Johnstonian-Sun Saves
Tax Payers $3,671.75
On One Single Deal
Cost That Much Less To Advertise
Tax Sale Certificates In Johnston
ian-Sun Than Same Advertising
Wohld Have Cost In Smithfield
Herald.
Special Term Of
Superior Court
Started Monday
In Tuesday’s issue of The Smith-
field Herald appeared a glaring head
line on the front page of that pa
per setting forth that The Johnston-
ian-Sun had been paid $4,838.16
from county funds within the past
12 months. It is not the purpose of
this article to try to set up a denial
as to the amount of money specified
in their windy article, but we do
want to show to the people of John
ston .county that, regardless of
whatever amount The Johnstonism-
Sun has been paid for county adver
tising and job printing, there are at
least 773 tax payers in Johnston
county whose burden has been light
ened by the county advertising hav
ing been handled by The Johnstonian
Sun in preference to The Smithfield
Herald. Our reason for making this
statement is as follows:
An act of the 1929 legislature
makes it mandatory upon the clerk
of the court that after land has been
sold for taxes and bid in by the
county, after a specified time said
clerk must advertise these tax cer
tificates looking to the final fore
closure proceedings preparatory to
making a deed to the property.
There being a mass of such tax
sales certificates in Johnston county
where land had been previously sold
for the taxes, the clerk of the court
forthwith began to prepare adver
tisements of these various certifi
cates. The first of these advertise
ments w.ere run in The Smithfie u
Herald, for which they were pail
' $8.75 each. The clerk of the court
having discression in placing this ad
vertising, we discussed the inattei
w'ith him and told him that we
would handle this advertising at a
much less figure than was charged
by The Smithfield Herald. We were
at first in hopes that we could run
these notices for about $2.50 each,
but upon learning that there would
be such a congestion of it at one
time which would necessitate us
having to employ outside assistance,
we told Mr. Rose that we would run
these notices at $4.00 each, which we
did. Our records show that w'e run
773 of these notices, which figured
at $4.00 each, comes to $3,092.00.
Had this business b.2en given to The
■ Smithfield Herald at $8.75 each, it
would have cost $6,763.75. Subtract
$3,092.00 from $6,763.75 and you
have $3,671.75, which has been sav
ed to the tax payers of Johnston
county in this one item of advertis
ing. This means a saving of $4.75 to
every person who was caught in
that great avalanche of tax sales
certificates. We are not trying to
hide anything we have received from
the county for this advertising. We
spent touch time and effort to han
dle the business; bought paper in
unusually large quantities and paid
printers overtime and worked long
hours ourselves besides contracting
with the Medlin iPrinting Company
at Smithfield to help us handle this
great bulk of advertising which at
times caused us to increase the size
of our paper to 30 pages; and if
we have done all this at less than
half what it would have cost had
it been given to The Smithfield Her
ald, we see no reason why any one
should complain—except The Herald,
and we imagine that is where the
shoe pinches most.
We are ready to compare records
as to prices Johnston County has
paid us for printing and advertising
with any other county in the state
for the same class of business; and
we believe that were this done it
would be found that Johnston Coun
ty has gotten out lighter than any
county in the state for same volume
of business.
M. L. STANCIL, Editor and
Manager.
Two Held for Questioning in Mys
terious Axe Murder near Kenly.
Hon. Geo. M. Pritchard
To Be In Smithfield
Monday Night, Sept. 29
Wilson, Sept..21.—Two young men
are being held for questioning by*
Johnston county authorities who are
investigating the mysterious murder
of Robert Tally, 45-
Will Speak in Court House at 7:30
Nest Monday Night. Ladies Es
pecially Invited.
The coming of Hon. Geo. M.
Pritchard to Johnston County next
court house at ^- 0 P. M., is one of
NEW HOME BEING
ERECTED HERE
Mrs. Fred Hood has purchased a
lot on North Pollock St., and work
was begun Tuesday on a modern 6-
room brick bungalow, which she will
occupy when completed.
If you get a sample copy of The
Johnstonian-Sun this week, it is an
invitation to subscribe.
Another special term of Superior
Court for the trial of civil cases
was begun Monday, Sept. 22, in the
Johnston County Court House at
Smithfield, the Honorable W. A.
Devin, a judge of the Superior
Court, of Oxford, N. C., being pres
ent and presiding when and where
the following proceedings were had;
Sheriff A. J. Fitzgerald, of John-
.ston County, summoned the follow
ing good and lawful men of the
County to be present and serve as
jurors for the term: J. E. Stephen
son, .Jonah Crocker, E. L. Holley, B.
0. Pope, T. A. Rose, 0. B. Lang
ston, W. V. Creech, Alonzo Smith,
L. C. Smith, J. L. Faulkner, T. B.
Benoy, W. M. Blackman, J. P.
Rains, A. A. Raynor, C, D. Thomp
son, W. H. Garner, M. G. Langdon,
J. C. Price, L. H. Johnson, L. S.
Pe||ny, K. J. Jernigan, E. L. Rhodes,
J.^^^trong ,and 0. F. Brown
were '’^mmoned for the first week.
For .the second week these men were
summoned. Austin Brown, J. M ■
Foster, H. A. Penny, R. H. Parrish,
,W. B. Coats, Z. H. Richardson, S.
C.. Turnage, J. F. Thornton, E. E.
Massengill, H. M. Fitzgerald, L. O.
Mathews, S. L. Coats, R. W. Child
ers, Bright Fields, C. T. Godwin,
J. H. Langdon, W. A. Wiggs, W.
M. Blackman, Charles Campbell, A.
E. Penny ,J. W. Hudson, Lee Pope,
W. G. Picks and Millard Lane. These
jurors were excused: L. C. Smith,
Jonah Crocker, T. M. Benoy,, J. P.
Rains, Paul E. Johnson, J. R.
Strong, W. H. Gardner, and 0. T.
Brown.
Then the following cases were
tried:
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
vs. H. H. Johnson. This is an action
for the recovery of $60.00. The is
sues and verdict are as follows:
1. Is the defendant indebted to the
plaintiff, and if so, in what amount?
Ans. $60.00 and interest from Nov.
1st, 1928. 2. Did the defendant
wrongfully convert the property of
the plaintiff and if so, in what
amount? Ans. $200.
Citizen Drug Co. vs. Jack Bailey.
This is an action on account.
Skinner and Stancil vs. Ira B.
i Raynor. Consent judgment in favor
of the plaintiff vs. defendant in
the sum of $197.83 with interest
from March 22, 1929, and cost.
Wichard Bros. vs. A. B. Hudson
et al. Consent judgment by which
A. B. Hudson is discharged, he
being adjudicated a bankrup, and
judgment against Arthur Hudson in
favor of plaintiff, in the sum of
$1354 and 76 one hundredths with
intere.st from 21st day of March,
1927, and cost.
P. Godwin vs. S. E. Boykin et
al. Judgment making trustee of
P. Godwin party plaintiff.
United Cloak and Suit Co. vs.
Preston Woodall. Two suits are
consolidated by consent.
Moses Sessoms vs. Bertha Ses-
soms. Divorced action uncontested.
Plaintiff charges defendant with im
moral relations with a person other
than her husband. The jury re
sponded to the issues as follows: 1.
Were the plaintiff and defendant
married as alleged in the complaint.
Ans. Yes. 2. Has the plaintiff been
a resident of North Carolina and
Johnston County for two years next
preceding the institution of this ac
tion, and has this cause of action
existed six months prior to the fil
ing of this complaint? Ans. Yes.
3. Did the defendant committ. adts
of adultery as alleged in the com
plaint? Ans. Yes.
Mrs. C. A. Corbett vs. J. D. Mont
gomery. This is an actioii on ac
count. July answered the issues in
favor of the plaintiff and the judg-
.ment was accordingly rendered to
the plaintiff. .
Emma Lee vs. Dora Wilkins,
Bamia Wilkins, and Wayne Nation
al Bank. This is a hearing on a
temporary restraining order. The re
straining order heretofore entered is
ordered dissolved.
Citizen Drug Co. vs. Jack Bailey.
This is an action on an account of
$36.00 and interest from Sept. 1,
whose hacked and mangled body
was found on a side street in Kenly
early Saturday morning. His cloth
ing had been rifled of $36.75 received
for tobacco sold here Friday.
The men, Wesley Hargett and
Charles Lamm, were seen here with
Tally .Friday afternoon when the
farmer is known to have sold a load
of tobacco on the local market. Har
gett was taken into custody here
last night by Detectives L. T. Luca.s
and J. C.. Pittman and was turned
over to Sheriff A. J. Fitzgerald of
Johnston county, about midnight.
Johnston county officers arrested
Lamm at his home in Smithfield
early Saturday night. Neither is
believed implicated in the murder but
both are believed to be able to throw
a little light on the persons Tally
was with when he left this city.
When arrested here Hargett' said
he had not seen Tally after 2:30
o’clock Friday afternoon, but polk.e
learned that Hargett had been drink
ing Friday night and- did not go
home until about 4 o’clock Saturday
morning.
Hargett and Lamm, both musici
ans, have been playings string in
struments around tobacco warehouses
here, and Friday afternoon Tally was
seen to take 'up collections for them
while they played. Lamm is said to,
have left this city early Friday
•night for his home at Smithfield. He
told officers that when he last saw
Tally and Hargett both were almost
intoxiiated. He said, however, that
he didn’t see either of them take
a drink.
Johnston county authorities indi
cated Lamm would not be detained
long, that Hargett is believed -to
hold the key to the mystery sur
rounding Tally’s murder. Hargett
is being hel^ at Smithfield pending
forther investigation into the case.
With the discovery of a number of
small pools of blood in a filling sta
tion driveway, investigating officers
believe they have located the place
where Tally was killed. The pools
of blood were reported to offtcer.s;
when the proprietor of the station
learned of the murder. The filling
station is about three miles from
Selma on Highway 22, but was not
open at the time of the murder is
believed to have besm committed.
Tally was slain with either an axe,
or hatchet. He was attacked from
the rear and was struck several
blows with the weapon. Examina
tions of the wounds revealed that a
dozen ribs had been cut or smashed
from the spinal column. After being-
hacked to death Tally’s body was
tied to the rear of a car and drag
ged along the highway to Kenly
where it was left on a side street.
ii'ritcnaru lu tiuiiiiown
•year-old farme^i^^jj^y to address the voters
t^ hour the meeting was scheduled
of Johnston County in the county
Republicans- Hold
Enthusiastic Meeting
In Barbour Town
Last Thursday several hundred
men, women and children gathered
at Barbour School House in Eleva
tion Township to mingle together
in a Republican rally. Long before
Services for Deaf
At Fayetteville Next
Sunday Afternoon
GEO. M. PRITCHARD
the most important events in con
nection with the present cam-paign.
Mr. Pritchard is a candidate for
the U. S. Senate on the Republican
ticket and is opposing Josiah Wil
liam Bailey. Don’t fail to hear Mr.
Pritchard on this occasion as this
will probably be his only visit to
Johnston County during this cam
paign. He is especially anxious to
meet the ladies of the county, so let
the men go out to hear him and
carry their wives and daughters.
Visiting Speaker Is
Heard by Kiwanians
ty open, automobiles began rolling
in, and when the meeting was called
to order in the school house at
eleven o’clock by County Chairman
A. J. Fitzgerald every available seat
was occupied by anxious listeners.
Chairman Fitzgerald reviewed brief
ly some of the things the Republi
cans have done to help the tax pay
ers of Johnston County by showing
them how the county commissioners
had reduced salaries of Republican
office holders and also made an
earnest effort to treat the Democrat
ic office holders just as well or a
little better. He showed up some of
the extravagant expenditures by the
former Democratic administration,
giving actual figures from the coun
ty records for his authority.
Other speakers were Elder H. F.
Hutchens, legislative candidate; Hon.
Ezra Parker, Judge of Aecorder’s
Court, and (Mr. James T. Creech,
now a member of the board of Coun
ty commissioners. Each speaker
held the strict attention of the audi
ence and brought forth frequent ap
plause. After about two hours spent
in discussion of the political issues
of the day, announcement was made
that dinner was waiting on the out
side, so an hour’s recess was taken
to participate in one of the big
gest fish fries ever staged at this
place. 300 pounds of, fresh fish had
been crisply fried under the direction
of Mr. Joel B. Lee and others, and
everybody thoroughly enjoyed a full
feed.
The Thornton String Band was
present, and immediately after din
ner the crowd reassembled in the
house and for an hour or more
the older people made to feel young
and the young to feel younger by
listening to these expert musicians.
Those furnishing the music were;
Raymond Brockwell, James Thornton,
Paul Byrd, Robert Thornton and
Len Cook. The meeting then ad
journed in the spirit of a real family
reunion.
There will he a meeting of the
Deaf held in the First Presbyterian
Church at Fayetteville next Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock instead of
Monday as appeared in the Ne-ws
and Observer yesterday.
Chaplain McCain of Fort Bragg-
will preach the sermon and will be
assisted by Rev. R. C. Fortune of
Durham the regular Pastor for the
Deaf in Durham.
This meeting is one of a series-
being held at different points in
Eastern North Carolina for the bene
fit of the Deaf and the hearing
people that they may have better
understanding of each other. The.
services will be interpreted in order
that both the Deaf and the Hear
ing may understand every word that
is said.
Other meetings will be held at
Goldsboro, N. C., on the 5th of Oc
tober and in Raleigh, Durham, Hills
boro and Greensboro at dates to be
announced later. These people ha-ve
no regular Church in this part of
the State and therefore meet where
they are invited and at an hour
of the day that does .not interfere
with other Church Services.
All of these meetings are arranged
by R. W. Etheredge of Selma and if
any town would like to extend the
Deaf an invitation to meet with
them, they can take this up -with
him.
LIST OF SELMA
SCHOOL FACULTY
Young Smithfield
Minister Supplies
For Selma Pastor
President Norma.n Sheppard of the
Smithfield Kiwanis Club, was the
principal speaker at the weekly meet
ing of the Selma Kiwanis Club
Thursday night, taking for his sub
ject “The Constitution of the United
States.” President Sheppard made a
very interesting talk, discussing
briefly each article of the Constitu
tion. Misses Louise Stallings and
Margaret Creech rendered a very en
joyable musical program. Program
Chairman J. S. Flowe announced to
the members that .Lieutenant-Govern
or Robt. N. Page, of the Fourth Caro
Unas District, would be in Selma on
next Thursday evening and^ speak
to the members of the Kiwanis Club.
J. C. Diehl, president of the local
Building and Loan association, was
a guest of the club and made an
interesting talk. President Armitage
appointed H. H. Lowry ' program
chairman for the month of October.
HOWARD WOODALL
DIES OF WOUNDS
SUSTAINED IN WRECK
As the result of severe wounds
sustained in an automobile wreck be
tween Wood’s ice truck and a new
B’ord log truck on highway 23 about
3 miles south of Smithfield Friday,
September 5, in which W. C. Stew
art was killed, Howard Woodall, of
Smithfield died in the Johnston
County Hospital Friday, Sept. 19.
Mr. Woodall was brought to the hos
pital immediately after the wreck oc-
cured, having sustained a broken
arm and severe cuts and bruises.
Those attending him thought him
to be getting along nicely, but he
passed away about 11:30 Friday
morning- as' the result of a blood
clot.
The folio-wing group of teachers,
form the faculty of the Selma
schools for the 1930-1931 term:
Supt. F. M. Waters—Selma, N. C.
Music—Miss Mildred Perkins—Sel
ma, N. C.
English teacher—C. G. Jervis —
Mars Hill, N. C.
History—J. G. Boyette—Kenly, N.,
C.
Mathematics—Mrs. R. D. Black
burn, Selma, N. C.
Home Economics — Miss Delia
Straupe, Cherryville, N. C.
Science—Miss Irene Bolick—Hick
ory, N. C.
French and Latin—^Miss Ernestine
Shippe, Clinton, N. C.
7th grade—Misses Elizabeth Whit
aker, Littleton, N. C.; Annabelle
Jones, Fletcher, N. C.
6th grade—Misses Margaret Har
rison, Duncan, S. Car.; Edith Pride
Harris, Kembridge, Va.
5th Misses Trixie Jenkins, Jack
sonville, N. C.; Charlotte Nixon,
Hertford, N. C.
4th and 5th—Miss Dorothy Lee,
Smithfield, N. C.; Annie Spivey, Rich
Square, N. C.; Lucile Robertson,
Raleigh, N. C.
3rd grade—Miss Mary Martin,
Danbury, N. C.; Mrs. C. A. Bailey,
Selma, N. C.
2nd and 3rd grades—Miss Roberta
Spiers, Smithfield, N. C.; Mrs. W. D.
Perkins, Selma, N. C.
1st grade—Misses Marguerite Winn,
Clarksville, Va.; Misses Annie Laurie
Smith, Alta Vista, Va.; Dorothy
Adams, Savedge, Va. ,
A very interesting program was
rendered at the Selma Presbyterian
church Sunday night, in the absence
of Rev. D. F. Waddell, the pastor.
Rev. J. C. La-wrence, a young minis-
ster and at present a member of
the Smithfield High School faculty,
supplied for Rev. Mr. Waddell, us
ing for his text,-“Why Stand Ye
Here Idle.” He made a strong ap
peal for real action in the service
of the vineyard and drove home a
few thoughts, relative to idleness as
hindrance to real Christian service.
One very interesting part of the
service was the singing by the
Smithfield male quartaette, composed
of Messrs. F. C. Fitzgerald, tenor;
J, 0. Hinton, soprano; W. T. Davis
first bass; Joe Royall, second bass.
T. P. A. RECEPTION
MANY NEW FEATURES
ON FORD TRUCKS
The T. P. A. Association will give
a reception, honoring the Selma
school faculty on Friday evening, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. V.
Woodard. All parents and friends
of the school are invited. There will
be no invitation issued.,
Selma Woman’s
Club to Have School
For Illiterates
Rep. Charles
Stedman
Dies
Special Services To
Be at Baptist Church
Sunday Morning
19’7.
There will be a special service at
the local Baptist church next Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. Dr. Chas. E.
Maddry, of Raleigh General Secre
tary of missions in North Carolina
will deliver an address. The various
objects of the Co-operative Program,
will be represented by different mem
bers This service will be one from
which every one can gain informa
tion and inspiration. Every mem
ber of the church is urged to be
preesnt. Visitors are welcomed.
Evening services at 7:30.
The Literary Committee of the
Selma Woman’s Club is planning to
have a school for the illiterates- in
Selma. If you know of any man or
woman who has not learned to read
and write, you can do a good deed
by giving the name to Mrs. J. M.
O’Neal, president, Mrs. R. A. Ash
worth, chairman of literary commit
tee or Mrs. M. F. Candler, teacher.
MrL Candler has had experience in
the teaching of illiterates and m very
eager to render service of this kind
to people of Selma.
RECEPTION FOR TEACHERS
There will be a reception given by
the Parent-Teachers Association at
the home of Mrs. E. V. Woodard
on North Pollock St. on Friday even
ing, October 3rd from 8 till 10
o’clock honoring the teachers. No
invitaltions will be sent out, but
teachers, parents and interested
friends are iuvited to attend.
‘Enthusiasm shown by visitors to
recent automobile shows over the
improved Model A A Ford one-and-
one-half ton truck ehassis is being
repeated in our display room here,”
said D. F. Reid, local Ford dealer
at Smithfield.
“The ways in which this chassis
has been strengthened and the im
provements that have been adopted
make of it practically a new pro
duct,” he continued.
“Outstanding among the new fea
tures to be found in the new Ford
truck chassis are the four-speed
transmission, the spiral bevel gear
rear axle which is of the three-
quarters floating type, larger brakes,
and heavier front axle and spring.
“Ample road speed for rapid tran
portation, together with improved
low-speed pulling power for moving
capacity loads out of soft ground,
are some of the advantages gained
by the new four-speed transmission.
“The construction of the rear axle
permits the entire weight of the
truck and load to be carried on the
housing. This means that the axle
shaft serve only to turn the rear
wheels.
“Increased braking area has been
gained by enlarging the front wheel
brakes to the same size as those of
the rear wheels. The brakes fully
nclosed, are of the internal expand
ing type with indi-vidual adjustment
provided on each wheel.”
Washington, Sept. 23.—Represent
ative Charles Manly Stedman of
North Carolina, the only Civil War
veteran in Congress died today in,
his ninetieth year.
The Confederate veteran, who at
tained the rank of major for his
campaigning under Lee and Jack-
son, had been in Mount Alto Hospit
al since September 9 when he suf
fered an apoplectic stroke.
Fayetteville, Sept. 24. — Major
Charles M. Stedman, the last veter
an of the civil war to serve in the
United States Congress, -will be
buried with full military honors.
At the funeral here tomorrow morn
ing the coffin will be borne on a
caisson from the 16th field artillery.
United States army, and will be es
corted by the 17th field artillery
band, both from Fort Bragg, while
the Fayetteville Independent Light
Infantry company will march in the
procession clad in their full dress
uniform of Confederate gray.
At the grave a salute of three
volleys will be fired by the latter
company and taps will be sounded
by the bugler of this old command,
with which Major Stedman served in
the earliest days of the civil war.
Major J. Ross Josnes, a veteran of
the world war and commanding
officer of the Fayetteville Light in
fantry, will have command of the
[entire military escort
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