MRS. JOHNSON IS
WELFARE OFFICER
Raleigh Woman Succeeds
Roland F. Beasley; First
Woman State Officer
Greensboro, July 6.—Mrs. Clarence
Johnson was elected Commissioner of
Public Welfare and Dr. Howard W.
Odom was elected consulting expert
to the board when the state board of
Charities and Public Welfare met in
Greensboro today to receive the re
port of the nominating committee ap
pointed to nominate a successor to
Rolard E. Beasley.
The members of the board are W. A.
Blair, Carey J. Hunter, Mrs. Thos. W.
Lingle, A. W. McAlister, M. L. Kesler,
Mrs. W. F. Woodard and Mrs. J. W.
Pless. The four first named consti
tuted the nominating committee. This
committee unanimously nominated
Mrs. Clarence Johnson for the posi
tion of Commissioner of Public Wel
fare and she was unanimously elected
by the board.
Mrs. Johnson has tor the past two
year held a responsible position in the
office of the Commissioner of Public
Welfare as Director of Child Welfare.
In this position she has demonstrat
ed her ability and resourcefulness in
an unmistakable way, and her exper
ience and successful administration
of her child welfare work have given
her a foremost position in the State as
an authority on social questions. She
has been in the past president of the
Federation of Women’s Clubs of the
State and has helcf other positions of
influence and usefulness.
The strong backing she has had for
the position of Commissioner of Pub
lic welfare was substantial evidence
of the favorable impression which she
has already made upon the North Car
olina public. She had the enthusiastic
support of the governor, the state de
partment of Public Instruction, the
State department of public health, the
State Federation of Women’s clubs
and other influential support.
She was appointed to the position
not because it is necessarily a wo
man’s job. It is a man’s job in re
sponsibility and labor and administra
tion, and a woman of real energy and
devotion and ability has been called to
it, because there was not an available
man in the state who possessed in ex
perience and training the qualifica
tions which she possesses. With the
strong support which she has receiv
ed from so many influential directions
and the united support of the Board
of Charities and Public Welfare, un
der which she will work, and with the
training and abilities which she
brings to the office, a successful and
(ffieient administration is assured.
Dr. Howard W. Odum, the head of
the school of public welfare at the
University of North Carolina, was
elected consulting expert to the board
and in this position, for which his
training and experience in this line
of research and work qualify him so
admirably, will render invaluable
service to Mrs, Johnson and the
board.
While it has required nearly four
months to fill the vacancy made hy
Mr. Beasley’s resignation, the board
and nominating committee have not
been idle. It took more than six
months to locate Mr. Beasley for this
position in the first instance. Com
paratively few men and women are
trained for the position, and such a
selection has to be made with extreme
care. It is a case where a mistake
might involve irreparable injury.
* There were great many applications
for the position and forty names all
told were considered and investigated
and more than three hundred pieces
of mail handled in connection with
the selection and appointment.—News
and Observer.
Killed The First Time He Celebrates
Robert Lassiter, colored, of Clayton
township was killed at a picnic July
4th on the Barham farm near Mr.
Ransom Gulley’s store. He was 60
years old and had never gone to a
4th of July celebration before. Some
colored people got into a dispute at
the picnic and Will Ross shot Robert
Lassiter just below the heart. He
was taken to a Raleigh hospital for
tieatment but it was impossible to
save him. He died Wednesday and
was buried yesterday. He was a
brother of Walter Lassiter, the brick
layer who lives in Smithfield.
90,000 OWNERS GET LICENSES.
Still Leaves About Fifty Thousand
Car Owners in State Who Have Not
Paid the Annual Fee July 1.
Raleigh, July 6.—Approximately
90,000 automobile license plates had
been delivered by the automobile li
cense department up to Wednesday
morning, according to Joe Sawyer,
head of the department.
This number shows an increase of
about 10,000 during the past four
years and about two or three thousand
continue to be issued daily by the de
paitment. There were in the vicinity
of 3,000 of the tags issued by Mr. Saw
yer and his force of over 100 young
ladies Tuesday.
As yet tnere remains Detween
and 50 thousand automobile owners
who have failed to procure the neces
sary permit to own and operate cars
ir. the state. Mr. Sawyer, however,
thinks that within the next several
days the majority of this number will
comply with the regulations for the
time of obtaining the tin tags, be
cause of the fact that according to the
law cars without the new license
plates are subject of being taken in
custody by state police.
The 90,000 owners who have al
ready complied with the law for buy
ing the license plates before the first
of July represent about the same
number who had bought their plates
this time last year.
The registration of North Carolina
motor vehicles had brought the total
up to 149,444 Wednesday. The vehicles
registered are distributed as follows:
Passenger cars, 133,840; trucks,
14,064; motorcycles, 1,534.
The work of registration is still
giving the force plenty to do, but the
rush is about over. Clerk Sawyer ex
pects the process of registration to
continue for the next three weeks to
take care of belated registration.—
R. E. Powell in Charlotte Observer.
Caruso in Poor Health
Enrico Caruso is in poor health and
doubts that his old voice will return
soon to its full glory, Capt. Charles
Anthony Fulton of the United States
Army Intelligence Service, said on
his return from Italy on the Cosulich
bner Presidente Wilson.
Capt. Fulton who is on his way to
Washington, said he had seen the
ienor at Sorrento just before sailing,
nine days ago. The singer went to
Italy with his wife and baby, Gloria,
several weeks ago on the Presidente
Wilson, following his severe illness
here.
Partial confirmation of Capt. Ful
ton’s statement was made by Capt.
Ettore of the liner, who said that
opinion throughout Italy, is pessimis
tic concerning the chances of early re
covery of Caruso’s voice.
Members of the crew of the steam
ship said that Caruso did not sing at
the concert on board the vessel. It
was a report of this concert that led
to the belief in this country that the
singer’s voice had returned to him
again. The story told by the sailors
was that the singer found himself too
weak to appear at the concert which
was given on the Sunday following
the departure of the liner on the oc
casion of an Italian national holiday.
When Caruso was to appear, the
smoking room, decorated with flags
and palms was darkened. Suddenly
from behind the palms, the voice of
the tenor burst forth .although his
figure could not be seen in the
gloom. The crew declared that the
song was sung not by Caruso but was
reproduced by a record he had made
before his illness, on a phonograph.—
New York Herald.
Nails, Just Nails.
Nails have meant a great deal in
the busines of building. In the early
ages all nails were made by hand.
One can imagine how frugal the car
penter would be in constructing any
thing with nails when each one must
be made by hand. Nails are now made
by machinery in great mills, more
than a ton being often made by a
machine in a day. We are prone to
think that no house could be built
r.ow without nails. As a matter of
fact the Eskimo uses none to build
his house; the Indian tepee is con
structed without nails; and the Japa
nese sometimes use wooden pegs.
Wage reductions seem “the un
kindest cuts of all.”
GOOD ROADS ARMY
INVADES CAPITAL
Nothing Done About Piece
Of Road in Johnston—
Hearings Not Over
Raleigh, July 6.—The full member
ship of the state highway commission
will leave here Friday night, aftor
concluding hearings of several dele
gations now waiting a chance to offer
the “road that will serve the most
people,” for Charlotte and make an
inspection of the two Charlotte-Con
cord routes over which the major con
test of today was staged.
This was the agreement reached
when it became apparent to the com
mission that there was merit in the
contentions of both sides, those desir
ing the old Salisbury road and those
urging the retention of the present
road. E. T. Cansler and Colonel T.
L. Kirkpatrick represented the advo
cates of the present route while J.
Lee Crowell and W. L. Marshall ad
vocated the old road.
Next in importance to this contest
today was the withdrawal of the
Cleveland Springs route over the Wil
mington-Charlotte-Asheville highway
and the substitution before the com
mission of a petition from the board
of road commissioners of Cleveland
county for a two-mile heard on a
route also to serve the line with the
main highway.
The threatening troubles of Iredell
county were dissipated before the del
egations went to the hearing this af
ternoon and the row anticipated over
the routing of the hard surfaced road
there fizzled out. There were several
minor quarrels but nothing of any
serious consequence.
Tomorrow is more promising in
the way of debates. Half of John
ston county, almost, is in Raleigh to
night waiting for their chance to be
heard. The maps incorporated in the
present road law miss some of the
best Johnston towns, just as the
Rutherfordton and Spartanburg sur
vey misses Caroleen and Cliff side.
The folks advocating a change hive
retained James H. -Pou to appear for
them tomorrow.
There is much interest in the lob
bies over the.financial situation, line
of the things that worked the har
monious outcome of the Iredell fight
was the tender by the county to tne
state of a loan to grade the road from
Statesville to the Yadkin county line
which is one of the several proposed
outlets for the lost provinces of the
west.
The trip to Mecklenburg to decide
on the Charlotte-Concord route is
the first inspection of the full com
mission. It was represented here to
day, among other things, that the
present route touches the Stonewall
Jackson Training school, a state in
stitution and the intentions of the au
thors of the bill not to divert roads
passing state properties will weigh
with the commission in this proposi
tion. Another phase of the controver
sy argued to the commission was the
pledge of the advocates of the recent
two million dollar bond issue in Meck
lenburg to use this fund for building
roads other than state highways.
The commission will set tomorrow
ancf Friday and conclude the present
session with the visit to Mecklenburg
and Cabarrus. Next week additional
contracts will be let.—*R. E. Powell,
in Charlotte Observer.
Those who attended the hearing be
fore the State Highway Commission
in Raleigh Wednesday report big del
egations from the various parts of
North Carolina there to present their
various projects. In fact so great
was the army of road enthusiasts that
the News and Observer made the pre
diction that it would have to adjourn
from the House of Representatives to
the City Auditorium if any further
recruits made their appearance.
No definite action was taken by the
commission Wednesday on any pro
posal, and it was stated that the vote
will be taken after all speech making
has taken place. The commission
will probably be in session through
this week.
Johnston county did not get in a
word Wednesday, but yesterday a
hearing was called at ten o’clock. A
number of our townspeople interested
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS.
Mr. John T. Talton Succeeds Mr. J.
Walter Myatt on the Board, After
A Term of Six Years.
The County Board of Education
composed of the following gentlemen
Mr. W. G. Wilson, of Wilson’s Milts,
chairman, Mr. John T. Talton, of
Clayton, and Mr. George Woodard, of
Princeton met here Monday in regu
lar session. At this meeting Mr. John
T. Talton, of Clayton, succeeded Mr.
J. Walter Myatt, as member of the
board his election having been con
firmed by the last legislature. Mr.
Myatt completed a six year term July
1st. In consideration of the splendid
work rendered by Mr. Myatt the fol
lowing resolutions were drawn up and
adopted which we gladly publish:
“Whereas, Mr. J. Walter Myatt
is retiring as a member of the County
Board of Education of Johnston Coun
ty after having served faithfully a
term of six years,
“Now, Therefore, be it resolved,
that the County Board of Education
of Johnston County desires to express
in this resolution its appreciation for
his services as a member of said
Board.
“At all times Mr. Myatt has en
deavored to be just and fair in his
deliberations with the citizenship of
the County. The Board has found him
to be a man of good judgment and
endowed with an unusual amount of
common sense. He leaves the work
with the profound respect of each
member of the Board, the Superin
tendent and all others connected with
the office.
“We extend to him our best wishes
in all of his undertakings and trust,
that, although advanced in years, that
he may enjoy many years of good
health and happiness.
“W. G. WILSON, Chairman.
“W. H. H1PPS, Secretary.”
Among other items of business
considered at the meting was con
cerning the building program for the
immediate future. The situation in
certain sections of the county as to
buildings is acute, but in view of the
fact that the state has been unable to
dispose of the bonds voted by the last
legislature for building purposes, the
board went on record as not favoring
any building operations in this coun
ty for the present. It is to be regretted
that some schools will suffer for lack
( f proper housing next winter, but the
course seems inevitable. Princeton,
Four Oaks and Micro, we understand,
are badly in need of new buildings,
but the money situation prevents any
nove now. rour uhks ims vuicu
ionds, but has not been able to dis
pose of them to advantage. Not only
re buildings needed in the towns,
however, but some of the rural sec
tions are handicapped as well. Two
districts, Hatcher and Corbett, we
lire told, are ready for consolidation
but are unable to build. Three teach
ers are needed at Hatcher’s school
and two at Corbett, while only three
have been handling the situation of
both schools. While we were in the
superintendent’s office, a committee
man from one of the rural districts
was deploring the fret that his school
was “out of doors.”
This is a deplorable situation but
it is certain the Board of Education
will cope with conditions to the best
advantage.
A Long Distance View
A farm boy was standing on a high
hill, looking the country over, when
a tourist motoring by stopped for a
chat.
You have a fine view from here, my
lad. How far do you suppose you can
see—to China?
Much farther than that, Mister.
How’s that.
When that cloud goes away I’ll be
able to see the sun very easily.—
Judge.
Teachers’ Examination
On next Tuesday, July 12, the reg
ular spring examination for State
Teachers’ Certificate, will be held in
Smithfield in acordance with the state
law. For information as to where the
examination will be held call at the
County superintendent’s office in the
old Sanders’ Garage building.
in the locating of the road from here
to Goldsboro were on hand to hear
the discussion before the commission.
Nothing definite, however, was decid
ed at this time.
FINAL VOTE ON THE
TARIFF BILL JULY 21
Measure Is Attacked Even
By Republicans; Demo
crats Will Fight
Washington, July G.—House repub
licans at a conference tonight fixed
July 21 as the date for the final vote
on the general tariff bill, consideration
of which will begin tomorrow. The
conference also adopted a proposition
opening the hides, cotton, dyes and
oil schedules to amendment from the
floor and permitting each to be dis
posed of by a separate vote.
Other schedules would be subject
to amendment only by the ways and
means committee.
The conference decided to have the
jill read tomorrow, after which gen
eral debate will he made the order by
* special rule for which the confer
ence decided to ask and which Chair
man Campbell of the rules committee
said would be forthcoming tomorrow.
Washington, July (5.—The adminis
tration tariff bill was laid formally
before the house of representatives
today and the way cleared for its con
sideration, beginning tomorrow.
Accompanying it were two reports
by republicans, one in praise and the
other in denunciation. Chairman
Fordney, of the ways and means com
mittee, in a report which he said he
understood all republicans of the com
mittee except Representative Frear,
of Wisconsin, would sign, described
the measure as a “magna charta for
the perpetuation of American stand
ards of living.”
Representative Frear, in his minor
ity report, which previously had been
made public, said the measure was
“subject to criticism for many un
nectssary high duties that will in
crease the burdens of the consumers.”
He also characterized some pro
visions of the bill, particularly the
dye schedule, as “indefensible” and
as an abandonment of party pledges.
Democratic members of the com
mittee were preparing their criti
cisms of the bill tonight with a view
to presenting their minority report
tomorrow when the measure is taken
up for reading or for detailed expla
nation by Chairman Fordney.
Meantime, republican members of
the house met in conference tonight
to determine, if possible, procedure
to be followed in putting the measure
through the house. Decisions which
leaders hoped to reach included the
length of time for general debate and
for the consideration of amendments.
Those in charge of the measure
hoped to conclude general debate in
10 days or two weeks and then go
into detailed consideration of the bill
under restricted discussion at which
time any amendments would be taken
up.
Chairman Fordney’s report said
that in drafting the bill, the republi
can members of the ways and means
committee were governed by a desire
to encourage American industry with
out at the same time saddling any
unnecessary burdens on the consumer.
The agricultural products schedule
was described as “an all-American
tariff on a normal basis.”
Explaining the dye schedule, the
report said the committee was of the
opinion that “no tariff duties, no mat
ter how high,” could meet the condi
tions that would arise when Germany
again was in a position to force her
dyes and dyestuffs on American mar
kets. It was declared that the great
“German dye syndicate” would at
tack all competitors “with reckless
disregard of business decency.”
Work Out Their Taxes
New Britain, Conn., July 5.—A plan
under which property owners who, by
reason of unemployment, are unable
to pay their taxes, may meet their
debt to the city working for the mu
nicipality, is under consideration by
Mayor Curtis. This has been done in
the case of owners of wagons and
trucks, and it is now proposed that
the plan be broadened so as to in
clude those who have nothing to give
but their own manual labor.
The mayor also is considering the
advisability of having delinquent rent
payers work for the city, and have
■their wages turned over to their
landlords.
PASTORS, CHURCH WORKERS
Representatives of Johnston Asso
ciation Meet In Smithfield Monday
To Plan Work.
A good representation of the Bap
tist hv.rd.es of the Johnston Asso
ciation i.et in this city Tuesday at
the Baptist church to plan for a “fol
low up’’ of the Seventy-five Million
Campaign. It is the idea of the church
in addition to raising seventy-five mil
lion dollars for the furtherance of
missions and other phases of the work,
to send out each year for the five
years one hundred missionaries, and
to wage a campaign of evengelism.
I.ast August a ship sailed for foreign
ports carrying 100 missionaries to
various mission fields. Next month
a hundred more will sail. Thus it is
seen that the missionary activities are
panning out.
It was for the specific purpose of
launching the evangelistic campaign
that representatives from the forty
five churches comprising the Johnston
Association .net here Tuesday. The
whole south is being organized in this
campaign, and it is the desire of the
promoters of the movement that every
church which has not already done so,
hold a series of evangelistic services
between now and the meeting of the
association.
From September 10 to October 10,
every church is asked to observe the
“Everyone Win One’’ campaign.
Rev. Charles E. Maddry, corres
ponding secretary of the Baptist State
Convention, was present Monday help
ing to lay plans for the Johnston As
sociation.
The ladies of the church here served
a picnic dinner at the noon hour for
the delegates present.
Largest Methodist Church
The largest building housing the
Methodist denomination, if not the
largest Protestant building in the
world, according to a Chicago dis
patch to the News and Observer, of
recent issue will be in process of con
struction in Chicago within a year,
The announcement further stated that
it will be the new First Methodise
Episcopal Church to be situated in the
very center of the city’s business dis
trict, at Clark and Washington streets.
While it will at first house all of
the Methodist organizations in this
vicinity, similar organizations of oth
er denominations are negotiating for
office space, so that in the course of a
few years it is probable that this
great building may become the great
est Protestant headquarters in Amer
ica, if not in the world.
The building is to cost $3,500000
and will be situated on ground valued
at $2,500,000. It will have a width of
80 feet, depth of 182 feet and its
tower will rise 410 feet from street
level.
One ol its striking identification
marks will be a huge revolving cross
at the top of the tower and its archi
tects are the authority for the state
ment that the cross will be the larg
est revolving illuminated cross in the
world.
The architect’s plans have been ac
cepted and the negotiations looking
toward the erection of this building
have been proceeding for months. As
now planned the building is to be 21
stories in height, 182 feet in depth,
on Clark street, and 80 feet front on
Washington street. The building is
to be of Gothic architecture, with a
tower of Gothic design. Though a
great city skyscraper, it will be
churchly in appearance and presents
the aspect of a great cathedral.
This church, popularly known as
“Clark Street,” was organized in
1834, being the first Methodist Church
and probably the first Protestant
church of any denomination in Chi
cago.
There will be a great church audi
torium which will be a gathering
place for all great religious gather
ings of the city. Rooms for all sorts
of social and religious purposes will
be provided. An outstanding feature
will be the Forum in which the great
public and social questions of the day
will be freely discussed in a Christian
sympatheric atmosphere. All the fea
tures which have become so through
such institutions as Westminister
Hall and Toynbee Hall in London are
being studied for suggestions.
In addition to this the office part
of the building will become the head
euarters of all the great Methodist
org: i izations of Chicago.