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ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER
OLUME XXXV
SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.01
NUMBER 34
NEWS FROM KELFORD
Returns From Trip Througli North
Carolina-Attended Water Carni
val-Personal Items
Mrs. Paul Leicester, Mrs. Paul
E. Tyler, Mr. J. C. Cherry and
several others of Kelford whose
names we did not learn, spent
Friday shopping in Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
Mr. C. M. Parker spent Satur
day and Sunday in Wake Forest.
' Pastor M. P. Davis of Kelford
Baptist church, administered the
ordinance of baptism to six can
didates in the church pool last
Sunday morning.
Mr. E. E. Tynes, who is em
ployed as guard by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Co., at the
Roanoke River bridge and spends
his spare time gardening, pulled
^ watermellon from his patch
last week that tipped the scales
at fifty and one-half pounds. This
is the largest mellon ever seen in
Kelford,
Don’t miss the play, “17” to
be presented by Roxobel Kilford
talent on September 2nd at Rox
obel Kelford High School.
Mr. Martin and family of Scot
land Neck have rented, rooms
from Mr. C. L. L Cobb and
moved in last week. He will en
gage in the retail dressed lum
ber business, handling any thing
from one plank to a car load,
T^e people of Kelford are glad
to welcome him and wish him
Conference of Teachers, Parent-
Teacher Associations and Com
mitteemen at Jackson School
SEABOARD NEWS
success.
Mr. D. P, McCain, principal of
Roxobel Kelford School, has
rented a home in Kelford and
will bring his family here at the
opening of the school term, Sep
tember 13th. The people of Kel
ford will be glad to give him a
welcome and will leave no stone
unturned to make his stay happy
and profitable.
Mr. L. R. Modlin attended the
entertainment given by the Mer
chants Association of Richmond.
Va., last week and had a royal
time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Tyler,
Messrs P. T. Roane. Paul Leices
ter, Geo. T. Parker and Hobart
Austin attended the Water Car
nival at Norfolk. Va., last Thurs
day and were delightfully enter
tained with some six or seven
hundred other Tar Heels on an
excursion down the bay on the
palatial steamer, Pennsylvania
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.,
given by the Wholesale Mer
chants Association of the city of
Norfolk, The committee in
charge headed by Mr. Charlie
Pincus left nothing undone to
make the occasion one of delight
for the guests.
Mr. Hugh Lee Cobb, of Har
risburg, Pa., and his sisters,Mrs.
Norfleet and Mrs, Ruffin, of Kel
ford, returned last Friday even
ing from a trip through North
Carolina’s Sapphire country.
Leaving Kelford on Monday they
visited Washington, Fayetteville,
Southern Pines, Charlotte, Gas
tonia, Ashville, Waynesville. Can
ton, Blowing Rock, Boone, Wil-
kesboro, Winston-Salem, High
Point. Greensboro, Durham and
Raleigh, traveling eleven hun
dred miles in five days and view
ing the many beautiful panoramic
scenes along the route. Mr, Cobb
is one of the outstanding young
men who was reared in Bertie
county and has gone to other
parts and made good. He was
born in Hertford county, but
came to Kelford with his father I
and mother when less than one!
year old and grew to manhood j
here. He attended the public'
schools of Kelford and spent his|
spare time in Parker’s black--
smith shop. On reaching man
Wednesday, Sept. 1, 9 A M.
Devotional Exercises.
The Relation of a Principal to
the Elementary School—L. C.
Brodgen, State Supervisor.
Standard Tests as Aids in
Elementary Education—A. W,
Oakes. Jr.
Devices and Enterprises in
Which Parent-Teacher Associa
tions and Schools Should Coops
rate—Mrs. Thos. R. Everett.
School Attendance—A Coope
rative Need, discussion led by
Supt. Long.
Meaning of Parent’s Week
Supervisor.
1:30 P. M.
Music (Demonstration of Use
of Victrola.)
Music Appreciation—Presenta
tion of Tablet won by Rich Square
1926.
Community Needs That Should
be Filled by Parent-Teacher As
sociations—Hon. Gilbert Steph
enson.
Types of Parent Teacher Pro
grams Desirable—L. B. Gunter,
Former Principal of Woodland-
Olney.
Discussion led by Supt. Long.
Two Associations volunteering
will be selected as demonstration
centers for the year.
Short Speeches by Other Edu
cational Officers of County, Health
Officer, Farm Agent, Home
Demonstration Agent.
Announcement of Committees.
Meeting of Parent-Teacher Of
ficers (Private )
County Council Meetings Ne
cessary During Year— Definite
Plans— Discussion led by Mrs.
Henry Holoman.
Election of Officers for 1926-
’27.
SEVERN NEWS
New Millinery Business
Mrs. G. F. Elliott left Monday
for Baltimore to take instruction
in the millinery business at the
old established house of Arm
strong, Cater & Co. and while
there will purchase a Fall stock
of millinery. On her return she
will open in the building formerly
occupied by Mrs. Stokes.
hood he connected himself with
the Old Dominion Paper Co. of
Norfolk. Va. On leaving there
he joined the force of^the Chat
field-Wood Paper Co..‘ of Pitts
burg. Pa., where he has risen
from salesman to branch man
ager for that progressive con
cern. Seeing that it was inevit
able for the United States to
keep out of the World War, he
asked for a leave of absence
from his duties with the Chat
field-Wood people and enlisted as
a private in the Navy of the
United States. His promotion
was fast and at the close of hos
tilities found him holding the
rank of Ensign in the United
States Navy and commanding a
ship doing duty as a mine sweep
er, On being discharged from
the service he returned to Pitts
burg and was honored with the
position of manager of the Har
risburg branch of the Chatfield
Wood Paper Co., where he has
made a fine record as a progres
sive business man. He is now
thirty five years old, tall, hand
some, full of iife and vigor and a
splendid conversatjonalist. He
is a member of the Masonic fra
ternity and is a Sbriner and a
member of Kelford Baptist
church His kinspeople •^and
friends at Kelford are always
glad to have him visit them.
There* will be no preaching ser
vices at either the Baptist or
Methodist churches on 5th Sun
day. On Sunday evening, at 8
o’clock, the young people will
give a pageant, entitled “Farm
er Brown’s Conversion to Chris
tian Stewardship.” They promise
us not only an evening of enter
tainment, but many valuable bits
of information. Everybody cor
dially invited.
The Rich Square B. Y. P. U.
has an engagement to come here
Sept 3 and present their play,
“Out af Court.” We have heard
it drew a large and enthusiastic
crowd in their home town and
we feel sure our people will give
them a crowded house here-
Mr. and Mrs. J. K Long and
Mrs. J. T. Long left Saturday
for Macclesfield for a few days
visit to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown.
Miss Elizabeth Whitson, Ports
mouth, Va., left Sunday after
spending ten days with her
friend. Miss Margaret White-
head.
Misses Virginia Waddill, Vic
toria. and Louise Lambert, Rural
Retreat, left Thursday after
spending two weeks here, guests
of Misses Alice and Gertrude
Harris.
Mr. Owen Reese, High Point,
arrived Sunday and is the guest
of his mother, Mrs. Willie Reese.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Norvell
and Mrs. J. G. Long left Monday
for Richmond for a few days
stay.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Harris and
children, Elizabeth and Henry
Russell, spent Wednesday in
Richmond.
Mrs. Paul Pruden delightfully
entertained the Sunbeams of the
Seaboard Baptist church of which
she is leader at her home Satur
day afternoon.
Mr. Robert White, Newport
News, returned home Sunday
after ^ few days visit to his
mother, Mrs. Saliie White,
Mr. Rupert Buckwalter, Ports
mouth, arrived Saturday and is
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Rus
sell Edwards.
Mr. Frank Hancock, Newark,
N. J., is spending his vacation
here with his aunt, Mrs. C. G.
Matthews.
Mrs, Wm. A. Vincent and
daughter Barbara, Vultare, were
guests of her mother, Mrs. Bet-
tie I. Pruden, Friday.
Master John Henry Long re
turned home Friday after a ten
day visit to his sister, Mrs. Roy
Brown, Macclesfield.
Mr, Clarence Whims and sis
ter, Louise, Wake Forest, are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Barnes.
Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Stancell
and children, Raleigh, spent the
past week here guests of Messrs
B. S. and J. G. Stancell and sis
ter. Miss Maud.
Miss Eva Lynch, White Plains,
is the guest of her brother,Prof.
H. M. Lynch, this week.
Misses Mamie Lee and Lillian
Collier are guests of their friend,
Miss Helen Bridges Parker
Misses Hernice Gay and Kath
arine Maddrey, of Portsmouth,
were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Gay.
Messrs Steve Robertson and
Thomas Wright Nicholson, Lit
tleton, were Sunday callers in
the homes of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. R W.
Edwards.
Messrs J. L. Gay and Peter
Spencer left Monday for Staun
ton for a week’s stay.
Miss Virginia Gay left Tuesday
for Richmond for a few days
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MisS'i^odlin of Aulander is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. C. S.
Long.
Mrs. J. N. Stephenson is quite
ill at her home near here. Miss
Staton, a nurse from Sarah Leigh
Hosoital, is with her.
Mr. and Mrs, John Howell,
Miss Allie Howell and Mr. Thad
Howell visited relatives near Ga
latia Sunday.
Miss Fannie Stephenson and
brother. Samuel, have returned
from a visit to her aunt, Mrs. A.
J. Harrell, at Potecasi.
Mrs J. J. Britt and children
returned Friday from a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Jim Limer, near
Warren ton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Watson
spent Thursday and Friday at
Ocean View, Va.
Mrs. H. P. Stephenson return
ed Sunday from her visit in
Ridgeway.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. DeLoatche
and little daughter, O’nell, o '
Shelby, are visiting his mother,
Mrs. Sallie DeLoatche.
Misses Claire Howell, Willie
Maddrey and Evelyn White re
turned Friday from their visit to
rs. A. I. Hines, Suffolk, Va.
Mrs. H. P. Howell and children
of Smithfield. N. C., are visiting
relatives here.
Mr. Julian Porter has returned
from a visit to relatives in
Smithfield and Fayetteville.
Mrs. S. F. Mejia and Miss
Carmen Mejia have concluded
their visit to Mrs. Jno. Howell
and returned to their home in
Portsmouth. Va.
Mr..-J. L, Joyner, who was
quiM-sick several days last week
is convalescent.
Quite a number of our people
went on the S. A. L. excursion
last Friday to Portsmouth, Nor
folk and Ocean View.
Mr. G. A. Pruden spent the
week-end in South Boston, Va,,
with his wife and daughter, who
accompanied him home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Verona Hoggard leaves
Thursday for Tuxedo. N. C.,
where she will teach the coming
year.
Miss Mary Emma Long, who
has been teaching in the sum
mer school of the Kennedy Home
is ex.pected home Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Pruden of
Boykins, Va., spent Sunday
evening with his mother, Mrs.
G. W. Pruden.
School is expected to begin
here Sept. 2nd. All children of
school age are urged to be pre
sent the first day.
Mr. John Hoggard leaves
Thursday for Boykins, Va., to
visit his sister, Mrs. Earl Bryant
before returning to Mars Hill to
reenter school.
Mrs. Zulie Edwards and daugh
ter. Miss Blanche, were guests
of her mother, Mrs. India John
son, last week.
Dr.1 and Mrs A. R. Hodge will
move Sept. 1st to the house left
vacant by Mrs. Verona Hoggard.
I Program for Teachers’ Conference
Jackson Schooi, Tuesday, Aug.
31,1926, 9:30 A. H.
-Coun-
UEORGE-WOODLAND NEWS
Devotional Exercises.
Introductory Remarks
ty Superintendent,
Aims and Accomplishments for
1925 ’26 and Objectives for 1926-
’27—Supervisor.
Plans of the Principals in Re
gard to Daily Schedules—H. M.
Lynch.
Exhibit of Material. Health.
Seat work, etc.
1:30
Music.
Plans for Teaching Citizenship
in a Small School—Discussion led
by Miss Eunice Dunn.
Plans for Teaching Citizenship
in a Consolidated School—Dis
cussion led by Mr. T. R. Everett.
Meeting by Groups
Primary Group—Reading Ob
jectives for the Primary Grades.
Means of Attaining These—
Mrs. Schneider, Representative
of B. F. Johnson Pub. Co.
Language Objectives for Pri
mary Grades—Miss Hvman, Su
pervisor of Halifax County.
Grammar Grade Group
Objectives in Language for
Grammar Grades—Miss Parrott,
Asst. State Supervisor.
Means of Attaining Objectives
— Miss Minnie Taylor.
High School Teachers
How the Other High School
Teachers May Help the English
Teacher in the Use of Good
Spoken and Written English—
Miss Margaret Irby, Mrs. H. R.
Harris.
Music Teachers
Most Helpful Extra-Curricula
Activities' for Music Teachers—
Mrs. H. M. Lynch.
Ways of Securing and Super
vising Musical Aid of Ocher
Teachers in School—Discussion
ed by Mrs. Lynch.
Work Un iitate Higtiway—New School
Faculty-lirops Falling Rapidly-
Personal News
Seaboard High School
Seaboard High School opens
on September 2ad. The principal
wishes to urge upon the patrons
the desirability and necessity of
entering children the first day
and keeping them in regular at
tendance thereafter.
There have been some faculty
changes. We trust you will be
on hand at the opening to meet
the new teachers with a welcome
dod also to renew acquaintances
with the old.
The principal desires to call a
meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association for the first Monday
night in September. Further
GrimeS'Jessup
A pretty wedding took place
Tuesday morning, Aug. 17, at 10
o’clock at the home of Mrs. Ella
G. Jessup, George, N, C., when
her daughter. Miss Sibyl E.
Jessup, became the bride of John
Henderson Grimes, of Athens,
Ga.
The house was prettily 'deco
rated and the ceremony, which
took place before an altar of
white trimmed with English ivy
and cathedral candles, was per
formed by the Rev. J. P. Essex
The wedding music was played
by Miss Virginia Boone, who
wore a dress of rose coiorec
georgette with a hat to match
and a bouquet of Killarney roses;
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her brother, Henry
W. Jessup, wore a dress of blege
flat crepe and carried a shower
bouquet of bride’s roses.
The bridegroom had as his
best man Fred J, Ammons, of
Raleigh, N. C. After the cere
mony Mr, Grimes and his bride
left for a motor trip through
Western North Carolina and
Georgia.
Those from out of town who
attended the wedding were: Mrs.
Annis Beaman, of Suffolk; T. A.
Grimes, of Athens, Ga,; C. R.
Grantham, F, J, Ammons. Dr. J.
Frank Harris, of Raleigh; J. R.
Broadhurst, of Salisbury. N. C.,
and Miss Amy C. Height, of
Richmond,
announcements will be made.
We should map out a plan and
get to work early.
The boys and girls as well as
the people of the community are
highly delighted that a new,
modern, up-to-date school plant
will soon be under construction,
H. M. Lynch, Prin.
Mr. Charles E. Brown, Phila
delphia, spent the first part of
this week here on business. Mr.
Brown and his brother, Dr. Jesse
H. Brown, of Philadelphia, own
a valuable farm here.
Mr. A. W. Brown and daugh
ter Miss Janie, who have been
visiting relatives and friends
near West Chester, Pa., for the
past four weeks returned home
a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jessup and
Mr. nad Mrs. C. H. Ward and
little girl, Ethel, returned a few
days ago from Philadelphia
where they went to visit friends
and old acquaintances. While
away they also visited the Ses-
qui-Centennial and reported a
delightful time.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Rose and
children and Mr. Wilfred Out-
land recently returned from an
extended visit with relatives
and friend in Erie, Pa. We un
derstand Mr. and Mrs. Rose are
to leave for Erie in the near fu
ture, where they will make tiveir
home. Mr. Rose has operated
the Brown-Parker garage here
for a number of years and has
many friends in this community-
Mr. J. Thomas Copeland and
wife and daughter. Miss Anna
Copeland and little Josephine Fu-
trell, who recently moved from
here to make tlieir home in Ran
dolph County, near Ramseur, are
lere this week visiting friends
and relatives and attending
h'riend’s Yearly Meeting/
Mr. James Peele recently re
turned from an extended trip
with his brother. Dr. Henry W-
Peele, Woodtown, N,. J.
Dr. C. Lyndon Outland, Green
ville, spent Sunday here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Out-
and.
Mrs. Jane Futrell, widow of
the late James N- Futrell, Eden-
ton, is spending a few days here
with her relatives and friends.
Mrs. Jane E. Brown who has
been making her home with her
daughter, Mrs. L. B. Gunter, Fu-*
quay Springs, -for the past sev
eral weeks, returned home last
week. She was accompanied by
Mr. Gunter and baby.
Miss Ella Outland, who has
been teaching Bible school in
some of the remote mountain dis
tricts of Western North Caro
lina, returned home a few days
ago. Miss Outland tells us she
had some varied and wonderful
experiences while doing this
very interesting work. While
people with whom she worked
were very different from the
people in the East in many res
pects, she thought they were
about the best hearted people in
the world.
Mr. E. G. Griffin and family,
who have been been at their
summer home at Ridgecrest for
the past month, returned home a
few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Brown
and children have just returned
home from a visit to friends and
relatives at Guilford College.
Mr. George Burgwyn, Jackson,
is spending some time in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. S.
Burgwya.
Mr. W. E. Whisn^nt left a few
days ago for Parkton, where he
has accepted the position of prin
cipal of the High School for the
ensuing year.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Vaughan
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