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Governor Morrison has issued a pro
clamation to the people of North
Carolina calling upon them to ob
serve Friday as a day of mourning in
, honor of the dead President. He
urges all persons of the State to ob
serve the day in strict accordance
with the provisions of President
Coolidge's proclamation setting the
day aside as a day of mourning in the
nation.
A building program outlined by
business interests of Asheville calls
for the construction of a large new
hotel, erection of twenty-five cot
tages, and-a new general hospital. A
big cabaret show will be staged there
soon under the direction of Mrs. Ed
ith Vanderbilt, the proceeds to go
towards the equipment of the new
hospital.
Farmers and planters in the section
of Aberdeen, where the boll weevil
has made its appearance say the use
of calcium arsenate is helping to
destroy the weevil there. The arse
nate is dusted on the growing cotton.
Within the next sixty days a new
factory will be added to the large
number already at work in the grow
ing town of Hickory. It will be a
shoe lace factory. The output will
be more than 200 gross per day.
The trustees of the State Univer
sity met one day last week and enact
ed a resolution calling upon the
* State Treasury to turn over to their
building committee |1,6&Q,0OO, pro
ceeds from State Bonds', appropriated
for the building program at the State
University this year. The money
will be used for permanent struct
ures. ,
Gastonia opened its newly acquire*}
Municipal Park on Sunday, August 6.
Greensboro is preparing to organ
ise a troop of Coast Guardsmen.
Civil engineers of the State are
preparing big things for their annaul
Convention to be held in Asheville on
August 10 and 11
Gastonia interests are striving
hard for the removal of Lenoir Col/
lege from Hickory to Gastonia. They
have offered a nice sum as a gift if
the college is removed. Lenoir citi
zens and its newspapers have denied
the reports current that they had
not heretofore supported the college
and that it would offer even larger
support if given the chance.
Pursuant to instructions received
last Saturday at headquarters of the
North Carolina Department of the
American Legion from National Com
mander Alvin Owsley, R. E. Denny,
department adjutant, announced that
James A. Lockhart, State Command
er has appointed a committee of 31
legionnaires to represent the Legion
at the funeral of the late Warffen G.
Harding.
The dream of the Carolina Play
makers of seeing Carolina folk plays
in New York is certain to. become
true, Miss Elizabeth Taylor, field
agent for the University Bureau of
Community Drama, and perhaps the
best actress produced by the Play
makers, will go to New York in Sep
tember to take the leading part in
two or three North Carolina folk
plays, to be put oh by the Inter
Theater Arts of that city.
The University will have a student
body of about 2,200 for the year
1923-24, according to present indi
cations that the office of Dr. T. J.
Wilson, registrar now has. x
Major William T- Joyner of Ral
eigh is expected to resign as secretary
s of the State Democratic Executive
(Committee when the committee meets
next March to call a convention and
W. C. Coughenor of Salisbury is be
ing mentioned as his successor.
Another of the Meekins family has
scored in pulling down a government
petition. With Colonel Ike Meekins
holding a big job in connection with
the office of Alien Property Custo
dian, the announcement came from
Postmaster-General New Friday that
Jeremiah C. Meekins, Jr., had been
appointed acting postmaster at Wash
ton.
In a short statement issued at his
New Bern home last Saturday Sena
tor Simmons paid tribute to President
Harding.
While there is not much tobacco
; raised in Scotland County the soil
is said by experts to be suitable for
raising high grades of the weed.
Fanners expect to start raising the
product. g*,
Plans for a great rally and barbe
cue to be held by the Nash and Edge
combe county members of the To
bacco and Cotton Co-operative Asso
ciations in Rocky Mount some time
during the present month has been
decided upon and are now being rap
idly worked out by the leaden.
The musical program and enter
tainment features for the Made-In
Carolinas Exposition at Charlotte the
two weeks of September 24-October
' Q promises to far eclipse anything
previously attempted by this organi
tion.
Dr. W. S. Rankin, state health of
ficer, has written the Chapel Hill
Weekly a letter saying that unless
trains and stations are improved the
board of health will ask the next Leg
islature for more complete control in
dealing with the situation.
Thirty thousand dollars in cash
premiums are offered by the North
Carolina State Fair, according to the
premium lists which are being sent
out by General Manager E. V. Wal
?born.
Word has been received at Lenoir
of the suicide of Vance Triplett at his
home just across the Wilkes county
line several days ago. Mr. Triplett
ended his life by hanging himself in
the barn yard in plain view of the
front porch and his wife.
"Press time is press time in spite
of 100 years," says the News and Ob
server. Before the body of the 29th
President of the United. States was
cold in death in his hotel room in San
Francisco a bell in the city of Raleigh
3,500 miles away, tolled in grief for
his passing and within forty minutes
of his death newsboys were shouting
"extra" in all sections of Raleigh.
The drat President of the United
States had been dead ten days before
the people in Raleigh were aware of
.his death. The news of the first and
last Presidents' deaths came to the
News A Observer at the time of going
to press with their regular edition.
'*Use the whip" was in effett the
recommendation of the Guilford
county grand jury made in their re
port last week on prison reformation.
Eighty-six new public school build
ings and five homes for teachers were
erected at a total cost of $452,394.77
for the negroes of the State during
the year ending June 30, 1923, ac
cording to a survey of the division of
the work of negro education made
public last Friday by N. C. Newbold,
director of the division.
Asked for a statement regarding
the latest announcement of . A. J.
Maxwell, Corporation Commissioner,
who*said that the auditing firm work
ing on the State's treasury balance,
had admitted a deficit of five million
dollars in State funds, Governor
Morrison has declined to issue any
kind of statement. A delayed letter
received by Mr. Maxwell admitted
that a three million dollars bond issue
had been listed as revenues, and that
the State really was five million dol
lors behind as of December 31, 1922.
Since Mr. A. J. Maxwell's figures
have been verified by the admission
of the auditors, he has been frequent
ly mentioned as a good condidate for
Governor of North Carolina.
Calling upon the merchants of
I, North Carolina to honor the memory
of the late President Harding next
Friday, President W. N. Dixon -of the
State Merchants' Association on
Monday issued letters to all organi
zations within the State.
[ The State Teachers' Association, as
an inducement to get teachers of the
State to write about their work, is
offering three awards of $50 each for
the best articles on some phase of the
educational work, Miss Elizabeth
Kelly, president of the Association,
announced Monday.
Matters of legislation affecting
working man. matters which the last
Legislature passed over, will be about
the biggest business coming up before
the North Carolina Federation of
Labor when it meets in convention at
Greensboro, second #eek in Septem
i ber.
Solicitor W. F. Evans' February
crusade against the manufacture and
sale of whiskey in which sixteen con
victions were secured, $2,500 collect
ed from fines and road sentences im
posed aggregating 143 months , cost
$2,353 according to an itemized
statement prepared and presented to
the Wake County commissioners last
Monday.
Rev. James Power Smith, noted
Confederate soldier, minister and
author, died at Greensboro Monday
morning, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Charles P. Myers. He had been
ill since last April.
TOWN COUNCIL DID
NOT MEET MONDAY
On account of the rain, no session
of the ' Ahoskie town council was
held last Monday night The com
missioners had spent a large portion
of the day in conference with of
ficials of the Columbian Peanut Com
pany V reference to securing a right
of way across their land for a spur
track *o the municipal water and
jight plant. A final agreement, ac
cording to the councilman, is in pros
pect, and the track may be built soon.
The town has been trying for
three years to secure a right of way,
to save the enormous expense of
hauling coal for two or three blocks
| to the light plant If the track is
built, the initial cost will have been
repaid within a period of two or
three yean.
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LESSON FOR AUGUST 12
MARTHA AND MARY
UMOK TBXT?Luks 1I II 4I: Joha
John 11:1-1.
GOLDEN TEXT?"Mary hath ohoioa
that pood part which shall not bo taken
away from hor."?Luke 10:41.
REFERENCE MATERIAL?Pro verba
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Primary TOPIC?Two Loyal Frteada
of Joouo.
JUNIOR TOPIC?Martha and Mary.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IO?True Friendship Showp by Martha
aad Mary.
TOtJNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
? Bttmo Problems lllnetrated by Mar
tha aad Mary.
la order to properly understand
those two characters, It win be neces
sary to look at the several narratives
In which they are brought to oar view.
These' are three In number.
I. The Behavior of Martha and Mary
hi the Days of Sunshine. (Lake 10:88
42.)
In this picture we see Martha en
gaged In preparing'a meal for Jesus,
fat her effort to make the beat prepara
tion for her honored guest, she became
distracted. She not only was cum
bered with much serving but she found
fanlt with Mary for not helping her.
She even censured the Lord for per
mitting such neglect. Martha has had
hor followers In all ages. Every church
knows them. The busy, troubled and
fussy woman who are engaged In serv
ice far the Lord with little patience
for those who sit at the feet of Jesus.
Mary sat at Jesus' feet and heard His
word. She had taken her turn In the
service as the word "also" would Im
ply. She d|B not neglect service, bat
had the keenness of perception to die-'
cern that communion with the Lord
was more prised by Him than the serv
ing of a meal. Both of these women
loved the Lord and It Is lmposslbls to
say which' loved Him more. In the
days of sunshine In thia home, Mary
made the good choice of communion
with her Lord.
II. Mary and Martha In the Day of
Great Sorrow. (John 11:1-16.)
The nest scene which occupies our
attention la the occasion of the resur
rection of Laiarus. .In the time of the
sickness of Lasarua. these sisters had
seat for Jesus. Jesus loved the mem
bers of this household, and yet, strange
to say, He delayed His going unto
them. Martha met Him with rebuke,
saying that If He had been there her
brother bad not died. This carried
with It the censure for His delay un
der such trying circumstances. This
set of Martha called forth some mar
velous teachings on the resurrection.
After this Interview with Martha, she
came to Mary with thu message of a
call from Jesus. Mary was composed
and remained In the house until called
for. She Immediately responded to
this call and used the Identical words
of Martha, but Instead of rebuking
her, He mingled His tears of sympathy
with hers of sorrow. The reason she
hsd such composure In this dark hour
was that she had patiently sat at His
feet and listened to His word so that
she understood the mqpntng of the
tragedy. The difference then In the
behavior of these two women In this
dark hour was doubtless due to the
fact that In the days of sunshine Mary
had entered fully Into fellowship with
the Lord and that Martha bad lost this
grace through her fretfulnesa.
III. Jesus Kntertalned .at Bethany.
(John lJ-B.)
At this supper appeared Mary,
Martha and Lesarus, who was raised
from the dead. Doubtless this supper
was in grateful appreciation of His
help and sympathy in the days of their
trlsl. At this meal Martha was back
at her old business of serving, but It
would seem with an unruffled disposi
tion. Mary took a pound of spikenard,
very costly, and annotated the feet of
Jesus and wiped them with her hair.
This was a token of her great love and
devotion. She was back la her ac
customed place at the feet of Jesus.
With the keen Intuition of true love,
she brought her costliest gift as an evi
dence of her love. She thus antici
pated His death and burial, knowing
that she could not minister unto Him
then. The Lord received this act of
tore at Its fulh value. Against the
fool criticism of Jndaa, Jesus defended
llary. He declared that it was no
more a waste than the ointment
placed on the bodies of the deed
hi embalmment 111' fa<\ it was th?
doing of this very act beforehand unto
Him. Only Mary of all His disciples
had really understood jAos when He
mid He moat be crucified end raised
again the third day. The announce
ment of Hla crucifixion brought unto
the others dismay. They refused to
believe In thf resurrection, but Mary
came to annolnt Hla body for burying
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Msnnsrs.
Manners should bespeak the maa
Independent of fine clothing. "Hie gen
eral does not need a flne coat.?Kraer
son.
Jasus Christ
Jesus Christ, the condescension ol
divinity, and tha exaltation of human
Ity.?Phillips Brooks
Action of ths Miiflf.
The mind unlearns with dlfflrulti
what has long bean impressed tm 1L
BETHLEHEM NEWS
Regular services at the church
were conducted on Sunday afternoon
by the pastor.
Mr. Lillian Stokes spent Sunday
with his wife and children.
Mrs. John Barnes from Ahoskie
spent Thursday afternoon with her
mother, Mrs. C. P. Peele.
Mr. Cotton Moore from near Pow
ellsville visited in the Thomas home
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Belch from
near Powellsville spent a short while
in the home of ^fr. S. J. Hill on Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Louise Holland from Winston
Salem visited Miss Ruth Thomas last
week.
Messrs. Troy Hill, Clyde Slaughter
and Robert Thomas went to Harrells
ville Sunday night to hear Mr. Yuya.
Messrs. Jimmie and Raleigh Tay
lor and Earley C/awford from Eure
were visitors in' the home of Mr.
Mark Norvell Sunday afternoon.
Mrs.'Pierce Vann was a guest in
the home of Mrs. R. P. Thomas last
week.
Mrs. Thomas Gower, accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Pool, and two
grandchildren from Raleigh, * is
spending the week in the home of her
son, Mr. W. G. Gower.
Mr. and Mrs. g. J. Hill spent Mon
day with Mr. and Mrs. S. C- Godwin
near Hickory Chapel.
Miss Mina Holtoman spent Thurs
day night with Miss Mary Thomas.
Mr. Judson Norvell and children
from Christian Harbor spent Sunday
afternoon with his brother, Mr. Mark
Norvell.
, Miss Susie Hill returned home Sun
day after spending a few weeks with
her aunt, Mrs. Jeff Sumner near
Aulander. She was accompanied by
Misses Cora Sumner and Lydie Rowe,
and Messrs. John D. Sumner and
Claiborne Rowe. They spent a short
while returning home in the evening.
TAKEN UP '
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I have taken up at my farm near
Ahoskie, 1 male hdg, black, half moon
under and over right ear, half moon
under left ear. Owner please claim
and pay costs or same will be adver
tised and sold under process of law.
NORMAN HALL.
August 4 1923. 8-10-28-2t
THE HERALD?$1.60 for one year.
* PLEASURE SEEKERS *
* IN FOR SOME THRILL ?
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* According to statements board *
* bora tbU week, Back Krueger, *
* pilot of a seaplane tbat is now *
* flying a) Chowan Pleasure *
* Boacb, Colerain, is datorminad *
* to sot a naw record in air flying. *
* Ho is reported to bare said be *
I * would attempt a "tail spin" on *
* bis seaplane one day the latter *
* part of this week. The seaplane *
* bas never been used for stunt *
* flying, and hitherto no stunts *
* have been attempted by their *
* pilots. Krueger says he will *
* take a shot at it one day this *
* week, come what may. *
* Ho bas been at the Colerain *
* beach for more than a week, *
* carrying passengors. He was *
* also on hand at Mt Gould last *
* Friday, upon the occasion of the *
* annual Bertie County Farmers *
* Picnic. *
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MAKE TRAVEL EASIER
J. R. Garrett, township road com
missioner, says he will construct a
temporary bridge across Stoney
Creek, for the convenience of to
bacco farmers who are planning to
bring their tobacco to Ahoekie. The
new bridge will not be completed by
the opening date, but, Mr. Garrett
says he will see that the bridge and
road will be in first class shape.
SPEND WEEK AWAY
Dr. and Mrs. L. K. Walker and
children left here Monday by auto
mobile for a trip through eastern
North Carolina, winding up at Cur
rie, where they will visit the form
er's parents for several days- They
will also spend some time at White
Lake, near Fayetteville.
R. Y. Winters, in his exhibit, show
ed a difference of 17.4 bushels of
oats per acre in favor of home grown
seed from selected plants. Why buy
outside the State?
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We have in transit several cars of select Okla
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the best quality oats that have ever been offered on
thethe Eastern market. We also have several cars
of number 2 Michigan Rosen Rye. We will be pleas
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