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VOLUME 39 SMITH FIELD, N. C., TUESDAY. JUNE 8, 1920. Number 42 LEADERS CONTINUE CLOSE TOGETHER Gardner Is Slightly Ahead of Morri son in Scattering Returns From Counties—Gains in Number of the Counties Reported—Charlotte Man Leads in 41 Counties and Shelby Man in 45; Race For Supreme Court Still Appears in Doubt; Judge Hoke Apparently Renominated. (News and Observer, 7.) Belated Sunday returns from Sat urday’s State primary confirmed ear lier indications of a second primary to determine the Democratic gubernato rial nominee. Complete and incom plete returns from sixty-six counties last night gave Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gardner, 33,688; Morrison, 30,925; and Page, 21,290. Out of ninety-two counties heard from, in cluding twenty-six without actual fig ures, Gardner had the lead in forty five, Morrison in forty-one, and Page in six. The race for the North Carolina Su preme Court still appears to be in doubt and it will probably require the official ballots to determine the two nominees, though it is reasonably clear that Justice W. A. Hokq» has been nominated. His colleague on the Democratic ticket will be, apparently, N. Y. Gulley, W. J. Adams, or W. P. Stacy, with the odds leaning toward Gulley. United States Senator Lee S. Over man, Sunday’s reports show, has been overwhelmingly nominated. W. B. Cooper, appears to be nominated for Lieutenant Governor over F. C. Hard ing, State Treasurer B. R. Lacy is clearly nominated over B. F. Renfrow; Commissioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham over H. E. Thompson; Com missioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman over David P. Dellinger, and S. W. Wade over C. T. McClena ghan and John Underwood for Com missioner of Insurance. Baxter Dur ham, apparently has the field over his opponents, D. A. McDonald, D. L. Boyd, James P. Cook, and William T. Woodley, for State Auditor. Whether this lead is sufficient for a majority is yet to be determined. v Ninety-two counties listed last night between the gubernatorial candidates, including those with more or less complete returns and those from which the results are reasonably well known follow: Gardner, counties: Beaufort, Cam den, Pasquotank, Hertford, Gates, Green, Lenoir, Warren, Northampton, Carteret, Onslow, Pamlico, Sampson, Alexander, Rowan, Cleveland, Madi son, Lincoln, Gaston, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Vance, Wake, Alamance, n Forsyth, Rockingham, Granville, Sur ry, Cumberland, New Hanover, Harn ett, Robeson, Anson, Union, Perquim ans, Tyrrell, Washington, Yancey, Pitt, Wayne, Halifax, Macon, Duplin, Pender. Morrison, counties: Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Watauga, Burke, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Bun combe, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Hen derson, Swain, Transylvania, Curri tuck, Dare, Edgecombe, Wilson, Crav en, Jones, Chatham, Franklin, Johns ton, Nash, Durham, Columbus, Hoke, Lee, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Wilkes, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Jackson, Chowan, Davidson, Cherokee, Catawba. Page, counties: Stanly, Montgome ry, Moore, Person, Guilford, Orange. Twenty-five Million to Elect President It has been estimated that twenty five million dollars will probably be spent by all political parties to elect the next President of the United States. The investigation so far shows large sums of money spent for publicity and advertising and also fabulous amounts put in the hands of party workers. This most lavish ex penditure in the history of American political campaigns will include not only that spent by national but by state committees as well. Death Near Selma. Mr. John Eason died last Tuesday night at his home near Selma. He was buried Wednesday at the Barrow graveyard near his home. 'The funer al was preached by Rev. B. Townsend of the Selma Baptist church. Mr. Eason waa a brother of Mr. W. B. Jefason who lives at Smithfield cottom mills. THE NEWS IN FOUR OAKS. Four Oaks, N. C., June 7, 1920.— Mr. Leslie Hudson spent last week in Richmond, Va. Mr. James Adams is at home from Trinity College. Mr. Clarence Britt was a visitor in Four Oaks Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Blake Bailey, of San Antonio, Texas, were guests of Mrs. T. E. Oliver for several days recently. Mr. W. R. Keen went to Raleigh Tuesday. Misses Martha Barbour, Gladys Adams and Bertha Langdon visited Miss Ruth Hudson near Newton Grove last week. Miss Florence Adams has arrived home from Greensboro Woman’s Col lege. Mrs. A. M. Branch and two little daughters spent last week end here with Mrs. J. W. Paschall. Misses Nell Moye and Mary Moore of Wilson were guests of Miss Sallie Adams last week. Mr. Hubert„Canaday returned Sun day with his bride who was Miss Vina Draughon, of Dunn, N. C. Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Craven have returned from Siler City after having spent some time with Mrs. Craven’s parents. Quarterly meeting at Primitive Baptist church was well attended here last Sunday, three being bap tized. Mrs. W. E. Barbour had the mis fortune to lose a pearl horseshoe brooch Wednesday while ,'returniRg from Raleigh, somewhere about Mr. Gardners place near Neuse r ver. Any one finding same will please get in touch with her. The revival at Baptist church will begin next Sunday, June 13. We have the Ollie Hamilton show here this week under a tent, and we understand it to be a clean enter taining show. They were in Smith field last week. Since our last notes from here Four Oaks ball team have played three games, winning two and tying the third. Four Oaks at Kenly 7 innings 0 to 0. Four Oaks at Benson, 10 to 5, favor Four Oaks. Princeton at Four Oaks, 3 to 1, favor locals. They are going strong and getting better. The game at Kenly was the best the writer ever witnessed, most ly a pitchers duel between Lamb for Four Oaks and Davis for Kenly, each one striking out 12 men. The County Commissioners meet today—here's hoping they don’t go home without something started about the grade crossings between Four Oaks and Smithfield. Draft Horse Efficiency. The speed and amount of the load at which a horse works influences to a large measure the efficiency of the horse power produced. A draft horse working under a heavy load can do the work more efficiently when walk ing at the rate of two to two and one half miles an hour than at any other gait. Therefore it is false economy to put on a light load and speed up the horse, expecting a greater amount of work. When the speed if the horse is increased above that mentioned, the efficiency of the horse power produc ed is decreased accordingly. When a horse trots at the speed of ten miles an hour, the amount of work which it is possible for him to produce is de creased to about 10 per cent of what it is possible for him to do at a slow er gait. When a horse is overloaded or underloaded, the efficiency is great ly reduced. This is important under farming conditions. The horses should be loaded so that they can work stead ily thru the day without requiring long intervals for rest. Loading too lightly or driving too fast is inadvis able, as either method lowers the ef ficiency of the work produced.—Wal lace’s Farmer. Mrs. Delia Holt Dead. Mrs. Delia Holt, of Princeton, who has been in failing health for some time, died Monday morning at eight o’clock. She was the sister of the late Mr. George L. Jones of our town. The funeral will be held from the home in Princeton this afternoon at three o’clock after which interment will be made in the old family burial ground. She leaves three sons and two daughters: Messrs. Charles, Ed A., and George Holt and Misses Estelle and Leona Holt. MORRISON CARRIES JOHNSTON COUNTY The Mecklenburg Man Gets Majority Over Both His Opponents. Carries Nearly all the Townships. Gulley and Hoke Get Biggest Vote for Su preme Court Judges. Overman and Lacy Carry County by Big Majori ties. The vote in Johnston county was not as large as was expected by many in Saturday’s primary, only 1909 be ing cast for Governor. The rains no doubt kept many away. Of these Mr. Morrison received 1,154; Mr. Gardner 577, and Mr. Page 178. Mr. Morrison’s majority over both his opponents was 399 votes. The vote in Smithfield was: Mor rison, 233; Gardner, 157; Page, 32. The vote in Selma township was: Morrison, 106, Gardner, 105, Page, 10. The vote in the county on United States Senator follows: Overman, 1, 655; Brooks, 185. Lieutenant Governor: Cooper, 1, 155; Harding, 636. Auditor: Durham, 671; McDonald, 180; Cooke, 292; Boyd, 308; Woodley, 211. Treasurer: Lacy, 1,517; Renfrow, 290. Commissioner of Agriculture: Gra ham, 1,204; Thompson, 554. Commissioner of Labor and Print ing: Shipman, 1,265; Dellinger, 464. Insurance Commissioner: Wade, 1, 120; Underwood, 335. Supreme Court Judges: Gulley, 1, 390; Guion, 131; Rouse, 477; Long, 369; Adams, 133; Stacy, 427; Hoke, 563. Acres and Yields. A bulletin from the Federal Depart ment of Agriculture advises increas ing the corn crop by increasing the acreage yield. Agriculturally we have spread all over creation with acreage, but the yield to the acre is low. Fifty years ago the United Stdtes raised a billion bushels of corn on thirty-eight million acres. The av erage was nearly 28 bushels to the acre. In 1917 the crop was three times as much, but the acreage a lit tle over three times as much and the yield to the acre was only 26 bushels. We hardly hold the average of 26 bushels to the acre one year with an other. But Maine makes nearly 50 bushels to the acre, and Pennsylvania makes 40. North Carolina makes around 20 bushels to the acre, which is an increase over the low yield of earlier days. But such a yield is too expensive. Some farms go much above this fig ure, but as it is the average it is cer tain that whenever a farm goes above the record others go below it. Now every farm that makes com has to plow, plant, cultivate and work the acreage. Maine in making 50 bushels to the acre gets out of working one and a half acres; for it takes North Carolina two and a half acres to make the corn Maine makes on one acre. Maine saves three-fifths of the work that we do, or with the same work gets two and a half times as much com. It is not that Maine is favored corn state and North Carolina not. The big record yields of away over a hundred bushels to the acre that have been made in this State show that the corn can be made here if we choose to make it. The trouble is we have not yet learned to crowd the acre. We have had so much land that we take bo ac count of the value of it in making a crop, and in forgetting about the land we forget that every time we plow and work more land than is needed to make the crop we are wasting a lot of time and work to no purpose. If plowing one acre and handling the crop right will give as much com as the present unsatisfactory method gives through working two and a half crea u-t aro farming in a way that is foolish. -The next step for North Carolina to take in farming is to get the acreage yield up to where three fifths of the work will be cut out by a bigger crop from the same acreage. The present yields involve too much walking around for all that is done.— News and Observer. Forever haltless hurries time, the Durable to gain. Be true, and thou shalt fetter Time with everlasting chain. —Schiller. TURLINGTON GRADED SCHOOL FINALS Best Session in the History of the School Came to a Close Friday Night With Exercises by the Grad uation Class and Address By J. M. Broughton, Jr., of Raleigh. Solon Cotton Wins the Edwin Smith Pou Medal. The best session in the history of the Turlington Graded School came to a close Friday night, June 4, when the exercises by the graduating class were given. The program was as follows. Program Invocation, Rev. H. W. Bauccm. Song, The Star Spangled Banner. Class Exercises. Address of the President, George Ragsdale. Class History, Lillie Bell Johnson. Class Statistics, Solon Cotton. Class Poem, Lyndon Jordan. Class Prophecy, Ethel Coats. Financial Report, Lillie Wrenn. Last Will and Testament, Lola Creech Class Song_Lela Creech By the Class. Address, J. M. Broughton, Jr. Presentation of Diplomas and certi ficates, F. H. Brooks. Those graduating were: Ethel Coats, Solon Russell Cotton, Lela Creech, Lyndon Kirkman Jordan, Lil lie Belle Johnson, George Young Ragsdale, Lillie Eva Wrenn, all of whom received diplomas, and Willis Everett Thornton who received a cer tificate. The following received certificates in the Commercial Department: Shorthand: Took dictation of new matter, and read perfectly: Cherry Gurley, 100 words per minute; Lillie Wrenn, 80 words per minute; Martha Johnston, 80 words per minute. Typewriting: Wrote ten minutes of ■ new matter, and counted off ten words for each mistake: Lillie Wrenn, 45 words per minute; Dwight Johnson, 45 words per minute; Cheruy Gurley, 45 words per minute. Neither Absent Nor Tardy. The following pupils were neither absent nor tardy during the year: Alice May Ennis, Ezra Stevens, H. A. Peterson, Ronald Ellis, Paul Brown, Rachel Peterson, Carrie Fuller, Louise Biggs, Norman Johnston, Maxine Tal ton, Tom Lassiter, Walter Sellers, Ben Baker, Worth Boyett, Rose Gran tham, Nolia Gurley, Ruth Ennis, Irene Page Stevens, Gilmer Wharton, Jose phine Biggs, Ruth Brooks, Donnell Wharton, Mamie Ennis, John Ennis, Margaret LeMay, Benton Wharton, Marvin Woodall, Solon Cotton, Lottie May Biggs, Inez Holland, Maude Lee, Marie Anderson Stevens. Thrift Prizes. First prize—Eighth grade—Thomas LeMay. Prize is a War Savings Stamp. First prize—Grade Eight A—Elena Talton. Prize is book. Honorable Mention. Writer of second best essay in 8A, Sarah Patterson. Writer of second best essay in 8B, Tilden Honeycutt. The Lassiter Medal, for best essay, was awarded to Edward Patterson. Honorable mention, Donnell Wharton. Those making the highest average in English during the past year are eli gible to compete in this contest, two from each of the four high school grades. This year the contestants did not know the subject they were to use until they assembled in the room for the contest. They were then given the subject, “Johnston County in 1940,” and given two hours i* which to do the work. Good work was done by each contestant showing that they had had good training in English. Winnner of Pou Medal The Edwin Smith Pou medal is the most coveted prize given at the com mencement of the Turlington Graded school each year. It is given annual ly by Congressman E. W. Pou in mem ory of his son, Ensign Edwin Smith Pou who lost his life in France dur ing the world war. It is a handsome gold medal and is patterned after the Croix de Guerre, the medal given by the French Government as the great est war distinction that can be con ferred by France. The Pou medal is given annually to the senior class who has made the highest average through the entire high school course of four years. The medal is given this year for the highest average for the past three years, since the school has not the records perfect for a longer per iod. The winner of this coveted prize this year is Solon Russell Cotton. George Young Ragsdale was second highest. The medal was won last year by Miss Rachel Young Jordan. The records are to be carefully kept of every pupil in the high school for the entire four years and the one who makes the highest average, that is, the best all round student in the high school is the winner of this highly CGveted honor. Our congratulations are tendered young Mr. Cotton for the great honor that has come to him. He is the son of the pastor of the Methodist church here, Rev. S. A. Cotton. The medal was presented by Judge F. H. Brooks in a neat and appropri ate speech. Honor Roll. Misses Pattie Spurgeon and Martha O’Neil: Mildred Cotter 88, Claude Fuller 82.5, Elijah Matthews 82, Bill Hooks 82. Miss Sarah Miller: Marie A. Stev ens 92, Ruth Coats 91.(5, Elvin John ston 91.1. Miss Emma Wellons: Ellen Patter son 94, Virginia Williamson 93, Wil liam Lassiter 91, Luna Byrd 91. Misses Miller and Jor.cs: Margaret Nossif 87, Joe Honeycutt 87, Ila Brady 85. Miss Jones: Irene Page Stevens 95, Worth Boyett 92, Pauline Rand 91. Miss Newby: Pauline Broadhurst, Gilmer Wharton, Josephine Biggs. Miss Cansler: Milton Parker 90.22, Rexford Gardner 85.(57. Miss Mary Suprgeon: Donnell Wharton 94.5, Sarah Patterson 89.4, Ruth Brooks 88.2. Miss Rutherford: Edward Patter son 92.5, Joe Ellington 88.88, Eliza beth Young 88.10. Miss Carraway: Benton Wharton 96.13, Maude Cotton 87.50, Jean Abell 87.40, Margaret Lee Austin 87.40. Mr. G. T. Whitley: Solon Cotton 91 .(52 1-2, Lela Creech 87.3, George Ragsdale 87.12 1-2. Music department, Miss Kennedy: High School—Lucy Wellons 95, Ruth Brooks 93.5, Sarah Patterson 92.5, Pearl Johnston 91, Maude Cotton 90. Intermediate department: Ellen Pat terson 96.25, Virginia Williamson 91, Mattie Lassiter 90, Irene Stevens 90, Mary G. Holland 89, Marie Stevens 89. The commencement address by Mr. Broughton was among the very best heard hi_re in recent years. His sub ject was “Wealth.” After calling at tention to the monetary side of the question he spoke of some elements of true wealth and discussed it under four heads—Culture, Friendship, Ideals and Service. The address was both practical and timely. To Use Airplane on Honeymoon. Boston, Mass., June 3.-—Miss Mar uerite Maxon, daughter of Edward S. Maxon, formerly of Malden, Mass., was married today to Roy H. Norris, son of Rev. H. W. Norris, of Holly Springs, North Carolina, at the First Baptist church, Commonwealth ave nue. Rev. A. K. Deblois officiated. Miss Maxon is a graduate of the Mal den High School in 1914. She has been secretary to Chester A. Baker, chemist of Boston, for five years. Mr. Norris, is a graduate of Wake Forest College, North Carolina, and later at tended Harvard University. During the war he was connected with the Chemical Warfare Service in Wash ington. He is head of the chemical department of the Dennis Manufactur ing Company, of Framingham. The couple will spend their honey moon at Holly Springs, North Caro lina, where they will journey via an aeroplane, piloted by a former army .aviator friend of the groom. Accord ing to their present plans they will make Holly Springs their winter home each year. 8,000 Mennonites Leave Canada. Eight thousand Mennonites are to leave Western Canada this year and move to Mississippi, taking all their worldly possessions, estimated to be worth more than $10,000,000. They are going because the Mani toba and Saskatchewan governments require them to conform to the educa tional standards of the two provinces, teaching their children in English in stead of German, and because they feel that if Canada ever is embroiled in another war they will be forced in to military service. No life is pleasing to God that is not useful to man.—Dr. Johnson. MYATT ACQUITTED 01 SUGAR CASE Takes Jury Only Four Minutes to Frame Verdict in Alleged Profiteer ing Case—Other Cases Get Continu ance Order. After four minutes of consideration a jury in the United States District Court yesterday returned a verdict of “not guilty” in the case of W. A. Myatt who was charged with profi teering in sugar which he sold on De cember 22 and 23, last for fourteen cents a pound. Immediately after the verdict was returned, Judge Connor ordered simi lar cases against six other Raleigh merchants continued until the Fall term of court. Counsel for the de fendants resisted the continuances on the ground that they are parallel to the Myatt case and that their clients should be removed from ‘‘shadow of an indictment.” District Attorney Aydlett denied that all of the cases are parallel, and emphatically refused to agree to the cases being dismissed, though intimating he might eventual ly take that course in some of the cases.—News and Observer, June 5. THIS TAKES US BACK 1."), 1 10,000 YEARS Fossils Found in the Canadian Rock ies Contradict All Previous Deduc tions. The first forms of life appeared on this earth 45,140,000 years ago, ac cording to Dr. Charles D. Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution, who has just discovered several thousand fos sils that contradict all previous deduc tions. The find was made in the Burgess Pass fossil quarry, discovered in 1910 in the Canadian Rockies, about 3,000 feet above Field, B. C. Prof. Walcott has token annual par ties into this district, blasting fossils out of what is known as the Cambri an Rocks. When the large slabs were blasted loose they were split with chisel and hammer, and fossils of an imals were exposed that were, in life, softer than the jellyfish. The shale bed suggests that the waters of the ancient Cambrian Sea swarmed with life, just as the ocean does today at Santo Catalina Island. But this was long before the advent of fish on earth, and no trace of fish is found among the fossils. The find upsets the theory that in the Proterozoic Age only one-celled Amebe, &c, existed on the earth. In stead of only unicellular animals there were actual swimming and crawling water forms of animtls al ready dominant. Prof. Walcott estimates that fos sils of these anirpals were engulfed about 27,640,000 years ago. He adds to this figure 17,500,000 years during which these and other creations were evolving from each other in the pre Paleozoic period.—Detroit News. Polk Resigns to Practice Law. Washington, June 4.—Prank L. Polk today resigned as under-secreta ry of State and his resignation was accepted by President Wilson. Mr. Polk’s resignation will take ef fect June 15 when he will leave Wash ington to take a rest before returning to the practice of law in New York City. His successor as under-secre tary has not yet been selected. Because of the condition of his health Mr. Polk desired to retire from public life some months ago, but af ter the resignation of Secretary Lansing he felt it his duty to remain in the department until Secretary Colby could thoroughly familiarize himself with department affairs. New Trains on the Southern. Effective June 20, the Southern Railway Company will put into opera tion two r.ew trains between Greens boro and Raleigh. The morning train will leave Raleigh at 7 a. m. and reach Gi-eensboro at 10:20 a. m., and return ing will leave at 2:45 p. m. and reach Raleigh at 6 p. m. It is understood that an additional Pullman car will be hauled during the summer from Goldsboro to Asheville. Nature has given us two eyes, two — ears, and but one tongue, to the end ON that we should hear and see more or than we sper k.—Socrates.
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