SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923 , NUMBER 16
VOLUME 42
POPULAR YOUNG
COUPLE MARRIED
Miss Sally May Tuttle Weds
Mr. Ryal Woodall; Beau
tiful Church bedding
Centenary Methodist church was
the scene of a simple, impressive
marriage Wednesday evening when
Miss Sally May Tuttle becaihe the
bride of Mr, Ryal Woodall.
Skillful hands under the direction
of Mrs. A. S. Johnston and Mrs. E.
F. Ward had converted the chancel
of the church into a beautiful green
and white bower, southern smilax.
ferns, and a baskets of white roses
being used and numbers of candles
furnishing a tableau effect upon the
wedding picture. No cards had been
sent in the city and the church was
crowded with friends of the contract
ing parties to witness the interest
ing event..
Promptly at the appointed hour,
Mr. John Josie of Scotland Neck,
took his place at the organ and de
lighted the audience with an appro
priate musical program before the
advent of the bridal party. Mrs.
Troy Myatt sang in a charming
manner “0, Fair, Sweet and Holy.”
Mrs. Myatt wore a satin costume
with corsage of pink roses. After
her solo, Misses Nell Grantham and
Margaret Holt lighted the candles.
The notes of the Bridal Chorus from
Lohengrin then sounded, and the
bridal party entered the church as
follows: Messrs H. C, Woodall and
William Wellons, ushers; Messrs
Mark Tuttle of Wilmington and W.
M. Sanders, Jr., groomsmen; Miss
Margaret Moore, wearing a charming
frock of turquoise blue taffeta and
Miss Eleanor Berry of Washington,
*7— ""tired in gold chiffon, bridesmaids.
The bridesmaids both carried bou
^ quecs of pink roses and freezias.
1 the httu3f“.maihs:
of-honor Miss Emeth Tuttle, Ral
eigh, sister of the bride, entered.
She wore lavendar crepe satin and
carried a shower bouquet of sweet
peas and lili|es of the valley. The
bride-groom with his best man, Mr.
E. L. Woodall and the bride on the
arm of her brother, Mr. Herndon
Tuttle, of Goldsboro, advanced down
opposite aisles and met at the altar
where ^Rev. D. H. Tuttle, father of
the bride pronounced the marriage
ceremony, using the beautiful ring
service.
The bride always attractive, never
appeared to better advantage than
in her wedding gown of white crepe
satin entrain with long tulle veil.
She carried a handsome bouquet of
white roses, orchids and lilies of the
valley.
As the minister pronounced the
benediction the organist played
Mendelssohn’s wedding march which
was used as a recessional.
Owing to the death of the bride’s
mother a few months ago, no recep
tion was "held. The bridal party,
however was entertained after the
ceremony by Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodall left imme
diately for Raleigh where they board -
ed a train for New York City and
other points. ,
■ Mrs. Woodall is the youngest
daughter of Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor
of the Methodist church here. She
was educated at Trinity College and
after her graduation taught in the
schools of Washington and this city.
She has a *wide circle of friends over
the state who will learn with interest
of her marriage.
Mr. Woodall is the only son of Mrs.
W. L. Woodall. He was reared in
this city where he graduated from
the high school. He later attended
the University. He now holds a po
sition with the First and Citizens
National Bank. A young man of. fine
character, he numbers his friends by
his acquaintances. THE HER At,!)
extends best wishes to the happy
couple.
Surprise Kitchen Shower
Monday evening a group of girl
friends'of Miss Sally May Tuttle
met at the home of Mrs. Hal 0.
Hood laden with numerous kitchen
utensils for the bride-to-be. After
all had assembled, they repaired tc
the parsonage where the bride-to-be
was taken completely by surprise.
After enjoying the appreciation
shown by the recipient of the useful
gifts, the party dispersed with the
best wishes for the young couple.
RALEIGH NOSES OUT
SMITHFIELD GIRLS
Game of Thrills as Teams Lead Al
ternately; Final Score 25-21;
Patterson and Mallory Star
(By Donnell Wharton)
Accurate goal shooting in the last
fewr seconds of each quarter caused
the Raleigh girls quintet to nose
j out by a 25-24 score over the Smith
j field basketball parsers here Tues
| day night. Thrilling from the
: first blast of the referee’s whistle
| to the final toot of the timekeepers,
j the game was beyond a doubt the
1 classic of female basketball produc
| tions yet shown in the city.
Starting with a flying attack the
| locals soon chalked up an 8-2 score
j when the Ralegh team strengthened
| itself by a substitution at centre,
j Coming back in the second quarter
the visitors advanced the score to
14-12, scoring two fields goals in
the last 30 seconds of play.
Beginning the second half with
the score at 14-12 the two aggrega
tions soon were locked at 17-17 but
with six seconds to play Mallory
for Raleigh dropped a net shot into
the basket and broke tfie tie. In
the third period Raleigh ran it on
up to 21-17 and it looked like they
1 had the game on ice. But here the
locals staged a whirlwind offense
and caging two field goals in rapid
succession only to have their hopes
blasted when the same Miss Mallory
shot again from the field with 15
seconds of playing time left.
Sarah Patterson lead the scoring
j of both teams with 16 points, two
| from the charity line while Sue Mal
lory followed close with seven field
goals and one foul.
Line-up and summary:
Smithfield (21) Raleigh (25)
j Wellons .. rf _Mallory
| Patterson' if_Scott
I Aver a'--c_Womble
| Meacham_c_rg_Howard
l Sanders-- v_„Jg ,-BagweJJ
Substitutions: for Smithfield:
Maude Meacham for Avera; Woody
for Wellons; for Raleigh: Blank
for Wamble.
Goals from the field: Patterson 7,
Mallory 7, Wellons 2, Scott 4; foul
goals: Patterson 2, Mallory 1, Wel
lons 1, Scott 1.
Bridal Party Entertained
The Woodall-Tuttle wedding- party
was delightfully entertained Tues- j
day evening after the rehearsal at j
the church at the home of the
groom’s mother, Mrs. W. L Wood
all.
Pink peach blossoms gave an ar
tistic touch to the living-room and
drawing room and pink shaded lights
shed a brilliance over the happy
group assembled. The decorations !
were white and green. *
The guests were received at the ,
door by Mrs. W. L. Woodall. Misses
Ora and Rebecca Poole directed the
way upstairs where the guests di
vested thenjselves of wraps and re
ceiving upstairs was Mrs. E. 0. Ay
cock.
After enjoying pleasant intercourse
for a time, the guests were invited
to the dining room where a delicious
salad course with hot cojfee was
served. The wedding cake which
formed the centerpiece for the table .
was cut and served. The drawing of I
the ring, penny, button ar.d thimble, I
proved to be quite interesting, Mrs.
Troy Myatt receiving the ring, Mr.
Ryal Woodall, the penny, Mrs. H. C.
Woodall, the button and Miss Emeth
Tuttle,'the thimble.
Recruiting Forces In City
A detachment from Conipany A,
4th -Engineers, from Fort Bragg, ar
rived in the city yesterday and will
be here through today and tomorrow, \
actively .canvassing for recruits for j
their organization. T'hey are prepar- !
ed to set forth the advantage of
Army service in a convincing man- :
ner and will no doubt add to their
number.
Presbyterian Church
Sunday School Sunday morning at |
10 o’clock.
Preaching services at eleven.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
at 7:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
all these services.
There’s nothing so pathetic about j
Jacob working fourteen years for J
his wife. Many men put in a life
time at .it.
AUTOMOBILE HIT
BY A. C. L. ENGINE
Rev. Fred T. Collins, Wife,
Two Children and His
Mother In Accidnet
i The town was thrown into a state
of excitement and gloom when it be
came known yesterday afternoon a
bout four o’clock that the car in which
Rev. Fred T. Collins, pastor of the
Baptist church here, his wife and two
small children, and his mother, Mrs.
Britt, had been struck by the train at
j the railroad crossing at the station
! here and three of the occupants seri
ously hurt.
Mr. Cpllins was taking his family
for a drive and was going toward
; Goldsboro. According to an eye wit
j ness, the automobile ran upon' the
I south bound track and stopped. An
| engine pulling two other engines was
i coming on the north bound track. It
I is supposed that Mr. Collins intended
to back off the track but instead un
! wittingly shot the car forward imme
diately in front of the coming engine.
The automobile was entirely demol
ished and it is the wonder of those
viewing the wreck that any of the oc
cupants survived. Mr. Collins and his
three year old son were practically un
harmed save for the terrible shock.
One foot of the eleven months old
baby boy was cut off by the train.
I Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Britt were both
rendered unconscious and though at
this writing Mrs. Britt has regained
consciousness, the extent of their in
juries is not known.
As soon as the accident occurred
the injured were placed upon a truck
standing near by and rushed to the
Smithfield Memorial hospital, where
everything possible is being done.
The town is shocked beyond expres
sion at the untoward event and deep
sympathy is felt for the family.
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BIG COUNTERFEIT
PLOT UNCOVERED
Secret Service Arrests 64—
Millions Dumped Through
The World
New York, Feb. 21.—Secret service i
operatives today rounded up 64 coun- !
terfeiters involved in a plot of inter- ■
national scope whereby between $1,- 1
000,000 and $10,000,000 in spurious !
money has been dumped into the trad
ing marts of a score of nations.
A nation-wide hunt is being, carried
on, it was discovered, for the capture
of 1,000 members of a gang which 1
maintained its headquarters in a base- '
ment in the Italian quarter of New
York.
Government operatives in Detroit, I
Chicago, San Francisco and other
large cities, with the details of the
elaborate plot at their finger tips, are
prepared to raid counterfeiters’ dens
in the foreign quarters of their cities.
I olice of South and Central America
and western European nations have '
been informed of the haunts of the
foreign agents of the gigantic crime
ring.
The plot was bared aftqr the cap
ture last night of three men alleged
by the authorities to be the leaders
of an organization with international
ramifications and the discovery of the
printing presses which turned out
hundreds of thousands of United 1
States $2, $o, $10 and $20 bills, Amer- I
ican silver quarters, gold pieces, Aus- '
trian kronen, Italian lire, internal rev- 1
enue stamps and certificates, postage (
stamps, water-marked prohibition pa
pers, whiskey and champaigne bottle
labels, an^ bogus drug and liquor per
mits.
Raids in Manhattan, Brooklyn,'
Long Island City and New Jersey re
sulted in, 28 arrests in the last 24
hours and ended successfully an eight
months search for the international
gang leaders, Joseph A. Palma, chief
of the special service squad of the in
ternal revenue department, announc- '
ed. Thirty-six prisoners had been
taken in secret raids during the last
two weeks, bringing the total to 64.—
Associated Press.
No Service at Community Church
There will be no preaching services
at Community Presbyterian church
Sunday morning. Mr. Mclnnis will
be away.
Sunday School at 10 o’clock.
EDUCATION BILL
IN GOOD SHAPE
Restrict Power of County
Boards; Mandamus Pro
cedure Eliminated
I
Restriction of the power of the
county board of education to contract
debt beyond the budget agreed upon
in joint session with the county com
missioners and removal of the manda
mus procedure to compel the commis
sioners to levy taxes in accordance
with the demands of the board of edu
cation are written into the Brooks co
dification of the school laws of the
State adopted by the Joint Education
committee yesterday.
Action by the committee was un
animous. Three weeks of daily con
ferences between Dr. E. C. Brooks and
the members of the two committees
have ironed out the last of the points
of disagreement, and the bill as re
ported yesterday meets tjie full ap
proval of both. The bitter fight that
promised to develop early in the ses
sion has disappeared, and little pros
pect remains for the delay of the pas
sage of the bill.
I Settlement agreed upon in points
of widest divergence follows:
County boards of education may
I consist of either three or five mem
, bers, to be elected by the General As
sembly for a term of two years only*
' unless representatives nominate for
, two, four and six years. The provi
! sion does not interfere with the right
j of any county to nominate members
by primary.
County superintendents are elected
by the Board of Education as before,
j with the provision that 15 days before
| the election due notice by publication
| shall be given, and applicants for the
I place be required to file written state
ment of qualifications.
'■•^buiidy RUWuC/ou ui^
borrow burget, but may |
not incur the total of the ;
burget, withoire becoming personally
liable for such debt. Boards must sit j
with the County Commissioners in j
preparing the budget. j
In case of disagreement between the \
Board of Education and the Beard of !
Commissioners as to the amount of |
the budget, appeal may be taken to ;
the clerk of the superior court. Each
board shall have one vote, and the
vote of the clerk shall decide. I
In the even tthat either Board is
unwilling to abide by the vote of the 1
clerk, appeal may be taken to the Su
perior court, and the presiding judge
may determine the issue, or a jury
may bo had. Under the discarded ,
mandamus law only the Board of Edu
cation had the right of appeal to the
courts. i
The question of free text books ,
is left to each county to determine.
If the County Board of Education and
the Commissioners agree, a tax may
be levied, or the question may be sub
mitted to a direct vote.
These are the main issues of disa
greement. The question of electing
the county boards by direct vote, and
of electing the superintendent by di- !
rect vote is left out of the bill. The
features providing for the local I
boards to determine salary schedules*
either higher or lower than the State j
schedule is left in the bill. Other ma- j
jor provisions are left substantially as ,
they were written in the initial draft
of the law.—News and Observer, 22. *
Sewing Club Entertains
POI’CAE SPRINGS, Feb. 20—:
The ladies of the sewing club of Pop- I
lar Springs vry delightfully enter- '
taimed their husbands at a 6 o’clock
dinner Feb. 17 at the home of Miss 1
daun'ta Jeffreys. Business was dis- i
p.enstd with, but there were many
pleasing features provided for the
entertainment of the guests. Miss
Alger Murphrey and Mr. Perry sang
several numbers after which they
were invited into the dining room by
Mrs. W. B. Murphrey. The tables j
were beautiful with their decora- !
tions and a delicious three* course
menu was served by Miss Ua Mav
Murphrey and others.
There was quite a number of in - I
vited guests present, and the hus- ,
bands suggested that they be entei
taijned weekly instead of annually.
As the guests departed they expres
sed many good wishes and eongratu- 1
lations to the hostess and the mem
bers of the club.
THE SELMA LETTER FULL
OF INTERESTING NEWS
Home of Mr. \V. H. Foole is harm'd;
Caught From Furnace: Little
Miss Siraughn Entertains
SELMA, Feb. 21.—On last Friday
afternoon about 3:30 Mrs. W. II.
Poole discovered that her home was
full of smoke. Mr. Poole happened to
be at home and on examination
found that the heating plant which
had been recently installed had caus
ed a fire.
The fire company was on the spot
in a few moments and never did
men work more heroically but the
fire had gained such headway before
it was discovered that much of the
interior of the home was burned and
the furniture ruined. The windows
were broken out in order for the men
to save what they could. They battled
■'with the smoke and flames and man
aged at last to get the trunks of the
four teachers out, but not until their
clothing was wet, smoked and ruined.
The sympathy of the people goes out
to Mr. and Mrs. Poole in their loss,
also to the teachers, Misses Far rim'
Branham, Stoneham and Martin.’ Mr.
Poole’s loss was partly covered by in
surance.
Last Friday evening Miss May
Struughn ent< rtained a few friend
at a delightful four course birthday
dinner. A lovely color scheme of
red and white was carried out in the
hearts, flowers, mints and favors.
Th" cutting of the cake afforded much
amuseihent. The evening was spent
in playing rook interspersed with
muic.
Mrs, John Rose and little son, of
Fremont, spent several days last
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrij.
J. H. Griffin,
Mrs, J. B Aycock, of .Lucama who
has been visiting Mrs. W. P. Aycock
has returned home.
The members of the Woman’s Club
are issuing- invitations to a recep
tipn at the graded school building on
Fob. 23.
Erases Dessie Stamey of Charlotte
and Troupe Stamey of Gastonia are
visiting Mrs. C. E. Kornegay.
Mrs. Ellen Creech spent Tuesday
in Rocky Mount with her daughter,
Mr. Hardison, who recently had an
operation for appendicitis in a hospi
tal there. •
Judge A. M. Noble and family of
Smithfield, Dr. R. P. Noble and fam
ily of Raleigh and Miss Annie Noble
of Meredith college spent Sunday
here with their parents, Dr. and Mrs.
R. J. Noble.
Mr. and Mrs. R W Etheredge and
Miss Grace Williams have returned
from their trip to Florida and Cuba.
They say the cold wave did not strike
Cuba but was felt all over Florida.
Miss . Lelia Straughn nwho is
teaching music in the Lumberton
Graded School, spent last week end
at home.
Dr and Mis. George D. Vick and
hoys rare several day” last week in
Rock Hill, S. C., with Mr: J. 1 >. Vick.
M;s /Ha Pebnam ae ' P.arl Grif
fin, of Clayton, spent the week end
with Mrs. L. D. Debnam.
Miss Bertha Woodard who is
teaching near Mt. Olive spent the
week end at home.
Mr. M. C. Winston of Warrenton,
spent Monday in the city. ,
Mr. J. A. Mitchiner, Jr, of Edenton,
spent a few days last week with his
sister, Mrs. E. V. Deans, on his re
turn from Miami, Fla., where he was
called on account of the illness of his
mother, who is now improving.
Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Oliver and chil
dren, of Benson, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. L. I). Debnam Sunday.
Little Miss Roberta Wood, who has
been quite ill with tonsilitis is im
proving.
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FREE SEEL) AT *
THE HERALD OFFICE *
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Congressman E. W. Pou *
* has sent, us a number of pack- *
* ages of vegetable and flower *
* seed for distribution. Any one *
* wanting these free government *
* seed can get them by calling *
* at THE HERALD office. *
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Smithfield Wins from Fremont
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Smithfield defeated Fremont at
Goldsboro last night in the second of
the elimination-championship games
of the season. The score was 49 to 22.
Smithfield will play Wilmington to
night in Chapel Hill.
Sunlight kills many bacteria in a
few hours. *
WILSON’S M I L L S
SCHOOL ELECTION
Twenty-five Thousand Dol
lar Bond Issue Carried;
Vote 148 to 37
The election Tuesday, Feb. 20,
to provide for a new brick school
building to be located at Wilson’s
Mills, carried by a good majority,
1-18 votes being cast for bonds and
<37 votes against. This election au
thorizes the issuance of $25,000
worth of bonds which together with
$25,000 secured front the state build
ing fund will provide adequate school
facilities for a consolidated school in
that section. A truck has carried
the school children from the old Pim
ple Hill district for sometime and
the new building will make it pos
sible to combine further. According
to information furnished us, the
issuing of $25,000 worth of bonds will
mean only a slight increa>e if any
of the school tax for tihe district.,
the special tax already voted being
sufficient to take care of tht bonds.
Mr. C. C. Hook, architect of Char
lotte1 is now at work on plans for
the new building which will contain
from fourteen to sixteen rooms.
The County Superintendent proposes
letting the contract at an early date
and at the same time th< contract
for a new school building at Micro
will be let. The building at Micro
will contain about 12 room-.
SENATE COMMITTEE REJECTS
THE MILLIKEN KLAN MEASURE
With one dissenting volt. the Sen
ate committee on secret organizations
yesterday substituted for the Milliken
anti-Ku Klux bill, which’ was passed
by the House, the Armfield substitute
which was approved by official repre
sentatives of the Klan before the com
mittee Tuesday.
Tl* su*e J3e,gativ4j|RN>
position to adopt a measure, whiffll
was urged by spokesmen for the Klan
as protection to that order in place of
the Milliken bill, bitterly denounced
by the same spokesmen was cast by
Senator Heath. The other members
of the committee are Senators Varser,
chairman; Armfield, Baggett, Hicks,
Harrison, Hargett, Ray, Tapp and
Johnson, of Uuplin. Senator Heath
did not file a minority report when the
bill was reported out but stated last
night he intended to do so.
Only slight changes were made in
the Armfield substitute as reported by
the subcommittee appointed Tuesday
by Senator Varser from the terms of
the bill as drawn by Senator Armfield.
The bill as drawn was outlined by
chairman Varser to E. F. Randolph,
of Warsaw, personal representative
of the Imperial Kizard, and approved
by that functionary. The changes are
regarded as making the measure even
more favorable to the Klan.
The Armfield bill, prohibits masking
without the registration feature of the
Milliken bill providing for registra
tion of members which is vigorously
opposed by the Klan. The original
bill exempting Klansmen when on pa
rades and the only changes made yes
terday by the sub-committee were to
also exempt attendance upon funerals
and trips to and from making a spe
cific charitable donation.
The anti-masking feature of the
bill, which spokesmen for the Klan
stated they desired as “protection a
gainst imposters, is filled with ‘teeth.”
The measure makes it a misdemeanor
for any person to appear off his prem
ises disguised for the purpose of com
mitting a crime and makes the mask
prima facia evidence of intent. Any
citizen is given the right to summon
‘any other male person of lawful age,
in person, by telephone or by messen
ger, to aid in removing the disguise.
Failure to respond to such a summons
makes the person summoned liable to
a penalty of $250, to be imposed by the
Superior court for the benefit of the
person calling for assistance.- News
and Observer.
Colored Man Kills H i, Hog
That some of the colored people
have caught the idea of living at
i home is shown by one of Smithfietd’s
| colored citizens, Tom Bryant, who
killed a hog Tuesday which tipped
the scales at 700 pounds. The hog
was a year, 5 months and 10 days
old, and was Berkshire and Poland
China mixed.