Number 48
Forty-fourth Year
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1925
Decision Pending In Regard
to Holding County Fair Again
Directors to Meet In An Ad
journed Session Saturday
Afternoon, May 9.
WANT PEOPLES SENTIMENT
The matter of holding a county
fair again is up for consideration at
this time, a directors meeting held
yesterday resulting in an adjourned
session set for Saturday afternoon,,
May 9, at which time the matter
will be settled.
It will be recalled that rain last
year at the beginning of fair week
contributed to a deficit of about a
thousand dollars w-hich the premium
winners were forced to lose at least
temporarily. There is a sentiment on
the part of some that the fair should
be continued, certainly another year,
in an effort to make good the due
bills which were issued t othe prem
ium winners. Some are of the opin
ion that if the fair is dropped for
one year that it will mean the death
of the fair organization.
On the other hand there are those
who feel that it will be a mistake to
hold the fair again in the same place.
The lease on the fair property has
expired an it has been necessary to
rent. This naturally prohibits the
placing of any permanent equipment
cn the fair grounds, and the old
buildings are considered rather inad
equate for worth while exhibits of
farm produce and live stock. The
present site is low and in case of
rain as last year, the mud is a handi
cap not to be overlooked.
The board of directors is loath to
give up having a county fair and yet
the prospect is not good for continu
ing it under apparent difficulties. It
is the desire of the directors to have
an expression from a large number
of people as to the best thing to do
before the meeting Saturday week.
The directors, any one of whom will
welcome an opinion on the subject,
are as follows: Dr. R. J. Noble,
Selma; C. M. Wilson, Wilson’s Mills;
J. Rufus Creech, Smithfield, Route 2;
R. A. Wellons, J. H. Woodall, Mrs.
T. J. Lassiter, E. S. Edmundson and
H C. Woodall, Smithfield.
The meeting Saturday, May 9, will
be held in the commissioners room
at the court house and will be call
ed to order promptly at five o’clock:
Mr. R. A. Wellons, former secre
tary of the Fair Association, who
has since moved his residence to
Charlotte, will not be a candidate for
re-election as secretary, but there are
others who will undertake the fair
either under the same circumstances
should it seem best to continue it
as last year or under any new ar
rangement that may be devised. Mr.
J. A. Narron has been prominently
mentioned for secretary and also Mr.
W. D. Avera.
Governor Appoints Republicans
Raleigh, April 29.—The Governor
has kept his word in declaring some
weeks ago that members of the minor
ity party would not be ignored in
official appointments. Republicans,
he said, were excluded from member
ship on the Budget Commission be
cause he considered the Democratic
party responsible for the fiscal policy
of the State. In naming board mem
bers during the week three republi
cans were recognized. They are: ex
Judge E. W. Timberlake, Wake For
est; Mrs. Linsday Patterson, Wins
ton-Salem and ex-Judge W. S. OB
Robinson, Goldsboro. They go on the
Hospital* for the Colored Insane at
Goldsboro, Teachers College for Ne
groes at Winston-Salem and the State
Hospital at Raleigh. Editor Santford
Martin, of the Winston-Salem Jour
nal, is appointed a director of the
State School for the Blind and Deaf,
Raleigh. He is a Democrat of the
Jeffersonian type. ,
The Wood In Your Newspaper
Every person who buys a twenty
four page newspaper for two cents
cuts out of the forests of the United
States or Canada a block of wood
two inches high, three inches wide
and four inches long.
With the help of a paper mill a
cord of wood informs 3,600 people of
the days news.—Washington Times.
Awaits Chair
! W * ^■%&VAuVoca.«tc%J j
Wm. Caviller, 15, cf Pottsville,
• ’a., ^convicted of slaying- his grand
mother and sentenced to be electro
cuted this week, :s at last remorse
ful, as liiio iast photo shows. ,
OTONTYCOUNCILTO
MEET SATURDAY
The members of the County Coun
cil of Home Demonstration work will
hold their regular meeting in the
Commissioners room of the Court
house tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’
clock. Miss Helen Estabrook, Cloth
ing Specialist for North Carolina,
will be present and give a demonstra
tion in children’s clothing. Miss Mary
Yates of the State Library Commis
sion will also be present at this meet
ing and will be ready to give infor
mation concerning circulating librar
ies.
AN AXE-IDENT
There was a young salesman, named
Phipps,
Who married on one of his trips
A widow named Block,
But he got quite a shock,
When he found there were six little
chips.
NEW SPEED LAW
IN EFFECT TODAY
Greensboro, April 29.—Friday, May
1st, the new automobile law permit
ting 35 miles per hour on the high
ways of North Carolina will become
effective. The new law, according to
C. W. Roberts, vice-president of the
Carolina Motor Club, which organi
zation sponsored the increased speed,
raises the imit by 5 miles and de
fines the residential sections of cities
and towns. The limit in business sec
tions is raised from 10 miles to 12
miles »per hour and retains the regu
lation of 20 miles per hour in built
up residential sections.
“No section of the state highway
shall be constituted a built-up resi
dential section, whether within or
without the corporate limits of a city
or town, if there are not more than
eight houses on either side of the
road continuously for 1000 feet,” is
the construction of Mr. Roberts.
“Fifteen miles per hour is permitted
while passing churches or schools—
but this is only effective when people
are leaving or entering the grounds.
At other times, 35 miles is permissa
ble.
“When the driver’s view is ob
structed for one hundred feet before
he reaches intersection, and two hun
dred feet on the intersection road, he
shall slow down to 15 miles. If he
can view both roads as designated,
he may travel the full 35 miles pro
vided by law. Only 15 miles is permit
ted when the driver is traversing
curves or corners of the road unless
he can view the highway for 300
feet.
“Another interesting feature of the
bill is the ruling against misuse of
signal devices. Open muffler cut-outs,
exhaust whistles or horns are consid
ered objectionable devices. The law
is more explicit and makes possible
a complete understanding by all mo
torists. It is uniform with many oth
er states and will save many motor
ists the fine being imposed by opera
tors of so called speed traps.”
BENSON NOMINATES
A SECOND TICKET
Citizens Convention Selects
Ticket to Oppose Men
Named In a Previous
Convention
NEW TICKET IS MIXED
Benson, April 28.—What was term
ed a citizens convention was held in
| the Convention hall of the First Na
tional Bank building Thursday even
ing of last week. P. B. Johnson called
the meeting to order. I. 0. Farmer
was elected chairman and Alonzo
Parrish, secretary.
The following persons -were placed
in nomination: Mayor, Jesse M.
Britt nominated by P. B. Johnson and
who was nominated by acclamation
there being no opposition; Commis
sioners, Alonzo Parrish, nominated
by Ezra Parker; James E. Wilson,
nominated by J. B. Faircloth; Moses
Peacock, nominated by Preston Wood
all; H. O. Dixon, nominated by Joe
McLamb; Charlie Johnson, nominated
by A. B. Hudson. When the vote was
taken the following were declared
the nominees for commissioners on a
citizens ticket: Alonzo Parrish, James
E. Wilson, HeAry Langdon and Moses
Peacock. >■'
A Democratic convention had been
previously held in the Farmers Com
mercial Bank building and a town tic
ket nominated. The citizens ticket
includes both Democrats and Repub
licans.
MAYO BAILEY GETS
GOOD APPOINTMENT
Former Smith field Man is Ap
pointed Assistant Corpor
ation Commisioner.
GRADUATE OF U. N. C.
Corporation Commissioner Max
ell, who wi|p recently designated
Blue Sky Commissioner by Governor
McLean, has appointed Represnta
tive I. M. Bailey, of Onslow, as as
sistant in the supervision of this
work. Mr. Bailey will receive a sal
ary of $4,500 .He will act as at
torney and counsel for the entier de
partment, in addition to aiding Com
missioner Maxwell in handling the
Blue Sky problems. The appointee is
considered fully qualified for the du
ties he is undertaking.
Mr. Bailey is well known in Smith
field, his native town, and his friends
here will learn with interest of his
appointment as assistant Corporation
Commissioner. He is the son of the
late J. R. Bailey of this city.
Mr. Bailey is a graduate of the
state university and has been prac
ticing law at Jacksonville, N. C., since
1917. He has been county attorney
of Onslow county and was an active
member of the last general assem
bly. He expects to move h isfamily
to Raleigh in the near future. His
wife is a daughter of former Sher
iff Thompson, of Chowan couny, and
they have four children.
Dr. H. G. Roberts, Fatally Injured
in Airplane Fall, Told ofMistake
Raleigh, April 28.—Senator John
R. Baggett ,of Harnett teacher and
long time friend of Dr. H. C. Roberts,
who died today as the result of a
fall in his airplane near Coats, de
clares that before his death Dr. Rob
erts recovered consciousness and told
how the accident occurred.
Today army aviators from Fort
Bragg, having gathered second hand
the facts brought from Dr. Roberts,
illustrated the fall and men who saw
the dead physician in his last flight
say the reproduction was perfect. Dr,
Roberts told Mrs. Roberts and his
mother that he made the mistake
and the accident was in no way at
tributable to the machinery. He told
jthem that after he had gone a short
distance in the air he determined to
try a “bank” and discovered that he
was too near the ground. When the
machine dived it shot to earth so
quickly that he could not recover it.
The army men did the same thing
today but when 500 feet into the air
before they attempted it. Pictures
were taken and all facts gathered to
give the fliers the benefit of condi
tions which produced the wreck.
The Harnett physician was regard
ed among the most popular men in
the county. “When he is buried to
morrow,” Mr. Baggett said, “there
will be the biggest crowd that ever
attended a funeral in that county. I
taught Dr. Roberts and from the very
first I saw in him more than an or
dinary man. He was a splendid phy
sician and a fine citizen. He was also
a fine flier but made the mistake
which has cost so many lives in this
business.”
LOCALS LOSE TO |
WILSONS MILLS
Wilson’s Mills pounded Honeycutt
and Adams rather freely Wednesday
and won by the score of 4-3.
Smithfield drew first blood in the
second inning, when they scored their
three runs. Wilson’s Mills came back
strong and tied the score in their part
of the third. The score was tied up •
to the seventh inning, when Wilson’s '
Mills scored their one point .But for
miscues on the part of Wilson’s
Mills the Smithfield lads would have ;
been “goose-egged,”
Heavy hitting and several double i
plays on the part of the Mill lads was
the feature of the game.
Batteries: Honeycutt, Adams and
Adams; Uzzle, Liles and Tomlinson.
MR. W. WILEY STRICKLAND
DIES AT FOUR OAKS HOME '
Mr. W’. P. Massengill, of Four
Oaks, •was in the city Wednesday
and qualified as administrator on the
estate of Mr. W. Riley Strickland.
Mr. Strickland died on Wednesday,
April 22, at his home about a mile
of Four Oaks after an illness of
a week. He was taken with an at
tack —of acute indigestion. He was
buried Thursday afternoon, April 23,
at the old family burying gound,
Rev. J. A. Ivey, pastor of the Four
Oaks Baptist church, conducting the
burial service. The deceased was
about 45 years old. He leaves a
wife and eight children.
i
RECORDERS COURT
HAS LIGHT DOCKET
The following cases were tried and
iisposed of here Tuesday in Record
er’s court:
State vs Albert Spencer, charged
.vith gambling. The defendant was
found guilty. Judgment suspended
jpon the payment of costs.
State vs Frazier Williams, gam
bling. Judgment supsended upon the
bayment of costs.
State vs Joe Hall, charged with
'ambling and possession of whis
cey. Defendant was taxed with the
:osts in both cases.
State vs Needham Davis, gam
bling. Guilty; judgment suspended
ipon the payment of costs.
State vs J. C. Bonner, resisting of
icer and assault. Guilty; given 90
lays on roads and taxed with the
:osts.
MR. CHAS. DAVIS PUTTING IN
UNUSUAL LINE OF GOODS
Mr. Chas. Davis will leave tonight
’or Newr York and other northern
narkets where he will purchase an
inusual line of dresses and dry goods.
\mong his purchases will be an at
:ractive lot of jgaduation frocks. He
ias recently received a lot of crepes
ind silks which he considers an un
usually good buy.
What is believed to be the first cb
ervatory for avalanches has been
n-ected in the province of Stiermark
1 By Air To Pole
Donald B. McMillan is hurriedly
making final preparations for polar
explorations and a1 fight to the
North Pole this summer in a U. S.
Navy plane. The millions of square
miles of waste lands between
Alaska and the pole will be ex
plored, motion pictures taken and
a mapping machine operated.
NEGRO KILLED 8Y
AN AUTOMOBILE
An automobile driven by C. N.
Erwin, of Durham, ran down a negro,
Alex Blalock, near Clayton Sunday
night, injuring the negro to such an
extent that he died by the time he
reached the hospital.
According to a telephone message
from Clayton, Blalock was walking
along the highway in company with
a boy. Mr. Erwin, accompanied by
R. L. Blake, was driving toward
Clayton. The lights from a car headed
for Raleigh blinded Erwin so that he
failed to see the negro pedestrian un
til too late. Both eye witnesses state
that the accident was unavoidable.
The boy walking with Blalock stated
that just a few minutes before the
man was struck, he had warned him
to get off the pavement and walk
on the dirt road, but was shut up
with the request to mind his own
business.
Mr. Erwin picked the wounded ne
gro up and rushed him to a hospital
in Raleigh, but he died about the time
he reached the hospital. Blalock had
been living in Wilders township. He
leaves a wife and several children.
HUBERT GAINEY
SLOWLY IMPROVES
Dunn, April 29.—The condition
of Hubert Gainey, Johnston county
youth, who was seriously burned, is
is alleged, by two other young white
men of the same community, is
gradually improving. He was recent
ly brought to the Dunn Community
hospital and though it has been six
weeks since he was burned, he is yet
far from recovery. His back, left
arm, breast and abdomen were burned
to a crisp. It is likely that new skin
will have to be grafted on his back
before it hea'D.
Mann and Marion Thornton, arrest
ed on the charge of holding the youth
over a burning stump, inflicting the
horrible burns, hhve been released
from the Johnston county jail under a
$2,000 bond each. Young Gainey ha=
suffered intense pain as a result of his
experience. However, he is cheerful
and looks forward to tlie time when
he will again be able to ket around.
So far he can hardly bear to be
moved.
Pine Level Revival.
The revival services at the Pirn
Level Baptist church, conducted by
Rev. Russel C. White, of Clayton, are
■ rowing- in interest. The people are
becoming more and move interested
in the strong g<: spel sermons Mr.
White is preaching. The meeting
wil continue the most of next- week,
services at 3 and 8 p. m.
Mr. White will preach at Hepzibah
Baptist church Sunday afternoon a;
3 o’clock.
CHOIR PRACTICE TONIGHT
Choir practice will be held at the
Presbyterian church this evening at
7.45 o’clock. A full attendance is
urged.
A winery in California has 2,500,
000 gallons of dry and sweet wines
aging in casks awaiting a change in
the dry law.
PRIZES OFFERED
FOR DRESSMAKING
Carolinas Exposition Offers
$250 In Gold for Best Dress
Designed and Made. >
Other Prizes.
—
OPEN TO THE CAROLINAS
—
Charlotte, April 29.—Two hundred
and fifty dollars in gold as a sweep
stakes prize for best dress designed
!and made by any girl or woman in
. the Carolinas, with an additional one
; hundred in gold as first prize in the
class, is the lure held out by Caro
linas Exposition officials this year to
the women and girls of the Carolinas.
The contest is inaugurated to stir a
new interest in the almost lost art of
[individual designing and dress-mak
ing in the home, and the Carolinas
Exposition Company is offering a to
tal in cash prizes of over one thou
sand dollars, in addition to many oth
er valuable prizes offered by Caroli
na banks, stores and factories.
The contest has the active backing
of the state departments of educa
tion, and this week Superintendent A.
T. Allen, of North Carolina, is issu
ing a proclamation to every school
in the state, urging the girls and
teachers to take a hand in this con
Not only the educational depart
ments, but the Farm and Home De
monstration Bureaus of both states
are actively behind the contest, this
meaning that forty thousand girls
enrolled in Farm Demonstration Clubs
will be solicited to participate. It is
also expected that women’s clubs and
other organizations of women will
take active part.
Attending the conference in Char
lotte, in addition to J. Norman Pease,
chairman of the style contest com
mittee of the Exposition company,
and other Exposition officials were
Edmond Fairchilds, representing the
Fairchilds Publications of New York,
Miss Lonnie Landrum, Director State
Home Demonstration Work for South
Carolina, with headquarters at Win
throp College; Miss Katharine Mo
ran, representing the State Home
. Economics Division, state department
of Education of North Carolina; Miss
Lillian Creighton, district supervisor
of the North Carolina Home Demon
stration Department, and others.
Each of these heads of important de
partments expressed greatest enthu
siasm over the good which this con
test will result in to women of the
state.
In North Carolina alone there are
twenty thousand girls enrolled in the
Home Demonstration Clubs, and un
der Miss Landrum in South Carolina
there are about the same number. In
the Home Economics Division of
Nroth Carolina there are over sev
en thousand girls studying home eco
nomics in the schools with a larger
number of women engaged in other
phases of the department’s activity.
The heads of these departments
propose to urge their full member
ship to join actively in this contest.
The outstanding feature of the
Made-In-Carolinas Exposition this
Fall will be a Fabrics and Fashions
dispaly, participated in by some of
America’s greatest exponents of the
art designing, and the contest will
terminate with the awarding of many
prizes during the Exposition.
The contest is m two aepartments.
That for women over eighteen pro
vides for prizes of one hundred dol
lars first, fifty dollars, second, and
other valuable prizes in the third
class, viz. For best designed street
costume, best designed afternoon
dress and best designed evening dress.
In the other class open to girls
under eighteen, the prizes are the
same in three classes as follows: Best
designed street dress; best designed
i party dress, best designed afternoon
! dress. In addition there is a grand
1 sweepstakes prize of $250, open to
both classes for best designed dress
of either of the types defined.
Judges of national reputation in
the world of style and design will
pass the awards, and plans are being
made by the exposition to have those
entering this contest wear their
dresses in afternoon and evening style
About the best cure for a swelled
head is a dose of common sense.—The
Progressive Grocer.