VOLUME 40 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921 NUMBER 53 SCHOOL CONTRACT LET YESTERDAY Raleigh Firm, Kenyon £ Thompson, Awarded the Contract at $120,100 At an adjourned meeting of th< school board of the Smithfield distrie yesterday morning, the contract foi the new high school building and th< colored school building was let to Ken yon & Thompson, Raleigh, at a tota of $120,100. This amount with th< cost of the heating plants, $10,532, wil make the two buildings cost the sun o: $130,632, exclusive of equipment. When the bids were opened Iasi Wednesday, there were thirteen bid ders as follows: >. fc. loier, Kooky Mount, $146,256 John P. Little & Son, Charlotte, $155, 482; J. M. Shaw; Lillington (Col. builc ing) $39,560; Harrington & Harding Weldon, $135,634; J. W. Stout, San ford, $134,000; N. E. Construction Co. C harlotte $155,671; Kenyon & Thomp son, $118,000; N. Underwood, Dur ham, $152,715; Carolina Con. Co. Hamlet, $147,356; Goode Con. Co.. Charlotte, $146,500; I. C. Abbott & Son, Salisbury, $171,773.10; W. P. Rose, Goldsboro, $140,356; C. V. York Con. Co., Raleigh, $125,000. After considering these bids all ex cept the three lowest were eliminated, these being J. W. Stout, C. V. York Con. Co., and Kenyon & Thompson, these to be further considered at an adjourned meeting which took place yesterday. These men were asked to figure on two or three changes in the spcifications and at 9:30 be ready to submit a revised bid. They did so with proposals as follows: C. V. York $126,450; J. W. Stout $124,000; Ken yon & Th&ompson $120,100, the low est man being awarded the contract. Kenyon & Thompson furnished the best of recommendations, and the board feels that the contract has been placed to the best advantage of the district. These men have just com pleted a $60,000 county home in Wil son county and are at present engag ed upon the construction of the new Raleigh Country Club. The colored building is to be com pleted within four months after the contract is signed and the high school building will be ready for occupancy by September, 1922. July 4th at Holt Lake Mr. George H. Moore and his help ers had planned for a big day at Holt Lake July 4th. The people began to gather about nine o’clock and a large part of them stayed until about six o’clock in the afternoon. The day was rather hot but there was plenty of good cool water and cold drinks and shade. The crowd was estimated at two thousand people. The automo biles were estimated at four to five hundred. Good music was furnished fcy the Ivanhoe Concert Band. The swimming contest consisted in going from the diving stand to the dam and back. Frank L. Skinner made the trip, about half a mile, in ten miribtes and won the first prize which was $5.00. Frederick Brooks returned in eleven and a half minutes and won the second prize, $2.50. Five were in this contest. In the divers’ contest there were about twenty boys and young men. Frank L. Skinner and Frederick Brooks won also in the divers contest and each got the same amount of money as in the first contest. The high diving attracted attention but from the spring board there was some fancy diving. Next came the contest of the fiddl ers who played three rounds each. Mr. Percy Smith of Ingrams township, Mr. Charley Pittman of Wendell, Mr. Richard Braswell of Boon Hill and Mr. Colonel Benson of Ingrams were the fiddlers. Mr. John W. Massengill played the accompaniments. Mr. Vic tor Penny did some fiddling also. An interesting feature at this point was a jig danced by Mr. James A. Wood all who is about eighty-four years old. Mr. Smith won the first prize of five dollars. The second prize was given to Mt. Charley Pittman who played a banjo also. One of the best attractions of the nay was the singing of several songs by the choir of Johnson Union Free Will Baptist church. This choir was l Washington, July 1.—Enactmen of the compromise resolution endin| . the state of war with Germany an< Austria finally was completed toda; by Congress and the measure will bi sent by special messenger to Pres ident Harding at Raritan, N. J., to morrow. He is expected to sign i immediately. At the White House where the resolution was receivec early tonight, it was said the mes senger would leave here at 9 o’clocl tomorv< w, arriving about 2 o’clocl at Raritan, where President Hardinf is the guest of Senator Frelinghuy sen over the holiday. j mai action on tne measure was by the Senate, which adopted the con ference report by a vote of 38 to It after a day of debate in which th( Democratic members made a last as sault on the resolution. The Houst acted yesterday, the vote being 265 to 5‘J. The signing of the measure by President Harding will open the way for resumption of diplomatic rela tions with both Germany and Austria but administration officials have in dicated that plans for this have not been worked out. All opponents of the resolution wTere Democrats, but three, Shields, of Tennessee, Walsh, of Massachusetts, and Watson, of Georgia, voted with Republicans for adoption. Senator Reed, Democrat, was paired in its favor. Announcements were made that all other Senators paired or absent fav ored or opposed the resolution ac cording to their party affiliations. Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, au thor of the original resolution was absent, but was paired with Senator Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio. The resolution, after the Senate vote was signed by Representative Towmer, Republican, Iowa, speaker pro tern in the House in the absence of Speaker Gillett, who had gone to New Jersey with President Harding. It was then signed by Vice President Coolidge during an executive session of the Senate and sent to the White House. Final debate today was principally by Democratic opponents who de clared that the Republican plan was futile and would necessitate a separ ate treaty of peace later or ratifica tion of the treaty of Versailles. For the Republicans, Senator Bran degee, of Connecticut, made the prin cipal address declaring there would not be a treaty of “peace” but prob ably one or more of “commerce”, which, hg said, would deal with ques tions arising out of the war. Sena tor Lodge, of Massachusetts, Repub lican leader, entered the discussion briefly mainly to support Senator Brandegee’s contentions. Arguing that a peace treaty was not neces sary to conclude wrars, Mr. Lodge said the United States had negotiated treaties of commerce with Great Britain in 1812 and 1815 and also with Spain after the Spanish war. In response to a question from Senator Harrison, Democrat, Miss issippi, Senator Lodge said he knew of no plans by the administration to re-submit the treaty of Versailles to the Senate. Withdrawal of American troops now in Germany was discussed by Senator Brandegee, McKellar, Demo crat, Tennessee, and others. Dis claiming to speak for the President, Senator Brandegee said he believed the peace resolution would necessi tate retirement of American troops from Germany territory. Closing the debate, Senator LaFol lette, Republican, Wisconsin, express ed “dissent and denunciation” of the provisions reserving American rights to German property seized by the al ien property custodian. Such action he declared was in violation of the treaty of 1828 with Prussia and also of international law. He added that he would reserve freedom of action in case future treaties dealing with German property should be present ed. Roriton, N. J., July 2.—The reso lution of Congress declaring war with Germany and Austria-Hungary at an end was signed here late today by President Harding. I I I TAFT CHIEF JUSTICE OF UNITED STATES ' Senate confirms Nomination To Succeed Late Chief Justice White t Washington, June 30.—Former - President William Howard Taft was • nominated late today by President ’ Harding to be Chief Justice of the ■ United States and his nomination • was confirmed by the Senate in ex ecutive session. ; The nomination wras not confirmed • without opposition, however, and a I roll call was demanded. The opposi tion was understood to have been voiced by Senators Borah, Idaho, ; Johnson, California and LaFollette, Wisconsin, all Republicans, who were said to have criticised Mr. Taft’s record and his nomination. On roll call, however, only four votes were cast against confirma tion. These were by Senators Borah, Johnson, and LaFollette, and Sena tor Watson, Democrat, Georgia. The final vote was 60 to 4. An agreement was reached not to make a public roll call. 1 he Senate s doors were closed for discussion of the nomination after suggestion that Mr. Taft be confirm ed in “open executive” session be cause he is a former president had been rejected by his opponents. Senators Borah and Johnson led the fight on the floor in opposition to Mr. Taft, while he was defended by about a dozen Senators, including Knox, of Pennsylvania, Kellogg, of Minnesota, and Willis, of Ohio, Re publicans and Underwood, of Ala bama, minority leader; Smith, of South Carolina, Overman, of North Carolina, and Broussard, of Louisiana Democrats. Senators Borah and Johnson were understood to have centered their fight on Mr. Taft’s legal training, experience and qualifications. Ac cording to reports filtering out from the Senate chamber, Senator John son was said to have declared that Mr. Taft’s appointment was “purely political.” A similar charge it was reported, was made by Senator Bor ah. Senator Johnson, it was stated, as serted that Mr. Taft had not regard ed himself as a lawyer, but as a poli tician and had “abandoned” his pro fession after leaving the White House. The defense of Mr. Taft, it was said was led by Democrats, Senator Un derwood said that Mr. Taft had made himself “beloved by the South,” ad ding that this sentiment was due largely to Mr. Taft’s appointment, when President, of a Southerner, the late Chief Justice White to the high est judicial position of the country. Similar statements, it was reported, were made by Senator Broussard, of Louisiana, the native state of the late Chief Justice. Mr. Tlaft’s legal learning was praised, it was said, by Senators Knox and Willis, the latter referring to his experience on the bench of Ohio. Senator Kellogg, it was said, re ferred to the positions of honor held by Mr. Taft in bar and similar as sociations. Southern Senators, it was reported with the exception of Mr. Watson, of Georgia, were solidly behind the ap pointment. Senator Smith, of South Carolina, it was stated, discussed the race question, commending Mr. Taft it was said, for refusing to appoint any but white men to office in South Carolina. Parrot Halts Traffic Chicago.—“Not so fast—go slow— stop” shouted a voice to Sunday mo torists at Evanston. Traffic soon jam med for blocks. No policeman was in view. The chief of police sent his re serves to the scene, and in a tree they found a parrot still issuing his traffic orders. So that there might be no unneces sary delay in consummation of the long deferred state of peace, the reso lution was brought here by special messenger from Washington, where it had been given final Congressional approval yesterday. The messenger left for the capital again tonight to complete the formalities of the decla ration by depositing the document in ( the archives of the State Depart ; ment. THE COTTON CROP IS SMALLEST IN 25 YRS. Department Places Yield This Year at Eight and a Half Million Bales Washington, July 1.—The 1921 cot ton crop promises to be the smallest crop of the last quarter of a century, ■today’s forecast by the Department of Agriculture placing it at 8,433, 000 bales or nearly five million bales smaller than last year’s c^rop and nearly eight million bales below the record crop of 1914. This year’s acre age is 28.4 per cent smaller that last year’s. The acreage this year is the small est since 1900 and never before ac cording to the department of agricul ture has there been so great a change irom one year to another in acreage, as there has been from last year to this year. The condition of the growing crop has not in twenty years been so low on June 25 as it was this year. All sections of the cotton belt has been affected. It is due, according to gov ernment experts, to an adversely late vet spring and to the presence of boll v eevil in large numbers. Owing to the unfavorable condi tions of April and May and to other discouraging factors, shortage of fertilizer, and unsatisfactory price abandonment of planted cotton acre age has been greater than usual east of the Missippi river, ranging from five per cent in North Carolina and Mississippi to as high as 110 per cent in Georgia, west of the Missis sippi abandonment has been slight. The abandonment w-as taken into consideration the crop reporting board announced in its preliminary estimate of acreage. The amount of cofnmercial ferti lizer used per acre on cotton this year, according to the reports reach ing the bureau of crop estimates is about 66 per cent of the average amount used annually in the four years, 1917-20; Virginia reporting 86; North Carolina 80; South Caro lina 66; Georgia 73; Florida 75; Ala bama 72; Mississippi 50; Louisiana, 42; Texas 47; Arkansas 61; Tennes see 63. The report of sales of fer tilizer license tags compared with last year, show to May 31 for North Carolina about 65 per cent and to the close of June 1, South Carolina 50 per cent, Alabama 45 per cent, Mis sissippi 50 and Texas 33. Special re turns to the agriculture department indicate only about 56 per cent as much as last year in North Carolina, 50 per cent in South Carctina, 42 per cent in Mississippi and Tennessee, and 15 per cent in Louisiana and Ar kansas, and compared with the un i sual only 49 per cent in Georgia and 33 per cent in Florida. Thus said the bureau’s statement, all indications point to a reduction in absolute quantity of fertilizer pur f hased much greater than the unpre cedented reduction in acreage of cot ton, and this is confirmed by the figures quoted showing lessened use per acre. This lack is reflected in the relatively low condition of cotton, which is almost ten points below the average condition at this date. The quality is generally reported as low er than in previous years. The preliminary estimate of acre age and the condition on June 25 by States follows: Virginia, acreage 28,000; condition /V. North Carolina, 1,186,000 and 67. South Carolina, 2,190,000 and 65. Georgia, 3,600,000 and 64. Florida 82,000 and 70. Alabama, 2,029,000 and 59. Mississippi 2,825,00 and 6. Louisiana 1,011,000 and 64. Texas 9,199,000 and 72. Arkansas 2,138,000 and 78. Tennessee 609,000 and 74. Missouri 93,000 and 80. • Oklahoma 1,853,000 and 75. California 131,000 and 77. Arizona 89,000 and 88. New Mexico 15,000 and 87. Lower California’s area, about 59, 000 acres, is included in the California figures but excluded from the Unit ed States total. Tenderfoot: “Why do they use knots on the ocean instead of miles?" Second-class Scout: “Well you see, they couldn’t have the ocean tide without knots.”—Boys’ Life. DEMPSY KNOCKS CARPENTIER OUT American Retains Champi onship; Carpentier Enters Ring as Favorite Ringside, Jersey City, N. J. July 2. —Jack Dempsey is still heavyweight pugilistic champion of the world. A crushing right swing from the fist of the American fighter shatter ed the titular aspirations of Georges Carpentier in the fourth round of the so-called “Battle of the Century” here this afternoon. The pile-driving blow landed flush upon the jaw of the Frenchman, flooring Carpentier for the second time in a trifle more than a minute of fighting in the final and decisive round. Although he had staggered to his feet after the initial knock-down he was unable to survive the second one and was motionless when Referee Harry Ertle tolled off the fatal ten counts. Although the knockout punch was driven to Carpentier’s jaw, the way to Dempsey’s victory had been paved by the continual bombardment of blows, which landed on every section of the Frenchman’s body. Each swing, jab and uppercut, scored to the stomach, rib and sides, contribut ed to the slowing up process of the speedy Carpentier. In addition, a clubbing right which landed flush on the back of Georges neck in the third round played an important part >'n his defeat. The Frenchman folded over in an attempt to protect his body, left the back of his neck ex posed, and Dempsey, with the fair target in front of him, drove down a terrific slam to Carpentier’s ver l« brae. After the knockout, the Frenchman stated in his dressing room that this punch was the cause of his pugilistic downfall. He said that the punch stunned his entire physical and men tal make-up and he was thereafter unable to carry on any effective at tack. It developed after Carpentier had 1 ©turned to his training camp at Manhasset, N. Y., that during his ag gressive and effective attack in the second round, the Frenchman had broken his right thumb and sprained his wrist. Carpentier was unable to explain how the injury occurred, but it is thought that it came as a re sult of a hard swing which landed high on Dempsey’s head. What effect, if any, this injury to the European challenger’s most ef fective fighting fist, had on the ulti mate outcome of the battle, it is im possible to state. Carpentier was al most entirely on the defensive in the third and fourth rounds, although he did not noticeably avoid using his right hand arm in blocking or strik ing out when the opportunity arose. First Round Carpentier walked into Dempsey end landed the first blow, a light left to the head. They fell into a clinch and Dempsey battered the Frenchman in the body with short rights and lefts. Dempsey was short with a left to the head, but repeated with a left that staggered Carpentier and made him miss with a swing. Dempsey landed a left that skim med Carpentier’s nose and drew blood. The Frenchman backed away and missed with a right. Dempsey countered with a left that made Car pentier’s knees sag. There was a furious exchange at close quarters and it ended with Carpentier falling through the ropes. Carpentier crawl ed back, gamely flew at Dempsey and they exchanged body punches in a clinch. Just before the bell Carpen tier nailed Dempsey with a left and punished him in the body as the bell rang. Dempsey’s round. Second Round Carpentier missed with a left and then landed a hard right to the chin that sent Dempsey reeling to the ropes. The blow apparently discon certed the champion and sent him back on his heels, but he came back with a terriffic right to the jaw that caused a look of worry from the Frenchman’s handlers. They went in to a clinch and when they were sep arated Carpentier missed a left to the chin. Carpenter landed a half dozen rights and left to Champion Jack’s head. Dempsey hooked a right to Carpentier’s cheek and split the flesh under the right eye. Blood be FIST FIGHT BRINGS IN ENORMOUS SUM Expenses of All Kinds Near A Million—Uncle Sam Collects $400,000 New York, July 3—Tex Rickard figured today that his net profit from tne Dempsey-Carpentier fight yester day would be in the neighborhood of five hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. Expert accountants were busy all day checking and balancing the books used in the promotion of the contest. Rickard said he did not expect a final account statement before Wednesday but that expenses of all kinds would approximate $950,000 and taxes on his share $100,000, while the gross gate receipts were expected to exceed $1,600,000. 1C was also ngured 0ut that Demp sey earned in the neighborhood of §29,000 a minute for his ten minutes and 10 seconds of actual fighting. Carpentier’s profits as the loser in the contest were approximately $19,500 a minute. The United States govern ment will receive in one form of tax ation or another, a considerable part of the three hundred thousand dol lars paid Dempsey and the two hun dred thousand dollars which was Car pentier’s share of the purse. Total government proceeds from the bout will total more than four hundred thousand dollars, revenue officers es timate. The income tax will take a bout $lt>0,000 of the three hundred tnousand dollars earned by Dempsey and about $77,000 of Carpentier’s share. The Federal revenue from the sale of tickets will amount to about $100,000. Ticket sellers who resold the paste boards at an increased price are re quired to give fifty per cent of their profits to the government. The State cf New Jersey, under provisions of Ihe boxing law, also collects ten per cent of the gate receipts. Profits of preliminary boxers and all ring offi cials also will be taxed according to the government proceeds of the bout. Georges Carpentier must pay his entire tax to the United States before sailing for France. Dempsey may pay his tax in four installments next year, the first being due in March, 1922. Revenue officials have pointed out that Carpentier also is likely to face another stringent income tax on arrival in France, shrinking still more the earnings of the defeated boxer. Editors Home Invaded A good Samaratian came to the home of the editor Monday during the absence of the family and left a large box of varied vegetables. Thanks!—Chatam Record. Mr. T. H. Franks left last week for New York City where he will take a course at Columbia University this summer. gan to trickle from the gash. Car pentier missed a right swing and Dempsey’s right also was short. They were locked in a clinch exchanging punches to the body as the bell rang. Carpentier’s round. Third Round Dempsey began crowding Carpen tier and the Frenchman backed away. Carpentier ducked a hook and Demp sey backed him into the ropes, shak ing him with a solid right to the chin. Then Carpentier landed two right up per-cuts to the body in the clinch. The Frenchman missed a right swing and nearly fell down. Then he reach ed Dempsey with a long right to the jaw and as he came into a clinch Dempsey clubbed him with the rabbit punch. Carpentier led with a left and they clinched. Dempsey was out roughing his frailer foe in the clinch es. Carpentier circled around, wait ing for a chance to whip over a right, nut Dempsey’s body punches had veakened him. The champion drove Georges into a corner, hooking him with rights and lefts to the head as the bell rang. The bell saved Car pentier. Dempsey’s round. Fourth Round Dempsey rushed Carpentier to the ropes and sent a left to the body that made him wince. Carpentier landed a right to the head and tried to hang cn. Carpentier was floored by Demp sey and was knocked out when he started to rise.—News and Observer.