VOLUME 41
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1922
NUMBER 26
STRIKE HAS CLOS’D
6,000 COAL MINES
600,000 Miners Walked Out
April 1st; A Long Strike
Is Predicted
INDIANAPOLIS, April 1.—Com
plete suspension of coal mining by
union workers marked the beginning
today of the national walkout ordered
by the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica. Union.leaders said 600,000 min
ers, including 100,000 non-union men,
had enl'stcd in the movement, and
declared no change was expected
soon.
The exact effectiveness of the sus
pension, especially in non-union and
partly organized fields, because to
day also marked the anniversary of
the introduction of the 8 hour work
day in the coal industry, and is an
annual hol’day in the coal fields. Nev
ertheless, union officials were confi
dent that no union man, except those
authorized to stay at work, would re
turn to the mines Monday.
Union headquarers here prepared
no tabulation showing the geograph
ical distribution of the idle men, but
reports from field leaders showed the
great bulk of the suspension cen
tered in Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,
Iowa, Kansas and nearby southwest
ern states. Reports from other fields
Were somewhat vague, and union
officials did not expect an exact
showing for the entire country
would be available before the middle
of next week.
President John L. Lewis estimated
that 6,000 of the 7,500 mines in the
country that have been operating re
cently had closed, and in addition it
was pointed out that 2,500 mines
have been idle for some time.
Changes in the suspension were ex
pected to be relatively slow in be
coming apparent, but indications of
possible spread of its effect develop
ed at points where railroads laid off
many crews operating coal trains.
Union leaders declared they were
not expecting any early defection
from the miners’ ranks on account
of any operators attempting to re
sume work on an open shop basis.
However, the union men declined to
express any opin:on on the probable
action of organized workers in part
ly unionized fields, where the sit
uation was regarded as hinging
largely on the attitude of non-union
employes.
In various fields, particularly in
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, the
field leaders of the union were plan
ning meetings during the next few
days to gain as much support as pos
sible from the non-union workers.
In the strongly unionized fields,
which were hit the hardest today
by the suspens'on, the union leaders
regarded any break in their battle
front as impossible.
The anthracite fields of Pennsylva
nia and the big soft area comprising
the central competitive field, and the
southwest interstate district, were
believed by union officials as already
started on an indefinite and prolong
ed suspension. Reports also indicate
that the other coal fields were closed
today, but operators in some of these
districts were said to be planning to
resume work soon.
Mines in western Canada were re
ported as closed, but those in Nova
Scotia were in operation and 5,000
operatives in Kentucky also were
scheduled under the unions program
to remain at work, Mr. Lewis declar
ing this was in harmony with a con
tract with operators, that has another
year to run. In addition, 13,000 union
men were to remain in the mines to
protect the property from damage,
but reports to union headquarters
here indicated that d sputes had de
veloped in Iowa, Montana and Wash
ington as to the wage to be paid
these maintenance men.
Origin of the Term “Pin Money.”
When pins were invented in the
fouiteenth century, the maker was al
lowed only to sell them on the first
two days of January, and upon these
days women flocked to buy them.
They were so expensive then that it
was the custom to give as a present
a certain sum of money to be used as
pin-money. Hence the term.—Con
cord Times.
William G. McAdoo has reeeived li
cense to practice law in California.
THIS WEEK IS “MILK WEEK”
IN JOHNSTON COUNTY
Miss Bridge, of Harnett and Miss
Swain of Nash Will Assist
In Demonstrations.
This week is being observed in the
county as “Milk Week,” a preliminary
campaign, it is hoped, to further de
velopments along this' line. For some
time past, the county home demon
stration agent, Miss Minnie Lee Gar
rison, has been stressing the impor
tance of milk in the diet. The Wom
an’s Club of this city has assisted in
the work locally by putting on a “Milk
Day” at the Drug Store and by a
play given at a community sing re
cently. It is Miss Garrison’s inten
tion this week to go further with
the campaign by working with the
Woman’s Clubs of Smithfield, Clay
ton and Benson, and through the
schools at those places this week. She
expects to follow up this week’s work
by meetings at other places, perhaps,
and by contests in compositions and
posters in the schools. Mr. J. A.
Myatt, proprietor of Myatt’s Dairy
here, has offered cash prizes tcf be
g'ven in the school here for best
poster work and best compositions
emphasizing the importance of milk.
He has also offered to furnish milk
for the demonstration work. Doubt
less similar inducements will be
made in other sections.
During this week, M'ss Garrison
will be assisted by Miss Elizabeth
Bridge, of Lillington, Home Demon
tration Agent, of Harnett county and
Miss Marion Swain, of Nashville,
Home Demonstration Agent of Nash
county. A schedule of meetings has
been arranged at Benson, Clayton and
Smithfield at which practical demon
strations of ways of using milk in
preparing recipes will be given. The
schedule is as follows:
Tuesday A. M.—Ivanhoe Mill,
Smithfield.
Tuesday P. M.—Benson Woman’s
Club.
Wednesday A. M.—Benson school.
Wednesday P. M.—Smithfield Wom
an’s Club.
Thursday—Clayton and Pythian
Orphanage.
Friday—Smithfield school.
STATE WOWAN'S MISSIONARY
UNION AT CHARLOTTE
The Baptist Woman’s Missionary
Union of the State Convention closed
an interesting session in Charlotte,
Thursday night. It is considered one
of the best sessions of the convention
ever held. More than 600 delegates
and visitors were in attendance. The
report showed a fine year’s work and
the addresses wfrre of an unusually
high order.
The following officers were elect
ed to serve for the next year: Mrs.
Wesley N. Jones, Raleigh, president;
vice-presidents, Mrs. Weston Bruner,
Raleigh, Mrs. F. G. Battle, New Bern,
Miss Macy Cox, Magnolia, Mrs. T.
B. Henry, Wadesboro, Mrs. C. A.
Kluttz, Asheville; Miss Els:e K. Hun
ter, office secretary; Mrs. J. D. Bou
shall, recording secretary; Miss Mary
Warren of Dunn, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. R. N. Simms, secretary
young women’s auxiliaries; Miss
Elizabeth N. Briggs, junior '(Superin
tendent; Miss Mary Warreri, Mrs.
Simms and Miss Briggs, Editors of
department in Biblical / Recorder.
These, together with the iame execu
tice committee as last/year, except
the substitution of Mrs: L. E. Matti
son for Mrs. W. F. Marshall, all live
in Raleigh. /
Johnston county ladies who were ap
pointed to serve on committees were:
Mrs. A. O. Moore of Clayton on Com
mittee of "ioung People’s Work and
Mrs. M. P. Davis of Four Oaks on
Committee for W. M. U. Training
school. t
Miss Parrish Entertains I). G. S. Girls
Thursday evening Miss Eula Par
rish was hostess to the D. G. S. Girls,
only club members being present.
Rook was played at two tables. To
ward the close of the evening a de
licious salad course was served.
Ivanhoe Mill Defeats Brogden.
The Ivanhoe m|ll 'baseball team
defeated the strong Brogden team
Saturday, April 1st by the score of 7
to 4. Batteries for Ivanhoe: E. Gor
don and Benson; for Brogden, Pilkin
ton and Green.
THE TOBACCO
SITUATION IN KY.
Mr. T. S. Ragsdale has Just
Returned from “Blue
Grass’ State
Mr. T. S.- Ragsdale of the T. S.
Ragsdale Co., who has been allied
with the tobacco interests of this city
almost since the establishment of a
market here, has just returned from
Kentucky where he spent a week in
vest'gating the success or failure of
the Co-operative Marketing system in
the burley tobacco section of that
state. While away, Mr. Ragsdale
covered about one-third of the tobac
co territory of Kentucky, visiting Lex
ington, Paris, Maysville, Richmond,
Mount Sterling and Shelbysville. Af
ter interviewing bankers, merchants,
and farmers, Mr. Ragsdale is convinc
ed that co-operative marketing has
been an unqualified success in Ken
tucky, and believes that what has
been a good thing for Kentucky will
be a good thing for North Carolina.
One of the first persons with whom
Mr. Ragsdale talked about co-opera
tive marketing was Mr. James 0.
Stone, president of the Kentucky To
bacco Growers Co-operative Market
ing Asso ciation. This association
has operated one year and the farm
er members', bankers and business
men are unanimous in their praise of
the plan for selling tobacco. Mr.
Stone informed Mr. Ragsdale that the
Association has paid back all money
borrowed to market the crop, from 30
to 60 days before due, and has several
millions of dollars now in the treas
ury. One hundred twenty million
pounds out of a crop of 170 million
pounds was turned over to the pool,
a little over half of which has been
sold. About 40 per cent of the pric
to be received was advanced to the
farmers when the tobacco was turned
over to the association. The assoc: k
tion leased and bought 117 warehouses
to handle the weed. It was not found
necessary to borrow money from the
War Finance Board, haying been able
to obtain all needed funds from the
banks of Kentucky.
Mr. Ragsdale did not stop with in
terviewing one or two leaders in the
movement, but discussed the proposi
t'on with big business men and little
business men. He had interviews
with fifty-three fafmers on the sub
ject and the unanimous concensus of
opinion was that cooperative market
ing is the way to sell tobacco. The
farmers in the pool expressed them
selves as being entirely satisfied and
stated that it was their belief that
from 50 to 60 per cent of those not
now members will join this year.
The Smithfield chamber of com
merce held a meeting in the town
hall last night to consider the move
ment in Johnston county. A report
of the meeting will be given in a later
issue. -
EX-SERVICE MEN URGED TO '
REINSTATE INSURANtXfc
ATLANTA, Ga., March 31.—Serv
ice men in Georgia, North Carolina.
South Carolina, Florida, and Tennes
see will be asked by the U. S. Veter
ans Bureau to reinstate $10,000,000
worth of government insurance dur
ing April, according to Joe Sparks,
Liaison Officer, National Headquar
ters American Legion. The instruc
tions for the campaign which is to be
staged April 10 to 17 have been sent
to the Fifth District organization by
Mr. M. Bryson, District Manager.
Chambers of Commerce, civic organi
zations and service bodies have been
asked by the bureau and the American
Legion to give assistance.
“I consider this an important move”
said Mr. Sparks, “because all service
men should take advantage of the
government insurance. I am urging
all Legion posts to support the move
ment to the limit. With the proper
effort at least $10,000,000 worth of
insurance should be reinstated. It ’s
a very simple matter for service men
to take advantage of this generous
offer by the government.”
The State Commander of the legion
in the several states have been asked
to support the movement. Governors
of the several state will be asked to
issue proclamations urging service
men to reinstate their insurance.
District Manager Bryson will place
the full mach'nery of the Veterans
Bureau back of the campaign.
DEMOCRATIC CO.
CONVENTION I5TH
Mr. Pou Calls for Township
Meetings to be Held Sat
urday, April 8, 2 P. M.
In response to the call of the
Chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee I respectfully
ask that the Democratic voters of the
various townships in Johnston Coun
ty meet at their precinct meeting
place at 2 o’clock Saturday April 8,
1922, for the purpose of selecting: del
egates to the County Convention and
electing a Chairman of the- Precinct
Committee.
The County Democratic Convention
is called to meet at the City Hall in
Smithfield Saturday April 15th at 2
o'clock P. M., for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to the State Democratic
Convention which will be held in Ra
leigh Wednesday April 20, and to
elect a Chairman of the Johnston
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee. I respectfully urge a full at
tendance at all meetings.
I take this opportunity to thank the
Democrats of Johnhton county for the
honor bestowed upon me two years
ago in selecting me as your Chairman.
1 thank you for the loyal and effec
tive support you gave me. Without
your help it would not have been pos
j s ble for Johnston County to practi
; cally have doubled the Democratic
| majority in 1920.
I bespeak for my successor the
same loyal support you rendered me.
Respectfully,
GEORGE ROSS POU.
MASTER SPEEDSTER LIKENS
TIRE TO HUMAN BODY
With the number of automobiles,
trucks and motorcycles reaching the
! point where today there is one motor
( vehicle to every ten individuals in the
| country, attention is very naturally
on jhe nation’s tire bill and
while many agencies are at work
looking to keep this cost at a mini,
mum the whole thing untimately
rests with the tire user.
In those words are summed up a
paragraph in a recent letter sent to
his agents by “Barney” Oldfield, mas
ter speedster, now president of his
own tire company. “Too much con
sideration,” the letter continues, “can
not be given to the matter of seeing
that the tire buyer not only selects
the right type of tire and the right
size but that he understands how vital
it is to give the tire proper care.”
“A tire is much more than simply
a rubber cas'ng with a tube inside
into which one must now and again
pump a certain amount of air,” Mr.
Oldfield points out, “in fact in many
respects a tire- resembles the human
body. The carcass, built up ply upon
ply of rubber insulated fabric, corre
sponds to the flesh, bones and muscles
of our body, while the other parts
of the cas'ng ,sueh as the side walls,
cushion and tread act in a protective
capacity similarly as the skin does
on the human body.
“Driving an improperly inflated tire
or a tire with cuts, ‘boils’, bruises and
improperly applied repa;rs is to se
verely abuse it, perhaps lose it, while
at the same time there is no money
to be saved in buying cheap ‘off’
brand tires which have nothing to
recommend them.
“In my years of racing on the
world’s great speedways,” Oldfield’s
letter concludes, “I came to know the
vital part tires play in safety and
satisfaction and when I decided to
build tires myself it was with the
determination of bringing to the mo
tor owning public not only the best
tire that money can buy, built as the
fruit of experience, but to keep ever
Iwating before the tire buyer the
need of giving his tires the same con
sideration as he does hT^car’^ impor
tant mechanism.” " v
Hollywood Needs Fumigation.
Hollywood needs fumigation. Page
Will Hays, please. “The names of
sixty-eight movie stars who had been
divorced, but are not married again,
and of sixty-s!x ‘stars’ who have
been divorced, and are married
again, are given by a correspondent
of one of the great dailies of New
York.”—News and Observer.
Mr. L. M. Ogburn, of Benson, who
formerly ran a Pressing Club here, I
was in the city Tuesday.
DEATH OF SIAMESE TWINS
HAS RAISED LEGAL POINT
Were They Two Persona Or One, Is
Question—Who Gets $100,000,
Estate, Son or Relatives?
CHICAGO, March 31—The death of
Rosa and Josefa Blazek, the “Siam
ese -twins,” has left the Cook county
probat court with a legal problem
which apparently is unprecedented.
In determining the dispos'tion of
the $100,000 estate of the twins the
court must decide if 11-year-old
Franz is the son of one or both of
the twins.
A scientific controversy which be
gan even before the death of the sis
ters early yesterday has resolved is
stlf -nto Ihe question: “Were Rosa
and Josfa Blazek one individual per
sonality or did they constitute sep
arate entities?”
If they were one persosality the
son will inherit the entire fortune
which was accumulated by the twins
during their exhibition tours of the
world. If they were two distinct
personalities, Rosa being the mo
ther and Josefa the aunt, only Rosa’s
half of the estate would go to the
lad, while Josefa's closest relatives,
including her 85-year-old father and
four brothers, would be entitled to
her half.
Physicians say there are physiolog
ical facts to support each contention
and attorneys agree that a legal
opinion must be based upon a se'en
tifiic analysis of the bodies.
So far a post mortem has been
opposed by the brother, Frank Blazek,
who is in the city. It was he who
prevented an operation before death
which physicians urged as the only
possible means of saving one of the
sisters.
NO RECOGNITION OF
PASSING OF CHARLES
VIENNA, April, 3.—No official rec
ognition of the passing of former Em
peror Charles thus far has been given
by the republic. Neither half mast
ed flags nor the customary display of
sable bunting were to be seen in Vi
enna today. The absence of the aristoc
racy and a large increase in the at
tendance at the churches were the on
ly private evidences of recognition of
the death of the last Hapsburg ruler.
The voluminous obituaries and
appreciations of the former emperor
king, which till the press today, are
colorless, but kindly. They dwell on
the virtues of Charles a s a man,
as a statesman, for being well-mean
ing but an unfortunate ruler called
to the throne at a time when greater
men than he could not have done
more for the people.The circumstances
of his death in exile and poverty elicit
a note of pity.—Associ | ed Press.
Spring House Cleaning.
Omar Kamyam.
About the first of April each year
every housewife who prides herself
as a cobweb chaser gets the house
cleaning bug. For a week or more
what was once a happy home be
comes a wreck. From cellar to attic
everything is topsy-turvy. The fur
niture is dislocated, and the pictures
that used to hang on the wall are
piled in the hall. The carpets are
ripped up and you hear the floor
mop calling for its mate. The front
piazza is filled with mattreses and
there is soft soap on the stairs.
The patient husband eats at a
hash factory in town, and sleeps
with the pup in the dog-house. And
there is a stern duty connected with
house cleaning that no husband es
capes. That is beating the carpet.
“John,” says the frau, before he car.
beat it t<j work, “I wish you would
beat the bedroom carpet.” Alas,
poor John. He starts on the job
with mighty smites. He beats the
carpet into a pulp—tries to break
every bone in its body.
Th'eT dcrsLeets in his nose and he
nearly sneezes^Tiis'Tfe.'lpd off. Then
Mary comes out and s¥»ys that if he
beats it an hour longcrV she thinks
the carpet will be fairly cleaft.- Mm?1’
a man has been transformed from a
carpet beater to a wife beater by
just that kind of talk.
Last of the War Dead Back.
The last of America’s war dead
from France and England arrived in
the United States last week. The con
tingent was from France and consist
ed of 1060 bodies.
DR. IRA LANDRITH
BE HERE APRIL 17
Law Enforcement Commun
ity Mass Meeting at the
Methodist Church
“The American Issue” devoted ti
furthering- prohibition throughout the
nation, carr'ed in the number of
Maich 4th, the itinerary of several
speakers of prominence who propose
to campaign North Carplina during
the. spring months prior to the pri
maries, this city to be included in the
itinerary. The follow'ng comment
was made:
“The North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League is now planning a speakers*
campaign that will reach every part of
the state. We hope, in these two hun
dred meetings, so to reach the Chris
tian patriots of this state that they
will wake up to the necessity of us
ing the primaries to nominate the
right type of men to make and to en
force our laws. Every man and wom
an who wants to see North Carolina
make good in the enforcement of the
Eighteenth Amendment is requested
to become a booster for the meeting
that is to be held in his town or com
munity and to make out of every one
of these meetings a community mass
meeting for obedience to law and en
forcement of low.”
Dr. Ira Landrith ,a famous orator
and Chautauqua lecturer is scheduled
to speak in Sinithfield at the Metho
dist church, Monday, April 17. lie
will speak in Dunn on Tuesday 18th.
In speaking of Dr. Landrith, “The
American Issue” said:
“Dr. Ira T. Landrith. has been a
prominent character in this nation for
several years. He is a native Texan
and the size of the state ind cates the
dimensions of the man. Physically
speaking, he Is six feet, three inches
and weighs two hundred and forty
pounds. For 14 years, he was the edi
tor of a religious newspaper and a
most prominent one for reform meas
ures in Tennessee. In his church
councils, also, he has gone to the top,
having been moderator. For the past
several years, he has been one of the
star speakers of the Anti-Saloon
League of America. The San Fran
cisco Call, speaking of his visit to
that city, said: ‘Twelve thousand peo
ple simply went wild.’ ”
State S. S. Meeting in Charlotte.
RALEIGH, April 1.—Opening ses
sions of the State Sunday School
Convention in Charlotte will be held
at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, in the
Second Presbyterian Church. There
will be two general sessions on Tues
day—afternoon and night.
The program committee is sending
out this week twelve thousand pro
grams of the convention to the pas
tors, Sunday school leaders and super
intendents of the state.
The Charlotte General Committee
on Arrangements of which Mr. W. E.
Price is Chairman, has secured suffi
cient homes for all who attend, and
are making ample preparations for ^
the entertainment of delegates in the
private homes of the city at the rate
of $1.00 per ight for lodging and
breakfast. A record breaking at
tendance is expected by the local work
ers. All trains will be met by the
committee and the delegates assign
ed homes.
Sunday Schools of the state are re
quested to send three delegates be
sides the pastors and superintendents
who are delegates by virtue of their
office. All County and Township Sun
day • School Association officers are
also considered as official delegate. *
Reduced railroad rates of one and
one-half fare have been granted by
the railroads of the state, certificate
plan, provided as many as 350 certi
ficates are presented for validation.
. Keep On.
If the day looks kinder gloomy,
An’ yer chances kinder slim,
-A^the situation's puzzlin’,
Anr the^pF^wi1' ^
An’ perplexities keep pressin' .
’Till all hope is nearly gone— '
Jest bristle up an’ grit yer teeth,
An’ keep on keep n’ on.
—Anonymous. 1
Hiram Hardscrabble says: A noth
er difference between death and taxes J
is that death is a perennial, not an J
annual.”—Wallace’s Farmer. -'f;