SMITHFIELD,
N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1924.
NUMBER 87
FORTY-THIRD YEAR
TEN PAGES TODAY
Eastern Carolina Exposition To
Be Here In Spring Is Big Thing
Secretary Bartlett Talks About
Coming Event At Kiwanis
Dinner Tuesday Evening
PLANS NOW UNDERWAY
“Not a money consideration but be
cause the people of Smithfield and
Johnston County will stand like a
rock behind it,” declared Mr. N. G.
Bartlett, Secretary of the Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce, at
a meeting of the Kiwanis Club here
Tuesday night, was what caused the
next Eastern Carolina exposition to
be scheduled for this city. After a
delicious dinner had been served
twenty seven Kiwanians and
guests, Mr. Bartlett started a fire
of enthusiasm in regard to the coming
event which is destined not to stop
until a successful culmination of
plans now only in the making. Ac
cording to Secretary Bartlett, this
will be the biggest thing that has
yet happened to Smithfield and John
ston County. He paid a fine tribute
to the business men of Smithfield,
and expressed confidence that they
would see the thing through. It is no
small job to provide accommodations
for thousands of visitors, but Smith
field and the neighbroing towns in
the county are equal to the job. The
warehouse facilities, Mr. Bartlett de
clared, are better than those either at
Wilson or Kinston, where previous
expositions have bee nheld. The pro- i
gram is already being arranged. Some
of the famous singers who have been
on previous programs will appear
again in Smithfield. Victor’s band will
be on the program.
As an advertisement for this sec
tion, the results can hardly be con
ceived. Approximately 200,000 pieces
of advertising will go out bearing
the names Smithfield and Johnston
County. Forty newspapers will tell
the story in various sections. The
queen’s contest will make the femi
nine population in Eastern Carolina
remember Smithfield forever.
It is a big proposition, but united
effort will put it across. Approxi
mately 50,000 in Johnston County
will be behind it. They will come to
see it along with the entire section
of Eastern Carolina. Mr. Bartlett
has not misplaced his confidence
when he relies on the people of
Smithfield and the other towns in the
county to do their part in making
this exposition, which will be held
six days during next April, a big suc
cess.
Following Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Fred
Waters, superintendent of the city
schools of Selma, made appropriate
remarks. Mr. R. P. Holding, presi
dent of the Kiwanis Club, had the
meeting in charge.
“The Empty Gun.”
You have often heard that the
“empty” gun is the most dangerous
of all guns. You have read in the
papers perhaps recently of a tragedy
committed in simple sport and the un
satisfactory explanation was this—
“He didn’t know it was loaded!”
Wise was the father who instructed
his children never to point any kind
of a gun at anybody. The young
folks may have thought it a foolish
rule, but those who followed it never
Had to weep any tears over homicides
due to their carelessness. In fact, it
is positively wrong to cultivate the
tendency to play at shooting any
body. It is dangerous to aim an emp
ty gun at any person. It may be
loaded, then what?—Kind Words.
To Name Library for Dr. D. H. Hill.
The magnificent S265,000 library
now rapidly nearing completion at
State College will be named the Hill
library in honor of the late Dr. D.
H. Hill, it was announced at the Col
lege Monday. This action was taken
by the executive committee of the
board of trustees, in accordance with
the recommendations of the General
Alumni Association. News and Ob
server.
Ginning wet cotton will penalize
the grower from t^n to twenty-five
dollars per bale. There is poor sale
for gin-cut lint, says Dr. R. Y. Win
ters of the State College Experi
ment Station.
Johnston County Wins
In Singing Contest
Pinehurst, Oct. 28.—In spite of
the cloudy weather the Sandhill
Fair opened with a large crowd of
visitors. The forenoon was devoted
almost entirely to live stock and
agricultural judging contests by
vocational schools.
The afternoon program opened
with a singing contest between
choirs from Johnston and Harnett
counties, the former winning the
contest.
Father of Richard
Loeb Is Dead
Richard Loeb, the Chicago cele
brity, escaped the death sentence, but
his father did not. Dispatches from
that city bring information of the
death of Albert Loeb, who, a year ago*
was best known throughout the coun
try as vice-president of the Sears
Roebuck Company, but in later days
known only as father of Richard
Loeb. He had been in bad health for
many months, but it was as his doc
tors had feared—the shock of the
murder proceedings was more than
his weakened condition could stand.—
Charlotte Observer.
Wison’s Body To Rest In a Marble
Sarcophagus
The body of former President
Woodrow Wilson is soon to be re
moved from the crypt in Bethlehem
chapel of the Washington cathedral
and placed in a marble sarcaphagus
where it will remain in the chapel,
temporarily at least.
The sarcophagus, which was de
signed by the cathedral architects at
the order of Mrs. Wilson, probably
will be completed within a month, is
said to be of simple design, with
the only ornamentation a crusader’s
sward carved in relief on the marble
slab cover. There will be besides, a
brief inscription.
It is understood the body of the
former President, which now lies in
a crypt under the chapel floor, will
be removed in the sarcophagus to
repose permanently in the cathedral
proper when the edifice has been
completed.—Lenoir News-Topic.
A Job For The State Highway
Commission
It really looks like the State High
way Commission would take not of
the deplorable condition of highway
22 from Dunn’to Smithfield- The road
from here to Dunn is especially
bad—the worst it has been in years.
It appears not to have been scraped
at all since the rains and if it has is
still so very holy and rough until one
is reminded of the old-fashioned free
labor road. There is an immense
amount of traffic on this highway and
if the State Highway Commission
wishes to serve the people it can ac
commodate an enormous number by
repairing and maintaining highway
22 from Smithfield to Dunn anyway.
If the Highway Commission does not
act before the securing of a good
road on this route will be a task for
Mr. Alonzo Parrish in the next leg
islature.—Benson Review.
A Helpful Hint
In damp rainy weather the salt in
the salt shaker offtimes becomes ab
sorbed with moisture and will not
shake out when we want it to. It
hardens and forms lumps when it
dries and we have to take it from the
shaker and put in new salt or else
crush the lumps again. This is not
only inconvenient and a waste of time
but is also not necessary. By placing
a few grains of rice with the salt
in the salt shaker you will do a lot
to remedy this. The rice being larger
than the salt will not shake out
with the salt and it will tend to ab
sorb most of the moisture, thus leav
ing the salt dry and able to shake
out through the small holes in the
top of the shaker.—H. A. S., in In
diana Farmers Guide.
Tom Tarheel says the new electric
lights in his house will help him to
enjoy his reading these long winter
evenings.
SIXTH DISTRICT
MEETS IN SELMA
Mrs. Palmer Jerman, Mrs. Jane
S. McKimmon and Mrs. T.
O’Berry On Program.
BOX LUNCH IS PLANNED
Johnston County is to have the dis
tinction of entertaining the sixth
district of the Woman’s Federated
Clubs for two years in succession.
Last year the district meeting was
held in this city and again on Wed
nesday, November 5, the district
meeting will be held with the Selma
Woman’s Club. There are eighteen
clubs in this district as follows: Wo
man’s Club, of Apex; three clubs in
Benson; Chapel Hill Community
Club; two clubs in Clayton; two
clubs in Durham; Kenly Woman’s
Club three clubs in Raleigh; Roxboro
Woman’s club; Selma Woman’s Club
Smithfield Woman’s Club; Zebulon
Woman’s Club; and Woman’s Club of
Wilsons Mills.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged for the day, three speakers
of note being scheduled for address
es. Mrs.. Palmar Jerman and Mrs.
Jane S. McKimmon, of Raleigh, and
Mrs. Thos. O’Berry, of Goldsboro,
will be on the program.
The program in detail is as follows:
Morning Session: 10:30 a.m.—1 p.m.
Club Woman’s Hymn.
Collect of Club Women of America
Greetings —Mrs. T. II. Atkinson,
Selma.
Response —Mrs. F. H. Brooks,
Minutes —Mrs. J. E. Driscoll,
Durham.
Appointment of Committees.
Raleigh, Pres. N. C. F. W. C.
Luncheon
Afternoon Session: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Song —America The Beautiful.
Address —Mrs. Thos. O’Berry,
Goldsboro.
Report of District president of
Home Demonstration Clubs •—Mrs.
Jane S. McKimmon, Raleigh.
Report of district president —Mrs.
W. J. Brogden, Durham. .
Reports of Clubs —by presidents.
N. C. “Stories and Poems” —Mrs.
S. E. Leavitt, Chapel Hill.
Round Table Discusion.
Reports of Committees.
Election of Officers
All clubs in District No. G are urged
to send a large delegation to this
meeting. The box lunch plan will be
used. The meeting will be held in the
.opera house.
LADY ASTOR AGAIN
VICTOR IN ELECTION
London, Oct. 29.—Lady Astor was
re-elected to parliament for the Sut
ton division of Plymouth in today’s
election, receiving an overwhelming
majority over her opponent.
Latest reports on the polling from
Plymouth tonight show: Lady As
Astor, conservative, 18,174; Capt. G.
W. Brenan, labor, 13,095.
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Robbers Make
Big Haul Here
On Sunday night persons whose
identities are as yet unknown
forced an entrance through a win
dow in the hack of Vara L. Smith
and Company's Store, and made
away with upwards of S200 worth
of silk underwear, hose, woolen
sweaters and several strings of
pearls.
The upper unguarded portion of
the window had been beaten out
with a wrench which was found
lying outside the window next
morning. The work must have been
very carefully and quietly done, ac
cording to the size of the frag
ments and their relative position on
the floor. The boxes which had
contained the articles removed had
been replaced empty in their prop
er places in the stock. The signs
of the visit first apparent were
the broken window, the open back
door which the thieves had un
locked from the inside, and a dis
ordered pile of sweaters in the
rear which had been dumped for
return shipment to accommodate
the stolen articles. It took the
ladies several minutes to realize
that their window displays had in
deed proven irresistible. The un
seasonable shoppers, in spite of the
threatening reflection from the
street lights, left nothing but the
flowers and the racks.
One of the proprietors remarked
that the marauders showed a nice
discrimination in the selection of
goods, for only the very best qual
ity of the articles of their choice
was taken. As far as the ladies
have been able to ascertain, their
loss includes between four and five
dozen pairs of silk hose, four or
five dozen articles of silk under
wear, two or three sweaters, sev
eral strings of pearls, and a silver
vanity case.
42 WIVES FACE VIENNA
MAN AFTER IIIS ARREST
Vienna, Oct. 27.—Forty-two, all
claiming to be the wives of a man
named Julius Gruemvald, appeared
in court as witnesses against him
today. Gruenwald had been arrested
just as he stepped outside a tailor
shop wearing a new suit of clothes
bought with money which it was
testified he had obtained from his
forty-second bride.
From the testimony of the women
it was adduced that Gruenwald was in
the habit of getting married, obtain
ing money from his brides and then
deserting them. The evidence indi
cated that he averaged about §80
per bride.
LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
DIES AT NEW YORK
New York, Oct. 25.—Laura Jean
Libbey, widely-known woman writer,
died at 4 o’clock today in her Brook
lyn home. She had been ill only a
short time. She was born in this city
62 years ago.
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Expresses His Opinion
Editor Herald:—
There appeared in the Selma Johnstonian today considerable po
litical advertising (four columns, to be exact) that contained an
attack on the county Democratic ticket. The authors of the ad
vertisements concealed their identity in anomymity, but the tails
of the animals were so plainly visible that it was easy to recog
nize the breed.
While the writers of the advertisements protested their loyalty
to the Democratic party, they counselled the voters to repudiate
the county Democratic tciket at the election next Tuesday as a
protest against the so-called “Courthouse Ring.” They recounted
old scores that should be evened up, and their apparent willing
ness to “tote the skillets” of Judge Noble, Charlie Kirby, D. J.
Thurston, et al, manifested their eager desire to disrupt the Dem
ocratic party. In other words, they are willing to sacrifice their
alleged party loyalty to whip the alleged “ring” at Smithfield.
That the disposition of the authors of the aforesaid advertise
ments to belt the Democratic party, and line-up with the Repub
licans, or to stay from the polls, is not the disposition of the men
and women of this town, whose devotion to the party can not be
questioned, is manifest from the general declarations heard here.
People familiar with local politics are aware that there has
been, and that there is now, some dissatisfaction among some of
the voters, growing out of differences of attitude on certain pub
lic matters, but none of the true-blue Democrats are ready to
belt their party because these differences exist. Those people
who want to kick over the traces when matters do not run accord
ing to their particular notions, can hardly be reckoned as dependa
ble assets of the Democratic party. They can’t stand the test.
October 30.
ANOTHER SELMA VOTER.
NEGRO SERIOUSLY
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Two Fords Have Head On Col
lision Near Brick Yard Just
Across The River
THREE NEGROES IN JAIL
The only accident of much conse
quence which has happened during
fair week up to this writing is an
automobile wreck which occurred at
the brick yard just across the river
Wednesday night about 10:30 o’clock
when one negro was almost killed.
Messrs. F. C. Sweeney, assistant
cashier of the First and Citizens Na
tional Bank, and J. R. Frierson, cot
ton buyer, were going toward Clay
ton driving a Ford coupe. Just before
they reached the paved highway a
Ford touring car in which four negro ;
| men and two negro women were rid- ;
ing, swerved off the pavement and
crashed into their coupe. Messrs. |
| Sweeny and Frierson say that they
saw an accident was imminent but
i could not leave the road without fall
ing off the embankment. The negroes
admitted, we are told, that they were
driving too fast. Both cars were
badly damaged, but with the excep
tion of the negro who lies at the
point of death in the Sniithfield Me
morial Hospital, no one was serious
ly hurt.
Chief Holt of the night police force ,
was soon on the scene and took
charge of the three negro men. They
were placed in the Johnston county
jail. The two negro women disap
peared while attention was being
given the wounded negro. A pint of
whiskey wa found by the touring
I car after the wreck.
Portrait of Kitchin Presented
Roxboro, Oct. 28.—With a large
gathering of people of Person county
and other sections,, a portrait of W.
VV. Kitchin, former Governor of this
State, was presented to the county by
it. O. Everett, Durham attorney this
afternoon. The speech of presenta
tion was made by Nathan Lunsford,
of Roxboro, and the portrait was ac
cepted on behalf of the county com
missioners of Person county by L. M.
Carlton. Both addresses were elo
quent in their tributes to Mr. Kitchin,
who as a boy, just out of college, took
up the practice of law in Roxboro.
The portrait is an excellent like
ness of Mr. Kitchin, according to
those who knew him, at the time he
was at the height of his career. It
has been placed over the judge’s
bench in the court room of the county
courthouse here.
Dry As Dust.
There is a certain longsuffering fa
ther whose nerves sometimes give
way under a constant fire of ques
tions from his talkative eight-year
old son.
“Dad,” said the youngster, just as
his father settled down for a perusal
of his newspaper. “Dad, am I made
of dust?”
“I think not,’ replied the unhappy
parent, “otherwise you would dry up
i once in a while.” —Kind Words.
Don’t burn stalks and stubble for
; they add humus to the soil.
lT . mmmmmmmm ■ — — i w*mmm i
Loviahenshaw Gorrell, 104 years,
is the oldest living Mason. He it
a iesident of the Kansas Mason it
Home. He says he feels better to*
day than ever, and thinks his lor.J*
evity due to total abstinence fro®
tobacco and alcohoL
CLOSING DAY OF
THE COUNTY FAIR
Crowds Are Not So Large A*
Usual; Exhibits Fewer
But Good Quality,
FREE ATTRACTIONS GOOD
Today marks the close of the fif
teenth annual Johnston County Fair.
Due to cottonpicking season and the
Wayne County fair being in progress
the same week the crowds have not
been what were expected. Yesterday
by far the largest crowd was pres
ent. So far as the carnival features
are concerned, the fair seems to b«
complete; the free acts are the best
ever shown; the exhibits are few in
number but the quality seems to be
quite up to standard. The program of
fireworks which has been put on
each evening has been quite wortk
seeing and good crowds have been on
hand each evening to see the display.
Among the exhibits that of S. P.
Honeycutt, of Benson, is well wortk
mentioning. His is an individual farm
exhibit and more than one hundred
fifty products of the farm and home
are attractively displayed. This ex
hibit, which took first prize, includes
specimens of home cooking, sewing,
fancy work, dairy products, garde®
produce, in fact, almost everything,
from home-made lye soap to the im
portant field crops, cotton, corn, hay
and potatoes.
The poultry exhibit measures up
with that of former years. About one
hundred twenty-five entries were
made in this department, all of the
fowls being purebred stock.
Decidedly the best part of the live
stock department is the hog exhibit.
Mostly Duroc-Jerseys are shown.
There were twenty-eight entries in
the livestock department.
The woman’s department which in
cludes canned goods, pantry supplies,
art, fancy work, and flowers, is very
creditable. The posters advertising
the county fair have attracted a good
deal of attention, that of Miss Edna
Hildebrand wanning first prize. Mrs.
Charles Davis wron the second prize.
A display that everybody stopped
to look at was the honey exhibt of
Mr. L. Parker, who lives near Ben
son. He showed honey in various
forms, a hive of Italian bees, and als®
bees crated ready to be sent through
the mail. Mr. Parker is quite a honey
expert and sells bees to a wide circle
of customers.
The booth containing old relics is
quite interesting. A number of old
books and newspapers are well worth
the time spent in looking them over.
In the educational department the
Selma school presented almost the
entire exhibit. A few other entries
were made, all of which speak well
for the schools represented.
A horse-racing program has bee®
put on each afternoon and on Wed
nesday afternoon a football game be
tween Selma and Smithfield resulted!
in victory for the local team, the
score being 21 to 0.
Mr. H. W. Hinnant Dead
Mr. Howard W. Hinnant died alt
his home near Kenly last Friday, Oc
tober 24, after a long illness. About
six years ago he suffered a stroke of
paralysis, from whcih he never re
covered. Sometime ago he had an
other stroke nad last Thursday he
was stricken for the third time and
died about 2:30 o’clock Friday morn
ing.
Mr. Hinnant was born in August,
1870, and died October 24, 1924,
making his stay on earth fifty-foui
years. He was born and reared in
Beulah township and always lived
there. He was a quiet man of unas
was highly esteemed in his Commun
suming ways, a good neighbor, and
ity. He nevr united with any churck
but was a believer in the Primitive
Baptist faith.
The funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon by Elder Eli
jah F. Pearce, of Princeton, and in
terment was made in the family cem
etery. The deceased is survived by &
wife, turn brothers and three sisters.,
Only sweet potatoes of good quality
should be stored in the curing house.
The bruised, cut and damaged root*
should be kept separate for early
house.