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. - ’ ;,'-ry:'. *K» ■/** management :222227 v EMPLOYEES 1 ///ZZ Vol2.No. 197 ^AIM HIGH AND STRIVE TO HIT THE MARK«> SPRAY; N. C , THURSDAYrMARCH 8. 1923. $1.50 Per Year. Single Conv 5c. right Uver Membership on Board Of Education Attracts Attention. GRAND OLD MAN NATHAN TOWNSEND DENOUNCES LOBBY Denounces Mebane Lobby as Most Persistent That Has Come to the General Assem bly. REVIEWS THE CASE (The Raleigh News and Observer) Triumph crowned the efforts of what Representative Townsend de nounced as the most persistent lob by that has come to the General Assembly when the House voted at midnight Wed. night to strike out of the educational omibus bill the name of E. D. Pitcher and substituted the name of B. Frank Mebane as a mem ber of the Board of Education in Rockingham county after the bit terest and most spectacular fight that has been waged on the floor of the House during the session. With the same issue before it that was threshed out before the Commit tee on Education as to whether the House should sustain the nomina tion for the vacancy on the Rock ingham board by the Republican primary in that county and certified to the Secretary of State or accept another man, the House accepted Mebane in the face of the challenge by Mr. Townsend that in so doing they violated every principle of the primary law. Before the committee the charge was made and admitted that the fight was between Mebane, a millionaire cotton manufacturer and Pitcher, a local manager of the great Marshall Field textile interests for the con trolling vote on the Rockingham Board of Education. The Rocking ham delegation of two members in the House was divided, Walker ap pearing for Pitcher and Rankin for Mebane. The Rockingham Senator was declared to be in favor of Mebane, whose attorney he was de clared to be by Mr. Walker. __Mr. Townsend took the floor not as the advocate, he said, of either Mebane or Pitcher, but in support of the report of the committee of which he was chairman, and in sup port of his belief in the principle that when a man was certified to the General Assembly as the accredited nominee of a party entitled to nomi nate him, tjhat his nomination should be confirmed. Arrayed against him were warren of Beaufort, Connor, Parker, of Alamance and Murphy. Points to Mebane Lobby. “I have been aware for weeks that there is and has been a powerful lobby representing Mebane in this General Assembly,” Mr. Townsend declared. “I do not queston the pro priety of the presence of that lob by. But it has come to' my defi nite knowledge that this lobby has been swapping votes, trading on an other bill that has been before this House, and I do question the pro priety of trading to defeat the prin ciples of our law. “On the floor of this House I have declared in the face of a wide spread demand for election of mem bers of boards of education by a direct vote of the people, that they do now have the right to certi fy the nominees in primary elec tions to this General Assembly, and that such nominations will be rati fied. If a lobby can come here after a man has been certified, and by swapping votes, defeat that man, then I must apologize to this House for ever having assured its mem bers that they could express their preference at a primary and that their will would be/regarded.” , Parker of Alamance, flushed with hie victory in the Senate on exemp tion of foreign stocks from taxation, was the first of the opposition to speak for Mebane. He prefaced his remarks by the statement that he had promised to make them before the committee. He declared that Mr. Mebane was a most excellent man, a wise business man whom he had represented in many business mat ters, but that at the present time he had no business in hand for him. i With a letter from Dr. E. C. w Brooks to support him, he declared ■ W that although the salaries of teach ers in Rockingham was higher than that in the average county, the per capita cost per child for schooling was less. He said that this was a tribute to the wisdom and excel lence of Mr. Mebane’s administra tion of the schools. He said he had no interest in the matter except that he knew Mr. Mebane was a most ex cellent business man and Rocking ham would be fortunate to hate him on the board. Explain* Mebane’* Connection. Mr. Walker interposed explana- i (Continued on Page eight) V THE HIGH SCHOOL i SENIORS GIVEN BANQUET FRIDAY Class of ’24 Gave Seniors De- j lightful Time At The Colonnade TOASTS, EATS, MUSIC One of the most delightful oc casions of the school term took place Friday evening, March 3, when the class of 24 served an elaborate ban quet to the Seniors at the Colanade Hotel from 8:30 to 11:30 o’clock The guests begin to assemble about 8:30 in the drawing room, hall and' office of the hotel. , Miss Bessie Clark rendered many | delightful selections on the piano, and j the young people sang quite a num- ! ber of popular songs. Harry Price, | Sidney Smith and Lonnie Austin j furnished music both instrumental and vocal during the evening, and provoked much laughter at the clever songs they rendered. At nine o’clock Mary Millner, President of the Junior Class and! Herman Forbes, President of the j Senior Class, led the way into the ! dinning room. The banquet hall was tastefully decorated with potted plants and the Senior colors, black j and gold. After the guests had assembledI at the tables, Miss Mary Millner i welcomed the Seniors and the Faculty i in behalf of the Junior Class. The j following members of the Freshmen Class gracefully served the tables: Misses Elizabeth Wilson, Evelyn Darlington, Mildred Martin, Francis Hampton, Rivers Krantz and Frances Kemp. The menu consisted of chicken salad, pimento sandwiches, pickles, coffee with marshmallows, ice cream and cake. .As the guests were being served much fun was occasioned by yells given by the Seniors to the Class of ’24 by the Juniors to the Class of ’23, by the two classes to Messrs. Holmes, Weatherly and Moore, and to the various members of the faculty, including Mr. Manuel, the janitor. After the salad course. Miss Mill ner, acting as toast-misstress, called for several toasts. Joseph Bondurant j made a very never toast to the Sen- [ iors, Herman Forbes ably responded. Then Sallie Smith, in her character istic, charming manner toasted the faculty. A most delightful response was made by Miss Black. Sidney Hall, in a few well chosen words, gave a toast to the Leaksville High School. To this toast Mr. Weatherly respond ed. He outlined the ideal school standard/physical, mental, and moral efficiency. Mr. Holmes then made a very appropriate talk. Near the end of the course, Mr. C. L. Moore, in his inimitable droll style, told a most amusing story. At the close of the banquet Mary Millner bade farewell to the class of ’23. Community Music Jazz Music. The following statement concern ing Jazz music was made by A. E. Guilliams, who is orchestra leader at the State Hospital in Napa, Cal: “Let me tell you something that I have observed along the line of jazz, its consequences and the music of a higher standard and its conse quences. Do you know of any of our young people, old ones either for that mat ter, landing in our insane asylums from the effect of attending places where real orchestras and our best music is featured? No, not many, if any; on the other hand, I can say from my own knowledge that about fifty per cent of our young boys and girls from the age of 16 to 25 that days are jazz crazy, dope fiends, and public dance hall patrons. Jazz combinations, dope fiends and land in the insane asylums these public dance halls are all the pame one. Where you find one you will find the other. This jazz life is great while it lasts but it is short lived with many, as 1 have seen from three to five young boys and girls land in our asylums one after another from the effect of too much jazz, dope and public dance halls. I, for one, think that if the present lay speed of the human race were cut lown just a little, the .building of additions to most every insane asylum in the U. S. could be eliminated. I think the real crazy jazz combina tions are fast losing their popularity and will soon be a thing of the past. Some of us at least hope so, as we vould like to see music, one of the greatest of arts, advance and not go •jack ward. DR. CARL C. TAYLOR TO TALK AT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Meeting Will Be On March 1st. And Interesting Programme Is Planned COMMITTEES REPORT The Program Committee of the Council has invited Dr. Carl C. Tay lor of State College, Raleigh to be their next speaker. Dr. Taylor is one of the best speakers in North Carolina and very much in demand. He has an attractive personality and has the facts to make a very practical and common sense talk. His subject will be announced in next week’s Arrow but it is thought that he will talk on Personnel problems. This is of interest to every foreman and key !man in industry and a great crowd is expected to hear the speaker. There will be reports from com mittees and refreshments will be served as usual. Look for further announcements. MRS. ERNEST PURCELL SHOT BY BOY WHO LIVED IN FAMILY Upon Mrs. Purcell’s Refusal to Open Safe 17-Year Old Sears Shoots Her YOUTH GETS AWAY (Greensboro Daily News) Reidsville, March 6.—Mrs. D. Ern est Purcell was shot and perhaps fatally wounded this morning at 10 o'clock by Hilton Seares, a 17-year old orphan bov who was making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Purcell about seven miles southwest of Reidsville. M rs. Purcell was carried to a Greensboro hospital this afternoon. Mrs. Purcell’s husband was spend ing the day in Danville on business and young Seares, taking advantage of Mr. Purcell’s absence, decided to rob the safe in the Purcell home. Entering the room he demanded that Mrs. Purcell open the safe, and upon her refusal, shot her with a" revolver. The first bullet entered her arm, penetrating her breast. Two other bullets entered the woman’s back, just left of the spine. Her children, at school at Sharon, a mile distant, were notified and one of the sons came to Reidsville for a physician. The Purcells are prominent and well known in this county. Last year Mr. Purcell operated an automobile business in Reidsville. The youthful desperado has been I living with Mr. and Mrs. Purcell about a month. Only last Saturday Mr. Purcell told County Welfare Su perintendent J. H. Allen that the youngster had been a model boy and he and his family were delighted to have him in their home. Seares was an inmate for a time at the Thomasville orphanage. Last year he was sent to the orphanage farm (Kennedy home) near Kinston. Seares was dissatisfied with his sur roundings there and ran away. A lit tle later he was caught at Raleigh and turned over to the state Welfare de partment. About December 1 Wel fare Superintendent J. H. Allen, of Rockingham county, was asked to take the boy in charge. Superintend ent Allen went to the home of the boy’s sister, Mrs. Whitt, at Proximity and brought the youth to Reidsville. Mr. Purcell asked Superintendent j Allen to allow him to take charge i pf the boy. Seares seemed to be j delighted with his new home and soon-'gained the full confidence of' the Purcell family. He knew that Mr. Purcell kept money in the safe at home and the temptation to rob was apparently too great for him to resist Seeing Mrs. Purcell seriously wounded the boy dropped the revol ver, mounted one of Mr. Purcell’s horses and left. A short distance down the road an hour after the shooting occurred the horse was found wandering in the woods with out its rider. At 6 o’clock this afternoon a posse had surrounded a stretch of woods about one mile west of Reidsville, where the boy is believed to be. DEATH OF MRS. NELLIE BAL LARD. On Friday morning at ten o’clock the death angel came to this earth and carried away the bride of only three months our hearts go out in sympathy for the husband, Mrs. Bal lard was twenty one years old and leaves besides her husband a father and motile* and several brothers and i sisters in Searcy, Ark. Also a sister j Mrs. Eddie^Nance of Leaksville. The j funeral services were conducted by Rev. Homer Robertson the burial took piece, at Lawson Cemetery Sat-1 jrday. j ' “ TWENTY YEARS CONTINUOUS SERVICE” -> ^ ~r& -v- -y ♦ ^;, - - -j-. | N. A. McBride, No. 18 Glovinia Street, Leaksville, N. C., in charge storing and shipping, American Warehouse. N. A. McBride started on his twenty-third year of continuous ser vice for the company January 1st of this year. Mr. McBride was born at Mount Cross Pittsylvania county, Va., July 8th 1878. There he spent the first seventeen years of his life. A part of this time was spent in school, the greater part, however was spent working on the farm. In 1895 he moved to Axton, where he went to work for the Danville and Western Railway Company at 75c per day. Four years later, prior to the severe nce of his business relations with the railroad to accept employment with the mills at Spray, he was sec tion foreman for the .railroad and receiving the then enormous salary of $35 per month. He landed here in ’99. On Janu ary 1st., 1900 his first work for the imills was done in the machine shop of the Nantucket Mill. He did not Stay here long, however. In the fall of the same year, though still in the Nantucket Mill building, he started to work running nappers for the new finishing mill. On January 1st 1901, he was transferred to the new finishing mill. “Without cars or anything to load the machinery on, we carried by hand the machinery we had been using in the Nantucket for finishing work to the Finishing Mill,” said Mr. McBride. For the ensuing two years, he along with Mr. Krantz who is now Superintendent of the American Warehouse, ran nappers. Transfer red in 1903 to the Packing Depart ment, he worked at the job of hand folding for 8 or 9 years, and was then made second hand of that depart ment. This position he held until 1919. I i 1919 Mr. McBride was made Foreman of the Storage Warehouse and it is this capacity that he now serves the company. He has charge ‘of storing and loading all goods packed by the Warehouse and Bleaeh ery. On February 28th, 1904 he' mairied Miss Ella Bibee of this place. They have five children, all boys, “the most mischievous in the country” says Mr. McBride. Mr. McBride says “It may be that other cotton mills are as good but when you’ve got a horse you know will pull, don’t swap him off.” I have never been to the company for a favor which they did not grant. I have had trained nurses, paid by the company in my home at crises when the services of trained nurses were absolutely necessary. The com pany has always been nice to me.” OUR GIRLS QUINT AGAIN VICTORIOUS OVER BURLINGTON In First Game of Champion ship Series Leaksville Defeats Burlington GUNN THE STAR In a game replete with thrills from start to finish The Leaksville Highs defeated the strong Burlington quint at Greensboro by the score of 32 to 16. A large crowd of enthusiastic root ers accompanied the girls to Greens boro. Both teams played a remark ably good game, Elizabeth Gunn scoring 28 points for Leaksville and Miss Wood, 10 points for Burlington. Line-up and Summary Leaksville Burlington. Hodges r. f. Wood Elizabeth Gunn 1. f. Thompson Marshall c Stadler Moore r. g. Pennington Evelyn Gunn 1. g. Holt Field Goals: Elizabeth Gunn, 13; Hodges, 2; Thompson, 3; Wood, 2. Goals from fouls: Gunn, 2; Wood, 6. Substitutes: Hill for Hodges; Dark for Stadler. Referee: Miss Stinnette of Greens boro. The High School Library now con tains over 460 volumes, and about 100 magazines. Patrons and friends of the school are invited to donate other books to the library. The students are greatly interested in the books, and many books are loaned out daily. Mr. Vail, state sec. of the Y. M. C. A. made an interesting talk at the chapel exercises Friday morning. He urges the students to put more time on their studies, and to place more value on scholarship. Chapel exercises Wednesday morn ing were conducted by Rev. Mr. Greer. The pupils are always de lighted to hear Mr. Greer. His talks are to the point and are well worth hearing. , ( . The man without a country. OUR LEGION BOYS THOROUGHLY AWAKE WEEKLY MEETINGS Met With Draper Ex-Service Men Last) Night. Meet At Leaksville 13th. FELLOWSHIP REAL The Legion Post is having fun. ! The members are getting real fel I lowship. They are meeting, singing ;Army songs, having a smoke togeth er and making plans for real work. Committees have been appointed and everything is looking up. Last night the Legion met with the Draper ex service men. It meets at Leaksville “V” next Tuesday, at North Spray the following Tuesday and then the first Tuesday in April there will be a grand meeting at the Central Y. M. C. A. Will you see the man without a ■country. SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT Spray Baptist: On roll 257. At tendance 226. New scholars 8. Col lection $l£.87. Leaksville Methodist: On roll 215. Attendance 154. New scholars 15. Collection $8.68. First Christian: On roll. Attend ance 283. New scholars 28. Collec tion $16.39. Where is the man without a coun try. Senator Lodge wants President Harding to declare embargoes against exporting coal. We prefer an embar go against exploiting coal, which is something more important.—New York Call. You ‘can always find a sure thing on which to bet. If it isn’t sure for you it is for the other fellow. LOST.—Between Mrs. Holly’s home on Church and Fisher streets a small I'lgin wrist watch, with black ribbon band. Finder please return to Mrs. J. T. Parcel 1 at Spray Bleachery and receive rew'ara. It | Leaksville High Girls Eliminate Greensboro From State Championship THIRD SOCIAL FOR MILL OPERATIVES TUESDAY NIGHT Leaksville Cotton Mill Folks Enjoyed Big Social At Central Y. M. C. A. WELL ENTERTAINED BY BASKETEERS The third V. M. C. A. Mill Social 'was given .Tuesday'night and altho the rain was lulling in torrents, there were about 350 people out. Of this number 150 were from the Leaksville! ; Cotton Mill. 71 tickets were turned in at the door. It is very gratifying to the social committee to see just how our friends are enjoying these socials. A big feature of the program Tues- j 1 day night was a Basket Ball Match ; ! between the Leaksville-Spray High | school girls and the Greensboro High* School girls at which our girls were | winners by the small margin of one i point. The final score being 21 to 20 in favor of Leaksville-Spray. 1 The social next week will be for! our friends in the Nantucket Mill, and we would like to see everyone of i you who can possibly come, be with us. We’ll give you a good time. Come out and enjoy yourselves. ; It’s the best way to get acquainted. TROY DONALD INJURED BY FALL FROM TRUCK ! Troy Donald a young white man of ! North Spray was severely but not : seriously injured Tuesday when a I truck on which he was riding skidded. , The truck was making the sharp1 curve at the Old Leaksville Mill when it began skidding. This caused Don ald to lose his balance and fall to the asphalt, causing several flesh wounds about the head and face. Mr. Don ald was rushed to the doctors office where he received medical aid. [ The man without a country. A new poster service has been i | secured for this year. It is tnought 1 i to be even more attractive than ■ j that run last year. The Arrow j : will carry in this space each week ! a copy of the service to run the following Monday. Watch for the ; Posters. This service for the ensuing week will be: Many of you have expressed i appreciation for the great good obtained from the posters disj^lay | ed the past year. Reports prove i that practically everyone has bene fited from them. 1 A new series have been created and produced. They are larger, i more attractive and cover many ! new subjects. Those who are am i bitious to succeed will find in i each Poster helpful suggestions. I — 1 ■■■■ --- ---! |GUS GIBSON DIES SUNDAY OF POISON j Gus Gibson aged about 35 died! Sunday afternoon from what is al- ■ i leged to be liquor poison. It is said that Mr. Gibson .with sev- j ieral friends were riding Sunday and took a dring of Bootleg Whiskey. Mr. Gibson becoming sick, was car ried home. A doctor was summoned | immediately, hut before he arrived, !Mr. Gibson had died. - ) 'j Mr. Gibson is survived by his wife I and two children, and several broth ;ers of Leaksville-Spray. LOCAL BASKETEERS PLAYED FINE GAME ON TUESDAY NIGHT In The Most Thrilling Game Played Here This Sea son Our Girls Win. EVERY PLAYER GOOD The “Wonder Team” of Leaks vi!!■ ■ is as- yet undefeated. In the most thrilling game played , on the local court this season, and perhaps the most thrilling that has. ever been played here, the Leaksville High Girls basket ball team Tues day night defeated the fast Greens boro girls in a game which cannot he forgotten. The playing of the Greensboro girls was splendid. Their come-back in the third quarter was wonderful to witness—that is, for Greensboro fans. The clean sports manship and gracefulness with which the Greensboro girls played were the outstanding features characterizing this elegant team. Yet, however splendid their playing, however graceful their movement, however fleet their feet, Leaksville was a bit too strong for them, and a game which started with a snappy field goal for Greensboro, inspiration medi cine for our girls, ended with Leaks ville one point in the lead, the score being 21-20. Miss Harnesberger, Greensboro coach, termed this game “the cleanest played” of any game participated in this season by Greensboro. The Leaksville girls took the lead early in the first quarter of the game and kept it until the third quarter, when, within a very few seconds Greensboro landed three field goals. At the end of the third quarter Greensboro claimed a five point lead, the score being 13-18. However, beginning with the fourth quarter the local girls gained even more con sistently than they did during the first half, and when the final whistle was sounded they had redeemed the loss. Neither team had a dull performer. Greensboro’s best performer, perhaps, was Miss Fluhart.v. It looks like Leaksville had five stars. Misses Elizabeth Gun, “Dot” Hodges, Mary Marshall, Evelyn Gunn and Ruth Moore. The Leaksville quint will play the winner of the Reidsville-Winston Salem game. This game played Tuesday night was a tie. It is to be played off next Monday. Leaksville. Greensboro. Gunn, E. r. f. Myers Hodges 1. f. Fluharty Marshall c. Stinnette Moore r. g. Scurlock Gunn, E. 1. g. Clapp Summary: Substitutions: Butner for Scurlock; Scurlock for Butner; \Yebb for Scurlock; Gunn for Marsh all, ; Marshall for Gunn. Field goals, Fluharty, 9; Myers, 1; Hodges, 4; Gunn, Elizabeth, 5. Foul goals: Gunn, 3. Half time score, 8-11 favor o f Leaksville. Referee, Hodges; Phillips, umpire. During the season Leaksville has played Mayodan twice; Martinsville, Va., once; Danville twice; Burling ton thrice; Winston-Salem twice; Reidsville twice and Greensboro once, a total of thirteen games. One of these, the Winston-Salem game played in Winston-Salem, was a tie. Leaksville has not lost a game. She has made a total of 353 points (Continued on Page eight) HOW DO YOU RECKON TIME? That sounds like a foolish question, doesn’t it. : ' But— A week is not the same thing to a girl who is go ing to be married and a man who is going to be hung. With the girl, the week drags. With the man the week gallops. A working day isn’t the same to the lad who is interested in his job as it is to the moke who looks on it only as the time between pay envelopes. ^ An Old Scotchman who has been with a Pitts burgh concern for years says that he figures time this way: “IT’S EITHER HONE O’CLOCK FOR ME, OR ONLY HALF PAST THROUGH.” . Copyrighted by Robson Inst. Wellesley Hills, Mass.
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