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HOAD BOND ISSUE
IS HOW PROMINENT
Governor McLean Favors a $2$
000,000 Road Program; Defic
it Is No Longer Denied
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THIS IMPORTANT WEEK
Raleigh, Feb. 2.—Some one has
paid that a legislature is often times
a body of men surrounded by much
talk. So far, the General Assembly
of 1!'25 has not contracted that habit
and the State has a reasonable right
to be proud of the personnel of her
legislative body. The members seem
to be dead in earnest about doing the
job they were sent here tcOput across
in a perfectly proper Vvay and are not
disposed to let any “jokers” get by. In
both branches the legislative wheels
go ’round smoothly with little lost
motion, or loss of time.
The legislative grind is now on.
some 400 bills having been dropped in
to the hopper and started on the
journey to committee pigeon holes, or
to the office of the Secretary of State
“Enrolled and Ratified.” While many
will emerge fresh and clean as when
the trip was begun, there’s going to
be a goodly number so badly worn,
kicked, abused, cruelly treated, that
their own dear “daddies” will not rec
ognize the poor things when they meet
’em face to face on the Assembly
floor. ©
The coming week promises to be more
prolific of important legislation than
3 the past four w^fcks have been. Prin
cipally, the talk is about bonds for
highway construction, bonds for state
institutions and bonds for the World
War Veteran’s Loan Fund. In fact,
the bond issue is something like a
passenger’s first meal aboard ship.
It’s liable to come up at any moment
However, Governor McLean is not at
a\V enamored of the bond idea on a
very extensive scale, at the present
time. He does not believe a single
dollar not absolutely necessary for
the,public good should be appropriat
ed by the present General Assembly
and is°disposed to use the knife wher
ever a cut in amounts requested can
be made without doing violence to
the subject.
in his second message to ine uen
eral Assembly on Friday the Governor
re-iterated his determine to revise the
fiscal policy of the State and invited
the co-operation of the members in
getting proposed new machinery in
to action. He asks for a law provid
ing an executiv^budget system which
would provide continuous supervision
off all the institutions and agencies
of the State, to the end that the ap
propriations made by the General As
sembly may be kept within bounds
and expended as directed. Under the
budget system covering the period
July 1st to June 30th, all revenues
actually collected during that period
would be applicable to that fiscal year
and all appropriations and other ex
penditures actually disbursed during
that same period would be applicable
to that period only. The Governor
told the legislators that he would pre
pare and submit to them a bill em
bodying the provisions which he feels
that the budget system outlined in
his message should contain, and it is
a af« bet that he will get exactly
what he wants in this respect. Hard
ly anybody will dispute the fact that
the patient is in a condition to re
spond to heroic treatment and Mr. Mc
Lean's ) prescription seems to fit .he
case.
The Governor places himself on
record as squarely opposed to the is
rue of more than §>25,600,000 bond
7) h r all purposes this year. He sug
gests $20,000,000 for roads, 3,600,000
h>r permanent improvements at the
*h'ite Institutions, and $2,000,000 to
f sauce the World War Veteran’s
I ar, l,1und approved by the voters of
h «• State at the general election in
1 ve mber. In his message he declared
• elf unequivocally in favor of con
h' inng the construction of highways
ur'hl the entire system is completed
;: criginally planned, but frankly ad
5 iitcd that, in his opinion, the credit
the State could not stand for ad
ditional long-term construction bond£
^ amount proposed by the Bowie
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WOMAN’S CLUB TO
MEET HERE TODAY
The regular monthly meeting
of the Woman’s Club will be held
at club r$>ni today instead of
Wednesday, the usual day.. The
meeting will be at three o’clock
this afternoon. The report of the
nominating committee appointed a
month ago will be given at this
time. The speaker invited to talk
on some civic matter is Mr. W. L.
Fuller. A large attendance is
urged.
New Officers Oi 1 he
'Baptist Church Elected
Last Sunday was observed as In
stallation Day at $r>e Baptist church
when all the officers in all the de
partments of the church were formal
ly install^, together with the teach
ers in the Sunday school. This ser
vice was postponed this year in order
that all the organizations might be
given time to choose their officers
at the time of their regular election,
the time for election in some of
them not coinciding with the church
year as a whole. All or nogrlv all of
the organizations have decided to let
the terms of office expire with that
of the regular officers of the church
in October, in order that all the church
and department officers may go into
office at the same time, and be in
stalled in one general installation ser
vice. w
The principal officers installed are
as follows: F. II. Brooks as a new
member of the board of deacons: J.
H. Wiggs, clerk; D. H. Creech, treas
urei® Miss Cherry Gurley, financial
secretary; W.®H. Lassiter, superin
tendent of the Sunday schoo^. Mrs. J.
H. Wiggs, superintendent of young
people’s work; Mrs. Layton McGugan,
superintendent of Christian education,
Mrs. G. W. Hicks, superintendent of
Missions; R. P. Holding, auditor;
Miss Lalla Rookh Stephenson, pianist;
Mrs. W. N. Holt, historian; Mrs. Paul
V. Brown, president of the Woman’s
Missionary Society; Mrs. J. D. Dick
ens, leader of the Girls’ Auxiliary;
Mrs. H H. Johnson, leader of the Sun
beams; George Y. Ragsdale, leader of
the Royal Ambassadors; Miss Ruth
Wilson, president of the B. Y. P. U.
It was announced that next Sunday
night the pastor wgjuld exchange pul
pits with the pastor of the Methodist
church. ©
Fathers and Sens
Hold Banquet
Between fifty and sixty fathers
and sons gathered around the ban
quet table in the basement of the
Methodist church last Thursday eve
ning, and participated in a most worth
while discussion dealing with Sunday
school work and social questions of
the community. The banquet was the
first of a series planned for the pu
pils of the Senior Intermediate Dept.
Mr. Chas. A. Creech, one of the teach
ers in the department, was master of
ceremonies. The program for the
evening called for the following talks:
My Experience With Boys, by
J. H. Abell; Knowledge Boys Ought
To Have, by Rev. S. L. Morgan, pas
tor of the Baptist church; Home Prep
aration of S. S. lessons, by A. M. No
ble; How To Keep Fit, by Dr. Thel
Hooks; Influence In the Home, by
Rev. A. J. Parker, pastor of the Met^
odi.^fc church. Some of the talks pro
voked discussion and several im
promptu talks were made. 0
BI& SALE IN FOUR OAKS
Mr. W. J. Lewis, an enterprising
general merchant of Four Oaks, is
putting on the biggest sale ever put on
in that city. It is the first time a firm
there has ever had a double page
advertisement or distributed double
page posters. Mr. C. W. Chandler,
;f the A. A. Haack Sale System, Co
lumbia, S. C., is in charge of the ad
vertfeing. Mr. Lewis has been in bu
siness for years but has never before
had a big sale and we venture to say
that he will make up for lost time in
thifBone. Look up his ad elsewhere in
ttiis issue and read it. ©
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Tom Tarheel says the folks around
his hom e seem happier since he put
in the electric lights. The old place
seems more jfceerful in every way. *
OH. ISSEY NEW
CO. HEOipCEB
Dr Rankin of The Stale Health
Dept. Addresses Citizens; Ac
tion Taken at Once By Co.
Board of Health
NO MORE COST TO COUNTY
The Johnston County Board of
Health at a special meeting held Sat
urday afternoon, January 31, after
listening to Dr. W. S. Rankin, of the
State Department of Health, present
the question of a whole time health
officer to a number of interested cit
izens, unanimously elected Dr. C. C.
Massey, of this city, to that position.
, Dr. Massey’s term of office as full
time health officer of Johnston Coun
ty began February 1.
Present in the court house on Sat
urday afternoon were representatives
from various parts of the county, who
i gave the closest attention to Dr. Ran
j kin as he presented some outstanding
facts in regard to health conditions
: in Johnston County. “Johnston Coun
; ty,” said Dr. Rankin,“ with its fifty
one thousand people is perhaps the
| largest and wealthiest county in the
state with no full time health officer.”
I Thirty-five counties are finding this
work worth while. Last year 571
deaths occurred in Johnston County.
More than three times as much ty
phoid fever as the average county in
the United States has, prevailed in
Johnston County last year. Fifteen
deaths occurred from this disease.
These figures are startling enough
to say nothing of the amount of sick
ness which kept people in bed. In
addition to this three dir four times as
many folks are going around with im
paired health as were confined to
their beds.
These figures are suggestive of the
enormous task that will confront a
whole time health officer in Johnston
County, but they do not tell the whole
story. Last year 1,850 babies were
born in Johnston County. Thirty per
cent of these came into the world
without medical attention and of the
other seventy percent a number had
inadequate attention. Dr. Rankin
cited what is being done in Beaufort
County along this line. A law has
been passed requiring midw'ives to
have permits, these being given after
a satisfactory examination for a pe
riod of one year. What Beaufort has
done Johnston County can do.
I)r. Rankin then spoke of the value
i of the doctor and nurse going to the
public schools and giving the chil
dren physical examination to find im
pairments that are hampering them
in their school work. He spoke of the
work in combatting communicable
diseases. Eighteen deaths occurred in
Johnston County last year from
whooping cough. Typhoid vaccina
tion, investigation of sources of in
fection, immunization from diphthe
ria are some of the things that a
whole time health officer may under
take. Dr. Rankin called attention to
the fact that one man cannot put over
as full a program as he outlined but
some part of it may be selected. He
showed how health work is an econom
ic problem as well as a moral condi
tion. The health of one’s self and that
of his neighbor is the highest civic ob
ligation. Dr. Rankin wove the story
of the Good Samaritan most effec
inadequate attention. Dr. Rankin
hearers that the ten commandments
were authority for promoting health
work. “Thou shalt not kill,” means
more than shooting down a fellow
ottin. Carelessness may kill just as
surely.
At the conclusion of Dr. Rankin’s
address various citizens followed
quickly with brief remarks. Those
endorsing the whole time health offi
cer were: Dr. L. D. Wharton and Dr.
Geo. D. Vick, representing the John
ston County Medical Society, Rev. S.
L. Morgan, H. V. Rose, JR. L. Flowers
and Billy<^arnes. A motion was car
ried recommending the employment
of a whole time health officer for the
county.
Board ol Health then retired in ex
ecutive ses£>n and took up the mat
ter of electing a whole time health of
fieer. The following members %i the
l^iard were present: J. W. Jonesj^
chairman, J. A. Narron, H. B. Mar
BUILDING 8 LOAN
CLOSES BEST YEAR
Builds $4,000 House Every 30
Days; Officers Elected For
New Year
W. W. JORDAN PRESIDENT
The Building and Loan Association
of Smithfield has just closed the
most satisfactory year of its history,
according to a statement made by .fhe 4:
secretary, Mr. J. J. Broadhurst.. A j
four thousand-dollar house every thir
ty days is what the Association is
building on an average, fifteen mort
gage loans, aggregating $64,000.00
having been made last year. This
institution has beer, operating twelve
years, having been organized in 1913:0
The first house to be built by the As
sociation is the one now occupied by :
Mr. Will H. Lassiter in Brooklyn. Mr.
George Barbour built the house which
was later purchased by Mr. Lassiter.
Since that time many a citizen in
Smithfield has been enabled to own
his own home.
At the annual stock-holders meet
ing held recently the following offi
cers were elected: president, W. W.
Jordan, vice-president, W. I). Hood;
secretary-treasurer, J. J. Broadhurst;
attorney, F. H. Brooks. The board of
directors is composed of W. W.
Jordan, J. J. Broadhurst, W. D. Ave
ra, W. H. Austin. W. D. Hood, W. S.
Ragsdale and F. H. Brooks.
The annual statement of the Asso
ciation and audit of the State Insur
ance Department is published in this
issue. The January series is now open
and those interested in saving in this
manner are invited to take shares.
Heat From Fireplace Causes Fire
Thursday night about 1:30 o’clock
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Gray were awak
ened and smoke was discovered com
ing up through the floor in their liv
ing room. Examination showed fire
which had caught under the house
near the fireplace. Mr. H. M. Mor
gan, who lives next door to Mr. Gray,
was called and the fire was extin
guished without the aid of the fire '
department. It is thought that the
fire caught from the heat of the fire
place.
BAPTIST MINISTERS TO MEET
HERE
Next Thursday, Feb. 5, all the pas
tors of Baptist churche'S' in the John
ston Association will meet here at the
Baptist church. The meeting which
will open at eleven o’clock, is called
for the purpose of discussing plans
for the year.
row and Dr. C. C. Massey. Dr. J. B.
Person, of Selma, was absent. Dr.
C. C. Massey was unanimously elect
ed for a term of two years at a salary
of $3800.00. As soon as Dr. Massey
was elected county health officer he
resigned as a member of the County
Board of Health. Dr. A. H. Rose was
elected to succeed him on the board.
The election of a full time health
officer will not cost the county as
much as the health work has been
costing. Heretofore Johnston County
has employed a part time health offi
cer and there were a number of calls
on the County Commissioners every
day for work not done by the part
time health officer. When a full time
Health officer i s employed,
the State contributes
toward his salary to the extent of
dollar for dollar up to $2500 per year,
of $3800, which means that the coun
ty will pay cr.ly $1900 for a full time
Health Officer, and th s is less than
has been expended on hwjlth work
heretofore. The State win not help
on the salary of a part time health
officer.
Dr. Massey, who has been chosen
for this work, is' well qualified. He is
a graduate of the State University,
and of Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia. He served as interne in
Flex Hospital after his graduation.
He entered the Warld War and
served overseas. He located in this
city about fi\e months ago for the
practj^ of his profession He is a
native Johnstonian, whiter is calcu
lated to ^pcrea?*fts i^erest |n alle-4*
viating suffering in this county.
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A Report Of The
Community Fund
Early last October, a movement was
commenced for the relief of sufferin'?
in our town. A fund was provided,
$hieh was called “The Smithfield
Community Fund.” This fund was
furnished by the town of Smithfield,
and by nearly all of the benevolent
institutions among us. It was placed
at the disposal of the “United Wel
fare Association,” a gro® of people
composed of representatives from
each of the organizations contribut
ing to the Fund, with the Welfare Of
ficer as Chairman. The promise was
inade that at intervals a statement,
comprising a list and d®cription of
cases relieved, with an account of all
moneys expended, should be sent to
every contributor to this Fund. I
therefore take this o pportunity to
render an account of our stewardship
through the columns of The Herald.
For obvious reasons, it is not deemed
best to publish the names of the bene
ficiaries; but in the statements w’h’ch
will be mailed to every contribute"
names will be given, and anyone wish
ing to learn more of the cases raaf do
so by calling upon the representative
of his club or society. I shall beg The
Herald to print below' a descriptor
oi all these cases, without giving
names _
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1 he administration ol such a trust
>n such a way as to show fairness te
all parties is no easy matter, an®
while all disbursements have been
gade with the advise of the members
cf the Welfare Association, the re
sponsibility rested heavily upon,us all.
1-specially as this the case as we
have had a season of much suffering,
as the work done in this manner
was new to most of us. We are con
scious of several mistakes, due to lack
of experience, which we will try to
avoid in the future. We believe our
most grave mistake was in lending,
iiioi/HHtes, money witnout prop
er security. But in these two cases it,
appeared that the loans were neces
sary in order t# enable several chil
dren to attend school. Both families
had had considerable sickness and
wer^out of work, and it seemed a pity
to permit the children to suffer the
loss of time in school in consequence^
of these unavoidable misfortunes.
Both loans were made with the under
standing that they were to be repaid,
and I fully expect to collect them.
Another cause of regret, though we
cannot term it a mistake, because it
was unavoidable, is that the Negro
people have not benefited at all from
the Fund. As the larger part of it was
furnished by the town from taxes, in
which the Negro citizens shared, it
was expected that they would receive
relief from the Fund as well as the
White citizens. But while I have asked
the Negro preachers to report all cris
es of need to me, they so far have not
reported a single case. Another cause
of l-egret is that such a large part of
the Fund was used in the Mill villages
which are outside the corporate lim
its of Smithfield. But these people
were so near to us, and the cases of
suffering so acute and so numerous,
that it was impossible to refuse them
help. By reference to the list below,
it will be seen that of the $257.54 so
far expended, $226.74 was spent in
the two mill villages. However, we feel
sure that if the generous donors who
could see the pitiable cases as we ha%7e
seen them, they ^ould not have had
I®otherwise. Indeed, it will be neces
sary to use many tirriSs the amount
named, befoe all the sufferingg in
those localities can be satisfactorily
relieved.
Amounts contributed to the Com
mimity Fund and contributors:
Oct. J? 1024, $5O.OO-0Towm S’field
Oct. 8, 1024, 25.00—W.W.S., M.E.
Church.
Oct. 15, 1924?" 20.00—Kiwanis Club
Oct. 17,1924, 30.00—W’man’s Aux
Episcopal church. q
Oct. 20, 1924, 10.00— Mrs. F. K.
Bread hurst.
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Airs.
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UCt. ZU, il’Z*,
Hooks.
Nov. 1$1924, Gfe.OO— B. &. P. Wo
men’s C!ub.
Nov. 15, 1924, 50.00—Town S’field
(Refund)
Dee. 11.1924, 10.00 — Mrs. Thel
Hooks.
Jan. 20, 1925, 25.00—W. M. S., of
>iM. E. Church. q
Jan. 2o, 1925, 50.00—Towi^ S’field
(Continued on page 8)
CO. COMMISSIONERS
SPENDW if
Will Re-Convene Again Today to
Complete Routine; Items
Disposed Of.
WILL DRAW JURY TOI>A%
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The County Board of Commission
ers met in regular session here yes
terday, every member being present
as iollows: J. W. Jones, chairman,
A. B. Hocutt, L. E. Barbour, \V. T.
Lee and A. H. Morgan. It was a full
dayoand the board will re-convene this
morning to complete unfinished bu
siness among which items will be the
drawing of two sets of jury for reg
ular and special terms of the Supe
i rior Court. The following items of®®
business were disposed of yesterday?
Order'd that B. Stanley be allowed
to list 36 ^2 acres of land in Ingrams
township formerly owned by I). I).
Thomas which was listed in 1921 at
SI 410, at $1.00®.
Ordered that Van Dail be im
bursed $2.69 as spetEtal district school
tax in Selma township.
Application filed for the discon-*®
tinuance of road across t® land of
Ijijpv. Robert Strickland in Bentonvilf?
township. Will be heard next regu
1 far meeting. q
Ordered that D. C. Smith be paid
$ 55.81 salary and expense account
for county home.
Ordered that B. F. Johnson be paid
V5 for a cow for the county home.
Ordered thr|$ C. W. Pearce be paid
$18.50 for work and taking vital sta
tistics.
Ordered that J. H. Creech, treas
urer of the O'Neals township road
commissioners, be allowed to give a
personal bond in the amount of $2,
500 for the security of the road funds
in the said township and that said
treasurer be allowed to have super
vision of the expenditure of the funds
m said tow^hip when necessary in
&pay any such moneys focJabor or ma
terial necessary for the building and
maintenance of the public roads in
said township. Said bond has been
duly given and order approved by the
board.
Ordered that W. N. Lee be paid
S5.00 for one sl&ep killed by Jasper
Beasley’s dog.
Ordere<9 that “Bill” Wood, of Ele
vation township, be admitted to the
county home.
Ordered that the county attorney
be and is hereby instructed and «m-Q
powered to take legal action against
Leon G. Stevens, executor of the late
W. S. Stevens estate, to force a set
tlement as shown to be now due the
county of the late W. S. Stevens,
Clerk of the Court, by the audit of
his office during his term of office;
and that the said county attorney hi
instructed to take legal action for the
collection of the balance due by Z. L.
LeMay during his office in the clerk's
office of the Johnston County Supe
rior Court as shown by an audit of
said office by the A. M. Pullen Com
pany, public accountants.
Ordered that a certain piece of road
in Smithfield township leading from
the McCullers mill across Middle.
Creek to the Hunter road be taken
over by the Smithfield township roan
commission and put in good conditiou
as©a pidylic road.
Ordered that the county pay for i
flags to help decorate the front o®
the count'7 court house at $4.35 each.
(Ordered that Wm. M. Fancher b •
allowed S3.00 per day to pay his help
er his work as county veterirs -
rian.
Ordered that J. D. Parker be paid
$50 for services as county attorney
for December and January.
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Women’s Committee
To Meet in Kenly
A very important meeting tjT the
Woman's Division or the Eastern
Carolina Exposition will be held in
Kenly at the home of Mrs. H. M.
Grizzard tomorrow afffernoon at three
o’clock. Every member of all the
committee? is requested to be pgps- ^
ent.