VOLUME 38.
THE SMITHFIELD HERALD TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1919.
Number 20.
JOHNSTON COUNTY
COURT CONVENES
In Session Here With Judge Kerr Pre
siding—W. Turner Bailey Foreman
of the Grand Jury—Solicitor Siler
Represents the State—Ernest Stew
art Gets Two Years on Smithfield
Roads.
The criminal term of Johnston
County Superior Court convened
here yesterday with Judge John H.
Kerr, of VVarrenton, presiding. The
State is represented by Solicitor Wai
ter D. Siler, of Siler City.
The followin jurors were drawn, im
panelled and sworn as a grand jury:
W. Turner Bailey, foreman; A. T.
Canaday, W. A. Brummitt, S. vV.
Booker, Victor Austin, A. H. Jon°s,
James II. Watson, S. W. Creech, SAh
W. Lassiter, Paul E. Whitley, Moses
Creech, W S. Smith, D. T. Lunceford,
C. B. Parrish, Vine Edwai’ds, A. V.
Driver, S. H. Hooks, and P. T .Dun
can.
After the judge delivered a good
and interesting charge to the grand
jury several cases were disposed of.
These cases were of minor import
ance. Some were continued and one
was nolprossed. The case of Ernest
Stewart ,a fifteen-year-old negro boy,
was taken up. He is the young fel
low who called Mr. Barnes to the
door one night last week and after
cursing him shot at him with a shot
gun, which he said on trial that he
carried with him for mad dogs. For
tunately for Mr. Barnes and also for
tunately for himself, he proved a poor
shot and rnbsed his intended victim.
The bloodhounds from Raleigh traced
the negro to his home, where he was
found. He confessed that he was the
one who did the shooting. He sub
mitted yesterday afternoon and Judge
Kerr gave him a sentence of two years
in the common jail and to be worked
on the roads of Smithfield township.
A special venire of 100 men^ was
ordered summoned here at 9:30 to
morrow morning, March 12, from
which to secure a jury to try Fred
Batten charged with murder.
NOT TO FALL BELOW 509,000.
Gen. March Says Army Will Not Be
Further Reduced Under Any
Circumstances.
Washington, March 8.—Gen. March
announced today that the army would
not be reduced under any circum
stances below the figure mentioned m
the Reorganization bill which failed in
Congress, a total of 509,909 officers
and men. He said this total would be
maintained until some law was passed
providing for a permanent force which
would “permit the military necessi
ties of the United States to be han
dled.”
The statement was made in connec
tion with the information that Gen.
Pershing had been authorized to re
sume enlistments for the Regular
Army. Men now overseas who desire
to enlist in the regular establishment,
General March said, would be accept
ed and assigned to regular organiza
tions in the Army of Occupation, re
leasing other men to be discharged.
Floods in Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 9.—Ac
cording to information reaching wea
ther bureau officials here today, un
usual flood conditions are prevail ng
on the lower Tennessee river so rap
idly as to alarm many towns along
the banks. At Guntersville, Ala., the
rise was 13 1-2 feet in 72 hours,
bringing the flood tide up to 21 feet,
and still rising. The river has reach
ed 21 feet at Florence, Ala.
German Compliments Americans.
Secretary Daniels has received a
letter from Major Matt Allen, of
Goldsboro, who is a judge administer
ing punishment to German prisoners
overseas, in which he quotes a Ger
man officer as saying:
“After service of 32 years in the
German army, and having fought
through many battles, I can say I have
never seen any soldiers who had as
much self-respect, self-restraint and
who carried themselves as well as the
soldiers of America.”
The remarkable tribute was voted
the Americans by a German officer
who is a cousin of the Kaiser. The
testimony adds a preponderance of ev
idence to support other claims of the
Germans that no soldier ever acquit
ted himself with more bravery and
credit than the American soldier—
Washington Correspondent to News
and Observer.
To Preach at Micro.
We are asked to state that Rev. G.
W. Rollins, of Benson, will preach at
Micro next Saturday night and Sun
day morning and night.
SECRETARY DANIELS i
GOES TO EUROPE
Will Spend Month Overseas to Study
Best Type of Capital Warships
To Sail This Week.
Secretary Daniels and a party of
American naval experts will leave for
Europe this week to discuss with al
lied naval officials the best type of
capital warships to be built in the fu
ture, based on the lessons gained in
the great war, says a Washington dis
patch. Because of conflicting opin
ions on this subject among American
officers, the secretary has been asked
to submit a definite recommendation
to the next Congress in December.
It is also learned that Secretary Ba
ker will sail for Europe about April
1 to close up the business operations
of the American expeditionary forces.
He will be absent about six weeks and
probably will arrive overseas before
Secretary Daniels returns. Thus Pres
ident Wilson and the heads of both the
army and navy probably wall be away
from the country at the same time—a
situation which many officials say is
without precedent.
The naval secretary will be accom
panied by Rear Admirals Taylor, chief
of the bureau of construction and re
pair; Griffin, chief of the bureau of
steam engineering; Earle, chief of the
bureau of ordnance, and Commander
Foote, his personal aide. The party
will be joined overseas by Admiral
Benson, chief of the bureau of opera
tions^ who is attached to the Ameri
can peace delegation, and Vice Ad
miral Sims, commanding all American
naval forces in European waters
Mr. Daniels and his party will sail
from New York on the transport Levi
athan and will go first to the French
Admiralty. Later they will visit Lon
don and Rome and probably will be
away a month or more. Plans for the
return trip have not yet been made.
CASUALTIES 240.197,
MARCH’S NEW FIGURES.
Losses of American Army in France
Compiled From Revised
Reports.
Washington, March 8.—Battle casu
alties of the American Army in
France, as shown by revised divisional
records announced today by General
March, totalled 240,197. These in
cluded killed in action, wounded, miss
ing in action and prisoners. There
probably will be some slight further
revision as final reports are received.
The Second Regular Division
showed the greatest losses in the re
vised list with 24,429.
The first division came next with
23.973.
The Twenty-eighth (Pennsylvania
troops) led National Guard and Na
tional Army divisions, being fourth in
the list with 14,417.
The Thirty-second (Michigan and
Wisconsin) was fifth with 14,268.
In the new list the Fortysecond Di
vision (Rainbow) reported a total of
battle casualties of 12,252.
The Seventy-seventh (New York,
Metropolitan, National Army), 9,423.
The Twenty-sixth (New England),
8,955.
The Twenty-seventh (New York),
7,940.
The Thirtieth (Tennesee, North
Carolina, South Carolina), 6,893.
PUPILS SUFFER FROM
THE LACK OF TEACHERS.
Difficult Situation in New York City.
30,000 to 50.000 Children Daily
Receive No Instruction—Shortage
of Funds.
From 30,000 to 50,000 children of
school age in New York city are daily
receiving no instruction whatsoever
because of the shortage of teachers to
fill vacancies and to substitute for ab
sentees. The situation was pointed
out by the Teachers’ Association in Us
brief to the public in support of in
creased salaries to teachers.
Not only do the children in the
classes without teachers suffer, but
the entire school is disturbed in the ef
fort to double up classes or provide a
makeshift. Teachers and principals
are compelled to give time to reor
ganization of the daily work and dis
ciplint that should be given to ques
tions more fundamental to education.
The responsibility for this condition
is placed by the Public Education
Association not primarily upon school
authorities, but upon the “citizens of
New York and upon their representa
tives in the Legislature, who alone
can provide the funds which will fur
nish the remedy.” The Board of E:l
ucotion is co-operating with the teach
ers in the effort to get salai^r legis
lation that will be just to both teach
ers and the community.—New York
Evening Post.
The Legislature adjourned this
morning.
NEWSY LETTER FROM
DOWN BENSON WAY
Still Captured Near Benson—Another
Still Captured in Cleveland—Death
of Lossie McLain—Marriage of
Carver Wood and .Miss Bean.
Benson, N. C., March 10.—Mrs.
Moses Peacock returned the last of the
week from Wilson, where she has b^en
for several days for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Brooks, of
Smithfield, were here last Thursday
evening for a short while.
Miss Florence Dixon, of Racford,
was here for a few days recently vis
iting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. 0. Rackley.
Mr. Alonzo Parrish returned today
from a short visit to his family, who
are in Florida spending several weeks.
Miss Velma Brady is spending a few
days in Wilmington visiting friends.
She will return the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Raynor and
children returned the last of the week
from Chapel Hill where they have
been spending some time with rela
tives and friends.
Mr. Dalton Lee, of Four Oaks, was
here Saturday on business matters.
Messrs. C. JI. Tripp and George
Holland went to Raleigh on business
matters Friday.
Mrs. J. D. Coats, who has been in a
hospital m Wilson for the past sev
eral weeks, returned yesterday much
improved.
Messrs. J. A. Wellons, and W. M.
Sanders, of Smithfield, were here Fri
day on business matters.
Deputy Marshal George F. Moore
returned the last of the week from a
several days’ trip to Moore county.
Mr. Preston Woodall went to Ral
eigh Friday night, taking with him his
daughter, Miss Clara, who has been
home for several days from Peace In
SULUltT.
Mrs. J. E. Ligon, who has been run
ning the Brady Hotel here for several
months, left the last of the week for
Lillington, where she will spend a few
days before moving to Virginia.
Sheriff W. J. Massey and Deputy
Sheriff Alf Wall, of Smithfield, wete
here on business matters Friday.
Last Monday Mr. R. L. Flowers
raided a still in full operation near the
town of Benson. There were two men
at the still when the raid was made,
both of whom took leg bail. The still
was a 35-gallon capacity outfit, and
there was about 150 gallons of beer at
it. There were also several jugs ready
for use in the distribution of the
liquor. The men were recognized and
warrants have been issued for them.
Last Wednesday Mr. R. L. Flowers,
together with Chief Perry, raided a
liquor still in Cleveland township near
the Wake county line. The still was
being operated by William Baldwin
and Right Graves, both colored men.
They tried to make their escape but
were captured by the officers, together
with several gallons of com liquor,
the still and a large amount of beer.
The colored men were taken to Ral
eigh and given a preliminary hearing
and held for court.
Mr. Lossie McLamb, who was taken
to Wilson last Thursday for an oper
ation for appendicitis, died yesterday
morning and his remains were brougnt
here this morning for burial at bis
home near here. He was married and
left surviving him a wife and one
small child.
Messrs. James E. Wilson and W. H.
Royall left this morning for Fayette
ville on business.
Mrs. Ellen Barbour, of Four Oaks,
spent yesterday here at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Langdon.
Mr. Carver Wood was married last
Friday afternoon to Miss Dee Bean, of
Shelby. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. G. W. Rollins of the Baptist
church here. Miss Bean had been
teaching school near the home of Mr.
Wood and after her school was closed
she and Mr. Wood came to Benson
and were married.
FOOD RELIEF REVIEWED.
250.000 Tons Distributed Since the
Amistice.
Washington, March 9.—A review of
the relief work conducted in Europe
under the direction of Herbert 0
Hoover since the signing of the arm
istice was made public today by the
Food Administration. It shows tnat
250,000 tons of food, chiefly flour a id
fats, has been sent to the distressed
civilian populations and that staffs to
determine needs and direct distri’ou
tion of relief have been established in
practically all the countries in Central
Europe.
Immediately after the end of hos
tilities President Wilson made availa
ble $5,000,000 of his special war fund
for Euronean relief, and this sim
now has been supplemented by the
$100,000,000 appropriation by Con
gress, which is to be handled by the
American relief administration under
Mr. Hoover’s direction.
WAR CRAFT TO BE
NAMED BRANCH
Designation of Honor of a Former
Secretary of the Navy—Pou is Fur
nished With Detailed Information
About Government Insurance.
Washington, March 8.—Secretary
Daniels has designated a newly finish
ed torpedo boat destroyer on the Pa
cific coast as bearing the title
“Branch” in honor of the late John
Branch of Halifax county. N. C. Tiie
vessel will be formally christened at
j San Francisco on March 22. Mrs.
I Robert H. Jones, a native of Raleigh, I
! and a descendant of the distinguished
Branch family, will select the sponsor
■ or the launching. Mrs. Jones is now
a resident of Washington, having
apartments at Wardman courts. Mrs.
Armistead Jones, of Raleigh, And Mrs.
Robert H. Jones are descendants of
i Secretary Branch.
Three times Speaker of the Senate
of North Carolina, three times Gov
I ernor of the Tar Ileel State, a member
of the United States Senate and Na
tional House of Representatives, Sec
retary of the Navy, member of the
North Carolina constitutional con
stitutional convention of 1835, last
Governor of the territory of Florida.
Such is the epitome of the public ca
reer of the versatile North Carolini m
who was born in the town of Halifax,
Halifax county, on November 4, 1782.
An oil portrait of Governor Branch
hangs in the office of Secretary Dan
iels, and another likeness' of the dis
tinguished Tar Ileel adorns the halls
of Philanthropic Literary Society of
the University of North Carolina.
After an eventful career, full of
stirring deeds and service, he died in
Enfield, Halifax county, on January
4, 1863. The Raleigh Register in
commenting on his demise, said:
“He bore the weight of years with
more elastic cy than any man we ever
saw; for when he had passed four
score years, his person was more
erect and his step more springy than
many a man of half his years could
boast of. It may be truly and em
phatically inscribed on his tombstone
that he was a man of the most ster
ling integrity.”
Since Mr. Daniels became Secretary
of the Navy, he has named a de
stroyer for Dobbin, Graham and
Branch, three of his predecessors.
mere was already a destroyer namca
Badger.
Col. Harry D. Lindsley, chief of the
War Risk Insurance Bureau, today
transmitted to Representative Ed
ward W. Pou, of North Carolina, a
statement embracing in detail the
stipulations governing the insurance
for soldiers and sailors. The prices
exacted for the different government
policies are for the first time divulged
in this statement to Representative
Pou.
Uncle Sam maintains the biggest
insurance company in the world, issu
ing in the aggregate something like
33 billions of dollars in policies. In
surance certificates now being held by
North Carolina sailors and soldiers
are one year renewal terms contracts
and may be continued for a period of
five years from the declaration of
peace. Within the five years, these
certificates are convertable into my
of the six life insurance forms: Ordi
nary life, twenty payment life, thirty
year payment life, twenty year en
dowment, thirty year endowment and
endowment.
All policies contain a waiver of
premium and total disability clause,
making the proceeds payable at any
time to the insured when he becomes
totally and permanently disabled re
gardless of his age, in monthly install
ments of $5.75 per $1,000 of insur
ance, covering the entire period of
total disability for. life of the in
sured. No policy in any life insur
ance company contains a similar
clause without regard to age.
The annual cost of the government
{JUllCltJS HI <1^ lUlIIliUg XIUII1 yxzcKLO
to 50 years are as follows:
Ordinary life $13.58 at ape 20 and
increase to $35.56 at ape 50; 20 pay
ment life $20.79 to $41.34; 20 year en
dowment $39.10 to $47.01; 30 year
endowment $24.33 to $37.09. These
figures are based on policies of $1,000.
Dividends will be paid annually—
they may be taken in cash, deducted
from premium or left with the gov
ernment to accumulate at compound
interest. All paid-up and extended
insurance values are participating and
such values are issued in exchange
for the full reserve value without sur
render charge. The low rates pro
vided by the government and special
disability clause are granted not only
to soldiers and sailors holding .term
policies issued under the war risk act,
but to “all bands” in the future with
in 120 days of their enlistment or
commission in any army or navy.
The proceeds of all policies are non
taxable, insurance is incontestable
113TH WILL PARADE
IN CAPITAL CITY
Field Artillery Cox’s Brigade Will
Parade and Afterwards Go to Camp
Jackson Where It Will Be Demob
ized.
Washington, March 10.—The de
parture of the 113th Field Artillery of
the 30th Division was reported by the
War Department. This is the first
unit of the division to return. It was
composed originally of the old first
North Carolina artillery and is a part
of the First North Carolina Infantry.
rfihe 113th Field Artillery will be d. -
embarked at Newport News, it is ,,‘li
cially announced and then be trans
ferred to Raleigh, N. C., where it will
be paraded. One thousand of its mem
bers are North Carolinians. From
Raleigh it will be sent to Camp Jack
son, where it will be demobilized. It
is still the intention of the war de
partment to disembark as many of the
30th division as can be handled at
Charleston and Camp Jackson but it
is said that arrangements have not
been completed at these places.
STATE APPROPRIATIONS FUND.
Western hospital at Morganton to
Get Biggest .Slice—State Board
of Health Good Fund.
Senator Ilolderncss, chairman of the
appropriations committee, introduced
the appropriations bill Friday and it
was given immediate passage without
amendment and sent by special mes
senger to the House. The items em
braced in the bill included the follow
ing annual appropriations and special
allowances for debt:
Agricultural extension, $08,948 for
1919 and $88,165 for 1920.
Central Hospital, Raleigh, $263,000
and $27,000 for debt.
Western Hospital, Morganton, $325,
000 annually and $75,000 debt.
Eastern Hospital, Goldsboro, for ne
groes, $150,000 and $23,000 debt.
Deaf and Dumb school, Morganton,
$80,000.
Caswell Training school, $50,000 for
1919, $75,000 for 1920.
Jackson Training School, $25,000
and $2,890 for debt.
Tuberculosis hospital, $50,000 and
$19,000 for extension work; $10,000
for debt.
State University $250,000 and $20,
000 for debt.
East Carolina Training School, $65.
000.
Appalachian Training school, $20,
000 and $6,000 for debt.
Cullowhee Normal, $16,000.
State School for Blind, Raleigh,
$85,000, and $2,500 for debt.
State College of Agriculture and
Engineering, $150,000.
State College for Women, Greens
boro, $162,000.
Oxford Orphanage, $20,000.
Oxford, Orphanage, negro, $10,000
and $1,000 for debt.
Soldiers’ Home, $45,000.
Confederate museum, $200.
Confederate cemeteries, $250.
Cherokee Indian school, $,3600 and
$1,350 for debt.
A. and T. College, negroes, Greens
boro, $70,000.
Slater Normal, Winston-Salem, $15,
000.
Normal, Elizabeth City, $11,000.
Colored Normal, Fayetteville, $9,
000.
State laboratory; $25,000 and $3,500
for debt.
State Board of Health, $57,250 with
$27,550 for rural work, $33,988 for
fighting venereal diseases.
Confederate Woman’s Home, Fay
eteville, $5,000.
State Board of Charities, $15,000.
Orthopedic hospital, $7,500.
Industrial Home for Girls, $20,000.
Geological Survey, $20,000.
Why Payment of the $60 Bonus is
Delayed.
Washington, March 8.—Payment to
discharged soldiers of the $60 bonuses
authorized by the last Congress is be
ing delayed by failure of the soldiers
to comply with the requirements of
the law. War Department disbursing
officials announced today thousands of
soldiers had sent “true copies” of
their discharge papers and payment
of the bonuses would be delayed until
the original copies are sent. In cases
where the original certificates have
been lost, it was stated, the original
order for discharge must be submit
ted.
from date of issue, nonassignable, and
free from the claims of creditors.
All prem'ums are due on the first
days of each month, and a grace of
the balance of month for payment on
premiums is allowed without charge
of interest.—S. R. Winters in News
and Observer.
GROWTH OF OUR
MERCHANT MARINE
Our Ships Are Again Plying the
Seven Seas—751 Ships of l,9gl,239
Gross Tons, Representing One-fitth
of Total Sea-Going Tonnage of the
World, Now Fly United Sta-es
Flag.
For the first time since the days of
the famous “clipper” ships American
merchant craft now are plying the
seven seas, carrying products of the
United States to the farthest comers
of the earth and bringing home bjth
essentials and luxuries.
The Shipping Board announced to
day that the American Merchant Ma
rine Tleet built up under the spur of
war’s necessity now represented near
ly one-fifth of the entire seagoing ton
nage of the world and comprised 45
per cent of all ships clearing from
I’nited States ports, as compared with
9.7 per cent before the great war
Trade routes not traversed by Am
erican craft for more than 50 ye irs
once more are invaded, with new
routes established to China, Australia,
New Zealand, India, the Dutch East
Indies, the West Coast of Africa and
ports on the Mediterranean.
Ships flying the Stars and Stripes
also are running regularly to South
America, Great Britain and and c.m
tinentaUEurope as well as Canada and
Mexico.
The fleet now engaged in overseas
cmmerce consists of 351 freighters,
84 freigl t and passenger vessels, nl
oil tankers, 230 sailing vessels and 16
miscellaneous ships, aggregating 1,
961,239 gross tons. Of this total 406 -
528 gross tons are employed in trans
atlantic trade, 315,925 tons in trans
pacific trade, 402,721 tons in South
American trade, 761,252 tons in Ca1*
ribbean and Mexican trade and 76,
014 tons in Alaska and Canadian
vrrce.
When the army and navy return to
the Shipping Board the 353 -h ns
which they are operating the com
mercial fleet under the America]' flag
will be increased by 1,873,251 gross
tons, making the total 3,834,750 gross
tons, with many hundreds of thou
sands of tons building or under con
tract.—Washington dispatch.
HEALTH MEASURES PASSED.
Provides For Medical Examination
of Schools—Juvenile Court Bill
Gets Through.
Following lengthy opposing speech
by Brown, of Pitt, the House late Fri
day afternoon passed the State health
department’s sterilization bill. The
measure provides for surgical opera
tions to render inmates of prisons and
asylums sterile when examination by
competent authorities shows unwis
dom of productivity. Brown bitterly
criticised the bill, which he said seem
ed to be modeled upon German meth
ods of doing things. He wanted no
“Made in Germany law.” Winbome,
of Hertford; Holton, of Pamlico, and
Wilkins, of Gaston, advocated the in
strument, which was passed by a large |
majority.
The House also passed a bill provid
ing for medical inspection in schools
of the State, with professional treat
ment of physical ailments, this being
one of the health department’s meas
ures which had been adopted in the
Senate. For compensation of nurses
and specialist employed in such work,
$50,000 is to be taken from the educa
tional fund. Each county is to pay
$10 yearly for each 100 pupils in order
to defray other expenses incurred.
Much attention is to be given to ton
sils, teeth, etc.
The Stacy juvenile court bill, which
has been adopted by the Senate, was
passed by the House, but not until af
ter the passage of an amendment of
fered by Ray, of Macon, reducing the
maximum age limit of offenders to be
tried in such courts from 16 to 14. The
bill contemplates establishment of
juvenile courts in all the 100 counties,
one of the cardinal ideas being to pre
vent indiscreet youths from becoming
criminals. Superior Court clerks may
hear cases and an effort is to be made
to avoid harsh disposition of the cases.
—Raleigh Correspondent Greensboro
News.
10,000 SHIPBUILDERS’
STRIKE IS CALLED OFF.
Seattle, March 9.—The strike of
forty thousand shipyard workers in
effect since January 21 in Seattle,
Tacoma and Aberdeen was formally
declared off tonight by strike leaders,
following a canvass of votes in a
referendum taken during the last
three days The men are to return to
work Tuesday morning under work
ing conditions and wages prevailing
when the strike was called.