BILL TO INCREASE
SAURY DEFEATED
Majority Against Measure to
Increase Legislators’ Sal
ary Now 3,500.
PORTS BADLY BEATEN
Raleigh, Nov. 8.—With returns
slowly coming in fro mrural and re
mote counties, the constitutional
the salary of members of the North
amendment providing for increasing
the salary of members of the North
Carolina general assembly today was
running far behind the other amend
ments voted upon at Tuesday s elec
tion. With returns from 1,293 out
pf the 1, 730 precincts in the state
and tabulated tonight a negative ma
jority of 3,561 had been recorded
against the proposal.
The vote in the 1,293 precincts,
which represented 67 counties com
plete and three incomplete, was:
For 83,542; against 87,103.
Most of the counties remaining to
be heard from are comparatively
small. A number are reported to
have given majorities for the propo
sition but the actual vote was not a
vailable, in some instances tabula
tinons not having been completed.
In most instances the negative major
ities reported have been small, but
the cumulative effect was enough to
overcome the good majorities l e
ceived in the more popular counties
in which cities are located.
Throughout yesterday and up un
til noon today the proposal had
shown a favorable majority, some
times running well over 5,1)00 votes.
With the receipt ot rural counties,
however, this was gradually whittled
down until with the receipt of the of
ficial vote reported by registers of
deeds from 19 counties the favorable
majority was wiped out and a nega
tive majority established. In only
five of the counties reporting late to
day was a favorable majority shown,
the others showing small majorities
against it.
The other three constitutional
amendments had good majorities in
their favor with about half the pre
cincts in the state reported. The debt
limiting amendment in 880 precincts
showed a favorable vote of 78,517 to
222,722 against it; the sinking fund
amendment showed 69, 930 for it and
27,976 against it in 892 precincts, and
the homestead tax exemption amend
ment in 890 precincts showed 93,623
for and 27,631 against.
The majority against the port
terminal bill tonight was 45,561 with
1,310 out of 1,730 votes reported and
tabulated. This does not include a
majority of 546 in favor of the mea
sure from Columbus county without
the actual figures being reported.
The vote was: For 108,919; against
154,480.—Associated Press.
Sunday School Expert
To Visit Princeton
On next Wednesday night, Novem
ber 12, Professor E. L. Middleton, of
Raleigh, will speak in the Baptist
church at Princeton on Sunday
School Equipment”. Professor Mid
delton has been engaged in the Sun
da yschool work for a number of years.
He has made equipment one of his
specialties, and has proven himself a
master in this line.
The regular monthly services of the
Baptist church will be held next Sun
day, November 16, the pastor preach
ing morning and evening..
JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor.
Benton Wharton on Debating Team
Mr. D. Benton Wharton, a Senior
at Davidson College this year, has
been chosen to represent his college on
the debating team which will meet
Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., on
December 5. Others to speak with
Mr. Wharton are: A. H. Hollings
worth, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., C. W.. Wil
liams, of Davidson. B. U. Ratch
ford, of Gastonia, was named as al
ternate. The query for debate is
“Resolved: that Sterling-Reid Edu
cational Bill should be enacted into
law by the present Congress.” David
son will uphold the affirmative of
the query.
Messrs. Lawrence Brown, Walter
Brown and Miss Ruth Brown spent
Sunday in New Bern with friends.
Two More Smiles of Victory
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Chas. Dawes, in an unconventional
pose, rejoice in the victory of their husbands.
TEACHERS FOR SIX
MONTH SCHOOL MEET
For the First Time in Seven
* Years Johnston County
Has Full Quota Teachers
For the first time in seven years
the Johnston County schools opened
with a full quota of teachers. Since
before the World War it has been dif
ficult to secure teachers for' all the
; schools in the county by the opening
day, but this year County Superin
tendent H. B. Marrow and his assist
ant, Miss Mary E. Wells, have been
able to employ the desired number.
The eight-months schools opened on
October 15 and the seven-months
schools opened a week ago, on Novem
ber 3.
Saturday morning at ten o’clock the
teachers of the six-months schools
met in the court house here for the
conference preparatory to the open
ing of their schools yesterday, Nov
ember 10. One hundred thirty-five
teachers answered the roll call. In
the absence of Mr. Marrow, county
superintendent, Miss Wells had charge
of the meeting. At this time registers
and blanks were distributed among
the teachers and plans for the year’s
work were discussed. In speaking of
the work lor the year, Miss Wells em
phaszed the fact that each teacher
was supposed to make full time, or
one hundred and twenty days.
Quite a number of committeemen
were present and after the meeting
took the teachers to their respective
schools.
CLAYTON BANK CITS BIG CAKE
Clayton, Nov. 8.—This town was
full of cake eaters tonight. Con
servative estimates made the number
about a thousand. The occ^ion was
the cutting of the big cake of the
Clayton Banking Company which was
the culmination of a week of eelebra
; tion of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of this strong financial institution.
President Charles W. Horne and
Cashier John T. Talton both made
brief remarks voicing their appreci
ation of the patronage of the public
and according a hearty welcome to
th throngs of visitors.
W. C. Smith’s Home
At Clinton Burned
friends in this county of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Smith, who live near Clin
ton, will regret to learn of the loss of
their home by fire, which occurred
Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
attended the Sampson County Fair
at Clinton Thursday night, and when
they returned home about eleven
o’clock the house had almost burned
down. Four of the children, a woman
who had been picking cotton for Mr.
Smith, and her children had been
left at home and were asleep when the
fire was discovered by neighbors
who were passing. The fire had al
ready gained such headway that
those in the house had to make their
escape through windows. Only a few
articles of furniture were saved
through the windows. All wearing
apparel was lost.
It is thought that the blaze origi
inated from a coal which popped out
of the fireplace after the children had
retired. The family repaired to the
home of a neighbor where they will
stay until a temporary dwelling can
be built.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith formerly lived
in the Sanders Chapel section and
have many friends in this county who
will sympathize with them in their
loss..
Wendell Man Is Run
Over by Automobile
Mr. Garson Richardson, Wendell,
while crossing Main street Tuesday,
was run over by an automobile driven
by a Mr. Barnes, of Smithfield, and
received painful injuries about the
head and body. Mr. Richardson was
struck by the machine and knocked
for some distance, barely escaping
being run down by Mr. 0. B. Garris,
who was coming from the opposite
direction in a Ford. Mr. Garris, to
escape hitting the man, turned his
car into the sidewalk and almost ran
into the front of the Clayton Phar
macy. Mr. Richardson was painfully
though not seriously injured, receiv
ing a very had cut on the head which
required a number of stitches to
remedy.—Clayton News.
Mrs. W. L. Fuller went to Raleigh
Friday.
MORE AWARDS FOR HERALD SUBSCRIBES
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of others.
CONFERENCE MEETS
IN WILMINGTON
Eighty-eighth Annual Session
To Be Held at Grace Street
M.E. Church This Week.
BISHOP WILL PRESIDE
The North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, will meet in its eighty-eighth
annual session, in Grace church, Wil
mington, next Wednesday morning,
November 12, at 9 o’clock, Rev. Bish
op Collins Denny, of Richmond, Va.,
presiding. Rev. A. D. Wilcox, pastor
of Grace church, will be in charge of
the entertainment of the conference.
This session of the conference will
make the eighth annual gathering of
this body o fChristian workers to be
held in the city of Wilmington since
'its organization in 1838. The first
meeting of the conference held in the
port city was in the fall of 1855, and
Bishop J. O. Andrew was the presid
ing officer and Rev. Ira T. Wyche
was at the secretary’s table. .The sta
j tistic for that conference shows at
that time there were 29,461 white
members, and 10,187 colored with 244
Sunday schools and 11,178 scholars.
These figures indicate the total num
ber of Methodists in the state at that
time as the conference had not been
divided.
At the session held in Elizabeth
City in 1923, the reports showed that
there were 107,497 members of the
church within the bounds of the con
ference, 729 Sunday schools with 7,
133 teachers and a total enrollment of
90,220. At that time there were with
in the bounds of the conference 762
churches valued at $5,875,071. The
conference owned 209 homes for
preachers valued at 1,007,650 and
other property worth $273,872. In
1923 there was raised for church
building-s and parsonages $398,251.
There was paid that year for presid
ing elders’ salaries $32,556 and to
ence work $117,086; general work
$84,500; centenary pledges paid $129,
preachers in charge $394,960; confer -
612, making a grand total for the
year $1,637,675.
There are nine presiding elders’
districts in the conference: the Dur
ham, Dr. M. Bradshaw, presiding el
der; Elizabeth City, C. B. Culbreth;
Fayetteville, R. H. Willis; New Bern,
J. C. Wooten; Raleigh, M. T. Plyler;
Rockingham, J. H. Shore; Washing
ton, S. A. Cotton; Weldon, S. E. Mer
cer; Wilmington, J. M. Daniel. Two
of these, Revs. J. II. Shore and J. M.
Daniel, have served the^full quadren
nium allowed, and will be transferred
to new fields of work for the incom
ing year.
The conference owns two education
al institutions, Carolina College at
Maxton and Louisburg College at
Louisbur^. It is joint owner with the
Western North Carolina Conference
of Greensboro College and Trinity.
Last year these institutions carried
a corps of teachers numbering 109
with 1,400 students.
The Methodist Orphanage at Ra
leigh is the pride of the North Caro
lina Conference. Mr. A. S. Barnes is
the superintendent and he has 250
children under his care. The property
is valued at $750,000.—A. T. Sikes,
in the News and Observer.
Business Meeting at Baptist Church
The Smithfield Baptists will hold
their annual business meeting tomor
row night at 7 o’clock in the church.
Officers for the coming year are to be
elected, including Superintendent of
the Sunday school, clerk, treasurer,
and financial secretary. Reports will
be heard from all the departments of
the church covering the work of the
past year. A musical program will
be given as a part of the evening, and
at the close refreshments will be
served and a social half-hour will be
provided, that all may become better
acquainted. All the Baptists of the
town are invited, whether members
of the local church or not. All mem
bers of the church are urged to be
present.
Bazaar to be First Week in December
The Christmas bazaar conducted by
the Missionary Society of the Metho
dist church will come during the sec
ond week in December. The date and
place will be given later.
2-Year-Old Baby Eats
Poison Tablets; Is Dead
A tragic accident occurred here
Saturday morning about eight oclock
when Marvin, the 26-months old son
of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Underwood,
ate a number of poison tablets. His
mother, who had been suffering from
high blood pressure, was taking the
tablets and had left them on the kitch
en table after taking one the night
before. Marvin was the first to go
into the kitchen the next morning and
when his mother went to him she
found he had been eating the tab
lets.
He was immediately rushed to the
Smithfield Memorial Hospital where
everything possible was done to save
his life, but the tablets had dissolved
and the poison was already taking ef
fect. After suffering for some time
he died about 11:30 o’clock.
The funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock at
Johnston Uuion church near Wilson’s
Mills, Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of
the Baptist church here, conducting
the services, and the little body was
tenderly laid to rest in the cemetery
at the church. Beautiful floral de
signs covered the grave. The pall
bearers were: Messrs. S. H. Massey,
G. T. Powell, Elbert Fitzgerald and
W. C. ..Pierce.
The little one is survived by a mo
ther and father and one brother and
one sister. He was a grandchild of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beasley, of this
city, and of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Un
derwood, of near Wilson’s Mills.
The bereaved ones have the sympa
thy of the entire community in their
loss.
FORMER GOVERNOR
KUCHIN IS DEAD
Had Served Twelve Years in Congress
and Was Elected Governor
in1908
Scotland Neck, Nov. 9.— W. .W.
Kitchin, former governor of North
Carolina, former representative of
Congress and a brother of the late
Claude Kitchin, Democratic house
leader died here today after a long
illness.
Mr. Kitchin recently became criti
cally ill but yesterday rallied and ap
peared to be growing beter. During
the night, however, he suffered a re
lapse and died at 3 a.m. All members
of his family were at his bedside.
Funeral services will be held at the
Scotland Neck Baptist church at 4
o’clock Monday afternoon.
William Walton Kitchin was a
member of a family long prominent in
North Carolina politics, and which
furnished, at various times, three
members of Congress. His father,
Captain William H. Kitchin, repre
sented the second North Carqljna dis
trict in the forty-sixth Congress, and
later his brother, Claude Kitchin,
represented the same district.
Former Governor Kitchin repre
sented the tilth district tor 112 years
prior to being elected governor.
Governor Kitchin was born at Scot
land Neck, October 9, 1866. He grad
uated from Wake Forest College in
j 1884 and became editor of the Scot
land Neck Democrat. In 1887 he was
! admitted to the bar and took up the
practice of law at Roxboro in 1888.
In 1896 Governor Kitchin was elec
ted to Congress from the fifth dis
trict, defeating Thomas Settle, Re
publican, who had represented the
district for many years, after a se
ries of joint debates.. He was the on
ly Democrat elected to Congress from
the State in that election.
He continued in Congress until
1908 when he was nominated for
governor. In 1912 he was defeated
for the Democratic nomination for
United States senator by Senator
F. M. Simmons. He then retired
from politics and was a member of
; the law firm of Manning & Kitchin
until 1918 when he retired because of
ill health.—Associated Press.
To be lied about than to be the liar.
To be slandered than to be the slan
derer.
To be cheated than to cheat.
To be imposed upon than to be the
bully.
To Lose your money than to be the
thief.
To be the victim than the sinner.
To be defeated than to stoop to de
ceit. —Kiwanian Roy L. Smith
PRINCETON SCHOOL
DEDICATED FRIDAY
Dr. William L. Poteat, President
Wake Forest College, Makes
Deddicatory Address.
HON. GEO- HOOD SPEAKS
Prniceton, Nov. 10. — The ' new
school building at Princeton was ded
icated Friday morning, November 7,
at eleven o'clock.
Dr. Wm. L. Poteat, from Wake
Forest College, delivered the dedi
catory address. The exercises were
under the auspices of the Junior Ord
er Council of Princeton. A flag and
a Bible were presented to the school
along with a marble plate to com
memorate the - occasion. Supt. H. B.
Marrow, of Smithfield, introduced
Dr. Poteat as the one man of today
who sees more clearly perhaps than
any other in the state the relation
ship between life, education ajj
ligion.
ihe theme ot Ur. Poteats address
was the function of the school. The
i school primarily exists, he said, to
; train boys and girls to take the places
! of their fathers and mothers. The
wisest provision which nature has
made, he said, is the scheme by which
old life is replaced by new life. It is
due to the fact that new life comes
along better trained that the old to
meet its duties ’ and responsibilities
that we have progress and civiliza
tion on the earth.
Dr. Poteat gave as the second func
tion of the school, the creation of in
terest in the community to a higher
plane of living, mentally,, morally,
and physically. He enumerated sever
al schemes for doing this and men
tioned the fact that the colleges of
the State are ready and eager to help
the local schools in this respect.
In conclusion he gave as the real
tests to determine whether a school
has been successful the following:
first, do the children look better;
second, do they work more ellicient
ly; third, are they morally better?
The exercises in the afternoon be
gan at two o’clock. The Juniors
marched from their hall to the school
auditorium. A patriotic address was
delivered by ex-congresman George
Hood from Goldsboro, who explained
the principles for which the Junior
Order stands, Purity, Liberty, and
Patriotism. At the close of his ad
dress, he presented the flag and Bi
ble which were received b yProfes
jsor Young, principal of the school.
The exercises were concluded by the
raising of the flag while the national
anthem was being sung by four hun
dred boys and girls and a large con
course of visitors.
Father and Daughter
Hurt In Auto Accident
An autombile accident with near
fatal results occurred on tne nigh
way above Clayton Tuesday night
when an automobile driven by Adolph
us Bumpass, colored, of near Garner,
ran into a wagon in which Mr. Jas
per Ellis and thirteen-year-old daugh
ter, also of near Garner, were riding
Mr. Ellis and his daughter were
thrown from the wagon when struck
by the automobile and he sustained
I injuries of a more or less serious na
ture, and his daughter was also
painfully hurt. The negro’s machine
was considerably damaged but he
was not hurt. Mr. Ellis and the young
lady were brought to Clayton for med
ical attention. The driver of the car
was arrested, and given bail Wednes
day morning in the sum of SI,000,
pending the outcome of Mr. Ellis’
injuries. It was stated that the ne
gro was in fault and that he was
driving without lights.
Bumpass was unable to furnish
required bond and was taken to jail
—Clayton News. .
Mrs P. T. George Dead
News kas reached here of the
death of Mrs. P. T. George, of Ben
tonville township, who died at her
home yesterday morning about ten
o’clock. Mrs. George was stricken
with paralysis several days ago, ant
had never recovered from the attack.
She will be buried this afternoon in
the family cemetery. A more de
tailed account of her death will be
given in a later issue.