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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MORNING, JUNE 19, 1925
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Number 62
Death Ends Great Career
Of Robert M. La Follette
Man Loved By Country For
Dauntless Courage Passes
Away at Capital
WAS POWERFUL FIGURE
Washington, June 18.— (AP)—
Death brought to an end today the
daring and stormy political career
of Robert M- LaFollette.
Peacefully, the Wisconsin Senator,
last year an independent candidate
for President, passed away at his
home here, a victim of heart attacks,
from which he hadbeen a sufferer
for a decade, bronchitis and bronchial
asthma.
To the last Mr. LaFollette sought
to ward off death’s thrust, as he had
done on several occasions in recent
years, but when he realized that the
fight was a losing one, he called his
son, Robert, to his bedside, ttd ba a®
almost inaudible voice, gave inis xasi
message to the public:
“I am at peace with all the world
but there is a lot of work I could
still do- I don’t know how the peo
ple will feel toward me, but I shall
take to the grave my love for them
which has sustained me through life.”
Confined to his bed for several
weeks by illness which had wracked
his body repeatedly in the last few
years, but had failed to weaken his
fighting spirit, the Senator suffered a
heart attack this morning which
brought to his physicians a realiza
tion that the end was near. He lapsed
into unconsciousness shortly before
noon, and died at 1:21 p. m-, with his
wife and other members of the fam
ily at his bedside.
Burial In Wisconsin
Without ostentation, the body will
be taken tomorrow to the Senator’s
home, Madison, Wis., for burial. No
services will be held here, but n in
sistence of those who stood shoulder
to shoulder with him in his battles
in Wisconsin, he will lie in state in
the capitol there Sunday, and formal
services will be held Monday in that
building, where he once presided as
governor.
G.A. NORWOOD TALKS
AT COOP MEETING
Tobacco and Cotton Growers
Hold Monthly Meeting; Miss
Kelly On Program
The regular county meeting of
both the Tobacco Growers Co-opera
tive Association and the Cotton As
sociatibn was held Wednesday aft
ernoon in the Court house with a
representative attendance. A num
ber of ladies, wives of growers, were
present who took quite an interest
in the meeting.
After a prayer offered by Rev.
Chester Alexander, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, the principal
speaker of the occasion, Mr. George
A. Norwood of Goldsboro, president
of the Tobacco Growers’ Association,
was introduced. Mr. Norwood urged
the members to be loyal to the associ
ation. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of Ra
leigh, of the Field Service Depart
ment, was present and also made a
talk. Miss Kelly’s remarks were rela
tive to members attending their lo
cal meetings in the different com
munities to discuss not only market
ing but anything else of interest to
the community.
Mr. J. W. Stephenson, who was
recently elected director of the Cot
ton Growers Co-operative Associa
tion, was called upon, and he made a
strong appeal* to the members of
that organization for their loyal sup
port.
After the speech®*, *# CT***
sion of questions pertaining to tne
associations was entered into and
Mr- Norwood gladly answered any
question that, was bothering the
members.
These (yjfcpty meetings are held
each month here m the court house.
The third Wednesday of the month
is the regular day, and the sessions
begift at 2:30 in the--#ifternd#h. The
purpose of the meetings is a closer
co-operation between members aind
management.
Claimed bv Death
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ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE
ML HAMS ADMIRERS
STAND UP FOR HIM
Editorial In Leading State Daily
Causes Burlington Man To
Make Answer
THOUSANDS CAN TESTIFY
Some days ago some of the people
of Smithfield took exception at a
paragraph in a certain column of
The News and Observer which cast
a reflection upon the evangelistic
campaign of Rev. M. F. Ham and Bil
ly Sunday. inese citizens aia noi
hesitate to voice their disapproval and
due apology was made for allowing
such a paragraph to go in that paper.
A few days later The Greensboro
Daily News, another leading paper of
the State, comments editorially upon
Mr. Ham in a way that many of its
readers did not like, and again we
hear a protest. In yesterday’s issue
of that paper in the column “Public
Pulse” appeared the following
from a Burlington citizen and a
clipping from The Burlington Times.
We reproduce both below:
■‘MR. HAM’S WORK
“Editor of The Daily News:
“Will you please publish the en
closed clipping in the forum columns
of your payer.
‘Your paper took a fling at Mr
Ham a few days ago and this clip
ping certainly expresses the senti
ment of the people who are in posi
tion to know the facts in the case
best.
“N. A. GREGG,
“Superintendent.
“ELMIRA COTTON MILLS CO ,
“Burlington.”
(Inclosure)
Watching For Slips.
Evangelist Ham has held success
ful campaigns in different cities and
. has done a wonderful work wher
ever he has gone, as attested by
jthousands of people in each com
' munity, but no editorial comment has
|been made of his work by any of
.the state papers, but they never
I neglect a chance to criticize or dis
I tort his statements, and eagerly
\ watch his every utterance in order
! to get a “whack” at him.
Winding up an editorial in which
it comments on the speech of Mr
Ham, before the Baraca-Philatihea
convention in Raleigh, the Greens
'boro News says:
“There is a fine field for genuine
evangelism and it ought to be occu
pied. But we question whether
boasting or bigotry does much to
further the kingdom of God ”
If the News was really anxious
to find out if Mr. Ham was filling
this field it could interview ten thou
sand of the best citizens of this coun
j ty, and each of these ten thousand
—'■* ’ *• —* «•>•* by pointing to
the thousands who have been saved
in this county and to other thou
■ sands who have been helped by his
campaign in this county.
It will be remembered that while
! the Scribes and Pharisees were
standing around Jesus trying to
, catch Him in some statement which
i they might magnify and criticize,
John the Baptist: sent one of his
j apostles to Him to ask Him 4f He
were the Christ. Jesus pointed to
I His work and called attention to
CHANGE CASE TO
SUPERIOR COURT
Death of John Crowder Hurt Ih
Auto Wreck on Selmfe Road
Changes Aspect of Case j
NEGRO IS NOW IN JAli
Recorder’s Court docket Tues
day was full, but a number of
cases were continued. Among
these was the case of the State
vs. John Daniel Edwards, who
was held in jail in connection
with an automobile wreck in
which Mr. John Crowder of Zebu
Ion was seriously injured some
time ago- It will be recalled
that Crowder and his nephew
were rdn into on the Selma high
way between here and Selma by
the above named colored man,
John Daniel Edwards, of Selma.
Edwards was placed in jail here
pending the recovery of Mr. I
Crowder who sustained' serious
injuries. Mr. Crowder was car
ried to the hospital here where
he remained in a critical state
for a couple of days. He was
removed to a Raleigh hospital
where he died about two weeks
ago. The death of Mr. Crowder
changed the aspect of the case,
and it will be tried in the next
term of Johnston Superior Court.
Other cases disposed of were
as follows:
State vs. Paul Fish, charged with
assault with deadly weapon. The
defendant was found guilty. Prayer
for judgment was continued upon
the payment of cost.
State vs. Langley Barefoot, as
sault. Guilty- Continue prayer for
judgment upon payment of cost.
State vs. M. C. Carr, violating the !
prohibition laws; having beer irt his
possession. Guilty.. Fifty dollars
fine and cost.
State vs. Herman Capps, violating
prohibition laws, manufacturing
“spring water.” Guilty. Reserve
judgment until July 14.
State vs. Andrew Powell, larceny.
Guilty. Thirty days in jail to be
worked on roads of Smithfield town
ship and pay costs.
DUDDING WANTS BRAIN
VIEWED BY SPECIALISTS
Prison Investigator Offers His Body
for S5.000 to John Hopkins—
Can’t Live a Year.
Washington, June 16.—Dr. E.
E. Dudding, president of the
Prisoners’ Relief society, who
tried to make trouble for North
Carolina penitentiary officials
several years ago, is sick. He
announced today that doctors had
told him he would not live a
year.
la lilt of this warning he has
ceil his body to Johns
&3S&RB for $6,000 for experi
ments on his brain. He asserts
that an overdose of strychnine
changed him from a bad to a good
man.
While m the West Virginia
penitentiary, serving a sentence
for a major crime, Dudding was
given the poison for calomel by
mistake. Now he believes his
brain is worth while for study.
Mr. Dudding is in earnest. He
says that if the scientists do not
take his body at the price he will
ask that a bill be passed by Con
gress providing for its purchase
—H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte
Observer.
the fact that the blind were made
to see and the lame to walk and that
the people had the Gospel preached
to them. This was the answer that
Jesus made as to His work, and to
the critics of Mr. Ham we refer to
the work that he has done wherever
he has gone. We refer to the men’s
prayer meetings that are being held
in the different towns years after
he has gone and to the salvation of
; souls that are taking place as a re
sult of his work long after he and
his assistants have left.—Burhjwrtrr
Times.
It is not the one who tries, it is
the one who trusts who accomplishes
God’s will. ®
He Is “IT*
fojJTOCAtTCR 1
John T. Scopes,professor of
biology at Dayton, Tenn. high
school, on trial there for vio
lating the “monkey-law”—
or, charged with teaching the
theory of evolution. It is a
test case watched with a great
deal of interest throughout
the country.
DEATH OF GOOD
WOMAN A SHOCK
Mrs. W. G. Earp Dies Suddenly
at Her Honte In the
Thanksgiving Section
Selma, June 18th.—On the 4th of
June about three o’clock the life of
Mrs. Pasha Ellen Earp passed into
the Great Beyond. Even though her
health had been in a failing condition
for the past few months, her death
came as a shock to her family as well
as to the entire community, since
she passed without any change in
her condition having been made
known by her or observed by mem
bers of the family. She had just re
turned from Raleigh, went into the
house, when it was observed that her
condition was worse, but before help
could be had from the neighbors
death had claimed her.
Mrs. Earp was the youngest
daughter of Gion and Gincy Earp.
She was born August $0th 1873 near
the Old Watson Mill and died June 4,
1925 at her home near Thanksgiving
Baptist Church, making her stay o11
earth 51 years, 9 months and four
days.
On December 30th, 1891 she was
married to William Gaston Earp who
survives. They have spent) their en
tire lives in Johnston County. There
were no children born to this union
but they adopted a girl from the
Oxfrd Orphanage, Miss Nancy Bach
elor, who about nine years ago was
married to Mr. Milton Finch of Bail
ey.
Mrs. Earp became one of the char,
ter members of Thanksgiving Bap
tist Church when it was organized in
1900 and remained a member of that
church as long as she lived. “She
lived in a house by the side of the
road and was a friend to man.” But
few travelers passed her home but
what knew her and found a welcome
there. The vacancy caused by her
departure will never be filled. Long
will be remembered the many good
deeds she did, and we feel that they
will not go unrewarded by the One
who sees and understands all.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from Thanksgiving Baptist Churcn
Friday evening at one o’clock by her
pastor. Rev. R. M. Von Miller, of
Wilson, after which interment was
made in the church cemetery. Music
was furnished by the young people
of her church which was in accord
with a request of the deceased. The
floral offerings were many and beau
tiful, and to some degrees were an
indication of the esteem in which she
was held in her community.
Mrs. Earp had three brothers, Jim
and Jube Earp deceased, and George
Earp, who lives in Franklin Counuty.
She had three sisters. Annie and Pen
nine Earp deceased, and Mrs. Jane
Eason who lives in Johnston County.
She leave^to mourn her loss a de
voted husband, an adopted daughter,
two grandchildren, one brother, one
sister, a large number of relatives,
and a host of friends in Johnston
County as well as in the adjoining
Second Week of the
Ham-Ramsey Meeting
Gleaned
-from
MR. HAM’S SERMONS
Very few people today know how ,
to enter into the Sabbath rest.
-o
If Christ is in you you can’t enjoy
sin.
Sin is the worst thing in the world
that any man can be afflicted with.
-o
The finest way on earth to fight
sin is to save the sinner.
-o
The Christian is the only one who
can give the world what it needs
-o
There is no service in the world
like that a Christian can render.
-o
Missionaries are born. As soon as
■ you are saved you become a mission
ary.
-o
You bootleggers are lower down
and are doing more harm than a high'
way robber.
-o
If you receive and pass counterfeit
money you are as guilty as the man ^
who makes it.
-o- I
Some of you are' turning your
| homes into training schools of vice
and sin.
■ —o
If you can have salvation and not
know it, you can lose it and not
miss it.
A Christian is one who puts Christ
first in his heart in his life, in his
affections, in his business, in all his
purposes and in all he does in this
life.
-o
The devil is always trying to get a
Christian to do something to make
people lose confidence in him. He is
always trying to cripple the testi
mony of God’s people.
-o
You may become a stalwart Chris
tian or you may become a stalwart
man of the flesh. You may feed and
develop your spritual life or you may
devote your time to satisfying the
lusts of the flesh. You can yield to
the spirit and crucify the flesh, or
you can yield to the flesh and cruci
fy the spirit. If you follow the spirit
the flesh is crucified; if you follow
the flesh the spirit is crucified.
-o
Morality is the devil’s religion;
moralizing is the devil’s method. He
; gets you to thinking that because
i you are moral and upright that you
1 are a Christian, but you are not un
til you have accepted Jesus Christ
and put him first in your heart and
I life.
_n___.
If there were some way to put up
a placard warning against moral
lepers and seducers just as we put
up a smallpox sign, it would be a
good thing for our young people.
-o
One good body of Christians in any
community can do more to stop
crime than all the officers that can
be shipped in.
-o
We like to delegate all our service
; on others. We put it off on charity
organizations, the Salvation Army,
and other organizations and the
church is lying down on the job.
When you are not just as inter
1 ested in that lost soul next dor to you
jas you are in that one across the
world from you, there is something
wrong with you.
-o
Officers are ministers of the law,
they are ministers of judgment;
Christians are ministers of grace.
j counties. The deepest and most
heartfelt sympathy goes out to the
|bereaved family from the community
, and friends May they lock to one
who is able to help!
Attendance Holds Up and Inter*
est Increases; Mr. Ham
Preaches in the Court
Room. V
DELEGATIONS FILL CHOIR
The second week of the Ham-Ram
say meeting finds the attendance
holding up, but there have been no
unusual crowds since Sunday. Storms
late in the afternoon of two days
have probably caused the night
crowds on those days to be smaller
than they would "have been. Pine
Level had a good crowd Wednesday
night in spite of the rain.
Rev. Mr. Ham has preached some
stirring sermons, and some interest
has been manifested. On Tuesday he
preached three times at ten in the
morning, at 12.30 at the court house
just after court adjourned for the
noon hour; and at 7:45 in the eve
ning. A very fine interpretation of
the Parable of the Good Samaritan
was given at the evening service, but
the preacher called it the “Parable
of the Great Highway.”
On Wednesday morning, Mr. Ham
started a series of sermons on “The
Flesh,” the same theme being pre
sented at the evening hour. The
subject of the morning discourse was
“How Jacob Became a Prince in
Israel” and at night, “The Casting
Out of Ishmael.”
Yesterday morning, the subject
was: “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?"
Before he began his sermon, Mr. Ham
called for the officials of the various
churches to stand and noted the ab
sence of a goodly per cent.
As he presented his message he
stressed the fact that Christian peo
ple will have to give account to the
Judge of all men for the influence
they exert. He warned against being
stumbling blocks in the way of sin
ners. He paid his respects to the
Anti-Christ Movement which is at
tempting to hurt the results of the
meeting, stating that the persons re
sponsible for it are playing with fire.
These editors who are having things
to say against these revivals will
also have to answer to God, he said.
“They are not hurting Ham,” he
stated, “but they will be held respon
sible for putting stumbling blocks in
the way.”
On Wednesday night special dele
gations of young men and young wo
men filled the choir. A challenge from
the Dorcas class of the Baptist Sun
day School to the Baraca class was
responsible for the delegation. The
young men seventy-six in number
had the largest crowd, while the
young ladies were sixty-two strong.
A special service for young women
between the ages of twelve and
twenty-five, similar to the one held
for young men last Sunday, has been
announced for Sunday morning at 11
o’clock at the Tabernacle.
Mr. Jenkins from Durham is in the
city working in the meeting especial
ly with young men. Mr. Jenkins has
testified on several occasions telling
the story of his conversion from a
life of sin.
Amundsen Safe But
Fails To Reach Pole
Oslo, Norway, June 18.—(AP)
—The entire Roald Amundsen
North Pole expedition arrived
Safely in Spitzbergen in one
The party did ont return to
King’s Bay by plane, but was
picked up by a fishing boat and
conveyed there.
It is reported that the expedi
tion reached North latitpde 88
degrees, 30 minutes, or about 100
miles from the North Pole.
LIGHTNING STRIKES
HOTEL BUILDING HERE
The hotel building here \vc struck
by lightning Tuesday aiiti noon in
an electrical storm. The bolt strtfck
a chimney ;.nd showered brick frag
ments to the streets below. ^iThe
, crash sounded like an explosion. No
one was injured and the damage
• done to the building was s’:ght.
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