forty-fourth year
SlVIITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING MARCH 27, 1925
NUMBER 23
LADIES COMMITTEE
MEETS HERE TODAY
Last Session Held In Clayton
Showed Every Committee At
Work On Exposition
LAST
FULL
MEETING
(By Mrs.' G. T. Whitley)
Kenly, Mar. 26.—The next meeting
of the committees of the Women’s j
Division of the Eastern Carolina Ex
position will be held in Smithfield
Friday, March 27, at 3 o’clock in the |
County Commissioners’ room. Secre
tary-Manager Bartlett is expecting
the presence of every member of ev
every committee at this, which will
perhaps be the last full meeting of the
division. There are barely three
weeks left before the Exposition op- ;
ens its doors to thousands, and it be- I
hooves us to be present one hundred j
percent strong to report on plans and !
receive instructions. Our responsi
bility to Johnson County and to East
ern Carolina is a big one and we
want to measure up to the tasks as
signed us in a big generous way.
The last meeting of the division
was held at the home of Mrs. B. A. |
Hocutt. who was a gracious hostess. :
Quite a large number was present
when Mrs. H. L. Skinner, general
chairman, called the meeting to order j
and turned it over to Secretry-Mana
ger N. G. Bartlett. The reports from
the various committees showed that
each was on the job and some inter
esting plans were revealed.
The committee on hotels and res
taurants reported arrangements for
feeding 5,000 already made and the
promise of other organizations which
will assist.
The Pageant committee reported
parts assigned and practices going on
for a historic pageant to be presented
by children from the ten towns in the
county. A representative from each
town drew its episode. This promis
es to be a worth while feature and
will draw thousands.
The committee on the Queens’ Co
ronation ceremony reported elaborate
plans for this important event—one
that no one can afford to miss. The
splendor of this ceremony was only
hinted at but every one is looking
forward with keen interest and en- ;
thusiasm to this climax of the
Queen’s contest.
The Baby Show committee is ex
pecting to have more than two dozen
wee winsome lads and lassies to be ,
presented, admired and smiled upon,
and voted on. This will be an irre
sistible feature.
The committee on Women’s Clubs
Floats is working to have a large
number of dubs enter the competi- ■
tion. Besides having a chance at ,
handsome prizes, each organization
entering the contest will be a boost
for the town it represents and will be
an advertisement to Eastern Noi'th
Carolina of some of the activities of
the women of Johnston County. Wo
men’s Clubs, let’s put our shoulders ,
to the wheel and have a creditable
showing in the mammoth parade at
the opening of the Exposition.
The chairman of the committtee
on School Floats is hoping to have
the co-operation of all the schools.
Every school needs funds and this
will be an opportunity to compete for
generous cash prizes.
MUST PAY WAY
All inmates of State charitable and
corrective institutions will be requir
ed to pay their way, if financially
able, in the future according to an act
passed by the recent General Assem
swept areas of five states last week ,
vestigation as to financial abilty. ;
Then He hhot Her
Captain: ‘'Yes, miss, this is a
mighty good boat. Right this min
ute we’re making eighteen knots an
hour.”
Sweet Young Thing: ‘‘Oh, mercy,
we’ll have a whole boatload of knot
before we got there, won’t we ?
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Flossie: “Oh, I had the most wonder
ful Christmas. Loads and loads of
gifts and not one duplicate in the lot
Catty Thing: “I too had a wonder
ful Christm-.s, but I did get quite a ]
few duplicates (shrug, shrug)—unde
\ the mistletoe.”
MME. MARIE SUNDELIUS
Popular Prima Donna Soprano who will sing on Tuesday, April
14 during the Eastern Carolina Exposition.
Funeral of Mrs. R. J.
Noble This Morning
The funeral of Mrs. Bettie Moore
Noble, wife of Dr. R. J. Noble, who
died at her home in Selma Wednes
day evening, will be held this morn
ing at 9:30 o’clock at Edgerton Me
morial M. E. church in Selma. Mrs.
Noble was a member of this church
and her pastor, Rev. O. P. Fitzgerald,
will conduct the service. Immediate
ly after the funeral the body will be
taken to Raleigh where in terment
will be made in Oakwood cemetery.
Those from a distance who have
arrived in Selma for the funeral are:
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Winston and Mr.
and Mrs. M. C Taylor of Oxford,
Prof. M. C. S. Noble and Miss Alice
Noble of Chapel Hill, Mrs. Frank
Lawrence and Mrs. Julia Nicholson
fo Raleigh, Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Prim
rose of New Bern, Mrs. R .B. Car
rington of Richmond, Va., and Mr
J. P. Moore, of Birmingham, Ala.N
A son, Mr. W&lter Moore Noble,
who is in San Diego, Calif., will be
unable to reach Selma for the fun
eral.
SMITHFIELD BAND
IS GOING GOOD
Wednesday night the Smithfield
Band had a very good rehearsal in
the Junior Order Hall here, under the
most efficient leadership of Mr. S. A.
Braxton, who has for several months
been coming down from Raleigh and
giving the young musical talent of
Smithfield lessons in band music. The
band has made great progress since
Mr. Braxton has been here and it is
hoped that by the time that school
opens next term that it will be able
to give concerts. There are now in
the band around twenty members,
studying various instruments. The
following are the members of the
band at present:
Cornets: Walter Lassiter, Trent
Hunter, Clifton Ragsdale, Ezra Ste
phenson. Trombones: Albert Keen,
Edmund Ward. Clarinets: J. W. Phil
lips, Leon Stevens, Donnie Ward,
Paul Brown, Joe Register. Saxa
phones: Percy Pittman, Bill Hooks.
Baritone: Tom Lassiter. Bass: Roy
Gordon. Altos: Thomas Hood, Rob
ert Coates. Drums: Theodore Boyett,
Bill Joe Austin, Durwood Creech.
A meeting is held every Wednes
day night. Come up and hear the
boys play some night.
•
A physician of Stanford, Kentucky,
piled $80,000 worth of unpaid doctor
bills in public and set fire to the heap.
He said, “I couldn’t bear to have peo
ple grow up knowing that the stork’s
account was never settled.”—Dear
born Independent.
PINE LEVEL TEAM
CHAMPION CAGERS
Defeats Princeton 39 to 12 In
Last Game of Champion
ship Series
Kenly, Mar. 24.—The Pine Level
five met and decisively defeated the
Princeton team in the final game* of
the Championship series among the
eight month schools here this after
noon. Both teams showed good form
and tension remained high through
out the first half. But afterward the
Princeton Gibnts began to show the
effects of the heat and slowly drop
ped back under the withering pace
set by the Champs. The final score
was 29 to 12.
This terminates a long-drawn-out
series of basket ball games between
the eight months schools of the coun
ty. Close adherence to the rules
both of the series and the game have
characterized the season. It is to be
hoped that a distinct step forward in
good sportsmanship has been made.
ECONOMIC PAPER GUIDE;
TO KNOWLEDGE MINERALS
There is now ready for distribution
Economic Paper No. 55 of the N. C.
Geological and Economic Survey, of
“The Mineral Industry of North
Carolina”, for the years 1918 to 1923
inclusive. The paper is by Brent
S. Drane, Director, and Jasper L.
Stuckey, Ph.D., Assistant Geologist
of the Survey.
In the foreword by Brent S. Drane
it is stated that “the deliberate aim
has been to avoid technical and sci
entific discussions and to present in
clear and concise form a correct con
ception of the present economic sta
tus of the production of the mineral
resources of the State. By means of
footnotes, full references are given to
other publications from which fuller
information on the scientific phases
of the subject may be obtained and
a full table is given which lists min
erals of known occurrence, but whose
production is not of present economic
importance. In the ninety pages of
text and tables this design has been
carefully followed and the idea of
making the review of “greater value
to the layman or the investigator who
is not a miner nor a geologist, while
not reducuing its value to the latter,”
has been successfully realized.
Note: Mr. Stucky is a native John
stonian who is with the State Geolo
gical Department at Raleigh.
Not Bad
Cross-Word Puzzle Fan: “What is
a three letter abbreviation, Meaning
the nearest thing to man?”
Smart Guy: Gee. that's easy. It’s
2-V-D.”
EXPECT NORMAL NO.
OF BOLL WEEVILS
Department of Agriculture
Makes Summary of Condi
tions
Washington, March 26.—Boll wee
vil prospects for 1925 as summarized
in a report today by the Agriculture
Department’s bureau of entomology,
indicates that as far as the initial
emergence of the weevil is concerned
the southeastern states may expect
at least a normal number, and that
from Alabama westward a lighter in
festatiorfKwill prevail on the average
with the p^pibe exception of the ex
treme Gulf coast regions.
Examinations upon which the re
port is based were said to have been
more extensive than any in the past
and included besides the usual points
extreme southern Louisiana and
South Carolina and Georgia. The bu
reau pointed out that its report
could not in any way be construed as
a reason for relaxation in the fight
against the weevil.
“The southeastern states may ex
pect at least a normal number, suf
ficient in fact, to be a serious control
problem from the very beginning of
the season in those sections nearest
the hibernation shelter,” The bureau
stated.
“From , Alabama westward, how
ever, it is evident that a lighter in
festation will prevail on the average
with the possible exception of the ex
treme Gulf coast regions, but it is
also evident that this infestation is
going to abnormally “spotted”. A
peculiar combination of conditions
last summer and fall produced ex
ceeding variable crops of weevils to
go into hibernation, and it will prob
ably be found that the regions of hea
vy infestation will be separated by
only a few miles from regions of very
light infestation.
“Under such circumstances, the
main thing for the farmer to consid
er is the number of weevils present
in his neighborhood immediately be
fore frost falls.”
The report said that while the
emergency will be fairly low through
out a large portion of the territory
examined, it still will be high enough
I so that witiTsummer weather favora
ble for weevil multiplication, serious
damage will develop and the “best
which may be expected is that the
farmer will have at least an initial
advantage in the early season in his
fight against the weevil."
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LOCALS PLAY
DUNN HERE TODAY
The Smithfield high school base
ball diamond will be the scene of a
game that promises to be a very ex
citing contest this afternoon, when
hte local sluggers meet the Dunn
nine. The game has been called at
2:45 p m. and when the first ball is
pitched it will mark the second game
of the Smithfield lads this season.
Both Dunn and Smithfield have very
good teams and the struggle this aft
ernoon will give the local fans a fine
chance to see a real game.
For the last three or four weeks
Coach W. L. Rice of the local high
school has been hard at work in
building up a machine that plays real
base ball. “Red” Johnson will prob
bably do the receiving while Adams
or Smith will solve the pitching prob
lem. “Fatty” Lawrence will play
first base, Caudill on third and Ar
thur Gardner will hold down the Key
stone bag. Boyett who will play short
has been showing great form in both
field and at the bat for the past week.
In the practice game with the scrubs
Tuesday"nfternoon Boyett did some
very good hitting, getting two hits
out of three trips to the rubber, one
of which was a homer—one of the
longest hits seen on this diamond this
season. Talton, Gillette and Turnage
will furnish the excitement in the
outer gardens.
A wise Western wit deceives that
a flapper is like a houses because
she is both shingled and painted. He
miight have that, like m-;
hot; -es, she has a wooden attic.—
Fort Wayne News Sentinel.
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TRIANGLE DEBATE TONIGHT
The Smithfield high school de
ers will meet the Dunn debating
team tonight here at eight o’clock
in the high school auditorium.
The query is Resolved: That the
Nortn Carolina Port Terminals Ate
Should Be Ratified. The Smithfield
debaters uphold the affirmative
side of this question against Dunn.
The team which will meet Dunn is
composed of Leo Ennis and Carrie j
Young, both members of the senior
class. The Dunn debaters are Lay
ton Smith and Rosa Sapp. The
judges are Dr. George Vick of Sel
ma, Mr. L. L. Levinson of Benson,
and Rev. J. A. Ivey of Four Oaks.
There will be special music for the
occasion.
While Smithfield is debating
Dunn here, another Smithfield j
team composed of Worth Boyett
and Willard Lawrence will gr to
Sanford to argue against the rati- j
fication of the port terminal prop
osition.
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MARIE SUNDELIUS
TO SING APRIL 14
This Artist Secured For Expo
sition is One of Most Popu
lar Prin.a Donna Sopranos
In Concert
METROPOLITAN LAST YEAR
One of the most attractive pro
grams to be given during the coming
Exposition will be on Tuesday, April
14, when Marie Sundelius of New
York City sings. This attraction is
the highest priced number for the
week and the people wh^ attend the
Exposition on that day have some
thing to look forward to.
The many persons who have
watched Marie Sundelius’ upw7ard ca
reer at the Metropolitan Opera House
were more than delighted with her
performances at that classical temple
of music last winter. „ And still she
mounts higher. Today Marie Sunde
lius is one of the most popular pri
ma donna sopranos in concert. Per
haps one ol the reasons lor this De
sides her natural qualifications is her
conscientious hard work and her mod
esty. Witness, for example, what she
told the New York newspaper inter
viewer who approached her before
she sang her first Marguerite in
“Faust”.
“My first Marguerite at the Met
ropolitan,” said Mme. Sundelius
simply. “I do hope the public will
like me in it. It is such a storied role
and so many singers on these same
boards have given in the past such
superb characterizations of the part.
I will work awfully hard and try
to give of my best.”—which is a great
deal when the artist is Marie Sun
delius.
As for the public, Mme. Sundelius
need not have worried as to how they
were going to like her, for she has
acquared a place in the affections of
New York opera-goers that no other
singer occupies. And on this point
Mme. Sundelius is modest too.
“Perhaps it’s because I’m a prima
donna without a temper. Of course,
you would rather have me say tem
perament, but I really meant what I
said first, for when you come right
down to it, aren’t they both one and
the same thing?— except that the
word ‘temperament’ by some unwrit
ten law is always applide to artists.
DEATH LIST IN TORNADO
ZONE 830
The total number of deaths as the
result of the terrible tornado which
bly. Sixty days are given to make in
stood at 830 yesterday.
The Red Cross has performed a
wonderful work in relieving the suf
fering of victims.
HEAVY LOSER IN SHOE-SHOP
FIRE
It has been reported tjuit Mr.
Charles Alford was one of tfar heavi
est losers when the shoe shop was
burned here Wednesday night. Mr.
AJt'ord lost a pair of lather ten
shoes.
riMELY SERMON BY
- SELMA PREACHER
‘Daughter. The Future Home
Builder,” Subject of Theme
Presented By Rev. O. P.
Fitzgerald
ATTITUDE IS CHANGED
Selma, Mar. 25.—Rev. O. P. Fitz
gerald, pastor of Edgerton Memorial
M. E. Church, preached a sermon Sun
day morning that has been the sub
ject of considerable comment. He
used as his subject: “Daughter, The
Future Home-Builder’’, and based his
remarks upon the text: “Her children
arise up, and call her blessed: her
husband also, and he praiieth her.”
Proverbs 31:28.
The following is a synopsis of the
sermon:
There is a condition which has de
veloped within our age of “too much
girl.” The prevailing madness of
girls today is rapidly producing a
degenerate and deteriorate race of to
morrow. And if the race of mankind
survives, womankind must assume and
bear her native and racial responsi
bilities. _
1. Let us view the characteristic
relation of man and woman. Man is
strong; woman is beautiful. Man is
daring and confident; woman is dif
fident and unassuming. Man is great
in action; woman is great in suffer
ing. Man shines abroad; woman
shines in the home. Man talks to
convince; woman talks to persuade
and please. Man has a rugged heart;
woman a soft and tender heart. Man
prevents misery; woman relieves it.
Man has science; woman has taste.
Man has judgment; woman, sensibil
ity. Man is a being of justice; wo
man a being of mercy. So each fs
a complement to the other. Each pos
sesses peculiar gifts and wide sphere
of usefulness when controlled by wis
dom these respective qualities bear
benefits to society and honor to God.
2. But the woman of today is fast
slaying the human race. To retain
her youth, she believes necessity de
mands the practice of mal-nutrition.
This age to her has become the day
of jazz. She is the New Epicurean
without his culture. Pleasure is the
highest aim of life to her. She bat
tled for a new freedom, the freedom
of political and sex equality. And on
coming into possession of her heart’s
desire, she has declared for a “Good
Time”, since she will be so long a
time dead. She says man smokes;
why not she? Man drinks; why not
she ? Man is profane, then why not
she ? In her eagerness to be the
play boy for man, she has surpassed
him in her reckless stride, and fts
fallen to a lower depth of degrada
tion. Woman is by creation a higher
moral creature than man. And now
that she has brought herself upon a
common level with man, she has fal
len lower than man.
Her education al make-up is to re
tain her youth and physical appear
ance at the cruel expense of bodily
health and comfort. She believes in
order to keep the dance-step . she
must remain slender at the cost of
under-nourishment. In order to be the
pal on the golf-links, she must allow
the race to remain unborn. And if
she retains her boyish lines, and cheat
Father Time by preserving her girl
ishness, she must remain childless.
And now the passion of selfishness
has gripped womankind in this age
like a poisonous cobra with its fangs
fastened to the very depths of her
soul.
But, my friends, youth is youth,
and woman is woman. And if the race
of man is to increase in numbers
through +he ages to come, and come
into favor with God and man, woman
must live again in the April of beau
ty. She must stand again at the
marriage altar with that yearning,
longing breast and trembling lips,
hungry for the love and protection of
a husband's arms. She must become
heartsick for that blessed touch of
her own babe nestled to her loving
bosom. She must assume her God
created place in the summer-time of
life’s birthhood, that the human race
survive. She must avoid the expe
rience of an Autumn sadness and the
Winti'fH' ath of nonq^p call ®r bles
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