NUMBER 15
THIS CITY ELECTS
I BEMJTY QUEEH
Miss Rose Grantham Chosen At
Mass Meeting Wednesday
Night; Committees Appointed
MR. BARTLETT SPEAKS
Smithfield’s Queen in the Eastern
Carolina Exposition will be Miss Rose
Grantham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
N. B. Grantham, the choice having
been made at a mass meeting held at
the court house Wednesday night. In
terest in the contest helped to bring
out a good crowd and the spirit shown
at the meeting indicates that Smith
field is lining up solidly to make a
complete success of the Exposition
v(hich will be held here April 13-18.
Mayor John A. Narron presided and
stated the purpose of the coming to
gether. Mr, N. G. Bartlett, secreta
ry of the Eastern Carolina Cham
ber of Commerce, who was in the
city to confer with some committees,
was present and Mayor Narron called
on him for a talk in regard to the
Exposition. Mr. Bartlett outlined the
program which has been planned and
I incidentally made suggestions for ad
ditional committees. When Mr. Bart
lett had concluded his remarks his
audience had a deeper realization of
the magnitude of the event which is
to be staged in Johnston County in
April.
“I do not want to scare you folks,”
said Mr. Bartlett, ‘‘but I do want you
to realize what a big thing it is.”
The meeting then approved the ap
pointment of a housing committee
composed of Mrs. P. H. Casey, Mrs.
Y. H. Brooks, Mrs. L. G. Patterson
and Mrs. John O. Ellington. The fol
lowing were named on a publicity:
Mrs. T. J .Lassiter, Messrs. Geo. Y.
Ragsdale, H. B. Marrow and E. J.
Wellons. A motion was passed to
form a Bureau of Information, and
a chairman will be named later. Mr.
as chairman of this Bureau. Mr. TV.
Ransom SfJjders was made chairman
of the local Float committee.
The matter of closing the stores
on the afternoon of the opening day
of the Exposition in order to help the
other nine towns in the county wel
come the guests, was considered, the
suggestion coming from the Selma
merchants. The suggestion was fa
vorably received and the stores will
close on Monday, April 13, from one
to four o'clock.
Mr. J. A. Wellons presented the
idea of having a T. I. reunion in con
nection with the exposition and form
er T. I. students present met after
the mass meeting to formulate plans
which will be published when per
fected.
Last but not the least feature on
[ the program was the selection of a
Queen to represent Smithfield in the
Beauty contest. Queens from the ten
towns in Johnston County will com
pete for a $500 diamond ring, while
a similar contest will be conducted
for towns out side Johnston County.
It was decided to select the Queen for
Smithfield by popular vote and Mes
srs. H. JP. Johnson, H. C. Woodall and
Rev. A. J. Parker were named to have
eharge of the election. Every one
Present was asked to write their
ehoise on a slip of paper, and the fol
lowing young ladies were thus nom
iriated: Misses Lucile Cotter, Fran
ces Green, Arah Hooks, Irene Myatt,
Lucile Johnson, Ethel Barbour, Car
rie Young, Rose Grantham, Ila Bra-1
dy> Mary Gattis Holland, Ruth
,'"0°ks. Rhetta Martin, Jean Abell, i
Mai7 Ellington, Margaret Moore, Do- j
ra Barbour, Luma McLarnb and Mary ;
Bateman.
three receiving the highest |
[dumber of votes were: Miss Fran-!
( ' Grrer© Arah Hooks and Rose,
Giantham, and these young ladies
|v '“ voted on again. The second vote
* minuted Miss Frances Green, and
|'"e final show down found Miss j
' aatham the winner though Miss!
| Books ran close
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Clasaof the MetTi-^
r SocjMy will meet !j
y” Monday afternoon with Mfss
at three o’clock.
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[1 AUTOC^y TEtf.j
Robert Reidt, the “crack of doom’’
prophet and family, who had his name
on the lips of nine million New '.'or
kers, February 7th, when ne adher
ed to advance Seventh Day Adven
tist’s vision of world ennd, is now
looking for a job as a paper-hanger.
Washington’s Birthday
Exercises At S. H. S.
On Wednesday morning of this
week Rev. A. J. Parker made a very
interesting address to the Smithfield
grammar grade and high school stu
dents on George Washington as a
boy. Mr. Parker held the interest
of the pupils unusually well and made
a deep impression.
The chief characteristics of Wash
| ington as a boy discussed by Mr.
Parker were his exact and cheerful
obedience to his mother’s wishes at
all times, his dependability, and his
habit of following rules of conduct
which he made for himself when a
boy of thirteen.
In telling of Washington’s obedi
ence to his mother’s every wish—Kis
father died when he was fourteen—
the story was told how Washington
had an ambition to become a sailor,
how he had already gone on board
the ship after having secured his mo
ther’s permission, how his motHer
changed her mind at the last minute,
and then how Washington cheerful
ly gave up his ambition and went back
to his mother.
Smithfield Triangle
Debaters Chosen
Affirmative: Leo Ennis, Carrie
Young.
Negative: Willard Lawrence, Worth
Boyette.
Sanford and Dunn high schools are
the other two members of the tri
angle. Smithfield’s negative team
will probably go to Sanford, while the
affirmative team remains at home to
debate Dunn’s negative team.
The query for debate is the port
terminals proposition.
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Panford Seniors Visit
Smithfield High School
Misses Mary Tulluck and Elizabeth
Cross, members of the senior class in !
the Sanford high school, on Tuesday
of this week visited the Smithfield
high school for the purpose of collect
ing data for theses which they are re
quired to write before graduation.
These two students will compare the
two high schools. Superintendent
Franks says the girls were very ca
pable interviewers, that they had a
long list of questions of a practical
sort, and that they obtained a wide
range of information which will be
very usefu 1 in comparing the two
schools.
MAD CAT BITES SEVERAL
Selma, Feb. 18.—A stray cat that
had tal en up at Roberts, Corbett
and Woodard’s store developed ra
bies Saturday morning. He scratch
ed one of the clerks, Miss Lola Reel
and bit Mr*^N. J. Creech and Ju
lian Corbett? The head was sent
to Raleigh, where hydrophobia was
pronounced. The patients are al!
treatment and
are doing well.
LEAVE REMAINS Of
COLLINS IN CAVE
Last Earthly Rites For Entrap
ped Man Held At Cave
Entrance
SERVICE OF 55 MINUTES
Cave City, Ky., Fe# 17.—On the
hill above Sand Cave this- afternoon
his family and friends held funeral
services for Floyd Collins. There was
no casket ;Qno corpse, no grave, and
no marker.
Sixty feet underground in the Sand
Cave trap which closed upon him 18
days ago lay the body of Collins, dis
covered a few days too late by the
rescuers. Rather than risk the lives
of any of the tireless volunteers, his
family chose to leave him in the cave
for his last sleep.
Physicians, his friends and officials
! of the rescue party crept down into
his narrow tomb today to gather the
j legal evidence that Floyd was buried
there and that he was dead. None of
his family could take a last look, but
jthe thought that Collins would have
chosen such a spot, among his beloved
caves, comforted them.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Collins were there
silent in the last earthly rites for
their son. The aged couple sat side
by side in small chairs near the edge
of the same limestone ledge under
which Sand Cave disappears.
Behind them, grouped on large boul
ders overlooking th<f valley below,
were a dozen members of a choir
gathered from among residents of
Cave City. Mr. and Mrs. Collins
listened with bowed heads while
strains of “Nearer, My God, to Thee”
drifted over the hill as the services
opened.
The aged father looked often to
ward the mouth of Sand Cave 125
feet away as the words, “Lika a wan
derer, the sun gone down,” floated
away in the distance. The cave, na
ked in the absence of its sheltering
canopy, yawned silently.
The Rev. Roy H. Biser, of Glasgow,
a neighboring community, climbed to
a stump to open a Scriptural service
and a motion picture camera started
to whirr. At the outer fringe of the
group stood a sentinel with his rifTe.
Huges rocks were the benches of the
outdoor chapel.
Men who had spent days in the
struggle, unshaved and muddy in ap
pearance, bared their heads in the
chilling breeze. The prayer was of
fered. The little gathering of 150
men and women heard the Rev. Biser
tell them they were “standing in fue
midst of death”, and listened to him
give thanks “for the brotherhood of
man as manifested by those who had
risked their lives on this site.”
Mental comfort for the Collins fam
ily was besought and then Mrs. Ira
D. Weathers, of Cave City, sang a so
io.
Newspaper telephones, but recent
ly installed all over the hillside, rang
un-answered from various tree sta
tions. A soft wind rustled the dried
brown leaves and carried the song off j
down the valley.
The story of Floyd Collins, un
certain in its outcome, uncertain even
from day to day, Rev. Mr. Biser re-1
ferred to as paralleling the romance
of mankind itself. No other incident!
within memory, he said, had brought j
so many prayers from the brother
hood of man for one fellow man trap
ped underground.
“Heroic deeds have laid a perma
nent monument for the whole coun
try in the exhibitions of courage and
stamina revealed for 18 days at Sand ,
Cave,” the Rev. C. K. Dickey, of Horse
Cave, said. He supplemented Rev.
Mr. Biser’s statement that the spot
forever would be sacred to the memo- j
ry of him who had called forth so
much loving kindness.
Fifty-five minutes had elapsed
when the final “Amen” brought tne
closing of®e services. Such 4r|s the 1
last hour of spiritual tribute to Floyd
Collins. A few more fours and his
body will have been sealed in its tomb
deep in the earth ijjjjl'low. A block of
concrete will be permitted to s^di
fy in the lateral leading to the rescue
shaft, while the shaft proper will be
filled with rock and earth from the
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PARADE FEATURES
THE OPENING DAY
Rev. Bilb Sunday Will Deliver
Address and Victor’s Band
Will Play
SIX
FILL
D A Y S
From the program announced for
the Eastern Carolina Exposition some
time ago through the press, it seems
that there will be more real construc
tive entertainment in six days than
has ever been presented to a North
Carolina audience. In fact, every day
seems to have been mapped out to
fill a different part of one’s general
make-up. An analysis of the pro
gram will reveal some interesting
things.
In the first place on the opening
day, at 2 P. M. the gong will sound,
the Chief Marshall will sound Ins
command to “March” and that great
line of expensive floats will proceed
down Smithfield’s thoroughfares In
regular army fashion. When the fa
mous J.s. F. Victor strikes up the first
j note of the forward march, the ten
thousand folks on the streets will
bend their necks to se what is coming.
Leading the parade will be the Chief
Exeucutive of North Carolina, who is
i an Eastern Carolinian and an ardent
boster of the Eastern Carolina Cham
ber of Commerce, Angus Wilton Mc
Lean. He will be followed by that
| always attracts the human eye: the
thirty or more Queens representing
as many towns, on specially prepared
i floats; among them somewhere will
be that magnetic power who has spo
ken to more people than any other
living man, possibly: Rev. W. A. (Bil
ly) Sunday, who will speak in the aft
! ernoon and night of the opening day.
i Then the floats, floats, floats and
some more beautiful floats. .
Then the parade will come to a
close at 2:30 i nfront of the main
entranc of the mammoth Exposition
biulding, and then the program will
begin to move off on the inside.
President John W. Holmes, of Farm
ville, will turn the Third Annual Ex- I
position over to Eastern North Caro
lina with appropriate address. Gov- i
ernor McLean will speak and local
fellows will welcome the big crowd.
Then Billy Sunday, the famous Evan
gelist will deliver one of his stirring
addresses to a packed house. The
evening program Moi^ay will be a
band concert, followed b ythe famous
Roster Act from the Hippodrome Tn
New York, and then Mr. Sunday will
deliver another of his outstanding ad
dresses. To be sure of getting start
ed right, every body should be there
the first day and night. The hatnt
will be easy from then on until {Tie :
end of the week. ©
ENROLLMENT IN SMITH FIELD
SCHOOLS
The enrollment in the white schools
At the end of the fifth month, Feb- j
rnary 6, was 1,041. The girls out- '
numbered the boys by 57. In the high
school department there were 102 boys
and 119 girls, a total of 221.
The enrollment in the Negro school
at the end of the 4th month of that
school, February 13, was 252 boys-j,
and 277 girls, a total of 529. In the j
high school department of the Negro
school there were 32 boys and 64 (
girls, a total of 96.
Health Officer Has Office in Court
House ;
Dr. C. C. Massey, newly elected
county health officer, has moved his ,
office from the Jones building and i
may now be found in the court house, (
the north corner of the third floor. (
vicinity. The entrance to the cave ;1
will be closed with heavy timbers and
Floyd Collins hencefort will rest un- 1
disturbed. ©
Collins, an obscure man, became a ;
nationally known figure overnight
by his entrapmUit in Sand Cave ;|pd <
the finding of his.gbody yesterday
climbed a 16 day effort at his re;jgi;
cue.—^Associated Press.a? (§)
--m-—
farmers of Cleveland County are 1
determined to have electric lijftt- in
th®b homes, .^.community light line
was recently arranged for by the Earl
and McErayer communities.
TWO MAIL BAGS STOLEN
Tuesday morning two mail bags
thrown off train number 83 which
passes here about six o’clock, were
stolen before the official mail car
rier could get them, the theives
making their escape domi the rail
road, On yesterday morning the
two bags were found by Chief Ca
ble in some bushes near Austin’s
gin. The bags had been opened and
letters and packages rifled and
scattered around.
Johnston Co. Medical
Society Holds Meeting
The Johnston County Medical So
ciety met in regular session Tuesday
night, Februray 17th, at 7:30 in the
Grand Jury room of the Court House.
Business proceedings of the Society
were disposed of and interesting talks
were made by the following members:
Dr. J. B. Person, of Selma, on the
best treatment for Influenza; Dr. B.
A. Hocutt, of Clayton, on the best
treatment for Broncho-Pneumonia;
Dr. I. W. Mayerberg, of Selma, on the
best treatment for Leg Ulcer. Gen
eral discussion was then entered) in to
by all members.
A committee was appointed to
formulate plans for entertaining the
Society at some future date, and a mo
tion was passed to hold the meetings
months, next meeting to be held sec
monthly rather than every two
ond Tuesday night in March at 8:00
o’clock, in Selma.
Meadow School
Bonds Sell Well
Bids for $35,000 worth of five and
a half percent school bonds for the
Meadow School district were opened
here Tuesday morning-, twenty-one
sealed bids having- been submitted to
County Sueperintendent H. B. Mar
row. The highest bidder was Kal
man, Gates, White & Co., of St. Paul,
Minn., whose bid was $36,536.50. Ev
ery $100 in bonds sold brought $104.
39.
Bidders besides Kalman, Gafes,
White & Co. were as follows:
Emery, Peck & Rockwood, Chica
go, 111., $35,806.00.
Seipp, Princell & Co., Chicago, 111.,
$36,215.00.
Spitzer, Rorick & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, $35,761.00.
Ryan, Southerland & Co, Tole
do, Ohio, $35,663.25.
Braun, Bosworth & Company, Tole
do, Ohio, $35,318.00.
Northwestern Trust Company, St.
Paul, Minn., $35,805.00.
A. C. Allyn & Company, Chicago,
111.. $35,975.00.
“^The Weil, Roth & Irving Co., Cin
dnnatti, Ohio, S36,310.00.
Campbell & Co., Toledo, Ohio, $36,
[14.00.
Drake, Jones Co., Greensboro, N. C.,
>36,405.00.
Stevenson, Perry, Stacy & Co., Chi
cago, 111., $35,766.50.
Prudden & Co., Toledo, Ohio, $36,
157.00.
C. W. McNear & Co., Trinity, N. C.
;Chicago, 111.), $36,489.91.
Lewis, W. Thomson & Co. St. Louis
VIo., $35,252.00.
The L. R. Ballinger Co., Cincinnati,
3hio, $35,493.50.
The Farmers Bank & Trust Compa
iy., Smithfield, N. C., $35,885.00.
R. S. Diekson & Co., Gastonia, N.C.
^ep. Stranahan, Harris & Oatis, Inc.,
536.008.00.
W. L. Slayton & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
535.644.00.
W. K. Terry Co., Toledo, Ohio, $35,
537.00.
Wells, Dickey & Company, Minneap
)lis, Minn., Wachovia Bank & Ti-ust
]o., Winston-Salem, N. C., $35,105.
>0.
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Child Knocked Down By Truck©
Yesterday ^ternoon the little four
ear-old boy of Mrs. Betflfc Coafs,
va knocked dc^n by a school truck
gnfront of his home on Second
stree®and was bruiesd about the face
tr-.d head. The little fellow lived In
ont of the hospital and hSHvas tak
n there and his wounds treated, it
>eing necessary t# take two or three
Pitches in a cut. His injuries are not
hought to be serious. The accident
iccording to report, was unavoida
ble.
SELMA CITIZENS
BACK EXPOSITION
Mrs. A. R. Wilson Chaim .1
Better Babies Committee;
Prizes Are Attractive
OTHER SELMA
NE' S
Selma, Feb. 18.—The Selma people
are talking the Eastern Carolina Ex
position which is to be held in Smith
field in April. The majority of them
; are standing solidly back of the move
ment.
The following information about the
Better Babies Contest has been given
out by Mr. N. G. Bartlett, of Kinston
Manarger, of the Eastern Carolina
Exposition, and Mrs. A .R. Wilson, of
Selma, chairman of the Johnston
County Baby Show, which is to be
staged in Smithfield in April. One
boy baby and one girl baby between
the ages of 18 months and 36 months
| old may be entered from each of the
117 townships in Johnston County. Two
i women from each township will be
1 appointed to assist in getting the ba
| bies entered. The prizes are as fol
lows: $25 first; $15 second; $10 third,
for the three winners in the boys’
class and for the three winners in
| the girls’ class. They will be intro
jduced from the platform Wednesday
afternoon and will be voted on by the
audience by ballot. The contestants
j must be entered in time to reach us
! by April third, which will give ten
' days to prepare the ballots to have
j them ready for the Exposition. The
! contest, of course, is limited to white
babies.
One of the most enjoyable affairs
of the season was the Father and Son
Banquet given by Selma troop No. 1,
Boy Scouts of America, in the Iliv/a
nis Club rooms, Friday evening of
last week. The hall was very appro
I priately decorated with flags and the
national colors. The banquet was pre
i pared by the Domestic Science De
! partment under the supervision of
Miss Clell Branham. Prof. H. B.
' Bueck, local Scout-Master, called for
the scout oath, which the boys gave
standing. This was followed by the
song, America. Supt. F. M. Waters
gave the address of_ welcome, which
was responded to by Dr. George D.
Vick. Between courses short talks
were made by Messrs. Geo. F. Brietz,
John Lacy Deans, Dr. I. W. Mayer
berg, all of Selma, and Mr. T. C.
Young, Smithfield. The meeting was
full of pep and enthusiasm from start
to finish and much credit is due Pro
fessor Bueck for the excellent train
ing and fine spirit which the boys
show. Music was furnished through
out the evening by the local orches
tra, composed of Messrs. Edgar Stan
cil, Mavon Deans, Ed Creech, C. L.
Griffith and H. B. Bueck. Q
Mr. T. S. Cheek, of Mebane, spent
last week end here with friend .
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Godwin spent
the week end with relatives in the
©
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Whitley, of
Benson, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Woodard Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Whitlety and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Whitley, of Dur
ham, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
K. Eason Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Holcombe, who
moved to Selma several months ago,
have returned to their home in
Charleston, S. C. They have made
many friends here who regret to see
them leave.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Wilson spent
Monday afternoon in Dunn.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Biggs, of
Wilson, spent the last week end here
with Mrs. T. R. Fulghum. ©
Mr. W. A. Herring and family have
moved to Goldsboro this week. The
besr wishes of their friends h i go
with them. (J)
(jjllrs. J. F. Saunders and Mrs Mon
roe Brewer who have both bee . ouue
(®1 are improving no|gt.
Mr. N. T. Straughan, % F! nvnce,
S. C., spent last week here w th his
brother, Captain J. R, .^Daug .
Mr. and Mrs. B. ® Polloc! :rov»
Pollocksville, spent Sunday wnh Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Ray.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Person and «on
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