VOLUME 42
SM1THFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 20 1923
NUMBER 58
NEW PRES. SPEAKS ;
TO COTTON COOPS.
W. M. Sanders Addresses
Cotton Coop Locals at
Benson Wednesday
A meeting of the local Cotton Coop
erative Marketing Association was
held Wednesday afternoon in Benson
in the Farmers Commercial Bank
building, with Mr. A. M. Johnson,
County chairman presiding. The meet
ing was opened about three o’clock
the following making brief talks:
Messrs. N. E. Lucas, M. T. Britt, W.
M Sanders, and L E. Rogers.
This was the occasion of the first
speech made in Johnston County by
the new president of the North Caro
lina Cotton Cooperative Association,
Mr. W. M. Sanders. Mr Sanders,
who was elected to this office re
cently, has made speeches, however,
along this line at New Bern and Ra
leigh, since he took up the duties of
president. More than fifty interest
ed coop members were present Wed
nesday to listen to his message. Mr.
Sanders stated that 500,000 people in
North Carolina were engaged in the
cultivation of cotton. Only about 31,
000 are members of the association
These association members have turn
ed over 135,000 bales during the first
year of operation. The fourth pay
ment on this cotton* has been made
aggregating 22 cents per pound.
Twenty-five thousand bales are yet
unsold, and Mr. Sanders stated that
when this cotton is converted into
money, the association expects to pay
as much as 26 cents. Cotton sold by
non-members, he said, averaged only
22 1-2 cents. According to these
figures, cotton sold by the Associa
tion will bring $17.50 per bale more
than that sold by outsiders—a sav
ing to members of $2,600,006.
After Mr. Sanders’ speech Mr. L.
E. Rogers, district manager of the
Tobacco Association, spoke upon the
tobacco situation.
During the course of the program
Mr. A. M. Johnson started plans for
a coop tour of the county and invited
those participating in this to be at
his farm in Cleveland township on
August 4th about noon. He stated
he would have “something” for them.
The next meeting will be held in
Kenly.
CULTIVATION IS FOR
PREVENTION, NOT REM ED \
The old time way of cultivating
crops was to wait until the ground
got hard or until there was a fine
crop of weeds to fight before culti
vating. The idea was that so long
as the ground was not baked and not
hard, why stir it? Thoughtless
farmers said. “The weeds can’t do
much harm when they are small, can
they? If I wait until the weeds and
grass get big, I won’t have to culti
vate but once where I would have
to cultivate twice if I started when
the grass was small.”
This attitude and argument is al
most as bad as that of the man who
locked his barn door after his horse
had been stolen, or the other fellow
who sprayed his peach tree after
the worms had caused the peaches to
drop from the trees. Wise cultiva
tion is always for prevention and not
an attempted remedy | The weeder
and the pike-tooth harrow are for
the purpose of preventing the ground
from becoming hard and for prevent
ing the weeds from making more than
a start. And in this as other things
“an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure.”—The Progressive
Farmer.
TYPHOID DEATH RATE FOR
LAST YEAR WAS LOWEST
New York, July 17.—Control of
typhoid fever has made such progress
that in 1922 the death rate for this
disease was the lowest ever recorded
according to the figures compiled bjf
the Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany.
Based on statistics from one-sev
enth of the total population of the
United States and Canada, the death
rate in the year mentioned was 5.6
per 100,000 of population. In 1911
the rate was 22.8 per 100,000.
These figures are particularly
cheering to American Child Health
association, which is engaged in fight
ing typhoid as well as other diseases
which affect children and mothers.
MEMORIAL FOR FORMER
SMITH FIELD PASTOR
The congregation of the Prentis
Place Baptist Church of Portsmouth,
Virginia, is rapidly advancing plans
for the construction of a commodious
edifice at the corner of Lincoln street
and Atlanta Avenue. When the new
building is completed it is the pur
pose of the church to call it the
“Jackson Memorial Baptist Church,’
as a tribute to the memory of Rev.
Joseph Bryan Jackson, a former pas
tor who was much beloved by his
membership, which has decided to
honor him in the construction of the
new church.
He had been pastor of this church
for five years preceding his death on
November 13, 1919. At this time
it was suggested that the church
would want to erect a monument in
honor of their departed pastor, and
since it had been one of the burning
desires of his heart and soul to build
a Temple of God for that church,
that nothing could be more suitable,
fitting, and appropriate than that the
church go forward with the work
that he had planned with them and
build a house of worship as his
monument and call it the “Jackson
Memorial Church.” This suggestion
was favorably considered by the
church and the adjacent cut shows
the architect’s plan of the church,
which is soon to be erected. A pic
ture of the church was recently drap
ed under an American flag and un
veiled before the congregation by
Miss Sallie Jackson, daughter of the
former pastor.
Rev. R. G. Kendrick is the present
pastor of the church and Mr. W. L.
Newton is secretary of the building
committee.
During the twenty years of Mr.
Jackson’s ministry he served the fol
lowing North Carolina churches as
pastor: New Hope, Falling Creek,
j Fremont, Goldsboro, Fairmont, Row
| land, Back Swamp, Hamlet, Smith
field Selma and possibly some other
I churches and also tHe church at
Ocean View, Virginia. He was sec
j retary and treasurer of the Norfolk
| and Portsmouth Ministerial Confer
| ence and clerk of the Norfolk and
Portsmouth Baptist Association.—
Bibical Recorder.
PRINCIPALS ELECTED AT
FOUR OAKS AND KENLY
I
County Superintendent Marrow is j
at work lining up teachers for the
schools of the county next year. The :
new building at Four Oaks will be
completed for the new term and, Mr.
Marrow states that every room ex
cept one will be in use. He has se
cured Mr. N. C. Shuford, of Black <
Mountain as principal of the Four ,
Oaks school, and he will be assief&d j
by a corps of fourteen teachers. In
an incredibly short time this school
has grown until it is among the larg
est in the county. Mr. Marrow feels
that he is fortunate in securing Mr.
Shuford who has been at Black Moun
tain for the past five years.
Mr. George T. Whitley, who has
been principal of the school here for
a number of years has been elected
to head the Kenly school. In cutting
expenses in the school here the duties
of principal and superintendent were
combined and the Kenly school is in
deed fortunate «n having Mr. Whitley.
He loves the teaching profession and
is well qualified to direct the Kenly
school. Twelve others will be employ
ed at Kenly..
14-YEAR-OLD BOY IS
KILLED AT ROCK QUARRY
Clifton Pierce, fourteen-year old
son of Mr. W. L. Pierce was killed
about ten o’clock this morning when
his body was caught in the gear
wheel of a hoisting engine at the
granite quarry of the Raleigh Gran
ite Company near Bailey. The boy
was almost instantly killed. His body
was horribly mangled, his liver be
' ing torn from his body.
Young Pierce was employed at the
quarry and was working about the en
gine when in some manner his cloth
ing was caught in the gear wheel and
his body drawn i"to the machinery.
Before the engine could be stopped
the boy was killed.
The deceased lived with his parents
near the rock quarry. He is survived
by his parents and several half
brothers.—Wilson Times, July 19.
Watch your label and renew.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
RECORDER’S COURT
Several Whiskey Cases On
Docket; Massengill Gets
16 Months On Roads
| Recorder’s Court lasted through
two days this week, the following
cases being disposed of:
State vs. W. B. Adams charged with
using profane language on the high
ways. The defendant was called but
failed to show up. Judgment, nisi sci
fa and capias.
State vs. C. R. Sanderford and
Lewis Heflin charged with having
excess booze. Lewis Heflin was de
clared not guilty and was discharged.
The other defendant, C. R. Sadder
ford, was found guilty and fined $50
and costs.
State vs. C. R. Sanderford and
Lawis Heflin charged with driving an
automobile while drunk. Heflin was
found not guilty and was discharged.
Sanderford was found guilty. Judg
ment that he be confined in common
jail of Johnston County for thirty
days and assigned to work on roads
of Smithfield township, and pay the
costs. The jail sentence was sus
pended upon condition that defendant
refrain from operating motor ve
hicles on any road in North Carolina
for period of six months and enter
into bond a $100 bond for faithful
performance of condition.
State vs. L. D. Stephenson charged
with violation of the prohibition laws.
The defendant was found guilty and
serrtenced to be confined in jail for
twelve months and assigned to work
on roads of Smithfield township and
pay the costs. The defendant took
an appeal and a bond for his appear
ance was fixed at $1,000.
State— vs. George Benton charged
with abandonment. Defendant called
but failed to appear. Judgment nisi
sci fa and capias.
State vs. R. E. Massengill, Gethro
Hayes. J. A. Graham, Junius Graham,
and Walter Snead, charged with vio
lating the prohibition laws. Nol Pros
as to Gethro Hayes, J. A. Graham,
Junius Graham, and Walter Snead.
The other defendant R. E. Massengill
called for a jury trial. The jury
found the defendant guilty upon four
counts. A judgment was imposed
that the defendant be confined in the
common jail of Johnston County for
a term of four months on each count,
term on second count to begin at the
expiration of first; term on third to
begin at expiration of second; term
on fourth to begin on expiration of
third. Defendant was sentenced to
pay costs. An appeal was taken to
the Superior Court, and a bond fixed
at $2,000.
State vs. Walter Ellis charged
with violation of prohibition laws. The
defendant was found guilty on count
charging having whiskey inpossession
Found not guilty for transporting.
Judgment was that defendant pay a
fine of $25 and be confined in jail for
four months. Capias to issue at re
quest of solicitor, at any time within
one year, upon information that de
fendant has indulged in intoxicating
liquors in any way.
State vs. Willie Johnson charged
with obtaining marriage license by
false pretenses. Defendent pleads
guilty. Pined $26 and costs.
State vs. John Jones, Joe Mears and
Will Beckwith charged with affary.
John Jones was found not guilty. De
fendant Will Beckwith was found
guilty and fined $25 and one half
costs. Defendant Joe Mears found
guilty and fined $10 and one half
costs.
State vs. Jesse Turner charged wiJh
attempting to break prison and beat
ing a ride on a train. The defendant
pleads guilty. He was sentenced to
be confined in the common jail of
Johnston County for a term of sixty
days and assigned to work on the
roads of Smithfield township and pay
the costs.
BROTHER-IN-LAW OF
MR UNDERWOOD DEAD
Mr. J. D. Underwood was called to
Dunn Wednesday night on account
of the death of his brother-in-law.
Mr. Hassell McNeil, which occurred
at 10:30 Wednesday night. Mr. Mc
Neil had been in bad health for some
time. The funeral was held yester
day afternoon in Dunn and interment
was made in the cemetery there. Mrs.
Underwood and Mrs. C. B. Register
attended the funeral.
S. S. WORKER WILL
TALK TO CLASSES
Gilbert T. Stephenson to Ad
dress Bible Classes of the
Community Sunday
_
Through the efforts of the Business
! Men’s Class of the Methodist Sun
| day school, the members of adult Bi
ble classes and especially men’s
classes of this city and in Johnston
[ County and any others interested will
I be given the opportunity of hearing
Mr. Gilbert T. Stephenson, of Raleigh,
noted Bible student, discuss the
Sunday school lesson Sunday morn
ing at the Methodist church. Mr.
Stephenson will speak in the main
auditorium of the church. Sunday
school begins at 9:30 and everybody
is invited to be present at the open
ing.
“John, The Apostle” is the sub
ject of the international lesson for
Sunday, which will be the subject of
Mr. Stephenson’s discourse.
The speaker, who is vice-president
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company is a well known Baptist
layman. He is chairman of the Bap
tist Foundation Fund, and is active
in Sunday school work. He has been
actively connected with the work of
the North Carolina Sunday School
Association. All adult classes are
cordially invited to hear him.
A committee appointed from the
Business Men’s class has sent out
special announcements concerning
Mr. Stephenson's talk, the entire class
being enthusiastic over his coming
to Smithfield.
CO-OPS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS IN S. C.
j Florence, S. C., July 18.—The To
| bacco Growers’ Co-operative Asso
j ciation began its second year of mar
j keting here with a sharp rise in
1 the cash advance which caused its
members to rejoice at all of the 42
markets of the South Carolina belt
where the association received its
first tobacco of the 1923 crop two ,
weeks in advance of the announced j
opening of the auction houses.
The cash payments for first de
liveries to the association, which are
50 per cent beyond the cash advances
made last year when the organized
growers' began marketing, pleased
all members of the association who
ventured through the torrents of rain
j that fell throughout South Carolina.
While the advances posted by the as
I sociation for wrappers have jumped
j from $22.75 to $32.50 in less than
| twelve months there is an even great
er increase in the first payments
i made today for primings, smoking
lugs and cigarette cutters. In fact, the
I first cash adances raid by the co
j operative association today were
i higher than the prices for many simi
lar grades paid on the auction mar
j ket in 1921.
The prediction that the co-oper
ative association would open its
doors after the auction markets and
would base its prices upon those on
the auction floors has been complete
ly exploded by the big tobacco co-op
erative association, which today
started its marketing machinery
smoothly fully two weeks in advance
of date for the opening of the auc
tion warehouses in the South Caro
lina belt.
Thousands of association members
will celebrate the success of their or
ganization and the opening of its
second year tomorrow, when United
States Senator Smith, who has be
friended the farmers in Congress as
a member of the farm bloc, will at
tend the great barbecue of tobacco
growers to be held at Kingstree. Gov
ernor McLeod, of South Carolina,
will address another mass meeting of
the growers at an all-day barbecue
at Mullins on July 19th.
Rexal Key Contest.
Hood rBothers have put on a con
test the winner in which will be pre
sented with a beautiful 61-piece set
of Community Plate guaranteed for
fifty years. The contest begins on
Thursday, July 26th, and a key will
be given for each purchase of fifty
cents. The one who gets the key that
will unlock thelock which is display
ed in their window will get the chest
ing htis contest appears elsewhere in
of silver. An advertisement explain
this issue. Look itup and readit.
FORMER SECRETARY OF WAR
SAYS EUROPE READY FOR WAR
Cleveland, July 18.—Europe is now
more nearly ready for world war than
it was in 1914, Newton D. Baker told
an audience of women gathered here
today to hear the Former Secretary
of War and others outline the purpos
es of the League of Nations Non-Par
tisan Association. It was the first gun
fired here in an attempt to secure sig
ners to a petition that the United
States enter a League of Nations.
“When we present to the President
and Senate ten thousand names, or
ten hundred thousand names, or ten
million names or those who want
America to join a League of Nations,
they will listen,” Mr. Baker declared.
“Europe is now more nearly ready
for world war than it was in 1914, so
far as underlying causes are concern
ed,” Mr. Baker added. “I can not see
now it can be prevented unless some
substitute is found.
“If the devil has it in his heart to
let forth upon the human race more
deadly instruments of destruction than
were used in the last terrible war, it
means international suicide so far as
to civilized nations are concerned.
“America must do her part in a big
way in concert with the other nations
of the world to prevent an internation
al war. I believe that way will be
the League of Nations, with reserva
tions to protect the liberty of the
United States.”
Mr. Baker explained that there is
no opposition between the League and
the world court. He referred to the
lattei* as “something we ought to go
into,” adding that “the court doesn’t
take us into the League and it doesn’t
j keep us out.”
K11 KLUX ORDERED TO SHOW
RECORDS IN FLOGGING CASE
Lumberton, July 18.—Overshadow
ing the testimony offered here today
nt the trial of Mike Lawson, chief of
police Fairmount, Johnson, Hedge
p.'th and Jule Brodgen on charges of
secret assault, assault with a deadly
weapon and kidnapping, the charges
growing out of the alleged flogging
of Mrs. Mary Watson and Mrs. Hat
tie Purvis, was the issuance by the
clerk of court of Robeson county of
two subponeas upon the alleged grand
klaliff of the Ku Klux Klan in North
Carolina and the alleged head of the
Fairmont klavern, ordering them to
produce all records of the klan show
ing membership of Fairmount
klavern, all records showing the
connection, if any, of Mike Lawson
with the kl-ui, all records dealing
with the alleged whipping and all
records showing the connection of H.
L. 7 aliaferro, alleged agent of the
Klan vto is under 'ndntnient for
tan t er.i.g with state's witnesses with
too Idon.
The subponeas were issued against
F. H Keith, alleged head of the Fair
mont klavern and E. F. Randolph,
alleged grand klaliff of the North
Carolina realm, knights of the Ku
Klux Klan. They were issued at the
request of counsel for the state.
At the same time a subpoena was
issued at the request of defense coun
sel against H. F. Hackett of the
state’s attorneys, ordering him to pro
duce notes of an alleged private in
terview with Mrs. Watson at which
the identification of her assailants is
allege dto have been discussed.—As
sociated Press.
VOCAL UNION TO BE HELD
IN SMITH FIELD 5TH SUNDAY
Smithfield is to have its second
vocal union. On the fifth Sunday
1 in this month, July 29th, thd
Lower Johnston Vocal Union will
meet here at the Methodist
Church. Mr. J. B. Beasley, the
president of the Union expects a
record breaking crowd. About 15
choirs will be on hand including
the choir of Mr. Joe Core, of
Duke.
The choirs are requested to be
here by ten o’clock- Among the
M. Noble who will deliver an ad
speakers of the day are Judge A.
dress of welcome, and Mr. James
A. Wellons. Everybody is cordial
ly invited to the singing which
promises to be a treat to all who
attend.
Miss Rachel Aycock, of Duno, is
the guest of Miss Elizabeth Ay ock
this week.
A BIG MASONIC PICNIC
BE HAD AT POLENTA
Dr. Hubert M. Poteat is the
Speaker for the Occasion
—Good Time Expected
An event that promises to be of un
usual interest to many throughout
the county is the All-Day Picnic to
be given by Polenta Lodge No. 450
A. F. & A .M., on Saturday, August
4th.
As the invitation to be present is
not limited to masons a very
large crowd is expected. The public
at large is cordially invited to come
and all that can do so are requested
to bring baskets.
Speaking of baskets, it is reported
that several pigs are already being
conditioned to best fit themselves for
the coming barbecue—and the hold
ings of Cleveland Township chickens
off the market bids fair to force the
price of Springers considerably up.
The speaker of the day will be Dr.
Hubert McNeill Poteat, of Wake For
est. Dr. Poteat is well known through
out the state and south, and being
Grand Master of Masons in North
Carolina, his presence is sure to at
tract many members of the fraternity«
Although plans are *not complete, it
is hoped that the Masonic Band of
Dunn will furnish music for the occa
sion.
Polenta Lodge has been uniformly
successful in putting on several social
affairs during the past year which,
while limited, have been muqh enjoy
ed. This picnic will no doubt be a
culmination and the lodge is laying
plans to make it the best in its his
tory .
Assistant urand lecturer j. w. ai
|ford is to be with the lodge for the
i week preceding and any Masons who
| are interested are invited to take ad
! vantage of Mr. Alford’s lectures. In
addition, Mr. Alford will preach a
sermon at Oakland Church Sunday
morning August the 5th. While this
will be along Masonic lines and of
special interest to Masons, the public
[ will find it of unusual type and inter
est.
All in all, August the fourth is
likely to prove a banner day in the
county and large crowds will be in
evidence to enjoy it.
GET-TO-GETHER MEETING AT
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH
Next fifth Sunday, July 29th, a
get-together meeting will be held
| with Canaan Baptist church. This
field is composed of five churches,
Trinity, Pauline, Hood’s Grove, Cal
| vary and Canaan.
The following program begins
promptly at ten o’clock:
10:00 Sunday school lesson with the
five churches represented, Rev. J. N.
* Barnette as teacher.
10:30 Program by the Sunday
Schools, each church to be represent
ed.
11:00 Sunday school lecture by
Rev. J. N. Barnette, of Dunn.
11:30 Sermon by Rev. James Iv«y,
pastor of Four Oaks Baptist church.
12:15 Dinner on the grounds.
1:30 p. m. Song service and busi
ness transactions.
2:00 A talk by Rev. Elbert N.
Johnson, of Dunn.
2:45 Special music.
3:00 A talk by Dr. O. A. Keller,
pastor of Benson Baptist church.
3:45 Special music by the choirs.
We are expecting to have other
speakers also that we do not have on
the program and also some good sing
ing by different choirs. Everybody is
invited to attend and bring well fill
ed baskets. Come and let's make this
a great day for Canaan.
We want to urge that all the Sun
day school superintendents and
teachers in this field of churches be
' present.
0. H. BAREFOOT, President.
D. J. WOOD, Secretary.
J. E. Gregory Adds To Store
Mr. J. E. Gregory, proprietor of
the five and ten cent store, is mak
ing some changes in his building. He
is adding thirty feet at the rear with
a balcony. When completed it will
add greatly to the arrangement of
his store.
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