VOLUME 41
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922
NUMBER 65
MRS. TUTTLE PASSES
AWAY AT LENOIR
News of Sudden Death Was
A Shock to Smithheld;
Funeral Yesterday
The people of this city were
shocked yesterday morning when a
telegram was received announcing
the death of Mrs. D. H. Tuttle, wife
of the pastor of Centenary Methodist
Church here, which occurred at Le
noir between twelve .and one o’clock
Wednesday morning. Rev. and Mrs.
Tuttle left this city more than a
week ago for Ashe'ooro where they
spent a week with their daughter,
Mrs. I. C. Moser. They left Ashe
boro Tuesday morning for Lenoir to
visit Mr Tuttle’s sister, Mrs. Mell
Tuttle Sigmon where various mem
bers of the Tuttle family were ex
pected to assemble later to greet
Miss Lelia Tuttle, who is a mission
ary-in China, now enroute home for
a furlough.
Mrs. luttle complained ol some
headache during the trip to Lenoir
but did not appear to be sick much
until after she had retired that
night. She woke before twelve o’
clock with a severe pain in her neck.
A physician was summoned who
made her comfortable and she was
quietly sleeping when watchers at
the bedside saw her gasp several
times and her spirit took its flight.
The end came almost without warn
ing, and was a severe shock to rela
tives and friends.
The body accompanied by the be
reaved husband, his sister, Mrs.
Sigmon, and brother, Rev. R. G.
Tuttle, of Thomasville, left Lenoir
at ten o’clock a. m., and reached
this city about nine Wednesday
evening.
The members of the family living
at a distance had arrived by yes
terday morning. These included
four daughters, Miss Emeth Tuttle,
of Raleigh, Mrs. L. L. Sloop, of Elm
City, Mrs. I. C. Moser, of Asheboro,
Mrs. Walter Hedden, of New York
City, and two sons, Mr. Herdon Tut
tle, of Goldsboro, and Mr. Mark Tut
tlej, of Wilmington. The youngest
daughter, Miss Sally May Tuttle,
was already at home having arrived
Sunday night from Athens, Ga.,
where she attended a summer school
for six weeks. Miss Lou Wescott,
a sister of Mrs. Tuttle, who made her
home with Mrs. Tuttle, was also
here when the message was received.
The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon at the Methodist church
at four thirty o’clock conducted by
Rev. G. B. Perry, of Selma, assisted
by Rev. J. T. Jerome, Rev. J. E.
Holden, of Kenly, and Rev. R. G.
Tuttle, of Thomasville.
A beautiful profusion of floral
designs attested the love and esteem
of a host of friends and relatives
of the bereaved family. Interment
was made in the old cemetery just
as the day was drawing to a close.
Mrs. Tuttle was before her mar
riage Miss Ella Wescott, of South
port. If she had lived until Septem
ber first, she would have been sixty
two years old. Thirty-eight years
ago the twenty-seventh of this
month she was married to Rev. D.
H. Tuttle. To this union were born
seven children all of whom survive.
Mrs. Tuttle will be well remember
ed by friends especially in eastern
North Carolina where she has spent
her life. Rev. Mr. Tuttle, a member
of the worth Carolina u-omerence,
has held some of the best pastorates
in the conference, and the family
has a host *of friends who sympa
thize with them in their trouble.
The life of the deceased was gentle
and like the still waters, deep. In*
her heart she carried those she lov
ed and her hand was never weary,
her step never failed in ministering
unto those who were in any way de
pendent upon her. She was a devot
ed wife an1 mother and we fancy
her waiting for them in the Wonder
ful Beyond where no shadows ever
fall, where no sorrows ever bring
sadness.
515 Degrees Below Zero!
The coldest spot in the world is in
Washington, D. C., where 515 de
grees below zero was registered in
the laboratory of the Bureau of
Mines where scientists are trying to
liquify helium gas.—Dearborn Inde
pendent.
MRS. HARDING REWARDS
OLDEST HORSE AND MASTER
CATAWISSA, Pa., Aug. IS.—Mrs.
Warren G. Harding has presented a
check for $100 to Clover, a 51-year
old horse. This became known today
with the publication of a letter from
the President’s wife to the animal’s
owners the Rev. Dr. Myers, in which
she expressed herself deeply moved
by “the sense of justice and grati
tude and faithfulness which compels
you to sacrifice y.ur comfort rather
than kill the splendid horse which
has g’vm you a long life of rvilling
service.
“It seems a stVange ingratitude,”
the letter continues, “that demands
such a sacrifice because your fail
ure to attain wealth has not made
a crucV and inconsiderate master of
you.
“For example’s sake I hope Clover
will i long continue to be the oldest
horse in the world and that some
how there will grow an impres
sion that the loving God never in
tended dumb friends or self-sacri
ficing men to be consigned to
mother earth merely because the
most and best of their strength has
been exhausted in human service.”
Mrs. Dalton Lee Dead.
FOUR OAKS, Aug. 15.—Mrs. Dal
ton Lee died here at her home early
Tuesday morning, August 15 after
a lingering illness with cancer.
The funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at the
home-by Rev. J. A. Russell, pastor of
the Methodist church. The inter
ment was made at the Massengill
cemetery about seven miles from
town.
The deceased was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lee, of near
Four Oaks. She had past her thir
ty-sixth year as she was born Feb
ruary 27, 1886.
On September 11th, 1904, she was
married to Mr. Dalton Lee to which
union four children were born. Two
of these died several years ago
while two, Victor and Minnie, still
survive her.
Besides her husband and two girls,
her mother and father and several
brothers and sisters remain to mourn
their loss.
Having been a faithful member
of Bethel Freewill Baptist Church,
which is near town, Mrs. Lee was
interested in the church.
As a sufferer of bitter and intense
pain she was never known to grumble
or complain. As a person endowed
with a great amount of patience
hers never waned even during the
last days of her illness. As a kind
hearted and generous woman she
will have a lasting influence in our
j community. Being a Christian she
will ever be remembered as a doer
of the gospel as well as a hearer.
As a mother her love, kindness and
sympathy will ever linger with her
girls. As a wife and companion for
her husband her life was such that
could only receive the highest praise.
As a child of God we are confident
that she is resting within the gates
of Heaven.
“He That Loseth His Life.”
Prof. J. J. McKenzie died August
1 in Toronto, and the world loses
a soldier of progress which it can ill
afford to spare. Dr. McKenzie, dur
ing tne war, was so imiurascu
the ravages of the pus-forming
germs called streptococci that he de
voted his life to experimenting with
them, to enable medical science the
better to cope with them. He be
came infected with the germs, and
laid down his life a martyr to hu
manity and the work he loved. On
^the graves of such as he is built the
house of progress of the race. Doubt
less it was of such as he that it was
written “He that loesth his life . . .
shall find it.”—Capital News Service.
Vermont Party Sailed Tuesday.
i _
| News has been received from Mis
, ses Margaret Lee Austin and Marg
i aret Pou who have been touring Eu
, rope with Mr. A. Vermont’s party,
j that the tour is at an end. Miss
Austin sailed with most of the party
I last Tuesday, the 15th on the Chicago
for New York. Miss Pou and an
j other North Carolina young lady at
tached themselves to another party
; and will visit Scotland and other
places. Their return home will be
delayed a month longer.
NEWS LETTER FROM
THE CITY OF KENLY
Items of Interest Gathered
And Reported by Our
Correspondent
KENLY, Aug:. 15.—Miss Clyde j
i Hooks was the guest of Miss Clyde :
■ Woodard of the Glendale section dur- j
I ing the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Woodard had j
j for their guests Sunday, Mr. and
! Mrs. J. R. Eagles, Mr. Horas Eagles, j
! of Fountain, Dr. and Mrs. W. A.
| Marlow, of Walstonburg, Mr. and j
i Mrs. J. T. Revell and Mr. Marvin Re- j
: veil.
| Mr. Andy Stogg, of Raleigh, was \
\ the week end guest of the family of i
i Mr. H. F. Edgerton.
Mr. W. T. Bailey and Mr. J. J. |
Edgerton have gone to Battle Creek, j
Michigan, where they will undergo
treatment in a hospital.
Services were conducted at the M. j
| E. Church Sunday morning and eve- ;
! ning by the pastor, Rev. J. E. Holden. !
Little Miss Sarah Mae Woodard
1 entertained a number of her friends ;
! on Tuesday afternoon at her home j
in honor of her seventh birthday.
Good many of the Kenly citizens I
i attended the tobacco sales in Wilson j
Tuesday.
Master John Woodard and sister
Miss Elizabeth Woodard attended a
barbecue dinner given by their uncle,
Messrs J. W. and R. D. Woodard, of
Gledale section.
Mr. A. G. Hooks has been ill for
the past few days.
Misses Sadie Morris and Jewel Ed
gerton have returned from Baltimore
: where they specialized in music at
Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Miss Bobbie Cobb, of Raleigh,
was the guest of Miss Inez Edgerton
for the week end.
i Mrs. Willard Griffin, of Spring
! Hope, is spending sometime with j
i Mrs. W. T. Bailey.
| Mrs. L. C. Wilkinson’s baby has j
been quite ill for several days but
at present is rapidly improving.
; Miss Adna Lee Bailey left today
I to visit friends in Elm City.
Miss Selma Hooks is on a visit ;
to relatives in Fremont.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Snipes, of ^
Dunn were guests of friends in town
Sunday. Their daughter, Miss Grace j
Snipes returned home with them
Sunday after spending sometime with
Mrs. W. T. Bailey.
Miss Lillian Edgerton has recently
returned from Greensboro where she
has been attending a six weeks’ sum
mer course.
Misses Inez Edgerton, Elizabeth
Hicks, Mildred Darden, Lucile Hoi- i
den, of Oxford, and Mr. Claud Edger- j
ton spent Tuesday in Raleigb.
Mrs. R. T. Rulghum has been ill j
for the past few days.
Mrs. G. B. Woodard has recently ;
had her tonsils removed and is doing
nicely.
Miss Annie Aycock has gone i orth
to purchase millinary.
Mrs. Lane has returned to her j
home in Dunn after visiting Mrs. L. .
C. Wilkinson.
In Honor of Guests.
Miss I lorence Lassiter delightful- j
ly entertained a numDer oi nei ,
friends Satuiday evening, August 12, j
at h *r home near here in honor of |
her guests, Misses Mildred and j
Vergie Stewart, of Coats, and Miss :
Lena Williams, of Angier, the guest j
of Miss Inez Stephenson. The liv- j
ing-room, halty porch and dining- J
room were attractively decorated j
with potted plants and cut flowers, j
carrying out a color scheme of green j
and yellow.
I '..cresting games and contests
were the features of the evening. At
eleven o’clock the guests matched
j cards and were invited to the dining
j room where delicious cream and cake
j were served.
i The guests departed at a late j
j hour declaring Miss Lassiter a most
j charming hostess. Those present
j were: Misses Mildred and Vergie
j Stewart, of Coats, Lena Williams,
I of Angier, Inez and Irene Stephen
son, Louie and Martha King, Pearl
Hobbs, Callie Lassiter, Emma Whit
ley and Mildred Johnson; Messrs
, Adam Whitley, Kirk Lassiter, Park
j er Johnson, Wilbur and Howard
Stephenson, John King, Roy Canaday,
J. Q. Adams, Ralph Lassiter, Erwin
Pittman and Junius Stephenson.
NEWS LETTER FROM
CITY OF CLAYTON
Adding to School Building;
Miss Walker Will Head
Music Department
CLAYTON, Aug. 16.—Mrs. Joseph
Turley spent a few days in Ashe
br.ro last week with friends.
Mrs. H. L. Jones and children, of
Norfolk, Va., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. N. R. Pool.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Beddingfieid
are spending the week at Wrights
ville Beach.
Mr. Lester Stephenson of Buena
Vista, Va., was in Clayton for a few
days last week.
Mrs. A. G. Gamier and children,
who have been visiting in Clayton
for the past month, returned to Me
Coll. S. C., Monday. Mrs. Garmer
and family will move back to Clayton
within the next few weeks.
Mr. J. D. Gooch, of Durham, spent
Sunday in the city with friends.
Mr. L. B. Harris, of Raleigh, was
a visitor among us Sunday.
Mr. Bennett Poole, of Raleigh,
spent a few days at his home here,
this week.
Mr. W. 0. Holt*, of Florence, S.
C., visited friends in Clayton last
wek.
Miss Pauline Vinson has returned
home after spending a few days with
friends in Durham.
The Home-Morris Motor Co., has
received a radio receiving set which
they will install in the next few
days.
Mrs. T. G. Gower has returned
from a motor trip to her old home
in Swansboro and Trenton.
Miss Corinna Sanders has returned
to her home in Smithfield after
spending a few days in the city the
guest of Mrs. R. W. Sanders.
The music department of the
Clayton city school will have at its
head Miss Elizabeth Walker, of
Blackstone, Va., the coming year.
Miss Walker will hold the position
which Miss Kitty Poole held the past
session. Miss Walker was a student
of the Peabody Conservatory, of Bal
timore, Md., and is well prepared for
the position.
The people of Clayton and vicinity
will gladly welcome two additional
school rooms for which the contract
has already been let and is to be
completed within thirty days. This
is to take care of the overflow of the
school which has prevailed here in
the schools for the past two sessions.
Mr. J. A. Vinson spent Monday in
Raleigh on business.
A Two-Foot Bookshelf.
Committees from the American
Library Association and the Nation
al Education Association have select
ed twenty-five books out of a possible
hundred as preferred reading for the
children of America. They call the
list a model “twlo-foot bookshelf.”
The list lollows in the order of rank
ing:
“Little Women’,’ by Louisa M. Al
cott; Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis
Carroll; Robinson Crusoe, by Defoe;
Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain; Treas
ure Island, by Stevenson; Boy’s Life
of Abraham Lincoln, by Nicolay;
Jungle Book, by Kipling; Fairy Tales,
by Anderson; Aesop’s Fables.
“Garden, of Verses,” by Stevesson;
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood,
by Pyle; Tales from Shakespeare, by
Lamb; Boy’s King Arthur, by Ma
lory; Story of Mankind, by Van
Loon; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,
by Wiggin; Home Book of Verse for
Yourtg Folks, by Burton E. Stevenson.
“Last of the Mohicans,” by James
Fenimore Cooper; Christmas Carol,
by Dickens; Rip Van Winkle, by Irv
ing; Mother Goose, Hans Brinker, by
Dodge; Boy’s Life of Theodore Roose
velt, by Hagedem; Wonder Book, by
Hawthorne; Wild Animals I Have
Known, by Thompson Seton, and The
Arabian Nights.
This is reading advise from a high
authority. The list is well worth
clipping and preserving by parents
who are solicitous as to what their
children shall read. More reading
of good books will benefit the rising
generation. In the search for amuse
ment books are too much neglected.
—News and Observer.
I kin remember when the music in
the heir was broadcast from the
woodshed.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
GERMAN MARK DROPS
TO NEW LOW LEVEL
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—Gorman
marks wore quoted today by local
banks and foreign exchange houses
at 10 for a cent, the lowest price
ever recorded and there were few
takers. Later the price dropped to
9 3-4 cents per 100 marks as com
pared with 117-8 cents last night.
The normal or prewar price of the
German mark was 23.8 cents each.
Heart for the Prohibitionists.
Those opponents of prohibition
who are forever lamenting, '‘It has
proven an utter failure where it has
been tried out for any length of
time,” and those who declare, “Where
the law is strictly enforced public
opinion has turned against prohibi
tion,” find little comfort in the Na
tion-wide poll on the Volstead Law
being conducted by The Literary
Digest. This poll, and we take it
that it is a fair one, in ’ hat The Di
gest, sending out its questionnaire
blanks, has no way of knowing how
the recipients are going to vote,
shows that in pioneer prohibition
States pluralities are running decid
edly in favor of a strict enforcement
ofthe Volstead law. North Carolina
is in this class. Last week’s issue
showed that he drys in this State
numbered 2,638, the damps 2,267, and
the wets were miserably in the ma
nority with only 797 votes.
Even in battle-scarred, abused
West Virginia, which is sending out
literature pleading with the rest of
the country not to listen to propa
ganda against it, the bone-drys had
a plurality of one vote, while in
“bleeding Kansas,” often referred to
as a place where prohibition is a
farce, showed a clear bone dry ma
jority. The advocates of strict en
forcement numbered 7,497, the damps
only 3,062, and the wets 1,617.
Maine, the oldest prohibition State
in the American Union, had voted 2,
374 in favor of strict enforcement,
while the damps had polled 2,046 and
the wets 1,519.
Old Kentucky, one of the last
strongholds of the liquor forces, had
polled 3,401 for strict enforcement;
3,068 for modification and only 2,278
for a return to the old grog rule.
Other States giving strict enforce
ment a plurality were: Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana,, Iowa, Michigan, Mis
souri, Nebraska, Alabama, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, Col
orado, Washington and battle-scar
red Tennessee.
On the whole, the “moists” are ;n
the majority, but analyze the vote
and you will see that the heaviest
liquor votes are in the States where
real Americanism is fast waning.
The Southern States, especially,
stand out as strict enforcement
States. It is well for the South to
take this stand. And there will be
less trouble with the foreign element
in the Northern and Eastern centers
if that element can be kept sober.
Immigrants gave up their homes
to enjoy our land. This being the
case, they can certainly ill afford to
expect this country to tear down its
laws to suit their tastes.
Modification may mean a final
tearing down of what has already
been built up. Repeal would, in this
day of tendencies towards revolt at
restrictions of any sort, mean chaos,
ets’ try it a while longer, any way,
and maybe the next time a poll is
taken the whole country will take
the view that the really pioneer pro
hibition States appear to take now—
for the enforcement of law.—Char
lotte Observer.
Following Example of United States.
I
For 14 years the American Gov
ernment has expended its share of
the Boxer indemnity paid by China
in the maintenance of Chinese stud
ents in the United States. Now Great
Britain has appointed a committtee,
with Sir John Jordan, former Brit
ish Minister at Peking, as chairman,
(to carefully consider the idea that
! Great Britain shall also forego her
, indemnity installment and permit its
I use for educational purposes in
China. It is intimated that Japan
will do likewise. Both Great Britain
, and Japan should have followed
(Uncle Sam’s example long ago.—
Philadelphia Record.
-:
It will be a relief when Europe
gets on its feet—provided it don’t
sit down again.
TOBACCO SELLS WELL
HERE OPENING DAY
i Farmers Here From Eight
Counties; R. A. Daughtry
Gets Highest Price
The tobacco market for the sale
of leaf tobacco by auction opened
here Tuesday with 100,000 pounds
marketed at the one warehouse in
operation—The Banner, Skinner and
i Patterson bein gthe proprietors. The
tremendous floor space of the big
warehouse was faxed to its utmost
with piles of the golden weed, and
an unusually large crowd of farmers
including “co-ops” followed the sales
with an uncommon interest. Farm
I ers from eight counties including
! Johnston, Barnett, Cumberland,
| Hoke, Wake, Wayne, Wilson and Le
noir, had tobacco on the floor, and
were generally pleased with the pri
ces received.
I the average on opening day was
from $22.50 to $23 per hundred as
compared with $14.75 of last year an
increase of between $7 and $8. The
highest price paid Tuesday was 62
dollars per hundred, Mr. R. A.
Daughtry, who lives on Smithfield,
Route No. 2, having received this
price. Very likely the prices would
have ranged even higher if tobacco
had been in better condition. The
tobacco was soft due to the recent
wet weather. There was a marked
raise in the prices of medium grades
over last year’s opening sales, but
not so much difference in the best
grades.
All of the leading tobacco cora
' panies have representatives on this
| market including the American, Lig
| gett & Myers, Export, Imperial, R.
I J. Reynolds, and J. P. Taylor Co., be
j sides a number of independent buyers.
I Smithfield is the loginal market
1 for a large territory of tobacco farm
' ers and:jtci«^town is fortunate
j having.^Jnsn splendid facilities*"*as
afforded by the management of the
Banner Warehouse in handling the
I tobacco sold by the auction system,
j Farmers bringing their tobacco here
j receive courteous treatment at the
hands of Messrs. Skinner and Pat
terson, plenty of buyers furnish com
petition on the auction floor, and
! the prices so far have compared ex
j ceedingly well with the other mark
ets of eastern North Carolina,
i _1_
Cotton Market Holding Own.
(By Savannah Cotton Factorage Co.)
The cotton market has held its
own during the past week notwith
standing the fact that the coal and
rail strikes continued. Dispatches
reaching us today indicated that a
settlement of the coal strike will be
effected this week, and it would not
be surprising to see a settlement of
the rail strike at any time. If the
“Big Four” brotherhoods walk out,
as now threatened, this will really be
in favor of the public, as it will has
ten an early settlement of all rail
strikes.
Excessive rains continue to fall in
most sections of the cotton belt of
the Mississippi River while Texas
! has been without sufficient moisture
for several weeks. These conditions
J have held prices up in the face of the
strike and unfavorable political news
j from Europe. As soon as the situa
tion clears we expect to see good
business and higher prices for cotton.
There is no getting around the fact
that there will not be sufficient cot
, ton produced this season to meet
spinners requirements. It is rumor
ed that professional traders are
heavily short on the market. If this
, is true the slightest covering move
ment on their part should force the
market up. It is well to remember
, that the Government has already
loaned over $60,000*000 to the
South to assist in the orderly mark
eting of cotton this season, and we
see no reason for accepting less
,than 25c per pound.
Old Whiskey Found.
Yesterday afternoon as one of the
old Davis stores was being tom down
by workmen, a half pint of rye
whiskey was found in a corner stone.
This building formerly belonged to
Mr. J. Tom Barham, who used it
several years ago as a bar room.
The whiskey was placed in the corner
stone in 188S(, thirty-three years ago,
by Mr. Barham.