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Smithfield Needs:
_Bigger pay roll.
_Modem hospital.
_Renovation of Op
era house.
—More paved streets.
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Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1882
Forty-fourth Year
SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING JULY 21, 1925
Number 71
Wayne County Man
Is Fatally Burned
Brother of Our Townsman. Mr.
George Langston Succumbs
To Fatal Accident in
Florida City.
body arrived sun. night
A telegram received here Saturday
by Mrs. George Langston announced
the death of her brother-in-law. Mr.
Charles Langston, which occurred
Friday night at Miami Beach, Florida, i
Xo particulars were given, and it was I
not known until the arrival of the
body here Sunday night the circum
stances of the sad event.
Two weeks ago yesterday, Mr.
Langston, whose home Was near
Pikeville, Wayne County, left this.
city in company with his brother,
Mr. George Langston, and Mr. Worth
Boyett, both of this city, headed for
Florida by automobile. They were out
to see the country and incidentally to
work their way on the trip. They
reached Miami in due time, and Mr.
Charles Langston had secured a po
sition in a garage where he was one
of the mechanics. On Friday morning
between nine and ten o’clock he went
into the garage and lighted a ciga
rette. Another man was with him and
it is not known who lighted the match
for they were both smoking, but al
most immediately Mr. Latagston stum
bled over a can of gasoline, which ig
nited and burned him so badly that j
he died that night about twelve o’
clock.
The body was brought here by his
brother, Mr. George Langston, it
reaching here about midnight Sunday
night. He was met in Savannah by
Mr. Jack Cook, a close friend of the
family. Yesterday the remains were
taken to his old home in Wayne coun
ty where funeral services were con
ducted yesterday afternoon at Na
hunta Quaker church and interment
made in the presence of a large cr:wd
of relatives and friends
Rev. H. R. Raircloth, pastor of
Hopewell Free Will Baptist church,
near here conducted the funeral.
The deceased was thirty-six years
old and was unmarried
Mr. Worth Boyett is returning
home through the country bringing
the automobile on which the trip to
Florida wa smade.
MAD DOG VICTIM
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Little W. H. Wynne, Jr„ Dies
in Raleigh As Result of Case
of Rabies.
W. H. Wynne, Jr., 9-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W H Wynne, of 608
West Morgan street, died early Sun
day morning at Rex Hospital as a
result of a case of rabies which de
veloped from the bite of a puppy |
about two months ago.
The sickness and death of little :
“Billy” Wynne has moved the city j
authorities to plan drastic action
against stray dogs running loose ov
er the city
The injuries of the little boy were
declared to be trivial when he was
bitten, but on Tuesday he was
found to be suffering from the dis
ease which, once developed, is always
fatal. He was given every attention
at Rex Hospital to relieve his suf
ferings but no course of treatment
is known for the disease after its
development He died Monday mor
ning at 6:45 o’clock. The parents of
the child state that doctors who ex- i
amined the wound immediately after
the bite declared that the Pasteur
treatment was not necessary. This
preventative treatment is practically
perfectly effective in preventing the
development of the disease
The City Commissioners are con
sidering an ordinance require all
dogs to be kept on the premises of
the owner except when accompanied
bs^; some person. The requirement
of preventive vaccination for all dogs
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in the city is also being con
templated.—News and Observer (Ral
eigh), Monday, July 20.
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Would Rule Chicago
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Mrs. Johanns Gregs, member of
Chicago 3-;boe! Board, thinks the
second city needs a municipal
housekeeper to “clean-up.” She
has the party support and is out
for the Republican nomination as
mayor. A rapid fire campaign is
planned.
CHINESEBOYCOTT
BRIGHT TOBACCO
Congressman Pou Writes State
Department at Washington
In Regard to the Matter.
Tobacconists in the tobacco belt of
the country have become somewhat
alarmed over a boycott of bright) to
bacco by the Chinese- Protests have
been pouring into Congressman E. W.
Pou, who is spending the summer at
his home here, and Mr- Pou has writ
ten the Department of State in Wash
ington in regard to the matter.
Tobacco growers and others con
nected with the tobacco industry will
read with interest the following letter
of July 18 just received by Mr. Pou
from the State Department:
“I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of July 10,
1925, in regard to the boycott of
bright tobacco by the Chinese. This
situation was brought) to the atten
tion of the Department last month by
Senator Claude A. Swanson and on
June 23 the Department addressed a
telegraphic instruction to the Amer
ican Legation at Peking, stating that)
all the bright tobacco imported into
China came from the United States,
that the boycott was having serious
consequences among tobacco raisers
here, that it was creating a distinctly
unfavorable impression and that
growers and others were hoping that
the situation would soon be clarifield-”
Considerable bright tobacco is rais
ed in this section, and the graders are
naturally interested in anything that
tends to affect the price of this com
modity.
MR. JOHN ELDprr
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Former Johnstonian Dies at His
Home in Fair Haven, Mass.,
After a Lingering Illness.
A message over the wires Thursday
announced to relatives in the county
the death of Mr. John L. Eldridge, of
Fair Haven, Mass., which occurred on
Thursday morning about 9:20 o’clock
following a lingering illness. His body
was brought to this city reaching
here yesterday morning at 5:30 o’
clock, and the funeral service was
held at five yesterday afternoon in
the Methodist church and interment
made in Oakland cemetery.
Mr. Eldridge, who was the son of
the late Lovett Eldridge of this city,
was here in January having accom
panied the body of his brother, Mr
Jim Eldridge, who died at his home
in Massachusettes. Almost*; immedi
ately after his return to Fair Haven
he was kicked by a horse, and one of
his legs was broken. He was never
entirely well again. A few weeks ago
his condition was not so favorable,
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THE FORD PARADE
QUITE A SUCCESS
Charlie Hodge and His Hack of
25 Years Ago Furnished Con
trast in Transportation
Today.
EVERY TYPE OF A FORD
A very effective advertising stunt
and fete was the Ford parade and re
ception put on here Saturday after
noon by the Young Motor Company,
the affair being in keeping with a
program for Ford agencies all over
the country.
About two o’clock Saturday after
noon, music by a band announced that
something besides the usual Saturday
afternoon crowds was on the streets
and attention was directed toward the
Young Motor Company plant from
whence came the strains of music. A
tractor painted white and operated by
Mr. Roy Keen, manager, headed the
parade. Next came a huge truck dem
onstrating the march of progress as
to transportation. On this truck was
a two-seated hacK oi tne uype useu
twenty five years ago, to which was
hitched a horse, “old Doc” the second,
the entire rig being the property of
Charlie Hodge, who has hauled the
drummer who got) off at the station
here or at Selma for the last half
a century. This rig of twenty five
years ago would not have been com
plete wihtout the driver, so “Charley”
enjoyed riding in state as tihis con
trast of transportation in 1900 and
1925 passed along.
Nfext in line came the local band,
the Riverside Serenaders, who fur
nished the music throughout tihe af
ternoon.
Following was every type of car
made by the Ford people, including
trucks, tractors, touring cars, sedans
and coupes.
A prize of $5.00 had been offered
; for the Ford vehicle coming the long
est distance to be in the parade, and
this was won by Mr. Ed. Parrish who
lives in the Live Oak section about
fifteen miles from here.
Another prize of $5.00 had been
offered for the truck bringing the
heaviest load. This was awarded to
Mr. Clyde Jones of this city whose
truck was loaded with 1500 feet of
lumber weighing 6000 pounds.
The Ford parade passed down Mar
ket street and on to Selma and from
thence to Pine Level and back again.
Features that attracted the attention
of the spectators wTere the placards
on the backs of Mr. Shy Young,
son of Mr. T. C. Young, proprietor of
the Young Motor Co. and little Miss
Annie Laurie Keen, daughter of Mr
Roy Keen, the salesmanager which
read as follows: “Buy a Ford from
my daddy.” THhese youngsters gave
out advertising matter concerning
Fords.
It is interesting to note that 48
and 42 per cent of all tractors in use
for farm work are Ford products.
Some one who took the trouble to
work it out states that; in 1914 it re
quired 5200 pounds of cotton to pur
chase a Ford touring car whereas in
1925, it requires only 1467 pounds. In
1914 it took an average of 4900
pounds of tobacco, while now 1300
pounds will provide the purchase
price.
A very enjoyable finale to the oc
casion was the serving of refreshmens
at the Young Motor Company plant.
Cantaloupes, watermelons, bottled
drinks and ice cream wer6 enjoyed by
quite a large number.
In First Line Trenches at Dayton
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Here are the headliners in Tennessee’s court trial against the
teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools. Left to right:—
Wm. J. Bryan, for the State; Judge Ralston, presiding; and Clarence
Darrow for the Defense. Insert is of John T. Scopes, the young
Dayton teacher who is charged with teaching the theory. The
battle between Bryan and Darrow is of national interest and it
is a shirt sleeved affair as the picture shows.
DARROW CITED FOR
CONTEMT OF COURT
Defense in Scopes Case Has
Given Up As Far As This
Court Is Concerned.
Judge Thomas Raulston Monday
cited Clarence Darrow defense attor
ney in the Scopes evolution case be
| ing tried in Dayton Tennessee, for
contempt of court and directed that
the Chicago attorney appear today
(Tuesday) to show cause why con
tempt procedings should not be in
stituted. Grounds for citation were
based by the judge on the remarks
I of Darrow to the court Friday when
the court excluded the testimony of
j scientific experts from the jury- Then
the judge directed that Clarence Dar
row make a bail bond of $5,000, and
directed that he appear in coutt Tues
day morning to answer to a charge of
contempt.
me scopes case has attracted na
tion-wide atention because of tihe con
nection with evolution and the prom
I inence of the council on both sides.
Scopes, a teacher in the public
■ schools of Dayton, Tenn., was indict
' ed for teaching things in his scielnce
class contrary to the Tennessee law
which prohibits teachings not in ac
cord with the Bible.
The defense in this case has given
up as far as the present court is con
cerned. Clarence Darrow, chief law
yer for the defense, stated yesterday
that John Scopes was condemned from
the start of the evolution case.
“We are now interested in two
things:
“That a higher court shall pass
upon this case, and that in other
states those who wish to pursue the
truth shall be left free to think and
investigate and teach and learn.
“We know that the great majority
of the intelligent Christians do not
accept the literal interpretation for
the whole Bible. We have learend
here, both from laymen and clergy
men that a large part of the literal
ists, and we are perfectly satisfied
that the majority of tihe Christian
churches have long since passed be
yond that.”
Mr. J. W. Stephenson Writes of
a Visit Over Boll Weevil Area
I spent three days last week down
in South Carolina among the boll
weevil infested cotton, and perhaps
the readers of The Herald would like
to know what I saw and earned. Mr.
R. U. Barbour, his boy Wilbur, Jep
tha Benson and I left Benson last
Thursday morning, July 9th, and our
first stop was at Pembroke, near the
South Carolina line. We interviewed
Mr. McCormack, a large farmer and
tl»he merchant. He told us he had
plenty of boll weevils and took us
out to his farm to show us. He is
quite a successful farmer, and has
five or six years and is still fighting.
We found his cotton somewhat far
ther advanced than ours, and he had
poisoned it five times, twice with the
molasses and calcium arsenate mix
ture and three times with dust. He
was using the two-row Perfection
duster which he said would tak%,care
of one hundred acres of cotton. We
went from Pembroke to Maxton and
on to Ben*ptsville, S- C. At both
places we talked with many of the
leading farmers who told us that by
the^proper use of poison the boll
weCvil could be held down to a mini
mum. From Bennettsville, we went
to Hartsville, S. C-. the home of D
(Turn to page four, please)
TABLES ARE TURNED
ON LOCAL OFFICERS
Prohibition Officer Batten and
Deputy Sheriff Stephenson
Are Locked Up.
Prohibition officers looking for whis
key at the place of Rae Smith near
the Walter Myatt farm Saturday, re
ceived the surprise of their lives when
they found themselves led into a room
during the search the door slammed
and loekecTTeaving them prisoners for
a time, of the owner of the house.
News had reached officers here of
' suspected whiskey at the home of
1 Smith and Messrs. J. J. Batten, Fed
eral prohibition officer, C. Q. Steph
enson, deputy sheriff and Dal Thomp
son went to the scene to investigate
.batten and Stephenson went into
the house, and Smith pretending to
help in the search, played the trick of
locking them up until he could hide
the booze which -was really in the
house- He overlooked, however ,the
presence of the third . party, Mr.
Thompson, who was on guard in the
yard, and Smith failed in his attempt
to smuggle his drinks from their reg
ular hiding place to the fire place.
Messrs. Batten and Stephenson suc
ceeding in battering the door down
and together with Mr- Thompson con
fiscated a gallon and a pint of whis
key, ten gallons of blackberry juice
funnels and drinking glasses.
Smith was arrested and given a
hearing before a Federal officer in
Selma. He was placed under a bond
for his appearance in the next term
of Federal court.
STATES FIRE LOSS
TAKES BIG JUMP
Fire Loss in First Half of 1925
Far Ahead of Loss in Same
Period of 1924. |
Fire loss in North Carolina during
the past six months was $3,453,146
or an increase of more than $600,000
over the loss during the first six
months of 1924 which was $2,804,285,
according to a report made public
yesterday by State Insurance Com
missioner Stacey W. Wade- At the
same time the number of fires de
creased from 1,247 in 1924 to 995 in
1925.
There were 629 dwelling house
fires during the first six months of
1925 with a loss of $600,895 while in
the same period in 1924 there were
697 such fires with a loss of $821,981.
Total fire damage in North Caro
lina in June was $202,174 with prop
erty at risk valued at $1,563,100, ac
cording to the monthly report made
public at the same time. There wej(»
114 fires reported during the month
with insurance of $1,030,898 involved
Considerably more than half the
loss of the entire ftate during Jun*.
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RALEIGH LETTER
GIVES STATE NEWS
Ice Fight Keeps Warm; Former
Governor Morrison Issues
statement on the
Deficit. -
MEREDITH TO HE HOTEL
fBy M. L. SHIPMAN
Raleigh, July 20-—The ice fight with
an average temperature of 90 to 95
degrees, the Wyatt murder case, the
financial situation at the State Prison,
former Governor Morrison’s “deficit”
statement and the sale of Meredith
College which is to be converted into
a hotel were some c fthe topics that
absorbed interest during the week in
the capial city of the State
The fight against the ice companies
here, charged with exacting excess
ive prices for this necessity, was tak
en into court twice. The first time re
sulted in a “no true bill,” the second
hems’ he reverse which nortends a
hard fought legal battle in superior
court later in the year after the need
for “ice coolers” has passed for a sea*
son- The bill of indiement charges
Powell and Powell, Tne-, the Johnson
Coal and Ice Company, the Raleigh
Ice and Storage Company and the
Wyatt-Burruss Company with form
ing a combine in restrainst of trade.
The minimum penalty under the
State Anti-Trust Law is §1,000 for
each offense. Patrons of these con
cerns complain that last summer when
competition existed ice was available
at 40 cents a hundred, whereas it is
now selling at 80 cents the hundred
as a result of the merger effective the
past few months.
Former Governor Morrison took his
first open crack at the McLean ad ■
ministration in a lengthy statement
issued to the press from Charlotte
on Sunday. Mr. Morrison objects to
the more than nine million deficit re
ported during the week by Governor
McLean and travels over the same
ground he did last year in trying to
explain it away- He contends that the
system of financing used by the pres
ent administration caused a great por
tion of the deficit and that when ev
ery item of revenue is considered it
should be reduced by several millions.
It is the same old argument involving
chiefly the difference between the “ac
crual” and the “cash basis of finan
cing, Mr. Morrison being for the for
mer and Governor McLean for the
(Turn to page four, please)
COTTON ADVANCES
TO HIGHER GROUND
Close of Week Shows Gains of
93 Points and 161 Points
Since July 2.
New Orleans, La-, July 19.—The
cotton market advanced early in the
past week and made new highs for
the present movement on Tuesday
when the October position reached
23.91, or 93 points above the close of
the preceding Saturday and 161
points above the low point after the
publication of the government report
July 2.
The advance was due almost en
tirely to the continued drouth in the
West, particularly in Texas, which
induced many operators to believe
that the next government report due
July 23 and based on conditions ex
isting on July 16, would show a de
terioration in the condition average
and some falling off in the indicated
crop.
What’s the Use?
The neighbor of a man noted for
his extreme thrift saw him going
down the road on a week day dress
ed up in his Sunday clothes. “What's
up, Jim?” he called out- “Why the
glad rags?”
“Haven’t you heard the news?”
“Triplets!”
“Oh. so that accounts for—” b%an
the neighbor, when the frugal one in
terrupted him:
that accounts for my wear
ing these clothes. What in thunder’s
the use of trying to be economical?”
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