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VOLUME 41
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SM1THFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1922
NUMBER 60
SMITHFIELD HERALD
WINS LOVING CUP
Picked as Best Weekly Or
Semi-Weekly Paper In
North Carolina
The Herald is quite proud of the
distinction conferred upon it last week
at the meeting of the North Carolina j
Press Association at Cleveland j
Springs near Shelby, when it was a- i
warded the Savory Loving Cup as the I
best of the weekly and semi-weekly
newspapers in the state, contesting
for this honor.
This is the first time a loving cup
has been given in the association and
no doubt the interest in its award will
grow' from year to year. When it has
been won by the same paper for three
consecutive years it becomes the prop
erty of that pkper. The donor is Mr.
Walter H. Savory, representing the
Mergenthaller Linotype Co., of New
York City, and he is one of the two
honorary members of the North Car
olina Press Association.
The award was made by a secret
committee upon theseN points:
1. Set-up and display of ads.
2. Make-up, considering advertis
er’s position and conveniences of the
reader, attention given to front page.
3. Press work. •
4. Arrangement and classification
of local and general news carried.
5. General and technical showing
of publication, considering equipment
available.
The cup is a beauty. It is about 28
inches high and on one side has been
engraved this inscription:
Savory Loving Cup
Presented by
Walter Harriman Savory
Honorary Member
of the
' ' 1 North Carolina Press Association
• on its
Fiftieth Anniversary
July, 1922
Awarded for Excellence of Typogra
phy, Make-up and General Effec
tiveness of Publication
1922
The cup was sent to Charlotte from
the press meeting where the name of
the winner is being engraved. It will
be forwarded from Charlotte to this
office where it will be on exhibition at
least until the next meeting of the N.
C. Press Association.
While the owners of The Herald are
delighted that their publication has
received this" signal honor, they rea
lize that it is not due to their efforts
alone. They feel that every worker in
the office, every regular correspond
ent, every contributor, every adver
tiser, has had a part in winning this
cup, and we especially invite all our
co-workers to call at our office and
view their cup. We trust they will
make it possible for u§ to keep the
cup permanently.
WOMAN EDITOR CUT
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
SHELBY, July 28.—Miss Myrtle
Prevatte, editor of the Maxton Scot
tish Chief, was badly cut this after
noon when she was thrown through
the windshield of the automobile of
Ralph Hoey, nephew of former Con
gressman Clyde Hoey, about five i
miles from Shelby.
The party was returning from
Chimney Rock at about 5 o’clock this
afternoon when another automobile
side-swiped the car driven bj* Mr.
Hoey ‘ and threw Miss Prevatte
through the windshield. Miss Pre
vatte was cut in the back of the
head and on the cheek.
She was brought immediately to
Shelby where seven stitches were
v taken in the back of her head and
two in her cheek. No anesthetic was
used. The cuts were not dangerous
and Miss Prevatte is getting along
nicely.
Neithej of the cars was badly
damaged by the accident and none
of the other occupants of the two
cars were hurt.—News and Observer.
Had to Make Sure.
Teacher: “This is the third time
you’ve looked on Fred’s paper.”
Pupil: “Yes, ma’am; he doesn’t
write very plainly.”—Pieific Weekly.
One always gains by allowing
one’s self to be missed.—Ibsen.
OVERMAN FAVORS ACCORDING
EQUAL RIGHTS TO WOMEN
Makes Known Attitude • Following
Request for Statement From
Women.
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Senator
Lee S. Overman is in receipt of a
letter from the Progressive Women’s
Committee, of Chicago, requesting a
statement from him as to his atti
tude upon the appointment of wo
men to positions in the different i
branches of government service, and j
to the appointment of women as j
federal judges. The women are nat- I
urally very much interested in Sen- j
ator Overman’s attitude in regard to j
the appointment of federal judges j
due to the fact that he is a most j
important member of the Senate
committee on the judiciary aifd will
have a voice in saying whether or
not the appointments of the Presi
dent to the federal bench shall be
confirmed.
Senator Overman stated today that
in so far as he was concerned since
the women had become enfranchised
and were now voting citizens of the
nation, that there would be no dis
crimination between them and male
citizens. He said that should the
nominations of any women come be
fore any committee upon which it
was his duty to act that he would
deal with the nominations without
prejudice to the women, that the
thing that counted with him was
competency., character and ability.
He further stated that should there
be any appointments of women to
the federal judiciary and they went
before his committee that the ques
tion with him would be the same as
he would put to any man: Is the
nominee able and competent, and has
the nominee character, ability and
judicial temperament. — News and
Observer.
Ready Acquiescence.
Wife (as they return from party):
“Do you realize what you did?”
Hub: “No, but I’ll admit that it wi s
wrong. What was it?”—Ex.
WORLD’S MOST COMPLETE
CLINIC WILL OPEN SOON
KINSTON, July 28.—The “Lenoir
county clinic,” the most complete of
its kind in the world, it is claimed, is
preparing to open its doors as a com
munity health center during the next
few days. Ten rooms will be used for
laboratory, consultation, administra
tive and emergency hospital purposes.
A number of whole and part-time phy
sicians, surgeons, and nurses will be
employed, together with sanitary in
spectors, etc. On the staff are a
number of private practitioners of the
city.
A number of gifts have been made
the clinic, thus reducing the cost
of equipment to the cooperating
agencies maintaining the institution,
it was announced today by Dr. Robt.
McGeachey, the administrative head
These include an automobile to be
donated by the negro population for
the use of a nurse to work among
the negroes; a hospital table given
by Dr. William F. Hargrove, one of
the original backers of the clinic;
shades from Leonard L. Oettinger,
president of the Rotary Club, for the
winnows, and a specially designed op
erating table from Samuel* F. Pate.
Other gifts of equipment, linen, etc.,
will be welcomed and will probably
be made.—Wilmington Star.
A Four Ply Monroe Doctrine.
On the Fourth of July Lord Robert
Cecil, of Great Britain, presented to
the Commission of Disarmament at
the Meeting of the League of Nations
a plan which was rather favorably
received.
In a nutshell it provided that the
world should be divided into four
regions, America,, Europe, Asia and
Africa. Only the powers in each re
gion are to be. obligated to aid a
menaced nalion upon the approval of
the League Council.—Current Opin
ion.
Not a Chance.
Patron (posing for photo) “Par
don me, what will they come to?”
Photographer—“Sixty-five dollars
the dozen. Now look pleasant
please.”—Pithy Paragraph.
If you have made a promise, re
deem it.
MASS MEETING OF
FARMERS AT MICRO
Mr. J. D. Parker the Speaker
For the Occasion; Co
operative Meeting
There will be a farmers mass meet
ing at Micro on Saturday, August 5,
at 4:00 P. M., for the purpose of hear- i
ing discussed the cooperative market- 1
:ng of cotton and tobacco.
Mr. J. Daniel Parker of SmitHfield
will be the speaker for the occasion.
Mr. Parker is a member of both the
Tobacco and Cotton Association and
is an enthusiastic supporter of the
cooperative marketing movement. It
is hoped that no farmer in the vicin
ity of Micro will fail to avail himself
of this opportunity to hear this most
vital subject discussed by a man in
whom you can place absolute confi
dence.
The Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Marketing Association with a mem
bership of 78,000 growers has com
pleted its organization and is ready
to start business and the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers Cooperative As
sociation will be ready to start receiv
ing any old crop cotton which its 27,
000 members may have on hand on
September 1st.—R. E. P. \
SCHOOL BOARD BREAKS
CONTRACT FOR BUILDING
Wilson, July 29.—Several weeks a
go C. L. Coon, Wilson county super
intendent of Education, let contracts,
without advertising for bids, for six
rural school dormitories to be erect
ed in several school districts to Jones
Brothers, contractors of High Point,
it is stated. Work was progressing
on one or more of the structures when
Pave Herring, chairman of the Board
of Education, thinking the contract
price excessive, called a halt in the
work.
The proposition was then advertis
ed with the result that six contract
ors submitted estimates and the w'ork
was given to B. J. Boyler of this city
whose bid was $25,000 which is $4,500
less1 than the price demanded by the
High Point firm.
A committee of three, by agree
ment, will settle the amount due the
High Point firm for the work done
by them before their contract was
withdrawn.
BEGIN OPERATION OF
MINES UNDER GUARD
Pittsburgh Coal Producers to Start
Campaign to Resume
Coal Mining,
PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 28.—The
rattle of hoisted coal was heard from
mines in Washington county today.
This was the second day of the orga
! nized campaign of the Pittsburgh
Coal Producers’ Association to re
sume operations without an agree
ment with the United Mine Workers
of America. •
Pennsylvania cavalrymen were on
duty near the mines. There was no
disorder.
The Associated Press representa
tives made an automobile tour of
the Washington county area this
afternoon. Strikers talked freely.
So did the guardsmen and deputy
sheriffs.
Two developments were noticeable
throughout the tour. Families of
union miners were moving out of
company houses in the districts
where mines were being reopened.
One or two residents offered the ex
planation that the male workers had
“got jobs on the farm” and intend
j ed to leave the district permanently.
' Wives of miners, merchants and
I
; deputies throughout this regior cor
; roborated reports that there was a
belief that the crisis in the coal situ
| ation—in this district at least—was
: rapidly approaching.
Union leaders denied that any of
j their men Had returned to the mines
I but it was admitted by strikers at
I Montour that coal had been shipped
from that mine last night.
The general belief that operators
intended gradually to increase their
! output has caused the military to
prepare for any possible evntuality.
—Associated Press.
BETTER TOBACCO
PRICES EXPECTED
Directors Meet and Plan for
Orderly Marketing Of
This Year’s Crop
(By S. D. Frizzell)
All directors of the Tobacco Grow
ers Cooperative Association met in
Raleigh a few days before the opening
of the South Carolina tobacco mark
eis and took final measures to insure
the orderly marketing of the crop of
tiie members from that State. They
predict that the organized growers of !
South Carolina will enjoy far better I
prices this year because of Coopera- |
live Marketing.
“The demands for tobacco of the
old belt and the unfavorable crop con
ditions in Eastern North Carolina |
this year create a situation very fav
orable to our Association,” said R. R.
1 atterson, General Manager of the
Leaf Department, who states that
members of the Association who en
joy the advantages of orderly mark
eting will profit by largely increased
prices for their product.
Oliver J. Sands, Executive Manager
of the Association reported that $4,
000,000, has been assured to the As
sociation already, in loans from the
banks of Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina, and that other strong
lines of credit in addition to the $30,
000,000 loan of the War Finance Cor
poration have been offered to the As
sociation.
John W. King of Greensboro was
elected Director to fill the place of the
late John M. Gallaway, and E. G. Moss
Director for Granville and Person
Counties, N. C., was appointed to fill
the place of the world’s largest to
bacco grower on the Executive Com
mittee of the Board.
Comparing the growth of the co
operatives to the natural growth of
big corporations, President Hurt of
the Association prophesied that an ef
fective combination of human and
business organization in successful
cooperatives will be the great devel
opment of the future to make life in
the country worth living.
Hundreds of contracts from South
Carolina reached Raleigh headquar
ters the last days of July and the or
ganized growers of that State will go
to the Cooperative Markets with the
majority of tobacco from South Car
olina in the Tri-State Pool.
CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK
IS RESTING WELL
Injuries Received in Automobile Ac
orient Are Not Considered
Dangerous.
RALEIGH, July 29.—Chief Justice
Walter Clark of the North Carolina
Supreme Court, who received a> se
vere scalp wound in an automobile
accident near Carthage Thursday af
ternoon, was resting quietly at his
home on Halifax street last night
with Dr. Hubert Royster^ who attend
ed his injuries here, reporting that
his hurts were not dangerous.
His son John Clark and daughter
in-law, Mrs. John Clark, both of
whom were badly cut, were also
doing nicely at Judge Clark’s home.
According to John Clark, who was
driving the car at the time of the
accident, the locking^of the steering
wheel in some manner sent his au
tomobile over a three-foot embank
ment near Carthage.' Before he
could control the machine it struck
a tree stump and all three of the
passengers were thrown against the
wind-shield. Judge Clark was hurled
over the front seat. A nine-inch
gash in the head was his chief injury,
though there were other cuts and
bruises. Mrs. John Clark’s lip was
cut and she had a severe cut on the
right cheek. John Clark has a cut
about the eye with other cuts about
, the head and some bruises.
| The injured members of the auto
| mobile party, returning from a tour
of the western part of the state, were
brought to Raleigh yesterday morn
ing, Judge Clark coming in an au
tomobile with Fred Mahler and ac
| eompanied Dr. A. McN. Blue, of
; Carthage. Judge Clark was able to
go to Dr. Hubert Royster’s office for
an X-ray examination and the dress
ing of the wound yesterday morning.
' —News and Observer.
LLOYD GEORGE WARNS
AGAINST NEXT WAR
Puts Burden of Creating Spirit
Against Strife Upon the
, Churches.
LONDON, July 28.—“More terri
ble machine than in the late war are
being constructed,” said Prime Min
ister Lloyd George at a luncheon giv
en by 300 prominent free churchmen
today.
“What for?” he asked and con
tinued :
“To attack cities and maim, destroy
and burn helpless women and chil
dren. Keep your eyes or. what is
happening. If the churches of Eu
rope and America allow that to fruc
tify, they had better close their
doors.
“We reduced our aramaments and
if other nations follow the example,
there will be no serious menace to
peace. But, it is difficult for a na
tion to remain defenseless while
others are preparing for war.”
Mr Lloyd George said that the
next war, if it came, would be a
war on civilization itself. Speaking
of the suddenness in which war
came, he said:
“The war germ is like any other
germ—you do not know that you
have it until it has got you. It is
of no use arguing with an epileptic
when the tit is on him. There is
that atmosphere in the world now
and the explosive material is scat
tered over the face of Europe.
“When a match is dropped it is
too late to wave the covenant of the
League of Nations. It is the new
spirit that is wanted. Lock up the
explosives and especially lock up
those given to dropping matches.
The churches must promote the new
spirit which is necessary."
The Prime Minister said that he
attached high hopes to the League
of Nations. He said that civiliza
tion would be safe if the league suc
ceeded- If it failed, civilization was
doomed, he thought.—Associated
Press.
THE DEMOCRATS PROPOSE
A SCIENTIFIC TARIFF
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Continu
ation of Republican opposition to
rates in the wool schedule; a Demo
cratic proposal for a “scientific” tar
iff, as a substitute for the pending
bill, and the virtual rewriting of the
silk schedule by the finance commit
tee majority, were oustanding devel
opments t«cty in the tariff situa
tion in the senate.
Early in the day Senator Smith,
Democrat, of South Carolina, stated
that if ' o one else did he probably
would offer an amendment to the
tariff bill, under which individuals
or corporations making increased
profits as a result of the tariff duties
to be imposed would be required to
distribute at least a portion of those
increased profits to their workers.
The plan he had in mind, he said, was
to have some government agency
charged with the enforcement of his
proposal.
The Democratic “scientif” tariff
amendment was presented by Senator
Jones, of New Mexico, on behalf of
I the minority members of the fi
j nance committee. Under its terms,
I the tariff commission would be re
j quired after adequate investigation
; to recommend to congress tariff
rates which, in its judgment, should
be fixed by law and the reasons for
each recommendation made. Demo
crats said this would leave the au
thority with congress to enact rates,
an authority which they contended
! could not be delegated.—Wilming
! ton Star.
| Phenomenon at Sea Is Unexplained
by Southern Mariners
_
' JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 26.—
| Mariners here today were at a loss to
I explain what occurred at sea last
I night off Pablo Beach when residents
of that place reported what they be
lieved to have been a fire a few miles
I off shore.
i Four bolts of lightning struck in j
! one place, they said, during a se
vere electrical storm, and a mo
ment later they saw flames leaping
upward. The flames disappeared
within a few minutes. Radio sta
tions in this vicinity received no calls
for assistance from any vessel at
sea and the pilot station at Mayport,
entrance to the St. John river, was
without reports of a marine disaster.
NEWS NOTES FROM
CITY OF FOUR OAKS
Methodist and Baptist Sun*
day Schools Enjoy Picnic;
Fine Crops in Ingrams
Four Oaks, July 31.—Miss Leola
Sanders has returned home after
spending several days with friends in
jlreenviUe.
Miss Annie Belle Thornton of Golds
boro is the guest of Miss Elizabeth
Lewis this week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Brooks of Rox
aoro spent a few days here last week
the guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Rus
sell.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Adams, Mr. B.
B. Adams, Mrs. William Adams and
Miss Florence Adams were visitors in
the capital city Tuesday.
Mrs. Millie Holland of Clayton is
visiting Mrs. J. T. Cole this week.
Miss Esther Creech has returned
home after attending summer school
flt A. and E., Raleigh.
Mri. Alice Moore of Benson was
the guest of Mrs. D. H. Sanders last
week;
Mr. W. E. Barbour returned Monday
to his home in Knoxville, Tenn. He
was accompanied by Mrs. H, B. Wil
liams who will spend some time there.
Rev. M. P. Davis was a visitor in
Benson Tuesday.
Mrs. Laura Creech and Miss Ruby
Stanley are spending some time with
relatives in Coats.
Mr. Bert Barefoot was a business
visitor in Smithfield Wednesday.
A series of evangelistic meetings
began here July 25, and will continue
for several days. RS>v. C. E. Clarke
Neil Mdnnis of Smithfield is conduct
ir doing some splendid preaching. Rev.
ing the singing. Services are held at
four o’clock in the afternoon and at
eight in the evening. Large congrega
tions have been attending and it is
hoped that still larger ones will at
tend. An invitation is extended to all.
Miss Mildred Allen sj^nt a few days
last we^k in the Blackman Cross
Roads section, the guest of Miss Hes
sie Phelps.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Brown of Talla
hassee, Fla., are visiting relatives in
the city this week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams were vis
itors in Raleigh Wednesday.
Mr. Parker Johnson of Smithfield
visited friends in the city Friday.
Miss Alice Fulford of Greenville is
visiting Miss Leola Sanders this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Keen of Smith
field spent Sunday with friendsdn the
city
Mr. Sater of Dillon, S. C., is spend
ing some time here at the home of
Mr. C. H. Wellons.
Mrs. Walter Blalock and daughter,
Arlene, of Portsmouth, Va., are the
guests of Mrs. Blalock’s daughter,
Mrs. J. T. Cole, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Lambe who
were recently married at Columbia,
S. C., have returned home after spend
ing several days in Asheville.
Mr. M. E. Oliver of Charleston, S.
C. , is spending some time here with
his brother, Mr. Will Oliver.
Messrs. W. J. Lewis and J. H. Aus
tin returned Wednesday from Balti
more, Md., and other northern points
where they went on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Ekie Gatis left Thurs
day for Enfield where they will spend
some time before making their home
in Clayton. We regret very much to
lose Mr. and Mrs. Gatis but feel that
Clayton is very fortunate in receiving
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Bragsdon Johnson of
Greensboro spent Sunday afternoon in
the city with friends.
Mr. George Powell of Durham spent
the week end here with friends.
Mr. C. H. Grady was a visitor in
Fayetteville Saturday.
Mrs. Leon A. Adams returned Sun
day from Airlee where she has been
visiting relatives for several days.
The Sunday schools of both the
Methodist and Baptist churches en
joyed their annual picnic Thursday
afteynoon at Holt Lake. A real pic
nic it was too. It was a sight to see
the youngsters and even the older
ones frolic and play in the water.
Many preferred boating and fishing to
bathing. About seven o’clock a sump
tuous supper was served in Hcnic
style. The table was loaded t its
greatest capacity with the ver\ best
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