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M Its. JOHN KIIXH)HK. Editor Entertain* llritlKe Club Mr?. C. H. Williams was hostess for th?* Friday afternoon brige club at her home at 101 East Burgess ( 6treel. The afternoon was thor-( oughly enjoyed, a hot creamed) chicken course ?>eing served ifter thej gan:*. Surpri?e Tarty Harry Johnson was very much! vurpri>ed Friday night when a num ber of his friends gave him a party | at his home at 304 East Fearing i street from 7:30 to 10:30. The young people played games and had ?n informal and delightful time. He-I freshments of ice cream and cake were nerved. Those present were: Miss Lavinia Jones, Emily Hall: Brock. Ruth Harris. Eleanor Lane.H Billle .Mellck. Octavia Spence,.Jeanne Houtz. Katherine Mann. Elizabeth i Creetf.v, lola Hathaway. Flora John-) win, Katherine Cartwrighl. Helen Wells, Emily Davis; Messrs. Tom Weeks, Ward Thompson. Francis JdcocJis. James LeRoy. Harry John son. Julian Ay diet t. I>elbert Dudley. Tom Nelson and Virginia Williams. Entertain* Itouk Clul? Mrs. F. Derrlckson entertained, the thr^e table Hook Club at the home of Mrs. I*. t?. Holloxvell Frl- j day afternoon. Miss Margaret Hoi-, lowed and Mrs. Hollowel) assisted in serving the delicious refreshments.) whidi consisted of a salad and ice course. An unusual and very pret ty feature was that on every plate were candy flowers. Enjoying Mrs. Derrlckson's hospitality were: Mes danies Sam Gregory, J. H. White, G. W. Ward. A. S. Neal, Delia Chandler.! H. 8 Willev. L. C Blades. W. J. i Woodby, D. M. Jones. John Kramer and Miss Ella Jennings of Norfolk. Nutty Nuts Meet The Nutty-Nuts celebrated the I opening of their club house Friday night. The club house is over! Mrs. Henry Sanders" garage and the I club plans to meet there every Frl- 1 day night. After the business! meeting refreshments were served. I Every one brought something good] to eat and it was decided that instead | of a favorite flower they would have j ? favorite nut. so a cocoanut was1 chosen. The motto adopted was, "Seemingly, but not so." and the favorite color, white. The clubj held a business meeting on Thursday and decided to have their picture j taken for the school annual, so on Thursday the club members gathered | together -md proceeded to Zo.eller's ; Studio. The club formed themselves into two "N"i" with l&rge coconut in the center as mascot. New mem bers admitted were: William and Burgess Perry. Elsie Fisher, and Walter Cohoon. The members pre sent at the opening of the club Friday night were: Martha Pat A rrhbell. Hl?1en ' Bright, Martha j White. Elsie Fisher. Mary Owens, Walter Cohoon. Allen Bell. Wilson! -Sanders,/ Joseph Kramer. Bobbie, Fearing. Melvin Davis. Wesley j Sheep. Billy Fearing. Kntertain At Bridge Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bell enter tained at six tables of bridge Friday night. The rooms were lovely with quantities of fragrant narcissus. and attractive tallys were used. Prizes were won by .Mrs. W. H. Weatherly Jr.. and J. E. Weatherly. Delicious refreshments consisting of sand wiches. tea. and frozen plum pud ding were served. Mrs. Bell's Rnests were: Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey MrCabe. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Toxoy,' Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Weatherly Jr..; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Weatherly, Mr.' and Mrs. Joe Pinner. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Clark. Mr and Mrs. T S. Mc-j inullan Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley > Woodley. Missea Mary Owens. Olive Wood. Lescelles Clriffin. Virginia Flora. Hubert Toxey, R. M. Cotter; and John Pinner. NEW YEAR'S | Clean I i> of /)ri'uw | and (.oat* no ir in pro S firi Substantial re dm lions throughout M. Leigh Sheep Co. Fl Oman's II ear sr&ez ~~~~ it ! WASEO | FLOUR (Jo<mI A Ctoml All Wa>V ? \Vhol?*ftlf Distributors ? D. R. Morgan & Company YOU CAN'T KID A KIDDER NINA WILCOX Pl'TNAM, THKOl'GH II KK TKAKS, JOKKS ABOl'T A l)KUG STOKE IN KANSAS IS) JOSKI'HINK VAN IIK (iKIKT N KA Service Staff Writer New York. Jan. 11 ? .There's some people thai've nearly killed them selves l-iURhln' at the way Nina Wil cox Putnam kids the life out of folks and their troubles. So when Nina blew in from Flori da to find herself confronted by a divorce action that didn't take; and some matrimonial mix-up or other where some woman claimed that yhe Nina, was trying to take the other womau's husband, we just coudn't resist lopin* over to Nina's hotel to find out bow she wan bearin' up un der the strain. We found Nlnfc's little old sense of humor still hittiu* on all six. thank you. (*? ."When I f?et out of this mess." she confided confidentially. "I'm NINA WILCOX PUTNAM I DRUGGIST] suing oui to Kansas and take up a quarter section of land and Btart a Fleetwood Dunstan Winning Success Only 27 Years Old, Holds Re sponsible Position In Big City Bank One of Elisabeth City's hoys who has gone out in the world and prom ises to make good in large affairs in a very decided manner, is Ed tnund Fleetwood Dunstan. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dunstan of 401 West Church street, who has just been made sii|>ertntendent of the munici pal bond department of the Hank ers Trust Company. 1 (> Wall street. New York. Three years ago Fleetwood Duns tan went to New York and took a position in this hank. One promo tion has followed another until he now holds the next highest position in the municipal bond department. : receiving a'salary of $10,000 a year. Making good in each step of his career. Fleetwood Dunstan has made a record of which his family and friends have just cause to he proud. Graduating froiu Elizabeth City high .school, lie attended Trinity College. During the World War he enlisted as a private, was prQjiioted and at the close of the war was a first lieuten ant with papers made out for his captaincy. The position which he has recent ly reached with the bank, is a very responsible one. and has been held formerly- by a man who has been connected with the hank fur many years, but who has left that institu tion to go into another business. Mr. Dunstan is now one of the highest paid, officers in the bank and is only 2 7 years old. Tom Weeks returned Thursday to his home HO 2 West Main street, with his father. J. M. Weeks, from llaltimore where he has been under treatment. He is much improved. drug store." J U8l what koi Nina to thinking of the Kansnns at that particular mo ment w? couldn't make out. There she was. propped up in a brass bed with dents in it. her hair, which is her chief glory, stuck under3 one of those lace cops than which nothing looks goshawfuller on u woman, and her shoulders wrapped up in some cate-au-lalt mixture of u bath robe. Her eyes were all red and swollen with weeping and her hands were just achin' to start pluckin'.at the 44 ii i 1 1 . Why the Kansans? "I'll tell you." said Nina. "Out in Kansas they prohibit practically ev erything a fellow wants to do. But the folks out there -are the kindent in the world. They're big-hearted and they're decent." "And the men." we murmured huskily, "ar men." "You said it." said Nina, "and if there's anything that a woman with a sense of humor needs it's a man t lull's a real man to buck her up.. "Somehow or other the world has got a notion that if a woman's, got a sense of humor she hasn't any sensi bilities. lu reality it's the other way around. A woman with a sense of so much she'd go crazy if she didn't joke a bou 1 things. "All humorists are unhappy. Mark Twain was. 1 know I am. And as 0>l<\ IS KING IN PASgiOTANK rot" NT V . (Continu?.u 1'iom Page Oik*) I a reus in truck, berries and melons. I Pasquotank county Is listed as hav ing 10.120 hearing fruit trees while others from the coastal plain to the j mountains have over 150.060 in a county. Camden, Currituck, and Perquimans are lower in the scale than Pasquotank. however. The four counties just named use about 7.000 tons of commercial fer tilizers. each below the state average Stable manure produced appears to be lower than the majority of other couuties in all sections. When it comes to hogs Pasquotank and the neighboring counties have! fewer hogs than other counties of the coastal plain, while comparing fav orably with other counties of the ' state. The number of hogs per caj? ' ita in Pasquotank is up tow ml the i head of the list. There is nothing much to be said , about the poultry in this immediate .section except that the industry is growing. The figures show that ? most of the other counties of the State have more hens of laying ngc^ than the northeastern Counties with [the exception of Nash county whose 1104.286 hens places them on a par with the best poultry counties of "the state. Too .Many Tenant* The tenant ' question has been of ten discussed in this section as ueli as nil others and it may be well to take stock of the numbers of tenants in the counties around Elizabeth Ci a humor I m | want to tell you that the biggest Joke that ever came into r?E TOKE THAT EVER CAME. INTO LlPC fS TWt. PC?-i^ Vl*uP'.:i life Is the present mix-up. "Here 1. who hate divorce. who| love my home, who adore my kid ? God bless him ? am compelled to R**t 1 a divorce because 1 can't help my S?'lf'. "Here 1. who never wrote a line} tif smut in my life, who refused i? 1 1 1 kinds of money ruber than write for' sex-pandering publications. am] draKged Into a scandal and accused of doing the last tiling on ??arilAthat any decent woman would thiin; of, doing. "Here I. whose big idea was to? bring up my kid to be a real Amer-j iean. have to hamper him at the out-] set with a lot of truck that's all a i screamed the word. "Ha," said we. Then we both ?ettk*d down to th?? same kandker-i chief. ty. In Pasquotank county there are ?JM tenants, according to the report. I who till 20.486 acres while the own ers till 31.918. In Perquimans, county 1.328 tenanis t i VI 3,304 acres and owners till 22,103. It is ap parent -that the Pasquotank tenant ? farmer has more land allotted him | than in the neighboring county. In Camden County 4 here an- 773 ten ants on 24.1 f? 2 and owners on I 4.- J 516. In Currituck County 531 ten ants have 19.55ft acres and owners' work 18.157 acres. Dare County has. no tenants at all and occupies a , unique position in this resect in tin- 1 State. it is apparent that the tenant sys- j tem has a tight hold upon the coun try. The western counties are most free from the tenant system and it 1 increases toward the sea coast. Here is a summary of the relative OORETHROAT ^ M tonsilitis or hoarseness, gargle with warm salt water. Rub Vidcs over throat rod cover with a hot flannel cloth. Swal low slowly small pieces. v ICKS w VapoRub O?rrrMUUtmJmOamJYmmwtr Rucker & Sheely Co s JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE Buy al the January price* nnil so re money. YOUR CHECK YOUR CHECK IS YOUR PERSONAL CURRENCY. IT REPRESENTS YWK FINANCIAL INTEGRITY AND RE sponsibility. DRAWN ON THIS BANK, YOUR CHECK CARRIES WITH IT THE PHESTIGE OF THE SECTION'S LEADING HANK. e A STRONG WELL KNOWN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. SAFE FOR SAVINGS SMALL ACCOUNTS WELCOME THE FIRST & CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK . ELIZABETH 4IITY, N. C. I'WO KINDS OF INTEREST ? PERSONAL AND I PER C'ENT % crop acreage in l'.iM|iiyUink: Th?* largest individual crop in Pas quotank i!ouut> is com which h.?> 20.S22 acres; Next com*** soy bean* with~13.537 acres with oott.m havtiiK lu.995 acre*. The county listers im ported ?? ? per cent oi iii Hi*- larms in the county and it was reckoned thai I he Otliers ?r.-w crops ill the same proportion. That is the basis of this information. The farm land totals 102.000 acres. of this. 9 IS acres were cultivated by the own-1 ers 2U.4S6 by tenants. <ind 2.1931 acres were lying out idle or resting It Is further shown that t were I 3.057 head of work stock, 1,732 milk cattle. 1.837 sows of breeoing age. I and 35.570 hens of laying age in I the county. Pasquotank farms us?sl I 7.261 tons of commercial fertilizers and produced 8.828 tons of <table manure during 1923. They have lo. 120 fruit trees of bearing age. and 3.893 acres of cultivated hay crops. HmiAI. "Sophie Mae" Peanut Brittle 39c per package. One box 10c pure; sugar stick candy fret*. AUiKMAKI.K PHARMACY | ?~<? SPRINGLESS SHADES Last Lonjjcr.Look Better Ornamental Trees And Shrubs Evergreens. Roses, Fruit Trees audi Retry Rushes; Grape Vines. Rudded Pecans; Privet t Hedge and Peren- | nials. \Y*' sp**ciaRze in landscape garden inn. Visitors to our Nurseries are al ways welcome. Write or phone for price-list. SAPOS NURSERIES ? Inc. ? .toil ( HKSTKIIFIKI.O RIA'R j IHal -4 1 1:111 Norfolk. Va. j NOKI OI.k SOtJTHEKN lt.lt. j MIIMOIIIHe* Hound Trip Fares Tm*kegpf Negro (.onferenrp, (HKHWV. \l.\. JAMAItV 1?. 17. 11124. Far* and on#' half, si'lllnu Jan. l:;, 1 fltli. Limited to .Inn. 2ur<l. Kof information. adtln-fs any tick et a^? r?t or J F. DAI.TON. C?nei,il" Par-M-n^er Au?*nt. Jan. 11. 12. Norfolk, Va. | monuments Lawson & Newton Clin Monument Peoph ? Estimate" <;lven on Work Set Complete .?Iontioe11o Ave. 11th St NORFOLK, VA. SURE IT jOES GOOD Thedford's Black-Draught Lirer Medicine (Vegetable) Praised by the Head of a Louisiana Family. Lake Charles, La. ? "I don't know what we would have done had we not had Black-Draught. It sure is one ot the best medicines made, and am sure the best liver medicine," said Mr. Henry Uarretl, ot this city. "My whole family uses it," continued Mr. Oarrett. "My wlte says she believes ?he kept off the 'flu' by taking doses of Black-Draught regularly. "I. myself, use Black-Draught for indigestion, and it is fine. "We used pills and tablets and other laxatives, but they never seemed to do us good, but the Black-Draught sure has, and it has come to our house to stay. We give it to our daughter for headache and torpid liver. "I am glad to recommend anything that bas been the help to my family lhat Black -Draught has. "My present health is good. Have two boxes of Black-Draught in the house now." If your liver eels out of fix, take Black-Draught. It will help to drive the bile poisons and other unhealthlul mai lers out ot your system. Sold everywhere. NC-M8 SULPHUR CLEARS BOUGH, RED SKIN Neck and Arms Easily Mad? Smooth, Say* Specialist Any breaking *ut of th# skin, even fiery, itching eczema, can he quickly I overcome by applying a little Mentho Sulphur, declares a noted skin special ist Became of if ?. gwm dettroyinfc properties, this sulphur preparation be gins at once to soothe irritated' skin and heal eruptions such as rash, pimples and ring worm. It seldom fails to remove the torment | and disfigurement, and you do not have to wait lor relief from embarrassment. . Improvemont auickly shows Sufferers from skin trouble should obtain a small I jar of Kowles Mentho- Sulphur from any good druggist and use it like cold A favorite loiletxtiie in its most popular pattern IVORY \Puralin Du Barry Pattern We are making a special fea ture of thib leading t< ilctwata ? -one of the liiyh-gi ade lines for which this store is famous. No need to tell you hew de sirable this toiletware is ? but do you know how attractive our new prices are ? and how easily you can start a set and then add to it. until ycu have every piece from mirror to iewel box ? Let us show you our stock of Pyralin and explain the set building plan. H. C. BRIGHT CO. CREAM FOR CATARRH OPENS UD NOSTRILS Tell* How To (let Quick Relief from Hrad-Coldn. 1|!h Splendid! In one minute your ck?gjj?<l nostrils will open, the air (NtroafrrH uf your licnil Mill clear flntl you ian breathe fre?ly. No more hawking, MiutttitiK, blowinj?, headache. dry nets*. No xtrii^ylinj* for breath nt night; your eold cr latnrrU will he goni\ (Jit a small bottle of Ely*a Cream Bnlin from your druggist now. Applv * little of tlii* fragrant, antiseptic, heal ing cream in your nostrils. It pene trates through every nir pat-vage ?f the h? in?. Hootljen the inflamed or swollen mueouft membram* anil relief come* in stantly. 1 1 *? just fine. Don't stay f-tuffed-up .vitli a cold or nahty catarrh ? Relief ?<?mea so quickly. BREAK CHEST GOLDS WITH BED PEPPER Ease your tight, aching chest. Stop the pain. Break up the congestion. Feel a bad cold loosen up in just a short time. "Red Pepper Rub" is the cold rem edy that brings quickest relief. It can not hurt you and it ccrtainly seems to end the tightness and drive the con gestion and soreness right out. Nothing has such concentrated, pene trating heat as red peppers, and when heat penetrates right down into colds,, congestion, aching muscles and sore, stiff joints relief comes at once. The moment you apply Red Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat. In three: minutes the congested spot is warmed through and through. When you are suffering from a cold, rheumatism, backache, stiff neck or sore muscles, i'ust get a jar of Rowles Red Pepper tub. made from red peppers, at any drug store. You will have the quick est relief known. Always ssy "Rowles.* Salts Fine for || Aching Kidneys When Back Hurt? Flush Your Kidneys a* You Clean Your Bowels ? Most folk* forget that the kidneys, like the bowels. sometimes grt sluggish and dogged and need a flushing occa sionally , else we have backache and dull misery in thi- kidney region, severe headac'hes, rheumatic twinges torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sort*. of bladder disorder*. You simply must keep your kidneys active and clean and the moment vou feel dn ache ?-r pain in the kidney region In gin drinking lots of water. Also get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good drug store lure, take a table*|>oonful in a (?lass of water be fore breakfast for ;* few da\s and your kidneys will -then act fine. This famous salt- is made from the acid of tripes ann lemon juice, combined *itli 'itliia, rind i? intended (o flush clogged kid neys and help stimulate them to activ ity. It al*o helps neutralize tin acids in the urine ? they no forcer irritate, tntts helping to relieve bladder dis orders. Jad S:i1h i? imxpemive.: maVes a de,!'ghtful effervescent lithia water drink which even body should take now and then to help keep their |tWfify< clean. A well-known '< at drngi?t?t <ays he -r 11* lots of Jad Salt* to folks who be tieve in trying to cor reel ki?!t>ey trouble while it i* onlv tfouWe. By a'l means have your physician examine your kid neys at least twice a year. P 6 6 6 l? a Pre?crl|>tlon prepnretl for CoItU, Fever and Grippe ft I* the mosit remr<ly wp know Preventing Pneumonia
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