VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923
NUMBER 49
MARKETS SHOW
FAVORABLE TREND
Hesitancy Manifested in Sir
cles Regarded as Neu
tral Occurrence.
New York, June 17.—While the fi
nancial markets displayed some hes
itation during the week this was re
garded in business circles but as a
natural and familiar occurence at
this season of the year. There were,
however, a number of developments
that were regarded as especially fav
orable. There was some resumption
of copper buying and an improve
ment in prices.
The increase in the dividend of the
New York Central railroad contrib
uted strength to the rails, although
the stocks of industrial corporations
receded to lower levels. The success
ful flotation of the Austrian loan,
wkh its immediate rise to a substan
tial premium showed that the de
mand for good investment issues is
still vigorous.
Car loadings continue at a high
record for this season, this is inter
preted' in financial circles as an in
dication that goods are going freely
into distribution and not accumulat
ing at the mills. There are other
indications that industrial activity
continues at very near the record
rate in spite of the relaxation report
ed for some of the basic industries.
The census bureau’s report on cot
ton consumption for May showed
total takings by the mills of 620,000
bales. This is only 3.000 bales less
than the record figure for March,
and is held to indicate that the tem
porary suspensions by a number of
mills in the Fall River district had
very little effect during that month
on the total output of textiles. Dur
ing the past week, however, there
has been further curtailment by mills
in other textile centers in New Eng
land.
l ne neavy mm wupum^wvi. —
set. in considerable degree by the
slump in exports of raw cotton.
Only twice since the outbreak of
the European war have exports been
less than they were in May. These
occasions were September, 1914, be
fore the allied fleets had secured
control of the seas and in September,
1920, when the heavy buying by Eu
rope suddenly collapsed. If domes
tic consumption and exports of cot
ton are added together it appears that
the total for March was 160,000 bales
less than in May. In the face of
this statistical showing the cotton
market moved uncertainly during the
week, with a wide range of fluctua
tions, which were partly in response
to weather conditions. In the specu
lative transactions July options have
occured the chief place.
The wheat market showed a ten
dency to weakness, except for a brief
rally near the end of the week, when
destructive rains were reported in
parts of the winter wheat belt. Spec
ulative developments have been con
spicuously absent and although the
total yield for the country promises
to fall behind that of a year ago the
better crops in other countries indi
cate a comfortable world position
for this commodity. Corn prices, on
the other hand, however, made firm,
and at thefir present levels lthey
have stimulated heavy sales of live
stock, with the result that hogs re
cently sold in Chicago at the lowest
prices since 1912. Imports into the
United States during May exceeded
exports in value to the extent of $51,
000,000. This is the third consecu
tive month in which the balances of
trade against the United States has
been unfavorable. For the first five
months of the year the trade figures
show an excess of exports of $137,
528.000 as compared with an excess
of exports amounting to 362,540.000
in the corresponding months of 1922.
The heavy increase in imports in re
cent months is attributed to the in
flow of raw materials for manufac
ture and this in turn reflects the ex
pansion of industrial activity in the
United States during the current
year.—Associated Press.
Picnic At Holt Lake
The members of the Methodist Sun
day school will have a picnic at Holt
Lake Thursday afternoon. Those who
wish to go will please meet at the j
church at 3:30. A picnic supper will ;
be served at the lake and everybody
is asked to bring baskets.
2,874 RUM PLANTS
CAPTURED IN STATE
Federal Agents For Past 22
Months Also Get 22,179
Gallons of Whiskey.
Salisbury, June 16.—Capture of 2,
874 plants, 22,179 gallons of liquor
and 2,934.496 gallons of malt liquors
together with 209 rum running au
tomobiles constitute the cream of the
activities of the federal prohibition
agents operating in North Carolina
during the past 22 months, accord
ing to a report compiled by State
Prohibition Director A. B. Coltrane
and submitted to Federal Commission
er Haynes. The figures date back to
July 1, 1921, running through April
30, 1923.
Ten prohibition agents were in
jured in the performance of duty dur
! ing the period but none were killed.
The total apparised value of prop
erty seized and destroyed was $571,
595. 55, while the total appraised val
ue of property seized and not destroy
ed was $111,623.60.
It costs approximately $200,900 a
year to enforce prohibition law in
I the state, according to the report.
Fines and money derived from the
sale of automobiles total $130,000,
leaving the net cost at around $70,
000.
| LARGEST AIRPLANE IN
WORLD TO BE TESTED
Washington, June 17.—The army’s
new “two-and-a-half planer” air giant
known as the Barling bomber, the
biggest thing yet in flying machines
will soon be tested at Wilbur Wright
field, Ohio, the war department hav
ing today announced the tentative se
lection of Lieutenants Leigh Wade
and Harold R. Harris as pilots for
the test flight. The ship measures 120
feet from tip to tip, is powered with
six liberty motors, weighs 40,000 lbs.,
and will have a flying speed of not
less than 90 miles an hour.
“If the performance in flight is sat
isfactory,” the department’s an
nouncement said, “the air service en
gineering division at Dayton will
have achieved the credit of putting in
the air the largest successful airplane
in the world.”
The plane was designed for the air
service by Walter H. Barling. It was
constructed by the Whittemann Air
craft corporation, of Hasbrouck
Heights, N. J. While it is generally
rated as a tri-plane, the “mid
plane” is so narrow1 as to prompt the
expression “two-and-a-half-plane.”
The gasoline capacity is 2,000 gal
lons and oil 181 gallons and a mini
mum operating crew of four will be
required.
“Specifications require that not
more than 5.000 pounds of bombs
shall be carried at one time,” the
announcement added, “but were any
thing so large as a 10,000 pound
bomb developed, the Barling could
lift and fly with it for two hours.”
Spruce and “60,000 pound steel”
were used in construction as compar
ed to the 150,000 pound nickel steel
used in building the navy’s trans
atlantic flier, NC-4. Of the fuselage
constructions the statement said:
“Six-inch shells could probably
pass through the tail portion without
bringing the plane down. There are
no vital longerons or wires which
if shot would end the flight.”
The ship is scheduled to have a
12-hour full speed flight capacity
and will carry seven guns sweeping
the whole field of approach of enemy
machines.—Assoriated Press.
THREE CRATERS ACTIVE,
VESUVIUS, STROM BO LI, ETNA
Naples, June 14.—The eruption of
Mount Vesusius continues intermit
tently, the volcano going through
short periods of rest followed by
hours of violent activity.
The same phenomenon is occuriug
at Stromboli. The high cone of that
volcano, especially during the night,!
seems to be the centre of a gigantic
fireworks display place in Mount
Etna, and the incadescqqt lava con- '
trasts strikingly with the glaciers and
snowfields that cover the top of the
mountain.
Miss Jessie Anderson, of Benson,
spent a few hours here Sunday with
friends.
N. C. PYTH1ANS MEET
NEXT AT CLAYTON
Grand Chancellor Makes
Comment on Pythian
Home at Meeting.
: Clayton has ben selected is the
meeting place for the next annua
gathering of Knights of Pythias of
North Carolina. The annual conven
, tion held at Morganton has just closed
after a profitable and enjoyable
; meeting.
Clayton was probably chosen as a
! meeting place because the orphan
| age maintained by the order of
i Knights of Pythias is located there,
| an institution of which there is every
! reason to be proud. The Grand
Chancellor at the meeting in Morgan
| ton had the following comment on
the Pythian Home in his report:
“Experience as Grand Chancellor
j has taught me that, the pivot key to
permanent Pythian success in North
I Cavo!inn rests almost wholly in the
I attitude of Pvthians in North Caro
lina toward the Pythian Home at
j Clayton. Around this institution has
1 been created and is being cultivated
\ and matured a tender spot in the
j hearts of Pythians everywhere. We
| have many noble achievements to in
i spire the membership of our order
■ but the exemplified and practical
Pythianism of the Clayton Home P
♦he one tangible -work which appeals
to the pride and humanity of all our
i brethren. Throughout the year in
. every way and on every occasion i
; have encouraged my brethren to
rally to the support of Brother R .S,
! McCoin. of Henderson, chairman of
the Home Building fund, and have
, urged each Pythian to give undivid
i ed support to the Pythian Home
i Building fund. True Pythians can 10.
let this important w?ork fail. Reports
t are encouraging and it is believed
that the work will be successful]',
completed—but it behoves each of us
I to redouble our efforts and help en
courage those who are inclined to be
■ thoughtless and negligent ii meir
| duty to this great cause.”
Air. C. W. render is super rtorid
•u t ' 1 the Pythian Horm, and the
class from the Home accompanied
him to the meeting and gave an en
lerta nment during the convention
This class have been to this city and
their program always pleases
1 he following constituted the pro
gram rendered at Morganton
"The Dawn is Breaking,” Carrie
Jones. May Evans, Mary Pender
Hales; “If I were a Rose,” by Marvin
Jones; “Home Sweet Home Lullaby.”
Carie Jones and Mary Evans; “Pale '
Moon,” Mary Pender Hales; “Humor- ;
esque,” by Lester Todd; “Peggy,” by
Marvin Jones, Lester Todd, Mary
Hales, Mary Evans; ‘^Springtime,”
Mary Hamrick, accompanist.
THINK TUBERCULOSIS
CURE IS DISCOVERED
London, June 16.—Humanity is of
fered a paliative if not a cure for tu
berculosis by Prof. George Dreyer,
bacteriologist of Oxford University. <
The basis of his treatment is de- 1
scribed as a more effective system >f I
innoculation than has hitherto been 1
known. In explaining this discovery
to the Institute of Pathology and Re
search of St. Mary’s hospital, Prof.
Dreyer declared that remarkable
cures had been affected of guinea
pigs and other animals and other im
portant cases of persons suffering
with tuberculosis blood poisoning, an
thrax and veneral diseases.
In inocculation of persons suffer- 1
ing from diseases he pointed out that1
dead bacteria are used. In order to j
be successful the microbes must be
digested and destroyed by the tissues '
of the patients but a coating of fat '
which covers the microbes prevents
the juices of the body from getting
at them. He explained that his new
system is to destroy the fat surround
ing these gems thus making them
more easily destroyed by vaccine n
jection.
London physicians, who have used I
the new treatment, declare the result
derived is much greater than from
other forms of treatment in use. They
report complete cures in some ad
vanced cases of tuberculosis affect
ing various parts of the body.
Miss Gladys Makepeace and Mr.
Harold Makepeace, of Sanford, re
turned home yesterday after spending
a week here with Miss Marjorie John
ston.
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
AT POLENTA
Miss Edna Booker Becomes
Bride of Mr. H. L. Boney
Saturday Evening.
Saturday evening the home of Mis.
I N. Bunker, of the Polrnu section
. was a scene of loveliness v\hen her
: daughter Mi«s Edna Book >■, became
; the bride > Mr. Henry Lee Boney, of
I Wallace. The home and the front
; porch -vevo profusely decorated with
! nasturtiums and other cut flowers
j and Southern smilax. The spacious
i lawn was made very lovely with num
I erus stands and baskets of flowers
' huge .iU'i was form I . cr the
, gate covered with ivy and silver
| we-Mr. g boils, > nd numw s of mndl
; s s • >l sell .rays of M? i ■ • ■ t>
| scene.
B. fmv the ceremony a delightful
! musiva! ur n tm was rendered b;
Miss Eh aucth Turner, .[ '*i.
1 •«*!•'. Pi:um’sly at ihe a . inled
j hour as 1m strains of I/jnengrm’s
j w i kling march pealed fo *. .it
tie ribbon girls, Virginia Young,
dressed in pink organdy, and Miriam
| Sanders, in blue organdy with skirts
i made of tiny ruffles, uiyolled the
■ ribbons and stretched them to the
arch, forming an aisle for the bridal
| party. The flower girl, little Miss
I Mary Elizabeth Powers, in pale pink
| organdy with blue ribbon, followed
| with a basket of Colonial roses. Next
| came the ring bearer, A. M. Johnson,
| Jr., wearing a black velvet suit with
white satin blouse. He carried the
I ring in a white rose on a silver tray.
; The bridesmaids were: Miss Many
Booker, sister of the bride, who wore
i a green organdy dress with short
veil; Miss Alma Wade, of Roxboro,
in lavender, witn a short veil and Miss
Lena Booker, maid of honor. She
was dressed in blue and pink taffeta
with silver trimmings. The brides
maids carried lovely bouquets of Co
| lonial roses. The groomsmen wore
' a white carnation as bouttonaire. Mr.
Edgar Boney, brother of the bride
groom was best man. The ushers
were : Messrs. Jesse and John El
lington, Jr., Walton Booker and
Misses Lucie Young, Delia Elling
Vilos Johnson.
The bride never looked lovelier than
on this occasion: She wore a white
georgette dress heavily embroidered
in pearls and crystals, and a short
veil. She wore a beautiful string of
pearls, the gift of the groom. She
was given away by her brother, Mr.
Edward N. Booker. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. D. M. Mc
Geachy, of Whiteville, a former past
or of the bride. The impressive
ring ceremony was used. Miss Gladys
Sanders, who rendered the wedding
music, softly played Tuamuri during
the ceremony and Mendelssohn’s wed
ding march was used as a recessional.
Immediately after the ceremony a
reception was tendered th4 bridal
party.
Mrs. John 0. Ellington received
the guests at the front door and in
troduced them to the receiving line
composed of: Mrs. E. N. Booker,
mother of the bride, Mr. and Mrs.
Boney, of Wallace, father and moth
er of the bride-groom, Mr. Edw. N.
Booker and the members of the bridal
party. Mesdames T. H. Turner and
S. T. Honeycutt received in the hall,
Misses Emma Tomlinson and Mildred
Young in the gift room, and Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. Edmundson and Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Adams in the dining room,
assisting in the dining room were:
Misses Lucile Young, Delicia Elling
ton, Mary Lacy Mclver, of Sanford,
and Alice Hart Turner, of Raleigh.
Punch was served on the porch by
Misses O’Brien, Mary Ellington and
Sarah Adams.
After the reception Mr. and Mrs.
Boney left by automobile for Wal
lace. After a bridal trip they will
make their home in Wallace. The
bride is the accomplished daughter of
Mrs. E. N. Booker, of the Polenta
section. She received her education
at Flora MacDonald College and
Peace Institute. Since graduating at
Peace Institute she has taught in the
schools of Johnston county. The
young couple have a host of friends
throughout the state who wish them
a long and happy life.
* THE WEATHER *
Today: Probably rain; prob- *
* ly not. Tomorrow: Fair or ♦
* cloudy. *
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TWO BIG ISSUES
CONFRONT SOLONS
Leaders Will Give Attention
To Taxation and
Immigration.
Washington, June 17. Taxation
and immigration are two subjects to
; which Congressional leaders now in
! Washington are giving attention in
advance of the first regular session 1
of the new Congress. Some 01 them
are convinced that there is a wide
spread demand for a reduction of the
j National tax bill and believe the
; present temporary immigration rc
I striction law should give way to one
i outlining a national immigration
! policy.
j Just what changes should be made ;
in the tax law none of the leaders now j
I is prepared to say, but there appears j
to be an accord with President Hard- i
i ing’s view that there should be gen
eral reduction all along the line if
j possible. Whether the tax burden
! can be appreciably decreased will de
! pend largely upon the state of the
national finances at the end of this
; fiscal year.
Treasury experts also have the
, whole taxation subject under consid
eration, but their work has not pro
gressed to the point where they have
formulated any definite conclusions.
; The results of their study will be re
flected in the recommendations which
Secretary Mellon will make to Con
gress in his annual report in Decern- ■
ber.
Kestriction of immigration is to
, be continued as a definite policy of
j Congress, with indications that the
| 1890 census instead of the 1910 cen
' sus will be adopted as the basis for
the quotas from the various Euro
pean countries. The per centage
; these quotas are to bear to the num
ber of the nationals of the various
countries in the United States at the
j time of that census is another ques
I tion however.
j The bill reported by the house
committee just before the close of
* the last session provided for two per
j cent instead of the present three
| per cent with a basis quota of 400
i for all countries. Some leaders re
| gard this percentage as too low,
I with suggestions ranging from three
1 to five per cent.
The change of the census basis will
operate to increase the quotas from
northern and western Europe and de
j crease those from the Balkans and
other Mediterranean countries.
This change is regarded generally
in Congress as desirable on the
ground that immigrants from the
north and west are more easily assim
ilated.
In addition, President Harding is
expected to ask for action to curb
the “smuggling” of aliens into the
country and to provide for registra
tion of aliens as an aid to immigra
tion authorities.
THE FOOD SITUATION
IS GROWING SERIOUS
Essen, June 17.—The miners and
factory workers in various parts of
the Ruhr held meetings today to de
termine what action should be taken
in view of the latest moves of the
forces of occupation to break the
passive resistance of the Germans by
the taking over of the railroad sta
tions of Dortmund, Bochum, Herne,
Gelsenkirchen and other industrial
towns. The French now control ab
solutely all the railroad lines leading i
into and through the Rhur by which j
up to last Saturday the Germans had
been bringing in food supplies from j
unoccupied Germany.
The relief workers in Dortmund i
and other places say the food situa
tion is serious and they are anxious
ly awaiting the outcome of the con- ,
troversy.
At the meeting today of the Ruhr ,
workers plans w$re discussed to;
overcome the difficulty created by
the food shortage. The workers
claim prices already have begun to
soar. They view the situation with !
much alarm.
Meetings have been arranged for
the Ruhr officials at Bochum and
Dortmound to consider the situation
and decide what action to take—or I
to continue their resistance or try to j
reach some compromise.—Associated 1
Press.
Mrs. Henderson Cole, of Wilming
ton, spent Sunday with Mrs. G. E.
Thornton.
BOLD ROBBERIES
TAKE PLACE HERE
Five Dwelling Houses Enter
ed Friday Night; Con
siderable Loot.
Smithfield was visited by house
breakers sometime between bed time
and day on Thursday night, five
dwelling houses being entered and
valuable articles being stolen at each
place. The thief or thieves entered
the homes of Messrs. J. D. Spiers, L.
E. Watson. W. F. Grimes. Ed S. Ed
mundson, and Mrs. Ina Ayeock, the
peculiar fact in the case being that
' 0 one was around at any one of
these places.
At Mr. Spiers’ home the bath room
was entered and Mr. Spiers’ trous
t rs were carried from there to the
living-room. The burglar took along
with him Mr. Spiers’ watch which
he has used for the past 28 years
e d about twenty cents in change.
Tracks, some of which were bare
foot tracks, near the bedroom win
dow of Mr. L. E. Watson indicated
that the burglar looked over the
situation from that view point, but
tracks on the front porch and par
lor carpet showed that he entered
the? parlor window Mr. Watson’s
trousers which were brand new, were
stolen, his watch, a small amount of
change, and the keys to his safe be
ing in the pockets.
Mr. Grimes was perhaps the heav
iest loser. His bedroom was enter
ed, and a handsome gold wateh en
graved with a “G” and about sixteen
dollars in money were taken from
his pants’ pocket. According to Mr.
Grimes, a loaded revolver was within
his reach, but peaceful slumber al
lowed the thief to make his get-away.
At the home of Mr. Edmundson,
the family sleeps up stairs but the
burglar mounted the stairs, wended
his way into the sleeping apartment
of Mr. Edmundson, filched his trous
ers, and took about ten or twelve
dollars from the pockets. The thief
undoubtedly was neat in his habits
for he carefully hung the trousers
in a downstairs closet. It was with
some difficulty, however, that Mr.
Edmundson located them when he
arose Friday morning.
By the time the robber had reach
ed Mrs. Aycock’s home, he was evi
dently hungry, for he repaired to the
diningroom , took a part of a loaf of
bread and some preserves and seated
himself upon the front porch and
enjoyed his feast. His neatness was
not in evidence there, however, for
preserves were droppd on the floor
and bread was crumbled in the yard.
In making his way through the house
he rummaged a writing desk drawer
and took with him a ring with a small
diamond and a locket and chain. A
bicycle was also stolen from Mrs.
Aycock’s place.
Clues as to the identity of the
burglars and blood hounds were
brought from Raeford in an effort to
find out who had committed the rob
beries. The hounds trailed to a color
ed man was arrested. He was later
released the evidence not being suf
ficinet to retain him.
WALL STREET HIT
BY ANOTHER FAILURE
New York, June 16.—Wall street,
in the midst of a many-sided clean
up campaign directed primarily at
bucket shops, was hit today by an
other failure—that of Knauth, Na
chod and Kuhne, a member of the
New York stock exchange and of the
New York curb market.
Boasting a record of 70 years in
the street, 28 of them as members of
the stock exchange the supposedly
powerful house, with strong German
connections, was forced into a re
ceivership with $11,000,000 liabilities.
A statement of the firm, however,
declared its assets were ample to meet
its obligations, provided they were
administered wisely, although it was
admitted that a large portion of them
were “slow” assets.
The failure was the first involving
a stock exchange house in more than
six months, although there has been
a string of curb and consolidated ex
change failures.-—Associated Press.
Prayer Service.
The usual mid-week prayer service
will be held at the Presbyterian
church tomorrow evening at eight o’
clock. Everybody is cordially invit
ed to attend.