FARMERS HEAR
WEEVIL DISCUS’ION
Board of Agriculture En
dorses Home Demon
stration Work
The first county wide meeting for
the discussion of growing cotton un
der boll weevil conditions was held
in Smithfiela Tuesday when Air. T.
M. Garren, of the Division of Agron
omy from the Extension Department
and Mr. J.C. Taylor with the Royster
Fertilizer Company working with
the Extension department addressed
a large audience of farmers in the
Court house. At a previous meeting
held before Christmas at Mr. W. M.
Sanders’ Frost place, Mr. Franklin
Sherman and Mr. W. B. Mabee spoke
to about fifty farmers, and the
meeting no doubt did good, but on
this occasion many more were read,
ed, a large number of farmers and
a few farm women being on hand to
hear what these boll weevil special
ists had to say.
Mr. A. M. Johnson, president of
the County Board of Agriculture,
presided over the meeting and intro
duced the speakers of the occasion.
In introducing Mr. Garren, he char
acterized the meeting as a trial with
a case against the boll weevil, the
farmers being the jury. The speak -
ers he represented as lawyers plead
ing to convict the weevil.
Mr. Garren in pllhin convincing
tc:ms presented the first step in
combatting the boll weevil, and urg
ed the farmers to consider the sit
uation seriously enough that they
may avoid the loss of a single cot
ton crop. He said that the world
must have cotton and the farmers
must raise some of the staple if not
as large crops as formerly. He stat
ed that it ought to be easier for
North Carolinians to produce it be
cause of the experience which all the
states south of them have had. He
pointed vA>t that Texas was hard hit
when the pest crossed the border
line, and had to experi ment with
methods of control and extermina
tion. Mr. Garren brought a message
which was the result of several year’s
work in boll weevil states, and the
keyword to the situation, according
to his experience, is “earliness.” Se
lect well-drained fields for planting
that will produce early crops; plow
early either in the fall or early
spring; plant an early variety of
seed; and use methods of cultivation
that will make the crop mature ear
ly. He advised planting close to
gether and leaving it in close spaces.
As to fertilizer, he had nothing new
to recommend except to use a good
grade, a 10-3-3 rather than 8-3-3, and
to increase the amount of acid phos
phate. He recommended nitrate of
soda as the best for supplying nitro
gen, and advised putting down all
the fertilizer at planting time. He
stressed rapid and frequent cultiva
tion in order to mature the squares
before the weevils had time to get
in their work.
Following this address, Mr. J. 0.
Taylor told of the poisoning method.
He began by saying that in discus
sing the boll weevil there was dan
ger of two things: getting some of
the people too badly scared and not
gett;ng some of them scared enough.
He was emphatic, however, in his
statement that Johnston County can
go through the scourge of boll wee
vil without serious loss, if the farm
ers are willing to do the necessary
Things to ward off loss.
After the farmers have put into
practice the very best methods of
raising cotton as outlined by the first
speaker, Mr. Taylor told them to
poison with calcium arsenate as soon
as the fields showed signs of infes
tation. The poisoning should be done
every four days, but good results can
be expected by spraying less often
than that. He recommended spray
ing only when land would produce
as much as one-half bale of cotton
to the acre. If the land is too poor
to make that much he advised plant
ing something else. After explain
ing the method of putting the poison
on, and when to put it on, Mr. Tay
lor offered to answer questions rela
tive to the subject.
This part oft he program being
concluded, the chairman of the meet
ing, seeing Mrs. Estelle Smith, Dis
trict Home Demonstration Agent in
the audience, called her to the front,
and Mrs. Smith made a ringing
speech for Home Demonstration
work. She showed how this home
work with the farm women and girls
MR. W. M. SANDERS
INTRODUCES BILL
Bill Requires Judges to Stay
In County Full Term;
Local Measure
The representatives from Johnston J
and the senators from this district :
in the legislature are proving alert j
| to their job and have already taken !
a hand in getting bills introduced. j
Mr, W. M. Sanders of this city has
presented two bills to the House this
week. These measures, which have ^
been threatened for many years, have
finally reached the legislature, show
j ing that there has been some dis
I satisfaction with the congestion of
the court dockets of the state. One
of these bills is to require the atotr
ney general to give entire time to
his office. The other requires judges
of the Superior court to stay at ap
pointments. The bill requiring judges
to devote full time to official duties
follows:
“Section 1. That all judges of the
Superior Court of North Carolina
shall remain at the county-seat of
the various counties to which they
are assigned to hold court for the
full term provided by the legislature
notwithstanding the fact that the
docket for such term may be sooner
disposed of, forthe purpose of hear
ing and disposing of such matters at
Chambers as may come before them.
“Sec. 2. That after disposing of
the docket and such matters as may
come before such judge at Chambers,
then such judge shall summons the
lawyers practicing in such county to
meet him in the courthouse and go
over the dockets and make and en
ter such orders and issue such pro
cess as may be necessary to get the
cases on the dockets, criminal and
civil, iin proper shape for trial.
“St'c. 3. Thp-t- ftor- diipateliir.^
the business of the county as above
provided, then, with the consent of
the bar of such county the judge
may leave the county-seat before the
expiration of such term of court,
and the clerk of the respective courts
shall enter upon the minutes of each
term of court the date the judge
leaves the county-seat.”
Among the seventeen measures
that were introduced in the Senate
Wednesday were two that are of in
terest to Johnston county. One was
the bill presented by Mr. H. B. Par
ker, of Goldshoro, senator from this
district, which provides that auto
mobile trucks must carry mirrors.
Another was the bill by Mr. Paul D
Grady, of Kenly, also a senator from
this district, to increase the com
missioners of the town of Selma from
four to five and to issue bonds.
Inebriate: “Is it as serious as that,
doctor? I thought it was some sim
ple thing that could be got rid of by
an operation. —London Mail.
was resulting in more attractive
hemes, in better fed boys and girls
and in increasing the family in
come. She mentioned the curb mark
ets and poultry associations con
ducted through this department arid
told or one woman in her district
who sold last year $431 worth of
products through the Home Demon
stration work. Mrs. Smith was
warmly applauded when she took
her seat. After the announcement
of several committees the meeting
adjourned.
In the afternoon, the county board
of agriculture, with thirteen out of
j the seventeen townships represent
j ed, met in the commissioners room
, and laM plan for the coming months.
; It was decided to have a Farmers
Exchange Day once a month with '
the hope of ultimately having a reg- ,
uiar curb markiet;. The {(ime and ,
place for the first exchange day will (
be announced later.
The chairman of the board asked
for an expression from the members |
as to continuing the Home Demon
stration work in the county, and the
Home work was endorsed by more
than a two-thirds vote.
The Board decided to help the co
operative marketing association par
ticularly in locating cotton farmer
members who have not received the
second advance on their cotton. In
some instances the names and cor
rect addresses are not recorded pro
perly, and therefore their second ad
vance has not been paid. If any far
mer has not received second payment,
if he will get in touch with Mr. A. M.
Johnson, or Mr. N. B. Stevens, Coun
ty Agent, they will help straighten
the matter out.
RECORDER’S COURT
HAS A BUSY DAY
Princeton School Case Was
Thrown Out; Perry Bound
Over to Superior Court
The crowd which gathered here
Tuesday for Recorder’s Court, boll
weevil meeting and other business,
looked like old time Superior Court
days before prohibition went into
effect. But the trials in the Record
er’s Court attracting such a crowd
Tuesday were the Perry case and the
case agair^st M*ks Bltrjnchie Penny,
principal of the school at Princeton.
The circumstances of the Perry
case have been reported in these
columns and our leaders are more
or less familiar with the facts. A.
W. Perry, chief of police of Benson,
was charged with the murder of Mr.
Paul Stephenson in the town of
Benson early on the morning of
December 16th. A probable cause
was found in the Recorder’s Court
and the defendant was bound over to
Superior Court under a $1000 bond.
The case against Miss Penny was
brought about by the whipping of a
child, small son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Holt who formerly lived in this
city. The teacher according to re
port, had trouble in managing the
child and carried him to Miss Penny,
principal ofthe school. He was duly
punished, and later Miss Penny and
the child’s teacher were charged with
assault, and bound over to the Re
corder’s Court. ,At the conclusion
of the state’s evidence Judge Brooks,
attorney for the defendants moved
for their discharge, the evidence be
ing insufficient to convict. The mo
tion was sustained and the defend
ants adjudged not guilty.
Other cases disposed of by Judge
SToTile on Tuesday were as follow*.
State vs. Delma Lane, Henry How
ell and Tim Stevens, colored, charg
e dwith blockading. Lane and How
ell were found guilty and each sen
tenced to six months on the roads.
Tim Stevens was found not guilty
and was discharged.
State vs. A. B. Hudson charged
with using indecent and vulgar lan
guage in a public place. He was
found guilty. Prayer for judgment
continued for 12 months upon pay
ment of costs.
State vs. Elton Hudson, charged
with using indecent and vulgar
language, found guilty and given
the same sentence as A. B. Hudson.
State vs. R. H. Johnson charged
with retailing without license. Guil
ty. Prayer for judgment continued
12 months upon payment of costs.
State vs. Zeb Norton and R. A.
McLamb charged with assault. De
fendant Norton pleads guilty. Fined
$25 and costs. As to McLamb case
continued until Jan. 23.
State vs. Mrs. C. W. Furlong, col
ored, charged with carrying con
cealed weapon and assault with dead
dly weapon. Found not guilty as to
assault but guilty as to carrying con
cealed weapon. Fined $50 and costs.
An appeal was taken to the March
term of Superior Court.
ANTI-KU KLUX BILL
IS GIVEN APPROVAL
RALEIGH, Jan. 16.—Representa
tivt Milliken, of Union, put through
unanimously in the judiciary com
mittee this afternoon his anti-Ku
Klux bill, which requires the state
secretaries of the several secret; or
ders to keep a roster oftheir mem
bership.
There was no fight made. Solici
tors of other secret order members
who have been fearful that the Mil
liken bill would work a hardship on
them were not present today. There
were no kickers either. Among the
members of the committee were Par
ker, of Alamance; Parker of Halifax;
Burgwyr. Pryant, Dillard, Townsend
of Harnett; and Chairman Warren,
the strong lawyers of the assembly.
Examination for Midwives
Monday, January 22, 1923, begin
ning at 2 p. m., an examination will
be given to midwives who have at
tended five out of six of the lectures
given by the Johnston County Boar.j
of Health. The examinations will
I be given by the County Health Offi
cer. Those who qualify will be reg
I istered with the County Board of
| Health and a certificate will be
! granted free of charge.
Dept, of Maternity and Infa icy.
MISS WEDDELL IS
NOW IN ALASKA
She Writes Interestingly to
T. G. S. Boys at U. N. C.
Of Alaskan Life
Friends and pupils of Miss Laui a
Weddell, who taught last year in
the high school here, will be interest
ed in the following letter which she
has written from far away Alaska
to the T. G. S. boys now at the State
University. Miss Weddell is spend
ing this year with her sister at
Eagle, Alaska. The letter which was
dated November 9, is as follows:
“This letter is for all of my Smith
field boys at Carolina.
“My dear boys:
“In spite of the fact that some of
you are quite expert with the type
writer I am daring to use it for my
letter to you as time here is so very
crowded. The mail man is due to
make three trips a month from Daw
son, Yukon Territory to Eagle and
sometimes he comes early to avoid
worse weather. He has three means
of travel: boat down the Yukon in
summer; horses and sleigh in fall;
and dog sled in winter. He comes
tomorrow, though he was really due
to start then, so we all are rushed to
get our mail ready to go back with
him. Getting mail only three times
a month is rather hard.
“Sometimes I almost wish I were
back in North Carolina with daily
papers, movies, shows, automobiles,
and people—just lots of people, like
the crowds and crowds I saw in New
York, but again I wouldn’t miss all
the experiences I’m haying here for
six times the little income I would
otherwise have been getting. Every
one of you, I believe, would enjoy a
year in this country—even the novel
ties of th^^ijnate would probably
; apical tVnA,
fall on August 28th, We have had sev
eral, of course, though it is now
only about ten inches deep. Our first
aero weather came a few nights ago.
We saw the northern lights as early
as August, but have seen much more
beautiful display in the colder weath
er. Across the sky—the northern
half—there appear great arches of
light, with shimmering, c reeping
streamers stretching from a central
point below the horizon to the farth
est arch. These streamers have all
the color of the rainbow. It is a
marvelous sight and changes from
second to second.
We are in the most desirable part
of Alaska—the interior, with its dry,
healthful climate, and the wilder
ness, with its abundant game and
partial shelter from the severe winds
of winter. The summers generally
last about two months, but this year
it was very short. The gardens were
killed with the freeze in August. We
camped for ten days eight miles from
town and had a delightful time.
Each morning we had to break ice
in the brook for bath water—before
you boys left home for Chapel Hill—
and after hunting grouse or caribou
(according to the energy we had),
plain hiking, or just reading all day,
we crawled into caribou skin sleep
ing bags, rolled over on the spruce
boughs laid on the ground, and slejit
the sleep of the thoroughly tired, but
happy. Ice has been running in the
river for about two weeks so that
probably the river will be frozen ov
er by the 15th. The ice comes down
in circular pieces generally, caused
by constantly turning in the numer
ous eddies. It is clear in the center
with high, white, uneven edges. The
thin cakes knocking against each
other remind me of the wind in the
pines. The thin ice along the shore
gradually attaches these cakes un
til the frozen masses from the two
sides meet. The break-up comes
about the middle of May and then
everybody starts their gardens. I
j am called a “Chee’Chaw’Ko” (really
| spelled Cheechako), but when I have
j seen the river close in the fall and
j breakup in the spring I shall be a
: full-fledged “sourdough.”
Caribou, moose, bear (brown and
black-,) mountain sheep and goats,
rabbits, groose, dock, ptarmigan and
fish are generally abundant within
a small radius from Eagle. I have
been learning to shoot and have had
fair success [with small game—the
only kind I have had a chance to get.
The two herd of caribou that I have
seen were not within shooting dis
tance. I like to go out, and often
hunt alone. On day, in less than
an hour I had shot two grouse (Alas
(Continued on page 5)
WOMEN’S COUNTY
COUNCIL MEETS,
—
Adopt Resolution Asking
County Commissioners to
Retain Work
The Women’s County Council com
posed of representatives of the var
ious Home Demonstration clubs in
Johnston County held its first meet
ing since organization itn the Wom
an’s Club room here Tuesday at one
o’clock. Twenty-five women and
girls were present and the soc.ial
committee of the local Woman’s club
served a delicious luncheon. Those
present were Mrs. L. D. Grantham,
Misses Taylor, Grantham, Baker and
Penny, of Princeton; Mrs. W. G. and
Miss Evelyn Wilson, of Wilson’s
Mills; Mrs. W. S. Earp and Miss Es
sie Sasser of Thanksgiving; Mrs.
Harrison, of Baptist Center; Miss
Debbie Bailey, of Kenly; Mrs. C. G.
Wiggs, of Selma; Mrs. N. T. John
son, of Selma, RFD; Mrs. J. E. Ed
wards and Mrs. J. W. Barnes, of
Creech’s School; Mrs. D. J. Wellons
and Mrs. Mary James, of Smithfield,
RFD; and Mrs. Thel Hooks, Mrs. J.
W. Moore, Mrs. H. L. Skinner, Mrs.
T. R. Hood and Mrs. T. J. Lassiter
of this city. Mrs. Estelle Smith, >f
Goldsboro, District Home Demon
stration Agent was the guest of
horym.
After the luncheon, the business
session was held around the table,
the program being characterized by
an experience meeting of what Home
Demonlratjon work has meant in the
various communities repnsented.
Mrs. N. T. Johnson of Selma RFD
told of how she had canned 300 cans
of fruits and vegetables, fifty-two
cans of fresh meat and how she had
made a dress form, rugs and other
things, all under the guidance of the
iHume Ti"ir>nnstra*ion Agent,
j Mrs. D. J. Wellons, Smithfield,
! RFD voiced the need of Home Dem
onstration work when she told of how
the gills especially crave for attrac
tive things to wear and pretty home
surroundings and she indicated how
the county home agent can help to
make conditions better. She told of
how many of our women have had o
work out in the field and have not
had time to teach their daughters
how to keep house beyond what was
absolutely necessary. Conditions
j along that line are improving and
the girls are wanting to learn things.
Mrs. Wellons also gave her exper
ience in preserving eggs in water
glass, having put up 30 dozen after
the price got as low as 20 cents
per dozen and later selling them at
40 cents per dozen.
Mrs. J. E. Edwards, of Creech’s
School section told how she had built
up a trade on jelly on one of the
local markets of the county; Mrs.
Mary James told how she canned 93
cans of beef under the supervision
of the county agent; and Mrs. W. S.
Earp, of Thanksgiving, narrated the
story of how her two step sons were
taking a college course at Wake For
est and bonding themselves. Dur
ing the summer tjie county agent
assisted in canning fruits and vege
tables, in making jellies and pre
serves and in canning chicken and
other meats to make it easy for
“baching” during school time. Eggs
were also preserved in water glass.
After the exerperience meeting, a
resolution was drawn up and adopt
ed to ask the County Commissioners
to reconsider their action in regard
to the Home Demonstration work in
the county and retain Miss Garrison
as county agent.
The time for the next meeting
was set for the third Saturday,
which time will probably be the reg
' ular time if the work is continued n
j the county. Just before the meeting
, was over, those present gave a ris
I ing vote of thanks to the committee
! which served the luncheon, and Mrs.
j Smith gave a beautiful toast to Old
l friends and new.
HON. ED PARKER TO SPEAK
HERE JANUARY 19
The Sanders-Holt Chapter United
Daughter of the Confederacy, will
sponsor a Lee-Jackson program on
the evening of January 19, at eight
, o’clock at the court house. Hon. Ed
| Parker of Graham, a member of the
legislature, is the speaker for the
occasion. The public is cordially in
j vitod to attend this celebration of
' two of the south’s civil war heroes.
Renew and get a Turner’s Almanac.
DR. PEACOCK NOW
DECLARED SANE
Fugitive From State Prison
Writes to His Wife At
Thomasville
Thomasville, Jan. 15.—A letter
from Dr. J. W. Peacock, from Lake
land, Fla., telling of his having been
set free by a judge in Florida and
by alienist who pronounced him sane,
was received here today, by his wife,
Mrs. J. W. Peacock, it is said. An
order for his office and medical fix
tures to be sent to him came in the
same letter with the information
that he was intending to begin the
practice of medicine at some point in
Florida.
Dr. Peacock is spending today and
probably tomorrow at St. Petersburg,
Fla., according to information, with
a view to deciding on a location for
the practice of his profession.
The question is already being agi
tated here as to the proper course
to pursue in regard to bringing the
doctor back to North Carolina, from
whose criminal insane department he
escaped sometime last summer. Soli
citor Bower, it is learned, states
that he can be brought back. Solici
tor Bower was prosecutor in the case
for the State during his trial fer
murder in Davidson county hist sum
mer a year ago.
Dr. Peacock escaped from the
criminal insane department on Sep
tember 30, 1922 by making a rope
out of sheets from his cot and lower
ing himself through a window of his
cell after he had sawed the bars.
Behind him a left a note direct
ing the diposal of his personal ef
fects and notifying Warden Bushee
that he would probably see him
Thanksgiving.
Since that tim£, the mystery of
the man’s escapehas ' remained
j solved. Several clues were develop
ed but in each case the prison au
| thorkies ran against a baffling wall.
The letter which purported to come
from Dr. Peacock yesterday set the
prison officials into feverish activity
again. Telegrams were despatched
to everal counties in Florida but no
answer had been received last night
j by Warden Busbee.
Authorities here are not inclined
to credit the alleged letter as authen
tic, but nevertheless they are neg
lecting no step that may lead to *he
arrest of the fugitfve in the event
that he has really turned up in Flor
ida.
Woman’s Club Has Call Meeting
The Woman’s Club held a call
meeting Wednesday afternoon in the
club room several items of business
be'ng transacted. First and fore
most was the consideration of the
Welfare work in this county. It
having been noised abroad that a
movement is on foot to abolish the
Welfare work in Johnston, the club
went on record as favorirng keeping
the work, by adopting suitable reso
lutions.
The matter of giving further aid
to the hospital here was also consid
ered. and it was finally decided that
this club furnish a room in the hos
pital and keep it supplier! with tow
els, bed linen etc., the room to be
known as the Woman’s Club room.
A committee rrom tne vmYus
Class in T. G. S., composed of Hugh
Ragsdale, Hilda Peedin and Marie
Anderson Stevens came before the
club and asked the ladies to help
then place playground apparatus
on the school grounds, the quinment
( .iously placed being now worn
out. The club promised lo take the
matter under consideration and see
what can be done. The young folks
presented their cause well showing
that they are interested in the school
and want to see it improved. Their
speeches and manner of delivery in
dicated that these young folks are
taking a lively interest In civic af
fairs and give promise of being
the kind of citizens to make a town
move forward.
Through the chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, Mrs. W. N.
Holt, the Kiwanis Club made the
ladies' a proposition as to serving
the banquets for their regular meet
ing which was accepted. This mat
ter being deposed of the rr
adjourned.
Doctor to red-nosed patient: “Drink
—that is what is the matter with you.
You must give it up at once!"