VOLUME 38.
THE SMITHFIELD HERALD TUESDAY, MARCH 4,1919.
Number 18.
WILSON TO HURRY
BACK TO PARIS
President Not to Go to Belgium at
Present—To Land at Brest March
13—Great Powers to Consider Pre
liminary Treaty Until March 22.
Text Will Await Wilson—Huns, It
Is Expected, Will Be Called to Paris
Between First and Tenth of April.
Paris. March 1.—As a result of an
exchange of cable messages today be
tween President Wilson and the
American delegation, plans were com
pleted for the President’s return to
Paris, and for the early assembling
thereafter of the peace congress, with
German delegates present.
President Wilson at first planned to
have the George Washington land him
at Antwerp, then to visit Brussels,
pass through the devastated regions
of Belgium and France, and from
there proceed to Paris for the resump
tion of the work of the conference.
He desired to accomplish this in the
understanding that Premier Lloyd
George would be in Paris.
Colonel House, in a talk by telephone
with Mr. Lloyd George at London,
elicited the fact that the premier
would be obliged to return to Lon
done by March 22. Accordingly the
President’s landing at Antwerp and
his visit to Brussels were given up
He will land at Brest on March 13
or 14 and come direct to Paris. The
British prime minister will reach
Paris about the same time and with
the others of the council of the great
powers they will take up the prelim
inary peace treaty, which will then be
ready. It is expected that these ses
sions will last until March 22, when
Mr. Lloyd George will return to Eng
land and President Wilson will
go to Brussels and the devastated re
gions.
The peace treaty will probably
reach such a definite stage during the
sessions in which President Wilson
and Premier Lloyd George will take
part that a decision may be reached
for the assembling of the peace con
gress, with Germans present, between
April 1 and 10. The peace treaty
will then be presented and will include
military, naval, financial and economic
features, all of which will in the
meantime be formulated.
Besides the military and naval
terms now before the council of the
great powers, they will also receive
on Monday the report of the repara
tions commission on the huge sums
the enemy countries will be required
to pay for damages.
The peace conference council next
week will examine the questions of
German disarmament and the finan
cial and territorial conditions to be
imposed as the peace preliminaries,
says the Gaulois today. A new con
vention. embodying clauses which
will virtually make the document a
preliminary treaty of peace, will be
communicated to Germany within ten
days, the newspaper adds, as the re
sult” of this study.
President Wilson, it is stated, has
been constantly kept acquainted with
the proceedings in this conception
and the newspaper declares he is in
absolute agreement with the allies on
all points. It predicts that the Ger
man government will find it difficult
to balk at accepting the terms to be
imposed, as it would incur the risk of
bringing about a renewal of hostili
ties.—Associated Press.
TROOPS IMPERIL BIG SHIP.
Sobral Nearly Capsizes as 2,500
Crowd Side at New York—Soldiers
Threatened With Fire Hose.
New York, March 1.—The trans
port Sobral, which arrived here from
Brest nearly capsized while docking
today when more than 2,500 troops on
hoard massed themselves on the star
board side to exchange greetings with
relatives and friends on barges drawn
up alongside, and caused the trans
port to list fifteen degrees.
Capt. I. R. Davitt, in command of
the steamer, ordered the troops and
crew to the port side in an effort to
right the ship and when they showed
reluctance in obeying the command he
threatened to have the ship’s fire hose
turned on them. Orders also were
given to start the ship’s pumps and
the vessel slowly righted as her bal.
Inst tanks become filled with water
Death of Mr. Frank P. Whitley.
Mr. Frank P. Whitley, who lived
near the Charles S. Powell place, died
of Bright’s disease early last Satur
day morning. His burial took placJ
at the family burying ground near
his home Sunday just after the noor.
hour. The funeral was preached by
his pastor, Rev. J. G .Johnson, of
Princeton. Mr. Whitley was a mem
ber of Sanders Chapel Methodist
church. He was sixty-odd years old.
AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER
Newsy Notes From Benson—Several
Stores Robbed—Miss McCormick to
Speak at Benson School Auditorium
Tonight—School Club Meeting.
Benson, March 3.—Mr. Jake Green
thal h*\s been in Baltimore for the
past several days buying his stock of
goods for the summer and visiting his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Godwin and
sons returned the last of the week
from Florida, where they have been
for the past month on a vacation.
Miss Mary Jackson, who is in school
at Buie’s Creek, returned home for
the week-end Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Raynor and
children are spending a few days at
Chapel Hill with relatives of Mrs.
Raynor.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Woodall and
daughter, Miss Clara Woodall, and
Mrs. Milton Smith have been in New
York for the past week buying goods.
Mr. W. V. Cavenaugh returned last
night from New Yoi’k, where he has
been for several days buying goods
for C. T. Johnson’s stores.
Mr. Louis Ryals, deputy sheriff of
Banner township several years ago,
was in town for several days recently.
He is now living at Petersburg, Va.
Mr. Parlia Hudson, of Meadow
township, has accepted a position with
Parrish-Godwin Company.
The many friends of Mrs. J. L. Hall,
who is in the Wilson Sanatorium, will
be pleased to hear that she will be
home this week.
Mrs. Anna Creech is in Baltimore
buying her spring millinery for the
few days.
Mr. J. Robert Barbour, who is a
railway postal clerk, was here re
cently after spending a few days with
his relatives near here.
Dr. W. C. Wicker, of Elon College,
was here yesterday spending the day
with his daughter, Miss Annie Laurie
Wicker.
Mr. Charlie Moore, who recently re
turned from France, was here for a
few days recently with his brother,
Mr. J. Willie Moore.
Mrs. T. T. Lanier and Miss Blanche
Smith are spending some time with
relatives in Chalybeate Springs.
Miss Cathryne Reynolds McCormick
will give a lecture Tuesday evening
at 7:39 o’clock at the Benson School
auditorium on war work. Miss Mc
Cormick is greatly interested in this
work, and no doubt her talk will be
very interesting. Arrangements have
been made to have special music for
the occasion, and there will be no
charge for admittance.
Rev. D. M. McGeachy preached at
the Presbyterian church here last
night.
Last Thursday night the stores of
Preston Woodall, Peacock Drug Com
pany and J. W. Whittenton were en
tered and several articles stolen. The
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
was also entered and a few stray dol
lars taken from the desk, where it
had been left overnight. The heavi
est loss was suffered by Mr. Woodall,
from whose store several suits of
clothes were taken. The entrance at
each building was made by breaking
out the glass front. This is the sec
ond time that Bensonians have had
stores robbed recently. Only a few
nights ago the postoffice was opened,
the safe blown and its contents taken.
Friday night of last week the stables
of A. W. Hodges were opened and an
effort was made to get his automobile
but as the key had been removed from
the auto it could not be carried off. It
is generally understood that the par
ties who committeed these burglaries
live in or very near here and were a
little effort put forth they could be
apprehended.
Rev. E. M. Hall, pastor of the Meth
odist church, conducted services here
yesterday. He has not yet moved his
family to Benson because no house
can be secured in which to live.
Mr. and Mrs .J. P. Dixon, of Angier,
were here recently for a few days on
business.
It is understood that Benson will
soon have another physician. Dr.
Olive, who was with the American
army in France, has decided to locate
here and will move his family here as
soon as he can secure a house in which
to live.
Mr. S. F. Ivey, of Steadman, spent
yesterday in town with friends. He
will return home today.
Meeting of Book Club.
Mrs. C. A. Barbour was hostess to
the John Charles McNeil Book Club
Thursday afternoon at three o’clock.
The meeting was presided over by the
president, Mrs. J. R. Barbour.
Letters were read from the Ameri
can Committee for Devastated France
and Stage Women’s War Relief or
ganizations imploring the club to con
tinue sending supplies to the devasta
ted allied countries. This request
was complied with and a box will be
sent at an early date.
Mrs. A. T. Lassiter’s collection of
HARDWICK JOINS
KNOX IN ATTACK
Bi - Partisan Assault Made Upon
League Charter in Senate—Would
Promote War and Contravene
Monroe Doctrine, Both Senators
Declare.
A bi-pai’tisan assault on the pro
i posed constitution of the league of
nations was made Saturday in the
Senate, the speakers being Senator
Knox, of Pennsylvania, a Republican
member o fthe foreign relations com
mittee, and former secretary of state,
and Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, a
Democrat, who retires March 4, say3
a Washington dispatch.
The constitution of the league, as
presented to the peacq conference,
‘was sharply criticized by both Sena
tors. They declared it would promote
war and that it contravened the Mon
roe doctrine, reduced American sov
ereignty, conflicted with the constitu
tion, and would force submission of
fundamental American domestic and
national questions to a world tribunal.
After attacking the proposed con
stitution, article by article, Senator
Knox suggested, as a constructive
measure, a substitute world organiza
tion—an international code of law
supplemented by treaties between the
separate nations for arbitration and
other agreements for the maintenance
of world peace.
Senator Knox, who attended the
White House dinner last Wednesday,
with other members of the Senate for
eign relations committee, said the con
stitution of the league, as presented
tet the peace conference, “sanctions,
breeds and commands war.”
Suggests Substitute.
The Pennsylvania Senator said that
if the people of the United States de
sired what he termed a real league of
nations to prevent war and not merely
to build a coalition to further trade or
preserve and expand territorial pos
sessions” it might be secured through
the formation of an international or
ganization comprising all the nations
of the world.
Senator Knox said the constitution
of such an international coalition
should primarily declare war an in
ternational crime and stipulate that
any nation engaging in it except in
self-defense be punished by the world
as an international criminal.
BONES OF INDIANS UNEARTHED
Tomahawks, Beads and Medals Found
With Bones in Eastern Part
of State.
Washington, N .C., March 1—A riel,
historic find was unearthed near Bath,
the oldest town in North Carolina,
when farm laborers Saturday morn
ing unearthed the bones of almost one
hundred Indian bodies on the shores
of Bath Creek. The skulls and other
bones were in almost perfect condi
tion. A number of relics, including
tomahawks, beads and medals, were
found with the bones. The relics were
found on property belonging to J. B.
Archbell, well known farmer of the
Bath section. Several of them have
been brought to Washington.
County historians believe that the
bones belonged to Indians who at
tempted a general massacre of the
whites in this section during the early
part of the eighteenth century. At
that time the Indians plotted to
wipe out the white population of
Edenton, Bath and New Bern. A large
number of the savages obtained em
ployment in the homes of the white
people and, when the signal for attack
was given, were supposed to fall upor
their employers and slay them. In
some manner or other the whites be
day of the attack every Indian servant
was either killed or made a prisoner,
wa seither killed or made a prisoner.
When the savages on the outside com
menced their attack they were met bv
stiff resistance. The old Marsh home
at Bath, which is still standing, was
the center of the attack. The huge
brick chimney still bears the mark o*
bullets. The Indians were defeated
and suffered heavy casualties. It is
believed that the whites buried all of
the red men in a single grave and that
this grave was unearthed Saturday
on Mr. Archbell’s farm. One man’s
bones were found somewhat apart
from the others and it is believed that
he was a chief. A medal was found
on his breast.—News and Observer.
A chair factory at Lenoir last week
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $30,000.
current events was unusually interest
ing and instructive.
All business was disposed of and
books exchanged. After adjournment
the hostess served a delicious sweet
course.
Miss Mary Cooke, of Aulander, was
guest of the club.
Next meeting will be with Mrs. W.
D. Boone.
GILLETT CHOSEN
FOR SPEAKER
Nominated by Republican Caucus on
First Ballot—James R. Mann Sec
ond—Nomination Made Unanimous
on Motion of Illinois Man—Other
Officers Chosen.
Washington, Feb. 27.—Represent
ative Frederick II. Gillett, of Massa
chusetts, was nominated on the first
ballot by the Republican caucus to
night as the party candidate for
Speaker in the next House of Repre
sentatives.
Representatives James R. Mann, of
Illinois, ran second with Representa
tive Phillip Campbell, of Kansas,
who entered the race a few days
ape, after Representative Simeon D.
l ess, of Ohio, had withdrawn, far be
hind. As the Republicans will have a
majority in the next House, nomina
tion was regarded by them as equiva
lent to election.
The official vote an announced by
Representative Horace M. Towner, of
Iowa, chairman of the conference,
follows:
Gillett, 138; Mann, 69; CampbeH,
13; scattering, five, four for Repre
sentative John J. Esch, of Wisconsin,
and one for Representaive Frank W.
Mondell, of Wyoming.
Immediately after the ballot was
announced, the election of Mr. Gillett
was made unanimous on motion 0*
Mr. Mann.
After a brief address by the suc
cessful candidate, the conference pro
epeded with the nomination of other
candidates for offices in the House.
W'. Tyler Page, of Montgomery
county, Maryland, w'as nominated
clerk by acclamation and Joseph G.
Rogers, of Philadelphia, now a House
employe, was nominated sergeant-at
arms over Representative Wlaiilm J.
Cary, of Wisconsin, whose term ex
pires March 4.
WILiSUXN LKAUS SULUlfiKS.
Pennsylvania Avenue Re-Echoes to
Tread of Soldiers—Silence, Misty
Eyes and Bared Heads Greet White
^lag Telling of Those “Left Be
hind.”
Washington, Feb. 27.—Pennsylva
nia Avenue re-echoed today, tor the
first time in many years, to the tread
of victorious American soldiers—men
who fought in Europe under the Stars
and Stripes to help clear the way for
the democratic ideas.
President Wilson, back only a few
days from the peace conference in
Paris, led the parade on foot, and, af
ter marching through cheering thou
sands from the capitol to the white
house, took his place in the reviewing
stand with Mrs. Wilson, surrounded
by his cabinet, justices of the supreme
court, the diplomatic corps and high
officers of the American and foreign
military forces.
The parade was organized as a
tribute to service men—soldiers, sail
ors and marines—from the District of
Columbia, but it was soon apparent
that this first review in Washington
since victory was won had more thar
local significance. Men from every
State and every service took part,
but especially the presence of hun
dreds of wounded, who at Chateau
Thierry, St. Mihiel and the Argonne,
helped to write the stirring chapters
of American participation in the war,
made the parade a testimonial of the
nation’s pride in all its fighters, re
gardless of locality.
Three generations were represent
ed in the pageant, the fighters of to
day, the veterans of yesterday and the
high school and college cadets in
training to take their places under the
flag if need be. Blue and gray walk
ed together in the section of veterans,
followed by younger men in the uni
forms of Spanish war days.
Enthusiasm of the spectators was
unrestrained, but many a time touch
ed a note too deep for mere cheering.
In memory of “The Boys We Left
Behind Us,” the returned victors
carried a great white silk flag with a
single gold star, behind which came
black draped and flower-laden caisson,
the traditional bier of a soldier.
Silence, misty eyes and bared heads
greeted the flag.
ROBESON’S COTTON GRADER.
Estimated That Farmers Were Saved
Over Ten Thousand Dollars
Through His Services.
T. W. Trogden, local government cot
ton grader, graded 10,500 bales of
Robeson cotton from the 1918 crop
Only 4,000 bales were graded from
the 1917 crop. It is figured that the
grading was worth at least $1 the
bale to farmers who took advantage
of having their cotton graded, or a
total of $10,500. The farmers of
Robeson are becoming more interested
in the government grading each year
—Lumberton Dispatch,
ASSIGN UNITS OF 30TH
TO OVERSEAS CONVOY.
119th and 120th Infantry and 105th
Engineers Among Units Told to Get
Ready—They Return This Month.
Washington, March 2—While it has
been announced that the 30th division
is preparing to sail for home, and is
scheduled to leave France during
March, the war department an
nounces the various organizations in
the division which have been assigned
to early convoy. Assignment to
early convoy ordinarily means that
departure will be taken within a week
or ten days at mo3t.
It is planned to send the entire di
vision home at one time. The war de
partment says organizations cf the
30th which have been told to prepare
for early sailing include:
Division headquarters and head
quarters detachment.
Headquarters troop.
Division postal detachment.
Division gas defense unit.
One hundred and thirtieth machine
gun battalion.
Fifty-ninth Infantry brigade head
quarters.
One hundred and seventeenth In
fantry regiment.
One hundred and eighteenth infan
try regiment.
One hundred and fourteenth ma
chine gun battalion.
Sixtieth Infantry brigade head
quarters.
One hundred and ninteenth infan
try regiment.
One hundred and twentieth infan
try regiment.
One hundred and fifteenth machine
gun battalion. y
One hundred and fifth engineer,?
regiment.
One hundred end fifth engineer
train.
One hundred and fifth sanitary
train.
One hundred and fifth supply train
One hundred and fifth train head
quarters.
Thirtieth Military Police.
One hundred and fifth field battal
ion signal corps.
One hundred and eighth mobile vet
erinary section.
Twer.ty-Eeventh sanitary squad.
Twenty-eighth sanitary squad.
Fifty-fifth field artillery brigade
headquarters.
One hundred and thirteenth field
artillery regiment.
One hundred and fourteenth field
artillery regiment.
One hundred and fifteenth field ar
tillery regiment.
One hundred and fifth ordnance re
pair shop.
One hundred and fifth ammunition
train.
Salvage unit No. 12.—Greensboro
News.
TWO WOMEN ON SCHOOL BOARD
City Commissioners of Raleigh Elect
Mrs .W. A. Upchurch and Mrs.
William B. Grimes—Election in Re
sponse to Women’s Request.
The Raleigh Township School Board
now has two women members, Mrs.
W. A. Upchurch and Mrs. W. 'B.
Grimes having been elected yesterday
by the City Commissioners.
Mrs. Upchurch succeeds herself, and
her election was unanimous following
nomination by Commissioner Mooney
ham. Mrs. Grimes succeeds B. F.
Montague, resigned. She was nomi
nated by Mayor Johnson and received
two votes, while the other vote went
to Mrs. Clarence A. Johnson, who was
nominated by Commissioner Pace. The
term of each expires March 1, 1925.
The election of two women to mem
bership on the board came as no sur
prise. Some time ago the Woman’s
Club asked the commissioners for this
recognition. The club had succeeded
in having Mrs. Upclfurch elected last
fall when the request for two women
members was first made. When the
bill to elect the school board members
by vote was tabled in the General
Assembly Mayor Johnson stated that
the Commisisoners would accede to
the desire of the women.—News and
Observer.
BLIZZARDS REPORTED IN
SEVEN WESTERN STATES.
Chicago, Feb. 28.—Blizards were
reported today in Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebras
ka and southern South Dakota. The
storm was working eastward and the
weather bureau predicted zero weath
er for Chicago tonight or tomorrow.
In Minnesota a stock train stalled
in the snow, was struck by a passen
ger train, two persons being killed
and a number injured. Near Wausa,
Neb., a passenger train with 25 per
sons aboard was stalled in the snow.
All the State affected reported huge
drifts with train-service delayed. In
Nebraska the temperature ranged
from two below zero at Omaha and
Lincoln to 16 below at Valentine.
STATE GETS HUGE
SUMFOR ROADS
More Than Six and a Quarter Millions
in Federal Aid—Nation’s Co-opera
tive Road Building Fund Amounts
to $574,000,000.
w asmngton, iviarcn 1.—It was an
nounced by the department of agri
culture today that with full co-opera
tion of all States, according to tho
terms of the federal aid road act, the
United States will have a total of
$574,000 for co-operative road build
ing during the next three years. The
federal part of this fund is assured by
an extra appropriation of $209,000.
000 in the postoffice appropriation
bill just passed by Congress and sign
ed by the President.
Under these provisions North Car -
olina will have a round total of $6,
271,591.
Officials of the bureau of public
roads, United States Department of
Agriculture, which administers tho
provisions of the federal road act, and
co-operates with the State govern
ments in the expenditure of the
money, point out this amount of funds
is the largest ever appropriated for
3:milar purposes and fcfor a similar
period by any government in the his
tory of the world and that it enables
the federal and State governments to
carry out a road building program
of a magnitude never equaled.
In connection with the great federal
and program it is also noted that ex
penditures for highway work in the
United States this year are likely to
amount to half a billion dollars or
more. On reports received from State
highway departments, the bureau
of public roads estimates the 1919 ex
penditures for roads and bridges at
$286,000,000 or $111,000,000 moro
than the average expenditure for*
19616 and 1917.
An important ecect of the law con
taining the new appropriation is that
it broadens the definition of rural
pest roads under which class a high
way had to qualify in order to receive
the benefits of the federal aid act.
Under the old act it was required. \
that mail should actually be carried
on the road or that there should be a
reasonable prospect that mail would
be carried on it within a short time
after improvement. The new act says
“the term rural post roads shall be
construed to mean any public road, a
major portion of which is now used or
can be used, o rforms a connecting
link to exceed ten miles in length of
any road or roads now or hereafter
used for the delivery of the United
States mails, excluding every street
and road in a place having a popula
tion, as shown by the latest available
federal census of 2,500 or more, ex
cept that portion of any such street or
road along which the houses average
more than 200 feet apart.”—H. E. C.
Bryant, in Charlotte Observer.
GOVERNMENT YV1GG GUNUNUE.
Plans to Control the Railroads for at
Least Another Year, It Is Now
Understood.
Uncertainty over the status of rail
roads in the immediate future was
largely removed by Director General
Hines’ announcement after conferr
ing with President Wilson that the
government would not turn the roads
back to private management until
Congress had more opportunity to
consider a permanent program of
legislation, says a Washington dis
patch.
This was generally interpreted as
meaning that the railroads would be
under government management for at
least another year, and probably long
er. If a special session of Congress is
called early in the summer, railroad
legislation might be taken up, but
most officials believed this could not
be completed within four or fiv*
months. If there is no special session,
Congress could not start on legisla
tion much within a year.
SENATE VOTES FOR
EQUAL SUFFRAGE.
Municipal suffrage for the women
of North Carolina won by a large ma
jority Thursday night and the bill
now goes to the House of Representa
tives for consideration. The vote was
35 for and 12 against, while two Sen
ators were paired and one legislator
was absent on account of illness.
The victory achieved by the sup
porters of the measure was greater
than they had expected, as they had
only counted on 28 affirmative votes in
the Senate. Announcement of the
result at 10:45 following a two-hour
debate was greeted by prolonged ap
plause from the galleries, which were
filled to overflowing with spectators,
and from the friends of the measure
on the floor of the Senate.—News and
Observer.