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y.. i . -;. .v mmm v "CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER.' SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.00 . - .wwv&t hiii'P TkT -i ' rn 111 ITCT A XT a TimTflT lfl 10 I 1 Volume XX." RICH SlJUAJtUCi jsuuiiLa.Ai-iuj v.( jivu - ' A high-grade bomsew school where young men and women are prepared tor Independence and Prosperity. Thousands of our former students are holding leading office positions-""Sf on Me them wherever yon go." ..Special rates to those whd secure ftfcolanhips now for the New Year's term which begins January 2-8. Cata logue.. Address J. M. Reader, Pres. , . Norfolk. Va. MASON & WORRELL. TTTeuNim Counsellors at Law, JACKSON, H. C. Practice is all Courta. Business promptrf and faithfully attended to. ; : Office 2nd floor bank building. RAYMOND G. PABKEB, ' Attorney and Counselor at Law. Jackson. N. C. Practices in all courts. ' All business )' given prompt and faithful attention t Office 2nd Floor Bank Building ia W. BLBwri v PEEBLES & HARRIS. f - ATTORNEYS AT LAW, y' . AftCKBON. H. C . - Vractice in all Courts. Bosinera promptly and faithfully attended to. EDGAR THOS. SNIPES, Attorney and Counselor at Law, KeaL Estate bought and sold. Loans ;: negotiated. Ahoskie, N. C. I Practices wherever services are deeixed phone No. 16. ' DR. C. Or POWELL DENTIST, POTECASI, N. C. ... h. tmiiA at hin office at all times xcept when notice is (riven in this paper W. H. S.BURGWYN JR. , Attorney and Counsellor at Law. ; ' Jackson, N. C Practices where service desired. S. T. STANCEIili Attorney and Counselor at Law . Law Building ,! ; ; Norfolk. Virginia Practicing in all Courts in North Caro lina and Virginia Mi, B. Wimoana. Btamxjk Wmou -W1NBORNE & WINBORNE; Attorneys at Law, MURFREESBORO. N. C. Phones Nob. 17 and ZL GAY & WIDYETTE attorneys A Counsellors at Jjaw JACKSOM. M. a . Practice in all Courts. All business aromptlv and faithfully attended to. ,: Office 2nd floor. New Bank building. .-p-'-s DR. J. M. JACOBS : iorxrjj dentist, ROXOBEL, N. C. - Extracting from children at same price as adults. i , ' Dr. W. J. Ward, DENTIST, v WELDON. N. C ; Dr. E. Ehringhaus, - ' Dentist ' Now located at Jackson, N.C., where he ia prepared to do first Nilass dental work. Office In 2nd. story Bank build ing. - Fire Insurance Note I will be glad to famish rates, etc, on all classes of fire in surance in North Carolina and write your insurance for you.. Take the safe course and run. ; no risk by insuring your prop r erty in the Virginia Fire, and j Marine Insurance Ctompanyf of Richmond, Ya.s or the Dix ie Fire Insurance ' Co., of Greensboro, N. O. : : : :.E.BROVII,Adt. Gabtsbukg, N. 0. LETTEI FK5I 610B6IA. , i Hot Crop Fros?ectsFlerce hint cal GoitestsGof. Hoke Smith and Bis Enemies. Kingston, Ga. Aug. 7. 1911. Mr. Editor:-Durinfc,the past year,. 1910, this state was -con vulsed and shook up by one of tbe greatest political campaigns known in its history. We all thought during that memorable campaign that when the great contest was foutrht out. that so far as the Dolitical affairs were concerned, we would be in peace and undisturbed: but not bo. Since the past year's upheave! United States Senator A. S. Clav died. So there is hu suc cessor to be elected by the legis lature which is now in session. On the 12th of July the Hon. Hoke Smith was elected to that exalted position. There were great efforts on the part of hiB enemies to defeat him. There were the combined strength of four candidates arrayed against him, but Mr. Smith was elected on the first joint ballot with 155 voteB, 40 more than is necessary to -elect. His enemies are all mad as March henB. but it is Door business to be mad about, something that cannot be helped. I have never been able to under stand why some people should carry so much hatred against Gov. Smith, but all truly great man have at all times in tbe world's history been hated and abused, slandered and libeled by those who are of less impor tance. It is no small maite" to contend with the public. Hoke Smith ranks among the foremost of American statesmen and it is believed by his many friends that he will Drove himself to be the equal of the ablest of his col leagues in that august body in which he is soon to enter. Gov. Smith is a product of North Carolina and surely every North Carolinian feels proud of him. The Old North State has been productive of many great men who have left their native State to achieve greatness else where. Among them were An drew Jackson, r Thos. Benton, Hugh L. White, William R. King, Hoke Smith, James K. Polk. An drew Johnson, and many others that might be named. Hoke Smith is the equal of any of these if not their superior It is a fact not easy to account for that so many of the great men born in North Carolina drifted off to other States where they gained their distinction. -1 thought many times what a pity they were not induced to remain in the old home State to add honor upon it. Hon. Hoke Smith is not the first and only governor that North Carolina ever gave : to Georgia. Judging from tbe his tory of Georgia, by Evans, North Carolina has Driven birth to no less than eight Georgia govern ors. Hoke Smith was born m trie town of Newton. N. C. His father was from Mew uampsmre. He taught school in North Caro lina as one of the faculty of the University of Chapel Hill -and also taught a high school at New ton.. He married a sister of Gen. R. : F. Hoke, hence Gov. Smith vnt his name "Hoke." It has been said that Gen. Robert is. Lee. during the Civil War, sug gested to the authorities at Rich mond that in case he (Lee) got killed in battle Gen. Hoke ought to be made commander of. the Confederate armyin Virginia. ' The many friends of Governor Smith predict a brilliant career for him in the Senate, but his enemies are foretelling : some terrible disasterto befall him in the near future. Of course each side tell it as they would have it to be. Tbe farmers in this section are much elated with their prospects of a great harvest the coming fall. The crop prospects are bet ter than have ever been known. Evan the oldest inhabitants can not remember such crops as are now growing, especially cotton. It has been predicted that thiB State will produce 3,000,000 bales of cotton or more this year, pro vided we are not visited by some disaster. It is common talk among the farmers to speak oj their cotton crops yielding from one to one and a half bales to the acre this year, and in some cases they talk very encouragingly of two bales per acre. Every one fears a fall in price. We are having all the rain that we need. We do not desire better weather conditions. Uncle Joe Severn News. Mr. Jeter Woodard of Ports mouth came out Saturday to spend a few days with his mother Miss Nita Britt left Friday for an extended visit to friends and relatives at Pleasant Hill. Frank lin and Portsmouth, Va: Misses Maggie and Bettie Hines and brother Floyd, of Bovkins.Va,. were guests in tbe home of Mr. W. H. Howell and. family Monday. Mr. and Mrs. P, M. Taylor and little daughter. Isabel, of Norfolk, are spending a few days in the home of his sister, Mrs. W. H. Howell. Mr. Sam P. Britt spent Sunday in George. We do not know why he went but just "s'posin" case. Miss Sallie Louise Hoggard is spending a few days in the home of Mr. W. M. Stephenson at Pendleton. Mr. Harold Begor. of Ports mouth, came out Monday to spend his vacation with his friend Mr. LokieFutrell. Mr. W. H. Pruden and daugh ter, Mrs. J. C. Long and her children Reginald and James Ardel visited relatives near Sea board a few days the past week. Misses Ann and Jessis White, with gueBts, Misses Mary and Henrietta White spent Thursday in Murfreesboro. Miss Maggie Smith iB visiting relatives in the Galatia vicinity Amone those who went to Jackson Mondav are; Mr. J. B. Stephenson and Bon, J. B. Jr., Mr. G. W. Pruden and son Stan ley, and Messrs. P. M. Fleet wood and P. W. Edwards. There are other visitors m town, whose names we did not learn else we should been glad to give them. MiflB Remice Howell who soent a part of her vacation at Chapel oiu Bummer bcuuui, vueu yiDiwug friends at Roxboro and Wake Forest returned home Thursday. Severn Baseball team has plan ned three games for this week. One at Boy kins Tuesday, one at Conway Wednesday with the George team, and .one with Branchville , Thursday. Here's wishing you success, boys! Re vi vial services begins at the Baptist church here third Sun day.:. Owning to this the W. M. Society and B. Y, P. U. will meet next Sunday afternoon and night; respectively, instead of third Sunday; preaching will be thiru Sunday instead of se cond. ' The Sunbeam Band met Sun day afternepn. This band is now composed of little boys and girls under twelve years of age. The larger girls have organized a Y: W. A. which meets fourth Sunday afternoon, 1 , , NEW GEOLOGICAL SEIVET MAR Toposrtptilc laps Which Art of Great inTcresT-inGeies roroisnea fret ly tbe GovenmenL , The 'United States Geological Survey: is issuing at frequent in tervals "topographic sheets result ing. from the surveys of last year's field season. From 25.000 to 30.000 square miles In different parts of the United States are mapped each year by the Federal topographers, under the guiding hand of R. B. Marshall, the survey's chief geo grapher. This mapping is done on the ground and tbe field sheet itself shows every physical char acterisic of the area surveyed, as well as all works of man. Dur ing the following winter season the topographer inks in his map and it is thereupon engraved and Drinted bs the Survey's engrav ing division. The maps are print ed in three colors. The contour lines which show the configura tion of the countrv the hills, slopes, valleys, and peaks are printed in brown; the rivers, swamps, lakes, and other water features in blue; and the county lines and other political subdi visions, railroads, wagon roads, houses, and other evidences of civilization are printed in black. Durning a single day last month, three of these maps were issued which indicate in a measure the widely diverse character of the Geological Survey's typographic work. The map of the La Salle quad rangle. in Illinois, surveyed by toDographers Walker, EvanB. and DePuy,, includes portions of La Salle, Bureau, and Putnam counties. It is on a scale of mile to the inch, with a 20-foot con tour interval. It shows that ex ceDt along Illinois River and its tributaries' the country is com paratively flat to rolling in char acter. Contrasted to this ib the map of the Hawthrone quadrangle, in Nevada and California, surveyed by topographer C. G. Anderson. This map is on the scale of 4 miles to the inch, with 100-foot contour intervals. It shows a country of bold relief combined with decret flats. A portion of Mono Lake is included in the California part of the quadrangle, its altitude be ing 6,241 feet, also Walker Lake, Nevada, which is shown to be 4, 083 feet above sea level; The map include portions of the Mono Na tional Forest and Bhows many peaks with altitudes ranging from 6.000 to over 11.000 feet. The area iB traversed by theTonopah & Goldfield railroad and other branches of the Southern Pacific system, and to the north are shown trails leading to Rawhide, the famous mining camp, The third map represents the Columbiana Quadrangle in Ala bama, surveyed by topographers W. G. Lloyd and F. E. Hale. This area lies in Shelby, Chilton, and Coosa counties and include portions .of Coosa River. The map shows the topography to be broken nature, characteristic, of soutbernAppalachian plateau, the elevation of the ridges and hills ranging from 300 to 700 or 800 feet. The survey was made on the scale of mile to the inch, with 50-foot contour interval. Had the Columbiana map been available befor the projection of railroads croRsinarthe area, it would have saved much private survey ing to determine the moat feasi ble engineering routes. MAPS SOLD AT COST; INDEXES ' . , FREE. These maps are sold by the Geological Survey at 5 cer,ts each or at a wholesale price of $3 a hundred, which covers only the cost of paper and printing. A convenient feature of tbe Geological Survey topographic maps is the indication on each map whether the maps of adjoin ing areas on the north, east, south, and west, or at intermedi ate points of the compass, are available. Thus, the Columbia na quadrangle is joined on the north by tbe Vandiver, on the northeast by the Talledaga, on the east by the Talledaga, on the southeast by tbe Wetumpka map, on tbe south and southwest by the Clanton. on the west by the Montevallo, and on the northwest by the Bessemer special area For general information as to the topographic surveys which have been made in any particu lar region, index maps will be frunished free upon aplication to the Director of tbe Survey. About three-eighths of the Unit ed States has already been cover ed by these surveys. George Hems. Mr. S. P. Britte of Severn made a pleasant call at Mr. G. H. Parker's last Sunday. Mrs. Martha Sboulars and daughter, Miss Eula, of Scotland Neck are spending the week at Mr. G. H. Parker's. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Outland. Mrs. G.H.ParkeFand son Henry attended the funeral of Mr. J.T. Holloman of Aulander Monday. We extend our heartfelt sym pathy to his loving wife in the lose of her companion. Mr. J. K. Vinson of Menola spent last Thursday night in the home of Mr. J. J. Futrell. Misses Bessie and Lottie Fu trell spent Saturday night and Sunday in Rich Square the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Futrell. Misses Mavme Lassiter, Mabel and Mary Ella Parker and Mr. Elwood Parker left last Saturday for Halifax county to spend sev eral days visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Peele left last week for Perquimans county to visit Mrs. Peele's fa ther, who is quite feeble. Mr. Henry Northcott left Fri day for Center Hill to visit friends for several days. The election which was held here last Saturday to vote in the graded school resulted in a great victory for the school. The vote being 37 for the school and 14 against. Prospects are good now for afineschool. Mr, and Mre. E. L. Vick spent last Friday at Branchville, the guests of Elias Vick. Mr. Walter Lane of Richmond spent last week here visiting bis cousin, Mr. Mahlon Rose, Mrs. Nannie Watson and coil dren of Norfolk spent last week here visiting ner latner, Mr. w. J. Jovner. Our worthy agent, Mr. Geo H Parker, who has so faithfully served the company as agent since the construction of theR. & T. Railroad more than 20 years ago, has tendered his resignation as agent to the Superintendent of the Company. Mr. Parker has many friends who regret that he has; resigned this position, and as yet his resignation has not been accepted. We are unable iv whn hin ariflcfisaor will be. but can only hope it will be some one who will fill the place as sue ooaafnllv on hA han none. ' Miss Sarah Peele is spending several days near men square in the home of Mr. T. C. Peele. v T jinr Fridsv morninff a number of our young people started off on a most enjoyable trip in me direction of the state rarm, out wArA nnfthlfl to make the trin on account of the heavy rain. They returned all reeling uown-neart-ed by missing the fun they had anticipated. . , A G00 SHOWING. Northampton lakes Increase of Over a Million Dollars li Prop erly Valuation. The returns of the tax assess ors for Northampton uounty make a good showing for the county, the increase in property valuati so being over a million dollars, not including the public service corporations which shows an increase of over a quarter of a million dollars over last assess ment. The following iB a statement of the asseBBment this year and in 1910: Township Gaston Jackson 1910 1911 431,974 549,477 411,503 438,604 975.685 1,200,792 462.887 507.642 Kirby Occoneechee P. Hill 124,361 155.862 1,036 107 1,199.619 547,245 717,961 493.709 551,787 Rich Sq. Roanoke Seaboard Wiccacanee 650,596 818.879 The increase by townships is 117,503 27.109 225.10& 44,755. 31,507 163,512 170,715 58,078 168,283 as follows: Gaston Jackson Kirby Occoneechee Pleasant Hill Rich Square Roanoke Seaboard Wiccacanee Total increase $1,006,558 The valuation of property in one of the special tax school dis trictsRich Square-is greater than it is in the whole of either of five of tne townshipB of the county, being $556,370 of which $64,646 is owned by colored, and $491,724 is owned by white citi zens. When the board equalization) met only one complaint of over valuation oi property was made and that was adjusted to the en tire satisfaction of the owner by making a reduction of $150: East Carolina Teachers Training School. On July 28th the East Carolina Teachers Training School closed its second school year. During- this year five hundred and twen ty eight students were enrolled This in face of the fact that the dormitories will accommodate onlv about two hundred students. During the summer term three hundred and one students were enrolled. This term of 8 weeks was a most successful one. In addition to the regular class room work, a series of public lectures on educational subjects was de livered. Among those who de livered addresses were the fol lowing: Dr. L. G. Gibbs. Dr. Geo. D. Strayer, Teachers College, Columbia University, Mr. I. O. Schaub, West Raleigh, Dr. Jno. R. Ferrell, Raleigh, Dr. Chas, O. H. LaughinghouBe, Col. Jno. L. Cunningham, Durham, Mr. Harold Barnes, Philadelphia, Miss Edith Royster, Assistant Superintendent of Wake County Schools. Raleich. and Gov. Thos. J. Jarvis. . The Btudent body of the sum mer term was composed of teach ers and supervising officials. It is the aim of the summer term of the Training School to offer to the teachers of North nomllna a mhii-aa nf instruction that will enable those attending the school to become more ex fiiint Tn rin thin it was neces sary to offer a variety of courses. Tnere i were xorty-six cunerenc combinations offered. These cour ses were such that any public school teacher having recogniz ed his needs could take just the line of work which would supply that need and thus add to his" efficiency, lis far as it was prac-' ticable. the - books adopted by the - State were used as text books. ..
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