VOLUME 41 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1922 NUMBER 76 THE PASSING OF 67TH CONGRESS Leaders Generally Are Ex pecting a Special Session On November 15 WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Con gress adjourned sine die today with leaders generally expecting a call from President Harding for a special session November 15 preceding the regular December session. The President was in attendance today for a few mintes before the final gavels dropped, to sign the usual sheaf of eleventh-hour bills. The only important measure to get through on the last day was the defi ciency appropriation bill, the admin istration Liberian loan bill and the Dyer anti-lynching bill going over until the next session. Lacking in the adjournment today were many of the popular features often attending the death of a con session. gressiuimi session. ine gaiiery crowds were small and undemonstra tive and there were few floor wran gles. After disposing of the defi ciency appropriations bill, the senate passed a number of minor measures and listened to a few set speeches while house members made one-min ute addresses, mostly for publication during the next few days in the Con gressional Record and heard Repre sentative Blanton, Democrat, Texas, defend Attorney General Daugherty and criticise Republicans for alleged neglect in that respect. Speaker Gillett, after a brief speech wishing all members Godspeed and good luck, banged the adjournment gavel promptly at 2 o’clock. The sen ate adjourned two or three minutes later, having to stop the clock briefly while necessary bills were signed for submission to President Harding, waiting in his room off the senate chamber. A few political speeches marked the closing hours of the session—the second of the 67th Congress. Rep resentative Mondell, Republican, leader in the house, and Senator Smoot, in the senate, praised the dominant party’s record, which was attacked in brief speeches by Sena tors Harrison, of M'ississiptpk and McKellar, of Tennessee, Democrats. Leaders and rank and file now “go to the country” on the record, enter ing the fall campaign. Trains and automobile leaving Washington to night carried scores of congressmen released for the campaign. Statistical sharps tonight were busy calculating the work of the ses sion, prominent in which was en actment of the tariff bill and pas sage of the soldiers bonus bill with its death after the President’s veto. About 300 laws were said to have been enacted out of 3,498 bills and 358 resolutions introduced in the house and 1,249 bills and about 280 resolutions in the senate. Appropri ations of the session aggregated over $2,250,000,000 and, with authoriza tions, $3,751,917,000 was made avail able for the government’s fiscal year needs. About 9,000 nominations were sent to the senate by President Harding, which were confirmed with but few exceptions.—Associated Press. Jeter Becomes Extension Editor. RALEIGH, Sept. 22.—F. H. Jeter, formerly editor of the Agricultural extension service of the State Col lege of Agriculture and State De partment of Agriculture, has re turned to North Carolina to take his old position. Mr. Jeter succeeds Mr. R. W. Green who goes with the co operative tobacco association. For the past two years Mr. Jeter has been editor for the Soil Improvement Committee of Atlanta. In this ca pacity he did active work in the South in the fight made by this or ganization on tre cotton boll weevil. Mr. Jeter has studied the effect of the weevil and methods of combat ting the pest in the States of Louisi ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Methodist Philatheas to Meet. A very important business meet ing of the Philathea class of the Methodist Sunday school will be held immediately after prayer meeting Wednesday evening at the church. Every member is urged to be pres ent. A SELMA “BOY WHO HAS MADE GOOD M. C. S. Noble, Educator. Was Born in Selma and Spent Part of His Youth Here Mr. M. C. S. Noble, professor of Education in the University of North Carolina was a welcome visitor to Selma the past week. The people of Selma should be proud, indeed, of i the record of Mr. Noble, Professor of | Education in the University of North j Carolina. Mr. Noble was born in ! Selma March 5, 1885. He attended j school at John C. Scarborough’s ' Academy (there were no public , schools then) and latter prepared I himself for the University at Bing- | ham Military School at Mebane, N. j C. Shortly after finishing college. he became connected with the Wilm- j ington City schools in the capacity of ! Superintendent. This position he ! filled with credit until Alma Mater recalled him to Chapel Hill to take j the professorship of Education in the j University of North Carolina. The ; latter position he holds at the pres- j ent. It is through his connection with i the public schools of the State that Professor Noble is perhaps better j known. He has been to the schools j of the present day what Wiley, Me- j Iver, Battle and others were in the i earlier days. No man in North Caro lina has done more for the public i schools of North Carolina than has Mr. Noble. He is one of the greatest teachers in the profession today. . Many prominent men of the stale owe their success in large part to the teachings and advice received from Prof. Noble in years gone by. Prof. Noble is a man that Seim i should be, and is, proud to claim as her own. He is a man that all school men should pattern after and try to ; accomplish what he has.—Baxti Ray, in The (Selma) Johnstonian WhenFinancial Assistance Is Needed. “What is your regular business?" asked the judge of the man who h- d just been convicted of selling a g: • brick to an unsuspecting citizen o ' New York City, which is the only place they can be sold nowadays. “Your honor,” answered the m; “being honest is my regular ti;.-; but I was on my sumnr r vacation SMITHFIELD WILL ENTERTAIN W. M. U. Johnston Co. W. M. U. Will Meet With Societies of Baptist Church The Woman’s Missionary Union of Johnston County will meet with the missionary societies of the Smithfield Baptist church on October 12 and 13. The opening session will be Thursday evening, October 12, at 7:30 o’clock. This service will be open to one and all. An urgent invitation is extend ed to the men of Smithfield and of the county. Mr. John Arch McMil lian, alumni secretary of Wake For est college, will be the speaker for the evening. There will be special music by local talent and the visi tors. I he session on Friday, October 13, will open promptly at 9:30 a. m., last ing through the day, but with no night session. Visiting speakers for the day will be Mrs. W. N. Jones, of Raleigh, State W. M. U. president; returned missionary from Central China, Miss Pearl Johnson, who is now visiting at her home in Pitts boro; and Miss Macy Cox, of Mag nolia, who is superintendent of the Eastern Association and also Divis ional superintendent of Wilmington Division of which Johnston County Womans Missionary Union is a part. Miss Cox has won an enviable place all her own in the W. M. U., of North Carolina by her most efficient and original work. There will be other interesting and helpful talks by ladies of the asso ciation. There will be exercises by the young people of Smithfield. A full attendance from every society in the association, also from every church having no society is desired and urged. A warm welcome is extended to the members of missionary societies of other denominations. " r> The names of all delegates and ! visitors should be sent to Mrs. How- j ard Gray, Smithfield, N. C. P! ; state expected time of arrival and r 1 by train or automobile. The pastors of the county are ;•-! quested to make announcement of' this meeting at their church services. ; MRS. B.' TTIE HOCUTT, Pup NEW COURT HOUSE DEDICATED TODAY Building Will Be Received By Judge F. A. Daniels Of This District Today marks the consummation of a dream of years when the dedica tion of Johnston County’s handsoipe new Court House takes place at 11 o’clock. The building is one of the handsomest court houses in North Carolina and the county has every reason to be proud of it, as it stands before the public—a demonstration of progress and advancement. The program as planned for the exercises of the day follows: 1. F layer. 2. Song: The Old North State. 3. Presentation of building by County Commissioners. 4. The Johnston County Bar, by Mr. James A. Wellons. 5. Short Talks by Members of the Johnston County Bar. 6. Short talk by Architect. 7. Short talk br Contractor. 8. Receiving of building by Judge F. A. Daniels. ROLL CALL AT FOUR OAKS BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday, October 1st, will be the annual roll call of the Four Oaks Baptist church. It is earnestly de sired that every member of the church be present to answer when his or her name is called. There will be short talks of from five to ten minutes in length by the following brethren: J. H. Stanley, H. P. Johnson, J. Ira Lee, Mrs. J. W. Sanders, Mrs. Alton Massengill, W. E. Barbour, C. C. Cox and Miss Esther Creech. Every member of the Sunday School is urged to come prompt ly at ten o’clock a. m., as a picture of the Sunday school is to be taken at that time. We give a hearty invitation to the public in general to be present. M. P. DAVIS, Pastor. Conan Doyle declares there are no divorces in Heaven. Well, of course you can’t get a divorce without a lawyer.—Chester Times. JOHNSTON COUNTY’S NEW COURT HOUSE—DEDICATED TO-DAY. Johnston County s new court house started more than a year ago is now completed and ready for oc cupancy. Court convened for the first time in the new quarters yesterday with Judge F. A. Daniels of o shore, resident Judge of this district, presiding. Today the dedication exercise to which the whole county is invited, takes place, the program being published in another column. Occupying the center of a quarter of ing architecture shows to fine advan entrances and form the chief adornm with no spire, dome, bell, or clock, tiled floors, solid oak wood work, an Every modern function of county go four stories besides a basement. In there are record rooms for the regis hold any meetings they may like. O register of deeds, clerk of the court, ty commissioners. a square, the splendid new court house, with its simple but impos tage Huge colonial columns give dignity to the west and north ent of the exterior. Built of Indiana limestone with granite base the simplicity of the building is striking. The interior with its d handsome furnishings, is in keeping with the beautiful exterior, vernment has been considered in the new building which consists of the basement besides the furnace rooms, janitor’s quarters etc., ter < Dardanelles, the Sea of 'Mardora ar>'d the Bosphorus, preferably under the League of Nations. — Associated Press. -)0 SCHOOL CHILDREN FALL TO BASEMENT; ONE KILLED PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 22.— Fifty chattering school children, most of them less than 12 years old, were massed in the ldbby of the Strand, a new motion picture theater in the East Liberty district last today, awaiting admission to a free show when the condrete ' floor cracked from end to end and drop ped the little ones into the basement. The body of eight-year old Mada line Kunkle, dressed in holiday garb, was removed from the debris. The injured, 38 children and the theater proprietor, were placed on cots in a nearby hospital at approximately the minute the performance should have started. Sol Selznick, the theater owner, who fell with his guests, and four of the children were in a serious con dition tonight. Physicians at the Pittsburgh hos pital rendered first aid to the in jured before the institution was reached by a score of hysterical mothers. Victims who escaped grave injuries were permitted to go home. City officials began an investiga tion as soon as the injured were removed. The crash and cries of the fright ened youngsters were heard two rdocks away. Policemen and civilians who made the first rescue said some of the children were buried “three Jeep.” Three jagged chunks of concrete were lifted from the unconscious form of a girl about eight years old. Underneath was a bleeding, crying boy. Firemen lowered ladders thru clouds of dust. The district chief was the first to go down. \t the bottom he noticed a frame, under which several children were ; :n»od He called for a rope and the frame containing a poster, was dragged to the surface. It advertised “The Trap,” the film the kiddies were invited to witness, —Associated Press. Who Knows. “Father, is a zebra a black animal with-white stripes, or a white animal with black stripes?”—W. L. Dunham n Wilmington Star Pithy Para graphs.