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COMMENCEMENT FINALS TAKE PLACE Benton Wharton Wins Edw. Smith Pou Medal; Other Prizes Awarded Commencement finals took place Tuesday night with class day exer cises by the senior class, the presen tation of diplomas, awarding of prizes and the reading ff the honor roll. The auditorium was filled to overflowing with interested relatives and friends of the ten young graduates, who gave them warm applause as they took their places upon the tastily arranged stage as follows: Benton Wharton, Jean Abell, Annette Lawrence, Ken neth Coats, Margaret Lee Austin, Frances Burton Crews, Edgar Wat son, Lucile Cottor, Margaret LeMay, and Marvin Woodall. The young lad ies never looked more charming with tneir lovely white trocks each wearing a corsage of pink and white sweet peas—the class flowers. After a verse or two of America and the invocation by Rev. H. S. Hartzell, rector of the Episcopal church, the president of the class, Benton Whar ton, made an interesting speech which was followed by the class minutes by the secretary, Margaret Lee Austin. The class history was read by Fran ce* Burton Crews who compiled the facts in a decidely more interesting way than the usual historian, putting into rhyme the story of the eleven years. A unique fact concerning the class was that with the exception of one member all began their school days at the same time, thus having intimate association for a period of eleven years. The historian herself was the exception who joined the group eight years ago. The futures of the class members were portra /ed by Annette Lawrence who painted with a vivid imagination the brilliant, useful or ludicrous career of her classmates, as the case might be, oftentime picturing the real ambi +i«ns of her associates. Class statistics were compiled by Margaret LeMay who with wit and humor revealed characteristics of the class personnel that perhaps even as tonished the young ladies and gentle men themselves. By way of variety the class poem by Kenneth Coats, had pleasing effect, which may be found printed elsewhere in this issue of The HERALD. Following this, an exceedingly in teresting document, the last will and testament of the class, was read by Jean Abell. The gifts showed an inti mate knowledge of both schoolmates and teachers, and while mirth provok ing no doubt filled an “aching void in the heart and lives” of the recipients. Fverything from “A. Byrd” to a “best birl” were included among the gifts. Fowever accompanying the “non sense” gifts to the teachers were neat little volumes of poems by Robert W. Service and Edgar A. Guest with the owners’ names engraved on the covers. The class day exercises were con cluded with the singing of the class song, the words of which were writ ten by Marvin Woodall. This song is also published elsewhere is this issue. Judge F. H. Brooks, president of the school board, then presented the diplomas. After performing this pleasant duty he made a fitting presentation speech as he awarded the Edwin Smith Pou medal to the member of the class who had made the highest average over a period of four year—Benton Whar ton. This young gentleman made an average of 95.645, the highest aver age which has been made since the medal has been given. Miss Margaret I^e Austin made the second best rec ord with an average of 89.184. Benton Wharton has the added distinction of rot having been tardy a single time in all of his eleven years in school. Mr. Franks presented the Lassiter medal which has been given for the last few years for the best original work in English. Three subjects were assigned to those making an average of 80 per cent in English, for three weeks before the contest was held. Research was made during that time. Then in the presence of the teacher, without notes, one of the subjects hav ing been selected by chance, the es says were written. The winner in this contest this year was Donnell Wharton, of the ninth grade. Jean Abell’s paper was pronounced second best. Mr. Franks also presented the Thrift prizes given by Mr. G. T. BROGDEN NEWS Miss Bruce Jones who attended the Wilson high school the past year, has been spending a few days with her parents, Sir. and Mrs. C. F. Jones. She returned to Wilson Tuesday wheres she will spend her vacation with rela tives. , Miss Lucile Tart of Raleigh spent the week end with Miss Lela Creech. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wheeler and children and Mr. Madison Strickland, of Nashville spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Strickland. Mesrs John Creech and William Godwin and Misses Beatrice and Inez Gardner motored to Raleigh Monday afternoon. Miss Lela Creech has returned from Salemburg where she attended the Pineland commencement. She was accompanied by Miss Annie Jackson, of Dunn, who is spending a few days with her. Mr. Willie Hill and Misses Annie Jackson and Lela Creech attended the graduatng exercises at Smithfield high school Tuesday evening. Messrs George Pike and Jack Avera of Pine Level are installing a com plete set of bath fixtures in the home of Mr. J. R. Creech’s ths week. A larg crowd attended the vocal union at Tee’s Chapel Sunday. Five choirs were represented and some very good singing was rendered. The next vocal union will be held at Johnston’s Union fifth Sunday in July. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Woodall and children of Sanders Chapel spent a short while Sunday afternoon with Mr. Woodall’s sister, Mrs. J. R.Creech. N. C. Hanks to Furnish Money Raleigh, June 1.—North Carolina banks will collect the first $10,000, 000 to be used on roads and schools, according to advance reports of the state council meeting tomorrow, the bankers having convinced the state officials that short term notes at six per cent are advantageous. President W. B. Drake, Jr., and Vice-President, ThomasE . Cooper, of the Merchants National bank of Ral eigh are the promoters of this plan, and their banks will take two mil miliions. Mr. Cooper’s brother, Lieut. Gov., W. B. Cooper, will get another million, a Richmond bank comes in for a fourth and so on for 10 millions. Nothing has been officially^given out, but the council of state is said to be p convert and will deal with the- banks on the basis of two year notes. Governor Morrison has been assur ed that the state can get $25,000,000 from state banks if the money is need ed.—R. E. Powell in Charlotte Ob server. Whitley to members* of the Eighth grade writing the best paper upon some subject relative to the improve ment of Smithfield. Josephine Biggs won the first prize, which was a War Savings stamp. Gilmer Wharton won the second prize. Following the giving of these prizes Mr. Marrow presented Margaret Lee Austin with a gold chain from the High school basketball 'team of which Miss Austin had charge. Accompany ing the gift was a beautiful expres sion of the esteem which the team had for her. After the reading of the honor roll which appears elsewhere in this paper, Mr. Marrow, who has been superin tendent of the school for four years, but who now resigns to practise law here, made a few remarks relative to his four years’ stay and the work of the school, and called upon the people of the town to give Mr. T. H. Franks, the new superintendent, the same hearty co-operation which has been accorded him. He spoke in terms of praise of the Smithfield school board ard <he;r fine support. However, Mr. Brooks in replying to his words of commendation gave proper tribute to the efficiency of Superintendent Mar row, rather than the far sigl tednes« of the school board. The graduating exercises were pre ceded on Monday evening by an ora torical contest among the high school students, a medal having been offered by Superintendent Franks, In our last issue the program was given in full, but we were unable to announce the winner. Mose Godwin, a member of the ninth grade won the medal, his subject being “A Greater Smithfield.” This paper as well as the prize Eng lish essay is published in this issue. HEAVY FIGHTING IN UPPER SILESIA Germans Attack A French Garrison; Poles Made Ef fort to Help French Oppeln, Upper Silesia, June 1.—A grave situation js reported at Beu tfce i, whbre the Germans attacked the French garrison. Sharp fighting followed in which the Germans were repulsed. A number of them were killed. The Poles, who also were fighting the Germans made an effort to help the French. The French, however, re fused this aid and themselves fought the Poles. In heavy fighting this afternoon in the Posnowitz woods, near Gross Strehlitz, the Poles were compelled to fall back before the onslaught of the Germans. The Germans report their casualties as 12 dead and 31 wounded, who were taken to Krappitz. The Poles left 130 (lead on the field. Their wounded were removed. The Polish forces were intrenched deed in the forest, and the Germans W'ere in the open. Eventually the Ger mans entered the forest and desperate fighting ensued at close range with machine guns', rifles and revolvers.— Associated Press. A TRAGEDY AT SALISBURY Hank Official Kills His Wife and Him self ; Found Dead in Bed With Pistol in Hand. Salisbury, May 31.—This city was shocked this afternoon as it has not been shocked in years by the discov ery of p. double tragedy in the home of John Wright Davis, a local bank official. Mr. Davis and his wife were found in bed and a pistol still gripped in Mr. Davis’ hand together with the orderly condition of the home made an inquest unnecessary. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had been mar ried about eight years and during n ost of the time Mrs. Davis had been in poor health, being an invalid in re cent months. Mr. Davis’ loving devo tion to her had been a thing of com mon knowledge and comment among neighbors and friends. Just when and how the tragedy oc curred will probably never be known Mr. Davis went home from the Davis and Wiley bank, where he was em ployed as bookkeeper Monday about noon. Solicitor Hayden Clement, who is a neighbor of Mr. and Mrs. Davis end who, with the coroner, the sheriff and chief of police made a thorough investigation and decided that no in quest was necessary, is of the opinion that the tragedy took place between 1 and 3 o’clock Monday. Friertds failed to get response over the phone from the Davis home during the afternoon and evening. This morn ing the cook prepared breakfast and left without seeing Mr. and Mrs. Da vis. As Mr. Davis did not go to the bank relatives went to see what the matter was. Upon entering the bedroom on the second floor they found Mr. Davis and his wife both on ihe bed. She had been unable to leave her bed-Tor some days and wore only a gown. Mr. Davis was dressed ex cept for a coat. Positions of the body showed that Mr. Davis had shot his wife through the left temple, the bul let, a 38, having gone through the head and was found on the bed. He then, according to the natural evi dence, put the pistol to his left temple shooting with is left hand, and hold ing the barrel steady with his right, sent a ball entirely through his own head, falling back by the side of his wdfe on the bed. His right hand showed powder burns. His left hand still gripped the pistol with his thumb ; gaist tne trigger. Mr. Davis was a member of one of the city’s most prominent families, being a son of the late Robert M Davis. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss May Ratcliffe, of Memphis, Tenn., and her people have been prominent in that state. Her grandfather the late Colonel Tate, was a well known rail road official. Mrs. Davis was a wom an of refinement and culture. She was educated in Europe and had trav eled extensively. The couple had no children. Funeral arrangements await arrival of relatives.—Greensboro News. America was discovered in 14S2. TEXTILE STRIKE ON IN 3 N. C. CITIES More than 10,000 Mill Ope ratives Leave Their Looms and Spindles Charlotte, June 1.—Charlotte, Con j v'ord and Kannapolis are the centers : of the textile strike movement orig inated this morning at 10 o’clock when it is estimated that more than 10,000 mid operatives in these three centers left their looms and spindles and in stituted the strike which for weeks has been impending. In Charlotte, the mills notably af fected are those owned by the Chad wiek-Hoskins company, a string of five mills, four here and one in Pine ville; the Johnston Manufacturing company and the Highland Park Manufacturing company, the mills owned by C. W. Johnson and associ ates. The Cannon mills in Concord and Kannapolis are under the owner ship and management of J. W. Can non. Three or four thousand operatives are idle in Charlotte and immediate vicinity. Concord reports that the strike in that town and in Kannapolis involves more than 6,000 employes. Gaston county mills nearly 100 of them, are unaffected, ad so are those in Cleveland, Lincoln, and Union counties. Ij. W. Johnson owns three mills here one in Huntersville and one in Rock Hill, S. C., all of which are closed. Mr. Johnson said today in reference to the shutdown, “1 am well satisfied.” The mills at Mooresville are not closed, there are four mills in this unit. “Everything is running smooth ly here,” said one of the officials, “but we do not know how long it will be.” The reason that the strike fell so heavily upon Charlotte, Concord and -Kannapolis and so lightly upon other mill centers in the state is explained because of the strength of the United Textile Workers of America in the three first named communties. The union is not on all fours in Gaston county where its rank, it is said, have become seriously serried by conditions prevailing in the textile industry dur ing the past* 12 months. The same is the situation with the Cleveland mills. Union strength in those establish ments is so outweighed by non-union forces that the strike could not be put on there. Where the local unions of United Textile Workers of America lepresent a minimum strength of the working forces in the textile mills, the strike was instituted; in those other centers where non-union strength prevails, the strike was not ordered for obvious reasons. Over North Carolina as a whole, the estimate of Vice-President McMahon, of the United Textile Workers, is that 60 per cent of the operatives who have been employed are identified with the union. A great percentage of union strength as compared with non-union prevails in Charlotte, Concord and Kannapolis. The strike of textile workers in the Charlotte district is in connection with the nation-wide protest against wage reductions began Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. Employes of the Chad wick-Hoskins system and the High land Park systems were the first to walk out.—Greensboro News. Revival Meeting at Pine Level The revival meeting at Pine Level Baptist church in whic^i the pastor, Rev. D. E. Vipperman is being assist ed by Dr. E. D. Poe has been going on this week. Not only the people of the town but people from the country and other towns around have been attend ing the services. Preaching services are held at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. The service will go on through Sun day and probably into next week. Dr. Poe is a fine speaker and all in reach #f Pine Level should hear him. It will be remembered that he helped in a meeting at Smithfield and our peopl« were highly pleased with his preach ing. Changes in Beef Prices Beginning June 13th the following prices will be effective on Sirloin steaks and roasts, 40 cents; Tender loin 40 cents. Prices on all other meats will remain the same. Phone 70. City Market. THANKSGIVING NEWS i _ I Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grant of Wil son spent the week end with their father, Mr. E. Grant. Miss Minnie Wheeler has return ed home after spending several days in Seln a with relatives. Miss Charlotte and Eliza Mosley Hatcher of Dunn spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. W. S. Earp. Miss Julia Grant has been on the sick list for several days. Mrs. Milton Finch has returned home after spending several days in Kenly with relatives. Mrs. C. H. Wheeler spent Sunday m Goldsboro with her brother, Dr. Oscar Eason who is quite sick. Mrs. Delia Parrish visited her daughter Mrs. B. T. Long last. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Creech from the Bethany section spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Earp. Miss Effie Grant is at home to spend her vacation. She was a member of the graduating class of the Selma high school at its recent commencement. Mr. Elmore Earp returned last week from Wake Forest college where he was in school, Mr. Cronjie Earp is also home to spend the vacation, hav ing finished the 10th grade in the Selma high school. Rev. and Mrs. Branson from near Bentonville attended the family re union at Mr. Harris Price’s Sunday. Mr. Branson preached in the after noon. Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Bailey spent Sunday with Mrs. Bailey’s father Mr. E. Grant. Little Miss Bertie Eary spent last week with Miss Lillie Mae Eubanks near Hatcher’s school. Mrs. W. T. Long spent Saturday and Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. How ard Stancil near Corinth. Mr. Clarence Bailey and sisters, Misses Nannie and Minnie attended Sunday school at Thanksgiving Sun day morning. The meeting for the B. Y. P. U. has been changed from 4 o’clock in the afternoon to 9:30 in the morning. The annual picnic for the local Junior order was observed last Sat urday. This occasion which was en joyed by the Juniors, their families, and a few other people of the commu nity was one of the most enjoyable occasions ever held in our community. Early in the day the people gathered in to fry fish which had been furnish ed by the Juniors. After which a din ner was spread, the menu of which has never been made. After enjoying the many good things to eat and spending a pleasant hour socially, all assembled in the church to hear what there was in the Junior order that attracted people as they had been at tracted. Lawyer Howard Grady of Kenly ad dressed the assemblage, his subject being, “The purpose and the work of the Junior order.’’ Seemingly he be lieved the proverb: “You get out of a thing just what you put in it,” and as a result of that belief he felt great ly indebted to the people of the Thanksgiving community after hav ing enjoyed such a nice dinner. We hope1 to have Mr. Grady with us again. After the address tf game of ball was played between Thanksgiving and the Old Mill and Thanksgiving and Price school. « Cheese Quiet, But Firm Trading in cheese was quiet this week, buyers asking little beyond cur rent requirements, but there are indi cations that recent reductions t'j a more reasonable level will soon re sult in increased consumption and quiet a confident feeling seems to be developing among holders. Sentiment was also strengthened by advices of firmer conditions at producing points and growing speculative competition in country districts for the higher grades of new-made cheese.—Dun’s Review. Burlaps Dull and Easy There has ben no improvement in the demand for burlaps and trading was extremely quiet this week, with T rices tending downward. Sales in moderate quantity were reported on the basis of 3 1-2 cents for light weights and 4.10 cents for 10 1-2 ounce, but it was said that these fig ures could be shaded on sizable busi ness.—Dun’s Review. There are 2,750 languages. EIGHTY PERSONS KILLED IN A RIOT Serious Outbreak in Oklaho ma City; Ten Blocks of Homes Are Burned I Tulsa, Okla., June 1.—Race riots today resulted in the death of 80 or jnore persons, including nine whites, and the injury of scores, according to estimates by the police, and in the destruction of ten blocks of homes in the negro quarters. Despite the plac ing of the city under martial law today, desultory firing continued dur ng the afternoon, but the city tais evening was comparatively quiet. Four companies of the National Guard under Adjutant General Bairett are cn duty. The reported death list grew all day. At noon the chief of police noti fied Gov. Robertson at Oklahoma City that the total was 75. In one state ment, Major Charles W. Daly of the police department, put the figure at 175 saying he believed many negroes had been burned to death in their homes. Of the nine white men known to have been killed, five have been identified. The trouble is declared to have started last night after the arrest of a negro charged with attacking a white girl, and subsequent attempts of negroes to rescue the arrested man. Comparative quiet prevailed in the late hours of the night, but a£ day break a group of negro houses were set afire and the city firemen were prevented from fighting the flames. Armed white men then formed a circle about the negro section. For several hours during the morn ing parties of negroes and whites fac ed each other across the railroad tracks, on which could be seen a num ber of slain negroes. With the arrival of Adjutant Gener al Barrett and a machine gun com pany from Oklahoma City, a sembl ance of order was restored. Several thousands negroes were assembled un der guard at Convention Hall, the baseball park and the police station. Orders were issued for the disarming of all persons not belonging to the guard or especially deputized. Detachmehts of the national guard were scattered about the city at stra tegic points especiall yabout the negro quarter, where 10,000 to 13,000 neg roes it is estimated resided. Nearly half that number are under guard. Meetings Next Week Business men and others interested in putting over the Co-operative Mar keting Campaign in Johnston county have been busy this week with good results. The following schedule of meetings will be observed next week: Team No. 1 Monday, June 6th, Royall Elevation. Tuesday, June 7th, Barbours. Wednesday, June 8th, Elevation. Thursday, June 9th, Pleasant Hill. Friday, June 10th, Woodrow. Team No. 2 Monday, June 6th, Barnes. Tuesday, June 7th, Archer. Wednesday, June 8th, Batten. Thursday, June 9th, Holders. Friday, June 10th, Hales, Team No., 3 Monday, June 6th Emit. Tuesday, June 7th Sandy Springs. Wednesday, June 8th Stilleys. Thursday, June 9th, Moores. Friday, June 10th, Prices. Team No. 4 Monday, June 6th, Corinth. Tuesday, June 7th, Poplar Springs. Wednesday, June 8th, Thanksgiving. Thursday, June 9th, Corbett. Friday, June 10th, Hatcher-Silver dale. S. J. KIRBY, County Agt. Bureau of Information The Postmaster-General, Will H. Hays, announces that a Bureau of In formation for the benefit of all those who go to Washington to trasact busi ness with any department or Bureau of the government, has been establish ed on the ground floor of the Post Office Department Building, located on Pennsylvania Avenue at Twelfth Street. It is the wish of the President that visitors to the seat of Govern ment shall have every opportunity to get full information concerning all governmental departments.