VOLUME 41 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1922 NUMBER 43 PRINCETON LETTER OF MUCH INTEREST Average School Attendance Increased; Important Community Meet PRINCETON, May 31—Mrs. C. M. Bynum and little son, Clarence, are visiting- relatives at Bayboro this week. Miss Bertha Woodard, from Selma, has been spending a few days with her brother, Mr. John Woodard. Miss Dollie Scott, from Glendale, is visiting Miss Alberta Boyett. Mr. Ray Whitley from Durham, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Whitley. Misses Ethel and Sadie Morris from Kenly were visitors in town a short while Sunday evening. Raymond Snipes won the scholar ship offered by Mr. W. P. Sugg. There were five high school students work ing to win this prize. Raymond does not smoke cigarettes or use profanity. Rev. N. H. Shepherd will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and at night. The mem bers regret very much that it has been necessary to change the serv ices from the third Sunday to the first, but trust that hey will soon be able to get a preacher for the third Sunday. Mrs. J. Ira Lee is visiting her par ents near Durham this week. Mr. Cohen Tart, from Raleigh, was a visitor in town Sunday. Miss Ellen Uzzle teturned to her home at Wilson’s Mills Sunday after teaching here the vast winter. Messrs Bill and Moulton Massey who are attending the Atlanta Dental College, Atlanta, Ga., are at home for the summer vacation. There ,/T7u oe a debate in. the school auditorium next Tuesday night be tween the High School and the Com munity. 1 he subject for debate is: “Three Teachers for the High School.” Mrs. Jennie Strickland and daugh ter, Mrs. Arthur Counts, of Durham, are visiting relatives in this section. Lonnie Rains died at his home near town Wednesday. Heart dropsy was the cause of his death. He was about 25 years old and leaves a young wife and one baby. Miss Margaret and Frances Led better have returned home from Louis burg school. Mrs. H. P. Yelverton and little daughter, Jane Hall, from Fremont, are spending several days with Mrs. L M. Edgerton. Much favorable comment is being made of the excellent manner in which the young people acted their parts in the play, “The Fireside” at the school auditorium last Thursday night. While all did extra well, Leon ard Talton receives the most favor able comment. Commencing on the third Sunday night, the adult Bible class of the Baptist Sunday school will endeavor to conduct a service in the Baptist church. Misses Virginia Woodard, Mildred Massey, Thelma Toler and Messrs Paul Afmstrong and Joe Boyett at tended the ball game at Kenly Tues day. The Ladies Missionary Society en tertained the senior class and the faculty of the Princeton High School on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. D. Sasser. The guests were met at the door by Mrs. L. D. Grantham and ushered into the hall where they were served punch by Misses Edna Grantham and Clyde Mason. Mr. George Woodard made a very interesting talk to the mem bers of the class and faculty. A musical program was then rendered, Mrs. I. A. Snipes, of Smithfield, and Miss Carrie Mae Hedgepeth, from Lumberton, furnishing the music. The gifts were presented to the class and to Miss Blanche Penny, the principal, by little Margaret Sasser and Mary Ida Edgerton. Sandwiches and tea were then served, followed by ice cream. Those present besides the members of the society were Misses Eula Boyett, Mildred Massey, Tempie Hinton, Thelma Toler, Ellen Uzzle, Blanche Penny, Ora Taylor, Annie Wester, Mae Nixon, Fannie Wellons, Elizabeth Hall, Ruth Tyler, Grace Jones, Carrie Mae Hedgepeth, Bertha Woodard, and Messrs George Wood ard and Raymond Snipes. The Ladies Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. T. D. Sasser last (Continued on page 8) OTEEN PATIENTS ARE ANXIOUS TO VOTE Big Controversy In Buncombe County Because Democrats Register Them. ASHEVILLE, May 29.—A contro versy over the eligibility of patients at Oteen Hospital who were residents of a State other than North Carolina to register and participate in the approaching primary has arisen here. Legal opinion seems to hold that the hospital is on a government reservation and that the patients who are from other states have no right to vote in the State primary. Allegations that the chairman of the county board of elections acted illegally in appointing Don Elias, who resides in Asheville, to act as register for Swannanoa Township one day in place of the regularly appointed registrar have been made, while ihe chairman, George Pennell, contends his actions were legal. He appointed Mr. Elias, who went to .he hospital at Oteen in Swan nanoa Township, and is reported to hr • registered about a hundred patients, the great majority being Democrats. It is alleged he in com pany with certain candidates for nomination in the primary influ enced the soldier-patients in casting their absentee votes. The controversy over Mr. Pen nell’s and Mr. Elias’ action has brought on a stormy political fight in Buncombe, the end of which is not yet in sight.—News and Observ er ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOST VITAL TO WORLD French Savant Demands Country men Learn It as Step to Mutual Comprehension. WASHINGTON, June 1.—tCapi tal News Service).—Maurice Donnay, French academician and savant, who has recently returned to his home country after a short visit in Amer ica, said: “When one sets foot in America he is confronted by the fact that our country has not yet comprehended how indispensable it is to study the English language. I assure you that I felt this inferiority from the first day. It is what struck me most. Our professors and notables of all kinds have gone to America and have been invited to universities and clubs. They must have remarked on this inferior ity. Why haven’t they told us about it? “English is spoken in two-thirds of the civilized world. Why don’t we speak it? What do we know of Eng lish literature? Who can read the masterpieces in the original? We must learn English. It is imperative and a patriotic necessity. Foreigners generally believe that English is a difficult language to ac quire. In its spelling, idioms, and slang, its complicated grammar (which at that is less cumbersome than German or French grammar) and Fa encinr.out range in synonyms it undoubtedly is. But a speaking and writing familiarity with its fun damentals is not necessarily a life study. If evidence were needed to prove it, one S. Dabinsky, a Polish immigrant can offer it. Mr. Dabin sky has been in this country one year. When he arrived he knew no English. The National Society of Colonial Dames has just awarded him its an nual bronze medal for the best pa triotic essay. If a Polish immigrant can learn our language well enough in a year to win a prize, it is obvious that English cannot be considered to pre sent insuperable difficulties for the average foreign student. China’s Rulers in Need of Cash. PEKING, May 30.—The Peking government is facing a financial cri sis. It announced that it is unable to meet its ordinary current expenses, and Finance Minister Tung Kang has appealed to the provinces to re mit the revenues due the federal gov ernment which they have been retain ing foi local use. Five million dollars is needed on the first of the month to pay the government employes, but it is ex plained that only a few thousands are left the nation’s treasury. Unless the provinces extend help, which they have not done for years, the govern ment says it will be ambarrassed. FUNERAL OF MR. F.H. I PARRISH WEDNESDAY Large Crowd Gathered To Pay Last Tribute; Inter ment in Old Cemetery None but those who have sat in the shadow of a great bereavement can justly weigh such a sorrow as came to the family of Mr. F. H. Parrish who passed away at his home here Monday night after a lingering ill ness with heart trouble. Several months ago, Mr. Parrish became alarmed over his condition and went to Richmond to consult a specialist. He got better from that attack and was able to attend to his business for some time. In January he was stricken again and though he recover ed from that attack enough to be out on the streets, his condition was seen to be quite serious. For several weeks prior to his death he was con fined to his home, and though the. end came as a shock, it was not unexpect ed. Floyd Haywood Parrish was born in Johnston County in ^1869, making him 53 years old. He has spent his life in his native county and was well-known even beyond its borders. In 1894 he was married to Miss Lou ise Grantham, and to this union were born twelve children, two of whom had preceded him to the Great Be yond. Those surviving, together with his widow, are Miss Eula Parrish, Mr. Kenneth Parrish, Mrs. D. G. Ridenhour, Leland, Carrie, Louise, Edward Lee, Russell, Floyd and Chaa. Irving Parn>h. Besides his immed iate farndy he leaves six bro'hetv. Messrs C. M Parrish, of Greenville, Ala.; L. H. Parrish, of Tampa, Fla.; J. W. Parrish, of Benson, J. M. Par rish, of Clayton, J. E. Parrish, of Wilson’s Mills; and D. W. Parrish, of this city and one sister, Miss Sarah Parrish of this city. Mr. Parrish was a member of the Methodist hurch, having joined last Easter a year ago. He was one o?‘ those men who sow’ no wild oats. His record was always clean, and his wtelk among his fellow-men above re proach. He was a devoted husband and a kind and indulgent father. During his illness his words expres sive of peace in God and though he wanted to live, he was ready to obey the summons The funeral was conducted Wednes day afternoon at the Methodist church by his pastor, Rev. D. H. Tuttle. His favorite psalm, the 103rd, was read and a hymn which he often repeated, “Come Thou Fount of Every Bless ing” was sung. Tennyson’s “Cross ing The Bar” was rendered as a solo by Mr. Paul Eason. Rev. Mr. Tuttle spoke fittingly of the life of the de ceased, and repeated words of com fort for the bereaved. Interment was made in the old cemetery, and a pro fusion of flowers more than covered the newly made mound, expressions of sympathy of a wide circle of friends of the deceased and his fam ily. “The blossoms whispered of fadeless bloom, Of a land where fall no tears.” EIGHTY BALES COTTON BURNED NEAR CONCORD CONCORD, May 30.—Fire of un determined origin Monday afternoon destroyed 80 bales of cotton at the Morehead Place, several miles west of Concord on the old Charlotte road. The cotton was not insured, accord ing to reports reaching Concord. The Morehead farm is operated by W. D, Harry and is owned by John M. Morehead of Charlotte. The cotton was stored in a ware house built for it, and was not lo cated near any other buildings on the farm. How it caught has not been determined. The blaze was first seen shortly after 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and after Mr. Harry and members of his family and friends had done everything possible tn extinguish the blaze without suc cess, a call was sent to the Concord file department, which responded. Chemicals were used but without complete success, and the entire lot of 80 bales was either burned complete1? or so badly damaged that it will Le of little value. The cotton was owned jointly by Mr. Harry and Mr. Morehead, it was reported.—Charlotte Observer. REGARD TOBACCO CAMPAIGN SUCCESS A Number of New Cotton Contracts Also Signed; Work Continues The campaign for cooperative mar keting of tobacco which began in this county Monday with speakings on the subject at four different points, is regarded by leaders in the work as decidedly successful. Following the address made on Monday, business mm from Princeton, Selma, Four Oaks, Wilson’s Mills and Smithfield, as well as farmers in the county, made an intensive campaign on Tuesday. It being Memorial Day, the stores in this city closed and the day was largely devoted to the promo tion of cooperative marketing inter ests. A large section of the county has been canvassed and we are in formed that over a thousand acres of tobacco have been signed during the week. A number of the large farmers who have heretofore held off are reported as signed up. The pro gram made in Johnston county is not an exception. A message to Mr. T. S. Ragsdale from Mr. Charles A. Creech reads as follows: W. H. Widley says six hundred acres tobac co five hundred cotton signed May eighteenth to twenty-sixth in Rob eson. Largest warehouse Fairmont signed Tuesday. Windley says Rob eson will over in good style next ten days. Things look good here.” While the past week has been de voted largely to signing up tobacco growers, cotton cooperative market ing has not fared badly. Seventy five new contracts ranging from ten bales to 300 bales have been signed and the work goes on. Mr. Austin tells us that new contracts are being signed every day. He also states that at an early date a special cam paign will be put on to swell the num ber of signers to the highest possible figure. A mass meeting was held at the opera house here yesterday afternoon at which Mr. Marvin, of Kentucky told how tobacco was sold in Ken tucky under cooperative marketing. SHELBY WOMAN MISER DIES AT HER HOME SHELBY, May 29.—Mrs. Charlotte Bridges, 79 year old miser, was found in an unconscious condition on the floor of her small farm house Wednesday morning by neighbors who missed her periodical trips to their well, and becoming uneasy, went to the house to investigate. “Aunt Charlotte,” as she was called, lived a life of seclusion since the death of her father when she was a young woman in her teens. On her 17-acre farm, by hard work and good business judgment, she accumu lated an estate worth $10,000, al though she contended that she was a “poor widow” and not able to pay the usual prices for the few things she bought. Her faithful gray mare was her only companion, and with this she plouged her fields, growing cotton and corn and making food for herself. When she died two days after she was found unconscious on the floor, she had right considerable money loaned out on interest, and when the cotton market was lower than she thought it should be, she bought cotton and held it for a higher price, always having a quantity on hand. Aunt Charlotte is survived by one son, Seaton Bridges.—News and Ob server. METEOR PASSES OVER CITY OF ASHEVILLE ASHEVILLE, May 30.—A bril liant meteor, described by eye-wit nesses as about one-fourth the size of the full moon, floated over this city shortly after nine o’clock tonight and settled apparently several mile3 north of ’n-re. It was a greenish yellow in color, and had a distinct tail, whi'h judging from reports was about two miles in length, 't was visible for several seconds, hav ing the appearance of floating rather than traveling at the speed usually attributed to such phe nomena.—Charlotte Observer. HE CARRIED MESSAGE TO GENERAL GARCIA Man Who Performed Daring Duty To Receive Belated Recognition • for His Service. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 30. —Lieut. Col. Andrew S. Rowan, re tired, the man who carried the fam ous “message to Garcia” in 1898, during the Sapnish - American war, will receive a belated recognition for bravery, if Senator Samuel F. Short ridge, of California, can bring it about. The senator has received as surances from Secretary of War Weeks that he will take up with the army board having jurisdiction the granting of a medal or of a dis tinguished service cross. Gen. Nelson A. Miles ordered young Lieutenant Rowan to deliver a “message to Garcia.” Discretion, initiative and bravery were required. Rowan did not ask who Garcia was. where he could be found, or how to get there. Instead he delivered the message to Gen. Garcia in the inter ior of Cuba, where Garcia with his little band of patriots was almost sur rounded by Spanish forces. Rowan knew that if the message were in tercepted by the Spaniards he would be shot or hunged as a spy. Garcia, heartened by the promise of aid from the United States, just entering the war, with Spain ,fought n, and the foe was overcome. Lieut. Rowan was cited by General Miles in dispatches to Washington is follows: “This was a most perilous under taking, and in my judgment, Lieu tenant Rowan performed an act of heroism and cool daring that has rarely been excelled in the annals of v rfpre.” Rowan later was appointed lieuten ant colonel of volunteers, and in 1908 was retired from the regular army with the rank of major. He resides in San Francisco.—Greens boro News. FIGHT MADE ON THE NEW SELMA R. R .STATION The Southern Railway served no tice on the State Corporation Com mission yesterday that it would go to the courts before it complied with the Commission’s order to build new depots in Selma and Newton. Cop ies of the exceptions filed two weeks ago will probably be made the com plaint in litigation to be started in Johnston and Catawba counties. Exceptions were filed by the At lantic Coast Line and the Norfolk Southern roads in the matter of new stations at Selma, Kinston and Ply mouth, but as yet no notice has been made of an appeal to superior court. It is net yet known whether the Kinston and Plymouth stations will be held up by long litigation in the courts. Insuffiient funds was cited in the exceptions by the Southern in the Selma and Newton cases. The carrier contends that it is making no money, and has not the money to invest in Commission promptly over ruled the exceptions. Selma and Kinston have been endeavoring for seven years to get the railroads to build adequate accommodations for passenger trains. —No & Observer. BRITISH HONORS AMERICAN DEAD BURIED THERE LONDON, May 30.—Great Britain joined with the United States today in honoring the American soldier dead. At Brookwood, 28 miles from London, the great plot of ground in which rest 450 American soldiers and sailors who gave their lives in the allied cause was dedicated as a na tional cemetery for the American il lustrious dead. The cemetery also contains bodies of soldiers from Great Rrita.n’s overseas possessions. Most of the American dead are those who died in English hospitals from wounds received in France and whose relatives wished that they might rest in the soil of Britain.— Associated Press. Piano With Two Keyboards Invented. A new piano with two keyboards, one an otave above the other, has been invented by Emanuel Moor, of England. The keys on the double board are close enough for the fin gers of one hand to play notes on both simultaneously. — Greensboro News. CLARK WOULD NOT MOVE STATE FAIR Thinks It Would Be A Big Mistake to Move From Raleigh to Method The following letter from Mr. Wal ter Clark to Mr. Josephus Daniels, Edmn of the News and Observer, as to e junked wnth the rest and it is more than doubtful if they will interest themselves to put up another build j ing like it 3 1-2 or 4 miles from Ral i eigh when the street cars run only (Continued on page 8)