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Bt MRS. A. J. BROUGHTON -- »***♦* *N£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 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 7:1 SMITHFIELD MARKET LEADS EASTERN CAROLINA Selma And Smithfield Schools Not to Open Mon. Budget Still In |t\>ntroversy (iocs to Superior Court; School Committeemen of 9 Months Schools To Meet ;it Once To See What Can Be Done The two nine month schools in the county, at Selma and Smith field, the opening dates of which have been tentatively announced as September 9, will not open next Monday, due to adverse decision of the county commissioners at a meeting held here Monday, con cerning the school budget which has been in controversy. The mat ter no<w goes to Superior court which convenes here September 23. The public will recall that the \ school budget which was present ed to the county commissioners on June 20 was not accepted, and ! after a mass meeting of school committeemen of the county the budget was referred again to the board of education for a reduction ! in the budget. The education i board then presented a propo sition to the county commission ers which if accepted would be about $16,500 less for operating , expenses of the schools than last year. The commissioners held out for a cut of around $25,000, arid the matter was referred to the clerk of the court for arbitration. A hearing was held before Clerk H. V’. Rose who rendered a de cision approving the amount des ignated by the board of education as necessary to operate the school* of the county without impairing their efficiency. The commissioners were then allowed by law thirty days in which to accept or reject this decision, and at their meet ing Monday they voted to ic ject it, which action throws the matter into Superior court. Since the school budget which is in controversy has to do only with the six months constitutional term for which the county pro vides funds, patrons in the Smith field and Selma districts are ask ing why the three months for which the districts levy taxe.?, cannot start on September 9 as tentatively announced. The law states that the first six months of every school shall be the own ty six months term. Kven the extended three months term is de pendent to some extent upon the six months term, since the Stale' Equalizing board contributes to the operation of the extended term upon a basis of what is done in the six months term. An amount, from the state equalizing fund will be given to the .county for its six months budget, provide I it meets the standards set out by j the board which controls that fund. Th eexitra amount for *he extended term is for the encour agement of districts making an effort to provide a longer term than six months. For this reason 1he six months term would nave to be a certainty before help for an extended term would be avail able. The school boards of the Smith field and Selim a districts are hav ing meetings at once for the pur pose of going into the matter fur ther and to ascertain if the schools can be opened before an agreement is reached in court. 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 same and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald office, we will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for before the following issue. Buck Marrow deciphered his name last issue. TODAY'S TANTALIZER ma r u gd rnn ? o arnde t e I‘AV FIRST VISIT TO SMITH FIELD MARKET J. Millard Godwin and Elmer Godwin, of O’Neals township, brought their first load of tobacco to Smithfield yesterday. They stated that they brought only the poorest quality of their lugs. and their tobacco averaged $ir>.50 per hundred. They were pleased with the sale and stated that they were coming again. This was their first trip to .the SmithfieJd market. These young men have eight* n acres in tobacco this year. They are the sons of the late Henry R. Godwin. Regular Proceedings Co. Commissioners I ail to Grant Special Term of Court; Numerous Items of Husiness Disposed Of Resides ordering that an appeal >e taken against the decision of he clerk of the Superior court ls to the school budget, the coun y commissioners at their regular Monthly meeting held here M^n lay transacted numerous items of J. D. Parker and N. C. Shepard, oral attorneys, were appointed *»y the court recently to appear ■or Marvin McLeod, colored, charged with t'he murder of A.n de Ennis. The commissioners or iel ed that each of these attorneys he paid $25 for their services in lef ending McLeod. In the same ase Dr. W. J. B. Orr, of the lohnston County Hospital, and D A. Hocutt, physician of Clay on. were summoned as expert witnesses. The commissioners or iered that they be paid a fee •. f ; klo each for the examination ■vhich they made of the defendant McLeod. A special term of Superior -ourt had been re(]uested by So licitor Clawson Williams of this listrict, but the commissioners j failed to grant this request on -he grounds of having exceeded the budget for the fiscal year An order was passed that the American Legion move to the courthouse square a war relic which had been for some time near the Sundry Shoppe on the corner of Second and Market It was also ordered that John Mitchiner be paid §2 as service to patients in jail. ~ Ordered that 11. T. White be given his PJ20-21 tax receipts rn payment of tax plus six per cer.t. the cost the county has expended upon said tax in Pine Level township. Ordered that James Raynor, county attorney, be paid $50 tor extra service. Ordered that John McLamb be paid SI5 for the burial of Sedv Lamb, outside pauper. Ordered that Tom Davis be paid $T.r»0 for expenses in capturing an escaped prisoner. | Ordered that W. J. Hooks be allowed to list his taxes without penalty. A number of hills for incidental ' expenses were approved and or . dered paid. R. W. PENDERGKAET PASSES SUDDENLY B. \V. Pendergraft died sudden ly at his home near Pine Level Wednesday night about ten o'clock Mr. Pendergraft was in his usua health and his death was a shod, to his family and community. H< was 01 years of age. Intermen was made in the cemetery at Yel virvg ton’s Grove church yesterdr afternoon at four o’clock. The deceased is survived by hi. jwi.fo and several children. Regular Session Recorder’s Court ! Heavy Docket of Criminal Cases Disposed of Here Tuesday of This Week The following cases were di - posed of in Recorder’s court here . this week: Bill Parrish, a white farmer, i was found guilty of the manufac j ture and possession of wine and , was sentenced to the county roads for a term of 'JO days. The sen- ; lienee is to be suspended upon the payment of a $25 fine and t ie | co t. j j Lonnie Sanders entered a plea of . guilty to carrying a concealed' weapon and was sentenced to th:»! j roads for GO days. The road sen- i ; tenee is to be suspended upon . the payment of a $50 fine an i j ; cost. j Ezra Byrd received a four, months road sentence for forcible! trespass. He was also taxed witi■; I the cost. Ed Strickland was charged wi:h ! assault and cursing on highway. ! Not guilty of assault. For curs-} ing highway he was sentenced to the roads for .'50 days. The sen- ' tence is to be suspended upon i the payment of a $50 fine and the ! cost. The defendant gave notic * ! of appeal. Eddie Polo Minis, charged with assault, trespass and posting in decent placards, was not convicted of trespass. He was sentenced to the roads for six months and tax ed with the cost for assault an 1 posting indecent placards. He took an appeal. Parker Norris, aged .'54. a white farmer, received a 00-day road sentence for operating a mot ir vehicle while intoxicated. The sen tence is to •be suspended upon the pavmont of a $50 fine and the cos* The state took a nol pros with leave in the cases against Nathan Lee, charged with viola tion of the prohibition law, and Hgh K. Radford, charged with Lee Barefoot was fined $10 and taxed with the cost for aiding and abetting in the manufacture of T. M. Johnson was convicted of possession and transportation and was sentenced to the roads for a period «f four months. The sen tence is to be suspended upon condition that he report to the court on the first Tuesday in No vember and show to the court that he has provided for his children. The defendant is to pay the cost and is to be released provided the ' co-git is paid. Hallie Johnson was found guil ty of assault with deadly weapon and was given IS months on the county roads. He is to be discharg ed at the end of 15 months pro vided the cost is paid. He ap pealed to Superior court. J(,hn McLeod and Minnie Pag get, were found guilty of fornica tion and adultery. Each was sen ; termed to jail for a term of 00 ■ days and assigned to work as the sheriff sees fit. Capias is not to issue until after Saturday, Sep tember 7. and the defendants t found in Jchnston county are to be committed to jail and required | to serve their sentence in fu”.. Each defendant is to pay half the cost. Millard Pilkington, charged with non-support and abandonment, ; was not convicted. i t lonnie Lassiter, convicted o* cursing on highway, is to be dis charged upon the payment of the i cost. The defendant gave notice of appeal. Mattie Williams, guilty of for jnication and adultery, was sen ! tenced to jail for .30 days to be worked as the sheriff sees fit. * The jail sentence is to he sus • pended upon the payment of the ^1 cost. ! Simon Daniel was sentenced fo ?. the roads for four months for 1 fornication and adultery. He is to 'She discharged at the end of ‘.Hi • days if the cost is paid. The de fendant was also found guilty * of assault and was sentenced ti the roads for four months on this I ’().\i KORAN AXES ATTR ACT OOOI) DEAL ATTENTIO> Mr. E. R. Norton, one of th< city mail carriers, was called t< I.aui imburg Saturday on account ! of an accident to his father, Mr, 1). N. Norton, who fell and sus tained a broken arm and sprained ' hip. While away Mr. Norton visited his 84-year-old uncle, Mr. Hiram Norton in Hoke county, who is a • typical Southern farmer with a large crop of cotton in which mf a single boll weevil in reported. Mr. Norton upon his return home brought, the Herald two beautiful pomegranates, which nave been the subject of consid erable comment by those who have seen them. The pomegran ates are larger than an ordinary apple and have a rich color. Mr. Norton pulled them from a tree in his father’s yard. He stat ed that the tree was higher than his head, and that it was hangitg full of the luscious fruit. Boil Weevil Plays HavocWithCotton Test On Farm in Wilson’* Mills Township Shows On ly Mi l’er C ent of Crop There has been considerable talk j •oncei n inn- the damage whic h the >oll weevil is doing the cotton IV. M. Gaskin, of the Smithfield | Herald, and Harry I*. Stevens, who! epresc-i.ils a New York cotton 1 firm, decided to make some in- , instigations for themselves thC j A-eck and went to the farm of ‘ Lindsay Williams, colored farmer i Wilson’s Mills township. They 'elected what in their opinion was, m average row of cotton. They Topped off twenty-four feet and •sunted the stalks of cotton to {lie lumber of seventeen. They then ! ■lit eff all tops and limbs on vhich there were no bolls, an : j wtu.U ! the bolls which totaled 87. Of these bolls the following s a complete classification after! •utting all bolls that appeared to (Turn to page four) -EVEN MICE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION j The next session of the Seven) Tile Primitive Baptist Associa-j ion will convene with the church j it Hickory Grove in Johnston I ■ounty on Friday, Saturday an I ■ ho third Sunday in September. | i’he church is situated at Meado'v. ’ Peacock's Cross Roads). The uiblic is cordially invited to at- ; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. There will be services at St. | Paul’s church Sunday morning at ■h veil o’clock, and Sunday eve ling at eight o’clock. The public is cordially invited. MYSTERY ANIMAL AC A IN ON EXHIBITION HEBE Mr. Bon Reichbach who showed here last year has a new show all around except ‘‘Maxy”, :ho educated monkey. This season they have a grave robber. This ani mal ha< a shell that folds up like a telescope and a tail like i cow’s horn. It is gray in color, md weighs about 115 pounds. It s the custom for this animal to ramble at night in search of dead things. It sleeps in the daylight. It has not been known to attack human beings. The show has on exhibit a highland turtle weigh ing 1 bo pounds and this turtle is reported to be 100 years old. Also an animal from Georgia that the -owner offers anyone $100 to name. A baboon from Africa. A baby gorilla born in Kinston, hav ling only four fingers. Included 'also are nvonkey-faeed owls from China and a bear from Panama. They also have two prairie dog The show is locted on North Third street. count, to be discharged at the enr of 00 days provided the cost i.' paid. This sentence is to run con currently with the sentence in the first case. Reports Of Sales Leading Markets Smith field Leads Wilson Which Averaged 812.11; (ireenville $11.85; Kinston Averages $12.19 No official report, so far as we j have been able to learn, fiv.m any warehouse in Eastern North i Carolina has exceeded the prices paid for tobacco on the Smithfield market, which averag ed $13.92 on opening day and $13.1) for the first two days. News dispatches carried in yes terday’s daily papers from the leading markets give the reports as to how tobacco Ls selling else ..AVERAGE AT WILSON $12.11 PER HUNI)REl* Average at Wilson is $12.11 \\ ilson, Sept. 4.—Prices failed to rally on the local tobacco mar ket today and it was estimated that growers received an average ; of about 12 cents per pound for! the 1.250,000 pounds sold. Tester- j day’s block was sold off today j and indications were for light i sales again tomorrow as a storm this afternoon prevented the grow-j :'rs from bringing their offering*? i Lo the market. Official sales fig-1 .ire; made public today by Ben- j nett Hooks, supervisor of sales, i •evealed that yesterday’s open- J ng was the biggest ever experi enced, but that the average was | Considerably lower than was pre dicted. Growers received an aver ige of $12.11 per hundred pounds for the 1,510,540 pounds sold yes-! erday which was about a cent a 1 KHind lower than the estimated igures of yesterday. The amount j sold exceeded by more than 100,-; )0() pounds the previous record j opening. Yesterday’s average was j nore than a cent lower than the ! >10.28 average of last year’s open ! ng day. Farmers generally are discour, i nt'Xi with the prices being paid! 'or their tobacco and are freely! /oicing their opinions. Many as-j a*rt that the higher grades are lot bringing half what they diii ast year. Numerous growers turn 'd tags on their offerings and re-j noved them from warehouse | doors. OFFICIAL AVERAGE AT iREENVILLE $11.85 III NDREI) Greenville, Sept. 4.—With a ; lakf million pounds of the bright j eaf on the floors of the nine j .varehouses here today, sales were I annpleted by noon. According to i dtieial figures of K. W. Cobb,; supervisor of sales, the market '■ -old yesterday y8G,008 for an iverage of $11.85 per hundred. The quality of tobacco offered yesterday and today was inferior ;«• that sold on the opening heie for several years. The color was nil that could be desired, but the tobacco lacked the rich, waxy ap pearance. The price situation which was yesterday and is still today dis couraging to the growers, showed improvement with some grades with the opening of sales this morning. Baptist Church. Sunday school at 0:45. The pas tor will be away in a revival meeting assisting Rev. 11. Reid Miller, pastor at Littleton, and it is understood Mr. Miller will preach here at 11 a. m. At 7:30 : Rev. J. M. Page, the Baptist “Building Evangelist” for North Carolina, will preach. After the ;service he will meet the building 'committee and any others inter 1 es,ted in the new building enter 'pris of- the church. The public i.4 !cordially invited to the service4' Prayer meeting Wednesday al 17:30. Messrs. William and Tom Las siter returned home Tuesday fron Hendersonville where they spen i two months playing1 with “Jelly’ I>ft\vieh and his University clul orchestra. I • - IAS 3 NEW DALES GINNEJt The first now bale of John ston county cotton was gin ned at IL W. Sanders’ gin in Clayton Monday and was sold to J. G. Harbour & Sons. The cotton graded strict middling and brought twenty cents a pound. It belonged to J. L. Myatt of Cleveland township. On Tuesday Mr. Myatt had another bale ginned, this one being ginned by E. S. Stev ens of this city. It was sold to Mr. Stevens at twenty cents a pound. Mr. Myatt’s third bale was ginned here Wed nesday by Austin & Ogburn. These bales weighed 12(*. 511, and 170 pounds respectively. Mr. Myatt had the first col ton ginned in Johnston coun ty last year. Because of the ravages of the boll weevil. Mr. Myatt expects to get only about half a crop this season. S. S. Attendance Shows Decrease Selma Churches Aroused Ov er Low Percentage of Citi zenship Enrolled; Other Selma News SIOIj.M A. Sept. 5.—Are we awake to the conditions of our Sunday schools? For quite a wh'.'e it has been apparent thinking people that our Sunday seho/3 w e re re t r o gr a ding. In the town of Selma (Tn Sun day. September 1 the total at tendance in eight Sunday schools 'vas only 7-54. This included .no iown proper, the mill villages, aid the colored population. With a population of approximately thiee thousand, where do the remainder of the people spend their Sun lay mornings? Quoting from the North Carolina Christian Advo cate, “Back of this retreat are many and complex causes. But the fact remains that the people are still there and the obligation cf the church still remains to reach these people with the gospel. What are we going to do about these areas and these groups of people which the church of Christ is not reaching? It is imperative that religious instructon and trail ing he given the entire popula tion of our country, and that everything that can be done to en list those of the oncoming gener ation in participating in a pro gram of Christian relgious educa tion shall be done. Hack From Northern Trip. Mr. and Mrs. J. ('. Diehl and j children, Dorothy and Jack, have ’ just returned from their motor trip north. They had a wonderful trip, first visiting Mr. Diehl’s par ents at Ilazelton, Pa., later going on up into New York state where they visited West Point, New bury and other places of interest. They also visited that wonderful summer resort. Eagles Mere, on the summit of the Alleghany mountains, and coming through the Shenandoah Valley via Lynchburg, Natural Bridge and Oxford on the return trip. Entertains For House Guests. Mrs. G. M. Willetts entertained Friday evening complimentary to her house guests, Misses Marjorie Ferrell and La Rue Williamson, of Wendell. Games an<l music occu pied the evening and every one had a delightful time. Miss Eliz abeth Parrish rendered several piano solos. At the close of the evening the hostess served dainty i refreshments. About 35 young peo ple were present. Birth Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Ful ghum announce the birth of s daughter, Edith Nell, on Satur day, the 24 of August. Moves Hack To Raleigh. Mr. A. E. Hoffmeister and fam j ily have moved back to their horn in Raleigh. They have lived v, Selma for two and a half year - and while here have made host ’,of friends who regret to hav 1 Them leave. Mr. Hoffmeister wa 'editor of the local paper whil Local Market Doubles ! 1928 Sales On Opening j With Average $13.92 NEARLY ONE CENT UNDER PRICKS OF LAST YEAR I Kinston, Sept. 4.—The official I average price for tobacco here ; yesterday, opening day of the sea 'son, was 12.IP, not quite one cent ’ under last year’s opening price | of 13.17. Breaks were smaller ; today, as usual on the day follow • i ing the opening, and prices man ifested upward tendency. Parents To Pay For Extra Session Corinth-Holders Citizens To Meet September 13 To Ar range Subscription School Last Friday night about j seventy-five parents of the high! school and seventh grade pupils of the Corinth-Holders school dis trict met at the school lions* to consider ways and means of get ting these children taught in v.n eight months school. Failure of an election held last May left this district with only enough money for a six months school, which is not a high school. The meeting was permanently organized with Julius Williamson as chairman and B. W. Hinnant as secretary. The following com mittee was appointed to canvass the district and see how many par ents would be interested in shar ing the expense necessary to run ».c high school and seventh grade eight months: S. B. Strick land, Albert Whitley, J. T. Bat ten, D. E. Narron, B. W. Hin nant, Alfred Tippett and Howard Boyette. This committee met last Mon day^ and reported that the par ents of 104 children had signi fied that they are willing t) bear this expense which wo-uld be about; $12.00 per pupil in order to hnv« a high school. The money has to be raised and deposited with the county treasurer by September 15. The committee while in session decided to have a meeting at the Corinth-Holders school on Friday, September 13 at seven o’clo.dc ..to. receive the money from all par ents wishing to patronize the sub scription school. This committee is requesting fhat as many as pos sible of the parents pay with a check instead of cash. A careful! record of all money received and paid will be kept and at thv er e! j the surplus if any will be le turned. It is expected that before the meeting of September 13 quite a few other parents will join in the I effort to have a high school. (11VE muiMiE PARTY. Misses Virginia Williamson. Delia Ellingotn and Ellen Patter son were joint hostesses at bridge at the home of Miss Williamson last Monday evening. Four tables were in play amidst a setting of 'attractively arranged flowers, l After several hours of delightful ' entertainment the top score prize was awarded to Mias Virginia Williamson. Delicious refreshments . were served at the conclusion oi : the games. I Those playing included: Misses | Elizabeth Creech, Anne Stevens Mary Norcross, Mildred Cotter Virginia Broadhurst, Ellen Pat terson, Delia Ellington, Virginia Williamson, Messrs. Ed Ward James Davis, Theron Johnson • Hugh Ragsdale, Irving (lillett an. * Herman Lawrence. ; j Mrs. N. M. Lawrence, who ha: i: been spending some time witi ‘ Mr. and Mrs. John White Ives s'returned to her home in Raleigi > yesterday. i Over 31,000 Pounds Government Graded Tobacco Sold Open ing Day At Average of $15.02 With more than twice the amount of tobacco sold on th* two warehouse floors at the open ing sale of the market Tuesday than was sold here opening day of last season, and with prices that are leading all of the mar kets in Eastern North Carolina, the efforts of the tobacco inter ests here and of Smithficld ami Johnston county citizens have not been in wain. The offerings for the first two days of the market totaled 371,948 pounds. the Banner warehouse drew first sale Tuesday, and 131,400 pounds were sold on that f oor. Late in the afternoon the sait began at the Planters warehouse and before night 02,654 pounds were sold. The average price of the tobacco sold on the firs-t day was $13.02 per hundred. Wed nesday the remainder of the first day’s offerings on the Planters warehouse floor was sold together with what came in on Wednesday., bringing the total for the two d?.v to 100,654 pounds. Then the auc tion scene changed again to the Banner where 44,412 pounds we e sold. The average price for the first two days of the tobacco mar ket here was $13.45 per hundred, rhese figures obtained from the warehousemen are official. Sales were lighter yesterday but with favorable weather conditions, to lay’s break is expected to bring :he week’s sales close to three quarters of a million pounds. The first Federal-State tobacco grading service in North Caro lina was inaugurated on tho Smithfield market Tuesday. On hat day, over 31,000 pounds of government graded tobacco wa3 sold at an average of $15.02 pec hundred. Two government grad ers, Edwin D. McDowell an' rhomas Woods, one stationed at ?aeh warehouse, are in charge >f the system which seems to b* having a favorable reception among the farmers. This service may be obtained for the small charge of five cents per hundred pounds, and farmers desiring it are asked to request the weighers to put government tags on their piles of tobacco. The only dif ference between the governmsr.t tag and the warehouse tag is th”. there are blanks in one corner o* the government tag to be filled out by the government grader, this being done with a red pencil. Offerings on the first day were for the most part primings, though the quality was consider, cl somewhat better than last year. In spite of better grades, hov (Turn to page four) Aunt Roxie Opines By He— I “Have your ’baeco government graded so the price won’t be k®* |graded. “P. S. Hurrah! for SraithfWI! tobacco market.”