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If You Want Results The difference between the Or dinary and the Extraordinary is only a few cents. Your Adver tising deserves to bring Results. Try the Herald columns. J ohnston C 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. ('., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1929 For Smithfield “One thing at a time and that done well Is a very good rule as man can tell.” In ’29 let’s concentrate On a hotel, new and up-to-date. NUMBER 24 SIX PAGES TODAY Convict Three In Murder Case I Jury Returns Verdicts | After Midnight Fri day and Ausley and ^Paul Pilkington and ' James Narron Get 8 to 12 Years in State Prison i The trial of State vs. Ausley j Pilkington, Paul Pilkington, and I > James Narron, charged with raur- | der, was the most important case j disposed of in Superior court here j last week. The jurors were so- ! lected and the State began of-1 fer.ing evidence on Ihursday j morning, and the trial continued j throughout the afternoon and | during a night session until elev | en o’clock. It continued all 1 through Friday and until one |o’clock Saturday morning. The tdfeendants in this ' case were ( ^charged with the murder of Ever- j Eason which occurred on the] Sight of May 2G, 1928, near the j JJvanhoe Cotton Mill near this 1 •abity. The solicitor went to trial 1 |asking for second degree murder for manslaughter as the evidence f might justify. Several witnesses both for the \ } State and the defendants were ex-1 amined, and both the solicitor and counsel for the defendants vig orously pursued their contentions. Judge Sinclair throughout the trilal, maintained strict order in the courthouse and his charge to J the Jury was considered very j fair both to the State and to the defendants at the bar. The jury j took the case a little after mid-, night, and after deliberations lasting for forty minutes, return ea a veraiet fa' n unnm = ant of second degree niurder. j I ^iThe court then hoard argument of counsel mitigating circum stances ,and then proceeded to sentence each defendant alike o, the state penitentiary for a] t term of not less than eIght years nor more than twelve. The development of evidence ■ threw strong suspicion around two other members of the* party Ilia! was implicated in killing Everett j Eason, hut so far no other ar . rrsts have been made. James N’arron was represented ] i in the trial by W. H. Lyon, of j this city; Ausley Tilkinglon. by Janies Raynor of Benson; l’aul Pilkington, by E. J. Wellnns of this city. GEORGE POU TO BE RETAINER1 Tt lias been announced that George Ross Rou is to be retain ed as superintendent of the State s Prison to serve with a lull time chairman of the board of direc tors who will be active bond at the institution- Practically an en tirely new board of directors will he named by the governor, it is ^aid. In Interest of the Grunge. Mr and Mrs. Breckman, of Washington, I). C„ have been spending a few days in Johnston county. Mr. Breckman is a rep resentative of the Grange, a na tion-wide fraternity of the rurai j people of America, and he was at Cleveland school Saturday night Tn the interest of an organisation in that community. Mr. A. M. Johnson, of Cleveland, who is in terested in the organisation, ex pected to accompany Mr. Breck tiian to other sections of the coun ty yesterday. 1 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 to the one deciphering them lame and presenting a copy "t >his paper to the Herald ofl.ee, we will present a free ticket 1«. ■ he Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Miss I.ueile Johnson recog nized her name. TOUAY'S TANTALIZER omazriienjamengo (IKIJvKHATlON WINDS UP IN (HJN A1TAIH Lnpc Velez to Marry | ” > i **■ .OafciS:-® gfi&Si. • Lupe \ clez, beautiful Mexican tilrn ■tar. will, it is reported, become the jride of Cary Cooper. Car Loads Hogs From Johnston Second Shipment Ever To He Made T'rcm This Count) lii'injis t hree I ai mers lot• a! S2.1 IS..'Ill for "(i Head Till.' M'.vii.l car h.a.l of Cm Mil' ^111])|H'i 1 fi'oni John.-'ton coin: ty to a northern market was shipped l»y three, farmers of the lie it son section last Tuesday and were sold on the Richmond mar ket Wednesday. This car consist ed oi 70 head which weighed a total of 17,dot) pounds and brought the neat sum of $2,118.30. The three farmers who shipped hogs in this car were G. R. .John son, 30 head; \V. B. Massengill, 2o head; and R. 1>. Knnis, 12 heail. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Knnis fed their hogs under the direc tion of J. B. Slack, tri-county agent, and Mr. MassengiU wa working; under tin* direction ol .1. 1!. Slnivv, vocational agricultur al teacher of the Benson school. .1. B. Slack went to Richmond and looked after the selling of these hogs and brought hack l< the owners checks amounting t< $2,03-1.4'J, after freight and sell ing charges were deducted. These hogs sold for 12 hi cents per pound on foot, which was the top price for the Richmond mar ket on that day, and netted the owners 11.f» cents per pound. According to Mr. Slack’s re port this was the nicest lot .if hogs sold' on the Richmond mar ket that day and he received .some nice compliments from brokers and buyers on their quality and All of these hogs were fed ac cording to the Shay system, and weighed an average of 232 pounds at about six months old. Owing to the fact that these hogs were j strictly “demonstration fed* under the supervision of a county agent or agricultural teacher, they were sold flat and paid for on date of salt'. Hogs not foil in that I way are sold subject to inspec tion after they are slaughtered, A IlUii im.aua uuu . wait about one week for his re turn:; after the hogs are sold. There will be four or five more i/ars of hogs shipped in this way from this county within the next two or three weeks. This will be quite an increase over last year when only one car containing about :»0 hogs were shipped out of the county. This shows that the farmers are beginning to realize that something other than cotton and tobacco can be pro duced on Johnston county farms which will bring in real money. By using home grown corn for feeding bogs in this way, and by having to buy only the animal protein in the form ot n-n meai on tankage, gains can be put on at a cost of about five or six) rents per pound, and when sold at the above prices will have a profit of about six cents per pound. j Mr. Jesse Uranium, of near Kenly, was in the city Friday afternoon and showed two large turnips, the largest of which weighed six and a quarter pi unds. They were of the Purple To a va riety. j“l .awyer” Radford j and Deadeve Kenny Wayne County Neg roes, Liven Thing's I p in Kdge Johnston J. W. Stafford, game warden and assistant revenue officer, who lives in Hentonville township, | made an early trip to the county j seat Sunday morning, and with i him he brought a Ford load of ■colored gentlemen who had heen j rollicking and frollieking all through the night before at one Whitley’s house who lives near the dividing line between the highlands and Neuse islands. Only one of Mr. Stafford’s load, however, was implicated with any over acts at Whitley’s party, the others being along at the request of Mr. Stafford and to assist him m making safe delivery of the )no who had been cavorting be ;ond the form of the statute and lgainst the peace and dignity of .he state. The one against whom •haiges were preferrd gave his I lame as Lawyer Radford. Lawyer made a statement, lie | said that one of his neighbors, j a: Atkinson by iftmc, “had been j sont to Atlanta for a year and a j lay. and he got home one day | luring the week. We boys all ! wanted to give him a little sit- j .ing up over to Brother Whitley’s, | ami they sont for me* to go over j and pick the guitar for them. 1 , rot one drink before I gut. to the >arty but after I got there I pick 'd my guitar till I most wore ny lingers out, but, 1 never did ret another drink. There was no t *eal dancing by sets going on - I omc of the gentlemen and a ‘ew of the ladies cut the Char eston a little, but outside of that here was no other dancing.” Lawyer was charged with hooting and holding up another n ember of the party but he stout y“denied that he even got out of he corner. There was another nan who warmed up things to a netty lively degree with his pis- j ol, but he eluded Mr. Stafford ' md all the rest. All they knew i,hout him was that he was called >eadeye Kenny, and that he was ‘mighty reckless with his gun.” riu* boys accompanying Mr. Staf *ord stated that there must have c. n at least twenty rounds of hots fired by some of the more j lissolute members of the parly ! md there was plenty of drinking I md cursing and a general neigh- J mfHood alarm but all of the mis. j •hief-maker.s got away before j hey could be caught except Law ;cr. lie was lodged in jail but biter in the day some one came u his rescue and he was bonded >ut pending a hearing Tuesday in ; he Recorder’s court. Mr. Stafford stated that all the toys so implicated were from Wayne county and that the negio Whitley, at whose house the dis turbance began, is a dispenser fo iquor on a migc -. Vir. Stafford, accompanied by j Deputy Sheriff J. O. Hinton, went j hack to Whitley’s house to try o round up more of those who ! took part in the shooting, but it j was learned later that further ar rests were not made. 1 An Unusual Hold Coin. I Mr. John A. Grimes of Raleigh, I was in the city Friday and show i d us a rare gold coin which he had picked up in a pawn shop, j The coin, which has been convert 'd into a watch chain was a five dollar gold piece, though there was nothing on the piece of money to denote the denomina Lion A Kaloign jeweier, mi. Mahler, who hail worked years ago in the Treasury Department knew the issue when he saw' it, and made a test which proved its worth. The piece of money, was made in 1807. In size, it is larger than a silver quarter but not so largo as a fifty-cent piece. It bears the head of Columbus on one side, with the date 1*102. On the other side, is an ancient ship and two globes. The coin commemorates the World’s Kx position at Chicago in 18lJ3. IOK M AH I KK !\ I I.OOI)l',l) TOWN IN ALABAMA Mr. and Mr.-. J. K. Mahler have* received a telegram from their son, Mr. Joe Mahler, !-ent ‘from Brcwton, Ala., • where he is with a traveling theatrical troupe, stating that the town is under water and that the .show was a complete loss. He stated that he could not leave Brewton for weeks, though telegraph communica tion with the outside world has been resumed. Legislature May Adjourn Today Houghton Named Chairman! State Highway Commission — A. d. Maxwell As Reve nue Commissioner; I. M. ltnilcy Succeeds Maxwell RA LEK ill, March IS. After woi kint*- for 00 days ineffectively, i for the must part, at $10 a (fay the legislature was preparing to i adjourn today after working t he pa-t week for nothing—and ef fectively. Little remains to be clone except to reach agreements on certain phases of important bills and to pass the revenue leg islation on third reading, and it is expected that adjournment will be made possible by Tuesday after noun. The closing of the session and two important changes in state officials were the chief items of interest as the week came to ! an end. Governor Gardner ap- I pointed Kufc Houghton as chair-i man of the state highway corn- i mission, named A. J. Maxwell as : a venue eomniiissioner and said j after the senate confirms these j appointments he will name I. M j Bailey to succeed Mr. Maxwell I m the corporation commission, j Ur. Maxwell succeeds Mr. Dough-j con as revenue commissioner and I Mr. Houghton succeeds Frank | 'age as chairman of the highwa\ [ •oiumission. The session of the legislature •oming to a close has been mark- J -*d by lack of leadership in the opinion of most political observ ?rs. 'There have been a lot of hem with definite ideas about vluit they wanted, and many of ‘hose ideas were good, but they tad no program for putting the-' "deas into effect, there was no one to make a cohesive state wide sensible program of the whole scheme, changing here 1 where it was for the good of the people and changing theor when it appeared that their interests might he sacrificed. Even Gover nor Gardner has experienced some iifliculty in dealing with the Gen eral assembly and one or two of his plans were defeated, while for some others, notably the se cret ballot bill, he had to wage the fight of his life and then only »dt partial satisfaction. Looking hack on the session It is possible to pick out some meas ures of great importance which were approved. The gasoline tax ! increase of one cent was approv | ed with certain funds to be set i aside'to aid counties in road work. The Australian secret ballot bill j got by but only after being1 amended so as to make it less of a secret ballot system. How ever, friends of the bill were sat isfied with the. forward step they have been fighting for for years The workmen’s compensation act was passed and will stand as a model for most states as it makes j liberal allowances for working men while at the same time pro I tecting the interests of business. A highway patrol act probably 1 will get its final approval ere the j session ends but the measure is ! little more than a gesture anti falls far short of setting up a rea highway patrol. The bill providing Lives and that providing for five* years involuntary separation as a grounds for divorces were ap proved and also marriage bans no tice bill. Matters of State moved rapidly over the week end and brought to a conclusion a number of contro versies between contending fac tions of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate won its light over the school measure, j the House finally acceding to the TURN TO RACE 1, PLEASE Asks For Visit Of Radio Expert Mr. H. N. Morgan, City Light Superintendent, Enlists Aid of Congressman Pou To Investigate Radio Troubles i Radio fans will wed come the J announcement that an effort is ' being made to have radio experts | visit Smitiifield and vicinity with the view of improving radio re- j eeption. Mr. II. N. Morgan, sup-j t rintend. at of the city water and 1 light department, has taken the initiative in this matter and has written to Congressman K. W. l*ou at Washington to enlist his tid in having radio conditions Mr. .Morgan has received the following reply lnnlt < ongressman j Pou: | “My ilear Mr. Morgan: ' “RCpIying to yours of the 1-th j instant, I wish to assure you that 1 I shall gladly do all in my power j to have the Radio Commission's j experts visit Smithiield and our I county while investigating radio j conditions in North Carolina. The | Assistant Chief of the Radio Cum mission informs me that no iti tnotary ha- yet lteen made for the representative of the Coinnvssioa I who are to visit our state, and he has made a notation of my desire to have Smithiield and Johnston county included in their inspec tion tour. “With kind personal regards, 1 beg to remain, “Yours very truly, “EDW. W. POU.” JOHN TON ( OlM Y M AN M AKES I N HU E PI ZZI.I i Mr. A. J. Henderson, who has been living on Smithiield, route 1 for some time, has worked out mine educational puzzles that are lecidedly unique. They rather baffle description, but they are nore nearly like a palidrome. hieh is a word, sentence or .mtm', that reads the same back ward and forward. In March 1‘JPJ. Mr. Henderson had his puzzle, which at that time worked out in the form of a square, patented, nit since that time he has made i number of variations of tin | iriginal in the form of circular )oard>, triangle blocks, and even globes. Mr. Henderson is a native of 'Impel Hill, and was a college j nate of the late Ira T. Turling-' I ton. He was a railroad man for hiity-one years and was then in i hired. After that, he was in •barge of a watch tower in Dal las Texas, and it was while do ing this work that he began ex perimenting with his puzzle which be had patented in PJPJ. The nuzzle has never been comnier •ialized, but Mr. Henderson i.s now contemplating disposing of t o some novelty or education Mr. Henderson presented the .•ditor with one of the original puzzles which may be seen at the Herald office. MAGNOLIA GAME TO HE PLAYED OVEK After much dispute the same which was played here Friday night will be played over in luld-tioro or else the games goes to .Smithfield. This is the ruling if the chairman of group two of the Eastern Carolina Conference. At the end of the game there was some dispute as to the time. After reviewing the facts the chairman found that there was] an error and notified Magnolia to meet Smithfield in Goldsboro. No date has been set as yet. This game was very fast from I dart to finish and the lead sea ' I sawed from one team to the oth ■ -»r. Many fouls were made by both cams and Keferee Culbreth was laid put to kct?p up with them Mi'S Deans Holland led the scoring for both teams with 25 points, while Miss Coates was best on the defense for the lo cals. Miss Wilson led the visi tors with 18 points and Miss Brown was best on the defense. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Greer at the Johnston County Hospital Friday, March 15, a daughter. Fart of Car Lot Shipment <1. II. Johnson, I'al'mcr !r.mi lvmson section, and .1. H. d.i'-K. tri fount\ pose with swine hard shipped IVom I his county last Tuesday. «.!< VM> jl in MARKS ItKI’OIH' TO JUDGE NO STORY TODAY 1)1 E TO DIOI.AY IN MAILS Our readers will lake note I ha! the next installment of the story. The Desperate Lover,” does not. appear in today’s issue of the Herald due to a delay in the mails. This installment reached this ollice too late lor today’s publication. However, it wilj appear in Friday’s issue. Another Poultry Car March 23rd This Will Make The Third Car This Month To He Loaded at Selma; Prices Higher SKLMA, March IS.—The next! poultry car will be loaded in ; Selma at the Southern Railway, freight station next Saturday, j ’warch 23. This will make the third car that has been loaded •it Selma this month. In the two cars that have already been •hipped this month approximately Duty-six hundred dollars has been paid to the farmers of this coun ty and adjoining counties for j ooultry. Prices that will be paid j for poultry next Saturday are : higher than they have been this •aason. Heavy hens and chicks I have gone up from 25 cents per pound to 20 cents per pound, and broilers have jumped from 28 •cuts per pound to 32 cents per sound. A plan is also on foot now :o ship a car of hogs from Selma, i !' enough farmers can be inter • sted to load a car. Anyone who :s interested and has hogs to ship requested to notify C. L. Rich irdson, care The Hardware Store, Inc., Selma; J. I*. Slack, tri •nunty agent, is cluing muni to i nelp the fanners to market what .hey raise on the farm and get a fair price and this means of dis- . nosing of their surplus poultry and hogs is to a great extent made possible through his fe forts. The following cash prices will he paid for poultry next *Satur lay: colored hens and chicks, 20 cents per pound; Leghorn hens and chicks, 2:1 cents per pound; broilers, 32 cents per pound; roosters, 14 cents per pound; cap ons and young turkeys, 28 cents per pound; ducks, TR cents per pound; old toms, 20 cents per pound; geese, 13 cents per pound; guineas, 35 cents each. CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS TO P»K CHESTS IN HOMES The Carolina Haymakers, who will present a program consisting of three Carolina folk-plays at the Sanders theatre Thursday eve ning, will be entertained , while here the guests of the following: Mr. and Mrs. 1). II. Creech, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Beasley, Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson, Dr. C. C. Massey, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Honey, Mrs. T. S. Ragsdale, Sr., and Mrs. T. J. Lassiter. Body Visits County Institutions and Find Conditions Good — Clerk of Court on •Job Regarding1 Mag istrates To Honorable N. A. Sinclair, 'Judge presiding: We, the Grand Jurors for the u im of Superior court convening Maicli 11, 1929, submit the fol lowing; report: We have passed on all bills of indictments and other matters pre sented to us and made three re turns on the same. Courthouse. We have inspected the court house and find this property in good condition and being fairly \»iil taken care of. We note some minor repairs being needed, plas tering loose and off in some places, and the plumbing should a!mi be looked after. We visited all the offices in the courthouse anil found them being neatly kept. The officers apparently are en deavoring to render good service. We note the various officers have been bonded and that their ac counts have been audited annual ly by auditing companies. Jail. We visited the jail and found it in a very crowded condition, there being sixty-four prisoners •unfilled in same. However, it was in fair condition as to cleanliness and the prisoners are receiving good wholesome food. Due to the very crowded conditions the re ceiving cells are filled, and it is no{_ possible to place new prison ers received .separate from other prisoners until examined by! health officer. Our information ;s j that the county physician visits the jail daily and oftener if nec c- ary and it is only a few Jo nlifter :i nrisnner enters be fmv he is given a thorough ex- N am illation. County Home. £ We have thoroughly inspected { the county home and found it'to ; be well kept. There Is an atmos- \ [-.here of happiness and content , among the inmates. Sanitary con- ( ditions are exceptionally good. , They are being supplied with plenty of nourishing food, and the sick, feeble and helpless are re ceiving special attention. We have no criticism or recommendations to make except as to some minor repairs which are needed on the porch to the cottage for colored inmates. We also note the tele phone line to the home is out of order and we recommend that this be repaired as soon as possible. Convict Camp. \\ e have inspected the convict camps, two in numiber, one for white prisoners, the other for colored and we find them in good condition in every respect. Health Department. We find this being well look ed after by our very efficient j county physician, Dr. C. C. Mas sey, with the cooperation of a most excellent welfare worker, Mrs. D. J. Thurston. We have not l TURN TO PAGE 4 Happenings In I Town Of Benson -- J “V ocational Education" Sub ject at Kiwanis Meeting— Honor Roll Henson School; Social Events HEN'SON, Mar. 18.—Mr. Her man Strickland, a young attorney who has recently located here, was the chief speaker at the Ki wanis luncheon recently. He spoke on “Vocational Education.” Mr. \\. B. Woodall was in charge of the program. Special guests of the club were member", of the bar. ketiball team. Several Benson boys under six teen years of age have been steal ng chickens recently. They have taken about 200 in all. This imi*t.n ung was uncovered by the policemen last week. This tfang has been robbing gasoline tanks also. The following made the honor roll for February: first grade, Catherine Benton, Daisy Surles, Billy Farmer, Julia Rose John •son, Ernestine Johnson, Dwight Dixon, Sarah Ryals, Lorraine Johnson, John Stephenson, Nellie Parker; second grade, Lena Boy ott, Ruby Mo Lamb, Myrtle Lee. Laurita Houston, Dorothy Creeeh, Lois Benson, Ralph Whittenton, Jr., Josephine Barefoot, W. R. Norris, Jr., Virginia Hudson; third grade, Oliver Creech Rose, Margaret Parker, Louise Jerni gan, VV. T. Martin, Jr., Herbert Capips Ola Whittento-n; fourth | grade, Doris Benson, Lois Mas sengill, Marie Raynor, Geneva Creech, Sarah Oliver; fifth grade, Mary Lou Holland, Will Woodall, Joe Levinson, Mildred Benton. Elizabeth Rackley, Elizabeth Gil bert; sixth grade, Tera Johnson, Minnie Feral Parker, Boyce Hud son, Alta Johnson; seventh grade. Bertha Parker; eighth, L. Gil bert, Jr.; tenth, Sarah Farmer, Hattie Mae Johnson; eleventh, Margaret-Benton and Estelle Ste phenson. The agricultural class of Ben son school will put on a variety test for corn and cotton on the fann of Mr. S. P. Honeycutt just outside the city limits. The faculty of Benson school recently gave a shower to Mrs. A. P. Roberson, a member of the faculty and a recent bride. Miss Gladys Harrell gave the guest of honor a ball of twine and she was instructed to follow the twine, winding it back on the ball. It was_scattered through the house and out into the yard where many lovely gifts were found. Re freshments were served by the hostesses. The Ladies Bible class of the Methodist church held a business and social meeting Thursday eve ning at the home of Mrs. Paul Johnson. The business meetnig was presided over by the pres cient, Mrs. W. B. Woodall. Do nations for the orphan’s clothes for spring and summer were se •ured. This class has been cloth ns an orphan lor a good many ears ami it is always very easy 0 secure donations. This was the innual election of officers with he following chosen: president, drs. Mather Dorman; vice pres dent, Mrs. W. R. Strickland; :ecretary and treasurer, Mrs. N. }, Woodlief. After the business 1 lovely program pertaining to St. Patrick’s day was enjoyed. Mrs. B. H. Houston and Mrs. W. M. Smith were in charge of the evening’s entertainment. The love ly new home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson was decorated in green and white, St. Patrick emblems being used in profusion. There were about thirty present. Cream puffs, hot chocolate, and mints were served. Each plate held a I St. Patrick favor. Mrs. L. D. Stewart Dies. The funeral of Mrs. L. D. Steward of Four Oaks, route 1, was held yesterday afternoon at one o’clock at Hodges Chapel, the service being conducted by Rev. Charlie Johnson. Mrs. Stewart died at Rex Hospital Saturday night about ten oVdock. She was before her marriage Miss Maclrie BaTefoot. She leaves a husband and eight children. The deceased was thirty-six years of ajc*.
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