Friday, April 20,1928
SCHOOL NEWS OF
ROBERSONVILLE
Senior Class Will Hold Ex
- ercises on Tuesday
May Ist ~
iloberaonville school notes
Robersonville, April 19.—Certainly
it is not a bit too early to begin
thinking about the commencement
season. Three evenings will be de
voted to this. On Tuesday evening,
May 1, the senior class will hold its
class exercises, "The Rose Court"—
an original and unique operetta.
Special attention is being given not
only to composition but to .scenic ef
fects and costuming.
Wednesday evening May 2, Dr.
Frederick Jones of Greenville will
preach the commencement sermon.
Special music is being prepared foi
this service.
The formal graduation exercises
and address will be given Thursday
evening, May 3. At that time Mr. F.
C. Harding, of Greenville,,will speak.
Following his address the seniors of
the elementary and high schools will
receive their certificates. This, the
culminatin of the commencement pro
grams, will be o fa high order; for
those who have heard Mr. Harding
say that he is a splendid speaker.
The Robersonville High School tries
to maintain a high order of efficiency
in administration and instruction.
Again the school won the highest
score for of like .standing and
grade at the County Commencement
held last Friday. Special mention
should be made of Winifred Miselle
who won first place in spelling, und
Virginia Bailey who won first place
in reading. Robersonville now boasts
three such swards—one for Group
Center and two for County-wide Com
mnecements. Last year was the first
time that awards were given.
When the usual calculation of
grads was made to deteimine the
STOMACH_SPELLS
Oklahoma Lady Gres Inter
•stuf Account «f Long
Use of BUck-Drsofht
b HOT Hone.
Sageeyah, Otda —"I have taken
Black-Draught ever since I was a
child, and can recommend it as ■
lpM-v*'' l for family use."
says Mrs. Oora Maberry, of this
place. "My mother used it, in
bringing up her family, and after
X had a home of my own, I con
tinued to use it, as I thought it
was especially good to give the chll
"My children did not mind taking
Black-Draught, and so when they
got upset with stomach spells, or
ware constipated. I gave them
Black-Draught tea.
"If I found that they were tak
ing cold, I was quick to start giving
them Black-Draught, as it helped
them to throw off the impurities
which caused the trouble.
"My children are all grown now
and have homes of their own, but
I still keep Black-Draught In the
house and use it ftiyself when I wake
up in the morning feeling dull and
'headachey*. and have a bad taste
in my mouth.
"Black-Draught is a simple rem
edy for constipation, and I prefer
It to others because it Is purely
vegetable. I always feel better af
ter X have taken a course of it."
In use over 67 years.
If you smoke
for pleasure
rJJI —here it is—taste, rich
fragrance and mellow
mildness. Camel is
the cfgarette that intro
duced the world to
* "smoking for pleasure."
Camels
■ Td walk a mile for a Camel"
TRIAVTE LIFE OF
HELEN OF TROY'
Much-Talked-of Movie At
Strand Theatre Monday
and Tuesday Nights
Theatie-goers will have a chance to
get thi low-down on the world's first
flappei queen next Monday and Tues
day nights, when the "Private Life of
Helen of Troy" will be shown on the
screen here in fhe Strand Theatre.
While it is strictly modern, John Er
skine, the author, goes back and places
'his story around a queen who lured,
lived, and loved.
Lewis Stone, Ricardo Cortez, and
Maria Corda appear in the picture's
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honor students of the senior class,
encouraging figures came to light.
For the four years John Robert
Jenkins, president of the class, made
the enviable record of 94.31. Follow
ing closely his lead was Huldah
Roberson with 92.95. Edna Barnhill
was third with 90.2. Ethel Cherry
made 67; Elmer Robcrson, 85.89;
Paul Roberson, 84.88; and Marjorie
Roebuck, 84.86. Sixteen of tha nine
teen regular seniors made 80 or
more. Since the grade covers a
period .of four years, the students
feel that they have been fairly suc
cessful.'
Faculty and students alike heard
with a certain zest the word that
Paul Roberson, who was rushed to
the Sanitoriuqi in Rocky Mount re
cently for an opeiation for appendi
citis, returned yesterday.
GENERAL ©ELECTRIC
Refrigerator
To sum up the outstanding advantages of the
General Electric Refrigerator it is unusually
quiet. It Hasn't a single belt, fan or drain-pipe.
It never needs oil. It is extremely roomy, eco
nomical and portable. It is guaranteed by
General Electric. You should come in and
study the many models before you decide.
WILLIAMSTON MOTOR COMPANY
Phone 201 Williamston, N. C.
THE SHEPHERD
OF THE HILLS'
Harold Bell Wright's Story
On Screen at Trio Next
Monday and Tuesday
'The Shepherd of the Hills,' a mighty
drama of the backwoods, is announced
for showing at the Trio Theatre, Rob
ersonville, next Monday and Tuesday,
the 23rd and 24th.
'The Shepherd of the Hills,' is
one of the most widely read of modern .
American novels. It is estimated that
50,000,(XX) persons have read this Har
old Bell Wright work. Probably no
UOVeLof modern times lias been so
widely read. It was not only a 'best
seller' for over a year after its publica
tion, but a consistently popular book
ever since. For that reason, the bring
ing forth of its screen version is a real
responsibility.
Charles R. Rogers, who produced the
story in an elaborate film version for
First National Pictures felt this respon
sibility so keenly that lie spent months)
in careful preparation before a scene of
the film was shot. Albert Rogell, who
was not only a notable film director
but one enthused over the possibilities
of the novel as screen matreial, was
selected to direct, as the very first stp
After an extensive canvass of tin
entire film industry, Alec B. Francis
was selected to play the title role;
Molly O'Day and John Boles were
chosen to carry the romantic burden;
Matthew Bet* to play the villain role,
and Roniaine Fielding to enact the part
of the Ozark patriarch, 'Old Mat.'
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