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VOLUME 47.
GREK.NVILLE, XOKTII ( AUOL!\A, FKIDAY, DKCKMKKH 17,
NL'.MBKR KIGHT
THIS POiER WIS
iTIMEir FITE
Alleged Two Negroes Stole
a Pig From Mr.
Bullock.
HAVE BEEN CAUGHT
Said Silas Knight Took The
Pig To The Home of
Jim Nelson For Safe
Keeping.
Silas Knight and Jim Nelson were
yesterday released from tbe custody
of Constable Whichard, after they had
given bond, charged with stealing a
pig. It was alleged that Knight stole
the pig and took it to the home of
Nelson where it was retained for what
was to be presumed, fattening pur
poses.
The pig was stolen from the homo
of Mr. W. W. Bullock several nights
ago and how he learned that Knight
was the one that stole it could net be
learned. However, Monday papers
were given Constable Whichar.l who
set out at once in search of Kn L-ht
and the pig.
When Knight had been taken, it was
found that the pig was being held at
the home of Nelson several miles dis
tant.' To that place the constable
Journeyed In search of Mr. Pig and
there he found him.
Nelson, in the meantime, learning
that the game was spoiled and that he
and his accomplice had lost a good
lot of pork, Journeyed to Greenville
and told how it all happened, it is
said.
The pig will be held by the officers
of the law until final ownership is
established and it has been ^ttled
whether or not Knight stole the pis
and left It with Nelson.
Constable Whichard states that the
pig was a fine speciman and that he
does not blame a man for hating to
lose such a fine porker especially when
everything in the meat line is selling
at such a high figure.
The negroes had no trouble. It is
said, in giving bond to guarantee their
appearance when the trial is held.
MISS SUE KELLY SPEAKS
AT WINTERVILLE SCHOOL
(By E. L. ROBERTS)
(Special Staff Correspondent)
WINTERVILLE, DEC. 15.—Miss Sue
Kelly of Vance county, who is travel
ing throughout the state in behalf ot
the Woman’s Missionary Society move-
i^ent, made an interesting talk to the
students of Wintervllle high school
at the chapel exercises yesterday
morning. At 2:30 o’clock In the af
ternoon she lectured to the members
of the Woman’s Missionary Society at
the Baptist church. Miss Kelly has
been at work in the Central and Tar
associations for several months, and
about three weeks ago began work in
tbe Neuse-Atlantlc association. She is
a good speaker, and a large crowd
heard her here.
Close Successful Term
The fall term examinations of Win-
terville high school will begin Monday
morning and continue through Wed
nesday, at which tlma the fall tnim
closes. This closes one of the most
successful terms in the history of the
school. The spring term will begin
Tuesday, January 4, and prospects are
(ood for the spring term
BEEN MIDE UP
OF
Moonlight School Is Getting
Advanced In Its
Work.
NOVEMBER WAS ONE
Pitt County Is Not Be
hind In The Race For
Good In This Fine
Work.
November is past, and November
in many counties was observed as
Moonlight School Month. In some in
stances “Moonliglit School Month” ex
tended to six weeks in others it is still
to be observed or better still a second
Moonlight School Month in the spring
is to follow the one in the fall.
During the past summer at Oie var-
ous Summer Schools and Teachers
Institutes about 5,000 teachers volun
teered ito teach in the Moonlight
schools of the state for three nights
a week for four consecutive weeks.
This was to be known as Moonlight
School Month. The Nortli Carolina
Press Association promised to give
publicity to the movement^ The Jun
ior Order of American Mechanics, The
Farmers’ Union and the Federation of
Women’s clubs all agreed to lend their
support to the promotion of opening
the schools for a month to adults who
had been denied an early chance. No
vember was the month set aside by the
State Board of Education for this pur
pose and if November was not con
venient the time best suited to the
community.
A bulletin Adult Illiteracy and its
Elimination was issued by the Departs
ment of Education explaining the plan
for Moonlight School Month and giv
ing an account of the need for its
work. This bulletin was followed by
a manual to be used during moonlight
school month containing twelve les
sons in reading, writing and arithme
tic This manual furnished the teach
er and some who were not regular
teachers have volunteered for the
work, the twelve lessons to be taught
ttnd furnished the pupil his text book.
In some cases the county papers also
ran the twelve lessons, three each
week.so that the student a» he learned
to read would have supplementary
material at hand in an account of
affairs about him.
The State Department of Education
suggested in its bulletin that each
county superintendent of schools, the
farm demonstration agents, the secre
tary or president of the Farmers’
Union, the mayor of the county seat,
and representatives from the Junior
Order and Women’s clubs. The ob
ject of this committee was to formu->
late and work out plans or appoint
other committees when nece.'isary. In
some counties where successful moon-
BOi ISSilE Fllfl
Election Yesterday Result
ed In 25 Majority “For
Bonds.”
IS FIFTH TOWNSHIP
Older Resident Say This
County Is Coming To
Be An Example For
The Others.
Chlcod township is the fifth town
ship in this county to vote bonds for
good roads. An election was held in
that township yesterday when “for
bonds” was carried by a majority of
25. The bonds will amount to $50,000
and will all be utilized in improving
tbe roads in Chicod township.
It is said that the move had received
considerable opposition prior to the
time of holding the election, but on
yesterday morning, the good road en
thusiasts who have been working
faithful in the interest of the issuance
of bonds, rallied around the polls and
carried it through without a single
hitch.
Chicod's roads, its is said, are in
need of much improvement and the
people of that township are reported
to be unusually jublliant over the car
rying of the issue yesterday. Plans
will be made at once to sell the bonds
and it is hoped to get the work of im
proving and building roads well un
derway just as soon as the weather
conditions in the spring will permit.
Being the fifth township to vote for
bonds for road building, Chicod is
breaking the Ice for the other town
ships, It is said, for they will be
mighty glad to get in line in the hope
of having their road facilities im
proved.
Prior to the election the enthusiasts
for good roads in Chicod township
traveled over all the constructed roads
in the other townships which have
voted bonds and expressed themselves
as well pleased with the outcome and
had voiced the hope that Chicod would
be able to carry the issue.
It is said In reliable quarters, that
other townships are going to begin an
agitation for the issuance of bonds
for the purpose of building better
roads and to improve those that they
now have.
Old residents of this county view
this step forward in a pleasing light
and cite the fact that what they have
longed dreamed of is now becoming a
reality.
One thing that attests the fact that
the roads in this county are already
becoming popular with the neighbor
ing counties is that Beaufort has al
ready sent a party of good roads
boosters through this section and that
FORiRD STEP IflVEKRiSiD
nay UAC L^inniiicujiDDVi^j
BEEN WELGOMED
Plan For One School To Dis
place Four Is Pro
gressive.
ENDORSED BY BOARD
If Election Is Carried The
Children AVill Be Given
More Individual At-
ttention, Said.
at each time that anything is said in
light schools have been held the town ^^^d roads. Pitt coun-
and county plans have been worked example,
out together, the town superintendent
working with the county superintend
ent. In other counties the town has
had another, each working for moon
light schools. Whatever the plans
were moonlight schools have been
taught successfully and are still being
taught. A nearby town is planning to
begin the year 1916 with a moonlight
school month. ^ Every town and every development of powerful and
community should have a committee fgjjj^j,ie motors has enabled French
working on this problem for many who jq their most darlag fiy-
can barely read and write would be monoplanes with a wing
glad of the additional instruction to of not more than 25 feet,
derived from a night school. ^
A Mississippi woman is the Inven
tor of a trunk for moving heavy bar
rels that also will turn them over and
hold them in position for their con
tents to be withdrawn.
Mr. S. B. Underwood, county super
intendent of schools, today gave out
an Interview on the proposed consoli
dation of schools in Beaver Dam town
ship, and the voting of a special tax
for the support of a strong central
school.
“The Board of Education,” he said
“welcomed this progressive step on
the part of the citizens of Beaver Dam
township. Their petition, signed by
the way, by a majority of the voters
of the township, was endorsed by the
board and the election ordered by tiie
board of county commissioners with
out any hesitancy. This Is perhaps;
the most important educational move
ment yet undertaken in Pitt county.
It is in line with the trend of the
times in educational matters, which
is to extend the benefits of the large
well graded schools to the rural dis
tricts.
“If this election carries, as it seems
that it will, one school will displace
the four schools now operated in this
township. This will give a district
with a census ot 212 children, and
will require probably about five or six
teachers. This will enable the school
to be graded and will make it possible
for the teachers to give the children
that individual attention that is so
necessary. It will also make possible,
work in agriculture, domestic science
and music.
There are at present in this town
ship one school employing one teach
er and three employing two teachers.
Consequently, the children attend
school In which one teacher has from
three to seven grades and from fifteen
to thirty-five classes per day. The in
dividual child, at best, gets very lit
tle ot the teacher’s time.
“Under the new plan this would
be changed. There would be pupils
enough and teachers enough to grade
the school properly and to give the
children as good advantages as could
be found anywhere. The high school
department can be organized as soon
as there is a demand for It, and the
children be given a thorough and com
plete course of training without hav
ing to leave home to get it.
\o child will be required to walk
an unreasonable distance. The board
will arrange for transportation of
those w'ho live more than about two
miles from the school.
“It looks to roe like an unusual
opportunity for the people of Beaver
Dam township. I believe they will
wish to take advantage of It. They
will certainly have then one of the
beat rural sch^ls to be found any
where.
"Of course, there will be some op
position. Some perfectly honest peo
ple will fighC the consolidation be
cause they do not wish to give up their
neighborhood schools, and because of
the small tax they will have to pay.
We have no flght on these people.
They are perfectly sincere, and have.
THIS GIIRISTMIIS
Checks For The Pensionoi's
Arrived Here This
Morning.
‘COME AND GET THEM'
Total Amount Paid To Pen
sioners Is $4,016. Clerk
of Court Now Has
Them.
Pitt county war veterans and wid
ows of veterans will be made happy
if they will call at the ofQce ot the
Clerk of the Court, for they will find
a check there waiting for them.
Tiie cliecks for the war pensioners
were received this morning, and the
total amount that will be paid out in
Pitt county this year is $4,016 which
will be iiivi.^ed up among fifty-seven
widows of war veterans and sixty-
eight veterans themselves. The clerk
is a.sking that all those who receive
pensions call at the ofTice at the ear
liest opportunity and get it.
There arc 57 widows in the county
who are in the fourth class on the pen
sion list. One soldier in the third
class, and sixty-sovon wiio are in the
fourth class. These receive amounts
according to their class.
It is a usual occurrence tiiat the
checks for tlie war veterans arrive
just before Cliristmas, and they are al
ways highly appreciated.
It is a little astonishing to some, it is
snppo.^ed, to learn that the State is
annually paying back into this coun
ty over four tiiousand dollars for the
purpose of helping those who fought
in the Civil War and their widows, but
it is nevertheless true.
CHE^ GREECE
Will Not Permit Further
Concessions To The
Allies, Said.
IjOXDOX, dec. 15.—Germany ap
parently has no Intention of permit
ting Greece to grant'further conces
sions to the allies without a vehement
protest. Reuter’s correspondent at
Athens says Gorman diplomats already
have taken steps which are likely to
add considerably to Greece’s difflcul-
ties, if pressed.
It Is announced unofficially at Ath-
en’s the correspondent continues taat
Germany has asked Greece “whether
the new facilities afforded the allies
compromise Greek neutrality In any
way.”
No official communication has been
issued thus far at Athens regarding
the exchange of views between Ger
man and Greek diplomats, but Greek
officials admit the situation Is becom
ing more delicate.
JOB, SPECIAL SAYS
Washington Rumor To That
Effect Reaches This
State.
RUMOR NOT BELIEVED
Col. Grimes And Treasui’er
Lacy Said To Have Held
Jobs Long Enough—
Be Re-Elected.
A special from Washington to the
Greensboro News Monday states that
there is a likelihood of there being
a determined effort made on the part
of the Democrats to oust Col. J. Bryan
Grimes, Secretary of State, and Treas
urer B. R. Lacy from their jobs on the
grounds that it is not good policy for
the Democratic administration to let
one man hold an office for such a long
length of time.
Col. Grimes has been Sc. ret iry of
State for about sixteen yi’.'rs while
Treasury Lacy has occ-picJ his job
for practically the same length of
time. Both, it is said, have performed
their duties In office to the entire satis
faction of the whole State, and their
adherents in Eastern Carolina are
prone to regard the rumor from Wash
ington as unfounded.
“Certainly,” said an adherent of Col.
Grimes liere today, “there is absolu
tely no excuse that either the Colonel
or Treasurer I^acy be ousted from
their jobs on the giounds that are set
forth in the correspondence from
Washington.”
Col. Grimes is a nativo of this coun
ty and has many friends in Orpenviiie
tt’hile he has a stUl grjyter number
scattered over I'itt c<)uiity, and, in
tact, the entire .=>tu;e.
It Is not generally believed that
there could be enough united effort
brought to bear against his re-elec
tion to prevent it, even tliough his
enemies were to strive ever so hard.
“There is no use to make the Sec
retary’s job and experiment station
by putting an Inexperienced In it so
long as CJolonel Grimes is performing
the functions ot the office so well,” is
said.
TO MAKE RETREAT
The Entente Powers Are
Relieved—Bulgars Break
French Lines.
of course, a right to their opinion.
No one has any quarrel with them.
We shall leave the whole question
with tbe people ot the township, and
it will be decided without any bitter
ness. They can have this school if
they want it. If they don’t want It no
one can force It on them.”
LONDON, DEC. 15.—In a despatch
filed at Saloniki Monday Reuter’s cor
respondent says the Bulgarians have
occupied the positions formerly held
by the Serbians along the Greco-Serb-
ian frontier. At last reports all was
quiet there.
While the Entente powers are gen
erally understood to feel much reliev
ed over the Improvement In Greece’s
attitude toward their operations In the
Balkans, as concretely expressed by
t the withdrawal of Grecian troops from
the region of Salonlkl, the central
powers are reported as being deter
mined to prevent Greece making any
further concessions to the Ententa
allies.