PORT TERMINALS IMPORTANT ISSUE Vote On Nov. 4 Will Determine Whether North Carolina Shall Establish Water way System or Not Port Terminals and Water Trans portation is a new question in North Carolina and because it is new some people are honestly in doubt about it. The only state with an ocean or lake front and without port terminals is North Carolina. Every other state with a chance at water rate compe tition has one or more public port terminals open on an equal footing to the commerce of the world—had to have such terminals to control rail road rates. And nobody in these states is in doubt about the wisdom of such enterprises. There are sixty-eight public port terminals in thirty-one states, all of them established on the basis of pub lic bond issues. All are self-financ ing and self-suporting, some are also paying interest and sinking fund charges, and others are earning enough in harbor fees to pay for ex pansion as port traffic increases. The older the public port is the better chance it has to pay its own way and to pay off the bonds that built it. Our state highway system is al ready on a self-financing basis and nobody is bothering about our high way bonds. A state water transpor tation system can be put on the same self-supporting basis. If not, then we are stupider than the people of thirty-one other states. North Car olina has shown the rest of the states the way in public highway finance. She now has a chance to show them her ability in public water transpor tation finance. Once upon a time many timid peo ple wanted no bonds in millions for public roads in North Carolina. Now nobody is in doubt about the matter. Everybody is on the band wagon to day. It may be that the same story will be told a few years hence about a state system of water transporta tion in North Carolina. Thirteen hundred miles of naviga ble river ways and 1500 miles of navigable sounds but no public port terminals and no water rate compe tition to regulate railway freights. That is the situation in North Caro lina at present. Does the most progressive state in the union hesitate because the ques tion is new, hesitate while thirty-one other states get the jump on us? A referendum vote for public port teiminals in Maine in 1919 carried by a majority of four to one. A ref erendum vote in Alabama in 1923 authorized ten million dollars in bonds for public port terminals. These aie the last two of the thir ty-one states to establish public port terminals. North Carolina has waked up about everything else and nobody doubts it. Is she in a Rip Van Win kle state in public port terminals and water transportation ? The vote on the Port Terminals Bill will answer this question on November 4. Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson as Governor For several years a Mohammedan Indian woman, the Begam of Bhopal, has served as governor of one of the states of India. Recently, for the first time in the history of America, a woman has been nominated as Gov ernor of a state. The distinction of achieving this victory belongs to the Democratic Party, which is progress ively generous in its attitude toward women. The honored person, in this in stance, is Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, of the great Commonwealth of Tex as. She announces a program of in dependence for her regime: one that shall be stamped by her individuality, especially along sociological lines. Her interest centers largely in pri son reform and in the welfare gener ally of women and children. Governor-elect Miriam A. Fergu-! son is a mother and grandmother. She is described as being educated^ and refined, industrious and sensible, pru- j dent and thorough in business meth-' ods. Her election to the exalted of fice of Governor of a powerful state means a distinct advancement for the To Conduct Revival Here DR. JOHN E. WHITE DR. JOHN E. WHITE CONDUCT REVIVAL Services Will Begin Monday, Oct. 6 At 7:30 P. M. And Will Continue For Ten Days IS FORMER JOHNSTONIAN — Dr. John E. White, noted son of i : Johnston county, will conduct a se j vies of revival meetings with the | Smithfield Baptist Church beginning October 6. He is rated in “Who’s Who in America” among the great preachers of the South. Dr. White’s father was principal ! of the Clayton Academy for many 1 years, where many leading men of Johnston county were prepared for college, and his mother was the daughter of Rev. John F. Ellington, who for a generation was pastor of the Baptist churches of Bethesda, Baptist Center and Johnston-Liberty. He married Miss Effie L. Guest, who ‘ was born near Wilson’s Mills. For fifteen years Dr. WThite was I pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Atlanta, the largest and strongest Baptist church in the city. For the i last nine years he has been in Ander | son, S. C., where he is pastor of a | church of about 2,000 members, which leads all the Baptist churches in the Southeastern States in gifts to Foreign Missions, with an annual contribution of $40,000. During his stay in Anderson he has built Ander son College, of which he is the pres dent, a college which has taken rank among the best colleges for women in the South. As preacher and ora tor and educator he ranks among the outstanding men of the Southern Baptist Convention. His coming back to Johnston county for ten days will be an event of interest to a wide section of country around Smithfield. 12 INCH RAINFALL AT BEAUFORT Eeaufort, Sept. 17.—The heaviest rainfall ever recorded at Beaufort took place here last night, according to U. S. Weather Observer Charles Hatsell. From 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon to 6 o’clock this morning it rained incessantly and a total of 12 inches fell. The highest figure before this in one day was 5 inches, which happened last year. Some dam age was done by the rain, sidewalks in several places were undermined and the east end of Front street for about 50 yards was also badly dam aged. In some places in the town the water stood three feet deep. A good many small boats filled with water and sank. The wind was north east, but did not blow hard enough to hurt anything. There were a number of washouts on the county roads and the railroad. No mail from the west has arrived here so, far today. Miss Mary Pruden will spend this week end in Clayton with friends. Mrs. E. S. Lassiter of near Four Oaks, was in the city yesterday. woman’s cause: not only in Ameri ca, but in all lands.—Fornightly Bul letin. i COLLEGES IN N. C. ARE NOW OPENING College Enrollment's Show In Most Instances Record Breaking Registrations SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS _ «* The colleges of the state have | been opening during the past two or three weeks and almost wit ho at cx ■ ception the enrollments have been the largest in the history of the col leges. Improvements have been made in many instances, and even then the capacity of the educational Institu tional institutions are taxed to ac commodate the large number of young men and women who seek higher educational advantages. The following clippings from the State papers in regard to the opening of some of the schools will bear out this statement. N. C. <’. W. An increase of approximately 200 over the freshman class registration of last year was noted at North Carolina college Wednesday when the number of first year girls who had arrived since Monday was found to reach a tota.l of a little less than 700. It is expected that this increase will be paralleled in proportion by the numbers of upper class girls re turning today, making the registra tion for the entire school about 1,700. The new girls are getting settled in their unaccustomed surroundings and the majority interveiwed ex pressed a desire to Begin the routine work of their college life immedi ately. Clases for the freshmen will start on Friday. Meredith College Raleigh, Sept. 12.—With a regis tration of 371 students for ' regular college work Meredith college facul ty and students, together with many friends of the institution assembled this morning at 10:30 for the formal opening with Dr. A. Caul Bagby, pastor of the Baptist church of Wake Forest as chief speaker. The above registration does not include the 137 children in the normal music de partment under Mrs. W. J. Ferrell, nor does it include tin large number of town students registering for the, special course in musie under Dr. Dingley Brown, director of the music, department of the college. N. C. University Chapel Hill, Sept. 16.—One thou-1 sand and 2f> students matriculated i at the opening of the I3Ist session j of the University of North Carolina j today and another thousand more are j expected to register tomorrow and; the number may go beyond 2,200 be fore the end of the week. Today's enrollment broke all previous records for the first day. t Registrations showed anr increase in all departments. The machinery of registration was set m motion in the Memorial hall early this morn ing and all day long queues of stu dents passed in and out of the build ing, selecting courses, filfiug in blanks, paying fees araf consulting advisers. Wake Forest' College. , Wake Forest, Sept. f€L—Despite continual rain, approximately 400 students registered’ at Waie Forest college today upon the occasion of the first day of the lUtbf session, > breaking all' records- Registration will continue tomorrow. Three hun dred freshmen and a totaf enrmliment of 700 is indicated. State College Raleigh, Sept. 17.—With an en rollment of freshmen in excess of; 500, indicating it stated, a total en rollment of about r,500, North Caro-1 lina State College openedT its 36th; sesion here today. Registration will' continue through tomorrow and classes will commence on Friday. , St. Mary’s The formal opening of- St. Mary’s in Raleigh, was held yesterday. Substantial improvements have been made in buildings and grounds. ! The faculty has been strengthened by the coming of a number of teach-i ers witth an established record of sue-1 cess. The enrollment this year is ex pected to reach about 185, with the; completion of registration today. The new students arrived, yrstaniay, and Sold Her Baby on Installment Plan 2Sli’i*£Z£Sj i Mrs. Agnes Mack, of Brooklyn. N. Y is held with Envm Datho (both shown above) the man to whom Li°thebalance hfibv for S300 fiftv dollars of which was paid down, and the balance ?0 follow in instaflm^nts. The mother tearfully admits she wants her baby back. COWAN’S WIDOW MAY BE MAYOR Wilmington, Sept. 17.—Mrs. Kath erine Mayo Cowan, widow of the late Mayor Janies H.* Cowan, will probably be named to succeed her husband as chief executive of Wil mington. While members of the commission have not definitely stated that Mrs. Cowan will be appointed, they are known to favor such procedure. Under the law, the two surviving members of the board my fill the va cancy either by the elevation of one | of their own number or by the ap pointment of any qualified voter of the city. The mayor’s office pays a salary of $5,000 a year and the term is four years. The new appointee will serve out the term of Mayor Cowan, which will expire in 1925. Fire Starts From Exhaust I'ipe The Ford ca>- of Mr. W. J. Stanley, of Wilson’s Mills, caught fire here Wednesday morning, after he drove into town. The rear seat of the car was loaded with tobacco which he had brought to maiket, and it was said that the tobacco caught fire from the exhaust Jiipe. The blaze wras soon extinguished and little dam age done. THE PROPER WORD “James, have you whispered today without permission?” “Only wunst.” “Leroy, should James have said wunst?” “No’m; he should have said twict.” the former students will come in to day. Davidson College Davidson, Sept. 11.—The 81st an nual session of Davidson college open ed here today with over 600 students enrolled, the largest number in the history of the Presbyterian institu tion. Registration began Tuesday and today saw the entire campus crowded. The freshman class is tthe largest, its enrollment exceeding by far a third j of the total student body. Several changes have been made on the campus since commencement last! spring. Physical improvements have taken place on the campus and in the' village of Davidson as well. The con struction of the new Chambers hall has gotten under way with the south wing almost complete. This building is valued at $600,000 and will be used as the central administration building. TOBACCO HERE FROM FAR AND NEAR Paved roads and good high ways serve to enlarge the scope af territory for the Smithfield tobacco market. .Farmers from Alamance County, four miles of Burlington, and from Timmons ville, S. C., sold tobacco here yes terday. .More than a dozen coun ties, including Durham, Wake, Sampson, Greene, Wilson and Wayne, were represented on the market here yesterday. COUNTY CHOIR TO MEET AT CORINTH Johmton County sinners are netting to be quite popular. Not only will they compete in a sing inn contest at the Sandhill Fair in October but they have been in vited to sing at the State Fair in Raleinh. Free tickets and free dinner will be niven members of the choir in Raleinh. In ren»rd to preparations for the contest at the Sandhill Fair, Mr. S. P. Hon eycutt makes the followinn an nouncement: It is requested that all sinners who have been selected to sinn in the Johnston County Choir at Pinehurst, meet at Corinth Church Sunday afternoon. Sept. 21, at 2:30 o’clock, and brinn books. It is very important that all sinners meet at this time as the sonns for the occasion will be selected. S. P. HONEYCUTT, Pres. GOES TO COLLEGE AT THE AGE OF 65 Chapel Hill, Sept. 17.—Among the many students registered at the Uni versity of North Carolina this fall is Robert W. Winston, 62 years old and formerly Judge of the Superior Court. Upon retiring from the bench Judge Winston decided to re-enter college and is now in the the junior class with all his requirements com plete and is majoring in philosophy and social science work. He is also doing some magazine writing. Judge Winston has just returned from Nantuckett Island, Massachu setts, where he spent the summer with leaders of political and social workers of the country. He made several addresses while there, one of which was a discussion of the ne gro problem at which there were a large number of negroes present. The former jurist told his audience that the negro in the South could never hope to have equal political and social rights with the whites and that he advocated the proposal to send 5,000,000 negroes to Brazil, for which, he said, there had been a strong bid. ELECTRIC WASH DAY ON THE FARM Washday on the farm has always been one of the hardest for the farm wife. Washday meant the worst sort of drudgery for the farm wife. But within the last few years a new wash day has dawned for farm women. Electricity has come to the aid of farm women as well as to their city sisters. Lights of course, are the first thing thought of and the first thing in stalled. With light the independent electric plant has brought power, too, and perhaps its most valuable use is found on washday. Now an electric pump ing system draws water from the well or cistern, puts it under pressure in a tank, and so delivers it to fan JOHNSTON CO. CLUB GIRLS IN CONTEST Two Teams Will Enter Clothing And Jelly-making Contests At Goldsboro On Sept. 27th WINNER COES STATE FAIR The District Contest of Club Girls in Home Demonstration work *Tom seven counties including Johnston will be held in Goldsboro on September 27. Johnston County will send two teams, one to compete in the clothing demonstration and one in jelly-mak ing. Misses Daisy Creech and Pauline Barnes of the Creech school section will give a demonstration in the selec tion and care of shoes. These young ladies completted in canning at Fay etteville last year and won first prize. Misses Janie Edwards of the Creech school section, and Saliie Herring of Selma will enter the jelly-making con test. They won second place in the the demonstration at Fayetteville a year ago. Other counties comprising this dis trict ar eEdgecombe, Nash, Sampson, Cumberland, Duplin and Wayne. The meeting in Goldsboro will be held at the court house and will begin at ten o’clock. Forty-five minutes will be allowed in each subject. At these group meet ings the following demonstrations to be given: Breads, conservation of food; Jelly-making; Clothing; and Poultry. The team making the high est score in eac hsubject will repre sent the Eastern District at the State Fair, completing against a team fro meach of the other four districts 1 in the state. j The two girls scoring highest at ! the State Fair, will be given a free trip to Chicago to attend the national meeting. Last year the Eastern Dis trict won htis jxj-ize, Catherine Clark of Bladen county feking the trip. I The first contest fro the Eastern District will be hied tomorrow, Sept. 20, at Wilmington. - Death of Palmer Cox Palmer Cox, father of the Brownies, who delighted two generations of children with stories and drawings about his amusing elfin creations, died July 24 in his famous Brownie Castle at Granby near Quebec, Cana da When past 40, business failure drove Mr. Cox to venture to make use of his artistic talents. He became a cartoonist of mark in San Francisco and in 1876 opened a studio in New York. In casting about for a distinct ive subject for his drawings, he hit upon the Brownies of the Grampian mountain folklore brought to Cana da by the Scotch settlers of Granby. At once the Brownies captured the fancy of the juvenile public. Palmer Cox wrote and illustrated 13 Brownie books and a play, “Pal mer Cox’s Brownies,” ranging in publication date from 1887 to 1918. beside other books for children and adults including: “Squibs of Califor nia” (1875); “Hans Von Pelter’s Trip to Gotham”; “How Columbus Found America”; “Queer People,” “Queer People With Wings and Strings,” and Queer People With Paws and Claws” (1888). Name Is Overlooked In mentioning the close relatives of the late J. W. Myatt, the name of a surviving sister, Mrs. Mary P. Smith, of Willow Springs, was inad vertantly overlooked in the account given in the last issue of The Herald. Mr. Myatt leaves three sisters and two brothers besides his widow and six sons and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Bert ^assiter, pf South Boston, Va., spent this week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lassiter, in the Spilona section. Miss Christine Talton, of Ro.ky Mount, spent Wednesday and Thurs day in the city with relatives. cets in the kitchen. Then a little electric motor turns the washing ma chine and the wringer. An electric iron, always at the right temperature, does the ironing quickly and well. There’s still work on washday, but it’s much easier. The drud ;ery is gone.

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