Welcome to Smith field, Mr. Tobacco Farmer OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” i Smithfleld wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion .YarcL 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15. 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 84 Figures For Gov. Graded Tobaccc Prices For Fifth Week Aver age $17.82; Little Mo"t Than Fourth of Total Of ferings Government tirade The fifth week of government grading on the Smithfield tobacco market saw the highest avenge paid for government graded to bacco of any week this season. A (total of 145,269 pounds, or 26 per cent of the entire offerings for the week was government grad ed, which brought an average price of $17.82. The previous week 169,068 pounds were graded, rep resenting 28 per cent of the amount sold that week, but the average for the government grad ed tobacco for that week was only $15.81. The following gives the prices for the different grades ihand'ed during the fifth week of the -rea son here and also gives the prices for the entire season to October 5: U. S. Grades B3L B4L B5L B6L B2F B3F B4F B5F B6.F B7F B4T) •BSD BftD B7D B5M B6M B7M R5G IB6G B6G B7G C2L IC3IL iG4lL C5L IGGL IC3F IC14F IC5F C6F XIL X2L X3L X4L X1F X2F X3F X4F X3M X4M X5M NON Price 32.86 25.36 18.37 12.70 38.36 29.52 23.28 17.39 10.90 5.67 6.33 7.70 4.22 7.55 7.55 4.79 29.81 25.57 21.60 19.35 15.76 13.00 9.63 6.39 17.20 14.08 9.81 Season to 10-5-29 29.71 23 51 j 17.48 | 12.29 36 36 ' 27.0! 21.42 3 5.77 10.11 5.75 I 15.56 11 11 7.52 ! 4.58 i 11.90 7.14 14.27 2.19 7.77 | 5.83 | 30.40 I 26 86 i 23.40 ! 20.23 | 18.2:; 23.29 , 23.15 20.10 18.36 15.79 | 12.75 1 10.01 ! 7.10 i 15.72 12 01 10.02 7.19 9.08 , 6.98 4.71 3.67 Selma Kiwanis Club. Selma, Oct. 12. At the regu lar weekly luncheon of the Ki wanis last Thursday evening it was club last Thursday evening it was agreed that the elub would pay for the music lessens of Thomas iStwnc.il, eleven year old child who has taken his audiences by storm on a number of occasions with his wonderful singing. He has broad casted over radio station WPTP on one occasion and received a number of telephone calls. Another deed the club will do is to see that a young cripple of the town receives treatment. The local Kiwanis club’s main object for the coming year will be agriculture. A meeting of the public affairs committee held last week outlined a plan whereby the club will work hand in hand with the farmer for his own good that of Eastern North Carolina. The club was entertained by [Misses Sarah Creech, Louise Woodard, Mary Emily Stallings and LAnwood Hood with a number of musical number which were very much enjoyed. 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. Mack Johnston recognized ^ *ensst isuii emeu siq TODA ¥ S TANTA LiZfcK hrhc-rrtbocke Temperance Filn Is Now Available North Carolina Anti-Saloo League to Present Five Keel Film on Fruits o Strong Drink i C. A. Upchurch, superimtenden of the North Carolina Anti-Saloo League, announces that the edu cational department of the Leagu in its effort to strengthen publi sentiment for temperance, la\ ! observance, and good citizenship will scon present in eastern Nort Carolina one of the greatest tern perance pictures ever filmed. In i recent letter Mr. Upchurch states “We have always striven foi education and for the creation ant crystallizing of public sentimen to keep alive and strengthen tin sentiment for temperance, lav observance and good citizenship For four years we have striver 'to extend the work of the Leagui along educational lines. We rec ognize that the need of the hour is that the public and especially our youth be informed about al cohol and its effects on the hu man body; that they be informed about the principles underlying prohibition and that the matter of abstinence, obedience to law and good citizenship be empha sized. Our \ lsual Education Depart ment began work last night. It is in charge cf Professor S. M. Smith, who for many years has been well and favorably known in North Carolina. He was for a number of years a member of the faculty of Elan College He has had experience in Y. M. C. A. werk; Educational Vocational work with the United States War Veterans Bureau and in various lines of religious activity. “The main effort of this depart ment, in the hands of Professor Smith, will be to show our people how the old saloon operated and the sort of fruits it produced. We have one of the greatest temper ance pictures ever filmed. It is a five-reel production, entitled ‘Lest We Forget,'’ produced by Dr. Jas. K. Shields. “We plan to make this picture work supplementary to the scien tific temperance teaching in our public schools and the temper ance teaching in our Sunday schools. For the remainder of the year we plan to operate in the eastern half of the state, showing the picture in high scho , • churches, clubs and to groups of pec pie wherever there is interest in knowing the truth about the old outlawed liquor business. “Parents who believe in law and order, who love their home-, their country and their children; and who are opposed to the re turn of the licensed sale of intox icating liquors in any form should not fail to see this remark able picture—a true story from real life. “No admission is charged. En gagements will be booked as near ly as possible in the order in which requests are sent to the office of the Ainti-iSaloon League at Raleigh.” THREE MEN BREAK JAIL HERE FRIDAY Friday evenin gabout 8:30 o’clock three men made their escape from the county jail and have not been heard from since. Those getting away are L&uris ('oats of Cleveland township. Lonzo Parrish, of near Selma, and one named Coats also of Selma. The es cape was made by means of blankets tied together and sus I pended from a window. An American Legion meeting wa . i in progress in the courtroom when the prisoners made their dash for freedom. The jailer was said to have been inves tigating a wreck when the oc currence took place. Richard Noble Breaks Knee. ! Richard Noble, son of Mr. an Mrs. A. M. Noble, had the nb fortune last Wednesday to biva his knee while playing foofeha at school. He was taken to Pe Hospital where the broken bo: • was set. He has returned to Y l home where he is expected to l confined for several weeks. i Baptist Ministers ; Of County Hen i Discuss Matters Pertaininj to Associational Meetinj I To He Held at Pisgah Nov 6th end 7th By REV. S. L. MORGAN The Baipitist ministers of th ■ | Johnston association held thei ?, October meeting: in the Baptis 2 church here yesterday at tei i o'clock, the executive committei • of the association meeting a's« 1 the same day at 2:30 p. m. Ii view cf the coming association which is to be held at Pisgai' church near Smithfield Novem ber 0-7, the disussions in bo meetings w-eie devoted largely ’.< matters that are to be brought t.c the attention of the association ir its annual session. One of tr.r - - was the arrangement of the pro gram itself. It was stated that visitors of great ability have been .hocked as speakers,* among them being Rev. E. McNeill Poteat, the , new pastor of Pullen Memoriil I Church, Raleigh, who will speak jcn Foreign Missions, and Dr. W. L. Poteat, president emeritus of Wake Forest College, who will discuss Christian education. Two recommendations will be made to the association which 'will bring a great hange in as sociaticmal work, if they ore adopted. One will be a complete change in the personnel of the ex ecutive committee, by placing cn it one representative of each de partment of work—the Sunday hool, B. Y. P. U. and W. M. I In addition to this the association will be divided into at least six distrets, and one representative from each of these districts will become a member of the executive committee. The ether change of importance will be the manner in which the benevolent budget of the association is to be deter-: mined. Heretofore the General Board of the State Convention' has proposed a financial objec tive for the association and asked it to adopt the amount named as i nearly as seemed feasible. The new plan, if adopted, will be for each church to decide on its own budget in advance of the associ ation, the aggregate amount named by all the churches 'to be . come the budget of the associa tion as a whole. This plan was ap proved by both the pastors and the executive committee, and all the churches are asked to decide on their budgets and report them to the oming meeting. of the ciation. At the meeting of the ministers it was announced that one of the leading pastors will soon sever his ■ ccnr.ecfion with the association. | This is Rev. R. F. Hall, pastor of Mout Moriah, who has resigned, and will move to Fuquay Springs about Nov. 1. Resolutions are to be drawn up by the Ministers' A s s eclat ion expressing the high regard in which he is 'held. Officers of the ministerial bo.ly were elected for the new year as jfollows: Dr. I. E. D. Andrews, o: ; Clay ten, president; W. J. Crain, of Selma, vice-president; and S. I,. ' Morgan, of Smithfield, sec retar v — BOV SCOUTS ENJOY WEINER ROAST FRIDAY SEILMiA, Oct. 3.—The Selma Scouts under the supervision of their scoutmaster, Rev. I). M. Sharpe, held a most enjoyab. • I weiner roast on the grounds just back of the Methodist Sunday j'chool building Friday afternoon. : This feed, so dear to the hearts of boys, came at the close of u jbusy afternoon spent in cleaning I up the rubbish around the Scout I hut. This hut was used as a Loo', and storage house during tic building of the Sunday schoo 1 rooms, and permission was cb - tair.ed by the scoutmaster to con < vert it into quarters for the boy * 1 It is about 15x60 feet and tm * boys plan to put up a chimn e with a large fireplace in orde s to have a suitable place for win o tor gatherings. B. 0. Childs Makes Rally Day Addres: Methodist Sunday School Oh serves Rally Day; Membe of Duke Faculty Makes In spirational Talk A message, earnest and thought ■ ful, and inspirational in its appeai • was delivered at the Rally Da; ; exercises of the Methodist Sun . day school here Sunday morn in; by B. G. Childs, a member of th< the faculty of Duke University. The Rally Day sendee, conduct cd at the conclusion of the clas: period, was heralded by the pro cessicnal from the various clas.' iocTr.13, and the church auditoriurr 1 was about full when the assem blage had filed in. The proces sional was played by Mrs. C. V .Johr5c,n at the organ and A. H. , Coble, on the violin. The choir ‘ rendered a special musical selec tion, but the chief feature of the program was the address by Mr. | Childs. A rapid speaker, Mr. Childs in twenty-five minutes, reviewed the . beginning of Sunday schools, the aim of this institution, and ifs ! place among other agencies con | tributing to the development of youth. The average home is not giving religious instruction; the day school with its multiplicity of duties does not have time even if the states allowed it; and it then develops upon the church through its Sunday school to fur nish religious training. Mr. Child’.: speke of the small amount of time—actually only about a ha’f hour per week—which the Sunday school devotes to this important to. k, and he stressed the impor-1 tan.ee cf teachers and leaders real- I izing the responsibility which rests upon them and urged them | to study and prepare tkemselves! for this great work. Mr. Childs who has taught in several Standard Training schools held here was welcomed back by those who had sat in his classes, and he was given a most attentive hearing by the entire Sunday school Sunday morning. Mrs. J. J. Broad-hurst was chair man of the Rally Day committee, and the occasion, due to well laid plans was quite successful. TRI CK DRIVERS ORGANIZE CLUB. PRINCETON, Oct. 14.—The truck drivers of Princeton school met in the library Wednesday, October 9 and organized a truck drivers’ club. M. P. Young, principal of the school, made a talk on how to av 1 accidents and how to keep school trucks in good condition tion. He gave speial warning about stopping at railroad and highway crossings. The following officers for the club were elected: Howard Mitch ell, president; Clarence Capps vice-president; Jerry Overman, secretary-treasurer; Pearl Worley, news reporter. The truck drivers of this .school have had an organized club for the past three years and have found that it is a great help to them. They always clip the accounts of automobile accidents from the newspapers and read and discuss them at their meetings, j It was suggested at this meet ing that it would be a good thine: for all the schools in Johns ton county to organize local club and then get together in a union meeting of all these clubs and organize a Johnston county schorl (truck drivers’ club. The primary (objects of this county-wide elu.) would be to enable the drivers to learn from one another and from c.ther sources .how best the school truck service can be made safe and wholesome for the students riding to school c.n the trucks. j Tom Rogers of Buncombe coun ty will sell 55 three-year old beet , steers weighing over 1100 pounds each from his farm this fall. Hi J still has 150 head of youngei cattle to be fattened and finish ,'ed. j After visiting the nearby ox • periment station at Florence. S - ( .. Anson county farmers ar convinced that dusting cotton t control the boll weevil will pay. Second Payment i Equalizing Fund Sum of $1,214,800 To Sent Out To 94 Countie? Today; Two More Pay ments To Follow RALEIGH, Oct. 14.—The sue , | of $1,214,800 is to be sent ou. , on October 15 to the 94 counties participating in the State Equal izing Funid of $6,500,000 appro ‘ | priabed by the last legislature a. 1 j am aid in the operation of the public schools, it was announcec at the office of the State Super intendent of Public Instruction to day. This amount represents the sec ond installment of this fund dis tributed to the counties and ap plied to this school year's busi ness. On .September 5, the sum < f $1,156,300 was mailed to the custodians of the county school funds. With this installment l total of $2,371,100 will have been sent to these officials by the state The state superintendent also announces that the state treasure1* is making such provision as is necessary in order that a third j installment of $1,270,800 may be sent out on December 10. Before January 1, 1930, therefore, it is expected that $3,641,900.00 will be distributed and applied to the ecs.t of the six months schin 1 term. As will be noted .this tocai sum exceeds the entire amount of $3,250,000 appropriated for tin six months school during 1928-29. Under the law the distribution of that part of the fund applica ble to the six months school term is limited to four installments. The fourth installment of over a million dollars will be sent ouf in February or March of next year. After this payment is made, tha $1,250,000 fund set a-.ioe to aid the public schools runing more than six months will be made. MT OLIVE BOY DIES FROM INHA LINO MONOXIDE GAS MOUNT OLIVE, Oct 11.—Wil liam L. Sanderson, 5 pear old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sanderson, of Mount Olive, is dead from inhaling: monoxide gas and O. >) Andrews, manager of Bullock’s meat market is this morning re cuper;.. mg after having been rendered unconscious from the same cause. Mrs. Sanderson and her two children, William and a younger one, together with Mrs. Wil’io Jones and Mr. Andrews spent Thursday in Raleigh. On the re turn trip, Mrs. Sanderson drove the automobile and on the front scat of the car with her were M;s. Jones and the younger Sander on child. Mr. Andrews and William Sanderson were on the back When the party reached Mount Olive, they stopped at Bullock’s meat market to get Mr. Sanderson! to go and let them in the house. As the father stepped into the j rear seat of the automobile and moved his son, he noticed that: his body seemed limp and life less. Hurriedly, he picked the lad up and ran into the market with him. An examination/ proved that he was dead. Physicians who were summoned from nearby offices worked in ef forts to revive the little boy, but their efforts were in vain,. While frantic efforts to rev vie the lud were going on, no one happened to think that Mr. A t drews might also have been over come. He had been sitting in the corner of the car, bent over, nad apparently asleep. Rushing to him, physicians found that he too had been overcome by monoxide gas ami was unconscious. He was car t red into the market and after physicians had worked with him far some time he revived and was taken to his room at the home of Mrs. A. Sasser. This morning he was able to be out. This morning, members of the party recalled that yesterday on the trip to Haledgh, little William had become nauseated and it was believed that monoxide gas had caused this. On the return trip the front window of the can* Wat ' open, hut the rear windows were ■ closed. It was said that there waif ) a crack in the floor of the car ir the rear part and that the monox or’ Some call me T/je Child of Today” I am also THt CltlZCP Cl/ Tomorrow' School Boards are bejjmm.-.j «o put r.c in the foreground I Hope tbcjy w II ffjink of me when they plan How to -.pend icHa-.! non.* ^ - I IllfC good school but IJ. rigs but I nc 'A f 'J Teachers too.wi-.o know h .. l«l,c!a m- / Next to parents teachers do!'.;; .v. School Principals Hold Meet Here ’1 wo Topics For Discussion at first Monthly Meeting Were Trucks and Teacher ages The first meeting of the lew school year of the principals . f the eight and nine months schools of the county was held Thursday evening here at the courthouse. These meetings were held month ly last year, and were fruitful of good for the schools represent ed. The meeting Thursday even; ig was featuied by two discussions, one concerning the teacherages, and the other concerning the trucks. Mr. J. T. Hahher, prrni pal of the Four Oaks school led che discussion about the teacher- j ages. As a result of the exchange of ideas, it was decided to con tinue the policy of charging the teachers a small amount each month for room rent which shall be used in keeping the buildings and furniture in repair. Son.e schools are making the charge high enough to include the put chase of furniture additional to that placed in the teacherages by the county. . Mi-. M. P. Young, principal of the Princeton school, has worked out an organization of the trunk drivers in his district which Un proved helpful in handling any trouble that arises, and he was asked to tell of his plan at tnc meeting Thursday evening. T.te truck system was then openly discussed with a view of improv ing it wherever possible. Fifteen principals were present Thursday evening, the only ab sentee being iS. T. Liles of Ar cher Lodge. Those present were: B. F. Hassell and T. E. McBane, of Clayton; G, T. Whitley, of Ktnly; A. G. Glenn, of Meadow; K. T. Boyette, of Glendale; M. P. Young, of Princeton; Nathan Wo mack, of Wilson’s Mills; O. A. Tuttle, of Micro; Harry Keller, of Cormth-Hoiders. G. E. Smith, cf Cleveland; N. V. Shuford, of Smithfield; J. T. Hatcher, of Four Oaks; G. B, Strickland, of Pine Level; F. M. Waters and II. Bueck, of Selma. Attend Family Reunion. Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Wharton left Friday for Greensboro where they attended a Rankin-Whartnn family reunion at old Buffalo Presbyterian church ini the north ern part of Greensboro Saturday. Both of these families have large connections not only in Guilford county but in various parts of the United States, and between fiOf and 800 people were at the re union. ide gas from the exhaust mus have seeped into the machin through this crack Three Persons Hurt In Wreck Miss Daisy Moore Is In Hos pital Following Accident When Ford Collides With Bus Three persons were painfully injured here late Friday afternoon when a Ford car. driven by Mrs. A tibley Powell of the Sanders Chapel section, collided with the five-thirty bus at the intersection of Third and Hancock streets. •Mis. Powell was scratched and ( bruised, Edna Powell, her six- ; year-old daughter, suffered a frac tured collar bone, and Miss Daisy ! Moore, who was riding with them was seriously hurt. Ayden Pow ell, eight-year-old son of Mrs. Powell, escaped unhurt. The injured were carried to the Johnston County Hospital for treatment, and the little girl and Mrs. Powell were allowed to go | home Friday night. Miss Moore i is still in the hospital, but is re-1 ported to be much improved. LARCENY CASE GOES TO HIGHER COURT Aaron Whitley, a young colored man from the northern part of the county, was Ln magistrate’s court here last week charged with larceny and Justice of the Fe?ce J. H. Kirk man sent the case up to Superior court. Mr. William Wheeler, who preferred charges against the negro brought in the r.egro himself after he had tied him with a rope. According to the story told in court, the negro had taken $60 in bills from Mr. Wheeler’s room and concealed it in the lining of his cap. At noon last Friday, a mule belonging to Mr. Wheeler was found to be ill, and a veteri narian was sent for. Mr. Wheeler lock a nap after dinner and it was at this time that the negi ? who worked for Mr. Wheeler is supposed to have taken the money. At any rate when Mr. Wheeler went to get the money to pay the veterimariaai it was gone. He ac cused the negro who denied hav ing it. However, as the negro started to leave the house his ca > fell off and Mr. Wheeler picked it up and discovered the bills in the lining. Mr. Wheeler brought the negro to Smithfield for trial.1 The magistrate’s court put the | defendant under a $200 bond for appearance in Superior court. Be ing unable to give bond, he i awaits trial in jail. "ousehfeut Cotlecto' TolV%an, . He' Hab To Pacj o' Move Out - - Shuts', -vimbo Been Vwfcjiiin'j Tree w«cKs fQ' Permission -- State And Nation News Paragraphs \ - Climax in Aderholt Trial in Charlotte Expected This: VVeek; American Standard of Living Highest The climax in the defense pr - : sentation of evidence in the trial of seven men accused of murder in connection with the death «,r Chief of Police O. F, Aderholt of i Gastonia, is expected during the | early part of this week when th [defendants will take the .-tan. Last week the prosecution cr pleted its testimony against th ■ ; seven defendants presenting a | number ijf alleged eye-wit nr. - I to the shooting on June' 7, which | resulted in the death of Ader j holt and the wounding 0/ thre I police and a strike guard. Th. [defense immediately launched a counter attack, introducing again a number of alleged eye-witness - whose testimony differed from t! testimony of the state’s witme*-: in practically every major poinn The third week of the trial be gan yesterday, and the case i not expected to be completed t hi - week. In a radio address in New York Sunday night Secretary of Labor Janies J. Davis stated that Un American standard of living the highest achieved in world his tory and is “almost amazing.” Mr. Davis quoted figures furnished bv the bureau of labor statistics t< show that the American stand, i of living is unprecedented, li sa id that the average annual foo i consumption of 500 typical Amr ican families with incomes if from $1*00 to $2500 per year eluded 41*8 pounds of meat, ' 1 dozen eggs, 230 pounds of sugar, 777 pounds of flour, meal, brea ! and rolls, and cthre articles r\ proportion. Thes truths show, ht said, why immigration has b. \ restricted. Aliens by the mill: are clamoring to enter the Unit- i States because they too want the privileges and benefits of i - American standard of living. The Canadian Pacific Railw company’s transpacific liner Km press of Canada en route from Scotland to Vancouver, ran wp n the rocks at Homer bay non. Albert Head in the Straits of Juan de Fuca during a dense fog today. The passenger's were land ed safely. The Empress of Cana i; figured in the rescue work of thy Yokohama earthquake in 1923, tak ing 3,000 refugees to Shanghai In the same year it set a tran Pacific record, crossing from Y kohamia to Victoria, B. C., ught days, 10 hours and 53 m Lites. A Surprse Birthday Dinner On October 3, the children ar: : grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs Bud Strickland met together the home of Mr. Strickland ar. j gave a surprise dinner in ho*. . of Mrs. Bud Strickland’s birt - day. She was 52 years of age. Ai! the children arrived about eleven o’clock and a good dinner \va. served, consisting of barbeme chicken, weiners, sausage, sa> . wiches, cakes, pies and lemomwi After dinner all gathered aror i and talked of the family happc ings. Presents were presented n Mr. and Mrs. Strickland by - eral of the children. Ever;, had an enjoyable dinner and turned home late that eveni Those present were: Mr. and Mr . Wade Strickland and chikir Mr. and Mrs. Carl Strickland a, Howard Bennett, Mr. and M. Raymond Price and family. Mr. and Mrs. Esker Lee and children. Visiters were Mr. and Mrs. \Y:ti ter Strickland, Mrs. Eviline H ■ • ton, Hartford Strickland a: Roosevelt Maden. A daughter-in-law. E. M. Dewey of Columbu • col.-* ty has purchased a car of ■ heifers from Haywood coun' graze on his cut-over pine t this winter. Lenoir county club nn . won first places in the poulfry and dairy cattle judging contest recently at the Coustal Plain i \ perinient Station in Pender ty. *a,+Jk~tk