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SUNDAY SCHOOL VESPER SERVICE “Earth’s Golden Day” The Theme of Program; Of fering for Near East According to the usual custom, the Methodist Sunday School will hold a White Vesper service on Sunday eve ning before Christmas which this year falls on Christmas Eve. A com mittee has been at work for some time and a good program has been arranged, the theme of the program being “Earth’s Golden Day.” An of fering will be made for the Near East Relief The following is the program to be carried out: Processional Earth’s Golden Day. Invocation. Mr. Tuttle. Recitation. A Little Word of Welcome. Margaret Holland, Jr. Scripture Reading. Song. Making Jesus Glad. Juniors. Recitation. Merry Bells. Josephine Hales, Tommy Creech, Nell Gordon, Jack Broadhurst, Mary Noble, Charles Par rish, Nancy Lyon. song, j^cnoes oi angeis bongs. School. Solo. Thomas Hood. Song. Welcome Your King. Young People. Christmas Fancies. Recitation. Gladys Edgertcn, Ada Stevens, Christine Hales, Lillie K. Pat terson, Thelma Butler. Song. Santa Claus. Beginners. Song. Selected. Choir. On Christmas Night. Recitation. Carrie Young. Song. Creations Shrine. Juniors. The Universal Light. Recitation. Mildred Cotter. Hills of God Break Forth. 1 e Raymond Woodall. Chorus. Hosanna. Intermediate Department Christmas Eve. Recitation. Tamah Holt. Holy Night, Holy Night. Virginia Williamson. In Days Long Aga. Quartet. Mary Gattis Holland, Anne Ste vens. Nell Grantham, Leone Sanders. Which Is Best? Six little tots. Christmas Giving. Nell Grantham. Offering. Solo. Miss Emma Young Recessional. Joy To The World. PRESIDENT ASKED TO PARDON EX-SERVICE MEN CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 19—A motion requesting President Harding to investigate and consider pardon cases of ex-service men serving court martial sentences before considering those of so-called “political prison ers” was adopted by the national council of administration of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars, at the clos ing session of a two-day conference here tonight. Adoption of the motion was in line with a suggestion offered by Col. C. R. Forbes, director of the vet eran’s bureau, in an address before the conference yesterday when the declared that 20,000 ex-sercie men are in prison serving time for va rious offenses “where they have been forgotten.” THE TIGER OF FRANCE BACK IN HIS LAIR, HAPPY PARIS, Dec. 20.—Former Premier Clemenceau, back in Paris today from his American trip said he was happy to have made the voyage, as he found the American people still great friends of France. They had been most enthusiastic, he added. When the “Tiger” reached his home in the Rue Franklin he found a num ber of reporters and photographers waiting at the door. He declared at first he had nothing to say to the newspaper men, but he allowed the cameramen to operate, displaying un usual willingness for him, to under go this ordeal.—Associated Press. INI ‘ l ENZA IS RACING AT TRAINING SCHOOL KINSTON, Dec. 20.Influenza epi demic raged at the Caswell Training School, State Institution for the fee hlc- minded here, today. The superin tendent issued an appeal for volun teer nurses. Scores were ill, includ ing faculty members. No serious cases were reported. Miss Ruth Wilson leaves today for Dunn to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents. COUNTY BOLL WEEVIL MEETING W. M. Sanders Arranges for Meeting; Serves Barbecue . Dinner at Frost Place A boll weevil discussion, a fore runner of others to be held in Johns ton County and other cotton grow ing counties of the state, was h Id at Johnson Union church near he-., yesterday, Messrs Franklin Sherman, State Entomologist, and W. Bruct Mabee, Extension Assistant bemg the chief speakers. Mr. W. M. Sanders as every other farmer is interested in the boll weevil ani i*s appear«.rce in thi> section, and he co:: ct.i the ph n of having these specialist: come to hi.-: farm. “The I rost Place,” and speak on this vital question not only for his ■ ”n bene'V ! far his nei rhbor far .*•. re and f> ends. The inclemency of the weather and the 'ooditiou of the road-, kept the crowd from L< h..r as large as >v expected, but the round table dis cussion, possible only in a small group, probably offset the smallness of the crowd. Seed was sown in good ground, and yesterday’s meeting w.'ll undoubtedly bear fruit. Mr. Sanders opened the meeting with a few appropriate remarks and asked Mr. N. B. Stevens, County Farm Agent, to introduce the speak ers of the occasion. Mr. Sherman was called upon first and his con vincing manner of speech, his words backed by years of actual experience, made quite an impression upon those present. He began by saying tha: not until 1919 did the boll weevil in vade North Carolina and not until 1921, this particular locality. Real injury has not been done in this sec tion yet, but judging from the ex perience of other sections, 1923, will mean a loss to the cotton farmers, the extent of the loss no one is able to say. He ventured the assertion that for the next two or three years the cotton crop in Johnston County will be more or less retarded by the weevil, but predicted that ultimately Johnston County will grow cotton as well if not better than now. He cited the Irish potato bug and the San Jose scale as examples of pests which have been practically over come, more Irish potatoes and fruit being raised in North Carolina now than ever before. He thinks it probable that the boll weevil will have a similar effect. Mr. Sherman then mentioned a few theories concerning the destruc tion of the boll weevil of which he wished the farmers to rid their minds. First he stated that in North Carolina the winters were rarely severe enough to freeze boll weevil. Then he discounted the plan of burning off fields to burn them up He did not think much of using a machine which some salesman might try to sell, for collecting all the squares to be burned and he explod ed the theory that lights attract the weevil. By this process of elimina tion, he led up to the two methods of boll weevil control which have prov en effective by actual demonstration. The first is known as the Cultural metnoa ana tne second, a system ot Poisoning. For the thirty yea^s since the boll weevil crossed the Mexican line into Texas, experiments have been tried for its extermination and only these two methods have thus far been effective. Speaking of the Cultural method, Mr. Sherman stressed the importance of securing an early matured crop. He pointed out the advantages of se lecting well drained land, the impor tance of plowing the land early, of planting the seed early, planting a good variety of seed, of using a g_>od grade of fertilizer and of cultivat ing frequently and thoroughly. After a discussion of the Cultural method, Mr. Sherman called upon Mr Mabeo who has been doing dem emstration work in poisoning in Scot land county, to present the plan for poisoning the boll weevil. Mr. Mabee iirst stated that calcium arsenate had been found best to dust with, and that night was the best time to put it on. He did not advise using it on land that produced less than a half bale to the acre. He told the farm ers how to tell what percentage of their cotton was infested and gave reasons why the calcium arsenjjte should be put on at night. The dust ing season lasts only about a month from the middle of July to the mid (Continued on page 5) 1 dfriatmaa Haapar g>mrir* UNDER AUSPICES OF 3l)p Wnutan's (Club SMITHFIELD, N. C., DECEMBER 25, 1922 Anthem—“The Earth Is the Lord’s”_Lerman Invocation-Rev. Fred Collins Duet—Message of the Angels_Beazley Mrs. Jno. W. Ives and Miss Helene Ives Scripture Lesson_Rev. W. C. Gumming Anthem—Peace and Good Will___Wilson Hymn—0 Little Town of Bethlehem_Choir and Congregation Trio—Where Is He? _Heyser Messrs. Easom, Medlin and Eason Anthem—Shepherds Hail the Wondrous Story_Heyser Trio—0 Bethlehem _Gabriel Misses Myatt, Johnson and Mrs. N. T. Holland Bass Solo and Chorus—The Angels Chorus_Heyser Mr. Paul Eason and Choir Anthem—Joy to the World_F. Lyon Solo—0 Holy Night___ Mr. H. B. Easom Quartet—Crown Him King_Gabriel Mrs. Holland, Miss Johnson, Messrs. Eason and Hood Anthem—Hail to the Lord’s Anointed_Stutts Benediction-Rev. D. H. Tuttle LUMBERTON SEEKING BUFFALO FOR ZOO WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Luni berton is seeking a couple of Buffalo for its zoo, and in this matter E. -f Glover called upon C''v.gressnr.n Lyon lor assistance. Mr Lyon t n k the matter up with <he Nat' nsi Park service and is informed that if Lumberton will bear the neces sary expenses it can get two buffalo. The department states that it has made a practice for some years of giving buffalo and other animals to parks and that this could be done for Lumberton but not until Spring and that necessary assurances must be given that the animals would be properly cared for. The expens ?s that must be met include about $7." for capturing and shipping the buf falo, these to be shipped from Gardi ner, Montana. M'cro Highs Swamp Clayton. MICRO, Dec. 18. Micro II g!,s journeyed over to Clayton We In: day, December 13, where they d.d the trick to Clayton highs to the tune of fil to 19. The main feature of th game was the goal shooting of Micro. CLOSE SCHOOLS AT HIGH POINT ON ACCOUNT OF INFLUENZA High Point, Dec. 20.—Following a conference between the city physicians and Superintendent W. M. Marr, the public schools of High Point were closed at noon today because of sick ness among the teachers and pupils. Superintendent Marr reported this , afternoon that 14 teachers were ab- ! sent today, being confined to their ’ homes with influenza or colds. Three ! hundred pupils were absent yesterday and an investigation disclosed that more than 160 of these were kept at ; home because of colds. It was explained by the school su perintendent that decision to close the 1 schools today was reached because of ! the illness of the teachers and not be cause of any fear of an epidemic of influenza here. With the teachers 1 absent, it is impossible to make any progress in the school work, he ex- | plained. Although several hundred cases of influenza or colds have been reported here during the last few days, Dr. J. W. McAnally, city physician, said this afternoon there was no occasion for alarm. i *The Family Christmas Tree “BOOZE” POURED INTO CAPE FEAR Better Bank Laws Needed; Uniform Tax System for School Financing (By Maxwell Gorman.) RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 20.—U. S. Marshal R. W. Ward having returnej to Raleigh from Wilmington where he superintended the breaking of twelve thousand quart bottles filled with liquor and the emptying of the fluid into the sewers and thence into the Cape Fear River, it may be safe ly asserted that the cargo of the “good ship Message of Peace” was not put to such a bad purpose as ^yas j intended, and that it at least will not j figure in the supply of Christmas j “booze" during the holiday peri d j that is “just around the corner.” The confiscation of the whiskey was one feature of the agreement which ended the prosecution of Cap tain Arthur Coleman and Super cargo Claude Graham. The cargo of a thousand cases of whiskey, said by Captain Coleman to represent a n original cash investment of approxi mately $32,000, is estimated to have been worth, on the basis of prevailing prices for bootleg whiskey, around ? 100,000. cut tnat amoont of money is small in comparison with the saving made those who would have drunk ii and their families and loved ones— in not only a financial sense but in the more important aspect of saving (he lives of the drinkers, thr inness of others whom it would not have actually Killed, the tears and th• heartaches and privations which its use would have caused innocent per sons connect' d with the victims who would have used it. It was a good job, and let us believe that the ex ample will deter other sea captains from attempting to bootleg whiskey in North Carolina ports. Better Laws Needed to Convict Em bezzlers and Bank Thieves The Superior Court solicitor of this (7th) judicial district, Hon. Herbe t E. Norris, who is voluntarily retiring after 12 years of a most active ser vice as prosecuting officers at the State Capital, today gives out in a statement some information and rec oin mendations based on the valuable experience, that are of current in terest and real value. The views of the solicitor in re gard to the banking laws have be< : influenced by a specific instance in his recent experience, growing out >f the failure of the Central Bank and Trust Co., of Raleigh. A nol pr «s was taken against R. G. Allen former president of the bank, after a substantial settlement; one of the reasons being the solicitor’s opinion that he could not convict under ex isting laws. Cases against J. H. High tower and H. H. Massey, resident and cashier, respectively, of the de funct bank, are still pending in the court, a verdict of guilty of receiving deposits knowing the bank to be in solvent having been ^et aside at the | September term of the court by Judge C. C. Lyon. rresent statutes snoukl be so amended as to provide that no loans shall be made to a director, stock holder, officer or employe of ,ny bank until ihey have first been approved by the board of directors at a regular ! meeting, and that in the case of di •ectors or officers, the endorsements ce each directors be required on all notes, in the opinion of Mr. Norris. He would make violation of this law a felony and the showing of fact pre sumptive evidence of criminal intent He also favors an amendment, re quiring examination of cash over drafts and notes by the finance com r.iittee of the board of directors of every bank once each thirty days, the approval of the committee to be made in writing. He would make a violation of this law a misdemeanor with members of the finance commit 1ee eivally liable for any losses to the depositors resulting therefrom. An other amendment he favors would require examinations of each State bank by the Corporation Commissio . at least once every six months. Make Possession of Liquor a Crime. The solicitor regards revisal of the State prohibition laws so as to cor form to the Volstead act essential t » enforcement of prohibition by the S^ate courts. “You can’t break up bootlegging until you make posses sion of whiskey a crime,” he asserts. (Continued on page 8) TURKS MUST MAKE DEFINITE ANSWER Allied Premiers Say the Last Word; United States Is Silent; Experts Leave LAUSANNE, Dec. 19.—Turkish fears of submarines, Turkish feats of swiftly flying military airplanes, laden with bombs and, generally, Turkish fears of aggression from without that will put Constantinople in danger, have conference in jeop ardy. The United States is silent on the situation, but the Allied leaders say tonight that they have uttered their last word on the question of the lib i erty of the straits. Tomorrow the i Turks must say yes or no to the | Allied project. The British experts, Admiral Keyes and General Burdett Stuart, already have left for England, believing their work completed, and the French experts are preparing to de part tomorrow night at the eonclu I sion of the last session for discus | sion of the straits. Whether a lup | lure will come on the straits prob j lems depends chiefly on whether the | Entente diplomats and their experts can remove the Turkish fears. This they are trying to do tonight. The diplomats are endeavoring to convince the Angora statesmen th.. the straits project is essentiallv framed to meet conditions in urnes of peace, and that the Allies are not in any sinister hidden manner seek ing facilities for war and especial'y against Turkey. They say they have only sought the equality of all fleets passing through the straits on peace ful errands. The Allies have emphasized that they cannot accept the Turkish re quest for the suppression of sub marines and military airplanes, es pecially they have been unable tr accept the Ottoman suggestion that combined foreign fleets entering the Black Sea shall not exceed in strength the fleet of the strongest naval power of the Black Sea. “That would make the Black Sea forbidden ground,” said a French expert to night. As the Russians are here only for discussion of the straits question, to morrow may gee the last of them at Lausanne. They still are in a fight ing mood, however. George Tchit cherin was in fine argumentative form today. He tried to win Ameri can sympathy for the Russian straits project by insisting that it incor porated the American idea of “bene ficent warships.” But the Allies have agreed that the Moscow straits plan is absolutely un acceptable. Tchitcherin made a dramatic plea to the world masses. He said Russia was convinced the world’s peoples were back of Russia in her attempts to secure interna tional justice. He also bitterly con demned what he called “marinism” adding, “I mean the sea militarism whi' h hopes to strangle Russia.” An additional fear of the Turks which the Allies must calm tomor row is that with which they surround the proposed international commis sion to supervise control of the straits. The Turks claim the com mission will be inquisitorial in na ture. that it may infringe Tui-kish sovereignty and, finally that it may be U3pd as a club by some powers to threaten Turkey. Hence their am b'tion to have a general guarantee pact signed at Lausanne which will assure the neutrality of the straits and prevent acts of hostility in Turkish territorial waters. It was pointed out tonight that failure of the Straits nlegoti? t’ons would not necessarily imply failure on other vital matters of the Lau sanne agenda, one of which is ra ging Peace between Greece and Turkey and betwetn Turkey and :he Allies. Marquis Gur- cn today informed tf. liarrere, of the French '.cle gation, that the British government had abandonee the idea of having the Lausanne treaty written in the English and French languages. He agr« ed tha. French alone should be used. As France has made no re quest in this connection, the Eng lish initiative created an exceeding ly pleasant feeling among the Frenchmen, who like to have the:r language regarded always as the language of diplomacy.—Associated Press.
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