North Carolina Newspapers

EXPLOSION IN WALL STREET LAST THURSDAY Caused Death of Thirty-four People And One Hundred and Twenty Five Others Seriously Injured Last Thursday a moment after noon an explosion occurred in the heart of New York’s financial center —corner of Wall and Broad Streets— which caused the death of 34 people and inflicted fearful injuries upon 125 others. The explosion took place just in front of the office of J. P. Morgan & Co., and close to the United States , sub-treasury building. All structures in the vicinity were damaged, and the property loss is conservatively esti mated at two and a half million dol lars. Besides this three hundred thou sand dollars worth of securities were lost in the hands of messenger boys, who were carrying them to and fro between the dicerent business offices •when the blast took place. Some of these boys were killed, and others were panic-stricken, and threw the valuable papers away. Half of these securities have been found. The general opinion is that it was the work of extreme radicals. Some few people believe it might have been due to an accident; but the police do not share this view. William J. Burns stated that a month ago, a general alarm was sent all over the eastern part of the United States warning the authorities, that just such an outrage was planned. The police departments have taken all possible precautions, but to no avail. There are two theories of the method of the crime. One is that a bomb was thrown from a rapidly moving auto mobile, and that the drivers of the car got away before it exploded. The other theory, and the one which the police think the more probably, is that a dilapidated red wagon, with a bony horse hitched to it, and loaded with TNT, one of the most deadly ex plosives known to science, was driven up to the Morgan office, and left standing. They think a time fuse was attached, and when the fatal moment arrived, it went off, blowing the wag on to bits and carrying death and de structi.n to the surroundings. The police hope to learn the perpe trators of the deed through this queer clew. The poor old nag which drew the wagon was blown to pieces, but they found its shoes, and feel sure they can identify the horse, through the blacksmith who shod him. Some time ago the French High Commission, which occupies quarters near the scene of the greatest disas ter, received a letter warning the members that a catastrophe was to take place. The Commissioners did not think much of the warning, and threw the letter into the waste bask et. Luckily they have found the scraps and have pieced them together, and this lette* may be a valuable clew. The police suspect a prominent Red who was in Wall Street just before the explosion. He does not live in New York, and his presence there at this time, is a coincidence which they consider significant. They do not give his name. The authorities of New York city are exerting every effort to clear up the mystery, and to identify the crim inals, but the daily papers do not give much assurance of probable success. Bad Automobile Collision. Sunday night about half way be tween Goldsboro and Princeton a bad automobile collision occurred. The accident took place about nine-thirty o’clock on a slight curve in the road. One of- the cars was a seven-pas senger Buick, license number 108,801, which was going toward Goldsbpro. The other was a five passenger Col umbia, Six, carrying a 1919 license number 62,294. This number had been painted the same color as the 1920-21 numbers and made to appear as if it were a new license tag. Both cars were completely wrecked which indicated that at least one of them was going at a high speed when the crash came. One lady received a fractured skull, a baby was seriously, if not fatally injured, and the other occupants of the cars were more or less hurt. An ambulance was called from Goldsboro and carried the in jured to that city where they were placed in a hospital. The names of the parties could not be learned. So far Buncombe county leads all counties in the state, in increase of p'oulation since 1910. Buno.mbe'* gain is nearly 15,000. CURRENT EVENTS AS GLEANED FROM DAILIES Tile Most Important Happenings Of The Day Condensed to Shortest Possible Space. The Lord Mayor of Cork was alive at last accounts, but was still insist ing that he will starve himself to death unless England releases him from prison. There are fourteen oth er “Hunger Strikers” in jail with him. Prime Minister Lloyd-George made a statement to the British cabinet, say ing that England cannot govern Ire land, if he yields to sentiment and releases the strikers. He said that they were the instigators of disor ders, which resulted in the death of 80 policemen, who were trying to keep peace in Ireland. They are not un der sentence of death, and he said that if they preferred to starve them sleves to death rather than serve a prison sentence, the English govem mnt weuld not interfere. He stated further, that all the disorder in Ire land, is caused by only a small part of the population—that 80 per cent of the Irish people were law abiding citizens of the British Empire. A movement is on foot in Washing ton to prevail upon the Federal Re serve Board to authorize credits to the farmers of the South, for the movement of their crops, to the amount of two and one half billion dollars. Senators Simmons and Ov erman are doing all in their power to relieve the situation confronting the farmers of North Carolina. One of the victims of the bomb ac cident in New York Thursday, was Worth Bagley Ellsworth, of Wash ington, whose parents were formerly frcm Henderson, N. C. Young Ells worth who was to have entered col lege in a few days, was on his way home from a vacation at Saranac Lake, N. Y., stopped over an hour or two to see the sights in New York. He was in front of J. P. Morgan’s of fice when the explosion took place. He died a short while later. Greensboro is to have an amuse ment board of eleven members, who are to pass on all moving pictures and other amusements which come to that town. Senators Overman and Simmons recommend Stonewall Durham of Gastonia for District Attorney of the Western District of North Carolina to succeed W. C. Ha nmer. The stale entomologist has decided that the bugs, found in cotto 1 fields in Robeson county are Nut Weevils and not Boll Weevils. The wren of Wilmington have ar ranged to study citizenshio with a view to registering and voting. People have long since ceased to think much about the Austrian Arch duke and his wife, whose murder at Sarajevo in June 1914 was the excuse the Junkers made for bringing on the war. So many million young lives have been sacrificed since, that the murder of two middle-aged persons by comparison has lost significance. Former Secretary W. G. McAdoo addressed a crowd of 10,000 at the New Bern Fair. He was introduced by Senator Simmons, who referred to him as the greatest public servant who has had the office of Secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamil ton. Senator Simmons alluded to the action of Mr. McAdoo in coming to the rescue of the farmers four years ago, and declared that but for the genius of Mr. McAdoo the United States could not have raised the gi gantic funds under the Liberty Loans, which were necessary to carry on the war. The crowd which heard the for mer Secretary was the largest ever assembled at any New Bern Fair, and the speech was received with enthu siasm. The striking switchmen in Chicago have voted to return to their former positions. The state Board of Health expects to banish typhoid fever from North Carolina in a few more years.An en couraging rate of decrease is given out in a bulletin just issued. Five years ago there were more than 7,000 cases of this dread disease in this state, while in 1920, at the close of the summer months, during which al most all cases of typhoid fever occur, only 984 cases have been reported. The board thinks the number would have been materially less, but for the fact, that a quarter of a million peo ple in the state are still more or mjtz h eftn: S.o-ey__ a sd__roi less debilitated by the effects of in fluenza, and this weakness makes them more susceptible to typhoid fev er. TRIP UP COLUMBIA HIGH WAY WAS MAGNIFICENT Dr. Noble Relates Many Interesting Facts and Scenes on His Great Western Shrine Trip. (By Dr. R. J. Noble) ARTICLE IX. Mrs. Noble says I got the big flow ers mixed in rny last notes. That the roses were eight inches in diameter and the Peonies were almost twice as large, and I remember now that I measured from the stem of the Peo nies seven and a half inches which when you double that will make fif teen inches. Big enough for anything. The electrical display was beauti ful. I had no idea that electric bulbs could be so colored and placed as to make such a sight, but they could and it is impossible for me to try to tell how they were arranged. The trip up the Columbia highway was one never to be forgotten. The highway kept as close to the river as it could, some times we were way above the river, then only a few feet above. It took a goood auto to go up some of the hills. Then too we went through several tunnels. There was one tunnel about six hundred feet long that had four openings on the river side to it. Will try to describe it. The rock on the outside was not smooth like one of our hills but was as if several large rocks were piled against each other. Then as the tunnel went through there would be light at the edges of the big rock. Now this tunnel was some three hundred feet above the river and the floor of the tunnel was of solid rock or masonry, for if the rocks were not close enough to make the road bed without filling in, then concrete was used. In going to the Vista House the rise was almost con tinuous till at the house we were eight hundred and fifty feet above the river. The house was built for the comfort of tourists, and every car stopped. After enjoying the scenery from the Vista House we went on up the river, passing the many beautiful water-falls. We reached the Bonne ville Fish Hatchery, for hatching Sal mon. I think we could have spent a whole day investigating for it was in teresting and fascinating. This Sal mon fish hatchery is the largest in the world. When we arrived the keeper was counting the young fry as the little fish are called. They were from one inch to an inch and a half long, and as we heard long, long ago “all coons look alike to me.” These fry were in small wire boxes in a trough about three feet wide and sixteen feet long. The mesh being so small that the fry could not get through, but the clear water from the snow capped mountains could pass freely, never getting but so much. As they grow they are moved from one box to another with small wire dip pers. I suppose they might be call ed seines. When counting the fry the fellow paid no attention to anything said to him. One Shriner said, “Don’t talk to him he; is a dummy.” Then we saw a faint smile pass over his face, and we knew he was busy; and waited for him to speak which he did in a few minutes. Then he was just as clever as he cduld be and gave us a great deal of information about the fry. He went into the fish hatchery business fully and freely. Said the reason he did not answer our ques tions was that he was counting the fry. He would take up the fry in the dipper, count them and put them into another box. He told us that they marked the fish and kept a strict ac count of the mark and number of fish with that mark. Then the fish were turned into the various mountain streams. After three years the fish beg. n to come back and whenever a fish was caught marked they could turn to the book of marks and tell when the fish was turned loose and howT old it was. The fish were mark ed in various ways, following the law of nature, that a part of any liv ing creature cut off will not grow again. Now our cows, pigs and sheep are marked on the ear, but the fish were marked by having their fins cut off. One year they would have the right under forward fin cut off; the next year the other fin. Then the right under rear*fin and so on. Then sometime they would cut off a few, two or three of the bones of the fin on the back. It was very interest ing to us, and he was so nice. He did not seem to tire of telling what he knew to us who were so ignorant of the ways of the fish. This hatch ery was a very pretty place, nicely laid out walks over which bridges to (Continued on page 8) A JOHNSTON COUNTY FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE Despondent Over The Low Prices of Tobacco, Mr. Joe Brannan Takes His Own Life. Coroner James H. Kirkman was called upon Sunday to hold an inquest over the body of Mr. Joe Brannan, who lived in the northern part of the county. The following jurors were empaneled: W. B. Long, J. E. B. Ho cutt, Bill Glover, C. W. Allen, Will O’Neal, S. B. Strickland. These gen tlemen rendered a verdict that the de ceased came to his death by his own hand. The following account taken from Monday’s News and Observer will be of pathetic interest to our readers: Despondent over the collapse of the tobacco market, and with personal dif rerences with a man with whom he had worked his crop over the matter of placing it on the market, Joe Brannan, a farmer living in Johnston county near Wendell, took his own life sometime between Friday at mid day and yesterday afternoon, accord ing to information reaching the city last night. The body was found in the tobacco barn where he had cured the crop of tobacco over which he was worrying. There was a bullet hole in the right side of his head, just behind the ear. In his hand was grasped a pistol, with one chamber empty. The pistol is said to have belonged to him, and it was in his pocket Friday afternoon when he was last seen. On Friday, according to the story, Brannan threatened to burn up the tobacco which was stoi-ed in a pack house, and then take his own life. So fixed was his determination to destroy both himself and the tobacco that he made preparation to fire the pack house. He had placed kindling under i| and was preparing to light the fire when his wife threw herself in the door and declared that if he burned the house, he would burn her with it. He went away and was not seen any more until his body was found yesterday afternoon. Search was made for him Friday night and again yesterday. The searching party look ed in the tobacco barn on both oc casions, but did not find him there. Going back a third time yesterday af ternoon, he was found lying on the dirt floor dead. Apparently he had been dead for some time. He was wearing his shoes Friday when last seen, but when the body was found, the shoes were missing. Surviving are Brannan’s second wife and four children. He was 42 years old, and was well known in the community. He tended the crop of tobacco this year on shares with the owner of the land, Ivan Narron. It is understood that Brannan wanted to sell the tobacco for any price and give up the hope of any improvement in the market. Narron wanted to hold the tobacco, and the difference of opinion led to some personal dif ferences between the men, it is said. An Automobile Collision. Last Sunday Messrs. H. A. Stancil and J. H. Cockrell and their wives of Oneals township took Mrs. Jesse Hales to Raleigh to see her husband. Coming back that night between Smithfield and Clayton on the road where Mr. J. R. Coats lives, Mr. Stan cil’s Ford car was struck by a large car. One wheel was badly broken and the windshield was shattered. Mrs. Stancil and Mrs. Cockrell and Mrs. Hales were hurt but not seriously. Mrs. Hales was throwm out of the car. Two Old Mules. Editor Smithfield Herald: About one year ago I noticed sev eral old mules written up in your pa per. I will say our old friend J. H. Stanly of Ingrams township who died about four years ago, bought a mule in Smithfield in January, 1894. The mule was then five years old. The mule is living yet and doing light work. The mule has been on the same farm since bought in 1894. When uncle Haywood died his young est son, Charles, took charge of the mule and Diner, as she is called, is there dragging around yet. Mr. W. D. Lee of the same county and same township, bought a mule the same spring and his mule is on the same farm and has made a crop every' year since 1894. Mr. Lee’s mule was five years old when bought. —L. M. Hockaday, Four Oaks. TURLINGTON GRADED SCHOOL FACULTY 1920 Names of Teachers, Their Home Ad dress and Short Sketch of Their Educational History. Primary Department Miss Irene Myatt, Smithfield, N. C.—Student, North Carolina College for Women, 1913-1914; Student,Uni versity of North Carolina Summer School, 1914 and 1916; Teacher, Smi thfield Graded School, 1914. Miss Lina Woodard, Statesville, N. C.—Student, Mitchell College, 1912 -1914; Student, Meredith College, 1916-1917; Student, University of North Carolina Summer School, 1919; Student, Columbia University Sum mer School, 1920; Teacher at Cana, 1916- 1916, at Advance 1917-1919, at ThomasvilUe 1919-1920, and Smith field 1920. Miss Luna Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C.—Student, East Carolina Teachers’ Training School, 1916-1917; Student, University of North Carolina Sum mer School i 1920; Teacher, Public Schools of Wayne County, 1917-1918; Smithfield Graded Schools, 1918. Miss Esther Dingelhocf, Lenoir, N. C.—Student, North Carolina College for Women, 1915-16; Student, Lenoir College, 1917-18; Student University of North Carolina Summer School, 1919; Teacher, Lenoir Graded School, 1918-19; Teacher, Smithfield Graded School, 1919. Miss Elsie Sparger, Mt. Airy, N. C.—B. E., North Carolina College for Wjomen, 1917; Student Summer School, North Carolina College for Women, 1919; Teacher, Mt. Airy Cradl'd Schools, 1917-20; Teacher, Smithfield Graded Schools, 1920. Miss Janie Lyerly, Hickory, N. C. —Student, Flora MacDonald Col lege, 1913-16; Student University of North Carolina Summer School, 1919 Teacher Grandview School 1916-17; Hickory Graded School, 1917-19, and Smithfield Graded School 19 J 9. Miss Eula Parrish, Smithfieli, N. C.—B. E., North Carolina College for Women, 1917; Teacher Gastonia Graded Schools, 1917-19, and Smith field Graded School, 1919. Miss Madge Konnette, Chapel Hill, N. C.—B. E. North Carolina College for Women, 1917; Student, Columbia University Summer School 1920; As sistant Supervisor of Primary De partment of the Practice School at North Carolina College for Women, 1917- 18; Teacher, University of North Carolina Summer School, 1919; Prin cipal, Primary Department, Smith field Graded Schools, 1918. Ivanhoe School Miss Elva Anne Timberlake, Tim berlake, N. C.—Student, Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, 1918; Student, University of Virginia Sum mer School 1919, and University of North Carolina Summer School 1920; Teacher, Hurdle Mills, 1919-20, and Smithfield 1920. Grammar Grade Department Miss Sarah Miller, Mocksville, N. C.—Student, Flora Macdonald Col lege 1908-1911; Student Davidson College Summer School 1911 and Uni versity of North Carolina Summer School 1919; Teacher, Public Schools of Davie County, 1911-13, Bessemer City Graded School, 1913-15; Concord Grader! Schools, 1915-19, Smithfield Graded School, 1919. Miss Emma Wellons, Smithfield, N. C.—Student, North Carolina College for Women, 1914-15; Student, Univer sity of North Carolina Summer School, 1916 and 1920; Teacher, Mead ow School 1915-16, Woodrow School 1916-17, and Smithfield Graded School 1917. Miss Laura Holt, Bahama, N. C.— B. E., North Carolina College for Women 1917, Teacher North Carolina College for Women Summer School 1917; Teacher, Burlington Graded School, 1917-19; Winston-Salem Grad ed Schools, 1918-20, Smithfield Grad ed School, 1920. Jliss Nettie Smoak, Wilkesboro, N. C. —Student, North Carolina College for Women, 1910-12; Student, Univer sity of North Carolina Summer School, 1919 and 1920; Teacher, Grad ed Schools, Granite Falls, 1912-15, Grifton Graded School, 1915-16, Gran ite Falls Graded Schools, 1916-17, Mt. Airy Graded School, 1917-18, Wilkes boro Graded School 1918-1920, Smith field Graded School, 1920. Junior High School Miss Ruth Coble, Guilford College, N. C.—A. B. Guilford College, 1917; A. M., Haverford College, 1920; Teacher, Guilford College High School, 1917-18; Jamestown High School, 1918-19, Smithfield High * RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD In Honor of Mr. T. J. Lassiter Who Was Secretary and Treasurer Of the Hoard. The Board of Trustees of the Smithfield Graded Schools, adopted the following resolutions at its meet ing, Tuesday night, September 14th: WHEREAS God has taken T. J. Lassiter from us and whereas he was for a quarter of a century a member of this community and has always been a constructive leader in every movement for its uplift and better ment, and WHEREAS for a number of years he has labored lovingly and loyally as a member of the Board of Trus tees of theTurlington Graded School for better school facilities, for th« children of the community and for the cause of education throughout the county, Now, therefore, be it resolved that this school board in session assembl ed make known its heart-felt grief at his untimely death which has tak en from this board one of its most interested and faithful members and from the community one of its finest and most constructive citizens, And that a copy of these resolu tions be sent to his family, to the papers, and be written into the record of this meeting. F. H. BROOKS | L. D. WHARTON j Board of JAS. H. ABELL | Trustees Jas. A. WELLONS | Smithfield, N. C., Sept. 14, 1920 Death of Mr. Jack Deans. We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Jack R. Deans which occurred at his home about three miles north of Princeton on Wednesday, September 15th. Heart failure was the cause of his death. He was buried Thursday at the cemetery on the hill near the old Deans mill place. The funeral was preached by Elder Collier of Mi cro. School, 1920. Miss Maude E. Lassiter, Mechanic, N. C.—A. B., Guilford College, 1917; A. M., Haverford College, 1920; Teacher, Bethany High School, 1917 18; Principal Highfalls School, 1918 19; Teacher, Smithfield High School 1920. Miss Ruth White, Stovall, N. C.— A. B., North Carolina College, 1918; Assistant Principal, Pikeville High School, 1918-19; Teacher, Sanford High School, 1919-20, and Smithfield High School 1920. Senior High School. Miss Ora Cansler, Newton, N. C.— A. B., North Carolina College for Wo men, 1918; Student, University of North Carolina Summer School 1920; Teacher Public Schools Catawba County, 1911-13; Teacher Smithfield High School 1918. Miss Laura Weddell, Tarboro, N. C. —A. B. Brenau College, Georgia, 1913; Student, University of North Carolina Summer School, 1914 and 1917; Teacher, Dixie High School, 1913-14; Teacher, Walnut Cove High School, 1914-16, Derby Memorial School, 1916-18, Smithfield High School, 1918-19, ibid., 1920. Mr. G. T. Whitley, Smithfield, N. C.—A. B. University of North Caro lina, 1908; A. M., ibid, 1909; Instruc tor and Graduate Student, ibid, 1909 10; Student, University of North Carolina Summer School, five ses sions; Instructor, ibid, four sessions; Student, Columbia University Sum mer School, five sessions; Superin tendent, Clayton Graded School, 1910-14; Superintendent, Nashville Graded School, 1914-15; Principal, Smithfield Graded Schools, 1915-20; teacher, ibid, 1920. Mr. Thomas H. Franks, Smithfield, N. C.—A. B. Elon College, 1908; Stu dent, University of Michigan Sum mer School, 1913; University of Vir ginia Summer School, 1918; Princi pal, Southport High School 1909-10; Principal, Waynesville High School, 1910-12; Teacher, Asheville High School, 1912-18; Superintendent, Bilt more Graded School, 1918-20; Princi pal, Smithfield Graded Schools, 1920. Music Miss Sarah Eliza Kennedy, Ridge way, S. C.—B. M., Chicora College, 1917; Teacher of Music, Ridgeway Public Schools, 1917-18; Teacher of Music, Smithfield Graded School, 1918.