Smithfield Needs:
—Bigger pay roll.
—Modem hospital.
_Renovation of Op
era house.
_More paved streets.
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SMITHFIELD, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1925
Number 60
NEARLY HUNDRED
MAKE HONOR ROLL
Ninety-One Seventh Graders In
Six, Seven and Eight Month
School on Honor Roll
SEVEN AVERAGE ABOVE 90
The seventh grade examinations in
the schools in' the county exclusive
of the special chartered schools at
Benson, Smithfield, Selma, and Clay
as regards the six, seven and eight
months schools reveal some inter
esting facts. Miss Mary E. Wells,
rural supervisor who conducted the
examinations, has furnished us with
the following information including
the names of those who made the ;
highest marks.
Seven children in the County av
eraged above 90 percent on county
examinations. They are in order of
their grades as follows.
Irene Edgerton, Kenly, 94 percent;
Sylvester Bass, Kenly, 94; Lillian
Dixon, Kenly, 93; Eloise Liles, Ar
cher Lodge, 93; Ruth Smith, Corinth
Holders, 90; Velma Stout, Pine Lev
el, 90; Cleta Stout, Pine Level, 90.
Aside from these, 91 children in
the county made the county honor
roll, that is, averaged above 80 per
cent on the examinations. In the
6-monlhs schools the highest grade
was made by Vera Lassiter of the
Hopewell school, and there were five
others: Annie Barbour, Hopewell
school, 83; Geneva Pleasant, Sunny
Nook, 83; Harvey Carr, Sandy Ridge,
83; Aldon Westbrook, Mill Creek, 83;
Florence Creech, Thanksgiving, 82.
In the seven months schools, Elo
ise Liles of Archer Lodge led with
an average of 93 percent The sec-1
ond highest in this group was Ruth
Smith of Corinth-Holders, whose av
erage was 00. Others were as fol
lows:
Lillie Hocutt, Corinth-Holders, 89;
Mavis Price, Corinth-Holders, 89;
Elam Painter. Archer Lodge, 88;
Hazel Richardson, Corinth-Holders,
87; Lydia Smith, Corinth-Holders,
86; Sipsie Bailey. Corinth-Holders,
85; Willa Cousins, Archer Lodge, 85;
Ernest Batten, Corinth-Holders, 84;
Garland Lemmons, Corinth Holders,
83; Prentice Smith, Corinth-Holders,
82; Virginia Boyette, Corinth-Hold
ers, 81; Lounette Price, Corinth
Holders, 81; Bruce Tippett, Corinth
Holders, 80; Virginia Mae Pulley,
Corinth-Holders. 80; Lenora Pierce,
Corinth-Holders, 80; Bessie Murphey,
Archer Lodge, 80.
The highest average in the eight
months schools was made by Irene
Edgerton, and Sylvester Bass, both
of Kenly. Their averages were 94
percent. Others on the honor roll
were as follows:
Four Oaks: Eugene Parker, 89; j
Rufus Britt, 89; Matt Hockaday, 89;
Marion Hobbs, 87; Gladys Benson,
86; Garlalnd Johnson, 85; Raymond
Temple, 85; Bessie Woodall 84; Wal
ton Massengill, 84; Fred Sanders, 83.
Bessie Massengill, 83; Paul Johnson,
81; Sophie Welldns, 80; Herman
Webb, 80.
Glendale: Berty Hicks, 87; Leora
Johnson 83; Lillie Mae Atkinson 81.
Kenly: Irene Edgerton, 94; Sylves
ter Bass, 94; Lillian Dixon, 93; Mar
vin Bridges, 87; Eulalia Darden 87;
Griffin Edgerton 86; Sudie Evans,
86; Rudolph Jones, 86; Beatrice
Barnes, 85; Jimmy Boykin 84; Gla
dys Little, 84; James Watson, 84;
Ruby Pierce, 84; Clarence Edgerton,
82; Myrtle Watson, 82;' Pauline Eag
les, 82; John Alford, 81; Hulah Pitt
man, 81; William Godwin, 80; Mirle
Spivey, 80; Glenda Hodge, 80.
Micro: Hadley Overman, 84; Mil
dred Johnson 83; Willie Mae Foster,
83; Hubert Hinnant, 81; Leon Wood
ruff, 81.
Meadow: Lola Johnson, 88, Kermit,
Blackman, 88; Isaac Parker, 86; Cleo '
Wooti^Se; Anna Register, 84; Spen
cer Tai^, 84; Lyrin Adams ,82; Lou
Estha Young, 81; Malissa Lee, 81;
Fulton Lee, 81; Luther Lee, 80.
Pine Level: Velma Stout 90; Cleta
Stout, 90; Mary Pike, 82; Sara Stal
lings, 81; Bessie Starling, 80.
Princeton: Richard Radford, 84;
Gardner Braswell, 83; Thelma Rains,
81; Elizabeth Overman, 80.
Wilson’s Mills: Thelma Souther
land, 87; Jessie Johnson, 80; Edwin
Todd, 81; Ritta Gower, 80.
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New Champion
CA S T Cpjj j
Paul Berlenbach of New
York, who won the light
heavyweight title May 31, by
defeating MeTigue in fifteen
rounds.
FULL DOCKET IN
RECORDERS COURT
Delma White Sentenced To
Ninety Days In Jail For Driv
ing Car While Intoxicated
Recorder’s Court this week had a
full docket, the following being a
list of the cases disposed of:
State vs Jeddie Lee, charged with
assault with deadly weapon. Guilty.
$10 fine and cost. Notice of appeal.
State vs W. Jesse Stanley, dispos
ing of mortgaged property. Judg
ment nol pros with leave.
State vs Walter Richardso’n, as
sault. Guilty. Four months in jail to
be worked on road on condition that
he pay doctor’s bill of Liberty Bridg
ers and cost,
State vs Walter Boyd, larceny.
Guilty. Continue prayer for judgment
upon payment of cost.
State vs Wesley Peacock, non-sup
port of family. Continue prayer for
judgment upon payment of cost.
State vs Delmar White, John Coo
per and Jim Cooper, reckless driving
of car under influence of whiskey and
carrying concealed weapon. Delmar
White, guilty of reckless driving.
John Cooper not guilty. Jim Cooper
guilty of carrying concealed weapon.
Delmar White sentenced to 90 days
in jail and cost; Jim Cooper, 90 days
in jail and cost.
State vs Tommie Allen, larceny.
Guilty. $25 fine. Three months sen
tence suspended' during good beha
vior and on payment of cost.
State vs Daniel Allen and Harvey
Lee, larceny. Guilty; $25 fine each.
Three months jail sentence suspend- j
ed during good behavior and upon '
payment of cost.
State vs Clarence Lane, assault, i
Guilty. Six months in jail to be work
ed on roads. Defendant to be let off
in four months if doctor’s bill of pro
secuting witness is paid and cost of
the action.
State vs Richard Peedin, non sup
port, drunk disorderly. The defen
dant plead guilty. Continue prayer
for judgment two years upon pay
ment of cost. Capias to issue if not
paid.
Summer School Begins Here Monday
A summer tutoring school for
Smithfield will open at the High
School on Monday, June 22. This
school is for those pupils who failed
of promotion because of a failure on
one or two subjects. Gilmer Wharton
will have charge of the work, includ
ing the examinations at the end of
the six weeks term. Students and pa
rents interested should see Gilmer
Wrharton for particulars and terms.
THOS. H. FRANJKS.
BAPTIST PASTOR’S CONFERENCE
The regular monthly meeting of
the Johnston Baptist pastor’s con
ference will be held in the Smithfield
Baptist church next Monday at 10
a. m., and the executive committee j
of the Johnston Association will meet
the same day at 2:30.
S. L. MORGAN.
The world has nothing against you j
compromising Christians. A com
promising Christian isn’t worth any
thing, either to God or the devil.
EVANGELIST HAS
DIRECT MESSAGE
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Gleaned
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MR. HAM’S SERMONS
When a man is a frielnd to the j
world he is an enemy to God.
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A man spiritually dead cannot feel
God or know him in any way.
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The world can fascinate your soul
and please you—for a time.
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The man who builds character
builds mainhood.
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A thing does not have to be sob
stuff to be spiritual.
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Only a small percentage of our
church members today are saved.
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The knowledge of Christ comes
through revelation.
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When you turn to God you turn
from idols.
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Carelessness of church members is
a reproach to the church.
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Christianity is everything or no
thing.
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God never uses any one until he
prepares him.
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Anything that deals with the ma
terial and only the material, is world
ly.
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When the church puts emphasis
upon anything but the salvation of
souls, it is worldly.
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A man’s God is that which he de
pends on for his happiness, his com
fort, his protection.
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Some of you church members are
so crooked you could swallow a wire
nail and cough up a corkscrew.
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God can’t use you if your family
has more influence over you than
you have over them.
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When you are really converted you
don’t have to be told how to live and
what to do, you’ll know.
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All spiritual Christians are hated
by the world. All will suffer perse
cution.
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Honesty, morality, integrity are
the by-products of Christianity, not
the genuine article.
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There isn’t anything that takes
the worry out of life like the salva
tion of Jesus Christ.
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Satan uses the things of this
world to take up our attention, to
blur our vision, to absorb our affec
tions, to warp our judgment.
When the moon gets betweein the
sun and the world, there is an
eclipse. When the world gets between
you and God, your soul is in eclipse.
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You cannot know the gospel
through human wisdom or. human
learning. If you don’t know any
thing but what you learn from man,
you are lost.
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Parents are so worldly that they
are not doing anything for their chil
dren. They know where their cows
are at night, but many times they
know not where their children are.
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God will not accept the service of
a bondservant of sin. The moment
you are conformed to this world, you
are no more worth anything as heav
en’s ambassador.
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The more help you receive, the
more helpless you become; the more
help you receive, the more dependant
you will become upon the source
whence your help comes. It is impos
sible to accept help from anyone
without eventually serving that one.
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Rev. M. F. Ham Preaches Truth
In Clear Cut Style; Crowds
Continue To Grow
TONIGHT SELMA NIGHT
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Probably two thousand people
heard Rev M. F. Ham at the ware
house Tabernacle Wednesday eve
ning, the largest congregation he
had preached to up to that time since
coming to Smithfield less than a!
week ago. It was Four Oaks night
and a goodly number from this neigh- I
boring town sat together in a space
especially reSlerved for delegations.
A number of ministers from various
places were present, including Rev.
S. A. Cotton, presiding elder of the
Washington dictrict, who offered up
two heart-lifting prayers during the
service. “The Tests of Discipleship” j
was the subject of the evening dis
course, and the hearers went away
with a deeper understanding of what
is required of a follower of the lowly
Nazarene.
Each sermon preached by Mr. Ham
stands out as a gem, his clear cut
and genuine words gleaming with
[thoughts that turn the light into the
| inmost lives of those who listen. On
Monday night he preached on
“Worldliness”, not in the sense in
which the term is commonly inter
preted, but in the sense that any
thing not spiritual is worldly. Tues
day morning “Carelessness of Church
Members” was discussed, and on
Tuesday night his subject was “Con
verts”. Wednesday morning “Prepa
ration” was the theme. Yesterday
morning he based his remarks upon
Exodus 10:3: “Let my people go that
they may serve me.”
These sermons in the main have
all been directed toward church mem
bers. Mr. Ham stated that in the
limited time he would be in Smith
field it would be necessary t.o awaken
thoroughly the Christian people, to
convert church members in. order
that the work of evangelism might
go on even after the Ham-Ramsey
party has taken its departure. The
messages are simple and direct. No
propositions are given—just a ser
vice of song and prayer and the gos
pel message. The services open and
close promptly, the morning service
being from ten until eleven o’clock,
the evening service at 7:45.
Perfect order is kept throughout
the great auditorium. A nursery with
“Aunt Genia Beckwith” in charge,
takes care of sleeping children or
those likely to disturb the service
Every comfort is provided for those
who attend the services. Electric fans
keep in motion currents of air that
make the moving of other fans su
perfluous.
A schedule featuring the various
towns of Johnston County has been
arranged, last night being Clayton
night, and tonight will be Selma
night. Tuesday night was set apart
for Benson, but a storm which came
up just at dark prevented a delega
tion from attending. They have been
given another time, next Friday,
night. Tuesday night will be Kenly
night, Wednesday night Pine Level,
and Thursday night Princeton.
Folks from a distance are present
at every service. Some of the Raleigh
people are attending regularly. Bur- ,
lington has been represented at a
number of the services, and reserved j
seats have been spoken for for five
hundred from Burlington on Sunday
afternoon.
Around twenty-five business hous
es close each morning between ten .
and eleven o’clock, the employers and I
employes attending the service. This
closing has been entirely voluntary. ;
BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Sunday school 0:40. Morning wor
ship and preaching 11 o’clock. “Sup
port your own church before the re
vival,” is the exhortation of the
evangelists now in our town. Only:
one service a week in our church now
—do not neglect it, and your other ;
church obligations.
Go to the revival meetings at 3 j
and 7:45 p. m.
Monthly pastor’s conference in our
church Monday 10 a. m. Executive
Committee Monday 2:30.
Counsel Retained
in Steve Holt Case
Jesse Wyatt, Raleigh plain
clothes police, who is under indict
ment of second degree murder fol
lowing the fatal shooting of Ste
phen S. Holt of this city, will be
defended by J. W. Bunn and the
law firm of Pou & Pou, of Ra
leigh. .The case will come up at
special term of Wake Superior
Court which convenes on June 22.
Colonel E. S. Abell will be the
main counsel to help prosecute the
case and he will be assisted by
E. F. Ward and F. H. Broks, and
possibly others. Among those who
have offered their services gratis
to the family of the deceased man
are Powers & Powers of Wilming
ton, Robert A. Wellons of Char
lotte, and Judge W. S. O’B. Rob
inson of Goldsboro.
MINISTERS ACCEPT
WORK IN JOHNSTON
Three Young Men Who Have
Accepted Work in This Coun
ty Ordained by Granville
Presbytery.
Four young men were examined
for the ministry a'nd licensed to
preach at an adjourned meeting of
the Granville Presbytery held in the
First Presbyterian church at Raleigh
Wednesday. Of the four who have
just graduated from the Union Theo
logical Seminary at Richmond, Va.,
and were licensed to accept calls, the
following have accepted work in
Johnston County: Mr. Chester Alex
ander, of Chester, S. C., to Smithfield
and Oakland Presbyterian churches;
Mr. A. C. Summers, of Marian Junc
tion, Alabama, to the Kenly group of
Churches; Mr. A. M. Mitchell, of
Thomasville, Ga., to the Selma group
of Presbyterian churches. Ordination
services were held Wednesday eve
ning with Rev. R. S. Carson modera
tor, presiding.
Those who attended this meeting
from here were: Mr. E. S. Edmund
son, Mrs. F. H. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Alford, and Mr. Charles Nich
oiason. Mr. Henry Smith, and Miss
Emily Smith, who live near here, al
so attended.
Pine Level Merchants Close
The following merchants in Pine
Level will close each night at seven
j’clock during this summer except on
Saturday nights.
W. B. Oliver a nd Son, Floyd C.
Price, T. O. Wiggs, Pine Level Gro
cery Co., D. P. Crocker.
Sardis Baptist Church
Regular monthly services next Sun
lay at 11 a. m., and Saturday night
ipfore. The Sunday night service vOU
tot be held on account of the Ham
Ramsey meeting at Snuthfield.
JAS. W. ROSE, pastor.
Installation Service
At a meeting of Gra'nville Presby
tery held at the First Presbyterian
:hurch of Raleigh on Wednesday a
jommis.sion was appointed to install
P^ev. Chester Alexander as pastor
if the Smithfield and Oakland
:hurches. The installation of the
pastor at the Oakland church will
take place at 4 p. m. on next Sunday
ind at the Smithfield church on next
Sunday evening at 8 p. m.
The sermon will be preached by
Rev. P. C. Adams, of Roxboro. Rev.
W. B. Sullivan, cf Raleigh, will pre
ide and propound the constitutional
ir.ection to the minister and congre
gation. Rev. George Cooper, of Dur
lam, will charge the pastor. The
charge to the ^..0rogation will be
ielivercd by Hon. E. B. Crow, vice
president of the Commercial Nation
al Bank of Raleigh, and for 32 years
teacher of the Vanguard Class of
the First Presbyterian church of
that city.
Regular preaching service will be
held at the morning hour by the pas
tor; subject: “Reconciliation.” Sun
day school at 9:50 a.m.
The world never overlooks an op
portunity to cripple the testimony of
God’s people.—M. F. Ham.
DESCRIBES BATTLE
OF BENTONVILLE
Manuscript of Late C. S. PoweD
Handed In To Committee on
Bentonville Memorial
WAS IN THE BATTLE
In order to stimulate interest in
securing an accurate account of the
battle of Bentonville, fought during
the Civil War in this county, Mrs.
W. M. Sanders, who is the chairman
of the State Committee in charge of
a Bentonville Memorial, offered re
cently five dollars for the best ac
count of the battle. Mrs. Sanders
just before leaving for a trip to Eu
rope sends us the following account
written by the late C. S. Powell. Hia
niece, Mrs. W. T. Wodard, of Selma,
read this story of the battle before
the Henry L. Wyatt Chapter of the
U. D. C. of Selma, at one of their
meetings. The story is a correct ac
count as Mr. Powell saw the conflict.
Mr. Powell was an officer through
the entire Civil War and was in a
number of important battles.
His account of the battle of Ben
tonville is as follows:
“This battle was fought between
the Yankee army under Gen. W. T.
Sherman, consisting of 8,000 seasoln
ed, well drilled, trained and equipped
soldiers, and Confederates under
Gen. Joseph Johnston, with about
1,800 Confederates that were mere
remnants of the shattered, defeated
Western Campaign regimelnts and a
few Junior and Senior Reserves,
poorly equipped and organized, about
two mies south of the obscure vil
lage of Bentonsville, hence the name.
It was a strange and peculiar battle
in its beginning and still more so in
its termination. It may not be ger
mane to the actual description of
this battle, but for a better under
standing it may be instructive to go
back to the beginning of Sherman’s
March through Georgia to the sea,
across the Caroliinas to Bentonsville.
I belonged to, and was Adjutant of,
the 10th N. C. Batallion, and was
with the command from the
time we were taken from the Forts
below Wilmington in November 1864,
to the Surrender near Greensboro
in April 1865. By making a long skip
from the 45th mile post up the Sa
vannah River in Georgia via Savan
nah to Averasboro, N .C., over which
we marched in retreat in front of
Sherman’s army, I can better de
scribe the battle of Bentonsville. At
Averasboro a considerable skirmish
was fought between Sherman’s ad
vance guard and Sherman’s rear
guard, which resulted in defeat of
the Confederates who took the Ra
leigh road, as they supposed.. Ra
leigh was Sherman’s objective (as
they had sacked and burned Colum
bia, the Capitol of South Carolina).
“Instead of being followed, Sher
man took the Goldsboro road. John
ston discovering this, shifted his ar
my to the Smithfield road which pa
ralleled the Goldsboro road some
miles apart. When Johnston reached
Elevation in Johnston County by
a forced march across the country
to Bentonsville, interrupted one
corps (Slocumb’s) of Sherman’s ar
my, which was a complete surprise,
as the main body of Sherman’s army
was some miles further south on an
other parallel road (That was by
Grantham’s store). This was on a
Sunday evening, and after much
skirmishing, and the Yankee’s battle
line located, the charge was ordered,
and the skirmishes being withdrawn,
the battle commenced in earnest and
Until dark they were driven “back
further and further until their re
serve line was encountered just be
yond and skirting a string of huckle
berry ponds knee deep in water.
They hastily erected temporary
breastworks of old fallen logs and
dirt dug with bayonets. This was
all in the thick woods, and an inces
sant fire of musketry and cannon at
every step. We charged steadily on
and when within twenty steps of
their line, they fired a blind: g vol
ley from their reserves which was
answered by a volley from us aldng
with the Rebel Yell: “Hell broke
loose in Georgia.” They broke and
ran worse than a herd of stampeded
cattle. Such a rattle of canteens and
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