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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” % Icnxtb Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 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, AITOTTSHuM). 1929 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 68 Describe Toll Taken By Neuse Need For Action To Prevent Floods Told at Goldsboro Meeting; Damage in Re cent Years Considerable GOLDSBORO, Aug. 1«.—Majn W. A. Snow, United Spates di. tTict engineer, today heard unaiv- ' mows spokesmen tell of the great i toll taken by the Neuse Rive*; and its tributaries from their j sources to the river month. The mighty freshets of the river were described vividly for the cm gineer by the residents of the valty. One instance cited was of the loss in only two counties reaching $5,000,000 in a single freshet while another was of a widow who lost ad 1 of her cattle when the water rose suddenly. _Various Groups Represented. __ Many varied groups were rep resented at the meeting, which was attended by several hundred i persons, and among the speakers 1 weTe: Congressman Charles L. • Abernathy and John H. Kerr; J. , J. Hatch for Wayne county; H. , Galt Braxton for I/cnoir county; ; R. E. Snowden, highway engineer ; second district; L. I. Moore for i Craven county. J. B. Slack, coun- f ty farm agent for Johnston coun ty; E. W. Gaither, district agent f for the extension service; N. G. ] Bartlett, secretary of the Eastern * Carolina Chamber of Commerce; L. A. Raney, chairman Wayne | county board of cominiissi oners; Dr. W. H. Whitfield; Bob Ed wards, former sheriff Wayne county; Gurney P. Hood, and II. B. Parker, former state senator. The meeting was adjourned 'hurriedly so that Major Snowden might leave for Washington. All persons with data to present who were root heard were urged to | write “the facts a rad- figures” a: ! send them to his Wilmington of fice. Out of today’s meeting, govern ment surveys, etc., it is hoped that the summary of the situa tion, which will be sent to Wash ington by the end of October, will contain a clear plan whim will bring relief to the farmers merchants and manufacturers of I I the entire area; make provision for 1 renewal of river transportation and provide for power develop- ^ ment if any is to be allowed. Captain Nathan O'Berry, State ' Treasurer, who could not be pres- ^ ent, sent word by Attorney J. .5. ( Hatch that' the State is behind s the project and would like to see a it go through. Bed of River Filling Up. t Attorney Hatch stated that the c Fed of the Ne.use river scorns 1 to be filling up and freshets are a occurring more and more ire quently. He read a report from * the State Hospital at Goldsboro * stating that the flood of 1928 in- * vaded three barns, three dormi tones, laundry and other build- 1 ings, weakening the foundations of buildings, causing furnishings 1 and stock to have to be remov- ! eel, and the marooning of patient's besides th.e loss of crops. Dam- I age was estimated at $9,000. in 11 a previous freshet the damage was estimated at $25,000. A report from B. G. Thomp- 1 son, of Gold-'boro, stated that ne lost $30,000 by last year’s flood H. Weil’s report showed $10,000 worth of buildings standing va cant and land abandoned tha. should bring in $8,000 per annum “The rivers of North Carolina run through some of the most fertile Ian.Is in the world,” said Judge Kerr. ‘‘This country has 'Spent millions of dollars trying TURN TO PAGE 4, PLEASE Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Rmith leld or Johnston County, and :o the one deciphering their same and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald office, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must he called for before the following issue. Ralph Clarence Canaday re cognized has name. TODAY’S TANTALIZER jiuciosjoahunllion McLeod Is Found Guilty Second Degree Murder Is Sentenced To 30 Years In State Prison; Other Cases Tried Here Last Week At 2:30 Friday t afternoon the jury filed into the court room and rendered a verdict in the case of Marvin MteTx:td, negro, charged with the killing of Annie Er.uis, a colored woman of (.'lay ton township. The jury made the following report to the court’ “I> the defendant now insane? N’n. Is the defendant guilty of the. feilcmy and murder of which he stands charged? Vos, second riog.-ee nruidcr.” The judge then imposed a sen tence of t'hiity ycai's in the state penitentiary. It is our information that Mc Leod will be under the surved ’acce of an alienist for a period (Turn to page four) Negro Boy Victim Accidental Shot; White Boy Is Slightly Wounded J. B. Artis, a 10-year-odd col >rcd hoy who lived near Four >aks, was accident ally shot and Tiled Saturday morning a>bou t :*»0 o’clock. The aecider.t occurred >n Mr. Joe Strickland’s farm, kitis, together with Mr. Joe hrickllan l’s son, a white ma i nd tiwo negro boys whose names >e were unal>le to get, went to field to take up some fodder hey were riding on a wago.i nr| one of the negro boys had a vaded gun. As he got off the wagon the gun accidentally dis charged, the bad taking effect la the breast of Artis, who died in stantly. The shot also grazed the I arm of young Strickland, imf.liel- j ing a slight wound. County officers including the t coroner, after hearing a report of the occurrence, decided that the shooting was accidental and no inquest was deemed necessary. j The father of Artis also met aj t ragic death on a truck less than I a year ago. arand Jury For Co. Farm Colony tccommends Such An Estab lishment l or Detention of Female Prisoners; Advises Certain Repairs to Count) Property The Grand Jury completed its ork about five o'clock Thursday, I’ternoon, and made due report to j Ion. C. C. Lyon, judge presieing ver the August term o-f Superior urt. I>. T. Creech of Tine ovel was foreman of the grand try, the other memibers being W. . Jordan, F. L. Wall, W. 1L1 noodard, Johnnie Flowers, J. L. cr.Lon, J. F. McGee, G. 1’. Pope, T. Davis, W. S. Karp, J. H. organ. 1). G. Stephenson, W. . Pike, L. F. Sasser, I>. C. John-1 in, J. S. Rogerson, J. I’. Raines.! nd P. L. Clifton. The outstanding recommenda on of this body was that a farm >lony he established for the de mtion of female prisoners that re sentenced to jail, this to be -Published at the county farm, he recommendation is made to re end that those prisoners mav , e worked as the county may see ,t in older to maintain their ex enses. A neither recommenda tion was hat the stonl matron law be en orced in extreme cases. Other items covered in the le lort of the grand jury include the \\ f havo passed upon an uni* <f indictment sent to us by the and examined all wit icmscms accordingly. “We have visited the county u.'ine and found it well kept. We •efcionnimend that two leaks on the •oof of the dining room be fixed; a!.so we recommend that the two OalToks of floor enamel that is ready there be put on the floors of the home, and that outside painting: of the home needed! be done. “We have visited the convict camps and found th« m in £0'-'i sanitary condition with premise: well kept. “We have visited the offices el the courthouse and find them it good condition. We reco'mmenc that the plastering: ho repaired t< safe condition. “We find jail is kept in goo< condition, and prisoners in goo. condition.” Professor Middleton: “ Ernes i what is dust?” Ei nest (after much thought) “Mud with the juice squeeze cut.”—Ex. Poultry Car At Selma Aug. 24 SELMA, Airs. 19.—The next poultry car will be loaded at the Atlantic Coast Line freight depot at Schna -Saturday, Augu-st 24. In the past the poultry has been loaded at the Southern freight depot, but <»n account of hotter conveniences in bad weather, i’ was thought best to make this change. A report just made by the N’ovth Carolina Department of Ag i i ou 11 u le s h o.w« that J o h ns-t o n •ounty stands eighteenth in the 1 •tale for poultry shipped the first : dx months of 11»2D. This report ] ■ hows that 105,747 pounds have i icon shipped from this point, an ncreasc over 1028 of 70,914 : )ounds, an increase over 1927 of ' ) 1,790 pounds and an increase I >vor 1920 of 104,747 pounds. John- < vton counity came from twenty seventh place in 1928 to eighteenth 1 dace in 1929. Probably there a-.' 1 nit few single towns in the state I hat have shipped as much poul- 1 ,ry as Selma has this year. ■ The following cash prices will i h* paid for poultry Saturday, ] August 24: Colored hens ami < > rollers, 20 cents per pound; Leg- ] lorn hens and broilers, 17 con's . :)er pound, roosters, 12 cents per : 17th Annual Reunion. Sunday, August I'd Mrs. C. K. J Parker celebrated her Sith birth-j. day by having her regular annual reunion which has been the cus tom v-i-nct* I'd 12. This year it was ra t heir an informal gathering hum was kept a secret from her by her children until the date arriv. ed. Of the crowd of near two hun dred, only her children, grand children, great-grandchildren am! | grcait-greatgrandchildren were j present. The usual sumptuous din ner was spread on the* table un der the old cedar tree in the yard and all enjoyed the many good things to eat. May this occasion U2 repeated many times more ir honor of her presence. J. W. PARKER. ONLY TIME—IF EVER. “The only time one should talk about age is when good whiskey is oti the menu,” Ricardo Cortez was told when his role of the old banker in “Midstream” turr. 1 ed him to thoughts and talk about how he would look and feel wher ^ eld age descended upon him ‘ “Midstream” presents Cortez wit! Claire Windsor rfnd a splendn cast at the Sanders theatre or • Wednesday and Thursday in s.tcvy of an old man who gets ■. '• second fling at you Co and loc. 1 through a rejunevation places* It’s a Tiffany-Stahl talking am ,singing production. r——"—;-f-?7-Tr7 r I Entering Diplomacy John N. W'illys, veteran Ohio aiit< manufacturer, may be offered th< oost of tJ. S.-Ambassador to Turke; 5r. the .diplomatic post in Pari*. 27 Farmers Enjoy Observation Trip B. Slack, Johnston's Farm A Sent Pilots Party Thru Eastern N. Visit Farm? and Allied Industries A party of 27 Johnston county farmers returned to Smithfie'd * late Thursday afternoon from a < three-day trip through counties of Eastern North Caro-1 ina. The members of the entire party were Loud hi their praise of the tr.n ami reported an enjoyable as Kell as a very beneficial trip. This fine group of Johns/ton's oost farmers led by County Agent J. B. Slack left Smith field at Aght o'clock Tuesday. The first stop was made in Lenoir county where different farms and inst - :uticr.is including the Kennedy Homo and Caswell Training school were visited. The county agent of each counity visited met he party as it entered the county and leal them to various farms and places of interest. After leaving Lenoir county the >arty headed for Now Bern whe1”* everal dairy and hog farms were1 ■isi ted. Tuesday night was spent in Sew Bern and was probably the n-o-st enjoyable part cf the trip 'or here the entire group was the ruest cf the Craven county lear ners’ Club at a delicious fish fry. Ufa:re partaking cf the bounteous nea.1 prepared by Craven county’s not famous cooks, the two groups meit and exchanged ideas -a various agricultural topics. On Wednesday morning after -ksit'ing the big plant of the Row an-1 Lumber company, the pickle actery and the Cutter Pamlico, he group left for Jones county nd Duplin county where more arms were visited. At Chinqua lin in Duplin county the group •njoyed a bountiful dinner pre wired by Mrs. Sanderson, one of )uplin county’s graduate liome nakers. : i t t f. h t< h Ic l> k P P. h h Alter leaving uupnn couni\ he party headed for Wilmington deach. Here the party spent th light and enjoyed bathing and 'ishing. And to prove that the*' h really fished one of the party t wrought, home a ten-pound drum v fish. s1 leaving Wilmington Beach >n Thursday morning the men *re t turned to Wilmington where they a were the quests of W. H. Royal, I. representative of Swift and com- < pany, on a boat t rip up the 'Vi ve: ami an inspection of the mam- 1 moth fertilized* plant of Swift and < company. I After leaving: Wilmington the ; party visited bulb farms at Ca*- i tie Hayne. and the Invershield Stock Farm, and stopped in Wal lace for lunch. I The last and probably most in teres ting- farm visit was made Thursday afternoon when the group visited the Lower Coastal Plain Experiment Station near WIlia id. After visiti ng; the field pilots where valuable information was gained on the growing: of va rious crops, the group enjoyed a feast of ice cold watermelon ten dered by Dr. Ikaring, head of the Station. It was here that one of the many amusing incidents of the trip happened. A small group of the party lagged behind in I the field trip and found the sta tion’s melon patch and proceeded . to help themselves to melons 1 which had been exposed to the Henry Lee Kills Self With Pistol Mind Was Unbalanced Fol lowing Stroke of Paralysis —Wife Witnessed Tragedy Henry Lee, 42-ycar-old fairmoi woo lived five miles west »>L‘ j Smith fie Id, took his own life Fri-j day morning about eight o’clock, shooting himself with a pistol. j Several years ago Mr. Lee suf -; fered a stroke of paralysis. About ; six months age he suffered a; second stroke, since which tiin >: his mind has not been right. His j family had been careful to keen firearms out of his reach, as he:' had .shown disposition to do vio- s I cnee to himself. • • On last Friday morning, Mrs. J] ia*e had gone to the store of here ‘ather, Mr. U. C. Capps, to term t ►tore while he had gone fishing. , ^Iir liOe was also, at the store. )c fis wife found him searching for | oune gun shells. Whereupon she1 ecu red the shot-gun which was .s t the store and was making a* iffoit to put it beyond the reac.i c. f her husband. In the meantime, j. Ir. Lee picked up a pistol which lrs. Lee did not know was at u he store. Divining his intention,, j„ he called to Mr. Tom Johnson j ho lives near the store to come _ nd get the pistol away from her , I uisband. Mr. Johnson responded * > her call but before he was able » reach him, Mr. Ix‘e fired the i'ta.l shot, the bullet entering his ?ad from under his chin. Death ais insitantaneious. j J The deceased leaves a wife and 3c children. Ol'NTY i<) M MIS SI (> N K K S ATTEND STATE MEETING Messrs. J. T. Rdgerton, J. I. receh, and L. I>. Mitchell, count j uminvissioners of John.stton county, id K. L. Fitzgerald, county rditor, attended the meeting of ►unity commissioners and audi •rs of the state at Battery Park del at Asheville last week. Coni issioners from 05 counties were attendance and auditors and rountants from 20 counties. The cal men report royal entertain • N 'vhile in Asheville, a ban let and automobile ride being nong t'he courtesies extended. !u jal N IT AND MRS. HOLLAND MOVE TO DURHAM Dr. and Mrs. N. T. Holland are aving today to make their home Durham. T)r. Holland has bc^n •acticing dentistry specializing: in •orrhea, in Durham for sever, i *ars, going back and forth from s hc-rne here. His family will be •eatly misised in Smithfield. Mr.-, nil and has been active in church i rk and in music circles of the pi hi t sun all day. You can imagine toil* eha.grin on returning to the , r( ui.se and finding the balance of \\ ic party feasting on melons hiioh hail been in the ice box n nee early morning. | oi Leaving the station about 1:'!0|. le crowd headed for Sniithfield g 1 riving at seven ■-o’clock, tires! L ut happy and loud in their praise f the trip. |J The trip was made in a bus oe-1 urging to the Carolina Coach |, ornpany, ami bandied by their est and most courteous driver, 1 c Jr. H. H. Mi/xdle. Not a single 'j nishap occurred to mar the pleas- , ire of this trip. * A similar trip through the Val ey of Virginia ami other points |( s ail ready being di sensed for , Those making the trip were: S. ; !'. Honeycutt, W. T. WiLson, J. A.' Smith, W. H. Mowers, H. T. Smith, K. B. Smith, J. L. Lee,!, K. A. Sanders, N. R. Wilson, G. , B. Smith, John Guff, G. W. Mur-1, phy, Snood Sanders, O. L. Boy efte, John Radford, L. R. Lang- *, don, Prank Honeycutt, Albert1 Johnson, B. K. Gardner, G. R.' J ohm-ion, J. K. Sanders, A. J Whitley, Jr.. J. W. Stephenson, George Scott, T. C. Young, Chair man (bounty Advisory Board, W. H. Royal, representative Swift and company, and J. B. Slack, county agent. A Typical Small City AirporT^^'y This airport i* located at Lc Roy, New York ^ It U pictured as • mode) small citv airport Negro Loses Life in Shooting Scrape At Sawmill Near Selma Another homicide occurred in ohnsiton county Sunday afternoon round five o’clock at R. 1). John on s sawmill near Selma when Iatthew Sanders, colored, was hot and mortally wounded. The lime is said to have been com lifted by Georg* e McNair, also olorcd. Both negroes are said to ave come from South Carolina nd had $>een employed at the iiWin i 11. Johnston county officers wee; riled to the scene of the shooting* te in the afternoon. When they •ached the mill no one was to • found. Later they gained the up r ess ion that the affair did not amount to much and that Sanders was noit seriously hurt. They re- 1 turned to Smithfie’d however, anti inquired at the hospital where the wounded negro ha<l been tak t n. concerning: his condition. They wore told that ho had died about five minutes before. A coroner’s inquest was held yesterday morning. At that time McNair had not been apprehended hut officers were making every effort to locate him. The dead negro appeared to he about 35 years old. Circumstances leading up to tho killing are not known, >ut officers state that there was ' evidence of beer around the place 1 where the affair occurred. deceives Serious Blow On Head I. N. Morgan Is In Local Hospital After Being Hit On Head by Hallie Johnson A most diisl/r easing occurrence ok place StaUmlay afternoon out two o’clock, when Mr. 11. Morgan, superintendent of the iter and light department of this y, was knocked down by Hal Johnson, seventecn-yea r-olct n of J. K. Johnson, a local Jinillier, and was rendered uncon oUis. Mr. Morgan is now in Jie hn^ton County Hospital in a rious condition, and young hnson is in jail pending the re wry of the injured man. 'he happening grew out of some , Hible over a plumbing job i itch J. R. Johnson was doing 'or . H. Lassiter. Mr. Morgan had lie to the new house which Mr issiter is erecting in Brooklyn r the purpose of passing offic llv upon the plumbing. The job 1 not meet the approval of Mr. organ, who is said to have ex essed his opinion after which ung Johnson struck Mr. Morgan er the head with a shovel. The y was assisting his father with e plumbing job. Mr. Morgan had only recently turned home from Norfolk, Va„ here he was in a hospital for veral months with a serious a.sink! trouble. His head was not itirely well, ami it is unde» ood that be was contemplating ling back to Norfolk for exami i.tkm this week. )KDAN'S HARDWARE HOUSE Mr. W. W. Jordan has move l > stock' of hardware into the ore on Third street formerly oj ipied by the Home Pride Store, he building has been newly rep eated and fitted with shelves uited to hardware. It has also een painted and the locution can asily be designated as the store >ith the white front. Mr. Jordan came' to Smithfieb n 11)02 and has been engaged ii he hardware business ever sinn ie came to Southfield, but unti i few months ago he was as'soei ited with others. He has nov >pened a store of wihieh he is th w>le proprietor, an<l he expects t •arry a good line of hatxltware nill supplies, sporting goods an Christmas goods. He also has >ieture framing department. Watch for his advertisement v the next issue of the Herald. Miss Mary Noreross spenit a ft" days last week with Miss Add: Ra liber in Cleveland township. Issue License For Another Pool Room Ordinance Under Considera tion by Town Commission ers Prohibiting Pool Room Within 150 Feet Of A Church At a call meeting of the town < commissioners held Wednesday i night, license was granted Bill Kra»ekolas, proprietor of the Cap- * ital cafe, for a pool room which '] is being opened in this city in .lie i old postoffice building on the coi ner of Second and Market streets. * 1 he opening of this pool room ^ was discussed at the regular meet- j ing of the commissioners on j August (3 at which time some of j the ministers of the town were ^ present in the interest of not hnv- ^ ing a pool room located so near ^ a church. At this time, a motion t providing for an ordinance for bidding the establishment of a ^ pool room within a hundred fifty fecit of a church or school house, was introduced, which was tabled for thirty days when action will c. be taken. t The permitting of a pool room e license on last Wednesday is ap J parently in contradiction to the 1 proposed town ordinance wh'ch i has not yet been acted upon. The ) matter appeared in a different s light however, to the commission- i ers Wednesday niglvt when it was \ pointed out to them that the pas- \ sage of such an ordinance would c be class legislation, since a pool > room is permitted a half a block from the one that is being estab- * lished. J .1. It. WILLIAMS DIES AT FOLK OAKS | FOUR OAKS, Aug. 19. Mr. J. R. Williaiins, who was struck ami knocked dawn by an automobile al>*nit a month ago at Four Oaks, died Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. Funeral services were held at his home Sunday afternoon and 1 interment was made at the Las-1 siitcr burying: ground about threr 1 miles northwest of town. One of the largest crowds ever attending " a funeral and burial here wa* ' present at this sad occasion, both Mat the home and at the cemetery. 11A full account o>f has illness, fun * I oral and burial will appear later. 1_ 1 j A CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our neigh 1 hors and friends for any assur ance rendered us during the ill ness and death of our husband ^ and father, Pharoah lx?e. & MRS. PHAROAH LEE AND CHILDREN. ! Tragic Accident , Near Princeton j _ / One Negro Killed, Another Negro and White Man Seriously Injured When Car Turns Over ' j One man is dead and two art in the Johmton County Ho-spita' badly hurt as the result of an automobile accident which occurr ed early Sunday morning .no mile west of Princeton. The der.d man is Harry Pearson, a negri, and the injured persons are \\. L. Powell, a white man of Kal oigh, and George Alston, a neg:*;, also of Raleigh. According to reports, the three; were headed west on route 1J when the accident occurred on the curve near the Atlantic Coast Line overhead bridge. There wers no eye-witnesses to the acckb.i: but a farmer who runs a filling station nearby stated that he heard a noise about five o’clock in the morning and going to the highway found the automobile turned over with the motor still running a”i :he three men pinned underneath. A it/h his help the two injured nen were brought - to * the John ston County Hospital here, a News tnd Observer truck which was •;* jurning from its trip through Castern North Carolina bringing he injured persons here. Pearson vas dead when the fanner reach, d the wreck. It was stated at the hospital rosterday that the two men were Icing as well as could be expe«r d, though Powell is thought C> lave a fractured skull. The negro s badly cut up. YTHIAN HOME DAY TO HE OBSERVED IN CLAYTON Today will be observed in Cl ir on as “Pythian Home Day,” nd Knights of Pythias from a'l ver the state will be in Clayton or the annual program. The Children’s Home as ma le arned by the Pythians, has be?!*, staibliisihed in Clayton since 1910 ’he board of trustees will held as regular quarterly on this day. The board is composed cf the i> Mowing: Hon. R. S. McCo’.n. ih airman, Henderson; Jos. I) ’ridgen, Durham; C. W. Goghill. loefcy Mount; J. Fred Bower, r., Winston-Salem; Dr. W. 1. Uainey, Fayetteville; E. I. Flem ig, Rocky Mount; C. F. Go"?. Veklon; Leonard Vyne, North /iLkesbotro; Sam O. Worthing 311, Greenville. ROWS APPLES AND PEARS FROM SEED Mr. J. W. Barnes, of the SaTi ers Chapel section, brought nn ttraotive assortment of apples nd pears to this office Saturday. Ir. Barnes stated that he hat eard that apples and pears could r,t he grown from seed and hi ad tested it out to see if t-hft ay i nig were true. His collection ■winded large well-formed apipl?* nini the Delicious and two other arieties of apples and two kind'* rf pears. Ail came from seed rhich he planted from apples and ears he bought. Mr. Barnes has everal young trees and expect? t ) ;ct plenty of fruit from them Aunt Roxie Opine* i By Me— I ‘‘Sum may tbimk green gal Hus;5 iz purty—ah neva' did lak iter see t°° mermie green thinsr* togeltlher. “Hit use ter be fly in' news, now hits flyin’ wirnmen.”