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VOLUME 37.
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 191K.
WILSON STATES PEACE TERMS.
France to Get Alsace-Lorraine. Foe
Must Restore Belgium and With
draw from Russia. No Trade Boy
cott to Follow War. Seas to Be
Open at All Times and No Secret
Treaties. Permanent Freedom of
the Dardanelles.
Washington, January. 8. ? President
Wilson appeared before Congress to
day and made a ringing address in
which he accepted the challenge issued
by the German peace delegates at
Brest-Litovsk and stated in the clear
est and most unequivocal language the
war aims of the United States and the
conditions which this Government
deems essential to a just and perma
nent peace. The President announced
his programme as follows:
1. Open covenants, openly arrived
at, with no ensuing secret treaties.
2. Freedom of the seas in peace
and war, except as closed by interna
tional action ior enforcement of in
ternational covenants. *
3. Trade equality among nations
consenting to the peace.
4. Reduction of armaments.
5. Impartial adjustment of colonial
claims, with regard for the wishes of
the inhabitants.
6. Evacuation by Germany of all
Russian territory and assurances of
unhampered opportunity for Russia's
political and economic development.
7. Evacuation and restoration of
Belgium.
8. Evacuation of occupied French
territory and righting of the wrong
done to France by Prussia in 1871.
9. Readjustment of the Italian
frontier along lines of nationality.
10. Autonomous development for
the people of Austria-Hungary.
11. Evacuation and restoration of
Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro,
with access to the sea for Serbia.
12. Turkish sovereignty for the
Turkish portions of the Ottoman Em
pire, with autonomy for other nation
alities now under Turkish rule, and
permanent freedom of the Darda
nelles.
13. An independent Poland with ac
cess to the sea.
14. A league of nations to enforce
specific covenants. ? New York Even
ing Sun.
A JOHNSTON BOY IN FRANCE.
John R. Massey, of Princeton, is An
other One of Our Young Men In
The Overseas Service of Uncle Sam.
Princeton, January 8. ? The many
friends and relatives of Mr. John R.
Massey, of Princeton, will be glad
to learn of his safe arrival in France.
He is a member of the 117th Engi
neers. Mr. Massey is one of our best
boys and one his country should feel
proud of. After spending two years
at the State University he heard his
country's call and gave up his studies.
With the true patriotic American
spirit he enlisted last June at Wil
mington and has gone to do his bit
for his country.
DEATHS IN MEADOW TOWNSHIP.
Thomas McLamb, Sr., and George
Holly Passed Away This Week.
We learn from Mr. J. B. Kinsey, of
Meadow Township, who was in town
Wednesday of the death of two of
Meadow's citizens. Mr. Thomas
McLamb, Sr., who was known as
"One-Eyed Tom McLamb," died Mon
day night at his home near Peacock's
Cross Roads. He was perhaps
seventy or seventy-five years of age.
He had been a sufferer for sometime
with Bright's disease. He leaves a
wife and ten chidlren, six sons and
four daughters. They are all grown
and married. He was buried in the
family burying ground Tuesday after
noon, the funeral services being con
ducted by Mr. J. R. Jones. Mr.
McLamb was a good citizen and neigh
bor and will be greatly missed in his
section.
Early Tuesday morning, January 8,
Mr. George Holly, who lived a little
below Peacock's Cross Roads, died
after a short illness of pneumonia.
He was about sixty or sixty-five years
of age and was a good citizen. His
community will greatly miss him.
Official recognition of the moving
picture campaign which has been car
ried on by the Committee on Public
Information to stimulate interest in
the war, has been given by President
Wilson.
GENERAL NEWS MATTERS.
Items of Interest at Home and
Abroad Told in Brief for
liusy Readers.
New York City schools, teachers
and pupils, bought $31,386,900 worth
of Liberty Loan bonds. Not much
like disloyalty.
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The Focd Administration has ar
ranged to control during 1918 the sup
ply of binder twine, so important to
farmers, particularly those of the
granger states.
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Worth Bagley Daniels, son of Secre
tary Daniels, has been nominated for
appointment at Annapolis. Worth
Bagley, who is the second son of the
Secretary of the Navy to take steps to
servq his country, is eighteen years
old, and is ^ophoyiore at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
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The British Admiralty reports the
sinking in the past week of 18 mer
chantmen of 1,600 tons or over, by
mine or submarine, as well as three
merchantmen under that tonnage.
Four fishing vessels were also sunk.
This was a material increase over the
previous week, when the sinking num
bered twelve.
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Th,? pay roll of fighting forces of
the United States is now nearly $100,
000,000 a month. This sum includes
salaries of officers and enlisted men in
the army and navy, serving both in
this country and abroad, but does not ]
include "family allowances" paid by I
the government toward the support j
of families of enlisted men.
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The past year was prosperous for
copper miners. They kept their mines J
operating to capacity and enjoyed the j
highest prices for the metal which j
have ruled in fifty years. Tlie Ameri
can output falls short of the previous
year's by more than 67,000 tons. The
decrease in production was general.
The war has imparcd land and sea
transportation to such an extent that
its effects are reflected even in the
remotest mining centers.
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There was a decrease in gold pro
duction on most of the principal gold
fields during 1917; the estimated pro
duction being valued at $460,000,000,
as compared with $469,200,000 in 1916,
and $473,124,590 in 1915. It is proba
ble that in the next few years further
declines will be recorded. The high
peak production was reached' in 1912,
when the yield amounted to $474,333,
268. This was closely approached in
1915, when the yield was $473,124,590.
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The United States Department of
Agriculture has designated Walter
Smallbones, of Wilmington, as of
ficial distributor of nitrate of soda for
all North Carolina, who will serve
without compensation Wilmington
will be the receiving port in North
Carolina for the State's quota of the
100,000 tons of nitrate of soda to be
imported from Chile. Detailed in
structions as to how the farmer is to
proceed in getting nitrate, after it has
been received in the United States,
are in type and these will soon be sent
broadcast over the country.
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Higher wages will be asked of the
railroad administration soon by nearly
all classes of organized railroad labor.
Strikes are not contemplated by any
organization, it is said, the increase
of wages being asked for to keep em
ployes from being attracted to other
industries. The Director-General
McAdoo announced Wednesday that
he expected to nafne railroad direc
tors for certarin sections of the coun
try to assist him in administering
government operation. Mr. McAdoo
said specifically that he did not plan
to name State directors.
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America's coal exports this year
will be limited strictly to shipments to
be used for war purposes and to those
necessary in exchange for commodi
ties the United States must have. In
announcing this policy, Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield declared that in no
event will exports be permitted to
equal in volume those of the year
just ended. The Fuel Administration
has turned over to the War Trr.de
Board figures showing the amount of
coal tho country can spare and asked
the Board to exercise supervision over
its distribution abroad. The amount
available for export was not made
public. Canada v/ill be excepted from
the regulations and shipments to the
Dominiop will be left in the hands of .
the Fuel Administration.
TWO FARMERS INSTITUTES.
One at Royall (Elevation) School
House and the Other at (ilendah
School.
Two Farmers Institutes will be held
in Johnston County next week, the
first at Royall, (Elevation) school
house on Wednesday, January 1(5, and
the other at Glendalc on Thursday,
thti. 17th. The meeting at Royall school
will be in connection with the group
meeting of teachers. The morning
session will open at 10:30 and the
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
Soil fertility, food and feed crops,
live stock, marketing, etc.,* by the i
County Agent,- Representatives of the
State Department of Agriculture, Ex
periment Station, Extension Service
and others. There will be held at the !
same time and place a Woman's Insti I
tute, conducted by M<ss Lizzie J. Rod ;
dick, District Agent Home Demon
stration Work, to which women are in- !
vited to comt> and join in the discus
sion of Home Conveniences, Food Con- !
servation, War-time Receipts and
other things pertaining to the home.
? A. M. JOHNSON,
s County Agent.
TEN MILLION HALES GINNED.
Prior to January 1st the Number Is
10,450,401. North Carolina Ginned
543,523.
Cotton ginned prior to January 1st
amounted to 10,450,401 running: bales, j
counting1 the round bales as half
bales, and exclusive of linters the cen
sus bureau announced Wednesday.
Round bales included were 184,^10 an 1
Sea Island 86,813 bales.
Last year to January 1st ginnings
amounted to 11,039,491 bales, includ
ing. 188,052 round bales and 113,34" ;
bales of Sea Island.
Ginnings by States included North
Carolina with 543,523 bales.
THE NEWS FROM CLAYTON.
Clayton, Jan. 9 ? Misses Barbara
Gulley and Blanche Ellis spent the
past week end with friends in Fre
mont.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Lil
lington, arrived this week to make
their home here. Their many friends
are glad to have them here again.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Gulley returned
to their home at Smithfiel3 Monday
after spending a week here with rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hamby returned
to their home here after spending
sometime with relatives at University
Station.
Mr. Ronnie Ellis returned last woek
from Camp Jackson. He received a
discharge from the army on industrial
grounds.
Miss Sulou McCullers left Tuesday
of alst week for Stanton, Va., where
she will re-enter Mary Baldwin Semi
nary.
Mr. Irving Gower who belongs to
the U. S. Ambulance corps, stationed
at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., spent
several days during the past week
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Gower.
Mr.. Roy G. Gulley returned to Camp
Jackson last Saturday after spending
five days here with his mother. He
was called home on account of the
funeral of his father which was held
Wednesday of last week.
Prof. N. Y. Gulley, of Wake Forest,
was here last week to attend the
funeral of his brother, Mr. J. D.
Gulley.
MAJOR PETERSON MUST *
APPEAR AT MARCH TERM.
Raleigh, Jan. 8. ? Major George L.
Peterson got his continuance today
in Wake superior court in the case
charging him with the embezzlement
of $7,000 while disbursing officer for
the North Carolina national guard,
but it is only to the March term and
preliminary for trial at that time in
stead of an indefinite postponement
asked.
Judge Calvert said from the bench
that Peterson be ready for trial at
that time and that he could take no
official note of the fact that. Peterson's
attorneys have deposited a check with
the state treasurer for the $7,000 as
"amount due" and the cr.3e must stand
on its merits.
The surety-company on Peterson's
bond, having been fully protected in
the cass, is taking no part in the pros
ecution of Peterson who ha3 gone back
to his military duties at Camp Sevier.
? Wilmington Star.
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SELM.VS LIVE BATCH OF NEWS.
Sudden Death of Mrs. Sarah Whitley
at the Home of Her Daughter. Mr.
It. E. Richardson Moves to Wendell.
GMd Work of Municipal Woody art!.
Selma, Jan. 10. ? Moss. J. A. Eason
and Weldon Barnes, of Wilders town
ship, were here today for a few hours
on business.
Attorney J. R. Williams and Mr. J.
R.' Hinton , of Clayton, were here
Thursday on business.
Mr. Ed. Pearce was here Thursday
enroute to Providence, R. I., where
he goes for assignment, he having en
listed in the 'Hospital Corps of the
Navy. Mr. Penrce has a number of
friends here, whose best wishes go
with him as he does his bit for Uncle
Ram.
Mr. R. E. Richardson who has been
connected with the Selma Supply
Company here for several years,
moved this week to Wendell, where
he and his Associate, Mr. Thomas
Cook, have bought out the Todd Bros.
Hardware Company, and will engage
in the Hardware business. Mr. Rich
ardson and his family have made a
host of friends in and around Selma,
who see them leave with regret, but
here's to a "fair sea" and smooth sail
ing, Uncle Bob.
Mrs. T. C. Heiuy and children,
Edith and Dixon, left Monday mr.rn
ng for their new home in Wilson,
N. C., Mr. Henry came up Sunday
and accompanied, them back. Mr.
Henry is the live and popular mana
ger of the Lee-llenry Company, Inc.,
and has moved the stock of goods of
his company to Wilson where they
will continue to do business. The
best wishes of a host of friends here
tro with them.
Mr. J. W. Barham spent Wednesday
in Raleigh on business.
Mr. D. T. Worley, of the firm of D.
T. Worley and Company, has opened
a fancy grocery and cold drink stand
on Raiford street in the building for
merly occupied by the Selma Grocery
Co.
Mr. E. V. Deans has resigned his
position with Roberts, Corbett and
Woodard, and accepted a similar po
sition with Roberts Atkinson Co.,
where he will be glad to serve his
friends.
We regret to note the continued
illness of Mr. llerber Morgan, who is
confined to his room with bronchitis
at his home on Webb street. '
Mrs. Daniel Hamilton was called to
the bedside of her mother in Coving
ton, Ky., by a telegram stating that
her mother was seriously ill.
Mr. W. B. Roberts, the popular
manager of the Roberts Atkinson Co.,
has sold his farm near town and will
move his family to town. We under
stand they will occupy the home of
Mrs. P. A. Holland on Green stret.
Mr. G. A. Morgan, who has been en
gaged in work at the Army Canton
ment at Petersburg, Va., returned
home Saturday night ill with
'"^Grippe." His condition is now some
what improved and we hope for him a
speedy recovery.
The Selma Graded School started up
again Monday morning for the Spring
Tertn. The holidays were extended
on account of the severe cold weather
and the shortage of fuel for a week
longer than was at first anticipated.
The many friends of Mrs. J. W.
Oneal will be glad to learn that she is
improving after several weeks serious
illness.
Mr. John Dale who lives near Selma
came to town one day this week with
a tale of woe that was rather mirth
provoking. On last Thursday while
walking through the woods near his
home, he passed an old well that was
full of water and frozen over. He
decided he would cut through the ice
with his ax to see how thick it was,
and when he hit the ice with his ax,
the ax went through the ice and into
the well and required about two hours
time to recover it.
Our town was shocked and surprised
Tuesday morning to learn of the sud
den death of Mrs. Sarah J. Whitley,
which occurred at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. T. Woodard, that
morning about eleven o'clock. Mrs.
Whitley was in her usual health and
ate breakfast Tuesday morning as
usual. She was attacked with a
nausea, and before medical assistance
could reach her, expired. Mrs. Whit
ley was t57 years of age and a mem
ber of the Methodist church at San
ders Chapel, where her remains were
interred Wednesday afternoon. The
funernl sorvices were conducted by
Roy. C. K. Proctor at Sanders Chapel
church Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
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OLD NORTH STATE NEWS.
Live Items of Interest Clipped
, And Culled From North
Carolina Newspapers.
Rowers, Riley, Plato, Ulysses and
Pink Philips, all brothers, of Swain
County, are serving in the United
States Navy>
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Raleigh and Wake County will seon
have a pair of blood-hounds at their
disposal if plans, submitted to the
Cdunty Commissioners recently, are
carried out.
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Statesville received four car loads
of coal last Sunday, the first to be re
ceived in that city in several weeks.
Not more than a half ton was allowed
[to lay o? pwea.
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Roanoke Island is still ice bound.
The sound is frozen to a depth of four
to six inches* There is no prospect of
an early change in conditions, and due
to low supplies on the island, suffering
is anticipated.
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Wilson is threatened with a milk
famine brought about by the retire
ment of dairymen from business. For
several days a sufficient supply foi- the
sick and babies has been secured from
nearby towns.
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Associations will be arganized at
LaGrange and Kinston for the pur
pose of providing immunizing equip
ment for the prevention of Hog
Cholera. Along the banks of the
Neuse in Lenoir County the death rate
among the hogs has been * heavy.
Frequently all of a farmer's hogs have
been wiped away in a few days' time,
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A report is rife on the streets of
Tarboro, that the United States Gov
ernment was seeking a site for the
location an aviation training camp at
the Edgecombe Capital. Citizens of j
Tarboro are making investigations
and are hunting for a tract of 640
acres of level, clear land, which, it is
stated, the Governmnt would require,
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The Wake County Commisisoners
Wednesday ordered an election, at a
date to be fixed, for a $40,000 bond
issue for the construction of a modern
paved road from Raleigh to the east
ern limits of Garner. It is thought,
the bonds will be voted with but a few
dissenting ballots. The $40,000 furn
ished by the Garner property owners
will be supplemented by about $20,000
from the State Highway Commission,
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The health department Tuesday
started a thorough sanitary survey of
the city of Kinston. For a week or
two Dr. James S. Mitchener, head of
the deparement, and his assistants,
will delve into the back lots and alley
ways of Kinston seeking out the dan
ger spots to health. These will be
recorded, and then the findings will be
exhibited. The city council sanctioned
the survey a few hours before it was
begun.
Eighteen million automobile tires
were manufactured in the United
States last year, valued at $450,000,
000.
o'clock, and the burial followed im
mediately in the church cemetery.
The following children survive her:
Mrs. P. A. Holland, of Sanders Chapel
section, Mrs. W. T. Woodard, of
Selma, Mr. J. C. Whitley, of Florence,
S. C., and Mr. W. B. Whitley, Clinton,
N. C. She was also the grandmother
of our townsman, Mr. S. A. Godwin.
The sympathy of our people are ex
tended to the bereaved family.
Your correspondent regrets that the
recent extremely cold weather with
its attendant ice and snow, together
with pressing duties in the office, has
kept him from reporting the items
from our city, but with better weather
and a slacking of office duties he hopes
to be able to appear regularly from
now on, and hopes that any who have
news items of importance will not
hesitate to send them in.
For the last few weeks, Selma has
experienced the coldest weather oldest
inhabitants say, that has been here
for many years. The shortage of coal
here caused considerable inconveni
ence, but the Municipal Woodyard
has onet the immediate needs and we
do not think there was cause for
actual suffering here. We think this
has been a sufficient test of the Muni
cipal Woodyr.rd as it has certainly
proven its worth during the past cold
wave.
ABOUT HIGH COST OF SHOES.
Manufacturers Try to Justify the
Sudden Rise. Deny Famine of
Leather. Declare This Year's Crop
Is Equal to Past Season.
' The National Retail Shoe Dealers'
Association, attended by 2,000 mem
bers, met in convention at Chicago
Tuesday and some of them were kept
busy establishing alibis for high
prices.
John O'Connor, general chairman of
the convention, said that this year's
harvest of leather was equal to that
of the past season ? he did not really
consider that there was a leather
shortage except in grades used for
the military ? and then he and his
associates explained the why of the
$15 and $20 sho es for women and the
$9 and $11 shoes for men. It ap
peared that cotton drilling has gone
up 300 per cent to a maximum of 70
cents a yard, and tljot if there were
a pair of feet in the country requiring
a yard of shoe lining 70 cents of the
price was accounted for. Shoe laces
cost $2.50 a gross, and so if your shoes
have a gross of laces with them it ac
counts for $2.50 more of the price.
Beeswax, too is up, but the cost was
not analyzed and it cosL.10 ccnts- more
to make eyelets. With 20 or 30 eye
lets in a woman's shoes it was pointed
out that some more of the cost was
obvious. And, then, too, there are
nails. A pound of nails cost eight
cents more than it u ed to. Figuring
the number of poifnds of nails to the
shoe runs the total still' higher.
NEWSY NOTES I ROM KENLY.
Kenly State High School to Open
Next Monday. An Entertainment
to Be Given Soon.
Kenly, January 10. ? After long
recess, the Kenly State High School
will op< n for the spring term on Men
day morning, January 14.
The "White Gift" entertainment
program rendered by the various
classes of the Methodist Sunday
school Monday night was a dccided
success. Each class in the school took
part in the program, and a collection
amounting to something more than
forty-five dollars was received. It has
been announced that the money will
be used in making a contributicn to
the relief of suffering children in Ar
menia.
Owing to the illness of the pastor,
Professor M. B. Andrews filled the
Reverend C. P. Jerome's appointment
at Lucama last Sunday morning. Mr.
Jerome is rapidly improving.
Fof the benefit of the school library
fund, a two-night entertainment pro
gram by one of the leading Chautau
qua concerns of the country will be
given in the school auditorium within
a few dn.ys. A large number of new
books and magazines have been r.dded
to the library collection this year, and
it is hoped that the entertainment may
be most heartily supported by the peo
ple of the community.
MISSISSIPPI FIRST TO RATIFY.
Legislature Takes Action Within
Fifteen Minutes After Govern
or Had Urged Adoption.
Mississippi was the first state in the
union to ratify the propesed prohibi
tion amendment to the federal ?pn
stitution. Fifteen minut^p :\fter Gov
ernor Bilbo had urged such action in
his message to the 1918 legislature,
which opened at Jackson Tuesday,
both houses had adopted resolutions
ratifying the proposed amendment.
In the lower house the vote was 93
to 3 and in the senate 32 to 5. Repre
sentatives from Warren county, in
which Vicksburg is locrted, cast the
only negative votes in the house. In
the senate the votes were from scat
tered districts.
Adjournment was taken after the
vote on the prohibition amendment.
B.vrd-Jernigan.
On la?t Sunday Mr. William Byrd
and Miss Vira Jernigan drove over to
Rev. Starling MassengilPs and were
quietly married, only a few relatives
and friends being present to witness
the occasion. Mr. Byrd is a young
farmer and the son of Mr. William
Byrd formerly of Pleasant Grove.
Miss Jernigan is the accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Jernigan. May their trials lie speedi
ly and well mot. A happy life and a
happy new year. ? Poplar Springs
Cor. Benson Review.