WOOD DEPARTMENT
WOOD
News of Wood and sur
. roundin gcommunity .
Edited by
Wood Citizens
THANKS*
Aifa I n we wish to thank each of
those who by their contributions
have helped us mnke our depart,
nient what It Is ? and assure you
that we appreciate ever}' thing you
do to help along. We will thank
you to glTe us any news item.
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UNLIKELY WEATHER BROUGHT 97
OUT SUNDAY
23 More Attended Than on Preceding
Sunday ? Offering $7.00, iiibles 42 ?
0?ly 4 Officers Absent.
The weather being somewhat unlike
ly and quite a number or people sick
and regular services near by kept
quite a number of the' Sunday school
members away Sunday. However 97
were present to enjoy the morning,
shake hands, smile and gather infor
mation from the lesson. It is a faith
ful band of workers who make their
best efforts amount to something. We
extend our sympathy to those who
are sick, or who have loved ones who
are on the sick list and are hoping for
an e*arly return to health and Sunday
Bchool ? for we miss them so much
when they fail to come.
It always means much to each of
us when we can get away on the Sab
bath morn to the church and exchange
ideas and views about the Sunday
school lesson, bible and -incidently
(perhaps, better whisper it) happen
ings of the week, the new attire of the
other fellow, the crops, the weather
and what not ? yet, it makes the day
much brighter than if we stayed at
home ? perhaps in bed until the mid
day meal, or sat around the fire and
read the papers ? for there is every as.
sura nee that the church will be well
heated?? It was very comfortable on
last Sunday wasn't it? Yes, it was
and our Sexton guarantees it to be
that way each time ? he nee it will be
just the thing to do on each Sabbath
morn.
With the attendance 23 more than
on the preceding Sabbath the collec%
tion dropped one dollar l $1.00). In
stead of dropping our offering should
have increased ? yet. we thank each
one who contributed and want yon to
continue to put in the good offering
Next Sunday we are hoping for a good
collection as it will be the last Sun
day in this month.
Rebeccas Exhibit Flowers
For several Sabbath's there has been
? we are quite sure several have no
ticed them ? upon the table in the Re
becca class room a vase of beautiful
sweet peas. These flowers are exquis
ite and we understand they were given
by one of its former members. The
Rebeccas ^re always doing things.
Again the different classes sung in
contest. Was it a contest? We could
hardly say v.hich won. the Rebeccas
or the Calvins. We leave it to you
who were present. The Juniors were
again themselves, they always sing
well and we should encourage them.
The star classes will be seen below
and we earne stly ask each member of
all classes to make an extra effort
next Sunday to be present for we want
to begin the new month with a vim.
When thinking about Sunday re
member:
1. Sunday school begins at 9:45
A. M.
2. Preaching at 11 A. M.
3. We begin on time.
4. We want you present. ?
5. Sunday is the last Sunday in
this month.
6. The church will be comfortable.
7. We are exceedingly anxious to
have the largest attendance this
month. a
It gives ur great pleasure to learn
that the Rebeccas have sent several
boxes to the sick in the community.
These ladies are always in the fore
front. Other classes are doing the
same and we thank them.
General Report:
General Officers? enrolled 18 absent
5, present 13, r-n time 10. bible??. No.
contributing 11. offering $2 20. prepar
ed lewions 8. attending preaching 13.
Adult Dept.? enrolled 88 absent 67,
present 21, on time 21, bibles 10, No.
contributing 11. offering $3 67. prepar
ed lessons 9, atteendlng preaching 21.
Young People's Dept.? enrolled 4l|
absent 23. present 1?, on time 18, bi
bles 11, No. contributing 9, offering 93c
lessons 7. attending preach.
^Intermediate Dept. ? enrolled 40, ab
sent 22, present 18, ori time' 18. bibles
P No. contributing 11. offering 27c,
prepared lessons 8. attending preach
In* 18.
; .Junior Dept.? enrolled 40. absent 17,
present 28, on time 22. bibles 6, No.
contributing 20, offering 40c prepar
e4 lessons 14, attending preaching 22
r j Beginner's Dept.? enrolled 15. ab
,f*? 18. present 6, on time 5, No. con
tributing S, offering 8c.
r*Tot*l?? enrolled 242 present ??
on time 96, bibles 42, No. contributing
"? Offering $7.60, prepared lessons 46,
?"*? Mn* pi-each Ing 95.
1, grand total present 91,
tyt?|. present last Sunday 74
A ill flmfn school 242, enrolled
lom? ftspt M enrolled in t>adle
t"" -2'1 *njr?"Bd 302
report by classes,
Sunday. Feb. 17th. 1924 :
Calvin class ? Miss Pearls Gupton
teacher absent, class taught by W. J.
Galloway. scholars present 14. absent
42, collection $3.29. bibles 6.
Hebecea class ? Mrs. Alex Wester
teacher present, scholars present 7,
absent 25, collection 3i>, bibles 4.
Harper class ? Miss Frye, teacher
present, scholars present 3. absent 12,
bibles 5.
Raymond class ? R. O. Thompson
teacher present, scholars present 13.
absent 11, collection 31c.
Dorcas class ? Mrs. Marion Parker
teacher absent, scholars present 8,
absent 11, visitors 1. collection 14c,
bibles 4.
Willing Workers ? Mrs. W. D. Ful
ler teacher absent, scholars present
10. absent 11, collection 13c. bibles 5.
Faithfuls ? Mrs. M. H. Gupton teach
er absent scholars presen; 12. absent
6. collection 18c. bibles 6.
] Bright Jewels ? Mrs. Morris Griffin
teacher present, scholars present 5.
absent S. collection 4c.
Rosebuds ? Mrs. \V. P. Leonard teach
er present, scholars present 6. absent
3. collection 18c.
I Sunshine class ? Miss Annie Gupton
teacherpreseut. scholars present 5, ab
sent 10. collection 3c.
Star Classes:
Attendance ? Faithfuls. Rosebuds.
Collection ? Calvins. Harpers.
Bibles ? Harpers, Raymonds.
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REGl'LAR SERVICES SUNDAY
MORNING AND EVENING
| At eleven o clock Sunday morning
and seven Sunday evening the pastor.
I Rev. H. T. Wright will fill the pulpit
!at the Wood Baptist church. The
! congregation and community will be
1 glad to welcome Mr. Wright back
I since it has been so that his absence
was necessary. In his" bereavement
the commuuity as a whole extends him
sympathy.
I It is the desire of the church that a
'good audience will greet him at both
[services.
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I MUSICAL -COMEDY
GRA.NP SUCCESS
Nearly $90 Realized For Benefit of
I School.
| The musical comedy given last Fri- 1
day night by the Dramatic Club was
'quite a success. The audience was
kept in an uproar of laughter nearlj
through the entire program.
The characters know well how to
please their audience and entertain
them in the way of the comedian.
I Between The acts a voting contest
to deiermi^a the most popular girl
was carried on. In this the three
candidates were Misses Pearle Gup
ton. Aleen Woodburn and Clayton Bur- |
nette Miss Woodburn was the w'n
nrr of the box of candy with twenty.
se*?n hundred votes while Miss
Pearle Gupton was a close second. i
\ Candy and peanuts were sold and
?he sum realized on the whole includ
ing door receipts was nearly $90.00
which will be used for the benefit of
the schoc!. 1
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NEVA CIRCLE HAS
ENJOYABLE MEETING (
Neva Circle met with Mrs. S. 1.
wijnton Feb. 14. 1924, with the fol
lowing program:
Subject ? Cuba and the Canal Zoie.
Song ? No. 50. -
Prayer ? by Ida Coley.
! Bible study, Phii. 1:1 ? by Mrs. B. M.
Gupton. j
| Personal service.
Provtr. For oa " Country in its For-;
eign Relationships. Cuba discovered ?
('.egr.nled ? by Penola Burnette.
Th<f final struggle ? by Ida Coley.
A bunch of Dates ? by Beulah Coley.
Cuba the beautiful ? by Mrs. R. P.
Jones. |
The Government of Cuba ? by Mrs
J. M. Griffin.
Industries of Cuba ? by Lelia Mae
Coley.
Nev Cuba problem ? by Mrs. Char
He Radford.
Our Investment in Cuba ? by Bertha
Burnette.
Canal Zone ? by Mrs. Charlie Den
ton.
Southern Baptist in the Canal Zone
? by Mrs. A. A. Gupton.
Song ? No. 26.
Cloning prayer ? by Mrs. Charlie
Denton.
Neva Circle meet next with Mrs.
Charlie Denton. March ISth. 1924.
Report Of Neva Circle: g present.
10 absent, no visitors. 12 visit, to the
sick, contribution 80 cent?.
Mrs. Charlie Denton, Ch ain
Mts* Fanni** Coley,-Sec'y.
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PERFECT ATTENDANCE DECKTtS
ES. WHAT IS THE TROCBLK f
1st Grade ? Kussell Leonard, John
Jr Lanier. Russell Raynor. Lorlne
Gupton. Pattle Jane King. Evelyn
Sturges.
2nd Crude ? Roland Gray Gupton.
Robert Griffin, Sidney Perry Hamlett
Rufus Denton. Cleo Tucker, Martha
Lynn Denton. Evelyn Johnson, Betty
Ruth Leonard. Ruby Leonard, Anna
Mae Sturges. Fed Coley.
3rd Grade ? Clolce Bumette. Mar
shall Gupton. Ned Gupton. Lela Mae
Lewis, Edna Lanier.
4th Grade? Eugene Denton. Ezra
Denton. Edgar Fuller Ollie Gupton
Hubert Hamlett. Cattle Thompson,
Maurice Wester. Wilmer Gupton, Dell
Gupton, Doris Wester. Edna Wicker.
5th Grade ? Leona Raynor Thomas
Denton. Garnold Leonard, Mary Stur
ges. ~>g|
6th Grade ? Jettte Gupton. Reed
Johnson.
7th Grade-^Kenneth Ayscue, Ola
Pearce. Dell Pearce. Elizabeth Pillar,
Haute Belle Gupton.
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GOLD-SAND HIGH SCHOOL
HONOR ROLL
Sth Grade ? Alberta Ayco?k_ Maur.
ice Bledsoe. Julia Brewer, George Ful
ler. David Fuller, Mabel Foster, Klr
bv Gupton. Floyd Griffin. Etta Harris
Clement Harper. Maude Harris. Nell
Joyner. Linwood Murphy. Charlie May.
Nora Rowe. Jewell Cottrell, Ennis
Gupton.
9th Grade ? Sue Bledsoe, Austin Ful
ler. Fannie Gupton. Ada Harris. Ma
rie Joyner. Gorman Leonard. Lila Leon
ard. Carrie Overton.
10th Grade ? Lola Leonard Maurice
Nelms.
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LOCAL NEWS
J. W. Ro3e, of Henderson, was here
on business Wednesday.
Misses Pearle and Ruth Gupton and
Messrs. Spruill Upchurch and Gus
Wester went to Rocky Mount Satur
day.
Miss Fogleman was ccalled to her
l11,Greensboro for the wneek.end
d.? the illness of her sister.
Mrs. George Hedgepeth and sons,
Osborne and Elmot, of Whitakers. vis
ited her parents. Mr. ami Mrs N C
Gupton several days last week.
Misses Woodburn and Frye and Mrs.
urday^m'lh Wen* t0 ^oc^t>r Mount Sat
Mrs. J. s. Shearin visited her father
at Castalia. Wednesday.
Mr. J. L. Culpepper, of Rockv Mount
was a visitor here Thursday.
Mrs. G. M. Raynor and son, G M Jr
went to Castalla Friday.
Mr. Williamson, of Loulsburg. was
a business visitor here Mon4ay
Messrs. Matthew and Percy Gupton
visited Louisburg Tuesday,
It is indeed with great pleasure thnt
JL, ?arn that ,h?se who have been
1," are on the road t0 recov
ery. We hope they will soon be able
to resume their duties.
Mr. W. D. Fuller has made quite an
improvement in the looks of the coun
try along the road to Collin's Mill We
understand that the work has Tat be!
fnrieeri h encouraging. It would
indeed be great to have all the land
several T?^ Un<ler cult,TOtlon and
wl En ? fftm"'es living, on It.
tTonr lme W?"ld bC a *reat ^on
If T and eommunlfjTif more
of the land on the road toward Inez
villi? e J T pIace' were ""dercultl
?n and families living' on it our
C?Hnn,7Ul<! be Krea,ly b-nefl.ed
iy.Xi Hollis,er Lumber Companv is
making great strides In removing the
timber on the Mine place What
Toee nr'P ?Ur f? See fo,Iow ?>?
logging crew Is the plow. We firmlv
community. The school children had
room ?>ment fr?m ,h" ho*"s in each
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"LET YOl'R LIGHT SHINE"
(By Mark)
talnDs ofevbraU,t,l,Ul b'Ue rl"*e m?un
State i Part ?f ,hp ?ld North
State made famous by Mrs. Tlermans
book "The Land of the Sky" there nes
tles a city, one time described as a
"city built on a hill, surrounded by
. mountains." In this city Is a small,
I private hospital. It wus before the
time of this story, an old boarding
house of red brick, with a lovely lawn,
shaded by big oak trees and some ma
ples. There was three floors, the first
floor mostly taken up by office, recep
tion room, extra room, kitchen and '
dining room. Only eight beds on the
first floor. Then there were two
floors above.
\ In the Bummer of 1908, Nurse Brown
[ was the Bingle solitary night nurse for
all three floors and there were no res
ident doctors. Interna or orderlleB.
Only the Supt. of Nurses slept on the1
.third floor. With that one exception
I Nurse Brown and the patients had the ,
hospital all to themselves. Did she
.get lonely? Not that she can now re-l
call.
. Every night when she was dressing]
she was wondering if there would be
any new cases. What would be the 1
I nature of /he new cases. New people]
I to know. Perhaps new types to study,
'o( both the person and the disease.
I Life to Nurse Brown has always been
j crammed full of interest.
One night she came on duty and she
found a new patient had been admit
ted and operated on for a ruptured ap
pendix. He was from a town some 1
distance away. He was such a frail |
' little fellow, about thirteen year^oldj
I and so far from home, and*trfone ana]
| so sick. Now Nurse Brown was a,
I mother, and her thoughts were never |
j very far from her own little ones, so
! far away. ? She tried to do for him
; what she would have bad done for her ]
jown boy. |
The boy was very sick for some
I time. One morning as she was mak
ing her rounds before going off duty
I the boy had paper and pencil ready
land asked for a permanent address,!
iShe gave it, and when she came on
ithat night the boy had gone home. He
left a very tender little note of thanks
for her kindness to him.
J Now let us change the scene to" an
other city, and another hospital. It
was a very hot morning and Nurse
| Brown was very tired. It seemed that
I everything was wrong. There was
?not nurses enough for the full hospi- '
tal and one of the maids was sick. It i
.seemed that some of the Doctors were]
[unmercifully exacting, and she felt ;
| very keenly the responsibility. About
10 a. m. the postman came with the,
mail and among the letters was one
Jin a strange handwriting. She broke]
the seal; and" when she saw who it
was from she read it at once. It_ was
from the little fellow that had appeal,
ed so to her mother heart in the hos
pital in thef -Jrtountains. He was in
J college and he wrote that there had
I been a great revival of religion in the
| little college town, and that he was j
one of the happy souls that had found
[Christ so precious. "And my dear j
Mother Brown. I am writing you by j
? the same mail that I'm wrriting my
own precious mother, for it is the re^ I
suit of your influence on my life while
,1 was in the hospital, that finally led
me to Christ. No, I know you never
?poke a word of religion to me, but
you lived it, and you have always been
my Ideal of what an upright Christian
lady should be."
This precious letter came at a time
to do so much good. It gave strength
to the drooping and lagging spirits of
the tired Nurse and Immediately she
was able to Impart some of It to oth
ers. and things moved smoothly.
! When she went to her room that
night, she again took the letter and
read it over. Then she let her mind
drift back to her childhood days, and
; she could ag$ln hear her good old fa
ther's voice as he prayed every even
jlng at the family altar for his child.
|ren. "Oh Lord, may they let their
lights so shine that those around them
may know that they live with Christ."
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TRUSTEE'S SALE OF LOUISBURG
WAREHOUSE LOTS
By Yirtue of that deed of trust made
by W. H. and J. M. Allen to Wm. H.
Ruffln, Trustee, dated Nov. 1, 1920,
land recorded In Book 241, page 116-16,
default having been maue In tho rajtr
ment of the debt thereby secured, and
! demand having been made on the Baid
| Trustee for foreclosure, by the holder
of the debt thereby secured, the un
, dersigned will on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1924,
'at the noon recess of Court at the court
| hojise door in Louisburg. North Caro
jjjna, offer for sale at public auction
[to the highest bidder for cash that
warehouse lot and easements known
I as the Farmers Co-operative Com
pany's Warehouse situate in the town
of Louisburg, North Carolina, and
|more particularly defined as follows:
| First. That certain lot or parc?l of
land situate on the east side of Lfi in
street in the town of Louisburg, boun
ded and defined as follows: Begin
ning at the corner of the J. F. Jcjes
[lot (now Farmers Co-operative Com
pany's lot) and the C. B. Cheatham
Jot, formerly the BoatwTight Prize
House lot (now Allen Machine Com
j pany's lot) on Main street an iron
I stake; thence along the C. B. Cheat
ham line (now Allen Machine Com
pan'ys line) S 5S E 234 feet more or
; less to the corner of the Tar River
Manufacturing Company's lot, formar
iy the Cooper lot (now- John S. How
ell's lot) in the line of the S. A. L. Rail
| way Company; thence along the line
I of the S. A. L. Railway N 26 3-4 W 279
feet more or less, to the corner of said
railway on Main street; thence along
Main street S 33 1-4 W 144 feet more
or less to the point of beginning, it
.'.baing the lot upon which is now sit
uate an old dwelling house and a part
of a brick Warehouse building.
And also together with the afore
described lot an descendible, trans
ferable and assignable easement in
and to and upon that strip of lanu on
the Southwest side or margin of the
| Depot site of the S. A. L. Railway, I
'more particularly described as fol- 1
lows: Beginning at the Northwest'
j corner of the foundation wall on Main,
street of the Warehouse now situate i
I on said land, and running thence along I
Main street 23 feet to the line of the j
S. A. L. Railway; thence along the]
Hue of the said S. A. L. Railway N 16
3-4 E the full length of a Warehouse
formerly on Bald lot 171 feet more or
less; thence a line parallel to Main
street and the first named UQe 23 feet
to the northeast corner of the founda
tion wall of the said warehouse;
thence a lino parallel to the S. A. L.
Railway line along the foundation wall
of said warehouse 171 feet more or
less, to the point of beginning, upon
which was formerly located s mewhat
more than one-half In width of the
Jones Tobacco Warehouse building
and upon which Is now a portion of
said brick warehouse building, said
easement being, however, limited to
warehouse purposes only by the decis
ion of the Supreme Court In the caoe
of Rultln vs. Railroad 151 North Car
olina Report, 330, which settled the
title to the above described lot and
right of occupancy under said ease
meat. The said lot and easement be
ing the same conveyed by Farmers
Co-operative Company to W. H. Allen
and J. M. Allen.
This Jan. 18. 1924.
l-18-5t WM. H. RUFFIN, Trustee.
The above sale was continued by
consent of all parties concerned to
Monday, February 25th, 1924, at noon
recess of Court. This Feb. 18, 1924.
1-22-lt WM. H. RUFFIN, Trustee.
It was leap year, but I did not want
to embarrass my best girl to make
her propose to me, so I aBked her to
be my wife, and she said, "I would
rather be excused," and I, like an
Idiot, excused her. But I got even
with the girl. I married her mother
Then my father married the girl. Now
I don't know who I am.
When I married the girl's mother the
girl became my daughter, and when
my father married my daughter, he Is
my son. When my father married my
daughter she was my mother. If my
father Is my son and my daughter is
my mother, who in the thunder am I?
Answer: My mother's mother (which
is my wife) must be my grandmother,
and being my grandmother's husband.
I am my own grandfather. ? National
Monthly.
It's In our midst right now ? the
"MICROBE OF LOVE," that danger
ous bug against which the people, of
Louisburg have been warned, and will
make its appearance stinging all who
are present at the Graded School Au
ditorium on Tuesday ntglit, February
26th. at 8 o'clock. Boys. If you want
to fall In love, come and be inoculated.
Girls, If you want to catch a sweet
heart. come and learn how. LOTS OF
PEP, LIVELY STEPS, REAL LIVE
CHORUS GIRLS.
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CARD OF THANKS.
We are very grateful to our many
friends and neighbors for their beau
tiful acts of kindness and sweet ex
pressions of sympathy during the re
cent illness of our little son, Winston.
They will be long and tenderly re
membered by us all.
Mr. and "Mrs. -HT^. Rogers & Family.
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"The Candy of the South"
Any size box. Any time you
want it. Why not take one to
your girl tonight ?
TOURS FOB SERVICE,
SERVICE DRUG CO.
Wood, N. C.
W. D. FULLER C B. KEARNEY
WE HAVE
_? On _=_
Hand Guano and Cotton Seed
Meal for Plant Beds
WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL FORMULA
MADE WITH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF
PHOSPHORIC ACID AND AMMONIA.
As a special for cotton to beat the boll weevil.
And will have our usual standard brand o! guano.
Let u? know your wants. We want to do busi
ness with you.
W. D. Fuller & to.
PHONE 1605 WOOD, N. 0.