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Another Military President?
“Your remarks in relation to my
being a candidate 'for the presidency
are very flattering, but I think you
will know without the necessity of
my saying so to you, that I am not
and never shall be an aspirant for
the honor. My opinion has always
been against the elevation of a mili
tary chief of that position.”
So wrote Zachary Taylor, whose
birthday we are celebrating on the
twenty-fourth day of this month, less
than three years before he was eleva
ted to the high position of twelfth
President of rife United States.
Zachary Taylor was born in Vir
ginia. UiS father, Colonel Richard
Taylor, an officer, in the Revolution
ary War, moved to Louisville, Ken
tucky, when Zachary was a small
child. There he lived until he was
twenty-four years old, working on a
plantation and receiving only an ele
mentary education.
When an older brother, who had re
ceived a commission in the Army of
the United States, died, Zachary was
appointed to fill the vacant commis
sion. In 1812, with fifty men, most
of whom were ill, Taylor defended
Fort Harrison, on the Wabash,
against e large force of Indians, led
by Tecumseh. His distinguished mili
tary career was climaxed by his vic
tories against Mexico in 1846.
His brilliant military achievements
created great enthusiasm throughout
the country and, in 1848, he was
nominated by the Whigs and elected
to the Presidency.
During rile short period of about
one year, & which he served as Presi
dent before his death, discussion cen
tered around the extension of slavery,
the admission of California as a
State and the Mexican boundary.
In observing the anniversary of a
soldier who became President, it is
interesting to note that this country
may have a presidential candidate
next year who gained his fame on the
field of battle.
ED KEMP FUNERAL
ZBBULON ON SUNDAY
instances
with farm
order :.1§p* the
gregation might see
to be thankful for.
services are still held in
Thanksgiving today has abo
a day for sports.
The first- New England
giving Day was in the autumn of
1621. The Indians and. the colonists
feasted together on taxfcey and deer.
The first thanksgiving prodaima
tion, issued by any President, came
in 1789, w*en George Washington
ordered a day of thanksgiving for the
adoption of the Constitution. Presi
dent Madison also set ta day to give
.thanks for peace during 1816, but it
was not until the time of Abraham
Lincoln in 1868, that we had a na
tional Thanksgiving proclamation,
setting apart the last Thursday in
November as a day to be observed.
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale probably de
serves as much credit as any other
single person, for establishing
Thanksgiving Day as a. national
religiious festival, celebrated on the
same day throughout the country.
As editor of the Ladies Magfizine in
Boston, she began her crusade in
1827. The Ladies Magazine was con
solidated with Godey’s Lady’s Book.
As editor of Godey’s, which had a
circulation of 150,000—the largest of
any periodical of its kind in the coun
try—she wrote editorial after edi
torial was the subject Her last edi
torial was printed in September
1868; President Lincoln's proclama
tion came less than a month later.
In some of the cities of this nation,
the children celebrate Thanksgiving
Day by dressing in the clothes of
their parents, covering their faces
with masks and parading the streets,
blowing tin horns and ringing bells.
Some of them ask for contributions'
of fruit vegetables, candy or money
to help celebrate the day. This cus
tom is probably a survival of the old
Scotch Wassail custom of New Year’s
Day, which has been transferred to
Thanksgiving. The poor in Scotland
on New Year's Day go d<wn the
streets with a bowi, asking for con- j
tributions to help them fill it so they1
might drink good health to one
another. i
In the Nineteenth Century, it was
often customary for clergymen to
preach political sermons on Thanks
giving Dgy. President Thomas
Jefferson was not very popular with
tire preachers in Massachusetts but
the Governor of that state was a
supporter of his. Knee it was the
custom to read the Governor’s procla
mation before beginning the political
sermon on Thanksgiving Day, Gov
ernor Elbridge Gerry, of Massachu
setts, issued a proclamation that took
about two hours to read. By the
time the preachers had read the long
proclamation, most of the congrega
tion had gone home to their dinners
nd, consequently, the political
speeches against Jefferson were
w 'sted -on empty pews.
In 1939, 1940 and 1941, the obser
vance of Thanksgiving Day was
4t»d in i863, when this country was
engaged in the most devastating war
in its history. J „
It seems quite proper that the peo
ple of America should reverently and
gratefully acknowledge as with one
heart the blessings of happiness,
strength and wealth that we, as a
nation, have enjoyed. Certainly, we
should commend to the loving care
of the Almighty, those who have be
come widows, orphans and sufferers
as a result of Communist aggression
in Korea. ;
Only five years after the commer
cial beginning of television, one out
of three American families now owns
a television set. This record turn been
achieved despite a government freeze
on new station permits since October,
1948.
Radio did not grow: as fast as tele
vision has. As a matter'of fact, it
took seven years before one family
out of every three had a radio set
Recently, Rudy Halley demonstrat
ed that TV can be a politico’s best
friend. Less than & year ago, the
public had never heard of Halley. Yet
today, at only thirty-eight, he has
whipped everything in organized
politics for the second most import
ant job in New York City, President
of the City Council. Halley was spec
ial assistant to Senator Estes Kefau
ver and conducted much of the cross
examinatiion of the crooks who ap
peared before the Crime Commission
last year, . ,
With a TV set in every third house,
television should'not be under-esti
mated as a political weapon. Candi
dates will have to have TV person
alities.
ONE WAY TO DO IT
While official statistics prove
otherwise, yen have always taken a
great deal of delight In referring to
the bad driving habits of womenfolk,
as a whole.
One man in North Dakota, we read,
i in planning his new home, decided to
include a two-car garage. In order
to assure the safe ingress and egress
of his wife's car, over the door of one
garage will be painted, in large let
ters,'“His” and over the door of the
other—two feet wider—will be the
word "Hers.”
NOTE OF THANKS
I wish t» express thanks to all who
made visits and telephone calls, and
sent gifts, flowers and cards to me
during my recent illness.
^ —Mrs. C. H. Mjzingo
Oar politicians are perfectly famil
iar with all the questions of the day.
The dtipculty is that they don't tnow
the a nswers.—Dublin Opinion.
If you can remember the time when
a man’s importance was judged by
the size of his key ring you’re older
than you'll want to admit.—Dothan
(Ala.) Eagle.
Tampa University professor says
Pasadena, Calif., is the best Ameri
can city and Los Angeles is the best
metropolitan community. We’ll ’ bet
his students at Tampa will miss him,
too.—The Arkansas Gazette.
Congressmen again, debate univer
sal military training after a commis
sion urges it start at once. The idea
of sending all 18-year-olds off to an
army camp is gaining ground with
parents who realize the educational
value of having the TV set all to
themselves.—Fletcher Knebel in the
Minneapolis Star.
PENNY POSTAL ABOUT TO GO
The penny postcard will pass out
of the picture on: January 1st, when
the law increasing postal rotes by
8117,000,000 annually goes into
effect.
There are some other changes in
postal rates but .the &«ent charge an
ounce for first-class mail and ac
cents an ounce for air mail are not
changed. Third class. mail, largely
circulars and advertising matter will
be increased fropi a minimum, of one
cent each to one-and-one-half-cent.
Special delivery of letters will cost
twenty cents instead of fifteen.
The increase in postal revenues is
to be added to the $100,000,000 in
added parcel post charges recently
included in an Interstate Commerce
Pommission decision. The chronic
deficit of the Postoffice Department
win not be elhninated, however.
Revenue from the increases will be
offset by a $250,000,000 pay rise re
cently voted by Congress for postal
workers.
Your savings are Welcome in any
amount. $1.00 to $10,000.00—8%
interest paid—Farmville Building A
Loan Association.
( Then there ant the people who {ike
jokes—on the other fellow.
No editor has yet lost his temper
when a subscriber paid up his dues.
Frankly, the longer we travel'this
road of life, the less we know about
it
Chatter is .a very expressive word
when applied to some conversa
tions.
Using discrimination in the- read
ing of news mated for an informed
person.
Hard work may not kill anybody,
but, oceassionally, it sure wean one
down.
Never bother about trying to ap
pear smarts put your energy into
being smart "v
Culture, when you boil it down, is
the art of being unselfish some of
your time.
Any wife can make a man of her
husband if he will only listen to what
she says.
he really knows.
The farmers are being called upon
to grow big crops again this year for
the world to use but nobody has a
plan to prevent the big crops from
making prices tumble.
Most of the problems of the nation
would be solved overnight if the more
fortunate were really interested in
With money plentiful, it is a good
time to advise people not to buy too
rapidly or pay too much; it is much
easier to assume a debt than it is to
pay it off. ‘ , ;
p4gnHHMhwwajHi|pu|
Methodist Church Sunday evening.
Rev. Key Taylor was in charge of
the services.. . ~
Mr. and Mr*. George Howard
Fountain and daughter, Celeste, of
Tarboro were dinner gtmrts of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Harris, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ydserton and
Mr. and Mrs. BiU Walker attended
he burial services of Jefca W. Rogers
of Wilson Suday aftgmgM^
Mr. and Mrs, H." D. Jefferson and
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mercer spent the
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