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uUJiffif XXXV C, THURSDAY, APRIL' IS, 1926 :i: . x NUMBER 15
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XIRBT TOWNSHIP. FAB 9BEKS CLUB
CRIMINAL COURT
THE NEWS FROM CONWAY :v NEWS FROM KELFORD
SEABOARD NEWS
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y The Chowan College Glee Club
; ' ;'- will render a program at, Severn
' v High School . building Tuesday
evening, April 20th. Admission
" . j will be . 60 and 86 cts.. The gen
V": eral public is urged to come out
vaA enjoy the program. :yfA t;
i Several from here attended the
Mission rally at Convey Baptist
church last Friday. : ;
Miss Gracie Moore of' Ridge
. way Bpent two days with her
. 1 friend, Mrs. H. P. Stephenson,
: last week,
; ; Miss Julia Calvert, who is head
' f the music department in the
vv high school, spent the week-end
V ' -; with relatives in Norfolk.
Mrs. D. S. O'Neal visited her
;. f S'ster, Mrs G. S. Pruden, Boy
kins, Friday.; ' -r'-y,
i , , Among those who attended the
' bill game between Washington
ouid New York in Norfolk last
;f Friday were Messrs M. L, Martin,
a G. R Stephenson, R. G. Davis
J and J, C Fleetwood.
The baseball game lasfThjirs
i; day between the high school team
" here and Boykins high school re
y suited in a victory for the home
y.: . team, y- -y "y.
V Mr. and llrs. William Avent
v of Portsmouth, Va., were week
v end visitors of his brother, Mr,
y; Ashby Avent. .
' Mr. J. Alton Lewter of Char
lotte spent several days last week
with his parents, Mr. MiVfttk'
;T W. M. Lewter. He left for Bal
y timore Monday where he wjll re
. 4rt for..:- further" transfer - to
Miami, Fla ; He has ,beenen)-.
ployed by the Fleishman Yeast
y '- Co. for some time. . . ,
y Mr and Mrs. Ernest Howell
: and Miss Margaret Murden visit
y d Mrs. Howell's mother, Mrs.
yy.J. ' B. Powell. Lvnnhaven, Va.,
y for the week-end.
The Farmers Mfg. Co. is In
: , - stalling machinery to cut staves
, and headings at their plant here,
y We are very glad of the addition
as it will reauire several more
employes to run the stave and
heading department.
y Mr. L. E. Holland, who works
; in the Norfolk oiBceof the Farm
y ers Mfg.. Co.. spent a few days
at the plant here laBt week.
y Misses Maude and Mattie .Vin
y y gon and Mrs. Yergfe Wynn, Mur-
freesboro, were Sunday after
noon guests of their cousin, Mrs
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V r rf. U- joyner, .
: Mr. and Mrs 0 R. Joyner of
. Suffolk were Sunday guests of
.' his mother, Mrs. Ida Joynery-
Mr. and Mrs. J, B Modlin of
Union visited ' their daughter,
: Mrs. C. S, Long, Sunday. : -
: The Fidelia Class of the Bap
r;'y tist church will conduct an apron
y sale next ' Saturday afternoon.
('i Tbey are trying to raise some
y funds on the beautiful new car
.;' -pet which they purchased for the
church few days ago ! : -
yy Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lasslter,
Potecasi, were Sunday afternoon
guests of her sister. ' Mrs. H. P,
y Stephenson.' , v.1
Miss Bettie Long of the high
achool faculty spent' tho ,week:
'A end with her home people, Sea-
fi:bard.: ;;,; :
Mr.:-;; Leroy yylor Jackson,
'i"t: as a callef in the home ."of MK
" Ernest Howell Sunday " evening.
?-!?Th churches here jvefe i'fVvor'.
i! eh with : three . strong sermons
.SunayRer:.E,';Byfcr8ven-:at
; y Methodist church Sunday, morn-
V ing and Key. A. w. tt Jones at
Paptlst
Suoday afternoon and
The next meeting of the Kirby
TownBhip Farmers Club will be
held at Conway High School
building Friday night. April 16.
at 8P M.
Dr. Winters, head of the North
Carolina Agricultural Experiment
Station and plant breeding speci
alist, will address the Club on
the. value of purebred cotton
eeed. Dr. Winters nag been
selecting and breeding cotton
seed for 10 years.
The value of purebred strains
and work which he has accom
plished for the farmers of North
Carolina is estimated at around a
million dollars to the State.
Come out and hear one of the
State's leading experts on pure
bred seed. Ladies invited.
H. G. Wharton,
Instructor in Agriculture.
MargarettSTille News Items
MrB. Rosa Norvel of Ports
mouth is spending sometime here
with her daughter, Mrs. M. N.
Carpenter.
Miss Viola Bass of Seaboard
spent the week-end here with
her friend Miss Mildred Taylor.
, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Gray spent
the week-end with relatives in
Wayerly, Va.
Little Miss Barbara Gray is
spending several days in Wayer
ly with her two grandmothers.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bottoms
and two children, and Misses
Leatb Bottoms, Elizabeth and
Johnnie Bottoms spent Sunday
afternoon in Bojkina with Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Barnes.
' Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Gray,
Misses Ide Hayward, Johnnie
Bottoms and Mary Caates attend
ed a show in the theatre at Roa
noke Rapids Wednesday evening.
- Mrs! Annie Vick spent Mon
day in Norfolk on business. '
Mrs. J. A. Pruden and three
children, Mrs. H. C. Bottoms and
two children and Miss Johnnie
Bottoms spent Monday afternoon
in Severn, the guests of Miss
Claire Howell.
Quite a number from here
motored to Weldon and Roanoke
Rapids Saturday, shopping.
Rev. A. W. H. Jones filled his
regular appointment at the Bap
tist Church here Sunday A. M,
As usual he preached a very
good sermon.
Mrs. Mollie A. Vick. of the
Vultare School faculty, spent the
week end here with her mother,
Mrs. Alma Railey.
The W. M. S. of Sharon M. E.
Church was entertained by Mrs
M. ' N. Carpenter Wednesday
afternoon. After the business
meeting was over Mrs. Carpenter
served ice cream and cake. ,
I Miss Evelyn Garriss and Mr
Roy Garriss returned to Wood
land Sunday to resume their
studies in Woodland High School
after having spent three weeks
here with their parents Mr. and
Mrs. A. 8. Garriss. The school
was suspended on account of
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SCHOOL NOTES
The Conway Group Comment
cement will be held on Friday,
April 16th. . All contestants in
the. County. Music Memory Con
test will be present. : The win
ner's here will represent our
county in the State contest to be
held In Raleign next week. ;' ?
Conway is one of 'our largest
Groubs. 1 The day 'will be very
interesting and parents are .es
pecially urged to come and see
what; their children have been
doing this year, , '
Blanche Penny,
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Cases Tried and Disposed ol Second
Week Spring Term Northampton
. Superior Court
Following is the record of the
criminal cases for second : week
of court in which pleas of guilty
were entered or jury verdict of
guilty found.
State, vs Simon Pender. Ope
rating. Car while drunk. Guitty,
Jail for 12 months, assigned -to
roads of Halifax County. Jail
sentence to be stricken out on
condition that defendant pay the
cost and that he enter bond of
$300.00 to appear at Spring and
Fall terms of Court for 2 years
to show that he has been of good
behavior and has not drunk any
liquor for a term of 2 years and
that he has not driven an auto
for a period of 12 months.
State vs W. R. Bracey. De
fendant tsnders plea of guilty of
operating auto while under the
influence of liquor, which State
accepts, Prayer for judgment
continued for 2 years upon pay
ment of costs, and defendant to
enter into a bond in the sum of!
$300, conditioned upon his good
behavior and his not operating
an automobile in the State of
North Carolina for two years,
and appearing with witnesses at
the Fall and Spring terms of this
Court for a period of two years
to show his good behavior. '
State vs Jule Bell, continued
for the term. v
State vs Robert Gorham and
Ossie Ruffin. Liquor. Continued
upon condition that Robert Gor
ham enter into a bond in the
amount of $200 00, and that Ruf
fin enter into a bond of $500.00
with two sureties required on
bond to be approved by the
clerk of this Court and to be re
sidents of Northampton County.
State vs Mary Crew, alias Mary
Porter, alias Mary Lewis. Big
amy. Bond of $400. 00, forfeited
ordered same paid over to school
fund.
State vs L. C. Daughtry and
Paul Massey. Operating car
while drunk. Jury verdict as to
Daughtry not guilty. Paul Mas-
-say, guilty of unlawful possession
of liquor. Judgment suspended
for 2 years upon payment of
costs and give bond $150.00 to
appear at Fall and Spring terms
Court to show good behavior and
has not drunk liquor.
State va J. V. Jordan. Dis
turbing assembly. Pleads guilty
of disturbing assembly and car
rying concealed weapon. Judg
ment $100.00 fine and costs as to
c. c. w. As to disturbing as
sembly judgment suspended on
condition that he give $15000
bond for his appearance at Fall
and Spring terms of Superior
Court to show good behavior and
law abiding citizen. y
- State vs D. L. Ricks and Rud
die Ricks. Ruddie not guilty and
D. L. Ricks guilty of simple as
sault. Judgment suspended up
on payment of costs.
Roiobel fradedscbbol
V y Honor Roll Serento Booth
First Grade-Marjorie Burkett,
Virginia Burkett, Florence Vick,
Sallie Vick. Helen Vick.
. Second Grade William Blow,
Sarah Smith, Jack Tyler. , -'
Third Grade-Thomas , F. Nor
fleet, Jr.V Luther Bryant. Jr
Nettie Louise Peele. " k .
Fourth Grade Mary Alice Mc
Cain.
Fifth Grade-Eliae Barnes,
Group Commencement To Meet Bcre
Friday-Ladles To Serve LoocH
-Concert By Glee Club
The group commencement will
be held at Conway, Friday, April
16, beginning at ten o'clock. The
Parent Teacher Association will
serve a lunch in cafeteria Btyle.
The proceeds of this will go to
the paying iff the debt on the
auditorium seats. This is a
worthy cause, bo come prepared
to eat a good, wholesome lunch
and to aid the Parent Teacher
Association.
On Saturday evening, April 17,
St eight o'clock, a concert will be
given here by the Roanoke
Rapid Glee Club and Orchestra.
Miss Claiu Henly, a soloist, will
give several' selections. This
promises to be an educational
program especially to music
lovers. The admission for the
evening entertainment will be
fifty cents and twenty fire cents,
All school children from any
school in the county will be ad
mitted for twenty five cents,
y Stanly Garriss. a student of U.
N..C , spent the Easter holidays
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs J. P. Garriss.
y; The school attendance is im
proving. For the last two weeks
there have bean many cases of
''flu" but the conditions are im
proving. . The ninth, tenth and eleventh
grades of Conway High School,
chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. T.
R. Everett, Miss Kathleen Ham
rick, Mr, Lee Bridgers and Mrs.
E. P. Dayis, spent the past week
eid oaa camping trip at Cole-
rain. Everyone had a very de
lightful trip.
Potecasi And Vicinity
Miss Jessie Marie Parker bad
as her guest for Easter holidays
Mi8sLyndall Denny.
Mr. and Mrs. McLean spent
last week end with friends in
Norfolk.
Misses Cornelia, Gertie and
Dare Beale went to Scotland Neck
Saturday afternoon, shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. 8 N. Parker
were at Chowan College Sunday
afternoon to Bee their daughter.
Miss Jessie Marie.
Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Blow spent
Saturday night and Sunday in
Elizabeth City at the bedside of
Mrs. Blow's sister, Mrs. Charlie
Cook, who is critically ill. They
were accompanied by Miss Minta
Parker of near Woodland.
Mrs. C. V. Ward and little
daughter of Belvidere visited her
sister, Mrs. F. C. Jenkins, a few
days last week.
The Potecasi school commence
ment exercises will begin Wed
nesday evening. April 21, at 8
o'clock. This will consist of mu
sic and an operetta by the Pri
mary and Intermediate students.
On Thursday morning at 10:30
Hon. Francis D. Winston will de
liver the commencement address.
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
the faculty and community will
give a play. "The Prince of
Liars." Everybody come.,
Mr. and Mrs. Loyette Gilbert
of Raleigh are ' spending the
spring and summer with Mrs.
Gilbert's father, Mr. J. R.
Baugham. ....
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lassiter.
Misses Clara Hayes and Gladys
Lassiter and Mrs. E. B. LaBsiter
epentr Saturday at CapeharL'a.
Miss Annie Rae Beale, who has.
been sick for several months, is
able to oe out again.
Miss Margaret Overton spent
the week-end. In Rich Sqaare,ths
guest of Miss Virginia Boone.
Miss Jeannette Parker spent
' Good progress toward another
crop has been made by the tillers
of the soil in the Kelford com
munity during the past week of
pretty weather.
The Ladies Missionary Society
of Kelford church held their an
nual week of prayer service last
week. At the close of the ser
vices a collection was taken for
Home Missions which amounted
to $25.00.
The'V Willing Workers Circle
met with Mrs. Paul Leicester
last Wednesday evening. After
the conclusion of the regular
routine business and the laying
out plans for enlarged future ac
tivities, the hostess served many
dainty dishes of refreshments
and a delightful social hour was
enjoyed,
-The Baptist Young Peoples
Union from Horton's church came
over to Kelford church Sunday
afternoon and delighted the Kel
ford people with a splendid pro
gram, charmingly rendered. The
special music was fine and the
readings and talks were excellent
Mrs. Addie Smith, widow of
the late John L. Smith, died at
the home of her son-in law, Mr.
J. S. Felton, in Roxobel, Friday
morning, April 9th The funeral
was conducted at the grave side
by her former pastor, Mr. Pow
ers, lhe. remains were iaia oe
side that of her husband (who
preceeded her some eix or seven
years ago) at the M. l. cracy
burial grounds in Northampton
County. The pall bearers were,
Mr. J. T. Burkett, Mr. Jonny
Cook. Mr. W. Vick, Mr, Collins,
Mr. Clarence Bryant and Mr.
Jones.
Mr. C. H. Roberson, owner
and proprietor of the Kelford
Theatre, has tendered the use of
bis play house to the Willing
Workers Circle for Wednesday
evening. May 5 Lb, where they
will show the best picture of the
season. "The Wanderer." This
is a most wonderful production,
rivaling in beauty and interest the
great Ten Commandments. The
proceeds of the occasion will be
used for church work.
Tai settlements
The County Commissioners
have named the days to settle
with the Sheriff and Tax Collec
tors for the county aa follows:
Sheriff H. L. Joyner, April 14
Roanoke and Pleasant Hill
Townships, April 20.
Jackson and Occoneechee, April
22.
Rich Square and Gaston, April
27.
Kirby and Seaboard, April 28.
Wiccacanee, April 29.
List Takers
The following List Takers have
been appointed for Northampton
County:
Gaston C. J. Rhem.
Jackson-P. F. Calvert.
Kirby B. D. Stephenson.
Pleasant Hill J. W. Magee.
x Occoneechee R. S. Gay.
. Rich Square E. A. HugginB.
Roanoke A. L. Lassiter.
. Seaboard-P. C. Maddrey.
Wiccacanee H. C. Bottoms.
. Bertie County Spelling Contest
A Spelling Contest was held at
Windsor, Saturday, April 10th.
Each, scnool was entitled to one
tpprtotstive. ;;y vy.y?y '.y:
.' Charles Griffin, eighth grade,
Lewiston school, won first prize.
which; was five dollars. y yyy.
Ann Freeman, seventh grade.
liars Hill school, second prize.
two and one half dollars. ' ; y v
Dacus McCain Jr.. sixth grade.
Roxobel school, third prize, one
Baptist Pastors txchangeJPulplts-
Death of Mrs. Joyner Embroid
ery Club Entertalned-Personal
Mr. Joseph Carroll, Aulander,
was a caller Sunday evening in
the home of Mr. J. R Bradley.
Mrs. J. R. Bradley and daugh
ter, Selma, and Mies Virginia
Gay spent Saturday in Norfolk-
Prof, and Mrs. H. M. Lynch
spent the week end with Mr.
Lynch's parents near Lawrence
ville. Miss Mattie Blackwood and
Mr. S. L, Yates spent Sunday at
University, guests of Miss Black
wood's parents
Mrs. C. R. Ken and daaithter
Irene left Sunday for Norfolk to
spend a few days visiting rela
tives. Mr. M. F. Long spent Wednes
day in Port Norfolk, the guest of
his daughter, Mrs. Emmitt Cuth
rell. MisB Marion Harris spent the
week-end in Norfolk visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Bettie Divis.
Megdames S. J. Keeand James
A. Harris, Weldon, were visitors
in town Friday.
Mr. Willie Norvell spent a few
days in Durham the past weelc
on business
Mr. G. F. Crocker, Wilming
ton, spent the week-end here
with his wife who is spending
sometime at her home here.
Mesdames H. C. and R. M.
Maddrey spent last Thursday in
Union, guests of Mrs. Annie
Sears Brown.
Messrs Tom Capel, Alexander
Davis and Luther Bass, students
ofU. N. C, Chapel Hill, left
Sunday to resume their studies
after spending ten days here
with their respective parents.
Messrs J. L. Gay, W. Grady
Edwards, J. L. Harris, H. C.
Maddrey. B. S. Stancell, H. R.
Harris, S. V. Edwards and Dr.
Carl Parker spent Friday in Nor
folk attending the ball game be
tween the Giants and Senators.
Mr. George Matthews spent
the week end in Franklin visit
ing friends.
Mr. and Mrs Russell Barnes,
Boykins. were guests Friday of
Mr. Barnes' brother, Mr. C. E.
Barnes.
Miss Frances Robinson delight
fully entertained the Sophomore
Class and a few friends at the
dormitory Friday evening. Sev
eral games and contests were
greatly enjoyed until a late hour
after which she served cream,
cake and mints.
Prof. Paul Worrell, member of
Louisburg high school faculty,
spent the week end with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Worrell.
Mrs. Jeanette Vick, Ports
mouth, is the guest of her friend,
Mrs. A. K. Harris, this week.
The "Candy Shop," an oper
etta presented by the first and
second grades in the high school
auditorium last Tuesday night.;
was a decided success. Each child
showed skillful training under
the direction of Misses Blackwood
and Kirkpatrick. . , y
Mrs. W. D. Bar bee entertain
ed the Embroidery Club and sev
eral invited guests at her home
Wednesday afternoon from 3 to
6 o'clock at an Easter party. The
entire lower floor of the home
was tastefully decorated with
yellow and white crepe paper,
EaBter . lilies, carnations, ferns
and Easter bunnies. Progressive
Rook was played at two tables
and the prize wai awarded Mrs.
H. E. Harris ' Bridze was play
ed at three tables and the nest
priza -was "won br tltu Elao
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Ruth Peele.
the week-end in Jackson, ;
dollar.
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