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t SMITHFIELD LICKS THE DURHAM BULLS Eliminated Champion Team at Chapel Hill 24-19 Score All Dope Was Upset Outplaying the Durham five thru out the game, the Smithfield High School basketball team staged the biggest upset in North Caroliha bas ketball when it handed the Bull Tor nado a 24-19 defeat and earned* for itself the right of playing for East ern championship. Doped to lose b; ■a good margin by the most conserva tive the- local five proved to the bas ketball fans of the state that there was no such word as “impossible” in their vocabulary. Starting the gam with a dazzling offense the Smith field quint soon swept the Durham boys off their feet and rolled up a 18- 7 score in the first half which Durham was never able to overcome. Heretofore undefeated in the high school circles of North Carolina, the' Durham team came to the game ov erconfident and actually singing a song of victory but when the ga ue ended made their way to the cjmssiue; room with faces streaming wi a tears. Though Brown and Hill lead "n the scoring of points the game was won by the playing -of five men— Brown, Hill, Stephenson, Skinner and Holland—and no attempt should be made to classify them in ordir of their good playing. They were each a piece* of the machine and the machine deserves the praise for th> greatest victory in the basketball his tory of Smithfield High School. The first half began with a shot from the court by Green but was soon tied up by two fouls by Brovin. Soon this was increased by the first of _Jjd^^Ji<dd^_^oals and from then on the Thurham team was never'aETiT'lo' reach the score of the Johnston equi ty team. The first quarter ended with the score at 14-7. Holding the Durham team scoreless in the second quarter the local five almost tripled the score by running if*up to 18-7. The Durham team came back in the second half with" a fighting of fense and defense and began to grad ually climb toward the Smithfield score. But just as often as the Dur ham team approached the Smithfield quint would strengthen itself by making good the repeated fouls of <he opponents. With the score at 19- 21 and three minutes five seconds tv) play the Durham five reached the Peak of their corrte'ack and Smith field increased her lead by three more foul goals. The foul shooting of Brown was one of the outstanding features of the game caging 12 out of 20 phanccs while Hill lead the field goal records of both teams by throwing three goals from the field. Holland respon sible for two and Stephenson with one accounted for the other scoring. In Skinner and Brown the Smithfield team had the fastest guards on the floor. For Durham Green and R. Hackney were the outstanding play ers. The line-up and summary: Smithfield (24) Durham (19) Hill__rf Green (Capt) Holland (Capt) __lf_Satterfield Stephenson _R. Hackney Brown_rg__Kellv Skinner_Ig_B. Hackney Substituions: Smithfield, none. For Durham: Kelly for Satterfield; Bock for Kelly; Satterfield for R. Hackney; Warren for B. Hackney. Field goals: Hill 3, Holland 2, •Stephenson 1; Green 2, Kelly 2, R. Hackney 1. B. Hackney 1, Satterfield 1. Foul goals: Brown 12 out of 20; Green 4 out of 6; Satterfied 1 out of\3. Referee: Linelperger (Carolina).. Time-keeper Lawson: (Carolina). Scorer: Mahler (Carolina). AN ENTIRE FAMILY OF SIX KILLED BY VAPOR CHICAGO, March 4.—An entire family of six was found dead today, killed by the vapor of an acid used as a disinfectant by the proprietor of a restaurant under their apart ment. Peter Vordabyak, the restaurateur, and O. W. Hall, local manager of the National Hygientic corporation, of , Cleveland, who had undertaken to rid the apartment of roa.hes were ar rested. ! FAST GIRLS QUINTET SMOTHER FAY ETT E VIL L E I -- ] Displaying a smashing offense the I local girls team took the opening I game of the championship with Fay | etteville High School here Friday j night by 28-12 score. Backed up by j the finest girls passing of the sea ! son Ava Wellons was the shining j light of the game, dropping ten field goals into the Basket and 3 fouls for a total of 23 points. Leone Sanders played the guard position to a perfec tion allowing her opponent only one , field goal and passing with a deadly j accuracy. Strickland was the lead I ing scorer for the visitors getting ten of Fayetteville’s 12 points. The game started off with a fieH goal by Powers which was quickly j followed by a neat shot by Wellons. From then on Smithfield was cons tantly in the lead and had the score at 8 to 4 when the first quarter end ed. In the second quarter the local quint found is fastest pace and with swift passing and accurate eye for the basket ran up the score to 24-8. Coming back in s^the second half with the score almost tripled on them, the Fayetteville quint showed a fine fighting spirit and succeeding in holding the local girls to two field goals and two .fouls while they rang up four points. The game ended with the score 28-12. Line-up and summary: Smithfield (28) Fayetteville (12) i Wellons ...--- Powers Right Forward Patterson -, Strickland Left Forward Avera ----Hutcaff Center Meacham - Bennett Right Guard Sanders-- Strickland Left Guard Substitutions for Smithfield; Woo dy .for Patterson; for Fayetteville: McElhenan for Strickland, Harrison for Hutcaff. ' ' Scoffftg 'flbl^T^trafsr "WpHrmsf “I'd', Patterson 2, Strickland 5^ Powers 1. Foul goals: Wellons 3, Patterson 1, Strickland 2. Referee: Miss Dickson. Umpire: Miss Gray. TO BUY MONTICELLO FOR JEFFERSON SHRINE WASHINGTON, March 3.—The National Montincello Association, a newly formed organization composed of prominent Washington women, ex pects within the next few days to purchase the Monticello estate at Charlottesville, Va., t’.e old home of Thomas Jefferson. , In making this announcement to day Miss Marietta Minnegerode An drews, president of the association, said it was planned to make the historic estate a national shrine, sec ond only to Mount Vernon: The property has been for sale for more than a year, the owner being former Representative Jefferson M. Levy, of New York, who is said to 1 have held the estate at $500,000. In a telegram to Mrs. Rose Gouvernor Hoes, Secretary of the association, Mr. Levy today said: “Your patriotic plans to purchase j Monticello for a national memorial ^ similar to Mount Vernon meets with ' my sympathetic approval." \ WOMAN IS BURNED TO DEATH AT GOLDSBORO GOLDSBORO, March 4.—The fun eral of Mrs. Leon Williford, who was burned to death at her home here Friday, was held from her residence yesterday at .To’clock. The services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Potter and Mr. Zeno Wall. Mrs. Williford was lighting the kitchen stove early yesterday morn- ' ing when her clothing became ig nited. Neighbors were attracted to | her screams but she was terribly burned before the flames could be 1 extinguished. She was taken to the i hospftal, where she maintained con sciousness until near the end. LIGHTNING WRECKS CRADLL BUT DOES NOT WAKE CHILD 1 GRETNA, Fla., March 3.—Lightn- ! ing struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. ' J. S. Herring at this place tocki.v , wrecked a “kiddie koob” in which j their three-year old infant was sleep- ! ing, burned a hole in the floor near ! the child and never roused it from its ' slumber. The parents of the child j were severly shocked by the lightn ing. CITY FATHERS PLAN I FOR CLEAN UP WEEK Fire Districts Units of Oper ation;—Inspection Part Of Campaign The town authorities are institut | i\.e -a clean up campaign beginning | now and continuing through March I 19. ft has been the custom for a number of year; to set apart a week in the spring as clear , up week dur ing which time the ci'izens and tH. town force- cooperate in making tne city as sanitary as possible. This year the campaign has been organized on different lines than formerly. The fire districts will be used as units of operation and cer tain days have been designated when the town wagons will collect trasn which has been placed conveniently. I The schedule of the wagons is as follows: | First and Eighth Fire districts , March 12. ' . Fourth and Seventh Fire districts ! [ —March 13. Third Fire district—March 14. Eighth Fire district—March 15. Second and Ninth Fire districts— March 16. First and Tenth Fire districts — March 17. After the time set apart for clear ing up has expired, the chief*of police and the street superintendent will make a tour of inspection and prem ises that are not in sanitary condi tion will be required to be cleaned up. It is 'the purpose of the city offi cers to rid the town of breeding pla ces of flies and mosquito thus mac ing the town as healthy an possible. NEW ALL STEEL COACHES FOR SOUTHERN RY. TRAINS 'ATLANTA, Ga.,~ March 5.-^0#“ hundred new all-steel passenger train cars which were ordered by the Southern Tailway System in Mav 1922, are now being received and plac ed in service in through limited trains. Forty coaches, ten combined passenger-baggage cars, 25 baggage express cars, 20 postal cars, and five combined mail and baggage cars are included in the order. The coaches are modern in every respect and have many features for the comfort of passengers, including screened windows and electric light ing of the indirect flood type. Eighty j passengers can be comfortably seat ed. The new cars will release similar all-steel cars which have been in ser vice for a few years which will in turn be Priced in other through trains, releasing steel-underframe cars which will take the place of vyooden cars, now in service on light lines. It is expected that all this new equipment will be in service by the end of March. EIGHT MULES BURNED IN FIRE AT SALISBURY SALISBURY, March 3.—Eight mules belonging to the city of Salis- ! bury were burned to death this aft ernoon when fire of an undetermined j origin dest.c vod a barn just off East Council street in which the animals , were kept. The :nulc are used main' ! ly for street work and as the street, force does not work on Saturday aft- j eriloon the mules were locked in the barn. The fire gained such headway , that it was impossible to liberate the animals until too late. A quanti- j ty of feedstuff was also destroyed and the building, which belonged to the Mahaley heirs* was badly damag ed, the entire loss running around j $?5p0. partially covered by insurance. SIMMONS ML STEADILY REGAINING HIS HEALTH ' NEW BERN, March 4.—Senatoi F. M. Simmons said today that he was steadily regaining his strength af ,er the long siege of grippe that confined him to his home here for several weeks. He is able to take short rides out to his farm near here, ^rr.d goes about the home as he pleases. Much concern over his ■ ecoveiy has been evident and news ■1 Ill's returning health is br'ngin" him congratulations from all sides Some people are such gluttons for work they don’t even hesitate to work their friends. . 67TH CONGRESS NOW MAHER OF HISTORY Large Crowds on Hand for The Closing Scenes;— Legislators Depart WASHINGTON, March 4.—The Sixty-Seventh Congress, which had spent a greater proportion of its two year span of life in actual session than any other in the history of the country, adjourned sine die at noon today. . During the last few hours of th* session, President Harding, spend ing part of the time at the Capitol, signed the farm credits bill and ninety-eight other measures. No legislation was vetoed. Vice-President Coolidge’s gavel fell sharply at noon, after an almost colorless morning session of two hours, and the House adjourned at 12:OH p. m., after a concert by a sec tion of the marine band and a chorus of popular songs by members and spectators. ' Tonight the departure of mem bers, many of whom today answered their last roll call, was in full swing, with prospective suspension, of ac tivities at the Capitol until next December brings in the (18th Con gress. ' Crowds witnessed thel closing scenes, adjournment and presence of President Harding,%Cabinet\ of ficers, diplomats and other high of ficials bringing hundreds who pack ed the Senate and House- galleries. The, President reached the Capitol at 11:25 o’clock and was kept busy reading and signing the final avt lanche of bills. Before going to the ; Capitol, he signed the farm credits and 48 other bills turned out/during the early morning session today. In the Presidential suite of the Senate (chamber before the noon limit A Trover' SS "Thore niffs Teeeivfd — tive approval. The last bill to become law we; the better butter measure, changing butter fat standards. An important measure placed on the statute books at the last moment was' the one pro viding for return to enemy ali >n owners of all seized property worth $10,000 or less. Little was accomplished by either Senate or House in the last two-hour session tips morning. Members we v hollow-eyed and worn from the long ni^ht sessions which lasted in the House until 3:28 a. m., and in the Senate until after 1:36 a. m. Re-assembling at 10 o’clock, the Senate heard “swan songs” by Sena tors Frelinghuysen, Republican, New Jersey and Sutherland, Republican, west Virginia, a tribute to Senator Williams, Democrat, Mississippi, by his colleague, Senator Harrison, of ^Mississippi, and tried vainly to pans a few more bills. A fifteen-minute filibuster by - Senator Dial, Democrat, South Carolina, enlivened the pro ceedings before the Vice-President's gavel^ell in the midst of Senator Dial’s speech against an omnibus pension bill pressed by Senator Bur sum, Republican, New Mexico. Previously Senators Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Robinson, „f Arkansas, Republican and Democrat leaders, appointed to confer with President Harding advised the Sen ate that the President had “no more communicatipns to make.” When Mr. Coolidge declared the Senate ad journed “without -day,” Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, roared “good night” arnid laughter. The final hours in the House were more colorful. The Marine or chestra, playing in the well,” vied for favor with a hastily organized quarette of members whose rendi i tion of old favorites soon drew into ! a mighty chorus the entire House and most of the spectators who over- . flowed the galleries, on to the floor, j I EFIRI) STORE AT CHARLOTTE | BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE CHARLOTTT, March 2.—Efird*s j Department Store at Trade and Col lege Streets, parent store of the Efij-d chain of 33 stores in the Caro lina^ and Virginia, is burning here tonight. At 9 o’clock the fire was under control after a wing in the rear of the building had been destroyed from cellar to roof together with the complete stock stored therein. Fire walls prevented the fire from spread- j ing to the balance of the building. The | oss has not been estimated. j ESSEN EXPERIENCES WILD NIGHT OF FRENCH OCCUPATION ESSEN, March 4.—Essen experi ! enced the wildest night since the be ginning- 6f the ccupation and in the : early Sunday morning hours food j stores were looted and others broken , into by armed mobs, said to be com i posed o: the unemployed. One of th" largest cabarets, the | Imcadero, was held up last night and several hundred patrons were robbed of all their cash This robbery was earned out by lf> or 20, whom the Germans de.larod were communists w.no had taken advantage of the security police, which force has not ytd been ad-pialely replaced by mu r.ic i al noPce. This city >« n lually without po l'ce protection end many of the citi J.ers in fear of other robberies or violence by bands in the streets, are arming themselves as best they can for their own protection. Early this morning a German workman was shot and killed by a j French sentry and another German wounded w-hile in the railroad yards near the main passenger station in the center of the city. The French j assert that the sentry ordered the . Germans to halt and when’ they did I not reply he shot to kill, in compli : ance with his orders. They charge i the Germans with attempting sabot , ago, but the German authorities main | tain that he men did not realize they i were encroaching on ground under military control. This station was occupied by the French yesterday, and | all the railing stock in the Essen yards was confiscated. Marks to- the amount of one bil lion from the Berlin reichsbank which were being transported to banks in Duisburg were seized yesterday by the Belgians. This money will be ap plied to payment of the cost of the Rhineland army of occupation, on which account Germany is in arrears. —Associated Press. -j cmam .vilalvst . HARDING’S WORLD COURT WASHINGTON, March 3.— The senate today, by an overwhelming vote, refused to give any considera tion to the Harding-Hughes plan to have the United States become a member of the* international court set up by the League of Nations. It was a two to one vote against the proposal, there being only 24 votes for it and 49 against it. The rejection of the King motion definitely disposes of the proposal for this session, but the matter will remain with the committee on for eign relations until the next Con gress meets, when an attempt may be made by the President and Secre tary' Hughes to revive it. MR. THOMAS JOHNSON LOCATES IN VALLEJO, CALIF. Mr. Thomas H. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnson, who ha-; Been in the U. S. Navy until recently, has located in Vallejo, California. He together with a partner runs a doughnut store. The following clip ping from a Vallejo paper announc es the opening of their business: ‘‘Tom McCugn and T. H. Johnson have bought out tije Lower Dough nut Shop at 136 Georgia Street and have signed up as a union shop.” Mr. Johnson, while in the navy, made a trip around the world visit ing many places of interest. It has been four years since he left this city, and his friends will be interest ed to learn of his success. TWO NEGROES KILLED AS DITCH CAVES IN * _ WINSTON-SALEM, March 2. Two colored men whose names were | not learned, were killed late this af- j ternoon in the eastern part of the city when a ditch on which they were working, caved in. They were buried several feet and life was extinct when the earth was removed off their bodies. The men were in the 1 employ of a local plumbing contrac tor. ' LARGE CATCH OF FISH MADE AT MOREHEAI) CITY I MOREHEAI) CITY, March 1.—A large catch.of fish was made by lo cal fishermen this week. About fif- j teen carloads have already been ship- | ped out from here as a result of thto catch. Mr. town C. A. Corbett, of Selma, was in fosterday. ACTIVE MILITARY UNIT ORGANIZED Armory Equipment Will Re quire Expenditure Here _ Of $100,000 Ever since the return of the Amer ican Expeditionary forces their par - ticipation in the World War there has been felt a need for an active military unit here in Smithfield. The interest that has been taken in fos tering this feeling has at last begun to take shape, and now it is appar ent that Smithfield will soon be the home of a military unit of no small proportions. We have it from authentic sources that the War Department will build here an armory, which with the nee essary equipment will cost something like $100,000. One of the contin gencies that have halted the move ment has been the enlistment of the necessary number of men for train ing. The requirement of 65 men has now' been reached, and the ne‘:t move will show the selection of the sife and the -breaking of the ground for the armory. The specifications of the armory building provides for j a receiving and broadcasting station. | heat and lights, readfhg rooms, baths l and club rooms. It is hoped-that the company will be increased immed iately from its present, number of do j to HO, which will be the maximum i requirement. The course gives an hour’s training each week and 13 days of training during the summer, which will be given at Camp Bragg. The training course provides for compensation. The guiding spirit in this move ment from its inception has been Mr. St. Julien L. Springs, and it is understood that he will be in com mand of the unit with the commis sion of £_e uptake Mr. Sot irigs’past military record hasfira«gl5^fc|||jjjj fled him for the command. He on the Mexican border in 1016, and at the outbreak of the World War he joined the navy as a seaman 1st class and was mustered out at the close as a commissioned officer. Prior to his war service he served three enlistments in the State National Guards atid was a commissioned offi cer at StatP College. ENLIGSH TEA. nERS TO MEET AT N. C. C. W. GREENSBORO. March 5. The North Carolina Council of English Teachers meets at the North Caro lina College for Women on Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10. This council is concerned with the prob lems of English teaching in the state, and is endeavoring to assist in the organization qf courses in Eng lish in the high schools. It is also concerned with the relationship of high school and college anil its mem bership is made up of the leading English teachers in both high school and college. At the .meeting here many practical talks and discussions will be given. Such topics will be considered as measuring achieve ments in English teaching, the prob lems of college entrance require ments and high school preparation, and there will be a round table dis cussion Saturday morning of many high school problems. Professor Howell, of the University of North Carolina department of English, will present the report of the committee which has been studying 1 he condi tions of English teaching in over a hundred schools of 4he state. MAN FOUND DEAD BY ROAD NEAR WILSON WILSON, March 4. -The dead hod;, of Budd Wiggs, white. was found in a ditch beside the road early this morning on the Stantonsburg road, three and one-half miles east of Wil son. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that ‘“deceased cam eto his dea'h by falling from his buggy wld'e in an intoxicaUd condition and was -drowned.” SENATOR GLASS REFUSES PLATE OF COMMISSION WASHINGTON, March 3.—Sena tor Glass of Virginia, nominated and confirmed yesterday to be one of three Democratic members of the world v. ar debt funding commission t'-d.i. declined the appointment.
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