CITY FATHERS HAVE
VERY BUSY SESSION
Plan White Way; Railroad
Crossing, Hotel and Other
Improvements
A glance at the minutes of the
meeting of the city board of aider
man serves to impress one with the
fact that Smithfield is wide awake.
The newest project to be considered
by this board is a white way for this
city. At the regular meeting Tues
day night a resolution was introduc
ed that the town install a white \yay
on Market street from the river to
the depot, and on Second and Third
streets from Johnston street to Han
cock. This will mean that the unsight
ly light poles and wires which no.v
grace (?) the streets of the business
sections of the town will be replaced
with neat looking pedestals, the
wires having been placed under
ground. A committee composed of
Messrs J. J. rBoadhurst and W. N.
Holt was appointed to have this mat
ter In charge.
Mr. W. M. Grantham was appoint-'1
ed registrar for the town election
which will be held on May 8, and an
nouncement will be made later as to
where the registration books will be
kept. '
The hotel proposition which has
been under consideration for some
time was again discussed and a mo
tion was carried appointing Messrs J.
A. Wellons and L. G. Stevens as a
committee to draw up proper resolu
tions calling for an election on the
hotel bond issue, which shall be pre^>
sented at the Xpril meeting.
The resolution presented a'month
ago exempting from taxation for a
period of ten years manufacturing
enterprices which shall be established
in this city, became an ordinance af
Tini -Jhe amende
r.ienf struck out the clauses stating
that the enterprise should represent
an investment of $10,000. The law
now allows small investments in
manufacturing enterprises to be tax
exempt.
The town olTicials also took notice
of the dangerous railroad crossing
at the station here and appointed
Messrs F. H. Brooks, J. J. Broadhurst,
and W. N. Holt to act with commit
tees frcm other organizations in the
town in an effort to have this cross
ing safeguarded.
Other business transacted by the
town board at this session included
the authorization of improvements of
the water system at the power house,
the decision to furnish electric pow
er to the hospital free of charge, and
the establishment of electric lights at
the rear and front of the new high
school building.
“SPIDER” HARRY YOUNG
FALLS TO HIS DEATH
NEW YORK, March 5.—With a
Broadway crowd standing agape and
movie machines clicking out their
yards of celluloid ribbon, Harry F.
Young, self-styled “spider,” plunged
ten stories to his death today w'hile
attempting to scale the side of the
hotel Martinique.
Women fainted and disorder ensued.
Police reserves had to be called be
fore the body could be removed and
traffic restarted.
Among those who crowded Greeley
square watching the performance at
his stunt was his wife with whom he
had just lunched. She swooned. Re
vived in a drug store nearby, she was
removed to a hospital.
The square was packed when
Young appeared. Clinging to points
ef vantage were dozens of cameramen,
windows of every skyr scraper in the
vicinity were filled with, men and wo
men laughing and talking excitedly
as Young began his climb. The police
estimated the crowd at 20,000.
SMITHFIELD LIKELY TO GET
BERTH IN EAST CAR. LEAGUE
The Kinston Baseball Club invites
"those interested in league baseball
for the coming season, in the city of
Smithfield to send a representative
to a conference to be held in Kins
ton Qn March 17th, for the purpose
of discussing plans for the re-organi
zation of the East Carolina League
as a Class “D” League under the
National Agreement. The confer
ence will meet at 1:00 p. m., in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms. —Kin
ston Baseball Club. March 7, 1923.
CONFEDERATE DEAD
ARE TO BE HONORED
Names of Johnston County
Veterans Will Appear on
The Monument
Col. G. B. Alford, of Holly Springs,
commander of Oscar R. Rand Camp
of Confederate Veterans, who has
been the moving spirit in the col
lection of funds for the erection of
the Confederate monument in. Holly
Springs, announces that the project
has now reached the point where
he can make known those who will
be honored by having their names
and rank appear on the two plates
of the monument. In making this
announcement Col. Alford issues a
lively appeal for a greater interest
on the part of the relatives of the
brave men whose names are to be
placed where they can be known
and read of all.
Col. Alford w*as in this city last fall
soliciting contributions for the monu
ment and the contractors have in
formed Col. Alford that the work on
the monument is now' practically
completed. He is waiting to get a
complete list of the names which will
appear on the plates of the monu
ment. It is hoped to have the list
finished by April 1, and the unveiling
is expected t,j takf place in August
or September. ^
A list of those from Johnston
County whose names will appear* on
PIa'» No. 1 follows:
Capt. Oscar R. Rand, Co. D, 26th
Regiment.
Capt. J. J. Young, 1st Lieut., Co. C,
50th Regiment.
Jesse Thompson Ellington, 2nd
Lieut., Co. C, 50th Reg.
Lieut. Monroe Jones, Co. D, 26th
Reg.
Capt. Joseph Atkinson, Co. H, 50th
■Reg- ~
S. R. Horn, 2nd Lieut., Co. C, 53rd
Reg.
Joseph C. Ellington, 1st Lieut., Co.
C, 50th Reg.
The names of a number of sons
and members of the Memorial Asso
ciation and their relatives will appear
on Plate No .2. The following is a
partial list of officers whose name,
will also be on Plate No. 2:
Col. G. B. Alford, Commander, Co.
I, 41st Reg.
Dr. B. S. Utley, First Adj., Co. D,
26th Reg. vv,
J. C. Ballentine, First Lieut., Co.
C, 31st Reg.
| W. H. Utley, Second Lieut. Com.,
| Co. C, 31st Reg.
W. H. Burt, Second Lieut. Com.,
| Co., E, 63rd Reg.
W. Q. Maynard, Thh'd Lieut. Com., !
Co., D, 26th Reg.
George D. Spence, Third Lieut.
! Com., Co. F, 15th Reg.
Elbert F. Holt, Fourth Lieut. Com., <
: Co. D, 26th Reg.
J. M. Utley, Quartermaster, Co. I,
! 41st Reg.
W. H. Strain, Commissary, Co. G,
| 27th Reg.
Dr R. T. Spence, Surgeon, Co. 1.
41st Reg.
Rev. J. M. White, Chaplain, Co. I, !
41st Reg.
AMERICAN BIRTH RATE DE
CLINE; DEATH RATE INCREASES
WASHINGTON, March 5.—£ de
cline in the b;rth :ete and an in
reas
m the death ne during the
first nine months of 1922 were shown
ir. provisional Census Bureau figures j
n ade public today by the Department
i of Commerce.
The mortality rate ranged from
7.8 in Idaho, to 14.3 in Maine and
| averaged 11.7 in the States from '
which statistics were taken for each
1,000 of population in the period, as,
compared with an 11.6 average in the
the same period in 1921.
Births on the other hand ranged
from 18.3 per 1,000 of population in
the State of Washington to 30 in ’
North Carolina, and averaged 22.8
in the first nine months of 1922,
as compared with an average of 25
in the same period in 1921.
TURLINGTON GRADED SCHOOL \
ENROLLMENT REACHES 900 j
The enrollment of the Turlington '
Graded School has this week reached
the 900 mark. Of this number 388 ;
are in the primary department, 268 i
are in the grammar grade depart- '
ment, and 244 are in the high school
department.
Confederate shaft to be erected some time this year, now
being completed by McNefel Marble Co., Marietta, Ga.
RECORDER’S COURT
HAS LIGHT
DOCKE1
KE'I
wim
The Recorder’s Court docket
hmM'u-esdayrcase’ha
disposed of. These were as follows:
State vs. John Allen Lee, charged
with trespass. The defendant was
fined one penny and costs.
State vs. John Red and Vernon
Oates charged with larceny. The de
fendants plead guilty forcible tres- i
pass and were fined $10 each and I
costs.
State vs. Kemp Lee charged with j
blockading. Defendant was found j
guilty and sentenced to 12 months on j
roads. An appeal to the Superior ,
court was taken.
State vs. J. R. Dixon, charged with !
allowing stock to run at large. Judg- J
ment was suspended upon payment of :
cost.
State vs. James Williams. Larceny.
Not -guilty4
, State vs. D. A. Lee charged with
violation of prohibition law. Defend
ant found guilty and sentenced to six
months on roads. ,
■ State vs. Zeb Norton charged with
having in his possession for the pur
pose of sale and also having material
for purpose j?f 'blockading. Defend
ant was found guilty of both charges
and given six months on roads for
first offense and 12 months on the
second count. Judgment was sus
pended on the second count upon con
dition of good behavior for two years.
EX-KAISER EXPECTS AN
HETR IN A FEW MONTHS
LONDON, March 5.—A special
correspondent of The Daily Ch/onicle
writes:
“A family event, I learn is expect
ed to take place in a few months’
time at Doom House, the ex-Kaiser’s
place of -'xde ir Holland. The ex
Kaiser is particularly anxious that
the first horn o? his second marriage
should not see the light of day in ex
ile. In order to avoid this, negotia
tion? l ave been going on for some
time to enable the ex-Kaiser to enter
into possession again of his”villa in
Corfu. If the negotiations are suc
cessful he hopes that the coming
scion of the House of Hohenzollern
will be born on that island.
“The ex-Kaiser knows it is too
much to expect permission to go with
his consort to Corfu, but he hopes
the Princess may be permitted to go
there some time before the birth of
the child. The Princess is in excellent
health, and the coming family event
seems to have^iven the ex-monarch
new interest in life.”
Congressman E. W. Pou arrived in
the city last night from Washington,
D. C„ to spend some time with his
family, Congress having adjourned.
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
TO SAVE THE WORLD
LONDON, March 6.—The convi^
syrely waa^fcminaj
though not just yet, when the English’
speaking people would be driven by
the course of world events to join
hands and save the world economical
ly and restore international trade
without which Great Britain, especial
ly, could not prosper or succeed, was
expressed today by Stanley Baldwin,
chancellor of the exchequer, at the
annual conference of the women’s
parliamentary committee of the Na
tional Unionist association.
Mr. Baldwin was of the opinion
that it was not a dream to foresee
in the future world peace guaranteed
by these two same peoples and that
they would maintain it as the only
powers whose interests were world
wide, whose financial strength was
unimpaired and whose ideals tended
far more to peace and the elevation of
mankind than to militarism and
fighting.
The chancellor asserted that most
of the problems today are economic,
and the greatest economic power of
the world rested with the English
speaking peoples.—Associated Press.
STEADY INCREASE BY
TOBACCO COOPERATIVES
The farmers; in three states are
steadily joining the Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association. The addi
tion of 345 new members and the
sign-up of 1,417,440 pounds of to
bacco to the association in February
show the increasing favor with
which the growers regard their big
selling organization.
"he payment to South Carolina
growers of 105 per cent of the loan
value of their tobacco to date, has
brought in new members from all
pa'ts of the South Carolina belt.
Some of the cooperative growers in
South Carolina have made phenome
nenally high averages and are now
looking forward to their fourth and
fn. 1 payment.
Championship Contests.
The students of the fourth, the
fifth, and the sixth grades in the
Turlington Graded School are now
engaged in a spirited contest for
championship in spelling and arithme
tic. After a series of five tests in
spelling and arithmetic the fourth
grade which makes the higher aver
age in three of the five tests will be
given a half holiday as a reward. The
arrangement is the same for the fifth
and the sixth grade sections. Super
intendent Franks is conducting the
tests. Accuracy and thoroughness
are the things which count Th both
the spelling and arithmetic tests.
THE WOMAN’S CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
I Mrs. W. H. Lyon Chosen as
| President; Annual Reports
Of Departments Read )
I The March meeting of the Worn
an’s Club is always one of interest,
that being the regular time for the
election of officers and the annual
reports. At the February meeting
the following nominating committee
was appointed: Mrs. E. W. Pou, chair
man, Mrs. H. B. Marrow, Mrs. E. S.
Edmundson, Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst,
and Mrs. H. G. Gray. This commit
tee gave a report which was unani
mously adopted as follows: president,
Mrs. W. H. Lyon; vice-president, Mrs.
H. B. Marrow; treasurer, Mrs. J. H.
Kirkman; recording secretary, HJrs.
| A. H. Rose; corresponding secretary,
| Miss Cora Belle Ives; chairman of
' civics, Mrs. Lee Sanders; Music, Mrs.
I C. V. Johnson; Library, Mrs. A. G.
! Johnson with Mrs. T. R. Hood and
Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson, as
! sistants; Home Economics, Mrs. W.
| M. Sanders to be assisted by Miss
• Minnie Lee Garrison; Education, Mrs.
j N. T. Holland; Social Service, Mrs.
j Hal C. Hood; Literature, Mrs. A. S.
; Johnston; Editor, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter.
At this meeting the annual reports
1 of the various departments showed
considerable work accomplished du1
■ ing the past year, a fact that re
; fleets credit upon the retiring pres:
■ dent, Mrs. Thel Hooks and her corps
; of assistants.
Forty-one ladies have joined the
I club during the last two years bring
! ing the total membership to 112.
The report from the civics depart
ment for the year read by the chair
I man, Mrs. F. H. Brooks included two
] general clean up campaigns for the
| town, one in the spring and one in
jjy^c^fall and the cit^remetery kept
inorder T>y coTlecfraf^ frOm''TTTtii<n t
of plots and an amount appropriat
ed by the town. The treasurer of
the civics department, Mrs. E. S.
Abell, reported $452 collected during
the past year and $393 expended
leaving a balance in hand of $137.30.
This department hopes to include
Oakland cemetery in future work.
The Literature department through
its chairman, Mrs. W. H. Lyon, re
ported eight meetings held. The
course studied has been Contempo
| rary Literature,” and the attendance
upon the meetings has been good.
1 he report of Mrs. H. L. Skinnei
who has had charge of the Library
was especially good. There is no ap
propriation for the library but with
funds donated and with the fines,"
( 218 books have been added during
the year, bringing the total number
of volumes to 1078. In addition to j
increasing the number of new books, '<
the incidental expense of the library
amounting to $10.90 has been taken
care of. During the past year there
have been 2032 borrowers. In v
of the fact that the library is open
only one afternoon each week, the
number of borrowers is gratifying.
The music department under the
direction of Mrs. C. V. Johnson, has
during the year for the first time held
regular meetings carrying out spe
cial programs. The usual Christ
mas and Easter vesper programs have
been rendered. Subjects studied at
the monthly meetings included:
“Hymns and Hymn Writers,” “Ameri
can Indian Songs,” “Southern Dialect
Songs and Plantation Melodies,” and
“Love and Romance” selections. The
average attendance at the meetings
which are held at the homes of the
members has been 35.
The Home Economics department'
has been conducted by the County
Home agent. She has given demon
strations in Nutrition work based m
a study of milk, eggs, fish, yeast
bread and meats. A milk campaign
was put on through the schoolyard
basketry demonstrations have been
given. A short millinery course wit-1
the help of Miss Ehrenfeld, was part
of the program for the year. A spe
! cial clothing program and special
1 meeting stressing Interior Decorat
ing have been participated in, these
meetings being also county-wide,
i The social service department has
■ been in operation only one year, bu.
during that time under the leadership
1 of Mrs. H. B. Marrow, five needy farr.
I dies were assisted, a genero'.s
, pounding given Miss Mary Howell and
a room fitted up at the Memorial
.hospital. This room at the hospital
which will be known as the Woman’s
PRINCETON TO HAVE
A COMMUNITY FAIR
Announcement Made Com
munity Meeting; Plan new
School Building
PRINCETON, Mar. 8.—The Prince
ton Community Club, met Tuesday
evening, March (ith, with one of the
most interesting and inspiring meet
ings in the history of the club.
Miss Margaret Newell, director of
music in the Smithfield school, con
ducted the singing. This was very
much enjoyed and appreciated by all.
The music aroused great enthusiasm
among the citizens.
It was stated by Miss Blanche
Penny, principal of the school, who
had been authorized in the last meet
ing to use any money in the treasury
for the good of the school, that she
had bought for the school a modern
encyclopedia, costing $44.10. This
will add greatly to the Princeton li
bra -y.
Miss Garrison, County 1\ . lonstra
tor, made a very*interesting talk ■ r.
different topics concerning the school
and >ts affa-rs She ■ ave go d sug
gestions concerning the Community
Fair, which is to be held again next
fall. She praised our fair which was
held last year, and urged that we at
tempt To make an improvement along
the lines of farm and field crops and
the ladies pay more attention lo
canning and poultry raising.
Mr. John Woodard was elected
president of the coming fair, and Mr.
Oscar Boyette, secretary.
Miss Garrison also suggested that
Miss Newell help the Princeton
school children to give a cheer to one
of the former Princeton girls, Miss
Tempie Hinton, who was one of the
first to graduate from the Princeton
High school. She now has a respon
sible position in New York Fed
II i i an ~ m m
Mr. George Woodard made the re
port that we would know something
definite concerning a new school
building in about two weeks. Th<
school children were especially enthu
siastic and several made interesting
talks as to why we should have a new
school building.
Miss Lorene Leonard, a former
teacher' of Princeton, madt an inter
esting talk concerning the new school
building. She said that Princeton was
progressing along all lines except
schools, and that the bright children
of Princeton deserved a modern school
building.
The club adjourned to meet again,
March 20th. And everyone is espe
cially urged tc attend this meeting.
*
More Valuable Than Gold.
Copper is more valuable than gold
from a standpoint of usefulness.
Gold is heavy, soft, of low tensile
strength, high electrical resistance,
low heat conductivity. Copper is
employed in so many uses that if it
should fail, civilization would halt its
onward march until some substitute
could be produced.—Dearborn Inde
pendent.
Club room, has been newly painted,
a comfortable Morris chair Installed,
new curtains placed at the windows,
a rag rug on the floor, and new lin
en furnished.
After listening to the reports all
of which were good, a delegate to
the District Federation meeting
which will be held in Chapel Hill on
March 19th, was elected. Mrs. H. B.
Marrow was chosen as the special
representative, but all the ladies who
caji are expected to attend.
The matter of taking action as to
safeguarding the railroad crossing at
the station here was presented and
a committee of one was elected to
act with a committee from the Ki
wanis Club and the town board in
getting something done. Mrs. T. J.
Lassiter was named to represent the
Woman’s Club
After the business had been dis
posed of Mrs. Hooks made a talk be
fore the club in which she reviewed
the work during the two years she
1 as been president. Her talk was of
especial interest and it is our pur
pose to give the gist of it in oar
next issue. It summarizes the work
dor.e by the club and will show the
value of this organization to Smith
fielu. Mrs. Hooks was presented
with a lovely bunch of pink earn i
tions f,om the club in appreciation
of the unselfish service which she has
rendered.