North Carolina Newspapers

DURHAM COUNTY WINS SPELLING ‘BE’ Thirteen Year Old Girl Is State Spelling Champion —Requires 7 Rounds Doris Smith, seventh grader at the White Cross Reads school. Durham county, was crowned queen of Tar Heel spellers after four hours of elimination in a field of more than 84 contestants in the second annual Sate spelling match held under the at apices of the North Carolina Teach ers Assembly yesterday. She is 13 years old, and White Cross is a three-teaeher elementary school. Right on the heels of the newly en throned queen of spellers w.as Ralph Thornburg of Mays Chapel school, in Cabarrus county, who iame within a word of being acclaimed sovereign of the orthographic realm, only hi couldn’t quite spell “sovereign” whe i the word was given out. Virginia Aderhodlt of Statesville came out third in the contest. It took seven rounds to determine the winner. First there were the 100 pencil twisters given out to the whole aggrgatiion representing 5°, counties. There were 8 survivors who missed nothing, or missed only one word. The third round cut it down to four, the fourth ended in a draw, the fifth eliminated one contestant, the sixth was a draw and the seventh named Doris Smith first, Ralph Thornburg second and Virginia Ader holdt third. “Calendar” proved the undoing jf approximately 90 per cent of the cas ualties in the first round. They put an “e” in it. “Ofttimes” was another snare that caught many unawares, and turned them into outer darkness. “Development” and “management ’ were the other stumbling blocks to perfection. In the final rounds it was necssary for the propounders of the words to get entirely outside the New World Speller and find words that would puzzle even a copy-reader. It took half an hour to get through with the preliminaries, register the. entries and collect the fifty cents that yas charged each of them for a chance at the crown. Relatives and teachers packed the inadequate high school auditorium and it was with no little reluctance that they made for the doors when they were told that attendance would be rstricted to the contestants and the people con ducting the contest. Frank H. Koose, principal of the Winston-Salem Hign school directed the contest and the words were given out by Mrs. I. V. D. Shunk, of the Centennial school here. raper and pencils were handed out to the contestants. It was a written contest throughout. The words were given out, pronounced twice, and fif teen seconds given to write it. ~t took half an hour to get through the first list of 100 and another half hour to pick the two papers wh:ch regis tered 100 per cent, and the six that registered 99 per cent.—News and Observer Nov. 30. FOUR OAKS NEWS. FOUR OAKS, Nov. 29.—Mrs. Bob Williams recently visited her son, Mr. Auborn Williams in Roanrke Rapid®. Miss Mattie Pierce left fcr !i« home at Kenly Thursday nlte" »ai. where she will live with her father whose health is rapidly declining. Misses Laeta Potts and Pearl Allen attended the Teachers’ Assembly in Raleigh last week. Miss Sallie Adams who is in school J at Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, was home to spend Thanksgiving with her mother, Mrs. D. W. Adams. ! Miss Annie Ford attended the j Teachers’ Assembly in Raleigh last ! week. Miss Luna Lewis visited relatives in Goldsboro a few days during the last week end. Mr. Roby Adams was at the As sembly for Teachers held in Raleigh last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Strickland were guests of relati.es in Elm City Thanksgiving. Mr. A. R. Ford was in Richmond, Wednesday on business. Mrs. William Adams was in Ral eigh Thursday at which place she at tended the Teachers’ Assembly. Mr. W. A. Allen who has been working in Wilson is at home now for some time. Miss Ruby Stanley, who is in school at Buie’s Creek, visited her grand mother, Mrs. Laura Creech during DEATH OF LITTLE MARION LEE DEANS Seven-Year-Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Deans Died Saturday Night Other Selma Happenings. SELMA, Nov. 29.—Our town was ; shocked and saddened Sunday morn j ing when it became known that little . Marion Lee Deans, the seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Deans I had passed away at ten o’clock S'-.t i urday ijight. The little boy became | seriously ill on Tuesday night. Two local physicians and a specialist from Raleigh did all in their power, but little hope was entertained for his re covery from the first. The funeral services were conduct ed at the home Sunday afternoon b Rev. Neill Mclnnis, of' the Presby terian church. At the beginning if the Service Rev. A. A. Butler, of the Baptist church offered prayer. Mem bers of the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist choirs sang “Sometime We’ll Understand” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus.” The services we .a concluded with a prayer by Rev. G. P.. Perry, of the Methodist church. A large concourse of sorrowi friends' accompanied the remains to the city cemetery where interme.it was made. The floral tributes .were numerous and beautiful. Relatives from out-of-town atten ! ing the funeral were Mrs. T. T Cov ington, Jr., of Laurinburg, Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Mitchiner, of Raleigh, Mrs. Maggie Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. Fra ik Finch and children and Miss Lula Deans, all of Wilsop. Marion Lee Deans was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Johij A. Mitchiner. Dr. R. J. Noble spent Thursday in Raleigh. The Literary Club met with Mrs. W. H. Call on Railroad street last Friday afternoon to reorganize an! discuss plans for the winter months. A delicious salad course was served. Mrs. R. J, Noble entertained a few of her friends at a delightful luncheon on lest Thursday. Those invited were Mesdames W. B. Driver, Wm. Rich ardson. J. A. Mitchiner, J. D. Hatcher, Sarah Edgerton, G. B. Perry and C. O. Jackson. There will be a Community Sing in the auditorium of the graded school building on Friday evening, December 15 at 8 o’clock, conducted by Dr. Robt. P. Noble, of Raleigh. This get-to-gether meeting is under the auspices of the Woman’s Club and everybody is invited and a good t4me assured. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Creech attended the funeral of Mrs. Jonah Pittman near Micro Saturday. ' Mayor Jas. H. Cowan, of Wilming ton, addressed a mass meeting of the citizens of Selma on Tuesday evening at the graded school building. Mr Cowan is a well informed and force ful speaker. After the exercises de licious sandwiches and coffee were served in the school lunch room by Mrs. L. D. Debnam and Miss Marg aret Etheredge of the Woman’s Club, assisted by some of the high school girls. Mrs. William Gallagher and little son left for an extended visit to her old home in Greenup, Ky., last Wed nesday. Mr W. T. Woodard and family are spending Thanksgiving with relatives in Van^eboro. Mi's. R. B. Pearce, Jr., who was op crated on for appendicitis in the Smlthfield Memorial hospital recently is convalescing rapidly and expects to be at home soon. Mr. W. G. Horne and family motor ed to Salisbury for the week end. They report good roads and a delight ful trip. Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Wiggs spent Monday in Pine Level -with relatives. Mrs. N. G. Woodlief and little daughter left for Lumberton Wed nesday afternoon, where she will spend Thanksgiving with her par ents. Miss Bertha Woodard arrived in ; the city Wednesday from Alt. Olive | where she has been teaching. Miss Annie Noble accompanied by two of the teachers from Meredith, Misses Welch and Rhodes, spent S1’ day with Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Noble. ! Dr. R. P. Noble and family and M ' j Nicholson, of Raleigh, and Judge A. j M. Noble and family of Smithfield. were guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Noble Sunday. Mr. J. J. Dillard, o*f Fremont, spent Tuesday in the city the guest of Ivs sister, Mrs. W. G. Ward. Mrs. I. W. Mayerberg entertained , the Tea Cups club at her beautiful home on Anderson street on Tuesday FOR TURLINGTON - MONUMENT FUND ^Committee Headed by W. | H. Austin Begin Work; To Announce Plans 1 __ It will be recalled that during the : past summer a movement was begun ! to provide in some way for a suitable i memorial to the late Prof. Ira T. j Turlington, whose life and character as well as his educational activities in Johnston county perhaps place him at the head of the county’s list of great men. A meeting of former pu pils was held in the school auditorium in June, at which time those present decided upon a life size bronze statue of Mr. Turlington to be erected on the court house square. A renown ed sculptor had been consulted and it was found that $10,000 would place this lasting monument to a man who deserves that and more from Johnston county and from former pu pils. At that meeting Mr. W. H. Austin was chosen to head a com mittee to pu* on a drive for funds to thus honor Prof. Turlington, and now that the crops are harvested and being marketed, the time seems op portune to push the movement through to a successful conclusion. Accordingly, Mr. Austin called into conference a few interested persons on Tuesday evening and definite plans were laid to begin work at once. A committee of four composed of Messrs A. M. Noble and H. P. Stev ens, Mrs. L. D. Wharton and Miss Annie Lee, was selected to help Mr. Austin in putting over the drive. A definite plan of action will be an nounced in the papers of the county next week. An effort will be made to organize the alumnae in adjoining counties in order that they may be given an opportunity to contribute to this fund. Any man or woman in Johnston County who came under the influence of Prof. Turlington’s teaching will be glad to learn that something is being done to commemorate the lab ors of this pioneer in education in Johnston County and will no doubt lend their co-operation in the move ment. The committee bespeaks the cooperation not only of former pupils of Mr. Turlington but of everybody in the county interested in education. Honor to whom honor is due, is right, and it is fitting and proper that this county honor Prof. Turlington. Young Folk* Have Party. Wednesday evening Miss Virginia Williamson entertained about a dozen of her friends at her home on Third Stree t. Partners for several contests were found by matching names from the funny papers, as for instance. “Maggie and Jiggs.” The first con test was guessing advertisements pinned in various places about the room. A “penny” contest was much enjoyed also. Home made candy wr.s served during the evening. afternoon. The home was lovely in its decorations of cut flowers and potted plants. The afternoon was spent in doing fancy needlework. De licious salad and ice courses were served. Mrs. Mayerberg had as her guests besides the club members Misses Stoneham and Martin. One of the most delightful social events of the season was the ban quet which the members of the Chat ter-box Club and the husbands en joyed on Friday evening, November 24, in the club rooms over the Bank. The Banquet Hall presented a very festive appearance with its shocks o' corn, pumpkins and decorations of pine and yellow chrysanthemums. The table, with covers laid for thirty, was beautiful under the soft glow of numerous candles. A color scheme of yellow and white was carried out. The Thanksgiving spirit and idea was predominant even to the turkey and accessories. Mr. Frank G. Lowe, toastmaster, made a short but verv interesting talk as a prelude to many appropriate, spicy, wit v and inter esting addresses which followed throughout the banquet. Following th s two spirited contests were engaged in. causing much merri ment. Mr. Alfred W'lson was de dared the winner. Mrs. W. B. Johnson charmed her hearers when she sang “Sailing Through,” accompanied by Mrs. M. K. Wall at th" p'ano. Mrs. W. G. Woodlief rendered several instrumen tal selections which were rr.-.-h en joyed. SUPT. POU WANTS PRISON REFORM Improvements Have Been Made There Since Mr. Pou Been In Charge \ -- RALEIGH, Nov. 27.—That the pas . sage by the general assembly of | three important legislative measures i affecting North Carolina’s penal sys j tern would provide for most of the re forms desired by the Citizens’ Com mittee of One Hundred on Prison Legislation, was the opinion express ed by George Ross Pou, superin tendent of the state prison, today. These bills, which Superintendent Pou will have presented to the leg islature, include the abolishment of the dangerous insane department of the state prison hnd the placing of these particular inmates in hospitals at Raleigh, Morganton and Golds j boro; establishment of any industry | the prison’s boai'd of directors may | deem advisable, allowing the sale of | the output of such industries to the public, and repeal of the law which makes it unlawful to sell bricks made by prison labor to' other than I state institutions. In connection with the introduc tion of new industries, the official would have the assembly provide sufficient appropriation for the pur chasing of necessary manufacturing machinery, he said. He showed the state now has in its possession 1, 500,000 bricks, which could be offer ed to the public with the repeal of the “brick act.” “The prison system now has no appropriation from the state,” said Mr. Pou. “We must make our own i expenses. The passage of the meas I ures which I have suggested would give us additional sources of income and would place us in a position to carry out practically all of the re forms desired by the Committee of One Hundred. “Under the present law, which al lows us to hire our prisoners for common labor and farming only, it is possible to show a smftll profit. But before I deprive the prisoners of proper and necessary food, cloth ing, medical and dental attentions in order to make such a showing, I will resign my job. The present system of keeping the dangerous insane at the state f r.sor is an absolute disgrace to North Carolisa,” he asserted. “There are 70 insane persons there—many of them born imbeciles, j some of them who neither can speak coher ently nor feed themselves—confined in an improvised ward, which is c-jowded and unsuited for such pur pose. Of the approximately 1,000 pris oners in the state prison system there are fully 350 unable to do a day’s work. There cost more to keep; yet they are non-producers. Why are they necessarily non-pro ducers ? For no other reason than some former legislature saw f:* * legislate in favor of special inter ests. We are not allowed to manu facture any article whatsoever with the state prison labor except for sale to other state institutions. “There are at least 250 of the non-producers who could work at some industry and earn their own expenses," he said. “This administration inherited an indebtedness of many thousand dol lars. I have spent on necessary re pairs and permanent improve ments the sum of more than $20, 000. I have installed modern hos pital facilities and numerous oper ations have been performed, which heretofore have gone unnoticed; numbers of prisoners have been cur ed of venereal diseases. A brick wall has replaced the old and ex pensive board fence which form erly surrounded the front of the prison. I have had steam heat in s'n’led in the hospital wards, oper at ng room, chanel and library. An additional 100-hqn-sepowrr boiler has been installed to care for this additional heat'ng system and to properly heat Ihe dangerous insane department. “The population of the prison has •eased during this administration f ’!1” 50 per cent. Upon being com n 11 ted a prsoner now receives a i thorough physical examination, blood tests are taken and in sus- i P’cious cases, sputum examined. The 1 arri-tynhoid and smallpox vaccine is n,dm n » “A Ne”’ Testament is supplied each pr'soner. An individual drink PRETTY MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE HERE WEDNESDAY Miss Eva Coates Becomes Bride of Mr. Le Roy Parker of Mt. Olive Wednesday Afternoon. A pretty home wedding was solem nized at the home of the bride’s par ests, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Coates Wed nesday afternoon at five o’clock when Miss Eva Coates became the bride of Mr. Marion Le Roy Parker, of Mount Olive. The home was tastefully decorate ! with long leaf pine and white chry santhemums, and was a beautiful setting for the simple but impressive ceremony. Only a few friends and relatives of the contracting parties were present. Promptly at the appointed hour Miss Irene Myatt took her place at the piano to play the accompaniment as Mrs. J. Walter Coates, of South Boston, Va., sister of the bride charm ingly sang “I Love You Truly” and “At Dawning.” Miss Myatt was be comingly gowned in Alice Blue satin with corsage of Premier roses, and Mrs. Coates wore brown canton crepe and carried yellow chrysanthemums. As the last note of the song died away and the Bridal Chorus from Lohen grin sounded the bride and bride groom entered the drawing-room to gether and took their places before the improvised altar. Rev. W. <). Cone, rector of St. Stephen’s Episc pal church, Goldsboro, pastor of the bride, performed the beautiful r n< ceremony. The bride was unusually attractive in her wedding costume of midnight blue broadcloth with squir rel trimmings and accessories to match. Her corsage bouquet was Parma violets and Premier roses. As soon as the vows were spoken, the young couple received congratu lations of those present. At this time a most delectable buffet suppr consisting of sandwichs and hot tea. angel food cake and crystalized fruit and mints was served. The young ladies serving were Misses Edna Coates, sister of the bride, Arah Hooks and Rose Grantham. Mr. and Mrs. Parker then left in their car for a short trip after wh c they will be at home in Mount Olive. Mrs. Parker is quite an attractive young woman. She has held a sten • graphic position in Mount Olive for some time until a few days ago when she came home for her wedding. She has a host of friends an whose best wishes go with her a; she makes her permanent home in Mount Olive. The bridegroom is a young man of sterling worth. He holds a responsi ble position with the Enterprise Whiteville Lumber Co., at Mount Olive. The young couple were the re cipients of a number of useful an 1 beautiful gifts. Those present at the wedding from out-of-town were: Miss Blanche Rice, Miss Bessie Claytor, Mr. Graves Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Manly, Mrs. F. E. Schweikert, Mrs. Graham Hood, Mr. D. M. Prince and daughter, Miss Julia Prince, of Goldsboro; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barfield, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Bizzell and Miss Mamie Reichel of Mount Olive; Rev. and Mrs. A. T Lassiter and children, of Benson; Mrs. Martha Lassiter, of Four Oaks; Miss Bessie Coates, of Greensboro: Mr. Kenneth Coates, of Chapel Hill; and Mrs. J. Walter Coates, of South Boston, Va. Creech- Bai ley. Tuesday evening about eight o’ clock, Mr. Thomas G. Creech, of Mi cro and Miss Ella Baker, of Fremon*, were married at the Methodist parsonage. Rev. D. H. Tuttle per formed the ceremony. Mrs. Creech is the daughter of Mr. Nathan M. Badey and Mr. Creech is a success ful larmer. They will make the.r home in Micro. mg cup is furnished. A standard menu has been adopted. Prisoners j are supplied with good clothing. Re- ! ligious services are conducted at all 3<?mps once a week with rare ex ceptions due to no fault on our part. ' In some camps they a-e held twice j each week. “I want it distinctly understood 1 tm net asking for any appropriation ror man’enance if allowed to prop- i rlv earn our expenses. I fP ] . | that if the recommendations I have made are carried out, the delin- ! mtents of cu- state w'll s*and at .-nst he onportun^y of replamat'on r.s'vad of damnation,” he stated.— Associated Press. GEN. ASSEMBLY WILL BE BUSY Solicitors May be Pyt on A Salary; To Improve the County Government (By Maxwell Gorman.) RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 28.—It be gins to look like the effort now mak ing to induce the Legislature to change the law so as to provide that the solicitors of the several judicial districts shall be paid fixed amounts as salaries, instead of fees as at pres ent, will be uccessful. Several ef forts to accomplish this result have been made in the past, but this time the Bar Association is behind the movement, which also had as part of its plan the matter of providing more courts for the larger ccounties in whcih the principal cities are located. One reason for the agitation of the subject of solicitors’ fees at this time is the effect, of newspaper publicity of excessive fees which some solicitors are alleged to be receiving under the present system, the statement being made that at least two solicitors re ceive fourteen thousand dollars a year and none less than seven or eight thousand. One solicitor was credited recently with drawing eleven hundred dollars for less than a week’s work in one county. One of the nest and and most re markable “fairs” ever held in this State has just been pulled off at the State College of Agriculture and Engineering in West Raleigh. It is really “worth reading about.” Sponsored by the Agricultural Club, an organization made up of the students taking the agricultural courses of the college, the 1922 fair, unique in its field in this section of the country, surpassed any of the fall festivals heretofore attempted, and compared very favorably with, a number of the community and county fairs of the State. Opening in the morning with a splendid parade that wound its way from the college through the down town streets of the city, in which every phase of the work of the col lege agricuHitf-at department Was represented by a clever float, the fair continued through the day. From the time the exhibits and midway were thrown open to visitors in the early afternoon a constant stream filed through Patterson Hall to ex claim with amazement at the impos ing array of farm products that had been assembled by the students, usu ally from their home farms and en tered in competition for the $700.00 worth of premiums offered by the fair association. Declared by critics to have been “the best parade ever seen in Ra leigh,” the street portion of the fes tivities drew protracted applause all along the line of march. The whole show, freask, sideshows, clowns and all the rest of it, was in the line of march, but stress was laid all the day through on agricultural education and the float placarded “Watch State College Men Pull North Carolina to the Front” em bodied the spirit of the whole pro cession. The float was pulled by a squad of freshmen. As the time for assembling of the new Legislature draws nigher, we are getting in closer touch to some planing being done by the executive branch of government also. Governor Morrison, it is said, expects to ca|T the “Commission on Reorganization of County Government” into action within the next few weeks. This commission, composed of about forty prominent North Carolinians of all callings, was appointed last summer to mvesCgate the existing system of county government and to make re commendations for legislation look ing to an improved system. No member of the Legislature is a member of the commission, the Gov e- nor thinking that, this work should be performed by persons outside the circle of lawmakers. After a careful examinat'on of the way county gov ernments now operate, the commis sion will study ways and means of making improvements and those sug gestions will be turned over to the General Assembly, probably in the form of a new bill. Legislation looking to the organi zation of county government will be on'- of the several important recom mend* frms Governor Morrison wdl make in his biennial message.