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By H. K. Witherspoon,
Publicity Engineer N. C.
State Highwao Com.
June 3rd to 10th, inclusive, are the
datpe set for the Road Building and
Maintenance Demonstration which is
to bf h?]d in North Carolina under
the.aaspkes of the Aneriw Roal
Builders' Association in connection
with the North Carolina State High
way Commission at which tinae be
tween 40 and 50 delegates from South
and Central American Countries will
be in North- Carolina as a part of
their trip throughout the United
States in order to familiarize them
selves mm Urn methods of-hnancing,
constructing and maintaining high
, ways as carried on in this country.
All of these visitors axe men of high
rank in highway work in their re
spective countries. They are to as
semble in Washington on June 1st,
and on June 4th, will arrive in Ral
eigh, North Carolina, where they-will
be shown how work at tne headquar
ters of the State Highway Cdnhnis
sion is carried on. While there they
will also be shown the garage of the
State Highway Commission- one of
the largest of its kind in the United
State, where all of the motor equip
^ meat used by the State in its high
way work is kept in flrsv-claas condi
tion.
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From tnere tne parry wiu ue es
corted to Greensboro, where the Cen
tral Demonstration, which will begin
on June 3rd, will be in full swiug.
This demonstration is to be staged at
the Fair grounds near tint City, which
affords ample room for the demon
stration of all kinds of road building
and maintenance equipment. Hereto
fore it has been customary to exhibit
machinery of this kind in a building
with the machinery dressed up in its
best dothes, bat at the exhibit above
mentioned, it will be seen in actual
operation^ "P
| rious kinds of roadbuildhxg equip
ment have expressed their intention
of exhibiting their products at this
central demonstration and visitors
may rest assured that they will see
the most modern machinery and
equipment, not painted up and sur
rounded by a brass chain, but in ae*
tual operation, performing the duty
for which it was designed. of
these exhibits will be in charge of an
experienced operator, who will answer
all questions regarding the work. Vi
While the central demonstration is
in progress the South American en
? gineers and other official delegates l
will be carried out on actual con
struction work that is in progress in . J
sad around Greensboro: These trips
wfll include practically every type of
'road construction ,apd the projects
visited will be equipped with modern
and up to date machinery in first
class condition whereby the visiters
will have an opportunity to see con
ijHpKtion under the mpst favorable
conditions. Tractors w|l be seen per
'% forniiag^ their ^aaeiaiw functions, j
~ ; 1 ?m ????>?? wtir imUiwttml- ?t?im I
shovels digging up the earth, road
M&gradc ^
the various m*ii?i^? neees
^ aary for an asphaitic eoncretepave
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latoa wivj rugnvray worn.
? Tha tane wffl be ijBe^up^tik^
the presentation and discussion at pa
' tat rtMottpap.? of bM
stration to fully explain each detail
and feature of the work. Thus with
in aWeiedL of a few days those at
tending ?? demonstration wflt, be
able to see all types 0/ construction
and teamteaanee under conditions]
rthat wenld apt ordinarily be possible.}
For this season it is urged that every-}
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w**vwui aim 1
tjijc r-QQfj (iwROTi^trstion in * JinM-1
the large auditorium which seats
22,000 people. On Saturday morning
it is possible that the visitors will be
shown through one of the large to
bacco factories for which Winston
Salem'is famous. The remainder of
the day. will be given, over to the in
spection of bituminous road construc
tion as well as the building of earth
roads and in' the late afternoon the
delegation toil] arrive in High Point
where further entertainment is
planned. This day also marks the
completion of the central demonstra
tion. Sunday morning the party will
leave High Point early in the morn
ing and inspect the' roads en route tor
the large reinforced concrete bridge
that is being constructed over the j
Yadkin river near Salisbury. Follow-1
ing a visit to this bridge the party
will proceed to Charlotte, arriving
there late in the afternoon. On Mon- j
day morning the party will leave
Charlotte and will inspect road con
struction and maintenance between j
there'and Asheville," arriving at the I
latter point in the afternoon and on i
Tuesday the visitors with their es-.J
corts will inspect mountain construe- j
tidn between Asheville and Sylva^. re
turning to- Asheville in the afternoon j
and disbanding,. the Pan-American j
Highway Commission taking the train
for the west Thus will end one ef
the most unusual, if not the most un
usual road shows in the history of
road building.'
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fcivery one connecioa wiui mo iwu
show is making every effort to see
that ail visitors receive a genuine
southern welcome and the smallest
detail will be taken care of that this
may be brought about. Representa
tives of the North Carolina State
Highway Commission will be on hand,
at all times to provide for the con
venience of the visitors. Adequate
housing accommodations are -avail
able in the three cities making up
the triangle, Greensboro, High Point
and Winston-Salem. Application has
can be prepared
routed. '
Little Mary was out in the yard the
other day when .the old Tnbby came
around the corner^of the house carry
ing a kitten by.-the nap of thepeek.
"You arn't fit tp-be a mother," she'
cried, rushing to the rescue. 'Too
arn't hardly fit to be a father?'
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Bullet-Proof Sea
Monster Caught
At Miami Fla.
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First Sunffch tier United in
The Atlantic, Say Experts
Put Up Ftght.
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I April. 9^r-A raonstor sun
fish, the first ever caught; In the At
Ian tic ocean, according to fishing au
thorities here, h*s been landed here J
bj a party of Chicago fishermen, i
with the aid of-a derrick. It ?weighs !
2000 pounds and is more than eight
William P. Forschner of Chicago,
and H. A. Domph, and F. J. Beclriey,
16fTC!eveiand, Wire trolling for sail
fish in the golf stream when they
righted the fish swimming , larily
along near the surface. He refused
to sound when the harpoons hurled
at him failed, .to penetrate, because
of the scales whieh turned the wea
pons and finally one of them was
sunk in the eye fif the fish and held.
I The fish put apf4 battle tl^ last
ed for hours towing "the boat tar
to sea. At times it soionded to- a
depth of 1? feet before it finally
became wakened from loss of blood
and the fishermen were able to haul
it alongside tbeir cruiser. Even then
from -high powered rifles were "fired
It is believed here ti nt the monitor
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waters. His heavy armpr and great
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iw cusioraary naunts w /
the surface of the water.
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Services Week
Before faster
Commencing Monday April Wh
by the Pastors of We Dif
ferent Churches Here
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An Open Letter to the Citizens of
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Fanriville:
The clergy of this community in co
operation with the Federal Churches
of Christ in America plan to carry
out the suggested program for. the
week proceeding Easter Sunday.
Therefore, we appeal to all people
to' make an effort'to be present at
the services as announced in the re
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spective churches during the week
commencing Monday next We desire
to impress on all citizens the need
ibr mankind to realize the nature of
the sufferings and trials which our
Blessed. Lord passed through in or
der. that man shall haVe a way of
life aa long as there shall be men oh
this- earth.
Will you lay aside for one hour
of every day the things of business
and meet with us for meditation on
the Passion and Suffering of Jesus
during rfoly Week?
We would also call your attention'
to the Sunrise Service at 6:00 o'clock
on Easter Sunday morning. This
service wilt be held in the Christian
church and will be conducted by the
laymen of the community.
J. W. HEYES,
On Behalf of tfje Qlergr of Farm
ville.
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FARMVILLE POST 151
AMERICAN LEGION
CALLS SPECIAL MEETING
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Farmville Past No. 151, of the
American Legion, held their regular,
monthly meeting in the .Rotary Club
rooms at the High School building on
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the 15th. All members of the Panh-'
"eiHe Post are invited to attend!
A special meeting and supper has
been arranged by the American Le
gion, Farmville Post': No. 151, for
Friday night, the 18th, in the Rotary
Club rooms at the Farmville High
School building. All ex-service men
are urged to attend. v .
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SECURES VALUABLE
RADIO FRANCpiSE
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Mr. Whitaker, ef^the Hub Hardware
Co., announces that they have secured
the agency for the "Jewell Master
Model Radio Receiver." This is a
home product, being manufactured at
?Henderson, N. C. 3B&* :|.' ' ) '<
Its simplicity of control, ease of
operation and clearness-of tone places
it in a class b$r itself and: fully justi
fies the name of "Master Jdodel."- It
is so simple in operation that even a
small child can operate it as easily
al> a (tomograph. Mv '&V ? ?? . ? ;;;,J 01
The "Jewell" has been heard by a .
pedple in town,
and without exception, is conceeded
by aU to be the best Radio they have
'heard. > m ' : yY,
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derwood in his contest for the demo-'
cratlc presidential nomination in New
York, in a statement issued here to
day- ?. wmmrny?:EWiI
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"Senator Underwood will not be en
tered in the primary in this state un
less he is forced to enter by .the fil
ing of the )$Jhe of-McAdoo," Mr.
Murphy assefitd. "I concede noth
ing of my interest and support for
Mr. Underwood but under the cir
cumstances I do not see how the state
can do otherwise than instruct for
Mr. Daniels.
"If m the convention Mr. Daniels
should develop the strength to become
a formidable contender for the nom
ination North Carolina should stand
by him."
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Favorable Rep?f_
on Revenue Bill
nN?fe Committee Favor 25
[ M1923 Texts
p^raahingtoQ*^viri) 8.?The. new
revenue bQI was ordered favorably
reported today by the senate finance
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The bill, as reporteo, provides a
retroactive, refaction of 25 per cent
on 192S incometexes which we
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under a warhing that there would be
a treasury deficit under the provision
as proposed kid the committee has
forced to restore some taxes Stricken
out in the house consideration of the
measure.
A straight party vote of nine to
seven . is *dpiwjwfc>. Democratic oppo-.,
sition was based on the Mellon in
come tax schedule of the bill.
The committee wall be called to
morrow or Thuneday on the soldiers'
bonus bill. It is predicted that it will
take not mem than three days to get
a report on this bill. ^
The chairman does mot expect "to
call tho tax bill up for consideration
by the senate before the middle of ]
next week. jl
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Old jUdy Visltop-^-^Wd yott'hkve
a good time in the country?learn to
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| Llt^e Tdm-r ^esAtn- flrtt you
catch the cow?take her in the garage
?give her some breakfast food wad
then drain her crank case^ tii (
Meet in Tarbdro
Convention will Open on Tues
day Afternoon April 15, lo
best Three Days.
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Sunday school workers of all evan
gelical denominations in 27 counties
of Eastern North Carolina will gath
ler in Tarboro on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday,*. il 15, 16 and
17, for the Eastern Regional Sunday
School Convention of the North. Car
olina Sunday School Association.
! The convention will open on Tuesday
! afternoon,> April 15,. and will continue
through Thursday- night, April 17.
Reports from TarborO indicate that
the-people there are very enthusias
tic over the prospects for the conven
tion. Arrangements Tiave been made
to entertain all delegates on the Haiv
vard plan, lodging and breakfast be
ing furnished free. Those in charge '
of the arrangements for the copven
tion are exprecting a good attendance
from the different counties included
in the region.. The territory cover
ed by the region includes the follow,
ing counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Cam
den, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Cur
rituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates,
Halifax. Hertford. Hvde.
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Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, NortBk
ampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Perqimans,
Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wilson.
However, the attendance at the con
vention will net be confined to these
27 counties, as workers from any oth
er' county convenient to the conven- ;
tion are urged to attend.
On the program of the convention
will be four prominent Sunday school
experts. Mrs. W. L. Blakenship, At
lanta, Ga., associate superintendent of '
the Tabernacle Baptist Sunday school, ]
wijl Jpiye. charge of the special con- <
fcrence and addresses for workers
with children. Mr. Fi^nk D. Getty,
Philadelphia, Pa., associate Director J
instruction to those who work .With K
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Education will have eharge . of the 1
conferences for superintendents and
other executive officers, as well as
for those who are especially inter
est edirfDaily Vocation Bible School 1
work. '
A special fe^ureof the program
will be. a "Song Festival of the j
Twelve'. MdnHis," which wfll pre*
sented by the Sunday school children
ofyTkrboiiv n^der the ; direction of
Mis. H. p Whitlark. This is expect
ed to be a most helpful and inspiring
feature of idle cdnvention. ,.r )
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METHODIST MISSIONARY
^tplSOCiKm M^ETB .
The.ladies of the Methodist Mis
sionary Society held their regular
meeting in the ,chei?h JMonday aft
ernoon.
'The leader for the day was Mi*. B.
O. Turnage, who read the scripture 1
lesson from 2d Cor* 8:1-12 and 1st '?
Cor. 16:2, having as ) her suhject: 1
"Stewardship and Proportionate Giv
A message from a conference pr*> '
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ident was presented in a-mo& inter
esting way, by. Mrs. J. W. Lovelace
followed by Mrs. Jl. B. Slaughter, who
gave a splendid talk fall: idnQtiiUk
asm on "New Neighbors f romLands
Afar." An instructive - afctidb
"Where. Our Church fcu?t ,Work4.
New Americans," was read tit
I. Morgan. This concluded the pro
gram for this meeting.. . . j
Visits, -which numbered 98, to the
sick and strangers were reported in
the business session which followed
Mrs. J. fcoyd Horton, superintendent
of the Bright Jewels, reported 1$
dollars made at a mock carnival, five
dollars of which, had; been donated to
the building fund . .Mrs. Horton alsp
told of an Easter party which she is
planning for this division. t \
Mrs. J. W. -Fiwker as tream^
gave her quarterly report, stating
that $136,36 had. beqji .sent, by; thja\qirf
ganization to the conference treasur
er. -The assistant treasurer, Mrs. Bl:
O. Turnage, reported $13.40 spent for
plumbing and a balaage - of.. $51.93.
Mrs. T. E. Joyner, superintendent of
Young People, reported $26.0Gelearted
at Methodist Menjs Club suiter re
cently served by- them. '{Jpcnjmotior
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me society agieeu iu peirnu ?ua ubuu;
to serve the club once a month. Mrs.
Joyner also reported $85.00 spent on
Orphans' Box. -Mr*. A. IL Joyner,
superintendent of supplies,, stated
that $35 had been used in.au^>lje&.for
arphans anch $75 subscribed to super
annuate fund. Mrs. R. A. Fields, su
perintendent qf - social service, told of
)lans being- made by her committee" to
tell 'book, "Save America." .
Mrs. J. W. Parker tbei\ read a let
ter from Mrs Daniels concerning the
:ontinued aupport of a Near East or
)han, but there was no action taken,
rhe president, Mrs. T. W. Lfihg, read
t communication recently ropfcived in
egaxd to the annual conference of
'?jftodeha'r S ?*???!>
.'llkil will convene in Goldsboro ill
ivill be A -Idtsr
j a., r a __ _ ? mm ? t
[k&u oy inrs. "oxico* irom me jdioiq t.i
Vesdames Via Bryan, ^lyrtle By- r
hum. and Walter Jones, f
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H. L Smith m ^
signs as Seer* ,
|i tary Co. Cham$&
His Stt?dm<Urir !?Tbrie
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Mr. H. L. Smith whd for the past
three years has served moat effl
uently as secretary of the Pitt. Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, has re*
signed, his resignation to beeetne af
fective May 1.
Mr. Smith caraeto Greenville from
Dublin, Ga., in which state he had :
throughout the county atftf the wor?(
>f the Ideal chamber tttfted smooth
ly and jfatiptosed rapidly under his
leadership. ,'?> '
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wstl.of friends who will learn # hit
resignation with keen regret. His
. i.tUilyijA t:5>ii..!r__'f
' Wright Jefferson "Fountain
Was; fote"fiiifty >f two
charges* asaarft en wife and baby
yesterday's sefcaton of Pitt ~v-county
road*, on each charge.
According} to the evidence Jeffer
son on last Thursday want to Foun- .
lain and while there became intoxi
cated. When he reached home he
fo&sd ht* wife, and a neighbor tack
inge quilt He went in and imme
diately* began to. raise a regular
rough house by tearing up the 4)uttta
Wd scattering the cotton. A baby
aged liSaitoul was next , attacked.
TO&f'il ism the cradle he edtete
istered such Wows that the influitr'
facb"showed aigte of the beating grte
terday. A little A-jear old child was
given a severe beating .which was. fal
lowed by an attack on Mrs. Jeffer
son.
Later in the afternoon Jecer^sn
went to Yountain for another load of
fertilizer at which tuaha,relative of
Mrs. Jefferson haringr learned of the
attack on the family, found ban and
gave hira a severe thrashing. I ...
Judge - Cooler viae vary* much
up < over Jefferson'e brutal
ity andi would have no doubt given
Hfm an immediate aenitnee on the
roads H Mrs. Jefferson had not
pleaded' for ? him, Jlitfetg that when,
wttr, 4?is'wai- fred .i? hit. and pro
vided for her aadrthb children. Oth
'kr Tritiitnfti iilbitotflitii JnuC' t#tti
add' theabavesdatenee tiwaa.
prenouOML>rTh4 dtfshdant .shall t*.
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l^^>: 3bS $" Tk.
r|& K^oilii ptople wint into
tij^ wh^W <|ii4 JSiot/ of count^ expeadi
|^e 'to on<k>*er th?
how
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^,PUMa in, !?? nsc wtwcs pnn^
^fffSrnrr ^nv^jtai **&!#* h*
?1 wDfif mil m&n^ lyunv cauia d#
listed with the- Value of *1* cattle,
horse#riutbm?&ne8f ' jewelry; in fict,
to fed gwen the mS
the
toy ?Sr
Wor^Wornew psikw! hitf 4e fa- ,
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loyal daughters r;>?
thJ foUowiriC'&idfttorsror
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