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VOLUME 39 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1920 NUMBER 86 NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS’ ASSEM. Meeting Be Held Thanks giving Season—Nota ble Speakers Asheville, Nov. 2.—Sessions of the North Carolina Teachers’ Assembly which meets here the latter part of this month, will open on Wednesday,; before Thanksgiving, when Dr. Frank P. Bachman, a member of the general education board, who has been in' charge of the field work for the edu- ; cational commission, wrill speak on j “Ideals Back of the Report of the j Educational Commission and Revised j School Code.” Much time of the assembly has been allowed by the program com mittee to discussion and study of the report of the state educational com mission, which will be submitted some time this month. The first meeting at which the report will be taken up will be held Thanksgiving morning, when Robert H. Wright, chairman of jthe educational commission, will speak on general phases of the report. He will be followed by the state sup erintendent, E C. Brooks. Following the addresses of these two state offi cials a general discussion of the re port will be taken up for the benefit of the teachers. Thursday evening the president of the assembly »nd Dr. -Edwin Minims, professor of the English department in Vanderbilt University and a former president of the assembly will lead discussions on topics of general in terest to the teachers. The report of the commission will be taken up again at the Friday afternoon meet ing. Social features will characterize the Friday evening sessions. De partmental meetings will be held on Thursday afternoon and Friday morn ing. Thursday morning, following the first business session Rev. W. D. Moses, pastor of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian church will deliver the annual Thanksgiving sermon. Over 1,500 teachers are expected to attend the assembly. Buncombe county teachers have organized for the meeting 100 per cent.—Charlotte Observer. * GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION * * Governor Bickett Calls on People * * of State to Observe Nov. 11, * * as Armistice Day. * Governor Biekett has issued a * * proclamation calling on the peo- * * pie of the state to observe Armis- * * tice Day on November 11. The * • * proclamation is as follows: * “On the eleventh day of Nov- * * ember, nineteen hundred and * * eighteen, the most gigantic war * * the world has known was brought * * to a righteous conclusion by the * * timely intervention of American * * arms and American statesman- * * ship. The deep laid schemes of * * sinister autocracy were complete- * * ly baffled, and the worshipers of * * “blood and iron” were beaten to * * tho dust. * “In remembrance of this * * mighty deliverance the General * * Assembly of North Carolina has * * decreed that Armistice Day shall * * be a legal holiday throughout all * * our generations. * “Therefore, I, Thomas Walter * * Biekett, Governor of North Caro- * * lin, in obedience to the mandate * * of the General Assembly, do * * hereby proclaim and set apart * * Thursday, November 11th, 1920, * * as a legal holiday. * “On that day let our people de- * * sist from their usual employment * * and join in celebrating the day * * of the world’s redemption from * * the grip of fire and sword. And * * especially let us all pray that the * * God of peace and justice may so * * over-rule the deliberations and * * the decisions of the Government * * of the United States that our high * * objective shall not be defeated, * * and our dead shall not have died * * in vain.” * * * ************ “What would you say,” bgan the voluble prophet of woe, “if I were to tell you that in a very short space of time all the rivers in this country would dry up?” “I would say,” replied the patient man, “Go thou and do likewise.” FOUR OAKS NEWS. Four Oaks, Nov. 5.—Mr. Reed Ad ams, who has been in school for the fall visited his mother, Mrs. C. R. Adams last week. Misses Catherine Wilson and Zelma Wester spent last Thursday after noon in Smithfield. Mrs. B. I. Tart and Miss Annie Ford entertained the fifth grade of the school and the Happy Workers at Mrs. Tart’s home last Tuesday after noon. Hallowe’en was observed in the decorations, games and refresh ments. A large crowd of the young er set in town were present to enjoy the occasion. A large number of our people at tended the County Fair at Smithfield last week. Election Day passed off very quiet ly in our town. Some arguing took place but no discussions became so intense as to cause fighting to ensue. A large number of women went to the polls attesting the faqt that they gladly accepted woman suffrage. Mr. W. J. Woodard spent last Sun day in Benson where she visited her cousin, Mrs. Lonnie Stevens. Rev. 0. B. Mitchell, of Raleigh, preached at the Baptist Church here last Sunday. Those who heard Mr. Mitchell enjoyed his sermon very much. , Last Friday night Miss Mabel Kof fenburger entertained the Intermed iate class of girls of the Baptist Church at a Hallowe’en party at Mrs. J. W. Sanders’ home. All the guests came masked as ghosts which added much fun to the occasion. They were met at the door by Miss Koffenburger who gave them a pass word with which they entered the Spookety Convention Hall. Miss Mamel Sand ers directed them to the Hall after which they were called to order by High Spookety Spook. After the convention a witch appeared to en liven the meeting. Fortune telling was next in order. Several games were played, all being connected with Hallowe’en. A trip to Europe was voted on as being the best thing for the “Spooks” at this season of the year. All were soon off on their journey which was a promenade thru town. After the journey was finish ed refreshments were served and all departed declaring Miss Koffenburger a charming hostess. CAPE FEAR CONFERENCE The Sixty-Sixth annual session of the Cape Fear Freewill Baptist Con ference met with Johnston Union Church, four miles west of Smithfiehl last Friday. The introductory ser mon was preached by Rev. Mr. Pres cott, of Grantsboro, N. C. Mr. B. P. Parks, of Goldsboro served as Modera tor. Mr. Willie Jackson, of Sampson county is clerk, Mr. Robt. M. Parker, of Duke is treasurer. The regular business of the conference was at tended to Friday afternoon and Satur day. Rev. J. W. Lucas, of Duke preached Friday night. Saturday at 11 o’clock Rev. Lloyd Vernon, of Duke preached. The preaching Sat urday night was by Rev. L. H. Wetheringtpn, who is superintendent of Middlesex Orphanage. He spoke mainly on the Orphanage which now has twenty-one children to care for. The delegates from the different churches in the association declared they would do their best for the Or phanage on Thanksgiving day. Sun morning at 11 o’clock Rev. W. R. Glov er, of Sampson county preached. Sun day afternoon Rev. D. C. Johnson preached and a song service was held. Sunday morning Rev. W. H. Lancast er was ordained as a regular preacher of the conference. The Conference consists of 22 churches. Yelvington Grove church which a few years ago was swept away by the Holiness movement came back into the conference at this sess ion. There were overflowing crowds at this session almost all the time. The entertainment was abundant. The next sesion will be held at Oak Grove church in Sampson county. Mr. S. C. Tumage, of Smithfield was chairman of the finance committee at this session. He reports the finances of the Conference in fine condition. MRS. N. Y. GULLEY DEAD Mrs. N. Y. Gulley, wife of Dean Gulley, of the law department of Wake Forest College, died at her home in Wake Forest Thursday after an illness of several months. The fun eral services were conducted Friday afternoon. Mr. Gujley is a native Johnstonian his home being in Clay ten. JOHNSTON COUNTY FAIR A SUCCESS _ Fine Exhibits of Live Stock, Farm Products, Etc.— Good Midway The Johnston county Fair held here | last week was probably the best fair' ever held in the county. While the! attendance was large enough to make the fair a success financially it was not quite up to the attendance as some of the past. This was on account of the press of work with the farmers and the low price of farm products which has caused money to be scarce. In live stock there were horses and mules and ponies as well as hogs and sheep. The exhibits of hogs deserve special mention. The poultry was better than usual. The farm exhi bits were good but not so numerous as if the farmers had taken the time to carry in more. This is the weak est point about our fairs. So many farmers wait for others to furnish the exhibits. Floral Hall Exhibits Interesting In the floral nail were canned goods, the needle work, the school exhibits and much else. There were exhibits by Wilson’s Mills, Kenly, Benson and Smithfield schools. This department made a fine showing and was of espec ial interest to the ladies. The midway had as good shows as usual with the objectionable shows eliminated. Committees had been ap pointed to se# what, had been sub mitted for the entertainment of the people. Thy visited the different places to see that nothing objection able had been presented. The races were good and enjoyed by all present. The free attractions of the fair were good and especially the high dive from a height of 100 feet into a 5 foot tank of water. The high diver was a young lady who perform ed her part well every day at 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon and at 10:30 at night. . Inside the race track the Sanders Motor Company had a fine exh'bit of tractors and showed up plowing, har rowing, feed grinding and saw mill ing. It was interesting to see a saw mill run by a tractor and logs made into lumber. The Auto Sales Co., of Raleigh, had an interesting exhibit of tractors and trucks. Mr. G. E. Thornton had in Floral Hall a fine display of musical instruments. Mr. J. W. Stephenson is president of the F’air Association and helped to make it successful. Mr. W. D. Avera is the secretary and devoted much time to the work coming his way and did it well. Johnston leads the other counties of the state in farming and should lead all others in making our fair the very best. This would be easy if the people generally would feel some responsibility and cooperate with the fair officials. We hope to see each succeeding fair bet ter than its predecessor. In addition to the work of the gentlemen just mentioned, County Farm Agent, Mr. Sam J, Kirby and Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Mamie Sue Jones, did all in their power to make the Fair a success. Their untiring efforts had much to do with the arrangements of the exhi bits, which showed to the best advan tage. The premium list will appear in our next issue. PRESIDENT WILSON IN PUBLIC. President Wilson made his first pub lic appearance in more than a year Thursday night, when he was lifted in his wheel chair to the east portico of the White House in front of which hundreds had gathered to do him hon or. As he made his appearance the crowd broke into applause and joined in singing America. A soloist then sang, “Carry Me Back To Ole Vir ginny”, the crowd joining in chorus. When the song ended a boquet of flowers was laid upon the balustrade before him. The President lifted his hat, and attendants rolled his chair toward the door. The crowd sang “The Star Spangled Banner.” W ORLD’S BIGGEST VOTE. Accurate figures of the total vote cast on Tuesday are not yet available. A fair estimate would be that'between 25,000,000 and 27,000,000 men and women went to the polls. This would be far the largest vote ever cast in any country. It makes all otherjrecorded plebiscites look small. GENERAL AND STATE NEWS ITEMS Happenings Of Interest As Gathered from The Dailey Papers Preparations are being made in Asheville for the convention of North Carolina Baptists which meets there for three days beginning November 16. Dr. B. W. Spillman, president of the North Carolina Baptist Conven tion will preside. 8 persons were killed in Havana in local claShes during the election. Bolsheviki regime are worse at pre sent than they have ever been in the history of that country. People are reported to be dying by thousands. Commander Warren J. Terhune, naval governor of Samoa, shot and killed himself November 3, accord ing to a report received in Washington Friday. Ill health is thought to be the cause of the suicide. ' Champ Clark Democratic Congress man from Missouri, lost his seat in the House by 3,912 votes. His op ponent, Hukried, who is of German descent, won the German vote. The Democratic registrar in Yancy county township was shot and killed Thursday night by Walt Buckner. The killing was the result of a quar rel over election matters. A distressing accident oecured in Iredell county Friday when George Church, a 15 year old boy was thrown from a mule which he was riding from the field, and was killed. Oklahoma went Republican in the election Tuesday by more than 20,000 | majority. This state returns five Republican Congressman, one of them a woman, and three Democratic re presentatives. Will Dodson, of Marion, was killed and four others were seriously hurt in a train wreck on the Black Moun I tain Railway near Micaville Friday. DUPKEK-JOHNSON The marriage of Miss Martha John son and Mr. W. H. Dupree, both of this city came as quit* a surprise to their friends. After obtaining the license here, they drove to the home of Rev. H. R. Faircloth, who lives near town, yesterday where the cere mony was performed. There was no parental objection but the young couple wished to take this quiet way of having the knot tied. Mrs. Dupree is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. John son.- She has lived here all her life and has many friends who wish her much happiness. Mr. Dupree, whose home was ori ginally at Angier, is a member of the firm of Dupree and Fleming, which does a flourishing grocery business I on Third Street. ; NEGRO KILLED IN SHOOTING AFFRAY HERE SUNDAY. j Just east of Smithfield about a quarter of a mile from the railroad I on the I). B. Hamilton land by a ditch j which has a large growth of bushes on it is a place which has been a re sort for the young negro men of Smithfield who have been playing cards on Sundays. Last Sunday about | two o’clock a dispute arose over a game which caused a shooting affray between Dallas Morgan and a negro , named Barnes from Wilson county. During the shooting Whitaker Shields was shot through one of his hips but was only slightly wounded. Barnes was shot through the back of his neck the ball coming out at his mouth. Death was instantaneous.. The affray was not reported until about eight o’clock Sunday night. The body of Barnes is in the hands of a local undertaker and several ne groes are in jail. Those reported present at the card game were, John Scott, Tommie Bry ant, Louis Holden, Elmer Woodard, Whitaker Shields, the Barnes negro, Dallas Morgan and others. COLORED WOMAN DIES Lucinder Wiggs, wife of Dock Wiggs, died at her home in Wilders township on October 19th. She had suffered from Cancer four months be fore her death. She was for thirty years a member of the Primitive Bap tist church at New Chapel in Wayne county. She was buried at the fam ily graveyard at her home. The bur ial services were conducted by A, F. Exum. CLAYTON NEWS. — Clayton. Nov. 7.—Miss Louise Young, a student at Salem college, Winston-Salem, spent the past week end here. Mrs. Clifford Hamilton who recent ly underwent an operation at Rex j Hospital is getting on nicely and ex-! pects to return home next week. Mrs. Joe Turner had as her guests, the past week-end, Misses Faye Fames, of Kenly and Joe Rand, of Raleigh. Miss Genie Thomas, a member of the music faculty at Meredith Col lege, was here with her parents, for j the week-end. Mrs. J. F. Hall of near town came home this week from New York where she has been for the past two months visiting her son, Mr. B. L. Hall. * Rev. and Mrs. A. O. Moore will leave the early part of the week for an extended visit to Mr. Moore’s mother in Mississippi. This is Mr. Moore’s first visit in a number of years. Those who attended the funeral <jf Mrs. N. Y. Gulley at Wake Forest Friday are, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. G. Gulley, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Smith, Mrs. M. G. Gulley, Mr. E. R. Gulley, Misses Rosa Smith, Barbara and Jes sie Gulley, Mrs. W. P. Creech and Messrs Roy and Joseph Gulley. Mr. and Mrs .Vick Austin visited their daughter, Mrs. Joe McLamb, at Benson last week. Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Barnes, of Win ston-Salem visited relatives here this week. Barnes-Duncan Millinery Store is the place chosen for the annual Ba zaar to be given on November 30th, by the young ladies of the Baptist Church. Dinner will he served by ladies of Circle No. 6.Any donations will be appreciated and accepted by Mrs. B. A. Hocutt. RESOLUTIONS OF APPRECIATION We, the undersigned, members of the Official Board of the Centenary M. E. Church, South, of Smithfield, N. C., in regular session assembled, being mindful of the fact that our be loved pastor, Brothel- S. A. Cotton, has served the church and community at large faithfully for the past four years and has greatly endeared him self to the hearts of the entire com munity; and realizing that by the rules and procedure o our Conference it is not at all probable that he will be returned to this charge; and de siring further, to give public expres sion to the love and affection we hold for Brother Cotton and his entire fam ily as well as our appreciation of the great work he has done in our midst, offer the following resolutions: FIRST: That we tender to our be loved pastor, Brother S. A. Cotton, our heart-felt gratitude for his untir ing efforts in behalf of our church and community; that we assure him of our sense of sorrow that, under the rules of our church, he can not serve us longer as our pastor. SECOND: That we pray God’s richest blessings upon Brother Cot ton, each and every member of his family, and upon the work to which he may be sent. THIRD. That a copy of these re solutions be spread upon the official minutes of this meeting and that a copy be sent to Brother Cotton and his family. (Signed) T. R. Hood J. H. Abell Chas. A. Creech J. D. Spiers W. M. Sanders G. E. Thornton Thel Hooks Jas. H. Woodall N. T. Holland N. B. Grantham H. C. Hood Jas. A. Wellons Sam T. Honeycutt Jas. H. Kirkman J. W. Wellons I. W. Medlin H. C. Woodall W. W. Cole. Two small boys were conversing, and the smaller of the two remarked “My uncle has a wooden leg.” “Huh,” replied the other, “that’s nothing. My sister has a cedar chest.” JOHNSTON COUNTY TEACHERS MEET Motion for Resolution In State Assembly to In crease Supt. Salary In response to a call from County Superistendent Hipps, about one hundred and fifty teachers of Johns ton Colnty assembled in the Court House here Saturday and formed a local unit of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly. The organiza tion will be known as The Johnston County Teachers’ Association, Supt. Ilipps was made president and Miss Mary E. Wells was made secretary. A membership fee of $1 per member, 50 cents of which goes to the State Association and the other 50 cents to be used in the local association will provide the necessary funds for the organization. One of the purposes of the meet ing was to sJect delegates to the Assembly wruen meets in Asheville Thanksgiving. Heretofore any or all who might attend the State meeting had a voice in the deliberations. But this has been changed and now, while anyone may attend the Assembly, only delegates may vote. Eighteen dele gates were chosen to represent the Johnston Association at Asheville. They are as follows: T. H. Franks, W. H. Hipps, G. T. Whitley, H. B. Marrow and Miss Mary E. Wells, Smithfield; W. B. Crumpton, J. 0. Bowman, Miss Louidell Pittman, Miss Eunice Keele, Miss Annabel Warren, Selma; Miss Lorene Leonard, Prince ton; O. F. Blackenship, Miss Kathe rine Wilson, Four Oaks; F. L. Wells, Benson; W. S. Burleson, Miss Bessie Ives, Kenly; Miss Mamie Moore and Miss Nolan Fagan, Wilson’s Mills. After the election of the dele gates, the meeting was thrown open for discussion of any matters per taining to the association. Where upon Supt. H. B. Marrow made a mo tion which was carried,, that the Johnston Association go on record as instructing its delegates to introduce a resolution in the Assembly at Ashe ville to the effect that the salary of E. C. Brooks, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, be raised by the Legislature to equal that of the governor. Mr. Marrow in making the motion cited perhaps the only in stance where that is the case. He^ called attention to the fact that Wood row Wilson, when governor of New Jersey, was not willing to serve for more money than the State Superin tesdent of Schools was receiving and the change was made in that state. Before the meeting adjourned Mr. H. V. Rose, Superintendent of Public Welfare and also school attendance officer made a few remarks as to the school attendance. Another meeting of the Association will be held sometime during the school year. RED CROSS STILL ACTIVE. There are still today 3,659 Ameri can Red Cross Chapters, 3,502 of which are in this country and 57 in foreign territory and American pos sessioss outside continental United States, according to a summary of lo calized Red Cross work just compiled at National Headquarters. In Ameri can territory overseas the Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Phillippine Is lands, Porto Rico and the irgin Is lands—there are eight Red Cross chapters in foreign territory—Asia Central and South America arid Eu rope—there are forty-nine. The Health Service, a new oroject of the Red Crcsr, has already effected the estallishmnt of Health Centers in 126 chapters while in 429 other chapters various other forms of health activities are being undertaken. Recognizing the value of the work of the public health nurse in disease preventive work, 713 Red Cross chapters are today em, loving 950 public health nurses. In the rural districts where there is especial need for recreational ac tivities, forty-eight chapters have adopted programs of this nature whilewhile nine are cooperating with other agencies in providing facilities for recreation. Junior Red Cross activities are be ing undertaken by 1,639 Red Cross chapters the report discloses. This means that the American Red Cross program of service has been estab lished in nearly 60,000 schools thru out the country and is daily reaching millions cf American school children.
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