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'• -m -"i-l ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER OLUME XXXVI "CAROLINA. CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER' RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927 SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.0;> NUMBER 11 SEABOARD NEWS Glee Club EnterlalnS” Seaboard Wins Eastern Cbamplonsblp -General News Items Roxobel-Kelford school Debates Messrs James Jones, Roy Ste phenson and Ellwood Ford spent Thursday in Richmond visiting friends. Mr. Edd Foster, Portsmouth, arrived Sunday and is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Foster. Mr. Russeii Barnes. Boykins, spent Monday here with his bro ther, Mr. C. E. Barnes. Misses Lucille Kee and Blanche Stephenson, students of E. C T. C., Greenville, were week end guests of their respective par ents. Mrs. Herbert Harris spent Saturday in Norfolk shopping. Mr, Matt Stephenson spent the week end in Raleigh with his wife and daughter. Rev. D. P. Harris and Mr. H. C. Maddrey spent Friday in Nor folk. Mr. Gordon Maddrey of Lew iston high school faculty, spent the week end at home. Misses Carrie and Lena Barnes and Mr. Charlie Johnson spent Sunday and Monday in Norfolk visiting relatives and shopping. Mrs. Wm Vincent and daugh ter, Vultare. arrived Friday and is at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Bettie I. Pruden, who is very ill. The following students of Wake Forest College spent the week end with their parents: Messrs Leon Spencer, Crocker Maddrey, H. R. Harris Jr., and T. J. Stephenson Jr. Miss Alice Elliott, a member ^ of Woodland high school faculty, was the week end guest of her friend. Miss Mary Ruth Brough ton. Miss Ruth Spivey, Longwood, N. C., arrived Saturday. She has accepted a position as saleslady for R. W. Edwards & Sons. , Mr, Herbert Long, Norfolk, arrived the past week and is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Long. Messrs Crocker and Gordon Maddrev spent Saturday in Nor folk visiting their mother, who was a patient at Sarah Leigh Hospital. Mrs. R. M. Maddrey. who un derwent an operation at Sarah Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, Friday is doing nicely and hopes to re * turn home in a few days. Mr. James Jones and Miss Maud Stephenson spent Sunday at Richmond visiting friends. They were accompanied home by Miss Elmer Stephenson, who had been visiting relatives in^ Rich mond two weeks. Representative Dr. Carl P. Parker returned home Wednes day, the Legislature having clos ed Tuesday night. His numerous friends gave him a hearty wel come. Messrs E. B. Maddrey and Al yah Bullock spent Sunday at Norfolk visiting Mrs. R.M. Mad drey. ■ Messrs Robert Reese and Ell wood Ford spent Friday in Green- * yille calling. Mrs. Robert L. Reese, eleventh grade mother, was “at home” to the entire class Wednesday af ternoon from 3:30 to 5 o’clock The time was spent in progres sive conversation, after which she served ice cream and cake. Prof, and Mrs. H. M. Lynch spent Sunday at White Plains, guests of Mr. Lvnch’s parents. A pageant. “Home Mission Op portunities.” directed by Miss Leona Harris, was presented at JACK8DN Roxobel Kelford High School held its first functions of impor tance IMtenday night, March 14, which was to test out its ten de baters in order to see which of them will compete in a triangu lar debate with Aulander and Mars Hill Schools. The subject for the evening was. “Resolved That Congress Should Enact the Curtis-Reed Bill Providing for a Federal De partment of Education.” The debaters were as fellows: Affir mative Helen Burnette, BiaaDial- Howell, Kathleen Jilcott. Ed ward Tyler, and Jerry Jilcott; Negative, Helen Roberson, Sallie Parker, Mary Lassiter, Grace Stephenson, and Florence Bishop. The debaters acquitted them selves creditably. After the re buttals the judges were asked to retire and make their decisipns, While waiting their decisions the audience was entertained by readings given by Jane Liecester and Ester Barnes. The judges, Messrs Clark and Oakes of Rich Square and Mr. Paschal of Roxobel. They decided in favor of Blannie Harrell, Jerry Jilcott and Helen Burnette on the affir mative and Sallie Parker on the negative. The Kelford Band voulentered to entertain the audience before and after the debate. The good music was enjoyed by every one. Louise Cherry, Margaret Car ter and Susie Tyler. KIWANiS CLUB-FARMERS’ NIGHT N. C. CDTTDN ASSDCIATIDN MAKING SECDNU PAYMENT the Baptist church Sunday even ing to a large audience. It was very instructive and effective. A special offering was taken which will be sent to the Home Mission Board. Master Reid Harris, Wiiming ton. was the week end guestis| his father, Mr.. J. L Harris. Messrs Bernard, Raleigh, Lloyd and Fenton Crocker and wife, Wilmington, were the week end guests of their mother, Mrs. Net tie D. Crocker. Mrs. Bettie I. Pruden was taken very ill at her home here Thursday evening. At this writ ing there is very little change in her condition. The S H. S. Glee Club, under the direction of the music teach er, Mrs. H. M. Lynch, presented their annual program Friday ev ening in the S. H. S. auditorium to a large audience. They pre sented an entire Irish program. Several members of the club de serve special mention, but for lack of space will suffice to say it was by far the best ntiusical program ever rendered here. The stage was never more beautiful. It was decorated with pine, palms and the white back ground was showered with shamrocks All the girls wore white dresses with shamrocks and the boys blue coats and white trousers, “Walnut Boards,” a one act play written by Wm. Long and which won Eastern champion ship in original one act play con tests, together with two other original one act plays, will ba presented in S. H. S. auditorium March 18th, 8 o’clock, Mrs Nettie D. Crocker cele brated her 70th birthday anni versary at her home Sunday, by serving to her children a bounti ful dinner. A huge birthday cake with seventy candles adorned the table All her children were present, viz: Messrs Bernard. Raleigh; Fenton and Llovd, Wil mington; Dean and Elmo, Sea board; Mesdames Dean, Bernard and Fenton Crocker were also present. A very wonderfully appointed dinner, prepared by the ladies of the Episcopal Church, served to get into a happy frame of mind those attending the Kiwanis Club Farmers’ Night held in Jackson Friday night, March 11 Thirty six Kiwanians with about fifty prominent farmers of Northamp ton County as their guests were present. President Daniel Lane called the body of men to order and opened the meeting by the sing ing of “America ’’ G. P. Bur gwyn then read the Kiwanis prayer fgr invocation. After dinner each Kiwanian introduced his individual guest and Mayor ^ric Norfleet then delivered an address of welcome which was responded to bv W. D. Barbee of Seaboard. Miss Dorcas Lassi ter delightfully entertained her audience by giving two readings Wilkins Lewis produced a let ter which he said had been re ceived that afternoon and asked the president to call a business session and read the letter and act upon the matter immediate ly. The letter explained that there was an orphan baby in the community which should be given a home at once and it was hoped that the Kiwanis Club would see to that end There was quite a discussion as to what could be done and it was finally decided upon a motion made by Eric Nor fleet that the baby be turned over to Jesse J. Scott, the es teemed Editor of the Jackson News (who is single), for a week to be cared for until other ar rangements could be made Whereupon the Secretary, Bal lard S, Gay, entered with the youngster wrapped in a blue baby blanket and presented it to the young man who was truly mortified and who with hands shaking with uncertainty lifted a part of the blanket to find a lit tie pig which started to squea as soon as it saw its appointee guardian. The pig was then won by L. H. Taylor as an attend ance prize and ve editor was re lieved of further humiliation. Clarence R. Pugh, of Elizabeth City, Lieut. Governor of Kiwanis in this district, was introducec and made a few informal remarks expressing his sincere gratitude in having an opportunity to hear Hon. Frank Jeter, who was to deliver the principal address. E. P. Gulledge. Northampton County Farm Demonstration Agent, very pleasingly intro duced Hon. Frank H. (Jeter, Ed itor of State College Agricultura papers, and Lieut. Governor of the Raleigh Kiwanis District. Mr, Jeter very eloquently de livered the principal address o:' the evening, taking for his sub ject “The City and the Country The talk was brim full of enthu siasm and was very appreciative ly received by those present, knowing as they did that it came from one who was well informed and one whose interest was as deep as theirs. Mr. Jeter in his speech cited E, S. Lassiter as a farmer in our community who stood as a beacon light to others by his successful farming meth 'ods. Wilson B. Pugh read a very interesting poem on why the Farmer’s Boy Leaves Home, which was very appropriate. The meeting was then adjourned with prayer offered by Rev. J. P. Essex. GEDRGE-WDDDLAND NEWS COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS The North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association is making a distribution of ap proximately one and a quarter million dollars to it’s members who have cotton pooled in the short time pool, according to an announcement received from As socialion headquarters at Ral eigh. Checks are being mailed as fast as they are written and it is expected that the distribu tion will be co.mpleted inside of 10 days. The distribution to members in Northampton county will amount to approximately $37,000. The present distribution brings the price of all cotton up to 10 cents per pound, basis middling. About 60 per cent of the Asso. ciation receipts has been sold and if there is no radical cnange in the market, it is likely that all cotton in the short time pool will be closed out and final settle ment made to members sometime in the early part of July as usual. FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK A car. of dynamite has been delivered in the county this week. Juring the next month this will )e used and a few accidents will probably occur. They will not where it is handled as it should be. One form of carelessness that is particularly censurable is to eaye either caps or dynamite where children may find them. Approximately 500 children are iilled or crippled each year by playing with cape that have been eft where they can get them, 'he cap is attractive because of its bright color and if left where they can find them they will cer tainly play with them. One cap will blow a child’s hand off and it takes only a little jar to ex plode a cap. The only thing to do is to place both caps and dy naraite where children will not get them. In using dynamite if after ighting the fuse the dynamite does not explode do not go back to see about it until the next day. E. P. Gulledge, County Agent, FOTECASl LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Beale and children of Virginia spent Friday and Saturday visiting relatives here. Miss Jessie Marie Parker came home Tuesday night for a few days on account of the “Flu” being in the school. Mesdames E. B. Lassiter and Euzelia Doffermyre and Miss Cornelia Beale went to Mur freesboro Friday afternoon. Little Miss Helen Rebecca and Emily Lloyd Lassiter, who have been quite sick, are improving very rapidly. Mrs. A. J. Jenkins spent’‘the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. F. C, Jenkins. Mrs. George Tyler and daugh ter, Mary Lee, of Jackson, and Miss Mary Grant, of Ridgeway, were week end guests of Mrs. W. C. Lassiter. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lassiter, and Misses Pearce and Bray went to Murfreesboro Saturday morn ing Mr. and Mrs C. Folk of Wil son were the guests of Mr. and Mrs L. R. Joyner Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Draper of Rehoboth were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Futrell Saturday and Sunday. Little Ethelene Batts, grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Outland, had the misfortune to fall from one of the swings at the school here one day the past week and sustained a broken arm as a result. She was immediate ly taken home and the doctor summoned, and arrived very soon and rendered the proper medical attention. She is get ting along at present as well as could be expected. Mrs. E. L. Timberlake was taken to the hospital at Rocky Mount last week where she un derwent a successful operation for appendicitis. When visitors were over to see her Sunday she was getting on very nicely. Mr, Timberlake and children spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Timberlake. Mr, and Mrs. J. P. Council and children, and Miss Luclla Brown, who is spending some time with them in Franklin, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Griffin and Mr. and Mrs. David H. Brown visited Mrs. Francis Moody M hite and Mrs. E. L, Timber- lake in the hospital at Rocky Mount, Sunday. Mrs. White was much improved and left for her home at Halifax in a few hours. The regular meeting of the Woodland OIney Parent Teacher Association will be held Thurs day night of this week at 7:30, A good attendance is desired. The basketball team, that en tered the invitation tournament at State College last week, re turned Wednesday night. The champions of the year before got a good start when they won from liberty 28 to 14. Then they came up against Erwin High School and romped on them with a 33 to 11 score. The test of their strength came, however, when they went up against Goldston, the team who had just defeated the fast Red Oak team. Our boys still did not give way nor weaken, but sent back their opponents with the decisive score of 28 to 23. They had by this time reached the semi-finals and were slated to carry off the -sil ver loving cup for the second time, but some how on Wednes day morning when they went against Everetts, they were not able to hold their record longer and gave way to the attack of the opposing team and the game ended with Woodland holding the small end of a 25 to 14 score. Notwithstanding the fact Stan ley Joyner did not pipy in the last game, he was considered the outstanding player of the tourna ment and made the highest indi vidual score of any player from any school in the three different classes. He scored 59 points in the 4 games in which Woodland took part. His nearest competi tor scored 41 points. While the boys did not bring back the lov ing cup, the people of the com munity feel very well satisfied with the result. Schools Win in State Contests-Tn Change the Dates lor Teachers Meetings and Commencenient Cluh Meets at Lasker The Roanoke Township Farm ers Club will meet at Lasker Wednesday night, March 23, at 8 o’clock. Mr. W. V. Hays, Swine Extension Specialist, from State College, will discuss the feeding and care of hogs. Mr. Hays has supervised the feeding of thousands of hogs ,in this State, and is thoroughly familiar with all phases of hog work. We hope that a large crowd will be present to hear him. W. R. Bridgers, Sec, Citizens of Northampton county will be interested to know that Jackson High School on Satur day evening, March 12. won in the third preliminary of the State Dramatic Contest. This contest was held at Nashville, N. C. be tween Nashville of Nash county. Apex of Wake county, and Jaclf- son of Northampton. The players representing Jack- son and Northampton are now the champions of Eastern Caro lina rural and village schools. They will go to Chapel Hill for the final contest against the win ner of the Western district in the State Dramatic Institute, March 24. 1926. We believe it is fitting to re mind our citizens of some other dramatic ebampioris who will also represent our county at this In stitute. Seaboaid did not enter the contest in which Jackson has won but It entered the original one-act play contest and has won the championship of Eastern Carolina with William Long’s original play. They will also present this play at the State Dramatic Institute. Northamp ton has a right to be proud of achievement that calls for so much brain work and artistic skill on the part of its high school students. Perhaps some of our schools do not know that some of the dates for our soring meetings have changed. Because of the State Teachers’ Association in Raleigh March 24 26, the county wide Teachers’ Meeting will be held April 2, instead of March 26th. Because of the loss of time during the snow in early March the county wide seventh grade examination will be held April 25, instead of April 18. County Commencement will be April 30 instead of April 23. Unless a change is made later Group Com mencements will be held at Garysburg, April 12; Jackson, April 13, and Conway, April 15, as scheduled in the handbook. Contestants winning in these groups will compete against the winners at Rich Square, Wood land and Seaboard at County Commencement. The three larger schools will not hold a separate group but will compete at County Commencement as in preceding years. Time for these contests will be arranged later. Blanche Penny, * Supervisor Severn Missionary Society Entertained The Young Peoples Missionary Society of Severn M. E. Church, were delightfully entertained by their leader, Mrs, J, B. Stephen son, at her home. Friday evening March 11, from 8 to 19:30 o’clock. We were met at the door by the hostess, who gave us a cord ial welcome. We were ushered in the parlor, where we spent a very, enjoyable evening. First, we played a number of intere3|'- ing games, after which contests were engaged in, the prize for the highest score being won by Moring Stephenson and Elise Maddrey, Following this delicious re freshments were served. Those present were: Miss Es sie Porter, Hazel Maddrey, Stuart Martin, Nellie Ricks, Moring Stephenson, Elise Mad drey, Otis Ricks, Harold Martin, Allie Barkley, Preston Ricks, Josie Mae Barkley, and William Maddrey. P.EP'ORTER,
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