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Rev. Kincheloe Catches a Bootlegger's Still Instead of a Bass, June 1, 1923
Preacher Lands Still in Bellamy’s Lake
The Rocky Mount Telegram of Monday says:
Rev. J.W. Kincheloe, pastor of the first Baptist church, is known far and wide as a fishing parson, but never until last Saturday with all his fishing had the preacher caught a still. Now he has a 60-gallon copper distilling apparatus to his credit.
The “catch” occurred while Rev. Mr. Kincheloe and G.D. Modlin, also of this city, were casting for bass in Bellamy’s Lake, in Halifax county, Saturday. The parson’s line was given a sudden jerk and he thought that he was in for a scrap with a regular whale. The “catch” refused to be reeled in or to budge one bit, whereupon the two fishermen rowed to the place where the bait was caught and pulled the big still, which had been hidden under the water and in which Mr. Kincheloe’s hook had become fastened, to the surface.
The preacher brought his “catch” to police headquarters, and it is now on exhibit there. The capture still brought just as big a smile to the preacher’s face as any fish that he has ever landed.
From page 5 of The Progress, Enfield, N.C., June 1, 1923
Halifax County Farm Notes, June 1, 1923
New Century Two-Horse Cultivator at Work Today, from /www.farmcollector.com/, accessed June 1, 2023
Halifax County Farm Notes
--Aurelian Springs Boys Pig Club, with the help of the First National Bank of Roanoke Rapids are buying 13 registered Duroc Jersey pigs for their club work. These pigs will be delivered at the Bank on Friday, June 1st. If you want to see a pretty bunch of pigs and a happy bunch of boys, be around the Bank about 3 o’clock Friday.
--Flowers of sulphur sprinkled on your Dorothy Perkins and Crimson Rambler rose bushes will help control mildew. Apply this before the mildew shows up if possible, as it is a better preventative than cure. Repeat if washed off by rain.
--Have you ever seen what pretty work can be done with a two-horse cultivator? Next time you see one at work, go see what kind of work it does. It not only does good work but it does so much of it,. One man with two horses can cultivate 8 to 9 acres of cotton a day and work every middle too. How many can you get over with one man, one mule and a cotton plow? Efficiency is the key word of the times and unless the farmer keeps up, he can’t hope to make ends meet.
Look out for mites and lice on poultry. These fellows show up with warm weather and lots of biddies will be lost before you find the trouble. Send for bulletin of control of mites and lice.
--Sell the young roosters off the yard as soon as they get large enough to make fryers. Our farmers keep too many worthless roosters. Some farms have just as many roosters as they do hens. It s only necessary to keep a rooster to every 10 to 15 hens.
From The Progress, Enfield, N.C., June 1, 1923
Congressman Claude Kitchin Has Died, June 1, 1923
Hon. Claude Kitchin Dead. . . Passed Away Yesterday Morning at Wilson—Burial This Afternoon at Scotland Neck
Scotland Neck, May 31—The body of Claude Kitchin, Congressman from the Second North Carolina district, and minority leader in the lower House of Congress, who died early today at Wilson, reached here late today and tonight lies in state at the Kitchin home.
Funeral services for the dead Congressman will be held at the Kitchin residence at 5 o’clock Friday afternoon, and the services will be conducted by Rev. Charles Anderson, pastor of the Baptist church here, of which Mr. Kitchin was a member for many years. He will be buried in the family plot in the Baptist cemetery, one mile from Scotland Neck, near the grave of his father, who also represented this district at one time in Congress.
Long before the remains arrived from Wilson, the streets were lined with citizens of Scotland Neck and Halifax. When the motor hearse bearing the remains of the former Democratic leader touched the city limits, church bells tolled and the throngs bared their heads as it passed on its way to the Kitchin home. Schools and business houses are closed out of respect of his memory.
A continuous stream of friends visited the Kitchin residence tonight to express sympathy to the bereaved family and to get a last glimpse of the man who had represented them in Congress for 23 years an who in that time became known as one of the country’s greatest statesmen. Messages of condolence were received by the family during the day from all parts of the world.
Mr. Kitchin suffered a breakdown in the spring of 1920, due it is generally conceded to the heavy strain under which he labored during the World War as chairman of the Ways and Means committee in Congress.
Since then he has spent most of his time visiting specialists and resting at home in an effort to regain his health. The country recognized him as a great man but the thing that stamped him a big man was a sincere love and esteem in which he was held by his intimates. They loved him as a brother and he them in the same way.
Congressman Kitchin was born in Halifax county, the son of William H. and Mary Arrington Kitchin, near Scotland Neck on March 24, 1869, making him 54 years old on his last birthday. He graduated at the age of 19 from Wake Forest College and was married to Miss Kate Mills, daughter of Prof. Luther R. ills of Wake Forest, on Nov. 13th of the same year. He was admitted to the bar in September of 18990 and had since been engaged in the practice of law at Scotland Neck when not in Congress.
He was elected to the 57th Congress in 1900, taking his seat in 1901, and has been returned to each successive Congress.
As one man this community grieves for him, for it has lost an honored citizen, a good neighbor and a loving neighbor as well as a distinguished statesman.
From page 5 of The Progress, Enfield, N.C., June 1, 1923
Turn in Any Claims Against Estate of Dora Hewlin, June 1, 1923
Administrator’s Notice
North Carolina, Halifax County
Having this day qualified as Administrator of Dora Hewlin, late of Halifax County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present same to me, or my attorneys, Dun & Johnson, Enfield, N.C., on or before the 23rd day of May, 1924, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All parties indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement.
This the 23rd day of May, 1923
Joe Hewlin
Admr. Of Dora Hewlin
Dunn & Johnson, Attys.
From the front page of The Progress, Enfield, N.C., June 1, 1923
The Progress, Enfield, N.C., June 1, 1923
Advertisements on the front page of The Progress, Enfield, N.C., June 1, 1923
Red Seal Lye plus fat makes soap—1 cent a cake
Dr. Ben D. Mann, dentist, office Randolph Building, Enfield
Louis B. Meyer, attorney at law, office in Randolph Building, Enfield
Flowers for all purposes, Rocky Mount Floral Co., W.E. Beavans, agent
Dr. L.G. Shaffer, eye-sight specialist, office over Planters Bank, Rocky Mount, N.C.
Fisk Tires, sold by Green Top Filling Station
Brighten the Corner Where You Are—Spring Budding Plants, early vegetable plants, also cut flowers for all occasions, J. Palmer Gordon, florist, Ashland, Virginia
L.L. Allen, agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, ordinary and industrial insurance
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