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LASIEI REfS.
Baraca Chss Oroanlzed-Besldence
Lost ly Flrc-General mi Per
sonal News.
Dr. R. P. Morehead of Weldon
was here last week on business. '
Miss Clara Vaughan spent from
Thursday till Sunday in Jackson.
A neat number of our farmers
attended the County Union Meet
ing at Jackson Tuesday.
Mr. C. C. Parker, who has
been seriously ill lately, is some
what better.
A good program was rendered
by the Devotional Department of
the Epworth League at the M.E.
church Sunday night. The sub
ject was "Jesus and Temota
tion." Rev. W. B. North, D. D. filled
his regular appointment at New
Hope M, E. church last Sunday
afternoon. He delivered an ex
cellent sermon to a goodly sized
congregation.
Mr. A. J. Draper of Boy kins
and Mr. S. C. Draper of Rich
Square were here Sunday and
Monday at the bedside of their
aged mother, Mrs. Nancy Dra
per, who is quite ill.
A large attendance is desired
at the meeting of Jr. 0. U. AM.
in the hall of Lasker Reality Co.
Saturday evening at 7:30.
See the advertisement of J. J.
Parker's great sale.
The musicale rendered by the
Rich Square High School at Rich
Square last Friday evening was
attended by a large number oc
our young people. It was an en
tertainment of a very high order
and was bound to appeal to true
lovers of music. Miss Skinner.
who has charge of the music de
partment of the school, certainly
proved her skill and efficiency as
a teacher, thru her pupils, who
performed each selection in a
graceful and delightful manner.
Rich Square was fortunate in se
curing Miss Skinner to direct the
music in their school. She is do
ing a great work there. Our
neighboring town may justly feel
proud of the unusual musical
talent of their young people.
The first property destroyed by
fire in Lasker in 28 years waS
the pretty residence of Mr. J. J.
Parker which was consumed by
the flames on last Wednesday
night at 10 o'clock. The fire orig
inated from a defective stove in
the kitchen. Within a brief time
after the fire started about four
hundred men had gathered on
the scene, but the efforts made
to extinguish tbe flames Beamed
not to hinder the progress of the
fire. The residence was situated
near several others of the best
buildings in the town, and bad it
not been for the earnest efforts
and good management of the
fighters the fire would have con
sumed many of the surrounding j
buildings. Mr. Parker was for
tunate in saving most of his fur
niture, but he bad no insurance
on his place. He will occupy the !
residence belonging to Mr. S. C. j
Draper till he rebuilds. j
A Baraca class was organized
Id the Methodist Sunday School
last Sunday morning. The c.ass
starts in an enthusiastic and
promising manner. There are
sixteen charter members. Fol
lowing are the officers of - the
class: President, Stanley C. Dra
per; Vice President, Ralph E.
Parker; Secretary, Ralph E. Par
ker; Asst. Secretary, Paul Par
ker: Treasurer. W. JV; Draper;
Press Reporter, Stanley C. Dra-I
per; Teacher, J. J Parker; Asst. '
Teacher, W. S. Deloatch; cbnv j
mittee to prepare a room for the
class, C. E. Brewer. The class
j will meet with the Sunday School
; each Sunday.
! Mr. P. S. Anderson of New
York City arrived Monday to
prepare for a record breaking
sale for the Parker mercantile
Btore. Mr. Anderson i3 the fore
most salesman of the Mutual
Sties and Advertising Co . of
Washington, D. C. He has just
closed a big sale in Kinston. The
sale will begin Wednesday of
next week and will last ten days.
Mr. Parker is preparing to enter
his big handsome brick store
which is nearing completion and
he says the big stock of goods he
now has on hand must go by
some means. The market will
be smashed to rediculously low
prices. Mr. Parker invites every
body to visit his store. He is
employing a large force of sales
men to accommodate the public.
Mr. Anderson is accompanied by
Mrs. Anderson, who is here on
account of ill health.
Nortb Carolina Wants Schools.
North Carolina is leading all
Southern States in prompt and
vigorous measures to improve
her educational facilities as a re
sult of finding the State in fortV
seventh place in the nation. The
Legislature has just passed a law
providing for a public school term
of not less than six months in
every school district in the State.
Hitherto the average session has
been only four months. This
measure was admitted to be the
most urgent and necessary legis
lation before tbe present Gener
al Assembly, and, despite pro
tracted debate, was finally en
acted by a large majority.
So. convinced were the Caroli
na lawmakers that something
had to be done that there was
practically no opposition to the
provision itself. The only argu
ment against the increase was
the question of money. The State
treasury faced a deficit of $700,
000, and no possible means of
raising the money necessary for
the schools was presented.
Did this pocket-book argument
defeat the bill? Not in North
Carolina. The Legislature final
ly concluded that financial ar
rangement could be made, and
had to be made. The people want
the schools. The people will find
a way of paving for the schools.
No more encouraging sign of
Southern progress has been giv
en in recent years than this firm
determination to provide educa
tion at any cost. It attacks the
problem in the right way: by de
ciding what must be done for the
honor and growth of the State,
and then going on to finding the
funds. . Of course, the increase
of two months' schooling per
year will be worth a thousand
times what it costs. Every edu
cated child will eventually in
crease the wealth of the State
manifold times what it costs to
give Him this essential training.
If a deficit has to be faced for
ten years, North Carolina will in
the end get rich dividends on her
investment. The wealth-producing
efforts of an enlightened cit
izenship are cumulative in effect.
Money, spent on schools increas
es in geometrical ratio.
We trust that Virginia, herself
only forty-first in school rank,
will imitate this noble example
of her neighbor. We face an
equally stern problem. We must
meet it with equally strong and
uncompromising action. We con
gratulate North Carolina on set
ting an example for the' entire
South. She has given us the
motto: "Better Schools at Any
Price. "Richmond . Times-Dispatch.
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FRO if JACKSON.
Social Event of the Senson General
News of Town and Vicinity In
Brief.
Mrs. Elizabeth Buxton has re
turned to her home after an ex
tended visit to her daughters in
Elizabeth City.
Mrs. H. Carlton Maddrey of
Seaboard is spending this week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Buffaloe.
Mr. Paul Bowers of Littleton
preached at both morning and
evening services for the Baptists
he is supplying in the absence
of a pastor.,
Mr. Luther T. Cowan left Sun
day to purchase his spring stock
and incidentally take in the in
auguration. Mr. J. W. Calvert of Norfolk
spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Calvert.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Gay, Jr.,
who have been spending some
time witti their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. S. Gay, will return to
their country home this week.
Miss Harriet Bowen, accompa
nied by Mi S3 Loretta Joyner,
spent from Friday until Sunday
with Miss Mary E. Spivey of
Rich Square.
,Sjprior Court convenes the
last of this month.
Dr. H. W. Lewi. County Su
perintendent of Health will be
gin the inspection of the schools
in a few days.
The tax collectors will Irtish
collecting the taxes for 1912 dur
ing this month.
Ex Senator B. S. Gay epent a
few days in Raleigh the past
week.
Misa H.E. Bowen, music teach
er in the Jackson school, attend
ed the recital at Rich Square last
Friday evening and speaks in
high terms of the masic depart
ment of the school at that place.
Mr. Pac. Ransom drove a pair
of very fine horses to town Man
day. They attracted much at
tention, being in such contrast to
the numerous plugs seen on the
deadline.
Ex Sheriff W. H. Joyner is an
applicant for the position as Su
perintendent of the Penitentiary,
and his friends say he has a good
showing. He has strong endorse
ments, and if appointed will
make good.
The young people of Seaboard
presented the play, "Because I
Love You," in the Auditorium
Friday night. It is in itself a
compliment to them to note that
tbe people from here, who went
to Seaboard to see it, were ready
to attend again over here.
Mr. George Augustus Moore,
Jeweler. Assistant Superior Court
Clerk, Picture Framer, and In
surance Agent, has recently tak
en a new vocation, that of horse
trading. He began by purchas
ing on first Monday, a yellow,
blind, broken-down mule at the
cost of one dollar. He has been
neard to remark that his inten
tions are, to combine pleasure
with business and will tender
each young lady in town an invi
tation to drive with him.
We might say the social event
of the season occurred last Mon
day night when Misses Bowers
and Jerome so beautifully enter
tained at Progressive Rook. It
was in every feature a typical
colonial party and the decorations
which consisted of cherries' and
flags carried out this idea as well
as that of patriotism, and some
young ladies went as far as to
further the idea by costume. Miss
May Calve, t received the prize
for having won the greatest
number of games, and; Misses I
Perry and Grant the boobv. Tbf
first prize, a box of candy and
tbe booby a lemon were present
ed by Mr. W. D. Barbee in his
delightful wav. Last but not
least came the refreshments in
three courses.salad, coffee, fruit
salad, cake and mints. Each
guest had a lovely souvenir of
the occasion to take home with
him.
The Epworth League program
for Tuesday evening, March 11,
1913, is as follows:
Leader Miss Annie Jerome.
Subject The Labors of Jesus.
Song by League.
Prayer.
Duet Misses Mary Barrow
and Ethel Futrell.
Recitation-Mrs. J. A. Worrell
Solo Prof. Barbee.
Paper, "The Needs of Brevard
Institute" -Miss Ethel Futrell.
Quartette Mrs. L C. Grant,
Miss Ethel Futrell, Mr. H. B.
Edwards, Dr. J. L. Lister.
League Benediction.
Fertilizer From Flsb.
An industry, centered at pres
ent largely around the Chesa
peake Bay where there are 15
factories, and Beaufortv N. C.
where there are 8 or 10 factoiies,
is the manufacture from menha
den of fish oil and scrap used in
the manufacture of fertilizer.
The fish which swarm in uncount
ed millions in the waters of the
Atlantic were used for fertilizer
in colonial days, being applied
either directly to the land or in
in a compost with barnyard ma
nure or woods litter. In the past
25 or 30 years, however, during
which the annual catch has rang
ed from 250,000.000 in 1892 to
more than 1,000.000.000 in 1903,
and averaging about 600.000.000.
the industry of extracting fish
oil from menhaden has grown
until about 35,000 barrels of oil
are produced a year, with be
tween 60,000 and 70,000 tons of
dried scrap as a by-product. A
report of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, from
which these facts are derived,
states that in the dried fish scap
there is between 7 per cent and
9 per cent of nitrogen and be
tween 6 per cent and 8 per cent
of phosphoric acid, two of the
essentials in plant food, .and a
trace of potash, the third ingre
dient It is pointed outjthat here
tofore cotton seed meal and
slaughter house by-products have
been the sources in this countrv
of nitrogen derived from organic
matter, which has been combined
with phosphoric acid derived
from southern phosphate rock
and potash obtained largely from
the Stassturt field in Germany in
the manufacture of fertilizers.
There are, however, on the paci
fic coast, vast fields of kelp or
seaweed containing potash, and
it may be that the opening of the
Panama canal may make possible
the shipment of such potash to
the Atlantic coast at rates low
enough to compete with the for
eign potash. If this should hap
pen, together with the expansion
of the industry ot electrical fixa
tion of nitrogen from the atmos
phere in the manufacture of ni
trates, the south will be given
greater importance than ever as
the center of the fertilizer indus
try of the United States. Man
ufacturers Record.
A Box Supper.
There will be a Box Supper at
Rehoboth School house Friday
night the seventh, beginning at
half past seven o'clock, and also
a contest cake. The proceeds
will go for the benefit'of school.
The public is cordially invited to
come and enjoy a good supper.
Tbx Betterment Association.
SEABOARD LOCALS.
farm work Well Advanced OH For
Washington-Baseball Peacb
trees In Bloom.
Mr. Burton Kodwell, Macon,
was a visitor in town the past
Sunday.
Mr. Jno. W. Leake and daugh
ter. Miss Florence, left Sunday
for a visit to relatives in Rich
Square.
Master Elliott Harris returned
Sunday from a few days' visit to
relatives of Branchvilie. Va.
Mrs. J. G. L. Crocker, who
was summoned last week to the
bedside of her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Hugh Crocker, Weldon, re
turned last Friday, reporting her
condition somewhat improved.
A juvenile baseball team was
organized among the school boys
Monday afternoon. Prof. Ware
rendered invaluable service in
the organization, besides further
encouraging them bv a cash con
tribution towards securing the
necessary paraphernalia. Your
readers will hear more later from
thi3 youthful beginning.
Miss .vlary Harris left Sunday
for dii indefinite stav aimng rel
atives in Brinchville
We are sorry to reprc Mrs.
Charter Barnes on the sick list
this week.
Mr. Joe Long and son Kindred
are guests of his son, Ernest, this
week, while attending the Inau
guration and also seeing Balti
more. Ernest has for many years
held a lucrative position with the
Regall Shoe Co., Norfolk. Va.
Last year this company promoted
him by assigning him to a simi
lar position with their Baltimore
branch. It gives us pleasure to
state he 'ias be jn making good
ever since leaving here.
Among those who left here
Sunday afternoon to attend the "
Inauguration of President Wil
son we obtained tbe names of the
Jollowing: Messrs. K. W. Ed
wads Joe Long, Andrew Crock
er, Carlton Maddrey and Kin
dred Long. Our merchants irr
the party will linger a few days
in Baltimore and purchase their
spring and summer stock of
goods.
Mr. Millard Carventer returned
last Friday from a business trip
to Richmond, Va.
Mrs. H. Carlton Maddrey is
spending this week in Jackson
with her parens, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Buffaloe.
Mrs. Mattie M. Gay left Sun
day afternoon for Baltimore to
purchase her spring stock of mil
linery. Her ad will appear in
this paper soon.
We notice that peach trees are
in bloom here. Should freezes
soon follow it would mean a
blighted fruit crop in that parti
cular kind.
Miss Willie Stephenson, after
a two months' visit to her cousin, :
Mr. Jno. T. Maddrey, Norfolk,
Va., returned to her home here
Ust Saturday.
If favorable weather conditions
prevail much plowing will be '
done in this vicinity this week
Some of our farmers have all '
their farm land already broken.
The play, "Because I Love
You," will be presented by the.
Seaboard talent at Branclv.lle,
Va . March 14, 1913. Thu spte '
did drama has been presented
twice and is highly endorsed by
those who saw it. The proceeds ,,
of this play are to help put lights
in the beautiful auditorium of
the Seaboard High School. D ors ':
will ba op9n promptly at 7:30
o'clock.' - Admission for . adults
will be thirty-five and fifty cents,
children twenty-fiVe cents. :