VOLUME 4(V
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1921
NUMBER 33
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MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR M. T. PARRISH
He Was the First Johnston
County Soldier to Fall
In the World War
Probably a thousand persons as
sembled here Sunday afternoon to pay
a last tribute to the memory of
Milliard T. Parrish, son of Mr. George
Parrish, who was the first Johnston
County boy to make the supreme sac
rifice in the World War.
The memorial services were con
ducted at 3:30 o’clock in the Baptist
church by Rev. H. W. Baucom, as
sisted by Rev. W. F. Powell, of Ashe
ville, who is assisting in the revival
here.
It was an impressive scene as the
flag draped casket was carried into
the church borne (by some of his
comrades in khaki. A beautiful trib
ute was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Pow
ell who told of the part our soldiers
took in the great world conflict.
After the service at the church was
concluded, the body was taken to the
city cemetery for interment. The
floral offerings were beautiful.
Millard T. Parrish was born No
vember 16, 1891, and was killed in
France, April 16, 1918. He belong
ed to Company E. l‘20th Infantry of
the famous 30th Division. He went
to camp on April 2, 1918, and sailed
from America on May 10th of the
same year.
He fell for his country
doing the utmost for the cause of
humanity, and Johnston county did
honor to his memory in the service
conducted Sunday afternoon.
LISTRICT U. D. C. MEETING HERE
Will Convene Wednesday; Mrs. Wil
son President State U. D. C.
Will Make Address.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) the dis
trict meeting of the U. D. C. which
includes chapters at Louisburg, Ral
eigh, Pittsboro, Cary, Lillington,
Clayton, Selma and ^mithfield, will
convene in this city.
The delegates are expected to ar
rive by noon and a luncheon will be
tendered them by the Sanders-Holt
chapter in the dining room of the
Methodist church.
The business meetings will be held
in the Epworth League room and
also the address of Mrs. Wilson of
Gastonia, president of the State U.
D. C., who will speak at three o’clock
in the afternoon. The ladies of the
town are invited to hear Mrs. Wil
son who is sure to bring an interest
ing message.
The local chapter of the U. D. C.,
though not large is an enthusiastic
one and it is an honor to them and
our city to have this assembly meet
here. The heroes of the past have not
been forgotton by our people, though
those of the recent world war are
freshest in our memory.
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Another Roosevelt in Politics
Another Roosevelt looms on the
political horizon. Mrs. Hheodore
Roosevelt, Jr., providing it meets her
approval and provided the women vo
ters of Nassau county, N. Y., can
arrange it, will follow her husband’s
footsteps as a member of the New
York assembly. Mrs. Roosevelt took
aH active part in the campaign last
fall, making many speeches for her
husband, then up for re-election. Mr.
Roosevelt was elected and later ap
pointed assisstant secretary of the
navy by President Harding. In speak
ing of her possible nomination to
succeed her husbandj Mrs. Roosevelt
said: “I would feel highly honored,
of course, but before I could say any
thing I might better wait until I am
asked.”—Greensboro News.
Old Subscriber Still Wants Herald.
He writes us as is printed below:
“Editors Herald:
“I am in a bad condition to pay
you for the paper. I have been down
for six week with my left side para
lyzed. I am not able to work.
“But I have been taking the Herald
since the Spanish War and it seems
like a true friend when it comes at
all times. I will remit to you for six
months. Please send it just the same.
“B. J. GRANT,
“Four Oaks, April 25, 1921.”
GERMANY WILLING TO HELP.
Is Willing to Help Reconstruct I)e
vasted France. Sends Note To
Great Rritain
London, April 24.—Germany has
sent a note to the British government
reiterating her complete willingness
to undertake the reconstruction of de
vasted France.
The note which tame tjtom hhe
German -foreign office, was delivered
by the German embassy to the Brit
ish foreign office this evening. It
follows:
“Germany is absolutely persuaded
that it is unavoidably necessary for
the purpose of restoring economic
peace throughout the world that the
territories devastated through the
war should be reconstructed and re
stored. Until this is done there will
be danger that feelings of hate will
continue to exist among the nations
concerned.
“Germany, therefore declares her
self willing to cooperate in this re
construction with all the means and
strength at her disposal, and to take
into account in regard thereto, in
every individual case, each wish of
the power concerned as far as pos
sible.”
I he note proceeds to enumerate
in great detail, the possibilities of
reconstruction: First, for Germany
to take over specified localities,
either as a state undertaking or by
directing the work of a national colo
nizing and settlement association
second, to undertake the work of
clearing, reforestation, building and
repairing brick works and works for
the production of chalk, plaster, ce
ment and other necessaries and the
delivery of the necessary machinery
and the building materials from Ger
many; third to arrange that all such
machinery and materials shall ema
nate from Germany, and fourth, to
start immediately plans to build at
least 25,000 wooden houses in the de
vastated districts before the cold
season begins.
Other clauses of the note specify
the execution .of deep and shallow ex
cavations of all kinds, according to
the plans and under the control of the
French authorities, or otherwise ac
cording to the wishes of the allied
governments.
The German government expresses
a willingness to help in any way pos
sible to take over the cost in paper
marks, the amount to be reckoned
against the reparation account, and
generally to co-operate in every pos
sible manner.
The Note is signed by Dr. Walter
Simons, the German foreign minister.
It requests the allied government to
initiate at the earliest possible mom
ent the necessary discussions of the
details.—Greensboro News.
Child is Electrocuted
Henderson, April 23.—Sidney Clop
ton, eleven year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Clopton, of South Hen
derson, was accidentally electrocuted
this morning while playing.
The Clopton boy and Tom Collins,
about the same age, were playing
near the Clopton home around the
pole that supports the heavy wires
running from the sub-station. The
Clopton boy seems to have taken hold
of the ground wire which came loose
from top of pole falling over one of
the feed wires, carrying sixty-thou
sand volts which killed the child in
stantly. Tom Collins, his playmate,
who was near him, was knocked down
and severely shocked. He was so
frightened when he got on his feet
that he ran away without finding
the trouble.
Mrs. Alice Clopton, the Clopton
child’s mother, hearing the roaring
of the heavy current going into the
ground rushed out to find the trouble.
Seeing the helpless child and when
within about 10 feet of the pole the
curren* was so great it knocked her
down rendering her unconscious and
for several minutes she and her son
lay in the power of the deadly cur
rent.
Her neighbors were unable to go to
her until someone could run to the
sub-station about three hundred yards
away to have the current cut ofF dur
ing which time the ground wire had
tripped the switch in Raleigh and the
switch was throwm in again. Not
knowing the trouble the switch was
thrown in a second time in Raleigh,
sending the sixty thousand volts
through the child’s body a second time
and kept the neighbors, who stood
by, from going to their rescue.—
News and Observer.
TOWN CONVENTION
FRIDAY EVENING
Mr. Chas. A. Creech Nomi
nated for Mayor; Three
New Aldermen
For the first time in the history
of Smithfield, Friday evening, the
women of the town participated in
town politics when a Democratic
convention was held in the Opera
House for the purpose of nominating
a mayor and board of alderman.
Despite the showers of rain and
the fact the meeting was slated for
9 o’clock after the service at the Bap
tist Church, the opera house was
crowded, all not being able to secure
seats. Mayor H. L. Skinner called
the meeting to order and a chairman
of the convention was elected. To
Hon. E. S. Abell, experienced in the
ways of conventions, was delegated
this honor, and Mr. H. C. Cooper was
chosen as secretary.
The chairman, Mr. Abell, then an
nounced that there were three can
didates for mayor and asked how the
convention would cast its vote. It
was decided to vote by ballot the one
receiving a majority on the first bal
lot to be declared rtomjnated. In
case no one received a majority the
candidate receiving the least number
of votes would be elimniated on the
second ballot.
Nominations were then declared in
order. The first name presented to
the convention was that of Mr. Chas.
A. Creech, Mr. F. K. Broadhurst
making the nomination which was
seconded by Mrs. T. J. Lassiter. Mr.
E. F. Ward then nominated Mr. H.
L. Skinner and Mr. St. Julian Springs
seconded the nomination. Mr. John
Arthur Narron’s name was present
ed by Mr. E. J. Wellons, Mr. L. G.
Stevens seconding that nomination
Three tellers, Messrs J. H. Abel,
N. B. Grantham, and F. K. Broad
hurst were then appointed and the
vote was taken. The first ballot
which declared Mr. Creech nominated
was as follows: Mr. Creech, 180
votes; Mr. Skinner 96 votes; and Mr.
Narron 54 votes.
The convention then assembled by
wards and the work of nominating a
board of alderman proceeded. The
result was as follows: First Ward,
Mr. W. H. Lassiter, renominated;
second ward, Mr. C. I. Pierce, re
nominated ahd Mr. T. S. Ragsdale,
new; Third ward, Mr. N. B. Gran
tham, renominated and Mr. W. N.
Holt, new; Fourth ward, Mr. J. J.
Broadhurst, renominated and Mr. E.
S. Edmundson> new.
The work was done swiftly with
no hitch anywhere. In fourth ward,
Mrs. L. G. Patterson’s name was pre
sented for a place on the board but
she immediately withdrew and the
persons named above were selected.
Th election will take place Tuesday,
May 3rd. It is not* expected that the
Republicans will put out a ticket
against these men.
Eclipse of Moon Comes
Darkening of celestial bodies still
has enough of the supernal in it to
keep some folks up to any hour of the
night to watch the miracle, and there
were not a few who were up at 2:30
o’clock Friday morning when the
shadow of the earth completely shut
out the light of the moon.
It all happened exactly as the al
manacs said it would. The first dim
shadow of the earth crept across the
rim of the disk at three minutes after
one o’clock, grew and spread out until
2:33 the moon was completely hid
den. It was five minutes past three
before the moon began to shake off
the shadow.
Low flying clouds obscured the
moon after 11 o’clock, and at 1 o’clock
it looked as though the phenomena
would be hidden from the faithful
who watched. The clouds broke just
before the shadow appeared, and the
skies were clear throughout. It will
be six years before another total
eclipse of the moon takes place, and
a dozen years before the sun is total
ly eclipsed.—News find Observer.
Powhatan Baseball Team Notice
To the Powhatan manager:
We saw youf challenge in The
HERALD and want a game with you
Saturday, May 7th, anywhere.—E.
W. Gordon, Manager, Ivanhoe Mill
team, Smithfield ,N. 0.
CONGRESS IS SPLIT
OVER THE TAX LAW
A Review of the Situation;
Return to Three Cent
Postage Probable
Washington, April 24.—Hope of
senate and house leaders that effec
tive teamwork could be developed in
shaping the new revenue law seems
doomed to failure.
Not only have radical differences
developed between house and senate
committee members, but each hotise
is so divided that the 531 members
would report 531 separate bills if
each had his way.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
has not formulated any specific rec
ommendations and probably will not.
Mellon will make suggestions be
fore the senate’s finance committee.
Harding’s Stand.
The one specific recommendation
in President Harding’s message was
the repeal of the excess profits tax.
Further than that he stipulated only
“Ihe revision or repeal of those taxes
that have become unproductive and
are so artificial and hardensome as
tc defeat their own purpose.”
Full data is being gathered by ex
perts in the treasury department to
show whether each sort of tax now
collected has proved practicable or
has failed. This material Mellon will
present before the committee, and
on the facts shown the committee
will be expected to base its conclu
sions.
Present I axes.
Taxes now levied by Uncle Sam,
under the existing law, are of 11
general classes:
Income taxes, both for individuals
and corporations.
Excess profits taxes_ __
Excise taxes, including the so-call
ed “luxury’’ taxes.
Estate taxes.
Transportation and communication
taxes.
Taxes on beverages.
Taxes on cigars and tobacco.
Taxes on admissions and dues.
Special taxes.
Stamp taxes.
Child labor tax. .
It is in the three groups of income
excess profits and excise taxes that
the greatest revision by the present
Congress is likely.
Next to the repeal of the excess
profits tax the changes that may be
set down as definite are:
Scaling down of the surtaxes on
large incomes.
Increase in corporation tax rates.
Some sort of sales tax.
In addition to these it is probable
there will be a return to 3-cent let
ter postage, 1 cent from the sale of
each samp going into the general
revenues; an increase in the tax on
stock sales; and the repeal of the
majority of the luxury taxes, except
those on automobiles, pleasure boats,
and a few similar articles.
The theory behind the repeal of
the luxury tax would be that a fair
tax on all luxury purchases would be
secured through the sales tax.
Taxes Multiply
In the case of automobiles, motor
cycles, tires and motor accessories,
and motorboats, yachts and other
pleasure craft, under Senator Smoot’s
proposal the present tax of from 3
to 10 per cent would be collected on
the final selling price. In addition if
the turnover type of sales tax be
adopted, there would be a 1 per cent
tax on each stage production which
involved a sale.
It is over the turnover feature of
the sales tax that the biggest fight
seems certain to wage.
Smoot’s bill is regarded as the ba
sis from which the senate committee
will work. This bill provides:
“In addition to all other taxes,
there shall be collected upon all mer
chandise, goods, or wares, sold or
leased on or after July 1, 1921, a tax
equivalent to 1 per cent of the price
for which sold or leased; such tax to
be paid by the vendor or lessor.”
Piling Up Prices.
The tax as may be seen, does not
apply alone to the final sale, but to
every transaction along the line,
from the producer of raw materials
to the retailer of the finished product.
Through the various stages of
manufacture and distribution, there
is virtually no article which would
reach the consumer with less than 5
per cent added for the sales tax, and
BUILDING PROGRAM IN STATE.1
It Is Thought that Prosperity Will '
Be Increased by Big Building
Programme.
Raleigh, April 23.—North Carolina J
will get a little ahead of other states
in this section of the country in its
return to prosperity in the opinion of i
many business men who believe the
fact that the state is launching out on
a big building program will help to
stabilize business by furnishing a
market for a large amount of build
ing materials of all kinds and opening
up many new jobs for people. The
labor situation is ideal now for a big
building program, both for the skilled
laborers and the common labor. Re
ports coming to the offiice of Com
missioner Shipman, of the department
of labor, who also has charge of the
federal employment bureaus in the
state, indicates that there is plenty
of labor in all sections of North
Carolina.
It is believed that the road build
ing forces will be in a position to get
a large amount of labor at reason
able prices during the summer months
and that from now on until the win
ter makes road construction imprac
ticable on a large scale, it will be
possible to secure all the help that
will be needed. The road building
program will not only furnish work
to a large number of men who are
now looking for jobs as common lab
orers, but it will also open the field
for the employment of a large num
ber of skilled road builders, engi
neers, grading contractors and oth
ers. The highway commission is
gradually collecting the names of men
for these jobs which require skill in
the handling.
The building program of the state
institutions will likewise open up jobs
for men skilled in all kinds of build
ing trades. Contractors in and around
Raleigh declare that the labor situa
tion is much improved over what it
has been. They can get carpenters,
brick layers, plasterers and other
workers in the building trades in lar
ger numbers and at more reasonable
prices than since the war.
In giving employment to such a
large number of people the state will
bring large sums of money into North
Carolina which will ultimately find
its way into the channels of busi
ness, and the general improvement
in business conditions may be expect
ed to follow. No southern state has
taken such advanced steps in con
struction as North Carolina, and few
states in the union have made plans
for sucn a constructive program dur
ing the^next two years. In addition
to the money the state will bring in
to North Carolina, a large number of
the cities and counties are selling
bonds for road, street and school
buildings during the coming sum
mer.—Greensboro News.
Two Women Burned To Death
Elizabeth City, April 21.—Mrs.
Addie Skinner and her daughter Miss
Annie Skinner were burned to death
at Center Hill, about 25 miles from
here early today. Miss Skinner’s dress
caught fire while she was preparing
breakfast and when her mother came
to her aid both were burned so badly
that they lived only a short time.—
News and Observer.
in most cases the tax would reach
from 8 to 15 per cent.
Next to the sales tax fight will
come the battle over revision of the
income surtaxes. Figures being
gathered by the treasury are expect
ed to show just at what point the
high surtaxes begin driving large
incomes into tax-free securities.
Present surtax rates run up to 65
per cent on incomes of over $1,000,
000. This maximum may be cut to
40 or even 30 per cent.
sinning me Huraen.
To offset any losses due to this
revision of the higher surtax rates,
an increase in corporation taxes will
be urged> probably in the wpy of cor
poration surtaxes. f
As always, there will be the pro
posal to scale up the rates of taxa
tion on the lower rates of income,
placing the burden on the great mass
of wage and salary earners.—R. B.
Hunt in Charlotte bserver.
SEVEN SCHOOLS
HAVE GROUP MEETING
Rev. D. H. Tuttle Delivers
Address; Diplomas and
Certificates Awarded
The croup commencement of the
Thanksgiving Groups was held on
Friday, April 22nd. The schools in
cluded in this group were Thanksgiv
ing, Live Oak, Sandy Springs, Poplar
Springs, Hatcher’s, Corbett’s, and
Silverdale. Not all the schools of the
groups, however, took part in the ex
ercises.
The schools best represented were,
Thanksgiving, Live Oaks, Sandy
Springs, Poplar Springs, and Hatch
er’s. The exercises began at 10:00
o’clock by a parade in which all the
schools present took part. The pa
rade was characterized by flying
flags and floats and costumes sugges
tive of springtime. An especially at
tractive feature of the parade was the
Live Oak school, which was attired
in full costume and carying with it
the May Queen, marching with es
corts and under a panoply cf flowers.
This school ended the parade by giv
ing the May Pole dance to the music
of a grahphophone.
The commencement address was
delivered by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pas
tor of> the Centenary Methodist
Church of Smithfield. Following his
address Miss Mary E. Wells pre
sented diplomas to the pupils of the
group who had completed the seventh
grade course this year. Certificates of
perfect attendance were awarded by
Mr. H. V. Rose, seven children of
the group receiving the certificates.
At 1:00 o'clock dinner was served
on the ground . Immediately follow
ing the dinner hour the schools again
assembled in the building and the
contests were entered into. The win
ners in the contest were: best chorus,
Thanksgiving; best reading, Live
Oak; best story telling. Thanksgiv
ing. Worthy of special mention in
the story telling contest was the
story told by the contestant from the
Sandy Springs School. A little girl
in a wonderful fine way told Isaak
Waltort’s splendid stjory, “Scart ’o
Lyin' ”.
rield games were entered into by
the schools represented but were
greatly interfered with by occasional
showers of rain. The attendance was
fair, composed for the most part by
school children.
The group commencement is a fea
ture of school commencement that
will be held in several parts of the
county. Most of them .will be held
within the next two weks. They of
fer the finest opportunity possible
for the public to get and see samples
of the work that the teachers and pu
pils have done in the public schools
of the county for the school year just
closing. It is hoped that all the others
that are to follow will be largely at
tended by parents as well as by those
immediately connected with the pro
grams.
Not So Many Germans
Washington, April 23.—Germany,
Austria, Ireland and Russia, natives
of which made up more than 59 per
cent of the country’s total foreign
population ten years ago, showed
heavy losses in the number of their
natives in the United States during
the last ten years. Census Bureau
statistics show these losses aggre
gate almost 2,000,000 and are be
lieved to have been largely due to the
World War, with its consequent exo
dus of belligerent national and the
stoppage of immigration.
German-born showed a loss of 818,
035; Austrian-born, a loss of 600,
014; Irish-born, a loss of 316,571, and
Russian-born, a loss of 203,783. While
Germany had the largest loss num
erical^ Austria’s loss was relative
ly the largest, having been more than
50 per cent.—Associated Press.
Child Dead
John Ferrell, the seven year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ferrell
who live near Johnston Union church,
died Sunday mroning and was buried
at the Johnston Union Cemetery,
yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs.
Ferrell, we understand, now have
two children near death's door.