VOL. 43
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1924
NO. 67.
GO. BAR COMMENDS
JUDGE BARNHILL
Grand Jury Recommends
The Enforcement of The
Sunday Law in Johnston
County.
COURT ADJOURNED FRIDAY
The August term of criminal Su
perior court adjourned Friday night
after a strenuous five days work. The
court was conducted in a manner that
reflected credit to the judge, and the
Johnston county Bar Association pass
ed the following resolution commend,
ing his work:
“Resolved by the Bar of Johnston
County, that we go on record as en
dorsing Jude M. V. Bt rnhilli for his
eminent fairness and impartiality as
a presiding officer i nd highly ap_
predate his efficiencj in the dispatch
of business, and truly esteem his
courteous and affable manners upon
the Bench.”
The Grand Jury finished its work
and made a report to Judge M. V.
Barnhill on Thursday. The report in
cluded a recommendation that the
Sunday law be enforced H the coun
ty, mentioning the fact that it was
not being observed.
Then entire report as filed as fol
lows:
1st. We wish to return oui thanks
to the court for the courteous treat
ment we received at the hands of the
court and to the solicitor for his will
ingness at all times to assist us in
the performance of our duties.
2nd. We have carefully examined
all bills of indictment presented to
us by the coyrt and have made true
returns on the same in accordance
with the evidence in the case .
3rd. We have reviewed the list of
guardians and find nothing irregular
sofar as we know.
4th. We have visited the County
Jail and find same in excellent con
dition, the best of sanitary condi
tions prevailing.
5th. We have visited all the offices
in the court house and find them in
excellent condition so far as we are
able ascertain. The respective offi.
cers were cordial and accommodating.
6th. On visiting the county home
we found good, sanitary conditions,
particularly the rooming and eating
quarters.
7th. We visited the Convict Camp
and found the conditions good with
the rooming and eating quarters ex
ceptionally sanitary.
8th. We recommend that all J. P.’s
of the county take notice of the fact
that county stores and other busi
nesses are open for business on the
Sabbath and that the law be enforc
ed with regard thereto.
This the 14th day of August, 1924
N. B. GRANTHAM,
Foreman of the Grand Jury.
The following cases complete tm
docket as disposed of before the ad
journment of court.
State vs. Robert Hines charget
with house breaking and larceny
Guilty, five years in the State prison
State vs. R. A. McLamb chargee
with assault. Guilty. Twelve months
on the roads Appealed to Supreme
Court.
State vs Artemus Sutton chargee
with housebreaking and larceny. Guil
ty. Three years in Morrison Training
School.
State vs. Wilber Horton chargee
with violation of the prohibition laws
Guilty. Prayer for judgment continu
ed until December term of court.
State vs. Wiley Creech (O’Neals
Township), charged with abuse of fe.
male under 14 years of age. Guilty
Prayer for judgment continued un
tijf the December term
State vs. J. A. Canaday charget
with violation of the prohibition laws
Guilty. Prayer for judgment continu
ed to the December term.
State vs. Effie Fellows chafget
with murder of new born twin babies
Guilty. Sentenced to State prison foi
not less than fiften years nor mors
than 20 years.
State vs. Dacy Welcher charget
Smithfield Schools To
Open September 3rd
The date for opening the graded
school here has been set for Wed
nesday, Sept. 3. Supt. Franks, who
has been attending summer school
at Wake Forest, will arrive in
the city today and spend the inter
vening two weeks in getting
things in shape for the opening.
Supt Franks feels that he has se
cured a competent faculty to han
dle the large number of pupils who
now come to our school.
STILL CAPTURED
Friday night between midnight and
dawn Mr. H. H. Hinton, deputy
sheriff of Wilders township, and
chief J. H. Griffin, of Selma, cap
tured a 25_gallon capacity still in
Wilders township. A charge had been
Vun off and sugar for another charge
was being poured out when the offi
cers captured the still. Two gallons
jof beer were turned out and a ne
gro, Jim Skinner, was arrested. He
'was brought to jail but secured a
| bondsman and was allowed to go home
Saturday morning.
Train Cuts Off
Three Fingers
Attis Lane, of Selma, Route 2, was
painfully injured at Selma Sunday
when the train cut off three fingers
of nis left hand. Mr. Lane, who is a
soldier at Fort Bragg, had been on
a visit to his home and was returning
; to Fort Bragg. He slipped and fell
I when trying to board the train, the
train passing over his fingers. He
was brought to the hospital here
and was given medical attention.
SENATE VOTES
FOR REFERENDUM
The Senate Friday night by a vote
of 27 to 14 retained the referendum
provision in the Water Transporta
tion bill which provides a bond issue
of $7,000,000 for port terminals and
and additional sum of $1,500,000 for a
| ship line, if found necessary by the
! Port Commission of seven members,
which is created by the bill. The
; result had been anticipated but the
| margin was unexpectedly large.
The vote, which was the first to
be taken on the measure, came short
ly after midnight, following a debate
of seven hours in which members
of the Senate joined.—News and Ob
server.
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FORD OUT OF POLITICS
Lansing, Mich., Today.— Secretary
of State Deland today announced that
he has received a telegram from Hen
ry Ford asking that Ford’s name be
j taken from the list of republican can
didates for the nomination of United
| States senator. His name will be
| stricken from the ballot.
CULLING DEMONSTRATION
Immediately after the co-op meet
ing to be held here Wednesday after
noon, a culling demonstration in pre
paration for shipping chickens in the
proposed county shipment, will be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
O. V. Booker, between here and Sel
ma. Any interested persons are invit
ed to be present.
with assault with intent to commit
rape. Guilty. Sentenced to State
Prison for ten years.
State vs. .John Henry Major charg
ed with housebreaking. Guilty. Eigh
1 teen months on the roads.
State vs. Ed Eason charged with
1 larceny and receiving stolen goods.
■ Guilty. Sentenced to 12 months on
roads. Capias to issue at the request
of solicitor to pay one-half of cost
and must appear at December term
and show that he has satisfied the
merchants and farmers as to their
loss.
Two murder cases which were on
' docket—that of the State vs. W. F.
Pope charged with the murder of
' Elbert Strickland and that of the
State vs. Margolis Watson charged
with murder were continued until
I the next term of criminal court.
GOOLIDGE ACCEPTS
PARTY NOMINATION
Declares For Honesty and
Economy At Home and
Peace Abroad.
OUTLINES HIS \ l E W S
Washington, Aug. 14.—A “govern
ment of common sense” dedicated to
honesty and economy at home and
peace abroad, was promised tonight
by President Cooildge in formally ac
cepting the nomination of the repub_
Jican party as its candidate for Pre
sident.
Declaring domestic affairs of chief
concern to the nation. Mr. Coolidge
proposed further tax reduction and
“more tax reform” and announced
his intention to »ppoint a committee
to investigate means of aiding ag
riculture.
He summed up the foreign policy
of the administration in a single
word—peace—and promised to pro
pose after the Dawes reparation plan
gets under way another conference
to consider further limitation of
armaments and codification of inter
national law.
Addressing himself to possible op
position party issues. Mr. Coolidge
referred to the question of honest
government and replied tht “the
government is sound” and would pro
secute wrongdoers fearlessly. He re
ferred to a probable “discussion of
liberal thought and progressive ac_
tion.” in the campaign and answer
ed that liberality in thought and pro
gress in action is all well enough for
the country, ’’but its greatest asset is
common sense.”
The address was devoted largely
to a review of the accomplishments
of the administration during the
last your years, and contained a spe
cific program for the future in
which the President outlined his
views in characteristics short, pun
gent sentences.
Detailing his views, the President
announced he favored,.
The principle of protection.
The child labor amendment.
The permanent court of interna
tional justice.
Further limitation of armaments.
Support by the government in en
couraging American citizens and re
sources to assist in restoring Eu_
rope.
Enforcement of the prohibitation
laws.
Specifically he declared opposition
to any general extension of gov
ernment ownership and control and
to aggressive war.
The nominee laid particular stress
on agriculture, taxes and foreign re
lations.
Misses Leonard and Penny Tour
the West
Friends in the city will be inter
ested to know that Misses Lorene Leo
nard and Jessie Penny, members of
the graded school faculty, are tak
ing a trip through the Western part
of the United States. Cards to
friends here indicate that they have
visited Colorado Springs, Salt Lake
City, Yellowstone Park, points in
Arizona and San Francisco, Cal.
Another Set of Siamese Twins
Quite a number of freaks of na
ture has been brought to our atten
tion recently, the latest being another
set of twin apples grown together
Mr. W. J. Massengill, who lives on
Four Oaks Route 4, show’ed us this
unusual growth, and we wandered
again how these apples ggrew in such
a manner.
At The Episcopal Church
Rev. George M. Manley, rector oi
St. Paul’s Episcopal church will be
gin Monday evening August 25, s
series of confirmation lectures to be
held each Monday evening at the
church. The first lecture will be on
the creed.
ANNUAL COUNTY S.
S. CONVENTION MEET
Kenly Methodist Church
Will Be The Place and
September 16th and 17th
The Time.
PENNANT TO BE GIVEN
It is announced by officers of John
ston County Sunday School Associa
tion that the annual County Sunday
School Convention will be held on
Tuesday and Wednesday, September
16 and 17 in the Methodist Church
at Kenly.
Taking a prominent part in the
program will be the following well
known Sunday school workers. Mr.
D. W. Simms, Raleigh, General Sup
erintendent of the North Carolina
Sunday school Association and Miss
Daisy Magee, Raleigh, Children’s Di
vision Superintendent of the same or
ganization. In addition to these out
side speakers a number of the most
prominent pastors and Sunday School
workers in the county will take part
in the various sessions* of the conven_
tion.
In charge of the arrangements for
the convention are Mr. L, T. Royal
and Miss Corinna Sanders, President
and Secretary of the County Sunday
School Association. These officers
are requesting the cooperation of all
pastors, superintendents and other
Sunday School leaders in the effort to
make the convention a success.
Following a plan started at the
county convention last year, the offi
cers have announced that again this
year a pennant will be presented to
the Sunday School having present in
the convention the largest number
of representatives sixteen years of
age and over, according to the number
of miles travelled. The number of rep
resentatives from each Sunday
School will be multiplied by the num
ber of miles from that church to the
Convention Church, and the Sunday
School having the largest total will
receice the pennant. It is expected tha1
there will b much frindly competi
tion for the pennant among the Sun
day Schools of the county. The Sun
day School with which the conven
tion is held, and others within one
mile, will not compete for the pen
nant.
Cannady-Adams
A beautiful home wedding marked
with simplicity and dignity was sol
emnized at the ohme of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Moring, 320 North Seventh St.
on Tuesday, August Fifth, when their
sister, Miss Mattie Adams of Tipton,
became the bride of Mr. William H.
Cannady, of Richmond, Va. The cer_
emony was performed by Rev. Pendle
ton of this city.
Only a few intimate friends and rel
atives of the bride were present to
witness this impresive scene.
The bride was becomingly gowned
in blue georgette crepe wit haccessor
ies to match and carried a boquet ot
lillies of the valley and orchids. The
groom wore conventional black. The
home had been made attractive with
carnations, gladiolas and lilacs, ar
tistically arranged. The impressive
ring ceremony was used, little Kath
erine Moring, niece of the bride, be
ing ring barr'..
Th brid, a formr student of Cen.
tral Normal College, hac establshee
quite a rputation as instructor in the
primary grades of the Tipton school
She has endeared herself to a numbei
of friends in this section of the state
who regret to see her leave.
The groom, a graduate of the de
partment of pharmacy of the Medica
College of Virginia, holds a positioi
as pharmacists with the Andersoi
Pharmacy in Richmond.
The happy pair left Thursday morn
ing on an eastern tour to visit rel
atives in Benson, N, C. and Richmond
Both have a host of friends whose
good wishes go with them td thei
new home.
j-Fredrick (Okla.) Leader
Hog With 7 Feet
Proving a Curiosity
Mr. W V Taylor, of this city,
has a freak hog that is quite a
curiosity to all who have seen
him He has seven feet, two per
fectly formed feet on the right
leg and two on each of the front
legs. The extra hind foot is joined
near the ankle of the right foot
and sets firmly on the ground be.
side the other. The extra front
feet are slightly shorter but are
well formed. The hog is a male
Hampshire and is six months old.
Mr. Taylor has’ been offered
$10,000 for the hog if he proves
as represented and Mr. Taylor has
had pictures made and sent to the
prospective buyer. Mr. Taylor
lives on Hancock street next to
Mr. E. J. Wellons’ home.
HOUSE BURNED
Mr. I. H. Stephenson of Pleasant
Grove township had the misfortune to
lose his home Saturday night by fire.
It caught in the kitchen and was dis
covered about 8:30 o’clock. It is mt
known what caused the blaze. Hard
work saved the contents of the Iwo
front rooms. The loss, which is esti
mated at $7,000, was partly covered
by insurance.
Governor Issues
A Proclamation
The Governor of North Carolina
signed a proclamation on August 8,
1024, indorsing the War Department
plans for National Defense Day,
! Sept. 12, 1924. Governor Morison
i stressed the necessity of every pat
riotic citizen lending his support on
that day, and calls upon everyone ir.
| North Carolina “to demonstrate ful
ly the patriotic spirit of this great
I State and cause the aforesaid Defense
Test to be a complete success.” The
proclamation follows:
“WHEREAS, the President of the
United States ljas authorized the
War Department to proceed with the
| project for a demonstration of Na_
tional Defense plans on September
12, 1924, the sixth anniversary of the
Battle of St. Mihiel, and WHEREAS,
it is of vital necessity for the suc
cess of the Defense Test that every
patriotic citizen lend his or her
hearty support, NOW, THEREFORE,
I. Cameron Morrison, Governor of
North Carolina, do solemnly and
i earnestly enjoin each and every cit
izen of this State to do the utmost
either by active participation or
within his or her respective power,
sympathetic support, to demonstrate
fully the patriotic spirit of this great
State and cause the aforesaid De
fense Test to be complete success.”
Governor of North Carolina.
(Signed): Cameron Morrison,
REVIVAL AT PISGAH
Rev. R. L. Gay, pastor of Pisgah
Baptist church requests us to an
nouunce that a series of meetings
will begin at Pisgah Friday night,
August 22, and will continue through
the fourth* Sunday. Rev. A. C .Mc_
Call of Bunn’s Level, will do the
preaching and a singer from Buie’s
Creek will lead th emusic. Rev. Mr.
McCall is a native of Johnston Coun
ty. Everybody is cordially invited to
attend.
CALLED HERE ON ACCOUNT OF
ACCIDENT
Mrs. W. W. Lewis of Fairmont
spent a few days last week in th<
city having been called here on ac
count of an automobile accident ii
which her brother, Mr. Walton Bag.
ley, was injured. Mr. Bagley whos<
home is in Clayton, is in the Smith
field Memorial Hospital. His con
dition, however, is improving.
, Orphanage Clss to Be Here
i The Free Will Baptist Orphanag
i Singing Class of Middlesex will giv
! a concert in this city at the coui
- house on Thursday evening, Augus
, 21. The program will begin at eigh
> o’clock. This orphanage is locate
- close by us, and the community is ir
vited to go out and give them a ger
erous support.
GOV. MORRISON TO
STUMP THE STATE
Development Plan Virtually
Assured of Enactment In
Form Recommended by
the Governor.
CARRY FIGHT TO PEOPLE
Raleigh. Aug. 17.—The port com
mission bill will be transmitted to the
house of the general assemt ly to
morrow n:ghr at 8:30 o'clock when
the body convenes aft >_• a tw . day
recess.
The measure passed the senate on
third reading Saturday morning after
a fight on the referendum clause bad
been defeated. As passed by the up
per body the bill makes provision
for a bond issue of $8,500,000 for
development of port facilities and
the building of a ship line if ihe
latter is deemed necessary It further
provides, however, that the entire
proposition shall be submitted for
approval of the people at the elee_
tion in November before becoming
law.
The fight in the house is not expec
ted to prevent passage of the bill,
according to political observers. It
was said that the majority senti
ment seemed to be favoarbly dispos
ed to passage of the measure Wheth
er there would be an atempt to el
iminate the referendum section was
not known, but there had been no re
j ports of any such action at the Cap
itol Saturday.—Associated Press.
Raleigh, Aug. ’7.—With the port
bill virtually assured of enactment in
the form recommended by the gov_
ernor. the next move of his excel
lency will be toward an organization
to carry the fight to the people.
Before the special session conven
ed he announced his determination
to wage a campaign that would pre
sent the cause in every county of
the state. And by the end of the month
he is expected to have his plans pret
ty well under way.
Many og the most effective speak
ers in the state have already prom
ised their services. Civic, commercial,
agricultural and trade organizations
have given endorsements that make
certain their support. A majority of
the daily newspapers are listed as
friendly; and there is a plenty of
political sympathy in both the dom
inant parties.
Governor Morrison has a unique
capacity for arousing public interest,
and if he carries out his previously
indicated intentions the state will be
made to see the vital importance of
the issue which the legislature will
submit for determination.—Brock
Barkley in Charlotte Observer.
Mrs. W. B. Hobbs Dead
Friends throughout the county
will regret to learn of the death of
Mrs. W. B. Hobbs which occurred
at the hospital here Sunday evening
about 8:30 o’clock Mrs. Hobbs, who
lived near town had beben sick sev
eral weeks and desperately ill for
the past two weeks. She was brought
to the hospital Wednesday, where
she underwent an operation, but to
ho avail. *
The f’Jneral was held yesterday
afternoon conducted by Rev. Xure
, Lee and Rev. Leonard Stephenson. In-,
! terment was made in the cemetery at
Plymouth Primitive Baptist church.
1 The deceased was a constant mem
. ber of the Primitive church. She
‘ leaves a husband, two daughters,
• Mrs. J. C. Byrd of Bunn’s Level, and
- Miss Pearl Hobbs, and three sons,
Messrs Junius , Walter, and John
Hobbs.
A large crowd was present at the
2 funeral to pay a last tribute of res
a pect to the departed who was highly
t esteemed by a large circle of friends,
t The floral offerings were unusually
t beautiful. Those attending th« funer
d al from this city were: Mr. snd Mrs.
- i Will II. Lassiter, Mr. and Ml*. J. W.
- Keen, Mr. J A. Keen, and Ml*. D. M.
! Coates.