HOUSE IS OPPOSED
TO MORE MEMBERS
After 9 Hours Debate Vote
Of 146 to 142 Was Taken
Against Increase
Washington, Oct. 14.—The House
recorded its opposition fight to
any increase in its membership, re
committing to the census committee
by a vote of 146 to 142, the Siegel
bill to increase its size from 435 to
460 members.
The vote was taken on a motion to
recommit offered by Representative
Fairfield, of Indiana, a Republican
member of the Senate committee, af
ter nine hours of debate and wrangl
ing over parliamentary procedure.
Previous to recommitting the bill,
the House rejected 140 to 146 an
amendment by Representative Bar
bour, Republican, Cal., to authorize
reappointment without any increase
in membership. Another amendment
offered by Representative Tinkham,
Republican, Mass., to decrease the
membership to 425 was smothered
under an avalanche of “noes.”
Seven Southern men, which Mr.
Tinkham charged Kad disfranchised
negroes, would have lost 33 seats and
Massachusetts one under his amend
ment, while a gain of 24 seats would
have been split among a dozen States
population during the last decade.
It was the second tie within a year
that the House has blocked efforts to
increase its size. During the last ses
sion a bill to fix the membership at
483 was defeated. At that time an
other bill providing for reapportion
ment under the 1920 census without
increasing the number of members
was passed by the House, but no ac
tion was taken on it by the Senate.
Opponents of the bill tonight con
tend that the House already was an
unwieldy body and that it would func
tion less efficiently with an increased
membership. Chairman Siegel and
Representative Larsen of Georgia, a
Democratic member of the commit
tee, pleaded for the measure while
Representative Fairfield and Rankin,
Democrat, Miss., directed the attack
against it. Party lines were disre-i
garded in the final vote.
Announcement by Representative
Mondell, the Republican leader, that
although he had opposed an increase
in the size of the House, at the last
session, he favored the Siegel bill
brought criticism from several Repub
licans opposed to the measure, Repre
sentative Cooper, of Wisconsin, and
Beedy, of Maine, being particularly
emphatic in their remarks.
CLAYTON NEWS
Clayton, Oct. 17.—Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Starling spent Saturday in
Goldsboro.
Mr. A. B. Austin of Cary, spent
Sunday here with relatives.
Mr. Richard Burrows left Satur
day for his home at Cape Hatteras
after spending several days here with
Mr. Duke Duncan.
Mps. Eva Ballentine and daughter,
Margaret, of Durham spent Sunday
here with relatives.
The Woman’s Missionary meeting
held at the Baptist church here on
Tuesday evening and Wednesday of
last week proved a great success.
There were several delegates from the
Baptist churches of Johnston County
here.
Mr. E. R. Austin, of Goldsboro spent
Saturday here with relatives.
Mr. Wilbur Barnes has bought the
fancy grocery store owned by Mr. C.
V. Williams next to the Building and
Loan office.
Mr. A. V. Gulley of Old Fort, came
home Saturday night and will leave
Tuesday morning with his wife and
children. They will make their home in
Old Fort.
November 9, 10, and 11, are the
dates for the chautauqua. The opening
program is given by the Castwright
Brothers quartet. Two programs will
be given each day and promises good
entertainment.
A number of our people attended
the circus in Raleigh last week. It is
expected a greater number will at
tend the Fair this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Coats and
Messieurs Harvey Westbrook and
Norman E. Humphrey went to the
circus at Goldsboro Friday afternoon.
GIANTS WIN TITLE IN THE
EIGHTH GAME BY 1-0 SCORE
New Champions Take Five of Series
To Yanks’ Three; Nehf Con
quers Waite Hoyt.
(By the Associated Press.) <
New York, Oct. 13—World’s cham
pions, 1921—the New* York National
League baseball club.
The Giants won the title, which
will be theirs for the next year, by
defeating the Yankees in the 8th game
of the world’s series at the Polo
Grounds today. The American League
champions died fighting hard in a
classic twirling duel between their
pitching ace, Waite Hoyt, and Art
Nehf, the Giant’s star left-hander.
However, they lacked the necessary
punch to win, the National League
team taking the game by the score
of 1 to 0 and the series, 5 games to
3.
1 he Giant s victory gives Manager
John J. McGraw, his second world’s
championship team. The New York
Nationals, seven-time penant winners
under McGraw’s management, cap
tured the world’s title against the
Athletics of the American league in
1905, but altho winning the bunting
5 times since they have been baffled
every time until this year in their
quest for world honors, twice bowing
to the Athletics, once to the Red Sox
and once to the White Sox in titular
combats.
This year, wih a National league
entrant that had shown its high class
by coming from behind late in the
penant race and beating the Pitts
burgh Pirates to the flag, the world’s
series told a different story.
Off to a poor start, thru their loss
of the first two games of the series,
the Giants gamely came back speed
ily, evened up the series, and then,
with but a slight let-up while get
ting their second wind, rounded into
the stretch with a rush and pushed
thru with three straight victories to
their final triumph.
In every victory, exciept tloday’s
they came from behind to win. Thus,
one of the best and most hotly c6n •
tested series in the history of trie
sport was won cleanly, and, in the
final analysis, decisively, by a club
whose gameness and all-around abil
ity of the highest grade will be gen
erally conceded.
As for the underlying reaspn for
the success of the McGraw men the
experts may differ, but there seems
little cause to doubt that the most
widely propounded opinion will be
that it was because of a pfireponder^
ance of high-class pitching ability.
The series showed but two of Man
ager Miller Huggins’ twirlers capable
of pitching winning ball—-Mays and
Hoyt—while the Giants put forward a
trio of master workmen in Douglas,
Barnes and Nehf.
Out hit by the Giants in nearly ev
ery game ahd by many points in tbe
series as a whole, the Yankees none
the less made a hard fight of it by
their smartness in manufacturing
runs out of scant material and che
superb work done by Mays and Hoyt
in six of the 8 battles. Their champion
ship craft sfent down with flag fly
ing and tonight their loyal support
ers were tempering their condolences
over the loss of the series with con
gratulations upon the showing the
Yankee players had made in the first
world title series a New York Amer
ican league team has ever earned the
right to compete. .
As for the final and decisive game
of the series the winning of it was
due to the superb pitching of Nehf
against a moundsman to whom he
had twice lost the decision earlier in
the series . Allowing the American
league batsmen but four hits, none of
them better than singles and three
of them coming with two men out,
the crafty southpaw again and again
turned the Yankees back in order or
baffled their determined efforts to
put across the solitary run for which
they were struggling all thru * the
contest.
Hardly a whit less creditable was
the performance of Hoyt, the Yankee
youngster. Hoyt was in trouble in
several innings, but except in the fat
al first, when the Giants scored their
only tally on two bases on balls and
an error he worked himself out bril
liantly, once with a fine running catch
by Fewster to help along. Toward the
end he was going stronger than ever,
retiring the Giants in order in the 8
and ninth.
The hitting battle of the Meusel
RAILROAD STRIKE IS
SET FOR OCTOBER 30
Unions Plan for Progressive
Strike; Southern Is in
First Group
I _
Chicago, Oct. 15.—More than half
a million railroad men were today
ordered to initiate a strike October
30, while other unions, whose mem
bership brings the total to about two
million, announced unofficially that
they were tonight preparing to fol
low suit and make the walkout gen
eral on the same date.
Under this program the tie-up
would be complete, according to un
ion predictions, by Nov. 2.
The hour was fixed for 6 a. m., Oc
tober 30, except for one Texas line,
whose trainmen were authorized to
go out October 22.
i ne railroads listed in tne nrst
group on which the strike is to be
come effective touched 2 2of the 48
State with a trackage of 73,000
miles out of the total United States
trackage of approximately 200,000.
The New England states comprise
the group that is virtually untouch
ed in the first walkout.
The strike orders were issued to
the “Big Five” brotherhoods, oldest
and most powerful of the railway un
ions, and they specifically included
mail trains in the walkout. Their
provisions instructed strikers to keep
away from railroad property with a
warning that “violence of any nature
will not be tolerated by the organi
zations.”
The strike was announced follow
ing an overwhelming vote, said to be
upwards of 90 per cent, favoring a
strike because of a 12 per cent wage
reduction authorized by the United
States Railroad Labor Board of July
1 and after it was declared by the
Association of Railway Executives,
in session here yesterday, that a
further reduction would be sought by
the railroads. It was said that the
strike decision was made before the
announcement of this further intend
ed cut. Printed instructions as to con
duct the strike, issued in Chicago,
were dated yesterday, Oct. 14.
“I fear it will be one of the most
serious strikes in American transpor
tation history,” said W. G. Lee, pres
ident of the* Railroad Trainmen, who
during recent weeks, has sent circu
lars to his men warning them of the
critical nature of the steps they con
templated.
The country was divided into four
groups, in which the men were autho
rized to walk out progressively, one
group every 24 hours. The names of
the groups were not made public,
but unofficially the identity of roads
in the first group to go was learned
subject to changes, which union offi
cials said would be few. This first
group included some of the coun
try’s greatest rail systems, f^om
coast to coast and from Canada to
the Gulf.
These were:
Chicago & North Western, Texas &
Pacific, Kansas City Southern Penn
sylvania, Missouri Pacific, Interna
tional, Great Northern, Southern Pa
cific (Atlantic and Pacific lines),
Southern Railway, Louisville and
Nashville, St. Louis South Western
(whether Texas lines included not
stated.), Chicago, Wilwaukee and St.
Paul (lines east and west), Northern
Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific, Seaboard Air Line, Erie, Chi
cago, Great Western &v Virginian
Railway.—Associated Press.
Killing Frost Earlier Than Usual
Last week we had frost enough in
this section to kill the potato vines
and most of the cotton leaves. This
was about three weeks earlier than
usual. Heretofore we have been hav
ing killing frost between the first and
tenth of November.
brothers in which the price of a fam
ily Thanksgiving dinner was a stake,
was won by Emil of the Giants. Emil’s
batting average for the series was
.345 and that of Bob .200. Emil scor
ed four runs and made ten hits for
a total^of 17 bases. Bob, in 30 trips
to the plate, scored three runs and
made six hits for a total of eight
bases. Each stole one base.
Score by innings:
Nationals -100 000 000^-1
Americans--000 000 000—0
ORGANIZE AMERICAN
LEGION POST HERE
Smithfield Ex-Service *Men
Make Application For
A Charter
Ex-service men will be interested
to know that steps are being taken
to organize a Post of The American
Legion in this city. Mr. St. Julian L.
Springs has taken an active interest
in the movement and through his ef
forts a minimum membership of fif
teen has been secured, and applica
tion made to Cyrus D. Hogue, De
partment commander of the American
Legion of North Carolina for a char
ter. Those signing up as charter
members besides Mr. Springs, who
was designated by the group to re
ceive the charter are: Messrs W.
Ransom Sanders, Hugh M. Austin,
Ed F. Ward, Bernice Jones, S. D.
Jones, Ed L. Woodall, J. F. Harrison,
Carlton Stephenson, E. C. Narron, H.
V. Rose, A. L. Faulkner, H. L. John
son, Dr. Thel Hooks? Dr. C. V. Tyner,
and Dr. Rosser Lane.
Appropos of the endeavor, it might
be timely to say that the membership
of the organization is composed of
soldiers, sailors and marines of the
World War.
An idea of what the American Leg
ion stands for can be gathered by
reading the preamble to its consti
tution: “To uphold and defend the
Constitution of the United States: to
maintain law and order; to foster
and perpetuate a 100 per cent. Ameri
canism; to preserve the memories and
incidents of our association in the
Great War; to.inculcate a sense of
individual obligation to the commun
ity, State and Nation; to combat the
autocracy of both the classes and
the masses; to make right the master
of might; to promote peace and good
will on earth; to safeguard and
transmit to posterity the principles
of justice, freedom and democracy,
to consecrate and sanctify our com
radeship by our devotion to mutual
helpfulness.’
One section of the constitution
states that no post shall be* named af
ter any living person. Each post,
however, has the privilege of select
ing its name. It has been suggested
that an appropriate name for the or
ganization in Smithfield would be the
Pou-Parrish Post, a name that would
honor two heroes from this town whc
laid down their lives in the great con
flict. This name would seem fitting,
but no doubt if this is not chosen
some%other quite as appropriate will
be selected.
Our Two Banks Consolidate.
The following telegram received
Saturday by Mr. R. P. Holding, cash
ier of the First National bank, clinch
es the movement for the consolidation
of the First National and the Citizens
National Banks which has been un
derway for sometime: “Certificate
approving consolidation of First Na
tional and Citizens National Banks
under charter of former association
and under title of the First and Citi
zens National Banks, of Smithfield
issued and mailed to you to-day. T. P.
Kane, Acting Comptroller.”
The new organization will be tcnt
pleted at an early date. It is probable,
we are informed that the banks will
keep both locations open for awhile
at least in order that business may
be dispatched more speedily. The
capital stock of the ' institution is
$175,000, with $52,500 surplus. The
capital is to be increased $82,500.
The Girl and the Boy.
But while we are talking about the
mistake of rearing girls in idleness
we must not forget the tragedy of
allowing boya to grow into manhood
without being inducted into anciant
and honorable order of Work. For, if
it is a mistake to infest society with
a race of women who * know more
about high society than they know
about making baby dresses and bis
cuits, it is a tragedy to turn loose
upon the country a breed of boys
who are averse to work. The fact
that the country is drunk on pleasure
seeking is directly traceable to homes
where the youth is being brought up
in idleness.—L. E. Huggins, in Mon
roe Journal,
SEEK RUNAWAYS FROM
JOHNSTON IN RALEIGH
Irate Father and Husband Here Look
ing For Couple That De
serted Children.
s Ed Strickland, a Johnston county
farmer who left a wife and 3 children
last Tuesday night to run away with
Mrs. Eula Stephens, who has two
children on her own account, will do
well to keep moving for stern and un
relenting justice awaits him should he
return to his accustomed haunts.
But those who were enraged by the
elopement are not merely sitting with
folded hands and passively waiting
for the alleged home wrecker to be
chastised by a kindly fate. Having
heard that the couple had been seen
in Raleigh, E. N. Jones and L. D.
Stephens, father and husband, re
spectively, of the woman, arrived in
the city yesterday and will stay ns
long as there is any hope* of locating
their quarry.
The description of the pair that
has been furnished to the police is as
follows: the man is about 24 years
old, has light red hair, weighs aboi^,
145 pounds and walks flatfooted. The
woman is 22 years old, weighs about
90 pounds has dark eyes and wears
eye glasses. They were last seen in
a newly painted Ford,
Both the father and husband ar
rived here yesterday, virtually heart
broken over the disaster that has be
fallen them, while Mr. Jones left his
own wif# in a prostrated condition
and is fearful that she may die of
grief and humiliation unless their
daughter is restored to her. “There
is nothing ever been said against a
Jones before,” was frequently in
terested by the irate father between
threats of what would happen should
he succeed in running down Strick
land. It was left to Mr. Jones to take
the lead in the search for his son-in
law followed him around town like
a shadow of a man, frequently break
ing into audible weeping. ^
According to the two men, there
had been no signs of visible intimacy
between the eloping couple prior* to
their sudden departure together The
only advance information seems to
have been held by Mrs. Strickland,
who was told of her husband’s plan
under a threat of death should she
divulge the scheme.
The two families occupied neigh
boring farms in ElevaHtn township
of Johnston county.—News and Ob
server.
Dry Goods Trade Sustained.
Less buoyancy is noted in primary
dry goods markets, altho trade is
still holding up well with jobbers, and
is seasonably better with retailers.
Clothiers are offering new Spring
lines at prices not materially chang
ed from those for Fall, but with bet
ter values in merchandise being
shown. Dress goods for Spring are
offered at Fall prices, or at minor re
ductions. Silks are still moving slow
ly, and production is greatly curtail
ed. In cotton goods circles, new prices
on branded goods are being made each
week, bringing them up a parity with
higher raw cotton. The higher prices
held up pretty steady, tho trading for
late delivery on the high level is
very limited. For Spring, wash fab
rics are being ordered well, especial
ly where advances have been small.
Retail distribution *has been quick
ened by the more seasonable weather,
but the pressure to sell is great and
advances in keeping with any rise in
primary markets are being avoided.
Jobbers are slowly revising their cot
ton goods prices upward. In all dis
tributing channels, emphasis is placed
upon reports of a lower purchasing
power, due to low prices on agricul
tural products, unemployment, and
other factors.
Export trade in textiles has been
very quiet, so far as new business
goes. Shipments of cotton goods on
old orders continue to gain in the
unfinished cloth end, and there are
some gains in certain of the colored
lines. Since it became more evident
that tariff legislation delays will car
ry over the current year, there has
been more business in linens and in
some other lines that are needed,
principally the laces and embroideries,
and some of the very high qualities
in woolens.—Dun's Review.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee E. Sanders, Mrs.
C. B. Williamson, Misses Mary Lou
ise Turner and Virginia Williamson
spent Saturday in Raleigh.
BARBECUE IN HONOR
MRS. VANDERBILT
Mr. W. M. Sanders Host to
Other Distinguished Guests
At His Home Here
Through the proverbial hospitality
of our townsman, Mr. W. M. Sanders,
Smithfield was signally honored Sat
urday afternoon with a visit of dis
tinguished North Carolinians, the oc
casion being a barbecue given in
honor of Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, of
Biltmore, president of the North Car
olina Agricultural society. Mr. San
ders is a member of the Executive
Board of the State Fair organization
and took occasion as Mrs. Vanderbilt
was passing through our city enroute
from Dunn where she introduced the
speaker at the Fair there, to show
her this pretty courtesy.
In Mrs. Vanderbilt’s party were
her daughter, Miss Cornelia Vander
bilt, Miss Madeline Longran and
Judge J. G'. Adams., They arrived
at the home of Mr. Sanders at four
p. m. and after a short rest entered
into the entertainment with zest. In
the absence of Mrs. Sanders, who is
at Clifton Springs, New York, for a
rest, Mr. Sanders was assisted in re
ceiving his guests by his daughters,
Miss Sarah Sanders and M s. A. H.
Rose, and by Mrs. S. D. M Pherson,
of Durham and Mrs Nell i enizer,
of Washington, D C After an in
formal reception in the library the
guests repaired to the lawn vhere a
delicious barbecue supper was served
at various tables dotting the lawn.
Mrs. Vanderbilt had never seen bar
becue in its native state and was quite
delighted when the host introduced
her to the mystery of preparing this
Southern delicacy. The appetizing
menu consisted of barbecue, hot rolls,
cornbread, tomatoes, lettuce, slaw and
coffee.
Out-of-town gi$estsj besides Mrs.
Vanderbilt’s party included Gover
nor Morrison, Col. A. D. Watts, Mr.
and Mrs. John Andrews, Mr. and
Mrs. B. S. Jerman, Mr. Josephus
Daniels, of Raleigh, Mr. Ben Dixon
McNeill of Raleigh and Senator
William H. King, of Utah. All of
the out-of-town guests returned to
Raleigh late in the afternoon, pleas
ed with the day's hospitalities not
the least of which was the time spent
at the home of Mr. Sanders.
Recovery in Wheat Prices.
The recent establishment of the
lowest prices of the season in the
wheat market was followed this week
by recovery. From a closing quotation
of $1.09 1-8 last Saturday, the De
cember delivery in Chicago advanced
to $1.15 1-4 before the Columbus Day
adjournment, while May rose from
$1.13 3-4 to $1.20. These gains, how
ever, were partially lost after the
holiday on unexpected weakness at
other points. Early strength in the
Northwest and Canada, notably at
Minneapolis and Vjfinnipeg, had an
effect elsewhere, and the official esti
mate on the domestic crop as of Oc
tober 1 was bullishly construed. Some
speculative short covering was
prompted by the reduction of 13,000,
000 bushels in the Government’s re
port from the September figures, but
in various quarters the upturn of
prices was largely regarded as a nat
ural reaction from the recent severe
decline. With a further increase in
the visible supply, emphasis was plac
ed on the heavy stocks in this coun
try, and receipts were again liberal.
For the week ending on Thursday, ar
rivals at western points of 10,955,000
bushels compared with 10,527,000
bushels last week and 11,287,000 bu
shels a year ago. The showing for
corn was 9,681,000 bushels this week,
as against 11,214,000 bushels last
week and 11,287,000 bushels in this
week of 1920.—Dun’s Review.
At Hood's Grove.
Rev. J. L. Powers filled his appoint
ment at Hood’s Grove Baptist church
the third Sunday. His sermon
a strong appeal to the church in be
half of the 75 Million Campaign. He
announced that for the rest of the
year, beginning with the fourth Sun
day in this month, that there would
be two services to the month: at 11
a. m. on the third Sundays and 2:30
p. m. on the fourth Sundays.