LEGISLATURE GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS ® -Q, Economy Will P'rob^blv Be Key ^ote of Coming Session; igJnaugurationWednesday NUMBER CLlUtKS REDUCED (5) ^ (D e General As ^ileigh, Jan. 12. sembly_of 1925 went to the bat promptly at noon on Wednesday of last^veek. organization of both branches o£)the ^ssembly was with out incident. All contest) had been settled in caucus on the evening pre , vous. The members simply “prom ised to be good” and ^cent right to business. ClSfe-f Justice Hoke admin istered the (feth in the Senate and] Associate Justice Clarkson in the' House. Representative Edgar W. Pharr, of Meckfeiberg, had it all his own(1 way in the speakership wwitest, and no other name was presented to thf, democratic caucus for that honor. Mecklenburgers were here in large numbers to ^e the high honor be ,j£tojged. The lasgitime this distinct ^Honig'ent to that great county was when Cary Dowd “put ttyg^fixin’ ” on the boys in 1911. Mr. dEmarr, ther^» fore, has a precedent 4:o which h# majg)“hark bask” for the Mecklen burg brand pfHnformation. Othw offR^s of the House ^'e: Alex Lassiter, of BelWeig)Principal clerk; Dr. C. M. Higgins, of Anson, sergeant-at-arms; E. M. Xflfeta&ouse, of Currituck, assistant sergeam—at arm'ei' MisgfeRosa Mund, of Cabarrus, engrossingclerk; Needham W. Man gum, of Wake, reading ||erk, su^=s ceeding David P. Dellinger, one the present r^lfn-eBentativ&g from Gas ton, who has done the readinj£)stunt for the House during the hut five consecutive sessions. The Ser^0eauci§i> Tuesday night Hmade short work of the task'feefore it. Thepliwas not a contest for anything filter ®he withdrawal of Senator Paul D. Grady for President Protem ppre of that au©jst body, and .'ftn (Atqg) W»j H. S. Burgwyn,(jif N*^th ampton, is wielder of the gavel in Ibe t^orth end of the capitol this win ter, He has been t» the legislature (fhany $mes before and knows pret ty w^jl what is required t^)operate tf.f ^machinery” to the best advan (5tt,ge. Senator Grady becomes chair *aj| »,f judi«at5? Spmmittee^& | of ttiat bodj|J) . -j. The «enh£b Frank 1). %a^ctt, of Wilkes^) principal clerl^ v$V. I). Gasten^ »f Cumberland, ser geant-at-arms; Jos. A. Bryson, of HaodersoHSassistant sergeant-at-arms, %lgv. A. Corey, of Martin, engrossing clerk; Banks Arendall, of Wake, read n ing clerk. Mr. K?A. Hawes, of P0 ^ <^f, wh* was defeated for reading cmrk by Mr. Arendall, will, it is un derstood, accept the clerkship to the finance committee of the SenateV:; There is a pronounced tendency to wards retrenehd#^it in the raW^s of both ihe senators and representatives Vhich - is a bit disconcerting to many faithful partv workers v$j>p are down looking fop ■positions n the legisla ture. It ^"proposed to reduce the number of ^?rks employe^) by thg^ General Assembly of 1923 at least fifty percent. During that session the clefts drew around $25,000 more in salaries than did the members themselves ,(^nd a lot »of folks^ are wanting Ut krfb.w “how come”." The answer is obvious. There w‘,11 be a different stor£)to relate on the sub ject of “overhead expenses” when the „ record of the present General As sembly‘Shall be written, unless some body takes@‘ba»k-water.” ^ Few measures of state-wide sign ificance Jisjye found their way into the legislative hopper. oenatui Squires introduced a bill prej&rttd Vy the legislative Committee? selected if?’ tne special session last August, en titled an act to control bus traffic in the State. It would regulate, suiter vise and control persons, firms, •cor porations and associations, owning, controlling, operating os managing motor vehicles used in the business of transporting persons or property for compensation on the improved public (Continued on page five) Laymen Hold Earnest ®Meeting@Friday Night The first of what are designed !*> be regular meetings of the Smith fielc^Laymen’s Federativith capital, surplus and undivided Profits of a qpprter of a million. It is- the ol^st ^nk^^ institution in Johnston bounty. It was orgaized in 1898 p§^ler the name “The Bank of Smithrted.” (its first president was Allen K/^mith, at that tim® regis ter of deeds of Johnston county. Its first cashier^^ John O. Ellington. It operated for about twelve months in the ccwrt house. Later the bank was opened on South Third Street.. When the new hotel building was completed the bank moved its quar tres there, where it did business un til 1914 w'hen the building which now houses the institqlgcn was erected «t a cost of $22,000/u"he bank started S^ith a capital stock of les|l*i) than $15,000, and the figures already given above are proof enough that this in stitution has grown continuously since its organization. This bank now redures a force of eight persor.i to carry «n its work, and these are largely responslfcle for the effluent manner in which the business is handled. The officers dur the past year were: T. R. Hood, president; R. P. Holding,’cashier; F. C. Sweeney, W. R. miodall, and Miss Vara Sanders, assistant cashiers; Robt. W. Sanders, H. R. McCullers, and Miss Ethel Barbour. “FEET OF CLAY (§) Manager Medlin of the Victory Theatre has secured “Feet of Clay” for tonight and torporrow night. The same wizard of screen enter tainment who produced “The Ten Commandments.” “Male and Fema^' .‘Manslaughter”—Cecil B. Do and Wponsifte for “Feet of Mille Clay.” S It is the story of the flapper of IS growing into the wife of twenty-one. hut st.il?*Wetaining much of her love for jazz and excitement, and getting into complications thereby. The set tingsjgcary from a®Harlem tv^o-by-four flat to a millionaire’s yacht, with the latter^ype predominating. jTJje scenes in which scroes of beau tiful bathing beauties race on surf boards; the .society# ballroom gcenes; the scenes and govfns in the ultra fashionableo njpdiste shop—these are dazzling features you will never for get in “Feet of Clay.” o ■MANS’ FIRS! ' MEETING IN 1925 _SsL_ New Officers Take Hold; A. M, Noble Speaks On Samoa; "Mayor Pulls Stunt -® LAMES FURNISH MUSIC Gatheringfor the first time in the j year, tno S^thfield Kiwanis Club I held a most successful and at the , same tine a most enjoyable meeting in 1 the Woman’s Club Room last Thurs day night at G:30. The meeting@vas featured by the installation of officers for the com ing year, music by Misses Frances ; White and Lalla Rookh Stephenson, a atunt by Mayor John A. Narron, ancr an address on Samoa by Kiwa nian Albert M. Noble. President R. P. Holding, in his last official act as retiring officer of that rank, introduced: the new pres ident, E. J .Wellons; the vice-presi dent, H B. Marrow; the Distric&Trus tee, Chas. A. Creech; the secretary, Geo. Y .Ragsdale; the board of di rectors, R. P. Holding, W. M. Sanders, A. M. Noble, Dr. C. C. Massey. H. L Skinner, John A. Narron, and W. Jordan. Mr. Wellons, in a short talk, thanked the nkfijfibers for hon oiipg him as the incoming president for the year, and proceeded with 1{Sb appointment of thgjfollowing commit tees! PROGRAM:'A. M. Noble, H.C. • WcfSlall, and R. P. Holding; STUNT: J. A. Narron, J. A. Wellons, linger A. Smith; HOUSE: T. £) Hood, W. L. Fuller, and W. S. Ragsdale; MEM BERSHIP: W. N. Hole, _H. L. Skin ner, and W. M. Sanderstf-'FINANCE: W. R. Sanders, Chast^fJavis and L. G. ;Stevens; BUSINESS METHODS: Dr. W. J. B. Orr, A. G. Johnson, and W. D. Avera; RECEPTION: E. L. Wood all, Dr. C. C. Massey, and Dr. Thel Hooks; PUBLICITY: Geo. Y. Rags dale, H. B. Marrow, and Joe Davis; INTER-CITY RELATIONS: $ C. Young, D. W. Parrish and P. H. Ka sey; EDUCATION: T. H. Franks, A. J. Parker and D. H. Creech; PUBLIC AFFAIRS: R. R. Holt, N. B. Gran tham, and Dr. N. T. Holland; AT-(] TEP|$>ANCE: Louis Coheny'k S. Ed mundson and W. W. Jordan. Following this, short impromptu talks twere iatjade by Chas. A. Creech aj|d Or. C. C. Massey. Then cccurred perhaps the most humorous thing of the evening.. Mayor Narron, called uj|^i to deliver an economic lecture on the all-important “Egg”, rose with ajd.'egg in his left hand, held it up be fore the Club, displayed it, and then in changing it to the other hand he dropped it. This caused a roar of laughter, and in mock anger Mayor Narron hurled about a dozen eggs at the members in all parts of the room. The eggs Jucki^jf,had theiif^kernels” removed and were partly filled with some otheifS|md less injurious fluid. Albert Noble, for several years a Judge in the Samoan Ijflqnds, deliv er^ a detailed lecture oil the life of the Samoans, their principal moans of living, their crops, and the part played by the U'll^ed States since they took over the Islands. In addition to this he gave a brief history of the people and the Islands prior to the protec torate of the United States over them. Miss White, soprano, and Miss Ste phenson, pianist, rendered Marcheta, Someone Loves Me, and Mighty Lak a F&se, all of which were generously applauded. THE FL^rPEt AN I)M OTHER” Tickets for the “Flapper Grf^jj mothc^ which will be given at the high school a^itorium tonight are on si?le at all the drug stores. A sec tion of the gallery will be reserved for the colored people and tickets for these may be had at the colered drug store. A number of littjSl boys and the Girl Scouts are also selling tickets. Wildwood News - O Mk% Lola Denning has returned to her home at Angier after visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Godwin. ° e Miss Maggie Hardee has returned to StoVal after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. I i Resigns Chas. E. Hushes, secretary of s^te who has resigned from Pres. Cool idge’s Cabinet to take effect Mar. 4. He will be succeeded by FrardjnB. Kellogg, of Minnesota, nt® ambas sador to Great Britain. Ldfctrge Numfepr Donate Books to School Library > - © The faculty and pupils of Wilson’s Mills High School wish to express their appreciation of the splendid additions that have been made to their library recently, and take this opportunity to thank the following who have contributed: Miss Mary E. Wells, Mrs. P. {T. Massey, Mrs. S. L. Barbour, Mrs. J. A>Todd, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. W. T Wilson, Mrs. G. ? C. Uzzle, Mrs. T. Sloan, Miss Atwood Sloan, Mrs. Lula Uzzle, Mrs. R. L. > Ballinger, Mrs. Carl K. Parrish, Miss Evelyn Wilson, Mrs. Ck A. Bry ant, Mrs. Bet Jones, MiMi,1 Emma Hatcher, Mrs. A. L. Blanton. The largest single donation was made by Mrs. A. L. Blanton and her mother who contributed the follow ing books: Nine volumes of Robert Louis Stephenson’s works, The Story of the Nation in seven volumes, 'Hie Nature Library, Butterflies ( HBf land), Fundamentals of Biology (Ga ger), PriWiples of Biology (Hamak ,er), Human Phisiology (Stiles), Lu Ibile (Owen Meredith), Boots and Saddles (uster), Middlemarch (George pUiott). iWrs. Blanton presented also a col lection of microscope slides, -which will be .very helpful in scinece work. Nathan Wompck, Principal. Celebrates Birthday Wednesday night, January 7, Mrs. John Barnes and her daughter gave Mr. Barnes a binjjfljday surjgfjse by in viting a few of his friends over for supper. After supper many more came to pay their respects to then half century old friend. He r,aid when he saw such a regiment he thought perhaps the Ku Klux were after him. Splendid music was ren dered by Mr. and Mrs. Eb Crocker and Mr. Will Tyner. .Refreshments were served by Miss Barnes and a general good time was the result. Mr. Barnes was the recipient of many useful gifts, among which was one package containing a ready-to eat cooked pig’s tail, presented by one of his lady friends. It came in a good time for Mr. Barnes was so hap py to have his friends with him that he just had to shuffle a little to that good music. Mr. Barnes thanked his friends graciously and saifjefre hoped to live to see fifty more such birth days and have the same crowd to help fiim celebrate. ONE PRESENT. Smithfield, Route 2, Jan. 12. Hardee. Mrs. H. W. Thornton ai^ children, of Elevation .spent last week in this vicinity witj&, relatives. <§> Mr. G. C. Godwin happened to the misfortune of having his homeburned Thursday night, January 8. Mr. D(gmie Gilbert has been ^ou^ fined to his room with mumps. Miss Thelma Weeks spent last Sun day at Elevation with Miss Pauline Thornton. Mr. Ransom Massengill, of Dur ham, spent the holidays here with#his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Massen gill. REPORTER. Benson, Route 3, January 9. 3 PLAN CHIN Ilf MEETINGS FOR CO. Four Scheduled For Next Week At Royall, (Boon Hill), Royall, (Elevation) Mead ow and Archer MISS LANDON TO ASSIST 9 - A series of community meetings for Johnston county has been arranged according to informatior© riceiveJ* from Mr. J. G. Lawton, field gep resentative of the North Carolina Cot ton Association in this county. Miss Susan ^ndon, who is s^-ial field worker for the North Carolina Cotton .^sociation, is assisting in this work and will be present at the meetings to be held. The schedule includes four dates, the first meeting to be held next Mon day evening, January 19, at 7:30 o' clock at Royall 'school in Boon Hill town4|iip. The teachers of this school, Misses Meryl Creech and Mamie Leatherwood, will be in charge of the program. The committeemen are: Messrs W. Howard Oliver, Richard Bwswell and Solomon Daughtry. Another meeting will be held Tues day evening, January 20, at the sai® hour in Royall school, Elevation. type' committeemen are P®ssrs. T. E. Johnson and Delmas Hardee. L8jn January 21, at 7:30 p. m., a meeting will be held at Meadow co^ solidated school. Mrs. R. E. Mosleji ft ,will be the teacher in charge of the ^ program. The committeemen are: Messrs. J. Lib Le^Junius Barefoot, (5*) Cicero Hudson, A. B. Hood and J. M. Johnson. C*' The last meeting of the series will be held at Archer Lodge school on Thursday evening, January 22. Mr. J. C. Gibbs and Miss Mary Saunders will hagw* charge of the program and the committeemen are: Messrs. Otis Barnes, Berry Boyett, and L. @des. At these meetings will be discuss ed matters that pertain to the uplifj© and advancement of the communi ties, industrially, intellectually and socially. Creech Family Holds Reunuin On Thursday, December 25, a fam ily reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ,A.. S. Gttiech. Though the day was rough, air the children and grandchildren were there. About ten o’clock all had arrived. Such fun to see the little folks tumbling around to tell what Santa had brought tijem! About one o’clock dinner was Spread and such a nice dinner it was. Every thing good to eat was there, and such eating! Sharp jokes flew. While some finished eating, some others ate so long they decided to come back and take supper. It was such a good time. We just thanked God for bless ing this family to meet again in such good s'pirit(j|nd good health. Mother and father were among us in en joying these good things to eat and the many good jokes. After dinner we went to the par lor which was beautifully decorated with holly, mistletoe and Christmas bells. Then we enjoyed some of our old hymns at the piano, talked over S©tne of the by^gone days, and passed a@few Christmas presents. About four o’clock all began to separate, paying it wa^Sthe best Christmas they; ;Jiad spent in many years and (5) wishing for raamr more happy re unions. ONE PRESENT. January 10, 1925. (§)-=-<»-& (* ® W H At THEftdpO Let us thank God for books. When I consider what some books have done for the vv^rl^ and what they are c&loing; how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith, soothe pain, give an ideal lii% to those whose homes are hard and cold, bind together distant ages and foreif^ lantis, create new wo.»^s of beauty, bring®down truths from Heaven,— I* give eternal blessings for the gift,* and pray that may use it aright and abuse it not.—James Freeman Clarke. Mr. V© V. Hunter was called to Ra leigh yesterday morning on account of the death of his mother which oc curred a^her home there.