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VOL. 42 NO. 65.
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS
TARBORO, N. C, TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 1921.
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MACK'S STORY OF OWN
CONVERSION THIS WEEK
Tent Meetings Suspended Over Monday
Resumed in Futf Blast Tuesday After
- noon Services 2:30 and 7:30
With Monday given over only, to With f radically his complete
a conference between Miss Palmer, J party :n Tarboro with him, Mack 'is
CD N GRA
J
UUTHHS
FOR EDGEGQMB
E
COUNTY
Bible teacher of the party, and per
sonal workers c:.U biy. leaders partic
ipating ' in the- campaign, Cyclone
Mack's revival was resumed at the
big tent in fail blast Tuesday after
noon.
It was not certain Tuesday whether
the evangelist himself would conduct
" the ! service in the afternoon or
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whether it would be in charge of
Miss Palmer. The indications were
that 'Mr. McLendon would not reach
the city from Bennettsville, where
he spent the rest day, until time for
the evening service. -
The program through tho rest of
this week will be for the .meeting to
open promptly in the afternoons at
2:30 and in the evenings at 7:30.
The . evening hour has been changed"
on account of the approach of the
long" nights land the afternoon hour
was i moved up in order that . Miss
Palmer may have her Bible class im
mediately after the afternoon hout
and housewives may get home in time
for -supper.
' Story of Converiion Soon.
Because of Mr. McLendon's ab
sence over the rest day, there has
beenrp 'Sniiiouricement ffrom him
as to his .subjects for the" coming
week t is a fairly safe prediction,
according to members of. his party,'
to say .that he will tell the story of
his own : conversion sometime during
the present week.
Apart from the spiritual powers
fervently hoping for the greatest re
vival he has yet held in North Caro
lina. -That, means that the old town
must he shaken from'top to bottom
for his hope to be realized. In Ral
eigh, Sanford, Wilmington, Asheville,
Wilkesboro, Salisbury and Spencer
and in dozens of smaller places he
has held unprecedented campaigns.
He came to Tarboro fresh from a
great meeting in Atlanta in which
the additions to the Tabernacle Bap
tist church, the second biggest
church in the South., during his meet
ing exceeded by far the additions of
any previous year of the church's
history. ..
Last Meeting in North Carolina
The meeting here, which gets
under full swing tonight, is probably
the la,st meeting the evangelist will
hod in North Carolina for a ong
time. From Tarboro, he goes with
his party direct to Corbin, Ken., and
he expects to hold a campaign there
right irp to Christmas day. Leaving
Corbin,, the party will go direct to
Pasadena, ' Calif., the fashionable
residential adjunct to Los Angeles.
The long trip across the country is
made at the -earnest 'solicitation of
the Pasadena churches, -among .the
pastors there being' one of; Mack's
life-long friends.
From Pasadena he will teturn to
Texas and open a great campaign in
that State. He has engagements in
Dallas and Fort Worth, in the Frank
r., i.k i'
In warning our people as to how
to successfully combat the boll-weevil
in the future the State authorities at
Raleigh have selected three species of
cotton to be planted by the farmers.
Those species are Cleveland-Wan-amaih.'r.
Mexican Big Boll and Edgecombe-Cook
Injproved.
Those three varieties have been
for the last ' year recommended to
our farmers by Mr. Zeno Moore and
Mr. Herman, and they both have spe
cialized on. these varieties.
Mr. Herman won prizes at both
the State and Coastal Plain Fairs
with the Mexican Big Boll, the Cleve
land-Wanamaker and Edgecombe-
Cooft Improved.
When it comes to cotton breeding
and cotton, raising Edgecombe is al
ways to the front with the goods.
Our congratulations to Mr. Moore
and Mr. Herman, and the good 'old
county of Edgecombe.
RED CROSS WORK
EDGECOMB
E
RED CROSS WORK DONE BY
MISS ROSS IN EDGECOMBE
COUNTY, LETTER FROM
DR. K. E. MILLER.
NEXT WEEK, CHILDREN'S WEEK
AT EDGECOMBE LIBRARY.
The Library Association will next
week put on, an innovation in the
form of , children's week. Every af
ternoon from 8 :30 to 5, the little
folks will be, the honorees in the
reading room, where children's books,
magazines, reading tables adapted to
the little tots and attractive pictures
will interest girls , and boys of all
ags;4nd''sizesV; ' " V ";' r
Mrs.,R. L. dobb has' charge of ehil
dren'j week at, he library and she
and 'iter , assistants "will win ,and en
tertain the little ones. Each after
noon there will be a story-hour, 'the
little one's having Monday, the 7s and
8, '.'Tuesday, and, so. on through the
high vhool on Saturday.
The children all over the State are
being thus considered by those places
having libraries and children's week
in Tarboro will be no less entertain
ing and attractive than it will be in
other vlaces.
The library committee invites all
children to visit the reading room
next week. I is their's free of cost.
The following letter was received
a few 5ays ago by Mr. W. H. Powell
ffrom Dr. K. E. Miller, of Raleigh,
Mir. Powell is the manager of the
drive for Red Cross funds in this
county to continue the work for the
year 1922.
Mr. William Powell,
Tarboro, N. C.
My Dear Bill: I regret very much
that I have not had an opportunity
before the present moment to reply
to your request in a recent letter
for some data relative to Miss Ross'
work in Edgecombe county. Upon
looking up the figures, however, I
find that the results are most flatter
ing. Since her work is concerned al
most wholly with the two following
f functions: (1) Tuberculosis; (2)
Infant hygiene, it is considered suf
ficient to givev the figures for these
two conditions only.
The numbers of ..deaths from
tuberculosis, since the beginning of
the birth and death registration in
1915, are yearly as follows:
1915, 91; 1916, 55; 1917, 68;
1918, G4 (rise undoubtedly resulting
from influenza epidemic)'; 1919, 49;
1920, 48; 1921 death reports not yet
available. t
The yearly average, therefore, up
to 1919, when Miss Ross began work
in( Edgecombe .county, was 64.5.
Since; that time .the yearly average
has been 48.5, or a net yearly saving
of 18 lives from this disease alone.
From the standpoint . of infant'
hygiene, the results has been even
more rxtensivev. Deaths fron diar
rheal diseases of children under two
years of age have been yearly as fol
lows:
A LETTER CONTAIN
HISTORICAL
MATTER
this s'ory contains, it is a treat in
dramatics. For instance, before his
converiion, Mack was continually in
thtf toils of the law. If the officers
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weren't after him because of the
poker dens he conducted or the lik
ker he sold, they were on his trail for
his careless and offensive use of pis
tols.,' There were criminal charges
"against him .at the time of his con
: version and Mack tells with graphic
interest -of his contact, the morning
after his complete surrender to God,
.with the chief of police of Bennetts
vilie, the sheriff of Marlboro county
and the county prosecutor. He met
them; one after the other, as he went
from his- home to his barber shop.
Tho colloquy that followed each
meeting is a remarkable recitation in
Norris church at the latter place, and
tentative dates in other .Texas cities.
In May, of next year, he will open a
six woeks' revival in Minneapolis.
This will be the firtt of a series of
campaigns in the Middle Wist and in
Minneapolis he will have the sup
port of the 38 churches of the. city.
Schedule of Prayer Meeting.
U ' Cottage -prayer meetings in the
Sixth dstrict of the town, heretofore
indicated in the news columns of
The Southerner, have been arranged
for 'Wednesday - morning at 9:30
promptly: '
- District No. 1, J. L. McGeechee,
leader; meeting at residence of Mrs.
C. M,' Parks.
District No. 2, they RevT E. W.
Hale,' leader; meeting at residence of
Capt. Paul Jones.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS TO MEET.
There will be a meeting of the
Camp Fire Girls in the Sunday schoo
rooms o the Howard Memorial
church this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock.
Business of importance will be
brought before this meeting.
U. D. C. CONVENTION OPENS.
St. Louis, No. 8. The Thirty
eight convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy open
ed here oday with an attendance of
500.
WILL NOT NEGOTIATE.
New York, Nov. 8.-The big milk
companies of New York have re
fused to negotiate with the striking
employes. 'Plans have been an
nounced to increase the distribution
of milk under the police authorities.
ANOTHER STILL CAPTURED.
Sheriff Leggett captured another
still Saturday in No. 1 township.
"She still was a 30-gallon outfit
.... .."-
Two hundred gallons ef beer were
turned out.
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District No. 3, J. B. Aiken, leader;
meeting at residence of Mrs. Annie
Hart, . '."''.;-f '"'.,
District No. 4, J. P. Keech, leader;
meeting at residence of J. P.' JCeecV
District No. 5, Mrs. G. E. Weeks,
leader; meeting at residence of Mrs,
J. Frank Powell. " ,
District No. , O. R. Pollard,
leader; meeting at residence of Mr.
1915, 56; 13J6, 60; 1917 67;
1918, 35; 1919, 27; 1920, 29.
The yearly average before Miss
Ross became connected with the
health work in Edgecombe county
was, therefore, 52. Since that time
the yearly average has been 28,
which represents a net saving .off 24
babies per year, which ' result is
wholly, or in large part, due to the
efforts of the health department, and
especially Miss Ross.
To recapitulate, therefore since
Miss Ross became attached to the
health department the deaths from
tuberculosis have been reduced 24.8
per cent, and deaths from diarrheal
diseases of children under two years
of age have been reduced 46.3.
In coins' before the people of
Eda-ecombe county, therefore, " in
your approaching Red Cross drive
you are in possession of most power
ful ammunition to sweep away any
objections that might arise, nd to
convince the people- beyond' the
shadow, of .'a doubt that the money
spent thus far has yielded . most
handsome returns. It is not the privi
lege of many Red Cross :hairmen
to have suoh an overwhelming ap
peal upon which to conduct the an
nual Red Cross drive. I therefore
congratulate you' upon your enviable
possession, and express ffull confi
dence in the rousing succesa' of, jronr
efforts in this connection. V
Very truly yours, -,
. K. E.. MILLER,
'.. Director.'
The following letter has been re
ceived by Mr. J. P. Keech from Miss
Margaret Hollowell, of Elizabeth
City, N. C. The letter explains itself
and wil be read with interest.
J. P. Keech, Esq.
My Dear Mr. Keech: I judge by
this '.-iipping that you are interested
in things historical, so I write to
you to know if you can tell me any
thing about Elizabeth Sparks.
A Mrs. Broughton, of Portsmouth
( a nurse I believe between 60 and
70 years of age), gave to an ac
quaintance of mine in Portsmouth
some embroidery silk that was left
from embroidering the flag carried
by the Tarboro troops in the Mexi
can war.
This Elizabeth Sparks gave it to
this Mrs. Broughton, who is the
daughter of Elizabeth Sparks. That
is all I know, but suppose Elizabeth
Sparks helped make the flag.
I am historian of the U. D. C.
chapter in Elizabeth cTity and inter
ested in things historical so it was
passed to me, but as- it belongs to
Tarboro I hope you will let me know
if it will be of interest to your His
torical Society and to whom I shall
send it.
Very truly,
(Miss) Margaret H. Hollowell,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
TAX REVISION BILL WILL
BE SENT TO CONFERENCE
Four Wounded When Bandits , Holdup
Train Two Pouches Registered
Mail Stolen
THE WHITE TEACHERS
TO MEET IN TARBORO
DR. MORRILL WON SILVER CUP.
Dr. Morrill, of Farmville,; N. C,
won the silver cup, offered at the
Coastal Plain Fair for the best dis
play of poultry, t '.".. " .
This cup was won by a coop of
Rhode Island Red chickens. .,
All who saw Dr. Morjrill's display
pronounced them heautiesj and if
W Hliara Austin- says they . deserved
the priie,- it is -enough sai.dV ''
SCHOOL HEAD URGES
USE BETTER SPEECH
'Since yesterday marks the begin
ning of "Better Speech Week" Supt.
Moseie'y spoke in hapel on a phase
of wrong language which he called
''passing the buck." He said in sub
stance: "The habit of making excuses for
failures is' a' pernicious one that
should be shunned by everybody who
wishes to be successful. If we are
late at school we should not place
the blame on a slow clock, but should
prevent our tardiness by keeping the
cock adjusted. The world does not
accept excuses for failures to per
form our duty, anB the man or warn
an who makes them never succeeds.
Foch, Lincoln, Garfield, and Carnegie
were great and made lasting reputa
tions for themselves because they
never made excuses, but persevered
under tremendous handicaps. When
we arc confronted with difficulties
that seem insurmountable, )Ve should
recall the inspiring examples of these
and other great men."
The superintendent concluded his
talk by quoting:
"He that is good at making ex
cuses ?s seldom good for anything
else," and with the motto:
"Ndver make nor accept an ex
cuse for failure."
The following letter has been sent
out to all the white teachers of the
county, notifying them to meet in
Tarboro, Nov. 12th, in the court
house.
This is a very important meeting
and. ( very teacher is urged to be
piuaeia at this meeting. A program
for this meeting will be announced
later.
"There will be a meeting of all
the white teachers of Edgecombe
county in the court house in Tarboro,
N. C, on Saturday, Nov. 12th, 1921,
at 11 o clock. We are expecting
every teacher in the county to be
present at this meeting.
The Edgecombe county unit off
the North Carolina Teachers' As
sembly will be organized and dele
gates wil be appointed to the
teachers' assembly which meets in
Raleigh on Thanksgiving week.
Definite plans will be laid for do
ing reading circle work, planned by
the 'State Department for Edgecombe
county for the present year.
A careful checking will be made
of the records of every teacher
teaching in Edgecombe county and
every teacher is hereby requested to
bring the following information: The
kind, the class, the number and the
date of' certificate now held and the
kind of certificate applied for this
year. Every teacher will be ex
pected to file a health certificate as
required by law, on or before next
Saturday. It is further requested
that all teachers see to it that they
have contracts properly signed and
on file in the office of the county
superintendent, before the next sal
ary vouchers are presented for payment.
Please remember the date Sat
urday, Nov. 12th. The hour 11
a. m. The place the court house in
Tarboro, and be sure to be on time.
Yours very truly,
R. E. SENTELLE,
Superintendent.
Tarboro, N. C, Nov. 8, 1321.
Washington, Nov. 8. The tax re
vision bill now faces the third re
writing by the conference. This bill
was passed early this morning by the
Senate by a vote of 38 to 24, after
an extended session of sixteen hours.
This measure will go to the Hou.e
when it reconvenes tomorrow. The
Republican leaders in the Houje pien
to send it to the conference Thurs
day. The Treasury "' experts estimate
roughly that this bill will net about
three and one quarter biNions of dol
ars. Under the od bill the net would
amount to only two hundred million.
Paxton, Ills., Nov. 8. The police
are still in search of ten bandits that
held up and robbed the New Orleans
Limited on the Illinois Central rail
road last night about two miles south
of here.
The bandits on holding up the
train jobbed the mail car Of two
pouches of registered mail and then
set fire to the car. In an effort to
save the valuables four of the train
employes were wounded, and the
bandits succeeded in escaping.
Polhe have been stationed on all
roads entering Chicago in hopes of
capturing the thieves, but no clue
has been learned as to the where
abouts of the bandits.
E. A. Gerole, chief postal clerk,
announced late today that the loss '
in the Paxton car robbery was ap
proximately $400. It is also stated
that a pouch containing 100,000
was overlooked by the thieves.
NEGRO EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR.
ASSISTANCE BY THE
CHAMBER OF- COMMERCE
The Chamber of Commerce has
been active in putting over the Co
operative Marketing' Campaign in
Edgecombe' county and in a letter
from A. W," Swain, campaign man
ager at Raleigh, he speaks in high
terms' of the efforts of the local
Chamber to do a good job in the
county. Edgecombe has signed in
the ' neighborhood of 9,000,000
pounds of tobacco and 18,000 bales
ofcottn. A prtion of .Mr. Swain's
letter addressed to Mr. Foster, secre
tary, follows :
"Please forward immediately all
contracts that you have on hand, so
as to allow us to make our tabula
tion' complete for edgecombe.
"I fafll the counties in the State
had done as we'll on both cotton and
tobacco as you have for Edgecombe,
we w ild have been over many weeks
ago. I want to thank you fofr the
interest you have manifested in this
campaign,, as I feel the success in
Edgecombe county is largely due to
your iplsldid work. ', ',' ' J . j
The negroes of Edgecombe county
had one of the best exhibits on dis
play at the fair grounds that has ever
ben put up by them in the history
of the fair.
A large and varied display of
sewing, cooking, basketry, hand
made rugs, millinery and canned
fruits, vegetables, pellies and pickles,
attracted one's attention in two
booths in one of the main exhibit
buidings.
Eighty-five first and second prem-
IN AND AROUND CONETOE.
Miss Bettie Cobb, of Wilson, is
visitin:; relatives here.
Mrs. McDuffie, of Mildred, is visit
ing her sister in Florida. .
Mrs. D. E. Cobb is spending the
week in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Charles Clark, of Wilson,
spent -.everal days here with rela
tives,;". ... ... ,
Mrs. Cullen Cobb has Returned
from a visit to Eastern Carolina.
Mt. and Mrs. J. B. Edmunds, of
Robertsonville, were visitors here
Saturday.
THIRTY-FIVE JAPANESE
SAILORS LOST IN WRECK
Tokyo, Nov. 8. According to dis
patches from ships on the sea, 35
Japanese sailors were lost in a wreck
of a coasting steamer off Bezzside
today.
Through the efforts of Annie W.
Holland, supervisor of elementary
schools, under the division of negro
education, and others, the' negroes
had the use of the woman's build
ing at the State Fair this year for
iums were awarded the negroes on the' fir.rt time, and Edgecombe county
their work by the fair authorities.
The fact that the negroes' exhibit
jointly with the. "whites at the white
fair and that so many premiums are
awarded them is proof conclusive
that in no other county in North
Carolina does there exist the coop
eration, good will and friendly spirit
of race relationship among whites
and negroes as exists in Edgecombe
county. '
Carrie L. Battle is the efficient and
worthy supervisor of this work in
the negro schools and among her
people of the county.
That her services are worth-while
and appreciated by her people is evi
denced by the fine exhibits at the
fair.'
Just a week before the Coastal
Plain Fair at Tarboro she carried a
most creditable exhibit to the State
Fair at Raleigh, which was admired
by white and colored alike.
led in exhibits in this building.
Thsre was also' manifested at this
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State 'Fair . by the white people of the
various departments of education, '
health, agriculture, home economics
and others connected with the State
Fair in general the very best spirit
f cooperation, good will and a real
sympathy for racial uplift, which
makes one feel that after all the sun
stil shines, that things are not ai
back as pessimists usually paint
them and that the negro race is a
worth-while" investment, a worth
while project, when given a chance
to make good,
We feel that the white people lf
Edgecombe county' are not the only
ones who are giving the, negro a
chance, hut throughout this grand
old North State the Lord , has raised
up white people who are for ns and
with us, which makes on proud to
live in tyorth Carolina. " '
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