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ANDREW J. CONNER. PUBLISHER
"CAROUNA. CAROLINA. HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER"
SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.00
-OLUME XXXV
RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1926
NUMBER S
SEVERN NEWS
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
Preparing tor Next Meeting llrby
Township Club-Deatl) ot Iiiant -
Geoeral News
SEABOARD NEWS
Miss Claire Howell spent Fri
day in Suffolk havinK dental
work done.
Messrs G. K. Stephenson and
G. H. Britt were in Whaleyviile,
Va., on business last Wednesday
They also attended a Peanut
Meeting in Suffolk on same day.
Mrs, J. L. Collier left Thurs
day for a hospital in Norfolk for
treatment.
The Music Club was delight
fully entertained in the home of
Mrs. Lula White Friday evening.
Messrs W. F.' Spencer, J. W.
Fleetwood and Rev. A. W. H.
Jones attended a banquet given
by the Masonic Lodge of Boykins,
Va.. last Thursday evening. They
reported a most enjoyable occa
Sion, having heard 80^me of the
best speeches of their lives.
Mr. T. B. Zeaman.lKeyesville,
. Va., is visiting his daughter. Mrs
A, W. H. Jones.
Miss Sabring Holder, Boykins,
Va., is spending this week with
her sister, Mrs. D. S. O’Neal.
The Chowan Gub will meet
with Mrs, G, H. Barnes next
Saturday afternoon. All members
as well as those who are inter
ested in Chowan College are re
quested to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Joyner were
guests of relatives in Woodland
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Florence Barkley, Chow
an College, had as her week end
guests. Misses Mary Brumsey
and Maude Buchanan, also of the
college.
©n last Friday afternoon the
death angel visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Barnes and
claimed their 'infant daughter,
Willie Mae, tweSve months old.
Everything that possibly could
be done by relatives, friends and
Dr. A. R. Hodge to save little
Willis Mae. yebthe hand of death
could not be stayed. Mr, and
Mrs. Barnes have the sympathy
of the entire community in their
bereavement.
Messrs Royal Watson and Cle
ments Stephenson, students of
Elon College, spent the week
end with their home people.
Royail was called heme on account
of the serious illness of his fath
er, Mr.J. S. Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M, Fleetwood
with their daughter and son,
Francis and Barham, also Mr. J.
W. Fleetwood, visited Mr. P. M,
Fleetwood and family,, Jackson,
Sunday afternoon, »
Mr. J. S. Watson, accompanied
by Mrs. Watson and his physi
cian. Dr. A. R. Hodge, went to
Lakeyiew Hospital, SuiSolk, last
Thursday. Mr. Watson had an
attack of chromic appertdkiitis and
it is feared by Dr. Hodge that an
operation will bs necessary,
Mr. E. P. Gulledge. County
Agent, called on a good many of
our progi'essive farmers the past
week in the intereistof the Jiirby
Township Farmers Club. The
next meeting of the club will
meet here in March and the
principal speaker will bi^ Mr.
Frank Page, head of our great
highway system. Be on the look-
To Be Held at Jackson and Woodland
April 23rd and 24tli—To Stage
Pageant at Fair Grounds
As a departure from our :.pre
vious commencements some of
the final contests will be held at
Jackson Friday night, April 23;
others at Woodland, April 24th.
We wish every ©ne to see the
Pageant and consequently wilf
present it at the Roanoke Chow
an Fair grounds where those
wishing may secure grand stand
seats at a sm^ll charge. No ad
mission will be charged to enter
the grounds.
Every contest and exhibit fea
ture has been selected to repre
sent the everyday . work of the
schools. They will be the tieing
up forces of our year’s work.
Consequently we cannot urge too
strongly that every school im the
county enter every contest. We
are not striving lor winners, but
for 100 per cent representation
of the schools in every feature.
No prices are offered this year.
As heretofore nest (exhibits,
whether local or at Group Com
mencement will be marked by
ribbons. Local schools are ex
pected to have at least s'x con
teitaiits for each exhibit number.
The names of the winners in the
contests and the schools they
represent will be published. The
paints won by each school in
final contests will be added, and
publisiied. Points won in exhi
bits will also be published if
practicable.
The program is as follows:
IfisOe Fageant—Children of old
Carolina, staged by Itiss Ethel
Rockwell, University of North
Caroline.
1:15 P. M. Pleasure Reading
Contest—Winners at Group Com
mencements will compete against
Woodland, Rich Square and Sea
board. Story Telling Contest
fprlvate.l)
2;00 ©elivery of Seventh Grade
Certificateo.
■2:80 Athletic Events
County Commencement will be
preceded by a series of three
Croup Commencements held at
Conway on Friday, April 16th,
at Garysburg. Wednesday, April
21st, .and Jackson, Friday, April
23rd. The program of each of
these will consist of chores, and
elimination contests in Reading,
Story Telling, Spelling and Ath
letics for boys and girls. There
will be no nublic address at either
Group or County Commencement
this year.
P J. L^ng, Superintendent,
BiLANOfiS Pennv, Supervisor.
Seaboard Dramatic Club Wins-
Cases of “Flu”--Steady Promo
tion of Northampton Man
THE EDWARDS FERRY BRIDGE
on the bridges of the East and
on the hard surfaced roads of the
West, then let us ask Mr. Page
to explaim to tis how we can get
a good road. A Virginia highway
is on the North of us, last a few
miles this side of Courtland and
when we reach it we are accessi
ble to Emporia, Petersburg, Rich
mond, Suffolk and Norfolk. Then
on the South six miles we have
the N. C. No. 48 and the high
ways which pass through Rich
Square. The writer does not
I know of any highway which the
irtTorlhe “announcemenroulelatf*^® jieeds worse than one from
exact date. Invite your friends Square to the Virginia line,
and relatives and let us give the Woodland. Potecasi. Mil
waukee, Conway, Ppndletm and
Severn. Let us act
The Parent Teachers Associa-
jfreat nm-: tion mer. Tuesday P. M. at school
In the I
Pa
club a large attendance,
meantime we can tell Mr Page
how we are isolated from thej
i.-ign A av system uc our ' ro®*-Tuesday P.
gre tc Mat.'. Lnuiure him t. have! hnilding. Some very important
somitn ng done to relieve the git-1 husineas was attended to.
'nation coat we are now existingi The Fidelis Classofthe Baptist
under. If our stale nas spent all cliurch met with Miss Claire
the money appropriated for roads, Howell Monday evening.
In a preliminary one act play
contest between Murfreesboro,
Conway, Seaboard and Ahoskie,
held at Chowan College Friday
night, Seaboard High School won
the first place with “The Will o’
the Wisp.’’ Another preliminary
will be arranged, by the Carolina
Dramatic Association in which
Seaboard will again compete,
Mr. J. T. Maddrey, Weldon,
was a business visitor here Mon
day and spent a short while with
his mother, Mrs. R. M. Maddrey.
Mr, and Mrs. MattR. Stephen
son spent Sunday at Roanoke
Rapids with friends.
Mrs. Ella Edwards left Tues
day morning for Norfolk to con
sult a specialist. She was accom
panied by her son, Mr. W. Paul
Edwards.
Mr. Willie Britton, Conway,
was a caller Sunday in the home
of Mr. H. H. Duke. /
Rev. Frank Culbreth filled his
regular appointment with Sea
board M.E, church Sunday even
ing. He announced the second
quarterly conference would be
held at Pleasant Grove Saturday,
Presiding Elder Gotten will
preach at eleven o’clock. Dinner
will be served on the grounds
and the business session held in
the afternoon.
Prof, and Mrs. H. M. Lynch
attended a Masonic banquet at
Boykins Thursday afternoon.
Miss Virginia Brake Maddrey
spent the week-end at Garysburg
a birthday guest of her friend.
Miss Mary Craig Suiter.
Miss Irene Sykes, Garysburg,
was a guest Monday of her
friend. Miss Ida Sue Long.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Maddrey
and ehildren were Sunday after
noon guesits of Mrs. Maddrey's
mother, Mrs, Martha Buffalee,
Jackson.
Mr. G. Fenton Crocker, Wil
mington, was a business visitor
here the past Thursday.
Mr. E. W, Edwards, who was
taken suddenly ill tke past Thurs
day. is roijfih improved and re
euperating rapidly.
Misses Befrtie and Mary Spen
cer, Mary Stephenson and Ida
Matthews, students of Chowan
College. Murfreesboro, spent the
week end here with their respee
tive parents.
Mr. Lloyd Ct'Oeker, Wilmiug
ton, a much beloved Seaboard
ian, has been signally honored
within the past few moEths. He
has been in the employment of
the.A. C. .L- Railroad. Wdlming-
ton district, for a number of
years. By faithful service and
close application to his duties he
has received what ke deserved—•
merited promotions. Lloyd was
acting trainmaster from ADriL24,
1925, until Nov, Ist, 1925 when
he was promoted to trainmaster.
He served in that capacity only
one month when he was promot
ed to Superintendent. The man v
friends of this worthy young
Northamptonian will be glad to
hear of bis success and none,
perhaps, will express surprise,
when they recall that no finer
character ever left his native
county to seek his fortune else
where.
On last Thursday afternoon
Mrs. W, D. Barbee’s Sunday
School class gave Mrs. Mollie
Bradley a severe pounding, con
sisting of everything in the eat
ing line. They sang songs, re
cited and also read several Bible
selections.
Quite a number of our citizens
(Continued on page eight)
Will Probably Be Opened to the Pub
lic This Week -liannot Be Com
pleted Before Warm Weather
The Edwards Ferry Bridge,
which has been under construe
tion for three years, having been
commenced February 28, 1923,
will probably be opened to the
public the latter part of this
week. It lacks only about two
inches of asphalt on the floor to
be completed. This cannot be
applied until warm weather. The
temperature has to be not less
than 55 for three days before it
is applied, and must be used in
good weather. But the floor of
the bridge has been laid for some
time and a considerable quantity
of gravel has been hauled from
the Halifax side to put on the
road between the bridges. If the
weather is good this can be com
pleted in three or four days.
If the bridge is opened to the
public now it will probably be
closed again for short time in
the spring when the asphalt is
apiplied to the floor.
This IS the second larges*: bridge
project yet undertaken by the
State, was the largest until the
Chowan bridge between Edeb
House and Edenton was begun
The span over the river is only
352 feet, but on the Northamp
ton side there is a succession of
bridges with fills in between to
allow the free flow of the fresh
ets that occur in the Roanoke
occasionally. There are six of
the bridges in all, numbered
from one '(the span over the
channel of the river) to six in
clusive, number one being the
one nearest Scotland Neck, and
number six, on the Hodge farm
which is owned bv John H-ughes
of Jackson, being 4J miles from
number one. Two of thorn are
on curves, so placed, perhaps, to
show the«kill of the engineers
and bridge builders. Anyway,
the whole is a marvel of engi
neering skill in bridge bailding.
The alignmient seems to ee per
fect everywhere. The whole of
tne bridge except the abutment
on the Halifax side is in North
amptOD, the West bank of the
river being the dividing line be
tween the two counties.
As our Halifax friends will be
(Coming over on the NorthadsiptcJn
side to see wihat manner of peo
pie possess tke land of Canaan a
few points are given.
Between the fRoanoke and Rich
Square only fijur white families
live,'the farms being cultivated
almost exclusively by colored
peojile, and they own much of
the land. At the time of his
death, in the early eighties all
the land from the Roanoke out to
old River road between Roxobel
and Jackson, as we come from
Scotland Neck, was owned by
Edmund Jacobs who was, the
wealthiest man then living in
Northamptoo. He owned thous
ands of acres of land. Soon after
passing bridge No. 6 in the grove
on the left wag the home of Dr.
John C. Jacobs, a son of Edmund
Jacobs, but who moved to Hend
erson where he died.several years
ago. A little furtheP on at a
curve to the left is the Vann
place, the ancestral home of the
late Albert Vann, now owned
and occupied by W. A. Braey.
Half a mile farther is what is
now known as the Lassiter fork
where the road branches off to
Roxobel and points in Bertie.
This was known years ago as the.
Dr. Williams place. It is only
five miles from this point to
Roxobel. As we reach the sub
urbs of Rich Square on the left
is the old Corinth Baptist church
Potecasi And Vicinity
Mr. E B. Lassiter and sisters,
Mrs.Doffermyre and Miss Gladys,
motored to Norfolk last week.
The play given by the High
School Thursday night was thor
oughly enjoyed by all. The pupils
showed they had had excellent
training.
The W. M. U. held their regu
lar monthly meeting Saturday af
ternoon with Mrs. L. R. Joyner
with a large crowd in attendance
The Parent-Teachers Associa
tion will meet at 3 o’clock Friday
afternoon, Feb. 26th, All the
members are requested to be
present and bring some one with
you as we have important busi
ness to come before us.
Mrs. Euzelia Doffermyre and
Miss Gladys Lassiter were in
Murfreesboro shopping Monday
morning.
Miss Jessie Marie Parker and
Mrs. W. K. McLean of Chowan
College spent the week end at
home here.
Mr. A. J. Harrell spent Thurs
day in Suffolk.
Mr, and Mrs. W. C. Lassiter
and little daughter spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Grant, of Ridge
way. On Monday they motored
to Henderson to do some shop
ping.
Miss Margaret Overton spent
the week-end with her home
folks in Coleraine. She had as
her guest Miss Clara Hayes.
Miss Jeannette Parker spent
the week end in Conway and
Jackson.
Miss Mary Sue Wigley, Home
Demonstration Agent, met her
class Monday afternoon, with
Mrs. Euzelia Doffermyre. After
very interesting meeting on
values of food, Mrs. Doffermyre
served delicious candies. The
next meeting will be held with
Mrs. A. J. Harrell on March 15.
Messrs W. C. and A. L. Lassi
ter made a trip to Windsor Mon
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs, C. W. Blow and
Mr. N. W. Blanchard went to
Winton Sunday afternoon.
GEORGE-WOODLAND NEWS
Loses To Weldon in State Series-
Defeats Chowan College and
Hertford-General News
now owned and used by the col
ored Methodist congregation
They also own a home nearby
for their pastor. The next clust
er of buildings, on the right is
Rich Square Institute, a school
for the colored, employing ten
teachers. The buildings on the
left opposite the school are ownec
by white people as are all the
others on both sides as we pass
throught town.
As we approach the business
section, on the left, is the Rich
Square public school property,
comprising eleven acres. In the
center is the $125,000.00 High
School building, containing 20
class rooms, library, office, teach
ers rest rooms, first aid or hospi
tal room, and an auditorium with
a seating capacity of 800. The
other brick building naarby is
the home for the teachers, cost
ing $25,000. The large wooden
building is known as the Com
munity building. The second
floor is the school gymnasium anc
the first floor is used for com
munity meetings of various kinds
The church nearby is the Metho
dist Church. At the corner at
the bank building State High
way No. 305 is reached. Visitors
should not fail to make the
round trip over this and No. 48
going to the nght by way of
Aulander, Ahoskie, Winton, Mur
freesboro, Conway and Jackson,
returning to Rich Square from
Jackson. You come out into No.
805 half a mile East of Jackson,
in sight of the town.
Mr. Alton Batts, Tampa, Fla.,
who has been visiting his little
daughter in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Outiand, Jr., the oast
week, left for his home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J Vaughan
left Sunday for Baltimore where
they went to purchase spring
millinery.
Mrs. Dan Holloman and little
son are visiting friends in Suf
folk, Va.
Mr. J. E. Baugham and daugh
ter, Mias Ruth, Portsmouth, are
spending a few days in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boyce.
Dr. and Mrs, E. J. Griffin of
Edenton, spent Saturday and
Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Griffin.
Mrs. W. S. Beil and Miss Mabel
Parker visited friends in Roxobel
Monday afternoon.
Senator W. H. S. Burgwyn was
in New York last week on busi
ness.
Raymond Benthall and Powell
Joyner, stu*dentsat Wake Forest,
spent the week end here with
their parents.
Mrs. W. H. S. Burgwyn left
for Roanoke Rapids Monday,
where she is receiving'treatment
in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
In the second game of the
championship series, Weldon eli
minated Woodland from the race
by the score of 17 to 15 in one'
of the most exciting games ever
witnessed m this part of the
State. At the end of the 1st
half the score was 11 6 in favos
of Weldon. Our boys staged a.
come-back and run the score up-
to 15 11 in our favor where the
score stood until near the end of
the game when Weldon caged
two field goals tieing the score
At the end of the last period'tfm
score still stood 15 15. They
played two extra 3 minute periods
and it was not until they were in
the last minute of the last period
that our opponents dropped in a
field goal which decided the con
test in favor of Weldon. Man
ning, of Roanoke Rapids, was
referee.
The girls basket ball team de
feated the fast Chowan College
team Saturday night by score
28-22, At the end of first half
the visitors had about a six point
lead, but in the second half the
home team got together and
staged a great come back which
resulted in the defeat of the
visitors.
The boys team defeated Hert
ford High School team Thursday
night of last week in a rather
slow game. The score was 33-
12
Mr. W. J. Brown and Mr. J,
G. Parker were in Murfreesboro
Monday of this week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Windle
and little daughter visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W, H.
Spivey Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. A, J. Outiand and grand
daughter, little Etholene Batts,
in company with Mr. Alton Batts
visited friends in Burga(v and
Wilmingtop over the week-end,
Mrs. J. E. Revelie, and son
James, and Mrs. C. R. Revelie,
Holly Grove, visited in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Parker
Monday afternoon.
Endorses Dr. Parker
Jackson, N. C. Feb. 22.—To the
voters of Northampton County:
I heartily recommend and en
dorse Dr. Carl P. Parker for
State Legislature. He is a co
operative citizen and a profes
sional gentleman.
Sincerely yours,
L, E, McDaniel,