E. F. CRUMP DROPS
DEAD SUDDENLY
Funeral Took Place Saturday
Afternoon Conducted by
Rev. F. T. Collins.
The sad news of the death of Mr.
E. F. Crump spread rapidly on our
streets Friday, he having died sud
denly of heart trouble at his home
at 7:30 o'clock. For two or three
years, Mr. Crump had suffered from
a leaking heart, a complication fol
lowing an attack of influenza, but
he was able to attend to his work
and his death was unexpected to the
community.
Mr. Crump who was a native of
Georgia moved his family to Smith
feld n 1900, and for twenty-three
years has lived here, making a valu
able citizen. When he first came t<?
our city, he was superintendent of
what is now known as the old cotton
mill. Later he was county cotton
weigher holding this position for a
period of 'eight years. At the time
of his death he was manager of the
ctton storage warehouse, having had
charge of the warehouse since its
organization.
The deceased was fifty-five years
old. He was a member of the Mis
sionary Baptist church having been
a member for 37 years . For over
twenty-three years he had been a
deacon. He was interested in the
work of the church, and he with his
family was instrumental in .building
up the w'ork at the cotton mill.
He is survived by his wife, and two
daughters, Miss Ila May Crump of
this city and Mrs. Lucile Wright of |
Princeton. A son, Roy Crump, was I
killed several years ago by the train
at the crossing near the mill. He
also leaves three sisters and a broth
er as follows: Mrs. Lula Alexander
and Mrs. Sallie Summerville, of Char
lotte; Mrs. Daisy Painter of Cali
fornia; and Mr. Alonzo Crump of
San Francisco, Cal.
me iunerai was conducted at tne
home Saturday afternoon at three
o’clock, by Rev. F. T. Collins of Rae
ford, former pastor of the deceased
assisted by Rev. D. H. Tuttle. Inter
ment was made in Oakland cemetery.
The pall bearers were Messrs. D. H.
Jones, Sam Massey, Ralph Talton, S.
B. Jones, Gordon Winston and J. E.
Lassiter. The many floral offering’s
were silent reminders of the sympa
thy of friends and relatives.
Eat More Horse Meat
* Washington, Nov. 13.—Consump
tion of horse meat as an article of
daily diet is increasing in France, the
department of commerce is informed,
and the annual slaughter of horses
is estimated at about 120,000 head.
Of this number about 100,000 are of
French origin, while the greater por
tion of the balance is imported from
Great Britain. The advantage
claimed for horse meat are its com
parative cheapness and nutritive
qualities. Its sale is regulated by
law to avoid its substitution for oth
er meats and it is usually sold in
butcher shops especially adapted for
that purpose.
A BURNT MATCH-HOLDER
FOR CHILDREN TO MAKE
First, I got a empty coffee-tin and
bored twenty holes in the top with a
a rail. I made each hole big enough
for a match to drop through easily.
Second, I painted the can and the
can-lid with black enamel. (I bought
a little can, for twenty-five cents) I
let this dry overnight.
Third, I cut bright-green letters
out of an old magazine advertise
ment. The letters were M, A, T, C, H,
E, S.
Fourth, I glued the letters on the
side of the black-enameled can, put
on the lid and mother’s burnt-match
holder was ready.—Evelyn Thomp
son in The Little Delineator.
The victim
“Yes, my ’usband’s laid up, a vic
tim of football.”
“But I didn’t know ’e even played
the game.”
“’E doesn’t. ’E sprained ’is larynx
at the match last Saturday!”—The
Passing Show.
JOHSSTON COUNTY
B. Y. P. U MEETING
The Johnston County B. Y\ P. U.
Association held a very interesting
meeting: at the Baptist church here
Sunday afternoon from 2:30 until
five o’clock . Many B. Y\ P. U. mem
bers from the various churches of j
the county and. several from Wake
county were present. The Benson B.
Y. P. U., however, had the largest j
number in attendance.
Mr. M. A. Biggs, president of the
Johnston County association, had ^
charge of the meeting. Mr. Perry
Morgan, of Raleigh, State B. Y. P.
U. Secretary was present and made a
very helpful talk. The members of
the Clayton B. Y. P. U. gave a dem
onstration program which proved
helpful to all.
This association which was only
recently organized is gaining in in- !
terest and has a very bright outlook
for the coming year. There were
155 young people present at the meet
ing Sunday afternoon.
DECEMBER 2 GOLDEN
RULE SUNDAY
Sunday, December 2, the first Sun
day after our national Thanksgiving
Day, has been proclaimed through
out the world as International Golden
Rule Sunday for the special purpose
of making a generous and practical
application for one day of the Gold
en Rule for the benefit of the hun
dred thousand homeless orphans of
the Near East.
On this day, when families gath
er for what is usually the most united
family circle and the most bountiful
dinner of the week, every family is
asked to think of the hungry or
phan children in the Near East and
to share with them the bounty God
has given.
One of two ways is suggested:
First, that the usual Sunday dinner
of several courses and many delica
cies be given up for this one day, and
.that all the family join the children
of the Near East in a very simple
meal, costing as their meal costs, an
average of four cents for each person,
and that the difference between this
cost and the cost of the usual Sun
day dinner be given as a contribution
and thank-offering for the purchase
of food for the orphans of the Near
East; or second, that, if the usual
bountiful Sunday dinner is served, the
total cost be reckoned and the differ
ence between that and the four-cent ;
meal be given.
How little a thing to ask; how lit
tle a thing to give! Is there any
where in this prosperous land one
family who would refuse? Is there
one family who. can dine in comfort j
and abundance and be satisfied to
stop with this little idulgence in the
practice of the Golden Rule? How
many would prefer to extend it also :
to a share in the cost of gasoline for :
an automobile trip, tickets for a
theatre, and many other indulgences,
not for a single day, but for a whole
week?
This special Golden Rule dinner of
fering is needed to meet the emer
gencies of the moment. It will not
suffice for longer support of the
Near East work. The regular Christ
mas offerings and annual and month
ly subscriptions are imperatively
needed as well, and cannot safely be
diminished. But for this one day, De
cember 2, let there be a universal fra
ternity, good will and sharing in full
and glad obedience to the Golden Rule
and let Americans lead the way. We
appeal to all our readers to join with
the same noble unstinting spirit they
have ever shown in responding to the
call of the children. From an editorial
in The Literary Digest.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
AT CARTER’S CHAPEL
There will be a Thanksgiving ser
vice at Carter’s Chapel Baptist
church next Thursday, Nov. 29. The
public is cordially invited to attend
An offering will be taken for the or
phanage.
Safety Deposit
Bobby: ‘Grandma, can you break
nuts with your teeth ”
Grandma: “Why, no, Bobby.”
Bobby: “Then keep these for me
while I go out to play.—Ex.
A fJrnrlamatum
The United States of America is at peace with the sov
erigns of God’s kingdom. Recent catastrophes in the re
mote parts of the earth have tended to bring about a
spirit of better human relations with the people of the
United States because of their unfailing generosity and
timely help. Our nation is on the upward trend for a
constructive and permanent peace and international un
derstanding between the people of all mankind. North
Carolina has been peculiarly bljessed and also the County
of Johnston to a marked degree with material prosperity,
our State and County are making rapid strides in educa
tional, industrial, civic and religious undertakings, God
and Christianity are the paramount objectives sought in
every home within our commonwealth, and rightly so.
Now, Therefore, I, John A. Narron, Mayor of the City
of Smithfield, N. C., following the previous action of our
President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, and of
our Governor of North Carolina, Cameron Morrison, do
hereby proclaim and set apart, Thursday the 29th day of
November, 1923, as “Thanksgiving Day” and do specific
ally call on our people of Smithfield and vicinity to regard
and honor the day by collectively assembling in their re
spective places of worship and give humble thanks unto
Almighty God for His many tender mercies and for His
untold blessings that he has seen fit to extend to the peo
ple of the United States, North Carolina, Johnston Coun
ty and to our own City of Smithfield, and may our people
pray sincerely for Divine guidance in the future. May
the hearts of our people be softened to the call for suste
nance of the weak, the orphan and the unfortunate defec
tive, and may the response be two-fold.
Done in the City of Smithfield, N. C., on this the 23rd
day of November, 1923. In the year of our Lord, in the
one hundred forty-eighth year of our American Inde
pendence.
JOHN A. NARRON.
By the Mayor:
W. L. FULLER, City Clerk.
WAKE FOREST IS
HAVING TROUBLE
“
Lawyer Demands Fee of $200,
000 For Services in Bost
wick Bequest
Repudiating an arbitration award
of $12,000 for his services as at
torney for Wake Forest College in
connection with the. litigation aris
ing from the Bostwick bequest of
$1,609,000, Frank Earle Parham, of
New York, has instituted suit for ^
$200,000 against the college, of which
he is an alumnus.
The arbitrators were agreed to by
Parham and he was present and ,
testified at a hearing held by them |
in Raleigh on July 3, 1923.
The suit is pending in the Supreme
Court of New York and will be
fought out there. W. N. Jones, of
Raleigh, attorney for the college,
stated last night that in due time
he will associate counsel in New
York and will file an answer. He
also characterized as “lies” state
ments that he had entertained the
arbitrators and other allegations in
the complaint.
Declaring that Parham is “a fraud
of the worst kind,” Mr. Jones ex
pressed confidence that the college
will win the suit without difficulty.
Wake Forest waited 30 years for
the trust fund established by Jabez ,
A. Bostwick, which became due in j
March, 1921 on the death of the
|
daughter of Mr. Bostwick. Another
wait of two years was caused by |
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Tent Meeting Closed
The tent meeting which has bean
in progress here for the past several i
weeks closed Sunday . During this
meeting which was conducted by
Rev. C. H. Matthews of Raleigh,
many professions were made and
fourteen asked to be baptized. The
baptismal services were held at the
river yesterday afternoon.
Much interest has been manifested
in this meeting and it is believed that
untold good will be the result.
DRIVE FOR HOTEL
BEGAN MONDAY
Workers Will Be Served Lunch
eon at Close of Two Hours
Work Each Day.
Definite steps are now being taken
toward the erection of a hotel to cost
a'-ound $125,000. A meeting of the
hotel committee Friday evening ar
ranged for a drive, which began yes
terday at eleven o’clock, to raise the
$50,000 required to be subscribed be
fore the town can offer for sale
$75,000 worth of bonds. The town
has been divided into districts with
a captain and lieutenant for each
district. Captain of the first ward
is Mr. T. R. Hood, with Messers J.
A. Wellons and Troy Myatt as lieu
tenants; captain of second ward, Mr.
R. P. Holding, and Messrs. W. W.
Jordan and H. C. Woodall, lieuten
ants,; Captain of the third ward, Mr.
T. C. Young, and Messrs. W. D. Hood
and N. B. Grantham, lieutenants; cap
tain of fourth ward, Mr. E. S. Ed
mundson with Messrs. Chas. Davis
and J. H. Abell as lieutenants.
The campaign will be waged each i
day from 11 to one o’clock until the
subscriptions are completed. A
luncheon will be served the workers
at one o’clock at the Woman’s club
each day during the drive.
The names sent in for the new ho
tel are now in the hands of a com
mittee. About three hundred names
have been suggested. Announce
of the selection will be made at the
next Kiwanis meeting.
Thanksgiving Services
Thanksgiving services will be held
at Selma Presbyterian church Thurs
day morning, at eleven o’clock; at
Fairview Prebyterian church Thurs
day afternoon at three, and at Com
munity church Thursday evening at
seven o’clock. A cordial invitation is
extended to every one to attend these
services. A special offering will be
taken for the Barium Springs Or
phanage.
T
ASK GOD TO PUNISH HIM IF
GUILTY; DIED INSTANTLY
Bregentz, Austria, Nov. 23.—
“May Almighty God punish me
with instant death if I am guil
ty,” was the final declaration of
a man on trial here for the mur
der of his wife. Immediately
after uttering these words he
swooned in the court room and
died before doctors could come
to his aid.
His statement was made dur
ing a heated cross-examination,
under which the accused showed
great excitement. Doctors certi
fied that heart failure caused his
death.
ODD FELLOWS’ CONCERT
CLASS HERE FRIDAY EVENING
A concert class from the Odd Fel
lows’ orphanage in Goldsboro will
giv,e a concert in Smithfield’s High
school auditorium next Friday night
at 7:30. The program is composed of
vocal duetts and quartets, violin and
trombone solos, choruses by the class,
and selections by an eight-piece or
chestra.
Large crowds have attended the
concerts given throughout the State
during the past summer, thus at
testing to the popularity of the pro
gram rendered, the children them
selves, and the cause which they 30
ably represent. As this will be the
initial appearance in our town of a
class from the Odd Fellows’ Home, it
is hoped that the public generally will
give these children a large and en
thusiastic audience. They and the
other children in the Home will ap
preciate Smithfield’s interest and
eupport, and those attendng the con
cert will enjoy the excellent program.
The proceeds from the concert- will
be used for the support of the or-'
phanage, which is maintained entire- !
ly by the Lodge dues paid in by the
Odd Fellows, by private donations, j
and by the proceeds from the concert
classes. Those who make donations I
during this Thanksgiving season to
the orphans of our State will have j
an opportunity Friday evening to
judge the nature of the training j
that our twenty-three orphan homes
are giving to those in their charge.
Special meeting of
FELLOWSHIP LODGE NO. 84
There will be a special communica
tion of Fellowship Lodge No. 84, A.
F. & A. M., on Wednesday, November
28th, 1923, at 7:30 p. m. Dr. W. C.
Wicker, Educational Secretary for
the Grand Lodge of North Carolina,
will be present and will address the
Lodge. All Masons in town not mem
bers of Fellowship Lodge No. 84 are
invited to be present. A good at
tendance is desired. Refreshments
will be served during the evening.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
A Thanksgiving service will be held
at St. Paul’s Episcopal church
Thanksgiving morning at eleven
o’clock conducted by Archdeacon Be
thea. The public is cordially invited.
Officers Capture Whiskey
Saturday afternoon about four
o’clock Chief C. R. Cable, assisted by
Mr. C. D. Stanley, captured seventeen
quarts of whiskey in fruit jars and
six pints in bottle when they searched
the home of Arthur Hilliard, colored,
who lives back of the Spear Motor
company. The w'hiskey was found in
the ceiling of the house. Hilliard was
arrested and is in jail awaiting trial
in Recorder’s Court today.
NEW MANAGER FOR THE
FARMERS COTTON WAREHOUSE
Mr. J. V. Ogburn who has been the
assistant of Mr. E. F. Crump for the
past several months has been ap
pointed to succeed Mr. Crump who
died suddenly last Friday morning.
Mr. Ogburn knows the cotton grad
ing and understands the handling of
the warehouse.
Tom Tarheel says that he is go
ing rabbit hunting with his boy pret
ty soon now and they are going to
talk about trees and birds and wild
things of the woods.
THANKSGIVING
SERVICES SUNDAY
Judge Stacy Talks at Sunday
School Hour; Other Ser
vices of the Day.
Sunday was Thanksgiving Sunday
at the Methodist church, and the ser
vices throughout the d^v were full
of the theme.
Beginning with the Sunday school,
the Thanksgiving spirit was promi
nent in each department. Special pro
grams were held n each departrment,
and the young folks from the Begin
ners through the Senior-Intermedi
ate departments carried fruit to be
distributed at the jail, convict camp,
and county home.
The program of the adult depart
ment was featured by an address by
Judge W. P. Stacy. Quite a number
of visitors were present to hear
Judge Stacy who came under the aus
pices of the Business Men’s Bible
Class. He brought a thanksgiving
message on things to be thankful for
in the form of our American govern
ment. He mentioned the distinct
separation between the Executive, the
legislative, and judicial departments
of our republic, and called attention
to the danger of vesting all these
powers in one man or body of men,
or as is the case in monarchial forms
of government. He pointed out that
our form of government being de
rived from the people, finds its pow
er in the moral strength of its indi
vidual constituents. Just as an elec
trib bulb is useless without connection
with the power house, so the individu
al voter is without moral or spirit
ual power unless connected by faith
with the Infinite God. He emphasiz
ed the value of high moral character
among our people, stating that a man
without character is not remembered
longer than the tolling of the funeral
bell or the weeping of the widow.
What the speaker thought of charac
ter and its effect upon others was
expressed in the poem “The House
By the Side of the Road,” which he
quoted in conclusion.
At the eleven o’clock hour,
Reverend D. H. Tuttle preached a
special Thanksgiving sermon.
The first thought developed
was: To whom give thanks? and the
preacher in an organized way pre
sented God, the Father as the su
preme recipient of our thanksgiving.
He pictured Him as the Father of
Christ and the Father of Lights,
using the sun moon and stars, the
lights of God’s ward, and Jesus, the
true light, as an illustration of this
last topic.
It was then shown how thanks may
be given, viz; by confessing our un
worthiness, and by consecrating ev
erything to his glory.
Then the minister showed several
mercies for which one should be thank
ful for mercy that has spared life,,
or from disease or disappointments.
One should be grateful for mercy
that allows one to reclaim lost riches,
or health or happiness. And not
only for the mercies should one give
thanks but for mercies now being
received and for those that one has
a right to expect in the future.
At the close of the service an of
fering was taken for the Orphanage
at Raleigh which amounted to more
than a dollar a piece for the 250 or
phans now being cared for.
In the afternoon, the Senior Ep
worth League held a service in the
jail, while members of the Sunday
school held a short service at the
County home.
At the evening hour, the pastor
Rev. D. H. Tuttle continued his
theme of the morning, dwellng par
ticularly on how often one should
give thanks and who should give
thanks.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
AT WILSON’S MILLS
A Thanksgiving service will be
held at the Wilson's Mills Baptist
church Thursday night at seven
o'clock. Special music will be ren
dered by the Wake Forest quartet.
At this service a collection will be
taken for the orphans.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Some people talk best when they
don’t talk at all.