FLOOD WIPES OUT
THREE VILLAGES
Six Hundred Persons Perish in
Flood in Gleno, Italy;
Swept 50 Sq. Miles
Bergamo, Italy, Dec. 2.—Six hun
dred dead, three villages destroyed
and 50 square miles made desolate.
This was the toll of the flod from
Gleno lake, when the great dike
guarding it collapsed, releasing the
irresistable force of water, which
bursting forth in mad fury, carried
all before it. It swept over the hills
and down into the valleys for a dis
tance of 15 miles to Lake Iseo, which
checked the momentum of the vast
stream, arresting its course.
Bergamo valley today is nothing
but a barren waste of mud and water
—a veritable lake in which it is
dangerous to venture, for in some
places it is over a man’s head. In this
soggy mass, the bodies of the vic
tims lie tangeld among fallen trees,
telegraph poles, buildings and
bridges. Here and there portions of
broken walls project as mute evidence
of the tremendous might with which
the waters engulfed the region. The
homeless are counted in the thou
sands, most of whom are mourning
for lost relatives, or searching for
their bodies. Relief parties from Mi
lan and Brescia are on the scene,
while all available troops have been
mustered to aid the shlterless. The
bishop of Bergamo received a tele
graphic donation from the pope, for
the purpose of undertaking imme
diate extensive relief.
Others May Break
There is great fear among the sur
vivors of other dams breaking, espe
cially as today is the Feast of St.
Bibbiana, on which according to
popular supersition, if it rains it will
rain for 40 days and 40 nights.
The three villages almost com
pletely destroyed were Dezzo, Corna
and Bueggio. Of the 500 inhabitants
of Dezzo only three survive.
The disaster threatens to be one of
the greatest of its kind because of
the vast amount of water let loose on
the countryside. It destroyed hun
dreds of homes, where families perish
ed without even realizing the tragedy
which overwhelmed them.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the scene. The dike,
situated three miles front* the village
of Dezzo, was an immense structure,
four miles long and 35 yards thick.
It served as a dam for the artificial
lake situated about 6,000 feet altove
sea level, and containing 10,000,000
cubic yards of water, the sourrce of
which was chiefly the glaciers of
Gleno mountain. This basin meas
ured about four miles by two and
cost 30,000,000 lire.—Associated
Press.
16TH ANNUAL SEAL SALE
BEGINS THANKSGIVING
Beginning Novemper 29th, Thanks
giving Day, the North Carolina Tu
berculosis Association launched its
sixteenth annual Seal Sale. This as
sociation is the only organization in
the State that is authorized to sell
and appoint agents for the sale of
Tuberculosis Christmas Seals and
spends these funds to fight tubercu
losis in accordance with the program
adopted by *lts board of directors,
which board is representative of the
entire State. As a matter of fact,
the North Carolina Tuberculosis As
sociation is the only organized asso
ciation in the State engaged exclu
sively in the fight against tubercu
losis. It is offically recognized by
the National Tuberculosis Associa
tion.
Miss Esther Alford Gets Stove
Little Miss Esther- Alford is the
proud possessor of the minature
stove, but one that will really cook,
given away Saturday at the Jones
Cotter Hdw. Co. For sixty days
this enterprising firm had been giv
ing tickets with cash purchases. Du
plicates were deposited in a box and
Saturday afternoon at two o’clock,
little Miss Ruth Rose drew the lucky
ticket out which entitled little Miss
Alford to the stove. Mayor J. A.
Narron presented the gift.
If some people would listen to
half the things they say they would
soon cease saying them.
RELATIVES MIX BABIES
OF MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
A news item from Madrid, Spain
tells of a most unusual circumstance
in connection with the Dirth of two
babies. A mother and daughter both
gave birth to sons at the same hour.
The grandfather proudly displayed to
relatives his new born son and his |
grandson, one in each arm. The ba
bies were passed around from one to
another of the admiring kinspeople,
and in the confusion the identity of
the babies was lost. Both looked
alike, and neither the relatives, nor
doctors, nor nurses could tell which
was which. As a result of the mix
up, the babies will never know their
true relationship. They will never
know who is the grandmother or
who is the mother. The nephew may
be his own uncle. The tangle pre
sents a number of complications.
BUD LEWIS KILLED BY COUSIN
ON HUNT THANKSGIVING
Dunn, Nov. 2b.- The lure of
Thanksgiving hunting refilled in the
death of Bud Lewis, 12-year-old son
of Hardy Lewis, who I Wes 1D miles
cast of Dunn, in Sampson county ]
i.-day when the back of his heat! ,
blown off by Roge ? West, his]
u year old-first cousin
The two boys were hunting and ,
were walking a log across a swamp j
when the gun went off unexpectedly j
The unfortunate lad fell into the
water and death resulted instantly, j
The load from a shotgun struck the i
lad at close range, blowing away I
the back of his head.
Bank Presents Lesson In Thrift
A moving picture arrangement op
erated by electricity, in the window
of the First and Citizens National
Bank is attracting quite a bit of at
tention from passers-by this week.
The display shows the value of milk
as a food, representing the dairy
cow as the most economical producer
of human food. It is interesting to
both children and grown ups to
watch the cow being milked as she
eats the fodder, sileage etc. which is
transformed into milk—the most per
fect food. The procession of dairy
products including, milk itself, cheese,
ice cream, cream butter and cottage
cheese, then moves automatically out
of the dairy plant unto happy Ameri
can homes where such a diet makes
healthy boys and girls, and men and
women. A lesson of economy is
taught in other pictures displayed, all
of which suggests that savings ac
cumulated through economy sftid
, thrift should be deposited in a good
bank. The First and Citizens Na
tional Bank are able to present this
lesson to the public through the
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
If you have not stopped at this win
dow, make it a point to do so before
the week is out.
MRS. WARD GIVE TEA
Mrs. W. Ryal Woodall and Mrs. Ed
! F. Ward gave a delightful tea Satur
, day at the home of Mrs. Woodall. A
color scheme of yellow was carried
out in the rooms thrown open to the
guests, yellow chrysanthemum® form
ing an attractive part of the decora
tions. Yellow candles were also used.
Mrs. Woodall met the guests at the
door, -while Mrs. Ward assisted by
Mrs. R. R. Holt and MissJanie Lyer
ly of Greenville, received in the re
ception hall. Mrs. Charles Broad
hurst and Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst pour
ed tea in the living-foom. Mrs. H.
C. Woodall directed the way to the
dining-room where a salad course was
served by Misses Marjorie Johnston,
Nell Grantham, Virginia Broadhurst
and Elizabeth Aycock. Dainty pink
and yellow baskets of salted nuts
were given as favors. Receiving in
the back hall were Misses Irene My
att and Lallah Rookh Stephenson.
During the afternoon Miss Irene
Myatt and Mrs. John White Ives de
lighted the guests with several mu
sical selections both vocal and , in
strumental.
Quite a number of ladies called dur
ing the afternoon.
The Woman's Club will meet Wed
nesday afternoon at three o’clock in
the club room. Some very important
business will be transacted at this
meeting and every member is urged
; to be present.
HOLD SERIES
OF MEETINGS
First Will Be Held at Meadow
School on Dec. 10. Others
During That Week.
During December, January and
February a series of community
meetings will be held in various
parts of the county under the aus
pices of the superintendent of
schools and the Extension Service
of the County. The First and Citi
zens National Bank of this city, The
Farmers Commercial Bank of Ben
son and The Bank of Wendell are
also cooperating in making these
meetings sei’ve a real purpose in
the development of community life.
Some of the questions to be discuss
ed at these meetings are: (1) What
is a Community? (2) Is Your Com
munity Alive? (3) Are You Satis
fied with Your Community? (4)
Have You a Community Problem?
,(5) What Can You do to Help Solve
It? Prominent speakers will be on
hand at the placed designated be
low to discuss these and other ques
tions on Community life.
The first of these meetings will be
held at Meadow School on December
10 at 2:30 p. m. Other meetings to
J»e held during that week are sche- \
duled for Pleasant Grove School on
Tuesday, Dec. 11; Corinth School on
Wednesday, Dec. 12; Corbett-Hatch
er school, Thursday, Dec. 13; and
Brogden School, Friday, Dec. 14. To
all of these meetings which will be- j
gin at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon,
the public is cordially invited.
ANOTHER FLOGGING CASE
NASH COUNTY SCENE OF
Rocky Mount, Nov. 30.—The sec
ond flogging to take place in Nash
county within almost as many weeks
occurred Wednesday night, accord
ing to authentic reports reaching here
from Nashville, when Henry Gardner,
member of a prominent family of
the county, was taken from the home
of Annie Viverette, a young womar
who resided in Cooper’s township, j
carried some distance into the woods
and given .1 lashing.
Repels state that the y.iunrr
woman, association with whom is
claimed to have caused the flogging, :
was seized by the band and taken
along to witness the flogging, which
Gardner is quoted saying consisted
of twenty lashes across the back.
The spokesman for the band is al
leged to have set a stipulated period
of seven days for her to leave the
county, while the young man was
given a lecture in addition to the
whipping.
The band is reported to have been
made up of forty or fifty persons
all of whom are said to have been
masked. The account received here
states that several members of the
band called at the home of Annie
Viverette about midnight and stated
that they were looking for her and
Gardner, whom they found at the
house. Both were bundled into cars
and taken by a circuitous route to
some exactly undetermined spot in
the woods where the flogging was
administered and the woman given
a warning to leave. According to in
formation received this morning, she
had taken no steps to carry out the
warning.
Prayermeeting At M. E. Church
There will be prayermeeting at
the Methodist church Wednesday ev
ening at 7 o’clock. Come. You will
be welcome in Jesus name. We will
sing and talk about the Daily Bible
Readings each week in family, and
by individuals for Sunday school
preparation. Again, I say, come!
D. H. TUTTLE.
COOLIDGF REFUSES
GIFT TURKEY
President Coolidge disapproves of
the custom which has been in vogue
at the White House in the past of
receiving as a gift the turkey which
graces the Thanksgiving table. Ad
mirers of each President have vied
with each other for the honor of pro
viding the Thanksgiving bird, and
many such offers were declined this
year by President and Mrs. Coolidge
Enough turkeys have been received
at the White House it is said, to load
down the tables of the whole staff
of employes. President Coolidge
wishes to discourage the custom.
COMMISSIONERS
HAVE BUSY DAY
White Home and Farm Agents
Retained; No Appropria
tion For Negro Work
The first Monday in December is
always a busy day for the County
Commissioners, this being the day
when the budget for the county ex
penses is taken up, and yesterday
was no exception to the rule. The
matter of retaining the home and
farm demonstration work both for
white and colored was up for con
siderable discussion, there being
gome difference of opinion among
fhe commissioners as to the advis
ability of continuing this work. Mrs.
Estelle Smith, of Goldsboro, in
charge of the Eastern District of
Home Demonstration work, and Mr
E. W. Gaither, of Wilmington, Dis
trict Farm Agent were here in the
interest of the work. Through the
efforts of quite a number interested
in keeping the work in the county, it
was finally decided to keep both the
Home agent, Miss Minnie Lee Garri
son, and Farm agent, N. B. Stevens.
The appropriation for the negro Farm
agent was discontinued and appro
priation was denied for the Negro
Home Work.
In addition to considering this
phase of county work, more than
the usual number of taxpayers ap
peared before the board to have
their assesments reduced. This was
probably due to the fact that state
ments of taxes due have just been
sent out.
MASH AND WHISKEY
CAPTURED NEAR CLAYTON
Mr. J. D. Stephenson, assisted by
Mr. J. J. Batten, captured several gal
lons of mash and a small amount of
whiskey in a barn in Clayton town
ship about three miles west of Clay
ton on Saturday, December 1. The
mash was buried in a pit a short dis
tance from the house. Buck Barbour,
colored, was captured but is now
out on bond. He will be tried in the
Federal Court in Raleigh.
In Honor Of Miss Lyon
Friday evening Mrs. W. H. Lyon
entertained quite a number of the
young people in honor of Mr. Lyon’s
niece, Miss Margaret Lyon, of Dur
ham. Hearts dice was played at six
tables. At the close of the evening
the hostess served a delicious salad
course.
Those present on this delightful oc
casion were: Misses Pauline Broad
hurst, Irene Page Stevens, Arab
Hooks, Rose and Nell Grantham,
Mary Gattis Holland, Edna Hilder
brand, Jane Avera, Majorie Johnson,
Maude and Nell Meacham, Messrs.
Lawrence Wallace , Morgan Broad
hurst, Tilden Honeycutt, Thel Hooks,
Tom Ragsdale, Edward Patterson,
Frank Skinner, Willard Lawrence,
Lawrence Stancil, Norwood Holland,
Delma Brown, Nick Avera, and Edgar
Watson.
IRENE CASTLE BECOMES
BRIDE OF CHICAGO MAN
Chicago, Nov. 30—Irene Castle,
dancer, and Frederick McLaughlin,
wealthy Chicago coffee merchant,
were married here Wednesday even
ing, it was learned today. The mar
riage took place at the McLaughlin
residence, 336 North Michigan ave
nue, and was a quiet ceremony. They
left Chicago last night for the west.
The news that the widow of Ver
non Castle, dancer and war hero, who
lost his life while an aviator instruc
tor in Texas and later the wife of
Captain Robert Tremaine, from
whom she was divorced in Paris, wa<
married, was confirmed at the offices
of W. F. McLaughlin and company,
of which the bridegroom is secretary
and treasurer.
McLaughlin is a son of the late
W. E. McLaughlin, pioneer coffee
mev hant, and was a Hnivrod yen of
the class of 1001. His elde- brother,
George D. McLaughlin, succeeded
their father as head of the company.
The bridegroom in 1917, after the
United States entered the world war
became a major of calvary, officers’
reserve corps.
LIZZIE WITHOUT LIGHTS RUNS
INTO BUGGY; MULE DEAD
An accident occurred near Holt
Lake on the Smithfield-Four Oaks
road Saturday night about 6 o’clock
when Andrew Sanders, colored, driv- |
ing a Ford, said to be minus head
lights, ran into a buggy in which Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley B. Hayes and Mr. A.
R. Lee, of near Teen’s Chapel, were
riding. Mr- Hayes’ head was hurt,
but not seriously, while the others
escaped injury. The buggy was com
pletely demolished and the mule’s hip
was broken. The mule was so bad
Jy crippled that it was necessary to
kill him.
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT IN
SMITH FI ELD PROGRESSING
A boy scout meeting was held
Wednesday night in the basement of
the High school building, the next
meeting will be in the High school
building also. It will be on Dec. 5
Wednesday night at seven-thirty. Mr.
Rice has promised to be our scout- j
master until we can find someone
else. Mr. Rice is not able to be a
permanent scoutmaster, so we are on
the lookout for a man as good as
Mr. Rice. The boys in the different
patrols are as follows:
Tiger Patrol
Charles Alford, patrol leader; Ray- !
mond Woodall, assistant.
Wolf Patrol
James Kirkman, patrol leader; Joe
Honeycutt, assistant, Norman Gran
tham, Thad Young, Dan Kirkman
Ernest Aycock.
Eagle Patrol
Watson Wharton, patrol leader; El
mer Stephenson, assistant, Albert
Keene, Roy Parrish, Edward Lee
Parrish.
Hawk Patrol
Hugh Ragsdale, patrol leader; Tr
\ mg GdleDe, assistant, Bil' Hocks,
lit rrran 1 ,r.w >'enee.
Doll Contest at Hood’s.
The doll contest at Hood Brothers
drug store is creating no small stir
among the little folks of our town.
About a week ago, it was announc
ed by the proprietors that 16 dolls
would be given away Christmas to
the fifteen little girls receiving the
highest number of votes at their
store, votes being given for each
purchases. Up to yesterday after
noon, around seventy names had
been nomnated.
Three had over five thousand votes,
Eliza Vestal Ives being in the lead.
Those running close to her are Mary
Olive Petei'son and Margaret Rog
ers. Two had over four thousand
votes; Dorothy Hooks and Elizabeth
Kasey; three over three thousand,
Madge Lee, Annie Laurie Keen and
Brookie Ennis; and eight over two
^thousand, Nell Morgan Broadhurst,
Frances Jones, Stella Woodall, Louise
Sjjear, Gladys Johnson, Mary Ellen
^awrence, Margaret Holland and
Leonard Broadwell.
Recorder’s Court Proceedings
The following cases were tried and
disposed of in the Recorder’s Court
here last Tuesday:
State vs. Arthur Hilliard, charged
with violating the prohibition laws.
The defendant was found guilty,
sentenced to twelve months on roads
and required to pay costs.
State vs. Dormie Simms, violating
prohibition laws. Not guilty and
discharged.
State vs. Donnie Simms, violat
ing prohibition' laws. He was found
guilty on two counts and was given
thirty days on roads and costs or $25
and costs.
State vs. Donnie Simms, carrying
concealed weapon. Guilty; fined $50
and required to pay costs.
State vs. Donnie Simms, assault
with deadly weapon. Guilty; fined
$1.00 and costs.
State vs. Clayton Drake, charged
with larceny. He was found guilty,
fined $25 and costs.
State vs. Henry Hughes, alias Her
man Hughes, violating prohibition
laws. Not guilty and discharged.
Music Club Meets
The music department of the Wom
an’s Club will meet with Mrs. J. A.
Wellons tonight (Tuesday.) The
subject for the evening is: “Women
in the Field of Music.”
DEADLOCK SEEMS
CERTAIN IN HOUSE
Progressives Have It In Power
to Prevent Election of
Speaker.
Washington, Dec. 2.—The 68th
Congress will convene tomorrow at
noon, but how soon it will be able
to proceed to business appeared to
night to rest with the progress’ve
bloc.
Republican insurgents in the house
have given notice that they will
block organization. Those in the sen
ate have made no public announce
ment, but admittedly they have the
votes to tie things up there it 'hey
elect to do so.
In view of his s'tuation, Republi
can leaders are entirely at sea as
to when President Coolidg-' will be
able to deliver his first annual mes
sage to Congress.
Representative Longworth, of Ohio
the Republican leader, said tonight
that at the outset of the session to
morrow the house would begin voting
on the election of a speaker and that
if a deadlock ensued an overnight ad
journment would be taken after two
or three ballots.
In the senate the program of the
majority leaders is for the swearing
in of newly elected senators and an
adjournment until Tuesday out of re
spect to members who have died since
last March 4. There seems to be lit
tle disposition on the part of the
Republican insurgents and Demo
crats to upset this plan.
Reiterating the determination ot
the progressives to block organiza
tion of the house, Representativ?
Nelson, of Wisconsin, chairman of
the bloc, declared tonight in a form
al statement that “Congress is at
tempting to organize under the same
old guard, and under the same old
cry, hail, hail, the gang’s all here.’”
“The opening maneuvers of the old
' guard leaders/* l^e said, “indicate
promises of continued service to the
railroad manipulators, grain
gamblers, coal operators and in
fluential tax dodgers, but none what
ever to the citizen who is unable to
maintain a lobby to represent him
here, a lobby that serves as the liai
son between secret committees and
the favored interests.”
With the Democrats expected to
line upsolidly for Representative
Garrett, of Tennessee, for speaker,
Republican leaders, basing their es
j timate on the vote in their party
conference yesterday for speaker,
; conceded that Speaker Gillett un
doubtedly would fail to obtain a nia
, jority on the first ballot. With 214
j of the 225 house Republicans pres
ent at yesterday’s conference, Gillett
received 190 votes, Cooper, of Wis
consin, a leader of the insurgents, 15.
Madden of Illinois, 8 and Little, of
Kansas, 1.
Until the house is organized the
determination of the ratio as be
tween Republicans and Democrats on
the outstanding committees and the
assignment of majorjty members of
those committees can not be made
| by the committee on committees
Democrats, at a loss at the time of
their caucus last night as to what
representation they will be given on
the committees, were unable to pro
, ceed with the selection of their mem
, bers of the ways and means commit
tee, who in turn select the Demo
j crats on the other committees.
The only business transacted at
the caucus was the unanimous in
dorsement given Mrr Garrett for
speaker, the election of Representa
tive Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois, as
chairman of the caucus, and the re
jection of a proposal by Representa
tive Stevenson, of South Carolina to
take away from the Democratic ways
and means committee members the
i power to make committee assign
ments and to place such authority
into the hands of a committee on
committees. —Associated Press.
—
Methodist Bazaar.
The ladies of the missionary so
' ciety of the Methodist chif*eh will
hold their annual Christmas bazaar
| next Thursday in the building form
| tlly oeeuped by the Farmers Bank
and Trust Co. The bazaar will open
: promptly at ten o’clock. Besides the
articles of fancy work, chicken sal
ad, stewed oysters, cake and candies
%vill be sold