AYDEN ROTARIANS
GUESTS OF LOCAL
CLUB ON TUESDAY
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The Shannon Players Render A
Fine Musical Program?Sev
eral Good Speeches by Mem
bers of Both Clubs.
Members of Avden Rotary Club,
the baby dub of the 37th district,
were delightfully entertained at a
three-course dinner by local Rotarians
Tuesday evening at their club room
in the high school building. The af
fair was attended by 35 members who
enjoyed the well served turkey din
ner and had a jolly good time fea
tured by musk furnished by the or
chestra of the Shannon Players and
talks by the members and visitors.
Rotarian George R. Wheeler, pres
ident of the local club, welcomed the
guests and the Ayden club as a whole
into Rotary. The evening was marked
by a number of interesting talks in
each of whkh was woven the theme,
"Friendship."
Rotarian Walter Sheppard was the
principal speaker but splendid infor-:
mal talks were also made by Rota
rians Pittman and B run son of Ayden
and Judge Tom P. Pace of Purcell,
Oklahoma.
At the conclusion of the dinner
President Dixon of Ayden, expressed
thanks to the host club for the elatxv-.
rate entertainment and said that
there would be 22 special nail kegs
awaiting the Farmville club at their
next meeting, January 29, when that
club ^ to receive her charter from
the hands of the district governor,
Frank Lens, of Newport News, Va.
In addition to the exquisite music
by the Shannon Players' orchestra,
vocal selections by three of its mem
bers were enjoyed.
Women of Bell Arthur
Aid In Breaking Up -
Whiskey Traffiic.
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In response to an appeal from the
women of Bell Arthur stating that
ing proportions in that section and
help was needed, Officers Whitehurst,
Savage and Stokes, on Tuesday, raid
ed the stores of .Bob Nichols, J. R.
Strickland and the garage of Mills
Smith in the town of Bell Arthur,
and the store of Milton Lloyd, just
. a short distance from the coroparte
limits of the town. In each case eith
er whiskey or wine was found. Each
man was placed under a $250 bond
for their appearance before B. F. Ty
son, on Friday, January 18.
The store of Strickland and Smith's
garage are in the same building. In
the store room the officers found
quite a large amount of whiskey par
aphernalia "while in the garage was
found one gallon of whiskey. The
search of Niehol's. store resulted *in
the finding of one pint of whiskey in
a gallon jug, while in Lloyd's store
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30 gallons of wine were brougnt om
by the officers.
- The women of BeU Arthur are be
coming deeply interested in breaking
up the whiskey traffic and declare
that with the help of officers that it
must leave that town. A number of
accidents, attributed to whiskey, have
determined the offices to keep their
week op unt& this section is given a
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THE METHOD^T CIWBCH ;?>'
Sunday school at 10 a. m.- -Classes
for all, A. H. Joyner, acting superih
tendaat.
Preaching at 11 a. m. by Preddutg
? Elder & A. Cotton. w - ..... J
Quarterly conference at-9 p. m.
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FIXING THE BIBLE.
BRAVE MEN ARE VALUABLE.
POWER IN THE HEAD.
FOUR GREATEST HORSES.
WATCH EUROPE'S EXCHANGE
A Chicago professer translates the
Bible and cats out completely John's
story of the woman whom Christ for
gave, saying to the collection of old
gentlemen with.stones in their hands:
"He that is without sin among you,
let him first cast a stone at her."
John never wrote that, says the
learned translator; somebody put it
in. Another learned man says the
Book of John was written two at tkpee.
hundred years after the death of
Christ, and, if that be true, John
might have missed something.
If now some other wise person
would cut out of the New Testament
"The Sermon on the Mount" and "strf
fer little children to come unto Me,
and forbid them not," the job would
be perfect
The story about the woman for
given, in the eighth chapter of John,
is especially interesting, because in
all the Bible it contains the only ref
erence to any writing done by Christ:
"Jesus stooped down and with Hfs
finger wrote on the ground." And
that answers in an interesting way
other wise men, including Re nan, who
say that Christ, a simple peasant of
Galilee, never could read or write.
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It pays to save little things. And
some very rich men are rich because
they know it But suggest saving to
a young man who hasn't got any
thing?he smiles compassionately and
passes on.
Hvnry Ford dosen't do that His
plant in Detroit saves waste paper,
a year the saving equals a million
dollars a month.
It is planned to send the dirigible
Shenandoah to the North Pole; an
Interesting idea, but some engineers
and others declare the Shenandoah
unfit for such a journey.
If there is any doubt about it there
should be no such North Pole trip,
and men of high authority should
take no needless risk with others, es
pecially as they themselves would not \
be included in the crew.
Men were sent to their death in
badly made flying machines during
the war. But that was war. This is
-peace, and men able and brave enough
for that North Pole trip are valuable.
A mere trip of. Interesting scientific
investigation may well be postponed
until it can be made safely.
Man is an inferior animal science
tells us. If* you were as strong as
an ant you could lift 129 tons. If as
| agile aa a flee, you could jurapt over
a tali building. What of it ?
I By pressing a button, working a
machine created by his brain, man
can lift many thousands of tons. m
cant jump like a flea, but he can go
tip in a flying machine, mid stay dp.
The flea cannot do thai. It's betf4$!
to have the power in your head, than
in in leg and arm. .A
"Market buoyant on a - big turn
over" "was the Wall Street l?*e yes
terday. Somebody bought 1,319,000
dimes of various boMs and netriy
all of them traveled upward. _
[ perttyrjygr tfWfmutent wUUI?
that this country needs to corns in to
I develop unused acres, and consume
I The worker who thinks that iimni
1 grants would reduce wages should re
I member that the average man makes
| today, with 110,060,000 people in the
|eg*y^ from six to tea.times as
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Irflwy ^ this year at
i Ascot.
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ANOTHER SEVf$E
'OUAKE IN JAPAN
Number of Lives Lost and Many
Persons injured; Heavy Prop
erty Loss is Report
Tokio, Jan. 16.?A number of lives
were lost, many persons seriously in
jured and heavy . property ~ damage,
caused early today by the second
great earthquake which has stricken
Japan within five months. The vic
tims of today's shock, so far as is
known, were all Japanese. Most of
the casualties, it is- believed, were
confined to the vicinities of Tokio and
Yokohoma, where the tremor expend
ed its greatest force.
The shock came this morning at
5:45 o'clock, approaching those of last
September in intensity, but was com
paratively brief in duration. It awak
ened the inhabitants of Tokio and
Yokohama and caused them to flee
to the streets in alarm. Thousands
of resident ate their breakfasts in
the streets, not daring to- return to
their homes.
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Tobacco Sales Report
For December 1923.
(By Frank Parker, Agr'l Statistician)
Out of a total North Carolina to
bacco crop, estimated at 386,000,000
pounds, the auction warehouses to
January 1st, had sold 262,233,695
pounds averaging approximately 21.41
cents per pound to date. This leaves
124,000,000 pounds delivered to the
Cooperative growers, together with
that still in the farmers' hands. The
; December auction sales total 60,361,
1229 pounds exclusive of four reports
from the warehouses noted who failed
to make reports. The producers' sales
amounted to 45,313,838 pounds at an
average of $20.28 per hundred pounds.
This compares with 17,617,152 pounds
of producers' sales sold a year ago at
an- average of $28.24. The 1921 De
cember average was $23.72.
the yield per acre ^
per cent increase in acreage.
As usual, Wilson leads with total
December sales amounting to 10,398,
666 pounds and season's producers'
amounting to 52,191,693 pounds.
Their last month1* sales amounted to
$21.07 as compared to $29>.16 a year
ago. Durham led with the highest
December average of $23.26 with
FARMV1LLE second with $23.06 per
hundred pounds. Greenville was 3rd
with an average of $22;89.
Tobacco Production 1923'mad Farm
Value December 1st.
States: Ponds: Dollars:
Connecticut 40,252,000 $18,717,000
Pennysylvania 58,950,000 10,700,000
Maryland 19,000,000 4,182,000
Virginia 134,68(^^00 26,936,000
West Virginia- 1,140JM0 1,703,000
N. Carolina * 388-^00^00 88,780,000
S. Carolina 74,460300 17,870,060
Florid ^ 4392,000 ? tMoioOO
Tennessee 109300,000 19,710,000
United SVs 1,474,V88,000 298367,000
Nothing's impossible?but did you
ever try to strike a match on a cake
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readings of interest c
first coming and t
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made as a result of which a rummage
sale was scheduled to take place on I
Saturday, January 26.
Du^^lLl'wfh reW thS I
uuJce win learn witn regwt tn^i sne I
is very ill at her home hear Falk- I
land.
We are glad to welcome: into our I
community Mr. ,W. L, ffkaeing and J
his family. Mr. Flenung.has taken
the Smith house, and expects to move
in very soon. v ; ... ? f v
- There wBt be m congregational
meeting at tfaj chureh on Th^d^y.
night for the purpose of considering
the resignation of the pastor, Rev.
Chas. A. tawiiwwii ami of discussing!
future possibilities for the church
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F^jgflfnews of Europe v/atch the
exchange. market. What$the/world I
thinks of* nation's money tells what
the .world'thinks of that iatioa and
its position. Xesterday the franc fell
below live cents, the lowest record.
The French public debt, in 3 years,
has risen from 200 billion? to 400
billion francs. -War does not pay, es
pecially if you keep it up after it
ought Xo be ended.
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"MULE" SHIRLEY
I TAKES STEP UP
L TO BIG LEAGUE
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Norfolk, Va^' Jan. 18.?"Mule"
Shirley's sale 6y*the. Norfolk club to
the Washington team, American
league, in part payment for Pitcher
Bjillheart, tm announced here last
night.
; The University of North Carolina
star firstbaseman who was signed by
Norfolk last spring but refused to re
port because he had another year in
college, is regarded as the best first
sacker in. this section of college dr*
^ Jiini here last yeaK j
VAfiAiiitl' Dpninrrfttu1
Kfajfcv IKiil Da 11
ic national
New York today, will be held inltfad
ison SquM*.Geiden, one ofthe most
famous auditoriums in the country.> <
San Francisco' matched New YoA'e
money, hut members preferred not
to -take the lonjf Hanp'.to the Pacific
coast again; dollars do most of talk
all political leaders declare the
tion hhs no significance on the candi
dal of MeA&o, Underwood and
ethers; some, Mwever, profess to see
opposition tor JjcAdoo in the result?
Chicago apd Sir Louis also in the
race, withdrawal of Windy City re
sulting hi New York's victory, lire of- -
fer of $205,000 proves to be deciding
factor In hsidrfbught battle.
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/ Confessions Ease Souls
She?How kind of you to bring me
those Bowers. Sdch lovely onee, and
to .think there is some <jew on them
yet
. He?why?ep?yes. jBut ^'m going
to pay- the florist to-morrow. -vO* ^
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? ? Jolsiah William "itofley, candidate
for the democratic nomination
governor of North Carolina in the
Jane primaries, intends to show ' the
voters that taxes in this state may^^
which Nortli Carolina, is laboring, de
velop "practical plans for agricultu
ral''relief," and show that -the polic
es! organization in the state knetffe
as "the machine" not only is fighting
to deffat -him, but also "to perpe$-j
afc^Jthcm^elves in a political dynfc
cording to his platform and
an accompanying statement he re
ports will be mad le.the outstanding
dM&St'?W.iRMKu's campaign, he
The candidate will undertake to
canvass the state between now add
the primary, his statement said.
With view to taxation as an issue,
Mr., Bailey said hp intended to show
"the unjust measure of taxes impos
ed upon land, especially farms and
small homes," adding that he thought
that by a' just tax policy taxes could
be reduced without slowing up North
Carolina's forward movement.
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137th Annual Session | I
GraSd Lodge Adjourns
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Raleigh, Jan. 17.?The lS7th jin
formally "adjourned here this% morn
ing following the installation of ?#i
eers elected and appointed last jjjght,
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Wm 'tRili?Jbe r
iw&to, mm>&
?^Ont ^f.therprincipal m&um of the
Grand Lodge wfce SO inewase .the as
sessment for Grand Lodge purposiee
PP8k?^'dhlli?r each of $e
nearly 40,000 Masons of the state to
vW %^ffcnowed the im
port of Past Grand Master A. B. Ajn
?dreyvs, ^]eigh,TcJut(rman of the jffe
In lelueh he sta^
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Greatest Aitthip Afloat Flfhts
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Lakeliurct, N. JfT,
Shenandoah; largest airship in the
world, poked -her nose into her han
gOt aVthe naval station -i:*t {J|:24
e'clock this morning after complet
ing the most remarkable flight A ship
dfv^C type ?rers made. Theflight
was a fight against the itaoststub
borii element of nature?a Wind, thdt
blew at 72 miiea' p?n hour *t. times.
This gale twisted the craft from- her
power mooring:last night and swept
her on a mad chase up the-Atlantic
coast where Captain Anton Heine*,
in command, turned her noee into the
teeth ot the?? stocm and manouvced
her .back to her hangar. ? ;r
Not a man in her jcrew of twenty
two wasinjured:- Not a man ? w?s
downhearted -Bach declared [it wgs
the finest trip, he-eyer made and each
was load in his praise of the navy's
Pride.; They took, i%[ a? a .jdtf atpi
rWojL the envy off their fello^-;mates
.iffce had watched drift away; in
tlie darkness.
Local B&sket-Ball News
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" Fa'rrriviHe, by excellent passing'and
?ability to' find tf*e- basket ^for goals,
defeated Whiter* ille High School last
Friday aftOrnooi, 30-16. ! .ii **1
0 Ay den Sunday School class was de
feated On'thcr local court Friday, the
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' The Fariimlle Lions Wanted raort
-fo?athd '^eek.: they; irent :.-to
XsWkeirtifl^ - Saturday nighj cdftwrlt
not? seem .to ^aat 'the
game for thpy had several" easy
"chances to score and "come away with
t&tPbig drld bfthe honors. s?rtc *?$
"eenville. won, *JH|
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.-Vltev. C. A. Lawrenee,o? the Pres
byterian church, has recently resign
ed his charge here to accept a call to
become.pastor of Overbrook cKurch
in Richmond, Va. His many friends
here outside the church a^welfws Kin
owtf members will regret his depart
ure. .j
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Jhe reckless driver is never
nt.his funeral.
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