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VOLUME 40 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921 NUMBER 16 TEACHERS FROM THE TOWN SCHOOLS MEET Seven Schools in County Are Represented 100 Per Cent Strong Wednesday a meeting important in its scope and fraught with untold good for those in attendance, was held at the graded school when the teach ers of seven town schools of Johnston county came to-gether in Conference at the call of County Superintendent W. H. Hipps. The teachers of the fol lowing schools were here one hundred per cent strong: Kenly, Micro, Pine Level, Princeton, Wilson’s Mills, Four Oaks and Benson. The morning was occupied in ob serving work ih the graded school here, Miss Madge Kennette, g^imary supervisor of T. G. S., and Miss Laura Holt, fifth grade teacher, giving dem onstrations which in the afternoon session came up for discussion. This community has reason to be proud of such teachers as Miss KennetteN and Miss Holt, for it was evident in the meeting that the visiting teachers were well pleased with their demon strations. In the afternoon, after the discus sion of the subjects observed in the morning, Supt. Hipps called for re ports of what the schools represent ed were doing in a special way. An outstanding feature of this part of the program was th efact that all these seven schools are doing something in a special way. It was brought out that two of them, Four Oaks* and Micro, have under consideration bond issues for new school huses. Fur Oaks will vote on a $75,000 issue, and Micro on $40,000. It was further revealed that there are two teacherages in the county one at Kenly aod one at Wil son Mills. Mjss Moore, who has charge of the Wilson’s Mills school, being enthusiastic over the success of the one at that place. Wilson’s Mills also has the distinction of having a school truck which carries children there from the adjoining Pimple Hill district. The Princeton school is doing things in a community way. The Parent teachers Association or Community Club has been the means of securing hearty co-operation as to school mat ters and incidentally getting things done that needed to be done. Mr. Hipps called on. the principal of the Benson school to give his plan for enforcing the compulsory law, which he did revealing the fact that Benson has a hundred per cent of the compul sory census enrolled. The Kenly principal was then called on to tell of his school. Among other things which' he mentioned one was especially good. The Kenly teachers are teaching the pupils to have regard for public property, an idea that needs to be instilled in every child. After talks by representatives of the various schools, Miss Dunn, of the State Health department, was intro duced, who announced that she would visit each- school in the near future in the interest of the health program which is to be put on in Johnston county during the coming months. inose attending this meeting were as follows: Benson: E. L. Wells, Miss es Laura Matthews, Ruth Andrews, Katie Lee Matthews, Clara Edwards, Minnie L. Sevens, Carrie P. Yelving ton, Lois Carter, Vermil High, Lois White and Olga Long; Ken y: W. S. Burleson, E. N. Booker, Misses Beulah Bailey, Mary Barksdale, Glenmoore Koonee, Mabel Wommack, Ollie Moore, Marion Butler and Rena Ed gerton; Princeton, Robt,. Isley, Miss es Daisy Anderson, Lorene Leonard, Lula Gilbert, Ethel Southerland and LaRue Williams; Four Oaks, 0. F. Blankenship, Misses Annie L. Ford, Catherine Wilson, Zelma Wester, Caro line Fitzgerald, Leona Martin and Martha Ratcliffe; Micro: C. M. Blank enship, Misses Leta Wellons, Ida Belk, Lelia G. Hyatt, Mattie Lee Daniel and Edna McGuire; Pine Level: E. R. Set tle, Misses Margaret Flinton, Lula Munn, Thelma Morgan, Vera Wooten, and Mrs. Annie Parker; Wilson’s Mills: Misses Mamie Moore, Gayle •RELIEF DAY IN N. C .SCHOOLS North Carolina Boys and Girls Will Be Given Opportunity to Con tribute to Fund. Every school boy and girl in North Carolina wih be given an opportunity to contribute to the relief of homeless and hungry Armenian children who are beging for a chance to live. To day, Friday February 25, has been set aside as “Relief Day” in the North Carolina school and plans have been perfected in order that all pupils who wish may give their pennies to help the orphaned tots. In bringing this important appeal before the school children of the State, leters have been sent out to all teach ers in each and every county by Dr. E. C. Brooks, Suprintendent of Public Instruction and chairman for Educa tional Institutions for the Near East Relief. “My dear teacher: In considering the distress of the suffering Armen ians,” writes Dr. Brooks, “I am writ ing you to take part in helping the State Committee to secure funds for this worthy cauie. “I need not speak in detail on this subject to you since the daily pagers, tracts and other advertising matter have made world-wide how these peo ple have been treated, and how the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief has administered to the needs of thousands of orphans and saved the lives of men and women from calamitous death. “The State Committee has appoint ed the 25th of February, as ‘Armenian and Syrian Relief Day, in the school. I am desirous that every school child shall have an opportunity of giving to this worthy couse. “Literature will be sent you from our State office. Send all contributions in to Robert A. Brown, State Treasur er, 901 Citizens Bank Building, Ral eigh, N. C.” Epworth League The following program will be giv en at the Epworth League Monday ev ening at 7 o’clock: Leader—Mrs. Clifton Beasley. Topic: The Religion of Service. 1. Hymn. 2. Bible Leson: “The Good Samari tan—An example of Friendship.” 3. Whose Neighbor Am I? 4. Poem: Do Something for Some body. 5'. (a) Preparation for Service. (b) The Joy of Service. (c) Christ Needs prompt, prac tical, active servants. 6. Announcement by Social Service Leader. 7. Reading—It’s service that Mea sures Success. 8. Hymn. 9. Benediction. To Examine Teeth in T. G. S. Mr. H. B. Marrow, superintendent of the schools here is undertaking the physical examination of the pupils with the aid of local specialists. He makes the following statement: “The State board of health has re quired the teachers of Johnston coun ty to make a physical examination of the school children. In order that this examination may be made in the way that it will be worth more to the children Doctors Tomlinson and Hol land, of Smithfield have agreed to make the examinations of the teeth for the local children. This is a very generous act on the part of our den tists as they are making the examina tion absolutely without charge. “Where children are found to have defective teeth the law requires that we report this to the Health Depart ment at Raleigh. Then such parents that do not have their children treat ed will receive instructions directly from Raleigh as to what steps to take in order to have proper treatment made.” Don’t let your subscription expire! Hartz, Gradabelle Turner, Nolan Pa gan, Atwood Sloan and Mrs. Lula Uzzell. - CABINET SLATE IN A TENTATIVE STAGE Harding Announces Mellon Secretary of Treasury; Denby for Navy St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 22.—Presi dent-elect Harding has reached a ten tative decision on every place in his cabinet and unless there are last-min ute changes the official circle of the next administration will be composed of the folowing men: Secretary of State—Charles Evans Hughes, of New York, former Gover nor, Justice of the Supreme Court and Republican nominee for tthe Presi dency. Secretary of the Treasury—Andrew W. Mellon of Pennsylvania, a banker and financier, member of a family re puted to be among the wealthiest in the country. Secretary of War—John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts, former United States Senator, and in 1916 a can didate for the Presidential nomination. Attorney General — Harry M. ; Daugherty, of Ohio, who managed the ! ! pre-convention campaign resulting in j Mr. Harding’s nomination. Postmaster General—Will H. Hays, ' of Indiana, chairman of the Republi- j ■ can National committee. Secretary of the Navy—Edwin Den- ! by, of Michigan, a former member of | Congress, who has served as an en- j listed man in both the Navy and Ma- | rine corps. Secretary of the Interior—Albert B. Fall, of New Mexico, now a United States Senator. Secretary of Agriculture—Henry Wallace, of Iowa, editor of Farm pub lications. Secretary of Commerce—Herbert Hoover, of California, former Food administrator and conspicuous leader in various movements for European relief. Secretary of Labor—J. J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, and Illinois, a former Union Steel Worker, who has become highest official of the Moose frater nity.—Associated Press. A Sad Killing Mr. and Mrs. S. W. McLamb were here Wednesday and told us of the death of their son, Charley Max Mc Lamb which occurred on Friday the 14th. The young man was out that day with two mules and a wagon. Mr. Ira. II. Allen scared the mules with an umbrella and cahsed them to run away. They stopped at their home. Mr. Allen went there and the mules were again frightened by him. A quarrel and a fight took place between the two young men resulting in Mr. McLamb being killed by Mr. Allen. It seems he struck a terrible blow with some weapon in hand and broke the skull of Mr. McLamb. His mother says he was in fine spirit that day and seemed perfectly happy. He was 22 years old. He lived three days after the fight. Mr. Allen is still at large staying at his home we are informed. Hi-Y Meeting Tuesday evening the local Senior Hi-Y club carried out a very enjoyable program. The Four Oak3 club was Present to see how the Smitbfield boys had things going. The local club had a full attendance while ten boys' came in from Four Oaks. The meet ing was held in the basement of the Methodist church. " First there was held a regular meet ing with the use of the regular Hi-Y ritual. Rev. Neill Mclnnis then gave the bo^s a short talk which was both interesting and instructive and one . which brought a message well worth heeding. Later another talk was made by Harry Biggs on “Taking Advan tage of Our Opportunities.” This proved to be interesting and useful. After the meeting a social was en joyed and all departed about 9:30 having spent a most enjoyable time. Oh, aspirin, dear aspirin, my head aches for you. COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE MOVIE BILL Author, Preacher, Lawyer in Lively Debate; Commit tee Report Favorable With preacher attacking author, author wading back at the preacher, and then lawyer-politician loosing the floodgates of invective upon the author Rector Milton A. Barber, Author Thomas Dixon and Lawyer-Politician, Ike Meekins staged the bitterest de bate in the recent chronicles of the General Asembly when they appeared before the joint Education Committee yesterday afternoon to discuss censor ship of motion pictures. After three hours of speechmaking and counter-speechmaking, the com mittees decided that cnesorship was a proper thing and voted to so recom mend to the General Assembly. The Senate’s poll stood at 7 for and 6 against a favorable report and the House with a 14 to 10 record. The proponents of the bill gained the first phase of the battle, and the measure now awaits the second stage when it comes up on the floor. By all odds it stands to itself as a hearing before a committee. People who ha\ e thought that the hous? could hold only so many folks revised their estimates when they surveyed the throng that packed the inside. Com mittee members who had thought they had heard real scrapping at hear ings also did some revising. The vio lence was entirely vocal, but it was unmistakably violence. Dr. Barber set the pace for the hear ing when he impugned the motives that led Thomas Dixon to leave the Baptist ministry ‘for the fields of mov ing pictures where the pastures are greener.” Dr. Dixon returned in like measure, with somewhat added for in terest when he denounced the Episco pal minister’s statement as false, and then Lawyer Meekins, speaking last, pulled history on Dr. Dixon to prove that 36 years ago he had fought the same law that he was now pointing out as a stronghold for society. The galleries and the lobbies divided their allegiance with about equal fa vor. There was no applause when Dr. Barber made his attack upon Dr. Dixon, but when the author entered the fray the throng had shaken off its ’ethargy. The galleries rocked. And again when Meekins was thundering against the author of the “Leopard Spots,” the gallery drowned his mons ter vocal outbursts with a tidal wave of uproarious applause. He had laid hold of Dixon’s argu ment that moving picture producing is a new art, and with abundant ridi cule that kept the galleries in a furore he pursued the art theory implacably He took hold of the author’s refer ence to the itch and ridiculed that. “And he says that God never made a man big enough to censor anything? Maybe God made Moses a little less big than Dr. Dixon.’ “The moving picture manufacturers don’t give a tinker’s d—n about your boy,” he thundered, turning to the gal leries where the preponderant popula tion was feminine. “But, the good, pure womanhood of North Carolina, which loves its children more than it loves art, will demand of you that you give them protection from this slimy filth that is flung on the screen in every town in the State.”—News and Observer. Senate Provides $10,000 Without Miss, ing a Rite Washington, Feb. 22.—The Senate celebrated Washington’s birthday with an impromptu feast served by Senator Ashurst, Democrat of Arizona. He appeared with packages of Western grown figs and dates and began a speech by sending pages around the floor with the fruit. When everybody was chewing comfortably he asked a $61,000 item for fig and date plant in vestigations instead of $51,000 provid ed by the House. The Senators voted the additional $10,000 without missing a bite. N. C. FOLK SAVE 14.000 CHILDREN | Contributions to Europe Child Feed ing Fund Will Mean Just About That. Aberdeen, Feb. 21.—The campaign | in North Carolina for funds for the starving children in Central Europe will be brought to a close on February 28th. Due to the generosity of the people of North Carolina the lives of 14,000 starving children—14,000 children who would have died but for our sympathy and liberaility—have been saved; the prayers of thousands of distressed and distracted mothers that help might come in time have been answer ed; the fear that they might be sent away without food, which caused these children to cringe and tremble in terror, has forever been dispelled from their minds; their wan and hol low faces with expressions of misery, of pain, and of want have been replac ed by round, healthy faces that beam with expressions of joy and everlast ing gratitude;^and instead of being in imminent danger of death from starvation and disease these 14,000 children are now assured sufficient food to keep them alive, enough cloth ing to keep them comfortable and adequate medical attention to keep them well. Those who have not yet contributed ( are reminded that $10 will save the 1 life of a child, that the campaign will close February 28, and that contribu tions should reach Henry A.''Page, chairman, Aberdeen, N. C., before that date.—Wilmington Star. BROGDEN NEWS Misses Lillian Hall and Mildred Peedin of Pine Level spent the week end with Misses Minnie Bryan and Ruth rardner at the home of Mr. John Cieech’s. Mr. Paul Royal, of Princeton vis ited relatives in the community the first of the week. Miss Viola Hartley has returned home after visiting relatives in Sel ma. Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Tyner and children spent the week-end in Raleigh with their daughter, Mrs. Charlie E. Creech. Mrs. Willie Creech returned Satur day from Clayton where she has been visiting her uncle, Mr. Jacob Creech. Mr. and Mrs. I^eroy Creech and three children of Goldsboro, have re turned home after visiting relatives and friends in the community for sev eral days. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Sasser and two daughters, Catherine and Christine, and Mrs. Stevens Wiggins, of Mount Olive returned to their home Tuesday after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Royal and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gardner and chil dren of near Smithfield attended Sun day School at Sardis Sunday after noon. The Brogden girls played the Pine Level girls a game of basketball Fri day afternoon on the latter’s court with a score of 81-2 in favor of the Brogden girls. The Brogden boys played Creech school team a game of basketball Wednesday afternoon with a score of 16-8 in favor of Brogden. Mr. Alphonzo Daughtery and Miss Dora Underwood were quietly mar ried Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. Earnest Langley, township mag istrate. Mrs. Daughtry is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Underwood of Four Oaks. Many Bid For Bonds But All Low Beaufort, Feb. 23.—A considerable number of bond buyers were here to bid on two proposed issues of bonds by Carteret county, one lot being for one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars for road purposes and the other amount was fifty thousand for re funding existing debts. The bids for the larger amount were not satisfac tory, being considerably below par, and were all rejected, the smaller lot was sold at 97.77. They bear inter est at six per cent and will run for 15 years. TOBACCO ACREAGE CUT HALF FOR 1921 T. J. Walker, Prominent To bacconist, Here in Inter est Reduced Acreage “The salvation of the tobacco farm er this year lies in his willingness to see conditions as they exist and cut the crop in half," says Mr. T. J. Walk er, of Richmond, Va., who is spending a few days in our section interviewing _ his farmer friends and prominent bus iness men. “Yes, the work that I am doing is getting results, which is shown by the fact that a large number of prominent people who are among the leading farmers in this section have premised to greatly reduce their crops,” answer ed Mr. Walker to a question about the success of his effort. Then he went on to say “it is imposible for me to get in touch with all the farmers, I only wish I could do that, for I have studied the situation diligently and I am so firmly convinced that a half crop for 1921 is necessary that I want all the farmers to know the situation as it exists. Your newspaper covers this section, so I ask you to tell the farmer and tell him convincingly. You will do a great service when you do this.” Mr. Walker tells us “The 1920 to bacco crop was the largest that has ever been produced in this country. The crop has been increasing so rap idly for the past few years that the supply is greater than the demnad. Europe has almost two years supply on hand now and this country is liter ally flooded with it. Although there is a good demand for the fine grades, the common grades are not attractive to the manufacturers, so consequently they bring very low prices, so low, in fact, that the farmer cannot possibly get the expense of production out of it.” He further says “A small crop in 1921, closely looked after, properly housed, graded and marketed, will mean better tobacco, a saving in time and better prices. Also if the farm ers will use the time and acreage sav ed for making food crops for their families and feed crops for their team the large amounts that have been sent to other states for the purchase of these necessities will be stopped; the farmers will live better and have more cleap profit at the end o^ the year.” The North Carolina Tobacco Grow ers Association and the Tobacco As sociation of the United States heartily endorse the good work which Mr, Wal ker i.' doing. Surely no one is better nullified t-o know conditions, for Mr. W.ilkc ■ was actively engaged in the tobacco business for 39 years and has probably handled more leaf tobacco than any other man in the United Str. tes. We ask our friends in the interest of every individual and the section at large, to cut the 1921 tobacco crop in half and raise more food. Lyceum Number March 1st. Another treat is in store for the people of Smithfield when Mr. V. S. Watkins, of the Redpath Lyceum Bu reau, gives his entertainment at the Opera House Tuesday evening, March 1. The best thing that has been said for Mr. Watkins’ entertainment is the fact that he has appeared in towns the second, third, fourth and fifth times each time attracting a larger crowd than the previous time. He has a large repertoire, and while we do not know what he will use here, “Bought and Sold” is generally chosen for his first appearance in a city. Mr. Watkins comes under the aus pices of the Woman’s club, and a gen erous patronage will be appreciated. Their former entertainments have all proven good and this is no exception to the rule. The Civil War was fought in the cotton fields of the South, destroying temporarily, the means of supply. The recent World War was fought in the great factory districts of the world. i
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