VOLUME 40
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921
NUMBER 86
SEVERE GULF STORM
HITS FLORIDA COAST
St. Petersburg’s Entire Wat
er Front Is Wiped Out;
Damage Very Great
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 26.—The en
tire water front of St. Petersburg was
wiped out by the gulf storm, the
worst gale the city has ever expe
rienced, according to a message re
ceived by the Times Union tonight
from Thomas W. Parkin of St. Peters
burg, deputy license collector of Pi
nellas county.
Mr. Parkins said he had traveled in
an automobile from St. Petersburg to
Brooksville to send the message. Pas
sagrUle was reported as wiped out,
he said. His telegram follows:
“Came from St. Petersburg to
Brooksville in Ford car; only means
get wire connections. This city badly
damaged and observations coming
through county 90 per cent citrus
fruit gone. Reports say 10:30 a. m.
Passagrille absolutely wiped out. En
tire St. Petersburg water front wip
ed out. All previous storms no com
parison. Town in total darkness foi
at least three days.”—Associated
TJress.
Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 26.—The
fiercest gale this section has known
in several years raged here for 36
hours beginning at midnight Monday
and attaining a maximum velocity of
100 miles. Transmission service was
prostrated while the property loss for
this, Lee county, is expected to total
well over a million and a half dol
lars. Reports from Sanabel and Cap
tiva islands, near here, on which two
beach resorts are located, was badly
damaged, the casinos, cottages and
other buildings being wrecked.
Local railroad officials said this city
will be without transportation facil
ities for three days. The highways out
of Fort Myers are almost impassable.
The majority of the houses in Punta
Rassa were either badly damaged or
washed away.
TAMPA, FLA. FLOODED
BY GULF STREAMS
As the result of a Gulf storm, the
business section of Tampa, Fla., was
flooded Tuesday under three feet of
water. The city was without lights,
telephone, telegraph or street car
service. Industry was at a standstill
for a time. Heavy rains were reported
all over the state, truck crops being
damaged considerably. A gale of 66
miles an hour accompanied the rain
in Tampa.
State College Registration
Raleigh, Oct. 26.—Ninety-six coun
ties o;f North Carolina, fourteen other
states, and four foreign countries are
represented in the student body at
State College, according to tabula
tions of the enrollment made by E.
B. Owen, Registrar.
The registration to date has reach
ed 1,641 the largest for this time of
the year in the history of the College,
the figures representing a gain of 12
per cent in attendance over the cor
responding period of the last session.
The only counties not -represented
this year are Gat.es, Graham, Mitchell
and Pamlico. All four of these coun
ties, however, have sent students to
the College in former years, and it
is believed that the falling off in at
tendance from the two counties in
the extreme west and the two in the
eastern part of the State is only temp
orary.
China leads the “foreign legion”
with five representatives, Union of
South Africa has three, Serbia two,
and Japan one.
A survey of the religious affili
ations of the students shows that the
Methodists lead with 338, the Bap
tists ranking next with 326. There
are 154 Presbyterians, 48 Episcopal
ians, 27 Christians, and 26 Lutherans
among the students. The remainder
of the registration is scattered among
13 other denominations.
New Bonds for Winston-Salem.
The citizens of Winston-Salem rec
ently voted on $1,150,000 in bonds,
$1,000,000 of which will be used for
schools, $100,000 for parks and play
grounds, and $50,000 for hospital pur
poses.
MR. C. B. CLIFTON, OF BENSON
TAKES HIS LIFE YESTERDAY
Shoots Himself in Head Twice With
Pistol; Commits Act On Ac
count Business Worries
News reached here yesterday that
Mr. C. B. Clifton had killed himself
in his office at Benson. The tragedy
occurred at 7 o’clock yesterday morn
ing, soon after Mr. Clifton had gone
to his office. He shot himself twice
with a pistol, the last load going into
his head. He left a note to Mr. M. T.
Britt, president of Farmers ar.d C im
mercial Bank, stating that he was go
ing to commit the fatal act on ac
count of business worries, and asked
Mr. Bri>tt to look after all of his busi
ness affairs. He left a note to his
wife also.
Mr. Clifton had been in the insur
ance business for several years and
was popular among the people. He
was a good business man. He lived
in this city for a year or more recent
ly but had moved back to Benson. He
leaves a wife and three children.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at Rehobeth church con
ducted by the Masonic Order.
BETHEL NEWS
—
Four Oaks, R.F.D. 2—Mr. and Mrs.
Pharo Blackman and children of Pop
lar Springs spent Sunday in our sec
tion visiting friends and relatives.*
Mr. John W. Stanley of Four Oaks
was in our burg Sunday afternoon
visiting friends.
Mr. John Norris of Bun’s Level vis
ited his mother, Mrs. J. H. Lee in this
section Sunday.
Mr. John Rufus Evans of the Webb
Mill section spent Sunday afternoon
at the home of Mr. D. B. Blackman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Blackman and
children of Rock Hill section spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Mr.
Blackman’s father, Mr. D. B. Black
man. /
Mr. Meritt Allen of Oliver’s Grove,
was in our burg Sunday.
Mr. J. A. Hockaday attended the
State Fair at Raleigh Wednesday.
Miss Ada Blackman of Oliver’s
Grove was in this section Sunday vis
iting Misses Vada and Lula Black
man.
Sunday as Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee
and children were going home from
Lee’s Chapel from preaching, as they
were going through Mr. A. R. Lee’s
yard the door to the car came open
and their little three year old girl fell
out and hit. her head against a tree
and the rurining board. The fall cut
and tore a gash in her head 3 or 4
inches long which took 8 stitches to
sew it up.
Messrs C. M. Stanley and D. E.
Massepgill attended the State Fair at
Raleigh Thursday.
Mr. Hoyett Moore spent Sunday in
Four Oaks section with friends.
The following attended preaching
at Mrs. Jane Barefoot’s Sunday after
noon: Messrs A. R. and Z. D. Lee,
Misses Geneva Lee, Lula Blackman
and Callie Lee.
Messrs Sexton Blackman and Will
Adams of Four Oaks were in our burg
Sunday visiting friends.
Messrs. J. C. and A. R. Keen of
Four Oaks attended church at Oak
Forest Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beard of Fu
quay Springs spent Sunday night in
this section with Mrs. Beard’s father,
Mr. Emanual Moofie.
Mr. Bob Smith is all smiles—it's a
boy.
Mr. J. Edward Barbour has started
up a new church. He has cleaned up
a grove one mile south of Four Oaks
and preaches Sunday at 11 o’cIock and
Saturday before. He preached his
first sermon last Saturday.
The school at Stanley school, we
understand, starts next Monday with
two teachers,
Messrs W. E. Stanley and Vestus
Temple spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. D. B. Blackman and family.
X. Y.
1920 Gold Output Lower.
Gold production in the United
States in the calendar year 1920 fell
off by $9,146,500, as compared with
1919, according to the Director of the
Mint, Raymond T. Baker.
In 1920 the country produced 2,
476,166 ounees of gold, valued at $51,
186,900, and 55,361,573 ounces of sil
ver, valued at $60,801,985—New York
Herald.
THE PARCEL POST
BUSINESS GOOD HERE
From Oct. 1 to 15 1,454 Par
cels Were Handled at
This Post Office
If the parcel post system provided
by the government should be done
away with suddenly, there would be a
howl from the public which would
bring back this great convenience in
short order, if figures kept by the lo
cal postoffice here and over the state
for the first fifteen days of October,
mean anything. During the time
from October 1 to 15, inclusive, 1454
parcels were handled at this office,
482 originating here, and 961 coming
from elsewhere . The 482 parcels sent
out from this office weighed 2305
pounds the postage being $52.53. Of
this number 203 packages were in
sured the insurance fees amounting
to $12.18. Thirteen parcels were sent
C. O. D. No account is kept at this
office of the amount of postage or
weight of parcels arriving in Smith -
field.
It is an interesting fact that al
most all of these parcels went to the
first, second, third and fourth zones.
Only one was sent to the eighth zone
and none to the sixth and seventh.
A record is kept each year by each
postofficc in the United States of the
parcel post business handled from Oc
tober 1 to 15, in order to check up on
the rise and fall of this department.
By this means figures are available
to show just how efficient the system
is.
Americans Stamps Sought in London
Several American stamp collectors
have been in London lately eagerly
trying to secure the pick of English
collections of United States stamps.
One reason for the present boom in
American stamps, a well known Lon
don stamp dealer explains, is the fact
that the older issues are remarkably
well engraved.
“Americans,” this dealer continued,
“are particularly keen on issues de
picting scenes in their national his
tory.
“The 24-cent issue of 1869 shows a
picture of the signing of the Declara
tion of Independence. It is so excel
lent a specimen of the engraver’s art
that its present quotation is £4 un
used and £2 used.
“A few specimens of this stamp are
worth £100, for a quaint reason. By
inadvertence, a very small number
were originally printed with the pict
ure upside down; and the few still ex
isting fetch the enhansed figure.
“The ninety cent stamp of the 1869
issue, with no embossing, and brown
gum, bearing a picture of Abraham
Lincoln is in great demand at £20.
“Quite a little romance was attach
ed to the sale of an old stamp to an
American collector the other day.
“Looking thru one of the thirteen
volumes of our largest collection, he
suddenly caught sight of an old enve
ope bearing an 1847 George Washing
ton stamp.
“That is certainly remarkable, ” he
exclaimed. “That letter is addressed
to my grandmother and it was writ
ten by my grandfather before their
marriage.”
“He promptly bought it at a high
price as a matter of sentiment.”—The
New York Herald.
Rumor That Bailey May Run.
J. W Bailey retires today from his
office as collector of internal revenue.
Rumor has it that he will run for
governor at the next gubernatorial
election. However, these rumors have
had no confirmation. Mr. Bailey goes
at once into the practice of law with
his father-in-law, James H. Pou and
his brother-in-law, James H. Pou, Jr.
—Wilson Times, Oct. 25.
Foot Ball Game Fair Week.
On next Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
the Smithfield high school football
team will play the Odd Fellows High
School team in the fair grounds for
the benefit of the people who attend
the fair that day. This is the second
game with this team. In the first
game the Smithfield boys were vic
torious by the score of 12 to 0.
After you’ve had all the trouble
you can stand, along comes some
more and you stand for that.
BIG FIRE DESTROYS
FIVE BUILDINGS
Blaze Discovered Between
Three and Four O’clock
Yesterday Morning
Between the hours of three and 4
o’clock yesterday morning the fire
alarm sounded, and it was found that
the colored moving picture show and
L. H. Brown’s meat market up near
the depot were ablaze. A stiff breeze
was blowing which carried the sparks
to neighboring buildings until five
were totally destroyed. A large crowd
gathered to help fight the fire, but
such headway had been gained that,
owing to the dryness and the wind, the
flames could not be subdued for some
time. The residences of J. H. Fort,
colored, and L. H. Brown, colored,
were burned and also the store occu
pied by John R. Brogden and Son. The
entire stock of goods of Brogden add
Son wa^ destroyed and there was no
insurance. Vevy little household
goods from the residences were saved.
L. H. Brown had a small amount of
insurance, but J. H. Fort and the mov
ing picture show carried none what
ever. The home of Reuben Sanders,
colored, was badly damaged and it
was with difficulty that other nearby
buildings were saved. A lot of cotton
on the cotton platform nearby fortu
nately did not catch. The town was
fortunate in having an adequate water
supply or a big portion of that section
of town might have been wiped out.
PRESIDENT PASSES THROUGH
NORTH CAROLINA
Chief Executive Stops at Sper.cer and
Charlotte and Shakes H^ucls On
Way to Alabama.
President Harding passed through
North Carolina Tuesday for the first
time in the day time, and according
to news dispatches, was much impress
ed with the Old North State. The run
was made on fast schedule and not
many towns had the opportunity of
seeing the President and his party.
Stops were made at Charlotte and
Spencer. Several thousand people
were waiting at Charlotte and the
chief Executive made a short speech.
At Spencer a big crowd also awai id
hi.n rs the train pulled in at 6:15
o’clock in the eveping and Mr. and
Mrs. Harding both appeared on the
platform. The President asked a num
ber of questions about the industries
and crops and labor conditions. He
was especially cordial to a newspaper
reporter. He shook hands with a
number of citizens and school children.
The President was on his way to
Birmingham, Ala., where he spoke
Wednesday at the Birmingham semi
centennial. He expects to be in Wash
ington again this morning.
Stallings-Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Edgar Wat
son invite you to be present at the
marriage of their daughter, Betty
to Mr, Edward Thomas Stallings on
Wednesday evening, the ninth of No
vember, nineteen hundred and twenty
one at half after eight of’clock
Methodist Episcopal Church, Smith
field, North Carolina.
Eagle Tries to Carry Off Child
Vanderhoof, B. C., Oct.—A bald
eagle with a wing spread of 7 feet
attempted to carry away a nine year
old girl named Gibbs from her home.
The struggles of the child and her
mother prevented the bird from get
ting away and it was finally beaten
to death. The girl suffered a num
ber of flesh wounds.
STRIKE IS CALLED OFF
BY THE UNION CHIEFS
Chicago, Oct. 27.—(By Associated
Press)—The rail strike scheduled for
October 30 was averted tonight when
leaders of the switchmen, trainmen,
conductors, engineers and firemen, at
a joint .meeting, adopted a resolution
withdrawing authorization of a walk
out and officials of the railroad tele
graphers’ organization announced
they would take similar action. These
were the only unions which had au
thorized a strike.
TENTH ANNUAL JOHNSTON
COUNTY FAIR OPENS TUESDAY
Bigj'os* and Best Fair That Has Yet
Been Held in Johnston—Friday
Is Educational Day.
The tenth annual Fair of the Johns
ton county Agricultural society will
be held at the Faif grounds in Smith
field on November 1, 2, 3, and 4. Ap
parently a greater interest is being
taken in it this year than during any
previous year. Secretary Avera in
forms this paper that his plans have
never before been in better shape, nor
have the prospects been brighter.
The opening day is Tuesday, 1st,
with a parade led by Gloths’ two bands
and the Camp Bragg military band,
as the feature.
The midway will be made up of the
Gloths Greater Shows. This organiza
tion is larger and stronger and the
claim is made that it has the best
road shows of any show that has
made the various fairs of the South
this ydar. This show comes to the
Johnston County Fair from Virginia
and has 18 cars of paraphernalia. A
number of free acts will be given,
among the acts, a high dive by Billy
Kline, the Paldrens Lamp Jumpers.
This act was featured by Barnum and
Bailey circus for four years. The
fair will also be featured this year
by the fastest horse racing to be
found anywhere.
The premium book was printed sev
eral weeks ago. A glance at this at
tractive book shows that the prem
iums this year are larger than for
any other. These offers should at
tract a large number of exhibitors,
thus making the agricultural and
home economics department th> best
ever.
Friday, the fourth will be Educa
tional Day. It is hoped every school
in the county will turn out for the
day and permit their students to at
tend this Johnston county product. On
that day all school children, when ac
companied by their teacher, will be
admitted into the grounds free. A
football game in the afternoon be
tween Smithfield High School and the
Odd Fellows Home of Goldsboro and
possibly many other athletic events
will be pulled off. No extra charge
will be made for thesB contests.
Begin planning right now to attend;
the success of the fair depends upon
YOU.
ELEVATION NEWS
Rev. E. M. Hall, of Benson filled
his regular appointment at Elevation
M. E. Church Sunday.
Mr. apd Mrs. Waylond Bailey ot
near Coats spent the week end with
Mrs. Bailey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. Medlin.
Mrs. Dallas Stephenson of Pleasant
Grove spent the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Creech.
Mr. Moses Johnson of Rocky Mount
is here on an extended visit to his
brother, Mr. T. A. Johnson.
Messrj H. D. Stevens and Herman
Morgan spent Tuesday in Smithfield
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stevens spent
Saturday in Smithfield shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. C: eech and
daughter, Lucy, spent Sunday with
Mr. Creech’s brother, Mr. Noah
Creech in Selma.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Johnson o f
near Coats spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Johnson’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Thornton.
We are sorry to report the illness
of Miss Nancy Stevens and wish for
her a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Dorman and
Messrs Moses and T. A. Johnson spent
Wednesday in Coats.
October 26, 1921.
U. D. C. Convention at Twin City
The annual convention of the North
Carolina division of United Daughters
of the Confederacy, opened in Wins
ton-Salem, Tuesday night, Oct. 25th,
with an address by Miss Alice Baxter,
of Atlanta, Ga., vice-president gen
eral of United Daughters of Confed
eracy, who represented the official
staff of the general association.
Northfleet camp, United Confederate
Veterans, attended Tuesday night’s
session in a body. Mrs. H. L. Riggins,
and Mrs. P. A. Gorrell entertained the
members of the executive board of the
division at a luncheon at the Country
Club Tuesday afternoon.
Special music was rendered at each
session. More than 200 Daughters at
tended the convention
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
OPEN NEXT MONDAY
Teachers Meeting Called for
Tomorrow; Supt. Hipps
Asks for Co-operation
The public school's of Johnston
county will open on Monday, October
Is* in all lommtwi es where we have
been able to secure teachers. There
are a few vacancies still in our
schools which will make it impossible
to open quite all of the schools at
•this date. In schools where we are
unable to open the 31st, we shall open
just as quickly as we can provide
teachers. I
We are calling a teachers’ meeting
in Smithfield, Saturday, Oct. 29th. At
this time important announcements
v.ill be made concerning the schools
of the county. We are hoping to
have present at this time a full at
tendance of our teachers.
We urge all the patrons of the
schools to have their children ready
to enter school on the opening day.
It means much to have the children
in school regularly from the very be
ginning. We are hoping for a great
year educationally and ask the co
operation of the people in every way.
W. H. HIPPS,
Superintendent.
LOBO, NOTED CATTLE KILLER
SUCCUMBS TO HUNTER’S RIFLE
Lobo, the wolf, king o^ the Ari
zona cow killers, is dead .After a
long and successful career as a cattle
bandit on the Arizona plains he has
bitten the dust at the command of a
Government hunter who brought him
down with one shot from a rifle. And
at that the rifle had the rear sight
missing.
For three years, according to the
report received by the Biological Sur
vey, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Lobo has taken toil of purebred Here
ford stock nsar Kingman, eluding a'l
hunters and leading apparently a
charmed life. Once in two weeks the
old bandit of the plains went over his
trail. On one ranch alone 50 fine
whitefaced yearlings have fallen vic
tim to his skill and cunning within a
year. Several other ranches tell sim
ilar stories of Lobo’s depredations.
Perhaps it was the old wolf’s be
lief that his luck would last forever;
perhaps it was that he was getting
old; anyway he got careless. Wary
of men, the big fellow didn’t mind the
near approach of an automobile con
taining the hunter—and fell at the
crack of the first rifle. He weighed
78 pounds after the skin from the
shoulders to the head was removed
and was the largest wolf ever seen
on the range.
Cattle and rangers of Arizona are
sleeping easier as a result of Lobo’s
death, and several thousand dollars
in stock will be saved annually.—
Government News Letter.
Washing Tuberculosis Away
The Englishman’s insistence on his
morning splash, even if he has to car
ry his tub about with him, and the
American's determination to have a
bathroom in his home, regardless of .
cost, are justified at last. A daily
bath is considered either a luxury or
waste of time by enough people and
nations to make Sir James Crichton
Brown’s statement at a conference of
sanitary inspectors in England a con
tribution to the science of health. “If
every one took a daily bath, hot or
cold,” he said, “tuberculosis would
virtually disappear from the world.”
He says we have a long way to go
to attain a proper standard of per
sonal cleanliness. He would legislate
the great unwashed out of existence
by having a tub in every home, even
if the state had to supply it.
There is much in this suggestion,
for there are still people, even in
America and England who do not
know the value, not to say the joy, of
a daily scrub. That the flesh is weak
ened by bathing is a superstition that
persists in too many homes. Physi
cians could dispel such beliefs if they
would, but perhaps they fear to insult
their patients even when they know
the advice is needed.—N. Y. Tribune.
If the sun were extinguished sud
denly, we should not be aware of the
fact until six minutes and 18 seconds
afterwards.