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OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston’ 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, AUGUST 27, 1929 SIX PAGES TODAY NUMBER 70 Princeton Negro '<• Shoots Another / ■ ; Casco Holt Fires at Dock » Wison From Ditch and In flicts Serious Wounds \ . ' - PRINCETON, Aug. 26.—Satur day might about nine o’clock a negro naaned Dock Wilson was shot and seriously .wounded by an other negro named Casco Holt. The weapon used was a shotgun. The negro Casco Holt had hid himself in a ditch near Dock Wil son’s home and was waiting for the Wilson negro to come home. Dock Wilson and has wife and -girl' and Frank Joyner had been up* town and were returning. They were (walking in the street and within ten feet of the ditch, when Casco Holt raised u<p and tired .the shot then ran away. This was also within a few feet of the. colored church and they were hav ing services in the church. This church is on the second block »n | rear of iMr. iLedibetter’s store. The negro Caso Holt lives in the western section of .town, a dis tance of about five blocks from the scene of the shooting. AH the parties saw and knew the man who lired the shot. W. B. Braswell, deputy sheriff, and a (party of men captured the negro thirty-five imdnutes later at a point one and a half miles from town. He was making his way through the wo-ods and fields toward where he has a (brother in the country. He was carried .; to jail. The wounded man was car ried to the Johnston County Flos Pit«l. . * * f The negro, Casco Holt, has a bad record, being charged with many cases of chicken stealing and having a notorious bootleg record. Two hours before this shooting, Officer Braswell had seized a few gallons of whiskey which this negro was seen to carry a'nd hide in the rear of the colored school building. Some think that this was possibly the cause of the shooting, but the Wilson negro denies 'hawing anything to do with the report on which the liquor was seized. BOY OF 3 FALLS IN WELL BUT IS SAVED UNHUItT GREEiNVlLLE, S. C., Aug. ‘13. —'Rescued from a well in whica there was eight feet of water, the three-year-old grandson of Mrs. Kate Gardner of this city was reported today to be none the worse for the experience. The little boy and his mother were looking at the water when the boy jerked loose, and slip ped into the well. The mother’s cries brought a number of men, and Young Deniton, one of the men who had come up, placed a rope around his body and vas quickly lowered. Denton found the boy with his feet, placed him in a bucket and had him pulled to the top. ...COLORED WOMAN DIES AT ADVANCED AGE “Aunt" Gracie Smith, vho would have been 97 years of age had she lived until November, died Wednesday night at the home of her son-in-law, William Sullivan. “Aunt” Gracie had been in her usual health until a few days before her death. She wa-s the mother of the late Hency Junius Smith, a well known negro in Smithfleld. She was an old' time darkey, and was born in slavery. i ( J®: Miss Josephine Clark, a repre sentative of the children’s Home Society of Greensboro, spent a feiw days here last week in the intercist of her work. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith fleld or Johnston. County, and M the one deciphering their same and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald mhce, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. (Edward Edmundson deciph ered his name. TODAY’S TANTALIZER miwdayecaaerrpninsha ^ ^ IhALLIE JOHNSON IS RELEASED UNDER BOND . Haillie Johnson, the 17-year old son o-f J. H. Johnson o<f this city, who was placed in jail on Saturday, August 16, following an alternation over a plumbing job over which H. tf. Morgan, superintendent of the city water [and light department was serious ly injured, was released last Sat urday after he gave a $1,000 bond. Mr. Morgan has been in the hospital here since he was hurt more than a week ago, but is now reported to be improving. He was able to sit up yesterday. At first it was thought the ac cident might prove fatal and young Johnson was held in jail without ifctaH. A hearing will be had, in the mayor's court as soon as Mr. Mor- ; gap is able testify Negro Boy Found Dead On Elevator Night Watchman at Planters Warehouse Pound Body About Eight o’clock Fri day Night The five or six year old boy of I Adeline MkrCjoy, oolonad, was found dead in the Planters ware house here Friday night about 8 o'clotck, and the indications are that the boy’s neck was broken as he took a ride in the elevator located in the grading rooms of the warehouse. The .boy’s mother grades to bacco at the warehouse, and Fri day afternoon when she went home to cook supper, she is said to have left her two older chil dren at the warehouse to finish tying seme tobacco. Later she sent the little boy who was killed to summon them to supper. The two older children returned home and reported that their brother was going somewhere else. The mother thought him safe and went to church. It Was not until after the sermon preached by the sev enteen year old evangelist, Char lie Hodges, when the death of the boy was announced, . that she knew of the tragic occurrence. The body of the boy was found by J. S. Benson, nightiwatchman at the Planters warehouse. The elevator which should have been down on the first floor, was found up at the third floor and the boy’s body was partly on the Land ing and partly hanging between tilt elevator and the floor. Evi dently the boy had got on the elevator and in some way had re leased it. Only a- short while ago, Mrs. D. J. Thurston, county welfare officer, had 'been to the ware house checking the children who were there, and had cautioned them to stay away from the ele vator. The county coroner was notified Friday night, but when he arriv ed an inquest was not deemed nec essary. Mr. Simon Barnes Passes. K„nly, Aug. 26. — After an illness of two weeks, Mr. Simon Barnes died at his home near town on Monday, August 20 at four o’clock. Funeral services were I conducted toy Rev. 'C. Logan Lan-1 drum of the Presbyterian church. ' Mr. Barnes is survived by his j ■wife and seven children. The chil dren are: Mrs. Charlie Hooks and Mrs. Sidney Overman, of Kenly; Mallie Barnes, of Pensgrove, N. J.; Mr. Elmer Barnes, of San Diego, Calif.; Budatt Barnes and Vernon Barnes. A 'brother, Willard Baines, of Kenly; two sisters, Mrs. Polly Hicks and Henrietta Barnes, of Kenly, also survive. Tlie hymns were sung toy Mrs. H. M. Grizzard, Rev. Jam H. Friz elle, Mrs. Katie M. Hooks ami Mr. A. J. Broughton. Evangelist in Meeting Princeton, Aug. 26.—Commenc ing Thursday, August 29, the noted evangelist singer and choir leader, Mr. Dewey L. Manessr will toe in the meeting at the Metho dist church here. The pastor, Rev. J. D. Stott, will do the preaching. Mr. Maness has given full time to evangelistic work for the past sev eral yearB after having talken spec ial religious training at Duke Uni Iversity and further preparation in music at Moody Bible Institute. Four Oaks Loses Valuable Citizen J. H. Williams Dies of Injur ies Received In. Automo bile Accident on July 21 FGU\R OAKS’, Aug\ 26.—Our entire tcwn and eoirninmmifcy were deeply saddened Saturday a week ago when it was learned that Mr. J. R. Will fauns had passed into the Great Beyond. Anxiety con cerning his serious condition had become both widespread and un u&U&Siy. great since he was struck and knocked down by an automo bile on July 21. Mr. Willi aims was the oldest son | of Mr. and Mrs. Wright Williams who lived near here. He was born | August 31, 1870, thus lacking ‘only a (few days of being fifty-nine years of age. On April 3, 1894, he was mar ried to Miss Martha Massengill, who also lived near town. To this union eight children were born, two of whom had already pre ceded Mr. Williams to the grave. Those who survive are: R. A. Williams, of Roanoke Rapids; Mrs. E. A. Roddy, of Charlotte; Lester, Neiwitt, Woodrow and Miss Lillie Williams, all of Four Oaks. Besides these six children, Mr. Williams leaves his devoted wife, three sisters, Mrs. N. H. Camp bell, of Buie’s Creek, Mesdames Malissa Thompson and Sue Eason, of Smithfield, one brother, Mr. Mil laid Williams oif the Hopewell section, and numerous other near relatives. One of the largest crowds ever attending a funeral here was pres ent at the last rites held at the residence of Mr. Williams on Sun day afternoon, a week ago. The funeral services were conducted by Elder Pierce of Princeton. The choir sang “We Shall Sleep,’* “Rock of Ages” and “Jesus Lover of My Soul.” Amid a concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends interment, was .made at the Lassiter grave yard near town. The unusually beautiful and numerous floral de signs attested the popularity ' A high esteem in which the de ceased was held. The active pall bearers were: Messrs. W. J. Ba ker, J. A. Creech, W. J. Lewis. William Keene, J. W. Sanders and D. P. Spell. Honorary pall beav ers were: Messrs. John, Jake, Ezra, Jodie and Preston Massen gill, brothel's-in-law of the de ceased, and Mr. E. A. Roddey, son in-law of Mr. Williams. Flowers were carried by Mesdames Alton Miassengill, Jesse Stanley, Bar ham Creech, Jefferson Lassiter, and Miss Annie Ford of this place, and Mesdames Joe Withers and Lloyd Donkel, of Charlotte, sisters of Mr. Williams’ son-in law, Mr. Roddy. un July zi air. w imams .iao seen down the highway toward Benson and was returning home when he was struck by a car jriven by Mr. P. W. West of Ld lington. The blow was sufficient t<’ knock him down and partly crush one side and break several ribs. He was taken to the hospital by Mr. West and remained there un til three days before his death here on August 17. His condi tion was considered serious from the first, however, he improved slightly and sat up in a rolling chair some before leaving the hospital. He was conscious until his death. ^For nearly twenty years Mr. Williams was an ardent and loyal member of the Primitive Baptist church here. Although feeble in health during the last few years he attended church services mote1 lthan the average church member. He was a quiet, unassuming man who went about his daily tasks as a merchant in an irreproach able planner. His was the life 'which was an example of the adage, “actions speak louder than |words.” His was the daily living known for honesty, truthfulness and right. His was also the life that bespoke kindness and devo tion to family as is seldom ex j ceeded anywhere. A Christian gentleman and an upright citizen | fittingly describe him and sum pi arize his life as no other words can. A Good One—To Pass Up — By Albert T,‘Reii rrm - • TRY @u& new TAIL SPIN . HIGH Mil ONCE U-7-1 I J — .S' 1 :Iii' ■ < ■. u'ti TRY IT - THR.EE PARTS GASOL1WE AMD OWE PART GlW ... » Johnston Co. Club Girls Go To Camp About 30 Girls Left This Morning for White Lake In Company With the County Home Agent and Others About thirty 4-H club girls of Johnston county left here this morning for White Lake where they will enjoy their annual L*amp. They were accompanied l>\ Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, county home agent, Mrs. Katie Hooks of Kenly, Mrs. Reid Adams of Four Oaks, and Miss Nonie Johnson, principal of the Gorbett-Hatcher school. A worth while program has been planned for the rest of the week. Recreational features will be a part of the program which will be given jointly with the Cumberland county cluib girls who ai-e also at White Lake this week. Miss May Sevan will be recrea tion director. Friday will be Visitor's Day and the home folks of the girls and others will be given a cordial wel come. The number of girls wishing to attend camp this year exceeded the capacity of the cottages rent ed, and a group of girls will be at White Lake next week with the women's camp. Demonstration classes will be in progress each day. The time is planned to include both work and play. Those from a distance to at tend Mr. Williams’ funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. David Lassiter.' Misses Carrie Lee Lassiter and! Annie Massenigill, of Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs., Ezra -Massenigill, of Clay ! ton; Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Williams and family, Messrs. G. W. and B. | N. Stanley, and Mr. Pruden aid' family, of Roanoke Rapids; Mes dames Sue Eason and Malissa Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Creech, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood ard, of Smithfield; Mrs. N. H. Campbell and Mr. I. J. Blackman, of Buie’s Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Grover Upchurch and Mr. P. W. West, of Lillington. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Withers, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Donkel and Mr. W. D. Roddy, of Charlotte; and Mr. and Mrs. Jod'e Massengifl, of Gastonia. The sympathy of our town and adjoining community is extend'd to the sorrowing relatives, espec ially to Mrs. Williams and fam ily. j Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gaskin and little daughter, Marguerite, spent Sunday afternoon in Ral eigh with Mr. and Mrs. D. W. I Vinson. KAlfM HOAR!) WILL ASSIST IN MARKETING OF C OTTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 24._An agreement to lend cotton market ir.!£ associations between $5,000, 000 and $10,000,000 to help fi nance the movement of this year’s announced recently by tlhe federal Farm Board. This was the fourth such agrow |menJt made public by the board. I Shortly aifter its organization, an ' emergency loan of $.‘100,000 was! made to Florida fruit growers to ,hcfP them fight the Mediterran ean fruit fly. Yesterday the board made known its decision to ler.a $0,000,000 to raisin growers and ' an undetermined sum to fresh ' ■grape producers of Ca-lifornia. I To Get More. Cotton cooperatives are already abie to borrow from federal in 1 vmcdiate credit banks up to 65 per cent of the value of cotton, •the board said in announcing its mcst recent loan, and the purpose cf the new loan is t<o enable them to get an additional 25 per cent I Thus, cotton growers will be able t(o borrow up to 90 per cent of; the definite value of their crops j as fixed by a hedging transaction j in the future market. The board , placed no limit on 1 jdthe amount to be loaned for this .purpose, but e&timlated the total •at between $5,000,000 and $10,- j 000,000. “The effect of the secondary loans by the Federal Farm 1 Beard will be to permit the co operative associations to make 1 final settlement with the member growers when they desire to sell I their cotton without forcing that : cotton onto the market when buy ars' may already be over-supplied, explained Commissioner Williams Orderly Marketing. The ten per cent of value not leaned by the intermediate credit banks and the board can be sup plied from the capital reserve of the cooperatives themselves, Wil liams said, allowing the farmer in distress to receive full pay for his crop without dumping it into the open market.—'United Press. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Calais. ] Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Peck ar.fi i family, of Atlanta, Ga., are spend- i ing a few days in the city v/lth j Mt. and Mrs. A. M. Calais. Mr. | Peck, who is the Southern dis trict manager of Grigsby-Grun uw company, manufacturers of the Majestic radio, while en route to Chicago arranged for a confer ence with Mr. D. Carlton Stephen son, who is territorial supervisor | for Majestic in North Carolina and Virginia. Visitors From Savannah. Misses Pearle Olive and Luci12 Harvey, of Savannah, Ga., spent last week with Miss Charity Al len near Benson. Graf Completes Pacific Voyage Lands at Los Angeles Yes terday Morning; First Non Stop Flight Across Pacific ■Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, Aug. 26.— Completing the third le'£ 0|t its •round-the-world flight, the dirigible Graf Zeppelin land ed here at 5:00 a. m. today, 78 hours, 58 minutes after it left Tokyo. The first non-stop flight across the Pacific thus became a matter of history. A well organized ground crew made short work of the land and the dirigible’s nose was lashed to a 60 feet flooring ma,st to mark the completion of 10,800 mile® f its world flight. The first non-stop a inf light across the Pacific ocean achieved in three da>jss and seven hours was less than one-third the time the fastest trans-Pacific liners cross the ocean between Japan and Seattle, Wash. •Sixty persons made the voy age, forty-one in the crew, and nineteen passengers. The final leg ■of the circumnavigation voyage will be tj Lakehurst, N. J., some 2,500 males, and will be started within thirty-six or forty-eight •hours. Alter circling the city tor near ly five hours waiting for the sun rise to light it's way to the moor ing mast, the ship nosejl gently down and her spider lines were seized by a contingent of marines and sailors. Troops of the Cali fornia National Guard immediate ly marched onto the field, from :r.g a human chain around the sky conqueror (luring the mooring work. Six naval planes, circled over head as. the big silvery ship came to earth. The nose of the newest trans pacific liner touched the mooring mast at 5:35 a. m. The first word from the pas sengers of the Zeppelin was from Lady Grace Drummond Hay of London. “I am so glad to be back in America,” she said.—Associated Press. Fine Cluster of Pears. •Miss Annie Miyiatt sent the Heralkl office lasit week a fine cluster of pears. On one limb | there are eight pears of uniform 1 size.' It is an unusual looking jibunclh and when they aro fully | ripe the Herald force expects to jhave a feast. Many thanks to 'Miss Myatt for the pear®. Johnstonians Visit Test Farm In S. C. Find South Carolinians Poi son For Boll Weevil; Ex periments on Coker Farm Proves Interesting; Mr. J. Rufus Creech, of the Bpogden section, one of Johnston county’s biggest and best farmers returned last week from a visit to test farms in South Carolina, fully convinced that if Johnst%n county fanners continue to grow cotton they must plant a smaller acreage which shall have inten sive cultivation, and they must -poison for boll weevH. These methods, thinks Mr. Creech, will mean a larger yield of the fleecy staple per acre. Mr. Creech, together with S. T. Honeycutt, Victor Ogbum and W. H. Austin visited 'the Clemson College test farm near Florence, 'S. C., and the J. F. Coker farm near Hartsville last Friday. This was not Mr. Creech’s first visit to these farms-, he having made a trip there about six years ago. He found many improvements on his recent visit. Experiments of various kinds are conducted at these test farms, 'but the party from Smithfield was -particularly interested in cotton. The farms of J. F. Ooker, who has I around 10,000 acres planted in, cotton, furnished ample opportun-1 ity for observation. Only one or I two farm-s could be visited in the abort time Mr. Creech and his companions were in Stouth Caro lina. Coker’s pedigreed seed are known throughout the cotton belt, and Mr. Creech thinks that the work he is doing is proving of untold benefit to the cotton farmer, j Varieties from short staple to | 1 5-16 inches have been and are | being developed. The finest cotton field seen on Coker’s farm was planted with seed, a cross between Cleveland No. 5 strain two and another strain with less foilage. These seed are not yet on the market. Mr. Creech stated that the field had blooms to the top and looked like cotton fields in Johnston county ten years ago. On these farms, no sign of buh weevil was visible, and the Smith field folks were informed that if one makes cotton in boll weevil sections, he must poison. The best poison, they were told, is mo lasses and calcium of arsenate. An application or two is used when the cotton is young. If this does not do the work, the dusting method is used later. However, the molasses treatment is said to be effective usually. One experiment with cotton on the Ooker farm especially attract ed the attention of Mr. Creech. The ground was covered with large sheets of porous-like paper. This paper had been placed on the ground after the ground had been prepared for planting in the usual way. Holes were punch ed in the paper, and the seed planted. The paper is said to hold the moisture, and Mr. Creech re ported that this cotton had as much again fruit on it as that planted in the ordinary way. The Johnstonians found plenty :>f feed crops growing—corn, soja beans and cow peas. A decided change along this line has come about si ne'e the advent of the boll weevil. ■Mr. Creech stated that while many of the farmers in South Carolina were following the lead of the Ooker farms, one comes across the South Carolina fanner •who has not profited by what he has seen, and h.is farm looks al most like a failure. DONNELL WHARTON TO COVER STRIKE TRIAL Mr. Donnell Wharton, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Wharton of this city who is with the New York Herald-Tribune, has been assigned to the Aderholdt murder case which grew out of the strike in Gastonia. The trial began in Charlotte yesterday. Mir. Whar ton was sent to Gastonia recently to report the trial but it waa postponed and changed from Gas* tonia to Charlotte. 9-Month School, £ May Open Sept 9 Education Board Passes Res olution Asking Conunis missions For Early Decis ion In Matter of School Budget At a meeting of the County Board of Education held here ■yesterday afternoon a resolution ■was passed asking the county commissioners to accept or re,act at an early date the decision of the clerk of the court as rendered in the matter of the school bud get. The resolution adopted read* as follows r4 . “Whereas on August 19 th3 clerk of the Superior court of Johnsltjon county rendered a de cision in the matter of the 1929 30 school budget from which de cision the board of commissioners has thirty days from August 19 within which to give notice of ap peal; and whereas, preparations for the opening of the nine months schools must he made and dates for the opening thereof be fixed at once if these schools are to open and close at the usual time; and whereas, it is important that the tax rates to be levied by the county be determined at once to the end that the t&x books may be prepared and in the hands of tne tax collector by October 1, new. therefore be it “Resolved by the board of edu cation of Johnston county that the board of commissioners cf, Johnston county be requested to advise said board of education at the ^earliest date possible its in tentions as to whether an appeal from the decision of the clerk of the Superior court will be taken and that a copy of this resolution be mailed to the chairman and clerk of the board of commission ers.” The fixing of the dates for opening and dosing of all of the school® of the county was consid ered, and all nine months school?, which are Smithfield and Selma, shall open on Monday, September 9, and close on Friday, May 23, with Christmas holidays (beginning on Saturday, December 20 and ending on Sunday, December 29. All holidays and days lost other than the Christmas holidays shall be made up after May 23. This order was passed by the board of education on condition that. no appeal is taken by the board of county commissioners in the mat ter of the school budget. Dates of the opening of the six and eight months school will be announced later. Citizens from the Gorinth-Hoti ers district appeared before rhe board to ascertain what arrange ment can be made for the high school students of said district. One proposition suggested was that the board of education truck the high school students from this district to neighboring districts, to-iwit: Archer Lodge, Selma and Glendale. The board decided that it could not do this owing to the general policy that the board has maintained for years of not truck ing students from one unit in the county-wide organization to an other unit in the county-wide (organization. The next proposi tion suggested was that the pa trons who have children in :he high school and seventh grade raise $1200.00 by subscripts .1 and deposit the same with the county treasurer by Sept. 15, upon which deposit the county and the dis trict can contract for high schosL and seventh grade teachers for eight months and operate these grades for eight months and the | other grades for six months. It was the distinct understanding ef the beard and all parties concernso that the extended term of two months for the seventh grade and high school is a subscription school. Easy Sponge Cake. 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour, % tsj>. aokt, beat whites el 'eggs units very li^hit; combine other ingredienfbe with beaten egj yolLka; fold in beaiten 'whites of eggs last. Flavor wllfh lemon or u. Inland. Bake slowly ait law'teto* naratlUV
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