VOL. 43
County-Wide Biscuit Making
Contest Will Close May 1st
0---——
Women and Girls To Take
Part in Biggest Biscuit
Making Contest Ever
Staged in Johnston Co.
VALUABLE PRIZES
With the cooperation of Mr. H. B.
Marrow, county superintendent of
education, Miss Mary E. Wells, as
sistant county superintendent, the
members of the County Council, and
the teachers of Johnston County, the
Biscuit Campaign is being conducted
by Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, county
home demonstration agent. Two
contests, one for girls and one for
women, will be held at the county
court house in this city on Thursday,
May 1, at 10:30 o'clock.
Rules For Contest
All girls in Johnston County be
tween ten and eighteen years of age
may enter the contest. Boys also if
they wish.
Those enrolled must make biscuits
at home at least four times using
recipe, and bring three to school
to be scored.
Each of the three pupils whose
score is highest in local contests will
display three biscuits in the county
Contest at the court house May 1.
All biscuits at County Contest
must be entered by 10:30 a. m.
Miss Garrison will visit all inter
ested schools in the county, explain
the contest, and give one demonsra
tion at each. Exhibits will be made
in groups according to townships.
Directions for Making Biscuits
Three things are necessary for mak
ing good biscuits, provided the ma
terials are good and the proportions
correct:
1. The dought must not be made
too soft to handle easily.
2. It must be quickly and lightly
handled.
3. A quick oven is necessary.
All measurements are level. Sift
flour before measuring. Sift all dry
ingredients together, add lard, work
ing in with tips of fingers; add milk,
mixing with a spoon just enough to
hold together. When all is mixed,
turn on floured bread board and
knead lightly until smooth. Roll
lightly, cut half inch thick, place in
pan so they will not touch. Bake
quickly.
In using sour milk, the amount of
soda needed will vary slightly due to
the amount of lactic acid in the milk.
In making baking powder biscuits it
is better to use sweet milk if possible:
it adds more food value than water
and gives a better brown.
Biscuit should have two light
brown crisp crusts with little crumb.
If they are too thick and bake too
rapidly, the crumb becomes a paste
which can not be reached by the di
gestive juices. Biscuits properly
made are partly digested in the bak
ing.
Buttermilk Biscuit
2 cups flour, 1-4 teaspoon soda, 1
teaspoonful baking powder, 3 table
spoonfuls lard, 1 teaspoonful salt 1-2
to 2-3 cups buttermilk.
Baking Powder Biscuit
Two cups flour, 1-4 teaspoonful
soda, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 3
tablespoonful lard, 4 teaspoonful bak
ing powder, sweet milk or water to
make dough soft, 1 teaspoonful salt.
Score Card For Biscuits
General appearance _ 20
Shape, round _ 5
Size, medium _>_ 5
Crust, golden brown, crisp_10
Crumb: _,_30
Texture, flaky, tender_10
Color, creamy white, no spots
or streaks_,_10
Moisture, springy and elastic,
not gummy_10
Flavor: 40
Slightly nutty _15
No musty or acid odor_15
No taste of leavening agent_10
Lightness:
Equal throughout, no heavy
streaks _ 10
Prizes will be awarded by Mr. H.
B. Marrow, county superintendent of
education. Judges: three home dem
(Continued on page four)
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
CONVENTION MEETS
E. S. Abell Is Elected Chair
man of the Democratic
Executive Committee;
Delegates Are Named.
Hon. Ed. S. Abel! is the new chair
man of the Johnston County Demo
cratic Executive Committee, having
been chosen unanimously by the
Democratic County Convention i
here Saturday. Representatives
from practically every section of the
county were present, and the conven
tion was called to order by Cnair
man E. F. Ward. The chief object
of the meeting was to elect dele
gates to the State Convention, and a
motion was carried that all demo
crats in Johnston County in good
standing who shall attend the State
Convention shall be recogized ns dele
gates.
Mr. Ward then tendered Viis icsig
nation as chairman which was ac
cepted and Hon. E. S. Abell wa3 put
in his place by acclamation. The
selection of a secretary to the Execu
tive Committee was left, by unani
mous vote, to the discretion of Chair
man Abell.
NEGRO GROUP COMMENCEMENT
TO BE HELD HERE THURSDAY
The Smithfield Group Commence-1
ment of Johnston County Negro
school will be held at the County i
Training School building, April 17.
I The program will begin at nine'
i o’clock in the morning with grand
parade of the school pupils marching
with their school banner.
Mr. H. B. Marrow, county superin
tendent, will speak on efficiency in
the class room and on plans for the
school building programs. Judge A.
M. Noble will be present as one of
the speakers, and H. L. Trigg, prin
cipal of Berry O’Kelly Training
School will make the commencement
address at 11:30. The program will
consist of addresses and contests in
story telling, spelling, reciting, sing
ing, literary and industrial exhibits.
The following schools will take
part in the exercises: Benson, Q. C.
Mial, principal; Stewart, Libbie M.
Browne, principal; Reedy Branch,
Bennie Grice; Four Oaks, W. David
Ellis; Princeton, Josie Womble; Pine
Level, W. Louise Spicer; Micro, Rosa
B. Vinson; Kenly Mrs. A. P. Pearce;
Long Branch, Samuel Dunn; Hickory
Grove, Robert Smith; Hodge Chapel,
Gaynell Harris; Bentonville, Lillie B.
Jefferson; Cedar Grove, Laura Ca
ple; Union, Mamie G. Dawson; Gal
lilee Estella Brandt; Short Journey,
Suddie Woodard; Southern Grove,
Janie Lane; Green, Masie E. Byrd.
The public is cordially invited. The
school committeemen, patrons of
schools and all others interested in
the education and progress of the
Negro schools of the county are in
vited and urged to be present. The
board of education and county com
missioners are especially invited to be
present and note the progress made
as will be demonstrated by the va
rious schools in both industrial and
literary work.
Perfect attendance certificates and
certificates will be presented to the
seventh grade graduates. Prizes will
be awarded the winning contestants.
Committee on program: J. B. F.
Prather, W. David Ellis, Q. C. Mial,
Samuel Dunn, Estella Braudie, Su
die Woodard and Josie Womble.
Committee on exhibits: Martha
Streator, W. Louise Spicer, Callie
Watson, Annie M. Lewis, Mary
Forte, Bennie Grice, M. E. Byrd.
LAURA J. A. KING,
Supervisor Negro Schools.
H. B. MARROW,
County Superintendent.;
MISS MARY E. WELLS,
Assistant County Supt.
The food value of eggs does not de
crease as the price goes down. At
this season of the year they are both
economical and healthful.
EPWORTH LEAGUE
INSTITUTE HERE
April 25 and 26, The Dates
For the Raleigh District
Epworth League Institute
—Notable Speakers.
DISTRICT RANKS HIGH
The second annual Raleigh District
Epworth League Institute will be
held at Centenary Methodist church,
Smithfield, N. C., April 25th and 26th
The opening service begins Friday
-vening April 25th. at eight o’clock
with a song service led by Mr. I. W.
Medlin of Smithfield. Rev. W. A.
Stanbury, pastor of Edenton Street
Methodist church will deliver the
opening address. This will be follow
ed by a social hour held at the Smith
field High school auditorium, the en
tertainment numbers being furnished
by the Raleigh Methodist Orphanage
Leaguers. The Smithfield Leaguers
will be in charge of the refreshments.
Organization and enrollment of
delegates will begin at 8:30 Satur
day morning at the church. Song ser
vice at nine o’clock led by Mr. I. W.
Medlin and program as follows:
“Intermediate Leaguers” by Miss
Blanche Barringer, Wilmington.
“The Conference League,” Rev.
Thomas McM. Grant, President of
the N. C. Conference Epworth Lea
gue.
“Business Methods in the League,”
Mr. P. B. Magruder, Manager Raleigh
Branch, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co.
“Poster Making,” Rev Philip
Schwartz, Raleigh District Secretary.
“Reverence in our Devotional Meet
ings,” Rev. W. H. Brown, Ex-Presi
dent Conference Epworth League.
Luncheon and Business Session at
12:30, the luncheon being served by
the Smithfield Leaguers.
The Raleigh District enjoys the
distinction of being one of the fore
most districts, not only in the North
Carolina Conference but also in the
entire Methodist Episcopal church,
South. The general direction of the
Institute is under Rev. Philip
Schwartz who has been the Raleigh
District Secretary for the past three
years and was placed by the executive
Epworth League Officials at the Cen
tral office, Nashville, Tenn. among
the six ranking district secretaries of
Southern Methodism.
Kenneth Coates In Contest
Kenneth Coates, a student at the
State University, was one of the par
ticipants in the annual Junior Ora
torical Contest held at Chapel Hill
Wednesday night, between representa
tives of the Philanthropic and Dial
ectiv Literary Societies. He repre
sented the Philanthropic Society. His
subject was “Democracy vs. Journal
ism.” He maintained according to a
news dispatch, that newspapers, as
they are today, are dispensers of mis
information and conceal the truth
He asserted they are enemies to de
mocracy, affirming that Harry F.
Sinclair the millionaire oil magnate,
was abetted by newspaper silence
whne the Teapot Dome lease was sign
ed.
TheJulian S. Car medal given to
the winner in this contest, was
awarded D. R. Hodgin of Burlington.
Dr. C. A. Smith 111 in Baltimore
Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, head of the
English department at the United
States naval academy and well known
in Greensboro, his former home, is
seriously ill at Johns Hopkins hospi
tal, Baltimore, Md. Mr. R. G. Vauhgn
and Mrs. L. Richardson, his sisters,
have been with him several days. Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Richardson, the for
mer his nephew, left last night for
Baltimore.
Candidate Hall In City
Mr. D. M. Hall of Clayton, Demo
cratic candidate for Register of
Deeds of Johnston County, was in the
city yesterday shaking hands with his
friends.
Find Child’s Body
Under Old House
Badin, April 13.—A child some j
three or four weeks of age was'
j found under one of the vacant homes
I 'n Badin by plumbers who were en
gaged in work there discovered the
“dried up’- body of the child ar.d
made report of the finding. It seems I
that one arm was severed and the]
skull of the child was crushed, and
that rocks had been piled on the :
body. As yet no clew has been dis
covered as to how the child met its ,
death, nor as to who is responsible ;
for it, while the identity of the child
is not now known. It is a matter j
which will call for full investigation
by the authorities. Indications were
that the child may have been killed
three months before.
LINER MAURETANIA IS
TOWED IN BY FIVE TUGS
Cherbourg, France, April 13.—Af
ter struggling for 60 hours against a
channel tempest, the Cunard liner
Mauretania towed by five powerful
tugs, entered the harbor here this
evening. The great vessel which left
Southampton in town Friday was
compelled for the greater part of
yesterday to ride the gale off Cape
Barfleur, about 16 miles off rher
bourg. Necessary repairs to the
Mauretania’s engines could not be1
effected at Southampton be^iuse of
the shipyard lockout and the vessel
was towed here in order that the
work might be done.
MANY CONVERTS JOIN
CHURCHES DURING REVIVAL
At the morning church services
yesterday 109 converts were received
into six churches of the city follow
ing the services during the past nine
weeks at the Ham-Ramsey revival.
Several churches closed during the
hour for the 11 o’clock services ar d
attended the revival.
At the Baptist Tabernacle church
50 were received; at Central Meth
odist, 13; Southside, 19; First Pres
byterian, 16; Pullen Memorial, 2;
First Baptist 9.—News and Observer,
(Raleigh), Apr. 14.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
AT M. E. CHURCH
Revival services will be held during
this week at the Methodist church
and Rev. J. A. Russell of Snow Hill
will assist in the preaching. An
early morning service from 6:15 to
7 o'clock will be held each day, and
Rev. Mr. Russell will preach each
evening. Rev. Mr. Russell was form
erly pastor at Four Oaks and is well
known in this section for his evange
listic work. The public is cordially
invited to these services.
ARMY PLANES ON TRIP AROUND
WORLD REACH SEWARD, ALAS.
Cordova, Alaska, April 3 —Bj
Associated Press.) Four airplanes,
composing the United States army
squadron making a trip around the
world, arrived at Seward, Alaska,
this afternoon at 5:18 o’clock pacific
coast time, according to informa
tion received here. The trip from
Sitka was accomplished without mis
hap the advices stated.
Father Of Mrs. L. E. Watson Dead
Mrs. L. E. Watson was called to
Wilson Friday on account of the
death of her father, Mr. A. M.
Thompson which occurred at his
home in the New Hope section. Mr.
Thompson was Seventy-three years
old and had been in feeble health for
sometime. For the past several
weeks he had been in a critical con
dition and his death was not unex
pected. He was buried Saturday aft
ernoon from the New Hope Baptist j
church of which he was a member,
and interment made in the church
cemetery. Those attending the
funeral from this city were Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Watson, Messrs. Edgar and
Thomas Watson and Miss Cora Belle
Ives.
Mrs. Watson has the sympathy of
a large number of friends in her be
reavement.
MEETING OF 6TH
DISTRICT SUCCESS
_
Selma Club Will Be Next
Hostess; Mrs. Brogden,
of Durham Is Elected
President of The District.
MRS. JERMAN SPEAKS
The club women of the Six District
of the State Federation showed howT
women do things by attending the
annual conference held here Friday,
one hundred thirty-one strong, in
spite of the fact that incessant rain
:
made travel disagreeable. Mrs. F.
H. Brooks, president of the District,
presided over the meeting to welcome :
J. M. Woolard of Kenly gracefully
the visitors to the city to which Mrs.
responded.
The morning session was taken up
with reports of the various clubs
these reports being prefaced by an
appropriate address by the District
president. The work being done by
the women in these clubs is along
civic, educational, cultural and social
lines, all of which means benefit to
the community.
After a most enjoyable box lunch
eon served at the Woman's club room,
the ladies assembled again for the
afternoon session a chief feature of
which was the address by Mrs. Palm
er Jerman, of Raleigh, president of
the State Federation. Mrs. Jerman
expressed pleasure at being at the
meeting, this being the thirteenth
she has attended this year without
yet tiring of hearing the reports
which have more or less a sameness.
The purpose of her talk was to bring
the local clubs into a closer sympa
thy with the State Federattion. She
emphasized the fact that the Feder
ation is made up of individual clubs
which alone are responsible for the
work of the Federation. She mention
ed several ways in which the Feder
ation can assist local clubs, pointing
out the fact that the history of clubs
has been that they were of short du
ration when their vision did not in
clude a program broader than the lo
cal community.
Mrs. Jerman stressed local work
as the most important and suggest
ed numerous lines that clubs were de
veloping. But, she said, the women
must also remember state-wide is
sued and even national questions.
Uniform marriage and divorce laws
and the eighteenth amendment are
national matters that should concern
all women.
Mrs. Jerman closed with a word
about citizenship, asking the women
what they were making of their citi
zenship. With 50,000 clu bwomen in
North Carolina, representing both
country and town, tl|e balance of
power lies with the women, accord
ing to Mrs. Jerman, if they will take
the trouble to inform themselves and
then exercise their right to vote.
A part of the afternoon program
was devoted to the election of offi
cers, Mrs. W. J. Brodgen, of Durham
being chosen as president. Selma
was selected as the next meeting
place after a cordial invitation had
bee nextended by Mrs. L. D. Debnam,
president of the Woman’s club of
Selma.
Decrease in Fire Loss.
The 1923 record reaches a total es
timated at $389,192,200, a drop of
more than $21,000,000.
Some interesting figures concern
ing the 1923 fire loss are given thru’
the compilation of the New York
Journal of Commerce.
The burning rates on this conti
nent shows the first check in its up
ward trend since the termination of
the war. The 1923 fire loss record
figures for the United States and
Canada, compiled from the daily rec
ords of The Journal of Commerce
reached a total of $389,192,200, as
compared with $410,889,350 in 1922.
This check in tHe fire waste is the
more remarkable as the first 6 months
of 1923 showed a continuation of the
excessive fire losses, being nearly
$30,000,000 above the first half of
1922.—Insurance Dept. Bulletin.
URGE RETURN TO
JEFEERSON PLAN
Speakers at National Demo
cratic Club Banquet Score
Tendency Toward Cen
tralizing Government.
GOV. OF MD. SPEAKS
New York, April 12.—The Ameri
can people are on the threshold of a
great struggle of the states to regain
their lost rights and to retain their
present ones against the increasing
ly insistent enroachments of centra
lized Federal power, at variance with
American policy, Governor Albert
Ritchie, of Maryland, declared to
night before the Jefferson Day ban
quet of the National Democratic club.
The struggle to keep American
ideals and to preserve American in
stitutions against latter day misuse
and misinterpretations overshadowed
all other issues, he said, since “no
high purpose either at home or
abroad, ever has been or can be ac
complished” by America except
through those ideals and institutions.
Governor Ritchie was one of the
principal speakers at the club’s an
nual banquet on the anniversary of
the birth of Thomas Jefferson, which
is tomorrow.
Governor Ritchie emphasizing the
strength of the institutions conceived
in the 18th century by the American
founders, pointed out that through
out the 19th century which saw the
United States attain ascendancy in
manifold aspects of its National life,
during which the country developed
into the greatest nation in the world,
no amendment was made to the Con
stitution save the three which follow
ed the Civil War.
From 1804 to 1913, he said, Ameri
ca retained the beliefs that “that na
tion is best governed which is least
governed" and that “National unity
and national harmony were only pos
sible so long as the nation kept with
in the limits of its domain and left
the states free within the limits of
theirs.”
Later, the Governor went on, laws
were enacted and constitutional
amendments adopted, “which one by
one are eating into the very heart of ,
the American nation, because they
are breaking down the soverignty of
the American state and substituting
for that sacred thing an incompe
tent, extravagant un-American con
trol radiating from Washington.”
The situation has risen, he continu
ed, partially because it was possible
for majorities in the legislature of
36 states to impose their will on the
nation. The vote of 2,316 members
J of these bodies, he said, could write
i into the constitution any amendment
| they chose to ratify without any ap
peal to the people from that action.
And these legislators with rare ex
ceptions, he said, “harassed by the
threats and blandishments of organ
ized minorities until their will and
their sense of right crumple and fall
helpless to the ground.”
“If I had my way, there is one
constitutional amendment which
should be adopted, and none other
should be considered until that be
came part of our organic law. It is
an amendment which would provide
that no further amendments to con
stitution should be made unless each
State is given the right to a referen
dum to the people upon the action of
its legislature in ratifying any pro
posed amendment.”
The Federal government, he main
tained, had ursurped powers right
fully belonging to the states and su
ceptible to better, more efficient and
more economical administration by
them, and had invaded the pocket
| books of the taxpayers.
A Correction
In our Woman's Club section Fri
day, we credited the article about the
Woman's club of Clayton to Mrs. B.
A, Hocutt because, as president of
the dub, she sent it in. Mrs. Hocutt
wishes to give credit where it is due
and asks us to state that this article
, was prepared by rs. D. J. Thurston.