Area Folk Want Bridge to Connect Collington to Mainland, May 1, 1925

Quaint Island to be Connected with Beach. . . People of Collington Need Only 400 Feet of Bridge to Get on the Map

Strangely enough in this day of good roads, there is a community of 250 people in eastern North Carolina cut off from the world for lack of 400 feet of bridge, that would enable the people to get out to the beach, to other settlements, up the coast to Norfolk, and the outside world. This is the community of Collington, located on two Dare County islands that are some six to eight square miles in area.

The citizens of Collington are making an effort to secure the bridge, which will cost about $900. It is the duty of the county to build the bridge across Collington Creek, but the citizens are soliciting funds among themselves, and form outsiders to apply on the work.

It is only 2 ½ miles from Collington to Kitty Hawk, by way of the proposed bridge. Collington would then be enabled to send its advanced pupils to the High School at Kitty Hawk; its fishermen would have easier access to the ocean; it would provide a market at Nags Head for any surplus truck, poultry, eggs, etc.; enable Coast Guard men residing on Collington to drive to and from their stations; and provide easy access to Elizabeth City, in the event of ferry service between Kitty Hawk and Powells Point.

J.D. Nelson, leading citizen of Collington, is heading the Committee to secure funds for the bridge. Mr. Nelson believes he will be able to raise the money at home, but if unsuccessful, will ask the County Commissioners to do something in this direction. Mr. Nelson is also considering the advisability of beginning a ferry service for automobiles between Powell’s Point and Kitty Hawk, which would enable Elizabeth City people to drive direct to Nags Head in a few hours.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, May 1, 1925

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Hugh Beal Active in Elizabeth City, May 1, 1925

Likes the Looks of This Town

HUGH P. BEAL

Mr. Beal, who assumes his duties as Active Vice-President of Carolina Banking & Trust Company of this city today, believes Elizabeth City is a good town for a young man to cast his lot in. Mr. Beal has travelled around quite a bit as a Federal Reserve Bank Examiner in the Fifth District, and found many first-hand opportunities to size up towns thru their financial headquarters. Mr. Beal has had wide banking experience, beginning with the Peninsula Bank & Trust Company of Williamsburg, Va., later going with the big Schmelz National Bank of Newport News, and for the last four years has been an examiner of Federal Reserve Banks. He is a Mason, a Shriner, is single, and only 29 years old.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, May 1, 1925

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Capt. Baum Now Stationed at Norfolk, May 1, 1925

In Uncle Sam’s Dry Navy

C.C. BAUM

He was christened Christopher Columbus and he was the first and only man in the Seventh Coast Guard District to discover an appointment in Uncle Sam’s Dry Navy. Young Baum won out over a number of applicants in a competitive examination last fall, and is now officer in charge of Patrol Boat C.G. 185 with headquarters in Norfolk. Captain Baum is a native of Kitty Hawk, where he enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1917, serving four years in the local station, and later served in a number of stations all over the coast, applying himself to his books at night to supplement his limited education and rose rapidly in the service. Capt. Baum is well-known in Elizabeth City, having been attached to headquarters here for several months last year.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, May 1, 1925

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Noah Burfoot, 71, Died of Congestive Heart Failure, May 1, 1925

Noah Burfoot Called Away. . . Man Long Active in County Affairs and Business, a Victim of Heart Failure

The sudden death of Noah Burfoot Sr., aged 71, who was claimed by a heart attack at 10:30 Tuesday night, was a distinct shock to the community, county and section, and created deep regret among all who knew him.

For 12 years he had been a member of the Pasquotank County Commissioners, and as chairman of the Commission was known for his consideration, his kindliness, and his cautious and conservative judgment.

In his heart was always the wish to be straightforward in all his dealings, and it has been often said of him that he guarded the resources of his county as jealously as if they had been his own. His hobby was the relieve of the burdens of the taxpayers, and he countenanced no expenditure that in his best judgement was not for public economy.

Yet he was always alert to the pleas of those who were needy, and turned no deaf ear to those who came before his board in misfortune, or those who asked for funds for the public welfare or the promotion of public measures for the progress of his town and section.

The best evidence of the high esteem in which he was held and the greatest tribunes to his courteous and kindly spirit are the expressions of regret that come from the men on the street, who saw him daily, and who knew him well.

Even on the day of his death, he made his rounds thru the County offices, as eh was wont to do daily, to keep posted on county affairs, and to look after the work with which he had been entrusted by his neighbors and countymen. Every office in the courthouse was closed during the hour of his funeral at 4 o’clock Thursday, and every county officer attended, to see his remains to go their long sleep in Hollywood, where he was laid to rest with Odd Fellow’s honors.

Mr. Burfoot moved to this city from Camden County 30 years ago, giving up his active farming to become agent for the Norfolk Southern railroad, which position he gave up to enter in business with the late J.B. Flora. He afterward became a pioneer in the manufacture of hosiery in this city, and at the time of his death was President and Manager of the Pasquotank Hosiery Company.

His surviving relatives are his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Rennie Aydlett, sister of E.F., A.L. and J.H. Aydlett of this city; two children, Mrs. Ada Burfoot Lester and Noah Burfoot Jr., of this city; a brother, J.M. Burfoot of Norfolk, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie Shuford of New York city.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, May 1, 1925

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J.C. James Sr., 76, Has Died, May 1, 1925

Prominent Salem Farmer Stricken. . . J.C. James Sr. of Salem Township Survived by 12 Children, 39 Grandchildren

J.C. James Sr., aged 76, one of the most prosperous and best known farmers in this county, died Wednesday night at 10:45 at his home six miles below Weeksville, following a stroke of paralysis on Monday morning.

Mr. James was characterized by his neighbors as a good citizen and neighbor, a generous man, and an exemplary father and husband. His death will be noted with regret by all who know him.

Mr. James had been married twice. He was the father of 16 children, 12 of whom survive him. They are C.H. LeRoy and Miss Vera James, and Mrs. B.S. Whiterast of Norfolk; and J.C. Jr., Hodges, Sidney, H.M., Calvin B. and Milton James, and Mrs. T.C. Fletcher and Mrs. J.C. Jennings of this county. There are 39 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral and burial will take place Friday at 10 o’clock and interment will be in the family burying ground.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, May 1, 1925

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Sarah T. Crawford, 79, Died April 29, 1925

Mrs. Sarah T. Crawford

Mrs. Sarah T. Crawford, aged 79. Died here Wednesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.W. Woodley, 2 Wineke Apartments, following an illness of several months.

She was widow of the late John Erskine Crawford of Orange County, New York, and a native of that state. She had two living children, Mrs. W.W. Woodley of this city and Mrs. William Towe of Garretsburg, N.C. Fourteen grandchildren survive her.

The funeral will be conducted at 10 o’clock Friday morning from the home of her daughter by Rev. Daniel Lane of City Road Church, assisted by Rev. C.B. Culbreth, M.E. Presiding Elder. Interment will be in Hollywood. She was a faithful member of City Road Church and a kind and thoughtful woman with a wide circle of friends.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, May 1, 1925

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Dewey Winstead, 24, Commits Suicide, April 27, 1925

Dead by His Own Hand

The town was shocked Monday morning when it learned of the death of Mr. Dewey Winstead. Sometime during the night Sunday he took his own life. It seemed that he carefully planned the deed, wrapping the pistol and covering himself, head and all, under the cover to deaden the noise, drew the trigger which ushered his soul into eternity. He was the only son of Sheriff T.W. Winstead, 24 years of age. The body was laid to rest in the town cemetery yesterday evening under a bower of beautiful flowers.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Barrel Factory Begins Operation, April 30, 1925

Barrel Factory Operating Now. . . Carteret Lumber Company’s Tract May be an Industrial Center

A deal was closed last week between the Carteret Lumber Company and the Major-Loomis Company of Hertford, N.C., whereby the latter acquired the saw mill equipment of the former company. This trade does not include the buildings nor the boilers. The Major-Loomis Company sustained a fire about 10 days ago and are now rebuilding their plant. A force of men went to work Saturday taking down the machinery which the company has bought and getting it ready to ship to Hertford. Mr. R.M. Fowler of Hertford is here superintending the work and expects to finish it in two or three weeks.

While the Carteret Lumber Company is not doing any sawing now, it is still in the lumber business and is operating a planing mill. Besides the lumber business, the company is manufacturing potato barrels and expects to develop a very considerable business in this line. The manufacture of fish boxes may also be taken up at some time in the future. The company owns five large dry kilns which could be easily converted into manufacturing plants. It is possible that one of them may be used for a canning factory and another one for a sweet potato storage house. It is hoped to find some use for the other buildings, and it may be that in the next 12 months a considerable manufacturing center may be in operation in this vicinity.

The company owns a large tract of land and fine waterfront, and the property is well suited for a manufacturing district. It may be that a good-sized industrial town will develop there in the next few years.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Police Capture Another Moonshine Outfit, April 30, 1925

Liquor Outfit Captures

On Monday afternoon Sheriff T.C. Wade and deputy sheriff Emmett Chaplain captured a moonshine whiskey outfit in the woods between Core creek and Harlowe creek. The still was about a 40-gallon capacity affair. Some 10 or 12 barrels of mash were destroyed and the still was brought to town. At a distance of perhaps half a mile from the still several kegs were found, in one of which there were three or four gallons of liquor. Nothing is known as to who the owner of the still may be.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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News Briefs from Across North Carolina, May 1, 1925

State News. . . Items of Interest from Various Parts of North Carolina

According to the books, ex-sheriff Massey of Johnston county is badly in arrears with the county. The reports are that the deficit may reach $100,000 or more. An audit of his books is being made.

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Bert Robinson of Lenoir county had a narrow escape from death last Saturday while cleaning out a well. He sank in quicksand and was unable to get out. A rope was put under his shoulders, but his rescuers could not pull him out. It was necessary to do a lot of digging before he could be saved.

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While backing his car out of the garage, A.P. Ritchie of Gastonia ran over and killed his 8-year-old son Monday. The boy got on the running board and when he fell off was run over by the front wheel. He lived but a few minutes.

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Fourteen negro prisoners came very near escaping from jail in Charlotte last Sunday morning at about 4 o’clock. They had cut a hole through a brick wall and were about to escape when a falling brick made a noise and alarmed a police officer. None of the prisoners escaped.

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President R.W. Stone of the Farmers’ Union says that he favors the cooperative plan of marketing farm products. He urges all farmers to join in such associations and help to make cooperative marketing a big success.

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The Ku Klux Klan seems to have been an issue in the recent Fayetteville mayoral campaign. J.R. Harrison said that his opponent, J.R. Cook, was backed by that organization. Cook made no statement but was elected by a considerable majority.

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Last Friday was the hottest April day in Charlotte in 47 years. The mercury reached 96 degrees. On the same day it was 94 in Greensboro and was hot all over the central part of the State, in fact every where except on the coast and in the mountains. Wednesday there was a big drop in the temperature and fires were necessary.

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Twenty prisoners were taken from Charlotte Monday to the Federal penitentiary for selling narcotic drugs. Among the number was a dentist and a doctor. Most of the prisoners are dope fiends themselves. They were held in jail for several weeks and their health is said to be better now than when they went in.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Willie Stewart Paroled After His Father Dies in Electric Chair, April 30, 1925

Willie Stewart, son of C.W. Stewart who died in the electric chair here last week, has been given his liberty by Governor McLean. He was serving a 15 months sentence on the roads of New Hanover county for fighting and resisting arrest. The Governor freed the young man so that he might aid the stricken family and in the hope of aiding him in becoming a useful citizen.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Henry B. Varner, 55, Has Died, April 30, 1925

Henry B. Varner of Lexington, publisher and moving picture theatre owner, died Monday night after a short illness with pneumonia. Mr. Verner, who was 55 years old, had been prominent in newspaper circles for years. He was for a time State Commissioner of Labor and Printing and had held other public offices. He started out as a poor boy and accumulated a large estate.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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April Term in Person County Superior Court, 1925

Person County Superior Court

Court Proceedings, April Term, 1925

The following cases were disposed of by Judge Thomas H. Calvert, presiding over the April term of Person Superior Court last were:

H.S. Reaves, false pretense, nol. cont. discharged.

Roy Rogers, murder, nol pros.

W.G. Moorefield, Liquor, nol pros.

Percy Cook, assault with deadly weapons, nol pros with leave.

Loyd Boyd, Larceny, nol pros. with leave.

Sam King, Gambling, nol pros. with leave.

Charlie Smith, Manufacturing Liquor, Jury verdict guilty, 60 days in jail to be assigned to Durham County Roads.

Charlie Tapp, Liquor, $25 and cost.

Arthur Lawson, Liquor, $25 and cost.

Walter Allen, Liquor, $25 and cost.

Mandy Clayton, Liquor, not a true bill.

A.J. Mitchell, B.E. Mitchell, E.J. Robertson, Affray, fine and cost respectively $50 and one-third of the cost of $40.

Ezon Davis, Liquor, three months at County Farm.

Penn Tuck, Manufacturing liquor, $30 and cost.

S.P. Williams, Liquor, not a true bill.

J.A. Ward, Drunk While Driving Auto, $50 and cost. Gave bond of $200 for appearance at each term of criminal court to show he has not driven automobile only in presence of his father, under suspended sentence of 6 months in jail.

S.A. Long, Assault on Female, $10 and cost.

Monkey Simpson, Manufacturing Liquor, 6 months on road.

Cary Royster, Disturbing Worship, $25 and cost.

T.S. Stone, Carrying Concealed Weapons, $75 and cost. $25 remitted.

Geo. Wren, Liquor, $50 and cost.

Edgar Day, Liquor, $100 and cost. Gave bond for appearance to show no further violation of prohibition laws.

Jess Day, Carrying Concealed Weapons, 3 months on roads.

Luther Blalock, Drunk While Driving Auto, $50 and cost and bond for appearance to show he has not driven an auto.

John Lacy, Liquor, 3 months at work on County Home.

Paul Heath, Liquor, nol pros. with leave.

Haywood Henderson, Drunk While Driving Auto, $25 and cost.

Haywood Henderson, Assault, $50 and cost.

W.S. Nichols vs. W.B. Wilson to be heard at a later date before a referee, R.P. Burns appointed by court as referee.

C.R. Jones vs. Dr. J.I. Coleman, N.D. Harris and Geo. E. Hood, J.P. Hood, and S.D. McCullen, to recover certain lands, settled by agreement.

Caskie Dillard Co. vs. Commercial Printing Co. Plaintiff to recover sum of $381.08 for goods delivered to defendant.

Anderson Wilson Paper Co. vs. Commercial Printing Co. Plaintiff to recover sum of $66.22 for goods delivered to defendant.

Tobacco Growers Co-op Association vs. H.W. Winstead. Difference adjusted and action dismissed.

T.C. Brooks, Admr. E.C. Giles, deceased, vs. J.A. Long, etal non suited.

Lott Pool vs. Alice Pool, divorce granted for abandonment.

Louisa Stephens vs. Major Stephens, divorced granted for immoral conduct.

In re: Mrs. Ella Jane Evans, Petition for Receiver, Court appointed D.W. Bradsher receiver.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Still Found Just South of Roxboro, April 29, 1925

Almost in Town

The blockaders are getting bold, for on last Saturday evening Sheriff Brooks and his assistants captured a still just South of town, almost in the very edge of the town. A full and complete outfit was captured, the still being warm when found, but owner made good his escape.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Vending or Chewing Gum Machines Illegal in North Carolina, April 29, 1925

Notice to Merchants

Having Vending or Chewing Gum Machines

I am instructed by the Solicitor to notify all persons operating vending or chewing gum machines that the operation of such machines are forbidden by state law.

That after May 1st, 1925 all persons operating the same will be reported to the courts for prosecution.

This April 27th 1925

N.V. Brooks, Sheriff of Person County

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Capt. Herbert Parkin Makes Model Menhaden Boat, April 30, 1925

Makes Boat Model

A well-executed model of the big menhaden boat the Parkin was on exhibition Monday in the C.D. Jones grocery store. The model, about three feet in length, is correct in every detail and is a very pretty boat. It was made by Captain Herbert Parkin. The model was presented to Mr. W.B. Blades and is now in New Bern.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Post Office Staff Begin Vacations, April 30, 1925

Clerks Take Vacation

The post office clerks and carriers are beginning to take their vacations now, and Mr. L.A. Whitehurst is substituting for them. This week Mr. Eugene Carrow is off duty. Each one of the employees gets 15 days holiday during the year.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Surveying County Roads, April 30, 1925

Surveying County Roads

Acting under instructions form the board of county commissioners, engineers are making preliminary surveys of certain roads that it proposed to pave.

Mr. C.K. Howe, who has completed a survey of the road from Beaufort to the North River bridge. (?) This week they are working on a road running out of Newport and other surveys are to follow.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Crowd Enjoyed "Flapper Grandma," April 30, 1925

Crowds Enjoy Comedy

The production “Flapper Grandma”, Given under the auspices of the Parent-Teachers’ association Monday and Tuesday nights, proved quite a success. Two large audiences that saw it were highly entertained and the association got about $160 as its share of the proceeds. The money is to be used to equip the school library. The show is on the order of a musical comedy. There is quite a bit of fun in it and some catchy songs and dances.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Beaufort Real Estate Transfers, April 30, 1925

Real Estate Transfers

The following realty transactions have been recorded by Register of Deeds Jno. W. Hamilton since last week:

Cape Lookout Development Co., to L.K. Hall lot 7 block 91 Cape Lookout, consideration $90.

James F. Willis to Allen David, tract in Hunting Quarter Township, consideration $50.

J.M. Rose et al to Sabra D. Salter, tract Hunting Quarter Township, consideration $10.

Ruby Fulcher et al to Clyde Willis, tract Hunting Quarter Township, consideration Love and Affection.

Sarah C. Arendell to L.B. West, lot 15 block 5 Morehead City, consideration $1,500.

L.A. Hart et al to L.B. West, lot 11 Morehead City, consideration $1,000.

John G. Jones et al to C.R. Wheatly, tract Morehead City Township, consideration $100.

J.C. Long et al to D.G. Bell, lots 20, pt. lot 8, and lot 6 block 75, Morehead City, consideration $1,000.

W.J. Piner et al to L.R. Dudley et al, 11 acres White Oak Township, consideration $85.50.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925

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Person County School Notes, April 29, 1925

School Notes

The total school census of Person County of school-age, 6 to 21, is 6,350 with 5,000 enrolled in the rural schools. Of these 5,000 enrolled in the country schools there were about 3,500 in average attendance, 2,500 in the elementary grades and 1,000 in the high school department. There are something over 700 enrolled in the Roxboro schools. In the rural schools there are employed 85 white teachers, 43 negro teachers, and 3 Indian teachers, making a total of 151 teachers employed in the county, who receive an average of $85 a month salary.

There are seven local tax districts:

--Olive Hill, Bushy Fork, Hurdle Mills, and Bethel Hill have a tax rate of 30 cents on the $100 worth of taxable property;

--Leasburg-Person a rate of 25 cents;

--Allensville and Helena, a rate of 20 cents.

--Also, Roxboro pays a special rate of 28 cents.

That leaves just a small fraction of the county in scattered sections which have no local tax rate. If the commissioners would level a rate of 28 or 30 cents all over the county, no one would be hurt and the schools could function much more efficiently.

We have recently completed a handsome building at Hurdle Mills, and have in course of erection a splendid house in Cunningham district. With the new building which is being planned in Mt. Tirzah district the county will be well provided with good houses and schools.

It costs the county about $20 for every person of school age. This includes every cent spent for any phase of school work. This is a very little compared with the $50 and $60 spent by some counties for each child in the county.

The county has invested in school property over $200,000. This belongs to the county although the people have taxed themselves to build and pay for the splendid high schools for which our county is noted. These buildings and sites do not belong to the local tax district, but to the Person County.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Brushy Fork High School Seniors Present "Rose of the Southland," May 1, 1925

“Rose of the Southland”

“Rose of the Southland,” a play in three acts, will be presented by the senior class of Brushy Fork High School Friday evening, May 1, at 8 o’clock. Admission is 35 and 20 cents. The public is cordially invited to attend.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Wake Forest Glee Club and Orchestra Concert, April 29, 1925

Wake Forest Glee Club

The Wake Forest Glee Club and Orchestra gave a concert in the school auditorium last Friday night, and to say that it was a success expresses it mildly. They were greeted with a full house and the many encores was evidence of the pleasure of the audience.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Weekly Market Notes--Peaches and Milk, April 29, 1925

Weekly Market Notes

Raleigh, N.C., April 27—Indications are that there will be a crop of between 2,200 and 2,400 cars of peaches for shipment from North Carolina this season. In a number of orchards Elbertas and Hales are weak from being hurt by Bacteriosis last season and now have a light set of fruit. With early fruit and Georgia Belles, the crop set seems to be about normal.

“At any rate the outlook for peaches this year appears to be more promising that last year,” says George Ross, Chief of the State Division of Markets. “Georgia will probably ship between 8,000 and 10,000 cars; but, the crop in the mountain section of Georgia which competes with that from the North Carolina Sandhills appears to be light. South Carolina will ship from 200 to 250 cars and the other peach producing sections which ship about the same time as North Carolina will also have a light crop.”

Mr. Ross states that the North Carolina crop is again in strong hands with two widely known marketing agencies handling the selling.

The Division of Markets will this year attempt to start a market service for the owner of timber and to supply him with price quotations on all forest products, thus aiding in the effective selling of this important farm product. The forest crop has been called the State’s most neglected farm product, though according to the United States Census, it stood sixth in value of all crops.

Poultry and egg shipments continue popular and profitable. During the past week, nearly 50,000 pounds of poultry was sold in carlots at a saving to the farmers cooperative of about five cents per pound over local prices. During the week of April 27, cars will be shipped from Union, Anson, Richmond, Bladen, Robeson, Scotland, Sampson, Hoke and Cumberland counties.

Mr. Ross states that cooperative buying by farmers’ organizations is now growing in popularity as shown by recent purchases of fertilizer at a saving to those taking part.

From page 2 of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Personals in the Roxboro Courier, April 29, 1925

Personals

Miss Mary McCausland spent Saturday in Durham.

Mr. G.C. Cabiness of Bedford spent several days here last week.

Miss Lucile Pierce of Durham is visiting her sister, Mrs. E.C. Long.

Miss Collier and Mrs. Baxter Allen spent the day in Oxford Monday.

Mr. Sam P. Jones of Norlina, N.C. was a Roxboro visitor Monday.

Mrs. R.W. Crumpton is visiting her mother in Danville, who is seriously ill.

Miss Alice Collier of Oxford, N.C., is spending the week with Mrs. Baxter Allen.

Miss Rosetta McKinnon of Wake Forest spent a few days with Miss Mary Stephens.

Mr. R.L. Wilburn and daughter, Miss Winnie, spent the week end visiting Halifax, Va.

Rev. R.E. White is attending the State Sunday School Convention in Greensboro this week.

Miss Lucile Pass left Wednesday for Elizabeth City after spending some time here with relatives.

Mr. Carlisle Brooks, who is connected with the North Carolina road force, has been transferred to Sanford, N.C.

Miss Mattie Rogers Smith of Martinsville spent several days here last week with her sister, Mrs. E.V. Boatwright.

Miss Mell Cob of Danville has returned home after spending some time with her friend, Miss Juanita Crumpton.

Mrs. C.A. Armstrong and children of Salisbury are visiting Mrs. Armstrong’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Harris.

Mrs. Hugh Woods on her return home from a visit to Winston-Salem stopped off in Greensboro to hear the recital of her daughter, Miss Nellie Byrd.

Mesdames A.S. deVlaming, T.B. Woody and R.L. Wilburn and Mr. Maynard Clayton attended the senior play at Meredith College last Saturday evening.

Mr. frank Whitt, who has been located in Miami, Fla., for the past few months, is visiting his mother, Mrs. H.J. Whitt.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Morton Entertain at Card Games, April 29, 1925

Society

Mrs. E.M. Davis entertained a few friends Tuesday afternoon honoring Miss Lucile Pass of Asheville. Bridge was the game of the afternoon and many interesting progressions were enjoyed. A lovely dorine was given the honor guest while the highest score was won by Mrs. W.S. Clary Jr., an attractive compact was given. A delicious salad course with coffee, strawberries with whipped cream and cake was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. W.C. Bullock.

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The Friday Afternoon Pleasure Club had a most delightful meeting Friday afternoon with Mrs. H.S. Morton in the club room of the Kaplon building. The club room was filled with spring flowers arranged in a very artistic manner. Nine tables were placed for the club game of Boston rook. Delicious punch was served by Mesdames N. Lunsford and W.S. Clary Jr. At the close of the afternoon Mrs. Morton served an ice course. Dainty rose baskets filled with mints were given as favors.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925. A dorine is an old-fashioned word that means gift.

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Person County Reunion of Old Soldiers May 9, 1925

To the Old Soldiers of Person County

Our County Reunion will be held on Saturday, May 9th. We desire a full attendance as we have to elect a new Adjutant. We will meet at 10 o’clock and everybody is requested to be on time.

J.H. Burch, Commander

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Weldon Clayton Catches 35-Pound Carp in Loch Lilly, April 29, 1925

A 35-Pound Carp

Last Thursday Mr. Weldon Clayton landed the biggest carp we have heard out of Loch Lilly. It weighed 35 pounds and was caught with hook and line.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Peoples Shoe Shop Closed Until My Wife Is Better, April 29, 1925

Notice

On account of the serious illness of my wife, I can not be at my shop until she gets better. I will return your shoes just as soon as she recovers so that I can leave her bedside.

B.H. Lee, The Peoples Shoe Shop

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Summons in Namer and Sydie Keally Divorce Case, April 29, 1925

In the Superior Court

NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY.

Namer Keally

Vs.

Sydie Keally

Notice of Summons

The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Person County to obtain an absolute divorce on the grounds of separation; that said defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear before the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court of said County at his office in the Court house in Roxboro, North Carolina on Thursday, April 30, 1925, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action within 20 days from that day, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint.

This the 26th day of March, 1925

D.W. Bradsher, Clerk of Superior Court

From page 2 of the Roxboro Courier, April 29, 1925

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Ice Free with Every Alaska Refrigerator, April 29, 1925

Free With Every Alaska

With every Alaska Refrigerator you buy from us we will fill the ice chamber with ice FREE. The Alaska is, in our opinion, the very best refrigerator made and the low price we ask you for this wonderful refrigerator will surprise you. Come in and let us show you.

E.D. Cheek & Co.

From the front page of the Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, April 29, 1925

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Hubert Gainey, Burned in Affray, Slowly Recovering, April 28, 1925

Young Hubert Gainey Removed to Hospital

Authentic information has reached this office that Hubert Gainey, the 16-year-old son of Mr. Beaty Gainey, who was burned and otherwise badly handled in an affray about six weeks ago, is now slowly recovering from his injuries and it hoped that complete recovery will eventually take place. He has been removed from his father’s home to a hospital in Dunn where the process of skin engrafting will soon be started. Owing to the badly burned condition of the young man’s body, it will require several months to complete the operation.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Gold Watch Disappears from Wreck, Robert Creech Arrested for Theft, April 28, 1925

Joy Ride Comes to Untimely End. . . Four Oaks Car Is Hit, Another Goes Over Embankment and a Watch Is Stolen. . . An Eventful Ride

Friday morning Robert Creech, of this city, was placed in jail here charged with stealing a gold watch from an automobile wreck which occurred Thursday between here and Four Oaks.

It appears that a fellow Wixen of Fayetteville was en route to Rocky Mount and was in considerable hurry to reach his destination. He is said to have passed through Four Oaks at a rapid rate of speed, and as he was passing Adams Filling station this side of Four Oaks, he struck a car parked in front of the Filling station, damaging it to the extent of about $20 and slightly injuring some of the occupants of the car. Wixen who was alone in a Dodge touring car, sped on toward Smithfield. A telephone message to Chief Cable here warned him to be on the look out for the man whose car number had been taken. Chief Cable hurried to the edge of town in order to apprehend him but was prevented by further developments of the Dodge car. When Wixen reached the railroad crossing beyond Holt Lake instead of taking the curve at that point, he went over the embankment, and it was from this wreck that young Robert Creech, who is a cripple about 25 years of age, took the gold watch. He sold it later, which led to his arrest.

A passing car brought the injured man to the Smithfield Memorial hospital where he was given medical attention. Relatives arrived in the city later in the day and accompanied him to Fayetteville hospital. His injuries reknot considered serious. A drink or two was said to have had a part in the untimely joy ride.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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James Utley Saws Way Out of Jail, Already Recaptured, April 28, 1925

Prisoner Escapes from County Jail. . . James Utley Saws Steel Bar in Window and Gains Short-Lived Freedom. . . Privileges Taken Away

Sawing a steel bar and making good his escape from jail is the latest stunt of James Utley who was placed in jail here several weeks ago charged with breaking the safe of the Coats Hardware Co. Developments, however, after he was down on “terra firma,” combined to place him again behind bars, and certain privileges which heretofore have been allowed the prisoners will henceforth be withdrawn.

After Jailer Stephenson gave the prisoners breakfast about 8:30 o’clock, he turned them into a corridor for exercise and fresh air. Saws had been provided from some source yet unfathomed, and after the jailer had taken his departure, several of the prisoners proceeded to saw one of the steel bars over an outside window. After sawing it in two, the bar was bent far enough to one side to permit one to go through. Utley was the first to dry and made good his escape. Whether the others were too large to pass through the opening or whether the alarm given by Federal prisoners who ae treated as trustys and allowed to go about in the jail, it is not known. At any rate Utley was the only one to reach the open. After getting out he passed down the street and hailed an acquaintance form whom he asked a loan. This was denied him and he was remonstrated for breaking jail. In the meantime the alarm given by the Federal prisoners had been heard, and Jailer Stephenson on his way to the scene saw Utley, who without any resistance went back to jail.

Up to the time of this incident, friends of the prisoners have been allowed to visit them; they have been allowed to receive mail; and other privileges have been accorded them. From now on their literature will consist of the bible and religious papers, they will e confined in the cells, and no visitors will be allowed.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Fire Strikes Heart of Smithfield Business District, April 28, 1925

Fire Causes Slight Damage

A good-sized blaze in the heart of the business district of the city called out the fire company Saturday night just before midnight, but the fire was practically confined in the storage building at the rear of Rose’s new five- and ten-cent store. This store room had been rented by the new concern which opened up Saturday but noting had been placed in it. The burned house was owned by Mr. Chas. Davis. Good work on the part of the fire company prevented the new five- and ten-cent store from being destroyed. The back door caught fire and was charred, and smoke fogged the building. The interior of the building had been newly painted, and but for the use of electric fans, would have been ruined.

In the shop of Mr. V.V. Hunter was considerable damage, the loss probably been $400 or $500.

The origin of the fire is not known.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Lightning Strikes Redding Creech Home, April 17, 1925

House Struck by Lightning

The home of Mr. Reddin Creech of the Corbett-Hatcher section was struck by lightning Friday evening, April 17. A chimney was torn down and the roof slightly damaged. The storm did no further damage so far as we have been able to learn.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Officers Pour Out Whiskey and Beer, April 28, 1925

Officers Pour Out New-Made Liquor

Federal officers assisted by Chief C.R. Cable, of this city, found and poured out 14 gallons of whiskey and 150 gallons of beer in Boon Hill township near Atkinson pond Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clock. It is said that the liquor was hid in different places, some in hollow logs and some under brush. The still had been moved but the furnace was found and everything around the still indicated recent operations, the utensils being hot when the officers arrived.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Lincoln Auto, Intended to be Gift to Bride, Stolen on Wedding Day, April 28, 1925

Bridal Gift Stolen on Wedding Day

When is a gift not a gift, was demonstrated Saturday, the wedding day of Miss Alice Cheek of Henderson and Mr. W. Ransom Sanders of this city when the handsome new Lincoln automobile, the gift of the bridegroom to his bride, was stolen before the bride had time to accept it.

Joe Means, a colored man of this city who had been in the employ of the Sanders family for some time, had driven the car to Henderson, and it is thought that he made away with the car. Means is missing, and circumstances point that way. A message received here yesterday morning from the sheriff of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, stated that such a car had been found in Dinwiddie Court House, and the car was sent for at once. It was not reported whether Means had been apprehended or not.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Officers Capture Four Stills in Boon Hill Township, April 28, 1925

Four Stills Captured in Boon Hill Township

Four 40-gallon capacity copper stills were captured in Boon Hill township last week. County officers assisted by Federal officers captured three stills Friday and seized four gallons of whiskey and 590 gallons of beer. Two men, Richard Howell and his son, Walter Howell, were arrested but gave bond for their appearance in Recorder’s Court.

Another still was captured on the Princeton road near Community Church Saturday. It was found near the home of Mr. Dick Davis at Creech’s pond. One and a half gallons of whiskey and 200 gallons of beer were destroyed. No arrests were made at this still.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Rose's New 5, 10, 25-Cent Store Opens April 28, 1925

New Five and Ten Cent Store Opens

Rose’s new five, ten and twenty-five cent store opened here Saturday with splendid success, according to Mr. N.J. Binning, who has been here about a month lining things up for the new link in the Rose chain of stores. Specials were offered on the opening day, good brooms, zinc buckets and 14-quart dishpans for 25 cents being among the articles that when like “hot cakes.” A force of 25 clerks manned the store on Saturday, 16 local clerks and nine who came from Henderson especially for the occasion.

The opening was regarded as one of the best this chain of stores has experienced taking into consideration the population of the town. The stock is arranged in regular five and ten cent style and a throng of customers visited the store Saturday. Mr. Binning will be in charge of the store for the present.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Riverside Serenaders' Concert in Kenly, April 28, 1925

Serenaders to Give Concert in Kenly

The Riverside Serenades, local orchestra composed of William Lassiter, cornet; Tom Lassiter, baritone; Percy Pittman, saxophone; Roy Gordon, bass horn; Bill Joe Austin, drums, will give a concert next Friday night in the Kenly school auditorium under the auspices of the Kenly school. This orchestra has been giving a program in chapel at the high school here on Friday mornings for some time, and while amateurs, they give a snappy program.

The program to be given in Kenly Friday night will include the following numbers:

National Emblem (March)

Normal (March)

Silver Tone (Waltz)

Galop Elida (Galop)

Ambition (Overture)

Vocal Solo—“My Buddy”

Blue-Eyed Sally (Fox Trot)

Albion (March

Intermission

Gibraltar (Overture)

Mister Joe (One step)

Wonderful One (Waltz)

Mutual (March)

Activity (March)

America (Patriotic)

Over the Waves (Waltz).

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Tom Zachary, Star Pitcher American League, Was Alamance County Club Boy, April 28, 1925

Tom Zachery, star pitcher for the Washington Club of the American League was an Alamance County Club boy. He was a member of the first club organized in the County and he is coming back to the reunion of club boys and girls now being planned by the home and farm agent.

From page 8 of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925. The clubs run by home and farm agents were the forerunners of 4-H Clubs.

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Facts About Education, Shipping in the South, April 28, 1925

Some Facts About the South

The South is now spending largely more than $100 million on public school education in excess of what the United States thus expended in 1900.

The receipts of Southern universities, colleges and professional schools are now about equal to the receipts of such institutions in the entire country in 1910.

There are nearly as many students in these higher institutions of learning as the number in all similar institutions in the United States in 1900.

There were in 1922, the last available data, 9,247,835 pupils enrolled in the public elementary and secondary schools of the South, as compared with a total of 23,239,227 for the same year in the entire country. Thus the South has nearly 40 per cent as many students in its public schools as the entire country.

It is equally surprising to find that the total number of children in the South between 5 and 17 years of age as given in the report of 1922 is 11,266,775, against a total for the United States of 28,627,201, showing that the South has about 40 per cent of the children between the ages of 5 and 17 years in the United States, a percentage considerably larger than the percentage of children for the whole country.

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The total exports through Southern ports for the calendar year 1924 amounted to $1,627,937,000, or only $117 million less than the total exports from all the ports of the United States in 1910 and more than $510 million in excess of the entire exports from the United States in 1900.

--Manufacturers Record

From page 8 of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925

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Remains of Arthur Roland Still Not Located, April 27, 1925

Remains of Negro Drowned Saturday Cannot be Located. . . “Drowning Creek” Refuses to Give up Dead—Dynamite Used in Effort to Bring Up Body—Inability to Swim in Swift Current Given as Cause. . . Comrades Frightened and Fled Instead of Helping

Remains of Arthur Rowland, young negro boy who was accidentally drowned late Saturday afternoon in Lumber river about 1 mile south of Lumberton had not been recovered, according to latest information from the scene of the drowning.

Inability to swim in the swift current is attributed as the cause of the drowning. Several colored boys were in swimming at the time, and it is stated that when Rowland was seen to go down the other boys became frightened and instead of rescuing him left the scene. Rowland was about 17 years old.

Every possible means have been resorted to in an effort to locate the body, several sticks of dynamite being used yesterday afternoon. Large crowds of people have visited the scene.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Gregory Allen to Appear in Court, Accused of Stealing Dodge, April 27, 1925

St. Paul Man Charged with Theft of Auto. . . Gregory Allen Released from Custody under $2,500 Bond—Habeas Corpus Proceeding before Judge Sinclair—Being Tried Before Recorder Canady This Afternoon—Arrested by Sheriff McMillan Saturday Afternoon. . . Washington Authorities Say He Stole a Dodge Sedan

Gregory Allen, young white man of St. Paul, is to appear before Recorder J.D. Canady in St. Paul this afternoon to answer to charges of stealing a Dodge sedan in Washington on the 9th.

Allen was released from jail here yesterday afternoon as the result of habeas corpus proceeding before Judge N.A. Sinclair in Fayetteville yesterday. Sheriff B.F. McMillan arrested Allen Saturday afternoon in St. Paul and brought him to jail here, after he had received a telegram from Washington authorities to arrest him and hold him for their officers. Bond in the sum of $2,500 was required for his appearance.

Allen claims that he bought the car and can show title to same. It was rumored here that Allen had attached to the car a tank from which he had been dispensing liquor, but the officers could find no such tank, and no charges of that nature have been brought.

Allen is said to have been arrested in Washington some time ago on the charge of stealing an automobile. He is a son of Mr. Joe Allen, a well-to-do farmer who lives near St. Paul.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Arthur Montague Accused of Crime Against 12-Year-Old, April 27, 1925

Negro Commits Horrible Crime on Child

Morganton, April 24—A horrible crime was perpetrated on a little 12-year-old deaf girls at the school for the deaf here this morning by Arthur Montague, a negro employe of the school, who was found about 6 o’clock asleep in the bed which had been occupied by the child. The negro was immediately place in the county jail but excitement became so tense the officials thought it wise, out of an abundance of precaution, to remove him to another county for safe keeping. Sheriff Michaux hurried him off to Catawba county but later information is that Solicitor Huffman ordered him taken to Raleigh.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Floral College High School Exercises May 1-6, 1925

Floral College Finals May 1 to May 6

Commencement exercises of Floral College high school will begin Friday evening at 8 o’clock with a musical recital and play program by the intermediate grades; Sunday, May 3 at 11 a.m. Rev. W.L. Foley will deliver an educational sermon in Centre Presbyterian church; Monday, 8 p.m. playlet program by primary grades; Tuesday, 8 p.m., play “Trial of Hearts” by high school; and picnic on school grounds Wednesday, May 6. Several prominent speakers have been invited to attend and make short speeches.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Harper's Ferry Exercises Closing Out School Year, April 27, 1925

Harper’s Ferry School Finals Held Friday. . . Indian School Under Principalship of Prof. J.R. Sampson Has Made Great Progress

Final exercises of Harper’s Ferry Indian school near Pembroke were held Friday, Prof. A.B. Riley of the Indian Normal being the principal speaker. Musical selections were rendered as a specialty by Mr. A.F. Cerbin, also of the Normal.

Harper’s Ferry school has made excellent progress during the past five yeas that Prof. J.R. Sampson has had charge of it, an additional room having been built during the past year. The building needs painting, and Prof. Sampson states that another teacher will e needed for next year’s work. He was assisted this year by Mrs. Anna Oxedine.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Police Kill Four More Dogs, April 27, 1925

More Rabid Dogs

Officers Vance McGill and Ed J. Glover killed four dogs this morning, one suffering with rabies, and the others bitten by the rabid one. The dogs were found in “the bottom.”

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Orrum High School Closing Exercises, April 27, 1925

Orrum High School Finals This Week. . . Dr. Durham Preached Sermon Yesterday—Exercises Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Nights and Address Friday

Orrum school finals continue this week with the following program.

Dr. C.H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton, preached the sermon yesterday at 3 p.m.

Tuesday night, April 28, operetta “The Silver Sandal” by grammar grades.

Thursday night, April 30, class day exercises.

Friday, May 1, 10:30 a.m., address by Rev. T. McM. Grant, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church of Lumberton.

Friday, May 1, 8 p.m., play, “Lighthouse Nan” by high school. Following is cast of characters and synopsis:

Hon. John Enlow, President of the Seacoast Banking Co.—Hubert Rabon

Ned Blake, his private secretary—Marion Taylor

Ichabod Buzzer, the old keeper of the Lighthouse--Stephen Stone

Sir Arthur Choke, a British aristocrat—Furney Britt

Injun Jim, a bad man—Hight Warwick

Nan, a little roustabout—Frances Hudley

Moll Buzzer, the gentle antelope—Myrtice Warwick

Hon. Sarah Chumley, Choke, Arthur’s sister,--Jessie Spivey

Hortense Enlow, a city belle—Hattie Mae Surles

Fishermen

Act I. The interior of a rough lighthouse on the Carolina Coast. Nan begins her education.

Act II. Same scene, 10 days later; Nan continues her education.

Act III. Library in John Enlow’s city home, two years later; Nan completes her education.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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M.D. Somerset Sues Employer After Five-Story Fall, April 27, 1925

Somerset Sues Building Concern for Big Damages. . . Asks $50,000 from Beaman Construction Co.—Fell from Fifth Floor of Planters Bank Building in December—Alleges Defendant Failed to Give Proper Signal at Right Time—Complaint Says Defendant Is Unable to Work. . . Alleges Insufficient Help for Hazardous Work

Damages in the sum of $50,000 are asked in a suit started in Superior court here by M.D. Somerset against the J.E. Beaman Construction Co., for alleged negligence which caused the plaintiff to suffer permanent injury when he fell from the fifth story of the new Planters Bank & Trust co. building. An answer has not been filed.

It is set out in the complaint that on the 11th day of last December the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant company, and that his duties required him to assist in hoisting and placing steel girders more than 50 feet above the ground; that while working on the fifth story of the building a signal was given the hoisting engineer to loosen the cable to which Somerset was holding; that the cable was loosened, and as a result the plaintiff fell to the basement of the building, crushing his skull, and badly mangling his body; that as a result of his injury he is no longer able to work in any capacity.

It is alleged that he still suffers “torturous” pain, both of mind and body. The defendant is also charged with failure in carrying out a promise to the defendant that more competent help would be secured to assist in the hazardous work.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Red Springs News in The Robesonian, April 27, 1925

Red Springs News. . . High School Finals Begin May 29—A Novel Recital—Letz Quartet Delights. . . Ball Team in State Race

Red Springs, Apr. 26—The commence programme has been announced here for the high school. It will begin May 29. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered on the last Sunday in May; Dr. W.S. Hill of Fayetteville will deliver the address at the graduation exercises June 3rd; on the evening of June 4th the senior class play, “Golden Days,” will be presented.

The 21 members composing the senior class are Misses Willie McDaniel, Lenell Odom, Mae Mercer, Dorthy Toon, Miriam Watson, Frances Newton, Mary McMillan, Flora McKinnon, Catherine Gibson, Ruby Powell, Berline Ratley; Messrs. Leroy Thaggard, Dan Klarpp, William Kay, Claude and Clyde Moody, John McKinnon, George Spell, Murphy Singleton, John T. McNeill Jr., and James McKay.

The primary grade exercises, which will begin the commencement week, will start May 29 or May 31st.. The definite date will be later announced by T.L. Duncan, the superintendent.

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Mrs. Williamson, nee Lois Faires, an F.M.C. alumna, was an interesting visitor to the college last week when she gave an address on Mexico Sunday night in the auditorium. Mrs. Williamson is a missionary to that field from the Southern Presbyterian church.

Visitors in town for the Lentz quartette which gave a concern this past Monday were: Mr. and Mrs. Wharton, Miss Katherine Wharton and Miss Jane Dickson Vardell, who came down through the country from Greensboro.

Miss Ruth Vardell is in Red Springs staying with her mother, Mrs. C.Y. Vardell, at the new McEachern home. Miss Vardell expects to be here until the last of May.

Mrs. Hammond left Red Springs last week for Atlanta, Ga. She was wired of a family reunion being held there, and will be gone for a while.

A most novel recital was given last Friday here in the graded school building in the afternoon and in the evening. Miss McRuer, who is “Whistling “ for Christian education in the Southern Presbyterian church, gave one of the most unique and fascinating recitals ever heard here. Miss Mruer whistles in her throat and to describe the bird-like melody that pours fourth would be impossible. When quite young, she lost her teeth and found then that she could still whistle—only in her throat. The recital was for the schools here. Mrs. Robeson and Miss Mandeville assisted her.

Red Springs has continued to win all baseball games and is now in the State race for the championship for a positive fact. The first game on schedule in the elimination series was with Chapel Hill last week. Chapel Hill forfeited, however, and Red Springs has advanced automatically forwards their goal. Never has such enthusiasm been displayed about sport as now for the victorious baseball team. The local players have a large and interested retinue of followers.

The well-known Letz quartette delighted the people of the surrounding community last Monday evening in Flora Macdonald college auditorium. From the opening strains of a beautiful Beethoven quartette, the musicians had the rapt attention of the audience. Beethoven was followed by a charming Suite of Debussy in four movements. The tone color, shading, delicacy of touch and perfect blending would be impossible to decide. However, the four players fully justified the name of being one of the best and foremost quartettes in America.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, April 27, 1925

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Jury Convicts Homer Furr and Willie Heglar of Highway Robbery, April 25, 1925

Furr and Heglar Convicted of Highway Robbery. . . They Took $490 from Lumber Dealer after Luring Him in Woods on Liquor Raid

An unusual verdict was returned Friday in Superior Court in session here this week when Homer Furr and Willie Heglar, two white boys of 20 years of age, were found guilty of highway robbery. No sentence has been passed yet by Judge T.J. Shaw.

The mere fact that the two boys were convicted is said by court officials to be unusual. A case of highway robbery is one of the hardest cases on the docket to convict since the only evidence which can be used is that of the person robbed.

The incident which was being tried occurred on the Saturday before Easter. O.L. Tucker, lumber dealer from the lower part of the county, was in Concord on that date and while here was given a check for $490 by the Cannon Lumber Co. After receiving the check, he went, according to his testimony in the trial, to a local café where he was approached by Furr and Heglar and asked about buying some liquor.

After partaking of a sample, he told the two boys that he would buy a pint as soon as he cashed his check and then went and secured his money, accompanied by Furr. He purchased the pint, he said, and then three of them left Concord and rode a short distance from the city to a place where they left the automobile and went into the woods to finish drinking the liquor.

While in this place of concealment, declared Tucker, he was attacked and was relieved of his money by Furr and Heglar and held there until dark, when he was released.

The two boys testified that they did not rob Tucker but that he was in such an advanced stage of intoxication, they took his money away from him in order to take care of it for him.

Attorneys for the state were Frank Armfield, H.S. Williams and Solicitor Zeb Long. Attorneys for the defense were Hartsell and Hartsell, T.D. Maness, M.B. Sherrin and Buford Blackwelder.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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20 Handcuffed Men Leave Charlotte for Federal Pen in Atlanta, April 25, 1925

20 Convicts Off for Atlanta Prison. . . Group Convicted at Charlotte Cheerful as the Pen Train Leaves

Charlotte, April 24—Twenty men, handcuffed in pairs, most of them apparently philosophically resigned to their fate and in cheerful holiday spirit, left the city early this morning in a special car attached to one of the southern railway’s fast trains for Atlanta, Ga., where they will serve terms ranging from one to three years, imposed for various infractions of the federal laws, at the recent term of federal court here.

A large delegation of friends and relatives of the prisoners, augmented by a goodly collection of curiosity seekers, made up an odd farewell committee to see the men off for prison.

Most of the prisoners puffed cigarettes in comfortable and satisfied fashion and smiled their good-byes to the crowd. There were a few who didn’t smile. A few who apparently didn’t see the crowd at all, but looked straight ahead from sad, tired, thoughtful eyes, as if peering deeply into the future, or, perhaps, into the past and more happy days.

Three deputy marshals and Assistant District Attorney Frank Patton accompanied the men to prison.

Two well known physicians and a dentist were included in the score of prisoners, having been convicted here last week of violating the Harrison anti-narcotic law. The physicians were: Dr. Frank V. Taylor of Stanley Creek, Dr. M.F. Boyles of Gastonia and Dr. A.V. Boyles, dentist, of Dallas. The latter will serve a year and a day, while the two physicians were sentenced to serve 18 months each. Jack Hunter, young white man, convicted on a charge of violating the anti-narcotic law, has the longest term to serve—three years.

From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Families Neglecting Moral or Religious Training Are Turning Out Girl Delinquents, April 25, 1925

The Dorthy Ellingstons

Charlotte News

One of the lawyers arguing for the defense in the case of the girl out yonder in San Francisco who killed her mother declared that the chief contributing cause to the girl’s delinquency was that she never had any “moral or religious training.”

There are many Dorthy Ellingtons in America today, many perchance, in North Carolina and not a few in Charlotte, girls who will not likely ever kill their mothers or anybody else, but girls, nevertheless, who are losing their inherent value to society because they have no value to society training, like the girl-murderer of the Pacific Coast.

The attorney, in thus presenting to the jury what he evidently conceived as grounds for its consideration, brings challenge indictment against the modern home and society.

His statement explains much of the crime today. Not only are boys turning criminals in knee pants, but the country is witnessing a sweep of wrong-doing over its girlhood that is appalling and amazing.

We are told that for every boy there is in American college, there is an American boy in prison, and that the delinquency of young girls is approximately as far reaching when we come to study the mere numerics of their stunts.

In the majority of cases, the wrong atmosphere in the days of childhood is not even suggestive of the early domestic environs into which the Puritan fathers pitched their families.

Perhaps, they were too strict and rigid and prudish and all that sort of thing, and it may be well have that we have run out from under some of the weights and impediments with which they chained the feet of their children, but, even so, we are bound to accord them the distinction of having reared their families in the fear of the Lord and the law and to have contributed to American society that slant and bend for the better and for the morality with which our early history is so significantly filled.

In the American home today boys and girls are allowed to do pretty much as they please. Fathers are too busy with their pursuits and mothers with their clubs and leagues and outside engagements to give the children that parental oversight and intense concern that they must have if they are to be reared aright.

The result of this neglect is that the children are growing into manhood and womanhood with their old Adamic tendencies unchecked, with their natural will allowed to run their course and wit their spirits rebellious to any social or moral restraints.

There is not that reverence for sacred and holy things, that fear of doing wrong because of its spiritual consequences of the recognition of the solemn sanctions of the moral law as expressed in the Ten Commandments which send out children from the home to be good, law-abiding citizens.

And fruiting from this sort of a home as it has come to be in America, are the Dorthy Ellingtons among the girls who in their wanton disregard for restraint and moral compulsion, actually run to the grim limit of murdering the mother, and tens of thousands of boys like the two Chicago who, for the sheer joy of the thing, killed a playmate of theirs,--just to get a thrill from the experience of murder.

And here and there and everywhere throughout the land, in the populous centres and in the remote country-side, evidences are multiplying of the increasing madness with which young people are possessed tin their determination to flout the moralities and disregard the virtues and have their own way.

It is “the youth movement” among the sociologists, and it is the some-other-sort-of-a-movement many the psychologists and yet some other among the psychiatrists, but, after all, is only the movement of those who have always been on the broad road that leadeth to destruction, the wild, upheeding, pleasure-loving, lust-following, law-disregarding boys and girls, men and women who are a law unto themselves and are going to express speed toward the gates of hell.

On page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925, an editorial from the Charlotte News

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Thermometer Hits 96 in Charlotte; Warmest Point in the East April 24, 1925

Charlotte Warmest Point in the East. . . Thermometer Reached 95 There with Washington and Macon, Ga., Registering 94

Washington, April 24—Charlotte, N.C., with 96 degrees, topped the list of cities in the eastern half of the country, which, with the exception of the Atlantic states from Maryland northward, sweltered again today under unseasonably high temperatures.

Maximum temperature of 88 to 96 degrees, the highest of record so early in the season, said the weather bureau tonight, were registered at many statins from the southern lake region southward to the interior to the east gulf states.

Next to Charlotte came Washington, D.C., Parkersburg, W. Va., and Macon, Ga., with 94 degrees each.

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From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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On Court Docket Beginning April 27, 1925

Court Calendar

The April Term of Cabarrus Superior Court will be held April 20th, 1925, before His Honor T.J. Shaw. The Civil Docket will not be called until Monday, April 27th, 1925, and will be called in the following order:

MONDAY

David Grissom vs. Minnie Grissom

H.J. Alllison vs. Bertie May Allison

Bertha S. Scott vs. J.B. Scott

Giles Bost vs. Georgie Bost

Neola Williford vs. W.W. Williford

Lizzie Ridenhour vs. Walter Ridenhour

Leon Johnston vs. Virginia S. Johnston

Tom Ledbetter vs. Mary Ledbetter

John R. Walters vs. Delia Walters

Roxie Edwards vs. Tom Edwards

Carrie Scott vs. Hubert Scott

Mamie S. Russell vs. Isaac Russell

Maude Ray Harrell vs. John W. Harrell

Mary Colts Layton vs. T.P. Layton

J.M. Medlin vs. Lela Medlin

Virgie Howard vs. Lizzie Howard

V.V. Adams vs. Lettie Adams

Annie B. Hill vs. P.L. Hill

Corl Wadsworth Co. vs. Bennie White

C.W. White vs. Corl Wadsworth Co.

J. Frank Smith vs. Hartsell Mills

J. Frank Smith vs. Concord Bonded Warehouse

J. Frank Smith vs. John Sloan

John Sloan vs. J. Frank Smith

J. Frank Smith vs. Brown Mfg. Co.

Unique Illustrating Co. vs. C.T. Mills, Trading as Crystal Damp Laundry

TUESDAY

State and Lottie Garland vs. Lewis Kiser

N.C. Cotton Growers Assn. vs. J.D.H. Isenhour

The Bishop & Babcock Co. vs. Athenalious Brothers

Wm. Whittington vs. John Warren

G.C. Hilton vs. J.A. Shauers

Commercial Int. Co. vs. O.H. Holliefield

J.B. McAllister vs. John Doe

H.J. Jarvis vs. W.D. & Leola Holland, for judgment.

Mrs. Maude Jarvis vs. W.D. & Leola Holland, for judgment.

WEDNESDAY

W.M. Thompson vs. Ada Garmon

Corl Wadsworth Co. vs. D.H. Sides

J.F. Flowers vs. C.L. Spears

J.S. Overcash vs. United Mercantile Co.

J.L. Query vs. Postal Telegraph Co.

N.C. Cotton Growers Assn. vs. M.F. Teeter

M.A. Crowell vs. H.E. Shoe

Kiser Auto Exchange Co. vs. Edgar Mullis

THURSDAY

W.R. Whitley vs. Motor & Tire Service Co.

Furst & Thomas vs. J.O. Summerlin, et als

M.B. Fuller vs. Motor & Tire Service Co.

W.A.L. Smith vs. J. Frank Smith

J.L. Dry vs. The American Tobacco Co.

John L. Brines vs. Board Light and Water Co. of Concord, N.C.

A.P. Widenhouse vs. J.C. Pounds

Corl Wadsworth Co. vs. Southern Ry. Co.

FRIDAY

Erie Steam Shovel Co. vs. Ben and Marshall Teeter

N.C. Cotton Growers Assn. vs. J.L. Barnhardt

C. Electa Tucker vs. G.A. Whitley

Witnesses need not attend until day set for trial. All cases not reached on day set will take precedence over cases of next day.

J.B. McAllister, Clerk Superior Court

From page 7 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Wil Tyson to Be Tried in Carthage May 11, 1925

Special Term of Court for Trial of Negro. . . Special Term Will be Held at Carthage for the Trial of Wil Tyson, Charged with Serious Crime

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, April 25—Governor McLean has ordered a special term of court at Carthage opening May 11 to try Wil Tyson, negro, accused of attempting to attack a young white girl near Carthage last Monday. The negro at present is confined to the state prison for safe keeping.

The Governor also has indicated that he will call a special term of Burke county court to convene at Morganton to try Arthur Montague, negro, who was placed in state prison last night for safekeeping after his arrest on a charge of attacking a young inmate of the deaf and dumb institute at Morganton. The attack is alleged to have occurred during Thursday night, the negro being captured early Friday morning while asleep in the child’s room. The negro had been employed as a waiter in the dining room of the institution.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Forgetful Rudolph Lamb Leaves Wife in Town, April 25, 1925

Forgetful Husband Leaves Wife Behind

Goldsboro, April 24—It cost Rudolph Lamb of the Clinton section $4 to get his wife back when he left her in the city on a recent shopping expedition, it was revealed here today.

Lamb, according to reports, left his rural home accompanied by his better half, and when they reached the city he stopped the mule and deposited his wife on the sidewalk and told her to sit there and wait his return.

An hour’s shopping found Lamb weary and with a wagon filled with the results of his purchasing, he drove on home. Just as he reached his domicile he discovered he had forgotten something, and a careful check revealed that the something was his wife. The ford, which he was compelled to hire to go to town in, cost him $4.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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P.D. Brown Building Modern Dairy Barn, April 25, 1925

Building a New Modern Dairy Barn

Salisbury, N.C., April 25—P.D. Brown, one of the leading Guernsey cattle breeders of this section, is building a new dairy barn, modern in every respect, said County Agent W.G. Yeager. Mr. Brown, said Mr. Yeager, began with Guernsey cattle some years ago and by careful selection, breeding and proper feeding, he has increased his herd to where he has 12 of the finest registered Guernsey individuals to be found in the country. In addition, he has sold several head each year to pay all expenses in connection with handling the herd.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Be Sure to Buy New Orange Black Auto Tag by June 30, 1925

Colors of New Auto Tag

Raleigh, N.C., April 25—Orange and black will be the color scheme of North Carolina automobile license tags from June 30, 1925, to the corresponding date a year hence. These tags will be the first selected under the new order of things, that is, since the transfer of automobile registration from the Department of State to the Department of Revenue.

Orders have been placed for 420,000 tags this year. Some of them have arrived. After June 30, all cars will have to be equipped with new tags, under the law.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Girls Show Prize-Winning Examples of Sewing, April 25, 1925

Cabarrus Clothing Clubs Have an Exhibit Here. . . Miss Creighton Judges and Says One of Best She Has Seen in Her Work

Cabarrus County Girl’s Clothing Club have an exhibit today at the County Commencement which is being held at the Concord High School building, samples of the work they have done during the year. Schools represented in the exhibit are the following: Winecoff, Gillwood, Rocky River and Mt. Pleasant.

Miss Martha Creighton, District Home Demonstration Agent, judged the work that the girls brought in and in commenting on it declared that it was among the best that she had ever seen in a first year exhibit. It showed, she added, that Miss Lillian Cole, the county Demonstrator for Cabarrus, was doing some mighty effective work among girls.

The following awards were made:

Towel—Minniebell Bryan, prize, a towel donated by the Cannon Mills.

Stocking darn—Tressie Linker, prize, a pair of hose donated by the Hoover Hosiery Mills.

Aprons—Annie Graham, prize, 2 yards of gingham donated by Gibson Mills.

Night Dress—Grace Litaker, prize, 3 yards of nainsook donated by Efird’s.

Costume slip—Gladys Goodman, prize, 3 yards cotton satin donated by Robinson’s.

Combination—Gladys Goodman, prize, 2 yards nainsook donated by Penny Robinson’s.

Dress—Grace Litaker, prize, gingham donated by Gibson Mill.

From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Building on South Union Street Will be Bell and Harris Funeral Home, April 25, 1925

Start Work on Bell and Harris Funeral Home

Work has been started on the building on South Union street just across the Post Office, which, when completed, will be occupied by Bell and Harris Co. as their new Funeral Home.

The building is to be 40 by 100 feet in dimensions. It is to be built two stories high and will have a basement in the rear where there is a declivity, the ground sloping away from the street. It will be a very handsome structure and will have a home-like appearance. The front is to have a porch and at the side will be a port-cochere.

Practically every modern convenience will be installed in the building in order to make it one of the most attractive in the city. Several months will be required for completion.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Cow Testing Has Proven Vital, April 25, 1925

Cow Testing Association

Gastonia, N.C., April 25—The annual meeting of the Mecklenburg-Gaston Cow Testing Association was held in the office of County Agent L.B. Altman. The members were addressed by John A. Arey, dairy extension specialist of the North Carolina State College, who pointed out the advantages of doing such official work as is done by the organization. Mr. Altman said that the work was done by members during the past year had afforded considerable information about how the cows were producing. One man sold 30 cows for beef when he learned how little milk and cream they were actually returning him. Practically every dairyman reported from 3 to 4 animals sold to the butcher as a result of the testing work.

A report also was made showing that over 100 tons of feed were ought co-operatively, saving more than $1,000 to the members sharing in this pool.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Stanly Farmers in Good Shape April 25, 1925

Stanly Farmers in Good Shape

Albemarle, N.C., April 25—Farmers of Stanly county are in better shape to being a crop and carry it through the season than they have ever been, said O.H. Phillips, county agent. The early spring, with its seasonable weather, he said, has aided farmers in getting their spring work done, and farm work is two weeks in advance of previous years. Dry weather, however, has prevented some from turning under their red clover sods and has held back to some extent the small grain crop. But Mr. Phillips estimated that small grain will return the highest yields secured in recent years.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Russell Coles Captures 120-Pound Electric Ray, April 25, 1925

Electric Ray Captured

Russell Coles, whose hobby is deep sea fishing, recently captured a giant electric ray near Morehead City, N.C. The fish, which weighed 120 pounds, was presented to the Museum of Natural History in New York. According to Coles, the ray had enough electric charge to “stun an elephant. He did not catch the fish in the regular way. It was stranded near his boat by the receding tied and members of his crew prevented it from getting back into the sea. When the fish was dead the “batteries” near its head contained practically no electric energy.

From page 7 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Carolina Team Racks Up Wins, April 25, 1925

Carolina Team Home After Successful Trip

Chapel Hill, April 24—The university’s baseball team returned today from one of the most victorious northern invasions ever made by a Tar Heel athletic outfit. No formal celebration was staged to welcome back home the heroes with the bacon, but Coach Bill Fetzer, Manager Dick Thorpe and the 18 members of the squad are getting a hefty handshake everywhere they appear. Carolina won nine out of 10 games played on the trip.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Local Mention from Concord, N.C., April 25, 1925

Local Mention

The funeral services for the late Miss Matilda King will be held from her late home on North Union street Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.

The regular Saturday night movies at the Y will be held out of doors tonight for the first time this year. A good program has been arranged for this opening night, say Y officials.

All persons who have parts in the May Day Festival to be given next Friday are asked to be present at the Y.M.C.A. Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock for practice. All groups are urged to attend this rehearsal.

Miss Pearl Krimminger of No. 11 township was in the city today and informed the Tribune that she has a hen 10 year sold which lays an egg a day during the laying season, and wants Venus to “trot out” his hen if he has one that can beat this.

Mrs. Richmond Reed, city librarian, announces that she has ordered 200 children’s books for the Library which she expects to be in during the early part of next week. These new books will replace the large number of volumes which have worked out during the past year and which have not been replaced.

The Gibson mill baseball team is opening the 1925 season here this afternoon with a game with the Badin team. Sid Basinger is manager of the Gibson team this year, and he has secured a fast team for the opening of the season. The team plans to play here often during the season if attendance warrants the scheduling of games.

Rumors heard on the streets here Friday indicate that C.H. Barrier, Democratic nominee for mayor, will have opposition in the city election on May 5th. It is said that an independent ticket will take the field in opposition to Mr. Barrier and other Democratic candidates. The rumors were very faint Friday, and many think they will not materialize.

Results in the major league Friday were: Chicago beat Detroit, Philadelphia defeated Boston and Cleveland defeated St. Louis in the American League. In the National League, Boston defeated New York, Brooklyn won from Philadelphia Cincinnati won from St. Louis, and Chicago won from Pittsburgh. In the South Atlantic, Charlotte won from Spartanburg.

According to a deed filed Friday, J.A. Kimmons has sold to M.R. Dry property on Academy street for $3,450. Two other deeds filed Friday record the sale of property on Cedar street by W.W. Flowe, A.R. Howard, A.R. Hoover and F.C. Niblock to the Cannon Manufacturing Co., the purchase price in each transfer being given at $10 and other valuable considerations.

Concord’s quota in the American Legion Endowment Fund campaign is $1,700. It is planned to conduct the drive next Tuesday and members of the various teams in the campaign hope to complete the drive here in one day. The money will feed orphans of men killed in the war and those men who were wounded in conflict. Every person in the city will be given an opportunity to subscribe to the fund.

Special Officer Honeycutt, who patrols the Gibson Mill section of the city, took part in the raid during the night that resulted in the seizure of 15 gallons of liquor. With another officer Patrolman Honeycut was on the lookout for something when he saw a man come from a cotton patch. The officers back-tracked on the man’s trail, saw some fresh looking dirt, dug in the ground and found the liquor.

P.G. Sherbondy, manager of the J.C. Penny Company Store, will be in Atlanta, Ga., for eight days, beginning Monday next, where he will be in attendance at the regional buying convention of the managers of the organization. While away he will select goods for the fall and holiday seasons, including toys. The company will hold regional conventions this spring at Atlanta, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Portland, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, and St. Paul.

Rev. Elmer R. Hoke, Ph.D., President of Catawba College, Salisbury, will be in Concord tomorrow. He will preach at the new Gilead Reformed church at 11 a.m., at Keller at 3 p.m., and at the East Corbin Street School at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Hoke has been to Concord previously, having met with the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs. This will be his first time to speak with the Reformed church. The young people, especially high school students, and citizens are invited to hear him.

From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Rev. A.L. Coburn Critically Ill, April 25, 1925

Rev. A.L. Coburn Critically Ill at Home in Salisbury

Salisbury, April 24—Rev. A.L. Coburn, who has served a number of charges in the western North Carolina Methodist conference, is desperately ill at his home on Wiley avenue, this city, and is not expected to live through tonight. He recently suffered a stroke of paralysis.

From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Poor Boys Who Have Made It to the Top, April 25, 1925

Poor Boys Win Success

Joseph Wilshire, who 27 years ago took a $7-a-week job with the late Julius Fleischmann, yeast king, has been made president of the Fleisch yeast company, a $100 million corporation. And Wilshire is only 44, too!

Thirty-five years ago Saul Singer came to this country as an immigrant. Now he is vice-president of the Bank of the United States of New York City.

Joseph Gilbert, New York architect who has just built his 18th skyscraper, started his career in a telegraph office at $7 a week.

During the war Harry Sturgis found a “buddy” in W.V.C. Ruxton. The latter was instrumental in getting Sturgis a job. Now, at the age of 31, Sturgis has been elected a director of the Erie railroad.

From the editorial page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Ham, Peanut Butter, Canned Fruit on Sale, April 25, 1925

Specials

Small Picnic Hams, only 20 cents per pound

Five 25 cent Cans Syrup Peaches, $1

Four 35 cent Cans Red Pitted Cherries, $1

5-lb. Can Peanut Butter, $1

Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co.

Phone 571W

From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Holt Moore, Chapel Hill's Hurdle Star, April 25, 1925

Holt Moore

Hurdle Star

Moore is one of the greatest hurdlers in the South and reached high in the Olympic semi-finals last summer. He was high scorer of the 1924 track team and is counted upon to capture both the high and low hurdle races this afternoon.

From the front page of the Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Queens University Alumni News, April 25, 1925

Alumni News

Miss Sara Murray, a graduate of the class of ’24, is staying at her home in Charlotte, N.C.

Miss Laura Clark, a former student at Queens, is attending Anderson College, Anderson, S.C.

Miss Bessie Pleasants, who was a student at Queens for the first semester of this year, is staying at her home in Rowland, N.C.

Miss Elizabeth Smart, a former student at Queens, is teaching in the Kannapolis High School, Kannapolis, N.C.

Mrs. F.R. Sharpe, formerly Miss Mamie Ruth Walker, who was a student at Queens this year, is living in Hamlet, N.C.

Miss Eloise Brady, a B.S. graduate of Queens in the year ’24, is teaching Science in the Salisbury High School, Salisbury, N.C.

Miss Jennie Sue McArmon, a former Queens student, is teaching in Morehead City, N.C.

Miss Lydia Brasington, who was a student at Queens last year, is now attending Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Miss Hazel Houston, who was a student at Queens last year, is at her home in Mooresville, N.C.

Miss Marilee Krauss, a former student at Queens, is staying at her home in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Miss Mary Steele, who was a student at Queens in ’19-’20, is teaching music at the Orphanage in Clinton, S.C.

Mrs. Max Hines, formerly Miss Eunice Blue, who was a student at Queens in ’19-’20, is living in Sanford, N.C.

From page 4 of Queens Blues, the student newspaper of Queens University of Charlotte, Saturday, April 25, 1925

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Construction of Pinebluff Hotel Begins, April 24, 1925

New Pinebluff Hotel Contract Let. . . Contract for This New Building Goes to Jewell and Riddle of Sanford

The contract for the fine new hotel at Pinebluff has been awarded to the firm of Jewell and Riddle at Sanford. Work will start as soon as the finishing touches are put on the plans, and equipment can be assembled on the grounds. The illustration herewith gives an excellent idea of the building and what it will do for the Sandhills. It is the intention of the company to have the new building ready for use with the coming season. J. Stanley Smith will have the management of the new hotel. The new house will stand on a fine knoll not far from the State highway and immediately west of the village.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, April 24, 1925

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Commencement Exercises of Pinehurst Schools, April 24, 1925

Commencement of Pinehurst Schools. . . Baccalaureate Sermon Will be Preached Sunday Morning

The Commencement exercises of the Pinehurst Schools began last Tuesday evening with a play by the Senior Class.

The program of the week follows:

Thursday evening—A Playlet by the seventh grade. After this playlet the regular seventh grade exercises will take place. The certificates of admission to the high school will be awarded to this grade by a member of the school committee. Rev. T.A. Cheatham of Pinehurst will make a short address.

Friday morning at 9 o’clock the annual debate between the literary societies will be held in the school auditorium. Just before this debate the sixth grade will present a little playlet. And after the debate the annual Spelling match will be conducted.

Friday evening at 8 o’clock the pupils of Miss Magalene Beverly will be presented in recital.

Sunday morning at 11 o’clock the annual commencement sermon will be preached.

Monday evening at 8 o’clock the diplomas will be presented to the graduates.

After the class exercises Monday evening Superintendent H.F. Srygley of Raleigh will deliver the literary address. Prizes and Medals will also be awarded. All are cordially invited to attend these programs.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, April 24, 1925

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New Citizens Bank & Trust Building in Southern Pines, April 24, 1925

New Citizens Bank & Trust Building, Southern Pines, N.C.

The Pilot has already described the new bank building soon to start on the lot the Page trust company bought from Mr. Perkins at Southern pines. The picture shown here tells the story more fully than words can.

Jackman has secured the one entire side for his lunch establishment, and about all the basement, and it goes without much debate that he will have one of the most interesting eating places in any small town in the South. Not many restaurants have their building designed by Aymar Embury, with flowers in the park in front and classic lines of architecture all around.

An Embury bank building is equally novel in modern construction. But the dream has been to get an Embury building on the business street of Southern Pines, and the Page Trust company will have the work in progress as soon as the plans are finished. They are expected any day.

Other towns or cities in North Carolina have more expensive banking houses than Moore county, but none has two or more attractive banking buildings than this one and the home of Bank of Pinehurst, over at Pinehurst. This pair are examples of building and of skilled architectural design and construction.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, April 24, 1925

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Southern Pines Adds New Town Water Lines, April 24, 1925

Southern Pines Pushes Eastward. . . Water Line Extended to Old Duncan Shaw Farm House

Could the old settlers witness the continuous miracle that is constantly progressing in the Sandhills, they would be interested as completely as they would be astonished. The Duncan Shaw home of the older days is a mile and a half from the railroad station at Southern Pines, but a six-inch pipe line has been extended out toward the old farm to within two or three thousand feet of the place, and a two-inch line will in a few days deliver water to its door, and to all the other houses between. When the water is turned into the mains from the new plant of Mill Creek, the Shaw farm and all the intervening territory will have access to the supply from nearly five miles away, carried over two high hills, and discharged into a stream beyond the second water shed. Duncan Shaw would have marveled if he could has stepped to the spigot in his house and drawn water from the springs of Mill Creek any day or hour. But that is what is about to take place in his house, and in all the other houses that have been built on his old farm. He had more or less trouble in finding a large supply, but he never thought of going to Mill Creek five miles away and over two high ridges for his water sources, and he never dreamed that when water came to his house it would come with all the force of the tank on the summit above Southern Pines.

Weymouth Heights is spreading out toward the Shaw house, and that is the occasion for this extension of the water lines. Last week three lot sales were reported out that way. Mr. Allen of the Southern Pines schools bought a building site near the dogwood hedgerow in what was the old Huttenhauer orchard, where Jack Boyd has laid off a plan of building lots, and opened a street and planned a big park. On beyond Mr. Olmstead’s new house, on the ridge overlooking Mr. Lemon’s new house and facing the picturesque region of Fort Bragg, Mrs. Jordan has secured a location and Mr. Dunne another. Work still goes on in opening the streets out that way, and in clearing away the undergrowth.

Mr. Durgin of New Hampshire has bought the lot on May street, opposite the Abrahams home, and has begun building, where he will make an attractive new residence in a good location. He is on the Connecticut avenue corner above the Sutherland house.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, April 24, 1925

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Stacy Wade, State Insurance Commissioner, Talks to Kiwanians, April 24, 1925

Stacy Wade Talks to the Kiwanians. . . Tells of Insurance and Building and Loan Work

At the Kiwanis dinner at Pinehurst County Club Wednesday, Stacy Wade, State Insurance Commissioner, who is at Pinehurst at the convention of Insurance people, made a short address. He spoke of the work the club is doing in building and loan work and told the gathering that North Carolina is among the leaders in the increase of building and loan investment. Between 1922 and 1923 the state institutions increases their assets over $11 million, and the rate of increase still continues. Mr. Wade also noted the great work done in fire prevention, in which the state also heads the list. By teaching fire prevention in schools and talking it everywhere, the fire losses in residences have been reduced to 7 per cent of the total losses. He made the folks feel pretty chesty over the records North Carolina is piling up in these important departments. The club stirs up more enthusiasm over building and loan, and will offer prizes to the boys and girls making the best showing at the end of the year.

Sherwood Brockwell, fire-fighter, vaudeville artist, lecturer, minstrel, side kick to Wade, and a lot of other things, told a bunch of darky stories, and if he had been at the Southern Pines show Monday he could have had an engagement. Brockwell is in the same class with our own burnt cork artist, Toby Johnson, and that is saying a mighty big word.

Max Gishchner of Baltimore also said a few words and brought some laughs and applause. He is one of the old time North Carolinians who never lived here, but put in much of his time all over the state. He knew the fathers and grandfathers of the folks at the club, and has had three generations of friends in the Sandhills. Gichner says in Calcutta, in India, he fell in with a man who knew North Carolina by hearing of it for North Carolina, the man said, “is in Pinehurst, the great golf country of the world.” Max is strong on North Carolina, and in the next 40 years he hopes to come her as much as in the past.

The ball game was postponed on account of rain, but the threats to play the game in the course of time are many.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, April 24, 1925. Last name was spelled “Gishchner” on first reference and “Gichner” on second reference.

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Lakeview Summer Resort Opening May 2, 1925

Lakeview Opens Saturday, May 2. . . Preparations for a Bigger Season Than Ever Is Planned

On Saturday, May 2, J.E. McKeithan and C.L. Cockman will open Lakeview for the summer under most favorable circumstances. The building work of last summer has put the resort in more complete shape, and the new management has secured capable and experienced help to carry on. The Hotel will be in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lingle, hotel folks of experience, and the dining room will be operated by E.L. Ramsey and A.B. Lingle, who run a chain of restaurants through the state at places like Greensboro, Salisbury, Sanford, etc.

Barbecues and Brunswick Stew will be a constant feature of the bill of fare, while at the restaurant at the pavilion, lunches, fruit, beverages and kindred things will e sold at all times. The dining hall will be open at the hotel until 1 o’clock, A.M. every night. On Tuesday and Saturday nights, dancing will be carried on from 8 to 12, with the Eight-Piece Columbia orchestra, one of the best ever in this section.

It is the desire of the new management to make of Lakeview the best possible outing and recreation spot that the improved facilities will permit, and with the new hotel, the new bath house, the enlarged grounds and changes all around, they anticipate a marked success in their efforts to entertain a big patronage. A capable office will live on the grounds and take care of the order, and the programs will be such that offensive conduct will not be encouraged.

Two 12-passenger gasoline boats will be on the lake, and 12 rowboats, which will be for hire at all times. Bathing facilities are better than ever. Six cottages are for rent, with two large cottages with cots for campers who come in numbers. Tents for campers, and room for those bringing their own tents. Ground free to picnic parties, and everybody welcomed.

The management wants to make Lakeview one of the most desirable places of summer rest and pleasure to be found in the state, and invites the co-operation of the people in every way that the purpose of the enterprise may be realized and its benefits shared by the greatest number of people. Suggestions and opinions always welcome concerning any feature of the place.

With the good roads now leading from all directions, and the good service on the Seaboard railroad, the new proprietors look for a good summer.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, April 24, 1925

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