NUMBER 6
THE WEDDING OF
POPMCOUPLE
Miss Margaret Pou, Daughter of
Congressman Pou Weds C.
E. Moran In Washington
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BRILLIANT AFFAIR
Washington, D. C Jan. 17.—There
took place here tonight the wedding
of one of North Carolina’s popular
young women and a prominent young
business man of Washington, the bril
liant event being a notable one in
Washington social circles, numbers of
visitors being here from a distance,
North Carolina being largely repre
sented. Th^was the wedding of Miss
Margaret Atlee Pou, daughter of
Congressman and Mrs. Edward Wil
liam Pou, who at eight o’clock this
evening became the bride of Mr.
Carleton Edward Moran, member of
a well known Washington family, the
church wedding being followed by a
reception at the Congressional Club,
where there was gathered a great
rumber of leading representatives of
the social and business and political
life of Washington.
The wedding took place in St.
Margaret’s Episcopal Church, the
vows being given by the Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash
ington, assisted by Rev. Herbert S.
Smith, rector of the Church. The ed
ifice was effectively adorned with
ferns and flowers , assembled being
relatives and friends of the young
couple, within the ribbons being gath
ered notable figures in Washington
life, members of the Supreme Court,
Senators and Representatives accom
panied by their wives, and others
prominent in social and civic life.
The entire North Carolina delegation
in Congress was present.
Precending the ceremony there was
organ music with violin obligato for
half an hour, then coming the music
of the wiling processional, the bride
entering with her father, Congress
man Pou. She was attired in ivory
white chiffon, made on classical lines
long close fitting bodice, long tight
Elizabethan sleeves, oval neck out
lined in pearls, skirt panel front and
back, sides circular, hemline scalloped
and pichoted, front panel in pearl mo
tifs, rose design, white chiffon hose,
satin pumps. She \V«re an imported
lace veil coronet effect, caught on
each side with orange blossoms, her
shower bouquet of white lilies. The
matron of honor was Mrs. Thomas
Anthony Wadden, sister of the bride,
who was gowned in pa^e gold chiffon
beaded in silver and blue, straight
line dres. She carried an arm bouquet
of butterfly roses tied with ribbon to
match. Her bandeau was of gold
leaves. The maid of honor was Miss
Marjorie Hoyt, who was costumed
in shell pink chiffon beaded in crystal
and pearls, straight-line dress, silver
hose and slippers; her bandeau was
of crystals and her arm bouquet of
butterfly roses.
The bridesmaids were pisses Jes
sie Myers, of Greensboro,C., Doro
ihy Mendenhall, of Lexington, N. C.;
Millicent Bailey, of Washington; Es
ther Prager, of Washington; Mrs.
William Kenealy, of Washington, sis
ter of the groom; Mrs. Gilman Wall
ing, of Washington. They were at
tired in pastel shaded chiffon in col
ors of orchid, green and gold, with
circular skirts, satin ribbon sashes
each tied in flat bows coming to the
hem line of the skirts, silver hose
and slippers, bandeaux of silver
leaves, arm boutjuets of pink sweet
peas tied with* pink and silver ribbon.
The flower girl was Caroline Wadden
ni*ece of the bbride, who was dressed
in pink chiffon trimmed in bands of
taffeta appli^ued in French tlowers,
and carrying a basket of pink sweet
peas.
The best man was Mr. Vincent A.
Hughes, the ushers Messrs. Thomas
A. Wadden, Gilman Walling, William
Kenealy,* William E. Hayes, Robert
T. Scott, Ralph Keeley, H. L. McLeod,
all of Washington, and Lieut. Benja
men Wells, of Annapolis.
At the reception immediately fol-,
lowing at the Congressional Club, the
receiving line was composed of the
parents of the bride, the motSiea of
the groom, the bride and grooih, the
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JOHNSTON COUNTY HAS
TWO CLUB WINNERS
Johnston County has two win
ners in the cotton club contest put
on through the Farm Extension
.Service in North Carolina last year,
and the Eastern Carolina Chamber
of Commerce which provided the
premiums, are now inviting these
boys to a luncheon to be given in
Goldsboro Thursday at noon, at
which time the premiums will be
awarded. On this same occasion
a silver loving cup will be given
to the county agent who has made
the highest record in the cotton
club contest. Johnston’s county
agent, Mr. N. B. Stevens, stands a
chance of winning this honor, other
counties competing being Wik*n,
Wake, Lee. Harnett, and others
composing 'fltfis district.
Robert Johnson, the son of Mr.
T ,E. Johnson of Elevation town
ship, won first place in the contest
and a check for a hundred dol
lars is his reward. Hugh Johnson,
who is the son of C. Ham Johnson
also of Elevation, won second
place, the award being fifty dol
lars.
Old Fort Macon Is
Purchased By Stale
Beaufort, Jan. 15.—Old Fort Macon
is now the property of the state of
North Carolina. A deed setting forth
that fact has been recorded by Reg
ister of Deeds, J. W. Hamilton, in the
courthouse (3iere. The property,
bought from the United States, com
prises the fort and about 3f^$^acres
of ground. The federal government
reserved about 20 acres for the coast
guard station.
Fort Macon is in a very good state
of preservation and is the only fort
in North Carolina that is so. The
old gray walls seem as solid today
as the day they were built. If the
weeds and^ijushes were cut down an4'
some repairs made, the fort would
be very attractive to visitors. Even
as it is, many people visit it every
People here are pleased, that the
state owns the fort, and hoping
that it will take necessary steps fo
keep it as an object of interest for
the people of the present days as
well as for posterity.
Laymen Planning For
Meeting State Body
Greensboro, Jan. ,17.—A meeting
of the Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina will be held here Februray
19 and 20 for the purpose of organiz
ing a laymen’s organization in the
state within the Presbyterian church.
Delegates from every Presbyterian
churph in the state are expected to
attend this meeting, it is stated.
Those sponsoring the movement say
that the February meeting will be
the first of its kind to be attempted
by Presbyterians in the state.
Guests Enjoy Squirrel Dinner
Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
. Elions entertained at dinner the
following guests: Reverend and Mrs.
A. J. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hood,
and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wellons. Some
of Mr. Wellons’ farmer friends who
like to hunt had brought him sev
eral squirrels and this delicacy formed
a part of the delicious menu.
KIWANIS PROGRAM TO
BE BROADCASTED
This is Kiwanis International
Week. Kiwanians all over the coun
try are celebrating the tenth an
niversary of this organization. To
tight at 8:30 o’clock from Detroit,
Mich., at station WWJ a Kiwanis
program will be broadcasted for an
hour and a half. Prominent offi
cials of the organization will speak
and musical numbers will be fur
nished,by the Saginaw Club quar
tet. and the Book-Cadillac orches
tra. •
The local Kiwanis Club will meet
Thursday evening of this week. A
special anniversary program has
been arranged for this meeting.
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VIM QUESTION
THEME OFSERMON
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“The Christian’s Relation to
Money” Discussed by Meth
odist Pastor Sunday A. M.
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED
“The Christian’s relation to mon
ey”, was the theme of Rev. A. J. Par
ker’s discourse at the Methodist
church Sunday morning , and a good
congregation in spite of the incle
ment day heard his message. Mr.
Parker based his remarks upon the
text: “For the love of money is the
root of a'l'Sml” (1 Tim. 6:10).
“Not many,” said Mr. Pargr, “like
to hear sermons on money.” Such ob
jectors arc prone/jbp prefer the old
time gospel, but according to Mr. Par
ker the “old-time gospel” includes
talk about monay. In fact, Christ
tal^d more abot?C this topic thait on
any other one subject. Sixteen 'out
of the thirty-eight parables have to
do with money. And since his text
plainly states that money is the root
of all evil, it behooves the preach
er to help his folks settle this money
question rightly. Mr. Parker then
proceeded to show that stealing is
usually done for the love of m<jney
or the value of money. A large, per
cent of the murders committed. are
due to money. Fights and brawls pay
be traced to money. Law suits, .-set
tling estates, etc., are largely over
money matters. Why rail at these
crimes then, and leave the question
of money alone, or why preach about
the beauties of heaven when the folks
are not headed that way? This was
the argument that Mr. Park r gave
for preaching this sermon concern
ing money. ,
“It is just as Christian for men to
make money honestly as it is to
j^reacp-the gospel, and the Lord did
not eiteourage idleness or call idlers
to do his work,” said Mr. Parker. The
Lord has thrown conditions around
us conducive to work and the mak
ing of money. He has given us the
earth with its crops; he has placed
coal and minerals in the earth; he
has made it possibl^or man to har
ness the wind and wave, electricity,
gas and steam. God expects us to j
work and to gather up the w'aste by (
[making use of by-products. But the
crux of the money question is man’s
attitude toward it. Man’s attitude
toward money, in a large way, deter- ;
mines man’s status before God.
The minister then j^icated * num
ber of reasons why pedple want mon
ey. Some want to lay up big estates
for their children. Some want to sat
isfy ambition. Some want to satisfy
lusts and the love of pleasure, but
some regard money as a stewardship.
Man’s place in the world is to serve as
a steward for the Lord. Some one has
said, “The key to heaven is in a man’s
pocket.” The use John Huyler and
Colgate have made of their money
was cited as instances when men re
garded their fortunes as a steward
ship. It is notwhat cgp has but what
one does with what he has that
counts. A comparison of the motives
that prompted the settling of the two :
phere served as a fitting climax to
the sermon. Settlers soughfc.^jSouth
Amerk&t for gold. That country is
still undeveloped. Setters sought
North America for God. Unprecedent
ed prosperity and progress have been
the result.
During the service the following
committees were announced from the
pulpit:
Welcoming committee: J. H. Abell,
T. R. Hood. N. B. Grantham, C. V.
Johnson, R. C. Gillett, E. J. Wellons,
C. A. Creech, and L. G. Stevens. «
Sick and Strangers: W. I). Hood,*
Mrs. Alice Cole, C. W. Lindsay, Dr. j
Hooks, H. V. Rose, Mrs. L. G. Patter- j
son, and Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst.
Ushers: W. H. Lyon, R. W. Sanders,
M. B. Strickland* L. C. Powell, E. L.
Woodall, C. S. Pugh, A. M. Noble,
G .E. Thornton. .
Publicity: A. M. Noble, Mrs. T.
J.oLassifer, and Miss Bettie Lee*San-#
ders. •
It takes nearly four times many (
muscles to frown as to smile. Think
of the waste of energy^when we do
overmuch grouching!
TRAINING SCHOOL
FORSjLfRKERS
Leaders Plan Standard School
To Be Held at The M. E.
Church Here In March
FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY
Representatives from® 1 the Meth
odist Sunday schools in Johnston
County met at th^)Methodist church
here Thursday afternoon, to formu
late plans for holding a standard
training school.
The noting was prcsidedShrer by j
Rev. M. r. Plyler, presiding elder of
the district, and Miss Georgia K^pe,
conference elementary superintendent,
represented the Sunday school board.
All the pastors o(*).he charge in this
county and most of the Sunday school j
superintendents were prejgMp. The
following committees were'lppoint ed:
Board of managers: Rev. A. J. Par
ker, chairman; Dr. W. B. North. I)r.
0. P. Fitzgerald, Rev. J. E. Blalock,
Rev. G. B. Perry, Rev. M. Y. Self, ;
Rev. W. J. Watson, Rev. John S. 1
Irvine and the superintendents of all
the Sunday schools.
Finance committee: W. T. Wood
ard, of Selma, chairman; L. Z. Wood
ard, of Kenly; Dr. B. L. Aycoek, of
Princeton; Mrs. H. G. Pope, Clayton;
W. M. Smith, Benson; J. A. Keen,
Four Oaks. Mr. Robert Sanders, of
this city, was elected treasurer.
Publicity and enrollment: I. W.
Medlin, Smithfield, chairman; J. A.
Keen, Four Oaks; Mrs. M. Champion,
Clayton; W. A. Flowers, Kenly; Rev.
G. B. Perry, Princeton; Mrs. W. T.
Martin, Benson; S R. Lee, Selma.
Books: W. D. Hood, Smithfield.
Entertainment: J. H. Abell, Mrs.
Alice Cole and Mrs. J. D. Spiers.
The first session of ft*; training
school is to be held Sunday afternoon,
March 15, at three o’clcok in the
church here. This school will be the
first to be held in this county. It is
hoped that the Sunday school work
ers will take advantage of this won
derful opportunity to prepare them
selves for the work.
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Loses Baras And
Oats By Blaze
Mr. George Rufus Johnson, of
Meadow township, sustained a serious
loss of property on Friday, January
16, when two barns and about 15,
000 pounds of cut oats and hay were
completely destroyed by fire. The
fire was discovered about one o'clock
p. m., presumably soon after its ori
gin and wjas from the first beyond
control . Mr. Johnson was able to
save his live stock. The damage is
estimated to be between $1,500 and
$2,000. There was no insurance.
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Methodist Philathea "
Class Holds Meeting
The Philathea Class of the Metho
dist Sunday school held a business
meeting Friday night frith the presi
dent, Miss Vara Sanders, at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Leonard Sasser.
It being time for the election of of
ficers the following were chosen: i
president!?) $fiss Nell Wellons; vice
president, Miss Lucile Cotter; Secre
tary-treasurer, Mrs. M. B. Strickland.
After the business session a social
hour was enjoyed. An original con
test in which the names of those pres
ent figured, was a feature. A piano
monologue by Miss Mary E. Wells
and a reading by Miss Fannie Bett
Brown were particularly enjoyed. The
hostess served a delicious chicken
salad course with hot rolls and cof- '
fee. ®
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Typewriter Sets Type
Typesetting machine that is opera
ted directly from the keyboard of any
standard typewriter has been design
ed especially for ,use in getting out
printed form letters and, in the pro
duction of »books. Thus a stenog
rapher, if! writing a letter, sets the
type simultaneously, and her,typ?-,
written page server# as a proof of the
type in the form, says I£opul#r Sci
ence Monthly.
New Attorney-General
CHARLES BEECHER WARREN
of Michigan, former U. S. Ambassa
dor to Japan, ha- b; cn ai'ia
- general by Pit. mi r@ • ,,|<v. t>
succeed Harlan F. Stone, who now
become a Justice of the \ ’<g\ K Su
preme Court
B
sod Man Fv-'Jct ’ A
iome In Spare Time
If those fellows who do not be
lieve in working- only between stated
times, for instance, from 8 to G. will
go down Main street and look at Mr.
Jesse F'arker’s house they will see
what utilizing every spare moment for
a year will amount to. ^~i
Mr. Parker has his house nearly^
completed. All he lacks is a little
more time and he will have it finished.
He says he has not worked a whole
day on this house since he cut the
first^aiece of lumber for it. He has
worhVti a little at the time mostly in
the afternoons and nights after he
has finished his day’s work, Satur
day afternoons and spare hours when
his job was not calling-—and hi« house
is nearly done. (•_)
During this time he says he has not
lost a singly day due to causes made
by himself^Jn his work for the other
man an dno man can say that Jesse
Parker does not do an honest day’s
work. He went at the task of provid
ing himself and his family a0ome
with a will that never has and never
will be beaten. He believes just
like we do that any man can do any
thing he wants to do.
The young man can get a real ob- '
ject lesson in Mr. Parker’s accom
plishment especially when he remem
bers that most folks who get ahead
of the other fellow, do it while the
other fellow is loitering or asleep.
Anybody can sleep and anybody can
rest but not everybody will utilize
every spare minute and put it into
something useful as Mr. Parker has
done.”—Benson Review.
PROGRAM
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(S)LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL W
NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN
Measures for Which Bills Will Be
Introduced by the Council
1. A State-wide Australian Bal
lot Law.
2. A Law limiting the working
day of children under 16 to
8 hours in inqjlstrial and mer
cantile pursuits,
3. Establishment*^ a farm colony
for women offenders older
than those rece^vfd at Sam
arcand.
*4. A law requiring that marriage
bans be published two weeks
before marriage.
5. An appropriation of $15,000.00
for the Reformatory for Col
ored Girls.
Measures Endorsed
1. The Program o($ithe State Board
of jfhqj-ities and Public Wel
fai#
. The Program of t%e Commit
tee of 100 on Prison Reform.
3, More effective enforcement of
the Prohibition Law.^- V:'
Educational Program
a.—Increase of the Equaliza
tion Fund. ^
—Compulsory^school term of
8 months fixed by Cons^i
. • tutional Amendment.
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c.—Attainment as well as age
• msyle the basis for •compul
• sory education.
LEGISLATURE NOW
REAM WORK
Gov. McLean Takes Hold of Af
fairs Immediately After
His Inauguration
PUBLIC BILLS INTRODUCED
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Raleigh, Jan. 19.—The first offi
cial act of of Governor McLean was
the re-appointment of adjutanigBen
eral Metz, and his assistant, Major
Gordon Smith. His excellency ap
peared at the Capitol early on the
morning following his induction into
office, and has since that time been
the busiest man in Raleigh. The
General Assembly is soon to be ap
prised of the Governor’s conception
of present needs of the State, in con
crete form, and then commonwealth
building will begin in earnest in ac
cordance with the plans of a really
grea^usiness executive.
So far the Legislature has been
“marking time”. It has ^aeted no
legislation of a general character, but
is “organized and ready, for business.”
The following public bills have been
presented during the week:
Joint resolution prohibiting the
teaching of Darwinism in the public
schools; to punish giving of worth
less checks; increase compensation of
members of the General Assembly by
amendment to the Constitution; re
peal the act requiring registration
of motor vehicles; to prozft^e for a
monument to the life and services of
the late Chief Justice Walter Clark;
amend law relating to the trial of is
sues of fact; to properly present the
natural resources of the State to the
“outside world”; to enable cities and
towns to license and regulate ped
dling; to repeal the statute with
reference to medical examinations by
life insurance companies; relative to
excluding evidence of transactions of
an interested party with deceased of
ficer or agent of a corporation; amend
chapter relative to taxing dogs; to
prohit the sale of firecrackers and
toy pistols; to prohibit the issue of
insurance without the consent of the
,insured and to regulate the issue of
infantile insurance; for closer su
pervision of electrical wiring; to pro
vide for better fire protection and
supervision of state and privately
owned hospitals, asylums and sana
toriums; to define and regulate group
life insurance; to re-arrange the ju
dicial )®fctricts of the State; to pro
vide for the use of both front and
rear license plates on motor vehicles;
to provide laws governing the sale
of stocks, bonds, and othf^B securities
in the State; an act relating to emer
gency judges; to re-enact the act re
lating to justices and other,'Officers
summoning witnesses in cases per
taining to gambling and public drun
kenness; to require operators of mo
tor vehicles to take out liability in
surance; to reduce the salaries of so
licitors; to appoint committee in re
spect to the Stone Mountain Confed
erate Memorial, etc. (•)
Many of the important committees
are getting into action and a contin
ual grind is “in the making.” The
members have been urged by the pre
siding officer of each branch of the
Assembly to present all local meas
ures early in the session, so the ma
chinery may operate smoothly later
on. ®
The date of Governor McLean’s
first message to the General Assem
bly is set for Wednesday of the pres
ent week. Thijgjwill be the signal for
a forward movement in legislative
circles and the termination of a “lull”
in the proceedings which could not
well be avoided. It is never an easy
matter to get things going until after
the inaugural ceremonies. Mr. McLean
appears to know the direction in
which he is headed and the GeJieral
Assembly has a mind to go along with
him. With the legislative and execu- /j-.
tive departments in complete harmo
ny there can be little question of re
sults that will spell big things for
the State in a general way.
On Thursday the members of the
General Assembly heard Gutzon
Borglum, world-famous sculptor, and
the directing hand in the Stone
Mountain'Confederate Memorial, in a
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