VOLUME
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1922
NUMBER 49
PRINCETON LETTER
FULL OF INTEREST
Evangelist Ham Helds Service
There; Town Is Visited
By Burglar
PRINCETON, June 21.—Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Rogers, Miss Worth Rog
ers, Mr. Clyde Rogers and Miss Lukie
Lynn, from Durham, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E Lee for the
week end.
Miss Margaret LeMay, of Smith
field, was the guest of Mrs. Ed Holt
for the week end.
Mrs. Julia Fennel, from Clinton,
has been visiting relatives here for
the past few days.
The many friends and relatives of
Mr. and Mrs. Russel Ginn will be
pleased to learn that they have a
new baby boy. Mrs. Ginn was for
merly Miss Hester Gurley, a Prince
tori* girl. They reside in Goldsboro
at present.
Mrs. Bettie Bucher died Friday
night and was buried at the old Ed
mundson graveyard near town Satur
day afternoon. The funeral, services
were conducted from the Methodist
church here by the pastor, Rev. W. G.
Farrar.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cox, from
Bentonville, were visitors in town
Thursday.
Miss Grace Horne, from Goldsboro,
visited Miss Beatrice Tyner for the
week end.
There are several case' of mumps
in town. Mr. Murray Lynch is just
getting up after being kept in for
several days with it.
Mrs. Will Howell, one of the oldest
ladies in this section is spending a
few days with her son at Selma. She
has been confined to her home for the
past several months.
Mrs. Wallace Currin from Rich
mond, Va., is visiting relatives here.
She is a daughter of Mr. Bill War' |
ren.
Evangelist Ham, who is conduct
ing a meeting in Goldsboro, will
come to Princeton on Thursday, June
29th, at 3:30 p. m., to hold one serv
ice, which will be in the Methodist
church. Their full orchestra will ac
company them. We doubt very much
if the town will be able to hold 'the
people if the weather is so that they
can get out.
Mrs. Lonnie Rains was taken ser
iously ill Sunday morning. Tuesday
night she was carried to a hospital
where she died at 12 o’clock. Her
death was directly due to a compli
cat: n of disease resulting from an
operation which was performed more
than a jear ago. She had no relatives
in this section, but kind neighbors
did everything that could possibly
be done to relieve her in this afflic
tion, but without avail. Her remains
were carried to Rocky Mount, her
former home, for burial Wednesday.
Her husband, Lonnie Rains, died on
ly about three weeks ago.
Malcom Hinton and Clarence Whit
ley had a rather close call a few
nights ago. While driving their car
over a big hill one of the front
wheels came off, which turned the
car over the edge of an embankment
30 feet high. With the car hanging
over this dangerous position they
carefully managed to get out with
out being injured or toppling the car
down the bank.
Miss Stella Mason, from Mount
Olive, spending the week with her
mother, Mrs. W. J. Mason.
Miss Mary Lee Winstead from
Wake Forest, is the guest of Misses
Margaret and Frances Ledbetter this
week.
Mrs. Charlie Seay and Mrs. J. W.
King, from Richmond, Va., have
been spending several days with
their mother, Mrs. Bill Warren.
Rev. W. G. Farrar will fill his
regular appointment at the Metho
dist church next Sunday night.
Mr. William Warren has gone to
Richmond, Va., to attend the Old
Veterans’ Reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Parrish ,and
Mrs. Hall, of Clayton, were the
guests of Mrs. L. M. Edgerton, Sun
day.
Unusually heavy rains have been
falling in this section each day the
past week doing serious damage to
crops and fields.
One member of a professional gang
of burglars gave Princeton a pop call
Thursday night. While Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Barrett were slumber
ing in dreamland the light-fingered
intruder went through Mr, Barrett’s
trousers, took out his pocket change
MUCH DAMAGE TO
CROPS BY HEAVY RAINS
Eastern Carolina Counties Hard
Hit By Unusual Wet
Weather.
KINSTON, June 21.—Additional
rains, continuing: to fall intermit
enfcly over this section, have drown
ed out the optimism of the most light
hearted of local farmers. Crops in
Lenoir and Greene and some other
Eastern Carolina counties will not de
velop 50 per cent harvests, it was de
clared by scores of cotton and tobac
co growers from a number of locali
ties today. Charles M. Brickhouse,
local agricultural agent, today ad
mitted the situation to be grave.
Brickhouse offered no estimate of the
actual damage. Officials of the or
ganized tobacco and cotton farm
ers asserted that the record-breaking
rains since planting time had washed
out or “drowned” fully half of the
crop.
Reliable estimates from Greene
county placed thb damage there at
50 per cent. Some observers declined
to give Lenoir more than 40 per
cent of a prospect now. The cur
rent rains served to finish the de
struction started by the spring had
storms and extraordinary rains sf
the first ten days of June in some
fields. Struggling tobacco has been
under water four or five times in
some localities.
Tobacco has been harder hit than
the other crops. The “stand” in
most fields is poor. The stalks aver
age several inches lower than usual
at this time of the growing season,
while “buttoning” is general and
leaves are small and few in num
ber. Conservative planters who had
hoped for a loss not exceeding 25
per cent of the 1921 production, an
increased acreage partly offsetting
the damage, today without exception
declared their harvests would be re
duced 50 per cent or more. They
pointed out that it was too late in
the season and the surplus moisture
in the ground was too heavy for to
bacco to recuperate.
Farmers have resorted to stren
uous cultivation to help their soaked
crops. This has availed little on
hundreds of lowland farms. Cot
ton’s condition in many places is
little better than that of tobacco.
The crops needing a “dry June,” has
seen few dry day;- this month. Other
crops are in unsatisfactory condi
tion. The damage is heavy in sev
eral counties along the lower Neuse
river valley.—News and Ohserver.
TERRIBLE POGROMS IN THE
UKRAINE; JEWS SLAUGHTERED
COPENHAGEN, June 21—
(By the Associated Press).—A
Helsingfors message to the Ber
linske Tidende 6ays that ter
rible pogrom have been commit
ted in the Ukraine. The entire
Jewish population of our towns
is reported to have been massa
cred.
This report has not been con
firmed from other sources.
Dr. Hartly at Episcopal Church.
Services at the Episcopal church
both morning and evening. Holy
Communion at 11 a. m. Sermon by
the Rev. Dr. Hartly, of Southern
Pines.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Dr.
Hartly will teach the adult Bible
class.
Public cordially invited to all ser
vices.
of seven dollars, then he spied Mrs.
Barrett’s wrist watch and other
trinkets on the dresser. At Mr. Muray
Lynch’s home about eight dollars was
taken from Mr. Boyett’s room. At
the home of Mr. W. A. Edwards en
trance was made by taking out the
screen in the dining room window.
The burglar carried Mr. Edward’s
trousers and coat out on the front
porch. Fortunately Mr. Edwards
did not have anything of value in his J
clothing at this call. Over at Doctor j
Aycock’s home the baby was fretful i
about the time the burglar got into
the house, which caused the doctor
to get up. This of course upset the
plans of Mr. Burglar and he ran out
slamming the front door screen. At
these two homes the burglar was
barefooted, and after all he was a
very considerate young fellow for he
did not seem to want any thing be
sides money^nd jewelry.
NEWS NOTES FROM
I TOWN OF KENLY
—
I Orphanage Class (iives Concert;
Methodist Sunday School
Class hi Lowell
i
j KENLY, June 20.—There will be
! services at the Methodist church here
Sunday by the regular pastor, Rev.
J. E. Holden. Everybody is invited.
Services were conducted at the
Free Will Baptist church Sunday by
Itev. E. Poston, the pastor.
The Middlesex Orphanage Singing
Class will give a concert in the Kenly
High School auditorium tonight. A
large audience is expected to be pres
ent.
The Community Betterment Associ
ation held its regular monthly meet
ing on Monday the 19th, at the Pres
byterian church.
' Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stallings, of
Wilson are guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Bailey. <
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Gilbreath, of
Goldsboro, spent Sunday here, the
guests of their mother, Mrs. Dora
Gilbreath.
Mrs. Martha Mathews spent Sun
day and Monday in Selma.
Mr. anil Mrs. Fleetwood White
spent Friday in Wilson.
Mi. Cohen Tart, of Raleigh, was a
visitor in town recently.
Dr. R. A. Turlington attended the
convention of the North Carolina Den
tal Society at Wrightsville Beach
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Edgerton spent
Sunday with relatives in Rocky
Mount
Mrs. J. G. High has returned home
after spending some time in Wilson.
Miss Lucile Hales, of Wendell, is
the guest of Miss Adna Lee Bailey.
Mrs. Mat Peacock, of Fremont, is
visiting Mrs. W. J. Hooks.
Mrs. M. C. Bridger and Mrs. Win
ders spent Tuesday in Wilson.
Mr. H. F. Edgerton, Mr. L. Z.
Woodard, Misses Lillian, Inez and
Miriam Edgerton have returned from
a veek’s vis’t to Norfolk and Vir
ginia Beach. They were accompanied
home by Miss Annie Griffin, of Nor
folk.
Miss Celeste Edgerton is on an ex
j tended visit to friends at Red Hill
and Blade Ridge Mountains in Vir
ginia.
Miss Mildred Darden has returned
home atfer visiting friends at War
saw.
Miss Lillian Wilkinson is on a visit
in Dunn with her aunt, Mrs. Lane.
Mr. Jesse Sauls, of Wilson, was a
visitor in town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Bridger, of
Bladenboro, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Grizzard.
Mrs. G. B. Woodard had as her
guests for the week end, Misses Jes
sie Perry and Nora Dunlap, of Ral
eigh.
Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Turlington spent
Sunday with relatives, in Sampson
County.
Mr. Bill Coker, of South Carolina,
is the guest of Rev. E. Poston for a
few days. •
Miss Nell Hardison and Mrs. Mc
Dewitt spent Saturday in Wilson.
Mr. Jesse Watson, of Wilson, was
a visitor here Sunday.
Miss Jewel Edgerton has recently
returned from a visit to friend^ in
Parkton. Shew as accompanied home
by Miss Louise Garris, of Parkton.
Miss Emma Mathews is spending
seme time at Seven Springs.
The Young People’s Society met
Friday night with Miss Frances God
win.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Darden spent
Sunday in Warsaw.
Misses Gladys Kirby and Beulah
Bailey spent Sunday in Spring Hope.
Miss Grace Harper, of LaGrange,
and Mr. Cal Woodard, of Wilson,
were guests of Miss Inez Edgerton,
Sunday.
Mrs. E. C. Derby, of Fayetteville,
has returned to her home after
spending sometime here, the guest of
her sister, Mrs. R. A. Turlington.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Tiner have re
turned after visiting relatives in
Louisburg and Wake Forest.
The Annie Benson Wesley class of
the M. E. Sunday school will serve
a six o’clock tea on Friday the 23rd
at Lowell.
Old Jockey Dead. ,
VALDOSTA, Ga., June 21.—“Old
Chick” Cushing, 75, a nationally
known jockey, was found dead today
at the fair grounds here where he was ‘
in charge of a string of racing horses.
RICHMOND GIVES
“VETS” WELCOME
Affection Bestowed Upon Them;
General Carr Re-Elected
Commander
RICHMOND, Va., June 21.—All
the affection and sentiment that an
unforgotten community could express.
Monday was bestowed by Richmond
upon the grey-clad st diers, who
ft-■ >) pve? y section of the South, once
more have gathered v *b.n this his
toric city’s borders for the 32nd an
nual reunion of the 1'n'teJ Confeder
ate Veterans.
As if sensing, in seme measure,
the possibility that his may be the
last time when the fast-thinning band
,of men, who fought for the Confed
eracy, will meet together in the city
—that once was the heart of their
cause—Richmond in cjie of the
countless ways, is showing the vet
erans they a~e not forgotten and
the South still cherishes with abid
ing pride the deeds that gave the
Grey armies undying fame sirty
years ago.
Special trains Sunday night and
all day Monday arrived with veterans
their families, and friends. As the
cld soldiers disembarked they were
met by waiting Boy Scouts, who ten
derly and manfully led them to their
quarters wherever they might be.
Many of the aged men have come
here feeble and almost penniless. But
j it matters not their rank, if only in
| the dark days of the ’60s they fol
| lowed Lee and Jackson, they are
| honored guests in the mansions of
j the rich or the cottage of the poor.
Monday’s activities were marked
by two important meetings, that of
the Confederate Southern Memorial
Association, and the opening session
of the United . Sons of Confederates.
In addition to these, the Battle Ab
bey, where in the John Barton Payne
$1,000,000 art gallery may be viewed,
was the scene of the presentations of
sixteen oil portraits of prominent
Virginians who served as commission
ed officers of the Confederate army.
What was described as the “Chris
tian leadership of the men in gray,
a defense of President Jefferson Dav
is of the Confederacy against his
southern critics, a reference to Sena
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, as “being against everything
the south stands for,” and eulogies of
former President Woodrow Wilson,
burdened the addresses which featur
ed the opening session Tuesday of the
32nd annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans.
Addresses cf welcome by Governor
E. iiee Triukle and Mayor George
Ainslie stressed what they said was
the Christian leadership of the men
who fought in the war between the
states.
A touching scene was enacted in
connection with the opening of the
session when Gen. Julian S. Carr,
commander-in-chief of the veterans,
arose from his chair and extending
his arms with dramatic gesture ex
claimed to the old veterans in a low
voiice:
“(5od bless you all, I love you, I
love you.”
Silence prevailed for a few sec
onds when veterans and women in
tb' audience were seen to wipe away
tears. Then a storm of applause
followed. General Carr, in a stirring
vein, saw in the assembly, he said,
dreams reincarnate of an ideal that
still clings in the breasts of the old
soldiers and which will be passed like
a torch to future generations.
Senator Pat Harrison, of Missis
sippi, and Dr. Douglas S. Freeman,
reunion orator, delivered eloquent
addresses. These were followed by
brief speeches from prominent vet
erans, called to the platform by their
comrades.
The re-election of General Julian S.
Carr, of Durham, N. C., as command
er-in-chief and the selection of New
Orleans as the reunion city in April,
1923, featured the dosing session
here today of the 32nd annual reun
ion of the United Confederate Veter
ans.
Other officers named were:
Gen. J. A. Thomas, commander of J
the army of Tennessee; Lieut-Gen. I
C. D. Howry, Washington, D. C., j
commander of the Army of Northern
Virginia; Lieut-Gen. E. W. Kirkpat
rick, of Texas, commander of the
Trans-Mississippi department.
At the veterans sessions late today
a resolution was adopted calling up
on the wealthy members of the Uni
JOHNSTON’S RECORDER’S
COURT PROCEEDINGS
Several Cases Tried; Two Re
quired to Attend Sunday
School Two Years.
At the Recorder’s court held here
Tuesday the following: cases were
disposed of:
State vs. Willie A. Allen, Hayman
Allen, Calvin Massengill. Blockad
ing. Defendants Guilty. Willie A.
Allen sentenced to twelve months on
the roads. Hayman Allen to 9 months
and Calvin Massengill fined $60 and
all costs including $40 still tax.
State vs. C. L. Narron, D. E. Nar
ron, Dewy Narron, M. G. Hinton,
Etheridge Hinton, Avera Williams,
and Leander Whitley. Defendants
charged ■with trespass: action dismis
sed.
State vs. Robert Warren and
Brassie Adams. Charged with
blockading and found guilty. Defend
ants given 12 months on the roads
and one-half cost each. Defendants
appealed to the Superior Court under
$500 bond.
State vs. Lonnie Cotton, charged
with larceny and receiving stolsn
goods. Defendant found not guilty
and discharged.
State vs. Ben Pollard and William
Holder, charged with larceny and
receiving stolen goods. Defendants
plead guilty. Upon payment of costs
case continued two years during
good behavior. Defendants to attend
Sunday School regularly during term
of suspended judgment.
CORD ATT ACHED TO MILK
BOTTLE STRANGLES CHILD
CHARLOTTE, June 20.—A
cord attached to its milk bottle
today strangled to death an 18
month-old child here.
In order that Robert, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wylie, might
not kick its milk bottle to the
floor and break it, a cord was tied
to the bottle and fastened to the
side of the cradle. In some man
ner the cord became wound
around the child’s neck and it
was strangled before aid could
reach it.
Shooting at Depot.
Thursday afternoon a tragedy oc
curred at the depot here. When train
No. 80 pulled in, Mrs. Pearl A. Pope,
who was returning home from Flor
ence, S. C., got off and her husband,
who was on his way to Selma, helped
her with her baggage. After he had
set the baggage down, Mrs. Pope
shot him with a pistol, one bullet pass
ing through his neck. To avoid an
other shot, Mr. Pope knocked the
pistol out of her hand. He was not
seriously hurt. The cause of the
shooting is not known.
ted Confederate Veterans to lend
$30,000 without interest to the asso
ciation which is erecting the statue
of Jefferson Davis, at Fairview, Ky.
The resolution followed a plea by
Col. W. B. Haldeman, of Louisville,
Ky., who earlier in the day had been
prominently mentioned as a candidate
for commander-in-chief. Colonel
Haldeman, however, • in caucus of
friends, declined to enter the race,
declaring that he preferred giving
his entire time to the completion of
the Davis menument.
The adoption of a resolution call
ing on Congress to amend the law
creating the Arlington “Hall of
Fame” so that Confederate generals
can be represented therein, and the
unanimous indorsement of a report
from the historical committee,
recommending that a history writ
ten by Colonel Hugher W. Jackson,
of Curryville, Ga., in which accord
ing to the report, it is stated that
Abraham Lincoln “deliberately and
personally conceived” the war be
tween the states, be used in the
schools of the south, featured the
veterans’ session at the morning ses
sion. The report stated that Missis
sippi, Texas, the Carolinas and
Louisiana are “now using histories
fair to the south.”
tomorrow is the closing day of
the reun'on. The program will in
clude a great parade in which vet
erans of ihree wars will participate,
laying of the cornerstone of the
Matthew Fontaine Maury monument
on Monument avenue and Boulevard
here, and a grand ball at night
which will conclude the reunion.— 1
Associated Press.
FIGHTING OCCURS
AT ILLINOIS MINE
Several Killed When Striking
Union Miners and Non-Un
ion Workers Clash
HERRIN, 111. June 21.—Fighting be
tween striking union miners and non
union workers who were mining coal
at the surface mine of the Southern
Illinois Coal Company, six miles east
of here, has ceased, according to re
ports brought to Herrin by sympa
thizers of the miners from the scene
of the trouble.
The exact number of casulties in
the fight cannot be determined on
account of the inaccessibility to the
scene of the trouble. The body of
one union miner has been brought
to a local hospital and two other
men, believed to be sympathizer;,
were brought to a hospital here
where it is said one of them is not
expected to live.
One report was to the effect that.
14 or 15 bodies of non-union men
were lying in the pit on the sur
face mine where they had barri
caded themselves' and exchanged
numerous shots with the attacking
miners.
Jordan Henderson, age 45, a strik
ing union miner was shot in the
head and killed. His body was
brought here by unidentified per
sons.
Reports stated both sides had
shown the white flag and that nego
tiations were being exchanged for
a truce. It was also reported that
officials of the Southern Illinois Coal
Company has agreed to close the
mine as a result of the fighting and
that the non-union men would de
part.—Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, 11., June 21.—Hal
W. Trovillion, member of the Illinois
Commerce Commission and editor of
The Herrin News, received word from
bis managing editor over the long
distance telephone tonight that seven
had been killed in the labor trouble
j at Herrin, six of them union strik
J ers and one a mine guard.—Associat
: ed Press.
EDUCATOR COMMENDS
PRESS, AID TO LEARNING
Careful Reading of Daily Newspapers
Recommended for Wide
Knowledge.
WASHINGTON, June 22.—(Capi
tal News Service).—“Readers of the
daily and weekly press of the coun
try who pay careful attention to the
trend of the times find in the collec
tion of odd stories and unique happen
ings fron the four quarters of the
globe an inspiration and an educa
tion.” So states Prof. Carleton
Gregory, of Washington, and adduces
as proof of his contention the fact
that a single issue of one paper gives
information regarding law, church,
politics, crime, religion, science, ad
venture, finance, music, art, and in
spiration. The issue referred to con
tains the following headlines among
others:
“Rubber and Auto Gas Made From
Corncobs”; Prints Taken from Cows’
Nose Afford ‘Finger Print’ Identifica
tion for Breeders”; Juror Husband
Votes Wife Divorce; Valid, Say Law
yers”; Keep Jewelry in Shoes, Loses
$4000' Worth When Shoes Go To Be
Mended”; “Doyle Exhibits Spirit Let
ter from Mother”; “Divers Seek Gold
in Lusitania”; “Office Boy and Day
Laborer Rise to $30,000 Salaries.”
“No man is educated merely be
, cause he graduates from an institu
tion of education,” continued Prof.
Gregory. “Education is never to be
finished. Wise readers of the daily
press can win for themselves- that
wide knowledge of facts which make
the learned man wiser and the wise
man learned.” .
CHINESE TROOPS SLAY
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
SHANGHAI, June 21.—Be
tween 10,000 and 15,000 northern
forces sent against Sun Yat Sen’s
army in Kiangsi province mutin
ied at Kianfu, burned portions of
Kianfu and other nearby cities
and killed thousands of the res
idents, according to unconfirmed
but apparently authentic reports
from various sources at Hangkow
and Nanchang. The troops were
under command of General Tsai
Chen Hsun, military commander
of Peking.—Associated Press.