GENERAL assembly
FINISHES SESSION
Session Characterized by The
Cutting Out of Non-Essen
tials. Public Owned Autos
Not For Private Use.
appointments ARE MADE
(By M. L. Shipman)
Raleigh, March 16.—The ceremo
nies marking the close of the Gener
al Assembly were interesting, as they
amost always are. Scarcely one of
the 169 men and one woman who had
been here for sixty-three days fight
ing, struggling, worrying and argu
ing on the floors of the two cham
bers but felt an odd tightening in the
throat when the gavel in the two
houses fell at precisely the same mo
ment and the General Assembly of
1925 was declared adjourned sine
die at eleven thirty on Tuesday eve
ning, March 10th. The two halls of
the Assembly are exactly opposite
witli the rotunda of the building inter
vening. The two doors were swung
wide open, the President of the Sen
ate and the Speaker of the House
stood gavels in hand ready for the fi
nal “drop”. The reading clerks called ,
the rolls, slowly and solemnly, the
answers of the members lined along
each side of the aisles in two long
lines extending from the presiding
officers’ desks to the doors, were ech
oed faintly in both chambers. Simul
taneously with the response to the
last name called, the two gavels fell
with a thud, the members waked up,
told one another goodbye, and it was
all over for another two years, un
it - an emergency shall arise which
necessitates anotbf*1 special session.
The calendars of both houses were
cleared of all important bills and the
members went home "with full assur
ance that they had completed the job.
Bills were put through with surpris
ing rapidity during the closing days
of the session and state officialdom is
busy trying to ascertain exactly what
has been done to them. Some of those
holding major, and others occupying
minor positions are “slightly disfig
ured hut still in the ring.’’ The state
and Insurance departments no longer
exercise the privilege of collecting
revenuues, otherwise their activities
will be unhampered by any act of the
General Assembly, barring the trans
fer of the supervision of the “Blue
Sky Law” from the Insurance de
partment to the Corporation Commis
sion. This was recommended by Com
missioner Wade early in the session,
and he is shedding no tears over the
passing from his hand of an agency
which has bred trouble from the very
beginning of its operations in the
State.
Differences between the Senate and
House of Representatives over the
Revenue Act were adjusted late Tues
day afternoon when the House prac
tically capitulated to the upper branch
of the Assembly. The two branches
abo finally found themselves in agree
ment touching the provisions of the
bill carrying appropriations to the va
riou State charitable, penal and edu
cational institutions, but the Nettles
bill providing increase in the pension
fur.d for the benefit of exconfederate
soldiers and widows met its Waterloo
“> the Senate through parliamentory
tactics started by Burgwyn, of Nor
thampton, who proposed a tax of one
cent on the hundred dollars worth of
property, in lieu of the tax of one
cent on theatre tickets provided in
the Nettles bill. “Class legislation”
"«s the cry of the opposition to tne
House bill and survivors of the “days
which tiied men’s souls” will have to
struggle along on the small pittance
whkh has been doled out to them
during the last biennial period. And
*hat is a reason.- The line is rapidly
.thinning, and the influence in poli
^1CS ' no longer a factor to be reck
oned with. The legislators say fine
wiings about his valor and deeds of
daring but vote additional appropri
ates to institutions the very exist
er-ce of which is due to the courageous
^ and of these men in their early man
°0(i and through the years that have
' Shaved the historical event at Ap
pomattox. 0
Repeated attempts to put through
( ® dd permitting State Treasurer B.
1 '• aey to retire on half-pay were de
t) ^urn to page five, pleasej
v Grass on Lung
[Avtocastci^ 1
I ■■ ■■
Jeannette 'English, 11 years old,
of San Antonio, Tex., who has liv
ed for four years with a blade of
grass on her lung. Citizens sub
scribed a thousand dollars for an
operation.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
MEETS TONIGHT
The Johnston County Medical So
ciety will meet in regular session in
Selma, Tuesday night, March 17th, at
8 o’clock in the office of Drs. Vick
and Person.
The following will be the program:
Dr. A. S. Oliver—Treatment for
Cuts and Bruises.
Dr. Thel Hooks—Cause and Treat
ment for frequent Urinations.
Dr. G. S. Coleman—Frequency, Dif
ferential Diagnosis, and Treat
ment of Pleurisy.
Dr. W. J. B. Orr—Diagnosis, Med
ical and Surgical Treatment for
Pyelitis and Complications.
A good attendance is expected for
this meeting.
L. D. WHARTON, Pres.
C. C. MASSEY, Sec.-Treas.
Mr. C. S. Warren Is
Elected School Supt.
At a special meeting of the Smith,
field school board last Wednesday
night, Mr. C. S. Warren, superin
tendent of the Mount Olive school,
was unanimously elected to head the
schools of Smithfield for next year.
Superintendent Franks tendered his
resignation several weeks ago, hav
ing decided to practice law, and since
that time, a number of applications
have been considered and several in
terviews with school men held.
The newly elected superintendent is
a native of Tennessee, but received
a part of his education in North Car
olina, graduating from Duke Univer
sity in 1910. He has made teaching
his profession, and comes highly re
commended as a school man. Mr.
Warren was in the city yesterday in
conference with the school board. '
Archer Lodge Leads
In Average Attendance
Archer Lodge leads Johnston coun
ty consolidated schools in average at
tendance for the school month ending
February 13. The records for the
consolidated schools are as follows:
Enr’llm’t-Att’nce-Av’ge
Archer Lodge .232 211 90.9
Meadow . 250 225 90.0
Four Oaks .-.578 519 89.7
Kenly . 4Q3 409 88.1
Princeton..452 388 85.8
Br*gden - 220 188 85.4
Corinth-Holders .299 254 85.0
Glendale .__.309 238 77.2
Pine Level ..278 214 76.9
Micro . 430 330 76.7
Wilson’s Mills .278 199 71.6
FLAGS FLYING IN SMITHFIELD
Plans sponsored by the Kiwanis
Club to decorate Smithfield with Unit
ed States flags are being pr.t into
operation this week. The decoration
is in line with "the Shenandoah system
of decorating, and when completed
will give our town quite a gala ap
pearance.
B. Y. P. U. Rally at Antioch
Stop, stand stock still, and decide
to attend the B. Y. P. U. Rally at
Antioch, March 22, at one-thirty
o’clock. Good music and addresses.
Be on tii#.
I
BENSON JOINS IN
KIWAN1S AFFAIR
Entre Nous Club Enjoys De
light Entertainment With
Mrs. W. T. MaMrtin
As Hostess.
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
Benson, March 16.—A joint meet
ing of the Kiwanis Clubs of Johnston
County held in Smithfield Thursday
evening at 7:15 was one f the finest
meetings ever held in the county. Mr.
E. J. Wellons, president of the Smith
field club, delivered the address of
welcome. Mr. A. M .Noble, chairman
of the program committee, acted as
toastmaster. The invocation was pro
nounced by Rev. J. E. Blalock, of
Benson. Response to the address of
welcome were made by Dr. A. S. Oli
ver, of Benson, and F. H. Atkinson,;
Selma, presidents of the respective
clubs. Governor M .A. Briggs, of
Durham, spoke*on ‘‘The Meaning of
Kiwanis.” C. A. Creech, of Smith
field, made a splendid talk on “We
Build.” C. P. Harper, of Selma, in
his remarks mentioned the building
of highway No. 22, the improved con
ditions on the farip, and said that
the jealousy in the towns that used
to exist is fast passing away, and
that we are all working for the com
mon interest of Johnston County.
We have more confidence in ourselves
and in the future than ever before.
Rev. J. E. Blalock of Benson had for
his subject “Co-operation.” He gave
some fine illustrations. He brought
out the fact that the county seat has
a most difficult part to play. Being
the center of activities other towns
and the country people are inclined
to be jealous. They have a big re
sopnsibility to satisfy all. Dr. J. A.
Ellis of Raleigh delivered the main
address of the occasion. His subject
was “What Kiwanis Represents.” He
reviewed the growth of the Kiwanis
Club since its organization ten years
ago by a little group of a half dozen
to 13,000 at the present time. He
mentioned briefly some of its accom
plishments: sad hearts made light, un
fortunates aided, undernourished chil
dred fed, boys and girls helped in
college, etc. Dr. Ellis says Kiwanis
is the spirit of boosting. The way to
build is to boost, to arouse interest,
inspire and encourage the other fel
low. Knock and you are on the shelf.
The fellow on the topmost round is
the booster. Things d not start them
selves. Kiwanis spirit in action is
akin to Him who said, “Rise, take up
thy bed and walk.” N. G. Bartlett,
secretary Eastern Carolina Chamber
o fCommerce, was a guest and re
viewed the attractions of the Exposi
tion to be in the county to put this
big event over. He paid a tribute to
the Women’s Division on the work
they are doing on behalf cf the expo
sition. Mrs. W. J. B. Orr delighted
the clubs with a couple of solos—
“Maggie” and “Put Away a Ray of
Sunshine for a Rainy Day”. The dis
tinguished band of Selma added
greatly to the evening’s entertain
ment. Gordon Whittaker is the di
rector of this wonderful band. A va
riety of instruments were used, a fry
ing pan and a coffee pot being the
sweetest toned. The music of the
band as a whole was good, but when
each one played a solo every lover of
music was bound to say “with that
none could compare.” The Woman’s
Club served a delightful menu con
sisting of pineapple, chicken, dress
ing, garden peas, candied potatoes,
potato salad, rolls, coffee and lemon
pie.
Mrs. W. T. Martin was hostess to
the Entre Nous Club and several in
vited guests Friday afterneon from
four to six o’clock. A splendid mu
sical program had been arranged by
Mesdames Hugh Flowers and R. L.
Bryant. Those taking part on the
program were: Mesdames A. S. Oli
ver, Hugh Flowers, Miss Wilhelmi
na Utley and Miss Florence Johnson.
Mrs. Parlia Hudson gave one of Ed
gar Guests poems. After the program
a contest, “a musical journey”, was
very interesting. Mrs. J. W. Parrish,
the winner, w as ^presented with a
string of choker brad'.. She ii@turn
presented the beads to Mrs. Erskine
Honeycutt, a recent bride and guest
j|. (Turn to page four, please)
GRAND JURY MAKES
REPORT TO COURT
The Jail, Convict Cam|), and
County Home Were Found
in Satisfactory Sanitary
Condition. ©
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
The Grand Jury completed its work
Wednesday and submitted the follow
ing report to Judge Bond who pre
sided over the term of Superior Court
which has just closed:
We, the Grand Jury, beg to submit
the following report:
1st—We wish to return our "thanks
to the court for the courteous treat
ment we have received at the hands
of the court and to the solicitor for
his willingness at all times to assist j
us in the performance of our duties.
2nd—We have examined all bills
of indictment presented to us by the <
court, and^ have made true returns
on the same in accordance with the
evidence in the case.
3rd—We have revised the list of
guardians and find nothing irregular
so far as we know.
4th—We have visited the county
jail and find same in excellent condi
tion. The best of sanitary conditions
prevail. We recommend that the
prisoners have no liberty outside the
cells.
5th—We have visited all the offices
in the court house and find them in
excellent condition so far as we are
able to ascertain. The respective of
fice)'; were cordial and accommodat
ing-, We find that the treasurer is dis
tributing the county money in the
difi rent banks of the county, which
we think should be done. We find that
he has not collected all office fees,
and we suggest that he collect same
as soon as possible. a
6th—On visiting the county home
we find same in a good, sanitary con
dition. We recommend that Mary
Stancil be discharged as coo.k. We
also recommend that there be at least
one acre of ground planted in fruit
trees. We also recommend that all
the bed linen be kept laundered. We
also recommend that aril beds that
have no bed-springs be furnished with
springs. We find one milk qpw, and
we recommend that at least one more
be put there.
7th—We visited the convict camp
and find same in good, sanitary con
dition. We talked with the convicts
and they informed us that they are
well fed and clothed. We recommend
that Smithfield township buy at least
eight hogs and put at the convict
camp to eat the slops that they have
there. We also recommend that there
be a report made quarterly by the
superintendent of the" convict camp
to the chairman of the County Com
missioners, of what he receives and
what he pays out.
8th—We recommend that the Jus
tices of the Peace of the county take
notice of the fact that country stores
and other businesses are opened for
buisness on the Sabbath, and that the
law be enforced with regards thereto.
R. U. BARBER,
Foreman Grand Jury.
March 11, 1925.
Capture Whiskey At
Jo-Tex Filling Station
Saturday afternoon police officers
searched the storage room back of
the filling station belonging to Mr.
S. B. Jones and found a small quan
tity of whiskey and a half-dozen fruit
jars. It had been reported that some
of the employes of the filling sta
tion were handling whiskey and the
search revealed the fact that there
was a small amount of liquor in the
building. No warrants have been is
sued.
Death of a Baby
The ten months old baby of Mr.
Mrs. Leon Cole of Bentonville Town
ship died Wednesday morning after
an illness of a week with pneumnia.
The bereaved parents have the sym
pathy of the^omunity in their sor
siness, so will pco^cows break a
dairyman.
row.
Bad accounts wdll bankrupt a bwl
JOHNSTON CO. EVAN
GELISTIC CAMPAIGN
At a mass meeting held here yes
terday afternoon, it was decided to
send an invitation to the Ham
Ramsey organization to hold a
meeting here this spring. The
matter has been agitated for some
time, the Laymen’s Federation
taking an active interest, and yes
terday Mr. Ramsey was present at
the mass meeting to answer any
questions that were not clear. The
expense of the meeting, which will
be held in the Farmers’ Warehouse,
will probably be betw'een five and
six hundred dollars a week for the
four weeks which the meeting is
expected to run. Three men, Mr.
Ham, Mr. Ramsey, the singer, and
Mr. Rogers, pianist and secretary,
constitute the organization. If Mr.
Ham accepts the invitation, he will
probably come l^jre the latter part
of May, following a meeting to be
held in Burlington.. The matter
will be presented in the churches
next Sunday and it is desired that
every denomination in the county
co-operate in making this evange
listic campaign a success.
PINK ROSE IS
GIVEN FREEDOM
Tink Rose, of \Vayne (®ounty, and
his co-defendant, Leslie Simmons, co
lored* also of Wayne, charged with
the shooting of Allen Howell last De
cember, were acquitted in the Super
ior Court here last Saturday morn
ing after a trial lasting through three
days. The jury was charged at the
close of day Friday and that night
was spent without reaching a verdict.
They reported at nine o’clock Satur
day morning that they were hopeless
ly undecided, eight standing for ac
quittal and fow for conviction. Judge
Bond, by consent of the solicitor, ac
cepted the vgrdict of the majority for
the state, artd the two men were set
free. ®
This brought to a close a four
weeks session o£, Superior Court here.
After a recess of two weeks, court
will again open here on a civil term.
Car Turns Over
Near Smithfield
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Thursday afternoon an accident
which might have proved more disas
trous than it did occurred .between
here and Wilson’s Mills, when the
automobile belonging to Mr. Joe
Parrish and driven by his young son
turned over, spilling five children.
The children had been to a neighbor’s
on an errand and were returning to
their home, about six o’clock. Some
v'ay the wheels of the car became
locked, and striking a sand bed, the
car turned over. Fortunately only
two of the occupants were hurt, and
these two not seriously. The two in
jured were twins about six years old,
Benjamin and Byrum. One received
a severe cut on the nose requiring
eight or ten stitches, the other was
cut above the eye. All five were chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Parrish.
A man plowing in a field saw the
accident and brought them to Smith
field for medical treatment.
CLAYTON TOWNSHIP BABY*
SHOW
A preliminary Baby Contest for
Clayton township for the Eastern
Carolina Exposition in Smithfield,
April 15th, will be held in Clayton,
March 18th ,in the Clayton School au
ditorium at 3:30 p. m. All boys and
girls between the ages of eighteen
months and thirty-six months are eli
gible for the contest. The prettiest
girl and the most attractive boy se
lected will be sent to Smithfield to
the Exposition to compete for the
following prizes: first, S25; second,
S15; and third, $10.
For further information, see or
phone Mrs. J. M. Turley, Chm.
The first carload of eggs to be
shipped co-operatnely from Eastern
North Carolina-Jeft Washington Wed
nesday. That'rc a date to be marked
(j§^>wn on the calem|ar. The car con
tained 20Jjj|Cases oTrthirty dozen eggs
each an J^br ought SI,458.40 to the
farmers co-operating.—News and Ob
server.
HOLD COUNTYWIDE
KIWANIS MEETING
Towns In County Bury The
Hatchet and Extol The
Virtues of Cood Old
Johnston.
OUT-OF-TOWN SPEAKERS
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(By George Y. Ragsdale)
Selma, Benson and Smithfield
joined hands here last Thursday
night over the festive board of Ki
wanis and staged the grandest lay
out that Johnston County has seen in
many a day. There are three and on
ly three Kiwanis Clubs in this old
county of ours, and those three clubs
through their respective members
threw aside all personal grievances
and political animosities and extolled
Johnston County and Kiwanis to the
skies. It was a sight to behold. Such
handshaking you have seldom seen
in this town. •
The basement of the school house
was the scene of much joviality be-,
fore the president of the Smithfield
club called the meeting to order.
Handshaking and shoulder slapping
were th<* order of the day. After thf
invocation, which was preceded by
“America”, that old Kiwanis song
“Howdy-Do” was unloosed at both
the visiting clu?>s and Secretary Bart
lett of the Eastern Carolina Chamber
of Commerce had the last stanza
sung to him. Then the grape fruit
proved appetizing.
Welcome and responses were then
sent t hrough the basement room,
where Rice teaches science in the
daytime but is careful not to mention
evolution, and Tom Atkinson and Dr.
Adlai Oliver, presidents of the Sel
ma and Benson Clubs respectively,
said they were “glad to be here.”
Food, and then Lieutenant Governor
M. A. Briggs, of Durham, held sway
for about five minutes. He inter
spersed his sound logic with keen wit
and humor, reviewing in what man
ner and in what spirit things could
be best accomplished by Clubs in ac
tion.
lhe Boozza Band of the Selma
Club, by wierd yet harmonious sounds,
had the attention of the 110 people
present for more than ten minutes.
After several selections they sang
the “Mule Song.’’ (We are of the
opinion that this classic is from Aida)
and Walter Jordan? Doctor Orr, Walt
Fuller, T. R. Hood and Albert Noble
received free advertisements.
There were other stunts of lesser
importance and more or less success
ful, but the Band won the laurels that
night. Guests agreed with The Smith
field Herald, according to the®way
Gordon JVhitaker, Press Agent for
the Band, put it, that it was “pretty
good for a Selma organization.”
Chas. A. Creech, District Trustee
and member of the local Club, outdid
himself on this occasi8n, and made
the best speech of his careei, accord
ing to a goodly number of local Ki
wanians. Mr. Creech spoke on some
thing Johnston County has been lack
ing in: namely, the spirit of co-opera
tion between the towns of the county.
That is what the county needs more
than anything else, in his opinion, if
we are to get the things we want, if
we are to get the things we need.
Dr. Jack Ellis, member of the Ra
leigh Kiwanis Club and principal
speaker of the evening, spoke at
length on “Kiwanis in Action”, or
“And That Is Kiwanis”. He employed
| the various means of public activities
as the basis of his speech, and ended
up every time by saying “and that is
Kiwanis”, for those are the things
j that Kiwanis does, those are the ways
in which Kiwanis Clubs make better
places in which to live.
The Johnston County Kiwanis Ban
quet, served by the ladies of the
Smithfield Woman’s Club, is over.
But that banquet will long be remem
bered, and the spirit of that meeting
will invade every town and corner of
the co.unty. There were two citizens
present as guests of the three Clubs
■ from Clayton, Princeton and Kenly.
1 They saw what co-operation and
county pride would mean if we had it.
And we shall ©ve it if the intention
I of that meetii^^beoomos a reality.
Mr. B. C. Cdpeland, of Goldsboro,
: was in the city yesterday.