ivVUTHFlELD NEEDS:
_Bigger Pay Roll.
___A Modern Hotel.
—Renovation of Opera House.
_ More Paved Streets.
—Chamber of Commerce.
7or:y fourth Year
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1925.
Mr. Farmer: It Will Pay You to Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield This Season
■iirvin :ind Mann Thornton
are Convicted of Burning
| young Hubert Gainey On
Night of March 26.
kvehal OTHER GASES
iH'i'ior Court closed here
'dock last Saturday af
.il'tcr a busy week for the
■olicitor and others who
i mnected with the cases
disposed of during the
(The
thro
p«l!f
bo i
Ihich
eek.
The aiding case of the week
Las tiiiit of state vs. Marvin and
|lan» T inton, two young white
icn i" oipson county, who were
Ihar." ! ith an assault upon Her
}i, it (: --y. white, aged 16, also
if S mu. on county. It will be re
tailed that on the night of March
those three men in com.
(i me others were fish
iu■ it: hi Weaver-Bass mill pond
| ]; nf evillc township. During
in which they waited
1 d these three men
n rough play and
r. It was noted
the Thorntons
crupuloi^s as to
i1 w i of dealing with
hot
II' :ll<i
ecame
oister<
! e
h.oiiiu1' y. Leaving tn yflii
.t cli . o’clock, the thive noil
[traveled together along wi;h tliree
[other members of the fishing party
[ tn a point near Gainey’s home. At
n it' r. .ads he left the party
I which In understood made their
■way "iiward toward their homes in
I’ apson couri'.y. A short
f-om where Gainey left
llis ! topped at a burning
gat .1 to take off his boots
lurnl i ; unexpectedly the two
rhorM'ii made their appearance,
he; triaged in casual conver
ation and, without warning, the
filer the Thorntons applied a
'timing faggot to his loose fit
ting a . rails which burned rapidly.
In an effort to quench the fire,
young Gainey ran out across a I
field and a forest to a ditch con
taining water, and succeeded soon
then after in extinguishing the
fire which had inflicted rather ser
iou> imrning upon him and his
clothing While in the ditch put
ting "lit the fire, he was a second i
time s roosted by his assailants and
deni id wiis made upon him to
Itet. ut of the ditch. His refusal
to i mply was followed by their
'T ‘ly dragging him out of the
difii stripping him of all his
el" and thrusting him into
a 1 ring stump hole, from which
he ■ merged some few moments af-,
fi’i rds in a badly burned con
dite Ilis assailants in the mean
tin deserted him and he was left
ah about the midnight hour in
a n le condition, and the rest of
the sight was spent in an aimless
wander about the burning forest.
T! coming of dawn revealed the
residence of an old negro woman,
to which he wont for relief. Such
Wt e the contentions of the state.
Thi defendants plead not guilty,
and relied upon the eorrohrating
evidence of their friends of the
fishing party to prove that instead
dung up any time with young
flail".y after he left them at the
<'i roads they went directly
honir and to bed. Young Gainey’s
■'■■timony was strongly corrobrab
ed the testimony of several wit
as to the tracks of the
n wearing shoes over pra'c
1i‘ ally the same territory that was
traveled bv Gainey according to
h testimony. This case was call
ed at ten o’clock Friday. Consid
*'i *de time was consumed in se_
' ring a jury. Several witnesses
!'e examined for both the state
11,1,1 defense during the day, and at
■nine-forty-five that night both
chi' rested. Saturday morning
'v ■ devoted to the argument of
the counsellors, and at twelve
thirty the judge charged the jury.
After some three hours they re
turned a verdict against the de
iendants, which stated that the
d1 slants were guilty of an as
lldt inflicting serious bodily in
Jdt.V but without an intention to
take the young man’s life. The
Maximum period of confinement
^hich the law imposes under a
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UNUSUAL SPEAKER AT
COURT HOUSE T0N10HT
Tonight ut eight o'clock. Or.
1). W. Daniels, of Clemson Col.
lege, S. C., will speak at the
courthouse, his subject to be:
“The Economic Relationship of
Farmers and Business Men."
Dr. Daniels was secured for an
address at Benson tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o’clock by lhe
Kiwanis Club of that c:ty. and
Smithtield citizens and farmers
took advantage of this opportu
nity to have him speak in
Smithtield. He is the dean of the
school of English and literature
at Clemson College. He is a
speaker of national reputation.
He is humorous enough to keep
his audience in an uproar and
at the same time drive home his
thoughts in a most convincing
way. Both men and women aie
invited to hear Dr. Daniels.
FIRE BURNS HAY
VALUED AT $400
Hay, Ford Truck and Si ''
• HiAU.sc .Reduced to Ashe
1 >y I ire of Unknown
Origin.
After quite a long rest, the city
Ire department was i rilled out
sumlay evening about seven-thirty
iclock, fire having been discovered
n a storage house near the Jotex
Filling Station on Market street.
Die building was used by Peedin !
ind Peterson for storing hay and j
he fire destroyed a car load of hay
ind a Ford truck. The loss was
estimated at $700, the hay being
valued at $400, the truck at. $200
ind the house at $100. The hay
was partially insured- but there
was no insurance on the truck or
die house. This is the second time
:his house has caught fire but each
time before it was saved before
much damage was done. It took
quite a while to extinguish the fire
in the hay. It is not known how
the fire originated.
TRINITY FIELD
CALLS A PASTOR
Rev. 1*. A. Pridgen (Tilled as
Pastor of Five Church
es Composing the
Trinity Field- ,
Last Sunday night a joint com
mittee representing the five Bap
tist churches of the Trinity field
met after the evening service at
Trinity and extended a call to Rev.
P. A. Pridgen of Bladenboro. to
serve as pastor. He had preached
at three of the churches on Sun
day, and the people of the church
es in general expressed themeslves
as well pleased. The action was
final, except that it has to be re
ferred to two of the churches for
ratification, which it is believed
will be forthcoming. Rev. S. L.
Morgan was present in the meet
ing at Trinity representing the
executive committee of the asso
ciation and the State Board of
Missions. It is understood that,
if Mr. Pridgen accepts the call,
he will begin work the third Sun
day in September.
REVIVAL TO COMMENCE
AT BARBOUR’S CHAPEI.
The annual revival meeting will
commence at Barbour’*? Chapel
Advent Christian church on Mon
day night after the fifth Sunday,
August 31, and continue over the
second Sunday in September. Elder
Gordon O. Reed, of Live Oak, Fla.,
will do the preaching. He will
be" assisted by the pastor and oth
ers. Prof. I). S. Duck, of Tennes
see, will have charge of the sing
ing. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:3U
p .nr- Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend this meeting and
help by doing your bit for God ami
for humanity. , Pray that the
church may he revived and s'n
I tiers saved. J. (>. BAKER.
GOV. MCLEAN BACK
AT STATE CAPITAL
Gives Assurance That Tht
Situation at State Sani
torium Will Be Proper
ly Take Care of.
MUSEUM OPENED AGAIN
Raleigh, Aug. 24.—Vfith Gover
j nor McLean again in action at the
capitol after nearly three weeks
of hard labor in the forests of
Wisconsin, from which he was re
jcently released in the “pink of con
dition,’’ matters of state are like
ly to be handled in the same mas
terly way that has characterized
administrative progress since the
present executive put his hand to
the wheel last January. The Gov
ernor has thoroughly enjoyed the
outing, liked the “physical endur
ance tests” to which he was sub
jected to during his absence and is
ready to plunge into the pile of
documents awaiting his attention
without the least hesitancy.
Reported conditions at the
State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis
will probably receive first consid
eration. According to a statement
■<ent' out from that institution a
week ago by the Associated Press
sixteen patients, all suffering from
tuberculosis, some ol them bed
ridden, had been requested to sur
render their rooms by the first of
September to make room for pris
oners'from the toSy.t’+e’i Prison sim
ilarly afflicted. The order,- said to
have been promulgated by th?v
board of directors, affected all pa_
tients who had been at the Sana
torium eighteen months which
amounts to an invitation to thirty
six to leave within the next six
months. The need is for beds rath
er tb.-m money says Superintendent
McCain and the reaction to the
press story indicates a very de
cided sentiment on the part of the
public that the situation should be
met with a remedy without delay.
The suggestion of returning help
less sick people to their homes, or
the alms-houses is revolting and
Governor McLean gives assurance
that the situation will “be prop
erly taken care of.” Dr. P. P.
McCain, superintendent, states
that 150 applications for admis
sion are now on file.
The commission which is charg
ed with adjusting the salaries of
State employees on a “uniform and
equitable basis,” is to make its
final report to the Governor. It is
announced that data has been col
lected and wage scales worked out
for all the State departments and
educational and charitable institu
tions. No final action will be taken
until the Commission has confer
red with Mr. McLean whose ap
proval of the report is necessary
before it can go into effect, II'
will probably be October before
any change in the present salary
scale can be effected.
It is announced by H. L. Stanton
State Supervisor of Industrial Re
habilitation, that the establishment
of a State wide system of ortho
pedic clinics for the free treat
ment of indigent cripples is un
der contemplation by orthopedic
surgeons and others interested re
cently in conference at Greensboro.
The aid of local civic agencies and
organizations will be sought to
heli> meet the expense of “putting
cripples back on their feet,” says
the State Supervisor of this high
ly important work.
Announcement is made by the
State Board of Vocational Educa
tion that 5293 men and boys were
last year enrolled in the short unit
courses conducted by that' bureau
and its agents. 105 schools offered
day classes and 247 shorter class
periods. Superintendent T. E.
Brown says that during last' year
and a part of the year previous
$556,046 were earned by the boys
on various projects, with an ex
penditure of only $20,000 for in
structors. In classes conducted by
farm demonstration agents 2590
pupils were given instructions in
intensive farming. In twenty negro
and 120 white schools instructions
in home economics were given to
5552 girls.
New quarters for the State Mu
seum in the rear of the Agricul
tural Department completed at
last and fully occupied by curios
ranging in size from a sea lion to
the boll weevil. The Museum has
been closed to the public for more
FIFTY-EIGHT MEMBERS LOCAL NATIONAL
GUARD
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IT
L
The 2nd Batallion
Headquarters Detachment & Combat Train, of the 117th
I’holo by Warren E. Fulcher, Smithfield, N. C.
Field Artillery which is training at Fort Bragg.
ALL MY MEETING
SANDERS CHAPEL
Three Home Demonstration
Clubs To Hold All Day
Meeting and Picnic* at
Sanders Chapel.
This is the season for all-day
meetings, picnics and outings, and
an event of this sort has been ar
ranged hy three home demonstra
tion clubs to be held in the grove
at Sandei’s Chapel church next
Thursday, August 27. These clubs
aro.'. Pomona, Cartor_Massey and
Creech. 'Mlsv 1T<. Barnes, presi
dent of the Pomona club, Mrs.
Josiah Stancil, of Carter, Mrs. R.T
L. Barden, of Massey and Mrs. *
Preston Cre('ch, of the Creech
club, are particularly anxious that
the day be an entire success and
every effort is being put forth
and by the total membership of
these clubs including about seven
ty-five women to make the occas
ion one to be long remembered.
Miss Minnie Lee Garison, county
home agent, will be on hand and
help carry out the program of the
day. It will be purely a get-to
gether, good time meeting with
enough speaking thrown in to
make the day profitable. The Riv
erside Serenaders brass band of
Smithfiokl will give a concert in
the morning and another in the
afternoon. All those present will
participate in a community sing,
a feature of the morning program,
and a speaker from th o,State de
partment of Raleigh will be on
hand with a worth while talk. At
the noon hour while the picnic din
ner is being spread, Miss Mary E.
Wells, county supervisor of schools,
will entertain the young people
with stories. The; afternoon will be
devoted to music, contests and
stunts. Prizes have been arranged
for those winning in the contests.
Certificates for those who attend
ed the short course at Raleigh will
be awarded during Cue day. Every
body is invited to attend this
meeting and carry a well filled
basket’.
Geneva, Aug. 22—Mrs. Wood
row Wilson has reived at Geneva
and taken up her residence at the
famous villa Kartolini. on the
shores of* Lake Geneva, a short
distance from the League of Na
tions Palace, where she expects
to remain through September.
She is aeompaniod by the Misses
Belle Baruch and Evangeline John
son, of New York, who have been
her traveling companions all sum
mer on a visit to France and Italy.
It was intended at first for Mrs.
Wilson’s party to occupy the villa
Onex, headquarters of the Liter
national school started by Ameri
• ■cans, but Professor James .'•'hot
well, of New York, occupied it,
hence the necessity of securing the
elaborate quarters for the widow
of President Wilson.
than three years during which per
iod thousands of visitors have
wanted to know what had become
of it. The response is enlarged
quarters thoroughly renovated and
awaiting welcome to all who call
between the hours of nine in the
morning and five in the afternoon.
Johnstonians Offer Thanks
«/«/
For I n usually Fine Crops
t* e
FIRST HALE OF NEW
COTTON IS SOLI) HERE
The first bale of new cotton
to be marketed in Smithfield
was bought Friday by W. M.
Sanders and Son and brought
twenty-five cents a pound. Mr.
James \\. Lee, who lives six
miles southeast of Four Oaks,
sold the cotton. It was ginned
on Friday by J. W. and \\. \I.
Sanders at the Four Oaks gin
plant. So far as we know this
was tlie* first bale of new cotton
fa b ,. '"ed, ■'d-.Rtl’r
in Jshnston county.
Makes Certain Recommenda
tions Regarding County
Home, Convict Camp
and Court House.
The G:end Jury for the. August
' ! m of criminal Superior Court
having finished its work Thursday
made the following report to Judge
W. A. Devi;’, through the foreman,
Mr. C. M. Wilson, of Wilson’s
Mills.
We, the mcmh'Ts of the Grand
Jury, beg to report as follows;
1. We have passed upon all hills
of indictment sent us by the court
according to the ■ dcn< e in each
case and disposed of all matters
coming before u- according to law.
2. Wo have visited the county
home and find the same to be
well kept and in good sanitary con
dition. We make the following rec
ommendations :
(a) Since the present pasture for
the stock has no water ni it and
fhe same can be, by the use of a
lew rolls of wire, greatly enlarged
o as to include a stream of wat
er which would then furnish ade
euatc pasturage and water for
the cows and hogs, we recommend
that this wire be furnished by the
county.
(b> Also there should be fur
nished to the county home poul
try wire and houses sufficient to
take care of the poultry on the
place.
(c) It is further the opinion of
the Grand Jury that there is need
ed a man and a woman to assist
in cooking and waiting on the
helpless inmates.
;i. We visited the convict camp
and find the following conditions:
(a) The mattresses and pillows
are old and in.a very unsanitary
condition.
(b) The kitchen, tables etc are
dirty and should be kept in a more
cleanly condition.
(c) The quarters are too small
for proper sanitary conditions.
4. We have visited the various
offices in the court house and find
ihem ail well kept.
5. We have examined the court
house building and find that on
th'- t< ry in and around the
cells of the jail, there are defects
and that damage is being done to
The walls which seems to be caus
ed by dampness. We recommend in
; this matter that a competent in
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1
Large Crowd Participates In
Service of Praise and Pray
er Held In Court House
Here Sunday Afternoon.
HON. E. W. POU SPEAKS
The |.t Gray > pr< ed *"d
truth when he penned the lines:
“Sweet is the breath of vernal
shower,
The bee's collected treasure
sweet,
Sweet music’s melting fall, but
^sweeter yet
The »t«h voice of grati
tude.” -
As we consider Johnston coun
ty’s unprecedented crops of corn,
cotton and tobacco which bids fair
to fill the barns to overflowing as
the harvesting proceeds, the finest
thing in it all is “the still, small
voice of gratitude” which found
i -.pres.ion in the special thanks
giving service held in the court
house here Sunday afternoon, and
in which a thousand citizens from
every section of Johnston county
participated.
The speaker invited the oc
casii n, Albert M. Coate.-. of Chap
el Hill, was unable to be present
and there was no formal address.
It was perhaps the informality of
the occasion carrying the impres
sion of spontaneous expression that
got hold of those present and it
was everybody's meeting from the
first a -to of the Doxologv. led by
R. E. Thomas, well known choir
director of Johnston county, on
through to the benediction which
was pronounced by E v. Robert
Strickland, eighty-year-old Con
federate veteran of Bentonville
C wnship.
The ervice was first of all one
of thank giving, and Rev. S. H.
Styron, pastor of the Free W ill
Baptist church of Pine Level,
breathed a prayer of worship and
thankfullness that carried to the
throne on high the sentiment of
tiie vast audience. Judge F. H.
Brooks presided over the meeting.
Ill bL
tIUIUIS LUii
tie rccanea me
county thanksgiving s c r v i c e
prompted by Chas. W. Horne of
Clayton and the late W. S. Stev
ens. Mr. Horne was sick on this
occasion and unable to be present
but be sent a message of thanks
giving. Rev. A. J. Perker, pastor
of the Methodist church of this
city, read Psalms 95 and 90 appro
priate to the service.
Congressman E. W. Pou was
the first speaker introduced. "His
tory shows that the nations tha!
have recognized the great Goc
have been the most civilized,” Mr
Pou stated, and he attributed the
prosperity and success which havi
come to the south to the faith o:
its people. But we are r.ot ye
perfect, according to Mr .Pou':
idea. There are too many mur
tiers, too many robberies, am
self examination is in order. Amer
ica Still ha:- it in her power i
she will take the opportunity t
banish forever from the world tha
black curse known as war. Mi
Pou along with other Johnsto
county citizens thinks the greates
county in America is Johnsto
county, and he closed his tal
with an appeal that we dedicat
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WILSON CHAMBER
COMMERCE HELPS
Requests Board of Comiuis
sioners To Issue Short
Term Notes To I’ave
Route 22 At Once.
Citizens particularly in that see
tion of the county that joins Wil
TsSfinf.ounty have been somewhat
disturbed over the fact that it
ha- seemed doubtful whether or
not Wil on would pave Route 22
to the Johnston County line. Wb'-n
John, ton county <1< ided to loan
the State Highway Con'nussion
i money to hardsurface this route
through this county it was
thought that the other counties
would make similar arrange nents,
mtil'iShe paved road would be con
tinuous. \
Business nu n in Ken nd It<J
vicinity signed a prot recently '
against this road beinFt un
paved, and considerable interest
has been manifested in what would
finally be done. Mayor Narron
handed us the following letter
from the Wilson f imv.ber of
Commerce yesterday which makes j
the situation appear more lav-op ,
able, and raises hope that the en
tire route may be n irdsurfaeed
without undue delay
“To the Mayor and Citizens of
Smithfield, N. C.
“At the regular meeting of our
Board of Directors the conditions
existing regarding Route 22 -were
brought up and thoroughly discus
sed. A resolution was offered and
unanimously adopted requesting
the Board of County Commission
ers- to issue short term notes or
bonds in a sufficient amount to
take care of this road.
"In the' event our County Com
missioners do not issue short term
notes or bonds to hard Surface No.
22 we have assurance from the
State Highway Commission that
this road will be hardsurfaced at
the earliest possible moment.
“We want the people of your
town and community to know that
Wilson is in thorough accord with
your desires to have route 22
paved, and no stone will be left
unturned for the completion of
this job.
“We will thank you to have this
letter published in your papers
that our friends may knew just
what we are trying to do in then
behalf.
•WILSON CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE”
“(Transportation Committee)
“T. B. WARD
“J. W. HOUSE
‘G. T. FULGIICM
“DOANE HERRING
“LUCIEN HXDLEV’
STATE DENTIST VT
BENSON AND FOUR
Dr. J. S. Moofe, state schoo
dentist, will be in Benson at th<
; high school building on Monday
Tuesday and Wedne lay, Augusi
1 24, 25 and 2(‘>, and at Four Oak
- high school on Thursday, Frida
and Saturday, August 27, 28 an
) 2!», for the purpose of holding
t dental clinic This dental work I:
• for children from the agg? n? <
i to 12. and is entirely free,
t . DR. C. C. MASSEY,
i Crrfnty Health Officer.
\\ .tcli the date on youi
el aid don’t let your subs
tioi expire. ®
> i xty-eight Cents for gch
15 Cents for GcsntrtT Co
ty Purposes; Iff Cent
for Courthouse, Jail.
CITJtf.
EDGERTON
The filling of the vacancy m
i county board of cominission
<ts occasioned by the death of
Mr. J. W- Jones who was chair-*
man, alid the fixing of the ta*
ate were the chief items of busi
less at the special adjourned meet
rue of the comissioneru held here
ast week. Mr. ty T. fedgerton of
Kenly was appointed to succeed
Mr. Jones, though Mr. A. H.
Morgan of Meadow was chosen as
■hairman of the county board. Mr.
Morgan had been acting as chair
man during the illness and since
the death of Mr. Jones.
A general county tax of 93 cents
m the hundred dollars worth of
property was levied* 68 cents for
general school1 purposes, 15 cents
tor general county purposes, and
ton cent* for court house and jail
bonds, The levy is two cents less
ban that of last year, the rate
for schools last year being 70
cents. This levy was made in spite
nf the fact that the school bud_
net this ve r calls for more money
than last The lowered rate will
he welcomed by the taxpayers.
At this sane meeting levies for
ad tax in the various townships
tere made as follows;
adr i
Banner, So cents.
Bentonvine sinking fund
nts and convict labor
Beulah, sinking fu
to
naintenance
abor 15 rent
cents.
Boon TJill, sir*
maintenance
labor 23 cenf
Clayt* • &
Clevela
:cnance
Elevat1.
cents; coi
l'ng^r
fund,
cour
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scl.
vi'i
appt
guit*
Q§
paid
tax
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