VOLUME 41
BAD COPY OR LIGH1 PRINT
—UAm FILM i.Afi.—
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 18,1922
i_IT
NUMBER 56
GOV. SEND TROOPS
TO ROCKY MOUNT
Thirteen Policemen at Com
pany Shops Hustled Out
Of City by Strikers
Governor Morrison was requested
last night by the mayor of Rocky
Mount and the sheriffs of Edgecombe
and Nash counties to send troops to
guard the Rocky Mount shops of
the Atlantic Coas* Line. The Gover
nor directed that the icquest be put
in writing and forwarded to him.
At the same time he ordered Adju
tant General J. Van B. Metts, who is
at Camp Glenn with the 10th Infan
try, to proceed to Raleigh. General
Metts left at once by automobile and
he will confer with the Governor on
the situation today.
The Goternot indicated last night
that he would take no action until af
ter receipt of the written request
and the conference with General
Metts today.
ROCKY MOUNT, July 16.—Thir
teen special company policemen, who
have been guarding the Atlantic
Coast Line shops at South Rocky
Mount were kidnapped and hustled
i out of the city in automobile early
■tiiis m orning by a band of alleged
|Hop strikers, estimated to number
Bmy where from 100 to 300. Later to
Bday railroad officials stated that 7
Pof the guards had reported from
points around Elm City and Wilson,
while the other six are still missing.
1^* Other developments today included
IK? securing of an injunction against
striking workers by the Atlantic
PCoast Line railroad and the address
ing of a mass meeting ofthe strik
ers and others by Mayor C. L. Gay,
who urged the men to stay within
the law and advised that outside
^orce would be requested to cope with
the situation unless* the provisions
of the law were obeyed.
Railway officials, who conversed
with some of the deported men over
long distance telephone, quote the
men as saying that they were taken
to points somewhere in the vicinity
of Wilson and Elm City in machines
by their kidnappers and then dumped
out. The men were roughly treated,
according to company officials, and
two received injuries which were of
sufficient seriousness to cause them
to seek the attention of physicians.
A complete investigation of the af
fair is understood to be under way
while search is being made for the
missing men.
The thirteen special policemen, who
made up part of the night shift at
Ahe Emerson shops, were seized, local
jthorities say, while tney were nav
lunch shortly after midnight in
le restaurant at South Rocky
Mount. The gang of alleged strikers,
variously estimated to number any
i where between 100 and 300 persons,
rntered the restaurant and told the
[uards to give up their weapons,
'his reqest was complied with, it is
Stated, except in one or two instances
'where the weapons were secured
without any great exertion on the
part ofthe members of the mob.
The men were then, according to the
jvidence gathered by city officials,
iustled into cars and taken from the
}ity.
Their whereabouts remained a
lystery until well up in the day
Wien railroad officials received long
Jistance telephone calls, they state,
Advising that seven of the men had
showed up at Wilson and Elm City,
while three of the number were suf
fering from injuries received, the
ict nature ot whicn nas not oeen
trmined, as the result of theii
rht’s experience. Officials here in
icted railway physicians to givt
tention to the men at the point at
Ihich they reported. What happen
ed to the other six men had not been
^earned up until a late hour this
afternoon.—News and Observer, July
.6th.
None That He Knew Of*
Tax Collector: “Is there any in
cumbrance on your property, un
tie ?”
I Uncle Rastus, warily: “Nawsuh,
■ot ez I knows of, but dey’s a purty
■bod mite ob watercres
ON TRIAL IN OWN COURTROOM
Former Judge Arraigned in Room
Where He Once Presided.
JEWETT CITY, Conn., July 13.—
In the very courthouse where for
many years he has been a deputy
judge, John Potter, one of the leading
Democrats of this section, faces trial
charged with having illegally posses
sed 129 barrels of hard cider, seized
recently in a raid on the judge’s big
farmhouse.
“Politics,” his friend say. “The
Republicans were afraid he was going
to stage a boom for something and
thought this move would block it.
But the action hasn’t proved popular,
and maybe it will be a boomerang.”
FINDS HUMAN HAND IN CASKET
Auto Tourist Who Becomes Lost
Makes Strange Discovery.
LIVINGSTON, Mont., July 13.—H.
M. Workman, an automobile tourist
who became lost in the wild country
over the Wyoming border, has re
turned to Livingston with a peculiar
relic. During the time he was lost
Mr. Workman happened across an
old, deserted cabin. He entered and
found a silverplated jewel casket of
rich pattern on a table. Inside the
casket was the skeleton of a human,
hand.
The casket, local jewelers say, dates
back to the days of George III, and
was made by a London, England,
firm of that period. On it the initials
“J. B.” are engraved.
Workman says the cabin in which
he found the casket was in an old
clearing which has long ago grown up
to brush, in a section of country far
off the beaten trail. He discovered
the structure while trying to find his
way thru the brush. Even when
first erected the cabin was in a wild
erness, with no other habitation
near. No one with whom he talked
after making his way back to the
traveled roads, he says, knew of the
existence of the cabin.
FARMERS’ STATE CONVENTION
RALEIGH, AUGUST 1, 2, AND 3RD
The Farmers’ State Convention
this year is one of the events that
no farmer can afford to miss.
Mr. U. B. Blalock, the President,
is going to Detroit to personally re
quest Henry Ford to speak at the
Convention.
The names of some of the promi
nent speakers follows:
From outside the state: Hon. A. F.
Lever, Author Smith-Lever bill.
Hon. Henry C. Stuart, Ex-Governor
of Virginia.
H. S. Mobley, International Harv
ester Company.
Roland Turner, General Agricul
tura Agent, Southern Railway.
J. R. Howard, President Farm Bu
reau Federation.
Mrs. Chas. Schuttler, of Ohio.
Within the State: Hon. Robt. N.
Page, Ex-Member Congress.
E. C. Branson, Professor Rural
Social Science, University of N. C.
F. P. Latham, State Board of Ag
riculture.
G. A*. Norwood, President Tobacco
Growers’ Association.
From Raleigh: Hon. Cameron
Morrison, Governor.
Dr. CJgrence Poe, Editor Progres
sive Farmer.
Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Supt. of
Public Instruction.
Dr. B. W. Kilgore, Director of the
Extension Service, and several very
able speakers within the organiza
tion.
There will be demonstrations of:
The Radio Cotton Dusting Etc.
Reduced Railroad Fare Meals 50c.
Lodging Free (take sheets, pillcfw
slips and toilet articles.)
Martin Shepherd Improving.
Martin Shepherd, of Wilders town
ship, who was shot on July 7, and
was rushed to Rex hospital at Ral
eigh in a critical condition, is re
ported as improving. An operation
was not found necessary, and he is
now able to sit up. Unless complica
tions set in, he is expected to be able
to leave the hospital at an early date.
Mr. Shepherd was alleged to have
been shot by J. M. Oneal who was
arrested and has given bond for his
hgonearance at the August term of
It-is rumored that there was
^een the two men.
JOHNSTON BOASTS
BEST JERSEY COW
Mr. L. F. Uzzle at His Dairy
At Wilson’s Mills Has
Best Jersey in State
Johnston county has the honor of
having three of the best Jersey cows
in the State. These cows, which have
made the unusual records indicated in
the letter which follows, belong to
Mr. L. F. Uzzle, of Wilson’s Mils,
where Mr. Ulzze runs an up-to-date
dairy. The county should feel justly
proud of the records printed below:
State College St^ion,
Raleigh, N. C.,
July L2th, 1922.
Mr. L. F. Uzzle,
Wilson’s Mills, N. C,
Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of your records for
the cows on test in your herd during
the past year. I think you should
feel real proud of the fact that you
have three cows which beat the for
mer Sr. 4-year-old state record.
Pogis completed her work in May
exceeding the state record by about
150 pounds. Mona’s Damsel complet
ed her record in March exceeding the
state record by about one pound, and
Grace has finished with a record of
nearly 180 pounds above the state
record. I am glad to know that it
is held by a cow of Eminent breed
ing.
This will probably prevent my cow
from taking this record this year as
I had hoped she would do. It looks
now like she would finish aUDund 600
pounds.
Eminent bred cows hold the Jr. l
year-old, the Sr. 3-year-old, the Jr.
and Sr. 4-year-old and the state rec
ord for all breeds and also the state
record for milk production over all
Jerseys. This makes a pretty credit
able record for Eminent bred cattle.
I am making a memorandum of this
for the Extension folks to use in
their monthly report.
Very truly yours,
STANLEY COMBS,
Dairy Experimentalist.
This goal was npt reached in one
or two years, but is the result of fif
teen years of persistent effort on
the part of Mr. Uzzle to develop
prize winners, by scientifically blend
ing the best blood lines of the Jersey
family, and he now has a herd of 50
cows all of which are of Eminent
blood, and sixteen heifers that are
descendents of Old Eminent and
Carrs Rioter, the two greatest Jersey
bulls the ^vorld nas ever produced.
A Bad Auto Wreck.
Mrs. Mary Weathers was the vic
tim of a bad accident which occurred
between Selma and Pine Level last
Tuesday afternoon. She was riding
with Mr. D. P. Howell’s family in
their automobile, and as they were
trying to pass another car on the
road their car ran into a ditch and
was wrecked. Mrs. Weather’s arm
was broken near her wrist and the
bone so badly crushed it was neces
sary to amputate her hand. ,She
also sustained other painful bodily
injuries. The other members of the
party were more or less hurt, but
none so badly as Mrs. Weathers.—
The (Selma) Johnstonian.
Coffee-Percolating Machine for Con
tinuous Service.
To meet the demands for continu
ous service of new-made coffee, as in
restaurants and cafeterias, a percola
tor has been devised in which the
supply of ingredients is automatical
ly replenished, according to an illus
trated article in the August Popular
Mechanics Magazine. When the fau
cet lever is turned to draw a cup of
coffee, it operates a valve in the top
of the machine which deposits a
small amount of ground coffee on the
percolator screen.
Something All The Time
What do the ladies talk about ?
Is often asked in prose and rhyme;
The answer always is the same—
They tali; about ah of the time.
— Cincinnati Enquirer.
Some singers are still reported as
getting $1000 a night. But we must
remember that some of them run a
big risk.—Reading News-Times.
TROYSTARLING HURTj
IN FALL FROM TRUCK
Fractures Windpipe; Is In
Serious Condition; Is In
Hospital Here
Yesterday morning about 8
o’clock, Mr. Troy Starling, who
lives on Pine Level, Route 2, hap
pened to the misfortune to fall
from a truck and fractured his
windpipe rendering him in quite
a serious condition. He was
barning tobacco and was loading
the truck when he fell and struck
a stump. The fracture caused
the air to force itself upward in
to his face causing a very swol
len condition. He was brought
to this city as soon as possible
and carried to the office of Dr.
A. H. Rose. Dr. Rose had him
taken at once to the hospital here
where the patient is resting, at
this writing, as well as could be
>.xpet ted The accident was un
usual and n quite serious, but the
physician* sta‘<- that here is a
chance for - r, < ry.l He was
accompanied h > t,v his wife.
Mr. Starling is known in
his community and is i. ■ d man.
His friends will hear 01 hit. reel
dent with regret.
COTTON WAREHOUSE MEETING
Stockholders Will Elect Officers For
Coming Year. 2300 Bales
Now In Storage.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Farmers Cotton ware
house will be held here at the Opera
House Saturday, July 22, at 12 o’clock.
One of the chief items of business
will be the election of officers for the
coming year. The present officers
are: Mr. J. W. Stephenson, president;
Mr. R. P. Holding, secretary and
treasurer; directors: Messrs W. H.
Austin, F. K. Broadhurst, J. D. Un
derwood, J. D. Parker, E. F. Boyett,
J. Rufus Creech, R. A. Sanders, J.
W. Jones and J. W. Stephenson. •
Mr. E. F. Crump is the ware
house manager.
The warehouse has been in opera
tion here just about a year and five
months having begun business on
February 15, 1921. Since that time
5100 bales of cotton have been handl
ed by the warehouse, and there are
now in storage 2300 bales.
Every stockholder is requested to
be present at the meeting Saturday.
Billions in Diamonds.
There are three billion dollars
worth of diamonds in the world. Of
that amount the United States alone
has about half. These figures show,
but they are not necessary to show,
that this is easily the best off coun
try in the world. In addition to half
the diamonds of the world we have
more than the bulk of the world’s
gold. Yet there is a large element
ofthe population that not only have no
diamonds but have not even the com
forts of life. We have the richest
people in the world and also some of
the poorest in the world, though the
general level of comfort is higher
than in any other country.
An exchange says that if the Am
erican people should ever start to
sell their diamonds, it would mean
that the existing order has dropped
out. Not necessarily, unless we as-,
sume that men and women are al
ways to set as great store by orna
mentation as they do now. There is a
growing sentiment that it is not ex
traordinarily good taste to wear a
small fortune as a part of one’s ap
parel.
The American people ihay give up
j their diamonds that the human ef
j fort expended in mining, cutting and
' marketing them may be applied in a
way to afford greater benefit to the
human race than gratification of the
| somewhat barbaric desire for orna
mentation.—News and Observtr.
Mr. Hogwood Improving.
The friends of Mr. Sam E. Hog
wood will be glad to learn that he is
improving after his accident which
occurred last week at the Sanders
Motor Co., garage. He is still in the
Smithfield Memorial, but is getting
along nicely.
UNCLE JOHN SHELL, 134, D^AD
Kentuckian’ Believed to Have Been
Oldest Man in America.
✓
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 14.—
“Uncle”’ John Shell, said to have
been the oldest man in the United
States, is dead at his home at Greasy
Credk, Letcher County, Ky., accord
ing to reports reaching here.
He is said to have been 134 years
old.
CAN CARRY THE MAILS
WITH MOTOR VEHICLES
Postmaster General Tells President
He Has Fleet of 50,000
Automobiles.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13.—
Postmaster General Work today pre
pared a letter to President Harding
notifying the executive that survey
prepared by all departments of the
government showed that the thoro
ughly organized fleet of 50,000 motor
vehicles could be mobilized within 24
hours should the railway shopmen’s
strike further interfere with the
movement of United States mail.
The results of the survey were for
warded to the President as a matter
of information hut tl.ere was no of
ficial indication that use of mo' >»
trucks to carry mail was being seri
ously considered. The prevailing be
lief in Washington was that should
the President’s warning against in
terference with the mails be disre
garded ronger measures were
known
PostofHi - : 'artment controls
about 10,0Ci* motet trucks and Post
master Genera W<>t> was advised
today that there \o'n’ m< ve than
40,000 motor vehicles t •• ■ ’ con
trolled by the various suit «, while
thousands of others owned 1 th
war department and used by the na
tional guard in different states wei>
available.
The postmaster general planned to
notify the President that this vast
fleet of motor trucks could be set at
work transporting the mails at short
notice, and that the governors of the
different states would be asked to
arrange matters so that every state
owned machine and government ve
hicle would be placed at the com
mand ofthe postal authorities in the
respective states.
There are eight co-ordinators
identified with the bureau of the
budget in different parts of the coun
try and these federal officials may
be asked to co-operate with the
postal authorities. So completely
have arrangements been perfected
that postoffice department officials
feel, they said, that the strike no
longer can cause annoyance so far
as mail movements are concerned.—
Associated Press.
A Suggestion From the Uplift.
The Uplift proposes that 5 lead
ing mornning newspapers of the state
collaborate and on a certain day of
each week publish in one column the
deaths occurring during the week
prior from accidents by automobiles,
“either through carelessness, foolish
ness, or intoxicants.” This would
“render the state some startling in
formation”; and if that “column or
columns, as the case might require,
were decorated with some outstand
ing mark, such as the skull and bones,
it would have a tendency to influ
ence a number of the daring to make
reasonable efforts to avoid such a
publicity.”
Such intelligence would indeed be
more impressive if assembled. Any
j list of automobile fatalities ought to
include those that result from grade
crossings. Grade crossings plus hu
man foolishness cause the most death
and injury to people riding in cars
and while no cure for human foolish
ness has yet been put into general ap
plication, the grade crossing is a fac
tor that can be removed from the
horrible equation.—Greensboro Daily
News.
CANNIBALS ARRESTED at FEAST
NAIROBI, British East Africa, July
j 13.—The British police arrested a do
I zen African natives caught red
handed in the act of preparing a can
j nibal feast. The victim was already
cut up, and the natives were placing
an arm and a leg over a spit to cook
them while others stood around await
ing dinner.
IMPROVEMENT IN
COUNTRY GOES ON!
Despite Labor Disputes Busi- j
ness Is Good; The Crop
Prospects Bright
NEW YORK, July 16.—With the
country’s two minor labor disputes
still contributing their elements of
uncertainty, business and financial
news during the last week suggest
that the trend toward improvement
is uninterrupted. Railroad car load
ings for the last week in June were
slightly smaller than in the one pre^
vious, which set a new high recorfl
for the year. The loss is accounted)
for by smaller coal shipments, the
movement of merchandise showing a
further gain.
Indication that a better demand for
steel products is being maintained
were confirmed by the June 30 total
of unfilled orders of the United
States Steel corporation. As of the
first of the current month the cor
poration’s books show 5,635,000 tons
of unfinished business, this figure
being 381,000 tons larger than on
May 30 and 1,494,000 tons above that
on February 28, when the low point
of the recent depression was made.
It is estimated, furthermore, that
the June figure means that new busi
ness during June amounted to more
than 1,400,000 tons which is a volume
exceeding the corporations monthly
production capacity. At present steel
output is experiencing a mild check
on account of the railroad strike the
steel corporation’s rate of operations
having been reduced from 77 per
cent to 75 per cent. Meanwhile the
trade has developed a certain amount
of ^nxiety over a possible car short
age this fall, pointing that the in
j ase in new business which would
ace/ fNnv termination of the strike
| v n . . <> with the active period
I of crop^l|fctn'''ru\ .
Coal product*, - week ant
ing July 8, shows a marked decrease.
The falling off hardlj reflects the
general trend of things, however, as
aside from the coal strike, the out
put was affected, by the July 4 holi
day. The loss of aprpoximately U
500,000 tons from the low produc
tion of recent weeks, nevertheless
served to intensify the drain on exist
ing stocks. Quick settlement of the
strike still seems unlikely, both op
erators and miners showing little
disposition to agree to a temporary
resumption of mining at the old
wage scale. jr
Crop prospects are practically un
changed. The department of agri
culture’s grain estimate as of July
1, indicates a fair yield. The winter
wheat crop is placed at 569,000,000
bushels, or 18,000,000 bushels below
last years’ crop but the spring wheat
outlook is enough better to bring
the total of both the crops up to 817,
000,000 bushels. This total is 21,000,
000 bushels more than last year’s;
it is smaller than in four of the lhs.t
eight years and larger than in the
other four. A fair crop of corn ia
also in prospect. With prices little
changed, the present grain crop
promises to be sufficiently good to
insure the continuation of a revival
in general business.
The week’s developments in the
money market were quite consistent
with the expectation. Following the
holidays there was a shrinkage in
the volume of federal reserve note
currency, which, along with a gain
in reserve, brought a recovery in the
j reserve ratio of the combined Fed
eral Reserve system. At the same
time the rate on call money on the
New York stock exchange relaxed
further and in touching 2 3-4 percent
reached the previous low record for
the year. Rates for the various ,forms
of money, are, accordingly, at the,
low levels of the present cycle and I
the question remains as to whether
or not the money market has quite
i touched the bottom.—Associated
Press.
Jernigan Reunion.
—
The Jernigan reunion will be held
at Stony Run Church, Sampson
! county, three miles east of Dunn,
| Saturday, July 29th, 1922. All the
j Jernigans and relatives, and their
friends are invited to come and bring
baskets. Rev. Frank P. Jernigan of
West Virginia will be there and de
liver the annual address.