VOLUME 41
SM1THFIELD, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1922
NUMBER 79
WOMAN, AGE 87, IS
NOW U. S. SENATOR
“Grand Old Woman of Ga.”
First of Her Sex Receive
Such An Honor
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 3.—A woman
from Georgia today won the distinc
tion of being the first of her sex to
obtain appointment to the United
States senate when Mrs. W. H. Fel
ton of Cartersville, Ga., long known
as the “grand old woman of Geor
gia,” was appointed by Gov. Thomas
W. Hardwick as senator to succeed
the late Thomas E. Watson until the
November elections when a success
sor will be chosen at the polls. Mrs.
Felton is 87 years of age and has
been prominent in state politics for
nearly half a century.
Mrs. Felton has accepted the office
and in expressing her gratitude for
the honor stated that it was going
to thrill the nation when the news
is conveyed from the lanes to the
gulf that a woman has been chosen
to become a member' of the United
States senate.
England borrowed an American
born woman,” said Mrs. Felton, “to
accept a seat in the British parlia
ment, but noble old Georgia experi
enced no need to borrow, and she
alone of the 48 states in the United
States had a governor with courage
to say so, and to confirm the saying
by an executive proclamation.”
Before tendering the appointment
to Mrs. Felton, Governor Hardwick
through mutual friends offered the
office to Mrs. Thomas E. Watson,
widow of Senator Watson, who, the
governor said, declined it because of
ill health.
In a statement today Mrs. Felton
said: “It was eminently fitting that
this position should have been ten
dered to the widow of the late Sena
tor Watson.”
“For myself,” said Mrs. Felton in
a communication to Governor Hard
wick, “I wish to thank you, ex
pressly and emphatically in the name
of thousands of Georgia women—
wives, mothers, grandmothers and
great-grandmothers—who are enthu
siastic Georgians and who represent
the state in varied lines of noble
philanthropy and endeavors.
Mrs. Felton was born in DeKalb
county, Georgia, June 10, 1835. She
v as the oldest child of Charles and
Eleanor (Swift) Lattimer. She was
married October 11, 1853, to Dr. W.
H Felton, who died in 1909. Five
children were born to this union, but
only one of them, Dr. Howard E. Fel
ton, survives.
The new United States senator was
one of the two Georgia women on
the executive committee at the Co
lumbian exposition in 1893. She has
a wavs taken an active and lively in
terest in civic affairs. In the interest
of temperance she toured Georga in
1886-87.
Mrs. Felton has been one of the
principal exponents of woman suf
frage in the south. She is an active
member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, a member of
the Colonial Dames of America, and
one of the earliest members of the
Atlanta Woman’s club.
one was summoned m tne spring
of 1921 to St. Augustine, Florida, for
a conference with the then President
elect, Warren G. Harding. Believing
ner to be one of the oustanding rep
resentative southern women prompt
ed Mr Harding to chose her for this
mission.
Despite her advanced age, Mrs.
Felton is exceptionally active. She
has a large political following in
the state and took an active and
positive stand for Governor Hard
wick during his recent campaign for
re-ek tion.
Simultaneously in announcing the
appointment of Mrs. Felton, Gover
nor Hardwick announced himself a
candidate for the unexpired term of
the late Senator Watson. The gov
ernor in his announcement gave * a
brief resume of what he termed his
political faith in his effort to get
back into the United States senate,
grounding them on the proposition
that he is “a Democrat of the old
school.” and especially emphasizing
the principal laid down by Washing
ton that the United States in foreign
relations should maintain friendly re
lations with all countries but form
entangling rlliance with none.—Asso
ciated Press.
ALIENS NOT FIT FOR
CITIZENSHIP BARRED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—Chairman
Johnson, of the Immigration Commit
tee of the House of Representatives,
is urging a reduction in quota and
stricter tests for incoming aliens.
Mr. Johnson has just stated: “The
country seems to want complete sus
pension of immigration. That is im
possible, it seems to me, for we
should leave an opening for the ad
mission of immediate relatives of
citizens of the United States and per
manently domiciled aliens; for their
fathers, mothers, and children, but
not for their uncles, cousins, and
aunts.”
The chairman’s recommendations
are to the effect that the present
quota of three per cent of nations of
any country already in the United
States, as the number to be admit
ted in a year, be reduced to two or
even one and one-half per cent. He
also advises that authority be pro
vided for the exclusion of the mental
ly inferior and emotionally unstable,
and wants a stricter physical as well
as mental examination. To prevent
injustice, Mr. Johnson proposes that
certain classes, such as students, ac
lors, and members of certain pro
fessions, be admitted beyond the quo
ta number, but for temporary stay
inly.—Capita’ News Service.
Knickers for Trousseau.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 3.—
Knickers of checkered green, aug
mented by a cape and brown sport
hat will comprise the trousseau of
Mrs. Evelyn Phillips, of Newark, N.
J., who is to be married on Wednes
day morning to Frank Keables Kretz,
son of Mrs. Oliver E. Kretz, of this
city. Kretz will also wear knickers.
The wedding will be private.
PICKS 512 POUNDS OF
COTTON IN ONE DAY
Walter Jones picked 512 pounds cf
cotton Monday. The unusual feat
was performed on the farm of Prof.
R. E. L. Yates, located four miles
southwest of Raleigh. The cotton
was of the large boll variety making
the task somewhat easier than it
would have been if it had been the
old-fashioned scrub cotton. Prof.
Yates says he does not recall hear
ing of any one picking that much
cotton in one day.—News and Ob
server.
Regaining Paradise in Sampson.
Sampson County Democrats are
this fall to make an effort to retrieve
a part of their fallen fortunes where
they lost ’em. A sort of fusion has
been effected between the Democrats
and some insurgent Republicans.
That is to sa ythe Democrats have in
dorsed the candidacy of a couple of
insurgents for clerk oft he court and
we believe, sheriff, in the meantime
nominating Democrats for the other
county offices. Sam Hobbs, who made
a good rur for the congressional no
mination, , the selection for the
State Hqr're of Representatives and
his back^ believe they have a
chance to elect him
There will be, we have no doubt,
some complaint from the dyed-in-the
wool bitter enders who will insist that
Sampson Democracy should never
have indorsed anybody who had ever
been a Republican, to say nothing of
supporting one who is merely dis
gruntled. But if Sampson gets better
government out of the combine it
should worry.
Much could be said in favor to
stopping tariff, bonus, and ship sub
sidy arguments at the county line
and holding a non-partisan primary
for the selection of county officers,
but on the basis of reclaiming Samp
! son for the Democratic party the
: fight must be made on county issues
! and not on State or National. The
| Democratic party in North Carolina
has lost several good counties thru
failure to deliver the goods of good
government. If the Republican gov
; eminent of Sampson has failed to de
I liver, the county may be reclaimed,
j but not without the help of disgusted
i Republicans.
Anyhow, it is Sampson’s business
and that is about all we started out to
say.- -Raleigh Times.
Another reason for cover crops: A,
fertile soil makes much better use of
its rainfall than a poor one.
CHAS. U. HARRIS
WILL SPEAK HERE
Will Address Democratic
Voters at Court House
Monday Night
Hon. Charles U. Harris, of Ral
eigh, will address the Democratic
voters of Smithfield Township, and
surrounding community, on Monday
night, October 9th, at 7:30 o’clock in
the Court house. Mr. Harris will
dwell particularly upon the issues in
volved in the coming campaign.
After the address it is proposed to
effect an organization of the voters
in the Township, both men and wo
men.
Mr. Harris is an able speaker, and
well informed upon the political is
sues. Every Democrat, men and wo
men, is invited and urged to be
present.
Chiropractic Office To Open Here.
Dr. B. F. Johnson, of Clinton, is
coming to this city to open a chiro
practic office. He will be located in
the Thornton Building and will be
ready for practice Friday, October 13.
Much of the effort that used to be
expended in the campaign in getting
up a torchlight procession is devot
ed now to keeping the expenditures
dark.—The Detroit News.
HUGHES SENDS REPLY
TO BISHOP CANNON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—Secre
tary Hughes declared tonight in a
cable message to Dr. James Can
non, jr., Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, who is in
Park, that the American government
in reference to the Near Eastern sit-}
uation, “has not failed in any way'j
to make the sentiment of the Amer- i
ican people understood and to take
every appropriate action.”
“The Executive,” Mr. Hughes add
ed, “has no authority to go beyond
this and there has been no action
by Congress which would justify this
government in an attempt by armed
force to pacify the Near East or to
engage in acts of war in order to
accomplish the results you desire
with respect to the inhabitants of
that territory and to determine the
problems which have vexed Europe
for generations.”
The message was in reply to on<
from Bishop Cannon under date of
September 30, in which he declared
his personal belief that “Christian
America will insist government Uni
ted States cooperate actively pro
tect Christians in Asia Minor, not
only diplomatically, but if neces
sary, with army and navy, to secure
their result.”
“Prompt definite American de
mands,” Bishop Cannon continued
“supported, if necessary, by Amer
ican naval units present, would prob
ably have prevented, certainly great
ly minimized Smyrna fires and
massacres. I believe Almighty God
will hold governments responsible
for inaction while thousands murder
ed and deported and for failure to
protect against defiant heartless
brutal Kemalist announcement that
all refugees not removed by today
(Saturday) be deported, which de
portation means thousands more
added to dead of previous Turkish
deportations. Will not our govern
ment realize its opportunity and
responsibility as great Christian na
tion politically disinterested to de
mand that burnings, outrages, mas
sacres cease and thus effectively pre
vent probable repetition in Constan
tinople and Thrace of 1915 Sam
soun and Smyrna horrors? I believe
world-Wide humanity would tret
mendously approve. Who would
dare condemn prohibition farther
such horror? Shall America have
condemnation of Meroz? (Judges,
five twenty three.)”
Centenary Methodist Church
Preaching next Sunday at 11 a. m.,
and 7:30 p. m., by the pastor. These
sermons will be of more than usual
interest as they are preparatory to
; the evange'istic meetings to begin on
the fourth Sunday of this month. It
is desired that all members of the
j church try to be present.
—
Tobacco-growing was forbidden in ,
England for centuries.
DOLLAR DAY NEXT
THURSDAY, OCT. 12
Smithfield Merchants Plan
ning For Attractive Dol
lar Bargains
Plans for Smithfield’s Autumn
foliar Day are under way. The mer
chants of this city are getting to
gether goods which will be offered at
special prices as leaders for this sale,
which has been set for Thursday, Oc
tober 12. The merchants will offer
on this day the right kind of mer
chandise at prices so attractive that
shoppers will be glad to take advan
tage of the bargains. The newspa
pers next week will tell the story of
what the merchants are offering. Be
sure to read the advertisements
carefully.
These dollar days are great trade
events in the life of both the town
and the country. The co-operation
of all the merchants in one big sale
attracts shoppers from a distance,
who if pleased on this occasion will
tome again. By taking advantage
of these Dollar sales, dollars can be
saved by the purchasers. It would
be a fine thing to make Dollar Day
an annual or semi-annual affair.
The people would undoubtedly look
forward to such days, and they can
be a means of the merchants ex
tending their business territory by
:oncerted advertising.
PERSHING TO BE AT
STATE FAIR TUESDAY
RALEIGH, Oct. 4.—General John
J. Pershing will attend the State Fair
on Tuesday, October 17, rather than
on Wednesday, as previously an
nounced, it was stated today on the
return of Colonel Albert L. Cox,
| Pf.airtnan—jjit.e.rtninment. com
' mittee, from where he
reTarr^^^^muigetneiirs- ft>T ~tVn
stay of the distinguished soldier in
Raleigh.
The change in the plans of Gen
eral Pershing will cause “Military
Day” to coincide with “Opening
Day” and will give the Fair three
speakers of National reputation for
the opening day. General Pershing
will speak, probably after the Fair
has been formally opened by Gover
nor Cameron Morrison and Mr-.
Edith Vanderbilt, president of the
Fair, has made her annual address.
LONG PINE NEWS.
The people are having fine weather
for pick’ng cotton.
Mr. Alton McLamb and Miss
Minnie Lee attended church at Hol
ly Grove Sunday.
Mrs. L. F. McLamb and Miss Lil
lie McLamb went to Benson Friday.
Mr. W. J. Adams and son, Chester,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Adams made
a business trip to Smithfield Satur
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lee were in our
section from the Rock Hill section
Sunday.
Mr. Flijah Wheeler went to Ben
son Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Adams and
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Hargroves and
Mrs. Rowena McLamb went to Ral
eigh Sunday.
Some of our people attended the
singing convention at Trinity Satur
day.
A few of our people attended the
ice cream supper at Mr. L. J. Kin
sey’s Saturday night.
Mr. J. W. Noles and son, James,
made a business trip to Benson Sat
urday.
Miss Nicie Adams went to Benson
shopping Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Raynor went up
in the Jernigan section Sunday.
Messrs Jasper Hudson and J. B.
Hudson went, to Benson Saturday.
Some of our people attended the
circus at Benson Tuesday.
Mrs. Byrd Entertains Sans Souci
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. W. H.
Byrd delightfully entertained the
members of the Sans Souci Club at
her home in Oakland Heights. Four
tables were arranged for rook which
formed the feature of entertainment.
During the afternoon a delicious sal
ad course and coffee were served.
Winds of adversity cause weak
vessels to flounder, but merely speed
stanch vessels on their way.
“UNCLE” JOE STARTS HOME
OVER OLD NATIONAL PIKE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—With an
old slouch hat cocked on the side of
his head, Uncle Joe Cannon started
out by automobile today for Danville,
111., traveling over the old National
Pike his parents took 83 years ago
in emigrating westward from their
home in North Carolina.
The veteran legislator was full of
pep as he stepped into his car at the
Capitol and told Lester Morris, for
ten years his chaffeur and his sole
companion on the trip, to “give her
the gas.” He waved the old hat,
reached for a cigar and smiled.
Just before leaving Mr. Cannon
received a telegram from H. H.
Franklin, the automobile manufac
turer at Syracuse, N. Y., offering to
send down his best car, open o’,
closed, and his crack driver, but he
declined.
“This old car is good enough for
me and I like to ride with Lester,”
he said.
Tonight Uncle Joe will stop at
Cumberland, Maryland; tomorrow
night r.t Wheeling, W. Va.; Thurs
day at Columbus, 0., and Friday at
Indianapolis. Then, with the bells
on as he expressed it, he will drive
into Danville Saturday.
A telegram today from the Quaker
colony at Richmond, Indiana, asked
when Mr. Cannon would arrive there
that he might be signally honored.
His people were Quakers and Uncle
Joe was named for Joseph Gurney
famous leader of the sect.
“I ride most of the way on the
front seat with Lester so the wind
shield and this sweater vest will pro
tect me,” he said. “I don’t like soft
seats. When 1 ride in the back of
the car I usually occupy the folding
chair. I like the bumps at eighty
seven, for they remind me of life.”
PAII) BILL WITH FORTY-TWO
THOUSAND PENNIES
Mrs. r. l-t.m
\VM r. -V.il of U&: Jij
fares which she had been owing to
the Greenwich (Conn.) Cab Com
pany for some time, but she paid it
in such a manner that it took four
strong men to carry the money into
the Putnam Trust Company at
Greenwich Saturday. For she paid
it in cents, 42,000 of them, in a keg
with iron hoops, and along with the
keg she sent the company a photo
graph of herself on which was writ
ten “Oo La La.”-—N. Y. Herald.
PLAINFIELD NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Martin, of
Boon Hill township, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ike Martin Sunday afternoon.
Messrs Leslie Williford and Lar
rie Woodard spent Sunday afternoon
with friends in Boon Hill township.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Johnson, of
Smithfield, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ike Martin Sunday.
Messrs Lewis oJhnson and John
Lewis Martin were visitors in Boon
Hill Sunday morning.
Mrs. Cora Martin and son, Mr.
Leaman Martin visited relatives near
Smithfield Saturday night and Sun
day.
Messrs Solomon Tyner and Akie
Oliver, of Boon Hill, were visitors in
this section Sunday.
Miss Ola Woodard has returned
home after spending several weeks
near Selma with her sister, Mrs.
Pearl Starling.
Mr. Lonnie Moore, of Boon Hill,
was a visitor in this section Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. Preston Starling and family,
of Selma, visited relatives in this
section Sunday.
Early Telephone Ridiculed.
In the early eighties at a charity
bazaar in Baltimore, patrons were
allowed to talk over Mr. Bell’s tele
phone for 10 cents. Only $10 was
realized, however, as most people
ridiculed the invention.—Dearborn
Independent.
Let Others Do It.
A former United States Senator,
who has lived to be 100 years old,
says worry kills more people than
anything else. A spell in the Senate,
we suppose, taught him to let others
do the worrying.
The largest turtle ever imported
to London from India was killed
recently for soup. Its weight was
450 pounds.
PRINCIPLE ALLIES’
NOTE IS ADOPTED
Kemal’s Troops to Avoid
Fight; Nothing Definite
From Constantinople
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 4.—
The Turkish Nationalists have ac
cepted in principle the Allied note re
gard inp the Near Eastern settlement,
it was announced here this forenoon.
A communique issued by General
Harington, the British commander
in-chief, regarding the Mudania con
ference, which he is attending, says
the conference is proceeding satis
factorily and that Ismet Pasha, the
Nationalist representative, has re-is
sued orders to the Nationalist troops
to avoid all contact with the British.
The French communique says:
“The preliminary meeting of the
Allied generals was held at Mudania
yesterday morning and ended with
| the draft of the protocol. Thanks
to the conciliatory disposition mani
fested by both sides, there was no
difficulty in reaching an agreement
as to the majority of the clauses as
a basis for the peace conference.”
“The meeting ended at 8 p. m., and
resumed this morning at 10. During
the interval the Allied generals ex
changed views in order to examine
the non-fundamental objections of
the Turkish delegate. The gener.l
j impression is very satisfactory. The
I arrival of the Greek military mission,
I including Colonels Plentras and Sar
j rivannis is expected this morning.”
—Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 4.—Late tonight
there was no news from Constanti
i nople giving definite information of
| the actual signature of any protocol
i or agreement at Mudania, or the rc
j suits of today’s meeting of the con
I ference. None of the government
! departments had any news beyond
; the officials communique sent fror*
Constantinople, but in official circles
great satisfaction was expressed at
the evident conciliatory 'disposition
resting in the conference.
The view expressed in official quar
ters tonight is that if the Turkish
commander orders withdrawals in
the Chanak zone, thus securing ef
fective separation of the British and
Turkish troops, there will be no dis
position on the part of the Allies
to stand out for complete retirement
from the present neutrol zone or in
sist upon terms humiliating to the
Turks.—Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 4.—Reuter’s has re
ceived the following from a semi-of
ficial source in Athens:
“According to newspapers, an
American destroyer engaged in em
barking refugees at Aivali was bom
barded by the Turks.”
Aivali is on the Asia Minor coast
north of Smyrna, opposite Mytilene'.
—Associated Press.
How America Can Help.
One of the group of Republicans
who thought in 1920 that the election
of Mr. Harding to the Presidency
would further the purposes of a
League of Nations, and who signed
a celebrated campaign document to
that effect, was President Faunce,
of Brown University. He has re
cently returned from a trip abroad,
and he declares that “no man can go
through with his eyes open and re
turn to America with a light heart.
Civilization is brittle beyond ex
pression and may crumble in any
country in Europe.”
Just what can America do?
President Faunce is not prepared to
say precisely, but he does say this:
“It can certainly without any po
litical entanglement aid the League
j its humanitarian work—the sup
j pression of typhus, the traffic in im
j morality, the opening up of the ave
I nues of commerce. Why should not
! our country, already represented on
the Reparations Commissions and
the Supreme Council, be represented
also on the Commission on Disarma
ment and the Commission on Traffic
in Women and Children?”
The role prescribed by President
Faunce involves no hazardous com
mitments, but merely an immediate
response to the cry of despairing hu
manity. Can’t we do that?—Phila
j delphia Record.
Those who live on hope may find it
difficult to cash in.