meeting of chamber
OF COMMERCE CALLED
To Consider Further A Hospital For
Smithfield—Meeting Will Be Held
In Woman’s Club Rooms Tuesday
Night at Eight O’clock.
Several gentlemen of Smithfield
met for a short while yesterday af
ternoon in the offices of Abell & Gray
to consider a hospital for Smithfield.
About a dozen were present and they
were with one accord in favor of tak
ing the necessary steps to secure a
hospital. Several propositions were
considered, several sites were talked
of and-ways and means were discuss
ed, but nothing very definite was de
cided other than the appointment of
two committees. First a committee
of the five physicians of the town—
Prs. Wharton, Tyner, Muns, Rose and
H00ks—Was appointed to get togeth
er on some plan for the running of a
hospital and commit their desires to
writing and present their report to a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
at a meeting to be held in the Wom
an’s Club Rooms next Tuesday even
ing, February 17, at 8 o’clock. Anoth
er committee consisting of Messrs.
Jas. H. Abell, N. B. Grantham and
Sam T. Honeycutt was appointed to
get options on sites and make their
report at the same time.
For several months the town has
been talking of the needs of a hos
pital here, not only for Smithfield,
but the entire county. It should be
a most fitting thing to let our
thoughts and energies center for a
little while on the humanitarian in
terests of the town and county.
Sasser-Sanders.
A marriage of unusual interest took
place at Sanders Chapel Wednesday
evening at 9 o’clock, when Miss Esth
er Sanders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John K. Sanders, became the bride of
Mr. Leonard H. Sasser. The cere
mony was simple and impressive and
was performed by the bride’s former
pastor, Rev J. M. Daniels, of Dunn.
The church was atractively decorat
ed with long leaf pine and bamboo
and the lighted candles placed at
tractively about the chancel and the
piano cast a soft glow over the wed
ding party that was enchanting.
Preceding the ceremony Mrs. R. S.
Stevens of Princeton played “The
Dream of Love,” by Liszt and Miss
Margaret Lee Austin, clad in a girlish
costume of blue and silver, sweetly
sang “I Love You Truly,” by Jacobs
Bond.
First in the bridal procession were
Mr. W. K. Anderson and Mr. Percy
Barnes, ushers. Following these were
Miss Dora Dudley and Miss Carrie
Austin, bridesmaids, and Mr. Hugl>
Austin and Mr. Luther Pearce,
groomsmen. Miss Vara Sanders, maid
of honor and sister of the bride, came
next. She wore a gown of flesh col
ored georgette and black picture hat
and carried pink Kilarney Roses. J
The bride came in leaning on the
arm of her father who gave her away,
and was met at the altar by the groom
and his best man, Mr. E. K. Hollo
man.
The bride wore a handsome going
away suit of blue with accessories to
match and carried a shower bouquet
of Kilarney Roses and Sweet Peas.
Miss Dudley wore old rose georgette
with turquoise trimming and black
picture hat.
Miss Austin wore a beaded blue
georgette with black picture hat. Both
carried pink Kilarney Roses.
The bridal party came in on the
side aisle to the strains of Loheng
rin’s wedding march and immediately
after the ceremony departed down the
middle aisle to the grand old wedding
march of Mendlesshon’s.
The night before the marriage the
bridal party were tendered a delight
ful reception at the home of the bride.
The refreshments were cream and
cake, the cream being in the shape'
of wedding bells.
There were many beautiful gifts to
testify to the high esteem in which
both are held.
The happy couple left on the twelve
o’clock train for Washington and oth
er points north.
Influenza claimed another victim
Monday when Rev. Joseph C. Rowe,
pastor of South Main Street Methodist
church in Salisbury died. He was 71
years old and had held some of the
best pastorates in the Western North
Carolina Conference.
NO TERM OF COURT NEXT WEEK
The Flu Situation in the County Is
Too Marked for Any General Gath
ering of the People Together.
Last Tuesday several members of
the Johnston county bar at a meeting
here decided that it was inadvisable
to hold the civil term of Johnston
county court here next week on ac
count of the flu situation in the coun
ty. In some sections of the county
there are a large number of cases of
influenza, while in other sections
there is scarcely none at all. It was
thought that it was the better thing
to do to call off court and have no
general gathering of the people in the
court house.
CLAYTON NEWS.
Clayton, Feb. 11—Mr. Ransom Ave
ritt of Wake Forest College spent the
week end here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. H. Averitt.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith and
children of Selma spent Sunday with
Mrs. J. D. Gulley.
Mr. C. B. Turley of Raleigh spent
last Sunday here with his family.
Mrs. J.. U. Pittman of Oxford was
here last Friday for a few hours be
fore leaving for a trip to New York.
Mr. B. M. Robertson who is confin
ed to his bed with small pox following
a case of influenza is some what bet
ter at this time.
Mr. C. W. Horne is out again after
a case of influenza.
Mrs. Paul Duncan and Miss Gladys
Barbour left this week for New York
and Baltimore to buy the spring line
of millinery for Barnes-Duncan Co.
Mr. Zeb Penny is he£e from his
home in Tennessee being called here
by the death of his father, Mr. Ran
som Penny.
Mr. G. H. Johnson of Enfield was
here a few days this week.
Mr. G. H. Johnson, pastor of the
Baptist chuich at Enfield, was here
Sunday and preached from the pulpit
of the Baptist church. There was a
full attendance and every one present
was very glad to have him with us.
The Woman’s Book Club met this
afternoon with Mrs. R. H. Gower in
West Clayton.
Miss Birdie Taylor who is confined
to her bed with influenza, is betted.
The funeral of the late Ransom
Penny was held at the home of the de
ceased here last Saturday, the ser
vices being conducted by Rev. O. A.
Moore. Interment was made in the
new cemetery, a great number being
present to pay their respects. The
floral designs were many and beau
tiful. The bereaved ones have the
sympathy of the entire town.
Asks School Teachers to Help.
_4t_
School teachers have a tremendous
opportunity for aiding the children
that the Home Demonstration Agent
does not have, according to Mrs. W. F.
Earley, County Home Demonstration
Agent of Aulander. The children, she
says, are easily taught simple sanita
tion in the schoolroom, and this proves
to be a great help to the Home Dem
onstration Agent in carrying out plans
for better health conditions in and
around the home.
Urging that teachers cooperate with
the Home Demonstration agents, Mrs.
Early makes this appeal: “Teachers,
if you could once see the earnest inter
est displayed by these women and girls
and see the real sunshine brought into
their lives by their contact with bigger
and better things, as the Home Dem
onstration Agent sees them you would
agree with me that your cooperation
would be worth while. It is very no
ticeable that in counties where the
educational workers are cooperating
with the Home Demonstration Agents
there are more and better improve
ments in general living conditions.
“You can help not only in keeping
alive the elubs already begun, but by
organizing new ones as well, the liter
ary clubs, the mothers’ clubs, and a
number of others can be made a won
! derfully helpful success by having a
live-wire leader who can keep well in
formed on these subjects, and who can
put enthusiasm into the meetings.
“It is a positive fact that you cannot
assist a girl in putting up a neat, nice
can of fruit without causing her to
improve in many ways. A girl who
puts up a neat, nice can of frui( will
necessarily dress better, keep a better
kitchen, a neater bedroom, and, in fact,
her improvements will permeate the
, whole premises.”—Farm Extension
I News.
REVENUE OFFICE FROM
STATESVILLE TO RALEIGH
Watts’ Entire Outfit Will Be Trans
ferred There—Kentucky Agent In
State Temporarily as Watts’ Suc
cessor—Transfer at Once.
Statesville, Feb. 11.—The internal
revenue office here, formerly in charge
of Col. A. D. Watts, is to be moved
to Raleigh.
F. L. Boyd, revenue agent in charge
of the Louisville, Ky., division, is now
in Statesville, having beeii. transferr
ed to this *6tate temporarily for the
purpose of assisting in the reorganiza
tion of this division.
Part of the plans of the reorgani
zation includes the transfer of the of
fice headquarters from Statesville to
Raleigh. The transfer will be ef
fected at the earliest date possible
and the new quarters will be in the
rooms recently vacated by the United
States marshal.
As soon as an agent can be appoint
ed Mr. Boyd plans to return to his
assignment in Kentucky. Mr. Boyd
has been in the government service
for more than 25 years, his present
position being revenue agent in Ken
tucky. He says that he is here only
temporarily.
When Col. A. D. Watts resigned as
supervisor of internal revenue of the
state of North Carolina, with offices
here, C. H. Haynes, assistant super
visor, assumed the duties of the of
fice as acting supervisor. Mr. Haynes
is chief field deputy of the state of
North Carolina, having held this of
fice for the past two years.—Char
lotte Observer.
President’s General Condition Better.
The Baltimore Sun publishes a dis
patch from Washington in which Dr.
Hugh P. Young, who has been one of
the president’s physicians, says in part
as follows:
“The President’s general condition
and specifically the slight impairment
of his left arm and leg, have improved
more slowly, it is true, but surely,
steadily. There have been no setback,
no backward steps, and rumors to this
effect are rubbish.
“As you know, in October last we
diagnosed the President's illness as
cerebral thrombosis, which affected his
left arm and leg, but at no time was
his brain power, or the extreme vigor
and lucidity of his mental processes
in the slightest degree abated.
“This condition has froip the very
first shown a steady, unwavering ten
dency toward resolution and complete
absorption. The increasing utility of
theTeft arm and leg, greatly impaired
at first, have closely followed on this
improvement. The President walks
sturdily now, without assistance and
without fatigue. And he uses the still
slightly impaired arm more and more
every day.
“As to his mental vigor, it is simply
prodigious. Indeed, I think in many
ways the President is in better shape
than before the illness came.
“You can say that the President is
able-minded and able-bodied and that
he is giving splendid attention to af
fairs of state, and that we have every
assurance that he will become progres
sively more active in these matters
with the advent of spring and sun
shine wrhich cannot now long be de
layed.’’
Cowpeas and Soy Beans Much Higher
The monthly review issued by the
Division of Markets of the North Car
olina Agricultural Extension Service,
February, says:
“Cowpeas are exceedingly scarce and
in unusually great demand. Growers
apparently have sold what few they
had and only a very limited quantity
remains in the hands of the dealers.
Prices have increased steadily, good
seed now bringing $5.75 to $6.00 un
der limited supply and heavy demand.
“The great shortage of seed Cow
peas has largely increased the demand
for soy bean seed. The anticipated
$4.00 level has been reached and pass
ed, and best seed stock is now under
heavy demand at $4.50 to $4.75. Only
very limited offerings remain unsold.”
North Carolina seeking anew a seat
on the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, has presented the name of Judge
George P. Pell, of the North Carolina
Corporation Commission, to its repre
sentatives in congress with the re
quest that his name be offered to
President Wilson. 1
INFLUENZA SITUATION
May be improving
Only Three Hundred and Ninety-four
Cases Reported for the Past Three
Days—Little Pneumonia.
The influenza epidemic in Johnston
county seems to be improving a lit
tle. For Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday only 394 cases were report
ed against 700 for the previous four
days. The report for Tuesday showed
166 cases; Wednesday 130 cases were
reported while the number decreased
to 98 yesterday. We understand that
there are not more than about 25 or
35 cases in Smithfield with several
cases in the surrounding country. Few
serious cases have been reported and
the patients are generally getting
along nicely.
There were three cases of pneumo
nai reported Wednesday and two yes
terday.
COTTON FACTS.
(By A. M. Johnson.)
Johnston county has given options
on 3,000 bales low grade cotton and
will continue to take more till the
300,000 bales sold to Europe has been
supplied. But we, suggest that you do
not put in your cotton that will grade
above low middling. Indications are
that you will get more for it later on.
You who have cotton you want
graded should write to P. H. Hart,
Office of Markets and R. O. Dept, of
Agriculture, Raleigh, and he will
send you sacks and tags to send him
samples in. You who have spoken to
me about it can get these tags and
sacks at my office.
The Farmers’ Cotton Warehouse
Corporation has now secured its char
ter and will hold a stockholders’ meet
ing Wednesday, February 18, at 1:30
P. M. at Smithfield to elect officer^
and directors. There are 132 so far
and any one else interested in cotton
warehouses for the county are invited
to the meeting and to take stock.
The Cotton Association is still so
liciting members. It is just now be
ginning to function. The more mem
bers we have the more we can do to
ward marketing our cotton at a profit.
Any information relating to cotton,
whether it is seed, fertilizers, grad
ing, marketing, can be had for the
asking at the office over the post office
in Smithfield, but to Cotton Associa
tion members only. We deal only in
facts.
Some folks are getting the idea that
this cotton warehouse business is for
Smithfield only. That is not the truth.
There will be a warehouse in every
town that can support one sometime
but it is a physical impossibility to
get them all this year. The warehouse
committee thinks that the county seat
is the logical place for the first one.
It is county proposiiton and not a
town one. It can be operated cheap
er as a county unit. The committee
is guided by the experiences of other
equnties in this matter. Come in and
talk the matter ovei with us and of
fer any suggestions you may have be
fore the constitution and by-laws are
adopted. The stockholders will say
what is to be done the 18th.
Farm Agents in Session in Goldsboro.
The conference of county, home and
farm demonstration agents opened in
Goldsboro Wednesday and will close
today. Col. Jos. E. Robinson, editor
of the Goldsboro Argus, made the’ad
dress of welcome. Other addresses
followed one in the afternoon by
Franklin Sherman, State Entomolo
gist, who discussed the danger of the
boll wevil in Eastern Carolina.
The visiting agents were guests at
a get-to-gether dinner Wednesday,
served by the Goldsboro Woman’s
Club which was featured by a talk
by Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, State
Home Agent.
Bride Dies During Ceremony.
Geneva, Feb. 9.—Death was a guest
at a wedding at Appenzell last Sun
day and struck down the bride just as
the priest asked her if she accepted
“this man for her husband.” She was
hurried to a hospital, still robec^in her
bridal gown, but died an hour later, a
victim of a form of sleeping sickness,
which was the sequel of an attack of
influenza. ^ %
The thirtieth state to ratify the
woman suffrage amendment was Ida
ho which state cast its ballot Wed
nesday.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR HERE.
Mr.,\V. E. Ellington to Give Informa
tion and Assistance in Income Tax
Reports.
Mr. W. E. Ellington, Deputy Collect
or from the State Department of In
terna Revenue, has made Smithfield
his headquarters for the next few
weeks to give information and assist
ance in making out the Income Tax
returns for this section. He may be
found at the Smithfield Hotel where
those desiring blanks on which to
make out their returns may get them
from Mr. Ellington. The Income Tax
returns must be sent in to the Collect
or of this district, Hon. J. W. Bailey,
Raleigh, not later than the fifteenth
of March. This is a matter that must
be attended to by all who are liable
to Federal Income Tax.
A Reunion.
An unexpected reunion took place
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Creech Sunday, February 8. On Sat
urday night Mr. and Mrs. Peele and
little son from near Clayton spent the
night with her parents. Sunday morn
ing about ten o’clock Mr. and Mrs.
Keen and children from Four Oaks
came. A few minutes after they ar
rived Mr. and Mrs. Kains and little
son drove up. We all met and warm
ed by the glowing fire talking of how
nice and glad we were all about to get
together if only sister Bessie could be
there. So to our surprise, Mr. and
Mrs. Peedin and little son drove up.
Well, it was so nice, we girls and
mother gathered around one fire while
father and the sons-in-law by another
in adjoining room and the children in
the yard.
Soon dinner time came and the
large dining table was loaded with
vegetables, potatoes, ham, back-bone,
baked chicken, pickles, cake, custards,
grape pies, coffee, milk and many
good things to eat which mother and
the girls at home had prepared before
we arrived.
Their union has been blessed with
ten children, nine of which are living
and were all present. All the grand
children, six in number, were also
present. The time to part came all
too soon but we can only hope in our
Redeemer that we may meet again.
Everybody seemed to enjoy the occa
sion and it will long be remembered.
We feel proud of such noble and lov
ing parents and may we children live
in such a way to be a honor and bless
ing to them.
A DAUGHTER.
Rev. J. E. Lanier and High Point.
Rev. John E. Lanier who lived in
this county several years before mov
ing to High Point, N. C., a few
months ago was here this week for
a few days looking after his farm and
other business matters and visiting
his friends. He spent some time here
with Mr. Joseph T. Coats. Mr. Lanier
likes High Point and told us several
things about the town which is in
Guilford county fifteen miles south
from Greensboro and on the South
ern railroad. When High Point was
chartered a provision was inserted in
the charter that no liquor shoufd ever
be sold in the town. It was a dry
town when liquor was sold all around
it. It now has about twenty thousand
people and about a hundred factories
of different kinds. High Point has a
silk mill which employs more than a
thousand people; it has two mills
which make underwear; several knit
ting mills; several cotton mills and
more furniture factories than any
other place in the State. He says
quite a number of girls make as much
as forty-five dollars per week work
ing in the factories. He knew a fac
tory girl who bought at one-time an
expensive coat suit and then paid
eighty dollars for a dress. Mr. Lanier
says he saw a pair of shoes in a shoe
store there priced eighty-two dollars.
A wealthy lady there decided some
time ago she would fcuy a pair of
shoes different from the shoes worn
by the factory girls and told a mer
chant her idea. The merchant went
to his bargain counter and selected a
pair of ninety-eight cem shoes. These,
he said, are the only shoes in my
stock which are not worn by the fac
tory girls. No shoes are too good or
expensive for them.
Hotels at Pinehurst, five in num
ber, score 100 per cent according to
John F. Gordon, hotel inspector. They
have met every requirement of the
state hotel law.
BIG RAILROAD STRIKE
HAS BEEN ORDERED
Three Hundred Thousand Men of the
United Brotherhood of Way Main*
tenance and Railway Shop Men Or
dered.
Orders directing 300,000 members of
the United Brotherhood of Mainte
nance of Way Employes and Railway
Shop Laborers to suspend work at 7
a. m. Tuesday, February 17, were sent
out Monday night from Detroit, Mich
igan, to the various locals of the or
ganization.
Decision to order the jnen out was
announced by Allen E. Barker, grand
president of the organization, follow
ing a meeting Monday of the general
chairman of the brotherhood. The
strike can be averted only if the Fed
eral railroad administration before
Saturday grants wage increases de
manded last summer, Mr. Barker said
Monday night.
“The ordert have gone out,” he de
clared, “and we would require two or
three days to cancel them.”
The strike, in addition to wage in
creases requested last summer, is to
secure a uniform rate from coast to
coast. It would affect storehouse em
ployes, stationary firemen, stationary
engineers, steel bridge workers, cinder
pit men and oilers, as well as other
members of the brotherhood.
“The public should know,” Mr. Bar
ker continued, “that this strike call is
not something that has been decided
upon precipitately, but dates back to
last July. Wage demands were pre
sented to the railroad administration
at that time and brotherhood mem
bership authorized a strike to enforce
them. We held a strike in abeyance,
however, upon President Wilson’s re
quest that he be permitted an oppor
tunity to bring about a reduction in
living costs. He asked for a ‘reason
able time,’ which he fixed at 60 or 90
days. We have waited six months and
j there has been no reduction in the
cost of living.”
The wage demands of the men aver
age 40 per cent, Mr. Barker said, add
ing, “There are more than 100,000
of our members who receive less than
$3 a day. More than 100,000 mechan
ics consisting of carpenters, masons
and painters are receiving an average
of 55 ceqts an hour, which is about
one-half the wage received by the
same class of labor in the building
trade.”
PLEASANT CHAPEL ITEMS.
Our fanners are busy preparing
seed beds and beginning to farm in
general.
Rev. W. M. Ferrell filled his ap
pointment at Pleasant Plain last Sat
urday and Sunday. Quite a number
were present at both services. Thir
teen dollars and five cents was con
tributed for Mrs. Preston Brown.
Mrs. Alice Easom was appointed to
carry it to Mrs. Brown. On Monday
$4.18 more was given, making $17.23.
This amount was very much appreci
ated by Mrs. Brown. She said she
wished to thank each person for the
part he or she contributed.
Mr. Arnold Broadwell came home
Tuesday from a Raleigh hospital
where he underwent a very serious
operation but is getting along nicely
now.
Mrs. Mary Smith and daughters,
Hester and Georgie, spent Saturday
with Mrs. Alice Easom. They were
accompanied home by little Mary
Catherine Easom to spend the week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Narron attend
ed the burial of the 16-months old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Berry Woodard
near Antioch church Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Batten visited1
Mr. Andrew Batten of Brown school
section. «
Misses Blanche Lane and Alice
Howell of Goldsboro were visitors at
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Easom’s last Sat
urday.
The flu is in our section again but
we hope it will soon cease. Only one
family has it at present.
_ BIG BOY.
New Jersey, the twenty-ninth state
to ratify the woman suffrage amend
ment, passed this measure Monday by
a vote of 34 to 24.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the President, is a guest at Grove
Park Inn at Asheville. She went
there for rest following a slight
break down due to her strenuous war
activities.