TOBACCO OPENING
DRAWS! CROWD
Close To A Quarter Million
Pounds Brought From
A Dozen Counties Sell
Well.
BIG BREAK YESTERDAY
The very large crowd which was
in Smithfield Tuesday, Sept. 2, to at
tend the opening of the tobacco mar
ket here, is splendid evidence that1
this market is known far and wide.
Tobacco from Moore, Lee, Harnett,
Wake, Wayne, Sampson, Wilson,
Cumberland, Hoke, Roberson and
Bladen counties was sold on the
floors of Smithfield warehouses be
sides what Johnston County far
mers brought. Both the auction and
Coop, warehouses wer* cpaccd T®*»
day and close to a quarter oi a mil
lion pounds of the golden weed were
marketed here that day. The Ban
ner led as to the amount handled,1
about 130,000 pounds being handled
there. Between fifty and sixty thou- j
sand pounds was sold on the floors '
of the new warehouse, and the coops
are reported to have received about
the same amount.
On account of an unusual amount
of rain during the growing season,
the quality of tobacco was not so
good as in some years, but the prices
received were considered good. Most
of the farmers seemed well pleased
over the prices, which ranged as
high as sixty-five cents. Twenty-one
cent was about the average paid,
which for first primings was » .ns'd
ered satisfactory. The advances
made by the Cooperatives averaged
around nine cents.
The whole of Tuesday was requir
ed to sell the tobacco at The Banner,
and it was not until Wednesday that
the sale took place on the New
Smithfield Warehouse.
Yesterday saw another big break
over a hundred thousand pounds be
ing sold on the auction floors.
Parker-Wood Families Hold
Reunion
One Saturday, August 30, the peo
ple began to gathe’- at the John \V.
Wood old place, now the residence
of W. G. Adams in the lower part
of Johnston County and of Banner
township, about nine o’clock a. m.,
and it was a continual roar of cars
untrl twelve o’clock, and many went
in buggies, wagons and trucks. They
came from Johnston, Wake, Harnett,
Sampson, Nash and Hoke counties.
Many who attended this Pai'ker
Wood reunion say that it was the
largest that they ever attended,
these present being estimated at
from fifteen hundred to two thou
sand people.
The meeting was called to order
by Rev. W. Y. Moore by inviting the
congregation to join in singing “In
the Sweet By and By.” Mr. Moore
then introduced Rev. J. W. Dowyd, of
Harnett, to conduct the Scripture
reading which was the twenty-third
psalm. Prayer was offered by Rev.
W. Y. Moore. The welcoming address
was made by Mr. J. P. Parker who
then introduced Mr. Jefferson Bare
foot, of Bensen, who spoke for about
thirty minutes on Loyalty. This talk
was splendid and enjoyed by all pre
sent. The congregation then joined
in sniping Coronation after which
dinner was spread in the large grove
below the road where a table had
been prc ared. The table was forty
yards 1< .g but when the good ladies
began to spread the good things to
eat it was soon fuond that we had
to have more room, so fell „
and added about Uulf WST9 fllA*
which was ao©Ti fUML Taaa mwft
body gathered near as possioie ana
Rev. Mr. Dowd returned thanks af
ter which everybody seemed to en
joy themselves for about forty min
utes of the good things that the la
dies had prepared to eat.
In the afternoon everybody gath
ered in front of Mr. Adams’ house
ar.d the congregation joined together
in singing one song, “The Promised
Land.” Then Elder Xure Lee preach
ed the sermon which was enjoyed by
all present. Mr. Lee then invited all
First Bale of New
Cotton Sold Here
The first bale <'f new cotton to 1
be sold here was brought Wednes- j
day by -Mr. Robert Barbour, of
Smithfield, Route 1. The bale
weighed 480 pounds and was ;
ginned by J. W. and W. M. Pan- j
ders at Four Oaks, ft was bought
by W. M. Sanders & Son of this j
city, and brought 25.30 cents per j
pound. !
The cotton was grown on the 1
farm of Mr. Will H. Lassiter. The
seed were of a selected early var
iety of big boll cotton.
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GROWERS PLEASED
WITH PAYMENTS
(By S. D. Frizzell)
Raicigh, Sept. 3.—The Tobacco
v.1 v« ci a vuCpcr«Li\ g Association
opened its" third season at 34 mar- i
kets in Eastern North Carolina Tues- j
day, September 2, with the highest '
cash payments ever made to its mem- :
bers. The majority of Association 1
grades were raised from one to two ,
dollars a grade and the members j
who doubled last season delivered, 1
on the opening day by bringing over
half a million pounds of the week to
their own warehouses, were thoro
ughly pleased with the Association
advances and grading. The ability
of every member to get 75 per cent !
of the cash value of every delivery i
as established by the bankers, has
proved a great advantage to the
organized tobacco farmers. Payment
of $600,000 by the Association to its
Eastern Carolina members on Sep
tember 27 will bring their receipts
of the 1923 crop to 87 1-2 per cent
of the bankers’ valuation. This will
be followed a few days later by a
complete settlement on the crop of
1922. This will be followed in a few
more weeks, according to the pre
diction of General Manager R. R.
Patterson of the Association, by com
plete settlement on all of 1923 de
liveries if successful sales of the
cooperative tobacco continue at the
present rate. Members of the Tobac
co Association no longer a^-k, “When
will the next payment come?” but
“When will the Association payments
stop coming?”
WILLIAMS STOCK COMPANY
HIGHLY PLEASE AUDIENCE
Maintaining its usual high stand
ard of comedy drama the Williams
Stock Company has played to a well
filled house every night this week
at their tent theatre on Market st.
The Company headed by Miss May
Blossom Williams was charming and
and her appearance at each perform
ance was greeted with much ap
plause.
Miss De Gafferelly, appearing in
the comedy parts, displayed her abil
ity as America’s premier comedienne
she handling every humorous situa
tion in the plays in an excellent man
ner.
The male members of the company
carried their respective parts in a
most commendable manner, the roles
to which they were assigned being
especially difficult.
The plays which the Williams Co.
are presenting this week to Smith
field are conspicuous in the absence
of anything that might in the least
be offensive to the most critical.
Smithfield folks, will indeed, look
forward with pleasure to their re
turn next season.
to join in singing “Jesus, Lover of
Uv ”
Hr. Km Parker was called to the
mad **sd cpoke about ten minutes.
». c ro:,K "Llest Be the Tie That
Binds.”
The following children of the late
John W. Parker were present: E. B.
Parker, of Hope Mills; Aldridge
Parker, Manchester; Mrs. Ezekiel
Barefoot, Benson; Mrs. John W. Har
dison, Hope Mills; Mrs. W. A. Black
man, Shady Grove; Mrs. John R.
Marler, Four Oaks; Mrs. A. B. John
son, Falcon; and Mrs. Matthew Ray
nor, Benson.
—One Present.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
Pastor To Be Assisted By
Miss Carolyn Hosford
Who Will Have Charge
of Music
FIRST SERVICE SUNDAY
A series of revival services will
begin at the Methodist church here
Sunday morning. Rev. D. H. Tuttle,
the pastor will do the preaching at
night except Sunday night, when
Miss Carolyn A. Hosi'ord, of Conway,
S. C., who is to assist with the mus
ic will have charge of the service.
Sunday morning Mr. Tuttle will
preach on the following subject:
“Digging Ditches For The Incoming
Stream of The Water of Life.”
Miss Hosford will not only have
charge of the music Sunday evening
but she will also speak. This will
be Miss Hosford’s first visit to
Smithfield but she has helped in
revivals at other places in North
Carolina, and her work is well spok
en of. Among the places she has
been are Roxboro, Burlington, Troy,
and Lumberton. The Troy Record
made the ofllowing comment during
her stay in Troy:
“Rev Carolyn A. Hosford is no
novice in her work and posseses the
art of getting people to sing. Attrac
tive in appearance, frank, open
hearted, deeply sincere and reverent,
ready in wit, always smiling, she
captivates her audience at once. Her
voice and manner of speech reflect
the Southern atmosphere where she
was early trained, although her work
has been distributed through the
centers of population in both North
Carolina and South and into Can
ada. Tha Saxophone which Miss Hos
ford uses so attractively in her song
services was a gift from two of her
Southern Choruses.”
Enjoys Pleasant Trip
Mrs. J. S. Stancil returned Sun
day, August 24, from a very plea
sant trip which extended over four
weeks. Two wreeks were spent in
Jacksonville, Fla., where she visited
four of Jacksonville’s delightful
parks. While there she went to Ar
tiga Island where many beautiful
homes are being built. Pensacola,
the world’s largest naval air station
was the next place of interest. Here
here two sons, Messrs. Willie and
Herbert Stancil, are located as se
cond class machinists. They showed
her many interesting things at the
station regarding air and sea planes.
They also took her to places of in
terest, Bayview, Gulf Beach, and Old
Spanish Fort, the oldest in the
United States, being visited.
While away Mrs. Stancil went to
Coffee Springs, Ala., where her bro
ther, Mr. Clifton Sasser, lives. They
had been seperated for fifteen years
and the reunion was pleasant for
both brother and sister.
Commissioners Meet
and Fix Tax Rate
The County Commissioners at
their regular meeting here Mon
day fixed the tax rate for the
county which totals 95 cents on
the hundred dollars worth of pro
perty exclusive of special taxes
which have not yet been worked
out. The levy includes 70 cents
for schools; 15 cents for general
county expenses; and ten cents
for court house. The last two
items remain the same as last
year but the school tax is in
creased ten cents. The school bud
get presented by County Superin
tendent Marrow amounts to $300,
817.50. Two hundred thirty-six
thousand of this amount is for
teachers salaries; $40,000 for op
erating and equipment; and $24,
817.50, for repayment of loans.
With only about 43 million dollars
worth of property it requires a
levy of 70 cents.
NEWEST LAW FIRM
IS BRADYS GRADY
Senator Pau! D. Grady and
i Chas. H. Grady Open
OfBc.es at K e n 1 y and
Smiihfield.
—
BOTH ARE JOHNSTONIANS'
On Monday, September 8th, 1024,
a new law firm will enter the legal
field in Johnston County.
Senator Paul D. Grady of Kenly
and his brother Representative Char
les Grady of Dare County will form
a co-partnership for the general
practice of law with offices over the
Post Office (formerly occupied by
Hen. E. S. Abell).
Charles Howard Grady who repre
sented Dare Cottty in the Legisla
ture during the sessions of 1923 and
1024 is moving his family to Smith
field this week. He has purchased
the home recently occupied by Mr.
Howard Gray. Mr. Grady was edu
cated at Donaldson’s Military Aca
demy, Wake Forest College and the
University of North Carolina. He has
been practicing law for the past two
years at Manteo in Dare County.
Mr. Grady is a Mason, a K. P. and
a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
Senator Paul D. Grady is well
known to the people of the county,
having represented them in the house
of Representatives at Raleigh in
the sessions of 1019-1920-1922 and
having represented the eighth senator
ial district in the senate in the ses
sions of 1923 and 1924 and being
the Democratic nominee to repre
sent this district in the coming ses
sion of the senate in 1925. All indi
cations point to the election of Sen
ator Grady as President of the Sen
ate in the 1925 session. He has made
his home on his farm near Kenly for
the past several years and will con
tinue to reside there but will be ac
tively engaged in the practice of law
with his brother. They will main
tain offices both at Kenly and Smith
field. Senator Grady received his
education at the Tennessee Military
Institute, Wake Forust College and
Washington and Lee University. He
has been practicing 'aw since ‘■1911.
He is a 32nd degree Mason, a Shrin
er, a Woodman, a Juni< r and an Odd
Fellow.
These two young men with their
training and experience will make a
strong legal team and will add
strength to an already strong bar
in Johnston County. They are the
i sons of Dr. J. C. Grady oi Kenly
’ w ho has been practicing medicine in
this county for thirty years. He is
a member of the County Board of
Health and is also the Councilor for
the fourth district of the North Car
olina Medical Society. He has been
actively identified with public af
fairs in the county for a quarter of
a century, and has been a leader in
the development of the noithern sec
tion of Johnston County where in
addition to his large medical prac
tice he has been extensively engag
ed in farming and in the develop
i ment of the interests of the town
I of Kenly. He has served for a num
: ber of years as a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Kenly High
School and as a member of the Board
of Alderman of the Town of Kenly
and is at present the Health Offi
cer for the town of Kenly.
The friends of these young men
predict a splendid success for them
in their new work and all welcome
Charles Howard Grady back to the
county of his nativity.
NASHVILLE OAKS WIN
CHAMPIONSHIP
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The Selma baseball team lost the
' championship of the Small Town
League when it suffered defeat of
j the hands of the Nashville Oaks on
the former’s diamond Monday af
ternoon. At the end of the close
> game the score was 8 to 6 in favor
; of Nashville.
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Community Grove Mission
There will be preaching at Com
I munity Grove Mission Sunday morn
ing at eleven o’clock also Sunday
night at 7:45 by Rev. J. L. Davis.
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Republican Candidate
For Gov, To Speak Here
Col. I. W. Meekins, Republican
candidate for governor 0f North
Carolina, will address the people
of Johnston County at the court
house here on Wednesday, Septem
ber 10, at the noon hour. All vot
ers, regardless of political affilia
tions, are cordially invited to hear
him discuss the issues of the cam
paign. Seats will be reserved for
, the ladies and they are urged to
attend the speaking.
The following eases were dispos- j
ed of in Recorder’s Court here Tues
day, September 2:
State vs. Johnnie Clark, charged |
with violating the prohibition laws.
He was found guilty on two counts,
On first count he was sentenced to
four months on roads. On second
count he was taxed with the costs.
Prayer for defendant was continued
for two years. Sentence will begin ,
November 1. Appearance bond to ap- j
pear November 1 was fixed at $500.
State vs. Hadley Pence, Orley
Pence, Theo Price and Junius Howell, |
| assault. Theo Price and Junius How- !
| ell not guilty. Hadley Pence and !
I Orley Pence found guilty and fined j
$10.00 each and one-half of the
: Costs.
State vs. Jesse House and Ivory .
j House, assault. Jesse House was ;
| found guilty. Ivory House guilty and
I fined $10 and costs.
, State vs. Millard Lane and Bara j
i Lane, assault. Barra Lane not guilty.
; Millar tlLane guilty. Upon payment
of costs prayer for judgment was
continued for two years.
!
State vs. J .W. Barbour, assault
upon female. Not guilty on second
count. Fined $50 and costs on first i
count.
State vs. W. J. Jones, fraud,
defendant plead guilty. Prayer
judgment was continued for
The
for
two
years upon paying costs and
prosecuting witness $37.44.
paying
Mr. Monroe Barnes Dead
Mr. Monroe Barnes, a prominent
! merchant and farmer of Wilders
township died Tuesday morning fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis, which
he suffered the previous Wednesday.
He was a successful business man
and had accumulated considerable
property estimated at $75,000. The
funeral took place Wednesday after
noon at three o’clock and interment
. w as made at Salem church. Elder J.
T. Collier of Micro, conducted the
j funeral services. The deceased is
survived by a wife, two sons and
four daughters.
Among those
from this city who
attended the funeral were Messrs.
F H. Brooks, W. J. Massey and W.
T. Adams.
BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Sunday school 9:30, T. S. Rags
dale superintendent. The school is
growing especially the young men’s
class. Be a booster. The revival meet
ings to be conducted by Dr. John F.
White are just a month off. The pas
tor, Rev. S. L. Morgan, will begin
Sunday a series of vital sermons on
concentration for soul-winning,
i which will be the main theme until
the beginning of the revival meet
ings. All members, especially the
young people, are earnestly invited to
hear the entire series. Miss Frances
White is expected to be with us
Sunday and to sing Everybody is
cordially invited.
TO CLEAN UP ANTIOCH
CEMETERY
Next Wednesday, Sept 10, has been
set as the day for cleaning up the
cemetery at old Antioch. A new wire
fence will be put up. All who have
relatives buried there are requested
to be on hand with tools, and be pre
pared to help pay for the new wire.
North Carolina has the largest
Hosiery Mills in the World.
CITY IS MING
FOR SHORT ROUTE
Will Also Extend Invitation
For East Carolina Expo
sition To Be Held Here
In Spring.
PLAN FOR WHITE WAY
Smithfield means to do her pa t
in the effort to locate the Florida
Carolina Short Route through this
section, and the town board at is re
gular meeting Tuesday evening ap
propriated $150 to be used to help
pay the expenses of th ecampaign.
Mr. T. C. Young, who is president
of the organization working for this
project, and he put the matter be
fore the town board. If only a small
per cent of the hundred thousand
tourists going from North to South
and back again every year, can be
diverted to this shortened route, it
will be well worth while to the
towns through which it passes.
Another thing that is calculated to
give Smithfield quite a boost if it
should be carried through, was con
sidered at the meeting Tuesday ev
ening, that of having the East Car
olina Exposition here next Spring.
Two members of the Board of Direc
tors of the East Carolina Exposi
tion are Smithfield men, Messrs. W.
H. Austin and T. C. Young, and
these together with Mayor John A.
Narron and a committee from the
town board will carry an invitation
from Smithfield to the Board of Di
rectors which meets in Kinston this
afternoon. They will carry letters
from the Chamber of Commerce, the
Kiwanis Club, the Woman’s Club, and
the Business and Profesional Wo
man’s Club offering their support to
the Exposition should it come to this
city. The requirements for locatisg
it in any town is for a warehouse
to be furnished to hold it in, free
water and lights and the support of
the community.
Steps looking toward a white way
for the business tsreets of Smithfiled
were taken at this meeting, and a
committee was appointed to get es
timates upon the cost. The committee
is composed of Messrs. W. N. Holt,
R. C. Gillette and E. S. Edmund- on.
Mr. Cuff, representative Westing
house Electric Co., was present at
the meeting and talked upon this
matter.
Choir Leaders Requested to Meet
The choir leaders of Johnst n
county met at Yelvington Grove la-1
Sunday and perfected an organized
choir to sing at the Sandhill Fair at
Pinehurst on October 28. Mr. R. E.
Thomas was selected leader with C.
B. Thomas as his assistant. S. P.
Honeycutt was chosen president and
J. B. Benton vice-president.
Mr. Thomas requests all the choir
leaders in the county to meet with
him Sunday, September 7, at 2:30
o’clock at Johnson Union chuich
four miles from Smithfield on the
Raleigh highway. It is very impor
tant that the leaders meet Mr. Thom
as. Let’s have a singing choir that
will be an honor to old Johnston.
S. P. HONEYCUTT,
President.
—Benson, N. C., September 4.
New Colored Demonstration Agent
McKay McNeill, of Duke, was re
cently appointed by Mr. C. R. Hud
son, State agent for colored exten
sion work, as colored farm demon
stration for Johnston County. He
will fill the vacancy made by L. R.
Sanders who resigns same time ago.
McNeill was educated at Hampton
Institute, Va. At present he is liv
ing at Duke, but expects to move
here within the next few weeks.
A F amily Reunion
A family reunion will be held at
the home of H. W. Tart, of Meadow
township on the first Sunday in
September. Everybody is invited to
come and bring a well filled bas!‘t.
Come one and all and enjoy the d ly
together.
H. W. T.