VOLUME 41
SM1THFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922
NUMBER 39
NEW FLOOD DRIVES
5000 FROM HOMES
Thousands of Acres of Sugar
Cane in Louisana Will
Soon be Flooded
NEW ORLEANS, May 17.—Proba
bly 5,000 homeless refugees will be
added to the 60,000 already made
homeless or otherwise seriously af
fected by the floods as a result of
the breaks in the levee on Bayou des
Glaises, near Hamburg, Va., accord
ing to estimates made today by Red
Cross workers. Today’s break in
creases the total area flooded to more
than 5,500 square miles in Louisiana
and Mississippi.
A total of 42,000 people are now
being fed and clothed by flood relief
agencies in the two states, according
to these officials, 23,000 in Louisiana
and 19,000 in Mississippi. It is ex
pected that at least 2,000 persons who
will be affected by the Hamburg
crevasse will be added to this roll.
The loss of livestock in the area
being flooded by the Hamburg breaks
will be very great, as residents of
that section did not anticipate a flood
and but little time was given for the
removal of livestock. Thousands of
acres of sugar cane in Averilles, St.
Martin, St. Landry and Iberia par
ishes have either been flooded or will
be within the next two days by the
water from Bayou des Glaises and
the Red river through the break in
the levee near Hamburg, now about
900 feet wide.
Reports from the affected area to
day stated the water had reached and
inundated the towns of Moreauville
and Plaucheville and is gradually
rising around the town of Melville
which is expected to go under water
early tomorrow. At the present rats
it is estimated Palmetto will be in
undated by Friday.
The flood at Melville was reported
rising at the rate of six inches an
hour.—Associated Press.
DR. H. A. BOAZ ELECTED BISHOP
Methodist Complete Naming of Five
New Bishops; Secretarial
Elections.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 17.—
The general conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, South, in ses
sion here today, completed its Epis
copal elections by naming Dr. Hiram
A. Boaz, of Dallas, Texas, as the fifth
Bishop to be chosen at this session;
revised the machinery of the Board of
Missions and began the election of
general board secretaries, over which
the conference has direct supervision.
The secretarial elections were still in
progress when the body adjourned
late today and will be resumed in the
morning.
The principal contest centered
about the choice for secretary of
the Board of Church Extension and
two ballots were taken before Dr.
T. D. Ellis, of Macon, Ga., was elect
ed to succeed Dr. S. H. C. Bergin,
of Louisville, who was not a candi
date for re-election. Dr. Ellis lack
ed two votes of a majority on the
first ballot. The other votes were
scattered among a large number of
candidates on both ballots.
Dr. John Shackford, of Nashville,
Tenn., was elected general secretary
of the Sunday School Board and Dr.
E. B. Chappell, of Nashville, editor
of the literature of the Sunday
School Board. Heretofore, Dr.
Chappell has performed the duties of
both offices, but this conference
separated the work.
Election of Dr. Boaz as bishop
came on the third ballot today and
the eighth of the conference. He
received 213 votes. Dr. Boaz, with
the four other Bishops, Dr. J. E.
Dickey, Griffin, Ga.; Dr. W. B. Bea
champ, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. H. M.
Dobbs, Anniston, Ala.; and Dr. Sam
R. Hay, Houston, Texas, will be con
secrated Sunday.
The conference late today set May
6, 1926, as the date of the next
general conference. The place wrill
be chosen by a committee later.—As
sociated Press.
Explained at Last.
Teacher—Why did Joshua com
mand the sun to stand still?
Tommy—I guess it didn’t agree
with his watch.—Boston Transcript.
I
SOUTHERN CONVENTION
OF BAPTISTS IS OPEN
President E. Y. Mullins Re-elected,
As Is Dr. H. C. Moore, Re
cording Secretary.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 17.—
Jacksonville today became the chief
Baptist city of the nation, as thous
ands of messengers and visitors to the
southern Baptist convention poured
in from 18 states for the opening
session of the 66th annual meeting.
Dr. E. Y. Mullins, of Louisville,
was re-elected president of the con
vention and the four vice-presidents
elected were Rev. R. M. Inlow, of
Sedalia, Mo.; W. W. Gains, of At
lanta; Rev. J. J. Taylor, Leaksville,
N. C.; and Rev. W. D. Nowling,
Greenville, Ky. Mr. Gains is an at
torney, George W. Norton, of Louis
ville, treasurer, and Dr. W. P. Har
vey, of Harrodsburg, Ky., auditor,
were re-elected, and the convention
then began its first contest over of
ficers.
Three names were put up for the
two positions of recording secretary.
Dr. H. C. Moore, of NashVille, Tenn.,
and G. H. Burnett, of Macon, Ga.,
were nominated to succeed them
selves, while the name of A. S.
Barnes, of Montgomery, Ala., also
was placed in nomination. The con
vention voted by ballot and Dr.
Moore and Mr. Burnett were re
elected.
The committee on committees was
announced with Dr. J. L. Gross, of
Louisville, as chairman and was in
structed in a resolution adopted to
make no discrimination in sex in ap
pointing committees.
Proposal to extend the closing of
the $75,000,000 five-year campaign to
November 30, 1924, instead of May 1,
1924, was referred to a committee as
were recommendations from the un
official conference of northern and
southern Baptists which met recent
ly at Columbia, Mo. The latter pro
nasals were that the two great Bap
tist bodies of America appoint joint
committees to co-operate in many
activities, including the “synchroniz
ing of campaigns such as steward
ships and education,” and to draw up
a statement “briefly embracing the
principles and policy of Baptists.”
These matters were put before the
session by the executive committee
of the convention, but without rec
ommendations and much opposition
developed to extending the campaign
and to adopting the Columbia rec
ommendations. The remainder of
the committee’s report, chiefly a re
view of the year, was adopted.—
Greensboro News.
FOUR DROWN AND
FIFTEEN ARE MISSING
Collapse of Bridge In Texas
Town Carries Many Per
sons Into River.
MARLIN, Texas, May 17.—Four
persons are known to have been
drowned and 15 others are missing
as a result of the collapse of the
Marlin-Belton bridge over the Brazos
river five miles west of here yester
day. The west tier of the bridge
crashed while about 30 persons, in
cluding many women, were standing
there watching repair work on an
abutment, which had been damaged
during the recent flood.
Two of the four bodies recovered
have been identified as those of Mrs.
Ed Mosley, of Beaumont and Mrs.
Goldberg, of Marlin.
Rescue parties, hurriedly gathered,
dragged many of the struggling per
sons from the water before they went
under. Boats and rafts quickly
thrown together aided in the work.
Several of those rescued had drift
ed to the falls three miles south of
the accident before they were taken
from the water.
Those rescued were all in a more
or less serious condition. Mayor F.
M. Stailworth, who was among those
who went down, was rescued several
miles down stream. A small automo
bile occupied by a child went down
with the bridge. The child had not
been found tonight.
Utility.
Jinks.—What did Marjorie do with
that shiftless cave man she was en
gaged to?
Binks.—Jilted him, I believe, on
the grounds that a chap like that
ought to be useful as well as ele
mental.—Life.
NEWS LETER FROM
THE TOWN OF KENLY
Mother’s Day Observed At
Methodist Sunday School
—Personal Mention
KENLY, May 16.—Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Huff from Lowell, spent Sun
day here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Darden.
Mrs. Mary Chase, of Wilson spent
Sunday in town the guest of rela
tives.
Mrs. J. G. High has recently return
ed from a visit to her sister, Mrs. D.
B. Bullock in Wilson.
The Ladies Missionary Society of
the M. E. Church held its regular
monthly meeting last Monday after
noon at 4 o’clock. The meeting was
presided over by Mrs. A. J. Brough
ton and Mrs. A. H. Hardison.
Mrs. L. Z. Woodard, Mrs. J. T. Re
vel], Mr. Marvin Revell and Miss El
ma Revell spent Monday in Princeton
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ed
wards.
Mrs. L. C. Wilkinson is spending
sometime in Raleigh with her daugh
ter, Miss May Wilkinson ,who is a stu
dent at St. Mary’s College.
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Holden are leav
ing today for Louisburg College to
attend the graduating exercises of
their daughter, Miss Lucile Holden,
who is a member of the graduating
class.
Mrs. Fannie Hooks spent sometime
last week with friends and relatives
in Grimesland. She was accompanied
home by her little granddaughter,
BeLle Frances Hooks.
The birthday feast given Mrs. Mar
tha Matthews last Friday evening
was quite a success. It was thorough
ly enjoyed by all present..
Mr. W. H. Howell died here last
Thursday and interment was made
on Friday in the Kenly cemetery. He
was one of Kenly’s oldest citizens.
He is survived by a wife and several
children.
Mother’s Day was observed here J
Sunday morning by the M. E. Sunday
School. The program was success
fully carried out, various departments
of the Sunday School had programs
suitable for the day. Committees at
the Sunday School provided all who
attended with a flower to wear in
honor of the occasion. After the
Sunday School hour, church services
were held by the pastor, Rev. J. E.
Holden who delivered a very able ser
mon: “As he thinketh in his heart,
so is he.” Proverbs, 23:7.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. High, Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Broughton and son, Mas
ter John Sutton, attended the funer
al of Mr. B. D. Bullock in Wilson
Sunday afternoon.
The “Bright Jewels” of the M. E.
Church met at the church Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock with a full at
tendance under the direction of Mrs.
J. W'. Darden.
There will be a barbecue dinner up
town Saturday the 20th, by the mem
bers of the Annie Benson Wesley
Class of the M. E. Sunday School.
Proceeds will be used for the payment
of chairs in the ladies Sunday School
room. Everybody is invited to come.
Mr. Hal Gilbreath of Goldsboro,
spent Sunday in town the guest of his
wife and mother.
Miss Jessie Perry, Miss Nora Dun
lap, Pi of. T. E. Leddy of A. and E
College and Mr. Graham of Raleigh,
were guests of Dr. and Mrs. G. B.
Woodard Sunday.
SCHOOL BUILDING AT
SELMA ABOUT COMPLETED
The new school building which
has been in course of construction
for the past year is about com
pleted now and plans are being
made to hold the commencement
exercises in the new building on
the night of June 2., with an ad
dress by Hon. Josephus Daniels,
of Raleigh. The baccalaureate
sermon will be preached by Rev.
J. Kenneth Pfohl, of Winston
Salem, N. C.
The complete program for the
commencement exercises will be
published later. It is hoped that
each of these distinguished gen
tlemen will be heard by a large
gathering of people from Johns
ton county as well as the citizens
of Selma.
HALF THE COUNTIES
WILL GET LOANS
A Million Dollars Ready for
Distribution Among the
Counties at Once
RALEIGH, May 16.—Just one-half
of the courities will get immediate
loans from the five million dollar loan
fund for erection of school buildings,
according to announcement by the
state board of education today. One
fifth of the full fund, or a million dol
lars, will be ready for distribution
^irnong the counties on a loan basis
immediately, and the remainder will
not be available before the summer
and fall months.
It was just about a year ago that
the state board of education notified
counties that the special building
fund will be available the first of this
year, and suggested to them that
they go ahead with their building
programs. In response to this advice
many school buildings were erected
and counties borrowed money from
the local banks. When an attempt
was made to sell these bonds in Janu
ary, the purchaser, the Fidelity bank
of Durham, was advised not to take
them until the courts had passed on
the constitutionality of the issue. In
the meantime the counties had bor
rowed about a million dollars and
spent this in addition to their avail
able funds for the erection of build
ings.
The middle of April this year the
courts validated the bonds and on
April 27 the treasurer completed the
sale of a million dollars worth of the
bonds at 4 1-2 per cent, interest. The
first loans, therefore, have been made
to those counties that had gone ahead
with their building program.
Each county in the state will be
given an opportunity to borrow its
pro rata part of the five million, that
j-,. it. may borrow the same per cent,
of this amount that the school popu
]a’ ion of the county bears to the
state population, and the remainder
of the fund will be loaned during the
tummer and early fall on this basis.
Counties are advised by the board of
education to continue their building
with assurance that this money will
be available.
An interesting feature of the loans
included in the million dollar dis
tribution is that the money is loaned
almost exclusively for the erection of
high school buildings in rural dis
tricts. Only $40,000 of the entire
amount will be used in a city school,
and this goes to Wilmington, where
a high school will be erected for the
entire county. It is at last possible
for counties to secure funds with
which to erect high school buildings
for the rural districts. The state
board of education has recently made
appropriations for the purpose of
maintaining at least one high school
for the rural districts of each county
and with these loans it is possible to
supply adequate buildings.—Greens
boro News.
DOG RUN MAD AT PINE LEVEL
BITES EIGHT CHILDREN
A Bull pup belonging to Mr.
Jesse Parker, of Pine Level,
went mad Sunday and bit eight
children. Three of Mr. Parker’s
children were bitten; one of Mr.
It. L. Fitzgerald’s; one of Mr.
Clarence Strickland’s; one of Mr.
F. C. Price’s; one of Mr. Stout’s;
and one of Mr. Kilpatrick's. All
were bitten are taking the Pas
teur treatment. The serum was
sent from Raleigh, and will be
given each day for twenty-one
days.
Mr. J. M. Oliver Dead.
The friends in the county of Mr.
1 J. M. Oliver, of Pr.e Level will re
pret tc learn of his death which oc
curred at his h(ime Saturday mo”
ing. Mr. Oliver had been in bud
health fcr some time and had been
confined to his room for about a
mont.
The funeral took place Sunday aft
ernoon conducted by Rev. S. H. Styron
oi Pine Level and Rev. W. G. Farrar,
of Princeton. The Masons had charge
of the service. Interment was made
in the graveyard at the old home
place about a mile from Princeton.
A fuller account will appear in a
later issue.
HIGE GAS WELL ON FIRE;
ROAR HEARD FOR MILES
Flames Belching From Crater 200
Feet Wide Blown in Earth
Near Eldorado, Ark.
ELDORADO, Ark. May 16.—A cra
ter 200 feet across was blown out
early this morning at the wild Murphy
gas well, north of Eldorado, and the
gas from it and all other craters in
the vicinity was ignited and blazing
fiercely. Several smaller craters were
fired last night within a radius of
2<'0 yards, but the main well, esti
mated to be making more than 75,
000,000 cubic fet. of gas a day, did not
catch fire until the huge crater was
blown out this morning.
All hope of extinguishing the
blaze has been abandoned. The roar
of the flames can be heard for miles,
and before daybreak the fire had
been seen as far away as this city, a
distance of 10 miles.
The well blew in Sunday night
while the drill stem was being re
moved. The derrick and machinery
at the mouth of the well were de
stroyed, and the drilling crew barely
escaped with their lives. Numerous
geysers began forming at once on
all side of the well, and gas is seep
ing into all the water wells in their
vicinity.—Associated Press.
DIOCESE OF N. C. IN SESSION
Rev. A. E. Penick Named Bishop Co
adjutor; Chapel Hill To Get
New $90,000 Church.
Rev. Edwin a Penick, rector of St.
Episcopal Church, Charlotte, was
elected Bishop Coadjutor for the
Diocese of North Carolina on the
sixth ballot in the 106th Diocesan
Convention Wednesday night. Immed
iately, with the Bishop Joseph Blount
Cheshire ruling against a proposal
to make the vote unanimous, the con
vention adopted a resolution express
ing its approval of the choice.
The voting on seven nominees
started at 9 o’clock and it was not
until after 10:30 that the sixth ballot
brought the result with the rector of
the Charlotte Church receiving two
more than the necessary thirty cleri
cal votes and six more than the neces
sary eighteen Lay votes.
Other nominees included Wyatt
Brown, of Baltimore, Md., Rev. Mil
ton A. Barber, of Raleigh; Rev. I.
W. Hughes, Henderson; Rev. S. S.
Bost, of Durham; Rev. W. W. Way,
Raleigh; Rev. Alfred R. Berkley, of
New Orleans.
The new Bishop Coadjutor, who
comes to assist Bishop Cheshire after
28 years of service in the diocese, and
to succeed Bishop Cheshire eventual
ly, is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala ,
having graduated from Sewanee and
from the Virginia Seminary of The
ology and from Harvard. He came to
the parish of St. Peters Episcopal
church from Columbia, S. C., and tak
ing the church which had a member
ship of 430 August 1, 1917, he has
built up a church of 710 on May 1,
1922.
The new Bishop Coadjutor is prom
inent in civic and social work :n
Charlotte, a member of the Rotary
Club and during the war served as
a chaplain in the U. S. army .
The election of a Bishop Coad
jutor followed a morning session large
ly devoted to the consideration of
the advisability of holding the elec
tion immediately and an afternoon
session which was featured by the
raising of $75,000 for the erection of
a Church at Chapel Hill to serve the
University of North Carolina.
The $75,000 is made up of a gift
of $50,000 announced by Bishop Jos
eph Blount Cheshire as coming from
a layman whose name he would not
divulge on a condition that the diocese
raise $25,000. St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church, Charlotte, led the movement
with a pledge of $10,000. T. H. Bat
tle gave $1,000; R. J. Walker, $1,000;
F. S. Spruill $25,000; W. H. Williams
$500; Dr. R. H. Lewis $500; B. Finney
$100; Cameron MacRae, R. H. Lewis,
Jr., $100; and another ananymous
gift of $3,350 which with $8000 on
hand made up the necessary $25,000.
Work will begin on the new church
to cost approximately $90,000 imme
diately. It will be connected with the
old church by cloisters and the old
building will be used as a chapel.—
News and Observer.
The annual output of 8 large watch
factories in \his country, is more than
$15,000,000.
DR. J. 0. ATKINSON
TO BE AT PRINCETON
Will Deliver Commence
ment Address; Wells
Anderson Marriage
PRINCETON, May 17.—Miss Lis
sie Woodard has returned home after
teaching school at Lumber Bridge for
the past several months.
Edgar Boyett has returned home
from Wake Forest college.
Elmer Holt has returned home from
Mars Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mitchell and Mr.
Luther Pearce from Greensboro have
been spending a few days here with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sanders from
Smithfield were visitors in town for
the week end.
Mrs. Flossie Wells and little Frank
lin and Harriet Elizabeth of Greens
boro visited relatives here last week
end.
Mr. Will J. Thompson and children,
from near Pine Level attended Moth
er’s Day exercises at the Methodist
church here Sunday.
Rev. W. G. Farrar delivered a most
appropriate sermon Sunday morning
at the Mother’s Day exercises. There
was a la^ge congregation present,
many from different sections.
Information has been received here
that Miss Ollie Anderson and Mr. Bob
Wells were married in Greensboro
last Friday. Miss Anderson was one
of the teachers in the graded school*
here a year ago, and is most pleas
antly remembered by many who will
be pleased to hear this news. Bob is a
Princeton boy who recently moved to
Greensboro. Their many friends wish
them much happiness and a pleasant
journey through life.
In consequence of the disastrous
hail storm which visited this town
last Sunday, it is a well known fact
that hail storms were sent upon dif
ferent sections of the country in
Bible times as a punishment upon the
people for their wickedness. Let us
t on; ider this warning and put a stop
to so much blockading and whiskey
trailie in this town and immediate vi
cinity.
Friday, May 19th, at 8 p. m., there
will be a call meeting of the Com
munity Club. Supt. of Public In
struction, H. B. Marrow, will be pres
ent. Every one interested in the
school is urged to attend.
Mrs. J. M. Oneal, of Selma and
Mrs. Tvner, from Kenly, were the
guests of Mrs. G. G. Edgerton last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Etheredge irom
Kenly, were visitors in town Sunday.
On Wednesday afternoon, May 2t,
at five o’clock the children of the
School will gather on the grounds for
songs and other exercises. There will
he a short program by the fourth,
sixth and seventh grades and a milk
play Ly the third grade. The milk
pla> will be under the direction of
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, Home
Demonstration Agent, of Johnston
County. She has staged this play at
Smithfield, Benson and Pine Level.
Every one must see it.
Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock
the music class will give it annual re
cital. The children’s chorus, under
the direction of Miss Carrie Mae
Hedgepeth, will sing.
Thursday evening, May 25, at 8:30
the senior class will give its class day
exercises, to be followed by a short
play, “Not a Man in the House.” This
program is especially atractive.
On Friday morning, May 26th at
10:30 o’clock Dr. J. O. Atkinson, of
Elon College will deliver the address
to the graduates of the school. Dr.
Atkinson is secretary of the Men and
Millions Forward Movement of the
Christian church. He will also de
liver the address at State College, Ra
leigh, this year. Following the ad
dress will be the delivery of the cer
tificates of attendance, the seventh
grade certificates and the high school
diplomas. Those graduating from
the high school this year are: Miss
Thelma Toler, Miss Mildred Massey,
Miss Tempie Hinton and Mr. Ray
mond Snipes. Eula Boyett will re
ceive a certificate covering most of
the work in the high school course.
Friday evening, May 26, at 8:30 the
high school students will present the
play, “The Old Fireside.” School
children will be admitted for 15 cents.
! Tickets for others will be 35 cents.