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Uvt T? ir 1 K" lliifl Ti m COMt<WD BRING VOU? S5BI r?- s?s?J-w>-r 'M - ?* 7^3f *^p? >y>-f? VOLXLIV. fcOUIBBURQ, N. 0., rsjlAY, MAY 1, 1911, ?yiE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. ? subscription *lw peb tsul NUMBER 12. = MAKEVILLE ACADEMY eAIKDl? IN POPILABITT EACH SESSION. A Little Data Conrfmlnj^ the School, Its Patrons' Teachers and the Work Including That of the Trustees. I have been requested to write a brlet sketch of Maplevllle school. As tar back as the oldest Inhabitant can remember the first schoolhouse was near Maple Springs church, and the first teacher was Mr. Carswell Finch. ?f whom little la known, except that Be was the ancestor of Rev. J. M. L, Finch. Brother Finch and wife taught -a female school near the same place; while Col. Thomas taught the free school below the Arrlngtoq. place. The next teacher below the Arrlagton place was a tXr. D&ughtery, and he was succeeded J>y Mr,. Bennett.- During the war Mr. Bit lie Fuller, ,Mr. Long ford and others taught the school. In 1(68 Prot. John B. Brewer was . principal of Majplevllle school and taught In Maple Sprtngs church. 8uc needing ntan wae 'Mr. Arthur Arrlug~ ton. ? Later la the '80s Miss SalHfc Harris taught,. then Miss Willie Fhelps, folio wing, hejp-Mr^ Areta Tarboro one year, next' waa Prof. Charles Bebee of Maryland, Wjtiohad charge of th?Tfcchool foar yeara.dur lng this period the school was moved to-a sits In froqt of the store, and an Academy was built; largely by the tn tluence of Rer. G. W. Newell and Mr. J, H. Unell, who gay? the land; A. W. Perry, W. IT. Fjuler, A. W. Jackson, D. E Best and many others, who'ral lied to the support of the school and built, what waa considered then, Rood bouse. _^nie -first trustees were Rer. G. W. Newell, chairman, who purchased the ?first library, J.. H. Uzzell, A. W. Perry, D. X Best. Just prior to this there was a school near Mr. W. N. Filler's . which was taught by Rev. G. W. New-! <11 end Mr. A. J. Ashton, which was - afterward abandoned, part of the pu pils going to Hickory Rock, and a Tart to-Maytertlle. Tn 1898 Mis* Sel ile Lou BeBt was elected principal of Mapleville academy and taught (or -four years. Next was Prof. J. 6. Hutham, wbp taught one year, then' Mr. Bebee returned, remaining this' time two.years. Miss Bettie Perry liad charge for one year, then Miss Ramie Burk from South Carolina was principal for two years, succeeding her. Miss Janet Hayes taught two years. Mr. E. Williams was principal for three years. Our present prlncl , pal, G. M. Beam, was elected in 1912. All of these with their assltants, have been good teachers as far back as I ?can remember; and their ? beautiful Christian ltres, with their Earnest, faithful work in the school-room have done much to make this ofce of the most desirable Sections of owtcounty. The people for the mo?t part being loyal to .both teacher and school There being a constantly Increasing Interest in education and a sincere de sire on the part of the'parents to procure th? best to be had for their children, about a year ago It was de-' c'ded the old building was not com fortable to teach in, we therefore de termined to build a new one. The s-lte was again Changed, this time it ?* tras erec Wa tn the grove MWK <K Mr. J. H. Uzzell's home, and facing the Laurel road. In the exchange of sites we have four? acres of land in the place of one. In the erection of this new blinding, ? ?1 has teen displayed by nearly tfee entire community. The bulldtagMMt&mlttee was, Messrs. J. H. P. Har ris and J. O. Wilson, Uie moat active of these being Mr, Akrris, 'tke with Ills doll?4%uef haVUin|g^g^af|?' tSe county. The batl?M. /COgHng. about sr. Ij. Wm? H i?*v chairman; j. . cnueii, / 21- ? C. P. Harris., treasurer; J. L, wueon, fa i-. W- Strange end J. % Yarboro, these beta* gentlemen M the finest obara? X?r, ITBTmff 107*117 STOOa 07 \ t&tf I ly .however, alt lithe I with tile limited means of I concerning the early history of what we lore sod revert, Maplevllle Aca demy. \ ?y Board of Trustees Maplevtlle TcaJTe?j 1. C. P. Harrlu. a successful farmer , and business man. whfr has?token 1 an active part In the building of the new academy and constant friend of the ichool. ? ,'t/' j J 2. 3. O. Wilson, a prominent and successful farmer and good citizen, and friend and great helper to the school, and also a member of Board of County Commissioned. 3. J. W. Strange, a native citizen of this community, also a good and suc cessful farmer and a .friend to' the School, and superintend!^ of the Sun day school at tMs plac&, 4. J. H. Uizelf, also ^JUatlve cttlien of this community, , '/food farmer and merchant. Fo/t|ji years_ post master at Maplevlllt/'.Has been a "member of the boar4 of education and now a member of Board of .County "CommlssionBrs. A prdifcjreasive* man ?Always .a friend torMtteatlon. i.,'fc Jno. B. Yarboro/jt, farmer and now Regslter of Deeds .Of this county. A good man, always 'ready to help In all good causes and' a great fHend, ' cl education. ?wprA _ ?., Fof twelve years. Re v. S. M. Doke i llVfed la the KrfgUrtlfo. commlmltp and has been pa*tptr/$f the Maple Springs Baptist ehu*6b tor _ forty years and haa 'tjtyw'chairman of our Board of Trlmtn' tor the last ten years. He la the man who started the movement for a new school bulld ing. mm 5 -j .? Mr. Duke has bean fclosely associat ed with all the cli|iiQCtos and schools of this county a&4 bias'.been the balld er of many. The fact.that he has lived his lite of many -Ireful years within a few .miles of home place, tpeaks for him, both a pastor and preacher. Tbouglj Duke Is not a college educated ^ha la one of the best read men, an A therefore educated, in the State. Beih^ V natural orator [ -he has won many fttwdt wherever he has gone. Var a atrtftber of yeara.be has been paster four to tight churches and is one of tfie most popu lar and most beloved, men of our State. Whenever Kis ~ narave Is men tioned a number orkqrtV friends will bef-found. Truly,$ur chief man of tfconght, the wtosM.lMder, the saf est ? counselor, the truest Mend, and the most highly esteemed ottlzen. - Betterment Wert at MaplevBI?. _ The betterment work at Mapleville had Its origin lnra htekory nut hunt by the children. The nuts were sold for one dollar. ^U|,jKught the chil PROF. G A>fcEAM Principal of Maplevflle Academy who dM motfb In the interest of the new building. V," dren that they qomld make money t&r tbbtr school and (tiled them with en thusiasm and determination to raise four dollars, whloh was the amount fhell Mp plin for raising money Wt?':p6r^kfi S contest between the boys ? an#'- girls to see whloh coald raise th^ largfer amount. Much Inter est wa/r aroused and the contest end ed Hi a tie, with more than the re quired amount for th* dictionary. By thtt ttrte other needs of the sehaor Were<Spa and more money had to be raised. An Ice cream' ?up per was glre* and twenty dollars j realised. This brought the mothers of I of the community In toSoh with the .school and It? needs. Soon a moth ers' meeting was organised, tor the [ purpose of bettering the school, p lit rag theinasnrtbissn dons, by this |^<tae'n's teeth a supplementary library, t we coolers and MX breoms were bought for the school. U,' By this time a still larger-, field of worjf was opened and the mothers' -neetlngs - were changed Into a Better-" msnt Aasoclstloa?tm? n.p.i..ti? offered membership to every person In the community who was Interested In the betterment of the school. It was at one of the meetings, of this association that Rev. G. M .Duke made the motion, "That we tea? down this school building and build a new j Hobgooil, Mrs. J. H. Uzzell, Mre. Joe L Perry, Mre. W. M. Boone, Mrs. J. H, YarborouKh, Misses Emma Duke, Bes I Me Stranje and Lola Jackson, who kave hicil imllHnt snrt unfailing In tbelr efforts. Maplevllle Academy ('losing Exercise? t Maplevllle Academy, at Maplevllle, | has 1th closing exercises Friday night and quit?' an Interesting entertainment la promised from th following pro ?APLKTTtXK-Af ABWIf* feVILBIK? This building la' modern tn its arrapgeml^t and was erected principally through the efforts Of ther. Be torment Asoclatlon. one like It ought to be," This motion was quite a surprise to many of the members, but all agreed that It was what oufctit to be done. The motler* was left ?pen for discussion until "the next meeting. The neighborhood was now alive wim. interest for the new school building. Everybody realized that we needed the academy?but how are we to get the money? After the question had been well discussed the Board-of Trustees was called together by Its chairman. Uvcry member, except one, was pres ent and the very best spirit possible prevailed. In Just a tew. minutes a (notion to build a new academy pass ed. While the Betterment Association i.ever had the opportunity of voting on ltr. Duke's motion, it went to work with the trustees "to raise money for the new building. Two of its MMn bers, Mrs. C. P. Harris and Mrs. J. B Varborough, spent a day raising money tot the building and the way was 8<>on made clear. ~ ~ The Betterment Association con tinued its work of raising moiiey through the summer. Though the faithful work of the friends of the tchool, especially Mrs. it. H. Hobgood and Mita Lola Jackson, ice cream was sold every Saturday afternoon la front Of the Maplevllle store. In this way sixty dollars were made for the school. The ladles of the neighbor hood, instead of giving a dinner, made this amount eighty-five dollars. Since the opening Of school last fall, the association has made over two hundred aollars. Several -.differant fcpjethods have been used in raising "this money, but the most successful of all ?was ,the OW ^Fiddlers' conven tion." flifs^Was. tijSlast' effort of the association ? and tlm, Amount raised ($120) is quite a copast to the one ' i ? <1 1 ? H ' JIISS LOU JACKSON On? of the teach?** fn the Maple vllle >1 and president bf the Better S&T' r'1 it Association. dollar realised from the hickory nut ha?. . r ~c J The kmonnt of food this organiza tion bas done oar neighborhood can' never tally be realised. The new bond ing and (access- of ths' school as s whole amid ri?tr?ch?Te been bat for U?e work of tbe Betterment .Aifeocls UM. While ?T?rr member onp as sociation has done what- she comld, th*re are a feV, each as Mrs. J. W. Bailor. Mrs. Joe Champion, Mrs. J. 0. Wilson, Mrs. C. P. Harrjs, Mrs. H H. 11 sram ot exercises. Addraaa ......Arch Wilson II "Little Mother" Five. Little Girls t: "Parasol and ? Rainy ??<a Emily Pottor) ....V.MX Boys and 81* Girls Dn^t; "Surprise for Papa"?(S. Bnchmann) ....Mary Wilson and Annie Harris Play: "Old Woman In the Shoe" j (Laura Rountree Smith) - Twelve Children | Solo: "Mystic Procession"?(Geta | Hawattl) ..Nepple Wilson ! Recitation: "The Runaway Boys"? (John Whltcomb Riley) Elijah Fulgfiunt Solo: "Issabelle"?(G. Bachmann) ...... ... Lucy Sledge Play: -v "Fairy ^Sunshine"?(Laura ' Boundiree Smith) ..s?. . ,.r...V....A .Number o('Children f . AUeaUoa, Farmer?! Tlie"attention of the County Farm ers' Union Is called to an error of date liLthe cards mailed stating that the meeting would be held on ThurB day, May 1st It should have read Thursday, May 7th. Let all come on that date. The Justice Commencement. The Justice school commencement, which-closed last Friday night, was a distinct success, and marked the end Of a highly successful scholastic year. On Tueday night the primary and intermediate pupils gave a very In teresting performance consisting ot recitations, music, Bhort plays, etc., The usual large crowd was on hand Friday morning. After the declama tion contest, In which Mr. Ollle Har ris was victor, carrying off the gold medal offered by the principal, Prof T. H. Sledge, lntoduced his former college mate. Rev. W. O. Rpsser, pas tor ot-tUe Spring H?p* Baptist chnrctr, ilUYSied the address of the oc casion. it". . " . . _ Without any attempt at spread eagle oatory, Mr.' Rosser delivered a very practical, Instructive and stimu lating address on the subject of edu cation, which made a profound Im pression on his atfdlence. Superintendent R.~B. White follow ed Mr. Ro^Ber tn one of his charac teristically stroffg speeches. Rev. W. M. Gllmore, of Loulsburg. delivered music medals to Miss Non nle Webb Stalllngs and Mr. James EUjah WMess, ottered by (heir music, teacher, Mas Wright " Rev. Ci C. .Williams, a local minls ter. In behalf of the board of trus tee?, presented a substantial token of thetl1 esteem to each of the teachers, aqd announced the faculty for the Vis: Prof. Thomas H. principal; Miss Bell Wright, ' of primary department; Miss l Long, teacher of Intermediate ~ t; Miss Nolia J. Wright, ..music.' _ /sumptuous picnic dinner I on-the grounds, a spirited reol cation. contert was held, In which *i* young ladles pratlcliated The tnedal, wfcieh waa delivered by Her. (,<?<> M Bw, of'UKplevllle, went to*? Aofcie Culpafpnr- ? ' A Sharply contested ball game be 1? the New ? Hope and Justice teams was played in the afternoon also. One of the moBt Interesting features of tlie occasion was the Comedy, "Topsy Tnrvy." which waa Kiren Fri day night. The play was true to life and provoked much laughter. It was exceptionally well rendered for ama teur performers. The Justice people have a right to feel proud of their handsome school building, with the Imposing Confeder ate monument In front, the first to be erected In the county. The ?, progress being made in this community along educational, agricul tural and otyer lines la manifested. The school has been a potent factor in thfo new awakening and development. Younge^ Set Book ( lab Entertained. On Tuesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. 8. P. Boddte, Miss Alice Mor rison most dellghfully entertained the Younger Set Book Club. * The subject for the afternoon was "Twelfth Night." Mrs. Spencer Baker read an instructive end interesting paper, the story of the. play, and Mrs. Ben Holden and Miss Mamie Pones read selections from the play. After the program had been com pleted, a delightful fruit salad, cake, cream, coffee and mints were served. The meeting was one of , the moat delightful beld by the club, and Miss Morrison proved herself * most charming hostess. The members present were, Misses Alice Morrison, L^nn Hall, Annie Oreen, Eleanor Cooke, Mary Stewart Udgerton, Mrs. Ben Holden, Mrs. A1 Hodges, Mrs. Spencer Baker, Mrs. Joe Mann, Miss Mammle Jones and Miss Tearle Brinson. - , , The cclub/\ was glad to have with them as guests. Misses Ina Harris. Jennie Nucum and Mesdames B. B. Perry and 8. P. Boddie. (irlBn * Blaster's Planlasr Plant ? s ,t Bunted. T!h?r planlnlf. Plant of Griffin & Beasley, located Jijjtf to the rear of the oil mill, waii burned on last Sat urday ntjrtu about 1:3Q o'clock. The Are was dicoVefed early and the alarm given, but as It was mostly a shed with a lot of shavings, etc., un der It the fire soon had control of the situation^. The fire company and a number of citliens wer& prompt to answer the alarm and confined the fire to the shed. The estimated loss Is about $200 with nolasurance.' New Hop? Wins From Justice. An .unusually interesting game of baseball was played?between New Hope and Justice's ball teams last Friday afternoon at Justice, the com mencement day of that school. Quite a large and enthusiastic crowd wit nessed the game. New Hope defeat in* Justice by the score of 5 to 4. These teams played a thirteen In ning game last year with the score 7 a-!. " New Hope Is putting out another 4;ood team this year. Last year this team played twenty-one games, win ning nineteen, tied one and lost one. To Old Soldier?. Wc are requested to state that all . old. lioLdlera?memhera. ot li. M. Mc Klr.?y Camp No. 1527, of Franklin County, are expected to be present In X,9ulsbUrg on Wednesday, May 13, 1914, dressed In their uniform to take part in the unveiling ceremonies oI the monuinent. ? ? ?? Building Notes. Mr. M. F. Houcke Informs us that he has begun the erection of a handsome eight-room cottage for Mr. A. W. Per son. Also that he will begin this week the addition to Mr. B. O. Hick's store on N*sh Street and will give the main room a thorough overhauling cetllng It with metal ceiling. This will make quite a big Improvement In this building and when completed will be one of the nicest business houses In this section of the State. Pital? at Lover's Leap. . . , Mrs. E. S. Ford accompanied by a -cumber of little boys and girl? 'enjoy ed quite a nice little plcaie at the old hlstorU: Lover's Leap, about two miles north of town, on Motujay. * . ?_ jfi? rtii -i+? r? Teaching Dancing. . Miss Sackle Latta, of Ralpigh, af oondnet a dancing school. The leMons are? IVen in the large hall above, tfee hill live Stock Co. She wa* accom panied by her sister, Mtaa Mary Latta. HIE. NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS MEDIATORS GET HUE RTA AC OEMAWCE ?ltfaer Hide Makes Terms, But IT. 8. Insists Dictator Must do?Simul taneous Proposals Expected to Be Submitted Today. Formal acceptance of 'the Huerta . government of the otter of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, to use their good offices to bring about an amicable set tlement of the difficulty between the United States and Mexico was cabled to Spanish Ambassador Rlano -here last night by Portlllo y Rojas, foreign minister of Huerta cabinet. ' (_ Sehor Portlllo's note was transmit ted at once to the South American diplomats, who began a conference which lasted far Into the night, dis cussing the next move in their peace plan. . First Step Is Completed. The Secretary ot State, on the part of the United States, having accepted the offer of good offices when tendered Bdtupiay, the first step now is com pleted and the way paved for' actual negotiations. The three South American envoys who have undertaken the task o( mediation held frequent conferences yesterday to arrange the preliminaries of procedure. Pending the receipt ot the formal acceptance by Huerta.. no proposals will be submitted to either the United States or the Huerta gov ernment. It was made- plain tfyat no conditions from either party as to the terms that will be aceptable have as yet been formally placed before .the Intermediaries. Proposals Come Later. The Secretary of State and other government officials said that the American government simply has formally expressed Its willingness to listen to any plan of Intermediation which the represehtatives of Argen tina, Brazil and Chile may formulate. Huerta has Informally shown his readiness to bend a listening ear to the peace plans of the South American envoys. ~ When formal acceptance from Hu erta, is received formal proposals will be made simultaneously to the Ameri can government an<t the Huerta ad ministration. , Mast Oast Huerta. ? v * | j Bul In formal conferences at the White House before the acceptance of the offer of mediation, participated In by members of the - Senate and House and other government officials, it clearly waB understood ttjat, when a stage might be reached upon which the mediators would be asked to sti- . -f.ulate terms of negotiation, this gov ernment would no tagree ot anything which did not mean the eventual elimi nation of Huerta from control of Mexican government affairs. No formal stipulation of this kind, l.Q-wever, has been made, nor can there be, until a more advanced stage in negotiation has been reached. Wur Plans Go On, j Meanwhile t(ie navy and war de partments are continuing their efforts to care for refugees una perfecting the machinery of tli? army and. navy Cor - any unexpected turn in events. A Tip to the Street-Department. We do not know of anything or jet that would add more to the com fort, enjoyment and health of the peo ple of Loulsburg and (especially the ladles), than to have the sprinkling wagon to go np Main Street at 9 a. m. -t? every day, encirclfe the. monument and return down same street and then repeat the trip agaiji at 4 p. m. The ladies promonade Main Street every ^ evening, dressed in pure white, and ~ when they get home find their clothes unlit for use again on account of Mle ^t covering of dust. It Is almost Impossible to get a free breath of healthy air on Main Street because the: air la burdened with great Clouds ot dbst. There Ib no esttmattntf the number of diseases prefacing terms in this floating menace. The human air passages ?r? over with 1 dust, the mucus membranes of nose, eyes and ?cr? are suble the deposit ot living germs, liable produce Inflammatory conditions bring on so*? eyes, tons colds and numerous other conditions sad perhaps dangerous -fatal dlBM&M._ Wt " that the good folk wh<Thare.tb? department In charge could way to contribute to the pleasure and heattK od ear
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