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W» withfielb VOLUME 42 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1923 NUMBER 23 DR. STRECKER WILL SPEAK IN COUNTY “Germany Headed Toward Prohibition” Subject the Lecturer Will Use Prof. Reinhardt Strecker, Ph. D., of Germany, is scheduled to speak at carious points in the county this week on the subject: “Germany Headed Toward Prohibition.” He is a Chau tauo.ua < P urer ana his address prom ises to be fine. Dr. Strecker is to be the guest of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League for ten days. He is here to learn what prohibition has done for this nation, and to tell Americans how Germany is headed toward pro hibition. Dr. Strecker is a man of pleasant address and speaks English with suf ficient fluency to be clearly under stood by those who hear him. He has a most interesting, timely and vital message regarding the wonder ful development of temperance sen timent in Germany and the outlook for the speedy achievement of Na tional Prohibition. Dr. Strecker has been recently addressing large aud iences of German speaking citizens in Wisconsin, under the auspices of the state Anti-Saloon League, and they have responded enthusiastically to his appeal. Dr. Strecker who was one of the delegates from Germany attended last winter the World’s W. C. T. U., at Philadelhpia, and also the World League Against Alcohol at Toronto, Canada. He was enthusiastically re ceived at both of these, and deeply moved the delegates by his zeal and faith in the possibility of achieving prohibition in his native land. Dr. Strecker is one of the outstanding educators in Germany, being the . &e,jat£_of Darmstadt. Superintendent Davis will accom pany him through this State, as he fills the following appointments: Wednesday, March 21 Benson (Bap tist Church) 8 p.m. TJiui^day, March 22, Kenly (Pres-! byterign church) 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 23, Selma (Hign ! School Auditorium) 8 p.m. , Sunday, March. 25 Wendell (Bap- j tist Church) 11 a.pi'. • Sunday, March 25 Spring Hope, j (Gibson Memorial Methodist Church) : 7:30 p.m. * * * * *•* *' * * * * * i * * * THE OXFORD ORPHANAGE * * SINGING CLASS BE HERE * * * . * The singing class of the Ox- * * ford Orphanage will give a con- * cert in the court house Wednes- * day night at 8:00 o’clock. It * j * is not at all necessary to try * * to tell the nature of the enter- * . * tainment or the character of * ( * the institution from which they * * come. The class has been in * j Smithfield many times before, * j * their program last year being * ! * one of the best entertainments * | * that has ever visited our city. * ! * 'Not Ohly is every Mason in the * i * State acquainted with the work * | * done by the Oxford Orphanage * i but practically' every citizen * i * recognizes it a? one of the best * | * Institutions in the state. * j *. There will be no admission * ! fee charged. However, a free- * *, will offering will be taken. This * is one. way in which tire child- * * ren help to support the institu- * * tion which is training them for * * usefulness to themselves and * to their country. Don’t fail to * j * hear the children sing. You’ll * * regret it if you do. * * * ******* ***** NATIONAL GUARD UNIT TO BE RECOGNIZED ■ ! The government will recognize the National Guard unit of 117th Field Artillery in the Farmers Warehouse here Friday evening, March 23 at 7:30 o’clock. All the members must attend this meet ing. More than enough members to hring this unit up to the required strength have been added. Uni forms will be requisitioned Fri- , da^ evening. ST. JULIEN L. SPRINGS. COURT ADJOURNED | FRIDAY EVENING — Grand Jury Makes Report; Recommends Extra Ses sion to Catch Up Superior Court which was held here | last week adjourned late Friday aft ernoon after working day and night to dispose of the crowded docket. A number of cases were continued and the Grand Jury recommended the calling of a special term of court to dispcse of the case^ which are await ing trial. The Gfand Jury completed its work Thursday and made the following report: 1. We wish to express our appre cint.eii ‘ri the e u-t for the most ex celit.nl charge to u at the opening of court. The st ntiment expressed in ’.he charge va- \erj appropriate, an.! ;.t *he samcliine inspiring to ,:s fu'l r'i i-; i? the capac.t/ i of grand jurors. 2. We have carefully considered all the bills of indictment sent us ; by the court and have made true re I turns on the same in accordance with i the evident in the case. We have ! disr .=( (1 cf all matters presented to us accord ng to law. We hfi’e inspected the various offices cf rhe county and find all in good shape. 4. We think all officers are effi cient and capable and all records well ; kept, and all their reports in con formity with law. I 5. We have visited and inspected the jail in the court house, and the convict camp near Smithfield and find them in good shape and in a san itary condition. 6. We have visited the county ! Home and find the keeper to be ' competent and efficient, and the in ; mates to be comfortable and content 7. We recommend that all magis trates in the county be more careful and prompt in making their returns. 8. We further recommend that a special term of the criminal court be held for the purpose of disposing of the numerous cases now awaiting trial. D. J. WELLONS, Foreman Grand Jury. The court during Thursday and Friday tried a number of cases, the entire day, Thursday, being taken up with the case, State vs. Harris John son, charged with rape of Lillie C. Peacock. The defendant plead not guilty. A special jury tried the case and returned a verdict of guilty of assault with intent to commit rape. Johnson was given a sentence of not l^ss than three years nor more than six years in the tSate’s prison. The docket for the two days in cluded five liquor cases which were disposed of as follows: state vs. D. A. Lee charged with violating the prohibition law. De fendant was found guilty of aiding and abetting in the manufacture of whiskey and was sentenced to six • i months on the roads. An appeal was taken to the Supreme court. I State vs. Jim Holt and Robert Holt | charged with blockading. Each de ■ fendant was called but failed to ap- i | pear and their bondsmen were noti fied to appear in the next term of | court and show why they should not i pay the bond. j State vs. Jim Holt and Robert 1 Jones charged with blockading. Jim j Holt comes into court. Defendant i was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in jail and assigned to , work on the roads. State vs. G. C. Watson charged l with - blockading. The defendant plead guilty. It appeared that th< defendant has been sentenced in an | other case growing out of this same . transaction, and had served a part of his sentence when pardoned by the governor. He was sentenced to con finement in jail for 12 months and | to work on roads and pay costs. Capias to serve road sentence not to issue until requested by Solicitor. Defendant allowed until fall to pay costs. State vs. Guilford Cogdell, changed with blockading. Defendant waived bill and through his counsel plead guilty. He was given four months o» the roads. Tlie Grand Jury returned a true bill of murder against Allen Pennell t who is charged with killing James j E. W^olard op the 12th of January, but the bond of the defendant was increased to $6,000 and the case con tinued. i MISS LUCILE JOHNSON Who will represent Smithfield in the Queens’ Contest at the Eastern Carolina Exposition at Wilson this week. REVIVAL MEETING STARTS < AT METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Jim H. Green Is Doing Th-* Preaching; Singer Will Arrive Tomorrow. The seris of ervival services which began at the Methodist church hero Sunday began under favorable cir cumstancies there being large con gerations present both morning anil evening services, and the preacher Rev. Jim H. Green, delivered tw > forceful sermons. His tekt at the atmeetings_-mMrs.,carnU_.N_ morning hour was taken from Heb. 2;16: “For verily he tok not on him the nature of angels but he took or him the seed of Abraham.” He show _cd how Jesus dieiMhat. He might lift man into the family of God. It was a powerful discourse on the atone ment. At the evening hour the minister used as his text Romans 3: 23: “Fo' we have all sinned and come short « f the glory of God. He gave a clear convincing summary of sin and sin ners—the literal meaning of the words—and proved from scripture that justification by faith throufh the atoning blood of a crucified Redeemer is the only known and proven remedy for sin. i esterday morning:, the congrega tion was good considering the rainy weather. The day services will be held each day from 9:15 until 10:15 throughout this week, and announce ment will be made later as to the day services next week. The singer. Mr. Rudd Newsom, of Guilford College, wil lbe here for th'1 service tomorrow night. Mr. New som is not only a singer but an ac complished pianist as well. Rev. Mr. Green, whose home is it Connelly Springs, is the evangel i t for the Western North Carolina Con ference. He has been preaching about twenty years during which time more than 70,000 persons have heard his messages. For 11 years he was a regular pastor of the West ern North Carolina Conference, th? past nine years having been given up to evangelistic work. He is one of the promoters of Camp Free at Con nelly Springs where a ten days cann meeting is held each year in August. PROF. REINHARDT STRECKER, Ph. D. of Germany, who is scheduled to make several prohibition addresses in Johnston county this week. AN ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY FOILED SATURDAY NIGHT Man Is Caught jn Jones-Cotter Hardware Store and Lodged in Jail; After Auto Tires Saturday night an attempt was made to roh thes tore of Jones-Cotter Hardware Co., store but the robber began a little too early to get by with it. Mr. R. 0. Cotter and his son, Hugh, left the store about II o'e’ but Mr. Cotter left his coat and go ing back for it heard someone on the roof at the rear of the store. They went for the night policeman and wdth other help guarded all avenues of escape and succeeded in capturing the would-be thief. They >'■ ' the store and approached cautiously the part of the store where the noise had made his entrance through a sky light in the roof by carefully re moving the light without breaking it. j He was unarmed and readily gave himself up to the officer. He sa’d that he was after automobile tires, i He proved to be Kelly Rose, of Sel- : ma. The officer placed him in jail where he is awaitng trial. STORM AT SAVAGE , TOOK TOLL OF 28 LIVES j MEMPHIS, Tenn. Mar<*h 18.—With the death list standing at 28, the Red Cross and other agencies of relief are undertaking the task of providing for the many families rendered homeless hv the tornado which swept through Savage and other north Missisippi tew ns Thursday. G. C. Crane, in charge of Red Cross work at Savage, has reported that 102 houses were destroyed. Volunteer relief parties from sur rounding towns have supplied large quantities of food and clothing. An emergency kitchen is being operated in box cars at Savage and meals are being served to hundreds of refu-i gees. Fifty tents have been supplied in the stricken towns and the War De partment, cooperating with Red Cross, has shipped 75 army tents to Memphis. Other supplies are being brought here. Although 125 or more persons were injured, a .score of ’ them seriously, it is not thought that more deaths will be reported. RECORD PRICES FEATURE COTTON FOR WEEK i NEW ORLEANS, March 18.—011 crop "months in the cotton market made new high record prices for the season this week and new crop ! months traded up to within a few points, of previous high records. The tone was virtually steady in ' the early part of the week and again on the close, but in between was a rather extended period of long liqui dation which caused fairly substan tial reactions. At the highest the trading months were 55 to 91 points over the close of the preceding week and on the close the list showed net gains of 39 to 60 points. Fluctua tions carried the market over a range of 73 to 93 points. May traded up to 31.16 cents a pound and closed at 30.71. In the spot department spots gained 25 points on middling in the net result that grade closing at 31 cents against 16.07 on the close this week a year ago. Middling closed at 31.25 at its best, a new high for the season. HARDING WILL AGAIN BE G.O.P. CANDIDATE Will Hayes, C. D. Hilles and Col. George Harvey May Conduct Campaign WASHINGTON, March 18.—The ; movement for the renomination of : President Harding, which first took tangible form in recent conferences among a group of his friends here, i has developed to a stage where de ; tails of the personnel and program i of a pre-convention organization ^n his behalf are receiving active at tention. For the present the two most viril' ; topics of these discussions relate to I the choice of those who are to head the organization and (o the various features of the country-wide speech making trips the President himself is expected to make during the sum mer. Already a tentative itinerary for the trip is under consideration in quarters close to the White House. , and Mr. Harding’s advisors are put ting their heads together to aid him in his selection of the topics he is to discuss. Attorney General Daugherty’s an nouncement in Miami yesterday that the President would he a candidate again, accepted here as further con firming the impression which has been current for some weeks in po litical circles, is expected to hasten the work of formulating a definite program and a definite backing with which he can go before the country. The attorney-general who was the Harding pre-convention manager in 1920 is regarded as certain to have a prominent place also in the cam pa gr. that now is beginning. Btcai'Se of his ill health, and his i official duties, however, Mr. Daugh erty’s intimates do not expect him io , again shoulder the heavy burden of -tfw&’A. ried three years ago. Various names ! have been mentioned for that task in the conferences of Harding support- j ers. the list including among others, Will Hays, of Indiana and Charles D. Hilles, of New York, both former I national chairmen, and Colonel Geo. I Harvey, now American ambassador,1 at London. Some of the friends of Mr. Hajs' : recently have been particularly* ur gent in their suggestion that he be ' brought prominently into the Hard- ! ing pre-convention organization wi*n a view to his selection as chairman*1 of the national committee, in case 1 Mr. Harding is renominated. A num ber of conferences on the subject have been held here and in New ; York, and more are in prospect. Meantime, Mr, Hays himself is say- 1 ing^ nothing for publication, though his supporters appear perfectly sat- ' isfied that he would respond to any call to service which the party might make upon him. Mr. Hilles also is regarded as willing to help, although he is said to be in no sense a can didate. In some well-informed quarters it is expected Col. Harvey, some- ' time during the coming winter will eithqr resign his post at London or secure a leave of absence and will j return o the United States to do ! whatever tie can toward Mr. Hard ing’s renomination. So far nothing definite in that direction has -b»er done, nor Is any announcement ex- I pecte ! f. r some weeks. It would be a surprise to some of those who ' know the inside story of the present He pub ! an line-up, however, if the colonel v.ere not.on the ground, ac- : tieely a4 work, long before the na tional convention assembles in 192-1. - Associated Press. NEUSE RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS; 18 FEET Recent heavy rains have swelled Neuse River until it is out of its banks covering quite an area at this point. Mr. N. G. Rand who meas ures the river each day reports that the water was at a stand still yes terday having reached a height of 18 feet 4 inches. Measurements wer*’ taken twice, once at eight o’clock in the morning and again at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. U. D. C. To Meet. The Sandcrs-Holt chapter of the U. D. C. will ^neet at the home of Mrs. E. W. Pou, the president, next Thursday afternoon, March 22, at 3:20 o’clock. GREAT INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL IN THE U.S. Country’s Production Prob ably Exceeds Anything On Record NEW YORK, March 18.—Reports of increased business and hesitating speculative markets were features of the past week in trade and finance. Also signs point to the continuance of the industrial revival, which has now reached a point where the vol ume of the country’s production probably exceeds anything on rec ord. Steel output is still growing ui .! steel prices are still rising and rail road traffic is extraordinarily large; but the gains hre not limited to the heavy industries. Textile mills are fully employed, automobile makers are working at top speed and the oil and building industries are flourish ing. Retail trade also is reported to be excellent. In the steel industry the advance in prices has arr’ve 1 at a stage which pet Huso? t > d •ve.'cp resistance 11-. fie part of consumers. The ef fect is not a marked one and strong demand f< • early 0 cl ings is still apparent. Ne veri teless, it is stated in the trade ti.al a tew building projects have been laid aside because of the present prices and (fiat high CvjsI f materials may curb the buy ing of lailroad cars. Production of steel is in excess of 90 per cent of war inflated capacity and 1> lieved to be about equal to current consumption. The keen de rm nd is thought to come from a de file to enlarge stocks and to insure future supplies. Taking the broader view, the trade is now attempting to forsee the situation which is likely to exisl during the latter part of the year. Opinion on the point shows WfKPlthMtWf- --—- ■ Cotton furnished a number of in teresting sidelights on the situation, for one thing, publication of the cen sus bureau’s reports on consumption of American mills during February showed that the high daily rate jf January had been exceeded, despite the maintenance of high prices. Meanwhile, the commodity itself ral lied sharply and rose to new high levels, the Jflay future commanding as much as 31.59 cents. As the week closed a demand by the Fall River textile council for a 15 per cent in crease in wages of cotton Workers was announced. Thus, in a sense, the cotton industry epitomized the trend of things in the present revival. While two severe storms impaired telegraphic communications and so restricted activity in the more spec ulative markets, they can hardly be held responsible for the indecision displayed by these markets during the week. Tbe^magnitude of recent rises has created caution in the mind-' of professional operators who re member the behavior of the stock market last November. Conservative commission houses have been advis ing caution in enlarging commit ment1. In addition, a pause in specu lation is a natural aftermath of pe roads of pronounced activity. In most quarters it is considered that the reactions of the past week or so have been relatively moderate. Monetary conditions remain little changed. The general feeling is that a gradual and moderate tight ening in money during April is like ly. It is pointer! out that goods have been and art being produced in great volume and that as these goods pass into the hands of middlemen and re tailers the demand for credit will increase. Fond prices meanwhile, are somewhat heavy, partly because of the feelinj. that money will work higher, paitly because of the grow ing demand for funds for commer cial purposes and paitly because the boud market is digesting a large volume cf new issues. Hope of a Franco-German settle ment made itself {pit in the foreign exchange market, the currencies of the continental allies rallying rather shaiply. Greensboro News. Party Goes to Pinehurst. Mrs. W M. Sanders with Mrs. T. A. Wadden and Misses Mary and Frances Wadden, of South Dakota, and Mrs. A. H. Rose and Mrs. Geo. Ross Pou as her guests motored to Pinehurst and Southern Pines Sun day. The trip was made in Mrs San ders’ Packard touring ear.
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