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VOL. 43 NO. 86.
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TARBORO, N, C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922
ALL THL LOOAL NEWS
101 DAY FOR
EDGECOMBE CO.
According to an advertisement
that has appeared more than once in
The Southerner, Tuesday showed up
well ag Wool Day for the county. '
The Farmers Warehouse has been
secured for the assembling of the
wool of the farmers, and on yester
day more than 2,500 pounds of wool
were brought to this warehouse and
made ready for the corps of buyers
who will soon be here for the pur
pose of purchasing.
This wool came not only from
Edgecombe, but from Nash and Wil
son counties ac well.
Mr. Zeno Moore informed The
Southerner yesterday that he expect
ed more wool to be brought in be
tween now and the day of the pub
lic sale on the floors of the wars
house. Insomuoh as Mr. Moore is out of
town this week Mr. M. G. Mann re
quests Tlie Southerner to state to the
farmers that whoever has wool they
wish to place on the market can see
him at the First National and he will
give all matters pertaining to the
sale of the wool his personal atten
tion. This new project for Edgecombe
f County is going well, as it provides
a home market for the sale of the
wool 'raised by the home farmers.
The day of the sale will be an
nounced in a few days, but all wool
brought in now will be taken care
of and kept in a secure place until
the day of the sale.
J.
WGGINS
CE ES
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COLLECT ONS
From the very first Mr. Wiggins
has never let upon his collections for
the fund with which to pay off the
street paving assessment in front of
the Primitive Baptist Church in Tar-
boro.
The original assessment was $1,-
437.14. Of this amount Mr. Wig
gins has collected $ 767.04, and there
remains to be collected according to
his figures that appear in this article
$660.10.
. Mr. Wiggins says he will not stop
on this work until he has seen paid
the last cent.
He says that if this present prin
cipal remains as it is, the interest
will be more than the present con
gregation can pay, and the only real
way to get relief for the congrega
tion is to pay off the whole amount.
The following statement was hand
ed to The Southerner this morning
by Mr. Wiggins:
Amount previously received $713.04
----- 1.00
PRES. HARDING TO
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ATTEND
MUIICIPA
CENTENARY
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TARBORQ
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BATTER
Arrived Here Today.
! J.T. McDowell- .. ,
j Mrs. Alice H. Cobb--
i B. S. Edmonson, -
Mrs. M. F. Barnes ,
Bush Staiicill
W. T. Abrams
H. C. Bridgets---
J. J. Pittman.--.----
S. J. Froctor-.
L. R. Casway...
Mrs. B. J. Bryan ...
Hugh B. Bryan .
G. W. Clark .
Cash ... -
5.00
5.00
2.00
2.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
1.00
1.00
5.00
5.00
1.00
1.00
Dr. H, L, Kelt, now of Durham, ar- i ,
e -
rived here today and is the guest of ',
Mr. Lyn Bond.
767.0
14,000 NEGRO FARMERS
RAISED 90,000 ACRES CORN
MOETAN
Washington, June 28. More than
14,000 negro farmers in North Caro
lina, Texas, and Virginia who raised
90,000 acres of corn last year under
, the advice of county agents, employ
it ed cooperatively by the Department
of Agriculture and state agricul
tural colleges, obtained average
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STUDENTS U. N. C.
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DRIER
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yields of 35 bushels an acre. The
average for all farms in these states
tanged from 17 to 25 bushels an
.! acre, he department says.
In Virginia, nearly 5,000 of the
negro demonstrators planted pure
seed and about 3,000 selected seed
for their 1922 crop. All these dem
onstration plats of corn were har
vested except 87 acres, which were
"hogged down." It is estimated that
70 per cent of the negro farmers in
Virginia are following methods of
growing corn taught by extension
workers.
Look Out for Run Mad Doga.
A few days ago the fine setter,
owned . by Mr. E. V. Zoeller died.
While this dog was sick he bit the
janitor of the drug firm of Zoeller
and Company,
To be on the safe side Mr. Zoeller
had the dog's head cut off and sent
to Raleigh to have an examination
made by the State Department.
. This dog was not at all vicious
while sick, but seemed to be inclined
to be nervous and somewhat irritable.
CHAPEL HILL, June 28. More
than 1,3,00 students, the largest en
rollment, in history, have registered
for the 35th session of the University
of North Carolina Summer School
Mond.y was the last day of registra
tion, and classes have now begun
regularly in all departments, with the
session promising to be the most in
teresting and most successful that
the university has conducted.
At formal opening exercises Trof.
M. C. S. Noble, speaking hi the ab
sence ef Dr. Chase, welcomed the
summer school students in behalf of
the university, declaring that teach
ers are following the greatest pro
fession in the world; and were the
finest people on earth. In his usual
humorous vein he asserted that the
j Chapel Hill community was more
j than glad to have the new students
I here. The heads of the various de
j partments outlined the regulations
J to be cbserved and the work to be
j covered during the session.
The annual opening reception in
Bynum gymnasium attended by prac
tically the entire" student body. A
local orchestra played for the dance
MARION, Ohio, June 28. Presi
dent Harding, General John J. Per
shing, Hanford MacNider, national
commander of the American Legion,
and other nationally and interna
tionally known figures are expected
here early in July to attend the cele
bration of the centennial of Marion's
birth. July 2, 3, 4 and 5 have been
fixed as the dates for the observance,
but to date no definite program of
speechm-aking has been arranged.
Sunday morning, July 2, will be
given over entirely to religious exer
cises in the churches and in the after
noon there will be a union church
service in the Chautauqua Pavilion,
where ncariy two years ago Presi
dent Harding was officially notified
of his nomination by the Republican
convention. I
Monday afternoon there will be a
musical program and in the evening
the chief musical event of the cen
tennial celebration will be staged.
At that time former Marion musi
cians who have become natkmally
known artists will appear.
Tuesday morning there will be a
program for the children, including
a children's horse show. In the after
noon 1he local American Legion post
will stage an Independence day cele
bration and in the evening there will
be a program of fireworks.
Wednesday is planned as the big
day of the celebration, to begin with
a mammoth parade in which all
periods of the city's growth will be
shown. The part of the American
Legion in the program will be taken
by representatives from most of Iho
550 posts in the state. In the after
noon it is planned to have a speak
ing program in the downtown section
and at the fairground the legion will
have i barbecue. On that day the
legion is to have a state convention.
The final event of the program will
be a pageant at the fairground Wed
nesday evening. The pageant has)
been written by Miss Eleanor M.I
Freeland, formerly of Marion, but
now of Pittsburgh. It will depict
Marion's history.
In commenting on, the Washington
game at Tarboro Saturday, the
Washington News says:
Tarboro had a good looking bat
tery Saturday. While Hyman is not
the finished pitcher that Graham is,
he showed stuff that is good enough
to go anywhere. Twelve strike-outs
against the Pamlicoes is a record
for anybody to get chesty over. And
ten hits off Hyman is sufficient for
any team to feel a bit cock about,
too. McQuinn is plenty good catcher
and a mean hitter. Leaving out lo
cal men, he is by far the best catcher
we have seen this year.
MAY BE AT WORK AGAIN
BY MIDDLE OF JULY
Wilkesbarre, Pa.i June 28. A
feeling of optimism seems to be gen
eral in the hard coal regions. This
is the result of the hopeful news of
the conference between the Presi
dent and John J. Lewis, which re
sulted in a sudden adjournment and
the. raised general scale of the com
mittee and the abandonment of plans
for converting suspension of coal
mining operations into a general
strike.
These recent developments have
led the rank and file of the miners
to believe that they will be back at
work by the middle of July.
BABIES WILL
PLAY NEW BERN
HERE TWO
S
Mr. George Fountain requests The
Southerner to announce that the New
Bern team plays on the Tarboro dia
mond on Thursday and Friday of
this week.
The local team has been greatly
strengthened, and two good games
are expected.
Notwithstanding a few defeats the
Tarboro team is playing some good
ball, and our people are urged to
come out to these two games and
enjoy some first-class sport.
AaRon Brown Dead
His Body Putref ide
AN EIGHT YEAR
OLD CHECK TO
Remains Discovered Near Shi
loh Had Been Dead for a
Week or More Lived By
Himself and Knew Nobody.)
RETURNS FROM C.
E. CONVENTION
WHITE BABES .MAKE
LONG TRIP FROM
OF CANNIBALS
LAND
FIERCE BATTLE RAGING
NEAR DUBLIN
which has been termed the best open
ing dance that summer school stu
dents htve enioved. The social com-
.ne imorm.non came Dac today , headed by Dean Bradihaw,
that, the dog had the rabis and the j had aminged inte-estin(r program
janitor, Latham Bullock, will take!, . . j .:k
, Ice cream was served, ana witn little
the treatment at once. , ' v -.,,-, w.mo
quainted with each other.
The "Flapper" is a prominent type
among the summer school enrollment
this session. A large number of the
i new students are young college girls
I working for credit for graduation.
and not a few are the bob haired
! well known flapper type, a condition
which gives a new aspect to the
former sobriety ef the university
campus, just recently occupied whol-
THE SOUTHERNER WANTS
If you know anything that is
worth knowing; if you have
seen anything that is worth see
ing; if you have heard anything
that is worth hearing
the southerner wants
: it.
Dublin, June 28. A fierce battle
has been raging since dawn today be
tween Irish Republican army and
regulars, under Rory O'Connor, for
the possession of the Fourt Courts
ecently seized by the latter.
The casualties in this battle are
believed to be large. Armoured cars,
trench mortars and machine guns
are being Used.
A Dublin dispatch to the Evening
Standard says after some hours of
fighting many insurgent troops un-
er O'Connor are retreating.
Later news reported that it was
understood that the insurgent garri
son in Fowler Hall has capitulted to
the provisional government forces.
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WASHINGTON AGAIN WINNER.
CHICAGO. Jnne 28. Bnsafiga and
Bokesi, aged two and a half years
and fifteen months respectively, are
making a 10,000 mile journey to
California from their home at Mon-
(iumbie, a Congo village within a
day's distance from an insurgent
tribe of cannibals. According to the !
children's missionary father, Dr. Ern- '
lest B. Pearson, these cannibals eat
j the Belgian soldiers thev caoture.
both to express their contempt for
them and to show that it can be done.
Basanga and Bokesi, whose Christian
names are Mary and Paul, were born
in a jungle-rimmed village and until
they started on the three-months'
journey to America neither remem
bered ever seeing another white child, j
Mary speaks Lonkundo, a Bantu dia-1
lect, as well as she does English, and '
Paul has learned no English as yet. '
The children are viewing with lit-1
tie interest the things that they seel
on their trip. Automobiles and
trains are new means of torture for
them, a a horse was the onlyjneans
of conveyance known to them in the
Willie Harrell has returned home
from Charlotte, N. C, where he has
been attending a three day session
of the State Christian Endeavor con
vention, which was held in the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. Mr. Har
rell reports that 1,100 persons regis
tered for the convention which ex
ceeded any other C. E. convention
that has been held in the South this
year. Some of the South's earnest
Christian workers addressed the con
vention. Among them were: Chas.
F. Evans, all South secretary for C,
E.; Rev. E. B. Quick, Atlanta, Ga.,
.regional director young people's work
for the Christian Church, and
staunch endeavorcr and a speaker
with a message; Rev. W. A. Harper
D. D., principal of Elon College. On
the second day the delegates went
to Steele Church, which is about 8
miles from Charlotte. There they
got supper, and after supper return
ed to the convention church for the
flight session. : 'At this session much
business was brought up. Finances
were raised without any trouble to
curry on the state work for 1!2:J.
At the last session the committee
made icports, then, -the . installation
of officers. The officers for the com
ing year are: President, Paul Rawl
ing. Greensboro;, vice-president, J. A.
Applewaite. Greenville; secretary.
Miss Eunice Long, Greensboro, and
treasurer, L. P. Paythree, Charlotte.
Mr. Harrell also states that the
courtesy and hospitality that was
shown in Charlotte is not to be found
anywhere else in tile state.
Several months ago Sheriff Leg
gett found an old colored man near
Shiloh who was reported to be half
crazy and a pauper.
The sheriff went at once to see
about this old man and much to his
surprise he found a very different
man from what he was told. This
old man whose name was Aaron
Brown talked very intelligently to
Mr. Leggctt and proved to the sheriff
that it was not necessary for him to
go to the Home for the Aged and In
firm, as he had sufficient funds with
which to take care of himself
u
Mr. Rawls Howard, cashier of the
Farmers Bank, brought a letter to
The Southerner office this morning
that is out of the ordinary.
Eight ye irs ago when Mr. George
Pennington built his present resi
dence he employed a man from
Rocky Mount by the name of Mr.
Harry R. Wagner to draw his plans.
Mr. Penni'igton hud much dealing
So with Mr. Wagner and regarded him
Mr. Leggett left the old man, and i as an honest, sincere man.
' Early one morning Mr. Wagner
came into the farmers tsanK ana
asked to have a check on the Rocky
nothing in particular has been heard
from him or about him for the last
few months.
, However, yesterday morning in
formation was brought here that the
old man had been found dead and
the authorities finally got in touch
with some of the people of the old
colored man.
Sometime ago Mr. Legget received
a letter from Attorney Olive, of
Apex, about Brown, and from Apex
came the instructions that the old
man be cared for until some of his!
people could reach Tarboro.
Mount Bank cashed. The check was
for eight dollars. Mr. Pennington
cashed this check and after his trans
action Mr. Pennington heard no more
from the check or Mr. Wagner until
a few days afterward this same check
was returned from the Rocky Mount
bank stati; g no funds to the credit
of Mr. Wagner.
Upon inquiring Mr. Pennington
found out that Mr. Wagner had left
Rocky Mount ami at that time Was
Upon information that reached ! in the Un'ied States army, so this
Mr. Allsbrook, superintendent of the; cheek was put down to the loss ac
County Home, he at once sent some count.
of his help to see about the old man r Yesterday morning Mr. Penning
Brown. Mr. Allsbrook stated to- The . ton received a letter from Mr. Was
Southerncr this morning what he ; nor who inquired from him about
could lc-arn from those whom he had
sent, Blown must have been dead
for a week or nioie." His body was
rotten and hsi entrails were all out.
The flesh had so decomposed that it
was found impossible to put him in
a coffin. The body had swollen to an
enormous size and a coffin could not
be found large enough to hold the
remains.
Wh-m ' Mr. Legget first discovered
this cheek, and the following com
munication fully explains itself, '.
This letter is published with the
permission of Mr. Howard and Mr,
Pennington.
Mr. Geo. Ponnington,
Tarboro, N, C.
Dear Sir: I have been informed
that upon 'my leaving Rocky Mount,
N. C, several years ago, that a check
given by me to your bank on the
Brown he was living in an old aban-i Bank of Rocky Mount was marked
doned shuck near Shiloh and here J no funds. I was very ill at the tinse.
THE CUCKOO-CLOCK
TARIFF TRICK
n t- r- mi . e lllHUe III Lilt; u ULUU wiovra
I, Belgian Congo. Their African names
., . ... ' . I of course made clear. Th
I were given them by the natives, who
The cuckoo-clock will serve as an
illustration for the "catch" on the
"trick" in the tariff exhibits. The
cloek is said to have cost 94 cents
in Germany, retailing here for $22,
or at a profit of 2,240 per cent. Just
how such a clock could continue to
i compel? at these prices with clocks
maue in me uniteu ouues was nm.
e trick is
was where he was found dead.
How his deah came about no one
seems to know. No signs of violence
have been found on his body, and if
any were there they could not be
recognized now, as the body is well
nigh rctten.
TARBORO NEEDS A
CAMPING GROUND
- ' ly by men.
Washington, N. C, June 28.
Pluvius intervened in the eighth in
ning after Tarboro had scored one
run, and was close on another to tie
the score and the game was called
with Washington winner of the fifth
straight from the Tars, 4 to 2. A
home run with one on, was the fea
ture, by Kruger, new Tarboro second
baseman. Score by innings: )
Tarboro J.O 0 0 0 3 0 02 1 1
Washington 0 2 2 0 0 0 0- 4 9 1
Bates and McQuinn; Graham and
Moorefield.
Greenville, N. C, June Z -The
Kinston-Greenville game was not
started on account ef rain.
according to their custom of calling
parents by the names of their first
child, dubbed Dr. and Mrs. Pearson is ,
'Asan.'ca and Nyang 'Isanga (father
of Mary and mother of Mary.)
Mrs. Pearson said that the native.'
call all women missionaries "mama"
as a mark of respect, but that some
of the single women at first object
I to the honor. Pajamas are the latest
style in street wear at Mondobie, she
said. '
A woman who left her husband in
the Congo recently was punished, ac
cording to Dr. Pearson, by being tied
in the path of driver ants, which
stung her terribly.
Dr. Pearson is a graduate of the
University of Illinois College of
Medicine. Mrs. Pearson, who was
Miss Evelyn Utter, of Covins,' Cal.,
is descended from the Bullock and
Viley families of Kentucky, and stu
died at Transylvania College, Lex-
ingtoh, Ky., and at Butler College
and the' College of Missions, both of
t.
Indianapolis, Inld. 8 They serve un
der the Disciples of Christ.
cost price as stated is at the present
I value of the German mark in Ameri-
i can money, while it is practically cer-
tail that the clock was bought for
import months ago when the mark
was worth three, four or five times
as mu -h as it is worth now.
Another phase of this trick ought
to have great interest for the Ameri
can people. If it were literally true
that an article costing 94 cents or an
approximate sum, is being sold at re
tail for approximately $22; if a knife
said to have cost 7 cents is being
sold at retail for $5, it is obvious tlt
somebody is profiteering, and that
the freak tariff show, staged by the
Republican tariff titters and sleight-
-of-hand men in the Senate, should
have been staged in the office of the
Attorney General and the exhibits
marked for the grand jury, so that
that terror of profiteers and evil
doers. Attorney General Daugherty,
could be as successful in putting
somebody in jail as he once was in
jetting them out.
If there is any one thing that the
people of Tarboro need at this time
of the year it is a well fitted camp
ground.
Several months ago it was rumor
ed that the Boy Scouts, the Girls'
Friendly Society 'and the Camp Fire
tiirls had taken steps to furnish a
site offered to them and the public,
on the river near the home of Mr.
Ben Finney. Mr. Finney offered this
site free of charge to be used for
camping purposes, but as yet this!
which of cturse is no excuse, and
have been in the U. S. Army in Si
beria and the Philippine Islands. I
have resigned from the service and
wish to clear up the matter. .
As I am in a present line of busi
ness which requires an amount of
traveling arsy mail addressed to me
in care of my sister Will reach me,
and the sane will at once receive
my attention. Her address is as fol
lows: Mrs. R. O. Seager, Camp Neb
hut, 4th Lake, Old Forge, N. Y.
With best regards and wishes, I
remain,
Very truly yours,
Harry R. Wagner.
NO OVERTURES
WILL BE GRANTED
movement has not materialized and
the whole thing has been allowed to
drag on without any action on the
part of anybody.
The site offered by Mr. Finney is
said to be a most beautiful spot on :
Tar River and conveniently located
for amusement purposes. The beach
at this point is safe and the water
in the river is shallow.
Now if there were a Chamber of
Commerce here possibly something
might be done, but as it is the fur
nishing of these grounds will for this
Reason go by default.
Chicago, Jur.i' 23.-Railroad man
agers have indicated that they will
offer no peace overtures to the four
hundred thousand shopmen whose
leaders declared in ultimatum last
night that a strike is certain to re
sult from failure of the roads to ijr
r nore the wage decisions of the Rail
road Labor Board effective July 1,
1922.
CEDDES ON VACATION.
New York, June 28. Sir Auck
land Geddes, the British ambassador,
j COTTON REPORT.
Close Open Close
July 21.26 21.36 21.63
Oct. . .. 21.25 21.41 21.61
Dec.,. 21.05 21.22 21.38
Jan. ........ 20.86 21.03 21.19
March 20.76 20.82 21.09
A cablegram was received by Mr.
J. Rosenbaum ttday announcing the
safe arrival in Germany of Miss Lil-
(ailed with I-idy Geddes on the i la Rosenbaum ard Miss-Ella. Lajig.
Mauretania yesterday for a month's
vacation in England.
They state that they had delightful
voyage.