SUCCESSFUL MILK
CAMPAIGN HELD AT
- KENLY FDR 3 WEEKS
Closed With Delightful
Program At The
High School Friday
Evening.
ESVERAL PRIZES GIVEN
Kenly, Mar. 26.—The Milk Cam
paign begun three weeks ago came
to a successful close on Friday even
ing. The auditorium of Kenly High
school was packed with men, women
and children who were instructed and
and entertained for more than an
hour by the pupils of the first, sec
ond, third, fourth, and fifth grades.
The program consisted of milk songs,
a milk fairy play, a dance around
their home made of a huge milk
bottle, and the awarding of prizes to
the winner in the essay and poster
contests.
As the building was entered a large
array of posters met the eye. Some
of these were quite artistic and pre
sented some interesting facts about
milk.
The program opened with a group
of milk songs sung to familiar tunes
by the fourth and fifth grades. Mrs.
erritt and Miss Hales, teachers. Each
song carried a message and won its
share of applause.
The characters in the milk Fairy
play were as follows:
Fairy Queen_ Daisy Barnes
Fanny Fat_Evelyn Dixon Turl
ington.
Sallie Sugar_Minnie Lee Holland
Minnie Mineral. Matter. _ Clyde Ed
gerton.
Carrie Carpenter Protein_Sallie
Miller.
Viola Vitamine_Eloise Radford
Vitamine Sisters_ Virginia
Foster and Alberta Radford.
Other Fairies_ Eleanor Brogden
Daisy Narron, Mary Ella Taylor.
The stage settings of pines with
minature cows grazing here and
there or lying in repose, with the
huge milk bottle house of cream and
white with curtained windows and
ivy bordered porch made a fitting
scene upon which these milk fairies
appeared through the door of their
bottle home.
liiacn one did her part well and
appealed particularly to the children
in the audience. The Milk Fairies’
Dance with airy costumes and
wreathes of ivy intertwined with
jonquils suggestive of the outdoors—
health and growth—was very effec
tive. It ended with all joining hands,
skipping around the bottle house, and
finally disappearing in it, led by the
queen.
One of the most interesting fea
tures of the evening was the award
ing of the essay and poster prizes.
Miss Garrison expressed appreciation
of the backing that the Woman’s club
had given this campaign and spoke
of the invaluable good that might
come of it. She then presented the
following poster prizes to the primary
department: First prize $2.50, Third
grade, Miss Cathey teacher; 2nd prize
25 checks for milk drinks, First grade,
Miss Boyett, teacher; Third prize,
Eunice Grey Fulghum of Grade 2,
Miss Bailey, teacher. Although no
fourth prize was given the poster
made by Mrs. Richardson’s First
Grade was the next choice.
Mr. Paul D. Grady presented the
awards to the Grammar Grade and
High school departments. With his
ready wit and oratorical turn he
brought a message that made a
strong appeal to his audience. He
called attention to the fact that
while the minds of boys and girls
were being trained, their bodies
should be properly nourished also,
that the minds might not be hamper
ed in performing their functions. The
prizes were as follows:
Poster prizes in Grammar Grades
—First prize $2.50—James Watson
of Grade 6, Miss Straughn, teacher;
2nd prize $2.50, Virginia Darden of
Grade 6, Miss Wroton, teacher; 3rd
prize, book, Grade 6, Miss Straughn,
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Railroad Crossing To Be j
Guarded 12 Hours Out of 24
The Atlantic Coast Line Prmises To Place a Watchman at Market
Street Crossing Here For 12 Hours Out Of 24 Pending the Lo
catin of a Permanent Crossing By the State Highway Com
mission; Highway May Be Changed.
The railroad crossing at the sta
tion here will be guarded in the
future, according to the decision
made at a joint meeting of the town
Board of Commissioners, represent
atives of the A. C. L. Railway Com
pany and citizens of Smithfield held
! in the court house here Tuesday aft
' ernoon. The conference was called
: after ordinances had been introduc
ed at a meeting of the city commis
sioners, making it a misdemeanor to
leave the crossing in question un
guarded, and also for a train to op
erate within the city limits at a great
er speed than twenty miles per hour.
Capt. W. H. Newell, of Rocky
Mount, was here to represent the A.
C. L. He pointed out that accord
ing to the viewpoint of the railway
the town had misappropriated rail
road property by changing the cross
ing from a point further north to
the present location. For this rea
son he charged the town with part
of the responsibility for the hazard
at this crossing, and contended that
the town should bear part of the
expense entailed in safeguarding it.
He asked that the ordinances not be
passed. He asked for more time to
consider the matter, a new kink in
the situation being introduced when
it was suggested that the State High
way Commission might possibly lo
cate the highway where the present
station now stands. Mr. Crew of
the State Highway Commission was
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present, but had nothing definite to
say in reference to this. He did
state however, that should the high
way be located at the end of Market
Street, that the railroad would re
ceive the same consideration that an
individual property owner would
whose property was desired.
After some discussion as to what
should be done, Mr. R. C. Gillett, a
member of the town board, insisted
that now was the time for some defi
nite action. He pointed out that for
ten years there had been some con
troversy over the dangerous grade
crossing at the station and in recent
years particularly since school trucks
have to cross the railroad at this
point the danger has increased. The
final outcome was that the A. C. L.
will place a watchman to guard the
crossing twelve hours out of twenty
four pending the location of the high
way. Capt Newell asked, however,
that the ordinance in regard to speed
limit not be passed.
The matter of securing a new sta
tion probably hinges upon the de
cision of the State Highway Com
mission in locating the highway, it
being agreed by all concerned that
their decision will be accepted. Capt.
Newell stated that receipts from
passengers had decreased here from
about $25,000 in 1920 to around $20,
000 in 1923, but the increase amount
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Editor of ''New Age” Won Id
‘Take Profit Out of Wars'
FUNERAL OF GHAS. I.
PIERCE HELD TUESDAY
The funeral of Mr. C. I. Pierce who
died at his home here early Tuesday
morning after a short illness with
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j pneumonia, wras held at the residence
Wednesday morning at eleven o’clock
The deceased was a member of the
Presbyterian church, and Rev. J. R.
Woods of Richmond, Va. and Rev.
Neil Mclnnis of Selma, former past
ors, conducted the funeral service.
A large crowd of relatives and
friends were assembled to pay a
tribute of respect to the departed.
Interment was made in the city
cemetery. The pall bearers were
Messrs. E. S. Edmundson, H. B.
Marrow, W. J. Massey, W. M.
Grantham, W. N. Holt, J. H. Abell,
R. H. Alford and Dr. A. H. Rose.
Mr. Pierce, was deputy sheriff of
Johnston County and was well
known over the county. He had many
’friends who will learn with regret of
his passing. He was thirty-eight
•years old. He is survived by his
widow, who was Miss Helen Parker
of Asheville, and by five children,
three girls and two boys. He also
, leaves a father, Mr. J. D. Pierce of
Kenly, a brother, Mr. Cleveland
Pierce of Portsmouth, Va.; two sis
ters, Mrs. Lonnie Keen and Mrs. W.
R. Keen of Four Oaks.
Senior Play Tonight
The Senior class of the high school
here will present a play entitled “A
Trial of Hearts” at the high school
auditorium tonight. Mrs. Alfred R.
Wilson, Expression teacher has
charge of the play, there being twen
ty-three in the cast. The program
which will last about two hours in
cludes the giving away between acts
of about fifty prizes donated by the
various business houses of this city.
Those holding lucky tickets will be
awarded the prizes which vary from
a box of chewing gum to a bank ac
count. Jess’ Honey Boys will furnish
music. The music will start at 7:30
o'clock and the curtain will rise
promptly at eight.
If War Should Come
Let Us See Capital
Mobilized As Well
As Men Says Blight
Washington, March 22.—“Take the
profit out of war,” declared Reynold
E. Blight, editor of The New Age
Magazine, official organ of the Scot
* tish Rite for the Southern Masonic
! Jurisdiction of the United States, in
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. indorsing the plan of The Christian
j Science Monitor for conscripting cap
ital and industry as well as man pow
er in case of war, at the annual din
ner of the Military Service Legion
here. Mr. Blight said:
J “There will be wars and rumors of
wars as long as great industrial con
cerns can make money . No great
er injustice could be imagined than
war conditions nder which our
young men are called upon to leave
home and business and offer their
sacrifice for their country, while fi
nanciers, manufacturers and produ
cers profiteer in food and war sup
plies. Just to state it is to disclose
glaring unfairness. Let us hope and
pray that there will never be another
: wrar, but if it should come let us see
that capital be mobilized as well as
all men.
Mr. flight outlined what he
; thought were essentials of a peace
program as follows:
i First—An adequate military and
naval establishment to defend our
property and our rights against
avarice and aggression.
Second—Take profit out of war.
Third—Develop the intelligence of
the people. The prevailing, wide
spread illiteracy is a grave menace to
the safety of the Nation, and weak
ens the entire national defense.
Fourth—Cultivate high national
idealism. Justice, liberty, humanity
and democracy should be the deter
mining principles in all our interna
tional relations.
Fifth—Co-operate with every oth
er nation in bringing about a better
world-wide understanding, and in
cultivating in that universal concord
and amity a spirit of brotherhood
that shall be a sure guarantee of en
during peace.
Hon. A. W. McLean, candidate for the nomination for governor
of North Carolina, whose friends and supporters are meeting here
today to discuss his candidacy.
Social Service Workers Want
To Do Away With the Chair
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THE BISHOP IGNORED
THE DANCE IS STAGED
New York March 24.—Eurythmic
dancing was given Sunday at the
Church of St. Marks-in-the-Bowerie
in defiance of its interdiction by
Bishop William T. Manning, of the
Episcopal diocese of New York.
“The ritual dance of the Della
Robbia Annunciation,” designed for
the observance of the feast of the
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary,
was given by six young women, at
tired in Greek costumes at both
afternoon and evening services. Pre
ceding the dance, Rev. Dr. William
Norman Guthrie defended eurythmic
dancing and explained the symbolism
of those on the program.
During the dance, which was in
four parts and to the accompani
ment of music by harp and organ
from Wolf-Ferraris “Vita Nuova,”
the congregation remained hushed
and attentive and some remained aft
erwards for the hymn that closed the
service. In the afternoon one man
left when the dancing began, mutter
ing “scandalous.” Admission was by
card and police kept out crowds
which gathered early and waited long
after the services began.
The rector defended the dance as
a form of expression which was used
before language was known, but of
childish folk dances and the ballet,
he said had “become hopelessly
wdiich, with the possible exception
degraded.”
INVENTOR WORKING ON
BICYCLE PLANE
Mr. Lehman Weil, of New York
City, who claims to be the inventor
of the “Stop-Go” police traffic sig
nal, is at work on a bicycle plane
which can be used by children. The
thing is not perfected yet, but ac
cording to Weil, the time will come
when children going to school will
hop into their little airships and ped
al industriously away through the
skies. The inventor has been work
ing on his idea for 30 years, and has
built a little model of an airplane
with four wings, which, he believes
will fly by foot power.
Suggestion Thrown In
to Social Service Con
ference; Is Referred
To Committee.
Charlotte, March 26.—A definite
move to carry the more or less latent
opposition to capital punishment to
the General Assembly looking toward
abolition of the death penalty de
veloped in the Social Service Confer
ence here today but effort to have the
proposal included among the thirteen
major items of prison reform pro
posed by the committee of one hun
dred and endorsed by the conference
failed .
The suggestion "was referred to
the Committee on resolutions and will
be acted upon separately. Dr. Jo
seph Hyde Pratt, president of the
conference, pointed out that the thir
teen suggested reforms which was
submitted by the committee of the
one hundred citizens this morning
and adopted by the conference as a
Prison Legislative program for the
coming year, would be presented to
the Legislature by by members of
that committee and the capital punish
ment resolution could be carried to
Raleigh by another body named foi
that purpose.
An item of interest in the reform
program to be presented to the 192"
General Assembly is that at the ex
piration of the term of the preseni
board of directors of the State pris
on, there shall be elected by the Gen
eral Assembly upon the recommenda
tion of the Governor five persons
who shall constitute the board of di
rectors of the State Prison. At the
1925 session of the General Assem
bly, all five of these members shall
be elected; two for a term of twe
years, two for a term of four years
and one for a term of six years. There
after, the terms shall be six years
for all; provided that the minority
party and that both sexes shall al
ways be represented among the ap
pointive members. Election will be by
concurrent vote of the General As
sembly.
In place of A. M. Scales of Greens
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2 YOUNG SHIELD
MEN PLACED UNDER
ARREST TUESDAY
Ed Eason And Clyde
Mitchell Taken Up
For Raiding Smoke
houses.
BOTH MEN UNDER BOND
Ed Eason and Clyde Mitchell, both
white men who live near town, were
arrested Tuesday, March 25, by
Chief J. H. Griffin, of Selma, for sell
ing stolen meat. During the past
several days these young men had
been visiting the smokehouses of
their neighbors and relieving them of
their nicest hams. One night last
week they prized the lock from the
door of the smokehouse of Mr.
Robert Hill who lives in the Sanders
Chapel section, and carried away sev
en of his choicest hams.
Mr. Hill immediately began to in
vestigate, and since his meat was
marked it was not long before he
found that it had been sold to Rob
[ erts, Corbett & Woodard in Selma.
: It is said that Eason and Mitchell
had sold several loads of hams and
when the merchant learned that they
were selling stolen meat he asked
the mto bring another load, planning
to have them arrested when they ar
rived with their meat.
Tuesday when they went to deliver
the meat they were asked to wait
until some cotton could be weighed,
and when the merchant returned
| Chief Griffin was with him. They
i were arrested and brought to Smith
, field but Mitchell secured a bonds
man and was allowed to go home.
Eason remained in jail until Wed
nesday afternoon when he was let out
under a $500 bond. ,
It is said that these men have al>
so taken meat from Messrs. Walter
Creech, Josiah Edwards and Jim
Peedin, which it is alleged they sold
under an assumed name, Clarence
Watson.
They were given a preliminary
hearing yesterday morning before
Mr. D. T. Lunceford, J. P., and were
bound over to criminal court which
convenes here August 11. Eason was
released under $1,000 bond, but
Mitchell was unable to secure a
I bondsman and is now in jail.
! GEORGE J. GOULD LEFT
AN ESTATE OF $15,586,729
Tom River, N. J., March 24.—An
inventory of the estate of the late
George Jaj* Gould on file in the of
fice of the Ocean County Surrogate
here today showed that the estate in
j eluded personal property valued at
$15,586,729.66. The inventory is
written on 770 sheets of legal and
seventy printed book-size sheets. The
! summary shows all investments and
other holdings, claims against the es
J tate and the cost of maintaining the
various properties since Jay Gold’s
!death.
MISS RIDDICK TO SPEAK
TO BUSINESS WOMEN
The Business and Professional Wo
men’s club which was organized here
last week will have a dinner meeting
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the
Woman’s club room to complete the
organization. Miss Elsie Riddick of
Raleigh president of the State As
sociation, will be present and speak
to the women. Other ladies from Ra
leigh are also expected on this oc
casion. Every business girl in town
: is invited to this dinner whether she
expects to become a member of the
. local club or not. The dinner will he
Dutch, and those who expect to at
| tend are asked to notify the pi'dfci
dent, Miss Cora Belle Ives.
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Preaching At Sardis
Rev. J. W. Rose will preach at Sar
' dis Baptist church Sunday afternoon
j at three o'clock. The public is in
vited to attend.
Plant the garden according to
your plan.