VOLUME 38.
THE SMITH HELD HERALD FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1919.
Number 35
PLANNING TO HONOR
THE SOLDIER BOYS
Committee Met in Selma Monday
Night and Made Plans for Great
Celebration on July Fourth—Com
mittee Enjoyed Barbecue Supper.
Selma Debaters Off to Chapel Hill,
S. P. Wood Gets Collar Bone
Broken.
Selma, May 1.—Miss Eunice Keel
and Miss Jessie McKee, teachers in
the Selma public schools, went to
Chapel Hill Thursday morning accom
panied by Jennings Talton, Margie
Benoy, Emma Lucas Ward and Julia
Ashworth, Selma’s debaters in the
State-wide triangular debating con
test. The finals in the contest take
place Friday night at Chapel Hill.
Among the Selma people who at
tended the dance in Smithfield Mon
day night were Misses Mildred Per
kins, Lena Griffin, Lena Jones, Ruby
Griffin, Messrs. Claybourne Massey
and Walter Haynes.
Mrs. E. H. Moser and sister, Miss
Ruth Folger; Misses Louie Delle
Pittman, Eunice Keel, Anna Belle
Warren; Mrs. Avera Winston and
Miss Julia Ashworth, went to Ral
eigh Saturday to attend the play “Out
of the Kitchen.”
Miss Maude Shamburger, of Wil
son, and Mr. A. 0. Bray, of North
Wilkesboro, spent a part of Saturday
in Selma with friends.
Miss Margaret Boseman, of Mount
Olive, one of Selma’s last year’s
teachers, passed through the city this
morning on her way to Chapel Hill.
Miss Sallie Kilpatrick of Kinston,
spent Monday night in town with her
sister, Miss Mary Kilpatrick .
Mrs. J. H. Jones recently returned
to Selma from Dillon, S. C., where
she has been visiting her mother.
Frank Ray and Houston Reynolds,
students at the University, spent the
week-end in Selma with their par
ents.
Ed Creech, of Trinity, spent the
week-end in Selma with his mother.
Mr. S. P. Woo dhad the misfortune
to get his collar bone broken in a near
automobile accident Monday. Mr.
Charlie Wiggs and others were on
their way to Anderson, S. C., to pur
chase Anderson cars. After reaching
the sandy roads in the Palmetto
State, Mr. Wiggs was speeding up a
little to make up lost time. He met
a car in a narrow sandy place, so that
the passing seemed to mean a colli
sion or turn over. Mr. Wood preferred
to jump rather than to risk either of
the other chances. His fall resulted
in a broken bone. The result is not
serious and Mr. Wood expects to be
on the streets in a few days as well
as ever.
ADout nity delegates, representing
fifteen of the seventeen townships in
the county met in Selma Monday
night and started the “ball to rolling"
sure enough for the celebration in
honor of the returning soldiers. A
permanent organization was perfect
ed with Dr. George D. Vick president,
L. T. Royall, vice-president; E. H.
Moser, secretary-treasurer, and L. D.
Debnam, chief marshal. An executive
committee consisting of one man from
each township was elected as follows:
Benson, Ezra Parker; Bentonsville,
E. T. Westbrook; Kenly, P. D. Grady;
Princeton, George Woodard; Clayton,
J. D. Barbour; Cleveland, John O. El
lington; Elevation, J. Shep Johnson;
Ingrams, G. K. Massengill; Meadow,
G. V. Blackman; Selma, the officers;
Oneals, W. H. Brown; Pine Level, C.
T. Godwin; Pleasant Grove, C .1. Og
burn; Smithfield, L. T. Royall; Wilson
Mills, W. G. Wilson; Micro, C. A.
Fitzgerald; Wilders, J. W. Barnes.
There were some other things done,
too. The delegates, before getting
into the business session, had made
away with a barbecued hog and the
accessories that naturally go with a
barbecue to make it appetizing. So
the attitude for doing things was fine.
The delegates are to appoint marshals
right awray that will assist them in
rasing the quota of money allotted
to the various townships. An elabo
rate program that will give the sol
diers the very best time possible is
the plan. Not too much speech mak
ing or marching will be expected. But
a big dinner, plenty of music by the
brass bands, an aeroplane, a baseball
game, free lemonade, cigars and other
refreshments for the khaki and naval
dressed men are among the attrac
tions that we are trying to arrange.
The common opinion among the dele
BOAT CAPSIZES AND
, FIVE PEOPLE DROWN.
Rocky Mount, April 29.—The fu
neral services over the bodies of Mr.
and Mrs. Vance Carrington, Abe Car
rington and two young women named
Briley, who were drowned in Con
tentnea Creek, three miles from Snow
Hill on Sunday afternoon, was held
near Stokes, in Pitt county, this af
ternoon, according to advices from
Snow Hill.
The bodies of the five persons were
recovered from the waters of the
creek yesterday morning after a
search of several hours.
It seems Mr. and Mrs. Carrington,
Abe Carrington, Vance’s brother, and
the two Briley sisters, got into a row
boat for the purpose of taking a pleas
ure trip down the creek. The water
where the drownings occurred was
deep. As all parties were drowned,
exactly how the tragedy occurred will
probably never be known. It is sup
posed, however, that the boat was
overloaded and that the weight of the
five persons caused it to capsize.
None of the party could swim and this
chiefly accounts for the fact that all
went to a watery grave. The bodies
were recovered ten or fifteen feet
from the bank.
The tragedy was not uncovered un
til late Sunday afternoon when rela
tives became uneasy because the party
did not return home within a reasona
ble time. An investigation was start
ed and the finding of an article of
clothing led the searchers to believe
,all were lost. This belief was borne
out yesterday morning.—News and
Observer.
Rocky Mount Kailroad Man Hurt.
Wilson, April 30.—Claude Woodard,
roadmaster of the Atlantic Coast Line
from Rocky Mount to Pee Dee, is in a
local hospital with a broken nose and
shattered jawbone, and Lloyd Johnson,
a young white man of Lucama, who
has been section master for the A. C.
L., is charged with having inflicted
the serious injury. Mr. Woodard is
expected to recover although serious
ly hurt.
Mrs. C. H. Beckwith Dies at Clayton.
Mrs. C. H. Beckwith, for many
years a resident of Raleigh, died at 4
o’clock yesterday morning at the
home of her 'daughter, Mrs. Ashley
Horne, in Clayton. The funeral ser
vice will be conducted at 1:30 this af
ternoon there by Dr. T. W. O’Kelly,
her former pastor.
Mrs. Beckwith was 88 years old and
was the daughter of the late Edwin
Holloman, cf the New Hill section of
Wake county. Besides Mrs. Horne
she is survived by two other daugh
ters and one son: Mrs. George L.
Walker, of Atlanta; Mrs. Jackson
'Olive, of Clayton, and J. C. Beckwith,
of Troy. She also leaves one brother,
J. M. Holleman, of Apex.—News and
Observer, 1st.
Late Chicks Need Plenty of Shade.
West Raleigh, N. C., May 1.—Late
hatched chicks often fail to make sat
isfactory growth because proper
shade is not within their range. Some
where there are fruit trees, berry
bushes, shade trees, and wild growth,
that can be utilized while such crops as
corn and velvet beans can be quickly
and easily grown for shade. There is
no objection to growing good chicks
and good com on the same lot of land,
each crop helping the success of the
other. Raise more poultry by giving
, better summer conditions to your
chicks.
gates present was that the country
wanted to do the thing up in a way
that will really honor our returning
boys. Each township through its rep
resentatives spoke earnestly and en
thusiastically about the celebration.
It is a big thing, a big task, but a
pleasant one. In making the celebra
tion a success we are honoring them
who have honored us. If we get the
enthusiasm in the whole county that
was in the bunch of representative
men that were here Monday night
there will be no doubt about us giv
ing the most royal welcome yet given
in the State. This is just what we
should do, for our boys are among
the number who helped do the real
fighting. A half handed welcome
would be less than non-appreciative,
it would be shameful. But watch out
for the Fourth of July in Johnston
this year. You will see how the coun
ty can do big things to honor her no
ble sons and daughters.
MANY BOMBS ARE
FOUND IN MAIL
New York I’ostoffice Employe Finds
Deadly Machines—Officials’ Lives
Sought—Mitchell Palmer, Mayor
Hylan, Gov. Sproul, Secretaries
Wilson and Hurleson Included—The
Work of Terrorists.
New lork, April dU.—sixteen
bombs in parcel post packages ad
dressed to 16 prominent men, each
containing sufficient dynamite to
blow the recipient to pieces, were dis
covered among the mail at the gen
eral postoffice here today.
A preliminary investigation con
vinced the postoffice authorities that
they had unearthed a country-wide
plot of terrorists to assasinate highly
placed persons as a demonstration on
May 1.
A sweeping inquiry by postoffice in
spectors, agents of the department of
justice and police experts was begun
at once into the activities of anareh
is and “reds” in this city.
At the same time a warning was
issued by the district attorney’s office
to all public officials, especially judges,
to watch for packages which might
be delivered to them and a guard was
thrown around the Criminal courts
building.
The addresses on the sixteen pack
ages seized here were all typewritten.
The style and a couple of minor
errors led officials to believe the ad
dressing was done by a foreigner. The
addresses were:
William M. Wood, Boston, Mass.
Frederick C. Howe, commissioner
of immigration, New York City.
Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer, United
States attorney general, Washington,
D. C.
Anthony Caminetti, bureau of im
migration, Washington, D. C.
Hon. William B. Wilson, secretary
of labor, Washington, D. C.
Senator T. Larr Eyra, Chester, Pa.
William H. Lamar, solicitor general,
Washington, D. C.
W. H. Finch, department of justice.
New York.
Hon. A. S. Burleson, postmaster
general, Washington, D. C.
Hon. J. F. Hylan, mayor, New York
city.
Rich E. Enright, police commis
sioner, New York city.
John D. Rockefeller. Tarrytown,
N. Y.
William I. Schaeffer, attorney gen
eral. Harrisburg, Pa.
Gov. William C. Sproul, Chester,
Pennsylvania.
Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Uni
ted States Justice, Washington, D. C.
J. P. Morgan, New York City.
A slip on the part of the sender of
the infernal machine, coupled with the
sharp wits of a pcstoffice clerk, were
all that prevented the bombs from be
ing delivered. The 16 packages were
mailed Saturday night in a box some
where in the neighborhood of ,30th
street and Broadway. They had the
correct postage fcr the parcel post,
but were sealed with red wafers, and,
therefore, could be accepted only as
first class matter. Accordingly they
were sent to the general pcstoffice to
be referred back to the sender.
Each parcel had the name of Gimbel
Brothers printed on it, and the de
partment store was notified but failed
to answer. Early this morning
Charles Kaplan, a postoffice clerk,
while on his way home from work,
read in a morning paper of the bomb
sent to Senator Hardwick, of Georgia.
The description of the package con
taining the bomb struck him and he
hurried back to the pcstoffice and ex
amined the parcels. He then notified
the superintendent of his suspicions
and the packages were sent to Chief
Postoffice Inspector W. E. Cochran.
Explosive experts were called in by
Inspector Cochran and one of the par
cels was opened. It contained a small
phial fastened to the top of a polished
basswood cylinder in such a manner
that the cylinder could not be opened
without breaking the bottle. The
breaking of the bottle would release a
-hemical which in turn would ignite
three fulminate of mercury caps rest
ing on a stick of dynamite. The whole
bomb showed evidences of skilled
workmanship.
Later in the day a representative of
Gimbel Brothers called on Inspector
Cochran and after examining the par
cels declared the wrappings had never
originated in the department store. He
A RIFT IN THE
ITALIAN CLOUD
Intimations From Rome That Over
tures From Paris Would Not Be
l nacceptable—The Italian Envoys
Must Return to Peace Conference
of Their Own Volition—The Coun
cil Not to Yield on Fiume Stand.
There is a rift in the Italian cloud,
which gives hope of the clearing of
the difficulties that have arisen in the
peace conference over the Adriatic
problem. Overtures for the resump
tion of relations have not come thus
far from either direction, but there
are intimations from Rome that over
tures from Paris would not be unac
ceptable, and would receive every at
tention.
The prevailing sentiment among
the delegates, including several of the
American delegation, is against solic
iting a return of the Italian represent
atives and it was at first believed that
President Wilson shared this view.
Those nearest the President, however,
asserted that if Italy is disposed to
relinquish Fiume and accept the com
promise the President suggested, he
could doubtless, in the interest of har
mony, make such friendly suggestions
as would permit the resumption of
relations by the Italians without any
sacrifice of dignity or self-esteem.
These personal susceptibilities are
felt to be more of an obstacle at pres
ent than the territorial merits of the
case. While popular sentiment in
Italy still insists on holding Fiume,
the recent official attitude has been
less insistent and apparently tends
toward acceptance of one of the vari
ous plans proposed by the Council of
Three, whereby Fiume would be in
ternationalized and some Dalmatian
outposts given to Italy.
It is the declared purpose of the
council, as well as President Wilson,
not to yield on Fiume, even if the
peace treaty is signed without Italy’s
participation. But, should the recent
official tendencies at Rome take the
definite form of acceptance of a com
promise the President’s friends say
they are sure that no feeling of pride
will restrain him from taking steps
which will fully restore the Italian
delegation to its fornTer agreeable
status in the conference.—Paris dis
patch, April 30.
Girl Falls in Tub and Fatally Burned.
Burns received when she fell into
a tub of boiling water proved fatal
to Hazel King, the four-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Furney
King, of 407 Cary street. The little
girl war. at play in the room where her
mother had placed a tub of boiling
water. Not seeing the tub, Hazel
backed against the tub and fell into
the water. She was terribly burned
about the body, arms and legs. She
was carried to Rex Hospital, but fail
ed to rally under treatment. The fu
neral service was conducted yester
day from the home of her parents.—
News and Observer, 1st.
CLAYTON TOWNSHIP
GOES OVER QUOTA.
Clayton, April 30.—Clayton town
ship, Johnston county, today went
over quota in the Victory Liberty
Loan, with subscriptions of about
$07,000. The quota for the township
was $60,000, said Dr. Hocutt, town
ship chairman, in making the an
nouncement.
pointed out that the outside covering
was of highly-glazed, expensive type
of paper, such as would not be used
by any department store for mere
wrapping purposes. The inner box
containing the wooden cylinder was
also made of a very fine grade of
green cardboard, unlike any in ordi
nary use. Each of the parcels meas
ure eight inches in length, two in
depth and two in width.
On the back of each parcel was in
red: “Novelties—a sample.” Inspec
tor Cochran expressed the belief that
this was an ingenious effort on the
part of the senders to induce the sec
retary of an intended victim to hand
the parcel unopened to his,chief. The
officials who are in charge of the in
vestigation believe that the very elab
orateness of the would-be assassins’
preparations may prove their undoing
as affording certain clues to their
identity.—Associated Press.
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AL FAIRBROTHER SELLS
HIS GREENSBORO PAPER.
Grensboro, April 30.—A1 Fair
brother announces in the Daily Record
this afternoon that he has sold that
enterprising newspaper and entire
plant to Parker Anderson, of the Wil
mington Dispatch; Julian Price, pres
ident of the Jefferson Standard Life
Insurance Company, and R. G. Kelly,
attorney of this city. Others will
probably be associated with them pos
sibly including W. A. Hildebrand,
formerly editor of the Greensboro
Daily News. The new owners will
take charge in a few days.
THE NEWS IN CLAYTON.
Clayton, April 3D.—Miss Sophia
Knott, of Mount Moria, spent Sunday
here with Miss Thelma Barbour.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Smith and
Mrs. E. R. Gulley spent last Sunday
in Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Yelvcrton, of
Fremont, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Hall at their home a few miles from
town.
Miss Duba Ellis and Mrs. W. P.
Creech spent Monday in Raleigh.
The services at the Methodist
church Monday afternoon by the fam
ous evangelist, Mr. McLendon, who,
for several weeks, has been in Ral
eigh, was attended by a full house.
If we could have such a man for a few
weeks we would consider it a bless
ing. Mr. McLendon is simply fine
and we just can’t tell how glad we
were to have him with us.
Mr. and Mrs. Wingate Beddingfield
are making their home here again.
Mr. Beddingfield accepted a position
in Durham the first of the year. Now
he is holding a position with his
brother- at Pope’s Pharmacy.
There will be special services at the
Baptist church next Sunday morning
in honor of our returned soldiers. The
new pastor, Mr. Moore, has also been
overseas, and he makes a special re
quest that the soldiers wear their uni
forms on that day. At the same ser
vice Mothers’ Day will be observed
instead of waiting until the second
Sunday in May. Everybody who at
tends this service will receive a most
cordial welcome.
HOPEWELL NEWS.
Mr. D. S. Stephenson and daughter,
Miss Eunice, who have been visiting
relatives in this community, returned
to their home in Durham last Thurs
day.
Mrs. Rosa Thompson and Miss
Bessie Stephenson visited relatives
near Mount Olive last week.
Miss Callie Lassiter of Spilona sec
tion, is spending several days with
her aunt, Mrs. W. J. Alford.
Mrs. W. J. Alford, who recently un
derwent an operation in Rex Hospital,
has returned home much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Darius Johnson have
moved to SmithfieUl, which place they
will make their future home.
The moving picture show at Hope
well school under the management of
Mr. R. P. Merritt Tuesday night was
quite a success.
Mr. Israel Stephenson celebrated
his 72nd birthday on the 22d of April.
All his children and grand children
and quite a number of nieces and
nephews were present to enjoy the
day with him. At 1 p. m. dinner was
served and such a dinner! Everything
good imaginable. After dinner the
young people amused themselves on
the grounds chatting and making
kodak pictures while the old people
were engaged in conversation. Both
vocal and instrumental music was
furnished during the day by different
ones. The day was very much enjoyed
by each and every one. May he live to
see many more birthdays.—Reporter.
Commencement at Micro.
The commencement of Micro Grad
ed School will be Tuesday, May 6. The
public is invited. There will be a lit
erary address at 11 o’clock in the
morning:. Dinner will be served on the
grounds. There will be a program
by the primary department at 2:30.
A reading and declamation contest
will be given at 8:30 in the evening.
Mr. Tom Kelly, who lives near
Warsaw, has a fine record as to hatch
ing young chicks. From 208 eggs set
under hens he had 195 chickens hatch
ed and lost only one.
Every man should keep a fair-sized
cemetery in which to bury the faults
of his friends.—H. W. Beecher.
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SENATOR OVERMAN
GETSAMACHINE
One of the Engines of Destruction
Sent to Him on. the Eve of the Wed
ding of His Daughter—Fortunately
Was Held in the Postoffice and Not
Sent to His Home.
Salisbury, N. C., May 1.—A pack
age unquestionably containing an in
fernal machine of the same descrip
tion as the ones sent to Judge Landis
and Senator Hardwick came to Salis
bury last night addressed to Senator
Lee Overman. It was discovered by a
postoffice clerk while assorting mail
this morning and is being held intact
awaiting the arrival of an inspector
from the postoffice department at
Washington.
The package is marked Gimbel
Brothers, New York. Had the pack
age been delivered at the Overman
residence last night it would probably
have been opened without question by
his daughters or some friends since
the daughter of Senator Overman
was married last night and hundreds
of packages both by express and post
al delivery have been arriving.
Senator Overman stated this morn
ing that he had no idea who sent the
package, but that he had of late re
ceived several letters threatening his
life on account of his activity as
chairman of the espionage committee
of Congress against the German prop
aganda in this country.
In Paris, But Not as Planned.
At*last the Germans have entered
Paris! Not many of them have ar
rived, to be sure, and the entrance of
the few is strangely—almost, but not
quite, pathetically—different from the
one they planned to make in Septem
ber of 1914. Still they are there—
some of them—if Versailles can be
called Paris, as it may be for German
pud poses in both 1914 and 1919. And
not as prisoners, either. Those who
have arrived, indeed, are subjected to
a good many restrictions on their
movements, but hardly to more than
they would have had* to endure at,the
earlier date, and now, as would have
been the case then, the restrictions are
protective rather than those of in
carceration.
But the Germans who are now come
to Paris and those who are soon to
follow them are not the men who
would have gone there in 1914 if—
well, not to be too explicit, if circum
stances had permitted. The sometime
Kaiser, for example, is unavoidably—
and how regretfully!—detained else
where. So are the Princes, his six
sons, and all those marvelous Gen
erals who thought—or rather knew
—that they were leading his irresisti
ble armies to the first of the many
victories that were soon to circle the
world.
And the purposes then and now en
tertained are as different as are per
sonalities that would have represent
ed, and do represent Germany. They
have come, not to impose terms on de
feated foes, but to hear what terms
those foes will grant to a nation con
fessing its inability to escape accept
ance of the terms offered otherwise
than by saying, “We won’t sign! Do
what you please to us.”—New York
Times.
The Dog Law.
How would the people of the State
know about the* existence of a law
that has not yet been published ?
When the sesion of the Legislature
is over each time a brief synopsis of
the general laws should be published
in some paper in every county, and a
longer and full synopsis of the local
laws enacted for each county be pub
lished in the paper in the county con
cerned. The Legislature itself should
prepare the machinery for having this
work done promptly and the publica
tion should be made at pi^blic expense.
Then it would be reasonable to say
that ignorance of the law does not ex
cuse.—Monroe Journal.
Appointment.
On account of a misunderstanding
Rev. P. G. Elliott did not fill the ap
pointment at Live Oak Baptist church
the first Sunday in last month, but
we understand he will be there next
Sunday afternoon at 3:30y old time.
This church has recently been painted
inside and outside which has greatly
improved its appearance.
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