JOHNSTON COUNTY
GIVESTHANKSTOGOD
Hon. O. Max Gardner And
Hon. J. W. Bailey Deliver
Addresses at Service
Johnston county has had conven
tions and rallys and Red Letter
Days, but yesterday, in the est'ma
tion of a large number of people,
stands at the head of any and all
celebrations ever held within her
borders. More than a thousand
people gathered under the trees at
the rear of the court house and for
two houi£ participated in a special
Thanksgiving service for the mani
fold benefits bestowed on Johnston
county through its splendid crops.
Judge W. S. Stevens opened the
service with appropriate scripture
reading and fitting passages were
also read by Rev. S. H. Styron, of
Pine Level. Prayers were offered by
Rev. C. A. Jenkins, of Clayton and
Rev. J. A. Russell, of Four Oaks. The
big congregation joined in singing
the ““Doxology” and “Coronation”
led by Messrs R. E. and C. B.
Thomas and the Johnson Union
choir.
The preliminary devotions put the
audience in just the frame of mind
to appreciate the masterful address
of the occasion delivered by Hon. O.
Max Gardner, of Shelby and Hon. T.
W. Bailey, of Raleigh. Judge F. H.
Brooks introduced Mr. Gardner and
told how the idea of a Thanksgiving
service originated—how Mr. C. W
Horne, of Clayton, one of Johnston
county’s best and biggest farmers,
in talking over the wonderful pros
pects a few weeks ago expressed
the wish that the people of the coun
ty could come together in such a
service; how Judge W. S. Stevens was
impressed with the idea, and the
thing grew until yesterday’s coming
to-gether was the result.
Mr. Gardner was never m netter
speaking trim and his address was
a literary gem.
His first words pronounced the
occasion fine, significant, and unique
in North Carolina. He said he was
sorry that he was not a minister on
this occasion for it was a day for
God’s ministers to preside. His
theme then naturally turned to the
farmers who have made possible this
thanksgiving service. He stated that
the North Carolina citizenship was
wonderfully made, that the boys and
girls of the old North State furnish
ed the best material on earth for
splendid men and women. He told
of how the country boys are lead
ing in the business and professional
life of the state while in many in
stances the city youths weaklings in
body and mind serve in inferior
places. He placed the farmer, plod
ding his weary way homeward at
night fall, as the very foundation
of the country's safety. The aud
ience which was assembled before
him was, he said a typical North
Carolina audience.
The speaker then turned atten
tion to the crops themselves. He
told of the wonderful fields of cot
ton, the best he had seen in North
Carolina which were to be seen from
the highway as he came to Smith
field from Raleigh. He called atten
tion to the fine crops which are the
rule in Johnston, and pleaded that
the people of this county standing
on the brink of prosperity should
remember those less fortunate ones
hungering for the very necessities of
life.
Mr. Gardner paid his respects to
the boll weevil which has already
infested his own cotton fields in
Cleveland county, and predicted
that the pest would soon cover the
cotton belt. But he threw out a
challenge to the farmers of this day
not to give up and quit raising
cotton, but get down to work and
overcome the difficulty. “There has
never been any primrose path to vic
tory,” he said. Diseases of the hu
man body have required work and
genius to conquer them, and he em- j
phasized the fact that we must still
make cotton in North Carolina. He
called forth laughter and applause
when he stated that if men would
put the same zeal and intelligence
into the fight- against the boll wee
vil that they put into the guberna
torial campaign when he and Mr. j
Morrison were running for governor
the pest would soon disappear from
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OFFICER CRABTREE !
DIES OF WOUNDS
Shot by Nineteen Year Old
Klutz Who Now Awaits
Trial in Wake Jail
After ;v> unequal battle against
, hurts that might have instantly
k'l'ed -veaker man. 1 om Cra.btree,
city detective, died at 2:30 yesterday
afternoon at Re:. Hospital. “Boots”
Kluttz, nineteen years old boy who
fired two steel vedicts in|o the .
policeman’s body at one o’clock
i Thursday morning, and then drove ;
a big automobile over the prostrate
man is in Wake County jail, without
bond, waiting to answer the charge
of first degree murder.
Tom Crabtree, after nine years of j
service on the Raleigh police force,
I turned over his badge at last with- 1
j out murmuring and without admit- i
ting that he was vanquished in the j
light that friends have watched with
hope since the news of the shooting
spread about.
Shortly before the end came in the :
hospital room, the nurse and physi- j
cian lifted the ban against visitors ,
Several close friends were there.
Mrs. Crabtree was sobbing quietly. 1
He asked what she was crying about.
He was told she was merely dis- |
turbed.
i "* Those who knew how seriously the ,
officer was wounded were encouraged ;
when he lived through Thursday j
morning, and when Thursday night’s ;
reports indirated that he was rally j
ing from the shock. Physicians were j
wafting for a more complete rally :
in order to perform an operation
tint th y loped would relieve the i
paralysis that bound him from the
waist down. With the passing if
tile shock, internal complications set
in and all realized that the time was j
short.
Thursday afternoon, the wounded 1
man made a deposition which, as
his dying statement, will be used in
the trial of his slayer. In it, he told
how he answered the distress signals
of the negro George Williams at the
corner of Glenwood Avenue and
Hillsboro street early Thursday
morning, where he found “Boots”
Kluttz in the rear of a Cadillac auto
mobile; how, without provocation,
Kluttz turned a forty five caliber
automatic on him and fired at close
range; how he rolled over the
wheels of the machine to get out j
of the line of fire; how Kluttz |
jumped out of the can, shot him
again on the ground, and then drove
the automobile across his body.
No time has yet been set for the
preliminary trial of Kluttz. The boy,
who is well connected in Salisbury
and Rowan county, will be repre
sented in court by Charles U. Har
ris of the Raleigh bar, and R. Lee
Wright, of Salisbury, his uncle. In
the the meanwhile, he is in Wake
county jail, nursing a wound in his
arm, said by the police to have been
self-inflicted, and claiming complete
ignorance of the events of early
Thursday morning.
Tom Crabtree, who entered the
service of the police department
nine years ago as driver of the
police patrol, was thirty-five years
old. He has lived in Raleigh all his
life. He is survived by his widow’,
who was Miss Mary E. Lynden, and
four sons, ranging from nine to 18
months. They are Thomas, Lewis,
Fred and Jack.—News jind Observer,
Sept. 2.
BIG MASS MEETING OF
GROWERS IN HARNETT
LILLINGTON, Sept. 4.—Two thou
sand people attended the mass meet
ing of cotton growers here Saturday
afternoon in the court house when K.
L. Godwin, of Dunn, delivered a
strong address. E. C. Dupre, of An
gier, followed Mr. Godwin. It was
one of the most enthusiastic meet- ;
ings that has been held here in many
months.
The banks of Lillington and Har- j
nett county have pledged their full
support to the association’s market- j
ing program.
First Bale of New Cotton.
Mr. John B. Raynor, who lives on
Benson, Route 2, was in town today ,
w’ith a bale of new cotton, the first
to come here. It brought 22c pound.
—Eastern (Benson) News, Thursday,
August 31.
HON. O. M AX GARDNER, WHO DELIVERED AN ADDRESS At
THE JOHNSTON COl VIA THANKSGIVING SERVICE
HERE YESTERDAY
PRAYER OFFERED BY REV. C. A. JENKINS
AT 1HE THANKSGIVING SERVICE HERE
Our Father who art in heaven, we would not address thee as our
Creator, Judge, or King, because thou art more than these to us.
Thou hast all the love and pity and forgiveness of the tenderest
father, and in thy great heart there is room enough for us all. We
are not orphans, but the children of God. Heaven is thy dwelling
place to whose sinless joys thou dost call thine own, where the
weary lay down their burdens, and the pure in heart shall see God.
Hallowed be thy name. There is no name like thine, which is
above every name, and is to be reverenced by all men. May we
never take it in vain nor bring reproach upon it. Let all our people
praise thee with high sounding cymbals, and let everything that
hath breath praise Jehovah.
Thy kingdom come. Satan long has reigned as the god of this
world. He has corrupted and blinded the nations. He has destroy
ed virtue and exalted vice, for the whole creation groaneth and
travaileth in pain together until now. We pray that the reign of
the Prince of Peace may fill the earth; that the Cross may be the
basis of all theology; that the churches may be revived, society
cleansed, and the whole world saved.
Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. The woes of the
race are due to resistance to thy righteous will. We have left thee
out of our reckoning; we have given ourselves to worldliness, lux
ury, and pleasure; we have sown the wind, and reaped the whirl
wind. Thy will be done, not ours. As the angels do thy will in heav
en, so may we. Our standards are too low; we have lost our ideals;
we beg, therefore, that thou wilt pour out thy Holy Spirit upon us,
that we, like the Angels, may render unceasing and unerring obedi
ence to thy supreme will.
Give us this day our daily bread. And while we thank thee for
thy unspeakable gift of salvation and for our hopes of heaven and
immortal glory, we would not fail to bless thee for our daily bread.
At this time, in particular, we are constrained to magnify thy good
ness so richly shown to us in bountiful crops. The plowman over
takes the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed. The
com hangs heavy in the* ear, and the cotton fields are vqhite unto
the harvest. Our county has escaped the ravages of the boll weevil,
and no storm has laid waste the growing crops, and no plUgue nor
blight has crushed the hopes of the husbandman to make his toil
vain. Surely our God has given into our bosoms good measure,
pressed down, shaken together, running over. But above all this
we thank thee most for the Bread of Life.
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. We
confess our sins, and hold no grudge against our fellow men. Judge
between us and our enemies and cause the right to stand. Help us
to forsake the things that have soiled our hearts, and lift upon us
the light of thy countenance reconciled. Speak thy pardon to our
souls, and we will look into thy face and laugh, that the bones
which thou hast broken may rejoice.
And bring us not into temptation, for we are weak and easily led
astray; but der thou our providences so that we may not be over
powered by rse circumstances and low environments. Enable
us to resis1 ation and to keep ourselves unspotted from the
world.
But deliver us from the evil one. Enable us to escape the wiles
of the Devil, looking unto Jesus, the author and perfecter of our
faith. The world is full of evil. History is a mournful tale of hate,
oppression, strife and war. Hasten, we beseech thee, the happy day
when the sword of the Spirit shall displace the sword of the warri
or; when capital and labor shall harmonize their differences, and in
the spirit of Christ, like righteousness and peace, kiss each other,
instead of smiting. We pray that our country may take its stand
in behalf of universal peace, and teach the nations to learn war no
more. Be pleased to stay the crimson wave of crime that is sweep
ing over the land, and hush the muttering storm of vice that threat
ens society.
In Jesus’ name grant our requests, and thine shall be the king
dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
MRS. BET SASSER
GOES TO REWARD
Aged Eighty Years; Oldest
Alumna. Of Greensboro
College for Women
Saturday afternoon about two o’
clock the gentle,patient spirit of
“Miss Bet Sasser,” as she was call
ed by a large circle of friends, found
rest in her Saviour’s care after 22
years of suffering invalidism. Mrs.
Sasser, the wife of Mr. Alf Sasser |
was stricken with rheumatism 22
years ago, and for 18 years she had
been confined to a rolling chair not
having been able to walk. She be
came worse Monday and gradually
grew weaker until the end came. The
patience with which she bore her j
suffering and confinement was an in -
spiration to all who came in contact ]
with her. The beautifying influence
| of a pure religion shone from • a
| spotless character, and her life was !
| a benefaction to all within tl^e circle
■ of her acquaintances. She joined
the Methodist church when young
i and in her early life was active in
all Christian work.
[ The Nleceased was the daughter of
! Mr. and Mrs. Thad Whitley of the
j Sanders Chapel section. She was
twice married, the first time to Capt.
George Barnett and the second to
Mr. J. Alf Sasser. If Mrs. Sasser
had lived until December, she and
I Mr. Sasser could have celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary.
The deceased was in her eighty- j
first year. On her eightieth birth
day, the n:nth of last February, a
n 'mber of hci frier Is f-rve her a
prise party, p-ovnr.g refresh
n ents, an! i in or of meful gifts
Mrs. Sas < r w.is n won" n of un
•oual inrc-'.Vgence At the tirr.a of
1 er death, she was he i nest alumnus
.*, Gr«c< Coi.tg' foi \\ mien,
Known wh..: she attend*1', e- Greens
boro Female College. She was al
ways interested ,n what was going
on and kept up with the outside
world despite her shut in life.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at Sanders Chapel
a large crowd of relatives and friends
being present to pay a last tribute
to the life of their departed friend.
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, of this city and
Rev. J. A. Russell, pastor at San
ders Chapel conducted the services.
Interment was made in the Sanders
Chapel cemetery.
The sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out to the surviving
husband left alone in his grief and
i sorrow.
j SEVEN MEN BURN TO
DEATH IN $200,000 FIRE
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 3.—Sev
en car repairmen recently employed
were burned to death; 10 men in
jured; several severely, and property
loss of $220,000 was wrought by fire
which started at dawn today in a
bunkhouse in the Thirtieth street
yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad
1 and swept through the building with
almost incredible speed.
N. P. Good, chairman of the strik
ing shopmen on the , Pennsylvania
system, in a statement tonight de
plored the fire and said it could
1 not be charged to the shopmen.
“The shop destroyed was under
guard, as I usderstand it,” said Mr.
Good, and could not be reached
except by some one having free
access to the yards.” — Associated
Press.
Investigations immediately were
started by the railroad, the police
and fire departments and by the
Department of Justice. They were
in progress tonight, with announce
ment by the railroad that it had
been unable “to determine the cause
of the fire.”
MAN SERIOUSLY HURT
WHEN CAR TURNS OVER
GOLDSBORO, Sept. 3.—A Chevro- j
Jet car driven by Van Clinton, of '
Mount Olive, turned over near the
covered bridge three miles south of
this city this afternoon. Vance Kor- i
negay, of Mount Olive was seriously
hurt and was hurried to Spicer’s
Sanitorium. The other occupants of
the car were only slightly hurt.
_- j
Mr. Luther O’Neal, druggist, of j
Goldsboro, has accepted a position
with Creecn Drug Co.
STRIKE SITUATION
DEVELOPMENTS
Car Shortage This Fall Is
Inevitable; Business May
Not Be Retarded
NEW YORK, Sept. 3t—Develop
ments in the coal and railroad situa
tions and anticipations on the nature
of fall trade have occupied the cen
ter of the business stage during the
past week .
Car loading figures indicate that
soft -coal production is rapidly re
turning to normal, or to distinctly
encouraging levels. Thus incomplete
figures suggest that the total output
for the week will run well over
9.000,000 tons, or, perhaps, close to
ten million tons. This rate com
pares favorably with normal weekly
averages.
Reports on the general movement
of railroad traffic show that recent
rates, which approximate the beat
of the year, are being maintained.
Total loadings for the week ended
August 19, the latest for which
figures are available, are 859,000 cars,
6,689 cars over the preceding week
and 41,072 over the same week a
year ago.
It is still too early to measure
the effect of the growing soft coal
movement, but usually well informed
quarters s^e no evidence of the
movement in general merchandise
being affected to an important de
gree as yet yet. On the other hand,
it is felt that a resumption of an
thracite mining, added to the crop
carrying burdens, will impose a severe
strain on the transportation system.
In this connection interest centers
on the railroads’ attempts to put
their shop forces back on a normal
basis.
Even if the roads have the situa
tion in hand by some time in Oc
tober, it is thought a car shortage
is inevitable. The consensus <ecms
te be, however, that fhe shortage
will not be so serious as to retard
vitally the revival in business. It
is also doubted whether it will cause
a general rise in commodity prices,
although opinions on the point are
by no means unanimous.
Agricultural prospects remain re
markably little changed. The De
partment of Agriculture’s September
1 cotton crop report reduced the
condition from 70.8 per cent in the
previous month’s figure to 57 per
cent and cut the estimated yield
from 11,449,000 bales to 10,575,000
bales. The new figures were slightly
more bullish than the trade had ex
pected, but not sufficiently so as to
prevent profit-taking. As a re3ult
c >tt< i prices were little changed.
Both the prospective crop and the
carry-over are short, but a con
servative view is taken of the wil
lingness of both domestic and f -reign
spinners to buy at the higher
"'ices. Wheat futures continue to
flu uate slightly above the dollar
level at Chicago and these prices
are taken to indicate conservative
purchasing of general merchandise
on the part of farmers.
The commodity market and that
for foreign exchange reacted well
to announcement by the Reparations
Commission that Germany has been
granted a six months’ postponement
on this fall’s reparations payments.
It is considered that a political crisis
in Europe has been averted but the
reparations difficulty still remains.—
Associated Press.
BELIEVE IMPRISONED
MINERS STILL LIVING
JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 4.—The
night crew of rescuers working in
the Kennedy mine in an attempt to
reach 47 entombed men in the Argo
naut gold mine, declared on coming
to the surface today that when two
signal blasts were fired on the 700
foot level, they were positive they
were answered by five explosions
coming from- the Argonaut.
The miners declared that the sounds
could not have been caused by falling
rock. It would have been impossible
to hear such sounds through the
thick walls of stone that separate
the two mines, they said.
All Jackson is rejoicing over the
report for a feeling of certainty that
the men imprisoned for a week still
live now exists.
The officials refused to comment
on the statement of the miners or to
give out anything on the report.