NEWS OF THE CITY
OF FOUR OAKS
New Hotel Nearing Comple
tion; Juniors Attend Church
Services in a Body.
Four Oaks, Nov. 14.—The new ho
tel being built by E. F. Strickland
will soon be completed. The people
of Four Oaks are proud of this fact,
because we have needed one for a
long time. It is to be a modern
up to date hotel with runnihg water ;
in each room. It will have a cafe j
adjoining the hotel which will be ;
opened to the public about Decern- j
ber 1st.
Sunday morning the Juniors at
attended the Methodist church ser
vices in a body. The service was
very inspiring and the music was
beautiful. A quartet was sung by
four members of the Junior Order and
was enioyed and appreciated by all.
The sermon by Rev. J. A. Russell,
the pastor, was very interesting, his
text being “Put on the Whole Ar
mor of God” Every member of the
congregation was glad to have the
Juniors and hope they will attend the
services again soon. Sunday night
Mr. William Adams donated a love
ly Bible to the church. Rev. J. A.
Russell, pastor of , the Methodist
church gave his last sermon before
conference. His text for Sunday
night W5e “The Ten Commandments”
It is hoped by all that he will come
to Four Oaks for another year.
Messrs. Nathan Keene, David
Saunders, and Carl and Richard
Lewis attended the football game in
Raleigh Friday afternoon.
Messrs. Tom Adams and Julius
Strickland were in Fayetteville, Fri
day on business.
Mr. David Lassiter, of Raleigh,
spent the week end here with rela
tives.
Miss Margaret Strickland will
spend the week end in Coats, with
relatives.
The many friends of Mr. B. B.
Adams regret tc hear of his illness,
but w^ll be glad to know that he is
gradually improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Barham Creech and
Mrs. J. W. Langdon were in Smith
field Thursday shopping.
Miss Lydia Wells, of Godwin, spent
the week end with Miss Esther
Creech.
Mr. and Mrs. Barham Creech were
in Coats Tuesday on business.
Mesdames. J. W. Sanders, Florence
Stanley, Bertha Creech, Messrs. C.
E. Parrish and R. A. Bain, and Rev.
James A. Ivey attended the John
ston county Baptst association near
Kenly.
Miss Rowina Adams, who is teach
ing near here, spent the week end in
Linden with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Privett and
children, of Black Creek, spent Sun
day here with friends.
Messrs Jesse and Clarence Stanley
were in Richmond last week on busi
ness.
Mr. Chester Cole spent the week
end in Richmond, Va., on business.
BAPTIZED IN WATER
FROM RIVER JORDAN
Shelby, Nov. 10.—A unique acci
dent in baptismal rites occurred here
Wednesday when Mrs. B. B. Babing
ton, of North Lafayette street, was
baptized with water from the river
Jordan on the 86th anniversary of
her birth.
The ordinance of baptism was ad
ministered by Rev. A.' L. Stanford,
pastor of the Central Methodist
church, at the anniversary celebra-'
tion . Some years ago, Rev. Mr.
Stanford visited the Holy land and
while there bottled a small vial of
water from the Jordan. The vial
was brought back to America ‘and
never opened until Wednesday.
Mrs. Babington, known through
out the town as “grandma,’ is one
of the most saintly and beloved wo
men in Shelby. Many attended the
celebration at which it became known
that she has four children, 22 grand
children, and 31 great-grand children.
The prize irony of the week is the
action of the klucker legislature of
Oklahoma in adjourning an hour on
Armistice day in honor of an Ameri
can army that was full of Jews,
Catholics and negroes.—Greensboro
Football Game to Start Today
At 2:30 Instead of 3:30
The Sanford-Smithfield foot
ball game which was scheduled
to start at 3:30 o’clock this aft
ernoon in Raleigh -has been
changed to 2:30- Coach Rice
received a telegram last night
from the State College authori
ties announcing that the State
College football players must
practice this afternoon and the
time is changed to 2:30 in order
not to conflict with their prac
tice. All fans please take notice
and be on hand this afternoon
at Riddick Field, Raleigh and
help Smithfield to give Sanford
what she deserves—a good
licking.
BAPTIST MINISTER TO DIS
CUSS NEEDS OF SMITHFIELD
To my fellow citizens:
Very cordially I inyite all who do
not have their own church services
next Sunday to be present at the
morning and evening services of our
church and to study with me what we
may do together to make Smithfield
an ideal town. Recently I have spent
more than thirteen years as pastor in
two of the most progressive towns in
the State, Burlington and Hender
son, studying their almost amazing
development. I noted with pleasure
last Wednesday night with how much
applause a large Smithfield audience
greeted one remark of the Chau
tauqua lecturer, the'eloquent ceusin
of Lloyd George, when he referred
to the phenomenal progress of North
Carolina in education, and declared
that the chief concern of ou rpeople
during the next ten years ought to be
this, to see to it that we make as
rapid progress morally as we made
mentally during the last decade. This
thought will lie at the heart of my
messages, next Sunday. I earnestly
desire, as far as possible, to get the
ear of the entire community, believ
ing these messages are the most vital
for all our people, and so I choose
these subjects for next Sunday when
most of the churches, as I understand
are to be without preachers. In the
morning my subject will be, “The
Function of God’s Prophet in the
Community Life,” and in the evin
ing, “My Dream for a Greater, Bet
ter Smithfield.”
.touching the first, I may venture
even in this announcement to remark
that the attitude of any community
to the preacher and the estimate
placed upon his work is a rather sure
index to the estimate which the com
munitjf'*places upon religion itself. It
is even a fair index to the hold which
God and his church have upon the
life of the people. Harold Bell Wright
makes one of his characters say to
the minister, Dan Matthews, “I re
gard the minister as the most useless
man in the community.” I presume
every community has some who take
the same view. But as a newcomer
to the community I desire to say that
nothing has given me more hope for
the future of Smithfield than the
evidence on every hand that its peo
ple set an unusually high valuation
on the preacher as the special rep
resentative of God and religion. It
gives me a high measure of confi
dence that the admirable little city
which I have adopted as the home
of myself and my family will build
the structure of its future greatness
on the solid rock.
Permit me in this introductory
note to say that no town in which my
lot has been cast in the past has ex
celled Smithfield in the display of
the amenities to the newcomers. And
it is hard to find a better or a more
hopeful sign. To illustrate my mean
ing, last summer I took a never-to
be forgotten drive through the ex
quisitely beautiful Shenandoah val
ley. I stopped for some hours in
the admirable little city of Harris
burg. I visited places of interest,
went into the places of business, and
talked to people on the street. Every
body seemed at his best, everybody
was delightful—everybody delight
fully courteous. Every point of con
tact gave me a happy memory. Un
less greater familiarity with the
place should disillusion me, I shall
carry to my last day the impression
that, of all the places I have touch
ed none would be a more delightful
place to live than Harrisburg, Va.
TO LEAVE RUHR
AND RHINELAND
Germany Unable To Continue
Unemployment Doles To
These Two Areas.
Berlin, Nov. 14.—After November
25 Germany no longer will be able
to meet the drain upon her exchequer
for +he payment of unemployment
dole? in the Ruhr and the Rhine
land and will then set both these
regions adrift, permitting them to
shift for themselves.
Unless Chancellor Stresemann ar
rives at a different conclusion after
pending eonfereces with leaders in
the occupied areas, as the Richstag
oppose* such a policy it is now be
lieved that the immediate future of
the Rninelp.nd and the Ruhr will be
wholly determined by the nature of
agreements which the local leaders
there are able to enter into with the
Frenc h and Belgian authorities.
The unemployment doles which the
German government is paying out to
men and women in the Rhineland
and the Ruhr will amount to 200,000,
000 gold marks in the next ten days.
An antonmous states in the pres
ort stage of occupation and under
prevailing economic and social con
ditions is viewed in Berlin circles
afe inexpedient and not feasible and
the inclination in goverment quar
ters appears to favor a plan to hold
the occupying powers responsible for
getting the local populace fed and
back to work, -and otherwise read
justing completely the desolated con
ditions in all lines.
Chancellor Stresmann and other
champions of the proposed plan to
jettison the Ruhr and the Rhineland,
so long as they are under military
occupation, believe that passing
‘economic antonomy” is the sole so
lution to fch eproblem now confornt
ing the government along the Rhine.
Any movement in those areas in the
establishment of an autonomous
state would require the initial sup
port of one-third of the qualified
voters and a consequent three-fifths
vote for ultimate ratification. The
federated states also would have to
be consulted in accordance with Para
graph 18 of the constitution of the
republic, and this sanction combined
with the complications growing out
of a plebescite, impress the Berlin
cabinet with the futility of forcing
the futility of forcing the issue of an
autonomous state at this time.
Passing the Buck
There is an apparent desire to
pass along the buck to France and
Belgium leaving the German popu
lace to make its peace with the oc
cupying powers for an indefinite
period and permitting the central
government to wash its hands of the
legacy bequeathed it by nine months
of passive resistance.—Associated
Press.
Camp Supper At Holt Lake
Miss Lucile Johnson delightfully
entertained at a camp supper at Holt
Lake Monday evening in honor of
her guest, Miss Mae West of Mount
Airy. A big camp fire was built,
and weiners, bacon, eggs and coffee
cooked in true camp style. After the
delicious repast, the time was spent
toasting marshmallows, singing
songs, and in pleasant conversation.
Those enjoying this occasio were
Misses Helene Ives, Ola Smathers,
Jessie Penny, Lorene Leonard, Lu
cile Johnson, Mae West, Messrs. W.
J. Huntley, W. A. Wilson, J. N. Cobb.
Paul Eason, Carlton Stephenson and
0. L. Wilson, Jr.
With no desire to flatter the home
of my adoption I am grateful to say
that up to the present Smithfield
has impressed me in much the same
way. It is worth remarking that
this suggests our best possible means
of advertising. Two great highways
intersect in the heart of Smithfield.
and daily7 the world is surging
through our tow'n. Daily hundreds
of students touch the life of our
town, brought by truck from all over
our county. These students will be
leaders of our people all over the
county a few years hence. They
are acquiring book learning in our
school; will they also absorb curte
sy and refinement and high ideals
from the people in Smithfield.
i S. L. MORGAN.
DAY’S WORK IN
RECORDERS COURT
Several Whiskey Cases Among
The Half Dozen Tried;
Judge Had Busy Day.
A half dozen cases constituted the
work of the Recorder’s Court Tues
day, the chief facts in which and their
disposition by Judge No • e are set
forth below.
State vs. John Eason, carrying con
cealed vva, on, and violation of the
pn l.ibiticr; law. He was charged un
der two warrants, one w;th having
wht.-i.cy in his possession a^d the
ether iairyinp r. concealed weapon—
off his piemises. The defendant was
arrested in the Fair grounds by Chief
Cable on the last night of the Fair
after the gates had been thrown open
to the public. For carrying concealed
weapon, defendant was fined $50 and
costs. For possessing liquor was
sentenced to a term of three months
in jail to be hired out to pay a fine
of $75 and costs.
State vs. Nelson Rhodes, violation
of the prohibition law. In a raid
made on the defendant’s home about
five miles from Fbur Oaks by Fed
eral prohibition officer, J. J. Batten
and R. A. Keen, deputy sheriff, be
tween four nad five quarts of block
ade whiskey in a two-gallon stone
jug was found 1 dden in the defend
ant’s wagon under a pile of corn. In
his residence a similar jug was
foud which had just been emptied, a
one-gallon glass jug and a quart bot
tle were found in each of which was
a small quantity of liquor. In the
yard and garden near his house three
holes were found dug in the ground
which showed signs of having had
jugs recently hid in them. The de
fendant did not go upon the witness
stand in his behalf. From a sentence
of. six months on roads, the defendant
appealed to Superior Court. Appeal
bond fixed at $500.
State vs. Sam Atkins, assault.
Thirty days on roads and pay costs.
State vs. W. F. Webb, assault; $15
fine and costs.
State vs. Joda Morgan, operating
automobile while intoxicated. Three
months on roads. Capias to issue
at any time within two years upon
information that the defendant has
indulged in any way in intoxicating
liquors.
State vs. Della Sonith, violation
of the prohibition law. The defend
ant, a negro woman living on the
Ashley Horne estate near Clayton,
was arrested when a bottle contain
ing about a third of a pint of whis
key fell from her pocket on the
streets of Clayton and broke, spill
ing the contents over the concrete
pavement. The defendant in her be
half stated that she was the mother
of fifteen children, that it was the
first time that she had ever been
arrested or been in the court house
as a witness in any case. She stated
that on the morning in question she
and her husband had gone with a
Mr. Vinson to look at a house on
the. Arch Vinson estate with a view
of renting next year. The house had
been vacant for a short while and
while she was in the house looking
around she saw the bottle setting on
the mantel and examining the con
tents, thought it to be camphor aVid
decided to take it home with her.
She put it in her pocket and it drop
ped out after she got out of the
auto and started down the street. The
defendant proved a good character by
the state’s witnesses who testified
also that when arrested the defend
ant showed no signs of having drunk
any of the contents of the bottle.
Upon the evidence Judge Noble found
the defendant not guilty, but warned
her to be careful in the future about
mek’ng up bottles.
State vs Lonnie Crowder, cursing
in the public highway. Not guilty.
TEN MILLIONS
OF BONOS SOLI)
With six bids but only two bidders
for the entire lot, the State sold to
the First National Bank of New York
and its associates, $10,649,500 State
institution permanent improvement
bonds, maturing in forty years. A
total of $3,049,500 were sold at 4 12
per cent and $7, 600,000 at 4 3-4 per
cent.
M. E. PASTOR READS
YEARS REPORT
. At the evening service Sunday,
Rev. D. H. Tuttle who has closed his
third year here as pastor of the
Methodist church, read the report
which he carried to the annual con
ference being held in Elizabeth City
this week.
The report shows 526 members of
the local M. E. church, thirty-five
j having been added during the past
year. There have been fifteen re
movals by death and otherwise, mak- ,
ing a net gain in membership of
| twenty.
The pastor’s personal report show
ed that he had preached 195 sermons
j during the year, made 825 pastoral
calls, had prayers in 291 homes, and
distributed a total of 3,930 tracts.
Bibles and parts of the Bible.
All of the organizations of the
! church showed a healthy growth. The
Woman’s Missionary Society with 82
members has raised for all purposes
during the year $3,199.75. The j
Bright Jewels raised $40.25. The
Senior Fpworth League with 53 mem- j
bers raised $156.45, one hundred dol
lars of which was a pledge for mis
sions. The Intermediate League or
ganized only a comparatively short
; time, has 37 on roll and has raised
$24.15.
The work done at Jones school
house between here and Selma has
been especially worth while. A Sun
day school is conducted at this point j
i there being 60 members. The school
has raised during the year $157.86.
Of this amount $42 was for repairs
on the building and $54.90, on the
pastor’s salary.
Services At Tent Continue
^ _
Services at the tent during the
week with a force of Christian work
ers who are assisting Mr. Matthews
have increased in attendance and in
terest considerably.
Rev. H. R. Faircloth, who is assist
ing in the meeting this week with
: the Johnson Union Choir to do the
singing have attracted large congre
gations. In the opinion of several of
| the Free Will preachers who are tak
ing part in the services this week,
if the weather continues to be favor- j
able, the seating capacity of the tent
will not be sufficient to accomodate :
all the Free Will people who are go
ing to be in the services Sunday.
In every service this week there
have been conversions. All who have
attended the meeting during the '
Services are held every night at
simple way the meeting is being con
ducted.
There will be prayer meeting con
ducted by the laymen from seven to
seven-thirty every night. In these
services every Christian has an op
portunity to say something. Prayer
meeting conducted by the women
which has been going on in the com
munity for two weeks will continue.
Services aer held evey night at
7:30, services Sunday afternoon at
2:30 ,and Sunday evening at 7:30. Ev
erybody is invited.
The Herald Returns Thanks
The Herald office is indebted to
Mrs. C. V. Johnson for a handsome
bunch of chrysanthemums. These
lovely autumn flowers, ranging in
shade from deepest gold to purest
white, others with pastel colorings of
pink and lavendar, are a delight not
only to The Herald force but to ev
ery passerby.
Mrs. Johnson is an adept at grow
ing chysanthemums and it is well
worth a trip to her chrysanthemum
garden to see her rare blooms.
Mr. Ennis’ Barn Is Burned
Just about the time the Chautau
qua entertainment at the high school*
auditorium began Wednesday even
ing, the barn and stables of Mr. J. C.
Ennis, whose property adjoins the
school grounds, were discovered to be
on fire. The fire alarm was turned
in and the fire company was soon
j on the scene, but too late to save
the barn in which was stored hay,
tools, etc. or the stables- An automo
bile, under a shelter and the stock in
the stables were saved. Mr. Ennis
who had no insurance estimates his
loss about $500. The origin of
the fire is not known.
pv.
LOCAL ELEVEN
MEETS SANFORD
interest Grows In 10th Annual
High School Football Cham
pionship; Time Changed
The Smithfield Highs will enter
their third game in the North Caro
lina Football Championship today
when they meet the Sanford eleven
at Raleigh on Riddick Field. This
game promises plenty of pep. The
Sanford team is one of the best and
strongest in the state. The Smith
field team has been putting in some
very hard practice and are going to
put up a hard fight in the game to
day.
Those who witnessed the game last
Friday between Smithfield and Rocky
Mount saw one of the best games
played this season between high
school teams, and the prospect is
good for another such game this aft
ernoon.
This game will be called at 2:30
in order to allow the State College
team to practice.
Fifteen Teams Remain In Race
Chapel Hill, Nov. 14L—Interest in
the tenth annual State high school
football championship contest is
growing apace, according to informa
tion which has been received here
by the central committee from the
schools whose teams are still in the
race.
Forty high schools entered the
contest on November 1 and thin num
ber has been reduced by the process
of elimination to fifteen, seven of
these being in the east and eight in
the west.
Interest in th eeastern series cen
ters this week at Raleigh, where
Smithfield and Sanford play on Fri
day; at Goldsboro, where New Bern
and Wilmington meet on Thursday;
and at Chapel Hill where Oxford and
Henderson play on Friday. Rocking
ham high school has a bye this week
Interest in the western series cen
ters this week at Greensboro where
Greensboro and Leaksville play on
Friday; at Asheville, where Ashe
ville an dthe winner of the Salisbury
Statesville game play on Saturday;
at Davidson, where Charlotte and
Spencer play on Saturday; and at
Charlotte, where Shelby and Monroe,
great rivals in the 1922 contest, play
on Friday.
The semi-finals for the eastern
championship and the semi-finals for
the western championship will be
played next week.
The Raleigh high school won the
State high school football champion
ship in 1913, 1914, and 1915- The
Charlotte high school won the cham
pionship in 1916 and 1917. There was'
no contest in 1918, due to war con
ditions. The Chapel Hill high school
won the championship in 1919 and
1920. The Fayetteville high school
won the championship in 1921, and
the Asheville high school won the
championship in 1922.
Mrs. Holding Entertains
Mrs. R. P. Holding delightfully en
tertained the members of the Wed
nesday Afternoon Bridge Club and
a few others Wednesday afternoon
at her home on Third street. Autumn
leaves with their gorgeous tints and
crysanthemums were used as decora
tions. The Thanksgiving season was
emphasized by “turkey” place cards.
Mrs. W. H. Lyon made the highest
score and was awarded the prize.
Toward the close of the afternoon
the hostess served a salad course
with hot tea
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Hold
ing was hostess to another group of
friends, rook being the feature of
entertainment. On this occasion, the
refreshments consisted of fig pud
ding and hot tea
Four Oaks Baptist Church
Preaching Sunday morning at elev
en o’clock by Rev. O. A. Keller, of
Benson. Service Sunday night at
seven by the pastor, Rev. James A.
Ivey.
Sunday school at 9:50.
Junior B. Y. P. U. Monday even
ing at 6:30.
Senior B. Y. P. U. Monday even
ing at 7:30.
Sunbeams Saturday afternoon at
four o'clock.