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VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 13
Group-Center Commencement
At Oak City Saturday Shows
Schools Made Much Progress
Winners To Represent
Group At County
Meet
Returns from scores of winners in
Group-Center 1 elimination contests
reflect great improvements. Scores
were tied in case of Everetts and Rob
ersonville of Group I, each receiving
a total of 9 points; notwithstanding,
the first place, entitling to entrance
in county commencement went to Rob
ersonville. The Robersonville school
made first place, or five points, in
arithmetic and third place, or 2 points
each, in spelling and primary story
telling, while Everetts made three
second places, in spelling, primary
story telling, and arithmetic, respect
ively, earning three points in each
contest, or a total of 9 points. It is
necessary for a school to take at least
one first place in group 1 schools to
be entitled to enter the county com
mencement contests with hope of win
ning on total scores. The following
Group I schools will enter the coun
ty commencement contests at Robcr
sonville April 24th:
Robersonville will enter the arith
metic, pageant, and choral contests,
and has a possibility of winning three
firm places when she meets the win
ner in the arithmetic contest from
other schools in the finals. Hamilton
School, a runner-up in the group-cen
ter at Oak City, won a total of 7
points; 5 for first place in spelling
and 2 for third place in arithmetic.
This school will enter the spelling,
choral and pageant contesta at Rober
sonville April 24, with the same pos
sibility of earning 15 points. Oak
City took first place in the primary
atory-telling contest and highest hon
ors as host; her splendid dinner, fine
sociability of her people, and splen
did games and entertainment being
unexcelled. The first place in story
telling entitles her to enter primary
story telling, pageant, and choral con
teats at the county commencement,
and the services as host to a warm
place in the hearts of those interest
ed in the cause of education forever.
She likewise has a possibility of win
ning 16 points at the county com
mencement.
There were more children in the
Hamilton school group, which won sec I
on! !> urs in the > e.iitiß contest ti>»n
in any second-honor group ever s i'eot
ed by judges in a like contest wit
nessed by the writer. Of course, this
achool was not allowed by the scoring
method to take more than one place,
firat or aecond, and they chose to take
first because it counted more for en
trance to county commencement.
Everetts is entitled to enter choral i
and pageant contests at Robersonville
April 24th, with possibility of earn
ing 10 points.
The group center I winner of the
schools having three to five teachers
was Parmele with a total score of 16
points, and the runner-up was Gold
Point with a total score of 13 pointa.
Parmele won first places in primary
story telling and grammar-grade reci
tation contesta and will represent the
group center I schools in these con
testa and enter the choral and pageant
contests at the county commencement.
Likewise Gold Point won two first
places, in spelling and arithmetic, re
spectively, and will therefore repre
sent the group 1 schols in these con
tests and enter the choral and pag
eant contests at the county commence
ment. For some reason the Haaaell
achool was not represented.
The Group v center I winner of
schools having wo teachers or leaa
was Spring Green, with a total score
of 16 points, the runner-up being the
Smith school, with a total of 13 points.
The third place was a tie between the
Hurat school and Keel achool, the
points being 10 each. Spring Green
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TUESDAY—TONIGHT
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Red Laßecqne in
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WEDNESDAY
Fred Thompson and Silver King
in "THE BANDIT'S BABY"
Educational Comedy
7:00 and 9:00 Only 16c
THURSDAY
Raynaud Hatton, Beads Lave
and Warner Baxter ia
Harold Bell Wright's—Paramot
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THE ENTERPRISE
CLOSING EXERCISES
AT ROBERSONVILLE
School to Cloac Last Week in April;
Program of CommencooMat
Exercise*
The tentative dates for the closing
exercise.-, of the Robersonrille school
follow:
Friday evening, April 23, 8 o'clock,
operetta.
Friday evening, April 30, 8 o'clock,
music recital.
Sunday morning:, May 2, ll* o'clock,
commencement sermon.
Thursday evening, May 6, 8 o'clock,
senior class exercises.
Friday morning, May 7, 11 o'clock
address and graduating exercises.
The valedictorian of the 1926 senior
class is Delia Louise Roberson; the
salutatorian is Jeannette Bullock. Oth
er seniors who have made excellent
grades a{# Louise Roebuck and Gladys
Everett. These grades were made
over a period covering their high
school career.
Subscription Card
Parties Thursday
A subscription card party will be
given both afternoon and night of
Thursday. Tables or tickets may be
reserved for both bridge and rook.
Great preparations are being made
for the party by the ways and means
committee of the Woman's Club, Mrs.
Staton, chairman, and a special com
mittee,! if which Mrs. Myrtle Brown
is chairman.
Funds must be raised for remodel
ing and refurnishing the club rooms,
and the ways and means committee
has made extensive plans for raising
enough to put water in the building
and purchase some necessary furni
ture. The club wishes to make its
home into something of a community
center, and it can not do so without
funds.
A charitable program is now being
carried out, and in truth the Woman'a
Club is doing the work usually done
by the aasociated charities organiza
tions. Work ia being done of aeveral
other different naturea, and all of it
is for the good of the town. All of
these things require money, and for
these reasons the party is certainly
given for a worthy cause and ahould
be patronized.
The hours are 4 o'clock in the af
ternoon and 8 o'clock at night.
The price for single tickets are:
Children, 25 cents; adults, 60 cents
Children are invited for the afternoon
and both men and women at night.
won two first places, in primary atory
telling and grammar-grade recitationa
and will repreaent the group center I
schools in these contesta and enter the
singing contest at the county com
mencement. Smith school tied Keel
for Arst place in the arithmetic con
test, and therefore, there being no
elimination, both schools will enter the
arithmetic contest, the grammar-grade
recitation contest, and the ainging con
teat at Robersonville April 24. Hurat
school captured firat poaition in apell
ing and will represent the group cen
ter I schools in this contest and en
ter the grammar-grade recitation con
teat and singing contest at the county
commencement.
This report ia to show who goes to
the county commencement to repreaent
the two kinds of n roups, the geo
graphic group, comprising five town
ships in the western end of the coun
ty and centering at Oak City, and the
other kind of group being the claaai
fication of schools baaed on the num
ber of teachers in a school.
There is naturally quite a differ
ence in the quality of work done by
larger and smaller schools which the
teachers understand, but the improve
ment in the quality of work presented
at Oak City Saturday over the work
of one year ago is very noticeable. The
average story teller in the larger
schools last year would not excel! the
average story teller in the smaller
schools heard at Oak City Saturday.
The schools are thankful to all who
served in any way to help make their
work at Oak City a success. Mem
bers of contest committees who live
in western townships of Martin Coun
ty will assist in securing judges and
being present at Jamesville Saturday,
April 17, for the second group-center
commencement.
The public ia invited to come and
bring a basket, apend the day; see if
the children of today spell, recite,
speak, figure, or sing aa well a* they
did when you were a child.
Mi. W. H. Warrick, who attended
the funeral of S. 8. Hadley, returned
to Norfolk this afternoon with hie
daughter, Mrs. Bsmpeon Hadley, and
Dr. Hadley.
Williarnaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 13,1926
PROGRAM COUNTY
COMMENCEMENT
Will Bt Held at Robersonville Satur
day, April 24; Exercises Will
Begin at 10 A. M.
The county-wide commencement will
be held in Robersonville Saturday,
April 24. The exercises will begin
promptly at 10 o'clock a. m. The fol
lowing is the program for the day;
10 a. m.—Exercises begin.
12.30 p. m.—Lunch. Those desir
ing to visit all day will kindly bring
lunch; this will make it possible for
a basket picnic on the school grounds.
1.80 p. m.—Exercises resumed.
8.00 p. m.—Baseball game, Everetts
vs. Robersonville.
The time and places for the various
contests are as follows;
Contest A, Spelling: Open to all
schools; at Missionary Baptist church,
10 a. m.
Contest 3, Story telling: Open to
all schools; in high school auditorium
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Contest C, Arithmetic: Open to all
schools; in high school building, tenth
grade room, at 10 a. m.
Contest D, Pageant: Open to schools
in groups 1 and 2; in high school au-'
ditorium at 1.30 p. m.
Contest E, Choral: Open to schools
in groups 1 and 2; in high school au
ditorium at 2 p. m.
Contest F, Grammar-grade recita
tion: Open to group 3 schools; in high
school auditorium at 2.80 p. m.
Contest G, Singing: Open to group
8 schools; in high school auditorium
at 8.00 p. m.
Contest H, Dramatisation: Open to
all schools; in high school auditorium
at 3.30 p. m.
Fire Destroys Part of
State Insane Asylum
The State Hospital for the Insane
at Raleigh was partially burned Sat
urday. The entire west wing of the
main building was destroyed.
The fire started from the roof and
was possibly caused from the careless
handling of fire by carpenters whn
were working on the building only a
few minutes before the fire was dip
covered.
Of the thousand patients not one
of them was hurt, all being marched
to safety and guarded by State troops
except those unable to walk, who
were carried to places of safety.
The insane people were unusually
quiet and after the fire was subdued
the men of the criminal insane section
sang songs of praise to God for bring
ing them to safety.
The water supply was inadequate,
aa Dix Hill is so far from the water
mains of the city it was hard to fur
nish water with sufficient pressure to
effectively fight the flames.
The Durham fife department, with
its high-power pumping equipment,
assisted in a fine way, using water
from a near-by reservoir.
The loss has not been finally esti
mated. The entire building was val
ued at $970,000 with $485,000 insur
ance, which may fully cover the loss.
The governor promptly announced
that arrangements would be made at
once to rebuild the institution.
Cost of Rearing Girl
Is $6,167; Boy $6,077
New York, April 12.—1t costs $6,107
to raise a girl, and $6,077 to raise a
boy to the age of 18 years, accord.ng
to a statistical study made public by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
, It costs $2,600 each to feed them.
The cost of being born has been reck
oned at $260. Other items were anal
yzed as follows by the insurance com
pany:
"In the course of 18 years from
birth the amounts spent for clothing
and shelter upon the growing child are
as follows: For a boy, clothing $912;
rent $1,620; fuel and light $300; fur
niture and household maintenance
$351; firat cost of installation of home
$144; total, $58,827. For a girl the
figures are the same except aa re
gards the item of clothing, which is
$1,002. The total is, accordingly, $3,-
417."
Negro of Washington
Killed by Live Wire
Washington, April 12.—James Har
ris, age 10, colored, an employee of
the Pamlico Chemical Co., waf in
stantly killed Saturday about noon,
when he came into contact with a live
win at the plant of the company be
low Washington Park.
Harris was loading a car with fer
tiliser and rested his hand against a
post which was charged with a cur
rent of 440 volts at the time. Death
was instantaneous. Dr. Jack Nichol
son was summonedd but death had re
sulted before he arrived. Harris was
from Rocky Mooat, and his remains
were shipped there Saturday after-
Mr. Howell Taylor, of Raleigh, sppnt
the w>ek end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry D. Taylor.
MANY ATTEND FARM
LIFE SCHOOL FINALS
11 "
H. S- Ward Speaker of Day Friday;
Picnic Dinner Oa Grounds Waa
Feature af the Day
On Friday all the neighbors and pa
trons of rfarm Life School and hun
dreds fron/ afar gathered for the clos
ing exenftses.
program was opened
by tne school singing "Carolina." De
votional services were then conducted
by Rev. A. J. Manning.
Elder W*. B. Harrington extended to
all a hearty welcome and expressed
the good fellowship and good feeling
of all.
Superintendent R. A. Pope made a
short talk on the progress and pur
poses of the schoftls of the county.
W. C. Manning called on and
greeted old friends In a two-minutes
talk.
James L. Coltrain spoke for the lo
cal committee and commended the day
when the educational spirit took deep
er root in the community and laid a
foundation for such vast improvement
the last decade had brought.
He then introduced R. J. Peel, a for
mer teacher in the community. Mr.
Peel talked for a while on the prog
ress of education.
H. S. Ward, of Washington, the
speaker of *the day, was then intro
duced, and for an hour he dealt on
the fundamental principles of govern
ment and illuitrated its influence up
on the people of Tiurious occupations.
He compared country life to the clear
pure spring, uncoKtaminatcd by mias
ma and filth, which it gathers as it
rolls down the hilla forming brooks,
branches, swamps, creeks, and rivers,
fathering the filth of the hills and
valleys as it rolls along.
Just so with the purity of country
life as it humps up against the mod
ern touch of the city; it may become
a mass of ruins unless it is trained
and educated to withstand the trials,
troubles, and temptations.
The labor problem and farm in
comes were discussed at length and
with much interest. One of the sad
things given was the report of mov
ing from the farms of the country
last year of half a million young men,
all because the income at the farm
held no promise for them.
At the close of the address dinner
was spread on long tables provided on
the campus, and everybody gathered
around and enjoyed an excellent din
ner. When all were through the din
ner was still not half gone.
After a social period of an hour,
when the young folks played games,
the next set courted a little, the farm
ers talked about the late spring and
backwardness of farm work, and the
mothers had cleared up the tables and
had a few seconds to discuss a few
such things as they are naturally in
terested in—it may be her garden, her
chickens, but more likely an occasions
of this kind it is the hope that her
boy or girl may win in the recitation
or declamation contests.
All were then called to the audi
torium to hear the declamations.
There were eight girls and Ave boys
on the platform, and it was a real
treat to see the splendid youth of our
land and hear them speak and recite
so well. It was not a paint or a pow
der display nor an exhibition of big
legged breeches; just plain honest
healthy youth, the type that will be
the real figures in the life of the next
generation.
Prizes were awarded the winners,
and several prizes were given for at
tendance, scholarship, etc.
As the day was nearing its close,
the baskets were reopened and the
tables again lined with the good things
and the entire crowd ate again, all
declaring it to be a day of joy.
The school has met the approval of
the community. Mr. John D. Lilley,
principal, and his splendid corps of
teachers have done a good work.
Local Ministers Are
Guests at Fish Fry
Revs. T. W. Lee, R..L. Shirley, C.
H. Dickey, and A. J. Manning drove
to the Jamesville Fishery Monday,
where they enjoyed a fish fry, and
were the guests of the Jamesville Uap
tist Church held at the home of Rev.
A. Corey, where a number of Baptist
preachers were attending a monthly
conference.
Post-Office Robber
Gets Three Years
John M. Burgess, the postal clerk
in the Rocky Mount post office, who
robbed the office of three pouches on
the night of September 15, last, con
taining $85,000, was tried in Federal
court in Wilson last week. The jury
was out dnly half an hour rec
ommended a light sentence in their
verdict of guilty, inasmuch as all the
money was recovered. Judge Meek
ins pronounced a sentence of° three
years on the prisoner.
Mr. Oscar Paul, of Washington, was
in town Sunday.
Commencement to Begin
At Bear Grass Thursday
The commencement exercises of
the Bear Grass school will begin
Thursday evening, April loth, at
7.30 o'clock. It will open with the
primary program, which will con
sist of an operetta, "The Enchant
ed Wood." This will be followed
by the grammar-grade program,
which will be a pageant, "America
in the Making."
Friday night at 8 o'clock the
high school will give a play,
"The Wren." The public is cor
dially invited to attend these ex
ercises.
STATUS OF SCHOOL
AT ROBERSONVILLE
Classified by State Department of Ed
ucation as Group 2, Class A;
Highest Hating in County
At the present time the Rbberson
ville school is classified by the State
department of education as group 2,
class A, the highest classification of
any school in Martin County. This
status is a direct result of the in
creased number of volumes in the li
brary; an addition of a complete and
full laboratory facilities, costing over
$8(H), for the teaching of general
science and biology; an average daily
attendance in the high-school depart
ment of over 104; physical equipment,
and the certification of teachers aver
aging above the high school teacher's
class A certificate. All other accred
itee! in the county are classified as
group 2, class B.
Home economics will probably be
added next year. There are 73 pros
pective girl students for next year's
high school work; out of this number
all have signed for home economics.
The honor roll of the Kobersonville
school for March follows (Require
ments; 90 per cent on deportment, 90
per cent on studies; one tardy and one
absence allowed, or two tardiea or two
absences allowed):
First grade; Vera Grimes, Rachel
Johnson, Frances Stalls, Virginia
Smith, May Wyatt James, Carrie Dell
lioss, Frances Ward, Halford House,
Carl Edward Norman, William Smith,
Nun Everett, jr., Needham Whitehurst
Magdaline Kawl.s.
Second grade: Early D. Moore, Al
lie Everette, Marjorie Edmondson,
Nolie Keel Highsmith, Cleo James,
Evelyn Sumner, Doris Thomas, Mar
garet House.
Third grade: Clifton Everett, Phil
lip Keel, Evelyn Roberson, Mag
nolia Roebuck, Carner House, J. W.
Taylor, Dixie Hoberson.
Fourth grade: Walter Elliott Ward,
Elizabeth Keel, Hettie Kay James,
Margaret Norman, Lovie Louise
Rawls.
Fifth grade: Hattie Mae Bullock,
Mary Everette, Marjorie Gurganus,
William Warren Taylor, Curtis Smith.
Sixth grade: Selma Gurgunus, Sel
ma James.
Seventh grade: Brownie Roberson,
Margaret Taylor, Elsie Keid Itober
son, Lena Jenkins. . o.
No student in the
purtment made the honor roll ijr the
month of March.
Luther Burbank Died
Early Sunday Morning
Luther Burbank, known the world
over as "the Plant Wizard," died early
Sunday morning at his home in San
ta liosa, Calif.
He was a native of Massachusetts
and had just paused his 77th birth
day, on which duy he declared he ex
pected to live five years. He also ad
dressed a message to the children of
the world declaring himself an infi
del and proclaiming science as his sa
vior.
The first great feat in his plant
breeding was an Irish potato, which
was called the "Burbank," and which
is still grown throughout the world.
He has planted hundreds of thous
ands of various fruits and flowers,
but only about 350 of them were ever
given to the world as successes.
Many of his varieties multiplied the
yield many fold, and some of them
increased the beauty and sweetness of
the plants
Sheriff Presented
With Unique Cane
Sheriff H. T. Roberson recently re
ceived from the State prison a very (
unique cane. The cane is light and
highly polished and is inlaid with a
darker shade of wood. At the end of
the crooked handle is a silver plate
with the initials of the sheriff. It
was the gift of Mr. Zander Taylor,
who is serving a term in prison, and
who was in jail here for several
months. He has always expressed his
appreciation for the kindness of Sher
.if Roberson during his days in the
jail. He writes to the sheriff occa
sionally and expresses himself as re
membering the attention paid to him.
POOREST FISHING
SEASON IN YEARS
Various Reason* Being Advanced for
Scarcity of Herring; Low Water
U*ta Moat of Blame
Fishermen on the Roanoke are hav
ing the poorest season in many years.
Many of the "wise fellows' say they
are not coming this year, as Easter
Sunday has come and gone and dog
wood are in full bloom and still no
fish.
Another thing that strengthens their
position is the low water in the river.
Fishermen claim that the mouth of the
Roanoke River is so narrow where it
enters the Albemarle Sound that un
less the water »«._ strong enough to
send its current out into the sound
that the fish nevtr find it/
At any rate the fish have not come
so far; the seines are catching only
a few thousand herring per day, and
soiWe days less. They catch more rock
in proportion than any other fish.
The up-river fishermen say that the
strings of fish nets reaching from the
ocean to the upper end of the sound
account for the scarcity of shad, just
as they have almost destroyed the
seed of the sturgeon.
News Notes From
Oak City School
(Special To The Enterprise)
Oak City, April 18.—The first group
center commencement met with the
school at Oak City Saturday, April
10. There was a large crowd of
school people present. The young and
old all gathered to note the progress
of the different schools. This proves
the school spirit of Martin County, for
which Superintendent Pope deserves
commendation. Each chairman direct
ed his contest in a very satisfactory
manner.
Oak City School lost in two con
testa, spelling and arithmetic, and
won in story-telling, dramatization
and singing games. There is no crit
icism; the contests were conducted
fair to all. Our losers did their best,
but will do better next time.
The school being closed for several
days on account of the flu epidemic
made it more difficult to compete. Oak
City School motto being "Working for
the achievement of a common good
rather than seeking selfish ends."
The school thanks the patrons and
friends for the splendid interest and
noble response to Principal H. M.
Ainsley's request for a basket picnic.
The senior class won the prize, j.
bo* of nut chocolate, offered by Mr.
Ainsley to the grade making the high
est score in bringing lunch baskets for
Saturday's picnic. The class made a
hundred per cent .with IS baskets.
The has entered the an
nual high school contest for mathe
matics and. French, as conducted by
the University Extension Division of
North Carolina. The French will be
given on April 29th and the mathe
matics on May 6th.
Carolina Playmakers
Here for Short While
Sunday eighteen students of the
University of North Carolina, com
prising the members of the cast of
"The First Year," a Carolina Play
makers' production, stopped over for
a short while on their way to Chapel
Hill.
They were traveling in u large bus,
which carried all the stage equipment,
scenery, trunks, etc., as well as the
18 young men.
The playmakers have been touring
eastern North Carolina, where they
have presented several productions of
typical North Carolina life, past ami
present.
Mrs. Kader Rogerson
Entertains Philatheas
Mrs. Ruder Rogerson entertained
the members of the Baptist Phila
thea class at her home in New Town
last Friday evening.
The meeting was opened by the
president, Miss Sallie Harris, follow
ed by a Scripture reading by Mrs.
Anna Harrison. The roll was called
and the minutes read and approved.
|The business of the class was then
transacted.
The hostess, assisted by Miss Mat
tie Lou Kogerson, served ice cream
and cake. The class adjourned to
meet the first Friday evening in May
with Mrs. Lina Martin.—Reported.
Cove City Woodmen to
Unveil Monument Here
Next Sunday at 2. p m., at the Bap
tist cemetery Maplewood Camp, No.
263, Woodmen of the World, of Cove
City, N. C., will unveil the monument
recently erected at the grave of Gold
en Hardison.
Members of the Maplewood camp
invite all mmebers of Roanoke Cimw
and other Woodmen near to Join in
the ceremony.
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ESTABLISHED 1898
S. S. HADLEY DIES
RESULT INJURIES
Was Hurt in Automobile Accident
Here Friday; Abaolvea Driver
of Blame Before Dying
Sunday moxjung in the trying hour
between 3 and 4 o'clock, when vitality
is at its lowest; ebb, Samuel Sheppam
Hadley passed away as a result ol'
injuries received in an automobile ac
cident which occurred Friday. In the
two days that he lived he fought ham
for life, more for his children's sake
than for his own. During the days
he was conscious most of the time.
The nobleness and unselfishness of his
spirit were manifested very beauti
fully in the consolation and sympatny
that he held for Miss Mary Cook,
Whfrse"*iffa? Vsfh oVer him. He assured
her that he did not hold her respon
sible, even when he knew he was at
death's door, and the sincerity of his
desire for her not to be troubled was
very touching. Mr. Hadley was a
large landholder in this county and
possessed much property in William
ston, he and his brother owning the
Atlantic Hotel.
Mr. lladley was in his sixty-sixth
year, and was the son of William
Grainger lilount Hadley and his wife,
who wa.s Harriett Louise Smithwick.
He was born at the H&dley homestead
on the Williamston-Jamesville high
way, ami the old plantation wa.s in
his possession at his death. He wa's
one of six children, but is survived by
his youngest brother, T. S. Hadley,
alone.
In early life he was married to Miss
Delia Wilson, who died twenty-four
years ano. Of this union two chil
dren survive, Mrs. Z. Vance Bunting,
of Bethel, and Dr. Sampson Hadley,
of Norfolk. He wa.s a member of the
Christian church, having joined short
ly after his marriage.
The funeral services were held ut
the Atlantic Hotel, where he lived,
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, with
ltev. A. J. Manning officiating. Inter
ment took place in the Baptist ceme
tery. The Moral offering were numer
ous and beautiful.
Fall-bearers were Wheeler Martin,
B. A. Critcher, Henry Harrison, J. O.
Manning, Clayton Moore, H. T» Rober
son, P. H. Brown, and A. Hassell.
Honorary: H. M. Stubbs, E. S. Feel,
W. C. Manning, B. J. Feel, Claude
Keith, C. I). Carstarphen, J. h'Britt,
J. P. Thigpen, S. S. Brown, G. W.
Blount, J. G. Staton, J. E. Pope, Dr.
W. E. Warren, Dr. J. H. Saunders, P.
U. Barnes, and J; W. Manning.
Those attending the funeral from a
distance were Mrs. Sallie L. Bunting,
Mr. and Mrs, S. G. Bunting, Mr. und
Mrs. D. C. Carson, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Acre, Mr and Mrs. T. It. Andrews, Mi.
and Mrs. W. M. Pruett, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E, Hammond, Mr. and Mrs.. D. C.
Wilson, Messrs. R. A. Cobum and C.
C. Martin, of Bethel, Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Wilson and Dr. and Mrs. R. J.
Nelson, (if Robersonville; Mr. W. H.
Warrick,' of Norfolk, Va., Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Powell and Mrs. Fleming, of
(Iriftori.
Clean-Up Week to be
Observed Next Week
The Woman's Club insists that we
advertise thoroughly "Clean-up Week"
for Willianiriton, April 18 to 24.
We are not only willing to give the
ladies all the space they want, but w«
are willing to make the supreme sac
rifice and clean up our own "back lot."
Of course, it's our duty and custo
mary manner to write the sob stuff
about what the town needs, and we
would not mind getting down on our
knees to get something we wanted or
the ladies want, but people Rhould
know just how in earnest the ladieh
are when we promised them to do
real honest-to-goodness work such as
sweeping and raking yards. But it's
the finest exercise we can remember
ever having taken, and it's not good
for just a "select class," but for every
one who is willing to "put out."
Dr. Poteat Spends
Sunday In Town
Dr. W. L. Poteat and wife spent
Sunday night with their daughter,
Mrs. Wheeler Martin, and Mr. Martin.
Dr. Poteat left Monday morning for
Goldsboro and several other eastern
Carolina towns, where he will work in
the interest of the library fund of
Wake Forest College, which is to be
much enlarged.
Dr. Poteat says the people have thf
money, but you have to approach them
and impress the need for it before you
can separate it from them.
Roy Vanderford Dies
Of Pneumonia Attack
Mr. Roy Vanderford, of Gold Point
a 17-year-old young man, died after
a long siege of pneumonia Monday.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Vanderford, • native of Pitt
County, the family having moved to
Gold Point a few year* ago, where
they have engaged in farming.