BOOTLEG KING NOW
IN ATLANTA PRISON
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Cincinnati Millionaire
Begins Two Year
Sentence For Viola
tion Volstead Act.
HE MISSES HIS VALET
Atlanta, Jan. 25.—Marble wall of
the Atlanta federal penitentary to
night housed George Remus, convict
ed bootleg king of the middle west,
and 11 of his associates.
Royalty was recognized by fellow
prisoners for when Remus entered
the prison this afternoon, coming
direct here from Cincinnati on board
( a private car, he was given an ova
tion to the full extent of prison rules
and regulations, the silent waving of
arms through grated windows.
The Cincinnati millionaire started
service of a two year sentence for
having conspired to volate the Vol
stead act. He also must pay a fine
of $10,000 and at the termination of
this sentence will serve one year in
a state prison Ohio.
His associates, Harry Brown, John
Gerhum, Charles Wissman and
George Dater, will serve 18 months
and pay fines of $5,000 each; Clar
ence Bell, Ernest Brady, George Gil
lenbeck and George King, 15 months’
sentences and fines of $1,000 each;
Harry Gardewing and Harry Boyd
one year and one day and pay fines
of $1,000 each; Elmer Roth, 15
months’ sentence and a fine of $500.
Flashy diamonds, ultra-modern
clothes, walking sticks and spats of
the bootleg gang gave way to tne
wool and cotton grey uniform of tne
penitentiary. A smile -was on tde
face of each as the change was made.
Across town from the penitentiary
Mrs- Imogene Remus, wife of me
bootleg king, was a guest at a fash
ionable hotel. Mrs. Re n is a^oni
panied her husband to Atlanta, and,
at the terminal station, with tears
streaming down her face, diamond
pendants hanging from her ears and
a cluster of diamonds on her finger,
left him. In her hand bag were two
diamonds, the property of her hus
band, given to her by him at the
parting.
Tomorrow she will journey out to
the penitentiary to see Remus, ascer
tain visiting hour schedules and prob
ably take her departure for Cincin
nati. Part the time, she indicated,
she -will reside in their mansion, said
to be one of the show places of the
Ohio city, and the remainder near her
husband in Atlanta.
Remus and his companion tonight
had not been assigned to any pura n
duties nor had they been given r.utim
bers. They were “mugged” this aft
ternoon and given their first prison
bath.
There is no military row in this
penitentiary, prison officials declared
nor are the wealthy recognized.
Remus will be given “enjoyable
work” the officials added, probably
as a chemist, he having, it is under
stood, been a laboratory worker
years ago
“I’m reconciled to my fate, but oh,
how I miss my valet,” declared the
bootleg king as prison garments were
given him in place of civilian clothes.
Tomorrow morning Remus will
sweep out his own cell and make up
his own bed.
Remus declared that this was his
first protracted vacation, and “while
I feel the stigma of having lost my
citizenship, I will be a good soldier
and serve my time,” He added that he
was in hopes of securing executive
clemency.
lhe bootleg king and his com
panions are said to have operated on
the most extensive scale ever known
in the middle west. Remus was said
to have owned distilleries and on a j
raid on “death valley farm,” owned j
by Dater, federal officers are said !
to have found the distribution point
for bootleg whiskey in that section.
Those who share prison terms with
Remus were said to have been in his
7-Year Old Girl
Is Killed Sunday
Princeton, Jan. 27.—Little Cassie
Radford, seven-year-old girl of Mr.
and Mrs- Tom Radford was instant
ly killed while visiting at the home
of Mrs- Lula Gurley, who lives about
4 miles south of Princeton, and in
Wayne County. Three other chil
dren wTere W'ounded by the same load
of shot which was fired from a shot
gun in the hands of one of Mrs. Gur
ley’s boys. The shooting was done
late Saturday evening. Doctor Wil
son was called to dress the wounds of
the children and give medical atten
tion. Mrs. Gurley lives on the lands
of Mr. Wm. Grantham near Oakland
church.
INDOOR CIRCUS TICKET
CAMPAIGN GETS UNDER WAY
At a meeting of the National
Guards at the Armory, Thursday
night, each member was issued tick
etts for the National Guards Mam
moth Indoor Circus to be held in the
Armory at Smithfield, N. C., the
week of February, 11th to 16th, 1924.
Season tickets are $1.00. This en
ttitles the purchaser to witness six
performances.
A number of young ladies have en
tered the Queen Contest and have
started selling tickets and soliciting
votes for the diamond ring to be giv
en away the last night of the Circus.
This contest is open to any young
lady in Johnston County and already
a number of votes have been cast for
prominent ladies in Selma and Four
Oaks as well as Smithfield.
The National Guards are planning
to make this the biggest event of its
kind ever undertaken at Smithfield
and everybody is boosting it. The
week of the 11th the Armory will
be transformed to represent the in
terior of a mammoth circus tent.
Nothing will be missing. There will
be high circus seats to accomodate
more than a thousand people. There
will be a regulation size circus ring,
even to the sawdust, one elevated
stage, while over head there will be
a mass of wires and ropes and nu
merous riggings, used by the aereal
performers. The music for the big
show will be furnished by the Frank
Higgins Tar Heels, one of the South’s
best known Jazz Orchestras, consist
ing of six pieces. After the big show
each night, there will be dancing,
All ladies wishing to sell tickets
and enter the contest for the Dia
mond ring are requested to apply at
Circus Office, which is now open and
in charge of Mr. George Devere.
Mrs. A. S. Johnston Hostess
Friday afternoon, Mrs. A* S. Johi
ston was hostess to the members of
the Sans Sonci Club and a few oth
ers. This club has recently enlarged
its membership until twenty ire now
included, and the meeting Friday
combined business with the social
feature. New books were selected
for the club w'hich will be ready for
distribution at the next meeting. Aft
er disposing of the business, rook was
played until the hostess served de
licious refreshments which consisted
of pear salad, sandwiches, pickled
peaches, candied cherries and hot tea.
Mrs. Johnston was assisted in serv
ing by Misses Marjorie Johnston nad
Mattie Lassiter.
employ.
Clem M. Herbes, a member of the
same band and who started serving
his term shortly after sentence was
imposed, greeted Remus and his as
sociates when they arrived at the
penitentiary. Having completed two
thirds of his term, he is said to be
in line for parole.
Look at the date on your label and
renew when your time is out.
EAST CAROLINA
MAKING PLANS
Kinston The Place,
Week of April 7-12,
The Time For The
Exposition.
JOHNSTON TO TAKE PART
The week beginning April 7, has
been set for the Eastern Carolina
Exposititon to be held this year at
Kinston- Johnston County is a mem
ber of the Eastern Carolina Chamber
of Commerce, and will have a part on
the program. A local committee has
been appointed to assist in putting
on Johnston County’s part.
One of the features of the Exposi
tion this year will be a pageant en
titled “Eastern Carolina in Action”
Miss Olive B. Jackson of New York
and Atlanta has already arrived in
Kinston to begin work on the pa
geant, which will be staged on Fri
day night of the Exposition, in %the
Exposition Building. Each county
will be featured separately
The high spots in the historical
life of the counties will be featured
and the future of the counties will be
portrayed. The talent for this pa
geant will be taken from the county
in question and will be trained by
Miss Jackson prior to the big show.
Each county will be alloted a certain
number of minutes, as many as can
be gotten in without making the pro
gram too long. The county's name
will be flashed on the screen, so that
there will be no doubt as to which
county is being portrayed.
In addition to taking part in the
pageant, Johnston County will have
a free booth at the Exposition and
will also have three pages in the En
cyclopedia, which will contain sta
tistical information about the coun
ty.
The Queen’s contest which featured
the Exposition held at Wilson will
be conducted again at Kinston. These
will be two separate contests one
among young ladies of Kinston and
one among young ladies outside the
city of Kinston. The winning queens
will each receive a $500 diamond
ring. The winners will be determined
by popular vote, each person admit
ted in the afternoon and evening of
April 10, being allowed one vote in
each contest. The queens will be giv
en the name of the town they repre
sent the winners to be crowned on Fri
day evening April 11th- Any one
desiring further information, may
write N. G. Barttlett, Sec. Eastern
Chamber of Commerce, Kington, N.
C.
MRS. ELLINGTON AND
MRS. EDMUNDSON ENTERTAIN
Thursday evening one of the most
enjoyable parties of the season was
given at the home of Mrs. E. S. Ed
mundson when she, together with
Mrs. H. D. Ellington, entertained the
members of the Round Dozen Book
Club and a number of others. In spite
of the rainy evening fifty ladies
gathered to enjoy the hospitality of
these gracious hostesses. Four rooms
of the attractive home of Mrs. Ed
mundson were thrown open to the
guests, roses, sweet peas and other
cut flowers adding charm to thte
tasteful appointments. Tables were
arranged for rook, which formed the
feature of entertainment.
Soon after the arrival of the guests,
hot tea and sandwiches were served,
and at the conclusion of the game,
block ice cream topped with whipped
cream, fruit cake and crystalized gin
ger were served.
PLAY AT WILSON’S MILLS
BAPTIST CHURCH
The play, ’‘The Three Visitors,”
will be given Friday night, Febru
ary 1, at Wilson’s Mills Baptist
church by the Wilson’s Mills B. Y.
P. U- Special music will be render
ed by the Wake Forest quartet.
There will be no admission charges,
and the public is cordially invited.
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BAPTIST HOLD
MISSION RALLY
Various Missionary Or-|
ganizations Of The!
Church Take Part In'
Service.
TO ORGANIZE LAYMEN
The local Baptist church gave over
the service at the morning hour last
Sunday to a mission rally in which
the Woman’s Missionary Union of the
church figured prominently. The mem
bers of the several Junior groups of
the Missionary Union, including the
Junior boys’ group of Royal Am
bassadors, marched in and on to the
platform, each carrying its banner
and singing its processional liynn. J
The occasion was observed as the an
nual promotion day, tH promotion i
cards were given out to a number
from the several grades indicating J
their promotion to the next higher ,
grades. The pastor, Rev. S. L. Mor- 1
gan, preached a sermon aiming to
bring the important work of th> wo
men into due prominence and to • how
the great field of usefulness which
they occupy as the center of mission
ary interest and activity ir the
church. He declared that, just as we
should think of the Sunday school
as all the church studying the Bible
together, so we should think of the
Missionary Union of the church as
all the church at work training and
developing all its women and children
in missionary interest and activity,
and that therefore every woman and
every child in the congregation ought
to be enlisted in the various groups
of the missionary body. At present
the church has no men’s missionary
society, and it was announced that
on Friday night, February 8, a ’end
ing layman will be present to address
a mass meeting of the men of the
church and to help organize a men’s
missionary club aiming to do among
the men what the W. M. II. of the
church is doing among the women
and children.
At the evening service Rev. Mr
Baumgartel, of Texas, a Methodist
evangelist, who is now with the Ham- 1
Ramsey evangelistic party, soon to
begin a meeting in Raleigh, was pres
ent and preached an excellent ser
mon. He has been with Mr. Ham
for a number of years, and he spoke
in the highest terms of the evange
list as one of the strongest in the
entire country.
BARACA-l’HILATHEA
BANQUET ENJOYABLE
The Baracas and Philatheas of the
Methodist Sunday school enjoyed a
banquet Thursday evening at the
Woman’s club room, about fifty
guests being present. The guests
were seated at four tables and each
table was assigned a speaking topic,
all present being called upon to talk
upon one of the following subjects:
What Benefit Am I to My Sunday
School Class? (2) How Can I
Benefit My Class More? (3) Why
I Came to thte Banquet. (4) How
Banquets Help In An Organized
Class.
Short talks on subjects relative to
the class work were made by Rev. D.
H. Tuttle, Mr. T. R. Hood, Superin
tendent of the Sunday School, Mr.
H. V. Rose, and Miss Mary E. Wells,
During the evening several stun s
were pulled off .on different mem
bers of the class all of which were
mirth provoking. Mr. H. C- WoodaH
was toastmaster.
The “eats” were an important part
of the occasion, a typical Turkey
menu being served.
Tom Tarheel says that he doesn’t
know much about vitamines but he
notices that the family with a good
garden a cow and plenty of fruit
never seems to be grouchy or to be
always taking medicine.
Local Quintet Chalk
Up Another Victory
Smithfield Girls '
Beat Raleigh “6”|
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Smithfield triumphed in the game
Friday night with the Raleigh high
school girls n the citf auditorium and
took the big side of the battle 20 to
14. The game was hard fought ev
ery step of the way but the locals de
fense could not hold the accurate
throwing forwards ft>>m Smithfield
The Smithfield team early showed
its superiority and won the first h..if
by a score of 16 to 7. The forwards
of the two tt earns both showed ac
curacy and precision in shooting from
thte court but the Raleigh defense
did not hold and the Smithfield for
wards scored more easily.
Lucy Scott, at right forward, was
the star for the Raleigh team, scor
ing seven points. Ava Wellons, of
the Johnston County crew, played the
best game on the court last night and
tallie3 a total of 21 points for her
team.
DEATHS FROM CARELESSNESS
WILL EXCEED 15,000 IN 1920
“Reports of automobile accidents
in the United States to date indicate
that deaths from such nuse i i923
will exceed 15,000—which averages a
death every 50 minutes. And those
injured in such accident <, it is esti
mated by insurance companies, will (
exceed 1,700,000. While the nnn.be>
of automobiles in use has greatly in
creased, carnage wrought and mjuiies
inflicted are not to be figured as
nesessarily subject to eorrespo iding
increase llie figures above c ted are,
in large part, to be lifted as the toll
that the nation pays to carelessness
on the part of motorists and pedes- |
trains. For most automobile acci
dents are avoidable. The great ma
jority of them are attributable to '
speeding, to reckless driving, to joy- |
riding, to intoxication at the steering
wheel, to failure to exercise proper
care as to safety appliances, to lack
of care on the part of pedestrains, and ;
to other carelessness.
The above figures should drive
home to all who use the highways the
need for exercise of proper care. With
victims of accidents running above
15,000 annually, and with the num
ber of injured exceeding 1,700,000, the
loss in man-power that the nation
thus sustains becomes staggering.
And to this is to be added the direct
loss suffered by the families of those
killed, and the pain and suffering
and loss sustained by the injured. And
there is the loss in property that is
to be figured in. One killed in auto
mobile accident every 50 minutes, two
hurt every minute. That is the pres
ent rate. Let motorists and pedes
trains think on these figures and real
ize the terrific *eost of carelessness.” ;
— Washington Post.
Prayer Meeting
Prayer meeting at Methodist
church Wednesday evenin gat 7:30.
Notice the change of hour to seven
thirty. Prayer and song for work
ers in the Master’s world wide vine
yard; our missions and missionaries
in North Carolina Conference; United
States and in foreign countries- Read
Psalm 2, Acts 1:8, with Rom. 10.
Prayer in Jesus’ name, bathed in his
atoning blood by the Holy Spirit’s
Application, does things. Come with
us and share the blessing.
Preaching At Smith’s Chapel
Rev- D. ft.' Tuttle * ill preach at
Smith’s Chapel on next Sunday aft
ernoon at 3:30 o'clock. He will have
pastoral charge of that church until
further notice. He will be glad to
seel all officers of the church and
Sunday school at that hour.
Forty-eight club encampments and
club rallies were held by farm and
home agents in 31 counties last year.
There were 2,819 girls, 1,628 boys
and 5617 visitors present on these
occasions.
Game With State Col
lege Freshmen Re
sults In Victory For
Locals In Extra Time
GAME ENDED IN TIE
“The fight that did not fail," is
the title of one of the most thrilling
plays ever enacted by a Smithfield
troupe. This feature entertainment
was given in the city auditorium at
Raleigh last Saturday night when
the local basket ball team conquer
ed the strong State College Fresh
men in an extra period of five min
utes, after the game had ended in
a tie.
The game was featured by the de
termined efforts of the locals al
though they were not up to their real
form in several departments of play
including their passing.
On the offensive Holland’s work
was a feature. His judgment and
quick thinking were noticeable on
several occasions and his all round
work was excellent. Captain Skin
ner also showed flashes of splendid
form, his pivoting being especially
good. ,
Smithfield (37) State Y. (33)
Holland _ Dadey *
Right Forward
Hill _ Hooks
Left Forward
Stephenson _Brown
Center
Skinner _ Watkins
Right Guard
Stephenson (C.) - Davis
Left Guard
Substitutes for Smithfield: Brown
for C. Stephenson; E. Caudill for
Hill.
Referee: Parks. N. C- State
The Smithfield team was '-ery fa
vorably impressed with ‘.he fair and
courteous treatment they received at
State College.
This week ushers in the heavy oart
of the basket ball schedule. Tonight
the team plays the University Fresh
men at Chapel Hill. Thursday the
strong New Bern team will be play
ed on the Smithfield floor. This prom
ises to be the biggest game of the
season in Smithfield. New Bern
got away to an early start and should
be very strong. Saturday night the
Wilmington quintet will play here.
Wilmington has twice defeated Ra
leigh and this is all that need be
said.
Visiting coaches say that Smith
field does not charge enough admis
sion for the basket ball games- They
are doubtless correct. It would very
likely be impossible to get the same
class of entertainment in any one
evening in Smithfield for the same
price.
Coach Roger Hill, of the famous
Todd school of Illinois, says that
basket ball is a game of speed, speed
in passing, in shooting, in thinking
and in getting about the floor. Those
who like clean athletic contests of
a speedy nature should attend the
Smithfield-New Bern contest on
Thursday night.
Miss Catherine Smitha Entertains
Miss Catherine Smitha delightful
ly entertained about twenty of her
young friends at her home Friday
evening. As the guests arrived they
were given, a yellow ribbon badge
bearing a number. Later in he ev
ening they were required to write a
rhyme using their number Another
contest engaged in was drawing
faces in which Miss Hilda Peedin and
Ernest Ayeock {'roved most adept.
Various games also were p’ lyed and
the time passed pleasantly >ntil the .
hour for departure. Duriin. the ev
ening refreshments in tw courses,
including pineapple salad and wa
fers, and pineapple mo s*e and
Klondike cake, were served.