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FABMVTLIjB, PITT
TO THE PATRONS OF
THE pirr COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Pradically all the schools of J
the county are now in session
and I venture to call your at
tention to a tew ways in which 1
you may help your school do its
best for your children.
1. See'that your children are
supplied as soon as requested bv
the teacher, with ail the neces
sary books and materials for
work. It is unfair to the chil-j
dren to do this. A few of the
books on the State list, particu
larly the readeis and the spellers,
have been changed.- It is un
lawful to use the old books, and
the teachers have all been in
fracted not to use them. The I
old books may be turned in at
the store in part payment for the
new cro. You will be -agree
ably surprised to kuow
while prices of almost everything
else you buy have increased, the
prices of the public school books
are in mosl cases the same, and
you may be interested to know
that the people of this county
spend more each year for chew
ing gum than for school books.
2. See that your child starts
to school as soon as possible and
attends regularly. Irregular at
tendance is the bane of our coun
try schools. We cannot expedt
a child to make any progress
when he is in and out as so many
cfeSdren are. Of course some
absences are absolutely unaviod
able, but a great many do not
come under this head. You owe
WW. iPfi ?
_ its is particular true to the be
ginners. Unless a child caoi
Start with the class and attend
regulary, he is under a fearful
handicap. The foundations are
laid in the fir& two or three
jveeks of school, and a child
coming in later hasn't much to
build on. -
3. The last General Assembly
raised the age limit for com
pulsory attendance law to four
teen years. This means that
eve^r child in the county from
eight to fourteen -years of age
must be in school for four
months from the first Monday in
December. The only valid ex
cuses are being more than two
and-a-half miles by the nearest
traveled route, physical or men
tal disability, poverty making
the child's labor necessary for
the support of himself or his
family, being unable on account
of poverty to buy the necessary
books or clothing, occasional
absence due to extreme bad
weather or sickness or other
necessary and ungvoidable ab
sence. The cooperation of the
public in enforcing this law is
invited. It is the law, and the
State of North Carolina is be
hind Hf It musrbe enforced.
The fggAgrs are required to re
#0*4
thea
late
sqo
4. Bear in mind that the]
well |
|he fej
iM:. I
meat, rather than harsh criticism
would you?
5. The price of everything
has risen except teachers' sal*
rles and, as stated above, text
book?. When inclined to in
crease the price of the teachers'
ooard, bear in mind th^re is nc
more money to pay her -Witt
than there was last year. Hi?t;
prices of cotton and tobacco af
fect the tax valuations very little
if any. The country's school
income is increased only slight
ly and the salaries paid teachers
are unfortunately abont what
they were last year and the year
before. Increasing the cost ot
board is equivalent to reducing
teacher's salary. The commu
nity that provides board at the
most reasonable price can al
i ways, everything, being equal,
secure the best teacher.
6. It is a fact, humiliating as
if mav be to confess it, that in
many !?~Liv,c'3 in th^ county
chidren and teachers are uncom
fortable because of the lack of
proper fuel. This is unfair and
dangerous. I call upon the com
mitteemen and parents to see
th.it a proper supply of fuel is
made available and teachers and
pupils permitted to do their
work in comfort
Respectfully,
S. B. Underwood, Supt.,
Pitt County Schools. .
ONE PHYHGAN, FOUR .
HOTEL PROPRIE
TORS INDICTED.
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disposal,
For violations of the Quaran
tine and the Hotel inspection
Laws of the State, indictments
for one physician and four hotel
proprietors were made last week
by the State Board of Health,
through its official representa
tive, Dr. T. M. Jordan. Dr. J.
Farrior, of Duplin, county-quar
antine officer, was indicted for
general neglect of his duties as
such an officer. He was charg
ed with failure to furnish the
public school teachers of the
county the proper literature and
blanks that the law require?, to j
register notifications and plac
ards to parents, and to make
monthly reports to the county
newspapers .
F. D. Cunningham of Green
ville, proprietor of Hotel Proctor,
T. T. Hollingswortb, of Green
ville, proprietor of Hotel Prince,
W. D. Thomas of Warsaw, pro
prietor .of Warsaw Inn and "C.
P. Grigson of Goldsbo, manager
of the Kennon Hotel Hotel were
indicted for failure to comply
with the rales apd regulations
governing the sanit
mest of hotels In ~
L JHotell Procior sr Greenville I
and Hotel Kennon at! *"
were charged with maintaining |
the coa>mo
the law pr
restau
affereenvllte
failure to have
?M L .
rooms,
Jknot rate* 4*
Inn* "
at insanitary means of sew
POSTMASTER 4, X?
TO H
Postmaster at
Past Foot Years.
Plac ed in Forest
i tery Tuesday) j
vices Gbafetted by
i Fellows of WWeh J
j HelWas a Tree
After a lingering
eral. months with
Mr. J. V.
[afternoon.
j weeks ago
fa<$ sufficient for him ;
in the po&office f
week,. after which he was]
to regain at hoo*agaui
his wfefityhe ne
covered, dieing gradual
by day till die tell sleep
For several years Mr. '
lielJ a position with]
Bros, of this i&ttjfeas
er, which position he
some over four years ago
der to become
Farraville. He was true,]
ful and valiant member .<
Farmvilie Lodge^Odd
and a man herd in the
esteem by all- with ,
came in con tad. In his <
wife has tost a true, kir
t en tive husband, the lit
ren, the guiding hand of a j
father, and the town
munity one of its highest j
true (^ixess.
Moyle,
assited b/ Revs. W. P. Jordan
and J. E. Kark of the Cbri^ian
and Bapti& churchcs, respec
tively, after which the bo4y was
taken in chargejfe|he Odd Fel
lows and the remains placed in
Fv . re^-Hill cemetery.
r A large number of relatives
and friends attended.the funeral
paying their la& sad tribute of
respect.
E /ERYBEY expected to
TUBERCULOSIS WEEK.
Poor
The fir& week in December
from the sccond to the ninth, it
national health improving: week
It is called Tuberculous Week,
and it nmoi that everybody
lio everything possible to
Uve his health and prevent
ptosis during these days,
i well known fadi that peo*
rho- keep ia good health
jNjpve tuberculosis. On
)ther hand, persons whc
themselves- to run down'
le Weight, to lose sleep and
?^rv<w, #?rScttl?rly il
BB|* -ood, cought
b they do not cure, Buf-al?
?Wfcflo, ?? more tins
rourseff
?cptidititins
d take note
losis Week
.e heart and arteries by BaV:
ing ablood pressure test taken,
and of the kidneys by having n
urinalysis. Putting the teeth,
gurts, nose and throat in order
is the least a perscm can do and
aHoourits probably to the mo& as
it ejects his health.
NOTICE TO SANITARY TAX
PAYERS.
Some of you have been be
hind with your payments. Please
call and settle up at once or I
wiU have to prosecute you, as
my duty required me to do.
.A. P. Moore,
Collector.
Box Party at Bynum's School.
There will be a box party giv
en at Bynum school, Pitt County,
oaTiutrsday night, Dec. 6th, for
the benefit of the school you are
cordially invited to. come and
-bring your friends.
Teacher.
' -
to be the
tfptefedfr
iutl try tis
vaits you.
ntendent.^
ft
GOVERNOR RJCKETT UR
GES IMMEDIATE ACTION.
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Mr. F. C. Harding, Chairman
Pitt County Counsel of Defense,
bas received from Governor
^ic^^^Mlpaunic^tion which
* ppBIaoyevery man anc
in Pitt County. The
Woman s Clubs and every other
organization in Pittfeountj
phould become interested in the
gs sugge&ecf in the letter,
ich is as follows:
P-; Raleigh, N. C.
Nov. 22,1917.
tyObairman, of the
National Defense.
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bne of the moiH$telligent of
ficers at Camp Sevier has rec
?""'y written a letter about the
iers, in which he says:
people back home reed
encouraged, p<mic ?< ; >
ied of those men who
are in the service. You have no
large number of letters
coming ia from wives, mothers
'fathers telling their husbands and
[sons that the crops which they!
in the fields are goh<? to
fWJ&e for the labor to harvest it;
i?ftl the children arc hungry be
cause there is no provisions;
that the wife is sick and no one
to look after her. That is the
place for a great Work. T^|j^en
heredq|8ip|^||||i( _
ents or feails. They are all well I
eared^forj^Mve fhV
lacquaintences b
[fully devote themselves to their |
work because they i
fness. The greatest work that
the people at home can da is to
visit the family of men who are
away. If they need the necessi
ties of life or a doctor, see that
those things are furnished. They
need comforting because, in so
many instances, it is the fir?
time husband and wiie have been
separated and also father and
mother and son. They can hard
ly indure this separation. They
feel as if they have lo? all there
is in ihe world for them to look
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to in time of trouble. The field
is unlimited and you cannot im
agine what joy it would bring to
the hearts of men here if they
knew there was a little Chriit
raas in their homes."
I think it is of the fir? impor
tance for your County Counsel
to read thiS letter carefully and
take steps at once to look after
thefamaliesof soldiers and espec
ially to see to it that where there
is poverty and sickness, that
these people are extended, not
Sympathy. I also call your at
tention to the allowance made
Mthe Governor to families of
dependents. Many of these de
pendents do not know how to
make thefc ciaims agaih& the
Governor for these allowances
add I sugge& that you get ^
lawyers of the County to prepare
whatever papers are necessary
to secure these allowances wher
ever they are merited.
Please give |to the extract of
the letter above quoted the wid
est f publicity possible, in your
couity..,
Veryjruly yours,
Governor.
I'urgentJy rejquest every busi
man and every public spirit- 1
rto interest the;
and det
families to the undersigned in
order (that we may determine
what families in Pitt County are
meritorious for help by the Gov
ernment as dependents.
The County Council of De
fense (or the County [of Pit will
from time to time, as necessfty
requires, meet for the purpose of
relieving such families indicated
above. - -
? ? T. C. Hardingj
Chairman Pitt , Bflfc .Conn
oil National defe^j^^ ^
FINE PROSPECTS^Icfc ^
m m sale.
MSFi . vw-'?v? ?, i" .. SnSi h ' ?
North Carolina's Goal This Ye*
$50,000. Many Towns,
Doubling Their Orders.
? "The prospectigj^he seal sale
this year is far and away ahead
thing we have ever had
heiore," says Dr. L. B. McBrayer
dtciitive secretary of the State
Red Cross* Seal - Commission.
"We are going into it with a will,
so are the people," he says. "For
insance* Raleigh. WBo two
years ago didn't want to be
bothered with more tban 50,000
seals, asked for 300,000 this year,
WMifi%lon has usually been
taking. IjGN), 000 seals and selling
[ them. We have already had a
second oWer for 50, (H)0 this year
and they have given us notice
wiu h?vf ?nolher ?*
rin soc^ ? . g ?
#Th^taaller towns are coffl
in twenty eight new towns -
where the seals- have not
mtimo&s1
and which would have won a
pennant two years ago lot the
largest per capita seal sale but
for the fact that the National
Association made the limit of
population 300, which was about
three times as many; as Clarkton
had, asked for her usual 1,000
seals and receded them, The
chairman of the Seal Committee
received them one morning and
sold them all4 that afternoon.
Now she has * asked for 1,000
more seals.
"We believe our mail sail let
ter this year will be well receiv
ed and liberally responded to.
We are sending this letter to
10,000 people in the State where
the seals are not on sale, for we
feel that there are many good,
patriotic people who want to
help in this fight against tuber
culosis, hut who in no other
way will not have this opportu
nity,
"The Woman's Clubs of the
State are cooperating with us
splendidly. In addition to their
interest and activity in setting
Red Cross seals, th6y have set
apart their November meeting
for the stiidy of tuberculosis.
We are cooperating^wMMhefl^
lia every way we aregl^B
THREE
Bruce, went to' town Saturday,
leaving i their Ihregv, -.children at
home alone. In some, way the
house caught ffre, ana the child
ren being too small to open the
doer which Jhe parents had
closed securely leaving;
perished in t?e ffemes. The
oldest war four and the youngest
and digg^
the skulls a:
fortunate: Ct