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(SMOware;: ill ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER. " ' r'AIJNAi CAROLINA HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER.V; ' " v V upsI:ription j annum fi.oo Volume XX,' HIGH SQTJABE, NORTHAMPTON COUNT. THURSDA Y, DECEMBER c 7, U II . 1. ' I till I , I 11.1111. Ill MASON & WORRELL, , iTToairr A CouNSKixoaa at Law, JACKSON, H. a , A Practice ll all Court. Business - jjromptrf and faithfully attended to, ' ' Office 2nd floor bank building. RAYMOND G. PARKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Jackson, N C ': Practices in all court All business given prompt and faithful attention. Office 2nd Floor Bank Building. .-, C. O. PobiM. r.B.Hwli PEEBLES & HARRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, JACKSON. M. 0 " ; Practice in all Court. Business promptly and faithfully attended to. DR. C; G. POWELL DENTIST, POTECASI, N. C. 'Tan be found at his office at all times xeept when notice is Riven in this paper W.H.S.BURGWYN JR. ' Attorney and Counsellor at Law ' ; Jackson, N. C .Practices where service desired. T 8. T. STANCBIiL. Attorney and Counselor at Law ... Law Building Norfolk. Virginia Practicing in all Courts in North Caro lina and Virginia :rm. B. Wnraoam. Btamuh Wmaoam WINBORNE & WINBORNE. Attorney at Law, MURFREESBORO. n. c fbones Noe, 17 and 21. .8.0w . G. E. UUrett GAY MIPYETTE Attorneys tb Counsellors at Tjsw JACKSON. N.C, Practice in oil Courts. All business promptly aod faithfully attended to. Office 2nd floor. New Bank bnilding, v: dr; j.m. j acobs dentist. ROXOBEL, N. C. Extracting from children at same price as adults. Dr. W. J. Ward, DENTIST. WELDON. N.C- Dr. E; Ehringhaus DKNTIBT JackHon, - : - N. C Dentiatrv in all of its branches. Crown and Bridge work a specialty. Office In New Flytne Building over rostotnee. Fire Insurance Notice. I will be glad to furnish rates. - etc.- on all classes of fire in , suranoe in North Carolina and write jour insurance for you. v , Take the safe course and run no risk by insurinjr your prop-; - 1 -erty in the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company, r -of Richmond, Va. or the Dix ie Fire Insurance Co., of ; Greensboro, N. C. t : : " 1LE. BROWN, Agt. Oartshukg. N. O. Administrator's Safe of Five and Ten Cent Store in Franklin, Va. Au up-to-date Five aud Ten Cent Store, doing a good business. Best location on Main St., Frank tin, Va. . Business formerly : con ducted R. S. Fagan & Son. Par ties interested will ' be given all necessary Information, Business being sold by administrators on estate of K. S. Fagan, deceased, in order to close said estate. ' - , , R. M, Fagan, Babolat Pbetlow, j , " Administrators. ' Th Roanoke-Chowan Times and the weekly Progressive Far. mer 1.85 A " . , THE TEACGEIS ASSEMBI T. k rrotitable Heettog Held la talelgh ' Tbe Economic Vilue of a '; Child The twenty-eighth annual ses sion of the North Carolina Teac' ers': Assembly convened at Ral eigh Nov. 29th to Dec. 2, 1911. This waa the first session to be held during the school term and was a most successful one. . The various departments for County Public School Superin tendents, High School Principals, Grammar Grade Teachers, Pri mary Teachers, and City School Superintendents and Principals met in separate session during the day and bad a combined meeting each night in Raleigh's grand auditorium. ; On Wednesday night after the splendid addresses of welcome by President Henry E. Litch ford, of the Chamber of Com merce.and President J.B.Pearce, of the Merchants' Association, and the response by President H. E Rondthaler, of Salem Fe male College, the address of the evening was itiven by Chan cellor J. H. Kirkfteld, of Vander bilt University, Nashville, Tenn. , who spoke most ably concerning ' The Teacher and his Work. " He said the path of history had been illumined by the names of great teachers. Among all the names of the commonwealth of Massachusetts none will live more permanently than . that of Horace Mann, the great Apostle of Education. The great Arnold of England wa9 not Matthew Arnold, the critic and poet, ' but his father, Thomas Arnold, the teacher of English boys. The name of Pestalozzi reflects hon or on the whole "of Switzerland, as does that of Froebel on Ger many. Jesus of Nazareth called himself a teacher and commis sioned his disciples to go into all the world and teach. The im portance of the work of the teacher and of the seriouB prep aration necessary for that work were strongly emphasized. His is the most permanent of all work. His contribution to the State is of more value than gold or silver or marble or brass. It is by his help that any nation becomes great and remains great." ' . r: On Thanksgiving morning a sermon was given by Rev. Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Atlan ta, Ga., to an audience of over three thousand people. His text was from Isaiah 11:6, "And a little child shall lead them." The emphasis which Jesus laid was not so much the duty of tender regard for childhood as upon the necessity of submission to the leadership of childhood. It is the child's strength,! : not the child's weakness He exalts. Less than one hundred years ago the subordination of the child was the controlling idea. Until , re cently the birth of a child was just one more mouth to feed. Within the last quarter of a cen tury scientists have begun to correct that idea. Prof Irving Fisher, of Yale College, recently propounded that practical ques tion, "What is an eight pound baby worth a pound?" It was a cool calculation for political econ omy, r The answer he produced was at; first amusing, then J very interesting,' and at last serious Iy convincing. An eight pound baby was worth at birth r in the scales of solemn (economic judg ment exactly $362.00 a pound. This is his value as a potential wealth ' producer,' the capacity for which has increased by leaps and bounds through the inven tion of machinery Prof. Fisher estimates that each human be in? who lives a normal life-time leaves the world $2900.00 richer than he found it While the economic value of the child can be estimated, the morel value baffles computation. The moral civilization is in the hands of little childrer. George E ios s o-y of Silas Marner is the classic portrayal of the pow er of a little child to make a man out of a miser. One year with out oxygen would asphyxiate the world. One year without the breath of childhood would emas culate society of its moral health. Beside the economic and moral value of the child there is the religious value. The child was Christ's own compelling illustra tion of what religion is like "ExcepV ve b converted and be come as a little child" was His solemn warning to all men. To know what God's great man in like you must look to the child "Whosoever shall humble him self as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of heaven." On Thursday night nearly five thouband gathered and listened to two masterly addresses by President Charles L. Coon, of Teachers' Assembly and Hon. Champ Clark, the Speaker of the United States House of Repre sentatives. President Coon's address on "The Need of a Con s tractive Educational Policy for North Carolina." had the ring of one speaking from honest con viction. He fearlessly criticized many parts of the educational system of our great State. He declared emphatically that the teacher should be a force in teaching and not merely one moved by others. As Governor Kitchin introduc ed Speaker Clark a large part of the immense audience arose and cheered. His theme was, 'The United States in the Twentieth Century." An optimistic view ran through his entire discourse; in fact he said he had been ac cused of taking a rosy view of life. He said we live in a new and experimental age and that America is another word for op portunity. He held the audience under a spell of interested atten tion and closed by saying, "I re joicdwith exceeding great joy that controversial religion is a thing of the past and practical religion is the order of the day." Three interesting addresses were given Friday night by Dr Lida Earhart, of New York, on "The Teacher and her Task;" by Miss Nan Mildren, Conductor of Teachers'InstituteB,on "Story' telling and its Value to Chil dren;" and by President Pearse of the National Educational As sociation on "Some Things That are at Hand." All of them gave much food for the thoughtful teacher. In the separate sessions of the various departments teachers received much of practical value to them. We believe every teach er present found much with which to enrich his future work in the school-room. They were there for a serious purpose- that of better fitting, themselves for their beloved profession In which even the one who knows most feeis himself but as a child, gathering pebbles on the sea shore while the vast ocean lay unexplored before him We 6ffer the New York World three times a week and the Roan-oke-Chowan Times all one year for $1.65, old or new subscriptions. KELFORD NEWS. BcjiutKuf Marriage on Thanksg vlog i-iiood Bwds Train- Highway h RobberyPersonals. Thanksgiving services were observed fat Kelford church Thursday evening from three to four I o'clock. Bro. Ca!e came over from Roxobel and l?d in the service 'which consisted of sever al able talks on Orphanage and other works and a collection of twenty dollars was taken for Thotnasville Orphanage. The Good Roads Train that stopped over here Friday night and exhibited Saturday was greatly appreciated by those who; attended Prof. Boy kin's lectu res There was much to be gain id by those interested in the bulking and maintainance of gopdroadB. TrSs Teachers meeting at Kel ford jon Saturday was largely at tended by the teachers of this district. Supr. Askew stopped over from Raleigh where he at tended a Teachers meeting at tbe Capitol City. : Peanut picking is about over and the farmers are greatly pleased at the crop and the price this Season. rMrf. W. D. Brown, who has spent several days here attend ing the marriage of Miss Tyler, has returned to her home in Hertford County. Mrs. . Rpuntree and daughter MrsPaschell of Fremont, spent several days with Mrs. C. P. Tyler last week. They returned home Saturday, Mrs. Tyler ac companying them. Mr. Justice Parker sent a ne gro to jail Friday for highway robbery of another colored man. Ifseenjeofthat both negroes were coming from Lewiston along the railroad when one struck the other with a fosh bar and took his money and endeavored to es cape but Ex Ghief Police C. P. Tyler waa too quick for him. About 7:45 o'clock last Wedner day evening Nov. 29th. while meditating over the many bless ings the Great Creator has be stowed upon his people during the past year, we heard several light taps of the church bell. The very sound brought back to our memory the happiest day of our life. We arose from our medita tion and took the arm of her who has made life so pleasant for us during the past dozen or more years and marched to the church. When we arrived we found a large crowd of friends and kind folks assembled to pay homage and extend congratulations to the couple who was soon , to en ter upon the journey of life as husband and. wife. .The church was beautifully decorated with evergreens and flowers. Great at ches were ladened with cedar and chrysantnemums all arrang ed in such harmony as to appear like nature alone had done the work. At eight o'clock Misses Irene Cobb and Fannie Tyler were ushered up the isle by Mr. J. E. Wood and took their stand at the piano. Following closely came the Rev. J. F. Cale leaning upon the arm of Mr. Spurgeon Harrell. Then as sweet music fell like rain drops from the ivory keys and silver strings of the piano presided over by Miss Irene Cobb, the bridal party came up the isle. Miss Watson with Mr. ; Roberts, Miss Early with Mr. Tyler. Miss Collins with Mr. Roane, Miss Stephen son with Mr. Russell, and Mrs. Browne, Dame of Honor, followed by the bride, Miss Ella Elizabeth Tyler, leaning upon, the arm of her Bisti r. Mips Inez App act ing' from a rear door came the groom. Mr. Paul Lieceater, lean ing upon the arm of Mr. W. C. Evans. They met at the a tar and there under the circle of a large arch overhanging with flowers and evergreens with the floral monogram of the letters L. T. beautifully entwined and act ing as the Key Stone of the arch the Rev. Mr. Cale in an exquis itely delightful ceremony made them husband and wife As the sweet notes of the piano receeded into almost complete silence the crowd stood with bowed heads while the Rev. Mr. Cale invoked Divine blessings. After the cer emony the bridal party preceded by little Miss Tyler of Rich Square and little Miss Paschell of Fremont, as flower girls scat tering sweet flowers along the way, repaired to the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Tvler, and partook of a dainty and delightful supper prepared for the occasion. Miss Tyler is very popular and has a large cir cle of friends. Mr. Liecester came to Kelford about a year ago and entered the firm of Geo. T. Browne as clerk. His genteel politeness and fine sense of hu mor and strict attention to busi ness has made him many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Liecester will make Kelford tneir future home and the best wishes of tbe com munity are with them. There will be an auction sale of lots in Kelford on Friday of this week, which is advertised in this paper. Kelford has better mail and transportation facilities than of any town between Tar boro and Suffolk, being the junc tion of the great Seaboard and Atlantic Coast Line railway sys tems and has a rich and pi oper- ous back country to support it. It has a fine graded school sup ported by taxation and several industrial enterprises. It has the requisites for the making of a large town. Resolutions of Respect. Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom has taken Mrs. E. F. Rice, our esteemed co-worker from our Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church, South, of Murfreesboro, N. C. Our socie ty is desirous of giving expres sions of deepest sympathy at her departure, therefore be it Resolved 1st. That in the death of Mrs. Rice we have lost a consecrated worker and a pure Christian. 2nd. That we cherish the memory of one so good and true and while we deeply feel our loss we bow submissively to the will of Him "who doeth all things 3rd. That we tender to her heart-broken husband, and her deeply bereaved family our deep est sympathy,praying that God's comforting presence may dwell with them in this dark hour of bereavement. 4th. That a copy of these res olutions be sent to her family, a copy each to The Raleigh Advo cate and to the Roanoke Chow an Times for publication and a copy kept on the records of the Ladies Aid Society. Mrs. Sue Lawrence, Mrs. Norma Deanes, Mrs, J. N. Harrell, Committee. Murfreesboro, N. C, Dec. 2.1911 Note ot Thanks. We wiBh to express our sincere thanks, for the liberial pounding the good people of Potecasi gave us, on Saturday night of Dec, 2nd, 1911.. ; Mb. and Mrs. C? W, Draper. KUXllBEl SEU k Feast of Fun on SIxtb and Seventh -Beilcrmenl Asioctatloo Kett log Personals. We can soon sny "good-bve" to 1911 and welcome 1912, for better or for worse. The Baptist Sunday school will begin work at ones on a Christ mas entertainment and tree. Messrs J. W. and J. N. Win brow have just returned from a trip to Savannah, Ga.. where they v. ent to look at a lot of tim ber. Mr. S. J. Fore went to Balti more last week on business, con nected with his firm, Fore & Co. Miss O.'lie Liverman came up from Suffolk, Va., a few days ago to visit her parental home here. Mr. C. R. Livermon is in Nor folki Va., looking after his auto mobile business in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Tynes re turned last week from a visit to Atlanta.Ga. They returned soon er tnan expected due to being called back on account of their home here being destroyed by fire Mr. Freeman Lassiter has ac cepted a position with Mr. Leroy Capehart as clerk and begun his duties in this capacity on Dec 1st, Mr. Jno. E. Peele was in Nor folk the first of the present week looking after the interest of Peele & Co. Rev, Jno. Cale, we understand has sold his residence on Main St. and purchased a very desirable piece of property near the S. A.L. depot and will build a nice resi dence thereon next year. The Betterment Association of the school will hold a very im portant meeting in the school building next Friday afternoon and all, who will, are cordially invited to be present. The elec tion of officers will take place on this occasion. A feast of fun and a literary and dramatic entertainment is advertised, for Roxobei to take place next Wednesday and Thurs day nights, the 6th and 7th, at Peele's Hall, when that apostle of sunshine, the Hon. Henry Blunt will be present and give two of his best lectures for the benefit of a benovelent purpose. The death of Mr. C. R. Odom, of Hertford Co., was a shock to the people of Roxobel and the sympthy of our town go to the bereaved family. Mr. Odom was a member of the firm of Tvler, Futrell & Co., of Roxobel and a man much liked by those who knew him. Miss Gould, for several seasons milliner here for Mr. Leroy Cape hart, paid Roxobel a visit last week and her many friends were glad indeed to see her. Miss Julia Watson has been forced by the ill health of her mother to give up her' school re cently begun near Aulander, N. C. and has returned home. The Roxobel Supply Company have a new advertisement in this issue. This company is com posed of of hustling business men and they invite you to vidt their store. . ' Roxt. Important Notice. I will be in Woodland on De cember the 15th, and Rich Squai e ' the Saturday following for the purpose of collecting taxes now dne. It is hoped that as many as possible will meet me' at these places at the' time mentioned and settle their taxes. R. W. OUTLANDw V Tax CU