DR. WILLIAMS WAS
HEARD BY CROWD
Head of U. N. C. School of Phi
losophy Delivers Discourse
At Methodist Church
Dr. Horace H. Williams, head of
the school of Philosophy at the State
University at Chapel Hill, was heard
by a large crowd at the Methodist
church here Sunday morning, and his
sermon, to which the closest atten
tion was given, has been the subject
of favorable comment. Announcement
of his coming had been made in the
newspapers of the county, the congre
gation was representative.
Dr. Williams began in an easy con
versational style. He did not take a
text but came upon two as he moved
along. He spoke of being in Massa
chusetts during his vacation and how
friends were eager that he should
see the old home of Daniel Webster
which they thought was the best
thing in their state. He told of how
as he came into Johnston County, he
saw the great crops of cotton, to
bacco and corn. “But these,” he said,
“are not the best things. Your best
things are your boys and girls.” He
recalled the fact that many of these
have gone to Chapel Hill, one of
whom at least he felt would bring
fame to his country and to the Uni
versity.
Coming to his text, Dr. Williams
said that the first sentence in the
Bible (Gen. 1,1) was one of the finest
in all literature, and that another was
to be found in the fourth Gospel: “I
am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more
abundantly.” He spoke of two great
philosophies of life. The one deals
with ignorance which is overcome
with education. Education, an un
selfish thing, enlarges life, making
it more abundant, increasing its ca
pacity for usefulness and happiness.
Education is a most unsettling thing,
making one dissatisfied with himself
and creating a hunger for something
higheg. Dr. Williams believes in
education, but education is not all
Knowledge was never more widely
diffused than now, yet the world is
restless, lawless and selfish. Some
thing else is needed.
The other philosophy which Dr.
Wiliams discussed deals with sin.
Man is radically wrong and must be
changed. The inner life, said Dr. Wil
liams, is the controlling life. If
the inner life is right, the outer life
will be right. Whenever God has need
ed a man to meet a world or national
crisis, he has not gone to the colleges
and universities. He has gone to the
manger, to a humble home where the
things of the inner life have been
taught.
In speaking of science and religion,
Dr. Williams stated that science is
younger, but deals with law and
truth which are old as the world.
Science is constantly changing. ,1 f
one writes a book on science he be
comes nervous lest it be out of date
before it is published. The pathway
of science for a thousand years has
been strewn with defeats and wrecks
Rev Mr. Tuttle characterized, at
the close, his exhortation on truth
and being truthful as being fine, sug
gesting that many of his sentences
would be worthy mottoes on the walls
of any church or school.
CONFERENCE IN SMITHFIELD
FOR ONE DAY
The Group Conference of Johnston
County will be held in the Smithfield
Presbterian church on the day of
October 10 beginning at 10 a. m.
Every Presbyterian church in the
County is expected to send delegates.
Ladies of all denominations are most
cordially invited to be present.
A very interesting program has
been arranged.
Among the speakers will be Mrs. J.
R. Page, Aberdeen; Mrs. J. O. Mc
Clelland, Maxton; Mrs. J. H. Sutten
field, Pine Bluff; Mrs. A. M. McQueen
Laurinburg; Miss Margaret Mclver,
Rowland; Mrs. J. H. Kirby, Kenly;
Mrs. H. R. Cromartie; Mrs. John
Knok, Mrs. M. J. MvGuire and others.
Local B. Y. P. U. At Baptist Center
The Smithfield B. Y. P. U. gave a
demonstration program at Baptist
Center church Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock. Miss Ruth Woody was
in charge of the meeting.
SELMA NEWS ITEMS
Selma, Sept. 26.—Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Diehl and their guests Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Davis of Pennsylvania
spent Monday in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R, Woodard and
children of Princeton were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wiggs Sunday.
Miss Lola Peele returned Friday
from Timmonsville, S. €., where she
attended the funeral of her uncle,
Dr. J. H. Peele.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Poole moved
into their beautifully remodeled home
on Green Street last Friday. It will
be remembered that this home was
badly damaged by fire last spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. W. Winston and
daughter, Miss Georgia of Oxford,
spent Sunday with the family of Dr.
R. J. Noble.
Mr. J T. Moore of Birmingham,
Ala., is visiting his sister Mrs. R. J.
Noble. *
Mr. D. M. Lowe of Washington,
D. C., left Monday after spending
some time with his son, Mr. F. G.
Lowe.
Mr. Geo. F. Brietz is attending the
“Made in Carolinas” Exhibition in
Charlotte this week.
Dr. R. P. Noble and family and
Miss Anne Noble of Raleigh spent
last week end in the city the guests
of Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Noble.,
Mrs. T. H. Whitley who has been
on the sick list for the past few
days is out again.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Davis, who
have been visiting Mr and Mrs. J.
C. Diehl left for her home in Nesque
Honing, Pa., Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffries and
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Lattimore have
returned to town after extended brid
al trips to Washington, New York
and other northern points . We ex
tend to these young people a cordial
welcome. ,
Miss Alta Debnam of Clayton spent
last weekend with Mrs. L. C. Deb
nam. ,
Mr. C. L. Richardson of Durham
arrived in the city Monday to as
sume a partnership in the the new
hardware on Raeford street.
Dr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Vick and their
guests, Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Mar
tin of Rock Hill, S. C. spent Wed
nesday in Goldsboro. •
Mrs. S E. Leonard and little daugh
ter Margaret of Wilson spent Tues
day in the city. They were accom
panied home by Mrs. W. H. Eth
eredge.
Mrs. R. J. Noble and Mrs. Thos.
Winston are spending a few days
in Raleigh this week with relatives.
Mrs. M. F. Chapelle of Durham
j spent Tuesday night in the city with
Mrs. N. G. Woodlief. She was en
route to Hartsville, S. C., to visit
her son.
M*. K. T. Smith of Roanoke, Ya.,
is visiting his brother, Mr. J. R.
| tomith.
Mrs. L •. Lowe w is brought home
Cr > - Ho : mithfiel 1 Memorial h‘s
pital a-t Wednesday She is con
xalosbng :« nidly.
The ; embers of c Mc + hcdist
' i heir to: ■ t the home of Mr. John
Jt ffries j. es-day right and gave Mrs.
JeiTTiea h surprise shower. A num
1 er if * t • ?ol and he«uti.T-. articles
| househ' id linen and etc. were given
Mr I-f-> t* has long been a faith
I ful and talented ir.' i her of the
Mi t i.i.i'i,;} c t oir. Tb ■. pen.' of Sel
ma extend a most cordial wcl.oine
i. this ye. Mar yoir.g couple
The many friends of Miss Miriam
Brietz will be gratified to learn that
she was wanner of the second prize
($50) in the News and Observer short
story contest. Just a little more than
a year ago Miss Brietz won the first
prize, a $10 gold piece, offered by the
Society of the Alumni of Trinity
College for the best original short
story, by any high school girl in
North Carolina. Miss Brietz is the
daughter of our townsman, Mr. Geo.
F. Brietz, and has just entered her
sophomore year at Salem Female
College.
Cooper-Strickland
On Sunday, Sept. 23rd, at Kinston
Miss Lucile Strickland, daughter of
Rev. C. B. Strickland, of Falcon, was
united in matrimony to Mr. Willie
Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Cooper, who resides near Falcon.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper will make
their home in Rocky Mount.—Dunn
Dispatch.
SMITHFIELD HIGHS
WIN FIRST GAME
Football Season Opens With A
Victory for Local Team
Against Kinston
In a one sided but very interesting
game of football Smithfield high
school defeated Kinston at Kinston
ast Friday.
Smithfield received the ball from
iickoff, ran it back fifteen yards and ;
then began a terrific battering at- ;
:ack that could not be stopped until |
ihe goal line was crossed. After this
Kinston continued to fight gamely
but clever working of swiftly develop !
ing plays by the local lads overcame
their aggressiveness. The unity of
pffort and directness on the part of |
Smithfield’s eleven added greatly to
the game’s features of interest. On
ly one fumble was made by the lo
cals and although this cost a touch- j
iown it was partly excusable because
of the wet ball.
The game was featured by the ex- j
cellent work of the entire Smithfield ;
line. From end to end it was like j
a stone wall of defenhe, as it evi- |
deneed by the fact that only twro J
first downs were made by Kinston, i
On the offensive it was well night ;
irresistible. Repeatedly line men .
broke through to down the opposing |
backs for a loss, Bill Fuller and j
Captain Honeycutt being prominent j
ir this respect while Beasley, John- |
son, Ed. Fuller, Patrick and Brown j
were bulworks of strength.
The local backfield gave a splendid j
exhibition 'of line bucking, broken j
field running and forward passing. !
Quarterback Skinner handled the j
team well and with the aid of Hoi- ;
land executed some excellent forward I
passes. Holland's terrific line plung- j
irg was also a feature while Whar
ton showed up well in broken field
running. Kirknvun-playing his fiist
game as a regular, gave promise of
bigger things in the future and Par
ker, the Pine Level phenom, showed
class for a beginner.
The Smithfield management intro
duced something new in that the
entire football squad, thirty strong,
was carried along to learn all the
football possible for the season of
1924 and to become acquainted with
the various dutie® of substitutes.
The line up
.irown---- — lelt end
Fuller, E._left tackle
Patrick,.. left guard
Fuller, B.-center ,
Beasley _ right tackle j
Johnson __right tackle
Honeycutt, T. (Capt.)-right end
Holland_full back
Wharton _ left halfback
Kirkman __right halfback j
Skinner,_ quarterbacx
Score: Smithfield 20, Kinston 0.
Sustitutes: In last quarter, Hooks ■
for Brown, Parker for Kirkman, Ut- j
ley for Johnson.
Coach Rice has written ten foot- |
ball teams for games here this com
ing Friday and is waiting for an
swers . The first team will probably
play one of these and the second team
will have a game Saturday with some
team.
Smithfield as has been announced
before is a member of the Six City
League a schedule of whose games
has been furnished us as follows:
F-iday, Sept, 28.—Smithfield ai
Kinston; Greenville at Goldsboro:
vV'lmington open date.
October 5.—Smithfield open date,
G ' rboro at Kinston; Wilmington
a* Greenville.
O-t'-Ur 12—Smithfield at Golds
boro. Kinston at Wilmington; Green
ci’le <^en date.
October 19.—Smithfield at Green
ville; Wilmington at Goldsboro:
Kinston open date.
October 26.—Wilmington at Smith
field; Greenville at Kinston; Golds
boro open date.
November 2.—Kinston at Smith
field; Goldsboro at Greenville; Wil
mington open date.
November 9.—Smithfield open
date; Greenville at Goldsboro; Kin
ston at Goldsboro.
November 16—Goldsboro at Smith
field; Wilmington at Kinston; Green
ville open date.
November 23.—Greenville at Smith
field; Goldsboro at Wilmington; Kin
ston open date.
November 30.— Smithfield at Wil
mington; Kinston at Greenville;
MISS H. M. BERRY
SPEAKS IN 4 OAKS
Representative Crowd of Farm
ers Hear Her Discuss
Credit Unions
Quite a new thing in Johnston
County but something that is calcu
lated to interest a large number of
farmers was the subject of discus
sion at the regular meeting of the
Cooperative Association Local in
Four Oaks Friday evening, Miss H.
M. BerrjJ, secretary of the North
Carolina Credit Union Association,
being the principal speaker.
Miss Berry, well known because of
the fine work she has done in pro
moting good roads in North Caro
lina and who by the way is a news
paper woman being owner of “The
Cherokee Scout” at Murphy, was in
vited to Four Oaks by Mr. B. I. Tart,
vice president of The Bank of Four
Oaks, and Mr. Tart feels that her
coming may lead to the organization
of a credit Union in Johnstn Coun
ty. A representative crowd of farm
ers heard Miss Berry who spoke i:i
part as follows:
“A credit union is a bank in mina
ture, organized for neighborhood
benefit which concerns itself with
the smallest unit of saving and equal
ly small questions of credit. Its ob
jects are
1. To promote thrift among its
members.
2. To provide its members with
credit facilities.
Already thirty such organizations
are in operation in North Carolina
and have been the means of saving
their members much money not only
when credit w-as needed but in the
purchase of their supplies. Cash pur
chases are always cheaper than ‘time’
purchases and from the credit union,
money can be secured by the farm
ers at 6 per cent. When it is realized
that the North Carolina farmers are
borrowing each year more than $200,
000,000, it can be readily seen what
a difference even of one per cent can
make in their interest charges. The
present system of ‘time purchases’
and ‘loan shark’ business is costing
the North Carolina farmers millions
of dollars annually which could be
saved through an extended use of the
credit union.”
Miss Berry described in detail the
advantages which the farmers in the
Lowe’s Grove Union in Durham Coun
ty and the Carmel Union in Mecklen
burg have derived through their or
ganizations. She urged the farmers
of Johnston to investigate the ad
vantages which would come to them
through the small neighborhood or
ganization.
Mr. Law-ton, field agent of the
Cotton Cooperative Association, was
present at this meeting and made a
few remarks.
Famers Bank & Trust Co. Moves
The building on Market street ad
joining the court house square has re
cently been remodeled and fitted up
as a bank building. Last week The
Farmers Bank and Trust Co. took
possession. The location is conven
ient, and the friends and customers
of this bank will altvays find a wel
come. The president of the bank, Mr
R. C. Gillett as well as the cashier,
Mr Floyd Weilons, and assistant
cashier, Mr. Jerry George, are always
ready tu give any assistance possible
connected with their business.
DR. UNDERWOOD TO MOVE
IN HOOD BUILDING
Dr. J. T. Underwood, dentist, will
move his offices to the Hood build
ing tomorrow. He will occupy the
offices formerly used by Dr. R. L
Tomlinson, who leaves this week'for
Wilson where he has decided to lo
cate.
R. G. Lassiter & Co. Offices
An inquiry as to the whereabouts
of the office of R. G. Lassiter & Co
which firm has charge of the con
struction of the highway between
here and Clayton, leads us to state
that their office is located on the
second floor of the Hood building.
Goldsboro open date.
The reason for open dates is tha1
the Wilson team withdrew from the
league.
FOUR OAKS NEWS
Four Oaks, Sept. 26.—Miss Leola
Sanders is visiting friends and rela
tives in Tarboro this week.
Miss Lillian Rose of the Benton
ville section assisted friends here
Thursday.
Mrs. B. B. Creech went to Benson
j Wednesday to spend some time with
friends.
Mrs. William Sanders returned
home last week after an extended
visit to relatives in Goldsboro.
Mr. Norman Westbrook of near
Bentonville has accepted a position
here with the Austin-Stephenson Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Creech of
Sniithfield spent Sunday afternoon
with relatives here.
Miss Mary Hollowell of Rocky
Mount spent the week end here with
Mrs. Sophie Adams
Mr. Marshall Lewis of near Golds
boro spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lewis.
Mr. Ronald Keene is instructing
the typewriting class of the Smith
field High school this year. He will
graduate this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Walton Johnson of
Asheville wele guests of Mrs. D. H.
! Sanders last week.
Miss Willie Bizzell ef Seven
Springs returned home Sunday after
an extended visit to relatives here.
Miss Margaret Sawyer of Norfolk,
Va., is spending sometime here with
Miss Ruby Stanley.
Mrs. J. W. Sanders returned home
recently after an extended visit to
relatives in Norfolk, Va.
A large number < f people from
the St. John’s M. E. church of Golds
boro, motored over here Sunday aft
j ernoon to look over the new Metho
dist church here. They are planning
to build a new church and had heard
of the nice new church we had so
| they came over to see it before they
j decided on their plans.
REMOVES PIN FROM
THROAT OF INFANT
Philadelphia, Sept 27.—A race of
more than 800 miles and an operation
by Dr. Chevalier Jackson, professor
of laryngology at Jefferson Medical
College, in removing an open safety
pin from the throat of a five-months
old baby saved the infant’s life to
day.
Little William W, Johnson, Jr, lay
pale and wan on a bed in the hos
pital when Dr. Jackson entered the
room. Five minutes later he was
gurgling at his happy mother whlie
Dr. Jackson was receiving the fervent
congratulations of the father, who is
principal of Stonewall Jackson Man
ual Training School, Concord, N. C.
“The operation was a great suc
cess,” said Mr. Johnson this after
noon. “No words can describe our
joy at the result. It means every
thing to us.”
The child was rushed here from its
home Monday after he had swallowed
the pin, which lodged half way
down the esophagus. X-Ray photo
graphs showed it to be open so that
the least movement was dengerous
for the child. The baby swallowed
the pin while lying on a bed in his
home when his mother turned her
back for a moment. The infant was
taken to a Charlotte, N. C., hospital
and then brought here. Dr. Jackson
us i the bronchoscope, his own in
vention. No. anesthetic was required
and the operation was proclaimed a
complete success.
Use Of The Telephone
There are approximately 14,000,000
telephones in use in the United States
and about 39,000,000 conversations
daily. In other words one out of
every three persons in the United
States utilize the telephone at least
once daily throughout the year.
New Bell-owned telephones added
yearly average about 600,000.
At the end of 1922 the Bell sys
tem controlled more than 36,000
miles of wire, of which 64 per cent
was underground cables.
The Amerivn Telephone system is
the envy of all other countries and
several nations of Europe are con
sidering doing away with government
ownership of their systems in the
hope that a change to private manage
ment will pull the service out of the
slough of inefficiency into which is
has fallen.—Manufacturer & Indus
trial News Bureau.
I
JOHNSTON GIRLS
WIN IN CONTEST
Club Girls Take First Place in
Canning and Second in
Jelly-Making
Johnston County came away with
honors from the contest in Home
Demonstration Work of Club Boys
and Girls held at Fayetteville Satur
day, winning first place in canning
and second in jelly making.
The fifteen rounties comprising the
Eastern District of which Mrs. Estelle
Smith of Goldsboro, has charge, had
the privilege of sending repros nta
tive teams of boys and girls to Fay
etteville Saturday where contests
were conducted in canning, jelly mak
ing, bread making and poultry equip
ment. No county, however, was al
lowed to send more than two teams.
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, our Coun
ty Home Agent, selected representa
tive teams in canning and jelly mak
ing Misses Pauline Barnes and Daisy
Creech, of the Creech school section
composed the canning tram, while
those making jelly were Misses Jan
ie Edwards, of the Crech school sec
tion and Sallie Herring of Selma. The
canning team made a grade of 91
per cent and the jelly team, a grade
of 95 per cent.
Cumberland County won first
place in breadmaking; Roberson Com
ty in poultry equipment, and Bladen
in jelly making.
The winning teams will go to the
State Fair where they will conduct
demonstrations in the Home Demon
stration Department under the direc
tion of Mis. Jane S. McKimmon,
State Home Agent. At the State
Fair, a contest between the five dis
ti'icts of the state will be conducted
and the winner there will represent
North Carolina in a Southern con
test.
STATE INVESTS *K1,(M)0,e«C
IN NEW AUTOMOBILES
Fifty-one million dollars were in
vested in automobiles and trucks in
North Carolina during the year end
ing yesterday when the number of
; licenses issued passed the 221,0000
! mark.
One year ago there were 106,100
! motor vehicles in the State, 9,896 of
which have gone into retirement, ac
cording to figures compiled by J. E.
Sawyer, head of the automobile li
cense bureau, leaving a total of 64,
896 new vehicles purchased during
the 12 months’ period.
In six years the number of motor
vehicles licensed to operate in the
State has increased 400 per cent, ris
ing from 49,480 on September 25,
1917, to slightly more than 221,000
yesterday.
Six years ago the total value of
automobiles and trucks in operation
in the State was $89,200,000. Yes
j terday, figured on the accepted basis
of $800 as the average value, th?
State has $176,000,000 invested in
automobiles.
Fourteen years ago when the
State license law became effective,
there were only 1,480 automobiles li
i censed to operate in the State, valued
at approximately $1,184,000. The
increase in fourteen years has been
about 16,000 per cent.
Taxes levied on gasoline for the
maintenance of roads approximate
now more than four times the value
of all the automobiles in the State
fourteen years ago Mir, Sawyer’s
figures indicate, with a present in
come from that source of more than
$300,000 monthly.—News and Ob
server, Sept. 26.
Hotel Has Ten New Rooms
In order to increase the capacity of
: the hotel here which has long been
inadequate, Mq. R H. Alford, the
proprietor has secured the third floor
' of the Hood building where ten new
rooms will be available. This will
give the hotel thirty rooms. The
rooms in the Hood building will be
comfortable and convenient. Steam
heat, hot and cold water will be avail
able. The hotel here has an enviable
reputation for the meals which a-e
served there, and these additional
rooms will be quite a convenience to
the hotel management and to the city.
Cow testing separates the good
from the poor and lays the founda
tion for a good herd.