North Carolina Newspapers

N. C. EDITORS MEET AT BLOWING ROCK Midwinter Session to be At Pinehurst; Savory Cup Won by “Vass Pilot” The editors of North Carolina held their fifty-first annual meeting at Blowing Rock last week, and no meet ing yet which the editor of this pa per has ben privileged to attend, has been held under more delightful con ditions. Blowing Rock located on the top of the divide of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is on the State Highway between Lenoir and Boone, twenty miles from Lenoir and ten miles from Boone. Leaving Selma on the through train recently put on by the Southern, wre reached Hickory about (5:30 Wednesday afternoon. The larg er part of the newspaper crowd had reached Hickory by noon and had been extended special courtesies by the Hickory and Lenoir people en route to the “North Carolina’s mount ain roof garden” as characterized by the Lenoir News-Topic. Only eight descended from the afternoon train but the welcome accorded them by Hickory was no less cordial. Repre sentatives from the Chamber of Com merce presented the editors with Hickory wanting canes as souvenirs, and provided automobiles for the forty-three mile trip in the moun tains. The grandeus of the scenery softened by the mellow light of even ing is beyond description. And after the shades of evening had closed around us, the wonders of nature were still more beautiful as we watched the moon play hide and seek among the clouds until finally a dark mantle entirely obscured its light, and we enjoyed the beauty and fascinating charm of an electric storm in the dis tance. Mayview Manor, convention head quarters, entirely fulfilled our ex pectations. Buitl entirely of native material stone quarried from the mountain sides, lumber cut from near by forests, chestnut bark siding, a typical product of the section, the place was indeed picturesque. The inside finest of the hotel carried out in the idea of the lovely exterior, chestnut being used for all the wood work, and the furniture made of chestnut, caried out the same design. Amidst such beautiful surround ings it was impossible not to have a sucessful press meeting. But the scenery was not all of it A fine pro gram had been prepared from which those present gained inspiration for their work. The first day wras featur ed by the president’s address out of which grew the adoption of a code of ethics for North Carolina newspapers. The place for the midwinter meet ing was also selected and Pinehurst was the unanimous choice. A part of the program was an address by Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of Washington and Lee University, who delivered a most beautiful eulogy on Robert E. Lee in presenting the pro posed memorial to Lee in the estab lishment of a school of journalism at Washington and Lee. Mr. J. F. Hurley, orator of the as sociation, was also on the program and the evening closed with various songs and stunts. ine election ox oixjcecs anu Lite awarding of the Savory Loving Cup were outstanding features of the sec ond day’s program. Mr. J. B. Sher rill, who for two years has been presi dent and who was secretary for around a quarter century before then, was again reelected but declined to serve any longer, Mr. Charles A., Webb of the Asheville Citizen was then elected president. Miss Beatrice Cobb, editor of the Morganton News Herald was made secretary >bgain no one else even being considered, and to her office was addressed the du ties of treasurer. Other officers elect ed were: first vice-president, A. C. Honeycutt, of The Stanly News Herald, second vice-president, H. G.^ Broxton, of the Kinston Free Press; third vice-president, Mrs. T. J. Las siter, of The Smithfield Herald; ora tor, J. L. Home, Jr., of the Rocky Mount Telegram; poet, J. P. Rawley, of High Point. The loving cup was awarded “The Vass Pilot.’ The Smithfield Herald and The Hertford County Hertford ' came in for honorable mention. A banquet, the courtesy of May-1 view Manor, closed the program of j the day. The theme permeating the , toasts was North Carolina and eer- j lainly every one who was present caught a vision of the wonderful STILL CAPTURED IN INGRAMS TOWNSHIP Successful Raid Made By Ix>ca1 Officers Sunday; Hunter John son Arrested Deputy Sheriff J. D. Stephenson, accompanied by United States Reve nue Officer J. J. Batten, of Smith field, and Messrs. J. H. and Tom Massengill, of Ingrams township, made a fruitful raid in the Juniper Swamp near the old Webb mill in Ingrams township early Sunday morning and returned by the noon hour with a thirty-gallon copper still and Hunter Johnson, a white man, under arrest.. Johnson was met by the officers about 100 yeards from the still which was running at full blast. When ar rested and taken to the still John son denied any knowledge of the out fit. But a subsequent search of his premises disclosed signs of brewing. A barrel was found in an out house which was wet ■with beer it had re cently contained, and at the still three barrels of beer were destroyed and four gallons of whiskey confiscated. Johnson was taken under arrest to Smithfleld but was released under bond given by Jasper Lassiter. Trial of the matter will be heard in Tues day’s Recoreder’s court. PROF. AND MRS. CAMPBELL GONE TO EUROPE Prof. J. A. Campbell, principal of Buie’s Creek Academy, occompanied by his wife, is en route to Europe where they will visit England, France, Scotland, Belgium, Germane Sweden this summer. They have been given the trip by former pu pils of Buie’s Creek, churches and friends. They expect to return to New York about August 13, Mr. Campbell has informed us that there were thirty-nine pupils at Buies’ Creek from Johnston County last year, Johnston leading all the counties except Harnett. The school has had many improvements added recently, among which are a new forty-five room dormitory for boys, a new fireproof library building, and a deep well which furnishes excel lent water. All these will be ready for the opening of the fall term, September 4th. S. S. Class To Have Picnic. The members of the Volunteer Wesley Class of the Centenary Meth odist church and their families will have a picnic at Holt Lake Thursday afternoon. The party will leave town about three o’clock and a camp sup per will be served at six o’clock at the lake. Rector-Powell A -Wedding, beautiful in its quiet simplicity, was solemnized Friday night at the home of Mr. A. A. Pow ell, near Smithfield, when his sister, Miss Hannah Powell, became the bride of Mr. William B. Rector of Rocky Mount. An improvised altar was arranged in the beautiful grove beneath the rustling leaves of the stately oaks. The only decorations for the occas sion was the diamond-studded sky above and the soft silvery rays of the beautiful June-night moon. At nine o'clock Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor of Centenary Methodist ,church of Smithfield, took his place by the im provised altar. To the strains of Na ture’s sweetest music the bride and groom made their exit from the house and took their place before the minister. The ring ceremony was used, and was made unusually solemn and impressive by the stillness and beauty of Nature. Only a few close relatives and friends witnessed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adin Powell. She is a graduate nurse and has made her home in Rocky Mount for several years. The groom holds a responsi ble position with the Coast Line Rail road as dispatcher at Rocky Mount. Mr. and Mrs. ector boardRed Coast I ine train No. 82 at Selma for an ex tended honeymoon trip in the n. tains of Virginia. After July 1 they vvil- be at home in Rocky Mount resources and possibilities of the Old Nor*th State. Mr. W. C. Dowd of Charlotte made a (most- gracious toastmaster. On Saturday a number of the edi tors were guests of the hotel manage ment an a trip to Linville. CITY OFFICERS GET i MORE WHISKEY Ten Gallon Keg Located in Garage of J. E. Lewis; Lewis is Arrested J. E. Lewis, a Greek who resides • in Smithfield and has control of the j Busy Bee Cafe at this id*1'00 n(> PY{ interest in a chain of cafes scattered ■ throughout Eastern Carolina, came j within the shadow of the “Big Stick’’ ! Saturday last, when at 9 a. m. his | dwelling and out houses were raided i by officers Chief C. R. Cable and Deputy Will Stevens for bootleg t whiskey. The officers reported that \ his dwelling house had nothing of the appearance of a dispensary of beverages but a neatly dug little cel- j lar, well secreted under the floor o j his garage had another tale to tell. I Prying up the floor, which formed a j sort of a trap-door to the cellar, the j officers spied a ten-gallon keg which , 1 they found to be full of a sorry grade ! of “sugar maree” to use a term in , | the vernacular of the blockaders. Immediately following the find j Lewis was arrested. He made a state | ment to the officers to the effect that j he knew the stuff was there. He got I it last fall from a negro whose name he did not know and who a little later I left the State. He had It stored away to tide him along through Christmas festivals, etc. The officers are of the opinion that the stuff has recently been brewed and stilled, as it to their trained sense of small ar | pears to be sweet and fresh. Lewis has been suspected and shadowed by prohibition officers for several months but by always as suming a very high standard of citi zenship he has been able to thwart the officers in this efort to implicate him according to their suspicion. The newly launched crusade against the | venders of whiskey in and around , Smithfield has thrown new suspicion around him, and it was the follow ing up of this cue that led to the fruitful raid of his premises and his arrest. His release was secured by a ! $2,000 bond which was signed by his wife and W. Ransom Sanders unt:! Tuesday morning, June 26, when th< matter will be tried in the Recorder’s Court. ANOTHER ARREST ON WHISKEY CHARGE Since the arrest of one Henry Boyd several weeks ago on the charge of selling whiskey near the brick yeard the vigilance of the ofifcers has borne fruit and other arrests have been made. Yesterday a warrant was sworn out for Clifton Beasley, who is a partner in a business just across the river, on the charge of selling whiskey. He was placed under i $1,000 bond for his appearance in Recorder’s court today. His father. C. W. Beasley stood his bond. .. SIX BROTHERS IN SOUTHERN SERVICE Massey Brothers Make Re markable Record in the Service of Railroad A story of interest both from the standpoint of uniqueness and from the fact that we know the characters, way commission has adopted a chang Southern News Bulletin. The achieve ments of a Johnston County family, six sons of the late D. Ft anklin Mas sey, furnish the theme for the story We herewith reproduce the account as published in the Bulletin. A Southern Railway family of six brothers, with a combined service rec ord of one hundred and ninety years, is shown in the group picture present ed herewith. They are the six Mas sey boys, John, Pat, Dick, Murray, Herbert and Will, sons of the late D. Franklin Massey a North Carolina farmer. Their individual service rec ords range from forty years for the oldest to eighteen years fcv tb youngest, and all except the young est have been in the service for iwem-y-iive years or longer. The father of the six Massey boys died when they were quite young anil the responsibility of rearing the fam ily rested largely upon John, the old est son. He had entered the service of the Richmond & Danville at the age of 16 years and at the time of his father’s death had learned toto graphy. As each of his five brother reached the proper age, John taught him telegraphy and secured for him a position with the company. As a result, of his efficient training, none of them has ever had to hunt, for jobs. They have all develop’d into self-respecting men, and are faith ful loyal and valued employees. In addition to training his own brothers for useful careers with the Southern, John Massey has the distinction of having trained twelve or more other men who now hold responsible po sitions with the Southern. The ser vice records of the six Massey broth ers are given in detail as follows: 1. John Massey, agent at. Clayton, N. C., was horn at Princeton, John ston County, N. C., January 11, 1867. He learned telegraphy at Princeton and entered the service of the R & D as operator and billing clerk at Goldsboro, N. C., in November, 1881. The late Captain W. H. Green was superintendent at that time. He was transferred to the agency at Clayton in June, 1887, to the agency at Sel ma, N. C., in March, 1890, and in 1890 was made relief agent. In No vember, 1904, he was promoted to agent at Clayton, where he has been employed since. Total length of ser vice, 40 years. 2. Patrick Henry Massey, agent at Wilson Mills, N. C., was born in 1869. He entered the service in 1884 as op erator at Princeton, N. C , and sub sequently was transferred as opera (Continued on page four) GOVERNOR CALLS DISTRICT ELECTION Allsbrook Resigns To Enter Race And Donald Gilliam Is Ap pointed Raleigh, June 23.—After he had called an election in the Second Con gressional District for November 6 to fill the vacancy caused by the death i of Congressman Claude Kitchin, | Governor Morrison accepted the resig nation of R. G. Allsbrook, of Tar boro, solicitor of the second judicial district to become effective July 21 and appointed Donnell JC^lliaro, of Tarboro, to succeed him. Solicitor Allsbrook resigned to devote his time to his candidacy for Congress. The call for the special election was made by Governor Morrison in com pliance with the resolution of the Democratic executive committee in session Wednesday of this week when the committee decided in favor of a primary as against a convention as a means of determining the will of the Democratic voters of the district and set the first Saturday in October as the time for the primary. The resignation of Solicitor Alls brook, according to advices from Tarboro, was offered the Governor following a meeting of the Solicitor’s friends in his office in Tarboro yes terday morning. At that time So licitor Allsbrook issued a statement in which he announced formally his candidacy for the Democratic Con-i gressional nomination and explained that his resignation was tendered in order that he might freely devote his energies to his candidacy. While no word has been received from Judge John H. Kerr, also a candidate for the Democratic Con gresisonal nomination, it is regarded as likely that he, too, will resign. The only other candidate developed in the district thus far is N. J. Rouse of Kinston. TWENTY-SEVEN DEATHS FROM HEAT IN OHIO Columbus, Ohio, June 22.—Five mere deaths due directly or indirect ly to the hot weather were reported in Ohio yesterday, bringing the total if those who have died from heat causes in the State since Monday to 27. The only hope for relief held out by United States Observer Alexander here was for the Lake Regions; Jt may be cooler there today, he said. Maximum temperatures for the sea n were reported from all sections of the State today. At Tiffin, it was 97. Upper Sandusky reported 95 1-2. The Columbus maximum was 93. Prayer Meeting At Baptist Church The usual mid-week prayer meeting will be held tomorrow evening at the Baptist churcWat 8:15 o’clock. Mr. J. W. Stephenson will conduct the scervices. Everybody is cordially invited. SIX BROTHERS IN SOUTHERN’S SERVICE (1) John W. Massey, Agent, Clayton, N. C.; (2) Patrick H. Massey, Agent, Wilson’s Mills, N. C.; (3) D. D. Mas sey, Operator, Selma, N. C.; (4) Murray F. Massey, Dispatcher, Richmond, Va.; (5) W. Herbert Massey, Operat or, Raleigh, N. C.; (6) Willie C. Massey, Agent, Trinity, N. C. FREIGHT WRECKED AT RIVER BRIDGE Twenty-three Cars Derailed; Traffic Blocked for More Than 15 Hours One of the worst train wrecks seen : in this section in a number of years occurred at Neuse river bridge, two miles south of here yesterday morn i ing about 5:30 o’clock when twenty three cars of a north bound freight were derailed. The train carrying forty-eight cars was loaded with lumber and kaolin, the biggest part of the freight being lumber. The track was torn up for a thousand feet, and fully twelve hours were re quired to clear the wreckage so that traffic could be resumed. It was nine o’clock before the wreck train was on the scene and it took hard work to put even one track in shape for travel by nine o'clock last night. Officers stated that it would require I a week to reload the lumber and re ! move all signs of the wreck. Trainmen were t >o busy' yesterday : opening up the way to make any in i vestigations as to the cause of the | wreck but official information stated j that it. was not due to any defect in I the track. Trains No. 83, No. 80 and No. 89 detoured via. Goldsboro yesterday. Short trains were operated from i Rocky Mount and Fayetteville to | points near the scene of the wreck, | and passengers and baggage trans : ferred by means of automobile. ----- j AVIATOR KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS IN BAY Pensacola, Fla., June 22.—Lieuten ant! Charles B. Burke, Jr. of Knoxville Tenn., a naval aviator, died tonight ! as the result of injuries received sev j eral hours previously when a sea J plane he was piloting went into a j tail spin over Pensacola Bay and j crashed from an altitude of 1,000 i feet into shallow water. lie never re gained consciousness. Alexander Powell of Pensacola and Marion Agkowski of South Per | rick, Mass., enlisted men who were : flying with Lieutenant Burke suf j fered injuries and are in the naval | hospital. Powell sustained five brok ; en ribs. Lieutenant Burke, an instructor, was flying a new H-S plane for the first time. ORPHAN’S HOME WILL BE BUILT IN STATE Burlington, Vt., June 21—The Ju nior Order, United American Me chanics in biennial convention here adopted a resolution authorizing the establishment of an orphans’ home in North Carolina similar to that al ready existing in Tiffin, Ohio. North Carolina has offered a site for the home and a grant of $250,000 towards the cost of construction. Selection of the site was left to the national board of officers of the order. Joseph D. Tunison, of New York, was elected national councillor. Tom Waters of Philadelphia, vice- council lor, and J. W. Wilmuth, of Washing ton, D. C., secretary. Forty-Gallon Still Captured Thursday morning, June 21st, about eleven o’clock, Messrs. J. D. Stephen son and C. I. Pierce captured a forty gallon copper still and complete out fit on the land of Mr. J. K. Beasley in the southern part of the country. One and a half gallons of whiskey and a barrel of beer were found and poured out. The officers found sev eral barrels, buckets, funnels, one rifle and a few other things at the still which was in operation. When Messrs. Stephenson and Pierce were about thirty yeards from the still, they say four men at work, but they ran and made their escape. It was said that the grounds around the still looked as if the still had been in use for several months. No ar rests have yet been made. No Prayer Meeting At Presbyterian Church In the absence of the pastor, Rev. J. R. Woods, who is out of town this week, the usual mid-week prayer ser vice will not be held at the Presby terian church tomorrow evening. Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Du pree Sunday, a son, James Morgan.