VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1923
NUMBER 34
PRES. TAKES STAND
FOR WORLD COURT
Sets Forth Reasons in Speech
Before Associated Press
In New York
New York, April 24.—President
Harding today committed himself
and his administration without equi
vocation to American membership
in the permanent Court of Inter
national Justice.
Speaking at the annual luncheon
of members of The Associated Press
Mr. Harding set forth the reasons
which impelled him to recommend
to the Senate shortly before the ad
journment of Congress the adheison
of the United States to the world
court protocol as drafted under the
League of Nations, outlined the ad
vantages he believed would accrue
from adoption of the recommenda
tion and presented for the first time
answers to the kirguments \f op
ponents of the administration plan.
In doing so, the Chief Executive
asserted his conviction that Ameri
can membership in the court would
be “in harmony with party platform
pledges, candidatorial promises and
American aspirations.” It would not
be and could never be construed as
being an indirect entrance into the
League of Nations, he declared, with
emphasis.
The address made before a thou
sand of the nation’s leading news
paper editors and publishers was
generally considered as the begin
ning of the presentation which the
President plans to make during the
spring and summer of the principal
policies to be pursued during the
next year.
Political leaders throughout the
country admitedly in disagreement
as to the wisdom of the world court
recommendation awaited with in
tense interest the address and to
night were watching for the coun
try’s reaction. Whatever reception
it might be acorded by the American
people the President indicated clear
ly that he stood firmly behind his
recommendation.
The address was the principal fea
ture of the Executive’s visit to New
York, the first in a year and a half.
Except for brief preface, ;n
which he spoke as an editor to edi
tors and for a reference to relations
among the nations of the western
hemisphere, Mr. Harding followed
his prepared address closely. In the
course of the latter disgression, he
declared that the “government has
been instrumental in wiping out the
various causes of contention and con
flict in the western world and has
today but one difficult solution left
and hapily that with Mexico is near
ing solution.”
NEW MEMBERS INITIATED INTO
Jr. O. U. A. M. AT FOUR OAKS
Four Oaks, April 26.—Four Oaks
Council No. 337 Jr. O. U. A. M., met
in regular meeting Tuesday night,
April 24th, with about sixty local
members and about forty visitors
from the Smithfield Council present.
After the regular business session,
seven candidates were initiated into
the Order by the Smithfield degree
team. Next Tuesday night the
Smithfield team will be with the Order
again for the purpose of initiating a
number of candidates. The Smith
field team is well qualified and pre
pared, and the Four Oaks Council
appreciates their services.
T. C. BARBOUR, F. S.,
Four Oaks Council N. 337.
FALLS THROUGH TRAIN
WINDOW; IS BADLY HURT
Hickory, April 23.—W. D. Hyman,
Jr., Richmond, Va., was placed in a
local hospital today after he had fal
len through the window of a train
near hero His injuries are sern.us
hut not thought to be fatal.
Mr. Hyman was acompani**'’ on t! .
tram by hir father who slated tha!
■ he son had recently suffered a nerv
( us bre-i* down and was then envoute
to an Asheville sanatorium.—Associ
ated Press.
A lady asked a little boy who car
ried around pies and tarts to custo
mers if he ever felt tempted to eat
one.
“No, indeed,” replied the little boy,
“that would be stealing. I only lick
them and that don’t harm anybody.”
—Richmond Evening Dispath.
SELMA BRICK CO.,
GOOD INDUSTRY
i _
Supply Of Clay For Pressed Brick
Found On Dr. Vick's Land; Will
Last 25 Years
The Selma Brick Company, a con
! cern backed by the George M. Nor
wood Company of Raleigh, is an in
j dustry that is doing a good business
on an increasing scale in the manu
facturing of bricks. The plant is lo
! cated on the Southern railroad a mile
! north of the town of Selma where
it has been in operation for a num
ber of years.
The plant has recently utilized
about all the workable clay in im
meidate reach of the plant, and it
looked as if this flourishing business
would have to migrate. Tests were
made’of the clay found a mile north
of the plant in Dr. G. D. Vick’s river
bottoms, and it was found that there
was clay by square miles of the finest
brick-making quality. A right was
acquired to these bottoms about the
first of the year, and now the sod
has been broken and the bottoms are
yielding their clay to the mills.
It has required an extension of the
business to reach this newly-found
clay, but the indications are that this
clay will supply the mills at their
present rate of consumption for the
next twenty-five years. A rail track
connecting the mills with the bottoms
has been laid and two Plymouth mo
tors are used to draw the dumpers
from their loading station to the
mills. The dumpers are loaded by a
steam shovel machine and are then
carried to >the motor enginesby a
dinky steam locomotive. Fifteen
dumpers are used to freight the clay
to the mills. This industry gives
employment to several men and turns
out 50,000 biacks a day. The bricks
are the smooth pressed variety and
find a ready sale at about $12.00 a
thousand.
S. H. S. MINSTREL IS
A HUGE SUCCESS
The ministrel show of the Smith
field High school came through Tues
day night with a blazing success with
one of the biggest crowds that has yet
witnessed a show in the large audi
torium. The show was divided into
two acts with the regular minstrel
form i nthe first and a mock wedding
in the latter. The end men, Thel
Hooks, and Lawrence Wallace were
especially good at their tricks and
jokes, Wallace also showing up good
in songs. But the feature that
brought the roof down was Johnson
and Wallace’s rendering of the world
famed Zeigfield Follies song, “Mr.
Gallager and Mr. Shean.” So popu
lar was this they had to come back
on the second encore. In Percy Pitt
! man Smithfield has found ayoung co
' median of exceptional abilities. His
negr° clog dancing was equalled in
popularity only by the above mention
ed song, while many declared it the
! biggest hit of the show. The mock
wedding in the last act was good.
Miss Margaret Newell, Musical Di
rector of Smithfield High school nad
Dixon Wallace who has wo nfame in j
the minstrel shows of this city and ;
Wilson are both to be congratulated '
on this fine production.
CLAYTON PASTOR TO
GO TO SALISBURY
Salisbury, April 24.—Rev. A. 0.
Moore, of Clayton, recently called to
be pastor of First Baptist church,
j Salisbury, has accepted the call and
will take up his new work the first
of June. Mr. Moore succeeds Rev.
R. L. Lemons who several months ago
left the Salisbury church to take up
a new pastorate at Shelby.
A Thought For The Week
| We are not sent into this worth to j
; do any thing into which we cannot |
put our hearts. We have certain j
work to do for our bread and that j
is to he done strenuously; other v. !; j
co do for cur delight and that is v>
he done heartily; neither is to ho don.-,
hy halve s >r shifts but wit 1 a will; |
and what is not worth this effort
is not to be done at all.—Ruskin.
Soprano; “Did you notice how my
voice filled the hall last night?”'
Soubrette; “Yes, dear—in fact I no- ■
ticed several people leaving to make ;
I room for it.”—Richmond Evening '
Dispatch.
MR. N. C. NEWBOLD
TALKS TO NEGROES
Tells of Progress being Made
In North Carolina In
Negro Education
—
"That North Carolina is making' an
earnest and honest effort to give the
colored children of the state a chaine
for an education” was the proposition
laid down and proven by Mr. N. C.
Newbold, State Supervisor of negro
education, when he addressed the
county negro group commencement
here yesterday in the Training school
i auditorium.
Mr. Newbold prefaced his v'V'1 ■
dress by words of congratulation t
the colored people here and to the
school officials upon the splendid
building which has been erected for
the colored children. He referred to
his first official visit here ten years
ago when the old wooden bui’ding
was in use and recalled a statement
that he made to a group of teachers
to thr' effect that it was time to stop
talking about the race question ;. d
and time to begin to solve it Since
that time headway has been made in
that direction.
This brought the speaker to the
theme of his speech. He likened him
self to an attorney with North Caro
lina a0- his client and the people as
the jury to decide whether or not
North Carolina is making an earnest
effort to educate the colored child
ren. The first point advanced was
the fact rt at the state is making an
effort to educate teachers Out of
the $500,000 appropriated by the leg
islature two years ago, buildings have
been erected at three normal ‘schools
a». Fayetteville, Elizabeth City and
Wiesti n Salem. That money has been
spent in buildings alone. The last
legislature appropriated $460,00
for more buildings at these three
places. He urged his hearers out of
pride of race and pride of state to
visit these institutions and see fcr
themselves what is being done to
prepare negro teachers.
The next point discussed by Mr.
Newbold was the establishment of
Rosenwald schools. He gave a novel
definition of a Rosenwald school—an
agency to uplift any community.
Funds for these schools came fron
Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears
& Roebuck, from the state and from
the colored people themselves. He
told of a change that has taken place
at Ador, a rural community in Moore
county, since the erection of a four
teacher Rosenwald school. The
whole tone of the community is dif
ferent. Hitherto there was never r>
term of Moore county court without
three or four negroes from Ador on
the docket for criminal offences. Since
the establishment of the school, ne
groes from that section are notice
ably absent from court.
Mr. Newbold closed his remarks by
answering the question, “Why edu
cate the negro?” To state it simply
the reply is to give them the same
chance that other people have to
make good citizens. And he feels
the negro is going to respond to the
opportunities which are being offered
him by becoming good citizens.
After the address of Mr. Newbold,
Miss Wells, ass’t. co. superintendent
presented two seventh grade certifi
cates, this bringing the total number
presented in the county to eight. This
is the first time there have been any
seventh grade graduates outside
Smithfield.
Harold L. Trigg of Method, a ne
gro educator of Wake County, was
present and made a few remarks |
which received an enthusiastic hear- |
ing. He gave his race good sound j
advice which if followed will make ■
for peaceful, helpful relations be
tween the white and colored people, j
Old Fiddlers’ Convention Tonight.
Tonight the City Hall Opera House
will be enlivened by the strains from ,
the old fiddlers’ convention which will
bring together in the city the best fid- j
dlers throughout this section under
auspices of Messrs. S. P. Honeycutt,
of Benson, and H. P. Pollard of this
city. Many prizes and awards will
be handed out after keen competition
and a large crowd is expected.
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Make the garden perform more j
regularly by proper plantings. Write j
for circulars 121, 122 and 123 which
are free for the asking. The Agri
cultural Extension Service at Ral
eigh will send them to you.
THE PRESBYTERIANS
WILL HOLD MEETING
Rev. Sam K. Phillips of Fay
etteville to Conduct two
Weeks Services
_
The minister who is going to con
j duet the Evangelistic Meeting at the
Presbyterian church for two weeks
J beginning next Monday is Rev. Sam
: K. Phillips of the Highland Presby
terian church of Fayetteville. Mr.
Phillips is a North Carolinian and
is the son of Dr. A. L. Phillips who
is well-known as the founder of the
General Assembly’s Training School
for Lay Workers in Richmond. Va.
His grandfather as well r
was eminent as a minister of the
Southern Presbyterian church.
Mr Phillips has had fourteen years
experinece in the ministry and his
j i ineipal charges have been Oxford,
j where he was pastor for 6 years and
j Greenville, where he was pastor for
\ 5 years. In both of these places he
is very highly regarded both as a
speaker and as a pastor. His pres
ent charge in Fayetteville in the
prominent Highland church, which is
located in the suburbs that have
grown up on Haymount, was entered
upon Dec. 1st, 1922. Since that time
35 new members have been added to
the Highland church, and that with
out the special help of an evangelist.
In addition to his experience in the
regular pastorate Mr. Phillips has
held meetings in Roanoke, Va , in
Rocky Mount, in Greenville, Tarboro
and in other places. He is esteemed
especially for his ability to preach the
gospel of Christ in a clear an . force
ful way.
ae to otner sides ot his lue it
might be mentioned that Mr. Phillips
is in. vn in the places where he has
lived not only as a minister b’it that
he is a Mason and an Odd Fell, v a’.d
a member of the Knights of Pythias.
In addition to these fraternal orders
he ;s a member of the civit organiza
tion ot the Rotary Club.
In Young People’s Work Rev. Sam
K. Phillips has followed in the lead
of his father, Dr. A. L. Phillips who
was for 14 years General Superb -
tendent of Sunday School and Young
People's Work in the Presbyterian
church. He is successful and popu
lar as a Scout Master, has had direc
tion of the recreation at Montreat, the
Presbyterian Summer Resort near
Asheville and has an important part in
the nuig People’s Conference to ue
held there this summer.
It i< believed that the people of
Smithfield will become very much at
tached to Mr. Phillips and that the
whole city will be interested in the
series of meetings that he is coming
to hold in Smithfield. He is a man
of a bility and is an attractive speak
er and every message will be inter
esting and vital. The series of meet
ings that he is to hold will begin on
Monday night at 7:45 p. m. at the
Presbyterian church and will be held
every night for two weeks.
CONEY ISLAND HIT
BY A CONFLAGRATION
New York, April 24.—Coney Island
and Far Rockaway, two of New
York’s best known seashore resorts,
were visited this afternoon by fires
that caused damage estimated at
$500,000. A tiny spark flying from
an electrfc motar mixing machine set
the blaze in Far Rockaway that de
stroyed the 350-room hotel Tack-a
Pou-Sha and 3,000 bathhouses on Os
tend beach.
Union Meeting At Bethesda
The Baptist Central Union meet
ing will be held at Bethesda church
near Wilson’s Mills Saturday and
Sunday, April 28 and 29. There will
be a discussion on “Church Finance”
by Mr. J. J. Lane. A talk about
“Education” will be given by Mr. S.
H. Averitt. There will aslo be .
round table discussion by representa
tives from the different churches on
“What we are doing and what we
ought to do in the churces.”
Among the other addresses at this
time will be those given by Dr. M.
L. Kesler, general manager of the
Baptist Orphanage; Prof. J. Henry
Highsmith, of Raleigh, superintend
ent of state high schools; and by Rev.
W. C. Cumming, pastor of Smith
field Presbyterian church. All day
meetings will be held both days.
The public generally is cordially
invited to attend.
SMITHFIELD ENTERS
BASE BALL CONTEST
Will Open Series Here Today In Game
With Se’ma High School; Good
Record To Date
Smithfield High school baseball
team will begin the elimination serias
here this afternoon on the Fair
| Ground park when it lines up against
’ the Selma nine. This is the fifth game
! of the season for the local team hav
; ing come out at the big end of the
first four by the following scores:
Smithfield 4, Goldsboro 3.
Smithfield 9, Clayton 4.
j Smithfield 11, Selma 0.
Smithfield 10, Goldsboro 5.
! However the Selma team has been
! considerably strengthened since the
i game two wekes ago when Grady
I held them to two hits and the Smith
j field boys walloped the ball to all
parts of the field.
Should Smithfield win from Selma
th enext game will be with Burgaw
which drew a bye in the meeting at
Raleigh last Monday.
The following is the schedule '
the entire Eastern North Carolina •
Group One—New Bern vs. Jackson -
ville at New Bern, April 25. Eliza
beth City vs. Edenton at Elizabeth
City, April 25 Washington an 1
Hertford both drew byes for this
week.
Group Two —Stantonsburg vs Snow
Hill at Chapel Hill, April 27. Smith
field vs. Selma at Smithfield, April
27. Burgaw and Woodland drew
byes.
Group Three—Henderson vs. Chapel
Hill at Chapel Hill, April 27 Middle
berg vs. Durham, at Henderson, Ap
ril 27.
Group Four—Sanford vs. Laurin
burg at Sanford, April 27. Raeford
and Ellerbe drew byes this week.
The championship of all groups
will be determined under the sched
ule worked out by Saturday, May 5th.
There will be a second meeting of
group champions to work out group
scedule.
MR. KITCHEN WILL
BE A CANDIDTE
Scotland Neck, April 24.Hon. Claude
Kitchen says that he is still a candi
date for Congressman from the so:
ond district.
This statement was made in con
nection with th|e announcement of
the candidacy of Mr. John G. Daw
son of Kinston that the latter would
be a candidate if Mr. Kitchin decided
not to make the race.
Mr. Kitchin’s health has greatly
improved, and he is in fine shape.
His work in the last congress demon
trated the fact that he is still able
to take care of the position.
PROFESSOR METCALF
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
On Wednesday afternoon Prof. Z. ?.
Metcalf visited the local high school
for the purpose of inspecting the
science department of the school.
This is in accordance with the plan
of the State epartment of Educa
tion to have the professors of the
different colleges of the State help
in the inspection and supervision of
the high schools. Prof. Metcalf ex
pressed himself as being pleased with
the science department here as far
as it went. As yet not much atten
tion has been given to science here.
Following the insepetion of the de
partment Prof. Metcalf spoke to the
students about the relation of science !
to our everyday living. Among other
things he spoke of the boll weevil, and
in this connection he gave an inter
esting sidelight upon the entrance of
the boll weevil into this country. Hu
said that this pest first entered this
country from Mexico in 1892. Dr.
Howard, an entomologist, asked Con
gress for an appropriation of $25,000
to keep the weevil out. Congressmen
ridiculed the idea. He stated that
the Congressman from this district
said that the idea of appropriatin r
a quarter of a hundred thousand dol
lars to destroy an insect not a quar
ter of an inch long was absurd.
FARMER KILLED AS
TRACTOR OVERTURNS ’
Wilson, April 21.—Marion Bryant,
55, wealthy Wilson county fanner,
was instantly killed this morning
when a tractor overturned catching
him under it. Mr. Bryant was try
ing to work the tractor out of the
mud when the accident occured.
CIVIL TERM SUPERIOR
COURT COMES TO END
Princeton Case Aroused A
Great Deal of Local
Contested
Wednesday was Princeton’s day in
court here. One of the most import
ant cases on the present court dock
et comes from that town, and thi *
case went to trial Wednesday. The
case is that of Massengill vs. Holt
and charges slander for which plain
tiff asks damage in the sum of
$50,000.00.
The plaintiff in this action is C.
M. Masscngill and the defendant is
A. F. Holt, both citizens of the town
of Princeton. It seems that Massen
gill conducted a mercantile business
during the years of 1920-21, and suf
fered a burn-out. He operated his
business in a store which he rente 1
from Holt and Holt charged him -.vi'a
having a hand in the burning. Upon
this defamation Massengill institut
ed his suit for damage.
The plaintiff was represented by
Hood and Langston of Goldsboro, and
the defendant was represented by
Abell and Holt of Smithfield. The
case was hard fought and when the
jury retired there was much spec
ulation in the minds of the audience
as to what verdict would be render
ed. The verdict awarded the plain
tiff the sum of $2,500 and judgment
accordingly rendered.
We understand that a motion has
been made to set aside the judgment
on the ground that the defendant 13
unable to meet the obligation.
The case created considerable local
interest, and a large number of the
citizens of Princeton and Boon Hill
were present at the hearing.
Another case of interest to many
came up Monday. This was the case
of S. W. McLamb and wife vs. A. B.
Hudson et als, involving the enforce
ment of a bid of $8,000 for a farm.
The plaintiff was represented l y Wei
Jons if Wellons, the defendant by
James Paynor. Judgment was rend
ered i . favor of the pbuntiff requir
ing ire defendant to ac> epr. the land
and pay the amount of t.:e bid.
Judge Horton disposed of quite a
number of other cases and was ready
for adjournment yesterday afternoon.
PLAN TO MAKE JORDAN PLAIN
AGAIN FLOW MILK & HONEY
London, April 21.—The Dead Sea
soon will come to life and the land
which, in Joshua’s time "flowed with
milk and honey’’ is to come into its
own again, according to Albert Horth,
outlining a scheme for the irrigation
of the plain of Jordan between the
I>ake of Genesareth and the Dead Sea
to the members of the Victoria Insti
tute here.
Wide areas, he said, were covered
with fertile soil suitable for cultiva
tion, and irrigation was only needed
in those districts. The irrigation
scheme proposed was to build canals
on both sides of the River Jordan and
parallel with it. Throughout their
length the canals would be furnished
with suitable outlets for the distribu
tion of water over the plains slop
ing toward the River Jordan. As a
source of energy, there is planned a
hydro-electric plant on the western
shore of the Dead Sea, which would
receive its energy from the Mediter
ranean through a tunnel under Jeru
salem.
The scheme, added the lecturer, was
far from new—it was probably some
2,000 to 3,000 years old—butits real
ization had neither been demanded
nor had it been feasible until just
now.—New York Times.
Rattlesnakes On Streets Of Selma
Monday afternoon two rattlesnakes
caused quite a bit of consternation
in the town of Selma when they were
discovered running down the street.
The porprietor of the Merchants ho
tel succeeded in shooting ere but
the other one disappeared under the
hotel and at this writing has not been
found. The snakes are thought to
have made their escape from a car
nival playing in Selma this week.
Four Peeke Make a Bushel.
“I’ve been married five years, and
I’ve got a bushel of children.”
“How’s that?"
“My name is Peek. I’ve got four
children. Don’t four peeks make a
bushel ?”—Exchange.