VOLUME 41
SM1THFIELD, N. (f., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922
NUMBER 99
N. C. PRISON BOARD
GIVES APPROVAL ;
Supt. Pou Would Establish
Tubercular Colony Near
State Sanatorium
The State Prison Board yesterday
placed its stamp of approval on the
bi-ennial report of S ipe int ndrv
George R. Pou recommending the
establishment of a tuberculosis col
ony near Sanatorium, the abolition
of the criminal insane cjepartflen^,
the establishment of prison indus- j
tries, and ordered plans drawn for
model quarter for prisoner at the
Method farm.
Legislation where new laws are
required will be prepared by th'>
Board for submission to the Gener
al Assembly when the body meets in
January, and the Board itself will
be in session for the purpose of fur
hering its passage. Yesterday’s
meeting adjourned until January 2,
the day of the convening of the Gen
eral Assembly. The endorsement of
Mi Pou’s report was unanimous,
and every member pledged his ac
tive support in making it effective.
Although the fiscal year of the
prison has not closed, and no finan
cial statement of conditions was in
cluded in the report, preliminary
figures indicate the institution is
paying its own way again. The pri
son population has increased in two
years from 813 to 1,106, according
to the statistical section of the bi
ennial report. The general health
of the prisoners is good, and the
physical condition of the prison an 1
prison camps is satisfactory, the re
port declared.
Strong emphasis was placed by
Mr. Pou on the recommendation
that the Board establish a tubercu
lar colony and that it abolish the
criminal insane department. At pres
ent the tubercular patients are con
fined on the fourth floor of the pri
son builoing here, with no provision
for ■ their segregation. Eighteen
prisoners are confined in that quar
ter now, along with advanced siphy
liti’s and other types of infectious
diseases.
Mr. Pou recommends the estab
lishment of a tubercular colony near
Sanatorium where it can come under
the direct supervision of the Super
intendent of the Tuberculosis Sana
tariun. His plan would adfit also
tubercular patients from county
chain gangs for whom there is no
present provision in the law. No
means of segregation and treatment
are possible under the laws by which
the gangs operate.
Is abolishing the criminal insane
department, Mr. Pou would distrib
ute the inmates among institutions
already provided for the care of the
insane. Seventy-two prisoners are
now confined to the department,
most of them hopelessly insane. The
Prison has no means of treating
them, and the only thing that can
be done about them is to keep them
confined. Many of them are suffer
ing with loathsome diseases but they
cannot be segregated.
Third among the recommendations
is the establishment of prison indus
tries and provision for the sale of
products. Mr. Pou is now making a
survey of the prisons of the country
to determine what industries are fol
lowed in other prisons and a survey
of the prison population under his
care to ascertain what industries they
are qualified to prosecute.
Approximately 200 prisoners now
confined to the prison are physicallv
unfit for the heavy manual labor
that is required of prisoners, and
are maintained at a dead expense
to the prison administration. Mr.
Pou would develop industries in
which these prisoners could be em
ployed, and enable the prison to dis
pose of the products of their labors.
He also recommends the repeal of
the State law that prohibits the sab
of brick by the prison.
Frank Simpson, Raleigh archi % t.
was retained to prepare plans for
modern prison quarters for the
Method farm, and quarters for the
housing of guards and prison atten
dants, with hospitals, etc., necessary
to make the farm complete in every
detail. Mr. Simpson was directed to
have the plans in readiness by early
January. It is proposed to start
construction in early spring.
Members of the Board attending
the session yesterday were James A.
I Leak, Wadesboro, chairman; Wil
li liam M. Sanders, Smithfield; A. L.
I Bullock, Rowland; R. M. Chatham,
WENDELL MERCHANT I
FOUND DEAD IN STORE ,
WENi'F.LL Do- 12.— Ti soph
Mitchell a prominent business man
of this town, was 1ound deal in his
plaee of business Monday morning.
When found he was sitting in an
upright position on a box. lie left
his home Sunday uf* umoon in com
pany with some of his friends. At
a late houi, as he bn 1 not returned,
his wife became alarmed and com
menced inquiry. Early on the fol
lowing morning his dead body was
discovered by a person looking thru
the window of his store. The store
had to be broken in to reach his
body. The body is being held in the
Stoll undertaking room, awaiting a
coroner’s inquest to be held to de
termine the cause of his death.
He leaves a wife and two sm ill
children and a host of friends to
mourn his death. His remains wi.l
be laid to rest in the family ceme
tery near Youngsville after the in
quest is held.
Death of L. M. Stevens.
On December 4, 1922, a calmness
passed over Bentonsville township
when the news the death of Lewis
Marion Steves- was spread. Lew’s
was a man of nigh morals with a
quite unquestionable character, a
very homely c itizen whom all who
knew loved, loth white and colored,
lie was born in Sampson countv i n
November 14, 1864. being the second
eldest son of .I"1 n and Susan Ste\
ens. His parents moved to Bentons
ville township, Johnston county,
while he was quite young and he
lived where he died all his life. He
received his education at his com
munity school after which he chose
farming as bis vocation at which he
made a success, having accumulated
considerable property.
In the death of this man our coun
ty loses a good citizen and his
neighbors a friend indeed. He always
stood ready to lend and give when
he could.
Lewis Marion Stevens was born
or November 14, 1864 and died De
cember 4, 1922 of influenza and pneu
monia after a few days’ illness. He
was married about 16 years ago to
Miss Mary Virginia Crusenberry, of
Sampson county, who with several
brothers and sisters mourn their
loss. Lewis having died at the age of
58 years, his memories will not die,
but forever live with his family and
friends.
The funeral services were held
fr.mi the late residence on Dec tuber
5th, leing conducted by Rev. Fred
Osburn, of Mill Creek Disciple
church of which he was a member,
after which the body was placed in
the family burying ground.
he leaves besides a host of friends,
a widow. Mrs. Mary V. Stevens, four
brotters, Mr. J. H. Stevens, of Ben
son, Messrs Julius, Ed and Johnnie
Steven.:, of Bentonsville, and three
sisters, Mrs. Jinnie Rhodes of Golds
boro, Mrs. J. W. Flowers and Mrs. J.
R. Williams, of Bentonville.
The writer joins the many friends
of the family in sympathy for the
bereaved ones.
We speak of the realms of the blest
That country so bright and so fair,
And oft are its glories confessed
Bur what must it be to be there.
Oh, Lord, in this valley of woe
Our spirits of Heaven prepare,
And shortly we also shall know
And feel what it is to be there.
W. A. POWELL.
Ginning Report.
The tabulation of the card report.:
shows that there were 55,028 bales
of cotton, counting round as half
bales, giinned in Johnston county, j
from the crop of 1922 prior to De- j
cember 1, 1922, as compared with i
45,946 bales ginned to December 1, I
1921.—E. G. Holland, Reporter, Ken- j
ly, N. C„ RFD 2.j
Elkin, and E. P. Fickling, Green
ville.—News and Observer, Dec. 13.
POTEAT THRILLS
BAPTIST HEARERS
Evolution Issue Regarded as
Settled; Meredith Site is
Discussed
WINSTON-SALEM. Dec. 13.—By
upholding the hand of the trustees
of Wake Forest and Meredith Col
leges, the Baptist State Convention
disposed of the chief controversial
subject confronting it before adjourn
ment tonight and paved the way for
the peak o fthe inspirational feature
of the convention tomorrow. To
morrow morning at 10:30 Dr. L. R.
Scarborough, of Fort Worth, Texas,
will speak on the 75 Million Rein
forcement Campaign and will be fol
lowed by Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president
of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary of Louisville, Ky., whose
subject will be “The Challenge of
Europe to America.”
A goodly part oi tne day session
was devoted to a discussion of a site
for the million dollar plant which
will be built to replace the present
Meredith College at Raleigh. Mat
ters pertaining to Wake Forest were
taken up tonight following an ad
dress by President William Louis
Poteat, who made a strong plea for
Christianity plus enlightenment.
“Our deepest need is God and next
is intelligence,” declared Dr. Poteat.
“The two must be mated, and thank
God there is no law against this
matter, he contended.
The victory for Wake Forest was
negative, but was as certain as if
it had been effected by formal reso
lution. Dr. Poteat captivated his
audience and held them spell bound.
Disregarding the moot question of
evolution except by implication, he
dumfounded his critics by a state
ment of his Christianity, touched in
simple terms, but eloquent to an un
usual degree. At the conclusion of
his address, none dared to rise to
criticize him and it is universally
conceded that none will.
The question of fraternities at
Wake Forest may be raised later in
the convention, but the matter of
evolution is regarded by those who
heard Dr. Poteat as settled for
good.
Dr. Poteat’s address ended a feel
ing of high tension that has pre
vailed throughout the
His friends and admirers have been
in the majority all the while, but
now it is felt that when next he is
criticized it will be by some one
who did not hear him. Yielding
nothing of his scientific 1
gave an exposition of his belief in
Christianity so convincing that there
will hardly be any suggestion here
from any source that any danger
could lurk in the teachings of such
a man.
The only formal vote taken was
a request that the address be re
produced for publication and that
action will probably stand as the
only one taken by the convention.—
R. E. Williams in News and Observ
er.
CHINESE SOLDIERS SHOOT
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
Representations have been made to
the Chinese government by Minister
Schurman at Peking in connection
with the serious shooting and wound;
ing by Chinese soldiers of Charles
Coltman an American merchant at
Kalgan, a town northwest of Peking,
while in an automobile with Samuel
Sokobin, the American consul at Kal
gan, according to the Associated
Press correspondent.
The foreign office at Peking, the
department said, had been informed
by Minister Schurman that the at
tack on the American consul was in
violation of international law and an
affront to the United States govern
ment, and demand was made for the
arrest of the offenders. s
Coltman, who is the son of a form
er missionary and has spent most of
his life in China, was said to have
a slight chance of surviving.
Fiddler’s Convention.
On Saturday, December 16th, at
7:30 p. m., there will be held in the
auditorium of the Newton Grove hi,eh
school an old-time fiddler’s conven
tion. Every fiddler, guitar picker,
banjo picker, or clog dancer in or
out of the county is requested to
come and take part. The public is
invited to come and have a good
time.
JOHN WANAMAKER
DIES AT AGE OF 84
Remarkable Figure in Mer
cantile World Passes to
His Reward
John Wanamaker, aped 84 years,
conceded by his rivals to be the
“merchant prince” of America, died
at his home in Philadelphia Tues
day morning at 8 o’clock. He was
taken sick with a cold early in No
vember while at his country estate
near Philadelphia. He was later re
moved to his town house but he did
not improve and just a few days
ago became perceptibly worse.
The News and Observer in report
ing his death Wednesday said:
The death of Mr. Wannamaker,
who spent his life in Philad 1; :
and was always one of its leading
citizens in civic movements, was re
ceived with sorrow by all classes of
| citizens.
i Mr. Wanamaker’s life was insured
j for more than $3,000,000 and he v. as
j one of the leaders among h
heavily insured men in the country.
John Wanamaker led in the cre
ation of the department stores as an
institution in American life. At the
outbreak of the Civl War n 1801
when he began business for himself
in a humble way in Philadelphia,
retail merchandising in this country
was in a disorganized state, and, in
| the opinion of the far-sighted young
merchant, it was suffering a rapid
decline through practices that were
then general. Aside from his ambi
tion to make money, "my paramount
purpose,” said Mr. Wanamaker, "was
to help save the mercantile profes
sion from lowering its flag before
other professions and occupations.”
There were in those days no fixt 1
sellisg price for goods. Business then
demanded a thirteen-hour day from
all employes. Customers spent hours
price-haggling with salesmen. Mr.
Wanamaker was impressed with this
waste of time and to eliminate it he
became a pioneer in fixing a sell
ing price for goods. It was one of
the beginnings of many mercantile
reiorms which today are so gener
ally followed that the 1 present gen
eration can scarcely find anywhere a
trace of the old practices.
Mr. Wanamaker was 24 years old
when he entered upon his career, m
partnership with his brotherdn-lavv,
Nathan Brown, on a joint capital of
$3,500, in a clothing business at
Philadelphia. He had been born in
that city, July 11, 1838. His father
and his father’s father had been
brick-makers, and John Wanamaker’s
first work was “turning bricks.” He
was the oldest of seven children and
early in his boyhood he was obliged
to give up schooling and earn his
own way. His first wages were $1.25
a week as an errand boy in a Phila
delphia book store, and then as a
young man he was employed for a
time at Tower Hall, a famous old
Philadelphia clothing house, where
his personality and business ability
were developed for his venture in
business for himself. The Brown &
Wanamaker store began business
with a first day’s sales account of
$24, and ended its first year with
a record of $24,000 business. Mi.
Wanamaker and his brother-is-law
were during the first few months
of business unable to afford a horse
and wagon for delivery, and Mr.
Wanamaker himself pushed a two
wheel dart to deliver his goods.
Mr. Wanamaker interested him
self in many civic activities. He was
the first salaried secretary of
the Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion in America, in 1858; one of the
founders of the Christian Commis
sion during the Civil War, and
one of the organizers of the Cen
tennial Exposition in 1876. In the
latter year he began the develop
ment of his department store, es
tablishing the house of John Wana
j maker and Company on Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, and twenty
years later established a similar
business in New York as successor
of A. T. Stewart. It is estimated that
during hi entire business career
Mr. Wanamaker had distributed
into American homes merchandise
reaching nearly a billion dollars in
value. .
He was known as a great be
liever in advertising, in newspaper
advert:sing above all other varieties.
He spent millions of dollars in it.
One of the features of his adver
Ql'INT SEASON OPENS '
HERE TONIGHT WITH CLAYTON
(By DONNELL WHARTON)
After a week of the hardest, most j
gruelling: practice the Smithfiehl
Highs will meet the Clayton quint
tonight at 7:45 in the first basketball
game of the season. The game will
be played on the new court at the
Banner Warehouse. Every night
this week and several last week the
locals have been putting in from
IV2 to 2 hours of the hardest kind
of basketball training and by to
night Coach Park expects to have
the team in enough shape to play
the opening game. A squad of six
teen men have been reporting each
night and more than three teams
have been showing up good. Of this
number four wear the monogram of
last year’s team -Captain Godwin
Stephenson, Brown and Caudil. The
entire scrub team of last year is back
again and several very promising
recruits from the Pomona school.
Every man is given the hardest kind
of run for his place and no one
knows, xeept the coach who will start
the game. Everyone knows that
there will be many changes in the
line-up before the last whistle blows
Mrs. Frances Oufland Passes Away.
On the morning of December 4th,
God in His infinite wisdom sent
His death Angel to call His loving
servant, Mrs. Frances Outland, to
eternal rest. She was 67 years old
and is survived by five sons and four
daughters. Her health had been
fast failing for the last year. Her
remains were laid to rest in the fam
ily burying ground at her old home
to await the day she shall hear the
Lord speak: “Well done thy good and
faithful servant, enter thou into the
joy of thy Lord.” The funeral ser
vices were conducted at the home of
her son, J. R. Outland where sho
was confined the last few days jf
her life. Her pastor, Rev. Christo
pher Hooks of the Primitive Baptist
Church at Memorial conducted the
funeral services.
O death where is thy sting
For mother is in Heaven with the
Angels to sing.
On a little knoll beside her husband
where she was laid
She is only asleep in Jesus; they say
she is dead.
The Lord knoweth best
That’s why He took her home to Rest.
Her toils of life were over
That’s why He took her home to
Glory.
When the golden sun is setting and
all is dark toward the West
Mother, we love thee, but Angels
love thee more
So they have called thee to that
Bright and shining shore.
Mother we miss thee, but me know
that our loss is thy gain
We shall strive to live like thee that
we may be with thee again.
We shall miss thy love and care
We shall miss thy sunshine and
smiles
But why should we repine, Mother
dear
Foi these have guided us through
our lives.
By a dutiful and loving daughter,
Mrs. W. H. Pittman.
A Quick Turnover.
Nephew: “What 1 want to get into,
Uncle, is some line where one can
make a quick turnover.”
Uncle: “Well, you might get a job
frying griddle cakes.”—Boston Tran
script.
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tisi.ng campaign was his develop
ment of the “Store News Page”
which he led with an editorial over
his own signature, invariably writ
ten by himself, to keep the public
in touch with the policies of his
business. His friends often saw
him writing such an editorial on his
way to the store in the morning,
scribbling it on the back of an en
velope or an odd scrap of paper
he had in his pocket.
BATTLE CRUISERS
AND SUBMARINES
House Members Strong for
Protection of this Country
—Want Treaty Changed
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13— Blunt
notice that the United States can
not avoid a new naval program in
swift cruisers and fleet submarines
unless treaty limitations are extend
ed to such craft, was served by the
house appropriations committee to
day in reporting the $293,80*3,538
naval appropriation bill. A six-line
provision placed in the bill by the
committee requested President Har
ding to negotiate with Great Britain,
France, Japan and Italy for such an
extent ion of the treaty; limitation of
aircraft to be included.
The committee report said large
cruiser and submarine programs
were planned abroad, adding:
“In other words, competition is on
again in the single direction to which
the unratified agreement (the Wash
ington naval treaty) does not ex
tend, and if it bo allowed to go un
checked, the purse strings again
must be relaxed and this government,
like all others, will be constrained
to launch a new program to the ex
tent necessary to keep up at least
abreast of any of the other powers.”
President Harding was not con
sulted by the committee with rela
tion to its limitation conference re
quest. The project for negotiations
apparently came as a surprise even
to naval officials. It was originated
by Chairman Kelley, of the naval
appropriations subcommittee.
The chief reason prompting Mr.
Kelley to propose a new naval con
ference was understood to have been
the light cruiser program recom
mended by the navy general board.
No mention of this is included in the
published copies of committee hear
ings on the bill. The program
urged, however, as necessary to keep
the United States navy on a parity
with other navies in cruisers includ
ing 16 new light cruisers, within the
10,000 ton size limitation of the
Washington treaty and to cost $168,
000,000.
The committee also eliminated from
its published hearings testimony of
naval intelligence officers on *
program of construction abroad.
Presumably it was this formation
end the recommendations as to new
construction made by the general
board which prompted the attempt
to check post-treaty competitive
building through diplomatic negotia
tions.
Administration officials who were
closest to the Washington arms con
ference deliberations expressed the
view tonight that there appeared lit
tle likelihood of uecess for new
negotiations to limit in accordance
with the “5-5-3” or some other ratio
the size of cruiser and submarine
fleets. The conference it was point-'
ed out, in prolonged discussions had
found no basis of agreement possi
ble on these points or as to fighting
aircraft. The French position at the
conference in opposition to limiting
submarine fleets, it was added,
brought a specific reservation by
British delegates of the right to
build anti-submarine craft such as
light cruisers and destroyers with
out restriction save as to the max
imum size of cruisers, 10,000 tons,
and limitation of the maximum size
of guns they could carry to 8-inch
weapons.
In addition to the new cruiser pro
gram, the committee is known to
have been informed of the general
board’s recommendation that a start
be made on modernizing the pre
Jutland battleships of the navy, the
point being made that ‘Great Brit
ain has already remodeled to a large
extent to increase gun range and
deck protection her capital ships to
be retained under the treaty. The
American modernization project
would cost in the neighborhood of
$(>0,000,000 it has been estimated.
Lacking such remodeling work,
American 14-inch gun ships would
remain outranged by otherwise sim
ilar but modernized British ships i *
five miles, navy officers have de
clared.
Of More Value Than Diamonds
In the age of acorns, antecedent to
Cerea and the royal ploughman Trip
tolemus, a single barley-corn had
been jf more value to mankind than
all th ediamonds that glowed in the
j mines of India.—H. Brooke.