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VOLUME 40
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1921
NUMBER 9
JUDGE F. H. BROOKS
JOHNSTON CHAIRM’N
Makes An Appeal for Near
East Relief; Campaign
Begins February 14th.
During the week beginning 14th
day of February there will be a cam
paign for the Near East Relief. Last
year North Carolina gave over two
hundred thousand dollars to this
. cause and the United States gave
eleven and a quarter million dollars.
With this money the Near East Re
lief Committee took care of 54,600
in orphanages and partially support
ed outside of the orphanage 56,039
children, making a total of over 110,
000 boys and girls that came under
the care of the Near East Relief.
There has been more than a million
lives saved by the ministrations of
the Near East Relief. These people
are still in desperate circumstances
and unless America responds there
will be many women and children who
will perish this winter.
Some might say that we need help
in America, but while prices are de
pressed and people blue and despon
dent,. yet there is plenty to spare in
our great nation. North Carolina
spends fifty million a year on manu
facture of tobacco; twelve million on
public schools; forty-seven million on
motor cars; six million on churches;
thirty-five million, on fine apparel;
seven million on State Enterprises;
twenty-five million on confectioners,
therefore we may be poverty strick
en in spirit but not in purse at this
time. We ought, therefore, to thank
God for what we have and do all thatr
we can to divide our bounty with the
starving millions of the Near East;
the people that inherited the very
land that our Saviour once trod.
These are the most persecuted people
on the earth. These people have
been hunted down and murdered by
the miserable Turks by the thous- j
ands; helpless women debauched and
ruined and their innocent children
slaughtered by the thousands. Surely
God will stir the spirit of gratitude
in our hearts for escaping such a fate
as this, and help the people of North
Carolina to help these suffering help
less people of the Near East.
I have been asked to act as Chair
man for Johnston County, and I call
on all good people of Johnston Coun
ty to take up this matter and talk it
over and plan to make a contribution
to this great cause during the week
of this drive. Sixty dollars will take
care of an orphan for one year. This
can be paid in monthly installments
of $5.00 a month. Classes in Sunday
Schools or day schools can club to
gether and take care of an orphan
for one year. I hope that every Sun
day School in Johnston County will
take a special collection for this
cause on Sunday, February 20th,
1921. I hope that every church in
the County will also make a special
contribution to this great cause on
this day, and I call on every preachre
in Johnston County, regardless of de
nomination to preach a special sermon
along this subject on Sunday, 20th
of February.
All contributions should be sent to
F. H. Brooks, Chairman, Smithfield,
N. C., and acknowledgement will be
made through the county papers.
This 28th day of January, 1921.
F. H. BROOKS, Chairman
Near East Relief Campaign.
Prisoners Get Out
Friday night six prisoners made
their escape from the jail here be
tween twelve and one o’clock. Sev
eral saws were left in the jail, these
implements indicating how they ef
fected a get-away. One prisoner,
James Narron showed up again Sat
urday morning at about six o’clock,
telling Mr. Stephenson, the jailer,
that he had spent the night at his
home near here, having'decided to do
so after the others had made good
their escape. Those who are still at
large are: Lonnie Capps, John
Smith, Dobm Manning, Daniel Berry,
all of whom are white, and Willie
Smith, colored.
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Eighty-four per cent, of the busi
ness concerns which failed in 1920
were non-advertisers.
AN ICE PLANT FOR
SMITHFIELD ASSUR'D
Needed Enterprise Launch
ed Successfully—It Will
Operate Next Summer
Following a meeting at the Court
House Tuesday evening, the estab
lishment of a $15,000 ice plant in
Smithfield is an assured fact. This
much needed enterprize will be in op
eration next summer, and the citizens
in and around Smithfield will wel
come this new institution in out
growing city.
Mr. E. K. DeLoach, of Columbia,
S. C., who is president of The De
Loach Quick Ice Machine Co. of that
place, and Mr. E. E. Chandler, of
Maxton, are large stockholders,
Smithfield citizens furnishing the bal
ance of the necessary capital for a
$15,000 plant. The company will be
incorporated.
A DeLoach Quick Ice Machine will
be installed, this plant being especi
ally adapted to small town use. It
embodies a new feature in a center
freeze idea, which makes it possible
to freeze ice in 100 pound blocks in
from eight to twelve hours. This
quick, latest model method will in
sure abundant ice at all times for the
consumers of this community. It is
understood that this firm will not on
ly manufacture ice but will also have
charge of the retail business, those
who have formerly handled it here
giving right of way for the new in
dustry.
The citizens of the town will be in
terested to know that Smithfield was
selected by Messrs. DeLoach and
Chandler as a suitable location for
a plant, because they believe Smith
field to be the best small town in the
state. These gentlemen visited sev
eral other towns before deciding on
our city, and they consider that
Smithfield has the greatest chances of
future growth of any which they in
vestigated.
The Herald wishes to take the lib
erty of saying, on behalf of the citi
zens of Smithfield, that this institu
tion together with the men connected
with it, receives a hearty welcome to
our city. We feel confident that they
will receive the support of the entire
community, and that they will ever
rejoice that they cast their lot and
invested their money among us.
NEWS FROM CLAYTON
Clayton, Jan. 29.—Miss Gladys
Barbour spent several days this week
at Roanoke Rapids on business.
Miss Maie White, of Concord, is
here on a visit to her brother, Mr. Sam
White.
Mr. Bill Ellis, a student of Wake
Forest college, spent last Sunday
here with his parents.
Mr. J. L. Godwin spent last week
in Richmond in the interest of the
B. W. Robertson and company.
Mr. Edgar Beddingfield spent last
Sunday with friends at Lumberton.
Little Miss Louise White, who has
been very ill at Rex hospital and un
derwent a very serous operation
there, is getting on nicely and expects
to return home in a few days.
Miss La Rue Wiliams, of Princeton
spent last week-end here.
Mr. and Mrs. Leamore Dodd and
Mrs. Lou Jones have inuoved here
from Dunn where they have lived for
the past few years. Mr. Dood expects
to go in the automobile business soon.
Mr. Thurman Smith is out again
after being confined tq his room for
several days this week.
Miss Mary C. Williams, a member
of the school faculty at Selma, spent
last week-end here with her parents.
Mrs. Hezzie Poole has moved back
to the Robertson Hotel which is again
open for the public. The town is very
delighted over this as we were in
need of the hotel.
Around a hundred town people at
tended the Wake County Community
Singing in Raleigh last Sunday.
Mr. J. V. Durham has gone to Al
buquerque, New Mexico, to be with his
wife’s brother, Chester Lancaster,
who is very ill at that place. Mr.
Lancaster went west over a year ago
in the interest of his health and was
doing nicely until a few days ago, he
contracted meningitis. His condition
is very serious. His friends here
hope he can recover and sympathize
THE EXPRESS OFFICE
HERE BURNED OUT
Smithfieldians Fight Fire in
Falling Snow—A Touch
Of Human Nature
The town was called from its break
fast Wednesday morning by the fire
alarm, and although the snow was
falling fast, most of the nearby pop
ulation ran out to see the fire. It
was right in the business section, at
the corner of Third and Johnston
streets, in the old Alford building.
The front portion of this building has
been used as the Express office for
some months, and the fire was confin
ed to that part. The smoke poured
from the roof, producing for a while,
the natui-al phenomenon of black
snowflakes. The fire company work
ed manfully and successfully, to keep
the blaze from breaking through the
roof, but the entire interior of the
Express office was left a charred
ruin. We learn that the Express
Company suffered a considerable loss
which was in part, covei'ed by insur
ance. We have heard that some
money was burned, and our house
keepers know to their sorrow, that
the town’s supply of bread was lost.
Because all the bread was burned*
everybody had to “cook a hot supper”
that night.
Some furniture was stored in two
rooms in the rear of the building, but
we are glad to hear that all of this
was saved, without injury. The “La
dies Hairdressing Parlor,” a new in
stitution, which has lately gained
much popularity in Smithfield, was
situated midway between the Express
office and the store rooms. Every
thing wras taken from this room, and
the interior flooded with water. Oth
erwise there was very little damage
done to it. In connection with the
danger to this room, your reporter
was interested in a little unconscious
display of human nature. The “Beau
ty Parlor,” as the establishment is
called, is managed by a nic?, hard
working colored woman, named Daisy
Sanders. She only waits on wh’te
customers, of whom she already has
a goodly number. She dresses ha;r,
curls it, and gives electrical massage.
We have noticed that the ladies of
Smithfield are prettier than ever, and
evidently they attribute some of the
improvements to her ministrations,
for during the fire, every lady pres
ent, crowded around the fixtures from
the “Beauty Parlor,” with the deep
est concern. The Express office, with
its food and money might burn, and
the furniture could be drenched with
snow and water, but it was as noth
ing compared to the importance of
preserving intact, the chair, drying
machine and lotions of the “Parlor.”
The ladies gathered around them, as
they were piled in the street, wanted
them well protected from the weath
er, and offered to store them in their
homes, if necessary. Your reporter
thought he could see what is still
the chief concern of woman, in spite
of her new duties as a voter, and as
they were too much interested to
notice him, he indulged in a little
quiet laugh, at their expense. Pres
ently the fire was put; the express
office was at once removed to the two
rooms in the rear of the same build
ing; the furniture was taken away
and stored elsewhere; and the “Beau
ty” furnishings carried off to safety.
The front part of the house was
burned too badly to be rebuilt, and
Mr. Charles Davis, the owner, is con
sidering putting up a large and hand
some business building in its place.
This will not be done immediately,
however, and in the meantime, the
Express office will remain in the rear
rooms, and after the middle of next
week, the “Beauty Parlor” will re
sume its important work, at its same
old stand.
with his people here.
The play, “The Elopement of El
len,” which was to have been given
cn Friday night was postponed on
account of the bad weather.
There has been no school here since
Wednesday on account of being un
able to run the heating plant in the
building. The plant is run by electri
city and since the snow and sleet the
wires are broken in several places and
we have no current.
REPARATION SET
TO RUN 42 YEARS
Outline Terms to Germany
In Note—Terms Call for
Payment in Gold
Paris, Jan. 29.—After midnight
this morning it was announced that
the allied committee of financial and
economic experts named by the Su
preme Council had reached an agree
ment on the reparations Germany
must pay.
They have agreed that these repara,
tions' shall be paid oved a period of
forty-two years, and that they shall
be in the form of annuities, fixed on a
sliding scale ranging from 2,000,000,
000 marks gold the first five or ten
years to 0,000,000,000 marks gold per
annum later.
In addition to this they propose an
ad valorem tax of 12 1-2 per cent, on
German exports after the first five
years.
This, while providing a final settle
ment of the German reparations ques
tion, which has vexed the allied gov
ernments for two years,/still leaves
indefinite the total amount Germany
must pay.—New York Herald.
Pays Bill 48 Years Old Last Spring
Winsted, Conn., Jan. 24.—Homer
C. Allyn, of East Canaan, Conn., re
cently received the folowing note:
“Some time ago, forty-eight years
ago last spring to be exact, I bought
a watch and pistol from you. The
watch was $20 and the pistol $5, and
as I believe in being prompt about
business matters and that no bill
ought to run more than fifty years, I
am enclosing check for $25.
“Very respectfully,
“H. F). MANSFIELD.”
In 1873 Mr. Allyn, now seventy-nine
years old, was in the jewelry busi
ness in New Canaan. He remember
ed having sold a watch and revolver
to Mansfield, then a lad of sixteen or
eighteen. He had charged off the
debt.—Burlington News.
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THE SCHOOL BOARD
MAKES STATEMENT
Election to Take Place Mar.
2—Everybody Asked To
Register and Vote
To the Voters of the Smithfield
School District:—
In order to clarify the question to
be voted on by the Smithfield School
District on March 2nd, we, the Board
of Trustees of the said school dis
trict, wish to make the following
statements.
The act under which the election
is called was passed by the special
session of the General Assembly which
met in 1920. At that time upon the
advice of Mr. Hoyt, the bond expert,
we drew the bill so as to allow the
bonds to be issued at a rate of interest
not exceeding seven per cent. Mr.
Hoyt advised this action in as much
as the Municipal Bond Act requires
that bonds be sold at not less than
par. At that time it was almost im
possible to sell bonds at par which
bore, as small a rate of interest as
six per cent, but since that time the
bond market has improved a great
deal and it is now possible to sell
six per cent bonds at par. Therefore,
we, the several members of this
Board of Trustees, pledge to the vot
ers of the district that if the pending
election is carried we will not issue
bonds at a higher rate of interest
than six per cent.
Also the act under which this elec
tion is called authorizes the issuance
of bonds to an amount not exceed
ing $'100,000. At the time this act
was drawn the prevailing high cost
of building indicated that it would
take $250,000, or perhaps a little more
to purchase a site and erect adequate
school facilities to take care of the
population of the district. According
ly we set in the bill a limit of $300,
000 as a maximum requirement. Now
that contractors are bidding so much
under their estimates at that time
and the cost of labor and material has
come down so considerably we think
that it will not be necessary to isssue
more than $200,000 and we believe
it will be less. Therefore, we, as
members of the Board of Trustees,
pledge to the vot^i% of the district
that we will not issue a larger
amount of bonds than is absolutely
necessary to take care of the immed
iate necessities of the school.
The architect has so drawn the pro
posed plans of the building as to en
able us to add to it in sections as the
school needs additional room. This
will enable us to build just as little
as needed at the present.
We think that this statement of
the issue, together with the too well
known fact that the utility and effi
ciency of our present school will col
lapse almost completely if the pre
sent congested conditions continue
longer than the time which is neces
sary to build a new building, should
lead every voter in the district to
register and vote for the bonds on
March 2nd.
F. H. BROOKS, President.
L. D. WHARTON, V.-Pres.
Mrs. T. J. LASSITER, Sec.
Treasurer.
J. H. ABELL,
JAS. A. WELLONS.
Death of A Dear Little Boy
On January the 22nd, the death
angel visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Hodge and took away their
darling little baby, Audrey Lee, to a
better land on high. She was born
November 7th, 1920, and died Jan
uary 22nd, 1921. Making her stay
on earth two months and fifteen days.
Audrey was a sweet little baby and
loved by all who knew her. It is hard
to give up such a dear little flower
but the Lord loved her best and call
ed her to live with Him. May His
will be done not ours.
The funeral was conducted at Cen
ter Ridge Presbyterian e^hurch !by
the pastor, Rev. C. E. Clarke, in the
presence of a crowd of sorrowing re
latives and friends. She leaves to
mourn their loss a heartbroken mother
and father, one brother, one sister
and a host of relatives and friends.
Weep not dear parents for we feel
our loss is her eternal gain. For
God said, “Suffer little children to
come unto me, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven.”
Written by a cousin, Lillian Creech.
Watch the label on your paper.
NEXT CONFERENCE
MAY BE HELD IN U. S.
Europe Reached Deadlock
On League Matters—
U. S. Foreign Policy
Geneva. Jan. 29.—After making an
investigation in London, Paris and
Geneva—in this city because it is the
headquarters of the league of nations
I find that virtually all the powers
of the world with the exception of
Kussia and those under her influence
are today looking forw'ard to a second
world peace conference in Washing
ton after President Harding’s inaugu
ration.
Europe has reached a deadlock fi
nancially, industrially and economi
cally very similar indeed to the war
deadlock of 1917. High officials of all
countries frankly acknowledge in
private that until the new administra
tion at Washington determines its
foreign policy and its degree of par
ticipation in European affairs or re
lationship to European countries, no
urgent or important question can be
definitely settled. The supreme coun
cil in Paris, defied by Germany can at
best make only temporary decisions
and the council of the league of na
tions which is the only other interna
tional body is equally handicapped
by America’s aloofness and America’s
tremendous power, although absent
from Paris.
I have learned here that the league
of nations has sent confidential let
ters to all. nations belonging to the
league, numbering 46 asking them to
send in by March 31 a list of the
amendments, additions and modifica
tions to the league covenant
which they desire the next assembly
to consider. This is an important
move by the league because it opens
the door of the covenant to changes
by all powers. Undoubted y,
who are responsible for this Interna-’
tional questionnaire hope some league
member such as a South American
nation may propose amendments to
the pact that would be acceptable to
the United States.
In London, Paris and Geneva, I
have asked what officials thought Mr.
Harding could do. The general answer
has been that if he calls a Washi’gton
conference on disarmament, which is
a question England and Japan are in
terested in particularly, all nations
will send envoys to Washington em
powered to discuss revision of the
Versailles treaty. I did not know that
the league officials had in mind such
a conference when they sent the in
quiry regarding the amendment, but
certainly the replies would furnish a
basis for a thorough consideration of
the revision of the peace treaty.—•
Carl W. Ackerman (Copyright 1921,
by Philadelphia Record.)
Help Us Tell It
So often a newspaper is criticised
for not carrying this or that item of
news or making mention of the visit
ors in soxie home or of some happen
ing of news value when possible the
paper had not intimation of the event.
So often we find that somebody has
taken it for granted that someone else
has reported the item that should have
appeared. Just a short time ago a good
woman who had recently motfed away
died in her new home, several of her
friends attended the funeral and evi
dently those who knew of the death
simply thought the newspaper would
find out about it. The paper came out
without it and afterward several ask
ed, “Why didn’t you say something
about Mrs. A.’s death?” We couldn’t
know about it by intuition or by some
strange secret power.
This is told by way of example and
to emphasize our desire to get all the
news of the community. You can help
us if you will. Won’t you?—Morgan
ton News Herald.
Register for the School Bond Election
Go to Mr. Walter Grantham at Mr.
N. B. Grantham’s store andl register
for the Smithfield school district bond
election to be held March 2. This is
an entirely new registration and no
one can vote except those who regis
ter anew. It is the duty of every vot
er in the district to register. The
sooner you get your name on the
book the better for you.
Watch the label on your paper.