VOL 43
NO. 42
OLDEST NATIVE OF
SMITHHELD OEAD
Mr. John W. Ives Succumb
ed To a Stroke of Paraly
sis; Funeral Held Wed
nesday Afternoon.
SECRETARY S. S. 46 YEARS
Smithfield was saddened Tuesday
afternoon when it became known
that its oldest native citizen, Mr.
John W, Ives, had passed away. Mr.
Ives, the son of Thomas and Susan
Ives, long since gone to their reward,
was born in this city in December,
1848. His next birthday would have
marked the seventy-seventh mile
stone.
For several years Mr. Ives had
been feeble but wag able to get
around until last Thursday night
when he suffered a stroke of paraly
sis while at the supper table, from
which he never rallied. His spirit
lingered, however, uuntil Tuesday af
ternoon about 2:30 o clock when the
final summons came. The deceased
was a faithful member of the Bap
tist church for a long time. He
with the help of two others, orga
nized the Baptist Sunday School here
even before he was a member of the)
church, and for forty-six years he
was the secretary. A few months
ago the Sunday School presented him
with a cane in appreciation of his!
faithful service.
The fuuneral was held at the home |
Wednesday afternoon at four o’clock !
conducted by his pastor, Rev. S. L. j
Morgan assisted by the Methodist j
pastor, Rev. D. H. Tuttle. Interment i
was made in the old cemetery. The I
pall bearers were: Messrs A. S.
Johnston, T. S. Ragsdale, T. .R.
Hood, F. H. Brooks, N. B. Grantham,
L. T.’ Royall, W. T. Holland and W.,
H. Lassiter.
The deceased leaves two children, j
a son, Thomas W. Ives, and a daugh
ter, Mrs. M. A. Wallalce with whom ;
he lived. Three grandchildren, Thos.
Ives, Jr., John Arthur and Jeff Wal-!
lace also survive together with six
nieces and nephews as follows: Mr.
Walter Ives of Durham, Mrs. E. O.
Edgerton and Miss Hettie Davis Ives
of Raleigh; Misses Cora Belle and
Helene Ives and Mr. John White Ives
of this city.
SOLID CAR OF BEES
Clemson College, May 6.—What is
believed to be the first solid car lead j
of bees that has ever been shipped !
out of the South for market purposes !
will leave Conway this week. This j
car will be loaded and shipped by
J. E. Marchant, a successful bee rai
ser of Horry county, and the ship
ment will be consigned to Marchant
and Smith, commission merchants of
Winnipeg, Canada, according to an
annuouncement made here today by
E. S. Prevost, Extension Bee Spe
cialist.
The carload will be made up of
2,000 packages of bees, each package
weighing 2 pounds, and on a good
market the bees should sell from $10 j
to $12 per package, or a total of
around $20,000. These packages are
made of narrow wood slats and scren
wire, and are provided with small
cans in which the bees will be fed su
gar syrup during the trip North. It
will require about 2,000 pounds of su
gar to provide food for the bees dur
ing the trip.
Because of a recent law governing
the shipment of bees into Canada,
this shipment will be made in comb
less packages, as the Canadian gov
ernment will not allow combs to be
placed in the packages with beet that
are shipped into Canada.
It wul require about ten aays ior
the car to reach its destination. A
ventilated express car will be used
for shipping the bees, and it will be
equipped with doors at each end and
on the sides and will have other means
for providing proper ventilation. The
express on the car will amount to
$1,320, which includes a ticket for
J. A. Marchant, who will be in charge
of the car to feed and care for the
bees during the entire trip.—The
Yorkville Enquirer.
Tilden Honeycutt
Injured By Auto
A painful accident occurred
Itesday about noon 'h.'o Mr.
Tilden Honeycutt was str.i-k by
a automobile driven by Mr. D.
Hooper Sanders as v: was cros-.
inf the street ne i” Hreech’s
Dvug Store. Mr. Honeycutt whs
running across the street to
catch a car that was going t« the
school building and f ailed *o see
the car coming from the depot,
lie was knocked down and i<
ceived painful bruises. He \ !-«
carried to the Smithneld Memo
rial Hospital where it was found
that he was not seriously hurt.
He left the hospital Veltesday
and is reported to be getting
along nicely.
Light Dockett In
Recorder’s Court
The docket in Recorder’s Court
Tuesday was light, only six cases be
ing disposed. At four o’clock in the
afternoon, court adjourned for an
hour, in honor of Chief Justice Wal
ter Clark, whose funeral was taking
place in Raleigh at that time, fol
lowing cases were tried during the
day.
State vs. George Hayes, charged
with abandoning crop. Not guilty and
discharged.
State vs. George Pittman, reck
les driving of automobile. Guilty.
Fined $50 and costs.
State vs. William Holden, viola
tion of auto laws by driving car
under influence of intoxicatanti.
Judgment suspended on payment of
costs and on condition defendant do
not drive car for period of twelve
months.
State vs. Dallie Phipps, assault.
Not guilty.
State vs. Louis Phipps, assault.
Judgment suspended on payment of
costs.
State and Joe Abdalla vs. Louis
Phipps. Peace warrant Defendant
required to give bond in sum of $100
to keep the peace.
State and Joe Abdalla vs. Dallie
Phipps. Peace Warrant. Discharged,
State vs. W. W. Anderson, resist
ing officer. Guilty. Four months on
roads. Capias to issue at request of
solicitor.
The Stallings-Hinnant Concert
Music lovers of Smithfield were well
pleased with the concert given at the
high school auditorium Tuesday even
ing by the Stallings-Hinnant Concert
Company. The program was varied
to suit all tastes, including jazz or
chestra, classical violin, piano compo
sitions of master musicians nad vocal
interpretations of love and folk songs.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stallings,
who have given a concert here before
were greeted with a burst of applause
when they made their appearance,
showing how the home folks appre
ciate their talent.
The Hinnant quartette from Wilson
playing saxaphone, banjo, ukelele.'
drum and piano made quite a hit and
especially Theodore Hinnant, twelve
years old, who was encored repeated
ly
Mr. Eric Massey of Selma who sung
a group of love and folk songs par
ticularly suited to his tenor voice, de
lighted his audience, as did Mr. lack
Stallings, of W’ilson, who sang sever
al numbers. A violin obligato added
to the effectiveness of several of the
songs.
ury of the Business and Professional
Women’s Club, which organization
A neat sum was placed in the treas
was responsible for the concert being
given here.
Killed In A Runaway
A sad occurence tok place in Pine
Level Towmship last Saturday after
noon, when Mr. Preston Little was
thrown from his buggy when the mule
ran away death resulting from in
juries sustained. Some of his children
were in the buggy with him at the
time of the accident but were not hurt.
Mr. Little was thrown against a tree
He was buried Monday afternoon in
the family burying ground. The de-'
ceased was thirty-five years old. He
leaves a wife and several children.
COOPS OP COUNTY
IN REGULAR MEET
Take Steps To Reorganize
Smithfield Local Which
Has Not Functioned For
Past Year.
NAME MEMBERSHIP COM.
Nino locals were repres .lted in tl e
r» gular monthly county meeting -f
t^e Cotton and Tobacco Cooperative
Associations held in the Commis
sioners room of the court house here
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Mr. J. P. Parker presided over the
joint session. Mr. L. E. Rodgers of
the Tobacco Association was present
and made a talk on the reorganiza
tion and duties of locals. after
which the matter of the reorganiza -
tion of the Smithfield local was dis
cussed and the decision made to ?aKe
steps at once to start this local aga'n.
For the past year the Smithfield lo
cal has not functioned, and . pecial
meeting will be called in the near
future to discuss ways and *ans
of effecting a working unit.
At the meeting Wednesday a stand
ing membership committee was ap
pointed to serve during this year.
The committee is as follows- J. H. B.
Tomlinson, P. A. Boyett, G. B. Svnkh,
VV. V. Blackman, J. P. Parker, W. H.
Flowers, M. C. Hooks, A M. John
son, G. W. Watson, S. 'P. Honeycutt.
W. Howard Oliver, W. M. Woodall,
this committee will hold its first
meeting Saturday afternoon at three
o’clock at the County Farm Agent’s
office.
Fort Bragg Flier Falls
Coats, May 19.—Sunday afternoon,
a Fort Bragg plane fell to earth,
Lieut. MacDonald and Vance Stewart,
a young man of Coats, crashing to the
ground when the propeller left the
ship.
While flying through the air at the
rate of eighty miles an hour, Mac
Donald and Stewart come to a land
ing safely. The plane was about four
hundred feet in the air when the pro
peller flew off. There were thous
ands of people looking on when the
plane turned nose down making its
dive for safety. They ran from one
side of the field to another, this ex
citing the pilot, he turned the plane
into a cotton field which was nearby.
This happened to be Stewart’s first |
ride, therefore he did not realize the
danger he was in.
AN ETERNAL GIFT
Here is a Itttle passage that we
take from a report made to the gov
ernment by one of its consular
agents in Japan. It has a lesson for
us in America, so wasteful have we
been of our forests and so neglect
ful of restoring them.
The thirty-mile boulevard that
leads from the imperial summer
palace at Nikko, Japan, to a near
by village, with stately Japanese
cedar trees planted on both sides,
towering two hundred fe<-t or more
into the air, makes a deep impres
sion on the visitor. The legend con
nected with the trees is extremely in
teresting. Several hundred years ago
the Emperor of Japan summoned
all the noblemen of the country to
his summer palace and toid each to
bring a gift. An impoverished noble
man, realizing that he eou’d not
make an offering in gold or silver
carried with his a sack of seeds and
planting on both sides of the high
way, made thi remark that his gift
would be the greatest blessing of
them all, and that his name would
be remembered long after the gold
and silver offerings of bis collee
gues had vanished.
Today, many hundred rears afteT
the seeds were planteJ, thousands
of persons enjoy the beauty and
the grateful shade of the trees, and
the seeds from them have caused
other cedars to grow up in the neigh
borhood—trees that have provided
many generations with the wood for
the construction of their houses.
Youth’s Companion.
Camp Tuscarora is waiting for
Scouts.
I
After Much Wrangling The
Bonus Measure Becomes Law
Program of Music
Recital Tonight
The following program will be giv
en this evening at the high school au
ditorium by music pupils of Miss
Emma Louise Kehoe and Miss Thel
ma Peedin. The commencement re
cital was divided in two parts, one
entertainment being given last night,
but the program reached us too late
for publication.
Chorus—Welcome Spring Song,
Rubinstein—Glee Club.
Piano Solo—Mazurka, Lang—
Mary Louise Turner.
Piano Solo, Intermezzo from Ca
valleria Rusticana, Mascagm—Nell
Grantham.
Piano Solo—Menuet a 1’ antique,
Paderews Ki—Virginia Williamson.
Piano Duet—Piff-Paff, Englemann
—Addie Barbour, Miss Peedin.
Piano Solo—At a Wayside Shrine,
Englemann—Elizabeth Creech.
Piano Solo—Bound for Home,
Stutts.—Katherine Smitha.
Piano Solo—Night Entrancing,
Preston—Gladys Tumage.
Piano Solo—The Butterfly, Merkel
•—Mary Norcross.
Piano Solo—Dancing: Lesson, En
glemann—Melda Fitzgerald.
Piano Duet—Butterflies, Huerter —
Imogene Murray, Virginia William
son.
Chorus—By the Waters of Minna
tonka, Lieurance.
Piano Solo—Indian Life, Lieurance
•—Herman Jones.
Piano Solo—Nocturne, Brown—
Hilda Peedin.
Piano Solo—111 Trovatore, Verdi—
Mary Gattis Holland.
Piano Solo—A Song of India, Rim
sky-Korsakoff—Marie Anderson
Stevens.
Piano Solo—The Surf, Merz— Sa
rah Adams.
Piano Solo—Overture from the
“Lustpiel,,, Bela—Addie Barbour.
Piano Duet—The Awakening of
the Lion, Kontski—MaryGattis Hol
land, Sarah Adams.
Chorus—The Merry Heart, Dcnza,
—Glee Club.
Piano Solo—Idle Dreaming, Keats
—Nannie Smith.
Baptist Church Sunday.
Sunday school 9:30. Important to
be on time for explanation and dem
onstration of the Six-Point System
which will be installed. Preaching at
11 by the pastor, Rev. S. L. Morgan.
No service at night because of the
commencement sermon at the school
auditorium.
Baptist Picnic.
A large part of the congregation
of the Baptist church and Sunday
school went on a picnic to Holt Lake
Thursday afternoon. They report a
good time, with abundance of oJ
fellowship, fishing, bathing, boaling,
games, and finally a bountiful n p
per.
No Services Sunday Night.
On account of the bac :i* t' aoe
sermon in the high school todifcur
ium Sunday night, thera will V no
services at the Methodist church .at
the evening hour. Regular services
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Civie Parker Dead
News has reached this office of the
death of Mrs. Civie Parker of Beo
son, Route 2, which occurred at her
home Friday, May 16, after an illness
of five or six months. She was buri
ed Saturday afternoon, May 17, at
the Beasley cemetery, Elder W. Y.
Moore preaching the funeral. The
deceased was about 70 years lod. She
leaves a husband, Mr. M. Q. Parker
and ten sons and daughters as fol
lows: Messrs J. Preston Parker, Ar
hcie V. Parker, Quentin C. Parker, J.
K. Parker, Elijah Parker, Mrs. Sal
lie Pope, Mrs. Ida Register, Mrs. Ar
matha McLamb of Banner Township
and Mrs. Mary Lee of Sampson coun
ty.
Poland is a large producer of oak
flooring.
3
Senate Overrides President
Coolidge's Veto By Vote
of 59 to 25; Pres. Made
Last Futil Effort.
THREE MILLION VETERANS
Washington, May 10.—The sol
diers’ bonus bill finally has become
law.
The measure, which has been the
subject of a fight between Congress
and two successive Presidents, was
repassed today by the senate over
President Coolidge’s ,veto by a vote
of 59 to 26.
This was a margin of two votes
more than the necessary two-thirds
majority, as compared with the 52
votes there were to spare when the
veto was over-ridden in the house
last Saturday.
President Coolidge made a futile
last minute effort to have his veto
sustained in the senate, calling to
the White House for a breakfast
conference seven Republican sena
tors. Four of these who previously
had voted for the bill cast their
ballots in support of the executive.
Altogether there were only five
senators who had supported the bill
on its first passage to vote against
it today.
OVER THREE MI LI JON
WILL RECEIVE I50NUS.
Washington, May 19.—It is esti
mated that 3,038,283 veterans will be
entitled to the insurance policies pro
vided by the soldier bonus bill enact
ed into law today, while 389,583 will
be paid cash of $50 or less. The
bill also provides for payment to de
pendents of d« %ased veterans of th *
amount of adjusted service compen
sation to which they would have been
entitled.
Adjusted service compensation ’s
figured on the basis of $1 a day ?jI
home service, and $1.25 a day fee
overseas service. The first GO days
can not be counted. Also a maxi
mu mof 500 days would be allowed.
All veterans up to and including
the rank of captain in the army and
marine corps and lieutenant in the
navy, are eligible for the bonus.
It is estimated that the average
insurance policy would be valued at
$962 while the maximum value of tee
policies would be about $1,900 for
overseas service and $1,600 for home
service.
The value of the policy would be
the equivalent of the amount which
the adjusted service credit plus 25
per cent would participate at regu
lar insurance prices based on 4 per
cent interest compounded annually.
To determine the latter computation
a table of factors has been compil
ed by experts. Multiplication of the
proper factor by the amount of ad
justed service compensation due the
veteran, plus 25 per cent, would give
the face value of the insurance certi
ficate. Each certificate, of course,
would vary according to the length
of service of the veteran and his age
at the date of issuanc eof the policy.
Application for the bonus may be
made at any time before January 1,
11928. The cash payments will not be
distributed until after next March 1.
Loans may be made on the policies
up to ninety per cent of their cur
rent face value any time after two
i years from the date of issuance.
Thus, on a $1,000 policy at the end
of two years a loan of $87.93 could
be made. On this same policy at the
end of nineteen years a loan of
$831,23 would be possible. The loans
may be made at any national or
state bunk.
THE WORLEY FURNITURE
STORE CHANGES HANDS
The Worley Furniture Compny
of Sn.ithfield, will from no v on drop
oi c i the chain of Worley Store .
th* b> ; mess here having been purch
ased by Mr. Henry Crumpler and
M • Euilon Jones. The ir i name
will be Crumpler-Jone® Furniture
Co. Mr. Crumpler and Mr. Jones
have managed the Worley store hero
since its establishment and are well
known in this vicinity.
SCHOOL FINALS TO
BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Rev. Morrison Bethea Will
Preach Sermon; Dr. H. A.
Royster, of Raleigh To
Deliver Literary Address.
GRADUATES NUMBER 37.
Two speakers of prominence in the
state will feature the commencement
exercises of the high school here
next week, Rev. Morrison Bethea,
archdeacon of the Raleigh Convoca
tion of the Episcopal church being
slated to preach the baccalaureate
sermon Sunday evening and Dr. Hub
ert A. Royster, surgeon, of Raleigh,
to deliver the literary address on
Friday evening. The baccalaureate
sermon will be preached in the high
school auditorium, and the churches
of the town will give way their eve
ning services in order to participate
in this school occasion.
On Thursday evening the gradu
ates will hold their Class Day Ex
ercises, the following taking part:
Class History, Miss Jane Avera;
Class Prophecy, Miss Josephine
hurst; Poem, Miss Odessa Massey;
Biggs; Class Will, Morgan Broad
Class Song, Lawrence Wallace; Sta
tistics, Miss Maude Meacham; Decla
ration of Independence, Thel Hooks;
Giftorian, Miss Pauline Broadhurst.
Prizes with the exception of the Ed
win Smith Pou Medal will be award
ed after the class exercises, and hon
or rolls will be read.
Friday evening the graduating
class will receive their diplomas and
Dr. Royster will deliver an address.
The Edwin Smith Pou medal given
each year by Congressman and Mrs.
E. W. Pou in memory of their son
w llefho;Tve smbh-xzfiflfFffi;ffi; cmf
who fell in the World War will be
awarded to the pupil in the class who
has made the highest average dur
ing the four years spent here in high
school. Mr. L. G. Stevens will make
the presentation speech.
The graduating class this year
numbers 37 the largest in the history
of the school, those expecting to re
ceive diplomas being as follows:
Jane Avera, Ida Batten, Josephine
Biggs, Mozelle Boyette, Pauline
Broadhurst, Blanche Fitzgerald, Ava
Wellons, Maude Meacham, Sarah Oli
ver, Cornelia Powell, Johnnie Wat
son, Gladys Tumage, Ola Beaty Ora
Tolley, Odessa Massey, Mary Louise
Turner, Lawrence Wallace, Rexford
Gardner, Thel Hooks, Nick Avera,
Earnest Aycock, Charles Beasley,
Walton Booker, Morgan Broadhurst,
Delma Brown, Eugene Caudill, Ed
ward Fuller, Tilden Honeycutt, Mar
vin Jordan, Ronald Keen, Leland
Parrish, Arthur Pittman, John Park
er, Frank Skinner, Wilbur Turner,
Gilmer Wharton and William Parker
BAPTIST BOYS TO GO
TO WHITE LAKE
The boys’ society of Royal Ambas
sadors was entertained by their
counsellors on the evening of May
16 at the Baptist parsonage. Sixteen
of the boys attended and enjoyed
games while a dozen of their num
ber were being initiated into the sec
rets of the society and taking tjte
vows of membership. Like many
other organizations the society has
its secrets of initiation, which it is
understood the boys may share with
their parents.. At the close of the en
tertainment the hostess served re
freshments. The chapter has been
divided into garden squads of blue
and white a captain over each to
work and beautify the church
grounds during the summer mouths.
They have already given two after
noons to mowing the lawn and planf*
ing flowers seed and blubs. It was
announced Sunday that their summer
camp will be held, if all arrange
ments can be perfected, at White
Lake during most of the week begin
ning June 16. Sixteen of the boys
have qualified for the trip, Mr. Geo.
Y. Ragsdale, agrreeing to serve as
one of the directors of the party.
Parents are assured that tne boys
will be given the most careful over
sight. Only the simplest: equipment
will be required and the expense will
be only nominal.