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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY, AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY.
Vol. X—No. 2S
fl.50 PER YEAR—5c A CX>PY
LUtinftoB, N. C, Thundiiy, June 21, 1928
It Concerns Harnott, IPs in THE NEWS'*
PLATFORM OF
NORTH CAROLINA
DEMOCRACY
Adopted at State Convention
Last Tuesday in Raleigh
When More Than 7,000
Were Present
The platform adopted by the
Democratic convention Tuesday af
ternoon follows:
The Democratic Party of North
Carolina, in convention assom'blea
reafiBrms its devotion to the lime-
honored principles of our party and
calls upon the people to renew their
devotion to the Instltutl^ons of our
country and the Constitution of oar
State and 'Nation, and recognizing
the right of the people In an orderly
way to amend the Constitution of
the United tSates at their pleasure,
we declare, that our party stands
firmly for the enforcement of every
provision of the Constitution of thr
United States, including the Eight
eenth Amendment and point with
pride to the fact that the Democra
tic General Assem'bly of 'North Caro
lina enacted adequate legislation
guaranteeing concurrent neforce-
ment of the Eighteenth Amendment
of the Constitution of the UniteiJ
States. We pledge the Democratic
Party to the enaatmeni of suoh ad
ditional legislation as may be neces
sary for the better enforcement of
the Eighteenth Amendment and
other laws against the sale of alco
holic liquors in the State.
We denounce the Republican
Party for its failure to sincerely en
force the Eighteenth Amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States, and call the country’s atten
tion to the tact that the present
Republican administration toolt
away the dut yof enforcing the pro-
btbltion law from the Department
of Justice where it properly belongs
and placed it under the Treasury
Department, pressed over by the
leader of the corrupt Republican
Party in 'Pennsylvania, and turned
the forces provided by Congress at
a cost of millions of dollars, for the
purpose of enforcement into a mere
political organization of the Repub
lican Party, Instead of a police force
honestly endeavoring to perform
their duty.
Republican Corruption DcnouDced
We denounce the Republican Par
ty in the United States for its wide
spread corruption in the aklmlnistra-
tlonal of the National Government,
and in the election of Senators and
mem'bers of the House of Represen
tatives of the United States. We
denounce their looting of public
property of the 'United States and
we view with even greater alarm
the prostitution of the vital func
tions of our government for mercen
ary purposes. It is established that
the Reupbllean''Party not oiily sold
the oil properties of the United
States, but that they have sold leg
islation and the control of adminis
trative boards, set up io serve the
people and necessary to the admin
istration of the government, to self
ish groups, for campaign fundt
with which to perpetrate its powers
in this republic.
We denounce the Republican Par
ty for not having brought to Justice
and punishment those who corrupt
ed high officials of the administra
tion, and in contrast we point with
pride to the administration of oui
country’s affairs under Woodrow
Wilson, and rejoice In the fact lhal
the utmost scrutiny and investiga
tion by the iRepubllcan Party abso
lutely failed to disclose the slightest
corruption or graft during the diffi
cult perlotJ through which that ad-
'ministration conducted the affairs ol
the Nation.
World Court Endor-^cd
Since the Democratic platform of
1924, endorsed the World Court
and the Swanson resolution, -passed
by the Senate in January. 1926,
provided, with certain reservations,
for the adherence of the United
States to the WorW Court, and the
negotiations between this country
and the signatory states which
would, in the opinion of many eml-
aent Jurista, lead to the completion
of American adherence to the court,
have been abandoned by the United
States; we urgently recommend the
resumptions of negotiations -with a
view to oompletihg the adherence
of the United SUtes to the World
Court.
Democrattc Btate Record
We endorse the faithful and effi
cient administration of all depart
ments of the State Government by
Democratic State officials. We es
pecially endorse and commend the
admlnistaration of Governor Mc
Lean, the- constructive legislation
enacted with his recommendations
and approval, and the careful super
vision he has given to every phase
of the State’s activities.
We approve the Executive Budget
law. Under it operations busines:-
imethoids are employed in the con
duct of the State’s business, and
careful checks and balances are em
ployed In the expenditure of public
funds by all departments, institu
tions and agencies of the State. It
I has demonstrated its great value in
nvanitainiug at all times a sound fls-
sal policy, and in giving strength
and stability to the credit of the
State, and its provisions have con
tributed to the important achieve
ment of reducing to 4 per cent the
interest basis on which securities of
the State are .sold.
State Highway System
Continuing progress has ibeeji
made toward '^e objective of a
complete, mode” State-wide sys
tem of public iigh-ways. These
highways have been constructed and
maintained without any tax on
property by the State and with a sys
tem offinancing adequate to main
tain all roads in the Slate system,
pay interest on public road bonds
and to provide for the full payment
of all bonds as they become due and
payable. fPhe platform of the Par
ty two years ago declared that "thc-
State should render every assistance
possible, after providing for the
completion and imalntenaune of the
State system, to aid the counties In
organizing efficient system,s of con
necting county roads”, la pursu
ance of that pledge, the State has.
under Act of General Assembly of
1927, Increased the mileage of the
State system by more than twenty
per cent, and relieved the counties
of the burden of mainteuance of
roads formerly maintained by the
counties. 'We renew the decluvatlon
of the 192i6 Platform that, subject lo
the limitations therein impo.^ed. tl»e
State should oontlnue its policy of
relieving the countle.s of maiiit.nin-
Ing public roads that should logical
ly be considered a part of a State
'system of public roads. County
roads are maintained by tax^s on
property, and State roads by gaso
line and license taxes, and a.s the
State may safely expawd the mileage
of highways in the. State 33'stem ll
will, to that extent, remove the bur
den from property taxes.
Public School Eduoatton
Among its fundamental guaran
tees. the Constitution of 1868 de
clares that, “The people have the
right and the privilege of education
and it is the duty of the State to
guard and maintain that Tight”;
An(J to ma'ke this declaration effec
tive. the Constitution prescribed
that “The General lAssembly ♦ * ♦
shall provide by taxation and other-
wtlse for a general and uniform sys
tem of public .schools wherein educa
tion shall be free of charge to all
children of the State between the
ages of six and twenty-one years,”
with separate schools for white and
colored, and that, ".so much of the
ordinary revenue of the State as
may be by law set apart for the pur
pose sholl 'be faithfully appropriat
ed for establishing and maintaining
in this State a system of free public
schools and for no other' uses 01
purposes whatever.”
'The Democratic Party is the part)
of education and of progress in
'North iCarolina and under Demo
cratic leadership it added an educa
tional qualification to the righ-t o'
suffrage, while at the same time as
suring Its free exercise by a State
wide school term of six months at
least, which, in most of the counties,
has been increased to eight months
and .In many comimunities to nine
months each year. It not only lec-
ognizes the constitutional obligation
of the State to maintain the public
school system, which our Supreme
Court hsa held to be mandatory, hut
also the manifest duty of the Gen
eral Assembly to appropriate seve-
nue.s for that purpose, so that effl-
olent imaintenance of the minnimuin
school term of six 'months guaran
teed by the Constitution shall not
result In oppressive taxation among
the counties which, In large part,
hiave been forced to begin an undue
burden on land and personal prop
erty.
Equullaation of Taxes
The Democratic Party, therefore,
declares that the time has come in
the economic progress and develop
ment of ‘North Carolina when the
cost of providing pu'blic education
should be more nearly equalized and
the burden more evenly distributed.
We recognize that we have prob
lems in taxations to be solved. The
libera Iprogram of expanddng public
'ervlce and public improvemeuts by
the State and by Counties and mu
nicipalities throughout the State,
presents its Increasing pro'blems in
raising necessary public revenue to
sustain them. The last General As
sembly, recognizing the Imimrtance
of tbfis question, provided for a
searching party and investigatino of
all phases of this question by a Tax
Coanmlsslon, appointed 'by the Gov-
ROAD BOARD
HELD BUDGET
MEET MONDAY
Will Ask Commissioners for
More Money This Ye&r—
Not Enough Now for'
Maintenance, They
Say
HlCnrH OR HUliL? NEEEHERI NO!
JlM RESai, SAYB LAWYER HOOD
(Continued on page six)
The Harnett County Highway
Board was In session here [Monday
preparing a tentative budget to sub
mit to the Board of Oounty Commis
sioners. The Commissioners will
meet in extraordinary session today,
the 21st, for the purpose of going
into the joint session with the B'dard
of Education to talk over the school
budget. The 'Road Board will also
submit their budget, and eo the ses-
Eilon today will resolve itself into a
finance • meeting with the Board of
Commissioners being the brunt of
tho battle of expenditure versus in
come. The school board asks for
150,000 more than they had last
year. The highway board -will a^
for a little more also, though- not
with the full hope of getting what
they ask.
The highway board estimates that
the follow>lng items of in-come will
be necessary for the proper opera
tion ol that department of county
government this year: Maintenance
IIO.OOO, construction. $12,000,
bridges $7,500, making a total of
$'5'9,500. Thils does not take into
account an estimated cost of aruond
$15,000 for maintaining ' the con
vict camp. Superintendent Ballard
of the road forces says that it takes
much more to maintain the convict
force now than formerly. Tihls is
due, 'ill great 'measure, to the fact
that the numiber of “enlisted” men
is much higher.
The road levy last year was 17
cents. The road board u'ants the
'Commissioners to make it 20 cents
this year. On the 17 cents levy the
road board netted about $38,000
last year. They spent $58,000,
some of which was realized from a
sal eof bonds and funds left over
from the year before.
Mem'bers of the road board Mon
day did not see miinclined to think
the Commissioners would agree to
any raise in the road levy, and
therefore were not very optimistic
over the prospect for an increased
budget. They “were free to say,
however, that i fthe county expects
to construct roads and’ protect the
investment in them by tnadntaiulng
what roads are built, more money
must come into the highway treas
ury.
'Members of the road board aie
aware, as are all other observant
persons, thiat something must he
done, and done quickly, if the great
expenditure for construction . of
roads by the county Ss to be saved.
The >Lillington-IManchester road, a
nrasterpieoe in sand-gravel construc
tion w'hen it was completed, is fast
becoming rutty and the fills are be
ing washekl' out. The Upper Little
River roads are doing the same.
Only the dragging process is being
used to keep these roads in good
shape, and that process is Car from
satisfactory in this day of continu
ous heavy traffic. The Lllllngton-
iManchester road cost the county
about $8'0.0'00'.
Suggestion of a t'arrlng process
for the county roads brought enthu-
siastiic nedorsement from the road
board, but members stateid that
while that process was the cheapest
and best in the long run, the county
w-ould have to put out considerable
money right now if it was adopted.
iMembers of the board did not seem
to think they could impress upon
the C'ommissioners the wisdom of
Inaugurating such a system.
The contest between Al iSmlth
and Cordell Hull for the Democratic
nomination 'for President of theee
United States is not us interesting
to 'Lawyer John Mood as It is to
some of the pros and cone who pro-
fees to be intensely serious about
their leanings towand- or from the
Pope of Rome and the Bacchanerlal
shrine. The said pros and cons are
having their hot discussions while
'Lawyer Hood is smiling his con
tentment over the eminent -fitnses of
bis favorite—Jlni Reed.
iMr. 'Hood has watched Reed in ac
tion on the congressional floor and
he loves to tell the fellows what a
master orator, debater and general
allround efficient public service man
his favorite is. If the Houston
convention can’t deckle whether
Smith or Hull is the best choice, an
aesy way out of a serious dilemma
is to name Jim Reed, says Lawyer
Hood. In fact, says Mr. 'Hood, the
reallrv best man In the whole bunch
is Reed.
RUNNING THE
RISK OF COTTON
FARMING, 1928
OaLLBCTOR XiEVYlNG ON
ALL PERBONAli PROPERTY
Dr. Wintera Reminds Cotton
Farmers iThat Danger From
Boll Weevil This Year is
Serious
SUPERIOR COURT
DELAYED A DAY
ACCOUNT DEATH
Judge Nunn's Brother Dies in
Newbem—Headway Be
ing Made cm Criminal
-Docket—Over 100
Cases
U. L R. SCHOOL
TAKING SHAPE
The big '$1‘00,000 school bntldint
in U'pper Little Rdvor township,
which is being erected at a point
about midway between Mamera and
Ryes, is rajrtdly ta'king shape. The
wall's of the building are almost
completed and inside work 'Will
soon be started.
When finished the Upper Lltle
River school will be the largest in
the county. It is located in Har
nett’s largest township, whlioih here
tofore has been the only township
in the county without a modem
school.
Several new buses will be requir
ed to convey the children this
school. There are about SOfi oltIM-
ren of school age In the towvtsUp,
but socae of them win go to other
scihoole for the poresent. It is ex
pected that the new school 'will op
en in September.
Harnett Superior Court convened
Tuesday morning instead of Moniday
morning, the delay being due to the
fact that Judge JR. A. Nunn, who is
presiding, went to Newbern Monday
to attend the funefal of his brother,
John Adolph 'Nunn, who died sud
denly early Sunday morning from
the effects of an injury he sustained
some time ago in a mill accident.
Judfe Nunn came .to LilUngton
Tuesday and openad court for the
week term which is for the trial of
criminal oases exelnstvely.
The calendar as prepared by ■Oler-k
Chaffin contains over a hundred
cases. There are not so many jail
cases, however, and it la expected
that the jail will be cleared at thi:-
term. Several murder cases are on
the docket. There being no May
term on account of the Lawrence
case In Chatham taking up tho week
that was set apart for the Harnett
court, the criminal docket in this
county is somewhat crowded. .
With the headway being made by
doMcitor Clwason WllUams, it Is
expected that a considerable num
ber of cases vdH be disposed of this
week. There has been some talk
of calling for an extra term of
criminal court to clear hte congest
ed docket, but whether this course
wiU be adopted ds not definitely de
cided. Midsummer Is a busy time
for termers, who are already be
hind with their work, and It is not
at all certain that an extra term of
court wlH be oallod.
Jurors and wtttnesses who came
to fljllllngton Modinay morning for
the convening of court went back to
their work and oame again fPuesd'ay
morning. It Is expected that the
court win grind away on the docket
till igaturday night 4n an effort tb
clear away all the cases possible
during the short June term.
PEACH CROP
PROMISING
Llllington’s peach crop 1* well oh
the way to a good' hjtfvest this year.
The outlook is piromlslng, according
to the toonl growers, who have fin
ished thinning aad graying their
fmR. It no untoward happening
overtakes the peaches betor the
middle of July, when the fruit -be-
glaq Tlpening, ikere will not only be
a boantltal harvest bat the peachoc
win 'be of the best type,'
The local (unfisards have eatab-
llshed a rffpoiation for such an ex
cellent variety o fruit that It has
come to be mack .in demand. The
entire crop sold at good prlcea last
year. Onlgr two varieties are grown
here—EMibrtas and Beriae. The
former are naually In marketing
ahstpe a week abaed of the latter,
but last year both varieties ripened
at the same time.
By Dr. R. y. Winters, Director N. C.
Agricultural Experiment iBtatlons.
(Taken from an article in the June
issue of "'WachovUa.”)
The cotton'growers of North Car
olina need not to 'be reminded that
the boll weevil is a serious menace
lo cotton production. Last year's
experience is still fresh in their
memory. The greatest dilfficulty -in
connection with this problem' is the
ladk^of Confidence among  cotton
growers in the remedy for boll
weevil control. This Is likely to be
a very serious source of loss unless
omething can be done to cultivate
con'fidence tin proven methods of
control. The 'State -Department of
Agriculture 'Bulletin of March, 1924,
gives the method' of co'ntrol and
conclusive e'vddence of its value. The
following bulletins of the U. S. De-
ppartment of Agriculture also fur
nish valuable ilnformation on the
control of tMs pest:
Boll Weevil Pro'blems—Bulletin
No. 13129.
How Ifisects ‘Affect the Cotton
Plant—'Bulletin No. 890.
Dusting for Cotton Boll Weevil—
Circular No. i27'4.
Poor Quality a Source of Groat
Risk
Quality lis an Important factor dn
determ'inlng the value of all farm
'produce. Particularly is this true
during periods of surplus produc
tion. The grower who produces low
grade short cotton is placing him
self in direct competition with the
growers of India, 'China and • othdr
countries having cheaper labor.
iSome studies have been conducted
in the State to C'ompare the quality
of cotton produced' with the quali
ties consumed 'by local mills. The
following table contains a very in
teresting comparlaon between- the
types produced and' those consumed
by mills in tb« State:
Cotton ProdocUon and Consumption
In North Carolina
19'2‘8 -production—1,'2'00,000 bales.
Consumption by 'N. C. mills from all
sources—l,6i90,000 'bales.
The following show® production
according to length of staple and
Tax Oolieotor John Green and bis
assistants, P. '8. Oul'lom and J. N,
Fuquay, are -maiklng a determined
search for personal property these
days. Whenever a sufficient amonut
of personalty is found to satisfy the
tax claim, levies are Issued aod' the
delinquent Is asked to come acrosi
or else see his property old at auc
tion.
In a great many tases, according
to the collectors, it is not possible
to get the taxes 'this way. In a num
ber of cases, where it w-ould appear
that It mJgh't be an easy matter to
levy on personalty and get taxes,
after a search Jt is found that not
enough values can be found to get'
the amount sought.
Personal property worth levying
upon see-ms harder to locate than
would appear upon the surface, says
lOoltector Green.
JUNE POULTRY
PAYS FARMERS
GOOD PRICES
Shipment Last Friday One of
Best Carloads to Go Out
of Harnett—-No More
This Month
consumption according to length of
staple:
7-8 Inch I 'e'gO.OO-O-
240/000
423,000
6i64,000
264,000
AT FUBAEAira UNION
. ChHdren’s Day exarelses will be
held Sit Plesssnt - Daloa Ohriattan
Ohnrak nest SsiCnrdar, Jots tt, bs-
gliiDlag at S: 00 P- ■>. The piAUc is
cordially iwrlted to attend. An In-
tereetlng propram has been snrang-
ed TUs Is aa SMual event si Pleas
ant Unioa aaN aaek yaar there Is a
larga ewunrspstlen present.
7-8 inch 6'90,000
15-il'6 Inch .2.716,000
1 to 1 1-16 (216,000
1 1-16 Inch and
above 16,800'
The comparison Indicates a con
siderable lack of cottons running in
length between 15-16 of an inch
and 1 1-16 inch. The following ta
ble givse a compaiilson of the price:?
quoted for mldkl'ling cotton Of the
different staple lengths on the Qas-
tonJa, 'N. 'C., m'ariket, October Slst,
1927:
Price per
Length lb. at mill
7.fi 21.00
I5-1I6 2ll.«0
1 22.75
1 1-16 '2i4.'50
These prices used in connection
with the average yields of Improved
and unimproved varietiee of higher
quality will indicate the possibili
ties of reducing the risk of cotton
production by growing the quality
demanded by our local mills.
Yiel'd' and value of 'unimproved
auid' improved cotton varieties ac
cording to length of staple—average
of ten years’ oomparlson;
Unimproved—Length *3-4 to 7-8,
yield lint Tbe. per acre, 4416, value
'per acre -IPS.iB.
lOlervelsud.'—Length '15-il6, yield
485. value $104.'27.
Mexican (Big 'Boll^—^Length.! ai\d
1 1-16, yield 4fi9, value $10-6.70.
The North Carolina lOotton Grow
ers 'Cooperative Association has
made a distinct oontrlfbution^ tO’ the
redaction of risk from poor quality
cotton by encouraging its members
in the production oC Impro'Ved vur
rietles. No other factor has had a
greater Influence upon the iffiprove-
ment of quality than the careful
grading and stepling of this associa
tion followed> by payment to ' the
grower according to the quality of
cotton deUivered. rrhe asaocistlon
has also hefood to cnUlvaet a higher
regard for (North Carolina cotton
among mills by supplylitg their needs
In uniform lots. This service should
be supported and encouraged by the
tarmere and •busineas men of our
Rtate.
iM-
Visits Here Sandiv
A. Green of Durham iqtent
a LilUngton.
Prof. J. O. Anthony, vocational
instructor In Ll'lllngton schools, who
has been m-anaging the Pour Coun
ty Poultry A'soclatlon’a cooperative
shipments In Harnett county, is
much pleased with the manner in
which poultry shipments have devel
oped an interest in this ph-ase of di
versified agriculture. Returning
from Dunn last Friday, where he
.flnished' the June shipments of live
poultry to northern markets, he
stated that poultry raisers of Har
nett and adjoining counties are
rapldty learning of the handsome
profits to be derived from poultry
raising.
The shipment last Friday brought
to the car 6,74(9 pounds of live poul
try from which the sellers realized
$1,26'3.9'7. TMs will be the last
shipment in June. *Mr. Anthcmy
stated that he would probably make
selling arrangements for youltry
raisers in Harnebt^by having buyers
go through the country and pur
chase poultry at the yards. The
shipments last Friday, he stated,
proatlc'all cleaned' up the bulk of
saleable poultry' Jn this oounty.
That does net mean, however, that
there is no more poultry for sale,
but that the raisers do not have
sufficient numibera of cMckens of
marketable age on their yards Just
now to Justify a sMpmenit every two
weelk's as has been the case since
the first of the year.
Prof. Antheyn stated that he
would announce through the papers
the date of the next shipment;
which will be some time in July.
He expects the interest in poultry
raising to grow, however, till ship
ments will'l have to be made regular
ly throughout the year. Only one
car has been shipped at a time here
tofore, but it is expected that by the
beginning of -the next season the
volume of poultry for shipment will
have reached' such a point that it
will be necessary to provide m'ore
ample shipping facilities and that
special arrangementa will have to
be made for it.
MRB. LAVXNA HOiHDON NOW
OVER 100 YEARB OLD
Mrs. Lavlna Hobson, widow of
Richardson, will be lOd years old
If she lives to see her 'Ilext Mrthday,
Septem'bcr 15lh. She malkes her
home with her son, Uriah Hobson,
about a mile from Thorn'wall. She
is blnld but enjoys life. She draws
a pension by virtue of the fact that
her hustband was a Oonfeiderate
soldier. 'She has five living child
ren.
Ther eare several centenarians in
Harnett county, which gives con
clusive evidence that this Is a heal-
thy place in w^vich to live.
WORK STARTED ON
NEW GOOD HOPE
HOSPITAL, ERWIN
Building to Cost $80,000 Ex*
elusive of Plumbing and
Lighting—Byrd Bros. A
Shaw Contractors
Byrd Bros. & Shaw of LilUngton,
contractors for the erection of the
new plant for the Good >Bope Hos
pital at Erwin, have -begun work on
the structure, which will cost, ex
clusive of plumbing, heating, light
ing and fixtures, around $-50,009,
The LilUngton contractors do not
have included in th^r contract any
thing further than- the bare build
ing. Other contractors will install
plumbing, heating, lights and fl-x
lures, which will run hte total coot
of the institution to a'bout $7-5,000.
The old structure, which stands
near the site of the new hospital,
has served for many years to pat
rons not only in Erwin but of the
surrounding territory. It has long
been noted for its efficient 'manage
ment. Dr. W. E. Holt is surgeon in
charge. It lis owned by the Erwin
'Mills Gom-pany, and tho 'new hospi
tal will be under the same owner
ship and management.
Since erection of the additional
spinning m-ill at Erwin the popula
tion of the little city has Increased
till -now the . census would show
about 5,000 people. Besides the
modern hospital, Erwin has already
two modern school buildings. which
are equipped with playground and
other recreational facilities that
'make it one of the most up-to-date
schools in the oounty.
The Erwin comm-unity is aoteid
throughout for its excellent manage
ment. Employes enjoy good homes
and every other comfort that might
be desired for such a communtty.
The population is at a high type of
citizenship, and the mills company
has been complimented upon its
splendid manner of conducting af
fairs there. All of the 'buildings In
the town are owned by the Erwin
(Mills Company, and those' occupied
for the various Industries and pro
fessions are leased .to private con
cerns.
GRAVEL CO. TO
RE-OPEN MTS?
Humor Is to the effect that the
Standard (Sand A Gravel Corpora
tion, owner of the largest gravel
mining plant in this section of the
country, is entertaining the propo
sition of reopeniipg their plant here.
Al-though nothing, definite as to the
plans of the company is available
for publication, It ie intimated from
reliable sources than an early re-
Bum'ptlon o-f operations is within
tho probaMUtles.
Mr. Q. D. Monroe, local represen-
tati-ve of the coimpany, Is now oper
ating a plant at Summerville. He
has nothing to say In regard to the
Standard's opening. He 48 In Aarge
of the eomipany’e property.
liOOAL BAPTNT OHUROB
TO ELECT NEW DEACONS
ATTEND B. V. P. U. CONVENTION
The following young people of the
LlHIngtOtt Baptist church are at
tending the B. Y. P. U.. Convention
at Meredith OoUege this week:
Mines Mamie Haigwood, Junior
leader, and' Agnes Gentry of the
Junior department, afifirgaret Bag
gett and Adelaide Bhaw of the In
termediate aniPTigary Gladys Wom-
ble and Mr, Robert Redtern of the
Senl'Qr.
AT MOREHEAD CITY
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Monroe and
sons, J'oe and Charles Sidney, are
spending a few daye thle week in
Morehead City.
At a conferen'ce of the deacons
and deaconesses of LilUngton Baip-
tlst church, held In the ohuroh after
preaching service last Sunday flight.
It was decided that the entire -board
of deacons retire in order that the
church may go into the election of
a 'board of deacons. The election
will take place at a conference of
members of the church after th-o
morning service the secomd Sunday
in July.
Pastor Gillespie will make the re
port to the,conference. |Tbo bpard
of deacons, which will In future be
composed of five male mem'bers of
the church, wilt be elected eo that
one member will retire each year.
Thus the members will' be oleoted
one tor one year, one for two years,
one for three years, one tor tour
years and one tor five years.
The retiring board of deacons apd
deaconesses te as follows: Dr. J.
W. Halford, chairman. B. P. Gentry,
W. M. (Bryan, A. M. Shaw, J. B,
Womble, Mrs. J. B. Tugwell, .Mrs. J.
O. Layton.
MER. THOMSON LBAVB8
TODAY FOB HOUSTON
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Mr. Jqhn C. Thomoon expects to
leave today for Houston, Texas,
where he goes as a delegate from the
SUnth Oongreselonal Dlstrlot to the
Democratic convention. The eonven-
tton will meet on the 2fith.
Mr. Thomson plans to be away
for several weeke. He wlllr visit rel-
atlvM and many points of intereet;
takliflk his sununer vhceHoii In the
meantime.