Make Your Plans
TO SELL
YOUR TOBACCO
THIS SEASON
—IN—
SMITHFIELD
“It’s just a little
highere here”
! IF ITS FOR THE GOOD OF
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD’S
FOR IT.
VOLUME 45
NO. 90
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1927
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Recorder’s Court
In Session Here
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Three Days This Week De
voted to the Trial of Cyim
inal Cases
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Recorder's court was in sessihn
three days here this week, and
the following cases were tried and
disposed of:
John L. Murphy, who was charg
ed with larceny, was convicted and
scnt to the roads for four months.
Rc was also taxed with the cost.
Lonnie Atkinson was charged
with bastardy, and his case was
transferred to the civil issue dock
et. *
guilty of burning woods and de
stroying personal proparty.
Elijah Blackwell, a laborer of
Sraithfield, entered a plea of gui
ty to a warrant charging opera
tion of a motor vehice while in
toxicated. He was sentenced,to the
county roads for a term of two j
months. He is not to operate a j
motor vehicle again in North Car
olina during the next six months.
John W. Poole was in court on
the charge of reckless driving and
assault. He was found guilty and
fined $25. He was also required
pay costs.
George Green entered a plea of
guilty of larceny. He received a
four months road sentence and
was taxed with the cost.
Eddie Williams and James Car
raway were charged with violation
of the prohibition law and carry
ing concealed weapon. Williams
was found guilty of possessing
whiskey and was fined $10 and the
cost. Carraway was convicted of
carrying concealed weapon and
wfcs fined $50. He was also taxed
with the cost.
Arthur Graves, a colored far-1
mer of Wilson’s Mills, was found
guilty of operating a motor vehi- j
cle while intoxicated. A four
months road sentence was suspend- :
ed upon the payment of $100 fine
and the cost. The defendant is not
to operate a motor vehicle again
in North Carolina during the next
Vix months. .
Ed Galson received a 90 day
road sentence for operating* a mo
tor vehicle while intoxicated. He
is not to operate a motor vehicle
again in North Carolina during
the next six months.
The state failed to convicting
Will Thompson, charged with vi
olating the pure food law.
N. S. Stevens, charged with as- j
sault, was found not guilty. The
prosecution was found by the
court to be frivolous and malic
ious and the prosecuting witness,
John Hudson, was taxed with the
cost. Hudson appealed.
Frank Capps was found guilty
of aiding and abetting in the man
ufacture of whiskey. A 12-months,
road sentence was suspended upon
the condition that the defendant J
does not violate the prohibition ,
laws by drinking, manufacturing,
or assist, aid and abet or in any ;
wise condone drinking, possessing,
transporting or manufacturing or
storing* any spiritous liquors of any
description in violation of the pro
hibition law known as the “Turl
ington Act;” to be in company
with or present at a place where
liquor is made, stored, transport
ed, shall be deemed aiding and
abetting. This judgment shall be
in full force and effect for a per
iod of two years. The defendant
waived all irregularities in this
judgment and signed his name as
evidence of his# approval and con
sent.
Seth Thornton, charged with
violating* the prohibition law, was
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Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
tne name of a person in Smith
.5*' and if the right one de
cipher* his name and will pre
sent it to The Herald office,
we will present him with a
compilmentary ticket to the
Theatre. Tickets must
® called for before the fol
lowing issu*.
Norwood Stancil recognized
,lis name last issue.
Toffayti -Tantalizer?
aefltnunokrla
Another “Edison” 1
Henry W. Lavigne, of Worces
;er, Mass., hailed by electrical au- \
thorities as another “Edison,” has
perfected a direct-current trans- !
former and a self-generating motor
which, it is said, will revolutionize
the automobile and airplane indus
Baptists Hold
Annual Meeting
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Reports From All Depart
ments of the Church Are
Made and New Officers 1
Elected
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The Baptist church here mot on
Wednesday night in its annual bus- 1
iness meeting with a large attend- .
ance. The two main items of bus- i
iness before the church were the'*
tearing of the annual reports p
from all departments, and the °
election of officers for the new j(
year. Reports showed very en- j
jouraging work done in all de-i.
aartments during the year. There '
lad been 51 additions, 21 of them *
baptisms. Contributions for the |j
year to all objects amounted to!
£5,600. f
The offiers elected were as fol
ows: deacons, W. H. Lassiter, F.
:L Brooks, J. W. Stephenson, M.
W'allace, J. E. Coats, W. ,T.
Siuntley, 0. C. Cawley, B. J. Hoi- i
leman; deaconesses, Mrs. J. M. *
Beaty, Mrs. Lillie Johnson, Miss
Ruth Wilson, Mrs. G. W. Hicks;
superintendent of Sunday school,
F. H. Brooks; associate superin
tendent, Miss Ruth W/ilson; clerk,
Mrs. D. Carlton Stephenson; treas
urer, D. H. Creech; financial sec
retary, Mrs. Lillie Johnson; audi-j
tor, R. P. Holding-; superintendent i
)f education, Layton McGugan;
superintendent of missions, Mrs. c
3. L. Morgan; B. Y. P. U. direc- r
ors, Miisses Lucy Rhodes and" Sa- £
ah Turlington; historian, Mrs. W. \
V. Holt; pianist, Miss Lallah y.
Rookh Stephenson, with Mrs. M. j
Wallace as assistant; ushers, G.
Y. Ragsdale, Lawrence U. Stan- *
lil, D. Carlton Stephenson and Dr. 1
C. C. Massey. r
A new office was created as a c
result of the Centennial campaign [
now going on among the churches L
nf the state, and Miss Eva John- \
son was elected as special treas- \y
urer to handle the fund for the J
members of the church who make ‘
contributions to the fund. This is (
the plan just announced from the 1
state office in Raleigh, a local >f- 1
ficer to handle the fund and send /
in the quarterly payments on the (
subscriptions. The Smithfield <
church as y*t leads all the other (
churches in the Johnston Associa- ^
tion in the amount subscribed to }
this fund, being up to date about
$2,620. I
A new departure has been made }
by the church'in the election r.f
deacons and deaconesses and their,
tenure of office. Hereafter two '
deacons and one deaconess will re
tire from office each year and not,
be eligible for re-election until j
after the expiration of at least a
year—a plan widely followed now
among Baptist churches.
JUDGE CRANMER TO
PRESIDE AT SPECIAL TERM
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The special term of Superior
court which will convene here on i
Monday, Nbvemiber 21, will be
presided over by Judge E. H. Cran
mer instead of Judge Henry A.
Grady, as was announced in a
recent issue of this paper. This
term of court will be for the trial
of civil cases.
! Never judge a woman’s smile
jby her teeth, both may be artific
Mrs. E. J. Holt
Passes Awaj
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Funeral Held Yesterday Aft
ernoon; Smithfield Lose;
Cultured, Useful Citizen
Mrs. E. J. Holt, one of the old
est lifelong citizens of Smithfield
passed away here at the home #
her son, W. N. Holt, Wednesdaj
morning at ten o’clock. For sonn
time the deceased had been ir
feeble health, but about six weeks
ago- she became perceptibly weak
er, and each passing week founc
her still more frail, until finally
she fell quietly and peacefully
asleep.
Mrs. Holt, who was Jane Gaston
Sneed before her marriage to E.
J. Holt, was the daughter of the
ate Stephen and Matilda Sneed.
She was bom in this city and lived
lere her entire life of seventy-six
fears. Her husband preceded her
o the grave seventeen years ago.
5he was the mother of four chil
Iren: the late S. S. Holt and Mrs.
1. D. Ellington, and R. R. and
V. N. Holt, who survive. Among
lear relatives who also survive
ire: three granddaughters, M)rs.
vat Pierson, of Palm Beach, Fla.,
drs. Nell Bass and Miss Tama
lolt of this city; one brother, Jun
us Sneed, and one sister, Mrs.
ulia Sasser, both of Durham.
Smithfield has lost a cultured,
seful citizen, one who by her gen
ie personality and strong intellect
ttracted an unusual circle of
riends. She was well read in hig
ory and literature and her con
ersation was always a source of
elight to those with whom she
ame in contact. She was a charter
lember of the • local chapter of
he U. D. C., which is known as
he Holt-Sanders chapter. She was
loyal member of St. Paul’s Epis
opal church. Always interested in
he work of her church, her pres
nce and the influence of her deep
hristian character will be greatly
lissed.
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Speaks On Value
American Legion
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Poland Williams, Prominent
Member of the Dunn Bar,
Addresses Kiwanis Club
Hon. Roland Williams, veteran
f the World War and a prominent
lember of the Dunn bar, spoke
t the regular meeting of the Kj
-anis club yesterday. Taking as
is subject the '‘American Legion,
ts Ideals, and Potentialities,”
Tr. Williams gave an enlightening
ccount of the present achieve
lents and the future possibilities
f the Legion.
The three ideals touched on by
he speaker as making up the
ery spirit of the Legion were tol
rance, patriotism and obedience,
'hese three ideals will be preach
d and parcticed by the Legion
aires under the leadership of the
tate commander, Judge Albert
lox, and the National Guard units
f the state which are now very
fficient, because of the leadership
f ex-service men, will be second
o none in the country. Mr. Wil
iams denied the charge made by
some that the Legion was a
greedy organization, wnose mem
iers were trying to get all they
could out of the government,
"forth Carolina has done praeti
:ally nothing for the heroes of the
vorld war while back in 1880 they
jave to every private for his
services in the Continental army
six hundred acres of land and
granted to a Revolutionary gener
al of note twenty-five thousand
icres of land.
The political power of the Le
gion will be felt more in the fu
ture than in the next few years,
because only about one-seventh oi
the 70,000 men who are eligible
for membei*ship in North Carolina
have joined the legion as yet. Bui
by 1940 the American Legion wil
be able to name the governor o!
the state, for then the legion wil
be organized as a political force tc
be reckoned with. /•
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A ten pound baby boy can mak<
more noise than n 250-pound mat
can suppress.
Your Opportunity Is Here
Help one of these little ones of the Children’s Home Society
Kenly Man Goes
To His Reward
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W. J. Hooks, Well K,nown
Member of the Johnston
County Bar, Passes Away
In Wilson Hospital
Kenly was saddened Wednesday
when it became known that W. J.
Hooks, a well known citizen of
that city, had passed away in a
W]ilson hospital. He had been in
failing health for some months.
The funeral was held yesterday
afternoon at the Kenly Presbyter
ian church of which Mr. Hooks
was a member. Rev. Mr. McIn
tyre conducted the' service. Inter
ment was made in the Kenly cem
etery. A large crowd was present
not only from Kenly but from dif
ferent parts of the county. A
goodly number of the Johnston
county bar was in attendance to
pay a last tribute of respect to the
deceased whp was a member of
the legal profession.
The pall bearers were: L. Z.
Woodard, J: W. Darden, M. S. Rev
ell, J. D. Bailey, P. H. Etheridge,
J. E. Jones, E. L. Etheridge.
The floral offerings were num
erous and beautiful.
Mr. Hooks, who was 52 years of
ag*e, leaves a wife and six chil
dren.
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ARE YOU ENTITLED TO
ADJUSTED COMPENSATION?
All honorably discharged veter- (
ans of the Word War, and widows, ;
chidren or their guardians, moth
ers or fathers of deceased veter
ans who depended upon them for
support at the time of their death,
or have become dependent on out- !
side support, are eligible for Ad
justed Compensation. Any who ,
^re eligible for adjusted compen
sation and do not make applica
tion before January 1, 1928, will j
miss their opportunity of secur
ing this aid. Eligibles are urged
to send in their applications at
once. D. Carlton Stephenson, of
this city, commander of the Pou
Parrish post of the American Le
gion, offers his assistance in se
curing the proper blanks and fill
ing them out. He urges all to at
tend to this matter at once and
avoid a rush at the last minute.
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CAPTURE ^-GALLON
STILL IN BOON HILL
Saturday night about 9:30
o’clock, Game Warden J. W. Staf
ford, G. E. Weeks and Almond
Hood, captured a 45-gallon capac
ity whiskey still on Moccasin
swamp in Boon Hill township, and
arrested a young white man, Frank
Capps. The still was running full
blast. The officers found about a
gallon of whiskey and poured out
two barrels of beer.
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FINDS OLD HERALD
DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 1911.
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Mrs. Margaret Jones, of Four
Oaks, route 4, recently came across
an old copy of the Smithfield
Herald dated September 28, 1911.
Sixteen years has made ?ome lit
tle difference in the appearance
of the paper, the chief difference
being in the mechanical make-up.
Instead of eight columns, twelve
ems, that we now send out, in 1911,
the paper was only six columns
each column 13 ems. The late J.
M. Beaty conducted a farm de
partment, this being a special fea
ture.
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The orator who deals large in
quotations speaks volumes.
j Appeal Made For
Children’s Home
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Organization With Receiving
Home at Greensboro Is Do
ing Fine Piece of Service In
North Carolina
GREENSBORO, Nov. 0._ No
happier group enjoyed the recent
circus than the boys and girls from
the Children’s Home who were
guests of a prominent civic club of |
Greensboro, unless it was the mem
bers of this club who knew they ,
were responsible for this childish
glee. •
And so it ever is when one makes i
others enjoy life. The reaction is h
certain and personal. The oppor- (
tunity comes once eac-h year to ^
the citizens of North Carolina to ^
exprjss, by their financial parti- '
cipation, the personal interst they
have in the homeless boys and
girls of our state. Day after day '
the. Children’s Home is making '
life brighter and more promising
for some child. Careful nursing
with retarded and undernourished
little ones—patient attention and
correction of deportment problems
—advice and parental counsel to <
those who may have been denied
the privilege of real mother or
father.
Dur ing the passing of twenty
six years 2530 boys and girls have
received the services of the Chil
dren’s Home Society. These chil- j
dren were received from a total of
eighty seven counties—from the
fountains of western No^rth Caro
lina to the counties bordering on ]
the Atlantic. Foster homes have (
been found for each child and even ^
t?hen the work is not finished. Con
stant and repeated visits are made J
and careful supervision exercised ‘
over the period up to legal adop- (
tion. j
No church or fraternal order is ^
responsible for the financial sup- ^
port of the Children’s Home. The (
Home is undenominational, and ^
receives support from the child
loving people of North Carolina re
gardless of religious or fraternal !
connections. The stream of aban
doned and homeless children is like
Tennyson’s Brook—flows on, for
ever! Each year brings its quota
and recent statistics show a tend- ^
ency for the number of destitute
to increase with population.
Whether we like it or not, home
less children are like the poor—al- ’
ways with us and the burden and '
responsibility for relief falls upon
those more fortunate.
!$o one or a dozen individuals
can relieve the situation, but a
Society with facilities like the
Children’s Home may—when pro-,
perly financed—contribute prac
tical service to a large number each
year.
The waiting list of needy, chil
dren is a large one and grows even
when financial support falls off, as
was the situation this summer.
The Children’s Home could help
over one hundred children right
now f thy had the money to prop
erly finance the undertaking. As
it is the monthly stream of funds
will only justify the Society in
handling the most urgent cases.
There seems no limit to the de
mand for the services of the Chil
dren’s Home Society. The Board
of Directors at the last annual
meeting authorized Superintend
ent Phoenix to make a drive for
| $35,000 with which to finance the
I Society for 1928.
I At Greensboro is located the Re
1 ceiving Home where all children
| found eligible are collected and
carefully studied and brought in
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A
Sanders Home Is
Damaged By Fire
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Blaze Originates In Attic but
J Slate Roof Prevents Com
plete Destruction; Family
Living at Holt Lake
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The handsome colonial residence
of Mrs. W. M. Sanders on Oak
land Heights caught fire Wednes
day just before noon, and was
damaged to the extent of several
thousand dollars, before the blaze
could be brought under control.
Mrs. Sanders and two of her j
daughters were in the dining room I
unaware that the house was on !
fire, until a colored man who was
passing on the hig-hway, saw the |
sfhoke and came to the door and j
told them. The fire was burning in
the attic and the slate roof is per
haps the only thing that saved the
sntife building from destruction. A
:onsiderable part of the damage
ione was by water. The kitchen,
.vhch is not under the main roof,
s the only room intact from dam
ige. Mrs. Sanders had just had
ill the floors in the house re-fin
shed. The loss is said to be cov
ered by insurance.
The furniture was removed from j
he burning building and is now I
tored in the house on the lawn I,
used for old relics which the;
ate W. M. Sanders took great .
lelight in collecting, he Sanders!,
amily are staying at present atj1
he San-Gla-Sta Lodge at Holt I
jake.
Another fire occurred Monday
vening about eight o’clock in Bel-j
nont when a two iDom neg^o
louse was practically burned up. j
nsurance in the amount of $700;
yas carried on this dwelling. .. M
Beginner Pupils
Now Total 949
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Figures For Fourteen Schools
Show Increased Interest In
Education in Johnston
Interest in education is certain- ;
y on the increase in Johnston :
ounty, if one is to judge from '
he number of children entering '
chool this year for the first time. .
lix hundred is the largest number
f children up to this year that '
ave been enrolled in the schools
a the county system as first year
mpils. Now, however, there are
49 beginners in the eight and
ine months schools alone, not in- !
luding Benson, for which figures
re not filed in the county super
ntendent’s office.
It is interesting to note .that the
lumber of boys exceeds the num
ber of girls by only thirty-one,
here being 490 boys just starting
o school, and 459 girls.
These pupils are not of compul
ory school age, and their pres
nce in school cannot therefore be
ittributed to the law. They are
here because they have a good
chool house to go to, and good
eachers,*as a rule, make the
chool work attractive.
Figures for these first year pu
)ils have been tabulated as fol
ows:
School
Boys Girls Total
Frinceton-Brogden 69
Four Oaks _... 59
Corinth-Holders __ 50
Selma . 47
Kenly . 47
Smithfield .r 39
Clayton . 42
Micro . 38
Glendale Chapel .. 23
Meadow . 20
Pine Level . 21
Wilson’s Mills__ 10
Archer Lodge .... 14
Cleveland . 11
59
47
38
39
37
40
35
26
35
28
21
22
17
15
128
106
88
86
84
79
77
64
58
48
42
32
31
26
Six-Cylinder Shooter.
He: “Billy the Kid, the famous
Arizona desperado, killed nineteen
men before he was twenty-one.”
She: “What kind of car did he
drive?”—Life.
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What a splendid thing it would
bo if people who lost their tempers
were unable to find them again.
! » AMBITION!! *.vX
■■awwwsiiimiiiicW|
James Moore, 19, of New Eng
land, went to New York to get
rich. He worked days in a factory
and washed dishes in a restaurant
at night for meals—sleeping in th«
subway to save room rent. He wai
arrested and his story in court
caused Wall Street brokers to gd
him out of jail for a fresh start,
John E. Edgerton
Visits Old Home
President of the National
Manufacturer’s Association
In Kenly; Speaks to Stud
ents of Kenly High School
KENLY, Nov. 9.—Col. John E.
Sdgerton of Lebanon, Tennessee,
vho has been spending a few days
n the city with relatives en route
o New York, addressed the stu
lents of Kenly high school Mon
lay morning*. With his delightful
lumor he won his audience at once
tnd held its attention throughout
lis talk. He took as his subject the
Bible text, “Whatsoever ye do, do
t heartily."
“All the positions in life both
ligh and low, are going to be va
ated sooner or later," he said,
‘and they are going to be filled
>y the girls and boys of todajy who
jrepare themselves. Decidte now
vhich of these positions you 'vant
0 fill and begin now to prepare
or it. No matter how small the
ask, do it heartily, do it with your
vhole heart. The great feats of
he world were not accomplished
n a day, a week, or even a year,
rhere were years of preparation
>ack of them. Lindbergh, perhaps,
s the greatest hero of the world in
ecent years. He began to pre
iare himself for the deed that
nade him famous early in life.
Everybody loves a hero. What is
1 hero? It is one who does some
hing useful that has never been
lone before. We can’t all fly across
he Atlantic but we can do other
lseful things. Decide what you
vant to do, have a goal in life, and
vork toward it,” he said. “Don’t
ie a quitter, be a fighter. The
vorld needs men, men who will
neet and fight and solve the great
ssues that come up irt life. Boys
ind girls,” said he, “if you let
hat arithmetic problem, that al
gebra equation, or that problem in
geometry get the best of you now,
f you tackle it for about ten min
ltes and then because it’s hard,
?ive it up, quit on the job, you
vill let the- problems that meet
mu later in life get the best of
you. ... It takes courage to
face difficulties and remove them,
ind above all it takes faith, faith
in God of which courage is born.”
He told of an interview with Al
rin York, who was bom and rear
ed in the most modest circumstan
:es in the mountains of Tennes
see, and, who because of his faith
in God accomplished an unprece
dented feat which gained for him
the title of “the greatest hero of
the Vo rid War.”
Col. Edgerton is a speaker of
power. He grips his audience and
holds its interest. His apt illus
trations clinch hi^ points. At a
recent meeting of the National As
sociation of ManufactureYs he was
elected to the presidency of that
organization for the eighth consec
utive year, a tribute to his signa
ability as a leader and a man ol
vision. He was reared neai
Kenly, in the neighborhood o
Lowell’s mill, and his friends re
joice in the honors he has woi
and are always glad to welcome
him in their midst.
It may take nine tailors to mak«
a man, but one Christmas is eas
ily enough to break him if he is
Yhe happy father of nine children
Smithfield Team
Beats Selma 18-6
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locals Win Battle For Foot
Ball Supremacy in County;
Davis Is Bright Light
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j A red-jerseyed football eleven
|from Smithfield 'high invaded the
’Selma gridiron Wednesday aft< r
’noon and returned home with an
118 to 6 victory gained in the 1927
battle for football supremacy
|among Johnston county - hicrh
: schools. The victory was the third
jfor the Smithfield squad over
Selma in the three years that the
two teams have been mfcetint, '
Smithfield having won the other
two by decisive margins.
Selma surprised in the first per
iod by scoring a touchdown aid
ed much by Smithfield’s poor head
work. It was the first time that.
Selma had ever crossed the local’s
goal line and it made the Smitti
field team fight harder.
Selma entered the second quar
ter in high spirits but their spir
its were soon lowered for Ed Par
rish, Smithfield quarter, while
standing on his own 30-yard line,
hurled a pass 40 yards down tfe.’
field to Norton who ran the re
maining 30 yards for a touchdown.
r UMULES ARE COSTLY.
Two Selma fumbles later in the
second period enabled Smithfield
to break the deadlock by a touch
down. The first came when Ray
fumbled a punt and Smithfield re- *’
covered. This gave Smithfield the
ball in the enemy’s territory, but
a moment later a pass was ground
ed behind the goal line to give
Selma the ball on her own 20-yard
line. Smithfield got the ball
again on a fumble when Ragsdale
pitched the ball up and ran to the
five yard line. In three plays the
locals carried the ball over for n
second touchdown. Davis scored
it.
LAST HALF IN DARK.
The last half was played after
sunset and it was indeed hard to
tell who was carrying the ball.
Neither team scored in the third
period but the end of the quarter
found Selma in the local’s terri
tory. Ray carried the ball to Smith
field's 25 yard line on the first
play of the final quarter but an
other Selma fumble gave Smith
field the ball and an attack toward
the Selma goal led by Davis wae
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PLAY GIVEN AT CORINTH
HOLDERS SCHOOL SUCCESS
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ZEBULON, Route 1, Nov. 9.—
The minstrel show given at the
Corinth-Holder high school last
Friday night was a success in ev
ery way. The audience was large,
well-behaved and appreciative. A
nice sum of money was realized
and the show was bright ar.d
snappy.
The following took part in the
minstrel: Dallie Barham, Howard
Davis, Worth Davis, Alphono
Eason, Alvester Eason, Elmo Hin
nant, Keith Hinnant, Earl O’Ne !,
L. O’Neil, Robert O’Neil, Ashley
Murphy, George Powell, Garland
Richardson, Bruce Tippett, Joseph
Whitley, Robert Davis and Brant
ley Chamblee.
State committee: Misses Rebec
ca Ray, Merle Carrington and
Carrie Mae Umstead.
Make-up committee: Misses Ra
chel Howard, Edna Wright and
Inez Pittman.
Coach: Miss Clara M. Pigg.
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
I “Biggest trubble nowadays wid
Ide world iz too niennie propogan
Jders and propogooses.”