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VOLUME 46—NO. 24
Johnston County’« Oldes t
t
Beat Newspaper - - Established 1882
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1928
Tell Your Friends
If they don’t read the Herald they
won’t see all the Johnston County
happenings.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Art exhibit To
Be In Court House
Women’s Clubs of County
Planning Tor Unusual Dis
play in April; Additional
Prizes Offered
SELMA, Mar. 21.—Johnston
county’s initial art exhibit will be
held in the Superior Court Room
in Smithfield beginning Wednes
day April 18 and«running through
the following Sunday. This exhi
bit. will be under the auspices of
the Woman’s clubs of the county.
The object of the exhibit will be
to foster in the young people an
appreciation of art.
in aoamon to the four prizes of
fered in lust week’s papers, Mrs.
B. A. Hocutt of Clayton is offer
ing two other prises. To the club
sending in the best exhibit $5.00
will be given, and to the individual
■ending in the best original work
of art, or the most outstanding,
a prize will be given.
Mr. Mitchlner 111.
•Friends in Selma and elsewhere
in the county will regret to learn
that Mr. J. A. Mitchiner, who has
%}>een confined to his room for sev
eral weeks is not quite so well.
Mrs. Suber Taken to Hospital.
Mrs. R. E. Suber was taken to
Rex hospital early Monday mom-1
tag where she had an operation j
for appendecitis.
Mr. Wilkins in Hospital.
Mr. J. T. Wilkins underwent an
operation for appendecitis in the
Johnston county memorial hospi
tal in Smithfield Sunday.
Octogenarian Visits In Selma.
Mrs. Bettic Hocutt from the
Corbett-Hatcher section spent last
week end with the family of her
grandson, Mr. Wade Brown.
Mrs. Hocutt despite her 86 years
does fancy work, tatting and
crocheting. iShe reads the daily
News and Observer besides her
bi^le and numerous other books.
Keeping in touch with current
/vents she is an interesting con
versationalist, this coupled with an
unusually sunny disposition makes
her the center of a large group
of friends.
Celebrates 80th Birthday.
tk Selma now boasts an Octegen
arian. Mr. J. W. O’neal celebrated
his 80th birthday Sunday March
18 at a delightful dinner. Those
present were members of the fami-1
ly and relatives in town besides |
Dr. and, Mrs. R. H. Shirley, his;
pastor. Two cakes were prepared,
each holding 40 candles.
Mr. O’Neal follows the carpen- j
ter trade and is as active as most;
men of 60.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
TO HAVE ANNUAL, pANVASS
Sunday afternoon from two to ,
four o’clock the members of the j
Presbyterian church will call at
tha church and leave their pledge
cards for church support for com
ing church year April 1, 1928 to
April 1, 1929. This voluntary sys
tem of church canvass is found to
be ..very satisfactory, according to
a statement by the pastor, Rev.
Chester Alexander, who believes
that those who want to support
the church will bring “their tithes
to the storehouse,” while those who
want the benefits of the church
‘ without paying for it will find
some way to get out of pledging or
paying anything at al.
The church has not closed its
books for the past year yet, but the
pastor thinks, that when all the re
turns are in that the amount of
money raised for the year will be
equal to that of last church year,
which was $8624.
Women and opportunity like to
make calls when you are out.
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field or Johnston county, and
if the right one deciphers his
name and will present it to the
Herald office, we will present
him with a free ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must
be called for before the follow
ing issue-'
(Miss) Sallic Watson recog
nized. her name last issue.
Today’s Tantalizer:
/• >v; ; elactaihahbree
These Princeton Boys Lost “B” Title By Point
PRINCETON CAGERS, pictured above, are: Rack row, left to ri
Frow row, Arthur, Overman, Gardner, Rose and Coach J. G. Boyett
ght: Hill, Creech,
Gurley,
Stevens.
S. $. Conventions
In Four Touwnships
I Sunday Will Find Workers
[ Gathering in Meadow,
i Boon Hill, Clayton and Wil
ders To Discuss S. S. Work
KENLY, March 22.—The persi
dent of the Johnston County Sun
day School Association announces
that four townships in the county
will hold Sunday school conven
tions Sunday, March 25 and ro
ganize as units of the N. C. Sun
day School Association as follows:
Meadow township at eleven
o’clock at Trinity Baptist church
near Meadow school, with Miss
Flora Davis of Raleigh, associate
superintendent of the state asso
ciation, as the principal speaker;
Boon Hill township at the Metho
dist church, Princeton, at three
o’clock in the afternoon; Clayton
township at Horne Memorial
church, Clayton, at three o’clock in
the afternoon at which time Mr.
D. W. Sims, superintendent N. C.
Association will make an address;
Wilders township at Whiteoak
Baptist church near Archer Lodge
at seven o’clock in the evening.
Programs have been arranged
for all these conventions which
will be of both interest'and profit
to those attending. The following
two issued by Boon Hill and Clay
ton townships are typical:
Boon Hill S. S. Convention
3:00: Devotional Service, Rev.
G. B. Perry, pastor M. E. church,
Princeton.
3:15: The Sunday school as a
Community Asset, M. P. Young,
principal Princeton High School.
3:30: Parents’ Responsibility—
Our Children, J. W. Hollowell, Su
perintendent Young Peoples’ Deprit
County S. S. Association.
3:60: Song.
3:55: Business Session; Election
of Officers; Collection.
4:05: Sunday School Wor k in
General, Geo. F. Brietz, Selma.
4:20: Adjourn.
Clayton Township Convention.
Will be held at Horne Memorial
church, Clayton, Sunday, March 25
at three p. m. Everybody is cor
dially invited' and the officers and
teachers of every Sunday school in
Clayton township are expected to
attend.
3:00 Worship Program, Dr. Ira
iE. D. Andrews, Pastor, Clayton
Baptist church.
| 3:15: How to Reach and Teach
the Young People, Rev. J. B. Hur
ley, Pastor Horne Memorial church.
3:30: Song by Congregation,
teresting and Active Sunday
3:35: The Making of a Live, In
School, Mr. D. W. Sims, Superin
tendent N. C. Sunday School Asso
ciation, Raleigh.
| 4:10: Three-minute talks by pas
jtors and S. S. Superintendents
present on Improving the Sunday
Schools of Clayton Township.
4:25: Election of Officers.
4:30: Adjournment.
Mr. George E. Lovell, Superin
tendent of the Pythian Home, is
in charge of this program.
Do the increased amounts spent
for perfumes mean that the mod
ern woman has more scents?
t
OXFORD ORPHANAGE CLASS
TO BE HERE WEDNESDAY
The Oxford Orphanage sing
ing class will give a concert
in the local school auditorium
Wednesday evening at eight
o’clock. No admission will be
charged, but a collection will
be taken for the benefit of
the orphanage. This class has
visited Smithfield several times
and always pleases a large au
dience. The children are well
trained and their programs
are unusually enjoyable. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
RELIEF MEASURE TO GET
HEARING ON APRIL 3
WASHINGTON, March 22.—
With a stormy path ahead, the
house $290,000,000 tax reduction
bill will be taken off the shelf by
the senate finance committee on
April 3, in an attempt to put
through some relief measure be
fore congress quits probably two
months later.
Chairman Smoot, of the com
mittee, named the date for con
sideration of the measure in the
senate today with the declaration
that he had “no doubt there will
be some relief enacted this session.”
Senator Simmons, of North Car
olina, ranking democrat on the
committee, said he saw no necessi
ty for hearings bfeore the com
mittee in lieu of the hearings by
the house ways and means com
mittee and the short time remain
ing for consideration of revenue
legislation. He believed the bill
could be reported out by the com
mittee within a brief time.—Asso
ciated Press.
S. S. CONVENTION AT
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
BENSON, Route 2, March 22.—
On Sunday morning, March 25, at
11 o’clock there will be held at
Trinity Baptist church a Sunday
school convention for Meadow
township. Mi&s Flora Davis, on© of
the state association officers from
Raleigh will make the chief ad
dress of this convention. Mr. G.
T. Whitley, chairman of the John
ston county association of Sunday
schools, will also be present with
a worthwhile message. Special
music and other interesting fea
tures will be interspersed through
out the program. The puiblic in gen
eral is invited to attend this con
vention. The residents of Meadow
township are earnestly requested
to be present.
TOWN IN DARKNESS AS
KITE HANGS ON WIRES
DUNN, March 22.—A paper
kite attached to a cotton string1
put Dunn in darkness for sev
eral hours.
The kite and string became
entangled with the wires which
furnish the town with power
and lights, the cotton string
j connecting the ground wire
| with the wires conveying the
| current.
.So long as the string was
dry there was no trouble, but
when it became wet the cur
rent followed the string from
one wire to another, the result
being that both were burned
in two.
It required some time to lo
j cate the trouble, which puzzled
j linesmen. j
Visitor Speaks On
Vocational Guidance
F. F. Broadhurst of State Uni
versity, In Addressing Iii
wanians, Tells How a Boy
Should Chose His Profes
sion
I One of the most instructive
speeches herad by local Kiwanians
was that of Francis F. Bradshaw,
Dean of students at the State Uni
versity, who spoke before the club
yesterday. Mr. Bradshaw's subject
!was “Vocational Guidance.” Mr.
Bradshaw has made a study of this
subject and brought some very in
teresting facts to the attention of1
his audience.
JVlr. Bradshaw said that the old
method of boys following trade,
business or profession of their
fathers, was fast giving away to
the examination of the young men
by vocational experts to see if the
boy has the inclination or the tal
ents for such “job succession,” and
if not to help him to direct his
talents and his inclinations toward
the right profession. “There were
’once four professions,” said the
speaker, “the mihistry, law, medi
cine, and army or navy, whereas
now the vocational experts list
more than eleven thousand sepa
rate and distinct professions. A
good illustration of how a young
man should go about determining
what he shall do in life, is offer- 1
ed *in the likeness of it to court-'
ship. A young man should not I
marry the first girl he meets, but I
he should go with many girls, then
when he likes one above the rest
he should court her earnestly, and i
if he loves her enough then he‘
ought to try to marry her. So also j
a young man should during his
high school and college days fa-1
miliarize himself with many trades
and vocations, he should pick out
the one he likes best and pay earn
est attention to that one and if he
loves it enough he can very safely
take that profession for life.”
Prof. Shuford’s committee on
vocational guidance had charge of
the meeting. Questions were ask
ed Mr. Bradshaw after his ad
dress, and a great deal of interest
was manifested in the subject.
Music at the meeting was furnish
ed by the Deluxe Quartet, consist
ing of R. C. Gillett, lead; C. C.
Massey, tenor; J. W. Whitehead,
baritone, and T. C. Young, bass.
SMALLPOX WAVE FEARED
AT MEREDITH COLLEGE
RALEIGH, March 22.—An
extensive campaign was being
carried on at Meredith college !
tonight as a result of the dis- I
covery that one of the negro
cooks had1 contracted smallpox. I
Dr. Delia Dixon-Carroll, col- j
| lege physician, began the cam- I
•paign with the kitchen em- j
ployes, proceeded through the
teachers and girls who had not
been recently vacdnatecf, and
now is immunizing even those
who have been recently vacci
nated.
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A widow says that good husbands j
are like dough becaust women!
knead them. j
Faison Found
[GuiltyIs Given
j[ Year In Prison
pleld Guilty of Volun
i tary Manslaughter;
[ Judge Says Jury
j Was Lenient
Richmond, Va„ March 20.—John
Wesley Faison, charged with the
murder of his affinity, Mrs. Elsie
Holt Snipes, formerly of Princeton,
N. C., was convicted late today of
voluntary manslaughter and given
a term of one year in the peni
tentiary. A shadow seemed to pass
over his somewhat boyish features
when the verdict was announced,
In a few moments, however, they
were brightened by a smile, as he
leaned over, whispering into the
ear of Senator Gray H. Addon, one1
of his attorneys. He was willing
to accept the verdict, and his at-i
torneys agreed that this was the
best course to pursue. When no
motion to set it aside canie from
them, he was told to stand up.
Walter Christian, veteran clerk
of the court, asked if he had any
thing to say why sentence should
not be imposed in accordance with
the verdict of the jury. “Nothing,”
came the reply in a clear, firm
Jury Lenient.
Judge Wells then proceeded to
pass sentence. He told Faison that
he had followed the evidence close
ly throughout the trial, and in his
opinion the jury had been exceed
ingly lenient.
■ trust you will appreciate the
leniency which has been shown
you,” he went on, “and that you
will come back to your family and
be a better man after you have
served your time. Let this be a les
son to you.”
Directly behind Faison sat his
wife, a frail, slim woman, with
care-worn features, who had re
mained faithful despite his infide
lity and had testified in his de
fense at the trial just as well as
she did also at the previous trial,
which resulted in a hung jury.
After Judge Wells had concluded
Ms remarks, she joined her hus
band, two tried to cheer her with
the assurance that it would not be
long before he would be back with
her and the children. He would
get four months off for good be
havior and would be allowed an
additional month for the time he
had spent in jail. She held up brave
ly until several jurors stepped for
ward, speaking words of cheer to
her and shaking her hand, said
“God bless you.” Tears then well
ed into her eyes as she thanked
them for their expressions of sym
pathy.
Shaking Faison’s hand, they told
him that they had discharged their
duty as they saw it, and they were
confident he would be a better man
and husband when he came out of
prison. They had had the case un
der advisement since efarly last
night and had reached their ver
dict after reviewing it from every
angle.
Kisses Wife Good-Bye.
Before being led out of the court
room and back to jail, Faison kiss
ed his wife good-bye, and also bade
adieu to his father and two broth
ers, who were with him through
out the trial.
Both Prosecuting Attorney Dave
Satterfield and Attorney J. J.
Hatch, of Goldsboro, N. C., who
assisted in the prosecution, expres
sed themselves as satisfied with
the verdict, though they had ex
pected a heavier sentence.
'Mr. and Mrs. Calvin A. Holt, of
Princeton parents of the woman
whom Faison was alleged to have
slain in her apartment here the
early morning of November 16, last
by sending a pistol ball through
her head in a moment of jealous
rage, were likewise satisfied, al
though they, too, had expected the
jury to deal more severely with
him. They left for their home in
North Carolina tonight.
KEV. D. H. TUTTLE AT
MILL SUNDAY NIGHT
There will be preaching at
fho mill school house at seven
o’clock Sunday night conduct
' by Rev. D. H. Tuttle.'
Kenly High School
Hears M. G. Mann
i I^ks On ‘Tour Seeds” As He
Presents Plans For Essays
On Cooperative Marketing
KENLY, Mar. 21.—“If every
pupil lives and gets along well he
must plant four seeds as he trav
els along life’s highway,” said Mr.
M. G. Mann, director of field ser
vice for the North Carolina Co
operative Association, as he ad
ressed the students of Kenly High
School Tuesday morning.
These four seeds are: (1) char
acter. (2) value of time. (3) pat
ience, and (4) pleasure of work.
Under the subject of character
comes the ways in which one1
conducts himself, keeping oneself
clean from falsehoods and other
impurities.
“How important is value of
time,” said Mr. Mann. “It is very
important that we teach our chil-j
dren to value time in school, at
home, and at playtime. Time is!
Very valuable even though that is!
all that most of us have.”
Patience is something most peo-i
pie are without for they want to
go from the slums of life to the1
life of a millionaire instead of
growing that way. A six-year-old
can, by no means, be made into a
twenty-one years old child, until
it has lived the rest of the twen
ty-one years, for everything takes
alienee.
Last but not least, comes the
pleasure of work. If a man or wo
man, boy or girl likes his or her
work, then he will go about it
with a smile on his or her face.
Mr. Mann said that smiles is the
longest word because there is a
mile between the first and last
letters. With a smile on one’s face
he is very apt to win what he
starts to do for he looks like a
kind and cheerful chap, and peo
ple like to meet a smiling face
which indicates love of work.
Mr. J. A. Smith of near Smith
field, who is the cooperative mar
keting agent for Johnston Coun
ty, also made a talk on the essays
which are to be written by pu
ils in the schools and members
of the 4-H Clubs of thirteen states
He told of the prizes offered by
the merchants of Smithfield for
the best essays submitted in John
ston county. They are $25.00, 1st
prize: $15.00, 2nd prize: and $10
third prize. There will also be a
fountain pen and pencil given to
the winner in each of the fifteen
high schools in Johnston County.
The purpose of these essays is
to show and to teach the pupils
and parents the value of Coopera
tive Marketing and what has been
accomplished by it.
In giving point Mr. Mann said
the farmers of these states and
of others would! soil their eggs to
some packing company, such as
Amours, which would pack them
away and w<hen eggs are scarce
they will sell them back to the first
owners at an enormous price.
The same thing takes place with
cotton except in another way. A
farmer digs and grubs to make a
fine crap, while the speculators
sit around [New York. Then the
Farmer sells his cotton for a small
price and the ^peculators mlike
a large gain off the hard working
farmer.
During the six years that the As
sociated Cotton Growers Exchange
has been organized it has handled
about $80,000,000,00. Farmers are
not satisfied about their money.
They fuss and argue about the Co
op Association and its failure in
some places, but a person gets out
of a thing exactly what he puts
into it. In a few places the far
mers were interested in it and in
vested enough to keep it up and
going.
Mr. Mann advises farmers to
keep their product while the mar
kets are overflowing.
The national prizes offered in
this contest are $76., first prize.
$60., second prize, and $25., third
prize^ To the winner in each state
will be awarded a gold medal.
The prizes are; $60., first prize;
$26., second prize; and $12.50.,
third prize.
Mr. Mann spoke in four other
high schools whiW in the county
Tuesday, viz:. Glendale, Micro,
Selma, and Smithfield. ;
Sympathy is like blond hair; a
lot of it isn’t r$al thing.
Negro Parks Car
And Gets Caught
— -—-—--* 1 • -.♦ , ■ s
Comes Out Of Hiding
- - ■ -K-Aa A ..-n’
Dr. Louis Clement, the New Jer
sey “torch murderer” gave himself
up to the police and protested his
innocence. He is alleged to have
killed Miss Margaret Brown, Park
Avenue, New York, governess, set
ting her afire.
State President
Addresses B&PW
Mrs. B. R. Green Addresses
Local Club and New Benson
Organization Here on What
Is Success
“What is Success—as a Club and
as an Individual.” was the subject
of the address of Mrs. R. B. Green,
of Henderson, president of the
State Federation of Business and
Professional Women’s club, who
spoke to a joint meeting of the
Smithfield and Benson clubs here
Tuesday evening.
The Benson club has only re
cently been organized under the
direction of the Smithfield club,
and Tuesday evening the occasion
was in the nature of a celebration.
The new club has twenty members,
fifteen of whom were at the diin
ner meeting Tuesday, who together
with about thirty-five local mem
bers formed a most interested au
dience for the speaker of the eve
ning. Miss Sarah Turlington’s
group had charge of the entertain
ment for the evening, and after
the business had been dispensed
with by the president, Miss Mary
E. Wells, a sort of initiation cere
mony was engaged in. Miss Lucy
Rhodes had charge of this part of
the- program. The decorations on
this occasion were suggestive of
St. Patrick’s Day, green crepe pa
per streamers adorning the tables,
and the centerpieces being small
ferns. The place cards and crepe
paper doilies bore a shamrock or
other Irish emblem. At the plates
of the Benson guests were appro
priate toys including a tiny baby s
bottle filled with candy as remind
ers that they were members of the
baby club. Miniature Irish flags
and shamrocks adorned the dessert
course. A group of Irish songs
rendered by a sextette was much
enjoyed. Those constituting the
sextette were Misses Margaret
Rogers, Eva Johnson, Lucile John
son, Merle Allen, Mrs. Jesse Coats
and Mrs. A. J. Holliday. The menu
was served in two courses by the
Holt-Sanders chapter of the U. D.
C. at the Woman’s club room.
While the social part of the
program was thoroughly enjoyed,
Mrs. Green's address was the cli
max of the evening. She began her
talk by stating that success is ac
complishing whatever one sets out
to do. One may be Successful in
robbing a bank, or one may be suc
cessful in becoming a bank presi
dent. The vital difference in the
two viewpoints is the goal to be
attained.
Mrs. Green spoke first of success
| as a club. To be a successful club,
it must be a growing club; it must
be social andf provide real recrea
tion; it must be interested in its
members first of all, then in the
state and national organisation,
I and lastly in the community where
(the club is located. Interest must
be manifested in the good move
ments that make our communities
| a better place in which to live, but
the club motto must never be lost
sight of: better business’women.
(TURN TO PAGE 6, COL. 3)
i Court Imposes Sen
tence of 12 Months
[ On the Roads But
Defendant Takes An
I" Appeal
——♦
} Daniel Sherman the negro who
j is alleged to have asked permis
sion of Mr. J. B. Coates who lives
near Wilson’s Mills to park his
car in his yard for a short time on
March 11, and which was later
found by Mr. Coates to contain
several gallons of w'hiskey the
same being turned over to Chief
Cable, was arraigned in Record
er's court here yesterday, found,
guilty of possession and transpor
tation, and was sentenced to jail
for a term of twelve months to
be worked on the cbunty roads, and
to pay the cost of the action. No
tice ef appeal to Superior court
was given and the negro was placed
under a $750 bond. In default of
bond, he is at present in jail.
Other cases tried this week in
clude the following:
State vs. Tellie Jones, charged
with lareny. The defendant was
found guilty, but prayer for judg
ment was continued upon payment
of costs.
State vs. Obie Johnson, charged
with assault with deadly weapon.
The defendant was found guilty
and was sent to jail for a term of
sixty days and assigned to work
the roads of Johnston county, and
pay cost. The jail sentence is to
be suspended upon payment of a
$50 fine and cost.
State vs. Lehman Watson, charg
ed with assault with deadly weap
on. The defendant was found guil
ty and was sentenced to the county
roads for a term of sixty days.
The road sentence is to be sus
pended upon payment of $50 fine
and cost.
• State vs. Joe Bunch, charged
with fornication and adultery. De
fendant was found guilty and giv
en a sixty day road sentence. The
road sentence to be suspended upon
payment of a $50 fine and cost.
State vs. Geneva Faison, charg
ed with fornication and adultery.
The defendant was found guilty
and sent to the roads for 60 days.
The road sentence is suspended
upon payment of a $50 fine and
costs.
State vs. Hattie Rose, charged
with violation of the prohibition,
laws. The defendant was found
guilty of possession and sent to
jail for a term of 90 days to be
worked as the sheriff sees fit and
to pay costs.
State vs. Hattie Rose, charged
with selling whiskey. Defendant
was found guilty and sent to jail
for 90 days to be worked as the
sheriff sees fit and pay costs, this
sentence to run concurrently with
the sentence above.
.State vs. Hattie Rose, charged
with keeping a disorderly house.
Defendant was found guilty and
sent ,to jail for a term of 9Q days
and pay costs. The jail sentence is
to be suspended upon condition
that the defendant does not live
within a radius of two miles of
Clayton for a period of two years.
State vs. Donnie Hugh Bagley,
charged with assault. Defendant
found guilty and fined $10 and the
(TURN TO PAGE 6, COL. 2)
Aunt Roxie Opines
By Me—
“Mr. Wash Tunkim haz gone ter
Noo York ea I’m steered her* a
tfwinter git hooked by dit tdg
Buffalo,”