CONSIDER THIS! The Hearld has the largest circu lation of any- newspaper publish ed in Johnston County. That’s something to consider, Mr. Ad vertiser ! t VOLUME 46—NO. 2 t SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1927 + * $2.00 FER YEAR ■» islVfcek WORST OF ALL CRIMES. THE MICROSCOPE. PAGAN RELIGIONS. THE KING S PRAYER BOOK. -4 California and the whole coun ' try are shocked by a dreadful kid napping and murder in Los Ang-2- ; les. The unhappy father, obeying | the orders of the kidnaper, hand- ! ) him ^1,500 in gold certificates, / Jnd in return received part of the /ody of his twelve-year-old daugh ter, dreadfully mutilated. The'worst of crimes is kidnap-1 ping, since it inflicts upon fathers i and mothers torments most horri ble. That crime should be pun- 1 ished with utmost severity, and j when guilt is certain with no delay.! Dr. William J. Mayo, one of thej famous brothers, says science! learns more about diseased from! the microscope than in any otheij way. Man’s brain is a “visual! organ,” and must see, to know. I The introduction of the micro-i scope by the Jansses, late in the sitxeenth century, has done more1 to advance learning than any; other agent, says Dr. Mayo. Real learning owes more to' Galileo’s introduction of the tele- j scope, at the beginning of ‘ thei fcyenteenth century, than to the Bbroscope. Seeing the germs ■at cause disease is important, I ■it less so than seeing distant! Bns and nebulae. Perhaps, a?1 Be great German scientist Raeckel suggested, men of the fu [ture will train one eye for tele scopic, the other for microscopic: |vork, the two eyes combined deal-; Ing with the real world about us.' ^Earthquake in Burmah frighten-j ed inhabitants. A loud roar, last ing ten seconds, accompanied the i shaking. Gautamas, finest temple . at Rangoon, was badly damaged, but that will not shake faith in Buddhism. That is the convenient thing jbout pagan religions. When any. hing goes wrong, the pagan priest tell the faithful, “It’s your auit. Ycur donations have been adequate.” Nothing is ever wrong Ith the pagan god, supposed to ntirol earthquakes, or at least teat his own temples. Even fun talist Christian churches put j rods on their steeples, cents strange. Hardy of the Superior n San Francisco says crime lip abolished if mothers would ' heir children, in pre-school Obedience, truthfulness, hon l d the Golden Rule. That ij jat mothers have been teach in* children for 500,000 years ling to the light of their per iod they have achieved won lal ready. h;ligcnt Mr. Tex Richard ■Jack Dempsey will fight Mr. l*y again neitt summer. Cer 1, and each of many following jers until death do them part,Y ;crop of $10 a seat simple | ast s. Iruel government plans to tax I»40 seat $10, but that can be up be speculators’ prices, [ickaul's good fortune is due '.to the fact that men dull . £ to enjoy prize fights are IU to know when they I jig “faked.” t is feeheVeU in the \Ves.t that Tri-State Colorado River Com ission, representing California, izona and Nevada, will reach an\ reemc-nt to start work on the uulder Dam project. Whatever Helps one State helps the whole [country. Arizona will gain by al lowing California to use water and power now going* to waste. The British House of Lords has approved the new and changed readings in the Church of Eng land prayer book,, but it has been \ iisapproved by House of Com nons* King George is interested ^because his oath requires him to stick to that book, i Some low church Britishers com Ljlain that the new book is not B strictly “Protestant” as the B-„ The opinion of the only au ^fcority that really counts can un fortunately not be obtained. Diplomatic circles in Pekin are shocked by a shipment from Tur key to Pekin’s “Anti-Opium Mo nopoly Bureau.” The shipment Wilson Bank Opens A Branch In Selma -* Safe at Home Again Photo shows Bennet Doty, American, member of the French Foreign Legion, who has just re lumed to the United States. Doty kvas decorated for bravery under fire but later deserted the Legion tnd was sentenced to death. Mis sentence was commuted and he was discharged. P. 0. Receipts Larger In 1927 Christmas Rush Comes First Four Days of Christmas Week; Shows Effect of Mail Early Campaign Whether the population of Jmithfield is increasing or whether he folks are writing more letters ( md taking more newspapers and nagazines is not known, but at my rate, the postal receipts for he Smithfield postoffice show an ncrease of business during 1927. ^ast year, the postal receipts “^ere 515,463.33 as compared with $15, 148.35 in 1926. The receipts during the month )f December were greater in 1927 han in 1926 but in spite of this act, the Christmas rush was handl id with more ease than in previous 'ears, due largely to the results if mail early campaigns that have •stablished the habit of mailing ^hirstmas cards and packages arly, instead of waiting until the he last two or three days before Christmas day. The biggest rush it the local office this December ame during the first four days of Christmas week instead of the last lays of the week. The receipts faring the month totalled $2,408.94 is compared with $2,381.15 in 1926. consists of the following: J. C. Stancil, acting postmaster; J. R. Barbour, seriior clerk and local sec retary for the Civil Service Board;* W. E. Parker, clerk, in charge of he parcel post; B. M. Bt'annan, :lerk, w dsipatches most of the mail; Ida Batten, regular *ubsti , .who looks after the money order department. This j force was augmented during the Christmas season by Miss Elsie j lloyettf Miss Minnie Eason. Ray-1 mond McK. Peedin and Thelbert Barbour, temporary substitute clerks, and J. Gilmer Wharton, who served pan of the time as temporary substitute clerk and part of the time as temporary sub stitute carrier. PERFECT ATTENDANCE ROLL PLAINFIELD SCHOOL First grade: Elmer Martin, Luby Moore, Raymond Williford, Jesse Williford, Herman Williford. Second grade: Myrtie McLamb, Sallie Stafford, Albert Williford. Thind grade: Leon Martin, Her man Martin, Ruby Mocrj, Bulie Williford. Fourth grade: Vera Beasley, Milton Moore, Willie Martin. Fifth grade: Hettie Bell Wiilli f >rd, Edward Willifords I Seventh grade: Elsie Moore. I was 52,000 pounds of Turkish op ium. That reminds you of our own jal-ohol proposition, in spots. One New York cabaret keeper, asked if prohibition agents bothered him, rfplied, “Yes, I had to give one oflthcm $200 just an hour ago." :S -♦ Selma Institution In t Hands of Bank Ex aminer ; County De posit Fully Covered With Bond The Branch Banking and Trust company of Wilson has establish ed a branch bank in Selma in the building of the People’s Bank and Trust company which institution is in the hands of the State bank ex aminer. The new banking concern jegan business in Selma Tuesday, :he Selma bank having closed its ioors December 31. It is under tood that the Wilson bank will iquidate the People’s Bank and frust company. Auditors are at voik on the books and- it is not inown at this time what the as sets and liabilities are. It is hoped hat a hundred cents on the dollar vili be paid. County Treasurer Creech had a ieposit of approximately $14,000 ?f the county’s money in the Peo ple’s Bank and Trust company, but he bank was fully bonded to :over the amount and there will >e no loss whatever to the coun y. Officers of the Selma bank were, tf. R. Wall, president; T. M. Bo loy, vice-president; Mrs. H. A. Brown, cashier. The directors vere J. W. Bailey, Dr. G. D. Vick, Dr. J. B. Person, Dr. W. B. John ;on, H. B. Pearce, W. A. Green, M. 1. Wall, T. M. Benoy, L. W. Rich irdson and L. D. Debnam. The Wilson bank that hju»...open :d a branch in Selma has five >anks in eastern North Carolina vith combined resourcest of over 55,000,000, and is one of the larg est banking institutions in the state. rOUNG PEOPLE ARE RETURNING TO SCHOOLS SELMA, Jan. 4.—The„following ,roung people have returned to :he*ir respective schools: Sherwood Shuler and Alonzo Earp, to Buie’s L’reek; Mable Barnes and Rcse Corley, to Fredericksburg, Va.; Prances Sharpe to G. C. W., at Greensboro; Jesse Herman Brown, resse Barden and John Broadwell, ;o State, Raleigb; Vara Blackman, I’elma Brown and Rena Grant to C. T. C.; Eva Richardson, to Peace, Raleigh; Elizabeth Temple, :o Limestone College, Gaffney, S. 2.' James Earp, Semmie Grant, ind W. B. Oliver to Wake Forest; Needham and Joe Ward, Oscar Creech, James McMillan, Millard Stallings, Charles Parker, and J. H. Parker to Carolina, Cfhapel Hill; John Morgan, Gordon Brown Ralph Woodard and guest, Harold Hefley, to Duke, Durham; Geo. Davis Vick, Jr., to Georgia Mili tary Academy, College Park, Ga.; Harry Candler to West Point, New Vork; and Mary Evelyn Parker, Mary Stanley Benoy, Thelma Ward and Rachel Snipes to N. C. C. W., Greensboro. Those teaching left Sunday: Lan tlis Brown to Lake Landing; Jo seph Temple, Benson; Miss Velma Talton, Benson; Miss Mabel Nor dan, Red Springy; and Miss Mary Belle McMillan, Rockingham. -4 COURT DENIES REMUS NEW SANITY HEARING Cincinnati, Jan. 3.—A new san ity hearing from George Remus, wife slayer, was denied today by Judge Wm. H. Lueders, of probate court, who last week found Remus insane and ordered him committed to the state hospital for the crimi nal insane at Lima. Judge Lue ders also denied 1xmd for the for mer <‘king of bootleggers.” -+. - NAVAL VESSEL SAVES 7, ADRIFT ON ICE FLOE Wilhemshaven, Germany, Jan. 3, —Seven children adrift on an ice floe were rescued tonight by a naval vessel after being lost foi four hours. The children were playing or the ice off shore when the tidi came in breaking off the crust upon which they stood. Theii screams brought a rescue party which, however, arrived just 'ir time to see them vanish into th< night. For a time there was littl: l ope of saving them. .... ■ ■ , =_* Kiwanians Hear Rev. D. H. Tuttle Questionnaire on Kiwanis Re veals Knowledge of Loca Kiwanis of Their Organ! zation ♦ ■ Rev. D. H. Tuttle, a former mem i ber of the Smithfield Kiwanis club [ made an inspiring address at tht : regular meeting this week. “Ki : wanians should be kings, or rul ! ers, of themselves, controlling theii thoughts and their evil natures,’ said the veteran preacher. “Wit!: u will to help all worthy causes and an eye to see the needs of the | city, the Kawanis can accomplish great good.” Mr. Tuttle’s remarks -were "re ceived with deep interest and at tention. After Mr. Tuttle’s talk a ques tionnaire on “Kiwanis” was pass ed, and the answers were read be for the meeting adjourned. The information contained in the an swers showed how much some of the members really knewr about this great civic organization. Plans for “Ladies Night” on Thursday, January 10, are in* charge of R. P. Holding. New Auto Firm Opens Up Here -♦ Hqdson-Essex Agency Locat ed in Rear Red Star Filling Station—N. T. Bailey, Mgr. Another automobile firm is add ed to the galaxy of agencies now operating in the capital of John-* ston, the newest firm being styled the SnrithfieTd Motor Company. The manager of the new firm is N.J T. Bailey, formerly with the Motor Sales Company of Wilson. Mr. Bailey has the agency for Johnston county for Hudson and Essex cars. He has been in the automobile business for fourteen years and is fully acquainted with the details of salesmanship ami service. The company is located in the rear of the Red Star Filling Sta tion on the corner of Fourth, and Market streets. Associated" with Mr. Bailey is Lehman Johnson who has been for some time with the local -Chevrolet dealer. The new firm will have cars on display by Saturday. Smithfield welcomes this • new enterprise which handles an old and well-known product. In connection with the sales de partment, a service department will be conducted. A first class me chanic will be in the employ of the firm. SENATOR T. L. JOHNSON IS PAINFULLY INJURED LUMBERTON, Jan. 3.For mer State Senator T. L. John son of Lumberton was painful ly though not seriously injur ed about 7 o’clock Saturday I evening when his Chrysler* automobile went over an em | bankment, turned over twice and was wrecked tifro miles I from Benson. Mr. Johnson was returning to Lumberton from Smithfield at the i time of . the accident. He had been noticing his car pulling to the left. Wjhen going to Smithfield he was aware of this but was unable to de termine the cause. Near Benson on 'the return the car suddenly swerv ed to the left and wnt ?own the embankment. Mr. Johnson was knocked unconscious. When he came to his senses, an 18-year-old boy, whom he had passed, was rendering his assistance. Mr. John son was carried to Benson, giver medical treatment and then carried home, arriving about 10:35, and is under care of his physician at his home. He is confined to his home 'with injuries to his nose, righi hand, shoulder and other minoi bruises that are painful but noi .serious. Every glass in the car was brok \en and Mr. Johnson’s escape fron serious or fatal injury seems mi jraeulous. The wreck was causee by something wrong with th< ■steering arrangement, for the ca iwas being driven at moderate spee: along a straight road when it be came unmanageable and plunge* Jdown the embankment. To Be President's Host President Gera Machado, oi Cuba, who will be President Coo!*' i idge’s host when the President o! { the United States visits Havana to ! attend the opening of the Sixth In« i .ternational Conference of Anicr* j can Slates on Tanuarvl6. Funeral Service Held For Mrs. Tomlinson Widow of the Late J. H. B, Tomlinson Dies At Rex Hospital; Interment Here Wednesday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. J. H. B. Tomlinson who died at Rex hospital, Raleigh, early Tuesday morning*, were held at the Meitho-; dist church here Wednesday after noon, and interment was made in the city cemetery beside her hus- , band w:ho preceded her to the grave in September,'1925. Rev. D. H. Tuttle of this city and Rev. Fabius Cheatham of Pinehurst, cousin of the deceased, conducted the service. The chancel was banked with lovely floral of ferings sent by sympathizing rel- \ atives and friends. William Puck ett, of Raleigh, sang a solo en titled, “There Is No Night There,’’ during the service which was sim ple and brief. Mrs. Tomlinson who was the widow of the late J. H. B. Tom linson had been ill for several weeks; having undergone an oper ation at Rex Hospital and for some time her condition was known | to be seroius. Before her marriage in May, 1924, she was Miss Olivia B. Cheatham of near Oxford. Since her husband’s death, she had made her home with her sister, Mrs. Alien of Auburn. I The deceased was a woman of deep Christian character and she possessed a personality that won for her a wide circle of friends, j She is survived by four brothers,; jV. T. Cheatham, of Southern Pines; ,C. B. Cheatham, of Henderson; C. j H. Cheatham, of Oxford, and J.: T. Cheatham, of Oxford. She is also survived by the following five sisters: Mrs. P. C. Parham, and Mrs. R. A. Shirley, of Oxford; |Mrs. S. VV. Ferrebee, of New Bern; Mrs. John R. Allen, of Auburn, and Mrs. L. S. Baker, of Louis burg. Among those here to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Parker Rand, of Garner; Mrs. F. D. Ho bart, of Davidson; Miss Mabel (Tomlinson, Milliard Turner and .David Turner of Greenville. FIRE GUTS RALEIGH THEATRE I Old Grand Vaudeville House Dam j amed to Extent of $40,000 Raleigh, Jan. 3.—Fir early to i night destroyed the sca^e section land part of the auditorium of the Grand theatre, Raleigh vaudeville house, entailing a loss estimated ' at $40,000. ! The building was unoccupied ex cept for theatre employes when the lire was discovered about 6:45 o’clock, the evening’s performance not having been scheduled to com* rue bee until 7:30. FREEZING* Foremen worked in a freezing temperature to combat the flames for an hour before getting them i under control. Several of them - were coated with ice before the I job was done, water sprayed from the jnozzles quickly freezing. Mrs. Bost Speaks To Woman’s Glut Large Number Listen Witl Interest As Speaker Tells of Club Work — Choost Nominating Committee ♦ .— “The test of a club program,’ declared Mrs. W. T., Bost of Ral eigh, who addressed the loca Woman’s club at its regular meet ing here Wednesday afternoon “should be whether the program is meeting the needs of the town ir making it a better place in whic? boys and girls may live and de velop.” The establishment of s library, the espousal of bettei movies, the building of boys and girls camps, the sale of only the best magazines on the newsstand; were some of the worthwhile ob jectives touched on by the speakei who was heard by a goodly crowd r>f ladies interested in club work in Smithfield. ivirs. Dost s talk dealt not onlj vVith suggestions for purely local propositions, but she pointed out ^ow local clubs may be in touch with the State federation. She told of the federation headquarters established in the Sir Waltaer ho tel at Raleigh, of the help that may be had there in preparing pro grams for meetings, in securing speakers for the furtherance of projects undertaken by the various dubs. She called attention to things :hat the club woman is able to have a part in because she is a dub woman. The work that is done through the Sallie Southall Cotton Loan Fund in financing the edu cation of twenty-one girls this y’ear is alone, thinks Mrs. Bost, enough to justify the existence of the clubs in North Carolina. The oart the federation had in secur ng Samarcand, is another achieve nent to be proud of. Mrs. Bost closed her remaiks by ;elling what other clubs are doing n the way of building club homes, ;his part of her talk having a spec al interest to the Smithfield club because, for several years this has 3een the aim of the local club. A lot has been purchased and for several years the club has been carrying shares in the Building and Loan Association. At the meeting Wednesday, Mrs, W. H. Lyon presided. She is the club president for this month, car rying out the plan for each for mer president to have oversight :>f the club for a month each dur ing this club year. After healing the reports of the different depart ments, a nominating committee was elected which will name offi cers for next year. This committee will report at the February meet ing, the report to lay on the table for another month wihen the tickel named will be voted on. Those con stituting the nominating* committee are: Miss Ruth Jones, chairman Mrs. H. L. Skinner, Mrs. T. J. Las sLter, Mrs. L. G. Stevens and Mrs Kirby Rose. After the program, Mrs. Rogei Smith’s circle served deliciops hoi tea and sandwiches. Those accompanying Mrs. Bos from Raleigh were Mrs. R. H Garrison, Mrs. Lawrence Higgins and Mrs. Carl Williams. MANY FISH DIE FROM COLD IN FLORIDA WATFJ Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 3.— Enable to withstand the sudddi drop in etmperature of the water resulting from the new year cot wave, thousands of small fish hav< died in the Halifax river here. Th< surface of the water literacy \va; covered today with dead and dy ing mullet and trout. t Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field, and if the right one de ciphers his name and will pre sent it to The Herald office, we will present him with a complimentary ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the fol lowing issucj. Corbin Young recognized hi» nam& last issue. Tooays -ranti»ff its chemicals had put out the STORE TOTAL LOSS. About eleven o’clock Wednas,*;* v light a storehouse on the Sidnyi •' •oad just beyond the hospital wax. jurned. A man from Charlotte vhose name was not learned was lassing along the highway and (lis- , :vered that the store was on lire, ie stopped at two or three place# >efore he was able to g*et to a tel ?phone to turn in the ahum. The 7 louse was practically destroyed and ilso the stock of goods, the 1 •>s/ j )f the building alone being* $1.0007 rhe house belonged to J. J. Broad lurst of this city. L. George of Selma operated this store. No in mrance was carried on the store* louse. -.-+ LAWYER SENDS FEE TO SLAIN GIRL’S FATHER GOLDSBORO, Jan. 3.—J. J. Tatch, Goldsboro attorney who at :he order of the court with Madrid Loftin defended Larry Newsom*. . legro murderer of Beulah Tedder. ^ received on Tuesday a check for. F25.00 from the Wayne count*/V commissioners for defending New some. • Mr. Hatch immediately endorse.! Lhe check over to Eric Tedder, thr rather of the slain girl, and mailed it to him. Mr. Hatch stated thar lie would not take one cent for he defense of Newsome, having defended him by order of the court." Mr. Ifhtch left for Richmond on Tuesday night to arrange with a: torneys there for the date of the Faison-Snipes re-trial. CAP PISTOL BURNS CAUSE DEATH OF FOUR YOUTHS Tampa, Fla.. Jan. 1.—Four bov . the oldest 13, have died here from tetanus, resulting from burns re ceived on their hands from toy pistols used in celebrating the hol idays. Aunt Roxie Opine* j By Me— Since someone tole my ole man fish wus a good brain food, he's dun made my kitchen smell lak a tish market,"