VOLUME 39
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 7,1920
Number 33
JOHNSON UNION
CHURCH COMPLETED
Free Will Baptists Have Just Finish
ed Nice. Building on Clayton Road
Four Miles from Town. Church Or
ganized Fifty Years Ago Under
Ministry of Rev. Rufus A. Johnson.
First Church Services to be Held
Next Sunday.
The Free Will Baptists of the John
son Union section are happy over the
completion of their large new church
on the Clayton road four miles from
Smithfield. The first preaching ser
vice will be held in the new church
next Sunday morning at eleven o’
clock. The pastor is the Rev. H. R.
Faircloth.
Johnson Union church began its ex
istence fifty years ago in a log school
house under the ministry of Rev. Ru
fus A. Johnson, of Elevation town
ship. A church was organized im
1870 and services were held in the log
school house and under a bush arbor.
There are only two of the charter
members living today—Mrs. S. C.
Turaage and Mrs. J. B. Davis. Mr.
Johnson served the church as pastor
for several years after it was organiz
ed when Rev. James Tumage, father
of our esteemed townsman, Mr. S. C.
Turaage, was called to the pastorate
and served until his death several
years later. Mr. Johnson was called
back to the pastorate and served for
several years more. Since his second
pastorate closed the church has had
a number of pastors.
At the regular service held on the
second Sunday in last October the
church decided to undertake to build
a new and larger house of worship.
The building was begun in Novem
ber and has now been brought to com
pletion in less than six months after
the undertaking was started. At the
October meeting just mentioned no
money to build with was on hand. To
day it is all completed, with the ex
ception of the cement steps which will
be built next week, at a cost of five
thousand dollars, and not a cent of
debt is on the church. A wonderful
record in these times of scarcity of
material and high priced labor!
'This new church is beautifully lo
cated on a two-acre plot of ground on
a gravel hill on the Central Highway.
The building is 32 feet wide by 62
long. It is built of good material and
is nicely painted and ceiled and plas
tered. Mr. S. C. Tumage, who has
been a member of this church for the
past forty years, has taken the lead
in the building project, buying the ma
terial and superintending the work.
He has been ably seconded in the
work by a number of people including
Messrs. W. H. Lancaster, David Ave
ra and others. Mr. J. T. Coats, a
member of the Bethesda Baptist
church, has rendered fine service in
helping carry forward the work of the
new building. It is a fine work this
noble band of Christians is doing.
There are 92 members of the church
and their faithfulness in standing by
the work through all these years is
to be commended. The new church
stands as a monument to the faithful
ness of the leaders whose consecration
to the cause they love has been an in
spiration to those about them.
This new house of worship will be
dedicated in the near future with ap
propriate exercises.
Mr. and Mrs. Britt at Home.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Britt were at
■home Thursday evening from 8 to 10
•. ir., a delightfully informal way to just
j a fevr of their married friends.
L .profusion of roses and softly
* -i/l'ed lights enhanced the beauty of
„heir hospitable home. A unique con
> test was enjoyed in which Mr. J. R.
I Barbour was awarded the prize, a
handsome box of candy. Music and
conversation chased away the mo
ments only too quickly. Neopolitan
ice cream and pound cake were served
before the guests bade their spacious
host and hostess goodnight. Those
fortunate enough to enjoy this de
lightful little affair were: Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Faircloth, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rose,
Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Oliver, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Barbour, Mrs. Phillip Ed
monds, Mrs. I.‘P. Roberts, and Mr. W.
H. Slocumb.
Benson, May 3.
Charlotte is to have a new million
dollar hotel to be called “The Citizens”
Hotel. The company was chartered
Monday.
CAMERON MORRISON
COMING SATURDAY
Mecklenburger to Speak to Johnston
County Citizens At Smithfield At
Two O’clock Tomorrow Afternoon.
Large Crowd Expected be Present.
Hon. Cameron Morrison, of Meck
lenburg, candidate for Governor, will
address the citizens of Smithfield and
this section tomorrow afternoon at
two o’clock. The speaking will be in
the court house and a large crowd is
expected.
GLENDALE NEWS
Church will be held at Center Ridge
Presbyterian church Sunday by Rev.
Mr. Clark.
The farmers in this section have
about finished planting their corn and
cotton.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Holland attended
the Haltinwanger-Hendcrson wedding
at Columbia, S. C., April 21.
Miss Etta Godwin who has been
teaching at Apex returned home last
week accompanied by Miss Annie Lee
Jones.
Misses Mabel Poory and Mara
Yount of Hickory returned home yes
terday after being the guests of Mrs.
Nancy Boyett for several days.
Mr. Ronald Holland after spending
the week end home, returned to Buies
Creek yesterday.
Miss Margaret Britt, the primary
teacher, left last Saturday for her
home at Lumberton to spend her sum
me vacation.
A large crowd from this section
spent Sunday at Florence Hill.
fttiss Lelia Currin, one of the teach
ers at Glendals returned to her home
at Oxford Monday.
Mrs. G. T. Boyett of Princeton was
the guest of Mrs. J. L. Boyett Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Holland spent
Sunday at Simms, N. C.
Miss Agnes Hales of Kenly was the
guest of Mrs. J. W. Woodard Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Holland returned
home yesterday from New Bern after
a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Boyette and
family spent the week end at Mrs. P.
G. Wellolns at Micro.
Miss Eva Woodard of Glendale and
Mr. Isem Pittman of Wilson were
united in holy wedlock at the bride’s
home on April 20. They had «a quiet
home wedding attended by a few
friends and relatives. The couple left
immediately after the ceremony for
their home in Wilson.
Supt. J. C. Reed left for his home
at Rocky Hill Wednesday after teach
ing the past term at Glendale.
Miss Ethel Blackstock, our music
teacher, left Wednesday for her home
near Asheville.
Sehool closed at Glendale last Fri
day, April 30th. Commencement was
a decided success and a large crowd
attended both nights. Thursday night
the primary grades intermediates held
their commencement, and Friday night
the high school and sixth and seventh
grades rendered their program. The
following is the program of Friday
night:
Address-Welcome, Lena Cockrell.
Song “Happy Greetings”, by school.
Declamation—Life and Character of
Abraham Lincoln—Clyde Stancil.
Play, “No Cure No Pay”, Three Boys
and one Girl.
Song, “Bright High School Days”, by
High School.
Recitation, “Rosalind’s Surrender,”
Ethel Boyett.
Sun Bonnet Drill, High School.
Play, Sewing Circle, Seven Girls.
Recitation, “Flying Jim’s last leap”,
. Clyda Woodard.
Pantomime, America, Five Girls.
Play, “Sue’s Beau’s Visit”, Three
Girls and Three Boys.
Song, “Voice of the Woods,” by School
Dialogue, Lucinda’s Mistake, Elsie
Boyett and Clyde Stancil.
Recitation, “Bobby Slaptoe,” Martha
Stancil.
Play, Aunt Hester’s Dilema, Six Boys
and Three Girls.
Piano Solo, Pure as Snow, Elsie Boy
ett.
Pantomime, “The Famine,” High
School Girls.
Presentation of Certificates and Priz
es, by Supt. W. H. Hipps and J. C.
Reed.
Address, by Supt. W. H. Hipps.
Miss Pearl Cockrell received prize
for highest average in high school.
Several others received prizes also.
Kenly, R. 2.
HON. THOS. D. WARREN
RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN
In Accepting: Position Mr. Warren
Declared That the Democrats Would
Carry State by One Hundred Thou
sand. Sam T. Honeycutt A Member
Of State Committee.
For the fifth consecutive time,
Thomas D. Warren, of New Bern, was
chosen chairman of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee at the
meeting held in Raleigh Wednesday.
As he took the chair he quoted the
Democratic majority in the state for
several years back, asserting that in
November the majority would be 100,
000.
The following were named on the
new executive committee at the state
convention in April from the Fourth
District: R. S. McCoin, Henderson;
W. D. Siler, Pittsboro; J. P. Bunn,
Rocky Mount; J. M. Brewer, Wake
Forest; E. H. Malone, Louisburg; S.
T. Honeycutt, Smithfield.
BUIES CREEK COMMENCEMENT
Several Johnston County Boys and
Girls have Part in Closing Exercises
Buies Creek Academy annual com
mencement will take place next week,
beginning the exercises of the Wash
ington literary society Saturday night.
Several of the pupils from Johnston
County will have parts on the pro
gram. Miss Miriam Daughtrey and
Esther Lee Creech are in the reciters’
contest. Of the six young men in the
contest for the orator’s medal two
are from Johnston county. —Messrs
John William King and Junius Troy
Creech. Messrs. Jerry Loreman,
George and Victor Johnson are both in
the contest for declaimer’s medal.
There are five graduates from this
county in the literary department—
Junius Troy Creech, Bonnie W. Daugh
trey, Pauline Elizabeth Gardner, John
William King and Myrtle Celestial
Lee. Junius Troy Creech and Esther
Lee Creech are both given certificates
in expression. Graduates from this
county in the business department are
Ethel Maie Barbour, Belva Lockwood
Batten, James Daughtrey Davis, Jer
ry Loreman George and Barney Clif
ton Richardson.
John William King is vice president
of the class. James Daughtrey Davis
and Pascal Telpher George are mar
shals.
CLAYTON NEWS
Clayton, May 5.—Mr. and Mrs. D.
M. Hall spent Tuesday afternoon in
Smithfield.
Miss Telza Barnes who has been
teaching music at Wakelon high school
has returned home for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McLamb of
Benson spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Vick Austin near town.
Misses Carrie Austin and Jessie
Gulley spent the day in Smithfield
Monday.
Quite a number of the town folks
went to Raleigh Monday afternoon for
the ball game between A. & E. and
Wake Forest.
The friends of Mrs. W. P. Creech
are very sorry to know that she is
confined to her bed and suffering from
a severe trouble in her head.
Mr. Exum Hall returned Sunday
night from Michigan where he went
for a Buick rdhdster and drove it
home.
Mr. M. Durham is visiting his son
Mr. Carson Durham at Burlington
this week.
Mrs. E. E. Murchison and little
daughter Rebecca of Sanford spent
last week here with Mr. and Mrs. D.
L. Barbour.
Work is still being done on the <
Palace Theatre and it is hoped it will :
be opened up at an early date. <
Mrs. John Robertson died at her <
home here last Thursday at a ripe old '
age. "She had been sick for almost
two weeks. All was done that could be :
done but she gradually grew worse j '
until the end came. She will be great-11
ly missed by the entire town as well I i
as in her home. She lived with her j1
son, Mr, B. M. Robertson. She wasj
buried Friday afternoon at her old ;
home thirteen miles from town. The
flowers were many and beautiful. •
Mr. J. .R. Hinnant, Misses Barbara ;
Gulley and Carrie Austin are spend- 1
ing the afternoon in Raleigh.
The Jewish population of the world
is estimated by the Jewish statistician 1
David Trietsch, to be 15,430,000. i
MEMORIAL DAY
EXERCISES MONDAY
Senator Overman to Make Address
In Court House At Eleven O’clock.
Flowers to be Placed on Soldiers
Graves. Confederate Veterans to be
Served Dinner.
Monday at eleven o’clock at the
Court House, Senator Lee S. Overman,
will make the address at the Memo
rial Exercises under the auspices of
the local chapter of the Daughters
of the Conferacy, in honor of the
Confederate Veterans. Immediately
after the speech of Mr. Overman,
flowers will be carried to the ceme
tery and placed upon the soldiers’
graves. Then dinner will be served
to the Confederate Veterans and their
wives. Invitations have been sent to
all Confederate Veterans whose names
could be secured, but if any Veteran
has not received an invitation he is
hereby cordially asked to be present.
Sans Souci (Tub.
The Sans Souci Club will meet with
Mrs. L. G. Patterson Tuesday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock.
Barn and Stables Burned.
Mr. M. W. Wheeler had the mis
fortune on Tuesday night, May the
4th, to lose his barn and stables by
fire. Two fine mules, all his corn and
feed stuff was burned, the total loss
amounting to about $1,500.00. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
Tornado in Oklahoma Town.
The town of Peggs, Oklahoma, was
practically destroyed Sunday night by
a terrific tornado, fifty-one persons
being killed aad a hundred injured.
The tornado swept area was about
three miles long and a mile wide. Re
lief parties from nearby towns work
ed all day Monday in the wreckage.
Doctors and nurses were rushed to
the scene and the injured were car
ried to neighboring towns for treat
ment.
GENERAL AND STATE NEWS
The Delaware Senate passed the
suffrage amendment Wednesday with
a vote of 11 to G.
The Southern Baptist State Con
vention will meet next week in Wash
ington, D. C., in the Billy Sunday
Tabernacle.
A New York man who swallowed
two tacks while drinking a bowl of
soup at a Child’s restaurant, was
awarded $25,000 damages by the Su
preme Court.
At the meeting of the Southern
Methodist College of Bishops in Nash
ville, Tenn., last week, Bishop U. V.
W. Darlington was appointed to hold
the North Carolina Annual Confer
ence which meets next November 17
at Rocky Mount.
About 125 ministers and lay dele
gates of the diocese embracing the
central part of the state were in at
tendance at the Episcopal convention
which met in Charlotte this week.
A half million dollar fire occurred
in Henderson Tuesday when the fer
tilizer plant of the American AgrD
cultural Chemical Company was burn
ed. Sparks from a passing engine is
relieved to be the origin of the fire.
A revival has just closed at Spencer
Memorial Methodist church in Char
one, which resulted in a total of 239
conversions and reclamations. At the
Sunday service 40 were baptized and
learly 100 were received into the
church as new members.
Owing to ill health Bishop John C.
Kilgo was relieved of the presidency
>f the College of Bishops at the meet
ng of the Southern Methodist College
>f Bishops in Nashville, Tenn., Mon
lay. He will exercise such duties as
us health will permit.
There will be a six weeks summer
ichool at Flora MacDonald College at
Fled Springs this summer for the
eachers of Robeson, Hoke, Cumber
and and Scotland counties. Mr. Ed
vard Allen, superintendent of the
Warren county schools, is to be direc
;or.
Up to Monday of this week the
xuckers of the section around Wil
nington had shipped 54 cars of straw
>erries and 2i cars of lettuce. The
narket is earlier this year than last
md the yield per acre is from 20 to
>0 per cent greater. There has not
>een a single fi-ost since planting to
njure the crop.
WOMAN’S CLUB
MEETING WEDNESDAY
Woman's Club Takes Stock in Hos
pital. Report of Delegate to State
Federation.
The last regular meeting of the Wo
man’s fclub before next fall was held
Wednesday afternoon at the club
room. The club voted to take $500
stock fn the new hospital soon to be
started here. Several months ago the
club agreed to devote the above
amount to a hospital being the first
to name a definite sum for the pro
posed institution, and Wednesday the
matter was again taken up with the
result that stock was taken in the en
terprise.
The delegate to the State Federa
tion, Mrs. L. G. Patterson, was pres
ent and made a fine report. Those
present felt that they had gotten a
glimpse of the actual proceedings of
the state organization. Mrs. Patter
son brought back valuable information
and inspiration from the various ad
dresses to which she had listened
which is sure to quicken the activities
of the local club.
School Close at Elevation.
The public school at Elevation,
taught by Misses Hettie Ennis, as
principal, and Lerma Godwin, as pri
mary teacher, closed with appropri
ate exercises Tuesday. The exercises
began at three-thirty in the afternoon
with march by the little folks, follow
ed by recitations by a little boy and
little girl warmly welcoming the peo
ple to the exercises.
Mr. Sam Kirby, County Agent, was
then introduced as the speaker for the
occasion. Mr. Kirby made a plain,
practical and sensible talk on com
munity development. He spoke of
what could be done when the people of
a community become aroused to the
importance of better conditions. Good
roads, good schools, more home con
veniences, and co-operation in general
are some of the things needed to make
rural life more attractive and happier.
His talk struck a responsive chord in
the minds of his auditors and was well
received.
Following Mr. Kirby’s address, the
further exercises of the afternoon
were taken up and carried on to a
conclusion. Quite a number of the
patrons of the school were present to
add encouragement and interest to the
occasion.
Supper was served on the grounds,
after which the evening program was
carried out.
The teachers, Misses Ennis and
Godwin have enrolled about a hundred
pupils and have had a good attend
ance. They have had the hearty co
operation of the patrons of the dis
trict and have done good work.
It is a pleasure to see what these
two-teacher schools are doing. Only
a few years ago one teacher had
charge of the Elevation school and did
the best she could with a crowded
school. Six or seven grades were all
taught by the same teacher. Now the
people of the Elevation district have
a nice and attractive two-room build
ing and two good teachers. There are
enough children in the district for an
other room and we presume it will be
added at an early day.
The change from the one room
school to the two, three and four room
schools in the rural districts will soon
show fruitful results.
Underhill-Smith.
Mr. Paul N. Underhill of Smithfield
and Miss Carrie Victoria Smith of
Kinston were quietly married Friday
afternoon at 7:30 at Wilson in the
presence of a few friends. After a
short wedding tour they will make
their home in Wilson. Mr. Underhill
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Under
hill of Smithfield.
Miss Daisy Deans Dies.
Miss Daisy Deans, of Pine Level,
died Wednesday- morning at Rex hos
pital where she had been receiving
treatment since February. The body
will be sent to Pine Level Wednesday
night for interment.—Raleigh Times,
3rd.
Population of Durham.
The census bureau reported yester
day the population of Durham to be
21,719. The last ten years show’s the
Bull City has made a gain of 3,478,
an increase of 19.1 per cent.
revival meeting
TO CLOSE TONIGHT
Subject for the Closing Sermon Will
Be “Heaven.” There Will Be Speci
al Music at the Night Service.—
About Forty Have United With the
Baptist Church to Date. Good Ser
mon Wednesday Night On “Why
Men Hate Jesus Christ.”
The meeting which has been in
progress at the Baptist church will
close tonight. Dr. Poe announced
last night that the subject for the
closing sermon would be “Heaven.”
Mr. Wolslagel has arranged for a
mixed quartette and also a male
quartette for the evening service.
The meeting has been a very good
one and about forty people have unit
ed with the church to date. The af
ternoon service will be held this af
ternoon at 3:30. Evening service at
eight.
Why Men Hate Jesus Christ.
The preliminary exercises at the
Poe-Wolslagel meeting Wednesday
night were varied. Mr. Wolslagel, as
is his custom, amused his Booster
Choir long enough to get the atten
tion of every child. Then he very
briefly and simply talked to them
about becoming Christians. Mr. Wols
lagel is doing a great work with the
children and they have all learned to
love him.
After a song or two was sung by
the choirs and congregation, Dr. Poe
asked for all the officers of the church
es and Sunday school teachers in the
audience to stand. A large number
of officers and teachers were present.
For a few minutes Dr. Poe said we
would have an “At Home’’, and that
he wanted everybody to feel free to
otfer a word of testimony. Dr. Poe
said one of the most beautiful things
about the meeting, to him, is that he
can’t, to save his life, tell a Baptist
from a Methodist. The cooperative
spirit on the part of all the churches
—Methodist, Presbyterian and Epis
copal—is evidence of the spirit that
Christ so much desired to exist in His
Church when He prayed that “They
might be one.”
Preceding the sermon a quartette—
“The Riches of Love”—was sung by
.Messrs. Medlin, Wolslagel, Eason and
Baucom. Mr. Wolslagel never fails
to bring a Gospel message in his solos
but last night just after the sermon
he sang very tenderly, “Why Not Say
Yes Tonight.”
Dr. Poe’s message Wednesday night
was brief, but full of interest. “W’hy
men hate Jesus Christ” was his sub
ject. He used as a text, “They hated
me without a cause.” Dr. Poe said
there is only two classes of people in
the world—those who love Jesus and
those who hate Him. There is no
neutral ground. We are for Him or
we are against Him; we are saved or
we are lost. Why do men hate Jesus?
Was it* because He was a deceiver.
The world brought that accusation
against Him, but they have failed for
two thousand years to produce evi
dence to support their charge. His
enemies said He was a blasphemer,
but all the critics of the world have
searched in vain for one blasphemous
word spoken by Christ. He is not
hated because of evil deeds. He spent
His life in healing the sick and re
storing the dead to life. Why, then,
do men hate Jesus ?
first of all, because salvation is so
free that men do not seem to realize
its importance. They hate Him also
because He is opposed to the pet sin
that men love (or women either). It
may be a small thing, but if it is sin,
it must be given up before Christ can
put His approval on the life. Dr. Poe
told how monkeys are captured. He
said the monkey hunter would place
a nut or something to eat in a box
in which there was a hole just large
enough for the monkey to put its ,
paw through. The monkey sees the
aut imside the box and forces its hand
through the hole and grasps the nut.
With the nut in its hand the monkey
can not pull it back through the
hole, but rather than give up the nut,
the monkey holds oit to it until the
hunter has completely trapped him.
Sin must be turned loose or it will
destroy the soul. “They hated me
without a cause.”
The invitation was given and seven
came for church membership. At the
afternoon service one name was given
in for membership in the Methodist
church.