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REASSURANCE AS TO SCHOOLS FROM ONE WHO KNOWS ONIONS Jule B. Warren, secretary of the N. C. Teachers’ Association, is telling: the world something in figures on the moot and muddled question of public education in the state. In part -he says: Fifty years ago North Carolina was next to the most illiterate state in the Union. New Mexico being at the bottom of the list. For many years after the Civil war, scattering log buildings rep resented the state’s school system largely. Then came the Aycock admin istration and for 15 to 20 years the state has been forging* steadi ly to the top in educational ex pansion and 1928 looks bright. In 1900 North Carolina was spending one million dollars on her public schools per year. Today she is spending 32 million dollars an nually. In the great period of school building in North Carolina from January 1, 1920 to January 1, 1925, North Carolina erected 724 modern buildings of five rooms or more. It was an era of expansion with communities {rivaling each other in construction of substan tial, well equipped buildings for the education of the young. Cities voted bonds and in many instances the rural communities did likewise, but the latter mostly were build from loans from special buildings funds, the State lite*rary fund and appropriations of county funds. CHf these 724 buildings, there were erected on the rural sections for white children 518. In the cit ies for white children were erected 129. For Negroes there were built in the rural sections 35 and in the cities 42. Total costa were $35,537,403, di vided as follows: White rural, $18, 413,840; white city, $14,087,029; Negro rural, $411,264. Negro city, $2,024,370. A great deal of confusion, doubt and distrust i.i connection with schools, as shown forth by Dr. Knight of the University and oth ers of his cult, arises from the fact that it is made to appear by inference that what is being done for schools is confined to approp riations made from the State Treasury. Can’t the counties be counted, or the cities, or the num erous socially taxed districts? For the most part these activities and extensions are worked out under the general direction of State au thority, they are as much North Carolina contributions to educa tion, in any event, as if the State were taking over the whole job in the true paternal spirit so dear to the ideal of the Godsaking reform er. The truth is that most of this clamor about the deg-redation of the State in connection wih pub lic education comes from behind a convenient smoke screen: we can hear the explosion, but we know mighty little about the size of the cannon.—Raleigh Times. Sam Raper of Davidson county is the pig club Champion of North Carolina for the year 1027. -♦ A policeman must be unlucky. He is relieved of his watch every now and then. New Wheat King :M ■ i C. LUson Smith oi Corvallis, I Montana, competing in Chicago I with the best wheat producers in j the United States and Canada, wasj crowned wheat king of North America. He is the third of Un-' :le Sam’s wheat growers to win \ the cup in 17 years of competition Two Deaths Occur fn Same Family Within Two Days Two deaths occurred in the same home in two days last week, when Miss Julia Holly died at her home near Four Oaks on Monday, and her brother, J. A. Holly, passed away on December 27. Miss Holly’s death came after a lingering ill ness of cancer. She was 73 years old in October. The remains were laid to rest Tuesday afternoon in the cemetery at Antioch Methodist church. On the day following Miss Holly’s death, her brother, J. A. Holly, passed away at the age of 71 years. For several months he had been in feeble health, suffering from rheumatism and paralysis, lie was laid to rest Wednesday, December 28, at Hood’s Grove church. Mr. Holly is survived by four sons, one daughter, and one brothel*. We overheard a lady say the other day that she lost 170 pounds in one day. Her husband left her. I DR. J. C. MANN THE WELL KNOWN EYESIGHT SPECIALIST AM) OPTICIAN Wishes to announce the opening of an exclusive optometrical of fices in the post office building, Smilhfield, and will make his regular visits every second Fri day in each month. Hours 10 a.in. to 3 p. m. Make a note of the date and see him if your eyes are weak or if you have headache regularly. His next visit will be FRIDAY, JAN 13 f. o. 6. factory You may have thought that you couldn’t buy a Buick for as little as ^5 J195—that you would have to pay considerably more tor Buick The truth is that you can have any one of three popular Buick models at this figure—a Sedan, Coupe or Spot i Roadster—all cf them, cars of true Buick quality. You have always wanted a Buick—and today’s Buick surpasses all previous creations. See it_ drive it—and own the car you hare long wanted. 8EDANS»1195to»1995 ' COUPES tll95totl85® SPORT MODELS * 119 5 to * n 2 5 All prices f.o. b, Flint, Mich., government tax to he added. The G. M. A. C. finance plan, the most desirable, is available. Debnam Buick Co. Sales and Service Smithfield, N. C. Smithfield Cotton and Produce Smithfield Cotton flood middling ____ 19 3-4c Strict middling . 2914c Middling . 19c Shipstuff. Shipstuff__ $2.25 Poultry Chickens, friers, lb.22 Ys to 25 Hens ... 28 to 20 Eg Kg and Butter Eg?s .—. 40 Butter, country_40 to 45c LiTMtoek Fat Cattle, dressed_10c to 11c Sheep, fat, on foot_10c to 12%c Bavon Hams.... 35 Shoulders --25 to 30 Hides.. 4c to 6; Wool ... 25c to 30c Papers Give Interesting Items Of Former Citizen Mrs, Ellen Eason of this • city recently came into possession of some papers which she values very highly because they are records concerning her father, Col. Wil liam H. Morning. These papers were given her by her niece, daugh ter of her brother, Will Morning, who found them among Mr. Morn ing’s effects after his death some Lime ago. One of the papers is an honor able discharge from the Navy, and until Mrs. Eason received this dis charge she did not know that her father had served in this capacity. She knew that he had traveled widely. She knew that he had vis ited Cuba, Mexico and Spain and she had seen mementos of his travels including some cork from a cork trees but she was ignorant of the circumstances of his trav els. The discharge, which shows signs o fage, reads as follows: “No. 1GG5. “J, Francis Hawks, Collector of the district of New Bern in North Carolina, do hereby certify that Wlilliam H. Morning, an American Seaman, aged 18 years, or there abouts, of the height, five feet, seven inches and a half—has light complexion, blue eyes and brown hair—has a small scar on the in side of his left knee—a native of the town of New Bern, County of Craven, and State of North Caro lina, hath this day produced to me proof in the manner directed in the Act entitled, “An act for Re lief and Protection of American Seamen,’ and pursuant to the said Act, I do hereby certify that the said William H. Morning is a cit-, izen of the United States of Amer ica. “In witness whereof, I have here unto set my Hand and Seal, of Office this the 17th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. ' “ FRANCIS HAWKS, Col.” j Mrs. Eason does not know when her father came to Smithfield to live but she knows that he was living here in 1840, fifteen years later. He lived here until his death in 1861, and it was upon the oc casion of his death that the other paper already referred to, was written. Col. Morning was a mem $1595 6-cyl. 2-Ton $1245 1'/2-Ton *895 l«Ton G-Doy $670 ?i-Ton Commercial Above Prices chassis f. o. b. Detro.l *770 Vj-Ton Deluxe Panel Complete * n. h. Denoii volume pro duction makes die exception ally low prices possible -"-for trucks so Iiigb in quality ~ - - C. C. BRITT Phone 364 Smithficld, N. C. Grahaii Brothers So!d and Scrv •• I'd h v Dodge *l»er. l)eal> Built bv Truck DivisjQB of Dodge Brothers. Inf Expert Mechanics Let us change your oil and grease your ear. We use oil recommended by Dodge Bros. C. C. BRITT Smithficld, N. ('. Dodge Dealer ber of Fellowship Lodge No. 84, the same Masonic Lodge that has an organization here now, and at his death the Lodge drew up res olutions of respect and sent cop ies to the family and to the Ral eigh Sentinel for publication. The resolutions which commend the life of the dcceasaed brother are beau tifully written in the quaint hand writing of that day, and the fol lowing signatures are attached: Sam P. Horton, W. H. Avera, and P. T. Massey. . E. L. Parker was the secretary. The resolutions bear the official seal of the Masonic Or der. TEN PER CENT OF U. S. POPULATION SEES FORD Tremendous enthusiasm marked ehc first day s showing, on Decem ber 2. of the new Model A Ford car throughout the United States, Canada, and foreign countries. Traffic was blocked in many cities by the crowds. Wherever people met, it was the chief topic of dis cussion. It was featured on the front page of all leading newspap ers and in Dallas, Texas, extra editions proclaimed the event the "greatest since the signing of the Armistice." An accurate check of the first day’s attendance at all places where the car was displayed and at dealers’ establishments through out the United States g*ave a to tal of 10,534,992, or nearly 10 per cent of the total population of the country. The crowds on the following days nearly equaled those of the first, making a total which included approximately one-quar ter of the country’s population. In Pittsburgh, 12% per cent of the city's population saw the car dur ing the first day. Despite torrents of rain in the South and the East, snow and driv ing sleet farther north, and below zero temperatures in the north central section, the attendance ev erywhere surpassed all expecta tions. At most display points ex tra police were required to keep traffic moving. At Convention Hall in Detroit, where forty cars were on display, 114,849 people visited the exhibit during the first day’s showing. Seventy-five policemen were nec essary to handle the crowds and prevent traffic jams. Within a few minutes after the doors were opened, spectators were grouped cig-ht and ten deep around all the exhibits, and by the end of the first hour it was difficult to approach any of them. At all points where the car was on exhibition a large volume of or ders were taken for future deliv ery. At Convention Hall, in De troit, one dealer reported taking twenty orders within the first hour, while others reported sales at the rate of one every five minutes. -+ RESIDENT OF PIKEVILLE PASSES AWAY IN KENLY KENLY, Jan. 9.—Funeral serv ices for N. S. Perkins who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Edgerton, in Kenl,y Mon day evening, January 2, were con ducted at his home near Pikeville Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock by Rev. Tennyson Lewis of Golds boro. Interment was made in the Pate burying ground. Mr. Perkins was 83 years old and a member of the Mount Carmel Quaker church. He is survived by four children: K. D. Perkins* Sbth Perkins, A. G. Perkins and Mrs. W. H. Edgerton. T < ANNOUNCING— Change In Business! This is to announce to our friends and customers that we have purchased the interest of Mr. T. S. Ragsdale in the Shamrock Service Station and you may rest assured that the same high grade gas and oils and “on the-minute” service will be found here at all times. “HEATH and JAMES” Johnson & Kirkman January 11th at 11 a.m. A DATE AND AN OPPORTUNITY The Date is the time set for the Auction Sale of “Hillcrest” the Beautiful Subdivision of Residence Lots just South of Smithfield on Highway No. 22 The OPPORTUNITY is your; to secure for yourself an ideal lot on which to build; to get in on the ground floor ina development that is destined to be come the most attractive in this section; to make an investment in property that will certainly increase in value. PAVED STREETS-WATER AND LIGHTS-CLOSE TO SCHOOL_ Evei y advantage of the town, without the town taxes. THE TERMS ARE WITHIN REACH OF ALL! Brass Band Concert Valuable Prizes including Radio You are cordially invited to this sale, whether you wish to buy or not Honeycutt, Abell & Gray Selling Agent, Smithfield, N. C. DOROTHY DAKJNi'i By Charles McManw (Ooii-v willyouL I talk to mistefT^ 1 DO(?C an whilst i L L Go t o THE sto(?e r l TaTl 7 [Right ( i'll Give you a Coin if yo O can tell m£ what your SiSter ThinkS 1 OF |V]E (She Says] I YOU ARE one of the| DEAREST MEN ON EARTH r HERE A HEM -T Gee But you're a cheap Guy all the other fellows gave me a - i Quart er for the ^ 5ame Thing ChAS McMANIT5
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