VOLUME 40
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDA Y^ JANUARY 21, 1921.
NUMBER 6
MARRIAGE AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
Miss Lucy Hyman Becomes
Bride of Mr. Glenn Friedt
Of Detroit, Michigan
A marriage of interstate interest
was solemnized in the Centenary Me
thodist Church last Tuesday evening
at eight o’clock, when Miss Lucy
Lawrence Hyman became the bride
of Mr. Glenn Hamer Friedt. The
church was appropriately decorated
in evergreens, with lighted candles,
and as the large congregation was as
sembling, Mr. Pinckney Powers, of
Richmond, Va. rendered the following
beautiful organ selections: Temple
March by Vincent; Serenade by Chaf
fin; Venetian Love Song by Nevin;
Grand Choeur by Spence. At the con
clusion of the instrumental program
Miss Elizabeth Fourquerean, of Rich
mond, Va., sang Grieg’s “I Love Thee”
with great sweetness of voice, and
skill of execution.
The opening trumpet notes of the
Bridal Cho: ^ from Lohengrin an
nounced the arrival of the bridal
party. The bridesmaids entered,
from opposite aisles, in the following
order: Miss Lallah Rookh Stephen
son, of Smithfield, wearing silver
cloth over white satin, and Miss Bet
tie Watson, of Smithfield in silver
lace over blue satin. Miss Lucy Belle
Blackley, of Richmond in silver lace
over coral satin, and Miss Irene My
att, of Smithfield, wearing orchid sat
in draped in silver tulle. Miss Carol
Collier, of Goldsboro, in silver lace
over yellow satin, and Miss Retta
Martin, of Smithfield, wearing tur
quoise blue satin with silver lace.
Miss Rylma Friedt, of Detroit, Mich.,
sister of the groom, wearing Nile
green satin draped in silver tulle,
and Miss Margaret Fourquefean, of
Richmond in silver lace over cloth of
silver. Each bridesmaid carried an
arm bouquet of Sunburst roses. These
young ladies took places within the
chancel, and their artistic costumes
formed a rainbow effect of indescri
bable loveliness. The ushers then
came in and took places behind the
Maids. They were: Mr. Troy Myatt,
of Wilson and Mr. Walter Parrish of
Smithfield. Mr. George Fuller, of
Washington, D. C., and Mr. C. F.
Blackley, of Richmond. Mr. Edward
Woodall, of Smithfield and Mr. W.
B. Stell, of Norfolk. Mr. Whit Roud
abush of Richmond and Mr. Ransom
Sanders, of Smithfield.
The Dames of Honor, Mrs. Lee E.
Sanders, of Smithfield , sister of the
bride, and Mrs. W. G. Hockaday of
Richmond, then entered from oppos
ite aisles. They were gowned alike
in blue satin with sequin garniture,
and carried bouquets of Madame Rus
sell roses. The Maid of Honor, Miss
Elizabeth Hyman, of Richmond, sis
ter of the bride, came next. She
was gowned in shell-pink satin, drap
ed in tulle, with silver ribbons and
carried an arm bouquet of Columbia
roses. The tiny Flower girl, little
miss Margaret Hyman, of Baltimore,
niece of the bride then came, scatter
ing pink rose petals. She wore a
dainty little frock of white net over
white silk, trimmed in pink rosebuds.
At the same time the ring-bearer,
Master Hyman Sanders, nephew of
the bride, came down the other aisle,
dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroy
suit of black velvet, and carrying the
ring hidden in the heart of a lily.
These two small participants in the
ceremonial, were objects of great in
terest, and caused the spectators to
have visions of Fairyland.
The Groom came in with his Best
Man, Mr. L. P. Bowman, of Detroit,
Mich., as the Bride entered leaning
on the arm of her brother, Mr. F. C.
Hyman, of Baltimore, by whom she
was given in marriage. Her gown
was of heavy ivory white satin Duch
esse, with Chantilly lace, the long
court train caught with orange blos
soms. The veil of tulle hung to the
end of the train, and she carried a
shower bouquet of Bride roses and
lilies of the valley. Her only orna
ment was a rope of pearls, the gift
of the Groom, and the exquisite bridal
costume formed a perfect setting for
her brunette type of youthful beauty.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. H. S. Hartsell, of the Episcopal
church the couple kneeling for* the
prayers and benediction upon cushions
of white satin. During the ceremony
the organists softly intoned the
“Hymn to the Evening Star” from
Tanhauser, and at the conclusion, the
strains swelled into the thrilling notes
Poor Richard
In many respects Benjamin Frank
lin is the most interesting character
ever produced in America. This is not
only because of his many-sidedness,
which was astonishing, but also be
cause he has been allowed to remain
what he was most emphatically, a
human being, with a great many im
perfections, but also with lovable
qualities and a mlenttal distinction
which made him a marked man wher
ever he went. There is a tendency
among too many Americans to de
humanize our great men. Washington
has been made an impossible figure
in this process of deification. It is now
being applied to Lincoln, who is re
presented as a godlike creature of
superlative wisdom, which totally mis
represents him. Some mistaken en
thusiasts are even attempting to deify
Theodore Roosevelt, despite his num
erous faults and fobiles.
Thanks to his autobiography this
process of robbing a man of all hu
man interest can never be applied to
Franklin. His very frank confesions
and his well-known peccadillos, which
he never concealed, render it quite
impossible to make a god out of him.
For centuries to come he will con
tinue to be the practical philosopher,
the patriot, the printer, the scientist,
the inventor, the man of the world,
the wit, the admirable letter writer,
the diplomat, the statesman, the epi
gram-maker, and even the soldier, to
mention some of the many roles which
he played. He will always be in
teresting because, while not rising to
the supreme height cf greatness, he
had so many elements of character
which appeal to men wddely diversi
fied in their points of view.—Philadel
phia Record.
/ Dunn Organizes Ku Klux
According to the Dunn correspon
dent of the Greensboro News, robber
ies and hold ups have been so frequent
in that vicinity that the police have
taken additional precautions to catch
the offenders. It was further stated
that—
Dunn is being organized by the
“Ku-Kluckers”—at $10 a throw. Since
early last week a representative of
the Imperial Wizard has been in town
attempting to interest citizens in the
revival of the picturesque clan around
which Thomas Dixon wove so inter
esting a yarn. And he has been far
from unsuccessful, according to infor
mation that somehow has leaked thru
the cloak of mystery surrounding the
meeting of prospective members held
in the rooms of the Masonic Lodge
a few nights ago.
Oxford Votes $75,000 For School
Oxford, Jan. 19.—By a large major
ity Oxford Graded School district
voted this week for a bond issue of
$75,000 for additional school build
ings. This amount is in addition to
$50,000 authorized some time ago.
The larger part of this sum will be
used in erecting and equipping a high
school building at the site on Will
iamsboro street, recently purchased
for that purpose. When this building
is completed the district will be fully
equipped for modern high school
work.—News and Observer.
of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March as
the party left the church.
Following the ceremony, a reception
took place at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee E. Sanders, where numbers
of friends called to express their
good wishes to the young couple.
Afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Friedt took
the midnight train for New York and
other Northern points.
Mrs. Friedt is descended from the
Fuller and Hyman families—among
the oldest in the state. She was rear
ed in Smithfield, and a host of friends
rejoiced when she decreed that the
happiest event of her life should take
place in the old town, which had
been the home of her family for
generations. A decided brunette, she
is a very beautiful young woman,
and her charm of mind and sweetness
of disposition have endeared her to
all who know her. Mr. Friedt is the
son of Mr. Richard Friedt, a promi
nent manufacturer of Detroit, Mich.
He is now engaged in the mercantile
business in Fairmount, West Virginia
where he will be at home with his
bride, after February the 1st. A large
number of handsome presents was an
evidence of the popularity of these
young people in their own and other
states.
THE HOUSE VOTES
MEMBERSHIP SAME
North Carolina Gains One
—Vote of 267 to 78
Against the Siegel Bill
Washington, Jan. 19.—The House
decisively voted late today against the
Siegel reapportionment bill to in
j crease the membership of the house
from 435 to 483 members, a gain of
,48. Nevertheless North Carolina will
have one additional member.
After two days of spirited debate
the lower chamber finally put thru
an amendment to the reapportionment
bill which holds its membership to the
present future. The final vote was
267 to 78. All members of the North
Carolina delegation who were present
with the exception of Representative
■ Jno. H. Small voted for a house of the
I present size.
This ends for 10 years at least all
efforts to have a larger house. It also
disposes of the Tinkham proposal to
limit the representation of the south
ern states because of their alleged dis
franchisement of the negro. Represen
tative Tinkham was unable to make
any headway in the house today for
his program to tack on an amendment
to investigate the election practices
in the south and to reduce that sec
tion’s representation.
North Carolina gains one member
even under the action of the house to
day. Its increase in population during
the past decade was such that it will
be entitled to 11 instead of 10 mem
bers in the house under the action
taken by the lower body of congress
this afternoon.
This puts up to the North Carolina
legislature the problem of redistrict
ing the state or adopting the policy of
one representative-at-large.
Representative Tinkham’s attempt
to cut down the south’s representation
was a “fizzle” and even a number of
leading Republicans joined in sup
porting a joint of order against his
proposal. Representative Longworth,
of Ohio, a son-in-law of the late Pres
ident Roosevelt, made the point of
order against the Tinkham proposal,
and this point of order was defended
by such staunch Republicans as Mon
dell, of Wyoming, the G. 0. P. floor
leader, and Towner, of Iowa.
Representative Garrett, of Tennes
see, led the Democratic opposition
Practically the only support received
by Tinkham on his own side was that
of Madden, of Illinois, and Mason of
the same state, each of whom has
frequently attacked the south.—Theo
dore Tiller in Greensboro News.
Dying of Hiccoughs
John Peterson, is reported to be
dying from a violent atack of hic
coughs at his home at Essington, Pa.
When he was stricken ten days ago,
Peterson was a robust man. Now he
is a mere shadow of his former self.
Physicians have resorted to every
known remedy to stop the hiccough
ing, but without avail. Peterson is
unable to retain anything on his sto
mach.
Unless there is a miraculous change
medical attendants can see little hope
for Jiis recovery. Peterson’s grand
mother is said to have died some years
ago from a similar ailment. Other
persons in the community have been
violently affected with hiccoughs, and
in one instance a victim was chloro
formed for two hours to rid him of
the cough, but he had no sooner re
covered consciousness than the cough
returned more violently. Another pa
tient suffered for three days and then
found relief in the use of tight ban
dages.—Philadelphia Record.
Can’t Print Enough Bibles
One book that always sells is the
Bible. The demand for Bibles is
greater than publishers can meet. The
American Bible Society says it will
take 50 years to supply the world with
Bibles at the present rate of output,
which is 30 million Bibles a year. The
demand for Bibles does not come from
any particular section, but is general.
China alone asked for a million more
volumes last year than could be sup
plied, and Mexico and Latin America
have orders that are waiting to be
filled. This is very encouraging. Now
will someone tell us how many people
read the Bible ?— Capper’s Weekly.
Smile and the world smiles with
you—Frown and you frown alone.
HARDING DROPS THE
CABINET QUESTION
Has Trouble in Making
Decisions; Will Make
Announcements Later
Marion, Ohio, Jan. 19.—The task of
selecting a cabinet has been found so
difficult by President-elect Harding
that he has given up his plan of mak
ing early definite selections for two
or three of the more important port
folios.
Without indicating the exact nature
of the complications he has encoun
tered, the President-elect said tonight
that after several weeks of considera
tion, he was not disposd to commit
himself in regard to any one of the
cabinet places until he was ready to
make final selections for all of them.
He added that he considered his diffi
culties only a normal manifestation of
personal and factional cross currents
and said with a smile that the situa
tion was not keeping him awake
nights.
The emphasis placed by the Presi
dent-elect on his desire for a “Repub
lican cabinet” was taken to have di
rect reference to widely published
stories that he would disregard the
usual method of giving cabinet posi
tions to those who had been active in
party place, and might even go so
far as to name a Democrat to one of
the ten places in his official circle.
Mr. Harding now has laid aside the
whole business of making a cabinet
and he does not expect to revert to
it again until the end of his two
weeks house boat trip, which begins
Saturday at St. Augustine, Fla.
President-elect Harding resigned
tonight as president of the Harding
Publishing company and thus relin
quishes the active direction he has
exercised for 30 years over the edi
torial policy of the Marion Daily
News. He did not sever connection
with the paper, however, accepting
the chairmanship of the board of di
rectors with the understanding that
his duties are to be more or less per
functory while he is in the White
House.—Wilmington Star.
Big Hogs Killed in Meadow Township
Mr. N. B. Morgan, of Meadow
township was here yesterday and told
us about some hogs recently killed by
several of his neighbors.
Mr. John V. Barefoot killed one
which weighed 561 pounds. Mr. Seth
Lee killed two which weighed 872
pounds. Mr. Arthur Parker killed a
hog which weighed about 500 pounds.
Mr. Morgan did not remeber its exact
weight. Mr. Joe Holley killed one
weighing 395 pounds. Mr. L. D. Hin
ton killed one which weighed 300
pounds. Mr. G. W. Lee killed one
which weighed 400 pounds. All these
men killed a good lot of pork besides
the hogs mentioned above and it
looks like meat will be plentiful in
that section this year.
Cane Presented to Pres. Wilson
A walking cane made from wood
cut out of the heart of a native Bois
d’Arc tree planted in Texas in 1870
was presented to President Wilson
Monday by Representative Parrish of
Texas, in behalf of the Democrats of
Wise county, Texas.
The stick, of a light golden brown,
with a silver head, bore the inscrip
tion: “Presented by the Democrats of
Wise county, Texas, as an Indorse
ment of Your Stand on the League of
Nations.”
War Invalids Increasing
Veterans are r-l Yg claims v ith th*
War Risk Bureau at the rate of 600
a day. The bureau estimates the total
possible claimants at about 50,000 yet
to be heard from. To date 595,535
men have been ordered for physical
examination, 87,915 have been ordered
to hospitals, and 20,400 are receiving
treatment. As the total numbet. of
beds in government hospitals is only
15,451, it has become necessary to
place men for treatment in institu
tions not directly under government
control.—Capper’s Weekly.
Masonic Meeting
On Friday night January 21st Ma
sonic lodge No. 84 will do special
work in the second degree. Visiting
brethem invited.
W. L. Fuller, Secretary.
Foreign Demand
It is highly importantt tha the
farmers of the United States should
be well informed concerning prospec
tive foreign demand for farm pro
ducts. We have a great surplus of
most grains and of wool and meats,
4nd unless we can get a fairly good
foreign outlet for this surplus, the
prices for these products in the near
future are not at all encouraging. It
is for this reason that farm leaders
who have been looking into the mat
ter are so strongly in favor of re
viving the War Finance Corporation
and of encouraging in every way the
organization of export banking
schemes. Foreigners are not failing
to buy our food products because they
do not need them or because the price
is too high. On the contrary, they
need them very much and the price is
plenty low. The trouble is that for
eign countries are in a very bad way
financially and need help in the way
of credit. If we can find some way
to give them a reasonable extension
of credit they will take our surplus
in short order.
Representative Young, of North
Dakota, has introduced in the House
of Representatives a bill looking to
ward the employment of agricultural
experts who would be connoted with
our various consular offices in foreign
countries. It would be their task to
study conditions there very thoroughly
and keep us in this country advised
as to things which might be done to
stimulate agricultural exports. There
are very few agricultural experts con
nected with our consular service.
Most of our consuls from time to
time report things of agricultural in
terest to us, but there is no one on
the job as the foreign representative
of American agriculture and making
it his sole duty to promote out for
eign trade. We have no doubt that
it we had a few well trained- men in
England and Europe they could after
a time be of tremendous help in find
ing a market for our surplus farm
products.—Wallace’s Farmer.
A Practical Judge
King Solomon, when he decided
which of the two women before him
was the mother of the child they both
claimed, had a problem no more per.
plexing that that with which Magis
trate Sweetzer was confronted in the
Jefferson Market court yesterday. He
was called upon to judge as to the
ownership of a wedding ring.
The ring was dropped in the floor
of a Seventh avenue car, and Rose
Steinburg of 120 East Third street
and Carrie Cooper of 113 East Tenth
street both reached for it. The dis
pute that followed brought them both
into the hands of Traffic Patrolman
Turlmann, who took possession of the
ring.
“It’s mine,” they both told the mag
istrate. Then Magistrate Sweetzer
had a hunch, and the problem didn’t
seem so perplexing after all. He tried
the ring on the hand of one woman,
then on the other. It fitted Carrie,
but on the finger of Rose it slid back
and forth. Carrie won.—New York
Herald.
Was a Fine Old Ton
When Mark Twain, was a reporter
says the Pathfinder, he inserted this
paragraph in a report of a wedding:
“Conspicuous among the wedding
gifts was a ton of coal that l\ad been
in the bride’s family for five genera
tions. This was much admired by
reason of its quaint, old-world mas
siveness, it being much heavier than
the tons of coal of today.”—Capper’s
Weekly.
Nash Farmers for Dem. Agent.
At a recent meeting of the County
Commissioners in Nash, the office of
Farm Demonstration agent was voted
to be discontinued. Within a short
time after this was done, according
to the “Nashville Graphic,” a number
of farmers held a meeting, formed a
♦‘Farmers club” and employed the
agent to continue the work in Nash.
They increased his salary approxi
mately $1,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyett Happy
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Boyett,
of Kenly on January 16, a son—Al
bert Wellons Boyett.
V
MR. NEAL WOULD
RESTRICT STATE
Bill to Rearrange Senatorial
I Districts; Johnston and
Wayne Together
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Radical re-alignment of the State
Senatorial districts which reduces the
number of Republicans in the Senate
from the present eleven to a probable
five in the 1923 General Assembly is
provided in the Neal bill, introduced
in the House yesterday. Half a dozn
districts that have been sending up
Republican Senators are broken up
and attached to strong Democratic
counties adjacent.
The heaviest blow to the minority
falls in the Sampson county district,
now composed of Sampson, Johnston,
Harnett, and Lee, where the normal
Republican majority, of 2,500 in Sam
pson has overcome the Democratic
majorities in the other three counties
but by very small majorities. The
majority in 1920 was 16 votes, and in
1918 only nine votes. Sampson is in
a new district with New Hanover,
Harnett with Wake in a new district,
Johnston with Wayne, and Lee with
Chatham, etc.
Except in rockribbed Democratic or
Republican districts, where there ap
pears little likelihood of shifts that
woud materially affect the party rep
resentation in the Senate, few dis
tricts are left untouched, and the
1922 campaign will find many candi
dates appealing to voters across the
county line to whom they are entire
strangers. The bill went to the Com
mittee on Senatorial Districts.—News
and Observer.
HEAD OF FAMILY GETS
$2,000 INCOME EXEMPTION
Net Incomes of $1,000 or Over If Sin
gle and $2,000 or Over if M»r ~ - - •».
ried Mtisfc be Reported.
Single persons, though required to
file a return if their net income for
1920 was $1,000 or more, are, if they
arc the heads of families, granted a
special exemption under the revenue
laws. Such a person is defined by
Treasury regulations as ‘ a person who
actually supports and maintains in
one household one or more individuals
who are closely connected with him by
blood relationship, relationship by
marriage or by adoption, and whose
right to exercise family control and
provide for these dependent individ
uals is based upon some moral or le
gal obligation.” Such persons are al
lowed the exemption of $2,000 granted
a married person. In addition, they
are allowed a credit of $200 for each
dependent under the age of 18 years
of age or incapable of self-support
because mentally or physically defec
tive.
A married person living with hus
band and wife can not claim an ad
ditional $2,000 exemption as the head
of a family. His or her exemption
is based upon the martial status, irre
spective of the support of others liv
ing in the same household. The addi
tional $200 credit for dependents does
not apply to the husband or wife of
a taxpayer. For example, if a mar
ried man supports a father who is
incapable of self-support he is en
titled to the $200 credit for such per
son. If through force of circum
stances he supports his wife away
from home he is entitled to the $2,000
exemption allowed a married person,
but not to a $200 credit for a de
pendent.
A son who has left home but who
sends his mother more than one-half
the sum required for her support is
entitled to the $200 credit, provided
the mother cannot support herself.
Otherwise, the amount must be con
sidered as a gift, and therefore, the
credit is not allowed. A son living at
home and supporting his father,
mother or other relatives may claim
the $2,000 exemption allowed the head
of a family, but not the $200 credit
unless such relative is under 18 years
of age or incapable of self-support.
Sousa at Pinehurst
John Phillip Sousa, noted band
master, has been spending some time
at Pinehurst. He and Isaac C. An
drews, capitalist, who have jointly at
tended most of the important trap
shooting tournaments held in the
country and Canada for the put six
years, have been pitted against eaeh
other at the mid-winter tournament
at Pinehurst.