VOLUME 36
Number 46
MEN WHO FAILED TO APPEAR.
Names ot Those Who Have As Yet
Failed to Show Up for Examination
Before Exemption Board Number
One at Smithfield. Unless They Ap
pear at Once for Examination They
Will be Enrolled in the Army and
treated as Deserters.
The wcrk of the exemption boards
is a difficult one and every time any
man fails to appear or makes excuses
which are not allowed under the law
he makes the work more difficult.
Exemption Board No. 1, sitting at
Smithfield, called 298 men to appear
last week. All of these except 16 made
their appearance and were examined.
The following have not yet been heard
from :
50 ? 1264 ? Will Ennis.
Smithfield, N. C.
64 ? 1685 ? Manuel Jackson.
Smithfield, N. C.
82 ? 1395 ? Donnic A. Benson.
Smithfield, N. C.
85 ? 513 ? Hansom Wadsworth.
Four Oaks, N. C.
90 ? 1636 ? Edgar Whitley.
Smithfield, N. C.
107 ? 983 ? James W. Johnson.
Four Oaks, N. C., R. No. 4.
119 ? 1673 ? Roy Womble.
Smithfield, N. C.
126 ? 343 ? Jonas A. Stanley.
Four Oaks, N. C.
131 ? 905 ? Ernest Crowder.
Clayton, N. C., R. No. 1.
154 ? 677 ? James B. Weaver.
Benson, N. C.
168 ? 1580? Doris Thomas.
Smithfield, N. C.
186 ? 269 ? George S. Weaver
Bentonville, N. C.
196 ? 923 ? Lee O. Perry.
Four Oaks, N. C., R. No. 4.
255 ? 1423 ? Major R. Jones.
Smithfield, N. C.
273? 1677? Will Smith.
Smithfield, N. C.
279 ? 1715 ? Edgar M. Denning.
Benson, N. C.
The above will, under the law, be
treated as deserters and dealt with
severely unless they appear immedi
ately for examination with just cause
for delay.
RAISING PART OF SIX BILLION.
Both Branches of Congress Wrestle
This Week With Knotty and
Great Financial Problems.
Washington, Aug. 12. ? While the
Senate continues debate on the $2,
006,000,000 war tax bill this week,
initial steps will be taken in the
House toward raising part of the ad
ditional $6,000,000,000 needed to car
ry on the war until July 1, 1918.
More ready money, possibly $1,
000,000,000 or $2,000,000,000, will be
necessary to meet current expendi
tures before Congress can appropriate
it at the next session, so Secretary
McAdoo has arranged a meeting with
Democratic Leader Kitckin, for e?rly
in the week, probably Tuesday, to dis
cuss the situation. Members of the
ways and means committee, both
Democrats and Republicans, have ex
pressed willingness to pass without
delay legislation for any reasonable
amount the government may require.
Senate leaders are also ready to cp
operate.
Sentiment for raising additional
funds at this time by a bond issue
and certificates of indebtedness and
not by taxation is strong in both
houses.
Administration officials have not
stated the exact amount they desire
authorized now, but a request for
more than $2,000,000,000 additional
would meet with strong opposition in
the House. The "pay-as-you-go" ele
ment is strong in the ways and means
committee.
Food Control by the Government.
On Friday, when President Wilson
signed the Administration's Food
Regulation bill and appointed Her
bert Hoover food administrator, the
regulation and control of the country's
food supply passed into the hands -of
the government. The first work of the
food admnistration will be the regu
lation of the system of the distribu
tion of wheat and in the manufact
ure and sale of flour and bread.
Heat Gets Heavy Toll.
The hot wave which ended on Au
gust 4th was responsible for the
death of 955 people, the weekly health
bulletin says.
FLAXtyKRS BATTLE HAMPERED.
British, However, Gain a German
Crater In Face of the Stormy
Weather. Mackensen Using Strong
Forces Against Russo-Rumanians.
War Progress on Sunday.
Unfavorable weather again is ham
pering large scale operations in
Flander3, but in Southern Moldavia
the desperate fighting between the
Russo-Rumanians and the Teutons
continues with increasing ferocity.
Field Marshal von Mnckensen is
using strong forces in an endeavor to
break through the entente line toward
the railroad junction of Tecutchiu.
The Russians ahd Rumanians are re
sisting valiantly the 'fTumerically su
perior enemy, but have been forced
to give up, at least temporarily, their
positions along the railroad line north
of Fokshani.
A Russian-Rumanian retirement to
the villages of Murasechti and Furt
zeni, on the Sereth river, is reported
by Petrograd. In counterattacks pre
ceding t':eir retreat the Russians and
Rumanians took 1,200 Gorman prison
ers. Berlin says that von Mackensen's
troops withstood strong attacks and
captured more than 6,700 prisoners as
well as eighteen cannon and 61 ma
chine guns.
The weather v/as wet and stormy in
Flanders Saturday night and early
Sunday and there was little infantry
activity, but the artillery firing con
tinues to be intense. In an isolated
section north of Lens the British gain
ed possession of a German crater.
During Saturday night and Sunday
morning the French re-captured all
the remaining trench elements taken
by the Gc rmans Wednesday night. A
German attack south of Allies on the
Aisne front was repulsed by General
Petain's men. Berlin reports the re
pulse of French attacks in the region
of Cerny on the same front. ? Associ
ated Press.
VICTORY BY AUTUMN OF 1918.
Says Governor T. W. Bickett Who
Makes Splendid Address in Ashe
ville to Large Audience.
Asheville, Aug. 12. ? "By the time
the last leaves fall in the autumn of
1918 and the boys come marching
home crowned with victory and suc
cess, the whole nation will rise to a
higher position in the esteem of the
whole world than it has ever held be
fore and the world will know that
Old Glory has saved the civilization of
the world."
This striking statement was made
here tonight by Gov. Thomas W.
Bickett, speaking to an audience that
jammed the large auditorium here,
while hundreds of others, unable to
obtain entrance to the building were
turned away disappointed. Governor
Bickett was introduced by James J.
Britt, former congressman from this
district.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the First Baptist church,
Dr. W. F. Powell, pastor of the
church, arranging for the presence of
Governor Bickett and transferring the
services from the church to the audi
torium, in order to accommodate the
crowd. Former-Governor Locke Craig
and other distinguished citizens oc
cupied the stage with the speaker of
the evening.
"We can't stay out of the fight one
minute longer and preserve even the
semblance of self respect," the gov
ernor declared.
"They are coming from Greenland's
icy mountains and from India's sun
ny shores to battle with the Goliath
of autocracy, and America must do
her share for the democracy of the
world." ? Charlotte Observer.
AIR RAIDERS KILL 23 MORE.
Nine Women and Six Children Vic
tims of Bombs When German ,
Raiders Visit Essex.
London, Aug. 12. ? Twenty-three
persons, including 9 women and 6
children, were killed and 50 persons
were injured at Southend, in Essex,
40 miles east of London, by bombs
dropped today by German raiders,
says an official statement issued to
night.
Considerable damage to property
was caused at Southend by the nearly
40 bombs dropped upon the town.
Two men were injured at Roch
ford, but four bombs dropped on
Margate, in Kent, did little damage.
WILMINGTON MAY GET CAMP.
Major General Wood Says He Expects
Before Spring To Use Site Offered:
Either Training Camp or Convales
cent Hospital to be l'laced on 7,000
Acre Tract. ? ^
Charleston, S. C., Aug. 11. ? Major
General Leonard Wood, commanding j
the Southeastern Department, stated
today he expected to use a 7,000-acre
tract near Wilmington for either a
convalescent hospital or training camp
before the winter is over.
He stated that unquestionably more
camps would have to be established in
the South to care for the men under
going training in the North who
would be forced to the South with the
first snow. In the event of using some
other place, he will strongly urge the
construction of a hospital at Wil
mington because of a 2t5-foot channel
to the site, its excellent drainage
[ and the splendid climate the year
I round. The hospital would be used
largely for wounded returning from
the European fronts. ? Wilmington
Star.
PREPARE FOR MAIL DELIVERY.
Street Signs to Be Erected and the
Houses of Smithfield to Be
Numbered.
At their meeting Thursday night,
l-the following resolution was passed:
Whereas, the Post Office Depart
ment of the United States has sig
nified its willingness to institute
and install village delivery of mails
in Smithfield, provided the Town shall
erect name signs on all streets of the
town, and have the houses and build
ings of the town properly numbered;
And, Whereas, the Board of Com
missioners of the Town of Smith
field are of the Opinion that such mail
service will be beneficial to the citi
zens and residents of Smithfield;
Now, therefore, be it resolved,
That the Street Commissioner
be and he is hereby directed to
proceed at once to procure i.nd have
erected suitable street n^.mes Sign
boards or plates on all the strsets of
the Town of Smithfield as required by
the United States Post Office Depart
ment.
Be it further resolved, That all
property owners in the town of
Smithfield be and they are hereby
requested and required to have
properly numbered their houses and
places of business, according to plan
to be outlined by the Town under the
direction of the Mayor.
Killed In Well by Gas.
On last Friday, John Morgan, a
colored man living on the farm of
Capt. II. L. Skinner, in Clayton town
ship, was killed by poisonous gas in
his father's well near Smithfield.
This well when being dug guve trou
ble to the diggers on account of gas
which came into it. Alonzo Smith, a
brother-in-law of John Morgan, went
into thi3 well last Thursday and next
day warred John not to go into it,
telling him he would not live ten
minutes in the well. John went, into
the well and in about five minutes
asked to be drawn out. The well is
thirty-five feet deep and when about
half way up he asked to stop. It was
seen that he was in bad condition and
holding to the rope with only one
hand. Very soon he turned loose the
rope and dropped head foremost to
the bottom of the well and broke his
skull in two places and broke one of
his legs a'so. Next day a chicken was
let down into this well and died in
a few minutes. There is said to be
one othei well in this community
which has this gas. John Morgan was
a noted well digger, having worked
for many years in this business of
digging and clfcaning out wells. He
was the main worker in this line in
the section between Clayton and
Smithfield and between Swift Creek
and Neuse river. He leaves, with his
wife, nine dependent children.
Gruesome Express Package.
A startling story was printed in
the daily papers Saturday, sent out
from Lexington. A lady of that place
received an express package and upon
opening it she found a human arm
which had been cut off at the shoul
der and embalmed. It was shipped
from Mercer, Pa. Mrs. Conrad, the
lady who received the package, has a
son living in Mercer and by some it
was thought to be the arm of the
young man.
I
NEXT TUESDAY TO BE BIG DAY.
Smithfield Tobacco Market Will Open
With Full Corps of Buyers. Pros
pects Are Good for the Highest
Trices Ever.
Next Tuesday, August 21, has been
set apart as the opening day on the
Smithfield tobacco market. The op
ening day on this market has come
to be an event of more than ordinary
importance. From far and near the
farmers bring their tobacco here on
that day because they know they are
going to get high prices. This year
will be no exception to the rule ex
cept that the buyers are expecting
higher prices than ever before.
Smithfield, which has been one of
the leading markets in Eastern North
Carolina for nearly twenty years, will
stand in the fore front again this
year. There will be buyers here rep
resenting all the big concerns. There
is plenty of storage room and all nec
essary accommodations for man and
beast. Already lots of tobacco has
been sent in to be graded for the
opening sale and many think it will
be one of the biggest opening breaks
in recent years. But with the three
big warehouses in operation there will
be room enough for all that may come.
The prices on the South Carolina
markets have attracted much atten
tion and our buyers will be on their
best belli vior on opening day. They
know that every one is looking for
Smithfield to make a record and they
will do their best for every man who
visits the market with tobacco on that
day.
COMMISSIONS AT OGLETHORPE.
Several Johnston County Boys In the
Successful List of Young Officers.
Sunday's daily papers carried the
list of the young men who won com
missions in the army at Fort Ogle
thorpe as a result of the first three
months in the officers' training camp.
In the list were several Johnston
County young men, as follows:
Roscoa E. Parker, of Raleigh now,
but originally from Oneals township,
was given a commission as Captain
of Infantry. Mr. Parker was, until his
resignation three months ago, sec
retary of the North Carolina Audu
bon Society. He is a son of Mr. W. T
Parker, a former County Commission
er of Johnston County.
The following were given commis
sions as Second Lieutenant in the re
serve section of the Infantry Corps:
Leon A. Adams, of Four Oaks, and
Oliver G. Rand, of Gamer, R. F. D.
Oliver G. Rand is a Smithfield boy
who was prepared for college at our
graded school and graduated at the
University at Chapel Hill last June.
He is a son of Mr. O. R. Rand.
Hubert E. Olive, of Clayton, was
given a commission as Second Lieu
tenant in the Field Artillery Reserve
Corps.
Bennett E. Nooe, Jr., of Clayton,
was given a Second Lieutenant's com
mission in the Quartermaster Na
tional Army. Bruce H. Carraway,
now of High Point, but formerly Prin
cipal of the Clayton High School, is
also given a Second Lieutenant's
place in the Quartermaster Corps Na
tional Army.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
SPREADING IN VIRGINIA
Winchester, Va., Aug. 11. ? Armed
guards were stationed today along
all roads leading from the south and
southeast into Winchester to prevent
the entrance of persons coming from
districts in the valley where infantile
paralysis is epidemic. Two men who
came from Warren County were tak
en into custody at the railroad sta
tion and forced to return home, while
many families returning frohi visits
in the infected districts have been
placed under quarantine. The disease
is said to be spreading in the valley
but no deaths have been reported for
several days.
State University Gets $75,000.
Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, who
died a short while ago left in her
will $75,000 to the University of North
Carolina. She was a Kenan before her
marriage to her first husband, Hen
ry M. Fh.gler, the Standard Oil mag
nate. The money is to be used in
establishing a professorship at the
University.
A kind heart saddles the load of
many an empty pocketbook.
1HESE CLAIM NO EXEMPTION. <
Forty-Six Men in Johnston County, <
District No. 1. Ready to Answer
Country's Call.
We have been furnished with the
following list of young men in John
ston County, District No. 1, who ask
ed for no exemption (or who filed
no claims for exemption) when they 1
presented themselves for examimw.
tion. Of the list 34 are white men and
eleven nre negroes. If there is any
error in this list noticc of it should
at once be presented to Dr. Thel
Hooks, secretary.
4 ? 854 ? Donnie Ralph Godwin.
Cleveland Township.
20? 53t5 ? Willie Woodall.
Ingrams Township.
27 ? 755 ? Paul Sexton Lee.
Banner Township.
37 ? 486 ? Tommie Vincent Parker.
Ingrams Township.
73 ? 18 ? Norman F. Parrish.
Wilson's Mills Township.
87? 1020? Jesse V. Ellis.
Elevation Township.
89 ? 1099 ? John P. Ryals.
Meadow Township.
106 ? 972 ? William E. Barbour.
Ingrams Township.
118 ? 1300 ? Andrew L. Bradley.
Smithfield Township.
132 ? 933 ? Herbert P. Honeycutt.
Elevation Township.
133? 1531? Rowden W. Hill.
Smithfield Township.
136 ? 355 ? Mathew M. Dunn.
Ingrams Township.
147 ? 574 ? Dudley Norris.
Banner Township.
158? 525? George P. Baker.
Ingrams Township.
160 ? 574 ? Robert L. Powell.
Smithfield Township.
173? 1132? John K. Tart.
Meadow TownjJiip.
183 ? 638 ? Jesse J. Lee.
Banner Township.
188 ? 1141 ? Thomas F. Adams.
Meadow Township.
189 ? 1314 ? Clarence H. Stevens.
Smithfield Township.
199 ? 1007 ? Louis M. Mangum.
Elevation Township.
206 ? 360 ? Jasper J. Allen.
Ingrams Township.
218 ? 128 ? Lynn Hayes.
Pleasant Grove Township.
228? 327? Willis M. Barbour.
Ingrams Township.
229 ? 664 ? Percy B. Stevens.
Smithfield Township.
233 ? 1557 ? David II. Benson.
Smithfield Township.
252? 30? Otho H. Ellis.
Wilson's Mills Township.
253 ? 199 ? Daniel H. Partin.
Pleasant Grove Township.
272 ? '944 ? John William King.
Elevation Township.
285 ? 297 ? Darvin B. Hayes.
Bentonsville Township.
294 ? 368 ? Charlie R. Rhodes.
Ingrams Township.
298 ? 950 ? Ransom R. Barbour.
Elevation Township.
(Colored.)
13 ? 275 ? Joseph Leonard Loftin.
Bentonsville Township.
23 ? 126 ? Letha Ruffin.
Pleasant Grove Township.
24 ? 1679 ? Andrew Ennis.
Smithficld Township.
26 ? 784 ? Blanco McKoy.
Banner Township.
34 ? 1676 ? Richard Stevens.
Smithfield Township.
48 ? 403 ? Cicero Ropers.
Ingrams Township.
59 ? 10 ? James O. Hines.
Wilson's Mills Township.
76 ? 1484 ? Carlyle W. Mason.
Smithfield Township.
94? r 602 ? Eugene Williams.
Banner Township.
137 ? 530? Lancey Sanders.
Ingrams Township.
175 ? 1485 ? George W. Smith.
Smithfield Township.
236 ? 1595 ? Charlie Bryant.
Smithfield Township.
266 ? 1712 ? Alvin Artis.
Ingrams Township.
297 ? 320 ? Charlie Brown.
Ingrams Township.
FARM LOAN REQUESTS
OVER $1,000,000 A DAY
Washington, Aug. 11. ? Application
for farm loans are pouring into the
federal land banks at the rate of
more than $1,000,000 a day, the fed
eral farm loan board announced to
day, the total for July having reached
$34,310,000. During that month the
board approved loans amounting to
$16,000,000. About $4,000,000 has
been loaned farmers thus far.
CONTROLLING BREAD SUPPLY.
Government Prepared to Take Over
Entire 1917 Wheat Crop If Neces
sary to Insure Conservation and
Just Prices. To License Elevators
and Mills and Regulate Middlemen
and Exchanges.
Washington, August 12. ? The food
administration announced tonight its
plan for controlling wheat, flour and
bread, revealing the government is
prepared to take over the whole 1917
wheat harvest if necessary to con
serve the supply, obtain just prices
for America's fighting forces and
their allies and reduce costs to th<*
general public in the United States.
Establishing of buying agencies at
all the principal terminals, licensing
of elevators and mills, fixing of a
price to be considered fair, regula
tion of the middle men and of grain
exchanges with the elimination of
trading futures, are the chief fea
tures of the plan. The licensing will
begin September 1st.
The minimum price of $2 for wheat
fixed by Congress does not bccome ef
fective until next year, but the ad
ministration proposes to exercise a
very thorough control over this year's
crop through powers conferred under
the food and export bills.
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK BY SUB.
Captain Made Prisoner. Four of Arm
ed Guard of Oil Tanker Campana
Also Captured. Forty-Seven Sur
vivors Landed.
Washington, Aug. 12. ? Sinking o i
the American steamer Campana, a
Standard Oil tanker, with the prob
able capture of her captain and four
members of the naval guard by the
attacking German submarine, was an
nounced today by the navy depart
ment.
The department issued this state
ment:
"The Standard Oil tanker Campana,
American steamer, was sunk by a sub
marine on the morning of August 6,
143 miles west of lie de Re. Forty
seven survivors reached land in safe
ty. It is believed that the captain of
the steamer and four of the armed
guard are prisoners on board the Ger
man submarine."
THIRTY-EIGHT AMERICAN
MERCHANT SHIP SUNK.
New York, Aug. 12. ? The Campana
was formerly the steamship Dun
molme. She was built in 1901 at West
Martlpool, England, and was regis
tered at 3,313 tons gross, 2,133 tons
net. She was 335 feet long with a
beam of fort-seven feet.
The Campana was the thirty-eighth
American merchant ship destroyed
through the operations of German and
Austrian submarines and raiders since
the war began. Thirteen of these
ships v/ere sunk before the United
States entered the war April 6, 1917,
and twenty-five since that time. The
total tonnage of the ships lost is
about 113,000 tons, including (54,000
tons sunk since April 6.
No American ships fell victims to
the central powers in *1914 and only
two in 1915 and the same number in
1916. When Germany began her un
restricted submarine warfare, how
ever, attacks on American shipping
became more frequent, and America
lost nine ships between that date and
the time when the United States de
clared a state of war existed with that
country.
The first American ship sunk was
the William P. Fryc, January 28,
1915.
Exemption Boards Very Busy.
The Johnston County Exemption
Boards Nos. 1 and 2 are very busy
with the important work entrusted to
them. They have been over the pa
pers of the first men called before
them and exempted some and held
some for the army. They are not
ready to make report of their work
yet. We hope to have a list of those
who will go to the army in our next
issue.
Exemption Board No. 2, sitting at
Selma, examined the second call yes
terday. About 200 men presented
themselves. The number excused on
account of physical defects was not
as great yesterday as it was in the
lot examined last week.
' Exemption Board No. 1, sitting at
Smithfield, will have 75 before it to
day and another 75 tomorrow.