CUMMINGS FLAYS RADICALS.
Characterizes Six Months Session of
Senate as Six Months of Ghastly
Ineptitude and Political Flounder
ing. The People Have Paid a Stag
gering Penalty for Electing a Re
publican Congress.
Chairman Cummings of the Demo
cratic National Committee has issued
the following statement in which he
does not mince words:
“Congress has adjourned. When
the Republican party won the election
in November, 1918, upon the faith
that it would apply superior states- j
manship and efficiency to public af- j
fairs, it went into power with high |
hopes. An elaborate program of re
construction was published in the
newspapers and the leaders of the
party were unable to conceal the sat
isfaction which they felt in the oppor
tunity which had come to them.
“Since that time we have had six
months of Republican control. We
have had a taste of Republican lead
ership. It is impossible for the most
ardent partisan to point to one single
constructive measure which has been
adopted. The House fritted away its
time in the futile investigations of
war activities and, in the face of the
issue of the high cost of living, ar
ranged to adjourn and was kept at
its post of duty only upon the insist
ence of the President.
“The record in the Senate is even
more discreditable. The Senatorial
leaders have broken faith with our
Allies. The American flag, which was
held so high on the fields of France,
has been trailed in the dust by men
who do not seem to understand what
American honor requires. America
had won the moral, the financial and
the political leadership of the world.
It was our duty and our opportunity
to retain that leadership. We should
have been the first of the great pow
ers to ratify the treaty of peace. We
should have led the way in the re
construction of the world.
“The Senate has just completed six
months of ghastly ineptitude and po
litical floundering. It has occupied
six months in sterile debate and has
not yet been able to say “yes” or
“no” to the treaty. Peace has been
postponed, international chaos still
exists, the trade of the world is slip
ping away from America, the work of
reconstruction has not been taken up
and Republican leaders seem to re
member only- that they are Republi
cans. Our soldiers in France gave a
picture to the world of a generous,
helpful and courageous American.
The Senate has reversed the picture
and shows to the world an America,
selfish, hesitating and lacking in the
courage to face its own manifest des
tiny. These six months have brought
incalculable loss, financial, economi
cal and moral, to America. The peo
ple have indeed paid a staggering
penalty for the folly of electing a Re
publican Congress last November.”
Truck Damaged by Fire.
During the noon hour yesterday a
large truck belonging to Mr. J. W.
Stephenson was badly damaged by
fire at his farm near Smithfield. A
colored boy was driving it when he
discovered fire at the back part of the
engine where the exhaust pipe was
disconnected. All the wood part
about the seat was burned and the
fire reached the gasoline tank but it
was so near empty the gasoline burn
ed without explosion. The truck will
have to be sent to the factory for re
pairs before it can be used again.
The School Teacher
If she is strict, people say she does
not allow the children to exercise their
individuality. If she is not strict, peo
ple say she c annot maintain discipline.
If she pays great attention to her
appearance, she is merely looking for
a husband. If she does not pay great
attention to her appearance, she is a
bad example for the children.
If she enjoys theatres, cards and
dances she is a disgrace to her pro
fession. If she refrains from such
pleasures, she is a crank.
If she sticks to her subject, she is a
fanatic. If she diverts from her sub
ject, then she is talkative and rambl
ing.
If she gives up her position to mar
ry, she is a fool. If she does not give
up her position to marry, she is a
fool.—New York Tribune. i
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS
Brief Notes of Interest Clipped and
Culled from the Daily Papers.
Federal Court opened in Raleigh'1
ruesday with Judge Connor presiding.!
There are more than 200 liquor cases j
on the docket which is the largest
number ever docketed for any one
term.
King Segis Pontiac Alcarta, $50,000
prize bull, owned by John H. Arfman, I
of Middletown, N. Y., was killed by
swallowing a nail, according to the
report of veterinarians. The animal
died Saturday.
The democratic national committee1
will meet in Washington City Janu
ary 8, for the purpose of fixing the
time and place for the next democrat
ic national convention. This is to be
an important powwow. A. W. Mc
Lean will represent North Carolina.
A special service was held by the
Sunday school of the church of the
Good Shepherd in honor of Mrs. A. M.
Hanff, who has been in charge of the
primary department of the Sunday
school for thirty years. Mrs. Hanff
was presented a handsome leather
bag.
Postmaster General Burleson has
approved pending bills to reduce the
rate of local first class letter postage
to a penny an ounce. A letter for de
livery within the postal limits of the
office in which it is mailed would take
a one-cent stamp instead of a two
cent stamp.
The exact number of men respond
ing to the draft was 23,908,576, of
whom 18,798,600, an average of 78.6
per cent, were found fit. The great
est percentage of fitness was found
in Wyoming with 87.2. The poorest
showing was made by Rhode Island
with 57.6 per cent.
Col. Albert L. Cox, in a “Four Min
ute” speech at the Church of the
Good Shepherd at Raleigh Sunday
morning said that the need of the
world today was less agitation, less
oratory and less legislation, and more
religion. He was speaking in the in
terest of the Episcopal Nation-Wide
Campaign.
New York Monday witnessed its
greatest parade of any one people—
more than 100,000 Jewish men and
women marching to an age-old He
brew dirge, in protest against alleg
ed massacres of their people in the
Ukraine. Winding for hours from
the lowest East Side to Carnegie:
hall in the heart of the metropolis,
the cortege continued uninterrupted
from 1 o’clock in the afternoon until
long after dark. Nearly 25,000 uni
formed soldiers, sailors and marines,
veterans of the war, led the proces
sion. Jewish fraternal, welfare, busi
ness and labor organizations march
ed in the column.
Swager Sherley, who is among
those mentioned to succeed Mr. Glass
as secretary of the treasury of the
United States, is a Kentuckian and a
former representative in Congress.
Mr. Sherley has had experience that
well qualifies him for the treasury
post, having served during his con
gressional career as chairman of the
House committee on appropriations.
To his experience he adds tact and
a mastery of the art of dealing with
men and measures. His home is in
Louisville, where he was born in
1871. He was graduated from the
University of Virginia at the age of
20 and was admitted to the bar a
few months later. He began his ser
vice in the house in 1903.
Sunday Services at Baptist Church.
Sunday will be a great day at the
Smithfield Baptist church. It is the
day set apart for making the canvass
for the Seventy-five Million Cam
paign. Following the sermon tihe
pledges will be taken and it is hoped
that every member of the church will
be present and take part. At two
o’clock the several teams will meet at
the church and start out to see every
member who is not present at the
morning service. Smithfield church is
asked to give twenty thousand dollars
for the five years, four thousand a
year. Every member will be asked
to make an individual pledge, and it
is believed that the church will have
no trouble in reaching its quota. If
it is not reached Sunday the canvass
ers have the week until the next Sun
day to make their final report.
Not only is every Baptist in the
community urged to attend, but the
general public is given a cordial invi
tation to be present.
COL. HEATH PLACE SOLD WELL.
Some Parts of This Valuable Earm 1
Sold*for Over Eleven Hundred Dol-'
lars Per Acre. Royal Hudson Buys,
The Home Place.
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The Union Auction Company pulled i
off another big land sale Wednesday!
when the Heath Place near Smith-1
field was sold in twenty one tracts.1
For many years this farm has been j
regarded as a fine place and has been j
known far and wide. The land was
sold under order of court and the pro
ceeds to be held in trust for the heirs
of the late Col. Adam J. Heath.
The place was sub-divided in sever
al tracts ranging in size from ten
acres to a hundred. Some of this
land sold for the highest price per
acre of any rural property ever sold
in Johnston county. The home place,
a tract of about ten acres brought
over eleven hundred dollars per acre
and was purchased by Mr. Royal H.
Hudson, of Meadow township. He al
so bought the sixteen acre tract across
the Highwray in front of the residence
paying something over five hundred
dollars per acre.
There were several purchasers and
the 455 acres brought a little over
$110,000. Mr. S. S. Holt was the
commissioner appointed by the court
to sell the place. The sale was con
ducted by the Union Auction Compa
ny, a local concern.
THERE WAS A MAN.
Felipe Angeles probably sealed his
own d»om when he told the Mexican
court-martial that the United States
“headed by its great President, Mr.
Wilson, has only the kindliest feeling:
for us and our welfare * * * while
the American is clean in mind, body
and environment, we are absolutely
and unequivocally opposite * * * its
(the United States’) present army is
one of the greatest in existence * * *
General Pershing, whom the majori
ty regard only as a trespasser on our
soil, is one of the foremost generals
of this day.”
Of course, after that, they were
bound to shoot him. Mere rebellion
against Carranza might be forgiven;
but an assault upon the Carranzista
vanity is a mortal affront, for which
death is the lightest sentence.
Angeles, according to the press ac
counts, had considered himself a dead
man ever since his capture, and his
only desire, so he told visitors, was
to say publicly “something that would
not leave my memory blackened and
dishonor my children.”
Well, he has done it. Out of the
sordid welter down there he has em
erged as a figure that arrests the
world’s attention and commands its
sympathy. A man of leading and
talent, as is attested by the fact that
the French, ever since Napoleonic
days the acknowledged masters of
heavy metal, use Angeles’ text-books
on artillery; a man of honor, as is at
tested by the fact that he deserted
Villa just before the Columbus raid,
and has never ceased bitterly to de
nounce that insane expedition; a pat
riot, as is attested by his statement
when he rejoined Villa on the latter’s
promise to abstain from further band
itry: “I am going back to lift my
country out of the depths of lawless
ness to which she has fallen or else
to die for her”—a scholar, a gentle
man and a patriot, it would be strange
indeed, did he not command the ad
miration of all nations in which men
of his type are held in esteem. It is
tragic fate that Mexico is not such a
nation; therefore, Angeles had to die.
However, he will have served his
country well, and not least worthily
in the manner of his answer to his
accusers. If the time comes, as ap
parently it must come, when the
wrath of civilization will descend up
on Mexico for the misdeeds of such
Mexicans as Villa and Carranza, the
punishment inflicted will be the light
er because the civilized nations must
remember that if Mexico brought
forth Villa and Carranza, she also
produced Angeles, and therefore she
cannot be hopeless. — Greensboro
News.
Services at Episcopal Church.
Rev. N. C. Duncan, of Tarboro, will
administer the holy communion ^nd
preach at the Episcopal church Sun
day morning. Bishop Cheshire, of
Raleigh, will conduct services at the
Episcopal church Wednesday night,
December 3rd, at 7:30 o’clock.
MO INCREASE IN COAL PRICES.
larfield Announces a Wage Increase
of I I Per Cent for Miners. Miners
Better off Than Other Employees
Without Increase.
_
A wage increase of 14 per eent. for J
all mine workers, maintenance of
government control over coal prices '
and no increase in prices at this time,
were the conclusions of Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield, announced Wednes
day night to the operators’ and min
ers’ wage scale committees, says a
Washington dispatch.
Declaring that Secretary Wilson,
acting as the “authorized agent of the
cabinet and of President Wilson’’ had
offered an increase of .‘516-10 per
cent., John L. Lewis, acting president
of the mine workers, asked if the gov
ernment intended to “repudiate the
acts of Secretary Wilson.”
Dr. Garfield replied that Mr. Wilson
made his proposal as a mediator to
facilitate negotiations, and that Mr.
Wilson told him it -was the duty of
the fuel administrator to fix prices,
and that it was not the function of
the secretary of labor.
“The cabinet has decided that, the
basis I have suggested is sound anil
right,” Dr. Garfield said.
Dr. Garfield declared that the min
ers, without the proposed increase of
14 per cent., were better off than
other classes of employment. A per
manent body, with purely advisory7
powers, consisting of the secretary of
the interior as chairman and of an
equal number of representatives of
operators and mine workers was rec
ommended by Dr. Garfield.
This board would continue to apply
the principles announced by the fuel
administrator to unsettled questions,
wages and profits and living condi
tions.
ROYALL. ELEVATION, SCHOOL
The school at Royall is progressing
nicely under the management of Mr.
J. T. Randall, Misses Bertha Woodard
and Winnie Smith. The attendance
is large and we are looking forward
for a good school this year.
Miss Lillian Creech of near Kenly
is visiting friends in this section this
week.
Mr. Felix Stewart of Coats and
Miss Leola Thornton of this section
surprised their many friends Sunday
by driving to the home of Mr. J. Q.
Baker’s where they were united in
marriage. Only a few friends were
present to witness the ceremony. We
hope Mr. and Mrs. Stewart a long
and prosperous journey through life.
Mr. Robert Parrish drove to the
home of Mr. Charlie Woodall last Sat
urday and took his beautiful and ac
complished daughter Miss Mary for
his bride. They drove to Hopewell
Free Will Baptist church where they
were married by Elder Dock Johnson.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. Charlie
Woodall, a merchant of Four Oaks,
while the groom is a son of Mr.
Stephen Parrish of Elevation. Their
friends extend them the best of wish
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Allen spent Sun
day with their daughter, Mrs. Willie
E. Jones near Smithfield.
Miss Lillian Johnson of Hopewell
section is spending the week at Mr.
Eli Johnson’s.
Mrs. Smithy Barbour was run over
a few days ago by her grand son
which caused her death a few days
later. Mrs. Barbour was returning
from church, when the accident hap
pened. She was very old and did not
hear the car, and as the driver did
not slow up in time, knocked her down
running over her and bruising her in
several places from which she did
not recover.
UNCLE SAMMIE.
Shower for Miss Martin.
Tuesday evening Miss Lalla Rookh
Stephenson entertained the D. G. S.
Girls in honor of one of the winter
brides-to-be, Miss Eloise Martin. Rook
was the feature of the evening. Just
as the delicious refreshments which
consisted of chicken salad, sandwich
es and coffee, had been served, a ring
at the door announced the arrival of
a package addressed to the guest of
honor. Opening the parcel, an array
of miscellaneous articles came to view
which proved to be from the guests
present. The evening was finished in
a gale of merriment the wedding
march being the finale.
MEADOW SCHOOL.
School has now been in progress I
two weeks and things are in good
working order. Meadow school has
an efficient corp of teachers and we
are expecting a splendid school year. •
Farmers throughout the community
are busy linishing harvesting their ,
crops. However, there have been but (
few requests for students to remain -
at home to work and the teachers |
greatly appreciate this.
Miss Ellen Eldridge of the Meadow
school faculty, is spending the week
end in Benson.
On Tuesday evening Miss Lawley
and Mr. Powell paid us their fort
nightly visit and every one found the
program especially entertaining and
instructive. The attendance was bet
ter than at the preceding meeting,
but there is still much room for im
provement. Sometimes we wonder if
the good people of Johnston county
fully realize what they are missing
by not being present to enjoy these
clean educational programs. Let us
all lend our hearty support to any
movement which tends toward the up
building of our community, either so
cially, educationally, religiously or in
a material way.
The operation of the compulsory at
tendance school law has flooded our
primary department so that it is nec
essary to have another teacher. Miss
Myrtle Bass, who took special train
ing in primary' methods at Greenville
last summer, will assist in this de
partment. Miss Bessie West has
charge of the department. The com
mittee is appealing to the patrons of
the school for donations to be used in
equipping a room for this work. When
the wind-up comes will you be on the
inside or out? Where are your in
terests? Do you stand for the edu
cation of all the people? Mr. Rose
is going to do his duty as attendance
officer. These children must come to
school and they must be properly
taken care of. Thus far the majority
of those approached have been liberal
in contributing.
The box party given at the school
building last Saturday evening was
quite a success, and we wish to take
advantage of this opportunity to thank
the boys and girls for entering into
the game so heartily and in such fine
spirit. We are also greatly indebted
to Mr. H. V. Rose who acted as auc
tioneer for us. We feel that the suc
cess of the occasion was largely due
to his systematic, business- like meth
od of handling the situation. The
school realized from the boxes and
cream sold .$70, clear.
Miss Madie Belle Hay, music teach
er at Meadow school, is spending
Thanksgiving with her friend, Miss
Donnie Mallard of Rosehill, of the
Meadow school faculty
Miss Loula Mae Cooke, has return
ed to ner home at Godwin for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Miss Nora Carpenter, principal of
Meadow school, is attending the
teachers assembly now in session in
Raleigh. X. Y Z,
Benson, R. 2, Nov. 26
In Honor of Bride-to-be.
The Dorcas Sunday school class of
the Baptist church gave a “shower”
to Miss Roberta Turner, a next
week’s bride, at the home of their
teacher, Mrs. H. W. Baucom, Wed
nesday night. Some games were
played and a “peanut contest” was
held, Miss Ida Patrick winning the
prize, a box of stationery, which she
presented to the guest of honor, Miss
Turner.
Each guest was then given the end
of a twine, and at the other end was
found her fortune. The twines led
them through halls, tip stairs, on
porches, but each one was repaid, for
at the end she found the promise of
peace, prosperity and happiness. The
bride-to-be’s string led her through
the longest route of all, but at the
end was found packages, large and
small containing useful gifts from
the members of the class. Then a
cut glass bowl was presented to Miss
Turner, from the class as a whole.
Fruit salad, cheese staus and hot
chocolate were served.
Victory Service at Blackman's Grove.
There will be a Victory service at
Blackman’s Grove Baptist church next
Sunday afternoon at three o’clock.
Everybody invited. The members are
specially urged to be present. The
Sunday school will meet at 2 o’clock
instead of in the morning.
GEN. FELIPE ANGELES SHOT.
lexican Revolutionary Leader Tried
I?y Court Martial and Found Guilty
of Treason and Executed at Chi
huahua Early Wednesday Morning.
General Felipe Angeles, Mexican
■evolutionary leader and enemy of the
Carranza government declared a pat
■iot by his friends, was executed as a
raitor to the Mexican government by
i firing squad at Chihuahua City,
Mexico, at 6:35 Wednesday morning,
says an Associated Press dispatch
'rom El Paso. He had never recog
lized the present government as
rightfully representing Mexico.
The specific charges against An
ireles was rebellion. He was found
guilty by four Carranza generals sit
ting as court martial at Chihuahua
City at 10:45 o'clock Tuesday night,
after a session that had lasted almost
continuously for approximately 39
hours.
Angeles throughout the world was
known as a military genius. He was
the reputed friend of Americans and
during his trial lauded this country
and its citizens. He was the man who
brought about the 75 millimetre gun
to the perfection that gave it fame as
the world’s most efficient piece of
artillery. For his work for France
he was made a Chevalier of the
French legion of honor.
Angeles came out of Mexico in
1916 and bought a dairy farm near
El Paso. I-ater he went to work for
the French government inspecting
munitions.
Five days after the world war end
ed with the signing of the armistice.
Angeles returned to Mexico as the in
tellectual leader of the Villa move
ment. It was said Villa promised
outrages against foreigners and na
tives would be stopped if Angeles
would join him. Villa proclaimed
Angeles provisional President of Mex
ico.
WORLD’S BREAD CROPS
WOULD APPEAR AMPLE
Bumper Production of Cereals and
Other Foodstuffs Is Reported By
International Bureau at Rome.
Washington, Nov. 26.—Bumper
world eyops for corn, potatoes, barley,
rye, sugar beets and rough rice for
this year are shown in estimates com
piled by the international institute of
agriculture at Rome, made public to
day by the department of agriculture.
The production of oats, wheat and
flax seed, however, show a decrease
from the average for the five years
ended in 1917.
Wheat production in 14 countries,
excepting the central powers will
reach 2,040,509,000 bushels, 96.5 per
cent, of the five year average. Corn
will amount to 3,126,194,000, 14.8 per
cent, greater than the crop produced
last year and 4.4 per cent, greater
than that produced for the last five
years. Other crops, the department’s
cablegram shows, are estimated as
follows:
Rye. 169,414,000 bushels, 124 per
cent, five year average.
Barley, 550,090,000 bushels, 101.8
per cent.
Oats, 2,085,786,000 bushels, 90.3 per
cent.
Rice, 423,375,000 bushels, 83.8 per
cent. Potatoes, 607,632,000 bushels.
101.2 per cent.
Sugar beets, 10,344,000 tons, 114.8
per cent.
Flax seed, 26,492,000 bushels, 60.9
per cent.
Brief Notes from Micro.
Micro, Nov. 26.—A game of basket
ball was played between Selma and
Micro highschool boys on Micro’s
court, Tuesday afternoon. The score
was 25 to 16 in favor of Micro. The
features of the game were the excel
lent playing of Creech for Selma and
L. Smith for Micro. Smith scored 17
points.
Everybody is delighted to have Miss
Parrish back in school again. She
was called home very' unexpectedly on
account of her father’s sickness and
death. W'e extend to her our deepest
sympathy.
Carolina W’ins the Game.
The University of North Carolina
defeated Virginia in the football game
played at Chapel Hill yesterday, six
to nothing. All friends ^of the Uni
versity are rejoicing greasy over the
victory.