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I High School Dept. I
Devoted to the interests of the local High School
H Cyrus W. Bazemore, Earie Lawrence, Mary Newsome. Editors
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Library fond, aa r#j>u?-t?d to date by
Miss Catling, the treasurer.
'fourth week, amt. contributed 1.71
Total amt. contributed $9.67
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i ."any VolamM Dented Wedaeaday
The number of books given by tfae
itudeata JMfi.e?tel
veeded aU expectations, both in
quality and quantity. The total num
ber of volumes given, according to
reports from the principal, was
f eventy-four. Our library is much
enhanced,, both in rise and invalue,
by these additions. Professor Wright
says that the generous spirit -shown
by the pupils is worthy of much com
mendation, and speals well for the
interest of the students in'the be tor
ment of the school in general.
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Editorial
Our school has been favored with
two visits during the past week, by
ministers of the Gospel; Rev. Hodges
and Evangelist Isenhower, both of
whom delivered messages of qnurual
interest and inspiration to the stu
dent body. The school greatly ap
preciates any interest shown on the
part of the town's professional men, j
in thus making talks, or visiting us.
The invitation stands open for any of
the above mentioned citisens to show
us any favors along this line at any
time, in the way of making short
talks* addresses, etc. Such action
will serve to bring our school in
closer contact with the people of the
town, and thus bring about greater
co-operation between the two, a
thing which is greatly needed.
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Well might we take pride in our |
School Library, with its increased ca
pacity, now capable of filling -a big
ger place in the life of the school
than ever before. A .library is one
of the greatest assets of any school;
and the efforts recently made to in
crease the sise nnd value of our own
ought to be a source of pride to every
pupil of the Ahoskie High Schboi, and
especially those who so generousl;.
gave volumes to add to the collection
already on hand.
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The "basket ball boyt" arc ncW]
"rearin' to /*o" havihj? defeated the
town team Tuesday, in a real game.
They are now, ready to play any other
town team who feels brave enough
to offer combat. Wc are with the
"BBB" wherever they go, and here's;
hoping they will bring home the ba
con fromthe places which they are to
play in the near future.
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Base ball is now fast coming into
its own among school sports, even
putshining basket ball in its increas
? ing popularity. Several games have
been played, among the grammar
grades, and wnen the spring weather
* opens for gbod, much activity in the
tTchool base ball field is expected.
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High School Team BoaU Town Team
Score of 18 to 2.
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The team of Ahoskie High School
overwhelmingly defeated the "fa
mous five" of the town of Ahoelda,
Tuesday, by the score of 18 to 2. The
first half proved a walkover for the
rchool team, the score standing 14-0;
but in the second half the town team
tightened up considerably and scoring
was not as frequent.
The all-around playing of the team
was a special feature and the pase
ing of the team was especially notice
able, showing considerable improve
ment,?a result of Intense practice
during the few good days we have he4
recently. It is hoped that we eat
elssh with several of our neighboring
high schools within the next ten daye
Ahoskie is game to try any of them
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Workings of Cupid
With the advent of spring, end iti
balmy spring days sly little Cupk
has made a vary bald entrance int<
Ike High Scheol building, and, quite
unobserved by any one, has shot hii
numerous arrows through the heart
.of aeveral of our lads and lassie
Not a room in the building escapee
his fiery darts. Ha even dared te
autei the room presided over by Mia
Holleemsn and has seriously wbundee
? the b cite of some her teventl
grade g#H*r, Thi? condition ia d?
1 plored by the faculty and the more
thouinuui pupils. It has long been
kUor;. :. that when high school boys get.
"girls in their heads," there reipaiija
no room for further instruction or ih
1 crease of knowledge. Likewise when
jtjdgh school gmgget '"tur<A|r
head," all desire for wisdom and all
other cares of their world are far
removed from them. It ia earnestly
| hoped that those seemingly fatally
smitten will soon recover their nor
j mal faculties and devote their entire
.j time and thought to the better use of
the golden opportunities to acquire
that instruction and training which
~TEey will so much need when they
I shall have left school forever. By so
doing they will reflect honor and
credit upon our splendid school,
rather than invite harsh and unjust
criticism, those of us who are not
guilty also havetoauffer.
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Books Train Minds,
Says Doctor Brownley
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"Suppose a young carpenter in
herits a magnificent box of tools, of
, finest temper and infinite variety,
but every saw, hatchet, plane, and
auger hopelessly dull, just as they
came from the shaper. Suppose, as
he starts on a lifetime job qf carpen
tering, to be paid for according to the
amount and quality of his work, he
reasons thus: 'Sharpening all these
diamond-hard tools is a slow, tire
some job, without a cent of pay. I
want to be drawing wages for carpen
ter work, not wasting precious time
turning grindstones.'
"So with his dull tools he goes to
work^nd all his life, with toil and
sweat and added hours of unsuc
cessful labor, he tries in vain to
keep up with his competitors who,
with sharpened tool, easily outstrip
him.
"If you ventured to tell the plain,
straight truth, wouldn't it sound like
this* You silly, short-sighted young
ster! Can't you see that the tiresome
grind-stone hours are really the best
paid of all; that foolish haste now
makes you slow all the rest of your
.life; that the best way to lighten
your toil, improve your work, in
crease your pay, and add to your
happiness all your life long ia to
sharpen your tools before going to
work, however hard and tedious the
job may be?'
"Li e gives you but one grindstone
period. "Be wise, therefore in time.
To do your life-work, in the world
with a dull, slow, ignorant, untrained
mind because you were too hasty
,.and short-sighted and weak-willed to
train its powers during, the sharpen
ing period is the. worst mistake a
mind-user can make.
"Does a carpenter going out to
work carry with him an armful; of
grindstones? By no means. Their
work ia done.1 Their value is now
found in the sharpness of the tools
and the consequent speed of his work,
; but the grindstones themselves are of
' no further use.
"So with your 'unpractical,' 'use
; less' studies. Suppose you do forget
the words of your books. That need
not trouble you. Their work was
done in the schoolroom. You may
leave them there without regret and
use your trained powers all your life
on your grown-up tasks, rejoicing in
this inspiring truth, that mind, un
like lifeless steel, grows sharper and
sharper the more you use it"
?Dr.M.L. Brownley in "Education.'
A
notice'of sale under mort.
CAGE.
| By virtue of the power end
, authority given by a certain deed of
. trust executed by Napoleon P. Brett
J and wife Lecie Brett to L J. Law
. rence, Trustee, which is recorded in
i the office of Register of Deeds for the
I county of Hertford, in book <6, page
i S4S, the following property will be
> sold at public auction; vis?
The house and lot situate in the
,, town of Murfreesboro, ' county of
Hertford and State of North arolina,
known as the "J. B., Barnacascel
, Home Place," bounded on the north
I by Main Street of said town, on the
|| East by Third Street of said town,
> on the South by the "Sam Pope
? Home Place," and on the West by the
k ! lands of X. A. Boyette.
i: Place of sale: In front of the post
. Office in MarfreesborO, N. C.
I Time of sale: Saturday, April 16th,
> 1922, at twelve o'clock, M
s Terms of sale: Cash.
1 This March 6th. 1922.
? U J. LAWRENCE, Trustee.
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BAPTISTS RAISE
S3WM M
ALL OSNBRAL WORK ATRRN8TH
KNKO BY n MILLION CAM.
RAION. IT IS SHOWN.
WHERE THE MONEY GOES
Sum* That Hava Baan Approprlatad
Ta Varloua Objoeta Sat Forth
By Haadquartara Offlca At
Naahvllla, Taniv
or. i am, ^ swTBssfrL '*
luroM, an Left, V. RevloTf of
All Russian baptist Uhlan,
Prom the beginning or the Baptist
76 Million Campaign to January, 1922.
a total of $30,366,319.41 had been paid
In to objects fostered by the Cam
paign, It la announced by the general
headquarters office at NashTllle. Of
this amount $38,799,971.16 came In
through the payment of regular Cam
palgn subscriptions and the remaining
$1,566,348.36 In spaciaK contributions. I
Regular receipts from the various
states follow: Ala., $1,301.134.76; Ark .
$714,683.09; D. of CL, $133,380.01; Fla.,
$469,753.63; Oa.. $3,000,174.19; 111..
$398,578.13; Ky? $3,187,656.1$; la-.
$807,991.13.; Md., $393,517.46; Mlax.
$1,343,846.50; Mo.. $1,190,754.79; N. M..
$146,229.97} N. C. $2,211,741.50; Oklx.
$840,562 65; 8. C.. $2,633,840.53; Tenn.,
$1,797,183.10; Tex., $6,163,658.85; Va..
$3,379,085. More than 260,000 baptisms
were reported by Southern Baptist
churches last pear.
How Mpney Was Distributed
Seven 'general objects of the denom
ination were embraced in the Cam
paign program, and from the regular
Campaign contributions those objects
have received the following amounts,
according to n compilation by tha head
quarters office: Porelgn missions. $5.
434,012.58; home missions. $3,508,
800.17; state missloas In the seventeen
states and local work In the District
of Columbia. 14,964,811.88; Christian
education. $7,192,441.79; Baptist hoo
pttals. $2,004,099.16; orphanages. $3,
108,787.83; and Belief and Annuity
Board, which ministers to aged de
pendent ministers and their families,
$799,120.99
What Meney Has Dens
These funds represent en advance,
ranging from 200 to 300 per oent. in
the contributions of Southern Baptists
to tholr general missionary, educa
tional and benevolent work, prior to
tho inauguration of tho Campaign, and
have enabled the boards and other
agencies to greatly extend their serv
ices In nil departments. In addition
to se?"Ung out cjbre than 180 new mis
sionaries since the Campaign began,
and providing many church buildings,
mission residences, schools, theolog
ical seminaries, publishing houses,
hospitals and the like on the older
flelde tho Foreign Mission Board han
been enabled to open work in the new
fields of Spain, Jugoslavia. Hungary,
Roumanian ?nd Southern Russia ?
Europe, and Palestine. Syria and 81
berla in Asia, and Dr. Everett OU1. tor
many yean a missionary in Italy, but
mora recently a pastor In Kansas City,
has been named special European rep
resentative to supervise the greatly
expanded work on that continent. Dr.
Oil! in giving much of his time to dis
tributing Baptist relief funds in Rus
sia and otherwise looking after the In
terests of the denomination there.
Home Work enlarged
Among the outstanding acooniplleh
menu of the Home Mission Board are
the aiding of more than 1,660 churches
with loans and gifts for ohurch build
ings, completion of the big tuberculo
sis sanatorium at Bl Paso, enlarge
ment of tho wortt In Cuba and the
Canal Zona, strengthening of tho 37
i mountain mission i choolt and tho de
velopment of all eleven departments
1 of the work of tho Board. In all sov
en toon ststss of the Southern Baptist
Convention the nUts mission work has
bean greatly extended, thy number Of
Baptists hospital! In the South hns
been increased from eleven tb twenty
three, all of tbb older eighteen Baptist
orphanage* have boon sided in mate
? rial ways and two new ones have been
established, while-the number of aged
dependent ministers and their families
has been doubled sad the amount of
aid given them increased 199 per rent.
Collections Are Pushed
While the collet .ions so far repre
sent n big gain.over the contrlbutleoo
of Southern Baptists to their work bo
fore the Campaign, the num collected
is not nil that Is due and in nil the
South an effort is being made to onl
ine! re eturh more as poaalble by ??
i dose i f the Convention ye nr. May t
.that Bene of the work msy suffer.
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IMPROVED
ROADS
1 "*" ?fHIIIHIIIMKIUJI
WAR MATERIAL MAO^ USEFUL
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Ingenious and losnomleal Uass ?(Sur
plus tuppllss Mads In Csnstruo
Won of Highways.
(Pnp&roS kr tk* U?lt?d SUM Otputswl
? of Aprlcultor*.)
Artny ambulances have boon con
1 tp. (til to survey ears fee uao la road
building; water sprioUata changed to
machines for spraying whitewash on
$2lee along state highways; bomb
proof ihelters now house road-making
tools and explosives?such are some
of the peace-time conversions of sur
plus war materials turned over to the
states through the Department of Ag
riculture. by authority of the congress,
iihd now playing a part In extending
and perfecting the national highways.
Reports from many states to the
bureau of public roads. United States
Department of Agriculture, through
which agency tlie surplus material was
distributed, tell of the ingenious and
economical uses of these supplies,
valued at 190,000.000. Among the
chief Items thus distributed are nearly
:<0.000 motor vehicles and nearly $12,
000.000 worth of spare parts. In their
original form, the motortrucks were
generally not suited for road caastruc
tlon purposed on account of the shape
and alxe of their bodies, which were
designed especially for army use, but
the majority ?f the trucks hhve been
St??l Rails being .mac Us* Of for
v Dragging a Road.
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altered My substituting dump bodies
and hoisting devices Tor the cargo and
.inimunitlon bodies with which they are
equipped. '?\
Idaho has converted the steel am
munition bodies into bettom-duiap
bodies; Maine has removed the cargo
bodies from the chassis and changed
(hem into dump bodies by pivoting
them near the rear end, and add
ing a hoisting device; Arizona baa cut
the bottoms of the bodies in half from
front to back and then used the sides
for a new bottom and the two baivea
of the bottom for the new sides. Near
ly all the states In which there is a
snow problem have utilized a portion
of their truck allotment to push anow
plows In winter, and many have con
verted the trucks into serviceable
.sprinklers.
RUSH OF PRELIMINARY WORK
Times Will Be No Delay in Highway
Construction by enactment of
Now Foderal Act.
Highway construction will not bo
delayed by the requirements of the
new federal highway act. The federal
highway system wilt consist of roads,
not exceeding 7 per cent of the total
In any state, designated by the state
and approved by the secretary of ag
riculture. Work is being rushed by
all the blghway departments on the
preparation of maps of the proposed
system, bat naturally such an impor
tant matter will take soiqe little time
and consideration. The government
authorities will insist that important
through routes meet at state lines
which will require conferences be
tween' authorities of different slates.
In order that work will not. be
delayed pending the approval of each
state system the secretary of agri
culture has amended the rales and
regulations for federal aid to permit
the immediate construction of such
roads aa It may reasonably be antici
pated will become part of the system.
State highway officials are being
advised that the anticipated route of
which the road to be built Is a part
should be as long as practicable, pref
erably entirely across the state. A
map most be submitted showing the
route, other poeslble routes and een
uectlng routes. If this Is found sat
isfactory the pfoject will- be approved
for Immediate construction.
The State of Washington submitted
on December 27 the first complete
state system, and others are expected
In a short time.
DOORS "OPEN FOR 100 YEARS"
Gateway Being Erected at Blaina,
Wash., to Commemorate F*a#a
Bstwsin Countri*a.
Where the new Pacific hlghwray
crosses the Canadian border at Blaine
Wash., a gateway Is Mug erected to
commemorate 100 years without for
tification or armies along the 3.000
miles of 'nternnthinftl boundary lit
writ, d ->ve(r tho\ dimrwavn are the
legend*. "i l|ern fW I Oil Year*' ?U?d
"Ma; "I'll cm I bee* Never Be Ctoaad."
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I Attention Please I
I Owing to the Heavy increase in freight I
rates from the Virginia Gties, this firm
I is enabled to offep- special inducements* !
to the retailers, as we purchase our I
goods in Solid Carload Lots from the
I West and Middle West, receiving bene- I
I- fit of low and equitable freight rates.
I Mr. Merchant: I
Stop right noWand figure your freight bills, and you
will at once see that it pays to buy from your near-by
? WHOLESALE GROCER
We carry at all times, a large end complete stock of
Hoary and Fancy Groceries, Linseed Oil, S .
Lewis White Lead, Roofing, Nails, I
Etc., in Carload Lots
We Solicit Your Business.
Barnes-Sawyer Gro- I
eery Co. Inc. J
Ahoskie, - - - N. C. 1
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Swift's Red Steer
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Fertilizers
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Put High Grade Fertilisers Under
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Your Spring 1922 Crops
We Recommend
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For Cotton, Corn and Peanuts
SWIFTS VIRGINIA TOBACCO GROWER
3-8-3
For Bright Leaf Tobacco
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We can make quick deliveries from our new plant
at Norfolk, and serve wagon trade from our
AHOSK1E WAREHOUSE
Resident General Agent ,
S. E. VAUGHN
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I Ahoskie, N. C.
Better Breads
make better hom? ?-*?? A#/?V
With your owa self-raiaing Boor? Z255 0 /
made by mixing Horaford'a with /wjcTrlfo /
your regular floor?your hot brMda, J
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