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V0L. 29 SMITHFIELD, Nj C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1910 Number 41
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS FIVE CENTS PER COPY
OUR COUNTY TO
HAVE NF.W MAP
SOIL SURVEY OF JOHNSTON
COUNTY.
The State and the Nation Are Co
operating. Mr. W. E. Hearne of
the National Government, and Mr.
L. L. Brinkley, of the State De
partment, Are Now Engaged in the
Work Around Clayton?Will Re
quire About Six or Eight Months to
Complete the map?Maps will be
Distributed Free?Much Credit Due
to Hon. Ashley Home.
Clayton, Dec. 4.?The Bureau of
Soils of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture under the direc
tion of ?rof. Milton Whitney and the
North Carolina Department of Agri
culture through State Chemist Dr. B.
W. Kilgore, are co-operating in mak
ing a soil map of Johnston county.
Mr. W. E. Hearne, of the Nation
al Government, and Mr. L. L. Brink
ley, of the State Department are now
engaged In this work around Clay
ton. It will require about six or
eight months to complete the map
Of the county.
In the first place It will be a good
county map, showing all the pub
lic roads, private roads, railroads,
e(reams, towns, Ijouses, schoolhouses,
churches names of these, township
boundaries and all prominent and
well known places in the county. It
will be published on a scale of one
Inch equal to one mile, thus giving a
large and convenient sized map of
the county. *
On this map will be shown the va
rious kinds of types of soil in dif
ferent colors and their location
throughout the county. These col
ors will be lithographed and will
jiot in any way cover up the woods,
houses or streams, so that every
thing will be plain and distinct.
In addition to the soil map a very
complete report will fce written up
on Johnston county, treating of the
following subjects: General Descrip
tion of the county, its location, ele
vation, topographic features, drainage,
Climatic conditions, geological forma
tions, transportation facilities. Its
noils?each kind of type of soil be
Ing described In full and analysis giv
en?crops, fertilizers, prices of land,
conditions of agriculture and the op
portunities for further development.
Poring and examinations will be
made in the soil and also subsoil to
a depth of three feet. A large num
ber of samples will be collected and
forwarded to Washington, D. C., and
Raleigh, N. C., where mechanical and
chemical analyses are to be made.
?
The soil survey work is the ba
sis for the study of the feritlizer re
quirements of each soil and also the
adaptability of the soil to certain
and special crops. Dr. B. W. Kilgore
intends to follow up the soil survey
and to recommend definite fertilizers
for each soil to that the farmers and
land owners can have specific Infor
mation. The State Department is al
ready prepared to give out valuable
Information about the varieties best
tuited to each soil, and to assist
the farmers in many ways.
The maps and reports of John
ston county will be printed by the
Bureau of Soils, Washington, D. C.,
and will be distributed free by Con
gressman E. W. Pou, of Smlthfield,
N. C.
Hon. Ashley Home, of Clayton, has
taken a great deal of interest in the
work of the Department of Agricul
ture and much credit is di'e him for
the survey of Johnston couaty.?News
#nd Observer, December 4th.
AEROPLANE FALL KILLS TWO.
Italian Officer and Private Drop 80
Feet at Centocello.
% _
Rome, Dec. 5.?An aeroplane, car
rying an Italian officer and a private,
tell from a height of eighty feet at
the military grounds at Centicello
this evening. Both men were killed
Instantly. The aeroplane, which was
ft Farman machine, was in charge
of Engineer-Cammarota, and the ac
cident appears to have been due to
ftn attempt to make a short turn.
The Frieburg silver mines, of Sax
ony, have been closed, after having
been worked for 700 years.
1,1
POPULATION OF NORTH CAROLINA
Census Figures Give a Gain of
16.5 Per Cent Between 1900 and
1910. The Total Population Now
Is Two Million, Two Hundred and
Six Thousand, Two Hundred and
Eighty-Seven.
The Census Bureau save out fig
ures for North Carolina's Population
last Monday. The State has made a
gain of 16.5 per cent during the past
ten years.
Johnston County has ]umped from
32,250 to 41,401, a gain of 9,151, or
a little more than 28 per cent.
See figures below:
Counties. 1910. 1900. j
Alamance 28,721 25665
Alexander 11,592 10,960
Alleghany 7,745 7,759
Anson 25,465 21,870
Ashe 19,074 19,581 |
Beaufort 30,877 26,404
Bertie 23,039 20,538 i
Bladen .. 18,006 17,677 J
Brunswick 14,434 12,657
Buncombe 49,798 44,288
Burke .. .. .. .. 21,408 15,699
Cabarrus 26,240 22,456
Caldwell 20,579 15,694
Camden 5,640 5,474
Carteret 13,776 11,811
Caswell 14,558 15,028
Catawba 27,918 22,133
Chatham 22,635 23,912
Cherokee 14,137 11,860
Chowan 11,303 10,258
Clay 3,909 4,532
Cleveland 29,494 25,078
Columbus 28,020 21,274
Craven 25,594 24,160
Cumberland 35,284 29,249
Currituck 7,693 6,529 1
Dare 4,841 4,757
Davidson 29,404 23,403
'Davie 13,394 12,115 j
Duplin 25,442 22,405
I Durham 35,276 26,233 |
Edgecombe 32,010 26,591 I
! Forsyth 47.311 35,261 j
(? ranklin 24,692 2a,116 !
CiuxUin 37,063 27.903
Gates 10,455 10,413
Gr<>h;iiu 4,749 4,343
J ran ville 25,102 23,263
Grxne 13;083 12,038
Guilford 60,497 39,074
Halifax 37,646 30,793 j
Harne'l 22,174 15,988 !
Hay.vood 21,020 16,222 4
H nuerson 16,262 14,104 i
Hertford 15,436 14,294
Hyde 8,840 9,278
| I^dell 34,315 29,0^4
I Jackson 12,998 11,8 f
I Johnston 41,401 32,25o
I Jones 8,721 8,226
I.ee 11,376
i Lenoir .. 22,769 18,639
Lincoln 17,132 15,498
McDowell 13,538 12,567
Macon 12,191 12,104
Madison 20,132 20,644
Martin 17,797 15,383
Mecklenburg .. .. 67,031 55,268
Mitchell 17,245 15,221
Montgomery .. .. 14,967 14,197
Moore .. 17,010 23,622
Nash * 33,727 25,478
New Hanover .. .. 32,037 24,785
Northampton .. .. 22,323 21,150
Onslow 1471^5 11,940
Orange '15,066 14,690
Pamlico 9,996 8,045
Pasquotank 16,693 13,660
Pender 15,471 13,381
Perquimans 11,054 10,091
Person 17,356 16,695
Pitt 36,340 30,889
Polk 7,640 7,004
Randolph 29,491 28,232
Richmond 19,673 28,408
Robeson 51,945 40,371 I
Rockingham 36,442 33,163
Rowan .. .. }. .. 37,521 31,066
Rutherford 28,385 25,101
Sampson 29,982 26,380
Scotland 15,363 j
Stanly 19,909 15,220
| S'o^es 20,151 19,866
Surry 29,709 25,515
Swain 10,403 8,401
Transylvania 7,191 6,620 '
Tyrrell 5,219 4,980
Union 33,277 27,156
Vance 19,425 16,684
Wake 63,229 54,626
Warren 20,266 19,151
Washington 11,062 10,608
Watauga 13,556 13,417
Wayne 35,698 31,356
Wilkes 30,282 26,872
Wilson 24,269 23,596
Yadkin 15,428 11,464
Yancey .. 12,072 1
Total 2,206,187 1.898,810
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EDIiAR TURLINGTON
THE WINNER
ANOTHER SMITHFIELD BOY GETS
A RHODES SCHOLARSHIP.
In a Competitive Examination Edgar
W. Turlington Is Adjudged Worthy
Of a Three Years' Scholarship At
The Famous Oxford University in
England.
All Smithfleld is proud of the fact
that Edgar W. Turlington, son of
Prof, and Mrs. Ira T. Turlington, is
the winner fit the Rhodes Scholarship
at Oxford University in England, suc
ceeding Oscar Rand, who will grad
uate next June. The examination
was held several weeks ago, conduct
ed by a board of examiners, special
ly appointed for this purpose. The pa
pers were then 6ent to Oxford Uni
versity for grading, with the result
as mentioned above.
Three years ago Oscar Rand was
the winner. This year it is anoth
er Smithfield boy, and both won
strictly on merit. It is a proud dis
tinction that has come to our little
city, and one 'hat even our largest
cities would be gla<t to claim. Not
anywhere in the United States has
one small town had the rare distinc
tion of sending two -of its sons to
this famous seat of learning in suc
cession, as Rhodes scholars. When
one considers what winning a Rhodes
Scholarship really means then it is
that the signal honor that has come
to our young townsman is appreciat
ed. Here is the basis: "The exami
nations are qualifying, rather than
competitive, and three-tenths of
credit only art' given to a candidate
for literary and scholastic merit; the
remainder are awarded according to
his love of outdoor sports; for the
qualities of courage, generosity and
kindness, for high moral character;
and especially for ambition to serve 1
and lead in important public affaire."
Edgar Turlington is a senior at '
the University of North Carolina and
will graduate next commencement j
with the highest honors of his
class if he maintains his present high
standing. He was prepared for col
lege at Turlington Oraded School and 1
since entering the university has
taken many honors.
We offer congratulations to Mr.
Turling!un, his parents, his town,
and his county. That he is worthy Is
recr.} ul " d by all who know him.
r Tacky Party.
All of us have seen tacky per- i
sons, persons dressed tackily. Yes, j
persons sometimes dress tacky, oth- j
ers dress tackier, and sometimes we
see people who are so tacky that
each time we say that they are the
tackiest we ever saw; but the wri- ;
ter ventures the assertion that
never in one company were there as
many tacky (boys and girls as attend
ed the tacky party given In the Ep
worth League Hall last Tuesday ev
ening from eight till ten-thirty.
Promptly at eight o'clock the
crowd begjin to gather. The first
couple to arrive looked tacky, mighty
tacky, but the second couple looked
tackier. Then the third was the
tackiest of the three, but when the
fourth arrived the other three were
relegated to the background, where
they all remained until the fifth
couple arrived, when number four
had to take a back seat. And so on
it went, each couple seemed to be
going from bad to worse. At last all
had arrived and then all? together It
was a hard matter to decide which
was the tackiest.
So ridiculous were the costumes
that it was quite a while before any
games or amusement^ could be in
dulged in, so convulsed were all
with laughter; but the novelty of
the thing gradually wearing off such
games as King William, Stealing
Partners, Fishing, et cetera, were In
dulged in by all present.
A prize having been offered for
the tackiest dressed girl and boy,
after a hot campaign and a joint dis
cussion, Miss lone Abell was award
ed the prize offered the girls, while
the honor which was to go to the
tacky man was awarded to Mr. Her
bert Lowry.
Delightful refreshments consisting
of peanuts, popcorn, stick candy and
animal crackers were served, and en
joyed by all.
AMERICAN NAVY
NOW LESS COSTLY
DEMANDS FOR 1911 SHOW FIVE
MILLION DECREASE.
Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Meyer,
Only Has $127,067,329 in His Bud
get. Reduction in Estimates for
Next Year's Needs Will Not Im
pair Present Efficiency of the De
partment.
Washington, Dee. 4.?The estimates
of Secretary of the Navy, Meyer, for
the year 1911 will show a saving of
$5,000,000 as compared with the
appropriation for the navy department
for the current year. Besides, it pro
vides for an expenditure of $8,135,827
for public works at the navy yards
and stations. These are for items
regarded as absolutely essential, and
are based upon a personal inspection j
by Secretary Meyer of the navy
yards and stations made recently.
The original recommendations made
to the secretary for these works
reached the sum of $28,621,530, but in
the interest of economy Mr. Meyer
was able to make a substantial re- (
duction, holding the figures to mat- |
(ers entirely within the range of
importance or necessity.
Some of the estimates for public
works are as follows:
New York navy yard, $1,469,000; j
I'earl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands, na
val station, $2,287,000; Boston navy
>ard, $277,000; marine barracks,
Boston, $148,000; Norfolk navy yard.j
$347,500; Olongapo, Philippines, nav
al station, $300,000; Philadelphia na
vy yard, $227,000; marine barracks,
$290,000; Portsmouth, N. H., navy
yard, $129,000; Puget Sound navy
yard, $989,000; Washington, I). C.,
navy yard, $134,500.
The secretary says that to con
struct the collier which eongresa di
rected shall be built at a govern
ment navy yard on the Pacifi^ coast,
It will be necessary for congress to
increase the limit of cost.from $1,
000,000 to $1,500,000, of which $531,
000 should be appropriated t\ next
year.
Tht. secretary asks for $7,630,000
for provisions for the navy, which is
an increase of $158,929 over the ap- |
propriation for the current year. Pro- j
visions for the marine corps are |
estimated at TJ820.000, an increase of
$y6.457 for this year.
As the first year's appropriation
for the new vessels which the secre- |
tary recommends, he names $6,000,000
as the necessary figure for construc- J
tion and machinery, and $6,750,428
for armor and arament, which is $3,- I
494,194 less than the amount ap
propriated for the new building pro- ]
gram this year. In addition the Sec-j
retary recommends $10,453,619 for
continuation of work on vessels now
under construction, which is $6,982,-1
105 less than the amount appropriat
ed for a similar purpose this year.
While increases have been made in
the estimates for the pay of the j
navy and marine corps and under the
head of ordinance and other war
equipment, the decreases exacted on
the other directions and especially in
the construction of ships, bring the
total down sufficiently to effect a
saving of $5,000,000!V
The total amount which will be sub
mitted to congress for the navy de- ;
partment under the naval legislative j
and sundry civil bills for next year
will be $127,067,329, as compared
with $132,378,980 for this year, or a
decrease in exact figures of $5,311,
, 651.
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Lamar (' Mo.) Republican-Sentinel
The county paper is tha greatest
county builder. Its constructive
force has no equal. It builds roads,
it improves farms. It sustains towns
and villages. It improves social cir
cles and It supports material advance
ment. In fact, It enters into the
very heart and life of all county pro
gress and It never ceases to do Its
work. The power of the age Is the
country newspaper.
It is easier to get divorced than
married In Switzerland.
The average depth of the English
C'jannel Is 110 feet.
I am always most religions on a
sunshiny day.?Byron
FROM SCHCOL ROOM AND CAMPUS
Notes From Turlington Gra.ieJ
School Written by One of the Pu
pils. Some of the Things That
May Interest Readers of The Her
ald.
Mrs. I. T. Turlington and Miss
Mattie Hudson, teachers of the Pri
mary Grades at Turlington Graded
School, ?ttended a meeting of the Pri
mary Teachers' Association at Ral
eigh last Friday and Saturday.
We all feel proud of our county,
town and especially proud of our
School. Two of our boys have won
the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the
greatest school honors in the world,
and there are possibilities of others
from our school having the same hon
or^ Many congratulations are being
bestowed on our dear and esteemed
teachers. Prof, and Mrs. I. T. Tur
lington, for the honor their son has I
won.
The Zebulon Vance Literary Socie
ty had a very interesting debate on
Monday afternoon. The query was.
Resolved: That Immigrants should ;
be allowed to come to the United !
States. The debaters were Messrs. j
Robert Wellons and Oliver Rand, on
the affirmative; Walter Rand and
William Cox on the negative. The I
judges were Messrs. Parker Rand, i
Paul H. Bason and Miss Kittle Wood. |
Their decision was in favor of the af- '
firmative sida.
Examinations are over, and the pu- i
pils feel free to a certain extent,
and are looking forward with great,
pleasure for the Christmas holidays.
The girls of the higher grades are
rapidly progressing in their athletic
sports. They will have some inter- j
esting games of Hasket Mall soon.
The Ladies Betterment Association
had a "Hook Receptionat the Tur
lington (iraded School on Wednesday
afternoon from three till four o'clock.
Each member was kindly requested
to take a book for the School Li- i
brary.
New song bookf have been ordered
for the school. Each student should
own a book if they wish to learn to |
sing the songs So It is to be j
hoped that every one will possess the j
new book, that we may soon be j
able to have a good choir.
I
S?ELMA NEWS.
Dr. 'and Mrs. J. B. Person and Dr.
It J. Noble utu-iided tin meeting of
the Seat?oard Medical Association at
Kinston on Wednesday.
Our people are delighted to hear
that Mr. Edgar W. Turlington, of
Smithfield, has won the Rhodes Schol
arship at Oxford, England, and offer
their heartiest congratulations to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. "furling- I
ton. This makes twice, In succession,1
that Smithfield, Johnston County, has j
won that much coveted position. It J
v.ill be a long time before any coun
ty can say that same thing and the
people of Johnston ought to proud
of tlieir men. Now it is up to the j
boys of the county to see that no
other county gets the honor next
time. Now boys, get down to work
for the place and keep it in the
county.
Johnston has made large gains in
population in the last ten years.
There is no race suicide now. We
are all proud of this grand old Coun
ty.
MARRIAGES.
On Wednesday. December 7th.
1910, at 10:30 o'clock Mr. John H.
Sanders and Miss Kittle Peterson
were married at the home of her
brother-in-law, Mr. N. B. Stevens
Rev. T. H. King performed the cere
mony. After the marriage they went
to Goldsboro, the home of Mr. San
j ders.
On last Sunday Mr. Julian Jones, a
; son of Mr. Mack Jones, and Miss
Gertrude Davis, a daughter of Mr. J.
t S. Davis, were married near Powha
[tan.
Mr. Arthur Jones, a son of Mr.
: Willis Jones, and Miss Eva Gower
! were married last Sunday at the
home of Rev. J. S. Ellis, by him.
I On Thursday night of last week
at 8:30 ?'clock at the home of Mr. E.
8. Lancatser In Clayton township,
i Mr. Berter Wallace and Miss Mavis
' Lancaster were happily married. Mr.
' Paul Wallace was best man and Miss
Alice Pleasant was maid of honor.
'< The ceremony was performed by Rev.
J. W. Smith. Mr. Wallace is a son
of Mr. J. J. Wallace
Mr. W. G. Stephenson and Miss
Rosa Barbour were married last
Sunday at the home of Mr. Ashley
Bar boar. Rev. Ik?n Moore performed
^th? ceremony.
TO PLAN FOR
NEW YEAR'S WORK
BAPTISTS MEETING IN HENDER
SONVILLE.
Annual Session of North Carolina
Body Convened Tuesday. William
C. Dowd President. Some Figures
Of Interest.
Hendersonville, N. C., December 3.
?The eighteenth annual session of
the Convention of North Carolina
Baptists will convene in the First
naptist Church at Hendersonville
Tuesday. The convention will be
called to order by William Carey
Dowd, of Charlotte, the president el
ected at the convention held at
Wadesboro last year.
After the opening devotional ser
vice the annual convention sermon
will be delivered by Rev. J. J. Hall,
D. D., pastor of the First Baptist
Church at Fayetteville. Following
this sermon the convention will pro
ceed to organization. In all probab
ility the body will re-elect Mr. Dowd
as president. Three vice-presidents
will be chosen. These offices are
held at this time by Rev. R. H.
Marsh, of Oxford; J. H. Tucker, of
Asheville, and T. M. Harrington, of
Rocky Mount.
The present senior recording secre
tary is N. It. Hroughton, of Raleigh,
and he has held the position since
1882. and will lx> re-elected. His as
sociate, I>r. C. K. Hrewer, of Wake
Forest, will also be chosen this year
to the same position.
The other officers of the convention
are: Walters Durham, treasurer, of
Raleigh; F. H. Briggs, of Raleigh, au
ditor, and Rev. Livingston Johnson,
corresponding secretary.
The State convention of the Bap
tist denomination comprises 1,899
churches, with 217,967 members; 1,681
Sunday schools, 153,464 scholars, and
last year reported contributions
amounting to $138,885.33 exclusive of
local church expenses. It Is expected
that the reports at Hendersonville
will show large gains, both in num
bers and offerings. The impetus giv
en to all departments of denomi
national activity by the laymen move
ment has been marked during the
past year.
The program for the conventloa
provides for the reports on the va
rious denominational activities as
follows: Foreign Missions, Rev. J. H.
Foster, of Wilmington; Home Mis
sions, Rev. W. M. Vines, of Ashe
vllle. The Orphanage, Rev. J. A.
Campbell, of Buie's Creek; Sunday
Schools, Rev. William Hedley, of
Reidsville; Rev. T. J. Taylor, of War
renton; State Missions, Rev. C. E.
Maddry, of Statesville; Biblical Re
corder, J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, and
Ministerial Education, Rev. T. W.
Chambliss, of Wadesboro.
Among the men of national promi
nence who will attend the convention
will be Rev. E. Y. Mullins, D. D.,
president of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, at Louisville,
Ky.; Rev. R. J. Willingham, D. D.,
secretary of the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention; Rev. B. D. Gray, D. D.,
secretary of the Home Mission Board
of the Southern Baptist Convention:
Rev. J. M. Frost, D. D., secretary ot
| the Sunday School Board of the Sou
thern Baptist Convention.
Birthday Party.
At the residence of his parents
on Second Street, Master Claude W.
Smith, Jr., entertained a number ot
his boy friends from two till four la
the afternoon on Monday, November
28th, the occasion being his sixth
birthday. As soon as the guests had
arrived, sports becoming boys of their
age were indulged in heartily by all
present.
After enjoying the games to their
fullest extent they were all invited
Into the beautifully decorated dining
room where cream and cake were
served. Those present were, Freder
ick Brooks, Tilden Honeycutt, Ed
win Patterson, Frank Lawrence Skin
ner, Dwight and Theron Johnson,
Norwood Holland and Thel Hooks, Jr.
Manners carry the world for the
moment; character for all the time.
?Alcott