ESTABLISHED IN 1866-THE OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA
SIXTY-EIUHTH YEAR
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
WELDON, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1988
Officers Hunt
3ank Robbers
•ul officers anil state patrolmen
_d the highways leading into
jn today on watch for three ban
who robbed the Planters Bank in
ttleboro of $5,153.00 cash. Officers
on the loockout in other parts on
rn Carolina.
ne trio, heavily armed was led,
el believed, by Paul Rdwards, alleg
>d ringleader of a band of car and
warehouse robbers who li.is been son
*ght by police in this section of the
State on several larceny charges. M.
P. (Railroad) may, formed riedmox.
League ball player and Jimmy Itil
awaiting ftrial on larceny charge!
were ident tied by the bank c.ashie
and a number of wUnevws as two c
the in.m participating in ti e iobber,\
Two of the men said to have bee
Ray and Udw..rda, wads' t into tl.
bank a few minutes after A aslstan
Cashier James A. Daugl.tendga op
ened the vault, asked Daughteridge
for 25 pennies for a quarter and when
he handed the < hange across the co' ’
ter, confronted him with two pistol.
Wh.de the man Paugbtridgc Ulentifle
from photographs as Kdwards cov
ere! him with a pistol, the man Ideal
fied as Ray went back of the toller1'
counter, scooped all available more
out of the cash drawer, and took mor.
than $4,000 from the bank vault.
It is believed that these same men
visited the Bank of Weldon building n
few days ago. According to Miss Pal
tie .^yffciuqt two mon entered the
n stood at. a window. In
he bank Miss Kitzhugh
that it was closed and
d. Their mission was
vith which to get some
nnon At
t Church Sun.
pastor was asked by
isiness man if the
is in the Bible. Of
/ered him affirmative
« .1.7: 12).
_. summation of the Mosaic
.eluding the Ten Command
.1, and also the entire teaching
o.'•Jesus. It is the Law and the Gos
pel; it embodies the moral idea in the
utterance of every prophet.
The inquiry of the above mention
ed gentleman was for the purpose of
establishing his own opinion, but it
was suggestive to the Preacher. The
moral equity and fairness of this
passage is so apparent that we sup
posed all men had recognized it as
a universal Christian doctrine. Per
haps that accounts for the fact that
is not more often preached from.
After due consideration w'e con
ducted that it would be wise to use
thiS text Next Sabbath. If you are in
terested in the broad scriptural in
terpretation of human relation, con
duct and moral attitude, we invite
you to the Methodist Church Next
Sabbath, 11 A. M.
Euclid McWhorter, Pastor.
Seaboard Runs Train
From Portsmouth To
Protect Excursionists
The Seaboard has arranged to op
erate a special train leaving Ports
mouth at 9.00 P. M-. Sunday, Jqly
23rd to afford week-end passengers
who visit Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Virginia Beach and Ocean iVew to
spend the full day at these resorts,
returning, to leave Portsmouth in the
evening.
The Beaches are in the height of
their season. and should attract a
large number desiring to enjoy the
amusements and the special train
which the Seaboard is to operate
giVes the passengers the entire day
at these resorts.
Miss Elizabeth Clark has returned
from a visit to her brother in Chapel
Hill.
Mr. Pete Clark left Thursday even
ing for Fort Bragg to spend several
weeks.
News Among
Local Frats
K Of P Initiate One
The Weldon lodge Knights of Pyth
ias after taking on new life a few
weeks ago with the installation of
new officers, attendance contest, etc.
last night administered the third de
gree to A. L. Hux of Halifax. Mr.
IIux is the first new member to be
taken in for several months but
prospects for several new ones are
blight.
A larger attendance each Thurs
iny night is putting new spirit into
' In '- • n,t 1 it is expected that in
very short time . Ights of Pythias
,f \v\. „:i will talc, is former place
the out:!adding fieternity here.
fti.15vm.fr Class Coming
Knir'-fn of Pythian singing
,ivt co inert class from the Pythian
Orphan Home will be In Weldon on
lext Tuesday night. The group of
' tvs ant I girls will arrive here In the
i,: e: :'OOit . r \; t i e it In !..• i iii T > uiic-.':
ii P.'thi'iiv! net that night at c:,h1
• ol.i.'k i . t! ' high school auditorium •
>vi!l give a concert.
fh .e-el young girls of Weldon vil
•o'I tickets for the concert. Admia-'
ilon will be 10 and '.!3 cents, tlet your |
■ icket early, ,
Junior Order Pro
gressing’ Nicely
Edison Council Junior Order United
American Mechanics of Weldon is run
ning along smoothly under the new
leadership of J. D .Wheeler, Council
or. The Junior Order is the youngest
fraternity in the city having been or
ganized a little over a year ago and
has a membership of close to a hun- j
died.
W 0 W To Reorganize
The Woodman Of The World, na
tional insurance fraternity will re
organize Willow Camp No. 56 here in
the near future. O. O. Kiff, District
Deputy of Ahoskie has been working j
around town for the past several,
days rounding up old members and ^
soliciting new ones. He has been sue- j
cessful in securing about 20 members!
so far. He expects to return in about j
15 days to reorganize the camp and
put it on its feet once more.
Willow Camp was first organized
in 1900 and was active until about
ten years ago when interest dragged
to the extent that it completely died.
The Woodman of the World is a
fraternal insurance operating on a
4% legal reserve with $400,000,000 in
force and more than $110,000,000 re
serve. The organization boasts a $2,
500,000 war memorial hospital at
Omaha, Nebraska, for the treatment
of tubercular patients. National head
quarters are in Omaha, Nebraska and
its official publication with which
most everybody is familiar is “The
Sovereign Visitor.”
Local Couple Broadcast
One of the features on the radio
program from station WRVA at
Richmond, on Wednesday morning!
was a 15 minute program by Emily i
and Temple Chappell of Weldon.
Temple sang several popular num-j
bers and was accompanied at the
piano by Emily, who also rendered a
piano solo.
The program was splendid and
their many friends here hope to hear |
them again soon.
Mrs. D. G. Lewis and son are visit- ^
ing relatives in Goldsboro.
Miss Agnes McGee is spending
some time in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Monty Graham and children of
Richmond are the guests of Mrs. L.I
T. Garner.
Mr. William Johnson is spending
some time at Ocracoke.
Miss Annie Sue Howell has return
ed from Warrenton where she taught
the past two weeks teaching Bible
School. ^
Smith-Doufflass Loses
l’o Tarboro and Rapids
The crippled Smith-Douglass base
ball aggregation staggered through
another defeat on Wednesday of last
week when Tarboro dished out a 3
to 2 licking.
The boye from Weldon were minus
the big attack tha Beaman and Allen
are capable of producing, both stars
being on the suspended list. Cole was
in good form throughout the encoun
ter bearing down all the way aod hoi
ding the strong Tarboro nine to six
safeties. John Daniel and Garner foun
Buck Ixiyds slants to their liking and
combed him for 5 of the 9 blows gath
ered by Weldon. With two down in
the ninth John Daniel hit a screaming
single to right, stole second, but the
rally that is characteristic of the
Smith, Douglass boys fell short when
Jenkins speared Cochrane’s liner at
third.
The Smith-Douglass nine went
down to defeat before the Roanoke
Rapids Kilo Swats yesterday by a
-core of 4 to 2. Woldon trailing looked
like a whitewash until the eighth
/hen two runs were scored.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Mins Louise Williams of Ports
mouth, V,i„ in tho guest of Miss Vir
ginia L. Bosom an,
Mr. David Ward of Blusfiekl W.
Virginia, was the guest of Ills parents
last week.
Mrs. Stamford Travis and children
spent several days last week in town.
Mias Martha Hawkins is visiting
relatives in Goldsboro.
Miss Mary Wyche is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tunstall in Eliza
beth iCty.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. C. Hill of Kin
ston is visiting in the home of Mrs.
C. P. Vincent.
Mrs. Charles Vincent is spending
a few days in Norfolk, Va.
Mr. B. S. Stancill of Seaboard was
a visitor hero on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. C. Hill visited
relatives in Norfolk the first of this
week.
Misses Elizabeth and Jeanette Dic
kens of Wilson are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Dickens.
Mr. J. H. Rowell and son, James,
spent Saturday in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. C. F, Dixon of Winston Salem
and Miss Frances Dixon of Trenton,
N. C„ were the week-end guests of
Mrs. A. C. House.
Mrs. Mattie Heart of Phoebus, Va.,
was the guest of Miss Blanche John
son lest week.
Miss Helen Rowell left Monday to
spend some time in Norfolk, Va.
Misses Doris Spruill, Margie Col
lins and Mr. Harry Rpllins spent
Sunday in Washington, N. C.
Miss Ethel Parker returned to her
home in Woodland Saturday after
spending several days with Mrs. W.
A. Carter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Edwards of
Seaboard were the Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. E. Clark.
Mr. John Cates left Saturday to
spend several days at his home in
Eden ton, N. C.
Dr. Stephenson, Messrs. Will Selden
Shorty and Sterling Pierce have re
turned from a fishing trip to Ocra
coke, N. C.
Mrs. B. T. Dawson, Jr„ attended a
house party at Bay view this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Alferman and
daughter Hertha of Jacksonville, Fla.,
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. K.
Lewis.
Miss Dorothy Blalock of Waltf
Forest is the guest of Mrs. R. W
Carter, Jr.
Miss Winifred Holoman of Ra
leigh, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. J
P. Holoman.
Misses Dorothy Stephenson and
Helen Taylor of Gumberry are the
guests of Mrs. B. E. Stephenson.
Sam Gregory and R. B. Harrington
returned Monday from Camp Hanes.
Mrs. Curtis Howard and children
of Kinston are the guests of Mrs. Lee
Johnson.
Mrs. J. B. Parker of Woodland
spent Thursday in town.
Miss Hazel Clark left Thursday te
spend several weeks with relatives ii
Roanoke, Va.
I
SEABOARD NEWS
Mrs. Mollie Buchwalter, Ports
mouth, arrived the past week lor an
extended visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Russell Edwards.
Mrs. Garland Lee ' and daughter,
Betty Jean, of Weldon, are guests of
her parents Mr. and !Mrs. H. L. Duf
fee, this week.
Misses Alma and Irene Kee spent a
few days in Lewiston the past week
the guest of their friend, Miss Janice
Saunders,
Misses Margaret and Doris Phelps,
of Margarettsville spent the past
week here guests of their friend
Miss Lucille Spencer.
A Senior B. Y. P. U, was organized
at the Church the past week with the
following officers, visa: Leader, Rev.
C. H. Trueblood; President, Mattie
Jane Kee; Vice President, William
Lewis Norveil; Recording Secretary,
Mary Spencer; Corresponding Secre
tary, Mildred Norveil; Treasurer,
Burgess Stephenson; Bible Readers
Leader, Doris Stephenson; Pianist,
Miss Ruby Jordan; Asst. Pianist, Miss
Margaret Whitehead; Chorister, A.
W .Edwards, Jr.; Group Captains,
Irene Keo, Mattie Spencer, Helen
Edwards, Elizabeth Harris; Councilor,
Mrs. Gordon Maddrey,
The Young People of town gave
Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Parker a sur
prise miscellaneous shower at their
home near town, Wednesday night.
Th.jy received several Useful gifts.
Mrs. Annie Vick of Emporia ar
rived the past week and is the guest
of her son, Dr. C. L. Vick.
The Young People’# Division of
Pleasant-.Grave ..MM&*ai«t - Church
held a social on Friday evening, July
Uth, in honor of the delegates who
attended the Assembly at Louisburg
College. The Delegates were, Miss
Willie Pritchard, Miss Iva Parker,
Miss Iola Pritchard, Miss Helene Tay
lor, and Mr. Poe Parker, the president
They began with a service in the
church, at which time, the delegates
gave their report on the Assembly.
Miss Helene Taylor had charge of the
program. Whan the reports were com
pleted, the entire group joined hands
and marched out of the church, sing
ing "Bless Be The Tie That Binds”.
The social hour was spent in the open
on the church yard. They formed
themselves into groups and sang As
sembly song. A program of games
and stunts had been arranged and
was enpoyod by the whole group.
Seventy Five persons were present.
Ice cream and cake was served,
after spending three weeks in Chi
cago and Canada.
Messrs. James Bradley, Kell Gay,
John Henry Long and George Harris
left Sunday for Colerain Beach to
spend ten days camping.
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Seaboard Methodist Church
held their regular monthly meeting
in the church on Monday afternoon,
July 10th, at 4:30 o’clock. Mrs. J. H.
Ramsey, the President ,had charge of
the program, and presided over the
business meeting. The meeting was
well attended.
] The Young People's Division of the
Seaboard Methodist Church enjoyed
a social outing at the swimming pool
in Rich Square on Thursday after
noon and evening, July 18th. The en
! tire group assembled at the church at
4:30 o'clock and drove to Rich Square
I in automobiles. In spite of the fact
that "we were having December
weather In July” and Old Sol was
failing to do his duly on a perfectly
good July afternoon they got into
| bathing suits, and had a "good plunge
| into the pool. There was some “ehat
! tering of teeth” when the cool north
easter blew strongly, but the water
I was warm, and a good swim is always
invigorating. George Harris was more
■ daring than the others, for he was the
| first in his swimming suit, and the
first to splash the cooling waters,
carl Parker had the most indurance
for he was the last to leave the pool.
Nancy Barbee and Betty Phillips
1 larris was doing fine, until they came
up from a long dive, and were struck
1 by the breezes, and then, they ran for
\ the bath, house. Francis Ramsay, al
ways at home in th» water, stayed
j a little longer. After the swim, lunch
was served. Plenty of food, good ap
! petites, and lots of fun were much la
| evidence.
Mrs. Mattie Maddrey
Of Seaboard Dies
Seaboard, July 17 Mrs. Mattie
Maddrey, widow of the late R. D. B.
Maddrey, died at noon Wednesday,
July 12, at her home in the Mt. Car
mel section after a lingering illness
of several weeks. Mrs, Maddrey was
nearly 78 years of age and had spent
most of her life in Northampton
County where she is well known. Be
cause of the wonderful personality,
which she possessed, her friends were
by her acquaintances, Those who
knew her best loved her most.
The deceased was the daughter of
the late James K. Long of this com
munity. She recieved her education
at Chowan College, Murfreesboro, and
later was a teacher in the schools of
this county.
For several years Mrs. Maddrey
was a member of Mt. Carmel Bap
tist Church, but later joined Galatia
Baptist church. Although in her latter
years, she was not able to attend
church regularly, she always showed
the keenest interest in the service
whenever she was present. As teacher
of the Lida Stephenson Ladies’ Bible
Class of Mt. Carmel Church, it was a
joy to me to comply with her request,
and send her Sunday School Liter
ature for home study and a great in
spiration to have her in the class
whenever she could come. Always she
added helpful remarks and spoke en
couraging words.
Surviving are the following children
Mrs. June Darden, Murfreesboro;
Robert Maddrey, Sunbeam, Va.; and
David Maddrey of near Seaboard.
There are also eight grandchildren,
several brothers and sisters, a numbei
of neices and nephews, and numerous
friends.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at the home by
Rev. R. D. Stephenson, Baptist min
ister of Franklin, Va., assisted by
Rev. J. C. Owen of Murfreesboro
Baptist Church. There was a beautiful
rendition of the following hymns by
Mt. Carmel chonr: “The Old Rugged
Cross,” “Asleep in Jesus", “Abide
iWth Me”, and "God Be With You".
Pallbearers were: C. G. Hasty, P. J.
Long, J. E. Archer, E. F. Stephenson,
F. E. Parker, and C. G. Matthews.
Interment was in the family cemetery
at the home.
Mrs. Verda Long Dies
At Seaboard
Seaboard, July 19, 1933 — Mrs.
Verda Ivey Long, aged 65, died this
morning at seven o’clock after several
years ill health.. Surviving children
are Mrs. Emmett Cuthrell, Norfolk;
Miss Edna Long, Seaboard; Mrs.
Thurman Bullock, Roanoke Rapids;
Mrs. Henry Woodard, Severn; Herbert
and Thomas Long, Norfolk; Howard
and William Long, Seaboard. Funeral
services will be held in local Metho
dist church at 3:30 Thursday.
Miss Alma Wyche left Wednesday
to attend Summer school at Duke.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Condrey of En
field spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Marks.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Peoples spent
Friday in Richmond.
Mr. Campbell Tilghman and Mrs.
Marlon Inge spent several days last
week in Ohio. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Tilghman and children, who
remained to spend some time with
Mrs. Tilghman’s sister.
Miss Nannie Gary of Halifax was
n visitor in town on Welnesday.
Miss Georgia Mary Partin of Rocky
Mount is the guest of her mother.
Mr. Jim Dickens of Richmond, Va.
is spending several days with rela
tives here.
Mr. S. T. Stephenson of Seaboard
was a visitor in town on Sunday.
Mrs. B. H. Scherr and Mrs. t .
Rosenfeld and children of Rie! m<
are the guests of Mr. and M..J. *Vill
i Joseplison.
Mr. and Mrs. Colli” a Cuthrell and
I children of Enfield were the Sunday
I guests of Mrs. .'. T. Garner.
Mrs. Haywood Cherry, Mrs. Dora
Hawkins and Mrs. L. Powell of Roan
oke Rapids were visitors In town or
Wednesday.
COTTON OFFERS WILL BE
ACCEPTED BY WALLACE
Edward lirilt Forced to Ac
company Abdustors Seven
Miles in Automobile'
The Triangle filling station near
i here or Highway Number 305 was
I robbed of ¥50 at 1 o’clock this rnorn
j ing and Edward Britt, the night at
tendant, was kidnapped and held
temporarily by three white tnen,
whom he says he can identify.
One of the men entered the station
and made a small purchase. He wait
ed on the outside until several Ne
groes in the place left. He then enter
ed again with a companion and asked
i for sandwiches. As Mr. Britt handed
him the purchase one of them leveled
a pistol on him and demanded the
money in the cash drawer which a
mounted to about ¥50.
After taking the money, they forc
ed Britt to enter their car. They then
drove about seven miles below Garys
burg and released him in a dense
woods. Customers entering the sta
tion and not finding anyone called
the proprietor who discovered the
robbery at once but could find no
clue as to the disappearance of Britt
until he returned- at 4 o’clock. After
walking the seven miles from the
woods where he was relea. ad.
Britt suffered no ill effects from his
experience other than being slightly
nervous. The man were unknown to
Britt but he believes ti’.it he can iden
tify them. He says they were driving
a 1931 model Chevrolet automobile.
After releasing Britt they drove to
wards the Virginia line.
‘At The Baptist Church’
The pastor’s subject for the morn
ing hour will be .“SORROW FOR
THE DEAD." IJis subject for the
evening hour will be, "THE SECOND
COMING OF CHRIST, AND THE
ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH TO
WARDS HIS SECOND COMING."
These two messages are companion
messages, and they will mean more
to the hearers if they attend the
morning and evening hours of wor- j
ship and prayerfully enter Into, and,
hear both messages,
Mr. Spurgeon said, “It was said of {
an old Puritan that heaven was in
him before he was in heaven. That
is necessary for all of us; we must
have heaven in us before we get to
heaven. If we do not get to heaven
before we die we shall never get there
afterward. An old Scotchman was
asked whether he ever expected to
get to heaven. “Why, man, I live
there,” was his quaint reply. Let us
live in those spiritual things which
are the essential features of heaven.
Often go there before you go to stay
there. If you come down to-morrow
morning, knowing and realizing that
heaven is yours, and that you will
soon be there, those children will not
worry you half so much. When you
go out to your business or to your
work you will not be half so discon
tented when you know that this is
not your rest, but that you have a
rest on i’ o hil's eternal, whither your
heart mis a’ready gone, and that
there your portion is in the everlast
ing dwellings. "Lay hold on eternal
life". "Get a hold on it now.” It i3 a
thin; 01 the future .and it is a thing
of the prase" t; and even your part of
I i that is 1 aure can be, by faith, so
realized a: .' grasped as to be actually
: enjoyed while you are yet here.”
By the Pastor
Richard S. Fountain
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Auten of Nor
folk, Va., spent a few hours In town
on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jones spent
I Sunday in Hamilton, N. C.
Mrs. Sam Sim rone of Petersburg,
| Va., and Mr. Ellis Farber of Scotland
' Neck were the Sunday guests of Mr.
1 and Mrs. H. Farber.
Washing ton, D. C., July 14—More
than three million bales of cotton
have been offered the Secretary of
Agriculture by the cotton producers
of the South during the campaign
which has been under way for the
past two weeks and three days, it
was announced today by the Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration.
Secretary Wallace announced his
determination to accept such offers
as meet the legal requirements and
comply with the regulations and a
proclamation to make such benefit
payments was signed today as requir
ed by the Agricultural Adjustment
Act.
A processing tax on the first dom
estic processing of cotton will, under
the provisions of the law, go into
effect at the beginning of the mar
keting year which is August 1.
Secretary Wallace in announcing
that the cotton plan would be adopted
and the producers’ offers accepted
ssued the following statment:
"Incomplete reports from the Hi
cotton producing states that have
been received by Mr. Cully A. Cobb,
rhief of the cotton production section,
indicate that the response of growers
to the program has been sufficient for
me to announce to day that offers
will be accepted.
"We estimate that, on the basis of
the reports from the extension direc
tors, approximately 3,500,000 bales
have been offered to us under the
terms of the proposals submitted to
the growers. This amount of cotton
represents in excess of 9,000,000
acres.
Our reports further indicate that
the estimates placed on their yields
by growers have been conservative
and fair. Considering the elimination
af land that produces under 100
pounds of cotton to the acre, the es
timates that have been made on pro
duction appear, on the whole, entirely
consistent with previously recorded
averages.
"A processing tax will, under the
law, be in effect as of August 1. The
rate of this tax is fixed by law and
s being computed now.
“I wish to emphasize that cotton
producers should not construe this
announcement as an acceptance of in
lividual offers. Under the regulations
ndividual acceptances are required,
rhese individual acceptances are be
ing prepared just as rapidly as the
individual contracts can be examined
and reviewed. They will be sent to
the county agents as quickly as pos
sible. The first of such acceptances
will be mailed out promptly. No pro
ducer should take steps to eliminate
the acreage he has offered from cot
ton production until he has been in
structed to do so and his Individual
acceptance received. It should be
remembered that under the terms of
the offer, we have the right to scale
lown the amount of acreage offered.
Also it is probable that there will be
Dffers which may be legally defective
Dr for other reasons must be rejected
ar the defects remedied. Upon suffi
cient evidence of compliance with the
terms of accepted offers—which do
not become a contract until the in
dividual acceptances have been re
ceived—the checks for the rental pay
ments and the options on government
held cotton will be immediately forth
coming.” '
Highway Garage
Destroyed Here
The Halifax County highway ga
rages now occupied by the State high
way Department were demolished by
fire at three o’clock Sunday morning
of, it is believed an incendiary origin.
The building' housed too’s, trucks,
machinery and supplies. Much ex
citement was caused by the explosion
of several gas tanks and the rapid
spread of the blaze.
Weldon Fire Department deserves
much credit for its valient work and
daredevil fighting in keeping the fire
from spreading to the nearby ware
house and gasoline station of Bounds
Motor Company.