Meet Your "Buddies” At Benson Next Friday, November 11th
Make Your Plans
TO SELL
YOUR TOBACCO
THIS SEASON
—IN—
SMITHFIELD
“It’s just a little
highere here”
IF IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF,
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD'S
FOR IT.
VOLUME 45—NO. 89
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SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 8. 1927
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Regular Meeting
Commissioners
(Jood Part of Session Taker
l'p With Tax Releases—
S Contribute to Armistice
The commissioners of Joftnston
county met in regular session here
yesterday with C. A. Ptitigeraid,
chairman, R. U. Barbour, B. I.
Tart, R. H. Richardson and C. M.
Wilson present. The following
items of business were translated:
Ordered that W. T. Watkins of
Beulah township be released of
$400 xat valuation on account of
error in listing.
Ordered that Mrs. Lillie W.
Johnston, Smithfield township, he
refunded $4.38 on 192G taxes on
account of error in name.
Ordered that Mrs. Lillian Allen,
Ingrams, be refunded $2.(57 on ac
count of error in payment of 192(5
taxes.
Ordered that B. C. Snider and
P'R Tnrt ' Mnndnw hn roloac/i-l
Day Celebration
of $075 tax valuation on account
of error in listing;.
Ordered that Mrs. 11. G. John
son, Meadow, be rfunded taxes.on
$2545 tax valuation on account of
being listed twice.
Ordered that D. J. Rose, Ben
tonville, he refunded $69 on 1924
1925 taxes on account of error in
listing, the tax being- paid by D. J.
Rose, the present owner.
Ordered that D. C. Adams, In
grams, be refunded tax on $900
tax valuation on account of prop
erty being- listed through error.
Ordered that D. H. Whitley be
refunded tax on $1014 tax valua
tion in Boon Hill for 192G taxes
on account of property being tak
en by Board of Education.
Ordered that J. H.. Barnes, of.
Beulah, be released of $1975 tax
valuation for 1926 taxes on ac
count of changing values on ab
stract.
Ordered that C. F. Darden, Beu
lah township, be released of $2300
tax valuation on account of error
listing.
r Ordered that W. H. Grantham
j of Banner township be released of
$1500 tax valuation and be refund
ed tax paid under protest on the
above amount.
Ordered that It. H. C. Bailey,
Boon Hill, be released of $1000
tax valuation on real estate on
account of error.
Ordered that Mrs. A. R. Stan
eil be released of $400 tax valua
tion for 1927 on account of er
ror.
Ordered that Mrs. C. A. Holt be
refunded cost of $1.45 on tax on
real estate in Boon Hill on ac
count of error.
Ordered that $300 be appropri
ated to the World War veterans,
for entertainment and feed at the
Armistice D^y celebration at Ben
son on November 11.
Ordered that Loomis Strick
land l)e refunded tax on $150 val
uation on personal property in
O’Neals township on account of
frror in listing.
Ordered that W. H. Batten be
released of $11.69 tax in Wilders
township on account of error in
listing-.
Ordered that J. R. Johnson be
released of $220 tax valuation on
Personal property in Smith-field
township on account of error.
Ordered that Martha Evans, ad
misitratrix of Mrs. Gillie Hatcher,
Beulah township, be refunded tax
on $1750 tax valuation on account
of taxes listed and paid through
error.
Ordered that the 1927 assess
ment of property in Beulah town
ship belonging to Mrs. Gillie
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Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
tne name of a person in Smith
. and if the right one de
ciphers his name and will pre
sent it to The Herald office,
*e will present him with a
complimentary ticket to the
rctorJ Theatre. Tickets must
i ® ?allod for before the fol
lowing issu*.
Bradley recognized his
name last issue.
Toffays -ranlallzer:
noandstcloirwo
i
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To Head Steel
James A. I'acrd, tW, 60, ,.,'.o It
IS predicted wdl step to *he 0Uc«
vacated through tlw dea»j» o| Eg
bert Gary, 03 Chairman of th«
Board of the U. 3 S>ee! Ccr>o.
ration. Mr Parrel for many vc*an
has been operating head of tht
organization.
Car Knocks Down
Elizabeth Jordan
Wheel Runs Over Body But
Injuries Not Thought
To Be Serious
HAPPENED IN FRONT
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
Yesterday afternoon about the
time the high school turned out, 9 '
light Ford truck driven by W. M. j,
Goss, of Durham, knocked down j
Elizabeth Jordan in front of the
high school building, one of the
wheels passing over her body. Eliz-''
abeth had gone across the street ,
to put her school books in her, ,
car, and was returning to some of »
her companions when the acei- i
dent occurred. Winfield Jordan, {
her brother, was at their car at
the time and picked her up and *
rushed her to the Johnston Coun
ty Hospital. It is not thought her
injuries are serious, thought an 1
X-ray will be made today. She is '
resting as comfortable as could
be expected. (
Elizabeth is the daughter of W.
W. Jordan, of the Jordan-Edmund- <
son Hardware company. She is a :
student in the local high school jc
and is popular among her school- 1
mates, who wish for her a speedy 1
recovery. 1
The driver of the truck was |<
deeply concerned over the accident
and went to the hospital to offer 1
any assistance. !c
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GLENDALE SCHOOL TO ,
PRESENT FOLK PLAYS (
The Glendale High School facul- t
ty is attempting dramatics that ]
are different from the usual run <
of high school plays. On-November 1
11, at 8 p. m., the faculty of that ]
school will present two one-act 1
Carolina folk-plays, Entitled “In 1
Dixon’s Kitchen,’’ and “The Black
Rooster.” This is the first time lo- j
cal talent in Johnston county has 1
attempted to give any folk plays. .
The following sketch may be of 1
interest to the public:
in uixons tvucnen.
Characters.
Ma Dixon, his wife tbv,uards,ac ^
Hiram Dixon, a dour old far- 1
iner. Ma Dixon, his wife; Annie j
Lee, their daughter; Jack and Gil- ]
mer, their sons, aged 12 and 17; ,
Lemuel Isley, Annie’s “special |
friend. ~ l-jl1
Scene: The Dixon’s k'tchen in 1
Piedmont section of North Caro- 1
lina. I
Time: An evening in early
spring. . ]
“The Hlack Rooster.” ^
. Characters. j
Mark Dellinger, A farmer Mat, i
his second wife; Tommie, his son, 1
aged 10; Rose, his daughter by his 1
first wife; Jack Rudsill, a neigh- J
bor and a university graduate; 1
George Whisnant, Mat’s nephew; (
Scene: Catawba county, Mark l
Dellinger’s farm house. 1
Time: A Saturday evening* in 1
early • September just after sup- 1
per. ^ f
Report County
Road Building
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Supt. Lodor Submits Report
of Operations For the
Month of October
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*The following: report of road
work done in Johnston county dur
ing the month of October was re
recently made to the Highway
Commission by J. B. Lodor, sup
erintendent:
District No. 1.
W. N. Holt, Commissioner.
Clayed and graveled, 1760 yards:
repairs to bridges, 3; roads re
built, 2 miles; roads dragged, 91C
miles; machine ditched, 193 miles:
?houlders pulled, 86 miles; clear
ng right of way, 4 miles; fill and
excavation, 250 cubic yards* clear
ng roads of grass, 108 miles.
District No. 2.
L. Gilbert, Commissioner.
Culvert pipe placed, 76 feel;
•epairs to bridges, 12; roads re
milt, 35 miles;,roads built, 7 miles;
roads dragged, 203 miles; hand
litched, 210 yards; clearing right
>f way, 7 miles; fill and excava
ion, 100 cubic yards.
District No.. 3,
Clayed and graveled, 700 yards;
>ridges repaired, 3; roads rebuilt.
>50 miles; clearing right of way,
! miles; clearing* roads of grass,
>0 miles.
District No. 4.
C. P. Harper, Commissioner.
Placed culvert and boxes, 296
Fedt; bridges repaired, 5; roads
milt, 1 Ms miles; roads dragged,
071 miles; machine ditched, 97
niles; hand ditched, 900 yards;
houlders pulled, 90 miles; cleav
ng right of way, 4 miles; fill and
ixcavation, 300 cubic yards; clear
ng- roads of grass, 70 miles.
District No. 5.
Dr. J. C. Grady, Commissioner.
Clayed and graveled, 1760 yards;
>ridges repaired, 3; roads built, 1
tyle; roads rebuilt, 1 mile* roads
lragg*ed, 970 miles; machine ditch
d, 94 miles; hand ditched, 400
ards; shoulders pulled, 144 miles;
learing right of way, 2 miles;
fill and excavation* 108 cubic
rards; clearing roads of grass,
00 miles.
Construction Done By Convicts.
Camp No. 2 located in Meadow
ownship working an average of
0 prisoners cut 2 miles of right
f way, cleared an& grubbed 1
nile, and put in 5027 cubic yards
f fill.
Camp No. 3 located in Pleasant
Irove township, working an aver
ge of 14 prisoners, cut 1700 yards
itch, cleared 2 miles of right of
ray, put in 60 feet culvert pipe,
uilt 1 mile of road, maintained 2
liles, put in 7827 .cubic yards fill,
layed and graveled 670 yards.
Camp No. 3 working in Cleve
and township, dug 865 yards
itches, cleared 200 yards right of
.’ay, top soiled 1035 yards, put in
0 feet culvert and built 1 x/z miles
f road.
Camp No. 4 located in O’Neals
ownship working an average of
0 prisoners, cut 5 miles of right
f way, stumped and grubbed 2
niles, hand ditched 518 yards,
>laced 60 feet culvert, built 4
liles of road and maintained 4
liles.
Th& bridge force working coun
y wide, built and repaired 11
ridges.
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.AWHENCE WALLACE WITH
CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS
Smithfield will be represented in
he Carolina Playmakers troupe
hat starts northward on Nov. 11,
n the person of Lawrence Wal
ace, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. I.
Vallace.
This dramatic group of the Uni
ersity of North Carolina is well
mown in the state, where a num
er of plays have been presented,
'his tour, however, is the first to
•Jew York .City. The Playmakers
•’ill leave Chapel Hill on the 11th
nd will be away nine days play
ng at different points between
here and New York. The plays
o be presented include “The Seuf
letown Outlaws,” "Fixin’s,” “On
lixon’s Porch,” and “Lighted Can
les.” Lawrence Wallace .plays a
ole in “The Scuffletown Out
aws,” which was said to have
een liked best of any in the group
y the Chapel Hill audience that
aw them on Friday night.
WHARTON EDITOR-IN
CHIEF WINNING ANNUAL
DAVIDSON, Nov. 5.—News
reached here today of the selec
tion of the 1927 “Quips and
Cfrankst* issued under the aus
pices of the Davidson College sen
ior class last year, as the best col
lege annual published in an in
stitution of less than 1000 enroll
ment. A large silver loving cup has
been awarded to the “Quips and
Cranks” staff as a reward for
their achievement.
Hundreds of colleges and univer
sities throughout the nation com
peted in the contest which was
conducted by the Tri-State Annual
Service of Canton, Ohio. The win
ners in their respective classes
were: Class 1-A, The University
of Missouri “Savitar”; Class 1-B,
The West Point “Howitzer”; and
Class 1-C, The Davidson “Quips
and Cranks.”
L. D. W'harton, Jr., now a mem
ber of the news staff of the
Greensboro Daily News, was edi
tor-in-chief and Clanton W,. Wil
liams, now a student at the Uni
versity of Alabama, was business
manager of the prize-winning
Davidson year book.
Potato Storage
House On Fire
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Blaze Discovered Early Sun
day Morning; Damage
Amount of $150
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Smilhfield’s potato storage
house located near the railroad had
a narrow escape from being total
ly destroyed by fire early Sunday
morning. The fire was discovered
about five o’clock, and the fire com
pany rushed to the scene. The
fire started on one side near the
ground and burned a space clear
to the top of the building about
three or four feet wide. According
to the firemen, it took an hour and
a half to put the fire out. The
building is so constructed that it
was difficult to get at the blaze,
and it was finally necessary to tear
off a considerable portion of the
top, in order to extinguish it. The
damage which is covered by in
surance, is estimated at $150.
It is not known how the fire
originated, but as the house is not
used and stays open, it is thought
that perhaps persons spent t* ^
night there, and may have dropped
matches or cigarettes.
DAN CUPID LANDS THREE
COUPLES HERE SATURDAY
Justice of the Peace D. T.
Lunceford married three couples
at the courthouse here Saturday
afternoon between three and four
oclock. They were as follows:
Miss Eva McGee, aged 19, of
Angier, to Junius MicGee, of Ben
son, route 1.
Miss Louise Willowby, aged 16,
to Leon Pate, aged 18, both of
Kenly, route 1.
Miss Merlie Whitley, aged 19,
to Heber Creech, aged 21, both of
Zebulon.
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FRENCH CARE FOR
AMERICAN SOLDIERS GRAVES
H. V. Rose has showed us a
souvenir post card which had been
sent to him by George Ross Pou,
now touring in Europe. The card
is a picture of the cemetery at
Meuse-Argonne in which a large
number of our soldiers who fell
in the World War are buried. The
graves indicate that great care
and attention have been given
them during the ten long years
following the great war. Mr.
Rose expressed n^uch gratifica
tion for this.
The little card bears beautiful
testimony of the fact that the
French people still cherish friend
ly relations that has long existed
between the French and our peo
ple.
Visit Bentonville Battleground.
A. M. Brown and daughter,
Mrs. Rutledge, and G. M. Lore, of
Concord, passed through the city
last Thursday en route to the Ben
tonville Ibattleground to see the
marker recently placed there by
the U. D. C. Mir. Lor© and Mr.
Brown are Confederate veterans,
and they fought in the battle of
Bentonvile during the Civil war.
Mr. Lore is the father of E. P.
Lore of this city.
Officers Capture
Whiskey Stills
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Distilling Plants Are Raided
and Hundreds of Gallons
of Beer Poured Out
| ~ That Johnston county deputies
are continually on the alert to ap
prehend violators of the prohibi
tion laws is demonstrated by their
operations of the ;:r.:t week,
j Saturday night Deputy J. H. At
kinson, of Clayton, and CJhief
Smith, of Clayton, captured a
rum runner’s car about three and
a half miles below Clayton on
highway number 10 that was load
ed with 27 gallons of whiskey. The
driver of the car had a wreck and
the officers hastened to the scene.
As they came in sight they saw
a man jump from the car, which
was a Star coach, nearly new, -tear
his license number off, and run.
In a short time he flagged a car
and went on his way.
Last Thursday afternoon about
four o’clock Deputies P. L. Wiood,
j. V. Islington, w. K. Strickland
and Chris Hathaway captured a
full grown outfit in Cleveland
township. They took a 100-gallon
capacity copper still and about 3000
gallons of beer. A sheet iron fur
nace had been built to operate the
i still, which the officers were not
able to tear up with an axe. They
poured out the beer and burned
the barrels. No whiskey was found.
The still was not in operation, and
no arrests were made.
On Monday of Jast week Depu
ties L. D. Parker, and R. C. Hock
aday captured a still in Eleva
tion township. They found 160
gallons of beer and 175 pounds of
sugar. One man was at the stil!,
but he ran and made his escape.
Officers, however, served a war
rant on W'ilbur Horton, who lives
120 yards from the still.
Wednesday afternoon these same
officers found a still hid out in
the bushes. It was not set up for
running and no beer nor whiskey
was found.
Friday these officers found a 45
gallon capacity still in Banner
township. They arrested two ne
groes and poured out 250 gallons
of beer. The next day they found
two barrels of beer at the home
of one of the negroes. Also on
Friday afternoon Deputies Par
ker and Hockaday discovered five
gallons of whiskey on tl\e prem
ises of Seth McLamb in Banner
township. The next afternoon they
searched Seth. McLamb’s store
building and found a pint of
whiskey.
Saturday two barrels of beer,
or about 100 gallons, was found
at Dennis Warren's, and also two
barrels were found about 300
yards from Festus Beasley’s home.
Warren was arrested.
DUKE STUDENTS LEAD
IN CORRESPONDENCE
DURHAM, Nov. 7.—Students at
Duke University lead the state in
correspondence, according to the
local postmaster, who made a sur
vey of the situation. In no other
postoffice located on ja college
campus in North Carolina is more
mail handled each day, he states.
There are 400 calls at the post
office windows each day, and more
than twice that number get mail
from boxes. According to the post
master, 6,400 letters, 190 pack
ages, fi50 circulars, and 50 pieces
of third class mail leave the uni
versity postoffice each day. Incom
ing mail averages 3,400 letters,
240 packages, 300 circulars and
360 third and fourth class pack
ages. Close to $100 worth of
stamps are sold daily.
MRS. SARAH BALLENGER
DIES AT WILSON’S MILLS
News reached here yesterday of
the death of Mrs. Sarah Ballen
g-er, which occurred at her home
in Wilson’s Mills Sunday night.
Interment took place in the Wil
son’s Mills cemetery yesterday aft
ernono at two o’clock. The deceas
ed is survived by several children.
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Orthopaedic Clinic At Wilson.
The next Lions’ orthopaedic
clinic in Wilson will be held on
FridaV, November 11. It will be
held in the offices of the county
health department in the court
house. All cripples in John ’ton
county are invited to attend^lhis
clinic for examination and treat
ment by an orthopaedic specialist.
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Stores To Close
For Celebration
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Local Merchants and Business
Men Will Observe
. Armistice Day
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BIG CELEBRATION TO
BE STAGED AT BENSON
The majority of Smithfield’s
business houses will be closed on
Friday, November 11, Armistice
Day, in honor of the day when
fighting in the World War ceased.
This year th£ Armistice Day cel
ebration for Johnston county will
be held at Benson, and a suitable
program has been arranged.
The day will ofjen with regis
tration of ex-service men at the
North State hotel. At ten o’clock
a parade will form which will wind
up in the exposition grounds where
a brief ceremony will be conducted
by the American Legion. Imme
diately after this Dennis G. Brum
mitt, attorney-general of North
Carolina, will miake a patriotic
address. At 12:30 a barbecue din
ner will be served to ex-soldiers
of all wars. In the afternoon there
will be a football and basketball
game, and in the evening, a fid
dlers’ convention will be conduct
ed in the high school auditorium.
The business firms of Smithfield
that have agreed to celebrate Ar
mistice Day by closing their stores
in conformity with the proclama
tion of Mayor J. D. Underwood are
as follows: :
Jordan Jewelry Store, D. B.
Drug Store, Southern Sales Co.,
Turnage & Talton, A. G. Rabil,
Jordan-Edmundson Hdw. Co., W. T.
Hall’s Cash Store, J. E. Gregory,
J. Abdalla, J. D. Spiers, J. D.
Herring, Austin & Hamilton, Pen
der’s Store No. 114, Peedin & Pat
erson, W. M. Sanders & Son, Sun
dry Shoppe, Debnarry Buick Co.,
Medlin Printing- Co., H. S. Powell,
G. W. Hathaway, N. B. Grantham,
Beauty Parlor, W. J. Massey, Jr.,
Miss Ora V. Poole, Smithfield Shoe
Store, Joe Davis, R. Lewis, John
O. Jones Furniture Co., Shamrock
Service Station, Hill Brothers,
City Dry Cleaning Co., Crunipler
Jones Furniture Co., G. E. Thorn
ton, W. J. Huntley, B. M. Davis,
Home Cash Grocery, Rose’s Store,
Hudson-Belk Co., Vara L. & Alma
C. Smith, Stevens & Ogburn, B.
J. Holleman, Young Motor Co.,
Red Star Service Station, Smith
field Garage & Machine Co., Stand
ard Oil Co., Home Pride Stores,
A&P Tea Co. No. 7357, American
Dollar Store Co., Oreech’s, Inc.,
Hood Brothers, Skinner & Stan
cil, and the Smithfield Herald.
BUICK PIONEERS
TO VISIT STATE
Twelve veteran Buick distribu
tors known as the “Buick Pio
neers” are coming from all parts
of the United States, rang-ing from
California to Massachusetts, to
study methods atfid conditions in
North Carolina. Their visit will
be the second annual meeting of
the “Buick Pioneers,” one of the
most unique organizations in the
automotive industry, and bringing
together a group of men known
throughout the automotive -world,
whose annual sales exceeds over
$140,000,000 at retail value.
The visiting Buick distributors
will be the guest of C. C. Cod
dington of Charlotte, and an in
teresting program has been ar
ranged which will give them first
hand information of North Caro
lina, its highways, methods and
conditions, from the mountains to
the sea.
Honor guests of the occasion
will be E. T. Strong, president of
the Buick Motor Co., and vice
president of General Motors Cor
poration, and C. »W. Churchill,
General Sales Manager of the
Buick Motor Co.
E. F. BOYETTE MOVES
FAMILY NEAR NEW BERN
Friends here and in the county
regret to lose from their midst E.
F. Boyette and family who are
moving* today to Baeheller, near
New Bern. Mr. Boyette has been
farming near town for several
years, and he is moving to a farm
now. He says he expects to en
joy hunting and trapping Jthis
winter along with his farm oper
ations.
1858-October 27-1927
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Markins the sixty-ninth anniver
sary of the birth of former presi
dent Theodori#Roos*velt, Octobeij
j27,—Mount Vernon, N. Y., will un-<
jveil this newest statue of.MTR,’|
Which was sculptorecf by the^fajni
bus Miserendino of.N.*Y.T'
M, E. Pastor Goes
To Conference
Carries a Splendid Report of
Wqrk Done By Church
During; Past Year ~!r
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Last Sunday closed the confer
ence year for the local Methodist
church, and the pastor, Rev. D. E.
Earnhardt, will have a fine report
to carry to the annual conference
at Raleigh, when he leaves this
afternoon. During the year thirty
seven new members have been re
ceived, ancf the total membership
now stands at 502. The financial
report represents, an outlay of
$10,378.75. •
The Woman’s missionary society
of which Mrs. Thel Hooks is pres
ident, has raised of the above
amount $1,332.76, an indication
that that organization is at work.
Besides the mission work of the
Woman’s missionary council and
the conference home and foreign
mission work, the church supports
a missionary in Siberia ($650),
and the Sunday school contributes
regularly each fourth Sunday to
mission work in Europe.
The Sunday school during the
past year has made a good show
ing. Money raised through the
Sunday school totals $1,075.72.
The Sunday school, which has an
enrollment of 419, fifty-two more
than was reported last year, has
fifty-two officers and teachers.
The average weekly attendance for
the year was 250, a ten per cent
increase in attendance over last
year. An outstanding feature of
the Sunday school work was the
training school held here in the
spring in which 75 credits were
awarded.
The amount assessed and raised
for benevolences is $1,598. Money
raised for repairs totals $757.50.
The church is now in the midst
of building operations, and a Sun
day school annex, with sixteen
rooms will be completed for use
at an early date. This building
which will be financed through the
Building and Loan Association,
will mean a more efficient Sunday
school in accordance with the
graded system.
HOME PRIDE STORE OPENS
Some time ago it was announc
ed that a Jax-Pax store would
open in Smithfield. A locatio’n was
secured and arranged for such a
store but since this chain of stores
has changed hands. Instead of a
Jax-Pax store, a Home Pride
store under new management open
ed for business here Saturday. L.
H. Haskett is the manager. Lo
cal people own stock in this store
which is operated on the self-serv
ice style. A general line of gro
ceries is carried, and also a meat
market is operated in the rea^r of
the building. %
Funeral Service
OfE.T.Westbrook
Death Occurred Early Yester
day Morning After A
Lingering Illness
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News reached here yesterday of
. the death of E. T. Westbrook which
occurred at his home in Benton
ville township/ early yesterday
jmorning about two o’clock. The
deceased had be>en in ill health for
several years and for several weeks
had been in a serious condition.
He grew much worse about a week
ago.
The funeral wras held yesterday
afternoon at three o’clock. Inter
ment was made in the family
(burying ground. The service was
conducted by the pastor of Ebpez
er Methodist church of which the
deceased had been a faithful mem
ber for many years.
Mr. Westbrook, who was about
seventy years of age, leaves a
vvife and nine children to mourn
their loss. His children are as fol
lows: Mrs. L. Cox, of Sampson
I county; Qrover -Westbrook, of
Wayne; Carl Westbrook, of Ral
jCigh; Mrs. L. G. Westbrook, of
j this city; Miss Maude Wiestbrook,
of Four Oaks; Mrs. Clyda Britt;
Mrs. Chester Flowers, Louise and
i Earl Westbrook, of Bentonville
township.
JOHNSTON VOCAL UNION
IS GREAT SUCCESS
KENLY, Nov. 1.—One of the
largest crowds that ever witness
| ed a vocal union was in attend
ance here Sunday with at least an
even dozen choirs being represent
ed. The vocal union which was
held in the local Freewill Baptist
church was opened by President R.
L. Pittman after which a song by
-fthe congregation was rendered.
|The welcome address was deliv
ered by A. G. Askew, assistant
j superintendent of the Freewill Sun
j day school, and the response ■was
made by R. Phillips of Carter's
Chapel.
'Good music was rendered and
, the singing was very much en
joyed by the largest crowd that
jever attended a vocal union here.
The next one will be at Bethany
church near here. R. L. Pittman
, is again president. The Kenly
i choir was lead by J. M. Stancil.
POULTRY ASSOCIATION
TO MEET SATURDAY
The Johnston Gounty Poultry
Association will meet in the far
mers’ room in the courthouse in
i Smithfield Saturday, Nov. 12 at
1:30 o’clock. It is very important
That every member be present at
,this meetings as. there are sev
eral very important matters for
'discussion. We are planning to
'have the date fixed at that time
for blood-testing our flocks; so if
! you are interested in your asso
ciation don’t fail to show up on
‘time at 1:30 o’clock.
! S. P. HONEYCUTT, President.
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REMEMBER ENTERTAINMENT*
AT SCHOOL HOUSE TONIGHT
The entertainment at the high
school auditorium this evening at
; eight o’clock to be given by Frank
| Rines assisted by his brother, Al
bert D. Rines, will be worth while.
| The athletic association which will
share in the proceeds will appre
jciate a good patronage. This en
tertainer has been heard by local
people who feel sure that those
i who attend will be not only en
itertained but uplifted.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
j “Chu’ch members who pay so
I much in fines seldom puts any
thing in de collection.”