North Carolina Newspapers

' y . Look At Your L;: cl. v;.;;.: - ;-;: - ' y'm:- : vfho radinrr Public If your i ' -t'l l -i J Send l-l W.r lc swal At Ch . Uborally Patronise MsrchaoU WLa fUa For The Trada t - I r Help roost Mesh County ' WatclL For The Bidders N ASH VltLE, North Carolina- May 25th, 1922. VOL. XXVIII. NO. 21 , 7 T H s ;,vil .1 -k idr IlALFOFCWfflES TO GET LOAuS A Million Dollars Ready for Distribution Among the '1 Counties at Once, ' Raleigh, N P JUBt one-half of the counties will get immediate loan from tbe five million dollar loan fand - ' for erection of school buiklinn, so ;. " cording to announcement by the state f . Board of Education today. One fifth of the ful fund, or a mi 'I ion d-llars, J will be ready for distribution among ' tha con itiei on a load basis imme , diately, and the remainder will not ! : be available before the summer and j fall months. .. ' " ,. .. . It was just about a year ago.that ' the S ate Board f Education noti- 7 fiifd cou it es thnt the specia' builditin 1 fund will be available the fir t of this i year .and suggested to them thatthy I to ahead witu their 'bQilding pro- v grama In response to this advice " many school buildings wereerwted fand counties borrowed money from ' the loeal banks. When, an attempt I was made to sell theM bonds in Jan uarv. the Durchaser. ti Fidelity . ' bnk,-of Durham, wan advised not to take them until the ourts had pasted on the constitutionality of the issue. In tbe meantime the countiea had - borrowed about a million dollars and spent this in addition to their avail able fuutls for the erection of build intra. ' ' . . " . y -The middle of April of this year the courts validated the bonds and on Aprd 27 the treasurer completed sale of a million dollars' worth of the bonds at 4 J per cent Interest. .The i. .first loans, therefore, have been ,,. made to those counties that had .gone ahead with their building program. . Each county in the state will be given an opportunity to borrow its o ' pro rata part of the five million; . that is, it may borrow the lame per cent of this amount-that the school - poturatlon-of the" ionnty Itar io ' the state population, and the remain der of the fund will be loaned dur ing the summer and early fall on this basis. " Counties are advised by r the Board of Education to continue their building with , assurance that this money will be available. ;( An interesting feature of the loans included in ihe million dollar distri bution is that the money is loaned ' 'almost exclusively for the erection of high school buildings in rural dis tricta. : Only 40,000 of the entire amount will be used in a city school; and this goes to- Wilmington, where, a high school will lie erected for the entire county. It is at last possible for counties how to secure funds - to erect high school buildings for the rural districts. The State Board of ; - education has recently made appro- i ! priations for the purpose of main taining at least 6ne high school for I the rural districts of each county, ' and with these loans ft is possiole to supply adequate buildings. -Greens-boro News.. . ' " - ' "Let There Iz UJJt.lr s The announcement that an electric lijtht current from the Rocky Mount plant is to be supplied to our neigh bors to the west of Nashville is said to have brought a sense of keen de light to a number of citizens up that way, and to have received much gen eral approval by the business folks of the town who have been suffering v from -Inadequate lijht service At v? any rate the new plan may necee! " tate the building of a line over the eight or nine miles to the local plant. However, if the construction is done aright,, it will mean" a twenty-four " hour service for our neighbors, aaJ that is what a thriving, prosperous, growing city like our "neighbor de serves. And contrary to the thot . ' t cf fiws fow who might fear thtt iters, new counties and oth f i;,'k n ; ht 1 nve f i in" J 9 later time in a r i'k f ' t, tsevrt'.-I i it k l : ; ' a '. " t r." f j. ' i i i ,a t :.t it ii'.ou a ftet ,!Jit r: is " i t c i t" r t c I . t ) ." ' ' -its IV: k: V to Pet An End to the Drive While air this talk of readjust ment is in the air it might be well for the ordinary people, those who come in contact only with the ordi nary things of life from day to day to readjust their common sense and put a stop to the continuous exploit ation they suffer from the result of the money-raising fever. The read Justment of "drives" is certainly in order. Many of the aocal;ed drives are who ly unnecessary, while many ethers are tqually as necessary, and to make the distinction between the necessary and the anneces-ary is where the rub comes. Tbe drnio on the average purse for drives is tre menilous. . Sacrifice and helpfulness are well enough fn their way; but imposition should be checked. There are ail sorts of stories re cording the number of persons u' of work to be read in. the daily pa para, but try to find anyone who wants te do any work and, yon have a job on your bands. Every city tells the same story park benches filled with idle men. and then the want column? carrying advertisements for mert wanted in various lines of work. especially laborers, with no men to be had. .The farms are pretty much in the same condition. . Help we no longer dare call them servant girls- Is impossible to obtain at any price, You can get a colored girl, maybe, at a big price, but she won't be of much real help. If you will grant her a I kinds of concessions and stand her impudnnct, she will stay at your bouse a certain number of hours a day, but she won't be of much rea help and will certainly carry off all she can lay her hands on if it is not nailed down. c,1' ' t , J '' Let's start a drive not for money but' for help, real help.-1-Warren Record. " . ; Jude Austin At Bailey . Bailey, May 23. -Judge S- F, Aus fin, -of Ka8hvWe:jd'I)Irectt-Bf the Tobacco Farmers Co-operative Marketing Association for this dis trict, spoke to the people of Bailey and this section her last -evening in the interest of Co-operative Market ing. -He urged the busineas men to make a complete canvass of this sec tion during the remainder of the week for the purpose of giving every farmer, who has not already done so, the opportunity of signing tde contract He congratulated the peo ple of this section on the large num ber of farmers in this section who have already sinned up, and pic tured a great era of prosperity for the small towns that had' turned their properly over to the associa tion for their use. The owners of all tobacco property in IBailey have done this. ' :x',. Advertisements are now appear ing in some of the 'eading state pa pers asking for bids for the construc tion of the power line. from Wilson to Bailey and Middlesex. - It Is pre dicted by the autlioritits in charge that the line can be completed so as to furnish current to - Bailey and Middlesex by. the first of September: The bonds have been sold and the funds are deposited in the local bank for the payment of this work. This being the most important part of the matter, it can certainly be noth ing less than a success. " Assistant Grand Lecturer K. W. Winstead, , of the - Maaonic Grand Lodxe has spent several days at Franklinton instructing the mem bership of Franklinton Lodge, 123, A, F. & A. fl."- - ' Crndic' te for county officers have Leon frequent visitors in, town for t!.e ppst several days and indications aie t! .at Jure C I, wiil be alivtly day on the "S'juthside." Fr; n !a of Ilr. J. W. Privette are rV 1 1 1- rn that he ia i;r : rov": jr at t ? C; roIlaaCcueral Ilotfl'.J in Wil : "i, here he 'he has nndcrgobe an t ;'!":. iin. - '" - j; I -tj. ri. t- C over spent a part of 7 ' y. t 1 r.;ii' 7. in Haleish, f. I' '." j thT3 u.ended to business ::,r L y ii r ' ar- - y wi , C. f JEW FLOOD DRIVES 5000 FRor.i iio;.ie Thousands of Acres of Sugar ; Cane in Louisiana Will i Soon be Flooded. ; ; New Orleans, Li. Probably 5,000 homeless refugees will be added to the 60,000 already made homeless or otherwise seriously affected by the floods as a result of the ' breaks in the lev.ee on Bayou des Glaises, near Hamourg, - Li.t according to esti mates made today by Red Cross workers.. Today's break' increases the total area fl oded to more than 5,500 tquare mlies In Louisiana and Mississippi." ' ;,' 1 ' A t ital of 41,000 people1 are now being fed and clothed by flood relief agenciei in the two states, according to toese officials, 23.000 in Louisiana and 19,000 iu Mississippi, i It is ex pected that at least 2,000 persons wno will-be affected by the Ham burg crevasse will be added to this untortunate roll. ;. ! v .The loss of livestock In the area be ing floudeiT by the Hamburg break will be very great, as residtnUof that sectiuQ did not anticipate a flood and but little time was given for the removal of livestock. -Thousands of ac es of sugar cane in Averliles, St. Martin, St Landry and Iberia par ishes have either been flooded or will be witnin the njx; two days by the water lrura Bayou des Giaises and tbe RkI. river through tne break in the levee near Hamburg; now about 900 feet wide. . . ; i T Reporu from the affected area to day stated the water had reached and inundated the towns of Moreaa- villeand Piaucbeville and is grad ually rising around, the town of Mel Title, which ia expected to go under water early tomorrow.. At the pres ent rate it is estimated Palmetto will be inundated by Friday,. :5 Joe flood at Melville was oaxMrtad rlslngfat the -rate of a "inches an houc Associated Press. . - Parcel Post Rates : May Be Increased Postmaster General Says tfie Cost of Handling- Makes "'.v It Necessary.' ' . ; . . . . -y '- Washington, ; D. : C Poslmaster General Work announced today that in view of "the fact that increased costs of handling parcel post mail nce-sitatea a corresponding advance in parcel post rates," he was writing to a large number of parcel post users to get their views on proposed changes. -'?, - ' The changes which have been sug gested. Dr. Work Slid, included pro posals to fix a service charge of one or two cents on each parcel mailed, regardless of weight or sons, and to readjust rates by weight and zone. The Postmaster General pointed out that there has been practically no change in parcel post rates since the service was inaugurated in 1913, although the. cost of handling the service amounted " to 1300,000,000 more in 1921 than in the year it was started. . --'. 'Ii. P. P. Cccpef Passes. The news of the death of Mr. P. V Cooper, which occurred at tne hospital in Rocky Mount early Thurs day morning, will be learned with regret by many friends, and the fur ther fact that Mr. Cooper, was known to have been seemingly in perfectly j good health on Tuesday, his some what unexpected demise came as a shock to his family and relations - On Tuesday, Mr. Cooper was sud denly stricken with appendicitis and on Wednesday was rushed to St. Gary's Hospital, Rocky Mount, for an operation. " Kis condition was then considered very serious and within a few hours after the opera tion he had passed away. lhe deceased was about forty ;ht years old and ia survived by a wi'a and sever en and nu- r:ided on rtrk'klnnd, i r .arc 1 r -orous rela'l. n t' f ::i Cf r ri. i a ! ;. 1 vTOVO, i-WO! ; t. onstriit ... ! 1 'o Collect Ckthss for Armenian 'Kiddie State Srpi. (kals. School child ran at Hflrtk Oaroliaa eoms to tha rttcaa,. , , . ',, U ; j, Tha 1,114 UtUs Amanlan thlloraa, dapeitdaat upon this sUU tor food aa4 clothlnc. may (tnh U tfth aast winter gnlaaa we aaod than pnr caaV off clothlnt now, Ow paopla aM throwing away their wUitarJ'olothlBt aow, and thla very clothlnc aaa save many a child and adult from, daata through acute rheumatism aad paaa- moQla.". v. t '..;' ( . ' Dr. 8. C Brooks, atata anparlntnid- ent of nubile Instractlon, aaks that srary school child la North Carolina lather up at least aarmeats aaoaaa to keep ona child or adult la tha atrlahv en Bible lands from rraaalag to death next winter. -Ha Is also askios that tha children of each school be tormad tnto a committee, by their teach en to can rasa tetr . aommoDlty lor old clothas. . ' :":? v';;n.: , '.'! . These should ba sent either to tha local county chairman or to tha Near East Relief Clothing Warehoaee, Ral eigh.' Tbd- North.. Carolina commute Is especially desirous of . -obtaining al Of the coats, aweaterj,..dressf"i; eroowrt. aUoksts.-aaTy hoaiary, -wool flavaev mittens, boota. shopworn garments, shoea, ahaeta (for Mndagea), new iJotb and garmenta poeafbla ' Thla clothing wlU be distributed thla sommer and "carefully husbanded fey tha Armenian . ahildraa -and refugee),' Many ot thaw died last winter frwat acute . rheumatism and ' pneumonia simply from lack of clothing.; Others Just froze to death. Burlap raga and Soar sacks might da them in summer but. they do not keep) rat freetrng tem perature, '-.-ft r The . Near ; Euitt Relief cannot naa laces, illks. vaila. rhiffona, eveniajg clothes, satin . illppara,. muslin under wear, high -heeled shoes, straw or fram hats at Uk iflckinga ; Ia event, any of Uiese trticlea are donated it la sag gestrd that a community sale or auc tion . be held and the proceeds sent to Robert A. Brown, ' state treasurer, Raleigh. ... Local and Personal I Mr and Mrs. E S. Paddison spent Sunday with friends in Warrentpn. The friends ;of Mr. W. K: Baker will regret to learn that he has been on the sick list : for a few' days dur ing the present week. 5 lie is able to beoutagain.. ,. Mr, Simon .Sheer, whom many Nashville people will remember as a merchant of this city for a; few years about twenty-six years ago, but now a well-known pants manu facturer of Baltimore,' was a visitor in the city yesterday for the .first time since leaving here over a quar ter of a century ago. Mr, Sheer was wonderfully impressed with the many decided changes ia the c!J town, which he now declares to le one of the prettiest and cleanest he has seen in many months; with so many hew and handsome stores and residences, and the general appear ance of everything, the transforr. v tion has been wonderful. The Graphic was in error last wr in stating that l".r. Aneliza Racl.' , who died at the home of her f , Mr.'" E. R. Radloy, near Na.-hV . vf i a rer.ijiint ci C, ; rs town ' . r: lea'.'y all her Kla Mrs Rac d ' i a r ' t cf Na:V ;, livi. 1 r v . i I c t rf a old r.n i, End d nr to i . .hip r s ! '! . ! ; thre? LOCAL SCHOOL COr.IES TO CLOSE Supt Coon, of Wilson, De livers Unique Address ox Great Interest . A crowd which almost taxed the spacious auditorium rf the Metho dist Church to Its capacity were de lighted and highly edified and in structed by the very able sermon delivered on, Sunday morning at eleven o'clock by Rev. Eugene C Few, who preached the baccalau reate sermon attendant upon the closing exercises of Nashville High School. Taking as a basis of his re marks, "Behold,' a Sower Went Ponh lo Sow," Rev Few most beautifully and impressively applied the foree of this parable to the lives of the youth who are to-day turning from the school-house doors to take up the active duties of life and to all humanity who are today forming a part of the commonwealth and nation.'. .,.V. The entertainment features at tendant upon tne closing got under way Tuesday evening in the county e urt house, where the exercises were held.; These consisted of mu sical selections by members of Mrs. Roes' class and a recitation contest, wherein Misses Nannie Alford, Ida Lee Bodiiie, Ida Laura Stone and Lois' Clark were the' outstanding features. Ech of the young ladies made a vry creditable showing; however, Miss Ida Laura Boddie was winner of tbe gold medal, Miss Lois Clark coming in fot ' second honors. The debate for the evening also proved a Very inter- sting feature, the four ejntertantv viz.: Horace Strickland and Roes Va ighan, for the affirmative, and Mioses Beatrice Abetnathy and.. Jackie Austin, for the neeative;measured their'words cf oratory and argument" upon 'he "v-Resolv'l, 'Tnat Kasb CouB; ty Government Should be Operated on the Commission-Plan " In this contest Miss Jackie' Austin proved herself, the choice of the judges and was, awarded the prize, - Ross Vaughan receiving second honors. After briefly and interestingly re viewing some of the work of the school and high averages made by students of the grades, certificates were awarded twenty six pupils of Miss Leonard's class as having com pleted the work of the seventh grade and would enter the high school work at the beginning of the next term - Especial mention was made of the two honor students, W. C. Calton, Jr., and Chester ' Barnes, who attained averages of 931 and 941 respectively . . ; '"', Tne Class-Day Exercises were held Wednesday evening, and de spite the fact that the local electric light plant was out of commission and ordinary lamps had to be em ployed to light the court room, these exercises proved very enjoyable.' The two principal figures of the evening were Miss Annie Laura Walls and Master Theodore Randolph Cooper, who have completed their . High School course and were presented with their diplomas ! by Principal Howard- The Seniors enlivened the events of the evening with several choruses and their attractive cos tumes added to their personal ap pearances and the various numbers rendered. , '- ., " The address of Professor Chas L. Coon, supervisor of the Wilson and Wilson County schools, varied from the usual stereotyped addresses so commonly inflicted upon attendants upon closing exercises and his review of the. education conditions in his own county, which are very much like those of Nash ; his appeal for better educational advantages for the schools of Nash, with better trained teachers who were anxious to do real constructive work instead of "having a good time," and some of the "digs" made at Nashvil'e neo- e and the. people generally, who ; :ander more money for gas and "omobile accessories, etc., thsn y would think of being taxed for' ' -! purposes, were frequently ap- I.! r. C. R. Fly has moved his fam ty JTj hvil'.e from RocVy flount, ! U now cccuryh:2 a fsxt fcf.the 'r coittje on Hah'road street , : J. J."jcyt!er. The kfter to 1 i r ' r " u '. : -. I'j "'j.. v. . J.'s - i it - - Tenant Fanning Wahin , r By John Paul Lucas. Raleigh, J4, C In analysing the economic situation in the farming sections of North Carolina, it is in teresting to contrast the result that have come from the farming prac tices in the rich Eastern counties with their . large plantations and scores of negro tenant and those in the mountain and western counties where there has been comparatively less tenant farming and where all farmers, land owners and tenants a ike, have had greater encourage mint in, as well as necessity for, producing their,, actual living from (he land. ' ",.' ; --v'' Iu the east and in some counties in the central part of the state a few plantation, owners and supply -mer chants have grown wealthy at the expense of tenants and small farm ers. Aot aL but many, of .these plant ion owners and supply mer chants have discouraged,'' eves by drastic means, the growing of food for the family, the keeping of cows, hogs, and even the growing of corn and otner feed for work stock, for the very simple reason that they made constant and large profits from the handling of these supplies, ' "' Iu 1920 these folks were caught in their own, trap and hundreds of plantation, owners' and suddIt mer chants Hn Eastern Carolina today wouid -4m bankrupt' if they were forced to liquidate under present conditions. " .' . . I know one man who was worth more than 1250,000 two years ago. He tld me a few days ago that if be were sold out today he would prob ably not have his home left. .This man is a good farmer and a good man, not the sort to take selfish ad vantage of his tenants- His case .is rather typical, but not as aggravated as that of hundreds of plantation Owners who supplied their tenants when prices were "high constantly 4ne tirasd thto make large pur cnaaes iu order to swell tneir own profits. This type is the worst hurt of all, but every farmer in the cot ton sections of Eastern North Car olina is' nurt. ' . Applylai the letaedy Now throughout tbe cotton coun tiea land owners, suppiy merchants and others are realizing that their only salvation under boll weevil con ditions in to encourage every farmer, land owner and tenant alike, to pro duce on the farm their own living and the feed., for their livestock.! This doctrine has been preached by agricultural leaders for the past 15 years, and yet there were fewer chickens raised in North 'Carolina last year than there were ten years ago. There was an increase of only five per cent in the number of cattle in North Carolina during the last ten-year period, and a smaller pro portion of our farmers were raising their Jiving at home last year than were in 1910. , ' v The only way out forevery farmer in the cotton belt is through ' the Live-at-Home" program. Any oth er course ls.-suicidol. He will grad ually develop other money crop3,but his first efforts must be directed to raiding his own living en his own land. He must "grow" into com mercial dairying and hog raising. Market facilities must be developed for tne hindling of these products, ;.0 Mr. Proctor No Candidate To the Voters of Nash County: ; : 1 will not be a candidate for the Legislature as it was recently an nounced in The Graphic. I fully appreciate the nomination tendered hie by the Committee, but just a few days prior to that time, in a mass-meeting called for the Repub licans of Nash County, a majority of the Executive Committee were pres ent and we endorsed several Demo cratic candidates, as follows: . For .the Legislature J. W. Rob bins and H. K. Mclntyre. ' . -rf For Sheriff T. W. Bartholomew. 'r For Treasurer W. J. May. ; For Prosecuting Attorney I. T, Valentine, ' '. For County Commissioners J. C. Lindsey, W. B Bunting. C. W. Lt3- siter, S. F. IITgh and J. T. Ih. " r, This action was the tr i, c; h.iqn of the E?;uL'.:- ; 1' 1 in nana nice NEXT THURSDAY . "DOLLAR DAY" A Day JBrimf ul of Advant ages For Multitudes Ex- : ' y ' ' pected In City, ':. .,'. " .. - y ?r . .The Graphic will -not attempt to j -; -1 tell the story any more forcibly than ,.' is told in the large two-pace adver- tisement appearing within Uiese --. folds. The progressive business men , of Nashville are bringing to you a message of thrift and far-sighted nea which should appeal to every - ' ' inWlligeot person within a radiuaof . ' twenty miles of Nashville. - - ' - -As one who desires to be classed , among those wno are thrifty; on - the lookout for something resliy . worth while; eager to giaspoppor- , - tuniUes that are real opportuniues, , ' Dollar Day" in Nashvilie' should ' cause you to gather about you your family and spend that -day within the most hospitable and delightful ' -town in the staid. Our business - ' men and citiaens are looking for you. '.. ' omel Spend Thursday. June 1st in ; - f Naahyillelt 'will be YOUR day. - Mrs. Johnson Visits City Mrs. Clarence Johnson' Commis sioner D( 1'ublic Welfare ot, North Carolina, was a visitor io Nashville,.. Thursday, and at eleven o'c.ock spoke to a fair sized audience of la dies and men in the court house, upon the question of Public Welfare work in the state and in the interest of encouraging the people' of the county to vote for the appoin; merit of a Welfare Officer for-tho-eounty in the primaries to be beld on Satur- ' day, June 3rd, when thiaijuestion, will be submitted to the voter. Mrs. Johnson is a very interesting , speaker and during the course of her address gave a brief history of the enactment of . tbe law which made welfare work -possible, in the state under state supervision, ca nig at tention to. the law whicn in . anda- tory upon ail counties havi a pop- . ulatioo of 32,000,-unless e pted under special provisions ot i e act In discussing the merits of the work Mrs. Johnson gave very interesting stati : i r-; the number of delinquent jiU oc.t-cted boys who have been handled by the juvenile courts of the state,, this, number being in excess of eight . thousand- The duties and responsH . biljties of a Welfare Officer and his " relation to the schools, to society and the general welfare of the boys and girls of the state employed in factories, etc., were pointed out and the possibilities for real and lasting service by and through the .concen trated work of such an officer. Following the address Jtt . Mrs. i Johnson, Miss Lucia Freeman, who. has peen actively engaged in Red v Croas Work as County Nurse, gave ; an outline of the great work in 1 -which she' is engaged, and cited J many 'cases in various sections of Nash County where welfare work ; had proven a blessing to men, worn- 1 en and children in almost every f. phase of life; cases especially within ! the scope of activities of a Welfare ' Officer. .'':r- --i Why Do the Lights Go Out? Editor of The Graphic . V '. Thanks to you for the privilege of answering, the above questions in your paper. Many of you know already' that our power plant was practically out of commission when the town began operating it, April 15th. Dr. - Winstead,' chairman of the . Light and Water Committee, has givetihis time day and night to the ; work of rehabilitating the plant and' Mayor Ross has given freely of bis time also f ' , , ; Every department of the 'plant has been inspected by experts and J necessary repair parts ordered by wire 1 ' Hoiler inspection demanded cer tain repairs last week that made us late with light two evenings.. Valves to dynamo engine gave way Satur day night at 11:00 p.-in., and the best mechanics we could secure have " worked steadily on them till 5:00 o'clock, Tuesday." This engine ia in minning shape now" but may give down any day until njew parts are histalled. These parts were ordered by wire five weeks ago. The factory wired today that eliipment will be ' made immediately, , - Our mi. ry would -n be over if we could z i f'l r: 1 in 1 t'..;it j r 'r 3 1 Et "1 once but you i y t on lights at tL j going on. V.'e. r plete shut !avn j whon we I i c mo c ' . riie-Jt ' i-vii'-j. " v i i ' B t -yl ;t i.i