MASSEY-BARBER
WEDDING PRETTY
Nuptials Solemnized at Home of
the Bride’s Parents Not
Far from Smithfield
The home of the bride’s parents Mr.
and Mbs. Horace M. Barber, who
live near Clayton, was the scene of a
lovely wedding Saturday afternoon
when their daughter, Miss Christine,
became the bride of Mr. Clyde A.
Massey of Weldon. Only relatives
and a few friends were present.
Decorations of autumn leaves and
golden rod made a lovely setting for
the interesting event, an improvised
altar of autumn flowers and foilage
being a port of the arrangement.
Lighted candles were used effective
ly
Preceding the marriage, a short
musical program was rendered by
Miss Birdie Parkham of Goldsboro,
at the piano, and Mr. Graham Prince,
of Raleigh, violinist. The strains of
the wedding march announced the ar
rival of the wedding party, Miss Eth
el Barbour of this city entering the
room first. Miss Barber was becom
ingly attired in brown georgette
crepe and carried an arm bouquet of
American Beauty roses. Following
her came the ring bearer, daintily
dressed in pink organdie and carry
ing the ring in the heart of a white
rose. The bride wearing a handsome
going away gown of dark blue poiret
twill with gay accessories, and car
rying a shower bouquet of valley
Tillies and roses, then entered on the
arm of her father, who gave her in
marriage. She was met at the altar
by the bridegroom, who was attended
by Mr. Roy Poole of Raleigh. Rev.
D. H. Tuttle, pastor of the Methodist
church of this city, performed the
impressive ring ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Massey left immedi
ately for a motor trip to northern
points after which they will be at
home in Weldon.
The bride, who is the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bar
ber, is a popular young woman with
many friends who wish her much
happines. She graduated at the
graded school in this city after which
she attended Peace Institute.
Mr. Massey, formerly of Raleigh,
is assistant district manager of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
at Weldon. He possesses business
ability and sterling traits of charac
ter which win for him friends where
ever he goes.
Among the guests fmm a distance
were Mr. and Mrs. McGruder, Mr. and
Mrs. Harriss, Mr. Tew and Miss Sal
lie Massey of Raleigh.
HERTFORD COUNTY AGENTS
TO BE RETAINED
The following clipping from the
Greensboro Daily Record reminds us
very much of what happened several
months ago in Johnston County when
the discontinuance of the Home
Demonstration work was threatened.
It proved that folks all over the state
are realizing the value of the Home
and Farm agents.
Ahoskie, Oct. 3.—Hertford county
farmers will take no chances with the
boll weevil next year, if it is possible
to secure a county demonstration
agent who knows how to fight the
ravager of cotton fields.
That much yas definitely decided
at Winton, when the county commis
sioners held their regular session. A
delegation, some 25 strong, repre
senting the best “dirt” farmers from
all sections of the county, appeared
before the board to ask for a con
tinuance of demonstration work, and
said they wanted an agent at what
ever cost necessary to secure the
best in the business.
The commissioners, among whom
were two or three who had pre
viously voiced opposition to the
work, voted unanimously to continue
the appropriation in the county, in
creasing the monthly stipend for his
services from $600 to $1000 per year
on a three-way proposition with
state and federal departments of ag
riculture.
The word had gone out that the
commissioners were going to dis
continue the appropriation for tin
work, nnj, in fact, at the September
meeting, wren resignaDm of H. L
DI RHAM LEADS IN
MONEY SrENT ON SCHOOLS
The current educational expenses
per pupil;, varied widely In North
Carolina public schools in 1921-22,
the expenses in some counties being:
nearly three times those of other
counties, according to a tabic of fi
nancial statistics relative to public
education in this State compiled by
G^prge Howard, Jr., of the State De
partment of Education. The statis
tics compiled in phamphlets which
will be mailed tomorrow to county
school superintendents and other edu
cational officials throughout the
State, according to an official an
nouncement.
With $51.58, Durham county had
the highest per pupil, current expense
for the year 1921-22 of all the 100
counties in North Carolina, according
to Mr. Howard’s figures, while
Brunswick had the lowest with a per
current expense of $15.65.
Included in “current expenses”
are costs of administration, opera
tion, maintenance .teaching and sup
| ervision. Costs of new equipment
and permanent improvements are not
eluded.—News and Observer.
The amount spent by Johnston
County for curreqf expenses for each
pupil in averaged daily attendance
1921-22 as announced by Mr. Howard
was $25.53.
Don’t Compromise Your Automobile
The Greensboro Daily News in an
editorial the other day referred to the
i fact that on a night recently a group
of girls on their way back to college
from attending services down t^vn
were insulted several times—17 if
we remember correctly—in walking
only a few blocks by young puppies
who drew up to the sidewalk in autos
and invited the girls to go to ride.
The News rightly considers that a
disgrace to the town. If every head
of a family who owns an automobile
would take the attitude of at least
one Lumberton man about whom we
happen to have heard there would be
less of that sort of thing. This par
ticular man will not allow his auto
to be used at night by young mem
bers of his family unless he or their
mother is with them. He says he is
not going to allow his automobile to
be compromised by being used for
nightriding when he does not know
where it is or who may be riding in
it. Stories of disgraceful practices
about every town would not be so
common if every automobile-owning
head of a family would take that at
j titude.—The Lumberton Robisonian.
Miller, present demonstrator was in
for consideration, the commissioners
r.'.ade no provision to secure a suc
cessor, telling the district "agent that
there was not a chance. Since that
time the demand has grown strong
for the continuance of the work and
it came to a head with the delega
tion filing into the commissi o
room immediately after the board had
convened.
While the delegation was inside,
another small army composed of the
club women and girls of the county
were waiting on the outside, and
sent wo d by the sheriff asking a
hearing from the commissioners. The
work of the home agent had also
i been threatened. In all, it took only
about 15 minutes for both delegations
to convince the commissioners that
i Hertford county folks wanted dem
j onstration work to continue. Ap
propriations were quickly made for
both agents for another year. Miss
Myrtle Swindell, the popular and ef
ficient home agent, was receiving
congratulations after the successful
consummation of the work of the
delegation asking for her return.
Death Of J. B. Batten
| Last Saturday night just after the
sun had gone down God sent his
Angel to take my father home. He
had been sick for a year or more but
only confined to his bed seven weeks.
His suffering was great but he bore
it with patience to the end.
All was done for him that a good
wife, kind friends, and good phy
sicians could do but none could stay
the icy hand of death. He was taken
to the hospital at Wilson the third
of September and stayed five days,
but did not get any better. He grew
RECENT NEWS OF
STATE AND NATION
Items of Interest Told in Con
densed Paragraphs For
Our Readers
High Point suffered a $75,000 fire
Thursday night when the factory of
the Ideal Table Company was burned.
The loss was partly covered by in
surance.
Fire swept the business section of
BiowY.g Rock Wednesday night. An
entire block of business houses waa
destroyed. The fire which started
about eleven o'clock was thought to
have been started by rats gnawing
Hatches. The postoffice was among
the buildings burned.
An Asheville man, John H. Pleas
i ts; walked into an undertaking es
tablishment in Los Angeles, Cal.,
Wednesday, while a funeral was in
progress, and shot himself in the
head. He died an hour later.
Work at North Carolina College
For Women was halted Friday to do
honor to the memory of Charles Dun
can Mclver, and the faithful few who
founded the college. More than
1,400 college girls took part in the
ceremonies. Josephus Daniels was
the principal speaker of the occasion.
According to figures of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, rail
roads were employing during July,
1,954,687 workers, almost 500,000
more than they employed during the
same month a year ago. A slight
increase in earning rates was also
reported.
’ The North Carolina Daughters of
the Confederacy held their annual
convention in Greensboro last week.
Mrs. R. Philip Holt of Rocky Mount,
was re-elected president of the or
ganization.
Mrs. J. J. Farriss is to edit and
manage the High Point News, a
weekly publication, owned by her
husband, who died suddenly in High
Point a few days ago. Mr. Farriss
was a wTell known newspaper man and
will be missed at the semi-annual
meetings of the N. C. Press Associa
tion. Mr. Farriss was president of
the Association in 1911-12.
Kings Mountain celebrated last
Saturday the anniversary of the bat
tle for American independence fought
there 143 years ago. Senator Royal S.
Copeland of New York was the prin
cipal speaker, though there was a
notable array of men and women on
the program. It was estimated that
10,000 persons heard the speaking,
while that many more thronged the
town.
Governor Morrison has ordered all
troops at Spruce Spine, to be with
drawn, the race trouble wh:ch has ex
! isted there for the past ten days to
i be sufficiently subsided. The troops
had been on duty for eight days.
—
Sharp advances in the stock market
were the subject of favorable com
j ment last week and particularly the
advances in grain prices Cash corn
| in Chicago sold at the highest price
j in three years. December wheat set
i a new high for that crop and com
: manded at least ten cents more than
: the price of two months ago.
worse until the end.
The deceased was a son of Robert
Batten. He was born April 11, 1869
and died September 22, 1923, making
his stay on earth 54 years, 5 months
and eleven days. He joined the
1 Primitive Baptist church at Creech’s
when he was twenty-seven years old
, and remained a faithful member un
| til he died.
He was married to Lou Sinda
| Creech October 1, 1890. To this union
were born fifteen children. He leaves
to mourn his loss a broken hearted
i wife, fourteen children, two sisters
! and a host of relatives and friends.
He was laid to rest in the family
; burying ground near his home Sun
day afternoon. Beautiful flowers
covered the grave.
Written by a daughter.
ELGIA BATTEN.
COUNTY MEETING
HELD AT BENSON
Splendid Program But Few of
the Churches Represented
District Sec. Present
Friday morning at ten o'clock in
the Methodist church in Benson a
group of missionary workers met in
the interest of county-wide missions.
Quite a number of pastors were in
! evidence, setting forth the goal /•. :
: which th(y are striving “A -Mission- j
ary Society in Every Church” was
| the outstanding goal. Mrs. E. I.
Poole, the chairman of the countv
work, opened the meeting with the
song, “Publish Glad Tidings.” Miss
Wilhelmina Utley presided at the
piano. Rev. E. M. Hall, the pastor,
read the Scripture lesson and offered
prayer.
Mrs. Poole then announced the ob
ject of the meeting, stating that she
wanted every one to feel free and
make it an informal meeting. A
permanent secretary was elected,
Mrs. C. V. Johnson. Mrs. W. T. j
Martin gave a warm welcome to all
to which Mrs Poole responded in
place of Miss Margaret Etheridge,
of Selma, who could not be there.
Miss Vara Herring, of Raleigh, the
district secretary, made a few re
marks, stressing the wonderful op
portunities of extending mission
work, that each well-organized Aux
iliary should have a definite work
and should come together at these
meetings to tell of the problems and
exchange ideas and plans with the
great aim of the salvation of souls.
Mrs. Poole’s plan to elect a chair
| man from each circuit that she might
| organize that circuit was approved
! of, but could not be carried out on
’ account of the failure to have repre
i sentatives from the circuits at this
! meeting. These facts were brought
out by Mrs. Poole: That the North
Carolina Conference is a mission field
There are 763 church buildings, only
240 adult Auxiliaries. There are
twenty Methodist churches in our
county, only six organized societies.
Every church needs a live society.
The home base needs strengthening
and enlargement. This challenge is
to us. There are 64 counties, all
have similar conditions. “The harvest
is ripe” where are the laborers?
Mrs. J. D. Spiers gave a splendid
story of how hindrances may be over
come. It was the experience of one
whose heart longed for the things
worth, while. She informed herself
and then by tact and determination
she brought about the desire of her
heart and a great change took place
in the lives of her friends and the
community.
Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst explained
what is meant by Social Service work
bringing out the different phases of
operations to carry on this work.
The Bennett Memorial Fund was
commented on by Miss Herring, stat
I ing that our district would bring up
its quota. The location has been de
cided on. It will be at Nashville, Tenn.
Special music which was greatly
enjoyed was rendered at intervals in
the meeting by Miss Mildred Parrish,
a solo, “Jesus, Lover of my Soul”;
Mrs. E. M. Hall, a solo, “I Heard of
Voice of Jesus Say”; and Mrs. Hall
and Miss Boone a duet, “In the Cross
of Christ I Glory.”
A delicious dinner was served by
the ladies at the church after which
Rev. D. H. Tuttle gave a talk on
“What a Missionary Society Means
to a Church.” He told of many bene
fits. Through missions and Bible
study voice and Advocate information
is spread. A good live Auxiliary is
“a bureau of missionary informa
tion” Prayer was the keynote to his
talk, the God-appointed means of ac
complishing great things.
A round table discussion followed
Miss Herring, Mrs. Martin, Mrs.
Boone, Mrs. Wilson and others tak
ing part. Subject: How to Interest
the Uninterested.
The time for the next meeting will
be the third week in January. The
place has not yet been selected A
rising vote of thanks was given for
the cordiality and kind hospitality of
the Benson ladies.
After singing “One More Day’s
Work for Jesus,” and prayer by Rev.
D. H. Tuttle, the meeting adjourned
K E N L Y FAIR
PASSES OFF WELL
Thursday, Oct. 4. the first of the
Community Fairs in the County was
held at Kenly. Owing to a misunder
standing as to where the fair would
be held, the crowd was perhaps not
so large as usual but the exhibit*
were good and every thing passed off
well The basement of the school build
ing has formerly been used for the
fair, but school rooms are now being
fitted up there, and this work now
in progress made it necessary to have
the fair elsewhere. It was finally de
cided to hold it on the school grounds
and evidently the weatherman ap
proved, for the day was perfect.
A splendid display of all kinds of
products was shown, the cutflowers,
garden produce, and canned goods be
ing especially noticeable. About $70
was given away as prizes. Mr. N. B.
Stevens, county farm agent, who is j
working on a county exhibit for the
State Fair, was present and lined
some produce to carry to Raleigh.
The County Home Agent, Miss Gar
rison and Dr. R. J. Noble, president
of the Johnston County Agricultural
Society were also among those in at
tendance.
Death Of Mr. S. A. Hartley
It is with a sad heart that I attempt ;
to write of the death of my dear
father, Mr. Sam Allen Hartley.
On Wednesday night about m;d- !
night, September 10th, mama was
awakened by papa making a strange
noise and she arose to see what was
the matter with him, but it was not
long before she knew that he was not
well, and before medical aid could
reach him he was gone.
Oh, how hard it is to part from
those we love, but the Lord knows
best, and we have to bow to His will.
Papa was a man who wore his heart
on his sleeve, and to know him was
to love him. He was liked for his
jovial and generous way. He seldom
passed anyone without some jolly re
mark. When I would go home on a
visit, papa laways met me with a
smile and kiss. Although he will not
meet me on this earth any more, I
know that some day he will meet mo
above with the same smile and kiss.
He was laid to rest in the Baptist
Center cemetery near his home in
Clayton township on Friday after
noon, September 21st, amid a large
crowd of sorrowing relatives and
friends. He is survived by a wife
and several children. As we left his
grave we felt that his going would
lead us to live better lives, for we
know not when our call shall come.
A dear one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is still;
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.
Written by a loving daughter,
MRS. R. A. JOYNER.
Four Oaks, October 8th.
THE PRESIDENT’ S
W HEAT PLAN
Sends Meyer And Mondell Into
Northwest To Form Market
Association
Washington, Oct. 3.—President
Coolidge today set in motion a plan
designed to ameliorate agricultural
depression. He designated Managing
Director Meyer and Director Mondell
of the War Finance Corporation, to
proceed into the North west immedi
ately to assist in the formation of
cooperative marketing associations,
promotion of which the President be
lieves will result in direct benefit.
Meanwhile Mr. Coolidge and his
i Cabinet are seeking to devise addition
al remedies.
Directors of the Finance Corpora
tion began at once the formulation
of a program and itinerary for their
tour. It was stated that Mr. Meyer
and Mr Mondell, together with a rep
resentative of the Department of Ag
riculture experienced in cooperative
association work, would visit the Da
kotas, Minnesota, Montana and prob
ably Nebraska and other wheat-grow
ing districts.
The directors, familiar with the co
operative methods in use among to
bacco, rice and cotton growers of the
South and fruit growers of Califor
nia, will carry detailed plans for or
ganization into every section visited.
They also will give assurance to the
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FOUR OAKS M. E.
CHURCH DEDICATE
Bishop Denny Delivers Master
ful Sermon; Hold After
noon Service
Four Oaks M E Church— b
Sunday was a memorable day with
the Four Oaks Methodist church, this
being the occasion of the dedication
of the handsome new building just
erected. By eleven o’colck the main
part of the auditorium was filled and
a number in the balcony to hear
Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond,
Va„ who preached the dedicatory
sermon. Good music characterized
the opening worship period, Mrs. E.
M. Hall of Benson, singing an ap
propriate solo.
Bishop Deny recited a portion of
scripture concerning Paul, as a basis
for his discourse, the life of Paul be
ing the theme for the occasion. An
adequate review of his sermon would
be well nigh impossible for such a
masterpiece would inevitably lose in
being retold. He portrayed Paul as
a debater and showed how he en
deavored to pay the debt which he
owed.
At the close of the morning service,
a sumptuous dinner was served in the
church basement.
At three o’clock, Rev. A. W. Plyler,
Editor of the North Carolina Chris
tian Advocate of Greensbro preached,
and at the evening hour, the sermon
was delivered by Rev. J. C. Wooten,
presiding Elder of the Raleigh Dis
trict. Quite a number of visitors from
nearby towns were present Sunday
to enjoy these services.
Rev. J. A. Russell, has been pastor
of the Four Oaks church for two
years and the work there has had a
splendid growth. Perhaps the build
ing of this $30,000 house has been
the least of his achievements, for
numbers have been added to the
church and the spiritual life of his
congregation has been deepened.
PLOWING UP COTTON STALKS
DEPRIVES WEEVIL FALL FOOD
Raleigh, Oct. 1.—The reward for
ripping hip or inflowing voider the
green cotton stalks immediately aft
er picking cotton and before the
plants are killed by frost is an in
creased cotton crop next year, be
lieves W. Bruce Mabee who does ex
tension work in boll weevil control for
the State College ad Department of
Agriculture. Mr. Mabee has just re
turned to Raleigh from his field
headquarters at Dunn, where he work
cd with the planters in that section
[ this year. His observations, there
fore, are based on considerable ex
perience with the weevils out in the
fields.
“There are two reasons for plow
i ing under the cotton stalks,” says
Mr. Mabee. “The first of these is
that the practice destroys a large
number of young and immature wee
vils to be found now in the young
bolls and squares still remaining on
the stalks. Were these weevils per
muted to mature and feed they would
better withstand the winter than the
older generation.
“The second reason is that plow
ing under the stalks removes the
weevV food thus making a longer
period fiom the time of their last
square meal in the fall until their
first meal in the spring. Many of
the insects therefore die during the
winter.”
Mr. Mabee stresses the point that
this protective measure is only effec
tive when the stalks are plowed under
before they die naturally and that
its effectiveness is in proportion to
the length of time the stalks are
plowed under before frost. In a re
cent letter addressed to the cotton
growers of eastern Carolina, Mr. Ma
bee urges the growers to pick out
their cotton and turn under the
stalks.
College workers point out that this
practice also offers an opportunity
to sow some fall crops for improv
ing the soil and for small grain.
Farmers of eastern Carolina have
seeded 7,550 acres of permanent
j pastures during the last two years
as a direct result of the campaigns
put on in this section during that