Iesruji VOL. I .isritu iin inoo. .VIII. A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. WELDON, N. C. TIIUltSDAY, MARCH i:j. Terms of SubscriDtion--$2.0<) Per Annum NO. 40 ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY. personals and Other Items of News From the Great Manufacturing Twin-City. [Ky <>ur special Oorreapomlrnt A v,,. w mrjm i n is re lurned t-"in j visit to Norfolk. Mr. und Mrs. J. M. Ramsay lei ihis week for Washington, D. C. A special service for the nurse ol the community was held in Al Saints I pisconal church on Sun day night. The Roanoke Construction Co uas awarded a few days ago tht contract lor the erection of a new brick building of fireproof con struction, to take the place ol the one belonging to Taylor anc Collier that was destroyed by tire a few weeks ago. Fifteen children from the local school will assist in the demonstra tion of the Kinscella Method ol teaching piano at the State Teach ers Ass (nation meeting in Raleigh this week. Mr. Harry Speight has accepted a position with the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Mrs. Hugene Lehman has re turned from a visit with relatives at Bethania. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Brice, of Jonesboro, are now making their home in Rosemary. Mr. Doyle Cannonj of Dunn, spent the week-end here with his parent'. A series of accidents occurred Thursday morning in the saw mill of Mr. lid. Hawkins in South Rose mary, when Mr. Hawkins slipped and fell while oiling a part of the machinery. Only the breaking ol the belts saved his life. He was carried at once to the hospital but did not regain consciousness until twenty lour hours had passed. The extern of his injuries have not yet been determined but physicians are hopeful of his recovery. FARM NOTES. By W. () Davis, County Agent, Weldon, N. C. 1 During the p.i't month we have been planning our demonstrations lo be carried nn with farmers this coming season. These demonstra lions consist ot a number ol things: such as, soil building, crop rota lions, pasture work, variety test ut cotton and corn, etc. By these demonstrations we try to show the value of modern methods, lti con ducting a demonstration we plan the work with the farmer and then furnish written instructions as a guide, and also visit the farm from time to time to assist in carrying on the work. We use these dem onstrations for field meetings and invite the neighboring farmers in to attend these meetings in order to spread the idea in the commu nity. We are anxious to get more of ihese demonstrations started, particularly in soil building and in crop rotations. If you are inter ested in conducting a demonstra tion w e will be glad to work with you. On Thursday, March 13th, we will have a sheep meeting on the farm of Mr. J. A. White, near Aurelian Springs. Mr. G. F. Wil liams, sheep specialist from State College, will be there. Farmers keeping sheep or interested in sheep are invited to attend this meeting at 10:00. The object ot ihe meeting will be sprjng manage ment and care of lambs. A number of farmers of the Rosemary community bought 100 ions of fertilizer co-operatively this week at a good saving. If you are expecting to buy eggs for hatching or day old chicks we fiave the addresses and prices of a number of breeders and will be glad to help you get what you want, and believe we can get chicks true to breed and free from disease. FAROE BRICK BLOCK. A petition is being circulated among the Pythians of Weldon to raise a sufficient amount to build a brick block on Washington avenue, between the postoffice and Har vell’s gararge. This building will be three stories. The first floor will be used for stores or an opera bouse. The second story will be fitted up for offices and the third floor will be the Castle Hall for ihe Pythians. A large amount has already been subscribed. We learn me cost of the building will be about $40,000. We wouldn’t be surprised in this *ge of progress to hear of some weldon woman suing her husband 'or divorce because he can’t make oome brew like her father used to make. /v*,ss i-ucillc \X lute, of Koxboro, | is the guest of Mrs. M. C. Harri t son. Mrs. A. I’ MacPherson ami , Mrs. Womble motored to Aurelian I Springs Friday. Mrs. J M MeMurray It id as her guest last week. Mrs I A Hampton, of Washington, 1). t, Messrs ,J. F Stainbaek and W. F. Council have returned from a business trip to Winston-Sa le n Mrs. M. B. Clements, of Empo ria, spent last week as the guest I of Mrs. B. M. Johnson. Mrs. Harry Hazlewood and daughter h ive returned fro n , vis it with relatives in Turhorn. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert R ibmson, 1 of Williamston, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. ,j H. Williams Miss Sallie Thorne, Mrs. W. R. 1 Cherry and Mrs. T. Macon Stone, i of Rocky Mount, are tile guests of. ! Mrs. G. E. Williams. The funeral services of Mr. J. I'. Pruden took place from his home on Monday afternoon. The funeral services of Mr. Joe Moody were held Friday afternoon I by Rev. R. fl. Broom. The Garden and Forestry de partment of the Woman's Club met Thursday in the home of Mrs. i Geo. Hayes. Misses Rawls and Hearn and Superintendent E. J. Coitrane are attending a meeting of teachers held in Raleigh this week. Mrs. Shaw, of Durham, has uc cepted a position with the i. G ! Shell Co. March 10, 1924. ASSOCIATED CHARI TIES Meeting uf the Hoard ot Director* March 4th A meeting ol the Boar 1 of 1 >i rectors of the Associated Chariti.-s of Weldon, was held in the limne of Dr. and Mrs 1 D I’oe March , 4th, tor the purpose of perfecting the organization and discussing I plans tor tins important work. Mr C. E Gore the superintendent ol the organization, presided over the meeting. Feeling the need of Di vine guidance in such an important work, the meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. Gore. Mrs. L. D Wall, Secretary Pro. Tern , called the roll and the minutes oi , the first meeting were read. Mrs. Pierce Johnson having sent in her resignation as secretary, Mrs. H. V. Bounds was elected to that office and Mrs J. P. Holo man elected reporter. Two very important committees ; ' were appointed. A visiting and . investigating committee, composed i of the following: Mrs. H. C. i House, Mrs. Pierce Johnson, Mrs. ! 1 I. C. Harrison, Mrs. 1. D. Wall, !; Mrs. S. B. Pierce and Mrs. D. I Poe. Membership Committee:—Mrs. j George C. Green, N. M. Shearin 1. and B. G. Rodwell. It was deemed advisable by the j Board to have two or three citizens j at Drgc, serve on the Board of Dt rectors. They will he appointed at the next meeting two weeks j hence. t Any one who knows ol people ( | who need help, or people who are , in need, will report to Mr. C. F. ( Gore, Mrs. George C. Green or [ any member of the investigating , committee. « Any citizen, as before stated, can J join the Associated Charities by f paying an annual fee of $ 1.00. , Before long a membership drive will be launched. I Mrs. Clarence A. Johnson,State ; Commissioner of Welfare Work and Charlies, told one ot the dt- t rectors not long ago, II you can ‘ not have but one organization lor ^ the help of humanity in your town let that be the Associated Chart ties. It is worth while. ; Reporter. I ESCAPED INJURY. j One day last week at his home ( in Jackson, Mr. F. S. Moore's lit- \ tie sou, aged two years, fell from t the second story window to the [ ground and escaped injury. Mr. , Moore was a former resident of i Weldon. Stout, but "Not Heavy.” , Stout persons say that Chamberlain s ^ Tablets have no equal for bringing about , a light free condition of the body No bloating, no gassy pains, biliousness or constipation when they are used. Small C cost only 26c. I I SPRIGHTLY SPARKS. Gathered Here and There and Everywhere. Oh' the snow, the beautiful snow as we watched in falling down Washington row. I his is a swift country. The KOI campaign has started out ahead of the nominations. It's a safe bet that statesmen with axes to grind are not going to sharpen them to cut taxes. I lie chief trouble with increased earnings seems to he that they al w ivs bring increased yearnings. Now and then a Weldon man " ill admit to his wite that he's a fool, but he never wants it to go any farther. X 'ii changing a ten dollar bill. O' hung disappears as quickly j as a political platform die day after tlv .1 ction. It has been our observation that j a fall never j irs a go I very mueli it she happens in lie wearing her I best stockings. Maybe they could improve the | political platforms this year if each party would include a fence for the candidate to straddle. The Weldon man who whines that he never had a chance is prob ably one who wouldn't recognize it if he met it in the road. Don’t divorce your wife. Take her a dozen roses. The shock will kill her and then you can use the roses for the funeral. There was a lot more prosperity around Weldon when stockings with a hole went to the darning basket instead"of the rag b ig. Maybe we'd start a row in this country, too, if a bunch of foreign ers came over and went to digging 0 George Washington's grave. .Mr. Louis kiimer says u lus turned uui that prohibition isn't as I nig a success as its advocates pray ed for or a. lug i failure .is iis op 1 meins Imped tor. We Heard a Weldon schoolboy Tying to figure out yesterday why j liry call n a shipment when they lend it in i e o old a cargo when hey -.end u in a ship When a w mi n geis small wages or housework that’s parsimony; vhen she gets none, that's matri tiotiy, and when she gets enough o live on, that's alimony. \X'e heartily agree with Chief of ’olic Crew who said yesterday hat there never seems to be any totnplaint about a lack of parking daces around itie churches Noa ihey're talking about sim difying the income tax blanks. X nat the average Weldon man vho lias to pay one wants is a sirn der way of raising die money. We happened iu mention at the lostofliee yesterday that old quota ion about 01.10 being just a little ower than lilt-angels and a man aid then angels must get pretty ow sometimes We understand it was Mr. H. B. Seville who declared a lew days go that the women want to hold II political conventions in the pring so they can see what style t ais the other women are spring ng. BIHI HDAY PARTY Liule Miss Virginia Lee Hose nan was hostess Saturday after iooii at ilie home of her parents, dr. and Mrs. VC. J. Boseman, on ledar sireei, the occasion being he celebration of her seventh ( irthday anniversary. There were umbers of enjoyable games and everal good selections on ihe I d ion. Delicious refreshments were erved The guests numbered t bout thirty. DEATH OF HENRY "HUMP " 1 Died in this place on Wednesday ight of last week, Henry 'Hump,'1 colored, in the 50th ear of his age. Henry had been faithful servant in the home of | dr. H. G. Rowe for many years, n fact, Henry had been officially ead for quite a while. While erving a term in the penitentiary, te Superintenden, the late Capt. j V. H. Day, ordered that he be iven his liberty and marked dead, le was always polite and accom lodating and we hope he has ( one to the better land. The Woman's National Com littee for Law Enforcement is to /ork for enforcement of all law nth special stress, at present, on he prohibition law, the front to ay where the battle against law tssness has to be fought. FOR PRHSIDKM . 1 Josephus Daniels-For-President Cluh Formed and Resolutions Passed — Fnthusiastic Meeting V Ai the cull of one hundred and | fi'ty of the citizens of Weldon a I meeting was held in the Town Hall on Friday night last for the pur pose of organizing a Josephus Daniels-for-President Club. Mr. W. T. Shaw called the meeting to order and on motion of Mr. S. J. Dixon waselected permaneritchair tnan with C. H. Carter secretary. Mr. John 1'. Holoman offered the following resolutions which after discussion were unanimously adopted : "We, the citizens of Weldon, having organized a ‘Dan iels-for-President Club,’ do hereby resolve: 1. That Hon. Josephus Daniels, Raleigh, N. C., has been a vital factor in the upbuilding of his State. 2. That as Secretary of the Na vy during the World war he brought great honor to the nation and to his native State of North Carolina. 3. That throughout his career he has proved his ability in and loyalty to any undertaking in which he has engaged. 4. That more than any other nun Who is a possible candidate for the Presidency of the United States Hon. Josephus Daniels is qualified to occupy that exalted of fice. 5. 1'hat it is the purpose of the Weldon Daniels-for-President club to bend its efforts towards obtain ing the Democratic nomination and the national election of Hon. Jo sephus Daniels to the Presidency of the United States. 6. That it is the opinion of this club that the Democracy of North Carolina should stand staunchly behind and add impetus to the movement to elevate Hon. Josephus Daniels to the Presidency of the United States. The chairman, Mr. Shaw, Mr. W. L. Knight, Dr. D. B. Zollicof fer and others spoke to these reso lution heartily endorsing them and promising every co-operation in the effort to secure a President from North Carolina who was not only born here but is still a North Carolinian. An Hxecutive Committee of the Following was appointed after which the meeting adjourned: Elliott B. Clark, C. R. Daniel, W. I.. Knight, S. J. Dixon, J. P. Holoman, H. D. Allen, Blackwell Pierce, L. T. Garner, B. G. Rodwell, W. C. Mitchell, Mrs. Ida Wilkins, W. A. Pierce, D. B. Zollicoffer, D. R. Anderson, and Miss Pearl Harris. MADDREY-SUITER. A wadding of unusual interest to tus and other sections of North Carolina and Virginia, took place n Garysburg Saturday atiernoon, March 8th, at 3 o'clock when Miss Florence Suiter became the bride if Mr. Joseph T Maddrey. The wedding was characterized jy beauty and simplicity and was witnessed by only members of the mmedtate families. The ceremo ly was performed by Rev. G. M. Lance, pastor of the bride. The mpressive ring ceremony being ased. , Mrs. Maddrey is the beautiful ind attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J A. Suiter, of Garysburg, ind was graduated from the Wo man's College, Petersburg, Va. Mr. Maddrey is a son of Mrs. R. M. Maddrey, of Seaboard. He mended the University of North Carolina and received his law de cree from Wake Forest College in May, 1923. Immediately after the marriage the happy young couple left by au [omobile for a brief trip through North Carolina and Virginia. Af ter April 1st, they will be at home at Weldon. MAH-JONG. Game of the Chinese Dope Fiend Outlawed in Country in which it Originated, Finds Place in Weldon. The following by Donald Strick ler in the Dearborn Independent will be read with interest by some of our readers who have become fascinated by tins new game: "Dong Chow Mah-jong!— America has found a new amuse ment. And what could he more romantic? To begin with, n is "Made in China”; it includes counters which look like chop sticks; there is all the mystery of a magician's cabinet, with it are little blocks of polished ivory or bone and bamboo dovetailed together. The characters on these Chinese dominoes arc dragons, circles, bamboos, winds, flowers and sea sons But the members of our elite so ciety, sitting down to tlnir after noon Mah j mg clubs, little guess that it is opposed by government and moral influences in China and and that it is being played only by street denizens and dope fiends in the gambling resorts and opium dens. The Mah-jong gamester in China has about the same status as a bootlegger in the United States. Students of American universi ties enthusiastically receive this novel game into their fraternity homes, but do not know and are not told that in China Mah-jong— more than immorality—has ruined the lives of multitudes of students and caused them to drop ilieir books. Chinese Christians are expelled from churches for playing the game. After the World War it was found necessary to explain to the Hast why the so-called Christian nations of the West had been grap pling at one another's throats. It seems that now we are facing a similar paradoxical situation. A group of Chinese Christians are saying that America and Hngland are setting China a bad example through the introduction of Mah jong as a social institution. The National Christian Council of China has written an open letter to the Federal Council of Churches in America, concerning the vogue of the game here." AMONG THE VISITORS. Personul Items About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Here and There. Mrs. Lee Johnson has returned from a visa to Kinston. Miss Mary Anderson is visiting friends in Portsmouth, Va. Mr. R. L. Williamson, of Ln tie|J, was a visitor here last week. Miss Mary Stringer is spending a few days in Norfolk and Ports mouth. Dr. W. A. Campbell and little son, of Old Church, Va., are vis iting the family of Mr. J. B. Tilgh Mrs. Geo. D. Hawks, Mrs. Alice Hudson and Mr. William Hudson spent a few days in Rich mond last week Mrs. F. N. Poole, of Spring Hope, was a visitor in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walton, last week. Mrs. A C. Sledge and little Miss Willie Lee Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Powell are visit ing relatives in Portsmouth, Va., this week. Mrs. R. S. Travis has re turned from Richmond where she was called :o the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Troy Myatt. who was operated on for appendicitis. DEATH OF A LITTLE BOY Died at the home of his parents in Thelma, on Thursday night of last week, Joe Harris House, aged iwo years, eight months 'and elev en days. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. House and grandson of Sheriff J. A. House. The little fellow had been in poor health for quite a while and was laken suddenly worse on Thurs day and died in a short time. Our sympathy goes one to the bereaved anes. A FACT. Don't let this good advice be lost To grab it you should try; The things you get for nothing cost More than the things you buy. "VENUS." The golden staircase scene in I Geo. b. Wine's production of i "Venus” which will he seen at the i People's Theatre on Tuesday, j March 18th, is said to be one of , the most opulent stage creations : ever devised. The entire scene is | occupied by a gigantic series of ‘ steps, covered wiih hundreds of ' square feet of cosily gold leal No sooner is the beholder throw n into admiration at the magnigcence of the investiture than appears Nyra Brown in her dazzling robed'or, the train of which measures over ninety feet, and emerges from he : neath the stage. Mr. Wintz has 1 given permission to Sam II. Har ris and Irving Berlin to use a sim i ilar effect in The Music Box Revue. Aside from those attractions, it will j not be seen with any other show than "Venus." Miss Brown will have the sup port of Johnnie Getz, America's! iiiimit ihle cotnediin, together with a bevy of the most beautiful mai dens, totaling twenty-four, ever seen with any attraction on tour. What science needs to do next is to find a way for preachers to tie the wedding Knot a little tighter. hogs get drunk. Sheriff Johnson, Chief of poll'd Lawrence of Scotland Neck ant \X'. H Woodfin, a Federal prohi bition officer, on Thursday o Iasi week, raided ihe premises o Foy Uevereaux, who lives in ihi large dwelling ai Pollock's Ferry nut found, secreted in an old barn fifty gallons of mash, several meas uring pois and a number of hqum containers. The mash was pourec on the ground and was later drunk by the hogs on ihe farm, while iht containers and measuring pots were held as evidence to assisi jri the conviction of the negro distiller, A thorough search was made fot ihe still, but ii could not be Ice : ted. When the officers came back from their search for the still they found the hogs which had partaken of the mash, hilariously drunk. Some were pawing the earth, and some were endeavoring to kil their fellow-hogs In tact those who saw ihem say that the swine were behaving much in the same manner as humans when they have partaken too freely. The negro. Devereaux was ar rested and brought before U. S. Commissioner, H. B. Harrell, Jr., who bound him over under a bond of $400 for his appearance at court. OBITUARY. Died at his home l-'eb. 26, 1924 Vlr D (. Cobh, aged 64 years. Angels entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. O R Cobb and took home to glory their beloved uncle, and left them to mourn. BntGod knows best and Hedoeth all things well. Mr. Cobb leaves two sisters, five nephews, one niece and many loved ones who will sadly miss him. \ precious one from us in uom*, \ VOICe l\r lo\l* IN still. \ place mailt* vacant in our home H Inch never can he tilled. \\ r hopu -t>mu tlay to meet him < >u yomler happy shore. Ami there to meet ami tfreet him \niorr \nd we shall be where tempests cease Ami Rurjres swell no more Sleep on beloved. sleep a**A t*ik*» thy rest I iv down thy head upon th v Saviour’s W e love thee well but Jesus loves thee best. <'Oodniifht! Good n* hi! Roncbta Cobh. The old-fashioned Weldon wo man who used to have a black silk dress she wore for years on state i occasions now has a daughter who j who has to have a new dress for every party. ECONOMY-Despitcunprccedented demand. Portland Cement remains the in. st coiuimi .il Pmldinn material. Compun.un <>//•»!.< < of huil.!.m>: materials and Atla< Portland Cement- Source: fiini./irt^ material prices from I S fiurcau of Ltuwr Statistics. 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Portland Cement the best that science and skill can produce—and . ember . t the c per it mg group takes pride in helping to maintain Atlas as — “The Standard by which all other Ma\es are Measured" THE ATLAS PORTLAND C E xM E N T C O M P A N Y 25 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHIUAUO BIRMINGHAM INDEPENDENCE. KAN’S. Philadelphia Ik:f North Carolina, and in Littleton rownship described as follows: towit: “Beginning at old Bacon Koad Rus sell's corner, east side leading along said VIary D Alston’s line, 3(>{ 35$ poles or DO yards to Mary D. Alston’s corner lear a branch, thenct at right angles dong Hobbit line S 34 E70 yards to a (take along Mary 1). Alston’s line N $<»A A’ 215 yards to old Bacon Road to a done thence along said road to the beginning it being the lot of land con veyed by J. W. Bobbitt and wife tc VIary D. Alston GEORGE C. GREEN, J. W. BOBBITT. Trustees. Notice of Sale. l'uder and by virtue of the powers and authority given to the undersigned Trustee by a certain deed of trust of William Mills and others, which is duly recorded in the oftice of the Register of Deeds for Halifax county in Hook 320, page 245, default having been made in the payment therein set out and there by secured, 1 will on Saturday, April 5th, 1924, at 11 o’clock A. M , in front of the Post Office door in the Town of Weldon, N. C., expose to public sale to the highest bidder for cash a certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Lit tleton Township, liulifax county, N. C., described as follows Beginning at the center line of the old bridge across Deep Creek and run ning along the old road south t»9 de grees -It) minutes west 140 feet to a bend; thence south 37 degrees. 40 minutes west 217 feet to the new road,and thence along the new road north 72 degrees, 41) minutes west 41)1 feet, thence nortli 28 degrees, 1 • minutes west 2(300 feet to a rock. Lohdell Car Wheel Co. oorner; thence with their line north 80 degrees 26 minutes cast 182 feet toarock, thence south 80 degrees, 46 minutes east 181 feet to a rock. thence south 80 degree* east 182 feet to a rock; thence north 86 degrees, 30 minutes east 480 feet to a rock; thence north 28 degrees, 50 min utes east 248 feet to a rock; thence north 13 degrees, 10 minutes east 528 feet to a rock; thence north 17 degrees 15 min utes east 700 feet to a rock on the S. A. L. Ry. right-of-way; thence along said 8. A. L. right of-way 52 degrees east,220 feet to an iron stake, M. F. Harrison’s corner; thence with his line south 7 de grees and 20 minutes east 3790 leet to the center on the old wooden biidge across Deep Creek, the point of beginning, containing by survey of May 20, 1920, 85.00 acres, the same being a part of the Christie land which was con veyed to Dr. S. B. Pierce by the Chris tie heirs and being the identical tract of land which was this date and contem poraneously herewith conveyed unto the su d parties of the first part by the said S B. Pierce, et ux. Time of .Sale: Saturday, April 5,1924. Place of Sale: Front of Post Office, Weldon, N. C. Terms of Sale: CASH. This the 4th day of March, 1924. WM L. KNIGHT, Trustee.