VOLUME 40
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921
NUMBER 95
BIBLE STUDY IN THE
SCHOOLS ENDORSED
Dr. Brewer President Teach
ers Assembly; Miss Kelly
Vice-President
Questioning nothing save the pro
vision to increase the initiation fee
from one dollar to two dollars, pass
ing resolutions, amending the con
stitution, and electing Dr. Charles E.
Brewer, president and Miss Elizabeth
Kelly, vice president in routine fash
ion, the North Carolina Teachers’
Assembly concluded its business ses
sions yesterday afternoon and ad
journed las^ night after listening to
addresses by Dr. Louise Arnold, Dean
Emeritus Simmons College, and Dr.
C. Alphonso Smith, head of the De
partment of English, U. S. Naval
Academy.
Unanimous endorsement of the
program of the State Board of Edu
cation, the program of the Governor,
Die employment of a full time sec v
tavy. the teaching of the Bible in iUa
regular course of study in all public
schools, and changing the time of
meeting from Thanksgiving week
were included in the resolutions that
were passed during the afternoon ses
sion. Resolutions offered by Dr. W.
L. Poteat commended President Har
ding and Secretary Hughes for their
work toward disarmament.
Sharper division in opinion came
then, with little time in mollifying
debate, when the assembly came to
the question of changing the time of
meeting to earlier in November than
Thanksgiving week. One wing of sen
timent wanted to continue making
use of the holiday, and the other
wanted to stay at home and enjoy the
day amid domestic scenes. The stay
at-homes won on a division of votes
by a count of 49 to 212. Selection of
time and place of meeting is left in
the hands of the executive committee.
Little fight was made on the chang
es in the constitution except that
section relating to dues of members.
The assembly voted to change the
method of electing officers from the
nominating committee method to the
direct primary. This latter form was
tried out at this session in an informal
manner, and the assembly accepted
the primary’s decision without ques
tion.
Less than half ofthe registered
delegates took note of the opportunity
to vote. For the office of president
there were only 198 votes cast, and
199 for vice-president. Dr. Brewer
got 139 of the 198 cast for president
and Miss Kelly received 70 of the 199
cast for vice-president. There were
43 candidates out for the vice- presi
dency, and 18 put in nomination for
the higher honors. The executive
committee is composed of the presi
called attention to the fact that the
will elect the secretary and treasurer.
A special report to the assembly
from a committee representing the
State Sunday School Association sub
mitted a plan for teaching the Bible
in public schools, but any discussion
of it was headed off when Dr. Brooks
called attention to the fact that the
general resolution adopted earlier in
the session provided for a committee
to study the question and work out
plans for teaching it. The report
was presented by J. M. Broughton.
Under the Sunday School Associa
tion plan, the Bible would be taught
in the schools as a regular subject,
and would be accepted as a regular
credit for graduation. In addition to
that, credits could be given for studies
in established Sunday Schools, pro
vided the teacher measured up to the
standard of the State. Pupils would
be required to do 40 minutes of class
work each week for 40 weeks in the
year. The work of the Sunday school
would be under the supervision of the
school authorities, and the teachers
must be approved by them.
The assembly was about to commit
itself to the plan when Dr. Brooks
interposed the objection that provis
ion had already been made for study
ing the question. He declared himself
ready to accept Mr. Broughton’s pro
posal, but thought that others might
want to study the problem further.
Next year’s assembly will go into
more detailed discussion of the prob
lem.
In the midst ofthe discussion, Coun
ty Superintendent Beam, of Granville
county, arose to inquire why, with
all the zeal to teach the Bible in
PROVIDENCE NEWS
Mr. Roy Johnson of near Four Oaks
spent Tuesday in this section at the
home of Mr. W. E. Lassiter.
Mr. Johnie Adams from Willow
Springs spent a short while in this
section Wednesday night.
Mr. W. E. Lassiter went to Raleigh
Wednesday on special business.
We were quite surprised to hear of
the marriage of Mr. Thomas Roberts
and Miss Ethel Dupree both of this
section which happened last Wednes
day morning at 10 o’clock at the home
of the bride. Mr. Claud Stephenson,
J. P., performed the ceremony and
after the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
erts went to their future home. Mr.
Roberts is a fine young man the son
of Mr. F. M. Roberts, a well-known
farmer of this section, and the bride
is a charming young lady being the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Du
pree. May God’s richest blessings
rest upon this couple. We wish them
a long and happy life.
Prof. L. T. Royal, our former county
superintendent, visited our school at
Pleasant Grove yesterday. Every one
of the scholars was glad to see him
come for it made us think of old
school days when Mr. Royal would be
with us. We specially invite him to
come to our school again for we will
always be glad to see him.
“BIG MACK.”
Angier, N. C., Route 1, Nov. 26.
Mrs. J. G. Hamilton Dead.
A sad death occurred in our town
Friday evening when Mrs. J. G. Ham
ilton was stricken suddenly about 7
o’clock while at the supper table, and
passed away a few minutes after
ward. She seemed in the best of
spirits before she was taken, although
her ,health has not been the best for
a year or two. Her death came as
a severe shock to her family and
friends and the sympathy of the com
munity goes out to the bereaved ones.
The deceased was the daughter of
Mr. Israel Stephenson, who lives near
town. She was in her forty-second
year having been born April 15, 1880.
She was twice married, her first hus
band being Mr. W. H. Pittman. To
this union were born two sons, Messrs
Erwin and Edward Pittman, who sur
vive her. Several years after the
death of Mr. Pittman she married
Mr. J. G. Hamilton, who with four
children, Guy, Maurice, Julian and
Alma, mourn her loss.
The funeral services were held at
the Primitive church Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock the sermon being
preached by Elder John W. Gardner,
of Goldsboro. Interment was made
in the city cemetery. Despite the
rain, the church was filled to over
flowing with friends who wished to
pay a last tribute of respect. The
floral offerings were numerous and
beautiful. The pall bearers were
Messrs H. C. Woodall, Ralph Talton,
W. F. Grimes, D. B. Hamilton, R. G.
Sanders and J. A. Keene.
None but those who have sat in the
shadow of a great bereavement can
justly weigh such a sorrow as this.
But well may her loved ones cherish
her memory as a precious legacy. She
was a good woman, patient, loving
and self sacrificing.
BASKET BALL SEASON WILL
START SOON AT HIGH SHOOL
At a meeting of the candidates for
the basketball team of the Smithfield
High school the following officers
were elected: James Davis, captain;
and Mose Godwin, Manager. Four
teen boys are out for the team, in
cluding five of last year faculty, all
but Benton Wharton, guard. The
team has had several offers of games
so far. The schedule will be worked
out and games will be played in a
short time. The chances are that the
best team in many years will be put
out.
Beans reach maturity twice as fast
under electric light as in day light.
school, the Teachers’ Assembly
couldn’t have somebody to open its
sessions with prayer. He remember -
ed that not even at the Thanksgiving
service on Thursday had there been
any reading of Scripture, or had there
been any prayer of any sort. No open
ing nor closing prayer had been made
at any time. He thought that the
teachers could follow the example of
almost every other organization in
the world in this respect.—News and
Observer, November 26.
BILLION DOLLARS
DECREASE IN TAXES
Commissioner David H.
Blair Publishes Report
For Fiscal Year
Washington, Nov. 27.—Tax receipts
of the government during the fiscal
I year 1921 decreased nearly a billion
dollars as compared with the pre
vious year while the cost of collec
tion increased 32 cents for each $100,
according to the annual report of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue made
public tonight by Commissioner
Blair.
Collections by the bureau during
the past fiscal year totalled $4,595,
000,765, against $5,407,580,251, for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1920, a de
crease of $812,579,486, or 15 per cent.
The cost of administering the in
ternal revenue laws for the year the
report said, was $40,203,716, or 87
cents for each $100 collected, com
pared with 55 cents for the preceding
year. However, the report added in
cluded in the expenditures was $6,
899,407 foT the administration of
the prohibition and narcotic laws and
$130,000 for the enforcement of the
child-labor tax law, which deducted
from the total, leaves $33,174,309 or
an equivalent of 72 cents for each
$100 in taxes collected.
Of the total taxes collected during
the past year income and profits
taxes aggregated $3,228,137,673, com
pared with $3,956,936,003 in 1920 and
miscellaneous collections totalled $1,
366,863,091 against $1,450,644,248 in
1920.
The principle decreases in these
taxes were:
On alcoholic liquors, $57,247,720;
tobacco manufacturers, $40,589,969;
excise taxes $38,538,121; corporation
capital stock, $11,494,767, and stamp
taxes, $11,879,813.
These decreases, tbp report said '
were materially o’ffset by increases
on estate tax, $50,407,697; transpor
tation and telegraph, $12,164,326; and
admission and dues, $13,972,093.
Collections under the penalty pro
visions of the national prohibition act
during the year totalled $2,152,387.
Receipts from distilled spirits, in
eluding wines, during 1921, aggregat
ed $82,598,065 compared with $97,
905,275 in 1920 while fermented liq
uors produced $25,363 against $41,
965,874.
During the fiscal year 1921 there
were produced from materials other
than fruit 86,365,658 taxable gallons
of distilled spirits, a decrease of 13,
250,133 gallons from 1920, while 34,
993,154 gallons were removed from
bond, an increase of 6,772,245 gallons
over 1920.
Liquids containing more than one
half of one per cent of alcohol pro
duced at breweries and de-alcoholiz
ing plants during the year, aggregat
ed 193,446,763 gallons compared with
286,169,680 during the previous year
while the quantity of cereal bever
ages containing less than one-half of
one per cent of alcohol produced dur
ing the year aggregated 285,825,830
gallons. Production of wine and cord
ials for the year amounted to 19,
551,595 gallons and at the end of the
year there were 27,604,896 gallons in
bond as compared with 17,677,370
gallons on June 30, 1920.
Increase in the number of tax col
lection districts from 64 to 74 was
recommended by Commissioner Blair
as a means of increasing the efficiency
of the internal revenue service. Dur
ing the past ten years he declared,
the work of the revenue bureau has
been entirely transformed, and the
number of tax payers filing returns
has increased from approximately
600,000 to a total of 9,000j000 annual
ly
“Practically all of the 600,000 tax
payers,” he said, “dealt with collec
tors of internal revenue but once each
year, while under present laws the
monthly returns required of sales tax
payers, together with the quarterly
payment feature provided for income
tax payers, necessitate 15,000,000
separate transactions annually.”
Mr. Blair also called attention to
the danger of loss by fire of sev
eral hundred thousand income tax
returns and other irreplacable pa
pers representing hundreds of millions
of dollars in increased assessments
because of the flimsy character of
the buildings in which various units
of the bureau are located.—News and
Observer.
!
REGENT IN JAPAN
ASSUMES DUTIES
Japanese Crown Prince Is
Received With Enthusi
I
asm by Large Crowds
Tokio, Nov. 27.—Crown Prince Hiro
! hito, newly appointed regent of Ja
pan, in addressing a gathering be
fore the palace yesterday, deplored
the infirmities of the Emperor which
had rendered necessary the naming
of a regent, and expressed anxiety
as to whether he would be able to
discharge the duties which had fallen
on his youthful shoulders. (Hirohito
is 20 years old.)
He had taken over the duties, he
. said, in obedience to the rescript is
sued by Emperor Yoshihito and would
| endeavor to perform them 2in accord
ance writh the grand adrimiistration
principles laid down by the late Em
peror Mutsuhito, at the time of the
Meiji restoration.” His aim, he ad
ded, would be to further the friend
ships of foreign powers and to pro
mote the National welfare while
awaiting the recovery of “his father’s
health.
The general view here is that the
appointment of a regent was a timely
and natural development in view of
the Emperor's condition. As regent,
Prince Hirohito will practically be the
actual ruler.
There is little doubt as to his popu
larity, of which there have been many
evidences since his return from Eu
rope.
The health of Emperor Yoshihito
has long been a source of anxiety and
the naming of a regent generally
comes as a relief from the tension
under which the country has labored.
Viscount Suteni Chinda has been
appointed Lord Chamberlain in Hiro
hito’s household, in place of Baron
Arata Ramao, who asked to be re
lieved of the post. Viscount Chinda
also will retain the post of privy
councillor.
Tokio was on the tip-toe of ex
pectancy on Thursday, until the reg
ency was announced in the afternoon.
Following: his appointment, great
crowds greeted every appearance of
the regent with wild enthusiasm.—
Associated Press. x
Bereans Entertain.
Last Thursday evening, November
24, the Opera House was a scene of
merriment when the Berean class of
the Baptist church entertained the
Dorcas and Philathea classes from
7:30 to 10:30. The invitations, which
served as admittance cards at the
door, were printed on nice fat turkeys
in keeping with the Thanksgiving
idea, which prevailed throughout the
evening. The hall was attractively
decorated for this occasion with pot
ted plants and chrysanthemums.
After the arrival of the guests,
some time was spent in lively conver
sation while Miss Mamie Ennis ren
dered several selections on the piano.
During the evening much fun was de
rived from old familiar games in
which everybody joined with en
thusiasm. The candy-eating contest
in which the contestants tried to see
who could first get a marshmallow
tied in the middle of a string by
chewing up the ends of the string,
called forth repeated peals of laugh
tef. The next thing which proved de
lightfully entertaining was a contest
in which everybody tried to write the
best rhyme about a turkey. Many and
original were the humorous little
rhymes on the Thanksgiving bird.
After the contest was over, dough
nuts, cak|es, peanuts, apples, ba
nanas, marshmallows, and hot choco
late were served. Just before the
guests departed a yell was given for
t^ho Bereans by way of expressing
appreciation of such a happy evening.
At the door the invitations were given
back for souvenirs.
Skill.
A blacksmith makes $5 worth of
iron into hofseshoes and gets $10 for
them. A cutter makes the same iron
into knives and gets $200. A ma
chinest makes the iron into needles
and gets $6,800. A watchmaker takes
it and makes it into mainsprings and
gets $200,000; or into hairsprings
and gets $2,000,000; sixty times the
I value of the same weight in gold.—
Exchange.
CLAYTON NEWS
Clayton, Nov. 27.—Miss Mildred
Han is, of Leechville, stopped over for
a few days to visit relatives on her
way to Ilamlet to teach.
Miss Mabel Ellis who is teaching at
Bailey is at home for the holidays.
Miss Lois Bass visited friends in
Raleigh during Thanksgiving.
Miss Genie Thomas of Scotland
Neck, spent last week end at her home
here.
Mr. Lea Thomas of Goldsboro visit
ed his parents here last week.
Miss LaRue and Mary C. Williams,
members of the Selma school faculty,
spent Thanksgiving here with their
parents.
Mrs. E. L. Gulley, of Portsmouth,
Va., will leave today after spending
several days here with relatives.
The Woman’s Club was entertained
by Mrs. Cary J. Hunter in Raleigh on
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Mrs. H. G. Pope is very ill at Rex
Hospital, Raleigh, suffering from an
operation for appendicitis which took
place Friday. It is hoped she will
soon be greatly improved.
Miss Linda and Martha Hassell
spent Thanksgiving in Fayetteville.
Miss Ctv-rie Austin was married on
Wednesday to Mr. Hampton Jackson,
Jr. They have gone on a wedding trip
to Washington and Baltimore by way
of automobile.
Most of the school faculty attended
the Teachers’ Meeting -in Raleigh last
Thursday.
Quite a number* of the town people
went to Chapel Hill Thursday to see
the football game.
Miss Eula Maie Farmer, who is
teaching school at Cameron, came to
spent Thanksgiving with her mother,
Mrs. A. J. Fanner.
Mr. and Mrs. Winston, of Youngs
ville, spent Thursday at the Pythian
Home.
Mrs. Thurman Smith spent Wednes
day in Raleigh shopping.
Rural Carrier Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the County of Johnston,
N. C., to be held at Raleigh and
Smithfield on January 13, 1922 to fill
the position of rural carrier at Clay
ton and vacancies that may latter oc
cur on rural routes from other post
offices in the above-mentioned county.
The salary of a rural carrier on a
standard daily wagon route of 24
miles is $1,800 per annum, with an
additional $30 per mile per annum for
each mile or major fraction thereof
in excess of 24 miles. The salary on
motor routes ranger from $2,450 to
$2,600 per annum, according to
length. Separate examinations for
motor routes and wagon routes are
no longer held. Appointments to both
positions will be made from the same
register. The examination will be
open only to citizen who are actually
domiciled in the territory of a post
office in the county and who meet the
other requirements set forth in Form
1977. Both men and women, if quali
fied, may enter this examination, but
appointing officers have the legal
right to specify the sex desired in
requesting certification of eligibles.
Women will not be considered for rur
al carrier appointment unless they
are the widows of U. S. soldiers, sail
ors, or marines, or the wives of U. 3.
soldiers, sailors or marines who are
physically disqualified for examina
tion by reason of injuries received in
the line of military duty. Form No.
1977 and application blanks may be
obtained from the offices mentioned
above or from the United States Civil
Service Commission at Washington,
D. C. Applications should be for
warded to the Commission at Wash
ington, D. C., at the earliest possible
date.
Age of Butter.
Butter has been used from early
historic days as you will note by con
sulting Genesis XVIII, 8th verse,
where occurs the first biblical men
tion of the product. Its use is traced
to 2,000 years before the Christian
era, when it was used to some slight
extent as food, but its chief function
was to serve an an ointment to be
used after bathing and for burning
in lamps in place of oil.—Monroe
Journal.
The disarmament conference might
be a greater success if the delegates
were representative taxpayers.— Bal
timore Pun.
CONGRESS ENDS ITS
EXTRA SESSION
Knox Peace Resolution Im
portant Bill Passed; The
Maternity Bill Signed
Washington, NJ>v. 23.—Establish
ment of a technical status of peace
with the former Central Powers and
enactment of a long train of recon
struction legislation were the princi
pal achievements of the extra ses
sion of the Sixty-seventh Congress,
which ended late to-day.
Called after President Harding’s in
auguration, virtually all the Execu
tive’s requests made in his opening
address at a joint, session April 12,
were heeded. The principal requests
of the President were adoption of the
Knox peace resolution, provision for
peace treaties, tax and tariff revision
legislation, and consideration of a
new' Department of Public Welfare.
Only on the last named was no defin
ite action taken, except for public
hearings and introduction of bills.
The peace resolution was the first
concern of the extra session. The
Knox measure, whose author died
suddenly October 12, was adopted by
the Senate April 30 and by the House
in amended form June 13, the final
draft, being enacted July 1. Peace
treaties with Germany, Austria and
Hungary followed and wTere ratified
October 18. Another step taken early
in the session was ratification by the
Senate April 20 of the long delayed
$25,000,000 Columbian treaty.
Of domestic interest fiscal legisla
tion was prominent, with passage of
the tax revision bill the most impor
tant achievement. The permanent tar
iff revision bill was taken up first
and passed by the House, but was
laid aside by the Senate until the next
session in order that the tax measure
could be enacted.
Besides passing appropriation bills
aggregating almost $900,000,000, in
cluding the regular Army and Navy
supply measures, some of the more
impoiftonifc fafeaajures passfed during
the extra session were:
Temporary immigration restric
tion bill.
Establishment of the Federal bud
get system. '
Capper-Tincher bill for regulating
grain markets.
Edge export corporation bill.
Law for Federal regulation of the
meat packing and other livestock in
dustries.
Providing for reorganization sol
dier relief agencies, establishing the
Veteran’s Bureau, increasing bene
fits of privileges of wounded vet
erans and other reforms of the Sweet
bill.
Sheppard-Towner maternity bill
for Federal aid to mothers and in
fants.
Aricultural credits measure, provid
ing a billion dollar revolving credit
fund for the war finance corporation.
Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill, pro
hibiting “medical” beer and reducing
wine and whiskey prescriptions.
Federal good roads aid bill, appro
priating $75,000,000 for State aid.
Numerous other measures were en
acted partly being passed by either
the Senate or House. These included
the Borah bid to restore free Panama
tolls to American vessels, which was
passed by the Senate and now is
awaiting action in the House. The
House passed the allied debt refund
ing and the $500,000,000 railroad debt
bills, which are scheduled for early
Senate action, probably next month.
The House also passed the bill autho
rizing cooperative marketing by far
mers-’ organizations, but it was not
reached in the Senate. Revision of
Congress reapportionment and for a
new codification of Federal statutes,
the first since 1878, also were begun.
Of the many hard fought contro
versies of the extra session, that ov
er the soldiers’ bonus bill stands out.
The bill, reported favorably by the
Senate Finance Committee, was re
committed after President Harding on
July 12 recommended temporary post
ponement. Democrats and some Re
publicans opposed delay and Republi
can leaders have promised action in
the next session.—New York Herald.
The thing that troubles the coun
try is not only the unemployment of
the idle, but the idleness of the em
ployed.—Chicago American Lumber
man.