VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923
NUMBER 47
OFFICERS SEIZE
BLOCKADE LIQUOR
Thirty-two Pints Taken and
Negro Arrested—Negro
Given Bond
Yesterday morning officers of the
law, J. D. Stephenson, deputy sheriff,
C. R. Cable, chief of police of this
city, and J. T. Griffin, chief of police
at Selma, made quite a haul of block
ade whiskey and secured the arrest of
one—a negro, Henry Boyett, when
they searched a house and premises
at the brick yard just across the
river. The place has been under sus
picion for some time and officers
have been watching the place. It has
been an exceedingly popular place on
the highway and especially on Sun
days. Officers gained information
yesterday morning which led them to
believe that the stuff was there and
a search warrant was taken out. How
ever, for fear confederates would give
notice of the intended raid so that the
whiskey would be moved before the
officers arrived, one officer hastened to
the spot to watch while the search
warrant was being obtained. As h*
had suspected, warning was given and
the negro was seen to hasten to his
house and disappear in the woods with
a turn under each arm. He later
came back and sauntered carelessly
around. When the search warrant ar
rived, the house was searched, but
only a half pint was found in a
trunk. Two empty bottles were dis
covered on the negro, and numerous
other empty bottles were found lying
around. The negro was arrested and
in searching the woods near by, So
1-2 pints were discovered.
Boyett was brought to town, to be
locked up, but he gave bond and was
released. He was placed under $1,000
bond which was stood by C. W.
Beasley. The case will be tried in to
day’s Recorder’s Court.
MR. LOUIS W. MANGUM DIES
AT HOME IN BENSON
Had Been In Poor Health For Several
Months. Funeral and Burial
at Hodges Chapel
Mr. Lewis W. Mangum died at the
home of his son here last Sunday
night about 8 o’clock. He had been
in poor health for several months and
for several weeks prior to his death
it was realized that he was nearing
the end of his earthly journey. He
was troubled with weak heart for
some time before he died and many
times those who watched over him
thought that the last moment had ar
rived. He was conscious most of
the time right up until the very last.
Mr. Mangum was about 63 years
of age and up until recently had a
very strong constitution. He posses
sed one of the brightest minds of any
man we have ever known. He was
humorous and exceedingly witty. He
was a man of high Christian char
aeter, having been an active minister
in the Christian church at one time
and was one of the best Bible stud
ents in this section. In his early
training he was deprived of the ad
vantages qf schooling, which had he
had, he would have been an exceed
ingly useful man.
At one time Mr. Mangum was
Deputy Marshall in this county and
was a daring officer.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at Hodges Chapel about two miles
west of Benson, Monday afternoon by
Rev. E. M. Hall, assisted by Revs. C.
S. Johnson and A. T. Lassiter, after
which his body was laid to rest in
the cemetery at that place.
He leaves a wife and several chil
dren to mourn their loss.—Eastern
News.
PIERRE LOTI DIES IN
HIS HOME IN FRANCE
Hendaye, France, June 10.—Pierre
Loti, the novelist, died at his home
here today. The end came peacefully,
with his bedside surrounded by his
children and a few of his friends.
M. Loti had been in frail health for
a long time. He returned to his be
loved Basque country last Tuesday
and sank rapidly until death inter
vened.
He will be buried in a tomb he
built on the Island of Oleron, in the
Atlantic off the coast of Charente
Inferieure.—Associated Press.
JUDGE JNO. H. HERE IS
ACTIVELY IN THE RACE
He Wants To Go To Congress From
The Second And Is Lining Up
His Campaign
Ahoskie, June 9.—That Judge John >
H. Kerr meant what he was talking ,
about when he said he would be out j
in the running' for Congress from the (
second district when ’the very first
move was made by any other aspirant
is generally conceded down in Wind- '
sor, the county seat of big Bertie.
Judge Kerr sojourned in the Bertie j
capital for 24 hours Thursday and
Friday, and he left the town like he !
found it—agog with political talk.
There’s not one out of many down I
in Windsor who does not believe John |
Kerr will be the next regular nominee !
for Claude Kitchin’s place. Two j
hours of interviewing Friday after
noon brought out only one emphatic j
opponent to his candidacy. ‘‘I am a j
Kerr man,” is the popular slogan in ;
Windsor, and throughout the county !
Kerr adherents are
cattle ticks the county is now trying 1
so hard and with much opposition to |
obliterate.
Judge Kerr spent busy hours m
Windsor. Thursday night he was iti j
conference with some of the county !
political leaders, and for a large 1 art j
of the day Friday he was circulating i
in and out among his friends and
supporters. According to a lawyer |
at Windsor who is close to every- i
thing political, “Judge Kerr was here j
to let the hoys know he is running, j
not to mend any political fences; \
for, he keeps them mended,” There ;
is not a man in the whole district.”
he said, “who has kept, his harness in
better shape than John Kerr.
While no one is kicking against
the proposed appointment of Mills
Kitchin, not a person can be found
who believes the appointment would
best subserve the interest of the
party. The belief is general that a
primary should be held and a capable
man elected to fill the unexpired
term. The reaction is beginning to
be felt, and every sign points to pro
tests against an appointment.
I However, Judge Francis Windsor
says he does not believe the common
' people care enough about it either
way to make any howl. “In my
; opinion,” he said, “if a primary were '
called within the next two or three !
months not 35 per cent of the now '
• registered voters would go to the j
polls.” His law partner, Represen- i
tative Hiliary Matthews, believes the |
; best interest of the district and party
would have been advanced if the
. candidates should have come out at j
the very beginning and announced j
: that they wanted the office for the
• good they could have done the dis
. trict and the Nation.
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FUTURE TIMBER SUPPLY
IN FARMER S WOODLOTS
Atlanta, Ga., June 11— For its fu
^ ture supply of timber the South must
look to the farmer’s woodlots, says
Roland Turner, general agricultural
agent of the Southern Railway Sys
: tern, calling attention to the prob
lem and the opportunity which “our
| vanishing forests” present to the
j Southern farmer.
! The farmer’s woodlot can be made
to yield a steady cash income as well
as to furnish the lumber needed for
! the farm, says Mr. Turner, in urging
! careful management of woodlands
! which are on soil too rough or infer
, tile for tillage but which can be made
i to pay a profitable dividend by cut
ting out the mature timber and pro
tecting the young growth from injury
by fire and other causes,
j What can be done to make the
woodlot pay is shown by the fact that
in 1921 the farm woodlots of Mary
land, where advanced forestry meth
ods have been adapted, showed an
average income of $2.75 per acre and
each tract was cut over in such a
manner that a new crop will follow
the old.
‘ As the South’s largest consumer of
wood as well as the owners of a large
part of its present timber supply, far
mers have a vital interest in forest
preservation on their own farms and
can make their wooded lands pay an
income as well as to keep down their
lumber bill, Mr. Turner concludes.
. Timber is the one best bet to make
poor land pay a profit. It is slow
but sure and should receive more at
tention, suggests H. M. Curran, farm
forestry specialist for the Agricultu
ral Extension Service.
PROCEEDINGS OF
RECORDER S COURT
Fines and Forfeitures Amt.
to $485; Several Cases
Of Interest
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Fines and forfeitures in cases tried
in the Recorder’s Court last Tuesday
amounted to $485, which amount goes
to swell the public school fund. The i
following cases were disposed of by
Judge Noble.
State vs. W. E. Strickland and J.
T. Baker charged with the violation
of the prohibition law. A pint bottle j
of liquor was found in their posses- 1
sion and each one was fined $50 and i
one half costs.
State vs. Joshua Watson, Hezekiah 1
Watson and Dempsey Watson—a |
hearing on sei fa. Josh Watson was j
indicted for having whiskey in his
possession for the purpose of sale
He was placed under a $500 bond i
for his appearance in Recorder’s Court
Hezekiah and Dempsey Watson went '
on his bond. He ran away and for- j
feited his bond. It appeared to the
court that the bondsmen had gone to j
certain expense in endeavoring to ap- j
prehend Johsua Watson, so the bond j
was made absolute for the sum of ,
$300 and costs.
Mato vs. George Sasser charged :
with disposing of mortgaged proper
ty. George Sasser, formerly in ;
charge of the convict camp, bought \
an automobile from “Cap” Hodges, !
one of the convicts, and executed a j
mortgage to secure the balance of ;
the purchase price. Before paying
for it, he disposed of it to W. J. '
Stanley of Four Oaks. Th$ defend- i
ant was fined $50 and costs. It will j
be recalled that George Sasser was :
convicted in Superior court last year ,
for assault upon prisoners in the ,
convict camp and was later dischaig- ■
ed from his position as overseer.
State vs. Ruffin Wimbley and Joel j
Green Hudson charged with disturb
ing a schol entertainment. They were |
found guilty but judgment was sue- ;
pended upon payment of costs.
State vs. Roscoe Parker and James ;
Thompson charged with assault with
deadly weapon. Defendants were ;
found not guilty. It appearing to j
the court that a prosecution was not
required for the public interest, the
prosecuting witness, Dewey
was taxed with the costs.
State vs. Adam Wilkins, Robert
Webb and Bud JHwards, charged j
with an assault with deadly weapon
upon one Sam Worley. Guilty. Wil- j
kins was adjudged to pay fine of $25 !
together with $75 for medical ser- j
vice and drug store account incurred j
by prosecuting witness, Worley, as a
result of the assault. Robert Webb j
and Bud Edwards were each fined
$5 and taxed with half the costs.
FLORIDA’S NEW PROHBITION
LAW IS MOST DRASTIC EVER
Tallahassee, Fla., June 10.—The
most drastic law on prohibition that
Florida has ever had will become ef
fective July 1, when a measure pass
ed by the recent legislature and
signed by the governor becomes ef
fective. Violations of the prohibi
tion law after that date will meet
with compulsory jail sentences, com
paratively light for the first offense,
but severe for the second.
The measure as passed and now
awaiting the effective date to be
come a law prevides that the first
offense of liquor law violation shall
be punishable by a fine of not less
than $25 or not more than $500 and
by imprisonment of not less than six
days and not more than six months.
Second offenses will be punishable
by fines of not less than $1,000 nor
more than $5,000, and imprisonment
in the state penitentiary of not mqfce
than three years.
CRISIS AT LAUSANNE
REACHES ACUTE STAGE
Lausanne, June . 9.—The crisis in
the Near East Peace Conference over
! the question of the Ottoman debt
has reached an acute stage, the Al
lied delegations receiving instruc
tions to rmeair. firm in their posi
tion while similar instructions to
: the Turks came from Angora last
| night. The task of American Min
ister Grew, who was invited to ten
j der hsi good offices, thus becomes
more difficult, and in many quarters
j it is declared the conference must
either adjourn or collapse. —Associat
ed Press.
CURB MARKET HAS i
MADE GOOD START,
Practically AH the Produce
Brought Here Sold At
Satisfactory Prices
The first curb market for Smiht
field had a good beginning Friday,!
both producers and consumers being
satisfied with the start made. The
advisability of having such a mar- ,
ket here has been discussed for some
time but it was rather with fear and |
trembling as to its success that it !
was undertaken. After a thorough |
discussion both in the Woman's club j
of this city and the County Council j
of Home Demonstration it was de- ;
cided to try it on a small scale.
Three communities, the Lakeside
club, Pisgah and Johnson’s school,
brought produce Friday. Six women 1
were present to conduct the selling I
some of these ladies epresenting their
neighbors who could not come. The
produce consisted of fresh vegetables, I
chickens, eggs, butter, fruit hams and
nut bread. Practically all of the
produce was disposed of, which put
about thirty dollars into the pockets
of those who had things to sell.
The market opened at nine o'clock
and by ten the sales were about over.
The Farmers room in the court
house was used for the market and
proved to be a delightful place. Cen
trally located, it is convenient to the
ladies of the town, numbers of whom
attended the market Friday. Others
who had not heard of it will doubt
less be on hand next Friday. Miss
Garrison, the county home agent,
who has been instrumental in getting
the market started together with the
committees are well pleased at the
start made.
THINGS YOU CAN EAT
AND KEEP COOL
Time!} Remarks On Hot Summer
Diet By .4n Emminent Physici
an
In December, we shovel fuel into
the furnace three times a day. What
would our neighbors think of us if
we kept up the habit in summer?
Yet many persons make no difference
in the amount of fuel they stoke in
to their bodies, summer and winter.
We can escape the heat of our
houses, but we cannot run form the
over-heat of our bodies. Instead
we suffer the penalty of discom
fort, dullness, inefficiency, if not
dangerous illness.
The body fires must burn all hum
mer, it is true, and we need fuel for
warmth in summer and we exercise
then less vigorously. The sensible
thing to do is cut down the amount
of food eaten by one fourth, and to
substitute cooloing foods for fuel
foods.
Fuel foods are fats, sugar and
starch. Starch turns to sugar in the
process of digestion. Calling these
foods by name, they are: butter
cream, lard, fat meat, oils, oily nuts,
fried foods, rich pastries, pies pud
dings and cakes, sugar, syrup, honey,
white bread, potato, macaroni, and
all cereals.
Cooling foods are succulent vege
tables and acid fruits. These are
cooling because they are nine-tenths
water and entourage perspiraJtfcn;
because their mineral salts and acids
tone the system and aid digestion
and elimination; because they neutra
lize body poisons and purifies the
blood; and because their woody fibre
acts as a broom to sweep the digest
ive tract. Besides their cooling quali -
ties they contain valuable food ele
ments which help to keep us fit.
Summer happiness can be best
maintained by following Mother
Nature and gathering her offerings
in season—greens, asparagus,'lettuce,
spinach, chard, green beans and peas
and corn, cabbage, celery, k>
endive, squash, and an;. *’
ties you can chink in. Then there is
the long list of fruits, beginning with
berries and pineapples, and continu
ing with melons, peaches, apples,
grapes; but not forgetting our old
stand-bys, the lemon, orange and
! grape-fruit. The banana is a sugary
, starchy food, very nourishing, but
not cooling.
Besides the vegetables and fruits
we need small amounts of such pro
tein, cheese, celery and nuts.
| Iced dishes are not cooling. They
, retard digestion and the syrup they
contain is a fuel food. If eaten they
should be sipped slowly.—Oxford
Public Ledger.
NATIONAL BANKS
ARK TAX EXEMPT
Official Interpretation Of Banking
Act Is Given By Commissioner
Daughton
Raleigh, June 9.—Inability of the
state of North Carolina to collect
revenue from national banks within
its borders was admitted today in a
ruling given by R. A. Doughton,
commissioner of revenue, to Willis
Smith, of Raleigh, general counsel
for the North Carolina Bangers as
sociation, who requested an official
interpretation of the national bank
ing act approved by the President on
March 4, 1923.
Heretofore, the counties and sub
divisions of the state have taxed the
capital stock of national and state
banks alike, while the state has lev
ied upon the incomes of the banks,
taxing the income of state banks
directly and collecting on national
bank stock from the shareholders.
Under the ruling announced today
state banks will continue to pay to
the state three per cent of their net
earnings in the form of income tax,
while the national banks and their
shareholders will be exempt from any
tax to the state.
The ruling also applies to joint
stock land banks, of which there are
only three in the state.
“The ruling is rankly discrimina
tory against state banks, but is made
necessary by the law, which our rep
esentatives should be asked to have
repealed at the next session of con
gress, if possible,” declared Commis
sioner Broughton today.
Heretofore, the national bank act
has forbidden the taxation of income
from stock in national banks,
through the banks, as the income
from stocks of state banks has been
taxed, but permitted the taxation of
such income through the sharehold
ers, and the latter practice has been
followed.—Associated Press.
THREE WORE RANKS IN
ROWAN COUNTY CLOSED
First National,"' Spencer; Merchants
And Farmers, Granite Guarrv,
And Rank of Rockwell
Salisbury, June 9.—Throe banks in
Rowan county closed their doors yes
terday evening and this morning af
ter a national bank examiner took
over the affairs of the People’s Na
tional bank, of Salisbury, it became
known here today.
The other banks that closed are the
Merchants and Farmers bank, of
Granite Quarry, the First National
bank at Spencer, and the Bank of
Rockwell.
The People’s National bank was
closed voluntarily by its officers _be
cause of withdrawals of deposits af
ter the Mecklenburg mills were
thrown into receivership, it was an
nounced when that institution was
closed yesterday, and the reasons for
the other three < losings were under
stood to be identical. The People’s
National bank was said to have been
interested in the financing of the
Mecklenburg mills.—Associated Press
NEW BERN VISITED BY
ANOTHER SERIOUS
FIRE
New Bern, June 9.—Fire, of un
determined origin, destroyed the
building occupied by the Scott Reg
ister Co., near foot of Queen street
entailing an estimated loss of approx
imately $20,000 partially, coverec
by insurance. The building, whicl
was formerly used by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad as a passengei
station and which is owned by thal
company, was a frame building anc
was totally destroyed.
The loss of the Scott Register Co.
is estimated at between eight anc
nine thousand dollars with approxi
mately 40 per cent insurance. C. O
Griffin, who operated the wood work
ing plant for the company and con
ducted a private business in the manu
facture of ice boxes, suffered the loss
of about $5,000 with only $1,000 of in
surance. His loss principally was ir
machinery.
We Lead the World in Chickens.
It is interesting to note that there
were 428,000,000 chickens, and 13,
000. 000 other kinds of poultry on the
farms of the United States January
1, 1923. This gives an average oi
I approximately four for each man, wo
man and child. No country even ap
proaches the United States in this re
spect except China.
A MILLION DOLLAR
DAMAGE IN MACON
Cloudburst Causes 6 Inches
Rainfall in Georgia In
Hour and a Half
Macon, Ga„ June 10.—Damage
estimated at $1,000,000 was caus
ed to Macon property by a storm
that broke over this city at 12:30
o'clock this afternoon. More than
six inches of water fell in less
than an hour and a half, accord
ing to the local weather bureau.
While the storm was at its
height, Curry’s Hall on Gilest
street was undermined and fire
men had to be called to rescue
nine persons from the second
floor.
E. E. Horne, head of the family
rescued, said that he looked across
the street and saw water rising above
the floor of the porches. Then he
felt the hall begin to give way. His
wife and three grown daughters and
four grandchildren became panic
stricken, he said, and he called for
help. Firemen found all exits wash
ed away and the building ready to
collapse.
They carried all of the persons
from the building.
George S. Woodruff and a com
panion drove an automobile into the
underpass of the Central of Georgia
Railway near the Terminal Station
when the storm broke to put up the
side curtains. Before the task was
completed the water was up to the
bottom of the car. They tried to
start the engine and could not. In
a few minutes the water was up to
the top of the car. Woodruff car
ried his companion out of the flood
though water was up to his neck.
Basements Flooded.
All of the storm sewers of the
j city were overloaded and many of
| them pave way. Basements of seores
of business houses are flooded and
there is where the greatest damage
has been done.
Tonight every available red light
in Macon is being used to warn peo
ple of washed out places. The city
has advertised for 100 laborers to
report tomorrow morning to join reg
ular forces in making repairs.
Rice’s mill dam, near here, broke
during the storm.
C. A. Harris, who operates a poul
try farm near the mill, had 1,600
| hens and chickens drowned.
Fire Engines Stick.
Two fire engines responding to an
alarm of fire during the storm be
came stuck in the mud under the Ash
Street crossing of the Central of
Georgia Railway where three feet of
mud and sand had washed in.
The storm was local, extending no
more than 20 miles from this city
in any direction. The outer rim of
the storm toward the peach belt was
at Eacheconee.
There is a 65-foot washout on one
division of the Central of Georgia
Railway and a similar washout on
the Macon,. Dublin and Savannah
! Railroad. The baseball park is still
flooded tonight. Lightning struck
four buildings in the city during the
storm, but no one was injured.
John W. Ramsey, chairman of the
street committee of the City Coun
cil made a tour of the city late this
afternoon and said that it will cost
the city $3,000 to fill in only the wash
' out places. He found three houses
! collapsed after being undermined and
scores of others undermined and bad
ly damaged.
“The heaviest loss will be in the
i wholesale district,” said Mr. Ram
sey. “All told, it will run high in
the thousands, probably to a million
; dollars.”
19 MULES AND FARM HOUSES
WORTH $15,000 ARE BURNED
! Scotland Neck, June 9.—There was
I a $15,000 fire loss at Halifaxs Farm,
i Inc., near Norfleet., early last night.
i Most of the outbuildings, including
the mule stable, hay barn filled with
i alfalfa, implement shed, all farm im
! plements, 19 mules and horses and
storage barn burned. All were splend
id buildings partly covered by insur
j ance. The family was in Scotland
j Neck where the oldest daughter of
, Manage’- T. D. Temple was graduat
I ing at the high school. There is no
clue as to the origin of the fire. Sev
en of the mules that were burned were
owned by Charles Van Landingham.