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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Welcome to Smith field. Mr. Tobacco Farmer Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. W i II YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMiTFIFjELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 80 S. S. Convention Raleigh Oct. 1-3 Sessions Will Assemble In First Baptist Church; Not able Speakers on Program 'Plans and program have been completed for the annual State Sunday School Convention which convenes in the Firs: Baptist Church, Raleigh, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October _\ i 3 and 4. Reports from officers; in charge of arrangements for j me convention muicaLe mat a good attendance is expected from all sections of the state. Under the leadership of J. Henry High smith, general chairman of the Raleigh committee on arrange ments, the Raleigh people ha/e planned to furnish free lodging and breakfast to all delegates to the convention. The eonvenC.ii is interdenominational and is ooen to all Sunday school workers who will attend. A pennant will be presented to the county school association liv ing the largest delegation in pro portion to miles traveled, the mileage being counted from each county seat to Raleigh. Featuring the opening se>siu.i of the convention on Wednesday night, October 2, will be an ad dress on the convention theme, "Bearing Witness of the Light,’' by Rt. Rev. E. A. l'enick, Char lotte, bishop coadjutor of the: North Carolina Episcopal Dio Dr. W. L. Potent, president erne- ! litus of Wake Forest College, wi'i : deliver the principal address m. [• Thursday night, October 3, h.s | subject being, “The Light o\ tin: j World.” At the closing and what is expected to be the climax ses sion of the convention on Friday . night, October 4, a pageant with j the same title as the address, by Dr. Poteat will be presor.te I ( by the Federation of Business Girls’ Bible Classes of Ral *'gh. [ Speaking and helping in toe j general sessions of the convention, I and leading in the different de partmental conterences, will bo j three National Sunday s/ho A j leaders, and a number of the best known Sunday school workeis n the state. The National leaders ore Dr. P. K. Hayward, Chicago, 111., director of Young People’s woik for the International Cou1’ cil of Religious Education; Miss Elizabeth McE. Shields, Richmond, Va., director of Children’s Work for the Sunday School Board ot the Southern Presbyterian Church j and Rev. Lawrence Little, Na tional director of Religious Educa tion for the Methodist ^ Protestant i liureh. Provision has horn made the convention prnorum for de partmental conferences, m which pin hit ins of the various menls „f the Sun,lay n-h*. ’• be discussed. The entire after nuons ut Thursday and T id.t,. October 3 and 4, will he given ever to these special confe-ences. The program ot the convention is as follows: Theme: "I am the light of '.no world: he that folhnveth me shall not walk in darkness, hut shai. have the light of life.”- John 8:12. Wednesday Night. Mr. J. B. Ivey, State pro•i.’.ent, presiding. 7:30_Song Service—-“Hymns Worship and 1’raise.” Led by Mr. C. Talmadge 1 >avis. 7:45- Devotional Message, Rev J Powell Tinker. —Keynote Address: "Hear ing Witness of the llgh* ” Kt Rev. K. A. Penick. 8:40 — Song. (Turn to page four) Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith ield or Johnston County, and .o the one deciphering then lame and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald ortice. sve v/ill present a free ticket to he Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following i-«ue. Jake Adams deciphered his name last issue. TODAY’S TA IN i AT "'FK maivotnwersokbr EKiHT MONTHS SCHOOLS TO OPEN OCTOBER All of the eight months schools in the county w ill open on Monday, October 7, accord ing to Superintendent H. B. Marrow, who has notified tiu teachers to this effect. These schools include: htnly, (ilen da !e, Chapel. Micro. Pi.ie Level, Princeton, Brogden. Carter's. Pittman, Royal*, (Boon Hill), Wilson's Mills Corbett-Hatcher, lave Oak, Archer Lodge, Corinth-Hold crs (not eight months except high school and seventh grade), Clayton, Cleveland, Four Oaks, Meadow, and the Johnston County Training School (colored) at Smithfield end the colored school at Judge Sinclair Is Holding Court Second Week of Superior Court For Trial Civil Cases —Non-Suit In Eason-Crif fin Case; New Suit Started The second vveik of .Superin court for the trial of civil cases began here yesterday morning with Judge N. A. Sinclair, of Fayetteville, presiding. Tnis term of court was due to be held by Judge M. V. liain hill, but on account of his having been chosen to hold the special term <;f com for the trial of the Aderholt case' in Charlotte, tlic second trial of which began yesterday, it was necessary for some other judge to bo assigned to Johnston eoun- ; ty. Judge Clayton Moore of »Vil liair.ston was first slated to cons ' here. Due to illness he was un- 1 able to be present and Judge F. j A. Daniels convened court here Wednesday afternoon after ad journing court in Clayton. Judge j Sinclair will be here for this week, j The major case on the trial docket of last week was the one ’ in w hich J. H. Mason of Sumter, j S. ('., was suing the estate of Dr. J. A. Griffin of Clayton for mal practice in the last illness cf his wife, Mrs. Nellie Harbour! Mason. The case proceeded until j all the evidence had been hea * 1 and two of the four lawyer’* | speeches had been made. At the! opening of court on 1* ruiay morn j ing, counsel for the plaintiff made a motion to produce additional evidence which should show she amount of damage to be a warned for the alleged wrongful death of Mrs. Mason. The motion w is overruled aril the plaintiff’s at torneys took a non-su:t of i..en own motion and paid the cost of ■ the case pending trial. A second | suit was commenced immediately. ! This action was commenced in 1 ;,2-l by the administrator of Mrs. Nellie Barbour Mason again st her attending physician, D. J A. Griffin, who is now dead. The amount of damages asked lor in the suit just closed was $25,000. The plaintiff was represented -i,y W. S. Mason of Raleigh and J. A. Wellons. The defendant wa represented by Abell & Shop’.id The only other jury case dis posed of last week was Roger A. Smith, Jr., vs. M. V. Batten involving a controversy over rents. A verdict for the plaintiff was rendered. Two divorce suits were di“'P,J of, James Alton Dupree getting a divorce from Georgia May Du pro*, and Nellie Beasley ‘ itainn a divorce from Aaron Beaslo>. The most important case t come up this week w.U case concerning the school hud get for the six months term. Thi case will be called th\> morning w ( . WHUI.KY instructor at ueokcia tech. Friends of MW. Whitii-y will be interest. d tn learn that he* has been made instructor i:: [chemistry at. Georgia Tech. Mr. I Whitley, whose heme is near Selma, graduated in 1928 at Wake Forest College, and last year did graduate work at Johns Hopkins* University. Machines to harvest sweet clov er seed are being made from old binders at a cost of from $50 to $75 in Stanly county. > Dr. Poe Is Master Of State Grange Ollkers Are Installed V.y .Master ol' the National Cl range; North Carolina Farmers Taking interest in Movemen .'.Ad.HIGH. Sept. 2a.- Dr. Clar 1 ut, of Raleigh, cm.tor at' tin J . -gvo ]’ armor, and one ui La.- outstanding agricultui a! lo-J o. <,i the south, was unanimous ly chosen as master a!' the North t urulinu State Grange at the close ot the business sessions of tl at organization, held in the hall ! room of the Hotel Carolina in ♦hi'1 city yesterday afternoon. in addition to l)r. P; c, the !*•>!■ lowing officers were elected: Overseer. O. ('. Wright, Wilkes; SL.vaid, ('. T. Zimmerman, Dav ieir.cn; Assistant Steward. Manly S.. ip e. Orange; Chaplain, Mis. Jane S. McKimmun, Wake; Treas uier, K. P. Dixon, Alamance; Secretary, L. L. Smith, Rowan: Gate Keeper, J. L. Murray, Ca tawba; Ceres, Mrs. Sarah Mc Cormick, Robeson; Pomona, Mrs. •>. Lj. vircgory, u-ranvuie; iMcr.i, Mis. I). .1. Lybrook, Davit*; Lad/ Assistant Steward, Mis. W. V tickler, Rowan- Executive ('.mi ni it tee, I)r. Carl Taylor. Wake; Charles F. Cates. Alamance; and F. D. Patterson. Rowan. The officers were installed 0/ L. J. Tajher, ma-ter of the Na tional Grange, of Cdun.ims, Ohio, who had charge of the convention until it was placed in the han is of the leaders of the new slat** oiganization. Mis. Taker acted as installation marshal during the impressive ceremony which mark ed the event. T. F. Browne, of Raleigh, di rector of vocational education fee Vie state, presented the report of the committee on resolutions, voicing appreciation of the way the farmers of North Carolina re sponded to the efforts which were nr.ic to launch the Grange in the state. One of the resolutions express ed approval of the fomaum < f the Federal Farm Board and pledged the State Grange to sup port the movement to hotter t,.t: cc.'in mic condition of agriculture through the agency of this new federal board. Commend Governor. Governor 0. Max Gardner was commended for his genuine iulor 1 es; in improving the condith.r. of the farmers of the state, and the j grange declared that it wdi j “gladly cooperate with him in promoting any program for the advancement of agriculture if the j state.” Mrs. cl a ir bone tick is taken by death Former Selma Teacher Suceuml s j At Home of Father in Monroe. I MONROE. Sept. 20. Mrs. Cath ie*! ine Redwine Tuck died suddenly Thursday night at the heme of I her parents. Judge and Mrs. U. ! B. Redwine. vVcakncss of heart was the immediate cause of 1 jdeath. •1 About four weeks ago Mrs ’[Tuck came up from her home :r ; Selma and had an operation ii 1 j Charlotte for internal goiter. She C then came to the home of her pv * ents and made trips back an. I ■ forth to Charlotte for eonsuiati-n ■with her physicians. She made 1 3 trip to Charlotte Thursday. Lat< 0 in the day she began to complai. >• of headache and about 7:30 s doctor was called, who sent ? prescription. No uneasiness w.i (felt at this time and she retire as usual. About H o clock M Redwine was aroused by h : daughter who was found to ha in a very weak condition and two doctors quickly arrived, but *he condition of her heart was such that nothing could be done. The funeral was held at the home at 11 o'clock Saturday ay Dr. Chappell and Rev. Mr. Harte. The interment was in the Monroe cemetery. Mrs. Tuck was born in Monroe April 11, 1898. She was married to Mr. Claiborne Tuck on June 21 last and made her home with To Hold Cancer Clinic Oct. 9-9 ( Hr.ic ruder Direction Com mit iir From County Medi al Society Will He At JniiRstoR County Hospital A earner clinic will be held at tae Jo hasten County Hospital in ►Smithfield Tuesday ar..l Wednes day, Get; her S and !*. morning hours nine t,» eleven, afternocu hjui '• two to four, for the pur pose oi examining free all per sons win have any of the su-i p.cious symptoms mentioned Le *°w. This clinic will be under me direction <f a committee from the Johnston County Medical Soci ety, consisting of Dr. W. J. B. Orr, Smithfield, Dr. (I. S. Cole man. Kenly, and Dr. S. A. Dun can, Benson. The oibject of this clinic is C> stress the importance < f finding cancer in its earliest stage, as it is well established that canter is curable if treated properly our ing its early stage. Very mot 1, like tuberculosis, cancer is insid ious in its oils; t, most often hav- . mg its victim reduced to nr. in- j curable stage before the diagnosis u is made. The death rate from tu-' beiculosLs during the last ten .wars has been reduced fifty! per cent. The same reduction in the death rate from cancer can be realized by early detection of its presence and application of prr px r ticatment. Vastly too many , people are dying from cancer l>\ ita.sr.n of delay in making correct j The proposed clinic is in line with a nation-wide program to inte.c.'i the public generally in the importance of correct diug-1 n: is of suspicious growths, such ^ I. Any lump, especially in J. Any sore that does nut heal, t‘cuiariy < n the face or in the* : 1'1 ''' ''' ‘J. C’ontmued indigestion. 4. Any unusual discharge ' ■ 1 WOMAN’S MISSIONARY I N ION TO MEET 2 IT12. The Woman’s Missionary Union the Johnston Baptist Assoc*'-' ation will meet in annual session Thais day. October 21, at a. m. in Princeton Baptist church Hostesses to this meeting1 are the Baptist Woman’s Missionary So I’ety and junior organizations of 1 Unceton. Lunch will be served »n the grounds. A program filied with helpful and interesting items is being pre pa: oil. Our beloved state prosi dent. Mrs. W. X. Jones of Ra; iigh. will be with us and other pcakeis of note will make ad* diassts. The afternoon will be de voted to a young peoples’ session A c.mplete program will be pub Every society in the assoeiatior , is urged and expected to have a a r g o -delegation p re sent. E v e r y chinch in the association is urge 1 \ to i md rcpie.'entatives. All pas- 1 toi s wire invited and their pres ence is greatly desired. A cor dial invitation is extended to mem bers of all missionary societies of other denominations cr any other visitors. | MLS. B. A. HOCUTT, Sunt. SERVICES AT HOME OF CHARLEY THORNTON'S. On the first Sunday evening in ',er. the new Zealand choir will render a song and prayer service at the home of Mr. Chai | ley Thornton, near Bentonville 1 her husband in Selma. Mrs. Tuck ' was educated at Queens College 1 and at Breneau and taught in the Lumberton and Selma schoo's before her marriage. She was a faithful member of Central Meth odist church. Her sudden death has caused sorrow not only to Jwr hvmediato family but to scores of friends and acquaintances. She is survived by her hus band, who arrived from Selma early Friday morning; by her par ents and by three brothers a id four sisters, Messrs. Robe-t, Worth and John Redv.'ine, Mrs. Cl. P. McKimmon of Maxton; Miss >s Florence, Elizabeth and Margaret Red wine. : SIMMY WAS T. R. HOOD’S 72 N D BIRTHDAY. j Promotion day exercises fea tured the Methodist Sunday school here Sunday morning, when thu entire school assembled to see the graduates of the various depart ments receive their certificates, i At the close of the promotion exercises, the superintendent, Mr. T.. C.’. Young, paid a fine tribute to a member of the school who 1<>r a quarter of a century served »s its superintendent- Mr. T. It. Hood. The occasion for these re marks was the seventy-second birthday of Mr. Hood which hap pened to be Sunday. The speakerj truthfully characterized the for iru*r superintendent as the bes: ' loved man in the community. Last Rites For Claude L. Sanders l'unt’iat Sc-i \ici,-: Comiu.tecl Kv Kov. N. C. Year by ;ind Kev. K. 1). Dodd Largely Tin- last sad **itfor Claude L. Sanders, prominent citizen of Johnston county who died at his home in Cleveland township early fhuisday morning, were held at the residence of the deceased I ri day afternoon, and friends ami relatives from far and near galh •red to pay a last tribute of iv- j ’Pect. Kevtl N. C. Yearby, pasotr >f Elizabeth Methodist church, t f kvhich .Mr. Sanders had been a faithful memiber for years, e 01 Jucted the funeral service assisted jy a foimer pastor. Rev. K. 1 >. * Dodd, of Ciayton. Interment was 1 nade in the family bury in*; * ground. A profusion of magnifi cent floral designs was mute tes imony of the esteem in which he deceased was held. Those acting as pallbearers .cere nephews and grand-nephews .-s follows: Lee E. Sanders and Louis Sanders, of Rocky Mount; * dejbie W. Sanders, of Clayton; iit bert W. Sanders, of Durham; Howard Turner, of Raleigh; Wil ls H. Sanders, John Smith and * Wilbur Turner, uf Smithfield. Among those attending the fr.n ■ral from out of the county were: M s Sallie Hadley, Mrs. Walter ‘ Woodaid, Mrs. Rufus Sanders, 1 Y \s Inez Sanders, of Wilson; 1 Mrs. Arthur Blanchard. Mis. Rebert, Wynne, Mr. and Mrs. 1\ 1 il. Turner, of Raleigh; M'\ and Mrs. Hubert Dail. of Washing- ^ ton. Mr. and Mrs. Athal Price, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sanders, Mr. 1 Lewis Sanders, of Rocky Mount; Robert W. Sanders, of Durham; 1 Edwin Sanders, a student of V. P. I. at Blacksburg, Va.; Mrs. John C. Hood, of Kinston; James Lamb, of Wilmington; Miss La bel Lamb, Mrs. Judd, Mrs. J. A Jacobs, Mrs. Carpenter Mr. Sut ton, of Fayetteville. t:yanueijnk" in movies TO 15E IIEKE OCT. 10-11. That truth is stranger than ’iction and frequently decidedly nore entertaining is emphasize 1 n Edwin Carciwe’s new United Artists picture “Evangeline” star ring Dolores Del Rio, slated f »r its first showing at the Victory theatre October 10 and 11, and sponsored by the Business an 1 1'iofessional Woman’s club. “Evangeline” is based on one of the greatest heart dramas in all American history yet it ha. a romantic theme which by vir tue of its beauty and devotion has become one of the classics r<f literature. The screen version of Longfellow’s famous verse is by no means an ordinary entertain ment. Rich in color, tensely rira jmatie and replete with thrilling episodes “Evangeline” vibrate* with compelling interest and i said bv its previewers to be • master-picture in every sense o' the word. In his film piny Mr. Care we naa turned hack the pages of history to show the peaceful Acadian; of Grand Pre, torn from their homes by the stern order of -\ despotic governor-general on the eve of Evangeline’s wedding to Gabriel, the blacksmith’s son. His jtory repeats itself as the Acad i ians protest against the stern rule that demands that their lands be given to the government, their lhoir.es destroyed and they, them Tobacco Sales Near 3 Million l.ocal Market Not Including Yesterday's Sales Keached Pounds; (rovern ment (irading draws In i* avur As the Herald goes to press, figures are nut available for yes terday’s tobacco sales, but it is a safe estimate that the Smith field tobacco market has sold close to three million pounds to date. Official figures for tiie market including last Friday’* sales showed that 2,7(53,428 pounds had been sold, and yesterday, considerable tobacco was sold on (’1 urn to page five) Kenly Presbyterian Chu.cli Is Eedicated Rev. '1'. H. Spence, Forme* | Pastor, Preaches Dedica te; ry Sermon; Other For nier Pastors In Service KENLY, Sept. MO. Visit-"® < ‘‘*cm all parts of Eastern No:-:!) | l arolinn attended the special serv- I icts at Kenly Presbyterian churcti i last Sunday. '1 he church, which j was organized in 1800 in a st.-re >uilding but rebuilt several ye-ir5 h igo. was formally dedicated at th * |i hree o'clock service. The present I: building is a beautiful brick strut*- i lure with Sunday school auditor-' ium and equipment, pastor’s study and church auditorium. Six Presbyterian ministers were1; present during the day. They were' Pev. (;. F. Kirkpatrick, Rev. C.L Claike. and Rev. T. H. Spent-', I ‘ormer pastors; Rev. \V. B. Neill, |. who was instrumental in starting'] •ome of the mission work con-jj lected with the church; Rev. 1 f*. Link, superintendent of home j missions of Granville Presbytery, j Bov. I). F. Waddell, pastor of tr>e | Melina group of churches, and Rev. \ . Logan Landrum, the present , Jastor of Kenly church. * Rev. G. F. Kirkpatrick deliver 'd the sermon at the eleven o’clock service. He emphasized the . iact that Christian character is ‘ the strength of the nation. Boau :iful tributes were paid the ea’lv 1 pastors of the church and to Mr. Janies H. Kirby for over twenty- I two years an active worker in the I church and a highly respected c’.t- ’ izen of Johnston county. The sermon at the dedicat:on service at three o’clock was give i by Rev. T. H. Spence, who spoke J c f the power of the church in :ie world. Mr. J. T. Edgerton read I an appropriate and interesting ‘ history of the church. The dedi- | catory prayer was offered by Mr.* Landrum, who was also in charge of (he services of the day. j The day was closed with a forceful sermon by Rev. C. E. * Claike on the subject, “Sharing Christ." All services of the day were well attended, it being nec-j ess ary to make use of the Sunday school auditorium to accommodate the crowds. The choir, which was made up of talent from the different churches of Kenly and directed by Mi H. M. Grizzard and Mrs. Katie Hooks, gave several an the ms throughout the day that would have been a credit to the choir of any city church. Keniy is greatly blessed with musical talent. Kenly Presbyterian church us always been a missionary church. Five churches have been organized } fmm mission points started by this church. This was a day that brought memories of days long ago to the minds of the older members and a hlessimr to all who attend - (Turn to page five) selves deported to an unknown land antj forced to make their way unprepared for such a strug gle. A single scene for “Evangeline’ represents an investment of more than $100,000. ! POSTPONE CHURCH , BUILDING OPERATIONS The congregation of the Bap- j ; list church in a conference after j (the service last Sunday morning! ! adopted a resolution presented by j Judge F. H. Brooks for the build-1 ing committee postponing the erection of their new church build- j ing. The committee decided on ( this course in view of the acute ‘ financial depression brought by the low price of tobacco- ami the [great damage to the cotton crop from the boll weevil. It was J.s tintly understood that the decis ion to build has not been aban doned, but only postponed for more favorable conditions. The resolution adopted commits the church to undertake immediately the creation of a building fund, the plan to be worked out in detail by tne building committee acting with the beacons and fi nance committee of the church. Joel G. Hudson Takes Own Life 13rinks Carbolic Acid After Having Arranged Matters Pertaining to His Funeral ; the Meadow community -was I shocked last Wednesday when it Mt-anie known that Joel G. Huds-'n ad taken his own life by drink carbolic acid. He was found' a:»out ten o’clock lying no a cot! n his home in a dying condition, jnd he passed away before aid j ■ouid reach him. The deceased had told several c»r I neighbors that he was going <» kill himself but no one took n;m seriously. On the Sunday before he ■vent to see Rev. W. Y. Moore and isked him to conduct his funeral, md he had asked Lawrence Ad mis and Jim Everett Thornton to, nake his coffin, but they thought u‘ was making the request as a oke and thought no more about Wednesday morning two neigh >< r boys went to Mr. Hudson’s '.time and found him lying on hi> ■<<t which he had moved and ilaced near the door. When they >aw him foaming at the mouta hey returned home and told their father that Mr. Hudson was “the Iruwkest man they had ever -ten.” The> father went to Mi. Hudson’s home, but he was dead before anything could be done fo> him. The decease<l left a note in which he stated that he was not insane hut was killing himseli because of trouble. His wife died about two months ago. The funeral was held at tlm h< me Thursday afternoon at one j o’clock conducted by Rev. W. V. Moore and interment was made *n I the cemetery near the home of Primrose Johnson. The pallbear ers were: Lawrence Adams, L. G. Flowers, Luther J. Kinsey, Har vey Creech and David Peacock. The deceased was about frty years old. He leaves a step daughter sixteen years of age. GOV. GARDNER OFFERS REWARD TESSNER CASE Robert Baldwin, director of Civil 1 berties Union, when he off ere j $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and convic tion of the person firing the shot 'that proved fatal to Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, evidently made the offer in order to make the im plosion that North Carolina wu not on the job of bringing U trial the perpetrator of tlu crime. Rewards are not usually offered when arrests of suspect ed persons have already beei made, and seven men are unde ■ a $1,000 bond each charged wit: manslaughter in connection wit the Killing: oi Mrs. Wiggins. 1. the ease of the kidnapping and flogging of Oleo Teasner a: ■ King’s Mountain, the situation is different, there being no clue whatever as to who committed the assault. Governor Gardner has offered a reward of $400, the maximum amount he is authorize l to offer, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who dii that crime. y County Bar Ass’n Elects Officers J. A. Wellons Is Chosen Pres ident; J. D. Parker, Vice President; L. E. Watson, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer ; The Johnston County Bar As sociation helj a meeting at Har i rison’s Lake, near Princeton on ; Friday afternoon, September 21, and in addition to the matters of jbusiness disposed of, the associa tion enjoyed a suniptu' us baiVe , cue dinner. The meeting was pre sided over by the president, Paul D. Grady. After a very enjoyable barbe cue dinner, the association pro ceeded to elect officers for rha ensuing year. Mr. James A. V/e 1 lons was elected president a.n't Mr. James D. Parker was elected vice-president. Mr. L. E. Watson, •Jr., was elected secretary and treasurer. Other matters of bvsi j ness came before the body an i committees were appointed by the president to take over those mnt i ters. I Those present were: G. A. Mar i tin, L. E. Watson, Jr., John A. j Narron, Norman C. Shepard, Win field H. Lyon, Paul C. Grady, J. Ira Lee, James A. Wellons, James D. Parker, H. B. Marrow, Leon G. Stevens, E. J. Wellons, F. Ii. Brooks, W. B. Wellons, A. M. Noble, A. A. Corbett and H. V. Rose. Mr. W. P. Creech of ton, was there the guest of *:ve association. The event was one of the most enjoyable meetings liie bar has had during the year and each went his way resolved to hold more meetings during the ensuing year and to work for a better as sociation of the members of John ston's legal profession. MORE GIRLS THAN BOYS ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL RALEIGH, Sept. 29.—Girls ary attending the public high schooM of the state in larger numbers and more regularly than boys, ac cording to statistics collected by the State Department of Public Instruction. During the ye.it 1928-29 there were 43,339 white boys and 53,400 white girls en rolled in public high schools, or over 10,000 more girls than b,:ys. Fifty-five per cent of the tala’, white high school enrollment o-.’ 90,739, and 07 per cent of the to tal colored high school enrollnun. of 13,218, are girls. On the basis of rural and c:!y schools this percentage distribu tion is practically the same-i* per cent of the rural white en rollment and 46 per cent of ciiy high school enrollment are bo/ >. These percentage distributions arc approximately the same as the-,* were five years ago, 1923-21, I when 44.5 per cent of the tote white high school enrollment •*: 58,784 was boys. Not only do more girls a!Lei: I high school, but figures show tli.v they also attend more regular*•/ Whereas, an average of only L-j boys out of each 100 enrolled at tend daily, 86 girls make the.: record. Boys in city schools a tend slightly better than do then country cousins—city boys 84 p“; cent and rural boys 82 per cer y Figures also show that at tno close of the school year 1928-29, there were 4,G68 white boys a:.'. 7,477 white girls who graduat:* 1 from the public high schools, 38 per cent boys and 62 per cent girls. The differences are greater for the colored race, 31 per cent boys and 69 per cent girls ou*. 1 of a total of 1,484 graduates. A slightly larger percentage o: city boys graduate than do^ rural ■ boys—37.5 per cent of the Hotal * rural graduates are boys, whereas ’’ 40.1 per cent of the city graduate! are boys. The number of tural M white girls who grdauated from high school exceeded the num.uet of rural white boys by nearly two thousand. Secretary Dunn Fair Here. Mr. Ellis. Goldstein, of Dunn, secretary-treasurer of the Four County Fair held each year in Dunn, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Goldstein is enthusiastic about the fair which will be held Octo ber 22-25. This fair em’bntces the counties of Harnett, Johnston, Sampson and Cumberland
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