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® I}£ j§nttil]fielh Jflmtlh 45th Year of Publication Established 1882 Published every Tuesday and Friday morning at 111% Court House Alley Entered at Smithfield, N. C., Postoffice as second class matter. MRS T. J. LASSITER . Editor W. M. GASKIN . Business Manager T. J. Lassiter Estate, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter and W. M. Gaskin, Owners Telephone 10—All Departments SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail, all subscriptions strictly payable in advance 1 year .$2.00 6 months . 1.00 0 months .00 1 month.2b Single copy .05 Advertising rates furnished upon request. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS t.ook at the printed label on your paper. The date thereon s. :>w,s when tile subscription expires. For ward your money in ample time for renewal. Notice date on label carefully, and if not correct, please notify us at once. Subscribers desiring the address . on their, paper changed, please state in their com munication both the OI,D and NEW address. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE _American Peers A«snrintinn. New York Citv TUESDAY MORNING, JANUAR 17, 1027 1 he Nyrth Carolina League of Women Voters is now advocating women serving on juries. When that is accomplished, we cer tainljv.wfil; ^tve gone a long way from the days when women would not go up town week, if they could avoid it, much less be caught in the court house hear ing a trial. t We have become more or less familiar with folks being warmed with hot air and be ing fed on hot air, but we sure never expect ed to wipe our hands on hot air. But we have the “Old Reliable’s” word for it that such may be the case. They are trying out an electrical hot air dryer for 'four lavator ies in one of the State Department buildings up at Raleigh. They say it will save 150 paper towels a day. TWO WORTH WHILE OBJECTIVES The Press Institute, sponsored jointly by the North Carolina Press Association and the University of North Carolina and held for the past four years at Chapel Hill, is al ways worth while. This year the program was a “home grown” one, but the interest if anything increased. Only one out-of-the state speaker was on the program. Among the North Carolinians who brought a worth while message was Dr. E. C. Branson, edi tor of the University News Letter. We were * ‘interested in what he had to say, for one reason, because he stressed two things which it has been our ambition to help do, | The first is to emphasize the importance of | the “Live at Home” program for farmers, * “No civilization languishes when its agricul f ture flourishes, and no civilization flourish i es when its agricultural languishes,” is one of the striking statements made by Dr, 1 Branson. The other matter that he urgec l upon the newspaper folks was to keep ham {mering hard on the necessity for improver county government in North Carolina. We t have some plans along these lines which we I hope to put ito effect this year and which !' we trust will further both of these proposi J tions. I CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS REVIVE TEMPERANCE CLASSIC— While at Chapel Hill last week, the news paper folks had the privilege of seeing tin ; Carolina Playmakers in two performances This group of dramatic students is contrib , uting something distinctive to the life ol North Carolina. If we had our wish, wt would have these players present that clas sic temperance play, “Ten Nights in a Bar room” from one end of North Carolina tc the other. The moral set forth in that play which they presented for the benefit of the newspaper institute on Thursday evening is exactly in keeping with the kind of tern perance campaign that is needed to help en force the eighteenth amendment. The Play makers had in mind when they selected this play, the presentation of something typica of the popular drama of the Vict'rian era They chose a drama that has had a wonder ful success, number stock companies both ii England and America having acted “Tei Nights in a Barroom”, since it was firs dramatized in the late 1850’s. But the.' either wittingly or unwittingly chose a drama that carries _a lesson that is very much needed to be taught today. IN INTEREST OF COUNTY HOME ORCHARD E. B. Morrow, state extension horticul turist, was here recently in the interest of an orchard which is to be undertaken at the County Home. Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, County Home Agent, accompanied by Mr. Morrow to the Home where a survey was made of the acreage to be devoted to the orchard. An acre each of apples and peach es was planned, varieties that will make it possible to have fruit from early spring to late fall having been chosen. This seems a very sensible thing to do. Fruits, vegetables and milk are essentials of a well balanced diet, and all of these may be produced eco nomically on a farm. Fruit trees yield well with a little care and attention, including spraying and pruning at the right time. In a few years such an orchard will be of con siderable help in giving the County Home inmates the kind of food they should have, and the management is to be congratulated upon starting the. project. For the first time since reconstruction days, the South will entertain the Demo cratic National Convention, Houston Texas, having been chosen as the meeting place. Tins selection was Quite a surprise for there were other larger cities bidding for the con vention, prominent among which are Detroit and San Francisco. The democrats are al ready laying convention plans, and no doubt interest in these plans will shortly put into the background all speculation and surprise over the choice of a convention city. It will be an opportune oecsion for a good many who do not what development is going on in the South to find out. FRAGMENTS A few days after the passing of the cold wave of some ten days ago, this writer was out in the woods on a little stroll. Before him there sprang up a big husky grasshop per about the size of a pen-knife. A little further along, he stopped in a warm sunny place, and immediately a mosquito came out witli his familiar whine. Yet a little further on was a, big cotton field with at least half of its last year’s stalks covered with crum pled leaves and faulty bolls. There was the unmistakable sign of the slaughter of the last July crop. During the preceding cold snap.t the 1 armor, the banker, the merchant —iu short everybody—was elated over the weather as they were under the impression that it was the death blow to the bollweevil. But the grasshopper and the mosquito set this writer a-thinking. If such timid insects as these could weather through such a cold spell, why could not the hard-boiled boll weevil also survive the weather and be ioi uu si ness as soon as the iarmers could grow him some more rations'-’ It is the opinion of this writer that millions of the pests which took shelter last fall will survive the winter, and in all probabilities we are to have as many weevils ready for the coming crop as we had last year. If this be so, then the farmers have something else to rely upon other than the cold waves of the winter. So far no remedy has beat ear ly planting and rapidly cultivated crop with sufficient fertilizer used at first to insure a good July crop. If the rows are layed off far enough apart to give the sun a chance to shine on the first squares to fall from the stalks, the sun will kill many more weevils while they are in the grub state than the cold weather will kill during the winter. Crime does not pay. It never has nor never will. It is, rather, one of the costliest things which infest our government. . But still it goes on, and this country is now fac ing one of the most wide spread crime waves that it has ever run counter with. Perhaps at no time has the attention of the public been more steadfastly centered on crime prevention than at the present time, and many theories are being offered. New York state has tried the bill board display. Some jof the newspaper are now picturing the di eted Ruth Snyder as she sat shrieking in Sing Sing’s electric chair ready for the volt age to snap the vital spark, while others are j showing our own hideous chair in the death chamber in Raleigh. One of the best criminal lawyers who visit this county was recently heard- to say that the old fashioned gallows on every courthouse green in the state would be the most powerful deterrent from crime that could be instituted. Lynchings long! ago failed and that is not so popular as it once was. But crime goes on and the public has just about reached the point when they ex pect to start a new crime each week ar.d follow it on to its eon clur! n. The business of committing crime is not the business of the normal person. People of sound mind and discretion seldom commit crime. It is the mental freak who committs the crimes of outstand ing horror and danger to society, and the sooner society can place £ts hand on these warp-brained monsters, and segregate them from an unsuspecting public, the quicker will follow the ebb of the crime wave that is now running like wildfire throughout this land. H. V. R. what are we going to do ABOUT HIGH TAXES? The people of Johnston county will not stand for high taxes any longer—but when the next legis laure meets the people of the county will send a man to the legislature to repeal all of the laws that take the privilege away from the people and a man that will make laws that will give every man a right to go to the ballot box and cast his vote and say whether he wants high tax or no*. Our county government is being handled in a bad manner and the people of Johnston county will not stand for it any longer. There is a stopping place to everything and there is a stopping place to taxes. “What docs it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul?’' And what will it profit a man to edu cate his child and lose his home? The people of Johnston county need not send bob-tail lawyers and cigar-smokers to the legislature to make laws for the people to live under. It will be well organized be fore the next election comes. The people of Johnston county need re lief from taxes and there is not but one way to do it and that i% for people of the county to wake up and do our part and not depend on the other fellow too much. BRUCE BARNES, Clayton, N. C. -+ APPRECIATES HOSPITAL We wish to thank our friends for the kindness which they have shown us since our little son, Ed ward, was hurt. Especially do we want to express publicly our ap preciation for the kind treatment which the Johnston County Hos pital, its nurses, and all of the doctors, have given us. The hos pital is certainly a blessing to this community and we feel that if it had not been for the skill of the physicians and the atten tion given to our boy we would not have him with us now. We cannot say too much. MR. & MRS. PERCY BARBOUR. January 12, PJ28. Clayton, N. C. TO HOLD MONTHLY MEET OF POULTRYMEN SATURDAY BENSON, Jan. 16.—The John ston County Poultry Association will hold its monthly meeting- in the farmers’ room of the court house at Smithfiled at 2 o'clock, Saturday, January 21. This is the first meeting to be held this year and it is very important fur every member to be present. New officers will be elected and the work of the association for the coming year will be discussed and outlined at this meeting. Two Stills Captured Federal officers assisted by lo cal officers captured a 150 gallon capacity whiskey still n Huckle berry Swamp in \V(iyne county near the Johnston county line Mon day afternoon. Fifteen gallons of whiskey and six hundred gallons of beer were found. The still equip ment was estimated to be worth $500. The still was in operation but the operators evidently were warned and by the time the offi cers appeared on the scene, the trangressors of the law were leav ing. They attempted to take the outfit with them but failed to da so. The men, however, made their escape. On Thursday of last week. Fed eral officers, also, took a still 0n Buffalo in Selma township. This was a hundred gallon capacity still. Only about a gallon of whiskey was found and sixty gal lon barrel of beer. Two negro men were arrested and brought to jail, but they gave bond for their ap pearance in Federal court. The Trash Pile By A. RAKE In my youthful days I used to inveigh against the heinous prac tice of placing a certain amount of hemp around the necks of cer tain specified persons and then taking the floor from under them. At various times I quoted excellent New Testament scripture by the ream in support of my argument. Later, during my years of “intel lectual retirement” in collegejI be came quite absorbed by the notion that a prime mission of my very important life was to show this very great country the error of its ways. Of course I would wait un til I arrived upon the threshold of the chronological age sufficient to become the temporary owner of a certain very white building sit uated in the city of Washington. .So I threw the idea of my mission in the world back into one of the many dark and seldom used cor ners of my mind along with a lot of other junk. A few days ago, having nothing of life and death importance to attend to, I started rummaging around in the unsightly pile of ideas that clutter up a corner of my brain. In the eoui'se of my rather aimless search I happened to notice this ancient idea of mine. It was trying desperately to hide behind “Dollar Diplomacy” and the "Nicaraguan Policy” but neither of these was thick enough to hide it completely. And so I dragged it out into the light of the present. Of course it was ignorant of some of the major occurrences of the past few years and I was forc ed to mention some of them brief ly. I told this idea that some time ago in a certain part of our coun try two young men of very ex cellent reputation and possessed of very excellent families and pock etbooks, kidnapped a harmless lit tle playmate, killed him, and stuff ed his dead body into a ditch. An 1 because the greatest criminal law yer in the country didn’t believe in extinguishing the very smoky flame of life in any sort of indi vidual, these two young men plead insanity and were allowed to spend the rest of their days in prison. I told it also, that last year one of these same youngsters, although he was insane, managed Uo let six of his fellow prisoners out of jail and came very near getting away himself. After that fact had made the proper sort of impression, I told it about the man in Chicago who kill ed his wife and then argued quite intelligently and successfully that he was insane and that therefore he ought to be committed to the insane asylum. Of course, now that he is no longer in danger of hav ing the floor removed from under his feet, he is contending that ho is no longer insane and therefore should be allowed to walk out of the place where he is now being detained. Then, as a sort of climax, I be gan to tell this once very active idea about the young fellow in California who kidnapped the lit tle daughter of an excellent man, but before I could get through with the first sentence, the Idea vanished completely. Whether it shriveled away altogether or took flight and lodged in some other hu man being’s cerebellum, I am un able to say. I do mot think it at all wise for any one who may hap pen to find it to attempt to return it to me! ..HONOR ROLL 0LENDALE SCHOOL FOR 3RD MONTH Beginners: Pauline Davis, S. A. Boyett, Jr., Nancy Earp, Mamie Lee Hinton, Agnes Minshew, Ma rie Radford, Virginia Stancil, Edell Watson, Norman Wellons, J. P. Narron. High First: William Holland, Rudolph Woodard, Norman Brown, Kuther Stancil, Ruth Davis, Ha zel Hill. Second Grade: A. W. Boyette, A. V. Boykin, Ray Boyette, Nor wood Starling, George Pope, Huel Boykin, Elva Godwin, Hazel Riley, Hester Collier, Doris Woodard, Alice Blue Atkinson, Mavis John son, Irene Glove!*, Gladys Pope. Third Grade: Mavis Hill, Selvia Davis, Sallie .Gooch, Braxton God win, Algia Renfrow, Roland Brown, Lola Whitley. fourth Grade: Helen Minshew, Vernon Hales, Malissa Godwin, Marvin Godwin, Herman GodAvin, Hazel Godwin, Odell Stancil, Mar vin Atkinson, Pauline Pittman, Ne vell Pittman, Clifton Ballance, Woodman Cockrell. Fifth Grade: Estelle Price, Ma mie Lee Pope, Mary Woodard, Grace Gooch. Sixth Gradej Beulah Pittman, Dessie Johnson. Seventh Grade: Odell Boyette, Stephen Harold Alford, Rosa God win, Beulah Starling, Gladys John son, Alma Creech. Eighth Grade: Ollie Pope. Ninth Grade: Hazel Cuddington, Pauline Boyette, Mavis Holland. Tenth Grade: Bertie Hicks. Iht- Minutes of the Johnston Association have just come from the printer, and have been mailed to the church clerks—in several cases to the pastors. Some figures they present are interesting. The 45 churches now have a member ship of 6,215 as against 6,061 as reported a year ago. During the year 400 were received into the' churches, 263 by baptism, and yet the net gain as reported was only 154. The churches showed a strong tendency to cut off dead or inac tive members and to pare down the.r rolls to the actual member ship—a healthy symptom. The 45 churches reported 43 revival meet ings held, two of them reporting two each. No church reported anv mission Sunday school, and none had held a daily vacation Bible school. The Sunday school enroll ment as reported was 5,657, with an average attendance of 3,107. Only 20 of the 45 churches re ported graded Sunday schools, and only six reported their school a^ standard A-l. Of the 450 officers and teachers only 132 held normal diplomas. A very significant and distressing fact is, that only 270 copies of the Biblical Recorder were reported as going into the homes of more than 6,000 Baptist church members. Only 14 of the 45 churches had B. 5. P. U.’s. These 14 reported an enrollment of 546 young peo ple, 268 of these being seniors and 171 juniors. Of the 26 unions, 10 were reported as standard. Seventeen of the churches had missionary societies with 384 mem bers enrolled. Including the junior organizations of the W. M. U. there were 44 societies, with a total en rollment of 335. These 44 socie ties reported gifts to the amount of $8,220.52, ofcwhich $4705.07 was for missions and benevolence. The 45* churches reported total gifts of $50,355.41, of which $9, 046.33 was for missions, educa tion and benevolence. Undesignat ed gifts to the Cooperative Pro gram were $4,911.44, while desig nated gifts to all missions, benev olence and charities were $4,059. 96. These fads indicate what a mine of interesting matter can be found in the booklet that has just gone out to the churches. Reports on all the objects of Baptist benefi cence are chock-full of the latest information. This suggests that the- Minutes would furnish to any church or any group matter for one of the most interesting pro grams that could be had. It is a handsome booklet, printed this year on fine paper, aiming to put the churches to the. test, whether by making the booklet as attrac tively as possible sufficient use of them will be made to justify so large an outlay. One thousand cop ies have- been sent out—about one to every six members. A copy should • be put into the hand of every officer, teacher and leader of every group in each church. If any church fails to receive its supply report to the writer. The Clerk is anxious to know whether the booklets sent out to the churches are actually used enough to justify the cost—$125.00. If not, tell him to cut it down an other year. In Remembrance of C. M. Stanley Dear husband, how I miss you For I am so lonely here_ Life is oh so dark without you, Are you listening- husband, dear » In my heart your memory lingers Sleep sweetly calm and true; There’s not a day my dear hu - That I do not think of you. One year one month has passed And still I miss you; All the world seems sad and drear And I miss you every day an everywhere. One by one our days are numbered One by one the leaves do fall; One by one to Christ we gather One by one God calls us all. We cannot^ Lord, the purpose ser But all is well if done by thee; Our trials are hard—we’ll no complain, But trust in thee to meet again. Gone from this world of sorrow Never to return again But I hope some day to meet you Where all is peace and love. One year one month ago today yoi left me, Sad has been my life since then. But the memory of my dear one Will he with me till the end. ROBERT IE STANLEY. Harry: “How long have you beei married ?” Harold: “Let’s see. I bought thi. suit I’m wearing four years ago. -♦-— Convict: “I am in here for. hav ing five wives.” Visitor: “How do you enjoy you liberty?” Special. This Week! Odd Lois of Winter Merchandise Reduced Below Wholesale Cost ?8.u0 value boys’ Corduroy Suits .. •$•’’>■50 val. men’s all wool Shirts reduced to. $5.95 $2.45 •Si.'it vul. men’s Flannel shirts reduced to . 95c So.00 val. boys’ Flapper Suits reduced to. $3.95 $1.50 val. Men’s Haynes UNION SUITS Reduced to $1.15 Best unionsuit Hanes makes AH Men’s and Boys’s Suits Reduced 25% $1.00 value CHILDREN’S E. Z. UNION SUITS 85c (Long sleeves and knee length) ! $2.50 val. boys’ short pants Suits reduced to. $1.85 $2.95 .$4.00 val. Bradley .pull over Sweaters tor men . Men’s Pull Over Sweaters $7.50 \ a!. Bradley pull ov er sweaters for men. $5.45 (All Wool) $1.25 value MEN’S RIBBED UNION SUITS Reduced to 85c ALL Overcoats Reduced 33 V3 % $3.00 value BOYS’ PLAID LUMBER JACKS Reduced to $1.95 $1.25 val. boys’ Cotton sweaters reduced to . . 85c $1.50 val. men’s Cotton Sweaters reduced to . ... 95c $3.50 val. THERMO boys’ Sweaters . . . . $2.65 ALL EXTRA PANTS REDUCED 25 PER CENT If you need any of the above merchandise it will certainly be a savins: for you to take advantage of these extremely low nrices. “HUGH and JACK” Austin & Hamilton “A Trial Is All We Ask” Smithlield, N. C.
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