VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1923
NUMBER 48
M. T. BRITT NOMINATED
AS CO-OP DIRECTOR
Cotton Coops Select Benson
Banker To Represent
Fifth District.
Mr. M. T. Britt, cashier of the
Farmers Commercial Bank of Benson,
was nominated director to represent
the fifth district of the Cotton Cooper
ative Association when the votes were
counted here Monday afternoon at 6
o’clock. The balloting committee was
composed of Messrs S. P. Honeycutt,
of Benson, W. H. Flowers, of Four
Oaks, and J. P. Parker who lives on
Smithfield, Route One. Ballots from
individual members of the Cotton
Cooperative Association were received
up until 6 o’clock Monday afternoon,
none which were received after that
hour being counted. Only two names
figured prominently in the voting,
Mr. Britt and Mr. W. H. Austin, who
has heretofore represented the dis
trict. Mr. Britt received 442 votes
and Mr. Austin 293, making the ma
jority in favor of Mr. Britt 149. Two
counties only, Johnston and Wilson,
comprise the fifth district.
On next Monday, June 18, the di
rectors will meet in Raleigh where
the nominations will be confirmed.
Mr. Britt is a banker of some
prominence, being among the number
asked to contribute articles to the
Special Banker’s Edition of the News
and Observer recently issued out by
that paper. He is a member of the
Agricultural Committee of the North
Carolina Bankers Association. With
splendid business qualifications he is
well fitted to fill the position to which
he has been chosen.
LUTHER MILLS K1TCH1N
DECLINES NOMINATION
Rocky Mount, June 12.—Luther
Mills Kitchin, son of the late Claude
Kitchin, tonight declined nomination
as the Democratic candidate for the
unexpired term in Congress to which
his father had been elected and the
Democratic executive committee which
tenderd Mr. Kitchin the nomination
adjourned until Wednesday, June 20,
at 2:30 p. m., when final action will
be taken on the method by which the
Democratic candidate will be chosen.
The committee has full power, to
act for the party under an official
ruling made by Attorney General
James S. Manning, but it is consid
ered probable that the question will
be submitted to the voters of the dis
trict in a primary to precede the
special election which Governor Cam
eron Morrison is expected to call for
August.
--So far, the only candidates in the
race are Superior Court Judge John
H. Kerr of Warrington, Solicitor Rich
ard G. Allsbrook of Tarboro and N.
J. Rouse, Kinston Attorney. These
candidates and any others who may
announce in the meantime have been
invited to consult with the commit
tee at its meeting next week. John
G. Dawson, of Kinston, and W. L.
Long, of Halifax, speaker of the
House and president pro tempore of
the Senate, respectively, in the last
General assembly were prominently
mentioned as candidates immediately
after the death of Mr. Kitchin, which
occurred on May 31, but both have
formally declined to run on account
of the pressure of business affairs.
The action of the committee in
tendering the nomination to Mr.
Kitchin was unanimous, but came
only after a session which took the
committee into two counties and last
ed for more than three hours, op
position to the plan developing from
both within and without the commit
tee. The opposition came princi
pally from counties which have avow
ed candidates.
Mr. ivitcnin nad taken the position
that he would not consider the nomi
nation unless it came without friction
and when he was appraised of the
real situation by telephone he de
clined the tender, although the reso
lutions adopted received the unani
mous vote of the committee.
Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst went to Rich
mond, Va., Monday to be with her lit
tle son, Jack, Jr., who will be in a
hospital there two weeks for treat
ment. Her mother, Mrs. Ed Borden,
of Goldsboro, is with her children here
while she is away.
KANSAS FLOODS
m CAUSE H A V O (
Se\eral Dead And Thousands Home
less; Property Loss Exceeds Five
Million Dollars
Kansas City, June 11.—Seven dead,
many reported missing, thousands
homeless and property loss exceeding
$5,000,000 was the known toil tonight
of floods which have st^it virtually
every stream in Kansan and northern
Oklahoma to the highest stage in
years.
The Kansas river and tributaries
tonight were reported falling, thus
removing the immediate danger in
northern Kansas. In southern Kan
sas, however, the valley of the
Verdigis, Neosho, Walnut and other
streams were inundated.
Arkansas City and W’infield, in
south-central Kansas, the cities hard
est hit, tonight were under patrol
of American legion and Kansan na
tional guardsmen. Red Cross and
other agencies were endeavoring to
care for the homeless.
The Chamber of Commerce at
Arkansas City appealed for $500,000
to aid the flood sufferers. The cham
ber estimated the damage at Arkan
. sas City at more than $3,000,000. At
Winfield the damage was estimated
between one and one and a half mil
. lions.
At Wichita, which suffered heavy
damage Saturday, the situation was
1 reported greatly improved tonight.
Hundreds of American legion men
and city employes were working to
night to prevent further breaks in
the docks.
Scenes of Havoc and Ruin
The big Arkansas, which conver
ges with the Little Arkansas north
; of Wichita, was reported as about
stationary.
In W’infieid the scenes of havoc
. and ruin today were said to surpass
those of any other disaster in the
city’s 50 years of existence.
The Kansas river stood at 19.3
feet tonight at Topeka and was
| slowly falling. This is a fall of 2.5
feet since Sunday. There now seems
no danger of a flood in Topeka.
Although many were reported
missing at Arkansan City and 3.000
were homeless, only one person is
known to have lost his life.
Damage running into millions was
reported from northern Oklahoma
as a rush of water swept down from
Southern Kansas.
Hundreds of persons have been
rendered homeless but there wyere
no confirmed reports of loss of
life.
Tram service mrougnout xne state
has been interrupted and damage to
state highways will run to nearly
$1,000,000, State Highway Commis
| sioner Nesbitt estimates.
Jess Williard Helps
The Arkansas river was out of its
j banks from the Kansas border to
the Arkansas line, flooding thousands
! of acres of farm lands. At Tulsa
I the Arkansas was falling slightly,
but a warning from the weather bu
reau at Fort Smith, Arkansas, stated
a further rise tonight is expected.
The Tonkawa and Burbank oil
fields are completely cut off from
■ the outside.
Damage to property crops and
livestock in Kay county is estimated
at $2,000,000, acording to Ponca
City advices.
Heavy damage was sustained at
the 101 ranch near Ponca City.
Thrilling rescues at the ranch
1 were affected by Jess Williard, form
er heavyweight boxing champion.
The big Kansan waded into many
pools rescuing women and children
and livestock. In one instance he
went down into deep water to cut
loose two horses that had become en
tangled.—Associated Press.
THREE YEAR OLD ROY
SCALDED TO DEATH
Farid Barnes, the 3-yea-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clete Barnes, who
live near Barnesville, died at a local
hospital Friday night from scalds re
! ooived when he fell backwards ^ito
a tub of boiling water at the home
about 3 o’clock Friday afternoon.
The boy was playing in the yard
| near the tub of water which had been
placed there for the purpose of
washing clothes, and in some manner
i tripped himself and fell backwards in
I to the water.
As soon as the accident occured
| the child was rushed to the Thompson
hospital here, living only a few hours.
—The Robesonian.
NUMBER HOMICIDES IN
UNITED STATES GROWS
U. S. Murder Record Nine
Per 100,000 Population;
Has No Equal.
New York, June 13.—Drastic fed-,
real legislation for the control of
firearms as the means of checking
the steadily growing homicide rate,
was urged by The Spectator, an in
surance periodical, today, -aking
public homicide statistics for 1922,
which showed a slaying sate in 28
of the largest cities of nine per 100.
000 population.
"The record since 1900,” said the
review, “reflects an attitude of law
lessness and indifference to human
life without parallel in the history of
mankind. The outstanding facts of
America’s murder record arc:
"First, the excessive proportion of
criminals who go unpunished, f' who
fail to get punishment proportional
to their offenses.
“Second, the lai ge majority of mur
ders committed by shooting, as the
result of the ease with which revolv
ers and ammunition can be secured
even where the law prohibits their
sale.
Presenting statistics of the census
bureau to show that nearly five out
of every seven murders in the 12
years were committed with firearms,
the review said:
“While a beginning has been nthde
in some states to control firearms,
there is probably no alternative than
congressional action of meeting the
murder problem.”
“Capital punishment,” the review
concludes, “is not a suffie'ent deter
rent of homicide crimes, to justify
its continuance,” and should be abol
ished. as “a relic of barbarism.”
Against 366 deaths from murder in
1921, there were 331 in 1922. the re
view said, which showed Memphis
again heading the homicide rate h-.
with 67.4 per 100,000, of pouplation.
Spokane was at the other end of the j
list with one per 100,000. Nashville, |
Tennessee, had the second highest j
rate, 30.7. New Orleans was third •
with 21 and St. Louis fourth with :
16.9. Other cities with “excessive
rates were given as:
Cincinnati, Ohio, 14.6; Louisville, !
Ky., 13.1; Los Angeles 12.9; Chicago }
11.8; Dayton, Ohio, 11.7; Washing! ••. j
11.2; Cleveland, 10.5 and Baltimore, •
10.2.
Cities with low rates included Mil- j
waukee, 2.9 Boston 3.6; Seattle, 5.4
and Minneapolis 5.5.
“On account of a few exceptional I
outstanding cases,” said the review, |
“the New York city murder record
is always more or less in the lime
light, although the New York rate
of 5.8 is much below the national
average.”—Associated Press.
BOILER BURSTS AT
RICHLANDS; 1 DEAD
One End of Boiler Thrown 250 Yards
Crashed Through Roof of Mr.
Walter Rand’s Home,
New Bern, June 12.—Nat Sylvester,
wealthy business man, was killed in
stantly; Hugh Mills, young book
keeper, believed to have been fatally
injured, and Paul Patrick, fireman,
severely scalded, when a 100-horse
power steam boiler exploded and
wrecked the Banks and Thomas gin
and saw mill at Richlands this morn
ing at 11 o’clock, it was learned here
over long distance this afternoon.
The explosion, thought to have
been the result of a defective in
spirator on water connections to the
boiler, completely wrecked the plant
at a loss of ten thousand dollars,
hurled one end of the boiler, weigh- j
ing some two tons a distance of 250 .
yards, where it struck the ground, ‘
bounced up and crashed in through
the roof of the home of Walter Rand,
injuring Mrs. Rand and her little '
daughter slightly.
i Residents of the little town rush
ed from their homes terror stricken
: as their houses rocked from the de
tonation of the explosion, which, it
was said, was heard for miles around,
: to drag the bodies of the dead and
j injured from the ruins. Mr. Syl
vester was in the mill at the time
arrangin gto have some timber sawed
and was killed instantly by flying
timbers. Mills was buried beneath
the wreckage and badly mangled,
while Patrick sustained his scalds in
the boiler room.
CHINESE PRESIDENT
IS NOW A PRISONER
Forced Out of Office by Plot
—President’s Train Sur
rounded By Troops.
Tientsin, June 14.—Li Yuan-Hung, 1
president of the Chinese republic, is
being held a prisoner aboard his '
special train in the central railway
station here at an early hour this
morning, following his flight from
the capital at Pekin yesterday. The
train is surrounded by troops acting ^
under the direct orders of Wang i
Cheng-Ping, governor of Chili provin- ,
ce.
The troops allowed American
Consul Jay C. Huston to enter the
station, but would not permit him
to board President Li's train to con
fer with the executive. The British
consul was forcible prevented from
approaching the train. The presi
dent is being held, it is said, because ;
he has possession of the government
seals which he carried with him in
his flight from the capital.
Peking. July 13.—China’s “Chris- !
tian general,” Feng Yu-Hsiang, was !
the active military power behind ,
the plot which today forced President
Li Yuan-Hung out of office and sent ,
him in flight to Tientsin.
General Feng, with Wang Huai
Ching. head of the metropolitan po
lice force of Peking, yesterday j
handed their resignations to Presi
dent Li, declaring they no longer
could hold office while their troops
and patrolmen were unpaid.
President Li countered with a re- i
quest that they withdraw their resig- :
nations. When Feng saw that Li was I
determined to hold the presidency
he issued his ultimatum that unless
Li vacated, Feng's troops would en
ter the capital. Then followed Li's ,
flight to Tientsin.
In the light of the above and other 1
recent dispatches from Peking, three ^
men, all militarists, stand out from |
the political haze enveloping the
Chinese capital. They are Feng Yu- j
Hsiang, the “Christian general;” ;
Wang Huai-Ching, head of the [
Peking district police, and Tsao j
Kun, head of the Chihli party. A .
notable absentee from prominence is j
Wu Pei Fu, regarded as the military
sponsor of President Li Yuang
Kung’s fallen cabinet.
Peng, military inspector of the
ePnirg metropolitan area, has made ,
his mark in the recent history of
China in three different directions, ;
fervor for the Christian religion has |
stamped all his activities with its ]
impress, while his administrative
ability and military efficiency have
been conspicuous features of his rec
ord. It was his army, said tr be per
haps the best trained corps in China,
that carried Wu Pei-Fu to victory
last year against Chang Tso-Lin, and
forced Chang to retire to his Man
churian stronghold. A few months
ago, however, difference were report
ed between Wu and Feng and the
latter became chief of the Peking
military district.—Associated Press.
WIDOW RAISES THREE
MISSIONARY CHILDREN
Greenwood, S. C., June 9.—It is not
every widowed mother that is able to
experience the happy thrill as that of
Mrs. A. C. White, of this city, who,!
today rejoices in the graduation along
with the first women to graduate in
medicine from the Richmond Medical
College, of her youngest daughter,
Miss Leta White, and who has lived
to see her three children, though they
were reared in an orphanage, become
prominent missionaries. Mrs. A. C.
White is the proud mother of the Rev.
Maxie G. White, prominent young
Baptist missionary, to Bahia, Brazil,
Miss Pauline White, missionary to
Pernambuco, Brazl. and Miss Leta
White, who, though she is just finish
ing her education today, expects to
become a medical missionary, probab
ly to China.
These plucky girls and this boy
are graduates from the Connie Max
well Orphanage School, and the
girls are alumnae of the Greenville
Woman’s College at Greenville, S. C.
Miss Pauline is also a graduate of
the Baptist Training School for Girls
at Louisville, Ky., Maxie G., is an
alumnus of Furman University at
Greenville, S. C., and of the Baptist
Seminary at Louisville, Ky.
SAFETY FRIZES ARE
WON IN NORTH CAROLINA
Elsie Grady Of Kenly Wins Third
Prize—A Check For Fi\e l)ollars
And Bronze Medal
Washington, D. C.,—June 15.—
Eleven elementary school pupils won
state prizes for North Carolina in the '
last national safety campaign, ac
cording to an announcement today by
the Highway Education Board, these
tokens, checks and medals, have been
sent State Superintendent Brooks for
presentation.
First honors in the essay contest
were awarded an essay by E. Rand
olph Dozier, a pupil in the Elizabeth
City graded school, Elizabeth City.
He receives a gold medal and a check
for fifteen dollars, and in additional
his essay will represent North Caro
lina in th> national competition for
three valuable prizes. Second honors,
a silver medal and a check for ten
dollars, were won by Laura G. B it
lor. of Washington, North Carolina.
Nine other pupils receive third
prizes, checks for five dollars and
bronze medals. They are: Mildred
Alexander, Statesville; Elsie Grady,
Konly; Irene Higgie, Winston-Salem;
Emily Dewey Mitchell, Chapel Hill;
Thos. Freeman, Roper; Doris Steph
enson Seaboard; Mary Frances
High Point; Nettie Griffin, Neuse;
and Margaret Burnett, Asheville.
In a competition among elementary
school teachers who were invited to
submit practical lessons teaching
children safe behavior on the high
ways, state honors were awarded a
lesson by Miss Jessie L. Hodges, a
teacher in East School, Rocky Mount.
Her lesson will represent North Caro
lina in the national lesson contest.
Four hundred seventy-eight checks
and medals are being mailed by the
Board to elementary school pupils of
the nation, winners for their respect
ive states in the safety contest.
These prizes have an aggregate value
of $6,500, the gift of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
and a par of its contribution to the
encouragement of safety education
throughout the country.
The 478 pupils to receive prizes,
and the lfty-four teachers for each
state and territory—represent a se
lect group out of more than 500,000
pupils and teachers who are believed
to have contributed essays and lessons
One pupil in each state receives a
gold medal and a check for fifteen
dollars, representing the first state
prize. The second state award is a
silver medal and a check for ten dol
lars, while the number of third prizes
given each state is based upon the
elementary school enrollment. New
York, for instance, receives twenty
nine third prizes, while Hawaii re
ceives only one third prize, in addition
to the first and second prizes.
Pupils winning first state honors
are eligible for one of the three na
tional awards offered, and their pa
pers will be graded by a special com
mittee named by the U. S. Commis
sioner of Education. The first prize
is a gold watch and a trip to Wash
ington, in 1921 won by Stanley New
comb, San Diego, California. Teach
ers also are entitled to three nation
al awards, but to no state prizes. The
teacher contributing the best practi
cal safety lesson receives a check for
$500 and a trip to Washington with
all expenses paid.. The second best
national lesbon entitles the writer to
a check for $300, while the third lesson
wins $200 for the author.
TWO NEW DORMITORIES
AT BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
Thomasville, June 13.—Two new
dormitories for girls have been
ordered by the trustees of the
Thomasville Baptist orphanage in
their annual meeting here at their
institution, one to be built at the
Kennedy home, Kinston, the other to
be a unit cottage for larger girls in
the home economics school at the
orphanage. Both were recommended
by the general manager.
The board also directed that all
cottages be converted into the unit
type as rapidly as possible. The sum
of $10,000 was appropriated for the
use of the mothers’ aid undertaking
and supervision of the orphanage.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woodall and
little son, Edward, J., left Sunday to
spend several weeks at Mrs. Woodall’s
home at Catawissa, Pa. They made
the trip by automobile. They were
acompanied to New York by Mr. Sam
Stallings who will spend a few days
there.
BOYD LIQUOR CASE
UP NEXT TUESDAY
Bond Increased to $2,000;
Five Cases Disposed of in
Recorder’s Court.
In our last issue we stated that the
case against Henry Boyd, colored,
who vas arrested Monday charged
with selling whiskey over the river
at the brick yard would be tried in
Tuesday's Recorder’s Court. Upon in
v stigation, however, the case proved
to be docketed for next Tuesday. The
warrant, it seems called for his an
; earance ip court on last Tuesday,
out it iiMpting the bond the dcoaty
sheriff pro dded for his appearance
on the 19th. The bond calling for
his appearnace at a time not desig
nated in the warrant, Judge Noble
issued a capias, had Boyd brought in
to tiie court, and placed under a $2,000
b>nd, wii. 1 bis former bondsman,
C. W. Beasley, stood. In commenting
upon the reason for increasing the
bond, Judge Noble stated in open
court that the amount of liquor seiz
ed, the uniformity in which it was
bottled and handled showed a whole
sale dealing, and that as this party
was charged in the wariant with un
lawfully having it in his possession
for the purpose of sale, he felt that
the bond should be made sufficient
ly large to insure the defendant’s
presence.
I he case will be tried next iues
doy.
Only five cases were disposed of
Tuesday as follows:
State vs. J. C. Cross charged with
violating the prohibition law. De
fendant. was found guilty and fined
$50 and costs.
State vs. Jim Graham charged with
assault with deadly weapon. Guilty
and fined $10 and costs. An appeal
was taken to the Superior Court.
State vs. Sam Stewart, a white
man from Kenly who was charged
with driving an automobile while
under the influence of intoxicating
liquor. Defendant was found guilty,
and was sentenced to thirty days in
jail and assigned to work on the
roads of Smithfield township.
State vs. R. E. Massengill and W.
D. Lee charged with blockading. W.
D. Lee was not taken. R. E. Massen
gill was found not guilty and dis
charged.
State vs. Furchell Narron charged
with un’awfui'y removing im ounded
stock. Guilty. Judgment succeeded
upon payment of costs.
$130,000 FIRE HITS
KINSTON STORE ZONE
Kinston, June 12,—Fire in a two
story building in the upper end of
the business district here tonight did
damage estimated at $130,000. The
Dawson Feed Company, Caswell Man
ufacturing company and Eli Nacham
son, dry goods merchant, were burn
ed out.
The blaze was reported to have
started in the plant of the Caswell
company, manufacturers of overalls,
on the second floor, The origin was
not determined. The fire had gained
geat headway before the alarm was
sent in.
The blaze started at 6:50 following
a two-inch rain. The soaked con
dition of the roofs reduced the danger
to surrounding property, but for an
hour the flame threatened to spread
to nearby wholesale houses, garages
and a buggy factory.
Firemen risked their lives in a
narrow alley way to check them.
Every available resource of the de
partr ent was brought into play.
The loss of the Dawson company
was $30,000; the loss of the Caswell
tomoany $50,000; Nachamson’s loss
was estimated to be $10,000 or more.
The 1 adding was valued at $10,000.
Great quantities of feedstuffs and
overalls were consumed. Firemen
saved a number of animals from a
stable in the rear of the feed store
with considerable difficulty.
BROTHER AND SISTER
MEET FOR FIRST TIME
Wilmington, June 8.—A 21 year old
brother a?id a sixteen-year old sister
v ho had never met were united here
i tonight when Miss Mildred Moore, of
; Bay City, Michigan, arrived and join
ed her brother, M. V. Moore, a proof
reader rn a local newspaper. Young
Moore left home before the birth of
his sister and has never returned. It
, was not until after his military serv
ice, following the war, that he learn
ed of his sister’s existence, and estab
lished communication with her.