Make Your Plana TO SELL YOUR TOBACCO THIS SEASON —IN— SMITHFIELD “It’s just a little highere here” Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 •> IF, IT’S FOR THE GOOD OF . JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE HERALD’S FOR IT. VOLUME 45—NO. 9: ¥ * SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18 1927 * * * «9 nn ppd vi? a fell Convict Negroes Stealing Cotton -4.-* Summons To Court Joel li. | l ee. Who Bought The Cot- j Ion -4 A case in Recorder’s court here Wednesday in which William and Percy Boylan, neg-roes of Cleve land township, were convicted of stealing seed cotton, seems to have more implications than were at fast apparent. Two more negroe;, Raymond Wilkinson and Arthur Sanders, have been brought to jail a warrant has been served on B. Lee to whom the negroes the cotton. Wednesday morning when Kirby j p. Rose of this city, who super intends the Myatt farm in Cleve land township for W. P. Rose of j Goldsboro, went out to the farm, j he found missing about 300 pounds of seed cotton which had been left j in the held over night by a ngero tenant. Mr. Rose with Dep- j uty I*. L. Wood of Cleveland town- j ship found tracks of what appear- j ed to be three persons near where j the cotton was in the cotton patch. These tracks j were followed and William and Percy Boylan were arrested. They were brought immediately to Re- I corder’s court and were tried, the judge finding them guilty and im posing on each a sentence of six, months on the roads. The officer had reason to believe ; that all the offenders had not been apprehended, and during the day continued work on the case. In the afternoon, Raymond Wilkin son and Arthur Sanders were ar rested and by one of these a con fession of the theft was made. The whole story of how they took the cotton and carried it for some distance and of how later they sold it to Joel B. Lee for five cents a pound, was told the offi cer. This case was tried in Re corder’s court yesterday after noon, and each defendant was giv en also a sentence of six months on the roads. Counsel for the de fense, however, asked the judge to preserve the right to change sen tence after hearing the case of Joel B. Lee which has been set for Tuesday week. TH A N K SCI VIN C OF F ERI NO OF FRUIT FOR CO. HOME According to a custom followed for several years in the Methodist Sunday school here, children and young people of the Sunday school through the Interrc^dialte-Senior Department, are requested to take to the Sunday school next Sunday an apple, orange, or some kind of fruit which will he taken to .the county home in the afternoon. The Intermediate-Senior department will have charge of a short serv ice to he given for the benefit of the inmates. VOl.l NTARY R EC El V E R S HIP OF CLAYTON FIRM F. W. MeCullers of Clayton qualified Tuesday for Horne-Mos ris Motor Company. This firm signed voluntary bankruptcy pa pers on Nov. 8 before Judge Frank Daniels in Wilson. SMITH FIELD HOTEL (RANGES HANDS AGAIN The management of the Smith field Hotel has changed hands aguin, (’. A. Baker of Dunn now being in charge. Mr. Baker ran the ^oung Hotel in Dunn twelve years prior to the opening of the Cotton dale there, and his exper ience will bo helpful to him here. Baker took charge on Nov. 8. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let .i rs ln line below to spell e name of a person in Smith an^ 'f the right one de Pliers his name and will pre w i ° The Herald office, rm,Wr present him with a v<> i Phmentary ticket to the be e°iiV 7,leatri>- Tickets must e cafied for before the fol •owing issu*. ‘ ^3s Johnson recognized his name last issue. Today*, -rantnllxer: fpowinlsoir Poultry Queen Mrs. l.ucy H. earner of Rth Ok l.llioina district .lives in Washing on with her Congressman hus i.aixl—hut her heart is back home, a hit Iter chicken ranch — front ■'•'here she sells 140,000 fowls each rear, her shipments of eggs goings •o N. Y City. Funeral Service Of Rufus Sanders Large Crowd (oilhers At An tioch Methodist Church In This County Wednesday Afternoon at 2:.'S0 O’clock The funeral of Rufus Sanders, Sr., who died at his home in Wil son Monday night after a ling-ar ng illness, was held at Antioch Methodist church near his old home n this county Wednesday after- ' noon at twef-thirty o’clock. A arge crowd of relatives, friends md neighbors gathered for the mpressive funeral service which was conducted by Rev. Euclid McWhorter, pastor of the Metho list church of Wilson, and by Rev. \Y. B. Humble, pastor of Antioch church. A handsome floral offering nutely spoke of the pathos of a mrting word from numerous rel ieves and friends. The active pall learers were six nephews of the feceased as follows: Charles San lers, James Sanders, Snead San- : lers, Clayborn Sanders, John F. Zanders and Fulton Snead. The deceased leaves to survive lim his wife, Mrs. Celeste San lers, two sons, Messrs. Rufus and Macon Sanders, one daughter, Miss Inez Sanders, all of Wilson, two dster's, Mrs. Sallie Stevens, of joltfsboro, and Mrs. J. W. Wid ens, of Smith field, and two broth jrs, Messrs. T. F. Sanders, of Clin on, and W. A. Sanders, of Ral dgh. -4 I’EAR EAST CAROLINA HAS ANTHRAX DISEASE WILMINGTON, Nov. 15.—An hrax, a disease deadly to such do mestic animals as sheep, mules and cattle is believed to have spread to :hc* eastern section of the state. The suspicion has been aroused imong* veterinarians by the recent loath of two mules at Jackson ville. The state veterinarian, visit ing the livestock pen in Jackson ville, ordered the premises quar antined and directed that the car casses be burned. While no general alarm has been caused by the death of the Jack sonville mule, officials are taking precautions against the disease spreading. —4 BROWN’S TEAM DEFEATS FINE LEVEL QUINT, 20-10 SELMA, Route 2, Nov. 15.—On Saturday, November 12, Brown played Pine Level High a game of basketball on the latter’s court. 1 Brown won the first game of the season by a 20 to 10 score. Brown was too fast for the Levelers and got a lead in the first quarter. The feature of the game for i Brown was the goal shooting of ,7. Brown, A. Brown and O. Brown. | T. Brown and N. II. Parrish play- j ed a good game at guard. Parker was the big man for j Pine Levtel. He scored eight of the Pine Level points, and J. Brown scored nine of Brown’s tal lies. CORONER’S HEARING WEDNESDAY EVENING The final oeroner’s hearing * in the J. M. Royal murder case will be held on next Wednesday eve-1 ning instead of on Monday eve ning as previously announced. The hearing will be held in the court house. Snowstorm Over In Middle West ■—«— vlichigan and Wisconsin Re covering From First Bliz zard of Winter; Tempera tures Remain Almost At Freezing Point. CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—Michigan ind Wisconsin were recovering to !ay from the destructive effects of the middle west’s first winter storm as the blizzard swept east ward over Lake Huron. Subjected during the past 48 lours to a dual attack by snow, ind wind, the upper Great Lakes dates were digging their way back o normalcy. Shipping still hesi ated to venture out upon the sub siding Lake Superior which the last two days, lashed by a 40 nile gale, had driven all vessels nto land docked refuges. The temperature hovered around he freezing mark in the Chicago iistrict with intermittent but light ’lurries of snow. At Superior, Wis., traffic was leing resumed after all available snow plows had been pressed into service to clear the streets. Iron wood, Mich., in the upper peninsu ar region had re-established con ;act with the outside world. Deer mnters along* the Cogobic Range •ountry, marooned three days, emerged to find the hunting grounds covered with heavily drift 'd snow.—Associated Press. - LEGILATURE I)II) NOT BROADEN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS POWER RALEIGH. Nov. 12.—The idea seems to be prevalent that the 11)27 session of the General Assem >ly broadened the powers of tho ■ounty commissioners in respect o issuing bonds, this idea is er roneous. The old laws allowed sales of >onds without a vote of the peo >le unless there existed a local niblic law governing the sale of >onds in the county proposing to ell bonds, and very few counties lad such a law. The 11)27 session )laced safe guards not only around he issuance of bonds but on giving short term notes. Bonds may be issued under the 027 Act for two purposes with >ut a vote of the people. First, for he purpose of refunding* bonds vhich are due or to become due in he near future; second, to fund he valid indebtedness outstand ng on July 1, 1027, at the time he new county government law vent into efect. In neither of these 'ases is new indebtedness created. ?or any other purpose, the law fives the machinery whereby the >eople can petition the county com nissioners to submit the bond is iue to a vote of the people; it is nandatory and is plain along that 1,000 VOLUMES ADDED TO LIBRARY OF COLLEGE GREENSBORO, Nov. 8.—The li brary of North Carolina College 'or Women at this date is 2,000 /olumes better off than it was be fore the recent placing and filing f the contribution to the State Col lege for Women. -4 AUSTIN BUILDING IS SOLD AND RIGNGS $:D,000 The Austin Department store building* was so1 i here Tuesday at public auction bringing $31,000. The property which was sold un d'!«‘ bankruptcy proceedings was b't: in by J. W. Bailey of Raleigh. The auctioneer, N. L. Perkins, in offering this valuable piece of bus iness property for saie state that the original cost was something like $190,000. Mystery Veils Death Of Mrs. Elsie Snipes Former Princeton Woman Is Shot In Her Richmond Apartment; John W. Faison Is Held In Jail RICHMOND, Va„ Nov. Hi.— Coroner Whitfield performed an j autop.sy this afternoon in an ef-, fort to ascertain whether Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes, pretty music teacher of this city, formerly of Princeton, N. C., victim of a pis tol bullet wound in the head, was in a delicate condtion or not. He announced after the operation that it failed to disclose any evidence that she was in such a condition, j Decision to perform the autop- J sy was reached when John W. Faison, 35, secretary and manager 1 of the Hermitage Country Club, a married man with five small chil dren, held on suspicion of having murdered her, told police that he was under the impression that she was in that condition. HUSBAND IN PRINCETON. According: to the police, Faison also said that he was planning to divorce his wife so as to clear the way for marrying her. Papers found in Mrs. Snipes apartment, where she received the fatal wound about an hour after midnight, in dicated that she had already been divorced from her husband, I. A. Snipes, of Princeton, and that she had two small sons living with ' their father there. Faison had been going with her since last June and, according to letters ad dressed to the woman bearing his signature, was deeply infatuated with her. In her trunk were found half a dozen or more blank checks sig-ned by him. When questioned by the police he insisted that she ' shot herself. He told them that im mediately after she fired the fatrJ shot into her temple he picked her ' up and rushed her to Stuart Cir- ' de hospital in his automobile. She arrived there in an unconscious condition and remained in that state until she died at 4:50 a. m. rALKEI) WITH FAISON’S WIFE Police learned that she had \ talked over the phone with Mrs. J Faison just before she was shot. 1 A pool of blood under a chair near the phone indicated that the fatal >hot was fired while she was seat ?d in the chatr. The blood was ’till dripping from the back of it when police detectives arrived on 4 the scene. In his investigation, - oroner Whitfield found that the ] bullet entered the forehead just aver the right eye and that the ' eyebrow was powder scorched. On ! the floor near the chair lay a big 4 .38 calibre red Spanish special re volver with one chamber discharg ed. Another small weapon of the vest pocket automatic type was found lying on the bed. Its cham bers were all loaded. The bullet ' pierced the woman’s head and fell on the bed. 1 FAISON OWiNEI) REVOLVERS. , Faison admitted ownership of both revolvers. Examination of ! the phone disclosed that the re ceiver was off the hook. The phone operator told the police that it had been off the hook since 1 a. m. She declined to say whether she heard the report of the re volver, explaining' that she was ■ not permitted to disclose such in formation. Mrs. Faison denied that she heard the pistol shot. She told the police that Mrs. Snipes had called her in response to a request from her made earlier in the night, that she be advised when her husband arrived there. Faison said that he was in the act of placing a record on the phonograph when Mrs. Snipes shot herself. Mrs. Snipes came here several iyeara ago from Princeton. She was apparently about 35 years old. Arraigned in police court today Faison was remanded to jail in default of $10,000 bond. Coroner Whitfield was undecided tonight as to when he would hold an inquest. Mrs. Faison indicated today that she would stand by her husband until his guilt or innocence is es -♦ Turn to page four, pleas# George Pou May Seek High Office Prison Superintendent Re ported In Race For Lieu tenant Governorship; Two Now In Race RALEIGH, Nov. 14.—A new and potent entry in the race for lieutenant governor loomed tonight when it was learned that George Ross Pou, superintendent of the state’s prison, is seriously think ing of adding his name to the list. Mr. Pou was mentioned with some uncertainty during the early summer as a potential candidate but it was not until tonight that close friends put him down af ready to step out for fair. Returning three days ago from \ two months’ tour of Europe, he 'ound awaiting him, these friends iaid, assurances of support from prominent political sources. The race for lieutenant governor ras thus far attracted but two an lounced candidates. They are for ner State Senator W. H. S. Eur 1'wyn, of Northampton county, and R. T. Fountain, speaker of the Lt>27 house. At least two other “potential candidates,” in addition to Mr. Pou, have been considered in spec llation, however, they being State Senator Rivers Johnson, of Juplin county, and Dr. J. Vance WcGoughan, of Cumberland coun y. :hurch hails Gardner AS “NEXT GOVERNOR” DURHAM, Nov. 16.—A hint of )olitics crept into the 7th annual lession of the Baptist state con tention in tonight’s session with he presentation of O. Max Gard ner. of Shelby, general chairman >f the state-wide centennial cam paign, to an audience which jam ne^ the auditorium of the First baptist church. He was introduced as “the next rovernor of North Carolina.” Registering their approval of hat prediction through prolonged ipplause, the convention arose to ts feet with one accord in a trib ite to Mr. Gardner.—Associated VSHLEY SMITH PROPERTY IN THIS CITY SOLI) The Ashley Smith stores on Market street and other property >utt not including the residence, vas sold at public auction here on Wednesday bringing $40,250. It was >id in by the N. C. Mutual Life nsurance company of Durham, vhich institution is said to hold laims against the property. The residence of Ashley Smith ras sold several weeks ago by a Richmond Insurance company, H. i. Gray, J. H. Abell and W. Ran ome Sanders being the purchas rs. VOMAN QUALIFIES AS LAWYER ON 21st BIRTHDAY Miss Ella Margaret Gordon, of Elizabeth City, 21 years old, Tues lay, qualified as an attorney-at aw, and also as the youngest wom m in the United States qualified o practice law for the present at east. She passed the examination »f the Supreme Court last Aug ist, but couldn’t get her license mtil she became of legal age. The >archment was made out in reg ilar order by Edward Sc* a well, the Supreme Court clerk, and has been ccpt there since. iAS BEEN TAKING HERALD 22 YEARS L. A. Jjjywn. who now lives at locky Mount, but who moved here from Johnston county, sent n his renewal to the Herald this veek. He stated that he has been aking the Herald since 1005 ar.d le just cannot afford to miss it. t is like a let**.-" from home, he lays. The publishers of the Herald ire grateful for such comments. Phey encourage still greater ef fort to make the paper as good is possible. Model For Husbands. The harassed-looking man was >eing shown over some works. “That machine,” said his guide, ‘does the Xvork of thirty men.” The ma|i smiled glumly. “At he said, “I have seen A’hat my wife should have mar ried.”—London Tid-Bits. Will Appear On Chautauqua Opening PATRICK HENRY LYNSKEY CHRISTINE BINGHAM Members of the Christine Bingham Company that appear on open ing flay of the Chautauqua program next Monday. SWARTHMORE CHAUTAUQUA TO OPEN HERE NEXT WEEK Christine Bingham Concert Company Appears Twice On First Day; Chas. H. Plat tenburg Lectures Monday Evening -♦ Inadvertently errors occurred in the announcement of Chau tauqua carried in the last issue of the Herald. The Chautauqua dates are Nov. 21. 22 and 23, hut the days of the week are Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day instead of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as was stated. Also ten names of guaran tors were omitted. The full list of guarantors is as follows: 1).*. and Mrs. Thel Hooks, Mrs. L. T. Royall, Rev. S. L. Morgan, I)r. W. J. B. Orr, N. C. Shuford, M. A. Wallace, Mrs. J. .1. Broadhursti, I'arent-Teacherss’ Association, Woman’s Club. Lions Club. Business and Pro fessional Woman’s Club. Ki wanis Club, E. S. Edmundson, Mrs. T. .1. Lassiter, X. L. Per kins, I). I. Penny, I)r. C. C. Massey, Rev. Chester Alexan der, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. John ston, W. S. Ragsdale, T. R. Hood, I. W. Medlin, .1. I). Spiers, W. N. Holt, W. I). Hood. H. C. Hood. Dr. .1. W. Whitehead, .1. X. Cobb, A. M. Noble and Rob ert F. Smith. On the opening night of the coming Chautauqua, Charles How ard Plattenburg, lecturer who has appeared in every state in the Union save two in the past ten years will give his address, ‘’The Modern Tale of Two Cities/’ which is said to be full of valuable in formation on civic improvement and inspiration for its accomplish ment. ivir. riauenourg, oeiore he grave all his time to the lecture plat form, was a highly successful Iowa newspaper editor. The information* he has and the suggestions he makes are the result of years of practical experience in solving the community problem^ he talks about. Following his appearance before the Advertising-Selling League of Omaha, last December, Secretary F. O. Malm wrote that he had scored one of the biggest hits of the season. “We have had numerous letters and telephone calls,” stated Secretary Malm, “asking us to set aside our rule and repeat Mr. Plat tenburg this season. You can take this as the highest possible compli ment, because it is the only time this has happened so far this year. Mr. Plattenburg* is just the type of speaker that our members en joy. He had them on the edge of their chairs for an hour. His mes sage is timely, covers lots, of ter ritory and is delivered in excel lent style.” At the national convention of the Christian church in Omaha, some years ago, Mr. Plattenburg addressed 12,000 people. The Asso ciated Press pronounced it one of the most brillian speeches of the convention. The Kentucky Retail Merchants’ Association financed the printing of 300,000 copies, of Mr. Plat ten burg’s community lecture and -♦ Turn to page eight, please) Hunting Licenses Source Revenue -♦ Collections In Johnston Coun ty Total $1,851; Receipts In State Pass $100,000 Mark -♦—— HUNTING LICENSES BRING i IN SUM OF $100,000 With the hunting season * just j getting under way in many see- ! tions of the state, receipts up to November 1.4, receipts from the, sale of hunting and fishing licenses passed the $100,000 mark, accord- , ing to J. K. Dixon, State Game [ \\ arden. Even the most optimis tic did not expect the hunting* li- , censes to bring in more than this j amount. It now looks as if the state will derive considerable rev enue from this source which will likely more than pay all the ex pense involved in the maintenance of game and fish wardens in ail sections of the state. Johnston county is in the Eighth district, the following collections having been made in the district: Eighth District: Carteret, $(505; Craven, $1,012; Johnston, $1,851; Jones, $029; Lenoir, $2,002; Ons low, $022; Pamlico, $374: WhkeJ. $1,239; Wayne, $1,009; total for district, $9,433. -*. SMITH FIELD COUNCIL TO ELECT NEW OFFICERS All members of Smithfield Coun- . cil No. 102, Jr. O. U. A. M. are | asked to be present next Tuesday night, at which time the annual I election of officers will take place. ' After all business has been trans- j acted a social hour will be engag-' ed in. Refreshments will be serv-' od. Death In Pleasant Grove. Died at the home of her broth- ! er, Claude Stephenson, in Pleas- i ant Grove township on Friday aft-j ernoon, November 11, Miss Sus- . annah Stephenson, aged 58 years< and nine months. The deceased had been in ill \ health for some time, though she was confined to her bed only a 1 few days before her death. She is j survived by two brothers, Claude | and Jeff Stephenson. The funeral was held at the home of Mr. Stephenson on Sat- i urday afternoon. The service was < conducted by Elder J. P. Tingle, of Raleigh, pastoif of Fellowship ; Primitive Baptist church, of which j the deceased was a member. In terment was made in the family i burying ground. Gall Bursted. An old Negro was lying back on a truck asleep in the sun while the crowd was gathering to meet the afternoon train at a country station. A drummer walked over to iwhere the negro lay and emptied a quinine capsule into the open mouth of the negro. The negro closed his mouth, worked it a few minutes, then woke up. “Ah wants a doctor,” he yelled. “What’s the matter, old man?” he was asked. j “I dunno, boss, but ah thinks imy gal’s busted!”—Ex. jFour Oaks School Has Most Pupils —«— Long Term Schools At End of First Month Had Total Enrollment of 8.771 Total enrollment of all children in the eight and nine montths schools in Johnston county at the Jnd of the first month was 8,771 These figures include the special charter school at Benson. Four Oaks had the largest num ber of pupils of any school in the county, having- 979. Cleveland school with 2BG pupils had the low est enrollment. The enrollment of the fourteen eight and nine months schools in the county system by schools is as follows: Four Oaks _ 979 Selma __. 940 Princeton-Brogden . 895 Smithfield .__ 815 Micro .. 027 Corinth-Holders ..._ 619 Kenly . 617 Glcndale-Chapel . 592 Clayton . 587 Mleadow .__ 443 Archer Lodge . 308 Wilson's Mills _ 304 Pine Level .. 295 Cleveland . 236 Benson had 514 children on roll at the end of the first month. More than another month has passed, and the figures by now ire changed, no doubt. It will re interesting to see just what ef fect the housing of the crops have rpon school attendance in the long .erm schools and as soon as the rgures are available, it is our in .ention to publish the enrollment igain. LINDY ESCAPES CROWDS AT LAST CAMP SPEEL, OSCADA, Mich, —Nov. 9.—(AP)—Coonel Charles Lindbergh has at last found emporary and comparative peace md quiet. The world famous “flying col mel” rested tonight on an army )unk in the rough building hous ing officers of the firsti pursuit jroup now engaged in gunner practice at their northern camp, ^rmy guards are detailed to watch )ver him and to discourage at empts of curious residents to the dcinity to visit him. iEEP VISITORS AWAY Coone Lindbergh arrived here ate this afternoon flying an army >lane and accompanied by Major rhomas. G. Lamphier, commander )f the group, and eight other Sel 'ridge field fliers. The little town of Oscoda, on he border of a wild sparsely in habited section of Michigan, de clared a holiday * and gathered ibout the field in an attempt to catch a glimpse of Lindy, but irmy guards kept them at a dit JONEY SUCCEEDS STACEY W. WADE Daniel C. Boney, who succeeded Stacey W. Wade as State Insur ince Commissioner, Mr. Wade hav-' ngc recently tendered his resigna ;ion, was formally sworn into of ice Tuesday afternoon by Chief Fustice W. P. Stacy of the Su areme court. Commissioner Boney s the third commissioner since it *as created in 1891. He had been chief deputy to Commissioner Wade. Mr. Boney is 32 years of ige and is the youngest man to lold the post in this state. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— “Pokes who jump at conclusion* offen light on mistakes.”