VOLUME 40
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1921
NUMBER 2
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MEETS IN RALEIGH
First House Bill Proposes
Repeal State Primary;
Officer’s Salaries
At noon Wednesday the 1921 sess
ion of the North Carolina General
Assembly began its deliberations.
According to the usual custom, pray
ers offered for divine guidance be
fore the routine of business was en
tered upon.
After the oaths of office to members
were administered, Senator Lunsford
Long was named president pro-tem
pore of the Senate, and Harry P.
Grier, speaker of the House. The
newly elected presiding officers were
formally inducted into office.
The House went immediately to
work, the first bill to be introduced
being designed to wipe the state wide
primary law off the books in favor
of the old convention days. The bill
provides for a repeal of the whole
section of the consolidated statutes
that brought the primary into exist
ence.
Another bill was introduced by Mr.
Wright, of Guilford, which concerns
the salaries of state officers.
“The measure would increase the
pay of all State constitutional officers
from the present scale of $3,500 per
annums to a flat $6000. The officers
specifically mentioned in the docu
ment are The Secretary of State, the
State Treasurer, State Auditor, At
torney-General, Superintendent of
Public Instruction and Commissioner
of Agriculture. The measure went to
the committee on salaries and Fees."
Considerable discussion was called
forth when a document was sent up
by Minority Leader H. S. Williams
' and read, which declared for a re
arrangement of the seating plans in
the House, giving the minority a block
jx oeacs ^t one side, where they could
all be to-gether. The resolution fur
ther declared that minority members
had been assigned back-row seats.
Debate waxed warm, the final de
cision was that it could not be settled
then, the first day of the session, but
that the matter must be sent to a com
mittee on Rules. The vote was well
divided being 59 to 53.
Dispensing with oratorical fireworks
the Senate confined itself strictly to
routine business at its opening sess
ion yesterday and adjourned after less
than an hour without a single bill be
ing introduced.
Aside from organization, the only
business transacted was the appoint
ment of the standing committees on
Rules and Salaries and Fees and the
special committee on the inauguration
of State Officers and the pasage of
three resolutions.
Changes in Business
The customers of E. A. Johnson and
Fleming and Dupree will be interest
ed i» the fact that these two firms
have combined. Mr. Fleming, who
was a partner with Mr. Dupree has
found it necessary to return to his
home near Enfield for the coming
year, and as a consequence E. A. John
son and Mr. Dupree hav formed a
partnership. The new firm will be
known as E. A. Johnson & Co. They
will occupy the store of Fleming &
Dupree.
Another change which will be not
ed with interest is the removal of the
White Grocery Co. to new quarters
across the street from their old stand.
They will occupy the store recently
vacated by E. A. Johnson. The mem
bers of this enterprising firm are:
Messrs L. T. Royall and George C.
White, and they will be glad to wel
come their customers at their new
place of business.
Friedt-Hyman
Friends here and elsewhere have
received the following invitation:
Mrs. Flora Fuller Hyman requests
your presence at the mariage of her
daughter, Lucy Lawrence to Mr. Glenn
Harner Friedt, on Tuesday, January
the eighteenth, nineten hundred and
twenty-one, at eight o’clock, Centen
ary Methodist Episcopal Church,
Smithfield, North Carolina.
Rev. R. M. Von Miller will preach
at Thanksgiving the second Sunday
in January at 2:30 p. m. and on Sat
urday 11 a. m., and at Antioch Sat
urday at 2:30 p. m. and Sunday at
11 a. m. At both churches the Lord’s
Supper will be observed.
ATLANTIC FLEET IS
ON LONG JOURNEY
Forty-eight Vessels To Join
Pacific Fleet; Will Drill
In Panama Bay
Washington, Jan. 5.—Screened by
destroyers, the Atlantic fleet was
steaming southward from the Virgin
ia Capes tonight to meet its sister
armada from the Pacific in the way
to the waters of Panama Bay. Over
the battleship Pennsylvania flew the
four starred flag of Admiral H. B.
Wilson, commander-in-chief of the
United States fleet, who will command
the combined forces during the ma
neuvers and battle practice to come.
There were 48 crafts under Admiral
Wilson’s command at the mobilization
point off the capes when the flagship
broke out the signal that set the fleet
off on its long cruise. Ahead of them,
sent in advance to meet the Pacific
fleet airmen, the air force of the At
lantic had winged southward to join
in the great war game.
With the Pennsylvania, eight dread
naughts made up Admiral Wilson’s
main column, while the tender Black
Hawk shepherded eighteen destroyers
thrown ahead and abeam to screen
the movements of the ships of the
line. Astern trailed the mine planter
San Francisco flying the flag of the
commander of the mine force. Two
mine layers and two mine sweepers
rolled along in her wake. Inshore the
old cruiser Columbia lolled along at
the head of the supply train.
Aboard the fleet were thousands of
young jackies destined to see the Pan
ama canal for the first time when the
ships go through to join Admiral
Hugh Rodman’s Pacific fleet on the
Pacific side. It will be the first mob
ilization of the full Commissioned
fleet strength of the navy since the
Pacific flee was (Jreated after the
Armistice ended hostilities with Ger
many and set the major fighting craft
free from wartime missioiffe. Elabor
ate plans for the maneuvers have
been made involving it is understood
some practical test of the use of the
signals for purposes of naval strat
egy.
Maneuvers completed, the combined
fleet will turn southward down the
west coast of South America carying
to the people of that coast their first
sight of a- modern fighting fleet. One
section will call at Callao, the other
at Valparaiso before the squadrons
rejoin and return to Panama Bay for
winter drills.
Toward spring the Atlantic fleet
will slip back through the Canal into
its own ocean bound for its old time
base at Guantanamo, Cuba, for more
drills and polishing up of gun crews
before it comes North again to At
lantic ports.
The Pacific fleet will cruise to its
Spring manuevers and fleet target
practice off the California coast.
Mrs. W. S. Stevens Entertains
Mrs. W. S. Stevens entertained
most delightfully class No. 2, of the
Sanders Chapel Sunday School at their
annual review meeting, and the Ba
raca’s as their guests on Tuesday ev
ening. After the musical program
the guests repaired to the dining
room where the review of the lessons
for the past year was held, a prize
being awarded Miss Sarah Hill. The
class birthday jar was opened and it
was found to contain $8 which will
be sent to the fund for starving child
ren of Europe. After the program,
dainty refreshments were served by
Misses Margaret Lee Austin, Jennie
Hill and Addie Talton. The guests
of honor of the evening were Mes
dames Z. R. Martin, of Smithfield and
Mrs. Walter Lumpkin, of Norfolk,
Va
Kirby-Phillips
Kenly, Jan. 6.—On Tuesday night,
December 21st, 1920, at 8:30 o’clock
Mr. Luther Kirby and Miss Mattie
Phillips were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony. The short but impres
sive ceremony was performed by Mr.
P. A. Boyette in the presence of a
few intimate friends.
Mr. Kirby is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Kirby and the bride is the ac
complished daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
L. T. Phillips. A host of friends join
in congratulations and wish for them
a long and happy life.
If our hearts expanded as easily as
our heads swell, the world would be
the gainer.—Matthewman.
FINANCE CORPORA’N
BILL PASSES—IS LAW
Senate and House Pass Bill
Over President’s Veto
Act in Two Months
Washington, Jan. 4.—President Wil
son wtfl have to fill at least one of
the two vacancies on the board of di
rectors on the revived War Finance
Corporation before it can make any
considerable number of loans for fi
nancing exports with a view to af
fording belief to the farming and
other industries. This statement was
made by treasury officials today after
the resolution directing revival of the
corporation became a law through its
passage by the House over the
President’s veto.
The vote in the House to pass the
resolution over the President’s veto
as nearly as ample as that cast yes
terday in the Senate. The House
stood 250 for the measure against 66
for upholding the veto, or 37 more
than the required two-thirds major
ity. Seventeen Democrats voted to
sustain the veto while for its pas
sage there were 135 Republicans, 114
Democrats and one Prohibitionist.
Treasury officials in further discus
sing adoption of the resolution said
that while the corporation would pre
pare to function immediately as a re
sult of the action of Congress, Presi
dent Wilson would be required to ap
point one or two new directors before
anything could be done. The board
of directors is composed of five mem
bM’s and officials explained that a
majority is required by law to ap
prove the application for a loan.
While the present board membership
constitutes a quorum, officials assert
ed, Secretary Houston, who is ex-offi
cio chairman, would not be able to de
vote his time exclusively to coropra
tion matters, as the investigation of
the~*adequafy of securities wo\ild're
quire. The other two directors, Angus
W. McLean, who is now managing di
rector, and George R. Cooksey, offi
cials said, would thus be unable to
act upon applications for loans.
Presidential nominations to the
board require confirmation of the Sen
ate and the question also arose as to
whether the Republican majority of
the Senate would depart in such cases
from the policy of confirming no nom
inations at this session.
Finance corporation officials stated
that in any event it probably would be
two months before the first advance
could be approved.
Funds for making the loans must be
raised, officials explained, and the
methods of providing this money de
termined upon. The corporation has a
balance of about $375,000,000 with the
treasury, but Secretary Houston has
taken the stand that this money should
net be used for making advances to
private concerns.—News and Observ
er.
Two Meetings of Interest
Two meetings^of special interest to
farmers and business men of this sec
tion will be held in Raleigh next week.
The State Tobacco Grower’s Assoc
iation will meet in Raleigh on Wed
nesday, January 12, and the Cotton
Grower’s Association meeting will be
held on Thursday, January 13.
Johnston county is urged to send a
big delegation to each of these two
meetings. The Tobacco Grower’s
meetings will have before it business
of vital importance, the completion
of a permanent State Organiation
and the election of officers, the reduc
tion of tobacco acreage and effective
plans for its enforcement, the formu
lation and odoption of plans for co
operative marketing.
Mr. Aaron Sapiro, a man who has
had a big part in the development of
the co-operative marketing associa
tions of the West will be at the meet
ing to discuss and explain the plans
for co-operative marketing adopted
by the Interstate Tobacco Growers
Association.
Much business of vital interest will
be taken up in the Cotton Association
on Thursday. The association plans
for relieving the depresion of the pre
sent business condition obtaining
throughout the cotton belt will be dis
cussed in this meeting.
Very sincerely yours,
Sh J. KIRBY.
Receipt for an income tax entitles
a man to talk about “our part in the
war.” The cost in dollars is yet to
be met.
NEWS FROM THE
CAPITAL OF BANNER
Educational Banquet at Ho
tel—Community League
Considers Teacherage
Benson, Jan. 5.—Mr. John Turling
ton and sister, Miss Sarah, spent Sun
day in Coats.
Miss' Laura Matthews has returned
from a visit to Durham.
Miss Mary Turlington has left for
Coats after spending Christmas here
with her mother.
Miss Mattie Wilson of Dunn, has
been visiting Miss Ethel Hall this
week.
Mr. D. M. Raynor has moved his
family to the country.
Prof, and Mrs. T. T. Lanier left
Monday night where Prof. Lanier is
principal of the school.
Miss Ethel Nesmith ,of Millegeville,
Ga., is spending sometime here with
her sister, Mrs. R. C. Wells.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Barbour have
moved to their farm near town.
Mr. Carson Clifton, of Smithfield
has moved to town and will occupy the
house vacated by Mr. Barbour.
Mr. Vic Austin of Clayton is in
town visiting his daughter, Mrs. Jes
se McLamb.
Mr. J. B. R. Johnson has moved to
Rocky Mount.
Miss Ethel Boyer of Richmond, Va.,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Godwin.
Mr. Harry Durham of Enfield is
visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. Ellen Barbour of Four Oaks
has been visiting relatives in town.
Mr. Junius Hobbs, of Hopewell,
Va., is visiting in town.
Miss Julia Canaday has returned to
Concord after sjponjding Ct^ristm&s
here.
Messrs W. R. Denning and Ezra
Parker spent Saturday in Raleigh.
Miss Flora Canaday has returned
to Buies Creek where she teaches.
Messrs J. R. Barbour, James Ray
nor and Wrade Royal spent Monday in
Smithfield.
Miss Clara McLeod spent Christmas
with friends near Jonesboro.
Miss Mary Jackson ‘leaves this
week for Peace Institute.
Miss Annie Lee Webb has return
ed from a visit to Chapel Hill.
Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Martin and
Prof, and Mrs. Frank Wells spent
Sunday in Smithfield with Prof, and
Mrs. W. H. Hipps.
Messrs Carl and Jefferson Bare
foot, Casper Jennings, Colen Williams
are leaving for Chapel Hill this
week.
Misses Ellie and Esther Morgan left
Monday for Mefedith college at Ral
eigh.
Miss Evelyn Boone leaves this
week for Randolph Macon college.
Miss Janie Fisher of Carthage,
spent several days last week here
with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Benton.
Miss Ellen Elderidge of Smithfield
has been visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Johnson.
Mr. G. W. Cavenough, of Carrelton,
here this week.
Mr. Everett, a ministerial student
of Wake Forest college, spent some
time in town this week visiting at
the home of Mr. J. F. Woodall.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Massengill left
Monday for Florence Villa, Florida,
to spend several days.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Whittington,
Misses Nelia Barbour, Sibyl Good
rich and Lela Whittington and Mr.
A. B. Allen spent last Saturday in
Raleigh.
Mrs. J. W. Goodrich returned Mon
day from several days’ visit at New
joern.
Mr. John E. Groom, of New Bern,
spent last week in town.
Mr. J. R. McLamb died at his home
near here last week and was buried
at Banner’s chapel. He was survived
by a wife and several children. He
was a very prosperous farmer in
this community and also operated a
cotton gin and saw mill.
The Benson Community Association
held an interesting meeting Tues
day evening, January 4, at the school
auditorium.
More than $32 worth of Red Cross
seals were reported sold by members
of the association. The question of
finishing the basement of the school
building and building a teacherage
came up for discussion. Short speech
es were made by Dr. W. T. Martin
Rev. C. C. Wheeler, Rev. A. T. Lassi
ter, Mr. J. B. Benton and Prof. F. L.
Wells.
Mrs. W. T Martin gave a reading
on “Thought for the New Year.”
PRESIDENT ELECT
HARDING A MASON
Receives D'*jrees of Scottish
Rite—12 Hour Initiation
Ceremony
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 5.—President
elect Harding became a thirty-second
degree Mason tonight at the end of a
twelve hour initiation ceremony here
participated in by ranking officials of
the order from all parts of the Unit
ed States.
Starting as a Master Mason, the
President-elect was raised through
the other nine degrees at a continuous
sitting arranged particularly for his
accomodation. He was the third chos
en Chief Executive to travel through
the higher degrees of Masonary be
fore the Scioto Valley consistory, Jas.
A. Garfield and William McKinley,
having been given their thirty-second
degrees here.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
Mr. Hardinjh was presented with a
Masonic ring given by the thirty-sec
ond degree Masons of Marion, his
home town, who had occupied posts
of honor in the initiation. He may
return here Friday to receive mem
bership in the Mystic Shrine.
With Mrs. Harding, the President
elect motored here from Marion this
morning, his only conference before
leaving home being with Fred Upham
of Chicago, treasurer of the Republi
can National Committee. He will go
back by motor tomorrow morning.—
N»ws and Observer.
Mrs. E. M. Hall and Miss Nelia Bar
bour sang a duet accompanied by
Mrs. W. R. Strickland on the piano.
On Thursday evening, December
30th, some of the college boys and
ex-college men of the town, gave an
interesting and enjoyable banquet at
the Hotel Parrish.
On arriving each boy accompanied
by a girl went directly to the recep
tion hall, where an old time discuss
ion was engaged in, some relating
their college experiences while others
entered into a contest of joke telling,
this gave the occasion the appearance
and atmosphere of a midnight sess
ion it. a college dormitory.
Whno this discussion was in pro
gress a call to the dining hall was
sounded and which upon entering was
found to be beautifully decorated with
the color schemes of orange and white
and penants of the various colleges
represented were artistically arrang
ed cn the wall. The ladies were at
tractively dressed in evening gowns.
Aftr being seated a toast was given
by Rev. C. C. Wheeler. After the
toast the first course consisting of
turkey, cranberry sauce and sand
witches were served; followed with a
piano solo by Miss Wilhelmina Utley
of the Conservatory of Music of Dur
ham and a vocal solo by Mrs. E. M.
Hall. A second course consisting of
fruit salad followed with vocal solos
by Miss Ethel Hall of Meredith col
lege and Miss Mildred Parjrish of
Salem college. A third course of ice
cream and cake was served, followed
with vocal solo by Mrs. Lois Massey
Bass, of Clayton.
The following men responded to
the Tosat Master’s call: “What I
thought of myself as a Freshman,”
by Dr. A. S. Oliver of U. N. C. “What
I thought of myself as a Sophomore”
by Roy Smith of A. & E. “What I
thought of myself as a Junior” by
Jefferson Barefoot of U. N. C. “What
I thought of myself as a Senior” by
Eli Morgan of A. & E. “Difference
between high school and college life,”
by Hosea Jackson of Wake Forest
college. “Some Sophomore experienc
es” by Alton C. Hall of Wake Forest.
“Some Freshman experiences” by Rev.
A. L. Goodrich of Wake Forest. “The
advantage or disadvantage of Co-edu
cation” by Dr. H. H. Utley, of Elon
College. “The most serious event of
my college life,” by Prof. F. L. Wells,
of U. N. C. “College life and real
life” by Mr. M. T. Britt of U. N. C.
“Benefiits of college life” by Rev. E.
M. Hall of Wesleyan College, West
Virginia.
me evening program was concluded
by a rising vote of thanks to the
“Entre Nous Club” under whose aus
pices the splendid dinner was served.
Also a vote was taken to effect that a
permanent association of college men
and women with a banquet to be an
annual affair. Officers for the follow
ing year were elected as follows: Rev.
C. C. Wheeler, President; Jefferson
Barefoot, Vice-President; Roy Smith,
Secretary; and Miss Mildred Parrish
Treasury.
STATE AND GENERAL
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Happenings of Interest As
Gathered and Condensed
From Daily Papers
Lieut. Crinkley, a Raleigh citizen,
is one of the aviators making the
flight in seaplanes to the Canal Zone."
Practically all the cotton mills in
and around Gastonia resumed opera
tions Monday after idleness of two
weeks or longer.
Following a prolonged vacation, the
Asheville Cotton mills owned by the
( one interests of Greensboro re-op
ened Monday morning with full forcA
A dispatch from Madrid announced
that about 150 persons on board the
Spanish steamer Santa Isabel, were
lost, when that ship was wrecked on
the coast of Villagarcia.
Spooning, one use to which Central
Park in New York city is put, in all
seasons, has been seriously hampered
by the crime wave. The police do
not allow loitering after dark.
An earthquake which obliterated
the city of Elbasson, Albania, killed
fourteen persons, injured 300, and
rendered 10,000 homeless, according
to a dispatch received in Paris Jan
uary 2.
A shortage l-unning into thousands
of dollars has been discovered in the
accounts of the Finance Dejartment
of New York city and comptroller
Craig has sworn out a warrant for
one of his employes.
According to news from Tokio,
more German merchants are now ac
tive in Japan than at any time be
fore the war, and there is much con
cern over the new compeititon offer
ed by them.
Jewish history in the United States
began with Christopher Columbus.
The day before Columbus set sailed
300.000 Jews were expelled from
Spain, and a group of Jews joined
the expedition of Columbus. ^ ^
As a result of the generosity of
citizens of Philadelphia, 20,150 starv
ing children of Europe will be pro
vided for until next harvest time.
Checks amounting to $201,500 were
contributed. An anonymous subscrib
er gave $100,000.
The capitol building of West Vir
ginia was destroyed by fire Monday
morning. One laborer was killed and
a fireman injured when a section of
the roof caved in. The loss included
records upon which there was no in
surance.
Ex-president Deschanel of France,
who was obliged by poor health to
resign from his great office last fall,
has so far recovered that he is again
seeking to enter public life. This
time he would be Senator from Eure
et Loire.
The largest belt for machinery in
the world was recently made by a
Philadelphia manufacturer. It weighs
3.000 pounds, and the toughest parts
of the hides of 670 steers were re
quired for material.
The Durham Hosiery mills are in
operation again working on a scale
of four days to the week. It was an
nounced, however, that the mills
would close for the entire next week,
after which a schedule of three days
to the wek will be observed.
A severe wind and rain storm in
the early part of the week caused
much damage in the Western North
Carolina section. The lighting sys
tem at Andrews was put out of com
mission and two miles of the Southern
Railway at that place were washed
away.
Employes of the Ford Motor com
pany in Detroit, Michigan, circulated
a hand bill Sunday asking that the
company permit the workers to use
the plant for making cars for their
own use while the plant was tempo
rarily closed for inventory. Their re
quest was refused.
Ten delegates, one from every Con
gressional district from North Caro
lina are expected to attend the sec
ond annual convention of the League
of Women voters which will be held
in Cleveland, Ohio, April 11 to 16, ac
cording to Mrs. George Gellhom,
vice-chairman of the league.
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