NO. 39
VOL 43
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1924
OLD SOLDIERS OF
CIVIL WAR MEET
Honor Guests of the Holt
Sanders Chapter Of The
United Daughters of the
Confederacy On May 10.
GENERAL GLENN SPEAKER
Nineteen Confederate veterans,
just a remnant of those from John
ston County who answered the call
of the South more than a half cen
tury ago, were honor guests of the
Holt-Sanders Chapter of the U. D. C.
here Memorial Day, May 10th.
The spacious lawn of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Sanders with its thick shade
and carpet of green grass was a most
appropriate place to serve the dinner,
and the genial hospitality of Mr, and
Mrs. Sanders added pleasure to the
occasion. The members of the U. D.
C. had prepared a sumptuous menu
which all present thoroughly in joy
ed.
After the feast and while :he old
soldiers were enjoying their smoke,
General Forbes Gleen, of Raleig,
made quite an interesting talk. Gen.
Glen, now retired from active ser
vice in the army, spoke of the fight
ing spirit which animates every sol
dier and declared it was such a spirit
that protects our homes and our na
tion, and that while the women, God
bless them, wanted to do away with
war, he would not have the fighting
spirit eliminated. He made a compar
ison of the manner of recent war i
fare and that the Confederate sol
dierrs were familiar with.
Mr. F. H. Brooks who introduced
Gen. Glenn, had assembled some facts
concerning the veterans present,
which he gave in an interesting way. i
Their ages added together totaled
1,515 years making their average
age being 79.14. The youngest are
Mr. Stephen Rains and Dr. J. H.
Wells of Kenly who are 76 years old
and the oldegt are Messrs. J. A.
Woodall and J. H. Whitehurst of
Smithfield township, who are 85
years old. The other veterans present
on this occasion were:'Messrs. A. J.
Ellis, of Wilgon’s Mills, age 82; W.
M. Bass, Bentonville, age 82; B. F.
Long, Smithfield, Route 2, age 81;
Simeon Massey, Smithfield, Route 1,
age 81; A. R. Richardson, Wilson’s
Mills, age 81; John S. Eason, Pri ;e
ton, Route 1, age 80; D. F. Adams,
Four Oaks, Route 1, age 80. H. F. j
Peedin, Princeton, age 80. C. H. Ben
son, Benson, Route 1, age 79; W. R.
Massengill, Four Oaks, R. F. D. age
79; Elish Wallace, Smithfield, Route
1, age 78; J. T. Barham, Smithfield,
age 78; C. R. Tomlinson, Wilson’s
Mills, age 78; Israel Stephenson,'
Smithfield, Route 1, age 77; and
Rev. Robert Strickland, Four Oaks,
Route 1, age 77.
In the morning the old solsiers to
gether with members of the U. D.
C. , went to the cemetery and placed
flowers on the soldiers’ graves. Rev.
D. H. Tuttle conducted a devotional
service there.
A COLD RECEPTION
i
They were newly married, accord
ing to the New York Sun, and on
a honeymoon trip. They put up at a
skyscraper hotel. The bride-groom
felt indisposed and the bride said she
would slip out and do a little shop
ping. In due time she returned and
tripped blithely up to her room a
little awed by the number of doors
that looked all alike. But she was
sure of her own and tapped gently j
on the panel.
“I’m back, honey! Let me in,” she
whispered.
No answer.
“Honey, honey! It’s Mabel! Let me '
in!”
There was a silence for several
seconds. Then a man’s voice, cold and |
full of dignity, came from the other
side of the door.
“Madam, this is not a beehive. It’s
a bathroom.”—Selected.
County Agent T. B. Brandon re
cently helped to overcome an out
break of hog cholera in Martin
County by treating 288 hogs for 13
farmers.
Severe Storm
Does Damage
[n Johnston
Storm In Cleveland Township
Mr. J. V. Tomlinson, of Garner
Route one, was in the city yester
day and told us of damage done
by the storm in Cleveland Town
ship Sunday. The rain and wind
in a small area was quite severe,
damaging the home of Mr. Billie
Renn, and blowing down his cot
ton gin, and all his out houses.
Good-sized trees were wrung off
by the force of the wind and a
number up-rooted.
Hail Causes Damage
Mr. R. A. Joyner, of near Clay
ton, spent Sunday in Wayne Coun
ty with relatives. He said that a
severe hail and rain storm visited
the section around Grantham’s
store Sunday afternoon. The storm
lasted about fifteen minutes and
the hail was in large pieces about
the size of a walnut. He said that
the peach crop there was damaged
about fifty per cent.
STORM DOES DAMAGE
IN PLEASANT GROVE
Mr. Edwin Coates, of Pleasant
Grove township, was in the city
yesterday and reported a storm
which swept over his section Sun
day afternoon. Trees and houses
were blown down and a heavy rain
fell.
MAY BLIZZARD IN DULUTH
Duluth, Minn., May 8.—With
streets and sidewalks covered with
slush and the air filled blinding
snow flakes, driven by a piercing
nor’easter, Duluth today was exper
iencing one of the most disagreeable
May storms in years. The weather
forecast gave no promise of relief
before tomorrow.
The gale has been raging on Up
per Lake Superior since Monday and
at least thirteen ships, including the
Huronic, a Canadian passenger stea
mer, today were wedged tight in an
ice jam, at the head of the lakes.
Seven freighters, all light, stuck just
off the Superior entry, worked their
way through to the harbor late yes
terday when the ice pack on that
side loosened slightly.
Best Man Subs For The Groom
Fall River, Mass., May 12.—Rather
than see the wedding guests disa
ppointed thru the failure of the bride
groom to appear for the ceremony,
the best man at a “marriage” here
volunteered to marry Maria Careva
lho in his place.
He proposed right before the wed
ding assemblage, was accepted on the
spot, and now the bride is honeymoon
ing with the best man, while the
bridegroom has left the city for good,
he says.
Maria got word on the eve of the
wedding from her sweetheart that he
would not have anything more to do
with her, but fearing to disappoint
the guests with the ceremony so near,
she said nothing until they were all
assembled. When she broke the news
Manuel Botelhe, a former sweetheart,
whom she had asked to be best man
as consolation prize, spoke up hurried
ly took her before the city officials
for the necessary papers, and the
marriage rites were performed.
HANDSHAKING AN OLD IDEA
Even Homer, Aristophanes and Vir
gil mentioned the social custom of
handshaking hands. English speak
ing races took it up vigorously ap
parently as none are more adept in
that custom that British and Am
erican. Many others, like the French
and Italians have variations in their
form o fgreeting which the English
speaking countries do not. . .At the
conformation of a bargain it appears
in II Kings, 10:15. It is nevertheless
practically relegated to the Anglo
Saxon races today.
A good hand-shake is one of the
finest graces one can indulge in when
it comes from the heart. A welcome
should come from the heart, there
fore,, the hand-shake is the compar
ison piece of genuine howdy-do.
- —The Uplift.
DISTRICT MEETING |
OF COTTON CO-OPSi
.
Messrs G. W. Watson and j
J. P. Parker Nominated j
For Directors; Vote To!
Be Taken June 10th.
POLL HOLDERS SELECTED
Ballots are being sent to members
of the North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers Association in order that they
may choose the Board of Directors,
and the members in the Fifth District
will choose between G. W. Watson
of Kenly and J. P. Parker, of Smith
field nominees selected at a meeting
held in the court house here, Fri
day afternoon.
The Fifth District is composed of
Johnston and Wilson Counties, Wil
son being entitled to two delegates
and Johnston to ten. Those repre
senting Wilson were Dr. I. M. Lamm
of Lucama and Mr. F. W. Boswell
of Wilson. Those representing John
ston County were J. P. Parker, S. P.
Honeycutt, W. H. Flowers, N. H.
Lucas, W. V. Blackman, P. H. Joy
ner, W. M. Woodall, J. M. Peele, P.
A. Boyette and I. V. Pittman.
At the District Convention, Fri
day, J. G. Lawton, field agent, act
ing as temporary chairman, called
the meeting to order and stated the
purpose of the meeting.Mr. F. W.
Boswell was named permanent chair
man, and Mr. P. A. Boyett of Kenly
was elected secretary. The chairman
then called for nominations. Mr. N.
H. Lucas of Benson nominated Mr.
J. Parker of this city; Mr. P. A.
Boyett nominated Mr. G. M. Watson
of Kenly; Mr. J. P. Parker nominat
ed Mr. J. H. B. Tomlinson of this
city. The vote was taken with the
following results Watson, ten votes;
Parker, 9; and Tomlinson five. The
two highest Messrs. Watson and Par
ker were declared the nominees. These
two will now be voted on by mem
bers of the Fifth District on June
10th. The Headquarters for the dis
trict is at Smithfield and the ballots,
which are being sent to each member,
must be in by six o’clock, June 10th,
ballots received before the tenth
will be placed in a locked box in the
post office until the day of voting.
Poll holders elected at the District
Convention to serve with the chair
man and secretary were: Messrs
N. H. Lucas and N. H. Flowers of
Benson and J. M. Peele of Clayton.
WIFE OF SECRETARY WORK
DIES WHILE ON AUTO RIDE
Washington, May 9.—Mrs. Hubert
Work, wife of the secretary of the
interior, died suddenly here today
while driving in an automobile.
The wife of the interior secretary
had been out for a drive about the
city and was returning to Wardman
Park hotel when her death occured.
Only the driver of her car was with
her at the time. Death was believed
to be due to apoplexy.
Convicts Fail
In Effort To
Escape Camp
Trusty in Camp Near Here
Holds Two at Bay Until
Help Arrives; Sentenced
Is Reduced For Act.
PLAYED OFF AS SICK
Bill Murchison, white and Shelly
Webb, colored, convicts of the con- j
vict camp near here, who are serv
ing road sentences, made an attempt
to break out the camp Friday. It is
reported that early Friday morning,
after pleading that they were sick,
they were allowed to remain at the
camp when the others left for their
work. Soon after they left Murchi
son and Webb asked Hart Dublin, the 1
cook, colored, to go to a nearby store
and get some cigarets for thenv Dub
lin mistrusted that there was mis
chief on foot and instead of going
to the store went out and hid be
hind Stephenson’s gin to watch for
developments in a few min
utes *\ie heard a noise and hurried
back to the camp where he found
the two prisoners knocking out brick
from around a window with a piece
of lumber.
Dublin took a pistol which the su—
erintendent had forgotton and left on
the kitchen table that morning, and
in spite of their pleas, forced them
to stop their work while he sent a
boy who was passing for help. Dub
lin’s sentence has been reduced a
month because of his faithfulnes to
his trust.
It is said that when the superinten
dent returned Murchison had a pole
in his hand and the negro had a ra
zor in his pocket. It is thought that
they were expecting to be whipped
and were prepared to fight.
Murchison was convicted some
time ago in Recorder’s Court and is
serving a six months term on the
roads while Webb is serving a three
year term.
Johnston Couty Bar Meets
A special meeting of the John
ston County Bar Association was
held in the Court house here Friday
afternoon, the purpose of the cah
session being to set the calendar
for the special term of Civil Su
perior Court to begin here June 9.
A good crowd was present, every
town in the county bei lg represent
ed. After the business session, those
present repaired to Holt Lake where
they enjoyed a “fish fry.”
Plow Turns Up Historic Coin
Rothweil, Germany, April 17.—A
Roman coin of the year 15 was re
cently turned up in a field near this
city by a plowman. It was coined
under the reign of Emperor Tiberius
On one side is a head of Augustus
crowned with a laurel, while on the
other side is the figure of the em
peror’s mother, Liva, with a ceptre
in one hand and a flower in the oth
er.—Associated Press.
Election Is Called To Vote On
Uniform Tax Rate For County
Johnston County is to vote on the
County wide plan of running its
schools, was the decision made at a
recent meeting of the County Board
of Education, and accordingly the
County Commissioners at their regu
lar meeting the first Monday in i
May called an election to take place
a ssoon as details can be work out. ;
Before this election shall take
place, however, elections will be held
in two districts, Meadow and Plea
sant Grove, to determine whether
or not high schools shall be erected
in these districts. These are now
practically the only two sections in
the county where a high school it not
within reasonable distance of the
pupils.
Sixty-five per cent of the voters
of the districts outside of Smith
| field, Selma, and Clayton( not in
cluded in the county-wide plan)
and in which the county-wide elec
tion will be called, already have some
kind of bond issue, a fact which
will have its effect in the coming el
ection, for the districts which vote
the county-wide plan will be relieved
of both bond tax and special tax. A
county-wide rate of thirty cents will
displace both bond and special tax
being paid at the time of the election
-should it be carried.
For this reason, the voters of
Meadow and Pleasant Grove before
the county-wide election takes place
are to be givepfa chance to say whe
ther or not they want a high school
if carried will require these districts
to pay the thirty cents regardless
of whether they have a school or not.
The county-wide election will be
held as soon as the elections in Plea
sant Grove and Meadow are over.
TO NOMINATE
PRECINCT OFFICERS
Ordered by the Board of Elec
tions for Johnston County that all
Precinct officers be nominated by
a Convention to meet at their re
spectiv voting places on some date
prior to August 15, 1924. said
town-ship officers will not be
nominated at the primary June
7th, 1924, but will be nominated
at a convention called, not later
August 15th, 1924, In each Town
ship. By order of Board of Elec
tions.—J. W. Stephenson, Chair
May 12, 1924.
Meet After 35
Years Separation
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Vann ,of Sel
ma, and three sons, Stewart, Emery,
and Avery, and little daughter, Mary
Susan, visited Mr. Vann’ sister, Mrs.
W. H. Howell, in Stantonsburg Sun
day. Mrs. Howell and Mr| Vann were
formerly of Sampson county. Mrs.
Howell has lived near Garland un
til about a year ago when he mov
ed to Selma.
The brother and sister had not
met in about thirty-five years and
none of the members of the two fam
ilies had ever seen each other. That
unexpected meeting of brother and
sister was pathetic and yet a happy
one. The Ion gyears of separation
seemed to draw them closer to each
other. Mrs. Howell has been a wid
ow for a year. She lives with her
daughter, Mrs. Jesse Benne t.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Vann and
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Holland, and little son,
Radford, all of Smithfield, were
also present. Ot|her guests besides
the family wer Mr. Ludie Howell, of
Newton Gro^e; and Miss Sarah
Holland( of Autryville.
The weather being unfavorable,
dinner was served in the large din
ing room in picnic fashion. It was
thoroughly enjoyed by every one.
Mrs. Howell returned with her bro
ther for an indifinie visit.
Written by a guest..
WHEN THE GREEN GETS BACK
ON THE TREES
In the spring, when the green gits
back in the trees,
And the sun comes out and stays,
And yer boots pulls on with a good
tight squeeze,
And yer think of your barefoot
days;
When you ort to work and you want
to not, a
And you and yer wife agrees
It’s time to spade up the garden
lot,
When the green, you know gits
Well! work is the best o’my ideas
Whe nthe green, you know gits
back in the trees
When the green gits back in the
trees, and bees
Is a buzzin aroun’ ag’in
In that kind of a lazy go-as-you
please
Old gait they burn round’ in;
When the groun’s all bald whare the
hay-rack stood,
And the crik’s riz, and the breeze
Coaxes the bloom in the old dogwo h1,
And the green gits in the trees,
' I like, as I say, in sich scenes as
these,
The time when the green gits back
in the tres! ,
When the whole tail-feathers o’ Win
tertime
Is all pulled out ar.d gone!
And the sap it thaws and begins t<
.climb,
And the swet it starts out on
A feller’s forred, a-gettin’ down
At the old spring on his knees—
I kindo’ like jest a-loafin’ roun’
When the green gits back in the
‘trees—
Jest a-potterin’ roun’ as I-durn please
When the green, you know gits
back in the trees!
—James Whitco-ib Riley
IMPORTANT NEGRO MEETING
All farmers are requested tnd ur
ged to attend a County-wide meet
ing May 17th, at the Johnston Conn
ty Tr. School, Smithfield, N. C. ai
11 o’clock. A special message will b<
delivered to you by District Agent
L. E. Hall. A county organizatior
will be formed for promoting loca!
agricutural development.
REPORT OF SEVENTH
GRADE EXAMINATION
Seven ty-one Out of 132
Taikng The Examination
Pass; List of Those On
The Honor Roll.
MISS RUTH MEDLIN LEADS
Miss Mary E. Wells, assistant
county superintendent of schools,
has furnished us the following re
port of the seventh grade examina
tion given in Smithfield on April 12
which should interest a large num
ber of our readers:
On April 12th the children of the
six months schools in Johnston Co,
took the examination for promotion
to high school. There were 132
white children taking this examina
tion. Of this number 71 passed.
The Honor Roll is as follows: Ruth
Medlin of the Elevation school led
with an average grade of 87 1-5,
Laurae Austin of the Pleasant Grove
school came second with an average
of 86 4-5 and Annie Barnes of Spi
lona stood third; her average being
85 4-5. The other pupils on the Hon
or Rol 1 were as follows: Letha
Broadwell, Corbet Hatcher, Glen
Woodall—Powhatan School, Leslie
Leslie Langdon—Brodgen, Seba
Barbour—Elevation, Ma#y Adams,
Ogbum, Eunice Batten, Corbett
Hatcher and Rachel Snipes, Corbit
Hatcher.
Three pupils made averages of 90
or above in Arithmetic. They were
as follows: Ruth Medlin—Elevation,
Melvin Lassiter, Spilona, and Char
lie Parrish—Piney Forest.
Two averaged above 90 in Eng
lish, Laurae Austin, Pleasant Grove;
and Elijah Phillips, Corbit-Hateher.
The highest grade in Geography
Was made by Keith Starling, Plea
sant Grove. Others averaging above
90 in this subject were: Melvin
Gardner, Brogden; David Langley,
Brogden; Letha Broadwell, Corbett
Hatcher: Dalton Hartley, Brogden;
Elton Hartley, Brodgen; Glen Wood
all, Powatan; Annie Barnes, Spilona;
Charlie Hicks, Corbit-Hateher; Eli
jah Phillips, Corbett-Hatcher; and
Lillian Braswell, Fitzgerald.
In history Letha Broadwell of the
Corbit-Hateher school led. Others
averaging above 90 in this subject
were as follows: Keith Starling,
Pleasant Grove, Laurae Austin,
Pleasant Grove; Elton Hartley, Brog
den; David Langley, Brogden; Am
nie Barnes, Spilona; Albert Langley,
Spilona; Edmond Braswell, Royall;
Seba Barbour, Elevation.
In spelling three pupils made 100:
Leon Parrish, Sandy Ridge; Clara
; Creech, Elevation; Ruth Medlin, El
evation. Others averageing above 90
in this subject were: Robert Bare
foot, Holly Grove; Leslie Langley,
Brogden; Eunice Batten, Corbett
Hatcher; Letha Broadwell, Corbit
i Hatcher; Rachel Snipes, Corbett
Hatcher; Sarah Dodd, Allen; Vara
Langdon, Spilona and Laurae Austin,
Pleasant Grove. The words given on
the spelling examination were as
follows: beginning, believe, chief,
description, destroy, didn’t disap
pointed, foreign, generally, govern
ment, judgment, necessary, princi
pal, probably, quite, quiet quietly,
respectfully, receive, sincerely, won’t
Wednesday, wouldn’t, February, li
brary.
lem was given: “After spending
one-third of my money for a dress,
one fifth for hat and one-fifteenth for
shoes. I have $18.00 left. How much
had I at first and how much did I
'spend for each item?” Of the 132
pupils taking the examination, only
five were able to solve this problem.
Their names are as follows: Char
lie Parrish, Piney Forest; Leon
Price, Pleasant Grove; Perry Moore,
Corbett-Hatcher; Melvin Lassiter Spil
ona and Ruth Medlin, Elevation.
Another problem read as follows:
“My salary this year is 20 per cent
more than last. If I receive $1,080.00
; i this year, what was my salary last
year?" Only four of the 132 pupils
,! taking the examination worked this
problem. The four working it were as
follows: Almon Parker, Holly Grove;
Maud Wilder,Emit; Lee Ryals, Four
I Oaks; and Ruth Medlin Elevation.