NUMBER 86
MEETING GROWS IN
INTEREST AT TENT
Mrs. D. J. Thurston to Speak to
Women Sunday at 3 P. M.
Also Laymen’s Meeting
The revival being conducted under
a tent by Rev. C. H. Matthews of
Raleigh is meeting with success, the
interest growing daily. The services
Sunday promise to be the best of
meetings yet. Sunday morning there
will be no service in the tent, but one
will be held at Beaty Chapel at the
old Cotton mill. In the afternoon two j
meetings have been arranged. Mrs.
D. J. Thurston of Clayton will speak |
at three o’clock at tty Methodist
church to women and girls . At the
same hour at the tent, a laymen’s
meeting will be held with men from
the various towns where Rev. Mr.
Matthews has conducted meetings, as
speakers. Among those who are ex
pected to be hepe and take part in the
service are: Ex-mayor C. M. Thomas
of Clayton; C. F. Konce, for many
years chief of police of Raleigh; E.
F. High, superintendent of the Meth
odist Sunday school at Bailey; Mr.
Goldston, (cashier of the Bank of
Goldsboro; Mr. E. C. Fish of Fu
quay; and Messrs. A. R. Brothers
and Eddie C. Ruffin of Raleigh.
There will be service at the tent
Sunday evening to which everybody
is invited.
On Monday evening, the service
will be given over to the negroes.
The negro choirs will furnish the
music which is expected to be un
usually good. The meeting Monday
night is primarily for the colored
people, but white people will be per
mitted to attend.
Tuesday evening Mr. Loomis Good
win of Raleigh, will speak. Mr. God
win, the son of a Raleigh physician,
is an able speaker. He has taken
courses in medicine and law and is
well prepared to give a messake
worth hearing. Miss Lewis of the fac- j
ulty of Meredith College, soloist at
Tabernacle Baptist church in Raleigh,
will sing at this service. Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Weathers of Raleigh, will
also be present.
BENSON CHURCH TO
BE DEDICATED
There will be a dedicatory service
held in the Benson Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning at 11:00
o’clock. A vfery cordial invitation
is extended to all.
Program
Doxology.
Prayer of Invocation by Rev. A. 0.
Keller.
Hymn.
Duet, by Mrs. E- M- Hall and Mr.
W. A. Stallings.
Scripture reading.
Prayer by Rev. E. M. Hall.
Solo by Mrs. E. M. Hall.
Offering.
History of church, by Dr. W. T.
Martin.
Hymn.
Sermon by Rev. W. C. Brown.
Dedicatory prayer by Rev. A. R.
McQueen.
Hymn
Prayer and benediction by Rev.
Charlie Johnson.
STACY MAY HEAD
N. C. LAW SCHOOL
Associate Justice Walter P. Stacy
of the Supreme Court of North Caro
lina, will in all probability be offer
ed the place of dean of the Law
School of the University of North
Carolina when the executive commit
tee of the board of trustees meets
here next Thursday to name a suc
cessor to the late Lucius Polk Mc
Gehee.
Informal conferences among mem
bers of the executive committe dur
ing the past few days have developed
a strong sentiment for Justice Stacy
£nd although it has not been brought
formally to his attention, Justice
Stacy is fully aware of the situa
tion, and his frineds believe that if
the place is formally Rendered to
him he will accept.—News and Ob
server.
One way of improving farming in '
North Carolina is to think over what
you have seen at the fairs this fall.
SELMA BOYS HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Douglas Driver Sustained Seri
ous Injuries and Is In the
Hospital Here
Monday afternoon about 5 o’clock
Messrs. Douglas Driver and Sherwood
Shuler of Selma were painfully in
jured in an automobile accident on the
Smithfield-Selma road. It is reported
that they were coming to Smithfeld
on business and were driving fast.
After meeting another automobile
they ran into a sandbed and lost con
trol of the car which turned over
twice before it stopped. Mr. Driver
received several bruises and his left
lung was punctured, while three of
Mr. Shuler’s ribs were broken.
Mr. Driver wras brought to the
Smthfield Memorial hospital Monday
night where he still remains. He is
reported however to be improving.
Both of the young men are mem
bers of the Selma high school foot
ball team.
SCHOOL CHILDREN DELIGHTED.
WITH AL NUTTLE
A1 Nuttle, The Musical Clown who
will appear at the Johnston County
Fair next week in Smithfield has been
creating an uproar of laughter and
loads of fun for the school children
of the County High Schools where
he appeared Monday and Tuesday for
a short concert which was given the
schools free by the management of
the Fair Association. Mr. Nuttle was
accompanied by Mr. Robert A. Wel
lons Secretary of the Fair who an
nounced the purpose of the concert
and turned the programme over to
Mr. Nuttle.
After about ten minutes of side
splitting laughter on the part of the
children and teachers as well, caused
by Mr. Nuttle’s antics. Mr. Nuttle
stated to the children that they were
receiving wonderful care and atten
tion from the teachers and cautioned
the children to make use of their
opportunity to learn and study and
that to all the children under four
teen a free ticket to the Fair on Wed
nesday, October 31st. would be giv
en if they worked hard. Even though
all the school houses roared with
their laughter while the clown per
formed, immediately after they re
turned to their class rooms the chil
dren went to work in order that they
might not loose their free ticket.
At Selma Mr. Nuttle and Mr. Wel
lons were guests of the Superintend
ent at lunch served in the school
dining hall where three concerts were
given to seven hundred and fifty pu
pils on Monday.
Mr. Nuttle, who is one of the most
famous Musical Clowns of today will
appear at the Johnston County Fair
beginning Monday, October 30th. to
Nov. 2nd. inclusive as a free attrac
tion and his antics are well worth see
ing. He plays eight musical instru
ments including the saxaphone, banjo,
trombone, xlyophone, organ chimes,
French lyre harp, Swiss bells jmd
musical funnells.
Ford-For-President Clubs
Detroit, Oct. 23—The movement in
itiated by a small group of Menry
Ford's friends and neighbors to make
him President of the United States
took its first major step forward to
day in the announcement that Ford
for President clubs, scattered through
out the country, will be called into
conference here December 12, 13 and
14.
Formulation of a new national poli
tical party with Mr. Ford as its
standard bearer was announced as the
object of the conference.
Admitting the sponsors of the
movement had no assurance from
Mr. Ford that he would accept lead
ership of the proposed new party,
William Kronberg. Dearborn editor
and one of the founders of the origi
nal Ford club announced that decision
to call the conference was at the in
sistence of similar organizations
throughout the country.—Associated
Press.
Gullies are monuments to the greed
of men who farm for themselves
alone; men who give no thought to
the welfare of coming generations.
I
FAIR MARSHALS
ARE ANNOUNCED
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Parade Special Feature Opening
Day—Local Military Unit
To March
One of the feautrws of the John
ston County Fair will be the splend
id parade which has been arranged
for by the chief marshall, Mr. An
thony O. Uzzle, of Wilson’s Mills.
The parade will form at the court
house at 9:30 o’clock on Tuesday
morning, October 30.
Quite a number of floats will take
part in the parade and practically
every make of the 1924 model au
tomobile will have a place in this
parade. The Headquarters Detach
ment Combat Train will also be rep
resented at this time Under the lead
ership of Lieutenant Chas- D.
Springs, the Second Batallion of the
117th Field Artillery will march in
the parade.
On Friday evening, November 2,
a strictly formal marshals’ ball will
be given at the Opera House. Music
will be furnished by the Virginia
Ramblers, of Richmond, Va. Only
those having cards will be admitted
Below is a list of the marshals for
the Johnston County fair: Anthony
Uzzle, Chief Marshall, Wilson’s Mills;
Oscar F. Boyett, Princeton; Joseph
Sanders, Smithfield; Jesse Ellington
Polenta; George Woodard, Jr. Prince
ton; Frank O. Ray, Smithfield; Leon
ard Short, Selma; Richard Moo ret
Smithfield; J. W. Collier, Micro;
John White Ives, Smithfiled; Otho
Ellis, Wilson’s Mills; Cederic O'Neal
Clayton; Clarence Harper, Selma;
A. J. Vinson, Wilson' Mills; Estill
Kutz, Selma; Willis Glass, Smith
field; Clayboume Massey, Selma; Ce
cil Barbour, Clayton; John Battle
Robertson, Clayton; Hunter Barnes,
Archer Lodge; William Sanders Four
Oaks.
Mrs. Z. B. Hill Dead
Wednesday morning Mrs. Z. B.
Hill died at her home in the Sanders
Chapel section at the age of fifty
three years. She had suffered for
some time with cancer which caused
her death. She was a member of
Sanders Chapel Methodist church and
was a good woman.
The funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon and interment was
made in the Sanders Chapel cen^etery.
She is survived by a husband and
several children.
The family has the sympathy of
the entire community in this hour
of bereavement.
IMPEACHMENT OF OKLAHOMA
GOV. GETS UNDER WAY
Oklahoma City, Oct. 23.—Governor
J. C. Walton was suspended from
office at 6:40 when the state senate
by a vote of 36 to 1, adopted a reso
lution temporarily relieving him of
his official duties following the sub
mission by the lower house of a bill
of impeachment against him.
8 The impeachment bill charged the
executive with entering into a “cor
rupt agreemnt” with Dr. A. E.
Davenport, state health commissioner
to place T. P. Edwards, the govern
or’s personal chauffeur, on the pay
roll of the health department at $200
a month; and that thereby “certain
monies were diverted from the statu
tory object and purpose for which
they were appropriated by law.’
The suspension resolution was in
troduced by Senator W. M. Gulager,
of Muskogee. A committee was
named to inform the governor and
lieutenant-Governor of the action.
Lieutenant-Governor Trapp is in
Sapulpa, Okla., and was notified by
telephone.
The committee delivered its mes
sage to the governor in his office.—
Associated Press.
SAYS OLD CLAY PIPE
WAS CAUSE OF CANCER
Chicago, Oct. 24.—The passing of
the old abbreviated clay pipe has
greatly decreased the number of can
ces of the lip, Dr. A. E. Webb John
son, chief surgeon of the Midlesex
hospital, London, and guest of the
American College of Surgeons at Its
congress here, said today.
PLANS FOR COUNTY
FAIR IS COMPLETE
A. W. McLean of Lumberton
Will Open Fair Tuesday
* With an Address
Next Tuesday the 14th. Annual
Johnston County Fair begins with a
tremendous Marshalls Parade which
forms at the Court House Square in
Smithfield with a Battery of Artil
lery, a 30 piece band, mounted mar
shalls with ribbons flying, beautiful
floats and the speaker of the day with
an escort of automobiles which will
proceed to the Fairgrounds where
Hon. A. W. McLean of Lumberton
will make the opening address of the
Fair at 11 o’clock. The exhibit hall
will be filled to overflowing, the
livestock department will have some
of the finest of Johnston’s specimens,
the poultry department will display
breeds of fine fowl and the midway
will be packed with Narders Majestic
Shows a fifteen car carnival carrying
six rides, twelve shows and forty to
fifty concessions of all kinds. To
those who love racing the race com
mitee promises a thrilling programme
And then best of all dont forget the
georgeous fireworks every night. The
fireworks alone are worth the trip to
town, a most unusual display and the
first time an attraction of this kind
has ever been put on at Smithfield.
A free attraction which will keen
every one laughing from start to
finish to entertain during the races.
From Tuesday morning beginning
with the Marshalls' Parade at ten
o’clock until Friday night the Fair
will be in full swing and the manage
ment is taking an especial interest in
the wishes of the public at
the County Fair. Come
I over and enjoy seeing your friends,
the shows, the exhibits, the races and
everything here and then each admis
sion ticket carries with it a coupon
with no extra charge which is detach
ed and kept by the purchaser and en
titles the holder to a chance for a
free Ford Automobile which will be
drawn for at the Fairgrounds on Fri
day afternoon Nov. 2nd. at 3 o'clock.
The holder of a coupon must be in
the Fairgrounds and present at the
drawing in order to win the Ford.
EAST AM) WEST TRUNK
LINE FOR THE PORT
Representative W. M. Sander^ of
Johnston county, sees a great oppor
I tunity for North Carolina in state de
i velopment of a port. He points out
that the state’s only chance to pro
I vide itself with a competitive port
j is in the Cape Fear ocean gateway,
and he knows how to emphasize the
matter, for he was chairman of the
water commerce committee of the
house of representatives in the 192J
general assembly. He is a Smithfield
business man and is one of the weal
! thiest merchants in eastern North
Carolina. Mr. Sanders believes
| strongly in carrying out Governor
Morrison's ship and port program,
1 but he is firmly convinced that an
east and west trunk line railroad
j is absolutely necessary for complete
port development.
He points out that North Caro
lina's through railroads run north and
, south, so he reverts to North Caro
: lina’s century long effort to secure
1 the advantage of an east and west
trunk line extending into the coal
fields. He was greatly impressed with
the fact that “at every meeting of
the port commission, the need for a
thorough trunk line into the middle
west, under single ownership, has
been emphasized as necessary to the
devlopment of a port and for the
securing of port-building freight
rates.” Men like Mr. Sanders know
the needs of the state, and it is such
men who can convince the state of
the need for action in the mater of
port development and the middle west
connection so vital to the state’s great
interests.—Wilmington Star.
A small negro boy went to a phy -
sician to be treated for a painful sen
sation in one of his ears Upon
examination, the ear was found to
be full of water.
“How did it happen?” he was ask
ed after his ear had been drained.
“Been going in swimming?”
“Naw, suh,” said the little fellow,
“been eatin’ watermelon!”— Ex
CATAWBA WOMAN
PREVENTS ROBERY
Finds Two Negroes in Bank and
Snatches Off Masks— Two
Negroes are In Jail
Newton, Oct. <24.—The town of
Catawba, ten miles east of Newton,
was the scene today of one of the
most exciting attempts at bank rob
bery tnat has ever occurred in North
Carolina Mrs. Ed Smith formerly
Miss Mabel Gillcland, is tin heroine
who frustrated the plans of the two
young negroes, and the rabit hun
ters of the community beat the of
ficers of two counties and four towns
and the Newton bloodhounds in cap
turing them.
About S o’clock this morning. W.
B. Walker, casmer ol tne i'eopiec
Bank, and Mrs. ^Id Smith, clerk
went to open the bank. Mr. Walker
discovered that he had left his keys
at home and Started back to get
them. Mrs. Smith had a key to the
back door and entered through it
without waiting for Mr. Walker.
She noticed that the floor was un
accountably muddy, but without sus
pecting that anything was WTong,
opened the closet door to get kind
ling for starting a fire. There, sit
ting on a box just inside the door,
was a big negro with a pistol point
ing in her face, and just back of
him was another negro. Both had
big blue handkerchiefs over their
faces.
The brave little woman grabbed
the cloth off the nearest negro to try
| to identify him. He knocked her
down, and with a threat ordered her
not to scream, and both ran past her
and went out the bark door. But she
raised the alarm as they left and
Charles Rufty and others saw the
negroes running and got the direction
they were going.
The officers of Newton, nicKory,
and Statesville were at once notified,
but before any of them got on the
ground, and all were there in a re
markably short time, the boys of
the town and country roundabout
were in hot pursuit of the negroes.
They overtook the big yellow ne
gro, lyho put the pistol in Mrs.
Smith’s face, about half a mile down
Lyle’s creek in a clump of' bushes.
The negro fired on the crowd, but
missed them. The shotgun brigade
opened up. Beverly Watts put a
load of buckshot in one of the ne
gro's legs and he surrendered. The
other negro was captured further
down the creek. The negroes were
brought to the Newton jail about 1
o’clock today. The big mulatto, who
looks to be about 25 years of age.
gave him name as Willie Wilson, of
Middleton, Ohio, and the other, a
slim negro about 21 years old, said
he was John Jones, of Seattle, Wash,
but Catawba people recognize the
latter as a negro who left Catawba
several years ago.
The officers all reached the scene
a few minutes after the negroes were
caught. The crowd had them well
tied, and some suggested lynching
but nobody made any move in that
direction. Sheriff Bost and deputies
came in front of the car bringing
the prisoners here, who were in an
other under the guard of Chief of
Police Eugene Lentz and P. P. Jones
of Hickory
An examination of the bank show
ed that the negroes had entered dur
ing the night and that their first
purpose was to get into the vault.
They had made a hole with a pick
about half way through the wall and
came to a wire. They evidently
thought the wire was connected with
an alarm gong and changed their
plans. They concealed themselves
! in the closet, it is believed, to wait
until the money was brought out and
: then overpower the bankers. But
the conduct of Mrs. Smith upset
j their plans. They decided to get out
as quickly as possible with the small
change of revenue money they had
found on the counter.
When captured they both had on
trousers stolen the night before from
the small store of George Shuford, a
negro merchant, in the suburbs of
i Catawba.
Ambition only spurs you| on to
greater efforts. The offorts them
i selves must accomplish the results.
OKLA. GOVERNOR
MUST FACE TRIAL
Governor Walton Must Answer
Impeachment Charges—
Situation is Tangled
Oklahoma City, Oct., 24.—With
seven counts against him in the im
peachment bill being perfected by
the lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature, Governor J. C. Walton
tonight continued his refusal to
recognize the authority of a senate
resolution to suspend and awaited
a hearing in state supreme court
tomorrow to determine whether he
or Lieut. Governor M. E. Trapp is
the legally empowered chief execu
tive of the state.
At that time the court will rule
on an application to make perma
nent its writ of prohibition which
restrains Governor Walton from in
terfering with the duties of Lieut,
j Governor M. E. Trapp as acting gov
; eraor.
The house adjourned shortly be
fore 6 p. m., concluding a day that
had been replete with feverish prepa
rations for the impending trial of
the chief executive.
Charges Against Walton
The house today approved five
I articles in the impeachment bill,
bringing the total to seven. Every
charge thus far considered has been
[ approved by heavy majorities
The governor tonight stands ac
cused of:
Diverson of public funds to his
private use.
Prohibiting the convening of a
legally ordered grand jury.
Use of his official influence to ac
quire private credit and property.
Accepting a bribe to approve a
legislative bill.
Suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus.
Unlawfully preventing a meeting
of the state legislature.
Attempting prevention of a spe
cial state election in violation of
law.—Associated Press.
MR. MARROW RECEIVES
SLIGHT INJURY
Mr. H. B. Marrow, county superin
tendent of schools, had the misfor
tune to receive a painful though not
serious injury Tuesday afternoon,
when his car skidded and turned into
a ditch. Mr. Marrow accompanied by
Mr. Wayne Jervis of Wilson, were
returning to Smithfield from Brodgen
school. The steady rain all day had
made the road ^lick thus causing
the car to skid and turn partly over,
throwing both occupants out. Mr.
! Marrow sustained an injured shoulder
while Mr. Jarvis received some cuts
on his legs. Both, however, are able
to be out.
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FOOTBALL GAME TO BE FREE
ATTRACTION AT FAIR
_
One of the free attractions of the
Johnston County Fair this year Is
the football game to be played Wed
nesday, Oct. 31, 1923. The Smith
field high school team will play the
! Kinston team at the fair grounds.
The Smithfield highs played the
Kinston team at the beginning of the
i season and defeated them by a score
of 20 toO. Both teams have been
strengthened ar.d this game is expect
ed to be a great game The team will
be ready to meet them and also any
team in North Carolina.
Tomorrow, Saturday Oct. 27, the
Smithfield team will meet the strong
Wilmington team at Wilmington. All
fans who will are invited to attend
this game and back up the Smithfield
team. „
Recorder’s Court Proceedings
The following cases were disposed
of in Recorder’s Court here Tuesday:
State vs. J. M. Talton, charged
with assault. The defendant was
found guilty and fined $10 and cost.
State vs. George Leach, larceny.
Guilty; fined $20 and costs.
State vs. D- L. Godwin, larceny.
He was called but failed to appear.
State vs. John W. Godwin. Not
guilty.
State vs. D. L. Godwin, larceny.
Not guilty.