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Vol. 8. No. 46. EDEN TON, NOBTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917. eSobscriptioD: >1.00 » Year
Sensational Charges Against
Superintendent J. 0. Alderman
School Board Investigates
Entire Proceedings Given Below
One of the most interesting
meetings held in Edenton in years
was that held at the court bouse
Monday afternoon from 3 to 0
o'clock. 1 he house was filled
with men anc* women, many of
whom sat throughout the entire
proceeding.
Beer aince war was declared,
many charges of disloyalty or
pro-Germanism have been chsrg
cd to our County Superintendent
Key. |. O Alderman. It was a
well known fact that before war
was declared he was openly and
decidedly pro-German and having
these charges of continuing a
rather pro-German influence, the
school board was called together
to have these charges investigat
ed The school boaid had a ste
nographer to take down the en
tire proceeding and in order that
w* may be entirely fair in report
ing it, this paper haa gone to
considerable expense to publish
the entire proceeding as taken by
the stenographer As it was so
lata when the investigation was
nonoladwj. the school board cd ■
>—fwfcerikfraut uluvg coy action
u itil a future meeting.
The moot?** *aa cnlryd „ to e*
<e» * VMMcf b} tlar chairman
of the board!, Mr. W/ t. Berry
man, and the following took place:
(continued on page 8)
GHRI8TMAS BOX
FOR OMR 80LDIEB8
OUR SOLDIERS of CHOW.
AN, out mm and kindred arc in
camp training to be went with the
GREAT AMERICAN ARMY
TO PRANCE, there to do bat
tle with the hungry and ravenous
WAR DOGS OF THE GER
MAN EMPIRE, the devourers
and ileepoilen of the DEMOC
RACY OP THE WORLD!! I
We have the privilege of send
ing to dhch man a CHRISTMAS
PACKAGE filled with good
things and fuller etUl of LOVE
from some one at ■ HOME,
SWEET HOME, where hh
thoughts and heart will turn for
glad tidings and great joy.
THE BELL BATTERY
CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OP
CONPRDESACY, with the c<4
operation of the publie will All
them boxes and dispatch them in
time to be received by^jOUR
SOLDIERS ON CHRISTMAS
morning.
The DAUGHTERS CON
FEDERACY will offer to the
pobUo a CABARET no the tin
log of N or amber Mrd at Ball's
Open Room, Idnton, end w
Bcft the patronage of the citisena
of the town and county.
It la their aim to make thle ea
t art single at oharmlag and beau*
tifkl, and they will appreciate any
Mk>ine« tendered them by thdae
who an interfered In the plan
uf of the MEN who are offering
their Uvea in the defence of oar
HOMES AND HONOR, that
wa may live to aee the day of
TRACE. v
ON CHElrfrMAB was bora
the GREAT PRXMOB OF
I
PHAOEI
Mr». Patrick Matthew. Pres.
Mr*. James Woodard. V-P.
Mrs. lullen Wood,
Mrs. Eugene Marrlner,
Committee on A.rrsngetneot.
RED BR08S NOTES
/ National Notes
The American Bed Croaa War
Council haa appropriated one and
a quarter milliwu dollar* for etaer-*
gcncy relief work In Boumania.
One million of thi* will be «»fd
for the purchase of food-etuffs.
Anothsr large item in the ap
propriation will supply forty
thousand pairs ol shoes.
Medical supplies will be sent in
Urge quantities.
Auxiliary Formed
At
Another Auxiliary was formed
at Macedonia school hocsa last
Thursday aAera see. Tiara a
turn, ware mnVadamd tea aAemg
eMfctad were Mm. bam Morfh.
chairman ; Miss Miliar, secretary;
Miaa Lina Foxwell, treasurer.
A rally ha* been planned for next
Friday night and we hope every
one who can will attend and help
to make the rally a great success.
Auxiliary Among The Color
M rMpU.
The colored vootti of Rd«tn
ton are becoming interested in
the Red Croes work. Friday hi*
ternoon Mrs. J. N. Prudes met
with several of them and afte^
fully explaining the Red Cross
work an Auxiliary waa formed! It
was named “The Edenton Auxil
iary*'’ Fannie Bariham was hp
pointed chairman. Ella McDonald
treasurer, aad M. C. Garrett sec
retary. Mrs. Prod an invited the
members to visit the meetings ef
our surgical dressing department
(or instruction in the of
supplies. Ws hope ell the color
ed people wUi feet the importance
of this movement sad do all they
can for its advancement.
The Surgical Drtmiaj Dwf't.
The surgical dressing deport
meet meets tlfcce e smeh—Tues
day store log and Thursday after
noon The chairman, Mias Mar
garet Pradea, earnestly requests
that ill wifi giva their help In this
work. A box of articles has been
tent t* the Hrislon Supply Do
pot In Atleafea, the contents of
whiehw&a:
960 Sanaa OoaprwMi 9x9
100 ;• *.;'•< •• 4x4
48 Abaovfxxt Fada 9x19
80 Folded Gauae Strips
90 Sanaa tolls
900 Saute Spools
48 " Laparotomy P»<*»
91 Oakntx Paris
166 Sanaa Spoofna 6x9
19 ” Drain, 9 loch
1* “ ’ - k >--*>
Kid Croon Killy At
Bacadmli School Homo
Thaw nOl hi • Bad Crow n*>
6
1 y at Macedonia School Boom on
Friday nlfkt Nor. tftrd under til*
auspice* of tbs Macedonia A#4
iliary A. R. C Speech by Hey.
W. A_ Oadc. Patriotic soifa
Refreshments.
THE WOMAN’S CLUB
The members of the Woman's
Club are coocerned over the fate
of the Rest Room. The amount
contributed by the business men
has never been sufficient to pay
for the upkeep of the room, and
It takes all the available (wads of
the Woman's Club to facet the
•xpauses. There is an impraaslria
that the Best Boom la not oaad
by the people of the Oeeoty.
Tkia is a mistake. Many of the1
visitors express great appreciation
lor the comforts awarded them,
especially the mothers who bring
their children. The room Is else
aaed for Bed Cross work and as a
place of meeting for the Board
of Trade. As it serves so many
worthy purpose* h is surprising
that h has as* met with a a* am
geaeroas mppott A.*—*la»
*T rM Board of
—rthe wwgi Cnmtr
make a saw canvas of the bad-'
•em dace nf the town and the re
mit has been far from satisfactory.
Tbf foUowiog list subscribed: Al»
be merle Grocery Co. «*»*nnei
Bros, Beak of Bides to a. Jefcn C.
Bond Co., M. P. Bond, Byroad
Brea. Hdw. Oo., C- M. Byrua A
Bro , Dr. H.ILElkmi.Bnaah^
Mfg. Co., Oitlun Beak, Bveratt*
Woodard Co, Edeatoo led Co.,
J. H. Bolmea Oo., 7. A. Wood*
ard-Holme* Oo., N. J. HoUdweb
B Son, J. Habit, C E. Kramer,
Griffin 4 Ralph, W. A. Leggett,
D. B. Liles, H. R Leery, Dr. J.
7. H McMullen, j. H. McMnllao,
Jr., U. Madrln, J. S. Northcott.
E. & Neraaa, A Ncjam, WUlle
Owens, Preden 4 Prndcn, C. S.
Venn, W 8. White, B. I War
ren, T. H. White, L> P. ZieaW A
Son.
If every business mao Hi Eden*
ton would contribute even a
smell sum there would be no
trouble la raising the necessary
amount.
FREE ADVERTISING
The1 Horth Carolina Expert*
aoeat Station la cooperation with
the Department of Agriculture
bMMe Monthly a farmer* Market
Bulletin.
There *je 9*00 cepiee of thla
bulletin mailed monthly to mm>'
' Ptf+mn may Hat any kind of
farm product* or lire stock tv*t
they have for ml* without charge.
• If you hare anything for ml*
me an* or drop m* a card aa early
ha peaalhle to that I caa get yea
Hated to the December haaa.
State whet you hare foe ml*,
quantity, when you caa aMp,
variety or brood. ' your poomMc*
J. S. McBEE,
Coahty Aguart.
Per qaaek rurta try a Waal
Ad U ear pepar.
THANK88IVIN6 BAY
Thanksgiving tMi year should
ht celebrated with fasting and
with prayer rather than with
(casting and jollity. It would
Hi become the people of this na
tioe at the present time to make
their Thanksgiving Day a ssasoei
of feasting as in the past- Far
batter weald it ba to ns she that
day a day of conservation of (odd
•to the utmost extent; and give
the dlferencc between the coat ef
a dmple dinner and the coat ef
thp elaborate dinners of the peat
to ftUgfoes or to] Oross work.
The Nation 'tends to be called
to the seriousness of this hoar,
sad Thanksgiving Day should be
mads the ocoaeion. ' At the be
ginning of the European war the
eh archer of England sad of France
ware crowded to their capacity
with worshipers who sought for
rf (assess of sine—individual aad
T-hMnsi—ead sought the help ef
Almighty God lx the hoar of
their aepd. 8c PhaTs Oathadral
wy crowded with thousands who
£%d to the utmost its vast apaaaa
aad tees of thousands ftiled the
fasaato awaMag their tara to en
ter tor wish ip.
{Mb, gey ead fell of the light
er things oi IMe am are hed ell
tbpnght, *■ that hoar which open
pi the world tragedy aoddedy
hflgdto things of eternal raises,
d«H
odd b front
Inr fbpdajfli" rad
I
■ . I
the alateet alter lech ef
oo the pert of American people
In failing to give special attaatfoa
to the day of prayer recently sat
apart by PmMtul Wilaom Dm
Nation was called to payer, bat
the churchee, no far a we era
Inm, had no larger ,
than oo usual occarioa% and In
stead of being crowded, as In
London and la Park at the he
ginning of their war, oer rhntrlsa
bad a oraty attendance.
The contrast Js a striking gad
a sad ana. It Is due la part that
Ingiaad aad France a« A«
mighty shadow of Impending
horrors hovering over them, while
«o hade hoc yet dome dose
enough to he shadowed by the
hsrful realities of war. But at
the coming Thanksgiving Day
the Freeideot might well again
appeal to the Hatioa to reeogalae
its dapendanea fpr victory upon
Divine help, add we might aa
well act apart that day aa h day
to h^ detoeed aot te forti, not
to the pleasures of Ufa ae la the
pane, but te the serious sspogai
tion of all the hotrosa which w«
are now (adeg. Brery church la
the land should be open. He
church, k matters not Mow
may be the eapectnd sttiailwn i.
should be doeed, agd In every
church the mssesga of the" hour
should he delihered pith the at
BOB power of Che preacher aad
mdaivad with tha ijwpam aadllea
tma of Its Import by dm people
who are gathered thereto wor
ship.—HeadfnrCuwea Beoord.
\
Shadow Party
Thm *IU b« a "MmIm Paa
ty" at Khtr Th« ahtol koaaa
M Hoataabar SSrd at bdbpM
•"•o'doA, altar vfcfafc oHB
folio* a "Triakot Sal*."
TW poMIc HuflOad.
BROW WHEAT AND
HELP WIH THE WAR
■very firmer in the Stsie
should raise enough wheat to
make his own flour. Of course I
do not advocate the raising of
wheat (or a commercial product,
oor do I mean to compete with
the great western and northern
wheat growers That would be
as senseless as advocating the
western wheat growers to coda*
P«te with the south io growing
cotton. We have not got the
facilities (or handling wheat as
they have, bet we should grow
eooegb for oar coasumption,
•specially so long as the war lasts.
Some will say I have oo where Ij
can grow wheat and my lead will
out suit it. Did you kaow that
the sweat potato patch makes an
MaaJ place for a patch of wheat?
That is where I raise mine- After
1 dig the potatoes I sow the
WMtt broMcut over the ground
nad take a tara plow and cover
the viaca (till deeper that had
bean turned under by aiding off
the potato aad thee sweep out
the middles with a plow aad the
•rick ie finish ad until next July
when h is ready to cat aad bind.
The potato vinca seem to he
••■ttn for the wheat aad it
grows very nicely after potatoes.
Along is the spring after the
gold weather is over a top dress,
ingf ahtaaoda is very bias filial,
peaching about aad which la 900
of-the best things a burner. tan
do for Us land’s sake. We mould
grow a little wheat jest the acme
m we grow a garden not from a
money standpoint but for a fiav
tag la the family. We do not
grqw gardens fur the prefft there
Isla them bat for the convenience.
Wc could take the gtrlia spot
■ad pet It la cotton at the pres
eat price of ooQoa aad buy mote
cabbage, cekae. cymblings and
aecb things an we grow in the
garden to two jrnera, tort we are
In the habit of growing a garden
«iitii mighty good habit.
My crop of wheat coat torn than
Me per bushel bet of coorae I
did not coeat toy labor which
was not muck. If, for no longer,
we shoeld grow oer own floor un
til the war la oner. We can do
oer bit la this way. Every be -
rei of Boor we raise makes that
assay men to spare to help feed
the Allien. Right oow is s floe
time to rt»w wheat. Any time
after tho flirt big white front in
November, sad they any we have
bad several. Yea, nay dm* thh
aontb ia all right to sow wheat
ia this section ot the State. Mmmtm
will say ob bow aa I going fen get
it tbxaabcd ? Tom can tbraab it
with a peanut thraahar. Tha Lit
tle Giant thraahar doea tha work
vary wall, but a regular whit
thraahar iemach bettar aad waeld
be a good idea for several firman
to dab together aad bay atm Mr.
Z.W Kvaiu has aac aad k dona
fine work. 1 think they CM
soosathiog like $400 aad aw la
a neighborhood coaid do tha *
threshing (or ass oral fanners aad
11 believe i( tha farmers sara gat
to growing their own whtmt »*ny
will never want to give k «p.
IW straw stock (or «aak aad
poakry is a big thing. It ghw
the chick was aoanmhiaa to 4# to
•eratcb for thdr gala they will
had ia it, tha cat ran aad cafes
will lad an ideal place to baric,
the straw makes the beat of hid
diag (or stock aad it baa all
tweed good crap. Aad m far
wcddiaga It totem Itrik CMk
ainghaaa. The betta tad ^ota
Wtt oo the otgfct tsoda lot Kav
West, FU. Al^ar tkair
they will ba at baaaa io f.atn
vilW.
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