POPE’S BODY NOW
LYING IN STATE
Succumbed to Pneumonia;
Cardinal Gasparri is in
Charge of Affairs
Pope Benedict XV breathed his
last Sunday morning at 6 o’clock aft
v er an illness of several days with
pneumonia of the purulen or pus type.
For several days dispatches from
Rome have reported his condition and
the announcement of death did not
come as a surprise. Arrayed in full
» cononicals, with golen mitre, gloves,
and ring, his body lies- in state in
the throne room on the floor immed
iately below the apartment in which
he died.
An Associated Press dispatch says
“the formal announcement of the
pope’s passing was the occasion for
a scene of deep emotion. All those
present in the ante-chamber wept,
' and the prelates knelt in fervent
prayer. Shortly after Cardinal Gas
parri proceeded with the formal tak
ing over of temporary charge of the
affars of the church. He will be the
nominal head of the church until a
new pope is elected.”
Pope Benedict, the spiritual head
of 300,000,000 Catholics, was born of
noble line at Pegli, Italy, on Novem
ber 21, 1854. He was educated at the
Capronican College and later attend
ed the Academy of Ecclesiastics. He
began his ponitficate on September
, 6, 1914, soon after Europe entered up
on its four years of war. He took his
ecclesiastical title from Pope Benedict
XIX, one of the oldest pontiffs of the
church.
He has been described as to his
personal appearance as “physically
ill-favored, but gifted with great in
telligence.”
' Pope Benedict endeavored upon
several occasions during the World
-T - - , Wx*r to bring about peace among the
belligerent nations. It will be recall
ed that President Wilson paid him a
visit in 1919 when he went to Rome
prior to the opening of the Peace
Conference at Paris. '
CARDINAL GASPARRI
• POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR
Papal Secretary qf State Figures In
Speculation As To Next Pope
Washington, Jan. 22—Cardinal Pie
tro Gasparri, Papalv Secretary of
' State and “Chamberlain of the Holy
Roman Catholic Church,” is being
spoken of here as a possible succes
sor to the seat of St. Peter. By vir
tue of his position, Cardinal Gasparri
has been in charge of the papal house
hold and of the entire church since
o’clock this morning. His presence at
^ the helm of the Holy See during the
interregum insures continuity of the
policy followed by the Vatican since
the advent of Benedict XV.
Rome, Jan. 22.—-Speculation is al
ready rife concerning a successor.
Cardinal Gasparri is among those
prominently mentioned, although the
election of a Papal Secretary is al
most without precedent.
The College of Cardinals is under
stood to be divided into two fairly
equal groups on the subject of Pope
Benedict’s successor. The two groups
represent those -who wish the next
Pope to come from outside of Italy,
and those who think he should be a
i A native of the cc entry. At the mv
f. ment the later g*oup appears to be in
the ascendency.
COLD WAVE IS FORECASTED
FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES
Washington, Jan. 22.—The cold
wave prevalent in the east Gulf
States the past week has moved
northward and tomorrow the middle
> Atlantic states will be visited with
much lower temperatures, ac’er.'ing
to the weather bureau which issued
a cold wave warning tonight for the
latter section. Fair and colder
weather also is indicated for the
south Atlantic states, according to
the forecaster.
My Name, My Name’s Billious.
Teacher to little boy. “What is
your name, dear?” Little Boy
“Jule, teacher.” Teacher: “Don’t say
‘Jule;’ you should say ‘Julius.’ ”
Then to the next boy: “And what is
your name?” Second Little Boy:
“Billious, teacher.”—Ex.
FEAR LYNCHING HARNETT
COUNTY NEGRO
Officers Leave -y For Raleigh With
Prisoner Charged With
Attempted Assault.
Lillington, Jan. 22.—Arrested on a
charge of attempted criminal assault
when two blood hounds followed a
trail from the bedroom of two mem
bers of the faculty of the Lillingtoa
High School to his house in the ne
gro section of the town this morning,
Jim Fuller, a middled aged negro,
was carried to Raleigh early tonight
to avoid threatened violence.
The attempted assault occurred
some time Saturday night. Miss Viv
ian Draper, asleep with Miss Ruth
Corpening in the school dormitory,
was awakened by some one pulling
at her feet. Thinking that it was
Miss Corpening, she called to her.
When Miss Corpening did not an
swer, Miss Draper screamed. A man
jumped through the window and ran.
Jim and Polk, the famous Hoke
county blood hounds, owned by Depu
ty Sheriff L. B. Cockman, were
brought here. Given the scent from
muddy footprints on the floor and
windowsills of the room occupied by
the two young women, they followed
it without a second’s hesitation to
the house of Fuller, and nosed him
out as their quarry. He was immedi
ately taken into custody.
Feeling ran high during the morn
ing before the arrival of the blood
hounds and the arrest of Fuller, and
when he was taken, it appeared that
a lynching was imminent. Sheriff M:
Artan slipped his prisoner out of
town, with the intention of carrying
him to- the State Prison at Raleigh
early tonight. He left in the direc
tion of Dunn. Fuller had been em
ployed as janitor at the courthouse
here, and was regarded as a reliable
negro.
Up until a late hour last night the
Lillington negro had not been brought
to the State Prison here, according
to the warden. Harnett county of
ficers telephoned here at 5 o’clock in
the afternoon that they were bring
ing him here. Some little concrn was
felt over the possibility that the
sheriff had been held up and the ne
gro taken from him and lynched.—
News and Observer.
President Harding Expresses Regret.
Washington, Jan. 22.—Secretary
Hughes today transmitted to Cardinal
Gasparri, Papal Secretary of State,
President Harding’s condolences on
the death of Pope Benedict.
“Deeply regretting to learn of the
demise of His Holiness Benedict XV,”
the message said, “the President de
sires me to express to Your Eminence
profound condolences. His love of
humanity, his promotion of peace, as
well as his kindly spirit and great
learning won for him a place in the
hearts of men everywhere. His
death will be deeply mourned
throughout the United States.”—As
sociated Press.
BIRD ON PEACE DOLLAR
IS EAGLE, NOT A DOVE
Washington, Jan. 19.—The bird on
the ne\y peace dollar is an eagle—not
a dove—in case there be any ornitho
logical dispute about it. Moreover,
he’s the only eagle with folded wings
on an American coin with the excep
tion of the bird on the $10 goldpiece.
Bird sharks have been horrified to
hear the eagle described as a dove of
peace on a mountain top. In truth,
it took some digging among mint of
ficials to find out what kind of a bird
it really was. All the other eagles
are spread-eagles.
Death of Mrs. Lina Peterson
Mrs. Lina Peterson, wife of Mr. J.
R. Peterson of the Sanders Chapel
neighborhood died suddenly Sunday
morning, January 22nd. She had
been in failing health for about two
years. Saturday afternoon she visit
ed one of her neighbors but complain
ed of suffering to some extent. Sun
day morning she asked for some lini
ment with which to rub herself but
fell over in a chair dead before the
liniment could be given her. She was
buried yesterday afternoon at Hope
j well Freewill church near her old
home. Rev. H. R. Faircloth, her pas
; tor, preached the funeral. She was
a good woman and has gone to rest.
SIXTH DISTRICT
POLITICAL TALK
George K. Grantham, Form
er Johnstonian, Mention
ed for Congressman
I _
Dunn, Jan. 20.—Homer L. . Lyon,
J representing the Sixth North Caro
lina district in Congress, will not
retain his seat in Washington with
out bitter struggle in the approach
ing primaries, if present indications
are any index to what will happen.
Already the rumble of political can
non being placed for the big fight is
heard throughout the length and
breadth of the district and an an
swering cry comes from aspirants in
nearly every county of that great re
gion which two years ago sat so hard
upon Hannibal LaFayette Godwin,
idol of Harnett, after he had served
seven consecutive terms as its repre
sentative.
Still smarting under the sting of
the Columbus man’s blow to its fav
orite son, Harnett will champion the
cause of George K. Grantham, phar
macist, who owns a string of apothe
cary shops in the district, if he can
be induced to forsake pill rolling long
enough to make the race and fill the
office. Druggists and other business
men in the district have been strong
in their appeals to Mr. Grantham. He,
however, has not decided what he will
do in the matter.
It is unlikely that Mr. Godwin wiil
contest with Mr. Lyon whether Mr.
Grantham does or does not run. He
is busy rebuilding that large legal
practice which was his before he went
to Washington and is meeting with
wonderful success. There is some
doubt, too, that L. R. Varser, Robe
son’s big gun, will enter the race this
time. Friends of Mr. Vaiser feel
that his activity in recent local po
litical battles through which some
wanted to dissect the county would
hurt his chance in Robeson. For this
reason it is believed that he will not
attempt the race.
Cumbenan ), however, expects to
put State Senator uohn A. Oates in
to the fr iv. \nd all through t^e
lower en l of the cistrict people are
looking to L. > i>ton Grant as a
probab’e successful candidate against
the Whitwille man. Gra .t, t o. has
a large s* Length 'in Ilan.ctt and
Cum. t -.nd am! w- u d probably m .;t
even with Lyon in these two counties
and Robeson if Oates and Grantham
do not become condidates. — Byron
Ford in News and Observe’-.
JOHN C. LEWIS DIES
IN MOREHEAD CITY
Superintendent of Norfolk Southern
Railway For Bast
Six Years.
Morehead City, Jan. 22.—John C.
Lewis, superintendent of the Raleigh
division of the Norfolk Southern
railway, died at his home here to
night at 11:30 o’clock following a
! brief illness of pneumonia. Mr. Lew
, is had been in the employ of the rail
road for the past 35 years and had
worked to the superintendency from
an unimportant place in which he
began his service. He was 50 years
old.
Mr. Lewis was a relative of State
Insurance Commissioner Stacey W.
Wade.—News and Observer.
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS IS
DEAD AFTER BRAVE FIGHT
Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 2L—John
K<ndrick Bangs, humorist, and lj
tu’er, died at a hospital here late -•>.
day of intestinal trouble.
Mr. Bangs who has been ill for a
number of weeks, succumbed after a
second operation for a growth per
formed today.
Once before his physicians had giv
en up hope, but he rallied and for a
time it seemed as if he would re
cover.
HARDING MAY SPEAK AT
FLORA vMACDONALD COLLEGE
Washington, Jan. 18.—President
Harding promised C. G. Vardell, of
Flora Macdonald college at Red
Springs, to speak before the students
of that institution some time, if he
can find the time. Dr. Vardell pre
sented the invitation in person at the
White House.—Wilmington Morning
Star.
SMITHFIELD HIGHS
DEFEAT WILSON
Piled Up A Score of 29-25;
Ellington and Davis
Lead the Locals
With five minutes to play and the
score 25-18 in Wilson’s favor, the
Smithfield highs took victory out of
the visitors hands by scoring eleven
points in rapid succession. The final
score was 29-25 Smithfield leading.
The game was the best played on the
local court this season.
Davis, Smithfield’s led both teams
in field goals. He shot five, caging
four in the last five minutes rally.
Ellington played over the entire court,
following the ball and showing up
fine. He scored 3 field goals and
caged o fouls out of three chances.
The two centers Stephenson and
“Flue” Davis scored four field goals
each. Sharpe played a good game
for Wilson “caging the onion” three
times. Every man on the Wilson
team scored a field goal.
The passing was good on both sides.
It is hard to tell which side did the
best in this phase of the game.
The next game of the Smithfield
Highs will be with Clayton Wednes
day, the 25th, at Clayton.
The line up and summary:
Smithfield (29) Wilson (25)
Davis- Sharpe
Righ Forward
Ellington (Capt.) -Tomlinson
Left Forward
Stephenson-F. Davis (Capt.)
Center
Godwin - Waldo
Righ Guard
Brown --J. lAvis
Left Guard
Smithfield scoring: Field goals,
Davis 5; Ellington 4; Stephenson 4.
Foul goals: Ellington 3 out of three
chances. W’ilson scoring: Field goals,
Niiurpe 3; Tomlinson 2; F. Davis 4;
J, Davis 1; Waldo 1. Foul goals, F.
Davis 3 out of five chances.
Substitution E. Caudil for Brown.
Referee Tyner. Scorers Blackman
and Wharton. Timekeeper: Moore.
Survey I*arty at Work.
A surveying party from Kinston
numbering six or seven men, are mak
ing Clayton headquarters while at
work making a preliminary survey of
the proposed hard surface road over
the State Highway from the Johns
ton-Wake line to Smithfield, the
mileage of which is 16.5 miles. The
engineers have been at work since
last Thursday, beginning at the west
ern end of the road tney have already
reached Clayton on their way toward
Smithfield. The men are now making
their first trip over the route, and
before the plans are finally complet
ed it will be necessary to go over the
route three or four times.
We understand that there will be
several changes in the route of the
new road near Clayton, the old road
being followed only at a few places.
Where the engineers find it best to
re-route the road in order to shorten
or straighten it, this is done.
The party now in Clayton consists
of Messrs J. L. Phillips, H. Gray, B.
Z. Cameron, J. 0. Cornell, George
Griswald and M. L. Hardy, all of
Kinston.—Clayton News, Jan. 19.
COLORED J. C. T. S. BASKETBALL
TEAM WINS TWO VICTORIES
Before a large, enthusiastic, but
orderly crowd in the Fanners Ware
house, Smithfield, Tuesday evening,
January 17th, the Training School
Highs beat the Rocky Mount Highs
to the tune of 21 to 16. Both teams
played well, but the superior organi
zation of the Training School was too
much for their ambitious opponents.
The fact the score was 10-10 at
• the end of the first half helps to tell
that the game was not a one-sided
affair.
In Watson’s Warehouse, in Wilson,
Thursday evening, the Training
School won over the Wilson Graded
School by the shameful score of 25
to 3. The Wilson team was entirely
outclassed in every respect. All of
their scores were made from the
foul line. The Training School boys
were well entertained by the Wilson
faculty and students before the game.
Return games are to be played with
both of these teams, and arrange
ments are being made to play other
schools in the High School ^lass.
NEARLY DEAD FROM
GAS IN A WELL
John Morgan, Colored, Killed By Gas
In Well; Mr. W. C. Strickland
Nearly Succumbs to Fumes.
In the neighborhod just south of
Wilson’s Mills, N. C., there are sev
eral wells which afford more or less
dangerous gas. Several'well diggers
who were digging wells or cleaning
out wells or digging old wells deeper
have had to come out of these wells'
on account of the gas. A few months
ago John Morgan, colored, one of the
oldest well diggers in that section
was killed by this gas. He signaled
to be drawn out but when near the
top he became unconscious and fell
back and was suffocated by the gas.
Last week Mr. W. C. Strickland was
digging a new well at Mr. W. M.
Sanders' Frost place. He found the
gas was about to overcome him and
asked that he be drawn out of the
j well. After he had come up about
| ten feet he turned loose the rope and
| fell back to the bottom of the well.
Everybody there realized that he
could live but a short time if allowed
to remain in the well. They could
hear him making a noise like a dy
ing man. After he had been lying
in the well for about half an hour
Mr. J. B. Coats came along. He went
down into the well and chaining Mr.
Strickland to the well rope brought
him out of the well. It took some
time to revive him but after getting
where the air was pure he gradually
revived and is now all right again.
If some one had not gone down into
the well for him he would have died
before long.
JEFFERSON STANDARD LIFE
INSURANCE CO. 15 YEARS OLD
W. H. Austin, F. Iv. Broudhurst and
B. B. Adams, Directors—Busi
ness Increased Last Year.
Fifteen years of doing: business in
North Carolina has raised the Jeffer
son Standard Life Insurance Com
pany to a commanding position at the
head of the field in North Carolina.
During the past year which was not a
good year for any business, the com
pany increased its business to $165,
000,000 according to the annual state
ment made to the annual meeting
of the Board of Directors in Greens
boro during the past week.
A decade and a half ago the com
pany began business, and at the end
of the year, had in force $1,576,000
f of insurance. Since that time it has
| paid out to policy holders approxi
i mately nine million dollars. Its re
serve fund now is more than ten
times the amount of its total out
standing insurance fifteen years ago.
During the present year the com
pany will pay out in dividends ap
proximately $465,000.
Forty million of insurance in 1921
is one of the most notable achieve
ments of the company since it was
founded, and one that has given great
satisfaction to its officers and direc
tors. Raleigh has had a notable
share in this business, its local of
fice being in the hands of the well
known firm of Fetter and Hines. The
officers and directors of the corpora
tion are as follows:
Julian l-rice, president; J. E. La
j tham, vice-president and chairman of
i the board of directors; George A.
j Holderness and J. Elwood Cox, vice
I presidents; Charles W. Gold, treas
i urer; W. T. O’Donohue, secretary; .T.
j P. Turner and J. T. Battle medical
j directors; Ralph B. Coit, actuary; and
! A. L. Brooks, general counsel. Di
j rectors of the organization are:
j W. P. Holland, Clarksdale, Miss.;
j C. W. Causey, Greensboro; R. C.
j Dunn, Enfield; J. E. Latham, Greens
, boro; S. H. Anderson, Wilson; Walk
er Taylor, Wilmington; Julius W.
| Cone, Greensboro; Albert Anderson,
| M. D., Raleigh; P. C. Lindley, Greens
i boro; R. E. Buck, Charlotte; John A.
I Kellenberger, Greensboro; J. L. La
■ tham, Greensboro; T. S. Franklin,
Charlotte; Frank Broadhurst, Smith
field; W. G. Clark, Tarboro; W. H.
Austin, Smithfield; A. G. Myers, Gas
tonia; J. W. Fry, Greensboro; R. P.
Richardson, Reidsville; W. A. Blair,
Winston; J. Elwood Cox, High Point;
George A. Holderness, Tarboro; P. C.
! Rucker, Greensboro; Julian Price,
| Greensboro; Chas. W. Gold, Greens
: boro; J. P. Turner, M'. D., Greensboro;
| A. L. Brooks, Greensboro; B. B. Ad
ams, Four Oaks.—News and Observ
er.
COTTON, TOBACCO
NOT ONLY CROPS
Nortft Carolina Ranks High
In Production of Various
Other Crops
Raleigh, Jan. 21.—The enviable
rank of fourth in value of North Car
olina's important crops, calls for the
reason therefor. Over half of the
$262,880,000 value of'all crops be
longs to cotton and tobacco alone.
IVUmy states and authorities have
the idea that North Carolina is al
most solely given over to cotton and
tobacco, but according to the Cooper
ative Crop Reporting Service of the
state and federal Departments of Ag
riculture, this state produces as great
a number of different crops on a com
mercial basis as any state in the un
ion. Corn is valued at over 38 mil
lion dollars; hay at 14 millions; sweet
potatoes at almost ten, and Irish po
tatoes near six millions, while pea
nuts stand at over 7 millions in value.
Soy beans equal over four, Sorghum
Cane and Cow peas each over two '
million dollars. Fruit and truck run
into the millions, also, although the
western rugged counties do not pro
duce many of these crops in great
quantities, the farmers up there pro
duce valuable products from their
mountain side pastures in the form
of livestock, both domesticated and
tourists. The several crops mention
ed and the livestock productions are
ample evidence that North Carolina
has diversified farming interests.
It is interesting to study the
state’s diversity of leading crops and
the percentage of their total acre
are which follows, corn 33.5 per cent;
cotton 20.5; all small grain 10.6; all
hay 9.6; pastures (cleared) 8.0; to
bcaco 6.3; soy beans 3.3; cow peas
2.6; peanuts 2.4; sweet potatoes 1.3;
velv^it beans (all) 1.0; sorghum and
Irish potatoes .6 each. Several lesser
field crops and the fruits
included.
The per acre value of crops are:
tobacco $157; white potatoes $126;
sweet potatoes $98; sorghum $73;
peanuts $51.50; cotton $50; hay $20;
soy beans $37; cow peas $21; corn
$15; oats $12.50; wheat $10.60; and
rye for grain $9 per acre. The aver
age value of all crops, exclusive of
fruit, truck and pastures is $34.00
per acre for the year 1921. Compara
tive figures for other states are not
yet available.
Though we do have fourteen crops
I grown on a commercial scale, the
fact that some of them yield the
! producers a gross average of less
| than $15 per acre after a whole year’s
' expense and effort, means that some
! thing is wrong. Bread is recognized
' as our principle food—commonly
■ called the “Staff of Life” and the
1 last crop of v hea* 1 oapfc* the aver
age North Carolina farmer only
$10.60 an acre. The production cost
included fall preparation, fertilizing,
and driiiin, early summer harvesting
and threshing, the use of valuable
land, expensive machinery, teams
and overhead ex ■> use. The total
value of North Ci.rjhna’s crops is
but half their value of two years ago,
and many farm products are below
the 1913 prices.
The farmer is up against it and
prosperity cannot return until these
essential producers get an equitable
business like deal. They cannot
trade without money or credit. A lit
• tie human interest will help too.
.
j CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
CAMPAIGN NEARS GOAL
i _
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 22—Southern
Methodists lack 13 million dollars
having their quota in the campaign
for Christian educaton which ends
May 1, it was announced here by
Dr. Stonewall Anderson, secretary of
j the Board of Education which initiat
I ed the plan.
| Dr. Anderson said he considered it
! remarkable that twenty millions of
| the original amount sought had been
subscribed during the period of busi
ness depression and added:
| “With a mind to work, coupled with
| faith and hope and courage we shall
j yet do this thing.’’
xVn Artist
First Boy—My father is a fine ar
tist. With a few strokes he can turn
a laughing face into a sorrowful
one.”
; Second Boy—So can mine, but he
uses a stick.—Charity and Children.