SMITHFIELD NEEDS:
—Bigger Pay Roll.
—A Modern Hotel
—Renovation of Opera House.
—More Paved Streets.
—Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Farmer: It Will Pay You to Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield This Season
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Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper — — Established 1882
Forty-fourth Year
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1925
"We Like
Smithfield
You Will Too99
Number 83
GOV. MCLEAN BACK
FROM A VACATION
Investigates Situation A t
State Sanatorium; To
Probe Other Sit- j
at ions
OTHER CAPITA!. NEWS
By M. L. SHIPMAN
Raleigh, Aug. 31.—The return
of Governor McLean to the State
on Sunday, August 23, was fol
lowed immediately by his plunge
into official business. The situation
at Sanatorium, the special term of
court to try W. B. Cole, the in
vestigation of the Department of
Labor and Printing and the in
vestigation of the Fisheries Pro
duct Company were among the
matters to receive his early atten
tion. Except for brief items of in
terest there was little news in
the capital city during the week.
A number of State officials are on
their vacations and the summer
period is being passed with as lit
tle effort' as possible.
The Governor issued an official
: statement Sunday morning declar
ing he had investigated conditions
at State Sanatorium for Tubercu
lars and found conditions better
than heretofore, no reason for
'•alarm, and that the turning out of
1 patients was NOT a new policy.
He criticised the Associated Press
for sending out a story portraying
conditions at the Sanatorium which
focussed public attention on the
institution. He backed up his
statement with letters from the
officers of the institution regret
ing the impression which had got
ten out- It was stated that if an
emergency arose it would be cared
n for at any and all state -institu
tions. The Associated Press re
plying to the Governor’s criticism
merely contented itself with recit
ing that its story had been issued
with an official statement from
Sanatorium as its basis, that fif
teen days had elapsed and no de
aiial of the story had been made j
until the Governor investigated i
the situation and pointed out that
the essentia! facts that patients
were to be turned out was not de
nied nor was it denied that short
age of room was the reason. The
press organization added its re
gret that the story had been con
strued to mean maintenance funds
were low and stated its basis for
t.|iis was the statement of the su
perintendent of sanatorium that
no funds had been provided to care
for maintenance of prisoners for
192^-1927 while $37,500 a year
had been provided during the pre
i vious biennium for each year.
As the situation stands, it is
‘ apparent that patients win De re
quired to leave within eighteen
months after they were taken into
the institution or as soon as pos
sible thereafter. The Governor's
investigation has not changed the
status of this order of the Board
though it explained its reasons for
issuing the order. The earlier press
reports on Sanatorium cited this
as its major fact. Patients will be
turned out of Sanatorium because
of lack of room.
W. B. Cole, of Rockingham, who
is charged with killing W. W. Or
mond will face trial at a special
term of court on September 28.
^ The Governor called this term at
the request of the Solicitor. Cole,
• who is a wealthy manufacturer,
shot down Ormond pn the street of
Rockingham, after some disagree
ment because of the young man s
■ suit for the hand of Cole's daugh
ter.
Governor McLean ordered a
| chemist’s investigation into the
i death of J. B. Solomon of Rich
mond county, who is believed to
1 have died of poison. The effort will
be to find out if the man was pois
! oned or died from food poisoning.
His widow married two weeks af
ter his death after aiding the man
she married\to escape trouble with
the insurance money of her first
husband.
Insurance Gomissioner Wade
says the July fire losses boosts
1 the total to $620,693. an increase
of more than $400,000 for the last
period, the result of 218 fires. A
majority of the fires originated in
theatres and tobacco barns, but a
few major conflagrations is re
sponsible for the heavy total.
The State Printing Commission
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The Smithfield Herald is now be
ing printed on a new press, the
purchase marking one of the for
ward steps ever made by this pa
per.
The machine, a Duplex, Angle
Bar web perfecting press, as
shown above, has just been install
t'd by Mr. James Reed, of New
York. It required nearly a week
to erect the press and make the
necessary adjustments.
This press prints four, six and
eight pages of an eight-column
paper, direct from the roll at a
speed of 11500 to 4500 papers per
hour, all in one operation, deliv
ering the papers folded ready for
the mailing department. This is
in direct, contrast to the capacity
of our former ' cylinder press,
which printed four pages at- a
time at a speed of 1200 to 1500
ah hour. Sheets of paper instead
' of the roll were used in the for
mer method and this meant that
| the paper had be fed through the
f press .-licet by sheet twice in or
| tier that it would be printed on
| both sides. Then the sheets had to
be taken to a hand-fed folder
where again sheet by sheet, they
' J
were folded. It will be readily
seen that in the printing of the
paper with the new press, much
time will be saved.
The press is driven by a len
horsc electric motor mounted in i
a pit under the machine. A larger 1
pit under the press gives access i
to it for threading and mechanical
adjustments.
The purchase of this press is
mother milestone in The Herald's
lath of progress. It will enable
he paper to expand and grow and
o serve the comunity of which
has been a part for nearly a
half century. This purchase is r
evidence of faith in Smithfteld a
Johnston county. The Herald
sure that the community will coi
Linue to give its support and the
justify the wisdom of this experi
diture.
GRIDIRON STARS
ENTER COLLEGES
Local Men With Good Records
Leave For Early Football
Practice at Leading Col-;
leges of the State
By DONNELL WHARTON
Joe Ellington and James Kirk
man, formerly Smithfield high
school boys, are leaving for early
football practice at Wake Forest
College and Oak Ridge respective-!
ly. Jimmie Kirkman left Smith
field Monday for North Carolina’s
leading prep school where he will
make a bid for backfield honors,
while Ellington is leaving today
for the Baptist school where he has
made his letter in football for the
past two years.
But this is not all that Smith
field will contribute to the colleg
iate football circles of North Car
olina this season. Last week a
telegram received in the city re
questing the presence of Frank
Skinner at the early practice at
the University of North Carolina,
while Norwood Holland will enter
that school this fall also.
John Jeannette and “Rip Sum
mered, N. C. State backfield quar
ter and fullback who have been
engaged in highway work around
Smit'hfield during the summer are
not planning to attend the early
practice at State but will enter
when the school opens. Jeannette
is a flashy quarter at State, this
being his third year on the var
sity. He is a New Bern boy.
Ellington, Kirkman, Skinner and
Holland all received their early
football training on the Smith
field High eleven. Ellington was
the first Smithfteld boy to make
his varsity letter at a good col
lege since the days of Bill Holt at
N. C. State (then the old A. & M.)
He has made two letters in both
football and basketball. Playing
quarter as an understudy of the
famous Rackley, Ellington has put
in some valuable work for the
Baptist eleven, and is expected to
go good this season.
He and Skinner and Holland
wore all on the first football team
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t
REIJGUHS FERVOR
IN COl'NTV JNCREASES
Never has there been such a sea- I
son as has characterized Johnston
county during- the past several
weeks, and the good work contin
ues to go on. A meeting conduct
ed by Rev. Elbert Godwin clos
ed at Live Oak Thursday night
resulting in 14 additions to the '
church and several joining else
where. A revival conducted by Rev.
R. M. Von Milc-r has just closed at
Thanksgiving with a number of
conversions, and also one at Pleas
ant Grove with 11 profession^.
Smith’s Chapel received more than
30 new members as a result of a
series of meetings which closed
there Saturday night
A number of revivals began Sun
day night, including the following
churches: Beaty Chapel, Stevens
Chapel, Sanders Chapel. Flowers,
Carter’s Chapel and Corbett
Ilatcher school house. Rev. Syl
vester Betts of Raleigh is holding
one at the Tabernacle near Rich
ardson’s store
The laymen of the Smithfield
federation ate helping in the most
of these services, a number go
ing to the various points each
night.
A woman's federation and a ;
business man’s morning prayer
meeting have been formed at Mi
cro, and Sunday night a splendid
meeting was held at the Freewill
Baptist church in Micro with men
and women from both Smithfield
and Micro taking part. The relig
ious fervor in the county increases.
New Dressmaking Establishment
Mrs. Rena Hicks is opening up
a dressmaking establishment on
the second floor of the Austin
stores. She will be ready to meet
customers on September 7th.
Makes An Explanation
Mr. Hubert R. Jones, of Cleve
land township, was in the city yes
terday and asked us to state that
he was not tried in Recorder’s
Court last week and found guilty
of violating the prohibition laws.
The Hubert Jones mentioned in
the court proceedings was a col
ored man from near Clayton.
t
Community Clubs
Give Away Prizes
' izes Awarded To Winners
In Various Contests At
Sanders Chape] Thursday
The reporter had to leave the
ricnic at .Sanders Chapel Thurs
lay before the contests took place.
Later information is to the effect
;hat everybody enjoyed the aft
rnoon program. Miss Leone San
iers led the community singing,
.vhich preceded the races. The
irst race was a tin can race,
which afforded much merriment.
Miss Leafy Stancil, of the Carter
Massey Club won the prize, which
was a salt-and-pepper shaker,
l'he Riverside Serenaders contest
ed in a one-legged race, which
was won by Walter Lassiter. The
>rize was a sucker. The egg-blow
ing contest was won by Mrs.
Percy Barnes, of the Pomona
club, and she received a fly swat
ter. The paper race was won by
Mr. Bob Barden of Pine Level.
He carried off an ice pick as his
reward. Two teams lined up for
a pole and hoop race. No prize
was offered bub Capt. Clarence
Hill’s fast team carried off the
honors over Capt.Woodall’s pokey
team.
Mr. T. K. Ilood presented the
children with a jar of fancy can
dy, which they enjoyed immense
ly. The president of each club
drew straws for the jar, Mrs. Bob
Barden, of Carter-Massey, being
the lucky recipient. The closing
feature was the “Star-Spangled
Banner,” by the band, which
thrilled the whole crowd, tilling
them with a more patriotic spirit.
Young Wilkins, who was of
very limited means, presented the
minister, after the wedding cere
mony, with a couple of frayed
bank notes and some loose change
saying. “I’m sorry, parson, but
this is all I’ve got.”
Then, observing the faint look
of disappointment which the poor
parson was unable to restrain, he
added hastily: ‘‘But if we have
any children, we will send them
lo your Sunday school.” -Coun
try Gentleman.
I'otton Association To Hear
Texas Man At Picnic To He
Held at Holt Lake In
September
The local group of the Cotton
Growers’ Cooperative Association
3 heartily in favor of using the
'armers’ storage warehouse to its
jtmost capacity this season to the
;nd that the highest possible price
je paid for cotton, according the
sentiment expressed in the group
Meeting held in the commission
's room here Thursday afternoon,
August 27. The meeting was at
tended by cjuite a number of Coop
members. Mr. Peacock was elected
thnirman of the meeting and M. C.
Hooks, secretary.
The discussion in regard to the
storage warehouse was precipitat
ed when Mr. E. G. Holland of
Kenly asked the question. “Would
the cotton association use the
Smithfield warehouse this season?”
Mr. H. IS. Mask, director of field
service, was present and assured
those present that the warehouse
would be used and everything pos
able would be done to fill it. W.
11. Austin advanced the idea that
Johnston county cotton should be
sold to local cotton mills as much
as possible instead of shipping it
to some other part of the state
and thus rendering it necessary
for the mills in this vicinity to
purchase cotton from .South Caro
lina as is now the case. He ex
plained the advantages of deliv
ering to a warehouse and urged
that cotton be stored here. He
spoke of the advantages of pur
chasing cotton from the associa
tion on account of the uniform
grades, a fact that should raise the
price of cotton.
Following the discussion the fol
lowing resolution was unanimous
ly adopted: “Resolved, that the
Farmers Cotton Warehouse, Inc.,
which has not heretofore been
utilized to its fullest extent re
sulting in a loss as an investment
in warehouse property, as mem
bers and stockholders we urge and
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N. C. FIGURES
FOR FISCAL YEAR
Department of Commerce An
nounces Summary oi 1 i
nancial Statistics of North
Carolina For Fiscal Year
Ending June .'50
Washington, D. C-, August 29. (
—Thu Department of Commerce
announces a summary of the fi
nancial statistics of the State of ■
North Carolina for the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1924.
The payments for maintenance
and operation of the general de
partments of North Carolina for
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1924, amounted to SI 5,745,898, or
$5.79 per capita. This include
$1,729,783 apportionments for ed
ucation to the minor civil divisi
on® of the State. The exper t's of
public service enterprises were
$23,370; interest on debt was -S3,
494,219; and outlays for perma
nent improvements were $32,670,
011. The total payments, therefore,
for expenses of general depart
ments and of public service en
terprises, interest, and outlay
were $51,933,198. In 1923 the com
parative per capita for mainten
ance and operation of general de
partments was $5.10, and in 1917,
$1.96. The totals include all pay
ments for the year, whether made
from current revenuij oh from
the proceeds of bond issues.
Of the governmental costs re
ported above. $30,346,678 was for
highways, $4,122,126 being for
mainteifiance and $26,224,552 for
construction.
The total revenue receipts of
North Carolina for 1924 were $21,
202,335, or S7.80 per capita. This
was $1,938,848 more than the to
tal payments of the year, exclu
sive of the payments for perma
nent improvements, but $30,731,
163 less than the total payments
including those Tor permanent im
provements. These, payments in
exee’ss of revenue receipts were
met from the proceeds of debt ob
ligations. Property and special
taxes represented 27.0 per cent of
the total revenue for 1924, 23 3
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Director Cooperative Association. •
On his farm near SmithtieUl
Mr. J. W. Stephenson has pros
pect for yields of twelve barrels
of corn to the acre. On the field
where the corn follows alfalfa ,
the corn is fine but the heaviest '
caved corn fellows crimson clover.
Mr. Stephenson adopts modern
methods of crop rotation and soil
building. llis principal cover
crops are rye and crimson clover.
Livestock on his farm is another
soil-building factor. He “sells his
-urplus feed to his cows, sheep
and other livestock and then gets
two profits in one when the live
stock is marketed, plus the value
the bain yard manure as a by
product. Mr. Stephenson was re
cently elected as one of the ten
directors of North Carolina Cot
ton Growers’ Cooperative Associ
ation. *
SCHEDULE IS REDUCED
FIVE DOLLARS PER BALE
Mr. J. V. Ogburn, manager of
the Farmers Cotton warehouse, 1
has received a telegram from U. j
B. Blalock, general manager of the
Cotton Cooperative Association, re
ducing the schedule of advances
iive dollars a bale- This is caused
by the decline in the market.
Circle Number Four To Meet
Circle No. I of the M. E. Mis
sionary Society will meet Thurs
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with
Mrs, D. M. Coates.
CITIZENS ENJOY
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Mr. J. I). Underwood Cel
brates 59th Milestone; Er
tertains Guests With a
Barbecue Feast
On last Friday evening at 6:
:>’clock Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Unde
wood delightfully entertained
number of their friends at the
home on Market street, the a*
iightful occasion being in hon
of Mi. Underwood whom Fath
Time had brought and tendered t«
him his fifty-ninth birthday. T1
invited guests on this happy occa
ion were met at th edoor by M
and Mrs. Underwood together wit
■•heir daughters, Mrs. D. H. Creec
and Mrs. Charles Register ai
Mrs. S- B. Jones, who very gri
dously and hospitably bade everj
body do as they liked. In due tim
everybody who had a hgalthy aj
petite and those that had heretc
fore suffered with indigestion dis
pensed with all ailments and ss
iown under the canopy of th
giant frees that adorn the su?
roundings of the Underwoo
home to what might be termc
‘one of the greatest birthda
spreads that people in this vicii
ity are accustomed to see. Covet
were laid for forty-five. The fir
rourse consisted of the fine.
Brunswick stew prepared in real
Southern style, with all necessar
accessories. The next course wa
Johnston county’s favorite dish
barbecue, and it really was preps
ed with all that culinary art cou
demand. Fried chicken played o
of the most important roles in t
next course. Coco cola, iced t
coffee and lemonade were in abu.
dance. Friendship and good fellox
ship was the keynote, and eve!
body had a key.
After the sumptuous supper w;
served, Mayor J. A. Narron v,.
called on for a few words at
he responded, expressing his ke»
appreciation in being one of t
fortunate guests and especia’
hoped that Mr. Underwood wo
soon have another birthday.
Judge Brooks made a she
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