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THURSDAY, APRIL 10 THE NEWS REPORTER 1924 PACK FOUR THE NEWS REPORTER OP COLUMBUS COUNTY. OUR POLICY: We believe, heart nd soul, in our paper, our country, tafo and nation. We stand lor pro gress for better roads, better fhools, churches and a better living 6ilightened people. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY at WHITEVILLE, N. C. Entered at the postoffice at White ville, N. C, April 3, 1895, as sec ond class mail matter. f'2.00 Per Year, Cath In Advance W. B. KEZIAH, EDITOR. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1924 DO WE CONSIDER ALL SIDES? It is very much the practice, or shall we call it a habit, to jump on boards of county commissioners in this county, especially near the close of their terms and lay to their doors all the sins that are bequeath ed to mankind. The present board has come in for its share of criticism. They have not asked or sought that we defend their course and in writing this edi torial we are prompted entirely by a love of fair play and a careful an alysis of the situation from all sides which leaves us with an established conviction that the board has done the best if could under existing con ditions. ' Furthermore, we believe that an impartial study of the ac complishments in his county during the past two years will leave all sen sible men and women in possession of the knowledge that there are many things for which the present board should have the heartiest com rundation of the public. A newspaper map is pretty much on the firing line at all times. He is cussed out for this and that and ev erything that happens in his county and territory. He has to deal with hundreds, often thousands of peo ple, many of them natural cranks who like nothing better than to knock him, knock their neighbors and knock everything else that comes within range of their narrowed vis ions. They knock, we all knock. Too often we look at the small mis takes and let lose the guns of criti cism without giving any recognition whatever to the good deeds that have foeen done by thi same party or parties. This is not being written in de fense of the cussings out that we have received as a public party in the shape of a newspaper man. We don't want any defense for that and in all truthfulness we think we can say that if we had never made any GrandfTheatre PROGRAM MONDAY, APRIL 14. WALLACE REID IN THIRTY DAYS Two Reel Comedy (Mrs. C. F. Bqwen. ) TUESDAY, APRIL 15. MAY MURRAY IN JAZZMANIA Two Reel Comedy (Miss Blanche Dyson) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. MAY MURRAY IN JAZZMANIA One Reel Comedy (Miss Orene Krahnke) THURSDAY, APRIL 17 JACKIE COOGAN IN TROUBLE One Reel Comedy (Miss Mildred Elkins) FRIDAY, APRIL 18. BETTY CAMPSON IN "KICK I N" Two Reel Comedy (Miss Mae Formyduval) SATURDAY, APRIL 19. HOSPITALITY A Metro rip roaring High Class Com edy Special. Also an extra two reel comedy. (Miss Rachael Grady) MICKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEPIL i - r - . . ASovK WOVJ CLEAVE "BIWT pvb 0 NWfcU., bk, Hfc lf t7f (QX I OF 4Q0fc!U I VMM, V4EXS S0m-WEM?tEO" 1 g ' Glo) VAANE u S'P Ct) GrOA Jt J ' ' H enemies or knockers .during our eight years of newspaper expe rience, we would give up the work here and now on the grounds that we had been an utter failure, and we would take up some other line of work for which we might be bet ter fitted. In short, we glory in the enemies that we have made as a newspaper man. Every man that knocks us is doing us a service, whether he in tends it or not, if he does not in tend it we naturally have small thanks to him for his efforts. Going by that we have no thanks going to anyone who knocks us, this despite the fact that they are encouraging us and doing us a favor. What we want and intend to say is that we get knocking; on about the samf scale as a county officer gets at the hands of prejudiced par ties. There is the difference that the county official cannot very well , defend himself because most of the knocking is done behind his back. ! The power of the press reached fur ther and the newspaper man has ' plenty of ways and means to de- fend himself from the knockers if it happens that he gives a happy hur rah for their knocking, and in this case we do not. At the same time we cannot re stain a feeling of sympathy for many of our public officials. They do j things for which they deserve a hear ty cussing out from the public and it is very seldom that they fail to get it. These columns have never been by any means slow in giving any official a piece of down the country when we thought he was de serving it. On the other hand we have tried to praise good actions 1 whenever possible, when they were called to our attention. They are not often so called and in this j particular instance they have not been called at all by any of the par I ties interested. We think we may say that we have just been think ing that there has been a good many very commendable acts done by the present board of county commis sioners that are deserving of the heartiest praise and commendation of the citizens of Columbus. If we folks who have lost no chance og cussing the commissioners for the acts and occurances that have not been pleasing to us will stop awhile and study up the one and many acts that have met with our hearty approval. perhaps, we can find room to say a good word in behalf of the board. As one of the offenders who have been guilty of knocking we feel that we should here and now say something in com mendation of the board for some of the things they have done. We want to commend and thank all three men on the board for build ; ing the mile of hard surface road west of town. Before this road was i built the hundreds of people from Tabor and all the lower part of the county, who had to come to town, had to cross a mile of swamp and half a dozen rotten and often im passable bridges to get here. Folks in Whiteville who had to go out that way had to undergo the same difficulties. As this is easily one of I the most used roads in the county, it ; can easily be seen that several thou sand people will readily join with us in a word of praise to the commis sioners for having made it a lasting good road. This road is one of the I worth-while things that should evoke our praise. Another much bigger thing for which we want to praise the commis j sioners is the building of the highway to Tabor. We have reliable infor mation that as a result of the work i that has been done on this road by the commissioners, Nthe state will shortly take it over as a link in the state system of highways. This act will remove the burden of maintain ing twenty miles of much used road j from the shoulders of Columbus I county people, it will enable Colum i bus county to devote more of its 1 road building funds to building- s -"Ns-iEa . . .. .. i-;-iA!kitej -3 . rrzTT . z 1 - 7 , and keeping up other roads in Co lumbus. We think the commission ers should have a word of praise for this work and we are doing our bit in the abiding faith that "there are a lot of others who will join us in a word of thanks. The commissioners have been and dm afili nssist.ine- in building a road. almost equal to the state highways, ! over state and county highways can in those sections may feel justified through Welches creek township and go on to the coast at Southport and in kicking at the failure to get them, connecting with the Wilmington-! arrive in a couple of hours after they On the other hand a little sober rea Charlotte and Asheville highway be- start from Whiteville. Brunswick soning wilPbring about the realiza twppn Whitpville and Hallsboro. Peo- folks are certainly appreciative of tion that it was not within the power pie in Walches Creek township can surely find room for a few words of praise of the commissioners f or assistance with this road, and we are glad to join them. The road will open up a good section of coun - ty which has heretofore had but a wretched system of roads. The commissioners are building several good roads, one going out from Tabor and through Pireway and other communities down there in the lower section of the county j county much road funds, where they have some of the finest' The commissioners have installed farming lands in Columbus and had an up-to-date system of book keep the poorest system of roads in the j ing and auditing. Under it county state. The opening of roads down there will be worta a million dollars ; rately and without there being a to the folks down that way. We j possibility of errors and loss of the are glad that the commissioners saw, tax payers money. The auditing fit to build roads, in behalf of the will keep tab on every detail of coun Rood folks in that heretofore sadly j ty government and will avert much neglected portion of Columbus, we carelessness and neglect that has e- POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT! 1 respectfully announce myself as a candidate for the democratic nom ination for Recorder of Columbus county, subject to the will of the Democratic voters oA the county to be expressed in the primary. If nom- inated and elected 1 Dledee mvseli to administer the affairs of that of- fice without fear or favor and with an eve single to the administration of justice. I will greatly aappre ciate the support of my fellow-Democrats. Respectfullv, A. f . CLARK. FOR THE LEGISLATURE I hereby announce myself a candi date for the Leeislaturs, subject to the will of the Democratic voters of Columbus county, as expressed in the coming primary. I will appreciate the support of the men and women voters of Colum- bus county and if elected I will en- deavor to serve the best interests of the voters. J R. MAXWELL. FOR THE LEGISLATURE To the People of Columbus County. herebv announce myseit a candidate for the Lower House of the General Assembly of North Caro - Una, to be expressed by the wishes of the voters at the primary on June Seventh, 1924. GEORGE W. HOOKS. FOR THE LEGISLATURE I herebv announce myself a can- didate for the legislature subject to the will of the voters of Columbus county in the Democratic primary June 7th. If nominated and elected I will strive to serve the best interests of the people of Columbus county as a whole. AVERY THOMPSON. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of Register of Deeds of Columbus county, subject to the will of the Democratic voters of Columbus county to be expressed didate for re-election to the office of in the coming primary to be held on I Judge of the county court and I June 7th, A.D., 1924. will appreciate the support of the I appreciate the handsome vote Democratic men and women voters and support given me by the voters of Columbus county in the primary in the last Primary, and if nominated of June 7th. and elected will endeavor to serve If elected I shall endeavor to dis the best interest of the people wlTiTe charge the duties of the office in a I am in office. GEO. E. COLLIER. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS I take this method of announcing myself a candidate to succeed myself as Register of Deeds of Columbus county. I will thank the voters for their support at the Primary, June ( 7th, 1924, and if nominated and elected I will render the same ser vice as heretofore. Respectfullv KATHLEEN BALDWIN, By Charles t w otero want to thank the commissioners for what they have done there. It is de serving of higher praise than we ' can give here. ! The commissioners have built a j highway from the Brunswick coun 1 ty line to Whiteville.. Folks here in Whiteville and folks al labout the ' countv after eettincr to Whiteville our commissioners for fixing things so they can come over into Co- . lumbus. We are appreciative of the fact that we can get over into ' Brunswick once in a while and the 1 folks living down near the river are ' appreciative of the fact that they lean now get some where, when it : used to be that they could get no where at all without wearing wading' boots. The state will some day take ' over this road and thereby save the funds will always be handled accu- FOR SHERIFF I announce myself a candidate for Sheriff of Columbus County, subject to the will of the people as express ed in the June primary. If nominated and elected the of fice will be conducted with every economy consistent., with efficient management. JNO. W. HALL. FOR SHERIFF To the Voters of Columbus County Ladies and Gentlemen : I take this method of announcing mysell a candidate lor tne onenn office, subject to your approval, a? expressed in the Democratic primary in June. If elected I shall endeavor to put forth every effort to serve the people fairly and impartially, to the best of mv ability. CLYDE M. GORE. FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Sheriff, in the coming primary, to be held June 7th. I thank the people, one and all. for the loyal support heretofore giv- en me and will appreciate your sup- port in the coming primary, If elected I shall continue to ren- der the sure service as heretofore given. J O. AMMONS. FOR SHERIFF To the People of Columbus County: I have decided to run ior the of ' fice of Sheriff of Columbus county 'in the Democratic primary ot Jpne 7th, 1924. Any one voting for me can rest assured that the county and all concerned will get a square deal, and that I can efficiently perform the duties of the office of Sheriff. C. C. PRIDGEN. FOR SHERIFF To the Voters of Columbus County I hereby announce myself a can - didate for the office of Sheriff of Columbus county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary of June 7th. I will appreciate your vote and support and if I am nominated and elected, I pledge myself to discharge the duties of the office in a straight forward business manner LONNIE FT. HIGH FOR JUDGE COUNTY COURT I hereby announce myself a can- judicial manner conforming to the nature of the cases brought before me. E. A. MAULTSBY. FOR COMMISSIONER Unsolicited friends have ap proached me and I have consented to come before the voters of Columbus county in the June primary. If they see fit to elect me I will say that I will niirlnoxrAv 4- r ii o d nxmiMT onnnniYiTT legallv available J. LEE WILLIAMSON. Sughroe Ncmpapr Utuon isted in some quarters in the past. In short, with" it the county is being run now under a complete business system and the commissioners are pnt.itled to some nraise for it. There are a lot of sections or tne . countv that are much in neea oi better roads. We grant that they need them and That the folks living of the commissioners to start work j injured boy. It turned out la in every section of the county at j such a sacrifice would be ust once. With the ways and means at the young man was too badly their command they had to start out j for any earthly aid to avail and do the best they could and build i ing his life. Still, the fact t good roads as fast as they could, j offer of the boys could not I Not everything could be done accepted, should in no way once and we are glad and wish to j the pride that our citizens fee: compliment the commissioners f or j young men who compose the having started where they did, in the I company. much neglected lower section of the county, when they started out to build good roads. We have not kept track of all the things that the county commission ers have done and for which they are entitled to a measure of praise. We just have an idea that there is a lot of things that they have done for which a lot of folks are glad. We have named a few of the things for which we are glad and about which we believe there are a lot of our people just as glad as we are. No ' one can please everybody but this paper earnestly hopes that, as a mat- ter of simple justice to our board of commissioners, there are a few oth er folks, who can find something that will call for thanks to the board of countv commissioners FINISHING THE JOB fire broke out Monday night the chemical engine and water and through a long line of hose from a distant hvdrant quickly extinguished the two burning automobiles and averted further spread of the flames. Whiteville has no organized fire de partment it is a case of everybody, who can, get there and help. In this instance there was plenty of help of an unorganized shape and they did good service. In short every body did the best they could when the fire was burning. But, when the fire was all out, one solitary person could have been observed do ing the best he could to roll up a long line of hose to take it back to the engine house. He was not a paid fireman- there is no such thing here he was just an unorganized Volunteer fire fighter like the many others who had been helping him a few minutes before. Alone and un aided he was trying to complete the good work by taking the hose back where it belonged. zrr y Y v y t 1 , ijj. t v j ; y Lock fo ! i i ? t Rent BANK OF WHITEVILLE y : j y i WHITEVILLE, N. C. j' I i When Leo Simmons, 19 years 0lj Whiteville boy, received his n-n;bie UUrUB 111 gOBUiiuc CApiuSIoii a Monday night -the ; Transport Company st 117th M was .j. Hint, .il A , T t , 0 , nere at tne Armory. ine boys ai. i went to ine lire aim wirnin -(i utes after the fire was extinu the commanding officer of the pany reported to the doctor ding Simmons that the rank ai,, of the Motor Company, to a was standing ready to donat. from his body for grafting up ., -bed com. ten. Hi '"an, skin : the that " v as ned -UY- ' the ;ic- Ihe "lor Report of the Condition THE BANK OF CHADBOUR at Chadbourn, N. C In the Stateof North Carolin the close of business, March 1914. Resources Loans and discounts $.'J11. Demand loans Overdrafts, unsecured Banking houses. $8,000; furniture and fixtures, $4500 All other . real estate owned Personal property. Cash in vault and net 4 r,o. oo 12,500.00 18. T'.i. i j 2.7.-O.O0 amounts due friom banks, bankers and Trust Compaies 2H, Cash items held over 24 hours Checks for clearing ; Expense Farmers Savings Bank . ) .34 .20 Liquidting account 20.410. Total $400. 7H7.49 Liabilities Capital stock paid in $ 20,Uuo 00 Surplus fund 10,000.00 Bills payable 105.00.00 Deposits subject to check, individual 1 40.ftso.oO Time certificates ot de posit, due in less than 30 days S.tiiti-'i.l Cashier's checks out standing 2.7::o.:;s Certified checks ;t Q(, Savings deposits 1 0.i.l !i,V20 Total $400.707.4!i State of North Carolina County ui Columbus, April 9th, 1924. I, C. L. Tate, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear thn; the above statement is true t tin best of my knowledge) and belief C. L. TATE, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to befor. me, this 9th day of April, 1924. A. M. Smith, Notary Public. (My Commission expires January -N 1926. Correct- -Attest : D. C. CLARK. C. F. SHELTON. ELROYVBAILEY. Directors. : ,l. . i Boxes r VINELAND, N. C. TABOR, 1. Z. Yes, He Has a Few Fleas i ii i m
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