VOL. 43
NO. 53
Balloting For Candidates Began
Yesterday With Deadlock Certain
I
Smith Receives 240; Mc
Adoo 431; Vote Is Wide
ly Scattered Among Field
of Starters.
“DARK HORSE” MAY WIN
Madison Square Grden, New York,
June 30.—The Democratic National
Convention found no candidate on its
first ballot today. On the unofficial
figures Mc.Adoo’s total of the first
ballot jan u pto 240 1-2. How far
those figures represented the i|axi
mum or minimum strength no one
could determine.
The remainded of the voting was
scattered among the other candi
dates. In the entire field of sixteen,
with two added starters. Houston
Thompson, of Colorado, and Senator
Kendrick of Wisconsin. There was
nothing notable in the voting on the
first ballot. It was quiet and orderly
and almost without a feeling of ten
sion thaYgoes with the first test of
strength in a national convention.
Convention got to balloting with
out any recurrence of the disorders
of Saturday night over the Klan is
sue an reports that there was to be
an attempt to re-open that subject
melted away.—Raleigh Times.
The vote at the end of the first
ballot stood as follows: Total vote,
1096; McAdoo of California, 431:
Underwood of Alabama, 42 1.2;
Robinson of Arkansas, 21; Sweet of
Colorado, 12; Brown of New Hamp
shire, 17; Smith of New York, 240
1-2; Saulsbury of Deleware, 7; Silzer
of New Jersey. 38; John W. Davis,
of West CVirginia, 31; Ritchie of
Maryland 22 1-2; Harrison of Missis
sippi, 43 1-2; Cox of Ohio, 59; Char
les W. Bryan of Nebraska, 18; Rals
ton, of Indiana, 30; Jonathan Davis,
of Kansas, 20; Ferris of Michigan,
- 30; Glass of Virginia 25; Kendrick of
Wisconsin, 6; Thompson of Colorado,
1; absent 2.
During t heballoting Mrs. McAdoo
sat in a box busy with her paper
and pencil keeping an account of the
balloting. The box formerly occupied
b yMrs, Smith was empty.
LOCAL SCOUTS GO
TO RALLY AT KINSTON
Tng Boy Scouts of Smithfield,
troops No. 1 and 2 attended the
Scout Rally at Kinston Thursday.
Six cars were used in carrying the
local scouts to the rally. At Golds
boro the Smithfield scouts were
joined by the Goldsboro boys. Af
ter arriving at Kinston the Scout
officials arranged for the parade.
Whgn the troops were counted it was
found that Smithfield troop 2 had
the largest representation. Nineteen
scouts out of twenty-two enrolled
in the troop were present at the
rally.
Dinner was gaten at twelve o’clock
and each troop eating together. At
three P. M. the rally started. The
events were as follows: 1-—Inspec
tion. 2—First Aid. 3—Boiling water.
4—Rescue Race. 5—Signaling. 0—
Mgssage Re^iy. 7—Tug O’ War.
Goldsboro Troop 1 carried away first
honors while Kinston No. 1 came. se_
cond. The other troops ranked as
Troop No. 2, Kinston, 3rd place.
Troop No. 3, Kinston, 4th place
Troop No. 6, Goldsboro, 5th place.
Troop No. 2, Smithfield, 6th place
Troop No. 5, Goldsboro, 7th place
Troop No. 4, Kinston, 8th place.
Troop No. 1, Smithfield, 9th place.
Troop No. 2, of Smithfie'd made
a very good showin gfor the timg
it has been organized, taking first
place in two of the events. This
troop has been organized only three
months. Under the leadership of
Scoutmaste r Marvin Woodall thg
troop has been making great progress
M. E. Baracas Furnish Flag
The Boy Scout camp which opened
last week at Holt Lake with a bunch
of Goldsboro Scouts in attendance, is
using an American flag donated
while the camp is open, by the Ba
raca class of the Methodist Sunday
school. Mr. Rivers, who is in charge
of the camp, uses this flag for cer
tain patriotic ceremonies with the
Scouts,
I
Storm Does
Lot Damage
The storm that visited this vicin_
ity Thursday morning and which did
considerable damage in the Sanders
Chapel section, according to our re
port in Friday’s issue, also played
havoc with the crops near Selma.
Mr. Stancil, of Selma, R. F. D. v/as
in the city Friday and said he visit
ed the storm area Thursday after
noon and aecoi ding to his estimation
c«.licn, corn and tobacc) was dam
aged 75 per cent. The storm seemed
to be worse between Selma and Pine
Level, the heaviest losers perhaps
being Dr. Person, Messrs. W. N.
Faulkner, Charlie Creech, P. D.
Yelverton, Charlie Dale, Tobe White,
Charlie Eason, and a colored man,
Oscar Mitchner.
The crops wrere damaged both by
hail and wind. The wind up rooted
trees, unroofed houses and blew
down telephone poles for several
hundred yards. 1
FOUR OAKS PEOPLE POUND
PASTOR
Several days ago the pastor of
Four Oaks Baptist church and his
wife met with a very pleasant sur
prise. Having been married for just
a few days, housekeeping was an en
I tirely new experience so surprises
i were in order.
About 8:30 p. m. a host of Four
Oaks Baptist church members came
j “en masse” to visit the pastor and
! his wife. Mr. C. E. Parrish led the
parade with a five-gallon can of
kerosene. Those who followed had
glass ware, linens, good things to
j eat and many other nice things. This
was only a beginning of so many use
ful gifts that have come since the
“pounding.”
The Four Oaks people have demon
strated in no uncertain terms their
love for their pastor and his wife.
These good people have greatly en
deared themselves to Mrs. Ivey and
me. We are made happy.
With a greater love, a more in
tense zeal, we will push forward to
give our lives more wholly to our
people here in the Master’s work
Jas. A. Ivey, Pastor.
Four Oaks, June 30.
REVIVAL
A revival will begin at New Light
Second Advent Christian Church at
Smithfield July 11th. commencing cn !
Friday before the second SuoJ iy nd
will continue 10 days.
Everybody cordially invited to at
tend these services. Come it may do
thee good.
Elder J. V. Moore, pastor.
Having Store Remodelled
Mr, W. Rubenstein is having his
store remodelled by having a new
front put in. When completed it
will be much improved and up-to-date
in appearance.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsh
Progressive Republican, whose ser
Bal showing of strength in th
Dakota primary has tl]
Whole country'talking He ran se<
©pd to President Coolidge a
ahead of Hiram Johnson despite
fact that his name was not on
ballot but had to be written In
placed on a sticker.
SPECTACULAR FIGHT
OVER KUKLUX KtAN
Anti-Klan Forces Defeated
By Margin of One Vote;
McAdoo and Smith May
Bot hLose.
MRS. McADOO ON HAND
New York, June 29.—Emerging
wearily from a titatis struggle over
its platform, the Democratic Na_
tional Convention prepared today to
plunge into another battle over can
didates.
The platform was perfected at two
o’clock this morning, when amid
scenic of confusion seldom parralled
in party history, a plank condemn
ing the Ku Klux Klan by name was
pronounced rejected by the narrow
margin of a single vote. Another
serious contest had been decided
previously by adoption of a plank
reaffirming in general terms only the
party’s faith in the League of Na
tions.
The convention’s action on the all
absorbing question of the Klan ap
parently had no effect on the real
tive standing of the candidates, ex
cept as it provided a further argu
ment for use by those who are pre_
dieting that neither McAdoo nor
Smith can be nominated. The out
and-out anti-Klan plank, according
to Permanent Chairman Walsh’s an
nouncement, received 541 votes, with
the active supporters of Governor
Smith and many others friendly to
him voting for it, while 542 votes
were announced as cast against it,
largely from the states that .• re giv
ing their support to Mr. McAdoo.
The convention's floor fight over
the League issue had been accom
panied by an unusual display of pas
sion, but it became colorlyess and un
interesting in contest with the lat_
tie waged over the Klan plank
through the midnight hours and into
the early morning of the Sabbath.
Like those who wanted to name
the Klan specifically in the platform
the leaders who preferred instead
the general religious liberty plank
that was adopted seemed completely
satisfied after a Sunday’s reflection.
Both sides declared the sore spots
left by the fight soon would disap
pear, and insisted that no party split
would result from the public airing
that had been given the religious
disagreements of the delegates.
Everywhere tonight the otuward
disposition was to leave well enough
alone and to let the closte vote by
which the party escaped an open
condemnation of the Klan speak for
itself. There were many echoes
among party leaders of a sentiment
expressed by Tex Rickard, lesse of
Madison Square Garden and famous
prize fight promoter, whp remarked
as the weary bedraggled delegates
filed out into the night.
Fight of Fights
“Of all the fights I ever pulled off
in the old garden, that was the best
draw I ever saw.”
Party leaders tonight also took
pains to disseminate word that they
did not regard the battle as havin•;
raised any permnanent religious issue
within the party. They pointed out
that both Protestant and Cathol ,
spoke against the Klan. They re
called also that some o fthose ofthe
Catholic faith high in party councils
had advised against the anti-Klan
plank, and that Senator Walsh, of
Massachusetts, in voicing the ssiti
ment of others of his church in
favor of the plank, incorporated in
his plea this assurance:
“We are Democrats; whatever the
outcome, we will accept it.”—News
and Observer.
ENJOY FISHING AT
MOREHEAD CITY
Mr. and Mrs. T. S, Ragsdale,
Messrs. N. L. Perkins, Frederick
Brooks, and George Ragsdale have
returned from Morehead City where
they spent several days. The gentle
men of the party enjoyed some fine
fishing while there, catching more
than 300 fish, some of which weighed
three and four pounds.
Gin House Hit
By Lightning
During a terrific rain and thunder
storm Saturday night ,the cotton
gin of J. G. Barbour & Sons was
struck by lightning and totally des
troyed by fire that followed the
lightning's stroke. The plant was
struck about nine o’clock when the
town was in darkness, the lights
having been cut off some time
previously by lightning.
Mr. Dwight Barbour who lives
near the gin, discovered the fire
and turned in the alarm, but by the
time help arrived the entire build
ing where the gin plant was oper
ated was a mass of flame3 on the
inside and the efforts of the fire
men were directed towards keep
ing the fire within bounds and pre
vent its spreading to nearby build
ings. The building was of iron
and roofed with tin and for son-e
■in.« it was hard work to get on the
inside wVc me fire \/as raging,
due to the protection afforded by
the iron sides and roof. The
building was located with a group
of other buildings and sheds on the
Barbour’s lot and in these nearby
buildings was much valuable ma
chinery and supplies, including
some cotton, wagons, farm imple_
ments, a number of head of fine
cattle and mules. For a while
these were in danger, but by aid
of the excessive rain which was fall
ing and the heroic efforts of the fire
men the flames were subdued be
fore they had spread and all the dam
age was confined to the machinery
and building where the fire originat
ed.
The building was built in 1920 and
for four seasons the plant had been
I operated to gin the cotton the from
farms and other customers over the
county. While not the largest, it wf.s
one of the best and most modern gin
plants in the country, consisting of
three seventy-saw gins and was op
erated by electricity. The damage
amounted to around eight or ten
thousand dollars and was well cov
ered by insurance.—Clayton News,
June 26.
CABBAGE WEIGHS 16 POUNDS
Recently a cabbage weighing twelve
and a half pounds grown by Mr. Kir
by of Selma was brought to our of
fice and we thought it the biggest
cabbage we had ever seen. However,
Mr. George Beaty who lives near
Wilson’s Mills has that beat, con
siderably. His largest cabbage
weighed sixteen pounds. He grew
four that tipped the scales at 39
pounds. He said he used no soda
around his cabbage and they were
the ordinary Flat Dutch variety.
FOUR STILLS CAPTURED
During the week ending June 28
Federal officers captured four whis
key stills in Johnston County. Or.e
40-gallon copper still was found in
Pine Level township; a 50-gallon
still in Boon Hill; a 50-gallon and a
35-gallon still in Pleasant Grove,
making a total of 175_gallon capa
city. They were all made of copper.
Eleven gallons of whiskey and sever
al thousand gallons of mash were
seized. No arrests have been made.
BIG RAIN NEAR PRINCETON
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Eason who
live near Princeton were in the city
yesterday. Mr. Eason, who is eighty
years old, and a Confederate veteran
was here to confer with the pension
board. Mr. Eason says his children,
grand children and great-grand chil
dren number over 90. Mr. and Mrs.
Eason reported an unusually heavy
rain in their section Sunday night.
Water was running across the high
way in three places between Smith,
field and Holt’s Mill when they
came to town.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
There will be two services of pe
culiar interest at the Presbyterian
church this week. There will be no
prayer meeting service on Wednes
day but at 8:15 p. m. on Saturday
there will be held a service prepara
tory to the communion service to be
observed at eleven o’clock Sunday
morning. All are cordially invited
and urged to arrange the engage,
ments of the week so as to be pre
sent at these services.
MERCHANTS TO
CLOSE JULY 4TH
We the undersigned merchants
agree to close our store on July
4th.
Woodall’s Inc., by H. H. Wood
all; J. D. Spiers, Peedin & Peedin,
M. Hurwitz, Vara L. Smith &
Co., Pender’s Store, T. C. Jordan
& Son, Crum pier-Jones Fur. Co.,
Coats Hdw. Co., Turnage & Tal
ton, Jordan.Edmundson, J. W.
Phillips, R. Lewis, J. E. Gregory,
A. & P. Tea Co., W. Rubenstein,
W. M. Sanders & Son, Cotter
Underwood Co., A. G. Rabil, W. J.
Huntley, Austin-Stephenson Co.,
Charles Davis, Quality Shop, N.
B. Grantham.
LOCAL UNIT GOES
TO CAf IN AUG.
Date Set For Local Nation
al Guards To Camp At
Fort Bragg Is August
2nd to 16th.
ENTITLED TO 76 MEN
The 2nd Bn. Hq. Det. & Com. Trn.,
17th F. A. NC-NG St. Julien L.
Springs, Commanding officer receiv
ed General orders No. 11 from the
Adjutant General’s Department, Ral
eigh, which directs (1) That under
authority of the Secretary of War
and the provisions of the National
Defense Act a fifteen day camp of
instruction inclusive. (2) The follow
ing organizations of the 17th Field
Artillery North Carolina National
Guard having received Federal recog
nition, will attend the fifteen day
camp, and at the conclusion of the
same will return to their proper sta_
tions.
Headquarters & Headquarters Bat
tery, Dunn.
Service Battery, New Bern, (with
band section).
lst.Bn. Hq. Det. & Com. Trn..
Youngsville.
Battery A. Goldsboro.
Battery B. Louisburg.
2nd Bn. Hq. Det. & Com. Smith
field.
Battery C. Washington.
Battery D. New Bern.
3rd Bn. Hq. Det. & Com. trn.,
Bryson City.
Battery E. Hendersonville.
Battery F. Monroe.
Medical Detatchment, Goldsboro.
It is estimated that the present
NC-NG. is 1110 men and 61 officers
under commandof Col. William T.
Joyner, Raleigh. The roster of the
Smithfield organization is as fol
lows:
St. Julien L. Springs, Commanding
officer. 1st Lt. Horace L. Johnson;
2nd Lt. Luby Royall; 1st Sgt. (va
cant until order for appointment).
Staff Sgt. William E. Barbour; Sup
ply Sgt. Junius V. Peterson; Mess
Sgt. Lonzo R. Dodd; Duty Sgts. Lyn
don Jordam, William H. Fuller,
Frank L. Skinner, Nicolas A. Avera;
Corporals Sam H. Stallings, Frank
M. Wallace, Norwood T. Holland,
Maurice A. Biggs, Hugh S. Wellons,
Thomas E. Fuller, Clarence E. Ste
phenson, Kenneth L. Parrish Marvin
E. Woodall; Privates 1st class, C. G.
Grady C. R. Adams, S. R. Lassiter,
C. R. Pittman, R. S. Stanley, Ray_
mond Stephenson, T. S. Ragsdale, Jr.,
A H. Johnson, H. B. Wellons, T. B.
Creech, Wilbert Blackman, W. L.
Turner, R. F. Lee, J. L. Strickland,
Jesse Coats, Willie M. Parker, T, F.
Stallings, C. L. Beasley;** Privates,
Walter J. Barbour, Henry A Benson,
B. W. Booker, Frederick H. Brooks,
Jr., Thomas R. Fulghum, J. J. Ham
ilton, Cleveland Eason, N. C. Hatha
day. Thel Hooks, Bugler: J. L. Jones,
Cook; W. J. Jordan, E C. Lamm,
Richard Moore, W. L. Moore, D. G.
Patrick, L. A. Peterson, Horace
Smith, J. F. Stancil, L. T\ Stencil,
C. W. Stanley, Roscoe Taylor, E W.
Turner, James Ute’y, V,. B Warren,
L E- Watson, fr, J. H. Wellons, j!
A. Wood, J. J. Young W. E. Parker,
M. R. Good.
Capt. Springs stated -‘tint it is
noted from the schedule outlining the
(Continued on page 5
SELMA REGISTRAR
GIVES jTATEMENT
Mr. W. L. Roberts Answers
Article of Judge A. M.
Noble In Recent Issue of
The Smxthfield Herald.
DENIES ANY FRAUD
In reply to Mr. A. M. Noble’s ar
ticlt in a recent issue of The Smith
field Herald in which he claims that
he was defrauded out of the nomina
tion for Judge of the Recorder’s
Court by fellow Democrats and char- *
ges me with having assisted in de_
frauding him in Selma, I wish to
say that I gave the defeated candi
date my vote and support and, as
an officer of the Primary, honestly
endeavored to deal equal justice to
him and his opponent, Mr.. Martin.
I deny that I, or any one else in my
knowledge, defrauded him of a single
vote in Selma Township, and I be
lieve that he was defeated simply
because the people preferred to have
another man in his place.
I have had no experience in poli
tics and was asked to serve as Reg
istrar in another’s place. I received
printed instructions a few days be
fore the Primary but admit that I
was so busy with my own business
affairs that I did not study them as
I should have done. However, it was
my idea and the idea of the officers
of the Election to conduct an hon
est and square election and I know
that it was conducted. After having
voted for him and after having con
ducted the election as well as I
knew how, the defeated candidate
has seen fit to publicly publish me
as a crook and a liar. It is not
my purpose to enter into
a controversy with a a disappoint
ed candidate. The object of this let
ter is to explain the facts of the pub
lic as they really are. My conscience
is clear and I can sleep at night.
I opened the polls in Selma on sun
rise on Saturday. I was there all
day, missing my dinner and supper.
When the polls closed at sun_set in
was decided that 1 -hoald take charge
of the State box xnd that Mr. Whit
ley, the Poll Holder and others, should
count the County box. Mr. Whit
ley was assisted in that county by
friends and relatives of ti e defeated
candidate. The tally f the County
box, with which I had nothing to do,
was made upon four sheets of paper.
As soon as that count was complet
ed, the totals of the four sheets
were added together, showing a to
tal of 236 for Noble and 107 for
Martin, and this result was phoned
to Smithfield.
When the count was completed
around 11 o’clock, it was found ihat
we had nothing with which to rail
up the County box, and thereupon, F.
B. Whitley, E. J. Sasser and I took
all boxes to my store, entered the
store, which had been closed, con_
cealed boxes under a box counter and
placed all books and tally sheets in
, the safe. We were all tired and hun
gry and had no time to fill out the
returns as directed by a strict com
pliance with the election law.
On Monday morning we took the
books and papers from the safe, but
overlooked one of the four tally
; sheets, and carried them to Smith
field. There, with the help of Mr.
W. T. Adams, I filled out the re
j turns on a basis of three sheets, in^
stead of four, honestly under the
impression that the three sheets rep
resented the full vote. That result
showed 151 for Noble and 72 for Mar
tin. '
When Mr. Noble learned of that
report and saw the difference be
tween his majority in that count and
the Saturday night report, he natur.
ally wished to see the tally sheets.
I Not until then did I know that I had
failed to carry all sheets to Smith
field and that the entire vote had not
been returned. I went with him to
Selma and found the missing sheet
in my safe, where I had left it. A
retally of all four sheets ga /e the
original \%te of 236 for Noble and
107 for Martin.
(Continued on page 4)