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( % I , VOLUME 42 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1923 NUMBER 11 MRS. CHASE GUEST i OF WOMAN'S CLUB Tells of Work of Federation —Local Club Ranks 3rd In This District The Woman’s Club of this city had | as its guest Friday evening at a most delightful social, Mrs. H. H. Chase of Chapel Hill, chairman of this district of Federated Clubs. The home of Mrs. Thel Hooks, president of the local club, where the enter tainment was held was thrown open to more than 75 guests. By the appointed hour, 8 o’clock, Mrs. H. P. Stevens and Mrs. F. K. Broadhurst;, stationed at the front door began to receive the guests, who were shown to the cloak room by Mrs. E. O. Aycock and Mrs. Simon Jones. Mrs. Hooks introduced the guests to the receiving line composed of the guest of honor, Mrs. Chase, and officers of the local club who were present as follows: Mrs. L. T. Royall, vice-president; Mrs, S. T. Honeycutt, treasurer; Mrs. P. H. Kasey, corre sponding secretary; Mrs. H. L. Skin ner, chairman of the Library De partment; Mrs. H. B. Marrow, chair man of social service; Mrs. W. H. Lyon, chairman of the Literary de partment; Mrs. Lee Sanders, chair- i man of the Social committee; Mrs. ' W. N. Holt, chairman of the Ways and Means committee; and Mrs. L. G. Patterson, Editor. After the arrival of all the guests the program for the evening began with a reading by Miss Irene Myatt. Mrs. Chase was then introduced by the president and gave an interesting discussion of the program undertak en by the State Federation of Wom en’ Clubs. Mrs. Chase gave inter esting facts concerning the Sixth president and to which the ^mithfield club belongs. The Sisfch die^Jict composed of 12 cFzbs rep&sentfc'xne biggest member shir. of Iny other district in the state. Raleigh is the largest club in the district having 700 members, Chapel Hill is next largest with more than 100 members and the Smithfield Club ranks third with a few more than a hundred. Mrs. Chase ex plained the various funds which the Federation is raising and told of the good that is being accomplished. The speaker closed her talk with an in vitation to the district meeting which will be held at Chapel Hill, March 19. After Mrs. Chase’s talk, Miss Sal ly May Tuttle gave another reading and Mrs. N. T. Holland and Miss Arah Hooks delighted those present with several solos. Miss Mary E. Wells told of a re cent trip to Samarcand, an institu tion for which the State Federation worked to get established. Before the guests departed a de licious course of block cream and cake was served. RALEIGH HIGHS PLAY HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT Local Squad of Basketball Tossers Out To Get Revenge On The Raleigh “Whirlwind” “Raleigh.” Twice this school year that word has meant de feat for Smithfield, once in foot hall and once ir l.a-ketball, but the local squad of basketball tossers aic out to get revenge. Wednesday night will perhaps see the largest crowd of fans of the season at the Banner Ware house to witness the second of the classics of the basketball sea son. Durham was the first and everyone is looking forward to another game of that calibra but hoping for a different result. “Hold that fellow Spence and we can beat ’em” has been the cry heard time and time again in the Smithfield camp. In the game at Raleigh Spence playing run ning guard ran absolutely wild, caging 10 field goals. Smithfield is planning to stop him before he gets started. Some talk has been heard of using Brown at forward especially to hold Spence but Coach Park is keeping “mum” about what he is going to do. The game begins at 8 o’clock sharp. A folding ironing board attached to the wall is always ready for use but not in the way. INCREASE IN SALES OF TREASURY CERTIFICATES More than ten million dollars worth of Treasury Savings Certifi cates were purchased in the Fifth Federal Reserve District in 1922, the exact figures being $10,512,893 ac cording to a statement just received by Postmaster Sarah A. Lunceford from Treasury Department officials. In North Carolina the sales, through post offices amounted to $1,515,143 with a per capita of $.63 for the state, while the Smithfield post office is credited with $3,275.00, or a per capita of $.66. The above sales were nearly ten times what they were for the pre vious year, 1921. The increased show ing may be explained, in part by the large number of War Savings Stamps, series 1918, which were ex changed for the new treasury sav ings certificates. Many reinvested the proceeds of their war savings stamps they had held for five years in these, new certificates which are similar to war stamps except that they are issued in denominations of $25, $100 and $1000, and may be bought for $20.50, $82 and $820 re spectively. The postmaster urges all holders of 1918 war stamps who have not done so, to present their stamps for redemption or exchange immediately as each day of delay means a loss of interest on their investment. Ex changed for the new certificates, which have five years to run but may be cashed at owner’s option at values increasing every month, the investment again possesses earning power, as the savings certificates begin to bear interest the day they are issued. FATHER SAVES GIRL’S LIFE BY A SPECTACULAR OPERATION While Son Ends His Own JUtfe; Used Sh/atgun; Surgeon Saves Girl From Threatened T. B. CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—A letter in a woman’s handwriting was the only clue today to the mystery surround ing the death of John Minahan, 21 year-old University of Chicago freshman who was found today seat ed in a chair and leaning over a shotgun in his room in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. Fraternity brothers, 25 of whom were sleeping in the house, insisted that the shooting was accidental. Minahan, they said had arisen early to clean his shotgun in pi’eparation for a hunting trip to New Mexico on which he was to have started tomor row. Hyde Park police, however, expres sed the belief that young Minahan had shot himself because of despond ency over his health. No one in the house heard the two shots that ended the student’s life. This, the police said, was due to the fact that the gun was placed in his mouth before the trigger was pulled. Minahan’s death came just after the announcement that his father Dr. John Minahan, a noted Wisconisn surgeon, had saved a girl from threatened tuberculosis and probable death by a spectacular operation by removing a tack from her left lung. In the course of the operation the surgeon was forced to stop the girl’s heart, move it to one side, and then start it again. BUSINESS CONDITIONS IN THE U. S. ARE FAVORABLE WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—January business conditions in the United States as shown by statistics com piled by the commerce department, continued the favorable trend evi dent during the closing weeks of 1922. Bituminous coal production aver aged 11,000,000 tons a week during the month, lumber production in creased steady after the year-end slump and building contracts in creased steadly, the total for the week end January 20 being $60, 890,000. Wool receipts for the week ending January 13 were the largest since last summer. Although wholesale prices in gen ! eral continued to advance the retail j food index declined considerably dur j ing the last two weeks of the month, i Business failures, however, increased to some extent. Just like a long letter from home to the folks who have left the com munity—that’s what the home town paper is. MR. WILSON NAMED FOR RE-ELECTION Executive Committee Wants Chairman Board Educa tion Re-elected At the meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee here yesterday a resolution was passed recommend ihg the reappointment of Mr. W. G. Wilson as a member of the Johnston County Board of Education. It will be recalled that the Democratic Con vention last summer named Mr. N. E. Ward of Selma for this place. For reasons set forth in the following resolution the Democratic Executive ] Committee saw fit to recommend a j change: “Whereas the Democratic Conven- i tion of Johnston county assembled on J the 31st day of August 1922 in j Smithfield recommended to the Leg- ' islature the election of N. E. Ward , of Selma to succeed W. G. Wilson. 1 whose term expired as member of the Board of Education of Johnston 1 County; and whereas the said N. E. Ward has since his recommendation by the Democracy of Johnston coun ty been instrumental in aiding the Republicas to secure vote in the elec tion of November 7. 1922 and where as the said W. G. Wilson was the on ly other man mentioned at the Con vention and that he received within a few votes of as many as the said N. E. Ward and further whereas he has so faithfully and capably admin istered the office as member of the School Board of Johnston County in past years and is a man particular ly fitted by virtue of his knowledge as building operations to be invalu able service to the Board of Educa tion in its present building campaign and program; “Now. therefore, be it resolved that the Executive Committee of ts^e Democratic Party of John wtom - ty assembled in special session ’rt Smithfield this day hereby recom mends to the Legislature of North Carolina the re-election of W. G. Wil son to succeed himself as member of the Board of Education of Johnston County.” THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF MR. CHARLES H. HOLT Mr. C. H. Holt, of Princeton, has traveled on the railroads and electric | trains of the United States more than three hundred and twenty-five thousand miles, was in a great many wrecks and has seen 38 persons kill ed in one passenger train wreck. One dark, rainy night the train ran into a trestle over a creek whifh was undermined by heavy rains. One coach fell into the water. Mr. Holt was riding on the engine at one time and saw two young girls step from another track over in front of the engine and were instantly killed. Two passenger trains were racing on double track. Both trains were running 60 miles an hour, on compet ing lines of railway leaving one of the larger cities. At another time he was on the engine wk€n it strfTck a section car, killing some of the men. He was also in one wreck in which two big engines and 52 cars were totally destroyed, head-end col lision. One man was killed. This was in March 1887 and occurred 14 miles north of Charleston, S. C. Mr. Holt has seen two men instant ly killed by 'touching electric light wires that were broken down in a heavy thunderstorm. He was in another city in a great riot and was in the fight, in wh h 1 several hundred darkies were report | ed killed. i He has seen two young girls shot | and killed at different times and pla j ces by their jealous sweethearts. I Many times he has been in a South : em city where it was hot and the j flowers blooming and in less than I 24 hours would be passing through ; a state where it was snowing and I sleeting. On one occasion a trip was | made when the entire passenger train runs through nine States, but the en gines are changed 11 times in 1800 miles. He has lived nearly twenty years in the large cities. In those days he was employed by one of the large railway companies, and always legally entitled to ride on passes. Gone to West Virginia Messrs H. D. Ellington and Gra ham Smith have gone to Bluefield, W. Va., where thep hold positions with the J. B. Colt Lighting Co. THE DEMOCRATS HOLD A MEETING Johnston Still In Progressive | Column; County Offices Are All Retained Johnston County as represented here yesterday in a mass meeting of Democrats voted to keep the pace of progress which has been set by endorsing- unanimously resolutions to retain the offices of Public Welfare, Home Demonstration Work. Farm Demonstration work, Public Health work and to keep the salaries of the present officers at the present figures. The meeting also passed a motion favoring a bill to reinstate the Primary in Johnston County and i passed a motion directing the legis lators from this county to draw up a bill which shall provide for the building of roads on a county unit basis but which, if a certain number petition, shall be submitted to a vote of the people before it becomes a law The court house despite the steady j downpour of rain, was filled, manv j having to stand during the intense , moments of interest. Mr. E. F. Ward, j chairman of the Democratic Execu- ! tive Committee, called the meeting | to order and asked for the selection j of a chairman to preside over the meeting. Mr. J. M. Morgan of Ben son, -was elected, and Mr. R. A. Wel lons was chosen as secretary. Judge F. H. Brooks was called upon to state the object of the meeting which he did in a brief, clear cut way. He announced that the idea of a mass meeting was first suggested by Mr. W. M. Sanders who wanted an ex pression from the county as to chang ing the buildng of roads in the coun ty from the township plan to a coun ty unit basis. Later other questions arose and the idea took a stronger hold_ihal> the pgople of the county should assemble and voice their sen timents in regard to these problems which were confronting our legisla tors. In order to ascertain if the crowd was really representative, the secretary called the roll of town ships and everyone of the 17 town ships save Pleasant Grove respond ed. , Mr. Chas. F. Kirby of Selma, then presented two resolutions the text of which follows: Resolution Number One: “Resolved by the citizens of the county of Johnston county in mass meeting assembled this day that we: “Recognizing the efficient service, and the good done for our people by our Farm Demonstrator, Home Dem onstration Department the Welfare Work and the County Nurse, and fur there recognizing the efficient serv ice of all of our county officers, we in mass meeting this day assembled do resolve that it is to the best in terest that the above named work be continued and that the offices be not interferred with in any manner. Therefore it is the sense of this body that our present Legislature now in session pass no act interfer ring in any manner with the above named work.” Resolution Number Two: “We, the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party of the county of Johnston, in special session assem bled this February 5, 1923, recom mend that the Legislature now in session pass no law interfering with the salaries of our public officers; and that they pass no law abolish or in any manner interfering with I the Farm Demonstrator, the Home Demonstration Department, the Wel fare Work and the County Nurse. Recognizing the efficient service of our County Commissioners we are of the opinion that our county will be best served by leaving that matter in their hands as it now is.” The adovtion of the resolution was moved and seconded and then a dis cussion of the motion began with Rev. A. O. Moore, pastor of the Clay ton Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Moore spoke specifically upon the Public Welfare work, and the new court house has certainly not before been permitted to re-echo such eloquence as came from this Baptist miinister as he plead for the continuance of the work. He had in his hands a rec oro of what has already been ac complished in Johnston county using a style of rhetoric effective in the hands of one who knows how, that of repeating the refrain, “Is that worth while” as he reiterated each type of work done. The speaker was heart ily applauded. WOMAN MAY RECEIVE *40,000 NOBEL AWARD STOCKHOLM, Jan, 31—For the first time in history, the Nobel peace prize will go to a woman, if the of ficial recommendation for the 1923 award is accepted. Miss Elsa Brand strom, a Swedish Red Cross woiker, is the nominee for the prize of $40, 000 given each year by the Nobel Institute to the person selected by the Norwegian Parliament. Miss Brandstrom is widely known as the “Angel of Siberia” because of her extensive personal relief work among the war prisoners of Russia and Siberia, from 1914 to 1920. She is also known for her writings in favor of peace. She is at present on her way to the United States where she will lecture on her work. Following in quick succession, speeches were made by Dr. R. J. Noble of Selma and Mr. C. W. Pen der, Superintendent of the Pythian Orphanage at Clayton, each of whom made a plea for childhood and espe cially under privileged childhood. Then Mr. T). J. Thurston of Clay ton and one of Johnston County’s representatives in the legislature, ad dressed the people and presented his position. He stated that he was present on this occasion as a repre sentative of the people to get the honet and unbiased will of the coun ty. He wante dto know if the tax payers were willing to pay $2400 for Public Welfare, $2700 for a Farm Demonstrator and similar sums for home demonstration work and for a county nurse. He stated that there were rumblings from every nook and coiner of the county about expense and warned those present that the wrath of an enraged people will ul timately seek vengeance. Mr, Thurs ton repeatedlp insisted that the fight against high taxes was hot a per sonal one. He was fighting against 0° nigral question.. Mr. Thurston stated that he did not care I'M' politi cal life even though he though that he could be re-elected by a popular vote, but he only wanted to do his duty as a representative. When Mr. Thurston had finished his talk, Mr. A. M, Johnson made a short talk relative to the Farm Dem onstration work after which Mrs. R. A. Redfearn Home Demonstration Agent of Anson county, made a splendid appeal for the Home Dem onstration work. A country woman herself with five children to raise she gave a personal testimony as to the worth of the work. She thought in stead of a time to talk about high taxes it was a time to talk about how to make more money, and she pro ceeded to tell how the Home Demon stration work puts money into the farm woman’s pockets by cooperative selling of the surplus produce raised on the farms. Her argument was clear and practical and the audience gave her a rising vote of apprecia tion when she had finished. Mr. J. H. Broadwell of Selma, 79 years old and according to his state ment a teacher for 41 years having taught from 800 to 1000 pupils in that time and walked 12,500 miles to do it then made a talk captivating his audience wih his plain spoken words. He diagnosed the situation by saying that too many evade pay ing taxes. Mr. j. w. btepnenson oi tms city made a few remarks in favor of the Farm work, after which the question was put which resulted in a unani mous endorsement of the resolutions. This part of the program dispos ed of, the Convention then heard Representative W. M. Sanders as he presented the matter of recommend ing the reinstatment of a Primary for Johnston County. Without any discussion a motion was carried en dorsing the bill which has already been introduced in the legislature by Representative Thurston. The matter of changing from a township system of working roads to a county unit basis was then pre sented by Mr. Sanders. Dr. C. H. Grady of Kenly and Mr. C. W. Pen der of Clayton both made talks fav oring the present township system. A motion was finally introduced by Judge Brooks providing that the Johnston county legislators draw a bill asking for a county unit sys tem of building roads taking care of the townships and other details which shall be presented in the pres ent legislature but which shall not become a law until passed upon by the people in the next primary. The motion carried and the meet ing adjourned. MAXWELL SHOWS $5,000,000 DEFICIT Investigation of Financial Condition of the State Is Ordered RALEIGH. Feb. 3.—Approving the action of the general assembly in naming a committee to investigate the condition of the state’s finances, as requested by Governor Cameron Morrison Friday, when he addressed a joint meeting of the hgislature, and disavowing any personal ani mosity toward the governor or his administration, corporation Commis sioner A. J. Maxwell tonight issued a statement to the Associated Press in which he continues to insist that a deficit of more than $5,000,000 ex ists in the operating fund of the state, instead of the alleged pros- J pective surplus upon which the bud get commission acted. Governor Morrison, in his address Friday, severely criticized Mr. Max well for what the governor charac terized as an attack on the “con structive program” of the adminis 'ration, founded cn misstatement tf fact relating to the state’s finances “The general assembly has very properly provided for an investiga tion of the financial condition of the state and this investigation should settle fairly as to facts,” Mr. Max well states: “I regret that an im portant question of impersonal fact has been made the subject of pas sionate discussion. No man can pay higher eulogy than I will do to the members of the budget commission. I hold them as friends, and I hope that the governor of North Carolina may not think so poorly of me when his passion cools. But I have no political friendship that 1 hold su perior to my loyalty and obligatioi^^^ tq. th^state J know of jy* ofie ^HHMI has more at stake in the mainte’ nance of a sound fiscal policy during his administration than Governor Morrison and information on this subject should not be considered an attack on him or his administration. “For some days I have tried to get members of the budget commission to join me and the state treasurer in an inquiry into this matter, but for one reason or another it- was not done. * * * * “How can the general assembly function properly if it is not advised of the facts ? If we are already on a basis of living expenses greater than our income, and with strong ' demand for greater expenditures, how can legislative measures be cut to fit, or if cut to fit, how could such course be understood by the public unless lie general assembly and the public aTe advised of the facts?” Mr. Maxwell stated further that his figures were based on the printed report of the state treasurer and the treasury statement for the last six months and that if they were wrong then he was wrong.—Asso ciated Press. ! DISCOVERS WAY TO DELINT COTTON SEED Removes Lint So As To Improve Cotton Seed For Plant ing Purposes WASHINGTON, aJn. 31.—A pro cess of removing from cottonseed the short pieces of lint which adhere af ter cotton is ginned, so as 'to improve I the seed for planting pur poses, has been discovered by Loren G. Pol hamus, of the Bureau of Plant Indus , try, and a public service patent has been granted at the request of the I Department of Agriculture. The , new process makes use of gaseous hydrochloric acid, and experiments i are being conducted by Mr. Polhamus near San Diego, Calif., to develop it on a scale that can be used gener ■ ally for px-eparing seed for planting, and to determine whether the pro cess can be used commrieially on , cotton seed in the production of . linter cotton. j No safe anti practical process of I chemically delinting large quantities I of cotton seed has been developed, ! but exposure of the dry seed to hy , drochloric acid disintergrates the l Ifent, obviating the wetting, washing | an<l drying the seed as is necessary ■ in a suggested treatment with sul I phuric acid. A thorough cleaning of i the seed by the new process facxli j tates prompt germination which aids in securing full stands of cotton and avoids clogging of planting xnachines.
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