Vol. 43
SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924
NUMBER 22
BAILEY OPENS
Taxation, Freight
Rates, And Political
Awakening Are The
Planks His Platform.
SPEAKS
IN
RALEIGH
The following account of the speech i
of Josiah William Bailey which open
ed his campaign for the governorship j
was taken from The News & Observ
er of March 11:
"The test of North Carolina’s pro
gress is not the number of million
aires who invite fawning not the
number of temples palaces and towers
but the improvement of the welfare
of the common run of human beings,
Josiah W. Bailey, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
of North arolina told a crowded court
room last night as he opened his cam
paign for the governorship.
Picturing North Carolina as an
aggregation of 500,000 families 450,
000 of whom are living on a yearly
income of less than $2,000 and 350,000
of whom are living on less than $900
he proposed to interpret politics in
terms of human betterment and offer
ed three objectives in the fulfillment
of the high purpose of this progress:
Fair freight rates, equal and just
taxation, and a political awakening
and restoration of representative gov
ernment.
Mr. Bailey spoke for more than an
hour and a half. All the seats in
the court room, in spite of rain and
snow and muddy roads, were occu
pied- Within the bar, many occu
pied chairs or leaned against the ta
bles. At the rear of the room, a
fringe of hearers were backed against
the walls. Repeatedly he brought en
thusiastic applause as he drove home
his points. Afterwards, many of his
home folks lingered to congratulate
him.
J. B. Cheshire, Jr., Raleigh attorney,
presided over the meeting last night
and N. A- Dunn, a college mate of
the candidate and a business man
of wide activity, presented him.
"It looks,” said Mr. Cheshire, "that
Raleigh is going to have this year,
a Governor of the State and a Presi
dent of the United States.”
Mr. Dunn referred to Mr. Bailey’s
long activity in North Carolina and
his wide acquaintance and experience
throughout the State
“I have known him for thirty
years,” he said. I have always ad
, mired him. You could always tell
where he stood. I have never seen
him on the fence. His feet have al
. ways been planted on the moral side
of every question.”
“I am not a politician,” he con
fessed. “I'm a mere business man. I
want a Governor who will give us
a good, sound business like admin- (
: istration. I want a Governor who (
. will tell us how much North Caro- j
lina owes and I don’t want him to
take six months to tell us.”
The speaker began with refer
ences to his love for Raleigh, and
the interest in the welfare of Ra- !
leigh that has continually led him
into political battles of one sort or
another. Three thousand miles, he
said, he walked from his home to the
Centennial School to get an educa
tion in the public schools. He was
proud that his early training came
from that source.
“A man who gets his education at
the public expense owes to the pub
lic as long as he lives a public debt
he can never repay,” he said, and
moved on to a high tribute to Prof
fessor Hugh Morson, the head of
the old Raleigh Male Academy who
prepared him for college.
“In my opinion,” he declared,
“Hugh Morson is the richest man
who has lived in Raleigh in my day
and he will leave to his children the
noblest heritage.”
No personal ambition, no lust for
(Continued on page two)
Offers Kenyon
Place Edwin
Denby Vacated
Washington, March 12.—William
S. Kenyon, former senator from
Iowa, and now a federal circuit judge,
has been offered the naval secretary
ship by President Coolidge. He will
give his answer to the President prob
ably tomorrow.
Considered first by the President
for the post of attorney general in
event of the retirement of Harry M.
Daugherty, Judge Kenyon was asked
to come to Washington and, arriving
last night, went direct to the White
House. During a two hour confer
ence with Mr. Coolidge he has said he
was tendered the navy appointment
and is understood to have asked
that he be given until tomorrow to
think it over and consult with some
of his closest friends.
DR. WHITE PREACHES
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Wednesday evening Dr. John E.
White, president of Amberson Col
lege, Anderson, S. C. preached at the
Baptist church. Quite a large crowd
was present to hear Dr. White who
is scheduled to hold a series of meet
ings here in the summer. He has
just closed a revival at Wake Forest
College and stopped in Smithfield en
route home.
Dr. White delivered a simple im
pressive sermon, using the following
text from Jeremiah: “If thou hast
run with the footmen and they have ;
wearied thee, then how canst +hou
contend with horses?”
Oxford Singing Class
Will Give Concert
at Four Oaks 25th
The singing calss of Oxford Or
phanage will give a concert in Four
Oaks school auditorium March 25th
at 7:30 o’clock.
This class has gained an enviable
reputation for giving concerts of a
high order—concerts that are both
entertaining and uplifting. Below we
publish some comments on the con
cert given by this Class of children
from which it seems that it main
tains the same high standard of ex
cellence and we believe that a pleas
ant and profitable evening awaits all
those who attend.
The 14 girls and boys in the Oxford ■
Orphanage Singing Class are repre
senting about 375 children in that
well known institutio. Hear them
sing and tell how you like them.
Fourteen orphans from Oxford
sang to Fayetteville last night. If the
Oxford Orphanage did nothing but
develop that Singing Class it would
still be quite worth while. The house
was packed. Whether the large crowd
was recruited from those who went
for the sake of charity or from those
who went to be entertained matters
not. Every occupant of every seat in ;
the LaFayette Theatre was more
than repaid for his time and the price
of his ticket—Fayetteville Observer.
Harnett County Will
Vote On Special
School Tax Bonds
Dunn, March 12.—An election has
been called to be held throughout
Harnett county on April 15 to vote on
a county-wide special school tax not
to exceed fifty cents on the one
hundred dollars property valuation.
If the election carries the county will
be re-districted and many of the
smaller school districts will be con
solidated and a number of new' and
modern school buildings will be erect
ed. The purpose is to enlarge the
educational advantages of the county
as a whole and to give all the chil
dren the advantage of a high school.
It is thought the election will carry.
Methodist Love Feast Called Off
The “Love Feast” which Rev. D.
H. Tuttle announced would be held
at the Methodist church this evening
in the interest of the superannuated
preachers fund, has been called off.
BUSINESS WOMEN’S
GLJBCONSIDEREO
All Business Women
And Girls Are Call
ed To Meet Tuesday
Evening.
BETWEEN 35 & 40 ELIGIBLE
The initial step in a movement
which may mean a great deal to the
business women and girls of this
city, was taken last week when Miss
es Cora Belle Ives and Ruth Wilson
and Mrs. Joe Davis accepted an in
vitation of the Raleigh Business Wo
men’s Club to be present at a ban
quet held in Raleigh at the Presby
terian church Tuesday evening. Miss
Elsie Riddick, State President of the
Business and Professional Women’s
clubs, has been interested in the or
ganization of such a club in Smith
field for some months, and the invi
tation was extended that representa
tives from this city might learn first
hand more of the purposes of such
clubs. Miss Katherine Robinson, of
Fayetteville, chairman of the legis
lative committee, of the State organi
zation was the principal speaker of
the occasion.
Those who went to Raleigh Tues
day returned full of enthusiasm for
a Smithfield club, and a meeting is
being called for next Tuesday even
ing at Judge Brooks’ office, at which
time a discussion of the advisability
of starting a Business Woman’s club
here. There are between 35 and 40
business women and girls who work
in offices and stores eligible to mem
bgrship. and each and everyone are
cordially invited to the meeting Tues^
day evening at 8 o'clock. If the in
terest is sufficient, steps will be tak
en to organize, several of the Raleigh
club having signified a willingness
to come to Smithfield and assist in
getting the club started. The meet
ing Tuesday evening is simply to talk
things over.
PURCHASES EQUIPMENT
FOR CABINET SHOP
Messrs. J. Lemuel Johnson and H.
D. Ellington made a business trip to
Greensboro last week where Mr.
Johnson purchased a $2,000 molding
machine for his cabinet shop. Mr.
Johnson has secured the location next
to the Laundry on Fourth Street, and
is fitting up an up-to-date cabinet
shop—a business that will be quite
an asset to Smithfield. The building
occupied has recently been remodeled
WILSON'S LETTERS
NOTTET PUBLIC
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
Checks Publication
Of Husband’s Let
ters For The Present.
TO MAKE DECISION LATER
Washington, March 11.—Mrs.!
, Woodrow Wilson has decided to avail
herself of her legal rights to check
publication of selections from her
|
late husband’s letters and manu
scripts until she can determine in
I what manner the war president’s
. papers will be given to the pubiic 1
as a whole and in an authoritative
way.
It is Mrs. Wilson’s intention, as
executrix of the ex-president’s estate,
j either to have his papers and manu
I scripts assembled and published by
' some one who will act on her au
thority; or to gather them into a
collection of Wilsonia and make it
, available to the public probably by
depositing the papers in some Na
! tional institution such as the Library
of Congress.
Mrs. Wilson has been advised by
j her family attorney that as execu
trix of Mr. Wilson’s estate she has
(legal rights in the publication of his
j letters and manuscripts, not alone
J under the law and authorities but
! under an amendment to the copy
' right law, now part of the revised
| statutes of the United States which
provides as follows:
“Section 4967: Every person who
«h»ll print or publish any manu
script whatever without the consent
of the author or proprietor first ob
tained, shall be liable to the author
or proprietor for all damages occa
sioned by such injury.’’
Mrs. Roosevelt, acting under the
i provision of law, Mrs. Wilson has
been advised, has stopped authorized
publication of President Roosevelt’s
letters.
I Since Mr. Wilson’s death some of
t his letters have been published; some
others have been offered for sale,
and still others were in process of
publication and widely advertised, un
til Mrs. Wilson determined upon her
action. One publisher whose output
runs into millions of copies made over
a whole number of his publication aft
er it was on the presses, and is now
taking steps to recall cjpies which
already were on their way to circu
(Continued on page four)
News of State and Nation
The terms of the new soldiers’
bonus bill agreed upon by a sub-com
mittee of the house ways and means
committee, provides for paid-up life
insurance policies. This way of help
ing the soldiers, it has been estimat
ed. would cost only about two bil
lion dollars, and not more than 90
million would have to be expended
by the government in any one year.
An effort is to be made to have the
measure taken up next Monday.
The Board of Education of the N.
C. Baptist State Convention has
elected Prof. M. A. Huggins as cor
responding secretary of the Board,
succeeding Dr. R. T. Vann, who be
comes associate corresponding secre
tary. Prof. Huggins, who is prin
cipal of the Scotland Neck Schools,
at present, will take up his new du
ties at the expiration of his contract
with the Scotland Neck Schools.
The fortieth annual session of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion met in Raleigh Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. Wednesday
evening the program included ad
dresses of welcome and response, and
an address by Dr. E. C. Brooks. The
Association yesterday morning de
voted its session to a general pro
gram, North Carolina school prob
lems being discussed. The afternoon
was devoted to departmental meet
ings. Three addresses featured the
L
evening program, one by Dr. J. F,
Williams, professor of physical edu
cation, Teachers’ College, Columbia
University, another the president's
address by Miss Elizabeth Keely, and
the third, a discussion of art appre
ciation in every day life by Prof.
Grace Cornell. Teachers’ College, Co
lumbia University and Metropolitan
Art Museum. The increase of the
minimum school term in North Caro
lina from a six months term to eight
months, was one of the important
discussions of the sessions.
Evangelist M. F. Ham, who is hold
ing a revival in Raleigh, is having
large crowds to hear him. Last
night his sermon was on: “Evolution
versus Christian Doctrine.”
The snow storm earlier in the week
seems to have been general, though
little damage to lives and traffic
! were reported. The snow fell con
tinuously for about 24 hours in this
section, but the rain which preceded
the snow kept it from covering the
ground to much depth. A heavy wind
accompanied the snow throughout the
state.
Senator Oscar W. Underwood,
Democratic candidate for president of
the United States, swept his native
state, Alabama in the primary held
Tuesday. His majority was estimat
ed at over 20,000.
Announce A
Large Loan
To France!
New York, March 11.—Establish- |
ment of a banking credit of not less !
than $100,000,000 in favor of the ;
Bank of France nas been arranged
by an American banking group head
ed by J. P. Morgan and company, it
was announced toighrt.
The loan is fully secured by gold
held in the vaults of the Bank of
France, which is acting for the French
government, and will be used to sta
bilize French exchange and for such
other purposes as the French gov
eminent may determine.
While details of the loan were not
made public, it is- understood that
it will not run for more than one
I
year.
HIGHLANDS STRUCK
BY II WOO FIRE
New Bern, March 12.—Fire origi
nating in the store of Roy Frazelle
in Richlands at 2:25 o’clock this morn
ing wiped out the mercantile estab
lishments of nine other merchants,
entailing a loss estimated at $50,000
according to information. The fire
is supposed to have started from a I
stove in the Frazelle store. It had
gained considerable headway when
discovered and in two hours the 10 i
establishments together with a va
cant store had been leveled in ashes.
Help “The Forgo tton
Man” Urged by Rev.
Mr. Tuttle In Letter
—
The following letter has been sent
out by Rev. D. H. Tuttle to members
of the Methodist church in regard to
the offerings which will be taken j
next Sunday for “Worn-out” preach- i
ers, their widows and children.
The date is here, Sunday, March
16, 1924, for Centenary Church, |
Smithfield, to tell in terms of dollars, '
dimes, etc., its sympathy for our1
“Worn-out,” aged and infirm preach- I
ers; their widows and children of de- j
ceased preachers of Southern Meth-j
odism. There are nearly 1,000 of
these preachers, and more than 1,300
widows, many of them left with one
or more fatherless children. From the
offerings of next Sunday, and like
offerings on same date for four suc
cessive years, it is hoped to raise a
fund, the interest on which will easi
ly and safely meet all the necessities
of comfortable living for aged and in
firm persons. Feeling sure that ev
ery member of our church wants to
help in this gracious work, our Com
mittee is sending, with this letter,
an envelope to every member in ev
ery home of our congregation. Have
your offering ready (if possible) to
bring to church next Sunday morn
ing, or evening. Let us prove by the
abundance of our liberality that the
“way worn travelers” of Methodism
have no better friends any where
than in Smithfield, N. C.
Smithfield Ladies Will
Be Host to Missionary
Workers of County
The Smithfield Auxiliary of the
Methodist Woman’s Missionary So
ciety will be host to the county work
on the 19th. It is earnestly desired
that each Methodist church in the
county send a delegation of their
women members to this meeting.
There will be subjects of importance
discussed at this meeting and we
trust of mutual helpfulness to all.
There will be a morning and an aft
ernoon session. Let us come togeth
er that we may further the work
of the Master.
MRS. C. V. JOHNSON,
Secretary.
Preaching At Hepzibah
Rev. S. L. Morgan will preach next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
Hepzibah Baptist church.
MOCK MEMORIAL
UNVEILED MS.
IN RALEIGH
Josephus Daniels De
livers Historical Ad
dress; Dr. Alderman
Presides.
EXERCISES WERE SIMPLE
Yesterday North Carolina’s educa
tional governor, Charles Brantley
Aycock, was honored agin, when the
memorial to his memory, a bronze
monument of heroic size, was un
veiled on Capitol Square in Raleigh.
The meeting of the North Carolina
Teachers Association was an appro
priate occasion for this ceremony to
take place, there being more than a
thousand teachers of the State pres
ent for the event.
Memorial Exercises were held at
noon in the city auditorium under the
auspices of the Aycock Memorial
Committee. Dr. Edwin A. Alderman,
president of the University of Vir
ginia presided at the meeting. In
his introductory remarks, he deliver
ed an appreciation of Aycock after
which the address of presentation
was made by Josephus Daniels. The
acceptance of the statue in be half
of the State was made by Governor
Cameron Morrison.
After the exercises at the audi
torium, the service adjourned to Cap
ital Square where the monument,
sculptured by the master hand of
Gutzon Rorghum, sculptor of Stone
Mountain Memorial was unveiled. The
inscriptions appearing on the monu
ment were taken from Aycock’s edu
cational addresses. ■
Following is a history of the me
morial prepared by Dr. J. Y. Joyner:
“The suggestion that a suitable
monument should be erected to the
memory of Charles Brantley Aycock
was made very soon after his sudden
death in Birmingham, Ala., April 4,
1912, but the World War and its aft
ermath prevented the effective fur
thering of the idea until three or
four years ago.
“From the first, the Aycock Me
morial Committee had three ideas in
mind.
“1. One was that the monument
should be free-will offering by the
people he loved and served, and of
the boys and girls for whom he gave
the gladdest service of his heroic life,
and that no contribution should be re
ceived from the public treasury. A
bout a third of the total amount came
in pennies and dimes from countless
boys and girls all over North Caro
lina for whom Aycock had widened
the door of educational opportunity
while the remainder expresses the
love of men and women, sons and
daughters of North Carolina, who fol
lowed him in his great campaigns
and wished to express their apprecia
tion of his life and service.
2. The second purpose of the Com
mittee was that the memorial should
not be the mere statue of a man, and
a mere representation of Aycock’s
form and features, but that in some
beautiful and enduring way it should
' smybolize the ideals and aspirations
[ for which Aycock stood and for which
i North Carolina stood under his lead
ership, that through the memorial
I Aycock should still live and speak his
j high message to all succeeding gene
[ rations of North Carolinians.
Through the genius of the artist as
expressed in two remarkable histori
ical panels, reinforced by some of Ay
1 cock’s own eloquent words, this hope
| has been realized.
“3. The third hope of the Commit
; tee was that the memorial was that
the memorial should be a genuine and
notable contribution to the art treas
ures of North Carolina and the South.
To get his wealth, he spent his health,
And then with might and main,
; He turned around and spent his
wealth,
To get his health again.
—Campaign, Illinois.