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VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 65
STUBBS SPEECH
WELL RECEIVED
BY BIG CROWD
Former State Senator Up-
holds Democratic
Nominee
COURTHOUSE PACKED
Diacuaaas Three laaues Raised Against
Govsraor Smith, Prohibition,
Tammany and Religion
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In the auditorium of the court
house packed by his fellow towns
men and fellow countymen and even
by many people from miles away, H.
W. Stubbs, former State senator, de
livered the second of a series of
Democratic campaign speeches here
, laat Tuesday night. It was in all
earnestness that he upheld the prin
ciples of Democracy and urged the
people of the section to give their
support to ,the party that has build
ed one of'the greatest states in all
the Virion, North Carolina. Calling
. an old-time vim and vigor, |
characteristic of the former senator
and known to people throughout alt
the State, the very heights of oratory
Ware reached in the address and i;
Was with much sealousness that Mr.
Atubbs shattered the slanderous re
marks that have been and are being
made against the Democratic Stand
ard bearer.
Expressing his appreciation for the
introductory remarks made by Mr. J
L. Hassell, Mr. Stubbs acknowledged,
in a brief way, the honor paid him by
ao large an audience. And once he
pronounced himself a staunch Demo
crat, he began pleading the cause of
Democracy, asking his hearers to
weigh the facta, make a survey of
, the conditions now exisiting under
Republican rule and study the issues
confronting ui*
described the battle,
puUJfltfPKs i an extra-ordinary one,
* june m which the real and fundamen
tal iasues such aa the tariff, Muscle
j Shoals, and Teapot Dome, have been
# lost sight of and the non-essential
ones, religion, prohibition, and Tam
muny Hall, brought before the people
instead. In handling the prohibition
issue, it was pointed out by the speak
m that the Prealdent had no power
to change the Eighteen Amendment,
that on* party was as wet as the
other, ard that if all the hypocriti
cal prohibitionists were to cast their
totes for Smith, he would be elected
overwhelmingly. "More sermons have
preached on Tammany Hall,
Prohbition and the Catholic Religion
aince the nomination of Smith than
have ban preached on the Lord's
Supper and the Ten Commandments,
the speaker aaaerted. "The imaginary
pi-ohibition issue was settled with the
l&sstga of tha Eighteenth Amend
ment, - Mr. Stnbbs assured his h»ar
ers.
Tammany Hall, a second of the
several issues used in the fight a
gainst Smith, was successful treated
hy the speaker when he pointed out
that numbers of Southern people
have memberahip in it, that the pres
tige and influence it exerts in behalf
of the South and her people have
bean great even since the reconstruc
tion days.
Leaving the Tammany Hall issue,
Mr. Stubbs read the creed of Gover
nor Smith who believes in the abso
lute separation of Church and State,
•quality of all people, the support of
public schools. "Our problems art
hot to be found in the various re
ligions, but they are to be found in
eeeterialism against religion, and In
this fight, it will be well for all to
work in unison," the speaker said.
Governor Smith was repeatedly re
peatedly referred to as a chcampion
cf religious freedom"}or all peoples,
that his criticism came not from the
people who were acquainted with
him, but that it came from those re-
Mote from him.
People who have watched the
nominee, those who have studied his
stute and polticial policies look upon
the man capable of soliciting
(Continued *n page six)
STRANrv
THEATRE! J
SATURDAY
r YAKIMA
CANUTT
in
'The Fighting Stallion'
Added
COMEDY
AND SERIAL
"The Yellow Cameo"
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THE ENTERPRISE
50,000 GREET
SMITH DURING HIS STOP
IN RALEIGH THURSDAY
Of, By and For the Peopl
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GOVERNOR ALFRED E. SMITH, of
New V'ork, Democratic candidate for
the Presidency was greeted with wild
acclaim by a crowd variously esti
mated at from 50,000 to 100,000
on the occasion of his hour's stop in
Raleigh yesterday.
689 LICENSES TO
HUNT ARE SOLD
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539 County and 150 State
Licenses Sold iti County
To Date
Five hundred airl thirty-nine and
150 State hunting licenses were sold
in this county during last month ac
cording to figures obtained from Cvun
tv Warden J. W. Mines, of Oak City.
The revenue derived from the sale of
the >B9 license* amounted to $1,1f>1.25.
WiUiamston Township led th£ list
when its agents sold 188 county anil
4'/ Statt* Robersonville was
second in fhe sale of State licenses,
.but Goose Nest was second in the sale
ot county licenses. Robersonville sold
64 county and 29 State licenses, while
Goose Nest sold 91 county and 25
iMate. Hamilton came third with 80
county and II State with Cross Roads
next with 65 county and 22' State.
Jamesville reported 45 county anil 10
State with Bear Grass reporting 6 each
for county and State.
The October sale is moving along
rapidly, and it is believed that this
year's sale will better the one of last
year.
JOSEPH JOHN
PENDER DIES
76 - Year - Old Resident of
Hamilton Died Monday
Afternoon
Jo»cj>h John I'cnder aged 76 years,
died at his home in Hamilton last
Monday afternoon, following an ill
ness of more than 16 months. Dur
ing the 16 months he had suffered two
strokes of paralysis, rendering him
practically helpless. A third ytroke in
the early morning hours last Monday
gradually weakened him and at 4 o'-
clock the end came.
In early manhood Mr. Pender moved
to Hamilton from Tarboro, where lie
was born. At the age of 2A years, he
married to Miss Hallie Leary, of
Hamilton, who with *»hr«c dauKhters.
Mrs. Hallie Williams and Mrs. Bessie
Williams, of this county, and Mrs.
Thad Lawrence, of Sanford, and one
son, Joseph Pender, of this place, sur
vives. A number of grand children
and great grand children also sur
vive.
Baptists Considering
Annex To Church
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"N.The possible construction of addi
tional room* to the Baptist Church
here wan discussed last Wednesday
evening when more than 40 member*
met in the Woman's Club and dis
cussed the matter. Eric C. Flanna
gan, architect, met with the church
people and offered drawing* atid fig-'
ures.
No definite steps were taken in the
niatfer at the meeting.
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O. H. ANDERSON AND
COMPANY STAGE SALE
Beginning tomorrow and lasting
trough October 20th, O. 8. Ander
son and Company will offer unusual
bargains in new and .dependable mer
chandise during a big special house
Jiold sale.
A few of the bargains are listed
elsewhere in this paper, but one will
bate to virit the store to see them
WiUiamston, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday, October 12, 1928
MAKES SHORT
ADDRESS IN
AUDITORIUM
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Did Not Originally Plan To
Speak, But Demand Was
Too Insistent
WILDLY ACCLAIMED
Mrs. Smith Also Comes in (or Large
Share of the Ovation; Parade 1 Is
Triumphant Procession
By L. H* DAVIS
From early yesterday morning a.
crowd gathered in Raleigh for the
sole purpose *of seeing the Demo
cratic standard bearer as he passed
through the streets of a town that
has been visited by only one other
such personage during the last 160
years, until the number was conserve
tively estimated to be somewhere l>e
tween 40 and 60 thousands. The Sir
Walter hotel,' the Democratic head
quarters for the State, was a pro
verbial humanhive; thousands of peo
ple from all oVer North Carolina
passed in and out as tta> lobby was
filled to its capacity. Galleries, stair
ways, halls and ante-rooms were
havens of refuge for . tired throngs;
although every one was bright, cheer
ful and expectant. Something wag
soon to take place.
From the balcony, a representative
of the Democratic headquarters an
nounced to the waiting, seething
masses in the lobby and on the street
in front of the hotel that the confer
ence, which was to be held between
Governor Smith and the various c-»':-
dldates for offices in the State, could
not be held in the ball room us had
been planned due to the number to
be accommodated, but it would In
field in the city auditorium across
!he street. As it was abou' time for
the candidate's train to arrive, the
waiting crowd started with a rush to
the auditorium for fear there would
not be enough seats to go around, a
fear which was proved to be well
founded. Stopping* traffic, blufking
streets and alleys, pushing aside po
lice and soldiers in uniform, disro
garding all light signals, county
candidates, curious citizens, pres.-
i.genfU and literal thousands of wo
men rtvule their way to the audi
torium. 4
After Ailing the auditorium to al
most its capacity, the reason for the
walls not being pushed out by over
crowding being that only officials
were permitted at first to enter, the
street from far below the hotel to
the Capitol was crowded on both
MdeK, leaving only the car lines
open. People were hanging from win
dows along Fayctteville street and
clinging to whatever projection there
was to support the weight of one
man. Inside the building no one
heard anything save the murmur of
the crowd until someone at the rear
door shouted, "here he comes." Be
fore A 1 Smith appeared at the door,
the whole audience of seven thous
ands had turned about face, and each
fellow was hurrahing to the top of
his voice while his hat was being
thrown to the ceiling in response to
this one cry.
On up the aisle he came followed
by Mrs. Smith, smiling above huge
foral tributes placed already in her
arms by loyal democratic women of
North Carolina. When he reached the
stage, he was greeted by hundreds of
press representatives who crowded
about him for a word. Forgetting
their mission, these gatherers of
news succumbed to their personal in
clination and began to shake the
candidate's hand by threes and fours.
The crowd (till yelling, the Governor
was heard to say in reply to . a re
quest of some member of the press
lor a conference, "This is no place
for a conference," as if he had been
j tricked. His conference® with news
! papermen evidentally have been con
, ducted under somewhat different con
ditions. y
Quieting the crowd, Josertius Dan
iels introduced Mrs. Smith as the
first lady of the Empire State and
the first lady of the land after the
fourth of March to an audience so
impatient that the few words he said
were hardly finished before the yells
ascended in a vocifen/us volume,
i Mrs. Smith made verv beautiful
courtesies to the responsive folks,
and they soon trained an eaY for the
introduction of the4{appy)lrarrior by
the Editor of the "Old Reliable".
While Mr. Daniels was saying only
a few words byway of explanation
of the Governor's rule not to speak
more than once every second night,
the two hundred press representa
tives and the aides to the party were
still standing. The Governor had
ceased to wave the brown derby and
was standing as calm as a general
before action. After Mr. DanieU
finished his introductory remarks, the
(Continued on page six)
RECORDER HAS
BUSY TUESDAY;
TRIES 28 CASES
Docket Was Not Quite As
Large As Preceding
Week, However
FINES ARE LIGHTER
Drunken Automobile Drivers Again
Get Heavy Punishment; One
Sent to Roads
Judge Bailey and Solicitor H. O.
Peel had another busy day here last
.Tuesday when the recorder's court
docket carried 28 cases for trial. The
docket was almost as large as the one
the preceding Tuesday, when 33 cases
were called.
Kines in this week's court did not
tun as heavy as they did when the
Court broke records in both the ftuin
bcr of cases called and the amount of
fines collected. Drunken automobile
drivers were attain favored with heavy
lines, and in one case a road sentence
Was handed down.
The case charging Roy Beacham
with driving an automobile while he
was drunk was continued by consent
In the ciuM charging Roy l.illey and
Clarence vfynn with larccu) and re
ceiving the bjys waived examination
and bond was fixed in the sum of
.$250. The charge was entered on the
Court records as forcible trespass and
originated when Lilley bought gas and
oils from Mr. .J. A. Auslum in Cross
Roads Township and drove off without
paying for it.
Bond was fixed at SSOO in the case
charging Hoy Lilley with house break
ing and larceny and receiving In this
ease the boy waived examination
through his attorney,
Charles Blalock plead guilty of op
ciating a car while he was intoxicated,
i'lid Judge Bailey applied the SIOO lino
with the costs added. Blalock was
or tie red not t 'drive a vehicle during
the next six mouths and was granted
thirty days in which to pay the fine
and costs.
Hlioden Johnson plead not guilty of
operating a car while intoxicated, and
appealed his case when the judge or
dered a SIOO fine with the costs at
tached. The appeal bond was fixed at
$175. \
Handled at. Vcparate cases, nine
rases ChajriJjJljJßw«blnig vqgc brought
iand with the excep
tion of two instances, $5 fines were im
posed on each defendant. Harry Slade,
Nem Ward, Jake Norfleet, James l>a
(Continued on page three)
Infant of Mr.'and Mrs. J. A.
Manning Dies in Oak City
John Alfred, infant of Mr and Mrs.
John A. Manning, of Oak City, died
at the home of his parents Sunday af
ternoon. Interment was made ill the
family plot near Oak City Monday af
ternoon. the Kev. Mr. Kogers, pastor
oi the Bethel Baptist Church, conduct
ing the services.
OLLIE HAMILTON SHOW
HERE ALL NEXT WEEK
Featuring the Original Virginia
Itamblers, the South's Premier Or
chestra, Ollie Hamilton's show comes
here for a week's stay beginning
next Monday.
KIWANIS HAS
GOOD MEETING
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N. G. Bartlett and L. G.
Stuckey Are Principal
Speakers
In their regular meeting last Wed
nesday, local Kiwanians listened to
short talks made by Secretary N. (5.
Bartlett, in connection with the next
Eastern Carolina I'eanut show, and
Mr. L. O. Stuckey, district scout lead
er who delivered the national charter
lo the local scout troop. The meeting
was well attended and several buni
lies* matters were advanced.
The next meeting of the club will
bo held Thursday night when the
members will celebrate the second
anniversary of the local organization.
|!n connection with the anniversary
I celebration, ladies night will be ob
served. There will be no, Wednesday
dey meeting, it was stated.
Home Agent Conducts
Several Club Meetings
Tuesdiy the women of Holly
Spring* met for their regular Home
"Demonstration Club meeting at the
home oft-Jlra. Joshua Coltrain. Mi KM
Sleeper gave a demonstration on
"The School Lunch." The demonstra
tion wan followed by a report on the
State Women's short course at Ral
eigh given by Mils lis* Coltrain,
Regular girls' club meetings have
been held with the Everetts, Rober
r/jnville and Gold Point clubs.
Yesterday the Oak City women
met at the school house -for their
first home demonstration dub mwt.
Tha clubs far woman and girls «re
having meetings in Jamesviile today.
Tobacco Market Has Its Best
Week of the Current Season
W. H. MIZELLE
DIES THURSDAY
Editor and Former Teacher
Dies At His Home in
Robersonville
William Henderson Mizelle, editoi
of the Robersonville Weekly Herald,
died a his home there yesterday af
ternoon at 5:00 o'clock, following an
illness of only a few days. Although
he had been in ill health for several
years, Mr. Mizelle had been able to
carry on his duties until about a week
before his death, and was in his of
ifice last Saturday. A severe cold
igr.ve rise to an old case of chronic
(iiabetes and on Monday he suffered
a stroke of paralysis which was ap
parently i the direct cause of his'
death. .
W. H. Mjzelle was born near
Jumesville November 30, the
son of W. T. Mizelle and wife Julia
Davis Mizelle, wherw he grew up on
» farm. He attended the little neigh
borhood school there a while and
Inter he went to the one-rpom school
in Jumesville, Finishing there; he at
tending Turlington Institute at
Smithficld during one term, and later
was a student at Carolina Institute
for a year. He also studied a year at
the University of North Carolina
and at Atlantic Christian College,
Wilson, during one terfn.
During his school career he did
just as many boys are forced to do
who seek an education; he taught
a while and went to school a while,
lie taught in a number of small
vhools and several high schools a*
follows, Outterbridge, near James
ville; Deep Bottom, Washington
County; the Hopkins school, William
son; Jamesville, Old Ford, Hear
Creek and Hawkins schools in Beau
ft rt county; Knapp of Reed, • Gran
ville county. He was* also superin
tendent of high schools at lirinson,
Ga. and Buchanan, Ga. After return
ing to his home state and county he
took charge of the Robersonville
school where he remained for about
five years. During that time he es
tablished the Robersonville Herald
and later retired from teaching and
gave all his time to the newspaper
business.
He published the Watch Tower, a
religious journal in connection with
the Herald, for several years but
found the loss too great and suspend
ed its publication a few years ago.
In 1903 he married Miss Mollie
Latham Whitley, of l'antego, who
with eight children, William, Car
lilse, lanwood, Carrol, _ Julia, Winni
fred and Miriam, all of Roberson
and Hazel Mizelle, of Charlotte, sur
vives.
He leaves five brothers and one
nister, Chas. T., George H., l/ouis W.,
C. W. and J. M. Mizelle and. Mrs.
iAicy Holliday, all of Jamesville.
Before he reuched manhood, he
joined the Christian Church at Pop
lar Chupel, near his home, and where
Jw held his membership through life.
The funeral was held there this af
ternoon at 3:00 o'clock by Rev. C. B.
Mashburn, C. F. Outlaw, C. K. Lee,
and D. W. Arnold. Interment was
made in the plot on the farm where
In was born.
SCHOOL OPENING
AT BEAR GRASS
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Will Begin Monday; Frank
M. Barnhart Is New
Principal
The Bear Grass school will open for
tin* 1928-29 term next Monday when
pupils will be enrolled and lessons are
assigned, it was announced yesterday
by Mr. Frank M. Harnhart, the
school's Aew principal. This is one
ol the county's leading semi-rural
schools, and while it offers only six
months instruction each year, it car
ries the work of two high school
grades.
Professor Barnhart arrived several
days ago from Augusta County, Va.,
to make preparations for the school's
opening and with the assistance of a
live parents-ieachers association, much
jyork has done to the school and
its ({rounds.
Misses Lukie Rogers, of Durham,
and Louise Rogers,. Williaiuston; An
nie Marie Davis, Hamilton; and Ra
chel and Clara Ciodwin, of Conetoe,
will report for work in the school the
week end,
Program oi Services
At Christian Church
Church school, 9:45.
Morning worship, 11:00 o'clock. ,
Evening service, 7:80. jf/
Wednesday evening prayer
ice, 7:80 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
ntttnii each and all these services.
Two Warehouses
Offering Prizes
Fifty-live dollars will be of
fered by the Brick and Farm
eri warehouses here next week
to the farmer* making the
highest average on their floors.
The farmer making the boat
average on the Brick warehouse
floor next Tuesday will be giv
en $25 in gold. Three prizes,
one sls, a second $lO, and u
third, $5. will be given by Ihe
proprietors of the Farmers
warehouse Thursday for the
three highest averages made
on their floor.
TOWN MAY GET
PEANUT SHOW
Bartlett Says This Is Logi
cal Town for Holding
Exposition
Declaring that this was the logical
towij for staging the 1928 Peanut
show, Mr. Newell G. Bartlett, secre-
tary of the Eastern Carolina Cham
ber of Commerce before a meeting ot
the Kiwanis club here last Wednes
day explained that with a donation
tof ssob and a moral support, Wil
liamston could stage the show during
the Christmas holidays.
A committee including W. H. Car-
N. C. Greort and W. C.
Manning, jr. was appointed by th
president, and a report of tin
findings will be made at the N next
meeting.
The Eastern Carolina I'eaut show
has proved very successful in it!
sheadings in other towns and is now
recognized as one of the year's hiain
annual events in this section. The
committee is working on a plan at
*this time, and it is thought that the
teport will prove favorable.
PAROLE F. W.
SPARROW, JR.
Had Served 3 1-2 Years for
Participation in Needle
man Mutilation
F. W. Sparrow, jr. reached home
Wednesday under parole granted by
Governor A. W. McLean this week.
Young Sparrow wii« given a six
Kara sentence for connection with
the Needleman case. He has served
three years and five months of the
sentence at the Caledonia farm.
The petition for his parole was
recommended by Judge Sinclair, trial
judge and Solicitor Don Gilliam. The
parole was granted on account of the
good record made by Sparrow while
in prison and on account of his youth
v.hen the offence was committed.
With the release of young Spar
row, only two connected with the"
Needleman mutilation .are left be
hind prison walls. F. W. Sparrow, sr
has two more years on his sentence,
but it is thought that he might be
parolad sometime in the near future,
Pennis Griffin has a number of years
to serve, but it Is thougth that he
too will be parorled beforce so many
more years pass.
Julian Bullock, who was connected
in the case, escaped about two years
ago and has never been recaptured.
Methodists to Have
Conference Sunday
The fourth quarterly conference for
the Williamston-Hamilton charge will
he held in the local Methodist church
Sunday evening "at ,7:30 o'clock. 'Hie
presiding elder ,kev. S. A. Cotton, of
Wefdon, will preach and a large con
gregation is expected at the service.
"This conference is the most im
portant session of the whole year," it
was pointed out by Dr. FitzGerald, the
psstor, this morning. All officers of
the churches will be elected. The
pastor urges that all churches be rep
resented by their officers. Officers are
asked to bring complete financial re
ports for the annual conference is but
! a few weeks off.
Revival Begins at Vernoji
. Church Monday Night
A series of revival services will he-
Kin in Vernon Methodist Church Mon
day evening, October 15th, at 7:30, it
was announced this week. Dr. O. P.
FitcGerald, the pastor, will do the
pleaching.
It is expected that not only the ineni
kt-rship but the people of the com
munity will unite in this evangelistic
meeting to bring about great results.
Everybody is cordially invited to
tend these services.
Advertiser* Will Find Oar CoL
umn* ■ Latchkey to Over 1,600
Home* of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1898
SALES LIGHT BUT
AVERAGES GO TO
NEW HIGH LEVEL
Total Sales for Week About
Three Quarter Million
Pounds ,
AVERAGE ALMOST 25c
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Warehousemen Urge Farmers To Sell
Now, As Prices on Good Tobacco
Are Better Than Last Year
With many, farmers busy yith their
1 eanuts and cotton, making it prac
tically impossible for them to handle
their tobacco at this time, the sales
oil the market here this v.eek have
been comparatively light. Sales for
the week will not quite i ach the
three quarter million pound murk ih
cluding today's offerings, but the
price, according to efficial averages,
has been the best of the sea on.
* Aside from Monday's sale, the mar
ket has made an average of $24.9'2
for the sales this yvvek, not including
today's sale as they were still selling
ui our time of going: to prenf. It h6s
been the best week for the market
this season, and considering the time
of the season, that is the t'me when
many farmers are busy with their
other crops, the sale s have beon very
good.
Warehousemen and tobacconists
arc urging the -farmers to market
their best tobaccos lis soon as they
possibly can, stating that the prices
tor the best types are better at pres
ent than they were found to be dur
mff the entire season last year;
Investigations made by farmers
and warehousemen show that the
Wiltiamston market is right at the
top iji offering the very highest
prices. The warehousemen are doing
everything in their power to care for
their customers, an with service and
the top-market prices foremost, farm
trs are invited to visit the market
and see for themselves that this is an
ideal place to market their crop.
TARBORO MAN
MISSING 13 DAYS
Mr. A. Williamson Last
Seen in Car With Local
License Tag
Fearing for the safety of his fath
er, Mr. Austin Williamson, jr., of
Jacksonville, Fla., was here Wednes
day making a search for Mr. Austin
Williamson, sr, who has been missing
from his home in Tarboro since Sat
urday, the 29th of last month. The
t iderly man was last seen in Tarboro
while he was riding in a Chevrolet'
coupe, carrying a Williamston license
tag. He was accompanied, by a man
apparently of medium build and
weighing around 17fi pounds, accord
ing to a lady there who was well ac
quainted with Mr. Williamson.
• About the time of his departure,
Mr Williamson wrote to his son jn
Florida, stating that he was going to
leave home for a while, but failed to
offer any information in connection
with his trip. He left without saying
a word to his wife, and has not been
recognized since he was last seen in
Tarboro.
Mr. Williamson was not very strong
physically and at times his mind was
said not to be very clear. was a
mason and often discussed masonic
subjects. He had very little money
when he left his home, according to
numbers of the family and if he is
still living, they are sure his tarvel
ing funds have been exhausted.
A careful search has been made in
the Tarboro section, and his son, hav
ing been told that Mr. Williamson
was riding in a car '.with a Williams
ten license attached Ho it, came here
to make an investigation, but no trace
of the missing man has been found at
thi Htime.
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Sunday Services
At Baptist Church
"The Lord Will ."Provide" is the sub
jecj which the pastor will use (or
his Sunday morning's sermon.
■JThis is our last Sunday before the
association meets; and we are anxious
that we have two good-sized audiences
foi the services Sunday.
The association meets with the
Farmville Baptist Church on , Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week. The
pastor of this church will preach the
associational sermon Tuesday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. He is naturally
auxious that his church have a good
report to send up to the association;
and that suitable delegates go. These
appointments will be announced Sun
day. }
To both the morning and evening
Service, the people are cordially in-