Newspapers / Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, … / Dec. 23, 1915, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Weeitlf Amm NATIONAL BAKU OF GOLDBORO Goldsboro, N. 0. i Geo. A Norwood, President aa. G. Korneeray. Csshier NATIOITAL BAnCv of aoLDfluono r Wants your business and. wO be glad to correspond witi jes Geo. A ITorwood. Frtxiiz3 oro Geo. C. Eornejay, "This Argus o'er the people's rights No sowthina strains of Male's State UbrMT 'rs-L,h an eternal vigil keep; Can lull ita &matfr eyas to sIm" G OLDSBOBO, N. C, THURSDAY DECEMBER 23, 1915 ISO. C5 . . . . ' i i l v-. v I l ' HHIHMbbk I - I : ! 1 THE LATHAM PRIZES A JTaeive TVaync County Boy Remem bers aid Lends Lncouragemeni to the Youth of His Satire Heath. SIS ADDRESS AT OAK RIDGE. blessed today. A very learned Divine is gwine to address you. This educat ed Elder that Is gwine to speak to you knows the unknowable; he speaks the unspeakable; and he can onscrew the inscrutable." I want to talk to you on a subject that Is ever exercising the public mind and is now filling the public press. That subject is preparedness. What is preparedness? The dictionary says it is the act of being ready, of being pre pared. When you go to class you know instinctively whether or not you are prepared. Sometime you get through a lesson and get a good mark when you know that it was an accident. The question is have you cheated yourself or your teacher? ! j I hold that you have done both. I once heard a successful man say that he had some little respect for the man that could fool the other fellow, but It mav be pardonable in the J Argus man to call attention briefly to the fact that owing to the zest latterly given to the cultivation of corn in Wayne County through the Board of Education's Boys Corn Clubs,) not a bushel of foreign corn was brought in to Wayne county last year, when for merly many car loads of such were annually required to bread the county, nnps not this sr.eak well for the Corn Club Boys and the County Board the man that would fool mmesii was of Education, under which the Corn j hopeless. It has been said that ("Gen Club is fostered? Last week the;ius consists in an infinite capacity for Argus carried a full report pf this j taking pains." Without contesting year's results of our Boys Corn! Club : this worthy sentiment, I wish to say and it was a splendid report of! yields. ' that, generally speaking, genius con- But this is not the only "side-line" the Board of -Education of Wayne County is fostering. Recently our ex cellent . County Superintendent! Mr. E. T. Atkinson published a forty: page handbook replete with instruction and encouragement to teachers, commit teemen and pupils of the (County Schools, and from one of its pages.'we couv the following, which speaks for itself: Latham Prizes: Mr. J.-Ed. Latham, the noted world cotton magnate, of Greensboro, a na tive of Wayne County, born in Sauls- sists in an inordinate capacity for ef fective thinking. You have come here to prepare for life's battles, each one for himself. The object in going to schoolj Is to learn how to think. The things that you learn from the books are only s part of the liberal education! that ought to be yours. You 'would find your tasks much easier if you knew how to work effectively. The boy that has learned some ; one ' thing and "knows that he knows" has advanced. The sayings of wise men have beer recorded since language was invented ton township and had his first) school- The two old sayings that In my opin ing there, offers the following gener- ion are the greatest are, first, f'Know ous awards: ; I thyself." Think of it, "Know thyself.' To the boy of the rural schools of If you will learn yourself you have Wayne county, from the fifth grade up, made the greatest preparation that a who writes the best original essay on man ever made. j r the "Building and Up-Keen of Good Know how to take care of j your Roads" $10 in gold: for the second health, how to curb your passions, best essay by such boy $5 in gold.! how to control your temper, how to For the best essay by a girl of the be good natured, how to do right, and rural schools of Wayne county from above all, how to say "no." The other ti e fifth grade up, on "Hygienic Cook- proverb is a very homely one. "Thera ing in the Country" $10. in gold: for is more in the man than in the land." . j You don't have to go five miles from the here to find a man that is farming so largest percentage of the district cen- poorly that you are sorry for tne xanu sus in average daily attendance $20 in It is so in all trades and in all pro gold. If the winning school be a one- fessions. Any business Is a good bus teacher school the entire prize is to iness if you are the right man and you go to its teacher: if the winning school ; find a good stand. - . have more than one teacher, this prize There Is such a thing as luck hut it is to be divided equally among the very seldom keeps down the prepared teachers of said school. 1 ; j man. Men seldom achieve anything Since this booklet was published, by accident or by chance. The way to Mr. Latham has given futrher evidence prepare efficiently is "to get down to of his broad interest in the youth not the why and wherefore of things and alone of his native' county bit of the understand-them. State at -larere. for. last month, bv in- I ! There is much truth in the bid and vitation, he -delivered an address to familiar hymn: ! : j the student body of Oak Ridsre Insti-1 "Little drops of water second best essay $5 in gold. I To the rural school showing tute,; near-his home town, Greensboro. and we are proud to give it tion in the Argus, as follows: publica- Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean," etc. ; Men achieve happiness and wealth in Exaggeration is always harmless in , the small things they do. an introductory speech. Your Presi-! The tallest building and one of the dent has promised you beyond my greatest stores in the world was built power to perform , howeverj I know ' from nickels and dimes.! This is the one introductory speech that carried Wool worth building in New York, greater promises. j j Your success will not come from one A negro preacher had invited a very study or one brilliant recitation, but distinguished white preacher to fill it will come from being prepared, his pulpit. He introduced him about The study of man is a part of a lib as follows: I .;; eral education a part of your prep- 'Brethren and sistern, we is indeed aration. 1 . Success seldom comes to men by chance. They have been preparing perhaps unconsciously to themselves. Wf-.-jfter's reply to Fa;ne still lives as one of the world's masterpieces of oratory, and is taken as a model, and by many Is believed to be the greatest speech ever made in the American Senate. The contempora ries of Demosthenes said he was not a nautral orator, but his study and prep - I aration made people think so Do you imagine that the famous "Crose of Gold and Crown of Thorns" speech by William Jennings Bryan, that gave him the nomination for the Presi dency, was the speech of a moment? " Do you believe that George Wash ington was chon Commander of the Continental army for tny other reason than that he was the best equipped man in! America for the position? One of the world's greatest con structive geniuses and a Captain of Industry, is a North Carolina man named J. B. Duke, Ex-President of the American Tobacco Company. It is related of Mr. Duke that at one time the son I of a prominent banker In New York had his eye on Mr. Duke's Job. Mr,' Duke went to this prominent bank ing house and this conversation took place: "Mr. Banker, as you know, on tomorrow the directors of the Ameri can Tobacco Company will elect a President. At present, I hold that position, and I hold it because I am the fittest man in the world for the job. I bid you good day." At the meeting next day there was no other name mentioned than that of Mr. Duke. Why? Because the directors knew that Mr. Duke knew more about the tobacco business than any other -a an in the world. The most beloved man that North arolina has produced was Chas. B. Vycock, the Educational Governor. Do ou suppose he received this title fey ?hance? No. Aycock had been Irving, breathing and dreaming education all ills life. He loved the work of educa tion and his splendid ability as a ipeaker enabled him to do a greater ervice by being prepared. Don't un derstand from these remarks that I ecommend you to work yourselves o death. No. learn how to work ef- icieutly and how to play Joyously 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." And it 13 Just as Import mt for you to learn how to play as to know how to work. In your individual preparation there are many valuable lessons to be learn ed. Many of these lessons are not in the books. On the play ground you observe the best runners, the best jumpers, the best pitchers and the best catchers. You see men that are slow and men that are fast, men with good eyes and men that can't see a joke; men that are kind and men that are rude, men that everybody likes and men that nobody likes. This ! the sort of .world that-you. hava-.taJtra. In, boys, so why not prepare accord ingly? Don't be the man who can't see a' joke, and don't be the fellow that nobody likes. Josh Billings says: "A man that can't laff Is to be pitied, and a man that can laff and won't Is to be shunned like a bear trap that Is sot." -;- .'i- j I fear that I have about exhausted myself on the subject of preparedness, but, as you boys look good natured, I want to talk to you awhile on the sub ject of unpreparedness. There was a darky preacher onee that began his discourse about as fol- THE BEAUTY OF INSURANCE is, it takes care of what you earn to day and capitalizes that which you hooe to earn tomorrow. Ji'ATIOXAL LIFE IJfS. CO. "OF YT. Mutual. I IT. HUMPHREY, State Manager. Offices 303-4-5. Borden Bldg. Gol-'sboro, N. C. lows : ' :.. . ) "Brethren and sisters, I has a mes sage for you today, and wants you all to listen. Firstly, I shall take my text. Secondly, I shall depart from it. Thirdly, I shall never return to it." This subject of unpreparedness you can apply to your personal selves, but, just at this moment there is muck be ing said of our nation's unprepared nessi Lack of preparedness Is no longer a jest. The events of the past year( have brought home to every man the utter weakness of this great na tion I to guard itself against a sudden attack; ' j I do not believe that this nation ought to prepare for the purpose of making war, but it ought to prepare for defense. ' In our feeling of good will to all men, and In our lnnoeence, nr failed to realise "wltk what darision and. In many cases, contempt and veii hatred, onr position in the orld's fairs Is now rerarded. : We are so pacific in our intentions that we cannot understand the racial hatred of those nations at war. Tls nation loves peace and we believe there Is no difference in the depth, of love of country between those wko wish to enlarge our defenses and thc-2 who wish to wait until we are attack ed. The difference is one of expedi ency. I believe that we ought topre pare to save ourselves froai suck ovje whelming disaster as has recently overtake Belgium, and from such .ca lamity as overtook our citisen soldiery in the Spanish war from the ravages of typhoid fever. : ;v The regular army of the United States is akout the same sise as the police force of New York City. . In event of war where would our officers ome from? How many of you boys snow anything of camp life? Warfare is now a highly developed science and the sword and apear and the pistol a.nd rifle must give way to hih power ad machine guns and explosive -bombs in big guns that carry projectiles .veighing a ton for over twenty miles, ind these can be handled only by -rained raen. ii'! ' : 'JJ - Every mew means for destroylmg iife strikes terror into the hearts of eace loving men, and makes them imagine whether civilisation is about .o perish; yet history has recorded the act that the best armed civilisations ire on the whole the ones that have urvived longest. Idealism Is .a beau ful thought, but.it may be tha price f humiliation. I We must meet the .orld upon its own terms and not as ve would wish theaa. A little over half a century ago many ot our daddies and our daddies' daddies were taking home a piece of that fa nous Appomattox apple tree and pon dering over the message of their be 1 erred and peerless Commander, Robert E. Lee. What was this message? . "Brave comrades our cause is lost! Accept peaee, lay down your arms, go home and make a erop." You boys know from hearsay and from history something of the horrors of that struggle. You know from the same sources something of the hor rors of reconstruction, that period of several years following the war when thre was - no safetytoTOertJvno protection to womanhood, and death stalked the land. It is too horrible to talk about even though it Is so far behind us that few people living to day remember it. Horrible as was that war, it was a war between Amer icans. How mueh more horrible would it be for this country, "the land of the free and the home of the brave," were it overrun with the riffraff of Europe or the yellow men of the Orient! Speaking of that Immortal struggle commonly called the civil war, but more properly, the war between the States, has It ever occurred to you that that war was unnecessary? I am not going for once to tell you that the South did not think it was right; and our glorious Old North State, the last to secede, was the bravest of them all. But I am going to tell you as I read history, that war was unnecessary, because, the issues involved should and could have been settled without war, You ask me why It was not so settled, and I will tell you. It was be cause the United States was not pre pared to defend Itself from attacks external or Internal. When Fort Sumter was fired upon the regular Army of the United States was less than 17,000 strong. The be ginning of the war was merely the act of a few Impetuous men, a small sized mob. A very small spark can start a big are. The army of 17,000 men was scattered all over the country and naturally there was not enough sol diers to stop a small mob, and the mob grew. If our country had been prepared with a small army of even 75,000 men, in my opinion there would have been no war. To my mind there is Just about as much sense In saying that I am hon est and my neighbors are honest, and therefore, we will not have any fur ther use to loek our doors, as to say ve are peace loving and I believe the balance of the world to be peace lov ing, and, therefore, I will not prepare. Of all Important nations of the earth, China is the only one that has taken this position. I don't think 'her success has been great enough to be emulated. Boys, this la a very serious subject. In our prosperity and prog ress we lose sight of what may hap pen. . "All theories In regard to peaee and war, all thought of our being immune CITING TO GOD. Professing Christians Shoal be Sore Loyal in the Support of the Church, Declared the Pas tor of First Baptist Church. (By Robt. Jm Denmark.) "The christian financial support to God, his fellowman and self was the subject the pastor of the Frst Baptist church spoke upon yesterday morning, taking his text from Malachl t:10. "Bring ye all the tithes Into the store house that there may be meat In my house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts. If I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that : there shall be room enough to receive It," In his sermon Pastor Watkins said in part: "The subjeet used pertains to the things of this world, the christian Is due God his part to build the Kingdom MAYOR'S. PROCLAMATION from the danger of Invasion or of j ?f God, for God uses the same method m a visiDie conception ma uu ib actual subjection by an Invading en emy might as well be dismissed from our minds, In view of the horrors which engulf all Europe." I confess to you that I have gloomy forebodings of eiiL To my mind every day brings fresh evidence that we ought to prepare. If a contest should come it will involve the desti nies of our children and the fate of our eountry. It is said that anticipated panles never come because they are provided for. Let us prepare for defense but pray for peace. Government; the application a spiri tual kingdom, the other an earthly kingdom. "Every chrlsitian Is due his part, and God maps out the part In the Book, and It is the duty of each, to bring to the house of the Lord the part Intended for the Lord. It is also the duty of the Christian to tnd what his part is, and no one should be satis fied until it Is known. Such Is pos sible and the Bible is clear in stating what Is wanted. "I have oftened wondered "why tho requirement Is not solved, and if It can be why should not each one learm We need - an adequate and efficient army and navy, able to keep the peace n ag gpeedily as possible. no matter who knocks at the Goor. . Ralph Waldo Emerson has said that England was great because" she had the best business stand on the globe. That perhaps was once true, but it is true no longer. Today the best busi ness stand is the United States and you young men must prepare your selves, and see that your country is prepared so that your Individual pur suit of happiness, and your country's glorious progress can go on unham pered and unafraid. FOR EC1PTY STOCKINGS "A part of what ve earn is God's due. The burden of giving the Gospel to the world is placed upon the chris tians: we are to be the visible, while the Spirit of God is the invisible pow er, and we owe it to our fellowman to carry out this great obligation of giv- in r the Bread of Life. "The church of the living God nrnst develop its means, also should each of us on every dollar we make give ;God His part, and use our part right eously, iving as God wants us to live, s' that we may lay up In Heaven treasurers." In his concluding remarks the pas tor stated that his soul was yearning for the Kingdom and urged that his flock live on this earth to that end. the Argus had" gone tor press Saturday afternoon the following do nations were received: Margaret Hines ............... .1 .50 E. G. Hines, Jr. ................. .6 Miss Mary Cleves Daniels....... 1.00 Mrs K. J. Smith .60 John Splcer, Jr. .50 Geo. Klrby Splcer .......... . . . . .60 Edw. Van Parker .............. .50 The fund as published Saturday was $87.25 and with the above contribu tions was turned over to Mrs. B. H. Griffin, chairman of the Empty Stock ing Fund Committee, this morning, the full fund amounting to 1 91.25 and a 25 pound bucket of candy. The usual issuing of tickets to the poor children designated by the Com mittee will prevail this season. The tickets thutf. issued will admit the bearer to the Crystal theatre, where the filled stockings and other gifts will be distributed and the aggregation of children given a free show of movies by the Crystal management. The republican national convention will meet again in the Chicago Colis eum and delegates will try not to re member the painful scenes enacted there during the last republican na tional convention. PILOT WMP Since the week of Janaarr-fl to 8 inclusive, 1911, haa been set aside by the Merchants Association of Goldsbore a "Pay-up Week" In Qolasben and Since the Goldsbera Kar ehants Association and ite fa dividual members, havlmg the Interest of its eitiseas act patrons uppermost in its mind, are desirous of alaeCntf our good town on a Pali-na basis, and since preepettl abounds in our midst in botb city and country, due ta the satisfactory results oC thle fall's crops and the vary Torable prices that have baa obtained, and Since an evaat Ilka this Is S" great benett to ear ettr t our banks, and to all etttssCQi therefore, I, by authority reeled tn saa as Goldsbora'e ' Mayor, hereby designate ant elaim the week of January to 8 inclusive, 1918, "Par- Week" in Goldsboro. (Signed) JOHN JL HIGGIKS, Mayor ef Galdsbat Acme Program TODAY'S PROGRAM "GUILDED YOUTH" Laemmle three reel speeial feefcecsv "LIZZIE'S WATERY GRAYS One of those funny and caearafet I K. O's. TOMORROW "HIS GOOD NAME" Powers two reel feature. ' ' The Devil and His Idle -Laemmle. ' "SAFETY FIRST AND LAST" - Imp Comedy. "THE BROKEN COD Francis Tor and Grace CunareV A GOOD SHOW EVERY DAY I The hour for the gathering of the children at the Crystal will be told the children when their tickets are is sued to them by the ladies of the committee. The Argus extends its personal thanks to the contributors to this sweet and comforting charity, and wishes them one and all an especially Joyous Christmas. FdDir CRmpMnimais SEND HER N0RRIS' EXQUISITE CANDY 1, 2, 3 and 5 Pound Boxes She Deserves The Best ; - I IIIIIIlll!!! Illlllllllllllllllira Greatest Educational Toy ever of fered for Sale. Buy one for your boy and see how many diff erent things he will construct. No. o Set Larger Sets I r 1 50c. $1.00 to $25.00 Guns Fof Tlie Boys Daisy Air Rifles Single Shot 250 Shot 500 Shot 1,000 Shot ........................ ..... ...... J. . . Daisy Repeater 1 . . . . ... ......... . . . . . . . Pop Guns ... . ...... 'Auto Water Guns Single Shot 22 ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ..... Sixteen Shot 22 ......... . ... . . ....... ... ... ..i... Blank Pistols Blanks Single Barrel Shot Gun. ....... .... .............. ....... 50c. ....... $l.J0 1.25 ..... .. 2.00 ........... 3.00 .....25c. . 25c. ...$1.50 to $3.50 ...U0 to $12.50 ...15c. and 25c. . ...10c. per box $4.50 ..i:-?-kNivEs.;-";'- : 7H .-.y: We Have the Most Compleielme of Cuflery Ever Displayed m Goldsboro Big stock of 25c. and 50c. Knives. Will furnish Christmas boxes for all pocket knives. See our line of Toy P.snie' ' ' - Something ne in Cut tilatss. Fortyjwo piece set of Dishes for $3.50. ; Efwao Edge CUTLERY Presents For Mother and Sister Nut 11 . a: Viitt, tri : Knives ana ForKs, set. Carving Knives Cvai kei Sets rasserolog. O-Cedar ..lops ... . . Bread Pans Manicure Sets. Percolators. . . . .oOC. ttt l o I'm -1..V l. T.c. and lJ-" .;,c and l.oo i See in-Wimiows TTTlTmiifm TRfl iiiaiiiM Will Be oen Every m
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 23, 1915, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75