VOLUME 40
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
NUMBER 88
THE COUNTY FAIR IS
BIGGEST SUCCESS YET
Tenth Anniversary Tops All
—The Exhibits Are Fine
And Numerous
For a decade Johnstoi- county has
held an annual Fair, and the tenth
has proven to be the best in its his
tory. Mr. J. W. Stephenson, president
of the Fair Association, Mr. W. D.
Avera, secretary, Miss Minnie Lee
Garrison, County Home Agent, and
Mr. S. J. Kirby, County Farm Demon
strator, are to be congratulated upon
the fine display of exhibits, the
midway with amusements for all, the
racing without which no fair is com
plete, and the free attractions well
worth the waiting to see.
Floral Hall has never presented so
attractive spectacle and every inch
of space is used to the vest best ad
vantage. The display of canned goods,
..pickles, preserves, etc., in the hands
of Mrs. D. J. Wellons, Mrs. Lena
Creech, and Miss Charlotte Avera was
wonderful to see, the arrangement
upon a background of green with
touches of ivy adding to the exhibit.
The pantry supplies consisting of
cakes, bread, rolls, biscuits, muffins,
hams and numerous other eatables
were in the care of Mrs. R. C. Gil
lett and Mrs. Lee Sanders. The judges
in passing upon the hams made the
comment'that it was the best collec
tion seen at any fair yet.
Quite an interesting educational
booth featured milk and demonstrated
the value of milk in the diet. Three
meals, breakfast, dinner and supper,
were displayed all of which included
milk dishes. A school lunch with milk
in the menu was exhibited. Miss
Elizabeth Gainey, Cumberland Home
Demonstration Agent, had charge of
this booth.
Perhaps the nook which attracted
most attention was that devoted to old
relics of Revolutionary and Civil War
times. More than a hundred articles
rendered more valuable by the pass
age of time claimed the attention of
the passersby. Mrs. V£. M. Sanders,
Mrs. Thomas LeMay and Miss Emma
Tomlinson, presided over this depart
ment, and took pleasure in answering
the questions about the interesting ar
ticles. An individual exhibit prepar
ed by Mr. H. D. Ellington was in
keeping with the relics, and consisted
of a four poster bed, a spinning wheel,
a Gfandfather’s clock and an old
fashioned table with drop leaves. By
the side of this was another exhibit,
belonging to Mr. John A. Mitchiner,
of Selma, wich consisted of Flags, in
cluding the Confederate Flag, an old
United States history, old records and
other interesting relics.
The fancy work department was
managed by Misses Hilda Parrish and
Annie Lee and as usual the entries
were numerous. About 300 pieces of
needlework were on exhibit.
Mrs. C. V. Johnson had charge of
the flower department and never
before has so many ferns, pot plants,
and cut flowers been on display at a
Fair here. The Chrysanthemums
would do credit to a flower show any
where.
Another interesting space was the
comer devoted to the school exhibits.
The rural schools had not been in ses
sion long enough to do much in the
way of preparing an exhibit, and only
one—Glendale, was represented.
Four town schools sent exhibits as
folllows: Benson, Kenly, Princeton
and Wilson’s Mills. The judges had
no enviable job in deciding upon who
should have the prizes for the school
exhibit. All phases of school work,
literary, domestic art, oil paintings,
etc., were demonstrated.
Among the advertising booths in
Floral Hall, were the Flower exhibit
of Mrs. C. B. Register, an embroidery
exhibit, and a booth showing the ad
vantages of pedigreed seed. All of
these were exceedingly interesting
and were admired by the visitors who
thronged by.
Another exhibit which deserves
special mention was one entered by
Mr. S. P. Honeycutt, of Benson. Mr.
Honeycut has been secretary of the
Banner township fair, and his expe
rience evidently proved valuable in
assembling his splendid display. Ev
erything that can be grown or mode on
a farm was there. And not only farm
produce but canned goods and needle
work showed that he has a worthy
helpmate.
Fair at Ivanhoe Mills.
Saturday afternoon and night of
October 29th was fair day with the
people who live in the e< uvrunity of
the Ivanhoe Mills near Smithfield. The
fair was not only a great fair, rival
ing in many respects the State Fair,
but was a very enjoyable social
event.
The community school house where
the exhibits were displayed was pro
fusely decorated with fall flowers and
art work suggestive of the Hallowe’en
The exhibits were composed of a
great variety of household and kitchen
products and a surprisingly wide as
sortment of garden products.
The night program was directed by
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, who made a short
introductory talk in which he stress
ed the value of fairs as community
builders. His speech was followed by
short talks by Mr. Sam J. Kirby, and
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, who volun
teered their services to direct in plan
ning the work for better gardens and
better homes and better fairs. Miss
Mary E. Wells was then introduce! to
the audience and in her best story
telling style she delighted all her
hearers with the story of a little Irish
boy who won for his bride the daugh
ter of one of Ireland’s proudest kings.
Mr. Percy Smith with violin, Mr. Wal
ter Benson with guitar and Miss Lucy
Wellons with piano were present and
played a number of old tunes and mel
odies that added perhaps more to the
delight of the occasion than any other
part of the program.
A number of very attractive cash
prizes were awarded to the contribu
tors, a list of which follows: First
prize of $15 for best garden, Mr. Levi
Parnell; first prize of $15 for best
yard, Mr. Herman Benson; second
prize of $10 for best garden, Mr.
Chas. Lamb; second prize for best
yard, Mrs. N. A. Ennis. The follow
ing cash prizes of fifty cents each
were awarded to the following per
sons upon stated merits: Nicest baby
present, Mrs. Nora Smith; nicest dis
play of canned goods, Mrs. Barnette;
best hand-work (needle), Miss Mag
gie Ennis; best crochet, Mrs. M. M.
Suggs; best quilt, Mrs. Addie Holtj
best hand embroidery, Miss Alice Mc
Gee; best exhibit of turnips, Mr. J. D.
Edwards; best old relic (hundred
year-old earthen platter), Mr. John
Smith; best cake, Mrs. Nellie Wilkins.
At 9 o’clock the audience repaired
to the community club house where
refreshments were served and where
an hour was spent in singing songs
and listening to a humorous sermon,
which was delivered in Negro dialect
by Rev. Neill Mclnnis.
The fair was the first of its kind
ever attempted in the mill community
and the success with which every de
tail was carried out speaks in a new
way of the wonderfully fine work
that Miss Elva Timberlake has been
doing there for the past year or
more as a teacher and director of
community activities. In this work
she received splendid co-operation
from Mrs. Rosser Lane, Miss Minnie
Lee Garrison, and all the people of the
Ivanhoe Mills community.
New Secretary Raleigh Chamber
The Raleigh chamber of commerce
elected Simms A. Jamieson, of Hag
erstown, Md., as secretary Monday.
He is a secretary of ten years’ ex
perience and will receive a salary of
$4,000 a year.
Outside Floral Hall, the farm prod
ucts included everything from a bale
of cotton to a string of red pepper.
The prizes awarded which we will
publish in our next issue, will tell this
story better than any other way. The
poultry show was especially good, the
usual number of fine birds being
exhibited.
A number of advertising features
on the outside attracted a good deal
of attention notable among them the
tractor demonstration of the Sanders
Motor Company.
Other features of the Fair claimed
a large part of the attention of visi
tors, the shouting the “hot dog” ven
dars, the jazz of the merry-go-round,
the free stunts before the tents prior
to the “best show on earth” inside
charging th very atmosphere with a
spirit of “Fair.” The stream of people
undulating ceaselessly up and down
midway was a happy go lucky crowd
and no doubt the world will wag bet
ter for them for the day of recreation
; indulged in.
LLOYD GEORGE BEEN
DELAYED IN SAILING
Irish Situation Keeps Him
Home; Not Be at Opening
Of the Conference
T "ndon, Nov. 2.—Premier Lloyd
George ha? definitely cancelled his
passage on the steamer Aquitania, on
which he was to ave proceeded to the
United States November 5 to attend
the Washington conference.
This fact became officially known
here tonight for the first time.
It had been known, however, for
some days that the critical stage the
Irish negotiations had reached prob
ably would prevent Mr. Lloyd George
from sailing on Saturday.
Owing to the grace turn in Irish
affairs it is not even possible to fix
a provisional date for the premier’s
sailing, but he still intends to go to
Washington at the earliest possible
moment.
Ihe cancellation by the premier of
his passage is considered a favorable
rather than an unfavorable sign of
the progress of the Irish negotiations.
The interpretation placed on it is that
Mr. Lloyd George hopes that a few
days’ delay in his departure will en
able him to seea settlement reached,
or at least the basis of an agreement
arrived at which can be worked out
during his absence from the country.
In this connection importance is at
tached to the fact that Sir James
Craig, the Ulster premier, is coming
to London Saturday.
The promoters of the lord mayor's
banquet, which is to be held November
9, have been anxious to have Mr.
Lloyd Georo-e speak a't the dinner at
which for many years it had been cus
tomary for the prime minister to
make a political pronouncement. Mr.
Lloyd George, however, has declined
to make any promise to attend the
function and this is taken in some
quarters as showing that he still is
hopeful of being able to sail for the
United States within a week.—Asso
ciated Press.
INDIANA MINERS QUIT JOBS
More Than 25,000 Walk Out in “Pro
test’’ Strike; No Walk-out Yet.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 2.—Delay in
the spread of the “protest” strike of
soft coal miners, started today by
walkouts of 25,000 union workers
closing more than 200 mines in In
diana, was anticipated tonight by of
ficials of the United Mine Workers of
America, who said developments
awaited the discontinuance by opera
tors qf the union “check-off” of
dues from miners wages as directed
by a Federal court injunction.
Indications were that union officials
would not call out the men, scattered
throughout the soft coal fields of the
country, until collection of “check
off” was actually ceased by the opera
tors. First official reports of action
by operators elsewhere than in In
diana reached union headquarters to
night from the Pennsylvania bitumi
nous district. The message from Rob
ert R. Gibbons, president of the dis
trict said the “check-off” would be
stopped with the next payday, the
date of which was not given but which
indicated a probable delay in any
strike order acecting forty thousand
workers in that field.
Will Pay to Trap This Year. i
Trapping for muskrat, skunk, coon,
mink, etc., is not difficult. Many boys
derive a substantial income from it.
But it is necessary to know the habits
of these animals—where they may be
found, what traps to use and where to
place them, the proper bait and so on.
You can obtain all this information by
writing to one of the big fur houses,
explaining your intentions and asking
for a catalog. Trapping brings re
wards today that were unknown a few
years ago. Muskrat sold 15 years ago
for as low as 7 cents, and just before
the war at 50 cents, whereas on the
present market muskrat is bringing
as high as $1. Other skins are also In
great demand.—Capper’s Weekly.
There are a lot of people who half
believe things that they know are not
so and still wonder why they don’t
make much headway in this old world.
—Greensboro News.
HULL IS ELECTED TO
! SUCCEED WHITE
I _
Factions Unite in Naming
Head of Democratic
National Committee
St. Louis, Nov. 1.—The democratic
party today chose former Congress
man, Cordell Hull, of Carthage, Tenn.,
as chairman of its national commit
tee, to succeed George H. White, of
Marietta, Ohio, who retired to the
party ranks, there to “help in the
struggle for ideals of democracy.”
The change in leadership, which had
been held by Mr. White, since July,
1920, when he assumed the chairman
ship at the call of former Governor
James M. Cox, of Ohio, the party’s
nominee for president, was assured
early today, when, after a lengthy
conference, it was announced that all
elements of the party had agreed up
on either former Assistant Secretary
of State Breckenridge Long or Mr.
Hull.
Mr. Long’s ultimate selection was
contingent, however, upon the resig
nation of Edward F. Goltra, of St.
Louis, committeeman from Missouri.
Mr. Goltra said he would not resign
in Mr. Long’s favor.
Mr. Hull then was announced as the
agreed candidate for the chairman
ship.
Mr. White, on his arrival here yes
terday, announced he would not resign
regardless of the opposition of certain
party elements to him, unless a man
could be found on whom all could
agree. Mr. White and his supporters
took a stern position and showed signs
of fight.
A conference was arranged which
it is understood the White opposition,
led by Senator Carter Glass, of Vir
ginia, showed its hand, displaying a
minimum of 66 votes, either present
in person or by proxy, out of a total
of less than 100 votes expected to be
present.
The names of Mr. Long and Mr.
Hull as compromise candidates are
understood to have been put forward
by the opponents of Mr. White and
were declared acceptable by Senator
Pat Harrison, of Mississipii, as Chair
man White’s representative.
The retiring chairman announced
that Mr. Hull’s selection was a “very
happy one,” asserting that he had not
been closely allied with any of the
candidates at the San Francisco con
tention.
Reports that Daniel C. Roper, form
er internal revenue commissioner, is
to be made chairman of the national
executive committee in accordance
with the compromise agreement on
the chairmanship, could not be verified
tonight.
The new chairman said he expected
to announce the personnel of the ex
ecutive committee probably from
Washington within a few days.
As one of the first efforts under his
leadership, Mr. Hull, said he wanted
to “decentralize” authority by throw
ing greater responsibility on local
organizations. He recommended close
cooperation between the national,
state, and local committees as a means
of success. He also urged that women
be more completely represented on
the local committees. — Associated
Press.
Ope Costly Horse.
Boston, Nov. 1.—An order for the
sale of a horse which for more than
a year has been boarded in a livery
stable at New Bedford at an expense
of $500 to the Government was sought
today by Federal District Attorney
Harris.
In a petition filed with the Federal
Court under the title “the United
States against one horse and buggy,”
the District Attorney set forth that
the horse and buggy were seized in
Mattapoiset, Sept. 24, 1920, by Fed
eral prohibition agents, who charged
that the outfit had been used for il
legal transportation of liquor. No
one has since claimed it.
Killed Big Eagle.
On Tuesday morning of this week
Mr. Lonnie G. Dixon killed a big black
eagle about half a-mile from Eleva
tion school in Elevation township. JThe
eagle was on the ground among some
bushes. It weighed ten pounds and
measured seven feet and three inches
from tip to tip of the wings.
Lloyd George’s Victory.
Lloyd George’s personal victory in
the House of Commons on Monday,
when his Irish policy, was approved
by a vote of 439 to 43, appears to
have made a greater impression in
London than in Dublin, and upon those
representatives of Dublin who are now
engaged in London in discussing how
Irish ambitions may comport with the
btst interests of the Britsh Empire.
Some weeks ago the Irish repre
sentatives made a move which was
inti rprcted as an effort to bring pres
sure upon Lloyd George to concede
more than he would ordinarily be
disposed to concede if it were not for
his desire to get away to attend the
Washington conference. The demon
stration in Parliament, the result of
which Lloyd George was sure would
be favorable to him, was undoubtedly
designed as a counter to the Irish
demonstration. It is now declared in
London dispatches that the result will
be to speed up the conference, and
the. impression is given out that the
Irish delegates will be less insistent
upon their program than would have
been the case if Lloyd George’s
strength with the English people had
not been so conclusively shown.
American observers, however, must
not lose sight of the fact that the
Lloyd George victory in Parliament
was no surprise to any one in Eng
land; the overwhelming vote, 439 to
43, is sufficient evidence that the out
come was never in doubt. And it is
well, also, to remember that even in
the heat of his oratorical address to
the Parliament the Premier gave no
real information as to the status of
the conference up to date. So far'then
as the British-Irish conference is
concerned, the demonstration in Par
liament has had no effect whatever.
Both sides are just where they were
before, and the meetings are reported
to be “doing businss as usual.’
The correspondents are in no better
position than before to acquaint us
with the status of the debate, and it
is possible for any individual here to
form an opinion that is as likely to be
correct as that of any supposed wise
acre in the immediate vicinity of
Downing street. The one sure guess
is that Ulster is very much in the
talk passing across the table, but how
much either side is willing to concede
in that connection may not be known
until the final report is given to the
public.
The British Premier is said to have
“brought the Irish parleys to the su
preme crisis”; but this thing as been
full of supreme crisis since last July.
—Philadelphia Record.
The Parsonage Tax.
It is the custom in this country for
congregation to furnish the parsonage
for the preachers. But the United
States Government, casting about for
every possible source of taxation, has
ruled that the preacher must pay ren
tal value of his parsonage. He may
not pay rent, but if it appears that
his home would rent for $40 or $50
a month, he must make incidental in
clusion in his income tax returns. Dis
covery of this fact has enlisted the
services of Senator Dial, of South
Carolina, in behalf of the preachers
and he took up the matter with Sena
tor Penrose. Apparently he did not
get much encouragement from that
source, so he has gone into the matter
on his own initiative and will intro
duce one more amendment to the tang
led situation, asking exemption for
the preachers fro mthis form of tax
ation. This parsonage tax has been
kept under cover quite successfully,
but now that a fight is to be made on
it in the open, it will stand a good
chance of aflpiination. There are a
few otheflKings in the Federal income
tax law that would be shamed under
£be process of publicity.—Charlotte
I Observer.
Woman Likes Outdoor Work.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lee, from the
southern part of the county were at
the Johnston County Fair yesterday.
Mrs. Lee is 48 years old. She began
picking cotton when she was six years
old and has picked cotton every fall
since she began. Forty-two years she
has picked without missing any year.
She helps out pulling fodder every
year and during her girlhood she did
some plowing. She likes outdoor work.
Everybody knows at least one mar
ried man who reminds him of the side
car of a motorcycle.
HANFORD MACN1DER
NAMED COMMANDER
Succeeds John G. Emory as
I Commander of Legion;
Convention Closes
Convention Hall, Kansas City, Ma.,
Nov. 2.— (By the Associated Press).
—The national convention of the
American Legion adjourned here to
night after electing Hanford MacNid
er, of Mason City, Iowa, National Com
mander, selecting other officers and
adopting resolutions covering a wide
range of subjects. The convention had
been in session without a recess since
early this morning.
The election of Mr. MacNider to
succeed John G. Emory, of Grand Ra
pids, Mich., was made unanimous af
ter more than half of the state dele
gations had seconded his nomination
and three other candidates nominated,
Roy Hoffman, of Oklaoma City, Earl
M. Cline, of Nebraska City, Neb.,, and
John F. Williams, of Joplin, Mo., had
withdrawn in his favor.
The following vice-commanders and
chaplain were elected:
Vice-Commanders, George L. Berry,
of Rogersville, Tenn.; H. Nelson Jack
son, of Burlington, Vt.; and Charles
Kendrick, of San Francisco, represent
ing the Army; and Raymond Brackett,
of Marblehead, Mass., and J. A. Mc
Cormick^ of Fort Lyon, Col., of the
Navy.
The Rev. Earl Blackman, of Cha
nute, Kansas, a minister of the Chris
tian Church, Disciples of Christ was
elected national chaplain.
A fight for the removal of the na
tional Legion headquarters from In
dianapolis to Kansas City, which the
Missouri delegation promised in pre
convention campaigning to bring on
the floor did not develop.
The election of officers concluded an
all-day session marked by debate and
wrangling over certain sections of the
resolutions committee report. Particu
larly heated was the discussion of a
resolution criticising severely the
speech delivered by George Harvey,
American ambassador to Great Brit
ain, befort the Pilgrim's Club in Lon
don upon his arrival in England to
assume his duties as ambassador and
in which Mr. Harvey discussedc'the
reasons why the United States enter
ed the war. The original resolution
was thrown out of the report on a
roll call vote and later a substitute
was adopted. The substitute was
written in less sharp terms and ex
pressed the belief that the ambassa
dor’s remarks did not represent the
true feeling for which the American
Legion stands. It directed that a copy
of the resolution be sent to President
Harding.
Two resolutions bearing upon Fed
eral compensations for soldiers were
among the mass adopted. Both declar
ed in favor of immediate compensa
tion legislation. One submitted by the
convention’s legislative committee de
clared that “after careful considera
tion of all of the arguments advanc
ed in opposition to the measure, in
cluding the letter of the secretary of
the treasury and the address of the
President to Congress, we still firmly
believe in the justice, fairness and im
mediate necessity of the adjusted
compensation measure.” The resolu
tion declares that the “Legion reaf
firms its stand upon adjusted compen
sation and asks that the Congress of
the United States pass this measure
without further equivocation or de
lay.”
Thq, other compensation resolution
adopted was offered by the resolu
tions committee. It asserted that the
American Legion “reiterates its posi
tion in favor of the adjusted compen
sation for discharged soldiers and de
plores the request of President Har
ding to delay passage by Congress
of a measure for the same and the
acquiescene of Congress in that re
quest.”
Besides the section relating t o
Colonel Harvey, the only part of the
resolutions committee’s repor to meet
with opposition from the floor was
that relating to indorsement bv the
legion of the proposal that the chemi
cal industry in this country be de
veloped with a view to making chemi
cal warfare a more important part
of the nation’s defenses. The resolu
tion was laid on the table pending in
vestigation of charges made on the
floor that financial interests were
seeking to influence the Legion to
indorse the proposal.