VOL. X. NO. 48
EASTERN CAROLINA ,
TRAINING SCHOOL
\
For Teachers Opens Octo
ber sth With Full Corps
of Instructors --Every
Building Handsonely
Equipped - - - Especially
Convenient for Eastern
Teachers.
The Board of Trustees of the
East Carolina Teachers' Training
School deems itself fortunate in
securing so able a corps of teach
ers, and takes pleasure in giving
to the public the following jnfor
mation:
Piesident Robert H. Wright was J
reared in Sanq son county, North
Carolina. Graduated with honor
from the Uni/ersity of North Caro- j
lina in 1897. After teaching in
the public and private schools of
his native stskte and South Carolina
he did a year of post-graduate work
at John Hopkins University, Haiti
more He was then elected Head
of The Department of History,
Civics and Economics in the Haiti
more City College. This position
he held until 1906 when he was
elected piincipal of the Eastern
High School, Baltimore. He filled
this position with the greatest ac
ceptability for three years, resign
ing to accept the presidency of the
East Caroliua Teachers' Training
School. He has the highest recom
mendations from "the most compe
tent judges acquainted with his
work for scholarship and teaching
ability. The board confidently
commends him to the fullest confi-
I dence of the people of North Caro
lina.
Miss E. Jenkins, the
teacher of English language and
Literature, is a graduate of Trinity
College and a M. A. of Columbia
University, New York City.. Miss
Jenkins has taught in the rural and
graded schools of North Carolina;
Mvtha Washington College, Ya.
and Grenada College, Miss. She
is a thoroug'i student of the English
language and a teacher of marked
ability. In her we are sure that
we have an exceptionally compe
tent teacher.
Miss Sallie Joyner Davis, the
teacher of historv, is a full grad
uate of the North Carolina State
Normal and Industrial College, a
post graduate student of Trinity
College and of University of Pern.
\ She has had experience as a teacher
in the public schools in North
Caroliua and as teacher ot history
in the Greensboro Female College.
Her scholarship and teaching abil
ity are of exceptionally high order.
Miss Maria Daniel Graham, the
t teacher of Mathamatics is a grad
uate of Peatody Normal College,
Nashville, Tenn., and has her
Bachelor's degree from Teachers
College, Columbia University, New
t York City. She has taught in the
public and private schools of North
f Carolina and her work has been
most successful Her training and.
experience are such as to make her
entirely competent for the wfcrk to
which she has been assigned.
Miss Birdie McKinney, the
teacher of Latin, is a full graduate
' of the North Carolina State Normal
and Industrial College. Since her
graduation she has been- teaching
in the pablic schools of our State
with marked success. She is one
of the State's best teachers,
Mr. • Herbert E. Austin, the
teacher of Scietfce, is a graduate
J'of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Did post-graduate work in Clarke
University and John Hopkins Uni
versity. He has had several years
experience as teacher of Science
and Pedagogy in the Maryland
State Normal School.' Baltimore.
This eminently qualified him for
the position he is to hold.
Sflpt W. H. Ragsdale. lecturer
1
THE ENTERPRISE
on public school administration, is
a graduate of Wake Forest College.
WhSe in college he was a bard
student, making the highest av«r
age in his clafs S pee graduation
he has taught in'the public and
private schools of Eastern >Jorth
Carolina. He has been superin
tendent of pitt county schools since
1891 with the exception of two
years For many years he has been
prominently identified with the
public school interest of our State.
He is well and favorably known in
school circles. In his selection for
this position we have a man who is
a tborough master of the public
school situation in North Carolina.
Mr Claude W. Wilson will look
after the business interest of "the
school and teach in the department
of Pedagogy. He is a graduate of
Wake Forest College. Has nnus
ual business ability; is a thorough
student of Pedagogy; and has
taught in the public and private
schools of North Carolina with
marked success.
Mrs. Kate R. Beckwith, the
lady principal, is a graduate of The
Woman's College, Richmond,—Va t
She is eminently qualified for the
position she is to fill. . Having had
experience with this kind of work
in Iouisburg College, also as I)eau
(lady principal) of Columbia Col
lege, S. C:, and having had charge
of the branch sfliool of Shorter
College in Florence, Italy. We
deem ourselves fortunate in secur
ing the services of such a woman
as principal.
With this school located as it is
and so admirably equipped in every
wav, buildings, furnishings and
teaching staff—we confidently ex
pect it to meet fully the demands
for which it was established,
g • J. Y. /oyner, Chm'n.
BEAR GRASS ITEMS
Mr. J. H. Williams was in town
Monday.
Mr Calvin Ayers went to Wili
iamston Monday.
Mrs. Louisa Harris is visiting
her son in Williamston.
Mr. L. Rogers of Mackey's Ferry
has been visiting here this week.
Mr. Nathan Rodgerson went to
Williamston Tuesday on business.
Mr. H. D. Harrison went to
Williamston Saturday on business.
Mr. W. D. Daniel was the guest
of Miss Dora Corey Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Claudius Roberson
spent Sunday with relatives near
town.
Mrs. Nathan Rodgerson and Miss
Dora Corey went to Robersonville
Wednesday.
' Mr. Staton Bailey, of Spring
Hope, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Louinda Bailey.
The town had a delightful little
fox hunt Monday morning, scaring
only one fox to death.
Miss Bertha Mobley spent Satur
day night and Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. J. I). Rawls.
Mrs. Calvin Ayers spent Monday
out in the country with Mrs. W.
S. Peel near Williamston.
'Mrs. Cressie Barnhill of Everetts,
who has been visiting Mrs. Nathan
Rodgerson, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. P. H. Bell, of Skinners
ville, who has been spending some
time with relatives here, returned
home Monday.
Mrs. H. C. Rogerson, who has T
been spending a few days with her
mother on Main street, returned
home Tuesday. ,
The Griffins and Bear Grass
teams crossed bats here Saturday.
Game wascall«d at 3:30 p. m. The
score stood 10 to 3 in favor ot the
home team. Quite • number of
town people attended the game.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,- igog.
ENJOYABLE
ROSETTE PARTY
Qiven Wednesday Even
ing by Mr. and Mrs. K.
B. Crawford--Attractive
Arrangement for Pleas
ure of Quests - - Much
Merrinfent in Contest.
"Spruce Pine Villa", on the
corner of Church and Smithwick
streets, presenfed a gay scene on
Wednesday evening when Mr. and
Mrs. K. B. Crawford entertained
in honor of their sister, Miss Clara
Jones, of Seaford, Del , and their
cousin, Miss Del ha Lanier, of Wil
liamston. The elegantly appointed
residence with lanterns all aglow
on the porches, soft lights within,
graceful ferns and perfect arrange
ment of inteiior, formed an ideal
spot for young hearts to spend
happy hours.
The guests began to arrive at
8:30 and were welcomed at the hall
door by Miss Anna Beth Purvis
and Grover C- Godwin. Miss F>se
Peel as-isted by H. Irwiji Coffield,
conducted them to the cloak room.
In the drawing room thev were
most graciously received by Misses
Lanier and Jones.
Aprons with two rosettes had
been prepared by the gills and the
young men drew for them by
numbers. The contest being to
judge which apron would be hem
med the best. The fun began when
the boys commenced to sew. Many
of them handled the needles with
skill, the greater number brought
forth peals of laughter by their
lack of knowledge. But every one
received a rosette though he did
not stitch well. After careful ex
amination the judges decided that
J. W. Watts, Jr., had,made the
best hem, and that Wheeler Martin,
Jr., knew less about needlecraft.
The first prize wai a very pretty
ink well and the booby a toy fiddle.
Delicious frnit punch was served
by Miss Irene Smith and Leslie
Fowden, cake and cream were en
joyed later in the eveniug. The
hours were such delightful ones
that the guests reluctantly went
home when the time for departure
came.
Those present were: Misses May
Blount of Washington, Irene Smith,
Pattie Dowell, Mary Belle Ellison
of Suffolk, Va., Reba Shields of
Scotland Neck, Hannah Vic and
Louise Fowden, Hattie Lou Ward,
Essie Peel, Anna Beth Purvis,
Lettie Critcher, Mary Dare Brown,
and Rosa Hunt of Kittrell,
Mary Cotton Johnson of Plymouth;
Sallie Dunn of Ssotland Neck, Eva
Wolf, Annie Kate Thrower, Gleu
wood Ellington and Messrs. v Percy
Critcher, Leslie Fowden, Louis C.
Bennett, John H. Thrower, Julius
S. Peel, Maurice S. Moore, Jack
W. Biggs. H. Irwin Coffield, Luke
■Lamb, Grover C. Godwin, Durward
Gurganus, John W. Hassell, J. W.
Watts, Jr., Wheeler Martin, Jr.,
Harry Murt Stubbs, Verner C.
Godwin, Maurice Watts, George
Dowell, E. L. Conn of Raleigh.
Judges: Mesdames W. H., A.
TTand B. C. Crawford.
h ———
Nice little, pleasant, gentle, easy
safe and sure pills, are Rings Lit
tle Liver Pills. Sold by Chase's
Drug Store.
Card 0! Thanks
In behalf of the Williamston
Base Ball Team we wish to sin
cerely thank the general public for
their liberal patronage and friendly
interest manifested in our enter
tainment yesterday evening. We
especially wish to thank Mesdames
Lanier, Martin-and Coffield, under
whose management the entertain
ment was'a success.
WILLIAMSTON BASE BALL TEAM,
A. R. DUNNING,
A. S. CoFFIELb, 1
Managers.
COMPLIMENTARY
GERMAN
- At Masonic Hall Friday
Evening Last--To Mr. J.
s Dillon Simpson of Suf
folk,Va.--Most Pleasant
1 of the Summer--Many
Visitores Present.
The chief social event of the past
: week, and one of the most delight
-1 ful of the summer, was the dance
1 given 011 Friday evening in honor
I of, Mr J. Dillon Simpson, of Suf
i folk, Va., who has been spending
r his vacation here with relatives
. Tht: Masonic Hall presented an at
| tractive tcene when the dancing,
r led by Mr. J. Paul Simpson with
, Miss Nora Fowden, commenced at
. 10 o'clock. Alexandra's Orches-
I tra furnished delightful music
I throughout the evening. Mauv
beautiful figures ot the german were
[ enjoyed, , and lovers of the ham
1 dance found much pleasure in the
* exerti e. At a late hour the happy
; crowd left, all feeling that the hours
, 1 had been some of the most ph-atnut
, of their lives. ,
? Those who enjoyed the evening
were: Miss Nora Fowden with J.
Paul Sunpson, Miss Nannie Smith
1 with J Dillon Simpson, Miss Eliza
; beth Gordon with John W. Hassell,
r Miss Hannati Vic Fowden with
) Harry M. Stubbs, Miss Cora Hunt,
. of Kittrell, with J W. Watts, Jr.,
1 Miss Dellia Lanier with Wheeler
r Martin, Jr., Miss Rosa Hunt, of
i Kittrell, with Irwin Coffield, Miss
t Louise Fowden with Julius Peel,
r i Miss Irene Smith with Leslie Fow
j den, Misjj Reba Shie'ds, of Scotland
1 Neck, with B. Frank Godwin, Jr.,
. Miss Mary Cotton Johnson, of l'lv
t mouth, with W. Henry Gurkin,
»j Miss Clara Jones, of Seaford, Del,,
t | with Grover C. Godwin, Miss A mie
. Lamb with Haywood Knight, Mr.
t and Mrs. A. S. Coffield.
Chaperones: Mesdames A. H.
I Smith, W. R. Fowden and P. H.
; Brown.
Stags: Dr. J. S. Rhodes, W. G.
. Lamb, Jr., and Luke Lamb.
t EVERETTS ITEMS
J. W. PetkiiK, of Robersonville,
' was in town Wednesday.
J. G. Stalls, of Tarboro, is visit
( inn his brother, L). I). Stalls.
| Frank Burroughs, of Scotland
, Ne> k, spent Sunday in town.
> 11. Irwin Coffield spent several
> days in Williamston this week.
J I. Britton, of Cross Roads,
' spent Wednesday with J. L. Clark.
Miss Berta Gardner spent Satur
r day and Sunday with Miss Euzelia"
, Riddick.
! Mrs. W. A. Gray, of Baltimore,
' Md., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
? B. Coffield.
J. C. Cherry is home from Fay
etterille spending some time with
his mother here.
: J. S. Peel is all smiles this week,
the stork made a visit and left a
fine girl last week.
Mrs. Henry Keel, ot Rocky
Mount, is the guest of Mrs. J. E.
Rogerson this week.
MisS Kuzelia Riddick spent a few
days in Robersonville last week
with relatives and friends.
Misses Cora and Rosa Hunt, of
Kittrell, and Mts. A. S. Coffield,
spent Wednesday with Mrs. J. B.
Coffield at Oak Grove.
J. Walter Burroughs and wife of
Kairo, Ga., who has been spending
some time with their father, J. B.
Burroughs, left for Scotland Neck
Tuesday morning.
Y Misses Emma and Ma'ree Robert
son, of Robersonville, who has been
spending a few days with Miss Ella
Burroughs, left for home Wednes
day.
ROBERSONVILLE
NEWS ITEMS
Alton Harper was in town Tues
day.
W. C. Manning was in town
Friday.
Dr. Ward of Bethel was in town
Sunday.
Mr. D. B. Parker lost his horse
this week.
Judson Blount of Bethel was in
town Sunday.
Dr. Basenight of Stokes was in
town Monday.
Dr. J. T. Underwood spent Sun
day in Kinston.
Mr. J. H. Roberson, Jr. left for
Baltimoie Toe day.
Harvey Roberson returned from
Virginia Beach Saturday.
Mrs. A. R. Dunning is visiting
relatives in town this wwek.
Miss Dowell and Walter Bur
roughs were in town ifriday.
l)r. and Mrs. Ward returned
from Virginia Beach Monday.
Miss I,e>sie Overton is visiting
the Misses Mooring this week.
L. T. Roberson, of Aydeu., spent
Sunoay in town with his family.
Miss Minnie E Imondson, of near
Gold Point, was in town Tuesday
night.
Vernon Fern.ll spent Saturday
in town with his father, Mr. Bud
Ferrell.
Mr. Shephurd Manning of Rocky
Mount is visiting relatives in town
this week,
J. Paul Simpson and Miss May
Blouutof Wiliiamston were in town
Wednesday.
R. A. Carson left Wednesday to
spend a few days with his relatives
near Parinele.
Hubert Morton left Saturday for
Wi'iston-Salein where he has ac
cepted a pos tion.
Rev. Mr. Howard filled his
regular appointment at the Christ
ian Church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rpwls spent
Wednesday in Oak City, visiting
Mrs. Henry Everett.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry liverett, of
Oak City, spent Friday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Rawls.
Miss Allie Edwards of Raleigh,
spent a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Hight, this week.
Mrs. Cnmmings and Miss Ed
mondsou, of Tarboro,' are visiting
Dr.,Hargrove tliis week.
Mrs. G. B. Daniel, ot Aikansas,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. W.
Outterbridge, this week. /
Misses Vivian and Lydia Rober
son and Addie Coburn, of Gold
Point, were in town Tuesday.
There is great improvemeiu be
ing made in the looks of our town
by straightning some of our streets.
Mr. C. L. Wilkinson, of Green
voile, a lively insurance agent for
the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, of New York, was in town
Wednesday.
Mr R. L. Davifi, superintendent
of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League, made a very interesting
speech in town Tuesday night.
His main object was, to persuade
the people to support and uphold
the Constitution and By-Laws of
of the United States and the State
of North Carolina. He called their
attention to the fact, that when a
man had taken that solemn oath
to support and uphold the Consti
tution and By-Laws of the United
States and the State of North
Carolina, and then ignored,.the
obligation he had taken, that he
was not £ true citizen to his coun
try but a traitor.
si.oo a Year in Advance
"MAINSTAY OF
THE NATION"
Farmers Have Shortcom
ings as Well N as Virtues
--Wives Offered on the
Altar of Avarice - - Bur
den of Farm Life on the
Women--Husbands Re
sponsible for Conditions
The farmir has a greater number
of virtues than anv otl er man in
the country, hut he has his own pe
culiar faults. The tendency to ex
tol hitn as the mainstay of the nat ion
and possessor of all the viriues in
the decalogue has somewhat spoiled
him. The facts are ihat be has a
few very glaring shortcomings. He
is {sensitive of critHsm, and conld
he readily broken of then: if there
were a way to get at him He
should he slapped in the face with
them, in this way he would finally
be brought to realize them and to
mend his ways. He does not now
appreciate the fact that he is not
j doing the right thing hy his women.
There are some hundreds of thou
sands of farmers in the United
States today who are working tlieir
wives into their praves before their
time. An investigator, for in
stance, went out from St. Louis into
the regions of the dairy farms. Satx
itary regulations in this section en
force a high degree of cleanliness.
The milkers wear white-duck suits.
The burden of maintaining this
| cleanliness falls upon the women.
| This investigator traveled for fifteen
; miles along a road lined with dairy
farms, stopping at every house an»i
I talking with the people. In tkat
distance he d.d not find a f itnily in
which th£re was not a stepmother.-
The conclusion he drew was that
one generation of women had been
worked to death.
There is murder being done here,
j It may be in the conditions, but the
| husbands are responsible for those
conditions and are offering up their
j wives on the altar of avarice. Thtfy
| are ignorant of what they do' but
there is no excuse for their, igno
| ranee. The horror of it is not con
| fined to the dairy farms, but goes
i on throughout the land.
If every farmer in the United
j States could be got by the ear- ami
made to look his wife over with the
same judgment and discretion as
he does his horse and cows, there
I would be the greatest revolution in
conditions that the country has
ever known. When a horse lose*?
flesh, goes off his feet, grows gaunt,
hangs down its head and drags its
feet, its case is immediately looked
into. It receives the treatment it
requires, and usually goes into the
| back pasture where t he-grass is talJ,
and does no work until its strength
and health are restored. When
the farmer's wife shows the same
age, and, if she is not as strong and
young as the latter, let him lay the
blame at his own door.—The De
lineator,
Pinesalve, carbolized, soothes
pain. In any emergency—bruises,
cuts, sore- - , burns, scratches, etc.,
carbolized, is best. Sold by Chase's
Store.
Chili Sauce
Peel.atid cut up together three
dozen lasge tomatoes and a dozen
onions. Chop into bits half a
dozen green peppers and mix witb
the tomatoes and onions. Stir to
gether a teacup of brownssugarr r
five tablespoonfuls of salt, half at
dozen teaspoonfuls, each, of pow
dered allspice, cloves and cinna
mon, two teaspoonfuls of ground
ginger, and a saltspoonful of pap
rika. Put these spices into tbrec
quarts of vinegar, add the vegeta
bles, mix thoroughly, and cook
steadily for two hours. Whe»
cold, bottle and seal.