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Da: Souther m - WEATHER TONIGHT LOCAL COTTON. RAIN AND WARMER. EIGHTEEN CENTS. VOL. 42 NO. 52. ALL THE LOCAL NEWS TARBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 1921 ASSOCIATED PRESS t ER AMERICA, THO UNSELFISH, WILL BE FOR AMERICA FIRST; NEVER IMAGINE SHE CAN PROSPER THRU MISFO RTUNE OF OTHERS ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 27. President Harding's speech here to day follows: . Fellow Americans: I cannot tell you how glad I am to be here, to greet you men and women of Atlanta of Georgia and the South, and to receive this testimoney of devotion to our common country. Be assured that much as I crave and wish to de serve, your good will, I shall not mis takenly asume that such a greetingg as this is for me, or ever could be for any one man. I recognize it is the tribute which a great people pay to a constituted authority in its public life, ft is the reflection of the spirit which makes our popularly governed permit me to say, from my heart, that nowhere else do they do these things with quite the same zest and flavor and convincing enthuisasm which spice the hospitality of your wonderful South. As private citizen or publir official, it has always been to me an epecial pleasure to come to the South. As a young man I was very near indeed to becoming a res ident of the South and a citizen of your neighboring State, Tennessee. Even for the sake of paying a com pliment, I shall not tell you I am entirely sorey I didn't come; it might imply u lack of appreciation for the somewhat notable kindnesses that have extended to me by the people o my own State, operating in con junction with a very impressive com pany of friends in other parts. To come to Georgia is to come to the heart of the South. To come to Georgia on this of all days of the year birthday of Roosevelt is to realize that the heart of the South throbs for all the Nation. To the making of that typical American of the new era went equally the war mer strains 01 tne urn ooutn ana tne sturdy stocK mat gave tne Nation ' its Empire State. f So it is good, in greeting you men and women of Georgia, to recall the carer of that outstanding American who in his life, as in his lineage, tought us how much we are prosper ed and exalted because of being unit ed. And coming thus among you,rjt is pecularly a satisfaction to speak from "he shadow of the shaft, which you have reared to the memory of one who taught a reunited nation its duties, its obligations, its possibilites. For I recall the thrill with which I read, as a young man, the address of Henry W, Grady to the New Eng land Club; that most famous oration, I think, of its generation; that inspir ing call to a nation ti awaken to its elf, to understand that its yesterday was dead, lis to-morrow pregnant with magnificent opportunity. ! t , i i r.vT o''.e man was aruaineu -19 apeak with the tongue of conviction and the voice of a great people, that man was Grady. Gifted with the poet's imagery, the seer's wisdom, the plain man's humor, and the states man's vision, he pretended to be neither poet, seer nor statesman ; he aought no public place, but preferred the private post close to his people But somehow it was his to understand and interpet the longing of the Na tion for a true and perfect reunion He appraised the difficulty of fash ioning a new temple of accord and hope aut of disappointment and sor row incident to conflict, but he stw beneath the surface the hungering to develop a common inheritance, he cought the aspirations for a common glory, he touched the chords of sim pathy which echoed the note of com mon rejoicing. .With heart aglow and tongue in spired, he felt it his duty, to preach the go.ipel of new understanding, and havng uttered his new gospel at home . he came north, the evangel of a new day, and made his New Englland speech. 'Since that night he has be longed not to Georgia but to the na tion, to the truly reunited nation, of which, in his day, he was the for emost apostle and spokesman. The South never had a more loyal or Jealous son; but he saw,' with an, eye for wider scope, that this people was not to be divided. And he preached that gospel North and South; the gospel of unity and common destiny; and when he died untimely, at 38 years of age the nation which had so soon learned to love him, bowed its head in a universal sorrow. Read ing his passionate pleadings for a nation-wide understanding, I can not but feel that he would have' been content to go as he did if he could have known how close that tie of common sorrow would bring the peo ple for whom hit life had been the labor of a supreme love. . Howw a strangely haa - destiny . in ferweTB the parts in this drama of ATLANTA WELCOMES PRESIDENT HARDING ATLANTA, Oct. 27. Thi. city is gaily decorated today in honor of President Harding and bis party, which arrived early in the afternoon, after a stop at Columbus, Ga., to inspect Camp Benning. The program included a brief ad dress, followed by a public address at the Grady Monu ment. The party planned to leave early in the evening for Washington. a Najon's restoration! The same year of 1889 that saw Grady lain a way with love's laurels on his proud and noble brow, saw another son of a mother of Georgia and of the South entered in the career of na tional service. In that year Theo dore Roosevelt, following his impet uous appeals for better political mor als at the Baltimore civil service conference, was appointed by Presi- j in the rescue of humanity in the dent Harrison to the Civill Service struggle which menaced its very ex Commission, and his national career , Sstence? Who would have us relin began. A son of the East and the 1 luish row ou" service for a better South but. alreadv nHmitorl hv th civilization? West he had become a devout admir er of that son of the South whom all the Nation had taken to its heart. Think of them, you Georgians, you men and women of the whole South think of their services and careers and tell me, for such sons as these would you wish to provide a lesser stage than that of the united country on which the played their parts? I know you would not, and never will. For geniuses such as these you fur- nish, you must at least let us afford ' f itting scene and setting. No pent-up Utica" for such as they- The other day there came into my hands a volume of the letters of a group of eminent Georgians of the Civil War and reconstruction period. In the main they represented the cor respondence of Alexander H. Steph ens, Howell Cobb, Robert Toombs, and Gov. Joe Brown. Only recently published, they proved fascinating reading as I turned the pages and felt myself admitted to the very in ner thoughts which these leaders of the Confederacy were thinking in the years immdeiately following the war. Especially was I interested in the extensive correspondence between these southern leaders and prominent men of. the north, which was carried on at that period. It was nothing less than astonishing to-note how little of bitterness, of resentment, of ha tred, and recalcitrance was manifest ed 011 either side. With almost no exception, they breathed the fine spirit of chivalry; of readiness to accept in whole heart and good na ture the arbitrament of the war. They' held a flavor of something mre tl.an resignation, as if already the writers were realizing how for tunate it was that union should have been preserved. They were all back in the harness, working for the res toration of their state, their people, their preserved country. They wrote thoughtful, earnest counsels as to the wiser policies in state and nation, seeking always to make their friends in the north understand how com plete and sincere was the South's ac ceptance of its place in the restored Union, how determined it was to con tribute its utmost' td a perfect nat ional accord. At times they sounded the note of disappointment that the north seemed slow to accept their protestations as in complete good faith, and be assured that they could be dealt with in complete confidence. But they were seldom impatient; they held their heads high, and no apologies to make for the past, but were looking clear-eyed ' to the fu ture of indissoluble union. That was the spirit which made reconstruction, despite bungling and some exceptional manifestations of acerbity, on the whole so rapid and effective a process, when measured by like incidents in human history. They wanted to be taken back into full fellowship. "We would rather have one immigrant from the north than fifty from Europe," wrote one a few years after Appomattox; and he urged his northern friend to make the northern people understand how welcome they would be. Not even the unreconstructible hatred of Old Thad Stevens could maintain an ef fective front against such appeals as that, The north did come to you, with olive branch instead of sword; and you went to the north and west, and became full partners in making that new empire, wjiich together w carved out of the trans-M-'souri wil derness; and now truly there can be described no sectional division of this land. It has seemed to me, many times in the period since the world war ended, that the world at large might well let us show it the marvel which was wrought t'iru a reunited and re stored America. Because there was the will to get down to work, to cease repining sud regrets, we have among us erected here, out of the wreckage that our war wrought, a country in which we may fitly take the pride which every American feels. Who would have ours less than the frrnt, rich, progressive, power ful, and enlightened America which we justly boast today? Who would have it less a figure in the world, than it has been in these years of crisis and disaster? What friend of civili zation, of Christianity, of human ad vancement, would have wished our part less than it has been? Who among us all is not proud that we ' were able to participate very nota- Surely, we will go on, developing the nationality that has given us the faith i-nd weight and power for the tasks of the past, knowing there are other tasks in the future which will demand the utmost we can contri bute to them. We have learned, along with the rest, that mankind must go forward or backward as a whole; it is not to be expected that some sectors shall advance as others retire. Either the race will advance I or U will retrograde; it will not stand still. The increase of education, of the studious, habit, of social conscious ness, can not but bring us nearer to agreement, about some few funda mentals. ! I believe, for instance, that every family which has lost "a member in the struggle to save' mankind from absolutism; every citizen-soldier who has given years and sufferings to that cause; every gold-star mother or maimed veteran, will agree that peace is preferable to war, and that to train a world in the ways of peace is better than to prepare it for war. I would not have you mis construe. I believe it wholly consis tent to preach peace and its triumphs in that convincing sincerity which an unselfish nation commands and yet make sure about our proper de fense. Manifestly, mankind is disposed t try that experiment. If, trying it, nations shall fail, it will be no fault of the United States of America.We are ready to offer a helping hand in the new path. We have tendered our invitation, and the cordial accept- ance which has come from every quarter leads to earnest hope for good results. We American's have learned the lesson, on both the na tional and world scale. We fought our war of sections and systems, and decided forever in favor of peace and unity. Our own experience has taught us that we may hope that a like decision will be reached by a world reasoning amid the convictions which follow in the wake of a trag edy supreme. It should not be needful for me to repeat that, in whatever contribu tion we can make to the establish ment of a better order, we shall not surrender any of our national inde pendence. America will be for Am erica first; but it will never be a merely selfish America, imagining to prosper by the misfortunes of others. It will stand for' the cooperations, the mutual helpfulness, the wide perceptions which mankind needs to cheer and speed it on the way to the brighter and better realm of peace restored and effectively assured, of progress resumed, and righteous as-, pirations impelling ever greater, ach ievements and ever higher attain ments.- - 1 i ! TENANT HOUSE BURNED. A three-room tenant house on the farm known as Hope Lodge, was" burned to the ground yesterday at 10 a.m. The occupant of the house, Frank Parker,' lost practically everything but a few pieces of furniture. iThis building was estimated to be worth $1,200. The cause of the fire was a .defective flue. There was ao insurancp on the building. . . LOCAL IT IS a funny thing .. BUT FOLKS around here JUST WONT get together THAT IS not many of THEM AT one time now JUST LOOK at yester- DAY WHEN there was A MEETING of the Red CROSS CALLED for four e P'CWKX IX the court HOUSE. TP transact busi- NESS AND elect officer f aiggf FOR THE year and there ARE SEVERAL hundred MEMBERS AND it only REQUIRES FIFteen to CONSTITUTE A quorum AND BEFORE a quorum COULD BE obtained 1 : 1-1 I SEVERAL OF the members HAD TO go on a hunt- ING TRIP and rake EM UP from the FOUR CORNERS of THE TOWN and beg r WE THANK YOU RED CROSS CHAPTER HOLDS ANlftL MEETING The Edgecombe chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting yesterday afternoon in the court nouse for the purpose of elect ing officers for the ensuing -year. , The meeting was called to order by the; acting chairman, Rev. B. E. Brown, and the roll was called to see if sufficient number "of members were present to elect officers and transact regular business. Chairman' Brown stated he had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Dr. J. M. Baker. A report prepared by Dr Baker was then read by . Mr. T. B. Jacocks, acting secretary, after which a motion was made and sec onded that the report be accepted. and also a resolution be prepared ex pressing to Dr. Baker the chapter's sincere appreciation of the wonder ful work he had accomplished during his term of office. The report of the treasurer was read, and on motion and second, or dered accepted. A report was then read by Miss Ross, Red Cross nurse) which read as follows: A brief report of the Red Cross nursing service, Sept. 1920 to Sept; ., 1921 : '; j 1. Tuberculosis: Home visits 435; enabled the state clinic to find .many of the 160 patients, who were exam ined, 46 of whom were found to have tuberculosis; sputum cups distrib uted. 2. Infant and maternal welfare: Home visits 460 and 183 respective- Ej ly; Little Mothers clubs organized 4; j girls graduated 58; lessons in sum mer care of baby in 37 (colored school.) 3. School: Visits 182; home visits to school children, 170; weighed, measured and checked up on under weight of all school children and taught the value of milk, eggs, and leafy vegetables , for the growing child. Clara Ross, Red Cross Nurse. '"After this report was read Chair man Brown stated he had to regret fully say that Miss Ross was to lea. we Tarboro. Immediately upon his state ment a motion was made expresnitag to Miss Ross our sincere regrets, in her leaving and wishing her in the future every success possible. . Mr. Brown appointed Mrs. Hem ry Clark Bridgers, Mrs.; Thad Hussey and Mr. C. A. Johnson as. nominat ing committee and requested that they retire and prepare a slate of the of Beers" and directors for the ensu ing year. - . ' The following officers Ware elected GOSSIP THEM TO please come IN TO the meeting SO THE business COULD BE disposed of AND BY this method A MEETING was held BUT WE think that THIS IS all wrong AND WHEN anything IMPORTANT like the RED CROSS meets EVERYBODY should e CONSIDER IT a part A OF THEIR 'duty to' i GIVE IT half an HOUR OF their TIME BECAUSE noth- s ING CAN be aecom- PUSHED UNLESS the PEOPLE ARE behind IT AND if there is ANYTHING OF more im- l f POKTANCE TO us than ?. THIS WORK we wonder WHAT IT is. BELIEVE LABOR BOARD CAN AVERT RAIL STRIKE CHICAGO, Oct. 27- The executive committee of the Big Five transportation org anizations which possess the power to call off the strike, met with chiefs in conferences today said to have been called at the instance of the Rail road Labor Board on a pro posal to entrust to the board the adjustment of complaints which led to a strike vote. The conferences are expect ed to determine whether they regard this as a "satisfactory settlement." 44 MARKET REPORTS. Wheat: Open. Close. Dec. . 1.07 1.06 1-2 May .... 1.12 1-4 1.10 7-8 Corn : Open. Close. Dec. 48 .47 1-2 May .53 1-4 .52 7-8 i Oats : Open. Close. Dec. ... .33 1-2 .32 7-8 May .... .38 .37 1-2 Cot), -on: Yesterday's Close." 18.58 18.40 17.97 . 17.50 18.76 Open. 18.4.r 18.36 17.92 17.53 18.70 Close. 19.03 18.86 18.43 .18.00 19.16 Jan . M;ir. - May Jly. . Dec. ... CARGE DEPOSITS OF RESIN. Mr. J. P. Keech has a large speai- men ot resin ihat he found on the banks of Tr riv near the 'lad bridge. Years ago this was the old wharf where the boats were loaded with tar, pitch and . turpentine,' products in vears onru hv mnd' in North I " - : " I Carolina. . N This piece of resin in MrVKeech's window looks fresh and in Na good state ti preservation." ' for the coming year: Rev. BiertraVm E. Brown chairman. Miss Rena ClarV vice chaurman, Mr.. M. (J. Mann trea surer. Mass Ora Lee Brown secretary. The ttxecutive committee elected is comp osed of Mrs. Heinry Clark Bridgersi Mrs. Geo. Holderness, Mrs. Geo. Hohtard, Mrs., M. .'Hejlbroner, Mrs. W. tO. Leggett. Mr. C. A. John son, Mrfrhad Hussey, Mr. J. E.'Sim nions, Mr.' S. N. Clark and Mr'. H. P. Foxhall . j j No further business to. tome be fore tiie , meeting, adjourrfment was taken. t . . L - r , x v .: . .--' LEGION PLANS BIG .11. HELP THE BOYS FUND BEING RAISED TO ASSURE WORLD WAR VETERANS A SPLENDID TIME. Nov. 11, Armistice D;.y, is a na tional holiday. On this day, in Tar boro, the local pest of tin- American Legion holds its annual meeting. The post plans a barbecue for every ex service man in Edirecombe county, every Confederate Veteran, and the members of the local post Ladis' Auxiliary American Legion. The ticusury of the Legion is with out fui'ris ;.nd The Southerner takes this opportunity of appealing to the cilii.e..i id Tarboro, the business houses in particular, to subscribe to a fund to pay for this dinner. It is proper that this great day should be fittingly celebrated in Tar boro and that our citizens do honor to the soldiers who fought for them. This small courtesy shown on that dr.y is but an honor due these boys who served in the war for old Edge combe county, in the recent war, and in the Confederate war. Below is listed names that have already donated. If you care to join I us in this endeavor, hand your sub scription to The Southerner: The Southerner - $5.00 H. C. Bourne 5.00 Don Walston .' 5.00 Harry Keel 5.00 . Wm. H. Powell 5.00 HELP THE EX-SERVICE MEN THE DISABLED SOLDIERS NEED INFORMATION. When the Clean Up Squad reaches Rocky Mount on Nov. 20 to get ac tipn in the claims of veterans of the World War, its biggest problem will be to get in touch with every ex-service man in this territory who has a rirht to governmental compen sation. The Squad is composed of experts I from the various government bu reaus, the Red Cross and the Amer- ican Legion. They are familiar in every detail with the workings of the War Risk Insurance Act, and various features of the different plans of hospital treatment, medical care and rehabilitation work in gen eral. As soon as they establish per sonal touch with the veterans, they are prepared to put machinery in motion at once to get for them what is coming to them from the govern ment. In this work they have every assurance of whole hearted cooper ation by the authorities, in Washing ton. The plan of campaign of the Squad contemplates the avoidance of lengthy correspondence and annoy ing, time killing red tape, by getting at first hand all information as to each individual veteran's case and the machinery is well oiled to get re sults once it is put in motion. However, the greatest problem that confronts the workers is the establiishment of personal contact with he men they would serve. Many of the veterans, in lots of cases, those most deserving of governmental aid, are illiterates. They don't understand even the meaning of "compensa tion," "rehabilitation" and "voca tional training." Many are located in isolated districts where a newspaper is rarely seen. These men would be tremendous ly anxious to get the benefits of the aid that the government is glad to give, !f they knew that the Squad is right at their doors to get jfc for them. . For this reason, the members of the Squad ask that everyone who knows of an ex-service man who may be entitled to aid, get in touch with him and inform him as to when and where the Squad will be, and as to what the Squad is anxious to do for him. Snuad headquarters will be glad receive any information as to any veteran and will use every energy toget in touch with him during its stayin Rocky Mount. Disabled veterans who report to squad Xeadqiiarters will be furnished with transportation back home and meals and lodging as long as they have business with the Clean-Up Campaign. It is necessary for every veteran to bring along his discharge. In addition to local cases, the Squad will take Up the affftirs and NO NOTED VIOLINIST TD APPEAR COLONIAL FRIDAY NIGHT EDWARD STALLINGS, OF WILi SON, SECURED BY RED CROSS AT COLONIAL Edward Stalling, noted vio-t'. linist, who is to appear at The Co lonial theatre, Friday night, has as-j ,' sured the program committee of the- ,' Red Cross that his numbers will ap-t ' peal to every class of music lovers a His numbers range from the classKj, a to the popular. Ffr instance, Mr!,, StalKngs will play Souvenir; imme- f, diately following this, he will play The Love Nest. Such numbers as The Rosary, The Last Rose of Summer!' ;n.a The Mockiner Bird are also in-t eluded in the projrram. & It is a rare treat for the citizenst I rp ...1 1 I I4-..V . ; OI lai uoro lu llctve uie wjjjui luuibj"' ! to hear such a musician. The pro4: ceeds of this performance will go to J the local chapter American Red. I Cross. This is a worthy cause and", j commands your support. J I The proceeds will be used by the;. . I T?f.H Prosfs in sunnort thp Red- flrostfv county health nursing department, which must cease to function Jan. l'i unless the local chapter can supply' the funds for the coming year's ex- ". penses. Our citizens will be paid back ; a thousand fold in the form of that''1 priceless possession, good health. The price is 50 cents. This small? i admission admits to the picture "The- .. Price of Redemption," the story of jhj a man who saved himself, and also toj the concert. Let's pack the house and; ; help this worthy cause. i SPECIAL NOTICE. All local matter in the way of news or personals will hereafter be 'eft with the editor or some member of the local force. All correspondence must be written plainly and one side of the sheet used; ,5, Heretofore so- map-y correc- tions have had to be made that it is thought wise to have them submitted to the editors before they are carried to the compos ing room. ; ; We invite articles from the - people and will cheerfully pub- .'". lish news of importance. t; - . '. i.'v COMMUNITY FAIR NO. 2 TOWN- QUIP a:! Y Don't forget that tomorrow is the ' day for the first Community Fair of .' No. 2 Township, Conetoe, N. C. These community fairs do much, good as they give the people of the L particular community an opportunity : to mix and mingle and to exhibit the '" results of their efforts along various Sr- Remember that the demonstration 5; , : by Dr. Gyles and Miss Ross is abso- " lutely free and is an opportunity v that f very mother should take ad- f .... . .. . vantage ot 11 she has the interest and welfare of her baby at heart. Then the school exhibit will ba well worth the inspection of every one, and the numerous other exhib- ! 11s wnicn nave been arranged will do credit to any county. And the final program for the night meeting will be the climax of the whole thing, when Prof. Austin of Greenville, .will address the audi ence and Miss Gattie Cherry of Tar boro will render special music. These few features assure everyone that the fair will be a success and well worth seeing. The people of the county should encourage this progressive neighbor hood by attending the fair on which they have spent so much time. NOTICE CONCORD LODGE NO. 58 A. F. AND A. M. There will be a specila communi cation of the lodge on Oct, 27, at 7.30 p.m. Regular business and work in the F. C. degree. Please attend. . '.'' J. H. JACOCKS, Secretary. SUPT. R. E. SENTELLE viilTS COUNTY SCHOOLS County Supt. R. E. Sentelle and Truck Supt. Lee Fulford visited schools in the western part of the ounty yesterday. Mr. Sentelle held conference with the teachers while Mr. ; Fulford inspected the trucks. The following schools were visited: Nobles Mill, Powell's, Pleasant Hill, Progress, Oak Grove, Juvenile and Dixie. . . An account of the work in these schools will be published later. , claims of veterans of Edge-:ombe, Nash and Wilson counties while in Rocky. Mount' I: t ft 1-! '
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