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JOHNSTON COURT HOUSE DEDICATED Notabl eSpeeches Character' ize Program; Day One to Be Remembered To say that Tuesday was a great day for Johnston County sounds trite, but those present at the dedi cation of the new court house Tues day and those who were too busy in their crops to come, will realize more and more as the years pass that “great” is the way to express it. The auditorium was comfortably filled at 11 o’clock when Judge F. A. Daniels took his place in I*-3 Judge's stand and the court crier summoned the people to assemble in court. The Johnston County Bar Association held a brief session, at which time Judge Daniels was made the first honorary member of the association, and a moment later Ex-Judge W. S. O.’B. Robinson was made the second honorary member, both gentlemen responding gracefully to the distinc tion thus bestowed. The president of the association, Mr. Robert A. Wellons, then welcomed the assembl age, and called upon Mr. J. R. Bar hour, of Benson, to take charge of the dedication ceremonies. Mr. Bar bour called upon Rev. J. A. Russell, pastor of the Methodist church at Four Oaks to pronounce the invoca tion. In beautiful language the min ister prayed that the people of Johnston county might have charac ter as pure as the building was beau tiful, and that the citizenship might be as substantial. The prayer was followed by the singing of “Carcr lina” after which Mr. Ed. S. Abe.ll was introduced who, speaking for the county commissioners, presented the building to the court. Colonel Abell’s speech should be preserved for its literary finish and tor the informa tion to future generations. He began by speaking of the condition of the old court house for a number of years before it was finally torn down. He commented upon the an tiquated style, the state of decay, and the lack of room. He recalled that Judge after Judge and Grand Jury after Grand Jury recommended the building of a new court house, but the commissioners did not see their way clear to do it. When the present board of commissioners came in office they saw their duty and un dertook to perform it, their efforts being crowned with the magnificent building just completed. Mr. Abell paid a splendid tribute to the county commissioners who are as follows: Messrs D. B. Oliver, P. B. Chamblee, W. H. Upchurch, Horace Barbour, and J. W. Creech. The closing thought of Mr. Abell’s speech was that the citizenship of Johnston County deserved the best ! to be had in every thing. The best county in the best state of the best nation on earth deserves the best court house. Following Mr. Abell, Mr. James A. Wellons read a paper on “The Johns ton County Bar.” The paper is so full of historic information, and is such a complete resume of the law yers of the county that we are pub lishing Mr. Wellons’ paper in full in this issue of THE HERALD. The meeting was then thrown open to any one present who might have a word to say, and several present responded. Judge F. H. Brooks spoke of the dreamers who had been behind the building; Judge W. S. Stevens talked on the wonderful development of the county which demanded an ade quate administration building; Judge Robinson, and Col. Davis brought congratulations from Wayne; Mr. J. C. Clifford, of Dunn, represented our neighbor, Harnett, and Mr. Clawson Williams, of Sanford, Democratic nominee for solicitor of this district, brought greetings from Lee. The speeches were all in a happy vein and . aleuiated to make Johnston County prnudei of its citizenship, its re sources, and its magnificent new court house. The program would have been in- I complete without a word from Mr. j Harry Barton, of Greensboro, the. architect. Mr. Barton was the dream er who put his dream in concrete form. “Architecture,” he said, is an art that touches every life at some point. Buildings, are an index to the habits of the people they serve, and the Johnston County court house built for utility combined with beau CHINESE GIRL AT UNIVERSITY OF N. C. Came at Direction of Miss Lelia Tuttle, Missionary In China. CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 26.—The first Chinese girl to enter the Uni versity for a full college year ar rived here today. She is Miss Tsz Lien Yui, and she came to America from Shanghai only a few weeks ago. A North Carolina missionary, Miss Lelia Tuttle, who taught her in China directed her here. Miss Yui speaks perfect English— probably a great deal better brand of the language, if the truth be told, than most of the people who are born to it. She is going to be a special student in the School of Public Welfare this next year, but in 1923 she expects to register as a junior and take a regular course leading to graduation. “I was educated in the MyTyeire School in Shanghai/’ said Miss Yui today. “It is a missionary institu tion conducted by the Southern Methodists. Miss Tuttle told me about North Carolina. Before I came to Chapel Hill I went with her to her home in Lenoir. After land ing in this country, I had gone to Rochester, Minnesota, and Chicago, and at Lenoir, in the beautiful mountain county, I had a fine rest from my long trip.’’ A friend of Miss Yui’s, Miss Kyung Shien Sung, was in the University summer school, and they looked for ward to being together here this year. But Miss Sung decided at the last minute to go to Ohio Wesleyan, so that Miss Yui is left as the sole representative in Chapel Hill of the women of China. BROTHER ILL, GIRL MAKES BALLOON FLIGHT FOR HIM Went to Highest Altitude Ever Attained By a Woman In A Balloon. MT. AIRY, Sept. 27.—Peggy Parks, hanging by one hand, rode a mam moth balloon to its highest altitude here today. Her brother being ill, the beautiful little woman made the ascent for him to the consternation of the thousands of people who were in attendance at the Carolina-Virginia fair at Mt. Airy. She missed her grasp of the trapeze and was carried by a wrist loop thousands of feet high only to settle on a hillside 20 minutes later. By stop watches and careful calculations of people who daily witness exhibition feats, Peggy Parks went to the highest altitude ever attained by a woman in a bal loon. ty represents a long step from the. time when a bottle of whiskey found a place in the corner stones of public buildings. Following Mr. Barton, the con tractor, Mr. J. W. Stout, of Sanford, expressed his appreciation of the confidence reposed in him by Johns ton County in awarding his company the contract, but made his remarks brief, in accordance, he said, with the specifications as outlined in the open ing of the meeting. With the close of this speech cante the supreme moment of the occasion, when Judge F. A. Daniels represent ing the Superior Court, received the building. Judge Daniels accused those who had preceded him of steal ing his speech and said that he thought he had just grounds for a peremptory bench warrant for the whole bar. However, his words were frought with interest as he talked of the “meaning of the law and the necessity for getting back to the fundamental respect for it which is the basis of good citizenship. This great court house was not built merely to gratify the pride of a great people, he declared. It is a monu ment to the law, an emblem of the principles upon which the republic is founded. He gave bits of intimate history connected with the Johnston County bar and mentioned especially some of the county’s notable men. After the Judge concluded his speech, the Johnston County bar, County officials, and others especially invited were guests of Mr. J. W. Stout at a barbecue dinner at Holt Lake, bringing to a close ceremonies the like of which Johnston County may not see again. ( KING CONSTANTINE GIVES UP THRONE Prince George Succeeds the Deposed Ruler; Adds to Near East Crisis 1 _ ATHENS> Sept. 27.—King Con stantine, bowing to the will of the army and navy, has abdicated, and Crown Prince George, who married Princess Elizabeth, of Rumania, be comes king of Greece. “Until the people say they want me no more I shall hold my throne,” the king declared to the Associated Press correspondent last night. He accepts this swift revolution as the voice of the people. The revolutionary army is march ing on Athens and will reach the capital tonight. Three hundred ar my officers visited the king and urg ed the formation of a military cab inet. They were ready, they said, to put themselves at the head of the people to combat the revolutionists, maintain order and defend the king. A street demonstration by promi nent citizens acclaimed Venizelos as head of the republic. There was some rioting and former Minister of Agriculture Sideris was wounded. Oddly enough it was the former American Battleship Idaho, now the Greek Lemnos, that started the revo lution. In 1913 Greece bought the Idaho and Mississippi. The Idaho was named Lemnos, after the naval vic tory against the Turks in 1912 off the Island of Lemnos. The Missis sippi was named the Kilkos after a famous battle against the Bulgar ians. The revolutionists announce they will proclaim their choice of a min istry on their arrival in Athens.— Associated Press. WHITE WOMAN IS KILLED BY UNCLE Miss Essie Upchurch, of Eagle Rock, Shot Late Sat urday Night. Miss Essie Upchurch, formerly Mrs. Joris R. Bell, and a daughter of W. A. Upchurch, a well known citizen of the Zebulon section, was shot and instantly killed by her unel^, C. L. Cotton, at the home of her sister three miles from Eagle Rock, about midnight Saturday night. Cotton was released under a bond of $1,000 at the direction of Solicitor Norris yesterday. Killing of the woman was unin tentional. Cotton was aiming at a man whose identity has not been established, who was in company with the dead woman at the time. They had just emerged from a tobacco house on the premises, and when they were accosted by Cotton, the man cursed him and threatened to shoot. Cotton shot first. The woman fell to the ground and the man fled. Cotton who is a man of 45 and well known in his community, had gone to the house of his niece after supper Saturday night. Members of the family told him that they had suspicious that tobacco was being stolen from the strip-house, and he volunteered to watch the place for possible burglars. Armed with a shot gun he sat down to wait. Miss Upchurch was seen to leave the dwelling earlier in the evening and go to the strip house. Later she returned to her room, and then went back to the strip house again. Be tween 11 and 12 o’clock Cotton saw her emerge from the house, accom panied by a man, according to the story he told of the killing to Solici tor Norris yesterday. He called on them to halt. The man became abusive, cursed Cotton and threatened to shoot him, according to the man who did the shooting. He had a pistol, and wa3 about to open fire when Cotton shot. The woman dropped, shot through the left breast. She died without uttering a word. The man who was with her at the time ran, entering his automobile which had been left standing two hundred yards away. Cotton immediately went in search of an officer and gave himself up. W. A. Upchurch, father of the woman who was killed, and brother in-law to Cotton, signed his bond yesterday afternoon before T. Lloyd Tilley, deputy clerk of the court. DEEPER GLOOM BY GREEK REVOLT No Collision Yet But Turks and British are Concen trating Forces LONDON, Sept. 27.—A Greek rev olution has been added to the ever deepening near east difficulty and the allies are now faced with a more complex situation than ever. An im portant cabinet meeting tonight found the ministers in a very pessi mistic mood, the only comforting as pect of the critical situation being that no collision has as yet occurred between the British and Turks in the Chanak zone. In other respects the situation contains every element of danger. The Kemalists who are on both flanks of the British line at Chanak apparently refuse to budge and even decline to the recognize the existence of a neutral zone. After the cabinet council tonight the proposed peace conference was described as “not on the horizon at present.” Yet until the conference materializes everyone here realizes that the danger is extremely grave. Both British and Turks are hastening the concentration of their forces and the British public is apprehensive that any moment might bring about an unfortunate incident, setting the opposing forces in action. The people are anxiously asking how the disappearance of King Con stantine and the new situation in Greece will affect the question of Greek evacuation of eastern Thrace i j required by the allies and insisted I i upon by Kemal Pasha as a prelim- ; i inary to any peace conference. From the confused an<} conflicting accounts ! reaching here from Athens, this is a matter of extreme uncertainty. \ The revolution seems to have taken two different lines, one demanding the defense of Thrace, the other ask ing for the formation of a pro-en tente government. It is reported that General Papoulas, the new military governor of Thrace, has gone to the revolutionist headquarters in the Laurium region to consult with the leaders of the coup. Until- more definite news is re ceived and a new Greek government is formed, it is impossible to esti | mate what the situation will de velop. It is stated that Greece has 80,000 troops in Thrace ready to fight the Turks, and in the event of a revolu tionary government coming into power, with a determination to de- | fend the provinces, the question arises who will undertake to enforce Greek evacuation to satisfy Kemalist demands. That the British government is ad hering to its policy of returning east ern Thrace to the Turks is demon strated by the fact that Greek trans ports have been forbidden to use the straits from today. It was sup posed that the Greeks themselves had withdrawn the cruiser Averoff in response to the allied request, but a late dispatch reports that the crew of the Averoff mutined and sailed for Constantinople without their com mandej. The Associated Press correspond ent at Constantinople learns that the Kemalists are willing to accept the principle of neutrality of the straits pending the armistice con ference, which General Harington proposed should be held at Mudania or Ismid. Apparently therefore Ke mal Pasha is ready to participate in such a conference, and this implies that the position is much eased. General Harington continues to act with the utmost prudence and moder ation. He prevented an imminent j collision of the opposing forces in the Chanak area by a wireless order to ( General Shuttleworth to suspend an attack^ and according to information available here the government has given him complete freedom of dis ci etion regarding a time limit, and clearly does not desire to press mat- j tors. M. Franklin-Bouillon, the French envoy, is expected to reach Smyrna ' tomorrow morning and it is believed that until he has seen Kemal there vill be no military move of impor tance. Unofficial reports assert that Kemal will declare the allied condi- j tiers for peace conference unaccept able and insist upon the use of the straits for the transport of his troops SMITHFIELD HIGH TUSSLES AT RALEIGH TODAY j 'Second Game of Season for Both 1 Teams; Changes in Smith field Line-up. When the whistle blow:* today at 3:30 the Smithfield and Raleigh foot ball teams will trot out on the field for one of the hardest contests that either team will encounter this sea son. The Raleigh League Park will be the scene of a game which will be seen by a large crowd of Raleigh High supporters and ptobably a good bunch of loyal rooters from the little j city by the Neuse. As yet neither team has been heard claiming the j victory. Raleigh has not forgot the j 7-0 defeat which she took so unex pectedly from the local team last year. Smithfield has been somewhat quieted by the 38-0 defeat which she suffered under the skillful hands of the Oxford veterans in the opening game last Friday. Still both teams are out to fight the game to the last ditch with a never-say-die spirit. With certain changes in the Smith field lineup beginning with the ends, ! down through tackle and center and into the backfield it is not yet known ! who will start the game. Coach Park | has worked the boys more than usual 1 this week to get them ready for the j game. He will most probably carry ! 18 men with him to Raleigh. Skinner captains the local bunch while Coley, also backfield man, leads the Ral eigh Highs. SHORTAGE OF COAL WILL NOT BE ACUTE However During Winter There Will Be Some Shortage Caused By Strike. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2(5.—Survey of the coal situation was said at the White House today to have con vinced President Harding that al though a shortage during the winter is inevitable as a result of the min ers’ strike the situation would not be particularly acute. The President and his cabinet had before them af today’s meeting a re port from the Geological Survey which showed that effective steps have been taken to prevent a fuel famine. Coal is being moved to lake ports, the survey advised the Presi dent, in excess of the ability of lake carriers to move it to points in the northwest. The President, it was said, hopes to announce the personnel of the new federal coal commission next week. In the meantime,, he intends to give serious consideration to panels which operators and miners are expected to furnish. While the President has not obligated himself to appoint any per son recommended by either or both the operators and miners, he was re ported today as being glad to con sider such nominations. ATE LUNCH AT SCHOOL PUPILS ARE POISONED Several Hundred Children In Birmingham Have Ptomaine Poisoning; None Dead. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 27.— Several hundred students of the Woodlawn high school here were stricken with ptomaine poisoning a3 a result of food eaten at the school’s lunch room at noon today, according to authorities. A number are said to be seriously ill, but no fatalities had been reported early tonight. According to information received from a number of pupils and their parents, the children were stricken immediately after the lunch hour, some during the classes and others on the way home after school. All the physicians in the suburb were called upon to administer first aid treatment. If money is so plentiful, why don’t we get ours ? to Th’-nce before consenting to enter such a conference. Both British and Turks are con centrating large forces on the Ismid and Chanak lines. The British fleet on the spot now consists of six dread naughts, seven battle cruisers, anc 20 destroyers, while land forces which are continually increased al ready amount to 30,000 men.—Asso ciated Press. i PER CAPITA DEBT FOR STATE $74.26 Two Fifths for Schools and One Fifth for Interest Of $41,000,000 PER CAPITA DEBT—Front. North Carolina has a per capita State debt of $17.6 based on its outstanding bond issues of $41,983, 698 for all purposes including nine teen million for roads, and a debt of $74,26 for each inhabitant in State, county and municipal obliga tions. The total debt of the State, counties and cities is $167,090,936. On a property valuation of $2, (-00,000,000 the per capita taxes paid for all purposes, exclusive of income, inheritance, and privilege taxes is $16.10 annually, or a total of $41, 600,000 per year. In addition to this the State collects approximately $10, 000,000 annually in income and priv ilege taxeb. Two-fifths of the money collected by State, county and municipal au thorities, or approximately $21,000, 000 goes to the support of public schools and the higher institutions of 'learning. Njhie million dollars goes to paying the interest on the 167 million dollars of borrowed money. The rest of it goes for administra tion,. of public business, and in some instances to sinking funds. The debt of the State and coun ties is as follows: State debt _$22,430,998 Road bonds __ 19,522,600 County bonds __ 60,519,050 City bonds- 64,606,288 The figures are as of June 30, with nine million dollars added for the sale of State road bonds since that date. Local bond issues floated since July 1 ure negligible in the total, amounting to less than a pil lion dollars, and are not included in the budgets of counties and towns for the current year. Included in the State debt are obligations that date far back into the history of the commonwealth, the building of the North Carolina railroad, and other lesser enterprises that have engaged the attention of the State at various times. Also in cluded are bond issues approxicating five million dollars for material ex pansion of the State University and other institutions. Nineteen million dollars in bond issues have been placed at the order of the State Highway Commission, leaving $31,000,000 of the appropria tion made by the General Assembly in 1921 for roads still untouched. Contracts already let involve up wards of ten million dollars that have not yet been sold, but for which there is no immediate need until the work is toward completion. None of the $41,000,000 paid in taxes on real and personal property is collected or handled by the State. All of it is for entirely local pur poses, including school^, internal improvements, interest on borrowed money, and the administration of county and municipal government. The State appropriates about a mil lion dollars to supplement certain school funds. Revenues for the State are ob tained from income, inheritance and privilege taxes, and the road fund comes from a tax on automobiles, trucks and gasoline. The latter amounts to /ibout $3,000,000 an nually, and is used for the mainten ance of roads, the administration of the Highway Commission, and to pay the interest on borrowed money. All of the bond moneys are in vested directly in construction.—The News and Observer. Margaret Wilson in Court. NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Miss Mar garet Woodrow Wilson, daughter of former President Wilson, appeared in Essex street court today as the com plainant against William Cook, negro window cleaner, whom she charged with having stolen a $160 gold watch and curtain and curtain rods worth $46 from her apartment in Green wich Village. Miss Wilson, who told the court she was a student, declared that the articles disappeared after Cook cleaned the windows of her apart ment. Cook was remanded in $1,000 bail for action by the grand jury.