In these parlous times when we give everything we can think
of to the soldiers, so gladly and cheerfully, it is pleasant to record the name
of one soldier who thought it “more blessed to give than to receive.” A few
days before Mr. N.D. Hicks left his boyhood behind him to become a man in the
service of his country he came into the library with his arms full of books, 27
in all, and placed them on the shelves for the benefit of the boys who count
the hours until they can get a new book. Was that not a timely and thoughtful
gift?
Our neighboring town of Carthage has a library of 2,000
volumes; it is under the management of the Woman’s Club and the books are
largely gifts of the women of Carthage.
Aberdeen has a library built and endowed by Mr. Frank Page,
father of Walter, “Chris,” Henry,Frank and Robert; we all know the “Page boys”
and we all know the reputation of the family for keen business acumen and
clear-eyed common sense, and this successful, practical business man could
think of no better gift to his home town than a library.
Our readers now number over 300, which means that nearly 10
per cent of our population is using the books, less than 1,000, which we offer
to them. We have readers at Pee Dee, Entwistle, Roberdel 2 and 2, Ellerbe and
several on the R.F.D. routes. Within a few days we will have for the children
the beauriful “Oz” books by Frank Baum and for the grown ups we will have 20 of
the most recent “best sellers.” By the way, have you enjoyed the keen wit of
Corra Harris in her last book, “Making Her His Wife”? She knows women so
well—that is as well as anybody ever knows the unknowable.
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