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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALI'Y.
Vol. XI—No. 13
^1.60 PER YEAR—5c A COPY
Lillington, N. C.» Thursday, March 2S, 1029
**lf It Coneema HaraaU, It*a in THE N^WS’*
Law Which Now
Governs Schools
Salaries and Number of Teachers Regulated by
Statute Enacted by Legislature. Most
Important of Laws
An Act to Eslftbllsh an Eight Months
School Term, t» Provide for the
Sup|>oi't and to Eqjuaiize the Costs
Thereof.
The General Assembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Section i. That the appropriation
made under title 5 (2) of section l
ill ’‘An act to make .'ippropiiation for
the maintenance of the State’s In-
‘■tllution.H, the various departments,
bureaus and agencies of the State
goyernnient of the sum of live mil
lion two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars ($5.250!ooi for an eduallz*
lug ti:r|d for the year ending June
:n>. 1'-%^, and of the sum of five
niillion two hundred and iflfty thou-
-and dollars ($5.250,000) for an
equalizing fund for (he year ending
June 30, 1931. shall be distributed
among the various counties of the
State as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That the State Board of
Equalization, established by chapter
2&(i of the Public Laws of 1927,
^hall be continued beyond the term
provldtd for by section 2 of said
chapter, and the successors to the
members of said board shall, at the
expiration of the terms of the pres
ent members, be appointed by the
Goiernor and conllrmed by the Sen.
ate in the same manner and for a
like term as provided for the ap
pointment of the original members,
and In addition thereto the Gover
nor or hi4 representative, as Direc
tor of the Budget, and the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
-.hall be ex officio members of said
board. In the event of any vacancy
on said board caused by death, res
ignation or otherwi.se, said vacancy
Nhall be filled by appointment until
the next succeeding session of the
General Assembly, whereupon said
vacancy shall be ifllleJ tor the re
mainder of the term by appointment,
to be confirmed by the Senate,
zVc. 3. That the duties of said
board except Insofar as the same
may be changed by the provision.^
of ibik act, shall continue and re
main the same a., prescribed in chap
ter LTit), Public il.aws of 1927.
Sec. 4, That, in addition to the
duties imposed upon the State Board
of Equalization by chapter 2i")C of
the Public Laws of 1927 it shall be
the duty Of »he said board to Inves-
tiga AT study and compare the co.sl
of operating the public schools In
the several counties of the .State,
and to assemble 'ruch information
and data, relative to co.st of school
supplies, equipment and current ex-
j.fijie of operation, a.s will enable
iaid i>oai\i to a.sc*erialn what .should
he a proper standard of cost for op
erating the public schools of each of
the several counties of the State;
and the board shall transmit such
information to the County Board of
Eciuration and the'Board oLCfounty
Commissioner:, of the .sevejal coun
ties of the State, to the end that in
the preparation and adoption of the
and study, in order that they may
have the benefit thereof in deter
mining and pa.ssiug upon the school
budget.
(d) To examine and approve or
disapprove, in whole or In part, any
voucher for the payment of equaliz
ing funds to any county that refusc.s
or falls to.conduct its school admin
istration upon a business-like, effi
cient and economic basis.
¥
Sec. j. Before any county shall
participate In the equalizing fund in
any year, the board of county com
missioners shall levy by nd valorem
tax a net sum equal to the amount
which would be raised by a tax of
thirty cents on each one bumdred
dollar.s valuation, as determined by
the State Board of Equalization, as
said county’s part of the current ex
pense necessary for the operation of
the six months school term. ' This
tax shall be levied and collected in
the same way and manner as other
county taxes are levied and collected
anij shall be turned over to the
tra.suror of the school fund of the
county.
■Sec. G. The amount due any conn
POULTRY SALES
BRINGING MUCH
MONEY HERE
ONE TO TWO CARLOADS BACH
RTREK MOVING OUT OP HAR
NETT—SALES HEAVIER
EACH WEEK
TWO STILLS TAKEN BY
DEPTOY SHERIFF HUPPINES
Deputy iSherlff D. A. Hufflnes of
Barbecue brought In two liquor
stills last Saturday. One of the stills
was of r>0 gallons capacity and was
a complete copper outfit ir.ith cap
and worm. Two hundred gnd fifty
gallons of beer was pouretj out at
this still site.
If present Indications are to be
taken at their face value, the poul
try Industry In Harnett county bids
fair to beco.«e one of the chief
sources of revenue for farm folk
and others who have been impres-s-
ed by the handsome returns through
the cooperative shipments sponsored
by the iPour County Poultry Associ
ation at Dunn an'd Lillington, Inter-
e.st in the poultry industry ha.s been
stimulated greatly by the recent
high prices paid at the shipping
points, and the offerings are In
creasing In volume each week.
At Diinn last iPrlday there was
16,879 pounds of poultry sold for
84,262.43, Another car will move
from Dunn (Friday of this week. At
Lillington next Wednesday a car
will be loaded.
Prof. J, 0. Anthony, instructor in
vocational agriculture at Lillington
High School, reports 'that recruits
to the poultry raising group are
constantly being added. In almost
every community or neighborhood
where a poultry raiser sells his
stock at the cooperative shipping
point, receiving a hamdsome check
in return, there is to be noticed an
Increased interest in the poultry
1 business. With the Interest spread-
The other .‘'till 'Was alM of fiO
1
Itifi
gallons capacity and was.of the gal
vanized type but with a copper
worm. Two hundred gallons of beer
was poured out.
-Both of t(he stlHs ,were taken In
■Deputy iHufllnes' territory. , No men
were taken.
HOG RAISING f
ON COMMERCIAL
SCALE GROWS
(COOPERATIVE .SHIPMENTS OP
HOGS ENABLE FARMERS TO
DISPOSE OF SURPLUS
STOCK AT GOOD
PROFIT
SUPERIOR COURT
BEGINS MONDAY
TWO WEEKS TERM
JUDGE CLAYTON MOORE OP WIL.
LIAMSTON TO PRESIDE OVER
CIVIL TERM—DOCKET
HEAVILY LOADED !
TAX COLLEC'TOR ISSUING
LEVIES ON PERSONALTY
ty from the equalizing fund shall bt
the amount by which the necessary ! Ing week by week and the Industry
cost of the six months school term, expanding, a healthier
.Along with the increased volume
of pc',ultry shipment,s from Harnett
county come.s another side-line
whlc^j is proving profitable to farm-
er.s, Slhlpmeius of hogs by carload
lots tire netting farmers good prof
its. Prof. Anthony told The New.s
last week that one farmer sold 39,
hogs for $1,100, Since the first ship
ment of hogs went out thl.s spring
there Iia.s been Inquiry from farmers
in almost every section of the coun-
ascertalned as provided In section 7
hereof, exceeds the amount pro
duced; by a levy of thirty cents on
the vj,lutaion of said coumy, as de-
termltied by the State Board' of
financial '-Lv as to the protUs from these aale.s.
status is expected among farmers
generally. ■
While the poultry business Is just
I bringing in only a few Ihouand dol
lars, which Is small when compared
Equalization, as provldedn by laiv,
plus the amount of all funds re-
to the large Income from the staple
crops, yet It must be remembered
quired by law to be placed to the i that the poultry business Is yet In
credit of the public schools of such its infancy, Furthermore. It Is not
proposed' to make the poultry busi-
county, derived from fines, forfeit
ure.s, penalties, dog tax and poll tax,
actually collected (during the preced
ing year, ^
Sec. 7. (For the purpose of making
the apportionment of the equalizing
fund for any year, the State Super
intendent of .Public Instruction shall
check the November budget for the
la.st 'preceding year for each and
every county, In accordance with the
salaries actually paid, not In excess,
however, of the Slate salary sched-
tile, and III accordance with the num
ber of teachers employed, not In eX'^'
cess, however, of the number aliow-
ei.i by law; Brovlded. that the total
number of teachers allowed any
county shall not be in excess of one
teacher for thirty-two pupils in av
erage dally attendance In the ele
mentary schools and one teacher for
twenty-seven pupils In average dally
attendance In the high schools dur
ing the preceding year
ness a source of revenue that will
take the place of the staple crops,
but more of a sWe-llne that will
bring in ready cash the year round.
IPromoters of the Industry, however,
note with great satisfaction the fact
that many farmers' are paying more
atfentlon to
poultry and other so-
called side-lines. This Indicates, they
say, a determination on the part of
farmers to get away from the one-
crop idea.
FINE COW WAS
ELECTROCUTED
Mr, VA'^alter P. Byr^d of (Lillington
lost a fine cow last Satufday after
noon when the severe rain and wind
storm broke a high tension electric
■Provided ! wire that when falling struck a wire
furUier, that If the board of educa
tion of any county ascertains that
saiid county Is unable to meet the
requlremen'ls as set forth In this act
tor determination of the total num
ber of teachers to be allowed, they
may pro.sent to the 'State Boau'd of
Equalization on oi before the 20t"h
day of May a statement r’vowlng the
organization of the several schooL
of the county, and after Investiga-
•May buiuget as now required by law, j tion of the facts, thr/state Board of
ihe county authorities may have the
i.enefit of such information for com
parlscn with other counties with a
view lo stale .standardization of
school cost. Bald 'State 'Board of
Equalibzatloii may, In addition
thereto, perform the following du
ties:
(a) Examine into all budgets pre
pared by the ‘oevt-ral County Board''
of Rducalion and lUe items thereof
aiiij determine in the light of the
most improved methods of school
administration whether such Item'^
ar esufiBcient. necessary or excessive
and shall indicate thereupon Its de
termination.
(h) Supervise and direct the meth
ods used in the administration of
transportation facilities for school
children, inclu'ilng the purchase of
trucks and busses a's well as the up
keep thereof: and shall provide as
nearly uniform as possible an
amount to be set up in each school
budget to rapurchase and keep in
P^ar condition all facilities of
Equalization may in Us discretion,
make allowance in the budget for
one or more additional teachers anid
so certify to the 'State 'Superintend
ent of Public Instruction; and the
State Superintendent of Public In
struction shall then determine there
from what was the necessary cost of
the salaries of teachers, principals,
and superintendents, for the six
months school term In each and
every county for the preceding year.
The State Superintendent of (Public
Istructlon shall check the November
budget for the last precoding- year,
and shall ascertain the amount al
lowed In the budget In each end ev
ery county for the transponlatlon of
pupils during the six months term,
and shall further ascertain the num
ber of pupils transported in each
county and the amount expended In
each county per pupil transported
during said .term. The necessary
amount for the malntetia.nce of the
six .months term In the support of
which the State participates shall
fence and sent a volume of electri
city shooting through the chain with
which the cow was tied. The cow
■received the current -which shocked
her so severely that she died In a
few momenta.
Mr. Byrd's cow was lied 'n his
pasture lot near hla home. The
chain . with which the animal- was
tied was fastened to a post against
which a wire fence was hooked.
The electric wire was broken by the
storm and fell across the wire fence,
transmitting the current through the
chain to the cow.
When Mr. (Byrd’s brother saw the
cow in distress, he ran to 'her aid
and took the chain from the halter.
Had it not been for the fact that the
activity of the cow, after the volts
of electricity shot into her syatsm,
disconnected' the circuit from the
high tension wire, Mr. Byrd would
most likely have been electrocuted
also.
The hog shipments are,.conducted
in the same way as the poultry ship
ments. The .-jhipments are made co-
operatively,va;nd cash is paid at the
car for all hogs sold.
At first It was noticed that farm
ers selling'' hogs in the cooperative
.shipments were merely tjdding their
pastures of surplus stock, but after
the satisfactory returps^were note(d
there was such atimtilated iritereat
In the hog-raising Industry that in
creased herds are to be snen on al
most all farm.s. A small farmer adds
a few pigt) to his herd and the
larger farmer Increases his herd In
order to be able to have larger of
ferings for the shipments.
The shipments are so arranged
and .scheduled that,hogs will be sold
on a high -market. Caution is ex
ercised In thl.s matter, and fear at
■first felt that the market might be
come overloaded ha.s been abated
since It is noted that each shipment
brings better prices.
Tho.'te who have hogs to sell
should see Prof. Anthony and ar
range to make offerings in the next
".hipment.
Harnett Superior Court will con
vene next Monday for a .two weeks
term with Judge -Olayion' M-oore o-f
Wllllamston presiding. (The tenm
is for the trial of civil cases exclu-
•sively. Calendars heavily loaded
with cases have been prepared and
mailed to litigants by Clerk Chaffin.
Names of Jurors for the two weeks
term have been published in The
News.
This will be Judge Moore’s first
Judicial visit to (Harnett. ,He was
named emergency Judge a couple of
years ago at the same time that
Judge Nat Townsend (was appointed.^
Both Judge Moore and Judge Town
send have exhibited a-amarkable
ability, upon the bench and .-it was
with 'jlncere regret that members of
the bar and others learned last week
that Judge Townsend had quit as a
Jurist to accept the position o'f Par
don Commissioner and Executive
■Coun'sellor to Governor O. Max
Gardner. j
One hundred and twenty-two cases
are scheduled on the calendar lor
the ten days of the term. Ho cases
are scheduled for -Saturdays. Forty-
nine cases appear on the motion
docket, These oases require only a
motion before the Judge for final
adjudication and settlement.
There will be no sessions of the
County Recorder’s Court during the
two weeks of Superior Court, Judge
Dupree of the Recorder’s Court has
caused to be published a notice of
special session of his court for -Fri
day of this week to hear civil mat
ters.
/Levies on personal property are
the orde rqf ‘the day with Tax Col
lector John Green- how that the -time
f^or paying taxes for 1928 .'a far
,spent. (The collecto-r la Issuing no
tices of levy on personal .property to
all those who 'have not settled their
19'28 taxes, and the levies are
bringing resulst, he says.
The collector begins in May to
advertise land of all delinquet tax
payers for sale. The land sale will
be held on the -first Monday In June.
GOVERNMENT
GIVES ITS FINAL
COTTON REPORT
1028 CROP WAS ABOUT l,fSOO,000
BALES MORE THAN PREVI
OUS YEAR—DETERMINED
BY PINAL OINNINGS
COUNTY ATTY.
BRINGING SUITS
ON TAX SALES
COUN-TY WANTS DEEDS FOR ALL
LAND IT BOUGHT UNDER
TAX SALE FOB YEARS
lose AND lOflT
PUT MAIL ON
TRUCKS SOON
CAPACITY DUTY
FOR WATER LINES
Chief of Police M. B. McKinney,
who l.s al.HO superintendent of Lll-
liiigton’s waetr system, .states that
his water lines are now loaded to
capacity and that he finds the use of
water In iLlllington is so great that
If the pump'll are stopped for only a
few hours the supply runs .short.
Last Saturday the heavy wind and
rain, accompanied by sharp light
ning, knocked one of the pumpa off.
It tvas not discovered till several,
hours later and by that time the
supply of water had run low. Points
high above the water lines were
without water Saturday night.
Postmaster H. T. Atkins la ex
pecting soon to receive imall from
(Raleigh and Fayetteville via truck
llne.s. This service may be put on
about May 1st. The postmaster is
asrsured that as soon as the .Post-
office Department can make satlslac-
lory contracts for,carrying the "star
route” the new service 'Will be In
stituted.
0. P. Honeycutt, chief cl6rk,>f the
Railway Mall (Service, with head
quarters at Greensboro, 'has assured
•Postmaster Atkins that the change
will be m-ade. -He recently made in
spection of the service furnished to
points between Raleigh and F/lyette-
vllle by the -Norfolk Bouthera 'Rail
way, which now carries the mail be
tween these two points on (mixed
trains, hauling 'freight, so that the
mails are considerably delayed.
The scheidule by the trucks will
be about tike this: 'Leave Raleigh
6:30 a. (m., arrive (Lillington 8:00
.a, m., arrive .Fayetteville 9:00 a.
m. Leave Fayetteville 4:00 (p. m,,
arrive 'Lillington '6:00 p. m., arrive
Raleigh 6:30 p. -m.
This will give Lillington all mall
from Raleigh -at 8:00 o’clock in the
morning and from 'Fayettevtlle at
5:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
The regular service over the At
lantic & 'Western will remain the
same.
Washington. March 27—^The 19-28
cotton crop has been placed by" the
census bureau at 14,460,007 equiv
alent 600 pound bales compared
with 12,966,043 In 1927 and 17,-
977,374 in 1926.
-The size of the crop w'as deter
mined by the final glnnlngs canvass
of the year.
The total crop comprised 14,289,-
-313 running bailes including 672,869
round bales counted as half bales,
compared with (12,7183,112 bales in
cluding 5'60,2'77 round bales In 1927.
The average gross weight of bale
for the crop counting round as half
bales excluding linters was 606.3
pounds for 1928 compared with
506.8 for 1927 and 606.3 for 1926.
The number of ginneries operated
for the crop of 1928 was 14,968
compared with 14,863 .for 1927.
The totaf production In equlta-
deut 500 pound bales by states was:
Alabama 1,108,SI'S, Arizona 149,-
459„ Arkansas 1,'2'37,9'46, California
172,141, Florida 19,203, Georgia
1,028,309, Louisiana 69,106, Mis
sissippi 1.47‘1,954, Missouri 145,-
072, New Mexico- 83,'6'24, North
Oarollna 8.34,206, Oklahoma 1,203,-
386. (South Carolina 724,636, Ten
nessee 4-27,279, Texas 6,106,493,
Virginia 43,462, all other states 6,-
43,7.
OVER 3 MILLION
POUNDS CHICKS
TO REAPPOINT JUDGES AND
Chief McKinney says that there is
head of water in the
rarely full
pipes now.
MR. AND MRS. S. M RATHBONE
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONlplS
WILL MOVE TO LOUISIANA
trar.';porfafion, including the setting
then be ascertained and allowed as
up of a standard and -fixed schedule
of charges for the repairs of busser
and trucks, insofar as It Is possible
lo do a.-), and the establihment of
county garages, If the repairs and
upkeep of transportation facilities
can thereby be reduced.
(c) Make a careful survey and
study (»f the cost of other school
supplies and furnish the several
county boards of education and the
county superlntendente of schools,
and the boards of county commls-
soinera the result of such survey
follows:
(a) Cost of salaries as above de
termined. '
(b) Ten per cent of the salary
cost shall be adde(d to cover current
expenses other than salaries and
transportation.
(c) In counties In which consoli
dation has necessitated transporta
tion of pupils the salary cost shall
also be increased by such sum aa
waj actually expended the previous
(Continued on page six)
BOLL WEEVILS
NOW SHOWING
Particularly warm weather Satur
day, -Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
brought out many Insects, according
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Rathbone of
Sanford were in, town for a abort
while this week saying goo-dbyes to
their many friends before leaving
for (Louisiana, where Mr. Rathbone'
has been transferred,
Mr. and Mrs. Rathbone were sta
tioned in Lillington about two years
ago and th'eir hosts of friends in
to farmers who are now paying North Carolina regret to eee them
close attention te preparations for
the 19-29 crops. But no Insects are
more noticeable, they say, than the
much-despised bo'll weevil. These
bugs are out in such large numbers
that are to be picked up almost any
where. I
Mr. Walter Matthews told 'The
News Monday that he was riding on
a truck with some others and saw a
boll weevil complacently resting oh
his coat sleeve.
Mr. (Hill Murchison exhibited to
The (News (Tuesday a big weevil' he
had found on a bale of hay.
"Tell the boys the weevils are
out," these gentlemen admonished,
“and they’ll get some cotton, too.’’
leave. Mr. Rathbone Is a civil engi-
ineer and has hen connected with the
State Highway Commission.
MR. SENSABAUGH DIE9
(Friends will regret to learn of the
(death of Mr. -Sensabaugh, son of Mrs.
Mary Sensabaugh, former Lll-lineton
resident. Mr. Sensabaugh was a
member of the United States' Anmy
and died abou't the first of March In
'Utah. He was burled in Knoxville,
Tennessee, the home of the iSensa-
baughs.
Prof, and Mrs. Morris Klmsey and
Mrs. Mary Sensabaugh of Leicester,
>N. C., attended the fu'neral.
Governor Gardner has annou'nced
that he will reappoiat the six special
judges 'Whose terms expire July 1,
and, the three district hlgb'way com
missioners whose terms expire Aprl'l
1. The special Judges will be ap
pointed for a term of two years and
the highway coanmlBsionere for a
term of six years.
Judges Clayton Moore, Hoyle Sink,
Cameron McRae, John H. Harwood,
T. 'L. Johnson and Vernon Cowpgr
are the six Judges whose terms ex-
pier this year and whom •t'he gover
nor will reapoptot.
Commissioners W. A. McGIrt((Of
Wilmington, C. R. Whoatly of B«|ku-
lort and John iSprunt Hill of Dur
ham are the three highway eoxajaaiB-
sioners who wild receive reapp/olnt-
iment.
il
EIGHT FINE HOGS
Raleigh, March 27.—^For the far
mers of -North Carolina, marketing
experts of the 'State Department of
-Agriculture, cooperating with coun
ty agents working under the State
College, have sold approximately 3
million pi^unds of live poultry In car
lots since Christmas.
The average poundage .per week
has been between -260,000 300.-
000, and the average price has been
26 cents per pound. This means
that the farmers . have received
about $760,000 for “ live chickens
alone this year.
The above -facts were -reported by
F, W. Rlsher, marketing expert for
the Agricultural Department, who
pointed out the phenomenal,, growth
of the poultry shipping In^atry In
the State.
Based on Its purchase under tax
sale, Harnett county is bringing suit
for deeds tor all lands sold for taxes
for the years 1926 and 1927. J. O.
West, county attorney, is brlnglsjr,
the suits, about 76 In number, and?
they will be in the nature of fore
closure proceedings as under mort
gage. It will be noted that taxes
constitute a first lien on all property
and It makes no difference what en
cumbrances may be upon the lands
for which taxes are delinquent. Un
der present statute the county can
foreclose for Us tax lieu and take
deed.
(Ponmer County Attorney Rhodle
Williams of Dunn brought suits of a
elmilar nature for 1925 taxes. He
stated that a large na(mbfrr of the
(delinquents paid up -when they saw
that the county meant business. In
all likelihood, -Attorney -West will
get some money -tor the county in
the same way. The county doesn’t
want the land. It Kvants the money.
But in some cases the suits are nec
essary to get the money.
The suits are brought in Superior
Court. (In order to have the suit
stopped the taxpayer will need to
come in with not only the tax money
but -alt cost sand penalties plus an-
Interest charge of 20 per cent. The
county (must be reimbursed for all -
costs. It costs quite a bit to redeem
land In this -way, but oftentimes it
is done. It is said, too, that many'',
landowners pay up after these suits
are started when In fact- they could"
easily have paid the taxes before
time. WhaUs the great idea? Per
haps they want a sheriff’s deed, or
maybe .for so'me other cause pecu
liarly satisfactory to themselves.
HOLD NO COUNTY
COMMENCEMENT
Harnett schools will hold no
county commencement exercises this
year. Definite decision In this mat
ter was -made by Superintendent B.
P, Gentry, to whom the. matter was
referred by the Board of Edutmtlon
at Its meeting on the first Monday in
March, this week after conferring
Poultry shipments made coopera*
lively last year totaled about 7,000.-
000 pounds. , At^the present rate,
this year’s shlpi^uts should, it is
said, go to at hmst 10,000,000. At
any rate, that li the present goal.
■/
COUNTY auditor WILL
DITC
BINDER STATEIMENT
Although tt-e audit oi the county’s
books, beinfl compiled by R. L.
Steele & €o.| certified public ac
countants, wlij'l not be ready for pre
sentment to -the Board of County
Comml83lonei|B Monday, County Ac
countant J. 11. Dupree. ^
statement otj the ‘V.uitty’s financial
condition as -of March 3lat, showing
funds to tbe| credit of the various
departments, !etc.
■The County Accountant will Imiae
with the heads of the| various
schools in the county. ^
One reason for the abandonment
of the commencement is tiiat money
In the county treasury /tor school
purposes is running short. ' Superin
tendent told The News yesterday
that on the first day of MarchAe
had to his credit from the budget
allowance only $82,707.94 with
which to'operate the entire system,
for the remainder of the -ter^ whi^h
was practically two months. It -costs
about $40,000 per mouth to oper--
ate the schools.
Another reason for not holding, a
commencement this year is that the
principals of the larger schools -did
not regard it as necessary or expe
dient in view of the fact, as they
view it, that there is little to be,
derived from the commencement.
Superintendent Gentry says that
very few email schools participate in
the commencement exercises and
that therefore he was guided prin
cipally by the wishes and opimfone
of -heads of larger schools, coupled
with the fact that money was get
ting scarce.
EAST GAROLINA KXFOSffnON
AND AUTO SHOW APRIL S-l«
'The Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce will hold Its exposition-
and automobile show in' FarmvlRe,''
'April 8-13.
Thursday of that week wiU be the
"Queens' Day," and winning caudi-
dates will be awarded $150 in casu.
no vouchers ‘on the county's funds
between the ;i7th and 31st In order
to be able to-|balance the books and
render his stittemeiH.
TOWNSEND ACCEPTS JOB
pAROoii coMommoxm
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Mr. B. B. Holder oE Upper Little
River brought eight fine hogs' here
Tuesday for shipment jin the Oitoper-
atlve carloa-d that was ■Itoving out.
The eight -hogs were/born last Au
gust and weighed on an average
about 206 pounds. The -price patd
at the car was-around 12 cents per
pound.
LOST 1,000 'M> lAKIO BIDDIBS
IN SATURDArS STORM
Mr. -E. L. Jones of -Bunntevel, who
raises chicken,t on a comerciaJ scale
and reaps rich returns from sales,
lost heavily it! last Satuivlay’s wind
and rain stoiui't.
Mr, Jones lost between 1,090 and
1.206 chickens! of various ages from
drowning and being beaten and dri
ven by the heavy-.vain and wind.
Mr. Jones' loss is estimated at hs-
tween 1660 and $800.
Chattela «t Tbo News Office.
Judge S. A. Towuead of Dana
has accepted the poet of Pardoa
Conueiseioaer tad Executive Coun
sellor to Oovera-or Oardaer.
O. Veraoa Cowper of Klaston has
heea appolated by Ooveraar Gard
ner to tueceed Hr. Towniend as em-
eegeaey Judge.
ATTEND QUARTERLY MEETING
AT PLEASANT PLAINS CBURGlt
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Moaroe, Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. McDonald, Mr a^d
Mrs. Tim MoCoy, Mise Sadie Sexton
and Messrs, Walter -Byrd and L. M.-
Chaffin attended' quarterly meettag
at jPleasaut -Plains church Sunday
afternoon.
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