■ (-;$I ALJLIbrltL) IiN IXOo. A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. Terms of SubscriDtion--$2 00 Per Annum I VOL. LV III. WELDON, N. ('. mritSDAY. MAY », 1924. no. r> 1 MOCKING BIRD SINGS FAREWEll Oeneral Julian S. Carr, (Jentle men and Soldier, Laid to Pest at Durham Home —Tottering Veterans Weep—Streets Hung With Mourning in Honor of the Last Passing of a Most Heloved Figure. W hile a Southern mocking bird sang from the newly-turned green branches of a nearby elm tree, there was laid to rest Sunday af Iternoon, May 4th, General Julian Shakespeare Carr, rare Southern gentleman, soldier, financier and scholar. 1 he burial took place at the Carr homepluce, Somerset Villa. In a small white vault, in a mass of green vines and foliage, the body was laid, while thousands Ijoked on with sorrow and rever ence. Lined on each side of the vault, with uncovered heads and sadden eJ, moistened eyes, stood lines of gray-haired Confederate veterans in their gray uniforms, while Rev. Sam Small, former ecitor of the Atlanta Constitution, representing the chief chaplain of the Confed erate veterans, spoke the simple words of the last funeral rites. The members of the family of the de ceased stood at the foot of the vault during the ceremony. Without ostentation, without pomp, and in the cjiiiet beauty of an early spring afternoon, the remains were low ered into the vault. Banked high on each side of the bier were myriads of flow ers, flow- ! ers such as General Carr had loved. Banked around ihe tiny, parklike plot, where the body ol the late Mrs. Julian S. Carr, Sr., • and Julian S. Carr, Jr., were the iju-ts of friends and admirers ol one of the last of the South's grand uid men. Prominently placed were the intimate friends of the late gen erul. Col. Benehan Cameron, Gov ernor Cameron Morrison, General Albert Cox, of Raleigh; Hon.Wade Harris, of Charlotte; General W. L. Freeman and Col. Ii. D. Tay lor, of Richmond, Va., and many others from a distance. The mocking bird's song grew hushed as a Methodist choir, hall hidden in ihe shrubbery, sang, soft mid low, ihe favorite hymn of the deceased, "Asleep in Jesus. " l ite casket was lowered into the \au!t, and slowly the funeral party wound past, dropping flowers into the open vault until it resembled a lovely, cool bed ol white. Only o.ie other hymn was sung at the grave, while the ceremony was l-krngplace, “OneSweetly Solemn Thought.” Children w i j " FOR FLETCHER'S QTAS.TO R I A JURY LIST FOR JUNE COURT. The following jurors have been (trawn for the June term of Halifax superior Court, which convenes at Halifax on Monday, June 2nd: First Week.—J. N. Richard son, R. S. Travis, Sr., G. C. Kicks, R. T. Daniel, J. L. Wilson, C. B. Brickell, W. V. Woodruff, M. J. Hux, R. M. Purnell, F. F. Kendrick, C. W. Wood, 1. M. Lewis, Wilbur Cook, W. V. Wheeler, B. G. Braswell W. B. Collier, W*. G. Bailey, J.H.Briley, Wm. H. Hudson, D. L. Wilson, J H. Rook, Will D. Dickens, T. R-Ellen, H. H. Sorrie, DeWiti j Hardison, C. W. Wynn, C. C. j Mason, Hannibai Shearin, J. M. j Downey, Willie Coley, W. M. Turner, P. J. Underwood, M. D. | Collier, G. F. Smith, A. D. Ba/e more, H. J. Armstrong. Second Week—Willie Lynch, K. C. Cornwall, W. D. Wommick, H. E. Jackson, Jesse W. Flem ing, B. F. Bracey, W. H. Mabry, Clee Vaughan, W. M. Jones, Paul Boseman, S. B Kitchin, Eugene Neville, E. G. Garlick, Joe Car ter, W. W. Wood, A B White, W. F. Warren, W. N Sherrod, P. L. Harden, F. T. Pool, J. I I'argis, R. E. Vaughan, J. W. I ?ming, W. T. Collins, J. D. McDonald, E, W. Staton, W. A. 1 ppitt, S. T. Wopimick, p G. 1 oggard, W. P. Woodruff, F. W. Lehman, J. W. Mallison, Gus Neville, H- H- Woodard, J. M. ^•Pith, N. W. Browning. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Ovor 30 Years Signature of Have your Kodak Films devol ved and printed at Weldon Drug Co, OLD WELDON I flings I hat Happened 33 Years Ago in Town and Vicinity. April 9, 1891.-Mr J. M Mul len, of Petersburg, was a visitor in town Monday. Mr T. L Purnell, of Raleigh. I sP'-m a few days in town last week with old friends. Mr. W. A. Dunn, of Scotland ] Neck, spent Tuesday night in ; town. Governor Daniel (. Fowle died at Raleigh Tuesday night. Gov I ernor Towle was fifty-nine years | old and a native of Beaufort conn I ly' j The marriage of Mr. \X'. H. Nicholson and Miss Lizzie John ston was consummated in Litleton M. E. church April I, 1891, Rtv. R O. Burton, 1). D., officiating. I tie ushers were Messrs. Tom Gooch, of Henderson, Tom Haw kins. VViliie Spruill and Unsaid Alston; best man, Air. Peachie Woolford, of Richmond; maid ol honor, Miss Lena Moore, of War saw. Attendants— Miss Benie Nicholson and Mr. Whit Johnston; Miss Mary Pierce and Mr. Eugene Johnston; Miss Sue Johnston and Mr. Claud Sessoms; Miss Claud Johnston and Mr. Gtd Nicholson; Miss Minnie Johnston and Col. A. T. IJzzelle, of Baltimore; Miss Annie Allen and Mr. Ed. Young, of Henderson. Rower gitls—Miss Irena Johnston and Miss Bettie Perkins. The wedding march wjs beautifully rendered by Miss Mamie Lewis. April 10, 1891 .—Mrs. Eveline Brunei) died very suddenly ai ilie residence uf her son-in-law, Mr. Joseph S. Grigg, Jurratis, Va., on Sunday night Iasi, aged about 66 years. She was a sisier of our townsman, Mr. G. G. Gary. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Allen, of Beilfield, Va,, have arrived in town and will make this place their home in future Mr. and Mrs II F. Brice, ol j Wilson, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. H. C. Spiers, returned home Monday. Captain T. W. Mason left yes teaday morning for Raleigh to at j tend the meeting ol the Corpora j tion Commission. Rev. W. B. Morton has received a call to the pastorate of the Bap tist church at Winston. Mr. Charles R. litnry, who is a student at Horner's school was in town last week. He is now north for the purpose of having his eyes treated for weakness caused by uverstudy. April 23, 1891. -Mrs. R. S. j Hall left Monday for Florence, S. C., where she will hereafter re side. W. S. Herbert, editor of the Kinston Free I’ress, made this of See a most pleasant call a few days ago. Sheriff M. F. Stancell, of North rmpton county, was in town a few Jays ago. (J i Wednesday night of last week, the l oth mst., at the resi dence o! the Hide’s grandmother, Mrs. Mary Cochran, Mr. J. M. Sligci was lim ed in matrimony to Miss Maggie M Hamlet, the Rev. J, A. L .-, officiating. We learn that Dr James W. Alston died a' Ins home in Raleigh Sunday night, aged 74 years. He jraedeed his profession here sev :ral years after the war. Dr. F. M. Garrett, formerly of he Ringwood section, died in Lit leton Friday morning and was juried in the Episcopal churchyard rear Ringwood. BOOSTER TRIP. As we go to ptess we learn that t party of gentlemen are expected o reach Weldon from Wilmington tbout 5 or 6 o'clock over route Ro. 40 in die interest of the South Atlantic Coastal Highway. The Chamber of Commerce will enter ain the party with a rock fish mud lie We are also expecting to have t little talking in regard to the high way. Worth Money In the Home A bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for mmediate use for sudden and grip ng pains and cramps, always alarming, especially when accom panied with black nausea and weakening dirrahoea. Gives in stant warmth, comfort and ease from pain. Good for childJen and grown-ups. SPRIGHTLY SPARKS. Gathered Here and There and Everywhere. The roses are here again. The oyster season is over. Politics will soon be raging. I he ice cream season is here. Early to plant, early to reap. I he w ild flowers are beautiful I Ins has been a very cold spring Commencement season is almost here. Now you can look out for thun | der storms. Now for straw berry short cake [ —don't talk. (let your hook and line and gath er at the river. Home made vegetables will be late rhis season. Rock fish are here, but ihey are for rich folks only. 1 he backward of the season ne cessitated pushing spting work now. Many a man who tell in love at first sight now w ishes he had worn glasses. Girls used to marry for wealth. Now some of them are satisfied with an auto. Some \X'eldon people are never happy unless there is something wrong with them. Maybe the reason some Weldon women get cany at times is because their husbands bark at them. We see where a Norfolk man wasarrested for drinking hair ionic. He must want to he fur-lined. Some are horn dumb, and others get that from associating with vase line shieks and bobbed-haired Shebas. One advantage ot daylight sav ing is that ii enables eyeryone to say tie has saved something during the year. Mr. L. Kiunersays Kurope's at titude toward the United States seems tn he- '‘If ynu love me, gimme. ” We've noticed tli.it when a boy is reserved .uiJ don’t talk much his mother always says he takes alter her. According to Mr. Whit Anthony, the girl who is conned in a kitchen genei ally knows w hut to do m one after she is married. Judging from reports, Congress is gening everything into the Con gressional Record bui a recipe for making raspberry jam. The real'"safety first" disciple is the Weldon nun who wears sus penders as well as a belt and also Carries a few nails in his pocket. Spring labrics interest the wo men (oiks around Weldon hut Dad will continue to prepare tor sum mer by merely taking off ms vest. Weldon men can thank nature for one dung -she fixed it so the fishing season comes around aboui the nine in women siari cleaning huuis W hat lias . econie of the oid fashioncd Weldon boy who used to tipioe down the aisle on Sunday morning in a pair ol loud squeak ing shoes? A husband is one who says he “made a bad invesunem" and lets it go at that, but thinks his wife’s loss is due to "woman’s lack of judgment.” "It doesn’t make any d life rente, says Mr. lid. Johnson, "whether you get married m the forenoon or afternoon, you'll look just as foolish next day." Mr. "Shake" Clark says he longs for the good old days when n was considered a science to know how to hold a girl and a big album on your lap at the same time. Many a man who does not whoop with enthusiasm over his work, reaches the goal shea J ut the chaps who have >died themselves out of breath shewing how much they liked their jobs. DIED FROM WOUNDS. Ralph Brin, colored, who was shot ut the oil mill, in this place, about sj!( wpeks ago and taken to the hospital at Roanoke Rapids, Jied on Wednesday from (he ef fects of the wound. I be party who did the shooting was never arrested. The remains were taken to St. George, S. C., for burial. Every Property Owner to use L. & M. Semi Paste Paint and make his own Paint for $2.82 per gallon. See advertisement in this , paper and note a gallon costs noth-! ing if not satisfactory. PUPILS SOLVE PROBLEM. 1 Educational Situation in Halifax County Depict ed In Commencement Exercises. I( was a surprising day for the iwo ihousand or more folks who poured into Halifax Iasi Friday and off and on during the day suc ceeded in crowding into the court house for a glimpse of the prize winners during the successive six to seven hours of recitations, s'ory telling, singing, drills and finally, the operetta. The morning events went off with a precision and promptness that boded well for those who were to make a day of it, and closed w ith commencement exercises for 88 seventh grade graduates, repre senting 17 schools. Rev H. M. Nonli, of the Methodist Church of Rocky Mount, delivered the shori address w hich preceded die pre sentation of diplomas by Superin tendent A F. Akers The morn ing also concluded the singing, story-telling and dramatization con tests, and left the crowd ready for the afternoon, which had promised the most interesting part of the day. After dinner, instead of the line of Fords beginning to dwindle away, it increased, for the best part of the program had been saved for the last and the Halifax folks wanted to know just what the chil dren had to say about the schools. "The Belles of BetterSchools," an operetta planned for Halifax county by the Hobgood and Cal vary schools, was produced to show the tax payers why they are receiving only 61.8 per cent, out of every dollar spent on education. According to the authors of the op eretta, and those who did some clever performing, it was a lack of co-operation between the function ing units of the school and commu nity. The operetta closed the day after a series of dances and drills which show ed the result of the concerted effort to put a victrola into every school in the county as a part of the program of music appreciation. The prize winners in the events of the day included the following pupils and schools: Primary story telling, Clara fauna, Darlington; primary reproduction contest,Han na Heptinstall, dramatization, Dar lington school; primary singing, Hobgood school; grammar grades singing, Dawson school and Ffali fax school; special physical drill, Hardruwee school; singing games, Halifax; folk games, Halifax; ex pressions of rhythm, Halifax, with the Dixie dance. SEVERELY HURT, News was received here Iasi week ihat Mr. John Johnsion, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. John sion, of lliis place, had been severe ly wounded while unending 10 his duties in ihe Gaston hotel at New bern. It seems Mr. Johnsion was acting as clerk in the office for a short while and some man, whom he had never seen before, came in swearing very loud, and he at once told him he would have to get out, that he could not allow him to use such language in the office. The man went out and came back with a brick and hit Mr. Johnston on the head, fracturing his skull. He was at once rushed to the hospital and is now doing as well as could be expected. Mrs. Johnston left at once to be at his bedside. Much sympathy is expressed here for the young man and also for his father and mother. NEW SUPERINTENDENT. At the meeting of the School Hoard on Wednesday night of last week, Mr. Walter W. Barnhart, of Oxford, was elected Superin tendent of the Weldon Graded Schools to succeed Prof. W. B. Edwards, who was not a candidate for re election. Prof. Edwards leaves to become a member of the faculty of Chowan College, Mur freesboro. Our people are sorry indeed to part with Prof. Edwards and his most excellent wife, who have been with us for the past six years. Mr Barnhart comes with the very best credentials and we extend to hint and his wife our very best w ishes. I he Easier Is the Better Way. Don’t poison yourself with calo mel every Saturday night, but get a package of Chamberlain's Tab lets. Take one or two on going to bed, and the morning will find you feeling good. Gentle and persuasive, they never pripe nor sicken. Only 25 cents. THE TIME TABLE In Which You Will Find Correctly Scheduled the Arrival and Departure ot Your Freinds and Acquaintances, Miss Charlotte Dawson spem the week end with relatives ai Lit ! ileton. Mrs. Ruih 11uuter and Miss ' Rosa Rodwell spent the week-end at Macon. Mr. I urn Mabry, of Columbia, S. C.. was among the visitors here last week. Mrs. Kate l’rescott Carter, of Lynchburg, Va , is visiting relatives in Weldon. Mrs. C. T. Maxwell, of Phila dclpia, is v; .iting her sister, Mrs. W. I'. Shaw. Miss Mary Anderson, who has been visiting triends in Goldsboro, has returned home. Mr. Herbert Rowe attended the Embalmers Association which met in Raleigh last week. Miss Blanche Johnson attended the commencement exercises at Margarettsville, last week. Misses Bernice Dixon, Hazel Clark, Elizabeth Wyche and Vera Reaves spent the week-end in Lit tleton. Miss Katrine Wiggins, who was successfully operated on for appen dicitis at the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital, has returned home. Dr. E. D. Poe who has been conducting a very successful re vival in Norfolk, for the past two weeks, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Jenkins, of Portsmouth, were here last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Weeks, which took place at Halifax. Rev. H. B. Porter and wife, of Warrenton, and Rev. B. P. Rob inson, ot Jackson, were the guests of Rev. G. W. Perry last week. Mr. Walter W. Barnhart, the new Superintendent of the Graded Schools, was in town Saturday and paid tin-, oliice a very pleasant visit. Rev. M. Bradshaw, D. D., Pre siding Elder of the Durham Dis trier, was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. G W. Perry one day last week. Mrs. E. Clark, Miss Elizabeth i Clark, Mr. and Mrs. \l. B. Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Edwards, of Seaboard, motored to Tarboro Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Erank Saunders. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIA RY. The American Legion Auxiliary met ui the home of Mrs. W.b'.Gray Friday, May 2nd. The meeting was opened by all standing and singing America, After the busi ness of the meeting was dispensed with the following program was rendered : Voice selection Return — by Mrs. Clayton Sledge. Piano selection—Happy Farmer —by Vera Lillian Daniel. Voice selection —Mighty Ltk’ a Rose—Mrs. R. F. Crofton. Piano selection—O Sole Mio— Mrs. D. B. Zollicotfer. A demonstration was then given by Mrs. Vail, how to make poppies. This was followed by a delicious salad served by Mrs. Daniel and Mrs. Gray. ON HIE HONOR ROLL. Among the students on the hon ! or roll at the State University, we ; notice .lie name of our young I friend and townsman, Mr. Lillis Farber. Originating from the Weldon Graded School and under the tutorship of that successful in structor, Prof. V . B. Edwards, is one of the secrets of this young man’s success. It means some thing to get on the honor roll at the State University. We extend hearty congratulations. CAMPAIGN MANAGER Mr. II. B. Harrell, Jr., has been appointed campaign managerfor J. • W.Bailey for Governor for Halifax county. The appointment is a good one, as Mr. Harrell will leave nothing undone whereby he can strengthen the cause of the candi date he represents. MINSTREL OE 1924 Minstrel of 1924, will give an entertainment by the best local tal ent, under the direction of Miss Qlayde Weathers, of Georgia, on Friday, May 9th, at 8:30j at Gra ded School Auditorium. Latest song hits, catchy music, good voices, black lace comedians. Don’t miss the fun. Admission 50 cents and 25 cents. Given under the auspices Of the MusC: Club. COTTON ASSOCIATION NEWS. A Deportment of Information for the 14th District—Halifax. War ren. Northampton and Hert ford. Warren county has one of the livest and most active county or ganizations in the state. They meet twice a month at Norltna, on the second and fourth Saturdays At their last meeting, April, 2 Halifax county; subject to the Pri mary to be held June 7th. The support ol my friends will be high ly appreciated. L. W. LEGGETT. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself a can didate lor Sheriff of Halifax coun ty, subject to the coming Demo cratic Primary. Hannibal Shea rim. FOR SHERIFF. I hereby announce myself as • candidate for Sheriff, subject to the action of the Democratic Prima ry June 7th, 1924. Thanking all for past support, I hope to merit a continuance of it. J. A. HOUSE. FOR SOLICITOR. To the Democratic Voters of Third Ju dicial District of North Carolina: I hereby announce myself as a candidate to fill the unexpired term of the Hon. Garland E. Midy ette as solicitor of the Third Judi cial District of North Carolina.sub ject to the Democratic Primary June 7th, 1924. Due to my pres ence in court as solicitor, it is im possible for me to make an exten sive personal campaign. In the absence of that I stand upon my record as a life long Democrat, a veteran of the World war with fif teen months service in France, and my present record in the office, which 1 seek. R. Hunt Parker. NEW BARBER SHOP I take this method of informing my old friends and customers that 1 have returned to Weldon and have opened a first-class shop next door to Farber & Josephson’s store and will be glad to serve the public. T. H. SINGLETON WELDON, N. C. COR RLNT—One large brick I store, next to South Weldon Drug Store. 7 rooms flat with bath above store for rent. Apply to S. J. Dixon. 3 8 lw WANTED—Students to work m» office while taking business course. Tuition paid from guaran teed position after graduation. Edwards Business Collec High Point, N. y,. /