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J&rmtljftelh ^craib ■ ESTABLISHED 1882 Published Every Tuesday and Fri day By Beaty & Lassiter Printing Co., Ill Vi Court House Alley, Bmithfield, N. C. i. M. Beaty Estate, T. J. Lassiter Estate, and W. M. Gaskin, Props. KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Y ■ . ICash in Advance Only) One Year.*2.00 Six Months.LOO Three .Months. SO Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOC’llON TUESDAY, DEC. 8, 1925 DRINKING AT THE UNIVERSITY. An editorial in a recent issue of “The Tarheel,” a tri-weekly pub lication at the State University, in regard to drinking particularly at the State University but also at other North Carolina colleges will probably be interesting news to a number of North Carolina cit izens. This student) editor says that "the drinking situation at the University Is no worse than at other institutions of the state. The atudent body here is merely larger and the students are more open with drinking."' The thought that will come to some parents as they read the ed itpHii referred to is: is it worth while to sacrifice to send our boys to college in such an atmosphere as is described? Some of the boys have had the precedent of total abstinence set them at home, even if the alumni set no such preced ent at the University, and it would be heart-rending to a father and mother who had reared their boy to college age without contact with this great evil, and then send him to college among such dangerous influences where, perhaps, instead of -coming away with a broader virion of life, a deeper knowledge In f all lines of truth, he comes away with the'ability to carry his Milker” well. Hh^< Tarheel editor thinks the Y&ation at the University can ,j« remedied- Then in the name of S decent and law-abiding citizen ship, it ought to be remedied not there bub wherever a single itpation prevails and that without ar te editorial in question is re ited as follows: | ^Considerable drinking on the part of alumni and students seems <»4iave followed the Carolina-Vir la game and the use of intoxi \b seems to have been pretty „u«t*lly in order at the Thanks iring dances. As an aftermath is reported that the University, iter through the faculty or Stu tts Council, is preparing to take istic action to prevent) its re “The faculty mill grinds almost u slowly as that of the gods and t will probably be days and weeks g(ore the student body will be He to ascertain whether the of Hj.' university is aroused, wheth ■ drastic action is to be taken, what is to be the nature of h action if taken. It is gen tly thought that either whole e dismissals will follow, or that | threat of two years ago to |lish dances will be carried out. fin taking up this subject, ap %ntly from hearsay, it can be fttat the drinking problem here _ , o'ier than Thanksgiving, *and what is to be said fol j, whether or not the reports tfrlng the Tar Heel are ex •There are supposedly on the law ks of the State of North Cnr t a special laws prohibiting the , of intoxicating liquors within Artain distance of Chapel Hill, eclally placed there to prevent use of liquors by University nts. Since that time general ition laws have been passed * 1, .state and probably local i , Hill is supposed to havi jenetrable wall of law arounc ecting it against the inroat e#* rs. Carrier thrown around sity community should free of liquor. Having Id to deal with, the Ht of any bootlegter appear on the Beene comparatively easy as it is, liquor is sold in broad daylight university campus, it that such con this college town >d by the majesty the United States of sovereign State of na, the august county and the sacred munic ^Mt-hapel Hill V, (£tti0£ & lbs drinking problem here is not the spasmodic expulsion of boys that have been found guilty of using liquor. The Student Co'uncil does not, and can not, control the situation. “Not until some definite steps are taken to check the supply of i whiskey can the Student Council i hope to function. Surely if the i state of North Carolina thinks it worth while to vote millions of dollars for its university, it should be willing to give a little atten tion to enforcing the laws that it has seen fit to pass to protect it! A dean of students, a director for the gymnasium, athletic coaches, and a health inspector are em ployed here to look after the wel fare of the students. If the state and nation are helpless and noth ing better can be done, the uni versity should secure an enforcer of prohibition, call him such, and give him an offee in the admin istration building. “We hold no moral brief against the use of alcoholic liquors. If we did, we would spend all our time praying for the souls of our departed ancestors. But if the use of liquors is a crime in the sight of all laws governing the univer sity, and the penalty for the use of liquors is expulsion, conscienti ous effort should be made to rid the community of whiskey. “So long as present conditions exist in Chapel Hill no boy should be expelled from the student body for being caught while intoxicated. The fault is not with the students. Every occasion that brings alumni back to the Hill brings a copious supply of liquor and a copious amount of drinking. Men high in university circles, in state circles come here, drink, and serve as a pattern for the younger man. Con vening of the state legislature in Raleigh means big business for the bootleggers. Students have no precedent, they, with due amount of youthfulness and a drop or two of North Carolina blueblood, find no harm in an occasional sin. With out doubt many consider it a more vital part of their “liberal'’ edu cation to be able to carry their ‘licker” well than to learn that the Reform Bill of 1832 was at all significant. “Despite the fame of Orange county, the drinking situation at the university is no worse than at other institutions in the state. The student body here is merely lar ger and the students are more open with drinking—which is all the more to their credit. But when the boys here, as elsewhere, do get j hold of the bottle they usually drink prodigiously and, as a result, become quite a nuisance to them selves, and to their neighbors. But of course that’s one of the two main objections to intoxicants, any way. “Without desiring to get too deep in hot water we must say that in view of present conditions, we would much prefer to see the university annul all acts prohibit ing the sale and use of whiskey, instruct its chemistry department to set up a distilling plant and sell more and better liquor to its students at lower and more reason able prices and save a lot of our fathers’ money. “The university should be influ ential enough, and important fHE BEST POSTED SUPER 5 Ask anyone who owns an APEX SUPER FIVE his or her honest opinion of this improved receiving set—ask a hundred APEX owners— a thousand—you’ll get the same answer. ‘‘The greatest set I have ever seen or ever heard. Has wide* range Fuller volume. Greater clar ity. Richer tone. Finer selectivity Possesses a finished touch of beauty which gives it an unsui passed at mosphere of elegance.” See it I Hear it I And you will b< impressed with the same sincere conviction. Let us demonstrate ir our store or in your home. Thi APEX SUPER FIVE is $95 without accessories. the sundry shoppe Opposite Courthouse SMITHFIELD enough, to warrant special atten tion from competetent prohibition authorities.The flow of liquor into Chapel Hill can be checked, the local bootleggers are few and well known. Then if students see fit to transport liquor into Chapel Hill they should be disciplined. But when a student can go out and in a couple of hours have a quart of choice Orange county com de livered to him almost at the old well, the blame for drinking at the university is due to be laid on somebody else’s shoulder other i than those of 20-year-old students iwho are merely doing what) the | best people in their towns do.” ! IN RE FOUR OAKS WATER SYSTEM Editor Smithfield Herald: I have noticed an advertisement in The Smithfield Herald to the effect that the town of Four Oaks proposes the issuance of $70,000 I of negotiable, interest-bearing, cou pon bonds for the announced pur pose of providing the town with water and sewerage systems. This is of especial interest to me for at least two reasons: first,' Four Oaks is my home town, my relatives and many of my best: friends live there and own prop- j erty within the town limits; sec- I ond, I own property there. I am in hearty sympathy with any move ment that will be for the town’s best interest, and am willing to abide by the judgment of a ma jority of its citizens—whether that judgment be good or bad. However, whenever a town the size of Four Oaks contemplates the expenditure of $70,000, before the citizens of the town authorize such an expenditure they should carefully consider what it will mean, what problems they will have to face as a result of such action. From a distance I have been turning the thing over in my mind, and I have tried to count the num TOBACCO SEELING WELL The prices are lots higher now than before Thanksgiving. Grade your tobacco up in good shape and we can get you the high dollar. Our market will close for the Christmas holidays December 18. We advise you to try to get it on the market at once or by the 18th if possible. We are up with our grading and can grade yours at once. SKINNER & PATl^EjRSON, Smithfield, N. C. ber of families In Four Oaks. They may number a few over 70 fam ilies, but I do not believe it would be many over 70. Therefore such an expenditure means approxi mately $1000 per family. Of course tome families will pay more than others, but this is one way of ar riving at what this thing means. $70,000 at six per cent, means $4200 per yeai interest, and I do not/ believe the town will be able to float their bonds for less, but suppose they could float them even for three per cent interest, that v/ould mean $2100 per year. I have oeen in communication with one of the biggest security houses in the country to try to get some figures on this proposition, and I am advised that if these bonds were to run for a period of twenty years, that in order to create a sinking fund which would amount to $70,000 at the end of t twenty year period, that it would be nec essary to set aside each year the sum of $1,902.92, and that this sinking fund would have to be com. pounded at six per cent annual ly. In the first place, it will be very hard to get this fund handled in such a manner as to realize six per cent net compounded annual ly, as there will necessarily be some expense attached to it. and some complications over invest ment. I think it decidedly con servative to estimate that the sink ing fund would cost us at least least $2000 per year, and add to this the $4200 per year interest we will have to pay, it will mean that in order to install water works and Sewerage system in the town of Four Oaks, provided it can be done for the said $70,000 (which is extremely doubtful but open to argument), the town of Four Oaks will have to raise at least $620C per year in taxes in addition to all of the other town taxes already assessed or that may have to be assessed for other town purposes. In other words, if the town of Four Oaks decides to involve it self in this $70,000 indebtedness, I do not see how it is possible for the town to geti along without col lecting at least $10,000 per year in taxes out of its citizens and I would like for someone in Four Oaks or elsewhere to tell me how in the name of common sense they j ever expect to collect $10,000 a year in taxes out) of such a small town. Most certainly the tax rate would be almost prohibitive. Another thing the citizens want to remember, that when you have spent) this $70,000 to put in water and sewerage systems, that that is not by any means all of the ex pense, because it will mean abso lutely nothing to any citizen un less such citizen connect his house with the water and sewerage sys tems. This will mean plumbing for the house and connection with the lines and would require a consid erable cash outlay. It is much more difficult to do the plumbing in an old house than it is to put it in a new' one as you are building it. I think the cost in this respect would be so much as to prevent BOX PARTY AND PLAY The box party which was to be held at Yelvington’s Grove school Friday December 4, has been post poned till Friday evening Decem ber 11. There will be a play for the benefit of Yelvington Grove chiych. Admission 10 and 15 cents. Everybody is cordially in vited. MRS. ETTA WHITLEY, MISS MARY HILL, Mgrs. PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE I will sell for cash at public auction on Thursday, December 17, at my home, six mdes north of Selma, the follow ing personal property: —Two horses —Two buggies and harness —Stalk Cutter and Lime Spreader —Farming Utensils —Soja beans J. w. MOZINGO Cotton 20 l-2c We will pay 20 1-2 cents for Middling and Strict Mid dling cotton in trade in either Dry Goods or Grocery room. Cotton Seed 55c bushel 55 cents per bushel in trade in either room. OUR STORE IS FULL OF SPLENDID BARGAINS Bring the family—especially the ehldren —WE LIKE A NOISE— Ashley Home and Son CLAYTON, N. C. I *A»4t + *****0 a great) mar.y of our citizens there from connecting with the water systems for some time. Another thing that you have to take into consideration Will be the cost of the upkeep and operation of the plant. With such a small town using the system, it is quite prob able that the water rate would be very high in order to make it meet expenses or else a deficit would result, which deficit would have to be paid by again taxing the peo ple. These are some facts that I think the people of Four Oaks should well consider before they make this venture. I wish to re peat that I do not want to retard progress and I do not want to throw cold water on the plans of any of our good citizens, but they should certainly go into a thing of this kind with their eyes open. I fear that they are inviting an Old National Car bide in the Red Drum for sale by PARLIA HUDSON Benson, N. C PRICE $5.75 Man of the Sea to lock himself around their necks. F. HUNTER CREECH Washington, D. C. Nov. 24, 1925. In the Irish Free State, single men and women receive e£°^L for the same work. In case marries he receives an inci automatically; if a woman marries she receives a bonus, but au*| tomatically loses her job. SMALL FARM FOR SALE A 24 7-10 acre farm with 18 out buildings, 2\'i miles from Land in good state of cultivation k acres cleared, good house and? Micro, at a reasonable price.V D. C. SMITH SMITHFIELD, N. C. To all the Ford Drivers of Johnston County The Hepler Steerer FOR FORDS makes driving easy and safe. It is simple and durable. It steadies your car, prevents fa tigue and saves tires. Examine one at JONES SERVICE STATION, Smithfield RETAIL PRICE $4.00 \ 1-4 off 500 Men’s and Young Men’s Suits The Best That My 30 Years Experience and Cash Could Buy For cash we are going to offer these Suits for one-fourth off, that means: « $50.00 Suits for--- $37.50 $40.00 Suits for-$30.00 $35.00 Suits for-$26.25 $30.00 Suits for—-$22.50 $25.00 Suits for --$18.75 $20.00 Suits for_$15.00 $15.00 Suits for-$11.50 SHOES! SHOES! SHOES $10.00 Crossett Shoes-$7.50 $8-50 Crossett Shoes-$6.50 1000 PAIR MENS’ & BOYS WORK SHOES $1.95—$2.95—$3.95—$4.95 SALE STARTS DECEMBER 5TH N. B. Grantham 1
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