Smithfield Needs:
_Bigger pay roll.
_Modem hospital.
_Renovation of Op
era house.
_More paved streets.
'-Chamber Commerce
Forty-fourth Year
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“We Like
Smithfield—
You will too”
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1925
Number 63
NEWS FROM THE
STATE CAPITAL
Executive Budget System Be
comes a Law On July 1;
Questionaires Sent To Girls
Working For State
HOME-COMING
WEEK
(By M. L. Shipman)
Raleigh, June 22.—Preparation for
the State to go on the Executive
Budget System, discussion of the
prison system of the State, restrict
ing regulation issued by the Corpora
tion Commission under the Blue Sky
law, the proclamation for “Home
coming Week” issued by the Gover
nor, preparation for the State Judi
cial Conference, new regulations for
bus lines and a host of lesser events
constitute the week’s news of the
Capital City. Not the least important
of the happenings was the IntenB*
heat of the week which hovarii Ls- i
tween 95 and 100 degrees several
days and was finally broken by rains
on Thursday of almost cloudburst
volume.
The Executive Budget System be
comes the law on July first and Gov
ernor McLean has been busy lining
up the departments a'nd institutions
on the administration of the new fis
cal policy. Under it all will be held
strictly to the line in expenditures
for permanent improvements and
maintenance and Mr. McLean will
check personally the administration
of the law.
In line with the announced inten
tion of readjusting salaries of the
department clerks another “search
ing” questionaire was sent out by
by the Salary and Wage Commission
this" week to the girls working for
the State. Such intimate details as
rent, how many in the room, how
much for amusements, how many use
the same bath you use, how much
contributed to the church and other
similar questions were asked, all with
the purported intention of setting
up an equitable scale of wages.” A
decided reaction against the scheme
has been the immediate result of the
work of the Salary and Wag* Com
mission.
The prison system of the State will
be thoroughly investigated by an ex
pert representative of the Welfare
commission and the State Board of
Health working in cooperation. This
is the result of recent happenings
at the Rocky Mount road district
camp where one prisoner was beaten
to death
Governor McLean issuea a procla
mation calling on all North Caroli
nians residing in other states to vi
sit the State during the month of Oc
tober and specifically designated the
third week in October as “homecom
ing week” and urged all relatives of
those who have adopted the State
“to come and see us”, and those
North Carolinians away from home
to return for the occasion.
Foreign corporations seeking to
sell their stock in North Carolina will
have to pass strict examination of
the Corporation commission, declares
I. M. Bailey, attorney for the Com
mission. Mr. Bailey also has issued
a statement to the effect that banks
dealing in securities must register
their salesmen under the Blue Sky
law as stock salesmen and must meet
the regulations applying to stock
salesmen.
Chief Justice Stacy will open the
Judicial Conference this week of all
members of the bench m the State.
The keynote address will be made by
the Chief Justice
Dr. B. W. Kilgore has been re
elected president, John T. Thorne of
Rocky Mount, vice-president; U. C.
Blalock, general manager secretary
and treasurer; assistant secretary
and office manager, F. B- Webster,
and assistant treasurer C. E- Stew
art of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Association.
The Corporation Commission is
exercising every precaution in the
supervision of the Capital Issues law
which, defines securities bordering on
questfowable contracts,* and warns
against “foreign concerns” seeking
fo dispose of" properties on this ia-.
stallment plan. A late decision Sub
jects the “Holly Hill Grove and Fruit
Company of Davenport, Fla., to the
provisions of’the North Carolina
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Report Early
Cotton Bloom
Mr. B. F. Barbour, who lives
on the land of Mr. J. E. Lassiter,
near Four Oaks, reported a cotton
bloom on Saturday, June 20. That
is the first cotton bloom wo have
heard of this season.
Yesterday morning Mr. Robert
Barbour, who lives on Route One,
brought another cotton bloom to
this office. He was one of the first
in the county last year to report a
bloom. June 20 is early for cotton
blooms in this section, but they
are usually plentiful by July 4.
BENSON TO BUILD
BRICK TOWN HALL
Scout Troop Is Organized Spon
sored Ily Kiwanis Club; New
Fa&tor of i Presbyterian|
Church Arrives
NUMBER SOCIAL EVENTS
Benson, June 22.—Benson is to
have a new town hall. Mr. C. C.
Hook, Charlotte architect, is draw
ing the plans and expects to have
them completed in a short time. The
structure will be two stories high,
and will contain offices for the town
officials, the court room and jail. It
will be of limestone and tapestry
brick with concrete floors.
A number of friends here attended
the funeral of Dr. R. C. Spence near
Kipling Friday afternoon- Dr. Spence
is a sister of Mrs. Alonzo Parrish of
this city. He died in Dallas, Texas,
following an operation. The Shriners
from Benson acted as pall bearers.
The Flapper Grandmother that
was staged in Benson, under the aus
pices of the Entre Nous Club Fri
day night was a great success. It
was the best musical play that has
ever been given here. The leading
characters were Dr. F- L. Perkins,
Mr. W. R. Strickland, Laurie Cave
naugh, Henry Shaw, and Misses Ma
ry Lee, Ethel Hall, Blanche Martin,
Mrs. Talmadge Lucas. Miss Wilhel
mina Utley, pianist.
Miss Vallie Hill entertained the
Dainty Dames Club with a porch
party on Friday afternoon at from
five to seven o’clock at the home of
Mrs. J- B- Rose. Garden flowers were
attractively used for decorating.
Rook was played at four tables.
Score pads and favors were in keep
ing with the season. Miss Blanche
Martin won the prize for making the
highest score and was presented a
bottle of perfume. Miss Nita Turling
ton won the booby prize, a deck of
Rook cards. The hostess served a
salad course followed by an ice
course, mints and salted peanuts.
Present beside the club members
were Mesdames A. S- Oliver, J. H.
Rose, E. M. Hall of Zebulon, I- P.
Roberts of Raleigh, W. T. Martin,
Paul Lee, Miss Morris and Mrs
Hugh Flowers.
The members of the Kiwanis club
and their families enjoyed a delight
ful picnic at Stewart’s Pond Tues
day evening. All the young boys of
the town were invited guests. The
object of the picnic was to discuss
a Boy Scout organization. President
A. S. Oliver presided over the meet
ing.Scout executive, W- W. Rivers,
of Goldsboro, was present and dis
cussed what such an organization
would mean to the boys of Benson.
After which, a Scout troop was or
gamzea.
W. O. Rackley has moved to his
new store across the street from
where he has been in business here
for several years and carries a full
line of shoes and men's furnishings.
Tk# Place Cafe, the newest one in
Benson, was opened the 19th. It is
under the management of Messrs.
Sam Young and Walter Anderson.
They are located in Boone’s new
store across the street from the the
ater.
Rev. Johnnie Jofrhson, of Rex, has
accepted the pastorate of the Prefci
byterian church for the Ipummer
months. Mr. Johnson is a student at
Richmond seminary. He comes to
this charge very highly recommend*
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W. RANSOM SANDERS
TO GO TO RALEIGH
Has Been Awarded Ford Agency
In That City; W. M. Sanders
Buys Interest In Local Ford |
Company I
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D. W. BARRISH TO BENSON
—
The exclusive Ford agency for Ra- !
leigh has been given to Mr. W. Ran
som Sanders of this city, according
to information given out here yester
day. This new firm was opened up
in Raleigh yesterday, June 22, and 1
will be known as the Sanders Motor
Company. Mr. Sanders has been one
of the owners of the Sanders Motor
Company of this city and at Benson,
since "these businesses were opened
several years ago. He has sold his
interest in the firm here to his bro
ther, Mr. W. M. Sanders, and Mr
T. C- Young, who also owins an in
terest in the firm, will be the mana
ger. Henceforth, this firm will be
known as the Young Motor Company,
instead of Sanders Motor Company.
Until a few weeks ago Mr. D. W.
Parrish was part owner of the San- 1
ders Motor Company, but he has re
cently bought the Benson agency and
the firm there will be known as the
Parrish Motor Company instead of j
the Sanders Motor Company. All j
these new firms were opened up yes
teruay.
The Ford agency in Raleigh has
been held by Mr. C. H. Rawls of the i
Rawls Motor Company. According to j
the News and Observer the transfer .
j was reported in Raleigh last week.
Mr. Rawls went to Detroit to confer
with executives of the Ford Motor
Company and to Charlotte to confer
with officials at divisional headquar- 1
ters. That paper stated that Mr. ■
Rawls was not expected to take the ,
cancellation of his contract without
a fight. The contract was awarded
Mr. Sanders on Saturday. ,
LIGHTNING STRIKES BUSY s
BEE CAFE AND GARAGE
During an electric storm here ,
Thursday afternoon lightning struck ,
the electric sign at the old Busy Bee ,
cafe stand and knocked it down. Dur- ■
ing the same storm lightning struck ;
the county garage. It ran into the
building on the wires and burned a ,
cloth hanging over the electric switch j
No one was hurt at either place. ,
BROUGHT BACK TO JAIL
Walter Evans, who escaped from
jail last January, was arrested on ■
Pamlico Sound in the eastern part of
the State Friday. Sheriff J- P- Par- ,
ker was notified and Evans was ,
brought t oSmithfield Saturday and ,
lodged in jail.
TO HARD-SURFACE
DUNN-BENSON ROAD
Contract is soon to be let for hard
surfacing the highway between Dunn
and Benson, a link of route No. 22
and of the proposed Carolinas-Flor
ida Short Route, according to infor
mation given Eugene Lee, secretary
of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce,
by State highway officials. Mr- Lee
made this monthly meeting of the
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce Thursday evening. According
to the information given Mr. Lee, the
work will be completed before win
ter.—Dunn Dispatch.
| Mission of Mercy
Mrs. H. W. Wade, formerly
of New Orleans, is now in
New York from the Philip
pines to champion a million
dollar drive for the leper col
ony in the islands. Her hus
band, Dr. Wade, is acting
chief there.
MAYORS COURT HAS
A BUSY SUNDAY
Sunday was an unusually busy day
n the Mayor’s court, four cases coni
ng up for trial before Mayor Nar
•on.
Saturday night just about the time
he Ham-Ramsey service was dis
nissed, an automobile parked on
Hurd street near Gregory’s Five and
fen cent store, attracted the atVen
,ion of the passers-by when it was
earned that it was a “liquor car.’’
Recording to our information when
he car stopped there, two women
ind J. T. Starling were the passen
gers. There were evidences that the
vomen had been drinking and an of
icer had been called. Chief Cable was
non on the scene, and made a search
>f the car. Two bottles of whiskey
ind a loaded pistol were found. The
vomen were taken to jail but Star
ing was releasedd upon giving bond
or his appearance in Recorder’s
■ourt to answer the charge of trans
porting whiskey and carrying a con
:ealed weapon.
Starling is a constructive engineer
>f Raleigh. The women were Mrs
Vlattie Barber, and her sister, Mrs.
toyall. Both are said to be divorced
vomen.
When the women were tried Sun
lay, one of them was released with
>ut fine, the other fined $10.00 and
•osts because of her attitude during
rial, cursing etc.
The women and Starling came to
Smithfield from Raleigh on their way
.•o spend Sunday near Pine Level
vhere they had formerly lived.
The other case tried Sunday was
;hat of John Beasley who was placed
n the lock up Saturday for being
lrunk and disorderly in the Sanitary
Barber Shop. He was fined $10.50.
An evangelical church is a
church o.n ice; an evangelistic
church is a church on fire.
The only way to keep the seeds ol
sin from bringing a harvest, is tc
keep digging them up and confess
them.
Operation of Slot
Machines Unlawful
I desire to call the attention of
the people of Johnston County to
the fact that a number of persons
have complained to me that vari
ous slot machines are being oper
ated in Johnston County in viola
tion of law.
..Chapter 138 Public Laws, 1923,
makes it'inlawful to have a ma
chine tfcaf tlo<‘B not produce for
or give to the person operating,
| playing or patronizing same, the
same return iif'lpiarket value for
each and every operation. The
law further provides that the per
son having said machine violates
the law each and every time that
it is operated.
Any person knowing of any vi
olation of this law should swear
out a warrant for the'""offender.
Thes») lottery machines are very
demoralizing to the community
and calculated to make gamblers
of ouP'young boys.
J. P. PARKER.
Sheriff Johnston County
Near 10,000 People Heard
Evangelist Ham Sunday
Gleaned
MR. HAM’S SERMONS
All affliction, all trouble, can be
traced to sin.
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The hand of God is only hindered
j by sin.
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You’ll either confess your sins or
condemn God.
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Some of you never know you have
; sinned until afflictions come; you
j live so far away from God.
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There never has been a sin yet
that will not be punished.
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Anything that is of God cannot be
stopped.
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The safest person on earth is a
disciple of Jesus Christ.
There ought not to be a single per
son in your jail; and there would not
be if Christian people were on the
job.
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A copper is a mighty religious
coin; it goes to church and Sunday
! school much oftener than the dollar.
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It will pay Tarheel farmers to
begin the raising of horse and mule
colts, thinks Prof. R. S. Curtis, who
finds a great reduction in the num
ber of such work animals now being
reared.
Whenever God makes a preacher,
he is a brand new thing; whenever
man makes one, he is a copy of some
one else. There has never been but
one Martin Luther; but one John
Calvin, one Knox, one John Wesley,
one Billy Sunday.
All truths are dogmatic. All sci
jentists are dogmatic: a druggist
must be dogmatic; I want a doctor
who knows his business—in other
words, is dogmatic; and above all, I
I want a preacher who is dogmatic,
for theological truth is dogmatic.
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You had better be careful about
how you try to justify and excuse a
thing that God’s messenger con
demns. When you justify and excuse
a thing that God has condemned you
are guilty of high treason.
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I challenge any farmer in John
ston county to try the Lord and bring
into his house tithes of what he makes
and see if he can’t tell where his crop
stops and his neighbor’s begins.
“Bring ye all the tithes into the
! storehouse, that there may be meat
in mine house, and prove me now
| herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if
11 will not open you the windows of
: heaven and pour you out a blessing
that there shall not be room enough
; to reveice it.”
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I’ll tell you what Johnston County
1 needs—you people of Johnston Coun
ty need a real case of old-fashionec
Holy-Ghost religion
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We get honey today without a bee
we get butter that never had any
thing to do -with a cow; we get olive
oil out of our cotton patches; anc
we have Christians who are withou'
! Christ.
War, famine, pestilence, drough
come because folks do not confesi
their sins- If God’s people woule
1 turn to God and confess their sins
devastation by the boll weevil coule
be averted
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Taking God’s name in vain is th
greatest sin. It is a greater sin thai
breaking all the other six command
ments in regard to man’s relation t
his fellowmen—greater than murdei
; theft, adultery, covetousness, etc
because it is a direct sin against Go
while the others are sins agains
man.
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How many of us turn God’s hoi
day into a holiday!
Ku KIux Present Purse of $101!
To the Preacher at the
Sunday Night
Service
DELEGATIONS PRESENT
Nearly te nthousand people heard
Eangelist M. F. Ham in his three
sermons here Sunday. At eleven
o’clock he spoke to a large numbet
of young girls and young women In
the afternoon at three o’clock he de
livered a powerful sermon on “The
Trial and Crucifixion of Christ from
a Legal Standpoint.” At night his
subject was “Sowing and Heaping ”
At the evening service an interest
ing feature was the singing of the
choirs from Johnson Union, Tee’s
i Chapel and Corinth churches, direct
| ed by Mr. Bob Thomas. Another fea
ture of the night service was the
presentation to Evangelist Ham of
one hundred dollars by the JohnstoHi
County Ku Klux Klan. Just as Mr
Ran^jay had started the collection
ipans around, a score or more of
! white-robed figures entered the haD
and marched down the three aisles^
taking their places around the plat
jform. The procession was led by
I Mrs. Amanda Rose Wilson, of Miss
issippi, Imperial Representative of
the woman’s branch of the Ku Klux
Klan, who made the presentation
speech. By the time these figures had
advanced half way the auditorium,
Mr. Ramsay led the congregation in
singing “My Country, Tis of’ Thee”.
As soon as the offering was deliver
Mr. Ham led in prayer and as the
Kluckers left the building, the choir
sang “Onward Christian Soldiers,''
The Sunday services were charac
terized by delegations from the va
rious places of Nort hCarolina where
Mr. Ham has held revivals. Goldsbo
ro, Burlington, Raleigh, Fayetteville,
Greenville, Elizabeth City, Durham,
Henderson, Wilson and New Bern
| were all represented. Cities as far
! south as Birmingham Ala-, and as
far north as New York State were
represented.
On Saturday night Rev. M. Ham
spoke to fully 3,500 people on the
subject “The Christian Home.” Ma
ny have commented upon this ser
mon as one of the best that he has
delivered since coming to Smithfield.
“To some,” said Mr. Ham, “the home
means very little; to others it comes
next to the church.” He told the sto
ry of how Henry WT. Grady was in
an humble home of the south when
the father in that home gathered his
family around him for the reading
of God’s Word, singing His praises,
and prayer. After this incident, Mr
Grady was impressed that the foun
dation of our republic is not the in
home
The home was the first institution
eer organized on this earth, and he
pointed out that if the ills of society
are to be cured the cure must start
in the homes. Some have said that
we need education, better schools- If
education had been the remedy, the
World War would not have occurred -
Some say we need larger churches',
institutional churches. Some say we
need better legislation, better laws.
All these things are good, but they
| are dependent after all upon training
in the homes
Corruptness, said the preacher,
comes from the home; wholesome
‘ ness also comes from the home. For
five hundred years after the found
ing of Rome there is no record of a
; single divorce- After the home began
> to deteriorate, divorces began to in
l crease. A harmonious home is found
>1 ed upon the marriage relation. “Be
1 ye not unequally yoked together,"
quoted Mr, Ham, and he recited the
; duties of the husband to the wife, of
J the wife to the husband, of the pa
1 rents to the children, and of the ehil
- dren to the parents.
> On Saturday afternoon five or six
> hundred people gathered on the
i ^fcurt house lawn and heard the evan
1 gelist speak for thirty minutes or
t more. At the close of the service a
number of young boys made profes
sions,
y \ This week will be a busy one for
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