VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1923
NUMBER 91
WILSON’S MESSAGE
ON ARMISTICE DAY
Address Broadcasted by Radio
Heard in This City at the
Home of C. V. Johnson
Woodrow Wilson addressed the
American people directly Saturday
night for the first time since he left
the White House. He spoke exactly
five minutes into a radio instrument
on the significance of Armistice Day,
and his message was broadcasted
throughout America. The message
was heard in Smtthfield at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Johnson,
where their son, Dwight Johnson,
has a radio outfit installed.
Below is the message of the former
President:
The anniversary of Armistice Day
should stir us to great exaltation of
spirit because of the never- to-be-for
gotten November which lifted the
world to the high levels of vision and
achievement upon which the great
war for democracy and right was
fought and won, although the stimu
lating memories of that happy time
of triumph are forever marred and
embittered for us by the shameful
fact that when the victory was won—
won, be it remembered, chiefly by
the indomitable spirit and valiant sac
rifices of our own inconquerable
soldiers—we turned our backs upon
our associates and refused to bear
any responsibile part in the admin
istration of peace, or the firm and
permanent establishment of the re
sults of the war—won at so terrible
a cost of life and treasure— and with
drew into a sullen and selfish isola
tion which is deeply ignoble because
manifestly cowardly and dishonorable
This must always be a source of
deep mortficatiion to us, and we shall
inevitably be forced by the moral ob
ligations of freedom and honor to re
trieve that fatal error and assume
once more the role of courage, self
respect and helpfulness which every
American must wish and believe to
be our true part in the affairs of the
world.
That we should thus have done*a
great wrong to civilization, and at
one of the most critical turning
points in the history of mankind, is
the more deplored because every
anxious year that has followed has
made the exceeding need for such
services as we might have rendeed
more and more pressing, as demoral
izing circumstances which we might
have controlled have gone from bad
to worse until now—as if to furnish
a sort of sinster climax—France and
Italy between them have made waste
paper of the treaty of Versailles, and
the whole field of international rela
tionships is in perilous confusion.
The affairs of the world can be set
straight oniy by tlje firmest and
most determined exhibition of the
will to lead and make the right pre
vail. /
Happily, the present situation of
affairs in the world affords us an
opportunity to retrieve the past and
render to mankind the incompara
ble service of proving that there is
at least one great and powerful na
tion which can put aside programs
of self-interest and devote itself to
practicing and establishing the high
est ideals of disinterested service, and
the constant maintenance of exalt
ed standards of conscience and of
right.
The only way in which we can show
our true appreciation of the sig
nificance of Armistice Day is by re
solving to put self-interest away,
and once more formulate and act up
on the highest ideals and purposes
of international policy. Thus, and
only thus, can we return to the true
traditions of America.
Chautauqua tiepins today
The three-day Swarthmore Chau
tauqua begins today. The programs
will be given in the auditorium of
the high school building, there being
two each day. The afternoon enter
'ainment will begin at 3:00 o’clock
while the evening program will start
at 7:30 o'clock. There seems to be
a good Chautauqua spirit in the town
and the next three days promise a
series of good clean entertainments
for all who attend.
TENT MEETING CONTINUES
THIS WEEK
There has been such an increase in
the tent meeting conducted by Mr.
Matthews which started here about
four weeks ago, that he has decided
to continue another week. Several
conversions have been reported
since Friday night’s service.
Rev. H. R. Faircloth who is pastor
of several Freewill Baptist churches
surrounding Smithfield is going to
assist Mr. Matthews this week. Mr.
Faircloth is pastor of Johnson Union
which has one of the best choirs in
Johnston County, if not one of the
best in the State.
Mr. Thomas who is choir leader for
Johnsop Union with his pastor and
choir were with Mr. Matthews Sun
day. The song service was conduct
ed by Johnson Union choir. All who
were present who enjoy good singing,
especially enjoyed that part of the
service. After the song service, the
time was well taken up by short talks
from those who had been in Mr. Mat
thews’ meetings at other places. It
is reported that the afternoon ser
vice was a spiritual feast to all the
Christians who were there. One of
the attractive features of this week
at the tent will be the good singing.
This meeting is being conducted in
an old camp-meeting style of forty
years ago, which seems to be what
the people want. Several were ask
ing a citizen of Smithfield while on
the street the other day, “How is
Matthews’ meeting coming on?” If
you enjoy being in an old fashioned
meeting, just attend one of his ser
vices,” was the reply.
Prayer-meetings were started in
the community last week by the Chris
tians in connection with the tent
meeting, according to reports attend
ance has doubled and interest has in
creased considerable which has been
quite a help to the nightly meetings.
Having the Freewill people who
live in and around Smithfield with
those of the other denominations who
have been assisting in the service to
help this week there is a possibility
of having one of the best meetings
that’s ever been in Smithfield. All
Christians are invited to attend and
to assist in every way possible in
leaching the lost.
JOHNSTON COUNTY
MAN STARTS ROYS’ CAM I*
Asheville, Nov. 4.—Plans for the
establishment of a permanent boys’
summer camp, including stone and
log buildings, a lake and other im
provements, were announced yester
day by C. Walton Johnson, formerly
boys’ work secretary of the Asheville
Y. M. C. A.
Camp Sequoyah, as it will be
known, will be located at the foot of
the Craggy mountains on Reems
creek above the village of Beech.
The establishment of this camp is
the first invasion of the permanent,
privately owned boys recreation camp
in the Southern Appalachians.
George Owl, famous Cherokee In
dian athlete and leader will be su
perintendent of the camp and grounds
He arrived at the camp site yester
day and with a force of pure-blooded
Cherokee Indians, started develop
ment of the 120 acres in the tract re
cently purchased by Mr. Johnson for
this purpose.
Upon deciding to locate and con
duct a boy’s camp here on a large
scale Mr. Johnson resigned his po
sition with the Portsmouth Y. M. C.
A., as boys’ work secretary a few
weeks ago.
Seventy acres of the 120-acre tract
contains primitive trees, many of
them towering hemlocks- The camp
is located on one of the famous Mt.
Mitchell trails over the Craggy range.
The elevation is approximately 3,000
feet.
Mr. Johnson is confident that his
boys’ camp will be the largest un
dertaking of its kind ever ventured
upon in North Carolina. He is plan
ning a campaign of advertising which
will bring to the attention of cajnp
hungry youths in the south, east and
north features of Camp Sequoyah,
where real Indians will be on the staff
of leaders.
Mr. Johnson is a nattive of John
ston County and is well known in
Clayton and vicinity.
MELLON PROPOSES
BIG CUT IN TAXES
Would Cut Three Hundred and
Twenty-three Millions Ef
fective January 1924
I
Washington, Nov. 11.—Revision of
federal taxes, estimated to reduce the
total assessment by $230,000,000 next
year, is proposed in the program ap
proved by Secretary Mellon for sub- ;
mission to Congress.
Recommendations are made for a
25 per cent reduction in the taxes on
earned income; reduction of the nor
mal taxes on incomes from 4 per cent
and 8 per cent to 3 per cent and 6
per cent, respectively; application of |
the surtax at $10,000 instead of at
$6,000 and continuing progressively
upward to 25 per cent on $100,000,
and repeal of the taxes on admission
and on telegrams, telephone mes
sages and leased wires.
Against these reductions the pro
gram provides taxation increases by
limitation of the deduction of cap- j
ital losses to 12 1-2 per cent of the
loss and limitation of the deduction
from gross income for interest paid
during the year and for losses not of
a business cnaracter to the sums
these items exceed tax exempt income
of thi taxpayer. It is proposed ais^ ?
to tax community property income of
the spouse having control of the in
come.
Mr. Mellon suggests that the
changes be made effective next Jan
uary 1.
Mr. Mellon’s program is outlined ,
in a letter sent by him to Acting |
Chairman Green of the house ways
and means committee, and made pub
lic tonight at the treasury.
He concluded the communication
with this observation.
“A soldier’s bonus would postpone [
tax reduction not for one but for
many years to come. It would mean
an increase rather than a decrease
in taxes, for in the long run it could
be paid only out of monies collected
by the government from the people
in the form of taxes. Throughout its
consideration of the problem the
treasury has proceeded on the the
ory that the country would prefer a
substantial reduction of taxation to
the increased taxes that would neces
sarily follow from a soldier’s bonus,
and I have faith to believe that it is ;
justified in that understanding.
Mr. Mellon expressed confidence 1
that the ordinary expenses of the
government would be reduced during
the current fiscal year to a total of .
not more than $3,500,000,000, of
which amount $500,000,000 will be fix
ed charges on account of the sinking
fund and other retirements of the.
debt.
Declaring it appeared that for this
year and for the next four or five
years there should be a surplus of
something more than $30,000,000 a
year over and above expenditures
chargeable to the ordinary budget in
cluding the fixed debt charges pay
able out of the current revenues,
the treasury head asserted that this i
gives a reasonable margin not mere
ly for tax revision but also for a
tax reduction.”—Associated Press.
GET YOUR FAIR CHECKS
FOR PREMIUMS
Mr. Robert A. Wellons, secretary
of the Fair Association, requests us
to announce that those who won pre
miums at the Fair, can get their
checks by calling at his office. It
may be sometime before he can mail
the checks out.
Auto Turns Over
Last Friday night as Mr. L. G.
Patterson was taking Mr. S. A.
Moore, who works at The Banner
warehouse to his home, near W. D.
Avera’s place, his automobile turn
ed over near the farm of Mr. J. W.
Stephenson, slightly hurting Mr.
Moore. A cut on the jaw necessitated
his being taken to the hospital but
he was able to leave the next morn
ing. The accident, which occurred
about nine o’clock, was caused when
the car ran in a hole, causing some
thing about the steering gear to give
way.
PROGRAM COUNTY
S. S. CONVENTION
Meeting Will Be Held in Selma
Thursday Night and Friday
—Good Speakers
Those in charge of the arrange
ments for the Johnston County Sun
day School Convention, which will
be held at Methodist church, Selma,
on Thursday night and all day Fri
day, November 15 and 16, 1923 are
confident that Sunday school work
ers from all sections of the country
will be in attendance at the various
sessions of the meeting.
Programs for the convention have
been sent throughout the county, and
each Sunday school invited to send :
a large delegation of teachers, of
ficers and other interested members
to the convention.
While the convention is planned
primarily for Sunday school teach
ers and officers, all who are interest
ed in Sunday school work are invited
to attend, and a special invitation is
given to the members of men’s and
women’s organized Bible classes.
The full program for the conven
tion follows:
First Session Thursday night Nov. 15
7:30—Devotional—Mr. Mat. Wall,
superintendent Methodist Sunday
school, Selma. ,
7:45—Elements of Sunday school
success—Miss Flora Davis, Assist
ant superintendent of North Caro
lina Sunday school Association, Ra
leigh.
8:20—Record of attendance.
8:25—The Teacher’s Work Be
tween Sundays.—Rev. Daniel Iver- i
son, pastor Howard Memorial Pres
byterian church, Tarboro.
9:00—Announcements— Adjourn.
Second Session Friday A. M., Nov. 16
10:30—Devotional—Rev. Neil Mc
Innis, pastor Presbyterian church,
Selma,
10:45—Reaching and Holding
Young People in the Sunday School
—Rev. Daniel Iverson.
11:20—Period of Business:
Reports of County Officers.
Appointment of Committees.
Record of Attendance.
11:35—Our Common Task.—Miss
Flora Davis.
12:05—Offering for support of
County and State Sunday School As
sociations.
Out of town delegates entertained
in the homes of the Selma people for
dinner.
Third Session Friday Afternoon
2:00—Devotional—Dev. S. L.
Morgan, pastor Baptist Church,
Smithfield.
2:15—The Sunday School Meeting
the Needs of the Children—Miss
Flora Davis.
2:45—Song.
2:50—Attractive Worship Pro
grams for the Sunday School—Rev.
Daniel Iverson.
3:10—Question and Discussion
Period. (Anyone who has a question
on Sunday school work is requested
to ask it at this time.)
3:40—Reports of Committees and
election of officers.
Fourth Session Friday Night
7:30—Devotional—Mr. N. J.
Creech, superintendent Baptist Sun
day school, Selma.
7:45—Trained Workers for the
Sunday School—Miss Flora Davis.
8:30—Adjourn.
L. T. ROYAL,
County President.
W. T. WOODARD,
C*unty Secretary.
Rev. D. H. Tuttle To Conference
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, who is closing
his third year here as pastor of Cen
tenary Methodist church, left this
morning for Elizabeth City to at
tend the meeting of the N. C. Con
ference. Rev. Mr. Tuttle has done a
splendid work since coming to Smi(h
filed not only in the town but in the
county and his many friends hope for
his return. It is expected that he will
return for another year, unless some
thing unforseen comes up in the con
ference to make a change ecessary.
This year completes Mr. Tuttle’s
fortieth year in the ministry.
WATCH YOUR LABEL
Rev. Daniel Iverson, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church of
Tarboro, who is on the program
of the Johnston County Sunday
School Association to be held in
Selma Thursday and Friday.
ONE DAY’S WAGE OR INCOME
FOR STATE ORPHAN CHILDREN
Thousands of men and women, boys
and girls, mark the harvest season
with gifts for the fatherless and
motherless and homeless children in
our State- Our Thanksgiving sea
son has long been notable for the
outpouring of money to maintain the
orphan homes that serve our people
—that serve them so worthily.
Again we come, as the year draws
to its close, not simply to remind
these givers that another harvest sea
son is at hand, but hoping, also, to {
establish this beautiful custom with
thousands of others who may not
have realized the joys of having a
worthy part in this commendable
work.
Men may debate as to the objects
of their charity; they will not debate
the call of the helpless child. They
may raise questions as to this or
that institution; there is no debate
concerning the blessed work that our
institutions are doing for orphaned
children in North Carolina. To ev
ery human heart this appeal comes
—the appeal of the homeless and
helpless child. It has been ever thus
since the great heart of the Lord
and Master rebuked those who would
hinder the little ones from approach
ing His loving embrace.
The only possible debate is that
touching the amount you will give
to this worthy cause. The object
of this message is to lay that before
you, with this suggestion: The in
come of one day would be reasonable.
By all means let your contribution be
of such proportion as to obtain the
joy of feeling that you have done
something worthy of your heart. It
is not the amount that measures the
value of the gift; it is the relation of
the gift to the heart of the giver.
Let conscience dictate, and joy will
inevitably follow.
A gift for the care and education
of helpless children will measure the
circumference and also the depth of
the heart of the donor himself—not
others. Do not suffer your better
impulses to be belittled; make no
compromises with your heart, lest
you do yourself an injury, not in the
eyes of others, but in your own esti
mation. Men grow from within, not
from without. Men make themselves
big or little by their thoughts and
deeds. Take the full measure of your
heart in responding to the call of the
orphan child this year, and you will
be glad; restrict that measure and
you will find no joy. It is not what
others think, or say, or do, that
counts. Hearken to the promptings
of your own heart.
The object of this appeal is quite
enough in itself to enlist the sym
pathy of a considerate public without
an attempt to excite the emotions of
anyone. Each one is asked to con
sider the case for himself, remember
ing always that “It is more blessed
to give than to receive.”
What if your children should some
day become orphans ? How would
you have others consider them in
their misfortune? “To others do as
you would that they should do unto
you.” The fatherless and mother
continued on page four)
LOCAL ELEVEN WIN
OVER ROCKY MT.
First Four Period End in Scor
less Tie; Score 7 to 6 in
Extra Period
The Smithfield Highs defeated the
Rocky Mount Higs Saturday in what
was characterized by the News &
Observer as one of the best high
school football encounters seen in
Raleigh in many a day. The game
was played on Riddick field and was
the second game for the locals in
the State Championship series. The
game came to a close in a scoreless
tie, and an additional quarter was
played to settle the controversy
which resulted in a score of 7 to 6
in favor of Smithfield. The first
four quarters were featured by no
important plays except the fatal
error of Quarterback Mun for Rocky
Mount in which Mun in a long sweep
ing end run with himself carrying the
ball, was thrown by Honeycutt for
{■Smithfield. The extra period of
play, however, was characterized by
intense interest throughout.
The entire game exhibited good
playing, several of the local eleven
doing particularly fine work. Hooks
featured for the locals in receiving
passes and in his very effective tackl
ing. He had the misfortune to be
removed from the game on account
of minor injuries. Holland showed
up well in punting and end runs and
Skinner showed excellent general
ship. Beasley, right guard, also
played a good defensive game.
The line plunging of Country Neal
for Rocky Mount was fine and Cap
tain Mun of Rocky Mount in spite of
his error played a good game.
Smithfield Rocky Mount
Position
Hooks _ Harrell
Left End
E. Fuller _ Eason
Left Tackle
L. Peterson _ Daughtridge
Left Guard
H. Fuller _ Cherry
Center
Beasley _ Christian
Right .Guard
Beasley _Christman
Right Tackle
T. Honeycutt_ Savage
Right End
Skinner_ Munn
Quarterback
Parker _ Browning
Left Halfback
Wharton _ Hearne
Right Halfback
Holland _ Neal
Fullback
Score by periods:
Smithfield _0 0 0 0 7—7
Rocky Mount _0 0 0 0 6—6
Scoring for Smithfield: Touch
down, Holland: point after touch
down, Skinner. Scoring for Rocky
Mount: Touchdown, Neal. Substi
tutions for Smithfield: Ktrkman for
Parker, Stancil for Hooks. Substi
tutions for Rocky Mount: Dunn for
Harrel; James for McIntyre. Of
ficials: Referee, Randolph (North
Carolina State): umpire, Arthur
(North Carolina State); head lines
man, Graham (William & Mary).
Time of periods: 13, 13, 13, 15.
JUDGE STACY DECLINES
UNIVERSITY PLAClS
W. P. Stacy, associate justice of
the supreme court, who has been of
fered the deanship of the Law
School of the University of North1
Carolina, declined to accept the po
sition Thursday. This reply to the
executive committee has ended spec
ulations as to who would succeed
Judge Stacy on the bench.
CHARLOTTE GETS NEW
FORD ASSEMBLING PLANT
The Ford' Motor Co. of Detroit,
will locate its largest assembling
plant in the south, at Charlotte. This
plant which will be a duplicate of
the largest the company maintains
in the United States, will have a ca
pacity of 400 cars daily, employing
i 800 or 1,000 men. The dimensions . ?
the plant will be approximately a city
: block wide and two city blocks in
length.