CITY WATER BONDS
SELL AT PREMIUM
Thirty Thousand Dollar Water
Improvement Bonds Bring
Total of $30,852.38
NOW NUMBER ONE PLANT
Town of Smithfield bonds in the
amount of 830,000 sold for water
works improvements on June 21,
were delivered Wednesday. Under
the Municipal Finance Act, cities
and towns have the right to issue
without an election, after the bonds
have been properly advertised and no
objection is filed. It was in accord
ance with this Act that this city sold
the water improvement bonds in June
which were purchased by W. L. Slay
ton $ Co. of Toledo, Ohio, at a pre
mium of 8852.38.
The tou'n had outgrown its water
equipment and it became necessary
to enlarge it in order to take care of
the increased number of users. The
improvements include a coagulating
or settling basin, a laboratory for
treatment of the water, and wash
tank for washing filterers. The two
filterers which it is now possible to
use, have been overhauled. Th plant
is now numberd among the best in
North Carolina, and citizens of
Smithfield re invited to inspect it and
get frist hand knowledge of the city
water supply.
Mr. W.. N. Holt is the commission
er in charge of the water and lights,
and he has taken an active interest
in having these improvements made.
The work, which was done by Tucker
& Laxton of Charlotte, contractors,
with Mr. O. L. Olsen, of Raleigh, en
gineer in charge, was completed un
der the direction of the State Board
of Health. Mr. O. L. Wilson, who
has been here for some time , is in
charge of the plant as local engineer.
High School Eleven Opens Season.
Today, Friday, September 26, the
Smithfield high school football squad
open their season when they play the
Elm City Eleven here on the high
school gridiron. The game will start
promptly at three o’clock and prom
ises to be full of excitement and pep
from start to finish. This will prob
ably be the only game to be played
here this season, and a large crowd
is expected.
For the last three weeks Coach W.
L. Rice has been putting the team
through wry strenuous practice and
the boys are anxious to “buck the
line.”
Although the team is made up
largely of new material, most of its
members have had previous experi
ence either with last year’s second
team or with the famous plow-point
eleven that all but plowed its way to
a glorious victory in a past season
game on the local field last year.
The boys have worked hard. They
deserve the support of all the true
sportsmen of the town and believe
that they will be worthy of such sup
port.
The probable line-up will be: J.
Kirkman or Honeycutt, quarterback;
W. Lawrence or Parrish, right half
back; D. Kirkman or Watson, full
back; Honeycutt or J.Kirkman, left
halfback; Matthews or Fitzgerald,
right end; Stephenson, Lee or Rose,
right tackle; Boyett or Grantham,
right guard; Johnson, center; Tal
ton or Gillett, left guard; Stancil,
Fuller or Davis, left end.
THIEVES GET TWO BALES OF
COTTON
Two farmers of Blackman’s Cross
Roads, Meadow Township, Messrs. L.
B. Blackman and Charley West, are
short a bale of cotton each, which
were snatched from their yards last
Friday night by unknown marauders.
According to report, the cotton was
stolen about twelve o’clock, and
neighbors state that a suspicious
Dodge truck screened in with wire
was seen to leave that section in the
direction of Smithfield. It was new
cotton, one bale weighing 485 pounds
and the other 440 pounds.
If honor be your clothing, the suit
will last a life-time; but if clothing
be your honor, it will soon be worn
threadbare.—Arnot.
Our Next President?
Fust returns from this newspaper’s nation-wide Presidential
no1! shows Goolidge, Davis and La Foilette so closely grouped that
ie possibility of the election being thrown into the House and ‘Senate
is usily within reason. In such event either Dawes or Bryan might
he made president. This new picture, from Lincoln, Neb., shows the
two Vice-Presidential candidates in friendly visit when Dawes called
v Governor Eryan.
INTERESTING NEWS
FROM TOWN KENLYi
J. J. Edgerton, One of Kenly’s
Most Prominent Citizens
Dies Suddenly ’
Mr. J. J. Edgerton, one of Kenly’s
most prominent citizens, died sud- 1
i
denly at his home here Saturday ,
morning about two o’clock. The fun- :
eral services were conducted from !
the residence at three o’clock Sunday j
afternoon by Dr. W. B. North, pastor j
of the Methodist church, of which |
the deceased was a member. Mr. ;
Edgerton had been in feeble health
for about two years but had not been ]
confined to his bed excpt at short
intervals. He made a trip to Wil- j
so'n on the day before his death and
was also on the streets about nine 1
j o’clock that night. The honorary pall
! bearers, were as follows: Messrs'
John H. Watson, G. M. Morris, P. H.
Etheridge, J. G. High, A. J. Brough
ton, J. W. Darden, J. .W. Hollowed,
Dr. J. C. Grady, Dr. G. B. Woodard,]
Dr. R. A. Turlington, R. A. Hales,
P. Godwin, J. M. Stancil, J. T.
Barnes, Barnes Pope, P. D. Grady,
W. J. Hooks, J. E. Jones, Robert Ra- i
per, A. G. Hooks, and Mr. Eagles.
The following were selected as j
active pall bearers: Dr. G. Coleman,
W. L. Etheredge, J. M. Woolard, L.
Z. Woolard, J. II. Barnes, R. T. Ful
ghum, but just at the close of the
; services and as the pall bearers were
preparing to convey the casket to the
! hearse, fourteen robed clansmen in
full regalia appeared and took charge
! of the casket, bore it to the hearse
and followed the hearse in closed cars
I to the cemetery where they again
j took the casket from the hearse and
j lowered it into the grave. They re
mained in a circle around the grave
while the minister conducted the
short service at the grave. The clans
men knelt in short prayer and on
rising gave the sign of the fiery
cross and marched away.
Beautiful floral tributes were used
in profusion, among them being a
huge fiery cross of red flowers with
the letters “K. K. K.” in gold.
Mr. Edgerton leaves a wife and
two children, Master Jarvis, Jr., and
Griffin Edgerton; three brothers, Mr.
H. F. Edgerton, of Kenly; Mr. .W. A.
Edgerton, ofWilson, and John E.
Edgerton, of Lebanon, Tenn., and one
sister, Mrs. Rena Edgerton Holland,
of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Edgerton was
a successful farmer and business
man, having for many years been en
gaged in a successful live stock bus
iness here.
Miss Emma Matthews left Sunday
for Richmond Hospital where she is
undergoing treatment.
Miss Eulalie Darden has returned
from Hendersonville where she spent
some time recently.
FIVE PEOPLE KILLED
AT GRADE CROSSING
Chattanooga, Sept. 21.—R. H.
Webb, 35, his wife, 36, and 3 ehil
| dren, Dollie, aged 14, Arnold, 5 and
| Ruth 3, were instantly killed when
I the Dixie Flier, on the Western and
Atlantic railroad struck an automo
bile near McCarthy, Tenn., seven
, miles east of Chattanooga this aft
l ernoon.
DECREASE SHOWN
IN COTTON YIELD
Government Forecast Sends
Cotton Up $10 Per Bale;
Condition By States
At the close of the cotton ci
change here yesterday reporter
for Hedgpeth & Company gives
the following report of the New
York cotton market for today.
Cotton opened
October 23.40;; closed 24.48
December 22.68; closed 23.60
January 22.70; closed 23.66
March 23.03* closed 23.86
Reports from Worth Street
yesterday afternoon were- nixed,
some claiming no improvement
while others admit very inqairie*
for goods. It seems- safe to say
that hopes of a thirteen million
bale crop have been badly
shaken if not in fact dissipated
and the market should offer good
trading opportunities with a pre
ference to the buying side on
breaks until after the next gov
ernment report.
Washington, Sept. 23. The cotton
crop was forecast today by the De
partment of Agriculture as 191,000
bales smaller than indicated two
weeks ago, with a total production
of 12,49(5,000 equivalent V)H pound
hale indicated.
Of this crop, 2,662,(136 running
bales, counting round as half baits,
had been ginned prior to September
16, the Census Bureau reported.
The crop reporting Board’s fore
cast of production was based on the
condition of the crop on September
16, which was 55.4 per cent of a nor
mal, indicating a yield yer acre of
about 149.2 pounds, compared with a
condition of 59.3 per cent on Septem
ber 1 this year, indicating cm that
date a yield of 151.5 pounds and a
total production of 12,7157,000 bales.
Last year’s crop was 10,3 29,671 bales.
The condition on SeptemiiM- 36
and the forecast of production there
from by States follows:
v lrgima, condition 6U, forecast,
39,000 bales; North Carolina, 52 and
782,000; South Carolina, 47 and 728
000; Georgia, 59 and 1,748,000; Flor
ida,71 and 29,000; iila&ama, S9 and
956,000; Mississippi, 57 and 1,55,000;
Louisiana, 48 and398,(W)0; Texas, 52
and 4,237,000; Arkansas, 59 and
1,056,000; Tennessee, 60 and 413,000;
Missouri, 63 and 2i£,00(J'; Oklahoma,
64 and 1,262,000; California, 77 and
63,000; Arizona, 72 and 90,000; New
Mexico, 85 and 60,000; all other
States, 77 and 18,000.
About 70,000 bales additional to
California are being grown in Low
er California, old Mexico.
The ginning prior to September
18 by States follows’:
Alabama, 223,178; Arizona, 8,568;
Arkansas, 72.658; California, 4f^23;
Florida, 8, 844; Georgia, 228,131;
980; Missouri, 16; North Carolina,
Carolina, 100,625; Tennessee, 2214,;
Texas, 1,476,936;.. A1F other States,
248. The ginnings include 87,670
round bales, counted as half hales,
and 240 bales of American Egyptian.
Ginnings prior to September 1
were 958,294 running bales.
Pays To Advertise.
He who whispers down the well
About the goods he hats to sell
Won’t reap as many golden dollars
As he who climbs a tree and. hollers.
MRS. PARKER DIES
AT HOME IN SELMA
Selma Kiwanians Entertain
School Teachers; Mrs. Deh
nam (Jives Informal Tea
BRIDAL PARTY HONORED
The people of Selma were grieved
; to learn of the death of Mrs. Mary
! Ann Parker which occurred at her
; home here on Monday afternoon at
,5:30 o’clock. Mrs. Parker had been
! in failing health for twelve months
j and her death was not unexpected.
Her husband, Mr. S. W. Parker, pre
j ceded her to the grave twenty-two
! years ago. Mrs. Parker would have
j been 66 years old on October 3, had
; she lived. She had been a faithful
! and consecrated member of the Bap
jtist church for a number of years and
{will be greatly missed in her town
I and community. Surviving are the
! following children: Mr. C. G. Parker,
1 of Wilmington; E. H. Parker, of San
ford, Fla.; Mrs. D. D.Morton, Spen
cer; Mrs. II. W. Hood, Richmond,
Va.; Mrs. E. D. Parker, Selma; Mrs.
■ O. D. Ilinnant, and Miss Ida Parker,
■j Selma. The funeral services were
i conducted from the home Wednesday
' afternoon by her pastor, Rev. C. H.
; Cashwell, and interment was made in
the family burying grounds near Sel
ma. The pall bearers ivere: Messrs.
J. N. Creech, J. N. Wiggs, Theo Eas
! on, M. R. Wall, E. V. Woodard, and
III. A. Brown.
, The members of the Kiwanis Club
■ entertained their wives and the Sel
i ina School faculty Thursday evening
at a delightful banquet. The bache
I lor members were in charge of the
• program and also superintended the
decoration of the club room which
; was made festive with purple and
j gold streamers, flags and goldenrod.
"Plates were laid for 135. Secretary
; Gordan Whitaker opened ceremonies
by having everybody sing the Ki
wanis song. Rev. Neil Mclnnis gave
the invocation. Between courses Mr.
| C. P. Harper, chairman of the pro
gram committee, called on the fol
lowing gentlemen for speeches. Mr.
John R. Barker, Welcome To Teach
jers”; Mr. Geo. .F. Brietz, “What the
< Selma Schools stand for in the Com
: munity.” He paid a high and fitting
j tribute to the faculty, to Superin
iendent Waters and I)r. R.. J. Noble,
: chairman of the board of trustees.
Dr. Noble in humorous vein, in a
1 short talk on “What I Have Learned
About Teachers While Chairman of
; School Board,” was much applauded.
A quartet by Messrs. J. Q. A. Jeffries
I Linwood Richardson, Oscar Creech
and Walter Grant was twice encored.
The “bobbed haired” teachers sang,
I “Shingle Belles.” Prof. Damroski,
| of Russia, was present and demon
strated a wonderful hair tonic, pro
ducing a marvelous growth of hair
j on Wilbur Perkins’ head in five min
I utes. A stunt by Misses Cook, Smith,
Stinson and Matthews brought forth
gales of laughter. Miss Edith Mat
thews was winner in this contest and
was presented with a box of candy.
Mr*. Matt R. Wall sang, “A Little
’ Gift of Roses,” which was particu
larly suited to her soft clear sopra
no voice. In a lemon and rose con
test Miss Rena Perry and Mrs. Da
vid Fields were each presented a box
of candy. William I. Godwin, a new
■ member, was given a warm welcome,
j Mrs. L. D. Debnam was hostess
at an informal Tea, Friday afternoon
■ from four to six o’clock, given for
her daughter, Miss Alta, who became
the bride of Dr. Bennett B. Poole, of
Winston-Salem, Saturday morning.
‘ The guests were greeted at the door
j by Mrs. R. W. Etheredge. Golden
I glow, marigolds, and ferns were used
] for decorations, carrying out a color
j scheme of green and gold. Mrs. J. B.
(Person and Mrs. T. If. Atkinson
served punch and sandwiches in the
reception room. Mrs. Ed Hugh Lee
. presided in the gift room where nuni
j hers of handsome gifts were an ex
] pression of the love and esteem in
which the bride is held. A lovely
Madeira cloth covered the dining ta
| ble, the centerpiece being the bridal
i cake on which stood a miniature
bride , bride-groom and clergyman.
| Mrs. W. R. Smith and Mrs. W. P. Ay
; cock served cake and block cream in
the colors, green and gold. In the
music room Mr •. W. W. Hare had.
I
Wendell Man
KillsHimself
Wendell, Sept. 21.—J. C. Collins,
a ere 45, becoming despondent be
cause of illness shot himself through
the heart with an army rifle at his
home here late this afternoon and
died instantly. His wife was visit
ing a neighbor at the time and found :
him dead upon her return.
Presumably he pressed the butt of j
the rifle against the wall while he
pushed the trigger with his hand,
sending a bullet crashing through the
main artery leading to the heart and
burying itself in the wall.
He was a native of Yadkinville
but had been depot agent for a time
later in the real estate business.'
More recently he had been book-keep
er for the Mond-Henderson tobacco ;
redying plant.
He had been to Richmond for
treatment but was not supposed to
be seriously ill. He leaves no ehil- i
dren. Arrangements for the funeral
had not been completed this evening. •
BEWARE CRAVEN I
COUNTY OIL LANDS
_ i
Insurance Commissioner Stacey
W. Wade Warns People
Against Huying Oil Land
Raleigh, Sept. 22.—Insurance Com
missioner Stacey Wade is hot after
the Carolina Syndicate, composed of
Frank Dempsey, of Ohio, and John A.
Donahue, of New York, and if any
North Carolinians buy Craven county
land hoping or believing that they
are buying “oil” lands it will be
their own afult. and if they should
lose their investment they will have
no cause of complaint against Mr.
Wade’s department.
Commissioner Wade today gave out
a formal statement in which he
warns people not to buy these lands
or interest in them. He says that
the Carolina Syndicate has not been
licensed under the blue sky law of
Torth Carolina. Further the com
missioner requests that newspapers
refuse to accept advertisements of
these alleged “oil” lands if offered
them, rather that ihe newspapers
inform the insurance department of
such offer of advertisements if made.
The people of North Carolina are
also requested to lend the insurance
department aid in inormfing it if
stock or land is offered for sale by
the Carolina Syndicate.
200 TEXAS CITIZENS
MADE HOMELESS
Breckenridge, Tex., Sept. 21.—
More than 200 citizens are homeless
here tonight as the result of a vir
tual cloudburst during the day which
caused Gonzales creek to go over
its banks,becoming more than a half
mile wide in some places.
More than 100 homes were sur
rounded with water when the rising
water of the areek inundated several
sections of the city. No one has been
drowned, according to early reports
and working rapidly took scores from
their homes as the waters rose. More
than 4 1-4 inches of rain fell in two
hours, but later in the day the skies
began to clear and the creek waters
began slowly to recede.
charge of the guest book. Mrs. W.
B. Johnson sang, “At Dawning” and
“For Your Dear Sake,” with Mrs.
M. R. Wall at the piano. Mrs. N. G.
Woodlief rendered several instrumen
tal selections. A large number of
guests called during the afternoon,
a few out-of-town people being pres
ent: Mrs. A. S. Oliver, Benson; Mrs.
Ed Hugh Lee, Raleigh; Mrs. T. A.
Griffin, Wendell; Mrs. M. C. Winson,
Warrenton; Mrs. Simpson, Clayton,
i After the rehearsal in the evening
the bridal party and a few friends
and relatives from Clayton and Ra
leigh were entertained, the feature
| of the evening being the cutting of
j the bride’s cake. Mrs. Ed Hugh Lee
got the dime, the thimble went to
Miss Bob Cobb, and the ring to Miss
Tessie Eason.
POPULAR COUPLE
WEDS IN CLAYTON
Miss Alta Debnam and Dr.
Hennette Poole Plight Their
In Horne Memorial
TO LIVE IN WINSTON-SALEM
Clayton, Sept. 24.—A marriage of
interest to a wide circle of friends
throughout the State and one con
necting two of Clayton’s oldest fam
ilies was solemnized at Horne Me
morial Church Saturday, September
20th, at 10 o’clock in the morning,
when Miss Alta Griffin Debnam be
came the bride of Dr. Bennette Bau
cora Poole of Winston-Salem.
The church was lovely with decora
tions of palms, ferns, golden-rod and
iii myriad of softly lighted yellow
candles. Prior to the ceremony a
musical program was given with
Miss Louise Young at the organ. As
she played “Berceuse”, Mrs. E. Wr.
McCullers and Mrs. H. E. Brooks
entered. Mrs. McCullers sang “The
Sweetest Story Ever Told” and “At
Dawning,” and Mrs. Brooks, violin
ist, played “Loves Greeting”. To the
strains of the wedding march from
Lohengrin, the four ushers, Mr.
James Lane of Auburn, Mr. War
wick Debnam of Selma, Messrs.
Vaughan Pool and Swade Barbour of
Clayton, entered and took their
places near the chancel. Miss Eliza
beth of Denton, of Raleigh, and Miss
Doris Jefreys, gowned in embroid
ered orchid georgette with arm bou
quets of purple asters,' and Miss
Miriam Lee, of Raleigh, and Miss
Zelda Barnes in embroidered canary
georgette with arm bouquets of lav
ender asters were the bridesmaids.
They all wore Bo-Peep hats trimmed
in gardenias and tulle. The grooms
men were Dr. William Watkins, of
Durham, and Messrs. C. B. Simmons,
Neil Barnes and Aubrey Gattis.
These were followed by the matror.
of -honor, Mrs. Adlar S. Oliver, of
Benson, sister of the bride, who wore
a blue and gold cut velvet gown with
ostrich boa to match and carried a
shower bouquet oi] Columbia roses
and swansonia. The dainty flower
girls were little Misses Helen Dixon
Massey, of Selma, and Sarah Oliver,
of Benson, and their frocks were of
peach taffeta. Little Miss Loui. e
Jones of Norfolk, niece of the groom,
in a lovely dress of white voile over
yellow silk with trimmings of au
tumn leaves, carried the ring on a
satin pillow. The bride entered with
her father who gave her in marriage.
She wore an imported costume suit
of rust bengaline trimmed with k'.t
fox, with hat, gloves and shoes to
match and her bouquet was of bride’s
roses showered with valley lilies.
They were met at the altar by the
bridegroom with his best man, Dr.
Glenn Pool, of Winston-Salem. Rev.
M. Y. Self, pastor of the church,
spoke the marriage vows, using the
impressive ring ceremony, during
which time “Traumerei” was softly
rendered. Mendelssohn’s Wedding
March was used as the recessional.
The bride is a graduate of Greens
boro College for Women and has
taught in the Clayton Schools for
two years. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Debnam, of
Selma, but has spent most of her
life with her grand-parents, Dr. and
Mrs. J. A. Griffin, in Clayton. She is
a striking brunette and possessed
with much personal charm. Dr. Pool
is a graduate of Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, and after a
year’s interne work at Fifth Ave
nue Hospital, New York City, lo
cated in Winston-Salem for the prac
tice ot his profession. His outlo k
for success is most promising. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. P< 1
of Clayton. Both bride and bride
groom are very popular in their home
town.
PEACOCK NOW CLAIMS
HE IS A SANE MAN
San Diego, Cal., Sept. 22.—Contend
ing he has been judicially restored
to sanity and that he is no longer
accountable for the crime, Dr. J. W.
Peacock, arrested Saturday near El
Cajon for the slaying of the chief of
police of Thomasville, N. C., s™ eral
years ago, declared today he ■ ild
fight extradition proceedings.