NO. 49
VOL. 43.
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1924
AUTO TURNS TURTLE
AT TURNER’S BRIDGE
Dave Ingram of Benson,
Lies In Smithfield Memo
rial Hospital Seriously
Injured.
OTHERS RECEIVE INJURIES
Two persons were injured, one of
them seriously on the Smithfield
Four Oaks road just beyond Turner’s
bridge Sunda yaftemoon about 3:30
o’clock whe na Ford touring car
driven by Dave Ingram and Theo
dore Roosevelt (Teddy) Young
Young, of Benson, crashed into a
Ford roadster driven by Claude Mat
thews, Jr., and V. C. Moore, Jr., rf
Raleigh. The touring car was going
ftom Smithfield to Holt Lake at a
speed of about twenty-five miles an
hour, according to reports.
After cros35ng the bridge an at
tempt was made to pass another car
wh'cb was going at a moderate rate
of speed, and as the touring car
swerved out to pass it crashed head
on into a roadster coming from the
opposite direction. According to wit
nesses to the scene the roadster had
slowed down and had almost stopped
when the touring car ran into it, the
latter turing over three times before
coming to a standstill. Moore was
thrown from the roadster but was
not hurt. Ingram, the driver of the
touring car, was seriously if not fa
tally injured, while Young's collar
bone was broken. He received other
slight injuries.
Capt. E. D. Eudy and Mr. R. D.
Johnson, road supervisors, arrived
on the scene soon after the wreck
and moved the cars and cleared the
road. A pint bottle which had con
tained whiskey was found in the car
driven by Ingram. It was broken
when the car turned over. A bottle
of orange crush was also found in
the car.
The injured men were brought to
the Smithfield Memorial hospital,
where they received medical atten
tion. At the last report Ingram, who
was seriously hurt, was slightly im
proved though not out of danger.
Matthews and Moore returning to
Raleigh from Holt Lake. Their car
was slightly injured while the tour
ing car was considerably damaged.
W. H. Barbour
Died Yesterday
Mr. Willis H. Barbour died at his
home near Four Oaks yesterday mor
ning about 6:30 o’clock after an ill
ness of only a few hours. At ten
thirty Sunday night he seemed per-1
fectly well but within half an hour
he was stricken with paralysis, nev- j
er regained consciousness. He was
sixty years old and had been a mem
ber of the Methodist church for
several years.
The funera services were he’d yes
terday a^terrooi ; i d interment was
made in the !•’ u- Oaks cemetery'
about 3:30 o’clock. The deceased is
survived by ten children as follows:
Messrs. Ned, Wade, Carl, Booker,
and Nat Barbour, Mrs. A. D. Britt
of near Bentonville; Mrs. Dock
Strickland, of Four Oaks; Mrs. D.
W. Parker, of this city, and Misses
Hannah and Lena Barbour, of Four
Oaks. His wife, who was Miss Bet
tie Olive before her marriage, pre
ceded him to the grave about twelve
years ago.
Mr. Barbour was a good ’nan and
one of the prominent farmers of his
section. He will be missed by the com
munity.
Their many friends extend SJ1K
pa’hy to the bereaved ones.
TALKING ABOUT FRANK PAGE
There is no office of any impor
tance for a man who has served no
body but the people of North Caro
lina.—Greensboro News.
Weeding Them Out
“Well, dad, I just ran up to say
hello.
“Too late, son. Your mother ran
up to say good-by and got all the
change.’’—Jack-o’-Lantern.
Chamblee and
Thurston To
Fight It Out
All the nominations, on. the
Democratic County ticket, were
made in the first primary held
June 7 with the exception of
one of the representatives in
the Legislature. Those receiving
the highest vote were W. M.
Sanders with 2277 votes, enough
to secure his nomination, D. J.
Thurston, of Clayton, with 1946
votes and P. B. Chamblee, of O’
Neals township wit hi883 votes.
The contest will be between Mr.
Thurston and Mr. Chamblee.
The second primary, which ac
cording to law, must be held
four weeks after the first, will
take place on Saturday, July 4.
There will in all probability be
a second primary in the state
held on the same date, to deter
mine the nominee for Commis
sioner of Labor and Printing,
Attorney-General and Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
COUNTY GARAGE IS
BEING ERECTED HERE
The County Board of Education is
now having put up on the corner of
First and Church streets two sheet
metal buildings for the housing of
the small fleet of trucks used during
the school months for transportation
of children. Last year there were
forty-four trucks in operation and
to meet the need for a suitable ga
rage the board is taking this step.
One building is 60 by 30 feet and
will be the shop where a regular me
chanic will look after the up-keep
of the trucks. This building is near
ly all windows, while the larger one
measuring 50 by 160 feet is lighted
by side windows and skylights. The
latter will be the storage house and
with its maximum capacity of seven
ty-two trucks, will prove sufficient
for any reasonable increase within
the next several years.
The buildings themselves are of
sheet metal construction, the shop
to have a concrete floor, and the
barn a cinder floor. Both are of the
strong and sensible construction
known as portable steel, having the
advantageous quality of being added
to at will, by simply removing one
end and building on any additional
space desired. Also the durability of
the framework and its fireproof n a
terial makes a completely up to-date
garage.
W. P. Larrimore is in charge of the
work and is aided by George Shaefer
Statistical Report
of Negro Schools
Mrs. Laura J. A. Kinig, rural sup
ervisor of negro schools in Johnston
County has prepared a statist'cal
report of her work during the past
year, which we are herewith publish
ing. Mrs. King is now at Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Va., taking a
summer school course as outlined by
the state department for rural sup
ervisors. Her work was so satisfac
tory in the county that the state de
partment gave her a bonus of $25 to
ward her expenses at this summer
school. The report follows:
Number of schools in the county,
39.
Number of rural schools, 36.
Certification of teachers as fol
lows: high school, one; grammar
grade, two; elementary A, five; el
ementary B, 35; temporary 11; pro
visional A, six; provisional B, one;
Number of standard teachers, 43,
non-standard teachers, 21, making a
total of 46.
Number of one-teacher schools, 16;
two-teacher schools, 15; three-teacher
schools, two; four teacher schools,
three: ,
During the ten months from Sep
tember to June activities and mo^oy
raised in rural communities were as
follows: There were 169 school visits
by the supervisor; 250 parent meet
ings; 116 community meetings; 14
teachers' meetings; three group com
mencements; six county meetings;
and $7,189 raised in pledges !*nd
cash.
LOVELY MARRIAGE
SOLEMNIZED HERE
Miss Frances Sanders Be
comes Bride of Mr. Willis
Glass Saturday Evening;
Church Wedding.
OF PROMINENT FAMILIES
At the twilight hour Saturday
evening, a marriage of unusual in
terest was solemized in the Metho
dist church here, when Miss Frances
Sanders, the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sanders, became 1
the bride of Mr. Wi'lis Glass, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Glass, of
Meadeville, Va,
The church under the hands of
skillful decorator's had been convert
ed into a bower of green and white. 1
Palins and ferns formed a back
ground for the wedding scene, tall
cathedral candles lightening the ef- ■
feet. Flower standards marked the
reserved seats and were decorative
as well.
Prior to the wedding ceremony a 1
musical program was rendered by
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stallings, I
of Wilson well known artists in piano
and violin, and Mrs. E. Warren Me- j
Cullers( a recent bride of Clayton, 1
sang “At Dawning” and “All For
You.”
At the appointed hour, little Miss
Ruth Sanders Rose, neice of the
bride, Master Jack Broadhurst, Jr.,
little Miss Lillian Sanders Pou and
Master Edwin Pou, niece and nephew'
of the bride formed ribbon aisles.
The little girls w'ere dressed in pink (
chiffon and taffeta and th° little
boys wore black satin Lord Fauntle
roy suits.
The ushers were Messrs. Archie
Edmundson, of South Boston, Va.,
Chelton White of Durham; T. E.
Hodge, Jr., of South Boston, Va.;
and Geo. Ross Pou, of Raleigh.
The bridesmaid and groomsmen
Continued on page 5)
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•Phoned Picture
From Convention
Above are shown C. Bascom
Slemp, Secretary to the President,
and Congressman Nicholas Long
worth, the late President Roose- (
Veit’s son-in-law, at the Cleveland
Convention. This picture was sent (
by telephone and was on New York |
streets in less than one hour after
being taken in Cleveland. ,
11 Year Old
Boy Is Killed
By Lightning!
Son of Mr. Fred Stuckey
Who Lives Near Prince-'
ton Killed Instantly Fri
day Evening.
C. H. HOLT ELECTED MAYOR
Princeton, June 16.—Lightening
instantly killed, Walter the eleven
year old son of Mr. Fred Stuckey, j
living on Central Highway four miles
West of town Friday evening when
a furious thunder and lightening
storm raged over this township. The ,
lightening struck the chimney top, '
ran down to the window fram break- j
ing out three window lights. The *
boy standing with one hand on the
window looking at the raging storm. I
He had a pet calf at the lot and was
watching out with fear for the saf
ety of his pet when the death stroke
came to him. His father and a bro- j
ther were standing within two or j
three feet of him and his mother and ,
two sisters were in the room. He was |
slightly marked about the breast
otherwise no marks of violence were
visible on his body.
At another place and at the same
time a fine hog was killed and a
stroke of lightening splintere dthe
flag pole on the graded school build
ing.
At a meeting of the Board of Com
missioners Friday evening Chas. H.
Holt was elected Mayor to fill the
vacanc ycaused by the resignation of
Mr. P. H. Joyner.
Ambassadors Go
To White Lake
Thirteen Royall Ambassadors, a
boys organization of the Baptist
church, are camping this week at
White Lake. The party left early
yesterday morning and expect to re
turn Saturday. The party is being
chaperoned by Rev. S. L. Morgan,
Messrs. George V. Ragsdale and
Frederick Brooks. Rev. James A.
Ivey, of Four Oaks expects to be
with them a part of the week The
campers include the following: Jos
eph Stancil, William Lassiter, John
Arthur Wallace, Wilmer Ryals, Mau
rice Hamilton, Julien Booker, Paul
Brown, Jr., Lewis Morgan, Trent
Hunter Horace Utely and James
Bingham, Tom Lassiter and Walter
Lassiter.
2, Raleigh Men
In Auto Wreck
Petersburg, Va., June 16.—Mrs.
Amelia Heller, of Richmond, Va.,
proprietor of Heller Brother’s shoe
store; Gerson Heller, her son, of
Raleigh, and Maurice Rosenthal, Jr.,
of Raleigh, were killed early • Mon
day morning on the Richmond-Peters.
burg highway near Petersburg in an
automobile accident in which two
others, Miss Beulah Hutzler, of
Richmond, and Stanley Kahn of Ral
eigh were injured. The three people
met their death when a Studebaker
touring car, driven by Gerson Hel
ler, left the road, plunged down a
ten foot embankment and struck a
telephone pole.
Dr. C. Alphonso
Smith Is Dead
One of North Carolina’s greatest
men, Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, passed
away Friday at Annapolis, where he
held a position as head of the Eng
lish Department there. The body was
brought to Greensboro, his native
soil, for interment, the funeral tak
ing place Sunday afternoon. Teacher,
author, and scholar he was known
far and wide, and few men have shed
such luser on their native State.
Johnstonians will remember that this
distinguished son of North Carolina
taught school just after his gradua
tion fro mDavidson College in the
town of Selma.
Denver Healer
Rov. Robert B. H. Bell, of Denver i
Episcopal Church, who has been per- I
forming seemingly wonderful faith
cures of the il, blind and crippled in
New York and New Jersey. The heal
ings were performed by “laying on of
hands and prayer’' in the presence I
of 300 persons including many news
paper reporters.
Japanese of N. Y.
Denounce Rufians
New York, June 12.—Several hun
dren Japanese business and profes
sional men and students, meeting in
the Nippon club, today adopted a res
olution sevejjely condemning anti
American agitation in Japan as mani
fested by the recent demonstration
in the Imperial hotel, Tokio, and by
proposals to boycott American goods
and to expel missionaries.
The resolution also expressed re
gret at the action of Congress on
immigration, “in contravention of
the spirit of the Washington confer
ence an d to the deteriment of the
historic friendship existing between
the two nations.”
After calling attention to the op
position of the President, the secre
tary of state, and the American
newspapers to the course of Congress
the resolutions said:
“In these circumstances we have
been surprised toj recfeive reports
from home to the effect that a hotel
ball has been disturbed by a group
of invaders, that a boycott of Amer
ican goods has been threatened, and
that a movement to expel American
missionaries has been suggested.
“These are unworthy actions, set
ting violence against violence. While
we criticise anti-Japanese agitators,
we are actually following their nar
row example, it is an unworthy at
titude for a great people.
“We sineerley hope that the whol»
Japanese nation will not falter in
their traditional fortitude and pa
tience in the present trying cir aim
stances, treating others in a s <rlt
of fairness and justice an 1 tha’. ve
residing either at horn e or abroa 1,
will admonish each other to observe
restraint and calmness to th.> end
that a favorable outcome of th? .-vu
ation may ultimately be ' rtaireo.”
Copies of the resolution were sent
to the Japanese foreign office and
the Japanese press.
Hail Does Damage
Vicinity Of Selma
Mr. W. A. Darling of Selma, route
one reports to us a sever hail storm
up his way in connection with the
violent rain and wind storm a short
while Friday morning. There was on
ly a small amount of hail here but
he informs us that about two miles
north of Selma it was terrific. Two
fields of tobacco belonging to Mes
srs. Charlie Kirby and Charles Dales,
both about knee high, were literally
tom to shreds, a considerable amount
of damage being done in others ways
as well.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF
TOWNSHIP TO MEET
Group Meetings Will Be
Held Fifth Sunday After
noon at Court House and
M. E. Church.
SCHOOLS WILL PARADE
As Chairman of the Sunday School
Association of Smithfield Township,
after consulting with a number of
the leaders of the Sunday Schools in
the township, and at the request of
the County Chairman, Mr, L. T.
Royall, we have decided to call a
township Sunday School Convention
to be held in the Court House and
Methodist Church on the 5th Sunday
in June, to-wit, June 29th, 1924, at
3:30 P, M. It is hoped that the Su
perintendents and Officers of eaoh
Sunday School, together with the
teachers of their respectiv classes,
will all meet at the Court House on
Sunday afternoon, June 29th, at 3:30
P, M., and parade down the principal
streets of the town as a demonstra
tion of the people of the town in the
interest of the Sunday School work.
Then the groups will seperate, all be
low the Junior Department will go to
the Methodist Church, and the Jun
ior and Senior Departments will go
to the Court House, where there will
be appropriate exercises, which will
consist of short talks by the Super
intendents and all leaders of the Sun
day Schools, and story telling to the
children in the lower departments.
1 feel that this parade will open
the eyes of the people of the large
number of men, women and children
who are engaged in the Sunday
School work, and will probably cause
a great many men, women and chil
dren to join in this work.
Every Sunday School in the town
ship is urgently requested to have its
full membership present on this oc
casion. Similar conventions are to be
held in the several townships of the
County on the same date. Let's all
join together in making the 29th day
of June, 1924, a memorable day in
behalf of Sunday School work in old
Johnston County.
F. H. BROOKS, Chirman, Smith
field Township, Sunday School.
School Bond Issue
• Is Voted Down
The special $60,000 school bond is
sue in Pleasant Grove txNvnship1 was
defeateS by at huge" majority ait the
special election*: oriTJnne' WithJji
registration of 3OfisfRe Vote’ werif 97
for and 218 against* ' vt ’
j It was proposedtoereet-a-new up
to-date school Wiri|hjg3fi$ l@©high
school and a few upper grades, to
improve the school facili tie# in-this
township. As the'county,Board of
Education has a . plant atihand fonr ^a
county-wide school tax, :wWch itcex-'
pects will be put - into* .effects in the
near future, it was thought-fair to
give Pleasant Grove-thfe opportunity
of putting up a new school before-’it
had begun paying-rtakegHfor thfei re
mainder of the eouniy without I be
ing in a position to. rereive-the great
est benefit that would: be. possible
had it its own budding.-.: * -.**
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Scout Troop Is
j Organized Kenly
j The eighteenth troop of Boy
Scouts for Tuscarora Council was or
ganized at Kenly Thursday and starts
, off with fourteen members. The Me
! thodist church of Kenly will sponsor
(the new troop, of which Mr. C. E.
Murray is Scoutmaster. Troop com
mitteemen are: Rev. W. B. North,
P. H. Etheridge and L. Z. Woodard.
Attend League Conference
Misses Carrie Young, Ava Wallace,
Sarah Adams, Hilda Peedin and Mrs.
Jesse Coats left yesterday for More
head City to represent the Senior and
Intermediate Epworth Leagues at
the N. C. Epworth League confer
ence which is being held there this
week,
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