SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1920
VOLUME 39
NUMBER 79
THE BIG JOHNSTON
FAIR NOW IS NEAR
Will Be Held in Smithfield
November 1-6—Agri
cultural Display
Lets make the County Fair held at
the grounds in Smithfield November
1st to 6th, this year a representative
fair for our great county. Few coun
ties have greater agricultural possi
bilities in either the production of
large yields for so many kinds of
crops or products of such high qual
ity as Johnston and to make our fair
the credit to the coutny that it should
be it will be necessary to have exhi
bits of each product from the farm
and home. Whatever is grown on the
farm or produced in the home will
finds its place in the fair this fall.
Unfortunately the county fair cata
logue is late in getting into the hands
of the public.this year, but within a
few days it will be distributede to the
far ends of the county. There are
six departments of the fair, over 400
classes of entries, more than 1000 pre
miums amounting to nearly $3000.00
all offered on exhibits \^hich can be
selected easily from the farms and
farm homes of Johnston county. A
larger list or more liberal premiums
has not been offered by any manage
ment of any county fair in these parts
than that offered by the Johnston
County Fair this year. It will not
only require the liberal premiums of
fered this year to make the fair the
creditable success that it should be,
but it will also require that same lo
cal pride which gave Johnston coun
ty -four of the best community fairs
last week that we have ever held. In
number and quality of exhibits and
attendance the community fairs were
unusually good. It is hoped that
most of them will be put on as com
munity exhibits at our county fair.
Community pride made them what
they were and we are proud of the
four progressive communities which
so completely surprised themselves
and their guests with the success of
their fair last*week. The same force
which made our community fair such
a splendid success is more than suffi
cient to make the county fair fully
repreentative of our great county.
The County Agent will be very glad
to assist any person or group of per
sons in selecting and preparing exhi
bit for the fair and will give all the
assistance that it is possible to do in
seeing that the exhibit are properly
entered and ditributed in the fair. All
exhibits should be brought to the fair
grounds on Monday, November 1st,
and to receive consideration by the
judges must be brought to the fair
not later than 10:00 a. m. Nov. 2nd.
Sincerely yours,
S. J. KIRBY,
County Agent.
' Good Rules for Newspapers
When Governor Cox, Democratic
Nominee for President, purchased
the Dayton News some years ago he
framed the following rules and placed
them in conspicious places through
out the building.
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every question.Get both of them.
Be truthful,Get the facts.
Mistakes are inevitable, but strive
for accuracy. I would rather have
one story corect than ahundred half
wrong.
Be decent, be fair, be generous.
Boost—don’t knock.
There’s good in everybody,bring out
the good in everybody and never ned
lessly hurt the feelings of any body.
In reporting a political meeting give
the facts, tell the story as it is, not
as you would like to have it. Treat
all parties alike.
If there’s any pilitics to be played
we will play it in our editorial col
umns.
Treat all religious matter reverent
ly
If it can be possibly be avoided nev
er bring ignominy to an innocent man
or child in telling of the misdeeds or
misfortunes of relative.
Don’t wait to be asked, but do it
without asking, and ,above all, be
clean and never let a dirty word or
suggestive story get into type.
I want this paper so conducted that
it can go into any home without des
troying the innocence of any child.
(Signed) JAMES M. COX.
m POU AT CLAYTON
Addresses Audience of J^ive
Hundred Men and Wo
men—Other Speeches
Smithfield, N. C., Oct. 12.—Con
gressman Edward W. Pou has been
waging an intensive fight against
Republicanism in Johnston county, the
home of Mr. Pou, and also the home
of his Republican opponent. Mr. Pou
has made a score of speeches in var
ious portions of the county. He has
also spoke at Louisburg and Bailey.
Last night he addressed an audience
of men and women at Clayton, about
five hundred being present. Mr. Pou’s
Clayton address was one of the most
powerful presentations on the League
of Nations, revaluation act and true
Democratic gospel heard at that
place.
Mr. Pou speaks at Peacock’s Cross
Roads on October 23 and at Pittsboro
on the 26th.—News and Observer.
Death of Mrs. Polly Ann Yelvington
Many hearts were made sad by the
death of Mrs. Polly Ann Yelvington
which occured at the home of her son
in-law, Mr. J. E. Smith, Weinesday
shortly after 12 o’clock. She had
made her home with her daughter for
■ the past three years.
She was the widow of the late Ran
som Yelvington who preceded her to
the grave twenty-two years ago. Mrs.
Yelvington was 72 years old.
She had suffered with Bright’s dis
1 ease and cancer in ther breast for the
past two years. She went to Rex
Hospital in September of last year for
treatment wl^eh failed to do her any
good, and she gradually grew^worse
until the end came. For the past few
months her buffering was intense, but
she bore it patiently. All that kind
physicians and loving hands could do
was done but to no avail
She slept as a tirdd child; such a
,calm, sweet sleep.
In an hour like this we would pause
for a moment and think what shall we
say. We can pay her memory no
higher tribute than the testimony
that she was a Christian woman.
She was a fond and faithful wife,
a tender devoted mother, a perfect un
failing friend. There has passed one
of the gentlest of gentle spirits, one
of the noblest of noble women.
She had been a consistent member
of Clayton Baptist Church for a num
ber of years.
The burial services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at the grave at
the old home place near Clayton by
her pastor, Rev. 0. A. Moore after
which her body was tenderly laid to
rest by the side of her husband.
She leaves to mourn her loss two
sons and tfyree daughters, Mr. D. J.
Yelvington, of Clayton, Mr. V J. Yel
vington, of Charlotte, Mrs. Ed H.
Smith, of Lexington, Mrs. J. E. Smith
of near Clayton, Mrs. Robert Parish
of near Smithfield and nineteen grand
children and one great grandchild be
sides a host of friends and other re
latives.
In the midst of the calamity that
has befallen us, it makes us feel that
earth has no comperfsating good to
mitipate the severity of our loss, but
blessed God there is no grief without
a beneficient Providence to soften its
intensity. The memory of her good
deeds lights up our darkened hearts
and lends to the surroundings a beau
ty so sad, so sweet, that we would not
if we could dispel the darkness that
environs us.
Our Heavenly Father has given us
a hope that we may yet meet with
those on whom death has laid its
withering hands, and hear again the
voice of the dear one who shared our
earthly joys and sorrows. H. S.
Oldest Bell in America.
A small bronz bell, now an orna
ment in the clerk of court’s office in
Barnstable county, Mass., is believed
to be the oldest bell in America. It
began life as a ship's bell, and was
carried about the rock-bound coast of
New England in a small sailing craft
that in 1697 went ashore off Sand
wich in a terrific gale. Afterwards
it was hung in the village church to
call the faithful to worship. Later
the town grew so that the people could
not hear the bell and it was hung in
the Court House to call the jurors
and judge to their duties. It stayed
there 170 years and was then placed
in the clerk’s ofice where it remains
today.
POLAND AND RUSSIA
SIGN PEACE PACT
Armistice to Become Effec
tive at Midnight, Octo
ber the 18th
Riga, Oct. 12.—(By the Associated
Press.)—A preliminary peace treaty
•and armistice was signed by the Po
lish and Russian Soviet peace dele
gates here at 7:10 o'clock tonight.
The armistice %ctually becomes ef
fective at midnight October 18, that
is 144 hours from midnight tonight.
The announcement that peace was
to be signed brought great crowds to
the square surrounding the Blackhead
House. M. Joffe and the Bolsheviki
delegation entered the hall first and
were followed by M. Dombski and the
Polish delegation. About two hun
dred persons including the entire dip
lomatic body, and prominent Lettish
officials, crowded the small room,
many of them standing.
The head of the Soviet delegation
described the Riga peace as “a peace
without victors and without vanquish
ed” in a brief address before the sig
nature of the treaty. That describes
the Riga agreement accurately as it
appeared to disinterested on-lookers.
It was a peace of give and take, which
those who have followed the course of
events fear will not be very popular
either with the Bolshevik or the Poles.
But it is undoubtedly a triumph for
the two chairmen who made it, and
the spirit of conciliation with which
they have handled the explosive ques
tions that disrupted the Minsk con
ference is likely to win for them the
gratitude of a war-exhausted world.
The Riga armistice will put the Bol
sheviki at peace with all their Baltic
neighbors within 144 hours from mid
night tonight and leave the Wrangel
movement as the only grdat military
operations against the Soviets.
Fair In Pleasant Grove
The annual Community Fair was
held in Pleasant Grove township
Friday, October 8th at the township
public house. It was probably the
best ever held there and certainly
one of the very best fairs held in the
county. The exhibits Were very fine
and numerous and the attendance
was large. 7 In the stock exhibits
were mules and horses and cattle and
hogs. The farm exhibits were better
than usual. Corn and cotton making
an important part of them. In the
building were exhibits of cooking
needlework, canned fruit, bacon and
many other such things. A fine din
ner wds served after which the peo
ple were entertained by speaking by
Messrs. C. J. Kirby, "W. IjL Hipps,
Dr. Young, of Angier, Frank Dupree
and Mr. Dixon a farm demonstrator.
A large per cent of the people of the
township helped in getting up the
fair but special mention is due to
Mr. Claude Stephenson, the president
and Mr. R. F. Coats, the secretary
and to Mr. G. Willis Lee.
Roxboro Wrought Up
Durham, Oct. 13.—The citizens of
Roxboro, county sbat of Person coun
ty, where Ed Roach, a negro, was
lynched in front of a negro church by
a masked mob some months ago, are
wrought up to the hysterical point it
was learned tonight as a result of a
series of anonymouse letters, the
first of which was received by a citi
zen a few days after the lynching.
The leters, it was learned tonight,
are typewritten misives warning cer
tain negroes to leave Person county
and in some instances threatening
the lives and property of prominent
citizens for their business or friendly
relations with negroes.
Last week a letter signed “The Rox
boro County Mob,” warned Belle
Fields, a negress to leave the com
munity or be “blown to bits.” She
did not go by the appointed time and
her house was dynamited. She was
not injured.—News and Observer.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to use this mea*is of ex
pressing our gratefulness to our many
friend, doctors and pato»r for the
kindness, sympathy and services ren
dered us during the recent illness and
death of our dear little boy, R. E. Jr.
Also for the many beautiful flowers
offered.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Holt.
SUSPECTED OF GIN
BURNING, ARRESTED
W. J. Hicks Charged With
Warning Gins to Close
—Released on Bond
News of the first arrest »,nd the
addition of another state to the list
of those in which cotton gins have
been ordered to discontinue operation
feature reports on the activities of
night riders in the cotton belt.
W. J. Hicks, who is said to have
boasted that he was “head of fifty
men who took orders” from him was
arrested at Carrolton, Georgia, Wed
nesday, charged with posting notices
warning gins to close, indicted and
released in $500 bail pending trial,
according to reports from that place.
It was added that Sheriff Garrett, of
Carrol county had offered a reward
of $500 for the arrest and conviction
of persons posting gins in the county.
Reports received from Vian, Okla
homa, stated that a gin at that place
had been warned to close. Four gins
at that place continued operations
with guards posted about them. The
addition of Oklahoma brings to six
the number of states reporting night
riding activities. The others are Tex
as, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and
South Carolina.
Three fires in which gins were in
volved were reported Wednesday, but
in neither instance was there ground
for suspecting incendiarism.
Two gins at Lavaca, Ark., are* idle,
their owners closing down after re
ceiving threats that gins would be
destroyed if they did not do so.—
News and Observer.
Cox-Rossevelt Campaign' Fund.
The Democratic National Commit
tee needs funds to have printing done
and to pay postage and to defray ex
penses of speakers who go from place
to place in the interest of the Cam
paign. Below we print a list of the
names of some men who are giving
to this fund. Any gift made by a
Democrat will be appreciated and the
names will be printed in this column.
R. W. Brooks_$5.00
Geo. C. White_ 5.00
W. D. Blackwell _5.00
E. S. Edmunson _5.00
Hugh M. Austin_ 2.00
J. P. Baker_ 1.50
C. C. Gillard _ 1.00
M. B. Strickland_2.50
W. L. Fuller_ 2.50
Hood Bros._ 5.00
C. O. Pierce_5.00
L. E. Watson_2.50
C. H. Brown_1.00
J. D. Spiers- 5.00
W. W. Jordan_ 5.00
E. W. Pou ...- 55.OO
J. M. Beaty -.1-25.00
Total-$$133.00
Tobacco Growers Meeting.
A meeting of the tobacco growers
of Johnston county will be held in the
Court House in Smithfield, on Mon
day, at 2:00 o'clock October 18th, for
the purpose of perfecting the county
and township organizations and lay
ing plans for carrying the work of the
North Carolina Tobacco Grower’s
Association to every tobacco grower
in the county. The-members of the
County Executive Committee have
been especially requested to be pre
sent and every tobacco grower in the
county is urged to attend this meet
ing.
Many of the other counties of the
tobacco growing belt of the State
have already perfected their organi
zation and similar organizations
have been formed in Virginia, South
Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, and
it is up to us to take a stand along
with the other tobaoco farmers and
perfect a business-like organization
for the prevention of the recurrence
of the present ^pver-production and
low price situation with which tobaco
farmers everywhere are confronted
this year.
S. J, KIRBY,
County Agent
E. W. Pou To Speak in Four Oaks
Congressman E. W. Pou will speak
in the school house at Four Oaks
Wednesday night, October 20th at
7:30 o’clock. Mr. Pou will tell of the
League of Nations and the Revalua
tion Act. Come and hear the truth.
BASKET BALL TEAM
Reorganized In Smithfield
—Fast Team to Be Put
Out—The Schedule
The old last year's Smithfield Ath
letic Association has reorganized. Ev
ery man, woman and even the little
tots, know what S. A. A. stands for,
from memories of the past fall land
winter months, when that organiza
tion put forth one of the fastest bas
ket ball quints in the state.
This season thby intend to *>ut out
as good, nay even a better, faster
team, and one that can win not a
majority, but all of the games played.
The support which the people of
Smithfield and vicinity gave the As
sociation last year made possible the
work which they did. They are ask
ing again that the community give
them the same support which it gave
last year, and the association promis
es that they will be amply paid with
a sport which is not only clean and
wholesome but an uplift to any town
or community.
The schedule will begin about the
28th of November. All boosters and
backers of last year’s Basket Ball
team are asked to set their heads and
tongues and pocket books to work,
and the team guarantees to put fear
of the Smithfield Athletic Association
in the heart and mind of every team
between the mountains and the coast.
SMITHFIELD ATHLETIC A.
Mr. I*ou and Mr. Daniels at Selma
Yesterday at 3 o’clock was the time
appointed for Hon. Josephus Daniels
to speak at Selma. The business
houses of the town were closed from
three until five o’clock for the speak
ing. A speakers stand and a large
number of seats had been arranged
in the large Waddell grove. At 3:15
the speaking began and about thirty
minutes were taken by Mr. Pou who
discussed the revaluation of property
and the prices of farm products and
introducing Mr. Daniels. Mr. Daniels
spoke about one and a quarter
hours. He spoke on the. suffrage
question discussing at length the wo
man and the ballot and urged the wo
men present to do their full duty in
the matter of registering and voting.
The remainder of his speech was de
voted to the League of Nations.He
gave a clear and convincing explana
tion of the league. The audience was
large and enthusiastic. The after
noon there was well spent in the cause
of Democracy.
Jenny Lind With P. T. Barnuni
In connection with the Jenny Lind
centennial last week, quite a umber
of interesting glimpses of the Swed
ish Nightingale have come to light.
One which, perhaps the general pub
lic does not know, is the fact that P.
T. Barnum, the “world’s showman”,
brought Jenny Lind to the United
States.
Barnum engaged the services of Jen
ny Lind without havirig either seen or
listened to her. He had listened to
her praises and sent his agent across
the water to fetch the celebrated sing
er to this country. The agents in
strutions were that he was to offer
her anything up a $1000 a night for
150 nights, plus all her expenses. But
so tremendous was her success here,
that the agreement was changed to
read that Lind should receive, besides
the $1000 per night already promised,
one-half of the balance after Barnum
had taken $5500 per night for his own
expenses and services. The first con
cert netted $17,864.06 for tickets. The
story of the prices paid Tor tickets to
Lind’s concerts is always interesting,
because they were fabulous. The
highest price paid for a ticket was
that paid by a William Ross, of Pro
vidence and amounted to $650.
Large Shipment of Gold.
New York, N. Y.—In addition to
bringing 2776 passengers, the Cunard
liner Aquitania, arriving here on Sat
urday from Southampton, via Cher
bourg, carried the largest Shipment
of gold a single steamship has ever
brought here. The value of the gold
was estimated at $18,500,000 in Unit
ed States currency. Most of it goes
to the Federal Reserve Bank toward
the payment of Great Britain’s share
of the Anglo-French, loan, due on
October 15.—Christian Science Moni
tor. m
GOLD BEEN FOUND
IN NORTH CAROLINA
New York Corporation Has
Purchased Howie Mine
In Union County
The Waxhaw Mining Co., a corpora
tion of New York and Baltimdre cap
italists, has purchased the old Howie
gold mine, in Union county, accord
ing to the Greensboro news and plans
to operate it again, are said to be well
under way. The mine has been work
ed intermittently since 1850 some
times with considerable profit, and is
in good shape.
During the 80s it was bought by a
New York millionaire named Bates,
who moved to the neighborhood, with
his family. He personally looked af
ter the work and gold was taken out
in paying quantities. But romance
stepped in, and it was proved once
more, that there are stronger inter
ests in human life, than the love of
money. Mr. Bates had an attractive
daughter, and a young man in the
vicinity fell in love with her. The te
nder passion must have been mutual,
for in order to prevent a marriage,
which he disapproved, Mr. Bates sold
his mine, took his family and hurried
ly moved back to his northern home.
Since that time, the mine has had sev
eral owners finally being sold to the
Kaxhaw Company, for fifty thousand
dollars.
Efficiency Needed.
General W. W. Atterbury, vice-pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Railroad in
charge of operations, speaking before
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
said that during government control
of the railroads and the six months’
transition period the efficiency of em
ployes had fallen to 75 per cent, mea
sured by production per hour. He ad
ded, however, that there were still on
the pay rolls thousands of old em
ployes,'who felt old-time pride and
satisfaction in their work.
In the opinion of Gen. Atterbury,
it is the tasks of the railroads to edu
cate the young men, “who have never
known the pleasure that comes from a
job welPdone or the satisfaction that
comes from loyalty,” up to the stand
ards retained by the veterans em
ployes. They must be taught to give
100 per cent efficiency and to take
pride in the giving of it. They must
learn that they owe it to themselves
as ’veil as to their employes to work
conscientiously and faithfully.
This was but one phase of a com
prehensive discussion of the railroad
situation by Gen. Atterbury, but it is
the one that has been focusing general
attention for some time. The demand
from employers generally has not
been so much for a reduction in wag
es as for an increase in efficiency. It
is the almost unanimous report that
production lags because of decreased
efficiency and a lack of interest upon
the part of workers.
senator Harding, the Republican
presidential candidate, has repeatedly
said in his campaign addresses that lie
(’oes not want to see wages reduced,
but that he insists upon workmen giv
ing 100 per cent efficiency in their em
ployment. W. P. G. Harding, gover
nor of the Federal reserve board, an
economist of clear discernment has
emphasized in his speeches and in the
reports of the board that the most ef
fective contribution toward reduction
in the cost of living will come from
increased production, which can only
be achieved by efficient work.
Gen. Atterbury speaks with the vo
ice of authority upon this subject. As
the operating head of a great railroad
system, a position reached through
years of experience, he has learned
the fundamental lessons of industry.
They teach that only through loyal
and efficient cooperation can success
be attained, and only by success' can
high wages prevail. The rule holds
good in every branch of industry.
When the workers of this country
come to recognize it generally and ob
serve it in their various avocations,
stability and success and prosperity
will be permanently achieved.—Wash
ington Post.
Presbyterian Church
Rev. D. M. McGeachy, of Oakland
church, will preach in the Presbyter
ian church at Smithfield, Sunday
night at 7:30.