WORK JOHNSTON'S
RECOOO'RS COURT
Court Full Of Cases Due
To Violation Of Automo
bile And Prohibition
Laws.
A FULL DAY’S WORK
The following cases were disposed
of in Recorder’s court on Tuesday of
last week:
State vs. Sexton Johnson, charged
with violation of the automobile laws*
Guilty; continued to May 6 for judg
ment.
State vs. Henderson Marbley, as
sault with deadly weapon. Defendant
guilty, twelve months in jail to work
on the roads of Smithfield township.
State vs. Henderson Marbley, vio
lation of the prohibition laws. The
defendant plead guilty; four months
on road.
State vs. C. D. Turley, violation of
automobile laws. Guilty; $25 and
costs.
State vs. Cornelia Cunningham, as
sault. Not guilty.
State vs. W. J. Jones, Lillian Bras
well, and Osburn Massey, prostitu
tion. Defendants not guilty.
State vs. Amos Grissom, violation
of the prohibition laws. Continued
to May 6 for judgment.
State vs. Thomas Neil, obtaining
money under promise of work. Not
guilty.
State vs. John Eason, operating au
tomobile without license. Guilty;
fined $10 and costs.
State vs. Willie Tyson and Hunter
Barbour, tearing up bridge across
public road. Guilty; judgment sus
pended upon payment of costs.
State vs. C. V. Young, carrying
concealed weapon. Guilty; 30 days on
roads.
State vs. C. V. Young, violation of
the prohibition laws. Guilty; three
months on roads.
State vs. W. M. Horton, operating
auto without license. Judgment sus
pended upon payment of costs.
State vs. W. H. Canaday, obtain
ing money by means of worthless
check. Continued to August 1 for
judgment.
State vs. Norman Johnson, viola
tion of the automobile laws. Not
guilty.
State vs. Norman Johnson, cursing
on public highway. Guilty; fined
$10 and costs.
Rev C. E. Stevens Visits In County
Rev. Charles E. Stevens and fami
ly have been spending a few days
with relatives and friends in and
around the city. Mr. Stevens served
as pastor at Selma and Four Oaks
a few years ago leaving Johnston
County for Greensboro where he was
pastor for three and a half years of
the White Oak Baptist church. He
is enroute to Society Hill, S; C. where
he has now accepted a pastorate.
District Conference At Four Oaks
The Raleigh District Conference
will convene with the Four Oaks
Methodist church this week, the first
service to be held Wednesday even
ing. Those elected as delegates from
Smithfield Centenary church are:
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Keen, Miss Bettie
Lee Sanders, and Mr. C. A. Creech;
alternates, Mrs. W. C. Beasley, Mes
srs. J. H. Abell, N. B. Grantham and
H. C. Woodall
The Williams Singers To Be Here
The William Singers, composed of
eight colored musicians, will be in
Smithfield on May 7, and give a con
cert on that evening in the auditorium
o fthe Johnston County Training
school. An admission fee will be
charged.
Candidate Cook In City
Mr. James P. Cook, of Concord,
who made possible the Stonewall
School for boys, was in our city Sat
urday. Mr. Cook is a candidate for
State Auditor and is in this section
of the state in the interest of his cam
paign.
INSURANCE POLICIES
GIVEN FOR EASTER
Mr. Chas. W. Horne, President
of The Clayton Cotton Mills, has
just completed arrangements with
Mr. Hugh A. Page, Agency
Manager of G. Thurman Smith
& Company, local representatives
of the Aetna Life Insurance Com
pany, for an insurance policy on
the life of each employee of the
mill as an Easter gift.
DUNN DRUGGIST NOT
TO MAKE THE BUN
Dunn, April 19.—George K. Gran
tham, Dunn druggist who has seri
ously considered entering the race
for Congress against Homer L. Lyon,
Sixth District incumbent, announced
today that he had decided not to
“come out.” He gave as his reasons
his business interest, the fact that
Harnett county had been honored for
several years with the office and
that his home county has one candi
date for State office. In his state
ment he thanks his many friends
throughout the district for the in
terest which they have sown. His
statement says in part: “I will not be
in the running, but will be found
fighting in the private ranks, some- i
where about the front, for Democ- j
racy, for good government in the
Sixth District and the State.”
H. C. Woodall’s Car
Is Destroyed By Fire
—
The fire department was called out
early Sunday morning about 5 o'clock
to put out the automobile belonging
to Mr. H. C. Woodall, which had
caught fire from a short circuit. Will
Beckwith, a colored man, had borrow
ed Mr. Woodall’s car to go to Selma
to meet an early train. The blaze
broke out on Market street near the
station. The car was almost a com
plete wreck, the loss being partially j
covered by insurance.
The fire department was called out
a second time yesterday morning
about eight o’clock, a negro house
being on fire. The damgae was
slight.
REVIVAL MEETING AT M. E.
CHURCH HERE CLOSED
The eight day revival meeting at
the Methodist church closed Sunday
evening with a splendid sermon by
Rev. J. A. Russell, of Snow Hill. Six
persons gave their names for church
membership. Twenty-three others
professed re-consecration to the ser
vice of God. The early morning ser
j vices were largely attended and wede
spiritually refreshing to many per
sons. Rev. Mr. Russell left for his
home at Snow Hill Monday morning.
MEMBERS OF KU
| KLUX KLAN PAY
MICRO A VISIT
It is reported that late Saturday
afternoon four men dressed in robes
and masks went to Micro and stopped
at Mr. C. W. Pearce’s drug store.
They called for Mr. Pearce and gave
him an envelope addressed to him
signed K. K. K. When opened $30 in
cash was found also a note stating
that they wanted to show their sym
pathy for him in the sickness he has
recently had in his home. Mrs.
Pearce has been sick for some time.
She has had an operation and was
in a hospital for two months.
It is said that Mr. Pearce had no
idea who the strange visitors were.
As soon as they gave him the letter
they boarded the car and left at
once.
Mr. Pearce is a brother of our
townsman, Mr. W. C. Pearce.
Tom Tarheel siays it looks like
folks in his neighborhood are prepar
ing to fight the boll weevil with
poison this year. They are preparing
for more cotton and they want an in
surance policy.
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EASTER SERVICE
Bishop Rondthaler Con
ducts Observance For
Forty-Third Time; Large
Crowd Present.
FROM SEVERAL STATES
Winston-Salem, April 20.—A
throng of visitors estimated to have
reached 35,000 witnessed the Easter
morning Moravian services at old
Salem here this morning when Bishop
Edward Rondthaler, bishop of the
Southern province, appeared in the
doorway of the Home Church prompt
ly at 5 o'clock and for the forty-third
time pronounced the opening words
of the Easter ritual, “He is Risen."'
It was the one hundred and fifty
second observance of the resurrec
tion anniversary held in Salem, the
first having been in 1773.
The services held from the door
way lasted for about 25 minutes. It
was participated in by the throng,
many of whom had journeyed all
night in order to be present at the
litany of the resurrection held in the
courtyard at dawn.
Then the thickly jammed mass,
under the directions of 200 ushers led
by Chief Usher Walter J. Hedge,
formed into columns of eight and
filed into tjhe church graveyard,
“God's Acre,” where the last portions
of the litany were prouounced. Here
amid the flat slabs by which is desig
nated the equality that comes to men
at death, the consolidated band of
210 pieces, under the leadership of
B. J. Pfohl, who has participated in
more than 40 such events, played the
old hymns and chorales.
At 2 o'clock the band had formed
on the church courtyard where they
divided into groups to march through
the city, waking those who slept and
heralding the hour when the Christ
arose.
Automobiles began to arrive early
in the evening, many of them jour
neying from far distant points. Sev
eral bore license tags of other states,
tourists who had planned their trav
els so as to be present at the litany
of the dawn. Many of the visitors
lingered into the day and had not
left in the afternoon.
Although there were more persons
on the streets at midnight than ever
in the history of the city, according
to police estimates there were fewer
arrests and less wrongdoing reported
than on any Saturday night in several
years. Only two persons were locked
in the city jail.
CIVIL TERM OF COURT
IN SESSION
A two weeks term of Civil Superior
Court began here yesterday Judge G.
E. Midgette of Jackson presiding.
Judge Midgette succeeded Judge T.
A. Pittman of Henderson, who resign
ed about two months ago, and this is
the first court he has held here. A
full docket is scheduled for the two
weeks
Miss Carrie Dixon of Benson is
spending sometime here with her sis
ter, Mrs. D. B. Hamilton.
EASTER CANTATA
PLEASES HEARERS
Miss Frances White Directs,
Splendid Program At
Baptist Church Sunday;
Many Attend.
“FROM LIFE TO DEATH”
Smithfield proved that quite a
number of her people are music-lov
ing, Sunday evening when the Baptist
church was filled almost to its ca
pacity to listen to the Easter Cantata
given under the direction of Miss
Frances White, of Meredith College,
who has been in charge of the music
of the Baptist church here for the
past several months.
The theme of the Cantata entitled
“From Death To Life,” was the cru
cifixion and the resurrection, the fol
lowing being an outline of the won
derful story presented in song:
Part 1
THE CRUCIFIXION
1. (a) Soprano Recitative—“And
the Whole Multitude.”
(b) Chorus—“We Found This
Fellow.”
(c) Alto Recitative—“And He De
livered Jesus To Their Will.”
2. Alto Solo and chorus—“Lo! All
the Earth.”
3. Soprano Recitative—“And It
Was About the Sixth Hour.”
4. Tenor and Solo Chorus—“Nailed
i To the Cross.”
Part II
THE RESURRECTION
5. (a) Soprano Recitative—“Be
hold, There Was a Man Named Jo
seph.”
(b) Soprano Solo—“Still Is the
; Earth.”
G. (a) Baritone Recitative—“Now
Upon the First Day of the Week.”
(b) Alto Solo and Chorus—“Behold
: They Come.”
7. (a) Soprano Recitative—“But
Mary Stood at the Sepulchre Weep
ing.”
(b) Tenor Solo—“Fear Not Ye.”
8. Soprano Solo and Chorus—“The
Night is Gone.”
9. Soprano, Alto., Tenor and Bari
I tone Solos—“All These Men Whom
Jesus Loved.”
10. Chorus—“Peace Be Unto You.”
Finale
Solo and Chorus—“0, Thou Who
Rulest O’er Heaven and Earth.”
Prior to the program, the pastor,
Rev. S. L. Morgan, recited the words
to be sung, which aided in the en
■ terpretation of the entire theme.
Those composing the choir were:
Misses Frances White, Dora Barbour,
Clota Edwards, Pauline Patton, Mrs.
John White Ives, Mrs. Harry P. John
son, sopranos; Mrs. Clarence Roten,
Misses Helene Ives and Lucy Talton,
contraltos; Rev. S. L. Morgan, Mes
srs. A. M. Calis, R. P. Holding and
P. H. Kasey, bass and tenor. Miss
Lallah Rook Stephenson presided ef
ficiently at the piano.
The program which was enjoyed by
all who heard it, was one of the best
musical renditions ever given in this
city, and the church is to be congrat
ulated upon its musical director and
musical talent.
Raleigh District Epworth Leaguers
To Meet In Smithfield April 25th
The second annual Raleigh Dis
trict Epworrth Leagueu Institute will
be held at Centenary Methodist
church, Smithfield, April 25th and
26th.
The opening service begins Friday
evening April 25th, at eight o’clock
with a song service led by I. W.
Medlin of Smithfield, Rev. W. - A.
Stanbury, pastor of Edenton St. j
Methodist church will deliver the
opening address. This will be folow
ed by a social hour held at the Smith- ,
field High school auditorium, the
entertainment numbers being furn
ished by the Raleigh Methodist Or- j
phanage Leaguers. The Smithfield
Leaguers will be in charge of the re- j
freshments.
Organization and enrollment of del
egates will begin at 8:30 Saturday
morning at the churuch. Song ser
vice at nine o'clock led by Mr. Medlin
and program as follows:
“Intermediate Leaguers” by Miss
Blanche Barringer, Wilmington.
“The Conference League” Rev.
Thomas McM. Grant, President of
the N. C. Conference Epworth League
“Business Methods in the League”
Mr. M. P. Magruder, Manager Raleigh
Branch, Metropolitan Life Ins., Co.
“Poster Making” Rev. Phillip
Schwartz, Raleigh District Secretary.
“Reverence in our Devotional Meet- j
ings” Rev. W. H. Brown, ex-presi
dent Conference Epworth League.
Luncheon and Business Session at
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D. BENTON WHARTON
ORATORICAL WINNER
Davidson, April 20.—Junior week
at Davidson college was ushered
in Thursday night by the annual
junior oratorical contest, in which
six speakers competed. D. Ben
ton Wharton, speaking on the sub
ject “America’s Malady,” was de
clared the winner, and will be
awarded a medal, at commence
ment.
WINNERS IN LOCAL
HIGH SCHOOL TEST
Friday evening a preliminary con
test in recitation and declamation was
held at the school houoe, to decide
who would represent Smithfield in
state-wide contests at Trinity and
Guilford Colleges this week. There
were six contestants in recitation:
Misses Carrie Young, Odessa Mas
sey, Rose Grantham, Ila Brady, Jo
sephine Biggs and Tama Holt. Miss
Ila Brady was declared the winner
and will represent this school at
Guilford college. Mr. Thel Hooks
was chosen to go to Guilford to enter
the declamation contest, and Mr.
Lawrence Wallace was selected to go
to Trinity.
Big Revival Services
Being Held at Zebulon
One of the biggest revivals in the
history of Zebulon is now in progress
there.
Rev. M. G. Leaman, of Washington,
1). C., who has been conducting re
vivals in different towns in the state
is doing the preaching. The services
I are being held in one of the large
I brick warehouses. Seats are pro
[ vided for about two thousand people.
It is also fitted out with seats to ac
commodate choir of two hundred The
singing is being led by Mr. Furman
Betts of Raleigh, with Miss Dowd, of
Raleigh, and Mrs. Leaman at the pi
anos.
Large crowds have been attending
for the past three weeks. The ware
house was crowded to its capacity at
both services Sunday especially at
the night services, when hundreds re
mained standing during the entire
service.
Rev. Mr. Leaman preaches the old
time gospel and the religious life of
the community is being revolution
ized, something like five hundred or
more people having been converted.
The afternoon service Sunday was
given over wholly to testimonials for
Christ, in which approximately sev
enty-five people went up for prayer
and about half the number made pro
fessions. A men’s prayer meeting is
held each morning which will finally
result in the organization of a Men’s
Federation. Prayer services are ul
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THE POU FAMILY
VIGOROUSLY DENY
C A MPA IGN R EPOR T
In response to inquiries resulting
from a persistent report that Josiah
W. Bailey, candidate for Governor, is
not being supported by his own
father-in-law, James H. Pou, last
night authorized the statement that
Mr. Bailey is receiving the active
support of every member of the Pou
family with the sole exception of
George Ross Pou, superintendent of
the State prison.
The family includes Edward W.
Pou, Representative in Congress from
the Fourth district, and James H.
Pou and James H. Pou, Jr., well
known Raleigh lawyers. The Pou
influence has always been consider
able in Wake, Johnston and adjoin
ing counties and the father-in-law’
rumor is said to have been freely
used as an argument against Mr.
Bailey, particularly in Johnston coun
ty.
Mr. Bailey was a member of the
law firm of Pou, Bailey and Pou
until the first of the year when he
pable clerk of court, has known me
give all of his time to his campaign.
—News and Observer.
WEDDING POPULAR
CLAYTON COUPLE
Miss Theo Wooten Becomes
Bride Of Mr. Warren Mc
Cullers; Ceremony Per
formed In M. E. Church.
RECEPTION THURSDAY
A wedding of State-wide interest
was solemnized in Home Memorial
Methodist church at high noon,
Saturday, April 19th, when Miss
Theo Wooten of Warsaw, became
the bride of Mr. Warren McCullers,
of Clayton. The bride attended
Peace Institute and has appeared in
recitals in this city.
The beautiful decorations of ap
ple blossoms and stately Easter lilies
in the handsome church formed a
most appropriate background for
beautiful colors worn by the mem
bers of the rainbow wedding.
Before the ceremony a musical pro
gram was rendered by Mrs. H. G.
Pope, organist, Mrs. Chas. G. Gulley,
soloist, and Miss Winona Poole, violin
ist. "Berceuse” from Jocelyn was
rendered by Mrs. Pope. Mrs. Gulley
sang "Sweetheart” by Kinder, and
"Because,” d’Hardelot. Miss Poole
played “Ave Maria” by Shubert.
Twelve Intimate friends of the bride,
Misses Ann Harrison Taylor, Zenlda
Barnes, Louise Young, Jessie Thurs
ton, Gwendolyn Mitchell, Mary Elling
ton, Bessie Lee Poole, Alta Debnam,
Mesdames Lee White of Kinston,
Rudolph Barnes, R. W. Sanders and
all beautifully dressed in white en
tered by each aisle singing the bridal
chorus from Lohengrin.
The bride beautifully gowned in
a white satin costuuume, carrying a
magnificent bouquet of Easter lilies
never looked more lovely as she en
tered with her father, Mr. M. H.
Wooten, who -gave her in marriage. „
They were met at the altar by the
groom and his best man, Mr. Jer
min Boyd, of Warrenton. The im
pressive ring ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. George Mathis of Clinton,
During the ceremony the organist
played softly "To A Wild Rose” by
McDowell.
the maid of honor and cousin of
the bride, Miss Lucile Collins of
Kinston, was beautifully gowned in
beaded orchid georgette.
Little Mary Farmer Carlton, of
Raleigh, a cousin of the bride, was
flower girl. She wore a dainty pink
tulle frock and scatterred pink rose
petals from a golden basket in the
path of the bride.
The bridesmaid, Miss Alma Hol
land, cousin of the groom, of Chapel
Hill, was most becomingly gowned in
yellow crepe. The first dame of
honor, Mrs. Fred Hines, of Columbia,
S. C., sister of the bride, was gowned
in flesh colored beaded georgette.
The second dame of honor, Mrs. J. J.
Meisenheimer, of Charlotte, cousin of
the groom, was handsome in a rose
crepe gown. Mrs. Emmet H. Steger
of Clayton, third dame of honor, wore
a beautifully beaded blue georgette
crepe. The fourth dame of honor,
Mrs. T. H. Mithell, of Raleigh, was
lovely in an orchid satin crepe. A11
the bride’s attendants wore picture
hats to match the costume, and car
ried arm bouquets of spring flowers
in pastel shades, perfecting the rain
bow color scheme. Messrs. Fred
Hines, of Columbia, S. C., and Paul
Waddill, of Clayton, were grooms
men. The ushers were Messrs.
Lehman Barnes and Chas. G. Gulley,
of Clayton; Roy Holland of Fayette
ville, and William Sanders of Smith
field.
Mr. and Mrs. McCullers left by
automobile for Selma where they took
[the Coast Line train for Richmond,
New York and Boston on an extend
ed honeymoon, after which they will
be at home in Clayton.
The bride, an accomplished mu
sician is the lovely young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wooten of War
saw.
The groom, an only son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. McCullers of Clayton,
is a rising attorney with a host of
friends throughout the State.
The numerous and beautiful gifts
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