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.
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COLLEGES IN N. C.
ARE NOW OPENING
College Enrollment's Show In
Most Instances Record
Breaking Registrations
SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS
_
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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.
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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.