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PACE TWO
Cities Join ItiUJei
Through Q
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l? ;. 'Brighten
the corner where you
are!" ""
" Thttf IB Hit1 iiiusjmge being broadcast
by cities and towns in the
jOnitod .States and Canada. In an
effort to have dirt attacked as a
communitv iVrobFem* to hroinotn
health. I
Sanitarian* declare & city Is only
' as clean as Its homes, and that
mothers should remember Chat
the immaculatenooo blf their nurs
k .erica may bo made dangerous for
their babies by vagrant dirt from;
unclean places. It Is pointed put
that diseases bred in dirt are noj
[r respectors of persona
Revival of.the venerable, but
, slightly obsolete, custom of spring
'house-cleaning, and the extension
!of the ancient rite outside the Vails
lof the house to back alleys and
I vacant lots, until there Is a vast
succession of Spotless Towns, is~~no
mean undertaking. _
: i Municipalities, women1! clubs,
civic and industrial organizations
everywhere are preparing for
,clean-up activities. The Mayor of
.St. Louis once summarized the
lasting benefits of such efforts by j
saying: ' Paint a neglected back
yard or vacant lot with the green ;
of grass or shubbery or a thrift:
garden or publicly commit to any ,
other useful purpose and it will,
not revert to Its former dlsorderII
n ess. Otherwise it inevitably and ;
speedily will do so." In
urging every municipality toj
proclaim its annual Clean-up week, |
the Welfare Division of the Met-:
ropolltan Idfe Insurance Company
is instructing-its twenty-thousand
agents and its visiting nurses In
3955 cities and towns to lend a|
hand. It is educating Its policyholders
which comprise ono-:
seventh of the combined popula-!
| tiom? of the" Uhttbd States and Can- j
ada Just how they can help to
MAJ mrnlMT
) AND HIS MECHANIC SAFE AT j
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rum muLirn, HLAD|VA|
1 MISSING TWO WEEKS j
The Two World Fliers Owe Their
Existence to "Condensed Food
and Nerve*' ^
122 El R PLANE WRECKED
Washington, May 11.?Safe arrival
at Port Moller," Alaska, of Majqir
Frederick L. Martin, commander ot*
the army world flight expeditios, and
his mechanic, Sergeant Alva L. HarL
vey,jva? nnnounced today in message ?
to the army and navy air services arid'
the coast guard.
The text of Major Martin's me*-'
sage follows: j
p?//;. ' "Pert Moller, Alaska, May 10. I
vfc-: "Chief of Army Air Service, Wash-j
ington.
"Crashed against mountain in fog,]
thirtieth, 12:30. Neither hurt, ship
I' r total wreck.
E _ "Existence due f> condensed fool
fc; an<^ nerve. Arrived trapper cabin,
j? southernmost point, Port Moller Bay,
morning seventh. Food found, rested ,
t' * three days. Walked bench. Awaiting
.instruction!, here.
"(Signed) Martin."
Tec Men Found Refuge fn A Trap*
I - per1! Cabin.
"Cordova, Alaska. May 11.?(By Associated
Press).?Major Frederick L.
Martin and bis mechanic. Staff Sergeant
Alva ftarvey, who have been
missing since April 30 when they left
Chlgnik in their round the world
flight are safe at Port Moller, Alas"Va.
A radio message was received
It here from Major Martin this mornI
ing.
I The aviators owed their exintenee,
| the radiogram said, to "concentrated
food and nerved Exhausted, the
i- Right commander and hi* mechanic
| finally reached a trapper's cabin at
| the aoorthernmost point of Port MolI"
... ter bay, iin tliu morning?uf May T:
I - There they found food and regained
j, sufficient strength to walk the beach
[' three day* before they "were rescued,
tv- The plane struck a mountain near
' Tort"Mpller ?n hour and'a" half after
E leaving Chlgnik, according" to Major
i Martin's pteaMge. Although the *hip
'was completely wrecked, neither of
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tlth Crusade I
lean-up Activities
V
.maKe7"-their homp towns a safer
plaec to lire in and?tt?healthier
' place for their children.
If the suggestions aro followed,
; the rata will find that maa&r happy !
homcsitcs under the rubbish h-edtfts
will be unavailable. The malarial J
j mosquitoes will wander far from
' their erstwhile habitations to find
lan undrained puddle in which to
breed.?The house flies?wU4?find?many
manure heaps missing when
1 they come to lay their eggs and
there will be far less danger of
disastrous conflagrations starting
in the waste and rofuso heaped 4n
the forgotten corners.
Here _ are the eight outstanding
things suggested by the-Metropolitan
as a foundation for a clean-up
crusade:
1. Have al| rubbish removed from
your cellar, back-yard and areaway.
and placed in barrels or boxes
for removal. Arrange to have
it taken away. *
2. Clean hallways of all obstructions.
Ventilate damp cellars and
closets.
3. Beat all carpets and hangings.
Scrub floors and wash all woodwork.
4. Clean all windows and keep
them open to fresh air and sunlight.
5. Ask your landlord to repair
leaky roofs and plumbing, broken
walls and ceilings.
6. Report stagnant pools. refuse
and other nearby nuisances to tho
Health r>epartment.
7. Do what you caiNifl see that
vacant lots are cleaned of- all refuse,
tin cans, boxes and other
litter. . .
8. Compliance with these suggestions
and with efforts of the Health
Department will make your city a
healthy and pleasant place for
your children to &row up in.
SOUTH CAROLINA STORM
DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED
? AT TEN MILLIONS.
Columbia, S. C., May "10.-?l(iy the
A.-woci?|.L I Press.)?Rehabilitation
work in South Carolina, as a result of
the tornadoes which swept the state
o:r April 30, will require a minimum
fund of $230,000, it develorped in a
[conference held here today by the
state qjivisory board of the American
Red Cross and Ilenry M, Barker, na-;
tional director , of disaster relief. j
A state finance committee to raise
this amount for relief work was ap- J
pointed by the state advisory board
after a review of the situation based <
upon the survey this week by Red
Crotfs workers had been presented.
Mr. Baker, who was sent here to
direct the efforts of the Red Cross in.
this stjite, announced that the toll of?
the disaster to date for South Carolina
is as fellows:
Dead, 78; injured, 771; homes destroyed,
380;. f dm Hies affected, 672;.
persons affected, 3,360; counties affected,
13. The total'loss in the 131
counties swept by the tornado willj
reach it was stated, approximately!
*10.000.000. - j
Theset figure? were considered conservative.
and as the investigations
continue the number of homes destroyed
and individuals affected is expected
to increase. As the work has
progressed new devastated* areas have
been discovered, additional families
have been found destitute and other
ruins of former dwellings have been
found.
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The County Commissioner of Hertford
County have agreed to purchase
40,000 pounds of Calcium arsenate to
be sold*to the farmers at cost. Should
most of this poison be sold before the
dustinor neriod Come* nlnnc tka rw?_
missioners will buy another car and
have H in readiness for a fight on the
boll weevil. 1410 price for dust was
cents per pound while this car
will make. it possible to sell to the
farmers at a cost of 11 3-d cents,
saving them about $2300 on their cotton
poisoning operations this year.
reports County Agent C, A. Rose.
the aviator^ was hurt,, he said-Port
Moller is ,W0* miles west of Chignik.
The message frma Major-Martin
which reached here at 1;M> o'clock'
thLs..mommg came fsom. Port Moller
via St. Paul island. ,
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, THS ROX^OHO CO~Jj
MPIUIVED UNIFORM INTEANAHQMAI
SundaySchool
* LessonT
ty RBV P. ?. F1TZWATBR. D.D., T*ache
of Kn<ii?h Mibtr In the Moody Bible Instl
tuif of Chrcesa)
('?. 1924. wekt?ra Kewap*p<ar Union.)
Lesson for May 18
ISAIAH AND THE ASSYRIAN
CRISIS.
LESSON TEXT-IM. X. 17.
GULDEN TEXT?"God le our refugfi
and strength, a very present help li
trouble,"?Ps. 46:1.
PRIMARY TOPIC?How God An
swered Their Letter.
JUNIOR TOPIC?Isaiah and thi
Uoastrul Assyrian.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC?How Isaiah's Faith Saved a City.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND AD< TOP
1 IC?Isaiah's Service to His Country.
I. The King of Assyria Invadei
Judah (Lsa. 30).
1. Rabshakeli Meets a .Deputatioi
Prom Judah (vv. Uabshaket
was a representative pf Scnpueherib
the king nf A-ssyrhi, whnsp?miss'm
.was to induce Judah to surrender. Ii
order to accomplish this he:
I ,(T) Tried to bully them Into sub
mission (vv. 4-0). He taunted then
with their weakness and told then
that Kirvnt was a broken reeil thaj
would not only fall of support but
oven?pioroe?the htmd?that?ruuehci
out to It He challenged them bj
offering 2,000 horses. If they wouk
'furnish riders for them. If they couli
not furnish this small number ii
would be /utile for them to attempl
to withstand the greut Assyrian army
(2) He usserted that It was use
less fur them to put their trust li
God (v. 10). He even declared that tin
Lord had sent him to destroy Judah
(3) He tried to create a panl<
ajhong the people (vv. 13-21). Fear
lng a panic among., the" people -th<
deputation of the Jews urged Rab
shakeh not to speak in the Jews
lunguage. Taking up the suggestlor
he spoke loudly in the Jews' language
xvnrnlng them against trusting in Heze
klnh.
(4) He promised them plenty In an
other land similar to their own (vv
10, 17). He ifrged them to make agree
inent with him>nnd upon his returt
from Egypt he would take them to i
land of plenty, but the people wen
loyal to Hezeklah, for fhey knew tlia
the cruel Assyrians could not b<
"trusted.
2. The Deputation Reports to Heze
klah (v. 22). They rent their garmenti
doubtless in fear and dismay ove
their perilous condition, for the crlsii
long before predicted by Isaiah, Uiw
now come upon them.
II. Hexekiah's Behavior15- (Isa. 37
1-35).
1. Resorted to the House of th?
Lord (v. 1). This Is a sure resort o
God's people in .tluie of distress (Ps
73:16, 17; 77:13). This action wai
prompted by faith, for God had prom
ised that those who in titne of distres.
resorted to His house would be hean
by Him (II Chron. 7:15, 10).
2. Sent Isaiah (vv. 2-7). The loglca
"and natural thing for the king to d<
under such circumstances was t<
send for "God's prophet. The prophe
ffent back words of encouragement t<
Hezekiuh. assuring him that Gq<
would bring deliverance.
3. Hezekiah's Prayer (vv. 14-20)
Itabshakeh, who seems to >haye with
drawn from Jerusalem for a Ilttli
while, now returns from Sennacheril
with a letter warning Hezekinh agalns
trusting God for deliverance, ossurinj
him that he would be deceived for n<
god was able to stand against the As
syrian army. He spread the ietter be
fore the Lord and prayed.
(1) He recognized God's throne
making it the ground of his plei
(v. 16).
(2) He recognized the peTll whlcl
threatened the people (vv. 17-19)
Sennacherib had indeed laid waste th<
surrounding nations, but that ruin re
suited because the gods of the nation
were not real.
(3) He nsked for deliverances (v
20).. H?, desired that dellveranc
would (porte In such a way as to vlndi
cate and honor tlie Lord.
4. Isaiah's Message to Hezekiah (v\
- 21-85).
(1) That Sennacherib's siij wna bias
phemy against the Holy One of Isrne
(vv. 21-23).
(2) That Sennacherib had forgottei
that he was an instrument in God'
hand (vv. 24-28).(3)
Judgment upon Sennacherib wa
imminent (vv. la-nn). Dellvernnc
would soon come and that through th
energy of the I-ord of hosts. ~
III. Destruction of tho Assyria
Army (vv. 86-381.
The augel of thp l.ord went fort!
and smote In the camp of the As
syrlans 185,000 men. so Sentiacheri
was turned back by the way he rami
He did not enter Jerusalem and afte
tTTis defeat he went back to Nlneve
to live and while there worshlptn
In the house of bis god he was ai
aasslnated.
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In One's Home
If Is often easier r<5 pose as a phi
anthroplst abroad than td he knowas
kind, reasonable and unaelhsh 1
one's haul*. ?-?? ?
Giving Thanks
(living thanks for what we have I
a good psaventlve against whlnln
about what We have- not.
~ ;
Roaring the Child
In -bringing up a child, think -of li
Old age.?Joubert.
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FROM ALLENSV1LLE.
[Richard has not' sepn anything in
the Courier in a Jong time that gave
h-m more real pleasure than the
clean breast which oar county :<oesniissionera
made last week in regard
to the very serious charge which they
r made against our ahcMt. I know Mr.
Harris w?3 very much hurt over the
matter, for he had talked the matter
' over with me and said, so far as
knowing anything against J. Mclvin
Long he did not. That he had read
! my letter criticising the commission,
ers for their rash act, and so far as
i he knows the reports might have
'started from some bootlegger. I felt
1 : rbout the matter then just as I do,
-1 now, that they had done Mr, Long a
J great injustice for'when a man trie"
I to do his .duty to his fcllowman in
' .carrying out the law there alwhye
-tare some who try to injure him in
j every way possible, but I certainly
i' am glad that Mr. Harris and Mr.
.FIcster had the manhood to admit th*
' I great injustice they have done the
1 ! greatest. sheriff Person County has
ever-had. For Richard believes '}h:-.
| jis the only reason that there are so
| many men now running for sheriff.
. ! hoping to profit by our commissioners
i ! great mistake and eause Malvin Long
> i-to loose the office which he so richly
t ?1o ctirs-nrl A lorla*. o ,1 p .. t
^ w?. ?' Via,jr3 tiy.i iTO'il
j i Roxboro said she might vote .for
< some one elsj qj nccount of these reI
jports. hot she said that he had ros.l"
1 i us a good sheriff and but fop these
t! reports he would stand as fslrirT
' j Mr. Kirby, our Register of deed o add
everybody admits he is good as elect|
ed again. I was very glad to se-> those
s gentlemen from Mt. Tirzah come out
| in defense of Mr. Long for these are
: real men standing up for a righteous
cause. .
From what Judge Sinclair said he
' had heard, those have spread disi
eases in the Ceffo section that will
be with them in this section for at
least one hundred years, but Sheriff
Long ever mindful of his duty did hot
do like some no doubt wanted him to
. do, let them go when they reached the
> Virginia line, but he pursued theirf
> and landed them in .'ail, they admit'
ting the crime which they were
' charged with Mr. Long knew that these
women were guilty, and he knew they
. were making a hell hole around Ceffo.
s which until their arrival was one of
r the most chosen parts of our dounty.
9 Re did his duty and did it well and
1 fetterless of what the future has in
dtore for him, I feel that every lawabiding
man and woman .of our coun5
ty should say, "well dope good, and
f j faithful sheriff," we will vote for you
i. again with all our hearts and do all
' in our power to help you to protect
our young people against su?h crimes
, as the one that was being committed
around Ceffo
j I was sorry to note in today's Couj
rier that our much beloved Editor
9 was sick, however, I trust that it is
a nothing serious for we are expecting
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counts d
security
prospero
in the bf
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p'iness in
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great -kings of him whan h? gets!
down to Raleigh, for from all out- j
ward appearances we are going to
elect, him as our next Senator. Ha, to
my certain knowledge has been worki?g
for something like- thirty years
for the upbuilding of Person Coonty
and unlike many other business men
he has never forgotten where his
bread ami meat cones from and hiss
used his columns freely to try to help
the farmer in every way possible. He
richly, deserves ail ths honor he is
asking and then some; and to defeat
."him would be to defeat a righteous
main working for a righteous cause.
He says that he-Slants the farmer relieved
of some 6/ those burdensome
tones v.-hifh are so-hard to bcruvand
we Lelieve lie is telling the truth,
anyway we are willing To try him
our, So if you have not TcglstarcJ
I bo rare and register, attend to it before
the time i out. Everybody f A jl'elvlti
I.cng r-,] Jo: Moell, should be
]oar filers:, until tile foils close or.
iJune 7th 1924
Poor Richard.
I'T.WT fFl ri'Y THIS MflXTH.
P.aleigh,. N'. G. May 12. To have
celery on the table from the homo
garden this fall, plant a seed bed about
the middle of May. As the seeds are
small, mix sand with thom and thus
lie: a more even dii tri'riution in tho
row. The seed should be planted In
rows 6 inches apart and later trans;
planted 1 .to lr H inches apart In the
row. They should be covered above
1-8 inch deep. The seed bed should
[be very fertile and kept moist. It
should be thoroughly soaked before
the plants are lifted to be set in the '
J field. The plants should be root and
top trimmed before being set out.'
The richest, deepest, sandy loam
soil available should be used for this
crop, cautions R. ~F. Payne, Extension
Horticulturist tor tJjiTjtate College
of Agriculture. Wel'.-rotted stable
manure should be used freMy. Commercial
fertilizer analyzing about 4
per cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphorir
acid, and 8 per cent potassium
should'be used at the rate of 1,0001
pounds per acre before the crop is j
set, and 1,000 pounds the latter part!
of the season before blanching
Celery is usually set in the field
about the first of August. The plants!
can be set 6 inches X. 6 inches in
double rows 6 feet apart, when tnei
plot is large and blanching is done
by hilling up the soil about the plants.'
In snrall plots the rows can he closer'
andlolanching can be done bv placing,
boards or. edge on both sides of the
row, or by wrapping each plant withj
The best varieties for. the early
crop are Golden Self Blanching and
White Plume, while for the late crop
Winter King anl Giant Pascal are the
best Varieties.
DON'T forget us for cleaning and
pressing. . See us about The* Royal
Tailors Proposition. Brooks & Lattn
jWj Beam
Hi ^ae
on't often see a sad or a woi
iut ot a bank. People with
on't have to worry. They -1
of feeling?that satisfact
us look only a person with
ink' can really have.
/ per cent of the sadness an
this world is due to "strai
ances.
let circumstances bother ;
them. It isn't what you <
11 save.
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his Bank will help you savi
r cent interest, compounc
First National
THE FRIENDLY BANK.
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JENKINS 13 FOUND GUILTY.
Lexington, May nT?L. C. Jenkins,
former chief of police of Thomaaviile,
was found guilty of murder in
the second degree here this afternoon
in connection with the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Jones on March 12-13,
this year. Judge H. P. Lane sentenced
him to serve at hard labor in the
state prison to from 25 $ 30 years.
He must wear the stripes of the felon.
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T. E. Raper, chief counsel for the
convicted man, gave notice of an appeal
to the Supreme court. Judge '
Lane fixed the appearance bond at
325,000. It is doubtful, however, if
the Jenkins family or its friends will
bs able to.raise- that enormous sum.
NOTICE '
-\r. W Parker and others concsrf.rrf
will take notice that th? undersigned
on August 27, 1924, at the
Sheriff's sale of land for taxes bought
the following tract cf land, taxed in
name of Mrs. JV. IV. Parker for 1922,
tr-vo* ?"ii that, thn limp nf rpriemp- _
tion expires August 27, 1924, 16 acres
lying in Mt. Tim ah Township.
S A. Olivpr
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Mr. Palmer of Albemarle' spent sev# ":eral
davs last week here on business.
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Mr. Willie Huff spent last week 4
in Charlotte on business.
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Mr. Jack Wrenn spent Sunday in
Charlotte.
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We carry the "Dove Line" in ladies
underwear, nationally known and
universally worn by those who know.
Try it; Wilborn & Satterfleld.
The cooperative carlot shipment of
poultry from Lenoir County raised
the price of hens from 14 cents per
pound to 20 14 cents to the farmers
and pleased everyone* except a few
hucksters. County Agent F. W; Rishcr
reports that 212 farmers sold over
4000 head of poultry weighing over
18.000 -pounds. The - smallest check
was for 60 cents and the largest was
$123. The farmers made oyer $900
by selling in this was as contrasted
to selling locally at the price offered.
o? ?
Tom Tarheel says that he never
knew what a conference meafit until--"-?---'
he and his two boys held one on the
creek bank the other afternoon. They
fished a little, talked a little and rested
. quite a lot,
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Farmers in Pamlico County recently
shipped a car of soybeans coopera-.
tivcly. The local price for beans offered
by dealers then rose from $1.50
per bushel to $2.05 per bushel, reports
County A?ent R. W. Galphin who
handled the shipment.
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face
bank ac- .
lave that
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