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EX-SERVICE MEN WILL TAKE NOTICE Campaign to Aid Disabled; Johnston Co. Men Go to Raleigh Oct. 21-22 The U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, with the assistance of the American Leg ion and the American Red Cross, is launching a nation-wide Clean Up Campaign to hunt out every disabled veteran of the World War and secure whatever action is necessary in his case. The purpose of the campn'gn is to fully advise all ex-servicei persons of their rights under the Sweet Bill, approved by the President, Aug. 9, 1921, to assist disabled ex-service persens in securing compensation, medical treatment and hospitalization, to inform and assist all claimants re garding procedure necessary in filing claims for compensation and insur ance, to assist those whose claims are pending in securing final action where additional evidence is necessary to connect disability with the service, or other data requested by the U. S. Veterans’ Bureau, and to provide for immediate physical examinations where necessary and furnish hospital ization if urgent also to advise appli cants as to how to proceed in filing claim for Vocational Training. The District Manager will appoint for each state a Clean Up Squad con sisting of a medical examiner, a com pensation and claims contact exami ner and a third member selected from the clerical force of the district of fice, together with a representative American Red Cross. The medical examiner will be thoroughly familiar with all matters relative to treatment, hospitalization, rating, etc. He will have power to furnish transportation to claimants appearing for physical examination, will advise exactly what is necessary in each case in the way of additional medical evidence to establish service origin of a compensation disability claim. He will be empowered to or der hospitalization of any ex-service person and authorize local treatment. The compensation and insurance contact examiner will pass upon the efficiency of all claims presented to him, assist in their preparation and furnish such advice and assistance as is necessary to the final adjudication of claims. Also where claimants are dissatisfied with their awards, this examiner will assist them in furnish ing the additional information neces sary and'will transmit this informa tion to the District Office where >t will receive immediate attention from special men properly designated for this work, and who will supplement the data received from the Clean Up Squad by such additional information as may be taken from the District records., On Oct. 21st the Clean Up Squad for North Carolina will arrive in Ral eigh, and will remain there thru the 22nd. Raleigh will be headquarters for the following counties: Wake, Lee, Harnett, Johnston, Nash and Frank lin, and all disabled ex-service men from those counties who have claims against the Government are urged to meet the Clean Up Squad at Raleigh on the 21st or 22nd. Rev. G. T. Watkins Resigns. Goldsboro, Oct. 3.—Rev. Geo. T. Watkins, for 14 years pastor of the First Baptist church of Goldsboro, has resigned his pulpit. Sunday morning after a powerful sermon, the minister read his own resigna tion as follows: “To My Flock: I hereby hand you my resignation to take effect the last Sunday in December, and request that my congregation, in conference take action on this next Sunday.” Goldsboro learned with regret of Mr. Watkins’ resignation, which came as a surprise and the entire member ship of the First Baptist church will deeply feel the loss of this sterling minister, during whose pastorate in Goldsboro he not only has added hun dreds to the membership of his church, but thru his untiring efforts erected one of the most handsome church buildings in the state.—The Greensboro Daily News. Miss Irene Young of Durham is in the city visiting Mrs. Dora Kirkman and other relatives. GIANTS AND YANKS IN WORLD SERIES Crowd of More Than 30,000 Sees First Battle; Mays Was the Hero New York, Oct. 5.—(By the Asso ciated Press.)—Carl Mays, with one of his masterful exhibitions of box work, pitched the Yankees to a well earned victory over the Giants in the first game of the 1921 World’s Series at the Polo Ground today. The blond American League twirler of the un derhand delivery held the National Leaguers runless, the final score be ing: New York Americans *3; New York Nationals 0. It was not without some fine field ing behind Mays, some pretty work with the stick and clever running on the bases that the Yankees were able to get the jump in the first all New New York series' ever played for world baseball honors. Babe Ruth, king of the long-distance clouters, al though he didn’t make any home runs was in there with a timely hit and some inspiring and heady coaching on the lines. Mike McNally, the Yanks’ third baseman, rated one of their weakest hitters, contributed a double, which blossomed into a run and jump ed into a niche in the world’s series hall of fame by tearing off a neat steal of home in the fifth inning for the second run of the game. The Yankees’ victory was won against a determined Giant defense, the sterling feature of which was a well-pitched game by Phil Douglas, the National’s spit-ball star. Douglas had the slugging Ruth at his mercy after the fourth inning, striking the Babe out twice, amid roars of ap proval from the Giant rooters. Douglas left the game in the 8th, inning when Earl Smith, pinch hit ter, went to bat for him and flied out to Ruth. Barnes pitched the ninth inning for the Giants and was clout ed for two hits. In the field Ruth played well, get ting four of the five outfield put-outs. In the third inning he gave his ad mirers a heart pang when he caught Douglas’s high fly and let it bounce out of his hands. He managed to re cover the ball, however, before it could fall to the ground. He was cheered every time he came to the plate and every time he caught a fly. In the Giants’ line-up Frank Frisch their stellar third-baseman, ran true to his spectacular form, getting four of the Nationals’ five hits, one of them a triple, and handling brilliantly ev erything that came his way. As a whole, the Giants played a heady, consistent game, except that the usually reliable Bancroft at short was a little unsteady at times—aD though in no instance to the detri ment of the team. Their inability to hit Mays, however, was fatal, to gether with the unexpected dash shown by the Yankees on the base paths, the latter literally on this oc casion beating the Giants at what was supposed to be their own game. Undoubtedly from the standpoint of the more than 30,000 spectators in stands and bleachers, the appearance of Babe Ruth at the plate was the big attraction of the afternoon. As has been said, he went home runless for the day, his only hit being the first inning blow—a slashing singlp to center—that sent Miller home with the first Yankee run. Ruth on this occasion went out himself in a fast double play. On his second trip to the plate he received a base on balls. In the sixth and eighth innings he struck out. The Giants threatened the home plate twice. The best chance to score in the fourth inning1 with Friesch on third and only one out. He had reached first on a single to right, stole second and took third on Young’s sacrifice, Mays to Pipp. He was left there as Kelly struck out and Emil Meusel grounded out, Peckinpaugh to Pipp. The other chance came in the sixth inning on Friesch’s triple after two were out. Young, however, was not equal to the occasion, going out Peckingpaugh to Pipp. The Giants had men left on second in the first and second innings. One of the surprising things about the game was the fact that while'the Polo Grounds, will accommodate near ly 39,000 persons, the official attend ance figures showed but 30,203 per N. C. COTTON REPORT UP TO OCTOBER 1ST Yield 192 lbs. Per Acre; 61 Per Cent of Crop Picked —95 Per Cent Open Raleigh, Oct. 6.—The cotton crop has experienced record conditions this year in drought, heat, reduced acreage, boll weevil damage, decreas ed fertilizer, early maturity and shortage late and top crop. Although conditions were favorable for the ear ly harvesting of the crop there has resulted the shortest yield and lowest production in history. Grades should be good however. This followed the largest carry over of cotton stocks perhaps ever known. The crop x-eport released on the 3rd, covering North Carolina, shows a total production of 489,000 bales, fore casted from a 54 per cent condition based on 1,186,000 acres at 192 pounds per acre. If the price aver ages 21 cents, and it should average more for this crop, the total value will be $49,100,000 as against last year’s crop reckoned at 16.2 cents per pound, amounting to $70,800,000 val ue. Even at the increased value per pound, the $41.50 per acre value, this year, is less than last year’s and only 40 per cent of two years ago. The acreage is found to be about 70 per cent of last year, the con dition 79 per cent in comparison; the yield 70 per cen$; production 53 per cent and total apparent value of the crop, 70 per cent compared with last crop. The decline in condition of cotton within the past month was 8 per cent and 14 per cent in the past two months. Last year there was an increased condition of 5 per cent in the same period. In 1920, the yield per acre of lint was 275 pounds, and this year, 192 pounds. The late reports show that there is perhaps 5 per cent less acre age than the earlier or preliminary reports showed, which means that there is almost a third reduction from last year’s harvested area. The latest reports indicate 61 per cent of the crop is picked, with per haps 95 per cent of the bolls open to date. The average picking wages of seed cotton is 76 cents per hun dred pounds. Reports show 13.4 per cent of last year’s crop still in the hands of farmers. The Sandhill section of Moore and Montgomery and the area to Gaston counties have conditions about 65 per cent of normal, as have the northern coastal counties. This locates where the best conditions are found. The low condition areas are in Brunswick and northern Piedmont counties where the average is below 40 per cent. The reporters’ estimates to the North Carolina Cooperative Crop Re porting Service for October 1st, are based on reported observations of ov er 19,000 farms. sons present. The upper grandstand, to which admission could only be se cured by purchase of tickets at the gates after they were opened, showed large stretches of empty seats at the extremes of the stand. This was eas ily accounted for, however, when it" became known that the police or ders to keep non-ticket holders from the vicinity of the field after 1 p. m. had been strictly enforced with the result that thousands of late comers who might readily have been accomo dated, were kept beyond the reach of the box offices. * New York, Oct. 6. (By Special Leased Wire to Lyric.)—With Hoyt twirling stellar ball the Yankees de feated the Giants at the Polo Grounds here today by the score of 3 to 0— this being the Giants’ second defeat the first coming yesterday by the same score as today’s game. Neft, for the Giants, pitched a good game, allowing the Yanks only three hits. T^ro hits were gleaned off Hoyt. N. C. C. W. Celebrates Birthday The North Carolina College for Women celebrated its 29th anniver sary Wednesday, the chief event of the day being an address by Rev. Charles E. Rfaddry, corresponding secretary of the Baptist State Mis sion Board. His subject was “The Place of the College Woman in the Rural Uplift.” FURTHER DECLINE IN COTTON YIELD Growing Season This Year Worst on Record; Slump Another Half Million Washington, Oct. 3.—Further de cline in the condition of cotton dur ing September resulted in a reduc tion of 500,000 bales in the forecast of production issued today by the Department of Agriculture, which places the total crop at 6,537,0000 equivalent 500-pound bales. The con dition of the crop was reported as being 42.2. The growing season this year has been the most disastrous on record, the crop showing a loss of 1,666,000 bales in prospective production dur ing the months of August and Sep tember. The end of August found the crop in the worst condition ever recorded while the end of September as disclosed in todays’ report shows unfavorable weather during the month rendered the condition worse than at the end of August. Record extreme heat and dryness have forc ed unprecedented mr.turity of the crop and deficiency of fertilizer has shortened the fiber and lessened the yield. Today’s condition report shows the crop to 12.2 points below the worst previous record. Over most of the belt there was but little middle crop and practically no top crop. The swarming plague of boll weev ils has advanced almost to the lim its of the belt, being thru the lower third of North Carolina in 11 counties of Tenneessee and over most of Ar kansas and Oklahoma. Practically everywhere the weevil is in such num bers and doing such damage as has not been experienced since the period of its initial invasion. The army and other worms have been present in damaging numbers in most of the territory from Miss issippi westward, stripping the leaves from the plants ovr larg areas. Qpmment is general that the crop may be picked out by early Novem ber in much of the Central and West ern territory if the favorable picking weather continues. The fair and dry September has permitted uninterrupt ed picking and with labor plentiful and relatively cheap a larger propor tion of the crop has probably been picked ont than ever before. In Tex as the floods and weevils have been more or less of an offset to the bene ficial rains in the northwestern part of that State. In some sections picking is com pleted and in much of the east gulf territory the present picking will get most or all of it. Farmers plan to clear off the crop and plow early to diminish weevil damage next year. Dry weather has favored the quality of picked cotton and also allowed punctured bolls to mature uninjured. The forecast of production, in equivalent 500-pound bales, and the condition of the crop on September 25, is percentage of normal, by states follows: Virginia—Forecast, 10,000 and con dition 53. North Carolina—489,000 and 54. South Carolina—644,000 and 40. Georgia—722,000 and 33. Florida—16,000 and 60. Alabama—460,000 and 46. Mississippi—646,000 and 48. Louisiana—245,000 and 41. Texas—1,863,000 and 38. Arkansas—677,000 and 53. Tennessee—217,000 and 62. a. Missouri—48,000 and 70. Oklahoma—405,000 and 38. California—68,000 and 73. Arizona—45,000 and 81. All other states—7,000 and 83. The Lyceum Entertainment. The Lyceum entertainment Tuesday night was a decided success. “It Pays To Advertise" was the play pre sented, and before the evening closed the audience was entirely convinced that printer’s ink will do the work. A large crowd was present and en joyed many a hearty laugh during the •.performance. The play which has been a success in New York city, was splendidly produced by the cast of characters sent out by the Redpath Bureau. Seldom has Smithfield had the opportunity to see so good a play. POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED AT WELDON Miss Mary Ellen Travis Of Weldon Becomes Bride Of Mr. Troy Myatt A marriage of much interest to the people of this city took place in Grace Episcopal church, of Weldon, Wednesday evening, when Miss Mary Ellen Travis, the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Travis became' the bride of Mr. Troy McNeif Myatt, a popular young business man of this city. The church was beautiful in its decorations of potted plants, smilax ivy and white cosmos, a color scheme of white and green being carried out. The soft glow of candles helped to make the scene an ideal background for the wedding party, the lovely costumes of the bridesmaids intro ducing a note of color and adding charm to the elFect. The wedding music was rendered by Mrs. Smith of Weldon, the pipe organ being accompanied by a violinst. The bridal chorus from Lo hengrin was used as a processional and Mendelsshon’s march as a re cessional. Prior to the entrance of the bridal party, Mrs. Daniels, of Weldon sang “Sweetest Story Ever Told” and “Constancy.” At the appointed hour, the coming of the wedding party was heralded by the users, Messrs Lewis Travis of Weldon, and St. Julien L. Springs, of this city, taking their places at the entrances to the chancel. The at tendants came in as follows: Miss Mary Pierce and Miss Margaret Pierce of Weldon; Messrs Jim Bal lou of this city and Allison Travis, brother of the bride, of Weldon; Misses Charlotte Johnson of Raleigh and Lillian Joyner of Greenville; Messrs Gus Travis, brother of the bride of Charlotte and Ransom San ders of this city; Misses Sarah Hol land Hester of New Bern and Irene Myatt, bf this city, sister otf the groom; Messrs Stanford Travis, brother of the bride of Weldon and Allison Zollicoffer of Weldon. The brides maids wore handsome gowns of taffeta with silver trimmings, half the number being turquoise blue and half orchid. They carried boquets of yellow chrysanthemums tied with lavendar tulle. Taffeta hats with silver lace brim to match each cos tume were worn. The flower girl was little Miss Mary Jane Zollicoffer, cousin of the bride, who wore a white satin dress and carried a lovely basket of sunset rosebuds and valley lilies. The ring bearer was little Miss Mary Belle Draper, also attired in a white satin dress. She carried the ring in the heart of a white lily. The bride entered on the arm of her father, who gave her away, and met the groom with his best man, Mr. Seth W. Myatt, of New York City, before the minister, Rev. W. T. Westman, who pronounced the im pressive ring ceremony. The bride was attended by a dame of honor, Mrs. Outlaw Hunt, of Oxford, cousin of the bride, who wore pink chiffon over pink satin with silver lace trim ming. The bride’s costume was of white Duchesse satin, en train, with pearl trimmings. The wedding veil was fastened with a coronet of chiffon and pearls and orange blossoms. She carried a handsome bouquet of bride’s roses, valley lilies and orchids show ered with rosebuds and valley lilies. After the ceremony the attendants and a large number of invited guests repaired to the home of the bride where a delightful reception was giv en. The bride was the honoree at quite a number of pre-nuptial social events, among which was an elabor ate reception on the night of the re hearsal given by Mrs. John Zolli coffer and Mrs. D. B. Zollicoffer. After Oct. 15, Mr. and Mrs. Myatt will be at home in this city where the young bride will be warmly wel comed. The groom is the youngest son of Mrs. Mary B. Myatt. He is a prominent young business man, be ing connected with the tobacco in dutsry here, and has scores of rela tives and friends who wish him and his bride all success and happiness in life. KENLY HAS A FINE COMMUNITY FAIR Dr. Charles Taylor of State College Made Address; Exhibits Good Wednesday was an important day in Kenly, the occasion being their Com munity fair. Mr. White the presi dent is to be congratulated upon the perfect weather, the good crowd and the especially fine exhibits. Dr. Chas. Taylor, of State College, Raleigh, made the address of the day. The Fair was held at the graded school, the basement making an ideal place to display the farm products, pantry supplies, fancy work and horticultur al exhibits. One of the attractive corners of the building was the taxi dermy exhibit owned by Rev. J. E. Holden, pastor of the M. E. church. The collection of fowls, and animals was wonderful and was exceeded in interest only by a real, live, sure nuff rattlesnake which is destined to join the collection. The rattler was sent Mr. Holden from the western part of the State and had ten rattles. On the school grounds livestock was exhibited. A tractor demonstra tion was given during the day. Among the advertising booths was one advertising the millinery and ready-to-wear of G. G. Edgerton and Son and a furniture display by J. W. Darden and Bro. An interesting exhibit shown by the County Home Agent, included fireless cookers, a steam pressure cooker, garbage can and homemade vegetable baskets. In our next issue a list of prize winners will be published. Mr. Easom to Go to Wilmington The following item from the Wil mington Star of last Saturday car ries both gratifying and distressing news. If there is any man in Clinton that the town can ill afford to lose it is Mr. Easom. From the day he arrived here two years ago he has been thoroughly iden tified with the town’s best interests. As choir leader in the Baptist church, his services have been of the most valuable character. He is simply a fine man, an excellent vocalist, and a whole-souled fellow. Accordingly to lose him is distressing. On the other hand, it is gratifying to note that his worth is appreciated by others, and that an offer so suited to his char acter and talents has been received. The note from the Star follows: “Horace D. Easom, a young real estate dealer of Sampson county, rec ently called to become assistant to Rev. W. G. Hall, pastor of Southside Baptist church, yesterday notified Mr. Hall the call had been accepted and that he would come to Wilming ton January 1 to enter upon his .dut ies. “Mr. Easom while recently engag ed in the real estate business, has had considerable experience in evan gelistic work as a singer and general worker. During his college days at Wake Forest he was a member of the college Glee Club. He served over seas during the World War, after which he returned to Clinton. “Recently he came to the city and sang at • two services at Southside church. Following his visit, on the next Wednesday night, the church unanimously voted to call him to be come assistant to the pastor. Mr. Easom will have charge of the music and will be general assistant to Mr. Hall.”—Sampson Democrat. Second Assembly of League Ended Geneva, Oct. 5.—(By the Associat ed Press.)—The second assembly of the league of nations adjourned at 6 o’clock tonight after re-electing Bra zil, Belgium, China and Spain its four non-permanent members of the coun cil. President Van Kamebeek, summing up the work of the session said that those who had expected from the league miracles that would transform the world suddenly into a paradise would be disappointed, but the pessi mists who had predicted dissolution of the league would be confounded by the result of the work accomplished. A failure is a man who wasn’t con tent to stick at the one thing he could do well.
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