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MEDICAL SOCIETY MET HERE TUESOAT Election of Officers For Coming Year Took Place; Delegates Elected To State Meeting DR. WHARTON PRESIDENT The Johnston County Medical So ciety met here Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock. This was a regular business meeting and no special pro gram was planned for the occasion. The elcetion of officers for the en suing year took place, the following officers being chosen- president, Dr. L. D. Wharton; vice-president, Dr. R. J. Noble, of Selma; secretary treasurer, Dr. C. C. Massey. Those selected to serve on the board of cen sors are: Dr. A. H. Rose, Dr. A. S. Oliver, of Benson, and Dr. G. B Wood ard, of Kenly. Dr. B. A. Hocutt, of Clayton, was elected as delegate to the State Medieal Society which meets at Pinehurst. Dr. W. J. B. Orr was chosen as alternate. The Medical Society dmrmg 1926 will hold monthly meeting's, these meetings to be held in the varioas towns of the county. The time aad place for the next meeting wdB be announced later. Mrs. Frankie Wood George Mrs. Frankie Wood George was called to that Better Land on No vember 10th, 1924. As she erne to the end she quietly went to sleep never to awake this side of the gold en gates. Mrs. George was the daughter of Larry and Marina Wood, and was bora November 13, 1886. At the age ©f twenty-two she was married to Preston T. George. To this union were bora eight children, six of whom survive. When a girl of sixteen she united with the Trinity Baptist chureh. She was a consistent and faithful member of a Baptist church through out the rest of her life. Her mem bership was with Blackman’s Grove church at the time of her death. Her pastor, Rev. J. A. Ivey, conducted the funeral services which were held at the home of the deceased. Interment took place in the family cemetery near by. The following resolutions are offered: Whereas, in the all wise Providence of God, He has called to himself our beloved sister, and Whereas, we have had her conse crated life spent in our midst, we de sire to record the high esteem and sacred memory in which we hold her and the sorrowful sence of loss sus tained in her going from us, Be It Resolved, First, That we in humility and reverence submit to the will of our Heavenly Father and while we mourn our loss we ask for grace enough to carry on the work she so much loved. Second That our church has lost a faithful member and a devoted worker. Third, That we bear loving testi mony that she was a devoted Chris tian, a godly mother, a woman of high integrity, and a Christian home builder. Fourth, That we extend to her fam ily and friends our heartfelt sym pathy in their bereavement and share their sorrow for her loss. Fifth, That a copy of these reso lutions be spread upon the records of our church, a copy be furnished to the family, and a copy be sent to The Smithfield Herald for publication. Mrs. NOGAH WOOD, Mrs. J% WARREN MASSENGILL Mrs. WM. H. LEE, Committee. Another Rear-Seat Driver It was a dear old lady’s first ride in a taxi, and she watched with grow ing alarm the driver continually put ting his hand outside the car as a signal to the following traffic. At last she became angry. "Young man,” she said, “you look after that car of yours, and watch where you are going. I’ll tell you when it starts raining. SADDER, THOUGH WISER LITTLE BO^ The advice that Master Clifton Whitehurst, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Whitehurst of this city, is now handing out to his young friends, is to refrain from stor ing “torpedoes” in their pockets, and especially in their hip pockets, if they contemplate going to school. There is no telling when the teach er may use her ruler, as Master Clifton’s teacher did, and thus cause the fireworks to go off. This little fellow, eight years old, started to school Monday morn ing and on the way purchased a nickel’s worth of these supposedly harmless Christmas fire works. Notwithstanding the fact that the boys had been warned against fir ing them off at school, Clifton thought they would be safe enough in his hip pocket nntil he should be off the school grounds in the afternoon. But “murder will out”, and when the teacher used her ruler to emphasize what she wished young Whitehurst to do, the “things” went off, and now he mBst have a new pair of pants. The lit tle fellow sustained burns on the thigh and calf of the leg which are painful, though not serious, and he «s a sadder though wiser boy. Good Work Of Colored Sanatorium Sanatorium, N. C., Dee. 11.—North Carolina realizes the importance of cariug for ber colored tofberook>«s citizens. The colored dirieiaai of the North Carolina Sanatorium was op ened id October 1923. It is a splen '4*4Sy built, modern structure, mod eled on the same lines as the unit for white patients. It accommodates 04 patients, an equal somber of men and women. It is under the medical direction of the same physicians as the white division of the Sanatorium. fTfce patients have all the advantages of the x-ray, splendid laboratory, and special treatments offered tuberculous persons at the State Sanatorium. Mrs. C. E. Broadfoot, colored grad uate nurse, is the very capable head nurse and matron of the institution. Tuberculosis is more common among the negroes in North Carolina than the whites. The death rath for colored in 1923 was 155.5 per hundred thousand; it was 66.3 per hundred thousand for whites. From both an economic and a humanitarian stand point it is of great importance for the State to care for its tuberculous colored citizens. They go into the homes of white people as cooks, wash women, maids, chauffeurs, and even as nurses of small children. Active and unknown tuberculosis among ne groes is often a source of infection for white people. The opinion is prevalent that ne groes do not respond to sanatorium treatment. This is not true. It has been the experience of the doctors at the North Carolina Sanatorium that cases taken early enough and given proper treatment respond to it almost as well as white patients do. While undergoing treatment at the Sanatorium it is very necessary for the patients to get the full benefit 'of the treatment. There are a num ber of small hings that help to make the life of sanatorium patients and the long period of treatment pass pleasantly. Books and music are two of these. The colored sanatorium at the present time does not have any of these things, nor does the State make any appropriation for them. Books of fiction, biography, history and travel to form a library for the col ored sanatorium, and a talking ma chine with a number of good records are needed at the colored division now. Any one wishing to contribute any of these things may send them-to , the North Carolina Sanatorium, marked “Colored Division.” Heretofore one of the great diffi culties in the treatment of tubercu , losis among negroes, even more so 1 than among the whites, has been get | ting the disease diagnosed in its early stages. The North Carolina I Sanatorium now employs two whole time traveling clinicians. These phy sicians hold clinics for exaimination of both white and colored free of ; charge in any town or county in which their services are requested. BRUTAL SHOOTING IN «N1LE Allen Howell Is In a Goldsboro Hospital With Severe Gun Shot Wounds HOUNDS TRAIL PINK ROSE Allen Howell, who resides in Ben tonville township, is now in a Golds boro hospital with a severe gunshot wound in his breast and with one eye out as a result of a very brutal af fray which occurred Wednesday eve ning at his home about six o’clock. Mr. Howell was returning from a neighbor’s home and when almost in his yard he heard his name called by some one whom he could not see. As he approached the front part of his yard three gun shots were fired di rectly at him from a distance of about twenty-five yards. The guns I carried heavy loads and five buck ! shots were found to be embedded in Mr. Howell’s breast, one eye entirely i shot out, and other slight wounds | about the bead. He was immediately ! rushed to a Goldsboro hospital. It is not known at this time whether the j wormflte are hkely to prove fatal or .not. The report of this shooting reached j the sheriff's offiee about eleven t o'clock Wednesday night. Sheriff j Parker immediately wired for Mr. An derson, at Sanford, to carry his bloodhounds to the scene of the shoot ing. By day light the bloodhounds bad developed a good trail and at ten ! o’clock they bayed at the heme of Mr. Pink Rose, in Wayne Country, j some three miles from the scene of the j shooting. Mr. Anderson was assisted i by Deputy Sheriffs Charlie Stephen ! son and H. T. Chapin. Mr. Rose pro tested against any knowledge of the shooting but came with the officers to Smithfield where a preliminary hearing was bad before Magistrate D. T. Lunceford. Rose was committed to jail. There is also a negro who lives on Rose’s land implicated but no arrest in his case as yet has been made. At the trial Rose denied that there was any bad blood between Mr. Howell and himself. Liquor Claims Big Toll In New York City New York, Dec. 15.—Eight persons —two women and six men—are dead and five reported dying as the result of an epidemic of poison liquor cases ; here since last Saturday. Sixty-sev en persons, including ll women, now | are in the alcoholic ward of the Belle vue hospital. Hospital authorities said the num ber of alcoholic poisoning patients would increase as Christmas drew near, due to a flood of wood alcohol which they said was being distribu | ted through the city. Effective Method of Eradicating Roaches Even the cleanest housewife has ! sometimes to contend with the roach I es, due to the fact that they migrate from house to house. One of the sim j plest and most effective ways of rid ding premises of these pests is that of dusting their runways with com mercial sodium fluoride, which can be bought at the drug store, is by fsa the most effective material known for roaches. The mixture of sodium fluoride and flour should be thoroughly dusted over the runways and floors where the roaches have been observed. A little of the powder sprinkled about ; the floor of the pantry and cracks and i crevices will be most effective. All that is necessary to kill the roaches is for them to walk over this material | so that some of the powder adheres to their feet. This causes an irrita tion which makes the roach attempt to clean the powder off its feet. Some i of the powder thus entres the mouth and causes death. As a rule, premis ! es can be ridden of roaches by this method in 24 to 48 hours. Of course, the poison must be kept from chil dren and pets.—S. Marcovitch, in The j Progress ive Farmer. ~ POPE TRIAL ENOS AFTER FIVE DAYS Defendant Is Given Sentence Of Not Less Than 12 Nor More Than 18 Years In Pen TOBE HOLT CASE The trial in the Superior Court here 1 of W. F. Pope, who lives near Four Oaks, charged with the killing of El ; bert Strickland last May, came to a close Wednesday night, when Pope was convicted of manslaughter and given a penitentiary sentence of not less than twelve and not more than eighteen years. The case, which has created quite a bit of interest started last Friday afternoon, continued through Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Late Wednesday the evidence was all in and the coun sel began to speak. Wellons and Wel lons appeared for the defendant and the solicitor Clawson L. Williams, was assisted by E. S. Abell and J. R. Barbour. In this case the state contended that from the testimony of Preston AlleD and corroborating testimony, it bad shown that threats had been made by Frank Pope, the defendant, against Elbert Strickland, deceased, and con tended that the jnry should bring in a verdict of murder in the first de gree. Tye defendant denied the threntB and contended that be was not guilty of murder in the first de gree, and ra fact, from his testimo ny aad the testimony of witnesses to whom he related the occurrance im mediately after R happened, that he was not only not guilty of murder in the first degree, but that he was guil ty of nothing; that what be did was done in defense of his own hfe when he was attacked by the deceased with a knife. The case of Tobe Holt, charged with slander of Mrs. Minnie Duncan, of Princeton, was disposed of yetserday morning. The defendant entered a plea of nolo-contendere. The defend ant was given a sentence of two years on the roads, capias and commitment to issue to Johnston and surrounding counties on or after December 26, 1924. When court adjourned yesterday afternoon the case of tbe state vs Frank Cox, charged with house-break ing and larceny, was being tried. MAYOR NARRON ATTENDS WILSON MEMORIAL EXERCISE Mayor John A. Narron has returned home after spending several days in Washington, D. C., on business. While in Washington Mr. Narron was fortunate enough to secure a ticket to the memorial exercises for Wood row Wilson last Tuesday. He was very much impressed with the exer cises and particularly with the eulo gy delivered by Dr. Edwin A. Aider man. Photographers were on hand and took snapshots of various groups present on this occasion. Mr. Nar ron’s picture was in a group published in the Washington Post. THINGS THAT MAKE SHOPPERS MAD “What makes you mad when you go shopping?” I asked a woman who spends a lot of money on clothes, writes Bernadine M. Angus in The Nation’s Business. “To be ‘dearied’, ” she answered without hesitation. “I dislike that most of anything. I bought this hat in Los Angeles when I was there this winter, and I never should have bought it except that it was exactly what I wanted. “ ‘That hat is wonderful on you, dearie, wTe sold one very similar to Gloria Swanson the other day. She is a wonderful looking girl, ism’t she? Try this one, dearie; it’s awfully smart. You like the other one better; so do I. Put the hat a little more this way; there, don’t you like that better, dearie ? ” The woman threw up her hands. “It makes me wild to be mushed ov er like that. If I had a store, I’d fire the first person I heard calling a customer ‘dearie.’ ” I asked another woman who shops extensively in New York what her I O. Max Gardner Chosen President State Fair Baleigh, Dec. 16.—Former Lieuten an, Governor Max Gardner was unan 1 imously elected president of the North Carolina Agricultural society today when the directors, meeting in annual session, were apprised offi cially that Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt would not stand for re-election and the nominating committee headed by Judge R. H. Sykes, of Durham, of fered its list of officers for the com ing year. The especial fitness of the Gardner choice lies in the proposed transfer of the state fair from the society to State college, of which Mr. Gardner is an eminent alumnus. But for that tie he probably would not have been willing to accept. Indeed, he has not done so, but it is believed he will (readily take the resopnsibility. The society today discussed the change of management but there is no offi cial action. It is the sense of both the college and the community that there should be a state fair next year, but the college is not yet willing to finance such an undertaking. The meeting today showed the agri cultural society in less of a hole than i it was supposed to be. A debt hangs k over the organization which has as sets five to eight times the size of the deficit. The popular understand ing had been that the property is en cumbered about $70,000 to 76,000. The exact amount is $67,600, and that is not so bad. Bat Raleigh has a re versionary interest in the fair, and rt will hardly be willing to see the property sold without a guarantee that the exposition will continue. The college does not ewe to sbou) | der any big debt. The final agree ment was that the committee han dling this e*d would continue its | deliberations and make report at the next meeting. — Greensboro Daily | New*. Christmas Cantata Is Given In Kenly Kenly, Dec. 17.—On Sunday eve ning, December 14, in the Prisbyterian i church, before an audience that filled every available seat, as Rev. E. Pos ton arose to give the opening prayer, j “The World’s Redeemer’’, an inspir ing Christmas Cantata, was admira bly rendered by a choir containing a number of talented singers, under the direction of the Music-Literary de partment of the Woman’s Club. The department chairman, Mrs. J. J. Edg erton and Mrs. George T. Whitley, and the director, Mrs. H. M. Grizzard, had 1 een untiring in their efforts and are ' to be congratulated upon the success of this first attempt to present a public program since the organiza tion of the Club. While each number was received with a large degree of satisfaction, the quuartet composed of Messrs. Jack Stallings, Elton Neighbors, J. M. Stancil, and Jack Southard, and the duet by Mesdames H. M. Griz zard and Pansy Gaylor were particu larly pleasing. The violin accompa niment by Mrs. C. Murray added much to the effectiveness of the program, as did a violin solo, “When Lights are Low’’, with Mrs. J. J. Edgerton at the piano. This number and a scripture reading by Dr. W. B. North were the enly intermissons, and as the bene diction was pronounced upon the aud ience which had risen to its feet as the program reached its climax, there was a general hope that other like performances might be held in the town in the future. I ; experiences were and what made her ; mad when shopping. “To be high-toned’ by salespeople. It makes me furiuos. When I go to spend my money, I don’t expect to buy a gown or hat I do not want ; just because an overbearing saleswo man makes me feel like a dog if I de cide not to buy. I avoid those places. And, strange to say, those superior mannered salespeople are not found entirely in expensive places; you run across them everywhere.” A sensitive woman is confused and embarrassed when a haughty sales ■ person curls her lips and looks at a | sister saleswoman with a glance that | says, “Look at this low-life, taking }up my precious time for nothing; the idea!’ I am not exagggerating it at all; I could tell you of a dozen humil jiating experiences I have had.” CLAYTON DOCTOR HASTAXJE1EDY Dr. B. A. Hocutt Finds Tax Sys tem 111 And Writes a Pre scription UNIFORM TAX SYSTEM Tax notices are now being sent out by the sheriff of the county, delinquent tax lists are being pub lished and folks generally are dis cussing taxes it this time. Dr. B. A. Hccutt, of Ciayton, sends us a very thoughtful article discussing the tax situation in Johnston Coun ty, and suggests a remedy for some of our present tax ills. Dr. Hocutt’s article is as follows. There is something wrong with our present tax system or else we are overloading the horse. The story goes of an old man loading his wagon , with rails, and each tipie he put on a rail he would say, “Well, if Bob can pull that one he can pull another one,” so be continued to pile on rails, repeating the same words, and when he had piled on all the wagon would hold be gave the word “Go”—but Bob could not bodge a peg. He wa* loaded. My personal opinion is that while the load is large and hard to pull, probably we are not yet overloaded, hut that our real trouble is in our tax system—the load is not equally di vided according to horse power. One horse is over-loaded and another un der - loaded. Some of the large, strong horses are carrying not much more than some of the smaller and weaker horses. My idea is to load the horse according to his sine aad then | if he can't go, take off some of he load. Many of oar good citizens honest ‘ ly believe we have too many offices in the county, and they are probably right. I personally know that the of fice treated in the county for depen dents and unfortunates functions and t functions to an advantage. It does I the things for the unfortunates which | have not been done, will not be done | and cannot be done by any other or i ganiaation, Christian or otherwise. Many widows are being helped where help is sorely needed and many orph ans are being provided homes where they will be educated and grow up under the best environments and thereby make good citizens. It has | been my privilege to see and study I the workings of this much criticized office—the Welfare office—and that is why I use i$ as an illustration. I repeat I am positive there is something wrong with our present tax system. We have either got to cut down our expenses or distribute the taxes more evenly and justly among the tax payers. There are many, many instances in the country where one man is paying from fifty to one hundred and in some exception al cases three hundred to five hun dred percent more tax on the true value of his property than a neigh bor. Our tax valuations remind me of the rugged Rockies, up and down. This small tax payer is not to blame in every case. His interpretation of the much agitated self-valuation dur ing the high tide in 1918 or 1919 was different. The system we now have ' encourages dishonesty and discour ages thrift. Every tax payer knows full well if he puts a valuation on his property which he is willing to sell for that it will be necessary for him to sell in order to pay his tax. “Self preservation is the first law of na | ture.” When we develop a piece of prop erty the tax climbs so rapidly we can hardly pay it unless everything works well. This discourages thrift and our policy should be to encourage thrift. It penalizes the man who is trying to I do something for himself and his country. The thrifty man increases the selling value of his neighbor's property who is not so thrifty cr fails to develop his property, but th-> | tax valuation remains about the same on the undeveloped. A Uniform Tax System I firmly believe our land should be taxed according to its location and not according to its (Continued on page Five)
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