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VOLUME 38.
SMITHF1ELD, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1919.
Number 62.
RECENT FLOODS WASH
MANY BRIDGES AWAY
Four on Little River and Four on Buf
faloe Creek Washed Away—One
Bridge Over Each Stream in Good
Condition at Last Reports and I’eo
pie Forced to Go Out of Their Way
to Use These—Roads Also Badly
Ikamaged by the Recent Heavy
Rains.
As a result of the heavy rain* last
week at least eight bridges, four over
LittTe River and four over Buffaloe
creek, have been washed away and
others were seriously damaged, while
reports were still; going out with
the flood have been received but not
verified. Besides the great inconven
ience to the people, many having to
travel twelve to fifteen miles to reach
Selma by way of Old Beulah bridge
over Little River and old Buffalo mill
bridge over Buffaloe creek, the only
two known to be in good shape in
that section, instead of the nine or ten
by direct routes, the monetary loss
to the county in the destruction of
these bridges carried away will be at
least $15,000. The roads are also
seriously damaged and will require a
great deal of 'epair work
The loss of these bridges have had
a serious effect on the trade of local
merchants by keeping the country
people at home. Many of the nearby
residents of the county in Selma’s ter
ritory have been virtually cut off from
the city by reason of the bridges be
ing gone and the bad condition of
the roads as a result of the rains.
Those bridges on Little river that
have been washed away include:
Atkinson’s Mill bridge.
Stancil’s bridge, leading to
Creech’s church.
Hatcher’s b. idge.
Old Lowell Mill bridge.
Besides these, Atkinson’s bridge,
near Richardson’s mill, and the steel
bridge near Old Beulah church are
both badly washed, but were still
passable at the last report.
On Buffaloe creek the following
four bridges t.ave been washed away:
Brown’s bridge, near \V. H. Brown’s.
The bridge near Carter’s Chapel.
Two bridges on Hatcher road, near
Mr. C. F. Broadwell’s.
The old Buffaloe Mill bridge is but
little damaged and is still in good
condition.—Selma Johnstonian, July
31.
gives Another million
FOR SOLDIERS’ EDUCATION
Chicago, July 28.—La Verne W.
Noyes, inventor and philanthropist,
created be for', he died last week a
$2,500,000 endowment fund at the
University of Chicago for the educa
tion of men who served in the ai’my or
navy, and now the income from $1,
000,000 estate :o left for the same pur
pose in his will, which was filed for
probate today. In making the sol
diers and sailers the bem fieiaries of
his fortune Mr. Noyes said in his
will:
“It is my purpose in this manner to
express my gratitude to and a slight
degree to reward those who ventured
the supreme sacrifice of life for this
country and mankind in this war for
the liberty of the world, and also to
aid in keeping alive for generations to
come the spirit of unseOfish and pa
triotic devotion which these men dis
played and without which no free gov
ernment can long endure.”
22,000 BI RIEI) IN 1 CEMETER S.
New York, July 28.—Less than o te
half of one per cent of the American
soldiers who died on the battlefields
of France were buried unidentified,
according’ to Colonel Joseph S. Her
ron, of Cincinnati, commander of the
15,000 troops who interred the fallen
Americans and who returned here to
day. The men under Colonel Her
ron’s command removed the deal
from the temporary graves dug for
•hem under f re or at night on the
field where they fell and laid them to
itst in large concentration cemeteries.
Each cemetery is surrounded by a
Tainted fence and the grass on the
graves is keep green and cared for bv
a detachment of soldiers left on duty
s care akers. The largest graveyard
is at Romagne, where lie 22,000
Americans who died in the Argonne
and Meuse sectors, and the next larg
est is at Thiacourt, where 4,300 sol
diers who fought at St. Mihiel and
Toul are buried.
! MISS ANDERSON NOW IN
CHARGEOF THE SCHOOLS
The Resignation of Professor Royall
Leaves the Assistant Superintend
ent to Look After the Interests of
the' County Schools Temporarily
Hoard of Education Hopes to Secure
a Man Soon.
The County Board of Education
met hero yesterday and accepted the
resignation of Prof. Royall as County
Superintendent of Schools. This
resignation was offered two weeks ago
to take effect the first of August. They
checked up the books and Prof. Royall.
at his own request, was relieved of his
work in the office. This leaves Miss
Augusta Anderson, Assistant Super
intendent, in charge.
The Board has so far been unable
to secure a man to take P'of. Royall’s
place, but hope to soon find one. They
have a good man in view and hope to
obtain his acceptance.
U. S. WILL ENTERTAIN
KING AND QUEEN.
Washington, July 30.—King Albert
and Queen Elizabeth will be the guests
of the White House during their visit
to America in the fall, probably in
October. Elaborate plans for the en
tertainment of the royal party are be
ing made by the State Jtepartment.
The details of these have not been
made public.
Clayton Social Event.
The mothers of Clayton were enter
tained on Friday at the beautiful
home of Mrs. Charles Home. The
regular club membership was added
to by inviting a number of friends and
visitors to the town. Sixty-five la
dies enjoyed Mrs. Horne’s hospitality.
The beautiful home was decorated
with a wealth of- flowers and the
guests were served with delicious
frappe on their entrance and later
orange ice and pound cake were serv
ed. Young ladies prettily gowned in
organdie dresses served the refresh
ments. Mrs. Horne was assisted in
receiving her guests by Mrs. Ashley
Horne, Mrs. J. D. Thurston . the presi
dent of the mothers’ club, and Mrs.
Ford, her house guest. Mrs. M.
Thomas and Miss Gene Thomas gave
several musical selections and Mrs.
Charles Gulley sang two very beauti
ful vocal solos—one a Spanish love
song, and one an Indian lyric. Mrs.
Kate Brew Vaughn, of italeigh, was
the speaker of the afternoon, and she
congratulated the women of Clayton,
and Johnston county upon the fore
sightedness of their county in the de
cision recently reached to install an
up-to-date health department and ex
plained ways and means in which they
may co-operate to make this health
department more effective.
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Henry B. Cain,
of Nashville, Tcnn., mother and sis
ter of Mrs. H'nson, of Clayton, were
among the guests present at the club
meeting.
The mothers’ club had a busy day
last Friday. \ very delightful ama
teur pageant was given by the young
er members of society Friday night.
The proceeds from the performance
are to be used in buying books for
the school library.—Mrs. Vaughn’s
column in News and Observer.
Yorkshire Miners’ Strike.
London, July 28.—All the miners in
Derbyshire who went on strike last
week, returned to work today as a re
sult of the settlement of the mining
dispute reached between the Miners'
Federation and the government.
In Yorkshire, however, 200,000
miners are still on strike. Herbert
Smith, the leader of the Yorkshire
miners, who remained aloof from the
conference last Friday in London, at
which the settlement was reached,
maintains that employers must make
the next move toward making effect
ive the readjustments arranged be
tween the Federation and the govern
ment.
A gasoline bomb exploded and de
stroyed the home of O ;car Lawler,
former Assistant United States At
torney General for the Interior De
partment, at Los Angeles Cal., Sun
day. Mr. Lawler and his wife were
both badly burned, Mr. Lawler per
haps fatally. The bomb was supposed
to have been placed by enemies.
SMITHFIELD MAP.XET
OPENS SEPT. SECOND
I
: The Tobacco Markets in Eastern
Carolina TV ill Have Late Opening
a This Year—The Lateness of the
South Carolina Crop Makes a Late
Opening Necessary.
The Smithfiold tobacco warehouses
; will have their opening sales on Sep
tember second this year. All the
markets of Eastern Carolina will open
cn same day. The lateness of the
South Caroline tobacco crop makes it
necessary to delay the opening sales
in Eastern Carolina. This will give
the farmers mere time to take care of
their tobacco and also look after their
fodder pulling.
Smithfield will have three of the
biggest warehouses in the State
open on the opening sales and much
tobacco will be here that day.
The date of the opening rale is fixed
by the tobacco association of Eastern
North Carolina.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
These bulletins may be had o« ap
plication to the Agricultural Exten
sion Service, Raleigh, N. C.
Lumberton’s three large tobacco
sales warehouses have been crowde 1
with tobacco for the past, week and
prices on all grades have advanced.
Montgomery county is to have in
the near future an up-to-date court
house and jail, contracts having been
let by the county commissioners last
week.
The summer term of East Caro
lina Teachers’ Training School closed
Saturday. Two hundred eighty
four students were enrolled. No in
stitute courses were offered this sum
mer.
Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Ooninger, of
Mooresville, was shot and mortally
wounded Sunday while trying to ar
rest a notorious colored man near the
colored camp meeting grounds at
Moore’s school house.
Damage wrought by the recent
flood at the State Hospital for the ne
gro insane near Goldsboro has been
estimated at $35,000. The hospital is
situated near Little R'ver. which
stream overflowed, doing great dam
age to the crops.
Rev. J. M. Daniel, of Dunn, is de
voting his vacation of thirty days to
raising funds for the erection of the
Memorial Gymnasium at Trinity Cal
lege. This building is to be a me
morial to the Trinity men who gave
their lives in fhe world war.
The many friends of the beloved Dr.
A. D. Betts, who died last December,
will be pleased to learn that the sug
gestion of a memorial to him in a
form of a foundation for the aid of
young preachers studying at Trinity
College is meeting with hearty re
sponse.
nocKy mount is maKing all possible
preparations for the entertainment
and care of (he United Confederate
Veterans of the North Carolina Di
vision, which will be held there Au
gust G and 7. The United States Ma
rine Band from Quantico, Va., will be
a feature of tie occasion.
Cooper’s cc-operative warehouse,
one of the oldest tobacco sales rooms
in Henderson, was destroyed by fire
Sunday afternoon. The building rep
resents a loss of about $35,000. The
origin of the fire was mysterious,
and the blaze spread over the entire
warehouse in an incredibly short time
The new bulletins are ready for dis
tribution from the Agricultural Ex
tension Service. They are: No. 93 A
Study in Foods for Home Demonstra
tion Clubs; N•>. 95 which contains the
announcement of the Beys’ Short
Course to be held at State College,
August 20 to 22; and Bulletin No.
241, “Soy Beans and Cowpeas in
North Carolina.”
Five thousand Czecho-Slovak sol
diers, veterans of years of terrible
fighting and hardship following their
desertion from the Austrian army to
fight in the cause of freedom, are
circling the globe, homeward bound
to their new republic, under the escort
of American Red Cross workers. A
detachment that recently passed
through Washington was reviewed
snd addressed at the White House by
President Wilson.
STRIKE OF RAILWAY
SHOPMEN IS GROWING
I -
Estimated That 250*000 Are on
Strike Throughout th- Country.
Shopmen at Spencer Quit Work Yes
terday—Situation is Serious.
The sti ike of the railway shopmen
has reached serious proportions ac
cording to the newspaper reports. Be
tween 1,500 and 2,000 shopmen at the
Spencer shops quit work yesterday
morning. The wage scale is (58 cents
an hour ..t Spencer. The men are
asking for 85 cents an hour. They
claim that the high cost of living
makes it imperative that wages be in
creased. Unless there is something
done to stop strik"s and lockouts the
whole country will soon be on a strike.
If it was not necessary to eat to keep
living there are thousands of people
who would strike against the high
prices of foodstuffs.
Yesterday’s reports estimated that
at least 250,000 shopmen through
out the country are on strike. The sit
uation is serious.
SUMMER SCHOOL AT CHAPEL
HILL ENDS THIS WEEK.
Chapel Hill, N. C., Auk 3—The 1919
session of the University cf North
Carolina Sum ner School comes to an
end this week, after one of the most
successful terms in its history. The
term has been a busy one with a full
schedule of daily features, and a large
number of special lectures and enter
tainment features from week to week.
Most of the attendants this year re
mained for the entire six weeks, and
40 per cent of the student body were
pursuing courses leading to college
credit here or elsewhere.
There were representatives from
89 counties of the State of North Car
olina and from 12 other States. Two
foreign countries were also repre
sented. Orange had the largest rep
resentation—80 —and Guilford came
next with 43. Counties having more
than 20 students here are Granville,
2.'!; Halifax, 23; Sampson, 26; Vance
22; Wake, 21. Those having from 10
to 20 students are Alamance, Anson.
Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Cleveland,
Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Duplin,
Durham, Forsyth, Gaston. Johnston,
Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Nash, New Hanover, Northampton,
Pitt, Randolph, Robeson, Rocking
ham, Rowan, Scotland and Wilson.
All counties were represented except
Alleghany, Avery, Brunswick, Gra
ham. Hoke, Macon, Mitchell, Polk,
Stokes, Swain and Watauga.
Exclusive of the summer law and
medical schools, there were 921 stu
dents enrolled in the University Sum
mer School, a gain of nearly 50 pet
cent over last year. Of these, 273
were men and 648 women; 520 were
teachers, while 112 more were pre
paring to teach; 87 were high school
students. Those pursuing work of
university grade numbered 352, while
569 pursued normal courses. North
Carolina had 869 students, while 52
came from other States. Cuba and
Japan also had student:- here.
Of the religious denominations rep
resented, 277 were Methodists, 274
Baptists. 147 Presbyterians, 76 Epis
copalians, 39 Christians, 22 Lutherans,
and 16 Friends. The others were scat
tered.
ooneges and universities rrom an
over the country were represented
here by students. Among the col
leges with the largest delegations
may he mentioned North Carolina
College for Women, 125; University
of North Carolina, 161; Greensboro
College for Women, 24; Meredith
College 29, East Carolina Training
School, 22; E!on College, 25 Flora
MacDonald College, 27; Guilford, 20;
Oxford College, 15; Littleton College,
16; Catawba College, 19; Trinity Col
lege, 14; Salem College, 16; Atlantic
Cristlan College, 10; Peace Institute,
10; St Mary’s. 9; Lenoir College, 10;
Chowan College, 15; Davenport Col
lege, 6; Ixiuis’urg College, 8; Queen’s
Colleg", 5; Wake Forest College, 16;
Davidson College, 6; Randolph-Macor
Woman’s College, 4; Virginia State
Norm- 1, 5.
Out of the 121 students, 678, or 73.3
per cent had received training above
the hgh school, 352 out of 921, or
38.2 per cent this year were studying
for co lege or university credit; 34.5 >
per cent of those enrolled were study
ing fo ■ such credit last year, and 31
per cent the year previous to that.
SUPERINTENDENT OF
WELFARE H. V. ROSE
Ikntonville Township Man Elected by
the Countv Commissioners and
Hoard of Education for This Re
sponsible Position—Salary Fixed at
Two Thousand Dollars a Year.
Mr. Ilerscboll V. Rose, of Benton
ville township, was on yesterday
named .is Welfare Superintendent of
Johnston county by the County Com
missioners and the Board of Educa
tion in joint session. The salary was
fixed at two thousand dollars a year',
one half to be paid by each board.
Mr. Rose >s a capable young man
who has been connected with the pub
lic school work of the county for sev
ere.] years. Hi recently returned from
I- ranee, whei 2 he spent about fifteen
months in the army.
MANY TRAIN SHOPMEN
QUIT AT ROCKY MOUNT
About 1.000 Men Are on Strike. Leav
ing Shops Practically Deserted—Re
fuse to Clear Track.
Rocky Mount, August 2.—Promptly
at 8 o’clock this morning all crafts
men employed in the local A. C. L.
shops went on strike in demand for
increase of wages to 85 cents an hour.
The walkout name as a result of
strike decision made by local crafts
men at a meeting last night. The
walkout this morning, which affected
1,000 men and left the shops deserted
except for clerical and supervisory
forces was done quietly and without
demonstration, workers < ven taking
pains to put away their tools before
tb'y left the shop in a body. Labor
leaders declare desertion was absolute,
even negro women working on scrap
piles leaving.
The determination of the workers
was shown by the refusal of wreckers
to respond for a freight derailment at
Contentnea, paralyzing all through
New York and Florida trains for up
wards of 12 hours. The workers
maintained their position and the
clearing of wreckage finally had to be
done by high officials with the assist
ance of a few clerks who donned over
alls and went ;>L the task.
Officials say the strike is only local
at various points and make no state
ment as to steps to be taken to get
the men back to work. At a meeting
of strikers held tonight renewed de
termination to stick out to the end.
was expressed and a telegram was
sent to federation officials stating
that nothing short of absolute grant
ing of the wage demanded would send
the loeni craftsmen back to their
work.—Greensboro News.
Votes for Hit; Bond Issue.
The largest bond issue ever submit
ted in any county in Texas and one
of the largest voted anywhere in the
country was ratified by a big majority
recently in Dallas County, Texas. It
provides $6,500,000 for a complete
belt line around the county, with 12
roads radiating from Dallas to all sec
tions and six intermediate roads con
necting the radial highways. The
system provides for 332 miles of road,
and in addition feeder roads amount
ing to about 100 miles will be im
proved by the decrease in maintenance
expenses. Federal aid amounting to
$250,000 had been allotted to Dallas
county for its highway development,
and it is expected that a large num
ber of motor trucks will Le assigned
to assist in the construction work. The
favorable reception of the big bond
issue in this county is expected by offi
cials of the Bureau of Public Roads,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, to have a favorable effect on
similar proposals elsewhere. Road
ouilding in Texas is at high tide. State
highway engineers estimate that more
than $20,000,000 worth of roads are
tow under construction. — Govern
nent News Letter.
Reward on Villa’s Head.
El Pasb, July 29.—Gov. Andres
Jrtiz, of the State of Chihuahua, has
offered a reward of $25,000 gold for
;he capture, dead or alive, of Francis
•o Villa, according to a Mexican mer
‘hant, who was hero today from Chi
luahua City. He said the offer ap
>eared ir an advertisement in one of
:he Chihuahua City newspapers.
THE RAILROADS MAY
HAVE COMPLETE TIE-UP
Opinion Expressed by Head of Shop
men s l nion—Strike Spreading
East—Serious Crippling of Rail
way Schedules Within Day or Two.
—
(Chicago, Aug. 3.—A complete tie
up of th railroads of the country is
very probable, in the opinion of M. L.
Hawver, president of the Chicago dis
trict council of the Federate Railway
Shopmen’s union, which called a
strike of shop crafts Friday. He re
turned from Washington today and
declared the strike is spr ading rap
idly and that the unrest among rail
way workers is so general that the
movement has overwhelmed the inter
national officers of the various unions
involved.
Advices today from Cleveland were
that the executive board of the Amer
ican Federation of Railway Workers,
with a membership of 26,000, chiefly
unskilled labor in Cleveland and east,
had decided to strike tomorrow, ac
cording to Mr. Hawver.
The maintenance of waymen’s union
also is preparing to strike, it is said.
With more 'han 250,000 shopmen on
strike and the number increasing,
both President Hawver and Secretary
John D. Sanuders declared railway
schedules and industry wculd be seri
ously crippled within a day or two.
Already steel mills and other indus
tries at Gary, and other northern In
diana points and in Chicago, have be
gun. to feel the effects of the strike,
acording to union leaders, and when
the strike is mere complete factories
and mills virtually will be forced to
close down for lack of ore, coal and
other essentials.
“This movement is spreading like
wildfire and we are not going to lay
down until we get < ur demands,” said
President Hawver. “It has not receiv
ed the endorsement of our grand lodge
presidents although they new are get
ting ready for a strike August 24.
But we are going ahead and are re
ceiving many messages telling of
more men out, or to go out.
“The seriousness of the situation
seems to he better understood in the
east than < .ut h°re.” — Associated
Press.
NO HOHENZOLERN EMBLEM.
Berlin, July 28.—The quest, u
whether photos, chromos or busts of
the dethroned German Emperor are
to be tolerated in official buildings ard
public schools has come up again for
discussion before the Prussian Piet,
which was informed by Konrad
Hocnisch, the minister of education,
that, despite his efforts to leave the
delicate task to the tact and judg
ment of the respective officials, nu
merous instances have been reported
to his ministry to the effect that the
Hohenzollern emblems, once removed
have been ostentatiously restored.
This prompted him to issue a new
edict which orders the definite remov
al of such pictures and other remind
ers with the exception of art products.
TO LIST EVERY SOLDIER
Washington, July 81.—The war risk
bureau is trying to index every soldier
of the late war properly so that his
record may be secured end held for
future reference. Much of the confu
sion in the bureau has been caused by
incorrect records of names and places
The public is asked to help. Sugges
tions of persons are welcomed.
After traveling 900 miles in almost
every conceivable sort of conveyance
a shipment of American Red Cross
food and other supplies recently ar
rived at Pirot, Serbia, and the street
;hrough which it was transported upon
its arrival was promptly renamed
“America street” by the suffering
population.
The volume of American Red
Cross Relief supplies pouring into
Siberia is sown by the fact that rO’
:ently five steamers were simultane
ously discharging cargoes for the Red
Cross at Vladivostok, one of them
bringing a jjhipment of 1,865 cases.
Six dreadnoughts of the Pacific
fleet were shaken severely by a double
earthquake shock Saturday afternoon
twenty miles iff the coast of the State
of Colina, Mexico. None of the war
ships reported any damage.