JOHNSTONIAN-
THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
\ OLUME 15.
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^proceedings, of
Record^’s Court
‘Jydge Aycock Tries .L.n»e’^’Umbei' .
■ jf Cases Tuesday—Halite .,M4»re^*
WhA.e Miin. Wa#; Charged With'
' Stealing Meat From Cuuiity Jail,
and Gels (iO Days On Koads;
SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, lEBRUARY 4, 1932.
Smithfield Defeats
Selma At Bridge
Smithfield Scnres 6762 Points to
Selma’s 5575—Second Game of
Series Will Be Played In Smith-
field On Next Tuesday Night.
HEARD AROUND
THE COURT HOUSE
'|i Interesting News Items I Santiago Is, Shaken
|j From the Couny Seat' By Severe Quake
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■ %■ Stat§ vst Kermit Lee, Percy Lee,
’’Pranl?-Srueaci,, for assault with dead-
Nol pros with leave,
f 'vs. Battle Parrish, white
j ’ farmer, for ot)erating-'an auto with
out proper license plate. Found guil-
and given 30. ^ay road sentence,
be suspended upon payment of
^.O .fine and cost;- Case appeald.
$100';00'. ;
^-’’^tate Vs. Georg-e C. Hamilton,
'lumber, dealer, aged 40, for
-fatthl6§S' check. Plea of guilty. A
.wljcty days road sentence, to be sus-
A ©fuded, upon payment of cost and
, y.i.^ount jjf check ($20) to Herbert
’ s|^. Allowed until February 9, 1932,
V It) which to pay.
i §tate V.s. Ransom Whitley, colored
t r farmer, aged 55, for assault with
, .feadly. weapon. Defendant in court
^ -capias for .non-payment of cost
‘ -iiT .former case. Defendant admits
j.. i)on^l>gyment. He is sentenced, to 90
■ davs.'lbn the county roads.
State vs. Elijah Strickland for
pssault with deadly weapon. Found
, .e’Uilfy.'•and 'fined $10 and cost.
' .'Staie vs. Hallie Moore, white la-
;■ -.borer:^ for larceny of 3 pounds), off
 r,r*a.l-.-Jroni county jail. Found guilty
ajiri given 60 days on public roads.
lri!.yii§. ,case the. defendant was vis-
> • . i.mgj an acquaintance in jail and
'"stble'^the meat while there. The
:t9ft was discovered and within a
,j|)inutes sentence was pa:.ssed
^ '0,1.'him.,,'
State-vs. John Wood, white farm-
. •-£, Jasper Wood, white .farmer,, for
ajsaul'f.- with deadly weapon with in-
•tirnt -kill. Jasper Wood is bound
yl '^^irior Court under ,$200 bond.
fol^A'Wood forjpd guilty. only of af-
• hi.sy.case.-prayer for judg-
'is . continued on payment of
of these two_ cases to be
.y^vuled-^qually. .....
-Estate-- McLamb, white
firmer, fcnf.-.t-airsaitlt with deadly
e^-eapon. ^Guilty of- an affray only.
■ ‘ PjPa^r.,;fij)t .;jC5dgj}ient continued upon
-jjfiinnefit Thus case consoli-
with aSo,s^ ease and both tried
i,t'4.‘i'ether. 1 he'^’ijo.st m above'case vs.
JLohfly.WoocC'iiiid ,cost in this ease to
^ • (fivitled and each pay
"fli! FaV-Ul Batten, white far-
i&r, ffor. removing and disposing of
ri'OpS. ■:-Fo«n(i-.'t>'uil|y and sentenced
10 roidi_-for 6 .months. '■
Tue.sday, Feb. 2nd.
-.*^tafe vs. Donnie Hugh Bagley,
c.doj»d laborer, pged 27, for larceny
o^ dl'eas.' value, less than $20, . is
i.-'um^’.guiltv and given a , six months,
road* .sentence. , ,
Sta^ ,ys. J^sse James Hunter, col-
■0|ed**ltibdTer, ■ aged 35, who i.s charg
ed ''"jth bssault with deadly weap-
, on Ain wife. Found guilty and given
a ,asx months, road- sentence.
Sl^te vs. Isaac . {Bu-ster) Harris,
.for Sarceny of ;tw.Q,jSlfiiJfr,' valued at
Sess*,than $20. .JDef^dant' j^^iven six
mpnths on thf -r^^ls. ' '
■’’State vs; Mar^fdt Williams, col
ored, aged Al^ for'assault’'with dead-
'tly weapon. .Found, guilij^y’ v’ ’
^'State ■''Sj Garlapd Hbrt(5n(. for
lai^ .ny. Called and failed?' Judgment
n/>ni'%ci'.fa and capias.
■, State ‘W. R. Spell, white far-
. for larceny. Not '^ilty.
State vs. Frank Pollard, for lar-
4eny. Case transfer;;ed to Superior
Court. .Preliminary hearing before
magistrate.
f-. State vs. Fleet Batten, white- la
borer, and Vann .Eason, white farra-
j&r, for violation of the- prohibition
Both, guilty of posse^ssion of
'iyliiskey for the purpose of sale.
■'Both.' sentenced- to public roads for
term of 60' days. Sentence in the
'Case of Batten to jje suspended upon
^paynient of $25 fine and one-half
‘thS-,. cost. Eason’s sentence suspended,
upon payment of $10 fine amj. one-
half the cost.
State vs. Leon Ratler, colored, age
18; Gus Bradshaw, colored, age 19;
■russ Bay,' colored, age 17,‘ and
William- Oats, colored, age 20. These
«aSes. cppsolidated and tried together
All defendants charged -with gam-
hliifg with dice. All found guilty.
Contintie prayer for judgment upon
^yprent of one-fourth cost each.
State vs. R. W. White, white la-
, borer, aged 35. Trespassing and be-
in^ publicly drunk and disorderly.
Fqund guilty and given 60 days road
suntence, ^anie 'to be suspended up
on condition that defendant does not
go .'upon or enter the premises of
The first of a series of five games
of auction bridge to decide the
championship of Smithfield and
Selma was played at the New Brick
hotel in Selma on last Tuesday
night. After two and one-half hours
of spirited playing the total number
of points of each team was counted
and it was found that Smithfield
had defeated Selma by 1178 points.
The players representing Smithfield
were Ross Gordon, Kenneth Parrish,
Delma Brown and Levin Jones, with
Ross Gordon as manager. Selma|.s
team was composed of Roger Strick
land, Ralph Woodard, Wilbur Per
kins and Raleigh Griffin with Dr. E.
N. Booker as manager. The sub
stitutes for Smithfield are Ernest
Aycock and Theron Johnson; for
Selma, Sam P. Wood and Hunter
Price.
This contest is sponsored by Win
field H. Lyon, Jr., of Smithfield, and
H. H. L^wry, of Selma, Two other
tables composed of E. V. Woodard,
W. F. Roberts, Edward Raines, H. H.
Lowry, Dr. E. N. Booker, Hunter
Price, A. J. Holliday, Prof. J. G.
Boyette, S. P. Wood, Walter Booker,
were also in play. At the close of
the contest Mrs. Hunter Price served
delicious buns and hot coffee. The
next game of the series will be
played in Smithfield on next Tues
day night.
Some of the Johnston County cit
izens who read the published list of
the State officials and employees
whose salaries have lately been cut,
which lists gave the amounts re
ceived after the cuts were adminis
tered last week, are wondering how
the governor managed to get along
without cutting- salaries earlier. If
the northern capitalists had stopped
lending money to the state at an
earlier date the salary cuts and the
laying off of employers would no
doubt have come earlier.
Smithfield Hotel Reopens For Busi
ness—Several Citizens of Smith-
field 111 China—Fire Department
Given Chicken Supper—Mr. Tuttle
to Preach At St. Mary’s Grov-g.
WELL KNOWN JOHNSTON
COUNTY COUPLE MARRY
The home of Miss Filizabeth HUI,
which is located in the Sanders
Chapel section’ of Johnston county
on SmithfiRd, Route 2, wa.s the
.scene of a colorful wedding last
Thursday when Miss Hill became
the bride of Mr. Hubert S. Daugh-
ii'.v, .son of Mr. and Mrs. .Walter P.
Daughtry, also of Johnston county.
Miss Hill is the, daughter of Mr.
Zab B. Hill and the late Mrs. Lil
lian Woodall Hill and is well known
throughout Johnston county, having-
graduated at Smithfield High School.
The bridesmaids were Misse.s Ma
ry, Martha, Helen and Lola Hill.
Miss Rena Hill was maid of honor'
and Mr. Samuel Capps, of the San
ders Chapel section, was best man.
Mrs, Millard D. Hill, of Raleigh,
si.ster-in-law of the bride, played
the wedding music and Mr, James
Davis, of Smithfield, sang “All For
5 ou’’ and “At Dawning” prior to the
ceremony.
The ceremony was performed by
■Rev. N. C. Yearby, pa.stor of the
bride, using the ring service.
Miss Rena Hill, a sister of the
bride, entertained the wedding par
ty and out of town -guests at a
dinner party immediately after the
ceremony, at her apartment in
Smithfield.
The bridal couple left for. a tour
of Northern states. Upon their re
turn they will be at home in the
Creech community.
News comes from Raleigh to the
effect that State Senator John W.
Hinsdale, of Raleigh, is thinking se
riously of trying to oust E. W. Pou
and secure the Democratic nomina
tion for Congress in this district. If
both Hinsdale and Pou enter the
primary there is likely ’ to be some
lively time.s when the election offi
cials are chosen, especially the mark
ers. It is a well kncwn fact that
under the existing Democratic elec
tion laws as administered in the
1930 state and county elections in
North Carolina, there is more to be
gameci ’'jy the selection of the elec
tion officials who will do the bidding
of the bosses, than in anything else
connected with the conduct of a
campaign election.
The Smithfield Hotel, after hav
ing remained closed for several
weeks, has been thoroughly renovat
ed and re-furnished and is now open
for business under the management
of Mrs. R. L. Hollemi^^ of Windsor,
N. C. Mrs. Holleman is the mother
of Mrs. Sam Stallings, of Smithfield.
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, of Smithfield
will preach at St. Marys Grove Free
Will Baptist church in Elevation
township, on Sunday, February 7th.
A short memorial service will be
held for Rev. D. C. Johnson, the
deceased pastor, and step$ will be
taken toward the calling of a pastor
for the church to fill the vacancy
cause by 'the death of Mr. Johnson.
Printing Committee
Awards Big Contracts
Champion Fibre Company to Get
Share of S2,000.000 Federal
Paper .-\wards.
Lee Store Taking
Inventory Today
Mr. E. V. Deans, of Deans &
Sons, was heard to remark on yes
terday while passing the Lee Store:
“Huh, closed, wonder what is wrong
there?” Clarence Bailey, who ov
erheard the remark, replied: “Can’t
you read?” Mr. Deans, after adjust
ing his spectacles, read: “Closed,
taking inventory.” This store has
been closed yesterday and today,
but will be open to the public to
morrow' (Friday) .with a house full
of goods that have been -marked
down to the bottom. Mr. Ptoetor,
the efficient manager, says that now
is the time to get your bargains.
Be sure to read their advertisement
■on the second page of the Johnston
ian Sun.-
Mrs. W. H. Westbrook of PineXevel
and on further condition that he
does not violate, the prohibition law
again in Johnston' County during the
next 12' months.
State vs. Simon Wilkins, white
farmer, aged 40, for assault with
deadly weapon. Found guilty. Con
tinue prayer for judgment upon the
payment of cost.
State vs. P..V. Hicks, white farm
er, for worthless check. Found guil
ty and fined $25 and . cost.
Wa.shing'ton, Feb. 1.—Representa
tive Lambeth to-Jay issued the fol
lowing istatement:
“At a meeting thi.-; morning of-
the joint comnfittee bn printing, cont
tracts were awarded for 48,800,000
envelopes and 50.100,000 pounds of
blank paper for. use cf the govern
ment departments am! establish
ments in the District of Columbia
for the year by.giniiin;;- March 1,
1932.
“There were 46 bidders for paper
and 11 bidders for envelopes. The
amount of contracts for the paper
was $2,5.53,543.41, representing a
decrease of $555,172.58 over the pre'-
vious year. The envelopes amounted
to $55,850.90, the decrease being
$6,524.48. The total saving for the
current year will thus amount to
$531,696.98 or about 16 per cent.
This saving w-'ill revert to the treas
ury. Of course, it represents very
largely the decline in the price of
materials but there was spirited
competition and I am delighted that
in the award of these contracts we
have been able to save a large
amount of money for the taxpayers
of the country. It is my view that
further substantial savings can be
effected by a reduction in the cost
of printing so many documents
which are never distributed but are
left in the basements and attics of
government buildings here' in Wash-
ington. I .shall have something- to
say later on this subject.
“In all cases the contracts W’ere
awarded to the lowest bidders with
one exception. Under the broad pow
ers given to the committee by the
printing aqt of 1895, all bids sub
mitted by firms using paper import
ed from foreign countries, such- as
Canada and Sweden, were thrown
out. The committee felt that in view
of present conditions pf unemploy
ment in the United States that all
paper used by the government should
be manufactured by American labor.
“I am happy to say that the con
tract for 10,000,000 pounds of Uni
ted States postal card Bristol board
was awarded' to the Whitaker Paper
company of Baltimore, who are job
bers drawing their supply frpffi the
Champion Fibre company. The figure
on this bid was 3.337 cents per
pound, making a total of $333,700.
This paper will be manufactured at
the plant of the Champion Fibre
company at Canton and means more
employment for North Carolina 1^-
bor.”
Representative Lambeth is the
ranking Democratic member of the
hcwse committee on printing, of
which Representative. Stevenson, of
South Carolina, is chairman. Sena
tor Moses, of New Hampshire, Re
publican, is chairman of the joint
committee on printing.
As the war clouds hover ovey
China the people of Smithfield and
vicinity feel some anxiety for the
welfare of some of our young men
from Smithfield and other Ameri
cans who are in the war zone. Joe
Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
T. Honeycutt, who holds a position
with the British-American Tobacco
Company, is-'supposed to be now at
Hankau, which place is about 300
miles west of Shanghai where the
fighting ha.s been particularly fierce
during the last few days. Shang'hai
a city of more than one million in
habitants, was attacked last week
by a fleet of Japane.se airplanes and
bombs were showered upon the city
killing many men, women and . chil
dren, and destroying much of the
property by fires which raged for
days unchecked.
Edward Lee. Parri.sh, son of Mrs.
F. H. Parrish, of Smithfieffi, and
Herman Lawrence, son of Mr. and
Mr.s. N. M. Law rence, formerly of
Smithfield but now of Raleigh, are
ifi-’the. U. S. Navy, and are suppo.sed
to be on -some of the battleships
that are now in the vicinity of
Shang'hai. A number of Smithfield
jieople have relative.s and friends in
other sections of China.
Eight Known Dead and 300 Are
Injured In Cuban City; Huge
Propenty Damage.
Santiago, Cuba, Feb. 3.—A series
of earthquakes dealt swift damage
to Santiago in the hours before
dawn today, leaving a known death
toll of eight and a casualty list of
300 wounded after they had slowly
died away.
The agonizing series of tremors
left hardly a building in the city j
untouched, and a few were destroy
ed. An official estimate of the dam
age was impossible while the great
task of making order out off chaos
proceeded during the day.
The official death list of Mayor
Aznar, however, stood at eight, six
of whom were described as “na
tives,” and his injured list at 300.
Dr. F^edro Canas, pr/iminent editor,
declared, however, that the death
list was unknown.
“No one kno'ws' how many have
been killed or injured,” he told the
Associated Press tonight. “They
have been many,” was all he could
say.
The shock came shortly after
midnig'ht this morning, there being
several of them coming in succes
sion and throwing the city into
darkness and its citizens into a
paiiic-striekeri condition.
Latest News Bulletins
On Sino-Japanese War
Shanghai, hYb. 4.—(Thursday)—
Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor,
commander of the„ United States
Asiatic I’leet, came ashore today
from his flagship, the crusier Hous
ton, and inspected American Marine
headquarters and defenses.
Admiral Taylor arrived yestprday
from Manila.
They Are Democratic Debts.
The Smithfield fire companies, both
white _ and colored, thoroughly en
joyed a fried chicken supper at the
Rose Glen Tea room on Third street,
last Friday night. The tw'o Compa
nies occupied separate dining rooms,
of course, but all were served a
sumptuous repast furnished by Mr.
Georg-e E. Thornton, who de.sired to
show his appreciation for the effi
cient work done by the firemen
when his furniture store was partly
destroyed by fire a short while ago.
Are You .Attending Church Regu
larly As Commanded by God?
Johnston County is lucky in re-
g'ard to-the number of churches she
has. Almost every individual has a
church near them where - they will
be welcomed regularly at the ser
vices and to take part in the work
and worship of the church. You will
most likely have to put forth some
extra effort on Sunday morning to
get the family all ready and maybe
even have to walk a mile or even
two, but isn’t it -worth it? Doesn’t
everything run smoother all the
week if you have remembered the
Sabbath Day to keep it Holy? If
you haven’t tried it, begin now. No
tice the schedule of services for the
first Sunday in February. -
Selma First Presbyterian Church:
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Junior Church 6:30 P. M.
Church Services'7:30 P. M.
Fail-view Presbyterian:
Sunday School 9:30 A. M.
Church 10:30 A. M.
Oakgrove Presbyterian:
Sunday School 2:30 P. M*.
Church 3:15 P. M.
No matter what your denomina
tional membership, we will welcome
you to these sendees and feel sure
that if you wish to worship your
Creator: and ■ God «f love, you will
.find these sendees a great in.spira-
tion to you.
Secretary Hyde, explaining more
explicitly what he meant in his re
cent speech before a New York au
dience in defending- the President,
among other things pointd out a
fact which many people seem to be
overl-ooking. That fact is that the
L'nited States has cancelled a large
part of the total of the war debts,
so that the various European' gov
ernments are paying back only the
sums borrowed after the 'World
War closed, not what was borrowed
while it was going on; and, the fur
ther fact, that these loans, amount
ing -to asome $12,000,000,006, were-
negotiated by President Wilson, Mr.
William Gibbs McAdoo, and Mr. Car
ter Glass, not by a Republican ad
ministration.
Mr. Hoover had noting to do with
creating- this huge indebtedness on
the part of Europe, yet the Demo
cratic leaders toilay are, as Secre
tary Hyde pointed out, “trying to
make political thunder from the
difficult and delicate international
problems which have grown out of
those debts.”
Secretary Hyde ha.s performed a
real public service in making this
point clear. The President has to
deal with one of the most difficult
situations imaginable but one for
which he is in no remote sense re
sponsible. Mr. Wilson’s administra
tion created- the debts, and the mon
ey loaned, if it is finally lo.st, if the
.American people have to themselves
retire the bonds and pay the inter
est 'on them, will have been lost
through no fault of Mr. Hoover, or
Mr,. Coolidge, or of Mr. Harding.
All f them faced a condition cre
ated by a former administration over
which no -Republican had any con
trol.' Mr. Glass, one of the most in
temperate of men in public discus-
■sion, Mr, Walsh, Mr. Rainey, of the
House; Mr. Collier, one of the leadL
ing Democratic representatives, and
all the rest should keep this before
them steadily. The President should
have their sympathy and help rath
er than their criticism and denun
ciation.—Lexington (Ky.) Leader.
Going To Shanghai.
Tokyo, Feb. 4.—(Thursday)—Vice-
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, com
mander of the newly-organized third
Japanese fleet, left Tokyo by train
today on the way to Shanghai to
assume his new duties.
i^e ■will go to Shanghai by way
of Sasebo, where he is' expected to
board the flag.ship of the ne-w fleet.
Attack On Forts.
Shang'hai, Feb. 4—(Thursday)—
Japanese warships bombarded the
Chinese Woosung forts at the mouth
of the Whang-poo river in a terrific
attack today to cover a landing par
ty sent to capture theni under
Chinese firp,
Biidllf In Settlement.
Shanghai, :-Feb. 4 (Thursday)—Sev
eral artillery shells were reported to
have' fallen in the residential sec
tions of the international settle
ment today.
Where the guns were that threw
shells was not known inside the set
tlement, but the shots were believed
to have -ome from the Chapei bat-
tlefront.
Firing from machine-guns and
light artillery in Chapei grew in
volume at noon, indicating that a
sharp engagement wa.-: under way.
/
Troops (On Way, '
Sh;rng-hai, Feb. . 4(Thursday)—A
dispatch^ from Tokyo today said it
was reliably reported that a divis
ion of Japanese troops was on the-
way to Shanghai, but official conflr-
niation was’ lacking*.
Washirtgton AVorned '
Over Plight of Japan
Washington, Feb. 3.—Continued
fighting at Shanghai today eausi'd
great apprehension in officiar Wa.sir.'
ington, wjiich hoped - the peace piap
.submitted to Japan and Chii !. migl'k
silence the naval gunfire, and lanA
batterie.s which keep the Chinest:.
metropolis in turmoil.
China’s unqualified acceptance of
the American-British peace proposat
was a foregone conclusion. Mes.sa-
ges from Tokyo announcing, the
Japanese cannot accept the fiftl- pro
fusion of the plan, which stipulates
that “all outstanding controversie«
between the two nations”, be settled
by negotiations, were a disappoint
ment to the state department and
the White House.
Notice of Meeting.
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HOSPITAL NEWS
Bridge Party At Hotel Talton.
On Tuesday evening, the Contract
Bridge Club enjoyed a delightful
three-course dinner at Hotel Talton.
Bridge was played at two tables
and after several progressions decks
of cards were given to Mrs. W. W.
Hare, Mrs. A. J. Holliday, Mrs. F.
M. Waters and Miss Mildred Perkins.
Smithfield, Feb. 2.—Mrs. Alvin
Johnson, of Smithfield, underwent
an operation the 27th for appendi
citis and is improving nicely.
Mrs. William Wellons, of Smith-
field, was admitted the 29th for
treatment and is now getting along
fine.
Mrs. Walter Batten, of Micro, was
admitted January 30th, and had her
right foot amputated. She is now
getting along fine.
Miss. Regina .Edgerton, of Benson,
was admitted the 30th for treat
ment and -will be able to'leave with
in a few days.
Mr. W.. L. Stanfield, of Selma,
was admitted today for a minor op
eration. He is getting alo.ng- fine.-
Mrs. Lester Hales, of Middlesex,
was admitted today for a minor
operation. Her condition is said to
be satisfactory.
As you probably know, we have
been trying to get Miss Helen Es-
tabrook of Raleigh here for a class-
in Home Management with the chief
emphasis upon the spending of the
income. We shoQld like to have a
representative from every club in
Johnston County. Not only the
Home Demonstration Clubs but the
Fed^ated Clubs will be allowed rep-
reseS&J.ion. The class cannot be very
large Bffe wont you see that one or
two women from your cluF will
come to our fir.st meeting Friday,
February 5th? The meeting wiU be
held in the Commissioners’ Room in
the Court House. In order that we
have a complete year’s schedule,
Miss Estabrook is asking that all
women wishing to take the course,
please bring to the club meeting an
itemized account of their expense?
for the month of January. you
have not kept track give as good an .
estimate as you can. This will be
the basis for working out our year's
budget. I know you wii! enjoj’ .this,
course and finii it very beneficial;
Kindly send in the name of ywur
delegate to county. ag-ent’s . -office, .
telephone 179. • • ’
Miss Mary Thoma-, Nutnt on $pe-'
cialist, from State College, will ;be'
here for- a Leader’s school on Mon-. ;
day, February 22. The meeting -wifl ;;
be held in the Farmers’ Room in 4110;s:
Court House at w> o’cioui Vt ■ foorl’
leaders are expecteu 11 'ic T)t.-vsnt
from each dull and tlie presnients'
are also inviti?d. - i,
Smithfield, N. C. Feb. 1. r9'?2.
. RACHEL EVERETT,
Home Demonstration Agent*-;