SEATTLE METROPOLIS
OF WASHINGTON STATE
Terminal of Great Northern
Railway—Puget Sound is the
Starting Place Alaska Cruises
—Forty-two Ships in Course
Of Construction.
(By Dr. R. J. Noble)
ARTICLE VI.
When we arrived at Spokane, Wash
ington, we were so late that we were
bound to cut out the stop-over and
after staying there just long enough
to ice and water the cars, we were off
for Seattle where we arrived about
three o’clock. We were met by a
jolly set of fellows who did all in their
power to make us emjoy the short
stay in their lovely city, which is the
metropolis of Washington and the
west end terminal of that great trans
continental line, the Great Northern
Railway, which lies in the heart of the
Puget Sound country; the hub of won
der jaunts into the Cascades, into the
Olympics, and on the Sound itself;
the starting place, too, of Alaska
cruises. As soon as possible we were
hustled into autos and driven all
around and about the beautiful city.
The city itself is only about eight feet
above the sea level. This is where
the great shipyards of the Pacific
coast are, and we saw tied up side by
side forty two great ships built by
Uncle Sam to take our boys to France.
These ships are in all stages of com
pletion. Some few of them had ma
chinery in them, but most of them
were without. We did not have time
to inspect any of them as our time
was short, but the Kaiser must have
heard of what Uncle Sam was doing
in the ship building line. These ships
cost Uncle Sam two hundred and sev
enty five dollars per ton, so we were
told, and he is now trying to sell them
for ninety dollars per ton. As they
are for commercial use he has no use
for them. ’Tis said he is selling them
pretty fast.
As soon as we got away from the
sound on which the business part of
the city is located we began to climb
hills and mountains. No road or
street was straight for any distance.
Up, up, we went round about a hill
then up again and back over the same
way only a hundred feet or more
above the same road. Homes are built
between these roads. I would see ev
ery now and then numbers on the
houses, but could not tell whether the
numbers were for our street or not.
They might have been like the street
I got on once in San Antonio, Texas.
That street had three names in a
length of two miles. There were sev
eral crooks in the street. I got on
Roosevelt street, went some distance,
then a slight crook in the street and I
was on_Then after a short
ride a cross street and I was on Wash
ington street going to the Shrine
Temple. Now these streets might
have been like this. After sometime
we got to the University of Washing
ton around which was the old exposi
tion building. These are now used by
the University for different purposes.
The University campus was on a
piece of land, or comparatively level,
of about twenty acres, all seeded down
into a beautiful lawn, with drives all
through it and crossing one another.
This was about four hundred feet
above the river which is about three
miles wide. When we reached Seattle
Monday, June 21st, one would natur
ally think we ought not to have need
of an over coat, but as the day was
dark and cloudy with an occasional
misty rain an overcoat was badly
needed. All the streets and roads
were hard surfaced and as fine as
could be. The roads made me wish
for a lot of my Johnston county
friends. Just think of miles upon
miles of good roads like the streets
of Smithfield, not a little piece of a
street like those, but miles upon
miles. Then to think one had to come
back to the finest county in the world,
and pick his way through the mud and
slush when it was wealthy enough to
have the best roads that money could
buy. Where a Ford would last ten
or more years if only run on such
roads as we saw out there.
When we got to Everett, Washing
ton, we struck Puget Sound, the gate
way for the Pacific for Alaska. Then
•we went for thirty or more miles on
the edge of Puget Sound. The rail
SUPERIOR COURT IS
IN SESSION HERE
Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford,
Presiding With the State Rep
resented by Solicitor Siler.—
Commends Commisioners in
Efforts for New Court House.
Johnston County Superior Court,
criminal term, convened here yester
day morning with Judge W. A. Devin,
of Oxford, presiding. The State is
represented by Solicitor Walter D.
Siler, of Pittsboro.
After the court convened the fol
lowing grandjury was drawn and em
panneled.
John O. Ellington, foreman; J. F.
Wellons, J. H. Whitley, Robert A.
Sanders, P. L. Wood, C. E. Evans, H.
M. Barber, Oscar Little, W. S. Peter
son, George W. Creech, J. H. Austin,
R. M. Martin, P. T. Duncan, Jas. I.
Peedin, Henry McGhee, J. S. Boyett,
S. E. Boyett and Oliver W. Wall.
Judge Devin, in his charge to the
grand jury of the August term of su
perior court yesterday, impressed up
on the minds of all present the fact
that jury duty, though not a pleasafit
one, is yet a duty of patriotism and
service. “The jury sees that punish
ment is meted out to the guilty and
yet protects the rights and upholds
the innocence of those not guilty. Its
duty is to give justice to all.”
He upheld the system of our courts
with their juries. With good men on
the jury this body of men will do its
duty—to determine the truth of all
matters. The laws of North Carolina
are made and when a man becomes a
juryman it is his duty then to see
that the laws are enforced; not to
change them to fit in with his views
of right and wrong.
“Lawlessness is the pressing evil of
our people today.” So declared Judge
Devin when he plead for obedience to
the laws of the state, because they are
laws. Automobile accidents are in the
great majority due to disregard of
the laws. Judge Devin urged the en
forcement of those laws which pro
tect the virtues of the manhood and
womanhood of our people.
“Mankind is progressing and yearly
growing better,” said the Judge, who
is optimistic in his views of men and
women.
The action of the county commis
sioners in providing for the erection
of a new court house suitable to the
needs and dignity of Johnston county
was heartily commended.'
Only a few cases were disposed of
yesterday, among them being the case
of Clerk Anderson charged with store
breaking. He was found guilty and
given fifteen months on the county
roads.
Offie Tyson against whom a true
bill for murder has been found was
arraigned late yesterday afternoon
and his trial set for Wednesday morn
ing at 9:30. A special venire of 100
men were drawn from the box and
the sheriff was ordered to summon
them to be here Wednesday morning.
Cause few Pride.
“She’s a proud beauty.”
“Some excuse for her being a proud
beauty.”
“Huh?”
“She fixed up that face herself.”—
Louisville Courier-Jouraal.
road was built on ai\ embankment on
ly about four feet high. It was low
tide when we passed but we could see
where the tide had been and it came
up to the embankment nearly all the
way, Lut there were places where the
road went straight and left the coast
for some little distance though al
ways in sight. We saw several large
ships going out and coming in. Sea
Gulls in large numbers were flying
about. We saw several large logs
adrift, and numbers of young people
were in the surf. It looked warm
enough to be in bathing, but when we
arrived at Seattle an overcoat felt
good. I enjoyed the ride by the Sea
as much as any part of the way and
especially as, I was, as, one fellow ex
pressed it, “I am chock full of scen
ery.” This part of the trip was so
different from fhe mountains, though
the land overlooking the sound was
high above us and a'fray over the
sound were the Olympic Mountains
covered with snoVr.
(To be continued.)
STATE WIDE MEASURES
INTERESTOUR PEOPLE
Bill to Abolish Primary Law
And the Woman Suffrage
Amendment Are of Vital In
terest—In Order for Public to
. Speak Now.
To the Citizens of Johnston County:
The Special Session of the General
Assembly of North Carolina is now
organized and many matters of seri
ous importance are before that body
for consideration and action.
There are a few local bills that af
fect the interests of the people of
Johnston County and your Represen
tatives are desirous of expressing the
will of the majority and to carry out
your wishes in casting their votes as
your Representatives; therefore, we
shall be glad to hear from you with
a full and frank expression of your
views with reference to any of the
various matters upon which we shall
be called to cast a vote.
Probably the first in importance of
local bills is one providing the ma
chinery and authority to enable the
County Commissioners to erect a
modern court house in Johnston coun
ty. This is a matter that a number
of Judges and Grand Jury after Grand
Jury have urged the Commissioners
to attend to.
Another bill provides the machinery
for the issuance of bonds for the pur
pose of rebuilding the Selma School
Buildings which were recently de
stroyed by fire. This bill carries with
it a provision that the act must be
ratified by the people in the Selma
School District before it becomes ef
fective.
Smithfield District also has a bill
providing machinery for the issuance
of bonds for the construction of school
buildings and this bill provides that it
must be ratified by a majority of the
voters of the district before it shall
become effective.
Another bill provides that the Clerk
of the Superior Court may appoint
someone to act as Judge of the Juve
nile Court in his stead, the appointee
to receive the same fees as the clerk
would have received under the origi
nal bill.
There has been some sentiment ex
pressed to change the county officers
from a salary to a fee basis but no
bill to this effect has been introduced;
however, inasmuch as this question
has been raised we shall be glad to
hear from anyone in the county inter
ested in the matter.
There are a few state wide meas
ures in which the people of Johnston
County are vitally interested.
The bill which would abolish the
primary law is one that every voter
has an opinion about either for or
against it and the wishes of the vot
ers should prevail in this matter;
therefore, it is in order that the peo
ple should speak now.
Woman Suffrage a vital question
that is attracting nation-wide atten
tion will come before us during the
present week. One man in Johnston
County has taken the time and inter
est to express his views to us by let
ter. A few others have expressed
their views when questioned about the
matter, but the great body of the cit
izenship of Johnston (Jaunty have said
nothing—why not invest in a post card
and say to us that your opinion is one
way or the other about this matter—
how may we hope to express your
views when those views are withheld
from us?
The question of allowing a legal
rate of interest at eight per cent by
contract has been raised—what say
you?
Various other matters of more or
less importance are before us or will
come before us. We want to repre
sent the sentiment and convictions of
the people of Johnston County and we
shall be glad to hear from you re
gardless of your political affiliations
—upon taking the oath of our office
partisan lines are obliterated and
therefore we shall be glad to hear the
views not only of the democrats who
elected us but of the republicans who
voted against us and we assure you of
a fair and considerate hearing. We
are here to represent all the people
of Johnston County—if we fail it will
be for the reason that you have not
advised us as to your wishes.
Sincerely yours,
PAUL D. GRADY.
FODDER PULLING AND
SELECTION OF SEED
Method^ of Harvesting Corn
Bears Important Relation to
Yield and Quality of Grain.—
It Is Better to Pull Fodder
Than to Buy Hay.
The method employed in harvesting
the corn crop bears an important re
lation to the yield and quality of grain
and to the economy with which the
crop is produced. There are at least
four common methods of harvesting
the corn crop in this state. They are
as follows:
1. Pulling the “fodder,” the leaves,
and later plucking the ears.
2. Cutting the tops above the ears
and later plucking the ears.
3. Cutting and shocking the- whole
plant.
4. Harvesting the ears and leaving
the stalks and leaves for cattle or for
land improvement.
The first method, that of pulling the
fodder, is objectionable and unprofit
able because in the first place most
farmers consider that it costs about
as much as the fodder is worth to
pull it, even under favorable weather
conditions, and in the second place
the yield of grain as has been found
by eight of the Southern State Ex
periment Stations when fodder is
pulled as it usually is before the ears
are thoroughly matured the yield of
corn is reduced from 10 to 20 per
cent. This does not include the loss
from the decreased value of the com
due to immaturity, swrinkage and
lower vitality which results in poor
germination.
The second method, that of cutting
tops, as it is generally done, has lit
tle if any more to recommend it than
that of pulling the leaves. Most of
the food substances contained in the
upper leaves and tops would be trans
ported to the ears if allowed to ma
ture.
The third method, that of cutting
and shocking the whole plant, has
some distinct advantages over either
of the two above mentioned methods.
It can be done successfully without
regard to weather conditions. It
saves the whole plant and the work
can be done after many of the leaves
and husks are dry, at which time
there will be no loss either of quali
ty or quantity of grain. Under aver
age conditions it gives better returns
for the same amount of labor ahd oth
er expense and leaves the land clear
for fall and winter plowing and cover
crops.
Better Pull Fodder than Buy Hay.
When only the ears are harvested
greater yields of grain of high quali
ty are to be had. Of course where
this is the practice other sources of
forage should be provided because it
is better to pull fodder, cut tops or
certainly to save thd whole plant by
cutting and shocking than it is to buy
hay with which to make a money crop
to buy more hay to make another
money crop. To be sure there are a
number of good systems of farming
which provide other abundant forage
crops without depending upon the
leaves of the com crop.
Where the plant is allowed to ma
ture and only the ears are saved the
highest yiel dof sound matured grain
of high germinating power and food
value is produced. As already men
tioned, eight of our State Experiment
Stations have found in accurate ex
perimental tests that this method will
give from 10 to 20 per cent higher
yields of grain than certainly either
of the first two methods. The stalks
and leaves may furnish some picking
for cattle which are usually run in the
fields after com is harvested and it
certainly is valuable for land im
provement, furnishing the most sore
ly needed constituent, vegetable mat
ter, for soil improvement.
Selection of Seed.
The easiest way to increase com
yields is by careful, judicious seed se
lection. The general custom has been
to select large sound ears from the
crib at planting time. This is done
without any regard to the number of
ears that were home on the mother
plant, without any regard to the num
ber of barren stalks adjacent to which
it was borne. The pollen from these
barren stalks might easily have been
that which pollenated the kernels of
the ears selected. Such a practice can
(Continued on page 8)
HARDING MARRIED
A DIVORCED WOMAN
Her First Husband Became A
Drunkard and She Sued for A
Divorce and Was Restored to
Her Maiden Name—Later She
Married Senator Harding.
Much has been said in the public
press about the divorce of Governor
Cox, the Democratic nominee for
President. But the true story and
the circumstances have been told very
little. On the other hand it has been
said, though less frequently, that Sen
ator Harding, the Republican nominee,
married a divorced woman. Having
heard this statement and desiring to
verify the truth or falsity of the same,
a good friend of The Herald liviag
here in Smithfield wrote to the Mayor
of Marion, Ohio, and asked him about
the matter. It seems that the Mayor
sent the letter to Mr. Harding or his
private secretary for answer. Here
is the reply:
“Your letter of July 28th address
ed to the Mayor of Marion has been
brought to my attention. Mrs. Hard
ing’s first husband was Eugeae de
Wolf. He became a drunkard and did
net support her, and she was com
pelled to go back to her father’s home.
She sued for divorce which was grant
ed by the courts of Marion and she
was restored to her maiden name.
Some years later she married Senator
Harding.
“Very siacerely,
“GEORGE B. CHRISTIAN, Sec.”
There was opposition to the nomina
tion of Governor Cox for President
on the ground that because he was a
divorced man the Irish-Catholics
would vote against him. Senator
Hartfing married a divorced woman.
It is said that the Catholic church per
mits divorce but forbids the remarri
age of a divorced persoa. So the can
didates exactly cancel in this respect
and the Irish-Catholics may just as
well vote as usual for the Democratic
nominee and the unhappiness and mis
fortune of woman be kept out of the
campaign.
Population of Carolina Counties.
The Census Bureau has made pub
lic on several frorth Carolina coun
ties.
Madison county had a population
of 20,132 in 1910. The 1920 Census
shows that the county has decreased
49 in ten years, and aow has 20,083.
The total population of Cleveland
county is given as 34,272 compared
with 27,494 10 years ago, an increase
of 16.2 per cent.
Gaston county’s total is given as
51,242, compared with 27,063 ia 1910,
an increase of 38.8 per cent.
The population of Harnett county
is 28,313 compared with 22,174 in
1910 or an increase of 27.7 per cent.
Population of minor civil divisions
in Granville county is announced. The
bureau also announced minor civil di
visions in Dare county, but had no
comparative figures for on 1910 to
offer as the county had been redis
tricted.
Minor civil divisions aad total pop
ulation in Granville county are an
nounced as follows:
Granville county total, 1920, 26,846
compared with 25,102 in 1910.
Oxford, Granville county, 3,606,
compared with 3,018 in 1920.
Son Killed Father With Shot Gun.
On Sunday night August 15th,
Robey Mitchell, a married son of Mr.
L. Gray Mitchell, shot and killed his
father with a shot gun. The family
lived about half way from Archer
to Clayton in Wilders township. It
is said Mr. Mitchell was a drinking
man and when drunk he seemed to
want to fight ia his family. He had
been in a tussel with one of his sons
but somehow they got apart. He
started at him again with his knife
drawn. The young man called for
help and his brother came out with
a shot gun and did the killing. Peo
ple here attending court from that
section reported the affray to us yes
terday.
Parley P. Christensen, the Farmer
Labor party’s candidate for Presi
dent, says that the legislature of
Tennessee, will not ratify the Suffrage
Amendment.
H. B. VARNER SUES
NEGRO FOR $100,000
His Home Ruined—Sensational
Story Involving Mrs. Varner
And Negro McRay Is Made
Public—Negro Driven Away.
Varner Returns from North.
Lexington, Aug. 14—Suit for $100,
000 damages has been filed in Superior
court here against R. Baxter McRary,
a mulatto with large holdings here
and elsewhere, who for years has pos
ed as a moral uplifter of his race and
who has been for a number of years
grand master of the negro Masonie
grand lodge. The ground of complaint
is that McRary deliberately sought to
and succeeded in wrecking the do
mestic life of H. B. Varner, the plain
tiff, by invading Mr. Varner’s home
during his absence. Attachment has
been run against all tangible and in
tangible holdings of the defendant
that can be discovered.
While Mr. Varner was in New York
Monday night as one of a committee
of nine representing the motion pic
ture exhibitors of the nation in am
important conference with large mo
tion picture producers, McRary was
taken from underneath the floor of 5
the Varner home between 12:30 and
1 o’clock Tuesday morning.
Being informed that McRary had
entered his home by stealth on previ
ous occasions while the husband was
away, a number of citizens set a
watch and saw McRary enter the
premises about 10 o’clock. Guards
were placed around the lot and a
search made of the house, with no
body being found. Some of the citi
zens remained and continued the
search, a spotlight locating McRary,
who had evidently entered the base
ment upon hearing the first alarm,
crawled out of the basement and made
his way under the floor toward the
front of tho house.
The miscreant was taken from his
hiding place and gladly took advant
age of an opportunity to spend the
night in jail. Most of those who
knew of the original search had gone
home and but a few were present
when McRary was found.
Early Tuesday morning prominent
citizens held a hurried conference and
delegated Mayor J. T. Hedrick to bear
the mulatto the message that if he
valued his personal safety he had bet
ter leave town without delay, and fur
ther that if he ever returned it would
be at his peril. Where he has gone
is not definitely known here, but it hi
believed he is now at a long distance
from this place.
Mr. Varner was requested to re
turn immediately from New York
upon ..mval here was acquainted by
his friends with the situation of which
he was wholly unaware. Upon arriv
al he went to a hotel and conducted
a searchiag investigation. Following
this he remained at the hotel until
after his wife had left Thursday even
ing to join her mother.
Suit for absolute divorce has been
begun by Mr. Varner. It will be al
leged in the complaint that on the oc
casions while Mr. Varner was away
from his home at aights his wife’s
companion was a negro woman serv
ant about 65 years old and rather
hard of hearing. It will also be al
leged that this servant’s room was
upstairs and that she was accustomed
to retire early and usually slept
soundly.
Nothing that has occurred in this
towa and county, where unusual oc
currences are rather frequent, has so
stirred the people here as this. Ex
pressions of loyalty and sympathy
from hundreds have poured in on Mr.
Varner since his return home. Crush
ed by the deplorable occurrence that
has suddenly torn his home of about
20 years asuader, he has stated to
friends that he will continue to de
vote his time to his newspaper and
business interests here as well as to
his duties as chairman of the state
prison board and in various official ca
pacities in connection with the motion
picture exhibiting industry.
The inuential local law firms of
Raper and Raper, Phillips and Bower,
Walser, Walser and Walser, J. R. Mc
Crary and J. F. Spruil represent Mr.
Varner’s interests ia the pending liti
gation that is to be the outcome of
the disclosures of the week.—flmons
boro News.