VOLUME 39
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1020.
Number 9.
FPU SITUATION GROWING
WORSE IN N. CAROLINA.
- Disease Reported Springing Up All
Over the State.—An Epidemic Is
Feared—Over 400 New Cases Re
ported Wednesday to State Health
Authorities at Raleigh.
Raleigh, Jan. 28—Although state
board of health officials have not yet
declared an epidemic of influenza to
exist in North Carolina it took no ex
pert tonight to size up the situation
as growing yiore serious, from facts
obtained at the office of Dr. F. M.
Register. Since yesterday afternoon
there have been 413 new -cases re
ported throughout the state. The dis
ease has sprung up in all sections.
Calls for help have come from Ca
tawba county and the town of Bur
lington. 'Doctors and nurses are ask
ed for.
As yet no cases have been officially
reported from Charlotte or Mecklen
burg county.
Today’s figures showed Raleigh and
Winston-Salem reporting 35 cases
each. In justice to Raleigh it may be
added that these are all the cases so
far reported to the county health of
ficer, Dr. Percy Ahrons. The same
may be true of other sections.
Today’s report, issued by the board
of health follows:
Cities: Winston-Salem, 35; Greens
1 boro, 23; Raleigh, 35; Goldsboro, 2;
Counties: Catawba, 150; Cabarrus,
25; Cleveland, 15; Edgecombe, 36;
Guilford, 2; Lee, 10; McDowell, 36;
Mitchell, 25; Rowan, 15; Washington,
3; Yancy, 2.
Catawba, in which the diseaste
seems to be nearing an epidemic
stage, sent a call for a doctor and
two nurses at once. Board of health
authorities repeat the request that all
communities hold themselves in im
mediate readiness to cope with any
situation that might arise. The pre
valance of the disease is perceptibly
and undeniably on the increase, and
it looks now as if all anti-“flu” ma
chinery will have to be put into ope
ration. So far, the western half of
the state leads in the number of cases
reported.
The Buncombe County Medical so
ciety tonight recommended that all
schools, churches and public gather
ings of all kinds be closed on account
of the influenza epidemic, which has
struck Asheville. The recommenda
tion will be acted upon by the city
commissioners in the morning when
it is certain that the closing order will
be enforced. All social gatherings
come under the proposed ban.—W. H.
Richardson, in Charlotte Observer.
Over 100 “Flu” Cases in Rowan.
Salisbury, Jan. 28.—Dr. C. A. Arm
strong, county health officer, reports
that up to Wednesday noon there were
90 cases of influenza in Rowan, outside
of Salisbury and 15 cases in the city.
The first death from the disease re
ported is that of Mrs. G. W. Leigh
ton, who died in Salisbury Wednesday
' morning.
Many Cases In cnicago.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 28.—Influenza in
Chicago caused 87 deaths in the last
24 hours, while pneumonia deaths
numbered 77, the health department
announced tonight. New cases of flu
numbered 1,472 and pneumonia cases
400.
“The number of influenza cases is
gradually lessening,” Deputy Health
Commissioner Kohler said.
At High Point.
High Point, Jan. 28.—Sixty new
cases of influenza reported by local
physicians today brought the total
number of cases in the city to approx
imately 200. No deaths, directly at
tributed to influenza, have been re
ported thus far. There are a number
of cases of pneumonia in the city al
so.
Roanoke “Flu” Center.
Roanoke^ Va.„ Jan. 28.—Roanoke
gradually is becoming the center of
an influenza epidemic, according to
officials of the local health depart
ment, who announced today that there
are 433 cases here to date. Five
deaths have occurred from the dis
ease since January 22.
Bubonic Plague in New Orleans.
Bubonic plague in its severest form,
the Philadelphia Ledger correspond
ent says, has broken out in New Or
leans. Officials of the Public Health
Service are gravely concerned over
the situation. The seriousness of con
ditions and the virulent form of the
plague are demonstrated by the fact
that out of eleven cases among hu
man beings five have proved fatal and
the mortality of rats is very great. An
extensive survey has revealed the
preseiRe of a great number of rats
carrying the infection, many of them
having been found dead as a result of
the disease.
“Marriage is failure,” said the Cyn
ic, with a sneer. “No wonder,” re
plied the Philosopher. “Look how
many inexperienced people go in for
it.”—London Answers.
THE NEWS IN BENTONVILLE.
Rural Telephone Much Needed—No
Physician in Township—Road Force
Doing Good Work—Farmers Tak
ing Stock in Cotton Warehouse.
Rev. Frederick Grimm of Wilson
filled his regular appointment at Mill
Creek church Sunday.
Mr. W. W .Cole of Smithfield was
in our burg Saturday on business.
Mr. Carl Westbrook returned to
Trinity Park Monday after a week’s
stay in this section with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Westbrook.
Mrs. Bronie Boykin went to Smith
field last week to spend a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Julia Narron.
Rev. J. J. Langston of Nebraska, is
spending a few days in this section
with his father, Mr. Ira W. Langston.
Mr. A. M. Johnson, secretary of the
JohnstOn County Cotton Association,
delivered an address at Mill Creek
school Tuesday night to a large audi
ence and the results are several of
our farmers bought stock in the cot
ton warehouse.
Miss Lawley and the motion picture
were at Mill Creek last Tuesday night
and all enjoyed the pictures much.
•We were informed by Miss Lawley
that the pictures would be put on at
Mill Creek twice a month.
The Bentonville road force are do
ing some nice work now on the Ben
tonville and Smithfield road especial
ly the clay hill at Mill Creek.
We understand the flu has made its
appearance in our section again. We
have three cases. It behooves every
body now to start the fight before it
becomes an epidemic. Let’s get busy
and use precaution.
Mr. Henry Britt of near Clinton
spent the week end in this section
with relatives.
Miss Louise King of near Four
Oaks spent last week in this section
with her sister, Mrs. K. L. Rose.
While other parts of Johnston
county is going forward in many
things we would-like to see old Ben
tonville move up another notch with
one enterprise we people need most,
and it seems a rural telephone is most
needed just at this age. We have to
drive about 4 or 5 miles to get to the
nearest phone to call a doctor to this
section. It seems for some reason
we are not fortunate enough to have
a physician residing in Bentonville
township, and by none among us and
so far to go to call one is our great
misfortune. We people made a riffle
at the phone proposition through the
Board of Trade, but it seems it has
about died down. We would appreci
ate any suggestions from some of
our county leaders that would hurry
this grand enterprise to Bentonville.
Now let’s come together on this much
needed conveinence.
World’s Debt 200 Billions.
New York, Jan. 26.—The world’s
debt was estimated by the National
City Bank today at $200,000,000,000,
compared with $40,000,000,000 in 1914.
Paper currency throughout the
world increased 600 per cent since
1914, while the gold reserve behind it
increased only 40 per cent, according
to statistics compiled by the bank.
The face value of paper currency of
thirty principal countries, which to
talled $7,250,000,000 in 1914, had in
creased to $40,000,000,000 at the time
of the armistice, and to $50,000,000,
000 in December, 1919, exclusive of
$34,000,000,000 issued by the Russian
soviet government. * X
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey
and Bulgaria sThow an advance in note
circulation from $1,200,000,000 in
1914 to $12,300,000,000 at the close of
the war, and $18,770,000,000 in De
cember, 1919, the gold reserve falling
from $600,000,000 in 1914 to $327,000,
000 in 1919, the ratio of gold to notes
declining from 49.7 per cent in 1914,
to 5.5 per cent in November, 1918, and
1.7 per cent in December, 1919.
In the eight principal countries of
the Allies, paper notes increased from
$1,166,000,000 in 1914 to $2,420,000,
000 in 1919, while the gold reserve in
creased from $516,000,000 to $1,450,
000,000, a ratio of 44.3 in 1914, and
59.9 in 1919.
Gets $67,452.47 in Vocational Training
North Carolina state schools will
receive a total of $67,452.47 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, to
carry out a co-operative vocational
program in this state, according to
a statement of amounts for various
states in “The Vocational Summary,”
monthly publication of the federal
board of vocational training.
This amount is divided into three
items, the divisions and amounts be
ing as follows: for agriculture, $38,
254.42; for trade, industry and home
economics, $7,530.30; for teacher
training, $21,667.73.—Charlotte Ob
server.
Our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but in rising every time we
fall.—Confucius. >
MORE CHANGES IN THE CABINET |
David F. Houston, Secretary of Agri
culture, Made Secretary of the
Treasury to Succeed Secretary
Glass Who Goes to the Senate—
Edward L. Meredith New Secretary
Of Agriculture.
Wednesday’s daily papers carried
the news of two more changes in the
President’s Cabinet. Secretary David
F. Houston, of St. Louis, who has
been Secretary of Agriculture from
the beginning of the Wilson adminis
tration, has been made Secretary of
the Treasury to succeed Carter Glass
who has been chosen to the United
States Senate to succeed the late Sen
ator Martin of Virginia.
Edward L. Meredith, of DeMoines,
Iowd, has *been selected as successor
to Secretary Houston and will preside
over the agricultural department. Mr.
Meredith has been for several years
editor of farm journals and has a
large grasp of matters pertaining to
agriculture.
Secretary Franklin K. Lane, of the
Interior Department, has offered his
resignation and will retire from his
portfolio as soon as his successor is
named.
These changes will leave only four
of the original members of the Cabi
net at the beginning of Mr. Wilson’s
first term—Mr. Daniels, of the Navy
Department; Mr. Wilson, Secretary of
Labor; Mr. Houston, who now be
comes Secretary of the Treasury; and
Mr. Burleson, Postmaster General.
There have been two secretaries of
state, William Jennings Bryan and
Robert Lansing; two secretaries of
war, Lindley M. Garrison and Newton
D. Baker; three attorney generals,
James B. McReynolds, Thomas W.
Gregory and A. Mitchell Palmer; two
secretaries of commerce, William C.
Redfieid and Joshua W. Alexander,
and three secretaries of the treasury,
William G. McAdoo, Carter Glass and
David F. Houston.
Mr. Houston, the new Secretary of
the Treasury, was bom at Monroe, N.
C., February 17, 1866. At the time
he was chosen to a cabinet portfolio
he was Chancellor of Washington
University at St. Louis.
SENATE PASSES MEASURE
TO AMERICANIZE ALIENS
Would Require All Residents Between
the Ages of 16 and 21 To Learn to
Read and Write.
Washington, Jan. 26.—The Senate
by a vote of 36 to 14 today passed the
Kenyon Americanization bill which
would require all residents of the
United States of 16 to 21 years of
age, not mentally or physically dis
qualified, and all alien residents be
tween the ages of 16 and 45 who can
not speak, read or write English to
attend school not less than 200 hours
a year.
Administration of the bill’s provi
sions was placed in the Secretary of
Interior working through the Bureau
of Education. The measure requires
that the sum appropriated among the
states in ratio to the number of resi
dent illiterates, providing however,
that the state appropriate an equal
sum for the same purpose. Not less
than $5,000 would be allotted to one
state in any year.
Efforts to transfer the administra
tion of the measure to the Secretary
of Labor were defeated, just before
the final vote was taken. The meas
ure had been before the Senate for
about a week and during debate sev
eral Senators expressed apprehension
that the variance in the age limits fix
ed for American and for alien illite
rates would conflict with existing
treaties.—News and Observer.
U. S. Trade Balance $4,017,000,000.
Washington, Jan. 26.—The excess
of American exports over imports in
1919 amounted to $4,017,000,000, a
new record, according to a statement
issued by the bureau, of foreign and
domestic commerce. Exports for 1919
totaled $7,932,000,000, at compared
with $6,149,000,000, while imports
were valued at $3,904,000,000, against
' $3,031,000,000 in 1918.
Imports of gold in 1919 amounted to
$77,000,000, compared with $62,000,
000 in 1918, and $552,000,000 in 1917.
Exports of gold in 1919 jumped to
$368,000,000 from $41,000,000 in 1918.
In 1917, they amounted to $372,000,
000.
No marked change is noted in the
imports or exports of silver, receipts
amounting to $89,000,000 and ship
ments to $239,000,000.
Cyrus Townsend Brady Dead.
The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady,
well known author and Episcopal
clergyman died of pneumonia at his
home in Yonkers, N. Y., Saturday. He
was 61 years old and was twice mar
ried. Most of Dr. Brady’s books dealt
with adventures on land and sea,
ampfi'^which are “The Wings of the
-Morning’*' and “The Southerners.”
AT THE CAPITAL OF BEULAH. ;
Hr. J. H. Kirby Back From Hospital
In Baltimore—Hr. E. V. Neighbors
Becomes Cashier Bank of Kenly—
Hr. Jerome, Former Cashier of
Farmers Bank, Goes to Hose Hill.
Kenly, Jan. 28.—Rev. C. E. Stevens
of Four Oaks filled his appointment
Sunday at the Missionary Baptist
church. He was the guest of Mr. A.
J. Broughton while here.
Mr. J. G. High spent Wednesday
in Rocky Mount.
Miss Grace Jerome from Jackson,
spent the week end here with her
mother, Mrs. C. P. Jerome.
Miss Faye Barnes returned to |
Smithfield yesterday after being at
home ill for a few days.
Mr. Roney High is spending the
week in Rocky Mount.
Mrs. C. G. Morgan entertained a
number of her friends Saturday after
noon in honor of her sister, Miss
Cherry High of Wilson.
Miss Linda Danforth of Peters
burg, Va., is on a visit with her sister,
Mrs. C. F. Darden.
The 20th Century Mothers’ Club
will meet with Mrs. G. S. Coleman
Thursday afternoon.
We are sorry to note Mrs. W. T.
Bailey confined to her room with la
grippe.
Mrs. Mary Chase of Rocky Mount
spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Darden.
Mr. R. H. Westbrook from Rocky
Mount gave an entertainment in the
school auditorium Friday night.
Mr. L. Z. Woodard and family have
moved in their new home recently
purchased from Mr. J. R. Sauls.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Rigler of Smith
field, were the guests of Rev. and
Mrs. J. E. Holden Monday. Mr. Rig
ler entertained Monday night at the
parsonage in the interest of the Y. M.
C. A.
Mr. R. H. Westbrook and Mrs.
Mary Chase from Rocky Mount were
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dar
den Sunday.
Mr. H. F. Edgerton left for Wil
mington Monday on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs, C. B. Tyson and Miss
Lolita Underwood of Roseboro were
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Tur
lington Sunday.
It will be of interest to the people
of the community to learn that Mr.
J. H. Kirby has returned from the
Mercy Hospital in Baltimore where he
has been undergoing treatment for
some time.
Mr. Willard of Wilmington has ac
cepted a position as cashier of the
Farmers Bank, filling the position
made vacant by T. G. Jerome former
cashier. Mr. Jerome is leaving for
Rose Hill to enter real estate busi
ness there.
Mr. E. V. Neighbors is now cashier
of the Bank of Kenly, filling the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Mr. J. H. Kirby.
Indian Marries White Woman.
Dr. G. W. Locklear, Indian, of Pern
broke, Robeson county, must leave the
state in order to live with the white
woman whom he married in Atlanta,
Ga., says a Lumberton dispatch in
the News and Observer.
Locklear was indicted by Solicitor
S. B. McLean on the charge of forni
cation and adultery, the indictment
being brought upon the grounds that
the laws of North Carolina do not per
mit the intermarriage of races. Lock
lear pleaded guilty of the charge and
prayed for judgment was continued
upon payment of the cost, Locklear
and his wife to return to the State in
which they were married.
The father of Lotklear’s wife, who
it is said is a prominent attorney of
Atlanta, attended the trial and lent
his efforts in the doctor's behalf.
Locklear married another white wo
man in another state several years
ago and was later divorced upon the
ground of illegal marriage, it is said.
This is the first case of its kind to
come up in Robeson.
INFLUENZA IN ORPHANS HOME
Seventy-five Cases Reported at Meth
odist Institution at Raleigh.
Suspension of school at the Metho
dist Orphanage where 75 cases of in
fluenza have appeared and reports of
45 new cases throughout the city are
the latest developments in the influ
enza situation in Raleigh. Reports
are still coming in slowly, however,
and Dr. Ahrons continues to urge all
physicians to report cases promptly.
Teachers as well as children at the
Methodist Orphanage are sick and
matrons have been pressed into ser
vice as nurses. All cases so far are
mild and patients are getting along
nicely under the circumstances. If
the disease spreads however, it may
be necessary to call in outside help.—
News and Observer.
Good luck follows good sense, good
judgment, good health, a gritty de
termination, a lofty ambition, and
downright hard work.—Marden.
SCHOOL BUILDING FOR SHELBY
Citizens May Vote $7o,000 In Bonds
For School In South Shelby.—Plan
to Build Another in Northern Part
Of Town.
Shelby, Jan. 27.—Plans are being
made to build a new school building,
the present one being inadequate to
handle the number of children attend
ing.
The plan is to build another build
ing in the southern part of the town
for the public school grades and use
the present building for the high
school department.
Following this, the board intends
in the next few years to build another
building in the northern part of town
thu fT'i-f r 11 "" tier..- facili
ties. Petitions are being circulated i
row. all ainneis pltugn.g tucivuei.es
to \ vtc for ;.73,0-:j lc~ '. Senti
ment seems to be all together in favor
of it: * buil dup; and tin re ii practical
ly no doubt of its erection during the
coming summer.—Charlotte Observer.
PLEASANT CHAPEL ITEMS
Death of Mr. Preston Brown—Little
Virgia Wall Claimed by Death—
Other Items.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Kirby visited
Mrs. Charles Fulgbum at Micro last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mis. A. T. Price attended
church at Pine Level last Sunday.
Miss Ettie Price spent the week end
with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Price, at Selma.
Mr. Virgain Pace, of Middlesex,
spent last week visiting relatives in
our section.
Mr. Arnold Broadwell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Broadwell, was carried
to a hospital in Raleigh last Saturday
where he was operated on Sunday
morning. We hope he will soon be
well and home again.
Our neighborhood was alarmed
Monday morning January 19, when
the news was spread abroad that the
death angel had borne the spirit of
little Virgie Wall away the night be
fore. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Wall. She was sick
about twenty-four hours with diph
theria. The interment was made
Monday evening January 19, beside
her sister who passed away twelve
months ago. She leaves a heart
broken mother and father, one broth
er and a host of relatives and friends
to mourn their loss. She was a
sweet, dear girl of four years and was
beloved by all who knew her. The
parents have the sympathy of the
community in their bereavement.
The death angel visited the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Brown last
Friday night about midnight and
bore the soul of Mr. Preston Brown
to realms eternal. He had been af
flicted with tuberculosis for about two
years but had not been confined to
his bed till the past year. He bore
his affliction very cheerfully, saying
he would like to be restored to health
but the Lord’s will, not his be done.
He was a member of Carter's Chapel
Baptist church. The funeral services
were held Saturday afternoon by Rev.
Debro Stancil of Bethany at the home
in the presence of a large gathering
of sorrowing relatives and friends af
ter which the remains were laid to
rest in the Brown cemetery. He leaves
a wife, four children, mother, father,
brothers and sisters besides a host of
friends to mourn their loss. We, the
community, deeply sympathize with
the widow and children because their
loss is very great.
Selma, R. 3, Jan. 27.
Mrs. J. B. Faircloth Entertained.
Benson, Jan. 27.—An important
event in society Thursday afternoon
was the reception given by Mrs. J. B.
Faircloth at her home complimentary
to Mrs. Samuel Poe, Of Norfolk, Va.,
Mrs. J. B. McDaniels, Mrs. C. C. Can
ady and the members of the John
Charles McNiell Book Club. A very
interesting program had been prepar
ed by the club as it was the regular
time of meeting. A paper of unusual
interest was read by Mrs. W. D.
Boone on the lives and works of our
Southern writers, followed by some
selection in music furnished by the
hostess. A delightful salad course
was served by Mrs. I. P. Roberts and
Mrs. J. B. Faircloth.
Ask Congress for A Loan.
Washington, Jan. 27—Congress will
be asked by President Wilson to au
thorize a loan of $150,000,000 to Aus
tria, Poland and other European coun
tries and Armenia for food relief as
requested by Secretary Glass. At the
White House today it was said the
President had taken “a deep interest”
in the proposed loan and that within
a few days he would write a letter on
the subject to the leaders in Congress.
Teacher—Now, Robert, what plants
flourish in excessive heat? Bobby—
Ice plants.—Wisconsin Sentinel.
POWHATAN REACHES PORT
AFTER A 10-DAY BATTLE
All Well On Board, Captain Randall
Reports Immediately On Reaching
Halifax Harbor.
Halifax, Jan. 27.—The disabled
United States army transport Pow
hatan was towed into Halifax harbor
at 7:30 this evening.
Captain Randall,Jier commander,
reported that with the exception of
three men slightly ill, all was well on
board.
The safe arrival of the Powhatan
with her crew of 150 men, ends a ten
day battle with incessant^ storms un
der extreme conditions of hardship,
which opened on January 18, when the
i vc. 1 —i ai r"1', fOO niih’S
m 1" H rnt out v/’rclrss appeals
lor assistance.
She then had on board 271 pasr- '
fro,.s including women and chikhc.i
v.l:o sutfctc ! for five .'ay.' bote e
weather conditions permitted their
transfer at night to the transport '
Northern Pacific. The passengers ar
rived safely in New York last Satur
day.
CLAYTON PERSONAL NOTES.
Miss Bessie Jackson Married—Mr.
Joe Duncan Hurt From a Fall.
Clayton, Jan. 28.—Miss Mabel Ellis
spent the week end in Princeton with
Mrs. L. M. Edgerton.
Messrs Devan Barbour and Clarence
Powell of Raleigh spent last Sunday
here with friends.
Miss Alma Hall is visiting friends
at Zebulon this week.
Mrs. Sophia Gulley of Nashville is
spending some time with her daughter,
Mrs. J. I. Godwin.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gulley, Misses
Rochelle Gulley and Edna Robertson
of Nashville spent last Sunday here
with relatives and friends.
Mrm O. G. Smith spent one day this
week in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ipock of Clin,
ton spent last Sunday here.
Mr. Duke Poole has accepted a po
sition with the firm of J. G. Barbour
& Sons.
Miss Westbrook spent the past
week end at her home near Kinston.
She had as her guest Miss Mildred
Harris.
Miss Telza Barnes came home from
Wakelon and spent the week end here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Barnes.
Mr. Herman Duncan of Wake For
est College came home this week to
see his father, Mr. Joe Duncan, who
a few days before fell from a wagon
and hurt his shoulder very badly. Mr.
Duncan is getting along fine though
now and will soon be back op his job.
Mr. Elsie Gattis of Four Oaks spent
Sunday here with his mother.
Mrs. W. F. Weathers returned a few
days ago from Rex Hospital where
she had been very ill for a couple of
weeks. Mrs. Weathers is doing nicely
now and hopes to soon be out again.
Miss Bessie Jackson of Gamer who
taught in the graded school here in
the fall was married at her home yes
terday (27th). Several of her friends
from here went up to see the marri
age. Miss Jackson was very popular
during her stay here and has a num
ber of friends who wish her much
success and happiness.
Many Stills Found In South.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 26.—Nearly 300
illicit stills have been found and de
stroyed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi and South Carolina since
the first of the year, D. J. Gantt, fed
eral prohibition enforcement officer
for the gulf district, announced to
day. ,
More than half the stills were in
Georgia. Mr. Gantt pointed out this
work had been done without aid of
the newly authorized prohibition en
forcement organization, which is yet
to be established.
Monday’s reports alone showed for
ty-seven stills destroyed in the gulf
district, with twenty-five men arrest
ed and two automobiles confiscated.
These reports brought the total to
nearly 300 stills.
Six Burn to Death.
The bones of Tom Daniels, his wife
and four children, were found in the
ruins of a house which was destroyed
by fire Sunday night near Lawrence
ville, Va. Mrs. Parrish, mother- of
Mrs. Daniels, and a 13 year old girl
escaped. The origin of the fire is a
mystery.
Miss Susanna Cocroft In Raleigh.
“Woman’s Place in the New Ameri
ca” was the subject of a lecture given
in Meredith College Wednesday night
under the auspices of the Raleigh Wo- *
man’s Club by Miss Susanna Cocroft,
noted woman physical culturist. She
gave North Carolina women credit for
being first-in the movement for Unit
ed ^States Training Corps.