MEETINGS HELD
IN FIVE SECTIONS
—
Miss Hattie M. Berry, H. B.
Mask and Mr. Anderson
Among Speakers
Five community meetings schedul
ed in Johnston County last week were
held with a good attendance in each
community and particularly at
Meadow where the first meeting was
held and at Corinth The meetings
were under the auspices of the Coun
ty extension department, the county
supeintendent of schools, and the
public welfare officer. A program
suggestive of community work which
would prove helpful, was carried out
at each place. At Meadow on Mon
day, Messrs. N. B. Stevens and R.
G. Lawton were assisted in the pro
gram by Mr. H. H. B. Mask of Ra
leigh, Head of the Field Service de
partment of Cotton marketing.
Tuesday a meeting was held at
Pleasant Grove, Miss Hattie M.
Berry, secretary of the N. C. Credit
Union, and Mr. Anderson, professor
of Rural Sociology at State College,
being on the program.
The third program of the w'eek i
was held at Corinth, Miss Berry j
and Mr. Anderson being speakers
again. Corbett-Hatcher school was
the scene of the fourth meeting on
Thursday, and Brogden the fifth on
Friday, Mr. Andierson being the
speaker on these occasions.
Mr. Anderson’s talk at all these
places was inspirational and the au
diences were given a glimpse of what
rural life may become. “Just as the
wise men of the East followed a
guiding star to the Christ” said the
speaker, “just so men and women to
day need guiding stars to a fuller
richer life.” The first guiding star
needed is a high moral life. Clean
thinking and square dealng arc es
sential requisites of the highest type
of any community life, and he spoke
of the influence of the preacher who
could spend his entire time on his
county field as the city preacher does
on his.
Educational facilities constitute an
other guiding star needed without
which rural life will not be upon a
plane with that of the towns that
have these advantages
Healthy environment was also dis
cussed by Mr. Anderson, after which
he concluded his line of thought with
that of making farming pay.
By applying business methods to
farming and by cooperation, the
farmer is destined to come into his
own. If farming show's a surplus at
the end of the year, improved farm
homes, churches and schools will be
the result, and conversely good
schools and chucrhes will mean better
farming and a higher type of com
munity life.
In Memorian
Just a few words in memory of our
dear baby Walter Grech, Jr. It was
hard to give him up even though his
stay on this earth was only a few
days.
Gone to rest our little darling
Here no more we will see his face;
But we will meet again in heaven
When we have run life’s rugged
race.
Short his stay but how we miss
him
Strkne.i he aits alone can say;
When '.re se» the little foments.
Miss the eihbi’s fa :e day by day
Gone to rest he is, from sorrow,
With angel’s round God’s throne;
And we soon again shall see him
But our hearts are sad and lone.
Written by his mother.
JOHN M. MOREHEAD
BURIED IN CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, Dec. 14.—John M. More
head, former Republican National
conymitteeman and former Represen
tative in Congress from the Fifth
North Carolina District, who died of
pneumonia yesterday, was buried
here today. Funeral services were
attended by friends from all parts
of the State.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at the Morehead residence by Rev.
Dr. Albert Sydney Johnston, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church.
Burial was in Elmwood cemetery.
CHARLOTTE SUFFERS
$500,000 TO $800,000 FIRE
Fire was discovered a few minutes
before 8 o’clock last night in the rear
of the Smith-Wadsworth Hardware
company, on East Trade street, swept
through the hardware building, the
building occupied by the H. C. Long
company, the La Mode, Efird’s annex,
on East Trade street, Warren Barber
shop, and George A. Newman’s Tire
shop on College street, damaging
property and stocks to the amount of
$500,000 to $800,000, it was estimated
before being put under the control at
about 11 o’clock- The alarm was
turned in by Berdie Terrell, who saw
the flames in the rear of the hard
ware company as he was approaching
Trade street on College.
Immediately after the discovery of
the fire a general alarm was turned
in and at 8:25 p. m., all street lights
and street car power lines were shut
off, completely paralyzing trolley
transportation throughout the city
all night. The linotype machines of
The Observer were silent for more
than two hours until the fire had
come under control sufficiently to
allow the power to be turned on
again.
Every hose in the fire department
was put into use by Chief Wallace
as early as possible, in an effort to
control the flames and save adjoining
buildings. The streams were brought
into play on East Trade, College and
Fifth streets. Other streams were be
ing directed on the flames from the
roof of the main fire station, located
in the center of the Fifth street side
of the block.
Mayor J. O- Walker, fearing the
spread of the flames to adjoining
buildings, and realizing that the city
meanwhile was with out fire protec
tion in other sections, placed tele
phone requests with the fire depart
ments of Concord, Statesville, Mon
roe, Gastonia and Mooresville. Gas
tonia, Monroe and Mooresville fire
appartus responded promptly. The
truck from Monroe made the trip of
25 miles to Charlotte in 40 minutes,
with seven men under the charge of
Chief G. B. Caldwell. Gastonia’s
truck came with eight men in 40 min
utes and and the Mooresville truck
arrived in 30 minutes with 15 men.
Statesville’s truck with eight men ar
rived in 35 nmutes.—Charlotte Ob
server, Dec. 17.
RADIO'S PROMISE
TO THE DEAF
Radio will not cure deafness. It
will, however, enable the partially
deaf person to hear that which he
could not hear in the ordinary way.
He who is hard of hearing may often
“listen in” perfectly well, with his
brothers and sisters whose ears are
unimpared. In order to clear up the
facts about radio and deafness, which
he asserts have been misrepresented
in the public press, Dr. Harold
Hays, president of the Federation of
Organizations for the Hard of Hear
ing, contributes to What’s in the Air
(Chicago) a plain statement of what
radio already means to those whose
hearing is affected. Writes Dr. Hays:
“Ill-advised current reports in the
press heralding the curing of deaf
ness by means of radio are likely to
be misunderstood, with the result
that too much may be hoped for. I
have not made the statement that
radio would actually be the means to
improve or restore hearing. As to
that only the future will tell.
“But radio offers a source of hap
piness to the deafened which at pres
ent is unrealizable. Our eyes were
onenod to its possibilities by the fol
lowing case: One of the directors of
the New York League for the Hard
of Hearing has been hopelessly deaf
for years; so much so that he can
only understand when an electric de
vice is attached to each ear. Although
in the music-publishing business, he
had not been able to hear music for
over twenty years. He never went
to a concert or a banquet. He never
mingled in social activities. A friend
suggested a radio receiving set. To
his amazement, he could hear so well
that now he sits in his easy-chair of
an evening, with hearphones clapped
on his ears, and hears concerts,
speeches, market reports, jazz, and
bed-time stories. When he told me
about it, his eyes filled with tears of
P. O. EMPLOYES
OFF CHRISTMAS
No Service On Christmas Day
Except To Dispatch First
Class Mail
For the first time, the clerks in the
post office and rural mail carriers
will have Christmas Day as a holiday.
Heretofore, these government em
ployes have been required to work on
Christmas Day not like any other day
but even harder, in order to accom
modate the public with the Christmas
mail.
Mrs. Sarah A. Lunceford, post
master has given us for publication
the following announcement in re
gard to the post office here:
“Service shall not be required on
rural delivery routes on Christmas
Day.”
Every clerk and other employee
who can possibly be dismissed at 12
o’clock noon on Christmas Day should
be so dismissed. Only a sufficient
number of clerks shall be kept on duty
Christmas afternoon to insure the
regular dispatch of first-class mail
matter. Whatever the situation, aft
er 12 o’clock on Christmas Day no
carrier shall be worked, and no clerks
except as above specfied.”
In consequence of the above order,
the windows of the Smithfiled office
will be open from 9:00 to 10:00 a. m.
on Christmas morning. After that
hour no service of any kind will be
given except to dispatch the mail of
the first class which is deposited in
the post office collection box. All
mails coming in on Christmas after
noon will be put u pearly on the morn
ing of Dec. 26, 1923.
CHRISTMAS TREE AT
BARBOUR’S CHAPEL
There will be a Christmas tree at
Barbour’s Chapel church on Monday
night, December 24th, at seven
o’clock. Anyone wishing to put pres
ents on can do so, or deliver same
to Mr. Julius Barbour or J. Q. Baker
♦
and they will see that they are put
on the tree.
Tom Tarheel says: A real com
munity leader is a priceless article.
He puts into action his own and oth
ers’ thoughts and soon the communi
ty is a better place in which to live
because of the group of energy of its
people.
Seventy-five acres will be added to
the State’s necan area when one An
son Coor/v farmer plants the 1.000
trees he has recently ordere, reports,
County Agent J W. Cameron. The
movement is sprea ling.
Tom Tarheel says: That man W. W
Shay vp at the State College seems
to think that selling hogs is just
as seasonable as growing corn or
cotton. You can’t grow cotton in
winter neither can you sell hogs pro
fitably when the Corn Belt is selling
he says.
happiness and he said: ‘Doctor, I
never expected to hear the human
voice again—I feel as though I wei-e
reborn—my life is made over again.’
H‘What does this mean for the fu
ture? It means two things— first
it means untold happiness to those
whose minds have been in darkness
for many years, and secondly, it
means that they or the experimentors
in radio may discover some new
method for alleviating deafness
“At present the New York League
is experimenting with a radio set,
working in conjunction with skilled
radio engineers. They wish to ampli
. fy sound so that the hearers will not
! only be entertained, but their ears
will receive exercise at the same time.
“However, I wish to stress particu
j larly the fact that in 90 per cent, of
cases, deafness begins in childhood.
: In many cases, it is preventable at
i that time. It is not preventable la
• t r in bfe and vnfortunately, neither
. radio n< • * any her means has peer,
found to later increase the homing.
“I sincerely hope that radio will
| solve the problem to some extent
i but if it does nothing move than give
that added happiness of which the
deafened have so little, it will have
done a great deal.”—Literary Digest.
CRIMINAL COURT
STILL IN SESSION
Large Number Cases Disposed
Of Last Week; Others Of
Importance
The second week of the December
term of the Johnston County Superior
Court went into session here Monday,
the 17th.
The case of State vs. Leon Hill,
which had been brought from last
week’s calendar and set for trial on
the 17th, was started at the opening
of the week’s session. This is a case
in which Leon Hill, of Smithfield
township, is charged with seduction
under promise of marriage, Miss
Mary Foster, of Smithfield township,
being the State’s prosecuting witness.
The forenoon of the day was taken
up in selecting the jury for this trial
and near the noon hour the court took
a recess until two o’clock p. m. The
entire afternoon was required for the
taking of the testimony of Miss Fost
er and the cross-examination of the
witness. There are some two dozen
witnesses for the state and defense,
and the case will probably run well in
to Tuesday before the lawyers argue
the case.
The solicitor is assisted in the pros
ecution by Mr. S. S. Holt, Judge F.
H. Brooks and Mr. James Raynor.
Messrs. E. S. Abell and L. G. Stevens
are representing the defendant.
Other weighty cases pending a
hearing at this term will be carried
forward toward the end of the week,
and the court will probably continue
fio the end of the week.
The following cases cases were dis
posed of at the term of court held
last week:
State vs. Joe Peedin and W. L.
Evans, Sci Fa. Judgment absolute
discharge upon payment of costs of
Sci Fa.
State vs. Ramsey Gray. Carrying
concealed weapon. Fined $50.00 and
costs.
State vs. Ramsey Gray. Possessing
and transporting whiskey. Eight
months in jail to be worked on roads.
Upon payment of costs, execution of
sentence suspended. Capias to be is
sued at request of solicitor.
State vs- Tom Mathews. Cruelty to
animals. Pleads guilty. Prayer for
judgment two years- Upon payment
of costs, sentence suspended. Capias
to be issued at request of solicitor.
State vs. Shelly Wells. Larceny.
Jury reutrned verdict of guilty. Sen
tenced to an undetermined period
from 18 to 36 months in jail.
Divorce was granted in case of Wil
liam Edwards vs. Bertha Edawrds.
State v^, Roby Sasser. Blockading.
Not guilty. Ordered that defendant
be discharged.
State vs. Willie Barfield, violating
prohibiton laws. Verdict of not guilty
State vs. Jesse Maynard. Larceny.
Guilty. Sentence to be passed later.
State vs- John W. Godwin. Non per
formance of official duty. Judgment
of *Recorder’s court sustained. De
fendant not guilty.
State vs. Bud Hudson. Violating
prohibition laws. Defendant plead
guilty. Guilty of possession of whis
key and apparatus for the manufac
ture of whiskey which plea is accept
ed by the Solicitor for the State
Judgment: 12 months in jail, to' be
worked out on roads. Sentence to be
gin at expiration of term now serv
ing. Execution of sentence deferred
Capias to issue only at the request
of the solicitor and when apprehend
ed to serve out the sentence
State vs. Robert Kennon. House
breaking. Judgment nisi sic fa and
capias.
State vs. John Cobb. Larceny and
receiving. Found not guilty.
State vs. M. G- Wood. Removing
■crops. Upon payment of costs prayer
for judgment continued for 2 years.
State vs. Preston Capps, Jasper
Capps, Jesse Capps, James Capps.
Larceny. Nol pros with leave as to
Preston and James Capps. Jasper,
and Jesse Capps plead guilty and
sentenced to 12 months in jail.
State vs. Preston Simms and Don
nie Simms. Violating prohibition
laws. Not guilty.
State vs. Robert Munns. Violating
prohibition laws. Guilty. Prayer for
judgment continued upon payment of
OBERAMMERGAU PLAYERS
IN AMERICA
New York, Dec.. 12.Eleven of the
simple folks of Oberammergau, in
the Tyrolese Alps, actors in the his
toric Passion Play given each decade
in the Bavarian village, came to
America today on the steamship Re- j
liance to earn money for the salva
tion of their beloved pageant.
At their head was the gentle-eyed ]
Christ of their pay—Anton Lang.
, slight, unassumng and soft-spoken
Others in the party who are princi
1 pals of the pageant, included the
; venerable Andreas Lang, Sr., who
sustains the role of Peter; his son,
Andreas, Jr., the Matthew of the
play; Guido Mayr, stolid and red
bearded, who plays Judas; Joseph Al
brecht, the Apostle James, and Em
manuel Lang, brother of Andreas, Sr,
and fellow traitor of Judas in the
pageant. The others are musicians
and choristers.
Anton Lang is the only one of the
party who has ever before left Ba
varia. To his simpe fellow villagers
he is a wide-traveled man, having
gone to Italy once, and on another
occasion to the Holy Land for local
color and inspiration in his role of
the Saviour. He, too, is the only
linguist of the party, speaking good
English and acting as interpreter for
his German-speaking companions.
Simple Wood Carvers
These simple folk are wood carv
es, rmakes of crucifixes, rosaries ad
holy images and toys, with the ex
ception of Anton Lang, a potter.
They are here to save their pas
sion play, which has a financial def
icit threatening its continued exist
ence after decennial performances
since 1633, when it came to life as
a pledge to God for having stopped
the plague which followed the “30
years' war.”
Any money left over will go 1o
the relief of their 2,000 fellow vil
agers. If there is any left after
that it will go to the post-war suf
ferers of Bavaria.
I After a three weeks’ exhibition of
i their carvings, potteries and toys in
New York the 11 will visit Boston,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington,
| Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Mil
waukee, St. Louis, Kansas City, and
: possibly Los Angeles and San Fran
i cisco. In spite of financial distress
and the sight of their townsmen suf
j faring in want the P' scion players
rcccnty it fused $1,750,00} to perform
their l ciy pageant for an American
motion picture concern.
“It would have been desecration,”
Anton Lang explained simply.
Suit For Estate Won
by Ex-Crown Prince
Oels, Upper Silesia, Dec. 8.—Ex
Crown Prince Frederick William has
won a lawsuit against the Prussian
State, whereby the property rights in
his Oels estate ae fully settled upon
himself and his male heirs.
The estate was provisionally seques
tered at the time of the revolution in
1918 and has since been the subject
of litigation with various transient
Government officials and commis
sions, which, while acknowledging in
principle Frederick William’s owner
ship, raised difficulties regarding the
title to that part of the estate known
as the “Rache dominion.”
After much searching through
musty documents the Oels County
Court has now found in favor of
Frederick William, with costs pay
able by the Prussian State.
j Growing children ::e:d whole milk
! for growth and d'.velopment. Sub
stitutes will not t .ko its place, say
home demonstration workers of the
, Qtnte College and Department of
Agricultur .
costs. Capias to be issued at any
time at request of solicitor.
State vs. R. E. Massengill. Violat
ing prohibition laws. Guilty. Sentenc
ed from 8 to 12 months and assigned
to work on roads.
State vs. Preston and Donnie
Simms. Larceny and receiving. Guil
ty of receiving. Prayer for judgment
continued upon payment of costs.
Capias to be issued any time at the
request of solicitor.
The case against J. E. Lewis, charg
j ed with having whiskey in his pos
session was continued to be heard on
Wednesday, December 19th.
COUNTY FAIR
ASS’N. MEETS
Re-Elect Same Officers; Secre
tary’s Report Showed Small
Surplus
7
A few of the stockholders of the
Johnston County Agricultural
ciety met in the Commissioners room'
of the court house Saturday after
noon and head the report of Secre
tary R. A. Wellons as to the financial
status of the association. Dr. R. J.
Noble president, presided over the
meeting and called upon Mr. Wellons
to give his report.
The secretary itemized each day’s
ticket receipts, which showed ample
justification for the two new features
nv this year’s fair—the g vmg a vay
of a Ford automobile and the put
ting on of a fire works program.
The total amount of receipts by the
association was $8,214.09, while dis
bursements totaled $7,931.64, leaving
a balance in treasury of $282.45.
There was a balance due on the sec
retary and treasurer’s salary of the
previous year, which together with
other debts of last year prevented the
paying of dividends to the stock
holders. The association has paid
more than a thousand dollars in pre
miums this year.
After hearing the encouraging re
port of the secretary it was decided
to continue the fair another year at
the same location, certain improve
ments however to be made. A wire
fence will enclose the fair grounds;
the flora hall will be reduced to one
story and the roof repaired; and the
stables put in good condition. In the
meantime a now permanent location
will be uder consideration. It having
been decided to continue the fair, the
election of a new board of directors
then took place. The following con
stitute the board: C. M. Wilson, Dr.
R. J. Noble, J. Rufus Creech, E. S.
Edmundson, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter, J.
H. Woodall, If. C. Woodall, R. A.
Wellons and W. D. Hood.
The board of directors having a
majority present then proceeded to
elect officers. Dr. R. J. Noble, of
Selma .was unanimously re-elected as
president of the Fair Association, as
was Mr. R. A. Wellons as secretary
and Mr. C. W. Wilson of Wilson’s
Mills, vice-president The following
Executive Committee was appointed:
J. Rufus Creech, H. C. Woodall, J.
H. Woodall, E. S. Edmundson and W.
D. Hood .The finance committee is
composed of C M. Wilson, F. H.
Brooks and W. D. Avera.
Mr. Hugh Peacock Dead
A telegram received last night by
Mrs. Walter Fuller from Mr. R. Clyde
Peacock, of Chicago, stated that Mr.
William Hugh Peacock, their brother
I of that city, died Monday afternoon at
four o’clock. His body will be brought
[home for burial.
Mr. Peacock was sick only a short
time having undergone an operation
for chronic appendicitis several days
ago.
The deceased is well known here
where he was born and raised, and his
friends and relatives in the county
1 will learn with sorrow of his death,
i Announcement will be made later of
the funeral.
When bugs and worms are plenti
ful in spring, hens lay heaviest. In
| winter when this animal food is not
available it should be supplied by
! using such substitutes as meat scraps
\ fish meal, milk or high grade tank
age, recommends A. G. Oliver, poul
try extension specialists.
CONGRESSWOMAN MADE
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
| Mrs. May Nolan, only woman mem
ber of the H'use of Representatives
: d widow of the late < •mgrtssman
I John I. Nolan, of California, is the
i first of her -ex to be chairman of a
; Hotter; leaders that M,-s. Nolan had
i n ' ,‘e chairman of the eommit
*• o on ,_■>penditur in the P r-toffiee
Department, and will also serve as a
member of the labor committee. Sh;
j declined a place on the woman - suf
frage committee. Mrs. Nolan was
j elected to the seat in C ngre o mad.;
j vacant by the death of her hu shard.
: —News a id Observer.
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