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Highway Commission Accepts Johnston’s Offer of $500‘000 Contract To Be Let on May 5 For Thirty-Seven Miles \ of Concrete Pavement \ on Route No. 22 COUNTY LENDS MONEY The biggest achievement of John ston County yet, perhaps, is the step taken at the last meeting of the Board of County Commissioners and ■which was approved by the State Highway Commission at a meeting held in Raleigh Wednesday, April 15, to build a hard surfaced road through the county from the Harnett line to the Wilson line. The county came to gether, party lines fading out, on the proposition that Johnston County lend the Highway Commission $500, 000 to help put this road through the county without delay,i and ,in time, as the State fund for Johnston county accumulates, will pay back the $500, 000. When the State Highway Com mission meets on May 5, the contract for expending this half a million dol lars will be let. This project will cov er a distance of thirty-seven miles on the stretch known as Number 22, and the road will pass Benson, Four Oaks, Smithfield, Selma, Micro, and Ivenly. At an early date work is expected to begin on concreting the stretch of number 10 from this city to Golds boro, completing the link in the west to east highway. It has been report- j ed that the farmers along this route, which has been changed to go by Sel ma, Pine Level and Princeton have been notified not to plant crops on the surveyed area. When these roads are paved John ston County will have over sixty miles of paved road. CHOIRS FEATURE LAST DAY OF EXPOSITION The last day of the Exposition was given over to the choirs of Johnston County and one from Harnett which furnished plenty of old-fashioned singing. A purse of $175 was divided equally among the choirs, those par ticipating being Clayton, Selma, R. F. D., Corinth, Johnston Union, and Duke and a Harnett County chorus. The crowd on this the last day of the exposition did not match the crowds that usually attend the vocal unions^ held in Johnston County every fifth Sunday, but the singing was enjoy ed by tho?e who were present. PARADE ON SCHOOL DAY DRAWS CROWD Beautiful Decorated Floats and Hundreds of School Children In Line of March The school parade put on Friday afternoon by hundreds of school chil dren in Johnston County was quite a success from every standpoint. Num bers of beautiful decorated floats were in the line of march besides hun dreds of school children who marched with the colors of their schools fly ing. A prize had been offered for the grade putting on the most artistic float and Benson float No. 34 was awarded first place. This was a pa triotic float representing America. The second prize was awarded the seventh grade of Smithfield, the float representing the queens of the Ex position. The eighth grade of .the Four Oaks school won third place. A prize was offered the rura* schools in the county for the school having the largest per cent of its enrollment in the parade. The winning school has not yet been determined and Secretary Bartlett asks that the principals of each school in the pa rade send him at once the enrollment of their schools and the per cent of the enrollment marching in the pa rade. A Card of Thanks We wish to extend our thanks and Jppreeiation to each ajpl every one that assisted in any way at the fire v>'e had last Thursday morning. J. W. POOLE and SISTER, o TO SPEAK ON KU KLUX KLAN A speaker of note from the national headquarters at Atlanta, Ga., will deliver a lecture on the Ku Klux Klan at the court house here Wednesday evening, April 22, at eight o’clock. The speaker, we are informed, will explain what the Klan is, what it stands for, its plan of organization, and give other information about this grow ing order. Both the ladies and men are cordially invited to attend this speaking. STEWARTS WENT TO THEIR DEATH FRIDAY Case Hard Fought Through Su preme Court; Salary and i Wage CoiTSjttiission To Meet (By M. L. Shipman) Raleigh, Apr. 20.—C. W. Stewart and son Elmer went to their deaths in the electric chair Friday, after an appeal for executive clemency failled. The men confessed to committing the murders of Deputy Sheriff Leon George and Deputy U. S. Marshal Sam Lily in Brunswick county last year. The case was hard fought through the Supreme Court and the Governor sought for a way to save the boy, at least, from death but found that his conscientious duty would not allow him to exercise clem ency. The Salary and Wage Commission, which is to cut salaries of state em ployees and eliminate unnecessary helpers, has been called by the Gov ernor to meet in his office on Thurs day, April 23, and in preparation for the meeting heads of departments and institutions have been instructed to have ready a list of their employees, together with their duties and the salary each one receives. Much comment has been aroused about the capital by publication of an article telling about the 400-dollar bathtub, with electrical devices at tached, which it is said will be in stalled in the Executive Mansion at the State’s expense. It is remarked that though $50,000 was allowed by the Legislature for repairing the venerable pile of rocks that does ser vice as the Governor’s residence, still it is not considered advisable to pro vided equipment that almost million aires do not have. The proposal does not dovetail in the McLean program of economy. The feeling prevails here that $50,000 could be used to Reu ter acccur.t in the construction of n new residence for the Governor than in repairing the present one. If the Governor should decide to halt this work on the old building his action would be generally approved. It would be economy in the long run. The new office building for the Revenue Department will be com pleted during the summer. Contracts totalling $379,233.90 have been let and work will go ahead at once. The Legislature allowed $500,000 for the work, but this will not complete the building. The frame for a five-story building will be finished during the summer and the basement, first and second floors completed in entirety. The rest will remain to be finished at a later date. The Attorney General has given an informal ruling that directors of banks are to be considered as offi cers and as such are to be included under the stringent regulations made for loans to officers of banks by the recent Legislature. Heretofore, the directors have not been considered of ficers. A final opinion on the subject will be made by Mr. Brummitt in the near future, so that bank directors may know to what extent they may patronize the banks of which they are “officers.” The High Schools of the State have received during the wledl $109,000 •from the special appropriation allot ted to them by the Legislature. This money is distributed o« application and under certain regulations by the State Department of Education. I l'*) H. P. STEVENS TELLS COTTON PROSPECTS — Writes From Dallas Tex., That Prospects Are Most Prom ising For Years In Entire Pelt, CONDITIONS FAVORABLE Johnston County, the first cotton county in the State, will be interest- . ed in first hand information concern ing the prostpects for the cotton crop for 1925 throughout the South. Mr. Harry P. Stevens of this city repre senting Parrish & Co., of New York City, is now in Dallas, Texas, and will be in that vicinity for the next! two or three weeks, and he has writ er, we find that the climatic condi ditions and prospects. This is what Mr. Stevens has to say: Conditions and prospects for a cot- j ton crop in the entire belt are the most promising for years, with the possible exceptions of Texas and Ok lahoma; Noting these exceptions lat er, we find that teh climactic condi- ; tions are exceedingly favorable. Plen ty of moisture up to this time and no excesses The preparations for plant ing have been thorough. Sufficient la bor to meet all needs. Indicated in crease in the use of fertilizers, also a small increase in acreage. Planting is well under way in the extreme Southern States. In Texas there is a multitude of territory with various and sundry conditions existing. In the Rio Grande Valley, extend ing to Corpus Christi, there have been sufficient rains to give the plants a nice start. There is a considerable increase in acreage in that belt. In South Texas, there have been light to hard rains, scattered through out the territory. These rains are scarcely sufficient to bring up the planted cotton. In Central Texas, Hearne to Waco, the ground is well prepared and there is urgent need for sufficient moisture to plant. In North and North East Texas, the ground is well prepared. There have been light to hard rains through out this entire section. (These rains are from what we would term thun der clouds back East.) Planting in this entire belt is progressing nicely. South West Texas is extremely dry (Continued on page eight) COUNTY EXHIBIT IS MUCH ADMIRED Sand Table Picture of Model Community; Posters Tell of Johnston’s Rank AT STATE FAJR IN FALL The Johnston County exhibit at the Exposition attracted the attention of more “Expositioners” than any other exhibit in the hall. Young and old alike stopped to see the model com munity in Johnston County display ed on a large sandtable covering a double space in the Exposition build ing. The church, the school, the home —three factors that make any com munity worth living in—were shown, around which was every modern im provement that an ideal rural com munity needs. A paved highway, au tomobiles, a radio at the school, tel ephone lines, water and lights, rural free delivery, were all in evidence to say nothing of the well arranged barn, the up-to-the-minute poultry house, the garage, latticed fences with trailing rose vines, wire fencing sep arating the pastures, chicken range, and vegetable garden which was re plete with growing vegetables, and a hot bed and cold frame. The farm was stocked with cattle, hogs, chick ens and ducks. The school ground was equipped with playground apparatus made by one of the grades from the Selma Graded school. School trucks, trucks loaded with miniature loads of cotton and loads of tobacco were shown on the highway. A Texaco filling station, for which this enterprising firm com peted with other oil companies in this section, was a part of the model community. A background was form ed of forests of pines, holly, dogwood and other trees and shrubbery in digenous to this locality. Posters on the wall gave salient facts to the passers-by about Johnston County. One placard told that this county is first in the production of cotton, in the production of sweet potatoes, in the number of hogs, and in the num ber of mules. Another placard told that the county is second in the pro duction of corn, serial crops, vegeta bles, chickens and eggs. Still another gave the names of the ten towns in Johnston County, while on a fourth placard the county was given credit for having a full time health officer, (Continued on page eight) Arthur Narron Again Nominated Mayor The biggest crowd perhaps that ever assembled in a town convention was in the court house last night to name the city officers for another term ol two years. J. A. Narron, the present mayor won over two others nominated in the convention by a good majority on the first ballot. Mrs. Joe Davis placed Mayor Nar ron in nomination which was second ed in an eloquent speech by Mr. W. H. Lyon. Mr. Lawrence Brown nom inated Mr. J. W. Stephenson and Mr. Arthur Wallace seconded him, while Mrs. T. J. Lassiter nominated Mr. T. C. Young, his nomination being seconded by Mr. T. R. Hood. Both Mr. Narron and Mr. Stephenson had announced themselves as candidate, while Mr. Young did not come out openly until his name was placed before the convention. The vote when counted stood Narron 222; Stephenson 70; Young 71. Mayor Narron placed his candidacy on actual achievement during his administra tion and easily won over his oppon ent. He was called upon for a one minute speech, and responded with appropriate words of appreciation for the honor given him and pledging the town the best administration of which he is capable. A nomination in Smithfield is virtual election, only one ticket being put out. After a mayor was nominated, the chairman Mr. II. B. Marrow, an nounced that the crowd would as semble themselves according to wards and proceed to nominate the town aldermen^S) Ums result was soon announced as follows: fifirst ward, Mr. W. H. Lassiter, the only old member of the board to be nominated; second ward, Messrs. W. F. Grimes and R. P. Hol ding; third ward, N. B. Grantham and W. D. Hood; fourth ward, Dr. Thel Hooks and Mr. J. D. Underwood. The only hicth in the convention was in the fourth ward which is by far the largest in the town, and here it was necessary to take two ballots in or der to select the two aldermen. Oth ers besides the successful nominees voted for were L. G. Patterson, T. C. Jordan, W. Ransom Sanders, J. H. Wiggs, W. S. Ragsdale and D. H. Creech. N. C. Federation of Business Women The Sixth Annual Convention of the North Carolina Federation of Bu-" siness and Professional Women’s Clubs will he held in Charlotte at Hotel Charlotte on June 12th and 13th. Six years ago business and profes sional women from five or six cities in North Carolina met in Charlotte to organize. Now twenty-three cities and towns have a club—four new ones having been organized this year: Maxton, Oxford, Reidsville and Rock y Mount. Rev. D. H. Tuttle of Elm City, was in the city Friday with relatives and friends. Miss Bettie Vinson has been spend ing several days in the city with rel atives. © WINS IN COUNTY CONTEST MISS ROSE GRANTHAM CROWNING 9UEENS LOVELY CEREMONY Miss “Smith field” and Miss “Dunn” The Successful Con testants Awarded Hand some Diamond Ring , PAGEANT IS BIG SUCCESS The curtain has rung down upon the final scene of the third Exposition put on by the Eastern Carolina Cham ber of Commerce. Friday night per haps brought together more folks than any other occasion of the week. The usual concert by Victor’s band and the Rooster Act entertained the as I sembling crowd until time for the cor onation scene. The counting of the votes was not completed until a short while before the time for this event. An air of expectancy hovered over the immense crowd, and wrhen the platform manager, Judge F. H. Brooks rose to announce the winners for once the buzz of noise w'as hushed to a ; stillness which only prefaced a burst of applause when it was announced that “Miss Smithfield” and “Miss Dunn” were to be crowned queens of Eastern Carolina. The vote stood as follows: Out of the county—Miss Dunn, 103,290 votes; Miss Oolasboro, 41,330; Miss Franklinton, 31,270; in jthe county: Miss Smithfield 120,923; Miss Benson, 100,380; Miss Pine Lev lei, 14,380. Secretary Bartlett in com menting; on the voting stated that no irregularities were found. The coronation of the queens was a new feature of the Exposition and under the skillful management of Miss Virginia Puckett, of this city, and Miss Margaret Etheridge, of Sel ma, proved to be an attractive part of the program. A throne in the een , ter of the stage was the nucleus for the coronation scene. The queens in the contest acted as attendants to the two who were crowned. These young ladies, carrying the staffs used in the wedding scene put on by Neil Joseph of Goldsboro in the the style show. Smithfield’s queen Miss Rose Granth am, and Dunn’s queen, Miss Christine Thompson, approached the throne from the two aisles, both of them wearing court trains. Judge F. H. Brooks placed the crowns upon the fair brows of the successful contest ants and presented them with the diamond rings given by the Eastern Chamber of Commerce. Each queen also received a handsome cake pre sented by Staudt’s Bakery of Ral eigh. Prior to the entrance of the queens and their attendants, an ap propriate chorus to the tune of Men delssohn’s Spring Song was sung by yong ladies o fthis city who formed a background for the ceremony. Following the crowning of the queens one of the finest programs of the entire week was given—a pag eant entitled: “Eastern Carolina Yes terday and Today,” participated in by the various towns of Johnston coun ty. Miss Irene Myatt directed this pageant and each episode was execut ed in a most creditable manner. Epi sode one was presented by Clayton. It was an Indian scene in which the Indian Spirit thanked “Great Man ito” for his many blessings. An In dian chant and Corn Dance was .a part of this scene. Episode two was given by Benson and portrayed the beginning of white civilization in Eastern Carolina. The (Continued on page five) KU KLUX GIVE TO PRINCETON CHURCH Robed Figures Present Nearly Hundred Dollars To Con tinue Building Program CHURCH ACCEPTS GIFT Princeton, April 20.—The congrega tion of the Missionary Baptist church were treated to an unasual occur ence Sunday night just before the close of the regular sermon by the pastor, Rev. Jas. W. Rose. Ten members of the Knights of the Kp Klux Klan wearing their full hooded regalia marched into the church and formed a half circle around the rostrum when one of the number presented an envelope to the pastor, which contained the follow ing words: “To the Pastor and members of the Princeton Baptist church: Greetings: We, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have recently learned that an effort is being made among you to do some building on your church, and that this effort is being handicapped to some extent on account of lack of funds. Therefore we bring you this free will offering, not to gain honor for ourselves, but that it may act as an incentive to the members of this church to go forward in this building program, and in order that you may know that the Ku Klux Klan is al ways ready to aid and assist in the upbuilding of the Protestant churches and the spreading of the Gospel in our land, for we realize that true Christian Religion is indispensible in the enforcement of our laws, and in stamping out lawlessness in general, and we want you to know that we are a tall times striving most zealously for better churches, better schools, better homes and a better country. May God’s richest blessings rest upon you an dthis church is our earn est prayer.” The envelope which was handed to the pastor contained nearly one hundred dollars. The church voted im mediately to accept the gift with thanks, after which the white robed visitors marched out to their waiting cars. The white robed visitors are invited to com eagain am even though they do not bring any contribution they will be given the glad hand. The latch string always hangs on the outside and they are welcome. Mr. Dick Wallace Dead Mr. Dick Wallace died at the home of his son, Mr. C. W. Wallace in the Hopewell section, Sunday night about 12:20 o’clock. Mr. Wallace had been sick about six weeks suffering from heart trouble. He was eighty years old last October. When h ewas seventeen years old he volunteered for service in the Con federate army and served about eigh teen months during the Civil War. Only four members of. his company survive him. After the war he re turned home and married Miss Lou vinia Ormond who died several years ago. He never married again but liv ed alone at his home until several weeks ago when he went to live with his son. He is survived by only one son and one grandchild. The funeral services were conduct ed by Elder Jesse Barnes, of this city, yesterday afternoon about four o’clock and interment was made in the cemetary at Clement church near Four Oaks. The bereaved ones have the sympathy of the community. Has Early Vegetables Mrs. Z. R. Martin has one of the earliest gardens in this section. She served strawberries from her garden April 13, more than a week ago, and new Irish potatoes on the 15th. She also has a daily supply of spring tur nip greens, asparagus, radish, headed lettuce and onions. U. 1). C. To Meet There will be a meeting of the local U. D. C. this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. H. L. Skinner. This is an important meet ing and all members are urged to be present. At this time delegates will be elected to attend the meeting of the thirty-fourth district to be held I at Petersburg. i
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