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NUMBER 2(5
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR
SMITHFIELD, N. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 25, 19 25
meat thieves are
CAUGHT IN VANCE
Sheriff Parker Makes Two Trips
To Henderson For Men Want
ed In This County
AWAIT TRIAL IN JAIL
Two men, W. D. Faircloth and
Doppie Wheeler, charged with in
vading Johnston County Sunday
night, March 15, and spiriting away
seventy -two pieces of meat from
about five smoke houses in Ingrams
and Elevation townships, were ar
rested in Henderson this week and
are now in jail here awaiting trial
in Recorder’s Court.
After the theft was discovered Mon
day, March 16. efforts were made to
discover the thieves, and it was
thought the trail led toward Raleigh.
Nearby towns, including Clayton, Ra- j
leigh, Durham and Henderson were j
telephoned to, and descriptions of the !
meat given, in the hope that if it1
should be marketed the thieves might
be apprehended. This proved to be
the right line, and it later developed
that meat answering to the descrip
tions given had been sold at Warren
ton, Henderson and Norlina. About
half of the stolen goods was recov
ered by the owners.
On Saturday Wheeler was arrest
ed in Henderson by the sheriff of
Vance County, and on Monday Sher
iff Parker accompanied by his son,
William Parker went to Henderson
and brought him to jail here. Yester
day Sheriff Parker received a mes
sage that Faircloth had been arrest
ed on Monday night, and he made the
second trip to Henderson, bringing
back his prisoner yesterday after
noon. The men confessed to getting
the meat, which they stored with an
old darkey near Henderson until they
could dispose of it. Faircloth had
lived in Johnston County until about
a year ago when he went to Hender
son. Wheeler was a stranger in
these parts.
Kenly Defeat* The
Maysville Quint
Kenly, March 12.—Ke«ly defeated
Maysville in the fastest game of this
season by the score of 21 to 19. Col
lins feetured for Maysrille by loop
ing five field goals and a foul. Hales
featured for Kenly with five field
goals. Neither team was able to take
a big lead until the third quarter
when Hales looped three field goals
and Watson, K., two.
KENLY (26) MAYSVILLE (19
Watson, K. 7_R. F...Mattox, B. \
Hales 10.L. F.. .Collins B. 11
Hollowell (Capt)5. .C.. .Collins, S. 4
Watson, J.-O_R. G...Mattox, C.-O
Wyatt 4.L. G-- Filton 3
Referee: Neighbors.
Substitutes: L. Woodard for Hales;
Hales for L. Woodard; L. Woodard
for Watson, J.
FLAY BY KENLY TALENT A
SUCCESS
(By Louise Colemsa)
Kenly, March 20.—“The Flapper
Grandmother” was given in the school
auditorium Tuesday evening at eight
o’clock. Miss Inez Edgerton played
the part of the Flapper Grandmoth
er; Mr. J. M. Woolard, Andrew
Sprigging; Miss Elizabeth Gunn, Mrs.
aMt Spriggins; Miss Grace Dixon,
Lena Spriggins; Mrs. H. P. Johnson,
Belinda Spriggins; Mr. Rudolph Kir
by, Jimmy Swift; Mr. Jack Hooks,
Dick Tate; Mr. Hooks of Smith
field, Bobby Smith; Mr. E. V. Neigh
bors, Dr. Joy; Mr. Dobbin Bailey,
Count Seekem Rich; Mr. J. H. Barnes
Rastus; Mr. Jesse Watson, Lilly.
All the characters did honor to
themselves as well as to the town by
taking their parts so well. The play
was pronounced a success from be
ginning to end by all who attended.
Almost every seat was taken.
The audience was kept in peals
of laughter by the many funny jokes
and songs.
Th*' chorus girls were very at
tractive and pretty in their costumes
and very graceful in their manner.
They received quite an ovation for
their performance.
"MISS SELMA”
Miss Ruth Fulghum, the attractive
daughter of Mrs. R. T. Fulghum, of
Selma,
FOUR OAKS PLAN
BASEBALL GAMES
Had Winning Team Last Year;
All The Star Players Back
Except One
Four Oaks, Mar. 24.—The baseball
spirit is bubbling over in Four Oaks.
Our high school boys are practicing
.•very afternoon. Mr. D. W. Lambe,
who made a great record pitching
ball at Trinity, is coaching the boys.
We had a winning team last year and
it is hoped that it will be the same
this year. All the star players ex
cept Ta'madge Cole are back. Hugh
Wellons, who has made a good record
among the high schools of Eastern
North Carolina, will be back again.
Richard Lewis will catch the bhlls
Wellons pitches. Rudolph Stanley
and Lexie Barefoot went out for first
base but Barefoot has had more ex
perience and will probably hold first
| base. Charlie Lee is playing second.
;Hoyette Massengill will play short.
I Hoyette has already made himself
! known by his good pitching and play
ling short. Clarence Stanley won out
| in getting third base. Quite a number
[of boys have tried very hard for out
! field. Gardner Johnson and James
.Parrish tried for left field, but John
) son got it. David Sanders and Hu
bert Allen tried for center field, San
I ders being the victorious one. Ed
Keene, Wade Stanley, Hubert Mas
isengill and David Lee have tried ex
ceedingly hard for right field. Wade
i Stanley will probably be the victori
ous one. Our coach has arranged for
ten games through May 16. The first
(game will be played here and it is ex
'pected to be a hard fought game, as
. Clayton has a very strong team. The
schedule is as follows:
March 26, Clayton at Four Oaks.
I April 4. Buie’s Creek, at Four Oaks,
j April 7, Fayetteville at Four Oaks.
| April 11, Clayton at Clayton.
: April 14, Smithfield at Smithfield.
i April 17, Garner at Four Oaks,
f April 21, Smithfield at Four Oaks.
) April 24, Garner at Garner.
* April 28, Buie’s Creek at Buie’s
I Creek.
[ May 16, Fayetteville at Fayetteville.
; Leaguers Organize
Mission Study Class
The Beckwith Epworth League of
I the Centenary Methodist church or
iganized a mission study class Mon
day night. Eighteen members have
been enrolled to study the book “The
| Task Ahead.” Miss Thelma Peedin
is leader for the class which will
meet at her home Thursday evening
at 7:30 o’clock. All members are
urged to be present.
JOHNSTON COUNTY AGAIN
LEADS STATE IN COTTON
The Department of Commerce,
; through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report on
| cotton ginned in North Carolina for
the crops of 1924 and 1923. In 1923
there were ginned 1,053,402 bales
and in 1924 858,017 bales. In John
ston County 62, 165 bales were ginned
in 1923 and in 1924, 53,227 bales.
Johnston led the State with Robeson
second in 1923, and with Nash sec
ond in 1924. ;0-)
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ARRANGE PROGRAM
FOR T. I. REUNION
Handshaking And Speeches By
Former Students To Feature
Occasion
APRIL 14TH. THE DAY
The idea of a reunion of the old
students of Turlington Institute has
taken a hold upon those who have
heard of it, and the indications are
quite a number will be on hand on
Tuesday of the Exposition to enjoy
the handshaking and speaking by
some of the former pupils. The pro
gram is taking definite shape, and it
is now expected that Rev. P. D. Wood
all, of Rowland, Rev. Whitley Lang
ston of McRae, Ga., Mr. Sam F. Aus
tin of Nashville, “Shad” Grantham of j
Rocky Mount, Albert Coates of Chap- i
el Hill, wall be among the speakers.
Others to whom the program commit- ;
tee has written to be on hand with
a few words ready, include Mrs. W."!
T. W’oodard of Selma, Mrs. M. V.
Hungerford of Raleigh, Miss Annie j
Glasgow of Williamston, Dr. Buren
Sidbury of Wilmington, Miss Myrtle
Harper of Atlantic Christian College
of Wilson.
The meeting will be held in the
court house at one o’clock on Tues
day afternoon, April 14tli. Every- 1
bidy who comes will be asked to reg
ister their names in a book prepared i
for that purpose, and every one will
be given a T. 1. badge for the occa
sion.
The chief concern at present is
to get the news abroad about the
meeting. A publicity committee com
posed of Mrs. D. H. Jones, Mrs. Jap.
Myatt and Mrs. W. W. Cole will be
glad to send a program with a cor
dial invitation to as many of the old
pupils as they can locate. If you know
of any old pupils out of the county
vho will be interested in the reunion
please report their names to the
committee named above.
RECORD FOR SAFE TRAVEL
ON TRAINS OF SOUTHERN j
i
Atlanta, Ga., March 24.—Of 17,
602,921 passengers who rode on Sou
thern Railway System trains during
1924 not one was killed in a train ac
cident or as the result of any failure
or negligence on the part of the rail
way or of its employees, says a state
ment just issued by the Safety De
partment of the Southern. Of all
this large number, the only one to
lose his life was a college student,
who jumped from a moving train,
thus ignoring the rules established
for the safety of passengers.
The average distance traveled by
each passenger was 66.18 miles, the
total number of passengers and the
average haul both showing decreases
under 1923 in which year 18,310,013
passengers were transported an av
erage distance of 68.5 miles.
“These figures show that the Sou
thern has gone through another year
without the death of a passenger as
the result of a human or mechanical
failure, chargeable to its employees
or equipment,” the statement contin
ues, “but there seems to be no effec
tive safeguard against the acts of
passengers who risk their lives by
disregarding the common laws of
safety the rules which have been es
tablished for their own protection.”
To Cal's Hobby
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Congressman Fred M. Vinson of
Kentucky, wrote a poem to Presi
dent Coolidge’s electric bobby horse
on which he exercises—ami despite
criticism read it in the House
COUNTY KIWANIANS
PLAN A BIG BOOST
! Favor Inviting East Caro
lina Kiwanians Here
JULES BRAZIL ENTERTAIN
The three Johnston County Kiwa
nis clubs are preparing to pull an
other big stunt in the near future
when they invite all the Clubs of
Eastern North Carolina to meet wdth
them here on Tuesday evening dur
i g the Exposition, at a giant dinner,
and at which time Jules Brazil, of
Toronto, Ontario, will be the center
of attraction. Brazil is th<j leading
Kiwanis International entertainer,
and is'welcomed by Kiwanis Clubs ev
ery where he goes.
Benson and Smithfield
nans were given a big boost nere
Tuesday night when Dr. Meyerberg,
of Selma, Dr. Martin, of Benson, and
Corbin Young, of the Smithfleld club,
got their heads together in a meeting
held here, and decided it was the pro
per thing to do. The Benson and Sel
ma Clubs are solidly in behind the
project and feel that it oan be put
over in grand style
The present plans are to inrit* the ;
Selma. Benson, Rocky Mount, Wilson, :
Henderson, Fayetteville, Tarboro, •
Durham, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Kinston,
Nashville, Enfield, and Scotland
Neck Clubs to send their members,
and wives and sweethearts are to be
brought with them. The meeting will
be turned over to Mr. Brazil after the
eating ends, and the real fun will
then begin. .
The real purpose in having the ;
large gathering at this time is to en
courage Kiwanians from all over this
section of the State to be here and
see what is going or; in Johnston
County. Then too this is the night
when Mine. Marie Sundelius, the big
gest and highest priced single attrac- j
tion of the week, will sing. This
alone should bring throngs here, but
the Kiwanis meeting ought to, and
will bring in others.
Kiwanis has been instrumental in
every move of the Exposition, and it
is to herein further aid the good work
in helping to draw the crowd.
THE SUNDRY SHOPPE, CIGARS,
cigarettes and tobaccos.
POST OFFICE ADDS
MAIL FACILITIES
U. S. Post Office Department
Authorizes Mail Sent Out At
6 and 8 O’Clock A. M.
Smithfield now has bettor mail fa
cilities than it has ever had in the
past. Until March 19, mail posted at
night did not leave town until the fol
lowing afternoon, but now it goes out
early i nthe morning every day ex
cept on Sundays. A letter from Mr.
W. H. Riddly, general superintendent
of the post office department at Wash
ington, to Mr. J. C. Staneil, deputy
register of daeds, shows that addi-1
tional pouches for early morning i
trains have been authorised by tha
post office department. The letter, |
addressed to Mr. Staneil, follows: j
“On February 11th, yon addressed
a letter to the Postmaster General
which was referred to me, in whieh j
mail facilities for Smithfield, N. C,'
and suggested the authorization of
additional service for the supply of
that place.
I have caused an inv^jwHlfstion to
be made and takeepik?3sure in advis
ing you that effecctive March 19th,
Smithfield will make pouches daily
except Sunday for Benson, Dunn and
Four Oaks, N. C., via Atlantic Coast
Line'train 93, and pouches for Kenly,!
Selma, and Wilson, N. C., via closed
pouch train 34. The post-masters at
Benson, Dunn and Four Oaks will
make pouches for Smithfield via re
turn train 94 of the same line.
1 believe the establishment of these
additional pouches will give the ser- !
vice requested by you in this case.
W. H. RIDDLY, Gen. Supt.”
Floyd Collins’ Father Is
Raising Funds For Memorial
Cincinnati, March 16.—Lee Collips,
67-year-old father of Floyd Collins,
Sand Cave tragedy victim, arrived
here today. He expects to remain in
Cincinnati for several days and will
seek permission of city officials for
an appearance at one of the the
aters.
Collins is making a tour of the
United State* and Is collecting funds
to build a memorial. He said the
body of Floyd Collins would not be;
removed from the bottom of the shaft j
sunk in an affort to rescue him alive;
and which was sealed with concrete ’
after the discovery of the body.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
AT PEACOCK’S X ROADS
Mr. J. P. Rogers, of Wilmington, ;
has charge of the new school build-'
ing which is being erected at Pea
cock’s Cross Roads. Mr. Rogers
superintended the building of sev
eral school houses in the county last
year.
Dr. C. E. Maddry at Carter's Chapel
Dr. Charles E. Maddry will be at
the union meeting to be held at Car
ter’s Chapel on March 28 and 29. He j
will preach at eleven o’clock and will
speak on State Missions in the after
noon. The Buie’s Creek quartette j
will be there also and sing. A hearty
welcome awaits yo*.
Wife: "Charles, dear, is it true j
that sheep are the dumbest of ani
mals?"
Hubby (absent-mindedly reading
paper); “Yee, nty lamb.”
Subscription Drive Climbs
Well Above $40,000 Mark
The Hospital drive today contin
ued with more enthusiasm than any
previous time, and the total sub
scribed caused the mercury in the
thermometer to rise to a total of
$40,850.
Today will see the teams out with
renewed vigor, with the hopes of
putting the total subscriptions up in
to $50,000. The^n^j arrival at the
two-thirds mile post wilJ^ rejuvenate
the soliciting parties, flFis believed
by those Jgk; charge of the drive, and
every one has a b^hter outlook^?)
Increased business among the mer
chants and professional men here yes
terday due to the fact that the Re
corder’s Court was in session, pre
vented all parties from gettfhg into
action again.
The Court will continue into today
but most of the members of the
teams have made arrangements and
they will be out.
Some disappointment has been felt
due to the fact that som^5>f those
whom it was hoped would be large
subscribers have failed to subscribe
at all, or else have not come up to
what it was hoped they would do. It
is felt that this is \jn^voidable in
some instances, and there has been no
hard feeling in such cases. As in
everything, however, some will not
carry their proportional share of the
burden.
But this Hospital is going to be
built, even if everyc*e does not
come up to the standaruset for them.
The lot is in waiting, plans complet
ed, money on hand, but more is com
ing in, it is believed.
This campaigning is great stuff,
according to the workers. Fun one
place, a hard-luck story in the next.
In the language of the gridiron, it
is “two down and four to go.”
FORD MOTOR CO.
PURCHASE SPACE
Neighboring Ford Dealers Take
43,000 Square Inches Space
In Exposition Hall
FORD-LINCOLN DISPLAY
The Ford Motor Company through
about thirty-five or forty of its neigh
boring dealers is solidly behind the
Exposition, it seems, for they have
set the pace by purchasing 43,000
square feet of space in the Main Hall
of the Eastern Carolina Exposition
building. This space is in the near
center of the giant building in which
the Exposition is to be held.
The Company is to put on a typi
cal Ford-Lincoln display. Like ex
hibits have been made at all the lead
ing automobile shows throughout the
United States during the last year
or two, and the officials of the Eastern
Carolina Chamber of Commerce feel
themselves indeed fortunate in get
ting the Ford and Lincoln dealers to
step into harness and furnish this
display for the fast approaching
event.
There will be in all about six or
seven Lincoln models shown, in addi
tion cut down chassis, showing this
fine car from every angle. It is said
that the manufacture of the Lincoln
is Mr. Henry Ford’s hobby, and for
that reason he is turning out a high
ly desirable type of high-powered
car which strikes a happy medium
between the moderate and high
priced cars of other makes which are
today on the market. He is fond of
this new venture, and is putting tne
very best materials and employing
the very highest type of mechanical
skill for its manufacture.
All models of the Ford itself will
be on display, from the lowly truck
to the finished sedan. All models of
the cars will be seen, the trucks and
tractor.
The Johansen guages, displaying
the only standard inch measurement
in existence, will also be se£n in this
space. The making of this precision
tool required sarenteen years of the
inventor’s life, and is indeed a fine
piece of workmanship. This tool is
used in perfecting measurements of
parts for the Lineoln automobile. To
be understood, it should be seen.
In addition to the Ford display, the
Universal Motor Company, distribu
tors of Foidson machinery and imple
ments, will occupy three spaces.
Then, too, the Towers and Sullivan
Manufacturing Company, builders of
Fordson plows and harrows, will oc
cupy two spaces near the large Ford
Lincoln display.
Further announcements regarding
this display will probably be carried
by The Herald in the near future.
ANALYSIS OF WATER
Serial No. F 5406
Sent by Supt. Water Works.
Location, Smithfield, N. C.
Marked— Smithfield, N. C.
Received— 3—20—25
Reported— 3—£3—2S
Sediment— 0
Color— 0
Turbidity— 0
Odor, cold— 0
Odor, Hot— 0
Alkalinity— 11.2 parts per million.
Alum— 0.01 parts per million.
Chlorides— 5.S perts per million.
Nitrites— 0
pH— 6.0
B. coli in 1 c.c.— 0
B. coli in 10 c.c.— 0
B. coli in 50 c.c.— 0
Total bacterial count per c.c. at
38 degrees C.— 5
Count on lactose litmus agar per
c.e.—0
Aeid-producing bacteria per c.c.-O
Send another sample.
J. W.K., Analyst.
C. A. Shore, M. D., Director.
Minstrel Show at Archer Lodge
The Archer Lodge School is giving
a minstrel show in the school audito
rium next Friday night at 7:30. The
I cast is composed entirely of school
children with two teachers added.
! There a number of good songs, jokes
and other plays and a good perform
ance is expected to be put on. Prices
115 and 35 cents.