LIGHT DOCKET IN
RECORDER’S COURT
Harris Johnson Bound Over
To Superior Court; Only *
Three Other Cases
The Recorder’s Court this v?e^k
had a light docket, only four c^ses
being disposed of Tuesday. The
case of most interest perhaps was
that of the State against Harris
Johnson, of Meadow township, charg
ed with rape. He is about 50 years
of age and is charged with criminal
assault upon a girl under 14 years
of age. He was brought here Sun
* day. January 28 ana placed in jail to
await trial. At the court Tuesday,
the defendant waived an examination
and was bound over to the March
term of Superior court without
bond.
Other cases disposed of were as
follows:
State vs. Willie Corbett charged
with carrying a concealed, weapon.
Defendant was found guilty and was
fined $50 and costs.
State vs. Raiford Joyner charged
with assault. Defendant pleads guil
ty and was fined $10 and costs.
State vs J. W. Short charged with
disposing of mortgaged property.
The case was continued until Feb
ruary 13 for judgment.
Court was held on Wednesday for
the disposal of civil cases there be
ing only a few on this docket.
Helping the Farmer
At a recent get-together meeting
of bankers and business men of the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan, called
to discuss the continuing depression,
its causes and the possibility of ef
fecting a cure, it was the consenus
of opinion that if the distress of ag
riculture could be relieved the coun
try would be prosperous. Among
Tlie prepared addresses''on'~£he pfsr~
gram was one by W. W. Gasser, cash
ier of the Union National Bank of
Marquette, in which he drove home
some trbths worth bearing in mind.
To quote Mr. Gasser in part:
“In view of the fact that be
tween 50 and 60 per cent of the
purchasing power of our country
is invested in the rural eommun
nities, and inasmuch as prices
which the farmer gets for his
products are not in the proper
relation with those he pays for
his commodities, it seems that
industry and commerce are being
hampered by the loss of the far
mer’s purchasing power, and that
one of two things must result—
either the farmer must get bet
ter prices or the purchasing pow
er of the country will be large
ly reduced. This, in turn, will
cause another depression.” —
After canvassing the contributing
causes for the admitted distress of
agriculture, as advanced by other
speaker, Mr. Gasser thus treats of
the matter of credit:
“My claim is that credit has
very little tq do with the farmer’s
present distress, and that the giving
of more credit would not help him
out, but only get him in deeper.”
That is sound sense. Most of the
plans of farmer’s credit consist in
soothing his emergency distress by
getting him further into debt.
What the American farmer needs,
first, is a way to get completely out
of debt, and then a way to keep out
of debt forever.
Debt and 'interest are crushing
the world, and Both will soon have
to disappear through the sheer in
ability of the world to support them.
—Dearborn Independent.
Call Meeting of U. D. C.
Mrs. E. W. Pou, president of the
local chapter of the U. D. C., requests
all the members to attend a call
meeting at her home on Saturday
afternoon, February 10, at 3:30 o’
clock. Urgent business will come ]
before the meeting.
SCHEDULE OF STATE
INCOME TAX MAN
The State Income Tax deputy
clerk, Mr. A. T. Uzzell is due to be
in Johnston county in the near fu
ture, the following being his sche
dule:
eBnson at Parrsh Hotel, Feb. 12.
Smithfield Hotel, Feb. 13 and 14.
Selma at First National Bank.
Feb. 15.
Kenly at Edgerton Hotel Feb. 16.
Clayton at Farmers Bank, Feb. 27.
j RALEIGH VANQUISHED
BY SMITHFIELD LADS
(By Donnell Wharton)
In a slow game featured by close
guarding, much roughness and fre
quent upsets Smithfield defeated
by 14-7 score the heretofore invinci
; ble Raleigh “Whirlwind” here Wed
| nesday night. The game was u i
i rough and tumble fight almost from !
the beginning with both teams join
ing in the turmoils with apparent
willingness. Starting off with a
field goal by Hill, soon followed by
two neat shots by Brown from the j
foul lines, the locals were constantly <
in the lead, the first half ending
with the score at 10-4. The Raleigh
team came back in the second half
weakened by the loss of Spence and
played all but a few minutes of the
period before they could find the
basket for a field goal while Smith
field counted up four points with
Brown doing the counting. Brown
was the individual star of the game
with four field goals and two fouls !
to his credit. Hill got the other
two goals for Smithfield, while
Skinner played his usual good game
at guard. Raleigh basketed only two
field goals during the entire contest
with Smithfield never allowing one
player to get free near the visitors
goal.
The game was played before the
largest crowd that has witnessed a
game here this season, estimated at
seven hundred and fifty.
Line-up and summary:
Smithfield (14) Raleigh (7)
Hill- Spence
Right Forward
Brown ___’ Hawkins
Left Forward
Stephenson- Waring
Center
Skinner_ Coley
Right Guard
Godwin___ Young
Left Guard
'SiuSs€itOtf6iis^4(fF~Stflithfii^dt Ttdftet
for Raleigh Goodwin for Spence.
Field goals: Hill 2, Brown 4, Spence
1, Coley 1. Foul Goals: Brown 2 out
of 2 chances; Young 3 out of 5
chances. Referee: Ives.
Death of Henry Capps
On Saturday about two o’clock the
Death Angel visited the home of Mr.
William Henry Capps and took from
them their loving son, Henry Paul,
and carried him to a higher place of
rest. We all hated to give him up
but God knew best. We hope to
meet him in that bright world febove
where there will be no parting, pain
nor death.
He was ick only a week with that
dreadful disease, pneumonia. We feel
that our loss is his eternal tgain.
He bore all his sufferings patiently.
He was laid to rest Sunday evening
at Johnson’s Chapel. A heart-brok
en father and mother, six brothers
and one sister survive him.
\ A preciou one from us is gone
A voice we love is still,
A place is vacant in our horpe
That never can be filled.
—Written by a brother, Herman.
Austrian Musicians To Be Here
March 1 the Austrian musicians
now located at Fayetteville will give
one of their concerts. It is confi
dently expected that this will be one
of the very best concerts ever given
in Smithfield. One of the musicians,
Miss Anita Ast, is a violinist of un
usual ability. Another is a well
trained pianist. The High School has |
recently secured a very fine piano and j
this will be an opportunity for the j
people of Smithfield to hear an excel- J
lent pianist try "it out.
Fiddler^ Convention
On Friday night, February 9th ac
7:30 o’clock there will be a Fiddlers
Convention at Pleasant Grove schoo’.
District Number one, Pleasant Grove
township.
Admission 25 cents; children under
12, fifteen cents. E
PRESIDENT HARDING WILL BE
A CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION^
Senator Watson of Indiana pre
dicted in the Senate Monday that
President Harding will be a candi
date for re-election in 1924 and will
be nominated by the Republicans
unanimously. He also stated that
the Republican party would present
a united front in 1924.
FARMERS CONGRES
FEBRUARY 15, 16, 17
Three Big Days Planned for
Johnston County to Be
Staged in This City
r
The idea that man does not live
to himself alone is slowly but surely
sinking deep into the minds of the
people. The idea is wholesome, and
when all the people come to realize
how utterly dependant each one is up
on the other for the very existence of
all, a new prosperity will sweep over
our country like a tidalwave.
The Smithfield Chamber of Com
merce has faith enough fi this idea
of mutual co-operation between the
Farmer and the Business Man to give
it a test on a grand scale. Accord
ingly Thursday, Friday and Saturday
the 15th, 16th and 17th of February,
have been designated as The John
ston County Farmers’ Congress. The
Chamber of Commerce realizes that
it has launched something new and
big, and every one of the wide awake
members are working day and nighi
that the results of this Farmers’
Congress may be big.
The Chamber of Commerce be
lieves that it is time for Johnston
County merchants to stop stocking
their stores with meats from Rich
mond, fruits from California, and
vegetables from Florida when all of
these commodities can be product^
and sold in abundance here at home.
The Chamber of Commerce desires to
give the home' farmer and the home
merchant the fullest benefit of a mut
ual exchange of raw and prepared I
products.
inis i*ai-mers congress will have
the spacious Farmers’ Tobacco Ware
houe at its disposal. Two car’ loads
of milk cows and two car loads of
brood sows, both cow and hogs of the
most suitable type for Johnston
County will be there for sale. A? so! -
of octagon soap- an4—di
solid car load of coffee as well as
many other articles of merchandise
will be offered to the farmers at the
lowest possible cost.
The farmers and their wives are
invited to participate by bringing
poultry, pork, dairy products, farm
products, canned fruits and canned
vegetables and all manner of salable
implements useful on the farm. The
idea is to buy, sell and exchange in
such a way that all may go away
benefitted.
Demonstrations in poultry raising,
hog feeding and raising, marketing
of farm and dairy products, mattress
making and basket making will be
made by experts along the various
lines. There will be a rest room '
provided for women and children, and
the county nurse will give demonstra
tions in caring for babies under one
year of age,
The above is an incomplete out- j
line of what will be undertaken by
this first Johnston County Farmers’
Congres. The motives behind it are
good, having their origin in the idea
that this county is wasting and los
ing much of material wealth that
her people ought to have and enjoy.
If enough interest will be taken by
the farmers it is easy to believe that
great good will result both to the far
mer and the merchant. It is a be
ginning of a new system of conserv
ing and it is hoped that the begin
ning may have a fair trial.
COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL
TO EXCLUDE JAPANESE
The House Immigration Commit
tee approved an act Monday which
would exclude Japanese immigrants
and would reduce the percentage of
aliens admissible from European
countries.
Mr. Higgins Accepts Position Here
Mr. R. H. Higgins whose home is
near SmithfiJd has accepted a posi
tion in the U. S. post ofi’.ce here.
He began his duties Monday of this
week, Mr. Higgins fhas taught
school in this county for several
years but has given up school work
to enter the postal service of t^ie gov
ernment.
Plans To Move To Durham
Mr .H. I. Ogburn, who holds a posi
tion with the Virginia-Carolina Chem
ical Co., with headquarters at Dur
ham, spent a few days with his fam
ily here this week. Mr. Ogburn ex
pects to move his family to Durham
at an early date.
ACTIVITIES OF THE
GENER’L ASSEMBLY
Ku Klux Bill Is Having A
Hard Time; Sanders In
troduces State Fair Bill
The interest of the General Aseenv
bly Tuesday centered around the Ku
Klux bill introduced in the house and
known as the Milliken Bill which
would require all secret orders to
register the names of their mem
bers with the secretary of state.
The debate was led by Everett of
Durham and Burgwyn of Northamp
ton county. Victor S. Bfyant, of
Durham, opened the fight against'lhe
bill and made the only set speech
delivered on the measure. To pub
lish the names of the members of
the Klan would make its members
morally responsible for the acts of
its members, according to Mr. Burg
wyn, but Mr. Bryant contended that
no machinery was in the bill to make
the Klan sign up its members.
When the vote was taken, it show
ed very nearly an equal division of
opinion, the bill being killed by only
three votes. Tlje vote stood 53 to 50.
The bill, however was revived on
Wednesday when Representative
Whitaker of Guilford made a motion
to reconsider the vote of 53 to 50 by
which it failed to pass the second
reading, and although opponents
promptly moved to table the motion,
a vote of 70 to 38 is the cause of the
measure coming up again. Next
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock has been
set as the time for reconsideration.
Among the new bills offered in the
house Tuesday was one introduced
by Dr. R. L. Carr of Duplin pro
viding for a constitutional amend
ment exempting mortgaged proper
ty from taxation to the amount of
the mortgage.
Among bills passed on the in the
Senate Tuesday Senator Longls
fljfll “to defly corporations the rig^it^
to plead usury thereby making possi
ble the proeur?nc“ of money at a
higher rate of interest than the
state law allows by incorporated en
terprises. The Senate also passed a
bill regulating the practice of opto
metry which provides that the re
shall not become effective until July
1, 1924.
quiremcnts of a
education
New legislation oiierea in tne
House Wednesday developed nothing
of a public character except the San
ders bill providing for the release to
the State of the property of the
State Fair Association on the condi
tion that the State make an annual
appropriation for its upkeep and de
velopment, and that a great Exposi
tion building be erected there to be
kept open th$ year round. The Tneas
ure is the sam as proposed by the
late Col. J. Bryan Grimes.
The Sanders bill si ts forth in leg
islative form the recommendations of
the State Agricultural Society for
the transfer of the State Fair to the
State, and the appropriation of
$25,000 annually for the mainten
ance of the fair.
The Senate spent a good deal of
time Wednesday discussing the
Morrison ship bill. The second read
ing vote was postponed after a three
hours’ debate over the original meas
ure and a substitute introduced by
the opposition.
MEDIATION FAILS TURKS
WILL NOT SIGN TREATY
LAUSANNE, Feb. 6—(By the As
sociated Press.)—All mediation has
definitely failed;Turkey will not sign
the Allied treaty at the present time,
even with the latest concessions
proposed, and within a few hours j
Ismet Pasha will leave for Angora !
to consult with his government.
Team Work Needed
It ain’t the gun nor the armament
Nor the funds that they can pay
But the dose co-operation
That makes thenn^in the day.
It ain’t the individual
Nor the army as a whole,
But the everlasting team work
Of every blooming soul.
—Kipling.
Moved Here From Florida
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rhodes, of
Florida, have recently moved here
and have rooms at the home of Mr.
To.m Coats on Second Street. Mr.
Rhodes was formerly with the Delco
Lighting Company in Florida, and is
still with this company which has a
branch office in Raleigh.
TURKS BAR WARSHIPS ,
FROM SMYRNA HARBOR
_ i,
CONSTANTINOPLE*Feb. <5.—The I
notice given by the Turks that after
tomorrow no foreign warship ex
ceeding 1000 tons may enter the har
bor of Smyrna and no two ships of
one nation will be allowed there at
the same time was the subject of a
conference of the allied admirals
here today, as a result of which Ad
miral Sir William Nicholson, aboard
the British cruiser Curaeon, was or
dered to Smyrna.
In addition the allied high
commissioners here handed a note
of protest to the representative of
the Angora government. It is under
stood the Turks will require such
ships as do not meet with their spec
ifications to leave Smyrna harbor by
tomorrow midnight. — Associated
Press.
EAST CAROLINA EXPOSITION
Will Be Held March 19-25; Each
Town May Be Represented
By a Queen
The Committee that has charge of
the program for the Eastern Carolina
Exposition at Wilson March 19-25,
has worked out a very unique plan
ctf advertising each town in Eastern
.North Carolina This will be known
as the “Queen’s Contest of the Ex
position.”
The plan of operation is as fol- j
lows: Each town in any of the 46
counties covered by the Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce, is
entitled to enter a Queen in this con
test. Wilson county and Wilson will
not have a contestant in this particu
lar contest. Each town will nomi
nate her queen by any method which
the local people may see fit. This
queen will be certified to the Exposi
tion by the local people from tha
town from which she comes. She
will be supposed to attend the pro
gram j£or Thursday afternoon and
Thursday nighT of the EJCpbsltioif,
At the afternoon .program each
Queen will be introduced to the
audience as Miss Kinston, or Miss
Greenville, Miss Goldsboro, or what
ever town she may come from. Bal
lots will be distributed and each
person on the inside of the Exposi
tion buildings will be entitled to vote
one time for his choice. This same
procedure will be followed at the eve
ing program and the voting will be
closed at 9 P. M. Thursday night.
The ballots will be collected and the
tellers will retire and bring back the
winner of the Exposition. At the
same time that the out of town queen
will be voted on, the Wilson County
Queen will be voted on and elected^
but will be separate from the other
voting. Friday night at 9 o’clock ;
these two Queens will be crowned j
and each will be presented with a !
$500.00 diamond ring from the East- j
ern Carolina Exposition As soon as i
you nominate your Queen please noti
fy the Secretary-Manager at Golds
boro, so that her name may be regis
tered as a contestant. The entrance
for candidates will close March 12
and no Queen will be allowed to en- ;
ter after that date.
It matters not how small the town,
you are entitled to one queen. Get
busy and select her and let your town i
get the, publicity that will naturally
go along with this contest.
Think Right; or Don’t Think
Some people spend a lot of time
in bemoaning their faith and bedam
ning their luck.
The same amount of time and en
ergy, if spent in some useful pur
suit or in endeavoring to locate a .
profitable occupation, would pro
clude even the possibility of even
thinking of luck or fate.
Think of the right side of life—or !
don’t think.—Carolina Banner.
Are you taking1 your home town
paper? No one would know about
your community were it not for your
paper. It needs your support.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKED
FOR SMITHFIELD SCHOOL
On the night of February 22 Karl ]
Jansen, Norwegian, will give one of
his entertainments in the Smithfield
High School auditorium. Karl Jan
sen is probably the best one-man
entertainment on the road. He is an
entertainer and impersonater of rare
ability. He is a favorite wherever
he goes. He is to come here under
the auspices of the Senior class.
TOWN CONSIDERS A
PLAN FOR A HOTEL
Takes Steps to Reduce In
surance Rate; Amendment
To Induce Business
#
The regular meeting of the town
board of commissioners assumed the
proportion of a public gathering
Tuesday night when a committee
from the Kiwanis club and other in
terested citizens appeared before
the board in the interest of a propo
sition to build a new hotel in Smith
field—a need that everybody in the
city recognizes as being urgent.
The committee of Kiwanians was
composed of Messrs R. C. (lillett, Jas.
A. Wellons, J. H. Abell, R. P. Hold
ing and W. L. Fuller Mr Wellons
was spokesman for the committee.
It is the idea of the hotel commit
tee to invest $125,000 in a, hotel,
$50yj00 of which shall be subscribed
in stock by various individuals and
in order to raise the remaining need
ed $75,000, they made the proposition
that the town issue bonds to that
amount and lend the money to the
stock company. A first mortgage on
the property would be given as secur
ity for the amount loaned. The plan,
as outlined by tne committee, would
require no taxation to pay the in
terest on the bonds or retire them as
they become due, the hotel building
itself being expected to be profitable
enough to take care of the invest
ment. .
In order to cany out this proposi
tion it will probably be necessary for
the legislature to amend the charter
of Smithfield. Therefore, after due
discussion, a motion was presented
by Mr. N. B. Grantham seconded by.
Mr. W. N. Holt that g committee be
appointed on which shall be the may
or, Mr. L. G. Stevens, to get amend
ment to charter if necessary by which
an election may be called to issue
Jfcmds tewMueiRt Jiy Kuildjmr i
After further discussion it was de
cided that fhfe mayor act; with Ki
wanian J. A. Wellon in the matter.
This proposition being disposed of
for the present, other matters were
taken up. An amendment to a city
ordinance provides that from Febru
ary 6, 1923 all enterprises that shall
cost $10,000 and upwards built in
Smithfield for a period of ten years
shall be exempt from taxation for
20 years from their erection. This
amendment is designed as an induce
ment for new industries.
Another action of in4eiest to the
citizens was taken in regard to re
ducing insurance rates in this city,
Mr. Hunter, representing a fire ap
paratus company, went before the
board with a proposition to add An
other fire truck to the equipment
already owned by the town for fight
ing fire. He has been in communi
cation with the South Eastern Un
derwriters Fire Insurance Associa
tion, and had letters to show that by
buying this additional truck, the rate
of insurance in Smithfield would be
reduced ten per cent. The town
board authorized the buying of the
truck. Within ninety days after
this purchase a new survey of the
town will be made and within thirty
days from the survey the lowered in
surance rate will be in force. It was
estimated at the meeting that this
lowered rate would be a saving of
$5,000 to the citizens in this city car
rying insurance.
Nominating Committee Appointed
Wednesday afternoon the Woman’s
Club held its regular monthly meet
ing at the club room. After the read
ing of the minutes and reports of
the various committees, a nominating
rommittee to select the new officers
for the club was appointed. Those
who were appointed for this com
mittee were: Mesdames Edw. W.
Pou, H. B. Marrow, E. S. Edmund
son, J. J. Broadhurst and H. G.
Gray.
Fields-Vinson
Marriend in Princeton, Saturday,
February 3, Miss Esther Vinson and
Mr. David Fields, both of Selma. Rev.
W. G. Farrar, pastor of the Metho
dist church of Princeton officiated.
ROCKY MOUNT HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT
The basketball tossers from
Rocky Mount will meet the
Smithfield team here tomorrow
(Saturday) night at the Banner
Warehouse at 8 o’clock.