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ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER "CAROUNA. CAROUNA. HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER" SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.0 LUME XXXVI RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1927 NUMBEF 51 IN THE MESHES OF THE LAW Six Alleged Bootleggers Captured by Sheriif Joyner and Deputies Near Seaboard It didn’t look very bright for the bootlegging business Wed nesday afternoon, December 14, 1927, at about 3 o’clock when Sheriff H. L. Joyner and his dep uties quietly marched six alleged bootleggers up the court house steps into Justice or Peace J. T. Long’s court for a hearing. The result of the hearing was that Beulah Stephenson, Jarvis Stan- cell alias Britt, Edd Kobinson, Matt Davis, Mark Davis and Johnnie Jones, ail colored, were required to give bond for their appearance at the March Term of Superior Court, in default of which they were committed to jail. It seems that the violators of the prohibition law had been pretty active in, and in the vicin ity of. Seaboard of late. A com plaint was made to the Sheriff, since which time he and his as sistants have been secretly at work in this particular part of the county and on Wednesday the round up was made with the above result. SobeTnews SEABOAKD NEWS i CONWAY BANK ROBBED COMMUNITY CLUB ORGANIZED The Roxobel- Kelford School closes Wednesday for the Christ mas holidays. Messrs Julian Norfleet, Carl Livermon and Edmund Jacobs have returned from a trip to Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Tyler visit ed friends in Charlotte the past week. Mr. J. W. Powell, of New York City, arrived last week to visit relatives at “Woodbourne.” Miss France.s Peele, Sullins College, Bristol, Va came Thurs day to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Peele. Miss Ruth Tyler, of Newport, N. C., is home for the hplidays. Mrs. C. S. Bowers, Enfield, is spending the week with her mother, Mrs, Sallie Tyler. Mr. and Mrs. Esten Jenkins motored to Richmond. Va., Fri day. Dr. Smith. Health Officer of Bertie County, visited the school Friday. Honor Roll Roxobel-Keiford iichool First grade—Mary E Modlin, Sallie Dale Walston, James Louis Austin, Hilda Bishop, Thomas Arpcell, Odell Bryant, George Johnston, Owen Bracy, P. T, Roane, Myrtle Jones, Helen Har rell, Joe Martin. Mary E. Hall, Evelyn Hall, Evelyn Tyler. Eula Knight, Clarence Jilcott, Mary Stephenson. Second grade—Wadsworth Jil cott. Worth Jilcott, Fae Byrd, Charles Bryant, Clarice Jones, George Thomas Harrell Third grade— Marie Parker, Joseph Parker, Hartwell Jilcott, William Bryant, Elizabeth Nor fleet, Marjorie Burkett, Essie Mae Harrell, Virginia Mizelle, Fourth grade — Billie Ruffin, Dick Spivey, Earl Tynes. Jack Tyler, Margaret Curley and Sue Fifth grade—Tom Norfleet, Jr. Sixth grade—Lillie Mae Cope land, Frances Jilcott, Haz?l Jil cott, William Jilcott, Mary Alice McCain, Luther Modlin, Jr. Eighth grade — Mary Baker. Fannie Mae Smith Ninth grade—Jerry Jilcott. Tenth grade—Kathleen Jilcott. Doris Outland, Sallie Parker. Eleventh grade—Weyland Me Cain, Susie Tyler, Jo.sie Wim- brow. Christmas exercises will be ob served at the Methodist church Sunday eve.ning at 7:30 o’clock. The program will consist of a Christmas pageant and exercises by the smaller children. A spe cial offering will be taken for carpeting the church. Mr. Alexander Davis, a student of U. N. C., arrived Tuesday and will spend the holidays with his sister, Mrs. F. C. Weaver. Miss Margaret Wilkinson, of the high school faculty, spent the week end at Belhaven with her parents. Mrs. W. D. Barbee anddaugh- ter Nancy spent Saturday in Nor folk shopping. Miss Virginia Gay, a student of Virginia latermont College, Bristol, Va., arrived Saturday to spend the holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gay. Mr. and Mrs. Zell Ward and son Lin wood. Edenton, arrived Saturday and are guests of Mrs. Ward’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A L Ford. Mias Alice Kelly Harris, mem bar of Elkin high school faculty, arrived Saturday and will spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mr.?. A. K Harris. Mr. M. Crocker Maddrey, a student of Wake Forest College, arrived Saturday to spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. R. M. Maddrey. Mr. Luther Bass left Saturday for Greensboro after spending a few days here with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. T. J. Bass, recup erating from an operation for appendicitis. Miss Edith Bradley, of New Bern high school faculty, arrived Saturday and will spend Christ mas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Bradley. Mr. and Mrs. C. H, Pruden moved Thursday into the home of Mr. B. S. Stanceli on Main Street which was recently vacat ed by Mr. Lynn Warrick. Rev. Rufus Bradley, of La Grange, spent a few days here the past week. Mrs, Elmo Crocker and son left Sunday for Portsmouth to spend the holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Plum mer. Mr. T. J. Stephenson, a stu dent of Wake Forest College, ar rived Sunday to spend Christ mas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.- T. J. Stephenson. Miss Agnes Edwards, a mem ber of Lumberton high school faculty.arrived Saturday to snend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R W. Edwards. The play, “Lightnin,” pre sented by the Community Dra matic Club the past Wednesday evening in the high school audi torium was a decided success. Each player acted his or her part with due credit both to themsel ves and their instructor, Mrs. Herbert Harris, who sponsored and coached the play, A neat sum was realized which will be used in helping to defray the ex penses of the Carolina Playmak- ers next spring. After more than a year of in validism, the soul of Mrs. D. P Harris, beloved wife of Rev. D. P, Harris, went Home on Mon day morning at 10:45. The end, which was peaceful and serene, had been daily expected for weeks, A short funeral service will be held from the home. Sea b-oard Baptist Pastoriiim, Tues day morning at 9:30, conducted by Rev. J. P. Essex of Jackson Bapiist church and Rev. Frank Culbreth of Seaboard Methodist church, after which the remains wiil be conveyed to her old home. Monday Night Thieves Break Into Bank and Get Away With Over Three Thousand Dollars Conway, Dec. 20—For the se-! cond time in recent years the Bank of Conway was broken op en last night and the safe rob bed, this time of a little more than $3,300.00 The robbery was not discovered until this morning when Casiiuir Johnson opened the bajik to j-o to work Entrance was gained tbrouga a rear window, and acetylene torch was used to burn a hole through the safe to reach the money, Tbe safe was nut blown open. T.be tank was left iu the bank, as well as some other tools. No clue as to who committed the robbery has bean obtained, nor which way they went. This bank was robbed a few years ago and the robber was captured on the Meherrin river near Severn, tried, convicted and has served his term in the peni tentiary. Hake It Hard For The liriminal There is a whole lot of talk about the crime wave and how to reduce crime. A few practi cal suggestions have been made, bat most of the publicity is given to proposals which would favor and pamper the criminal at the expense of the law-abiding citi zen. If we want to atop crime, the surest way to make it unpopular is to make it more unpleasant for the criminal. A law to deny the private citi zan the right to buy and own a pistol or revolver merely gives the criminal a safer field in which to operate. We already have regulatory laws regarding the sale of revolvers and the carrying of concealed weapons. These laws, in the past, have been ef fective when they were enforced. The average man has no busi ness carrying a concealed weap on. If he has occasion to, he can get a permit to do so. The crook has no business being a crook, but if he is a crook, still he has no business carrying a concealed weapon. Therefore, if he is arrested in the act of lawbreaking and later convicted, he should be subjected to the penalty the law imposes. If he uses a gun in the commis sion of a crime, why not double the penalty? This would punish the criminal who uses a gun unlawfully, rath er than the private citizen who under the Constitution has a right to own and possess guns. In other words, enforce our present laws, double the penalty for criminals where they use dangerous weapons, and uphold the law abiding citizen in his constitutional rights.—The Man ufacturer, Elizabeth City, where a brief service wiil be held in Berea Baptist, the home church of both Rev. D. P. and Mrs Harris In terment will follow in Hollywood cemetery, Elizabeth City. A more extended notice of the life and labors of this good woman will appear in a future issue of this paper. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to Rev. D. P. Harris and family in the loss they have sustained in the death of wife and mother. May the Everlasting Arms- be around them and give them that strength and comfort needed in their sore bereavement. Seventy-five Men of Woodland and Vicinity Join Local Organization for CoRimnnity Upbuilding Woodland, Dec. 17.-The men of the Woodland community as sembled in the home economics room of the gymnasium building Thursday night and organized a live community club. Notwithstanding the fact that Roanoke river on the west was overfl-jwing its banks. tneChow an on the east was rushing to wards the great Atlantic with its mighty load, and the Meherrirs on the north was swelling and rapidly rising, and the rain which had been falling for about 24 hour? seemed to take a fresh start, none of these things seem ed to dampen the courage, en thusiasm and perseverance of the men in this community, for when the appointed hour of six o’clock came, seventy five men were ready to sit down to the seventy- five places prepared for them by the local parent teacher associa tion. Dr W. R. Parker, popular community spirited physician, stated the object of the meeting, after which he asked Rev. R, M. Von Miller, Rich Square, who has had considerable experience and notable success with organ! zrtions of this kind, for a few remark. Mr. Von Miller briefly outlined the many advantages of such a club, relating instances of what the newly org-snized club of Rich Square had meant to that progressive town. “The ex istence of such a club generally acts as a moral clearing house in a community,’’ said he. Among other places mentioned as ex amples of what can be done by organized effort, the speaker call ed attention to our neighboring tow.n across Roanoke river. “Scot land Neck, one of the most pros perous towns in Eastern North Carolina, is what it is because the people there organized them selves,’’ he said. He thought there was no finer way to pro mote the progressive spirit in the community than through a live community organization. Other gue«ts present were: Rev. D. A. Clark, T. H. Peele and H. D. Holloman, Rich Square ail of whom made short and very appropriate talks, Mr. Peele thought the organization of a club here would mean more to the community than we had any idea of. The farmer, lawyer, merchant, banker, manufacturer, school authorities, every repre sentative of community life, can come together, poo! their inter ests and work as one for the up building of the whole community. A motion was made and car ried that Dr. W. R. Parker be made temporary chairman, and tbat John H. Liverman be made temporary secretary. The pro posed constitution was now read and unanimously adopted by ris ing vote. Appropriate remarks followed by R®v. C. M. Billings, pastor of the Baptist Church and A. E Copeland, minister of the Friends Church here, after which separate motions were made and carried, one hundred percent, making Dr. W. R. Parker, pre sident, E G Griffin, vice-presi dent, and John H, Liverman, secretary treasurer. The president now asked those who wished to become members of the Woodland Community Club to let it be known by stand ing. Every one present stood. The following committees were now appointed by the president: Executive comnaittee, E. G. Grif fin, chairman, R. C. Benthall, ’ Dr. C. G, Parker, C. J. Vaughan, TWO LARS OEMOLiSBED The whole student body of the school seems to Refilled with the spirit of Christmas. School closes Wednesday and everyone is look ing forward to the Christmas trees and exercises to be given on that day. The Primary grades will have their tree in the first grade room, the fourth and fifth grades in the fifth grade room, the sixth and seventh in the seventh grade room, and the high school in the auditorium The children are planning to fi ! a box to bo sent to the inmates of the County Home. The Senior Play of Chowan College “Only Me,’’ which was given in our auditorium last Mon day night, was a success in every way. There were no particular stars as everyone played his or har p-art unusually wall. Miss Pauline Willis in the role of Sheila Thayer, Miss Parker as Grardma Tnayer and Mr. Peele as Billie Bainbri-dge carried the dramatic roles while Miss Julia Grady as Miss Finnerty, a beauty specialist and Livingston White as Senor De Gorcia, a Mexican, took care of the comedy side of the play. The other characters ; were excellently portrayed, This I was one of the best local talent I plays seen in this section for I some time. It is well balanced in every way. We appreciate ' very much the kindness of the Senior Clas,s of the college in presenting the play here and I wish them much success in their I future presentations of the play. ! The High School Dramatic Club is busy workif>g on three I me act plays to be presented I during Parent’s Week in Janu I ary. These are to be presented i complimentary to the parents ; and other patrons of the school and are to be a feature of the week. The sixth grade had charge of the regular Friday morning Chapel exercises and presented an excellent program. An his I torical and patriotic play in which “Young America” enters the "Land of the Free” accompanied by the virtues was given. Anoth er feature was a series of selec tions from Longfellow’s poems in which the audience was asked to guess from what poem each selection was taken, Thes-s pro grams are always a feature of the week’s work and arouse much interest among the students. The bovs basket bail team de feated Weldon Friday night in one of the most exciting and in teresting games of the season. The score was 14-13 This makes a total of four one point games won by the local team this sea son. The game was chiefly one of guarding and both teams gave an excellent exhibition of defen sive work. The passing of both teams was about on an equal. Captain Bridgers and Davis did the scoring for Conway with eight and six points respectively. H. Garner led the scoring for Weldon with 5 points. Cbcvrolei and Ford Smashed As They Come Togetber On Highway 305 -No One Killed Saturday night about 10 o’clock one of the mest complete auto mobile wrecks seen in this county occurred half way between Rich Square and Jackson nn Highway 305, at the cross n ads at C. E Lane’s, when a practically new Chevrolet cir owned and driven by Everett Bryant of Rich Square and a Ford touring driven by A1 Whitaker of Jackson came to gother with a m.-ise that waked up the neighborhood and describ ed by Mr, Lane, who lives only a few yards froin the scene of the accident as reminding him of an earthquake. Both cars were de molished, but fortunately neither of the drivers were seriously hurt, Mr, Bryant suffering great erinjures. Both cars were goir-g at a good pace, the road haing wide and in about perfect condition. Mr. Bryant was going towards Jack son and the other car coming to wards R ch Square and both or the right side of the road until the cross roads were reached when Whitaker suddenly turned to his left to eater tbs road lead ing to Lasker and was bit on the front wheel, right side, by the Chevrolet. The driver of the Ford car evidently thought he could curn and enter the other road before the Chevrolet reach ed it but miscalculated the speed and distance. The impact was described as a terrible noise. DEMAND FOR SOY BEANS CALLS FOR EXPANSION OF CULTURE L C. Copeland; civic committee, R. C. Benthall, chairman, W. H. S. Burgwyn, J. Eiwood Cope land; house committee, I T. Blanchard, chairman, W. W. Carter, R. M, Griffin; industrial committee, E. G. Griffin, chair man, J. G. Parker. S. N. Blan chard; publicity committee, D, H. Brown, chairman, C. M. Bil lings, J, G. JFeezor; program com mittee, E. C. Jernigan, chairman Cary Reese. J. P. Griffin. The meeting adjourned to meet the 2ad Thursday night, the 12th of January, 1928, at 6 o’clock. David H, Brown, Soy bean growing i.s a branch of agriculture in which the nat ional supply doe.s not meet the demand, W. J Morse, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, pointed out to an Illinois audience at the State Soy Bean Day cele bration at Urban. In spite of the very rapid soread of soy-bean culture in the United States in recent years, we imported last year about 31,000,000 pounds of soy bean oil, 43,000,000 pounds of soy-bean cake, and 4,000,000 pounds of soy beans. These large imports and the increasing utili zation of the crop, Mr. Morse said, call for an expansion of soy bean production in our country In the United States the in dustry is in its infancy and al though soy beans are used pri marily for forage, our oil mills offer an opportunity for a great er production of seed. In China the soy bean is primarily a cash crop. It is used in many food products and is an indispensable part of the national diet. In Manchuria, which produces about 70 per cent of the world supply of soy beans, the crop occupies about 25 per cent of the culti vated area, producing on the average about half a ton to the acre. That the Department of Agri culture is doing its share in pro moting soy bean culture is re flpcied in the fact that one of its agricultural explorers in China obtained approximately 2,000 in troductions of seed, which are being tried out by the Govern ment with promising results. Cold Snap This part of the country expe rienced this week the second cold snap of the winter, coming in between the warmest spell we have had for the season in sev eral years. The thermometer has been as low as 20 degrees, but not cold enough to kill all the boll weevils, live ones being found in cotton carried to the gin about a week ago.
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