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VOLUME 41 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1922 NUMBER 13 CAMPAIGN ON FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF Organization in State Com plete; Judge Brooks Is County Chairman Announcement was made in Sun day’s News and Observer that the State was thoroughly organized for the campaign to be put on for suffer ers in the Near East. The following taken from that paper shows the type of men and women who have the work in charge: “Men and women from every walk of life, the finest their communities afford, are in charge of county cam paigns this year for the Near East Relief, according to the list of chair men made public yesterday by Col. George H. Bellamy, State chairman. For six weeks, Morris A. Bealle. State director, has been perfecting the organization and seeking the best and highest type of men and women for the county chairmen positions. As this work was necessarily of a slow nature, not all counties have been organized to date. These which are not organized for the campaign will be given an opportunity later to put on a week’s campaign. The list of chairmen just made public show that preachers head the list in point of numbers with six teen, followed closely by lawyers of which there are fifteen. Ten mer chants, three newspapermen and one newspaperwoman are on the list. j Three members of the legislature 1 and one former member are also county leaders in this great human itarian work. Eight society women have forsaken their social duties to handle this work in their communi ties.” Johnston countys campaign to raise its quota of $3,840 for the Near East Relief this year was launched Sunday with F. H. Brooks of Smith field in charge. This money will feed, clothe and educate 64 orphans of Armenian mar tyrs who are now in the five North Carolina orphanages at Trebizond. The Tar Heel state is saving the lives of 3,334 of these helpless tots this year. Josephus Daniels is honorary state chairman. Mr. Brooks has been at work for a week perfecting his organization and reports Johnston County ready to do its duty. Many of these children were made orphans during the Great War when 300,000 of Armenia’s 400,000 troops lost their lives in defense of the Baku oil fields. Had the Central Powers captured these vast stores, Col. Bellamy point ed out, they would have prolonged the war months according to all ex perts. Had this been the case there are many North Carolina boys back home who would now be sleeping un der a wooden cross in France. North Carolina cannot see the children of these heroes starve or freeze to death, he declared. Other of these children were made homeless and helpless during Turk ish depredations into Armenia when their Others were murdered and their mothers carried off to Turkish harems because they would not re nounce Christ and become Mahamme dans. Wireless Telephone Receiver In stalled in Harding’s Study. Washington, Feb. 8.—President Harding has a new toy to play with if he can find leisure to devote to it. A wireless telephone receiving out fit was installed today in the Presi dent’s study on the second floor of the White House by Commander Stanford C. Hooper, at Secretary Denby’s request, ‘ is understood. After tomorrow the President will be able to put the phones to his ears as he sits at his desk in his study, overlooking the lawn toward the Washington Monument, and hear the latest news or snatches of music. It is expected that a similar re ceiving instrument will be installed in the White House press room for the correspondents. Starched Collars Luxury. MOSCOW. Feb. 9.—Starched col lars and shirts continue to be classed as luxuries in Soviet Russia. A collar costs from 30,000 to 40,000 rubles, new, and the laundry charges for re starching is 20,000 rubles. More ;s charged if the wearer is known to be a foreigner, especially an American. FIRE DAMAGES OLD WARD HOUSE IN SELMA Mr. Geo. F. Breitz Painfully In- j ured By Fall From Roof; Other Selma News. Selma, Feb. 11,—The Ward house on Railroad street, which has been j used to house some of the grades of | the Selma school since the town school building was burned about 2 l years ago, was discovered to be on fire last night about 8:30, and in response to the alarm sent in the firemen were on the scene within a few minutes. When they arrived the fire had gained such headway it appeared the building was doomed, but the firemen got it under con trol and finally extinguished it. The upper story of the building where the fire started, was so badly damaged that the building cannot be used again until it is repaired. Other quarters will have to be found for the school children until they can be taken into the new school building i next week. The Ward House is an old land mark in Selma and is a handsome building, situated on a front street with ample grounds and grove sur rounding it. The large crowd that gathered at the fire last night breath ed a sigh of relief when it was seen that the building would be saved. During the fire Geo. F. Breitz, sup erintendent of the Selma Cotton Mill, fell from a first story roof and was painfully injured. He was unable to j be out today. The Woman’s Club has invited I Mrs. Josephus Daniels of Raleigh to i attend their next meeting, which i will be held on Wednesday afternoon i of next week and deliver an address. | The club was recently organized and j the ladies desire some instruction in club work. They expect Mrs. Dan iels to give them helpful information as to how to proceed to make Selma a better town. The walls of the new home for the Peoples Bank and Trust Com pany have reached the second story and the building will soon be closed in. It will be a handsome structure when completed. The walls ^re of gray speckled brick with stone trimmings. A call has been issued for the merchants of the town to meet and organize a merchants’ assciation. This association will be an adjunct to the chamber of commerce and will work with the chamber for the upbuilding of the town. Death of Mr. Amos Coats. Mr. Amos Coats, familiarly known as “Babe” Coats, is dead. He was in his 66 year and had been in fail ing health for about a year. He was taken violently ill Thursday of last week and was brought to the Smith field hospital Friday night where he died Saturday morning about 6 o’ clock. Mr. Coats was tall and stout weighing over three hundred pounds. The undertakers here had one coffin which had been kept for between ten and fifteen years and was just the one for Mr. Coats. The funeral was held at his home in Cleveland township Sunday afternoon at 1 o’ clock it being preached by Elder Everett Jones. After he was through the sermon Rev. R. L. Gay spoke for about 20 minutes. The burial took place at Shiloh Baptist church in the presence of a very large number of friends. Mr. Coats was a member of C'eveland Primitive Baptist church. This church was organized only a few years ago and he was one of its founders. He was a man of good judgment and his advice was often sought. It will be hard for another man to take his place in the neigh borhood. He came as near being a friend to everybody as any man. We regret to chronice the death of such men. The pallbearers were six sons of his: Sam Coats, Lewis Coats, Mal colm Coats, Lee Coats, Pan Coats and Delno Coats. Observations.' “Did Reginald call to see you?” “Yes, Gyendolyn,” replied Mr. Cum rox. “I suppose you wanted to see 1 whether I’d object to him as a sen-in j law.” “Not exactly. I thought you two j had better get acquainted so that Reginald would decide whether he ob jected to you as a father-in-law.” A NEWS LETTER FROM BENSON! _ -j Missionary Society Meets;: Music Dept, of Woman's j Club; Basket Ball BENSON, Feb. 10. -The Woman’s Missionary society of the Methodist church held a most enjoyable meet ing Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Donald Kanoy. The Bible les son was conducted by Miss Vallie Hill after which a well-arranged pro gram on our mission work in Havana was given. Those having papers were Mesdames Olive, and Royal. The president, Mrs. A. S. Oliver, express ed a desire that the society lay more stress in the future upon needed mis sionary work in our community, that we hold ourselves in readiness to respond to appeals for help to those around us who might be in destitute circumstances or require some serv ice which we could render. At the conclusion of the program Mrs. W. D. Boone who organized the Society 15 years ago and has been its president until the present year was present ed with a ..lovely Hymnlal bearing her name as a gift of appreciation from the -members of the society. This was presented by Mrs. W. H. Royal the only other charter member present. After the business of the meeting was concluded, Mrs. Kanoy served a dainty salad course. The March meeting will be with Mrs. Darry Allen. The music department of the Wo mans’ Club met Tuesday mght at the heme of Mrs. Frank Woodall with a good attendance. The time was most ly spent upon selections to be given at a future meeting of the Woman's C.ub at which the mothers of the tt wn will be inv:ted gi ests of tue club. A double-header basketball game was played here last night, our boys playing the team from Buie’s Creek and taking the game by a score of 61 to 20, and our girls losing to Pomona girls by two points, the score being 12 to 14. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson are the proud parents of a fine girl, born Wednesday morning. Mr. Rufus Austin has been quite sick for the past few days at his home here. Mrs. J. R. Gordon who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Bar bour for the past week will leave Monday for her home in Hamlet. Friends of Mr. H. A. Parker will be sorry to learn that he is quite sick at his home with grippe. Mrs. Swannie Tart, of Smithfield, has been spending a while here with friends and relatives. Mr. Ed Grantham, of Red Springs was in town the past week end. Mr. Ed Hall of Fayetteville spent the week end here with his brother, Mr. J .L. Hall. FIRST AMERICAN SHIPS LAND FOOD IN RUSSIA The safe arrival at Novorossik of the Honolulu and Winnebago, the first ships to leave American ports witt famine relief supolies under the appropriation by Congress was an nounced yesterday by ih? Purchas ing Commission for Russian Relief. Agents of the commission were at the port waiting for the ships, and prepared to expedite transportation of the foodstuffs into the famine districts. Twenty-nine vessels are on the wa ter destined for Baltic or Black Sea ports with relief supplies. Six are loading and 11 have been taken over by the commission, but have not been put into use. Under the competitive conditions established by the com mission for shipment of the supplies bought with funds advanced by the | Soviet Government, American and foreign shipowners have been active | ly bidding against each other. Of I the four charters fixed so far, the | Lloyd and Braddock are American ! ship, the Castellano is a Britisher and the Haugarland is a Norwegian.—N. I Y. Herald, Feb. 10. The Absentee Owner. Poilu (on short leave)—where is your mistress’ maid ? Suzette—Upstairs, monsier, ar ranging madame’s hair. Poilu—And madame—is she with | her? JEWISH RELIEF IS ON IN THE COUNTY Sum of $475.30 on Quota is Raised; Other Parts to Be Heard From Sunday, February 12, marked the opening of the drive for the Jewish Relief in Johnston County. During the week February 6-12, Messrs W. H. Austin and F. H. Brooks, who are in charge of the campaign in this county, were busy laying plans to raise Johnston’s quota, which is $1000. It was presented in quite a number of the churches and to date the sum of $475,80 has been reported to headquarters. Other amounts are expected to be turned in, in the next few days. Below are the con ribu tions: W. H. Austin __$100.00 F. K. Broadhurst_100.00 W. M. Sanders _ 50.00 Charles Davis __ _._ 50.00 W. S. Stevens _ 20.00 T. R. Hood_ 10.00 N. B. Grantham _ 10.00 J. D. Spiers_ 10.00 Mrs. W. W. Cole_ 10.00 E. F. Boyett_ 10.00 Mrs. W. H. Austin_ 10.00 C. A. Martin _ 10.00 A. M. Sanders_ 5.00 A. J. Whitley _ 5.00 ; Bill Joe Austin _ 5.00 J. E. Whitehurst _ 5.00 R. W. Sanders_ 5.00 W. L. Ellis_ 5.00 D. H. Tuttle_L_ 5.00 J. W. Smith _ 5.00 W. Reubenstein _ 5.00 J. R. Morris _ 5.00 Sam Asi _ 1.50 S. Fruit Store_ .50 Sanders Chapel _ 8.30 Smithfield Baptist Church_ 25.00 i *^HS»t5t-‘s|es|e3|s*a|es|es|e * JUDGE MAKES APPEAL * * FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF * * The Near East Relief Cam- * * paign was launched in the State * * yesterday and during the week * * a drive will be made in the * * State to secure funds to take * * care of 3,334 war orphans alloted * * to North Carolina as her share * * in this great work. * * Johnston county has been al- * * loted 64 orphans, which is $3,840 * * that we are expecting to raise in * * Johnston county. * * Five dollars a month will take * * care of an orphan and I am ap- * * pealing to the men of this coun- * * ty that as many as possible to * * adopt one orphan during the year * * 1922. * * It is believed that this will be * * the last year this country will * * be called upon to help in this * * Near East Relief Work. The * * Turks were driven from Armenia * * last August and if their present * * crops can remain unmolested they * * will be self-sustaining after this * * year, but the orphanage work * * will have to be continued, but the * * relief work will be done away * * with upon the harvesting of this * * year’s crop. * * Every Sunday school and * * Church in Johnston County is * * earnestly requested to lay this * * matter before the people on next * * Sunday, Feb. 19, 1922, and take * * a special collection for these un- * * fortunate people. * * The Country of Armenia about * * one-fifth as large again as the * * State of North Carolina, sent * * 400,000 men to the world war and * * about 300,000 were killed or died * * fighting for the cause of the Al- * * lies. No nation under the sun * * has been so persecuted for their * * religious belief as the Armenians. * * For a 1000 years they have been * * persecuted by the Turks, but * * there is no record that any of * * them have given up their faith * * of Christ to embrapfe the relig- * * ion of Mohammedan, to their ev- * * erlasting praise. * j * All contributions should be * * sent to F. H. Brooks, Chairman, * * Near East Relief for Johnston * * County. * * F. H. BROOKS, Chairman. * $ $ $ * * * * * * * * Hepzibah Church. | There will be preaching next Sun j day at 11 o’clock at Hepzibah Bap j tist church and preaching at Live Oak in the afternoon at 3 o’clock. LIGHTNING KILLS REUEEN M. MITCHELL — ! Wake Forest Man Electrocuted As He Accidently Tuches Light Bulb During Storm Wake Forest, Feb. 11.—Touching; j an electric light bulb at the instant it was charged with the only stroke of lightning felt here during a slight storm this afternoon, Reuben M. Mitch.II, aged (15, was instantly killed at his home, on the edge of the cotton mill section of the vil- j lage. The stroke affected neither ; the house nor any of its other oc- j cupants. Mr. Mitchell was standing in the center of the room, where his wife was confined to her bed by illness and was conversing with a neighbor, also in the room. He was engaged in pulling on a sweater, preparatory to leaving the house and, in raising his arms, touched a drop light sus pended directly over his head. He dropped lifeless to the floor. Examination of the body by Dr. S. P. Holding showed that the cause of death was unmistakable. Heavy hairs on Mr. Mitchell’s arm were burned, showing the passage of the electric current. The body was not charred at all and was unmarked ex cept for the singed hairs. The filament of the electric bulb was broken and the point of the bulb was knocked off, but the glass itself was left intact. The shock felt by Mrs. Mitchell and the other man in the room was scarcely perceptible. Electrical experts regard the affair as extraordinary, but easily compre hensible. It is thought that but for the unfortunate intervention of Mr. Mitchell’s movement at the exact mo ment of the shock that the only dam- { age done would have been a blown out bulb. The weakness of the cur rent at the time it reached the bulb is indicated by the fact that the glass was not broken, it is pointed out. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife and one son, W. E. Mitchell, well known local merchant. Funeral ar rangements have not yet been made. The fatal stroke of lightning oc curred at 4:30 o’clock, accompanying the only severe clap of thunder felt here. That pjcUon of the storm passed puickly, but at about six o’ clock it hailed here for about five, minutes. The Mitchell residence was unharmed, and, sc far as can be as certained. there was no other loss of life or property in this section.— News ana Observe-. Despise Not Small Things. Years ago nobody would take pen nies over a counter in this section and few people had much respect for a nickle. We believed in larger things and most people had contemot for “chicken money.” About that time a young man who had been raised on a New York farm, Woolworth by name, conceived the idea of running a store in which all articles should be sold for 5 or ten cents, and noth ing higher. His first store was a sue- ' cess and he began starting chains of such store. Before he died he had erected the highest building in the business district of New York and had a store in every city in the Unit ed States of any size. When Mr. Woolworth died a few years ago his great corporation went right on. It is now capitalized at 65 millions common stock on which it paid last year dividends of more than 20 dollars per share and had 11 millions in cash on hand the first of this year.—Monroe Journal. Death in Benson. Mr. Rufus I. Austin, of Benson, died last Sunday night about eleven o’clock. He was old and had been in poor health for some time. For the past four weeks his condition had been critical. The burial took place at Elevation near his old home. His wfe ded about a year ago. He leaves only one daughter, Mrs. Lula Surles, wife of Mr. R. T. Surles. Many years ago M]r. Austin joined the Christian church but later became a Methodist. He had been a consistent and useful member of the Benson Methodist church for a long time. He was well known and had many friends in all the southern parts of Johnston. In his death we have lost a good citi zen and one who stood for all that was good and helpful. 50 HIGH SCHOOLS ENTERED TEAMS Three Schools in Johnston In Race; Smithfield, Ben son and Clayton CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 12.—Fifty high schools in all sections of the State have entered their teams in the race for the basketball champion ship in the contest which is conduct ed under the general auspices of the University of North Carolina. Faculty managers of the 25 teams which are entering the eastern cham pionship series will meet at Raleigh, February 14, and construct the eastern elimination schedule. Fac ulty managers of the 25 western con tending teams will frame their sche dule at a conference Wednesday in Greensboro. The State-wide basketball tourneys were instituted by the Carolina com mittee in 1915 and since that time the following schools have won the State title and have been awarded the trophy cups: Chapel Hill, in 1921; Wilmington in 1920; Winston Salem, in 1915, 1917; Durham in 1916 and 1918. The list of schools entering the competition this year was g:vci, out today by E. R. Rankin, secretary , , folllows: Eastern teams: Durham, Fayette ville, New Bern, Chapel Hill, Wil mington, Belhaven, LaGrange, Stem, Smithfield, Benson, Black Creek, Au rora, Fremont, Ellerbe, Greenville, Wilson, Wakelon, Parkton, Rocky Mount, Rich Squar£, Sanford, Clay ton, Snow Hill, Roxboro, and East over. Western teams: Asheville, Char lotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Leaksville, Morganton, Liberty, Ty ro, High Point, Reidsville, Dallas Startown, Marion, Albermarle, Kan napolis, Churchland, Lincolnton, Lex ington, Burlington, Thomasville, Bel mont, Mooresville, Shelby, Farming ton and King’s Mountain. “ The I/Ost Colony” In Warren County “The Lost Colony,” the famous moving picture film produced on Roa noke Island last summer by co-op eration of the Bureau of Community Service and the entire citizenship of Dare County, will be shown under the auspices of the county schools during the week beginning February 20, and for one or two days the following week. Already Wise, Warrenton, Norlina, Macon and Vaughan have asked to have the picture shown under the school auspices, and there will be one or two other places at which it will be seen. This is the first county in which this is shown by the traveling outfit from Raleigh to counties which do not have regular schedules with the Bureau. This engagement was asked for by the County Superin tendent, and granted, as a special favor to the county. It is hoped and expected fhat it will meet with a favorable response.—The Warren Record. $46.96 for Each Person in Nation’s Currency. Every person in the country was $3 poorer at the end of January than at the beginning of the month, accord ing to a circular statement issued last night by the Treasury. On January 1 the per capita cir culation of money in the country was $53.03, based on a total circulation of $5,775,400,315 and an estimated population of 108,917,000, as compar ed with a per capita circulation on February 1 of $49,96, based on a total circulation of $5,447,953,533 and an estimated population of 109,055,000. —Asscoiated Press. CORRECTION IN NOTICE OF SPTCIAL TAX ELECTION In the statement made in last Fri day’s paper regarding the special tax election held at the Hopewell school, Smithfield Township, District No. 4, a mistake was made in the amount of tax voted. This should have been 15 cents instead of 30 cents on the one hundred dollars worth of property. Geraldine Farrar’s income been $90,00(1 a season. has
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