VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1923
NUMBER 43
THE COREY-STINE
REVIVAL BEGINS HERE
The First Service Will Be
Held Tonight in Benner
Warehcme
Plans are about complete for the
great evangelistic meeting for this
city and surrounding communities, to
be conducted by Rev. A. Corey, of
Jamesville. The services will be held
in the Banner Warehouse, and the
first service will be held to-night, be
ginning at eight o’clock.
Evangelist A. Corey, who was a
former student in Turlington Insti
tute, was in school here about twenty '
years ago, and since been a pastor in
Johnston County, is not a stranger to
the people here, neither is the place :
and people strangers to him, as he has 1
been passing in and out for a number !
of years. He is a firm believer in the j
Old Time Gospel Preaching, and not in '
the clap-trap methods, or sensation or
emotional appeals or excitements.
REV. A. COREY
He has with him in the work
Professor S. R. Stine, who has been
in some of the Billy Sunday meet
ings, and also worked with a number
of the strong pastors and evangelists
in the country. He will have charge
of the musical part of the work and
direct the personal work. He is a
practical leader and understands the
work which he has chosen. For the
past nine months he has been engag
ed as musical director, both vocal and
instrumental, in the Mountain Grove
High School, of Mountain Grove, Mo.
The Corey-Stine meetings have been
well attended where they have work
ed, and they have been in many coun
ties in the Eastern part of the State.
They have always drawn and held
large crowds. In many of the places
where they worked two years ago
Bible Reading Circles organized by
them have been kept alive and at
tendance at both church and prayer
meetings has been almost double.
Their method of work leaves influence
that lives.
MR. S. R. STEIN
We are sure that Southfield and
community will appreciate their work,
and bespeak for them the hearty co
operation and support of the commu
nity. They always strive to strength
en and better organize the churches
and raise them up on a better basis
of work than they find them. The
practical plan of organization which
they undertake with . the churches
puts new life in them and community
and the workers.
The meeting here will run until the
work seems to be accomplished and
then they will go to Williamston,
Windsor and other places in Eastern
North Carolina. The Evangelist will
MAKE A STUDY OF
ECONOMIC SITUATION
Slowing Up Is Shown In Re
ports for April and May
—Weather Blamed
Washington, May 27.Government
officials whose departments are con
cerned with the economic situation
throughout the country are giving
more than cursory attention, it was
made known today, to the trend of
general business as indicated by con
ditions which developed late in April
and have continued into May.
While trade and production con
tinued in large volume, reports to
the Federal Reserve Board show that
there was slacking of business ac
tivity, although in comparison with
the situation prevailing a year ago
general conditions are regarded as
far better. The Reserve Board, in
a summary made public today, at
tributed part of the slowing in busi
ness to ‘seasoned influences” but
these, it was declared in other quar
ters, could not be wholly responsible.
The Reserve Board noted decreases
in the production of lumber, anthra
cite and mill consumption of cotton.
On the other hand, there were in
creases reported in such basic lines
as the output of pig iron and petro
leum.
While car loadings were much
larger for the period covered than
for corresponding weeks in 1922, the
shortage of freight cars evident a
few months ago has almost entirely
disappeared. This was construed by
the Reserve Board to mean more
than a seasonal decrease in shipping
The heavy volume of traffic appear
ed to be constituted mainly of manu
factured goods.
The weather was charged by the
Reserve Board with responsibility for
some of the reduction reported in
department and retail store sailes.
Easter purchases made in March aug
mented that month's total sales, but
unseasonable” weather held down
April purchases.
Accompanying the decline in sales,
which, although not substantial in all
lines, wras evident everywhere, were
cuts in prices of certain basic com
modities such as fuel and farm pro
ducts. Clothing, metals and build
ing materials, however, were slightly
higher in price at the beginning of
May than a month previously.
Continuation at practically the
same level for several weeks of the
volume of bank credit gave some
hope, according to the board, that
there was nothing of serious tenden
cy in the situation. Commercial
banks, however, 'continued to care
for the loan requirements of their
respective localities without seekin
additional accomodation from the re
serve banks, the board reporting that
somewhat easier money conditions
are indicated throughout the country.
It is called attention to slightly low
er rates on commercial paper togeth
er with the heavy over subscription
of the recent treasury note issue
which now is quoted above par in the
open market.
MAYOR REQUESTS CITIZENS TO
HELP MAKE CITY BEAUTIFUL
All merchants and other business
houses in the city of Smithfield are
requested to sweep their trash, rub
bish, fruit peelings and other garbage
back of their respective places of busi
ness and collect and deposit the gar
bage into some receptacle, back of the
store or business house in a conveni
ent place so the city trash and gar
bage wagon can collect the same ev
ery day.
This is not a city ordinance at the
present time; but merely a request by
the present administration and it is
sincerely hoped and anticipated that
the business interests of the city will
cooperate in making this request a
decided success. It will add certainly
to the looks of your business to keep
the above request and it will certainly
make our city look more beautiful to
the stranger who visits within our
agtes.—John A. Narron, Mayor and
W. Ransom Sanders, Street and Sani
tary Commissioner.
hold a meeting in his home town
making the fourth meeting he has
held there. They have several weeks
engagements, but are making engage
ments for the fall and have some open
dates which they might arrange for
fall campaigns.
TWO DAYS OF THE
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Met at Princeton With Large
Crowd Present; Goes to
Four Oaks Next
One of the most largely attended
Conferences of the Raleigh District of
the North Carolina Conference held in
recent years began at Princeton last
Wednesday night with preaching by
Rev. J. T. Gibbs, of Clayton and clos
ing Friday shortly after the noon
hour.
Thursday morning roll call found
an unusually large number of both
preachers and laymen present, repre
sentatives of the 69 churches in the
Raleigh District. Rev. H. I. Glass, of
Raleigh was chosen as secretary.
Committees were appointed to report
on the spiritual condition of the
church, on Missions, Sunday Schools,
Epworth Leagues and Church rec
ords. Rev. D. H. Tuttle was made
chairman of the Sunday School com
mittee. After the appointment of
committees, the pastors made their
reports. The reports showed an in
crease of membership in the church
and Sunday Schools, a large increase
in the number of Epworth Leagues.
Collections for all purposes were re
ported well up to date. Seven church
es in the district are either building
new churches or adding Sunday
School rooms.
Rev. R. M. Courtney, Centenary
Secretary for North Carolina, made a
talk on the fruits of the Centenary,
showing that the pledges are being
met and that the cause of Christ is
being advanced accordingly. Twenty
six churches of the Raleigh Confer
ence have met the Cente 'ary pledges
to date, and other churches have paid
at least 60 per cent, with the prospect
' good for meeting pledges in full by
the close of the conference year.
Before adjournment for dinner a
committe composed of Rev. W. W.
Peele, Dr. Albert Anderson, of Ral
eigh and Rev. D. H. Tuttle, of Smith
field, was appointed to present suit
able resolutions in memory of Dr. T.
N. Ivey, whose sudden passing was a
distinct loss to the denomination.
At noon the Singing Class from the
Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh gave j
a sacred concert which was enjoyed
by all who heard it.
The conference sermon was preach- '
ed Thursday night by Rev. W. W. *
Peele, pastor of Edenton Street I
Church, Raleigh.
The second and closing day of the
Raleigh District conference was feat
ured by the transaction of a large !
amount of routine business and ad- |
dresses by representatives of various
contents of church work. The con- j
ference passed a strong reso- •
lution appreciative of the fine j
work of Rev. J. C. Wooten, who is |
completing his quadrennium on the ;
district. Under his leadership much !
progress has been done in a material
way, and many have been added to
the membership of the church.
At 11 o’clock W. G. Womble, lay '
leader of the district, delivered an
address on the work of that depart- !
ment of church endeavor. Rev. R.
W. Bailey and S. W. Marr, also ad- 1
dressed the conference in the interest [
of the laymen.
The conference by a unanimous '
vote decided to hold its next session
at Four Oaks.
The following were elected dele
gates to the annual conference which ,
meets in Elizabeth City November'
18th: S. W. Marr, G. F. Woodard,!
B. B. Adams, T. R. Hood, E. T.
White, R. T. Vann and R. E. Prince.
This session of the conference was
one of the most spiritual ever held
in the district, and more business
was crowded into two days than it
seemed possible but Mr. Wooten kept
something doing all the time.
One feature of the conference upon
which everybody commented was the ,
splendid entertainment provided by
the Princeton people. On Thursday
and Friday dinner was spread on the
grounds and a bountiful feast took
care of the large crowds. On Thurs- |
day barbecue was a part of the menu.
, The Princeton people gladly enter
| tained in their homes those who re- !
, mained over night.
Those attending the conference,
from this city were: Rev. D. H. Tut-;
tie, Messrs T. R. Hood, W. H. Lyon,
„J. D. Spiers, J. H. Abell, R. C. Gil
CITIZENS DISCUSS
PLAN FOR HOTEL
M. C. Winston, of Warren
ton Makes Talk; Music
Program Rendered
The program under the direction of
the Kiwanis club and Woman’s Club
relative to the hotel proposition now
under consideration, which was held
at the court house Thursday evening,
was well received by a goodly aud
ience.
Mr ,J. A. Wellons presided over the
meeting. While the crowd was assem
bling the Stephenson String Bband
furnished the music, the musicians be
ing Messrs J. D. Stephenson, Henry
Stephenson and C. R. Pittman, Miss
Mae Stephenson and Mrs. Milton
Coats. The program opened with the
singing of America after which Mrs.
Jesse Coats gave a most humorous
impersonation of an illiterate negro
preacher conducting a church service.
Missses Elsie Sparger and Irene My
att, Messrs W. C. Coates and Paul
Eason then sang “My Wild Irish
Rose.” Following this, Miss Mary E.
Wells told an Irish story illustrative
of the proverbial Irish wit.
Mr. Wellons then called on Judge
A. M. Noble to read the bill enacted
by the recent legislature which pro
vides for an election to vote as to
whether Smithfield shall issue $75,
000.00 of bonds to be used in the
erection of a hotel for this city. In
his discussion of the bill, Judge Noble
painted out the two plans either one
of which may be used by the citizens
of Smithfield. The bill provides that
the town may levy taxes not over 20
cents on the $100 to retire the bonds,
or the bond issue may be loaned to a
corporation which shall give the town
5 1-2 per cent interest and a first
mortgage on the hotel property. The
second alternative is the one which
t£e community expects to operate.
Another phase of the situation was
brought out when Mayor J. A. Narron
read a resolution passed by the town
commissioners which stated that the
bonds, in case the election carries, will
not be offered for sale until $50,000
shall have been subscribed and paid in
by a corporation. This will provide
for a $125,000 hotel.
These matters having been explain
ed, Mr. Wellons introduced Mr. M.
C. Winston, a former Johnstonian now
of Warrenton, who told about the
municipal hotel at W’arrenton. War
renton built a thirty-two room hotel
and in a year’s time it has become
necessary to add to it. Twenty-nine
more rooms are to be bulit at once.
He stressed the advertising feature of
a good hotel for a town and told of
how the Warrenton hotel was being
talked of far and wide. The hotel has
been in operation about a year. The
first six months, he said, the man
agement as to finances, about broke
even.
Warrenton seems to have as a hob
by municipal owned enterprises, in
cluding besides the hotel, a railway,
electric light and water plant, and ice
plant. Judge Noble read by request
an article recently published in “Col
lier’s Weekly” which set forth the
achievement of Warrenton along this
line.
When Judge Noble had finish
ed, Misses Sparger and Myatt, Messrs
Coates, Eason and Medlin sang
“Where the River Shannon Flows.”
The program was concluded with a
selection by the band.
Funeral Of Mrs. Bass
Friends here of Mrs. Frank Bass
of Charlotte will regret to learn of
her death which occurred Sunday
morning. Mrs. Bass was before her
marriage Miss Fannie Thain. She
married first Mr. Willie Williams
and after his death was married to
Mr. Frank Bass, who together with
a son, Mr. Willie Williams, survive
her.
The body will be brought here
and after funeral services at the
Baptist church at one o’clock today,
interment will be made in the city
■Aja^auxao
The deceased was the aunt of Mrs.
M. A. Wallace of this city and Mr.
T. W. Ives who lives near town.
lette, G. E. Thornton, Mrs. W. C.
Beasley, Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst, Mrs.
T. R. Hood, Mrs. E. I. Poole, Mrs. A.
M. Sanders, Miss Bettie Lee Sanders
and Miss Ruth Jones.
DR. LACY PREACHES
TO SENIOR CLASS!
Well-Rounded Life Is Fourj
Fold; Speaks of Christ
From 12 to 30
For the second time, six years in
tervening, Dr. Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr.
preached the baccalaureate sermon
before the graduates of the high
school here. Six years ago Dr. Lacy
was pastor of several county church
es in Johnston County, and one Sun
day evening when he delivered the
commencement sermon in the school
auditorium, numbers of his former
parishoners were in the audience to
welcome him back as he comes from
the Central Presbyterian church of
Atlanta, Ga. where he has been pastor
for two or three years. The house
was filled on this occasion, for his
reputation as a straight forward
preacher, eloquent and convincing, is
well known in this community.
After the hymns, and invocation
pronounced by Rev. D. H„ Tuttle,
pastor of the M. E. church, Dr. Lacy
took his text, a text from the second
chapter of Luke which had been read
as a Scripture lesson by Rev. W. C.
Cumming of the Presbyterian church.
The words of his text were: “And
Jesus increased in wisdom and statue,
and in favor with God and Man.”
Taking the period in the life of
Christ between the ages of twelve
and thirty, the silent years of prepa
ration for his work of saving the
world, as the formative period of life,
he stressed the importance of young
people using those years to lay a
foundation for their careers. The four
divisions of the text formed the out
line of his sermon as he pictures a
well rounded life. “He grew in
statue.” Dr. Lacy began with the
physical being and told how import
ant it is that boys and girls have
strong bodies. He mentioned the val
ue of athletics in developing muscle
and training for endurance. But
important as athletics are, said Dr.
Lacy, the training of the mind is in
finitely more important. The mind
is the thing which differentiates
man from beast, and a trained mind
must go with a trained body.
But even these, according to Dr.
Lacy are not enough. One needs to
be trained in social graces. Not so
ciety with a capital “S” was in his
mind, but the development of the
social nature along right lines. There
comes a time in every boy’s life when
though up to that time he cares
naught if his hair is unbrushed, his
shoes not polishfed or ^whether he
wears a neck tie or not, the nicieties
of life have their appeal and it is
usually the attraction of the other
sex which causes this realization.
And it is right that this develop
ment should coincide with the physi
cal and the mental life. Incidentally
he made an appeal for a social life
among young people which will not
mean the lowering of standards of
manhood and womanhood, but which
will keep them chaste and pure in
their relations.
Having developed a physical, men
tal and social formula for young peo
ple, the speaker rounded out the
fourth point of his sermon when he
spoke of the spiritual side of life
and made a direct appeal to the young
graduates to include this, the most
important thing of all, in their prep
aration for life. These other things,
a strong body, a trained mind, social
graces are well worthwhile for the re
wards they bring in this life, but
with the spiritual life developed an
abundant life throughout eternity is
assured.
The service was concluded, with
the benediction pronounced by Rev.
J. W. Barker, of the Episcopal church
M. E. ORPHANAGE
CLASS TO BE HERE
Next Sunday morning at the elev
en o’clock hour, the singing class
from the Methodist Orphanage at Ra
leigh will gve a sacred concert at
the Methodist church here. This
class has given its annual concert
here for two years and each time
| pleased a large audience The sup
I erintendent. Rev. A. S. Barnes, has
a large number of friends in Smith
| field, having served as pastor of the
cliur>here for four years just prior
to hi a going to the orphanage, and
they always give him and his class
a warm welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Jhonson spent
the week end in Clayton.
C. L. COON MAKES
ADDRESS AT MEADOW
Graduates of 11th Grade Re
ceive Diplomas; Reci
tation Contest
The people of Meadow township and
surrounding community had the op
portunity last Friday of listening to
what the speaker himself characteriz
es as a “sermon,” when Mr. C. L.
Coon, superintendent of Wilson Coun
ty schools, made an educational ad
dress at the Meadow school com
mencement.
Mr. Coon has made a reputation for
himself and his county for the work
he has done in Wilson in lengthening
the school term and in building school
houses. He addressed his audience in
a plain matter-6f-fact way saying
that he had come to Meadow, not in
the capacity of a politician for he
was not running for any office, but
he had come to endeavor to create in
the minds of the people before him a
vision of what education might mean
in Johnston County. Tersely express
ed this vision is, that every child in
Johnston County may have the same
kind of a school house, the same
length of school term and paid for at
the same rate of taxation.
Mr. Coon said that when he lived in
the country as a boy, and when as a
young man he taught school, he had
had a vision of the good school teach
ing could do. He had dreamed of the
time when every boy and girl in
North Carolina would have a chance
for an education. After ten years of
work in Wilson he is beginning to
see his dreams realized. And what
can be done in Wilson county, he
said, can be done in Johnston. He
made an appeal for a uniform county
wide tax. Why should not the rail
road tax which helps to educate the
children at Benson help to pay for
schools for the children in Meadow
township also?
“Can you build schools in Johns- f
ton?” he asked. “Can if you want
tcv” was fejs own reply. Have you
ever heard of any one moving from
Wilson to Johnston to escape taxes?
Is the truck expensive? Is everybody
satisfied ? These are some of the
questions which Mr. Coon asked *nd
answered. Schools cost money but
folks cannot afford not to educate
their children. “I would rather put
some sense into Sally’s and John’s
head and leave them not a cent of
money than leave them a lot of prop
erty and not give them an education,”
was one of Mr. Coon’s statements.
Not all are satisfied, he said, nor will
everybody be satisfied when Gabriel
blows his trumpet.
Mr. Coon pictured a life in the
country with good schools and church
es which will keep the young folks on
the farm. He pointed out that the
country was the best place to live
and the best place to have a good
school. The distractions of moving
pictures etc., do not have to be con
tended with in the country, which
makes for a better school.
In closing he told of some of the
aspirations he had for the schools in
Wilson county. He hopes for the time
when a county library shall be estab
lished from which books shall be dis
tributed. to all the schools in the
county. He wants to see the time
when the schools shall serve everyone
in the community, grown-ups as well
as children, and he is planning for
courses which shall benefit grown
ups.
Mr. Coon received warm applause
when he had finished, an evidence
that the seed he had sown had not
fallen on barren ground.
l ne graduating exercises of the
day were quite interesting. Four
graduates of the Eleventh grade re
ceived diplomas as follows: Noah
Blackman, Pearl Lawhorn, Kate Hud
son and Verta Blackman. The exer
cises consisted of the reading of the
class prophecy by Pearl Lawhorn, of
the class poem by Verta Blackman,
of the last will and testament by Kate
Hudson, and the valedictory by Noah
Blackman. Quite a number of seventh
| grade children received certificates.
In the afternoon a declamation and
recitation contest was engaged in,
Wade Wood being the winner of the
prize for the best declamation and
Vada Lawhorn for the best recitation.
A play entitled “Kentucky Belle”
was given in the evening which com
pleted the commencement program for
this year.