N. H. MORGAN MADE
LOCAL FIRE GRIEF
Reorganize Fire Company;
Town Board Now Considers
Erection of Fire House.
THREE SITES fN VIEW
With one the best fire fighting
equipments for a town the size of
Smithfield in the state, it is now the
purpose of the town board to organ
ize its fire company along system
atic lines and to house the fire- appar
atus in an adequate and conveniently
located building. Two fires recently
have disclosed the need of a new or
ganization, and the City Fathers met
in special session last Tuesday at
noon to consider this important un
dertaking. At this meeting sixteen
firemen were appointed and Mr. H. N.
Morgan, superintendent of the water
and light department, was made fire
chief. Also at this call session a com
mittee composed of Messrs H. C.
Woodall, E. S. Edmundson and W.
H. Lassiter, was appointed to inves
tigate available sites for the location
for the proposed fire house. This com
mittee will import at a meeting to be
held at noon on Wednesday, Novem
ber 26.
It is the idea of the town board to
provide a place for all the town equip
ment, including not only the fire ap
paratus, but the stock, wagons, tools,
jetc. Sleeping quarters for the mem
bers of the fire company will also be
provided in the proposed building.
Several locations have been suggest
ed, chief ■among which are: a lot
known as the Milton Canaday lot
with 38 foot frontage on Fourth
1 Street and 210 feet deep; the build
ing formerly occupied by the Smith
field Observer with about the same
frontage on Market Street; and the
present town hall and market buil
ding on Third Street.
The Value of Education ‘
It is S72.000, according to Dean
Lord of the Boston University Col
lege of Business Administration; and
the cash value of a high-school edu
cation is $33,000. The Boston institu
tion has been carrying out a careful
study of the earning capacity of col
lege graduates, and the report just
issued contains a number of interest
ing facts. According to a New York
Herald Tribune summary, the average
maximum income of the untrained
man is $1,200 a year; that of a high
school graduate is $2,200, and that of
a college graduate is 86,000. The to
tal earnings of the three types up to
the age of sixty are set at $45,000,
$78,000, and $150,000. It is also es
timated that while the untrained men
at the age of fifty begins to drop to
ward dependence, the college man
reaches his maximum earning capac
ity at sixty. As the report is quoted
further:
The untrained man goes to work as
a boy of fourteen and reaches his
maximum income at the age of thirty.
{This maximum is, on the average,
less than $1,200 a year. In view of
the fact that this income is earned
through manual labor dependent on
physical strength, it begins, to fall
off at the age of fifty or even ear
lier, and soon reaches a level below
self-support.
The figures show that more than
sixty of every 100 untrained workers
are dependent on others for support
at the age of sixty. Between fourteen
and eighteen, the four years which
might have been spent in high school,
the untrained young man usually
earns not more than $2,000.—L\Jer
ary Digest.
Mr. George Lee
Commits Suicide
News has reached here of the death
of Mr. George Lee, of the Blackman’s
Grove section, who shot himself with
a shot gun yesterday morning about
6:30 o’clock on the wood pile at his
home. The load went through his
face and head and he died immed
iately. The trouble that caused him
to commit this rash deed is not
known. He was about forty years old
and leaves a wife and several chil
dren. ,
School Truck Turns
Several Bacllyi Hurt
Sanford, Nov. 18.—Miraculously
escaping' death while en route from
school at Gulf to their home near
Cum mock, ten school children went
down with their car as it left the
enbankment. The car turned two or
three somersaults.
After help arrived and the children
were pulled from the wreckage and
found to be all alive, arrangements
were made to carry the injured to
Dr. Palmer’s office at Gulf, it being
the nearest point where medical aid
could be had. Worth Rosser was
found to have a broken leg, his sis
ter a broken arm, while other mem
bers of the party suffered bruises and
probably some broken ribs. The dri
ver of the car stated that he had pas
sed a car, pulling clear to the right,
and after the car passed pulled back
into the road too far and over went
the car. The car was completely
wrecked.
DIES FROM BURNS
A death, inexpressibly sad occurred
in Elevation township Monday, when
Mr. Henry Byrd, prosperous farmer
and splendid citizen, succumbed to
burns sustained on the premises Fri
day. According to our information
Mr. Byrd was cleaning the spark
plugs of his automobile Friday us
ing gasoline. A gasoline tank nearby
became ignited when he struck a
match and in the explosion Mr. Byrd
was so badly burned that he survived
only a few days. Medical assistance
was obtained from Benson soon af
ter the accident, but the burns were
too severe.
The burial took place Tuesday af
ternoon at St. Mary’s church.
The deceased, who was about forty
five years of age, leaves a wife and
| several children.
Western Carolina
Suffers Fire Loss
Asheville, Nov. 18.—On account of
the unusual dry spell western North
Carolina has suffered heavy loss from
forest fires. More than 500 acres of
land were burned by fire which raged
from Sunday to this morning. There
are a number of fires burning in oth
er counties of this section of the
state and the damage will be large.
Thinks Children Should Work
A nurse in the home of one of those
Chicago youths who murdered the
Franks boy says that until he was
fourteen years old he did not even
lace his own shoes. He was pampered
and petted and made to think that
his mission in life was to have other
people do things for him. He is cred
ited with being a brilliant student in
college, but a moral idiot.
We cite the foregoing statement
of the nurse to call attention to the
fact that the greatest danger con
fronting the young people of this
country today is idleness and spend
ing money unearned. And yet there
is a widespread belief in the wisdom
of amending the Constitution of the
United States after a manner to per
mit and State to legislate “no work”
for any person inside its borders un
der eighteen years of age. Congress
has granted the States permission to
make such a constitutional amend
ment. .
Our Governor, Alfred Smith, work
ed as a child. He sold newspapers
and carried a part—perhaps a large
part—of the burden of self-support
on his young shoulders.. It didn’t ruin
him. We believe it helped him..
We have the feeling—and we be
lieve that it is justified—that if the
history in detail of each criminal in
this country were known it would be
discovered that the great majority,
if not all of them, were not workers
as children. Idleness is a curse to the
young as well as to the old.—New
York Commercial.
One farmer of Guilford county
made more money on three acres of
truck crops, selling the produce on
the use of recommended seed grown
acres of farmland, according to his
report to Miss Addie Houston .home
agent.
SELMA CLUB GIVES
PLAYGROUND $400
Worley-Williams Marriage Is
Solemnized at Zebulon;
Will Live In Selma.
MRS. C. I. RATTEN DEAD
Selma, Nov. 20.—The last regular
meeting of the Woman’s cjub was held
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 12, in the
Kiwanis club rooms. The president
stated that $400 would be given to
ward the playground equipment by
the Woman’s Club. Another $100
had been contributed by a big-hearted
woman of our town and had been in
the bank for some time awaiting ad
ditional funds; and* with the $79.00
which the school exhibit won at the
Johnston county fair Supt. Waters
thinks we can make a beginning. A
play will be staged by the school
in the school auditorium soon and con
tributions will be solicited from our
citizens at an early date. Every one
is interested and we feel pretty sure
, of attaining our (goal this time. The
next regular meeting will be postpon
ed from Thanksgiving week to Nov.
15th and will be held in the school
auditorium. Mrs. M. R. Wall chair
man of the Literary Department will
be in charge. Every body invited.
Of interest to scores of friends in
our town and else where was the wed
ding of Miss Grace Williams, of Zeb
ulon, to Mr. C. P. Worley, of Selma
on Tuesday morning, Nov. 18 at 8:30
o’clock. The marriage took place at
the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs.
L. Y. Baker, in Zebulon. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. J. H. Worley,
of Selma, grandfather of the groom,
in the presence of a large number of
relatives and friends. The happy
young couple left immediately by mo
tor^for Asheville and other points in
the western part of the state. They
will be at home in Selma after Nov
25.
Our town was saddened Tuesday
evening when it became known that
Mrs. C. 1.1 Batten had passed away at
6:30 o’clock. Mrs. Batten had been in
failing health for more than a year
and a week ago her condition be
came critical. Her death was not un
expected. She was a daughter of the
late Josh E. Creech and was married
to Mr. C. I. Batten about 20 years
ago. She had been a faithful member
of the Edgerton Memorial church for
four or five years and attended when
^he was able. The funeral was con
ducted from Creech’s church north of
Selma by her pastor, Dr. O. P. Fitz
gerald, of Selma. Surviving are her
husband and little adopted son, Wil
lard, and a number relatives.
Push
A wealthy motorist drove up to a
gasoline station in the South.
“Hey, boy!” he called. I want some
gasoline. Get a move on you! You’ll
never get anywhere in this world un
less you push. When I was young I
pushed, and that got me where I am
now.”
“Well, boss,” said the lazy country
boy, “I reckon as how you’ll have to
push again, ’cause we ain’t got a
drop of gap in the place.”—From Ev
erybody’s Magazine for December.
Schools For The Blind
There are 73 schools for the blind
in this country with a total enroll
men of 5602 pupils. Of these schools,
48 are state institutions, and 13 are
for both blind and deaf. Eight are
private institutions.—Kind Words.
TOBACCO MARKET TO
BE CLOSED FOR
THANKSGIVING
The Smithfield tobacco market
will not have any sales on Thanks
giving, but will open on the follow
ing Monday. The market will close
for the Christmas holidays on De
cember 17. Announcement will be
made later as to the opening day
in January 1923. Tobacco is sell
ing well on the Smithfield market.
FOUR TOWNS IN GO.
BACKING MOVEMENT
Selma, Smithfield, Clayton and
Benson Join Eastern Cham
ber of Commerce.
ORGANIZATION
ACTIVE
Kinston, Nov. 17.- Three more
towns have been added to the roster
of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce membership. Each of three
raised the quota assigned to it. Splen
did responses are being had from all
over the territory, where meetings are
being held.
The three towns referred to are
Littleton, Weldon and Benson. This
gives the Eastern Chamber four towns
in Johnston county, Selma, Smith
field, Clayton and Benson. It is be
lieved that every town in the coun
ty of Johnston will take, its quota
just as soon as the business men shall
have been reached with the program.
Halifax county has the honor of hav
ing Scotland Neck, Weldon, Littleton,
Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary, all in
the big organizatiion. SecretaryJJart
lett held meetings this past week in
Weldon, Roanoke Rapids, Rosemary,
Littleton and Benson.
Secretary Bartlett made the fol
lowing report as to the activities of
the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce for the week ending Nov.
15th, last. Monday, office work and
meeting of Executive Committees and
Officers; Tuesday, meeting held at
Littleton; Wednesday, meetings held
at Roanoke Rapids, Rosemary and
Weldon; Thursday, meetings held at
Scotland Neck, Benson and 'Selma;
Friday, office and meeting at Snow
Hill and Ayden; and meeting in Kins
ton business men; Saturday, answer
ing correspondence and attending to
local calls; inquiries received for the
week about Eastern Carolina, 9; news
items sent out to press, 80; Eastern
Carolinians mailed out, 4,000; num
ber of men spoken to in meetings
during the week, 175; miles traveled
in car, 484.
Building l'p the South
Recently a circular letter-came to
this office outlining a genuinely con
structive plan of fafrn relief. It is
over the signature of the president
of the Woodsi'de National Bank of
Greenville, South Carolina, and urg
es the farmers of that locality to take
up dairying in connection with cot
ton. The letter says in part.
“Instead of depending on the cot
ton crop alone, a farmer should di
versify and raise more livestock,
making himself independent of the
ever fluctuating price of cotton.
“We believe that the farmers of
our country can be made more wi»il
thy by raising good blooded dairy
cattle, and with thi»s end in view the
Woodside National Bank will under
take to order thoroughbred dairy
cattle in carload lots, and place them
with the farmers at actual cost, pref
erably in lots of not more than three
to each farmer. If you do not wish
to pay cash, we will takevyour note
with satisfactory endorsement, pay
Cotton must always remain the
able next fall.”
great staple of the south, but depen
dence upon it alone will never result
in anything but poverty, both to the
farmer and to the soil. To the small
farmer it can mean only a bare sub
sistence. It would be so in any oth
er occupation where a man worked
less than six months of the year.
Should any merchant or banker of
the country attempt to do business
on the same basis of half-time work
he would soon be in the hands of a
receiver in bankruptcy. Dairying
will keep the farmer employed.
This bank also takes the right
court e in selecting thoroughbred
dairy stock. Unfortunately Tew peo
ple realize the importance of this. I*
is a lamentable fact that our dairy
production per cow is only one-half
that of the Netherlands, and yet it
matters not however industrious and
frugal a farmer may be, his income
must depend upon the producing ca
pacity of each cow in his herd.
The Department of Agriculture
made a long series of valuable tests
of the comparative income above cost
of Teed from cows yielding different
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W .D. Hood’s Garage
Destroyed By Fire
I Just before ten o'clock Tuesday
night fire was discovered in the ga
irage of Mr. W. I). Hood at the
jrear of his residence on North
(Third street. It is thought the fire
started from a short circuit in his
car. His Overland automobile, the
garage, and a packing room which
joined the garage were complete
ly demolished by the fire. A suit
of furniture and other articles
stored in the packing room were
also lost. The damage is estimated
at about $1,200. The home of Mr.
Hood and that of Mr. Charles
Grady were threatened for a time,
both these houses being somewhat
damaged by smoke and water.
Paint was blistered and some of
the windows were cracked. No
insurance was carried on the car
or garage.
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DIES IN AUTO WRECK
News has reached this off.ce of an
accident which resulted in the death
of Mr. Rufus Johnson whiich occur
red in Elevation township on Sunday,
Nov. !). Mr. Johnson was driving a
car and ran against a post. He swung
to the windshield but the impact re
sulted in his death. He w'as said to
! be intoxicated which probably caused
the accident. The accident took place
near the home of the late R. C. Bar
bour. Mr. Johnson was in the car by
himself.
School Boy Killed
And Several Injured
Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 10.—A ten
year-old school boy was killed and
five other children seriously injured
when a bus in which 25 school chil
dren were riding over-turned near
Saluda, N. C., late Tuesday afternoon
according to reports received here
last night.
Howard Thompson, 10, was killed
instantly when caught in the wreck
age of the heavy machine. Those
injured seriously are: Grady, Glenn
and Rodgers Foster, Jennie Bishop
and George Smith, all under 12 years
of age. A number of others suffered
painful injuries.
Ralph Tallent, 1(1, son of United
States Commissioner Lee Tallent, of
Columbus, N. C., who was driving
! the bus, disappeared after the acci
dent and searyhers had found no
trace of him tonight, it was report
ed.
All of the children attended the
Tryon mountain school.—News and
'"Observer.
Grand Opera Star For
Big Smithfield Event
Kinston, Nov. 17.-—Marie Sundelius,
grand opera star, will sing at the
Eastern Carolina evposition at Smith
field April 14, according to an an
nouncement today. She will be heard
in afternoon and evening copcerts.
Miss Sundelius is expected to draw
music lovers from throughout the
territory. James Victor’s band will
play during the exposition, which will
be opened the 13th of April and clos
ed the following Saturday night.
The 1924 sectional show was held
here last March.
quantities of butter fat in a year, re
sulting as follows:
Lbs. Butter Yearly Income
Fat per Cow Above Feed Cost
100 .. $10
j Thus the cow that yielded four
| times as much as the poorest one in
the lot gave a net return ten times
as large..
In the United States the average
production is 4,000 pounds of milk a
year, yielding 160 pounds of butter
fat. A little care in selection and
breeding would more than double
this and eliminate the waste in feed
ing ordinary cows. The Woodside
Bank is on the right track and if
properly backed up by the farmers ite
efforts should resultjn assured pros
perity for them.—Wall Street Jour
nal.
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TOBACCO THIEF IS
APPREHENDED HERE
Negro Farmer From Wake Gets
On Trail of Man Who Got
His Tobacco.
PLEASED WITH HIS PRICE
“I wish dat nigger had stole all
my tobacco,” was the enthusiastic
comment of a big framed Ethopian
with a physique to be envied by the
end man of any minstrel show, when
he saw the price he was to receive
for several piles of tobacco sold on
the floor of the Banner Warehouse
here yesterday.
T his colored man who farms in
Wake county missed a lot of his to
bacco yesterday morning, and being
reasonably sure that it had ben stol
en he started out to find it. He first
went to Wendell but not finding it
there, he hurried on to Smithfield
and reached here just before the sale.
He made known to Skinner and Pat
terson, proprietors of the Banner
Warehouse, that he had been robbed
afid asked their help in making some
investigations. It happened that a
suspicious load of tobacco had been
placed on the floor and the negro
Wake farmer was asked to go on the
floor and identify it. He had little
difficulty in pointing out the suspi
cious piles and almost at the same
moment looked up and beheld the sus
pected thief, who was a light mulatto,
entering the warehouse.
“There he is,,, he shouted, but the
mulatto began to run.
“Head ‘im off! head ‘im off” from
several voices was enough to make
the fleeing man run faster but he
was soon captured and made to ad
mit the theft. He was turned over to
the authorities and was placed in
jail where he now awaits trial.
The owner of the tobacco decided
to sell his product on the Banner floor
since it was already here, and was
so well pleased with the price that
he received that he expressed the wish
that “dat niggr had stole all his to
bacco.”
Used Cars Bring 10c
On N. Y. Auction Sale
New \ ork, Nov. 18.—The used car
market hit greased skids today at
the police department’s 222nd auction
of confiscated automobiles “as is.”
Prices ranged from 10 cents to $375,
and bidding was fast and furious
among 35 optimists who coveted the
36 vehicles offered.
The heavy-monkey piece was a rac
ing car which alone of the lot, was
able to limp away under its own pow
er. One flivver brought 50 cents. That
was five times as much as the auc
tioneer’s hammer brought for a speed
ster of noble lineage that had seen
better days—far better.
Spirited bidding boosted the price
of this latter vehicle from three cents
to 10 cents, at which figure it was
knocked down to an imaginative me
chanic who declined to give his name,
paid cash for his purchase, hitched it
behind a horse and drove away.
With him went a bargain—consid
ering. All the ex-speedster lacked of
being in complete repair was a set of
tires that would hold air; a set of
workable bearings; an ignition sys
tem that wasn’t worn out; a trans
mission system that wasn’t torn out;
and a few mud guards.
Special Service At County Home
The Junior Department of the
Methodist Sunday school will hold a
special service at the county home
(Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
No Recorders Court Tuesday
On account of the special term of
civil court which is in session here
this week, Recorders court was not
held Tuesday. Jt will not be held again
until the special court is over.
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There is no best breed of poulty
choose the one you like the best, suit
able for the purpose desired and is
sunshine. Plans for building such a
poultry workers of the North Caro
lina State College.