FORTY-FOURTH YEAR
SMITHFIELD. N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925
NUMBER 3
SELMA NEWS ITEMS
FULL MEREST
Miss Rosa Lee® Fulghum Be
comes Bride of Mr. Maurice
A^piggs, of Wilson
: M%j KUTZ GOES ABROAD
Selma, Jan. 6.—Saturday after
noon at one o’cltf^k the Baptist^ar
gsnage w® the scene of a quiet but
,jSWutiful wedding when Miss^Kosa
^Lee Fulghum became the bride of
Mr. Maurice A. Biggs, of Wilson.
The living- room of the parsonage,
where tnSftceremony was performed,
was tastefully decorated with na@
cissas, and ferns, a coll*) scheme of
white and gi®a being- carried out.
Rev. C. 11. Caswell was the officiat
ing master, the impressive -flng
ceremony being used. Only a few
relativ® and friends were present,
owing to 1 de recent death of the
) bride’s father. The bride was be
comingly attired in a going away suit
of brown and reindeer with fur trim
mings and hat, shoes and gloves to
match. She is the daughter (jjf Mrs.
T. R. Fulghum. ^nd is a very popular
and at Elective member of the young
er set. She was educated at Elo^r
^College wherCc-she was neld is the
^highest esteenx£hy faculty and stu
dents. Mr. Biggs is the son of jjr.
and Mrs. N. A. Biggs, of Smithfield.
He holds a responsible position with
the A. C. L. Railw#^ Company at
Wilson, where Mr. and Mrs. Biggs
will be at home to their friends after
a wedding trip to Washington, New
York, and other points north.
Estill N. Kutz, nineteen-year-old
son of Mr. am^-yVIrs. J. p. Kutz, sailed
Saturday, January 3, from Norfolk oil
the S. S. Denham, with 8® head of
gj horses arij mules for Barcelona,
Spain, and Leghorn, ItalyJ)
Mr, A. T. Millender, of 505 Broad
Street, Portsmouth, Va.. spent last
week end in Seima. Mr. Millender
says that he spent his boyhood days
in Sejma, and that his family, the
N< ides the-' Hoij^s fwjrc the oidy
other families living in Selma then.
There was nothing on the north side
of the Southern Railway except the
station and„a blacksmith shop. The
£.v:/Wti©of the place, while seemingly
under favorable circumstances, has
1 • en marvelous. ®Ic prophesies that
Selma will be a city in the near fu
ture. 0
Their many frienrrs Qre glad to
learn that tK® young son of Mr. and
Sir's. R. P. Oliver now seems on the
i( ad (Jo recovery. He has been se
riously ill with pneumonia and was
attended by ms uncle, Dr. A^S. Oli
ver, of Benson, and Dr. George D.
Vick, of Seln;^,. His nurse, Miss Fan
nie (||ibble, of Dunn, left Sunday.
Mrs. T. H. Alford i^id Miss Mag
gie Barns^, of Raleigh, spent last Sun
day with -Mrs. E. G. Richardso.n.
Mr. Oscar Mozingo, of Warning
ton, spent last Sunday in Selma witf?
5: relatives.
We regret to chronicle the illness
frf Mrs. A. E.^IcKiethan, at her home
on Anderson street. (S) ®
Miss Eva Richards^ ^spent last
week end wjy^h the family of Mr. J.
D. Barnes #i Dunn.
Mr. Hughes Pearce of W'ilmington
was in the city last week on busi
-vlr. and Mrs. C. E. Younger spent
Sunday with iTlatives in Raleigh.
Mrs. Sam Edgerton and little
ughter, of Goldsboro, was in the city
Tuesday.
Mr. Ira I^itten is quite ill at his
heme v€th Pneumonia.
Camille and Roy Rodgers, J$,
have returned %cm atv® weeks visit
to relatives in Baxley and Reids#ille
Ga. O
Mr. J. D. Mas^y left Wednesday
to attend the Mid-Winter Shrine Cer
emonial in New Bern.
Mr. r< Warner Richardson and
family have ret nrned to Durham aft*
er a visit here to relatives.
Mrs. T. J. Hoggurd and little Ruth
Hoggard Council have returned to
Norfolk after a visit#to Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Etheredge^n Selma.
Mrs. C. M. Holcombe, of Brevard,
i - spend!:- _ some time here with her
son, Mr. E. P. Holcombe.
(Continued on page 4)
Two of the Prize Winners in the Cash Sales Contest at Hood Brothers.
. . A SX-..■x'f.-.;
MASTER NORMAN E. HUMI ’H REY, JR.
0 little miss mario^gjray grimes
The above were first and second prize winners in “The cash sales contest at Hood Bros, drug store which ch-s* a
just before Christmas. Norrman. Jr., is the two and a half year wd son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Humphrey, of
this city. He won first prize in the contest, which was a floor lamp. Little Miss Grimes is the two and a bail year
old daughter of Ex^She^f and Mrs. W. F. Grimes alsu, of this city. «lie(^on the second prize—an Eastman
Kodak, known the world over an$)sold here exclusively (Py Hood Bros. The snapshot of the little prize winner was
taken with the prize kiilak. These successful contestants desire to thank their many friends who helped them win.
'County Home Demonstrator
Retained By Commissioners
RECORDERS COURT
HELD ON TUESDAT
Number of Cases Brought Into
Court On Account of In
0 tcxieatirtg Drink
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CAGES' ON DOCKET ^
Quite a number of cases were dis
posed of in Recorder’s Court here
Tuesday. A number of the cases are
connected wi$? whisky, either trans
porting, drunkenness, or operating
I cars while intoxicated. The docket dis
posed of follows:
State vs. Geor^p Smith, charged
with ffrceny. Committed to Colored
Insane A^lum at QSjdsboro.
St^te vs. Alonzo Lee, indecently
exposing pg-son. Drunk. Guilty sim
ple assault; discharged upon payment
I of cost.
State vs. Elmer Ingram, possessing
and transporting intoxicating liquor.
Guilty; fined $10 ^d costs for trans
porting; prayer f rojudgment contin
ued upon payment of cy£t.
State vs. Almon Turnage, assault
I with deadly weapoft) Guilty. Four
months on the road. Judgment sus
pended two years upon good behavior
and upon paymen®of cost.
State vs. Roby Lassiter, drunken
ness: prayer for judgment for twelve
months on the payment of cost.
fstate vs. Herman Johnson, drunken
ness, guilty. Prayer for judgment
continued fM twelve months‘upon
payment of costs.
® State vs. Dora May Huguhes, con
cealed weapon. Guilty. Fine $50 and
cost. Appealed toSuperior Court un
der ^200 bond.
State vs. C.6D. Wilkins, Lam Tay
lor, Nellie Hughes, Dora May Hughes,
possessing and transporting intoxi
cants© Guilty. Judgment suspended
upon payment of cost. q
State vs A. P. Stephenson, trans
i porting. Not guilty.
#8tate vs. Olin Baker, larceny. Broke
jail.
State vs. Henry Rains, transport
ing. Guilty. Fine $10 and cost.
State vs. Bill Wiggs, operating auto
while intoxicated. Guilty. Discharged
not to operate car for two years. Ca
ution payment of cost and promise
pi as to issue at request of solicitor.
State vs. Bill Wiggs, resisting offi
cer. Guilty. Fined $50 and cost.
State vs. Bill Wiggs, assaulting an
1 officer with deadly weapon. Guilty.
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Office of Farm Demonstration
Work Is Abolished AJ^er
Feb; 1; Bridge Commis
p . ® _
sioners ^ ®
BUSY THREE DAYS
The Courtly Commissioners in an
1 adjourned meeting held here ftjes
day cleverly ^pos^ of the demands
for the county home and farm demon
stration work by cutting out the
farm work and retaining the home
agent. When we went to press Tues
day morning the matter was sjill un
der consideration, and it was not un
til late that afternoon that action was
taken upon othese tv®'.,departments of
couny extension. friends of the
home work will be interested to know
I the present agent. Miss Minnie Lee
fcarrison, was retained with the of
; f ice. The farm work^vill continue
until February 1. ©
This has perhaps .been the (busiest
session of the new Board of commis
sioners, lasting through three days,
and has brought a number of people
to town during the week. In accord
ance with their plans announce -ome
time ago to create bridge comn.ission
ers in each township, ^number of
these comnffcsioners -qi^re appointed
this week. These are as follows: J.
r. Langley, Boon Hill township; M.
B. Pleasant, Pleasant Grove; M. M.
Hobbs, Election; S. A. Boyett, Beu
lah; I. E. Smith, Meadow; Lee Hocutt,
O'Neals; G. R. Stancil, WikhSFs; Nor-(|
man Jones, Clayton; J. A-, Beasley,
Banner; D. J. Williams, Bentonville;
Theo Hinnant, Pine Level. ,.3>
Items of buusiness transacted be
sides ordering a number of bill' paid
include the wullowing:
Ordered that a twelve-ftjjit bridge
be built across Cooper Branch near
Sandy Ridge school house. A petition
was submitted by a number of voters
from the tov^ship.
Ordered tha^lthe boardjrequest the'
governor to call ^tn extra week cu®
Johnston County criminal court to iff1
held immediately preceding thi reg
ular Ma^h term.
Ordered that J. J. Ri se be released
of $1,718 solvent Credits Meadow
township. 0,jy
Ordered that Mrs. Mary B. Myatt
be released of solvent credn.s®.o the n
value <>f $384, being value >f taxes
executed by Johnston County Hospital
Ordered that check for $2,484. 118
as sinking fund for Cleveland town
ship be approved for ^deposit in Far
mers Bank and Trust Company.
Ordered that bond of David C.
Smith, keeper of county home, be ap
proved for $2,000 with New Amster
dam Insurance Company.
(Continued on page 3)
m TAXES 1ST
BE PAID BT FEB. I
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Town Commissioners Authorize
Collector to Advertise
Property For 1923 Taxes
OTHER%lTSINESS SETTLED
The city Fathers have^~ decreed
that town taxes must be paid or else
the property advertised for sale. At
the regulttf; monttr’y meeting held
Tuesday evening, January 6, the
the board • f.eommissiwners instructed
the town tax collector, Mr. W. L. Ful
ler@to give' notice^to all delinquent
tax payers dhat after February 1st
their property I®11 be advertised for
the ta
©At the same meeting deals were
closed tb.at insure a^fire housbyfor
Smithfielcjg'n the near future. The
lot knowrMiir'fhe Milton CanaiSfy lot
on Fourth street was purchased from
R. C. Gillett and W. N. Holt at a
consideration of SI,700. Contractors
of the city had filed bids for the new
building, which will include not only
adequate quarters for the fire de
partment but also stables for the
town’s stock rtfcjnd other necessary out
buildings. When the bids were opened
and carefully considered the contract
was awarded to W. S. Peters£dy)his
bid being $6,71J2.53.
The award»jr of this conttWct by'
the committee was confirmed by the
entire board Tfl^sday evening. Work
has alreadj) begun on the building
^vhich will be a two story brick struc
ture, 3612 feet by 40 feet.
A proposition was made to the j
hoard by Mr. J. D. Parker to buy
the piece of land on the west side of [
First street between bridge and Cas
well streets for the purpose of put- j
ting up a sawmill. For the town to :
sell this property an act of the legis
lature will 1;^,necessary and a com
mittee was appointed to consider th¥*
port at a special meeting to be held
-n January 16. @
A decidbui was made at this me®
ing requiring the*night 'policeman,
Mr. R. E. € * to report at the
nations a cated in different pjtfts of
the busitit s sections at statec^rnter
cals during each night. The>e stt^
tions art vand in stratigic points
for the discovery of fires or any other
disturbances that may occur.
Smithfield iiorse &
M’^ie €9 FIvm
5!". M. B. Lynch, of Princeton, is
opening up a gales stable at ihe old
F. H. Parrish stand on Third street.
The new firm is styled “The Smith
field Horse and Mule Company.’’
Read thi lr ad t! ;ewhere in this is
sue. o
PARENT-TEACHER
ASS’N HAS MEETING
Rev. S. L, Morgan, Pa^or P^p
tist Church Makes Address
on Supervised Play
LIST OF COMMITTEES
The Parent - Teacher (g^ssocij^ojgTi
met at the school biding last Tues
day afternoon wit ii a good a^ti-ndance.
Mrs. Hftdlard, The president, having
left town, j&jwas presided o-jjjjfr by the
vice-president, Mrs. E. S. Edmund*#
son. She announced the committees
for the year, whit-Nfyare named be
low. jk-v. S.i. Morga^i)iiade an ad
dress t n supervised play, teaching
especially on the moral dangers to
iTTK' children of the community when;,
pl^y among groups of chMren is not
under careful supervision? He cited
instances in ijjbch groups of childr^p,
were morally contaminated byva mor
al pervert among the children, and
spoke in lavor of separating boys
and girls on the playground, and of
having one or more teachers always on
the ground during play hours, as is
done in many of the best regulated
schools in larger towns. On motion
i of Mr. FraWHg a committee was ap
| pointed to investigate and r<a|*ort on
; the moral conditions in our town and
to bring recommendations. Mr. Mor
gan introduced his address by lay
ing down a platform on which he be
lieved parents1-&nd teachers and the
school board could co-operate.
It had been understood that a new
president would be electe d to suc
ceed Mrs. Bullaigfe the executive cor4»
mittiee having, it was thought, a suit
able name to recommend. But i^was
found at the lastothat this ptrfson
could not serve. The two superior
( officers declining to serve on account
of illness in their families- the
office descended to the correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. S. L. Morgan, who
consented to serve until the annual
'election of ologgers in March. The
nominating committee was named by
the executive committed, who will
recommend officers far the new year
when the association meets in March.
The p®lic is asked to give serious
thought to the important work that
is l$*)ng done by the parent-teacher
asosociation, and to co-operate with
the nominating committee findng
the best possible officers.
The followng is a list of the com
mittees which were read-out at the
meeting Tuesday evening:
Nominating committee, to report
at the February meeting: Mrs. L. G.
Patterson, chairman; Mesdames W.
W. Jor^jn, Carl Pugh, H. C. Hood,
J, fL Kirk man.
^Membership committee: Utrs. T. C.
Young, chairman; Mesdames N. M.
Lawrence, T. C. Jordan, S. R. Brady,
L. T). Wharton, W. C. Coates, D. H.
Ereech, W. H. Lasagter, E. H. Dixon.
Social CommfWee: Mrs.
ble, chairman; Mrs J. D. Spiers,
Misess Clota Edwards, Mae Pinson,
Helen Jones, and Thelma Peedin.
School Beautiful Committee: Mrs.
W. H. Austin, chairman; Mesdames
H. C. Hood, W. S. Peterson, W. D.
Hood, Misses Frances White, Ava,
Myatt a/8 Katharine Brown.
Playground committee: Mrs. S. L.
Morgan, ^Sftirman; Mesdames N. B. J
Grantham,®md D. H. Wallace, Miss
es Evelyn Wilson, Alice Edmundson,
Hr. Walter L. Rice.
(Medical and dental inspection: Mrs.
Thel Hooks, chai^ran, Mesdames J.
H. Abell, N. T. Holland, L. T. Royall,
P. H. Kasey, Chas. A. Creech, and
Miss lorene Leonard. ©
Ways and means committee: Mrs.
Carl PuglU chairman: Mesdc|pe® A.
S. Johnston, J. A. Wellons, W. F.
Grimes, Chas Creech, Misses Mamie
Morgan, and Evelyn Wilson.
Program committee: Mrs. J. J.
N ii.ii, A. 1:. Rose, Miss--- Mulia
Holt Black, Sue Bret, and Gladys
Pierre. f6
Publicity committee: Mrs. T. H.
Franks, chairman, Mesdames W. S.
Ragsdale, T. J. Lassiter, Misses Fan
nie Bett Brflwn, Ethel Craig and
G’ nn i^ird.
Cc mmittce to decide regular day
of meeting: Mrs. P. H. Kasey. chair
man; Mesdames I® G. Patterson, S.
BUSy MEN’S GLASS
ENJOYS BARBECUE
Business Men of City Make Ap
propriate Talks; Class
Now Ptear 100 Mark
INFLUENTIAL F ACTOR
On Friday evening, January 2, the
Busy Men’s Bible class of the Meth-vg
odist church had a delightful barbe
cue sup$!® They invited guests from
the other churches of the town, and
so le from out of the city. All taM
there were Jjp men comfortably
seated aroundv'"the festive board on
the third floor of Austin’s Depart
nljjA.t Store. These “get-togethers” €
jhave hat^#* remarkably stimulating
effect on the /gjass and have engen
dered a spirit Qt loyal co-operation
which is making the class a factor
in the civic life of the tawn. •:
::
Mr. E. J. Wellons spoke on the
| “The Purpose of These Get-Togethers
to the Class.” Rev. A. J. Parker, pas
tor of the Methodist church, told the
men what such gatherings meant to
the mother church, while Rev. Geo.
M. Manley emphasized the help
that this class spirit was bringing
the-other Sunday schools of the city
Mr. H. B. MaUrow, eitfunty superin
tendent of public instruction, caught
the larg-alf’ vision and told the ban
queters what this spirit would mean
jfy> the educational work in the county.
Mr. Bobbie Sanders, of Clayton, and
Judge F. H. Brooks brought to those
assembled the spirit of helpfulness
that this work would bring to all the
cfwrgh work of the county. Rev. S. L,
Morgan, pastor of the Bantist church
discussed the effect of the-class work
in our immediate community.©Mr.
J. H. B. Tomlinson brought a mes
sage on loyal co-operation and what
could • hi- ipeomplished by work and
determination. Mr. James.^A. Wel
lons struck the keynote when he told
the class that they were doingygood
work but not to let up ipr.^heir efforts
for they were just beginning to break
the ground. “ ‘Throw out the life
line’ ” leas huf. message. “Go after
the fellow who' does not attend your
classes”. And the result of his ad
vice was eight new members Sunday
morning.
This class has amost reached the
100 mark. A famous bootlegger of
other days asking about ^fcat sup
per, \*hcn told the purpose of it re
plied: “Well, if, that band of men say
liquor shall not be sold in Smithfield,
it will have to go.”
Thej;e is a challenge. What say
you, then ?
Spiscopal Church ($) _
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fhera will be services at the Epis
ml church Sunday, jporning at 11 ®
lock and in the evening at seven,®
iducted by Rgr. Mr. Clark, of
ringfield. ® ~
Services At Four Oaks
There will be preaching at the old
Four Oaks school building Sunday
afterfSbn at three o’clock by Rev.
Charley Johnson. Everybody is in
bited,£p attend0 @
® Presbyterian Church
Rev. W. M. MeLeog, of Richmond,@)
will preach at trm Presb^erian
here Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock and in the evening at 7:30.
At three o'clock in the afternon he
will preach at Oakland church.
T! o public is cordially limited to
attend all these services.
Xobody
Aloysius—“Have you seen the new
balloi r. tires ?”
Dulcinia—“Why, whoever heard of
a balloon needing tires?”—Texas
a. anger.
* L. Morgan, L. T. Royall, Miss Alice
Edmumlson.
Grade mothers cimmittee: Mrs. L.
G. Patterson, chairman; Mesdames
G. A. MeLemore, Lee Sanders, Eunice
Penny, Misses Mildred Goode and
Eunice Boyette.