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.
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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 <vas four to
two in favor of Selma and was
passed over the protest of President
Crocker of Stantonsburg. Selma
Bailey, Nashville and Elm City voted
in favor of Selma having the last
half championship, while Kenly and
Stantonsburg voted in the negative.
On the grounds that John Coffey
a Raleigh boy, had not been passed
upon by the League Directors, two
games won by Selma from Kenly
were declared forfeited to Kenly at
a meeting of some of the directors
early in August. At a later and
more fully attended meeting the
games were ordered transferred back
to Selma. The championship of the
second half of the season hung in
balance and Mr. Crocker, of Stan
tonsburg, runnerup to Selma, pro
tested against the action. Last
night’s meeting laid the ghost of
the row.
The following schedule was decided
on last night for the championship
series between Nashville and Selma.
Tuesday, August 26, at Rocky
Mount.
M VUUtOUaj y
Thursday, August 28, at Nashville,
Friday August 29, at Wilson,
Saturday, August 30 at Nashville,
Monday, September 1 at Selma.
Tuesday, September 2 at Raleigh,
(pending.)
The best four out of the sever
games will decide the championship
It was decided at the meeting thal
Selma could utilize the services o!
Jack Cameron, Raleigh bill-boarc
magnate, and former professiona
catcher. Nashville will be allowec
to use catcher Carcon, who has beer
playing semi-pro ball in Easterr
North Carolina this season.
They also agreed to allow Nash
ville and Selma to take their choict
of any of the players on the other
teams in the Small Town League foi
the series.
Turn Loose Carrier Pigeons.
Last Thursday Mr. T. C. Henry
the express agent here, recivet
from Mr. Thomas Kelly, of Wilkes
barre. Pa., five carrier pigeons, wit!
instructions to turn them loose keep,
ing the exact time they left here
Mr. Henry released the pigeons Fri
day morning at 5:35 o’clock. Ther
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FACTS CONCERNING
CO. SCHOOL TRUCKS
County Supt. Marrow Gives
Figures Showing the Cost
of Operation; 44 Now In
Use
CO. GARAGE ADVANTAGE
The truck system of transporting
hildren to school is apparently here to
stay. A member of^counties are con
solidating for high schools, and John
ston County is taking her place among
the list in a creditable manner. Four
years ago not a truck was used in
the county for hauling pupils. Last
year forty-four were operated, and
ten of these made two trips per
day.
In talking to County Superinten
dent Marrow about the cost of run
ning the trucks, we were given some
interesting figures. The average cost
per truck for the year 1923-24 was
259.49. This included every item of
cost pertaining to the truck such as
gas, oil, repairs, and salary of truck
drivers. The amount for the 44
trucks exclusive of drivers’ salaries
was $9,217.93, and the amount paid
to drivers was $2,199.78, making a
total of $11,417.71.
For the past year a county garage
has been maintained with one com
petent mechanic in charge, who keeps
up all the trucks. This arrange
ment has proved to be quite a sav
ing to the county as comparative
figures show. In 1922-23, the aver
age cost of operating one truck was
$444.51. Last year the average be
ing $259.49, shows a reduction of
$185.02 per truck or a total saving
on the forty four trucks of $8,140._
88.
The three trucks that received the
best care during last year, served
Corinth-Holders school. These were
Ford trucks and were driven by
Odell Whitley, Ronald Hocutt and
Walter Boyette. Three other trucks
deserve honorable mention: Truck
No. 7 which carried pupils to Four
Oaks and was driven by Gardner
Johnson; and two trucks driven by
girls, Ruth C. Barbour who drove
from Woodrow to Oakdale in Har
nett County, and Pouline Barnes
who drove from Creech’s school to
Smithfield. Mr. Marrow commented
very favorably upon the girl drivers
stating they were careful and main
tained fine order on the trucks.
Boy Scout Meeting
The Boy Scouts of America,Troop
2, of Smithfield will have their regu
lar weekly meeting Tuesday even'ng
at eight o’clock in the Scout hall. The
scout hall is in the Methodist Church
basement. An interesting program is
assured. The Scout Master,Marvin
Woodall has asked that every scout
be thinking over who will be a good
candidate for Senior Patroll Leader.
A Senior Patrol Leader will be elect
ed at the next meeting,which will be
Tuesday August the 26th. Every mem
ber is urged to be present in uniform
and with a good report for the week.
Holly and Beasley Reunion t
On Saturday, Sept. 27, there will
be a reunion of Holly and Beasley
families at F. M. Holly’s residence,
in Meadow near Peacock’s Cross
Roads.
At 12 o’clock there will be dinner
in family style. „
At 2 o’clock there will be preach
ing bby some able minister.
There will be singing by the new
Zealand Choir during the day for the
people.
All relatives and friends of the
above named families are cordially
invited to be present with well filled
baskets and help to make the reun
ion a great success.
R. P. PARKER.
circled around for awhile rad at 6.05
started on their journey north. Mr.
Henry has not yet received ratifica.
tion of their arrival in WiHwhrrre.
This was a test flight of tka •wrier
pigeons.