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VOLUME 39 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920. VOLUME 97 AUSTRIA ELECTED MEMBER OF LEAGUE China Also Joins Council After Several Ballots— Dr. Koo Popular Geneva, Dec. 15.—The assembly of the League of Nations elected today the first former enemy state member of the league without opposition. The vote on the admission of Aus tria came after an unexpected pas sage at arms between Motta, Switz erland, and Viviani, France. M. Motta speaking on the report of committee recalled the rejection of Germany’s aplication for admission by the peace conference, saying that Switzerland had always regreted it and that there were now three places in the league vacant which ought to be filled by the United States, Russia and Ger many. At the mention of Germany, M. Viviani sprang up and asked for the floor, and upon the conclusion of M. Motta’s speech, in which the Swiss delegate applied to the assembly for justice, M. Viviani mounted the tri bune and launched into a fervid de fense of the French viewpoint. It was soon apparent that the assembly was with him and his remarks were greeted with frequent applause. When he descended from the tribune here ceived the greatest ovation of the assembly. The voting for the admission of Austria which immediately followed, developed 35 votes in favor of Aus tria’s entrance. Two members were absent and were abstained from vot ing. The four elective members of the league council chosen by the assem bly today were Spain, Brazil, Belgitim and China. The final success of Chi na coming after several ballots was greeted with enthusiastic applause. The election of China had been dis counted largely since the assembly previously had adopted the recomnwjn dation of the committee on organiza-' tio'n that another elective member be allotted to Asia. It was doubtful up to the last mo men, however, whether the members who for the last few days had been advocating Slav or Scandinavian re presentation , would not succeed with their argument that the Asiatic races could not expect two places on the council while two important Euro pean countries were not represented at all. The majority of the delegates, how ever held to their implied promise, but the acceptance of China was due largely to the personal strength Dr. Wellington Koo, of the Chinese dele gation, has acquired in the assembly. A woman made her debut in the league today and was cordially re ceived and welcomed in the assembly. In the discussion on the action to sup press the white slave traffic, Made moiselle Henri Forthammer, a sub stitute delegate for Denmark, took the floor and in purest English gave the delegates an example of clearness and conciseness, which, if it had come earlier, might have shortened the meeting of the assembly.—Asociated Press. Cruiser Named “Raleigh” The Secretary of the Navy, Jose phus Daniels has assigned the name “Raleigh” to one of the Scout Crui sers now being constructed by the United States Navy and upon, the re commendation of Mayor T. B. Eld ridge, has designated Miss Jennie Proctor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Proctor, of Raleigh to act os spon sor for the vessel at the time of the launching. Cat Travels in Mailbag A kitten meowing to name of Kelly popped out of a mail bag last Satur day when Post office employes in New York city began opening mail brought to the United States from England. The kitten was weak and cold having been in the bag eight days without food or water, but after being fed with milk it curled up by the radiator, and made itself at home. The cat was mailed from Manchester, England, December 3. NEWS FROM TOWN OF PRINCETON Live News Notes from Our Correspondent—Wed ding Bells Ringing Princeton, Dec. 15.—Doctor B. L. Aycock, our popular dentist is now the happiest man in town. It’s a girl, mother and baby are doing fine. Miss Lula Gilbert one of the lady teachers in the graded school here was called to her home at Clinton, Friday evening on account of the ser ious illness of her mother. Miss Clyde Belk, who has been teaching school near here is to be married to Mr. John H. Wiggs, on December 23rd. This is the second one of these young lady teachers to capture one of the home boys. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hood and grand children from Smithfield were visi tors in town Sunday the guests of their daughter, Mrs, R. S. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sanders from Smithfield were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holt Sunday. Invitations are out for the mar riage of Miss Agnes V. Massey to Mr. Hubert Fitzgerald of Micro, on December 28th. Prof. Wilson, of Georgia, is teach ing in the graded school for a few days in the absence of Miss Gilbert. Mrs. Flossie Wells and children spent the week-end with friends at Garner. Dr. and Mrs. Eason, from Golds boro were visitors in town Sunday. Rivers Hinton the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hinton has been very sick for the past few days. On the Central highway Saturday night two big cars had a smash-up about two miles east of town. Both cars were badly wrecked and six men were badly injured as a result of be ing thrown through the glass wind shield. Three of the injured men were brought to Dr. Stevens’ office here for medical attention, and the ether three were taken to a hospital in Goldsboro. It is reported that one of these men is in a very serious con dition. It is said that the acident was caused by each car running with only one light, and that was a right hand lamp on each car, which of course caused a miscalculation as to the passing distance in the road. One person who was said to have seen the cars just before they struck stat ed that one Ar was running 40 miles an hour. Near the same place on the same road and near the same time as the above accident, Leonard Smith, driv ing a big car ran into a mule and wagon owned by Bill Thompson. The mule was killed and the wagon was demolished. The car it is reported, was running without lights. Puck says, “What fools these mor tals be.” This is verified every day by the numbers of our people who are flocking to a “fortune-teller”, who has a tent about a mile from town near Baker’s Mill. They are paying him one dollar* for each omen of good luck. Some one says that the state and county should collect the state license out of him. A farmer in Boon Hill had a fine three gallon cow. All at once the cow began to fall off in her morning’s milk. The farmer could not under stand this and began to investigate. One morning he found fresh tracks' around the cow stall and he decided that some one was coming there ev ery morning before day and milking his cow. Now this farmer had a mule which some of the neighbors say could kick at both ends. Next night he placed this mule in^the cow’s stall and the cow in the mule’s stall. Now you can bet your life that mule was ready for business for the farmer himself couldn’t go into that mule’s stable at night. The farmer says to the old lady that night: “I want to sleep with one eye open to-night, because I know there is going to be something doing when somebody tries to milk that mule in the dark.” Sure enough about one hour before day the old lady punched the farmer and says, “Go to the lot auick that mule is kicking the stable down.” When he got to the lot that mule’s stable looked like a cyclone had just passed through it, and there was a man’s hat and coat and a wooden water bucket lying close by. The man who was suspected of the milking has been confined to his room with a “mighty bad attack of ‘rheumatiz’ for the last two weeks”, so his wife says. Mr. Hezekiah Pearce, an old resi JAPAN SPURNS REDUCTION PLAN Naval Competition Between America and Japan— Great Britain’s Navy London, Dec. 15.—Japan’s refusal to take any steps now toward a small er navy has revived the great contro versy over the kind of a navy Britain shall have. The debate is raging in England with new vigor since Japan told the League of Nations Assembly that she would not consider disarmament pro posals while the United States is out side the league. Britain has halted construction on all capitals ships until their value can be determined in the light of the lessons learned in the battle of the Jutland. The British admit that by 1924 American may lead the world in big ships, with Japan perhaps secqnd and Britain third. The British papers say editorially that naval compeition between the United States and Japan makes the Pacific th'e danger spot for another war. It is admitted that Britain couldn’t compete with America in a deter mined race for naval supremacy, be cause of our greater wealth. So Britain is. marking time while the admiralty decides upon the most valuable type of future capital ships. The committee on imperjnl defense is trying to determine: 1. —How far the large gun-carry ing submarine has superseded the dreadnought; 2. —How far development of air craft has endangered the battleship, and 3. —Whether such a new type of vessel such as the late Lord Fisher’s proposed submersible battleship is necessary. Lord Fisher, one of the greatest British admirals, declared before he died that aircraft had made the sur face battleships obsolete. “If they can’t get under the water, they will be blown out of the water by aerial torpedoes,” he declared. He said Britain should scrap all her big ships.—Milton Bronner in Charlotte Observer. KENLY NEWS Kenly, Dec. 15.—An Odd Fellows sermon was held Sunday at the Free will Baptist church l?y Rev. J. E. Holden, pastor of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stallings, of Wilson spent Sunday in town. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Johnson, of Smithfield, spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Grizzard. Mrs. J. R. Sauls and Mrs. D. Sauls, of Wilson attend the Bazaar Friday and Saturday and visited friends while in town. Mr. Koonce, of Dunn, was a visitor in town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hgh and Mrs. Hales of Rocky Mount spent some time with Mrs. J. J. High during the week-end. Mrs. J. T. Barnes, Jr. left Saturday night for treatment in the Wilson Sanitorium. It is hoped that she will soon recover. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Edwards of Princeton were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Woodard Sunday. Master John Woodard and sister, little Miss Elizabeth, attended a par ty Saturday night given by Miss Ruth Revell in honor of Miss Clyde Wood ard and Miss Inez Godwin. The ladies of the Methodist church were very much delighted at the re sults of the meals which they served during the bazaar in Watson’s Hall last Friday and Saturday. The, town people enjoyed the good eats and were very liberal in this. Also the fancy articles went like hot-cakes. A good amount was secured, proceeds going to the building fund of the contem plated new church building. Tornado Wrecks Houses A storm of tornado proportions struck a section near Montgomery, Ala., Monday destroying 13 houses and barns on three large plantations and injuring eight negroes. dent of this section, died at his home Wednesday, December 8th. He was first taken with a stroke of paralysis while in Pine Level on business and was carried to his home, where he died shortly after. I NEWS ITEMS FROM CAPITAL OF BANNER Local Briefs—Fidelis Class Meets—School Faculty Presents Play Benson, Dec. 15—Miss Mary Pear son, of Dunn visited friends in town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boone of Raleigh spent Sunday in town visiting at the home of his brother, Mr. Will Boone. Mrs. Penny Royall, of Farmville N. C., was in town last week visiting friends and relatives. Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Oliver spent Sun aay near Selma with Dr. Oliver’s mother. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Britt spent last Sunday in Sampson county visiting Mr. Britt’s mother. Mr. Dallas Langdon is going to Raleigh every few days to a specialist who is treating his teeth. His many friends will be glad to know that he is much improved in health since the first treatment. Miss Flora Canaday, a member of the Buies Creek faculty spent the week-end here with her sister, Mrs. O. A. Barbour. We are sorry to note that Master Gordon Barbour son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barbour is right sick this week. Mr. T. T. Betts, of Dunn was in town on business this week. Miss Leola Martin a member of the Four Oaks graded school' was the guest of her brother here this week. Mr. Shadrick Hardee of Cleveland township was a visitor to our town last Saturday . Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Britt took a flying trip to Raleigh Monday to do some shopping . ivir. i resiou wuouau maue a dusi ness trip to South Carolina^ last week. Mr. J. E. Yelvington of the Polen ta section was in town Saturday on business and also to visit his sister, Mrs. A. T. Lassiter. Mr. J. R. Barbour is still confined to his room but is improving and his host of friends hope to see him out in a few days. Little Misses Leone and Julia Grace Stewart, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Stewart are confined to their room with Mumps this week. Their little friends are hoping to see them out real soon for they are miss ing them very much. Mrs. Martha Lassiter, of' Smith field, is visTting her son, Rev. A. T. Lassiter. Mrs. Preston Woodall and her dau ghter, Miss Clara, visited Mrs. Wood all’s sister, Mrs. Effie Harper in Dunn recently . Mrs. Cornelia Jernigan has return ed from an extended visit to Dur ham where she has been spending some time with her son, Mr. Herman Jernigan, who is a member of the high school faculty, and her daugh ter, Mrs. Claude Wallace. Mrs. Wal lace returned home with her mother to spend the Christmas holidays, dur ing which time Mrs. Jernigan expects to have a family reunion with every member of the family present as her son who has been in the United States Navy for Several years will have served his time out and is expected home which will bring an added plea sure to the family circle. Rev. J. C. Wooten, Presiding Elder of the Raleigh District, was in town Sunday and preached in the Methodist Church Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Faircloth re turned Monday from a visit to Mrs. Haircloth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Holt at Sanford. It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but we understand that our friend, Prof. T. T. Lanier is back in the school room again somewhere in the extreme eastern part of the state. The Benson Graded and High school will close Friday, December 17, for a two weeks’ holiday. The people of Benson wish for the faculty a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mrs. A. R. Gordon, of Hamlet is spending this week in town with her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Barbour. Mr. Wade Royall made a business trip to Cumberland county this week. Mrs. C. C. Wheeler visited in Ral eigh this week. The following from here attended the funeral of Mr. Chester Lassiter in Four Oaks, yesterday afternoon: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Massengill, Mrs. Eli Turlington, Mr. Lester Lassiter, Mr. John Hobbs, Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Barbour and Rev. and Mrs. A. T. THE KU KLUX KLAN BEING ORGANIZED Meeting Held in Raleigh in City Hall—Many People In Attendance Representatives of the newly in corporated Ku Klux Klan, which has a charter from the state of Georgia, have recently come to Raleigh for the purpose of organizing a branch of the klan in this city. They invited a large list of people to the city hall for an explanation of the objects of the order, which is declared directly descends from the reconstruction or ganization, and a number of those attending the open meeting, went in to the secret conclave for the pur pose of getting more of the details of the organization before they join ed. It is understood that the klan in tends to branch out from Raleigh and establish branches in many other sec tions of the state. The literature about the order declares that it stands for Americanism, for law and order, the protection of womanhood and for white sujfremacy. The rituals and paraphernalia used by the old recon struction order have been brought down to modern times, representa tives of the klan declare.—Wilming ton Star. Man Has 34 Children For a number of years, according to an agreement made at a campaign speaking, Representative Small has been giving to a farmer, R. C. Bland, who lives near Roversonville, a new suit of clothes for each additional child in his family. He has present ed 13 suits and recently notified to send the 14th. Representatiye Small has informed Bland that the contract is off when he retires from Congress on March third. Bland has thirty-four children in all. 'twenty-six are living and the present Mrs. Bland, Bland’s second wife, is the mother of nineteen. “The children are not unusually noisy,” said Bland, “though they made con siderable racket when fourteen were taken down with whooping cough.” Lassiter Born, December 10, a daughter to Mr and Mrs. Russell Bryant. Mr. J. H. Rose spent Monday in Raleigh. Miss Lois White leaves Saturday for her home in Asheville to spend the holidays with her mother. Miss Olga Long leaves this week for Mebane to spend two weeks with her parents. Mrs. A. S. Oliver spent a few days in Raleigh this week visiting rela tives. A play was given on December 10 by the faculty of the school in the High School Auditorium. It was ‘‘Miss Fearless and Company”, a comedy in tre .cts. About $50 was taken in at the door which will go to ward the equipment of a laboratory for the schooL It was thoroughly en joyed by all present and it is hoped that they will give us something else at an early date. The Fidelis class of the Baptist church met with Mrs. J. F. Martin Tuesday evening, it being the regular monthly business meeting of the cla^s. The folowing program was arranged by Miss Mjrrtle Barbour the very efficient class president, and car ried out after the .busines was dis posed of: Paper—Christmas Greet ings, Mrs. R. B. Brady; Vocal Solo, “In the Garden”—Mrs. Frank L. Wells; Reading: “What would life be without Christmas?”—Miss Sibyl Goodrich. During the social hour delicious fruit was served by Mrs. Martin assisted by Miss Jaunita Mar tin. Mr. and Mrs. Darius Johnson en tertained the younger set at the beau tiful home of Mr. and rMs. A. W. Hodge Monday night in honor of Miss Inez Stephenson of Smithfield. The home was beautifully decorated in potted plants, mistletoe and holly. After several interesting games the guests were incited into the spkcious ball where delicious punch was serv ed by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Music added to the pleasure, after which the guests were shown into the dining room which was decorated with ap propriate Christmas colors, where a salad course was served. REVIVAL OF FINANCE CORPORATION Bill Passed by Senate Revive War Finance Corporation —Help the Farmers Washington, Dec. 13.—The Senate late today passed the agriculture com mittee resolution directing ^the re vival of the war finance corporation as a measure of affording relief to farmers. The second section of the resolu tion, which as introduced would have directed the extension of liberal cre dits to farmers by the federal reserve system, was amended to make the desirability of such a course only an expression of opinion of the Congress. The amendment making the change in the section of the resolution relat ing to the federal reserve system was prposed by Senator Norris, republican of Nebraska, and was adopted by a vote 47 to 16. The measure now goes to the house where a number of similar farmers’ relief measures are pending . The section of the resolution di recting revival of the war finance corporation as adopted, read: “The secretary of the treasury and the members of the war finance corpo ration are hereby directed to revive the activities of the war finance cor poration and that said corporation be at once rehabilitated with the view of assisting in the financing of the exportation of agricultural and other products to foreign markets.” The resolution as adopted refers to the extension of credits as follows: “It is the opinion of Congress that the federal reserve board should take such action as may be necessary to permit the member banks of the fed eral reserve system to grant liberal extensions of credit to the farmers of the country upon the security of the agricultural products now held by them, by permitting the rediscounting of such notes of extension at a fair and reasonable rate of interest.” CHARLOTTE CITIZENS EN DORSE EDUCATION MOVE. Want Better Facilities at Colleges; Alphonso Smith Speaks— Other Notable Speakers Endorsing the movement for larger appropriations to the higher educa tional institutiois of the state and the raising of a fund of $1,390 to conduct an advertising campaign, in conjunc tion with Other cities of the state to let the citizens know of the needs of the state colleges, the mass meeting held by Charlotte citizens at the First Baptist church Tuesday night was featured by an address by Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, professor of Eng lish at the U. S. Naval Academy, An napolis, Maryland. Dr. Julius I. Foust, president of the State College for Women, Greens boro; Dr. W. A. Withers, vice-presi dent of State A. & E. college, Raleigh and Frank P .Graham, professor of history at the State university, pre sented the causes of these three insti tutions, telling of the needs for addi tional facilities for caring for the boys and girls of the state when they apply for admission. Dr. Foust in presenting the needs of the State college for Women, stat ed that last fall this college receiv ed 369 new students and turned away 481 young ladies for lack of equipe ment and dormitory facilities. Dr. Withers, a native of Davidson, now vice-president of the State A. & E. College, announced that this col lege has 968 students enrolled now, with dormitory accomodations for only 540, the students doubling up and many having to live out in Raleigh, where their expenses are much great er than if they could be housed in the college. Two dormitories are now under construction that will take care of 140 students, but this will not accomodate more than the number now doubled up in the college. The cause of the State university was presented by Frank P. Graham,, a Charlotte boy. He said it is the cause of colleges in general, not only the state institutions, but the denomi- *. national schools as well, which need additional facilities. At the univer sity he said, they are eating, bathing, studying and reciting in shifts and sleeping on tiers as many as four in a room. The Herald only $2 per year and worth more.
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