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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
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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
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Sam L. Srant was 'charged $100.
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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
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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.
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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
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LITTLE PEGGY WEST
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Little Peggy West charmingly en- ',
tertalned a number of her friends
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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. ,
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