1. Tuesday Found County Board Busy Disposing of Routine Business Largely bills ORDERED P A I D The following items of business were transacted Tuesday by the board of County Commissioners, this being their second session this week. Minor bills besides those listed be low were ordered paid. It appearing that about 25 acres of land in the suburbs of Wilson’s Mills upon which was sitauted one house increasing the valuation of Mrs. G. F Uzzle an error was made in the sum of $44.00, and said facts having been brought to the attention of the Board by Mr. E. R- Gulley, a former member of the Board of County Commissioners, who assisted the local appraisers in making said valuation, and also by Mr. Harry Wil son, this Board has been convinced that an error was made in the assess ment on said property to the extent set forth above. Ordered that B. W. Sugg be paid (36.00 for repairs on engine at coun ty home. Ordered that there be appro priated §400.00 per year to help retain the Johnston County Armory in Smithfield instead of §600 per year as provided by the former board. Ordered that Ad Bivons, who is at present in the Smithfield Hospital critically ill and has no means of support and it appearing that this is ahsolu'' ly a caee of charity, that this Board agrees to be responsible for $10 per month to help defray the expense of caring for him until the county health officer shall deem it necessary to release the county from further burden on the County be cause of said patient. Ordered that H. A. Parker be paid $65.00 for premium on official bonds of J. Ira Lee and M. L. Stancil. Ordered that J. D. Parker, agent Bonding Company, be paid $225 on official bond of Geo. T. Scott, county treasurer. Ordered that Dr. Thel Hooks be paid $35.75 for services as quaran tine officer for January. Ordered that Dr. A. H. Rose be paid $48.50 for services as to vital statistics. Ordered that J. P. Parker be paid $80.00 as follows: stamp account for February, $10.00; bloodhounds to try to catch escaped prisoners, $40.00; H. T, Chapin, two days special depu ty, $10; F. L. Pittman, deputy work, $20.00. Ordered that Miss Minnie Lee Gar rison be paid $83.33 as salary for February as county home demonstra tor. Ordered that C. Q. Stephenson be paid $28.00 for services as court of ficer Recorder’s Court. Ordered that H. V. Rose be paid $100.00 as salary for February as welfare officer. Ordered that Todd Photograph Company, of Rochester, N. Y., be paid $87.50 for protectograph ma chine together with $10,000 or bond ' as protection against raised checkc 1 and vouchers. Ordered that the county attorney take immediate steps to institute a?ain.-t Supt. Hubert H. Hinton of j Wilders township to reimburse the county for funds paid out on account °f damage done by mad dog belong to him. Ordered that Miss Carrie Speight be paid $137.50 as court stenogra pher. Ordered that the official bond of j bk Scott, county treasurer, in the i Sum of $50,000 be approved. Ordered that C. Q. Stephenson be Paid $loo for services 'as jailer for February. Ordered that H. S. Powell be paid y»-)0.54 for electric light generator for county home. 0»tiered that C. Q. Stephenson be Paid $255 for feeding Federal prison eis f°r February. Ordered that G. S. Heywood be Pa'd $74.90 for helping A. M. Pullen (Continued on page four) $10,000 Fire at Old Cotton Mill Early Yesterday Morning Ob Tuesday afternoon what came near being a fatal accident occurred on the highway in the school zone h re, when an automo bile knocked down two little girls Sadie Massey and Margaret Price, as they were crossing the street on their way home from school. The driver of the car is said to have looked hack and then to have speeded on. The little Massey girl was not hurt but little Margaret Price was painfully bruised and suffered shock from the occurence. She has been confined to her bed since the accident as a precaution against the development of pneu monia. .The little girl is the only child of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. S. T. Price, who recently moved here from the Corinth-Holders sec tion. Mrs. C. E. Wilkins Addresses Auxiliary The Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church here held its regular meeting at the church Monday afternoon. At the close of the business session, Mrs. C. E. Wilkins, of Goldsboro, synodi cal secretary of foreign missions, gave an interesting report of the In terdenominational Foreign Mission conference which was held in Wash ington, D. C., the last week in Janu ary and the first week in February. After commenting on the splendid in terdenominational spirit that prevail ed at the cofeienee, Mrs. Wilkins be gan her address which was based on the reports of the various missiona ries at the conference. She spoke of the tremendous growth of foreign mission work in the last few years. She was particularly im pressed with the great improvement in Japan since the first misionaries went there sixty years ago. In 1900 there were 112,000 Christians there and today there are 811,500, she said. In Tokyo alone there are 200 church es and 250 Sunday schools with an enrollment of 250,000. Last year the Japanese contributed mobe than two million dollars for missionary work. Mrs. Wilkins said that some of the missionaries felt confident that if the work continues as successfully as it has been during the past few years, the task in Japan will be completed in the next twenty years. She spoke briefly of the rapid progress that is being made in Korea. In 1900, there were 8,000 converts in Korea, and now there are almost 300,000. Most of the work there is being done by Methodists and Presbyterians, Mrs. Wilkins said. She spoke of how hard it is for the missionaries to reach the Turks and Russians and said that Christianity was practically at a standstill in Turkey and Russia. The speaker said that of all the foreign countries perhaps India was the most nteresting. The ignorance there, she said, is appalling. There are few schools there and many illiter ates. Among the many difficulties to be overcome in that country, she men tioned the evil ®of child-marriages, the degradation of widows, the evils of Confucianism and Buddhism and of the Moslem influence. She said that the Moslem influence had a strong hold on all the countries of the east, and that there was real dan ger of its overcoming Christianity in some countries. However, the out look is better now than ever before, according to Mrs. Wilkins, and many of the people are willing to give up Moslem for Christianity, particularly in Persia. The speaker then mentioned a few of the difficulties with .which the missionaries in Mexico have to cope. Sixty percent of the people there are illiterate, and the missionaries find, it much harder to put the message across than in the western countries. Mission work in the Congo •was also diseused. The work there is very en couraging because the government is upholding it and the Catholics are no longer interfering with it. Mrs. Wilkins said that the church es are making a great effort spread the B;ble and she said that Damage Estimated At Between Ten and Fifteen Thousand Dollars SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION Fire that originated on the second floor of the old cotton mill early yes terday morning caused damage to tTie amount of between ten and fifteen thousand dollars. The fire was dis covered by the night watchman about 2:30 o’clock and he immediately turned in the alarm. The mill fire or ganization was soon on th& scene and the fire extinguished. A spriiTk ler system of fighting fire installed throughout the building no doubt pre vented the entire structure from be ing destroyed. A big part of the damage was caused by water. Spon taneous combustion is assigned as the only plausible cause for the fire. The fire started in one of the machines, and spread rapidly through the sec ond floor, lint from the cotton aid ing the spread of the flames.. The loss is partly covered by insurance. INTERESTIN PROGRAM WED NESDAY OF EXPOSITION Wednesday of the Exposition at Smithfield, Johnston County, will be an entirely new program from any thingg the Expositon has ever had, and yet a program that all Eastern Carolina will be interested in. Following the regular band concert and free act, Wednesday afternon, will be the first sectional baby show ever held in the Eastern part of the State. A real treat for **he little tots from eighteen months old up to thir ty-six months old. None under nor over that age will get in. This will be open to any white child in John ston county. The full set of rules and regulations will be sent out later, but is is enough to say now, that you had better begin to trim that boy’s hair and curl the little girls’ locks, so that the boy will win and the girl will win in this contest. There will be two separate contests, one for the boy babies and one for the girl ba bies. This promises to be a real treat, an unusual entertainment for all who attend. Wednesday evening will be the an nual Style Show which will be even bigger and prettier than ever before and that will be going some. Mer chants from all over Eastern Caro lina will have living models to show off their waearing apparel. The an nual Style Show has become one of the leading features of the Annual Exopsition. Everybody likes to see the beautiful women and handsome men all dolled up in expensive and fashoinable clothes. Don’t miss Wed nesday. You will certainly regret it if you do. TO CONSIDER HAM— RAMSEY MEETING Mr. F. H. Brooks, chairman of the Committee appointed by the Laymen’s Federation to communi cate with Mr. M. F. Ham relative to the proposed revival to be held here during the latter part of May has received a letter from Mr. Earl S. Rogers stating that Mr. W. J. Ramsey, singer and leader, w ill be here on Monday, March 16, to con; ult with the preachers and laymen of the county with refer ence to the meeting and advise with reference to the place of holding the same.. The Laymen are therefore calling together the preachers of all denominations as well as laymen and women who are interested, to meet at the Meth odist church on Monday afternoon, March 16, at four o’clock to confer with Mr. Ramsey and decide defi nitely to have the meeting, and if so to make plans preparatory to the same. 1925 would be significant in the trans lation and dissemination of the Bible. She said that there is now no lan guage or dialect, no nation or* tribe in th#world where the Bible or at least some portion of it is not ac cessible. ^ ^ The address was full of informa tion and was enjoyed by all present. MIDGE JAKES i OAIJJIF OFFICE Assumes Presidential Duties jWith Modest Inauguration Program FIREWORKS FROM DAWES •Washington, Mar. 4.—Calvin Cocl idge calmly and quietly assumed the duties of the presidency today for fojixr more years, and Charles G. I'awes swept into the vicepresidency with a velocity that shattered many precedents. In a brief inaugural ceremony, which never deviated from the decor ous program laid down by him long in advance, Mr. Colidge renewed h’is oath of office on his grandmother’s Bible and in a short inaugural ad dress restated his policies of govern mental frugality. But General Dawes furnished a succession of surprises and thrills that stirred senatorial ire. First, he ! read the riot act to the senate on the necessity of revising its rules to out law the one-man filibuster. Then, in ! stead of swearing in the new sena ! tors in fours, as is the time-honored | custom, he ordered them brought up in a bunch to save time. Then he cut short the ceremony ox senators sign ing the book, and finally, without any senator having made a motion to that effect, he anounced that the deliberative body would proceed to attend the inauguration of President ; Coolidge outside. The various governors gathered for the inaugguration were on the senate floor, and when Governor Nel lie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, her slen der form attired entirely in black, came in on Senator Warren’s arm, there was much hand-clapping in her honor. A moment later Mrs. Coolidge came down the steps of the gallery to her place beside her husband’s father. The crowded galleries noted her ar rival and stood in silent greeting and until she had taken her seat. Below the formal announcements of distinguished guests were contin uous. The diplomatic corps came in two abreast, clad in the glittering uniforms prescribed by custom. Then came the black robed figures of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Taf t, and the crowd on the floor and in the galleries stood while the justices took their places. Mem bers of the cabinet were ushered to seats in the well before the desk, and when Mr. Dawes appeared to take his place beside Senator Cummins, there w7as a burst of handclapping which grew into a, thunder of applause a moment later as Mr. Coolidge came down the center isle and took a seat at the front, surrounded by his uni formed military and naval aides. Inaugguration of a vice-president is a simple process. Senator Cum mins, as president of the senate, read the brief oath, and as Mr. Dawes made his pledge the hands on the big clock were swinging to the noon hour, aft er having been set back several times to meet the delay of getting the big chamber filled with its company of great folks. The senate, amid laugh ter, declared the hour of noon at hand, and announced the adjournment by law of the old senate. Mr. Dawes immediately convened the^new senate and delivered his assault on senate rules. Outside in the plaza, where the high inaugural stand and its pillared canopy masked the great stone steps of the capitol, trim lines of marines had aided in guiding the gathering thousands to their places. Just be low the stand the marine was posted a blaze of color in full dress scarlet tunics and caps. Places reserved for the company that had trooped out from the senate chamber quickly were filled. Then, the crash of a trumpet flourish an nounced that the President was com ing and hats came #ff through the crowds Mr. Coolidge came down to the reading stand with Mrs.«Coolidge on his arm and when they were seat ed Chief Justice Taft ftse from his place and stepped forward to admin ister the oath. His words were caught up by the great amplifiers that surrounded th«# President’s Dad At Inauguration lA.UTOCACTE.Hn Col. John Coolidge of Plymouth Vt., who by the light of a coal-oil lamp and the old family bible ad ministered the oath of office co his son at the -death of Pres. Harding, made the. trip to Washington for the inauguration this week. Prof. Collier Cobb To Show Pictures ® There is a treat in store for the people of Smithfield tonight at the court house by Prof. Collier Cobb, of the State University at Chapel Hill. Professor Cobb is sent out through the Extension department of the Uni versity, and therefore there is no charge for the evening’s program, which consists of pictures explained by Professor Cobb, who has visited the scenes he shows. The pictures shown tonight will probably be from Japan. Thi§ entertainment is being sponsored by the Parent-Teacher As sociation. The program will begin at 8 P. M., and the public is cordially invited. J. G. Keen Is Laid To Rest Funeral services for Mr. James G. Keen were held at the home of the deceased in Wayne County March 2, by Rev. Mr. Yarborough and Rev. Mr. Henderson, pastor of Selab Chris tian church, of which e hurch Mr. Keen had been a member for a num ber of years. Interment followed in the family cemetery near the home. The floral offerings were very pretty. Mr. Keen had been in feeble health for the past three years, suffering from paralysis. He died Sunday aft ernoon at 6:15 o’clock. Mr. Keen was seventy years old, and was one of the prominent and prosperous farm ers of his section. He is survived by hjs widow, two sons, James Roy Keene, of Smith field, and George Keen, who resides at the home, and five daughters: Mesdames Snead, at Dunn; Blackman, of Goldsboro; Barefoot, of Four Oaks; Wilkinson, of Princeton; and Miss Arah Lee Keen, who also resides at home, besides a number of grand children. MICRO SCHOOL NEWS The Micro High School Literary Society met last Wednesday after noon at 2:30 o’clock and elected their spring term officers, which are as follows: president, Carl Hatcher; vice-president, Herbert Jones; secre tary, Mildred Crumpler; treasurer, Sadie Atkinson; reporter, Helen Star ling; Critic, Mrs. Margaret Parham; sponsor, Miss Sudie Wellington; pro gram committees: Ora Peel, Ruth Bagley and Carl Hatcher. We accept members from the sixth and seventh grades and always wel come visitors. Micro, March 4. stand and lurked in recesses about the plaza. Every sentence carried clear to the farthest spectator and there was rapt attention. The President’s words in taking1 the oath were un heard except by those closest about him but there was a ripple of ap plause as he touched the old Bible to seal his covenant. The crowd re alized that the actual1 inauguration was over. The inauguuration crowd, due to the curtailment of the usual spectacle by the President’s orders, was far below the multitude that have^ome before to see Presidents inaugurat ed. There were plenty ofttpersons, however, to janT?