The Robesonian., 1917-12-10
LUhdBERToN NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY DECEMBER 10 le1z
PARKTON PARAGRAPHS

PARKTON PARAGRAPHS
How About Community Fair?-,
A Fine Chase of MIR.
D.AMcGoogan- Personal Men
ton.
| Correspondence of The Robesonian.
| Parkton, Dec. 8-Rev. j. L. Jenkins.
pastor OF the Baptist church arrived
home this evening from Durham,
where he attended the Baptist State
convention. The baptismal ceremony
was performed in the Baptist church
tonight. Eighteen young converts
that there would be another ceremony
of like manner on next Tuesday eve
ming as some were sick and could not
! be present tonight.
! Rev. II. B. Porter, pastor of the NJ
E. church left Tuesday for Greenville
to attend the Methodist conference.
7 The following from our town at
tended the funeral Of Mr.. D. A. Nc
Googan.
Googan. Mr. NeillMcNeil and daughter,
Miss Mary Jennette and Mr.. H. c. Nc
MILAN and family. They report the
best sermon Of the occasion they ev-
er heard. \ very large concoucse Of
! sorrowing friends and loved ones were
in attendance. Truly a good man has
gone 20 his reward
Miss Pearl Stallirs of Concord is on
a visit to her sister, Mrs. P. H. Fish
er.
Prof. H. ". Doubd and wife Of Alb
erdeen spent Saturday and Sunday IN
our town. They are both former
l teachers in our school and their visit
r was much enjoyed. The professor
made an able address at the N. E
4 Sunday school at II o'clock Sunday
morning: His theme was Fidelity
and Service"
!, Mr. Jas. Blue and family spen1
Thanksgiving at Mr.. Gilead, Mont
= gomery county. They made the tril
I through the country in their car aLe
; report a splendid trip. While the dis
y tance was more than 80 miles the.
Il made the trip void of any accident
) Said the country up that way wa
l Il quite hilly and at some points looked
T. exciting for a car, but they came GU
/ all o. K. The rain on Thursday pre-
Il vented bagging the game. They re
/ turned home Friday evening.
II Mrs Ruby Huff arrived home las
II Friday from Georgia to spend til
n holidays with home folks.
o The Parkton telephone has change
q operators. Miss Mary Elmore no7
! hollis The board. Tie putlic wa
IS grieved to learn tat Hiss Ami
* l6 Chason who has served Us SO faitF
~ fully for several months has resigr
a ed We trust that the service III
a. continue good. .
to Mr.. Editor and all whom it ma
L concern and we trust it will concer
s. many. We have been thinking som
er time of springing the idea of con
so munity fair for 1918. The more
n, study the problem the more anxior
10 I am. In the first place I think
:. would be blessing in several way
e1 especially in an agricultural way ar
ao fine stock raising. To succeed f
ne next year we would necessarily beg
no now. We have some advantages tn;
others have not. We will not tai
se time at present to make mention
IS this. We want to see first our schoo
arouse themselves and the busine
men and farmers form society
once, and lets get busy. Of cour
the ladies will do their part. 9th
communities have succeeded and WI
A. not ours? We can have good ia
without any carnival. A communi
to fair could serve as a feeder to t
large county fairs. Why we have u
to-date farmers such as Mr.. J. D. N
Rainey on our right and D. H. Nj
:, Cormick to our left, and A. H. PERI
llu nu J. D. Gillis, S. J. Thomasson, G.
s,n el Wilder and scores of other good f.
,tS ,nS mers that could be to the Parkton f.
Az. an as Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Regan was
az AZ the county fair. If not, why no
-. ~ Let's hear from our mayor and
an an business men and live farmers. F
"a "a member Mr. and Mrs. Boddenha
ac- mer's fine garden. If our townsf
49,: sees fit to cooperate something "
.ii IL, be doing, but remember there is not
ael l ing to lose if we succeed. Small grs
~ first and stock raising second. I
eh' way 1 see it every Individual wol
-. get value received for their lab
,iu- ,r1- How about Mr.. Banker and Jud
anf1 ..:1 Wright, E. K. Campbell and other
Ia Ia Mr.. E. K. Campbell and I. J. L;
10 caster are having their beautiful r
aih licences painted. They are both co
paratively new residences and h
they will shine.
Tuesday morning was one OF tn
ideal times for fine fox chase,
Messrs. Mccormick and Mearitt w
ice out by times and by day light
heard them strike and Of all the p1
ty races we had it just one mile ri
for music. The pack numbered n
So ~ t,,,oa4u and for . fo11r hour heat
all oIIney ~ ,.cy,,,,ard ,s n1as oant1,rod
who orr 10 s+ 1ottar should have renor
aVv. Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Thomasson on
II q honor roll, when last week an elev
anu pound boy was born.
ing Mr.. ]. T. Lewis seems to have
ives Durocs that will take the prize. {
ship
ollo- Means, Trial Continues.
ses,. Tho trial at Concord of Gas