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GOLDSBORO, Iff. C, THURSDAY EVENING , DECEMBER 23, 1915
2SO. 65
THE LATHAM PRIZES
A 'Natf-re Wayne County Boy Remem
bes and Lends Encouragement
to the Youth of His
Native Heath.
HIS ADDRESS AT OAK RIDGE.
It may be pardonable in the 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
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?
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
Does not this speak well for the
Corn Club Boys and the County Board j the man that would fool himeslf 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 of this -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.
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
copy 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
ton township and had his first school
ing there, offers the following gener
ous awards:
that, generally speaking, genius con
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 school is to
learn how to think. The things that
you learn from the books are only a
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 beeri
recorded since language was invented
The two old sayings that in my opin
ion are the greatest are, first, "Know
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.
the "Building and Up-Keep of Good Know how to take care of 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
the fifth grade up, on "Hygienic Cook- proverb is a very homely one. "There
ing in the Country" $10 in gold: for is more in the man than in the land."
second best essay $5 in gold. j You don't have to go five miles from
To the rural school showing the here to find a man that is farming so
largest percentage of the district cen- poorly that you are sorry for the land
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 goodjbus-
. teacher school the entire prize is to iness If you are the right man and you
go to its teacher: if the winning school i find a good stand. -
. have more than one teacher, this prize j There is such a thing as luck but it
is to be divided equally among the very seldom keeps down the prepared
teachers of said school. 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 pf his native' count y but of the understand -them.
State at large, for, last month, by in- j There is much truth In the old and
vitation, he , delivered an 'address to familiar hymn:
imagine that the famous "Cross of
Gold and Crown of Thorns" speech by
William Jennings Bryan, that gar
him the nomination for th 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 ths
American Tobacco Company. It is
related of Mr. Duke that at one time
the son 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
nan in the world.
The most beloved man that North
"arolina has produced was Chas. B.
Vycock, the Educational Governor. Do
you suppose he received this title by
ohance? No. Aycock had been Irving,
breathing and dreaming education all
ais life. He loved the work of educa
tion and his splendid ability as a
speaker enabled him to do a greater
ervice by being prepared. Don't un
derstand from these remarks that I
ecommend you to work yourselves
to death. No, learn how to work ef-
aciently and how to play joyously
'All work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy." And it is just as Import
ant 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 la
the sort of-Jsrorld that jrou-have-taJlre
in, boys, so why not prepare accord-
the student body of Oak Ridge Insti
tute, near his home town, Greensboro,
and we are proud to give it publica
tion in the Argus, as follows:
Exaggeration is always harmless in
an introductory speech. Your Presi-
"Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
Make the mighty ocean," etc.
Men achieve happiness and wealth in
the small things they do.
The tallest building and one of the
men, ana in our innocence,
failed to realise with what derision
and, in many cases, contempt and even
hatred, our position in the world's af
fairs is now regarded.
We are so pacific in our intentions
that we cannot understand the racial
hatred of those nations at war. This
nation loves peace and we believe
there is no difference in the depth of
love of country between those who
wish to enlarge our defenses and thosi
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 from such oxter
whelming disaster as has recently
overtaken Belgium, and from such ca
lamity as overtook our citizen soldiery
in the Spanish war from the ravages
of typhoid fever. i
The regular army of the United
States is about the same sise as the
police force of New York City. In
event of war where would our officers
come from? How many of you boys
know anything of camp life? Warfare
is now a highly developed science and
the sword and spear and the pistol
and rifle must give way to high power
ed machine guns and explosive bombs
ind big guns that earry projectiles
weighing a ton for over twenty miles,
md these can be handled only by
trained men. . H
Evry new means for destroying
uf e strikes terror into the hearts of
.seace loving men, and makes them
imagine whether civilisation Is about
,o perish; yet history has recorded the
lact that the best armed civilisation4!
ire on the whole the ones that have
mrvived longest. Idealism is .a beau
iful thought, but it may be the price
:f humiliation. We must meet the
orld upon its own terms and not as
ve would wish them.
A little over half a century ago many
of our daddies and our daddies' daddies
were taking home a piece of that fa
jious Appomattox apple tree and pon
dering over the message of their be
loved and peerless Commander, Bobert
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. Ton know from the
same sources something of the hor
rors of reconstruction, that period of
several years following tha war when
t-ere -wast- no- saf etyfcffcpreert$V-? no
protection to womanhood, and death
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
we 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 Is a very serious
subject. In our prosperity and prog
ress we lose sight of what may happen.
All theories in regard to peaee and
CITING TO GOD.
Professing Christians Shoal be Kore
Loyal la the Support of the
Church, Declared the Fas
ter of First Baptist
Church.
(By Robt. I. 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 1:10.
"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
MAYOR'S
PROCLAMATION
war, all thought of our being immune !aue God his Part to build the Kingdom
from the danger of invasion or of
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 evil. 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
country.
It is said that anticipated panles
never come because they are provided
for. Let us - prepare for defense but
pray for peace.
of God, for God uses the same method
in a visible conception as does the
Government; the application a spiri
tual kingdom, the other an earthly
kingdom.
"Every chrlsitlan 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 find what
his part is, and no one should be satis
fled , until it is known. Such le pos
sible and the Bible is clear In stating
what is wanted,
"I have oftened wondered why the
requirement is not solved, and if It
can be why should not each one learn
We need - an adequate and efficient
army and navy, able to keep the peace It ag speedlly as possible.
no miner wno JtnocKS ai me ooor.
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.
Ingly? Don't be the man who can't see s stalked the land. It is too horrible tc
dent has promised you beyond my greatest stores in the world was built
power to perform; however, I know j from nickels and dimes. This is ths
one introductory speech that carried , Wool worth building In New York,
greater promises. 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 wiU come from being prepared.
his pulpit. He introduced him about
as follows:
"Brethren and sistern, we is indeed
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The study of man is a part of a lib
eral education a part of your prep
aration. Success seldom comes to men by
chance. They have been preparing
perhaps unconsciously to themselves.
WftDpter'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 Bpeech ever made in the
American Senate. The contempora
ries of Demosthenes said he was not a
nautral orator, but his study and prep
aration made people think so. Do you
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 1
sot."
. 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 cn the sub
ject of unpreparedness.
There was a darky preacher onee
that began his discourse about as fol
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 much be
ing said of our nation's unprepared
ness. 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 to guard itself against a sudden
attack.
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
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 fire. The army of 17,000 men was
FOR EDPTY STOCKINGS
"Arter the Argus had gone to press
Saturday afternoon the following do
nations were received:
Margaret Hines 9 .50
E. G. Hines, Jr. .BO
Miss Mary Cleves Daniels 1.00
Mrs N. J. Smith... .50
John Splcer, Jr 50
Geo. Kirby Splcer 60
Edw. Tan Parker .... .60 135
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 $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 thus- 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 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.
"A part of what we 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 ; the Bread of Life.
"The church of the living God mtest
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 lire,
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 republican national convention
will meet again in the Chicago Colis
eum and delegates will try not to re
member the painful scenes 'gnacted
there during the last republican na
tional convention.
"PAT.Tjr W11P
. Since the week of Janaary
to 8 inclusive, 11, has bee
set aside by the Merchants
Association of Goldsbor as
"Pay-up Week" in Geldsbac
and
Since the Goldstar Me
ehants Association and Its in
dividual members, having the
Interest of its eltlaeas aol
patrons uppermost la tie
mind, are desirous of aleeta
our good town on a Pali-aa)
basis, and since preaperft?
abounds in our midst la both
city and country, due te the
satisfactory results of this
fall's crops and the veer
vorable prices that have bacm
estained, aae
Since an event Ilka tale la at"
great benefit to ear attr
our banks, and to all aftiasOBb
therefore,
I, by authority vested la mm
as Gold shore's ' Mayer, d
hereby designate aaa pre
claim the week of January B
to 8 Inclusive, 1918, Par-
"Week" In Goldsboro.
(Signed)
JOHN B, HIGGIKB.
Mayor ef Geldsbarst
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