MEN SELECTED FOR THE ARMY
Johnston County Exemption Board
Number Two Has Certified 119
Men to the District Hoard for Ar
my Service. List of Exemptions
Given. Names of Those Who Fail
ed to Appear Before the Board.
Also List of Those Who have Been
Called and Are Already in the
Service.
Capt. H. L. Skinner, the clerk of
Johnston County Exemption Board
No. 2, has furnished the following
list of the men whose names are
certified to the District Board at
Goldsboro for service in the army.
They are the men whose claims for
exemption have been passed on and
not allowed. Some in the list asked
for no exemption.
509 ? 961 ? Alford Johnson.
579 ? 808 ? Sam Brown.
544 ? 555 ? Loomis Stancil.
476 ? 958 ? Jack Foley.
567 ? 450 ? Griffin Edwards.
555 ? 1525 ? Charlie Green.
577 ? 156 ? William Charlie Wiggs.
609 ? 1109 ? William Alex. Braswell.
607 ? 257 ? Dewitt Hardiscn.
601 ? 1304 ? George Dane! Reed.
578 ? 725 ? Moses Parker.
586 ? 1550 ? Granger Grady.
412 ? 191 ? Isaac Barney.
425 ? 840 ? Julius Holmes.
597 ? 396 ? Isam Molder.
518 ? 1915 ? Donnie Watson.
511 ? 349 ? James Kent.
x 504? 1747? Charlie Wall.
482 ? 1554 ? Theo. McFarldnd.
501 ? 1978 ? Charles Hood.
480 ? 1804 ? Donnie Bridges.
413 ? 477 ? Thomas Wallace.
421? 1023? Eli Chappell.
442 ? 1851 ? Alonzo Herman Sorrell.
68 ? 1014 ? Otis Batten.
102 ? 1395 ? Fletcher Goldstun.
259 ? 2055 ? Barney Hunt.
145 ? 2124 ? Walter Munroe Ellis.
246 ? 1305 ? Marion Butler Adams.
112 ? 1636 ? Seaman Richardson.
106 ? 513 ? Mitchell Holmes.
53 ? 81U ? Sam Shaw.
" 56 ? 507 ? Wade Morgan.
120 ? 1818 ? William B. Parrish.
65 ? 1066 ? Millard Lyles.
Ill ? 1955 ? Garland Sledge Wall.
125 ? 786 ? Clarence Bailey .
72 ? 1329 ? Tom Wood.
41 ? 2099 ? Dorsey Duncan.
80 ? 1282 ? John R. Howell.
235 ? 1141 ? Wiley Herman Wellons.
220 ? 1132 ? Leslie Edwards.
223 ? 1674 ? Roy Jernigan.
208 ? 1276 ? Johnnie Preston Wiggs.
201 ? 525 ? Harvey Bass.
184 ? 31 ? William Melvin Godwin.
179 ? 620 ? Simon Allen.
161 ? 2100? ^Herman Henry Duncan.
148 ? 298 ? Arthur Pipkin.
140 ? 2107 ? Fab. Johnson.
142 ? 874 ? Colen Gay.
229 ? 841 ? John Williams.
30f ? 556 ? Arthur Creech.
299 ? 1355 ? Preston Atkinson.
318 ? 388 ? Luther Williams.
339 ? 1957 ? Luther M. Barnes.
347 ? 122 ? Walter Barney Crumpler.
392 ? 121 ? Oscar Bailey.
349? 642? J. F. Hill.
313 ? 1057 ? Sydney Mitchell.
286 ? 1765 ? Coray A. Tomlinson.
290 ? 93 ? Williams Oscar Atkinson.
401 ? 1064 ? Joshua Otis Barnes.
74 ? 1045 ? Clarence Barber.
71 ? 433 ? Henry Arthur Flowers.
33 ? 1679 ? Wendell Alexander.
14 ? 1117 ? John William Pearce.
17 ? 837 ? Summeron Crandal.
44 ? 373 ? Grady Pearce.
188 ? 981 ? Moses Godwin.
197 ? 749 ? Herman Edwards.
189 ? 1848 ? Nathan Watson.
203 ? 1574 ? Walter Scarboro.
226 ? 1275 ? Floyd Langley.
196 ? 2119 ? Julian Dwight Barber.
251 ? 136C ? Robert Morton.
252 ? 353 ? Roland Heddin.
169 ? 452 ? David I. Jchnson.
157 ? 2017 ? Willie O. Patterson.
308 ? 2109 ? Cha*Jie Stallings.
296 ? 1112 ? Charlie Jasper Wiggs.
383-^ 738 ? Turner Castlow.
334 ? 856 ? Alton E. Hinton.
328 ? 20&1 ? Turner Vinson.
325 ? 1730 ? Jesmond C. Duncan.
305-7-1625 ? John Addison Elmore.
294 ? 1557 ? Eunice H. Sherron.
289 ? 664 ? Crowell Woodard.
277? 679? Thad Whitley.
271 ? 112 ? Thomas Howard Crocker.
190 ? 1570 ? Queen Page.
177 ? 2135? Allic Penny.
181 ? 550 ? Henry Oscar Richardson.
152 ? 1294 ? Arthur William Woodard.
165 ? 905 ? Ruffin Watson.
166 ? 933 ? William Rufus Lynch.
160 ? 16J3 ? George Price.
54 ? 1539 ? Jim A. Mitchell.
103 ? 60C ? Lonnie Creech.
91 ? 432 ? Charlie Ernest Pittman.
75 ? 10.} 1 ? Herman Whitley.
25 ? 945 ? John Raynor.
117 ? 602 ? Walter Boykin.
49 ? 480? Wiley Watkins.
10 ? 783 ? Joseph Holder.
1 ? 258 ? Francis Marion Ayeock.
01 ? 43 ? Charlie Creech.
384 ? 1167 ? Alford Brown.
360 ? 321 ? William Ruffin Davis.
27 ? 596 ? Payton Glover.
247 ? 341 ? Hinnard Ruffin Renfrow.
99? 1322? Henry Langley.
180 ? 1334? Willie Jarvis Hines.
211 ? 792 ? Jesse Brannan.
108 ? 1020 ? George Stallings.
83 ? 797 ? Milton Bailey.
335? 705? B. C.- Creech.
376 ? 919 ? James Perry Creech.
257 ? 360 ? Ernest Parnell.
List ef Exemptions.
The following asked for exemp
tion and it was granted by the local
board:
69 ? 1178 ? Milford Lynch.
47 ? 1891 ? David Monroe Blinson.
222 ? 1485 ? Ezr^ C. Raines.
139 ? 542 ? John High.
264 ? 1543 ? Tom Freeman.
254 ? 637 ? Rayford Creech.
250 ? 391 ? Robert Franklin Raper.
242 ? 493 ? Love Purvis.
239 ? 335 ? James Ruffin Lewis.
225? 1054? Walter D. Wall.
218 ? 1714 ? Ernest Alonzo Pounds..
205 ? 760- ? Ira Johnson.
198 ? 1868 ? Benj. Sam Spence.
186 ? 1727 ? Lubie Vance Robbins.
183 ? 574 ? Ira Woodard.
174 ? 1114 ? Walter Preston Wiggs.
171 ? 1843 ? Charlie Bailey.
164 ? 15 ? Shady Bryant "Pate.
159 ? 2008 ? Norman Samuel Dunn.
155 ? 1354 ? Louis Mills Adams.
147 ? 1887 ? Robert Allen.
143 ? 552 ? Ballard Hocutt.
144 ? 1300 ? London Braswell.
66 ? 924 ? Jesse Perry.
3?1436? Albert C. McCall.
63 ? 1548 ? Henry Wallace.
62 ? 1763 ? Young Dell McLamb.
118 ? 390 ? Ransom L. G. Holland.
244 ? 1358 ? John Ivey Peele.
368 ? 368 ? George Perry.
19 ? 337? William Wyatt Grice.
59 ? 1321 ? Willie Columbus Ryals.
12 ? 1858 ? Willie Richard King.
50 ? 692 ? Melvin Talton.
58 ? 437 ? Herbert M. Grizzard.
32 ? 126 ? Tommie Oscar Wiggs.
404 ? 1091 ? James Kenneth Wall.
393 ? 221 ? Alfonso Phillips.
403 ? 1510 ? Crecy Kinyon Proctor.
202 ? 1417 ? Ira Revell.
377 ? 656 ? W. M. Johnson.
367 ? 1101 ? Oberry Lee.
348 ? 1783 ? Frank Banks
359 ? 297 ? Otto Barnes.
354 ? 906 ? Austin Price.
336 ? 1346 ? Willie Franklin Oliver.
304 ? 1102 ? Silas Elston Worley.
301 ? 1256 ? Alkie Lehman Massey.
315 ? 1073 ? Andrew Bridge Crocker.
300 ? 103 ? Henry Rcddy Berry.
288 ? 327 ? Jerry Harvey Parnell.
291 ? 1448 ? John Lane. -
297 ? 345 ? Herbert Evans.
279 ? 11 ? Ira Nestus Simms.
227 ? 711 ? Leonard Price.
232 ? 623 ? James Arthur Johnson.
199 ? 1509 ? Herbert R. Sullivant.
285 ? 1142 ? Adam Jesse Thompson.
270 ? 356 ? LaFayette Elmore.
79 ? 487 ? Willie Finch.
52 ? 198C ? James Thomas IJodd.
137 ? 379 ? Stephen Elmer Atkinson.
129 ? 1292 ? William L. Brown.
344 ? 1808 ? Warren Henry Walker.
34 ? 1237 ? Levi Moulton Creech.
116 ? 117 ? John Alex. MfcDuffie.
39 ? 1546 ? W. Oscar Hicks.
109 ? 1651 ? Joseph Alonzo Moore.
40 ? 1563 ? Fleetwood Batten. .
48 ? 775-- Eugene Manning.
45 ? 167G ? James Godwin. /
20 ? 536 ? Ernest Carpentaf.
j 3 ? 2036 ? Thomas Cannon Sanders.
16 ? 1748 ? Russell L. Sanders.
15 ? 1572 ? Jesse Eason.
4 ? 854 ? O. A. Whitley.
169 ? 452 ? David Johnson .
List of Those Who Failed to Answer
Call.
The following is a list of those
who were called to meet the board
and for some reason failed to make
their appearance. Their names and
postoffice address as given on the card
is printed below. Their reason for
non-appearance is unknown to the
board. It is exceedingly important
that these men make their appear
ance at once unless they want to be
enrolled in the army. Unless they do
this they will be enrolled in the
army and treated as deserters. The
list follows:
7 ? 1095 ? A. G. Thompson.
Princeton, N. C.
21 ? 275 ? J. M. Williams.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown.
28 ? 12*57 ? Rufus Bowman.
Princeton, N. C. ? Unknown.
35 ? 784 ? W. P. Murphy.
Zebulon, N. C., H. No. 2? Unknown.
55 ? 1682 ? Charles James Steele.
Selma, N C. ? Unknown.
128 ? 280 ? James Bemes.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown.
94 ? 927 ? James Moss.
Petersburg, Va. ? Unknown.
141 ? - 194 ? William Pierson.
Selma, N. C., R. 3 ? Unknown.
146 ? 1*573 ? Walter McLudin.
Selma, N. C. ? Unknown.
150 ? 2132 ? Eddison Cluster Hall.
Clayton, N. C. ? Unknown.
152 ? 1294 ? Arthur W. Woodard.
Princeton, N. C. ? Unknown.
167 ? 1331 ? D. Ernest Crocker.
Selma, N. C.
173 ? 809 ? Peter Home.
Selma, N. C., R. 2 ? Unknown.
192 ? 770 ? James Godwin.
Selma, N. C., R. 2 ? Unknown.
231 ? 1032 ? Junius Bryant.
Raleigh, N. C. ? Unknown.
236 ? 1314 ? Willie Whitley.
Princeton, N. C. ? Unknown.
255 ? 1675 ? Pompey Jenkins.
Selma, N C. ? Unknown. ,
273 ? 2082 ? Irvan Tomlinson Gower.
Clayton, N. C. ? Unknown.
278 ? 805 ? Frank Williams.
Selma, N. C., R. 2 ? Unknown.
287 ? 6 ? Grover C. Hawkins.
Micro, N .C. ? Unknown.
321 ? 773 ? David Rollins.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown
323 ? 406 ? John Clay.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown.
327 ? 392 ? John B. Richardson.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown.
341 ? 2023 ? Colonel Lee.
Clayton, N. C. ? Unknown.
380 ? 814 ? Norris Brown.
Selma, N. C., R. 2 ? Unknown.
399? 822? John C. Williams.
Selma, N. C., R. 2 ? Unknown.
400 ? 504 ? Oscar Holland.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown.
418 ? 858 ? Ivey Lynch.
Selma, N. C., R. 1 ? Unknown. ?
440? 532 ? Henry N. Flowers.
Kenly, N C. ? Unknown. *
447 ? 1952 ? Johnnie Hyman.
Clayton, N. C. ? Unknown.
450 ? 49 ? Harvey Radnor.
Micro, N. C. ? Unknown.
456? 1660? Wallace Hill.
Selma, N. C. ? Unknown.
475 ? 1634 ? Moses Munns.
Selma, N. C. ? Unknown.
477 ? 323 ? Henry Davis.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown.
481 ? 857 ? Butler Bunny.
Selma, N. C., R. 1 ? Unknown.
602 ? 565 ? Walter Marant.
Selma, N. C., R. 2 ? Unknown.
531 ? 1550 ? Leo. Warren Davis.
Selma, N. C. ? Unknown.
538 ? 1690 ? Earl Ray Sykes.
Clayton, N. C. ? Unknown.
541 ? 1593 ? Hubert Douglass Stancil.
Selma, N. C. ? Unknown.
547 ? 500 ? Joe Cooper.
Kenly, N. C. ? Unknown.
578 ? 1034 ? Sydney Hinton.
Wilson's Mills, N. C. ? Unknown.
Already in the Service.
The following who were called for
exemption before Board No. 2, are
already in the service:
8 ? 2022 ? Clifford E. Hamilton.
Clayton, N. C. ? Fort Thomas, Ky.
42 ? 1369 ? Howard Arthur Hood.
Selma, N. C.? N. C. N. G.
70 ? 514 ? Nathan Boyette.
Kenly, N..C. ? N. C. N. G.
86 ? 1922 ? Porter Wallace.
Wilson's Mills, N. C. ? Supply Co. Ra.
92 ? 18 ? John Turner Wcllons.
Selma, N. C., R. 3? N. G. C. A. N. G.
114 ? 206&? -William Carter.
Clayton, N. C.? N. C. N. G.
136 ? 2090 ? Rudolph Barnes.
Clayton, N. C.? N. C. C. A. N. G.
156 ? 1900 ? Devan Barber.
Clayton, N. C.? N. C. XC. A.
182 ? 1611 ? Lonnie Branch.
Selma, N. C. ? Enlisted.
216 ? 54 ? William Ralph Smith.
Micro, N C. ? Cftmp Lee, Va.
233 ? 269 ? Romie High.
Kenly, N C. ? Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
445 ? 1214 ? Willie Newell.
Princeton, N. C. ? Co. E. N. C., Inp.
554 ? 1272 ? Paul Gardner.
Pine Level, N. C.? U. S. N.
574 ? 1004 ? Johnnie Freeman.
Zcbulon, N. C. ? M. T. Co., Raleigh.
11 ? 1813 ? Hugh Alexander Page.
Clayton, N. C. ? Ftr. Oglethorpe, Ga.
In the list of exemptions above
there ara no names of those who
were 'exempted on account of fail
ing to stand physical test.
\NOTHFR CALL MADE FOR MEN
Johnston County Exemption Hoard
Numbci One Is Asking for One
Hundred and Fifty More Regis
trants From Whieh to Get the
District's Quota for the Army.
The Exemption Board No. 1, Dr.
Thel Hooks, Clerk, is sending out a
call for another 150 men from which
to get the necessary* quota from this
district for the army. These men
are called to appear before the Board
at Smithfield Friday, August 24.
The list follows:
428 ? 1341 ? David T. Strickland.
429? ? 1556 ? James Parncll.
430 ? 1043 ? Joshua Hall.
431 ? 160(V-Clarence W. Hinton.
432 ? 71 ? Edgar Hines.
433 ? 1502 ? Nathaniel S. Tomlinson.
434 ? 1690 ? Andrew Sanders.
435 ? 1150 ? Jesse Braxton Barefoot.
436 ? 1393 ? Hunter Stephenson.
437 ? 1593 ? Garfield Fannings.
438 ? 555 ? Charlie G. T^rry.
439 ? 978 ? Joseph E. Ryals.
440 ? 1260 ? Lucian Gregg.
441 ? 500 ? Ezra B. Parker.
442<r-1588 ? Will Hanberry.
443 ? 1591 ? John \V. Mitchoncr, Jr.
444 ? 168C ? Claude Arthur Martin.
445 ? 1391 ? Charlie M. Lamb. v
I !46 ? 1272 ? Ira Casey Whitley.
147 ? 1525 ? Earl McLeod.
148 ? 877 ? Joseph L. McLeod.
149 ? 435 ? Preston Coats.
150? 681 ? Marion B. Olive.
451 ? 713? Junius B. McLamb.
452 ? 1478 ? Luther Sanders.
453 ? 935 ? Jam c'8 F. Stephenson. ,
454 ? 1121 ? Allen R. Johnson.
455 ? 1150 ? William M. Williams.
456 ? 450 ? Elam B. Durham.
457 ? 1390 ? Minter M. Burns.
458 ? 113 ? Andrew F. Holland.
459 ? 1658 ? James Fry.
460 ? 1472 ? Millard Sanders.
461 ? 725 ? Robert A. McLamb.
462? 1004? Willie A. Allen.
463 ? 1521 ? Robert L. Tomlinson.
464 ? 156 ? James L. Jones.
465 ? 1034 ? James E. Stevens.
466 ? 808 ? Norman Morgan.
467 ? 1604? Hubert G. Johnson.
4(58 ? 1571? John L. Johnson.
469 ? 780 ? James Raynor.
470? 1183? M. F. Holly.
471 ? 267 ? Shaw Prineo.
472 ? 1550 ? Carnic J. Barbour .
473 ? 567 ? James L. Johnson.
474 ? 1218 ? Charlie A. Adams.
475 ? 421 ? Ira B. Massengill.
476 ? 1700 ? Alvester Faircloth.
477 ? 940 ? Claude W. Lee.
478 ? 1232 ? Jack Johnson.
479 ? 1254 ? Cicero Barbour.
480 ? 169 ? Johnson M. Byrd.
481 ? 438 ? Robert W. Johnson.
482 ? 1477 ? Arron Lassit'T.
483 ? 396 ? William E. Barbour.
484 ? 163? ? Leander Raiford.
485 ? 989 ? David A. Benson.
486 ? 1702 ? Jason Myatt.
487 ? 1304 ? Walter A. Ford.
488? 1107? Jesse A. Tart.
489 ? 1270 ? Walter Lee Roberts.
490 ? 862 ? Arthur L. Faulkner.
491 ? 1638 ? Tommie World:;.
492 ? 1406 ? Jesse A. Adams.
493 ? 257 ? David Kidd.
494 ? 1109 ? Charlie M. Johnson.
495 ? 155 ? Junie Roberts.
496 ? 284 ? Sam Joyner.
497 ? 133 ? Will H. Jones.
498? 807? John L. Myatt.
499? 807? F. Lee Coats.
500 ? 930 ? James F. Parrish.
501 ? 185 ? Andrew V. Parrish.
502 ? 1398 ? Jasper Futch.
503 ? 265 ? William White.
504 ? 285 ? Joseph E. Massengill.
505 ? 1313 ? Richard J. Price.
506 ? 1602 ? William Joseph Stallings.
507? 1119? E. T. Lee.
508? 1051? G. B. Faircloth.
509 ? 560 ? Arthur P. Surles.
510 ? 393 ? Ransom E. Evans.
511 ? 563 ? Wyatt B. Coats.
512 ? 211 ? Theodore Monk.
513 ? 143V-William B. Johnson.
514 ? 1163 ? John A. Parker.
515 ? 146 ? John R. Johnson.
516 ? 843 ? Waverly B. Jones.
517 ? 1050 ? Mather D. Dorman.
518 ? 1376 ? Charlie E. Higgins.
519? 1379? Edgar M. Griffls.
520 ? 1008 ? Harvey V. Byrd.
5? 1 ? 229 ? Sam Williford.
522 ? 410 ? Hugh B. Adams.
523 ? 299 ? Henry E. Wise.
524 ? 107." ? Young Ira Lee.
525 ? 1189 ? Jasper V. Mashbura.
526 ? 750 ? Dudley Lucas.
527 ? 58 ? Theodore Vinson.
528? 1443? William N. Holt.
529? 1654? Butler Merritt.
530? 150? Callie L. Standi.
531 ? 19 ? Harry N. Wilson.
532 ? 400 ? John A. Jackson.
533 ? 1547? James M. Turnage.
534 ? 1320 ? Blmer J. W<>llons.
535 ? 4 ? Paul P. Youngblood.
536 ? 115 ? Junius Stephenson.
537 ? 8-2 ? Thomas V. Wilkins.
538? 1180? Henry T^rt.
539 ? 20(5 ? Wilbert Beasley.
540 ? 228 ? Edgar A. Stafford.
541 ? 1489 ? Marshall Faison.
542 ? 130 ? Nimrod Stephenson.
543 ? 872 ? John C. Barbour.
544 ? 430 ? Arthur N. West.
545 ? 328 ? Robert A. King.
54(3 ? 905 ? William A. Johnson.
547? 96 ? Victor Penny.
548? 151?? Rufus Lynch.
549 ? 896 ? Robt. L. Sanders.
550 ? 1098 ? Ira Blackman.
551 ? 624 ? Edgar Allen.
552 ? *570 ? Walter H. Massengill.
553? 544? Joel (C. Lee.
554 ? 1021 ? Atlas* A. Massengill.
555 ? 747 ? Victor E. Everett.
556 ? 126? ? Carl F. Gordon.
557 ? 1258 ? Milton Sanders?.
558? 929? Charlie H. Hall.
559 ? 1508 ? James H. Reid.
560 ? 1194 ? Ernie E. Tart.
561 ? 138? Ben j. P. Barber.
562 ? 1667 ? John A. Jones.
563 ? 1199 ? Handy M. McLamb.
564 ? 1619 ? Alphonzo Moye.
565 ? <n ? Calvin M. Hardy.
566 ? 838 ? L. Victor Barbour.
567 ? 635 ? John S. Holmes.
568 ? 1416 ? Charlie Creech.
569 ? 861 ? Edward Ballinger.
570 ? C>13 ? Hormap H. Boone.
571 ? 1326 ? Paul H. Eason.
572? 712? James J. McLamb.
573 ? 17 ? James W. Underwood.
574 ? 802 ? Morgan Smith.
575 ? 1255 ? Eddie Sanders.
576 ? 691 ? Ransoiji F. McLamb.
577 ? 378 ? Jasper M. Massengill.
KENLY STATE HIGH SCHOOL.
Next Session To Open Monday, Sep
tember 10th. Members of
Faculty.
Kenly, Aug. 19. ? "It is my pur
pose," says Professor M. B. Andrews,
who has just returned to Kenly, "to
put forth every possible effort in
making the Kenly State High School
more efficient than it has ever been
before."
Superintendent and Mrs. M. B. An
drews have returned to the Dormi
tory of the Kenly school after having
spent, as they report, a delightful
vacation in Goldsboro and Mount
Olive. School will open Monday morn
ing, September 10th. The Dormitory
will be conducted by Mr. and Mrs.
Andrews with Mrs. B. F. Greer, of
Jacksonville, acting as matron. Mrs.
Greer comes to Kenly as an efficient
and experienced woman. She has one
small child ? a girl.
Eleven grades will be offered again
this year, and a large enrollment is
both expected and desired. Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Johnson, formerly of St.
Pauls, have been elected to succeed
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brickhouse, who
were members of the Faculty last
year. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of
the Lav; School at Wake Forest and
is a teacher of experience and suc
cess. M iss M. L. Morley, of Lumber
Bridge, has been elected music teach
er; she comes to the community well
recommended. Miss August^ McKir
then, of Carthage, has been elected
to take charge of the second and
third grades. The members of the
Faculty ere as follows:
M. B. Andrews, Superintendent; H.
P. Johnson, Principal; Mrs. H. P.
Johnson, tho sixth and seventh
grades; Miss Gladys Barnes Wallace,
the fourth and fifth grades; Miss
Augusta McKirthen, the second and
third grades; Miss Rena Edgerton,
the first grade; Miss M. L. Morley,
the Department of Music; and Mrs.
B. F. Greer, Matron of the Dormitory.
Death of An Aged Man At Clayton.
About five o'clock on Thursday of
last week, Mr. William J. Y. Thurston
died in Clayton at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Massey. He was
eighty-two years old. He died of
bronchia! pneumonia which brought
him to his end in about ten days after
he was taken ill. The burial took
place in Clayton cemetery Friday
afternoon. His funeral was preached
by Rev. A. C. Hamby. He was well
known over this county, having done
business with many of its citizens. He
was a man of wonderful energy and
continued in business ns long .is he
could get around to do business. He
was one of our oldest citizens and
many will hear of his death with re
grets.
TO WAGE WAR ON ILLITERACY.
Miss Elizabeth Kelly and .Miss Coin
to Lead the Fight. Lay Emphasis
on Young. Promoters of Literacy,
Will Give Much Attention To Those
of 14 Years and Up.
Raleigh, August 19. ? War against
illiteracy in North Carolina is given
tremendous impetus by Miss Elizabeth
Kelly, lr.te of the Johnston County
school, and Mjss Coin, of Chicago,
who have dignified quarters in the
State department and direct the move
ments of the captains from that emin
ence.
Miss Kelly, who comes to take a
work which became national through
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, has drop
ped down to brass tacks. The earlier
phases of these campaigns had so
much of novelty and spcctacularism,
old duffers of 91 trying to learn to
read before ladies of 90 could turn the
trick. This had much of romance in
the earlier months, but soon the evil
of that alone became apparent. The
moonlight or night schools were not
getting the material that can be so
much more easily mastered and used.
Without chilling the enthusiasm of
those who wish to learn to read and
write even at 100, the promoters of
literacy have laid the emphasis upon
those of 14 and upward who give ev
ery promise of becoming literate and
that early. In many counties it is
hoped to have a special superintend
ent to do the work against illiteracy.
The State last General Assembly ap
propriated $50,000 for this work and
it has undertaken in a business-like
way the burden of removing the*
stigma from North Carolina. In many
counties ifr is believed enough money
can be raised in addition to employ
a special county commissioner or su
perintendent. ? W. T. Bost, in Greens
boro News.
SHARP REACTION IN COTTON.
Prices at One Time Down 200 Points
From Yast Week's Top Levels.
It has been aptly said that cotton is
nothing if not erratic, and now prices
are likely to move from one day to
another puzzles not a few people. The
rapid upturn of early last week, when
October went to 261/& cents ;'nd the
rest of the new crop months to about
the 26 >4 cent basis, encouraged some
to think that the market was headed
one way only; but Monday of this
week saw the list down 200 points
from these levels, except March,
which lost 184 points, to be exact,
and the local quotation 190 points
under the top of August 7. This
? leans that it fell from 28 cents to
26.10 cents within five days and,
though a rally followed, both the
actual staple and futures are now
around $9 a bale, or some 180 points,
below their recent highest position.
Such fluctuations have not infrequent
ly been exceeded during the war pe
riod, but they are sufficiently strik
ing to illustrate the abnormal condi
tions prevailing and explaint why
action has bfcen taken to limit price
changes to three cents in any ono
session.
If disappointing to some speculators,
other pecple have found reason for
encouragement in the fact that weath
er and crop advices have made more
cheerful reading. The situation in
those parts of Texas where rainfall
has been deficient has left a good
deal to be desired, but the general
tendency is to raise estimates of the
yield for the belt as a whole and
there is an increasing disposition to
regard the Government's recent con
dition estimate of 70.3 per cent as be
ing too low. Taken in the main, sen
timent is bearish on the theory that
the crop will turn out better than
was earlier expected and that when
it begins to hove in volume the weight
of the bales wll tell on prices. Other
arguments are also heard as to why
the market should work downward,
including the curtailment of opera
tions at Briitsh mills that is to begin
in September, and some capital has
been made out of the reduction in do
mestic consumption in July as com
pared with previous months this year.
Yet the total of 541,000 bales of lint
cotton used in this country la. t month
can hardly be termed a poor showing,
and it is observed that in the season
which ended with July the quantity
consume 1 was 403,000 bales lart^r
than in the previous year, 6,801,000
bales ."gainst 6,398,000. ? Dun's Rc
|vicw, 18th.