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CRIMINAL COURT
PROCEEDINGS
Judge Cranmer Presiding;
Murder Trial Began Yes
terday Afternoon
The December term of the Criminal
court opened here Monday morning
with Judge E. H. Cranmer presid
ing. Mr. W. A. Edwards, of Prince
ton was mad® foreman of the grand
jury. Mr. J. T. Barham, is holding
the place he has held so many times
before, as crier of the count. Judge
* Cranmer gave a very interesting
charge to the grand jury on law en
* forcem°nt
The cases disposed ol are as fol
lows: State against Alex Stancil,
charged with assault with deadly
weapon. Taxed with the cost.
State vs. Jesse Hawley, charged
with making liquors. Six months on
the county roads.
W. G. Penuel retailing without li
cense. Six months on roads.
Sam Byrd, manslaughter. Fifteen
years in state penitentiary.
Stephen Murphy, assault with
deadly weapon. Fined $25 and costs.
James Mason, larceny and receiv
ing stolen goods. Six months on
roads.
Albeit Strickland, car breaking.
Two and a half years in State prison.
D. E. Moody, blockading. Found
guilty, but not yet sentenced.
John McLamb, cruelty to animals.
Prayer for judgment continued for 2
years, and to return here at e ach
term of court and show good be
haviour, he to pay the, cost.
Jarvis Johnson, charged with mur
der in Oneals township. Started to
take evidence yesterday afternoon.
Jurors in this case are: J. Monroe
Woodard, James W. Peedin, J. I. Lee,
Snead Sanders, Jas. R. Langdon, J.
G. Higgins, H. J. Daughtry, D. J. Wil
liams, J. H. Williams, N. F. Link,
L. B. Austin and E. R. Brannan.
Courses for Farmers.
Beginning with January 10, there
will be given at State College two
Two-Weeks Short Course in Agricul
ture, one in General Agriculture and
the other in Cotton Grading. Dean
C. B. Williams says these two cours
es this year have been made so that
they will deal with the practical prob
lems of the farm. Those who take the
work will be offered an opportunity
to learn both by doing things as well
as studying under the guidance of
competent instructors.
The course in General Agriculture
will deal mainly with soif fertility,
field and garden crops, livestock, poul
try, crop and livestock diseases, and
farm implements and equipment prob
lems. The one in Cotton Grading will
be given over chiefly to intensive
practice work in cotton classing, with
the idea of familiarizing farmers and
others who may take it, with the dif
ferent grades of cotton and tjieir rela
tive commercial values.
These courses have been arranged
to come at a slack time in farm work
so that farmers may experience no
difficulty on this account in getting
away from home. The College makes
no charge for tuition, the only ex
pense necessity to incur being rail
road fare, room and board.
Farmers from all sections of the
State should plan now to take one of
these courses at State College. Those
who have taken similar courses in the
past have been unstinting in their ex
pressions of the value such courses
have been to them. A reasonable
amount of time spent in preparation
for life work in any profession is al
ways the part of wisdom.
Interested parties should communi
cate with Dean C. B. Williams, State
College Station, Raleigh.
The Breath Cure.
A Russian author, who suffered a
nervous breakdown, found, after re
peated experiments of many aids to
health, that a retired life in the moun
tains in which simple deep-breathing
exercises taken systematically formed
the principal part of the program,
brought about a permanent cure. This
exercise probably is more useful to
the city man, who works indoors.
Deep breathing is a source of great
benefit to such people. They should
seize the chance, whenever offered, to
step outdoors and get a few breaths
of fresh air.—Capper’s Weekly. ,
To Buy Car Load Dairy Cattle. ■
There will be a farmers meeting at
Meadow school on next Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, to consider
the proposition of buying a car load
of dairy cattle. Mr. Kimrey, of the
Dairy Extension Service will be with
us to outline plans by which the farm
ers of our county can purchase high
grade dairy cattle direct from the
farmers of the Piedmont counties of
North Carolina at a very reasonable
price.
Mr. Kimrey was in the office of the
County Agent a few days ago and
stated that a number of car loads of
high producing well bred cows has
been bought for farmers in counties
just east of us at prices ranging from
$34.00 to $100.00 each. The Dairy
Extension Service will assist us in
making car load purchases if we see
fit to group our orders, and we can
get the very best animals at fair
prices. The Extension Service in
rendering us this service is also ren
dering a great service to the farmers
who have the cattle for sale. It is
very important that the farmers avail
themselves of this opportunity to se
cure good producers at first cost
prices. Any one who is interested in
pui’chasing even a family cow, would
do well to be at this meeting.
Very sincerely yours,
S. J. KIRBY, County Agent.
Christmas Spirit.
The spell of Christmas once more,
and the wide-eyed wonder of little
tots as they gaze through plate glass
windows at the display of toys!
Crisp December mornings have awak
ened in us the spirit of the yule sea
son, and chilly nights made hints of
Santa Claus. Children walk with an
air of sanctity and there is an effer
vescence of goodness in and about
a school. Mistletoe, with its icy ber
ries, is to be seen hanging in ob
scure places, and the holly sends a
Christmas feeling tingling through
the body.
Yes, Christmas is nearly here, and
with it comes the joys and sorrows
of the season. Joy for the little chil
dren who have the beautiful mesmer
ic faith in Santa Claus, and all he
means! Sorrow for th£ skeptical
children who wish to be so grown up
they become infidelic in their desired
wisdom! One of the saddest things
at all is to see a child who does not
believe in Santa Claus.
A little girl asked me the other
day if there really was a Santa Claus,
and I trembled with mortal fear lest
my affirmation should fail to con
vince her that there really was. Poor
little innocent tot! She had been the
victim of ridicule by some skeptical
beings who had thrown away the
birthright of all children—their be
lief in Santa Claus. Her little head
had become dizzy with doubts and
fears and worries. Her little heart
was bursting with a shattered faith
that would soon turn to mockery.
Not believe in Santa Claus? Why,
my dear, little girl, wherever did
you get such absurd ideas? Santa
Claus is the god of Christmas, just
like Mars is the god of war, and
Venus is the goddess of beauty. Sure
ly you would not doubt Mars and
Venus. They are stars you know,
and you may look up some night—
way high up in the sky—and see them
shining there. Although you cannot
see Santa Claus he is just as real
as the spirit of those planets. He
is the inheritance of every little girl
and boy, and without him Christmas
would be nothing. Yes, little child,
there is a Santa Claus. He is as real
as the days in June, and as long as
you believe in him he will be real to
you always.—The Rambler in The
Morganton News-Herald.
Camels Draw Plows
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Something modern has appeared on
the site of the ancient city of Car
thage for the first time in many cen
turies. There, where once flourished
the arts of war and peace, is a vast,
lonely plain. Of the streets through
which the conquering Hannibal march
ed in triumph nothing now remains
but the shadeless wheat fields. There
may, however, be seen the stalking
camel plodding along, drawing the
modern American plow or cultivator.
—Piedmont Press.
Callaway—Do you ever miss a
meal ?
Dr. Miller—Oh, occasionally I at
tend a banquet.—Piedmont Press.
SCHOOL MEASURE
PASSES THE HOUSE
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—
House Votes 68 to 15 to Val
date Levies and Fix Tax
Rate; Warm Debate
The House yesterday morning pass
ed by a vote of 68 to 15 the Matthews
bill validating all levies that have
been made by the counties for the sup
port of the schools and fixing thirty
nine cents as*the limit to which taxes
may be raised in counties that have
not already gone beyond the limit.
Representatives Doughton, Everett
of Richmond and Speaker Grier fight
ing for the measure designed to bring
order cut of the chaotic State into
which the States’ taxing system has
degenerated, admitted readily that
the bill offered no permanent solution
for the situation and that if the State
is to maintain an equalizing fund for
schools, the next General Assembly
must take some step to restore equal
ity of property valuation.
The first step in that direction will
be taken at the morning session to
day when Representative Connor, of
Wilson will offer a resolution calling
for the appointment of a commission
to study out some method by which
the counties will be restored to an
equality that will make possible an
equitable distribution of the State's
equalization fund. Passage of the
resolution appears to be assured and 1
the report and recommendation will
be made to the regular session of the
General Assembly in 1922.
Three bills originating in the De
partment of Education took most of
the three hours of the session in the
House, first coming the measure to
provide machinery for the establish
ment of high school districts, the sec
ond to allow the State Department to
establish such districts in certain cas
es, and the third to validate all of the
provisions of the counties toward rais
ing money for schools. Each measure
drew fire, and each in turn was pass
ed as it came into the House. Party
lines were drawn fairly tight, the
Republicans voting largely against
them.
Two score new pieces of legislation
were dumped into the hopper during
the morning, bringing the House
number to 545, and a prospect of even
more at the night session, and at the
convening of the House this morning.
No let up has been in evidence in the
matter of new legislation, and al
though a considerable number of
measures were worked off the calen
dar yesterday morning, and more last
night, there remains yet a mass of de
tails to be waded through before the
Assembly adjourns.—News and Ob
server, Dec. 14.
Army Plane Wrecked at Dunn.
Dunn, Dec. 5.—In making a forced
landing at the fair ground field here
today a DeHaviland aeroplane, en
route from Qantico to Pope Field and
driven by Captain Shepherd, dashed
to earth when a few feet above
ground, tipped on its nose, overturned
and is now a complete wreck. Neither
Captain Shepherd nor his Mechanic
Sergeant Dean Harding were injured
although they were thrown from their
seats by the impact. Captain Shep
herd was driving one of six planes
which started this morning on the
first lap of a flight to Miami. One
ship was obliged to land above Rich
mond. A few minutes before reach
ing Dunn, his engine" began skipping.
Although only 15 minutes from Pope
Field he was obliged to land here.
Tomorrow morning he will send the
remnants of his plane by truck to
Camp Bragg.—News and Observer.
Handshaking Bad for Health
President Wilson’s breakdown in
health was due to too much handshak
ing says a New York doctor. Not only
that but Theodore Roosevelt and
Caruso both came to their deaths in
the same way, he says. Very well,
but in handshaking a person uses the
same muscles that he does in pump
ing. Strange no one has observed this
fatal tendency in the case of farmers,
milkmen and others.—Capper’s Week
ly.
Reversed Circumstances.
Weary Willie—I may be poor now,
but when I was young I had me own
carriage.
Weary Louie—Yep, and yer maw
pushed it.—Chairtown News.
PROTRACTED !
SERVICES THIS WEEK
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Rev. J. J. Murray Conduct
ing Two Services Daily
Presbyterian Church
_
The evangelistic services being
conducted by Rev. J. J. Murray at the
Presbyterian church are progressing
splendidly. Much interest is being
shown. The church has been full ev- i
ery night and Mr. Murray is preach- j
ing forceful sermons. Much good is j
sure to follow such an earnest atid
faithful presentation of the gospel.
The services will continue through
Sunday night. At the morning hour,
the communion service will be held.
The evening services will be held in
the Methodist church at 8 o'clock
immediately following the Christmas
carol entertainment to be rendered by
the Graded school.
Services through the week are
held in the morning at 10 o’clock and
at night at 7:30. The public is cor
dially invited to all of these services.
Resolutions.
To the memory of Willis Calvin
Lassiter.
Whereas, God in His wisdom has
seen fit to call from us our dear and
highly esteemed Brother, W. C. Las
siter, who departed this fife on De
cember 7, 1921, and whereas, Brother
Lassiter has for many years been a
most faithful and worthy member of
our church and whereas, He never
failed to fill his sea* unless provi
dentially hindered and whereas. He
■was ever willing and ready to contri
bute to every call of the church, tc
the pastor and poor of the church, and
to any other call of duty, and whereas,
He was one of the foremost citizens
of our county and community, Now,
Therefore, be it Resolved:
That we; the Primitive Baptist
church at Clement, Johnston County,
N. C., bow our heads in humble sub
mission to the will of God, who doeth
all things well and does not err.
Even though removing from us one
of our most faithful and dearly be
loved members and brother, yet we
trust Him that He in His wisdom will
fill the vacant seat with such as He
Resolved further, that a copy of
these resolutions be entered on our
record, and a copy sent to the be
reaved widow and family, and a copy
be sent to Zions Landmark and other
papers for publication.
Composed and adopted by the
church at Clement in conference on
Saturday before the 2nd Sunday in
December being the 10th day, 1921.
ELDER A. D. JOHNSON, Mod.
J. W. LASSITER, Church Clerk.
Whiskey Still From Boon Hill
Mr. L. V. Thompson, deputy sheriff
in Boon Hill township, and Mr. J.W.
Pittman, who is in the government
employment, were here yesterday to
bring a whiskey still to the sheriff.
It was a small copper still and they
captured a complete outfit and turn
ed out about 75 gallons of beer. The
men at the still ran but one of them
is known by the officers. The still
was captured r^ear Sardis Baptist
church and not far from Neuse river.
Nearly Million Alies Admitted.
Washington, Dec. 13.—The tide of
immigration which was approaching
its flood when the restriction law
went into effect brought 805,228 al
iens into the United States in the fis
cal year ended last June 30, accord
ing to the annual report today of
Secretary Davis of the Department of
Labor. This number compared with
430,001 in the previous fiscal year
and is more than twice the estimate
of 350,000 which Mr. Davis makes for
this fiscal year under the operation
of the restriction act.
More than one fourth of the aliens j
admitted last year were Italians, the
number being 222,260, as wmpared
with 95,145 in the fiscal year of
1922. Numbered by race, apart from
nationality, the report says, the Jews
arriving numbered 119,236.
The Week’s Best Jingle.
His arm around her slender waist,
She nestled close, in sweet content.
Not even a Borah’s eloquence
Could make her want disarmament.
—Hazel Lenger in Capper’s Weekly.
The White Christmas.
Our Sunday schools have a glori
ous opportunity to give the youth of
our country the real meaning of
Christmas by teaching the value and
happiness of unselfish service to oth
ers.
In that incomparable prose poem
“The Christmas Carol” by Charles
Dickens, which everybody ought to
read once a year, this lesson of giv
ing to those in need is beautifully
enforced. Old Scrooge lived a narrow,
.bleak and miserable life so long as
he thought only of himself and his
own personal interests, but when in
his old age the Christmas spirit kind
led its flame in his soul, he was
transformed from a selfish skinflint
into a joyous and useful man. Life
■lecame to him a new and real thing.
He was changed from a receiver in
to a giver.
it is all proper and right to make
the children happy in their homes
by inviting the old Christmas king
down the chimney with his precious
load; and we have learned that out
own highest happiness comes from
making the little ones happy.
But as a Sunday school we have
the opportunity to teach the children
the lesson we have learned, namely,
that the shortest road to happiness
in this world is our service to others,
especially to those in need.
.In every community there are
homes where the merry lights <f
Christmas never comes. No bulging
stockings greet the sparkling eyes of
the little ones awakened by the
dawn of Christmas day. But disap
pointed and depressed they begin the
day that rings with joy for the more
fortunate clean round the world.
To bring light into these darkened
homes, and joy into these desolate
hearts will mean more to our own
children than all the Christmas pres
ents ever made. And this is the
mission and meaning of the White
Christmas which, we are glad to say,
is coming more and more into public
favor.
That first Christmas in the long
ago, they brought Him presents, gold
and frankincense and myrrh; and in
this day of gladness and of light we
bring our gifts to Him when we
place them in the trembling hands
of His poor and needy.
Every child in North Carolina
ought to shout and sing for joy on
Christmas day, and yet while some
children are surfeited with costly
toys, others with sore hearts sob si
lently because they have been for
gotten.
The White Christmas not only dries
the tears of sorrowing childhood and
floods the dreary home with light,
but it teaches the invaluable lesson
to our children that they are their
brother’s keeper; and in keeping
their brother they find their own
highest joy.
Those who have plenty in their
hon.es do not need the gifts of t lie
Sunday school; those<who are pinch
ed by poverty do need them, and it
is the plain duty of us all to divide
our Christmas gifts with those who
cannot repay us.—Charity and Chil
dren.
B. & O. Shopmen Will Be Laid Off.
Baltimore, Dec. 13.—Thousands of
shopmen employed by the Baltimore
and Ohio railroads will be furloughed
indefinitely Saturday when shops ov
er the entire system will be shut
down.
Business depression and the neces
sities of effecting economics were
given bv ofhc.als of the road as pro
moting the action.
Neither Daniel Willard, president
of the road, nor C. W. Galloway, vice
president in charge of operation,
would venture an opinion as to how
long the shut down would continue.
About 15 shops, Mr. Galloway esti
mated, was the total of the system
and all of these would be shut down.
The principal of these are in Balti
more, Cumberland, Pittsburgh, Key
ser, W. Va., Zanesville, O., Cincinnati,
O., and Washington, D. C.—Associat
ed Press.
Woman Gives Birth to 8 Children.
Mexico City, Dec. 12.—From Tam
pico comes a report published by El
Universal, that Senora Enriquita
Rubo, at that place, gave birth, yester
day to 8 children, but none j f them
survived. The mother is well. The
Mexico City medical association is
showing much interest in the report
and will institute an investigation as
to its authenticity.—Concord Times.
THE CHINESE AND
FAR EAST MATTERS
Want Treaties Resulting
from “The Twenty-One
Demands” Abrogated
Washington, Dec. 14.—The arms
conference delegates have reached an
agreement on all the major issues
of the naval ration, but are encoun
tering new difficulties in their dis
cussions on the Far East.
The American “5-5-3” ratio forms
the basis of the naval settlement,
but there are to be readjustments in
the original American plan to per
mit Japan to retain her new battle
ship Mustu. The United States and
Great Britain will be given a com
pensative quota of additional ships
not yet determined in detail.
In the Far Eastern negotiations
the latest element of controversy is
a request by China for abrogation of
the treaties resulting from Japan's
famous “twenty-on demands.” When
the request was presented to the Far
Eastern committee of the whole to
day the Japanese promptly objected
and the committee adjourned. '
Coming at a time when the Shan
tung negotiations are at a critical
j stage, the Chinese abrogation pro
posal has omewhat beclouded the
prospects of a Far Eastern agree
ment, but most of the delegates re
main confident of an ultimate solu
tion.
Another meeting of the “Big
Three” late today advanced the naval
question nearer to the point of a
final and detailed settlement, bub left
some minor points still to be deter
mined. In all quarters announce
ment of a complete accord was re
garded as only a question of hours.
As an offset to Japanese retention
of the Mustu, the United States is to
retain the super-dreadanughts Wash
ington and Colorado, and an equiva
lent increase in British capital ship
tonnage is to be provided. The de
tails of this British increase consti- *
tute the only point still to be de
cided.
Coupled with the naval agreement
in the proposed treaty will be a
“status quo” understanding on Paci
fic fortifications and naval bases, ex
clusive of Hawaii and the islands off
the Japanese, Australian and New
Zealand coasts. The plan means
abandonment of the American Island
of Guam as a potential naval base.
Temporarily the naval question is
receiving major attention from the
arms delegates, but there were indi
cations today that the increasing
seriousness of the Far Eastern dif
ferences might soon require the
principal figures of the conferences
to turn their efforts to that direc
tion.
China’s request for abrogation of
the “twentyf-one demands” treaties
was coupled with a suggestion that
the powers also take some definite
and formal step toward abolition of
existing “spheres of influence” in
the Far East. There was no discus
sion in the committee, but it was evi
dent tonight that the Japanese would
not stand alone in opposing the ab
rogation proposal.
in tne snantung conversations, the
present point of controversy is the
compensation that China is to give
for Japanese improvements on the
Kiao Chow railroad. The Japanese
have asked for instructions frd^n
Tokio, but subject to a favorable re
sponse from their government, offer
ed today to withdraw from the rail
road in the event of a satisfactory
compensation arrangement.
In the view of some of the Chinese
delegates the financial guarantees de
sired by Japan as a consideration of
her withdrawal amount to virtual
perpetuation of Japanese control ov
er tne road.
The suggestion has been made in
ss^me quarters that a new “Big Four,”’
composed of heads of the American,
British, Japanese and Chinese dele
gations, be asked to take the ques
tion under advisement.—Associated
Press.
Kenly Man, Evangelist.
W. G. Boykin, a member of the
Free Will Baptist church of Kenly,
now a student at the Moody Bible In
stitute, of Chicago, is one of a group
of students conducting evangelistic
services in the Cook County jail of
Chicago.