VOLUME 41
SMITHF1ELD, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1922
NUMBER 18
COMMUNITY SING
FRIDAY EVENING
^ Also Short Play; Everybody
Invited to Be at Opera
House at 8 P. M.
As announced in Friday’s HER
ALD, the Domestic Science depart
ment of the Woman’s Club of which
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison is chair
. | man, is planning a “Community Sing”
at the Opera House for Friday night
of this week. Both old and young
ai-e invited whether they can sing or
not. Miss Margaret Newell of the
Music department of T. G . S.,*will
have charge of the music. Besides
the singing which she expects all
present to take a part in, she is pre
paring for several special numbers.
In connection with the “sing,” a
short play will be given under the
direction of Miss Madge Kennette.
The lesson of the play will be "value
of more milk in one’s diet.” Small
^ children dressed as fairies will dance
around a huge milk bottle instead of
the usual “May pole.” A program
of the entertainment will appear in
THE HERALD Friday.
The entertainment is free f >r ev
erybody. The Woman’s Club and
all those helping to get up the pro
gram are anxious to have a real com
munity affair, and want the Opera
House filled Friday evening The
program will begin at 8 o’clock.
LADY RHONDA TO SIT
IN HOUSE OF LORDS
LONDON, March 2.—The petition
of Lady Rhonda to sit in the house of
lords was granted by the committee
on privileges of the house of lords
today. If she takes the seat awarded
her by this ruling she will be the
first woman to sit in the upper house
of the British parliament, as Lady
f-Vstor was in the lower chamber.
Lady Rhonda is the widow of Vis
count Rhonda, Great Britain’s war
time food controller, who died in
1918 from an illness brought on by
overwork. His only child was a
daughter.
After Lady Rhonad’s right to the
present title was established her
counsel argued that the disqualifica
tion of sex act had clearly applied
to a case like the present, and that
the disability existing in the past
now being removed Lady Rhonda
was entitled to sit in the house of
lords.
After further argument, the attor
ney general, on behalf of the crown
said he raised no objection to the pe
tition, which was therefore granted.
Lady Rhonda thus becomes the first
woman to sit in the house of lords.
Interviewed after the decision
lady Rhonda expressed her delight
that the case had gone in her favor.—
Associated Press.
Harnett County Pageant.
According to the “Dunn Dispatch,”
the Woman’s Club of Dunn has un
dertaken to stake a Harnett County
pageant to be presented somewhere
along the banks of Cape Fear River
next fall. The Dispatch says:
“The object of the pageant is to
perpetuate the early history of Har
nett county, a large part of which
was settled by the first English speak
ing people to come to America. That
portion of the county close to the
Cape Fear is rich in historical inter
ests, although the present genera
tions knows very little about it. Tn
the keeping of many of the older
families of the county are many rec
< rds of inestimable histo-ical value.
It is from these that the greater part
of the pageant will be prepared.”
Several Hundreds of dollars will be
needed to finance the undertaking but
the committee in charge have no
fears about getting the funds.
Not Old Age.
“How are you today, Sandy?” ask
ed the landlord of his Scotch tenant.
“Vurra weel, sir,” replied Sandy,
“if it wasna for the rheumatism in
my right leg.”
“Ah, you must not complain, San
dy. You are getting old like the rest
of us, and old age does not come
alone.”
“Auld age, sir!” exclaimed Sandy.
“Auld age has nothing to do 'with it.
Here’s my ither leg just as auld, an’
it’s sound.”—Biblical Recorder.
%
McADOO QUITS GOTHAM
FOR THE PACIFIC COAST
A Resident of New York Since 1892
Will Go to Los Angeles to
Make His- Home
New York, March 1.—William G.
McAdoo, secretary of the treasury
under President Wilson, announced
today that he soon will leave New
York, his home since 1892, and settle
in Los Angeles, Calif.
With Mrs. McAdoo, he will leave
for the Pacific coast on Friday. His
son, Francis H. McAdoo, will succeed
him as a member of the New York
law firm, McAdoo, Cotton and Frank
lin of which he was senior member.
Asked whether he meant to retire
from the practice of law Mr. McAdoo
said:
“No sir, I intend my new life to be
the beginning: of greater activity
than ever before.”
Replying to further questions he
flouted the suggestion that he might
be going west to become head of any
part of the movie industry, or that
he was making a political move.
“I’m simply going to Los Angeles
to make my home because Mrs. Mc
| Adoo and I like the climate and the
country,” he said. “I expect to hang
out my shingle and practice law, just
as I have been doing since I left my
office at Washington.
DUNN HAS RADIO SERVICE
People There Have Opportunity To
Hear Dr. Truett’s Sermons
Delivered in Raleigh.
Wireless telephony will be introduc
ed to Dunn for the first time tomor
row afternoon when a radio ampli
fier will be installed in Metropolitan
Theater to give Dunn people an op
portunity to hear Dr. Truett’s ser
mons being delivered in Raleigh.
Workmen today are engaged in in
stalling the apparatus and promise to
have it in working order in time for
the sermon to be delivered by Dr.
Truett at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
Dr. Truett’s sermons will be carri
ed from the Raleigh Auditorium over
lines of the Raleigh Telephone Com
pany to the broadcasting station at
State College. From there they will
be sent through the air to Dunn and
other towns which have installed
wireless telephone apparatus.
It will be possible for persons sit
ting in the theatre here to hear the
sermons and the music just as clearly
as if they were sitting in the auditor
ium at Raleigh.
The service comes to Dunn through
the efforts of Earl Barefoot, mana
ger of the theater. Because of the
expense of installation and operation
it will be necessary for an admission
fee of 25 cents to be charged. The
apparatus will be operated for the
afternoon and evening sermons Sat
urday; the afternoon sermon Sunday
and the afternoon and evening ser
mon Monday. Dunn Dispatch.
Sarah Bernhardt.
Sarah Bernhardt, the famous
French actress, with a wooden leg
and just recovering from a long ill
ness, has signed a contract to tour
Belgium in a new play and to appear
in a series of moving pictures to be
produced in France by an American
firm.
Think of it. Her age is more than
three score years and ten, but she is
still going strong. She has not
thought of retiring, no thought of be
ing placed on a shelf. True, Sarah
Bernhardt is an exceptional personal
ity. But why should other people of
her age, or even less, feel discouraged
when they contemplate what she is
doing. It is refreshing to read of
the youthful vigor of her green old
age.—The Carolina Banner.
A Sticker.
Professor in Aeronautical History —
“Can any one name the first aeronau
tical journal?”
Voice from the back of the
“Fly Paper.”—Mass. Tech. Voo Doo.
Mrs. Daniels Did Not Come.
Owing to the very inclement weath
er and the condition of the roads, the
meeting Friday at which Mrs. Jo
sephus Daniels was to have spoken
on the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
was postponed. She will come later
but the date is yet to be arranged.
! PRESBYTERIANS
PLAN CAMPAIGN
Begins March 12; Expect to
Spend $167,000 for Home
Missions in State
The Presbyterians of the State are
preparing to launch a campaign on
March 12th for $743,541 for Benevo
lent Causes. This is the Synod’s
quota of $4,500,000 which will be se
cured by the entire Southern Pres
byterian Church. The Synod’s quota
will be divided as follows:
Foreign Missions _$247,599
Assembly’s Home Missions.. 118,966
Christian Education and For
eign Relief_ 55,765
Publication and S.S. Work.. 14,870
Assembly’s Training school. 4,463
Bible Cause___ 4,463
Synod Home Missions_ 74,354
Educational Institutions_ 74,354
Orphanages _ 55,765
Presbyterial Home Mis.- 92,942
Total_$743,541
Extensive plans are being made to
make this Every Member Canvass
reach each one of the 63,000 Pres
byterians in North Carolina and get a
subscription for the Benevolent Caus
es from each one of these members
payable weekly according to the Bible
standard, which says in 1st Corin
thians, 16th chapter, 2nd verse “Upon
the first day of the week let every
one of you lay by him in store as God
hath prospered him.” The Southern
Presbyterians gave $12.43 per mem
ber to Benevolent Causes last year.
Only one church in America exceed
ed this record.
There will be spent within the
borders of the State of the above
amount $167,000 for Home Mission
Work. Government statistics show
that there were in 1916 in this State
853.000 persons over ten years of age
who were not connected with any
church. The Home Mission Commit
tees feel that this condition places a
large responsibility upon them and
they are urging every church not
only to contribute to the work of
Home Missions in this State, but it is
being urged also that every church
have at least one out-station where
the Bible is taught and regular ser
vices held.
During the last few years the
Presbyterians have been growing too
and one-half times as fast as the
population, but they are not satisfied
with these figures and expect to show
a larger growth.
A Campaign to secure 16,000 tithers
is also being promoted. A Tithe is
one-tenth of one’s income. The Jews
gave the tithe for religious purposes
2.000 years ago and it is being urg
ed that Christians should be no less
in this age of enlightment.
Right-Of-Way Man at Clayton
Mr. 0. L. Shackleford, representing
the State Highway Commission, is
spending some time in Clayton m the
interest of the proposed new Hard
surface road to be built through
from the Wake county line to Smith
field. Mr. Shackleford is the right
of-way man from the second district
and his duty here is to secure right
of-way contracts from the property
owners along the route of the road.
He has about completed the work in
Clayton township and so far he has
met with fine cooperation from the
Clayton township folks. He is well
pleased with the success that he has
met with and believes that the spirit
manifested by the Clayton people will
hasten the actual road construction.
—Clayton News.
Hen Shows Appreciation.
FRENCHTOWN, N. J. March 3.—
Three eggs laid in one day is the
record of a hen owned by William
Fritts, a High Bridge Sunday school
superintendent. On a recent cold mor
ning he noticed the hen acting queer
ly in the back yard, and, thinking she
was suffering from the cold, put her
in a warm shed.
An hour later, about 9 o’clock in the
morning, the hen laid an egg. Having
thawed out by 3 o’clock in the after
noon, she laid another. Thoroughly
warmed and kept awake by an electric
light, at 9 o’clock in the evening she
laid a third egg. Fritts then switched
off the light, fearing the hen might
contract a sore throat from too much
cackling.—Philadelphia Record.
DR. WORK IS NEW
POSTMASTER GEN.
Succeeds Will H. Hays, Re
signed; Took Charge
March Fourth
Washington, March 2.—Dr. Hubert
Work, First Assistant Postmaster
Genera], was nominated by President
Harding and confirmed by the Senate
today to be postmaster general. He
succeeds Will H. Hays, resigned
Dr. Work, whose home is in Pueblo,
Colorado, will take over the pn«tof
fice portfolio Saturday when the res
ignation of Mr. Hays becomes effec
tive. , .
Final announcement of the desig
nation of Dr. Work came as no sur
prise, hv name having been connect
ed w th the office since the prospec
tive retirement of Mr. Hays was an
nounced several weeks ago.
The elevation of the Coloradoan to
the postmaster generalship will leave
the position of first and second assist
ant postmastei generals to be filled,
E. H. Shaughnessy, who was second
assistant postmaster general, having
lost his life in the Knickerbocker the
atre disaster.
Dr. Work conferred with President
Harding today over the question of
the two assistants, but it was indi
cated that no decision had been reach
ed.
DR. G. E. DAVIS VISITS
THE TRAINING SCHOOL HERE
By W. M. COOPER.
Dr. G. E. Davis from the State De
partment of Education representing
the Rosenwald Fund visited the John
ston County Training School Thurs
day. March 2nd, inspected the new
building and spoke at the chapel ex
ercises.
Besides saying many other things
of value, Dr. Davis told in his own
clever way, two very interesting
stories. Dr. Davis’ talk was thorough
ly enjoyed by every one and we hope
it will be possible to hear him again
very soon.
He seemed very pleased with the
work he saw in the classrooms, and
noted especially the appearance of
the pupils.
Our New Economic Era
Our recently appointed Ambassa
dor to Germany made a statement of
his economic views at the Steuben
county dinner on Tuesday. Mr.
Houghton confessed that he grew up
in the belief that the United States
was self-sufficient and that Europe
was important to us chiefly as a sum
mer playground. But he has discov
ered that we must sell and export $1,
000,000,000 worth of goods a year in
order to keep our capital employed.
Presumably he meant manufacturing
capital, for he himself is a manufact
urer. But his factory is now operat
ing for profits derived more from con
sumption than from tariff favors. His
tariff views may have come to resem
ble President Garfield’s, who favored
protection only as a stepping-stone to
freer trade.
There is room for Ambassador
Houghton’s ideas here in America,
but there is scope for them also in his
new field. As he says, Americans
must make up their minds that their
country’s welfare “is inextricably
bound up with the welfare of the
world.’ By no means can or should
either Germany or the United States
be compartmented apart from either
the world or each other. In the new
economic era trade will follow invest
ment. The patriot in office who was
for the old flag and an appropriation
may well be succeeded by the patriot
out of office who seeks abroad for
business which shall increase the do
mestic wage fund and which shall pro
vide for idle capital productive work
instead of speculation in the security
markets. Ambassador Houghton will
be missed from Congress, but there
is a man’s job to be done in Berlin.—
New York Times.
HERE’S FIRST TASK FOR
‘DIRECTOR’* WILL H. HAYS
TOPEKA, Kan., March 4.—A re
quest that cigarette smoking by wo
men be eliminated from motion pic
tures was forwarded today to Will
II. Hays, new National motion picture
arbitrator, by the Eastern Kansas sec
tion of the W. C. T. U.
WASHINGTON. THE MASON,
WILL BE HONORED
Two Million Dollar Memorial Build
ing To House Valuable Ma
sonic Relics
Washington, Mar. 2.—‘The George
Washington Memorial Association,
which has been under fire in Congress
recently, should not be confused with
the George Washington Masonic Me
morial Association, which is to build
a magnificent temple in honor of the
Father of His Country, near Alexan
dria, Va.
The former organization is engag
ed in raising funds for a memorial
building to be built on public land in
the District of Columbia. Its intent
is patriotic and its plans large, call
ing for many millions. The George
Washington Masonic Memorial Asso
ciation plans a temple to cost, rough
ly, two and a half millions of dollars,
which money is raised entirely by vol
untary contributions from Masons
and Masonic bodies, and the purchase
of memberships in the association by
such Masons and Masonic bodies. The
purpose of the temple is both to com
memorate the Masonic activities of
the First President, who was not only
Master of his lodge, but an earnest
and enthusiastic Mason, and to pro
vide a suitable repository for Mason
ic relics of Washington, largely those
in the possession of Washington Al
exandria Lodge of Alexandria, and
one in which they will be preserved
free from the danger of fire or the
disintegrating effects of air, moisture
and time.
The temple is to be started this
year. It will be surrounded with
beautiful grounds and be a landmark
visible for a long distance. An he
roic statute of Washington, somewhat
after the idea of the great bronze
statue of Lincoln Memorial in Wash
ington, is one feature of the proposed
building, which, with its grounds, will
be maintained forever with the in
come from half a million dollars to be
set aside by Masons for that pur
pose.
The Daily Christian Advocate
The General Conference of the M.
E. Church, South, will meet in quad
rennial session in Hot Springs, Ark.,
commencing Wednesday, May 3. This
will be the nineteenth session of that
great body since the organization of
the Church, South, in 1844. It will
be composed of about four hundred
delegates, and for the first time wo
men delegates will take part in its
deliberations. Since the last General
Conference in Atlanta, Ga., in 1918,
four bishops have died, and the num
ber to be elected and the choice for
the men to fill that high office will be
determined by this General Confer
ence. There will be many questions
of vital interest brought before the
Conference, and that readers may get
at first hand the proceedings of the
General Conference, the Publishing
Agents, Smith & Lamar, will print at
Hot Springs, Ark., a daily edition of
the Christian Advocate containing
verbatim reports of the debates, re
ports of committees, and other mat
ters brought before the Conference.
Those who desire to keep informed
as to its proceedings should subscribe
for the Daily Christian Advocate, the
price of which will be $1.25 for the
session. Send that amount with an
order for the Daily Advocate to Smith
and Lamar, Nashville, Tenn., as the
mailing list, which is now open, will
be made up there to within a few days
of the Conference. Dr. Charles D.
Bulla, whb edited the paper in Okla
homa City, Okla., in 1924, and in At
lanta, Ga., in 1918, will again be the
Editor. He w:ll have his former able
associate in the preceding Conferenc
es, Mr. J. P. Cherry, to assist him,
and will have the very best stenog
raphers to report the proceedings.
The meeting promises to be a most
interesting one, and not only Metho
dist people, but the public in general
will be interested in the deliberations.
Next Fall’s Tobacco Market.
Messrs Skinner and Patterson in
form us that they have employed
help for the Banner Warehouse for
next season’s business. They will
have good experienced help. The mar
ket will open and go forward as us
ual. The Smithfield market has had
a good record for many years (and we
are counting on its handling mkch to
bacco again next season.
SUICIDES FOR 1921
SHOW INCREASE
Reaction Following the War
Blamed for Large Num
ber of Suicides
NEW YORK, March 5.— Reaction
following the war was blamed to
night by the Save-A-Life League for
the large number of suicides in 1921,
20 thousand of which were estimated
to have taken place in this country.
The number of cases brought to the
league's attention was 12,144 of which
8,410 were males and 3,734 females.
“This waste of life, the result of
recent distributed economic conditions
and the aftermath of war,” said a re
port by Harry M. Warren, president
of the league, “has caused commer
cial failures, loss of employment and
much real suffering. The growing
feverish unrest, crimes, divorces,
complexity of our modern life, the
questionable dress, unhappy home re
lations, the decline of religious senti
ment and other things have caused
deranged nerves, depressions and less
self-control. With improved busi
ness, which is sure to come, the sui
cide rate will be r^iuc^d and pros
perity and happiness will return.”
One of the striking features of the
report is the increase in the number
477 in 1919, 707 in 1920 and 858 in
1921. There also were 509 war vet
erans among the suicides last year.
! All classes of society were includ
ed in the list of those who took then
own lives. There were 10 editors, 40
students, 51 school teachers, 22 clei'
gymen, 39 brokers, 57 judges and
lawyers, 86 physicians, 7 mayors, 88
heads of large corporations, 76 mil
lionaires, 30 wealthy women and 93
bankers, including 37 bank presidents.
The oldest suicide was 100 years old
and the youngest five years.
All sorts of reasons were given by
the victims. One man hanged him
self because his wife was “too good”
for him; another because his wife
was spending all his money, another
because he could not stand the noise
of a neighbor’s piano, and another
because his wife refused to kiss him.
One spinster took poison, leaving a
note that no “man in the world is
good enough for me,” and a mother
took her life because her son would
not marry to please her. One man
left a note stating “beware of grass
widows,” and other killed himself
for “the good of the I. W. W .”
In New York City there were 840
suicides last year, an increase of 103
over 1920.
Ireland has fewer suicides than any
other country on earth, Mr. Warren
declared in his comment on world
conditions. Germany leads the
world, especially in child suicide.
Japan has many thousnds of suicides
annually and China is said to have
a half million every year.
Potato Curing House in Smithfield.
Mr. H. C. Hood has a potato house
near his dwelling in Smithfield. He
built it for his own private use and
it has in it between three and four
hundred bushels of fine potatoes of
the Nancy Hall and Porto Rica varie
ties. He has just started to put them
on the market and gets two dollars
per bushel for them. They are not
only very fine but are keeping in
perfect order. His house is built by
the latest plans for building such
houses. It would be well if Smithfield
had a large curing house like that
belonging to Mr. Hood.
Death of Little Ila Benson
On Saturday afternoon, February
25, Ila Benson, little seven year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ben
son, of near Four Oaks, was fatally
burned while burning some trash in
the yard with her older sister.
Everything was done for her that
loving parents, kind friends and phy
sician could do, but God doeth and
knoweth all things best, and after
several hours of intense suffering her
pure little spirit went home to heaven.
She was a very good child, always
wore a smile for every one, and all
those who knew her loved her dearly.
She leaves to mourn her departure,
a father and mother, three brothers,
one sister and a host of friends.
The burial took place in the ceme
tery at Piney Grove church at three
o’clock Monday afternoon.—One Who
lx>ved Her.