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i PAGE EIGHT THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY NOV. 19 1925 NEWS ITEMS OF BEAUFORT SCHOOL Editoivin-Chief Vivian Parsons Social Editors Athletic Editors Martha Longest Helen Hendrix Margaret Dill The two playlets reprodu( ed below are the work of two members of the sophmore English class of Beaufort High School. They were selected as the best of a number of papers prepared by members of the class. THE DUMB BELLS. ( By HELEN HENDRIX) Characters : The Boss A farmer Jim a colored boy Malanda a colored girl Scene: The living room of a coun try house. Time: Late in the afternoon. Setting: The Boss is seated in a chair smoking. Boss. Well, that sho' was a hard day's work ( moves in chair) uh I'm sore i looks around) wonder where that foot stool is? Guess that thar niger gal has took it in the kitchen agin. Malanda, Oh! Malasses ome here (a pause) Confound that niger, where i she. Oh! Lasses I say bring me that foot stool. She is as deaf as ma. 1 wander if she heard me? (Malanda comes strolling lazily across the stage. Goes up to the boss and looks at him in a silly manner.) Malanda. "Didn't I hear yo' mumbling my name boss? Seems as yo' said something about my foot. Well I'll tell yo' I'se habing a pow. erful lot of trouble with this here bunion. (Sticks up her foot and shows it to him. In the meantime the boss is laughing, but suddenly becomes serious ( And I heard yo' say yo' wanted some molasses. We just ain't got narry bit. I wish yo' would send Jim to de stow' after some." Bo knees. All about them are pine trees and much under-brush. On one of these trees is a large sign with big bold black letters :n a white background which reads: FISHING ABSOLUTELY FORBID DEN IN THIS BROOK Z. X. Everett Bill. Bob don't you think it's a- Albert Gaskil! sh"16 old man Everett don't want us kids to fish in this brock. Up tiil last fall when Mr. Everett come up here it was as free as air. Now we can't come here 'less he puts his old dogs on a.-. I wish he'd leave. Don't you wish to too. Bob?" Bob: "Ycu said it, Bill, (Rebait's hooks and drops it w ith out a splash Science Club Meet. On Wednesday, November 11, Mr. Elmer Higgins of the United States Bureau of Fisheries visited the school at the time of the meeting of fhe Sciei.ce Club. He gave in in teresting lecture on "The need of the Dreservation cf Fish." i Ti his travels. Among other places he i all about building of the prramids. j pies he ordered all the Lgyptians to visited heespecially tells cf his trip King Cheops, of Egypt was the chief work for him. Some were appoint- to Egypt among the pyramids of ! constructor of the "Great Pyramid Gizer. He was able to learn from I of Gizeh." It was to be his tomb. his conversation with the Egyptians' After having shut up all the tem- ed to draw stones from Arabian Mountain quarries down to the Nile, (Continued on page five) Two Beit Selected Paper From Sophmore Cla The two following papers were se lected as the best papers from the Sophmore English Class to be pub ' iished in the School News: My Autobiography. (Ruth Morrison) As I take pen and ink in my hand. into the water) but take it from yer j 1 hardly knew how f-o express in i gj uncle Bob no sich good luck is aiWOI's auuoiograpr.y oi my i;ie. coming to us kids." j Some -ay I was born for good luck Bill: "I reckon he never will I and prosperity because I was born leave but I do wish so." on leap year. Eut of course that is ej Bob: "Yeah, so do I, but wishing i just an old saying; or at least I think kg wont do it. Wish in one hand and ; f0 because I have had luck. When pour water in the other and see which j I stal't 10 school a black cat will be tepj one gets full " (sure to cross my path, and all day I it5 Oh j expect fo be sent to Detention Jl Hall for knowincr mv lessons. it a I was born in New Bern a small Fid i?3 (loud) "I didn't say any- I said I wanted my What did Ball. I am very proud to think that 1 will be on the Basket Ball team this year. dry your clothes. Eut before you go I want you to take that down, (pointing to the "No Fishing" sign) "Jim what In the mischief " vu1 " ,uu " ., come hereand fish. But be sure you How The Pyramids Were Built stoop and get me so that all three (Virginia Howe) of us kids can fish together. Come j Herodotus, "The Father of His- j on, boys, lets go over to the house." ; tcry," was the earliest known natur- thing like that foot stool." Malanda: "Uh bos?" Boss: (Becoming impatient) "Go get me my foot stool foot stool!" Malanda: "Pay it jest a little louder. I didn't quite hear yo,." Boss: "My foot stool, go get me my foot stool." Malanda: "Oh! your foot stool." (exits mumbling to herself.) Eoss: "You sho' is a dumb bell." (Enter Jim groaning and rubbing his back) Boss: "What in the world is the matter with you, you look like a crazy niger." Jim: "Yes sah boss (groans) and I sho' feels it." Boss: "What is the matter with you, speak up?" Jim: "Oh! I fell of Eoss: "Fell off, what do you mean, fell of Jim: "Fell of de de (groans) is a:..r.g ye .' Jim: "I fell off de barn (Gets down on the floor and rolls about) Oh! dont let me die, spare me a lit tle while longer. Oh! hab pity on me soul and spare me. Oh! don't let me b:-.ek brake." Boss: (Looking on and dosen't know what to do) Jim you ain't dy ing niger, what's ailing of ye!?" JLtk "I tell yo dis I don said I was and I am don't I look it?" (Enter Malanda. Looks at Jim with astonishment. She is carrying foot stool) "Oh! Jim how is yo dieing whats de matter?" (Gets down on floor beside Jim) "Oh! Jim tell me what is de matter wid yo?' (Jim only groans) Jim don't yo' lob me jest a tiny bit?" tell me afore yo' die?" Jim. "Oh! Malanda do yo think i's gwine die?" Malanda: "I cant seem to hear yo, tell me again." Jim:. "Yes I lob you but Malan da' don't let me die" Malanda. "Oh! niger aint a gwine die yo' lobe me, I heard yo say it. (Jim sits up and stares at her and begins feeling of his back) Jim. "Oh! aint a gwine let me die. My back has a stopped hurting. (Gets up and grabs Malanda starts dancing round the stage and exits.) Boss. "Confound them nigers, jest found out that they is in love. Curtain Finis. . j THREE "KIDS" ' j (James G. Whitehurst) CAST Bob Wilson, Eill Wilson, Mr. Everett. SCENE The Everett Brook. I The curtain rises on the Everett i brook where Bob and Bill are fish-1 mg. Bob and Bill are twins, red headed and freckled faced. They have on straw hats, blue shirts and overalls.- The overalls are rolled up any where between their feet and Bill: (Begins to reel in line) Bob! I've caught one, look!" Bob: "By George, you have, a nice ten inch speckle' one." Bill: "Ycu betcha life this chick en is not going to let a sign like that (pointing towards sign) er dog er any thing else old man Everett's got keep me away from this brook." Bob. "Yeah I've been thinkin" 'bout goin' to grandfathers this sum mer if pa'U let me. Wa.: .-;?" Bill. "If pa'll let us." Bob. "We can fish there with out being "fraid the dogs'll ketch us. Then we can make grandmother's cooky jar look like the bottom drapt out o' it." Bill. "Since ye're talkin' 'bout cookies, lets e,at our lunch." Bob. "All right." (Bob takes a package out of their basket and removes the paper. He hands Eill a sandwich and three cookies and also keeps a sandwich and three cookies for himself) Bill. "Urn! I didn't know I was so hungry, did you?" Bob. "Naw (Takes a big bite of his sandwich) but I know it now." (A sound comes to the boys. If is like some one running through the underbrush. Bob exchanges glances with Bill. They see it is Mr. Everett.) Mr. Everett. (Rushing up)" I've told you kids to keep away from j city in North Carolina, on one cold !i m USED CAM ' m m m m m m. is il i m bleak Saturday evening on the twen-.J ty ninth day of February. Therefore I can proudly say that I am a tar heel and also a leap year girl. From two yeais old until ten, I lived in Ncrfolk. Virginia. I started .e i j r,T se .'. very .-mall I to school .us I Al- i i jumping on going and the Methodist a 71 rarie a great delight :n and cn thes treet cars coming from school. 1 always atencled tr.e Sunday School. I can remember very well one occasion at he Meth- cd;st (.hurch as a bridesmaid m a boyless wedding. I was eight years old then and very proud of the fact. I have been going to the Methodist Sunday School and church every since I have been in Beaufort. For the last three years I have been to Sunday School every Sunday and have a beautiful pin and wreath for ijjgj the reward. During the last week in May, 1925 I joined the Methodist Church. m m m m m When I was ten yeais old I "came LIS! to Beaufort. As I had nevr been there, I was expecting from what I had heard that it would be a ciy. When the train stopped at the depot I saw everything else but a city. I started to school in the fhird fe3 m m here. I don't want anybody to fish grade but I did not get along very in my brook. (Rushing over to the basket, kicks it into the water, loses well on account of my e..es, but I struggled on through all my trials his balance and falls in. Bob and r.nd tribulations until I cm now Eill wait for him to come out, but he dosen't. They go over to the Sophmore in the dear old Beaufort High School. I have always like to y r F1 edge of the brook and see him strug-! go to school and I also like to study. ling in the water. They both jump into the water and grab him. He is finally brought to the shore where he lies down. After he Recovers he : In 1923-25 I went ot school without missing a day or being tardy. When I was in the pfth grade Mr. C. W. E.' Fittman, or new superin ilnl motions to the boys to come over be- . tendent started Basket Ball. I took side him) a great delight in it from the very Mr. Everett: "Boys if it it hadn't first. When I was in the seventh j been for you I would have drowned grade I went to New Bern as one of j sure. Come up to the house and the two best subs to play Basket ' i a! born traveller and accounter REPAIRED WHILE YOU WAJT They Are WE CAN GIVE YOU IMMEDIATE SERVICE WHILE YOU WAIT HALF SOLES RUBBER HEELS REPAIRS "The Shoe Hospital" The Beaufort Shoe Shop. D. Why Not Ride? 'This is a chance for you to pick up a bargain in a used car that has been thoroughly overhauled, recondition ed and will give miles of service. ere ONE CHEVROLET TOURING ONE FORD TOURING ONE FORD COUPE ONE FORD FOUR DOOR SEDAN ONE AUBURN COACH ONE STAR TOURING ONE AMERICAN 6 TOURING ONE OVERLAND TOURING THESE CARS ARE BARGAINS ASK TO SEE THEM PRICES RIGHT WITH TERMS .ML Jones Co Willys-Knight Overland Dodge Bros. MB t! ) ft niMt t ' I Something Mew In Home Building 9fl'- O- uncMEirB I On inc Roow ,JtfT Bed Room ' B STOW. If , LHsp 631 in i i22r . PI room XSaL '852 1 ' Bed Room Pone 1 I PLAN NB " 1 frLl Z'ZG Thesmall home has come into its own and home designers have shown the world how beauty, convience and comfort are no lon ger dependent upon huge size and a heavy money investment- The cozy little home here is typical of this new home idea. OUR NEW PLAN SERVICE SHOWS A WIDE RANGE OF HOME DESIGNS. EVERYONE OF THEM CAN BE BUILT ECONOMICALLY. VISIT OUR OF FICE FOR THE NEWEST HOME BUIL DING IDEAS. See Us For Free Building Helps' BEAUFORT LUMBER & MFG. CO. BEAUFORT, N. C. V V'
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