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Do You Know Of A Vacant Lot in Smithlield that need Beautify ing? Enter it in the Yard and Garden Contest, Then Beautify! Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 18 82 Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a [Livestock Sta tion Yard. 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1929 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 36 Mrs. Smith Dies At Advanced Age Funeral At Oakland Churcl Saturday of Mrs. Celestk Smith Who Passed Away ii Franklin County at Ripe Age of ‘J4 The funeral of Mrs. Celestia Green Smith, who died at her home near Louisburg Friday morning, was held Saturday aft ernoon at Oakland Presbyterian church in Cleveland township and interment was made in the Oak land cemetery. A large concourse of relatives and friends were pres ent to pay a tribute to this splen did woman whose days on earth numbered ninety-four years and six months. She was the last member of the Oscar Green fam ily of Frankllin county. In 1801 the deceased was mar ried to Mr. David 1'. Smith of Johnston county. For more than forty years they lived in this county and reared to manhood an i womanhood eight children as fid lows: O. G. Smith, of Clayton; G. B. Smith, Smi.thfield, route 1 , Mrs. Rufus Sanders, Wilson; Paul G. Smith, Marvin G. Smith, Mrs. T. H. Cherry, and Miss Penelope Smith, all of Katesville. About 2b years ago, after her husband’? death, Mrs. Smith moved u Raleigh and thence to Franklin county where she lived until her ueam. Mrs. Smith had been a member of the Methodist church since 1851, a total of seventy-eight years. Almost a century of Chris tian service was rounded on:, and to her surviving family' she leaves a priceless heritage of a long and beautiful life well spent, rich in the treasures that have gone into the building of a man sion in the Father’s house. The funeral Saturday afternoon was conducted by a former pastor, Rev. N. H. 1). Wilson, of New Bern, assisted by Rev. Daniel Lane, pastor at Louislburg, Rev. K. I. Duvall, pastor of Kittre'.l circuit, and Rev. Chester Alexan der, pastor of Oakland Presbyter ian church. Rev. Mr. Wilson paid a beautiful tribute to the life of the deceased, closing his remarks with the poem, “In His Keeping.” The music was rendered by mem bers of the Clayton Methodist and Baptist choirs. A solo was sung by Mrs. Charlie Gulley. “The Christian’s Goodnight” was among the selections rendered by the choir. The beautiful floral of ferings were carried by the grand children, great-grandchildren and great-nieces of the deceased. rl he pall bearers were grandsons of toe deceased as follows: Carl and Frank Smith. John Cherry, Carl Pridgen, Macon and Rufus San ders, John and Hunter Ellington. Among those from Smith field who attended the funeral were the following: Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith. Mrs. W. R. Long, Mrs. C. B. Williamson, Mrs. L. L. lurner, Mrs. M. B. Strickland, Misses Bettie Lee Sanders, Annie Myatl, Mary Louise Turner, Elizalbetn Young, and Emily Davis Smith. Mrs W. M. Sanders, Sr., Mrs. T. C. Young, Mrs. Farquhard Smith and Rev. Chester Alexander. Shoo! “Did you miss that train, sir?' asked the porter. “No! I didn’t like the looks of it, so I chased it out of the sta tion.”—Open Hoad. “Yassar, diat car ob mine—she sho am fast. She cud trabble a mile a minute if it warn t fo one thing.” “Wlhat’s dat, brudder?' “The distance am too long ■fo de shortness ob do time.” Tantalizer Thorp are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Kmith tield or Johnston County, anil to the one deciphering their name ami presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald ortioe, we will present a free ticket to Ihe Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Earl Bradley deciphered his name last issue. TODAY’S TANTALIZER elueLtnoSlalay Large Quantity Meat : Stolen At Four Oaks 1 Between 600 and 70( Founds Taken Frorr A. C. Byrd; Clothet Were Also Taken POUR OAKS, April 29.— M I A. C. Byrtl, who lives near Fem J Oaks, had the misf-onunc Su. ■ | day night of having between six i and seven hundred pounds of meat stolen from hln;. A new spring coat, chess and I P'cartf belonging to Mrs. Byrd were also taken. The visitor made ! bis entrance through a window. The identity of the thief is un Mrs. Adams Kntertains. Mrs. ('arson Adams entertain | oil at a delightful dinner on Saturday evening in honor of her I birthday. A delirious menu in j four courses was served-, Mrs I Adams’ guests were: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Manning, Jr., of W.iliinnislton, Mrs. BelL'm Adams, Miss Audrey Moore and Mr. 'I hum as Adams. Missionary Society Meets. Ihe Woman’s Mission.', v ,So cdety of the Baptist church met Monday afternoon at ter home of Mrs. Mattie Barbour. In the absence of the president ami vice president, Mrs. J. W. Sanders presided over the meeting. The subject for study was “Faithful to the Trust.” A very interesting program under the leadership of Mrs. Jack Myers was g:veo. During the social hour the hos tess assisted by her daughter, Miss (iladys Harbour, serve l a salad course and sweet eourvi. JOHN A. WALLACE IN DEBATE CAMI’lIKLL COL. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Wallace went to Buie’s Creek Friday » ighl to attend a debate at CaninboH College between the freshmen of Wake Forest College and the freshmen of Campbell College. Mr. Jolm Arthur Wallace, son of Me and Mrs. Wallace, was one to represent Wake Forest and he made a good showing in the de bate although the side upheld by Campbell College won. The young men debated whether t.he water power of the United States should be owned by the govern ment or by corporations and in 'difVtiduals. M*\ Wallace gradu ated from the local school last I spring with high honors. lie was the winner of the Edwin Smith Pou medal which is given to the I student making highest average ; during the four years of Irgh j school, and his friends are g’-id to see him taking a high s'oi.d in the activities of his class ai ! Wake Forest College. AMERICAN IIKAUTIES ARE MUCH ADMIRED The Herald is again the recipi ent of a lovely bouquet of roses. This time the rose garden of Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Setzer furnished the blooms, which are exoirsile “American Beauties.”* Practically every visitor to our office stops to enjoy and comment upon this bit of nature’s handiwork. Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Setzer for their thoughtfulness of the Herald LOCAL BOYS WILL BROADCAST FROM WPTF During the Duke University hour which is broadcast from sta tion WPTF each Tuesday eve i ning, music by some group from that institution forms a part of j the progvam. This evening Jelly Loftwich and the University club oixrheatra will broadcast. Two member of this or any other po-l, local boys—Wii Ilium Lassiter, wlr plays trumpet, and Tom Lassit r. who plays trombone. The pro gram will be from nine to ter ! o’clock. VICTOR IfCCiO FILM AT VICTORY TIIRATRI “The Man Who Laughs,” a Vic tor Hugo novel, will be presents at the Victory theatre here 01 May 2 and 3. This is the thin Hugo novel to be screened, th two previous to this being “Hunch back of Notre Dame” and “Lc j Miserabies.” Its lavish setting anj tense dramatic situations g 1 to make up a fascinating an spectacular picture. Conference Of Co. School Heads ( loses After Five Day Ses sion In Raleigh; Finding? of Conference Reported Ai Oust Session The school fur county superin tendents utf schools and members of the counity boards of educa | lion authorize,] by the 102‘J school I law came to a close in Raleigh | Friday after a very profitable five j day session. Members of :hc ] i*k] utilization Hoard also attended the school in part, and a clearer understanding of the prob urns whj-ch confront all of these sehooj agencies was arrived. It is said I that the “commencement exer cises” were almost in the nature of a love feat. f.aeh day of the school was fea tured djy some specific angle of school work including transporta tion competitive buying, com pa a t:ve costs, county-wide organiza tion, and uniform accounting. On the last day. findings of the va rious discussions which were sub 'll RN TO PAOK 5, I l.lv\SK Superior Court Holt l.akc Case Set (led Out of (unit; l.eroy Ward vs Toe.n of lvenl.v. a Non-Suit ; l.au.veis and Jurors Kept Busy The second week of l he AI ’ij. term of the Johnston county Su perior court opened here Monday; morning, the first week having closed at the end of the day last : Thursday. A jury was impaneled last Thursday for the trial of t.v case, Holt’s Lake, Inc., vs. Dixon | Wallace; and the plan of the i cou;: was Ij begin the trial of the case with the opening of! court here on Monday of the-1 week. But during the interim i from the first to the second < i ; the term, the parties and their ! attorneys got together and set tled their differences, and this j ease went off the docket without i a trial. This saved considerable time as this case would have taken some two days for trial. One case was disposed of be fore the noon recess on Monday Leroy' Wiard vs.' the Town of Kenly. The plaintiff in this ac tion wras seeking to recover for injuries sustained by a falling polo which inflicted" a severe wound on his head, but when his evidence was fully before the court, the defendant moved for a non-suit and was sustained. Judge 0. 10. Midyette, of Jack sonville, is presiding at this term, and the work that lie is gee ting off the badly crowded dockcc indicates that he is keeping the lawyers and the jurors b:i-y. Easjf Job. Harris: An<] ,your brother, who was trying so hard to get a gov ernment job, what is he doing Brown: Nothing. lie got the job. “When you talk about there being a better country than the United States, says a Western farmer, every potato winks its eye, every cabbage shakes its bead, every beet turns red in the face, every onion gets strong er, every oat field is shocked, rye strokes its beard, corn sticks up its ears, and every foot of ground kicks.” So reports the Sun shine Magazine, and what we wish to know is why with such allies ^as these any tears of pity should be shed for the Western farmer, or why Congress should sweat blood over the farm prob lem?—N. C. Christian Advocate. Latchkey Fiend. Mrs. Meyers: “What is you* husbands average income?” ; Mrs. Byers: “Oh, about one a jm."—-Muskogee (Okla.) 1 >a i 1; I Publicity Experts. I A California orchard ovvne suggests a debate on “Did Adan ' or Newton do the most for th apple ? ”—Pointer. CLINK' ItESTKUTEl) TO L'NDEK-l'HIVILECM There appears to be a goti J era! impression over the i county that much free tonsil removal work is soon to lie gin. The question has been under consideration by county organizations and agencies for some months, and a conclusion has been reached that such a proposed clinic apply strictly to children of the under-priv ileged type, children of wid ows, and of the poor, in short, to children whose parents are financially unable to have it done otherwise. I A local specialist in this line. Dr. J. 11. fitzgerald. has I rt moved diseased tonsils and J adenoids, and corrected de I fects of vision in a great num I her of children during the j past several years in cooper ation with physicians, and the I Health and Welfare agencies of the county without finan cial remuneration. Custodians of orphan chil j dren, and widows with chil i dren, and children of the poor are advised to apply to the health or welfare departments where their children may re celve Ibis corrective work at a minimum cost. C. r. M A SSKY, M. I). Poultry Sales Keep Climbing Suit's Havo Now Passed Hu* £22,000 Mark; Another Car To l»e Shipped Prom Selma Ne\t Saturday SKI.MA, April 29.—Another | poultry car will be .loaded at .the^l Southern Railway freight statior in Selma next .Saturday, May 1 Prices are s.til 1 holding lip splen- ; did, but it is feared that prices , will begin breaking soon. La ! j Saturday’s poultry sales passed | the $22,000.00 mark for the sea son, and it is hoped that before ; the season is over that tit-.* ] $25,000.00 mark can be reached, j The poultry cars open at 8:20 a. < m., and close at 2:30 p. m. Prices \ for next Saturday May 4 are as follows: Colored hear, 27 cen: | per pound; Leghorn hens, 25 ecu.‘. I per pound; colored broilers, 10 cents per pound; Leghorn bn i'- | •rs, 35 cents per pound; color'd chicks, 27 cents j)er pound; Leg horn chicks, 25 cents per pound: roosters, 14 cents per .pound; cap ons, seven pounds and up, 2S cents, per pound; capons, under seven pounds, 23 cents per pounu, ducks, 18 cents per pound; geese, 13 cents per pound; youiu: ! turkeys, 30 cents per pound; old i toms, 20 cents per pound; gain- j css, 35 cents each. MRS. ESTKLLF. SMITI* TO l»K tiKRE MAY ITII. Mrs. K-,1 Ic Smith, ;li t ivi agent of lio ;•*» dernonstrafion i work, wil* be present at the Achievement Pav exercises to In* held here on .May I. by the five hundred or more 1 11 chib girls in Johnston county. Mrs. Smith is a charming speaker, and will add very much to the program which is being planned. Parents and friends of the club girls are I cordially invited to attend the i exercises on May 4th. Ten j o’clock a. m. is the hour. The courthouse is the place I Mr. J. I*. Slack, tri-county agent, will also he present and assist with the program ATTENTION! The next meeting of the Pmi Pa crush Post of the American Le gion will be held in Four Oaks on Friday night, May .‘1. Every former service man in the county, regardless of whether he -is a member of this or any othre pos4., is cordially invited to attend thi:, meeting. There are some matters of vital importance to the World War veterans that will be discuss ed at this meeting, and then by way of refreshments and amuse ments there will be a cup of cof fee and a short program of music Four Oaks is centrally loeatei . and easily reached and let me urge ! | attendance representation from ev , ery section of Johnston county. H. V. ROSE, Commander. Benson Democrat; Nominate Mayoi 1 wo Cars of Hogs Shipped 1 Northern Markets; l)r. I' A. Branch Speaks to Ben son Organizations Ki'.NSOX, April 2;).—In th Democratic town 'convention hel< j Monday night, J. W. Parrish wa ! nominated as mayor for the sec j "n'l term. Tin* commissioner j nominated wore: I. (). Farmer, J ih Suiles, I. B. Me Lamb and Pat ! l a Hudson. '1 wo ears of hogs were shLppe ^ "* on Henson to northern market, I ;n one day recently. This is tin largest shipment to leave John 1 stun county. Sixteen farmers par I twipated in the shipment whirl eon.-listed otf 1-1 (J hogs. Hr. K. A. Branch of Raleigh | was the after-dinner speaker a! t in* Ki wan is luncheon Tuesday eve ning at the North State hotel Khvanian C. (’. Canaday had •'harge of the program. Dr. Branch was in Johnston county Tuesday and Wednesday in the interest ot ora! hygiene, lie spoke to the stu d ot body of the Benson school ■ *n Tuesday and at Meadow high school on Wednesday morning. 1 he regular monthly meeting oi the Parent-Teacher Association was held in the school auditorium Tuesday at three-thirty. The meeting was presided over by th ■ retiring president, Mrs. W. T. Martin. Reports from the various committees showed the assovii tion had been very active during the year, ami had accomplished all the objectives. The new presi dent, Mrs. B. 11. Houston, was in Called and presented the pr^-r-arti ?or the afternoon. The third A grade, Miss Velma Talton, tracii TUHN TO PAGE FOUR EOHEET 0. NAEEON DIES NEAE Mil EO The 'lei! ii angel visited the home of .Mr. and Mrs. It. (1. Nar ron and took from that home a U'uo.j hU'fd>aJi(l ami loving father. It. (». Narron. Kobert, as he was called, was horn January Id, 1883 and died March 25, I'.rd'.i, making his stay on eanth 4G years, two months and nine days. He was horn and reared in O’Neals town •h\ being a son of the late Ire d'dl Narron and Frances Narron, who survives, lie, joined the An Much Baptist church when a young man about twenty years of age. in 11)05 he married Miss Hattie Fiice of Selma township. To this union six children were horn, three of whom preceded him to the grave. For several years Mr. Narron made his home in Selina, later moving to a farm three miles northeast of Sebmi, where he resided until his death. In lul l »ie joined the Junior Order at Selma and the large number of •Juniors at the funeral .showed the high esteem in which he was hold, uni shortly before the death of Mr. Narron the Counsel of the Junior Order was heard to re mark that he had never heard i heller talk than the one made by Mr. Narron before the lodge re cently. About five years ago he move,! his membership to Carter’s fhapeT Baptist church, near hi.s n< me, wnere nc* romaim'a a 1 a.in fill member until his death. He was often asked to assist in the services of the church which he greatly enjoyed to do. Brother Xarron was always on the job at work on hi.s farm, at church service and wherever he was need 's'!. He was a good farmer, a kind : eighlbor, a splendid church woik cr and a great help to tin needy. He is greatly missed in the church where he was a deacon, a Sunday school teacher, and while superintendent of the Sunday school established an attendance record. The funeral services were ■onducted by* his pastor, Rev. A K. Creech assisted by Rev. W. 1) sianeil ami the Bethany choir, lb is survived by his mother, Mrs Iredell Nan-on, his wife, llattii Narron, a daughter, Miss Essii (■race Narron; two sons, Chamo .ml Woodrow Narron, three sis ters, Mi's. A. A. Wilder, Mrs. Fre< Atkinson and Mrs. David Hinton two brothers, Jodie and Clevelam Xarron. Brother Narron lived abou eight hours after having bee: stricken with appoiplexy. The res idents of 'his community feel thei loss his eternal gain and trus to live right to meet him in th great beyond. Written by a friend of Brothe Xarron to express the sincer feeling of the members of th Carter's 'Chapel church. J. R. ATKINSON . Road Board Audi Hands Chairmar I __ > Receipts and Expenditure . For Road System Fror -I duly 1. 1928 to March 31 ; 1921); Floods Necessitate Ex (•ceding of Rudget Hut Ta j Collect ions Not Completed After the three new member ' of the Johnston County liighwa; ; Coniimisision h:.d taker, the oatl « f otliee on April 1. one of th< first ae.ts of the board was to an ' I hori/e an audit of the book: , f from July 1, li)28 to March 31 1 | 11)21). A. M. Pullen &. company i l'elialble pu/l>lie accountants, were [ secured to make the audit, an; ! last week they cor.inleted am j submitted a report to M. A. John | son, chairman of the boasl. . The audit shows a splendid roar program of which Johnston coun ty has a right to he proud. Tlit county has been divided into five districts with a member of th-. board in charge* of each (list •:ct. TURN TO PACE 5. PLEASE Five Jailed For Stealing Poultry j j Owners Claim Around 150 Chickens Found A(t Home ! ol' Nero Near Pine Level Four negro men and one nogrj j woman, Howard Otis, Jarvis liell, I Willie and Fred Layton and the | mother of the Laytons, are in the Johnston county jail here awditing trial for the stealing of chickens. ICni-ly Friday morning farmers in Meadow township living along the road from Peacock’s Cross Roads nearly to Pine Level, miss ed a lot of poulrty and two Mr. I Ha refoots followed the, track of a | truck until they came to a ne gro house near Pine Level where chickens galore were found. Ofti jeers J. 0. Ilinton and Milton j Oliver were notified and Fred | Layton and his mother, who live*' there, were arrested. The officer I stated that around 150 chickens, ranging in age from young bid < dies to old roosters, were found { rustling for food in the wood-; j nearby. They had evidently miss I e,j their morning feed, and show ed signs of hunger. One of thi uUlcers ordered the Layton woman to put out on the ground a peck of meal which she had soaking in a lard stand of water ostensi bly to make an intoxicating drink and the young chicks made short work of devouring the feed. Dur ing the day Saturday about 125 of the chickens were identified by their owners. 1 he negroes confessed to to? theft not only of the chickens but also of a lot of meat, both o' which they had been selling on markets in nearby counties. The three other negroes impli cated were arrested in Dunn Sat urday night and brought to jail here by Deputies Ilinton, E. A Johnson and W. T. Davis. Two were apprehnded about eleven o’clock, and by the time the offi cers had jailed them, a telephone message from the Dunn chief f police announced that the thirl Howard Otis, had been caught, and the officers went back *0 Dunn for him. On Friday night or early Sat urday morning, around seventy five chickens were stolen in tin Hopewell section, but whether th gang now in jail were the thieve who perpetrated that crime is no Fred Layton has been off tin loads less than a month. Ib : rved a two year term for steal mg chickens. CORRECTION MADE IN CHURCH NOTH’! In giving a report of the reviva services conducted by Rev. II. H ; Cl off in Pine Level, the Herah i stated that the services were heh - at the Pine Level Freewill Bao r tis*t church. This was an error : Rev. Mr. Goff was preaching a the Pentecostal' Holiness church This correction, which we are gla s to make, was requested by Re*. JS. H. Styron, Dan U. Oliver, \\ IV. Jones, J. R. OliveV and T. I Oliver. MR. PRICE’S CLOVER A TT K A C I S A TTENT IO > ! Mr. A. J. Price, who lives I on Selma, route 2, was in l town Saturday Mr. Price has just cut a Held of crimson ■ ! clover, which he says has at tracted considerable attention j in his section of the county. , He had an acre which was in full blossom when he had it rowed last week, to us-? for c feed. Mr. Price is one of Johnston county’s farmers , who does not have to haul . “store bought” hay cut from town. He had another acre , crimson clover which he plowed under to increase the fertility of his Jaiid. It is necessary to inoccu late the soil to raise crimson clover, and Mr. I'rice states that now' folks are after some of his dir*. “ Flower Hill.” the mecca for the beauty loving in that part of th'> county, ha*? noth ing on his clover field, ac cording to Mr. Price. The waving mass of crimson blooms was a sight at which people passing by stopped to look. Movement On For Co. Farm Agent More Than $800 lias Been Raised Locally For This? Purpose; Will Ask County Commissioners For Appro priation Monday About twenty prominent fur mors, business and professional men of the county met here last Friday night and discussed ways And means of securing a full time farm demonstration agent for Johnston county. Reports from Meveral committees were called for and it was found that more than '$800 had been pledged for this work by prominent farmers arm citizens of several towns, in the county including Benson, Four Oaks, Selma, Kenly and Simith lield. A committee from the Ro tary club of Clayton also has ’.he matter under consideration, and committees were named from those present at the meeting Fri day night which will visit promi nent citizens of Pine Level, Wil son’s Mills and Princeton in the interest of the matter. The county committee, of which I'. (\ Young of Smiithfield is chairman, is endeavoring to raise .1 $1,000 to put into this work, and it is hoped that the board of county commissioners will ap propriate a like amount when they meet he«-e next Monday. The -tale and national governments have advised the committee that >2,000 will be available for thi* woik in Johnston county by July I. A $4,000 appropriation will liable a farm agent to have of five help which will allow him ‘ o spend more time in the field and to give better service to the farmers of the county. A prominent member of the beard of commissioners has tola members of the committee “tha* if the citizens of Johnston coun ty want a farm agent they mu-.t how their faith by their works mid bring to the meeting next Monday at least a part of the money necessary for the support of this office.” The committee will continue its campaign thi-. week to secure the necessary $1,000, eight hundred of which is now in sight. Among those who will present the matter to the county ooan missloners next Monday are: T ft. Young, J. Prim Parker, J W. Stephenson, Adam Whitley Jr., of Smiithfield; Ezra Parkei and and Alonzo Parris, of Ben son; J. L). Massey and Fred Wa tors, of Selma; P. H. Etheridge and It. T. Fulghum, of Kenly . Others will be named to accoan ! pany these before the comimis I si oners Monday. , The young man was lying oi . the operating table ready for ex . ami nation. 1 Doctor (to nurse): “Bring i . ethyl chloride.” Young Man (jumping up) . “Don’t. Call Clarice if you mu& have some one around.” Prominent Citizen Dies Near Clayton j Mr. E. R. Gulley Passes A t j Age of 69; Servdd As County Commissioner For ! Three Terms _ Friday morning about three j o’clock Mr. E. R. Gulley passed ; away at his home near Clayto l I after an illness of about t\v > months. Mr. Gulley had been ir. ' bad health and for the past sev | eral weeks had been confined to his bed. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon and interment made in the family burying ground. T*./: service was conducted by Dr. Ira E. D. Andrews, pastor of the Clayton Baptist church of whi-h the deceased was a member. A large crowd was present, anil a lovely floral offering attested the esteem in which the deceased wa* hold. Active pall bearers, rela tives of Mr. Gulley, wfere as f'»! lows: Roy Gulley, Otho Gulley, Arthur Gulley, Tom Gurley, Dor. ai<i Gulley and Charlie Gulley. Honorary pall bearers were: 3. M. Robertson, W. A. Barnes, i . YV. Pender, J. M. Turley, E. B. MicCullers, D. H. McCullers, C. P. Ellis, John S. Barnes, C. YV. Horne, Dwight Barbour, Swado Barbour, John Talton, Ivan WnI. ley, D. L. Banbuor, D. J. Thu - ton, J. YV. Massey, Edgar Bed dingfield, Colonel Bedding field, •! D. Smith, Dr. J. J. Young, D n B. A. Hocutt, Dr. Brooks and \\ . II. Lyon. The deceased was Dorn t*y years ago, the son of Mr.. and Mi.. Needham G. Gulley, o-f Clay to i township. He was twice raarriec, the first time to Miss Laura Penny, the second time to Mis-: Oneida Bell. His second wife sur vives together with four chiidr *n of his first wife. His children are: Mrs. G. T. Smith, of Charlotte Mrs. R. W. Montague, Howard Gulley, and Joseph Gulley, ,if Clayton. He is ailso survived b ' two brothers, Dr. N. Y. Gulley, o?~*Wake Forest, and Robert G. Gulley, of Richmond, Va. Mr. Gulley was a prominent citizen of the county. He serve i on the board of county cam mi. sioners for three terms. He serv ! t'd on the board of commission* • ■* of the town of Clayton for on.' term. He was one of the best far mers of Johnston county, hi*, farming operation being quite p* tensive. MISS HARRELSON ENTERTAINS. Miss Constance Harrelson ! tertained a number of the men ! bers of the school faculty and .1 | few other friends at bridge la-. ! FrTTIay evening at the home if | Mrs. F. H. Brooks. Spring flow ers were in abundance througho.i the home. At the conclusion of a numh«“ of spirited progressions, the ho;* with tea ! tess served a stuffed fig s’ala t I course with tea. Mrs. Dora Kirkman, Mr. J. 1 | Kirkman and Mr. and Mrs. D. H Jones and little daughter, Deris, spent Sunday at Mount Ve-.v.n Springs with relatives. Aunt Roxie Opine* By Me—•_ “Us neednN; apect Mista Hoover to do much fer us farmers when 1 so mennio iz bizy nig-ht and day raizin’ bumper crops o’ taAors and imitators, sowin’ wild oats and ' raizin’ kane. “P. S.—De convksk’s ma what thot she wuz rockin’ a presi lent ; reminds me urv de feller who tried etty-cat oft golly ticks.
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