VOLUME 42
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1923
NUMBER 103
BELOVED CLAYTON
WOMAN IS DEAD
Mrs. H. M. Barber Passed
Away At Her Home Sunday
After Long Illness
The funeral services of Mrs. H. M.
Barber, who died Sunday at her
home near Clayton, was conducted
Monday afternoon at the Oakland
Methodist church by the Rev. D. H.
Tuttle, pastor Centenary Methodist
church of Smithfield. The interment
was in Oakland cemetery.
Mrs. Barber was a lovely Christian
character and had been a patient
sufferer for quite a while. She was
Miss Emma Sophia Austin, daughter
of the late Henry Austin, one of the
most prominent families of Johnston
county. She was bom January 22,
1867, and married to Horace M. Bar
ber, November 1, 1891.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by seven children, Mrs. J. Hugh
Johnson, of Raleigh; Mrs. John W.
Hobbs and Miss Ethel M. Barber,
of Smithfield; Mrs. Clyde A. Massey,
of Rosemary; Marshall H., Misses
Mary and Ruth Austin Barber, of
Clayton, R. 1; two brothers and one
sister, L. F. Austin, of Gamer, J. E.
Austin, of Jellico, Tenn., and Mrs.
Vick Austin, Clayton, R. 1.—News
and Observer.
Clements-Lassiter
A beautiful home wedding, simple
and impressive, took place here Wed
nesday at 12:30 o'clock when Miss
Luna Lassiter, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Lassiter, became the bride
of Mr. Lawrence W. Clements, of
Roanoke Rapids. At the appointed
hour, Miss Martha Bowers, of Lit
tleton, wearing lavendar georgette
with corsage of Parmer violets, took
her place at the piano, and played
soft music while relatives and special
friends invited, assembled in the par
lor where long leaf pine, ferns and
numerous tall white candles, com
bined to make a lovely setting for the
interesting event.
As the strains of the Bridal Chorus |
from Lohengrin sounded, the maid of
honor, Miss Flossie Cole Lassiter,
sister of the bride, attired in a lovely
gown of rose chiffon and satin, de
scended the stairway and took her
place by the side of the improvised
altar. The bride and bridegroom
then entered the room to-gether, and
Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the Bap
tist church, spoke the words which
made them husband and wife. The
ring ceremony was used during which
Miss Bowers rendered softly “Sou
venir.”
The bride always attractive was
particularly alluring in her wedding
costume of white satin crepe with
flowing veil fashioned in cornet style
with a band of pearls- Her bouquet
was white Killarney roses showered
with valley lilies. ,
After receiving the congratula
tions of those present, the bride
changed her costume to a traveling
dress of black crepe meteor with grey
accessories, and the happy couple left
on the north-bound train for a wed
ding trip to Washington and New
York. They will be at home after
January 5th in Roanoke Rapids.
The bride is the oldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lassiter. She
graduated from high school in Golds
boro where she formerly lived, and
then attended East Carolina Teachers
College at Greenville. Since leaving
school she has taught, having been a
member of the graded school faculty
here for two years before going to
Roanoke Rapids to teach.
The bride-groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Clements of Stancil,
Northampton County. For several
years he has held a position as ac
countant with the Roanoke Mills at
Roanoke Rapids.
Mr. and Mrs. Clements have many
friends who wish them all success and
happiness in life.
Special Sermon Sunday Night
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor of Cen
.-tenary Methodist church, will preach
• the fourth sermon in his series on the
“Authenticity and Permanence of the
Scriptures,” Sunday night. The public
is cordially invited.
C. G. TEMPLE KNOCKED
DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE
C- G. Temple, of near Benson, was
knocked down by an automobile driv
en by M. Edgar Watson of this city
Monday, but sustained no serious in
juries. The accident occurred on
Third street, where the traffic was
particularly congested at that hour,
about 4:30 o’clock. Mr. Temple step
ped from behind a car in front of
the one driven by Mr. Watson. The
accident was unavoidable, but the
fact that Mr. Temple sustained no
serious injury was nodoubt due to
the slow moving of Mr- Watson’s
car.
nappemngs in
City of Four Oaks
Four Oaks, Dec. 26.—Miss Annie
Ford, who is teaching in Fairmont,
is spending the Christmas holidays
here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Ford. ,
Mr. Gilbert Grady, a student at
the University of North Carolina,
is spending the holidays here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Grady.
Misses Laeta Potts and Virginia
Givens are spending the holidays in
Montvalle, Va., with Miss Givens’
mother.
Miss Ule Mae Farmer is spending
the holidays in Clayton with her par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Alderman,
of High Point, are spending Christ
mas with Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams.
Misses Cynthia and Jean De Ford
are spending Christmas in Richlands
with their mother.
Messrs. Carl Lewis and Victor Cole
visited friends in Youngsville Sunday
Mr. Cleon Sanders, a student at
the State University is spending the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs- D. H.
Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Gates, of
Farmville, are spending the holidays
here with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sand
ers.
Miss Sallie Adams, who is teaching
Public School Music in Oak City is
at home for the holidays.
Mrs. Eddie Weatherspoon, of New
York City, is spending some time here
with her mother, Mrs. D. W. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Myms, of Dillon,
S. C., are spending Christmas with
Mrs. C. W. Bandy.
Miss Zora Woody is visiting friends
and relatives in Greensboro this week
Mr. and Mrs. N. C- Shuford are
spending the holidays at their home
in Black Mountain.
Mr. Charles Creech, of Smithfield,
was in town Wednesday on business.
Mr. Gilbert Creech of Roxboro, is
spending the holidays here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Creech.
Mr. Edwin Creech is spending the
holidays in Pine Level with his par
ents.
Mr. William Manning, of William
ston, is spending a few days here
with friends.
Mrs. Hubert Johnson, of near
Smithfield and Mrs. Horace Johnson
of Smithfield, spent Christmas with
Mrs. W. E. Strickland.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Massengill
are spending Christmas in Fuquay
Springs.
Mr. Reid Adams is spending a few
days in Richlands with friends.
Mr. Carl Lewis is spending some
time in Washington with friends
Mr. Roby Adams, who is teaching
school at Ayden, is spending the holi
days here with relatives.
CHRISTMAS TREE AT
JOHNSON UNION
The Sunday school at Johnson
Union near town, enjoyed a Christ
mas tree at six o’clock. About 300
were present including about fifty
small children. The presents were
given out by the teachers of the class
es as follows: Messrs. S- C. Turnage,
S. H. Massey, R. E. Thomas, Miss
Vara Underwood, and Miss Pearl
Stephenson.
Miss Emeth Tuttle of Raleigh spent
Christmas here with her father, Rev.
D- H. Tuttle.
W. A. GRAHAM JR.
SUCCEEDS FATHER
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Funeral Of Late Commissioner
Of Agriculture Held On
Christmas Day
The funeral of the late Major W.
; A. Grantham, Commissioner of Agri
I culture, was held Tuesday afternoon
| from the First Baptist church, of
which he had long been a member.
The services were conducted by Dr.
T. W. O’Kelley, the pastor. Mem
bers of the State Agricultural De
partment entered in a body with the
family.
Dr. O’Kelley spoke in glowing
terms of the life and services of
Major Graham. One of the things
about him that had impressed the
speaker most was his devotion to his
State. He took the greatest pride
in his State, in its resources and in
its achievements. He loved to re
count the facts which reflected
credit upon it and to dwell upon the
high rank which it took in the list
of the States, particularly as to the
extent of its products.
W. A. Graham, Jr., son of the
late Major W. A. Graham, who died
early Monday morning after having
held office of Commissioner of Agri
culture for fifteen years will succeed
his father for the unexpired term.
The appointment w^s announced
by Governor Morrison last night
when he made public a statement ex
plaining his reasons for the appoint
ment. A number of others were
urged upon the Governor vigorously
yesterday.
“It has been urged upon me,”
said the Governor, “that Mr. Graham
opposed me in the nomination cam
paign. That is true and for the
most part I have appointed the men
who were loyal supporters to the
offices I have filled. But my frends
must remember that had it not been
for Max Gardner’s supporters, who
loyally supported the nominee of the
party in the election that followed,
my nomination might have been a
humilation.”
The new Commissioner of Agricul
ture is 50 years old and sat in the
1923 Senate, representing the coun
ties of Catawba, Irdell and Lincoln,
as the third member of the family
carrying that name who has been
State Senator.
He has previously served in the
Department of Agriculture first as
registration clerk, then as chief
clerk, then as chief clerk to Com
missioner S. L. Patterson and acting
Commissioner of Agriculture in the
absence of Mr. Patterson.
He has been active in politics in
his own county and district and is a
member of the Lincoln county exec
utive committee.—News and Observer
! Dec. 27.
JOE DUGAN WORKS FOR
CHAMPIONS YEAR ROUND
Joe Dugan evidently believes in
“hooking up” with champions.
Dugan, whom to many critics stood
out as the great hero of the last
World’s championship baseball se
ries between the Yankees and the
Giants, is one of the 550 employees
! who devote their time to servicing
Buick cars in New York.
In the Metropolitan district Buick
business has grown to be so great
that “authoried service” extended to
owners necessitates ten splendid
, buildings aggregating 250,000 feet of
floor space, Day and night service is
available.
Vocal Union Here Sunday
The Lower Johnson Vocal Union
of which Mr. J. B. Beasley is presi
dent, will meet here Sunday in the
Court House. The exercises are
scheduled to begin at ten o’clock, and
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor of the Meth
odist church, will make the address
of welcome. Other talks will be
made by various ones, but the chief
feature of the day will be the singing
by the various choirs expected to be
present.
Last July, the Union met here in
the Farmers Warehouse and a record
breaking crowd was here. A large
crowd is expected next Sunday. Ev
erybody is invited to attend.
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CITY SAW BUSY
CHRISTMAS EVE
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Articles Of Value Given Away
By Merchants; Santa Claus
On The Streets
Christmas has come and gone, and
Smithfield saw one of the busiest
seasons of its history. In spite of
every admonition to shop early, and
a great many did shop early, prob
ably the biggest business yet experi
enced by the merchants here was
Christmas Eve. Automobiles lines the
| streets far out of the business dis
trict, and shoppers thronged the
' streets surging to and fro from one
store to another. Some of the stores
carrying Christmas toys had to close
at intervals in order to wait on the
customers.
Probably one cause of the unusual
crowd on Christmas Eve was the fact
! that a number of valuable articles
! were given away on that day by va
rious merchants in town., Among
these was a Star automobile given
to the person holding the lucky tick
i et at Austin’s. Mr. O- J. Allen who
lives at Pine Level proved to be the
J man and had the pleasure of receiv
ing from this popular business firm,
a brand new car. At Cotter-Under
wood Co. ode-horse wagon was
given away. This firm had conducted
a special sale for several weeks, tick
| ets being given with cash purchases.
i If a lady had drawn the lucky ticket
she would have receved a sewing ma
chine. Mr. W. C. Strickland, who
lives between Smithfield and Clayton,
drew the lucky ticket, however, and
was presented with the one-horse
wagon.
W. L. Woodall’s Sons also conduct
! ed a sale, a feature of the closing day
being the giving away of $20 in gold
Mrs- T. W. Ives, who lives on Smith
field, Route One, was the lucky per
son in this instance.
A bicycle was the attraction at the
Coates Hdw. Co. and when the tick
ets were drawn it was found that Mr.
Junius Hobbs, of Smithfield, Route
One had won that.
But while all these articles attract
ed the attention of the older floks,
every thing paled into insignificance
for the children, when Santa Claus
made his appearance on the streets.
Decked out in his gay red suit, with
his long white beard waving in the
air, blowing a horn that attracted the
little folks like the Pied Piper of old,
waving at his friends in passing au
tomobles, Old Santa was the happiest
person to be seen that day, unless
it were the little folks themselves,
who followed him around as he dis
persed his Christmas greetings. Many
of the throng recognized the genial
tones of the Judge’s voice, but just
as many a child went home to sleep
and to dream of having seen “Old
Santy” himself that day, and to await
his visit which the full stocking next
morning was proof conclusive that he
had made the rounds as scheduled.
Captain Springs Returns
Captain St. Julien Springs, who
has been at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for
the past three months, has returned
to the city. Captain Springs says
that
“Field Artillery Commanders du
ties are quite different in compari
son to the duties of those who eom
' mand other units of • e army. As
a Na'ional Guar 1 officer of rioid
Artillery f realize now that the three
months assignment to Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, where the War Depatment
established a Field Artillery School
for the purpose of training Regular
Army, National Guard and Reserve
officers, helped me to become better
: equipped to do the work as Battery
Commander of Field Artillery and
render more efficient service to the
people of North Carolina and their
National Guard.
“Returning to North Carolina and
every where I’ve been in the State
I find evidence of prospeity. The
entire state is running on Four
wheels viz; the wheel of education
and religon, the wheel of commerce,
the wheel of construction and the
wheel of employment. The tires of
all of these are well pumped up and
she’s going good.”
An Appeal Taken
in Leon Hill Case
THREE STILLS WITH
OPERATORS CAPTURED
R. T. Barham, deputy sheriff in
Wilders reports the seizure and de
struction of three complete outfits de
signed for the manufacture of “Ru
kus Juice” during last week, and the
arrest of three of the operators. His
section of the county is to be con
gratulated upon having Mr. Barham
to look after the enforcement of the
dry law.
News of the City
of Princeton
Princeton, Dec. 27.—Mr. and Mrs.
N. I. Snipes, from Washington City,
are spending the Christmas holidays
at the old home place near town.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hinton have
gone to Wilson county to spend
Christmas with relatives.
Miss Rena Odum was married to
Mr. Addie Eason at the office of
Justice of the Peace Chas. H. Holt
in Princeton Saturday evening De
cember 22nd.
Miss Thelma Toler, who is in school
at Greenville, is at home for the holi
days.
Raymond Snipes and Miss Clara
Pearce, from Trinity College, are
spending the holidays with their re
spective parents.
Miss Sadie Boyett, from Greenville
college, and Mr. Edgar Boyett, who
is teaching at Wise, are spending the
holidays with their parents near town.
The young lady teachers in the
Graded school here have gone to their
homes for the holidays as follows:
Miss Celia Saterfield, to Edenton;
Miss Nell Kirkpatrick, to Lake Ju
naluska; Miss Eula Harris, to Sted
man; Miss Elizabeth Uzzle, to Wil
son’s Mills; Miss Ethel Royster, to
Henderson; Miss Ethel Winstead, to
Roxboro; Miss Maud Westbrook, to
Bentonville; Miss Lelia Straughan, to
Selma.
Frank Pearce, Joe Boyett, Robert
Oliver and Caspian Holt, from Chapel
Hill, are spending the holidays with
their parents.
Messrs. Bill Massey, Moulton Mas
sey and Elmer Holt, our three young
men who will soon finish their course
in the Medical College in Atlanta,
Ga., are at home for the holidays.
Miss Lissie Pearce, who is teach
ing at Angier, is at home this week.
Miss Myrtle Game, from Greens
boro College, is spending the holi
days with her parents here.
Miss Mary Massey, from Buies
Creek Academy, is spending the holi
day vacation at her home here.
Mr. W. I. Pearce, Miss Lissie
Pearce, Henry, DeLeon and Teressa
Holt went to Smithfield shopping
Saturday.
Miss Estelle Holt has returned
from Norfolk, Va-, where she has
Been visiting relatives the past two
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mitchell, Mrs.
Flossie Wells and little Franklin
from Greensboro are spending the
holidays with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert M. Cox, from
Bentonville, were visitors in town
Christmas day.
Miss Temple Hinton has been visit
ing relatives in Nash county the past
week.
Merrs. Malcom, Paul, and Oliver
(Continued on page four)
COLORED WOMAN LOSES
HOUSE BY FIRE
Aunt Mandy Hood, a respected old
i time colored woman who lives near
Mr. A. J. Whitley near Smithfield,
had the misfortune to lose her house
and its entire contents by fire Sun
day night. The fire was discovered
about nine o’clock, but too late to
save anything.
Miss Leone Sanders, of Sanders
Chapel, is spending a few days in
the city with relatives.
J. E. Lewis Gets a $500
Fine; Other Cases
Disposed of.
The December ter mof Superior
Criminal Court adjourned last Satur
day afternoon after a full two weeks
docket. Chief among the cases tried
last week was that of the State vs
Leon Hill charged with seduction un
der promise of marriage. In our last
issue a resume of this case was giv
en, with the verdict rendered by the
jury which pronounced Hill guilty.
The sentence, however, was not giv
en by the judge until Friday, when
Judge Daniels gave him an indetermi
’ nate sentence of from two to three
years in the penitentiary. When the
| judge pronounced , sentence he deliv
ered a very forceful charge to the de
fendant, which will be published in
j a later issue- The lawyers for the
defendant took an appeal to the Su
' preme Court, and the case will prob
ably come up in March, the spring
' term of Supremd Court convening
the last week in February, and cases
for this district being scheduled for
the third week. Mr. Hill is out un
der a $10,000 bond.
Another case of considerable inter
est here was that of the State vs.
J. E. Lewis, proprietor of The Busy
Bee Cafe, charged with transporting
and having in his possession whiskey.
This case was tried in Recorder’s
Court some time ago, and the defend
ant was given a road sentence. An
appeal was taken with the result that
the defendant gets off with a $500
fine on the charge of having whiskey
in his possession, and prayer for
judgment being continued for two
years on the transporting count.
Other cases tried before court ad
journed Saturday were
State vs. Henry Jemigan and Joe
Corley, charged with breaking into
a car on a siding near the Ivanhoe
Cotton Mill about three years ago.
Jemigan was sentenced from 18 to
30 months in the penitentiary, while
Corley was given eight months on the
roads.
State vs. W. D. Lee, charged with
blockading. Found guilty and sent
enced to 18 months on roads.
Funeral Of Mr. Peacock
The funeral of Mr. Hugh Peacock
who died in Chicago last week, and
whose body arrived in this city Sat
urday afternoon, was conducted Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from
the home of his sister, Mrs. W. L.
Fuller, by Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor
of Centenary Methodist church. Aft
er a simple funeral service, the body
was laid to rest in the family plot
in the old cemetery. The pall bearers
were: Messrs. H. D. Ellington, J. D
Spiers, N- B. Grantham, R. O. Cot
ter, W. N. Holt, W. D. Hood, W. T.
Adams, and W. H. Call of Selma.
The deceased was the son of the
late, Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Peacock- He
was born in Smithfield and lived here
until about 18 years ago when he
went to Chicago. He has lived in
Chicago since that time having held
a position with the Western Union
Telegraph Company during that time.
He wras married soon after going to
Chicago and is survived by his wife
and one son. He also leaves three
sisters and a brother as follows: Mrs.
W. L. Fuller, of this city; Mrs. A.
S. Chesson of Wilson; Mrs. Guy Wil
lis of Porto Rica; and Mr. Clyde
Peacock of Chicago. The family has
the sympathy of the community in.
their bereavement.
Kills Big Hog
Mr. W. S. Earp of the Thansgiving
section was in town this week and
gave good reports of hog killings in
his section. Mr. Earp himself has
salted down 2,600 pounds of pork.
His neighbor, Mr. S. P. Parker killed
o nthe 17tfy a Poland China hog, two
years and ten months, which weigh
ed 697 pounds. This is the best re
cord yet of any one in the Thanks
giving community.