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Elaborate Program Worked Out
B^ Steering Committee of
Sectional Trade Body
- Reeky Mount, Feb. 4.?The program
for the Eastern Carolina exposition,
which is to be held in Rocky Mount v
during the week of April 4th, was an
nounced today by N. G. Bartlett, sec
retary of the Eastern Carolina Cham
ber of Commerce, following a meeting
of the steering committee at Whita
kers Wednesday afternoon when the
vaxfewS details and engagement artists
on the program were approved.
? ^ The exposition, which is to be held
at tihea! warehouse, V>r probably two
waSouedC ophn Monday after
nooiu ^pril 4th, at 2 o'clock with a
in which handsome prizes wil -
be offered for the most attractive and ,
beautiful' floats. The opening exer
cises at the exposition hall will start '
at 2:30 with President J. W. Holmes,
of the Eastern Carolina. Chamber of
Commerce presiding. The welcoming
addtess wffl be deHvered bytflayor L.
L. Gravely of this city, and. the re
sponse will be by President Holmes,
of firnwiifcti after which the expo- |
sitioo. will be turned over to the plat
form manager. At 3 o'clock will come
the introduction of representatives in
the* queens contest After several
novelty acts by a dancing team and a
black-face comedian, there wffl be an
address by the Governor, or some ap- <
. point*, from the chief executive's of- -
flee. , ^Giovanni Martinelli and, his ^as
sistants in concert will be the chief i
attraction Monday night when the pro
miwiH bqgin at 7:1* o'dock with
a concert by Didemeyer's orchestra,
foilaWod bjr * novelty act and the in
troduction of the queens.
Tttroday afternoon's program, be
gmamg at 2:30, Will consist of a con
rortjby th^ orchestra,
outstanding event for
Wednesday night wiH be a sty le sho*
whfch is to be Staged by merchants of
the city and section. .
-Thursday has been designed as the
d,f^ annual membe^iipdmner
of the Eastern,Carolina. CbM?ber of
Commerce when more than 1^bu*1,
ness men of the section are expected
to meet. A dinner will be served, and
of officers -ill M?
piiee. The principal speaker at the
gathering will be Sir Frederick McGUl
of London, England. -
That afternoon what is expfectedto
prove one of the
events of the exposition wdl be giwwj
in the form of a ee*?rt by h^bern
Carolina talent Numerous artists who
feva gone out from the section and
made a name for themselves wiH boj
Z* to entertain the home
folks. The complete list of ?
bi worked 'out and annouhced later.
Z3?m Sir Frederick McGi# will
pt1ir at the exposition and the queens
^be ^XS to the gathenng
aft? the usual orchestra concert and
. entertainment novelty acts. . .
Friday, the final day of the exposi
tion, will be knovm^as School Day.
There will be a parade of sctioolc -
InTat 2 followed by
musical and dancing program for the
S the warehouse. TTie expo
sition will he brought to a dose tha
? ut ^th the coronation of the win
end . pu, w a
"which talent from over Eastern
Carolina will b? used.
PASSES ON .TO HER REWARD
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? - Tuesday afternoon, February 1st, at
H 2 JSQ. Rev. J. A. Roberts conducted
an# Will be greatly missed^ te
19th 1869 survi e<j
Honor tifa Memory [
-The above picture is oriltev.
Russell H. Cbnweft floted derfy- i
man, educator lecturer and philalK.
thropi- fouhder-'Stf Grace Baptist _<
aurci?and ,2?inpl?r,UniveS^
Philadelphia. Feb; I3to, wilf-Jf
Conwell Sunday * throughout
country in honor bf his mem^i jf^ <?_
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m Chaoging Auto License
Year Passed By Senate
- on Second Reeding ^
Raleigh, Feb. 4th.?The first long
rinded debate of the present session
?as staged in the Senate yesterday.
?hen the Cannady bill to change the
tutomobile registration date from the
iscal to the calendar year was passed
m its second reading.
Several -proponents and opponents
>f the bill argued the matter for over
me boa? and ,a quarter, but the bill
jot no further than its second feari
ng, final action being postponed until.
3ggij|sj|8
tw ^31 oft-tltfi
iec^ed on its third reading and it went
aver until today.
Objection to the bill by Senates
Ha^STwas based on thefadtthptg^
state Revenue Pepartment estimated
the cost of the proposed change would
be approximately $148,000, but Swa-v
tor Cannady countered with another
mass of figures, secured from the De
partmenVThe Johnston Senator said
the interest on the money'Collected
from the sale of license tags would
more than offset the cfcst of changing.
Senator Grants of Ney HMW*Cr'
one-time proponehfof the bffl andttfto
signed the measure when it was Pro
duced, Changed his'attitude and an
nounced that he was opposed tejhe
measure. He asserted ** tadteen
led fo believe the cost of ehangn*
would not exceed 120,W,^with
the revised estimate-of $143,000 he
was opposed to itf v ' '
Senator JohnsqW* ^
hails from ?e""samc district
New Hanover Sector, charged Sena
tor Grant "withflying the ?*>P
announced that he would have Mr
Grant's nantetafan off tee hOL
The DupJki Senator advocated tec
passage of tee bdl with all tec ora
torial power he could muster.
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PostmasterRefuses
: To Work o? Sunday
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I Washington, Feb. ibd^teeaea^tt
I had to open hispostofficeon Sunday,
W. B, MeCotteri postmaster at Grif
?0St ??Ce ^^6Dt1 aCC6pt" 1
MeCotter's resignation brings to an
end his single-handed struggle against
the people of Grifton, Representative
Lindsey Warren and the United States
Back last September McCotter got
the ?ost Office Department to allow
him to^sconrinue Sunday* mail ser
plain. They appealed to Represeitta
j passed, but the office never opened.
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Secretary Hoover Declares the
Smt is Making Mote Eco
? nomfc Progress Than
Any m America
WASHINGTON.?Characterized.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover as the
state which is making more economic
progress than any other in America
Nojrtfc Carolina is one of the most
ioqjrative revenue 'producers for the
Federal Government.
? ffiSj 1926 North Carolina led the Uift- i
md States in the payment of taxes on
obacco manufactured, products, the
Elections from thai state haVipg
>een $172,503,186.
No otha> state even approached the
obacco tail record set by North Caro
tea. Vhrginia came second with $40,
>15,000 and the other leading states
rhieh paid 86 per eent of the total
ax included New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Missouri and California.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue
isted leading tobacco-manufacturing
itatcs as follows:
In the production of cigars weigh
ntc more than 8 pounds per 1,000:1
Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Flor- \
da, New Jersey, Indiana and Michi
gan.
In the manufacture of. cigarettes
veighing not more than 3 pounds per
North Carolina, New York, Vir
ginia, New'Jersey, Nennsylvania and
California.
In the manufacture of plug tobacco,
tfissouri, and North Carolina.
North Carolina ranked first in smok
^'^abagieo/
North Carolina led the nation in the
Consumption of virtually all tobacco
nedocta employed in manufacturing.
Figures show the following consump
tion: for 1926:
tJnstemmed leaf tobacco, 82,351,738
poun^iSUKmaed leaf, 5446,196. fts.
(1^691483 pounds, j^ugar, 14,792,728
pounds.
In ternal Be venue* ^
?^0ufrof tha 82447490,000 cigarettes
weighing not over 8 pounds per 1,000
in 1925, North Carolina produced over
Half, or 46415,000,000. While 'figures
for 1926 are not yet available, the
national production is expected to
amount to about 95,000,000,000 and
that of North Carolina to nearly
66400,000,000.
It was believed by internal revenue
officials that more tobacco is manu
factured in North Carolina than in
any ether similar area in the world.
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D. A. R. MEETING. M
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The" Major Benjamin May Chaptei
of ) the Daughters of the Americai
Revolution will be entertained by Mrs
R. A. Fields, Mrs. R. H. Knott an<
Mrs. G. M. Holden Saturday, Februarj
12th, at 2.: 80 p. m.
The Regent, Ifrs. T. C. Turnage
requested each daughter 0 report a
this meeting the planting of two me
monal trees. This is to remind then
if they have net planted the trees t
do so.
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Representative Chas. M. Sted
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EALEIGH.?Representative Charles
M. Stedman, (D) of North Carolina,,
the oldest member of Congress, scoffs
at the time-honored recipes for at
taining a ripe old age.'
Major Stedman, at the age of 86,
eats What he pleases, smokes when he
desires, and works hard,
"The whole secret of my long and
active life is the Providence of God,"
he said. "He Axes the time for the
death of all persons. I know my time
is already (fixed by Providence, and it
doesn't worry me."
Graduating from college at the age
of twenty, Major Stedman entered the
Confederate army as a private in 1861
wad wounded three times and emerged
as a major. As a lawyer, he held
many public offices in North Carolina
before coming to Congress sixteen
yeairs ago.
A smoke more cigars than the ordi
nary man, and have smoked a great
deal, most of my life,* he said. "I eat
anything that I like USat is set on the ,
table before me. I do much walking
at home, but in Washington I take no
particular form of exercise. I usually
retire at ip:80 an^ rise at 7:30."
Major Stedman prides himself on
his ability tor keep his work as a con
gressman up to date.. He never re
fuses to answer a letter, however tri
vial. Thecome jto him in great
batches from all partis of North Car
olina.
"I haven't given the matter of re
tirement a moment's consideration,"
he said.
He has great confidence in his state.
"North Carolina at the present time
is enjoying prosperity and the pros
pects for the future are bright," he
said. "The state has a magnificent
climate, great resources, a conserva
tive people and . is in the midst of an
NO^ED NEGRO MUSICIAN j
COMING TO PARMVaLE.
The Fannville colored school will
present Joseph H.- Douglass, of Wash
ington, D. C.^ in violin concert Monday
evening, February 14th, in the school
auditorium. Douglass id a grandson
of Fredrick Douglass end is rated as
the i best violiitst the race has ever
prodaced He has played to packed
houses in most of the large citie3 of
America and has also played to the
supreme delight of many of the crown
ed heeds of Europe.
He was formerly head of the violin
department of the Howard University
school of music and was also head of
a prominent music school of New York
City.
A rtie treat is in store for all lov
ers of real music. He pfays no ja?r.
His entire program will be made Up
of choice selections from the master
pieces of the beet American, German
and French composers.
Our white friends are cordially in
sited and-special seats will be reserv
ed for thfcm.
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Americsh Letf^ue baseball club s
owners have named Frank J. Navin (
to take Ban Johnson's place as j
president of their circuit. - ,
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tod Continues Prepiratiors to j
? Prote& Americans There ,
at Any Co? '
Washington, Feb 4th.?The United J
States today abahdoned hope of \early -
peace, in China and continued prepar- {
ations to prptect Americans there at :
any cost. i
This development followed receipts (
jf" confidential advices stating that <
neither of the warring factions is able j
to guarantee such protection, it was j
learned on high authority. j
Just how far reaching this step may <
prove will be determined ,&y future |
events, it wias stated. This country |
and Great Britain are taking the same
grave view of the situation and are
acting in accordance, officials said. (
';^The plea of Chinese minister Sze ,
ships will remain within reach' of
Americans in China until a victorious
army is able to establish a stable gov
ernment and new protective treaties
are actually negotiated^; was stated.
Clarence E. Tauss, ^niefican Gen
eral at Shanghai, reported by cable
today that Americans are being con
centrated there as rapidly as possible.
Americans are pouring in every day,
leaving everything they possess- be
hind them, he stated.
Second begree Verdi# Return
ed By Jury in Case of C. E.
Beaman of Wilson
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Wilson, Feb. 4.?Verdict of guilty
against Ernest Boswell, charged with
murdering C: E. Beaman in February
1925, was returned by a jury in Wilson
county Superior Court today.
Judge Dunn announced he would
pronounce. sentence later. Boswell
was not being tried for his lijfei but
on a second degree indictment,
v Conviction is Boswell's second for
the offense. He was "granted a new
trial by. the Supreme court .on the
first on the ground that, improper
testimony had been introduced by the
state..
T Boswell was covicted of kHHng Mr.
;Beaman, a slot machine salesman, on
February 7th, 1925. His trial con
sumed more than two days. "The de
fendant was the last witness on the
stand, and was subject to a grueling
cross-examination.
World War Veterans
: 1 Clamor For Loans.
Charlotte, Feb. 3,?Clamor of exser
vice men to secure loans* ok their ad
justed compensation certificates has
swamped the office of fl. Grady Goode
service officer of Hornet's Nest post
f tional it was disclosed.
mShi
s Now Under Full Swing jo the
}? Episcopal Qiurchin ttie
Diocese of N. C.
The Bishops' Crusade is now in full
wing in fhe Episcopal Church In the
)iocese of feast Carolina. Last week
Jishop Bratton, of the Diocese of Mis
issippi, arid the Rev. Pembroke V/.
teede, of Richmond, Va., conducted a
ifass Meeting with highly gratifying
esults in St James' Church, Wil
nington; N. C.. This week Rev. II. F.
lloman, of Cumberland, Md., and th^
lev. Mr. Reede are having another
uccessful Mass Meeting' in Christ
Thurch, Elizabeth City. '^Beginning
donday, February Oth, the Rt Rev.
Frederick Foote Johnson, D.D., Bishop
if Missouri, and the Rev. Mr. Kloman
vill begin a Mass Meeting in 1st Pe
er's Church at Washington.
The *Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, D. ,
Bishop of East Carolina, has issued
he foHowir.g statement as "The Next
Step in the Bishops' Crusade:
"What is to follow ? How shall re
sults be conser/ed ? Is it to be simply
i mighty gesture or is it to result in
sxperiences, so real and significant
hat men and women will be con
itrained to go forward in Christ's
tame to do Christian work in Christ's
vay ? The answer t*. the question
Bust be made by the Bishops, Ptfegts
ind laymen and-women of the Church,
rhe members of the National Commis
sion, while keenly conscious of their
imitations, corporately and individ
lally, feel that they have made reas- -
tnably adequate preparations. The
Jrusaders, have with zeal and devo
tion and high courage sounded the
nessage of the Crusade. Many men
ihd women have rededicated them- ?
selves, to the service of God. All of
thepe things constitute, not the'end,
iut the beginning of the movement.
Diocesan Commissions must plan
for the Diocese what the National
Commission planned for,the General
Church. Diocesan jCruw.iders" must ^
gjH-Sjies'
Rededicated men and women must
carry the glory and splendor of their
new vision to lives that are still in
darkness.
It is not enough to"stand hi the re
flected glory of the; cross and renew
allegiance to Jesus; we must show
that allegiance by a loyal devotion to
His purposes; by a-consistent walking
in His ways, and even if we went that
far, 'it would not be enough for the
Crusade must do more than simply
make us good. It must make us good
for something. It must send us ouP
with a passion, not only for souls, but
for righteousness. It 'must make us
to realize that the "City of Sin" Has
no: plhce in the plan of God,?that in
justice and arrogance are Contrary to
the teachings of Jesus, that contempt
of law,'be it God'3 law or man's law,
is not a mark of discipleship.
There are certain ugly outstanding
characteristics of the City of Sin;- _
Easy and frequent divorce; immorality^ _
?bearing the sanction of society; 4uw- >
lessness that boasts .of its success,
gross sin that stains a pd soils all that
it touches; blasphemy that sneers its
bitter hatred in the very face of God.
tye know that these things exist
and I am quite sure that the majority
of us are sorry that they do exist, but
unfortunately most of us stop at being
sorry. We regret but we accept. We
"view with alarm" and then turn our
faces this other way.
The-great message of the Bishops ?
Crusade will have been sounded in
vain unless it results in a different
attitude on the part of many of the
members of the Church toward Hhe
forces of evil that arrogantly claim a
place in our civilzation. ? .
Those evil forces have no rightful
place. They are here on sufferance.
They stay 'because we allow them to
' giay. They will go when we say they
must go.and we will give that order
1 when we realize that they do not be
long in (Sod's great plan. ?
How is this to be aone! Not by
the Bishops and other clergy alone,
5 although our leadership must be finer
than ever before, our appeal more m
. | sisterit, our teachings more definite,
our example more inspiring.
, No, there can bs no substitute for
the devotion and loyalty and eonse
, cratfld xrvi?
men and womefc and boyalnd girts
, Zo n-ke ?P th. 1W m?mb.reWp of
? Hie Church. ? v?
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