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FORTY-THIRD YEAR
SMITHFIELD, N. C. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1924
NUMBER 92
JOHNSTON TO HOLD
COURT FIVE WEEKS
Judge Lyon Is Presiding Over
Special Civil Term; Over
250 Cases On Docket •
JURORS FOR DEC TERM
The -opening session of what will
be five consecutive weeks of Court
in Johnston County was held yester
day morning with Judge C. C. Lyon,
of Elizabethtown, presiding. Miss
Kate Wade, of Goldsboro, is the
court stenographer. The first three
weeks is a special term of Civil Court
arranged sometime ago to clear a
much congested docket. Two hundred
twenty-three cases are set for trial
by jury, and between fifty and sixty
other cases w'ill be disposed of by the
court without jury trial.
This special term will run up to
the regular two weeks term of De
cember Court which will convene on
December 8. This court is a mixed
term and will include both criminal
and civil cases.
At the last regular meeting of the
County Commissioners the following
persons were named as jurors for the
December Criminal Court beginning
December 15:
First Week
J. W. Barnes, Hannibal Godwin, W.
D. Tomlinson, P. E. Whitehead, T.
F. White, T. H. Penny, Henry Mor
gan, H. S. Wall, D. N. Holt, J. C.
Cooper, Rufus Johnson, Jas. F. Wel
lons, E. W. O’Neal, W. D. Avera,
Stephen Westbrook, Edward Crocker,
E. V. Deans, J. F. Smith, A. E. Surles,
J. T. Balance, Jas. H. Watson, J. A.
Todd, E F. Strickland, C. T. Hill,
Harley Peterson, Boaker D. Creech,
Albert Whitley, C. G. Holt, R. L.
Edgerton, C. R. Braswell, Sr., H. M.
Cox, William Keen, D. L. Peacock,
W. T. Barefoot, W. J. Daughtery,
and Thomas Barber.
Second Week
Robert A. Sanders, W. B. Wall,
Harvey D. Godwin, Arthur Johnson,
Charlie Wood, D. M. Green, P. B.
W. Haywood Woodard# John E.
Creech, D. A. Austin, S. P. Parker,
Andrew Johnson, C. C. Eason, J. Y.
Baker, Jas. W. Braswell, and M. G.
Gower.
Johnston Should
Be Represented
At a regular meeting of the Ex
ecutive commitee of the Eastern Car
olina Chamber of Commerce, Monday
afternoon, it was decided to make def
inite plans for having an exhibit at
the Southern Exposition to be held in
New York January 19-31st for the
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce. A plan has been worked out
whereby every town that comes in
on this project will be given individ
ual recognition and specific publici
ty. Just how much space will be pur
chased will not be determined until
a survey of the territory shall have
been made.
With the many advantages that
Eastern Carolina has to offer, a real
creditable exhibit can be gotten up
■with the proper support from the oth
er towns of Eastern Carolina. It is
conservatively estimated that there
will be at least 200,000 people from
all the country who will visit Expo
sition Hall, during the two weeks.
With a graphic enterpretation of the
resources of Eastern Carolina, no
section will receive more favorable
consideration, than will the Eastern
part of this state. Secretary Bartlett,
with the help of the local Secretar
ies, will make a whirl wind campaign
to determine just how much space can
be used for this big show. The Kins
ton Chamber of Commerce Directors
have already gone on record, endors
ing the sectional exhibit, under the
auspices of the Eastern Carolina
Chamber of Commerce. Secretary W.
T. Kyser of the Kinston Chamber of
Commerce, is also Secretary of the
North Carolina committee of the big
Exposition, and will aid in putting
a creditable exhibit there for this sec
tion. Any town or individual inter
ested, may get the full facts by eith
er communicating with the Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce or
the Kinston Chamber of Commerce.
PRISONER TRIES
TO MAKE ESCAPE
Fleeing Man Is Deterred By
Attacking Bull Dog And
Officers Nab Him
NOW OUT ON B A I L
A prisoner, deputy sheriff, a bull
ddg, spectators—these furnished a
thrilling moment on Friday afternoon
when Pete Hockaday, a prisoner in
the sheriff’s office jumped through a
window, Deputy Sheriff Wellons
catching at him as he made his es
cape, and a bull dog in the back lot
of Mr. John Coates hlting the flee
ing defendant in the presence of rap
idly assembling spectators. The facts
are that Pete Hockaday, charged with
carrying a pistol and Coy Keen, Jul
ius Stanley, charged with selling
stolen tobacco on the Smithfield mar
ket and Billap Barbour charged w'ith
having skipped bond in a previous
case, wrere sojourning in the sheriff's
office. Mr. Wellons was the only offi
cer on duty fir a few minutes and
Hockaday seeing a chance to make
his escape jumped from, the window
to the paved driveway, dashing down
Second street and into the yard of
Mr. John Coates. A big bull dog be
longing to Mr. R. S. Smith caused
him to decide to leap another fence
into the garden at the rear of Mrs.
Alice Cole’s residence, and the offi
cers then took him in charge. Hock
aday is now out under a $500 bond
for his appearance in court, but the
other three are lodged in jail here.
MISS SHAFFER ADDRESSES
KENLY WOMAN’S CLUB
Kenly, Nov. 14.— This afternoon
at the Baptist church, Miss Blanche
Shaffer, dean of the home economic^
department of North Carolina College
for Women, delighted the members of
the Woman’sClub with a most help
ful address on “Nutrition, or Food
in its Relation to Health.”
Among other things she stated
that practically two-thirds of our ill
nesses is caused by improper food;
that colds are unnecessary if one has
a well-balanced diet and takes the
proper care of the body. She dis
cussed the value of proteins, minerals
and vitamines in the diet, and listed
foods in which these are found. She
emphasized the necessity of milk,
fruits and vegetables and gave sug
gestions for making menus. These
included children and school lunches.
Earlier in the afternoon she ad
dressed the girls of the high school
on the different phases of home
making: food, clothing and shelter.
Under the subject of clothing she
stated that according to a test given
the college girls, it had been found
that those who had taken home eco
nomics were able to dress better on
less money than those who had not
had the advantage of this course.
Mis^ Shaffer was secured through
the efforts of Miss Debbie Bailey,
and came under the auspices of the
home economics department of the
Woman’s Club, Mrs. L. C. Wilkinson,
chairman.
Entre Nous Club Entertains
Benson, Nov. 13.—The Entre Nous
Club entertained at a beautiful Tea
Monday evening from eight until nine
o’clock at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Parlia Hudson on Main street in
honor of the faculty of the Benson
high school. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Can
nady greeted the guests at the door.
Mrs. J. W. Parrish introduced the
guests to the receiving line which
was formed in the living room. In
the receiving line the officers of the
club and their husbands: Mr. and
Mrs. Parlia Hudson, Dr. and Mrs. W.
T. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tur
liington, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Starling
and the faculty of the Benson school.
The receiving room was decorated
with yellow and white chrysanthe
ums, yellow roses and yellow cand
les. Receiving at the punch bowl
were: Dr. and Mrs. S. P. J. Lee. Ser
ving punch were: Mrs. C. C. Wheel
er and Mrs. J. F. Woodall. Receiving
at the dining room were: Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Parker, Jr. Serving the
ice courses were: Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Flowers and Mrs. R. L. Bryant. The
table was covered with a beautiful
cloth and a silver basket with yellow
To Conduct Cooking School
MISS KAREN FLADOES
Cooking School To Be
Conducted Here Next Week
Miss Fladoes Courses Under
Auspices Woman’s Club; All
Ladies and Girls Invited
WILL BE HELD AT SCHOOL
Women of Smithfield and Johnston
county are invited to attend the Gold
Medal Cooking School which is to be
held in the auditorium of the Smith
field High School, Nov. 24-25-26. This
school will be conducted by Miss Ker
en Fladoes of the Gold Medal Ser
vice Department of Washburn Cros
by Company, millers of Gold Medal
Flour. The classes will begin at three
o’clock each afternoon. There will be
no admission charged, and it is hop
ed that the women of the towns and
surrounding country will attend this
school.
The Gold Medal Cooking schools are
famous in home economics circles for
the quality of instruction given them
as well as the interest they arouse in
all communities. This is the same
school which was recently put on in
Raleigh under the auspices of The
! News & Observer. In the school to be 1
I held in Smithfield, the subjects to be
dealt with will include unusual de
serts, salads, cakes, icing, teas and
party suggestions.
Miss Fladoes, who will personally
direct the school, is a graduate of
! Stout Institute and has had post-grad
uate work at Columbia University,
measuring in Home economics in both
colleges. For several years she has
been engaged in conducting schools
and giving lectures and demonstra
tions in the Middle West. She has a
thorough knowledge of her subject
and a charming personality as well,
which makes her a host of friends
in every city she conducts these
classes.
All of the work will be of an ex
tremely practical nature. At the Gold
Medal schools nothing is done or dem
onstrated which the average woman
could not carry out in her own home.
Throughout, Miss Fladoes emphasizes
the need of efficiency in the kitchen
as much as in the factory or office,
and the fact that there are right
chrysantheums formed the center- j
piece. There were yellow candles
in silver holders. The house was love
ly with its Hallowe’en decorations,
autumn flowers and candles. The Hal
lowe’en colors were carried out in
the ice courses.
There were ninety-eight invited
guests.
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Community Club Is
Started Smith’s School
Friday night the people of Smith’s
school section took a forward step
when they organized a community
’ club which includes men, women, hoys
and girls. A large crowd gathered at
the school house and Miss Emily
Smith was chairman of the meeting.
She turned the first few minutes of
the program over to the teachers who
called on some of the boys and girls
j for songs and recitations. Miss Min
nie Lee Garrison, County HomeAg
ent then took charge, and officers of
the club were elected. Mrs. Marshall
Lassiter wras chosen president; Mr.
Walter Hobbs, vice-president; Miss
Emily Smith, secretary-treasurer. The
teachers of the school, Misses Thelma
Flowers and Lucy Johnson, were nam
ed as additional members of the exe
cutive commitee.
A program of work will be outlin
ed at an early date and it is the pur
pose to have two meetings a month.
There will be one general meeting at
which matters pertaining to the com
munity will be discussed and one meet
ing a month is planned with the
teachers of the school to talk par
ticularly of school affairs. At pres
ent, interest centers around the school
and already some very good work has
been done. Before the opening of
school, patrons and friends met and j
cleaned thoroughly the sohool build
ing and the grounds. Plans are under
way to finish ceiling the school house
and to paint it. At the meeting Fri
day night $42.50 was raised toward
painting the building. The county is
cooperating in making the needed im
provements.
After the business was disposed of
Friday night a number of contests
and stunts were engaged in, and the
occasion took a social turn. String mu
sic added to the enjoyment of the ev
ening.
and wrong ways of doing things
and that the right is always much
easier. Recipes covering the prepara
tion of the dishes demonstrated as
well as many others will b% given
away at each class.
The women of the community are
invited not only to attend these
schools but to bring their questions
and culminary problems to Miss Fla
does. After each class she conducts
an informal session during which de
lights in meeting her audience person
ally and talking over their household
worries with them.
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COLORED WOMAN HURT
RY AUTO SAT. NIGHT
Millie Sanders, colored, is in the
Smithfield Memorial Hospital
critically ill as the result of an
automobile accident which occurred
on the streets here Saturday night.
About seven o’clock, as Mr. Ray
mond Stephenson was driving to
ward the station, the colored wo
man stepped out from behind a
car which he was passing, and was
run over. Mr. Stephenson was
driving slowly and the acident was
said to be unavoidable.
The woman was carried to the
hospital, where it was found that
her skull was fractured. At last
report she was still unconscious.
Eight Months Old
Baby Is Burned
Gracey Harris, 8-months-old baby
of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Harris of O’Neal
township, near Atkinson’s Mill was
fatally burned Tuesday morning.
The child was 'n a room alone with
an open fire and in some manner un
known its clothing caught fire. With
her clothes blazing furiously, the lit
tle girl crawled to the door where she
was found, and the fire extinguished.
Dr. George Vick, of Selma, was called,
but the baby died before he reached
the home.—The Johnstonian.
WILSON’S MILLS NEWS
(Crowded out last issue)
Wilson’s Mills, Nov 12.—Mis-; Mag
gie Parrish, of Selma, spent the week
end here.
Misses Elizabeth and Lucy Queen
Uzzle, of Princeton, were visitors
here on Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs G. C. Uzzle, Jim Uzzle and
G. C. Uzzle, Jr., spent several days
in Rockingham last week.
Mr. Si Bailey, of Dunn, was a guest
of relatives here on Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Lamb, of Wake Forest,
filled his appointment at the Baptist
church on Sunday.
Frineds and relatives of Mr. J. T.
Holt, who is in Rex Hospital, Ral
eigh, are pleased to note his improve
ment and recovery.
Mr. C. R. Tomlinson, who has been
ill at his home here,, is better.
Those who have been attending the
recent plays in Raleigh are: Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. An
thony Uzzle, Misses Sallie Wilson,
Evelyn Wilson, Margaret Kaeshler,
Janie Barnes, Messrs. D. O. Uzzle and
Jim Uzzle.
Mrs. G. C. Uzzle entertained the
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions,
an organization of the Christian
church, at her home on last Tuesday
afternoon. A splendid program con
ducted by Mrs. S. L. Barbour, pres
ident, was observed. Mrs. Uzzle ser
vecf cake and an attractive and de
licious gelatine topped with cream.
Miss Evelyn Wilson recently enter
tained at a Saturday afternoon Bridge
party in honor of the faculty of the
Wilson’s Mills school. Chicken salad
hot coffee, mints and almonds were
served.. *
On Friday evening Mrs. Lulu Uz
zle entertained at a Bridge party in
honor of the teachers of the Wilson’s
Mills school.. Delicious refreshments
were served.
Mr. .and Mrs. Calvin Gurley spent
the past week end in Princeton.
At the school auditorium on Sat
urday evening of this week, the Ly
ceum Bureau will present, The Old
Colony Male Trio. The program, the
second of the season, promises to be
the best of the year. Throw aside the
worry of low prices; come out and
for once get more than your moneys
worth. You will not regret it..
It never pays to overcrowd hens—
they need a comfortable house dry and
roomy, with plenty of fresh air and
sunshine. Plans for buildign such a
house may be secured from the State
College Extension service at Raleigh.
Tom Tarheel says he is not worry
ing about Henry Ford and Muscle
Shoals as long as he can get nitrogen
into his soils so cheaply as by grow
ing legumes.
ies produce the honey, bees need prop
sr care this winter, advises C. L.
Sams, specialist in beekeeping for the
State Coileg extension division.
M. E. APPOINTMENTS
I READ SUN. NIGHT
Rev. A. J. Parker Assigned To
Sniithfield ; Rev. D H Tuttle
Goes To Elm City
OTHER CHANGES MADE
For the third time in the history
of the North Carolina Conference,
the appointments of the preachers
were read on Sunday night instead
of Monday morning. Bishop Denny,
who presided over the conference
session in Wilmington, dispatched bus
iness in such a manner that this was
practically the only item of business
left, and consequently the appoint
ments were read at the close of the
Sunday night service. Quite a num
ber of people not only in this city but
throughout the county will be inter
ested in the location of Rev. D. H,
Tuttle, who has served his four year#
as pastor of Smithfield Centenary
church and was due to be moved.
Elm City is the fortunate pastorate
to be led by Mr. Tuttle for another
year. Smithfield in turn will be serv
ed by Rev. A. J. Parker, who come#
here from Gibson. The only excep
tion in the four year rule this year
was that of Rev. F. S. Love, who was
returned for the fifth year to Wilson.
Two changes only were made in the
presiding eldership. Rev. J. H. Shore,
who has been presiding elder of the
Rockingham district, was returned
to the pastorate and will be sta
tioned at Fayetteville. Rev. C. L.
Read was made presiding elder in
his place. Rev. J. M. Daniel who was
presiding elder of the Wilmington
district, was assigned to St. Paul’s,
Goldsboro, and Rev. H. A. Humble
was made presiding elder of that dis
trict.
The statistical reports presented ta
the Conference show that a net gain
of over 5,000 was made in member
ship last year, and it was shown also
that more money was raised last year,
than in 1923.
Below is a list of the appointments
for the Raleigh district:
Presiding Elder: M. T. Plyler.
Bailey circuit: E. C. Maness
Benson: J. E. Blalock.
Cary-Apex circuit: W. C. Ball.
Clayton: Marvin Self.
Creedmoor circuit: J. J. Boone.
Four Oaks: W. J. Watson.
Franklinton: E. H. Davis.
Franklinton circuit: V. A. RoyaL
Fuquay circuit: K. F. Duval.
Garner circuit: G. W. Fisher.
Granville circuit: L. H. Joyner.
Kenly circuit: W. B. North.
Louisburg: O. W. Dowd.
Millbrook circuit: S. J. Starnes.
Oxford: E. M. Snipes.
Oxford circuit: N. B. Strickland.
Princeton circuit: G. B. Perry.
Raleigh: Central: H. I. Glass;
Edenton Street, W. A. Stanbury.
Epworth: D. N. Caviness.
Jenkins Memorial: W. P. Brown.
Selma: Edgerton Memorial: D.
O. P. Fitzgerald.
Smithfield: A. J. Parker.
Tar River: J. C. Williams.
Youngsvile Circuit: W. B. Humble
Zebulon: E. M. Hall.
Business manager N. C. Christian
Advocate: T. A. Sikes.
Superintendent Methodist Orphan
age: A. S. Barnes.
Superintendent Anti - Saloon
League: R. L. Davis.
REPORT OF WORK DONE
BY REV. D. H. TUTTLE
The following is a partial report
of the work done during the past year
by Rev. -D. H. Tuttle, pastor of Cen
tenary Methodist church. A full re
port of his year’s work will be givep
in a later issue of this paper. —
Number sermons, 159; prayer meet
ings, 43; visits, 910; home prayers,
473; funerals, 21; marriages, 26; bi
bles, 49; bible portions, 615; testa
ments and Psalms, 82; tracts, 5832;
religious books, 1632; religious papers
and magazines, 1165; added on pro
fessions of faith, 22; by certificate,
24; adults baptized, IS; infants, 4;
lost by death, 4; by ertificate, 15;
present membership ,521; 270 added
in four years.
No farms should have less than three
milk cows and five will produce a liv
ng for the average farm family.