Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-10-13


Fl give you nice letter just received
| from Lln and Abner. No it is Lnrn
wheeler, the young man from near
| oxford who entered the State School
Tor the Blind some weeks ago.
State School for the Blind,
Raleigh, N C.
M October 2, 1893.
Dear T. Moses:
How are you getting along now?
nope you are getting on nicely. Moth
er told me that you had been asking
about me, and 1 am getting along just
fine and like it very much here. 1
have learned to read and write Brailla
a little and find it not to be as hare
as thought it would be. I am ALSO
taxing typeing and chair bottoming.
| When have you seen old Russell
Averette? Tell him to buy a milk
snake for me next time you see him.
Tell all the pretty girls, "Hello" for
me. l can't seem to find one to my
hiking down here, due to uncontroll-
able difficulties,
The State Fair is to be held in RAJ
leigh, next week. All the Blind, /
think, will go next Tuesday and get
IN free. They will also ride on every
thing from start to finish free Of
Charge. I wish you could come and
| be with US when we 60 to the fair, be-
cause all the boys tell me they have
very nice time when they go.
I You will be surprised to know how
the blind carry on over here. They
play baseball and football Just the
Same as if they could see, and seem
to enjoy it. We have a gymnasium.
swimming pool, and a ball ground, to
play in and on. The students that
nave been here two or three years
don't have any trouble in getting
around on the campus, and I'm learn
ing to get about pretty well now, my
self. I'd better close now. T. Moses
because I can't think of anything
else to say, and it's getting time for
me to begin studying for tomorrow.
Write me real soon and tell me all
the news and something funny.
.i A pal.
Lum Wheeler"
Lum is the young fellow have
spoken of several times in this column
He plOwed some late corn a wear ago
and his eyes went bad, very bad, that
night. In several months one had to
be removed and the other is totally
blind. And let me tell those boys and
girls of you who hate SO much to
study, or bring in wood, OF milk the
cow, or draw water-you have so
much to be thankful for. Yes, Lum
l would have given pretty to have
been able to have been with you
Tuesday at the fair. know we would
have had a really large time. In
fact, I am afraid some one would
have thought that we had gotten
tight" And here is a little genuine,
baroque poem, entitled:
KEEP HAPPY
Sometimes we get discouraged
And think we want to quit
Our work, our job, our daily task,
Our all
Then we should think of others
Who have no work to do,
And be glad to go to work
At beck or call.
Life's path is not just roses,
For thorns grow on every bud,
Sometimes we pluck the rose
And pierce our hand;
And then we wish for sunshine
But rain-drops fall, instead,
And with q rnush and mirei. 8
y They wet the land. 6
Then there are lots of others
Who have no eyes to see,
But grope in darkness
All their long lives through:
~I.:.
Nor see the raindrops fall,
Know now we. should be happy,
What say you?
=
Then those who walk on crutches,
Or down in wheel-chairs sit,
Or lie on beds of sickness
And disease;
While we can walk at leisure,
Or then with swiftness run,
Or fly up in the air
With greatest ease.
** &
And though we think we've troubles,
Fen more than we can bear, 4
And work so heavy,
Which we sometimes dread;
Then let us think of others
Who have no joy of work, s.
And go to work in earnest,
Get ahead
So let us each keep happy,
Keep smiling all the time,
Though troubles come from darkness
Until dawn;
Forgetting each his troubles,
For some one else,s load
May be a great deal heavier
Than your own.
T. MOSES JONES.
The way Germany has been extend
ing occupation of Sudeten districts
suggests that Herr Hitler thinks the
powers have given him blank Czech