FORTY-FOURTH year
NUMBER 13
SM1THF1ELD, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1925
State-Wide Australian Ballot
System Defeated By One Vote;
Primary Measure Set For
Tonight
SESSION ONE WEEK MORE
(By M. L. Shipman)
Raleigh, March 2.—Recommending
changes in departments which would
drastically re-organize affairs at the
Capitol, striking fear deep into the
hearts of state employees and in gen
eral sounding a note of determined op
position to waste in government and
employment of more than the actual
number of workers needed to keep
the State’s affairs operating Gover
nor McLean appeared before the Gen
eral Assembly on Friday. This was
easily the outstanding event of a
week crowded with matters of legis
lative significance.
During the week, the measure cre
ating an executive budget system was
passed; the state-wide Australian bal
lot system was defeated by parlia
mentary tactics led by Tobe Connor of
Wilson and seconded by Everett of
Durham and Turlington of Iredell,
who made the motio nto table the
revenue bill was submitted and given
approval of the House carrying twelve
millions in revenue; the salaries of all
state amployes were published as re
quired by the resolution of Senator
Humphrey; a bill to create a pardon
board to take over the function of
clemency from the governor was in
troduced; a measure was favorably
reported to increase the size of the
state highway commission; the mea
sure to investigate freight rates and
water transportation went over fill
this week; the measure to abolish fne
statewide primary was set as a spe
cial order for Tuesday night; the bill
was passed to construct a $600,000
toll bridge over the Chowan river and
a bill was passed to allow New Han
over county to build a $1,250,000
bridge to connect Wilmington with the
State Highway from Wilmington to
Asheville via Charlotte; resolution ex
pressing confidence in W. N. Everett,
secretary of state.
It was a busy week for the legisla
tors, featured by two sessions in each
house every day and capped with the
speech of Governor McLean. In
brief, the governor recommended that
the revenue collecting agencies ot tne
state, the Insurance Department, and
the Secretary of State’s powers, and
all revenue be collected by the depart
ment of revenue. This will transfer
the auto license department to the
Revenue department. He further rec
ommended the creation of a salary
commission to investigate the work
being done by each employee of the
State to fix the salary of each employ
ee commensurate with the work ac
complished and to recommend where
employes might be dropped. The
merging of the revenue collecting
agencies, the Governor argues also,
would result in decreasing duplica
tion of work and the dropping of
many employes at a great saving. He
further argued for a system of turn
ing over all moneys collected daily to
the Treasurer and to have the Trea
surer as the only officer of the State
with a bank account. This, he said,
would make available to the Trea
surer all funds of the State and would
Prevent short term financing to a
large extent, the interest being saved.
The Australian ballot bill went
down to defeat 56 to 55 in the House
when it was tabled. Connor of Wil
son stood out in the forefront of those
"iihng to deny a man’s right to vote
secretly when he made the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill
W'as tabled and brought about the mo
tion by Everett of Durham to table
the Connor motion, seconded by Con
r°r and the clincher was put to the
loll preventing its further considera
tion this session. The bill had been
brought up when an unfavorable re
port was refused, and a minority re
port accepted.
The Revenue bill carrying tax sche
dules estimated to raise twelve mil
10ns was considered and approved by
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ELECT BEAUTY PEN
Kenly’s Beauty Queen for the
Eastern Carolina Exposition was
elected on Friday evening in the
high school auditorium. Mr. H.
M. Grizzard acted as chairman and
5 called on Mr. E. V. Neighbors to
I read the rules governing the se
lection, after which paper and pen
cils were distributed and the voting
I was done by secret ballot. Miss
Nell Hardison was elected by quite
a large majority. Some others
receiving votes were Misses Mil
dred Darden, Martha Lee North
and Inez Edgerton.
It was announced that the ba
bies to represent Beulah township
in the Baby Show will be elected
on Friday, March 6, in the same
w»y.
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BAPTISTS TO HOLD
CONFERENCE HERE
Associational Conference To Be
Held At Baptist Church
Here Thursday
Johnston Baptists are expected in
large numbers to attend the associa
tional conference at the Smithfield
Baptist chaurch next Thursday, the
5th. All the pastors of the associa
tion are expected, and representives
from most of the churches. The John
ston association is now a large body,
numbering, according to the minutes
of the last association, 5,644 members,
with 47 churches. Every church is
invited to send some of its most ac
tive workers, and a large attendance
is looked for. Dr. Charles L. Greaves,
pastor of the Tabernacle church, Ra
leigh, and Rev. W. M. Gilmore, of
Raleigh, will be leading speakers,
with a number of prominent pastors
in the Johnston association. The
program will begin at 10 a. m., and
will continue well into the afternoon,
the ladies of the Smithfield church
serving a lunch at the noon hour. Fol
lowing is the program:
10:00. Devotional Service—S. S. Mc
Gregor.
10.30. The State Mission Program—
R. C. White.
11:00. The Home Mission Task—R. F.
Hall.
11:30. The Imperative Foreign Mis
sion Appeal—S. L. Morgan.
12:00. Stewardship and Better Finan
cial Methods—Dr. Chas. L. Greaves
12:30.—Lunch.
Afternoon Session
1:30. Devotional Servise—W. T. Ev
ans.
1:45. The Significance of the 1925
Program—W. M. Gilmore.
2:15. The Present Status—Brief re
ports from each church.
3:00 Plans for Reaching a Worthy
Goal by April 30—general discus
ion, led by O. A. Keller.
Gutzon Bor glum
Arrested Greensboro
Gutzon Borglum, sculptor who has
charge of the Stone Mountain memo
rial near Atlanta, was arrested in
Greensboro Saturday night by Greens
boro police who charged him with be
ing a fugitive from justice. Borglum
>s wanted in Atlanta for “malicious
mischief” in connection with the Con
federate Memorial.
Borglum, with J. T. Tucker, super
intendent of building construction of
the Stone Mountain project, stopped
in Raleigh, and in an interview with
newspaper reporters of that city,
stated that he did not propose to fce
taken to jail for destroying Stone
Mountain Memorial plans, a child of
his own brain. He went to Durham
from Raleigh, where he was a guest
of Colonel Benehan Cameron. The ar
rest of Borgilum and Tucker took
place in Greensboro as they stepped
from a Southern train upon its ar
rival from Durham. Bond can be ar
ranged only through habeas corpus
proceedings brought before a Su
perior Court judge. Georgia officers
were notified immediately who will
go to Greensboro to take Borglum an<!
Tucker to Atlanta.
All the merchants are giving away
queen votes with each purchase made
INSPECTION LOCAL
NAT’LGOp UNIT
Major R. D. Johnson, U. S. Army
Inspecting Officer To Be Here
Public Invited To Witness
Inspection
EVENING OF MARCH 10
In accordance with War Depart
i ment instructions, the annual Arm
ory inspection of federally recognized
units of the North Carolina National
Guard will be conducted by officers
of the United States Army, detailed
by Headquarters, 4th Corps Area, for
the War Department, and by the In
spector General, North Carolina Na
tional Guard for the State.
The 2nd Bn Hq Det and Com trn,
117th F. A. NC-NG. St. Julien L.
Springs, Commanding Officer, will be
inspected by Major R. D. Johnson, F.
A. USA. promptly at 8:00 P. M..
March 10th, 1925. Captain Springs
! reports that the organization is in ex
j cellent condition and prepared for the
j inspection. He states that the orga
nization is not enrolled up to the max
imum strength due to lack of funds
and the unexpected heavy growth of
the National Guard in North Caro
lina has been such that each National
Guard unit has been forced to reduce
their personnel from 10 to 20 percent
and now it is anticipated that in the
near future every organization will be
permitted to increase the personnel
to full strength again. In order to
give new recruits time to familiarize
| themselves with their duties prior to
going to the summer encampment, a
time limit up to June 1st will be set
to accept new' members. Last year a
number of recruits could not keep
pace wdth the older members because
of lack of time for instruction here
before going to camp.
The officers of 2nd Bn Hq Det and
Com Tm, Capt. St. Julien L. Springs,
1st Lt. Horace L. Johnson and 2nd
Lt. Luby F. Royall, extend an invita
tion to the public to witness the in
spection and see what the War De
partment, the 4th Corps Area and
Inspector General of North Carolina
1 require of a unit of the National
Guard. The fact that Smithfield and
Johnston County have a unit of Na
tional Guard is considered a great
thing by the people of the town and
county, and a good many will attend
this annual inspection.
Ebert, First President
Of Germany, Dies
Germany mourns the death of its
first president, Friederich Ebert.
President Ebert died Saturday morn
ing from peritonitis which developed
after an operation for appendicitis.
An attack of influenza had weakened
his system and he was unable to rally
from the operation. Ebert succeeded
Kaiser Wilhelm as a chief executive
of Germany and steadied the new re
public through six stormy years.
Seniors Enter Essays
In Nation-Wide Contest
Two boys from the senior class of
the graded school here, Lawrence
Stancil and Carlton Adams, have en
tered a nation-wide essay contest be
ing conducted by the National Chem
ical Society. Mr. Stancil’s subject is:
“The Relation of Chemistry to Na
tional Defense,” while Mr. Adams
wrote on: “The Relation of Chemistry
to Agriculture and Forestry.” At
tractive prizes are offered to the win
ners, including scholarships to Yale
and Vassar Colleges and cash prizes.
PERMANENT PRINCIPLES
If we work upon marble,
It will perish;
.If we work upon brass,
Time will efface it;
If we rear temples,
They will crumble into dust;
But if we work upon immortal
souls,
If we imbue them with principles,
With the just fear of God
And the love of fellow man.
We engrave on those tablets
Something which will brighten all
eternity.
KIWANIS OF COUNTY
TO HOLyHEETING
More Than a Hundred From
Selma, Benson, Clayton, Kenly
Princeton and Smithfield To
Meet Here
DISCUSS EXPOSITION
(By Geo. Y. Ragsdale)
Meeting here in an effort to per
fect plans relative to a joint meeting
of the three Johnston County Kiwa
nis Clubs, representatives agreed to
practically all plans brought up for
discussion, and the meeting is to be
held in the basement of the Smith
field High School on Thursday night,
March 12. Dr. Martin, of Benson,
and Dr. Mayerberg, of Selma, met
with T. C. Young, of Smithfield, in
the latter’s office here, all three be
ing Chairmen of their respective Club
Committees on Inter-Club relations.
It was decided at the meeting that
representative men from Clayton,
Princeton and Kenly are to be invit
ed as the guests of the three clubs
in their joint meeting here. In ad
dition to these guests, invitations are
to be sent to Sec. Bartlett, of the
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce, the Chairman of the County
Board of Commissioners, Mr. Jim
mie Jones, and Mr. M. A. Briggs,
. Lieutenant-Governor of this Kiwanis
zone, and J. D. Parker, county attor
' ney.
The meeting comes as the result
I of a suggestion from the Selma Kiwa
nians that Smithfield and Selma hold
a joint meeting. As plans were be
ing perfected for this meeting, the
suggestion was made that Benson be
‘muted to come hr a body. Tk< id
club accepted, and things are now
humming towards making this the
! biggest Kiwanis event ever staged in
, the county. Plans are being made
' to accommodate at least 125 Kiwa
nians and guests .
One of the leading topics to be
under discussion will be the approach
! ing Eastern Carolina Exposition
which is to be held here during the
week of April 13-18. This, it was
felt by the three chairmen of the
above committee, was a thing of great
importance to the county, and f^y
feel that a more concerted move be
made towards perfecting the ap
proaching event.
Kiwanian A. M. Noble has charge
of the program, and he is to be as
sisted by three Kiwanains from the
other two Clubs. It will not be a
Smithfield affair by any means, but
a meeting of county-wide importance.
New Bern Highs Beat
Smithfield By 1 Point
Chapel Hill, Feb. 28.—New Bern
high school basketball team defeated
Smithfield highs 29-28 in the eastern
elimination championship series, held
here last night. The score was twice
tied and two exrta five-minute periods
were played.
The game was slow and listlessly
played in the first half. Both teams
missed many shots but Smithfield
showed greater superiority in han
dling the ball. The first half ended
12 to 6 in favor of Smithfield.
.Tn the last 10 minutes of play New
Bern staged a rally and with the
splendid work of Ferabee and Ray
brought the score to a standstill. The
lead see-sawed from one team to the
other in the extra 10 minutes, ending
in a victory of a one-point margin for
New Bern.
J. Kirkman and Stephenson, Smith
field forwards, played stellar ball
throughout the game with 11 and L0
points respectively, followed by Fera
bee, New Bern forward, with 8 points
to his credit.
Fire Causes Slight Damage
Fire caused slight damage here
Thursday night to a store room of
the Emperial Tobacco Company on
fifth and Market Streets. Fire was
discovered on the outside of the build
ing which was a frame building, but
the fire company reached the scene
i ntime to prevent its gaining head- j
way.
Church President
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, of the
Congregational Church of Brook
lyn, was made president of the
U. S. Federal Council of Churches
at the Atlanta conference.
EARTH TREMORS
FELT SATURDAY
Slight Earthquake Shocks Felt
In Eastern and Middle
Western States
Earthquake shocks were felt Sat
urday in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts
and Virginia. In most instances
slight tremors were reported but in
■ Syracuse, N. Y., business buildings
| swayed and frightened occupants
rushed into the streets. In New York,
according to newspaper reports,
tunes were played on crystal chande
: liers, goldfish were washed from their
•.hairs .vase 1 pc UoA hjUWUW!
seen hand, telephones tinkled but no
voice answered and houses “rolled
like ships in the ocean,” amazed re
cipients of the earthquake shock safd
today.
; Visited by such ghostly phenomena, j
people poured from their homes into
j the streets in certain sections where
undulations seemed to reach a crest.
Police and fireman, themselves none
! too sure of the fitness of things, re
assured frightened inhabitants of the
congested quarters where skimpy
! tenement houses were most respon- :
j sive to the restless earth.
Women prayed and children cried, |
| while the movement, the exact nature
! of which was not known by most who
experienced it until later, was on;
then they laughed in relief. Resi- j
dents of the Italian district, many
! of them with tragic memories of oth
er earthquakes, were panic-stricken.
The cause of the earthquake has
| been variously estimated by the spe
cialists. R. B. Hill, in charge of seis
mographs at the Museum of Natural
History, stated that the tremors were
caused by the slipping of a rock mass
along the line known as Logan’s fault
to which the last earthquake expe
rienced here in 1914 was attributed.
A recent published opinion of Dr.
David Todd that an earthquake was
inevitable in New York because in
creased weight constantly was being
placed upon a “fault” which lies in
the bed rock directly beneath the
city, was recalled. The fact that the
tide yesterday reached its lowest
point was considered as having a
possible connection with the tremor.
Efforts to connect the quake with the
recent total eclipse were scoffed at by
scientists who said that danger of an
earthquake was least during a total
eclipse.
The debated question as to whether
the skyscrapers of New York will
ever be tumbled down upon the heads
of its millions of inhabitants was re
newed ■ by the tremors last night.
Opponents of the idea claim that the
solid bed rock upon which the city
is built constitutes an effective safe
ty device.
Others hold to Dr. Todd’s fear~*t>f
the final cave-in of the “fault” with
in the rocks. They point out that
the yawn and the shudders of the
earth last night fulfilled Dr. Todd’s
recent prediction that a major dis
aster here would be preceded by a
“gentle quivering coming from no
where.”
THE HERALD, Johnston’s oldest
and best paper.
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REGULAR SESSION1
Name Grand Jury For Regular
Term March Court; Tax
Releases Made
SUM FOR COUNTY BOOTH
The County Commissioners conven
ed in regular monthly session here
yesterday with every member of the
board present. A full program con
fronted the Board and they are meet
ing again this morning to complete
unfinished business. The following
orders with the exception of a few
minor accounts constitute the work
done yesterday:
Ordered that the valuation on 156
acres of land in Boon Hill township
lying on Neuse River be placed at
$2000 which was listed at $3,680.
This release is made because several
sworn petitions were filed showing
that the buildings on same were tot
ally destroyed by fire on January 39,
1924. This land belongs to Mrs. J.
E. Peele of Boon Hill township.
By petition and the protest of a
number of citizens of Bentonville
township, it was ordered that that
certain piece of road in Bentonville
township across the land of Rev.
Robert Strickland, remain where it
is for the present, it appearing to
the Board that to order the road dis
continued might inconvenience quite
a number of people who travel said
road; and whereas to establish said
road in a new place might bring up
a question of a right of way and
entail considerable expense to the
county.
^Vhereas it appears to this Board
-tiu'O.a pf land belonging* tp P.
B. Chamblee of Oneals township
which is listed 118 acres at $61.87,
has been surveyed and found to be
short 17 acres, this board therefore
orders that Mr. Chamblee be releas
ed of taxes on the 17 acres of land
shown to be short in the survey,
pro rata as per former value.
Ordered that a fill be made at the
Crossing at Buffalo in Wilders town
ship, this fill to be made by G. R.
Stancil and the expense to be borne
by the county not to exceed $150.00.
Ordered that the old coverdd
wagon across Neuse River near
Clayton be condemned by the bridge
commissioners of Wilders township,
and that he have said bridge repair
ed as soon as it can possibly be done.
Ordered that J. T. Phelps be made
Bridge Commissioner of Selma town
ship.
Ordered that ±v. o. iwassengm De
made Bridge Commissioner of Ing
rams township.
Ordered that there be appropriated
$12.00 per month to buy snuff and
tobacco for the inmates of the coun
ty home.
Ordered that there be allowed $13
instead of $12 for burial expenses of
inmates of the county home who may
die while in the home.
Ordered that D. C. Smith be paid
$322.05 for expenses for keeping
county home.
Ordered that Laura Evans be paid
$20 for services as cook at county
home.
Ordered that Herman Johnson be
paid $31.05 for gas and oil for coun
ty home.
Ordered that there be built a 00
foot bridge across Mill Creek in
Meadow township.
Ordered that L. B. Watson be re
leased of poll tax in Wilders town
ship.
Ordered that a ten foot bridge be
built across old Fish Pond branch,
Meadow ToTwnship near Dr. M. L.
Barefoot.
Ordered that James H. Bailey of
Pine Level be allowed $1.50 per
month instead of $3.00 each three
months.
Ordered that a special election be
held in Clayton School District Num
ber 3, Clayton Township on Tuesday,
May 5th, to vote off a special tax of
30 cents on the $100 valuation.
Ordered that $50.00 be appropriat
ed to the local committee of the
Eastern North Carolina Chamber of
Commerce for equipping i Johnston
County Booth at the Exposition to
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