The Ham-Ramsey Evangelistic Campaign Opens Tonight at 7;45
ALL IN READINESS
FOR BIG REVIVAL
Evangelist Ham To Preach First
Sermon Tonight; Towns In
vited In Delegations
PRELIMINARY SERVICES
After three years of earnest and
importunate endeavor on the part of
the Christian forces of this city to
secure an engagement from Evangel
ist Ham, and following several weeks
of intensive preparation, all is now
in readiness for the opening of the
campaign at the warehouse taber
nacle tonight. Earl S. Rodgers, pri
vate secretary to the evangelist, and
pianist for the campaign, has been
in the city since Tuesday, superin
tending the final arrangements for
the meeting and expresses himself
as delighted with the arrangements
and the prospects for a great cam
paign. Several weeks ago, Mr. Rodg
ers spent a few days in the city, su
pervising the rearrangement of the
warehouse, which is now thoroughly
equipped as a religious tabernacle,
and ni setting in motion the machinery
of advance organization. The finish
ing touches have been placed upon
the organization this week and ev
eyrthing is in readiness for the com
ing of the evangelist and Mr. Ram
say, the choir leader for the cam
paign.
On Wednesday night, Mr. Rodgers
and the local pastors conducted a
union dedicatory service at the taber
nacle which was participated in by
several laymen from other towns,
who told of the great work of Evan
gelist Ham in their midst.
On Thursday night, Mr. Rodgers
met and organized the large corps of
ushers which will handle the crowds
during the meeting and also organized
and drilled the chorus choir on some
of the choruses which will feature
t heopening service tonight.
Comfortable seats for in excess of
4,000 people have been provided at
the Warehouse, an excellent speak
er’s platform is strategically located
so that all can see the speaker and
hear him. An elevated choir plat
form, with tiered seats, is located
just behind the speaker, and a large
concert grand piano will be installed
in the building for Mr. Rodger’s use
in accompanying the large chorus.
The skylights of the building have
been shaded, the windows in the side
walls removed, and electric ceiling
fans have been installed throughout
the building to insure the comfort of
the great crowds which are expected
to attend the services. A nursery has
also been provided iri the annex, which
will be under the supervision of capa
ble women from the various churcn
es in order that mothers may leave
their small babies and avoid the em
barrassment of having-' them disturb
the services. An inquiry room and
a book room are also accessory fea
tures to the tabernacle arrangement.
The building has been brilliantly
lighted with strategically located
circuits of high-power electric bulbs,
and the public is assured that no fea
ture will be missing which will con
tribute to their comfort and conveni
ence in attending the services. Hun
dreds of visitors are expected in the
city for the opening services Sunday
and special delegations will be in at
tendance throughout the meeting, ac
cording to Mr. Rdgers, who states
that he is in receipt of letters from
all over Eastern North Carolina to
the effeet that large numbers of peo
ple are making their plans to "take
in” the Smithfield meeting with con
siderable regularity.
In addition to the delegations from
other towns and cities where the evan
gelistic party have held campaigns,
the first two weeks of the campaign
will be featured by delegations from
the towns and communities of John
ston County. Judge F. H. Brookss-js
chairman of a committee which is en
deavoring to work up these special
delegations and he has announced the
program for the delegations as fol
lows, each immunity having been
assigned a special night at ||?e taber
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Rev. Mordecai Fowler Ham
A Characteristic Pose of The Noted Kentucky Evangelist, Who
Opens a Five Weeks Campaign In Sfruthfield Tonight
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The following excerpt) from a letter to the Burlington Daily Times states
the impression made by the great evangelist upon Rev. Martin W. Buck,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Burlington, and will be of interest
in view of Mr. Ham’s coming campaign here. Dr. Buck’s letter was in part
as follows:
“First of all Mr. Ham has impressed me as a genial, kindly, courteous
Christian gentleman. This is the outstanding impression on first acquaint
ance and it grows as one comes to know him. As an evangelist his preach
ing is sane, serious and scriptural. He is not professional in manner, never
employs language or illustrations that could offend the most fastidious
taste. He is without vulgar mannerisms and does not attempt to “play
to the galeries,” yet there are flashes of wit, bursts of good humor, spon
taneous acting, oratorical periods that thrills and sometimes he moves his
hearers to profound depths of emotion, so that the multitudes flock to hear
in ever increasing numbers. I cherish the memory of having heard D. L.
Moody and sitting under his preaching during his famous World’s Fail
Campaign in Chicago in 1893. I have been associated, as a member of the \
executive committee, with R. A. Tory, Gypsey Smith, Sr., and J. Wilbur
Chapman, in great campaigns, and I feel justified in saying that Ham is
as scriptural as Moody, as logical as Torry, and winsomely persuasive as
Gypsey Smith, Sr., and as graciously tender as Chapman.
■“Furthermore he does not spare himself in any manner. One marvels
that flesh and bone can endure under the continual strain that he is con
stantly putting forth. Few can appreciate what it means to speak to such
vast multitudes day after day, but in addition he speaks in shops, mills, on
the streets, at social functions and wherever opportunity offers, five, six,
seven and even more services in one day. Then he is always in the inquiry
room where he seems to be at his very best, not merely speaking to the
large numbers gathered there with marvelous helpfullness, but dealing with
individual cases and showing them the way of salvation and often being
the very last to leave the place. Surely he is a marvel in self-giving, not
afraid to “spend and be spent” in the service of his Lord. He stands out
as the most wonderful soul-winner that 1 have known.”
CO. COMMISSIONERS
SPEND A BUSY DAY
Hear Reports of Various County
Officials and Pass On Numer
ous Bills Presented
The board of County Commission
ers met in regular session here on
Monday and disposed of numerous
items of business, including reports
from various county officers, the hear
ing of members of the Hospital Com
mittee which led to the subscription
of $8,000 toward the building of that
institution and the payment of nu
merous and su'ndry bills.
Dr. C. C. Massey, County Health
Officer, was the first county official
to appear before the board, whose
favorable report was ordered ap
proved. Upon recommendation of Dr.
Massey, Luther Futch was excused
from paying poll tax on account of.
disability.
The report of the County Treasur
er G. T. Scott was approved, and it
was ordered that he be empowered
to look after the various road funds
of the county and see that the pro
per amount of sinking fur(j|3 be set
aside^The report of J. Ira Lee was
approved for record in the amount of
J4*J4.61, fees received^ the month of
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SPECIAL MEETING
BAR ASSOCIATION
A meeting of the Johnston County
Bar Association will be held in the
court house in Smithfield on Monday,
June 8, at 2 o’clock p. m., to com
memorate the life and death of the
late S. S. Holt, who was one of the
most beloved and eminent members
of our bar.
All the attorneys of the near by
and surrounding counties have been
invited to attend this meeting and it
is believed that many of them will at
tend.—G. A. MARTIN, President.
Mr. J. L. Price Dead
Friends here learned of the death
of Mr. J. L. Price which occurred
Monday morning about 2:30 o’clock
at the hospital here, following an at
tack of appendicitis. Mr. Price was
taken sick a week ago Sunday pre
sumably with an attack of indiges
tion. He improved some and was
able to go up town and see a doctor
toward the ned of the week. Last
Sunday he became considerably
worse and it was found that he had
app^riidicitis. He was rushed to the
hospital Sunday afternooln and was
operated upon, but too late to save
his life.
The deceased leaves a wife to mourn
his loss. The funeral was held Tues
day afternoon and interment made
in the old cemetery. Rev. A. J. Parker
conducted the service*®) assisted by
Rev. S. L. Morgan.
LARGE CROWD AT
S. S. HOLTS FUNERAL
Johnston County Bar Associa
tion Attends In a Body To
Pay Final Tribute
WAS BRILLIANT LAWYER
The funeral of Mr. S. S. Holt, who
was shot and killed Monday after
noon by a Raleigh officer on the
Garner road was held Tuesday after
noon, a vast throng of people from
various parts of Eastern North Caro
lina being present to pay a last trib- !
ute to his remains.
Rev. Walter B. Clark, rector of the
Episcopal church, of which the de
ceased was a member, conducted the
service, assisted by Rev. A. J. Par
ker, pastor, of the Methodist church.
During the service Mrs John White
Ives rendered an appropriate solo.
At the conclusion of the last song,
a number of young girls bearing
flower designs, formed an aisle to the
awaiting automobiles, and the family
led the way to the last resting place
in the old city cemetery. Marching
silenly twro and two, the members of !
the Johnston County Bar Associa
tion wended their way to the city of
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Help the Coal Mine
Sufferers
THE people of the State have
been called upon by Governor
McLean to assist in giving relief
to the families of the miners in
the great coal mine disaster at
Coal Clenn, near Sanford, when
the lives of 53 miners were taken
by the explosion and fire in the
mine. The Governor has appoint
ed committees in each county of
the State, asking for contributions
for the relief of these families. I
have been appointed (^airman for
this county and any contribution
to this cause will be greatly appre
ciated. Any money sent me will
be transmitted to Mr. J. W. Cun
ningham, Treasurer, at Sanford,
and due credit will be given ’thru
the columns of The Herald. I
(rust that each town and commu
nity will have seme one to take
charge of these contributions and
remit the same to me. I would
suggest that the Sunday Schools
in the county take up a collec
tion at the first opportunity for
these stricken families.
I trust that this cause will ap
peal to the hearts of the people of
Johnston County, and they will
open their pocket books and make
a liberal contribution to these
stricken families. F. H, BROOKS.
Paving Program
Gets Under Way
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RALEIGH OFFICER
OUT UNDER BOND
Grand Jury Returns True Bill
of Murder and Wyatt’s Bond
Is Fixed at $10,000
TRY CASE SPECIAL TERM
The Wake County grand jury on
Tuesday returned a true bill of mur
der against Jesse Wyatt, plainclothes
man of the Raleigh police force, who
shot and killed Stephen S. Holt as
he was returning to this city Monday
afternoon after attending Federal
court in Raleigh. The mayor of Ra
leigh has stated that the circum
stances surrounding the death of Mr.
Holt will be the subject of a tho
rough investigation by the Raleigh
commisisoners. Solicitor Evans has
announced that he has no intention
of pressing charges of first degree
murder and the bond of the defend
ant was fixed at $10,000. Wyatt was
released from the state's prison as
soon as the bond was signed. He had '
been taken to the state’s prison late
Monday night because of rumors of
a mob going to Raleigh from this
city.
The case will probably be tried at
a special term of court which was
called Tuesday by Governor McLean
to convene in Raleigh June 22, under
Judge Daniels.
I he bullet which killed Mr. Holt
was extracted Tuesday morning and
will probably be used as evidence. It
is an ordinary lead bullet from a.32
caliber pistol and is flattened to the
size of a quarter. Friends of Mr.
Holt believe that the bullet was flat
tened by striking Mr. Holt’s jaw aft
er passing through his head. They
think that if the bullet had been flat
tened by hitting the hard-surfaced
road that it would have left a much
larger wound. The wound has been
described as about the size of a lead
pencil.
Solomon Daughtry, J. M. Woodard,
Lonjnie Lynch and Robert Webb, oc
cupants of the automobile just be
hind the one in which Mr. Holt met
his death, were called as witnesses
before the grand jury. It is under-(j
stood that they testified that Wyatt
leveled his pistol ac®the departing car
instead c^,at^H> pavement, as was
daimetgfcy the officer.
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More Than Twenty New Blocks
Is The Prospect Now; C. R.
Cable Retained Chief of
I Police
TO AUDIT CITY BOOKS
Twenty-one or more blocks of new
paving for Smithfield is the prospect
in the near future if plans of the
City Fathers and those citizens own
ing property abutting the blocks in
question mature. At the town board
meeting held in the City Clerk’s of
fice Wednesday night, petitions for
twenty-one blocks of paving were pre
sented, but owing to the fact that oth
er petitions are now being prepared, ■
the entire matter was deferred until
the regular July meeting for final
disposition. When all the petitions
are in,an engineer will make a sur
vey and submit an estimate of the
cost to the paving committee, com
posed of W. F. Grimes, W. D. Hood I
and T. C. Young.
This was the second regular meet
ing of the newly elected town board,
and among the items of business was
the election of various city officials.
The same set of officers were select
ed as follows: city clerk, W. L. Ful
ler; chief of police, C. R. Cabe; night
poiceman, R. E. Holt; J. F Johnson,
night watchman; W, H. Stevens,
foreman of the street work; city at
torney, J. A. Wellons. There had
been talk of some changes, but after
a month’s consideration, the same of
ficers were chosen.
The decision to have an audit of!
the records of the city, which the
board made Wednesday night, is in
line with a progressive government,
and the audit will look toward the in
stallation of an up-to-date system of
book-keeping. The town’s progress
demands the most efficient manner
of handling its finances, and the
new board recognized this need in vot
ing for an audit and a modern set of
books.
Before the meeting adjourned, N.B.
Grantham was named as director of
the Johnston County Hospital, repre
senting the interests of the city, which
had previously subscribed ten thou
sand dollars worth of stock.
Presbyterian. Church
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Services at Smithfield Presbyterian
church Sunday at 11 a m. Subject:
“The Ideal Minister.”
Sunday school at 9:60 a. m.
THIRTY THREE GET
THEIR DIPLOMAS
Prof. C. C. Cunningham of State
College Delivers Address;
Worth Boyette Wins Ed
win Smith Pou Medal
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
Tuesday evening marked the close
of the commencement exercises of
the graded school here and thirty
three graduates of the high school
department as follows received their
diplomas: Carlton Adams, Julius
Marvin Adams, Sarah Adams, Benja
min Baker, Maude Blackman, Sam
Booker, Worth Boyette, John Caudill,
Lily Daughtery, Leo Ennis, Rose
Grantham, Nolia Gurley, Edna Hilde
brand, James Hill, Myra Hill, Arah
Hooks, Marjorie Johnston, Mattie
Lassiter, Willard Lawrence, Eli Lee,
Nell Meacham, Carrie Parrish, Paul
ine Rand, Lucy Rhodes, Henry Roy
all, Millard Stallings, Lawrence Stan
cil, Irene Page Stevens, William Ed
win Turnage, Thomas W'atson, Jua
nita Woody and Carrie Young.
Applause greeted these young grad
uates as they took their places upon
the rostrum and was only stilled
when Rev. A. J. Parker, pastor of the
Methodist church, pronounced the in
vocation. The salutatory address
was made by Miss Leo Ennis, who
gave a cordial welcome to those who
had assembled for the exercises.
Supt. T. H. Franks then introduced
the speaker for the evening, Prof. C.
C. Cunningham, of State College.
Professor Cunningham is at the head
of the department of Public Speaking.
His address was a real address. He
used as his theme: “The Power of
Having a Purpose in Life,” which he
presented in a most interesting way.
His remarks were interspersed
throughout with literary gems from
classic writers.
Following the address, Mr. A. M.
Noble, on behalf of the school board
presented the diplomas to the grad
uates, preceding the presentation with
an appropriate talk. Mr. George Y.
Ragsdale was then called upon to de
liver the Edwin Smith Pou Medal,
given by Congressman E. W. Pou in
memory of his son, who gave his life
in the World War, to the graduate
each year who has made the highest
scholastic marks over a period of
four years in high school. This hon
or came to Dunham Worth Boyette
this year, and immediately after re
ceiving the medal, he delivered the
valedictory address. Mr. Boyette is
the son of Mrs. G. H. Langston. Mr.
Ragsdale, in presenting this Coveted
prize, gave due praise to the winner,
stating that he was a true son of his
father, the late Dunham Boyette, one
of the pioneers of the tobacco indus
try of Smithfield.
On Monday evening the senior
class presented their Class Day ex
ercises in a rather unique form. The
program was carried out in the form
of a play. Act I was a class meeting
the last of the year, and the last will
and testament and the gifts that are
usually presented were cleverly in
troduced. Mr. Worth Boyette, presi
dent of the class presided; Miss Irene
Page Stevens was Testator; and Miss
Carrie Young was Giftorian. The
class song, which was composed by
Ben Baker, was a part of the pro
gram.
Act II pictured the futures of the
class members. All wanted Success,
but when Labor first offered to help
them attain it they were not willing
to accept Labor as a leader. In the
end, however, Labor was appreciated,
which transformed her into Victory.
Each member of the class then re
ceived a badge of triumph.
A feature of the program Monday
evening was the reading of the honor
rolls, and the awarding of prizes,
these being published on another
page.
Choir practice will be field at the
Presbyterian church this evening at
seven o’clock. During the Ham-Ram
|sey meeting it will be held every Fri
day evening at seven o’clock instead
1 of 7:45. A full attendance is urged.