North Carolina Newspapers

' jt , 1 .....-,. tt- r,1' y ',7,;. 'V-'- w'-.v. . ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER. "CAROLINA; CAROLINA, HEAy!r BtESSlNGSf ATTEND HER. SUBSCRD7TI0N PER ANNUM $1.0o Volume XXII. RICH SQUARE. NORTHAMPTON COT7KT v . N. C, TOTTRSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1913. Number 48. Times. X ; PLANS, SFBCIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES ' Ftonishzd on Application :r t: E C. SMITH, General Contractor and Builder ' FRANKUN, VA. I W.Nam. J.. MASON & WORRELL. TTORNSTB ft COUNSKLLOM AT LAW, v - JACKSON, N. C. Practice is an Court. Business nromptlv and f aithfully attended to. : Office 2nd floor bank building. RAYMOND G. PARKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 1 : ; . Jackson, N. C. - Practices in all courts. All business fives'' prompt and faithful'' attention. Office 2nd Floor Bank Building. , P. B. Bwrlt PEEBLES & HARRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,. ;.f ly - JACTJOM. n. c -.v-jv ttaetiee in aD Courta. Business . pwrnntry and faithfully attended to. OR. C. 0. POWELL DENTIST, . POTECASI N. C. Can be found at hia office at all timee xeept when notice ii (riven in thia paper J. N. SELDEN CONTRACTOR & BUILDER JACKSON, S. 0. Estimates on all classes of build ing cheerfully given. TfAgent for Edwards Metal Shingles,, Write me for styles and delivered prices. . & WnraoiWs. Staklby Wmaotma. WINBORNE & WINBORNE, Attorneys at Law, MURFREESBORO. N. C Ptionea Noe. 17 and 21. GAY AMI DYETTE A Morn ev i Couneellore mt Law ; JACKSON. N.C, Prsctice ni all Courts. All buidneet rroaiptly and faithfully attended to. Office 2nd floor. New Bank building. DR. J. M. JACOBS DENTIST, ROXOBEL, N. C. -. Extractmir from children at same oriee aa adults. ' Dr. W. J. Ward, DUNXIST. WELDON.N.C Dr. E. Ehringhaus ; DENTIST v Jackson, Nv C. Dentistry in all of its branches. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. Office in New Flythe Building overPostofflce. a a. HOUSE MOVERS We are now prepared to more nobaee of anv sise. Prkee low. It will be to our interest to see us. ; COPKLAND BBOlBJCBS, Ceortre. N. C. W. H.S.BURGWYN JR. . ATTORNEY AT LAW. .Woodland, - North Carolina. Office in Farmer's Bank Building, t racticein all Courts. Business prompt ly and faithfully attended. Contractor and Builder. For all Brick 1 and Plastering Construction Work communicate with A. T. Vick, Contractor and Builder, Franklin, Va., before letting contract. 1-241-yr " S. M. DICKENS . . ' , PRIVATE DETECTIVE ! . WEUDOK, N. C."-' I have two fine English' Blood ' hounds for running down crimi nals," Wire or 'ohona me night or : day. Phone No; 210.; We offer the New - York World okb-Chowan Times all one year new 'sub r.sJ: SEABOARD LOCALS. Revival leetlnglooawaj Accident Hallowe'en Partynat tHe People are Saying and Doing. v Mrs. Maggie Ellis has conclud ed a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, E. Cuthrell, and re turned last Thursday to her home in Port Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Grace Parker, who has been visiting relatives here the past week, left Tuesday morning on early train for her home in Norfolk, Va. Mrs, Jno. D. Pope, who has been-visiting relatives in Ports mouth the past ten days, is glad ly welcomed home again. Mrs. R. RV Lawson and chil dren are spending some , weeks with relatives in Gloucester coun ty. Va. Mr. Jno. Weaver and wife, Vaughan, N. C.,' are spending some days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jones. Mrs. C. P. Stephenson, who has been suffering with erysipe las in her face, we are pleased to state, steadily improving. A horse driven into town bv Mr. Jno. Gay last Saturday af ternoon, took fright at a wheel barrow and ran away. His wife and sister, Miss Laura, were thrown from the vehicle. Mrs. Gay sustained a sprained wrist and suffered greatly from shock. Mrs. Bettie L Pruden and lit tle son, Randolph, have been away for several days visiting relatives in Woodland, Severn and other places. - -.v Rev. M. Y. Self filled his regu lar monthly appointment with bis M. E. church here list Sun day morning and at Concord in the afternoon. Bro. Self preach ed the best sermon of the year at this service. Mrs. Green F. Gay is spending some days in Henderson, in the home of her sister, Mrs. Henry Daniel, and likewise forming the acquaintance of Henry Daniel, Jr, Dr. T. J. Taylor, Warrenton, arrived by appointment. Monday morning and began preaching in the series of meetings with Sea board Baptist church Monday af ternoon, at 3:30 o'clock. Two services will be held . daily throughout the week, the evening service begins at 7:30. None should miss these excellent ser mons and it you are kept away you will be the loser thereby Rarely does one hear the simple gospel story so sweetly told as by this devout. Christian brother. Rev. Lloyd A. Parker, after two week's hard preaching in meetings the past two weeks with two Virginia churches, reached here Monday afternoon in time for the first services with his Seaboard Baotist church. He has been preaching twice a day and sometimes three times, but seems in good trim and ready for hard work here this week. Mr. M. F, Long cut his hand quite severely last week.' It has inflamed and is causing him con siderable pain as well as uneasi ness. ; ; ' ".v. x.' '.(; Mrs. Tom Jordan possesses the smartest chicken hen in all these parts. It was hatched late in the spring, some seven weeks ago it disappeared and the conclusion was that Mr, Fox had had a fine dinner, later it appeared in, the barn yard with a brood of seven beautiful little, biddies. The chicks are now $ month old and the mother heir" not over six months oli v ;i " 'V.i, j , The latest social "event was a rMs ft ;Jr ? - party given by Mies Lottie St&r 6hensdnttbTelidence'sW net 1 a s t Friday .: evening. Music, games ana reiresnments were the features of the evening. Thl guests departed at a late hour, proclaiming Miss Stephenson an ideal hostess. ' k ; The senior class of Seaboard State High School met last week and perfected their class organi zation. The . following officers were elected: Bailey Maddrev, President; Willie Norvell, Vice President; Mary Pruden, Secre tary and Treasurer; Russell Tay lor, Historian ;and Henry Garrie, Prophet. The colors for the class are old gold and black. It is the purpose of the class to formulate plans whereby - they may assist the school, teache.'B and Better ment Association in giving 1 n- tertainments etc. They arts also very enthusiastic over the idea of making commencement 1914 the greatest in the school's his-, tory. They intend to prepare and have class day exercises on that occasion. Watch this class. rneseaDoara mgn scnool is planning another Hallowe'en fete for Friday night, October 31, 1913, more mention of which will be made later. advancement of tne Negro. Charlotte Observer. The facts and figures collected by the Census Bureau regarding the progress of the negroes in this country have not had that general circulation -nor the dis cussion they 'deserve. They cover the period following the freedom of the negro, which means the nroffrefia of half a centurv. A summary- of the" census reportf shows in brief that there are more than twice as many negroes in the United StateB as there were when the emancipation pro- i clamation was issued, In 18S3 the economic value of each negro was figured at $500. The esti mated value today is" $2,500. There are more than 100,000.000 acres of land cultivated by ne groes today as tenants or owners. One-third of 1,000,000 negroes are engaged in skilled trades; more than 20,000 stores are own ed by negroes, and 450 newspap ers are conducted by them. The amount of Church property own ed by the negroeB of the United States is now in excess of $57, 000,000, and the negro churchej contribute more than $50,000 an nually to foreign missions. . In addition to this, the negroes pay upwards of $13,000,000 annually for educational purposes. Negro students halve won honors in many American and foreiga uni versities. The Census Bureau contends that the negroes are developing the virtues of thrift and.in proof of it the incident is cited that the members of the Ninth Cavalry have putby$110,- WO m savings trom tneir army pay. The Observer regards this as a broad subject and one that should have been gone into more thoroughly. It would have been especially interesting to have had the figures as to the advancement of the Southern negro in farming and in the trades. In some of the Southern cities Charlotte for in stance the negroos would have made a good Bhowing as patrons of the savings banks and build ing ' and loan associations, and consequently as home owner The proportion of preachers to graduates turned out injo the useful professions would probab ly show a decline, and the ,race as a whole would demonstrate rapid progfesstdward independ ence fa U velihood-Iwocupation.- al training we belief the negroeff m or ta-.-varpuna. are.:maKing lfreatexdxan5emerAtaiin aiy P1PDLS9IT ATTERDINCE LAW. Actio Nike) Scnool Attendance Compulsory-Age 8 to 12, Term Eoor Months. ( ontinued from last week.) Section 2. This act shall not apply in any caBe in which the i.kM -L: i ..i i: as attested by an legally lified physician before any rt having jurisdiction under thjs act, renders his attendance impracticable or inexpedient; or injany case in which the ' child Sides two and one-half miles or re bv' rthe nearest traveled route from the schoolhbuse; or in anj case in which, because of extreme poverty the services of such child are necessary for his own Bupport; or the support of his parents;' as attested by the affidavit of said parents and of such witnesses as the attendance officer may require; or in any case in which said parent, guar dian or other person having charge or control of the child shall show before any magistrate by affidavit of himself and of such witnesses as the attendance officer may require, that the child is without necessary books and etching for attending school, and tat he is unable to provide the necessary books .and clothes: Provided; that wnen books and clothing shall have been provid ed. through charity or by other means, the child snail no longer be exempt from attendance un der this provision. Section 3. Every parent, guar- dian.or other person in tne State of North Carolina having charge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and twelve years Bhall cause said child to attend school as afore said: Provided, that occasional aoience from such attendance by such child amounting to not more than two unexcused absences in four consecutive weeks shall not be unlawful: Provided, further, that the superintendent, princi pal or teacher in charge of any school may excuse any child for a temporary absence because of unusual storm t bad weather, sickness or death in the child's family, unforeseen or unavoid able accidents, and such excuse and reason therefor shall be re corded by said superintendent, principal, or teacher in charge of school and reported to the at tendance officer as hereinafter provided: Provided, further, that incase of protracted illness of any child whose attendance is required under this act.or in case of quarantine of the home in which the child resides, upon re port of the health officer or upon satisfactory evidence to this ef fect, the attendance officer shall excuse from attendance such child until he is fully restored to health or until the time required by law that he shall stay out of school after quarantine has been raised.' -.. Section 4. Any parent, guar dian or other person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dol lars, and upon failure or refusal to pay such fine said parent,guar dian, or other person shall be imprisoned not to exceed thirty days Urtbewranty; jailrPrpvid ed,ntfiai the fine lor 'any first of f enee'rday? upon the' payment of costs; be suspended and not col-lected-until . the same party is convicted, of a second offense: Providadrf urther,- that after the (the service of the notice by the ( attendance officer each and every person shall willfully or unlaw fully keep such child or children from school, or allow him to re main out of school, shall consti tute a separate offense and shall subject said person to penalties herein prescribed. II Yon Own Your Farm Use Printed Stationery. Every farmer who owns a hun dred acres of land or more ought to have printed stationery, with his name and the name of his farm and his postoffice address properly given. The printed head ing should also give the names of whatever crops he specializes on, and of whatever varieties of seed or whatever breeds of hogs, cattle, or poultry he keeps. Print ed stationery gives you standing with whatever person or firm you are writing to and gives you a new dignity and besides insur ing that your name and address will always bs given properly and in full. Moreover.such printed station' ery increases your credit prominent advertiser wrote one of our readers the other day say ing: " We usually require cash with order for all our goods, but we have found that it pays to trust a man who uses printed stationery as you do: so we are shipping your order at once If you want to write to your Congressman or member of the Legislature; or if you have a re quest to make of your County Superintendent of Schools; or if vou wish to get information from any business house, in any case your letter will have increased weight and get prompter atten tion if you use printed stationery. Even if you use postal cardi buy 200 to 500 at the time and have your name and address printed in the corner. Get the habit of using printed stationery. The next time you go to town, why not drop into one of the job printing offices and give an order for 1,000 sheets of printed note paper and 1,000 en velopes to match? It will be one of the best investments you have ever made in you life. The Pro gressive Farmer. George News. Mr. Henry W. Jessup attend ed the Virginia State Fair at Richmond last week. Mrs. J. El wood Copeland spent several days in Norfolk, Va., the past week. Mr. Henry White of High Point and Mr. Josephus Byrd of Somerton, Va.. have been at Jesse W. Peele's for a few days. Mr. Herbert S. Smally was in Murfreesboro on Monday of this week. Mr. C. W. Harvey of Rich Square spent Saturday night at Mr. G. H. Parker's. Mr. C. G. Parker and family visited in the home of Mr. W. F. Hunter in Rich Square, Sunday. Misses Ethel Futrell and Han nah J. Starr of Woodland dined at Mr. A. E. Copeland's last Sunday,. Mr. Jesse W. Peele died Tues day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The funeral takes place Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Olney Academy to be conducted by the Friends. He was on of the best ( citizen of the 'country bu t J 'Th Olhetbioyt 5df tfce ' hforh school rnJtfsoxild- like to le yelop their debating powers' and are williriflr to debate ant bova of their grade' In ' schools 1 within la re&son&Lle distance from George L-; ttcai tea from any schools td tartidDatr in ' WOODUVD ITEMS. Betterment Meeting Be&otlful and Helpful Service at Temperance . Veetlog Persooals. Services were conducted at the Methodist church Sunday night by the pastor, Rev. W. C. Mer ritt. Mr. and Mrs. C. J- Vaughan were in Norfolk a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Pond and Mr. R. B. Benthai! were in Rich mond last week, attending the fair. State Mission Day was observ ed by the Sunbeams of the Bap tist church Sunday morning. , A very good program was render ed. Misses Lillian Carter, Inez Benthall, Sibyl Harrell, Hannah Holloman and Jessie Griffin of Chowan College, spent Sunday at home. The Betterment Association will meet next Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the Academy. The president desires a large at tendance, as it is the time for the election of officers. For the past three or four weeks, I have tried to write just a few items of news for this pa per. I did not consider myself the reporter, but simply wrote a few times, thinking that one would soon be secured. I had no idea there could be any one in .this good town, watching for a chance to criticise me a very young tchool girl. I regret that ' I haven't the ability to write aa interesting a letter as the fortu nate one desires. However, I hnpe to see nothing but the very best from this good writer in the' future. If it were possible for us to see ourselves as others see us, I fear there would be but few attempts of this kind by s:hcol girls and boys. Woodland W. C. T. U. held its regular meeting 8th inst. at the Academy. The subject, "Puri ty." being one of unusual inter est and importance, brought to gether a larger audience tha.i usual, about half of whom were girls in their teens. To these latter a beautifully sweet and impressive message went forth encouraging them to develop purity in themselves and use their influence in the right direc tion on those with whom they came in contact. The immodest dress, the dance, the reading of impure literature and many oth er evils tending to impurity were decried in no uncertain souu Is, They were reminded of the Psalmist's, injunction "That our daughters may be as cornor stones, polished after the simi i tude of a palace." A Borne Coming. Tuesday. Oct. 21, 1913, at 10 o'clock the Alumnae . of Chowan Colleure will meet on the college campus, very interesting work will be discussed. At noon ; free luncheon will be given, and at this time former friends and stu dents as well as present friends and students will have an oppor tunity to gi eet one another with a hearty hand-shake and spend a few minutes very pleasantly in conversation.' . '".'.':; -:V In the afternoon addresses will be maid by, prominent erThe v aej : aw. yw w Maw f vm iM'M'i nrffed to' be present and the college wilf be glad Id give thehi Viearty wdk cmvbic&to therWollese cirigq ;.li;.;9633jfW .baft- tione. '1".;; Hi.,"