TOWN ELECTION IS
ALREADY HISTORY
Not a Ripple of Excitement;
New Board Met Yesterday
And Set Meeting For
Tonight.
TO ELECT OTHER OFFICERS
The town election held here Tues
day passed off without a ripple of ex
citement. There was no opposing tic
ket and one vote would have carried
the election. However, one hundred
forty-three voters welnt to the polls
and cast their vote. The mayor re
ceived 128 votes; commissioner in
first ward,24; commissioners in sec
ond ward, 37; in third ward, 26, and
in fourth ward, 56.
W. M. Grantham, registrar, J. G. i
Hamilton, poll holder in first ward, _
R. A. Riddick, in second, C. W. Lijnd
say, in third, and J. T. Gurley in
fourth were on hand at the voting.
place to make the election legal.
The new city Fathers are: J. A. ;
Narron, mayor; commissioner in first
ward, W. H. Lassiter; in seco(nd, R.
P. Holding and W. F. Grimes; in
third, W .D. Hood and N. B. Gran
tham; in fourth, J. D. Underwood and
Dr. Thel Hooks.
The new, board was sworn in at
a meeting held yesterday afterlnoon
and a special meeting called for to
night at which time the other town
officials will be chosen. Interest
seems to center around the position
of chief-of-police there being appar
ently several who would accept that
job if it were offered them.
LADIES HEAR STATE
LIBRARIAN AND EXPERT
The regular meeting of the County
Council was held in the commission
er’s room of the court house Saturday
afternoon. Besides the regular bus
iness, those present had the pleas
ure of hearing talks by Miss Yates,
State Librarian, and Miss Esterbrook.
expert on clothing.
Miss Yates spoke interestingly on
the value of books to rural commun
ities and pointed out the fact that
a library or even a single book may
be had for the asking.
Miss Esterbrook talked on the mak
ing of clothes for both grown peo
ple and children. Simplicity was the
keynote of her remarks.
MOTHER OF MR. M. A.
WALLACE IS DEAD
As we go to press we learn of the
death of Mrs. Wallace, mother of our
townsman, Mr. M. A. Wallace, which
occurred at her home near town
Wednesday night. She suffered a
stroke! of paralysis about two years
ago from which she Lever recovered
and about two weeks ago she was
stricken again. She gradually grew
worse until her ddath. She was bur
ied yesterday afternoon at the family
burying ground. A more detailed ac
count will appear in another issue.
TO CONSIDER OPENING
OF THE CURB MARKET
There will be a meeting on Sat
urday afternoon, May 9, at three o’
clock iii the office of Miss Minnie Lee
Garrison to consider whether or not!
the curb market will be opened again.
All ladies interested in the immediate ,
opening of the market are urged to
be present.
SENIOR CLASS TO PUT
ON INDOOR CIRCUS
Tonight at 7:30 the Senior class of
the graded School will put on an in
door circus at the Armory which
promises to be an evening of fun. See
the parade, go to the circus and help
out the seniors.
Miss Gladys H. Beck, the! special
ist of the Johnston association in
Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. work
"will spend nefxt week with the
Smithfield Baptist church conduct
ing a training school in Sunday school
work. A class will meet each even
ing for two periods, with a short
intermission. The book studied will
he the Convention Normal Manual.
It is hoped that a large number will
enlist for the course. Miss Beck will
he present Sunday, a».d will speak
at the Sunday school rrour.
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SMITH FIELD GIRL
. BROADCASTS SONGS
Radio fans and others in this
city will learn with interest that
Miss Mary McCullers who holds a
position at the University of Chi
cago, is broadcasting songs every
Sunday and Wednesday nights.
Her songs are broadcasted over
WMBB (250) every Sunday and
Wednesday nights between 7 and
8:30 o’clock, Smithfield time, and
over W’BBM (226) on Tuesday
nights between 8 p. m. and 1 a. m.
Miss McCullers is announced un
der a studio nickname, “Peggy
McCullers.” Friends of Miss Mc
Cullers well know her love for
music and her proficiency in this
art. She graduated in piano from
Meredith College and has studied
voice in Chicago. It will be some
thing of a novelty for Smithfield
folks to “tune in” on home talent
that has gained such widespread
distinction.
JUHNMUN rKUJfcll
AMONG ROAD BIDS
Will Complete Road From
Smithfield to Goldsboro;
Low Bids Received
Among the twenty highway pro
jects on which the State Highway
Commission received bids Tuesday
were two, Project 235 and 283, which
will complete route >?o. 10 from the
mountains to the coast.
Project 235 is located in Johnston
county, being 13.27 miles betwteen
Smithfield and Goldsboro. The low bid
for roadway- was made by Batters,
Hill and Good, of Virgilijna, Va., at
$71,001. The low bid for structure
was made by J. L. Brinkley of Thom
asville at $38,617.75.
Project 283 is a continuation of
the above road from the Johnston
county line to Goldsboro, the length
of the road being 9.38 miles. Low bid
for roadway by Nell Construction Co.
at $314,131.80. Low bid for structure
by Bowers and Bennett of White
ville, at $45,039.25.
A feature of the lotting, according
to the News and Observer, was a
plea to the bidding contractors to use
convict labor on such jobs as may
be awarded to them. State Highway
Commissioner Frank Page and George
Ross Pou, superintendent of the State
Prison, united in tha plea which was
decided upon at a conference between
these two officials and Governor Mc
Lean a few days ago.
Mr. Pou stated in a written state
ment, which was posted conspicuously
in the highway building where the
contractors waited to learn the low
bidders, that there are available for
immediate use 175 able bodied con
victs for use in building State High
ways :|nd bridges or quarrying rock.
He stated that a large majority of
these men are experienced in such
labor. .
“Arrangements have been perfect
ed,” Mr. Pou stated, “whereby these
convicts can be contracted for for the
life of the contract on projects.
“There are many advantages in us
ing convict labor. You have) a guar
antee that a specified number of la
borers will be at your command dur
ing the entire period of construction.
No blue Mondays; no Saturday
drunks; no shifting of labor. The per
diem charge is reasonable.”
Bids for more hard surfacing miles
ware received than at any letting ever
held by the commission. The twenty
projects include six for grading and
14 for hard surfacing.
ACTION ON ROAD
ELECTION POSTPONED
The County Commissioners in ses
sion here Monday £*nd Tuesday of
this week, deferred action on the call
ing of an election to provide “rim
roads” in rural sections of Johnston
county until some future time. The
matter was presented Monday moi*n
ing, quite a number of people being
before the Board expressing their
views for and against. The Commis
sioners expect to consider the prop
osition carefully before putting the
l county to the expense of election.
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Man From Old Cotton Mill
Mysteriously Disappears
Alfred Pierce Left Home Sunday
In Ford With $725 And Has
Not Been Heard
From Since
NO DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
The mysterious disappearance of
Alfred Pierce, from his home1 near
the old cotton mill, last Sunday morn
ing is creating quite a bit of ex
citement on the hill, and on Wednes
day, the wife of the disappeared main
appealed to Chief Cable to help her
locate him.
It seems that on Sunday morning
about eight o’clock Mr. Pierce left his
home in a Ford car belonging to his
wife to go to Smithfield for a bat
tery. He asked his little son to go
with him but the boy preferred to
play and did not go. He has not shown
up at his home since alnd has not
been heard from. He had on his per
son $725, part of the insurance mon
ey which Mrs. Pierce* had received af
ter the death of her first husband,
Ben Moore. Mr. Pierce, according to
his wife, had been drinking some be
fore he left home. However, he was
not a man to drink much and never
gave any trouble when under the in
fluence of liquor. Mrs. Pierce states
that there had never been any domes
tic trouble, and she is at a loss to ex
plain his absence unless there has
been foul play. Pierce had beefr mar
ried twice and there are several chil
dren. He worked in the mill before
it was burned sometime ago.
to place Tablet
AT BENTONVILLE
County Commissioners To Place
Boulder at Battleground For
Bronze Tablet With Names)
of Known Dead
It seems particularly appropriate
as our southern Memorial Day ap
proaches to ainnounce a worthwhile
movement in connection with the bat
tle ground at Bdntonville which has
been started by the Bentonville Me
morial committee of the U. D'. C. of
North Carolina. Mrs. W. M. Sanders,
who is chairman of this committee,
went on Monday before the County
Board of Commissioners and asked
for assistance in placing a bronze
tablet on the battlefield inscribed
with the names of those who fell at
this historic spot. Aid was asked of
the commissioners, which they readily
promised, in removing a boulder from
the hill known as the “Big Rock” an
the Smithfield-Clayton highway, and
in having it placed on the Bemtonville
battleground. The bronze tablet will
be placed on the boulder jointly by
the state organization of the U. D.
C. and the State Historical Society.
Col. Fred A. Olds alnd Mrs. W. M.
Sanders will select the boulder and
look after the details of placing the
tablet. Three hundred sixty soldiers
lost their lives in this battle^ and the
names of the known dead will be en
graved upon the tablet.
In order to stimulate interest in an
historical event of Johnston county
Mrs. Sanders hereby offers a prize
of $5 for the best article written
about the Battle of Bentonville giv
ing authentic facts. Anyone is eligi
ble to write on this subject from a
school child to a Confederate veter
an, but the articles must be sent in to
Mrs. Sanders by June 10th.
It is a tine thing to keep alive a
spirit of patriotism in our breasts
and though the Confederate cause
proved to be a lost cause, the halo
of glory shines brighter around the
heads of those who fought for their
southland. The thin line in gray who
will assemble here tomorrow for the
Decoration Day exercises, will ap
preciate what the County Commis
sioners, the U. D. tt. and the State
Historical Society proposes to do to
honqif' their dead comradete in fflms.
BADLY HURT IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
John Crowder, of Clayton Town
ship Is In Smithfield Hospi
tal In a Very Critical
Condition.
NEGRO IS IN JAIL.
Mr. John Crowder, of Clayton
township, lies in the Smithfield
Memorial hospital here in a crit
ical state due to an automobile
accident which occurred Tues
day night on the Selma road
about a mile and a half from
this city. Mr. Crowder who was
hurt about the head is still un
conscious at this writing and his
recovery is considered very doubt
ful.
Mr. Crowder together with Sonie
Crowder, his nephew of Wendell, was
ir a Ford roadster coming from Selma
towards Smithfield about eleven o’
clock Tuesday night, wh^n the Ford
collided with a Hudson touring car
driven by John Daniel Edwards, a
negro of Selma. In the smash-up
Sonie Crowder suffered a fractured
arm and minor cuts and bruises. The
Ford was completely demolished, and
the front wheel of the Hudson
smashed.
The reports concerning howt the
accident happened vary, young
Crowder contending that the negro
edt into his car, while the negro con
tends that Crowder cut into the Hud
son.
., The negro w-as arre=ted and is
tiow in jail here, pending the turn
in the condition of the elder Mr.
Crowder. The injured man is about
45 years of age.
BOY SCOUTS WILL
CAMP OVERNIGHT
Johnston County Troops to
Spend Friday Night May 15
At Camp Tuscarora on
Holt’s Lake
A hundred Boy Scouts in Johnston
county will have the opportunity of
an overnight camp at Camp Tusca
roro on Holt Lake on Friday night,
May 14, according to information
from W. W. Rivers, Scout Executive
for this district. Sixty scouts from
Smithfield, 32 from Selma and 18
from Four Oaks constitute the per
sonnel of this short camp, 'which will
begin Friday afternoon at 4:30 and
will break on Saturday afternoon at
5:30. Mr. Rivers will be with the boys
and the* Scoutmasters of the various
troops will spend the night at the
camp w,ith their respective troops.
Those desiring to go o(n this camp
are requested to register with their
scoutmastetr by May 14, in order that
arrangements may be made for the
required number of tents, cots and
other equipment. The only expense
will be the food for three meals. Each
scout is asked to carry enough food
for the three meals, and to carry his
mess kit and other scout equipment.
The boys will do their own cooking. ‘
The outing will be a pleasant re
minder of what is ahead during the
summer when the camp will be open
for Boy Scouts throughout the dis
trict. Camp life includes a lot of out
door education that cannot be obtain
ed through the study of books. Every
red blooded boy gets a thrill from j
a close touch with nature ,and from
doing things for himself and for oth
ers that should not be denied him.
OLD NEUSE BRIDGE TO
BE KEPT FOR PRESENT
The old bridge across Neuse river
here will not be torn down immed
iately, but will be kept intact until
the road across the inew bridge is
hard surfaced. The County Commis
sioners at their meeting here Mon
day passed this order.
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Coop Head Sues
Aaron Sapiro, originator of the
Farmers’ Co-operative Marketing
plan, has filed suit for $1,000,000 i
against Henry Ford’s Dearborn In
dependent denying that he is in “a
conspiracy of bank r "’hr -'eek to
control the food mat nets of the
world."
SHOOTING AFFRAY
NEAR LIVE OAK
Ezra Rains Receives Fifteen
Shot In Top of Head After
Quarrel and Fist Fight
Tuesday afternoon about six o’clock
a shooting scrape took place in the
Live Oak section. The shooting fol
lowed a quarrel dnd a fist fight be
tween a fellow Eason and his son,
and Ezra Rains.
It is said that the elder Eason
and Rains had a quarred about two
weeks ago and the quarrel was re
newed Tuesday, resulting in the
younger Eason’s shooting Rains. Ac
cording to information received here
yesterday, young Eason, who took up
the quarrel between his father and
Rain's, fired the gun about fifteen
steps from Rains and the load of BB
shot took effect in the edge of the
forehead aind top of the head of Rains,
about fifteen shots finding lodgment.
Rains was immediately rushed to
Selma where his wound was dressed
by Dr. Geo. D. Vick.
Both men were arrested and placed
under bond for appearance in Record
er’s court here next Tuesday.
After the shooting, it is reported
that Eason was afraid to remain at
home find called on Sheriff J. P.
Parker for protection. During the
night, some one Entered the house,
pushed open the door, and shot twice
into the bed in which Eason w'as sup
posed to be sleeping.
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL AT
PINE LEVEL BAPTIST CHURCH
The revival conducted by Rev. Rus
sell C. White at the Pine Level Bap
tist church was a great success. The
interest kept up through the entire
meeting of eleven days, there beihg
conversions at nearly every service.
About twenty in all made profes
sions. So far eleven have been re
ceived as members of the church, ten
of w7hom are for baptism. Some will
go to other churches. The church,
town and community seem to be
greatly revived. Everybody speaks in
the highest praise of Mr. WThite’s
preaching. The meeting closed Wed
nesday night.
JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor.
BAPTIST EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO MEET
The executive committee of the
Johnst#! association will meet at the
Smithfield Baptist church next Mon
day afternoon at 2:30. Any having
matters of business to bring before
the committees are invited to be pres
ent.
CONCERT TO BE GIVEN
AT CORINTH-HOLDERS SCHOOL
The Riverside Serdnaders, concert
orchestra of Smithfield, will give a
concert at Corinth-Holders school
Thursday evening, May 14, under the
auspices of the school. The program
will begin at eight o’clock.
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CO. COMMISSIONERS
BUSY FOR 2 DAYS
Items of Business Transacted
Are Nuirterous; Decide
Question And Pay Bills
SOME OF THE ORDERS
A two day session of the County
Board of Commissioners saw the
transaction of numerous items of bus
iness including decisions upon certain
public matters and the payment of
bills. Among the orders passed by
this board were the following:
Ordered that J. H. Hales of Oneals
township be released of taxes to the
amount of $6.85, 1918 as per tax re
ceipt from ex-sheriff W. F. Grimes.
Ordered that J. P. Temple be al
lowed to pay the taxes now remain
ing unpaid on the K. Broadwell lot
in the towfn of Selma, the valuation
of which is $4,000, and that the pres
ent owner of this lot be released of
any other taxes charged against said
lot that may cover any other items
which are not included in the value
of the real estate and that he pay on
just the real value of the lot to the
amount of $4,000.
Ordered that Mary Mayo be allow
ed $3.00 per quarter as outside pau
per.
Ordered that A. A. Wellons of Four
Oaks, Route 1, be allowed $5.00 for
sheep killed by a dog.
Ordered that Adams & Carroll be
paid $109.65 for Bridge timber for
Elevation tovfnship.
Ordered that S. A. Boyett be paid
$93.41 for bridge work in Beulah
township.
Ordered that Luners Strickland be
paid $323.95 for lumber, bridge work,
nails and labor in Oneals township.
Ordered that M. I. Sasser be paid
$364.70 for bridge lumber in Wilders
township.
Oi'dered that A. Ward be paid
$615.37 for bridge lumber Wilders
township.
Ordered that G. R. Stancil be paid
$154.05 for bridge work, Wilders
township.
Ordered that Pdncy Harper be paid
$4.50 per quarter as outside pauper
Ordered that a bridge be built
across a certain creek in Wilson’s
Mills township, the county to furnish
the lumber and to pay the bridge
commissioners for time in doing the
work.
Ordered that W. A. Powell write
a fire insurance policy on the Johns
ton county court house with the Na
tional Liberty Fire Insurance Co., of
New York City, for three years in an
amount of $50,000, to substitute for
a renewal of policy lapsed on May 4,
1925.
Ordered that S. W. Brown write
a fire insurance policy for three years
on the Johnston county court house
in the amount of $50,000 with the
Concordie Fire Insurance Co., of Mil
waukee, Wis., said policy being for
insurance now about to lapse. Policy
duly written and filed with this board.
Ordered that F. L. Pittman be
paid $5.50 as expanse account for
miscellaneous supplies for court
house.
Ordered that F. L. Pittman be paid
$20 as court crier for ten days.
Ordered that F. L. Pittman be paid
$135 for services as janitor of court
house for month of April.
Ordered that J. D. Herring be paid
$3.84 for light bulbs county court
house.
Ordered that W. D. Rains be paid
$20.89 for bridge lumber.
Ordered that W’ilbur M. Lee be paid
$104.60 for bridge lumber Ingrams
township.
Ordered that W. J. Worley be paid
$7.22 cost bill serving two warrants
j eight subpoenas and witness fees in
case of Oscar Evans.
Ordered that W. J. Worley be paid
$4.50 for conveying prisoner.
Bond of A. C. Johnsqn as secretary
and treasurer of Elevation road fund
in the sum of $1500 approved for rec
iord with the following securities: A.
C. Johnson, Delma Hardee, R. U.
. Barber, J. Ruffin Johnson, W. H.
Creech and W. H. Flowfers.
May 5th
Ordered that H. S. Powell be paid
$25.00 installing Delco Lighting gen
erator at county home.
(Continued next we*>k)