4 VOL 32 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1914 Number 43 storm and flood forecasts. How The Weather Bureau Tells About the Coming of Storms, Frosts and Floods._Low Barometer Indicates Storm Center. Washington, D. C., Jan. 20. Many people have an idea that there is something mysterious and occult about the work of the Weather Bureau in forecasting the coming of storms, frosts and floods. Not a few think that the observers must necessarily get their data by reading the planets, the stars and the moon. As a matter of fact the forecaster of the Bureau foretells the coming of disturbances in a businesslike way, very similar to that in which a man who has ordered a shipment of goods would estimate the date of its arrival. Suppose a business man had order ed a carload of pineapples from the Hawaiian Islands. He would know the average time it would take the steamer to make the trip to the Pa cific port, the average time for un loading and loading into refrigerator cars, and the average number of days to be allowed tnese cars ior men uip across the continent 'to New York. His estimate, however, would be sub ject to error because the steamship might be delayed by fog, or the cars might meet with an accident. Storms, like pineapples, as a rule do not originate in the United States. They come to us, some from the Phil lippines, Japan, Siberia, Alaska, Can ada or the Gulf of Mexico. The Weather Bureau gets cable, telegraph ic or wireless notice of a foi’eign storm. Station after station, or ves sel after vessel reports the storm’s arrival in its neighborhood, so that the general direction and rate of pro gress can be determined very early. In fact, the arrival of some storms can be foretold ten days in advance. The forecasters watch for the re gion of low barometer which is the storm center around which the winds blow. This whirl or eddy moves bod ily forward with the general east ward drift of about 650 miles a day in our latitudes. As the lines of equal pressure (isobars) around the low center crowd closer together, the winds attending the storm increase in force. The forecaster determines the direction of movement of the storm and its velocity. When weather disturbances are re ported, the forecasters know from ex perience about how long it takes them to reach our Pacific Coast, and then how long after they will reach the Atlantic Coast. For example, if a storm coming from Siberia drifts east ward around the North Pole and reap pears in Alaska, it should appear in Washington and Oregon in about two days; should get to the Great Lakes in six days and to the Atlantic Coast in seven or eight days. Unexpected conditions may delay storms or divert them from the straight track just as a refrigerator car may be thrown off its schedule or be shipped by accident on a wrong road. Some of these storms deplete themselves by running into regions of high barometer which are of greater magnitude and extent than the storm itself. Some of them, however, travel ___J iL J .jjivvvij uunu To keep tab on cold waves that come into the United States from Can ada and Alaska, the Weather Bureau studies the Canadian Weather re ports. England sends reports from Iceland, the British Islands and Con tinental Europe, and daily reports come from St. Petersburg on the con ditions in Russia and Siberia. Flood forecasts are made in much the same way. Information as to the amount of rainfall at the head wa ters of streams that cause floods are covered by telegraphic reports sent by local observers. As this rain reach es the main channel, the height of the water in the channel is determined by successive gaging stations. Past records establish how much a height, say of 20 feet at Dubuque, Iowa, will produce at Davenport, another station 80 miles down the Mississippi. This plan is followed all the way down the river, and at each point full allowance is made for the effects of water from tributaries, and from additional and local rainfall. As a result of these observations in the recent flood, the people of Cairo had warning a week or ten days in advance. The Pittsburgh district can be given only 12 to 24 hours’ notice, because a flood is upon them within 24 hours after a heavy tain storm. PROF. TURLINGTON HONORED. Portrait of Former Smithfield Teach er Presented to Turlington Graded School With Appropriate Exercises. One of the most interesting events j of the County Teachers' Association! which met here last Saturday was j the presentation of a portrait of Prof.1 Ira T. Turlington to Turlington Grad-! ed School. A year or two ago the idea originat ed among some of his old pupils and the matter was brought before the Woman’s Betterment Association. The plan was to have the portrait given, j not by the Betterment Association, but by old students. On account of there being no Alumni organization the movement was conducted under the auspices of the Woman’s Betterment Association. Sufficient funds were contributed and Miss Matt Dowd, of Charlotte, was engaged to paint the picture. Saturday morning saw the culmination of the efforts of those who > thus wished to honor a most distin guished son of Johnston. Mr. S. S. Holt, who was a pupil of Prof. Turlington for a number of years, made the presentation speech. He mentioned the fact that this was not a sad occasion—as is usually the case when portraits, monuments, etc., I are unveiled, the subjects of which : j are dead—but one of joy. He said i i instead of seeing the widow in her | mourning garments and the orphans j ; grouped around her, we had present1 the living person of Prof. Turlington, with only gladness in the hearts of j , those who were paying him homage. He briefly spoke of the great educa- ! | tional work of Prof. Turlington in j our town and county and paid a beau l tiful tribute to the unselfish life of service which he rendered and is rendering his fellowman. The portrait, which was draped in the handsome school flag of purple and gold, was unveiled by little Misses o:,e and Nellie Grantham, nieces of of. Turlington. rr> f. A. Vermont, Superintendent Turlington Graded School, en husiastically accepted the portrait for school. Trustee T. R. Hood also .ads a few pleasing remarks as he dded hi ; appreciation of the honor . hown our former schoolman and our 1 ol, and Prof. L. T. Royall, County superintendent of Schools, spoke a Jew words concerning the work done ; in the county. The audience then called for Prof. Turlington, who went upon the ros- i tvum and with his voice broken with emotion thanked the people for what ; they had done. The portrait will be hung in the school auditorium opposite a picture of Ex-Governor Aycock. WILLIAMS IS COMPTROLLER. His Confirmation By the Senate Also : Makes Him a Member of Federal Reserve Committee. Washington, D. C., Jan. 19.—John | Skelton Williams, of Richmond, Va., , who has been the assistant Secreta ry of the Treasury now becomes the , Comptroller of the Currency, and the , third member of the Federal Reserve , Board. The Senate today confirmed , his nomination sent in a few' days ago by President Wilson. \ The only opposition to the confir- . mation of Mr. Williams was voiced by , Senator Bristow, of Kansas, and Will- . iam Alden Smith, of Michigan. Sen- ] at or Bristow reviewed the action of , Mr. Williams in depositing funds with , the Munsey Trust Co., when it took over the United States Trust Com- . pany in this city to avert a panic. Senator Reed, of Missouri; Martin, , of Virginia, and Chilton, of West Vir- > ginia, praised the ability of the pres- ^ ident’s nominee for the important . post, and urged his confirmation. There was a roll call on the con- ( firmation and the only voice heard ] against it was that of Senator Bristow ] when the viva voce vote was taken. Mr. Williams becomes an immedi- , ate member of the organization com mittee now holding hearings in the j West to determine on locations for , the Federal Reserve Banks, and the , new comptroller will prepare to join his colleagues, Secretaries McAdoo ] and Houston as soon as possible. Governor Simeon E. Baldwin, of Connecticut, will deliver the literary address at the next commencement of Wake Forest College, May 21st. Senator Simmons celebrated his < [sixtieth birthday Tuesday._ COUNTY TEACHERS MEET HERE Held Two Days Session. Mr. Busbec and Dr. Harrison Deliver Addresses, One Hundred and Fifty Teachers Attend. Friday and Saturday were red let ter days in the history of the John ston County Teachers’ Association, there being the largest attendance of any meeting that has been yet held in the County. One hundred and fif ty-six out of one hundred and sixty four teachers, the entire number in the county, were present. The Association with its efficient corps of officers had planned a varied and helpful program for the two days. Friday afternoon was devoted to de partmental work. Prof. A. Vermont, Miss Elizabeth Kelly, and Miss Mat tie Hudson had charge of the various departments and the work done in these meetings will surely bear fruit. However, it was decided to introduce a new plan of conducting the depart mental work for the future by organ izing each department into a distinct body. ihe High School Department elect ed the following officers: President, Prof. Geo. T. Whitley, Superintendent of the Clayton High School; Vice-Pres ident, Prof. W. H. Tyler, Superintend ent of the Benson High School; Sec retary, Prof. S. E. Leonard, Superin tendent Kenly High School. The Grammar grades chose as their officers the following: President, Miss Willie T. Hall, of the Clayton High School; Vice-President, Mr. Andrew Fitzgerald, of Pine Level; Secretary, Miss Emma Tomlinson, of Polenta. The Primary Department elected :he following: President, Miss Mary Hyman,, of the Selma Graded School; Vice-President, Miss Katiebet Morris, pf the Clayton High School; Secre ;ary, Miss Mattie Hudson, of Turling ton Graded School. The meeting Friday evening was teld in the school auditorium and was well attended by the citizens of the ;own as well as the teachers. Presi lent Archer, of Selma, presided over the meeting. The first speaker of the ivening, Mr. Jacques Busbee, of Rai ;igh, was introduced in a few well •hosen words by Prof. A. Vermont. Mr. Busbee’s address, which was on ‘Native Plants and Trees,” was schol irly and instructive. Perhaps his bo tannical terms were somewhat unfa niliar to the majority, yet his dis burse was designed to arouse an in terest in those very terms and it is sure to have produced telling effect ipon his hearers. Following Mr. Busbee, County Su perintendent of Health, Dr. H. H. Ut ey, gave an illustrated Health talk. Jr. Utley has purchased a magic lan tern and a few slides picturing the ly, mosquito, and how they carry the jerms of typhoid, malaria, tuberculo us and other diseases. He also shows low germs of diphtheria, scarlet fe rer, whooping cough and measles may >e carried around. In every case he ells how these diseases may be pre sented. Dr. Utley proposes to use hese illustrations in his work .hroughout the county. His is a great vork and the teachers of the county nay be his most efficient helpers. Dr. Covington, of Raleigh, followed iic magic laui/Ciii ciitei taiiiiiiem. wilii i talk concerning children defective >n account of “adenoids, tonsils, sight ind hearing.” An attractive musical srogram added to the enjoyment of he occasion and the exercises closed vith a delightful social half-hour. Saturday morning, the department il work was taken up again until 11 /clock, when all assembled in the audi orium for the presentation of the rurlington Portrait (which has been old about elsewhere in this paper) ind for another helpful address by Or. T. P. Harrison, of the A. & M. College at Raleigh. The subject of lis discourse was “Essentials in Eng ish.” Logical in its arrangement, :ull of new thought for the hearer, it vas a skillful execution. The teachers of the county were ndeed fortunate in having the oppor .unity of listening to such educational iddresses as the officers of the John ston County Teachers' Association, wrought to them at this meeting. Whitehead Klutz, of Salisbury, has )een appointed secretary of the Inter lational Boundary Commission at a salary of $4,000 a year. Lots of fellows make tracks with >ut leaving any footprints in the sands >f time.—Hartford Times. SMFFHFIELD PASTOR WEDS. Rev. John E. Lanier and Miss Alice B. Clement Married Last Wednes day at Abner’s Creek Baptist Church. Greer, S. C., Jan. 21.—At one o'clock this afternoon Abner’s Creek Baptist church near here was the scene of a very pretty marriage when the Rev. John Eric Lanier, Pastor of the First Baptist church of Smithfield, N. C., led to Hymen’s altar one of South Carolina’s popular young ladies, Miss Alice Ballenger Clement. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. A. Christopher, pastor of the bride. The church had been tastefully dec orated for the occasion. When the ap pointed hour arrived, it was will filled with friends and relatives of the con tracting parties. The wedding march was skillfully rendered by Miss Kate Anderson, of Augusta, Ga. The ush ers were Messrs. Grady Wilson, Ov erton McHugh, Lem Hughes and Er nest McHugh. The bride entered on the arm of her brother-in-law, Mr. Roy Arnold, who gave her away. The groom accompanied to the altar by his brother, Prof. T. T. Lanier, of Benson, N. C., his best man. The bride was gowned in a beauti ful going-away suit of tan with hat and gloves to match, and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and , lillies of the valley. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left for the home of the groom’s parents, at Kipling, N. C., where they will spend a few days be fore going to their home at Smith- ( field. The bride is an accomplished and lovely young lady whose charm of mind and heart have won for her a host of friends wherever known. She , was educated at Liberty College, and ( at the Woman’s Training School, < Louisville, Ky. She is a leader in , church and social work and at the , present time is at the head of the , Woman’s Missionary Union of the . Baptist Association. Mr. Lanier is ^ the able and popular young pastor of j the First Baptist church of Smithfield, ( having been called to this work upon ( his graduation from the Southern j Baptist Theological Seminary of \ Louisville, last May. He is also a graduate of Wake Forest College and < taught for two years at Buie’s Creek | before going to the Seminary at j Louisville. , They will be at home at Smithfield ( after February 1, 1914. WL.UININ UU1 UE SENATE RACE. 1 The Ex-Governor Has Been Appoint- | ed to a Place on the Boundary j Commission. , 1 Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn has written a letter to the State dailies \ announcing that he is not a candidate , for the Senate, as follows: ] “Will you not publish this article , announcing the fact, that under no , circumstances will I now be a candi- i date for the United States Senate, j The President kindly offered me two , positions, and I accepted the place on i the Boundary Commission and my j commission, I am informed, will be ] issued on or before March 1st. Even, . however, should there be some com- , plications and I fail to be appointed < on the Commission, I will not oppose ] Senator Overman for he has been , ; kind and loyal to me, and among my | ! many faults, I hope ingratitude may I not be numbered. “In declirfing not to enter the race j for the Senate, I take this method of | thanking my numerous friends for ( their zeal in wanting me to run, and ( for their proffer of assistance in case j ! I did, and assure them I deeply ap- . preciate their friendship. “In the future I will continue, as I j have done in the past, to try and , promote all things that stand for the \ material and moral upbuilding of the ] State, and free of charge, tender my , services, whenever they can be used , for the encouraging of education, the ( building of good highways, the secur- > ing of just and equitable freight rates, ( and the enforcement of law and or- ] der.” , Big Profits Shown. San Francisco, Jan. 19.—Profits on the first municipal street railway in the country—the Geary street line— were $85,345 net for 1913. Returns for the last six months indicate that profits of at least $150,000 may be ex pected for 1914. CLAUDE KITCHIN WILL WIN. To Succeed Underwood As Leader In House.—Palmer, of Pennsylvania. Withdraws from the Race. Washington, Jan. 17.—Representa tive Claude Kitchin will not have op position for election to the chairman ship of the ways and means commit tee to succeed Oscar Underwood, who has entered the race for election to the senate and therefore will not be in the house next year. This became known today when Representative A. Mitch ell Palmer, of Pensylvania, who has been considered Mr. Kitchin’s only dangerous opponent, went to Mr. Kitchin and told him that he would not be a candidate for the place. Mr. Palmer told Kitchin that he was well fitted for the place and that he should have it, and added that he would do everything in his power to help Kitch in’s election should any one else enter he race against the North Carolina man. Robert Henry, of Texas, has been mentioned as a successor to Under wood, but the Texas radical could not ?et even the entire vote of his own date delegation, so that the formal innouncement of Palmer stating that le will not be a candidate for the place ind that he favors Kitchin makes it i foregone conclusion that the second listrict congressman will be elected with little of no opposition.- Parker t. Anderson, in Greensboro News. THE PYTHIAN ORPHANAGE. .'layton Institution Doing' Well. Car ing for About Twenty-Five Children. “Everything is moving along very imoothly at the present time down at »ur institution,” remarked Superin endent C. W. Pender, of the Pythian )rphanage at Clayton recently. “We low have about twenty-five children n our home, and all of them are well tnd happy. Every one seems to be horoughly appreciative of the things hat are being done for them down here, and all are anxious to do any hing or to help out in the work of he Home in any possible way that hey can.” Mr. Pender has been at the head if this institution since it was first es ablished in 1911, and has seen it grow rom its infancy, and knows perhaps nore about its working than any oth ir man in the State. “We have re cently purchased some additional land ind now have 182 acres, all of which s being prepared for a crop for next rear. And our land is worth its cost o us. Last year we made enough on t to have paid the running expenses >f the Home had we not built any ex ra houses.” Referring to the late additions to he plant of the Home, Mr. Pender (aid: “We have just completed a aundry, and have had to add several ither necessary buildings. And the •oom that we have is now about all aken, and in my opinion we shall be died up before the passing of another rear. The Pythian Orphange is the roungest in the State, and is doing a 'reat work. We expect to have to en arge our plant, and to have to build mother wing to the building now in ise very shortly. The order in the State is well able to do this, and we ook for no delay when once more oom becomes necessary.—News and Ibserver, 20th. Nine Want Faison’s l’lace. New Bern, Jan. 20.—The latest can lidate to enter the race for nomina ion as representative to Congress rom the third district, has made his tnnouncement. This is Daniel A. Jees, one of Pamlico County’s most >rominent citizens. In his announce nent Mr. Dees says that he is taking his step at the request of many of tis friends and promises to fulfill the ►ffice to the highest of his ability if ielected. At present there are nine :andidates in the race: Charles R. fhomas, O. H. Guion and B. G. Credle, >f New Bern; Alex H. White, of Pol oksville; E. M. Koonce, of Onslow bounty; George E. Hood, of Goldsbo •o; Charles S. Wallace, of Morehead City; and Dr. John M. Faison, the jresent incumbent. New Bern has ;hree of the nine candidates and there s a probability that another will enter he race. The farm life school election held n Chowan County Monday was car ded for the school. 11■ ii mu mi iiMiMrrr 7 ri'm WILSON ON TRUST QUESTION, President Declares “We Are About to Write the Additional Articles”; the “Peace That is Honor and Freedom and Prosperity.” Washington, Jan. 20.—President Wilson personally laid before a joint session of Congress today the funda mental principles of the Democratic administration’s program for dealing with trusts and “big business.” The President presented the case, he said, “as it lies in the thought of the coun try,” reiterating “that private mon opoly is indefensible and intolerable,” and declaring that conscientious bus iness men throughout the nation would not be satisfied until practices now depreciated by public opinion as re straints of trade and commerce were corrected. * We are now about to write the ad ditional articles of our constitution of peace," said the President, "the peace that is honor and freedom and pros perity.” Besides suggesting the scope of leg islation, the President made a person al appeal for an atmosphere of friend liness and cooperation in Congress while handling the problem. The chief points which the President singled out as a basis for legislation were: 1. Efficient prohibition of the inter locking of the directorates of great corporations—banks, railroads, in dustrial, commercial and public ser vice bodies. 2. A law to confer upon the Inter state commerce commission the power to superintend and regulate the finan cial operations by which railroads are henceforth to be supplied with the money they need for their proper de velopment and improved transporta tion facilities. The President made it clear that “the prosperity of the rail roads and the prosperity of the coun try are inseparably connected" in this regard. 3. Definition of “the many hurtful restraints of trade” by explicit legis lation supplementary to the Sherman law. 4. The creation of a commission to aid the courts and to act as a clear ing house of information in helping business to conform with the law. 5. Provision of penalties and pun ishments to fall upon individuals re sponsible for unlawful business prac tices. 6. Prohibition of hoVIl ' compa nies and a suggestion that the voting power of individuals holding shares in numerous corporations might be re stricted 7. Giving to private individuals the right to found suits for redress on facts and judgments proven in govern ment, and providing that statute of limitations should run only from the date of conclusion of the government’s action. ALL ABOARD FOR FORT BLISS. First Train Load Ready to Steam Away to El Paso Where They Will Be Interned. Marfa, Tex., Jan. 19.—Almost all of the 3,300 Mexcian soldiers and the 1,367 women and children refugees who fled from Ojinaga, Mex., had ar rived in Marfa from the border to night and the firs' train load was made ready to go to Fort Bliss at El Paso where they will be interned. The Mexicans with General Salva dor Mercado and other Federal com manders probably will arrive on the Fort Bliss reservation before daylight tomorrow. Scenes of unbounded joy attended the arrival of the Mexicans at the American camp after their four days march over the 67 mile road from Presidio. The exhausted and half famished soldiers literally dropped on the ground. The town witnessed all day an unbroken inrush of soldiers, women, children, horses, burros, and dogs, and when the vanguard reached here the rear still was ten miles away. Less than 200 American cavalrymen had brought the refugees over the trail and had kept them from strug gling from the line. “Viva United States was the cry of the first refugees to arrive. All the disarmed Mexican trops then re joined in expression of good will to ward the American soldiers. Just at present the most conspicu ous thing on the map of the United States is the power of public senti ment.—Chicago News.

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