors, 14 sup
erintendents and 75 teachers.
- Every pastor and practically' all
superintendents attended the Gates
-, County Convention E held recently
- and the total attendance at the meet
ing was more than 700 people. The
pjreport from Rowan County showed
jmat more than 62 per cent of the
.White : population is . enrolled in the
; Sunday Schools, the report from ona
township showing an enrollment, of
97 per cent. , . ,i
Thirteen County Sunday - School
; Conventions will be held in the month
of October, and the reports showed
that plans - were already made for
holding city institutes in Statesville,
' Lexington, Xhomaaville, Monroe, and
Wadesboro in November! In Decem
ber, January, February, March, insti-
tutes will be held in all of the larger
cities ox the state as has been done
in previous years. '
REFLECTIONS OF A
MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
TEACHER ,
(By JACK V. JOYCE)
At this season of the year,
seems as if. ope holiday follows on
the heels of another.; First, we have
Armistice Day, then Thanksgiving
Day,, then we have Christmas Day and
finally New' Year's Day. AU great
days alright I wonder sometimes
why Congress could not get together
and put , Thanksgiving Day and Ar
mistice Day all together, and call
Woodrow Wilson Day.- Armistice day
seems to me should be celebrated as
Thanksgiving Day. anyhow;. Why not
start the ball rolling that way News-
Record.' - ..
Well, Thanksgiving Day is almost
near at hand. I wonder , if GoVernor
Bradford would be able to see the
spirit with which we celebrate that
J L-W . , . iM , . .ivVAVrt ....
aay i wonaer u ne eoutacm rec
ognize that this was the same anni
versary which he started so many
years ago when he was' Governor of
the then1 little colony of Massachus
etts. - Are we still observing the same
spirit on this day as the early1' Puri
tans did? I believe we have wand
ered far away. Most of us. think of
the big turkey dinner and the pump
kin pies we are going to have on that
day. , Whereas, we seldom give
thought about offering up thanks to
uod xor His goodness. Look over
hte past year. What do we here in
Madison County have ' to be thank
ful for? Everywhere I have been
lately I have heard the same thing.
We have had the best crops this
year that we have had in years. Is
not that alone enough to be thank
ful for anyhow? We have not been
visited by any hurricane as some
parts of the country have. Surely,
let us then thank God for .that. We
have to a certain measure, been
spared from any serious epidemic
like some of, the country has. An
other thing to be thankful for, and
I -v could ' go ' on enumerating our
blessings if I had the t pace and time.
How many communities in Madteon
County are going to a church serv
ice as the Puritans did of old? Why
not have a service in every commun
ity in this county?
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS
; to be: HIGHER. 7
- Thanksgiving turkey eating , will
be somewhat more costly, this year
than in the past two years, according
to a noiiuay prediction made by the
Sears-Roebuck Affricartural Found
ation. ' The turkey crop is not large
as it was last year or the year be
fore, and a prediction of 45 to 48
cents a pound for this year's Thanks-
giving turkey is not considered j pes
simistic. ,
: The cool weather this fall has been
favorable "turkey weather" - So long
as the lays and the nights are com
paratively warm, turkeys continue to
rv the country and fail to put on
flesh. When the temperature falls,
they are content to cease wandering
I have been noticing Madison
County's Farm Agent and his mot
to of "FIVE CRACKING GOOD
COWSA.ND 100 CRACKING GOOD
HENS." I have been thinking a-
bout this and wonder if Mr. Agent
would change one word if it would
not be better. Why not substitute
the word "cackling" good hens for
"cracking" good hens? Thus
would read, "FIVE CRACKING
GOOD COWS AND 100 CACKLING
GOOD HENS. If they werev&cack
ling good hens they wuld surely be
laying hens. Please, Mr., Agent,
don't take me to be meddling in your
business .This is justi a suggestion.
I : enjoy reading your articles im
mensely, if I am only a school teach
er. .
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THE VALUE OF
KINDNESS
L. M. WESTON
Off, and settle down to arain feeding
T J L 1 1 1 . . "
wimcii raptaiy aaas pounds of turkey
meat. The crop generally i father
auvanceo tnan at this tuna In svr.
i t- m . .r ji
jrc"o, uu icpurui xroin fie coun
try consistently tell of the hirii anali
ty of the turkeys. In Texas, which is
the big early state for turkeys, the
crop is, believed to exceed last, year
when many young poults were Most
during the hot summer. Oklahoma.
Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas,- Iowa,
and Ohio are expected to have fewer
turkeys for market this season while
the other states .report flocks: of
about the same size last year. -
oiocaa oi turkeys in storasre are
less than half as large as at this time
a year, ago' and 40 ner-cent below the
five-year average Reserves of froz
en luraeys, tnereiore, will be less Of a
market factor this season than last.
noiuing ox cnicxens ana . fowls n
five million pounds larger than a year
ago and ' ten million pounds larger
tnan the five-year average, however.
offsetting to some, degree the decline
in turkeys, k l . -v ..
SHELTON-TWEED BUILDING TO
BE ENLARGED , v
The building now being used by
the firm of Shelton-Tweed will be en
larged soon,' according to a statement
by Mr. E. R. Tweed, member of the
Aral -''.Mr.' '..'Tweed stated that the
work would start about the first of
the 'year and would cost - close to
$7,000.00. The building when en
larged will cover the site bow occu
pied by Mr. C,W. Ferguson, for his
grocery business. .' " "" 1 '
One windy afternooon, a wo
man, with her two children, sat
in a light buggy in front of the.
vilage store, waiting for her
husband to make sotae pur
chases. The horse usually,
stood without hitching, and al
though the woman held the
reins, she did not know how to
drive, and had no idea the
horse would move until her
hueband told him to go.
Suddenly the wind blew a
newspaper along the road and
frightened the animal, and he
One or two
the situation,
rushe UP an snatched at the
bridle, but the big, powerful
beast shook them off in a
twinkling and increased his
speed.
Although terrified, the wo-
started to run.
men grasped
maft still, held the reins; and
ed uplahsa rdl etaoetetdtonoe
pulled as hard as she could, but
the hard puny strength had, n5'
effupon the hard moutfi6f
the horse. , Finally it occurred
to her to speak to him. "Al
though she did not driveiihe;
was very fond of horses ahd
had often fed and watered this
one . "Who-a John," she called
in a trembling voice. The ef-
lso wdedownissotl.uo etaoetee
feet was magical. The animal
slowed down immediately. He'
associated' that voicevfrith kindi
ness, knew its owner could be
that he was a past master in the
art of being kind, and so won
the illegiance of tyis fellow-men
Jindness, when unalloyed by
fear or self seeking, is a godlike
attribute,, and. consciously or
unconsciously, is recognized as
such throughout the universe.
WHY DON'T WE HELP
... Florence. -Inn en TTa jlov
X sat at my window one cold
winter day watching a flock of
tiny ; brown birds hunting
their dinner or very likely it
was breakfast for food was
pretty scarce then.
The little fellows flew from
one tall weed to another, from
one bush to another, hunting
for some tiny seed or dry red
berry that might have been left
from some former breakfasts.
Sometimes a berry was found
dropped in the snow, and it was
greedily picked up, and I shiv
ered as I thought of the icy
morsel going down the warm
ittle throtas. My own break
fast had been warm, still I
from all directions. I almost
held my breath in amazement.
Where did the others come
from? How did they know
about the food put out for them
Surely, surely there must have
been, some way of communicate
ion between them, for it just
did not happen, but how can
they tell one another of such
things?
Well, I really got myself in
to deep waters for as I increas- .
ed my food allowance, just so
often did the little diners come .
for it. And sometimes it puzzl
ed me how to feed so many, but
at last I dipped down into my
corn chops, my kaffir corn,
which they seemed to like very
much, and more bones had to
be kept ready.' And now I
know what I am going to do ;
next year.
I am going to save all the mel
on seeds that we have, dry -
them thordughly and put them
away for the birds' dinners and
breakfasts. Many kinds of
seeds can be used this way.
Let's all do it. Let's all .
save seeds, crumbs, scraps of
gbled a bit because the cof-j bread, meat, from our tables,
fee was not quite hot enough.
But the tiny feathered luncher
never grumbled just twitter
ed his thanks for every seed,
every berry found.
and scatter them, like seeds
of kindness, where they will do
good. I am going to will
you?
y; At last .there, seemed to. be THE MORAL-OF THE STORY
not a seiJr tieWy left,' &dj '' '--
. , , ' Mr. Noah HoRowell, publisher of
away thfey all flew to Bee.wntHwdwBM.Btiai(iihlB 8tory
could be found elsewhere. in his editorial colums: ' !- ,,
.1 "We recently dropped into a store
Such a scanty meal divided , in Moristown, Tenn., for an article
mong so many was not very tSTtleZll
satisfying, you know.
trusted, and.when she sp'ake
again, he stopped.
"Just the art of being kind
is all this sad world needs."
sang Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
but alas ! sometimes it appears
to be a lost art, although there,
is no limit to its power. Abra-
was kind
enoueht to name the storp and show
t us the Hirent.inri nnd riAaiormta i-ho
I left a throb of pity as I block were such article could be
TTT, , ,, . , i found. He could have dismissed his
watched them m their search, , OT0SDective customer bv savimr in an
then something said to me,;
"Why didn't you help them in-
empty tone : "Sorry, but we don't
have it." This lone merchandise
" transaction impressed us with the
f Off Vl Q -f Mnfldf fttim linsl a knnlnAna
Stead Of waistm g your time , soul with a lofty nrinciDle."
nitvino- tViom? wv,,r n,q There is a moral in that recital for
' " "f all of Western Nirth Carolina. It is
you?" that cooperation builds business by
i ((TT . . , , J ' creating admiration and good will.
Help them But what Can One salesman in Moristown, by co
T tin. rt lialr.?" 7o 1 operating with a vistor to his store
1 do to help? was my first and an associate in business,
thought. Then I knew. I de- convmced the vistor that Moristown
' i was a good town. And in doing that
cided that every day I would he made the visitor a probable cus-
l , l tomer or the store in the future,
os that alwavs I That k. mt,; .v u
- j m. xuw kiiu Bjaj.-ai w iiiu OUUU1U jJJt'J"
5itiH ;vail between every merchant and
uuouicds man m Asnevuie ana
v ,l , I tomer or tne store in the future.
save the crumbs that always That is the spirit which should
gathered on the table
dishes every meat
scrap,
ham Lincoln probably owed t everything that a bird can eat
his elevation to the presidency
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Thaiiksgiving Eye
Nov. 24; 1926, 8 p. m; to 1 p. m
THE HEW CAFE
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with a relish.
" This I did, and with it I serv
ed a nice piece of suet for des
sert, hanging it by a stout string
to a limb of a tree near by.
Another day I hung a small
bonewth a good serving of
meat on it, and it is s question
as. to whether the. birds that
foimd it or I who had given it
to 'them, enjoyed it the most
& Such a twittering, such a
scrambling from one side to the
other as there was I I wished
with ail toy heart that I could
understand bird language so I
could know just what - they
Were saying,' From crumbs to
meat, from neat to crumbs
they flew, until at last the meal
was1 'consumed and away they
flew with happy twitters. . ;
next morning there was
a surprise for me For there
Wre not only the: birds who
be
tween all the towns in Western North
Carolina. Such a spirit has grown
in this section enormuosly within the
past few years. , We Aave learned
that they are- created by co-operation
by thoughtf ulness of one another.
Strangers are drawn to a section
whose people work for their commun
ity as well as for themselves. They
are delighted by the absence of the
dog-in-the-mange attitude. They ap
plaud and patronize the merchant
who, in plying his own trade, co
operates with other merchants. They
are won by the spirit of a town which
instead of knocking, tells the attract,
ions and advantages of neighboring
towns. Moreover, such aspirit in a
section inspires all its people to bet
ter work. Confidence and mutual
esteem . are - the great foundation .
stones of all uscess. v . .
LYCEUM DATE
CHANGED
We have been . requested to an-
nounce that the date of the presen
tation of the Lockman-Duo Mystery
has v been changed from Saturday,
November 27 to Friday, November ''
26. This Lyceum number will be
presented by the Piedmont Bureau
of Asheville in the new High School
building on the Island. Season tick
ets are' only 75c and $1.00. Bny a
season ticket and save money.
By ' selling milk to an ice-cream
plant in Greensboro, one farmer in
I jucame for breakfast yesterday, Guilford County cleared 596 last
4 .. .i - . " . , ' , June from five cows, $104 in Ju'y
" - - j mm v. Mi uiu. auiA irm kit rnu. .nn & ii x in i '
iiil"iLliL"CL"iL"JL"CL"JLCL"iL"JL"CL"tL"tLt' I " 1 .watched, they still ; cane
lie says such net profit is bettc
growing cotton and tobacco.-
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