WJI .SON TIMES PabUnhed Twice Week b 08 V. D. SOLD PUBLISHING 00 JOHN f). tiOLD JVUtOi Jtotart at Uo Fostofflce at Wilson. . CL st vwi iiaj&M matter. m Mcmthi 1- .7( on r Movtbs .61 m tear $1.10 A REFLECTION ON THE HOG A friend of Marion Butler is quoted as saying that Butler con siders the Korehead crowd "the hoe combine". Well, it the More- head crowd are more nearly related 1 nmii.r (hgn Mnrr Ann I UW UUg laiUHJ man j - it wouffl be a reflection on the hog, Xo make such a comparison. LOVERS OF PIE. Colonel Ike Meekins it is under stood is slated for the position of first assistant to the alien property custodian, and this it is sa'd will placate him and keep him working harmoniously with, the Morehead faction in this state. It is also sug gested that it would be a good idea (to give Marion Butler something and thus satisfy his appetite and at the same time remove him from North Carolina, where Republican leaders recognize that as Ions as Butler takes a hand in politics it will serve as a good stick in the hands of the Demo crats. It seems from the way the Re publicans discuss the matter, that the ' hope of "pie" is about all that holds the organization together in this state. OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The report of Secretary Scott of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce shows that much work of value to the county and city has been ac complished by the organization dur ing the past year. To appreciate the amount accom plished one must read it carefully and every one should do this, since after a careful examination of the document it is apparent that the Chamber and Mr. Scott with his knowledge of affairs and the plans that he has in view can be of ma terial value to every profession and calling in the community. Take the mater of freight and ex press rates for instance. Mr. Scott who is an expert in these matters came to Wilson to take charge of this department of the organization. On account of the resignation of Mr. Barlow who went to New Bern, the entire work of both Secretary ani . :.rate expert devolved upon him. On account of the fact that the .Tates are undergoing a state of tran sition and are new even to the em ployes of the roads who are liable to make mistakes, the amount of money that might be saved to the shippers ; is considerable and that alona would be almost sufficient to pay him his : salary if every shipper availed him i self of his assistance. Another effect it would have if these matters were brought to his at iention, would be to keep Mr. Scott informed as to the rates the railroads are charging the shippers at this point for all classes of commodities. "The cities of the west we understand enjoy a lower rate than do the cities of the east, and that is due to sev eral reasons, one to the fact that': those shippers pay very close atten tion to rates, and are everlastingly after the lowest rates they can se cure. The wholesale interests of "Wilson especially should pay closer .attention to rates, since if Wilson shall become a great distributing point it must see to it that the rates , from and into this point are as low as any in the south, mileage taken Into consideration. Certainly we are! entitled to rates as low as any in the state. This is only one matter of vital Importance that Mr. Scott can look after for our people, there are many (Others and he is willing to help you all that he can. FEDERAL COURT TODAY The Federal court today contin 'lied almost without exception to try liquor cases. R. T. Matthews was found with too much cider in his possession containing over one half of one per ' eent alcohol. His case has not yet been disposed of. W. D. Holt plead guilty of having "too much whiskey In his possession and was fined $100.00 and costs. Henry Dickerson, a negro, was lound guilty of distilling . and was given four months in Jail and fin d $100.00. Robert Plummer and Roscoe Ar list and Gus Dixon were found with fliauor in their possession and Plummer was . fined $100.00 and one-third of the cost, and the Oth m were alio fined one-third of the .,.68lt . '1 ,;s.i'' '.iyX't-'1'" '''' J !' ,'?'''' i: Sam L. Srant was 'charged $100. :,tj for rebbing the pott office in OLD DAYS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. New Orleans, La., April 5. Mem ories of old days on the Mississippi when stately packets plied in the passenger traffic are revived by the resumption of traffic betweeen Pitts burgh, Pa., and this city by the way of the Ohio. Barges have carried freight traffic on the great river for many years since the packets were driven out by railroad competition. In the days of Mark Twain the Mississippi packets were celebrated for their "eats" their famous races, their pilots and even for their poker games. It used to be no uncommon sight to see from 15 to 30 passenger ves sels, from the palatial packet to the weather beaten tramp leave the New 0rleans landings dally for up.rlver pointS. Comin of the railroads witn fluick service for perishable cargo, many lines almost paralleling the river be tween the most important landings, caused river traffic to lose its prestige. Shippers began sending cotton and other non-perishable freight by rail and the stops of the river packets were fewer and fewer as the years went on. Plantation landings rotted away, planters began to buy railroad tick ets instead of steamer passage and made their plans to spend the differ ence in time in New Orleans instead of on the boats. Planters moved to town, social life in the country began to wane in short country dwellers be ca.me farmers and plantations became-farms. It was romantic to be a planter, but much more profitable to be a farmer. All of this directly af fected passenger traffic. A river voyage in the olden days was a pleasurable affair if the boilers did not blow up or the vessel hit one of the shifting sand-bars,- mud able berth, wonderful meals, dancing at night, watermelon parties, well stocked bars, stud and draw poker games for the patrons of that form of amusement, and last, but not least the antics of the negro roust abouts all combined to make things pleasant for the traveler. Coffee in bed was the rule, then a breakfast of bacon, eggs, waffles, pancakes started off the day. At noon there was fruit, fish, roast, veg etables, the ever present coffee and whatever desert the cook had in mind for the meal. The feast of the day came in the early evening with Creole gumbo (if the cook happened to hail from New Orleans as most of them did) fried fish, roast fowl, with bak ed or candied yams, beef or pork fruit in abundance, desert and "small black" coffee with brandy. It variety but quantity that made the steamer bill of fare famous. MR. JOSIAH STAXCILL. (Contributed). Josiah Stancill, one of the oldest citizens of this community passed awa? Sunday afternoon. He had just 'Passed his 78th birthday and for sev- eral years has been one of the lead ing men in this section, as a farmer merchant and a church worker. He was married in 1867 to Miss Tre- cenda Rentfrow, who died four years ago, and since that time Mr. Stancill has made his home with his children. By his request funeral services were conducted by Rev. S. H. Styron of the Free Will Baptist church of which he was a member, services were held at Little Rock church (Lucama). He was a member of the Masonic order and immediately af ter the funeral the Masons took charge of the body and it was laid to rest in Little Rock cemetery. Mr. Stancill leaves the following sons and daughters, besides 41 grand children and 25 great grand chil dren. Messrs. Walter and Jacob Stan cill, Miss Neppie Stancill, and Mes dames J. W. Watson Sparks Rent frow, Roscoe Williamston, J. E. Hales, and R. L. Overman. "Father we miss thy gentle voice, Thy tender cares we can share no more, But we pray that thou has gone, To Join the angel throng above, In realms of endless day. Tis sad to part from the one we loved, 1 While here on earth, no friend so great, But we owe it all to the one who . knoweth best, And we will leave it to Him to take him to rest." ONE LEGGED BOY" BASEBALL STAR Durham, April 5. Blackman, a one-legged youth, was the star in a baseball game between the Dur ham and West Durham high school teams played in this city today. He is the regular catcher for the West Durham team, receiving the ball while perched on the short leg, which has been amputated Just be low the knee. Besides playing er rorless ball, Blackman obtained two hits, and stole two . bases, the last stolen base being from second to third. v;f -V'-1:-Y-X' Chamber of Commerce Banquet Brilliant Affair (Continued from page 1) Wilson county, and said that he be lieved that sometime during the year that fifty per cent, of the peo ple were depositors of the banks of the county. This he said was great ly to their credit since it showed they are business people who know how to transact business, as well as being alive to the fact that it they hoard their money at home and keep it out of the banks they are removing it from circulation and thereby hurting their community as well as themselves. Mr. W. A. Edgerton followed Mr, Mewborne. and spoke of the mer chants and business men of the city. He said that it was very ap propriate indeed that he I should follow .Mr. Mewborne, for he had been following the bankers of the town ever since last fall when the slump came. He said that most of the merchants of the city were in the same fix be cause they could not collect their ac counts, We have through our imag inations brought ourselves to believe that times are hard, and as a result people are not paying their debts as they should and therefore the mer chants were hard up, and would so remain until the folks who owed them went down in their .ieans and paid their bills. This action is affect ing every one in the country, for the merchant could not buy cotton goods until the farmer paid his bills and therefore the price of cotton could not advance under such condi tions. The man who is not paying j his bills if he could possibly get the I monev even if he has to borrow it is cutting off his nose to spite his face. Mr. L. P. Woodard was the next speaker, and being one of Wilson county's most progressive farmers was down on the program to tell us about Wilson county and her farms. Mr. Woodard. took occasion to refer to Mr. Edgerton's remarks. He said that the farmers were not prosper ous, and that it had cost them ten cents per pound to make their crops more than they are getting for either cottqn or tobacco, and tfc? -i much to do with their ability to pay their bills. He agreed however that a man should pay his bills as rapidly as possible and thus keep the money in circulation, since if it remained out of circulation every one would be hurt, and the commercial interests of the community and nation would perish. Mr. Woodard said that we had the best section in the world and every farmer would be independent if he made his living on the farm, and that if this course were followed the soil would be more productive, and we could live better and have more, since the farmer who made his living is independent it mattered not where the price of cotton and tobacco went. Mr. Woodard made a very interesting speech. He said that the Germans are complaining that if the allies take from them 175,000 milk cows that their babies will starve for lack of nourishment, and yet Wilson coun ty farmers as a rule think very little of the cow, and as a result there are very few in the country. With more stock our people would be more efficiently nourished, and our lands would be more fertile and we would become a stronger people in tellectually and physically. Mr. Woodard paid a tribute to Mr. Daniels with whom he went to school and the two were boys together. He talked of his achievements, as a states man and newspaper man, and closed by saying that he was proud of this product from Wilson county. Mr. F. M. Miller manager of the Wilson branch of the Southern Cot ton Oil Company spoke of the schools of Wilson county, and gave an in teresting account of them from the time that Dr. Deems opened the first school here in the Wilson Collegiate Institute before the war on through the years until this good day, the schools of Wilson county and in this city having played a great part in the development of our people both morally, mentally and spiritually. Mr. Miller emphasized the necess ity for better school facilities for our growing community, and referred to the pending bond issues which he said should have the united support of our people. Dr. F. S. Love pastor of the Meth odist church was called on to speak of our churches and as usual made a very thoughtful and interesting speech. He said having been a citizen of Wilson only a very short fvhlle that he was not competent to speak of the churches as they deserved to be. He said that he knew Wilson from the viewpoint of the man who is on the outside and is just coming in. The reputation of Wilson is good, and he had understood all along that the people of Wilson stood for the best things,, and for this .its churches were entitled to due credit, lie was happy that his Impression gained from a distance, had been ore than" Justified since his resi dence here an he had the good for- tune to come in closer contact with our people. But there is still work to do here, and with an abidng faith in the people of Wilson, and the unity of purpose to reach as nearly as possible the great ideals of life he felt confident of the future, , for he had an abiding faith in the people of this community. Mr. Johnson King Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Tobacco Board of Trade was the next speaker. He gave an interesting review of the tobacco market from the day of its opening in 1888, under the direct ion of Captain E. M. Pace who con ducted the first sale in the old Wood ard Warehouse now the Smith Ware house. The wonderful growth " of this market and what it is doing may be better understood when he de clared that Wilson has sold the past year more than one tenth of all the tobacco grown in the world, and that we have the largest warehouses and the largest redrying factories in the world in this city. Wilson today is the largest tobacco market in the world. Mr. F. N. Bribers was on the pro gram tojeply to the toast our fra ternal orders, but begged to be ex cused stating that he had not had time to prepare anything on that subject. Mr. Louis Tomlin'son President of the Chamber of Commerce spoke on the subject "Wilson that's all". Mr. Tomlinson said that Wilson is the best town in the country, and the county in which it is located the Lest section in the world. This is apparent to any one who goes any distance from here and looks over the country and watches the people of other sections. Wilson people do not even realize what they have here. There are knockers who are not satisfied with the place, but there are boosters who are ever trying to im prove conditions, and are making the community better all the time. He said the Chamber is a wonderful or ganization through which to do ef fective work, and he wanted the sup port of the people in every endeavor. It would pay well he said. He paid a high tribute to the ladies whom he said were behind every good work and word. During the war where ever he went in the interest of the government, that the ladies .were in terested something was accomplish- ed. Mr. John D. Gold responded to the and grace of an old age, enjoying the toast, "The women of Wilson." He 'gratitude of many to whom he open said that if all the poets, the paint-' ed the doors of love of letters; John ers, the authors and the orators B. Brewer, the practical and con from time, immemorial had failed to : secrated teacher, whose long career adequately describe the charms of womanhood, how could he be expect ed to tell about it in only five min utes. mere was a time when men thought that all a woman could do was to look after the home, the nusoana ana tne babies, but now the ladies could do these things, run the affairs of . state during the day and serve a delightful and de licious banquet at night. It seem ed there was no end to what a wo man could do, and as for the wom en of Wilson, they stood at the very peak of endeavor and service, and he dared any man to stand up and deny it. No one stood up and so the assertion stood uncontradicted. Mr. W. A. Lucas responded to the toast, the future Wilson, a prophecy and as usual made a most captivat ing address. He made reference to a number of good things contained in the fore going speeches, and then painted Wilson as she is to be, with the va rious organizations and our people working harmoniously and unitedly in order to carry out the lofty alms and plans which they have to make Wilson the best town In the world, intellectually, morally and spiritu ally. Then came the address of Mr. Daniels with a splendid introdytc tion from Mr. woodard, who ex plained that it had been planned to have Judge Conner present and introduce Mr. Daniels, but that the Judge, to the regret of all, was un able to be present. Mr. Daniels said in part: There is much in a name, the bard of Avon to the contrary notwith standing. This town (perhaps ought to call It a city, for it has grown so big since I lived here) was fortunate in its beginnings In two things First, In being named for a brave soldier," whose love for the children of his comrades and all children lack ing plenty, induced him to give his entire fortune to aid the poor chil dren of this and Edgecombe county, of which it was then a part. Louis D. Wilson won honors in the Mexican War. He wins Immortality because he was, perhaps, the first North Caro linian who saw that helping chil dren was the noblest benefaction. . Should Have a Monument. Why should not the children of this, county give practical evidence that they honor nobility by erecting a monument to Louis D. Wilson In courthouse square? His strong and benevolent features would be an in- centive to courage and generosity to every aspiring youth privileged to let Wilson's shadow fall across his pathway. Education The Mud Sill of Wilson's Growth. The second good angel, who pre sided over this town when it came out of the egg-shell called Totsnot and began to take strides as Wilson, the county-seat of Wilson, was that it received its first growth as the seat of excellent schools. Situated midway between the old towns of Tarboro and Goldsboro, with their wealth and traditions, .the young town could not have forged ahead without a magnet. It had rich lands and progressive merchants, but it had more; it had citizens with the vision to see that education is the very mud-sill upon which the best struct ure rests. Character of School Buildings Tell Its Story. Wilson people started out with their school buildings the biggest and best buildings in their town. You can always tell what a people really set most store by if you will see the character of their buildings. If their schools are conducted in cheap and uncomfortable houses you may be sure they think something more valu able than the education of their chil dren. If their churches are lacking in comfortwid attractiveness, is it not a sign thatjjhere is need for a re vival of religion? Early Eminent Education. I doubt whether a town in Amer ica with its small population and small wealth, was so blessed in its early teachers as the town of Wilson. Let me name a few David Sidney Richardson, who later taught suc cessfully in California and never lost his love for this people; Charles Force Deems, the greatest Methodist preacher of his day, who was after wards asked to come to New York as pastor of the Church of the Strangers, supported by Vanderbilt, and it was through Dr. Deems that I the fund was given that established Vanderbilt University; Joseph H. Foy, the rarely gifted and inspiring scholar, who won larger fame as pastor and educator in Missouri, one of the few educators who had not taught continuously who was recog nized by the Carnegie foundation; Sylvester Hassell, the scholar and saint, still living in the sweetness , as leader in the education of woman has given him high place in two States; Edward Morse Nadal, big of brain and of heart, the master teacher of mathematics who had a genius for instruction-the striking ! figure of that great man, William Hooper, worthily bearing a great name, and the courtly gentleman and . classic scholar J. De Beriner Hooper, these and others set a high standard for educational institutions. The tra ditions of these men and these schools are such as to incite this gen eration to be worthy of their fathers. The Philosophy of Jack Simms. . Wilson in the days when I played on its streets had many characters. It had one who was the friend and philosopher of the whole town. We were not ambitious here then for wealth, as you have since become. Cousin Jack Simms (for everybody called him cousin), after he had lost his property, was as happy in his severely simple life as when he drove his fast horses. One day a friend said: Uncle Jack, after your days of, abundance and luxury, how do you find it now that you are poor?" The philosopher took the inquirer off to one side and said: "I will tell you if you promise not to tell any body." The promise was given. "I have made arrangements," said Cousin Jack in the utmost serious ness, or so it seemed to the man re ceiving the secret, "to do without what I can't get." That was a necessary philosophy here when I was a boy (and the things that boys, and men and wom en too.) "made arrangements to do without" would make the present- day resident feel he was missing most of the good things of life. But they would be mistaken. We had more fun and more good times I believe than those with an abundance of luxuries It never occurred to me when I was a' boy that I would ever' live outside of Wilson. It held everything that seemed necessary to happiness, to work, to companionship, to useful ness. And those of you who have re mained have gained more solid com fort, perhaps, than those of us who have been more or less rolling stones, always coming back for strength and comradeship. The defect of that day, however, looking at it In the light of real dev elopment, was that the philosophy of the-"makin arrangements to do without what you can't get" tended to deaden ambition. If you were satisfied to grow cotton and live leisurely, who would grow tobacco and build a mod ern city? No; it was a philosophy of content, but not a philosophy that conquers and brings wealth. Too Much Individualism In The Old South. The strength and weakness of the Old South was ita individualism. It made strong men, towering like' Cal- v.. n ha nntinnnl slrv or Joshua Barnes or William Woodard or Mosea Rountree in our local life. Family power and family wealth rose above community strength and community J service. Tennyson sings that "the in- dividual withers, but the world i s more and more," using "withers" in the sense of comparison. Co-operation and Corporations Make Progress Possible. In our modern life we have learned that the many must unite for the good of the whole; that the education of only a part of the community makes a half-baked town and the ignorant pull down the educated; that the doctrine "no man liveth unto himself" is applicable tb a town; . and that by co-operation in activity and the use of the corporation, every in dividual can contribute his part to the community weal. In the old days if a man had money, he would go into business. Today he asks his neighbor to chip in by the use of the greatest modern business agency, the corporation, and by that one new idea the wealth of a community is multiplied many fold. You have learned that team work alone was in business as in sports. The one man day has gone. The Clearing House of Development. Your Chamber of Commerce is the clearing house of ideas, the developer of team work, the engine that forges ahead. Make it to the community what the heart is to the man, and you have health and growth and strength. Perhaps its best service can be rendered in these days of falling prices. When everything is booming, as in the days of fifty-cent tobacco and forty-cent cotton, you did not need the leadership of a Chamber of Commerce. But today when it is dif ficult to say with Moses "That they go forward" men need to come to gether to give confidence and push ahead for the wise use of every dollar and the wise employment of every idea. The Hour For Faith and Thrift and Courage. This is no hour for bouyant, un thinking optimism. It is no hour for hopeless pessimism. It is the hour for taking stock, for steady progress, for mutual help and strength, for plan ning and carrying on. Above all it is the hour for resolution and faith and courage. To these ingredients add economy and thrift, taken in large doses, with a good portion of Cousin Jack Simmg, ..make arrangements to dQ w,thout what yQU cant get wltn cneertulnesS and happiness. And this prescription, if taken regularly, is guaranteed to cure the worst case of depression that ever rested upon any individual or community. SUBSCRIBE to THE TIMES. NOTICE. Sale of Valuable Real Estate. By virtue of the power of sale con tained in that certain mortgage exe cuted by George Batts and wife, Josephine Batts, to W. A. Finch, Trustee, dated December 6, 1919, and recorded in Book 124, page 31, Wilson Registry, default having been made in the payment of said notes, and both the holder and maker o Bald notes having requested that the land be sold, the undersigned will. on Monday the 18th. day of April 1921, between the hours of 12:00 M, and 1:00 P. M. at the courthouse door in Wilson, N. C, offer for saHe at public auction to the highest bid der, that certain tract of land situate in Wilson Township, Wilson County, North Carolina, adjoining the lands of P. L. Woodard, Dr. B. S. Herring f and others, containing thirty (30) nuoo, uuu uoiug a jjih liuu VI 111, 2 land formerly known as G. W. and,' D. M. Dew land. Terms of sale: Cash, This 18th day of March 1921. W. A. FINCH, Trustee. 3 19 26 d 4 2 9 w SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES. LITTLE PEGGY WEST jrurrn urn mi) Ax Little Peggy West charmingly en- ', tertalned a number of her friends J .... x . I, jwavuiua; aiwi uuuu Ul 1110 nome OI ' her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.' West, at the Colonial Apartments. The affair was in celebration of the little girl's fifth birthday. vwua gnuico noio Played. Refreshments were served, f There was a lovely birthday cake crowned with five gleaming candles. !. Favors for each chtM tiny baskets topped with fluffy yel- , low biddies and filled with candles. If you want to reach tit a folks advertise in The Times. , t