VOLUME 40
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921
NUMBER 3
INAUGURAL PLANS
ABOUT COMPLETE
Details Are Arranged For
Wednesday; Special from
Charlotte
Detailed arrangements for the in
auguration of Cameron Morrison as
Governor of North Carolina at noon
next Wednesday have been practi
cally completed by the joint Senate
and House committee named for that
work. Save for the elimination of
the customary ianugural luncheon to
bt served immediately after the in
augural ceremony, the plans have not
been changed from those in vogue for
many years.
The Governor-elect will arrive on a
special train from Charlotte at 10
o’clock Wednesday morning, accom
panied by about 200 Charlotte citi
zens. The Inaugural Committee com
posed of Senators DeLaney, Nash,
Burgwyn, of New Hanover, and Mc
Gougan and Representatives Everett
of Richmond, Pharr, Hill, Grady and
Hamilton, will meet the Governor
elect’s train at some point en route
and accompany the party to Raleigh.
The women of the Governor-elect’s
party will be met at the station by
a committee of Raleigh women and
entertained at the Yarborough until
the hour for the ceremony. Mr. Morri
son will leave the train at 11:15 for
the drivq to the Executive Mansion
where the retiring Executive will join
the party for a drive to the City
Auditorium.—News and Observer.
NAVY STRENGTH OF NATIONS.
Great Britain Leads All; America’s
Sea Power Is Double That
of Japan.
Washington, Jan. 7.—What officials
believe to be complete information as
to the relative naval strength of the
(#\ncipiii Ithrid potvers is now in pos
session of the American government.
Whether it will be presented to the
senate foreign relations committee in
connection with that committee’s con
sideration of proposals looking to
world disarmament has not been dis
closed.
The information has been compiled
in the form of tables which show that
Great Britain’s sea power is double
lhat of the United States, and that
although the British pre-eminence in
capital ships will practically have
been overcome by the United States
with the completion in 1923 of the
American building program, the Am
erican navy will still be greatly in
ferior in ‘types of vessels in which
naval officers regard as extremely im
portant, notably destroyer leaders,
cruisers and light cruisers, subma
rines and airplane ships.
The American navy today, accord
ing to this information has more than
double the srength of the Japanese
navy and this ratio will be maintained
ev%n with the completion of the
building program of the two coun
tries. The United States will be far
superior not only in capital ships but
also in destroyers and submarines. Ja
pan, however, will have double the
number of battle cruisers, now po
sessing four such vessels with eight
others projected, while the United
States has none completed and only
six building. '
Without reference to second line
ships, of which Great Britain has a
preponderence in all classes over the
United States and Japan, the British
navy contains 26 battleships carrying
at least 10 guns of 12-inch calibre or
larger, and displacing 20,000 tons or
more.
The United States has 15 such ves
sels, Japan six, France seven, and
Italy four. Great Britain has no first
line battleships under construction,
while the United* States has 11, Japan
seven, France four, and Italy four.—
Associated Press.
50-gallon Still Captured
Mr. J. M. Wall, deputy sheriff of
Wilders township assisted by Mr. Roy
Barnes captured a fifty gallon copper
still and outfit not far from Pine
ville. The still was running when
they went to it. They also captur
ed seven barrels of beer and one
empty beer barrel and a small quan
tity of whiskey. The still was
brought to Smithfield Friday morning
by Mr. Wall.
Watch your label and renew before
your time ia out.
CLAYTON NEWS
Clayton, Jan. 8.—Miss Maude Win
ston, of Youngsville is visiting friends
here this week.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. A. Sam White
on January 1st, a daughter, Eliza
beth Rose.
Miss Mabel Ellis spent several days
this week with Mrs. L. M. Edgerton
at Princeton.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ellis have gone
to Florida for several weeks. They
left home Monday on their Hudson
automobile.
Mrs. C. B. Turley came home today
from a visit to relatives at Oxford.
Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Thrift have
been on a visit to relatives in Vir
ginia.
Seme few of the town people at
tended the funeral of Mr. W. R. Long
at Smit.hfield last Tuesday.
Miss Blanche Ellington has gone
to Pittsboro to enter school.
Misses Aldine Oneil, Barbara Gul
ley, Maude Winston, Mr. Hugh Fer
rall and Mrs. E. L. Oneil spent Friday
in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hamilton
have moved from the Penny House
in the edge of town to the home of
Mrs. J. E. Page.
Miss Mellia Parrish has returned
to Farmville, Va., to re-enter school
after spending the holidays here with
her parents.
Mrs. Miller White and daughter,
Susan, have returned to their home at
Darlington, S. C., after visiting their
friends here for several days.
Sunday morning the new pipe or
gan, which has just been installed in
the Baptist church will be used for the
first time.
The Clayton school will open Mon
day, with a large enrollment of girls
and boys and teachers with a great
determination to accomplish much
between now and the end of the time.
Messrs E. R. and A. V. Gulley made
a business trip to Smithfield Friday.
Miss Sulou MeCullers left Tuesday
for Staunton, Va., after spending the
holidays here.
On Monday afternoon from 4 to 6
, ; 1 '*;-o c-,i~— 'f/-0.-11 - j.-.*.
o cIock iVii&o- tjiauu iVxo^Cnitfrfc 6/itei
tained the Y. W. A. at her home here.
After an interesting program was
carried out the hostess served a de
licious course of sweets.
TOBACCO STATE’S CHIEF CROP.
The Golden Leaf Crowns North Caro
lina and She Leads the Unit
ed States in Production.
Tobacco is king in North Carolina,
and it entitles her to first rank among
all states for this crop in acreage and
value. Kentucky has long held the
first place, but the 1920 crop has put
her second in rank, by $27,000,000 be
low that held by North Carolina.
Our total of 582,000 acres, produced
a $97,182,000 tobacco crop. The ac
reage in the state was increased 11
per cent, the production 11.8 per cent,
and the total value decreased 44
per cent, since 1919.
The quality was poor, it being pap
ery or devoid of wax, quite spotted
and irregular in color, with much evi
dence of unripe curing. The color
was variable but fair. The Alamance
and Caswell counties area produced
the best and about the only good to
bacco in the state. Quite a slump in
pi ices occurred late in November and
December, excepting with the best
qualities.
The LTnited States crop was increas
ed four per cent, in production and
yielded G5 per cent, less in value. The
national average for this crop was
79G pounds, valded at $168 per acre
at 21 cents per pound.
The state’s crop averaged $167 per
acre, whftle the average of all crops
was $45. This means that the tobacco
value is equal to about thirty per cent
of the total value of all crops, while
it had but twelve per cent, of the
acreage.
For the Coastal area the average
yield was 723 pounds per acre, at 24
cents per pound. Johnston county had
15,725 acres, or four per cent increase
averaging 666 pounds per acre and
18.58 cents per pound.
Recovers Automobile
Mr. S. R. Brady who had his auto
mobile stolen from his shelter dur
ing the holidays found it at Warsaw
by advertising for it. He went for it
himself and found it considerably
damaged. The thieves had sold it to
a man in Warsaw for twenty-five dol
lars. They broke into some stores in
Sampson county and are now in jail
at Clinton. The names of the two
are Henry Jemigan and Jasper Mitch
ell of Selma.
DOINGS OF THE N. C.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Bill in House to Make Rail
road Crossings Safe—
Inauguration Plans
Neither the House nor the Senate
distinguished itself by action Thuras
day, Friday or Saturday. Bills of
State-wide importance were deferred
until Monday, which marked the real
beginning of the work of the sess
ion of 1921.
The appointment of an inaugural
committee and the introduction of a
resolution providing for an appropria
tion of $1,200 to cover the expenses
of the inauguration of Governor-elect
Morrison which takes place to-morrow
were features of Thursday’s session.
An important feature of the thirty
minute session of the legislature Sat
urday, was the introduction in the
House of a bill by Representative
Lawrence, of Alamance, designed to
require all railroad crossings of fed
eral aid roads and state highways to
be either overhead or underground
crossings in North Carolina.
This bill would not apply to cross
ings in cities and towns, or at cross
ings where gates or other means of
protecting life and property are pro
vided and efficiently operated. The
act, if passed, would become effective
on or after January 1, 1926.
The failure to comply with the pro
visions of the proposed bill would en
tail a fine of $10,000.
As to other proposed legislation for
this week, it is the opinion that the
general business of the General As
sembly will not be much, until after
the inauguration whi<J^ takes place
tomorrow. Two matters will be of
concern perhaps this week, one, the
canva^S of the returns from the No
vember elections; the other, the con
sideration of salaries for State offi
cers.
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Miss Simpson Makes Health Talk
Wednesday Miss Simpson, who is
connected with the North Carolina
State Board of Health working par
ticularly in the Bureau of Public
Health Service, was in our city and
crave two most instructive and pro
fitable lectures to women and girls.
At two o’clock she went to the Graded
school where she talked to the High
School girls; and at three-thirty she
met a large group of women at the
Woman’s Club and delivered her lec
ture to them. Her lecture the sub
ject of which was “Keeping Fit,” was
accompanied by charts illustrating in
a vivid way the thought she was driv
ing home. •
Miss Simpson prefaced her remarks
by a word or two about the public
health work which her Bureau is en
deavoring to put across in this state.
The work is an outgrowth of the
war. Statistics available from the
draft, revealed the alarming preval
ence of certain diseases, North Caro
lina being 39th in the list of states
as to the number of clean men ex
amined. The three diseases which are
claiming the especial attention of
this department are tuberculosis, can
cer and veneral diseases.
It was with references to the latter
that Miss Simpson was here with her
talk and pictures. It is gratifying
that a largtr number heard her both
times for to hear her was to receive
benefit. Her appeal for wholesome
outdoor dxercises, modest relations
toward boys, sensible dress (with
special reference to shoes, hair and
thin waists) and for wise choice of
friendships on the part of young girls
was forcefully delivered. She closed
by holding up worthy examples of
women who are worth while in the
world. A charming personality her
self, Miss Simpson impressed her
audience as one “who practices what
she preaches.”
At the same time that Miss Simp
son gave her talk to the High School
girls, Mr. Lloyd Ranson, County Y.
M. C. A. Secretary, made a similar
talk to the High School boys. His
theme also, waa “Keeping Fitf’—a
subject which cannot be stressed too
often.
Congressman Godwin’s Home Burned
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the old home place of Congressman
Godwin’s family near Dunn, Wednes
day night. The Congressman had in
tended, in the near future to remodel
the building as a residence for his
family. The loss was partially cover
ed by insurance.
RELIEVE WORKERS
OF INCOME TAXES
What North Carolina Con
gressmen Think of the
Bill; Brinson Silent
Washington, Jan. 8.—Readjustment
of taxes to relieve the workers in the
matter of income taxes and equalize
the burden of business was asked to
day of the House ways and means
committee by the tax commission of
the National Retail Dry Goods As
sociation. Association representa
tives filed with the committee a de
tailed plan for revision of the fed
eral tax laws which, they estimated
would provide the required revenue
for a $4,000,000,000 annual budget.
The plan proposes that a distinc
tion be made between income from
manual or mental effort and income
from business 'investment In this
connection, the association’s program
would fix the exemption from income
taxes at $2,500 for single persons and
$5,000 for heads of families, instead
of the $1,000 and $2,000 exemptions
that now prevail.
A graduated scale on income taxes
also would be established under the
plan, income from shlarips, wages
and commissions being taxed at the
lowest rate, income derived from
business at a higher rate and all oth
er income, including profits from
sales as capital assets, to a still
greater degree. *
The committee was informed in a
statement accompanying the brief
that the association’s proposal had
been concurred in through a referen
dum among its 2,000 members.
The committee, Chairman Fordney
said, would take up the suggestions
of the association when it resumes
consideration of revenue legislation,
which will not be until after revision
of the tariff has been completed.
■ The plan -worked.-flat- by trade or,
ganization contains several proposals
not heretofore advanced including the
assessment of a federal poll tax of
$5 on each person over 21 years old
who receives an independent income.
There should be a tax on gross
sales of all goods sufficient when
added to all other taxes proposed in
the program and including customs
receipts to aggregate the required
$4, (.00,000,000.
Pomona Wins from Brogden
On January fith Broaden visited Po
mona and handed them an easy game
of basket ball. Pomona started the
game with a rush gaining a safe lead
in the first few minutes of the play.
The final score being 23 to 4. The
game was featured by the skill in
shooting goal' of Baines and Hill, J.
The guards did good work for Po
mona, allowing only one field goal.
Brogden threatened to score several
times but failed for the part of team
work.
Summary of points, Pomona: J. Hill
,11; Barnes 8; L. Hill 4.
Brogden: 0. Creech 2; E. Creech 2
(fouls.)
HARDING RESIGNS AS SENATOR
Electoral College at Harding Inaugu
ration on March 4 Is Planned.
Harding Approves.
President-elect Harding has re
signed as United States Senator from
Ohio. He resigned as soon as the new
ly elected Republican governor of
Ohio assumed office, having waited so
that he might have a Republican suc
cessor. His resignation will take ef
fect on January 15. The last six
weeks before his inauguration will be
devoted to preparation for his ad
ministration.
An innovation may be introduced
into the inaugural ceremonies on the
4th, of March, it having been sug
gested that the members of the elec
toral college, both Democrats and
Republicans, be extended an special
invitation to be in Washington. The
plan, which Harding approves, was
proposed by a group of Ohio electors.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank each one for
the kindness and sympathy shown us
during the death and burial of our
dear wife and mother. May God's
richest blessings rest on every one
is our humble prayer.
J. B. Bailey and children.
Selma, N. C., Jan. 10, 1921.
FOUR OAKS NEWS
Four Oaks, Jan. 8.—Miss Julia
Thornton, who has been in school at
Salemburg spent the holidays here
with relatives.
Mr. Roby Adams, who spent some
time here recently, returned to Ox
ford last week to resume his work.
He is principal of the school there.
Misses Ruth and Joe Reba Moore,
of Pine Tops, visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Strickland dur
ing the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Paschal, of
Lucama, spent sometime at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tucker recent
ly.
Mr. Joe Pierce, of Kenly arrived
Sunday to visit her daughters, Mrs.
W. R. Keene, Mrs. L. C. Keene and
Miss Mattie Pierce.
Miss Josephine Bundy returned to
Louisburg college Saturday to resume
her studies after having spent the
holidays here with her parents.
Rev. M. P. Davis, of Albemarle,
has accepted the pastorate of the
Baptist church here. He moved his
family here during the past week and
they occupy the house in which Rev.
C. E. Stevens lived. We welcome Rev.
Davis and family into our midst and
hope their stay with us will be very
pleasant.
The school opened Monday morning
with a few new pupils entering mak
ing about 250 in all. Some new plans
and devices were made fdr the bet
terment of the school. Prof. Blank
enship and his able corp of teachers
as well as the students, launched forth
to make the months to come the very
best of the school.
Miss Roberta Patterson of Airlee,
spent a few days here last week with
her sister, Mrs. L. A. Adams.
Mrs. S. M. Boyette and children
have returned from an extended trip
to F lorida. They report a very plea
sant time.
Mr. E. F. Strickland and son,
have been home because of sickness.
We hope they will soon be able to get
out again.
' Mr.v-H: ii,-A&u&s-_ cetaxned this
week after visiting her mother and
relatives in Atlanta, Ga.
Among those who have returned to
various schools to resume their work
are, Misses Ruby Stanley and Clyde
Sanders, Mr. Cleon Sanders and Mr.
Gilbert Creech to Buies Creek; Misses
Leola Sanders and Esther Creech to
Meredith at Raleigh; Mr. William
Sanders and Mr. Vernon Moore to
Wake Forest; Mr. Warren Massen
gill to Oak Ridge; Miss Sallie Adams
to Atlantic Christian college at Wil
son; Miss Florence Adams to G. C.
W., at Greensboro and Mr. Reid Ad
ams to Trinity at Durham.
On Sunday December 2(>, Mr. Oscar
West of this place and Miss Deama
Olive, of Smithfield were married at
at the Methodist parsonage. Rev. E.
B. Craven performed the ceremony.
The groom is a son of Mr. J. H.
West and holds a position with Tuck
er & Sanders Motor Co. We wish
for them a happy and prosperous life.
Mr. and Mrs. Y. M. Holland, of
Clayton, spent sometime here last
Sunday with relatives and friends.
NEW COTTON ORGANIZATION.
American Products Export and Im
port Corporation To Be Or
ganized in County
South Carolina has sold 200,000
bales of low grade cotton to Europe.
The whole South is organizing to do
likewise. Noaith Carolina puts on
her campaign from January I7th, to
January 31, 1921. Jonhston county
;s to organize January 17, 18, and
19th. The dates and meeting places
ire as follows:
Princeton, January 17th 10 a. m.
Kenly, January 17th, 2 p. m.
Selma, Jan. 18th, 10 a. m.
Clayton, January 18th, 2 p. m.
Benson, January 19th, 10 a. m.
Smithfield, January 19th, 2 p. m.
The meeting at Smithfield is to per
Fect a County Organization.
The name of the organization is
The American Products Export and
Import Corporation. It will export
farm products and import potash and
so on.
There is to be no long speechmak
ing. Mr. Brown from South Carolina
will be at the meeting to explain the
workings of the Corporation and to
take pledges for cotton.
This is our only hope of a quick re
turn to prosperity. Come to the meet
ing and get behind it.
(Signed:)
A. M. JOHNSON,
Temporary Manager.
Smithfield, N. C., Jan. 8, 1921.
REAPPORTIONMENT
BILL MAY BE LAW
Plan for Revisipn of Federal
Tax Laws Submitted—
New Proposals Made
\\ ashington, Jan. 9. — Assuming
that the Siegel reapportionment bill
under which North Carolina will get
two additional seats in the lower
house of Congress, will pass, and it
probably will, despite the sharp fight
against it that most Democrats and
some Republicans will wage when the
bill reaches the floor of the House,
there is much interest among Tar
Heels at the National Capital in the
position that the State Legislature
will take with reference to redistrict
ing the State.
Representative Brinson, who is a
member of the House census com
mittee, and who is active in the fight
against increasing the House mem
bership, declined to take a position
with reference to redistricting, hold
ing that the matter is one for the
State Legislature alone and he did not
wish to obtrude his views on that
body.
Senator Overman is inclined to fav
or the idea of having the additional
congressman from the State at large,
at least for two or four years. The
time isn’t just ripe for the State to
be redis^ricted in the fairest and
most acceptable manner, he believes,
and in order to avoid the possibility
of having a redistricted measure rush
ed through that would not be satis
factory to everybody, he would *rather
prefer to defer the work for twro
years, and possibly longer.
Representative Small is also in
clined to favor the idea of congress
men-at-large at least for the time be
ing. He dislikes the idea of disturb
ing the arrangements of the present
districts, and also fancies the idea
ef having a.man. or two in the House. __
who will be responsible to the people
of the whole State and not be guided
in matters of legislation by what he
may think suits the people of a single
district. Incidentally, Mr. Small is
being suggested as a possible con
gressman-at-large, should that plan be
adopted.—Joe L. Baker in News and
Observer.
Sinithfield B. & L. Association
The following directors were elect
ed at the annual meeting of Share
holders Monday, January 10th, to
serve for one year:
W. H. Austin, J. H. Abell, F. H.
Brooks, R. C. Gillett, F. K Broad
hurst, R R Holt, H. C. Hood, N. B.
Grantham, S. T. Honeycutt, W. N.
Holt, and Charles A. Creech
The following officers were elected
at this meeting:
N. B. Grantham, President, W. H.
Austin, Vice-President; J. J. Broad
hurst, Secty. & Treas., and F. H.
Brooks, Attorney.
The annual report read before the
shareholders was the best since the
Association has been in business;
showing 5596 shares in force, paid
out matured shares, $37,400.00; loan
ed $63,000.00, for new homes and the
shareholders present expressed them
selves prepared to help make 1921
wen better than 1920.
'HIEF JUSTICE CLARK to RESIGN
Wishes to See Europe, Meditate and
' Write. Now 75 Years Old.
Long Time On Bench
According to the Raleigh correspon
dent of the Greensboro Daily News,
Chief Justice Walter Clark, who has
been on the bench longer than any
iving North Carolinian, intends to
esign in the middle of his term. He
has expressed a desire to leave the
, bench in order to travel in Europe. He
| would make a study of the Old World
made new and write about it.
The Chief Justice is now 75 years
old but there is not a sign of old age
about him.
A bill will probably be introduced
in the legislature this week to retire
jurists after they reach 70, and pro
viding a stipend to them in retired
life. It is stated that Chief Justice
Clark knows nothing of it, but, if
passed may cause his resignation
sooner.
Love is like an onion;
We taste it with delight,
But when it’s gone, we wonder
Whatever made us bite.