i STATE NEWS
IN DIGEST
The immediate and preeling need*
of all families reported to the Bed
Cross Relief Committee at Wendell
have been met.
Organization of the Tar Heel dis
trict Boy Scout council, including five
counties, was perfected at a meeting
of representatives from Wilson, Tar
boro, Henderson and Rocky Mount at
the latter city last Friday night
None the worse for being eight
days over-due on account of the flood
that descended upon eastern North
Carolina last week, the schools of
Chowan County staged their pageant
of three hundred years of the
county's history before a crowd of
8,000 at the fair grounds in Edenton
last Saturday.
The Worth While club of Wades
boro is asking the women's clubs of
North Carolina to co-operate in a
movement for the appointment of a
poet laureate for the State and has
nominated Rev. John Jordan Douglas
for the honorary position.
New Bern, swept by the State's
most disastrous fire in December, has
embarked upon a building program
which will in a few weeks mean the
investment of more than a million
dollars.
Raleigh brokers are of the opinion
that the law exempting foreign stocks
from taxation in the State has had
little effect upon securities bought by
North Carolinians, but if the act is
not repealed by the next General
Assembly the amount of foreign
stocks held by North Carolinians will
be very greatly increased.
Three men were killed at a talc
mine near Carthage last Saturday
when the cave fell in. ,
Sixty gallons of perfectly good
liquor was poured into the city gut
tar at Greenville last Friday. Officers
of that city are making a determined
drive upon tj?e dealers in illicit liquor.
A farmer living near Wilson was
instantly killed last Saturday when a
tractor, used to plow his farm lands,
overturned on him.
All reserve officers in North Caro
lina are urged to take advantage of
the opportunity to go into training
for 16 days during the summer
months in letters that have been sent
out by Adjutant General J. Van B.
Hens.
The boll weevil has begun an at
tack upon Fords. Fishermen at a
pond near Wilson last Saturday were
astonished to see a drove of weevils
crawling about on Vstheir Ford when
they prepared to leave for their
homes.
Hon. Claude Kitchen has announc
ed that he will again be an aspirant
for the office of Congressman from
the Second District. He is expected
to have no opposition from his party
members.
George Burfeel, son of the former
chief of police, was burned to death
in a fire at Kinston Monday. ,
The State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare will hold a meeting in
Raleigh Friday.
In the city election at Raleigh last
Monday, all of the old officers were
defeated for re-nomination, and a
new line-up substituted.
Judge Henry Groves Connor, of the
-United States District Courts, will
teach law in the University Summer
School this summer.
Guilford county deputies say good
tiipes are reflected in the improve
ment noted in the quality of stills
now found in operation by moonshin
ers.
The Commission on Farm Tenacy
appointed by the last General Assem
bly left Raleigh at noon Monday for
a tour of Eastern North Carolina
which will take its members through
several counties and permit them to
visit a dosen or more farm setlements
that have been developed by private
capital.
Lester Hill, cotton operative at
Raleigh, is not entitled to recover
from a bottling concern because he
found a rat in a,Coca-Cola bottle
is the ruling handed down in Wake
county court.
The Prison Board of North Caro
lina has refused to make an investi
gation of charges of mistreatment to
prisoners, made by E. E. Dudding,
President of the Prisoners' Relief
Society of Washington. Much un
favorable comment by state news
papers tub been given on account of
their decision.
Another month will be required for
auditors to complete the work of
auditing the books of the State of
North Carolina. An extra force of
18 men has been put on the Job lately.
D. H. Blair, internal Revenue Com
missioner, says he hae no idea of re
signing his job. Reports were cur
rent that he would quit.
Morejthan $100,000,000 has been
year*, according to Stacey W. Wade,
Insurance Commissioner. He said
probably bat one other period in the
State's history had witnessed such a
flood of worthless stocks.
The North Carolina Drainage As
sociation held a well attended meet
ing in New Bern last week.
Bloeade hootch, or corn liquor for
the lack of a better name, caused the
untimely death of a buzzard near
Winston-Salem last week. A deputy
investigating the accident fonnd that
the buzzard had partaken of the car
rion of a hog (himself a victim of the
mean liqour), and died as a natural
result
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The annual session of the North
Carolina Medical Society came to a
close last Thursday, after holding one
of its best meetings in late years.
The building committee appointed
to outline the construction program
for the State University has decided
that the woman students will be built
a building during the next two years,
to cost approximately $100,000.
Loss estimated at around $150,000
was sustained in the destruction by
fire last Thursday of the lumber man
ufacturing plant and large store of
C. M. Wall A Son at Southmont, near
Lexington.
The Carolina' Power and Light
Company will soon erect a power
plant on the Cape Fear River near
Fayetteville, to cost three-quarters
of a million dollars.
County and city school officials
heard Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Super
intendent of Education, explain the
new features of the State School law,
at a meeting in the hail of the House
of Representatives at Raleigh last
Friday.
Members of the T. P. A. of North
Carolina are making more and more
use of the highways in their business,
have less and less love for the type of
prohibition agent who springs from
ambush and yells "Halt"; and they
are' determined to start a campaign
against the unscrupulous agents.
Three blows with an axe delivered
by Desrey Smith, age 23, and his
father, age 75, wealthy Wayne county
farmer, last Wednesday lay dead, his
head smashed almost beyond recog
nition. The boy was taken into cus
tody.
MENOLA LOCALS
Mrs. J. M. Eley is at home after
a ten-day day visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Spencer Boyette of Warsaw.
She was accompanied home by her
niece, tittle Pauline Boyette, who will
spend a while with her grandmother.
Rev. John F. Cale of Roxobel filled
his regular appointment here Sunday
afternoon.
Dr. and lira. William Brown and
little son, Ronald of Rich Square,
spent Sunday as the guests of their
mother.
Messrs. Kelly and W. Harvey Vin
son were in Aulander Saturday after
noon on business.
Miss Berts Parker, principal of
the Mapleton SchooJ spent the week
end at home.
; Mr. A. G. Otwell was in Ahoskle
one afternoon of last week on busi
ness.
Mr. Stanley Brown of the Hickory
Chapel faculty spent the week-end
at home. I
Miss Jaitie Parker left last Thurs
day to visit her friend, Miss Elisa
beth Brown who in a member of the
Franklinton High School faculty,
Franldinton, N. C. Before returning
home, Miss Parker will also visit her
sister, Mrs. Archie M. Brown of
Union.
Mr. Clevie Vinson made a business
trip to Potecasi Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Margaret Brown and son,
James Robert, and Mr. and Mrs. Ber
ry Lee White, visited in the home of
Mrs. Ella Jeasup of Woodland Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. Robert Brown, Mrs. W. B.
Pollard, and Miss Thelma Brown of
Winton were the guests of their
mother the past week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Parker and Mrs.
Laura Parker were in Ahoekie one
day last week shopping.
The B. T. P. U. members gave a
very interesting program at church
Sunday evening. - We urge every
young person in the community to be
present gt the next meeting. If you
go once you will want to be there
the next time, try it
i Mrs. Mary Brown and children,
Miss Deborah and Mr. Henry, spent
Friday afternoon in Rich Square as
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Brown.
Sheriff B. Scull and Mr. John W.
Tayloe of Han-ellsville were'in town
| Monday on business.
Mr. Charles W. Parker spent Mon
day in Wlntpn attending court
Teachers and pupils of the graded
school are preparing for commence
ment which will be some time in May.
The farmer who doesn't worry
much today is the ong^vho has a
: monthly Income check from chickens,
MURFREESBORO NEWS j/J
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WmUj QaoUUsi
A man can get no nearer God!
than by giving health to his fellow!
man.?Socrates.
Revival services will begin here
Sunday in the new Baptist church.
The inside of the church, although not
fully finished up, need not interfere
with the spiritual poise of its wor
shipers, according to the pastor, Mr.
Whitley, who has given largely of his
time, personal service and means in
order to hasten the completion at
this time. It has also been largely
due to his untiring efforts and perse
verance that the members have
caught much of their inspiration.
The Rev. Mr. Yarborough of Hen
derson lectured on Sunday School
work last Sunday morning at the
Methodist church.
Mr. Paul Boyettee has left for Lake
[ View hospital, Suffolk, where he is
waiting to undergo an operation. His
wife and mother are with him.
The Womans' Missionary meeting
met on Monday afternoon with Mrs.
E. B. Vaughan, the president.
Misses Willie Mae Horton and Min
nie Dunning, students of Chowan
attended last week, the Students'
Govenment Conference at Westhamp
ton College, Richmond, Va.
Carey Vanughan's nefariously im
perial carrer has sparkled out.
Mr*. D. C. Barnes Gives A Reception
Monday afternoon, April 16, Mrs.
D. C. Barnes gave a large, informal
reception at her home from 8:80 to 6
o'clock, in honor qt her sister, Miss
Mary Smtih, and Mts. Frank Barnes,
both of Williamston, N. C. Mrs.
Barnes entertained charmingly. Her
guests, numbered between forty and
.fifty.
Miss Virgie Wynn Entertains
Thursday evening, April 19th, Miss
Maude Vinson and Mrs. Virgie Wynn
entertained four members of the Col
lege faculty, Misses Booth, Fannie
White, Caroline Lane and Gertrude
Knott, at a seven o'clock dinner, giv
en in honor of Miss Booth, Mrs.
Wynn's art teacher.
Franklin Sherman wants to get the
first live boll weevil that a farmer
finds this season. Send it to him at
Raleigh.
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ing functions which we're obliged to perform, but it's the
going out of our way voluntarily to be helpful to all that
has made people speak well of us.
HELPFULLNESS, OR COURTESY IN ACTION, IS NOT SELEC
tive in this bank. WE NEVER HESITATE before render
ing a service, nor discriminate between customers?all
are valued friends.
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which has given to us our biggest asset?their good will.
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"The Bank Of Service"
AHOSKIE, N,C.
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Tremendous Anniversary Sale
, of new
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for Men and Boys
This is a bargain feast the like of which has never
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