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VOLUME 41 SM1THFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922 NUMBER 25 REVIVAL BEGINS AT PRINCETON Class From M. E. Orphanage Gives Concert; Mr. Cox Catches 160 Shad PRINCETON, March 29.—Revival services will begin at the Methodist church next Sunday, April 2nd. Mr. I. W. Medlin, from Smithfield, will direct the singing and Rev. W. G. Farrar, the pastor, will do the preach ing. Services each day at 3 and 7:30 p. m. The public is cordially invit ed to attend these services. The ladies of the Baptist church are preparing to give a play entitled “Clubbing a Husband.” The proceeds are to finish payment on the church piano. The play will be given at the high school auditorium Friday night, April 14th. This promises to be one of the most eomic plays yet given here. Some of the girls will have their faces blacked and will be dress • ed in some very odd costumes. Rev. A. S. Barnes with twenty of the girls and boys from the Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh, were at the Methodist church here Sunday night. The singing and recitat:ons by these young people were all that could be desired. They are a living monument and a great honor to the Methodist Orphanage. The Methodist church was filled asd standing room was at a premium. It is true that the man agement of the Orphanage could not possibly adopt any other method so effective to win friends as bringing these children face to face with the people. Jesus said “A little child shall lead them” and there are very few hearts so hard but what they would make some sacrifice to help these children. Miss Alice Byrd from Mount Olive was the guest of Ms's Elizabeth Hall Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Eason, from Selma, visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Whitley, Sunday. Misses Eula and Eunice Baker en tertained a large number of their friends at a birthday party Saturday night. Several out-of-town guests were present. Miss Charlotte Conley from Plain View spent last week end with Miss Mildred Massey. Mr. Logan Hastings from Golds boro was in town Sunday. Mr. Frank W'ilson from, Selma, was a visitor in town Sunday. Miss Lillian McCloud, from Golds boro was a visitor in town Sunday. M:ss Ellen Uzzle and Miss Annie Wester spent the week end at Wil son’s Mills. Miss Ruth Tyler was called to her home at Roxobel last week on account of the illness of her sister. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ledbetter went to Louisburg last Friday to attend the graduation recital of Miss Fran ces, their daughter. Mr. Lonnie Allen and Miss Myrtle Edgerton, from Goldsboro, visited Miss Ruth Grantham Sunday. Mr. N. B. Lynch is visiting his son at Stedman this week. Miss Myrtle Game visited relatives at Falling Creek for the week end. Miss Laura Lynch is visiting rela tives at Stedman this week. Dr. J. C. Joyner visited friends at Burlington several days this week. Mr. Cohen Tart from Dunn is spending several days in town this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holt and children visited relatives in Smithfield Sun day. Mr. Lindley Cox caught one hun dred and sixty hickory shad in the creek near Neuse river one night last week. Miss Rosa Holt, from Wilmington, is visiting relatives in t6wn. Rev. Warren W. Way from St. Mary’s school, Raleigh, will speak at the school house here Friday after noon at 3 o’clock. The public gener ally and the members of the com munity are invited to attend. The Community club members are requested to attend their meet'ng on Saturday night on account of the re vival at the Methodist church. Some subjects in which each member is vit ally interested will be preesnted. The Princeton affirmative team and the Glendale negative team of the Triangular debating circle met at the school auditorium here last Friday night. The meeting was presided ov er by Miss Thelma Toler, Miss Merritt of Glendale being secretary. The query: ‘‘Resolved, That the United SIAMESE TWINS” IN CRITICAL CONDITION Operation To Be Performed As Soon As Death of One Becomes Apparent. CHICAGO, March 29.—All hope for saving the life of at least one of the “Siamese Twins” Josefa and Rosa Blazek, who have been joined togeth er since birth, was abandoned tonight at the hospital to which they have been confined for ten days. “I don’t expect Josefa to survive the night,” said Dr. Breakstone, chief of the hospital surgical staff, “and I fear the physical reaction may prove fatal to Rosa. “Everything is in readiness, how ever, to rush them to the operating room and perform the operation the moment the death of one of them is considered inevitable.” The condition of Josefa, it was de clared, took a turn for the worse to day when pneumonia developed in her right lung and her temperature and pulse rose rapidly. This was ac companied by a sympathetic turn for the worse in Rosa, it was said.—News and Observer. Siamese Twins Dead. CHICAGO, Mar. 30.—Josepha and Rosa Blazek, the “Siamese twins” died at a hospital early this morning, Josepha’s death occurring first and was followed in a few seconds by Rosa’s. Physicians had declared in the event of the death of one of their sis ters, the other would die quickly as ■ their brother, Frank Blazek, had re fused to permit an operation which would sever their bodies. The twins hadb een in the hospital 10 days. Josepha was ill with yellow jaundice followed by pneumonia. Shortly before her death Rosa was af flicted with bronchitis. Hope of sav ing the life of Josepha was abandoned j at midnight, according to the chief of the surgical staff. “Itri ed to get the brother to con sent to operate to save the life of Josepha” the physician declared. Rosa was once married, her name being Rosa Blazek Dvorak. She is survived by a normal 11 year old boy. Her husband was captain in the Ger man army and was killed in action in 1917. Her twins were the second offspring of normal parents 42 years ago.—Wilson Times. U. S. SHIPS CARRY FIFTY PER CENT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON, March 29.—Ships flying the American flag carried 50 per cent of the foreign commerce of the United States during February, the Shipping Board announced to day. American ships carried 67 per cent of the imports and 34 per cent of the exports. The total cargo ton nage moved in the month by Ameri can and other vessels was 4,864,400 tons. In tank ships cargoes alone, the American ships moved 81 per cent of the total or 92 per cent of the impor tant movement, which constitutes four-fifths of this trade.—News and Observer. Fulfilled Ambition. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two sons, James and John. James decided to be anartist, John to be a writer. James draws checks on h;s father’s account. John writes home for money.— Monroe Journal. States should enter the League of Nations” was debated at length by both teams and many points which heretofore were unknown to the peo ple of our community were brought out. the debate lasted one hour and 20 minutes and was interesting throughout. Messrs Melvin Whitley and Raymond Snipes, the affirmative speakers, almost proved that our na tion should honor the League with its membership, while Miss Sadie Wood ard and Mr. Yates Creech, the nega tive speakers succeeded in proving, by a vote of two to one, that for the United States to enter the League ■would be unwise. The judges were Messrs W. H. Lyon and Robt. Wellons of Sm thfield and Miss Margaret Field ofthe Smithfield high school faculty. The Princeton negative team composed ot Misses Sadie Boyett and Irene Franks went to Glendale this same night and though they put up . a strong argument, were defeated. EXPLORE NORTH POLE IN AIRSHIP Capt. Amundsen, Discoverer of South Pole, Plans An Arctic Expedition NEW YORK, March 28.—As fasci nating as a tale by Jules Verne was the plan for aerial exploration of the “roof the world” sketched today in full for the first time by Capt. Ron ald Amundsen, discoverer of the south pole. Arriving from Norway, the ex plorer plunged at once into the work of organizing the expedition which sails June 1 from Seattle to drift across the north pole—an expedition which Amundsen expects will rev olutionize polar explorations and provide a short cut to invaluable scientific knowledge. The expedition which sails this time for the north pole will not be like those which have preceded it, according to its leader. Its vision will not be confined to a few miles on either side of the ship but from the air it will be able to take in at a glance objects 200 mile-; away. It will not be for years cut off from touch with the outside, instead it will talk by radio four times a day with Washington and when it returns in three or five years it will know what the civilized world has been doing during its absence. It will not have spent years chart ing merely a narrow strip, but with the aid of aviation, will be able to chart 1 million square miles, sketch ing the currents of air as well as those of the sea. For centuries scientists have be lieved that currents at the north pole have been respons:ble for cli matic phenomena in the part of the world in which civilized man lives aim Ainunuseii nupes tu curuuiiipuau with his airplane in a five years' voyage what would take 40 years, millions of dollars and many lives if only a ship and dog sled were em ployed. It is upon his two planes that Amundsen pins his chief hopes and it was upon one of them that he focussed his attention as soon as he stepped ashore today. Hardly had he landed than he hastened to a conference with John M. Larsen, a governor of the aero nautical chamber of commerce of America. After luncheon came the announcement that the larger of the two planes selected by the explorer would be the all metal Larsen mono plane which December 29, flying over Mineola, L. I., in 2ero weather es tablished a world’s record for con tiuous flying of 26 hours, 19 minutes, and 35 seconds. The plane Capt. Amundsen explain ed was being supplied by Mr. Larsen at his own expense. Amundsen is confident that the monoplane—the eyes of his vessel Maude—will be able to to do its work well, permitting far sallies to either side of the vessel and sending warn ings of ice fields and dangerous cur rents that should be avoided. The plane already has tried its wings in a temperature 48 degrees below zero. Last year Mr. Larsen made a 6,000 mile round trip in the ship from New York to the artic cir cle by way of Edmonton, Alberta, and the Peace river and reported that the plane handled as well as if it were being flown in the balmy airs of Florida. Amundsen said to day he expected seldom to encoun ter a temperature lower than that in which the plane already has been tested. Besides the monoplane, Amundsen will take an aero scout plane, a smaller British ship, which will be used only within the vicinity of the Maude The monoplane, with a cabin in which 11 persons have been car ried will be self-supporting. It is equipped so that it can carry large stocks of fuel and provis ons and to it tan be adjusted skis, wheels for pontoons, so that it can land on any surface. Lieut. Oscar Omdel, of the Norwe gian naval air force, who arrived to day with the explorer, will pilot tha ship. Amundsen had not decided to night whether he would carry out his plan of flying from New York to Seattle in the plane. The explorer plans to leave for Washington in about a week for con NAVAL ARMAMENT TREATY RATIFIED Senate Passes Unanimously Submarine and Poison Gas Treaty; Big Vote WASHINGTON, March 29.—The i two arm conference treaties limiting | the naval armament of the five great powers and restricting the use of sub marines and poison gas were ratified ! in a landslide of approbation today ! by the Senate. To the naval limitation e ovenant, I declaring a naval building holiday ! and fixing a ratio of capital ship strength fbr the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy, the j Senate gave its final assent by a vote of 74 to 1, anil then almost with out debate, it accepted, 71 to 0, the pact designed to prevent submarine operations aga'nst merchantmen and to outlaw chemical warfare alto gether. No amendments or reserva tions were proposed to either. The only negative vote was cast against the naval treaty by Senator France, Republican, Maryland, who said he regarded naval reduction as a dangerous expedient under present world conditions. Every other mem ber of the “Irreconcilable” bloc who was present cast a vote in the affirm ative, although Senator Borah, Re publican, Idaho, told the Senate he regarded the treaty as only a begin ning and Senator Johnson, Republi can, California, declared he accepted the fortifications “status quo” provis ions for the Pacific with “grave mis givings.” A speech assailing the poison gas section of the submarine, and gas treaty was made on the Senate floor by Senator Wadsworth, Republican, New York, chairman of the military committee, but before the ratifica tion roll call he left the chamber and did not vote. The New York j Senator disagreed with the state ment in ine treaty text tnat use of gas in warfare has been “justly condemned by the general opinion of the civilized world,” argued that chemical warfare had not proved actually more brutal than other ac cepted methods of destruction, and expressed a fear that the treaty pledges would be violated in any emergency. As soon as the two pacts had been disposed of, administration leaders brought formally before the Senate the general Far Eastern treaty. De bate on it will begin tomorrow, with indications pointing to opposition from a small group of Senators who believe that China’s interests were not sufficiently protected. It is the hope of the leaders, however, that both this pact and the Chinese tariff treaty, the last remaining covenant of the conference, will be ratified during the present week.—Associat ed Press. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith, Mrs. A. M. Sanders and Miss Jessie Smith spent Wednesday evening with Mrs. James H. Smith in Elevation town ship, the occasion being Mrs. Jas. H. Smith’s 73rd birthday. ferenees there with government offi cials and scientific authorities and then will proceed to Seattle. One of the objects of his visit to Washing ton is to complete arrangements for wireless relays. His radio plane at present consists of flashing reports from airplane to the mother ship, which is equipped with transmitting apparatus of 2,000 miles radium. The ship then will communicate with Nome, Alaska, and Nome will replay to the powerful station at St. Paul on the Behring sea St. Paul will send the mes sages direct to Washington. Amundsen said he would take 10 men with him v hen he sets out for Nome to drift to Spitzbergen, with food sufficient for seven years. Be cause of the ice and dangerous cur rents in the north polar basin, the explorer believes the only investi gation possible there will be from the air. Besides Omdel, Amundsen will take with him another pilot, Odd Dahl, also a Norwegian, who will have eliarge of the aero. Cant. Oscar Whisting, will com mand the Maude and Dr. H. U. Sverd rup will be the scientist attached to the expedition. The rest of the per sonnel will be seamen.—-Associated Press. • LEVEE ENGINEERS SURE THEY CAN HOLD RIVER Crest of Mighty Flood Expected at ' Memphis in 48 Hours—Gauge There 42.3 Feet Now. MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 29.—With the crest of the present Mississippi river flood expected to arrive at Memphis within 48 hours and modi fication of previous weather bureau forecasts of the maximum height of water expected to 42.5 feet here and | 51.5 feet at Helena, Ark., United States and levee board engineers to- j night expressed confidence that the high water will pass below the river district without serious trouble of any kind developing. The gauge here tonight shows 42.3 feet. Both Maj. L. R. Kerr, in charge of levee work in the third river dis trict, and Harry N. Pharr, chief en gineer of the levees on the Arkansas side from the Missouri line to the mouth of the St. Francis, tonight emphatically stated that hey be lieved the danger of a levee break anywhere between Cario and Helena was extremely improbable.—Greens boro News. PRESIDENT ST. MARY S COLLEGE MAKES ADDRESS TO SCHOOL WILSON’S MILLS, March 28.—In a recent address to the Wilson's Mills high school students, Dr. Warren Way, President of St. Mary’s College at Raleigh discussed the theme of a higher education. “An educationed man,” said Dr. Way, “is one who refuses to take more from life than he puts into it. A good foundation is necessary for lv'gh er education. ‘Good thinking’ should be over the door of every school building, and therein every man should be about his own job. There is a job for us to do, a place for us to fill; and according to God’s plan then1 is a person lor each of us to be.” Dr. Way brought before the stud ents tl|> [all impeml'ng question— What is the use of going to college? “A college,” stated the speaker, “is a place to become ‘more so’ whatever you are; it is a place to gain self con trol; to manage one’s self; to learn to keep one’s tempter. In the last respect, remember to smile when you do not feel like it, and to keep your temper because no one else wants it. “In the second place a college is for the development to the limit of what ever is in you. One who will not think is a fool; one who does not think is a bigot; one who dares not think is a slave.” Dr. Way advised his audience to get away from the idea that education is just knowing things, and in the sec ond place, to stop thinking that a college education is mostly for get ting the kind of success in dollars. The really educated person, declar ed Dr. Way, is (1) the person who can speak his own language! Eng lish! (2) The person who has ability to control and have a respect for oth er people and property, for law and order (3) The person who has made the most of himself that is in him to be made. JOHNSTON COUNTY WILL HAVE FINEST STRETCH OF ROADS KINSTON, March 28.—The finest individual stretch of the many mod ern roads being constructed in this part of North Carolina will be the section of the Central Highway tra versing Johnston county, according to John E. Cameron, local member of the State Commissioner Cameron today said this paved road cross ing Johnston between Wayne and Wake would be 18 feet wide and be of admirable straightness. The en gineering preliminaries have pre sented no such difficulties as the road-building work in some of the easternmost counties. The finest system within a county will be in Lenoir, Cameron declared. The local record will probably stand for years. More than 65 miles are nearing completion in this county, and this mileage will be augmented later. By the time Lenoir has stop ped paving t he county will have ex pended nearly or quite $3,000,000. All the main routes radiating from Kinston and those to be constructed in future as well are of concrete with asphalt surface.—News and Observe!'. Mr. J. D. Harris, our popular Ex press Agent has been on the sick list for several days. MRS. McKIMMON MAKES ADDRESS Large Crowd of Ladies and Girls Hears Talk “The Well-Dressed Woman” Nearly every seat in the Opera House was occupied Wednesday aft ernoon by ladies and g:rls from dif ferent parts of the county to hear Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, State Home Demonstration Agent, talk on “How To Dress.” Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, Home Demonstration Agent for Johnston County, through whose efforts those present were privileged to hear Mrs. McKimmon, made a brief talk in pre sent’ng the speaker of the afternoon. Then Mrs. McKimmon surrounded by materials of various hues and textures and millinery creations of different sizes and shapes which she used in demonstration, launched out into a subject dear to the heart of most women and young' girls. She first la d down a few general principles that should guide the woman in being well dressed. The well-dressed woman, she said, will be dressed suitable for the occasion. For the office, for the home, for the street, for the recep tion, for church the attire should be in keeping with the occasion. Then the well-dressed woman will dress within her income. Mrs. McKimmon stated that she considered it every woman’s duty to dress as well and as becoming as possible provided it was * % not beyond her means. She pointed out that it did not necessitate a big outlay of money to use taste in choos ing one’s clothes. The third thing, she said, to con sider in selecting clothes is type. Whetht r brunette or blonde, the color must be right, whether stout or thin, the lines must be correct. She spoke of the effect of a costume. She em phasized the fact that a costume in cludes apparel from the “crown of the head to the sole of the foot.” Here she took occasion to comment upon the prevailing fashion of wear ing light colored hose with dark dresses, saying the well dressed wo man or girl would not thus spoil a costume by calling attention to the ‘•pedestal” as she called it. Artistic dress, as the artistic furnishings of a room, calls for darker colors at the base, using the lightest shades near the face. Mrs. McKimmon, then showed how one’s age must be considered in choos ing clothes, there being right things for gray hairs and right things for youth. Other things to be considered are color, lines, and texture of fabrics. During the latter part of her dis course, demonstrations were made showing how to play up certain good points as the hair or the eyes, or com plexion, and showing how to conceal points not so good. This was quite an interesting part of the lecture, for various ladies in the audience were used as models. Quite a number went away from the meeting knowing what was “her color,” “her style of hat,” etc. Summing up the rules for selecting clothes, Mrs. McKimmon stated that the “keynote to being well-dressed is simplicity.” Her talk throughout emphasized this f&ct, and those pres ent felt the truth of her helpful, sensi ble advice in the matter of dress. After her talk was over, quite a number of ladies remained to ask questions of a personal nature, and she was kept busy until the time came for her train. Wilson Tobacco Man Said To Have Refused $50,0000 WILSON, March 29.—W. T. Clark, senior member of the W. I. Clark and company, independent buyers, re driers and sh'ppers of tobacco of this city, turned down a proposition to day that would have caused many men to stop, look and listen. A salary of $50,000 per year was tendered him to manage the leaf end of the co-operative marketing as sociation in eastern Carolina at a meeting of the tobacco warehouse men this afternoon. When it was learned that it is the purpose of each warehouse to sell the weed as heretofore by auction, Mr. Clark declined the tempting of fer.—Greensboro Dailey News. Mrs. R. S. Stevens, M sg Leona Holt, Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Farrar, of Princeton passed through the city yesterday en route to Raleigh.