10 NAMES ADDEO TO GO. DEM. TICKET Alonzo Parrish of Benson Named For The House and D. M. Hall of Clayton For Treasurer BALLOTING WAS SPIRITED The seventeen townships of the county were represented here last Saturday in a call meeting of the var ious townships executive committees of the Democratic party. The object of this call meet|ing was to nominate a candidate for the House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of the lamented W. M. Sanders and to nominate a candidate for county treasurer who was omitted in the June primary because of some de fect in the law providing for this of fice. The meeting was presided over by the chairman of the County Demo cratic Executive Committee, Mr. Ed S. Abell, of Smithfield. The meeting was held in the court house and was called to order at 12:10 p. m. In a few brief remarks in which he de clared this no day for speech making, the chairman announced the object of the meeting and declared that nomi nations were in order for naming of a candidate for the House. A mo tion proposed by Jno. O. Ellington, of Cleveland, to limit all speeches to five minutes was entertained and passed. Then followed the nominating speeches. W. C. Pender, of Clayton, was first to take the floor to offer the name of Alonzo Parrish, of Ben son. C. M. Wilson, of Wilson’s Mills, then nominated D. O. Uzzle, of Wil son’s Mills. Mr. J. B. Benton, editor of the Benson Review, in a very ap_ pealing speech, offered C. C. Cana day, of Benson. C. A. Corbett, of Sel ma, offered the name of Squire Chas F. Kirby, of Selma township. There was a brief spiel of seconding speech es and a lull, after which the chair man declared the nominations closed and the balloting began forthwith: It was when the balloting on the candidates fo1- the House began that the casual observer began to realize that this was a meeting of earnest and strong determined men. It was then manifested that the old time spir it of Democracy was still alive in Johnston County. It was announced from the chair that the vote of the county stood at 241 and in order to secure the nomination the candidate must receive at lea3t 121 votes. The first ballot stood: Kirby 54 1- 2; Canaday 82 1-5; Uzzle 22 1-2; Parrish 82 1-10. The chairman de clared no nomination. Then the friends of Canaday came to his res_ cue with several speeches. The sec ond ballot showed the following vote Kirby 45; Canaday 80 3-5; Uzzle 14 2- 5. Parrish 101. Still no nomina tion. The third ballot showed: Kirby 50; Canaday 74 2-5; Uzzle 19 2-5; Parrish 97 1-5. No nomination had been made so the balloting continued, the fourth ballot giving. Kirby 47 4-5; Canaday 78 1_2; Uzzle 17; Par rish 98 9-10. At the close of the fourth ballot Squire Kirby in a very appreciative speech, announced his withdrawal from the convention in I the fifth ballot stood as follows: Canaday 97 1-3; Uzzle 22 1-15; Par rish 121 3-5. Whereupon the chair man declared Alonzo Parrish duly nominated. As soon as the chairman declared the nomination of candidates for county treasurer in order, J. W. Stephenson took the floor in behalf of D. M. Hall, of Clayton. Squire Chas. F. Kirby came to the front and offered the name of Hardy Eason, of Selma township, the “place that hasn’t had anything and Icoks like it ain’t going to have” as he desig nated his home township. No other names were introduced and the nom ination went to Hall by a vote of 142_ 7-10 over Eason with 98 3-10. There was plenty of spirit through out the meeting but at no time was there a lack of harmony. It was al together a fine meeting. After the MAKES A SUCCESS John Holland Enriches His Cotton Farm By Planting Clover and Vetch TELLS HOW HE DOES IT Raleigh, Aug. 25.—John Holland, of Johnston County is a small far mer, who with his two boys, does all his own work and produces re sults that should make larger far mers of eastern Carolina pay his practices careful attention. This year his cotton crop will make more than a bale to th^ acre, his com fifty or sixty bushels, and he threshed 81 bushels of wheat from two acres. He has had his share of this summer’s rains, but his soil is in such condi_ dition that the crops have resisted the excess of water. “The foundation of Mr. Holland’s success lies in the use of legumes, chiefly crimson clover and vetch,’’ says E. C. Blair, extension agrono mist for the State College of Agri culture. “He sows nearly every acre to one of these crops every year, and turns under most of it the next ; spring.” Mr. Blair found one five acre field of cotton that is of particular inter est. The field has been in corn for the past three years, and crimson clover was sown in the corn every fall The crops of crimson clover were turned under filling the soil with nitrogen and organic matter. Be_ fore planting cotton this year, 350 pounds of acid phosphate and 350 pounds of Kaiirit per acre were broadcasted over the field. One may wonder at this method, but the soil is so mellow that the cotton roots can reach their food anywhere in the top six inches. The cotton was plant ed about April 28, with about 60 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. At the time of Mr. Blair’s visit re cently the cotton was four feet high well branched, of a healthy green color, and literally covered with squares and bolls. It looks as if the five acres will make seven or eight bales. Twenty feet away, on another farm, there is a field of cotton that has had nearly 100 pounds of fertil izer per acre, but no crimson clover or other legume. This is thirty inches high, pale in color, and is apparent ly about half as good as Mr. Hol land’s. “Mr. Holland saves his own clover seed by leaving a couple of acres to get ripe, and then mowing it,” says Mr. Blair. “Last year he got enough | from two acres to seed thirty of his own land and sold a lot besides ” Mr. Holland sows thirty pounds of seed per acre, in the hull. He says, “I sow it in a corn field anytime from August 15 to October 15, if the corn is not too rank. Tf the corn is very heavy, I wait until it has been cut and shocked. I sow in cotton after the first picking, usually the same day the cotton is picked. At this t’me the leaves are falling so that the clover will not be shaded to death. I prefer to scratch the ground with a light cultivator either lust before or just after I sow the ieed, al though I have gotten perfect stands without this.” “JO.TEX” SERVICE STATION The contest for naming the filling and service station operated by Mr. | Simon Jones resulted in Mr. George : Ragsdale receiving the five dollars and the new name is to be “Jo.Tex” “Jo” for Jones and “Tex” for Texaco. The patrons of the Holt Oil Company i will be interested to learn that this | firm has moved its office to the “Jo ■ Tex” building. _ work of the day the delegates frt m 1 the various parts of the county chat ted and exchanged freely their op inion as to the selections for the va cancies. It was the general opinion that two very excellent men had been placed on the Democratic ticket and all went away feeling that the party is again in splendid trim for the biennial drubbing that the Republi can party awaits with the coming of November. The Smithfield Herald Moving Into New Home This Week The Herald After 42 Years Moves Into New Building; Will Be Located at Rear of Court House; Will Miss Friday’s Issue While Machinery Is Being Moved For forty-two years The Smith field Herald has endeavored to serve the people of Smithfipld and John ston County. For a quarter of cen tury its former editor J. M. Beaty and T. J. Lassiter, both now gone to their reward, gave the best years of their lives in building up a news, paper that furnished a medium of expression not only of their own views on public matters but of any who desired their columns in a good > use. They built slowly, but at in tervals in the history of the paper, various improvements were made in the plant in order to better serve their patrons. Time was, when ev ery line of type was set by hand, when the papers were kicked off on an old Country Campbell press, when the papers were folded by hand, and when the subscribers’ name were written by hand on each paper for mailing. Gradually labor saving ma chinery has been introduced until now' a linotype sets up the printed matter, an electric motor turns a more up-to-date press, a folder folds the papers and cuts off the ends, and a mailing machine sticks the labels On. With these improvements the next #tep of the owners of the paper was an effort to own its home, and after forty-two years The Smithfield Herald will move this week into a building erected especially for its own convenience. In a line with the Farmers Bank and Trust Co. and just at the rear of the court house, is the new location. Simple and un pretentious it is at least a home for The Herald. We are hereby notify ing our subscribers and advertisers that we will not issue a paper next Friday, for we shall be moving to our new home. At the same time we are installing another linotype machine in order that we may render better service, and while we regret ex_ ceedingly not to make our usual vis it to your homes next Friday we hope to make up for it in an improv ed paper in the future. We invite all of our friends to give us a call in our new quarters anytime after September 1. Mrs. Miriam Ferguson Has. Been Nominated By The Democrats of Texas For Governor ANTI - KLAN CANDIDATE Dallas, Tex., Aug. 24.—Texas to day had more than an even chance of having a woman as governor for the next two years as a result of the Democratic primary election yes_ terday. Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, the woman anti-klan candidate, who was in the race seeking vindication of her husband’s name from any im_ peachment when he was governor about seven years ago, maintained her lea dreported last night as re turns continued to come to the Texas election bureau today. Heretofore Democratic nomination in Texas has been considered equiva. lent to election. A large part of the Democratic party tried today to figure out how it happened that Mrs. Ferguson was nominated. Her supporters were jubilant. Her opponents mourned. All speculated more or less on whether Texas politics will run true to form and the Democratic nominee will be elected in Novem ber. Mrs. Ferguson and her husband, James E. Ferguson, who conducted her campaign regarded the results of the primary as a big step forward in their fight for vindication. They said they were in the campaign only because of the impeachment judg_ ment and because they sought to clear their name for themselves, their children and grandchildren. At no time during the tabulation of the vote was Mrs. Ferguson be hind, although when some of the returns from Dallas, her opponent’s home, and other cities came in her lead was cut to a small margin. She quickly made the loss up however, and consistently held to first place Late today with returns from 277 counties out of 251 which held an election, 168 complete, Mrs. Fergu_ son had 397,936, Robertson 315,710. Among questions in the minds of politicians today were what will the Ku Klux Klan vote now do. The is sues in the gubernatorial race clearly were klan and anti^an. The latter won. A questio ntoday was whether an independent candidate will be put in the race for government before November and try to dray the vote “Dawftake” To Be Applied to Streets The first car of “Dawflake” has been received and will be applied to the streets of Smithfield as soon as possible on the following basis: The city to apply and pay for one third of total amount used, and the citizens on each side of the street to pay the other two thirds of the cost of material. The cost for each home owner has been estimated not to exceed four dollars. Those desiring this service should communicate at once with Mr. Will Stevens. Three applica tions a year is said to prove ef fective in keeping down the dust. TUBERCULAR PATIENTS MAKE GAIN IN WEIGHT Sanatorium, N. C., Aug. 18.— “Those people at the Sanatorium may have tuberculosis but they certainly do put on flesh after they go there,” is a remark which is often made by visitors at the State Sanatorium. Recently one woman made a gain of 9 1-2 pounds in two weeks. This is exceptional, but gains of 4, 5 and 6 pounds a week are not unusual and gains of 12 and 3 pounds a week are the usual thing. After a period of six or eight months treatment it is not uncommon for patients to go away from the Sanatorium weighing 20, 30 or even 40 pounds more than on ad mission. One woman gained 79 pounds while taking treatment at Sanatori um. Of course every patient does not make these splendid gains, but the average patient, given the rest cure with nourishing food and plenty of milk, other things being equal, soon makes an excellent gain in weight. This is not always a sure indication of recovery from tuberculosis, but it is a very good sign that the patient will recover. However, to put o na lot of surplus flesh is not necessary for a patient to get well of tubercu losis. Formerly it was thought bene ficial for tuberculosis patients to eat large quantities of raw eggs; very few sanatoriam now give raw eggs to their patients. To gain back to normal weight and not to put on surplus flesh is the ideal method of gain. of the klan and Democrats who may not be entirely satisfied. The Republicans declare they will make an effort to capture dissatis fied Democrats.—Associated Press. A grindstone that had no grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an axe ? And affairs that had no grit in them, how long would they take to make a man ?—H. W. Beecher. Conducts Revival At Pine Level Rev. C. H. Cashwell conducts re vival at the Pine Level Baptist church beginning Thursday night, August 28th continuing through Sunday, Sept. 7th. Mr. Cashwell is lot only a good evangelistic preach. ?r, but also a good singer. His ser vices have life and pep in them from itart to finish. Everybody is cordial ly invited to these services. All ?hristians are especially invited to lelp in the singing and personal work in soul-wining. JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor. SELMA WINS FIGHT FOR SECOND HALF TITLE The “John Coffey” tangle which has been keeping the baseball fans in Selma and Stantonsburg on tenter hooks for the past week was ironed out in a manner favorable to Selma Friday night in a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Small Town League at the Cherry Hotel in Wilson, according to telephone messages received by the News and Observer from the seat of operations last night. The Directors’ vote