The Robesonian., 1917-09-17
PARKTON PARAGRAPHS

Negro Child Lett Locked in House
and Burned to Death-Protracted !
Meetings-Gcaded School Faculty
Handsome New Church and Res
idence-Cotton Gins Busy-Person-
Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
! Parkton, Sept. 1.-THE protracted
meeting begins Monday night at the
M. r. church at o'clock. Rev. B.
! c. Craven is to do the preaching.
+; The public is most cordially invited
to attend the services which will
probably last ten days.
i Rev. j. L. Jenkins, pastor of the
Baptist church, returned home from
Norfolk, Va, Tuesday, where he
preached Sunday. /
The prctracted meeting will begin
, at the Baptist church Saturday,
: Goth. Rev. Calvin S. Blackwell, D.
+ D., will dc the preaching. This meet
= ing is being thoroughly advertised
q and a great gathering is anticipated.
: The pews for the new church are
3 expected at any day and when in
= stalled everything will be in readi-
ness. The B8psist congregation is
r OS congratulated Ou lIS lllCe dlu
handsome edifice.
We promised in our last letter We
would furnish the names of the teach
" They are as follows: Prof. J. S. Ed
wards and Miss Ella Ellison, eighth
to eleventh; 1st grade, Miss Flossie
Benson of Evergreen; second and
N third, Miss Mary Elizabeth Fuller
ton, Orange, Va; fourth and fifth
Miss Mary Bowneran, Liberty; sixth
and seventh, Miss Bertha H. Teeter
Manteo, Va; music, Miss Ina Amman
Asheboro! We have been advised
that all the above faculty are here
ready for business. The teachers arr
p at home at the McNatt hotel
N. Thorough cooperation of pupils, pa
rents and teachers means success.
Mr.. Frank Jones of Rockfish cam
over today with his daughter, Mis-
ut. Mary, who will enter school her
Monday. Mr.. Vance Mcmillan lef
ed. Monday for Aberdeen, where he vii
ar enter school. Miss Margaret Me
: MILAN left Monday for Peace Inst
Mt: tute, Raleigh. Miss Ruby Counc
left Monday for Red Springs, Flor
fd: Macdonald college, also Miss Mar
Mcmillan of Cumberland county e1
MT. tered Red Springs Tuesday. Mi
Annie Williamson left today fl
od. Piney Greek, Allegheny count
ar where she has accepted a positit
- as music teacher in a State hie
RS: school. Miss George Williamson lie
TODAY for Greensboro State Norm
,on college. Miss Mary L. Culbreth le
last Saturday for Hamlet to tea
ow- in the high school at that place.
Capt. D. A. Skies has moved tt
,ar- week into the J. G. Hughes re
dence on Main street, formerly {
oad cupied by Mr.. L. E. Hughes W
eo now occupies his nice twelve-rot
air. dwelling.
The cotton gin of Cobb & Johns
cd. opened up last Saturday and ginr
mar five bales before you could fix. I
Parkton Mere. Co. gin is in f
her. blast and anyone can see the ri
and push of these busy days. MI
ation cotton has already changed han
II. Our town is blest with three cot
,rton buyers-Mayor F. N. Fisher, 7.
Thompson and the Parkton Mere.
Our market today was zoe.
mont. No idle bread up our way-up
doing.
Mr.. J. P. Coates has accepted
sition with Cobb & johnson as sa
man.
Thursday moring about 8 or 9
clock a good tenant house on the
w. Carter farm, two miles from to
,rton was destroyed by fire, caused b
n. defective flue, also an 8-months
negro was burned to death.
nan. house was occupied by a negro
the name of Mcqueen and the f
Local lily, except three small children, v
in the field picking cotton, and
assed youngest which was burned
I'd If death, was shut up in the buih
eport, Wnlle tne TWO oloel wfit ~, o1 80
bors. The flames had gained
ex- much headway before being dis
". cred to rescue the baby. We
erton: advised that the building was
icient' TALLY insured, but none on the r
:. die erty of the unfortunate negro.
Our fresh meat man, Mr.. j. G.
m r2: breth, is doing better for US
ren days, bringing two cows a v
erton. For some time we were gettin
beef.
.,,, on+ Mrs. L. E.. Hughes received
lren sage yesterday advising her of
,rville; illness OF her r. motner' Mrsc l.
lren. Johnson OF Mlh'oln'
accept hughes lelI iiIin1euld'I1y 4b "euil'
oerton; still very SICK we lioo' sie
cd soon recover.
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