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BICH SQUARE, NOBTHAMPTON COUNTY. X C, THUBSDAY, AUGUST 3, 193 1
Number 34
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Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Jackson, N. C
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given prompt and faithful attention.
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' ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JACKSON. N. C.
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Ahoskie, N. C.
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Take the safe course and run
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SEA80AI 1 LUCALS.'
Dlel Id Newport Keis- Dr. StepieD
soo HI Good Farmlog -General
News.
Mr. Marvin Harris and little
daughter, Bernice, of Franklin,
Va . are on a visit to relatives
here and his parents, Mr. and
Mra. M. D. L. Harris, of the
Harris' Shop vicinity. Mr. Har
ris attended Children's Day ex
ercises at Concord, his bid home
church, Sunday, and greatly en
joyed the reunion with friends
of his youth.
Miss Anna Harris, who has
been sick for several weeks, is
improving.
Dr. J. D. Bruner, President
Chowan College, Murfreesboro,
was in town a few dayB ago in
the interest of his school. We
do not know that be secured any
pupils, but we believe his' com
ing among us aroused a keener
interest in this fine school, the
pride of tne two Chowan Associ
ations. The prosDects for the
approaching session, he reported,
brighter than ever before in its
history.
Mrs. Bettie Drewitt drove over
from Gumberry Sunday and is
spending this week with her
daughter, Mrs. J. T. Long.
Miss Eva-Foster left last week
for an indefinite visit to her sis
ters in Portsmouth, . Va. Her
rich, musical voice is much miss
ed in our church choirs.
Mr. J. Ernest Long of Norfolk
arriyed Sunday and is spending
nis vacation at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T.Long.
The Children's Day exercises
at Concord the past Sunday were
largely .attended by. people from
all the neighboring towns and
communities. The exercises had
been carefully planned, the chil
dren showed most excellent train
ing and everybody enjoyed the
day to the utmost A sumptuous
dinner was spread upon the long
table, enough was taken home
to have fed as many more. Rev.
E. N. Harrison delivered a good
sernftn at the conclusion of
which he announced that a se
ries of meetings would begin
with this church, Monday Rafter
2nd Sunday in August, one half
day Monday and Tuesday, all
day the remainder of 'the week.
The children of the late J. P.
Leitner. who have been visiting
their grandfather, Mr. A. J. Jor
dan and other relatives, during
the two weeks the cotton mill
was closed down for repairs, left
Sunday for their home in Roan
oke Rapids.
Mr. Q.Judson Stephenson. wife
and baby, of Richmond, Va., ar
riyed Monday for their annual
visit to friends ..and relatives
here and elsewhere in the county
Jud is a very popular Seaboard
boy and his friends are always
glad to welcome him ' 'home. "
Seaboard has loaned many noble
Tar Heels to other States and
we are proud to say all of them
are making good in their respec
tive occupations.
Miss Katharine Fisher.ia nurse
from St Vincent's HospitaLNor
folk, Va., is spending some days
in the camp of the Seaboard
Lumber Co., a guest of her sis
ter, Mrs, J. W; Jessup.
The friends of Mr. B. S. Stan
cill will be saddened to learn
that he has been confined to his
room, in the Seaboard Hotel,
since last Friday. We learn to
day, his condition is improved
and we may expect to see him in
his place of business soon. His
brother,- Mr. Sam StancttV is
looking after the business of the
store during his sickness,
i Messrs. Carl Maddrey and
Dean Crocker left Sunday morn
ing for Ocean View where they
will Bpend the week bathing,
fishing etc.
Mrs. Charley Pruden and sis
ter. Mrs. Minnie Wood, left last
week for a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
Phillip Stephenson and Mr. and
Mrs. W. S, Pruden of Vaughan,
N. C.
Messrs. RusBell Harris and
Wife, Andrew J. Crocker and
Miss Elizabeth Ramsay spent the
past Sabbath at Ocean View.
Mrs. R. V. Maddrey while re
turning from Concord church
last Sunday afternoon last on the
road leading to Seaboard a long,
white embroidered cashmere
coat, belonging to her infant
She says if the finder will return
same to the store of Mr. J. T.
Maddrey she will reward them
for their trouble.
Mrs. J. T. Pruden and daugh
iers, Misses Rebe and Ida. aie
spending this week in the home
os her mother, Mrs. Mary E.Gay.
Prayer meeting at the Baptist
church last Sunday night was
more largely attended than in
some time. Several helpful talks
were made by some of our lay
men. Mr. R. D. B. Maddrey' and son
David left Friday for a visit to
bis children at Mapleton. Mr.
Maddrey returned Sunday, re
porting that he extended bis trip
to Union where he spent a few
hours with Mrs. Laura J. Mad
drey so pleasantly remembered
by friends here. Mr. David will
not return until the end of the
week.
Mrs. Robt. Brown of Garys-
burg was in town Monday on
business and also had time for
a brief call on her mother Mrs.
Sarah B. Harris.
The friends, but most especial
ly the patients of Dr. M. R. Ste
phenson will be sorry to learn
that he is confined to his borne
with an attack of acute indiges
tion. It seems so unfortunate
that he should be prostrate at a
time when his services are in
such urgent demand. Dr. C. E.
Martin of Margarettsville, was
phoned for Sunday to see some
of the sick here.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Fleetwood,
after a pleasant visit to relatives
near here, left Sunday for their
home at Skipwitn, Va., accompa
nied by their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fleetwood of Jack
son. Mr. Reuben Majette, of Como,
was a visitor to our town the
past Monday. He has friends
here that are always glad to give
him the hand of welcome.
The body of Mr. Paul Allen
reached here, from Newport
News, Va., last week, was taken
to his former home, near Galatia
Baptist church and with appro
priate ceremonies was interred
in the family burying ground.
Mr. Allen had been 'in the gro
cery business in Newport News
for some four years and was suc
ceeding admirably when over
taken by that dreaded disease,
tuberculosis, which speedily end
ed his ycung life.
The Sunbeam Society of Sea
board Baptist church will hold
its July meeting at the church
next Sunday morning. The
meeting was postponed from last
Sunday as so many of the mem
bers announced that they would
be at Concord. All members re
quested to be present and any
others that feel interested in this
form of Mission work. . A
i This section was visited by a
delightful rain Monday after
noon. The crops needed all that
fell. Late corn has been suffer-
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
STONEY CKEEK PICRIC
AfiBual GatberiBg en Last Thursday
to July J. T. Flythe's Great
, Speech.
The Stoney Creek Picnic has
become a fixed institution. It
was organized nine years ago,
the - result of a great deBire to
bring the people of the Roanoke
Chowan section into closer ties
of friendship and brotherly love
and to aid in the orphanage
work. TheBe annual gatherings
are -always held on the last
Thursday in July, and one fea
ture of the occasion is an address
bv one of the best speakers in
the State who stands for the up
building of the commonwealth.
Last year Governor Kitchin made
the annual address. This year
Mr. J. T. FJythe, an honored son
of Northampton was the speak
er. We copv the following ac
count from the Windsor corre
spondence of the Raleigh News
and Observer:
Windsor, N. C. July 29 -The
ninth annual picnic of the Ma
sonic lodges of this, the third
Masonic District, composed of
the counties of Bertie, Hertford
and Northampton was held at
Stoney Creek, in Hertford coun
ty, on Thursday. Not less than
three thousand people were pres
ent. This has become a real
home coming dav for many sons
of the three counties.
Stoney Creek is an ideal spot
for such a gathering. On a high
bluff, overlooking the creek a
ver large pavilion has been
erected. The shade of giant
oaks is dense. The immense au
dience was called to order by
Philip T. Perry, Esq., of Wind
sor, president of the Picnic As
sociation. Mr. Perry's remarks
were very felicitous and he made
every one feel at home.
Every lodge, except one, in
this district was represented. Rev
Jesse R. Matthews, a brave Con
federate veteran, prayed a most
fervent praver.
Governor Francis D. Winston
introduced the speaker of the
occasion, Mr. J. T. Flythe, clerk
of the Superior Court of North
ampton county. Mr. Flythe took
for his subject, "Building." He
gave a graphic picture of the
material upbuilding of our State.
He then made a strong plea for
character building along the lines
of Masonic teaching.
The committee in charge has
been careful to select the best
speaker, and we have had some
of the State's best speakers on
these occasions. None of them
have excelled today 's address. It
very greatly pleased the great
throng who gave the speaker the
closest attention.
After the speaking dinner was
served. And here too, the com
mittee again showed great good
judgment It was simply the
very best dinner the three coun
ties could furnish.
After dinner there was a pub
lic installation of the officers of
Aulander Lodge No. 516 of Ma
sons. P. T. Perry was the mar
shal of the ceremony. Past
Grand Master Francis D. Wins
ton was the installing officer. He
prefaced the installation with
some interesting remarks. This
public ceremony was the first
thing of the kind many of tne
visitors had ever seen and they
were much interested in it.
The net proceeds of the day's
entertainment go to the Oxford
Orphan Asylum.
The Wellington and Powells
ville railroad handled the crowd
with ease running extra trains.
It was indeed a perfect day and
every man, woman and child who
was there feels much beeter for
having gone.
A Parable oo Buys.
The following trite article w&b
written by Editor Ernest Camp
in the Walton Tribune:
"Verily in this dav and gener
ation, the father raiseth up his
son on the street and 'sidewalks.
He layeth around the soda founts
and imbiteth slop and hookworms
He groweth in knowledge of
nothing except cigarettes and
cuss words.
"When he attaineth the age of
16 he acquired a suit of clothes
turned. up at the bottom two fur
longs above his feet He dis
played a pair of noisy sox, with
purple background and violets to
the front. He weareth low cut
shoes and a green tie. He look
eth like a banana merchant on
the streets of Cairo.
"The inside of his head resem
bles the inside of a pumpkin.
"He falleth in love with a spin'
die ankled girl with pink ribbons
in her hair, and he craveth for
an automobile that he may ride
her forth in the springtime. He
thinketh work is sinful. He
scattereth his mother's pin mon
ey like a cyclone scattereth a rail
fence. He sitteth up at night to
write poetry, and giveth no
thought to the multiplication ta
ble. His mind turneth tc the
vanities of life, and not the h.gh
cost of corn bread.
"Verily, verily! he needeth a
board applied vigorously to the
southwest corner of the anato
my.
"He thinketh his father a plod
der and hia mother a back num
ber. He pictureth to himself
great riches suddenly acquired
He dreameth of steam yachts
and private cars.
"Yes, he thinketh himself the
real stuff. He buttetb where he
is not wanted; he criticiseth his
elders; he purchaseth cheap per
fume and smelleth louder than a
billy goat
"When he groweth up he get-
teth a job as clerk in a store at
$1.00 a day and swipeth extra
from his boss until he is caught."
-Ex.
A Whiter South.
Charlotte Obserrer.
The Progressive Farmer re
joices to find from an analysis of
census returns that the rural
South is rapidly growing whiter
and that the white population of
the whole South is increasing pi
most exactly twice as fast as the
negro population. "Even from
a selfish standpoint," it com
ments, "we realize that the best
interests of the whole South de
mand that the negro be made
more intelligent, efficient and
prosperous But at best his pro
cess will be slow; and the pro
portion of negroes to whites in
the South has been too large even
for the negro's good." In some
parts of the South especially.
Too large a proportion of ne&roes
anywhere tends to make race re
lations tense, to deprive the
white man of free action and the
negro of that full measure of in
SDriration and example which
contact with the white m a n
should afford. Under such cir
cumstances lawlessness thrives
and all the standards of civic life
are more or less debased,
Racial relations in North Caro
lina and Virginia are very much ,
better than in most of the states
farther South, and primarily for
the reason that negroes are pro
portionately less numerous. We
recognize that the South affords
the negro his best opportunity.
but from the larger standpoint it
1 1 . i. . . i
wouia do . weu u nis numoera
were spread out much more. It
is his concentration in one sec
tion which has caused all the
section's peculiar troubles, and
his special concentration in cer
tain states and counties has in
tensified these troubles there.
IMS CLUB COMMITTEE.
Prizes to be Given Id the Corn Coi-
test-One Boy to Receive Nice
The Corn Club Committee of
the Rich Square Township Bet
terment Association met in the
Times office last Friday after
noon with the following memoers
present: John B. Griffin of Wood
land, D. H. Brown of George, W.
J. Thompson of Eagletown and
Dr. M. Bolton of Rich Square.
The matter of arranging the
prizes offered in the Corn Con
test was considered. It was re
ported that only five bovs had
entered the contest, and it was
decided to award five prizes to
the bovs. bo that everyone will
receive a prize, and also stand a
chance of winning in the State
contests.
The following prizes will be
given to the boys for the largest
yield of corn on one acre.
1st. A nice Norfolk Runabout
Buggy, given by A. Wrenn &
Sons of Norfolk, through John
B. Griffin of Woodland.
2nd. A John Deere Corn Plant
er, worth $12.00, by Peele, Par
ker & Co. of Rich Square.
3rd. A Peanut Weeder, by
Brown, Copeland & Co. of George
4th. A nice pair of Sunday
Shoes, by John Baugham of Rich
Square.
5th. A year's subscription to
the South's best Agricultural pa
per, the Progressive Farmer, by
Jake Lassiter of Rich Square.
Twelve have entered the Men's
Contest and the committee has
eight prizes to offer including an
Everett Peanut Planter by Bol
ton & Johnson, an Oliver Double
Plow by Ezra Griffin, Diamond
Tooth Harrow bylFarmers Sup
ply Co., nice pair of shoes by
Leake & Baugham, a fine tooth
cultivator by Farmers Supply Co. ,
a Luther Grinding Machine by
Jake Lassiter. Holoman Bros,
and Baugham & Weaver Co. have
offered prizes but we failed to se
cure the name of the prize in
time for publication this week.
The Norfolk Runabout Buggy.
offered to the bovs by A. Wrenn
& Sons of Norfolk is a beauty.
was made specially for this con
test and is now at Woodland and
can be seen by calling at Mr. J.
B. Griffin's.
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News.
Learn to know others by study
ing yourself.
Figures do not lie, but esti
mates are often misleading.
Its easer to set a good exam
ple than to hatch it out
Soaking the brain in alcohol
does not preserve the mind.
Charity covereth a multitude
of people with cast-off garments,
Few men cut their wisdom
teeth until after they are mar
ried. Things worth while are more
apt to come your way if you go
after them.
A so-called campaign of educa
tion is more likely to be a cam-
paign of elocution.
There's nothing original about
finding fault with others or con
cealing your own faults!
At the age of threescore and
ten many a man reminds us of
an experiment that failed.
A man's idea of a charitable
woman is one who doesn't hand
him lemons. Ex.
We offer the New York World
three times a week and the Roanoke-Chowan
Times all one year;
for $1.65, old or new subscrip
tions. , .