CONVICTS SHE
AT HOAD CAMP
Six Negroes Refused To Go
To Work Friday Morn
ing ; Put On Bread and
Water Diet.
TROI BLE IS SOON SETTLED
“Trouble in the camp,” is a fre- \
quent figurative expression, but it i
literally happened in the convict |
camp just across the river, Friday
morning, when six of the negro pris
oners refused to obey the summons
to go to work. Superintendent Rack
ley put them on a bread and water
diet for twenty-four hours and Sat_
urday morning three of them were
quite willing to go to wrork. Three
of them, however, were still inclined
to give trouble, and Mr. Rackley
sent for the County Health officer.
Dr. Thel Hooks to pass on their phy
sical condition, and at the same time
notified the sheriff that he might
need his assistance.
The three men were declared able
to work and they finally gave in.
They were, however, punished by be
ing given a number of lashes accord
ing to the part they played in the
affair. Ulias Eason was the ringleader
of the six who together with the oth
er five were worked under guard. It
developed that their reason for re
fusing to work ws due to the influ
ence of former white prisoner who
had told them they did not have to
work and neither was it lawful for
them to be whipped and made to do
so. No fault wTas found with the treat
ment received at the hands of the
officers in charge of the camp, not
withstanding which fact, feeling
against Superintendent Rackley, it
was reported, ran high Thursday
night among some of the negroes at
Grantham, a negro settlement near
the camp, some ugly threats W'ere
said to have been made, but the
later presence of officers of the lawr,
who upheld the course of Supt. Rack
ley, quieted things down, and no fur
ther trouble is anticipated.
UNITY
“In unity there is strength.” When
will we as American citizens, as lov
ers of our own country, our own
state, our own town, and <ur own
homes, begin to put this into prac
tice. Never was there a truer saying
than “A house divided against it_
self cannot stand.” As this is true of
home, so it is with the State, the
United States, and the world. When
we begin to follow the golden rule
and think of our own welfare as
secondary to the welfare of the Na
tion, we are going to find that this
old world is a better place to live
in. The time has come wnen we should
cease to think merely in terms of
localities or locally. We cannot afford
longer to be parochial in our
thoughts or acts. All that has been
accomplished in the past for nation
al betterment has been through the
united efforts of our great men and
women—men and women united in
their love for God and their fellow
man. Never was the opportunity
greater than today for all American
citizens to become world workers.
The time for thinkers has indeed
come.
If the redemption of the world is
to come through unity—as all the
thinkers of today are declaring—and
we can become united in the com
mon cause only as the meaning of
the admonition, “Love thy neighbor
as thyself,” is learned and fulfilled,
would it not be well for us to set
to work to learn the real meaning
and to apply it in our homes, in our
business, in our city, state, and na
tional affairs, for in this way alone
lies the great hope of humanity.
James Moffat, D. D., has translat
ed the thirteenth chapter of 1 Corin
thians in part as follow's: “Love is
very patient, very kind. Love knows
no jealousy; love makes no parade,
gives itself no airs, is never rude,
never selfish, never irritated, never
resentful; love is never glad when
others go wrong; love is gladdened
by goodness, always slow to expose,
always eager to believe the best, al
ways hopeful, always patieni. Love
Miss Humphrey Wins
$5 Prize In Contest
A few weeks ago The Herald
started a little contest for the
best suggestion as to the name for
a picture which was published.
The contest closed on July 15
quite a number from various parts
of the county having sent in names
The titles were submitted to five
judges as follows: Mrs. I). T.
Lunceford, Miss Mary E. Wells,
Messrs. H. V. Rose, Donnell Whar_
ton and George Ragsdale. The de
cision of the jndges gave one vote
for Mrs. Alma McCullers of Clay
ton whose title was. “Mother,
Jack and I are Married;” two
votes each to Miss Margaret John
son of Four Oaks, title: “A Son-in
1,aw’s Welcome,” and Miss Alice
Humphrey, of Zebulon whose title
was: “A Leap Year's Victim.” In
order to break the tie between
Miss Wellons and Miss Humphrey,
the judge voting for Mrs. McCul
lers was asked to decide between
those two, with the result that
No. 55, Miss Humphuey, was de
clared the winner of the five dol
lars offered.
“The Covered Wagon”
Here for This Week
Moving picture fans will have the
opportunity to seen an unusually
good picture at the Victory Theatre
this week—Emerson Hough’s, “The
Covered Wagon,” a story that has
been quite popular, and which will
take its place among the historical
novels of the United States. This pic
ture tells the story of the develop
ment of the United States and the
experiences of the characters fur_
nish plenty of thrills.
Several Indians who took part in
Custer’s Last Fight are in the cast
of “The Covered Wagon.” One scene
depicts an attack upon a two-mile
wagon train by a thousand real In
dians. Another shows a buffalo hunt
that is said to furnish the thrill of a
life-time. The stampede is said to be
real.
Some 500 prairie schooners, 100
horses, 600 oxen, hundreds of actors
and a 1000 Indians from six different
tribes, go to make up this stupendous
production,
Smithfield will have opportunity to
see this famous picture three days
this week, today, tomorow and Thurs
day, two performances each day, one
i nthe evening at 8 o’clock and in the
afternoon at 3 o’clock. A six-piece or
chestra' will furnish music.
Prayer Meeting
The prophecy of Amos will be stu
died at the Presbyterian church Wed
nesday evening at 8:15. Amos a
preacher who called a “spade a
spade” and his message will be found
to apply most appropriately to con
ditions today. All God’s people are
invited to, gather for this study of
God’s word.
NEW UNION STATION
AT SELMA IS OPENED
Selma, July 19.—A dream of ten
long years came true Thursday when
Selma’s handsome new union station
was thrown open to the public .The
station is equipped with brand new
furniture throughout and has in it
a Union News Stand with fixtures
valued at over three thousand dol
lars.
Selma is proud of this station and
is more than thankful to those who
made it possible. Mr. Eckels, General
Passenger Agent of Wilmington, Mr.
Sibley, superintendent of Rocky
Mount, and Mr. Reece, of Norfolk,
were met at the station by a com
mittee from the Kiwanis Club and
were royally entertained while here.
Thursday evening these gentlemen
were guests of honor at the regular
weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis
Club.
Stumps and modern farm machin
ery don’t and won’t get along to
gether.
never disappears.”
This is the kind of love the world
is in need of today. When this sense
of love is understood and practiced,
unity will surely result.—The Caro
lina Jeffersonian.
JOHNSTON GO. UNIT
EXTENDS SYMPATHY
Cotton Growers in Session
Here Pass Resolutions of
Respect For W. M. San
ders, Deceased.
WAS EX PRES. ASSOCIATION
In appreciation of the splendid
service of Mr. W. M. Sanders, de
ceased, for the course of cooperative
marketing, the Johnston County
group of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association
passed the following resolution .ex_
pressing their sympathy for their
ex-president:
WHEREAS: In the providence of
God, William Marsh Sanders, after a
long and useful life, has been called
to his Eternal Home, and
WHEREAS: The passing of W. M.
Sanders means the loss to Johnston
county and Smithfield of one of the
men whose service has been always
for the improvement of the moral,
the industrial and the agricultural
life of the county and State, and
WHEREAS: Since the organiza
tion of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association and
the Tri-State Tobacco Growers As
sociation, Mr. Sanders has been one
of the most loyal, most enthusiastic
and most active workers in and for
the success of the Associations, and
has served the members devotedly as
a member of the Board of Directors
and as the President of the Cotton
Growers Association,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
By the Johnston County Unit of .ho"’
North Carolina Cotton Growers Co
| operative Association an dthe Tri
; State Tobacco Growers Association in
regular monthly meeting; assembled,
that the members of this uni tdeeply
deplore the passing of William Marsh
Sanders and feel keenly their own
loss and the loss of the County in
the death of this honorable and suc
cessful citizen, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the deepest sympathy of the
members of this organization be ex
pressed to the members of the sor
rowing family, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that a copy of these resolutions be
sent to The Smithfield Herald, the
1 North Carolina Cotton Grower and
the Tri_State Tobacco Grower for
publication.
Signed Percy Peacock, Pres.
N. B. Stevens, Sec.
SAY CHICAGO YOUTHS
HAVE CONFESSED TO
A SECOND MURDER
Chicago, July 20.—Motions cover
ing the procedure in the trial of
Nathan Leopold. Jr,, and Richard
Loeb for the kidnapping and slaying
of young Robert Franks will be pre
I sented and argued tomorrow before
Chief Justice John R. Caveriy. A ma
jority of the motions, expected to
I be made by Clarence Darrow, chief
^ of counsel for the defense, will be
matters of routine, although the de
fense may ask for achange of venue
! or a delay in opening for the trial
which is scheduled for August fourth.
The Chicago Herald and Exam
| iner printed a story today saying that
the two wealthy university students
had confessed to the murder of Free,
man L. Tracy, 24 whose body, shot
and beaten, was found on a street
i near the homes of Leopold and Loeb.
The story also says that the boys
admitted having mutilated Charles
Ream, a taxicab chauffeur.
The confession, the newspapers
stated, were not made to the state,
but before attorneys and alicifists for
the defense.
CAMP WATER SUPPLY GOOD
There has been some question as
to the drinking water at Camp Tus
carora where the boy scouts of this
section of the state have been camp
ing for three weeks. The boys are
using the water from the punjp at
Holt Lake, and Dr. Thel Hooks, the
County Health Officer, received an
analysis of the water Friday, which
showed that it is free from pollution.
SINGE BABY LEFT
ON PORCH OF HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Junius Parrish
Awakened By Baby’s
Cries Thursday Night and
Take Her In.
NOW IN HOSPITAL HEKE
Some unknown person to whose
identity there is not the least clue,
played a comic-tragic role on the
State Highway between Smithfield
and Clayton on the night of the 17th
when a baby was left on the porth
of Mr. and Mrs. Junius Parrish.
The baby, a beautiful blue-eyed,
dark-haired girl., apparently about
two months of age was left on Mr.
Parrish’s porch in a basket between
ten and eleven o’clock. The wardrobe
consisted of only a very few arti
cles of clothing and two coco-cola
bottles of cold milk.
Mr. Parrish retired about ten o’
clock. At eleven, his wife was awak
ened by the baby’s crying. Thinking
some one had stopped on her porch
out of a slight shower, she went to
the door to behold a novel spectacle—
a deserted baby crying and strug
gling alone in her basket.
The matter was reported to Mr.
E. R. Gulley, a member of the board
of the county commissioners, who
turned the matter over to the Coun
tiy Superintendent o fPublic Wel_
fare, who took charge of the child
and placed her for temporary care
in the Smithfield Memorial Hospital.
The little girl had many callers
during the day she spent at the
Parrish home. Visitors continue to
call since her removal to the hospital
and many have expressed their will
ingness to share their home with her.
Incidentally this is the second
abandoned baby that the county
welfare officer has taken to the hos
pital within the month. The first one,
a three-months-old boy, was admitted
there about June 20. Both children
are doing nicely under the care of the
hospital.
SHAVER TO CONDUCT
DAVIS’ CAMPAIGN
New York, July 18.-Clem L.
Shaver, of West Virginia, will man
age the campaign of John W. Davis,
Democratic Presidential candidate,
which will be formally launched at
Clarksburg, W. Va., on the night of
August 11 with the official notifica
tion of Mr. Davis of his nomination.
This announcement was made late
today by Mr. Davis before he de
parted for Isleboro, Maine, where
he will spend ten days, with his
time divided between rest and the
mapping out in his own mind of the
form and substance of his address
of acceptance. ,
LOCAL CHURCH ITEMS
Congregation at the Baptist and
Presbyterian churches in Smithfield
were swollen last Sunday by addi
tions from the Methodist congrega
tion. the Methodist pastor, Rev. D
II. Tuttle, being out of town. Rev.
J. R. Woods preached at the Presby
terian church, and the Baptist pas
tor, Rev. S. L. Morgan, preached
morning and night at the Baptist
church, a male quartet, made up
partly from the Methodist choir,
greatly pleasing the congregation at
night. The pastor announced that he
will fill all his appointments at the
Baptist church until the second Sun
day in August, after which he ex
pects to take a short vacation. An.
nouncement was made also of : n im
portant meeting at 10:30 a. m., r.ext,
Saturday at the Baptist rch, at
which the pastors and rep repent.- lives
are expected to be present from all
the churches of the association
Last Sunday afternoon Mr. Morgan
baptized eleven members for the
Wilson Mills Baptist church, -.cting
for the student-pastor, Rev, S. N.
Lamb, of Wake Forest who had not
been ordained. The naptism was in
Swift cheek south of Wilson’s Mills.
It is much better to learn from a
paying teller that you have money
coming to you than it is from a for
tune teller.
*New Bryan Pictures
f] / n* i
♦
Latest studio picture of Chas. W
Bryan, Democratic Vice-Presidential
nominee, taken since his nomination.
Lower picture is of Mrs. Bryan, wife
of the nominee.
Smithfield Folks Are
Caught In Heavy Rain
Mr. Bernice Jones spent Sunday
in Wilmington, and was in a part of
the heavy down pour of rain whicn
fell there Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Jones said it way the heaviest rain
fall he has eve- seen. Fo rsix hours
it poured in torrents. Market strut
was running waist high in water, and
for hours, the benches in Pembroke
Park were covered in water all ex
cept the backs. It took Mr. Jones
sqyen and a half hours to make the
return trip home, only about four
hours usually being required. With
Mr. Jones Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
D. W. Peterson and children, Mr. / nd
Mrs. Itoy Keen and little daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Verney Peterson, Miss
es Edith Creech and Josephine Peed
in, who are spending this week at
Wrightsville Beach.
MEETING BAPTIST
CHURCH SATURDAY
Next Saturday a meeting of inter,
est to the Baptists all over the coun
ty will be held at the Smithfield Bap
tist church, beginning at 10:30. Rev.
Walter M. Gilmore of Raleigh will
be one of the principal speakers. It
is expected that all the pastors of the
Johnston county association will be
present, and representatives from
most of the churches. The aim is to
lay plans for the 1925 program of
work in the denomination, following
the completion of the 75 Million
Campaign. It is earnestly requested
that at least one or more of the most
active members in every church in
the association will be present. Other
matters of much importance will be
taken up, and the meeting should be
of great value to all the churches of
the denomination in the county.
ONIONS WEIGH OVER POUND
EACH
Mr. Percy Barnes of the Sanders
Chapel section says he does not raise
cabbage and therefore has nothing to
say about the big cabbage he has
been reading about in The Herald.
But he can grow onions as big as
anyone. Without any special fertil:
zer or special variety, his onions are
unusually large. He picked up a
bunch of eight at random recently,
laid them on the scales and they
weighed eight pounds. Two of the
biggest weighed together two and a
half pounds. The onions were too
large around to go in a half gallon
measure.
Miss Ward to Return
In the list of teachers published
in our last issue, the name of Miss
Glenn Ward was overlooked. Miss
Ward held a position in the primary
department last year, and has ac„
cepted a position for the coming year.
FORMAL CALL FOR
SPECIAL SESSION
Governor Morrison Issues
Call For Legislature To
Meet In Special Session
August 7th.
TWO ITEMS MENTIONED
Formal summons to the General
Assembly of North Carolina to con
vene at 11 o’clock on the morning
of Thursday, August 7th, to rectify
certain ambiguities in the wording
of the proposed sinking fund amend
ment to the constitution, and to #
consider the report and recommenda
tions of the State Ship and Water
Transportation Commission, is con
tained in a proclamation issued by
Governor Cameron Morrision at noon
yesterday.
While these matters form the basis
for the Governor’s call, under the
law of North Carolina, the business
of the Special Session cannot be re
stricted to these declared emergen
cies.
It is significant that the Governor
cited as first emergency the situation
which confronts the State in the sub
mission of the constitutional amend
ment making sinking funds inviol
able to the voters in the General
election.
Under the existing policy of the
State and statues governing, the
automobile license and gasoline taxes,
after some deductions go into the
creation of a sinking fund, which,
in the space of forty odd years, it
I is estimated, will retire the existing
road bond issues of $(>5,000,000.
Chapter 223 of the Public Laws of
1923 which submits the amendment
for the inviolability of sinking funds
provides that the sinking funds
shall be set up out of the general
funds of the State whereas, statutes
now operative provide that the High
way sinking fund be paid out of
the revenue from automobile license
and gasoline taxes.
After specifying that acts passed
heretofore or hereafter creating sink
ing funds may not be repealed, the
proposed amendment adds as a pro
viso:
“Provided that all sinking funds
shall be set up from the general
revenue of the State and not from
any particular tax which may be
levied and such sinking fund, so set
up shall be used for the purpose of
retiring the bonds for which the
sinking funds is set up and for no
other purposes.” ,
Belief that a special session would
be called was made a certainty on
May 23, 1924, when the report of the
Ship and Water Transportation Com
mission was submitted to the Gover
nor, recommending the full accept
ance of his proposal that the State
erect docks and terminals on the
navigable waters of the State, and
that if necessary lines of ships be
leased or bought and operated. The
Governor immediately declared that
he would submit the report to the
General Assembly in special session.
The call for the session follows:
To the Honorable, the General As
sembly of North Carolina:
Believing that a n extraordinary
occasion for a special session of the
General Assembly, such as. is re
ferred to in Article III of section
Nine, of the Constitution of our
State, has arisen and now exists, as
hereinafter set forth; and my own
belief being strengthened by the ad
vice of the Council of State, duly
given me in a resolution adopted by
the Council at a meeting on the 16th
day of June, 1924: <
Now, Therefore, I Cameron Morri_
son, Governor of North Carolina, do
hereby issue this Proclamation, call
ing your Honorable Body to meet in
extraordinary session on Thursday,
August 7th, at 11 o’clock, A. M., in
the State Capitol at Raleigh, and I
respectfully request that the Senators
and Members of the House of Repre
sentatives assemble in their respec
tive halls on the day and hour men
tioned, for the purpose of meeting
the emergencies which have arisen by
reason of the fact:
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