VOLUME 38.
SMITHFIELD, N. C.
TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 1919
Number 9fi
DRASTIC STEPS TO CONSERVE
COAL IN SOUTH UNDERTAKEN
Regional Coal Committee, of Atlanta,
Issues Rules and Regulations In
Order—Nearly All Business Houses
Affected.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29.—Far-reach
ing restrictions of coal consumption
throughout the Southern region of the
United States railroad administration
were issued here tonight by the regi
onal coal committee. The orders ef
fective at noon Monday, December 1,
provide chiefly that:
Stores and office buildings may use
heat, light and power only between
nine a. m. and 4 p. m. Drug stores
for selling drugs only are excepted.
Theatres, moving picture shows and
other public amusement places may
use heat, light or power only between
one p. m. and 10:30 p. m. Industries,
except public utilities and plants en
gaged in continuous processes that
cannot be interrupted may be operated
only 48 hours a week.
No ornamental lights, white way or
other unnecessary street lights, out
line lighting, electric signs or illumi
nated billboards are to be operated.
The committee is acting under the
Legislative Clerk of the United States
Fuel Administration and it announc
ed that “in cases of refusal to comply
with these regulations coal supplies
or electric current will be cut off and
where it appears that a violation of
law is involved Federal District At
torneys will be asked to act.”
All territory east of the Mississippi
and south of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers, except Virginia and West Vir
ginia, is affected by the order which
committee members said was made
imperative because of the continued
strike of soft coal miners. The an
nouncement to the public, which shows
certain other exceptions in addition
to those for drug stores, follows in
part:
Immediate and sharp curtailment of
the use of fuel by consumers in the
first five classes of the Fuel Adminis
tration’s preferance list has become
necessary.
“This program becomes effective at
noon Monday, December 1st, 1919,
throughout the territory under the
jurisdiction of this committee (except
the State of Virginia, where the fuel
situation is administered largely by
the Pocahontas Regional Coal com
mittee). In this territory are the
States of North Carolina, South Car
olina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana east of the Mississippi riv
er.
“These regulations, which apply
alike to consumers how receiving coal
from the railroads and to those who
have stocks on hand, or who are using
electric power, heat or light, furnish
ed by public or private plants are as
follows:
“One—No ornamental lights, white
way or other unnecessary street lights
outline lighting, electric signs or il
luminated billboards are to be operat
ed. This does not affect street light
ing necessary for the safety of the
public.
“Two—Stores, manufacturing plants
and warehouses must not use electric
or gas lights (except safety lights)
except between the hours of 9 a. m.
and 4 p. m.
“Exception (a) Drug stores (for
the sale of drugs only except between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.) and
restaurants may remain open accord
ing to present schedule but must cur
tail number of lights 50 per cent.
“Exception (b) Railroad stations,
hotels, hospitals, telephone, telegraph
and newspaper offices are not included
insofar as necessary lighting is con
cerned.
“Exception (c) Lights fnay be used
in offices of manufacturing plants for
■ecessary accounting purposes at any
time.
“Exception (d) General and office
lights must be cut off at 4 p. m., in
office buildings except where office op
eration of vital industries is involved.
“Exception (e) Moving picture
houses and theatres and other public
places of amusement may bum lights
only between 1 p. m. and 10:30 p. m.
“Exception (f) Barber shops may
remain open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
“Exception (g) Dairies, ice an<| re
frigerator plants, bakeries, plants for
the manufacture of necessary medici
nal products, water works, sewerage
plants, gas manufacturing plants,
plants operating continuous processes
(such as acid manufacture, blast fum
j aces, etc.), printing plants for the
i printing of newspapers, periodicals,
| battery charging outfits and plants
producing light or power for tele
phone, telegraph or public utility
companies are exempted.
“Exception (h) On Saturday nights,
time of closing mentioned under para
! graph two will be extended until 9
p. m. for stores selling food and wear
ing apparel.
“One—Between the hours of 7 a. m.
I and 4 p. m., only enough heat (ob
| tained from eoal, gas or steam) may
! be used in offices, stores, warehouses
| and manufacturing plants as to keep
the average temperature at 70 de- ]
grees F. This temperature may be
maintained in theatres, moving pic-1
ture houses and other places of public
amusement between the hours of 1
p. m. and 10:30 p. m.
“Excepting on Saturdays the tem
perature may be maintained at 70 de
grees between seven a. m. and 9 p. m.
in case of stores handling food and
wearing apparel.
“Two—After the closing hours on
Saturdays and after four p. m. on the
remaining week days only enough
heat is to boused to prevent freezing
of water pipes or sprinkler systems,
on week days and on Sundays. Where
exceptions are made in certain classes
for lighting, heat will be allowed dur
ing allowable lighting period.
“Three—In manufacturing plants
or plants coming under power curtail
ment rules, heat to (70 degrees) will
be allowed only during that time al
lowed for use of power.
“Four—No curtailment on use of
coal, steam or gas for producing hot
water for hotels, restaurants or bar
ber shops.
“One—No manufacturing plant or
factory shall operate in excess of 48
hours per week.
“Exception (a) Dairies, ice and re
frigerator plants, bakeries, plants for
the manufacture of necessary medici
nal products, waterworks, gas manu
facturing plants, plants operating con
tinuous processes (such as acid manu
facture, blast furnaces, etc.), printing
I plants for the printing of newspapers,
| periodicals, battery charging outfits
and plants producing light or power
for telephone, telegraph or public
utilities companies are excepted.
“Exception (b) Elevator service
must be curtailed as much as possi
ble.”
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Batten School.
The school at Batten’s Cross Roads
is progressing under the management
of Misses Gradabelle Turner and Lil
lian Liles. The attendance has been
very good for the past three weeks.
Every child in the compulsory attend
ance age was present on the opening
day. There has not been a single re
| quest for students to remain at home
to work.
The box party given at the school
■ building Wednesday night was quite
| a success. The school realized the
sum of $147.78 clear of expenses from
the boxes.
VISITOR.
Cotillion Club Organized.
Several of the young men of Smith
field met last night and organized a
cotillion club with W. Ransom San
ders, president; Robt. A. Wellons, vice
president, and D. W. Parrish, secreta
i ry and treasurer. The following
young men were elected to member
ship: W. Ransom Sanders, Robt. A.
Wellons, D. W. Parrish, George Ross
Pou, R. R. Holt, W. B. Creech, R. P.
' Holding, Kenneth Parrish, Sam Stal
lings, P. E. Whitehead, Nat Hill, E. L.
Woodall, Wm. B. Wellons, Ryal Wood
all, John White Ives, St. Julien
Springs, William Sanders, John Ar
thur Narron, Alger Byrd, J. L. Hub
bard, Edgar Watson, W. J. Penn,
David Avera, J. C. Weeks, W. A. Pitt
man, and Hugh B. Adams.
The club will give a subscription
| dance tonight at the Municipal build
ing.
Parker-Whitley.
Last Sunday afternoon Miss Lizzie
Parker of O’Neal Township, and Mr.
i J. B. Whitley, of Selma were happily
' married by Justice of the Peace Way
land Brown.
Mrs. Whitley is the daughter of
Mr. S. P. Parker, a prominent farm
er of O’Neal Township. Mr. Whitley
is a wellknown grocer of this place.!
They will make their home in Selma.
' —Selma Johnstonian, 27.
BEGINNING OF VICTORY WEEK
Smithfield Baptist Church Well Over
the Top. Raised More Than Its
Quota at the Sunday Morning Ser
vice.
One of the very greatest services
ever held in a Smithfield church was
held at the Baptist church here Sun
day in the interest of the Seventy
Five Million Campaign. There was a
large congregation present. At the
conclusion of a short though strong
sermon by Fastor Baucom. Mr. T. S.
Ragsdale, the Church Director in the
Campaign, took charge of the ser
vices. After a few words of explana
tion the pledge cards were distributed.
Then followed a few moments of sil
ent prayer and then prayers by three
brethren. The people were then ask
ed to sign the pledges. During this
period a solemn stillness pervaded the
large congregation. Then the cards
were taken up and it was found that
about $24,000 had been subscribed.
The campaign was carried on during
the afternoon, most of the members
who were absent from the morning
service being visited. At the night
service it was announced that some
thing over $28,000 had been subscrib
ed. Up to last night the sum of $29,
000 had been raised, and the church
director says that it will surely go to
$30,000.
The quota of the Smithfield church
w-as fixed at $20,000.
Wife of Angeles Not Advised of His
. Execution.
New York, Nov. 27.—Mrs. Feline
Angeles, wife of the Mexican revolu*
tionary leader, was still in ignorance
today of his execution. Mrs. Carman
Delarosa, her sister, declared she had
been so ill that even the news of his
arrest had been withheld from her.
Alberto, the general’s 20-year-old
son, today made public a telegram
fi-om his father, dated Tuesday after
noon. It read:
“let the family know that I am
serene and contented. I hope that
you will be a good man, a patriot and
a hard worker. I want you to love
your mother, sister and brothers very
much. Kisses and embraces.
“FELIPE ANGELES.”
Thirty-five Soldiers of United States
Army Executed Since 1917.
Washington, Nov. 27.—The rights
of every man in the army, from priv
ate to general, are well defined and
established by laws enacted by con
gress or by common law, Major Gen
eral Enoch Crowder, judge-advocate
general of the army, today declared
in his annual report. General Crowd
er made no specific reference to the
attack upon his administration of that
office by former Brig. Gen. Samuel T.
Ansell, his assistant, but in a* ap
pendix gave detailed statistics cover
ing military eourtmartials tending to
disprove the accusation of undue se
verity.
During the last fiscal year 16,547
persons were tried before general
eourtmartial, and 85 percent were con
victed. The report made public for
the first time an official summary of
the capital cases occurring in the
army since April 6, 1917, the begin
ning of the war period. Death pen
alties were adjudged in 145 cases
from that date to June 30, 1919, and
execution was consummated in 35
cases—ten in France and 25 in the
United States. Murder was charged
in two of these cases, murder and mu
tiny in 19, assault in eleven and mur
der in three.
“In no case,” according to the re
port, “was a capital sentence for a
purely military offense carried into
execution.”
Caused by Speculation.
Since the high prices of farm land
that now prevail are caused largely by
speculation, the man who buys land
to farm it is likely to get very small
returns on his investment when con
ditions become normal, and the specu
lator who deals largely on credit is
liable to find himself seriously em
barrassed. If you are going to buy
a farm, be sure that under normal
conditions its probable net earnings
will justify the price you pay, and do
not buy it on a narrow margin in the
expectation that you can get the rest
of the money by selling the farm.—
Youth’s Companion.
A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
A Tribute to the Late Dr. Farquard
Smith By His Friend Dan Hugh
McLean, of Harnett.
Occasionally we see some reference
to the “Doctor of the Old School," but
seldom do we see a physician of to
day who reminds us of the old coun
try doctor who went through all kinds
of weather to care for those who
needed his services. But on the first
Sunday morning in November one of
these men who has left his impress
on the community passed away in the
town of Dunn. Col. Dan Hugh Mc
Lean, a life-long friend of Dr. Smith,
thus pays tribute to his life and mem
ory in the columns of the Dunn Dis
patch, as follows:
“Dr. Farquard Smith died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. L. J. Best,
in Dunn last Sunday morning (Nov.
2) at 3 o’clock in the 80th year of his
age. The death of Dr. Smith creates
a void in the social and religious life
of the Upper Cape Fear section of
our State which will be hard to fill.
“He was descended from one of the
oldest and most prominent families
in the Cape Fear valley. His father,
Farquard Smith, Sr., was one of the
most prominent farmers in our sec
tion, from whom the subject of this
memoir inherited many of those qual
ities of head and heart which made
him the successful man that he was
in those fields of endeavor in which
he enlisted. Dr. Smith had fine op
portunities of mental culture in his
youth, and, by close application, he
laid the foundation of that superior
manhood which developed in him in
after life. After attending the best
home schools which were ifi existence
at the time, he went to the University
of the State and graduated there in
1860. On his return home he engaged
in teaching until the breaking out of
the Civil War in 1861 when he was
one among the first to rush to the
battlefield in the defense of his coun
try’s cause. No braver soldier ever
followed a flag or stood more loyally
to the cause of his beloved Southland
than did Dr. Smith. He was one of
that Army of Northern Virginia
whose valor and prowess made the
fame of the Confederate soldier im
mortal. When the flag of the South
was furled in defeat, he came home,
and set to work to rebuild the shat
tered altars of his country and to re
store what the desolating hand of war
had swept away. There were no
schools at that time in all of North
Carolina. At the beginning of the
period of Reconstruction—that period
fraught with so much of evil to our
stricken land, which hung like a dark
pall over the States of the South,
which was calculated to discourage
and depress the people even more than
the shadow of war—Dr. Smith opened
a private school in the Elliottsville
neighborhood and t»aght the youths
of that section for several years. Dur
ing this period he was assiduously
pursuing his text books, preparatory
to the pursuit of his chosen profession
—that of medicine. He finally closed
his school room and attended medical
lectures at the Charleston Medical
College. Upon his graduation in the
medical college, he entered upon the
active practice of medicine and very
soon achieved high station in his chos
en profession. About this time he
married Miss Bettie Sanders of Johns
ton county. The fruits of this marri
age were Mrs. Ross Best, Edwin
Smith, Mrs. Daisy Young, JX>uglas
Smith, Farquard Smith, Mrs. Janie
Smith, four of whom survive him. He
moved to Johnston county and prac
ticed medicine there until the year
1877 when he returned to Harnett
county to spend the evening of his
days among his own former friends
and relatives. In 1902 his wife was
taken away by death and the remaind
er of his life he spent with his child
ren. Failing health compelled him to
give up the active practice of medi
cine, but he continued with unabated
efforts to minister to the suffering
people by whom he was surrounded,
without reward. Of him it can be
truthfully said: ‘He went about doing
good.’
“Dr. Smith was a ruling elder in the
loved his country and gloried in her
greatness. He took an active part in
every scheme and enterprise which
were conducive to the refinement,
culture and development of our sec
tion. Dr. Smith was not a politician
or office-seeker, but he took a lively
interest in everything that promised
good government to his State and na
tion. Ho had no taste or patience
with the wiles and tricks of the dem
agogue or professional politician.
“Above all, I)r. Smith was a Chris
tian, who loved and worshipped his
Redeemer with an earnestness and
devotion which knew no abatement,
with a courage that knew no fear,
with a faith that knew no doubt.
“Dr. Smith was a > tiling elder in the
Lillington Presbyterian church, and
had been since its organization. Now
that he is gone his wise and conser
vative counsels will be sadly missed
by those of the eldership who survive
him.
“There was no period in his long
and useful life when as evening shad
ows gathered around him but what
he could have said in the language
of his beloved Savior: ‘Father, T have
finished the work Thou gavest me to
do.’ There was no close of a single
day with him but what in the gTeat
ledger of Heaven his account with his
Maker was not balanced.
As we stand around his new-made
grave we feel sorrow for his passing,
but glad that we knew and loved him.
He has left to us the priceless inheri
tance of his Christian example and
his Godly walk and conversation. In
his intercourse with his fellowman
he was as gentle as the evening
zephyr, and in his loyalty to his
friends he was as fixed as the polar
star. He was indeed a Christian with
out guile. May we all seek to follow
him in those paths of righteousness
which he delighted to tread until we
reach the pearly portals of that Ce
lestial City which has been prepared
for those who are faithful to the end.
Peace to his sacred ashes, repose to
his immortal spirit! He rests now in
the bosom of that Savior whom he
served so loyally and whom he loved
so tenderly.”
Woman Establishes Sleeping Record.
New York, Nov. 27.—A new sleep
ing record was established today by
Mrs. Dora Mintz, whose long periods
of unconsciousness now total 51 days.
Dr. Robert J. Wilson, superintendent
of the hospital where her case has
puzzled the medical authorities, said
that her minutes of wakefulness are
increasing and the patient appears to
thrive on a diet of milk and ginger
snaps.
Violin music must be resorted to in
an attempt to arouse the sleeping wo
man. Dr. E. Gidding, one of the doc
tors interested in the case, said today
that in a similar instance last year a
woman who had been a. leep for six
weeks had been rescued * from her
lethargy by a violinist who played to
her for several hours.
All Day Meeting at Pisgah.
There will be a union service at
Pisgah next Sunday. All the church
es comprising the Bethesda-Pisgah
$eld will come together in a union
service to get acquainted with and
welcome the new pastor, Rev. R. L.
Gay, who will hold his first service
on the field Sunday morning, Decern
, ber 7, at 11 o’clock. All the members
! of the several congregations are ex
I peeted to bring baskets with them and
have dinner on the grounds. There
will also be an afternoon service.
Rev. R. L. Gay who is coming to be
their pastor, has for several years
been doing a fine work in the Eastern
part of the State and comes well pre
pared to lead these folks in a good
work.
(k>urting Trouble.
The habit of many automobile own
ers and operators of filling the gaso
line tank while the motor is running
is a most dangerous one and there
should be most rigid regulations for
bidding it* The Kansas State Fire
Marshal reports many fires which
originate in this manner, saying “We
doubt if many people realize just how
dangerous the operation is. For the
individual who has never had the mat
J ter brought to his attention, there
I may be an excuse, but with the garage
man who knows the danger of the
practice, there is none. A lighted
I cigar or cigarette is also a mighty
i dangerous proposition to have near
, the tank while it is being filled, and
yet there are thousands who take the
chance daily.”—Bulletin.
The numbers of Americans who ac
tually participated in the fighting
reached 1.390 000. Of these 1.200,000
were in the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
BAKER ADVOCATES CHANGE.
Secretary of War In His Annual Re
port Endorses General Staff Meas
ured-Universal Training to Back Up
System.
Washington, Nov. 30.—War experi
ence plainly shows the necessity for
fundamental reorganization of the
Army and of the War Department it
self, Secretary Baker declared today
in his annual report. He recommend
ed that the emergency organization,
reduced to the peace-time size, be
made permanent, and approved the
General Staff bill for a regular estab
lishment “adequate in size to be the
nucleus of any great military mobili
zation the country may be called upon
to make,” and backed up by a system
of universal training.
“In such a policy,” Mr. Baker said,
“the accent is upon the citizen and
not the soldier; the officers becoming
a permanent corps of experts and the
men a body temporarily devoting a
portion of their time to military train
ing in order that they may enter civil
life with a sense of national service
and with superior equipment for suc
cess.”
“It is difficult to believe,” he said,
denying any danger of militarism,
“that an army could be formed of
Americans, educated in our common
schools, raised in the free and demo
cratic atmosphere of our institutions,
which would still be hostile to those
institutions and liberties. The World
War has shown quite clearly that ar
mies reflect the spirit of the people
from whom they come rather than
create a spirit of their own, so that
the size of the army is not so im
portant from the point of view now
under consideration as the kind of an
army.”
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Graham Memorial Fund Is Over A
Hundred Thousand.
Chapel Hill., Nov. 30.—The sum of
$104,000 has been raised thus far by
the Graham memorial fund committee
of the University of North Carolina
toward the contemplated student ac
tivities building: at the university in
memory of the late president, Edward
Kidder Graham. This announcement
was made today by Albert M. Coats,
secretary of the committee, following
a meeting in Chapel Hill of the cen
tral committee and the state directors.
“This sum does not by any means
represent the complete or final re
port,” said Secretary Coats. “The
campaign will be pushed vigorously
through the month of December and
from preliminary reports and from
estimates based on the work thus far
there appears no doubt of the ultimate
success of the campaign. We expect
to have $150,000 by the first of the
year.”
Seven Governors Urge Speeding Up
Coal Production.
Chicago, Nov. 30.—Governors of
seven soft coal producing states at a
conference today agreed that the state
governments should take all possible
steps to obtain the production of coal
and recommended to the Federal gov
ernment that a complete fuel adminis
tration with an administrator for
each State to be recommended by the
governors be perfected immediately.
The State executives also requested
equitable distribution of coal under
uniform and rigid regulation in all
states.
The executives participating in the
conference which was called by Gov.
Frederick D. Gardner, of Missouri,
announced that they had adjourned to
meet in St. Louis next Sunday. In
the meantime they will await further
development of the Federal govern
ment’s efforts in bringing about re
sumption of production. Miles C.
Riley, of Madison, Wis., secretary of
the meeting, was instructed to pro
ceed to Washington where he will re
main temporarily as the representa
tive of the governors and “to present
to the authorities the seriousness of
the situation in the States.”
Rabbits in Australia.
In Australia rabbits are so great a
nuisance that in order to resist their
depredations the people of New South
Wales alone have spent more than
$27,000,000 and have built 98,000 miles
of vermin fences. But in one year
Australia has exported $1,400,000
worth of frozen rabbits and hares as
food, and $3,000,000 worth of skins.—,
Youth’s Companion.