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VOLUME 42 - SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1923 NUMBER 33 MANY OF THE COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE CLOSD Five Group Commencements Held, All of Which Were Very Successful Last week was commencement week in Johnston County, five group commencements being held. For sev eral years this plan of closing the schools in the county has been used, and a good deal of interest is mani fested each year in the various con tests, and addresses which feature these occasions. The first commencement held last week was at Royall (Elevation) on Tiiesday. Eight schools were repre sented, those besides "Royall being Stanley, Poplar Springs, Four Oaks, Pleasant Hill, Parker, Banner and Elevation. A parade which included around 275 children started the fes tivities of the day the banners, songs and yells of the different schools being: enjoyed by those present. Af ter the parade, Mr. James A. Wel lons of this city, made an address the theme of which was giving: the country child an equal opportunity with the child in town. At the con clusion of his speech which was well received, the seventh grade certifi cates were presented to those passing the examinations recently held N’tv children in the groups received cer tificates. The highest grade was made by Josie Barbour, of the Stan ley school. After dinner, which was a veritable feast spread on tables in the grove, the contests in recita tion, story telling, and spelling took place. Banner school won the contest in recitation, Four Oaks, in story tell ing, and Banner in spelling. Ath letic events closed the program of the day, red and blue ribbons being given to the winners. Wednesday the scene shifted to an other part of the county eight schools gathering in a group at Corinth The program here was somewhat reversed to suit the convenience of the speak er, who did not arrive until the af ternoon. The morning was taken up with programs given by individuals schools, which consisted of songs, rec itations and a short health play and with the story-telling, recitation, decT lamation contests. The exercises were unusually good and were much en joyed by the large audience. The following schools won in the various contests; Corinth in story telling; Archer Lodge in recitation; Corinth in declamation; and Archer Lodge in spelling. The usual good dinner was spread at the conclusion of thlese contests, after which Mr. R. L. Mc Millian, lawyer of Raleigh, made an appropriate address. His topic was “Spirit” and he developed it along the lines pertaining to community countv and state. .Fourteen certifi cates were delivered to pupils who had passed the seventh grade exam inations, lone Creech of the Corinth school making the highest average. The two making the next highest average were Daphne Phillips of Batten and Durwood Mason of Hold ers. The schools represented at this commencement were Sandy Springs, Batten, Archer Lodge, Corinth, Hold ers, Emit, and Thanksgiving. Thursday five schools gathered at Wilson’s Mills and put on a pro gram well wirth while. The schools besides the hostess school were Live Oak, Powhatan, Sandy Ridge and Po lenta. Basket ball games, both boys' and girls’ teams, opened the exercises of the day. The boys of Live Oak defeated the boys of Sandy Ridge, and the Wilson’s Mills’ girls’ team won in a game against Powhatan. At eleven o'clock Col. Fred A. Olds of Raleigh made an address using as his subject, “At The Forks of the Roads.” Col. Olds is a pleasing speaker and delighted his audience, j At the conclusion of his speech, cor- 1 tif'cates were presented to sixteen seventh grade graduates. Emma Davis of the Powhatan school led the group in averages, and has also the ! distinction of having made the high- j est average to date of any seventh grade graduate in the county. Her average was 88. Those pupils who made an average above 80 are as fol lows: Hazel Woodall of Powhatan; Ray Casey of Wilson’s Mills; Velma Pri;e Polenta; and Alfred Byrd, Wil son’s M ils. The rfternon was devoted to Field (Continued on page four) RECORDER’S COURT , HAS HEAVY DOCKET Judge Noble Has Many Cases of In terest t o Pass On Tuesday; Liquor Cases Show Decline State vs. Harris Williams, charged with violation of automobile laws. The defendant was found guilty and fined $45.00 and costs. State vs. Fulton Norris and Charlie McLamb, assault with deadly weapon. Defendants guilty. Both were found guilty and fined $15.00 each and one half cost each. State vs. Ed Hicks, larceny. Not guilty. State vs. Alf Richardson, violation of prohibition laws. Guilty; fined $50.00 and costs. State vs. J. H. Edwards, charged with obtaining goods and money by means of worthless checks. Not guilty. State vs. Tom Coats, abandonment. Defendant plead guilty. Sentenced to twelve months in jail. Jail sentence will be suspended upon condition that defendant resume martial relations and enter into $1,000.00 justified bond to contribute to support of wife to amount of $50,000 month and remain law-abiding citizen. State vs. Jim Eason, assault with deadly weapon. Defendant found guilty and fined $50.00 and costs. State vs. Lester Holmes, larceny. Guilty. Sentenced to four months in jail to be hired out by-county com missioners to pay fine of $50.00 and costs. State vs. Tom Coats and Bula Jer nigan, charged with fornication and adultry. Bula Jemigan called but failed to appear in court. Judgment: nisi sci fa and capias. Tom Coatst plead guilty and was fined $50.00 and costs. State vs. Richard Benjamin, viola tio nof prohibition laws. Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to six months in jail and assigned to work the roads of Smithfield town ship. Patrick Bagley alias Patrick God win, violation of prohibition laws. Guilty; fined $25.00 and costs. State vs. Leon Hill, charged with seduction. Probable cause found. De fendant was placed under $2,000.00 bond for appearance in Superior Court. PRESSING NEEDS HAVE BEEN MET Good Headway In Caring For Suf ferers In Zebulon-Wendell Section Wendell, April 21.—The immediate and pressing needs of all families reported to the Relief Committee of the iimerican Red Cross at Wendell have been met. Approximately fourteen families have been supplied with plain and substantial furniture to meet their necessary requirements. This furni ture is in use in tents supplied by the American Red Cross or in houses that they and their neighbors have erected for temporary and perma nent use. These families live in Nash County, and in vicinity of Zebulon and Wendell. Other families not de- ] siring tents will be cared for as they move in to their homes which are being erected. The sanitary problems are being looked after and nursing attentio i given by Miss Lucia Freeman, Red Cross nurse, loaned to the Relief Committee by Nash County. The total amount of funds re ceived $4,390.00; total bills already contracted and paid amount to ap proximately $1,800.00. Quantities of furniture clothing and bedding have been received from various points. It would have been imposible to j have rendered this aid as immedi- 1 ately and effectively if the Wendell ! Branch of the Red Cross organized | four or five years ago had not been ; kept active through the efforts of Mrs ! W. O. Clayton, chairman and Miss ' Pattie Lee, secretary and treasury. ■ With this organization ready for any ; emergency and supplemented by the help of the people of the community furnishing the necessary labor to car ry out the plans of the organization aid has been given when needed. Major Frank Green, Field Director of American Red Cross, from Fort Benning, Ga., is here to direct and aid the Relief Committee. Major Green has had wide experience in disaster work.—News and Observer. NATION MAY PLAY THE LEADING ROLL The Near East Peace Confer ence Has Resumed Its Deliberations I _ I aussane, April 22. -The stage is I all set for a resumption tomorrow of the Near Eastern peace conference | which was so dramatically ended last February, and conference circles an | ticipated that the United States ina, j play the leading role before the cur | tai l fails on the last act with the j final screen either *.h • signing of a ).! ace compact or the renewel of war. U. S. In Leading Role. In the public mind the prospective I importance of the United States in the present conference is ascribed to the Turkish parliament’s preset l ratification of the Chester session, granting extensive rights for the con strue Lion of railroads throughout Tut-]' y and the exploitation of nun era) properties in a zone wV .in twenty Kilometers on either side of t'.ie v rejected railroad line. Frame and Great Britain both are looking at this «oncession with questioning eyes, and as economic subjects'will form one of the chief issues in the dispute between the Turks and the Allies, both these countries may op pose it here. France contends that the Fheste. grant conflicts with the railroad concessions received from the old Ottoman government in 1919, or which France already has advanced 15,000 Turkish pounds; and Great Britain says frankly that if the Ches ter concession affects the mandated territory of Mosul as the newspaper accounts say it does, then Great Britain will regard this concession as non-existent, so far as it affects Mo sul of any other part of the Irak ter ritory, which is under the British mandate. The American official attitude, as it is understoo dhere, will be to con tinue to back the traditional policy of the “open door” and equal op portunity for all nations finds, after examination, that the Chester conces sion is a legitimate one and does not violate the American contention of equal privileges to all, then it is predicted in Allied quarters that Jo seph C. Grew, the American Minis ter to Switzerland, who will defend this grant in case it is officially pro tested at the Laussane conference. The outstanding feature of the re sumed conference is the elimination of Soviet Russia. The correspondent of the Associated P " Moscow diplomatically sought an in vitation to participate in the confer ence, ut hat the inviting powers, Great Britain, France and Italy, re turned a polite negative. Russia has een told, it is said, that she was in vited to the first conference to dis cuss the straits convention only, but that she publicly announced a refusal to sign this treaty, on which all the ^ other countries, including the Turks, were in accord; that if any time be- j fore the adjournment of the confer ence Russia has changed her mind, the conference hall always will be open, and the Allies will be delighted to see her. Economic and financial clauses of the treaty caused the collapse of the first Near Eastern conference and these must now be settled. But the question of judicial guarantees for foreigners probably also will be re opened by the Allies. Great uneasiness exists among for eign residents of Constantinople and other Turkish cities because they henceforth may be entirely subject to Ottoman laws, without any privi leged protective treatment. In an endeavor to induce the Turks to sign the treaty in February, the French and the Italians made last minute con cessions hy which foreign legal ad visers to be appointed to the Angora government would be informed of all arrests and all domiciliary searches affecting foreigners. Ixjrd Curzon, the British foreign secretary, had left Lausanne, and Great Britain whose colony in Tur key is numerous, never accepted this concession and as the peace treaty was not signed, both France and Italy consider this question still on the agenda. Like Great Britain, they probably will insist that all arrests or searches of foreigners will be made by the Turks in accordance with the foreknowledge of foreign advisers. The solution of this question vital .1 ARTHUR NARRON No Other Candidate; Four New Members Named on ! Board Commissioners — A primary without an isuo is a 1 tame affair which probably accunt-j be elected by acclamation. Mr. Nar j business of the Democratic prii 'ary held in the court house he Friday ■ night, was dispatched The voters I were still assembling when the work j of the meeting was completed. Mr. i H. L. Skinner was named chairman | of the convention and nominations I for mayor were announced to be in | order. Mr. J. A. Wellons immediate | ly placed Mr. Jqhn Arthur Narvon. j a young lawyer of the town, in norn- ] ination. No other names being pee- j j rented, Hon. E. W. Pou made a mo- | tion secom: by Judge k. H. Brooks I which was carried that the nominee ! be elc. :ed by acclimation. Mr. Nar- | j con ma le a few appropriate remarks ! | as he acepted the nomination, pledg ing his best efforts in the performance of the duties of n ayorship. Those present then adjourned to the meeting places of the respective wards for the purpose of nominating' a board of aldermen. In an unusual ly short time the voters reassembled and the chairman announced the fol lowing nominations: first ward, Mr. Will H. Lassiter; second ward, Mes sers, H. C. Woodall and R. C. Gillett; third ward, Messrs. Carl Gordon and W. N. Holt; fourth ward, Messrs. E. S. Edmundson and W. Ransom San ders. Four new members were named j those who were re-nominated being j Messrs. E. S. Edmundson, W. H. Las | siter and N. W. Holt, j A sprinkling of women was pres lent and participated in the primary, Pbut there was not the interest -which ! attended the women’s first participa ! tion in town affairs two years ago. ROANOKE RAPIDS WINS IN MUSIC CONTEST Greensboro, April 23.—The fourth annual music contest for high school students, held at the North Carollina College for Women on April 19 and 20, rought to the college more than 275 contestants in the various events, and proved a great success in stimu lating interest in music and music education in the state. Contests were held for individual students in voice, piano and violin, and there were many group contests for quar tets, glee clubs and choruses. The Roanoke Rapids high school not only sent the largest delegation— 47 in all— but carried off several cups for first place and won the tro phy cup for the best total score. They won the silver loving cups of fered for girls’ quartets, quartets for mixed voices, for boys’ glee clubs and for girls’ glee clubs, totaling five cups. China Grove high school won the second honors of the contest with 14 points. Pomona came third with 10, Burlington received nine, Nash ville and Greensboro six, Gastonia and Wilmington four, and Thomas ville, Clayton and Lincolnton two each. The cup for piano playing went to Sarah Glenn, Gastonia; for violin playing to Kenneth Scott, Wilming ton; for soprano solo to Lillian Yost, China Grove; for baritone solo to Billy Hant, Pomona; for tenor solo to Robert Irving, Greensboro. Sec ond places in these events went to the following high schools: Lincoln ton, Greensboro, Clayton, Thomas ville and China Grove. Honorable mention in the various groups went to the following schools: Burlington, Chapel Hill, Nashville, Pomona, ana China Grove. SEIZE SHIP WITH $500,000 IN NARCOTICS j i Montreal, Canada, April 20.—Seiz ure by the British authorities in mid ocean of a drug- smuggle'', transport ti) ■' five hundred thousand dollars wo. th of narcotics from Gonna' j to Canada fo’* distribution here and in the United States, was disclosed by the police today. ly interests American residents in Turkey, who henceforth like others, lose the right of being under for eign consular courts^—Associated Press. SMITHFIELD WINS FROM GOLDSBORO Locals Walk Away With a 10-5 Score at Goldsboro; Godwin Gets Two Homers; R. Stephenson 1 (Special to The Herald) GOLDSBORO, April 23.—Slugging the offerings of Boney and Crumn for three homers, one triple, four doubles and four singles the Smith field Highs walked away with Golds boro by 10-B score this afternoon. Aw*ru . null!)eld held the Golds boro L-y . c two hits in five innings and Grady relieved him in sixth allow ing two I lls in seventh. Godwin lead in the hitting with two homers and one double while R. Steph enson hit for four bases once. Adams secured two singles out of four trips to the plate. Talton accounted for two of Goldsboro’s four hits. First Inning. After Holland fanned Skinner hit for two bases, stole third and came home on passed ball. Grady got to first on wild throw by Godwin. Came to third on Talton’s hit and home on passed ball. Second Inning. Hill lead off with single and Hon eycutt followed suit. Avera sacrific ed and Holland sent two in with sin gle. Holland scored when Skinner sacrificed. Goldsboro went down with one man dying on second. Third Inning. Smithfield scored on R. Stephen son’s four base hit to deep center. Goldsboro went down in one-two three order. , Fourth Inning. Godwin hit homer and Adams scor ed afterwards. Goldsboro went scoreless. F'ifth Inning. Only inning Smithfield failed to score in going down one-two-three. Goldsboro scored twice when with two on Talton doubled to right field. Sixth Inning. Smithfield scored three times when with Skinner and Holland on Godwin hit homer to right field wall. Goldsboro did not touch first. Last Frame. Smithfield failed to score— Golds boro followed with two runs. Avera: Grady and C. Stephenson; Boney, Crumn and Talton. YOUNG WOMAN DEAD, RESULT OF COLLISION RALEIGH, April 22.—Clara Crab tree, 14, is dead and Verona Creech, 17, is in a local hospital with a crush ed skull sustained when a bicycle which they were riding along a coun try road ran down an embankment and crashed into a tree. Miss Crabtree was almost instantly killed. THREE KILLED WHEN TALC MINE CAVES IN Workmen Trapped 300 Feet Under ground in Disaster at Hemp, N. C. CARTHAGE, April 21.—Ches ter McCaskill, white aged 18 years, Graham Davis, white, aged 20, and Lonzv Brower, colored, I aged 30, were instantly killed by a cave in at the Standard Miner al Company’s talc mine, near Hemp, this county, about 8 o’ clock this morning. The accident occurred about 300 feet under ground and came without a moment’s warning of any kind, acccording to reports reaching here. The miners hav- ( ing reached the end of the mine , that was timbered up, last night set off a blast, and this morning j were engaged in knocking down all of the talc overhead that had been shaken loose by the blast, j preparatory to timbering up the new area, when the cave in oc- j curred. The unfortunate men . were gotten out as soon as pos sible but all three were already dead when rescued. Young McCaskill, is a son of Lee McCaskill, of near Candor, who also works in the mine and had just left the scene where the cave in occurred. Davis is a son of Mitchell Davis, of near Eagle Springs. The coroner after viewing the scene and talking with eye wit nesses held that an inquest was not necesssary. I KIWANIS OBSERVES COURTESY WEEK Club Offers Prize for Essay On Courtesy; A Public Program on May 17 The hhv&nis Hub met Thnisday evcnin? with forty-seven members in attendance. The .meeting was full of interest from start lo riuish and a few new fo, lures were voted on dur ing the evening. A delicious spring chicken menu was served on this oc . as lor. this t: ? 'he week observed by Kiwanians as “ ow\ tesy Week,” sev eral talks on “Courtesy” were made after “America” had been used as the opening song. Those speaking were as follows: “What is Courtesy?” by Mr. J. H. Abell. ‘ What Lou.tesy Means At Home, by Mr. T. C. Young. « “Does Courtesy Promote Good Health?” by Drfl Thel Hooks. “How Courtesy Helps Retail Busi ness,” by Mr. W. W. Jordan. “How oCurtesy Builds Employes’” by Mr. John It. Morris. “What Courtesy Will Do to Quiet Kickers,” by Mr. R. P. Holding. “How Courtesy Breeds Respect,” by Mr. L. G. Stevens. “The Most Courteous Person I Know,” by Mr. T. R. Hood. Appropriate music which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone pres ■ ent was rendered during the evening by Mr. J. D. Stephenson and daugh ter, Miss Maie Stephenson, and Mr. Henry Stephenson. After a social hour had been en joyed a short business meeting was held, in which it was decided by vote to give a five dollar gold piece to the pupil at the graded school here who writes the best essay on “Courtesy.” A committee composed of Messrs. W. M. Sanders, H. B. Marrow and A. M. Noble was apointed to draw up the rules governing the awarding of the prize. At this time it was also voted that on May 17th, instead of hav ing a banquet the Kiwanis Club, in connection with the Women’s Club, put on a public entertainment at the court house to which the public will be invited. Plans are being made to make this form of entertainment a monthly occurence, and promoters of the movement hope that not only the people here but large numbers from the country and other towns in the county will be interested in this ef fort on the part of the two clubs to furnish good wholesome amusement for those who appreciate good en tertainment. ENGLAND READY FOR BIG SOCIAL EVENT London Herself Is Bedecked Like a Bride For the Royal Wedding. LONDON, April 22.—Not since the day 30 years ago when King George V, as the Duke of York, led his royal bride to the altar has England pre pared herself for such a gala wedding fete as will be celebrated Thursday next when Prince Albert, Duke of York, next in succession to the British throne after the Prince of Wales, weds Lady Elizabeth Bowles Lyon in Westminister Abbey. All plans for the great occasion are completed and it remains only to put the finishing touches to the scenery for staging this royal pageant. London herself will be bedecked like a bride in all the finery of her silken flags and banners and almost everybody in the United Kingdom, so it seems, will be here to join in the festivities. Those not able to come to London will be regaled with the wedding story told by wireless broadcasting. Hundreds of thousands of people are expecting to line the route of the wedding procession to and from the abbey. Stands have been erected near Westminister for spectators and every building along the route will be turned into a bannered pavillion. The windows of offices, shops and even private houses have already been rented. Some places of vantage are bring ing big prices and many Americans are among the lucky bidders. One South American financier paid 100 guineas for two windows in Parlia (Continued on page four)
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