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A Letter From Home To make sure- tim thoS( ' a 'v-ay who deiwmj °n the Progress fm a) the news from home send us all the news of vour family. VOL. 11—NO. 7 WOMEN’S CLUB CLUBHOUSE in Columbia Is Goal 0 i Or ganization; Other Plans Are Made A very interesting executive com mittee meeting of the Woman’s Club was held in the home of Mrs. VV S. Cara-wan Wednesday morning at 10 O’clock with all the officers present !be business decided on at this meeting was to have a Get-together meeting in September, a dinner with a civic program on county govern ment. It also was decided that “A Pig Feeding Contest’’ be put on to iaise funds to begin work with in the fall, fwo chairmen wore ap pointed and at the lirst meeting, they will add the funds realized from feeding the pigs and a prize will be given to the side which reports the most made. It was voted on and carried that a etub house be built in Columbia as soon in the future us funds were available. I norder to begin a “nest for this much needed commun ity building, a “Tyrrell County ad vertising bazaar' will be put on in the fall. Proceeds from same to be u.-ed only on the first payment of the club house. HA, HA, HO, HO! W. 0. Saunders, In Pajamas, Attracts No Attention In New York NEW YORK. July 30. Any thing within reason in the way of dress reform for men< it seerns, can get by in' the big town. W. O- Saunders, who was ar retted in his home town of 'Eliz abeth City. N. C-, for wearing pajamas on the street, tried on Fifth A*’ phoiographet The police ignored him. NORFOLK PRODUCE (Norfolk ProJu'*9 Association Wholesale Quotations) LIVE POULTRY Broilers 30 (o ] .35 Broilers, leghorns ... .28 (n .30 Hens 27 @ .28 White leghorn hens ... .25 @ .27 Roosters 16 (a 17 Eggs, fresh 32 C<f .33 Ducks 20 @ LIVESTOCK Veal calves ' best) 13 ©> .15 Veal calves (large) ... .09 Q 10 Fat Sheet .05 @ .06 Spring lambs 00 @ 12 Live hogs 10 ©'.10% FRZSH FISH (Easter Fish Co. Quotations) Flounder, lb 08 ©) .10 Pan Trout 04 @ .05 Salmon Trout 18 <U) .20 Spots . 04 @ .08 Spanish mackerel 18 @ .20 flock 20 @ .25 NORFOLK VEGETABLES New Potatoes 00 @55.50 Figs, quart 15 @ .20 Green Corn 15 @ .25 Beans, snap $1.25 #51.50 Beans, ground SI.OO #51.25 Tomatoes, basket 50 (j SJ.Ou iAloah Mumskuuc i j ' c 0 5 !(l MS DE/MTi NOAH —WHEN THE AI_ARiM CLOCK WILL. THE THERMOMETER RISE 7 SAeuY a i port scc t t ><an. jDEAFS NOAH “IF ) GjAvE }MY AN EEEOYTSiIC. ■ FAN., \NOUi_CS SHE <S',VE TKSAIRI? *Mll<l= * PATERSON N.sTT /"dear NOAH =IS IT RSOPES: ; TO WEAR HOSK»,i i ‘AT A lawn PaRITY? * ! ■ Nfeo C'E SCHfcUMPF , sm-ELS mil-H -! TYRRELL COL CTYPROGRESS Read Every Week By The Best People In The Nicest County In Northeastern North „ Carolina: The PROGRESS Goes Into A Thousand Homes Recorder’s Court State vs, Luther McClces. After hearing the evidence the defendant was found guilty and ordered to pay 81.) cash, balance to be paid within 50 days. SLati- vs. Dennis W- Cohoon: for bad check. Defendant was found guilty and by order of court was hir ed to W. L. Nooncy a; S2O per month until fine and cost is paid. State vs. Luther Bryant, for giv ing bad check- judgment, being that defendant bo worked by W. L Nooney until cost is paid. State vs. Wilmcr West, for bad chock. The defendant \vas adjudged gild# of the charges made- The judgment of the court was defend ant he committed to jail to be work -led on the roads to pay the cost. Judgment was suspended upon pay ment of cost. State vs- Clyde K. Everton, for is suing bad cheek. The defendant wa adjudged guilty. Judgment was sus pended upon payment of cost of ac tion. The defendant was given 80 days to pay the cost. COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION! To Re Held At Sound Side Baptist Church Sept. 14 And 15 An officers Conference was held at the home of Mrs. S. M. Combs Sun day p. m., at 1 :30 o’clock. Reports received were as follows: Survey chairman said all cards had not been turned in but most of the county had been surveyed and was ready for a study to be made of the cards and a program outlined- It was decided that all surveyors be asked to send their cards in by Aug- 15th. The secretary had a let ter stating we had reached a 100 per cent goal in organization four mono- - -I'd in order that we can u orgapiza- • .. 'iUCkUb t -o. efficient, c-is promised to get in Worker’s Councils in their schools. One said he would begin on building Sunday Schools rooms on his church and three will order “Aims’’ charts. The president, Deward Spruill, gave an invitation to all teachers of the organization to attend the Teach- i er’s Training Class when it is held in j he Methodist Church- He also read a letter that a Tyrrell County con vention will be held on September 14 and 15 at Sound Side Baptist Church. FARM CO-OPS Subject Os Study Os U. S. Farm Board BATON ROUGE, La., July 30.-- With members of the Federal Farm Board giving attentive ear, problems of co-operative marketing were dis cussed toda> by the American It) ti tute of Co-operation. Carl Williams, of Oklahoma City, hoard member, said they were at tempting “to find out what ihe in stitute was thinking" about,’’ and to form contacts with the organized agencies for the promotion of agri culture. During the day ths. board will meet in executive conference with officials of the American Cot ton Growers’ Exchange. • • - In an address last night, Secre tary Hyde predicted a general for ward movement of co-operative or ganization of agriculture with the aid of the Federal Farm Board. He warned against co-operative associations measuring their success by the balance in the treasury, ad ding: "The motive of co-operative mar lit ling is not primarily profit for the co-operative organization but profit for its constituent farmers.” Senator Ransdell, Democrat, Lou isiana. and member of the Senate agriculture committee, said agricul ture would be beuefitted if the Fed eral Farm Board administered the farm act wisely. “This act is the first time Con gress ever made a specific recogni tion of agriculture in a big Way,” he added. “Many statutes have [been passed in the aid of banking, manu facturing, railroading and labor, but heretofore, farmers have felt much like orphan children at the national father’s table. The situation is dif ferent now.” A>l ift.MLl'; CROWNED “QUEEN OF SOUTH SEAS” \ _.. iiHI HF.W oUIN£A^ , mummmmmmmm yA ~ Society . no«.v : sl ws* n E w>. HEBRiDcS ‘ i COOK NUAE /o W.WS&£ MRS, ' BUVT/KG F m* W/IL new ms AS QVE&Y tasma-maP ZEALA gf ~ Ws) From society life in San Jose, Cal., to a. “Queen of the South Seas.” That’s the story of Miss Josephine Greco, now the wife of Lieut vnt Commander J -Aylmer Bunting 1 , who ho? torn A firm n » v~; te, T.-.a •.GA,V*uer'uusoanc on the island of * .utmae in the o ith Seas. Before his marriage Bunting wa9 kom as the bachelor king th» remote island. * Editòrials THANKS, MR. SWAIN We’re mighty proud of the fine things that Mr- H- L. Swain said about The Progress in last week's is sue. The Progress is like the elec tric light plant, it is a public utility, and its continued growth and service is a mutter of interest and impor tance to everybody. WOMEN VOTERS We echo, as all sensible people will, Mrs. W. S. Carawan’s appeal to women to become active partners in the great business enterprise which is known by the name of Tyrrell enter prise. Every woman citizen of this county is a stockholder and every woman citizen should take as much interest in the county's affairs as in the affairs of a farm or business in which thew are owners or partners. The nineteenth (suffrage) amend ment has not. brought about the bet ter government whihe its advocates promised One reason is certainly the apathy or indifference of the w omen voters. THE DEMONSTRATION AGENT 1 Undoubtedly there are corners that could be cut and savings effect ed that would enable the county to provide the necessary funds for a county demonstration agent. As Mrs. Caiawan pointed out in her ar ticle in The Progress last week: For this amount (S3OO, plus al lowance by the state) we would have a woman who would go from home to home showing young mothers how to provide wholesome food for their babies and children, which is one of the most necessary things needed iu our county. She would also teach classes for women on how to pre pare well balanced meals. This alone would mean health and more energy to pay back some of the $:;80.0(>0 in debtedness, which the women were told the county now owe.- She would have been worth S3OO to the county during the last two months for she wouid have taught the girls and wo men how to preserve and save some COLUMBIA, N. C., WEDr'ESDAY, JULY 31, 1929 of th beaus peas and other vege- j tables which were shipped and not sold for enough to pay express bills- Another helpful thing she would do would be to organize 4-H clubs all over the county, and instil! in the young and old competitive ideas, in raising poultry, cooking, sewing, and housekeeping. Her work would be in Frying Pan, Gun Fork, Kilkenny, Alligator and othoi sections w-hich has not been blessed with good roads j and who realty need someone to visit] them as well as the other communi- ] tie. which ire more accessible to get to. All of these things were told the commissioner? but they said they were not able to pay that amount regardless of the good she would ac complish. PLENTY OF COWS A compilation made by s he State shows that there is a cow of milking age so ■ every five persons in Tyrrell county. This is a high average. Manj nearby counties have only one cow for every 20 or 25 persons. Tyrrell county has the opportunity to develop a daily industry that j would supply the whole Albemarle | section with milk. A creamery could be set up in Colu übia. to manufac ture butter that would find a ready 1 market. North Carolina has too few cows and creameries and Tyrrell could assure itself of a successful in dustry if it developed its dairying. One way this project can be help ed along is by a county farm agent. He will be in a position to collect the best information on methods and means, and help dairymen develop their herds and supplies of milk. NEW YORK COTTON High Low Close Jan 19.30 19.06 19.05-06 Ma: Hi 19.49 19.23 19.2 4 May 19.62 19.40 19.42 Oct. old ...19.09 18.92 18.94 Oct. new .19.12 18.88 18.88-90 Dec 19.37 19.33 19.18-14 Six bridal couples recently arriv ed in Paris from London on aerial . honeymoons* Why Gastonia Is Battlefield in Struggle Reaching Climax With Death Trial Os Strikers Tne most important State news of! the week is emanating Tom Gaston- j ia. The story of t.lie trial of textile | strikers on murder charges has the' attention of the nation. | The following story, written by • Charles P. Stewart, noted correspond i j ent. tells what it is all about. GASTONIA, N- C., July 29.—T0 I understand Gastonia’s frame of mind j it is necessary to consider the pecu ! liar conditions which exist here, and ! the dilemma which the little city j faces. Gastonia is more exclusively a otic i industry community than any other I have ever seen It is the very heart of the south ern cotton industry which differs matei ially, in its system, from the same industry elsewhere. Its de velopment in Dixie has been rapid ( since the beginning of the World war, but basically it i; pretty old. Gastonia had an early start and the development there has been rapid even for the south. It was only a small burg up until 1 ten or a dozen years ago- Now' it ha.- about 30,000 inhabitants in ; d - its limits or clustered closely outside them—ari arrangement which most mill owners seem to prefer. This population of 30,000 runs 43 cotton textile plants, and there arc J more that 100 in Gaston county Editor Jani'-s W. Atkins, of the Gas tonia Gazette estimates that 75 to 80 per cent of the 30,000 live on the 1 textile industry—and the rest live on it indirectly. Naturally the bosses of the textile industry boss everything and every body in and about Gastonia. It anyone criticizes them, he does it in a whisper. Os course, the textile workers out number the bosses about 100 to 1, but that makes no difference, be cause t.ioy have no influence what .♦ - * No influence! No- But odds of 100 to 1 would be j formidable, if ever the 100 got out of ; hand. That is why the bosses are so seriously upset at the thought of a radical labor organization in the worker’s ranks. Some of them arc \ upset, at the thought of any orgam- Ization at ail—but particularly a j radical one. ! Today the powers that rule Gaston j county are prosecuting a dozen men j juid three women who attempted to establish just that thing—a commun ist labor union (no less.’) in the tex tile mills—on charges which, if con victions ensue, may send all or any share of Hie fifteen to the electric chair. True, the indictment says nothing about communism, or any labor issue. It charges murder and secret as sault with a deadly weapon—that is to say, participation in a conspiracy j which resulted in the fatal shooting of Police Chief O*. F. Aderholt of I Gastonia early last June : That Aderholt wa: killed is beyond | dispute. | The killing unquestionably occur ! red in connection with an affray I growing out of the attempt to union i izo the Loray textile plant iu the out skirts of Gastonia- It would be most unfair’to imply that the authorities are doing more 1 j or less than their duty in trying to punish those who killed him. Nevertheless, it always is unfor ! tunate when a prisoner mus’ stand trial with a powerful influence op posed to him hich wants him oon ' j victed anyway—-guilty or not guilty j—because of some consideration en ! tircly distinct from the formal ac cusation against him. • If the Gastonia communists, or ’ some of them, are electrocuted, the 1 supposition i.- that their fate will discourage communism in Gastonia— no matter what they are electrocut ' j ed for. It mas boa mistaken supposition. - Electrocution might make martyrs I of them and simply stimulate the ’ communistic movement in the textile industry. The fact remains that j plenty of hard-boiled Gastonians are strongly in favor of trying it- They can be overheard saying so. on any ' street corner in the little city. And of what avail a change of venue? Gastonia’s neighboring coun ty seats are little less textile-mindeu * than Gastonia itself. Gastonia’s pre -4 judices are their prejudices. Curiously enough, the southern textile region’s hostility to the com munists shows some signs of react M ing> in one way to their advantages Gastonia, ia particular, is desper j ateiy afraid of becoming known throughout tfie country as the the- j atm of a second Sacco-Vanzetti cum 1 , j Not sufficiently large to be indifier j out to outside public opinion, it is j .. acutely sensitive, csoecially to pres; i comment from ether Carolina ceu-i •, ter.-, —and beyond the textile belt it | has not all been flattering. j p The communists arc in danger, j There is i:o indication of any letting up in the t< xtiic barons’ determinu i [ lion upon a terrifying example, li’! £ the last ounce of off irt on their pari , can insure one. Yet there is an un- v dercurrcnt of uneasiness an ob- • vious shade of feeling that perhaps, after all, mercy may be the best ~ policy. g (Another dispatch follows tomorrow) c MISS SPRUILL TO TEACH ! i Miss Clara L< e Spruill, daughter 1 I of Mm. Minni* Spruill, has accepted j .t position on the teaching staff of ! the Lucamu High School, and will ! teach mathematics. Miss Spruill received her A. B. ] Degree at E- C. T. C., Greenville, J | N. C., Ibis year, where she was one! of the most popular girls in her class-! os. ‘CHOWAN CAMP” MEETS . AT VIRGINIA BEACH i The following arc juniors of the j I Baptist Sunday School who left Sun-! day for Virginia Beach, to be at the j v Chowan camp week, July 29 through j f Aug. 3: Mrs. S. M. Combs, camp j \ mother, Miss Rose Bateman, Ray-|\ mond Norman- Eloise Gibbs, Joe ; - Bateman, Russell Bateman, Le Roy t Cohoon and Jessee Cooper t —- ; METHODIST AID MEETING < The Ladies Aid Society of the M. * E. Church met Monday l 1 ’ ' V ’,v pai'soTi o ge • * i ing was calieu ■' dent, Mrs. B. S. Davis. .. j from the 14th chapter of St. .John, | player followed by the pastor. Rev. i G. C Wood. Roll called, minutes read and approved. Report was made on funds received from the j American Legion Supi er, which was j SSO. After attending to other busi- j ness social hour arrived, which was j much enjoyed by all present. The society adjourned to meet Aug' 19. SIOO,OOO Offered For Plymouth Light Plant PLYMOUTH. July 31.—The pos sibility of rejection by the citizens, j lin a referendum to be held next; j month, of the proposition of the Vir- i j ginia Electric and Power Co., to buy i the local electric system for $50,000 j plus free street lights and power to run the town’s pumping plant, loom ed today. Robert R. Livingston of New York j | and Edward C. Gregory of Salisbury i have put up an offer of SIOO,OOO lor the system, with free street lights- They want, however, the water sys tem and ice business to be included. The offer of the Virginia company j wasaccc-ptcd bv the council, but is subject to ratification in the referen-j 1 dum vote. If : t should be rejected, j i the citizens who now regret that the ! $50,000 offer has been accepted, j will have the opportunity of pushing 'adoption of the SIOO,OOO offer. Livingston is said to have stated that the $50,000 offer of the Vir -' ginia company was accepted by the •j council after it learned of the SIOO - ■■ooo offer of himself and his asso - j eiate. •! ATLANTA. Street cars and • | busses for negro passengers, or i ' compartments in these vehicles for white passengers and negroes, would - be provided in a bill reported favor ably to the Georgia House of Itepro • sentatjves 'by that billy's committee 5 on railroads. No Horses, Kills Self ; NEWARK, X. J- July 80.—Since ; lie was ti small boy. Joseph Steir, i‘6, had groomed horses in the r stables of a large baking concern lure. Recently tlie company deed 1- j ed to motorize its delivery system. Steir paid a last visit to bis charges yesterday. Today, his Ibody was j found hanging in the cellar of hi‘- . home. A note said: “Goodbye, - everybody Don't bring any lioiv , era.” , . . Your Paper “ Use the Progress to ex press your views about Tyrrell County anti its people. people. Letters are wel comed Use one side of paper. $2 A YEAR TYRRELL TAX RATE IS $1.66 Ninety Cents Oi Amount Goes For Educational Purposes The Tyrrell tax rale for the fis cal year. 1929-50 is $ !.(>(>. The assessed valuation will be about $3,700,000. Thus in the neighborhood of s6o,* 000 will b< raised. A summary of the budget of the couidy, published in this issue of The Progress, and commended to the at *o terition and study of all Tyrrell peo ple. shows that most of this amount will go for schools. Ninety cents of the SL6G rate will go for education al purposes, (50 for debt service (pay ment of bonds and interest), 15 for general county fund, 5 cents for charity- COLUMBIA MUSIC SCHOOL GROWS Classes Os Prof. Rogers In clude Many Tyrrell People i Columbia has a unique enterprise in the School of Music established by Prof, and M s. Fred Rogers. Citizens who feel that this is a worthy enterprise, are urging the fullest support ol the school and its work. One of them stated this, v eek: “We have often heard people say If we only had the opportunity to give our children a musical educa tion ’. Now there is the op portunity right at home. A musical education is a benefit to any child, and it helps the community as well • the individual. A musical loving •nuniLy ’’ .. .., s ms pupus are: Virginia Yerby, violin; Eloise Car awan, violin; Fred Armstrong, violin; Henry Davenport, cello and saxo phone; Paul Liverinan, flute; Bor iden McClees. clarinet; Edward Key- Inolds. clarinet, James Alexander, J clarinet; Raymond Norman, trumpet; Charles McClees. trumpet; Joseph Godwin, French horn; Raymond Leary, French horn; Hubert Ward, trombone; Russell Bateman, B. B. saxophone; Charles Cohoon, Bas soon; Floyd Cohoon, Jr., saxophone. The grownup who are taking courses are: Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon, trombone. C- Earl Cohoon. trombone; iL. J. Leary,h w, ICS ITR D LI) ET AO I ! L. J. Godwin, saxophone; J. O. Taft, I trumpet; A. R Corner, trombone FOREST FIRES Now Greatest Menace In Many Years WASHINGTON, July 30.—Char acterizing the present forest firft I situation as “the most critical the na tion has known in many years,” Geo. jD. Pratt, president of the American I Forestry Association, today urged . ! government, stale and private agen j cie. to drastic, action to prevent what > i might becomt a national catastrophe. Mr- Pratt said present means for I I prevention and protection are “hope . Ucssly inadequate.” He cited that in . | the Modoc National Forest in Cali fornia, more than 50.000,000 hoard . I feet of lumber have been burned and ‘more than 8,000 acres of forest land J burned over. Other fires ar burning! i in Minnesota and Wisconsin. No G).ino~Russian Peace Is In Sight LONDON, July 50—Prospects for ) peaceful solution of the difficulties i between China and Soviet Russia j teemed more remote today. Alt re j ports of negotiations under way seem ed to have oeen proven false. a China wa* reported very anxious to negotiate a settlement of th«, question arising from seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway and was confident of an agreement, if Russia “would realize her mistake in proi ’ pagandizing China ” s In a recent storm, ligh ning struck ; a borne in Smith Center, Kan., hit ■, the bed where a 15 year old son wa* sleeping, sot the bed on fire and did not strike the boy. * gr» llflUH
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