THE YANCEY RECORD
nftIWDAY, MARCH M, tfcs
THE YANCEY RECORD
EvtahUsfccd Mr, 1936
TRBNA P. POX. Editor A Publisher
TTtURMAN L. SHOWN. Shop Man,Bor
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SMond Cfcsa Postago Paid at Burnsville, N. C.
THURSDAY,,MARCH 25, 1865 NUMBER THIRTY ONE
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Obituory of Virgil Lusk Edwards,
Written By Himself
V. L. Edwards, pioneer printer
and publisher, who passed away
last waek was a person who took
pride in looking after his own
affairs and below is ins self
written obituary which is proof of
his thoroughness.
Mr. Edwards wrote the follow
ing obituary on July 20, 1963,
I was born about 4 mi'lcfc north
of Burnsville, N. C., August 30,
1878, and died near my birth
place (Thursday, March 48), age
(86). At this time lam going
through a great Natural change,
called D.feth. I write my own
obituary because long ago, I
teamed something of the art of
writing; and I doubt if any otherl
writer or speaker knows enough,
of the facts of my past life to do I
the subject justice. It is now time!
for my departure; and I must de
part from all whom I have lived
with and for. Some have preceded
me, and all others must soon
follow. So, to you: Kidered, Fri- <
ends, and Fellow Mountaineers, I ,
am writing this final parting sa- ]
iutatidn in form of a personal \
pbituary, in ord.k to save others c
the tme and trouble in thinking ,
up something worthy to say, about c
me. ', I i
It has, for the most part, been
a pleasant and good world to live 1
in, a’though its elements of life t
have oeen partly composed of e
many hardships and privations, t
Most of us lhm to endure and t
overcome these hardships and ob- i
stucles, especially when we are i
young, capable and patient.
I have no doubt, made some
mistakes during my lifetime. I
once regarded, these! as serious
faults or sins. But I finally de
cided that faults arid human errors
are not a Ways sins or crimes,
but du:i mostly to human weak
nesses, partly due to evil environ
ment. They are often forms of (
experience that lead to good, as
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we try all the move, to mend our
ways,— as I tried to do. Life,
with ail its obstacles, is f iled
with interest; and the time comes
to most of us when we may look
back and hope that we served as
good examples to others, as wc.
passed through the periods of pro
gress in the right direction, and
havvt thereby helped, and not hin
dered others.
My life has been spent in three
general stages:—
First stage, Birth to age 25.
Second stage, Middle life, age
25 to 75.
Third stage, Old age and de
crepitude.
Most of what I have said ap
ples to my second age stage of
I middle life. During my first stage
of life, I found lif.l very captivat
ing, which charmed and lured me
by its beauty and happiness. It
was joyful in the extiemrl There
was occasioally some trouble and
pain that momentarily beset me.
ThVe were natural enemies
trih'ich all normal youngsters must
face, elude and oppose in all the
ways they can. Thors arct not ne
cessarily personal encores, or
rivals of evil intht, but evil cir
cumstances, . condit ons or obstac
les.
Early in my s teond stage of
life, I learned that if we ar > en
dowed by Nature’s biologic >1 and
ethical laws of reason, we oarly
become immune, or should
to the world’s group fights
and strifes, as we grow up and
sete on all sides group fightingT
group, race fighting race, and
creed fighting creed.
For all of us the world moves
too rapidly; but giving each gen
eration a chance to develop its
own sense of justice and ways of
living. For me, I had too many
personal plans and duties to per
form. I had “my own row to
( weed” the hard way, in the* fields
of labor, agriculture. education
and society, And all trie trttkfa 1
was interested in; my specialities
being Commercial Printing and
Mountain Farming. In middlci
life every normal person must
fight either a good fight or a bad
one for survival of himself and
.fam ly.. This was the age when I
encountered th f most resistence.
Old age brought suffering, weak
ness, physical and mental disa
bility. Hlararity and the! fun of
living is all over when one grows
old. I have tariffed with many
old people and most of them ag
rie that life is not worth living
after age 75 or K). It has ‘been so
in my case. We can only wait in
despair for the ;4nd—which as you
see, has finally come to . me.
Shortly before my passing I rriad
a sentiment with which I agree,
which said ;
“At best the span of life! is
short. Our entrances and om
exits on the stage of passing time
and controlHd by a Destiny high
er than we with our finite minds
are permitted to understand. When
th; hour- approaches for the Fina.
Curtain, there is not time to look
back or try things over aga n or
even to transmit to others the
i advicil of the era which, having
discovered its - own mistakes '
yearns in vain for another chance.”’
Getting started on my life) career
was not looked on by me wholly
as a toilsome burvlen. Getting
started j|arly was the main plan,
thereby makig it. mostly a plea
sure. I always saw two sides to
every problem; The sunny, or
funny side, and the sadder side;
and even that sid;| amused -me
more than it troubled me. ‘
As for me, I led the plan,
simple) life within ' my -particular
environment; and at a period of
the wold’s development when
much progress and new convienc
es were com ng into use; most of
them too late to be of much bene
fit to, me. Somehow, though, I
made out a§ a common man, nev
ir seeking power, or. honor, or
pomp. About that . I agree with
what Thomas Gray once wrote:—
“The boast of heraldy, the pomp
, of power, * ,
And all that b lauty, all that
wealth ever gave,
Awaits alike the inevitable hour.
The paths ctf glory lead but to
the grave.”
O
HAVE I TARRIED TO LONG?
Too long, it seems, I have drifted
down
The troubled, crowdiH Stream
of Time.
The end draws near, even the
sound
Os the Cataract is near
enough for me to hear.
I've mved and rambled. but
grlatly strived
To keep myself in line.
I once thought it slow and really
funny
To wander down The Str. km
of Time.
Somewhere it might end in a
land of ipHk and honey—
Or a land of gold, to mil,
without a dime.
Oft the Wolf lay nea* our door.
But I only worked harder
laughed with glee.
F-lw friends could boast of more
plentiful thrills.
The Wolf' might get others,
but not us.—
I held my . place amongst the'
rocks and hills;
In the plow land Printing
Pnjss I put my trust.
t"‘rst came Youth’s ecstatic, sim~
pie stage;
But f was then, so immature
and far beh’nd;
Jares and ylirs found me a,ways
, ,n a gr nd;
Tho’ hepes of success se.tned
remotely sure,—
loirtws h)o;.:;l vague and far
away;
B t th-l Fates were always
kind.
Now my a'. ctted time is ended,—
suffered, endured,
t I now join the “Majority” on
the hill.
diilions of years I’ll erode,—my ■-
ills all cured.—
All Nature’s life plans hav. I
been fufilled.
My moral duties and work, I’ve
somehow carried on well;
, Which has left me weak, old, ,
worn out, tired—
Timd has come to say to you,
one and all, — - **
A final— ——
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ASCS Office
Offers Premeas
urement Service j
It means a great deal to far
mers to be able to g.t a correct
acreage of all allotcd crops plant
ed. J. T. Randolph, Office Mana
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t:on and Conservation Office, says,
that ASCS office will again offer ‘
premeasurement services to far- j
mers.
Radolph went on to say that af
ter a fanner requ fats , premea
surement, a representative of th»
ASCS office will vis t the farm
and measure' and stake the ex
act acreage to be planted. The
farmer is then assured of gating I’
the correct acreage planted. He I
dots not have to worry about I
wasting fertilizer, seel, insecti- I
aides, labor, etc. on ov rll
his allotment. He is also assured j
that he will not lose income) as
I a result of failing to plant the
full allotment. ll_ ZZH
Since the premcasur tnent is a 1
( special service, farmers must file
a r; (quest with the Yancey ASCS
j office and pay the cost of the
1 sendee. Randolph says that
I every effort will be mad*i to per
form this service on all farms
that file® a request. Farm As de
siring to get their crops measur
ed prior to planting fme should
file a r finest before March 31,
1965 at the Yancey ASCS Office. .
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