Forty-fourth Year
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1925
Number 56
DENTAL WORK FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN
A Hundred Per Cent of The
Meadow School Children Have
Their Teeth Examined
SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK
Dr. J. S. Moore, dentist from the
State Health Department, who is
conducting free dental clinics in
Johnston County, is meeting with
tine success. Dr. Moore has been in
the county not quite two weeks, but
accompanied by Dr. C. C. Massey,
county health officer, he has visited
quite a number of the schols in the
interest of this free dental work, and
already results are being obtained.
Last week Dr. Moore was in the
Meadow school where every child
eligible for free treattment availed
himself -of the opportunity. Dr.
Moore’s work included examination
of the teeth, cleaning the teeth, sim
ple extractions and fillings. Every
school child from six to twelve years
inclusive is entitled to this free den
tal work. This week his work has
been in the Glendale school. His
schedule for the immediate future is
as follows:
Corbett-Hatcher, June 1, 2, and 3.
Corinth-Holders, June 4, 5, and 6.
Archer Lodge, June 8, 9, and 10.
When the children and the parents
realize fully the benefit to be derived
from proper care of the teeth much
of disease will be prevented. When
schools like Meadow avail themselves
of these clinics one hundred percent
strong, there are bou'nd to be results.
This work will be continued
throughout the coming months until
every section in the county has been
given this opportunity.
HAM-RAMSEY MEETING
HAS DONE MUCH GOOD
Burlington, May 26.—That the
Ham-Eamsey revival campaign, now
beginning its final week here, is hav
ing a far-reaching effect throughout
this entire county was evidenced this
morning when Dr. Will S. Long, of
Graham, reported that a business
men’s prayer service whch has been
organized in that town as a result of
the revival here and which meets at
the courthouse each morning at 8:
30 o’clock, has already eclipsed any
thing in spiritual power and effec
tiveness ever witnessed there. Dr.
Long states that the large courtroom
in which the meetings are being held
is packed with men at the morning
service, and that several notable con
versions have already characterized
the services.
One gentelman stated m a testi
mony Tuesday morning that he had
been attending court at Graham for
46 years and that yesterday he saw
court opened with prayer there for
the first time in his long experience.
This is but one of the mainy instances
which are occurring throughout the
entire county, which reflects the tre
mendous effect which has come from
the preaching of the evangelist. This
prayer service sprang up voluntarily,
as have many others in various sec
tions, and is held each day under the
auspices of the local citizens with
no member of the evangelistic party
participating.
In Burlington proper, the meeting
is the one absorbing theme of con
versation on the streets and every
thing is practically side-tracked to
give the revival the right of way.
The evangilistic party face a gruel
ing week with from four to eight
services a day on schedule. Aside
from the regular taberhacle services,
the evangelist is speaking this week
in the outlying towns and rural com
munities of the county and in the
mills and other large industrial
plants of this section. Quite a num
ber of special services are to be held
at the tabernacle whefa the evange
list will deliver messages of especial
appeal. • •
The special series of meetings will
close with three tabernacle services
next Sunday at which time all the
churches will dismiss for the entire
day to co-operate in making the final
drive a telling one.
Watch the date on your label; it
will let you know when your subscrip
tion expires.
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“Howdy King”
“Howdy ' King!” in true Ameri
can style, brought forth a heaity
; handshake from King George of
England for John Cownie of Des
Moines, la., who was seeing the
sights in London. “Meet my son,
King!” said the smiling tourist as
His Majesty advanced to accept
the outstretched hand.
KENLY SCHOOL TO
CLOSE NEXT WEEK
Rev. J. M. Daniels To Preach
Baccalaureate Sermon; Dr.
Chas. E. Brewer To Make
Annual Address
Kenly, Mhy 26.—Commencement
exercises in Kenly High School will
begin on Sunday morning, May 31,
\vhen Rev. J. M. Daniels, pastor of
St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Golds
boro, will preach the baccalaureate
| sermon in the school auditorium at
11 o’clock
The music recital under the di
rection of Miss Elizabeth Gunn will
be held on Wednesday evening. Miss
Gunn has also taught public school
music during the year, and a number
of choruses will be rendered at this
time.
Class day exercises scheduled to
come on Thursday evening, June 4th,
promise to be a most attractive fea
ture. They will be presented in the
form of a pla ywritten by Mrs. Beu
lah Bailey Woolard. For several
years Mrs. Woolard has woven into
drama the histroy, prophecy and last
will and testament of each graduat
ing class, and has gained a reputation
along this line, having had a num
ber of requests from school mein for
copies of these dramatizations .Each
y'ear large numbers are turned away
for lack of room. Those wishing to
secure seats will do well to come
I early.
On Friday morning at 10 o clock,
the annual address will be made by
Dr. Charles E. Brewer, president of
Meredith College. At this time the
largest graduating class In the his
tory of che school will be awarded di
plomas by Senator Paul D. Grady,
chairman of the school board. Those
students passing the seventh grade
county examinations will be given
certificates of admission to the high
j school dapartment, and a large num
ber of pupils of the school will re
: ceive certificates for havoing been
neither absent nor tardy during the
year. Certificates will be awarded to
(many for a prescribed course in out
side reading. A great deal of in
terest has been manifested in this
project initiated this year by Princi
pal G. T. Whitley, and quite a large
number in the grammar grades and
high school department have quali
fied.
Another new feature of the finals
will be the presentation by Hon. E.
S. Abell of Smithfield of the Charles
William Edgerton Award to a mem
iber of the senior class. As was an
nounced last year after commence
ment, this award is to be a memorial
, to Charles William Edgerton, who
during his life was actively interest
ed in educational advancement of
this community, and who gave of
his time and means for the promo
tion of educational interests. This
prize is to be offered each year by
members of his family to that mem
ber of the senior class who during
his high school course ranks highest
in scholarship and in other school ac
, tivities.
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Scores Of Miners
Trapped in Mine
GOV. RUSHES AID
TO SCENE DISASTER
Governor A. W. McLean, who has
been in constant communication with
the Carolina Coal Mine disaster since
j a few minutes after it occurred,
j stated last night that apparently ev
! erything was being done that could
. be done but that any steps which
may become necessary by virtue of
: further developments will be taken
(promptly. If considered necessary the
Governor will call upon the people
| of the State to contribute to the re
; lief of families of the victims.
The Governor stated that latest ad
| vices from Adjutant General J. Van
| B. Metts indicated that troops would
not be required but that if there is
any disorder because of curious
crowds, that troops will be rushed
Uo the scene. TJhe Governor also
stated that the citizens of the com
munity could be relied upon to do
all immediately necessary for the
i families of those entombed and that
he Would await information as to
the exact situation before taking
any action’ on this phase of the dis
aster.
“If relief measures appear nec
essary they will be inaugurated on
such a scale as the situation may re
quire,” stated the executive.
“The affair is perhaps the most
horrible in the history of the State,
and is certainly the most horrible
within recent years,” declared Gov
ernor McLean.—News and Observer.
; Gilmore Myatt Tells of
Electric Train Celebration
We are in receipt of a special edi
tion of “The Babylon Leader, pub
lished at Babylon, Long Island,
which features the electrification of
the Montauk Division of the Long
Island Railroad. We owe our thanks
for this courtesy to Mr. N1 Gilmore
Myatt, son of Mrs. Mary Myatt of
this city, whose home is in Babylon.
In a letter about this great event
of Long Island, Mr. Myatt says that
about ten thousand people turned
out to meet the special electric train.
From 50 to 100 people were invited
from each town to ride on the train
from Jamaica, and when the train
reached Babylon, the end of the
line which is electrified, there were
probably 1200 people aboard the
eleven cars of the special. The cost
of electrification betwen the two
points is estimated at $5,000,000.
Mr. Myatt speaks of Babylon as
a coming city, a boom now sweeping
the section because of the electric
train service. Property is selling in
some instances at a profit of 400
percent.
Mr. Myatt. who holds a position
with the Long Island Railroad Com
pany, states that he remits as much
as. $6,000 in one day in commutation |
receipts.
Capture 30-Gallon Still
Sheriff J. P. Parker, Deputy Sher
I iff F. L. Pittman and Chief C. R. Ca
ble captured a 30-gallon capacity
copper whiskey still Wednesday
1 morning in a barn at the home of
Rob Watson, colored, about two and
a half miles south of here on the
j Sanders Chapel road. The still was
i in an oats sack upstairs in the barn.
No whiskey was found.
The colored man was away from
home and no arrest was made.
Mrs. Ztb Coates Dead
Friends of Mrs. Zeb Ceases, of
Benson, Route 1, will regret to learn
of her death which occurred Tues
day afternoon in tin Smithfieid Me
'morial Hospital. She was buried Wed
nesday aftemo >•> in the Coates fam
ily burying ground in the presence
of a large cone our s j of sorrowing
friends and relatives The funeral
services were held at 2 1 o’clock, con
ducted by Rev D. C. Johnson. The
deceased was a young woman, be
ing only eighteen years of age. She
leaves a husba i i and three children.
The pallbearers were; Messrs. J. P.
Beasley, Howard By’d, Sam McGee,
J. W. Carroh, Lemuel Penny and
iWillie Parrish.
Bodies of Six Men Removed But
Fate of 53 Others Known to
Be Entombed Uncertain
EXPLOSION IS MYSTERY
Coal Glen, May 27.—The mine of
the Carolina Coal company today
became the scene of the greatest
mine disaster in the history of North
Carplina when three successive ex
plosions deep in the bowels of the
• 'rth entombed 59 miners, every one
’ whom tonight was believed to be
( oad.
At 7:20 tonight the first six bodies
v ere brought to the surface. No
i. 'ace has been found yet of the re
i .aining 53 believed to be in the
nine. Rescue workers, digging on
hourly shifts and desperately attack
ing the piles of debris that closed the
mai!n shaft, are fighting ahead with
every ounce of strength and skill
they possess to reach their com
lades.
Claude Scott, in active charge of
the rescue work, and Dr. J. F. Fos
ter, one of the medical corps in
charge of arrangements on top, said
tonight at9 o’clock that they did not
believe any man would be brought
but of the mine alive. Others are
more optimistic.
The knowh dead, whose bodies
were brought out, are:
Archie Hollins, white.
Hollins Richardson, white.
William E. Byerly, white.
William Irick, negro.
James William, negro.
A sixth negro, unidentified.
.All of these men were killed al
most certainly by the force of one of
the explosions, either the secohd or
the third. They were found first by
Howard Butler, acting superintend
ent of the mine, and Joe Richardson,
a machinist, when these two plunged
down the shaft immediately after the
first explosion. Butler and Richard
son found them about 1,000 feet
down or about 500 feet in a vertical
line from the top of the ground,
dazed, bruised, but stilt breathing.
They dragged them out of a less
er corridor into the main shaft where
the air was better and then went on
to search for others. The second and
third explosions came 15 minutes and
30 minutes later. The six must have
caught the full force of one of these.
Their bodies were charred, legs
were broken, arms twistde and shat
tered, heads crushed, when the bo
dies were driven with terriffic force
against the walls. In their clothing
was the smell of mine gas, but phy
sicians said they all died from the
effects of the explosions and hot
from the gas. They would have died
from gas later, it is thought, if they
had survived the explosions. The
bodies were stiff and it is thought
definitely that they died around 10
o’clock.
What caused the explosions re
mains a mystery of mining. Bion H.
Butler, vice-president of the Caroli
na Coal company, active all day in
rescue work, said it was impossible
to tell. A certain amount of gas is
always about where the coal is be
ing dug. No fire is allowed in the
mine but a spark might have set it
off, a defect in the electrical wiring
system, or even possibly a combina
tion of gases might have produced a
condition forcing a spontaneous ex
plosion. None of the explosions were
loud on top but in each instance the
the same cloud of dust and earth
and flying stone rushed up the shaft
and expended itself in the open air.
What happened underground no
man now knows and possibly none
will ever know. But on top the first
explosion was the signal for activity
of every kind. Young Howard But
ler took immediate charge. He sent
word to find out if the fan which
sends fresh ‘Sir through the mine was
still running. The steady roar of the
fan was its own answer. It was un
damaged. Th tagave great hope and
to that hope men and women here
still cling. If the fresh air could be
pumped into the mine there was still
the chance that men might live even
1,000 feet under ground and' 2,000
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“Ideal Girl” Weds
Tgjgs*aRE^a
Mischa Elman, world famoua
violinist searched 20 years for the
“ideal girl” and he found her in
Helen Katten of San Francisco.
Now they are married.
DR. A. E. CORY TO
SPEAK AT SELMA
Dr. Cory To Deliver Annual Lit
erary Address at Selma Conv
mencement Next Week
Selma, May 28.—The Selma high
school finals will begin Friday eve
ning in the school auditorium with
a music recital. Miss Mildred Per
kins, the director, has a large and
welll-drilled class and a delightful
evening is promised those who at
tend. On Sunday evening the bac
calaureate sermon will be preached
by Dr. C. H. Durham of the First
Baptist church of Lumberton.
Senior Class Day exercises will
be held on the school lawn Monday
afternoon at five o’clock. Monday
evening at eight o’clock the reading,
oratorical, essay and elementary
reading for the Noble prize contests
will be held. The seventh grade cer
tificates will also be presented on
this evening.
On Tuesday afternoon at three
o’clock the promotion cards will be
given out.
Dr. Abram E. Cory will deliver the
literary address in the high school
auditorium on Tuesday evening at
eight o’clock. Dr. Cory has been a
missionary to China and several oth
er Oriental countries; he is the for
mer president of the International
Convention Disciples of Christ, army
chaplain both in the Spanish-Ameri
can and the World War; an author
of note; president of Tuscarora
council of Boy Scouts. He will leave
early in July for Russia to study
Near East conditions. A rare treat
is in store for those who are so for
tunate as to hear Dr. Cory. The
public is cordially invited.
Mr. C. R. Tomlinson Dead
Friends throughout the county will
regret to learn of the death of Mr.
'C. R. Tomlinson, which occurred at
his home at Wilson’s Mills Tuesday
morning about six o’clock. Mr. ’Dom
linson, who was eighty years old,
had been sick for several days. He
was a Confederate veteran, having
served his country during the Civil
War. He was among the old sol
diers who attended the Memorial
Day exercises which were held here
on May 10. His wife, whom he mar
ried 55 years ago still survives. He
also leaves three children: Messrs.
J. W. and Percy Tomlinson, of Wil
son’s Mills, and Mrs. Sue Fields, of
La Grange.
The funeral services were held
! Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock,
(conducted by Rev. O. P. Fitzgerald,
(of Selma, and interment was made in
the city cemetery at Wilson’s Mills.
The pall bearers were: Messrs. F.
H. Brooks and W. M. Gaskin, of
Smithfield, B. A. Turnage, Henry
Stephenson, John Holt* S .L. Franks,
Woodard Brock, and A. P. McNeil, of
Wilson’s Mills.
The bereaved ones have the sym
pathy of the community in their loss.
feet from th**l#nouth ox the shaft.—
Greensboro Daily News.
CITIZEN PRESENTS
ADVERTISING PLAN
St. Julien L. Springs Advocates
a Tax With Which To Adver
tise Johnston County To/
The World
MUST NOT STAND STILL
That Smithfield and the other
towns in Johnston County need more
industries that will mean employ
ment to a larger population is a fore
gone conclusion. The ways and
means of bringing to pass the estab
lishment of manufactories is still a
problem. People are thinking about
the proposition, however, and our
townsman, Mr. St. Julien L. Springs
has some ideas along this line. Mr.
Springs in talking recently with a
representative of The Herald said:
“When you look back a few years
and see the progress that this great
State has experienced, consider also
the reasons for so much progress anil »
you will find, foremost among tlfem, >
that advertising did it. WTie.n you
advertised North Carolina, you in
formed natives of other states, other
cities and towns and counties; you
went so far as to inform the natives
of other countries, that in North Car
olina are many resources. You in
formed them that among the natural
resources, we have rivers penetrating
a vast territory, from which we get
an untold amount of electric power;
forests, from which factories get
raw material for the purpose of man
ufacturing many useful articles;
farm land on which anything under
the sun will grow. All of which
started new wheels of industries that
made possible the birth of a great
State.
“Look now into the eyes of this
tremendous growth, and you see re
flected tfyere, Johnston County, preg
nant with unborn possibilities. The
mighty r ailroad systems penetrate
the County’s four walls that expand
a large area, and anywhere in these
four walls there is sufficient and am
ple room for the establishment of
manufacturing industries. Johnston
County is already recognized in the
Agricultural vrorld. But, that is
not enough. It has already fulfilled
its duty towards the establishment of
an educational system equally als
good as any to be found in the whole
world. Churches are well established
in every community in the county,
and the net tvork of hard surface
roads or highways will, when com
pleted, run through and link up with
one exception, every town in the
county. Everywhere in the county
one travels over excellently kept
county highways so all that now ev
erybody in the county have become
neighbors. We’ve got all of this, all
right; and I didn’t do it and you did
n’t do it, but we all did it together.
Now, isn’t it fair for all for me to
say: Let us neighbors have a rep
resentative from each town and rural
district in the county meet togther
and introduce some Ways and Means
for the purpose of developing the
whole county.
“As a suggestion it appears to me
that one of the best ways to do the
thing is just this. Have the citizens
of each town in the county vote a
per capita tax and the people of the
rural districts vote a similar per
capita tax equivalent to five cents on
the one hundred dollars valuation of
real and personal property. When
this money is available place it into
the hands of five men duly elected by
the representatives of the towns and
rural districts and these five men are
to volunteer their services without
pay to appoint an advertising agent,
who under their charge will adver
tise Johnston County as it should be.
“I see in the further development
of Johnston County a satisfactory
means for reducing taxes, in that we
will have increased our taxable as
sts. I do not now know of a better
way to reduce taxes in Johnston
County. We have got to go ahead.
We cannot stand still, nor can we go
backward.”
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
There will be services at the
Smithfield Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. No
services Sunday evening. Sunday
school at 9:50 a. tn.
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