OUR SLOGAN: “Sell Johnston County Tobacco In Johnston” Welcome to Southfield, Mr. Tobacco Farmer Smithfield wants a hotel —But it also wants to es tablish a Livestock Sta tion Yard. SMITHFIELD, N. G, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18. 1929 EIGHT PAGES TODAY NUMBER 85 47TH YEAR THE HOME NEWSPAPER Tobacco Pries Best Of Tf More Than Four anc a Quarter M i 1 1 i o r Pounds Have Beer Sold on Smithfielc Market; Big- Breat Monday With Aver ■ age of $26.46 The lining of the low-pricec tobacco cloud which ba,s hovered over the itobaco belt of Eastern Carolina since the opening sale, is taking on a silvery hue at Smithfield. Tobacco this week has made the best showing of the season, and, in some instances, the high peak of 1919 has been reach Figure® are not available for the sales here yesterday, but in eluding Wednesday’s offering's, the Smithfield market has so1..! 4,282,396 pounds. Monday, with over 200,000 pounds on the ware house floors, saw one of the big gest breaks of the season, and the official average was $26.40. Tuesday the floors were full again, but on Wednesday and Thursday the sales were light. One of the best pleased far mers to sell here this week was Mr. Iva Au trey, of Autryville. He sold some over 300 pounds here Tuesday a; an average of a little more than $0(5.00. In addi tion, he was awarded $50 by a fertilizer firm which had offeree a prize for the best piece of to bacco grown, with its brand of fertilizer. A Johnston: county farmer, Mr. R. D. Johnson of Smithfield town ship is convinced that Smithfield’s tobacco market is all right, even though it cost him a few dollars to find out for himself. Wednes day, Mr. Johnson split his crop, sending 1078 pounds to Rocky Mount, and -selling the balance, a total of 1868 pounds here. That sold in Rocky Mount brought $386.56, while for that sold in Smithfield, Mr. Johnson receive i $521.02. In other words, 110 pounds less tobacco in Smithfield brought $134.46 more than in Rocky Mount. Out of the four teen piles sold here, the ware house bought only one pile. The government grading serv ice is holding its own on this market. The sixth week of this service ending October 12, found 26 per cent of the total offering being graded by government grad ers. The prices paid for govern ment tobacco were as follows: LEAF: B2L, $43.02; B3L, 31.33; B4L, 25.24; B5L, 18.89; B6L, 11.13. B2F, 41.93; B3F, 32.19; B4F, 17.54; B5F, 17.54; B6F, 9.62; B7F, 5.15. B7D, 32.79. B6M, 6.58; B7M, 4.91. B6G, 7.91; B7G, 4.34. CUTTERS: C4L, 34.94; C5L. 21.52; C6L, 19.36. €5F, 24.59. LUGS: X1L, 18.25; X2L, 13.30; X3L, 7.82; X4L, 6.43. X1F, 16.41; X2F, 12.28. Baptist Church. Sunday school 9:45. Punctuality emphasized. Short. State Mi-sio' Program, The pastor will preach :rt •1 a, m. and 7:30 p. m. This is an nual enlistment day. Members wil be received at church 2:00 tc 4:30 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Monday 7:30 p m. Prayer service Wednesday a .7:30. Cordial invitation to all th services. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the nam* of a person in Smith field or Johnston County, and to the one deciphering their tame and presenting a copy of this paper to the Herald orifice, «re will present a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. Tickets must be called for befoie the following issue. Herbert Brock decipher: his name las tissue, TODAY’S TANTALIZER wljnmisnehoro is This Week le Season Hen *-—_ ■ HEAD NOT ALL THERE The article in' the last issue l of the Herald headed “Mr. : Tuttle’s Talk” should have I read: “Mr. Tuttle’s Talk at . ! Opening Princeton School. ’ Mr. Tuttle was present at the I opening exercises of the I Princeton school, and his talk | was so well received that there was a request to have j it published. Alleged Bootlegger Arrested Wednesday Found Drunk at His Home Near Fair Grounds by Offi cers; Several Stills Caplur ed This Month a H . key hid about the house and yard. A case containing- esvara 1 pint bottles, of whiskey which had not hern opened was found, and there were other evidences .that Stan ley bought wholesale and retailed the liquor. Empty jars and bot tles were found in the house and in the weeds in the yard. Stanley was arrested and brought to jail. Not being able to give bond he is still in jail awaiting .trial. Stanley had been under sspieion for some time. The officers making the arrest were Hannibal Godwin, .1. O. Hin ton, E. A. Johnson and Wade Dupree. Wednesday morning Officers J. J. Batten, Hannibal Godwin and Waylon ones captured a 30 gal lon still ir Banner township. The still was not in operation and no arrests were made. The still, five and a half gallons of whis Offieers received a tip Wednes day afternoon to go to the home of Bon Stanley, who lives .near the fair grounds, to search for whiskey. When they arrived at Stanley’s home they found him drunk, and a search revealed whis key, two barrels of beer, and 25 gallons of scuppernrvng wane were seized. Other activities of Johnston county officers during October are as follows: On October 5 W. L. Langdon captured a still in Elevation. On October 7, L. D. Parker captured a still in Elevation. On October 4, T. M. Bizzell cap tured a 65-gallon copper still in Boon Hill township. On Friday, October 11, W. E. King of Ingrams township brought in a 30-gallon outfit. One arrest was made. On October 10, J. C. Carroll, | Roland Hayes, J. O. Bass and J. 1,1. Batten captured a 25 gallon ! still in Cleveland township. Law I rence Coates was arrested and ! brought to jail, but he escaped ! within a few days and has not ' been apprehended since breaking jail. MIGHT HAVE ADDED HAY AND FEED STUFF Potatoes from Minnesota, onione from Indiana and other vegetable? front foreign states make expen sive eating for Martin count; I'people. All the grocery stores are fill ed with foreign-grown- potatoes onions, beans, tomatoes, cabbage rutabagas and other vegetable: I that may be easily grown on ev lory farm or in every garden it j Eastern North Carolina. Yet, w are buying and paying for t vegetables with tobacco monej This system of farming lias neve failed to bankrupt any cornmur ity that follows it very ion; What farmers need to guar against is to keep the hands < others out of their pockets. The farmer who farms ft money will generally meet wv I d isappointment and be unhapp but the farmer who farms for living will generally succeed ai I bo happy.--Williatpxton Ivn' i prise. * County Budget 8 About Complete i - County Tax Rate Will f SI. 95 As Budget Now Stands; Kate 9c High< Than In 1928 The budgets for the various dt partments. of county governmor have been, prepared and while ti er mm is sinners have not official’ fixed the tax rate, all that i needed is a formal motion fo this to be done. Final action wi r.'t be taken until the tax rat for the special school tax di triets have been completed. Conn ty Superimit indent Marrow ha asked for -.this information fron the 'several districts and as son as this information is in his of |fice, the rate fixing: will be com I pleted. The needs of the several bud ft'cts, exclusive of the specia rchcol tax, total $987,387.2C which will require a tax levy o: $1.95 cn a property valuation o; I about fo. ty-one and a half mil ■ lion dollars. General County Fund. A levy of 15 cents o«n the hun dred dollars worth of property i required for the general county fund; 30 cents for the road and bridge fund; 35 cents for debt -ervice; and $1.15 for the county school fund. This levy will be nine [cents higher than last year, the late for 1928 being $1.80. About the first of August, it was thought that, in addition to the levy of fifteen cents for the general county fund, a three-con*: tax levy would be needed for health activities and for the poor, but the general county budget as now prepared shows nothing above the legal fifteen cent rate. The amount shown in the genera county fund in August was $107 107.50, while this, fund now to tals $107,487.50, and includes the following items: general govern ment, auditor’s office, treasurer’s office, he riff’s office, registci of deeds’ office, clerk of the court’s office, courts and jur'es, welfare office, health department, charities and correction, cov rt house and grounds, county home ar.d hospital, county jail, tax col lector’s office, and tax listing c*x Koads and Bridges. The budget for roads and bridges totals $125,131.64. Tni« sum is needed to take care of ad ministration, maintenance, and co n s t ruction, em ergenc y b r idge fund, ‘fund deficit June 30, 1929, commission foT listing and col lecting taxes. Debt Service. For debt service is needed $193,050. This amount will go | to pay -interest on temporary loans; interest on bonds; matur ing serial bonds; sinking fund in stallments; tax listing and collect ion; sinking fund on Juno 30, 1929 deficit. County School Fund. The budget for the county school system has been in con troversy and it is understood that the matter will go up to the Supreme court for final settle ment. In: the meantime, according to an order of Judge N. A. Sin clair, the commissioners will levy the amount of last year’s budget which was $561,718.12. This sun includes current expense, capita outlay, and debt service. SELMA LADY RETURNS FROM INTERESTING I K 11 SELMA, Oct. 17.—Mrs. P II Sellers, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tur ncr of Raleigh, and Messrs. Hen”: j and William Med 1 in of II mlo 'have retuirnied from a very jlightful visit to Mr. and Ms 1 1 A. Medlin of Spring-field, HI. Th< made the trip by motor, goin, the eastern trip and return;: ? b the western route. They viHU many places of interest, an?on them the coal mines of West Vi1 ginia, passing through a sectio f of the corn belt, the wheat be and the wonderful Blue Grass the fir id r. l,Vi tion of Kentucky horses and. cattle shipped all over States. They were much imp in "id wi the farms* laid out in square - a sections and the straight, rmu: \ ; MOVEMENT FOR RELIGIOl ' TRAINING IN SCHOOLS O CHARLOTTE, Oct. 17.— ^ movement tn introduce religicn ^ training in the public schools < Mecklenburg has been initiated t the ministerial association of th e city. A committee was appoint* to confer with the heads of tl county educational system ar later a program for introducin the course in the schools will 1 mapped out. News Stems Of Interest In Stati l Heme-Coming Week Big Su< cess; Notable Speakers A State Fair; Highway Com mission Considers Johnsto North Carolina Home-Cominj NVcpk from all indications ha. been a big success. The union re 1 iff ions service held in 'the citj ■ audits r:uni at Raleigh Sunday night- was notable for the distin | ffui'Sihed ministers present w!k claimed North Carolina as theii native state. Dr. George TVuett of Dallas, Texas, preached the home 'coming sermon. Assistant Secre j iary of the Interior Joseph M. Dixcn, a native North Carolinian, j brought the felicitations of the • Federal government to the state :on Wednesday. On Tuesday Gov ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt of ■ New York attended the horcc : coming celebrating and delivered I an address at the fair grounds at 'm n. He also made a speech on jTuc day night at Capitol square whn the new flood lights on the j capitol were turned on .honoring Light’s Golden Jubilee. While in North Carolina Gov lernor Roosevelt visited Durham and Duke University and also the State University at Chapel Hi1.*. He seemed much impressed with the ? institutions. Governor Roose velt while in the state had litt’e to say concerning politics. It is said that he was more inclined to talk about football than about presidential possibilities among whom he is prominent. Many of those who attended the state fair in Raleigh this week have remarked upon the fine ex hibits which are on display. The fairest of fair weather has pre vailed and large crowds have been attending. Before the Dixon ad dress on Wednesday the new state fair grounds were formally dedicated “to agriculture and in dustry, the cornerstone of North Ganelina's progress.” On account of illness Governor Gardner was unable to attend but Judge N. A. Town send. Executive Counsel to the governor, represented the state in the ceremony. The State Highway Commis sion in session in Raleigh Wed nesday, distributed the half mil lion dollar highway equalling fund, and adopted ordinance gov erning the use of state highways. Certain roads in Columbus, Rob l s.; n and Burke counties were added to the state system fur maintenance. Reads which the commission ordered investigated included: Harnett and Johnston counties, approximately 25 mile frem Lillington via Buie’s CrPtk, i Coats, and Benson to a point nor-: Newton Grove. Aeolian Music Club To Meet. The Aeolian Music club will meet next Tuesday evening at tin he me cf Rev. and Mrs. Chestei Alexander, with Mrs. Alexir.de: and Mrs. W. J. B. Orr as hos tcss.es. An interesting program. ; , study of Wahner, is being pre-par r A. A. Cloninger of Gaston couu ty has developed a herd of d j purebred Jersey cows from on r pure bred heifer purchased i 1917. n paved. t One experience w'hioh Mrs. Se - lers especially enjoyed was 0 fi h'ng party to the Kaskask 1 river near Springfield, I'll., whe: '• an abundance of fine, large, whi perch an i ether fish were caugl h No one enjoyes fishing nr ■ t.h; d Mrs. Sellers and she is usually 11 successful angler. ; Heavy Docket Ii r i Recorders Cour y _ ,i luesday and Wednesday < * This Week Devoted 1 Trial of Criminal Cases e_ Quit;' a number of crimin ea-, s were disposed of in? Recoi l's court here Tuesday and Wei Tiesday. The following; were trie< H. L. Knight, charged wif * fraud, failed to appear in cou * for his trial. A former judgment against I - Hamilton of $50 fine and co t lWas modified and the defendai was ordered not to operate a m< - tor vehicle again in North Ca 1 l.r.a during (the four months b< ginning with June 18, 1929. James Watson was given foe ; months on the roads for assau . with deadly weapon. The sen'enc is to be suspended upon th payment of $25 into court for th .use and benefit of the injur*.' ! man and the payment of the cos1 | Fifteen dollars of the fine wa remitted. i J. H. Mcnk plead guilty t< | possession and transportation am was fined $100. He was also tax 'ed with the cos.t C. W. Rogers, aged 34, a white (electrician, entered a plea of guil ty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. A 90 day road sentence is to be suspended up >n the payment of a $50 fine and the : cost. The defendant was ordered inof to operate a motor \ chicle again in North Carolina during | the next 90 days. I mi cm Adams charged vim slander, entered a plea of nolo coribendere, which was accepted by the court. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost. Archie Truelove, Malcolm True love and Rev. Lm Wh're were called but failed to appear in court for trial. J. C. Richardson, charged with trespass, was found not guilty. Arthur Hodges was found gudjy of possession. Prayer for judg ment was continued upon the pay ment of the cost. Jake Johnson, Delia Johnson, and Joe Blackman were in court charged with prostitute u No! pres as to Joe Blackman Jake and Delia Johnson were found guilty. ?rayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost and on further condition that the defendants are of good j behavior during the next two yeans. Red -Cook and John Futch were j convicted of being- publicly drunk. I Prayer for judgment was contin ued upon the payment of half the I cost each. H. A. Higgins was found guilty of possession of whiskey. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of the cost T. C. Bryant, charged wit1 giv ing worthless check, was called j end failed. Judgment ni si s?i l’a. Carl Stallings was fined $10 for violation of the auto laws, life took an appeal anr. his bond I was fixed at $100. I s ham Watson, con vi ted of 'abandonment and non-supper , wa: sentenced to the roads for eight months. The sentence is to be s ipeded upon the payment of thr rest and on further condition that It he defendant provides adequate support for his wife, j Reuben White was found $1C lard taxed with the cost for po ■ -•-!< n and transportation. Eunice Singletery, convicted o! fornication and adultery, was sen te need to jail for a term of 9( , days and assigned to work as tin sheriff sees fit. The defendan | appealed to Superior court anc bond was fixed at $100. Romie Avera received a 00 da; ! read sentence for possession o I beer. The sentence is to be sus pended upon the payment of , i $25 fine and the cost. Twenty do] 1 i lars of the fine was later remit ted. - Wesley Wall was found guilt of removing crops. Prayer f< 1 judgment was continued upon th a payment of the cost, a Bud Hudson ami Preston Hu< .* son were in court charged wii e .tri-pass. No-1 pros as to Bud Hu< t 'son. Preston Hudson was four a 'guilty and fitted $10. He w; a also taxed with the cost. | John Goff, charged with a I 1 The Child Laborers Of Today °l AM V A H ! C AVS 'VIU; l- I •■' iO-H Sc Mc ci. c f\ A2>vA , *'■'L t. A V' f a A Cf \lOe». A > fAft Jp/, /\ COM £ ££ &RKOVPC\f** y . . ^ ix a '* F T> ® C ^ ■' /it-*. AV£RA** /\ rr-AR A* / ,/) i r t national Hducatior. ' issoclatior. ?resc * Service ^-4 Are The U / 'f'c °* e, v-. . '2.. / Courtesy of National Cl i Id Labor Cobalt tee O! Tomorrow Superior Court Here October 28 I Two Weeks Term Civil Court Will lie Presided Over by Judge Lyon; Jury List The next term of Superior ( urt to be held in Johnston county will convene here on Monday, October 28. This will be. a two weeks’ civil term with Judge C. €. Lyon of Elizabeth town, on the bench if the ar rangements stand an T il ent. Superintendent/s Report, Mr < B. A. Hocutt. Appointment of Committees and Announcements. Talk by President of State W M. U., Mrs. W. N. Jones, Ra eigh. Special Music, by Male Qtiar tette of Princeton. Message of Vital interest t all, Mr. E. McNeill Poteat, Ra! eigih. •Closing Prayer, by local pas ter, Mr. W. O. Andrews. Dinner served at church by ladies of Princeton. Afternoon session opening at 1:45, M iss Lucy Rhodes, Jun io r S u per i n tend enit, pres idin g. i oung People s Session. Hymn: “We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nation.” Devotional. Junior Superintendent’s M -- sage, Miss Lucy Rhodes. Song by Princeton. Sumbeapis. Sunbeam Demonstration!—ar ranged by Mrs. George E. Love!;, leader. Combined Message, by Mi Nancy McDaniel, of China, now student at Meredith. Open Conference on W. M. U Methods, Problems, Etc., led ! Mrs. R. L. Shirley. Report of Committees. Memorial Service, Mrs. Rus-< Powell. TO ESTABLISH CHAIN AUTO HOTE The latest thing uncovered b the Department of Commerce ;s the auto hotel, in which tourist may drive their cars up into the second floor, where they will • received by attendants, assign. . rooms and their cars taken ca: of in the garage. There is to »■ a chain of such hotels located 1 miles apart cm two main higl ways, as a starter, and by and b; the auto hotel may become :u: institution common over th • cour trv.—Charlotte Observer. OVA‘On>ani&aq Trras is wad ’AflJfdAM