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"The Columbus County Paper Everybody Reads It" "The Columbus County Paper Everybody Needs It" TP nn LI Lru I r i f ' . 1 1 Twenty-Fourth Year FOR THE COUNTY OF COLUMBUS AND HER PEOPLE Two Dollars Per Year VOL. XIX. WHITEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 1924 NUMBER FORTY-THREE 3 ?J UiUW Dr. H. G. Hill Dies After Short Illness Magistrates in Office in Columbus County In last week's News Reporter we carried a lengthy article relative to Dr. H. G. Hill, venerable pastor of Maxton, written by Ben Dixon Mc Xeill. Dr. Hill was taken ill last week and the following account of hi death will be read with sorrow: MAXTON, Jan. 15. The funeral of Dr. H. G. Hill will be preached from Centre church tomorrow after noon at 3 o'clock, and the interm it in the church cemetery. The ,ci vices will be conducted by the Rev E. L. Siler, co-pastor with Dr. Hill and Rev. W. B. Mcllwain, of Charlotte, former co-pastor with Dr. Hill in the two churches. He will be bnrlt-d beside his wrife who died a little more than a year ago and his two sons and daughter, Mrs. Neil Alford, all the children dying son after reaching maturity. The officers of Maxton, Centre. aim ivmituu ciiuicucs die me nuu- ory pallbearers. The active pall bearers are McKay McKinnon, B. W. Gentry, A. C. McKinnon, Alex ander White, John W. Sinclair, D. J. Campbell, Don Phillips and Dan Mc Girt Dr. Hill leaves only one direct heir, Halbert Hill Alford, a grand son by his only . daughter, Annie Hill. Business to Suspend All business houses will close to morrow from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m. The banks will not open. The offic ers of the three churches will meet at the residence at 10 o'clock and accompany the remains to the Max ton church where they are to remain in state from 11 to 2 o'clock, going thence to the church of Centre fhere the funeral service will be held. The whole section is in mourning for its prophet and leader. x Dr. Hill contracted a cold, Mon day a week ago. Soon serious bron chial trouble set in and then pneu monia Sunday. His was a valiant fight against death his rugged, stur dy .body. battling to the last then he died as one going to sleep and the jrand old man was gone. Though in his 93rd vear. he was mentally as bright as ever and his step light; 1929 Everybody knows the magistrates in their own communities but very few people know those in all sec tions of the county and the list be low is given as information for all who may need it. The list is up-to-date and down to the minute in that it carries the name and postoffice of every magistrate in the county, together with the date of the ex piration of his commission. Bdswell, S. H., Tabor, Dec. 1924. Butler. J. P., Loris. Aus: 1915. Britt, F.T., Chadbourn, Apr 192 Blake, J. T., Chadbourn, Apr. 1929 Bullard, J. N., Cerro Gordo, Apr., 1925. Council, David N., Hallsboro Dec. 1924 Cox. C. L., Guide, Dec. 1924. Cook, H. V.. Whiteville, Dec. 1924. Council, K. Clyde, Wananish, Feb. 1926. Clark, A. T., Bolton, Apr. 1925. Coleman, Henry, Fair Bluff.. Oct. 1924. Dorman, J. M., Tabor. Aug 1925. Dale, J. W., Bolton, Apr. 1925. Frink, C. J., Hallsboro, Dec. 1924. Flynn, S. E., Freeman, Dec. 1924. Formyduval, J. A'. Old Dock, Apr. 1925. Gore, W. C, Clarendon, JanY1926. Gasque, R K., Chadbourn, Feb. 1926. Green, I. L., Cerro Gordo, Apr. 1925. Evergreen, Cooperative Shipping Anderson and Rogers of Sweet Potatoes j Buy Movie Theatre CERRO GORDO, Jan. 15. This! A deal of considerable interest week and the next tobacco growers j was consumated here Monday when are and will be very busily engag- Mr H. H. Anderson of Charlotte ed in preparing anH nlantinp- to-! and S a. Ros-ers of Dillon. S. C. bacco plant beds, while a few of j bought the Grand Theatre from J. the more earlier ones have already T. Carroll and took charge im planted. I mediately. County Agent J.T. Lazar has been j The theatre was opened about very helpful to the potato farmers j three years ago by Mr. Carroll and in this section in securing a market j he has given the public a good show for the spuds. The agent ordered I and been rewarded by a splendid a car last Friday which he hoped I patronage. would arriv in time to have been Messrs. Anderson and Rogers loaded and shipped on Monday of : are both old timers in the moovie this week. Some difficulty was en-j business. At one time Mr Ander countered in securing a car of the j son owned a chain of seven theatres proper type for potato shipping and in North and South Carolina and it will probably be the latter part he is still interested in several' of Rains Putting Roads in Bad Condition Brunswick Loses a Splendid Citizen j. Apr. K. D. W.M. Vineland, Clarendon. Dec. Dec. Jan. Griffin, 1925. Hardee, 1924. Hinson, 1924. High, J. B., Cerro Gordo, 1927. Harrelson, C. H.. Clarendon, Apr. 1925. High, H. S-, Whiteville, Apr. 1925 Inman, James, Boardman 1926. Jerncgan. F. L Jordan, J. W. 1925. x-ong. J. R. Marlow, B of the present week before the ship ment will be made. This will be the first co-operative shipment week be fore the shipment will be made.This will be the first co-operative ship ment of sweet potatoes ever shipped from this town. The potatoes are packed in a small wooden crate and is securely wrapped in heavy weight wrapping paper to protect against freezing. It will be good news to those who are members of the Tobacco Grow ers Co-ope:ytive Marketing asso ciation, who depend on the News Reporter for all of the news, and there are a 'great many of this kind of good people, to .know that the association made the third payment of the 1922 crop to members in thej Old belt of the North Carolina and also in Virginia last week. The next moneys turned aloose by them although he is now devoting much of his time to the automobile business. Mr. Rogers owns the theatres at Marion and Dillon, S. C, and is a thoroughly experienced moovie man. In this office Monday Messrs. Anderson and Rogers stat ed that they would greatly improve their new purchase and give this county a moovie theatre that would be a credit to Columbus. It has not been stated who would take charge. Chadbourn to Have Big New Hotel Soon Several months ago this paper pre dicted a big new hotel for Chad bourn. Nothing was at that time the ! being given out relative to the mat Delco, Apr. Clarendon. Oct. 1929. Apr. ;akina Apr. 1929. A., Old Dock, as a young man f Dr. Hill was born in Kaieign, ino vember 20, 1931 and was 92 years old on his last birthday. His early life was spent iri' Milton, Caswell ; county, where he went to school un- j til Vo W!1S 1 3. Then his father took him into his store and bank. He had ! reached the position of cashier in the bank at 21, when he decided to enter college. He taught school a year then took the full course of three years at Hampden-Sidney college, graduating in 1857. In the spring of that year he took chares of a voune ladies' seminary at Clarksville, Va., and was made an ig24 a Hoy At thP chnrPn 3.T. llliXl uia-i-c. R Moffitt, H. 1925. - Maxwell J. 1925. McPherson, W. ly, 1927. McDaniel. G. Apr. Mch. .Whiteville, Whiteville, Mch. J., Clarendon, Ju- Evergreen, Nov. Vineland, Apr. Hallsboro. Dec. A., Old Dock, association is naturallv expected to . ter but rumors were strong enough be a final settlement with the South to justify the prediction. Carolina and border counties of ! It is understood now that the mat North Carolina members. There ter has been definitely settled and are many indications that members that the work of tearing down the will be well pleased with the final old Brown Mercantile wooden -store settlement for the crop of 1922 ! building will commence immediate- The regular monthly meeting of : ly and that a handsome 23-room the several locals in this county will ! brick structure will replace it just meet with the Cerr0 Gordo local at: as soon as the work can be done. Cerro Gordo on Monday of next Since the Brown hotel was burn week. Every member is urged to ed in Chadbourn about three years attend. All 'the latest news of the ; ago the town has been 'greatly in order can be learned on that "cfay. Ieed ob better hotel facilities. The Among the speakers which are ex-1 traveling public will learn with sat pected to be present are J. H. Me- isfaction that a new hotel at Chad Iver. county superintendent ' of Edu- bourn will soon be a reality. cation; Dr. F. Johnson, county health officer; J T. Lazar. countv farm agent, one or more directors of the association and an invitation is ex tended to Brother Keziah. M 1924. Phillips, W. H. 1929. Reynolds, D. B 1924. Register, W 1924. Ross, C. L, Vineland, Apr. 1927. Shipman, N. A., Boardman, Dec. Dec. -w 1 1 J 1 " 4- L- pnTVl J tie married ana taugnt in nary for four years when Mrs. Hill died. This sorrow turned his at tention to the ministry and he enter ed Union seminary at about the beginning of the war between the states in 1861. Orange Presbytery licensed him to preach in 1862 and he became an army chaplain in the 13th North Carolina regiment. His health broke down after two years of service. In 1864-66 he supplied Griers and Hillsboro churches and taught in the Nash-Kollock school for young ladies in Hillsboro. In '67 68 he supplied the churches of Ox ford and Grassy Creek and was principal of the young ladies' sem inary in Oxford. In 1868 he was called as pastor of the First Presby terian church of Fayetteville. Here he labored acceptably for 18 years. Resigning this work in 1886 he sup plied the Second church Charleston, S C. during the absence of the pas tor, Dr. Brackett. and passed through the thrillino- pxnerience of the Char leston earthquake in the fall of that year. Finishing this engagement he accepted a call to the pastorate of Maxton and Centre churches which hp YiolA -PriT. 37 trPflrS. For more than a half century ,he Favetteville rres bvtprv Wp had been a member ot tVio Kaqy-h tf tmsfpps of Union se minarv since 1872. a member of tho Krvoi-j nf T-rpnt of the orphans home at Barium since the founding -v-f nini onrl since the Lilt; Uiiiaiiagv, . death of the lamented Dr. Rumple nf the board until about three years ago. He had been a member of the Synod's Home Mis sion committee since the inception TTp- had been chair man of the Home Mission committee of Fayetteville ' Presbytery since 1869. For seven time he represent- the general vino j. i. vtjwj w J .t assembly artd was moderator of tne general' assembly at Chattanooga in iqqq vxo, man moderator of the Synod of N. C at Salisbury m 1881, besides moderating his Presbytery on several occasions. In order to secure public approva i votes for schemes involving large Public exnenditures. advocates for such mp.asnrps too often eruess at the Cost. The fact that actual cos v'iU greatly exceed the estimate pfems of little concern if the pro-- rr,y. 2 lvjmchci zpA '.h2,p3ople obligated. " .' S . ,- . Shelly, W. H., Tabor. Jan. 1926. Stanley, S. P., Mollie, Feb., 1927. Tuberville, J. R., Clarendon, Nov 1927. Wooten, W. D., Clarkton, Dec. 1924. Watts E C. Tabor, Dec. 1924. Wright, H., Tabor, Apr. 1925. Watts, E. G. Nakina, Apr. 1929. White, V. B Vineland, Apr. 1929. Faulk, I. S., Bolton, Apr, 1929. Marlow, B, A., Old Dock, Nov. 7929. Jernegan, F. L., Delco Tuberville, J. R., Clarendon. Apparently one might about as well abandon hope of beeoming a railway president, if he did not be gin his career as an office boy. Cases Heard Tuesday in County Court New Jersey Hunters Are Good Sportsmen Non residents of the state and county are required by law to ob its the Negroes to Have a New School Building Plans are now being: completed for a new brick schoolnbuilding for Whiteville school district, colored. The building will have six class d a laree auditorium and I VVH iT7 will be fully modern m all of appointments. It will cost m neighborhood of five thousand lars and its erection will be a tin triumDh and a tribute to eral well knovm colored people of Whiteville who have been untiring in their efforts to secure funds. Minp hundred dollars of the bund ing fund comes from Mr. Rosenwald, the wealthy Jew, who is doing much to secure better schools for the negroes all over the southland. n teen hundred dollars is being given bv the Board of Education and the - . 1 1 -i j colored people nave raisea tweutr spvpn hundred dollars among them selves and a few white friends. Per haps the largest individual coniriDu tion, secured by the colored people locally was from Mr. D. L. Gore of Wilmington, who gave two nunarea and fifty dollars towards the build ing. "The greatest building year this country has ever had is rounding to a close, and construction under way on nn fomnleted. with contracts let, assures even greater, expansion for 1 924," says Pres. Eppich" of National Association of Real Estate boards. Matthew Byrd, having wine, not eruiltv. A. E. Bullard, driving automobile 1 tain license Irom the cierK ot court while intoxicated, not guilty. ; if they wish to hunt in this county. Tobe Ward, passing bogus check, j An examination of the books of nol. pros. i the clerk reveals their either very Beaufort Floyd and Clayton Rey- i few non residents come here to hunt nolds, larceny, not guilty as to or else they disregard the law by Floyd', Reynolds remanded to Juvi- the wholesale. The latter surmise is nile court and found not guilty probably the correct one. there. Some exceptions can be found in L. C. Nance, driving automobile j the case of Messrs. George Voehl of while intoxicated, pleads guilty, Dunellon, N. J., Harry Drier of judgment suspended on payment of Plainfield, N. J., J. T. Keln of Bay costs ! one, N. J., and Wm. Smeaton, also Thomas Tucker assault with j of Bayonne These gentlemen were deadly weapon, two cases, ten dol-: in Whiteville last Friday to get their lars and costs in each case. i licenses and the facts were brought Dave Maultsbv and W. A. Mur-! out that they had ben coming here phy, "assault with deadly weapon, not i each winter for years to indulge in guilty, ' bird hunting and that they had iiever Fred Cribb and Jessie Richardson, j once failed to take out licenses, housp breaking, tra'nsf ered to su-1 Thev stated that they had never perior court under bonds of $150.00 been asked to show them, and that each. Ralph Pridgen, another party to the case was remanded to Ju ville court for a hearing. W. A Murphy, gambling, judg ment suspended upon payment of costs. W. A. Murphy, operating automo bile while intoxicated, not guilty. Thomas Tucker, operating auto- their rigrht to hunt had never been questioned in any way. In taking ' out licenses they were merely com ! plying with a good law for the pro i tection of game and th?y regretted 1 that other hunters did not feel under , similar obligations. I Accompanying the sportsmen, and i whose guests they are, was Mr. A. O. mobile without license, judgment : Trust of East Arcadia. Mr. lrust suspended upon payment of costs, i is himself a sportsman of the first Thomas Tucker, operating moovie ; water. show without license judgment sus-j pended upon payment f costs. j It is a fortunate thing for the " , world that the so-called realism in There is no cure for the indiges- i a lot . of our recent fiction isn't tion caused by being compelled to realism to a great part of the read eat your own words. j ing public. Fords May Come and Fords May Go This One Goes on Forever By J. D. Frink CLARENDON. Jan. 15 The con tinued rains and freezes have nnt the roads in very bad condition ev eiywhere, and especially where earth has been tlarown in recently. In some places, roads have been al most impassable, even for a rural carrier, who has through, if it can be done. A great many of the overseers make the mis take of waiting until late fall and winter to do their road work, and about nine times out of ten, the road would be in better condition if such work had been left undone. Clay and mud thrown in the road to fill in holes, and especially where the road is not well-drained, at this season, means trouble for the autoist until the sun and wind dries out the water the following spring, If all roads could be built or re paired in the late spring or summer, they would be well-packed by win ter, and would give very little trou ble, if properly drained. But here rests another cause of bad roads. The road-bed is oftentimes as low, if not lower, than the drains on either side, and the water has no way of escaping except by sobbing into the road, and under such con ditions, we may expect nothing else but wet, boggy roads. Some of the overseers are doing all they can under the unfavorable weather con ditions to make their sections pass able, by having sand hauled in the miry places, while others are doing nothing to improve the conditions of their sections, and allowing the traveling public to get by as best they can. We hope the road super visors will endeavor to appoint as overseers those only who have in terest in the welfare of the public, who will work their roads in season that they may be passable the year round. Mrs. James B. Pitman left last Thursday for a few days visit with relatives in Georgia. Mrs Ida Harper who has been snending the holidays with friends in this county, returned to her home in Mcttcr. Ga.. last week. Mr. R. K. Wright is erecting a nice residence on his farm out on route one. We don't know just what will happen when the building is com pleted, but if he has no matrimonial , d , intentions, we would advise him to . send in his $2 to the N.R. The first wedding in this commun ity since the beginning of the new year was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, - Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beck, last Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The contracting parties were Mr. Javy Hinson and Miss Les sie Beck, popular young people, of the Lebanon section. Rev. D. D Mercer spoke the words that made them one. Mr. Hinson is a son of Esquire Melvin Hinson, and a pros perous young farmer, and owns a nice farm home in the same neigh borhood, where the happy young couple are at home to their host of friends, who wish for them a long married life, crowned with happi ness and prosperity. Presiding Elder Daniel, of the Wilmington District, will hold the first quarterly meeting for Old Dock circuit at Bethel Methodist church Thursday. Jan. 24. at 11 o'clock There will be services at the Bap tist church next Sunday at 11 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. W. A. Coleman, and at 3 o'clock at v the Methodist church by the pastor, Rev. R. G L Edwards. Start the new year right by attending both services, and keep it' up throughout the year, and see how much better you v. Ill feel at the close" of the year, and also how much more pros perous you have been. Winter crops and gardens suffer ed greatlyfrom the severe cold snap the first of last week. Fall sown oats as well as fall cabbage and other truck, are practically all kill ed. Mr. A. J. Jordan and family re moved to Wilmington the first of the week. Columbus county is be coming very well represented in the "City by the Sea," as about a half dozen families have moved from this part of the county during the past few months, besides a number of young men. Our prediction is that Calvin Cool idge and William McAdoo will be the republican and democratic presiden tial nominees this year. ac- one of the Vjfe "The cook's giving notice, Hub "What's the matter. Dosen't she like us?" Wife "Yes, she's perfectly satis- fie: blit her family doesn't approve I in his behalf and On July 10th, 1916, Mr. M. H. Schulken, a well known lawyer of Whiteville, bought himself a Ford touring car of that years vintage and dedicated it to his own particu lar use. If any one has ever seen any one but Martin driving that car during the nearly eight years that have elapsed sinck its purchase, this pa per has no knowledge of their ex istence. Summer or winter, day or night, in sunshine and in storm, Martin has always been at the wheel when Lizzie took the road on either business orv pleasure trip. Last week Mr Schulken decided that this ford had served out its full seven years ana nore 01 service even hundred dollars for the ancient vehicle in the course of the trade and as he drives about in his spick and span new machine he is not certain but what he parted with his faithful riend at far less than its actual value. To The News Reporter yesterday he said that he had driven that Brunswick county lost one of its leading citizens Monday morn ing when Mr. W. O. McKeithan died at his home in Bolivia. From The Wilmington Morning Star the News Keporter clips the following count of his death: "W. O. McKeithan. ... 1 j a wav of getting ' most nrormnpnt. pitiyo ia . "I L wviovuo JA. XJlUllA" wick county, died suddenly at 8:30 o'clock at his home in Bolivia. He arose early and opened the freight and express office, of which he is agent for the Wilmington, Brunswick and Southern railroad. and also went to his planing mill and lumber plant in the village and started up operations there. lie then went home to breakfast and complained 01 reeling hi. He lay down on a bad and Dr. W. R. Goley was hasti ly summoned from Shallotte. The physician reached the McKeithan home in a few minutes, but Mr. Mc Keithan had passed away before the doctor reached him. He performed his usual depot duties when the morning train passed for Wilming ton, and when he went home from his mail, he had hardly been in the house more than 10 minutes till death called him away. Mr. McKeithan's sudden death will be agreat shock to Bolivia where he was greatly beioved by its people as the leading citizen of the county. He had served the village as mayor and up to about a year ago he had conducted a large merchantile busi ness. He conducted at Bolivia the largest planing mill and lumber plant in Brunswick county, and was one of the most successful lum bermen on the lower Cape Fear. He was a progressive citizen and was greatly estemed for his community leadership and public spirit. He was known from one end of his county to the other. Early in his life he carried on a mercantile business at Supply, but removed to Bolivia 12 years ago to go into the lumber, business and enlarge his mercantile operations. About a year ago he retired from his mercan chandising interests and was suc ceeded bv his son-in-law, C. B. Ay cock, the present mayor of Bolivia. Business men in Wilmington have had dealings for years with II-. Mc Keithan and his death will be greatly ored here. His death will be an irreparable loss to his county, as he was one of the foremost men of Brunswick. For many years he has conducted the W.B. and S. railroad's business at Bolivia and has served the company with "great efficiency. He was greatly interested in that service and has always made it part of his duty - to take care of the in terests of the patrons of the rail road The deceased was 54 years of age. He was born in the vicinity of Bo livia and was the son of the vener able R. W. McKeithan, . of Supply, who survives his son at the ripe ola age of 84. The death of Mr. Mc Keithan bereaves a widow and five children, who jare : W. O. Mc Keithan, Jr., Mrs. C, B. Aycock, Miss Annie May McKeithan. Guy McKeithan and Kenneth McKeithan, all making their home in Bolivia. The funeral will take place at Supply this afternoon at three o'clock; and the interment will be made in the family burying ground there." Fox Hunters Back at Their Old Sport Health Department to Help Berry Growers Columbus county strawberries grown on the lands of farmers who wish it, and who follow some small requirements of the health depart Ford just as much during the course j ment. may carry a clean bill of of each year as other Fords were driven. That he had did much of the unkeeo work himself and ex- health on each crate when' it is placed on the market this year. Dr. Floyd Johnson is posting the follow Messrs. W. R. Potts and R. C. Knox of Davidson, are visiting Messrs. A. Nance and J. T. Wooten in the Western Prong section and are enjoying some old fashioned fox hunting that has already netted them a large number of brushes. The party has a pack of about 25 fine for. hounds and they are said to be keeping the neighborhood awakt with their lusty music Mr. Potts, Mr. Knox and the late Dr. Wooten of Davidson, started coming t0 Columbus for fox hunting about 25 years ago. For fifteen years they never missed coming soon after Christmas. Then Dr. Wooten died and his pals abandoned their trips for a few years. ' They are back now, all a little older but all just as keen for the chase as they were when they first came here years and years ago. It would be inter esting to know how many brushes they have hung up as the result of their many trips to Columbus. Offered 42 cents per ,pound for their wool, farmers in Watauga county pooled their product, waited until December and sold it for 50 cents per pound, state3 County Agent John B. Steele. hi accordingly nf the cualitv of what she brings traded it off for a brand new cupe j the cast it will go on forever home." v- - V . J of the same specis. . He received an grandfathers clock. ises of producer have been inspected and the sanitary conditions found to meet the approval of the Health Department. Any one wishing to take advant age of this, will please communi cate with me at once andI will fur nish information as fr rrrhat- nMna and if it is handled as cflfcrefully in has promised to help us to advertise tion will be necessary to procure the the future as it has been handled m the ajalitypf our fruit, by allow-' certificates; . Y'4Y Y; ' 4-V, oc.- i -nrill n nn fn-r&vor lilrp i-ntr rtt-' r furnish er!f?Mite t frr t9e".K T?T Am TiTT.TCJr Y packsce when , the larm anci prem-J V; S -Ys Health Officer,' ,f..m elusive of the tires the car had not mg letter at all rostoffices in the cost him upwards of seventy-five j county and he will be glad to have dollars for repairs during the nearly berry growers consult him about eie-ht vears that he had it. . The the itatter in question: machine is still in splendid condition' "Te State Deputy Health officer Y jL
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