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JOHNSTONIAN
THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED
VOLUME 15.
Better Feeling Prevails
Over Tobacco Prices
Large Crowds Follow the Auctioneer
At Each Warehouse On Opening
Day and Eagerly Watfch Sales
Tickets—Offerings Were Much
Smaller Than Usual’ But Prices
Generally Satisfactory.
Pou Explains Function
of New Bank System
Hold 4 In Connection j G. O. P Optimism Is
With Denton Robbery Reported Gaining
Victor Fowler and Sylvan Palmer
Identified As Men Who Had Part
In Bank Robbery—Two Others In
Jail At Lexington.
Senator Hatfield Predicts Bigger
Hapver Majority Than In 1928.
Just Back From West.
The opening of the tobacco mar
ket in this section on last Tuesday
marked a day of profound interest
to business men apd farmers alike,'
as everyone was anxious to know
just how prices would start off this
year. There was a large, crowd at
the opening sales in Smithfield, but
the break was about the smallest
ever seen there on the opening day.
However, according to the press re
port.- from other markets in the belt
S.nithfield warehousemen had fully
as good patronage as those of the
even larger markets in the belt.
As the auctioneer be.gan crying
for bidders and as the tags began
to bear evidences of the sale people
pressed forward in eagerness to see
w.nat figure’ each pile bore with as
much enthusiasm as a stock broken
shows in stocks when he has his
last dollar at "^steak.
It soon became evident that the
trashy and ' most inferior grades
were going for much more than
they started off at last year, and
in fact, for more than many people
had hoped for. The bright lug
grades between the most common
lugs and the better grades offered
c:d not seem to be in as much de
mand, however, these ranged right
al 'ng at from 8 to 15 cents per •
P' nd. Then came the best offerings
w’.lch seemed to be about on a par
witli similar offerings at the open
ing last year, these ranging from
15 to around 30 cents per pound.
-'here did_ not seem to be much
oc nand for tips, these going at
from 2 to 4 cents per pound.
-About the best seller on the mar
ker Tue-day, compared to its looks,
w.. the short stubby-looking lug
w^hich was thoroughly ripe and spot-
tr- and slightly crumbled at the
en--;s. These usually went right
aming at from 6 to 8 cents per
pcmid, whereas a year ago the same
h:c w-ould not have brought over
2 cents per pound.
1 here was very little dissatisfac-
t'.rn e.xpre sed with the sales Tues
day and most faimers seemed to be
o- the opinion tb.at prices are on
the upw'ard trend, and w'hile some
may have felt that they did not get
a.s good a showing as somebody
el.se got, they went away hoping
tb.at their turn would come next.
The general expression from far
mers w.as that the crop this year
is very short and that they will'not
be in any hurry about putting it
on the market, which would .seem
to be the sensible view to take, un
der existing circum.stancea Man,V
people could not get plants to set
tobacco this year ami had to cur-
tai their crop immensely, and in
many cases they had to d spense
wnrh planting tobacco all together,
and w'lth these conditions facing the
market it would seem that prices,
.-hould advance rather than go down.
The sales were light throughout
the entire eastern belt at Tuesday’s
opening, which would indicate that
the crop this year is no bumper.
The general averages made at
the several markets over the belt
ranged all *ie way from 9 to 15c.
The general impression and press
reports seem to indicate that prices
this year so far are about double
or perhaps thribble those paid a
year ago at the opening sales.
The creatmn of the Agricultural
Credit Corpoi-ations should supply a
great need to the farmers of the
nation, the only question being
whether the farmers as a rule .can
qualify to receive help from these
new governmental agencie«, Con
gressman Edward W. Pou says in a
■statement to the Raleigh Chamber
of Commerce.
At the rec{ue-t of the Chamber of
Commerce Congressman Pou makes
the following explanation of the
functions of the Regional Agricul-'
tural Credit Bank, to be established
in Raleigh, largely through the ef
forts of Mr. Pou:'
“The creation of the Agricultural
Credit Corporations should supply a
great need to the farmers of the
nation. The time merchant has well-
nigh disappeared. These new corpor
ations, recommended by President
Hoover and authorized by act of
Congress, are intended to take the
place of the corporations, banks and
time merchants who, in the old days,
were engaged in the business of fi-
nancin,g the farmer. The only ques
tion is whether our farmers, as a
rule, can qualify to receive- help
from these new governmental agen-
High Point, Sept. 7.—Four - boys,
all under 22 years old, Jone Horne,
Walter Bridgeman, Victor Fowler
and Sylvan Palmer, left High Point
this afternoon in handcuffs for the
Lexington jail, where they will re
main until formal charges of bank
robbery in connection with the hold
up of the bank at Denton yesterday
can be preferred. Two of them,
Fowler and Palmer, have been j^o.s-
itively identified as taking part in
the robbery. The other two are held
under strong suspicion based on par
tial identification and circumstantial
evidence. The four live in High
Point and all have criminal record.s,
police say. Fowler is. under bond
now for his part in the shooting of
Railroad Officer W. T. Butler. Horne
and Bridgeman are under bond for
trial in Forsyth county for robbing
tlie Kemersville freight station.
Durham men came to look them
over inconnection with the robbery,
of the West Durham Bank which
lost $13,000 in a hold-up Aug. 25.
New York, Sept. 6.—Republican
optimism in the middle west and a
prediction that President Hoover
will get a bigger majority than in
1928 were reported to Republican
headquarters today by Senator Hat
field, of West Virginia.
As chairman of the senate cam
paign committee, he conferred with
Senator Ha-tings, of Delaware, as
sisting eastern campaign manager.
“Conditions are improving,” he
said. “I have just made a trip
through the middlewest and I found
much optimism.
“The President is very strong ev
ery place I visited. There will be in
numerable Democrats this year who
will swing over to the Republican
j sitle. And this tendency is growing
right along.
“There were thousands, of Demo
crats who were on the fence for a
loji.g time. But the acceptance speech
made by the President knocked
them off and they fell to the Repub
lican side.”
Pine Level Bank Robbery
Case Heard Wednesday
jSmithfield News.
As a result of the economy law
recently enacted by Congress, John
W. Setzer, one of the city carriers
at Smithfield postoflfice, was retired
at the close of business on August
31st. Mr. Setzer had reached the
age of 65 years and had completed,
15 years of faithful service. He was
appointed village carrier when that
service was established in Smithfield
on September 1, 1917, and served
Four Men Get Hearing In County
Recorder’s Court and Heavy
Bonds Are Required—Barber Has
Been Identified As Robber—$806
Has Been Recovered.
Smithfield, Sept. 7.—The four
men arrested and lodged in the
county jail last week in connectioit
with the Pine Level bank robbery,
were given a hearing in the Record
er’s Court here this afternoon, and
alt were bound over to the Superior
i Court. The bond of Ralph Barbour
m that capacity until 1926, when j ^j-ed at $5,000.00, and the bonds
, II- Cia llACU etc illiu tut;
city delivery service was established j„hn Hamilton... Rupert Wilson
here and he was then made city yictor Wallace were fixed at
. “ tulu V 1C.ten Yv diicict; wt;iy iixcu a\t
earner. Postmaster J. C. Standi had | $2,500.00 each. It i.s not expected
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cies.
“While no policy has been an
nounced, my belief is that the policy
to be put in force by the.se new
governmental agencies will be a.s
liberal as the rule$ of ordinary
business safety will permit. I be
lieve the benefits which will accrue
to our people enga,ged in agriculture
from the establishment of these cor
porations may well-nigh be universal
in its scope.”—Raleigh Times, 6th.
Planning Bio Trin
For Farm Women
Union Services Discontinued.
•Tudee Orders Arrest
of Johnston’s Sheriff
Benson Man Dies
With Pneumonia
Mr. Eugene R. Canaday died at
his home in Benson at 3:10 o’clock
a. ra., on August 31st, from double
pneumonia. Mr. Canaday had been
critically ill about two weeks. He
was one of Benson’s best known and
highly respected citizens and his
untimely death came as a distinct
shock to the entire town and com
munity. The deceased was a brother
to C. C. Canaday of Benson; R. C.
Canaday, of Four Oaks, and J. C.
Canaday, of Raleigh. His mother,
Mrs. Lucy Canaday, of Benson, also
survives him.
The funeral service was conducted
from the home of his brother, Mr.
C. C. Canaday, on Wednesday after
noon, by Rev. J. H. Prizzelle, pastor
of the Benson Methodist church, in
the presence of a large crowd of.
sorrowing relatives and friends.
(Moore County News)
A fact not generally known is
that the only county official having
authority to arrest a sheriff is the
coroner.
An order issued by Judge John
M. Oglesby, presiding over Moore
county superior court last week
came near causing this prerogative
to be exercised, though both officials
involved were of Johnston county.
In the case of J. M. Broadhurst,
charged with giving a worthless,
check, the court at a previous term
had ordered a capias for his arrest
sent to the .sheriff of Johnston
county for service on the defendant.
The process was not served, a.s had
been the case once or twice before
when similar proceedings were in
stituted. When the matter was call
ed to the attention of Judge Ogle.s-
by, the' jurist ordered that an in-
stanter capias be issued for the
sheriff of Johnston county. He di
rected that John Wilcox, clerk of
the court, forward it to the coroner
for service.
Upon the recall of the docket
just prior to adjournment on Friday,
Judge Oglesby stated when this case
was reached that he had just been
in long distance telephone commu
nication with the Johnston county
coroner, who informed him thaf the
sheriff, of his county was sick in
bed with tuberculosis. The matter
was accordingly left open until the
next term.
This is believed to be the first
instance in ■which a judge presiding
over a Moore county court has or
dered process issued for an officer
for failure to serve papers.
The Home Demonstration Agent
is planning to “See North Carolina”
Tour for the farm women of John-
■stop County. The trip i.- planned es-
pe'cially for the club women but if
the quota is not filled up, we will
be glad to take anybody who wishe.s
to g’o. This trip will be of about
three days’ duration going the
southern route by Charlotte and
coming back by Green-boro, Win
ston-Salem, etc. One night will be
spent near Asheville and the other
near Roaring Gap. The home agent
would like to know immediately the
women who are planning on going
or who would like information in^
re.gard to the trip. We hope to make
this trip for under Ten Dollars.
As we have not yet decided as to
the mode of conveyance we cannot
tell exactly what it will be. The
trip will be planned for the last
few days in September or the first
two or three days in October. The
'ipplications will be taken in the or
der received and the number will be
somewhere around twenty-five or
thirty.
RACHEL E’FERETT, ■
Home Demonsti'ation Agent.
The summer schedule at Ed.gerton
Memorial Methodist church was set
^ aside the last Sunday in August,
j and regular services resumed; Sun-
j day School first, with preaching
I services following. Eeveryone has
I enjoyed the union service.s during
the summer months which were held
in the various churches during the
evening hour. Out-of-town ministers
conducted the services on several
occasions.
I MR. L. GURKIN REPORTS
I BRIGHT OUTLOOK IN FLORIDA
! Mr. L. Gurkin, proprietor of the
; Catch-Me-Eye, has returned after
spending several weeks in Florida
on business. While away, Mr. Gur
kin visited Daytona Beach trying to
keep cool. He report- times “good”
in that section, three big subdivisions
having- recently opened up.. “The
hotelists in Florida are expecting a
big season this fall and winter”,
state Mr. Gurkin. He talked with
numbers of tourists going and com
ing from Florida and every one,
without exception, told him they
thought business conditions wei-e
improving.
made an effort to have Mr. Setzer
retained as carfier for at least two
more years. His health was good,
he had been an efficient and^ithful
seiwant of Uncle Sam for 15 years,
and there appeared to be every rea
son to expect that he would be able
to give efficient service for several
more years. He had expressed a wil
lingness to continue his work, but
the economy bill contained a provis
ion that employees in the classified
service having reached the age for
retirement, and having served the
required number of years, should be
retired with pay. This was the law
of the land and was obeyed.
At present Mr. B. M. Brannan,
one of the postoffice clerks, is serv
ing' city Route No. 1, which was
formerly served by Mr. Setzer.
that either of the men will be able
to give bond. Ralph Barber, who
is a son of Ruffin Barber, of Cleve
land Township, was said to have
been positively identified by Waver-
ly Jones, assistant cashier of the
bank, as the man who drew a pistol
on Jones, carried out $806.00 in cash
from the bank, on August 30th last.
Wilson and Hamilton .were alleged
to have been with Barber in Pine
Level, and Wallace was alleged to
have joined them later.
Barber was said to have carried
$703.00 of the money to the home
of his mother in Cleveland Town-
.ship where it was found in a trunk.
It was found that the Oldsmobile
car, which was practically new, had
been stolen from a man named
. . from a .
Crabtree of Raleigh, who had park-
W. Jesse Stanley, who recently ^ ed it on a street there, only a few
resigned as county jailer, effective
September 1, has been relieved of
his dutie.-, and his mantle has fallen
upon R. E. Holt, who had been
serving- as assistant jailer.
WIFE OF EDITOR OF CLAYTON
NEWS HIHIT IN ACCIDENT
Hurricane Moves Up Coast.
The tropical hurricane which had
threatened Florida coast towns for
several days, has moved up the
Atlantic Seaboard and on Wednes
day was central off the North Car
olina coast, Hatteras, C., report
ing a 50-mile gale with rain. The
center of the .storm missed the main
land, but moderate gales were felt
several miles inland.
Mr. E. R. Richardson In Hospital.
Mr. E. R. Richardson underwent
an operation in the Johnston County
Hos])ital- at Smithfield Tuesday, and
stood the operation well. 'He- was
reported as getting along nicely at
the time of going to press today.
Clayton, . Sept. 1.—Mrs. W. S.
Penn is in St. 'Yincent’s Hospital,
Norfolk, 'Va., recovering from inju-
rie.- received in an automobile acci
dent at Ocean 'View.
Mrs. Penn in company with her
husband, W. S. Penn, editor of The
Clayton News, her son, Cadet Wil
liam S. Penn, and her brother-in-
law, C. H. Corbell of Ocean View,
were en route to Norfolk when the
accident occurred. Cadet Penn was
driving the car, a Pontiac sedan,
along- Norfolk Avenue when they
collided with an interurban street
car at a g-rade crossing. At this
point the approach of the fa.st-
moving street car was obscured
from the driver of the automobile
by a deep cut and pine trees, and
and though the driver applied his.
brakes and swerved his ear as
much to the left as was possible,
the collision was unavoidable. The
automobile struck the street car
near the front end and was carried
along the track some distance but
did not turn over.
Of the four occupants of the car,
Mrs. Penn wa? the most seriously
injured, though Mr. Corbell was
painfully hurt about the head and
side with one fractured ■ rib. Mrs.
Penn s injury, as revealed by x-ray
examination, consisted of a fract
ured pelvis, though the break was
pronounced not a serious one. She
was given immediate medical atten
tion and later was taken to a hos
pital, where she now is resting as
well as could be hoped for, though
her, confinement there will be for
two or three weeks in order to in
sure a complete recovery. The au
tomobile was, almost, a complete
wreck. W. S. Penn and Cadet Penn
were not hurt.
The trip to Norfolk was being
made to catch a boat on which
Cadet Penn was to sail for New
York on his return trip to West
Point. The journey, however, was
postponed until the following even
ing. , -
Birthday and Family Reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ellis were in
an automobile accident last Satur
day nig-ht about nine o’clock while
on their way to spend the week end
in Wilmington. The accident occurr
ed about 10 miles south of 'Golds
boro when their car collided with a
loaded truck which had been stopp
ed on the highway. Mrs. Ellis was
rendered unconscious for a short
while. She was bruised and shaken
up, and was taken to a hospital at
Goldsboro where she is expected to
soon recover. Mr. Ellis was slightly
bruised, but Ralph and Margaret
Ellis, the other occupants of the
car, were not hurt.
minutes before it wa.s stolen.
The car was recovered by the
county officers, who found it in the
woods near the Cleveland school.
When found one of the rear tires
was missing, and the rim of the
wheel was badly damaged, showing
that it had been run without a tire.
BIRTHDAY DINNER AND
FAMILY REUNION HELD
The 63rd birthday of Mr. Need
ham Aycock was celebrated with a
family reunion and a big dinner, at
his home in Micro township on Wed
nesday, September 7, 1932, and was
indeed an enjoyable occasion, ’and
one that will not soon be forgotten
'by many of those whose good fort
une it was to be there.
Well, we hear all the people talk
ing- about “hard times”, but it didn’t
look like hard times Wednesday at
grandpa’s house. The guests began
to arrive about ten o’clock with well
filled boxes and baskets. The table
was erected underneath the wide
spreading branches of two pecan
trees. In the midst of the arrivals
and the hearty greetings and friend
ly handshakes. The table was hea-
ily leaden with everything .good to
eat that any stomach could wish
for—chicken, good old home-cooked
barbecue (and it was cooked over
the coals); every kind of cakes, pies,
sandwiches and everything pleasing
to the appetite and all the iced tea
you could wish for.
All of the eight living children
of Mr. Needham Aycock—Effie, Lil
lian, Sallie, Gilbert, Albert, Tom,
Robert and Chester—were present
together, consisting of 37 grand
children and two great-grand-chil-
dren. Mr. and Mrs. Needham Ay
cock and Mrs. Ayeock’s mother, Mrs.
Sallje Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Hines and family, Mr. and Mrs. G.
B. Aycock and family, Mr. and Mrs.,
Albert Aycock and family, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Medlin and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Aycock and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aycock and
family, Mr. Chester Aycock * and
Mis.s Sallie Aycock, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Godwin and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Edgerton, Messrs. Ear]
and Leon Gurley. Those out of the
familv present were: Dr, and Mrs.
M. Hinnant and daughter, Margaret;
Mr. and Mrs. S, D. Cook and family,
Mr. Albert Pender and children, _and
Mr. Jim Hines.
A number of the county officials
of Wayne and Johnston counties,
together with some of the officials
of the State school and road forces,
enjoyed a barbecue at Holt Lake on
Labor Day,
THE FOOLISHNESS
OF NEGLECTED WORSHIP
The subject for the sermon at
the Presbyterian church next Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock will be
“The Foolishness of Neglected Wor-,
ship.” That sounds rather candid
and to the point but it is true. The
Psalmist said “The fool hath said
in his heart, there is no God.” Now
those words by Divine permission
or appointment have become Scrip
ture and therefore they must be
true.
If the Bible is true at all then
our subject must be true. Tlie fool
ish man today, then is the man that
for a hundred and one reasons nev
er presents himself before God' in
worship. Now my friend, whoever
you are you certainly would re.sent
being- called foolish, but if you are
not a habitual worshiper there is no
other 'class for you.
Smithfield, Sept. 7.—There was a
birthday dinner and family reunion,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Dupree, 5 miles west of Smithfield,
last Sunday, the occasion being the
87th birthday of Mrs. Civil E. Par
ker, mother of Mrs. Dupree.
There was a large crowd present
-which -was composed of the rela-
JG'es and friends of the family. Mrs.
Parker has 8 living children, sever!
daughters and one son, all of whom
were present at the reunioi) Sunday.
They are as follows: Mrs. J. L. Du
pree, Mrs. W. Manley Johnsoii, of
Coats; Mrs. J. 0. Stephenson, of
McCullers, N. C.; Mrs. Parker Bar
bour, of the Wilson’s Mills seltion;
Mrs. J. A. Langdon and Mrs. Rufus.
Johnson, of Smithfield Township^
and Mr. John W. Parker, of Wen
dell, N. C.
There was a large number of
grandchildren and great-grandchil
dren present, and all appeared to
have a good time. Blrs. Parker
who is a remarkably active woman
for her age, appeared as happy as
any one present.
Soon after the noon hour all were
invited to gather around a long ta
ble which had been erected under
a row of umbrella tree.s in the
yard, and there was found a boun
tiful supply of almost everything
imaginable that was good to eat
and iced tea was made by the tub
full. When all had fully satisfied
their appetites some one remarked
that there was enough left on the
^ table to give all present a good
j supper.
Besides those present from John-
These foolish people may be found j-ium oonn-
in two places. They are found in County, were S(^me from Wake,
the church and out of the church. Harnett, Edgecombe, Nash pnd
It all depends on whether or not
they worship. This subject will be a
challenge to some and I am sure
that all will be interested. Come
out Sunday morning and get the
reason for this highly audacious
charge.
Time—Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock.
Place—Presbyterian Church. Ev
erybody come.
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
TWO GRANDCHILDREN.
A^ounce Birth.
Rev. and Mrs. D. F. Waddell an
nounce the arrival of a little daugh
ter, Nell Rankin Waddell, on Au-
.gust 25, 1932. Mother and baby are-
doing fine. Mrs. Waddell was, before
her marriage, Miss Josephone
Thacker, of Raleigh.
Wayne Counties.
I-ate in the afternoon all depart
ed for their homes, after wishing
Mrs. Parker many happy returns of
the day.
Returns From House Party.
W. T. Woodard and family return
ed Wednesday from Cherry Grove
Beach, S. C.,-where they were en
tertained by Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Whitley at their cd%ge. While
there they visited Myrtle Beach.
Those in the party were: Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Whitley and Mr. and'
Mrs. Sam Seymour, of Florence, S.
C.; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Woodard
and three boy.s, Ralph, Bill 'Thad,
and Fred Archer. ' -
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