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FERGUSON Wi SCHOOL
IVrruoii HMrh Sihoo| ,;i|^
Krtdigr, ilmr S, wltli » colin
>|D(BMem«Bt spiecMl -wltt a variety
•f entertainins taatnrea, Inelud-
' .v..4bg..a'play, '"The interrupted
t Wedding,” VThe Maypole Dance"
^ and a mlnitrel, presented by the
■ fcrge children. The 'school eon-
9. ' - alders Itself exceedingly fortun-
•i. ate In being able to secure as
•"■le principal speaker for 'com-
‘.'aencement, R. Ck>n Laws, famed
editor and publisher of Wilkes
aounty’s well known tahloid,
“The Yellow Jacket.” Mr. Laws
will deliver his well known ad
dress. “The High Spots of His
tory." We are expecting^ a dls-
Hnct treat in his remarks ais he
always succeeds in entertaining
Us audience, and' also gives
them substance for future
thought. The other features of
sommencement are equally inter
esting and entertaining. The
tfay, “The Interrupted Wed-
Wng,” is being presented by the
primary grades, and the little
Polks have been inekhaustlve in
their efforts to make their play
a success. The second feature.
"A Maypole Dance,” is being
given by the fourth grade. This
feature of the entertainment has
seqaired quite a bit of very te
dious work of both children and
fastructors, as it includes sever
al different types of aesthetic
dancing. The negro minstrel is
•xceedingly humorous as it is
packed full of original anecdotes,
and real old time negro spiritu
al. We advise all persons who
have any symptoms of appendici
tis to carefully avoid seeing this
aiinstrel in order that their phy-
aical welfare may not be im
paired. There will be a small ad
mittance of 5c and 15c. The
public is cordially invited and
■rged to attend this program,
which brings to a clo.se one of the
most successful and progre.ssive
Uoas of qnr aehool. Through his
eftorta wo fool* th»t from ‘ tho
standpoint of sanitation both In
sewerage dlspoeal and watOt sup
ply that our school ranks among
the best rural schools In North
Carolina.
We hope that during the suc
ceeding years the fine citisenship
ceea.ua .ue
of this community may be bless- million dollars, which is a lot of
Washington,-iriBeer,,, Is back
and the first day’s sales are said
to have netted th^ Federal gov- ,
ernment and the various statdl scheme to, this end. It Is not re*
ed with a nine or ten room brick
school building. The, present
building is badly in need of re
pairs, and has a great many fire
hazards, but It is located at an
ideal spot for the erection of a
fine brick building.
Sheets Man Had
Bee Swarm 14th
Earliest Date This Has Been
Known To Happen In
That Section
money. Some- brewers sent Pres
ident Roosevelt a few cases of
beer which arrlyed' at the White
House iust after midnight on the
day when Its sale was legal. The
President gave the beer to var
ious friends and that was that.
What Is worrying the wets is
thatf Mr. Roosevelt has not said
anything about the repeal of the
18th amendment. The President’s
friends reply that there Isn’t any
thing for him to say. The repeal
amendment la now up to tho
states, and most of them
8HRBTS, April 18.—Quite a
number attended Easter services
at Cane Creek church Sunday.
Misses Carrie Belle and Allie
Absher, of Halls Mills, visited
friends around Sheets Sunday.
Little Jean Watkins, who was
sick last week. Is Improving.
Mr. Major Higgins made a trip
to North 'Wilkesboro Monday.
Mr. Ambrose Handy, of Radi
cal, visited relatives around
Sheets last week.
Mrs. Alice Handy visited Mrs.
M. R. Billings, Sunday.
Mrs. Cora Billings, Mrs. Stella
Key and little nephew, Blake
Chappell, spent Monday with
Mrs. Edith Higgins, of Radical.
Mr. Rowan Handy, of Hays,
attended services at Cane Creek,
Sunday.
Mr. .1. T. .'Vbsfter moved to his
new home near Sheets last week.
.Misses Estelle and Emma
Wagner were among tho.se pres-
r. III , ent at Cane Creek church Sun-
years Ferguson school ha.s enjoy-vom..
«d since its erection. Ida.'- , . .
The funds made available by | -''r. A. E. Shumate made a tnp
fhe Federal Government for tho'“> W.Ikesboro last week.
construction of new state and
•ounty projects, also for the re
habilitation of state property by
(he unemployed has enabled us
not only to place our building in
n much better condition by the
installation of several m-w win
dows, but also the construction
•f a new room. In this room we
are placing our library, and ar
ranging the room for the slu-
ients to use during vacant per-
tods as a reading room. We have
hoped to secure tor their in.stnic-
llon and entertainment several
magazines and newspapers.
This relief labor ha.s enabled
IS to completely change the red
gully, which vtas used for a road,
ind which was located directly
in front of the school house, in-
lo an exceedingly aitrac..i.o yard
planted with flowers and slirnh-
«ry. In front of the building we
lave constructed a circular stone
plot in which we plan to plant
lulips. This plot is partially sur-
xounded by a very unique stone
wall. We are planning, at a fd-
ture day to plant a clinging vine
which will clim^ the stone wall
and present a very pretty view
Irom the road.
Onr now means of approach to
school house has been ar
ranged with the idea of making
the front of our building more
M r. Noah Watkins visited
friends around Radical, Sunday.
.Mrs. Noah Long, of Radical,
spent Sunday with her mother,
Mrs. Jesse Billings, of this com
munity.
Mr. Bob Higgins, of Winston-
.Salem, visited his brother, W, C.
Higgins. Saturday night.
Mr. L. E. Felts had a swarm of
bees to come out of their hive
April 14. The bee keepers in this
section say they have never
known this to happen so early in
the season before.
Mr. and Mrs. C. .M. Dancy and
little daughter, Bobby t,ee. of
Hays, visited .Mr. W. H. Key.
Monday.
.Mr. James Wagoner, who re
sides on Halls Creek near Sheets,
is very ill at the present writing.
Lincoln Heights
Holds Its Annual
Junior-Senior Prom
the
The beautifully decorated au
ditorium of Lincoln Heights High
School was the scene of a very
colorful affair on Easter Mon
day ni.ght, when the Junior class,
I under the supervision of Princi
pal W. Burt Harper, most de
lightfully entertained the sen
ior class. The banquet phase of
arranged or are arranging for
conventions at which either to
ratify It or turn It down. It Is
hardly likely that Mr. Roosevelt
will use his influence one way or
the other.
Invitation to Nations
The really Important develop
ment In Washington is the invi
tation by the President to the
heads of eleven other nations to
come to Washington to see him,
or to send somebody, in order to
talk over the world economic
situation and get ready for the
Wo.rld' Economic Conference,
which is to be held In London In
July. Ramsay MacDonald. Prime
Minister of Great Britain, was
the first to accept. All of the
other nations are sending their
best men. The President plans to
talk to each of them separately,
get them to agree to something
to which they will stick when
the conference is called. In the
hope that some line of action can
be arrived at which will start
commodity prices moving up
ward, stabilize the world’s cur
rencies and move the wheels of
international trade again.
This is not an altruistic pro
ject to save the world. .The Pres
ident is undertaking something
for the sake of the United States
first and the world at large in
consequence. Whatever we put in
the pot he expects us to get back
with something besides. The old
foreign trade policy of the Unit
ed States has been definitely
scrapped.
No longer will the effort be to
open foreign markets to onr goods
while barring foreign goods by
means of high tariffs. That is
certain. So when the President
starts to persuade other coun
tries to lower their tariff barriers
he must have in mind that such
a program can succeed only if
we rearrange our tariffs to per
mit tho sale of foreign goods In
this country.
Time for Reciprocity
The need for this reciprocity
on our part is inescapable. For
even it we could trade our war
debt claims for a lowering of
foreign tariffs on our exports,
without reciporcal action on onr
part we would get nowhere. For.
lure’s greatest glory have come
as the President’s advisers point again. In all time and among all
• 1.1.. 1 fraaflvols
gal-ded here aa meeting the Prea-
Ment’a ap^oval. It aeema more
likely that some aort of a allveir
purchaae . program ^ by internal
tional agreement may be decided
upon.
■ Many roembera of both bousdK
see salvation only In broadening;;
the bases of employment ,by
meapa of the five-day alx-honr
week, at higher pay. Some othprg;
hold thatt there must be an at!*
tual redistribution o f capita’,
through a capital levy. Income
tax changes or a simple conflsqa-
tion of capital and Income above
certain figures.
And when It comes W Interna
tional agreements,' there are
more different Ideas than thetb
are members of Congress. The In
sistence that Europe must pay
her war debts In full Is not so
vociferous as a few months ago.
The President hears a bedlam
of advice dally. So far It does not
seem to worry him. There are all
sorts of people urging him to
“go on the air” and urge all
debtors and creditors to sit
down together and agree on
general reduction of debts. There
are others by the hundreds urg
ing him to adopt some wild
scheme or other. But the Presi
dent keeps working away at the
blue-prints of what, his intimates
say. Is a definite, integrated plan,
to be adopted step by step.
Miss Johnson Wed
To Edmond Hayes
Max Hendren Suffers Injury
To Foot; Other News Of
Pores Knob, Route 1
PORES KNOB, Route 1. April
18.—A wedding of much interest
to this community took place
neai' Fairplains at the home of
Rev. Noah Hayes, last FrMay,
April 14, when Miss Lillie Belle
Johnson became the bride of Mr.
Edmond Hayes. Rev. Noah Hayes,
uncle of the bridegroom, offici
ating. Only a few friends attend
ed the wedding.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Johnson and
the bridegroom Is the son-of Mr
and Mrs. F. L. Hayes: both
this community.
Mr, and Mrs. Hayes wlU. maW
their home with Mr. 'Hayep
grandfather, Mr. Caloway Camp
bell.
Easter has again passed with-
us and Easter Sunday truly can
be said to mark a happy epoch,
religiously and seaslonally. It Is
a time of rejoicing at the fultll-
ment of the divine blessing of
Jesus Christ and also one of
gladness that the months of
warmth and beauty and of na-
have
I.UC » 1 •
out. there is no earthly way for people there have been festivals
other nations to pay for our corresponding to E.aster, but
goods unless they can sell us none has had
such widespread
the front of onr bnildin.fi: more affair began at 8 o’clock, and
ittractlve and better, safeguard- refreshing and pictur-
tog the lives of the children who
their goods.
Wise observers
here .say that
observance of the i oly season
fide the school buses. Under the
mew arrangement we now have
two roads leading to the school
ground from the highway, neith-
»r of which is very steep or haz
ardous. It is our earnest and
sincere hope that within the next
tew weeks we may be able to
secure teams from the eili'/ens
fesiding near the school to
gravel these two roads.
The attendance of the school
las been greatly depletcKi this
-year due to the fact that the
Darby bus is forced to ford Elk
Creek five times before reaching
(he school. The slightest shower
sauses this creek to ri.se making j
impassable, thus cost
the affair began at 8 ° c'°ck. and “economic national-
waT both refreshing and pictur- definitely scrapped
by the- invitations to Great Bri
tain, France, Italy, Germany, Ja
pan, China, Argentina. Brazil,
Chile, Mexico and Canada to
talk over international econo
mies at Washington. Some go so
far as to suggest that the League
of Nations will be functioning
here more strongly than at Ge- Hawn, Sunday evening.
las this year made a tireless and
-r e r y conscientious effort to '
amend this situation, by attempt- (
fng to have low water bridges'
monstructed over all these fords.
Due to the great generosity of
the citizens living near Darby in
giving unsparingly of both their
timber and time, the .school suc-
teeded in getting one low water
bridge built by using relief la
bor. The people in the Darby sec
tion should certainly be con
gratulated on the splendid spirit
ef good citizenship they have
ghown in their efforts tow.ard
making a more pasable and per
manent road for their children
attend school. Mr. Noel, the
e.sqiie. Members of the junior
class, dressed as sailors, served
chicken salad, olives, hot rolls
and butter, hot chocolate, ice
cream and cake.
I The tables, as well as the au
ditorium. were decorated i n
white and light green, the senior
colors. The place cards for both
faculty ami seniors were also
green and white, depicting beait-
tifii! Easier lilies. After the
courses were served many de
lightful and ,humorous toasts
were offered. .All enjoyed a pap
er on “Seven Candles To Keep in
One’s Home,” by Mr. ^;‘a'-ence A. , ^
'Howard, advisor of the senior ‘-"f
class. The banquet was closed by 'ternus.
iall rising and singing our .wlma
.Mater, “DeSr Old l i n c o 1 n ’ forms of Federal taxes to make
I up the vast sums which are to
be spent in the various projects
for relieving the domestic situ
ation seems aa certain as tomor
row's sunrise. Nobody know's yet
what form these new' taxes will
Prill, and Mrs. W. Burt Harper. *a
Miss Mozello Cimdiff. ami Ruth The original idea of the Ad-
AnJerson. president of the jun- ministration of lending money
ior class. The men. dressed in
commemorating t' s rising of
Christ Irom the uead. Easter is
a joyous occasion and in our
churches it is one of the most
beautiful of religious festival
days.
Miss Lula Lowe spent a few
hours with Miss Julia Hubbard
last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Rhuie Frazier was the
welcome guest of Mrs. Dola
iieva. It seems likely that more
immediate and tangible results
may follow' these conferences
than have followed the League’s
action, for in this case the Unit
ed States has the whip hand and
can apply economic pres.sure to
the road
fcg the entire truck load of chil-1
4ren a day in school. The school Hgig^tg
- After the banquet, faculty
members and seniors passed into
the auditorium, where numer-
i ous guests were already arriv
ing. The guests were received by
white trousers and dark coats,
and the ladies, dres.se* in vari-
based on Federal credit only to
self-liquidating public works
seems to have been abandoned.
ous colored evening gowns made There Is not enough of that sort
a verv striking appearance, as {of work to be done to go very tar
they danced to beautiful orches- j in putting all the unemployed
i tra music furnished by a brand ' work.
to
«tate highway engineer, has
promised na that the remaining
four bridges will certainly be
fcuUt during the summer.
We were very fortunate while
msing the relief labor to secure
services of Mr. Gordon Bat-
N. C. State Health Officer,
supervise the erection of two
tuw nnltary privies for our
Mr. Battle spent some
and effort in the construc-
Uos ot the prlvlos, and inepect-
ins tl»®. A»ii®ntl MniUry condi-
new radio, loaned the school
through the courtesy of Mr.
Ralph Duncan.
The occasion ended at » o’clock
'the
He,
to
amidst many thanks and com
pliments to the Junior Class and
their advisor for this unique af
fair. About 125 guests were .en
tertained, many coming from
nearby towns, and some from
even out of state. We.feel that
the prom this year will leave ah
everlasting memory of Joy In
the hearts of all who attended.
Any man may make a mistake,
but only a fool will stick t(f Itj^
Cicero. '■
With the plans for .farm re
lief, home-mortgage relief, un
employment relief, bank deposit
insurance and all of the other
enterprises which must be fi
nanced against the credit of the
United States it is estimated that
from flte to ten thousand million
dollars of credit will be requir
ed.- ^
The balandftig of the budget
Is the first step toward making
the Government’s credit good, so
tha't It can go to tile publl^ aird
borrow the necessary funds for
these other projects on bond Is-
In CongreM there Mjk
Mr. Ray Parlier attended
church service at Bethel Baptist
church, in Alexander county,
Sunday.
Max Hendren, five year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Hendren. had the misfortune of
getting his left arm broken last
week when he fell from a win
dow in the home. The little boy
was carried to the Wilkes Hos
pital where he was
ment. He seems Ho be getting
along nicely, we are glad to say.
Mrs. Dewey Lowe spent one,
evening last week with her moth
er, Mrs. John Jenkins.
■Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davis, Mrs.,
W. G. Johnson and four small
children were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. Parlier, last j
Sunday.
Jlubert Hawn spent sometime-
with Charlie Keriey late Sunday
evening. ,
This spring weather Is bring
ing snakes from their winter
dens in this section. A large.
black one was killed last week
by Mr. Edd Frazzier’s dog. Sev
eral others have been seen. We
must be very careful this sum
mer and try to not get bitten |.
with one of the poison ceptils. j
Miss Nita Parlier spent a shorty
time with Mrs. Ina Davis last;
Friday afternoon. ' H
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. GwaltneJ^j
were dinner guests of Mr.
Mrs. Odell Moore, last Sutfdajfi^'-.
«Mr.-L*» Childecs
abl^ doig V Saturday
she hanged.I ttersel*
chain , with, Wf «ed.1
r* feel sdtiT ior Lee’s lost.
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