THURSDAY, AUG. 10, 19E2
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corobe who honestly believe that.-we
will escape the ravages of this pest.
And still there are many people
who1 live in hopes that the weevil wilt
not strike the country any time soon.
.Notwithstanding all these beliefs
and Hopes, this pest is just as sure
to come to Edgecombe in a few years
as the sun is to re in the morning,
there are but few farmers who are
as yet getting ready for his entrance
Craven county has raised several
thousand dollars to fight him. Halifax
farmers are thoroughly aroused and
the people, in and around Scotland,
Neck are famhig up to meot him
when he arrives. Some of the coun
ties farther cast re going. .to send
special committees' to the weevil in
fested sections of the border states
to make investigations as to the best
means to fight him.
miff tti' TH-TtOVW OF TINE
TOPS, N. cl. NOVEMBER 23 1920
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The canvass of the returns of the
Special election, duly called and held
at the regular polling place in ttie
Town of Pinetops on the 23rd clay of
November, 1920, for the purpose oi
determining whether or not the town
of Pinetops should issue bonds in an
amount not to exceed $25,000.00 for
the purpose of establishing an eVec
tr'rc light and power system in and
for said Town, the Bond Ordinance
having been heretofore duly passed,
end the election regularly called, as.
provided in the Municipal Finance
Act:. . . ' .
Now Therefore, we, the Board of
Commissioners of said Town of Pine
tops, at this the first regular meeting
of said Board since said Election,
; JbbifrfoUon Betes: Daily, 1 yeai
Si S months,. $2.50; 1 month, &0c;
lfMk,.Jg. Weekly, f 1.60 pel year.
OS 15' - P. O. BOX 907
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COUNTRY'S GREATEST NEED.
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; RcfceY W. Babson says': "The need
of the hour is not more legislation. It
U more rclltfioti."
ii " Manufacturer's Record says:.
"ft -the Golden Kule tnere wumu
found 'a solution for every business
problem."
tffcrWU Street Journal soys:
"Whet America needs more than rail
extension -is a revival of. piety.', to
clean the country of graft, petty and
big."
In Robeson county comes the news! have canvassed the returns of sakl
thut about half he cotton crop on' Election and do find:
some sections of this county will bej j. That there were 34 votes cast
destroyed.' 1,1 Columbus whore thej m favor of said Bond Ordirmnce.
.iti.in violrl used to be eiirht or ten I o That there were 8 votes cast
thousand bales, the yield this year is, agaht said Bond Ordinance
expeoti-d to approximate about 700 j 3. That there were 58 voters rcg
bales. And this condition prevails in'stered and qualified to vote in said
several counties to the east of Edge- Election:
combe. ; Therefore, we do declare and en
If the farmers of Edgecombe t
act that said Bond Ordinance wws
... . ouiy approveu y'a -
sth 1 ilJUl wait till no comes incic n... .,;'. i i ,.
., , u t i,;.i, i,u-i'ied in said Election as required by
ie a wall ncre une uivc ui .....
:ievm- been heard, and somebody is
ALL TOGETHER FOR THE FIRE
MEN'S CONVENTION
,'The State convention of the col
ored firemen will meet here next
week and preparations are now being
made for this event.
The white people are doing all
they can for the local colored fire
company and every assistance wUl b-'
gjve'n. to them.
The members of the local lire de
partment have done good service in
the 'past and ricbiy -deserve an i.h
VtinU done for them at this e .nvcn
tion. The colored people of ."tha town
are going to do their full dirty for
this convention and the Southerner
wishes to congratulate them on what
they have done for the success of
this convention.
,;One way to make thin convention
the success it deeervee. is for every
body, regardless of color, to puil to
gether and put their shoulders to the
wheel ar.d show a united front.
Cuing U) suffer.
Both tho state and federal govern-'
mints are sending out the warning!
and appealing to the people to be-1
,var.' ami prepare themselves when,
the ;4.irm strikes. The whole system
of farming will have to be revolu
tionized. Less cotton will have to be
planted and the farmers will have to
turn to other things for a Irving than
SO 1'lUch Cotton.
It writ mean more live stock. More
rxsrC supplies will have to be raised
i)d the attention of the producers
will be turned to living at home and
not in a store.
The time to get busy is now, and
rot when the weevil is in our midst.
The ti ne to prepare for the weevil is
before he comes, and not after, he has
destroyed our crops.
law, and certify the same to be re
corded in the Record of Ordinances
o.f said Town, together with this can
vas of the returns ef said Election.
This the 4 day of January, 1921.
C. H. WEHB, Mayor. '
W. J. CLARK,
J. D. EDMONDSON,
V. H. PHILLIPS,
RILEY PHILIPS,
J. R. W ALSTON,
Members of Bonrd of Commissioners
of Town of Pinetops, N. C.
CnteTis
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Take hed Vwhere you plarce
burning cigarette stumps. It
mav sijem like i a little wung,
but a lire loss of over $8,000,-
000 was caused by cigarettes
last year.
Nkiety-eit'ven peruent of all
fires are cloie to somebody's
carelessness. Watch yourself
and others. .Remember a 'fire
means waste of mateirkil, loss
of income and much other ex
pense. Insure in this agency of;
the Hartford Fire Insurance
Company.
Jacocks & Royster
Company
PRESERVING
SEASON
As Ben rrankhn o?ud:
( ' WINTER SEED RYE
aRED RVST PROOT, SEED
' '" OATS ';
.VIRGiNIA TVRF OATS' ,
: RUTABAGA SEED
?CRA?OKE HEADLESS
I ' -t Mtll l.F.TS. '
If .Interested Call, and
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See Me.
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RB. PETERS
GROCER
Phone 35 211 Main St.
Wholesale and Retail
"The art of getting Riohea consisU very mucti
In THRIFT." ' ':" .l.-.r-.
' A i 'Thrift rnriststs vferv much in ffirardinp; aarainst
.r.eedless -expenditures, careless purchases and gmall If
. : '- 1 ' T';' - i-I.il Al.-i nr4-fti fVi.;' tfAamlf nf PAIL 4t'
r i ' josses une iviiiu wiit uic-wuh mic.iwuh.iv.-
'$.! I So the people who have aXiBerty fBe-11 Bank' handy. ;
'if.' .'and make a point of dropping Home of their smali ;;
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coins m every wceK uniu ir.ere w bjiuuku w buu uu
an interest bearing account are hi a line way to en
,'joy all the benefits of Thrift. . . V' . " V ;
. Stop in for a Liberty. Bell Bank. '
V' There' One Here Far
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First
National
Hall's Catarrh Medicine
! Those who nre in a "run flown" eondl
on will notire thut Ctarrh bother
thorn much more than when they are In
good heulth. This)1 fattt proves that whlU.
Catarrh ie a loj llaease, ft inftreatly
lnrtii'inred hv oonsUttitinpnl conJItlons.
HALL'S CATAimrf MEDICINE I- -i
Tonic n! B!otd furlliep. and a;ts through
ne blood upon the mueoue nurfiir W
thobody. thus rlticln(f the lnflammtlot .
and reatnrinR nofrnal condlllnna.
, All drucKtste. CJIrculara free. .
F. J. Cheney ft-CO.. Toledo, .Qhlo.
DISCARD FORMAL
DRESS IN SUMMER
ToBacco-Tobaccb
SELL YOUR TOBACCO AT THE
Glark
Warehouse
MISS TAYLOR ENTERTAINS.
QEJTING READY FOR THE BOLL
V ' ' WEEVIL.
-Notwithstanding the fact that the
bo.Ji weevil is now in WMf-.ii: . ounty
gnd also in Pitt rtjrht on our border
lijriits there are people stil! in Eifec-
:,tis? .Margaret Taylor gave a most
i-!-.joy;iJ)k. briiJuo party t her home
ye-torday in honor of her (juest, Miss
Kiith'ryn 'rickutt of Hifith' Point.
YOKAHAMA, Aug. 10. Japanese
r.nd foreigners alike as a rule put!
j. their morning suits away with the
coming of summer and appear everyr
where in informal and cool dress. It
! was therefore somewhat noticeable
I with the arrival of Secretary Denny
i nnd his party to! observe the contiwst
l.etween the viiitors looking warm
and uncomfortable in silk hats and
dark suits and the reewption commit
tee in white summer kit. SecnetBry
Penby stuck.' riffidly to formal dress
, SUGG & ALPHIN,: Proprietors
Tarboro, N. C.
THEY SELL TOBACCO FOR THE HIGH DOLLAR
AND WILL GET YOU THE TOP MARKET PRICE
FOR EVERY LOAD.
W. E. Sugg, Auctioneer : Lee Alphin, Sales Manager
Market Opens Aug. 16
TARBORO
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NORTH CAROLINA
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l,e .nvited rueslS we.e. except wherl visiting Perry's monu-
AUyth Wilson, .Margaret'. MeCluer, other menlb?M 0f the pa
Minnie Melu, Marion WUon, Se- a d in thcir Uslltest suits and
no4-a Wilson, Kmily Hart, V!lie Wil- 1
dresses. .
Sim, Mti'.da Hart, Habei N-fleet,; , . : . . ... .
Ciaiibel Fountain, Annie E. Johnson,
Dorothy '-Williamson, Rosa M. Mercer,
Hattie" Taylor, Surah F. Bryan, Jose-;
phii 'O Forbes, Vera Keech, Mrs. Lyn
Kur.d. Mrs. Brookes Peters, Jr., and
,!:.-s ('..nR.'.la Battle. . j
Delicious refreshments were serv
ed by the hostess. ..J
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MONEY
TBI
IMPROVED REAL ASTATE
IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY
FIVE YEARS TIME
AT
five And half percent.
HENRY C. BOURNE Attorney
CLOVER SEED, ALFALFA SEED f
Vetches, Grasses, Rape, Abbruzia Rye, Cormnon Win
ter Rye, Seed Oats, Seed Wheat, Seed Barley, Vege
table Seed, Flowering Buls, Turnip Seed, Onion Sets.
The.e toed shoald be planked freely. Others who are crowing
thee crop rrm prospering, nr you? Wrkc us for our complete
price list covering all seeds most suitable for soil and climatic
conditions in the South,
, A. B KIRBY SEED COMPANY
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For every pile of Tobacco
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sold on our floor is pur ajra. ij:
Bring us a load on our
g opening
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Wed. Aug. 16
ll and start the season right
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