mt Hcrali> 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-) m 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 ] [Atm>c*.g- ci< igagmm £Bl1Gi} 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 thf 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.