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OUR SLOGAN:
“Sell Johnston County
Tobacco In Johnston”
Smithfield wants a hotel
_But it also wants to es
tablish a Livestock Sta
tion Yard.
47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER
Johnston County’s Oldest
NUMBER 61
Motorcade Here
For Short While
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Wilmington Advertises Feast
of Pirates; Pajama-ed Wil
mington Citizens Introduc-'
ed and Are Not Arrested
W. 0. Saturn!-' 1'S, of Elizabeth
City, -who has recently added to
his fame nationally by appearing
on the streets of his home town
clad in tan pajamas, has nothin:;
on W R. Doshcr and W. Loirs
•Fisher, of Wilmington. These tw >
gentlemen, one wearing green
striped pajamas and the other
blue-striped pajamas, marched
along Market street in this c:t.’|
yesterday morning, strode up the •
pavement in front of tht cour*.
hotuse and mounted the courthous;
steps, where they were introduce I
to Southfield citizens by J. K.
Wade, spokesman for the WU
mington motorcade which linger
ed in this city from 8:2t> to 8 :;>*».
In the colorful assemblage of
members of the motorcade who
were in the attire of pirates of
ye&rs ago, the two pajama-el
men appeared decidedly conven
tional and Mayor J. D. Underwood
never even offered to make an
arrest. The scene, however, was
not without its thrill, for the
camera man, though weilding an
Eastman, was on hand to snap
the picture. It will probably not
get in the Pathe. news-reel but
the incident served its purpose
yesterday in adding spice to the
“Feast of the Pirates” motor
cade.
Smithfield was expecting thj
motorcade and when the sirens of
the highway patrol were heard
before they reached the city lim •
its a goodly number of Southfield
citizenship gathered at the court
house to extend a greeting to
the motorcade. Mayor Underwood
and other city officials met the
party on the outskirts of the city
and led the way in. After reach
ing the courthouse, F. H. Brooks
made a brief welcome speech to
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DR. W. G. WILSON
ADDRESSES KIWANIANS
‘‘Cancers and Tumors” was tha I
subject of a discussion by Dr. Tv. I
G. Wilson, Jr., before the Ki
wanis club at yesterday’s lunco-j
eon. Various types from the j
standpoint of origin, formation,
growth, location in the body, mi-1
croscopic and gross anatomy were ,
described in some detail. Their)
relationship to age, and their in-1
sidious onset, especially in the:
case of cancer, was stressed at I
some length. Discussing the ques j
tion of cause of cancer, it was1
pointed out that a number of theo* |
ries, all of which have strong ad-j
vccates. tend to explain the causa-1
tion factor in cancer development
in the body. The greater part o:
medical opinion believes that me*!
chamcal irritation is the most;
common cause for the develop
ment of cancer. The club was in - j
formed that repeated application
of all available medicinal reme
dies have failed to perfect a cure.
Discussing means and methods of
treatment it was pointed out that,
the best results are obtained in
surgical removal, especially before
too much involvement of nearby
structures has taken place.
“Practically thirty per cent of
all cancers are of the stomach,
and are, insidious in onset, quite
often having gained hopeless head
way before discovered,” concluded
the doctor.
Mr. Glenn W. Grier, superin
tendent oP'Selma Cotton Millj,
joined the ranks of the club a.
this meeting.
Theron Burts presided in the
absence of the president, Chester
Alexander.
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of n person in Smith
Qeld or Johnston County, and
10 the one deciphering their
lame and presenting a copy of
this paper to the Herald office,
we V/ill present a free ticket to
the Victory Theatre. Tickets
must he called for before the
following issue. , . , ,
Richard Noible deciphered
his name last issue.
TODAY’S TANTAI.JZER
chansonesrlohj
Erect New Filling
Station Four Oaks
| To Cost Approximately $7500
| —Rev. A. L. Brown Moves
l to Benson; Other News
I FOUR OAKS, July 25.—The
Standard Oil company is erectin '
a new filling station here o-n N-x
22 highway on the corner across
fnorn the corner store, at a cost
of approximately $7,500.00.
•Rev. A. L. Brown, who some
time ago accepted the pastorate of
the Benson Baptist church along
with the Four Oaks church, mov- i
his family to Benson Tuesday. I
■Mr. and Mrs. Brown have made |
many friends here who regretted I
io see them leave.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Roddey and
Mr. Newett Williams of Charlotte
and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Williams
and children of Roanoke, Rapids,
arrived here Monday to be with
their father, Mr. J. R. Williams,
iivho was seriously hurt.in an nu*
itomoibile accident Sunday. Mr.
Williams was carried to the John
ston County Hospital in Smithfieid
and is doing: very well.
The Woman’s Missionary Soci
ety of the Baptist church met on
Monday afternoon with Mrs. J.
B. Creech. Mrs. Jeff l^assiter con
ducted the devotional after wh'Vh
the business session was held. Mrs.
Jack Myers, Mrs. R. C. Canadny
and Mrs. E. B. Johnson read very
interesting papers on the subject:
“Persistent Prayer.” During the
social hour the hostess served a
sweet course.
Miss Pauline Lee gave a sur
prise miscellaneous shower for her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Charles Lee,
Jr., last Wednesday evening. Mrs.
Lee who is a recent bride, re
ceived many lovely and useful
gifts. The hostess served dive
Mrs. C. W. Bandy spent Wed
nesday in Benson with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Booker Lawhom.
Mrs. E. B. Johnson and Mrs.
Jack Myers sent Wednesday aft
ernoon in Raleigh.
Mr. Fuller Moore, of Chicago,
111., is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Alice Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Strickland1
and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Creech
have returned home after a ten - j
rlay motor trip to Toronto, Cana
da, Niagara Falls and through the
Shenandoah Valley. i
Miss Edna Boyett entertained
with a dance Thursday evening !
at her home in honor of her house |
guest, Miss Margaret Bryan.
The boys of the Intermedia'e
class of the Baptist Sunday school
are -spending several days camping 1
at Minnesott Beach. The boys
were accompanied by Messrs. Hu
bert Massengill, Albert Keen and
Parker Moore.
Miss Luna Lewis and Dr. Cleon
W. Sanders spent Sunday after- j
noon in Wilson with friends.
Mr. R. I. Thornton and daugii j
ter, Miss Pauline Thornton and
Mrs. Lloyd Griffin, of Goldsoro,
visited relatives here Sunday. i
u\Ir. Buster Moore is spending'
several days at Morehead City.
Rev. G. W. Sheppard and Mr.
Val-ton Stephenson are spending:
several days in Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Walter Keen and children,
of Coats, visited relatives here
Tuesday.
Mins Oma Adams returned home
Saturday after attending summer
school for six weeks at N. C. C.
W., Greensboro.
Mrs. W. J. Lewis, Miss I.una
Lewis, Mr. Richard Lewis, Mr?.
J. H. Stanley, Miss Mabel Stanley
and Mrs. Alex Kreth, of Ralegih,
left Tuesday morning by motor
for Montreat where they wil
spent two weeks.
Miss Clara Wingate, of Raleigh,
was the week end guest of Mrs.
Carl Lewis.
Miss -Mildred Lassiter has re
turned home after visiting rela
tives in Raleigh.
•Mrs. Herman Creech and chil
dren, of Tarboro, and Mrs. C. H.
Giibson, of Rocky Mount, spent
the week end here with relatives.
Richard Thornton, Jr., vrho
spent the past week here with rel
atives returned to his home in
Gollsiboro Sunday.
| Miss Audrey Moo re left Wed
nesday to visit friends in Raleigh
for several days.
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Ne\v Harvester Head
1
Herbert F. Perkins, first vice pres
.lent of the International Harvester
Company of Chicago, wapnamet
•resident to succeed Alexanc'e*
-eggef.'who resigned to head th<
Farm Board.
N. C. Schools Cost
Less Past Year
Rate of Increase For Current
Expense the Past Year
Lowest Within the Past
Eight Years ;
North Carolinians spent $1,009,
000 less for their public schools
in 1027-1928 than they did in
1020-1927, so declares State School
Facts, the official publication of
the State Department of Publij
Instruction in its current issue.
“A comparison of the two
years,” continues the publication,
“shows that in 1920-27 the totnl
sum of $30,701,501.30 was spent
for these schools, whereas during
the school year 1927-28 the sun
of $35,055,440.70/ was expended for
all public school purposes below
college grade.
“The explanation of the de
crease” the publication states,
the fact that more than two mil
lion dollars less were spent for
capital outlay purposes—new
buildings, sites, and equipment. In
1926-27 more than eleven million
dollars were paid out for this class
of expenditures, whereas in 1927
and 1928 slightly more than nine
million dollars were put into
new buildings and school equio
“Thc year 1927-28 marks the
lowest point that capital outlay
expenditures have reached since
1921-22, when the cost of the new
buildings erected and equipped
slightly exceeded six million dol
lars.”
On the other hand, as the pub
lication points out, the amount
of money spent for the current
operation and maintenance of the
schools increased one million dol
lars over the preceding year. It
cost $26,580,080.40 to operate the
elementary and secondary schools
during 1927-28, whereas in 1926-27
twenty-five and a half million
dollars did the job.
There is a tendency for current
expense to increase from year to
year, but the rate of increase this
year past is the lowest within the
past eight years. This million dol
lars represents a 4 per cent in
crease, whereas in 1920,21 there
was a 40.8 per cent increase; in
1921-22, 15.3 per cent; in 1922-23,
,11.1 per cent; in 1923-24.
10.6 per cent; in 1924-25, 10.2 per
cent; in 1925-26,'8.5; and 1926-27,
12.0 per cent. The increase the
past year, therefore, is less than
half the percentage increase of any
of the preceding seven years.
MAN SO NERVOUS FEELS
HIS STOMACH JUMP
“I got so nervous my stomach
felt like it was jumping:. Vin*»l
entirely relieved the trouble. 1
feel better than in years.”—J. C.
Duke.
V'inol is a compound of iron,
phosphates, cod live)' pd^tone, etc.
The very FIRST bottle makes
you sleep better and have a BIG
appetite. Nervous, easily tired
people are surprised how QUICK
the iron, phosphates etc., . give
new life and pep. Vinol tastes de
licious. Jo-*Mc’s Store, Drugs.
Presbyterian Services.
! OakUyid Sunday 11 a. in. Com
munity o p. in. Union services at
Methodist church 8 o’clock p. ip.
Sermon by Rev. S. L. Morgan.
Men’s Bible class at 10 o’clock.
‘Public cordially invited.
Gov. Grants Full
Pardon To Separk
Scpark Was Serving Term
For Death of “Mighty”
Forsythe Which Occurred
In Clayton
(From Greensboro Daily News)
i RALEIGH, July 23.—-Robert Se
I park, Governor Gardner’s chauf
feur and serving from four to
eight years for manslaughter,
draws from his excellency tomoi
j row a full pardon, but this fasci
I nating young fellow will drive
i Governor Gardner’s Lincoln ^o
long as his excellency desires,
l Nearly all of the clemencies
[granted by Governor Gardner have
I been paroles. The public makes no
distinction between the probation
and the absolution. When his ex
cellency lets a prisoner go with
the gubernatorial blessing, al
ways there is a condition that the
parole may be revoked whenever
the executive finds it necessary to
do- so and there will be no reasons
given. Consequently, the four-score
beneficiaries of Governor Gardner
may be brought back here at any
time, if they outrage his kind j
ness. But Robert Separk gets fuii i
amnesty. The boy’s behavior with |
the Gardner family has won nib!
unconditional release. ,
everybody would have been glad
to hear that Robert Separk had
been discharged from the prison
but for one thing. Always a ca l
| to the mansion for Governor
j Gardner at the other end of toe
telephone was perfected through
I Robert Separk. There was some
thing a trifle sad that in the years
I ahead young Separk might not he
[there to answer the telephone. No
I executive, gubernatorial or persi-3
dential, no senator, no nobody in
the country had a more delight
ful secretary than Robert Separk
made himself for Governor Gard
ner. In all his services at the man
sion he never took down his re
ceiver and said: “Who’s zis?” Al
ways he told who he was and after j
the first call he told you who you
were. Thus it became a superla-,
five joy to call the mansion ?.\ j
night. If the reporter failed to |
get Governor Gardner there never
was a failure to get Robert S-.
park. And Governor Gardner I
hasn’t a thing on that radian: j
rum runner of the elder day.
Robert Separk is serving a long j
sentence for being the procuring j
cause of Mighty Forsyth’s deacr.. j
Mighty was picked up one morn- j
ing in Clayton and brought
Raleigh by Robert Separk ami
a companion. Mighty was dead
when delivered. But the boys we^
busy. They kept the officers busy
also, but after a few days they!
were caught. Robert Separk fell
into- the hands of Judge W. (’.j
Harris, an old friend who ha 1
saved the boy once in the city
court. The judge told his oil
friend that salvation this time
must come through service in tno
state’s prison. Judge Harris was1
perfectly candid with Robert Sy
park, young Separk was entirely
open with his honor. “Kill Mighty
Forsyth in a liquor feud?’’ Rob
ert Separk asked Judge Harris.
Incredible. He was no rival ot
Robert; he was “nothing but a
bootlegger,” the boy told the
court.
“And what are you?” Judge
Harris said.
“I am a rum runner, sir,” Rob
ert Separk said,
, lie told the court how he ran.
For 16 months each day he trans
ported a cargo of corn liquor from
New Bern, recognized as the home
|of Senator Simmons and Judge
Rom Nunn. A hasty calculation
showed that the boy had carried
from 68 to 75 gallons daily and
in this 16 months had ■wheeled
187,000 gallons to Raleigh, all of
which was sold there. The business
I which he did was not abnormal,
he said. There were better rum
runners than he.
He went to the state’s prison
Everybody was sorry about him,
for the man doesn’t live who
would not love Robert Separk
after seeing him twice. He served
well. He hits been there two
years. He has a perfect record.
I When Hugh, the charioteer of the
'■mansion so many years, became
the storm, center of a controversy
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Colleges Honors
Five Farm Women
North Carolina Farm Women
Recognized as Master Farm
Homemakers; Tribute to
All Farm Women
K ALKKJH, July 25.—Nations!
hunor will come to five rural wc
men of North Carolina at special
farm and Home Week exercises
to be held on the State College
campus this evening at 8:!>0
o’clock when they will be recog
nized as Master Farm Homemak
ers. As announced at the college
la«t night, they are:
Mrs. W. C. P-ou, Elmwood; Mrs.
Ida E. Brickhouse, Mackeys- Mrs.
J. S. Turner, Reidsville; Mrs.
Lydia Ashworth, Fairview; and
Mrs. H. M. Middleton, Warsaw.
They will receive the gold pin
and the title of the Master Farm
Homemaker in a recognition spon
sored by The Farmer’s Wife, na
tional farm women’s magazine of
St. Paul, Minn., with the cooper
ation of the home demonstration
department of the State College
Extension Service. Approximately
100 outstanding rural women of
the nation will receive the honor
this year This new national move
ment, introduced to North Caro
lina last summer, seeks to honor
all farm women and to recognize
their contribution to their homes,
their communities and the nation.
Mrs. Pou and her husibanl
bought a sassafras thicket, 10
years ago, and have made it into
a productive profitable farm. They
have built an attractive home ana
beautified the farmstead, largely
With income from a dairy busi
ness which Mrs. Pou helps man
age. She is active in church, Sun
day school and community affairs,
and has been vice president of the
State Federation of Women’s
Mrs. Brickhouse was the oldest
of 12 children and was a “second
mother” to them. Partly due to
her encouragement, all 12 went
to college. Following her hus •
band’s death, she went back to he.*
old home and became head of the
household.
'“Whenever any big county-wide
project is to be put over, they
call on Mrs. Brickhouse,” says
one of her neighbors.
•Mrs. Turner believes that “farm
homenvak-ing is one of the great
est jobs in the world—I'm a farm
woman and proud of the title.”
She has been president of t.ie
State Federation of Home Demno
stration clubs and an officer in
the local county council.
Mrs. Ashworth has reared six.
children. The two boys are far
mers, three of the girls arc
teachers and one is a homemaker.
All of her children have been edu
cated beyond high school. Mr*.
Ashworth is active in churcK and
Sunday school work, the Parent
Teacher association, the Home
l>emonstration club, Farmers'
Federation and Garden club. Her
chief ambition is to be a “real
good mother and homemaker.”
Mrs. Middleton has a garden
from one acre of which she has
made a net profit of $1,081.08 in
one year. Her premiums in garden
contests have totaled $800 a year
for three years. She serves a veg
etable salad every day and be
lieves this largely accounts foi
her family's excellent health. The
Middleton farm is beautifully
landscaped.
According to Mrs. Loonorc uun
nigan Freeman of The Farmer’s
Wife, here to confer the honor,
the five women are the represen
tatives of thousands of other suc
cessful farm homemakers of the
state whose achievements have
(gone unsung. The chief signifi
cance of the recognition, she says,
Jlies in the tribute it pays to all
farm women.
Baptist Church.
Sunday school 9:45, merging
into the church service at 11. Ser
mon by the pastor, “The World’s
Challenge to the Church.” Union
iservice 8 p. m. at the Method's*,
church, the Baptist pastor preach
jing. Subject, “The Duty of Right
.eous Indignation.” Wednesday
p. m., Prayer service and teach
ers’ meeting. Cordial invitatior
to all services.
Master Farm women Homemakers
z%m$§
■saw^sj
Mrs. J. S. Turner
««irwsVILL.C. r. c.
Mrs
■ H. M. Middleton
WARSAW, n.c. i
Sad Death Occurs
In Hospital Here
Mrs. Warrick Pebnam Pies
After Three Week's Illness
—Funeral In Selma Wed
nesday Afternoon
A death of unusual sadness oc
curred at the Johnston County
Hospital here Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock when Mrs. Wat
rick Debnam of Selma passed
away after an illness of three
weeks. For several days prior te
ller death, her condition had been
critical ami four blood transfus
ions were made in an effort to
save her life.
The funeral was held at the.
Debnam residence in Selma We .•
nesday afternoon in the presence
of a large crowd of relatives aril
friends. Rev. D. F. Waddell, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church ci‘
Selma, conducted the service. He
was assisted by Rev. D. M.
Sharpe, pastor of the Selma Meth
odist church, and by Rev. Chester
Alexander, pastor of the Smh'ti
ticld -Presbyterian church. Inter
ment was made in the Selma
cemetery. A lovely floral offer
ing attested the popularity of the
deceased.
Mrs. Dcibnani, who was only
twenty-two years old, was a
charming and talented young wo
man. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. V. Orr of Goldsboro.
She received her education at
Winthrop College, S. C., and at
j N. C. C. W., Greensboro, having
-been graduated from the latter
| institution. Prior to her marriage
‘to Mr. Debnam, she taught school
'at VVaxhaw and at Benson. She
was a member of the Presbyter
ian church of Goldsboro.
Surviving her are her husban!,
a three weeks’ old daughter, her
parents, and two brothers, Mar
ion and .Slocumb Orr, of Golds
boro.
STANDING SANDERS
POPULARITY CONTEST
Eliza Ives _ 2,895,000
. Virginia Puckett _ 2,059,900
IRose Grantham —_ 82,400
Veatrice Moore__ 000,000
Louise Morgan _ 802,600
Elva Mae Whitley_ 522,900
Elsie Boyette_ 177,200
Elizabeth Lewis__ .853,800
Gladys Johnson -_ 121,800
To Make Survey
Of Neuse River
Will Discuss Navigation and
Power Development 'of
Neuse at Public Meeting in
Goldsboro August 16
As authorized by the river and
harbor act of January 21, 1027,
United States Engineer office is
making a survey and study of
N'euse River, in the interest of
navigation, flood control, power
development and irrigation and
would be glad to receive any n
forniation that interested parties
may have available pertaining
thereto, particularly the depti
which would be required in a
navigable channel, the commerce
which would use the stream were
at improved, and data as to dam
ages caused by floods and similar
information. It is requested that
the data be in the form of specific
facts and figures rather than gen
eral statements.
For the purpose of affording all
interested parties an opportunity
of presenting their views on this
subject, a public bearing will be
held August 10 at 11 a. m. in
the courtroom, Superior court, in
Goldsboro.
All interested parties are in
vited to be present and express
their views. For accuracy of rec
ord all important facts or argu
ments should be submitted in
writing.
The public is requested to com
municate the foregoing to any
persons known to be interested
and who, not being known to this
oflice, do not receive a copy of
; this publication.
Centenary Methodist Church.
Sunday school 9:30 a. m. T.
; C. Young, superintendent.
! Preaching services at 11 a. m.
* Si'ibjcct, “What one bad act does.”
i Union services in this church
at 8 p. m. Rev. S. L. Morgan of
the Baptist church will preach
■ i,he sermon.
Midweek prayer service Wed
i nesday at 8 p. m. Services will be
limited to 45 minutes.
! The public cordially invited to
| all these services.
j Mi's. T. H. Turner, of Raleigh,
• sent Tuesday with her mother,
iMrs. J. P. Edmundson.
Light Docket In
; Recorders Court
Few Criminal Cases Tried.in
Local Court Here on Thurs
day of This Week •••
A light docket was disposed
of in Recorder’s court here Tues
day, the following cases coming
up for trial:
Allen Hewette was found guilty'
of being publicly drunk, and n;
careless and reckless driving.
Prayer for judgment was continu
ed upon the payment of the cost.
Jim Carter was convicted of
possession of wine. A 30 day road
sentence was suspended upon thi
payment of a $10 fine and thi
cost.
R. F. Bail entered a plea of
guilty to beating board bill. Pray
er for judgment was continued
upon the payment of the bill to
the prosecuting witness and thi
cost of the action.
Alonzo Massengill, age 33, a
white farmer, who was charge l
with operating a car while intox
icated, was found not guilty.
Sephie MeLamb and Willie Mc
I.amb entered a plea of guilty to
a warrant charging possession of
still outfit and whiskey and of
manufacture. Each was sentenced
to the roads for six ir^onth3, *ie
sentence to be suspended upon the
payment of a $50 fine each and
.half the cost each. They we;*3
given 60 days in which to pay.
H. H. Johnson, charged with re
moving crops, was not convicted.
Richard Wise was found gull y
of careless and reckless driving
and of assault with automobile.
Prayer for judgment was continu
ed upon the payment of the cue:.
Haywood Bass and Willie Jonas
were found guilty of vagranry.
A 30-day road sentence was sus
pended in each case upon the
payment of the cost.
Several civil cases were triel
before court adjourned.
SUNFLOWER WITH 97
FLOWERS AND BUDS
The largest garden sunflower
seen in this section certainly in :<
long time, is the one grown by
Miss Lou Wescott of this city,
which measures in height ten fee:
five inches. This decorative plane,
however, is more remarkable fci
its profusion of blooms, there try
ing 74 flower heads and 23 bu-.U
on the huge stalk. It is no won
der that such a flowering pla*''
could move the poet, James Mont
gomery, to verse like this:
“Eagle of flowers! I see thee stan?
And on the sun’s noon glory gazo;
With eye like his, thy lids expand—
And fringe their disk with golde.]
rays.”
Freewill Baptist Church. »
Sunday school Sunday morning
at 9:30, F. C. Fitzgerald, super
intendent.
Church services Sunday night at
eight o’clock by the pastor, Rav.
H. R. Faircloth.
Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at eight o’clock.
F. W. B. league Thursday nig it
at eight o’clock.
Al| are invited to attend thfS!
services.
Mr. Luke Martin is a patia iz
at the Johnston County Hcspiti!.
His friends will be glad to kno v
that he is improving.
Aunt Roxie Opine* j
By Me— i
| “Oils advantage a preacher ui
:in preachin’ to empty bench**,
dey don’t find no fault of ;le ear.
Iment."