CHAPEL EXERCISES
PROVING POPULAR
Special Music By Music Facul
ty a Feature On Mondays,
Mr. Franks’ Talk
SPEAKS ON “CHOICES”
The special music at the Smith
field High School on Mondays by the
music faculty is proving very popular
with the students. It is quite evident
that the music teachers are taking
this special music seriously, for their
performance shows careful prepara
tion for the occasion.
On Wednesdays the ministers of
the town have charge of Chapel ex
ercises.
On September 29 Miss White
sang “On the Road To Mandalay”, by
Speaks, and on yesterday morning
Miss Jones played “An Indian La
ment”, by Fisher.
Mr. Franks read Sonic Verses yss
terday from the last talk of Joshua
to his people and then spoke to the
students briefly as follows:
“Moses led the Israelites from
Egypt and near to the promised
land, but he was not permitted to
lead his people into that land. Joshua
was the successor of Moses. He led
the Israelites across the Jordan,
fought and conquered the natives,
and settled his people in what we
usually speak of as Palestine. Near
the close of the life of that great
leader he called his people together
and delivered to them a solemn and
powerful sermon in which was the
ringing challenge: 'Choose ye this
day whom ye will serve.’
“I want to call your attention to
this important fact: that in our re
ligious life and in our secular life
we are all each day choosing whom
or what we will serve. No matter
whether the minister brings the com
mand to us from the Lord or not,
we have to choose anyway. Today
we have to choose whether we will
serve God, or not serve Him. Today
we must choose whether we will serve
the right or the wrong.
“There is a boy up there in the bal
cony who has it in him to finish
high school with high grades, go
through a first class medical school,
spend two years as an interne in a
hospital, and then go out into the
world as a highly trained physician
or surgeon to help relieve pain and
disease and ill health, and inciden
tally receive large financial rewards.
But that boy can also drop out of
high school and get a small job with
prospect of an honored place in a
little pay and no opportunity for the
future . A little money now may
look more attractive to him than the
noble profession and its great finan
cial rewards. That boy has to make
his choice.
There is another boy yonder wno
likes good fun. That is all right, but
what sort of fun is he going to have?
Well, he may learn more about foot
ball than any other boy in Smith
field. He may devote a regular
amount of time each day there is
* practice to doing the hardest work of
any boy on the field. He may leave
off cigarets and other bad habits
which will weaken his body and his
nerve. In three years there is a
great game between Smithfield and
some other high school team. Some
boy is needed who knows how and
can break through the opposing line
for the touchdown to win the game.
This boy who has been working for
just such an event for three years is
given the ball because he can carry
it across if anybody can. He brings
laurels upon himself, his school, and
his town. But that is not all. A few
years later there is a great game
between his college and the college
which they would rathW titi* wii
any other college la tfc* MU 1m
are ten thoouad fMfte ttMi 9
each side of the field. Each of the
twenty thousand spectators is quiv
ering with anxiety to see his or her
team win. On one side there is the
boy from Smithfield who has lived
clean and worked hard for seven
years. He knows the game and he is
not afraid of the biggest man in the
world. The game has gone for nearly
four quarters. Neither side has been
able to score. The spectators are
wild and hoarse from yelling. This
boy from Smithfield lets himself
BRIDGE REPAIRS
MAY TOTAL $10,000
A $50,000 School Bond Election
To Be Called In Meadow
Township
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT
Between hearing complaints con
cerning bridges washed away in the
county by the recent high water and
the Meadow Township school situ
ation, the Board of County Commis
sioners had a busy day here yester
day as they met in regular monthly
session.
Complaints as to bridges came
from practically every section of the
county where there are streams of
any size, and it was estimated that
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lars will be required to repair the
damage done by the recent flood
waters. The worst damage seemed
to be on Little River. Mr. R. D.
Johnson, who looks after the bridge
work in Johnston County, was in
structed to make inspection of the
bridges and make repairs as rapidly
as possible.
Representatives trom three school
districts in Meadow Township (Glen
wood, Hood’s Grove and Meadow)
were present yesterday with a pe
tition, said to be signed by a majo
rity of the voters of those districts
asking for another school election.
Some months ago a bond election
was defeated in the township, and
later an election in Glenwood, Hood’s
Grove, and Meadow was defeated.
The people of these districts are an
xious for a school and a t hird at
tempt was made possible yesterday.
At the suggestion of Mr. John W.
Wood, a member of the Board of
Commissioners whose home is in
Meadow, it was decided to include
the entire township consisting of
Glenwood, Hood’s Grove, Meadow,
Poplar Grove, Holly Grove and Long
Pine school districts in the call for a
new election, when a vote will be ta
ken upon a §50,000 bond issue. It
is proposed to erect a building which,
when equipped, will cost approxi
mately $100,000, but the County
Commissioners are to provide for the
balance of the cost not taken care of
in the bond issue. It has not yet
been decided when the election will
be called.
Because of the congested dockets
of the courts in Johnston County, a
special term of three weeks Civil
Superior Court was authorized yes
terday, the term to begin Nov. 17.
Jurors were drawn for this term, a
list of which will be published in a
later issue.
Germans Cheer at Mention of Wilson.
Berlin, Oct. 5.—Prolonged cheer
ing interrupted reference by Paul
Loebe, former president of the reich
stag, to the late President Wilson as
[ “the father of the league of nations,”
. at a memorial meeting for the war
; dead held in the reichstag building
,.today under the auspices of the world
peace congress. German pacifists,
i liberals, and socialists punctuated
I with approving nods and handclap
I ping Herr Loebe’s designation of
; President Wilson as an idealist, a
! farsighted statesman and the initiat
or of a new era.
loose, for because of his years of
hard work and self-denial he has the
extra reserve power which is so
much needed right then. He gets his
chance, of course, because all know
him for his hard fighting quality.
He carries it across. Now, talking
about fun, there can be nothing more
thrilling than that.
“But will he do it? I do not know.
He may prefer cigarets and other
| mi dissipations now, to
I Ik# flMMMWakly greater pleasure
I and thrill later on. That boy has to
make his choice.
I' “There is a girl not far from the
rostrum who would like to be the
best pianist in Smithfield and be able
co enjoy fine music and give pleasure
to others. This will require years of
hard study and practice. Will she
do it? I do not know. She may pre
fer to have a g iod time and do much
of nothing now than to do the work
necessary for the fine accomplish
ment later on. She has to make her
choice.”
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A flrorlantattmt
By the Mayor of the Town of Smithfield
In Regard to Fire Prevention Day
North Carolina is one of the commonwealths of the United States that
is fast coming to the front in the .matter of economic resourcefulness; among
which is the economic measure that is being promulgated by Commissioner
Stacy Wade of the State Insurance Department in reducing the fire hazard
within our commomvealth.
The matter of reducing fire loss in North Carolina and in our city, should
be a matter of personal responsibility encumbent upon every citizen, both
white and colored. The per capita loss in North Carolina annually is $2.43
and in the United States $4.75. Personal responsibility with fire is an obliga
tion that we owe to our prosterity. fire is one of man’s best friends and yet,
carelessly used is one of his worst enemies. It is, thei-efore, our duty to be
painstaking in the use of fire and thereby cure this delinquency that ap
parently exists in our citizenship and throughout our commonwealth and city.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, John A. Narron, Mayor of the City of Smithfield,
following the previous action of our Governor, Hon. Cameron Morrison, and
sponsored by Commissioner Stacy Wade of the Insurance Department, do
hereby set apart and designate the week of October the 5th to 11th as Fire
Prevention Week and do earnestly request the collective efforts of the citi
zens of the city of Smithfield to do all in their power to help reduce and
minimize the fire loss within our city and to further help make the city safe
from destructive fires by declaring the doctrine of personal responsibility to
every one. Let every citizen make his property safe from any condition that
might tend or contribute to fire. That all civic bodies, churches, schools and
all other institutions co-operate in carrying into effect the doctrine of per
sonal responsibility in reducing fire hazard within our city.
JOHN A. NARRON, Mayor.
By the Mayor:
W. L. FULLER, City Clerk.
DR. WHITE PREACHES
HIS FIRST SERMON
Speaks Before The Woman’s
Missionary Union At
Selma Today
MAY MOVE TO COURTHOUSE
The revival meetings at the Bap
tist church began auspiciously on
morning and evening, and one profes
sion of faith at the evening service.
Dr. John E. White arrived Monday
and preached at the service last
night. Services will continue dur
ing the w;eek each evening beginning
with a song service at 7:15. Singers
from all the churches are cordially ,
invited to help in the singing, and
all the church people are asked earn- j
estly to co-operate in making the j
meetings a real revival for the com
munity. Dr. White is one of the
most distinguished sons of Johnston ,
county and among the ablest preach- ;
ers in the South, and it is expected i
that congregations will be so large j
that the services will have to be :
moved to the courthouse in a short j
time. Today he preaches the annual
sermon before the Woman’s Mis
sionary Union of the Johnston Coun
ty Association at Selma at the noon
hour. The hour for the day services
in the meeting will be announced def- j
initely this evening. While in Smith- j
field Dr. White will be the guest of
Mr. Hunter Ellington, who is his
first cousin.
THE CHEERY HEART
Let poets sing their lilting song,
And gaily smite their lyre:
Give me the man who whistles when
He's putting on a tire. —Ex.
Brown always did possess a soft
heart. This is how he wrote: “Dear
Mrs. Harrison: Your husband can
not come home today, because his
bathing suit was washed away. P. S.
—Your husband was inside it."—Ex.
THE MEAN THING
Blink: What do you consider the
best years of a woman’s life?
Blank: Oh, the first five years
she’s eighteen, I should say. —Ex.
OPENING SIX MONTHS
SCHOOLS POSTPONED
The county Board of Education
at a meeting held here yesterday
decided to postpone the opening
of the six months schools in the
county from November 3rd until
November 10th. However, the
eight months schools will open on
October 15th, as previously stat
ed. .This change has been made
because the boys and girls will be
needed to help house the cotton
crop, much of which is still in the
fields, on account of the recent
rains.
LITTLE THOMSON CREECH
IS RUN OVER BY AUTO
Friday afternoon an automobile
accident, apparently unavoidable, hap
pened on Third Street near the Far
mers Warehouse when a Ford Coupe
driven by Mrs. L. M. Rhodes, of this
city, struck a bicycle on which lit
tle Thompson Creech, seven-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Creech,
was riding, and painfully injuring the
little fellow. He was thrown to the
pavement and his head and back were
severely bruised. The car passed
over his body and it was a miracle
that he was not fatally hurt. He was
carried to the hospital where after
examination, it was found that no
bones were broken, and he was re
moved to his home. He is now re
covering rapidly. Mrs. Rhodes was
almost in a state of collapse over the
accident which seemed to have been
unavoidable.
SELECT SEED CORN
FROM STALKS IN FIELD
Raleigh, Oct. 0.—An increase of
between three and four bushels per
acre has been secured by the Division
Agronomy of the State College Ex
periment Station in its tests with
seed corn selected from the field as
contrasted with seed obtained from
the crib. In some cases the increased
yield was as high as eight bushels
per acre within the same variety.
This in itself proves that it pays to
select in the field the seed corn for
next year’s planting, state the agro
nomy workers.
seed careiuiiy selected m tne criD
next spring is better than no selec
tion at all because poor seed results
in poor stands, waste of land and
labor and in low yields at harvest.
Agronomy workers advise that be
fore it is gathered, go into the field
and secure more than twice as much
as will be needed for next year’s
planting. The grower needs to get
his seed ears from the kind of stalks
that he would like to have growing
in his fields next year.
When the desired amount has been
secured, the ears should be stored
in a place where they will be free
from rats and weevils. Some good
farmers hang their seed ears by
strings or wires from the rafters and
others use tight bins. Next spring,
the best of these filed selected ears
may be used for seed and the re
mainder discarded. It is also wise to
make a germination test before
planting to be sure that a good stand
will be secured
Where seed corn is carefully se
lected in the field each year and a
good seed patch planted to supply
the needed amount of seed for the
entire farm, yields will be improved
and the corn will more nearly pay
for the time, labor and fertilizer
used in growing it, say the agrono
my workers.
.Handle the newly dug sweet po
tatoes carefully; a bruise may mean
rot later.
PRESIDENT STARTS SERIES
President Coolidge throwing out
the first ball to start the world se
ries games between the Washington,
American league champions, and the
New York Giants, National League
winners.
GIANTS ONE GAME
AHEAD SENATORS
Washington, Oct. 4. — The New
York Giants fought their way to vic
tory today over the Washington Sen
ators in the opening game of the
1924 world’s series after one of the
most thrilling, dramatic battles base
ball has ever known.
The Giants won by the narrow
margin of 4 to 3 in 12 bitterly con
tested innings and conquered Wash
ington’s heroic moundsman, Walter
Johnson, but the Senators, though
beaten in the first bid they have ever
made for the game’s greatest crown,
covered themselves with glory in a
fighting finish that drove a crowd of
over 35,000 into hysterical frenzy.—
Associated Press.
SENATORS WIN SECOND
GAME IN WORLD’S SERIES
Washington, Oct. 5.—Battling with
the indomitable courage that carried
them to their first American League
pennant, Washington’s Senators to
day turned the tables on the New
York Giants, won the second game
of the 1924 World’s Series and put
themselves back in the thick of one
of the most stirring struggles ever
staged for baseball’s greatest honors.
In a flashing finish that was equal
ly as spectacular as the climax to
yesterday’s opening tussle and twice
as thrilling to another capacity home
crown of 35,000, Roger Peckinpaugh,
veteran shortstop, lifted himself to
heroic heights by driving across the
winning run in the ninth after the
Giants had knocked Zachary, south
paw star, from the box and tied the
score with two tallies in their part of
the final inning.
The final score was 4 to 3 , the
same margin by which the first game
was decided, and tonight two of the
“fighten’est” clubs that ever met for
the championship shifted their bat
tleground to New York, where the
third game will be played tomorrow.
—Associated Press.
GIANTS WIN TH2KD GAME
News over the radio yesterday
afterrnoon announced that the Giants
won the third game in the 1924
World’s Series.
The score was 6 to 4.
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SPECIAL CIVIL TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners of John
ston County that a special civil
term of the Superior Court for the
County of Johnston will begin
Monday November 17th, 1924, and
will last for three weeks.
D. B. OLIVER,
Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners
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NEUSE INUNDATES
KINSTON SUBERBS
Four Hundred People Driven
Out of Their Homes By
The Swollen Neuse
MAY RISE STILL HIGHER
Kinston, Oct. 5.—Four hundred
people are homeless in this vicinity
driven out of their homes by the
swollen Neuse.
Lincoln City, a negro suburb, is
inundated and being evacuated. The
last persons were taken out of Hap
ersville, completely under water,
today. There is seven and a half
feet of water at points in that vil
lage.
Motor and row-boats this after
noon were plying a lake three and
one-half miles long and a mil? wide
west of the city where two days ago
there was dry land. There is ten
feet of water in meadows at the low
er end of the city.
Officials fear parts of Kinston
proper may be under water if the
rise continues.
Moccasin river in Greene county
is said to be falling. At the new
State highway bridge over that
stream near Grifton, an expensive
pile completed only a few months
ago, workers have been struggling
to keep the causeway approach on
the Pitt county side, and possibly
an abutment of the bridge, from be
ing wrecked. When the flood waters
started to undermine me cuusewaj,
with its concrete surface, a force of
men was put at work piling sand
bags in the crevices. The first 800
bags made n ogreat deal of differ
ence. Whether the crest of the Moc
casin flood had passed the bridge
was uncertain at the last report.
That stream in Greene inundated
large areas and drove people out of
their homes in some localities.
Hundreds of farmers are cut off
from the. markets here by the flood
ing of the Pink Hill highway a short
distance out of Kinston. The road
was the first in this immediate sec
tion to be blocked. To the southward,
parts of the Kelly’s Mill Road were
reported under water. A continued
rise will send the flood over every
road out of Kinston, it is feared,
though the Cenral highway, west of
the city, may not be impassable. The
Neuse by exceeding the record stage
a few inches will overflow into
Northwest Kinson, where the city’s
finest homes are located. The most
experienced rivermen today would
not forecast a fall before the stream
goes “feet higher.” —News and Ob
server.
IDA M. TARBELL FOR DAVIS
Washington, Sept. 29.—The Dem
ocratic National Committee officials
expressed great pleasure today at the
that Miss Ida M. Tarbell, the noted
magazine writer, famous author of
“The History of the Standard Oil
Company,” “The Life of Abraham
Lincoln,” and “The Business of Be
ing a Woman,” will vote for John W.
Davis for President.
This announcement is accompanied
by an authorized statement from
Miss Tarbell, and in it she gives her
reasons in convincing words. Miss
Tarbell says she was born a Repub
lican, that the Republican party was
part of her father’s religion, but that
the record of the party today is some
thing that she cannot stand, hence
she will give her vote and her influ
| ence to the Democratic party. John
| W. Davis, she declares, is the man
j whom people of liberal and progres
i sive ideas should support.—Edward
jE. Britton in the News and Observer.
One day, not long since, a Baptist
preacher of our State was out hunt
ing. During the day a rainstorm
came on. In order to keep dry ha
crawled into a hollow log. When the
rain began to fall the log began to
swell, until he could get neither way.
i He thought his end had come. He
| thought of all the wrongs he had
I done, and when recalled that he had
'not sent a subscription to this pap
ier this year he felt so small that he
(crawled right out of the log with
out difficulty.—The Western Bap- |
tist.
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