MURFREESBORO NEWS
WmUji Quotation
TELL HIM SO
If you have a word of cheer
That may tight the pathway drear
Of a brother pilgrim hare
Let him know.
?James A. Edgerton.
Water aeeras to be about the only
thing that's coming down in this sec
tion. We've had more than a plenty.
Owing to weather conditions many
were disappointed at not being able
to attend "The Merchant of Venice"
given Monday night at Chowan Col
lege.
On account of traveling conditions
Rev. L. C. Larkin was unable to meet
his out-of-town appointments San
day. Morning and evening preach
ing services were held at the local
M. E. church. At the morning ser
vice Mr. Downs, traveling salesman
of Baltimore gave aa appropriate
solo.
W. M. U. Meet
The Wo mans Missionary Union of
the Baptist church held ita monthly
meeting Monday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. G. T. Underwood.
Among the delegates appointed to at
tend the annual Union which con
venes in April at Durham are: Mrs.
P. S. Venn, Mrs. E. B. Vaughan, Mrs.
G. T. Underwood and Mrs. W. Hill.
Work Near Completiea
The interior work of the Metho
dist church which is about com
pleted is finished up in s neat and at
tractive manner. The remodeling of
the steeple is not yet finished.
Revival Services
The first of a aeries of revival ser
vices started Monday evening at the
Methodist church. The revival is be
ing conducted by the pastor, Mr. Lar
kin and will continue a week and
probably longer.
Epworth League Musts
The Epworth League met Friday
evening with Julia Short, at the resi
dence of her parents. After the
program was given with Brandel
Boyette, president, the League cele
brated St. Patrick's day at a most
enjoyable social. The parlor was
attractive in the decoratiefna of
spring blossoms, green plants, white
and golden jonquils. A duet, "Lit
tle Things" was sung by Miss Sue
Lawrence and John Lawrence. In
a donkey contest the prize was sward
ed to Francos Evans. Following the
evenings's features conducted by
Mm. Larkin, dainty refreshments
were servd by Mrs. Short.
PERSONAL MENTION
Misses Mollie Davis and Nona
Whitley accompanied Miss Georgia
Bryant to Como where, as her
guests, they spent the past weekend.
Miss Lillian Beale of Wlnton is
spending ten days with her annt, Mrs.
Sallie Gardner.
Miae Margaret Reaves of Norfolk
was a guest for a few days last week
of Miss Mary Babb.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart
have arrived from Spring Hope, N.
C., and will be in Murfreesboro for
some time. Mr. Stewart came to as
sist in the State highway work.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. -Hlnes and three
children spent a few days recently in
Goldsboro as guests of relatives.
Mrs. Peele of Bethlehem has been
keeping house for her daughter, Mrs.
W. E. Deans during the letter's ab
sence of two weeks.
Little Robert Scarboro Brett, S 1-2
month's old, who died Friday at the
home of his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Napoleon Brett, was buried
Sunday at the V. J. Liverman place,
near Ashley's Grove.
Mr. Lord, engineer on the steamer
Edenton, has left to take treatment
in a hospital in Baltimore. Engineer
Tarldngton is engineering in his
place.
Mrs. W. E. Deans and little son,
Eddie, the latter just recovered from
three minor operations undergone in
Rocky Mount, left that city last Fri
day en route to Murfreesboro. But
at the time of this writing they have
not arrived, and are anchored in
Ahoskie awaiting road improvement.
Tuesday evenings-March 16th, lit
tle Evelyn Whitley celebrated her
seventh birthday at the home of her|
AHOSESON CREST
(Continued from page
advertised for Mile on April 7th.
The Baker residence on Church
street is one of the largest in Ahoekie,
and sevral prospective buyers are al
ready figuring with Pembroke Baker,
administrator of the estate.
In this sale will go the postofflee
building, the huh around which the
town's business section radiates. Lo
cated convenient to the railroad, and
ceatraUjr situated as between the East
snd West ends of the business street,
it is easily one of the most desirable
pieces of properties in Ahoskie. Rival
ailing this property in point of de
sirability as business property are the
lots at the- corner of Main and Mit
chell streets, in front of the Man
hattan hotel.
Several persons in Ahoskie are
eager to secure title to these lots, and
there is strong indications of its pur
chase by individaals or by parties who
will immediately begin to erect build
ing up on it.
Other real estate which will bring a.
comparatively high figure is the prop
erty tying next to the Atlantic Coast
Line right-of-way, north of the depot
here. There are several choice ware
house sites in that property, and at
least one or two concerns are looking
' forward to purchase of sites for new
warehouses.
Building and Loan WiH Help
Although several residences are
under construction, with others in
immediate prospect, activity in this
line is not what it should be to keep
up with the increasing demands. At
either end of town, some choice resi
dential property is waiting to be de
veloped. Equally as many families
are clamoring for homes.
When the new Hertford County
Building A Loan Association is fully
organised, and gets to work, renewed
activity will be the result in home 1
building. Subscribers to the first
series of association stock is going to
be about the most popular pastime in
Ahoskie within a few weeks. And,
within another few weeks after that
time, the song of the hammer and saw
will ring around Ahoskie.
All in all, 19X8 stands to witness
one of the biggest and most perma
nent building booms Ahoekie has had
for many years.
WINTON NEWS
Mimes Pearl and Gladys Jenkins, I,
Messrs. T. M. Condon and Thsd A.
Euro spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. T. A. Euro near Gatesville.
Miss Anna Lee Carter from E. C.
T. C., Greenville, spent from Sunday :
until Wednesday with her mother,
Mrs. M. B. Carter.
Messrs. T. M. Condon, T. V. Jen- i
kins and Garland Hale motored to i
Ahoskie Friday afternoon.
Miss Minta Banks from St Marys ,
school, Raleigh, came home Friday
to spend the spring holidays with her t
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Banks. j
Miss Lilian Shaw went to Norfolk ]
Saturday to visit her father, Mr. W. ,
P. Shaw, Jr., who is in St Vincents ,
hospital j
Mrs. E. L. Banks and daughter, ?
Miss Minta Banks and Miss Buth ,
Edwards spent Saturday in Norfolk, ]
shopping. ]
Mis. W. B. Pollard spent Friday ;
and Saturday in Norfolk with her
sister, Miss Thelma Brown who is at (
St Vincent's hospital.
Miss Wanda Harkrader and Rev.
J. Fred Stimson attended prayer
meeting in Union last Thursday
evening.
Mrs. M. R. Herring spent from
Monday until Wednesday in Norfolk.
Mrs. J. T. Deans and Mrs. Jennie
Deans from Norfolk were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Piland.
Came the Spring with all it# splen
dor,
AH Ha bird# and aH its blossoms,
An it* flower*, and leave*, and
gr?in?Longfellow.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Whitley.
Cake and jelly were served. Among
, Evelyn's gifts was a gold writing
pen which she highly prises.
TRAINING SCHOOL OFFERS
(Continued from page 1)
hills and valleys earns ths mothers of
country homes. Moot of them carts
on foot, walking two and three miles
to the school so aaodoos and^pager
wars they to learn how to raise
poultry on the farm, the total en
rollment was sixteen with a daily av
erage of ten. On Friday last, a state
representative was present at the
meeting. He expressed himself as be
ing highly delighted with the work he
saw. The school was rated by him as
one of the best county training
schools in the state from an agricul
tural point of view. Is this the end
of our community work? No. One
of the ladles from the Newsome
Grove community met the agricul
tural teacher in the road not long
ago and said to him, "Professor, you
aire not treating us right, we women
at Newsome Grove want to learn how
to raise chickens too." On Monday
this week, the agricultural teacher
went ont to see. To bis surprise, six
teen women greeted him as be enter
ed the door of the Newsome Grove
school. Some of them had walked
several miles to be present The
teacher asked God's Messing en them
and organised the group hi to Section
B of the Peoples' Garden and Poultry
dub. The course eras begun under
the most favorable prospects for a
successful week's work.
We are not yet to the end of the
community work. There is a course
in Soils and Crops given for the bene
fit of the young men and boys be
tween the ages of fourteen and twen
ty-five. As a result, several young
men receive instruction in agricul
ture twice a week in the rural schools.
Be it understood, that this community
school does not stop with just the
courses as such. It goes'further and
includes the home project. Each
student of the school is under direct
supervision of the agricultural teach
er who sees to it that the work is
carried out as taught and accurate
record kept of the same. In my next
article, I win give the total number
of people reached by the training
school, number of pure bred eggs or
dered, etc. In spite of the great bur
den upon his shoulder, the agricultur
al teacher looks with a wishful and a
hopeful heart toward the rural com
munities of St. Johns, Union, Win
ton, Murfreesboro and HarrellsvUle
but he has no means of travel except
by foot Thus he can not reach them.
Ike county, though under written
agreement to the stmt? authorities to
do so, can not afford way* and means
of travel for this kind of work. In
fact, it took the county board of last
year, several weeks to decide whether
to allow agriculture to be continued
in the training school or not Pity
the blind!
Last but not least, is the much
needed building at the training school.
We are hammering away on our new
twelve room brick school house.
Brick punch cards were printed at the
Herald office and the same have beeh
distributed among the people of the
community. As a result of the punch
ing of these cards, we hope to be able
to put several car loads of brick on,
the school campus by* April. We
know the state is behind us and we
hope and trust that county will do
its very best in helping us. With all
working together, we can very easily
erect the desired building. Where
there is union there is strength.
JAS. R. WALKER.
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION
Op the 1st day of March, 1923,
th? Arm of Sessoms A Forbes, Ahos
kie, N. C., was dissolved by mutual
consent of the two partners. J. C.
Sessoms has acquired all interest
and title to the business formerly
conducted as Sessoms A Forbes, and
all accounts due the old firm are
payable to him. The business will
heriafter be conducted under the
name of Sessoms Bros.
This 1st day of Mrch, 1928.
J. O. SESSOMS,
8-l#-4t ? W. T. FORBES.
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BETHLEHjM NEWS
fry. U S. Datley filled Us regular
appointment km Sunday.
Several at our yeung people motor
i ed over to Harrellsville last Friday
> night to attend a play "The Prairie
' Rose" given by the Powellsville tal
ent.
Mian Nolie Stephenson visited her
sister Mrs. D. L. Mintoa near Brant
leys Grove Sunday.
Miss Maggie HobOman of Christian
Harbor spent the week-end with Mrs.
C. W. Peele.
Mrs. S. J. Hill and children spent
Saturday and Sunday and Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. a C.
Godwin.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Slaughter of
Ahoekie visited their mother, Mrs.
Mollis Slaughter Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Louis Jernigan returned home
Tueadey after spending a few days
with his sistr, Mrs. L. R. Modlin of
Kelford.
Miss Ethel Powell of near Powells
ville was the guest of Miss Rosa Lee
Slaughter Sunday afternoon.
Messrs. R. L. Simons and G. A.
Simons attended the funeral of Mr.
A. C. Vann near Union on Thursday
of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Simons and
Miss Ercell Simons were visitors in
the home of Mr. George Belch near
Powellaville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Peele and
Broadus A dicing attended the rendi
tion of the play at Christian Harbor
Friday night.
Mr. and Mts. Troy Dilday spent
Sunday afternoon with Mm Dilday's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Hollo
man.
Mr. C. F. Peele spent Sunday night
with his daughter, Mm J. T. Barnes
of Ahoekie.
Mr. Roy HollomarTWent to Norfolk
last Tuesday on bhsfnesa.
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