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SM1THFIELD, N C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1924
NUMBER 11
Double Tragedy At
Holt Lake Crossing
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Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hays
Meet Death When
Auto Is Struck By A.
C. L. Train.
OVER 1000 AT FUNERAL
One of the most tragic accidents
that has ever happened in this com
munity occurred at the Railroad
crossing at Holt Lake about three
miles from this city Friday after
noon when the Ford^car in which
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hayes of near
Four Oaks, was struck by a train,
killing instantly Mrs. Hayes, and in
flicting injuries upon Mr. Hayes
from which he died about two houn
later.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, aged about
60 and 50 years respectively, had
started home and had reached the
Holt Lake crossing about three
o'clock. According to eye witnesses,
Mr. Hayes saw an approaching north
bound freight, and stopped his car
for the train to pass. As the last car
moved away, he started his Ford
across the track, when a southbound
freight on the other track, which he
could not see, hit the automobile with
fatal results. The car was totally
demolished. Messrs. Chester Ogburn
and W. W. Jordan were witnesses to
the tragic scene, which happened in
a flash, and they together with the
train crew soon brought assistance.
The body of Mrs. Hayes was brought
to the undertaking establishment
here, while Mr. Hayes was rushed to
the Smithfield Memorial hospital,
where he died about two hours la
ter. Mr. Hayes was conscious foi
sometime after the accident happen
ed, and had the presence of mind to
inform attendants of $500 or more on
the person of his wife. The money
was found and deposited in a local
bank. ,
The deceased are survived by t»vo
daughters, Mrs. Nathan Rhodes and
Mrs. Jim Rhodes who live near Oak
Forest church.
A large number from Smithfield
and elsewhere attended the double
funeral and burial which cook place
Sunday afternoon. The funeral was
directed by Mr. J. D. Underwood, the
religious service being conducted by
Rev. James A. Ivey, pastor of Black
man’s Grove Baptist church. The
funeral was held at the late home of
the deceased, interment being made
at the Robin Massengill cemetery. It
was estimated that between a thou
sand and fifteen hundred people at
tended the funeral. The pall bearers
were Messrs. R. D. Massengill,
Charley Adams, E. L. Johnson, W.
O. Lee, B. A. Rich, Robert Johnson
Lundy Parker, Nogah Wood, J. M.
Wood, B. W. McLamb, Burke* Bar
bour, W. M. Morgan, A. P. Grice, J.
E. Young, i. C. -" “ 1
Morgan.
Irate Gentleman: Say, who are you
serenading down there?
Intoxicated Rastus: Nobody ’n per
ticular. Ah’s jes’ broadcastin’.”—
From Everybody’s Magazine for Feb
ruary.
SMITHFIELD BEATS
WILMINGTON QUINT
Game Was Fast and
Furious And Fans
Were Kept on Edge
Throughout Game.
SCORE WAS 33 TO 29
In a game that was hard fought
throughout Smithfield highs defeat
ed the Wilmington quint here Sat
urday night by a 33-29 score.
The first half ended 16-13, with
both teams showing good speed. Be
ginning the third quarter Wilming
ton led 21 to 19- Smithfield staged
a great rally here which put them in
the lead. Beginning the fourth quar- \
ter, Wilmington rallied and forged
ahead, then with first one and then
the other team taking the lead it was
nobody’s game until the final min
utes of play when Smithfield forged
ahead.
Hill, left forward for Smithfield,
with five field goals and four foul
goals, was the stellar performer. He
got some lucky shots in the basket;
but many of his shots were fine toss
es at the basket. He played a hard,
fast game. Skinner and Stephenson,
C., Smithfield’s guards, showed up
well. In fact, the u'hole Smithfield
machine worked like clockwork.
For Wilmington Haar was the one
who showed up in the best form. He
. had seven field goals and three fouls
to his credit. Wilmington is consid
ered one of the three best teams in
the east.
I The contest was one of the best of
the season and with Wilmington
making it interesting from first to
last, the crowd was kept on the edge
of the seats.
| The only substitute made was
, Pummer for Haar, who was put out
of the game on account of personal
fouls.
The line-up:
Smithfield (33) Wilmington (29)
Holland _ Haar
R. F.
Hill _ Shepherd
L. F.
Stephenson, R. _ Kelly
C.
Stephenson, C- Leftvich
L. G.
Skinner _Locklen
R. G.
JOHNSTON COUNTY BOYS
HONOR STUDENTS
Among the honor students at the
State University for the fall quar
ter there are two from Johnston Coun
I' --™8SW» W. Godwin of this city and
; 9. Morgan of Benson. Honor
o .uut.ii mulvft a grade of B or bet
ter, that is, an average of from 90
to 95 per cent at least. There are
178 who made this record, fourteen
more than were honor students for
the first quarter last year.
Milestones in life of Woodrow Wilson
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 3.—Woodrow
Wilson’s life was marked by these
milestones:,
Born at Staunton, Va... December
28, 1855.
Graduated at 22T.rci.^ity,
1879.
Selected as president of Princeton,.
August 1, 1902, after 17 years as col
lege professor.
Elected governor of New Jersey,
November 8, 1910.
Nominated for President in the
Democratic national convention Bal
timore, July 2. 1912.
Elected President, November 4,
1912.
Inaugurated March 4, 1913.
Re-elected President November 7,
1916.
Asked Congress to declare war on
Germany April 2, 1917.
Sailed for France, December 4,
1918, as head of American peace com
mission.
Signed treaty of Versailles June
28, 1919.
Carried fight with senate over
league of nations to country Septem
ber 3, 1919.
Suffered nervous breakdown near
Wichita, Kansas, September 26, 1919.
Stricken with paralysis at White
House, October ’, 1019.
Retired from Presidency, March 4,
1921.
Died at Washington, February 3,
1924.
ROAD MEETING IS
HELD IN BENSON
WorkingTo Build Road
Direct From Raleigh
Via Garner To Ben
son.
CUTS OFF SIXTEEN MILES
Benson, Feb. 1.—One of the most
enthusiastic meetings held in Ben
son for some months past, was held
in the Director’s room of the Farm
ers Commercial Bank last night, by
the citizens of the town, and the citi
zens along the road, leading from
Benson north by J. Willis Creech’s
place, across Black Creek, and by
Rev. J. Ruffin Johnson’s place,
crossing the Hunter Road, and con
necting with the Raleigh road the
J. B. Edmundson place.
A movement has been started by
the people of Benson and those along
this road, and of Garner, and the
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, to
gether with Hon. Jas. H. Pou, toward
the establishment of a short route
from Benson via. Garner, known as
the Benson Garner Raleigh Short
Route. This would reduce the dis
tance from Benson to Raleigh from
44 miles to about 28 miles, and is
thQ most direct route leading from
Raleigh toward the coast, and it is
believed that this route will be adopt
ed as the State Highway.
For the present, the committee is
depending upon local subscriptions in
ordej to get the road in good pass
able condition and to be signboarded
and named, in order that it may be
received in good condition by the
State Highway commission. More
than $2600.00 was subscribed at the
meeting and a Soliciting committee
for further subscriptions was chosen
as follows:
Banner Township, C. T, Johnson
and J. Willis Creech; Elevation
township, S. F. Barbour and Rev. J.
Ruffin Johnson; Pleasant Grove,
township, G. Willis Lee and Rev. L.
H. Stephenson; Cleveland township.
Hubert Jones and Herbert Wrenn.
Cleveland township was not repre
sented in the meeting but the com
mittee was under the impression
when the meeting was called, that
their road was already in an improv
ed condition. ,
CO. COMMISSIONERS
HOLD MEETING
Committee Asks That Change
In County Home System Be
Made
Yesterday, the first Monday in
February, the County Commissioners
met in regular session, disposing of
the usual round of routine business
One item of general interest was
brought before the commissioners
which has to do with the County
home. As most people know the
county home is located on a splendid
farm about five or six miles from
town, and a rental system has pro
vided a keeper for the Home. For
sometime there has been talk of
changing the system and yesterday,
a committee composed of Miss Mattie
Pou, Mrs. H. L. Skinner, Mrs. J. J.
Broadhurst and Mrs. Paul Brown
appeared before the Commissioners
with resolutions signed by the Ki
wanis Club, The Woman’s Club, and
several of the Missionary societies of
the town, offering suggestions for
certain changes. Mr. E. S. Abell
presented the resolutions for the com
mittee, which had three special rec
ommendations. The resolutions
first suggested that the pay of the
superintendent of the County Home
be changed from a rental basis to a
salary basis. Secondly, it was recom
mended that a system of book-keep
ing be installed which would show an
itemized cost of keeping each i .mate.
The third, and perhaps fhe paint
urged strongest, was the imno tance
Woodrow Wilson
Is Folded Gently
In Death’s Embrace
Former War
President
Is Dead
WOODROW WILSON
ASKS PEOPLE TO
RESPECT MEMORY
Governor Issues Proclamation
Calling on Citizens To Respect
Memory of Woodrow Wilson
After learing of the death of form
er President Woodrow Wilson at his
S. street home, Washington, Sunday
morning, Governor Cameron Morri
son issued a proclamation calling on
the citizens of North Carolina to re
frain from engaging in social festiv
ities until the war-time leader of the
United States shall have been bur
ied- He also asked that all business
be halted for a half-hour during the
time of the ex-President’s funeral.
The Governor’s proclamation fol
lows:
“Woodrow Wilson after a long ill
ness, died this morning at a quarter
past 11 o’clock City of Washington.
The hour of the funeral has not been
announced. It can be ascertained
from the press later.
“As an expression of respect for
the great ex-President, I ask that all
business be suspended for thirty min
utes during the funeral services and
that our people refrain from all so
cial merriment and festivity from
now until after the funeral.
“He was our President, for eight
years, and guided our country thru’
the great world conflagration. It
broke his health and killed him. It
was for his country and humanity
that he labored, suffered and died.
“Announcement of a date and
hou rfor State-wide memorial serv
I ices will be made later.”
of furishing each inmate ts much as
a pint of milk per day. ! he s- stem
| heretofore has made no provision for
giving any milk to the inmates except
such as has been donated by the keep
er.
The committee was given a re
! spectful hearing, but action on the
! matter was deferred until the com
missi mers shall have had time to
look further into the matter.
The home agents report that as a
direct result of work done with young
people 20 boys and 53 girls entered
college last year.
There Was a Long Breath;
Slight Flutter of Eyelids
And His Soul Drifted Away
DEATH CAME AT 11:15 A.M.
Stroke of Paralysis In White House
At 4:00 A.M., October 5, 1919, the
Cause of His Death, It Is Shown
Washington, Feb. 3.—Former President Woodrow Wilson
died at 11:15 o'clock this morning.
The place of his entombment and whether his funeral will
be public or private will be determined later.
The end was peaceful. Life ebbed away while he slept.
A tired man, he closed his eyes, and “sustained and soothed
by an unfaltering trust,’’ passed on to the Great Hereafter “like
one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, and lies down
to pleasant dreams.”
ANNOUNCES DEATH
Dr. Grayson, his friend and physician, announced the end of
the great War President in this bulletin:
“Mr. Wilson died at 11:15 o'clock. His heart’s action be
came feebler and feebler, and the heart muscle was so fatigued
that it refused to act any longer. The end came peacefully.
“The remote causes of death lie in his ill health which began
more than four years ago, namely: General arterio-sclerosis, with
haemopligia. The immediate cause of death was exhaustion fol
lowing a digestive disturbance which began in the early part
of last week, but did not reach an acute stage until the early
morning hours of February 1.”
Washington, Feb. 3.—The real
cause of Woodrow Wilson’s death
was a stroke of paralysis which fol
lowed his collapse in the late sum
mer of 1919. Like Warren G. Hard
ing he was stricken while on a speak
ing trip in the West.
Was Sick Man
Up to the time of his collapse the
country thought him a normally
healthy man, but he was far from
it. He entered the White House
with a well developed start toward
Bright’s Disease which caused his
physicians to predict that he never
would finish his first term. But by
careful devotion to his doctor’s or
ders, he fought off the malady. He
was practically blind in one eye from
a retinal hemorrhage which came
while he was still at Princeton Uni
versity, but the country never knew
it. Years before he had suffered a
thrombosis—a blood clot in his ar
teries—but it was in one of his legs
and never developed any serious
trouble. The same thing in his brain
later on laid him low and led to his
death.
Illness Secret
By his own personal directions, the
exact nature of his fatal illness was
concealed from the world for months
because he feared public knowledge
' of it while, he was President might
lead to a stock market panic, and
possibly far reaching consequences to
1 a world then passing through the
first stages of post-war reconstruc
1 tion. Some of the details came out
piece meal and over a long period of
time. Others have not been hitherto
published. It is appropriate, there
fore, to give them now that he is
dead
The first indication of serious ill
ness came during the night of Sep
tember 25, 1919, while the President’s
special train was between Pueblo,
Colo., and Whichita, Kas., coming
Eastward on the return part of his
speech-making trip. The increasing
strain upon his physical resources
had been growing apparent, but none
of his party suspected the breaking
point was so near. There was no
truth in rumors that the President
had become incoherent during some
of his last speeches, although it
was true that he had displayed great
emotion, which was unusual for his
manner of speaking.
Became Exhausted
When Mr. Wilson finished speak
ing at Pueblo that afternoon he was
exhausted and covered with clammy
perspiration. An examination by Dr.
Grayson, his physician, disclosed
nothing markedly wrong and he was
put to bed. Mrs. Wilson remained
up with him, as he complained of
restlessness. Soon after midnight he
complained of feeling ill and Dr.
Grayson found him in a state of
nervous exhaustion, with the right
side of his face twitching, as it often
had done before when he was very
tired and worn out.
But the physician was alarmed and
shocked to note a drolling of saliva
from a corner of the President’s
mouth and also a dropping of the
facial muscles from the left side.
Recognizing immediately that a
stroke of paralysis was impending,
Dr. Grayson warned Mr. Wilson of
his grave condition; strongly sug
gested that he cancel the remainder
of the tour and immediately return
to Washington; and in conclusion,
that he try and get some sleep.
“I wont be able to sleep at all.
Doctor, if you say I must cancel the
trip,” Mr. Wilson responded. “Even
if giving my own life would accom
plish this object, I gladly wrould give
it.”
Back To Washington
The physician quieted his pat'eH
as best he could and took steps to
cancel the remainder of the speak
ing engagements and bring the
! President to Washington. Mr. Wil
son yielding to the entreaties of
Mrs. Wilson, acquiesced and the
facts were announced to the country
in an official statement which said:
“President Wilson's condition is
due to overwork. The trouble dates
back to an attack of influenza last
April in Paris from which he never
fully recovered. The President’s
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