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Do You Know Of A Vacant Lot in Smithfield that need Beautify ing? Enter it in the Yard and Garden Contest, Then Beautify! Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also want# to es* tablish a 'Livestock Sta tion Yard. 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1929 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 38 District Masonic Meeting Thursday Smithfield Lodge ,* Fellowship 84, Will; Be Host; John J.1" Phoenix and Rev. C. , K. Proctor Speakers at Public Session Fellowship Lodge No. 84, A. F & A. M. of this city will be host to a district Masonic meeting here Thursday. A large number is ex pected to attend the business ses sion which will be held in the lodge hall at 3:30 Thursday aft ernoon, anj also the evening pro gram at the Methodist church to which the public is invited. Rev. C. K. Proctor, superintendent of the Oxford Orphanage, and John J. Phoenix of Greensboro, Grand Master Grand Lodge of North Carolina, will be the speakers at the evening session. At six-thirty o’clock, a dinner will be served to the Masons in attendance iwpon the meeting, in the M. E. Church dining room. J. W. Hollowell of Kenly, U. D. G. M., director, has furnished the Herald with a copy of the program, the order of procedure for the afternoon being as fol lows: Aiiernoon session in Lodge Hail 3:30 Call to Order. Invocation. Introduction fo Visitors and Distinguished Masons. Appointment of Committees. Roll Call and Report of Lodge?., Secretaries. Address and Discussion, R. W. J. H. Anderson, Grand Secretary. Address, M. W., John J. Phoe nix, Grand Master. Our'Fratemal Dead, Rev. D. M. Sharpe, Selma. Address, Rev. C. K. Proctor, Superintendent Oxford Orphan age. Conference: Grand Master, Mas ters and Secretaries. Report of Committees. Time and Place of next Meet ing. LEGHORN HEN LAYS , FOUR-OUNCE EGG Mr. F. H. Brooks showed us 'an egg last week laid ’by a four year-old leghorn hen which weighs four ounces. The egg is eight ‘inches around the long way, and tsix inches, the short way. Mr. ‘Brooks figures that a dozen such pounds would be well worth thir *eggs weighing 48 ounces or three tty-five~cents which the merchants ^charge for a dozen. LOSES 175 YOUNG " CH1CKC BY FI BE Mr. Boykin, who lives in the Moore’s school house section, had the misfortune Saturday night t.) lose by fire 175 young chicks. His lbro"o3er house was partially burn ed, hard work saving it from to tal destruction. His dwelling and fbarn nearby were kept from 'catching. On Friday a mule be longing to Mr. Boykin ran away •while-"hitched to the plow, and sustained such severe cuts on all four legs that he will be inca pacitated for work for several •weeks. Attending Training School. Selma, May 6.—Mr. W. C. Sas ser left Sunday for Richmond Va., to attend the training schoo being held by the Rawleigh Prod ucts company. Mrs. J. A. Wellons and Mr? J. A. Narron virited the flowo: gardens in Raleigh Sunday aft ernoon. 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 their tame and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald olliee, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Miss Jennie Scott Edmundso.i deciphered her name. TODAY’S TANTALIZER emiuiweooylnllsl Dr. R. J. Noble Presented with lil'o member ship certificate by Fellowship Lodge No. 84. Make I) i*. Noble; ILile Member | Fellowship Fudge No. 81 of j this City Presents Certiti-j ! cate lo Dr. Noble Who Has I ice n Mason For fill Years; Former Potentate Oasis Temple The meeting of Fellowship Lodge No. 84, A. F. & A. M., helj last Thursday wai not only i a pleasant but rather unusual at- ! fair. The special meeting was held I for the express purpose of pre-1 senting a certificate of life mem | bership to Dr. Richard J. Noble, i who has been a Mason for 58 j years and a member of Fellow- j ship Lodge No. 84 for 8i) years, j Mr. J. D. Parker presented the j i certificate in a few well chosen I and appropriate words, to which j Dr. Noble responded in a most ' touching manner, expressing his appreciation of the honor be stowed upon him. John A. Anderson, Grand Sec retary of the Grand Ix>dge of j North Carolina, expressed the an ' preciation of the Grand Lodge for I the long and distinguished serv ices of Dr. Noble to Masonry and Judge F. II. Brooks spoke in a happy vein recalling pleasant memories of “the long ago.” Ur. Noble was made a Master I Mason in Selma Lodge No. 320 on .July 4, 1870 and in August, 1890 affiliated with Fellowship 1 Lodge. He was elected Master of Fellowship Lodge in 1891 and served as such for two years. In 1892 he was elected Junior Granu Warden in the Grand Lodge and served through the various offices until 1899 when he was elected Granj Master. Dr. Noble was Potentate of “Oasis” Temple of j the “Shrine” in 1919. He has | been active in all branches of 1 Masonry and has, by his exem plification of the teachings of Masonry, been a credit to the fraternity. The motto of his life, “I)o Right” should be the rule, ' not only of Masons but of all good citizens. After the meeting of the Lodge, | strawberries and cake were serv ed abundantly. The occasion will j long" Le a pleasant memory to ; those" who were privileged to at tend. KKNLY GIRL IS HONORED AT FLORA MACDONALD A picture of Miss Katherine Alford appeared in Sunday’s News & Observer, along with a group of Flora Macdonald stu dents who have been recently honored with various positions in the activities of that institution. Miss Alford has been elected new president of the Flora Macdonald Christian Association. This office is considered second highest if the institution. Miss Alford is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. O’B. Alford of Kenly. Cuts 50 Tons Of Clover Mr. O. D. Hinnant of Micro, ! brought a bunch of clover to j this office Saturday from the I field near Micro belonging to 1 himrejf and his brother, Dr. M. Hinnnat. The plant was un usually large and thrifty and had a pe. feet mass of roots. The roots were thick with the nitrogen-gathering nodules. Mr. Miuuant stated that lie I had nine acres in this clover, j which is of the crimson va riety. The clover was cut Saturday and about fitly tons were produced on the nine acres. Mr. Hinnant says the south ern farmers make a mistake in imnting all cotton and to bacco and depend upon buy ing high priced feeds when they can grow them on their own land with little expense. “f'lover can be grown during the winter months,” he said, “and a crop of corn made during i he sumtr.et with u o land in better condition to grow it.” Mr. Hinnant has been grow ing clover for live years, anJ is well pleased with the re sults. Observe S. S. Day Al Kenly L. L. Gobbel, M. E. Confer ence Superintendent, De livers Address; Sunday School Gives Parent KEN’LY, May 6.—Sunday School Day was observed at the Metho dist church on Sunday morning at the eleven o’clock hour with a pageant, “The Message of a New Day.” The stirring message it conveyed together with the strong appeal at the close made a deep impression upon the entire con gregation. The Sunday school was fortu nate in having present at this time Mr. L. L. Gobbel, conference director of Sunday school work. He was presented by G. T. Whit ley, superintendent. After com menting upon the splendid worn the Kenly Sunday school is doing and calling attention to the ex cellent attendance of its teachers upon the Standard Training School held in nearby cities during tha last few years, Mr. Gobbel stress ed the importance of this work of the church, and told how the offerings on these occasions were applied. His remarks were listen ed to with the keenest interest. At this point in the program, Rev. J. H. Frizelle, pastor, presented certificates of credit received at the training school held in Wilso 1 recently to the following: Mrs. F. F. Edgerton, Miss Nettie Harris, Mrs. H. M. Grizzard, G. T. Whit ley and J. H. Frizelle. Mrs. A. J. Broughton, superintendent of the Cradle Roll and Beginner depart ments, was awarded a diploma fo having completed the required work. Following the offertory, Mr. Jack Stallings delighted the audience with a solo, “My Task.” The program given was as fol Hymn: “Saviour Like a Shep herd Lead Me,” Congregation. Processional, “Lead On O King Internal, Departments of Sunday Ilymn, “.0 Worship The King,” Congregation. Scripture Reading and Prayer, Pastor. Talk, Mr. L. L. Gobbel. Offertory. Solo, “My Task,” Mr. Jack Sty lings. Pageant, “The Message of a New Day.” Benediction. The cast of the characters of the pageant was as follows: Columbia, Miss Nettie Harris. Truth, Miss Nell Hardison. Heralds, Herbert Grizzard, Jr., and William Robert Pulley. Prosperity, Miss Virginia Dar den. Happiness, Helen Gold Godwin. Education, Eunice Grey Fui Religion, Sara Mae Woodard. Religious Education, Grace Pul i»\V. Processions: Spirits of the poor, sad and sorrowing, Mrs. J. V/. j Darden, Mr. Herbert Lamm, Mr-. G. C. Phillips, Mr. J. W. Darden, Mrs A. J. Davis, Mr. H. J. Sim mons, Mr. L. Z. Woodard and Mrs. Ross D. Edgerton. Spirits of the neglected boys and girls: Philip Ray Broughtor., Maretta Lee Peele, Bill Hooks, Paul Hayes Etheridge, Mildred Bowen, Luther Thomas Peele. Spirit of the seekers after pleasure: Miss Eulalia Darden, I Griffin Edgerton, John S. Brough ton. William Godwin and L. C, . Wilkinson, Jr. j (Turn to page four) jUrges Election Of Teachers County Supt. ltecommcnds Consideration of Johnston County Teachers in Filling Vacancies; New School Law Has Held Up Plans Planning for schools for next year has been retarded all over the state, due to the fact that the new school law was not thorough ly clear, and county superintend eivts have been waiting for the conference which was recently held in Raleigh. A letter went out Friday to committeemen of the long term schools from Mr. H. R. Marrow, county superin- ' tenden/t of public instruction, urg ing that the teaching force be' considered at an early date. The letter sent out is as fol “The end of the School year is , near, and it is important that we b^gin to think about the per- , sonnel of the teaching force and superintendent for another year. ‘‘The first thing to take up is the matter of your superintend ent for the reason that he is rightly very much interested in the teachers who are later select ed. The custom of the committee men of the long term schools of ( the county has been to elect the I superintendent and then instruct him to make recommendations as to the teachers to be elected. 1 think this is the right method of (procedure since the superintended; is held responsible for the school. “Miss Wells will be glad to as sist your superintendent by giv ing him the rating of the teachers at present employed, and also by getting references for those that have not been before employed. Under the new school law, I am uncertain at this time the exact number of teachers that can be employed in each school. I shall take up this matter at once with your superintendent and Ini will then know the number of. teachers that can be employed with certainty. “Even the contracts for the-e teachers cannot be approved in this office until the budget is fin ally approved. However, in the (Turn to page four) D. A. R. Hold Meeting Here Mrs VV. M. Sanders, Sr., and Mrs. (ieo. H. Pou Entertain Caswell-Nash Chapter At Delightful Luncheon The Caswelil-Nas'h chapter of the 1). A. R., a Raleigh organi zation, met in this city Friday afternoon, Mrs. W. M. Sanders, Sr., and Mrs. George Ross Pou being hostesses. The lovely San ders home was unusually attrac tive with lavendar, iris, roses, and peonies giving a touch of spring time. At one-thirty o’clock the hostesses served a delicious lunch eon, the menu including barbecue, Johnston county cured ham, po tato salad, slaw, hot rolls avid coffee. Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst ani Mrs. A. II. Rose poured coffee and Mrs. W. G. Glass and Mrs. W. M. Sanders, Jr., assisted in serv ing. Just prior to the serving of the lovely repast, Smithfield’s negro j quartette, known as the Enter- j prise quartette, rendered a num ber of' negro spirituals to the \ delight of those present. After the luncheon, the business j meeting of the Caswell-Nash chapter was held with Mrs. J. M. Brewer of Wake Forest, regent, presiding. Mrs. Carroll Mann act ed as chaplain and led in a .brief devotional service. Various re ports were then called for. One committee reporting was the Crossnore committee, which ha.? charge of sending second-hand clothing to the Crossnore school in Western North Carolina, tin sale of which together with that j donated by other organizations maintains the school. A brief discussion concerning the marking of graves of Rev olutionary soldiers was engaged in, anj Mrs. W. M. Sanders stated that the cooperation of the chap ter would be solicited at some future time, in placing a marker on the courthouse square in this city to the memory of John Smith, for whom Smithfiekl >s named. A feature of the business ses sion was the report of the nomi nating committee which report was cepted unanimously as fol lows: regent, Mrs. J. M. Brewer, oi, Wake Forest; vice-regent, Mrs. Carroll Mann, of Raleigh; record ing secretary, Mrs. T. W. Cham bliss, of Raleigh; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. E. Edgerton, of Raleigh; treasurer, Mrs. C. 11. Stephenson, of Raleigh; registra”, Mrs. T. K. Maupin, of Raleigh; historian, Mrs. W. R. Dent, of Raleigh; genealogist, Miss Mat tie Higgs; chaplain, Mrs. J. B. Turner; librarian, Mrs. C. M.j Johnson. After the business had been completed, Mrs. Harold Glascock read a report of the meeting of the 38th Continental Congress held recently in Washington, D. C., which had been sent the Cas (Turn to page* four) Alleged Rum Runner * Is Caught In Selma 300 Four H Club Girls Here Sat. Achievement Day Exercises A Success; Miss Hunter Speaks; Stunts by Clubs Miss Willie Hunter clothing specialist of the Extension De partment of State College, Rnl eigh, who made an address on j “Clothing” before the three hun dred 4-H club girls of Johnston I county assembled here Saturda/ for their Achievement Day exe>’ jciscs, characterized the meeting i as one of the 'best she had ever l attended. It was an inspiring j sight to see these young girls take their places assigned in the courtroom which had been deco • (Turn to page four) W. L. Ellis Deputized by Chief Griffin Chases W. T. Tyson Several City Blocks and Gets His Man W. L. Ellis of this city, depu tized officer, and Chief Griffin of Selma had quite a chase Saturday morning -when W. T. Tyson, one of the most elusive and daring of all the rum-running suspects, jumped from a window in a Selma hotel and attempted to elude the officers. After a run of eight or ten blocks, Ellis got his man, and Tyson is now deained in the Wake county jail in default of a $5,000 Saturday morning about 8:3U o’clock, Ellis and Carl Little, em ployes of the Young Motor com pany, were in Selina. Chief Grif fin had received a tip that Tyson, (Turn to page four) i America’s Firsf All-Glass House ■y°T. th1r'F*‘°ries a,°P the Pinautl HiiikiMg in New York ihcr^rS •£?£&£* °f 8hM- "BritkS" of «'»• comprise^th! P. 1). GRADY HEAD OF W. O. W. IN NORTH CAR. :■ ? . ‘ i - r Kenl.v Man Elected at State Meeting Held In Raleigh Thusrday RiAlLEJGH, May 2.—In a close contest with N. A. Nicholson of Troy, Paul I). Grady, of Kenly, was elected head consul of tin* State camp of Modern Woodmen ot America at the order’s annua! meeting held in the Sir Walter Hotel yesterday. Mr. Grady suc ceeds^ J. A. Oldham of Asheville T. C. Moon, of Graham, was re elected head clerk. Rev. A. Corey of Jamesville, state lecturer for the order, J. C. Evans, of Elizabeth City an 1 F. M. Brown, of Greensboro, were elected State delegates to the a 1 nual meeting of the head camp which this year will be held in Chicago on June 4. Alternates were E. R. Anderson, of Wendell; W. J. Craft, of Greenville, and Jerry Bowling, of Henderson ville. In a brief address by State Deputy M. L. Tremaine, of Win ston-Salenn made a brief address in which he paid high tribute to the work of Mr. Corey. The Sta*e lecturer’s work has had much to do with increasing the spirit of the- order and putting it today :n the best shape it has ever been in, said Mr. Tremain. The mem bership of the State camp is well over G,000. The Raleigh camp of which E S. King is consul and J. B. Mar tin clerk, was host to the visiting Woodmen. Mayor Eugene Cu’ breth welcomed the visitors to Raleigh and Mr. Corey responded Rev. T. Furman Herbert opened the meeting with prayer. At intervals during the meeting the Woodmen were entertained with songs by an all Woodmen quartet composed of J. C. Evans anj L. E. Skinner of Elizabeth City, George T. Wescott, of Man teo and G. W. Lassiter, of Ahos kie. The selection of next year’s meeting place was left to tie executive committee. “APPLE BLOSSOM TIME” AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM For same days now, members of the senior class of the local high school have been practicing under the direction .of Miss Maude Creeoh, the faculty member se lected as senior class sponsor, on a play—“Apple Blossom Time”— to be given in the school auditor ium Friday evening. The play promises to be full of wit and hu mor, and the class invites the public to give this presentation a wide patronage. SHERIFF HOLDS MEAT APPARENTLY STOLEN Sheriff Fitzgerald requests the Herald to state that he has in his possession several pieces of meat which from ev ery indication has been stolen. There has been quite a bit of meat stolen recently in the county and parties who have thus been relieved of their homemade pork are invited to call on the sheriff and see if he holds some of their stolen property. Master Farmer S. L. Carpen ter of Gaston county has th prettiest field of red clover i piedmont North Carolina, say th ones who have visited it. k 13tli District \ } i ' Take Honors Wins Five Dollars For Junior Club Work; General Feder ation President Recognizes Clayton Club as Among 10 Rest In America The Thirteenth District of ths State Federation of Women’s clubs in which all of the Johnston coun ty federated clubs belong, recelv- , ed a number of honors and com pliments at the recent state feder ation meeting in Charlotte. Mrs. B. A. Hocutt of Clayton was president of the thirteenth dis trict, and she, as well as other club members of_the district, was very much gratified when Mrs. Siippel, the new president of the General Federation, in her ad dress before the state meeting, gave as one of three reasons why she delighted in accepting the in vitation to speak in North Caro lina, the fact that the Clayton cfuib Tiad won the distinction of being among the ten outstanding clubs of America. Mrs. Hocutt is ! president of the Clayton club as | well as of the thirteenth distric;. | The Clayton club was also cited j by the state chairman of eduoa- j tion as having sent in the most outstanding report of educational work. The thirteenth district was awarded the live dollars given an nually by Mrs. E. L. Patterson of Nashville for organization of jun ior clubs, this being the second time this district has received th:.3 award. A gavel was presented to Miss Annie V. Ellis, of Clayton, for active work in a junior club. Miss Ellis is president of the Clayton Junior club. The Thirteenth District, with the exception of the Sixth Dis trict which is a demonstration dis I trict, was given first place in con tributions for the work for illit ! erates. The sum of $<»5 was given 1 This district tied with the fif j teenth for second place among ; districts federating new clubs. The i fifteenth district drew the luckv | straw and received a picture of Mrs. Sallie Southall Cotton, who ! is known as “Mother Cotton” in ’ the federation. This picture will be prized more highly since Mrs. Cotton’s death which occurred just after the federation meeting, May 4, at the home of her daughter j in Winchester, Mass. The new president of the state federation is Mrs. E. M. Land of | Statesville. The new president of ■ the thirteenth district is Mrs. W. ■ M. Wells of Elm City, and the next district meeting will be held in Wilson. I MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES TO BE HELD BENTONVILLE Mrs. W. M. Sanders, Sr., pres ! ident of the Sanders-Holt chapter j of the U. D. C., announces that a memorial day service will be j held at the Bentonville battle ground next Sunday, May 12. This j service-will be held in the grove 11 of Mr. R. D. Dunn at four o'clock t in the afternoon. A speakre of j j prominence will be on hand for |an address. Special Service For Boy Scouts *' : i’f v f »11 f - Scoutmaster Watson Tells of Scouting in Smithfield — Scouts Assist in Service j An impressive service was that | held Sunday evening in the Pre.*. ibyterian church for the Bov i Scouts of Smithfield. At the be ginning of the service the bojs filed in and took their places in seats reserved for them. Richari Noble and James Bunday acted as ushers and received the evening offering. The scripture lessor, the paraible of the Good Samari tan, was read by Jeff Wallace. The speaker of the evening, Scoutmaster L. E. Watson, Ji\, was introduced by Rev. Chester Alexander, who told of scouting in Smithfield and what the scout* stand for. He read the twelve laws that all scouts are required to learn before they are received into the organization and explained tire scout oath, which every scout takes upon becoming a member. Mr. Watson told of the training the scouts receive and the fields of study open to them through th-* organization. He spoke of hoiw the Smithfield troop compares with the other troops in Tuscarora Coun cil, stating that the local trooo won almost twice as many merit badges as all the other troops in the council during the first quar ter of this year. This troop alsro won" the loving cup given by the council for activities during the 'first quarter, and is now abo.it 3000 points ahead of the second highest troop in the council. The local scouts are planning to keep the cup. Local boys have been selected •to assist in the camp activiti* sv •this slimmer. Blye Gulley, junior assistant scoutmaster, will be *.> sistant camp director and Edwin ©roaHhurt, senior patrol leadc.-, will be one of the counsellors. Thi 'Smithfield trooip feels honored that ■of the seven camp officers selec: ed from all the troops in the council two should come from the local scouts. There are twenty-eight mem/be •.* of the local troop, including one Eagle scout, Blye Gulley, and nineteen merit badge scouts. There is a total of 149 merit badges in the Smithfield troop. These scou's are sponsored by the Centenary ■Methodist church, and at a recent ■meetiing of the Lions club the* members voted to act as “b‘ j brothers” to these boys. Friday afternoon the scouts Will •hike to Holt Lake for a camp supper. MISS CREECH TO BOSTON WITH G. C. W. GLEE CLUB iMiss Rachel Creech, of the Sanders Chapel section who is a member of the Greensboro Collect Glee club, will go with the chn to Boston in June at which time it will ~ sing before the annur.l meeting of the National Federa tion of Music clubs. This is i* distinct honor, when it is taken into consideration that musical or ganisations and soloists from ev ery state in the union bid each year for the honor of appearing before the national group. Greensboro College Glee club wi'n twenty-four voides, recently won odt in the state contest for A grade women’s colleges. Miss Creech is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rufus .Creech ;f the Sanders Chapel section. Aunt Roxie Opines By Me— “De reason June is sfch a bride month is dat men feel dr need of de flapper In fly time."
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