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SMITHFIELD, N- C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1924.
NUMBER 91
PREDICTS BETTER
DAY FOR COTTON
President of Cotton Manufac
turers Thinks Recovery Is
Now Under Way.
LARGEST CROP IN 4 YEARS
Boston, Nov. 12.—The cotton indus
try apparently has definitely turned
the corner .and is proceeding slow
ly, though steadily toward better days,
Robert Amory, of Boston, president of
the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, said in his address
before the annual meeting of the as
sociation here today.
“The present cotton crop is the lar
gest in four years and we are as
sured of sufficient raw material for a
much greater percentage of our ca
pacity than through the last year,”
Bresider.t Amory said. “A word of
caution:
“We are noli assured of sufficient
raw material for an adequate reserve
supply. Therefore, price fluctuation
is still likely, although probably not
to as great an extent as during the
year past.
“The past year has been one of the
most difficult through which our cot
ton manufacturing indusry has ever
passed, at least in the memory of
men now engaged in the business,”
he said. “The principal cause for this
has been the consecutive short crops,
leaving the world without an adequate
reserve supply of raw material which
might have assisted in stabilizing the
price. This, coupled with the ease with
which speculation may be conducted in
cotton, has brought about tremendous
and unwarranted price fluctuations.
A contributing cause which now seems
absurd has been the fear and uncer
tainty of the political situation.”
For the last few months cotton
manufacturing in the United States
Jitis. r-un as low a# 60 to ?flu«per ce,ot -
capacity, the president added, while
in New England it has run from 40
to 50 per cent.
“Outside of New England, produc
tion has in no month run below 80
per cent capacity and has ranged
from 80 to 90 per cent,” he said.
“Dozens of great Cotton manufac
turing corporations have ceased to
pay dividends for the first time in
many years. The workers in our New
England mills have had to exist on
less than half time and half pay and
in many mills have had almost no
work at all.”
One hopeful factor for the cotton
industry, President Amory said, was
the fact that the unprecedented cur
tailment of the past year undoubt
edly has created a great void in the
country’s stock of finished goods. An
other was the great improvements of
form markets.”—News and Observer.
Death of a Baby
Just as the sun was rising to bright
en another beautiful day on Thurs
day about seven o’clock, October 30,
the Death Angel visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Jernigan and
took from them their darling baby,
Ethylene. She was sick only a short
time and all that loving parents, kind
relatives, physicians and friends could
do could not stay the icy hand of
death. God does all things well, al
though it is hard to part with such
a beautiful little flower. Ethylene was
one year, six months and three days
old. Her stay on earth was short but
she had gained many friends. To know
her was to love her.
Weep not, dear parents and little
sister. She is not dead but sleepeth.
She was buried near her home in the
Hood cemetery amid a crowd of sor
rowing relatives and friends. Her lit
tle grave was covered with flowers
which she dearly loved. The funeral
services were conducted by their pas
tor, Rev. Mr. Sewell and Rev. Mr.
Young.
Little Ethylene is gone to rest,
To reign with God for ever blest;
Her little tongue will always praise
A Savior’s love, redeeming grace.
Far from a world of sin and strife
She now enjoys a heavenly life;
And joins to praise and shout and sing
And make the heavenly arches ring.
Written by her aunt, Amelia.
Mr. J. D. Spiers left Thursday for
Wilprington where he goes to attend
the North Carolina Conference which
is in session there.
J. W. Woodard
Painfully Burned
Mr. J. W. Woodard, of Glendale,
lappened to a serious accident one
lay last week when he was painfully
aurned about the face and hands. Mr.
Woodard was curing sweet potatoes
and went into the storage house to
fill the oil stove. There was very little
space in which to do this and when,
fro msome reason, the stove caught
fire and Mr. Woodard found his only
avenue of escape from the house cut
off by the leaping flames, he did the
only obvious thing, picked up the
stove and carried it out before him.
This carried the flames into his face.
He did not inhale any of the fire, ac
cording to our information, and is
no wdoing as well as could be ex
pected. Mr. Woodard is a member of
the county board of commissioners.
The Purpose of Pruning
Raleigh, Nov. 3.—The purpose of
pruning is to change the habits of
growth of a plant to encourage the
greatest possible production o.f^ fruit
by that plant.
The grower prunes first to direct
the growth of the young tree that It
will form a strong framework of
scaffold limbs to form th e future
tree; he prunes, secondly, to allow
the greatest amount of sunlight;
third, to provide proper circulation
of air; fourth, to remove all dead and
diseased branches and fifth, to do this
by such careful and judicious pruning
as to maintain the largest possible
leaf surface while getting the first
four objects named.
“These are the primary purposes of '
pruning a fruit tree,” says Glenn O.
Randall, extension horticulturist for
the State College of Agriculture. “In
forming the future tree, with apples,
the scaffold limbs are distributed
around a central leader limb which as
the tree develops should become the
trunk. With peaches, an open head
ed system of pruning is advisable, in
wh?FK daso the tree is trained to not
more than four scaffold limbs so se
lected that no two limbs are directly
opposite. This is done to prevent
weak crotches.”
Mr. Randall states that sunlight is
necessary to best color of fruit and
if there is not a free circulation of
air, danger from plant diseases is
greater. He says, “Experiments with
apple trees made by the North Caro
lina Station show conclusively that
it is best to thin out the small
branches rather than to prune se
verely cutting back the large
branches. Because of soil conditions
in the Sandhills it is necessary to
prune the peach trees here rather se
verely. In all other cases, however,
it is not wise to cut out too much
wood.”
Can’t Always Tell
In a remote district of Wales a
baby boy lay dangerously ill. The wid
owed mother walked five miles in the
night through drenching rain to get
a doctor. . .The doctor hesitated about
making the unpleasant trip. . . Would
it pay? he questioned. He would re
ceive no money for his services, and,
besides, if the little child’s life was
saved he would no doubt become on
ly a poor laborer. But love for hu
manity and professional duty con
quered, and the little life was saved.
Years after, when this same child—
Lloyd George—became Chancellor ol
the Exchequer, the old doctor said
“I never dreamt in saving the lift
of that child on the farm hearth 1
was saving the life of the nationa
leader of’ Wales.”—Sunday Schoo
Chronicle.
Begin Too Late
He was a little old man that walked
with an unfirm step. As he stood
leaning on his cane, I noticed a tear
trickle down his cheek. I wonder if
he was crying for joy or sorrow. He
had just been told by the county com
missioners he would be allowed to
enter the poor house. He stayed only
a moment and walked to the car that
carried him away. I couldn’t keep
from swallowing hard a couple of
times as that little bit of life was
played before me. I thought, suppose
that will be my fate when I am old
No home, no money, no friends...
Only the poor house to call home. I
tell you, folks, such things make a
fellow think. The trouble with most
of us we don’t begin thinking until
it is too late.—Editor Sturkey in The
Thomasville News.
TRUCK STRIKES SAND.
AND TURNS TURTLE'
School Truck Operating Be
tween Bentonville and Four
Oaks Turns Over
FOUR ARE BADLY HURT
The first school truck accident of
serious consequence in this county oc
curred Wednesday morning about nine
o’clock when Ford truck No. 27.
which is operated between Benton
ville and Four Oaks, struck deep sand
near the home of Mr.. Ben Allen, sev
en miles from Four Oaks, and turned
oyer. Mr. James Grantham was driv
ing the truck and twenty-five school
children were on board at the time of
the accident.
Three of those riding in the truck,
Mr. Chester Flowers, Miss Lottie Lee
and Queen Lee, were badly hurt and
were rushed here to the Smithfield
Memorial Hospital for medical atten
tion. Mr. .Flowers received a four-inch
cut on his head and was otherwise
scratched and bruised. The girls were
severely bruised but their condition
is not considered serious.
Kirby Allen, another occupant of
the truck, was carried to Four Oaks
for treatment. Both his arms were
broken. The other children escaped
injury.
At last report the injured were get
ting along as well as could be expect
ed.
BAPTISTS HOLD ANNUAL
BUSINESS MEETING WED.
The Smithfield Baptist church held
its annual business meeting last Wed
nesday evening, and the members felt
it was a marked success. A large part
of the membership was present to
take part and to enjoy the social fel
lowship at the close of the business
session. Miss Frances Whifce sang fi
selection, and under the' diredtiioli of
a committee headed by Mrs. W. N.
Holt refreshments were served at the
close of the hour, while those present
mingled in social fellowship.
The first part of the meeting was
given to hearing reports irom an tne
departments of the church co^gfing
the work of the year. The report of
the clerk Showed that during the year
46 new members had been added to
the church, the present membership
being 335. Money raised during the
fiscal year amounted to nearly $6,000.
The historian, Mrs. W. N. Holt, read
a historical sketch of the church dur
ing the year, dwelling on the encour
aging signs of progress made, and
paying a fine tribute to the pastor
and his wife for their part in bringing
' the church into its present condition.
Omcers were elected ior tne ensu
ing year as follows: superintendent of
the Sunday school, W. H. Lassiter;
superintendent of the young people’s
work, Miss Annie Rose Southerland;
superintendent of missions, Mrs. G.
W. Hicks; superintendent of Chris
tian education, Mrs. Layton McGu
gan; clerk, J. H. Wiggs; treasurer, D.
H. Creech; financial secretary, Miss
Cherry Gurley; auditor, R. P. Hild
ing; musical director, Miss Frances
White; pianist, Miss Lallah Rookh
Stephenson, with Miss Helene Ives
assistant; historian, Mrs. W. N. Holt;
head usher, Lawrence Brown.
The church voted to pay out of the
church treasury the expenses of the
Sunday school, the B. Y. P. U. and
the W. M. U. letting the contributions
from these organizations go into the
church treasury.
IOHNSTON CO. COOPS
im RALEIGH OFFICE
ocal Cotton Association Sends
Large Delegation to Raleigh
Armistice Day.
PICNIC DINNER IS SERVED
Raleigh, Nov. 13.—Johnston County
;ent a largo delegation to visit the
idaleigh office of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative Associ
ation on Armistice Day. The visitors
wrought their dinner with them and
tables were arranged in the Classing
department of the Association bul
ling. Dinner was served and it was
an old-fashioned picnic time.
The visitors came early in the morn
ing and were met by H. H. B. Mask
and his assistants, and after being
divided into groups they were shown
the work of the Association. Each
department was visited and the work
described in detail. Assistant Secre
tary Webster took pleasure in mak
ing clear the accounting divisino and
its battery of machines. Later Gen
?ral Manager Blalock made the visi
tors an address and as usual he had
*ome interesting things to say.
The group of men, women and chil
dren were gathered at the Wake
County court house for a photo
graph—later the photographer had
an accident—both of the plates were
broken, and it was too late for an
other because the Johnston County
folks had gone home.
Among’ tne visitors were tue
lowing members of the Cotton Grow
ers Cooperative Association: J. E.
Corbett, Selma R-l; Mr. and Mrs. H.
P. Creech, Pine Level, R-l; Mr. J.
Lloyd Strickland, Pine Level, R-l; W.
H. Barnes, Kenly R-3; W. S. Tiner,
Pine Level R-l; Mr. and Mrs. R. Ar
thur Creech, Smithfield R-2; Mrs. W.
H, Woodard, Smithfield, R-2; J. R.
(Tlfvels Smithfield R-2; Mr. and Mrs.
W. T* Oliver,' "Siruthfiteld R-2; W. G.
Oliver, Smithfield R-2; R. E. and F. E.
Lee, Four Oaks R-l; Lura E. Thomp
son, Princeton R-l; Mr. and Mrs. P.
A. Boyett, Kenly R-2; Lovey Ivey,
Benson R-l; John Goff, Princeton R
1; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Thompson,
Princeton R-l; Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Holmes, Benson R-l; N. J. Lassiter,
Four Oaks R-l; Mrs. W. Howard Ol
iver, Princeton R-2; F. G. King, Four
Oaks R-l; Mrs. J. E. Woodall, Smith
field; L. F. McLamb, Benson R-l; Mrs.
G. G. Woodall, Benson R-l; Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Woodall, Benson R-l; Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Ivey, Benson R-l; J.
E. Winberry, Kellum; Joseph P. Par
ker, Smithfield R-l; W. Haywood
Woodard, Smithfield R-2; C. F. At
kinson, Kenly R-2; D. G. Ivey, Ben
son R-l; R. D. Smith, Smithfield; J.
C. Holmes, Benson R-l; J. W. Oliv
er, Smithfield R-2; Mrs. J. W. Hamil
ton, Smithfield; J. W. Hamilton,
Smithfield; W. R. Hales, Kenly R-2;
Paul C. Oliver, Smithfield R-2; J. H.
Holmes, Jr., Benson R-l; W. I. Cor
bett, Selma; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Pen
ny, Angier R-l; W. J. Snipes, Prince
ton R-2; J. E. Woodall, Smithfield;
G. C. Mumford, Princeton R-l; J. R.
Humphrey, Jacksonville R-2; Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Holland, Kenly R-2; Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Peacock, Kenly.
Among the visitors were the fol
lowing who are not members of the
! Association: Robert Hill, Jr., Smith
field R-2; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H
Strickland, Princeton R-l; Mr. ant
Mrs. M. V. Hill, Smithfield R-2; Mr
D. O. Ivey, Benson R-l; D. A. Ivey
Benson R-l; Mr. and Mrs. N. M
Strafford, Princeton R-l.
MORE AWARDS FOR HERALD SUBSCRIBERS
In addition to the many other awards for getting subscribers to
The Smithfield Herald you can win one or more of the following:
Eight pound Kingan’s Ham. Value $2.80. On display at City Market.
Given for 4 yearly subscriptions. , T , _ .
New Perfection Oil Stove- Value $32.50. On display at Jordan-Eomund
son. Given for 50 yearly subscriptions. , , . n
Girl’s Wool Dress. Sizes 12 to 14. Value $7.50. On display at A. G.
Rabil’s. Given for 10 yearly subscriptions. conn on n r
Superior Heterodyne Radio Set. (Complete). Value $300.00 On dis
play at Hood Bros. Given for 425 yearly subscriptions.
Fifty Victory Theatre adult tickets or 70 children s tickets. Good any
time within 12 months from date issued. Value $15. Given for 18 yearly
SUIndesTruetab!e Pearls (Deltah). Value $17.50. On display at T. C. Jor
dan & Son. Given for 24 yearly subscriptions. .
Gordon’s Silk Hose. Value $3.50. On display at Davis Department
Store. Given for 4 yearly subscriptions. , T
Edison Hot-Point Electric Iron. Value $7.50. On display at L. M,
Rhodes’. Given for ten yearly subscsiptions.
Please remember that these are awards offered in addition to scores
of others.
i
Teaches Ford to Dance
Henry Ford is going to give old
time dances at liis Wayside (Mass.)
Inn this winter. He has hired Mrs.
B. F. Lovett, of Hudson. Mass., to
teach him, his wife and their friends
the old steps. Mrs. Lovett is now in
Detroit to show Mr. Ford how to do
the “Doe-see doe.”
ATTEMPT TO CONVERT QEICK
SIEVER INTO GOLD
—
New York, Nov. 11.—The Scientific
American announced today that it j
would diced an attempt to convert
/quicksilver into sold, during a se-,
jries of experiments already in prog- j
iress under Prof. H. H. Sheldon, de
partment of physics, New York uni- j
versity.
“We believe the efforts will be suc
cessful,” said E. E. Free, editor of the
publication. “The experiments prob- j
ably will take from two to four i
months.”
He explained that Prof. Sheldon’s
efforts would be directed toward con
firming, by a different process, re
sults claimed to have been achieved
by Prof. Adolph Miethe during the
last year at Charlottenburg Techni- >
cal college, Berlin. Tn the meantime, a !
duplicate of the apparatus used by
Prof. Mietl'.e is being sent here for j
j study.
The apparatus now being set up at
New York university consists chief
ly of a quartz lamp which incloses i
various tubes and electric parapher
nalia. The lamp will hold about a half I
I ounce of quicksilver vapor.
The theory is that a current of
i electricity, of 170 volts and an am
perage to be determined, will “crack”
the atome of the quicksilver, “knock
off’ the 80th planetry electrons which
differentiates quicksilver from gold,
and thus leave atoms with a planet
ary system of 79 electrons— pure
gold.
Prof. Miethe’s reputed discovery
that quicksilver could be transformed
into gold was an accident. Using a
; quartz lamp and quicksilver vapor he
; was seeking to determine the effect
of violet electric rays upon the va
por. After 200 hours of operation his
[ apparatus became clogged. He took it
apart and discovered its tubes choked
. v. ith pure gold.
A repetetion of the experiment
brought the same re ult, according to
German scientific treatsies which
brought news of Prof. Miethe’s dis
covery to the attention of the Scien
tific American.—Associated Press
School Election
Fails In Meadow
For hte third time the election to
vote bonds to build a modern school
building in Meadow township has
failed to carry. The last election was
held ?????? and was defeated
by seventy-nine votes. On Decembet
23 the consolidated districts of Mead
ow will hold an election to vote or
$35,000 bond issue to erect a build
ing for their own use.
RED CROSS CHAPTER
TO BE REORGANIZED
Committee Met in Court House
Wednesday and Made Plans
for Membership Drive
200 MEMBERS IS GOAL
During the recent war Smithfield
had an active American Red Cross
chapter which functioned until after
the war closed when it was allowed to
go down. Recently an effort has been
made to re-organize this chapter and
Wednesday morning at ten o’clock
was set as the time to meet and make
plans for a membership drive.
On the committee to re-organize
the local chapter were: Rev. Geo.
M. Manley, Capt. St. Julien L. Springs
Mrs. P. H. Kasey, and Mrs. W. W.
I Jordan. Mrs. Kasey w’as named chair
man and Mrs. Jordan secretary-treas- •
urer of the committee. Mr. Chas. J.
, Smith, field director of the American
Red Cross chapters in other towns in
North Carolina, met with the mem
bers of the committee in the commis*
sioner’s room at the court house Wed
nesday and helped make plans for the
drive. He told of the work of this
great organization in other towns and
i spoke of how the work is carried on
at Fort Bragg. He also mentioned the
work being done by the Fayetteville
; chapter, .which is one of the best in
| the state. He told of a meeting of
j that chapter which he attended Tues
j day night when 120 workers who have
■harge of the campaign for roll calt
.vere attendance. He said tnat betors
he meeting adjourned, those pres
?nt turned into the treasury $795.
Mr. Smith explained ho wthe funds
laid into the organization would be
tsed. Fifty cents of every member
ship fee, he said, would be sent to
national headquarters to be used in
lational and international relief work,
ind the remainder would be used for
ocal work. In fees of $5, $25, $50,
>r $100 only fifty cents would be sent
I'he goal for membership here is
200 but an effort will be made to en
roll more. The membership drive will
tegin here next week and everybody
vill be given an opportunity to join
;ind hip support this organization car
•y on its work even more effectively
han heretofore.
NEILL McINNIS
The departure of Rev, Neill Mc
nnis, pastor of Presbyterian church
n Selma and nearby cornu unities to a
arger field of service at Philadel
>hus, Presbyterian church near Red
Springs, N. C is truly in evidence of
he worth cf the man. F'.r the last
wo years Mr. Mclnnis has been a
aichful minister in 'rs church in ricl
na, and has served well. He has
teen one of the home missionaries of
he Presbyterian Synod
During his brief pastorate in our
midst, he has built two new churches,
>n:- at Fairview and the other at
Community, also strengthened the
•hurch in Selma very materially.
Jut a man like Mr. Mclnnis never
confines himself entirely to seetari
pUB UOlKtA siq JO UBIU y -3UO[B SUB
■piritual fibre is always felt in the
life of any community in which he
ministers. We take great pleasure in
saying that he has created a very
peculiar affection in the hearts of the
teople here regardless of faith or
station of life. He has been a man of
Tod, and the man’s man. We regret
to see him leave. Yet we realize that
ie is deserving of a larger field of
service which church offers in the
new field to which he goes.
Every man’s value to a community
n which he lives is determined by
he quality and degree of service he
renders. Mr. Mclnnis’ service has
been of the highest order, and filled
j to the capacity of a great man. He
is a man who makes friends easily,
and holds the friendship long.
We wish for him every' success
which is cue to a faithful and good
can. And we leave the door of our
affections ajar so if he desires to re
turn and fellowship with us again he
may do so.—-The Johnstonian.
Two Large Turnips
Mr. W. L. Johnson, of Wilson’s
• Mills, Route 1, was in the city Tues
. day and brought with him two large
i turnips. The turnips weigh seven
. pounds and are the largest seen here
this season..