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jj- --- "ANOTHER PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA HAVING MORE CIRCPLATIOX THAN POPULATION OF CITY IN WHICH PUBLISHED" ^ BOOSTER PARTY! MS EAST ERN Cmm -?J & Automobiles Decorated Wftlrj Streamers and Carry- Ad vertising Matter Tour 1 Eastern Carolina Exposition ? (From Greenville Reflector) The Eastern ; Carolina Exposition Booster party, composed of about thirty automombiles from Greenville, ] Farmville, Bethel and Ayden were off Thursday morning for all points in Eastern Carolina. Nine of the cars { were "well decorated with streamers ?? **. -t ^ . '? . . and carried a full supply of placards, posters, caps, and other advertising matter which were distributed in the various towns visited. Altogether thare were eight routes covered, some cars going over into the counties of Bertie, Hertford, Gates and North \ampton' . Others to Halifax-, Nash and Franklin, and some down to Cra ven, Onslow, Jones and Duplin. The Exposition was well adverosea m those counties, as "well as the points nearby, as other..cars covered the nearby points. Every member of the "boosting" party seemed to have the boosting spirit and it is a certain fact that a large number of people .will visit the Exposition a sa result of this booster trip. Members of the Booster committee expressed keen apprecia tion for the co-operation in making the trip success, which will result in good advertising for Pitt county. In conversation with officials of the Exposition it was stated that approxi t mately twenty-five thousand people wwotiid visit to Exposition, and among this number would be people who had ] never visited the county before. habit of boosting your . | oKa | TiniiVn ' I A Lady Dired from Fadcry of I -' be m Charge. Town Now " Hanging Eledric Stoves and j I ,| Electric Supplies it Cost. II l.?|s|f~v- >^^NSW3f' ?/' 'fl A feature heretofore out of the ordi-1 nary is scheduled to take place in this city Thursday and Friday of next % week, April 1st and and, at which time 1 I' an Electric Cooking Demonstration will be conducted by the Water and here for the perpos* direct from the Wertenhonse Electric Company's fac- j factory. This demonstration is being! feei(kW^4fie*iBbis" respect ^s' tl^e fact that ' Hj 1 .1 ? | *p3t6c^ dtorifig dBBioiistrotioii Wll] visitors.. * ? ~ ? ssT/*! <] FIDDLERS CON Contests Were Enthusiastic and Netted the School a Handsome sum Psychologically, one .would conclude that the large crowd of people who gathered within the portals of the Walstonburg school's auditorium were well pleased with the musical pro gram as presented bythe contsetants who produced music with a variety of musical instruments. It appears that earnest workers who were responsible j for the Fiddlers' Convention being ! held, were at one time very skeptic as to whether there wobld be< many fiddlers to entertain the ones who would come to hear them"; or upon the other hand,, would there be a large audience to welcome them; however, one would say that their skepticism | was answered in an affirmative man ner, * for the auditorium was almost filled to its capacity. j The people who worked faithfully for this joyful entertainment were no other ones than Mrs. I. F. Smith, Mrs. [Ida Burch, Miss Ruby Burch and a few others whose names the writer was unable to obtain. No doubt that they are being congratulated by al most every one whomever they may meet ' ? 1 The participants who won prises are as follows: Lotis Wells, all round ! musician; Luther Jackson, mandolin; A. J. Jackson, guitar; Zeb Wade, vio lin; Mrs. I. F. Smith, piano solo; Jack son-Band, Bennie Ellis, mouth harps; and Lee Moore, clog dance. FARM HOME OWNERSHIP. j City dwellers are strong advocates > ? ' ?. . ? It,. al ? rr> - ownership, so it is not necessary to pursue the subject in tbi?s$ columns. , But it is of equal importance that tbi . farmers should own the far?Bs~"whioh ?they till. Clargqce Poe, the editor, A strongly urges farm home ownership, land a recent article in the Progressive ? B Farmer treats the subject so forcibly ^ land sensibly that we reproducp it as ^ I ''I^I^ve that our: eounty'agents s ?and everybody else ought to. carry on c la campaign for home ownership in the I South because it is the basis of any ? worthy rural civilization. Next to 1 ? war, pestilence and famine, as Dr. 1 I Thomas N. Carver has said, the worst ? thing that can happen to a rurqal <' ? community is absentee landlordism. I ? A really strong and happy rural com- I I munity must be one where the land is i fanned by men who own end love it I I and who think of farming it not only I ? through, their own lifetimes, but of I I handing it down to their sons and their I sons' sons, growing in fertility .and I I beauty by the labors of each year and I each generation; and hallowed by all I I the sentiments of family affection and I pride. The time has now come when I I we must get past the roving, pioneer but also that 'It is our family borne, alio will, be of greater satisfaction to t him as age comes, on or his work j I ' | ^ hi jkAu ? 11^ u ii ? f Hrw- 1J L' ^rT- , _. I 1A Ka II, lit ? ? T ^glSr Father j I and Son p : President Calvin || Coolidge and || his father ? If Col. John Co?Udgej|| "'?? "C".;. ' --- ??*'?$ ?? ?"*' Falklank, Arthur, Fountain rnd Fsrmville Have Trials a* : Farmvltte ? ?':. . ; . ; ^'1^,'; The schools of Falkland, FQyfttain{ Arthur and F*?nyille particqjat^ in ie subject of Matter' schools. The terary- events and yinners were as jllows: Poem recitation, first gride, 'on by garol Qglesby, of Farihville; ramatiration, won by second grade hildritt of parmvlllo;. story rep*bd#e- ~ ion, Mfldred Horton, 6txth %gr*d?, 'armviile; arithmetic,, by lone Meeks, ixth grade, of Fountain; oral conipo ition, by B. F. Crawford, of Arthtrfj horus work, Fannyflte high school. In the athletic contests which took >lace in the afternoon, the events aid winners were as follows: Large fizfo 26 yard dash, Saddit hWford; >0 yard dash, Emily Tyer? 200 yard ,elay race, Priscilla Baker, Sadie pnl "ord, Braxton and Tyer; small girls, >otato race, Martha Lewis; sack race, Martha Lewis; 20C yard relays V Bundy, V. Harris, Forbes and Martha Lewis; large boys, standing broad iump, Jrvin Moigan; running; broad, Nick Ottej higjb juwp, Roy King;-160 yard dash, Thoipas Lewis; 880; relay, Jones, M01"fir?b Otto, Lewis; Small boys, standing broad, W. Barrett; running broad, Johnsln^ 50 yard dash, j Johnson; 100 yard d?&, Johnson; 400 yard relay, Gibb*, Dlkon, Barrett and Johnson., ?H of Fan^villa school, Diiuwa* was spread* by those who brought baskets, an^jfupplemented by a large number of thifFarmvllle ladies of -the Parent-Teadnsjr Association, Okolehao, which lajtlawplj inn moon- J shine. Is similar to a combination <r. The Farmers and Merchants I :;Tbe Farmers and Merchants Bairn of Walsfonburg sponsored an essay contest wHMnthe Walstonburg School mjght.be eneoun^re^fJvim though a prize of ten dollars and five dollirs were offeVed for the best essay upon a picture of the White House, which was beautifully situated in a' spring environment,- there were not as many to contest for the prizes ps the bani hail expaected, The first prize was awarded to Miss Eloise Bryant, while the second, tc ? ? v*. Held Ir's Monthly Meeting on . Thursday. On Account Of Rain Few Present * '->? ?%>.?>?.?. r" ? .* 1 -' ? - n . .? ' The Fountain Parent-Teachers' As sociation held its monthly meeting on last Thursday. Due to the fact that it rained all day, only a few parents were present. Those of the eighth grade >eeraed to be the bravest, as., there was a larger number i present from the eighth thaxi of any other, making the picture go to that- room for the second time. Those who attended the meeting seemed to be well paid, at least they appeared to be, by seeinga play, "Mh Good'English Comes to Town," given by the seventh and eighth gradds. Mr. You' Was, Mr. Double-Vegatine, and Mr. Slang were all popular e ncgh until Mr. Good English came, then they were turned aside for the new-comer, who seemed to be more attractive. The play ended with a very beautiful wedding.of Mr. Good English and Miss Florence Fountain. The girls sang "Bring Back Good English to Me" between the scenes and a duet, "I Love ?04 Tryiy", pre ceded the wedding. " ?? ? it '-in mmKjwm ^ . '.a.-', ? ? __ __ Jack Doog'as, CartoorM in& Comic Artist, Sketches Many Frrmvilles's Btriceas Meen g i The Enterprise has been fortunate' in securing the services of The I?oug Wjir ?m>>ue restores ?juu.- l ern newspapers have ever attempted . to run, and certainly one of the most \ attractive that^ we have ever attempt- , ed. . , t'2r- *??? / ' T'r '? > * *; 1 J/iefc Douglass, cartoonist and comic j artist, formerly with the Kansas City j Star and the Danville Register and Bee, and who has done considerable .w-ork for a great number of southern papers, has been engaged to sketch the cartoons of a number of Parm vrlle's businessmen. His work has met with approval all over the country and he comes to u,h well recommended. The merchants .of the town will be pleasanUy surprised at the plan_which ' we hive devolved and should xlerive a great deal of publicity and profit from its support. ' -J i ? . : . ? > Several from Farmville joined. the s Exposition Booster party Thursday in an advertising campaign for the East : ern Carolina Exposition which is to be held In Greenville beginning on April i 6th. Practically every town within a i radious of a hundred miles was visited by those making the tour. 1 " ' I ?WW?mi , Oldest Fiddler I ; ? 3S BHSBH /.^fiddling" contest was "held a> j rfteme, New York and Wiliian. Smiths, "Listen to the MocJcjrj Bird," won him the county chai;v pionship. "Billy" who hr; *)eeri wielding the rosined bow for 7c thinks he's the oldest fiddler in V.e country. Is he? . ?? Income of 13 to 15 Millions This Year Predicted By J. Edward Cox * ' ? v Richmond, March 24.?The^State of North Carolina will get between $13, 000,000 and $15,000,000 during the coming year from itfe A-cent gasolinu tax and its automobile licenses, ac cording to J. Ehvood Cox, member of the North Carolina State Highway Commission, wfte was a visitor in this city recently. The Income from the gasoline tax and the auto licenses will enable tW. State to pay th interest on its )ojit stapding road bonds, retire $5005000 to the sinking fund and still have ap BgpxllBfttely $4,000,000 to spend the, maintenance of ite higfrjBamdqd "W^have a'Yteacly. spent some $100t KW,000 and ctn retire every bond >utstanding in the next twenty year? ; while construction goes ahead rapidly, in the meantime. We believe that we j\ have adopted the only practical ami tl sure way to build roads. The n%xt h Legislature will pass a |2&,OQO,000 to e $39,0CO,OOO bond issue that will enable ti Off to complete a system of <3,000 miles e of improved highways; the man that f uses the highway paying for the work ji as it is proper that he should.4' ? North Carolina will also get from fc Federal aid. sources this year ?1,708,- j 000 in addition to the funds from its }, gas and license tax, said Mr, CJbx. The only way to build a highway is j .o complete it from end to end when t it has once been started, in the opinion ( of Mr. Cox, and this is the system t followed in North Carolina. The prac- j tice of adding a mile to,this road j .project and a mile to this road project has failed to bring aatlsfac- , lory results. > I ^CITIZENS" I The spring of the year Js here and our town is now being crowded with- < (Agents, Salesmen, Solicitors and the House - to - House Canvassers, and , I ' ifiuit to say to you people, that hardly a day passes, but what someone call^?i me over the ifhonc or. sees me in per-'| son and asks about different people, that sold tham goods, taken orders and gotten money from them and re-f ceived no benefit what-so-ever. Now J good ci&sene, l.can only warn you and tf^tftmy dijty to'do ?o. notbe too careful-who you iei^in your to, or eimn give orders to^A.: - I ; F0!K? BOTfc BPTB?8 c^sars are all 0. K. and arerepre-j senting rejputablie concerns,, but. so ? "J^ny aze not There is no law where I II can atop-them-,* hat I. want to jask I Nwu people to help me and J- will help | you, this way. When you see a . '??? Discusses-Cjunty-Widc Vicci nation of Doss Again# the Rab'e>; Splendid Work Accomplished Pa# JO- 4, r- \ ? W ?? ? J . .?? ' +*.-.*???? - The regular quarterly meeting of the Pitt County Board of Health was held in the Health-offices on Wednes day', March 17th, at two p. m. The Health officer made his yearly report, showing work accomplished during the year, after which same Was discussed freely by the members 'of the board. | The Board of Health is very much interested in stamping out diphtheria and plans to use the methods we hive to prevent same and advise the people of the dangers of same in every way possible. 'I1 U n /\f flirt li Art wl nfo ft Art 11 i'ic aitcnwuu vx uic mwu nao v?*?? ed to the fact that some of the places along the public highways and in the towns and country places, fresh meats have been exposed by hanging on the outside of the buildings where flies, dust and other filth had free access to same. After some discussion, an ordi nance was passed, requiring the meat handlers to keep the fresh meats un der a screen at all times. This ordi nance to \ake effect on May 1st, 1926. The matter of protecting the county from rabid dogs was taken up and and this was also freely discussed and i the need pointed out for an ordinance requiring -county-wide vaccination. Jhfc board'contemplates passing such i an ordinance at an early date, as ft seems avery simple'matter to stamp out rabies, 1 There being no further business the meeting adjourned to meet at the rtgy jular time. , IMr uurrrei ~nr\fawwmj vu>u?.w stoner Passes Out Suddenly *. i -,l ? ? <? . , y - ?Tarboro, March 19.?Hon. WfUiam l. Hart, Highway Commissioner. to,' ha .first ;djstrict, and one o fthe leod lg, citizens of Eastern Carolina, died arly this morning at his home In bis city. When he arose he complain d of a pain in his chest and asked or wafer which Mrs. Hart brought iim as he sank to the floor. Dr. Jt M. hiker was immediately summoned, mt before-bV arrived-Mr. Hart had (aase V. ?wfiy. His death was due to leart failure. ; Two. days ago a friend approached Ar, Hart and asked hkn if intended o become a candidate for Lieutenant }overnor, .and his reply was; "It is oo long off, as the. primary will not )e held until June, and I. may be dead >efore then." Bvv.74 ;>."?>?,^ vi * - - .- Hi \r . SERIES OF SEgMONS AT THE METHODIST CHUBCH The pastor of the Methodist church will continue Hie evening series of ; iermons-on "Sowing aad Reaping" and and the subject will be "The Innocent Reap What the GWftjrJSowi? W the Climax of the first three sermons: op .this subject On account of next Sunday being Palrp Sunday, the morning discourse will be from John 12:12-19, instead of John. l:19-3? These will be^pecia! and. appropriate music. A Gospel of Jbe given to all who wish to hear this series of sermona oo-Johnls Gospel. JBring it with yon each Svm day and keep up with the readings and you will get more opt of- It and enjoy it more. ? ^ ;? ? K , A Pillar or A Sleeper, ? I DoTfou Seek to Giro or 8tliw t? .|Jfl|L j? %C. ,' -?? "1. ? i Co Too Work for God or Shoptj fc; -5': Worrj reopte.* . . Fm i&spl f i Blessing c | OR; BARKER'S PRINTEl^|^^^ 1 I ? . The stresses'to | I J ers. by Dr. Bawnv print^j in pa?ph! 1 i _ J IUACJ) tottA I I -.SI I
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