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TARBORO, N. C THURSDAY, NOV. 1G, 1922.
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS
Dynamite Thowers
Again at Rocky Mt.
OND
MEETING
Irhehome of W. B. Jones Dy
namited Tuesday Night. ' A
Big Hole Blown Through
The Floor of the Room In
Which He Slept. No Ser
ious Damae Done.
NO CLUE AS YET
HAS BEEN FOUND
WIGGINS
A
REACHED
GOAL
tit Officials Will Take Ac
tion To Run Down Te Guilty
Parties.
(Rocky Mount Telegram)
The Pavement Debt of the
Primitive Baptist Church
Has Been Paid In , Full
Through The Personal
f LAY SERVICES
Mr. Spillman's Remarkable
Address. Gives Some
Weighty Facts About The
Tithing System. Rev. Wade
C. Smith Will Speak To
night. '
WHITAKERS STORE WIR. JESSE
Bill
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On Saturday night of Fair week,
the Ford car belonging to Mr. -Jesse
I Brown who lives near Turboro was
The Store of R. A. Bailey and stolen.
Company Burglarized andj On the following Monday this cur
Three Hundred Dollars was located in front of the Rick
AMERICAN LEGION'S
ANNUAL MEETING
Worth of Goods Taken A
way. , M
The second meeting of the series
being held by the Men's Club of the
Howard Memorial Presbyterian j SOME GOODS RECOVERED
rhnrih whs held last nieht in the I ;
Sunday 'School building of that Entrance Through The Front, sent word to the police authorities
Hotel in Rocky Mount, where it
had stood since the Saturday night
before. -
This" car remained there so Ions
that the manager of the Ricks Hotel
Work of Mr. J. W. Wiggins.
church. Mr. Spillman made a re
markable address, bringing but some
weighty facts, unknown to most of
Door On The Main Street.
Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Smith is a passed by the store ot ll. A. wauey
tanoque man and a unique preacher. & Co., and noticed that the front
as undoubtedly due to a dynamite for the pavement assessment for thei
omb being placed or hurled under Primitive Baptist Church.
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IB home of U. I. Taylor, ;iu .ooutn j ies, me last ounr , ttp ,l,q,1(..llH h5ms,.,f tw . telegraph ' door was open
t'ashington street, blew the floor and we think he stated that he nau
om a room in which W. B. Jones five cents to the good.
to inquire to whom this car belong
ed. It was identified as the car that
Tuesday night about midnight the was stolen here during Fair week.
us, about the tithing system of giv-! store of R. A. Bailey & Co., of Wh.t-i Mr. urown secureu auu car ..
inn- to the Lord Inkers was broken into nad about' says that it has not been damaged
cLt'us here urge all the men in ' three hundred dollars worth of goods nt all. mis seems to ue a cae 01
to come tonight to hear and merchandise were taken there- stealing for a ride.
i
I T?.,v Wnfli- C. Smith, nastor of the Irom.
An explosion, which police declare dcd ln paying off the last dollar; rhllri.h.hv.tn,.Side.0.tnc0loaa, f,f! About midnight the policeman
Forty Or More Mombers Of
The American Legion Gath
ered Last Night In The Ki
wanis Hall For Their An
nual Meeting Of T is Post.
M
A JOLLY GOOD
TIME THEY HAD
Officers For the Ensuing Year
Were Elected. Forrest
Sledge President; Lyn Bond
Adjutant.
Last night at :30 o'clock forty
members of the American Ley-ion,
E EAR-THOUE
SHOCKS FELT TODAY
(By The Aociatcd Pre)
Santiago, Nov. 10. 'Strong earth
quake shocks were felt today in
Lnserenc and Copiupo districts,
where great loss of life was suf
fered. Slight tremors were felt at San
tiago. Decomposing bodies are still
in the ruins, constituting a serious'
menace to public health and the in-
When Mr. J. W, Wiggins came
into the office of the Southerner
mis mui iima mb - t Tarboro
on his face for ho had at last suc-
MERCHANTS OF TARBORO.
including a few visitors, sat down j jurc(j are lying in the open air of
to an elegant turkey supper, sorv-, th(. vineyards and packed in poorly
j ed by this Post.
I Just before the dinner and after
I the dinner, the .meeting was thrown
ventilated theatres.
Authorities are trying to ascertain
definitely the number of casualties,
HOW ABOUT IT? Will! l'vl;''-,'bo'ly was tol(1 j the extent of the damage, and the
ust a fraction, but The Southerner would suggest to
office and "made 'an excellent job of, he stated that he suspected nothing; the merchants ot tarboro to have.)
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to enjoy themselves, and this thing
they proceeded to do to the Queen's
Taste.
persons needing assistance.
it. Onlv in recent years has he been to be wrong as ho simply closed the , sometime soon a day, and
as sleeping, hurled his from the bed This church is greatly, indebted to .... . ... ,,,,, . hllH dt.J do01. and went on down the street. "The Farmer's Trade Day," when
lattered windows in the house, and Mr. Wiggins for the splendid work vcIoped into one of the best plat-1 Very often the store doors in the and where they can offer to their
ittled structures over a large area he haB done for thcm .nnd he l'c
If the city shortly before eleven o'- quested the Southerner to publicly
ock Tuesday night. Both Messrs. thank cV. who had so kindly assist-
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aylor and Jones, ure employes of cd linn by their sympathy anu men
e Atlantic Coast Line railroad in . dollars.
is Emerson shops at South Rocky
terian church.
Few preachers enter the ministry
as did Mr. Smith. While still an
; elder in the Presbyterian church ill.
For nearly a year Mr. Wiggins . p,.k. Ri,Hlinfl. Va.. he was
ount. .The house belonged to L. . has been working on these ..0,,OCr -canodt B8 a layman, to take of the 'ties were surprised when they
Bates.
According-to inmates of the struc-
re, some one, was heard to leave
e- side of the house in apparent
stc a few minutes before the ex-
osion occurred. Immediately af-
r the blast one of the inmates fired
revolver out of the window in of
r to rttract attention and let per
ns brought out by the explosion
ow exactly' where the blast took
ce. . '
The explosive was placed or hurl
directly beneath the room in
tions and everybody will rejoice
with him to know that he has nt last
i !...l..-t..,1...... mifl .tlwi I
Church property is now free. .
While this , has been a hard job,
yet Mr. Wiggins feels amply repaid
for it has been to him a . labor of
love and sympathy, and today he j j
is just as happy as the membership
of the church.
The membership of the Primitive
Baptist church is most grateful to
Mr. Wiggins and the people of the
entire county for what they 'have
form men in the Southern Presby-! town arc accidentally loft open. customers and patrons .throughout,
The r.ext morning one of the man-! the county and elsewhere, a day
agcrs of the store had been loft ( when these farnierj can corny to Tar
open and thought that one of theboro and do their Christinas shop
clerks had; failed to closo the door ping. ,
tight, when he went, and so all par- Tarboro has a .splendid reputation
made 'as n place where Christinas toys can
be bought cheap and in great vari
ety an I they should not allow that,
well earned reputation to be loit.
The Trade will soon begin te pick
up and the people are ;foing tc buy
somewhere, and wyh not (rev. the
folks to come to Tarboro to do their
duties of the pastorate in the church un investigation, to discover trt all
which he now serves. Though he' is! the while the night before while the
Mch MiliIonea.vafi. sleeping. Ldone. for. tbeW.-fhUJKh-a'-tn.M'ail-
ction of the floor was smashed and
lintcred, and a large hole blown
the ground beneath the building.
cces of steel or missives conUin-
in the bomb came through the
lor and imbedded themselves in
e mattress upon which Mr. Jones
s sleeping, it is said by the police.
hile no one was injured by the
Lst, those who have investigated
te that the fact that the flying
ssives imbedded themselves in the
kttrcsa probably saved Mr. Jones
that has been cast upon the waters
will some day return ten and yea,
a hundred fold.
Mr. WigginR, the Southerner con
gratulates you for your splendid ser
vices and feels that the entire mem
bership of the church feel that they
can never repay you.
Mr. Wiggins makes the following
as his hist report:
The total amount $1415.55, in
cluding, interest to date has been
paid, the following donntionshaVr
ing been made since the last report
by Mr. Wiggins
bin injury.
lTiru:in nAll.iA nffi.iala ninrlo n thnr-
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Kb. investigation, they indicated Rev. M. B. Williford .
s afternoon that no clue to the , E. O. toker
metratora of the explosion had W. R. Reason,
r
Pinetops
len discovered. City officials, how
ler, stated cmphutically that Tig-
jus action would be taken to run
. 5.00
.5.00
. 5.00
. 1.00
.4.50
wn the guilty party and that every W. L. Gay ---
Id h taken to ward Mrs. Lucy Lcggett, Enfiold ... I. JO
liinst a" recurrence of any such
J. B. Brown .
Ecv. B. E. Brown -----Mrs.
J. T, BrasweU ------
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air. It was lnuiynieu iu
Lrd of aldermen would post a rc-
rd for discovery of the guilty par-
Mi's. J. L, Speight, Greenville 1.00
R. B. Proctor r-0
,Mrs. Lula Hurst Overton and Mrs.
J. T. Braswcll have turned in the
or parties and that the county ( following amounts:
W. M. Green, Robersonville.
W. Ellis Roebuck
W. A. Everett -
. P, Roebuck ...'.'.------r
1.00
.50
.50
.50
uld be roqucsted to take., similar
Lion.' While a similar enort was
de to . wreck the homo of Rob
Breedlove in the' Williford paction
Lut two weeks ago, that affair hap-
ted ouiaido 9ie;, city ;MijJf.. nd
sequcntly 'did not 'so avousctlie
j officials or call for such vigor-
ction on their part.
bfficiale"? link Tucda night's: J. , L. Whitfield 1-00
n?wttt. Hhir Series Sf explo- J. L. Roberson 1.00
Sudie House 1-00
Anni White - .-J. 50
H. L. Everett, . -t 100
Mrs. J. H. Everett ----- LOO
H; B. Roebuck - 1-00
now a preacher of two years' expel-1
ience, he is still able to see the work
of Christ's kingdom from the lay
man's point of view. ' His mind is
one of the most fertile in our Soutli-
and, and thoso who hear him to
night will be. both enlightened and
entertained.
Last night Mr. Spillman told us
that our religion is entirely too un
practical. We look to it to help us
in the after-life, but it is not much
ftrsir to uk'Tei'61fl"6TrF"daIIyvlIvesaria
occupations. , ,
Three temptations beset every
man, the temptation of lusts, the
temptation of praise from others,
and the temptation of self-approval.
Most men in. the church today have
conquered to some extent the first
two; but the last one is with us at
all times. It is covetousness, which
is idolatry. It comes when we
match (ur wits against the wits of
others and accumulate materia'
things. Then we estimate ourselves
according to the amount accumulat
ed by ourselves compared to the a
mount accumulated by others.
But God has provided a plan in
His Book to overcome covetousness
the tithe. Mr. Spillman stated
that he had tried it for 20 years
himself, and is satisfied with the re
sults. The first thing we think about
when starting any enterprise busi-
,:'.'" ' I
ness, firm, marnedi lite, etc., iSj
the state of finances we are in. Can
we map out a financial plan? Don't
you think that God would provide
a financial plan for the work of Hi's
Kingdom? He has. And the rea
son we haven't fulfilled the Great
'Commission is that we haven't fol
lowed God's- plana in financing 'the
work. God has ordered the tithe.
store door was open a burglar was
secreted in the. store, and after
everyone had left he did his work.
The amount of goods that was
missed from the store would ap-
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proximate something like three nun-u..iuiil; i.ui. mj . i. ,ui mm..,.-, uu.
died dollars and this consisted of , also for the next year,
shoes, clothing and other stuff. I Now is a good time to prt into
Later on in the day some of, thehe game piny it for thebene ,iH of
stolen goods were found in Rocky! the buyers as well as for the tellers.
Mount, but as yet no one has been j Merchants of Tarboro, how toout
captured, nor . has any lue bec ,- ' . , 1,
cateT'asTtowKflT tneTtuflt-'pVtles J . - r'-...
DR. J. M. BAKER INSTALLING
A RADIO PHONE OUTFIT
Mr. W. L. Bell is installing in the
residence of Dr. J. M. Baker on
Main street a Radio phone outfit and
And there is a blessing attached to
each one of His commands .. Have
we this blessing?
The tld Jews said "It is Vpin to , Dr. Bakers says he will .soon be able
serve God; and what profit is it that to entertain his friends with jjva-
we have kept His ordinance. Mai- ned program. 1
ahci 3:14. Men are asking that) The receiving wire is stretched ,
question today, and we must have from the top of his residence to a;
an answer for them. We must be small house in his back yard.
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able to say that we have trieu -uoq, 1 The Receiver will be placed in his.
that we have trusted Him and tounil 1 office on the front of his home.
Him faithful in His promise -'Wring
ye all th& tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in mine
house, and prove nie now herewith,
said the Lard of Hosts, if I will not
open you the windows of heaven,
and pour you out a blessing that
there shall not be room enough to
receive it." God is always true to
His promises, and He will be true
here.
Men offer three excuses, not rea
son's, whyTthcy do not tithe as God
h:is commanded them to do.
1. That it is an old Jewish ordi
nance,. But Abraham and fl-!"V
tithed before the Jews were a na4
tion. and Jesus spoke of it, com
mending, its use amongst the Phar
lsees.
There were songs and all sorts
of stunts and speeches, whenever a
fellow was lucky enough to get in
a word, yet evcryon said what he
wanted to say and had just as long
as he wanted to say it in.
The soloist of the evening was Ned
Ellis, whose songs were loudly applauded.
After the real fun and merriment
of the evening was over, Dr. W. W.
Green, Commander of the Post, call
ed the meeting to order and request
ed Adjutant Don .Walton to read the
minutes of the lust meeting, which
were approved.
After this, Commander Green
stated Unit it was in order for no in
suing yeur. G. I. Hightower plac
imitions for the officers for the en
eil in nomination Forrest Sledge and
II. C. Bourne placed in nomination
the name of Don Walston for Post
Commander;.
Forrest Sledge having received1
the highest number of votes, that
stood 12 for Walston and 15 for
Sledge, Commander Green declared
'Sledge as the Commander for the
, next year.
I Ernest Taylor was nominated by
acclamation for vice commander and
Lyn Bond was nominated also by
acclamation for adjutant.
The following were elected as
members of the Executive Commit-!
I tec: S. D. Thorne, II. D. Spiers, Paul,
I E. Warren, H. C. Bourne and Frank
1 Arens. .
MISS GUSS1E HARRELL
ENTERTAINS THE D. A. R.
Miles Harvey Chapter, D. A. R.,
was entertained 011 Tuesday, Novem
ber 14th; -by. Miss Cutsie. Harrell.
Mrs. L. W. Shook was most cor
dially wi-lcoiued as a new member.
The usual business routine took
place and it was decided to send a
box of clothing to Crossmore School
in the mountain;-! of North Carolina.
The Treasurer reported a contri
bution to the State Treasurer for
Americanization work 011 Kills Is
land. It was decided to put on a concert
and vaudeville by local talent after
the picture show on Friday even
ing, November 24th, for patriotic
education. .
Mrs. Dr. Gyles road n most in
structive and entertaining paper on
"The Barriers to the Expansion of
the United StatesJ' and xhibtod
a colored map, illustrating the dif
ferent settlements before the War
of the Revolution. : ,
Lis that have occurred here dur-
ths' past several ' months, Most
these occurred at the Emerson
bps or at the Coast Line's pumping
tion on tar-rivet. The first at-
tipt to bomb the. home ot a rail
ld shop employe occurred about
weeks . ago when an explosion
lecked the porch of. Robert Brced-
e's home. There was a lull in th
bombing activities until they
Lke out afresh Tuesday night in
entirely different afcetion of the
kr and with "results that came much
srer being serious m' their con-
11 e rices. "
J. L. Purvis --
R. A. Bailey 100
Mrs Ella Gurganus 1------- 1.00
Mrs. Bettie' E. Smith -- 1-00
Mrs. Mary Ed Roberson ..... 1.00
Mrs. Lucy Nobles, Greenville. 1.00
Mrs. Many Whitehead, Stokes 1.D0
C. C. Dawson, Conetoe 5.00
Mrs. Sarah J. Redmond. Ry. Mt.10.00
Miss Mag Johnson .... 6.00
Rawls Howard 10.00
Miss Lucy Sugg, Pinetop .... 6.00
A. T. Walston ... 10.00
W. L. Stallings ... . -1.00
S. J. Proctor --- 1-00
J. H. Edwards -- 100
Mrs. D. A. Outtcrbridgc. R'villc 'l.OO:
Mrs. Lydia Parker, R'villo ... 1.00
Mrs. Creecy Barnhill, R'ville. , 1.00
Almon Hart- .:. . ----- 1.00
N. B. Dawson, Jr. .. .- 5.00
Jesse Jenkins .... . .25
George Howard 25. 00
Jno. E. Cobb ......... 5.00
Marrow-Pitt Hardware Co. .. 5.00
Mrs. Sesan Crisp -i. 2.00
C. H. Froctor 3.00
Mrs. Jacksie Daniels Morrison. 25.00
Mrs. Lucy Havens - .... 5.00
Capt. C. W. Jeffreys 6.15
of $20.000g"i'ive"$T9c" a year to the! After all the officers for the en
Lord. One country church had a - year had been elected, Com
voliinnn i-mtinf nn ni-irl ftn-.li!ilf mandor GiTcii then turned over tin
cents a day. This is too much for j meeting to Commander Sledge. Hej
some men's religion, but it should j Promised to do all in his power f 'if ,
not be for ours. the success of the Legion for the.
A Jew gave to the Lord his first coming year and called upon all pies
born son, first born cattle, first fruits; cut to give him their full support,
of the field, one tithe for the tem
ple, a second tithe for travelling ex
penses to Jerusalem, a third tithe
every three years for the poor. His
religion cost him from 25 per cent
to 33 1-3 per cent of his income.
In the Southern Presbyterian
Church, 05,879 members gave $2,
120,649. Any business man would
buy up their incomes for 50 million
dollars and have a bargain.
Another reason why men don t
We don't belicye
2. Thnt we are notunuer the law, ,r
l.nt under, Grace. Does being under tithe is Unbelief.
Grace n-ean We can steal and lie and) God's "luises. .Tl.0vc me now
murder? There are only two ways! herewith, said the Lord of Hosts.'
of getting .rid of a law-the repeal
THE SERVICE STATION OF CIV-
IL1ZATION
Outside of those who deal in food,
clothing and shelter, no other bus
iness might be so aptly termed "The
Service Station of Civilization."
The variety of materials is almost
innumerable. Because a drug store
must cairy such a tremendous range
of things in order to serve and pro
tect the health of its community,
and to afford its patrons every con
venience, it, is impossible to carry a
large .stock, of any one article.
The. amount-.of profit on any one
sale is very small. The druggist if
he continues to remain this conven
ient "Service Station of Civilization'
must depend on many small sales
of an infinitive variety of household
supplies, medicines, toilet articles
and other things. v
The utility of these "Service Sta
tions of ivilization" would be realis
ed more if they should cease to exist
which they promised to do.
onimander Sledge' announced to
the Legion that the Womans Auxil
iary of theC American Legion-' were
giving splendid support to the Hos
pital at Oteen, and would in a few
davs send off -a box on Thanksgiving
. , ., , - man tney are now appreciateu as a
is hospital. 1 1
reality.
183.90
Amount previously collected
and . reported .-v $1261.65
Total amount in full .....$14.45.65
and .the fulfillment. Nothing ap
pears in the New Testament which
repeals the tithing law, and we still
have noed for it, so we haven't got
ten rid of it yet.
3, Too much trouble is another
excuse. The Lord makes a definite
clearcut promise in connection with
the tithe, and is it too much trouble
to work for that blessing? Th Af
rican negroes tithe onions and po
tatoesThe Koreans tithe a. wage
of $5.00 month. Is there any rea
son why an American should tithe?
But the real reason is covetous
ness. Men are saying "It is too
much." On man with an income
Do you believe that if you tithe God
will pour out a blessing that you 1
have never had before? Prove Him.
A man once said "90) per cent,
plus God, is worth much more than
100 per cent without . Him."
Mr. Spillman told the very inter
esting story of his tithing exper
iences for 26 years. He said "This
is a practical religion. You can't
get far until you take the Lord into
your business. Make it a seven
day religion. Be able to say 'I've
taken the Lord snd tried Him.' Take
Him.' into partnership with you and
He will always watch oveyou and
Day tor the soldiers at this hosp
He appealed to all present to give
what they could for this box and a
nice collection was presented to com
mander SIdgc for this Thanksgiving
Box.
J. P, Mallett was appointed by the
commander to solicit donations for
soldiers at Oteen and give same to
the Woman's Auxiliary.
Lynn Bond called the Legion's
attention to the fact that there woud
be on soon in the county a Red Cross
drive ar.d asked all present to give
this drive their support. Several of
the members present responded, to
this appeal and joined the Red Cross.
Thus closed the meeting and all
went home feeling that theye had
accomplished much, and fully deter
mined to make the1 next year the best
in the history of this Post.'
On the roll of the Post are about
one hundred members and it is the
Your druggist is more than merchant.
vour business. Give Him His share intention of the present organise
1
and call the tenth Holy to the Lord." j
" finn tn mnvff t.hxn donhln thin num.
her by the ctime the next annual
meeting rolls around.
Every true American has in his
heart a warm spot for the members
of the tLgion, and this organization
is entitled to all that any citizen
ship can give them.
The l'eoplc of Edgecombe have al
ways stood by the Old Confederate
Soldier in a way that any county
should be proud of and the South
erner calls upon our people to be as
true and as loya to the American
Legion, and we know they will.
Hats off to the American Legion
of Edgecombe county and the state.
Boys, you have a warm spot ia
our hearts, and whenevr the South-,
erner can be of any Mervico to you
and the officers, you only have to
give the word and your commands'
will be instantly obeyed, ,
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