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PTrl i a-. ID WEATHER Thunder Showers Thursiny , JIJjE southerner j.il -rrOLOEST ADVERTIS. MEDEUM IN EAST JM JUU To) Miff CD;.:; VOL. 40 NO. 65. TARBORO, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, HS20 . PORT OF SCHOOL CARDEiyEnSvWORK i.:pils Shiw Much Interest in Tke'j Gardens Year a , ' : . Gireat Succes3. WOMEN OVER TAP , SELLING TICKETS .T, .In many ways the results of our . 1. u v., 4 ' ,. ftti vvuni imvu i;ccii myrji ,tiivuui . - aging ill spite of the unprecedented seasons and 'the great scarcity , of la--bor.x For it is very neces'sary to have . the soil 'Well prepared before the children take charge. .' , t: . i d . ..... j J-i. -j.-..:. delayed, this spring because, it ' was : impossible 'to fin danyone to lo the plowing or spading. - Last,year the eni'ollmeht of our . gardens reached seventy. The badges . s were presented as a reward-of merit af.ter the children had worked faith- fully for a certain length of time. I fouhd frequent visiting very helpful ' in stimulating 'interest, .vas there, ws ,a keen desire to have the garden in good condition before the supervis or's visit.' , The ; children i ware happy to be , able to help -furnish vegetables, for- the table; A fewof he older girls ' had a creditable array oi canned goods stored. A number of children ; entered very attractive exhibits at the county fair, John Pitt won a " prize of '2.50 offered by the Firsjt National Bank for the best -variety ,.: of vegetables displayed at the bank. , Elizabeth Matthews also secured a -prize of $2.50 giyen by the bank for ! the largest amount realized from -the . ' sale of vegetables praised in the school ' garden. , John Pitt," Jack and Dick Havens won prizes lor tne most crea- itable collections of vegetables in the. school garden exhibit at the fair. , best kept garden. ' , " This spring we were' fortunate in securing seed from' the government for our young gardeners.. Seed were '' distributed to150.-children.' On ac. -. coupe oi moving, summer- trips anu other, vacation diversions.'many will . i (jiop ou. As tne name . indicates, the children are banded together for ; the purpose of gardening. .Although ... earned over $5ft from the sale of a vegetables, yet there are fat more important, results, .J;hd wholesome re- creation,, practical inforBiationuind a " deep love, for God's, out-of-doors. ' M. H. Bridgers, supervisor, U. S. School Garden Army- , . ' sk ' The superintendent, in talking over1 the report with the teacher, found that in some cases the boys who were interested in the school work were . especially successful . in ' gardening." The factory children ; were alsoVery ; mucn iiiiieaiuu ui tue wun, , oiw "t work for their recreation hours. One of the pupils -in the "opportunity" , class wa3 one of the, best gardeners in ;the school, and was named the "Shining Light" by the teacher.; Lpst Report Show Total Sales 'Of $l,914Full. Report ' , v Rendered. v' PliETOPS IS READY E OPEN NG I ; I wi?h to tnank all the members of the Business Woman'u Club for their successful efforts in selling more than the guaranteed amount .for the chau tauqua guarantors. . We were asked to sell tickets'! to amount to 1,750, and our last report showed $1,914 Below is the statement handed to the chairman of the ticket committee: Received: 800 adult tickets, at $2.50, $2,000; 200 junior tickets, at $li $200; total, $3,200. ' ' ; Cash turned in,- $1,914; 100 adult tickets returned, $250; '36 ' junior tickets, $3G; total, $2,200. , . ' To thethree girls selling the most tickets three; prizes were offered, as follows :10 by the Coca-Cola Bot itling; Works and the First National Bank, each giving $5; $5 by Farmers Banking .and (-Trust " Company; and $2.50 by theyBusiness Woman's Club. These prizes were won by Mrs. Lit tle, selling tickets amounting to $420.50; Miss . Mary Cook, second prize, $162.50; and third, Miss Bal Bunn; $112.50. '. We wish to' thank the chairman of the ticket committee for giving 'us this privilege and the guarantors for their support. Ora Lee Brown, chairman. , ' Six Players Already Hand In Neighbaring City; Prac- ' , Alee Game Friday. TODAY'S NEWS OF TARBORO 20 YEARS AGO ' Five or si f the Pinetops players for ; tlie -Eastern Carolina Baseball Association ; have arrive and i are having somelgood practice.-They are making a good showing and the Pine tops -team Will be ready to meet Tar- boro in the opening game of the sea son in good form. -' , Pinetops is to have a game with Hookerton on Friday, June 4, at the Pinetops grounds. ; This game will give the fans the opportunity to see the l&iftd- of .team that will represent the town in the opening games of the 1920 jseason. ' Pinetops is not satisfied With the schedule as arranged b'the league schedule committee and hopes to be able to have a rearrangement of 'tbe games "that will give better satisfac tion to all the teams in' the circuit. Whether the Pinetop3 team is strong or weak, the schedule as it stands is not what might be termed a fair and square deal either to Pinetops, and it is understood that Tarboro is also dissatisfied with,the present schedule. j CAMPERS RETURN. -The basketball girls and boyshave returned from their camping trip. It is useless to try to tell of the great time they had ' as . the noteg and information-gleaned from each member of thejv camping party just ran along the line of '01vbut we had a good, time!"- The 'sun, may, have played havoc with their' faces and necks,' and there may be a few ewlra freckles scattered here and. there, but one and all declare that the - fun wa3 worth every blemish' they had forced upon them. 1 , L HONS UNITING FAM LIES Armenians in Near East Being Located, After Driverr Into Asia Minor Deserts. TRADEI1S ARE lEOllNGJaLOOS Skilled and Unskilled ' Labor Make Demands For Large Wage Increases. 1 Constantinople, June 2 Hundreds of Armenian families are being re united monthly through the efforts of the: members of the American' com fmittec for relief in the near east who W ....... i.i . ii .i -.I . i . ' are scaiieren inrougnoui me leauing cities 6-f Ajia Minor with headquar ters in this city. In he deportations of the ' last four years Armenians have, been shuttled about .before va rious 'military movements with 1 the result that nearly every family is searching for news of missing mem buis. , . . : Levori ,Shamlian, a young Arme nian who is now a successful merl '3ome.of Our -, Boysl.-7-At Horner's school there ia quite a delegation of Edgecombe boys, most; of whom at the recent 1 commencement exercises acquitted themselves,' most- gr&tify- . In the senior class, George Pen nington, Marshall Staton and Francis Cox achieved nrst distinction. , ueo. Pennington also won the essayist's medal of his society the Franklin, and Marshall Staton " the debator's medal. In the athletic contests, out f five entries, Geo. Pennington won four, viz; 100-yard, dash, 220-yard dash ; 50-yard dash,- and the , broad jump. . 'if) ' . V.,In -the junior class; JohiV Cheshire had first distinction..' ,; ', "!... .t.v.; Ed. Farrar won the; ?nedal for the neatest room. Anyone who has at-.1 tended a military school knows that l Lthis is no empty honor, nor easily won. ; -; j Thomas J, Farrar, who wa one of ,the marshals, missed first on drill by the skin of his teeth. - As a cadet rade a mistake he had to drop out. They all fell out until' only Thomas and another remained,! and for an hour or more the drill continued be fore there was a decision. Sim.on Lichtengtein'a- comic decla. mniinn. "T,iiH Ma Ynnr Wnvs." wns . .... , . T . ; Nsa decided hit. He was the only one of all the sneakers to receive nn en core.. So well did he declaim that heV received a vote dellaimer's medal.1 The essay of Marshall Staton Ion. tending that the United States was justified in making war , on Spain was highly commended. , , ; The roads are very dusty, but the cotton farmers ere not complain ing of lack of rain. Th?re is a crop proverb in these parts 1 that a dry June means a bountiful harvest, MEDIGALMEN HOLD mm JWEETIMG MEJEISSCjATED PRESS HIFIT1CKT0 E THIS WEEK MM Resolution StKongly Endorsing State System of Highways 1 , Passed by Medics. I A -regular meeting! of the' Edge. combe Medkal Society was called to order last night at the Edgecombe Oeneral Hospital by the president. Several important itemsof" business Were transacted. Dr. Raby, a dele, gate to attend the fourth di,rict so. ciety, . reported that said society would meet with the Edgecombe So. ciefy, 111 larboro, at its regular meeting in August. A committee of four with the president as chairman was appointed on arrangements, -. ,A resolution strongly endorsing a state system of highways was passed, copies to be sent to the governor and representatives. Several cases were reported and discussed. Meeting adjourned upon motion. C. L. Outland, secretary. Big American La France Truck lias Auxiliary jPump Guaran teed Adequate Pressure. , BALL4 SCHEDULE IS NOT ISFAGTORY U RUBIN-LIGHT. Word was received this morning of the marriage of Mr. Louis Rubin, of the Tarboro Shoe and Clothing Co., to Mins Sophia Light ii; Haiti, more, Tuesday. The marriage copies as a surprise to the friends of the bride find groom in the city. The new American La France fire truck, for Tarboro will arrive in the cify' about the end of the present wecK or within the first dajf or two of next week. .This truck has1 an auxiliary pressure pump wlich has a capacity of 1,000 gallons a minute. The city needs this new addition to its tire department, and in justice -to the; volunteers of the local company the commissioners voted the' new i. l-'.. . . . , , . uuck some time ago Jutland ,'Neclr;. Pimtopo nr.d Tarluofo Join, in Probst Agftittst Schedu! EGON T SHIPS ill HAVE EARS n OrS COMPETE FOH Remarkable Invention. For De termining Distance of, All ; Enemy Vessels. TRIP TO EI ID Team Winning , International . Club Judging Contest Wins v iCNindrize" - , TEACHERS EXPESlS 'THEIR 1 APPRECIATION OFNTHE WORK N OF SUPT. GEO. HOWARD, JR To the' Citizens of Edgecombe : ' , r'i We wish to express our apprecia. ,tion for the Inspiration received from our efficient and esteemed county su. perintendent of schools,' Mr. George Howard, jr. , j Especially do we wish to commend the county board of education coop. erating with' Mm for the wonderful improvement made in our schools' by means .of consolidation. 'State, even national educators, whose life work is to find the i best in education and spread that best after nprsonal visits and stud v of our in. dividual schools, say that ours are among the best and our plan ot con solidation ; the only known way to Taring the best educational advantages in the pniihtrw bovs and eirls. . ; The boys, and girls of today are the men and women of tomorrow. Let cach of us show our interest and Jove for them by our loyalty to Mr. ilOw- aid and the present county board of education in perfecting the plan just begun.. . .Mamie Moore, Pr in. Conetoe School. Agnes Moore,- Prin. Pinetops School. 1T T n. T 1 o .. u 1 iienMie tivea, run. ijccli, ouiiutji. "!'- '-'' T-'. GIRLS TO TAKE PARf IN ' I OLYMPIC , SWIMMING 'PhiladelphiaJune 2. The Los Angeles Athletic Club of California has obtained, the services of Freder- U ... .HVIJ , .11 AW J V 1 1 .J M a TI.IIII..ll. -coach in this city, v " . It is his intention to take charge : there iC the near future. Among the well known swimmers to- whom Langer, Miss" DorotB"3urns andMiss Aileen Allen.- JHe is of the opinion that they will represent the United Spates in the Olympics. Probably the best known of the three is Langer, who is one of the best middle dist ance swimmers in the country, and ranks next to Norman Ross. Langer recently sprung a "surprise when he won the 500-ard title in Hawaii. He holds tne outdoor Teeora iqr i,uuo yards. ' . ' ' London, June 2. Labor conditions still are unsettled in England, ubt so much because of dissatisfaction with wages, hours, or working conditions as to jealousy between riva,l trade unions and particularly betWecu the skilled and unskilled labor, says the American Chamber of Commerce in London . . ' i r A crop of new wage demands from other, unions is declared to have re. suited ' f rorn ' the settlement of the demands of the ., longshoremen by gf anting them a minimum waga. of in i. sn ; :.. - T ... - . .' 1 xo siiiiuiigHa uay. :.-',.' ' - ; ? k The railway men are demanding an advance of 1 a week in disregard of -an agreement they had niade with the government only five days' earlier which provided for -an automatic ad justment of wages, according to cost of living. The engineers and firemen also have presented demands for big increases. The cotton j operators , who had threatened to strike on May 1 to en force demands for a GO per cent in crease in. wages hav8" now accepted government arbitration. The em ployers offered them ah. advance of 22 1-2 per cent which was rejected. Gas workers have demanded wage increases, more -noiidays and over time pay. These would affect 100, 000, men. The miners have voted to accept the government s ones- oi a flnt inprsmo of '20 npr rent in wacrfts. This advance is expected to cost 32 000,000 pounds sterling a year. Owing to this, the price of indus. trial coal has been advanced to two and one-half shillings a ton and of household coal 12 1-2 shillings a ton. The price of a loaf of bread has been advanced from 9 pence, ona penny, to one shilling, owing to the decision of the government to reduce its subsidy on bread. , BRAZIL EXACTS HIGHER - TARIFF ON U. S. EXPORTS March 10, which concedes preferen tial tariff rates during the current year on certain imports of United States origin, as follows: . On wheat flour, 30 per cent; on condensed milk, manufactured rob. ber articles, watches, certain inks, varnishes, typewriting machines, ice. chests, balances, windimills, cement, corsets and school furniture, 20 per cenjt. 5000 union waiters and waistresses in New York hotels walked out today. chant at Balikeshir recently Jocated his mother and young sister through an advertisement printed in a local paper by Miss Caris E. Mills, Prince ton, N. J.,vwho is directing the Am. erican movement to unite Armenian families. Shamlian is preparing" a home for them in Balikeshir. . The history of the' Shamlian fam ily is typical of the experiences Ar menians sufferer at the hands of the Turks, i They liver in Bitlis, In the far eastern part .of Asia 'Minor, Lev- on Shamlian and his father were sep arator from the rest of the family by the Turks anr Levon was forcer to gor into the' Turkish army and' has never hearr from his fa,ther. His gt'anrmother and granrfather were killed. His mother was taken as ser vant by Turks.- Seranoush was tak en as a maid servant by Kurds. The mother and daughter came upon each other unexpectedly in the American refuge at Aintab,"both having walked hundreds of miles and suffered ter. rible hunger and hardship in search for-their relatives and safety, Lists of. orphans will also be print ed in Armenian papers in America in the hope of finding homes for the thousands of homeless children who may have friends or relatives jn Am erica. The American committee had nearly 30,000 orphans in the Con stantinople district alone, and nearly twice that number in the Beirut area. A . trip to the Royal ; Livestock .Show, London, England, is the grand prize iOffered by the SouMieasteirn Fair this year to the livestock judg ing team that, wins the International New York, June 2. In olden times when Chinese shipbuilders designed and constructed their lateen sailed craft for war or commercial purposes prominent and of ttimes ferocious "eyes" were located on either side of the bow. Today, modern America, now the leading nation in ship construction, is proposing to equip her merchant vessels with ."ears," the location of which like the eyes on the Chinese junk are on the shipV hows, but un der instead of over the' water. While superstition induced the Chinaman to equip his ship so it could "see" it's enpniies and work its' way into a safe port (through shoal water, hidden rOcks and through crowded water, ways, science has designed the ears Club Judging Contest nt Atlanta in ! for the Sftnu, pui.p080i' NOTICE TO COUNTY REGISTRARS. Any sta,t( may enter a team of three, who must be bona fide agriculi tural club members under'tho super visibn of the. state extension service in' cooperation with the U. S. De partment of Agriculture, The high est scoring team, the highest scoring contestant, the county agent,' and state club leader of the county and state represented by the winning team, all go to the Royal Livestock Show In England with expenses paid. Arrangements have been made by the North Carolina club leaders to pay the way, of the state winners to Atlanta,, and counties are expected to-pay the way of teams to the state coptest which precedes the Interna, tio'nal event t Atlanta. 1 ' ' Details of the contest will be mib- iisiiuu i'uie next issue oi rar tied I Club News. With the destroyer BJ-eckinridge equipped as a demonstrating .ship, 40 or more representatives of leading stcam-'diip lines have just had an op portunity to see and test the em. cacy of the listening device. It is now. a government controlled inven. tion,, used on fighting shins during the war as a protection against sub. i To the men who answer the alarm as they comt in, receiving nothing ixi eiurn out an opportunity to ruin their clothes at the fires, this new truck comes as a God-send. When a fire may at any time gut the interior of somo business house or residence in Tarboro. and tho fl BRIM aa an fierce that the hose mnn in , nnoiMa to get the full stream upon the flame as is! the case now," the new truck will b a friend indeed. It has been stated that any especial amount of extra pressure laid upon the water, works at' the plant now would blow out the mains, and the ease with which this now truck will assure this icmu ' pressure not oniy or one stream but of several, will be good I news to the citizens who are them selves cognizant of the need in Tar. boro 6f more adequate lii0 fighting equipment. Uther cities have recognised th need of the new truck before Tar. boro, but our city is not to be be. hind, and the -arrival of the, truck '..it . ... win De greeted with much ploasure Dy the citizens. Wa need it. and now we have it. ATTENTION, U. D. C. The meeting of the William Dor'sey Pender chapter, U. D. C, called for 4 o clock - tomorrow afternoon has been postponed until immediately af. ter the Chautauqua entertainment, ' DEATH SEITEiE AWAITS HIGH TURK Multi-millionaire Now Sojourn ing in Switzerland; Caused Many Deaths. . PERSONALS H. D. Hardison, chairman of the board of . election, ha written letter to the variou ' regiitrar throughout the county aikiny them to come to Tarboro and ecur their alloted upply , of ticket to be iiasd in the pri- . mary election of June S - Mr. Hardiion h alto etpec -all jr requeited the regUtrar of alt precinct to end in remits , from their precinct by phone on the night of June 5.- THE OLD ENTERTAIN THE NEW AT METHODIST CHURCH Rio de Janeiro, June 2. Brazilian nisinma nflflpinta hnvt hppn lnatnirfaH . , ,, . The members of the Methodist to observe the presidential decree of Lhurch vhQ hflve been member8 for more than one year were hosts last night from 8 to 11 o'clock to those members who have come into the ! church during the post year at a de. lightful reception held at the church. The evening was most informal, a,nd a general "good time get-together" was enjoyed. ' Refreshments .of ice tream and cake were served, and. a short song service closed the evening. Honolulu, June 2. Japan has sev ered relations with Euss bokheciki. Mr. Ray F. Miller, of Rochester, N. Y.,-fs visiting B. S, Sprngins. Miss Helen McGarricy, of (Phila delphia, is visiting Mrs. Henry Keel han. ' ,; - Mrs.7lc.nry Burns and son, of'New York, flra tfie guests of Mrs. G. L. Heilbjoner, ' Edward Roborson is visaing his uncle in Manchester for a few weeks, before he goes to Morchead for the summer, ' : ' Mrs.' Blanche Williams has return ed from a visit to Virginia Beach and Norfolk. . ' ' -. - Mrs.' Annie L. Walker, of Norfolk, is the guest of relatives in the city. Mrs. F. "JT. Pender has returned Ifrom a visit to friends in Goldsboro. II. T. Bryan is back from a trip to I Washington, D. C, and Philadelphia. Mrs. Q, Wf Gotten has returned! from a visit to her daughter, Miss Florida Cotten, in Washington City " Misses Ruth and Louise ' Denton have returned from Scotland Neck, where they attended school during the past year. They were accompa nied home by their friend, Miss Fidie Pope, vwho will be their house guest for several days. - Miss Matilda Hart is at home from the East Carolina Teachers Training School' at Greenville. She was ac companied by her friend, Miss Mar. tha RatclifTe, of Reidsville, who will visit her4 during the Chautauqua. Miss- Ratcliffe was a member of the grad uating class at the school this year. Tbe Rey. B. E. Brown Is visiting in Salisbury this week, - ; . Rev. S. W.'IIale is in Raleigh this week. marines and officially designated , by ,the navy as "The M. V, type," Hy drophone." ' Its object is to disclose in surrounding waters the presence of other craft, to foretell the ap proach to shoal waters, apprise the navigator of the vicinity of lige whips equipped with ttubmarino bell signal, ing devices, Ijt is expected also to disclose with a remarkable degree pf accuracy, the depth of Vator wherein the ship so equipped is flouting. The apparatus includes 48 hydrol phone receivers located i a tank of water in the bow of the vessel so tha,t an equal number, is on' either side. In the test the sound of the propellers of a steamer five miles distant" was heard, a The depth of water is ascertained by listening to the nise made by the propellers of the vessel carrying, the hydrophone as it is echoed back from the bottom of the sta. In depth beyond 100 fathoms, however, -the hydrophone refuses to record, it was explained, but ' as' a majority of collisions oc cur near a coast line and at con. gested harbor entrances, the invent. ors and officers of the. navy predict! Geneva, Switzerland, June 2. In ono of the most luxurious hotels in 1-aunanne is now living the Turkish multimillionaire named ffeneral Ah med Djemal Pasha, former Turkish minister under the Young Turk re gime at Constantinople and former commander of the fourth Turkish ut my in Syria. He is the first upon the black list of the Arabian goyernment for ex. tradition, and punishment, being ac cused, says the Tribune de Geneve, of the deaths of 7,000 Arabian, Syrian and Armenian families-whom he is alleged to have ordered to be massa. cred o deported Into the desert, where they died of hunger and thirst in the war. He has been sentenced to death after a hearing in Turkey. Djemal Pasha, who called himself th0 "Hero of Hislam" admits, ac cording to the newspaper, that he was "only directly responsible for about 200 deaths of heretics." By tyranny, it -is charged, he . obtained his vas twealth in Turkish gold al ways refusing bank notes Once a week his wife or one of the members of his family travelled to Constant!, nople from DJemal's headquarters in, Syria under military escort with small boxes of gold which were for warded subsequently to SwUzerland and Holland. It was Djemal and Djavid Pasha, who were at Paris in July, 1914, and, foreseeing the war, bought the Ger man -warships, Goeben and Brcslau, for, their government by orders from , 1 ne schedule) as drafted for the East Carolina Baseball Association la unaati3factoify to Tarboro, Scotland Neck and Pinet&ps, inasmuch as it is drafted to play, only four games a week instead of six games per week for the ten weeku of the season; ! Most of the climbs will haye hired men and we feel that it would be detrimental to have these men loaf, ing around town on Saturday, Sun day and Monday of, eah week, play. ; I Ing at home but two days a week, and drawing pay for six days. This is the view taken here and hi nasrby ; towns as it must, be expected that some "of the days! will be rainy cod no ganies played. , ' " It is the desire of the managemei of the various clubs o run the base ball season as economically as poo 'i- ' v ble,; therefore we must arrange secure income enough to approxi mately cover the expenses. air, Haywood Dale, at the reauest of . the Tarboro club has called a meeting of the ' various club presi dents for tomorrow afternoon. Jn Greenville, ' to dlaeuss the schedule and if necessary rearrange same:'. also to pass the by-laws. - Before going t0 this meeting tjo- , morrow in Greenville we will have drafced out a schedule covering CO games, played in two series of five v.eekr, each, and wi-Jt a better and " more equally divided games with the . various clubs. , ' , t According to' the schedule "pre. sentcd by the committee it now ap- ' pears that we are to play seven games here with Pinetops and seven in Pinetops, making 1JJ jrnmes be. tween Tarboro and Tine-tops, while we play but two games here with Washington and two with the same team on their homo grounds.1 The,, same- discrepancy -appears as regards nnetops, who plays Williamston twd games in Williamston and two in Pinetops.' Thisahd the small num ber of total games is the principal objection to tho schedule as present. ed . by"thoummiltte appointed to draft same. t , -- v" There may be some changes neces sary in the by-laws, but that is a single matter as compared with the schedule which seems of utmost 'im portance in being correct. " AN APPEAL TO THE VOTERS IN BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY that its adoption will remove many Constantinople, of the hazards of navigation now Diemal. who has onlv a temnorarv induced by fog. Dr. H. C. liases, formerly of the S war th more College, said the device permission to sojourn in Switzerland, was recently requested by the Swiss government to leave this country, had been installed on the transport j )Ut he managed to procure a medi Von Steuben and on one occasion pal certificate. proving that travelling ptobably saved the ship from run- would be prejudlclalto his health and ning aground on., th long Island iemains at Lausanne, shore during a heavy fog. Dr. Hayes! The Tribune demands his expul also claims that the invention willjsion from Switzerland with several No doubt-many of you left' the country and moved to ' town on ac. ount of the schools. The following are the conditions under which niy child hua been forced to go to school for the past three years: Three years ago in a house' which caked, had sixteen window lights out' n the north side, over half out of ast end and teveral lights out of Routh side; no well nor jiump nearer than ono.qunrter of a miie, the chil. dren often drinking, and bringing water to others, out of a ditch about 200 op S00 yards below a privy which stood upon the bank of said ditch. For two years after this no school nor means 'of conveyanco to any school was provided; forcing me to send my child 12 m'les from home to. board with her grand-parents so she could attend schoql. For the last six months the school has beerirunning and in beWer condition, but with about half enough seats. The board of education and Its present county superintendent are opposed to us having a school and are now workina? to abolish same tend force us to send ou rchildren to some other commun ity on trucks, thereby working hard. ' ship on ua and making itmore ex pensive for us. All this ih going on in a community of 60 children and in the civilized county of Edgecombe and under the management of the , present board of education. Fellow citizens, we beg of you to vote with us and let's have a change. The whole community will bear wit- ness' that the foregoing is a true ptatement. J. F. Pitt, Whitakers, N. C, R. F. D. No.,. June 1, 1920. J enabled marinpr to locate Icebergs, through the reflecting back to the of his satellites. Djemal, however, rannt return to Turkey, as death operator from operating ships' own , sentence awaits him there, V propellers. JUNE GERMAN. Invitations are out for the June german of the Carolina Cotillion club dance to be hel.! in Rocky Mount on j Tuesday,' June 8. ; This Djemal Pasha should not be mistaken fpr another Turkish leader of similar name and title who recent ly was appointed a minister of the new Turkish cabinet. TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF r.DCF.COMBE COUNTY As a citizen and tax-payer, would like to ask the question why there has never been a report made or published as to the amount of taxes collected for the schools, where it came from, where and for what ex pended. (Signed) W. O. MELTON. June 1, 1920 Rocky Mount, N. C. YOUNG LADIES TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN RALEICH Delaware Legislature to Close. Dover, Del., June 2. The special session of Delaware legislature met for its final session today with the resolution to ratify Federal suffrage amendment still in the hands of the house Tommittee as a whole where its opponents predict it will -die. Three automobile loads of Tar. boro's young ladies, members of the Girls! Friendly Society, will leave the city tomorrow morning at about S.30 o'clock for Raleigh to attend the annual conference 'at 3t. Mary's SchooL ALTON PACKARD, CARTOONIST, AT THE CHAUTAUQUA TONIGHT Alton Packard' appears in ,the Chautauqua program tonight. As a lightening speed king with the crcy- fons, Mr. Packard has a record al! his own. To those who love an hoar or more of fun, laughter and general good time, they may rest, assured they will find it . handed out by the cartoonist at the big tent tonight.
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