VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1923
NUMBER 53
11,000 IMMIGRANTS
SEEK AMERICA
_ j
Scores of Aliens Doomed To
Disappointment; Ellis
Island Crowded.
New York, June 30.—Eleven thou
sand immigrants from 42 countries
tonight impatiently waited on 24
liners in Gravesend Bay for the race
into quarantine and admittance to
the United States. Scores of aliens
who leaned over the ships’ rails gaz
ing Wistfully the shores of
America, are doomed to disappoint
ment, as several quotas will be filled
by noon tomorrow.
A score or more liners are racing
across the Atlantic with other thou
sands of hopeful immigrants who
must return to the Near East and
Asia after spending the savings of
a lifetime on the 5,000 mile trip. Each
of two ships which arrived today
from Greece had more than enough
passengers to fill the quota for that
country. All passengers on the ship
that comes in second will have to
be returned.
Will Have To Return
The allotments for two continents
Asia and Africa, and six countries,
Greece, Palestine, Turkey, Syria,
Memel and Albania will be filled by
noon tomorrow, officials said, and
people who have travelled all the
way here from their distant homes
will have to return without setting
foot on the mainland.
Twenty per cent of the quota from
each country will b<f accepted during
each of the first five months. After
that, if the annual quota has been
filled, no more may enter until next
July. Many of those who will be
excluded tomorrow and sent back,
will find, by the time they are ready
to try again, that •'their country’s
allotment has been filled for the year
and will be forced to wait until next
July.
Eight thousand of the incoming
aliens are steerage passengers.
How these 8,000 will be cared for
is still a matter of conjecture, im
migration officials asserting today
that the largest number that could
possibly be squeezed into the govern
ment buildings on Ellis Island was*
2,500.
Hundreds of other aliens are trav
eling first or second class, and these
will be passed on and allowed to
enter first, as they are not forced to
go to Ellis Island. This will greatly
reduce the number of third class pas
sengers allowed to enter.
Authorities are doing their ut
most, according to Deputy Commis
sioner Uhl, but the lack of sufficient
clerks and inspectors will greatly re
tard the work of admitting the aliens
Major Henry H. Curran, who will
take over the post of commissioner
tomorrow, on the departure of Com
missioner Tod, who recently resigned
would be made to provide comforts
for the immigrant, but that facilities
were sadly inadequate,
the imaginary line f??0a
Twenty 1 iners are spaced along
the imaginary line in Gravesend Bay
beyond which they may not pass with
aliens before midnight.
Of the 43 nationalities on the quota
list, only one, Iceland, will not be
represented tomorrow. All the oth
ers from Great Britain with an an
nual quota of more than 77,000 down
to Fiume, with a quota of 71,000
citizens on the ships now down the
bay.
Reports from Canada stated today
that a large number of aliens are
massing along the border, ready to
step across at midnight This also
will cut the number in New York.
The Greek quota will be the most
quickly exhausted, as it allows for
only 659, and the liner King Alex
ander, which arrived this morning
from Greece, carired almost 1,700.
Twelve-Year-Old Boy
Weighs 205 Pounds
Mr. G. H. Coats who lives near
Rehobeth church, was in the city Sat
urday and gave this office a call. Mr.
Coats says he has a grandson, Reuben
Coats, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. D.
Coats, who on his twelfth birthday
tipped the scales at 205 pounds. The
“little fellow1’ celebrated his birth
day last week, June 28. His grand
father wants to know if any one in
Johnston County can beat it. Reuben
is strong and solid and plows all day
in plowing time.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MAKE APPROPRIATION
Approve Budget of $278,275 for
Schools; Rose Re-elected
County Welfare Officer
The County Commissioners in
regular session here yesterday ap
proved an appropriation .of $278,275
to run the schools of Johnston Coun
ty for the year 1923-’24. County
Superintendent H. B. Marrow sub
mitted a budget which has been pub
lished calling for an outlay of $332,
310.66, but by changes here and
there the commissioners feel that the
sum of $278,275 will be adequate to
provide for a six months school. Two
hundred twenty-four thousand of
this amount is for teachers salaries,
$14,275 for repayment of loans and
$40,000 for operation and euqipment.
The rate of taxation will depend up
on the property valuation and will
probably be between 65 and 70 cents
on the hundred dollars.
A few comparative figures as to
teachers and their salaries are of in
terest. In 1921-’22, there were 303
teachers in Johnston County. The
average salary for white teachers
was $515.52. Last year there were
302 teachers with an average salary
of $519.69. The county superinten
dent found it necessary last year to
cut the number of teachers by 86,
but districts povided funds by using
balances on hand and in some in
stances by going in debt to pay 85
teachers so that the number remain
ed virtually the same. This year 36
more teachers will be needed making
the number 338 at an average salary
of $540. The increase in salary of
last year over the previous year was
only about three and half dollars, a
fact which is accounted for because
when the teachers were cut a number
of the best teachers went elsewhere
to teach.
Other business attended to by the
Commissioners besides routine work
j was the re-election of H. V. Rose as
County Public Welfare Officer.
Next Monday and Tuesday were
set as the dates when the commission
ers will sit as an equalizing board.
Complaints as to the valuation of
real estate will be heard these com
plaints to be made in writing.
Mr. J. C. Austin Died At
His Home Last Tuesday
On Tuesday afternoon, June 26th,
at 3:30 o’clock, Mr. J. €. Austin de
parted this life and went to live in
that Heavenly Land. He was 72
years of age. He had been in failing
health for about six years with
Brights disease, but had only been
j confined to his bed for about two
| months. He had never connected
j himself with the church until three or
four weeks ago, Rev. D. H. Tuttle,
I pastor of Smithfield Methodist church
received him into the church and bap
[ tized him on his bed.
He was a good man and had a
large circle of friends who will miss
him. He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. Eugene Gill and Miss
Minnie Austin, one son, Mr. J. W.
[ Austin and one sister, Miss Sallie
Austin. The funeral services were
I conducted Wednesday afternoon by
I Rev. D. H. Tuttle at Baptist Center.
He was laid to rest in the Bapsit Cen
ter Cemetery. May God comfort and
keep the loved ones.
Revival Closed at Jones
School House Sunday
The revival services which have
I been in progress at Jones School
house conducted by Rev. D. H .Tuttle
closed Sunday afternoon. Early
morning services were held each day
at six o’clock. Prayermeetings were
held in the homes in the evenings.
At the closing service Sunday after
noon, the Lord’s Supper was admin
istered.
i The meetings resulted in the church
in the community being greatly re
vived, quite a number of persons be
ing reclaimed to a satisfactory re
ligious experience. There were sev
en accessories to the churches in the
community, four joining the Meth
odist church, two, the Freewill Bap
tist, and one, the Presbyterian. Twro
of the persons making professions
were over seventy-five years of age.
Mrs. J. E. Lassiter and little son,
! Nathan, left yesterday to spend sev
eral days with relatives in Wilming
ton.
BURGLAR ENTERS
HOME OF F. O. RAY
Bold Robber Hidden Under
Bed Emerges at Midnight
—Uses Chloroform.
Several days ago bold robberies
took place in this town when the
homes of several* citizens were enter
ed at night and money and jewels
stolen, but one of the boldest at
tempts at burglary was that which
occurred Fiday evening at the home
of Mr. Frank 0. Ray, on Oakland
Height. Mr. and Mrs. Ray and lit
tle child had been to Selma to spend
the evening with Mr. Ray’s paren' «
and they returned about eleven
o’clock. They locked the front and
back doors from the inside and i -
tired. About twelve o’clock Mr. Ray
hoard something move in the room.
Looking around he saw a man emerg
ing from under the bed. About this
time, his wife who had been asleep,
waked and stirred and the man
stooped to keep from (being seen.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray exchanged signs
to keep quiet and Mr. Ray, seeking
an excuse to get to his revolver which
was lying on the dresser, remarked
that he had a headache and was go
ing to get up and take some medi
cine. As he started to the dresser
the burglar ran out into the bath
room and before Mr. Ray could get
the pistol the man had made his es
cape. The odor of chloroform was
strong in the bath room, and it is
thought that the '-obber was prepar
ing to use it in the bed room wh
he was discovered. He had enter
ed the house while Mr. and Mrs. Ray
were away.
Although it was a bright moon
light night, it is not known whether
the burglar was a white man or col
ored because of the fact that he
managed to stay in the shadows qf
the room. No t r e of him was
found after he wu ‘ house. A
| policeman was called immediately af
ter the burglar made his escape but
the search was fruitless. No ar
rests have yet Jbeen made.
Fordson Tractor Is a Life
Saver In The Caucasus
Over in the Taucasus of A-‘a Minor
the Fordson Tractor is more than a
power plant—it is a land redeemer
and ", life n or.
There in '.he si i how of Mi V> > at
famed resting place of Noah ? ’• ’t
is the tocrumrh century risdonar
to the oldest ’>-5 A in the v or ■ >d
brines the n os' striking o' a1! wn
tni-ts ,. *'> • mi modern pow lat ••
ing and the . •duutive met a ',1s r 1 < -
gue for thou-'an., s of year'
Introduced in the Caucas is i M’1e
r mv than a year ago by ' < Near
East Relief, the Tractor hi- re/oil.
tionized agricult and, th i 'fcs to '
tt ere is no fn - me this year.
With the Trace- and mid- l farm
r.iadure'; the i elds, heretofore mV
scratched with the historic stick a d
oxen teams, have been plowed deep
and with less seed have yielded great
er crops than ever before. Hundreds
of natives, too, have been released
from farm work to enter industrial
pursuits.
A recent note from Erivan, Arme
nia, tells the story of tractor accom
plishments in striking figures:
“Ten American tractors ploughed
a thousand acres of land in eleven
days,” the message said. “To ac
complish the same work in the same
time would have required 1,000 oxen
and 500 men.”
Under power farming the crops in
the Caucasus have been 50 per cent
larger and one-third less seed has
been used. Where Armenia only a
short time ago, with eighty per cent
of its population engaged in agricul
ture, was only producing about one
third of its cereal requirements, it is
today producing about one-half with
far less men employed in the work.
The Near East Relief is now using
eleven Fordson Tractors.
With gasoline power, fed by the
rich oil fields of Baku on the Caspian
Sea and with modern machinery, the
Caucasus promises to accomplish <'
of the most interesting agricultural
developes in the history of the world.
Mr. J. B. Calcutt, of THE HERALD
force, was the lucky one Saturday af
ternoon in winning the $10 given
away each week by Johnston & Steph
enson. A good deal of interest is
manifested each Saturday afternoon
in the drawing of the lucky ticket.
DATES OF TOBACCO
SALES ARE FIXED
|
August 21 Opening Date For
Eastern North Carolina;
Opens in S. C. July 24.
! Asheville, June 29.—Recommenda
i
tion that the auction sale in the
! bright tobacco markets begin July
I 24 in South Carolina and those dis
, triets bordering on the line between
j that State and North Carolina, was
I made this afternoon by the sales
committee of the Tobacco Association
of the United States.
The other State openings as sug
gested by the committee are: Geor
gia market, July 25; Eastern North
Carolina from Raleigh East, August
21; old bolt territory including Dan
ville, Va., Winston-Salem, N. C., and
Durham, N. C, September 25. The
I report of the committee was made
j tonight to the association and is ex
i pected to be adopted at it was drawn
l up after lengthly discussion this af
I ternoon before the committee by all
j parties at interest.
; The committee made no recommen
dations as to the Kentucky, Tennes
see, Indiana and West Virginia mar
kets as they are not included in the
bright market territory.
The tobacco situation in the produc
ing states is satisfactory but could
be much improved through increased
exports if chaotic conditions in Eu
rope could be settled, according to T.
M. Carrington, president of the to
bacco asociation, declared in his an
nual address to the 23rd convention
this morning.
To improve business conditions
generally and tobacco exports in par
ticular, Mr. Carrington pointed
that an international understanding
as embodied in the world court or
League of Nations should be urged up
United
ful in having®*, 4®*f?
world court.
Mr. Carrington reviewed tobacco
conditions, both from the producers
and manufacturers’ standpoint in
practically all of the producing states
and predicted one of the best years
for trade during 1923-24.
R. T. Corbell, secretary-treasurer,
said that membership has increased
from 136 to 185 with 26 of these in
cluded among banks of the tobacco
producing states. Other officers and
committees submitted reports.
Take Your Tent to The
North Carolina State Fair
Raleigh, June 27.—“Tentin’ To
night” is expected to be one of the
| songs of the sixty-second North Caro
ls ra State Fair, which will be held
Oci i or 15-19.
General Manager E. V. Walborn is
making preparations to have a tent
| ed eit.v for automobilists, who have
j campin' outfits. By bringing along
i their tents, autoists will be assured
of am, le accomodations for their
| needs while they are here.
The tented city will be located with
; in the Fair Grounds and there will
I be ample room for all. This new fea
ture of the Fair promises to attract
many ardent outdoor enthusiasts.
Raleigh homes will be thrown open
to Fair visitors as usual and there
| vvill be increased hotel accomodations
i and it is expected that the large ma
I jority of the merry throngs will want
j indoor accomodations. But there
will be parking space at the Fair
Grounds for all who desire it though
; application should be made before
i hand.
i
Rev. D. H. Tuttle Celebrates
His Sixty-Sixth Birthday
■' ■■ ■ ■
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor of the
M. E. church, here, celebrated his
66th birthday Thursday in a unique
manned by having as his guest twen
ty-six boys and girls from the mill
village. Mr. H. V. Rose, and Misses
i Mary E. Wells and Sadie Puckett as
i sembled the children at convenient
j points at the mills from which places
| they were carried in automobiles to
the parsonage. For an hour or more
the little guests enjoyed games un
1 der the direction of Mrs. L. L. Sloop
and Mrs. Rosser Lane. Before the
, young folks departed for their home
ice cream cones, candies and lemon
i ade were served.
, During the day numerous letters
and telegrams were received by Mr.
Tuttle from friends and relatives.
H. B. MARROW RE-ELECTED
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
Miss Wells Is Also Re-eleeted
As Assistant; Micro School
Location Decided Upon
The Board of Education in ses- j
sion here yesterday re-elected H. B. •
Marrow as county superintendent )f j
schools and also Miss Mary E. Wells ,
as assistant County Superintendent. '
The school system has been going
through a period of reorganization ,
and change; a school building pro- ;
gram is under way that will mean j
much to education in Johnston Coun- j
ty, and the Board of Education has
been wise in retaining these efficient j
superintendents. Indeed there was i
no other thought than continuing j
them in office.
Another matter passed upon at
this meeting was the location of the j
new Micro school. A site was so- j
lected on the edge of town, away j
from the business district where the j
children will be free front any dis- j
tractions. A six acre lot has been j
purchased which provides ample j
playground.
President Views Grand
Canyon of Yellowstone Park
Gardiner, Montana, July 1.—Pres
| ident Harding’s power of speech
I failed him today, the first time since
j he left Washington 10 days ago.
; Standing at Artists Point, overlook
| ing the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
! National Park,) the chief executive
! asked what he thought of the scene
before him, he admitted his inability
to reply saying that the grandeur of
i the Canyon was beyond his power to
j describe.
| The trip through the canyon
i came to the President and Mrs. Hard
ing as the climax to their two days
in the nation’s greatest playground.
Tonight the President’s party re
1 /a.G^ircjiner, again boarded
’-t friv
Smithfid
be made tomorrow at
Washn,, where the President will de
[ liver one of his principal addresses,
speaking on reclamation, waterpower
development and the problems of the
far west.—Associated Press.
Statesville Discovers the
Oldest Piano in State
Statesville, June 23.—An ancient
piano, possibly the oldest in America
was incidentally discovered in States
ville yesterday. The discovery was
made in the basement of a negro’s
; house by a local relic hunter who was
| looking for an antiquated specimen
' of a familiar brand of pianos.
The instrument in question was
I identified by Charles W. Hymans as
being the piano which his great
grandfather, Solomon Hymans
brought to this country from Prus
sia in the year 1744. The signature of
the maker, George Heuhle and his
seal were pasted on the inside of the
| piano, thus making identification of
| this valued relic certainty.
Local Military Company
In Camp at Fort Bragg
The Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train, 2nd Batallion, 117th
Field Artillery North Carolina Nat
ional Guards left Sunday for Fort
Bragg to spend two weeks training
in camp. Capt. St. Julien L. Springs
was in charge, who with two other
officers, left with the seventy-two
1 members of the Company.
Captain Springs and the other offi
j eers of the company stated that all
the men are in good condition and
that their equipment is in good shape
for the entrainment.
W. E. Barbour, Staff sergeant, will
furnish us with a roster of those in
camp at an early date.
Celebrates Fifth Birthday
Little Miss Nancy Reid Lyon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ly
on, celebrated her fifth birthday Sat
urday afternoon by entertaining a
number of her young friends. After
enjoying games for awhile, delicious
refreshments were served.
Another Reports Cotton Bloom.
Mr. E. M. Atkinson who lives four
miles south of Princeton reports cot
ton blooms by June 28th. Another
farmer who is trying to beat the boll
weevil.
RALEIGH KIWANIS
GUEST LOCAL CLUB
Barbecue at Holt Lake;
Feats by World Champion
Woman Swimmer.
Thursday afternoon between three
and four hundred Kiwanians from
Smithfield and Raliegh with their
wives and sweethearts enjoyed
a splendid outing: at Holt Lake, the
Raleigh folks being the guests of the
Smithfield Kiwanis Club. Messrs.
Troy M. Myatt, Charles Broadhurst
and W. D. Avera, the committee to
arrange the ‘‘eats” had done their job
thoroughly and plenty of barbecue,
slaw, pickles and lemonade were on
hand to serve all those present. Au
tomobiles from Raleigh began arriv
ing early in the afternoon and by
four o’clock a crowd was at the lake
to witness the swimming stunts per
formed by Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey,
the world’s champion woman swim
mer, and the Raleigh Red Cross Life
Saving crew. The Raleigh Kiwan
ians took advantage of the fact that
Miss Bleibtrey was in Raleigh to
open a local swimming pool, and
brought her with them to Holt Lake,
a “swimmin’ hole” worthy of the
name. Those on the shore showed
their appreciation of the feats per
formed by this expert and the life
savers by frequent applause.
The stunts over, supper was an
nounced and Kiwanian J. A. Wellons
in characteristic jovial style, presi
ded as toastmaster. The speeches,
however were limited to three, an
address of welcome by our Mayor, Mr.
J. A. Narron, a response by Dr. Hor
ton of Raleigh, and a brief talk by
Mr. Willis Smith, lawyer of Raleigh.
After enjoying the barbecue, those
present listened with pleasure to
several vocal selections by quartette
of Raleigh Kiwanians, Those com
posing the quartette were Messrs,
i Page Williams, first tenor; J. L. Price
j £ •• Blair Stevick, baritone;
| by pleasant ^
' clubs departed better ncqn.in
i in happy spirits.
No Lynchings in North
Carolina in First 6 Months
Mobile, Ala., July 1.—In the first
six months of 1923, ending June 30,
there were 15 lynchings in the United
States, according to the records com
piled by the Tuskegee, Ala., Normal
and Industrial institute. This is 15
less than the number, 30, for the first
six months of 1922, and 21 less than
the number, 36, for the first six
months of 1921.
Of those lynched, two were whites
and 13 were negroes. One of the
latter was a woman. One of those
put to death was charged with the
crime of rape. The other offenses
charged were: murder 2; killing of
ficer of the law 2; wounding officer
of the law, 2; no charge reported, 2;
assisting man charged with rapt to
escape, 1; trying to pass for white, 1;
resisting posse searching for man
charged with rape, 1; participating
in depredations connected with rail
road strike, 1; cattle stealing 1; try
ing to act like white man and not
knowing his place, 1.
The states in which lynchings oc
curred and the number in each state
are as follows: Arkansas 1, Florida,
7, Georgia 2, Louisiana 1, Mississip
pi 2, Missouri 1, Texas 1.
Miss Ellen ’Battle Patterson re
J turned from Richlands Saturday af
| ter visiting Misses Sarah Battle Sut
ton and Annie Koonce Sutton. They
acompanied her home to spend a few
I days here.
Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt in
Eastern North Carolina
Kinston, June 30.—Mrs. Edith Van
derbilt, head of the State Fair, will
^ deliver an address here the afternoon
of July 13, according to an announce
| ment by the Eastern Carolina Cham
; ber of Commerce. Mrs. Vanderbilt
.will speak to farmers and others at
the Lenoir county court house. Her
| interest in the annual state exposi
tion at Raleigh and in North Carolina
' agriculture is well known. It will be
j the Biltmore woman’s first visit to
this city and section. She is expect
1 ed to speak at other places in East
. ern Carolina, including Goldsboro and
New Bern.