The Great Johnston County Fair October 22, 23, 24 and 25th, 1918
VOLUME 37.
THE SMITHFIELD HERALD,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918.
Number 77.
ALLIES MAKING
FINE HEADWAY
DISASTER FOLLOWS FAST AF
TER GERMAN ALLIES IN
PALESTINE.
In Macedonia Similar Disasters Are
Threatening the Enemy; Allies in
All Theatres of War Hold the Whip
While the Enemy is Able Only to
Stand on the Defensive; On a Front
of 80 Miles Entente Troops Are
Assailing Bulgarians and Germans
in Southern Serbia.
Associated Press Summary of the
day’s war news in today’s News and
Observer.
Disaster has overtaken the armies
of the Teutanic allies on all fields. In
Palestine the Turks wre all but abso
lutely crushed; in Macedonia the En
tente forces are harrying their foes
and threatening them with similar
disaster; in France the British and
French troops slowly but surely are
eating their way into the vitals of
the German defensive positions, the
collapse of which would result in im
portant changes all along the western
battle front, and in eastern Siberia
the" Japanese have made additoinal
strides forward in the process of re
claiming that territory from the Rus
sians.
In all theatres of the war the en
tente allies have the initiative in their
hands and are pressing their advant
age rigorously. The Germans and
their allies are able to do no more
than stand on the defensive. And in
Palestine and Macedonia, their efforts
in this respect have proved sorry ones
Fiom north of Jerusalem to the
Sea of Gallilee, in the territory lying
between the river Jordan and the
Mediterranean Sea, the Ottoman
forces have been caught by the swift
drive of the British armies and virtu
ally annihilated. Added to the heavy
casualties suffered by the Turks
hordes of them have been made pris
oners, and many more are wandering
bewildered, without leaders in the
hills, eventually to be brought in to
swell the great total. At last ac
counts more than 25,000 of the Sul
tan’s soldiers and 260 guns and large
quantities of war stores were in Brit
ish hands.
To add to the demoralization of the
Turkish morale, allied aviators are
carrying out successful bombing raids
against Constantinople.
Over a front of eighty miles in
southern Serbia, from Monastir to
Lake Doiran, the entente troops are
vigorously assailing the Bulgarians
and Germans. Already in the swift
drive in the center, a great spearhead
has been pushed by the Serbians
across the Istib-Prelep load, severing
communications between the Bulga
rian army northeast of Monastir and
that in the Lake Doiran region. Un
official reports are to the effect that
the Serbs have taken 1 between 9,000
and 10,000 prisoners had 120 guns.
Not so spectacular, but of vital im
portance have been the operatfbns of
the French and British from the south
of St. Quentin to Cambrai. Both the
French, General Dabney and Field
Marshal Haig have won highly essen
tial ground in the maneuvers which
have as their objectives the oblitera
tion of the Hindenburg line, the cap
ture of St. Quentin and the turning
of the German line at Laon. South of
St. Quentin the French have advanced
their line to the west bank of the
Oise canal over a front of three miles
and now completely outflank St.
Quentin on the south and La Fere on
the north. Meanwhile, Field Marshal
Haig north of St. Quentin, around the
village of Epehy, ha* taken strong
positions from the enemy.
Rev. J. W. Suttle, of Shelby, former
■ pastor of the Smithfield Baptist
church was here today.
Airplane for Rocky Mount.
Representative Pou has obtain
ed the loan of an airplane to lend im
petus to the Liberty Loan drive to be
inaugurated at Rocky Mount on Oc
tober 1-4. George Horne and W. S.
Moye presented the claims of Rocky
Mount for such an attraction in its
efforts to oversubscribe the Fourth
Liberty Bond allotment. The War
Department is only loaning airplanes
to towns and communities within a ra
dius of 100 miles of Norfolk.—News
and Observer.
WEDDING IN FAYETTEVILLE.
Mr. Archie S. Lawhon, of Smithfield,
and Miss Annie Elizabeth Watson
Married. Will Live in Smithfield.
Fayetteville, Sept. 21.—At 11:30
Wednesday morning the wedding of
Miss Annie Elizabeth Watson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mallett
Watson, and Archie S. Lawhon, was
solemnized at the First Baptist
church, the pastor, Rev. Joel S. Sny
der, officiating. The ushers were
Alonzo T. Watson, brother of the
bride; Royal Woodall, Sam Stallings,
of Smithfield, and Charles V. Sharpe.
After the entrance of the ushers
came the dame of honor, Mrs. Roy B.
Chase, sister of the bride. She was
attired in flesh-beaded georgette
crepe, with hat to match, and she
carried pink Russell roses. The maid
of honoi* was Miss Lelia McLeod. She
wore a frock of white georgette crepe
with picture hat. and her flowers were
Russell roses. The bride entered on
the arm of her father, by whom she
was given in marriage. She was met
at the altar by the groom with his
best man, Will Franck. The ring
ceremony was used in taking the
vows. '
The bride wore a handsome suit of
taupe with hat and accessories to
match and she carried bride’s roses.
The wedding music was rendered
by Miss Maud Hall, who played sev
eral selections preceding the cere
mony and while the vows were being
spoken softly played “To a Wild
Rose.” Miss Margaret Cotton sang
“Until,” by Sanderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawhon left on the
noon train for a trip to northern
cities, after which they will be at
home in Smithfield, where the groom
is a prominent druggist. He is very
popular in Fayetteville, where he has
spent much time.
The bride is a handsome girl and
greatly admired for many lovely
traits of character.
The gifts were very handsome and
numerous, among them being a home
on Rosemary street, presented to the
bride by her parents, and a handsome
chest of silver by the groom’s peo
ple.
A number of parties and showers
were given the bride, among them be
ng one tendered by Mrs. S. L. Clem
ent, Miss Myrtle Moore and Mrs. R.
B. Case.
Train Strikes Auto, Four Persons
Killed.
Greenville, N C., Sept. 21.—William
R. Wheeler, Seth Corbett, Miss Lizzie
Corbett, of Waltonburg, and Miss
Maude Sawyer, of Camden county,
were killed about a mile west of this
city late yesterday when an automo
bile ip which they were riding was
struck by a Norfolk Southern passen
ger train. The accident occurred at a
crossing during a rainstorm and it is
thought the driver failed to see the
approaching train. Miss Ruby Burch,
of Walstonburg, the only surviving
member of the party, was seriously
injured, but physicians say she will
recover.
Sliss Corbett and her brother were
students at the Winterville High
School, of which Miss Sawyer was
music teacher. They were en route
to Walstonburg to spend the week
end.
KENLY RED CROSS NOTES.
Kenly, Sept 20.—The Kenly branch
of the Johnston County Chapter A. R.
C. reopened their work room last
Wednesday after a brief vacation dur
ing the warn/ weather. There was a
good attendance at this meeting and
the ladies seemed eager to resume
their work. The short rest seems to
have been very beneficial.
The Kenly people regret the loss
of two of their most earnest workers.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Johnson, who
have departed for other fields of act
ivities. Mr. Johnson was publicity
chairman for the Kenly branch; also
chairman of the Junior Red Cross for
Johnston County. His work during
the War Relief drive will long be re
membered by his local chapter.
Mrs. Johnson was organizer of the
Kenly Junior Red Cross and had
charge of this at the time of her de
parture. She also organized a Junior
Girls’ Knitting Club for the Red
Cross. This work will now be in
charge of Miss Beulah Bailey, and
Kenly feels very proud to find one so
capable to carry on this work for its
branch of the Red Cross.
LIBERTY DAY SET
FOR OCTOBER 12
126th Anniversary of Discovery of
America Proclaimed by the Presi
dent. Stimulate Fourth Liberty
Bond Loan. Every Town and Com
munity Asked to Properly Com
memorate the Day.
President Wilson has proclaimed
Saturday, October 12, the four hun
dred and twenty-sixth anniversary of
the discovery of America, as Liberty
Day, and called upon all citizens to
celebrate it to stimulate a generous
response to the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Every city .town and countryside is
asked by the President to arrange
commemorative addresses, pageants,
harvest home festivals or other dem
onstrations, and he directs that all
Federal employes whose services can
be spared be given holiday.
The President’s proclamation fol
lows:
“Every day the great principles for
which we are fighting take fresh hold
upon our thought and purpose and
make it clearer what the end must be
and what we must do to achieve it. We
now know more certainly than we
ever knew before why free men
bought the great nation and govern
ment we love into existence, because
it grows clearer and clearer what su
preme service it is to be America’s
privilege to render to the world. The
anniversary of the discovery>of Amer
ica must therefore have for us in this
fateful year a peculiar and thrilling
significance.
“We should make it a day of ardent
rededication to the ideals upon which
our government is founded and by
whic^i our present heroic tasks are :n
spired.
“Now, therefore, T, Woodrow Wil
son, President of the United States,
do appoint Saturday, the twelfth day
of October, 1918, as Liberty Day. Or
that day I request the citizens of
every community of the United
States, city, town and countryside, to
celebrate the discovery of our coun
try in order to stimulate a generous
response to the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Commemorative addresses, pageants,
harvest home festivals or other dem
onstrations should be arranged for in
every neighborhood under the general
direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the immediate direction
of the Liberty Loan committee in co
operation with the United States Bu
reau of Education and the public
school authorities. Let the people’s
response to the Fourth Liberty Loan
express the measure of their devotion
to the ideals which have guided the
the country from its discovery until
now, and of their determined purpose
to defend them and guarantee their
triumph.
“For the purpose of participating
in Liberty Day celebrations all em
ployes of the Federal Government
throughout the country whose serv
ices can be spared may be excused on
Saturday, the twelfth day of October,
for the entire day.
“In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
“Done in the District of Columbia,
this 19th day of September, the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and eighteen, and of the Inde
pendence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and thirty
third.
“WOODROW WILSON.”
STATE COLLEGE NOW OPEN.
Nearly Eight Hundred Students Get
ting Their First Touch of
Military Life.
The North Carolina State College
of Agriculture and Engineering, for
the present one unit of the govern
ment for training the student army
corns, opened yesterday morning with
a quarantine ordered by Major Hul
vey. . Seven hundred young men,
whose average age is nineteen, are
getting the'r first real taste of mili
tary life by an order that will keep
them on the college campus for prob
ably three weeks, the enforcement of
which is assured by the presence of a
detail of twenty men from the Tank
Camp.
The college authorities expect at
least eight hundred men when all
that have registered and all that can
be admitted have arrived. More than
three thousand boys have applied for
entrance and the dormitories are
overflowing.—News and Observer.
| REVENUE MEASURE
PASSES HOUSE
Provides §8,182.000.000 and is Largest
Bill of Its Kind in History. Senate
• is Yet to Act. Leaders There Say
All Possible Speed in its Passage is
Assured.
Washington, Sept. 20.—The house
late today passed the war revenue bill,
designed to raise by taxation approx
imately $8,182,000,000 of the 24 or
more billions needed by the nation for
the current year. The huge measure
—the largest of its kind in the his
tory of any nation—now goes to the
Senate.
Passage of the bill was unanimous.
A formal roll call, demanded by Ma
jority Leader Kitchin, recorded 350
yeas and no nays which, when an
nounced by Speaker Clark, was greet
ed by a roar of cheers and applause.
All possible speed in the bill’s course
through the Senate is assured, ac
cording to leaders, the Senate finance
committee having concluded formal
hearings. Desire for the bill’s enact
ment before the November elections
has been expressed by leaders in both
houses but this is considered doubt
ful. Consideration of the measure by
the House today pri<y to the vote was
brief. An amendment by the House
Ways and Means Committee which
drafted the bill extending the deple
tion allowances to gas and oil wells
and mines to include “timber and oth
er naural deposit” was adopted.
Just before the final vote, Repre
sentative Longworth, of Ohio, Repub
lican, characterized the bill as “a
mighty good job” and the “best an
swer the American Congress can give
to the whining peace proposal from
Austria.
As passed over to the Senate, the
principal revenue-producing sources
of the measure—incomes, war excess
profits, liquors, tobacco, and luxuries
—were approved by the House sub
stantially as drafted unanimously by
the ways and means committee after
three months’ labor. Roughly the to
tal tax levy doubles present returns
from internal revenue under existing
laws.
In the Senate, mounting war ex
penses and revenue reduction by pro
hibition are factors entering into re
vision, expected to be extensive.
Much Senate sentiment exists for re
daction of the bill’s aggregate levy,
while Secretary McAdoo already has
disapproved any substantial increase.
Major tax features of the bill as
transmitted to thd Senate and estima
ted revenue yields include:
Income tax: Individuals’ normal
rate increased from 5 to 12 per cent,
with the first $4,000 at 6 per cent,
and exemptions of $1,000 for single,
$2,000 for married persons—$14,000,
000.
Individual surtaxes in incomes over
$5,000; present ranges of one to 65
per cent increased from two 63 per
cent, $1,068,000,000.
Corporations’ incomes increased
from six to 18 per cent, but with only
12 per cent payable on dividends dis
tributed, ’-‘bts paid and new Liberty
bonds bought—$894,000,000.
War and excess profits of corpora
tions—80 per cent on war profits and
virtually doubled rates on excess prof
its, ranging from 35 to 70 per cent—
$3,200,000,000.
Beverages, present rates doubled—
$1,137,600,000.
Tobacco, present rate doubled—
$341,204,000.
Luxuries and semi-luxuries, 20 and
10 per cent—$272,555,000.
Other excise taxes, including auto
mobile sales, jewelry, two cents a
gallon on gasoline, etc.—$274,750,000.
Use of automobiles, $5 to $50 each
—$72,830,000.
Amusement admissions—$100,000,
000.
Besides these leading revenue
sources, the bill provides a general
$10 annual tax for persons in busi
ness, trade or professions earning
more than $2,500 and taxes on trans
portation, insurance, club dues, inheri
tance, theatres, brokers, mail order
sales, bowling, billiard and pool es
tablishments, shooting galleries, rid
ing academies and documentary
stamp taxes.
True Liberty consists only in the
power of doing what we ought to will,
and in not being constrained to do
what we ought not to will.—Jonathan
Edwards.
MANY DEATHS FROM
! SPANISH INFLUENZA
I . -
hitty-Seven Are Reported in Boston
I in OneDay. Philadelphia Reports
Sixteen While There Were Four
teen Victims at Camp Dix and
Eighteen at Camp Devens.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 21—Dr. W. C.
Woodward, of the Boston Board of
Health, anil Captain John M. Edgar
chief medical officer of the first, naval
district, assumed an opitimistic atti
tude tonight regarding the influenza
epidemic. The forecast of cool weath
er for Sunday led them to predict that
there would be a marked falling off in
the number of cases reported Sunday
and Monday.
There were 57 deaths today from
influenza and 2.1 from penumonia.
There have been 104 deaths among
men of the first naval district since
September 14.
William F. Murray, postmaster of
Boston, died tonight from influenza
after a few days’ illness.
Sixteen at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Sept. 21.—Sixteen
deaths from Spanish influenza were
reported in Philadelphia and vicinity
today, eight among the civil popula
tion and the same number in the
fourth naval district.
Fourteen at Camp Dix.
Camp Dx, N. J., Sept. 21.—Four
teen deaths from Spanish influenza
occurred here today. One victim was
Miss Ella Augusta Stowe, an army
nurse, who contracted the disease
here before beginning her duties.
18 at Camp Devens.
Ayer, Mass., Sept. 21.—Two officers
and 10 privates died at Camp Devens
today as a result of influenza and
pneumonia.
New York, Sept. 21.—The number
of Spanish influenza cases reported to
the health department of this city to
day showed a decrease today, there
being twenty new victims as com
pared with 31 yesterday and 38 the
day before. Only one death has re
sulted thus far. These figures do not
include cases at the marine or army
hospitals.
Six at Camp Lee.
Petersburg, Va., Sept. 21.—Six
deaths have resulted among soldiers
stationed at Camp Lee from pneumo
nia, which set in as a complication af
ter Spanish influenza. There have
been 1,539 cases of influenza at the
camp since the first case appeared on
Friday night, September 13. A ma
jority of the men who first contracted
the disease have recovered and have
returned to active drill work.
FLYING ACE OF ACES SLAIN.
American Lieutenant Shot Down in
Fight With Four Germans.
With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Sept. 19. (By the
Associated Press).—First Lieutenant
David E. Putnam, of Newton, Mass.,
American ace of aces was killed
Thursday, Sept. 12, while on patro*
along the American lines of St. Mihiel.
Lieutenant Putnam was flying with
Lieutenant Wendella Robertson, of
Fort Smith, Ark., when they were at
tacked by seven German machines.
Four of these made for Putnam's air
plane and three attacked Robertson’s
The attack was sudden and unexpect
ed and the enemy was able to fire
from above. Lieutenant Putnam was
shot twice through the heart. His
machine glided to the earth at Limey
within the American lines, where ho
was found by his comrades. Lieuten
ant Robertson returned safely.
Lieutenant F. Luke, of Phoenix,
Ariz., the aviator who, on Tuesdav
night, destroyed three enemy balloons
inside the German lines, added an en
emy airplane to his list of victories al
dusk yesterday. The fight took place
near Verdun, and when the German
machine was down, Lieutenant Luke
himself landed near-by in order tj
^nake certain the capture of the pilot.
Red Cross Room.
The Smithfield Red Cross Room will
be open Thursday afternoon at two
o’clock.
The ladies of the Clayton branch of
the Johnston County Red Cross are on
the Tobacco Market this week in the
interest of the Red Cross. Last week
the Benson branch had representa
tives here and received quite a goodly
sum for this worthy cause.
SOLDIERS DEMAND
FIGHT TO FINISH
American Troops Heard of Peace
Overture By Enemy “With Sup
pressed Fury.” American Army a
Fighting Force and a Political
Force.
London, Sept. 20.—Telegraphing
under Wednesday’s date .Reuter’s cor
respondent at American Headquar
ters says:
“I have been at pains to sound the
sentiments of the American army on
the enemy’s peace offensive, with a
result startlingly convincing. I was
prepared for firmness, but I found
rather a feeling of suppressed fury
at the thought of any terms being
made with the Hun until he had yield
ed his arms and asked for mercy.
“Peace on that basis is the only
kind that will satisfy the American
soldiers. Their unanimity and inflex
ibility on this point are remarkable,
and it must be remembered that the
American army is not only a fighting
force but is going to be an enormous
political force. A concrete body of
6,000,000 men, even if it grows no
larger, trained by bitter experience
to a common view ,is going to have
an influence on the policy of the Uni
ted States which nothing can with
stand.
“Moreover, since we arc dependent
on American resources to bring the
war to a conclusion, we may also
count on its being concluded in a
fashion that will be in agreement with
American determination.”
HOOVER OUTLINES PLAN.
United States Prepared to Ship Five
Million More Tons Foodstuff
Than Last Year.
Washington, Sept. 21.—Food Ad
ministrator Hoover in outlining in a
statement issued tonight the food con
servation program recommended for
the American people during the com
ing year, said the United States was
prepared to ship 5,730,000 more tons
of foodstuffs to its armies and Allies
than last year and still have a margin
over the amount necessary to main
tain health and strength at home.
The allied civilians and armies, the
American artnies, the Belgian relief
and certain neutrals who are depend
ent upon the United States will re
quire 17,500,000 tons of foodstuffs for
the year beginning July 1.
There will be no food rationing in
this country so long as the people con
tinue to serve as in the past, Mr.
Hoover said, nor will it be necessary,
he hoped, to resort to wheatless and
meatless days.
$750,000 DAMAGE FROM
HAIL AT STATE FARM.
Three Hundred Acres of Cotton Com
pletely Stripped. Corn and
Soybeans Ruined.
A hail storm which struck the State
farm in Halifax county last Wednes
day did damage to the amount of
$75,000, according to State Superin
tendent J. R. Collie, of the State
Prison, who returned to Raleigh last
night after a visit of investigation to
the farm. Caledonia Farm, No. 2, was
the farm visited by the hail. Cale
donia farm No. 1, was damaged some
by the wind which accompanied the
hail but not seriously. Superintend
ent Collie was accompanied on his
trip to the farm by Col. Santford Mar
tin, private secretary to Governor
Bickett, and R. F. Beasley, State
Commissioner of Public Welfare.
Three hundred acres of cotton were
completely ruined. The stalks, it is
said, were left as bare as they are
in January. It is estimated the loss
was sixty thousand dollars, as the
cotton would have produced a bale to
the acre. Two hundred acres of corn
was damaged but can be used as feed
by cutting it at once. One hundred
acres of soybeans were completely
ruined. The damage to these two
crops was estimated at $15,000.
The wind unroofed several 'build
ings and blew down several chimneys.
The farm of Mr. June Tillery, ad
joining Caledonia Farm No. 1, was
visited by the hail and severely dam
aged, but other farms in the vicinity
were not damaged.—News and Ob
server.
The Smithfield tobacco market will
be open every day this week except
I Saturday.