Forty-fourth Year * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 19 1925
Number 53
STATE MUST CARE
FOR FEEBLEMINDED
General Opinion That Inmates
of Caswell Training School
Be Not Turned Back in
Their Communities
STATE CAPITAL NEWS
(By M. L. Shipman)
Raleigh, May 18.—The economy
program of Governor McLean, upon
which he has been quietly working
the past few weeks, came to the fore
during the past week at the capital
when three developments took place
of outstanding importance and per
haps designed to be of great sginifi
cance in the weeks to come. The
Caswell Training School head, Dr. C.
B. McNairy, declared that because of
the decreased appropriation brought
about by chalnged and changing con
ditions it would be necessary to re
turn a lai’ge number of the weak
minded inmates of the institution to
their home communities. The Execu
tive Committee of the State Univer
sity Trustees submitted to the At
torney General request for a ruling as
to the exact powers of the Salary and
Wage Commission in fixitag salaries
of the professors there. Miss Marga
ret Edwards, supervisor of home eco
nomics education for the State, an
nounced that the decreased appropria
tion allowed for her work would re
sult in a similar cut in the Federal
appropriation and that only 60 rural
high schools would be aided instead
of 140. The classes of girls receiving
this highly important training would
be cut in number from 7,000 to 4,000
on account of the reduction.
This was the outstanding develop
ment of the week, because it brought
out the “growing pains” of the de
partments and institutions which may
suffer under the new order of things
approved by the General Assembly.
The general reaction was that the
weakminded charges of the Caswell
Training school must not be returned
to their home communities, but, at
the same time, the institutions and
departments must learn that the
corners will have to be cut and all
must be curtailed if the budget is to
be kept within revenue. There has
been some talk of the Governor al
lowing the Caswell Training School
situation to be considered as an
emergency which would give an ad
ded appropriation from funds provid
ed for "such purposes.
With regard to the Home Economics
situation, nothing definite has devel
oped, but there is a growing tendency
to believe that economy, while com
mendable as a rule, should not be
carried to such an extent as to im
peril education or care of the State s
charges.
The development in the Board of
Trustees Executive Committee of the
University reveals a feeling that it
nuay be said has been crystallizing
for sonie time. The man who are
serving the State as trustees of the
institutions do not feel, it is said,
that their rights should be thus cir
cumscribed. Tihe trustees are said to
have expressed varying feelings at
the meeting which took the action.
The ruling of the Attorney General
on the question raised will be awaited
with interest. The meeting adopted
resolutions expressing pleasure in
the declinations of President Chase
and Dr. Archibald Henderson of the
presidencies tendereed them recent
ly by the Brooklyn Polytechnic Insti
tute and the University of Oklahoma,
respectively.
Gevemor McLeah praised Judge
N. A. Sinclair and Solicitor Don Gil
liam for their prosecution of the
Needleman case which resulted in the
first conviction en masse of a mob
in the history of the State. The Exe
cutive took occasion to re-state his
position that law enforcement must
be insisted upon and that' the courts
exist for settlement and trial. The
nine men convicted have been lodged
in the State’s prison for terms rang
ing from two to thirty years and the
fines collected from twice that num
ber wThich swells the school fund for
Martin county to the extent of many
thousands of dollars.
The recent amendment to the State
^Constitution in regard to taxation of
nomes, homesteads, notes, and mort
gages, for exemptions under certain
DENTIST HERE
FOR FREE CLINIC
Dr. Moore, dentist from the
State Department of Health, whom
Dr. C. C. Massey, county health
officer, has secured for work in
Johnston county for the next
three months, arrived in this city
yesterday and will begin his du
ties at once. His first work will
be in the schools at Meadow and
Glendale which will not close un
til June 6th. In the meantime dates
will be arranged during the month
of June at Corinth-Holders, Cor
bett-Hatcher, Archer Lodge and
Brogden. Other clinics will be an
nounced as arrangements are
made. Children between the ages
of six and twelve will be eilgible
to have their dental work done free
by Dr. Moore. His work will in
clude examination of the teeth,
cleaning the teeth, simple extrac
tions and fillings when needed. He
will also give instruction in care
of the teeth.
SCHOOL TO CLOSE
HERE 2ND OF JUNE
Dr. Carl C. Taylor To Deliver
Address To Graduating Class
—Dr. Bagby of Wake For
est To Preach Sermon
The closing exercises of the graded
school here will begin on the night
of May 28 and will conclude on
June 2. On Thursday evenifng, May
28, the junior music pupils of Misses
Thelma Peedin and Helen Jones will
give their recital and on Friday even
ing, the 29, the senior pupils will
play.
The baccalaureate sermon will b*e
preached on Sunday evening, May 31,
in the school auditorium and Dr.
Paul A. Bagby, pastor of the Baptist
church at Wake Forest, will be the
preacher. Dr. Bagby has the repu
tation of being a forceful speaker.
On Monday evening, June 1, the
graduates will have their class day
exercises, and on this occasion, prizes,
will be awarded and honor rolls read
for the emtire school. The only ex
ception in the awarding of prizes is
the Edwin Smith Pou medal which
will be delivered on Tuesday evening.
The graduation exercises will take
place on Tuesday evening, when thir
ty-three young men and womeln will
receive diplomas from this school.
The exercises will include an address
by Dr. Carl C. Taylor, Dean of the
Graduate School, State College, Ral
; eigh.
More detailed program of the com
mencement exercises will appear in
Tate issues.
Vocal Union Pauline Baptist Church
Lower Johnston Vocal Union will
meet at Pauline Baptist church in
Bentonville township on the fifth
Sunday of this month, May 31. We
expect to have several good choirs
and some speakers on hand. We
would like everybody to be on hand
by 10:30. Everybody is invited to
this all-day meeting.
J. B. BEASLEY, President.
conditions which must exist, accord
ing to an opinion formulated by as
sistant attorney general, J. H. Har
wood, and aproved by Attorney
General Brummit. They are: All evi
dences of indebtedness to apply on a
home to be iin good faith; loan not
exceeding $8,000 running from one
to thirty years; holder of note or
mortgage shall live in county where
security is listed and taxes paid on
it, the home bought, built or repair
ed must have been occupied by the
owner as such for at least three
months preceding the time of list
ing for taxes; the home may be ex
empted from taxation for fifty per
! ednt of the amount of notes or
mortgage and the latter exempt for
! fifty per cent of the value, provided
both home and securities are taxed
in the same county; note and mort
gage upon which exemption is claim
! ed by the “homlfr’ owner must be
specifically listed by name and taxes
paid to the local authorities on fifty
' per cent of its value.
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B. & P. CLUB GIVES
UNIQUE PROGRAM
Burlesque of East Carolina Ex
position Causes Audience
To Hold Sides With
Laughter
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
One of the funniest entertainments j
if not the funniest ever given in this ;
city, was that given at the regular
meeting of the Business afnd Profes
sional Woman’s Club Friday night
when Group Four put on a burlesque j
of the Eastern Carolina Exposition
recently held in this city. About thir
ty-five were present to enjoy this un- i
ique program which preceded the
regular business session, and which
by request will be repeated with ad
ditional stunts in the opera house
here Thursday evening when a small
admission fee will be charged.
The club has been divided into four
groups, olne group putting on an orig
inal program at each meeting, and
each being in the nature of a sur
prise. Therefore Friday evening when
the members of the club saw a stage
rigged up at one end of the club room,
they had no idea what was in store
The first intimatioin was when Miss
Vara Sanders, posing as Judge
Brooks, stage manager of the ex
position, announced the first number
—the baby show. No sooner had baby
Mary Wells, baby Corrinna Sanders,
baby Mildred Young aind baby Ruth
Wilson made their appearance the
audience was stricken with convul
sions of laughter. The “rooster act,”
put on by Misses Evelyn Wilson, Sue
Brett and Glenn Ward kept up the
gale of laughter and by the time Billy
Su'.nday impersonated by Miss Mary
E. Wells, made the speech of the oc
casion, those present were holding
their sidgg. The sty)e show was no
less ridiculous, and for pure fun the
entertainment was -unsurpassed. The
Riverside Serenaders took the part of
Victor’s band and gave a short con
cert preliminary to the opening of
the exposition. Miss Gertrude Van
Deisne was taken off by Miss Irene
i Myattt
Those wishing an evening of fun
should not miss the performance on
Thursday evening.
At the conclusion of the “Exposi
I tion” the business session was held.
Among the items of business was the
{election of delegates to the State Fed
i eration which meets in Charlotte in
June. Misses Cora Belle Ives and
Minnie Lee Garrison were chosen as
delegates with Mrs. S. S. Holt as
! alternated. It was decided to change
| the time of meeting from first Tues
day in each month to second Tuesday.
The next meeting however, will not
:be held until after the Federation in
j Charlotte in order that the delegates
may report this meeting. Before the
meeting adjourned, block cream and
wafers were served.
Four Oaks Defeats
Whiteville 9 to 0
Four Oaks, May 18.—Messrs. Hoyt
Massengill and J. T. Hatcher were in
Chapel Hill Tuesday night to attend
a committee meeting of the high
school athletic association. This
meeting tfrirew Lumberton out of the
championship games because one of
their players was not eligible to
play. On Wednesday night Messrs.
Theron Hobbs, Carl and Richard
Lewis and Hoyt Massengill went to
Raleigh to arrange the games.
Four Oaks played Whiteville at
Fayetteville Friday, score be
ing. 9 to 0 in favor of Four Oaks.
The pitching of Wellons and the hit
ting of Lee, Johnson and Sanders for
Four Oaks and Hickman for White
ville were the main features of the
game. Four Oaks has played two
championship games, getting thirty
three hits to their opponents eight,
scoring 28 runs to the opponents none.
Wellons struck out twenty-six men
in the two games. The batting aver
age of the team for two games is
395.
Four Oaks will play Red Springs at
Laurinburg Monday for the third
game of the championshhip series,
and a large crowd is expected to at
tend. The winner of this game will
play Clayton at eLague Park in
Raleigh Wednesday.
i At Scene of Mississippi River Tragedy
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A relief boat at the scene of the Mississippi river tragedy near
Memphis where the excursion steamer, Norman, sank in fifty feet of
water, the death toll being 20 lives. Most of those lost were mem
bers of the Mid-South Engineers Association and their wives.
Judge Allen Praises
Evangelist M. F. Ham
Burlington, May 13.—W, H. Car
roll received a letter this morning
from his old friend, Judge Oliver H.
Allen, of Kinston, one of the oldest
judges on the superior court bench,
in which the judge says:
“I envy you the opportunity of
being under the ministry of that
prince of evangelists, Mr. Ham. He
is the best that I have ever heard
and is doing a great work wherever
he goes. My brother, Supreme Court
Judge Allen, was more impressed
with him than any he had ever
heard, and I believe was greatly
benefitted spiritually. I shall always
regret that he was not invited here
by the local ministers.
“The laymen’s organizations that
are organized by the Ham-Ramsey
party are doing great things in all
the towns where they have been, like
Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Washington,
Greenville, and New Bern, as I have
had opportunity to see.
TO REDUCE DISTANCE FROM
BENSON TO RALEIGH
Raleigh, May 18.—A proposition to ,
reduce the distance between Raleigh
and the town of Benson, Johnston
county, from 44 miles to 28 miles, is
the hope of the business interests of
these two municipalities. $6,000 will
complete the highway proposed, with
other funds available, and there
seems little doubti that the objective
will be reached. The Bensonians are
ready with the $3,000 allotted to
them and Raleighites must either
“put up or shut up.” It is believed
that they will “come across.”
MISTAKE CORRECTED
Our attention has been called to an
error in the report of the Recorders
Court proceedings for last week in
the case of State vs Clarence Utley,
charged with non-support of family.
The defendant was found guilty. The
defendant was sentenced to be con
fined in jail four months but judg
ment was suspended upon payment
of cost during good behavior. The
suspended judgment was omitted
when the report was given to The
Herald reporter.
Court of Honor To Meet
Scout Executive W. W. Rivers re
quests us to announce that there will
be a Court of Honor meeting at the
Methodist church here Friday after
noon at five o’clock. A number of
scouts will try for merit badges. The
Court of Honor is composed of J. A.
Narron, Thos. H. Franks, T. R. Hood,
Dr. Thel Hooks, Dr. W. J. B. Orr and
Rev. A J Parker.
“NEW MEREDITH” TO BE
READY BY JANUARY FIRST
Raleigh, May 18.—President Brew
er expreses the confident hope that
the “New Meredith” will be ready for
occupancy by January 1 next. Cost
of the newr plant complete is placed
at a milion dollars, of which $75,
000 has been realized by the sale of
bonds. It is expected that' the pres
ent site will bring around $750,000.
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MEDICAL SOCIETY
MEETS IN CLAYTON
Time of Meeting Is Changed
From Tuesday Nights to
Wednesday Nights; Co.
Doctors On Program
The time for holding the meetings
of the Johnston county Medical So
ciety has been changed from Tuesday
nights to Wednesday nights. A meet
ing will be held in Claytoln tomorrow
evening, May 20, at eight o’clock.
There are some who cannot attend
the meeting on Tuesday nights, and
the change has been made for the
convenience of a larger number. The
place of meeting in Clayton is not
known at this time but those attend
ing are asked to inquire the place of
meeting at the Beddingfield Phar
macy.
The usual business of the socitey
will be transacted and members will
discuss any current medical subject
which they may choose. Papers of a
scientific nature are not expected.
The following members will be ex
pected to compose the program for
the evening: Dr. Geo. D. Vick, of
Selma; Dr. R. S. Stevens, Princeton;
Dr. A. S. Oliver, Benson; Dr. J. H.
Stanley, Four Oaks; Dr. J. B. Wood
ard, Kenly.
The couhty health officer will also
have a few ideas he wishes to present
to the society.
A letter is being sent to each mem
ber of the society signed by the pres
ident, Dr. L. D. Wharton, and by
the secretary, Dr. C. C. Masesy, and
an effort is being made for a good
attendance.
Stephen F. Crocker
Receives Fellowship
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
R. Crocker, who formerly lived in
this city but who are now in Chica
go, will be interested in an honor
which has come to their son, Mr.
Stephen F. Crocker. The following
clipping from the Indiana Daily Stu
dent of Bloomington, tells of this
honor:
“Stephen F. Crocker, instructor in
the English department, has received
a fellowship from the University of
Chicago for next year. He will
spend the time there in graduate
study for his doctor’s degree, spe
cializing in eighteenth century liter
ature. Mr. Crocker is a graduate
of Northwestern University, receiving
his degree there in 1921. He spent
the year 1921-22 in Montpollier Uni
versity, France. In 1923 he received
his master’s degree from Princeton
University. He has been instructor
here for the last two years.”
Ninety-five per cent of the aspir
ants to enrollment in the police force
of Great Britian are rejected by doc
tors. The general deterioration of the
nation’s physique and the after-ef
fects of war-time privations are show
ing in those who have (not reached
manhood.
COMPLETE PAVING
OF MARKET STREET
Property Owners One Hundred
Per Cent Strong Petition
the Town Board and
Contract Is Let
C. S. RIGSBEE CONTRACTOR
The contract to complete the pav
ing of Market street between the new
river bridge and Second street, was
let at a special meeting of the town
board held last) Thursday night. Mr.
C. D. Rigsbee, of Raleigh, contractor,
who is doing the paving for the State
Highway Commission, will do the
work. The proposition of Mr. Rigs
bee, -which was accepted, was $3.25
per square yard for the street pav
ing and $1.25 per lineal foot for
curb and gutters. Should he be em
ployed to do other curbing and gut
tering in the town to the amount of
500Q feet the price will be $1.00 per
lineal foot with a rebate on the pro
position already let. This paving
calls for heavy concrete and asphalt
in keeping with highway specifica
tions to take care of heavy traffic.
In order to get this paving done
it was necessary for a majority of
property owners on this street to
petition the town board. This was
done resulting in a hundred per cent
signing the petition. The petition
was as follows:
“We, the undersigned property
owners, hereby petition your honor
able board to pave Market street from
the new bridge to the intersection of
Second street. We understand that
the State Highway Commission pays
for 18 feet of this, and we are pe
titioning that the paving be completed
to the curbing on each side of the
street' under the Municipal Finance
Act: One-third to be paid for by
the town, and one-third by each ad
joining property owner on each side
to be divided into'ten equal install
ments. (This is in accordance with
article 9, chapter 56 of the Consoli
dated Statutes as amended..)
Sanders & Rose, by W. R. Sanders;
Win. and W. R. Sanders, by W. R.
Sanders, Centenary M. E. Church, by
T. R. Hood, chairman Board of
Stewards; Jas. H. Woodall, Mrs.
Ellen Eason, Estate W. S. Stevehs, by
L. G. Stevens, Executor.
In order to pave any other streets
of the town, it will be necessary to
comply wit h requirements set out *
above. There has been some talk
of other paving being done, and a le
gal form of petition may be obtained
from the city clerk.
Bus Regulations In Force.
Raleigh, May 18.—R. 0. Self, in
charge of the bus regulation imposed
by the last legislature upon the Cor
poration Commission, reports that
117 temporary permits have been is
sued, and one of a permanent char
acter. Driver’s permits issued num
ber 538. Total revenue collected from
this source and turned over to the
Department of Revenue is $23,938.
A tax of six per cent of gross earn
ings is required under the bus regu
tion. The application of each oper
ator is accompanied by a check for
$200, and- for each driver $1.00. All
drivers are required to pass satisfac
tory examinations under the act reg
ulating busses.
Fire Saturday Night
Saturday night about twelve o’clock
the fire company was called out when
it was found that a hay house at
the rear of the Austin-Stephenson
Company building was burning. The
fire was soon extinguished and there
was no loss except the damage done
the building. There was no insur
ance. It is not known how the fire
originated.
COLORED COUNTY
AGENT MOVES OFFICE
McKay McNeil, colored county
agent, who has beefn living near here,
1 has moved and will now have an of
fice upstairs over the Vara L. Smith
and Company store. He can be found
there every Wednesday from nine
until twelve o’clock and every Satur
day from nine until four. He will be
glad to discuss farm problems with
the negro farmers.
Watch the date on your label and
I renew.