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.',V-'.?,-v V''-",vt''-:-' ' '' .'. ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER. CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HFR." SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.00 Volume XXII. RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1913. Number 41. IP lowain 11 Flams, Specifications and Estimates Fobnishbd on Appucation :: :: E. C. SMITH, General Contractor and Builder FRANKLIN, VA. t m.Ummm. - J.. MASON & WORRELL. TTOKNBTI ft COUNSBLLOBB AT LAW, JACKSON. N. C. Praetie is all Courts. Basin bm prompt It and faithfully attanded to. ' Office 2nd floor bank bnfldinir. RAYMOND G, PARKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, : Jackson, N. C. Praetieea in all eourta, AD barineaa prompt and faithful attention. Office 2nd Floor Bank Building;. r. -. v.a. PEEBLES k HARRIS. AttOBNETS AT LAW. JACKSON. M. C Practice in all Courts. Business promptlT and f si thfulir attended to. DR. C. G. POWELL DENTIST, POT EC AS I N. C. Can be found at his office at all timet txapt when notice is given in this paper J. N. SELDEN CONTRACTOR & BUILDER JACKSON; N. C. Estimates on all classes of build ing cheerfully given. ' TfAgent for Edwards. Metal Shingles.'? Vrite me for styles and delivered prices. issu. B. WnnounB. Btamu Wnmn WINBORNE & WINBORNE. . Attorneys at Law, HURFREESBORO. N. C. Pnonea Noa. 17 and 21. GAY & MIDYETTE tsorneTS A Counsellors at Law jacxbon. M. a Practice in all Courts. All business promptly and faithfully attended to. Office 2nd floor. New Bank bnildinjr DR. J. M. JACOBS DENTIST, ROXOBEL, N. C. Extractiiur from children at same orice as adults. Dr. W. J. Ward, DENTIST. WELPON.N.O. Pr. Ehringhaus :.: DENTIST Jackson, - - N. C. Dentistry in all of its branches. Crown and Bridge work a specialty. Office In New Flythe Building overPostofflce. Jodab Copakutd HOUSE MOVERS We are now prepared to move bouses of any sise. FrirM low. It will be to roar Interest to see us. COPELAND BRO-i'SBRB. Geonre. N. C W. H. S. BURGWYN JR. ATTOBNBT AT LAW. Woodland, . North Carolina. Office in Farmer's Bank Building. Practice in all Courts. Business prompt ly and faithfully attended. Contractor and Builder. For all Brick and Plastering Construction Work communicate with A. T. yick. Contractor and Builder, Franklin, Va. , before :, letting contriact.''v:'';.:.:': . IVJ. DICKENS -I PRIVATE DETECTIVE V- i have two fine English' Blood hounds for1 rnhning down crimi- nals. ; Wire or 'phone me night or b, Wiire Or 'phone mt night or day. Jphone No. 210. ' " - 1 We Offer the New York World three times a week and the Roan- .rft7!.'-' ' ..i:..i '... -,v OKb-Chowan TIMES aU oe year for $1.65. old or hew Bubacrlp- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE Uff. An Act to Make School Attendaoce Compolsory Age 8 to 12, Term Foor NoDtbs. In accordance with an order of the County Board of Education of Northampton county, the com polBory period of school attend ance of all children between the ages of eight and twelve will be gin this year on Monday, Nov ember seventeenth, the date of opening of the rural schools. Following is the Compulsory Law, being chapter 173 of the laws of the General Assembly, session 1913: Section L That Iron; and af ter the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thir teen, every parent, guardian, or other person in the State of North Carolina having charge or control of a child or children be tween the ages of eight and twelve years, Bhall cause such child or children to attend the local public school in the district town or city in which he resides, continuously for four months of the school term of each year, ex cept as hereinafter provided. This period of compulsory at tendance shall commence at the bfgjrining of .the compulsory pe riod of the school term nearest to the eighth birthdav of such child or children, and shall cover the compulsory period of four consecutive school years there after. This period of compulso ry attendance for each public school shall commence at the be ginning of the school term of said school unless otherwise or dered by the county board of ed ucotion or, in case of towns or cities of two thousand or more inhabitants, by the board of trustees of the public schools of Baid towns or cities. Continuous attendance upon some other pub lic, school or upon any private or church school taught by compe tent teachers may be accepted in lieu of attendance upon the local public schools: Provided, that said penod of continuous attendance upon such other school shall be for at least four months of each year: , Provided, further, that any private or church school receiving for in struction pupils between the ages of eight and twelve years shall be required to keep such records of attendance of said children and to render such re ports of same as are hereinafter required of public schools. And attendance upon such schools re fusing or neglecting to keep such records and to render such re ports shall not be accepted in lieu of attendance upoq the local public school of the district, town or city which the child shall be entitled to attend. Provided, the period of compulsory attendance shall be in force and apply be tween the ages of eight and fif teen years in Mitchell County. " There are some exemptions, which can be found in the Public School Law. The penalty for violating the provisions of the act is a fine of not less than five dollars nor) 1 more than twenty: five dollars, nd upon failure or refusal to pay such fine, the par? emV guardian',' or otner person shall be imprisoned not to ex ceed thirty days in ' the County jail 1 This act does not apply if the child reside two and one half poiles or more by i the near est traveled route from the' school house; or in any case1 in Which, because of extreme poV erty the services of rBch child are necessary for1 his own sup ents, as attested by the affidavit of said parents and of Buch wit nesses as the attendance officer may require. Other sections of the law will be published next week and the week after. Very respectfully, P. J. Long, County Supt of Scnools. largarettstllle News; Messrs. J. G. Standi, J. G. Bottoms and C. B. Vick were in Jackson Monday on business. Miss Nellie Long, after spend ing the rammer in Arizona ar rived Thursday to spend some time in the home of Dr. R. Hi Standi, much to the delight of her many friends.. Miss Lillian Pan torn. Boykins', is the charming house guest - of Mrs. Alma Railey this week. Miss Iva Wheeler returned, to, her home, Roanoke Rapids, Mon day after a week's visit with Miss Nellie Woodard. ' Miss Elma Peele viBited her home people in George Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bottoms, and Mr. H. P. M. Garriss and son Lloyde, attended the M. : E. Quarterly Conference at Milwau kee, Saturday. Miss Pattie Maddrey, Boykins, is, a guest in the hospitable home of Mr. W. B. Boone. The W. C. T. U. will hold its regular meeting at the Baptist church next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The President ur gently requests all active mem bers to be present. Mrs. M. A. E. Garriss has re turned from a two week s visit In Seaboard Mr. Guerbert Wheeler, Roan oke Rapid?, spent Sunday with his friend, Mr. Raymond Wood ard. Mr. S. P. Britte of Severn was a caller in town Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson. Pendleton, spent the past week in the home of her brother, Mr Edward Stephenson. There were a number of visi tors here attending the series of meetings at the Baptist Church last week, but the writer failed to learn all their names. Mr. and Mrs. Revelle of Rose mary are visiting relatives and friends here. Little MiBS Bessie BottomBis able to resume her work in school after an absence of two weeks due to a very sore foot. The series of meetings which were in progress here last week. closed on Friday night. We felt fortunate in having Rev. John F. Cale to assist the pastor, for his sermons were always full of thoughts and admonition which should cause each and every member of his congregation to stop and consider the foundation on which he is standing. As a partial result of the good realiz ed from these meetings, there were three additions to the church by baptism. Her Pbllatbea Class. On last Sunday A. M. Mrs. W. H. S. Burgwyn and Miss Eunice Pope met with class No. 2 in the M. E. Sunday School, South, and organized it into a. Philathea class, with the following officers: President, Miss Elizabeth, Brown; Secretary. Miss Martha Lassiter; Treasurer. Miss Clorine Parker; Teacher, Miss Eunice . Pope; Committees: Scdal; MiBB Lottie Colton and Miss Bruce Griffin. Visiting:' Miss Annie Rose Jand MissIrma Jbyner. . , Martha Lassiter, i Vf! Reporter. ELIJAH'S STOUT PROVED. Scientist Says California ledwotds are Index to Past Climatic Con- dltlons. Prom the Kansas City Star. The discovery that the big trees of California are an index to climatic conditions almost from the beginning of time has just been announced by Ellsworth Huntington, a government scien tist,' in a publication entitled "The Secret of the Big Trees.", . In the growth rings of the big trees, the "Sequoia' Washington- lana, Mr. Huntington finds evi dence that- California Buffered frotnthe same drought that end ed f n Asia Minor when the pro phet Elijah prayed for rain 870 years before Christ. ' Famine afflicted Palestine in ftbe days of Elijah, according to tile biblical story. No rain fell, the. brooks ran dry, and distress was prevalent all over the land. King Ahab sent for Obadiah and commanded him to "go through the land, unto all the fountains of water and unto all the brooks; peradventure we may find grass and Bave the horses and mules' alive, that we lose not all the beaBCB." : Obadiah met Elijah on his jour ney and escorted the latter to King Ahab. Elijah prayed for rain and the famine was stopped. From this famine, 870 years be fore Christ, to the Sierra Nevada Mountains seems a long cry, but Mr. Huntington claims he has bridged the distance by growth curves on the trees. The curves begin with the epoch of the Trojan war, about 1200 B. C. There both curves dip very low, indicating an epoch of sudden and severe desiccation. That particular period, historians tell us, was one of the most chaotic in all history. The famine in the days of Eli jah appears in both curves. Ap parently at that time the climate did not become extremely dry, nothing like so bad as it had been a few hundred years earlier dur ing the twelfth century, but there was rather a distinct falling off in the amount of rainfall, as com pared with the uncommonly good conditions of the preceding cen tury. About 700 years before Christ both curves stand high in the day when the Greeks were lay ing the foundation of their fu ture greatness and the empires of Mesopotamia were at their height Then comes a pronounced falling off, with a recovery 300 or 400 years before Christ, an other decline culminating about 200 B. C. and a recovery reach ing a high point 50 B. C. The time of Christ, the great era of universal peace under the sway of Rome, was apparently an epoch of favorable climate, a time of abundant rain and con sequent good crops in all the countries around the Mediter ranean. Sea and eastward in Asia, as well as in California. Next comes a long period of dedine culminating six or seven centu ries after the time of Christ. No period in all history, save that which centers about 1200 ' B. C was more chaotic, and that early period also appears to have been a time of greatly diminished rain- fall : .. . ; Card aa,lsVV-'-v;:',v I wish to thank ihe people of Murf reesboro and vicinity and espedally Dr. Geo. N. Harrell for their kindness to. us durinat the late illness and death of my beloved husband, Samuel l). lloj- Conway Locals. Quite a number of the Deaple here attended the medal contest at Milwaukee Friday night, also the Quarterly Meeting Saturday morning. Miss . Gertrude Holloman of Murfreesboro is spending this week with her friend, Miss Mary Vinson It was a great surprise to the people in this town last Friday morning when they heard that one of our town girls, Miss Kate Flythe. and Mr. Arthur Parker of Lasker were married in Win ton the night before. Of course we were not much surprised when we beard that Mr. Parker's car was somewhat wrecked on one side, from taking a short curve. Miss Gertie Gay of Jackson is visiting friends in town this wsek. Mr. Charlie Draper is having the foundation laid for a concrete store in the North end of town. Our assistant postmaster, Mr. Luther Johnson, left last Friday for Hobbsville where he will BDend a few days with friends. There was preaching at the M. E.' church here last Friday night by Presiding Elder, Rev. R. F. Bumpass. We ar$ glad to report Mr. Ed win Earnhardt of Rutherford College, who has been very sick for some time, able to take up his school work asrain, also Mr. Paul Sykes of Wake Forest Col- leee is mdch better. MesBrs. Paul Garriss, Paul Traylor, Milton Flythe, Paul and Pierce Martin left Saturday for Norfolk where they will attend the Barnum and Bailey Show After attending the show there Mr. Garriss will go to Richmond to attend the Fair Rev. WB. Waff returned home Sunday from Margarettsville where he has been holding a re vival meeting. Mrs. J. T. Rice and Mrs. Mil ton Hedspeth spent a few days in Branchville last week. Mr. Cecil Taylor of Gumberry is visiting Miss Ethel Bnstow. Misses Mary Harrell, Bashie Sykes, Ima Joyner and Mary Grant Griffin and Mr. C.H. Grif fin of Woodland were in town Saturdav. Murfreesboro Locals. The death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hedgepeth and took away their son Wayland. He was a mem ber of the Baptist church and attended regularly. The revival services have clos ed at the M. E. church. The services were conducted bv Rev. Dr. W. B. North of Jackson. Attorneys Winborne & Win borne and L. J. Lawrence were in Winton Monday. Mr. Kicnara wataon was in Winton Monday. Mr. .and Mrs L. F. Sumner have returned from a visit to GaryBburg. Their niece, Miss Taylor, came with them. Mr. R. R. Vinson of Newport, R.1.4 visited his mother, Mrs. J. L. Wall, last Sunday. M& Vin son leaves on one of the U. , 8. Ship for-Europe soon, - Mrs. Ev F. Cooke and daugh ter; Miss Theresa, left Saturday for. Greensboro. ; i ' Mrs; C. C; Lawrence . is quite 'irwr:J.--Wfiill, who has the rheumatism, is no better. - Mri XJ;s Watson is havmgfhis home remodded. '.;.:.$r ':;Vr'..'-'i.'.'.3- 12ak & N. Deans was in Win tea fcst weefc : Y-;. ', 'j I. ; Jimes L Griffin, who has FROM JACKSON. Special Scbsol Electlon-Moonsbloe Distillery Captured-Cotloo lot-ilDg-Geoeral News. There was a very sma I crowd . here last Monday. The various county boards were in session but their meetings attracted but few visitors. Last Thursday Sheriff Hinton L. Joyner went to Pleasant Hill township and captured a moon shine distillery, the first ever captured by a sheriff of the coun ty, it is said. It was of about 60 gallon capacity. It was on the farm of R. A. Sledge, near his home, and Mr. Sledge was ar rested about 50 yards from the ' still. He claimed to be ignorant of its location on his farm. He 1 was placed under a two hundred ' dollar bond for his appearance at ' the term of our Superior Court. At the still were about two gal lons of corn whiskey and two " barrels of sour mash. Tne latter was dumped into the well. Parts " of the still were brought to Jack son and cut uo as the law re quires. The amount of drunken ness near Sledge's home caused' suspicion to rest upon him. ' ' W.M. Wood & Co. have moved ,: into their new brick store now '". n earing completion by J. N. Sel- ' don, contractor. An election has been called in Jackson to vote on a $5000 bond issue to pay off the indebtedness on the building and purchase more land for the school. Mr. W.C. Sauls.who lives near here, and Mr. Junius Bradley of Seaboard, two old veterans of. the war that ended nearly fifty years ago, were seated in front of the court house Monday talk ing about their war experiences at New Bern, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Gettysburg, Peters burg and Appomattox. These old men are fast passing away and the wonder is that so many of them remain to tell of the hardships endured and the fierce struggles engaged in half a cen tury ago Farmers from all oyer the county tell the same story about cotton rotting in the fields, though it is worse in some sections than others. Senator Peebles is in Raleigh attending the special session of the Legislature. Mrs. G. P. Burgwyn and chil dren returned home Thursday after a visit to Petersburg. Miss Mabel Dixon of Weldon has been visiting Miss Daisy Parker. Mrs. Charles Ehrhart and daughter Miss Dorothy Gay, spent the night in Lasker Fri- . day. . Dr. W.B. North has been hold ing a revival meeting in Mur freesboro. Mrs. H. R. Burgwyn and daughter have returned home f rom Taopahannock, Va. Mr. James Lamb returned to his home in Charleston, S. C, . after a few days visit in the home of Mr. R. O. Boone. . Little Misses Elma and Thelma Fleetwood entertained a number of their friends on their 10th birthday, Oct 3rd. .Misses Williams and Calvert and Messrs. iloore and , Taylor went; to Warrenton Saturday on Ur Taylors automobile ; The October meeting of the Betterment Association will be held at the residence of Mrs. J. TV Flythe on Friday" afternoon; Oct 13,at4o'dock; port or the support of his pat Saswribe tkW Tans r i( iifM vjmm. much Subscribe to the. Tessa, St.'. v V'-v
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