DR. BROOKS MAKES
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Eleven Graduates Receive
Diplomas; Donnell Whar
ton Wins Pou Medal
Smithfield people have had first!
hand opportunity to hear Dr. E. C. j
Brooks, State ^Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, set forth his ideas
concerning North Carolina’s school
system, when he delivered an address
here Thursday evening before the
graduating class of Turlington Grad
ed school.
Previous to Dr. Brooks’ address Rev
D. H. Tuttle pronounced the invoca
tion after which Miss Sarah Patter
son representing the senior class de
livered the salutatory. A musical
number was then rendered by the
Girls’ Chorus after which Superin
tendent Franks introduced Dr. Brooks.
Dr. Brooks stated that he was de
lighted to be in Smithfield and John
ston County. He said he had heard
as much dissatisfaction from this
county as any in the state, and he had
also heard as fine things about educa
tion from this county as he had heard
anywhere. For these reasons he was
glad to come to Smithfield and speak
of “North Carolina’s Public School
System.”
In order to build anything, a house,
a business or anything else, it is
necessary to consider three things ac
cording to Dr. Brooks—purpose, or
ganization, and cost. Everyone has
these three questions before him.
Prof. Turlington, as he worked for a
quarter of a century in Johnston
County, had to face these questions,
and in doing so he laid the founda
tion for the splendid school spirit
to be found here. Criticism, said Dr.
Brooks, does not take into considera
tion all three, but as he has planned
for education in North Carolina, these
three things have formed the basis
of his work.
The purpose of the educational sys
tem is to give all of the children in
North Carolina at least an elementary
education. The state has provided
for a six months school term. But
even with ^fie school term increased
from four to six months, 63 per cent,
of the children have not passed the
fourth grade. He presented, as an
illustration, two tables, one with !
barely six months school, poor equip
ment, poor teachers, which he charac
terized as a bargain counter; the
other with longer term schools, good l
school houses, and good teachers. |
which cost money but r?.
ceived. He called on the people to :
choose. j
Speaking ot organization, nr. |
Brooks stated that one criticism of j
the educational department was that
it was too centralized. He proceeded
to show that it was necessary to
group certain part of the work in
Raleigh hut declared that all power
is vested in the county boards of edu
cation. When boards of education .
..hey the law, when they levy a suf- ]
Client tax rate to provide a six
months school, no one on the outside j
can interfere. But when these
boards violate the law it becomes the J
duty of the State Superintendent to
enforce it.
Another criticism, he said, which
has been made is too high salaried
superintendents. The most costly
t! ing today, he emphasized, is a cheap
suueriniendent. The superintendent
must rlan to save money. No one
- oi;l<! i > dertake to build a struc
ture of any consequence without em- i
ploying a contractor and an archietect
wl o would supervise the construction
The superintendent should be able
to lorrudate a county wide plan of 1
locating schools plan for consolidation j
which would be for the benefit of all
the children. “In no other business,”
said Dr. Brooks, “have we used such
short sighted vision as in education.”
He cited instances of how incompe
tent, cheap superintendents are ex
pensive propositions, and declared
that it is a crime for such men to
throw away county money.
As to the cost, Dr. Brooks asked
his hearers to calculate the cost of
children who attended poor schools
going over grades again and again.
The time has come when parents can
not afford not to provide good schools
for their children.
The audience gave close attention
to the wprds of Dr. Brooks and was
impressed with what he had to say.
When the address was finshed, the
Boys’ Chorus rendered a selection
which was encored. Mr. Franks on
behalf of the music pupils of Miss
CLINIC FOR CRIPPLED
CHILDREN ON JUNE 1
To Be In Raleigh Under Auspices
Of Orthopedic Hospital And Wel
fare Board
Under the auspices of the State Or- j
thopedic Hospital and the State Board
of Charities and Public Welfare, a
clinic for crippled children will be
held in Raleigh at the Wake County
Clinic on June 7. The clinic will be
conducted by experienced orthppedic
surgeons. Mrs. Gill, the nurse at the
Wake County clinic, and Mrs. Kemp
P. Neal will ajso help. Clerical as
sistance will be furnished by the of
fice of the Welfare Board.
Notice has been sent out by the
Welfare Board to superintendents of
public welfare in Wake, Vance,
Franklin, Johnston, Harnett and
Chatham counties, who will make ar
rangements for getting the crippled
children of these counties into Ra
leigh for the clinic. It is expected
that members of thelocal Rotary and
Kiwanis clubs and other civic and
fraternal organizations will cooper
ate in this. The Board of Charities
and Public Welfare has the names
of such children as a result of the
State-wide Cripple Census which
was taken last fall, and the welfore
superintendent of each county has
been furnished with a list.
Judging by the clinic of this kind
which was recently held in Washing
ton, from thirty to thirty-five chil
dren are expected. Diagnosis will be
made of each case, and if, in the opin
ion of the physicians, the child can
be benefited by treatment, his appli
cation blank to the State Orthopedic
Hospital will be filled out immedi
ately and he will be admitted there
as soon as there is room. At the
clinic at Wilmington about two-thirds
of the children examined were found
to be eligible for treatment.
As there is now no provision made
by the State for crippled colored chil
dren, those found to be in need of
treatment will be put in communica
tion with private colored hospitals.
No mentally defective child, either
white or colored, will be treated.
BRITISH AND AMERICAN
STEAMERS IN COLLISION
LONDON, June 3—The British
steamer Graphic was beached today
off the Belfast Lough after a collision
with the American steamer Balsam.
The passengers and crew of the
Graphic were transferred to another
vessel after the collision and there
was no loss of life.
The Graphic had on board 200 pas
sengers from Liverpool. The collision
occurred early this morning and the
Graphic was so badly damaged that
she had to be grounded off Carick
Fergus, on Belfast Lough, 9 miles
northeast of Belfast. Her passengers
and crew took to the small boats, from
which they boarded a steamer and a
tug bound for Belfast. The Graphic
is blocking the channel.
The Balsam, with her forepeak fil
led with water, anchored in the
Lough. Tugs were sent out to tow
her to Belfast, but this was deemed
inadvisable, owing to the damage she
had sustained.—Associated Press.
Miss Virginia Pilckett, who had
charge of the art department in the
Durham schools during the past year,
arrived in the city Saturday to spend
the summer with relatives.
Margaret Newell , presented Miss
Newell with a gift, a token of ap
preciation of the faithful work she
has done here.
Mr. John A. Narron, mayor of the
town, was then asked to present the
Edwin Smith Pou medal, which is
given each year by Congressman and
Mrs. E. W. Pou in memory of their
son, Edwin Smith Pou, who gave his
life in the World War. This medal
is awarded for scholarship and Don
nel Wharton, son of Dr. and Mrs. L.
D. Wharton, was the winner. This
prize was first wron by Miss Rachel
Jordan. Others who have won it are
Solon Cotton, Benton Wharton, and
Edward Patterson.
After the presentation of the med
al, Mr. F. H. Brooks, chairman of
the board of trustees, delivered the
diplomas to the eleven graduates as
follows: Misses Ruth Brooks, Edna
Coates, Sarah Patterson, Beatrice
Matthews, Leone Saunders, Mary
Avera and Donnel Wharton, Mose
Godwin, Alton White, Milton Parker,
and Gilbert Grady.
The program closed with the vale
dictory by Donnell Wharton.
GOV. SMITH SIGNS
MULLAN-GAGE ACT
Kills N. Y, Prohibition En
forcement Act; Wants
Congress to Modify Law
Albany, N. Y., June 1.—Governor
Smith this evening signed the legisla
ture bill wiping the Mullan-Gage state
prohibition enforcement act off the
statute books.
And he went further. Acceding to
the urging of his friends that he
strike a note for a campaign for the
return of light wines and beers, he
denounced the one half of one per cent
alcoholic beverage content provided in
the Volstead act as “the work of fan
atical drys,” calling on congress to
modify it to a “common sense” maxi
mum and then leave each state free
to set a figure below that maximum if
it so desires.
“I yield to no man in my reverence
and respect to the constitution ofthe
United States and I advocate nothing
which will infringe upon the provi
sions of the 18th amendment,” the
governor said. “It is nevertheless a
fact that the definition of an intoxjr
eating beverage contained in the Vol
stead act is not an honest or a com
mon sense one. It is impossible to di
vorce from the public mind the im
pression that the definition of an in
toxicating beverage as containing not
more than one half of one per cent of
alcohol, was written by the fanatical
drys in defiance of the general experi
ence of mankind and of actual fact. It
seems to me that common sense, back
ed up by good medical opinion can
find a more scientific definition of
what constitutes an intoxicating bev
erage.
“Such a definition should be adopted
by congress as a proper and reason
able amendment to the Volstead act
and a maximum alcoholic content
should be prescribed by congress
which would limit all states to the
traffic in liquor which are in fact non
intoxicating within the meaning of
the 18th amendment. Subject to that
limitation each state should therefore
be left free Jo determine for itself
wr.r.t should constitute an intoxicat
i':g beverage. States which then wish
to limit traffic to Leverages containing
r.i t more than one half of .no percent
of alcohol wou'J be free to do so and
tt v se which desired to extend the
traffic to the maximum limitation al
lowed by federal statute would be
equally free to do so. ’
The governor emphasized however
that the mere repeal of the Mullan
Gage act, accomplished by its signa
ture, did not alter the effectiveness
of the Volstead act in its present form
as long as it stands unmodified and
served notice on all peace officers of
the state that they would be expected
to enforce the Volstead act “in its
strictest letter.”
The governor’s action on the Mull
en-Gage repeal measure which has
been heralded as the most momentous
matter affecting prohibition since the
adoption of the Volstead act, was dra
matic in its simplicity. Summoning
into his office at 6 o’clock the army of
newspaper men who had waited about
the state house all day, he smilingly
lifted a blotter from his wet signature
and said:
“Boys I have just approved the bill.”
The governor then handed them a
lengthy document announcing the rea
sons for his decision. In it he replied
j to President Harding’s letter to Wes
: ley Wait, Newburgh dentist, in which
j the president expressed concern as to
a possible clash between federal and
j state authorities if the repeal became
, law.
EXPECT NORMAL PEACH CROP
IN JERSEY DESPITE FROST
Trenton, N. J. June 3.—Despite the
frost of several weeks ago, there will
j be a normal fruit crop in New Jer
sey this year, acording to a survey
just completed by the New Jersey
Fruit Growers Cooperative Associa
tion.
‘The frost that damaged fruit in
Southern and Middle Western peach
areas did not come with sufficient
severity at the critical development
of New Jersey’s peaches to injure the
crop severely,” said a report of the
association here today.
The quality of the fruit should be
better it was said because of the cold
spring which prevented the early in
fection by insects.
WATCHFUL WAITING
IS THE ATTITUDE
Federal Prohibition Agents
Move Cautiously; Send
Agents to New York
! -
I Washing-ton, June 2.—An attitude
t of waiting was maintained today by
I the federal government toward the
' New York prohibition enforcement
I situation resulting from Governor
j Smith’s signing of the New York
j enforcement law repealer.
Commissioner Haynes and other cf
j licials remained silent, ana it was
indicated that tit termination of a pol
I icy would await the outcome or' f;i
j ture conferences in which President
Ha '■! r-ay have the de’i .nr* v jn-r.
A low i i Vdoition agents : • • ■*.h
er parts of the country, it, was indicat
ed at prohibition headquarters, may
be sent to New York, but officials
privately conceded *hat these could
i not fill a hole in the enforcement work
I as deep as complete withdrawal of
New York police agencies would
make. A complete withdrawal was
not expected, however, by government
officials, who believe the New York
state authorities will follow to some
extent at least, Governor Smith’s in
junction that the Volstead act be
regarded as continuing applicable to
' and enforceable in New York.
Local courts and magistrates of
New York, department of justice of
ficials also pointed out, are required
by general law as well as the Vol
stead act to deal with prohibition
brought before them, either by im
posing fines or sentences or taking
! bail and binding over the prisoners
for action by the federal grand jury.
! Repeal of the Mulligan-Gage law, ac
1 cording to officers of the depart
ment, does not relieve New York dis
trict and police court judges and
1 mayors from this duty, imposed by
| section 1014 of the revised statues
! and also incorportated in the Volstead
! act. It was conceded, however, that
! one result would be to increase pro
j hibition cases before federal grand
juries and add to the present conges
tion of federal courts.
There were indications that the ad
ministration would move slowly to
ward announcement of its ultimate
policy. How New York state and
especially New York city “behave
themselves” under the new order of
liquor affairs is expected to be an im
portant factor in making the decis
ion. If an orgy of bootlegging and
of open “speak easies” should develop,
government officials are prepared
to make a maximum effort to sustain
the federal constitution and laws.
With only about 2,300 prohibition
agents employed by the government
and between 200 and 250 already as
signed to the New York district, re
sponsible officials declared it is im
posible to transfer any considerable
number to argument the New York
forces without serious neglect in en
forcement work throughout the re
mainder of the country, Such a policy
it was said, might lead to a serious
increase of rum-running and border
smuggling in other states.
Right here in Washington, prohi
bition agents have their hands full
now in an effort to prevent whole
sale rum running into the capital
for the Shriners conclave which gets
into full swing next week. An aug
mented force of prohibition agents
is watching roads and waterways
leading into the District of Columbia
from Maryland and Virginia. Over
50 automobiles carrying liquor were
seized on these roads last month.—
Associated Press.
T. C. JORDAN & SON
MOVES
BACK
T. C. Jordan & Son, who have been I
located next door to the post office
on Market Street while the building
which they formerly occupied was
being remodelled, have moved back
to their former quarters near Hood
Bros, drug store.
Dr. N. T. Holland has also gone
back to this building. He has three
rooms on the second floor. They
will be blad to have their friends call
on them at their old location.
Mr. Louis Mangum Dead
News has reached us of the death
of Mr. Louis Mangum, of Benson,
who died Sunday after an illness of
more than a month. Heart trouble
was the cause of his death. We hope
to have a full account of his death
in a later issue.
JOHN G. DAWSON
NOT A CANDIDATE j
Declares He Cannot Afford To j
Make Finincial Sacrifices
Necessary
Kinston, June 2.—John G. Daw
son, speaker of the state house of
representatives, will not be a candi
date to succeed Claude Kitchin, sec
ond district congressman who died
rhursday. In a statement this af
ternoon Dawson said the sacrifice
vould he too great.
The free press, afternoon news
paper here, had authority for a state
ment that James Rouse, of this city,
was a ‘ probable” candidate. Daw
sons statement follows:
“I shall not be a candidate to suc
ceed Mr. Kitchin, for more than 20
years the able and distinguished
member of the lower house of Con
gress from the second district of this
state, although fronj early youth I
have cherished the ambition to some
day serve in the halls of national
legislation. Whatever might be the
consequences of a preferential con
test just at this time. I feed for
bidden by circumstances to aspire to
the service. The business of the coun
try hits grown to be so great as to
merit practically the undivided time
and thought of those serving in Con
gress-—challenging the full force of
their mental and physical strength,
with the accompanying duty of an al
most constant presence atWashington
and entailing an additional commen
surate expense of a family residence
there.
“This would mean the dis-associ
ation with the social relations at
home for my family and me, and
financial sacrifices which circum
stances, and particularly when con
sidering the age of the members of
try family and that of myself, I
cc. id justify but scantily at best.
For these impelling reasons. I fell
for the present compelled to forego
what I have been led to believe is
more than a fair opportunity of re
ceiving the nomination and conse
quent ilection, and shail be happy
to continue interested in the conspic
uous advancement and development
of my state.
"To th 'se who have been disposed
to suggest my name in this connec
tion 1 wiso to express my sincere ap
preciation ter their friendship and
nerosi:; Just now 1 ■••hall follow
the path of my profession with single
ness of purpose.”—Charlotte Obser
ver.
TO CALL SPECIAL ELECTION;
TRIBUTE PAID BY MORRISON
Raleigh, May 31.—A special election
will be called in the second congres
sional district of North Carolina to
select a successor to Claude Kitchin,
former minority leader of the house
of representatives, who died this mom
ing in Wilson, it was announced today
at the state capital.
Primaries by. both democratic and
republican parties may be held under
the law to nominate candidates to par
ticipate in the election, which probab
ly will be held within the 90 days, it
was stated. The governor will issue
the election call.
“Mr. Kitchin will go down in his
tory as one of the greatest parliamen
tary leaders of the world,” Governor
Morrison said in commenting on the
former minority leader’s record. “He
was great as a leader of opposition
and surpassed in the history of our
Congress as a leader for the govern
ment in power and responsible for
legislature.
“Very few of the great parliamen
tary leaders of history have been
great in both opposition and in power.
“Mr. Kitchin was widely beloved
by the people of this state and of the
nation. I regarded him as one of the
really great men of the United States.
During the world war his leadership
of the house of representatives was
unquestioned and during this great
period of our history, he exhibited a
bility never surpassed by any parlia
mentary leader.
“Mr. Kitchin in my judgment was
the equal of Henry Clay or James C.
Blaine as a leader of the house of
representatives. The state and coun
try suffer an irreparable loss in his
death.
Revival Meeting
There will be a revival meeting at
New Light Advent Christian church
beginning June 10. Everybody is
specially invited.
J. V. MOORE.
DUSTING MACHINES
ON EXHIBITION HERE
Mr. Mabee Talks to Cotton
Growers on Poisoning Boll
Weevil Methods.
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A dusting demonstration conducted
by Mr. W. B. Mabee, of the State Ex
tension Department, now stationed
at Dunn, was witnessed here by a
number of farmers yesterday after
noon. Previous to the demonstra
tion which was held near the court
house, the cotton growers present
listened to Mr. Mabee as he talked
on poisoning the boll weevil. Mr Ma
bee speaks from actual experience
having been in this work some years.
Last season he was at Laurel Hill
in the eastern part of the state and
conducted seven different demonstra
tions in several counties.
Speaking of boll weevil control, Mr.
Mabee places the cultural method of
cultivation at the head of the list of
agencies which will combat the wee
vil. But he insists that an early crop
and plenty of fertilizer is not always
sufficient. Poisoning has been found
to be necessary. For years since the
weevil made his appearance in the
South, experts have been studying
ways and means of getting rid of the
weevil, and the most effective way
yet discovered is poisoning with cal
cium of arsenate which must dust
ed on at night. Thousands of prepa
rations have been tried but none have
stood the test as being practical like
calcium of arsenate.
The dusting method according to
Mr. Mabee, requires from five to sev
en pounds of calcium or arsenate for
each application, and five applications
are necessary to be successful. In
case it rains in twenty-four hours
after it has been put on, it is neces
sary to do the work over. Dusting
cotton means work and care, but Mr.
Mabee is confident that it pays. His
work in the eastern part of the state
last year showed that it costs about
$15.40 per acre to dust, with an add
ed income of around $24 per acre.
There will be just as many failures
in dusting, however, said Mr. Mabee,
as there are in banking and other
businesses. But the person who pays
attention to his crop, uses the Cul
tural Method of cultivation, dusts at
the right time, and under right con
ditions, will reap a beneft.
Mr. Mabee was followed by Mr.
J. 0. Taylor of Raleigh, cotton boll
weevil representative of the F. S.
Royster Fertilizer Co., who made a
short talk before the farmers ad
journed to witness the demonstra
tion of the various machines. The
following machines were on dis
play all of which are renommended
by the State Department of Agri
culture: Warlo one horse machine;
Ideal one horse machine; Perfection
one horse machine; Roat Saddle and
Hand Type; Phoeny Saddle and
Hand Type.
FOUR OAKS BAPTIST YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE BANQUET
(Special to Herald)
Four Oaks, June 4.—The young
people of the Four Oaks Baptist
church entertained about forty guests
at a banquet in the basement of the
church on Friday evening May 25.
The main feature was to reorganize
the B. Y. P. U.
The guests were received at the
door by Misses Clyde Sanders and
Emma Stanley.
After the guests had exchanged
greetings they found their places at
the tables where a two course din
ner was served.
The table was very attractively ar
ranged in the shape of a cross and
decorated with Dorothy Perkins’ ro
ses, the color scheme being pink and
white. At each place a pink sweet
pea was found. Rev. James A. Ivey
had the seat of honor, he being the
toastmaster for the evening,
j Immediately following dinner
I those who wished to join the B. Y. P.
: U. were given the opportunity to do
: so. Then the new officers were elect
I ed as follows: Mr. Gilbert Grady,
i president; Mr. Hoyet Massengill, vice
j president; Mrs. B. B. Creech, secre
| tary; Mrs. Alton Massengill, corres
ponding secretary; Miss Mable Cof
finberger, treasurer; Miss Hicks
Stanley, chorister; Miss Esther
Creech, pianist; Miss Lola Sanders,
leader for group No. 1; Miss Pauline
j Lee, leader for group No. 2; and Mrs.
( J. W. Sanders, quizz leader.
J After the business a very pleasant
social hour was enjoyed.
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