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t . W '5ues6aY5 The News Printery lit equipped todo your next order of Job Printing promptly. Don't tend your work oat of town we will do it to salt yon. , let rrs convince you. The Lenoir News. lit the very best Advertising Medium, becaase it it read by the Largest Number of the people of Caldwell County. : ONLY ftl.OO THKYEAH H. C. MARTIN, EDITOR AND PROP. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. RICE 81.00 THE YEAR. VOLUME XI. LENOIH, !NTJ C JUNE 29, 1909. NO. (8 Must Know the Job. Written for Our Fatherlene Ones. ,'If," says Emerson, "a man preach a better sermon, write a bet ter book, or make a better moose trap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." "Reducing the high flown words of the philosopher to simple lan guage," the Monroe Journal finds they "mean that the world always admires the man who knows his job, no matter how humble itself that job may be. And this is true, notice It where yoo will, that the nan who does better than his com petitors is a man who will receive the p'raisey whether he go out . In nofciiearch, for lti¬. Be will not always receive the fall reward, for many others, less worthy bit more noisy, poshing and brazen, with press agent work, secure the pecuniary rewards they do not de serve; still the world will know that they are fakers finally, and praise the man who has done his job well." This truth is both trite and simple, but the fact that it is not frequently acted on is sufficient ex cose for mentioning it here. The demand, yea the great need, of the world today is for the man who knows his job. There are legions who want jobs for which they are not fitted because they make no effort to fit themselves for auy special work. There are legions still who hold jobs under suffer ance because men equipped cannot be found. They will not hold the the places a day louger than the efflcent worker appears. Whether the trouble is in the system of education or false ideas that in some way are imbided apart from the education more probadly the latter it is u fact that educational training, which is practically necessary for the sue cess of the modern worker, appears to unfit many for success as practi cal workers. The trouble is that so many young people think when they have finished a college course or taken a ceurse in some business college or technical school, that their training is complete. The idea is false and harmful. The real training has just lcgiiii. The theories are learned in the school, and he who has that training, or the practice iu ateachnical school, has a g"reat advantage over one who has it not. Hut no matter how many diplomas and medals are taken in school, the actual work can only be done by practice and experience. Things must be learn ed in any other way. Therefore he who has learned in the school of experience knows what the other schools cannot and do not profess to teach; and while he would have succeeded far better or it would have been better for him to have had the school train, ing first, he can do what he who ib trained in the schools but lacks experience cannot do. The lesson is that he who goes from the schools into the field of human endeavor is sadly in error and places himself at a great dis advantage if he thinks he should be placed at the top given a high er salary and precedence over men who lack the training of the school but are his superiors in the school of practical experience. The man from the school must learn that notwithstanding his school train ing he most be content to begin at the bottom and learn by experi ence the things he may think he already knows bat in reality knows only in theory. When he has done that and has added to his first education the education of of practical experience, be is the superior man who can take the lead but not till then. Bat this is wandering afield. At the outset it was to know the job; it is that yet. The men in the world who are leaders, who com mand the high salaries and are in demand, know how to do things and do them. You may not al ways read about them in the papers, but if they are onto the job, know how to go ahead and go ahead without having to be continuously and eternally coach ed and directed and watched, they will be found outv will be called for, for there never was a time in the world's history when so many people were seekiag anxiously for the man who know how and is willing to go ahead. And when ever tnilI. fowd his reward is sore. There are so few of him the competition is not great. Fires Thai Never Go Out, Flames of a Buddhist Temple. Tlt-BlU. In Siam is a fire that not only lasts for years but has what hare been aptly termed "lineal descend ants." It is to be found in a Bud dhist temple near Bangkok, where every fourth year at a certain period the priests light a fresh fire in a big brazier. This flame is kept alive for four years and is in turn extinguished after snpplyiug a brand to ignite its successor. In asmuch as this practice has obtain ed for upward of two centuries the Buddhist fire of Bangkok is in a sense the oldest in the world. Another long term lire is said to exist at Saahad, Persia. This fiame is a symbol of religious fer vor and it is death to extinguish it; it has burned for seventy years. In explanation of this rite it is ex plained that the Persians, rigid Mohammedans, and regarding their former lire worshiping faith with detestation, nevertheless suffer the War had (lames to continue to dis play their gratitude for a service rendered a high official of the Per sian government many years ago. At that time, it is said, u pious Parsee, who had come to trade at Harhad, was the happy means of saving the Grand Vizier from as sassination. Ho the grateful Shall of that dav ordered that the tire lighted by the Parsee should be kept alive indefinitely. There are some regions of the earth, like those inhabited, by the Esquimaux, where the motive for retaining fires of long periods lies in the great difficulty of obtaining means for lighting new ones. One traveler reports seeing a fire in Lapland that had not been exting uished during seven years. It had been carried from place to place in ai old ship's bucket. The keeping up of fires for years at a time is said to be some times an incident of a Sicilian ven detta. The wronged individual when lighting his "fire of veng eance" is said to take solemn oath that it shall not be extinguished until his thirst for revenge shall have been satisfied by the death of the offending person. There is on record a trial in Palermo where in it was shown that the accused, charged with murder, had kept his kitchen fire alight for five years. Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Deal leftMon day for Asheville and Henderson ville. Mrs. Deal will visit rela tives and friends in Asheville, while Mr. Deal will attend the State Press Association at Hender sonville. They will be absent about ten days .Wilkes Chronicle. ' "We are glad to know that our friend R. A. Deal, editor of the "Wilkes Chronicle who has been sick for some time, is able to be oat, and to attend . the Editorial Convention at Hendersonville." Farmers to Hold Bi Conference. Atlanta, Ga., June24. Pointing out thst the practical achievement of the Farmers' Union, from enter prises that range from the conduct ing of newspaper to manufactur ing plants and the t machinery to market the cotton crop have reach ed the most important stage in the history of the order, President Charles S. Barrett, today called a protracted business conference of many of the most important busi ness elements in the organization in Atlanta, to extend one week. This great body of more than 2,500,000 bona fide farmers has held many important meetings in the past. It is believed this, one, following the awakening of the farmer everywhere to the need of bnaiaess methods in his operation, will take rank in scope of all pre ceding conferences. The delegates include State pres idents, secretaries, treasurers, or ganisers, business agents, managers of all co-operative enterprises and editors of farmers' union newspapers. Chestnut Spruce, and Hemlock Trees Disappearing. Charlotte Chioniole. Three classes of trees will soon be extinct in this country. They are thechesnut, the spruce and the hemlock. The tannic acid plants seen at almost every station along the railroads in the mountains are steadily and eveu rapidly externa inating the chesnut. The wood pulp mills from which newspaper is turned out, are doing the work for the spruce and the homlock. The forestry service has issued a statement which makes this fact clear. It is shown that during the past year, the 251 pulp mills in this country used 3,340,10(5 cords of wood, and made 2,118, 10(i tons of wood pulp. Spruce has always been the leading pulp wood and it turnished ti4 percent of the quanti ty used. The rapid development of the wood pulp industry in the ten years has rendered the domestic supply of spruce insufficient to meet the demands upon it, and consequently importations from Canada have been heavy. In UtOS our pulp mills consumed nearly one and one half million cords of domestic spruce, and over i70,000 cords ot imported spruce making the imports of spruce 4." per cent, of the domestic supply. How long the spruce and hemlock woods of the United States will endure at this rate of destruction is easy of calculation It is no wonder the government is exercising itself to find some substitute lor wood pulp in the manufacture of paper. Nolwdy seems to be concerned about the fate of the chesnut. Its doom appears to be inevitable. Working Together. The good old parson accosted the village blacksmith. "Henry," said the good man, "I notice you do a lot of automo bile repairing. Now, good friend, suppose you move your shop around in the back of my parson age." "Doyouthiuk it would be a profitable move!" queried the cautious smithy. "Undoubtedly, my good friend. While you are splicing the broken parts of the machinery I can splice the hearts oftheruuaway couples." There are many Imitations of De Witt's Carbollted Witch Hazel Salve DeWltt's li the original. Be sure you get DeWltt's Carboliied Witoh Hazel Salve when you ask for it. It 1b good for cuts, burns and bruises, and Is especially good for Piles. Sold by J. K. Shell, Lenoir Drug Co., and Wranite Falls Drug Co. Chinese Masons Hunt Leon Lin. Indianapolis, June 22. An or der for the apprensiou of Leon Ling was sent today by the supreme officers Of the Chinese Masons to the 1,500 lodges in' this country. The order follows: To the members of Hong Soon Teng: "You are hereby notified that Leon Ling, of New York Is a fugi tivefrom justice, charged with the deplorable crime of murder iuga good friend of the Chinese, and that said crime reflects upon all the Chinese in the United States. You are hereby instructed to use every effort to find the Maid Leon Ling, and if found to at once report his whereabouts to the near est officer of the law. If no officer can be. found ypujtre instructed to fallow him until he can be arrest ed. This notice applies to all mem bers of the Hong Soon Tong and members are instructed to obey this order Chin Gum Suinu. Eifht Deaths In New York To- Day. New York, June 24. Eight deathwere reported this morning in addition to the fourteen yester day already due to the terriffic heat wave. Heat prostrations reported to the hospitals all over the city have kept the ambulances busy carrying victims. The price of ice has already ad vanced on the East Side, increas ing the suffering among the poor The deaths among infants for the last three days are too numerons to estimate. , 1 m Miss Belva Calloway, an accom plished daughter of Joseph Callo way, of Ashe county, N. C, was in the city last Wednesday, a guest at the home of Maj .J. A . and Mrs. Wagner. She was returning home from Abbington, Va., where she had just graduated with highest honor's at Martha Washington Col lege. She stood at head in all her classes. X. X. Wills, of this conn ty. attended the commencement exercises of Martha Washington College and he informed us that the valedietorv delivered bv Miss Callyway was exceptionally good. We are glad to know that our mountain trills lead. Tenn,sse Tomahawk. - The Wilkes Patriot in an edito rial says: A message from Mr Charles II. Cowles states that the Senate has agreed to place a duty of 15 per cent on briar, ivy and laurel roots. Mr. (Bowies' amend merit to the House bill was twenty live per cent. In the conference committee the the rate may be raised to twenty five per cent. However, a rate of 15 per cent will be sufficient to revive the one time flourishing industry throughout the entire mountains section. Mr. Cowles is to be congratulated up on the victory he has won, almost single-handed. "This will be of interest to the owners of the lau rel pipe factory at Blowing Rock." Watauga Democrat says. The light apple crop is being littcrally devoured in some SCO tions by myriads of yellow bugs (rose bugs) while the foliage on the trees, some of them, is dying from the ravages of small lice, with which it is literally covered. If the trees can not be protected from the fearful onslaughts of the insect kingdom, fruitculture in themonn tains will soon be a thing the eternal past. "This look serious, and it is ser ious, fruit raisers in this Mountain section will have to use the sprayer on their trees." Drinking Water too Warm these Days? Get a Good Water Cooler and have it cold and it in turn will cool you. A good water cooler isn't expensive and then why do with out a good thing that is almost an absolute necessity! We have them in any desired japan finish or all nickel and our prices are right. They range from $1 75 op. Drink with us on the Third. SEE THE GOODS in process of making on the Big Third. "Printed words and cuts are of no avail When samples are compared to tell the tale.'' Ijook over our stock of saddles and WHEN IN DOUBT. Suicide of J. G. Witherspoon. St. Louis, Mo., June 23. J. G. Witherspoon, aged 23, originally from Salisbury, N. C, and until last Saturday employed in the traffic department of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad offices in the Wainwright building, killed himself at the Royal Hotel, in East St. Louis, last evening by drinking carbolic acid. Salisbury, June 23 A message was received here this afternoon of the suicide of J. Gilmer Wither spoon in St. Louis. He was 27 years old and a native of State Tille. He came here eight years ago and was secretary of the Yad kin Valley Fair one year. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Whithspoon, live here. His bro ther, T. Edgar Witherspoon, left for St. Louis to night to bring the remains here for burial. Mothers Have you tried Hollister's Rooky Mountain Tea? It's a great blessing to the little ones, keeps awaysummer trouble?. Makes them sleep and grow. 35 cents, Tea or tablets. At Dr. Kent's Drug Store, V XT Stop and water iu our lot. and Granite Falls Drug Co. Ullll.li.ff JH.UILJII-l-f t lH lllll! JMHV BUY OF PRICE!" Why. Times Mercury. Why will so many people be at tracted to hear au evangelist preach when so few attend the ministra tion of the gospel under the ordinary pastor .t This is a ques tion. Is it the fault of the preach er, or is it a fault of the people; It is admitted that our pastors are men who have studied the Word of God and have had special pre- parations for instructing the pecf pie. It is admitted also. that they are men of character and piety. May the fault not rest with the people! This is a restless age. Peo ple have itching ears for something new. In many cases the evange list comes not as a helper to the patters, but as some sort of a rival. He begins his meeting with the proposition that there is something radically wrong in this town. For the first few days he "skins" the preachers. This pleases those who at heart do not love the church and such rally to the support of the new man. This is a fonny world and people make it so. "Eoho an swered why."
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