VOLUME 39
SMITliFIELD, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1920.
Number 77.
REVIVAL AT METHODIST
CHURCH WELL ATTENDED
Services At Tturee O’clock in the Af
ternoon and 7:30 at Night-—
Music A Feature.
A series of revival meetings
started at the Methodist church Wed
nesday evening with Rev. J. C. Woot
en, presiding elder of Raleigh Dis
trict, doing the preaching. The ser
vices are being well attended and
everything seems favorable for a
good revival.
The day services are held each af
ternoon at three o’clock, and the ev
ening service is at 7:30. On Satur
day there will be only one service
which will be in the evening.
On Sunday, three services will be
conducted. At the Sunday school
hour, 9:30 o’clock, a special evange
listic meeting will be held including
the entire Sunday School with the ex
ception of the Beginners and Primar
ies, who will meet in their rooms as
usual. The usual eleven o’clock ser
vice will follow, and there will also
be service in the evening.
Mr. I. W. Medlin is in charge of the
music during these meetings which
is an enjoyable feature of each ser
vice.
The pastor, Rev. S. A. Cotton, gives
a cordial invitation to the entire com
munity to attend these meetings.
Women Vote Hawaii
Even to the furthest limits of our
possessions and unto the islands of
the sea, the women citizens of America
are coming into their rights. Hawaii
is a territory of the United States,and
consequently the 19th amendment
applies to her people. The following
despatch shows that they are using
their privilege. The delegate with
the unpronounceable name is a former
native prince, the nephew of the
queen who was deposed when the is
lands petitioned to be annexed to the
United States and under the monarch
al government, would have become
king at the death of his aunt. He is
popular in Hawaii and in Washington
and will probably continue to repre
sent the territory in Congress as long
as he lives.
Honolula, T. H. Oct. 4.—In the terri
torial primaries held Saturday J. K.
Kalanianaole, incumbent, Republican,
received 11,092 votes as delegate to
Congress, and L. L. McCandless, De
mocrat, 5,073. Each was unopposed
in his party.
Women voted heavily, it being the
first time in the history of the islands
they had been accorded the privilege.
Mrs. Mary S. Atcherly, part Ha
waiian, seeking the Democratic nomi
nation for a place in the territorial
legislature, led the Democratic slate
on the island of Oahu.
Finds Suitcase of Dynamite
A man calling himself Zelenska was
arrested Sunday night, whom the po
lice of that city and New York sus
pect of complicity in the Wall St. ex
plosion. His conduct on the train be
fore reaching Pittsburgh aroused the
suspicions of a former government de
tective. He was at once reported to
headquarters and the police raided
his room at the hotel, and found a
large suitcase of dynamite. In the
fight to keep possession of the suit
case he was rendered unconscious,
and on recovering consciousness, his
first words were “Soviet will rule".
He is a Russian and has never been
naturalized. .On his way to the po
lice station, the prisoner remarked,
“See what we did in Wall Street, next
time it will be bigger and more terri
ble.”
Death of Mr. Ransom Evans
Mr.Ransom Evans, oldest son of Mr.
D. E. Evans, of Ingrams township,
this county, died at 6 o’clock a. m.
Sunday, September 26th, near Bailey,
N. C., of pneumonia. The Cotter-Un
derwoock Co., sent for the body and
it was brought through the country
and carried to Pauline Baptist church
near his former home, where he was
buried Monday afternoon. He was
twenty-eight years .old and did car
penter work since his return from the
war. He leaves five sisters, a broth
er and his mother.
Jr. O. U. A. M. No 337 To Meet
All members of Four Oaks Council
No. 337 Jr. 0. U. A. M. are requested
to be present Friday evening, October
15th at 7 o’clock, at the hall in Four
Oaks, N. C.—T. C. Barbour, Fin. Sec.
KENLY NOTES
Kenly, N. C., Oct.6.—Mr. H. F. Ed
gerfcon left today for Richmond.
Mrs J. T .Barnes, of Dunn, is heve
on a visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs. J. R. Sauls, Mrs. Dred Sauls
and Mrs. Rowe, of Wilson, were in
our town yesterday attending the fair
and visiting friends.
Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Underwood, of
Wilson, spent Sunday with Dr. and
Mrs. R. A. Turlington.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. High and Master
John Sutton Broughton spent the
week-end in Rocky Mount with Mr. C.
B. Bailey, who is ill in the hospital at
that place.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Darden left to
day for Goldsboro to attend the
Wayne county fair.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kirby and Miss
Mamie-Sue Jones, of Smithfield at
tended the fair here yesterday.
Miss Inez Edgerton returned to G.
C. W., Greensboro, last night after
spending the week-end at home and
attending the fair.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Tiner spent
Tuesday in Wilson.
Mr. Yates Edgerton, of Charlotte,
spent the week-end here with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Edgerton.
Mrs. J. G. High was hostess to the
Priscilla club Thursday afternoon
from four to six o'clock. The home
was attractively decorated with red
flowers. The color scheme being car
ried out with red peppers serving as
cups for the chicken salad. Ice
cream, tea, cake, and sandwiches
were also served. After an hour’s
handiwork was accomplished and
business matters attended to, the
club adjourned to meet again in two
weeks.
Not Required to Pay Poll Tax
We have heard some rumors on the
streets, that the law would require
the women voters to pay poll tax, and
swear to their exact age before regis
tering. In order to correct all mis
understanding, the editor wrote to
Chairman Warren, requesting him to
give us an authoritative statement,
upon these two subjects that we
might publish in today’s Herald. He
replied under date of October 4th, as
follows:—’
“Your favor of the 2nd njst has
beerr received and in reply will say
that women do not have to pay poll
tax in order to vote at the approach
ing election and that it is not neces
sary for them to swear to their exact
age. The extra session of the Legis
lature, exempted women from the pay
ment of poll tax and Attorney Gen
eral Manning has held that it is not
necessary for a woman voter to do
more than to say that she is over
twenty-one years of age.”
Yours very truly,
^ “T. D. WARREN”
Miss Siler is Sheriff of Chatham
Pittsboro, Oct. 4.—Leon T. Lane,
who has been sheriff of the county for
10 years, and who is the Democratic
nominee for member of the general
assembly, tendered his pesiginatiop as
sheriff and the same was accepted by
the board of county commissioners.
Miss Myrtle Siler was today elected
sheriff of Chatham county to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Sheriff Lane, and has filed the
necessary bond, has taken the oath of
office and is now the regular high
sheriff of the county.—Greensboro
News.
Death of Mr. David E. R. Evans
Mr. D. E. R. Evans died at his home
in Ingrams township, Tuesday night,
October 6th at 11:15 o’clock of pneu
monia. The burial took place Wed
nesday afternoon at Pauline Baptist
church vhere he had his membership.
He leaves his wife and a son and five
married daughters. He was sixty-one
years old, a leading man in his com
munity and his death brings sorrow
to all who knew him. He died from
the same disease as his son, Ransom
last Sunday.
New Bern To Have Boat Line
New Bern’s government operated
boat line connecting that city with
Baltimore will be opened on October
15. The steamers, Wayne and West
chester, built at a New Bern yard are
to be used at first. The line will
touch at Washington and Elizabeth
City.
WOMAN’S DUTY IN THE
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
Judge Brooks Urges Women to Reg
ister end Vote for Democracy
On November Third.
Register before Sundown on October
23, and vote for Democracy on Nov
ember 2nd.
The question of whether the men or
women of North Carolina and Johns
ton County were in favor of Woman1
Suffrage is now no longer an issue.'
The ratification of the Susan B. An
thony Amendment to the Federal Con
stitution by the state of Tennesee
gave the required vote to make this a
law, and the women of North Carolina
and the United States have as much
right to vote as the men. This same
right to vote carries the responsibility
to vote and imposes upon the women
of our state the same responsibility
now and heretofore borne by the men.
The burden of good government has
been throat upon the women, willing
or unwilling, and from now and hence
forward the women of our Country,
and our county, are as much respon
sible for the kind of government that
we have as are the men. This is hard
to realize, I am sure by the modest
women, but nevertheless it is a fact,
and our women might as well realize
this at the beginning.
Tn 1898 North Carolina* had more
than 1,000 negroes in office and many
of the white school teachers of our
state were forced to go to negro school
committeemen to get their vouchers
signed before they could collect their
money. The Democratic party in the
great campaign of 1900, led by im
mortal Ay cock, shook off negro domi
nation from the old North State and
made North Carolina white. All
through the dark age of negro rule,
under Republican administration, the
women of our country stood in fear,
and it was the Democratic party that
came to her rescue, and stood by her
in those perilous times. It is only
fair and just that the Democrats of
North Carolina and Johnston county
are asking the women to register and
vote this fall for the Democratic nom
inees, in view of what the Democratic
Party has done for the women of our
State in the past. It would seem to
me that the women of our State would
be very ungrateful to the party that
has done so much for them if they do
not line up almost solid phalanx and
vote for the nominees of the Demo
cratic party.
There is just another reason why
the women at this time should regis
ter and vote the Democratic ticket,
and that is the main issue in the Nat
ional Campaign, is the League of Na
tions, which the Democrats are cham
ioning and which the Republicans are
opposing. In August 1914, one of the
greatest wars in the world’s history
was begun. In a April 1917, Ameri
ca was forced to join the Allies in the
great fight for freedom and liberty.
Many mothers and fathers were called
upon to make the supreme sacrifice
of offering their boys upon the altar
of freedom. It was then said that
this would be the last great war, and
that the nations of the world would
thereafter get together and make an
other war impossible. This was the
only ray of hope held out to these
mothers and fathers who were called
upon to make this great sacrifice. The
war was ended on November 11th,
1918, and the Republican party gain
ed control of both branches of Con
gress in December 1918. The Presi
dent of the United States attended the
great world conference at Versailles
and after a hard fight the Treaty of
Peace and the League of Nations was
brought forth, and has been signed
by all of the nations of the earth ex
cept Germany, (who will sign it as
soon as she can qualify) Russia, Tur
key, Mexico and the United States.
The Republicans of the Senate then
began the fight on Woodrow Wilson
and the League of Nations, and have
twadled away two years and have ac
complished absolutely nothing to
wards the world’s peace. I say that
is the second reason why the women
of our State and county and nation
should register and vote the Demo
cratic ticket, to the ehd that the Trea
ty of Peace and the League of Na
tions may be signed, thus making it
impossible for another great world
war, and save our people the hardship
and sacrifices that they have been
called upon to make in the past war.
Women of Johnston county face
the responsibility and do your duty!
Register yourself immediately, and
see that every woman in your neigh
borhood has registered before sundow
THE WOMEN ARE NOT
SUBJECT TO JURY DUTY
Statue Does Not Require that Juror
Should be A Voter—Question
Of Interest to Women
Women will not have to serve on
Juries until a special act of the legis
lature imposes that duty upon them
according to an opinion sent out from
the Attorney General’s office Tues
day. The substance of the opinion is
as follows:
“Our statute does not require that
a juror should be a voter, indeed, it
does not make that at all the condi
tion of jury service.The board of coun
ty commissioners for the several coun
ties at their regular meeting on the
first Monday of June, year 1905, and
every two years thereafter, shall
cause their clerks to lay before them
the tax returns of the preceding year
for their county .from which they shall
proceed to select the names of all such
persons as have paid all the taxes as
sessed against them for the preceding
year and are of good moral character
and of sufficient intelligence, etc. It
is evident then that taxpayers of good
moral character and intelligence are
the source from which jurors are
drawn. On the face of this act, it
would appear that women tax-payers
are as eligible for jury service as male
tax-payers. This construction is not
admissible, however, because the term
jury at the time of the enactment of
this statute had a known and definite
signification, and so the statute must
be interpreted in the light of this fact.
That definition is as follows: A jury
is a body of men who are sworn to
dectere the facts of the case after
they are proven from the evidence
placed before them.”
Shooting Affair at Benson
On Monday night, October 5th, Mr.
Elton Hudson was shot through the
left thigh by his brother-in-law, Joe
Johnson. Back of the shooting was
an old family trouble. After the
shooting it seems Johnson boarded a
north bound train and the officers at
Smithfield were telephoned to meet
the train and arrest him. He did not
reach Smithfield and his whereabouts
are unknown. The result of the shoot
ing is only a flesh wound and is not
considered serious
Oteen Passed into History
United States army hospital No.
19 at Oteen near Asheville is a thing
of the past and the public health ser
vice will take its place October 15.
Tuesday, nearly 200 soldiers, nurses
and patients left Asheville on a spec
ial train for Denver, Col. Others will
go to Fitzsimmons and other posts.
Records of Oteen show that 6,111
patients have been admitted to the in
stitution during the two years of its
existence, a great majority of whom
have been discharged cured.
Community Service Meetings
Schedule for the coming week:
Monday, October 11—Massey (Ben
tonville.)
Tuesday, October 12—Rehobeth.
Wednesday, October 13—Wilson’s
Mills.
Thursday, October 14—Princeton.
Friday, October 15—Pleasant Grove
Program for the coming week:
Mutt and Jeff in “A Dog’s Life”.
Capt. Jinks in “Lovers’ Insurance”.
Snow White (four reels.)
All meetings begin promptly at 7:30
p. m. Admission 10 centB.
LUCY H. LAWLEY, Director.
Meeting Closed at Clayton
We have just closed a two weeks’
meeting at Home Memorial, with Rev.
H. M. North as our helper. We were
delighted from the beginning to the
very close with the excellent sermons
that he gave us. He magnified the
gospel in every sermon, and its ap
peal will be stronger than ever before.
A number were received into the
church last Sunday and there will be
others to be received later.
These have been pleasant years
with these splendid people, and we
look forward to the closing of this,
the third year, as being the best.—0.
I. Hinson in N. C. Christian Advocate.
on October 23d, for you cannot vote
on November 2nd, if you have not reg
istered before October 23d, unless you
become 21 years of age after the 23d
day of October.
F. H. BROOKS.
FEDERAL RESERVE & FARMER
There is some dissatisfaction among
our citizens, at the coune of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank in not extending
further credit to the member banks, in
order that these member banks might
credit the tobacco and cotton farmers
on their products and thus enable
them to hold these crops for higher
prices. Col. Bruton, of Wilson and'
Mr. Coker, of South Carolina, directors
of their respective states, of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank, of Richmond, have
issued a statement defending the pos
ition of their institution. The letter
explains the object of the FedeVal Re
serve system, and the limitations,
which have made necessary the course
it is pursueing so clearly that We
quote from it at length, as follows:
“There is a widespread impression
in the cotton and tobacco regions that
the Federal Reserve Bank can and
should furnish unlimited credit for the
carrying of these crops for indefinite
periods, or until these markets can be
forced up, by means of this finan
cial aid, until the ideal prices which
the planters have in mind may be
realized.
“However desirable it may be to
the growers to withhold these and oth
er products from the market for the
purpose of forcing an advance in price
(and it is desirable for these crops to
be marketed slowly and judiciously),
the limitations of the Federal Reserve
Act, the duty of the Federal Reserve
banks, to distribute their funds equit
ably, and the present congested finan
cial situations make it impossible for
the system to extend unlimited aid
for these or any other similar purposes
and no banking system can be devised
which could safely assume such an
undertaking.
“There seems to be in many quar
ters a total lack of knowledge and
appreciation of what the Federal Re
serve banks are now doing to help the
present situation, and the member
banks may not have complete infor
mation. It is a fact that North and
South Carolina, the principal cotton
and tobacco sections of this district,
are now borrowing far more than
their pro rata share of the funds of
the Federal Reserve Bank, of Rich
mond. There are 97 member banks
in North Carolina, of which 72 are
borrowing from the Federal Reserve
Bank. The amount borrowed from
the system by the 72 North Carolina
banks is 221 per cent of the amount
to which they are entitled under an
equitable distribution of the funds of
the Reserve Bank, and 179 per cent of
the amount to which the whole State
is entitled. In South Carolina there
are 98 member banks, 88 of which are
borrowing 285 per cent of the amount
to which they would be entitled under
a fair distribution, and 262 per cent
of the amount to which the whole
state is entitled. To enable the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of RichVnond to
make these heavy loans to North and
South Carolina, the quotas of other
sections of the district which are, at
present, not borrowing heavily have
been used; and in addition, large loans
have been secured by the Richmond
bank from other districts. The pre
sent general financial situation will
not permit such borrowings being
heavily increased or indefinitely ex
tended, and many of the banks in the
cotton and tobacco sections must rea
lize that their borrowing limits with
the Federal Reserve Bank have alread
been reached.
The letter explains that in order to
be the banks of reliable reserve for
which purpose they were founded, the
Federal Reserve Banks must always
have on hand a considerable amount
of money to lend to member banks on
occasions of unusual financial emer
gency. And the writers state that
only the officers of the Reserve Banks
know' how many such emergencies
arise. If the Reserve Banks were not
ready at all such times to lend as
sistance and tide over the dangerous
periods, financial distress and even
panics might ensue, and the very ob
ject for which the Reserve system
was inaugurated, would t>e defeated.
The writer continues:
“Would it not be wise and salutary
for the banks to explain that present
stressful financial conditions are lar
gely due to the extravagance and
lack of business foresight of our peo
ple?
“Many sections last fall had enough
money in hand to operate the farms
and business for twelve months, but
wasted a large part of it and then
went to the banks for abnormal ad
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MR. NEEDHAM D. FOSTER
OF SELMA DIED SATURDAY
He Wm Selma’s Oldest Citizen—Had
Suffered Several Years.—Laid
To Rest Batten Cemetery.
Mr. Needham D. Foster, one of
Selma’s oldest citizens died at his
home here last Saturday, October 2,
at 11:20 a. m.
He has suffered for the last sever
al years with a rose cancer on the
lower lip which was the cause of his
death. He went to Baltimore in the
early spring for treatment but came
back with no relief. In June he had
a specialist from Wilmington to treat
him with the hopes that he would
cure him but the treatment failed to
do him any good and he gradually
grew worse until the end came.
For the last several years, Mr. Fos
ter had suffered greatly withthis can
cer which continued to grow and
spread larger all the time. For the
last few months his suffering had
been intense but he bore it all pa
tiently and often said that he was wil
ling to bear it until the Lord was
ready to take him and he was ready
to go at any time the call should
come.
He was bom in Jones county in
1858 making his stay here on earth
61 years and 11 months. He moved
to Johnston county about 12 years
ago and since that time he has lived
in and near Selma.
For the last 30 years he has been
a faithful member of the Freewill
Baptist church and at the time of his
death was a member of the Pleasant
Plains Church at which.place his fun
eral was preached Sunday evening
by the pastor, Rev. W. M. Ferrell. He
was then laid to rest in the Iredell
Batten burying ground near his son,
Luby’s.
He leaves a wife of about his same
age and four daughters and three
sons, a host of grand children besides
his many friends to mourn their loss.
Weep not for him loved ones, you
did what you could but God knew best
and took him from his suffering here
to that Peaceful Shore. Put your
trust in Him who alone is able to
save and comfort you and permit you
to meet him again where partings
will come no more.
Selma, N. C., Oct. 5, 1920.
A FRIEND.
Second Advent Conference
The 23d annual session of the Sec
ond Advent Christian Conference of
Eastern North Carolina will convene
with Hickory Grove church five
miles southwest of Four Oaks, N. C.,
on Thursday before the third Sunday
(October 14) and continue over Sun
day.
We are expecting a good delegation
from all the churches in eastern
Carolina. Come and help us make it
a good time in the Lord’s work.
Elder G. W. SHEPARD, Pres.
J. Z. BAKER, Clerk.
Cotton Ginned in Johnston
There were 1,642 bales of cotton
ginned in Johnston county from the
crop of 1920 prior to September 25,
1920, as compared with 3,752 bales
ginned to September 25, 1919. This
makes a difference of 2,110 bales.
A Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the good people
of Selma and community who were so
kind to us during the sickness and
death of our husband and father.
Mrs. N. D. Foster and children.
Josephus Daniesl to Speak
Hon. Josephus Daniels will speak
at Selma Thursday, October 14th, at
3 o’clock. The speaking will take
place in the Opera House and a large
crowd will doubtless be on hand to
hear the issues of the day presented
by the Secretary of the Navy.
Petrified Irish Potato
Mr. A. G. Stephenson, who has just
returned from a week’s visit to his
daughter, Mrs. Earl Hodges, who
lives near Washington, N. C., brought
to this office yesterday a striking il
lustration of an unusual law of na
ture—a petrified Irish potato. The
eyes on the stone potato are plainly
visible and the place where the po
tato joined to the vine. This rock
potato was found on the farm of his
son-in-law, Mr. Hodges, several oth
ers of which are in his possession.