DOCTORS OF FOURTH
DISTRICT ASSEMBLE
Physicians From 8 Counties
Gather in Selma and Hold
Good Session
The quarterly meeting of the
Fourth District Medical Society was
held Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to
6:30 o’clock with the Johnston Coun
ty Medical Society. The session was
held in the Graded school building at
Selma.
Membership in the Fourth District
Medical Society include all members
in good standing in the counties of
Edgecombe, Halifax, Green, Johnston,
Nash, Northampton, Wayne and Wil
son. The officers of the Society are:
Dr. C. A. Woodard, of Wilson, presi
dent; Dr. E. S. Boice of Rocky Mount,
vice president; and Dr. W. H! House
of Goldsboro, secretary-treasurer.
The president called the meeting
to order. Papers were read before
the meeting by the following: Dr. A.
G. Woodard of Goldsboro on, “The
Evolution of the Healing Art,” Dr. A.
S. Roat, of Raleigh on “Some Phases
of The Artificial Feeding of Infants”;
Dr. C. T. Smith of Rocky Mount on
“Glenard's Disease.” After a discus
sion of these papers, a report of
clinical cases and other business was
attended to.
A pleasing feature of the doctors'
stay in Selma came after the busi
ness session when barbecue and
watermelons were served.
SAVANNAH HIGH-UPS ACCUSED
OF WHISKEY VIOLATIONS
Savannah, Aug. 15.—More than 30
arrests for alleged liquor violations
were made in Savannah late today by
federal authorities, one banker, a
number of merchants and others gen
erally reputed to be engaged in liquor
trafficking.
The more prominent of those taken
into custody are:
John J. Powers, vice president and
cashier of the Exchange bank of Sa
vannah.
Joseph B. Berner, merchant.
Samuel Berner, former sergeant of
police.
A. Carlson, merchant.
C. Graham Baughn, lawyer.
Frank Balcon, grocer.
Willie Haar, Fred Harr, Jr., Carl
Haar, Roy G. Ryan, Wolf Silver,
Reuben Tenenbaum, J. H. Thomas,
Jacob Williams, Mrs. Jacob Williams,
and Robert Williams, all well known
in Savannah.
Other arrests are to be made dur
ing the night.
The arrests are the resut of the
work under cover of 30 or more men
during several weeks. Early in the
campaign one of the federal agents
was recognized by a likuor seller,
and the whole force was quickly
withdrawn and supplanted by men
unknown in this section of the coun
try. They bought liquor from deal
ers and when it was delivered suc
ceeded in getting the information to !
identify automobiles used in trans- j
porting the contrabrasd. Tonight au- ;
tomobiles valued at §15,000 had been |
confiscated by federal agents. The ;
federal agents are said to have come i
to Savannah with alleged letters of
introduction to whiskey dealers and
had little trouble in getting liquor I
from them. With every purchase
evidence was secured and when the ;
arrests started tonight the city was ;
thrown into great excitement.
John J. Powers, vice president and
cashier of the Exchange bank is
charged with conspiracy to violate
the prohibition law. No details of
charges against him could be procur- |
ed. He is one of the best known
bankers in Savannah.
United States court is now in ses
sion in Savannah with Judge William
I. Grubb, of Birmingham presiding.—
Associated Press.
REV. MR. WOODS TO
SPEAK ON CHINA
Rev. J. R. Woods, in filling his |
regular appointment at Spence Chap- !
cl Sunday afternoon will speak on
China. Mr. Woods was born and
raised in China and all are cordially
invited to hear him toll of what he
has seen and experienced. Mr.
Woods will also speak at the Pr >vi
d^rce church Sunday night on the
subject of China.
STATE TEACHERS WILL MEET
IN SIX DISTRICTS THIS FALL
J. B. Warren, of Raleigh, secretary
of the State Teachers’ association,
will be in Charlotte and the surround
ing district for the next 10 days en
gaged in work in connection with the
meeting of the teachers of the south
piedmont district of North Carolina,
to be held here on October 19 and 20.
Mr. Warren arrived in this city Mon
day night, and started immediately
working out plans for the coming
districts teachers’ meeting, to be
held in connection with five similar
meetings in various other districts
through out the state. Those six
meetings will be held at different
times during the coming fall, the
first to take place on September 21
and 22, and the last to be held on
November 30 and December 1.
The meetings of the teachers’ as
sociation by districts is a new plan
of that body. Heretofore, the as
sociation has held one meeting each
year, about Thanksgiving lime. Many
of the teachers were unable to attend
and the new plan of holding district
meetings, to be inaugurated this fall,
was worked out. The meeting of the
south piedmont district, to be held in
Charlotte on October 19 and 20,
will be the third district meeting of
the year, the first taking place at
Asheville on September 21 and 22,
when the teachers of the western dis
trict meet.
The complete schedule of meetings
in the various districts, the dates and
the places follow:
ihe western district meet at Asne
ville on September 21 and 22.
The meeting in the northwestern
district will be held at Greensboro
on October 5 and 6.
Charlotte will be the meeting
pace of the teachers of the south
piedmont on October 19 and 20.
The north central district will
meet at Raleigh on November 2 and
3.
The teachers of the Northwestern
district meet at Greenville on Novem
ber 16 and 17.
The sixth and final meeting will
be held in the southeastern d’strict
at Wilmington on November 20 and
December 1.
In addition to the district meetings,
the annual convention of the State
Teachers’ association will be held
next spring in Winston-Salem. This
meeting will last for three days
March 12, 13, and 14. Mr. Warren
stated yesterday that there are more
than 16#000 white teachers in the
state and upward of 12,000 are ex
pected to attend the state meeting
next March in Winston-Salem. It
is expected that several thousand
teachers will be in attendance at each
of the district meetings.
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of Raleigh, is
president of the State Teachers’
association, and probably will pre
side at the meeting in Winston-Sa
lem. Miss Kelly also is expected to
attend the south piedmont district
meeting ni Charlotte in October.
More than 2,000 teachers are ex
pected to be in attendance at the dis
trict meeting in Charlotte. H. P.
Harding superintendent of schools of
Charlotte, has been offered the chair
manship of the south piedmont dis
trict, and has given notice of his
acceptance.
The meeting m each district will
take place on Friday and Saturday,
at the above mentioned dates.
The State Teachers’ association has
affiliated with it 10 subdivisions, or
associations made up of teachers in
separate fields. The first meeting in ;
each of the two-day district sessions j
will be devoted to the district asso- j
ciation as a whole, after which the j
meeting will break up into smaller j
gatherings of the various affiliated !
organizations.
The 10 affiliated organizations are
as follows: Primary Teachers’ asso- •
ciation; Grammar Grade Teachers’ j
association; High School Principals
and Teachers’ association; City Su-j
perintendents’ association; County*
Superintendents' asociaVon; Higer:
Education association; Music Teach- !
ers’ association; Department of Voca
tional and Extension Education, |
which includes farm demonstration ,
agents, who work in cooperation v.’ith j
the schools home demonstration I
agents; Art Teachers’ association,!
and the Physicial Education associa- ’
tion.
The work to he accomplished at ;
the district meetings will be prir.ei- j
pally along the lines of teaching
THE COOP TOBACCO
WAREHOUSE TO OPEN
Report From South Carolina
Expresses Satisfaction
Over Deliveries
The Tcbacco Cooperative ware
house here will open for the reception
of tobacco on Aug. 21, the date set
for opening the Coop markets in east
ern North 'Carolina. The following
official announcement has been hand
ed us for publication:
“We will open our warehouse Tues
day, August 21, 1923. Our first ad
vance grade cards will be posted in
warehouse for the inspection of every
body.
Owing to general satisfaction the
• ssociation has given in the South
Carolina belt this season as indicat
ed by new members secured every
day, a successful season is anticipated
here.
A. G. JOHNSON,
Warehouse Manager
Smithfield, N. C.
The following report of cooperative
marketing of tobacco in South Caro
lina has been sent out from the Ra
leigh office of the assocatin.
“All of the Eastern North Catolina
markets of the Tobaco Grogers Co
operative Association will open for
deliveries on Tuesday, Aug. 21. The
Association last week doubled its re
ceipts in South Carolina with deliver
ies which amounted to 1,484,242 lbs.,
and even heavier deliveries are look
ed for on the cooperative floors
throughout the South Carolina Belt
this week.
The Association has already receiv
ed close to 3,000,000,000 pounds of
the South Carolina crop.
Members of the Tobacco Coopera
tive are highly pleased with the large
increase in first cash advances with
which the markets opened this year
and from present indications it ap
pears as though the organized grow
ers of South Carolina will double the
amount of their 1922 deliveries with
the present crop.
The most important legal victory
yet won by the Association in South
Carolina was gained last Saturday,
when Judge Shipp, in the Florence
County Court, upheld the Association
in oil points and continued the in
junction against V. M. Venters, a
member of the Association, and his
adult son, who is a non-member, re- j
straining them both from delivering
their tobacco outside of the Coopera
tive Association.
Vente'-s who is a large tobacco
planter of Florence Cvunty. claimed
that he bad icn.ed hi-' iar.rf to hi- son
ior fp. e 11 •• > red della s east m1
anil the dim- on restra ring their de
liveries uii or strengthens iho con
tention if the co-ops that •> tobacco
grown upon the lands of landloid
members T.cst be deli/or id to H eir
own Assoc', fen.
TOBACCO AT FAIRMONT
BRINGING GOOD PRICES
Fairmont, Aug. 14—A report of the j
auction sales of tobacco at this point,
since the opening, August 1, shows
total sales to date of 950,162 pounds. !
sold for $201,875.85; an average of
$21.25. These figures are official,
having been furnished by the secre
tary of the board of trade. Last Fri
day’s sale contained many of the
better grades and the average was |
$25.78. Farmers are delighted with
the prices. No figures available as j
to the co-op receipts at their house
here, but they still continue to be :
very light, hardly in all of 4 to 5 per ;
cent of what has been marketed up
to date, although their house has
been opened since July 17. But in i
justice to them it should be said that
they opened at least two weeks earl
ier than they should, the crop being ,
that much late.
demonstrations, methods, etc., :t is
stated. Much more good is expo-tied
to be accomplished through the dis
trict meeting plan than through tb
single, state-wide meeting of th
teachers of North Carolina, as in form
er years.
The state meeting in Winston-:
lem next March will be along fiimi- j
lar lines, it is stated, but the district
meetings will, of course, be mere lo
calized.—Charlotte Observer
HALLET S. WARD ON
COOP MARKETING
Speaks to Local Unit of the
Tobacco and Cotton Grow
ers in Kenly Wednesday
About two hundred fifty farmers
and business men heard Congressman
Hallet S. Ward, of Washington, when
he addressed the local unit of the
cotton and tobacco growers associa
tion at Kenly Wednesday afternoon.
This was the regular meeting of
the local unit and County Chairman
A. M. Johnson jmcsidcd over the meet
ing, (Several men connected fcvjth
the cooperative system were present
among whom were L. E. Regers of
Goldsboro, District Field Service Rep
resentative of the Gotten Association;
J. G. Lawton, Cotton Field Represen
tative of Johnston County, and A. G.
Johnson, manager of the Coop ware
house here.
According to the reports, Congress
man Ward • quite an enthusiast
ic speech on copoerative marketing.
He stated that his position in the
National Capitol gave him a chance
to get a line on public opinion all
over the United States, and it had
been impressed upon him that senti
ment generally was in favor of this
system of marketing. It is his be
lief that business men, politicians in
both parties, the press and people
generally consider cooperative mark
eting the hope of the farmer. He
mentioned the fact that President
Harding was in favor of it, and even
made a speech on his trip to farmers
in the west setting forth the advan
tages of cooperative marketing. On
ly a few, including speculative in
terests and middlemen he said, are
fighting it.
In conclusion Congressman Ward
urged the cooperative members to
make their deliveries according to
contract. The contract has been up
held in the courts and it will save
trouble in the end for the farmers to
deliver the tobacco to the coop ware
houses.
Congressman Ward will speak at
Goldsboro on Aug. 21, at the Coop
erative warehouse there. The pro
moters of cooperative marketing are
anjious that as many as can attend
this meeting in Wayne and hear the
congressman speak on this subject.
97 DEAD IN MINE
EXPLOSION IN WYOMING
Kemmer, Wyoming, Aug. 15— Kem
mer tonight was in mourning for the
miners—97 of them—who are known
to have lost their lives in the explo
sion at eKmmerer Coal company
mine No. 1 at Frontier near here yes
terday.
Throughout the day and the night
hundreds of relatives and friends
thronged to the I. 0. 0. F. hall which
has been tuFrned into a temporary
morgue and also to a local undertak
ing establishment where about half
of the bodies are being kept.
Tonight however, there were but
few people congested at the portal
of the mine where last evening hun
dreds crowded for news of those
trapped in the workings.
The latest official report is 97
miners dead; one missing and 37
rescued alive and unhurt.
What caused the explosion has not
yet been determined, but officials of
the company announced that the
pumps were not damaged and that
work will be resumed as soon as pos
sible.
The mine is considered one of the
deepest in this section—if not in the
United States. The main shaft goes
down at an angle of 16 degrees to
a depth of about 6,000 feet and it was
on the under ground that most of the
bodies wrere found.
Smallest Matured Man
The smallest matured man in the
v.’orld is Peppino Magro. In the big
circus the barker points him out as
Baron Paucci, his show business
name. Magro is 29 years old, but he
is only 27 inches tall and we:- ’ -
only 36 pounds. Born in Sicily, at
the age of 15 he wer.t through the
great Messina earthquake. They dug
him out from under a pile of bricks
and plaster that would have killed
any normal man. His small s:ze
saved him.—Lenoir News Topic.
HARDING LEFT BULK OF
ESTATE TO WIDOW
—
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12—Presi
i dent Harding was worth about three
quarters of a million dollars at the
| time of his death, and most of this
will go to Mrs. Florence Kling Hard
ing, his widow.
Mr. Harding made a new will not
| long before he left Washington for
Alaska last June, and placed all his
! personal affairs in such shape that
in the event of his failure to return
alive they would give his widocv the
least concern and worry.
The Harding will is not to be filed
in Washington for the reason that
he owns no property hei-e except
■ personal effects at the White House
and funds in bank.
It was learned tonight that the will
i is to be filed at Marion, Ohio, probably
during the coming week'and that it
will be probated in the old court
house in that city. It makes Mrs.
Harding the chief beneficiary. She
will not receive the entire estate, as
there are some minor bequests to per
sons Mr. Harding wished to remember
in this way. Mrs. Harding is not a
rich woman but she has a considerable
estate of her own.
The principal item in the estate of
; the late president is his share in the
proceeds of the recent sale of the
Marion Star, in which he owned a
controlling interest until he disposed
of it before his departure for Alaska.
The making of his new will, the sale
of his control in the Marion Star,
the deeding away of his recently pur
! chased farm near Blooming Grove,
om puu itoq b sb paAii aq ‘oiqo
j reorganization of his financial invest
ments were all undertaken by Mr.
Harding just before he started for
, Alaska, as part of his plan for put
ting his house in order in anticipation
of the possibility that he might never
; return alive.
MR. COOLIDGE IS NOW
IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, Aug- 13.—President
| Coolidge, occupying the White House
offices today for the first time, devot
ed himself throughout the day to
conferences with cabinet members and
other officials and to an accumulation
| of correspondence and documents.
Outstanding in the day’s activities
were conferences on the anthracite
situation with George Otis Smith,
J member of the coal commission and
Secretary Hoover. The latter was in
j conference with the President both be
fore and after announcement was
; made that the operators and miners’
representatives had been summoned
to renew wage contract negotiations.
Although Mr. Coolidge forsake the
temporary executive offices establish
ed at the New Millard hotel, he and
Mrs. Coolidge retained their suite nad
will continue to live there until Mrs.
Harding vacates the White House.
Arriving at his office before nine
o’clock, the new President immediate
ly began to receive friends and offi
I c-ials, including cabinet members and
the heads of various government
agencies. Callers during the day in
cluded Secretary Weeks, Director
Lord of the budget; Assistant Secre
tary Finney of the interior depart
ment; Comptroller General McCarl,
former Senator Pomerene of Ohio, and
i Surgeon General Cumming of the pub
lic health service. Routine matters,
as a rule, were under discussion.—
Associated Press.
TOBACCO SALES
IN MARION, S. C
With two independent warehouses
and a big co-op house the Marion
tobacco market is booming along in
splendid form. All of last week
heavy sales were enjoyed, both by
' warehousemen and by the farmers
who received the high prices now be
i ing paid for their crops.
No statement has been made by
the co-operative association as to
the pounds received to date, but
every day there have been good,
heavy deliveries made by members
and the advances have been most
pleasing.—The Marion Star.
They AH Do
He told his bride he was quite sure
For him to be the boss was better,
But she declared she’d take that job,
And so, of course, he had to lct’er.
—Wallace’s Farmer
CRIMINAL DOCKET IS
GREATLY CONGESTED
Grand Jury Recommends
Special Term; Number of
Cases Disposed Of
The criminal docket of Superior
Court in session here this week moves
slowly and up until yesterday, only
minor cases were disposed of. The
case of most interest prior to yester
day was prehaps that of the State
vse. J. W. Johnson in which the de
fendant was indicted for fishing in
wraters imporded by the dam at Holt
Lake between the A. C. L. bridge anJ
: Lassiter’s bridge. The dam was
erected in October 1918, and the
water reached the top of the dam and
overflowed druing the month of No
vember 1918. The Legislative in
March 1919 enacted (a pub(c law
prohibiting the fishing with nets in
the waters of Holt Lake between the
A. C. L. bridge and Lassiter’s bridge.
The defendant was indicted in Eec
| order’s Court and w-hile not denying
the fishing with nets in the waters
imponded through the erection of
: the Holt Lake dam, he contended
j that the place at which the nets were
set was upon property owned by
Judge F. H. Brooks which had been
| overflowed by the erection of the
i dam.
Upon the undisputed facts pre
sented in the Recorder’s Court, Judge
Noble held that it was the legislative
I intent to protect the fish in that body
I of water known as Holt Lake and ly
I ing between A. C. L. bridge and Las
' siter’s bridge, and found the defend
i ant guilty. From this construction
| of the law, the defendant appealed
; to the Superior Court. The opinion
; sustained by Judge Daniels and the
case now goes to the Superior Court
for a final decision.
Other cases disposed of prior to
yesterday were:
j State vs. Irving Tart charged with
violating the school law. Appeal by
defendant having been withdrawn
the case went off the docket.
State vs. Wm. Chester Stancil
charged with assault with deadly
weapon. Appeal by defendant hav
ing been withdrawn the case goes
off the docket.
State vs. E. D. Eudy assault with
j deadly weapon. Defendant’s appeal
| having been withdrawn the case goes
| off the docket.
State vs. Daniel Boone Narron
| charged with seduction. Defendant
! plead guilty which is accepted by the
solicitor for the state. Judgment is
suspended upon payment of costs.
State vs. Pharoah Jenkins larceny
; and receiving stolen goods. Defend
ant pleads guilty. Judgment not yet
pronounced.
State vs. Joe Carroll charged with
larceny and receiving stolen goods.
Defendant pleads guilty. Judgment:
rayer for judgment continued. Capias
to issue at any time at request of
solicitor. ,
State vs. Robert Stanly. Violating
attendance act school law. Not guil
ty.
State vs. Albert Parker. Carrying
concealed weapon and assault with
deadlf weapon. Defendant pleads
guilty. Judgment: $ 50 fine and costs
State vs. John Whaley, larceny and
rereiving stolen goods. Defendant
pleads guity. lJudgment not yet pre
nounled.
State vs. Kelly Rose. Store brea'c
I ing. Defendant pleads guilty. Judg
' ment suspended upon payment of
costs. Capias to issue at any time
at request of solicitor.
State vs. D. G. Allen. Assault upon
a female. Defendant pleads guilty
Judgment: Upon payment of costs
that defendant be confined in the
county jail for twelve months to b;
assigned to work on the county roads,
the execution of the sentence to be
suspended until a caifas shall be
issued at the instance of the solici
tor.
State vs. Lee Smith and Bernice
Narron. Larceny . Defendant plead
guilty. Prayer for judgment continu
ed upon payment of costs, arid de
fendants are required to appear at
every criminal term for a period of
two years and show good behavior.
Capias issued at any time at request
cf solicitor.
State vs. P. L. Hayes. Assar't
with deadly weapon. Not guilty.
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