VOLUME 38.
THE SMITHFIELD HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY .7, 1919.
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Number 2.
COL. ROOSEVELT
DIED MONDAY
Twenty-Sixth President of the United
States and One of the Country’s
Most Illustrious Citizens — The
Simple Funeral Will Be Held To
morrow—Served as Governor of
New York, Vice-President and
President—He Was 60 Y’ears Old
This morning’s papers carry the
news that Colonel Theodore Roosevef.t,
former President of the United States,
dmd early yesterday morning at his
home in Oyster Bay, New York. We
give the story in brief taken from this
morning’s News and Observer:
Oys|er Bay, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth
)’resident of the United States, died
at his home on Sagamore Hill early
today whiie asleep, presumably of
rheumatism of the heart. He will be
laid to rest without pomp or ceremony
in Young’s Memorial Cemetery in
this village Wednesday afternoon. He
will be buried on a knoll overlooking
Long Island Sound, a plot which he
and Mrs. Roosevelt selected soon af
ter he left the White House.
In the words of the clergyman who
will conduct the funeral service,
“America’s most typical American,
known in every corner of the earth,
will go to his grave as a quiet, demo
cratic, Christian, country-gentleman
beloved by his neighbors.”
After prayers at the Roosevelt
home, at which only members of the
family will!1 be present, the funeral
service will be he^d at 12:45 o’clock
in Christ Episcopal Church, the little
old frame structure where for years
the Colonel and his family worship
ped.
At the request of Mrs. Roosevelt,
no flowers will be sent. The altar will
be decorated only with laurel placed
on it for the Christmas season. Also
in conformance with Mrs. Roosevelt’s
wishes, there will be no music and no
eulogy, but only the simple service of
the Episcopal Church conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. George E. Tal
mage.
The church, founded in 1705, will
accommodate less than 500 persons,
so admittance will be by card only.
It was at 4:15 o’clock this morning
that the former President died in his
sleep, painlessly. His death was due
directly to a blood clot lodged in one
lung, the result of inflammatory
rheumatism.
“Put the light out, please,” were
the former President’s last words.
They were addressed to his personal
attendant, James, Amos, a young ne
gro who had been in his service since
he left the White House and who was
sitting at the foot of the bed.
. Some time later Amos noticed the
patient was breathing heavily, and be
came alarmed. He left the room to
call the nurse who had been summon
ed from Oyster Bay yesterday. When
they returned Col. Roosevelt had
breathed his last. They called Mrs.
Roosevelt, the only member of the
family who was at home. There had
been a family gathering Christmas
Day, but as no alarm was felt over
the Colonel’s condition, the children
who were able to spend the holidays
with their parents had gone to dif
ferent pans of the country.
Co'onel Roosevelt was born in New
Yo.k City October 27, 1858, and was
in his 61sl jeai. He had served as
Governor of New York one term, was
elected Vice-President in 1900 with
McKinley, and when McKinley was
killed in 1901, he iiecame President, at
the age of 42, the youngest man who
was ever called.to this high position.
He was elected President in 1904.
His career has been one of great
activity. He was a 3trong, viritfe
American citizen and his passing is
heard with profound regret.
DIRECTOR GENERAL HOOVER.
He Has Been Chosen to Handle the
International Food Organization.
President Willson has appointed
Herbert C. Hoover Director General
of an international organization 'for
the relief of liberated countries, both
neutral and enemy. Norman Davis,
formerly on the staff of Oscar T.
Crosby, special commissioner of fin
ance, for the United States in Eu
rope, will act as Mr. Hoover’s assist
ant.
This was announced Friday by the
American peace commission in a
statement which says that the desig
nation of Mr. Hoover to take charge
of the relief work is in conformity
with the request of the allied govern
ments that the United States take a
predominating part in the organiza
tion and direction of relief measures.
The statement says:
“Upon President Wilson’s arrival
the results of the investigations of
the United States and allied govern
ment officials into the food situation
of the liberated countries, neutral and
enemy, were laid before him. Since
his arrival in addition to his discus
sion with the representatives of Great
Britain, France and Italy respecting
the general peace settlement, he had
been advised with regard to the con
ferences held between the govern
ments concerning the methods of or
ganization for the relief of these pop
ulations. *
“The allied governments had ad
vised the President that they desired
that the United States should take
the lead in the organization and ad
ministration of ref.ief. Under this ar
rangement between the United States
ar^d the allied countries there are be
ing appointed two representatives of
each government to secure the co-op
eration of food, finances and shipping
resources in the solution «f the prob
lems connected with the relief.
“The President has appointed Mr.
Herbert Hoover and Mr. Norman
Davis as the two American represent
atives in the council and Mr. Hoover
will act as director general of the un
dertaking.”
Germany’s Submarine Losses.
London, Jan. 4—Interesting figures
are now available about Germany’s
loss of submarines during the war.
The total of German losses was 202.
In addition, 14 submarines were de
stroyed by the Germans, 10 in the
Adriatic and four in Flanders. Seven
more were interned in neutral coun
tries.
The Germans are still building sub
marines, with the Allies making no
objection because obviously it is nec
essary to keep workers employed and
when submarines are built and
launched they would be disposed of
by the Allies.
A BALE OF COTTON FOR
EVERY ROBESON CITIZEN.
Lumberton, Jan. 4.—Prior to De
cember 13, there had been ginned in
Robeson county 54,854 bales of cot
ton from the 1918 crop as compared
with 45,202 to the same date from the
1917 crop. It has been said that Rob
eson county, the largest county in the
State, grows one bale of cotton for
every person living in the county, and
it came near doing that last year.
Last year’s crop of flint and seed at
present prices is worth around $10,
000,000. Robeson leads the State in
cotton growing, and besides it is one
of the greatest tobacco growing coun
ties in the State. In fact, Robeson
leads the State in agriculture any
way you put it.—Charlotte Observer.
EX-KAISER IS IN
VERY BAD SHAPE.
Even the wonderful spring-like
weather of the new year did not bring
the former German Emperor outside
the Amerongen castle, although his
condition is improving daily. The
principal cause of his indisposition
appears to be mental depression, in
duced by the gradual realization of
the full extent of his downfall. Re
cent reports from Germany are said
i to have accentuated this feeling.
Lack of open air exercise and the
continual brooding have had such tell
ing effect on Herr Hohenzollem’s ap
pearance that he scarcely is recogniz
able to those who saw him when he
first came to Amerongen. His wife,
who is with him almost constantly,
displays much more buoyant spirits
and makes every effort to cheer him.
I
DEATH OF MR. JOHN E. HUDSON.
Former Johnstonian Died at His
Home in Kinston December 14, of
Pneumonia Following an Attack of
Influenza—Was Prominent Busi
ness Man of Kinston.
A copy of the Kinston Daily Free
Press of December 15, has been sent
us by a friend. It givt?s an account
of the death of Mr. John E. Hudson,
who conducted a drug store in Smith
field several years ago. Mr. Hudson
died on December 14 after a ten-days’
illness of influenza and pneumonia.
He was buried in Maplewood cemetery
at Kinston on Sunday, December 15,
the funeral service being conducted
by Rev. B. W. Spilman and Rev. M. H.
Tuttle.
The following is taken from the
Free Press:
Mr. Hudson was a native of John
ston county and came to Kinston to
make his home .about 14 years ago.
Two years later he was married to
Miss Bessie Randolph and there is
living one child, Elvira, 10 years old,
as a result of that union. Upon the
death of Mrs. Randolph’s father, Mr.
C. T. Randolph, who left a large eJ
tate, Mr. Hudson assumed the re
sponsible dual duties of administrator
and guardian for a number of minor
children. He measured up to the high
responsibilities in a manner that won
the esteem of those who knew. He
embarked in business for himself and
as head of the Hudson Buggy Com
pany and the Hudson Drug Company
he was rapidly winning success when
cut down by the grim reaper.
In the death of Mr. Hudson the
community lost a valuable citizen. He
was progressive, fair-minded and be
lieved in the future of this city. He
was cordial and true to his friends
and fair to all.
Following is a tribute of one who
was intimately associated with Mr.
Hudson in business and legal matters
and a fair estimate of the character
of Mr. Hudson. Mr. G. V. Cowper
says:
“The passing of iMr. J. E. Hudson
has brought universal regret and
genuine sorrow to the people of Kin
ston. He was a man of the highest
integrity and a citizen of sterling
qualities.
“The real character and true worth
of J. E. Hudson was demonstrated
after the death of the late C. T. Ran-,
dolph, who left a large estate and a
number of infant children. As admin
istrator of the estate and as guardian
of these children, he has undertaken
and performed his trust with such
fidelity and at the same time so gra
ciously as to bring him a lasting
debt of gratitude from those whom he
Served and a place of honor among
his fellow men. It was because of
his good business judgment and the
tender sense of his sacred obligation
to his wards that I had the opportu
nity to measure the length and depth
of his character. It so arrested my
attention and earned my admiration
that I cannot refrain at this time
from paying this voluntary and un
sought tribute.
“Added to the foregoing, it may be
said with confidence that he was a
Christian gentleman. And after all,
what more can be said by the living
of the dead ?”
STATUS OF CAMP GREENE
IS BEING CONSIDERED.
Future to Be Decided Soon—Camp
Bragg Named as Field Artillery
Training Ground.
Washington, Jan. 4.—The status of
Camp Greene is being considered now,
according to Assistant Secretary
Crowell, who appeared before the
House Military Affairs Committee
today. Mr. Crowell asserted that the
National Guard camps would be given
definite place later.
Camp Bragg, at Fayetteville, is to
be a field artillery training camp. Or
iginally the p’ans called for 46,000
men, six brigades of field artillery,
one aerial squadron, and two balloon
squadrons. Since the armistice the
plans have been changed to take care |
of 16,000 men, two brigades of field
artillery', one aerial squadron, and one
balloon squadron. The size will be
135,000 acres, costing $1,500,000. Mr.
Crowell made the point that these
sites and appropriations have already
been authorized in legislation by Con
gress, but that the War Department
was seeking the advice of Congress
about continuing.—H. E. C. Bryant in
Charlotte Observer.
STATE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
Tenth Biennial Convention to Be Held
in Raleigh January 16-17—Promi
nent Speakers to Attend.
Raleigh, Jan. 6.—The Tenth Bien
nial Convention of the State Anti
Saloon League will be held in Raleigh
January 16-17, 1919, beginning at 10
a. m. Thursday.
The Headquarters Committee, who
have in charge the arranging of the
program, are preparing a feast of
oratory and other good things for the
prohibitionists of the State. Among
the out-of-State speakers are Dr. P.
A. Baker, General Superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League of America;
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the M.
E. Church, South; the inimitable
George R. Stewart, of Birmingham,
Alabama; Hon. Wayne B. Wheeler,
General Counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League of America; and Hon. Wm.
H. Anderson, of New York City.
Among prominent men of the State
on the program are W. B. Cooper,
State Senator from Wilmington; W.
•L. Poteat, LL.D., president of Wake
Forest College; W. T. Shaw, manu
facturer of Weldon; Hon. O. M. Mu'll,
representative from Cleveland, and
the law partner of Congressman E. Y.
Webb; Wm. Allen Harper, LL.D.,
president of Elon College; Hon. W. O.
Sanders, representative from Pasquo
tank; Hon. J. D. Eekles, of Buncombe;
Judge John A. Oates, of Fayetteville;
Rev. R. L. Davis, Superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League; Rev. L. S.
Massey, editor of the Raleigh Chris
tian Advocate, anud Dr. W. S. Rankin.
Secretary of the State Board of
Health.
This convention will no doubt get
behind the legislative program out
lined by the Board of Trustees and
lend a hand in passing further legis
lation to rid our State of blind tigers
and blockade stills.
Tt is expected that many churches,
Sunday Schools and ’other organiza
tions will send delegates to this con
vention, and that hundreds of citizens
throughout the State who want to
break up the blind tiger and blockade
business will attend. All who attend
have the rights and privileges of the
floor as well as those sent as dele
gates.
PEACE CONFERENCE PLANS.
Paris Paper Prints a Forecast of the
Order of Proceedings.
Paris, Jan. 4.—The Peace Confer
ence, according to the Petit Journal,
will proceed as follows:
1. A conference of the four great
Powers.
2. Representatives of Belgium and
Serbia to be admitted for a study of
the general situation.
3. Admission of the other Allies for
conferences on the problems interest
ing them.
4. Presentation of conditions suc
cessfully to Germany, Bulgaria, Tur
key, German-Austria, and Hungary,
and the signing of the peace pre
liminaries.
5. A general conference concerning
the questions of a league of nations,
fredom of the seas, limitation of ar
maments, and related topics.
Negro Shoots Rocky Mount Citizen.
Rocky Mount, Jan. 5—Rocky Mount
Police officers are today searching for
an unidentified negro who last night
shqt and fatally injured Charles De
vine, a young white man of this city,
and also Policeman C. S. Henry in the
knee, inflicting a severe wound. The
officer is" now in a local hospital.
Made Assistant ^Health Secretary.
Miss Kate M. Herring, who was
loaned by the State Board of Health
to the State War Savings committee
as publicity director during the past
year, wins a flattering promotion in
returning to the health department
as assistant secretary to the State
Board. The announcement was made
Saturday from the department.
Wounded Men of 30th Division Stop
in Raleigh.
Veterans of St. Quentin and other
battles, 280 men of the 30th division
passed through Raleigh at 11 o’clock
Sunday morning, and stopped for an
hour in front of the Red Cross can
teen. Each of them had been wound
ed from one to eight times. One
third of them are from this State.
1919 WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN.
Drive to Be Begun With Celebration
Jan. 17. Directors Are Told.
The 1919 war savings campaign will
be opened actively by a nation-wide
celebration on January 17, the anni
versary of the birth of Benjamin
Franklin. District war savings di
rectors in conference here yesterday
were so informed by Harold Brad
dock, tne new national director of the
war savings movement.
That day will be devoted particu
larly, Mr. Braddock said, to the or
ganization of thousands of war sav
ings societies in industries, offices,
business houses, churches and com
munities to systematize the preaching
of thrift and promote the sale of $2,
000,000,000 worth of stamps during
the year.
The business men, educators and
publicists from the twelve Federal re
serve districts who will have charge
of the campaign were welcomed to
the conference by Secretary Glass,
who urged that they press their work
on the basis that the war will not be
over until the United States has met
its every commitment.
“The war is not over.” he said, “so
far as the Treasury Department is
concerned. Two billion dollars a
month is being spent at the present
time. Now is not the time to lay pa
triotism aside. It is not difficult dur
ing the delirium of war for the peo
ple to respond to the nation’s call, but
it is more difficult after the cessation
of hostilities.”—Washington Post.
BAPTISTS READY
FOR CONVENTION.
Program Arranged for Annual Ses
sion at Greensboro.
The deferred session of the Baptist
State Convention, which will meet in
the auditorium of the First Baptist
church of Greensboro, Tuesday af
ternoon, January 14, at 4 o’clock,
gives promise of being one'of unusual
interest, and a large attendance is an
ticipated. The entertainment will be
the Harvard plan, which the Baptists
adopted for their conventions several
years ago. According to the plan, the
hostess has only to provide lodging
and breakfast, thus making the task
of entertainment less taxing.
Although it will be one of the most
important sesisons of the convention
ever held, yet the program commit
tee deemeo it wise to shorten the pro
gram. It will begin proper on Tues
day afternoon at 4 o’clock, and last
until the following Thursday after
noon at 4 o’clock. Some of the
most important topics for discus
sion will be pfesented Wednesday. In
the afternoon reports from Associa
tional managers of the Million Dollar
Campaign, which has been waged
during the past few months, will be
heard.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO MEET TOMORROW.
The General Assembly of the great
State of North Carolina, consisting of
one hundred and twenty representa
tives in the lower and fifty senators
in the upper house, will meet in Ral
eigh in its biennial session at 12
o’clock tomorrow. Tonight the Dem
ocrats—ninety-three in the House and
forty in the Senate—will meet in
their separate caucuses to choose a
speaker and a president pro-tem of
the Senate and elect the other offi
ers in the respective branches. The
Republicans wil hold a joint caucus
also ton'ght.
DR. W. H. HECL IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH.
Many friends in Raleigh were deep
ly grieved Saturday at the news of
the death of Dr. William Harry Heck,
of the Rockefeller chair of education
at the University of Virginia. He
passed away Saturday morning at 5
o’clock at the university, following an
attack of influenza, with pleurisy and
other comp*1 ications. He was a son
of Mrs. J. M. Heck of Raleigh, and of
the late Colonel Heck.
RALEIGH Y. W. C. A.
IS NOW CERTAINTY.
After many years of hope Raleigh
is to have a Young Woman’s Chris
tian Association. Tentative plans call
for tjie organization of the association
some time this month or more partic
ularly on a date between January 16
and 20.
30TH DIVISION'
COMING HOME
37th and 91st Also Designated for
Early Return—Demobilization of
the Army is Approaching Its Final
Phases, Marsh Shows.
Demobilization of the army is ap
proaching its final phases with the
breaking up of the combat divisions
in this country, and the issuance of
orders for early return of the first
three fighting divisions from France,
says a Washington dispatch in Sun
day’s papers.
General March, chief of staff, an
nounced today that General Pershing
had designated the Thirtieth and
Thirty-seventh (national guard) and
the Ninety-first (national guard) di
visions for early return, while in the
home training cnmps, 4,500 men of
the combat divisions heretofore helld
intact, had been ordered discharged.
The Thirtieth includes national
guard troops from Tennessee, North
Carolina and South Carolina; the
the Thirty-seventh, Ohio, and West
Virginia guardsmen, and the Ninety
first, Pacific coast troops.
The three overseas divisions with
the headquarters troops of Major
General Reade’s second corps, also
designated for return, total 83,000
men. General March said that in
cluding these divisions the total num
ber of men available for discharge
was 1.379,000, and that 40,491 officers
and 030,309 men had been mustered
out up to yesterday.
The chief of staff also disclosed
that the war department was pre
paring to take into the regular army,
under the proposed reorganization
plan, those reserve and temporary of
ficers whose records during the war
show them to be fitted for profession
al military life.
Official rveuniR of -.be War
ment, announced General
show that the first regular
the first unit to arrive in Crane*.
landed :n June, 1917, and that the last
American division to land was the
Eighth in October last. Between
those dates 40 divisions were* sent
overseas, the advance elements of
each being landed as folows:
August, 1917, second division; Sep
tember 2fith; November, 42nd; De
cember, 41st; February, 1918, 32nd:
May 82nd. 35th, fourth, 27th, 60th and
March fifth and third; April, 77th:
Mnv 82nd. 35th, 28th, fourth, 27th.
60th, 33d 30t,h and 80th; June, 78+h.
83d, 89th, 92d, 90th, 37th and 29th:
July, 76th, 79th, 91st and 36th; Au
gust, 85th, seventh, 81st, 88th, 39th
40th; September 87th, 84th, 86th and
34th; October, 31st and 38th.
INFLUENZA STATISTICS
BY CENSUS BUREAU.
Washington, Jan. 5—The influenza
epidemic which swept the country
during the latter part of last year
caused 111,688 deaths in the 56 larg
est cities and increased the combined
death rate for those communities in
1918 to 19.6 per thousand, according
to statistics made public today by the
Census Bureau. Total figures for the
country were not available.
Baltimore, with 26.8 per thousand,
and Nashville, with 26.4, had the
highest rates of the registration cities
while St. Paul, with 13.9 and Minne
apolis, Grand Rapids, with 14 each,
had the lowest.
Deaths from influenza totalled 69 -
439, with 41,149 deaths from pneu
monia.
The year’s total death rate in New
York City was 18.8 per thousand
compared with 15.2 for 1917. Tn
Chicago it was 17.1 against 14.9 the
year before and in Philadelph’-''
where the influenza epidemic w°s
very severe, it was 24 2 compare *
with 17.1 in 1917.
8 Below Zero in Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 4.—The thermom ,
ter registered 8 degrees below ze •
at seven o’clock this morning but t1 -
weather forecast for tonight is “murv
warmer.”
Saturday Joffre’s Birthday.
. xty-seven years ago Saturd -
Joseph Jacques Joffre, Marshal #
France and hero of the Marne,
born at Rivesalts. His annivers? '”
was celebrated throughout Fran"’*.
England and in New York city.