NEWS FROM WILSON’S MILLS
Wilson’s Mills, July 5.—Mr. Noah
Wilson spent Tuesday in Raleigh.
Miss Odessa Massey spent the week
end in Smithfield with Miss Ruth
Brooks.
On Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. W. G. Wilson a “Good Time
Club" was organized. The member
ship of this club will consist of the
young people of the town. The pur
pose of the club will be to promote
wholesome fun and merriment thruout
the vacation months. There will be
weekly entertainments. Miss Mar
garet Wilson will entertain the club
a! her home Thursday afternoon.
Rev. Lee Saddler, of Wilson filled
his reguar appointment at the Chris
tian (Disciple) church on Sunday. His
subject, “The Invisible Police Force of
Life,” was one of great practical and
inspirational value. On account of a
series of meetings, which he is con
ducting at Hokerton, he w'as unable
tc preach Sunday evening.
As a result of the State convention
at Wilmington a Christian Endeavor
Society has been organized at the
Christian church. The following of
ficers w'ill serve for the first term:
President, Inez Honrine; vice pres
ident, Aubrey Massey; secretary,
Odessa Massey, treasurer, W'ilson
Uzzle. Much interest is being
manifested in this work. In every
way the society has promise of a great
future.
Miss Addie Beaty who has been
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. Roy Bass of Louisburg, has re
turned home.
Attending the Smithfield-Wendell
hall game Monday were Messrs II.
M. Wilson, J. A. Wilson, C. K. Par
rish, 0. II. Ellis, lA'onard Massey and
( harles Wilson.
The Wilson’s Mills people have ev
ery right to be proud of its younger
citizens. In one distinctive place or
another they soon find a realm and
fill it. Several years ago Frank Davi:
went from our town to become a great
hall player. Today the people are
talking and wondering about another
prodigy. Aubrey Massey who has
been playing with the Selma ball team
this year. He is making a record for
himself that a Christy Matheson or a
Babe Ruth would have envied at his
age, or that either might desire now,
since Massey can both bat and pitch.
On July 4th in a Selma-Four Oaks
game played in Selma his skill was
unlimited. He was not satisfied with
the ten strike-outs, but had to put
Over three doubles just to show the
folks he meant business.
Miss Viola Todd, who holds a posi
tion in Goldsboro spent Sunday and
Mon lay at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Todd.
Miss Lillian Corbitt, of Selma spent
the week end visiting Miss Beatrice
Smith.
Miss Nellie Massengill and Mr.
Delma Massengill of Pine Level spent
the week end visiting Misses Eula
and Mildred Todd.
Mr. Wilbert. Wiggs and Mr. Albert
Oliver of Pine Level visited friends
here Sunday evening.
Miss Libby Ellis has returned home
after a week’s visit to Goldsboro.
Miss Pauline Ellis who holds a posi
tion in Goldsbojro js spending the
week at her home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1). Smith of Rocky
Mount are spending several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Parrish.
Mrs. Dave Parrish reutrned Tues
day from Rocky Mount where she
visited relatives and friends.
Carpentier To Follow Orders
Manhassot, N. ^ July 5.—Georges
Carpentit r will spend several weeks
just following the doctor’s orders,
hrr.ncois Descamps, his manager an
nounced today. The boxer’s hand,
broken in his bout with Jack Demp
sey, last Saturday, probably will take
about six weeks to heal, his physi
cian has estimated, and it was not be
lieved the European champion could
do any boxing before that time.
This, Descamps said, precluded the
possibility of a bout between Carpen
tier and Tom Gibbons in the big Jer
sey City arena on Labor Day.
Tex Rickard, promoter of the re
cent encounter, announced that he
might arrange such a bout on the day
named but said he had not conferred
with any official of the Frenchman’s
camp. Descamps, however, said he
was highly in favor of the match as
soon as Georges’ hand is healed and
he has bad sufficient time to train.
Carpentier’s plans are somewhat in
definite, but it was learned that he is
seriously considering taking a trip to
France before he engages in another
bout in this country. The defeated
challenger shows no more sensitive
ness over his defeat, but on the con
trary is impatiently waiting until he.
can defend his own title. He has re
ceived hundreds upon hundreds «of
messages congratulating him upon
the game fight he put up against his
heavier opponent.—News and Observ
er.
Watch your label! Renew!
JACK DEMPSEY LEAVES NEW
YORK FOR SALT LAKE CITY.
Trouble Comes For Champion From
Two Directions; To Take Vacation
Probably In California.
New York, July 5.—Jack Dempsey,
world’s heavyweight boxing champion
quietly left his hotel here late today
and short time later was aboard a
train bound for Salt Ijake City, Utah.
He was accompanied by Teddy Hayes,
his trainer, and Detective Sergeant
Mike Trent, Chicago who has been the
champion’s body guard and constant
companion since he began training for
the bout with Georges Carpentier at
Jersey City last Saturday. Jack
Kearns, Dempsey’s manager, did not
accompany the party.
The title holder will visit his
mother, Mrs. Celia Dempsey, to whom
he addressed a telegram announcing
his victory shortly after he stepped
from the ring. After the visit he
probably will go to California.
Trouble shot from two directions
toward the champion during the day.
His limousine was seized by a deputy
sheriff acting on a writ issued last
Friday in Batavia, N. Y., in a $100,
000 suit brought by Frank Spellman
in connection with a motion picture
enterprise. In Jersey City counsel for
the International Reform Bureau en
deavored to have him haled into court
on a complaint charging him with as
saulting Carpentier.
Fine Highway With Trees
This county is several hundred
years ahead of France in many par
ticulars, hut when it come to good
roads the French can teach us many
things. One of the things that im
pressed the American in France most
wras the avenue of trees used on all
ol the important roads in France, and
the numerous plainly printed mile
posts that made travel in all parts of
that country easy even to a stranger.
This State is going to spend $.r>0,
000,000 for good roads. Our roads will
be as fine as any State’s or country’s
tut wouldn’t they be better, prettier,
and more impressive if they were
flunked on either side by rows of huge,
immense trees? When the roads in
this State are being built why not
let the trees be planted? It will be
many years, of course, before the
trees reach a point where they will
add beauty or pleasure to travel over
the roads, but that time will come
and we believe once the idea is start
ed, other States in the Union will
follow.
The State will provide mile posts
for the new roads, and if we under
stand the law correctly, only the offi
cial sign post will be allowed. That is
right. Already thousands of tourists
are riding over our State; the num
ber will be increased with the perma
nent roads, and nothing is a greater
help to a tourist than a sign post
that really signs. The State should
erect steel or iron posts while erect
ing the new system, and then weather
hunters’ guns and other circumstances
will not eliminate the signs within a
year or two.—The Concord Times.
Roads and Heavy Traffic
Interests having to do with trans
portation by motor truck arc natural
ly eager for good roads. So is the
public. But unfortunately the good
road that will stand heavy traffic has
not yet been evolved. The hard ma
cadam goes to pieces like so much
tissue paper under very heavy loads
on solid tires. The truck men de
clare that the cement highway as it
is being constructed today is of little
value, and probably it will not stand
much heavy traffic. The only sugges
tion that appears from their confer
ence thus far is that there should be
a deeper road foundations going be
low the frost line.
But would that help much? How
long does a pavement last on Ken
tucky Ave. or any of the Indianapolis
thoroughfares where very heavy haul
ing is the rule? These foundations
are deep enough and solid enough, but
it is usually a question of only a short
time until the surface is cut to pieces
and the street is full of chuck holes.
Asphalt, brick, creosoted cedar blocks
and various other surfaces have been
tried with much the same result; the
pavement goes to pieces quickly.
History and a few well known facts
seem to point the way to more satis
factory road making. Many of the
Roman roads on the continent of Eu
rope and in England are still in ex
istence. The foundations were gener
ally very heavy blocks of stone and
the surface was made of dirt or grav
el or whatever material was acces
sible. As the centuries have passed
there have been, of course, many sur
faces and many ninds of surface, but
the foundations remain. It is gen
erally neither a difficult nor a highly
expensive proposition to build good
roads over them.—Indianapolis Star.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hipps are
spendi™ some time with relatives in
Asheville.
CLUB GIRLS’ SHORT COURSE
By NORMA HATCHER.
(Second Prize.)
The club girls of Johnston county
were given a most unusual opportun
ity when they were permitted to at
tend the State Short Course at Peace
Institute, Raleigh. Two girls from
each club were allowed to go. Ten
giil'. met at Smithfield in Miss Min
nie Lee Garrison’s office, Monday, 13th
of June Messrs S. T. Honeycutt and
W. H. Austin provided two cars in
whirl to take us to Raleigh. We had
a most delightful ride and arrived
safe without having had any trouble
on the way. It was much pleasanter
to go through the country than it
would have been on a crowded train.
We arrived in Raleigh about four
o’clock Monday afternoon. The rest
of the afternoon and evening was
spent in putting our rooms in order
and getting acquainted with the girls
from other counties. We played games
which helped us to get better ac
quainted.
Tuesday morning we were rested
and ready to begin our work. We
all met in the chapel at 8:30 o’clock
to hear what we should do first. The
group of girls was divided into two
sections so that section one could have
a lesson in cooking while section two
had a sewing lesson. We learned
many helpful things about preparing
a meal which we had to put in prac
tice next day. We had dinner at one
o’clock and went to the movies in the
afternoon.
Wednesday morning at 8:30 we
went to our classes. Six of the girls
were selected to cook a breakfast and
six others to eat it. We learned how
to prepare a good meal and also how
to serve it. Our sewing lessons were
very interesting and helpful. Wednes
day night was stunt night. Each coun
ty was supposed to do some stunt.
The stunts were funny and we enjoyed
them very much.
Thursday morning we carried out
our usual program for our lessons.
About two o’clock Colonel Olds, a
well known man in Raleigh and all
over the state, came to take us to
see the many sights of our capital
city. A street car had been chartered
especially for this trip. We w'ent to
the museum, to the capitol and to the
j enitentiary. While at the peniten
tiary we w'ent to see the electric chair.
One girl was strapped down in it and
we almost held our breath for fear
the current might be turned on. We
went to the asylum. 1 think this was
the cleanest place 1 ever saw consider
ing the number of insane there. We
went in the chapel and enjoyed a reci
tation and music given by one of the
inmates of the asylum. Although she
was an old lady she could play a
piano and recite as well as anyone.
We also visited the church of the
Good Shepherd and the Governor’s
mansion. We were very thirsty when
we went to the mansion so “Uncle
Henry,” an old darky wrho has been
butler there for 28 years show’ed us
w here we could get some water, which
we enjoyed very much. After leaving
the Governor’s mansion we went back
to Peace Institute. Colonel Olds took
supper with us and after supper we
all assembled on the grass to hear
him tell some stories of long ago. The
stories were very interesting and all
seemed to enjoy them very much.
Friday afternoon we all went shop
ping. The crowd was divided into
groups of eight girls each. We vis
ited several department stores and
took special notice of the arrangement
of certain articles in the stores. At
rive o’clock we all met at the Com
mercial National Bank and went on
top of it to get a bird’s eye view of
the city. But a storm was coming
up and we did not stay long. Friday
night we had supper on the campus
and after supper Mrs. Jane S. Mc
Kimmon, State Home Demonstration
Agent mudr a short talk on “Person
al Appearance.’’
Saturday morning we arose and be
gan to get ready to go home. We had
enjoyed our trip so well, we fe't a
;ttle s«d to have to leave just thi :>.
But wi left smiling and hoping we
nrglit have the pleasure of attend.ng
the short course again next year.
1 think his Short Course will
■muse more girl.; to be interested in
club work. For they will see what
a great work the club girls are doing.
I am sure ever;, girl who attended
the Short Course leels indebted t>
Mrs. McKimmon and the many dem
onstration agents who made it pos
sible for the club girls to have had
this opportunity.
Micro, N. C.
Moore County Peaches
“The shipping of Elbertas will start
in a few days. This variety of peach
is grown more extensively in Moore
county than all others combined and
brings a better price. A number of
the peach men have contracts at $3
per crate. The earlier varieties
brought good prices, one grower sell
ing 9,000 crates for $2 per crate, and
he will probably have 9,000 crates of
Elbertas.”
Bad Breath
A Healthy person’s breath is with
out odor, unless he has recently been
t ating something like onions or
strong cheese. A sick person’s breath
is often charged with certain volatile
products that make it most disagree
able, but the odor is transient like
the illness and disappears with it. If
a person is suffering from some chron
ic trouble, however, the odor may be
more or less permanent. The suffer
er from bad breath may or may not
be aware of it himself; in most cases
he is not.
The causes of constant bad health
ere numerous. The most common
are bad teeth, catarrhal conditions,
of the nose or pharynx, indigestion,
constipation and certain diseases of
the lungs and of the bronchial tubes.
A writer has distinguished five
types of bad breath. The first type
he calls the putrefactive, which is
perhaps the most common. The odor
is like that of strong chees and usual
ly [Joints to chronic nasal disease, in
which crusts are formed and decom
pose, to disease of the antrum, in
which the secretion accumulates in
that cavity and to neglect of the hy
giene of the mouth. The second type
is the worst of them all. In no way
the fault of the sufferer, bad breath
of this type is dreadful in its pun
gency, for the odor is like that which
a bad egg gives off when broken. The
persons suffering either from abscess
or from gangrene of the lung, or from
(iilation of the bronchi—conditions
that are very difficult to cure. He
can sweeten his breath only by wear
ing a mask impregnated with creo
sote; the creosote not only modifies
ihe odor but sometimes greatly ben
efits the disease. The third type has
the smell of garlic and characterizes
persons who take certain drugs such
as arsenic or bismuth. The fourth
type has a sweetish odor such as is
sometimes observed in the breath of
persons who suffer from diabetes. Bad
breath of the fifth type has the un
pleasant but often remediable odor
that disorders of the digestive tract
cause. The person with that sort of
bad breath can quickly sweeten it
either by taking a laxative or by tak
ing a little rhubarb and soda after his
meals or even by taking care to masti
cate his food more thoroughly.
Anyone whose breath is persistent
ly bad should consult a doctor, for it
may mean the beginning of some con
stitutional affection that can be cured
if taken in time.—Youth’s Compan- |
ion.
Postal Savings
The Postmaster General is on the
light track in seeking to bring into
circulation and profitable employment
the $1,000,000,000 which he claims is
row being hoarded and therefore lost
to industry. In order to accomplish
the end he has in view he intends to
have the postal savings system revis
ed so as to make it more attractive
to potential small depositors. He
makes eight suggestions, of which the
principal ones are to increase the rate
( f interest from 2 to 3 per cent, to
pay interests on deposits held less
than one year, to remove the restric
tions against depositors under 10
years of age and to give greater fa
cilities for this class of business by
establishing savings branches in 50,
000 postoffices instead of the present
0,314.
Mr. Hays has no design to put the
1 ostal savings system in competition
with private savings banks. He recog
nizes that that would be an unfair as
well as a disastrous policy. As a mat
ter of fact the growth of postal sav- 1
ings will insure to the benefit of pri
vate banks, for the money will be
redeposited with them by the govern
ment. Bankers already consulted are
ir. favor of the project now proposed.
The intention is to inspire courage and
confidence in the small capitalist, who
through timidity does not patronise a
bank of any sort and who keeps his
money where it earns nothing and
where it is an easy prey to loss, waste
or “wildcat” schemes.
L he postal savings conception was
a noble one, but it has not developed
to the full extent of which it is cap
able. The experience of foreign coun
tries is all in favor of such a plan as
a means of promoting economy and
thrift in the individual and at the
same time of 'providing national se
curity. At the beginning of the re
cent war, for example the enormous
amount of money held on deposit by
the British postoffice proved to be a
tower of strength in financing mili
tary operations.
It is conceded that here is a great
era of expansion and prosperity ahead
and if an extra billion of capital can
be put profitably to work, the bene
ficial results can scarcely be imagin
ed. If Mr. Hays succeeds in driving
home to the people the truth of the
pi oposition that, hoarded wealth is
wasted wealth and induces them to
act accordingly, he will have rendered
an incalculable service to industry and
commerce.—Washington Post.
Cooperation Necessary
There are some good people
who seem to think that the farm
er should not concern himself
with matters of marketing. They
look upon him as a man whose
scale of business is to produce.
They think he should grow the
largest possible crops and the
greatest possible number of live
stock without asking either as to
the demand for what he grows
or the price he is going to get.
And they seem to think, further,
that having produced abundantly
he should turn his crops and his
livestock over to nearest buyer
and be thankful for whatever he
may receive. This is a short
sighted view.—Henry C. Wallace,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Senate Not to Take Recess
Washington, July 5.—The agricul
tural bloc of the senate today caused
the defeat of a proposal for adjourn
Mcnt of th? senate next Saturday for
four weeks while the house is con
sidering the tariff bill.
By a vote of 27 to 24, an adjourn
ment resolution offered by Senator
I odge, of Massachusetts, the Repub
l:can leader, was voted down. It was
supported by a majority of Republi
cans and five Democrats but was beat
en by lf> Republicans and 11 Demo
oats. Nearly all of the opponents
are aligned with the agricultural bloc.
Demands for farmer relief legisla
tion featured the discussion, which
was waged for three hours under
swirling electric fans assisted by in
dividual palmetto leafs in one of the
hottest days of the summer. Senator
».odge said he had been requested by
many senators to propose the ad
-journment for the only period, he
explained when it would be possible
f°r senators to be away this summer.
Chairman Norris and Senator Ken
yon, Republicans, Iowa, of the agri
i ultural committee, with the assist
ance of Senator Simmons, Democrat,
North Carolina, urged immediate ac
tion *o aid agricultural interests and
icd the opposition to adjournment.
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, the
i -emocratie leader, however, supported
the adjournment proposal.
After defeating the adjournment
resolution, the senate agreed to pro
ceed tomorrow with the soldier’s bon
us legislation. Four senators, Un
derwood, Myers, Montana and Glass
of Virginia, Democrats, and Warren
Republican, Wyoming, voted aga'nst
giving the bonus measure privileged
status.
In behalf of agriculturists, senator
Norris urged early action on his bill
to create a $100,000,000 government
corporation with power to issue $1,
000,000,000 of tax-exempt bonds to aid
exportation of farm products. He
was supported by Senator Simmons,
v.-ho suggested that private bankers,
desiring to keep the government from
“going into the money loaning busi
ness,” opposed the bill. The Republi
cans, Senator Simmons declared would
“confess imbecility and incompetency”
should they adjourn and take no steps
to aid the farmers.
Senator Underwood declared the
Norris bill would not be delayed by
adjournment. He declared, and Sena
tor Norris conceded that it would take
several months for organization of
the proposed finance corporation.
Senator Underwood declared it would
not help in financing this year’s crops.
—Associated Press.
14 Presidents Farmers
Nine presidents of the United
States were not college men.
Nine were sons of farmers, and five
of planters.
Three were sons of merchants, and
three of clerymen.
Two were sons of lawyers, and one
of a jurist.
Eight presidents were born in Vir
ginia and seven in Ohio.
Three were born in New York, and
three in North Carolina.
Two were born in Massachusetts.
The others were born one each in
New' Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ken
I tucky, Vermont and Newr Jersey,
j Only one president (Grant) was a
I graduate of West Point and none of
Annapolis.—Capper’s Weekly.
i _
Lightning Kills Young Lady
I Shelby, June 28.—During a thun
t derstorm yesterday, Miss Maude Gold
, 24 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
( J O. Gold, was instantly killed by
lightning as she sat on the porch
J with other members of imr family.
( Her younger sister, Miss Ethel Gold
was badly shocked by the lightning
t ut soon recovered. Miss Gold was a
splendid type of young womanhood
: nd her death was a source of sorrow'
throughout the community where she
was known.—Greensboro News.
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