Mr. Farmer: It Will Pay You to Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield This Season
SMITHFIELD NEEDS:
—Bigger Pay Roll.
—A Modem Hotel
—Renovation of Opera House.
—More Paved Streets.
—Chamber of Commerce.
"We Like
You Will Too”
Forty-fourth Year
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1925
Number 87
County Boards Provide
Free Hi School Instruction
Situation Is Thoroughly
Canvassed in Mass
Meeting Held With
Joint Boards Here Lasi
Friday.
TAKE OVER DEBT
The mass meeting called for
last Friday afternoon by some of I
the citizens of the county to pre
sent the matter of high school in- ,
struc' on in some districts where
it was available before the joint ;
boards of county commissioners
and education, resulted in the open
ing of all the county schools ex
clusive of the special chartered
schools to high school students
with free tuition for six months.
'Hhe county commissioners agreed
to tako over the bonded indebted
ness of all the county schools and
in consideration of which these
schools will take in any and all
pupils directed by the board of ed- j
ucation to attend those schools, j
Ac n'ding to figures compiled by
O ty Superintendent- H. B. Mar-*
row, $26,000 will be required to
make this step possible. The dis
tricts, however, will pay half of j
this amount for 1925-26. After
wards the county pays the entire
amount. This move will not in
crease this year”s tax levy.
Opening the county schools to
these high school pupils does not |
guarantee transportation. Trucks |
will be operated for consolidated ;
districts as already planned, and
if any outside these districts are in
reach of the trucks and there is
room on the trucks for them, no
objection will be made to their
riding on the trucks to school.
The eight months schools will
open on October 7, and the tuition
for the first six months will be
free for those pupils not residing
inside the districts. The tuition for
the other two months will be paid
by the individual.
The meeting' rriaay uiicniwu
was called to order by A. M. John
so'n, who was elected temporary
chairman. He stated the purpose of
the meeting, charging the county
board of education, the county
commissioners and the county su
perintendent of schools with not
providing high school instruction
for some of the boys and girls of
the county- One after another rep
resenting school districts from dif
ferent parts of the county stated
the situation in their district. The
law was read which stated that
instruction must be provided for
pupils between the ages of six and
twenty-one free of charge. Among
those who had something to say
during the afternoon were. A. G.
Powell, Smithfield, Route 2; M. C.
Hooks, Kenly; J W. Barnes,
Creech; J. H. Franks and George
Wright, Shiloh; W. D. Avera,
Smithfield, R. F. O.; J. C. Stancil.
Smithfield; W. H. Upchurch, New
Hope (Bentonville) and Mr. Par
ker of Corbett-Hatcher. Two at
torneys had been employed, W. H.
Lyon, who spoke for Yelvington
Grove district, and A. M. Noble,
who represented citizens of the
Shiloh district. The board of edu
cation had not a word to say, but
sat in stolid silence while County
Superintendent H. B. Marrow ans
wered the questions that were put
to him. Mr. J. D. Parker, county
attoWiey, spoke for the board of
county commissioners, although at
times members of that board en
tered the discussion
County Attorney Parker made
the statement that there was nc
politics in this situation. He said
that if the Republican party ex
pected to make a mark, it could
not do it by hindering the educa
tional program. He called atten
tion to the fact that the board of
education laid plans for high school
instruction for a number of the
eases now in question through thi
proposed Northeastern Special
Taxing School District which the
people of that district voted down
He took the position that they
should not now blame the county
He reminded those present that
the board had approved an ap
propriation of $308,4063-06, more
than the appropriation for the pre
vious y^ar. He stated that the
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A GOOD SERMON
AT M. E. CHURCH
Miss Frances White T akes
Charge of Music at The
Methodist Church Dur
ing Next Few Months
BIG CONGREGATION
“We sometimes talk about the
‘stood old days of long ago,’ as if
there were a golden age somewhere
in the past when the church was
not troubled sin,” declared Rev.
A. J. Parker in his sermon at the
Methodist church Sunday morning.
“Really there never was a time
when the church did not have to
tight for her very existence. She
has won the fight thus far and
will continue to do so until the
end of time. T'ho gates of he'll
shall not prevail against her.”
Mr. Parker used as a text the
following words from Titus 2:14
—“Who gave Himself for us that
He Might Redeem us from all in
iquity and purify unto Himself a
peculiar people zealous of good
works.” He did not complete his
sermon at the morning hour and
continued his line of thought at
the evening hour. He discussed the
text under several divisions- He
recounted Christ’s mission on
earth—the redemption of the hu
man race. This redemption gave a
standard by which to measure hu
man life. Man must measure his
thoughts and actions not’ by his
own ideas but by God’s word. God
is the judge. He brought out the
thought that His followers must
lie a peculiar people, unlike any
others in their dealings and living
Not only are His people peculiar
but they are zealous of good
works. To be of service in His
army, our lives must be in har
mony with His life and spirit. His
people must be a sacrificing peo
ple, a self denying people.
The congregation both morning
and evening were large. There was
no other service in town Sunday
evening, and the crowd was un
usually large.
Splendid music characterized
both services. At the morning hour
the choir rendered a beautiful an
them at the opening of the serv
ice. While t’he offering was being
taken Miss Frances White sang a
solo. At the evening hour Miss
White and Mr. Marvin Woodall
.■■ang a duet. Miss White has taken
charge of the music for the Meth
odist Sunday school and church
for the nine months she will be
here as a member of the graded
school faculty. Mr. I. WT. Medlin,
chairman of the music committee,
in the closing exercises of the
Sunday school, stated that during
these months special, emphasis
would be laid upon this phase ot
worship, aind called on everybody
j to cooperate in having some soul
stirring music.
Protests At Condition
Of Son’s Remains
Venice, Ills., Sept. 7.—Howard
W. Spartley, father of William H.
Spratley, 26-year-old mechanic
killed when the Shenandoah was
'wrecked over Ohio, has telegraph
led Secretary Wilbur protesting
| against the condition in which the
i body of bis son was received and
■the lack of an escort. Spratley said
Ithat the body was sent with ex
press charges collect on delivery,
reposed on excelsior in a casket
that resembled a wooden box, and
was only partly clothed and im
properly embalmed.
Good Meeting at Sardis
Rev. Jas. W. Rose was in town
yesterday and gave a good report
uf the revival meeting now in prog
ress at Sardis Baptist church. Rev
! C. H. Cash well of Selma, is doin^i
the preaching, and the interest is
fine. A large crowd was present
Sunday night and four joined the
church. The meeting began last
Friday night and will continue un
til next1 Friday night. The day
service is held each morning at
eleven o’clock.
Swims “U. S. Channel”
Lillian Cannon of Baltimore,
starting from Washington, swam
Chesapeake Bay—24 miles in 11
hours, combatting strong winds and
tide. George Lake started with her
but was forced to give up'. Lillian
is tire first woman to swim the
BOYS AND GIRLS
IN 16 COLLEGES
Smithfield Furnishes Stud
ents For Number of
Colleges and Schools
In Five States.
GOOD SHOWING
With the arrival of fall comes
the annual dispersion of the col
lege students, this year finding the
Smithfield boys and girls scattered
over five states and among six
teen colleges and prep schools. Al
most every day from now till the
last college opening—that of Duke !
University on September 21— will
find fond family groups gathered
at depot or bus statidn to bid
thodr young hopefuls farewell. And
not till the far-away Christmas j
holidays will the twenty-nine boys 1
and girls be all back in Smithfield ■
together, thoug-h frequently the l
town will be enlivened by the
presence of a few of the “rah,
rah” boys and girls.
iVorth Carolina College lor
Women at Greensboro will claim
more of the town’s young people
than that of alny other college or
university, seven of the local
girls entering or re-entering that
institution. Tfiey are: Misses Eliz
abeth Young, Sarah Patterson,
Ruth Brooks, Edna Coates, Mary
Ellington, Carrie Parrish and Car
rie Young and Cornelia Powell.
The number of students enter
ing the University of North Car
olina at Chapel Hill is second, the
following boys matriculating: Ed
ward Patterson, Frank Skinner,
Norwood Holland, Marvin Wood
all and Lawrence Wallace.
There are four schools of the
state that will have a pair each
of the Smithfield boys or girls,
Wake Forest, Duke University,
Davidson, Salem, and Meredith
while North Carolina State at
Raleigh will secure three boys in
Willard Lawrence, Lawrence Sta'n
cil and William Booker.
Joe Ellington and Frederick
Brooks will both be back at Wake
Forest, Brooks attending the Law
School for the second and final
year, while Ellington will grad
uate from the college with an A.
B. degree.
Misses Ava Wellons and Rose
Grantham will be at Salem Col
lege in Winstfm-Salem, for their
second and firsf years respective
ly.
Misses Mattie Lassiter and Sa
rah Adams both entered the
freshman class of Meredith Col
lege in Raleigh this fall.
Duke University at Durham
will again have Miss Jane Avera
and Edgar Watson, while Miss
Mary Avera, who has completed
two years work at Duke will en
ter a business school in Raleigh.
Edgar Watson is in his last year
at the Duke Law school. Worth
Boyett will enter Duke for his
first year.
At Davidson will be Donnell and
Gilmer Wharton, in the junior and
MAD CAT BITES
MRS. B. A. HENRY
Mad Cat Bit Mrs. Henry
On Finger While She
Was Dressing Chifcken.
Selma, Sept. 12. Mis- B. A.
Henry was bitten by u^ mad cat
Thursday evening while she was
in her back yard dressing a chick
en. The kitten had recently taken
up at the home and the children
had pelted it, no one suspecting
(that it had rabies. It had a run
[ ning fit a few days ago, but seem
jed all right afterward. As Mrs.
Henry was finishing the dressing
of the chicken and was ready to
j take it in the house, the kitten
r iaed her by one finger and bit
into the flesh in two places- The
Selma physicians advised them to
'have the oat killed, Mr. Henry put
it in a box and carried it to Ral
jcigh, but it (iied soon after he got
there. An examination showed that
it had hydrophobia.
Her many friends through
I Eastern North Carolina will be
] gratified to learn that Mrs. S. E.
Leonard underwent a very suc
cessful operation at St. Luke’s hos
pital, Richmond, Thursday evening
and is resting comfortably.
DROUGHT BROKEN
Cooling showers descended upon
various sections of North Carolina
Thursday night and broke one of
the longest, hottest, dryest spells
that the state has experienced i:i
years. Thursday was the 10th con
secutive day that the temperature
n Greensboro had risen above 92
and during that period it has
reached 100 degrees twice and
Went over 95 several times.
The rain seemed to be fairly
general over the sta' 3 and was ac
companied in many places by elec
trical storms. The telephone lines
were out of commission in many
sections and at the office of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tel
egraph company here, it was nec
essary to put on an emergency
squad. The Western Union office
reported much trouble on the line.
be'ween Greensboro and Charlotte
and it was thought at one time
that possibly poles had been blown
down. Considerable difficulty was
experienced in sending messages
to Richmond, Va., this being at
tributed to storms along the line.
—Greensboro News.
Judge Hoke Dies Very
Suddenly At Raleigh
Judge William A. Hoke, former
Chief Justice of North Carolina
Supreme Court, died suddenly at
Hex Hospital Sunday morning.
Judge Hoke was operated on for
goiter Wednesday, September 2.
and had apparently entirley recov
covered from the operation. He
was about to be discharged from
the hospital. Death came without
warning as he chatted with his
nurse and the hospital interne.
Judge Hoke was seventy-three
years old and had served on the
bench for thirty-four years. He re
tired voluntarily last March on
account of his health and was suc
ceeded by Chief Justice Walter P.
Stacy.
A total of G28 children have reg
istered in the various grades of
the school here during the past
four days. There are 178 in high
school, 241 in the grammar grades
and 20!) in the primary depart
ment.
sophomore classes respectively.
Other students entering or al
ready entered in the colleges and
prep schools are: Miss Pauline
Broadhurst at Peace Institue, Ral
eigh; Miss Irene Page Stevens at
Coinverse College, Spartanburg, S
C.; Miss Arah Hooks at Bristol.
Va.-Tenn.; Miss Marjorie Johnston
and Miss Rachel Creech at Louis
burg College at Louisburg, N. C.;
Mr. Morgan Bradhurst. at
Virginia Military Institute at Lex
ington, Va.; Hugh Ragsdale at
Fis'nburne Military School in Va.;
James Kirkman and Bill Hooks
at> Oak Ridge.
Henry Royali, a recent graduate
of Smithfield High School, has al
ready entered the United States
Military Academy at West Point,
INew York.
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Wreck of the Shenandoah
Above, a nose view of the ill-fated Shenandoah, in the field wher
it fell near Ava, Ohio. This picture was taken after souvenir hunter
had almost stripped the craft. Only a-great mass of twisted stei
remains of America's “Queen of the Air.” Belov/—fourteen book,
of those who died in the crash.
Smithfield Furnishes
Teachers for Colleges
The opening of the universities
and colleges of the South finds
four graduates of Smithfiekl High
School holding positions on the
faculty of as many schools. Two
of 1 these are taking up college
work for the first time.
Mr. Albert Coates will return to
the University of North Carolina
Where he has held a position on
the faculty for the past year. Mr.
Coates is one of the foremost of
the many graduates of old Tur
lington Graded School, now Smith
field High School. He is also a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina and of the Har
vard Law School at Cambridge,
Mass.
Mr. Benton Wharton, who
graduated from Smithfield High
School in 1921 and from Davidson
College last1 spring, will be a mem
ber of the English department of
the faculty of the Georgia School
of Technology, (G. Tech.) at At
lanta, Ga.
Miss Dora Coates, after several
years of teaching in the public
schools of North Carolina, will re
turn to Eastern Carolina Training
School at Greenville, where she
held a position on the faculty.
Miss Maud Cotton, who was a
member of the class of 1921 at
Smithfield, will return to .her alma
mater—Greensboro College for
Women at Greensboro—where she
will be employed in the music de
partment. Miss Cotton graduated
the past spring at Greensboro.
Johnston County
Girls Enter Contest
Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, the
county home agent, attended the
first elimination contest of the
j Eastern District held in Goldsboro
last Saturday. Miss Garrison ac
companied Misses Leafy Staneil
and Roberta Penny, who compose
the Health Team from Johnston
county competing in the district
contest. Pour couinties, Wayne,
Sampson, Edgecombe and Johns
ton contested Saturday and there
will be two more contests in the
district before it will ge known
who will represent the district at
the State Fair this year. Misses
Staneil and Penny gave a demon
stration of a well-balanced school
lunch, n.nd the girls are reported
to have acquitted themselves
well.
TOBACCO CO-OP GETS
GOOD ADVANCES
Mr. Ellington Tart of Benson,
Route 2, delivered 380 pounds of
tobacco to the Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association warehouse
here yesterday and received a
check for S98.28, the first advance,
an average of $25.86 per hundred.
S.S. CONVENTION
FOR THE COUNT?
Annual Convention of
Johnston County Sun
day School Association
To Be at Four Oaks.
HELD OCT. 3 AND d
Workers from all Sunday schools
of all denominations in the county
arc expect ’d to attend the annual
Convention of the Johnston Coun
ty Sunday School Association,
which has been announced for
Saturday and Sunday, October 3
and 4, at the Baptist 'church at
Four Oaks.
Representing the North Carolina
Sunday School Association in the
convention will be Miss Flora
Davis, Associate Superintendent,
asisted by ore other out of county
speaker. There will also be on the
program quite a number of the
[prominent pastors, superintend
ents and other Sunday school work
ers in the county.
Plans and program for the con
vention are being worked out by
Mr. L. T. Koyall, President, and
Miss Dora Barbour, Secretary of
the County Sunday Sunday School
Association. These officers have
announced that again this year a
pennant will be presented to the
Sunday school in the county hav
ing present in the convention the
i largest number of representatives
1 s ixteen years of age, and over, ac
cording to the number of miles
.traveled. Any Sunday school in the
'county is eligible to compete for
! the pennant except 'the 'Sunday
school with which the Convention
is held, and others within one mile
of the Convention church. It is
expected that there will bo much
friendly competition among the
Sunday schools for the pennant.
El’WORTH LEAGUE GETS
ON <;o AT STEVENS CHAPEL
1 Members of the local Epworth
League went to Stevens Chapel
Sunday night to organize a Leag
ue at that church. Thirty-seven
wer eenrolled as charter members
of the new organization. The fol
I lowing officers were elected: pres
ident, Leslie Godwin; vice presi
dent, Leo Daughtry: secretary
treasurer, Jack Guffery; superin
tendent first' department, Miss
Cora Creech; second department,
Lee Moore; third department, Lon
nie Corbett; fourth department,
Mrs. Thelma Godwin: Era agent,
Miss Mamie Thompson.
The League will meet every first
and third Sunday night at seven
thirty o’clock and every second
{and fourth Sunday immediately
after Sunday school! All the young
people are invited to attend these
meetings and take part in the
services.
MEADOW FAIR ON
OCTOBER NINTH
Speaking, Games, Radio
Concert and Commun
ity Singing Expected to
Be Features at Fair.
PREMIUM LISTS OUT
Meadow township is to have a
fair on October !). The committee
has had printed a most attractive
fair premium list which contains |
all the details of the prizes as j
well as a number of advertise
ments from merchants in Dunn,
Smithiield, Benson, Four Oaks and
Meadow.
Mr. J. L. Lee is president of the
fair organization; Mrs. L. G. Flow
(rs, vice president; W. V. Black
man. secretary-treasurer, and Miss
Lillian Marshburn, assistant sec
retary-treasurer. The advisory j
committee is composed of T. L.
Hudson, T. J. Marshburn, J. B.
Godwin, Mrs. Ezra Peacock and
Mr.. Hobart, Lee. The fair is or
ganized alodg the j|eneral lines
of state and county fairs with the
following departments: farm and
field crop# in the hands of Messrs.
Ellington Tart, J. M. Johnson and
G. R. Jernigan; horticulture, L. A.
JohnsD. C. Smith and J. T.
Lee;livestock, J. L. Lee, John W
Wood and J. C. Johnson; apiary
prcmucts, Leon Parker and J. S.
Holder; home economics, Mrs. G.
B. Johnson and Mrs. Ezra Pea
cock; canned products, Mrs. Iris
Lee, Mrs. J. H. Smith and Mrs. J.
T. Lee; pantry supplies. Mrs. L.
A. Johnson, Mrs. Minpie Barefoot
and Mrs. L. D. Hinton; needlework
Mrs. J. L. Lee and Mrs. A. L.
Rose; flowers, Mrs. Jasper Lee
pad Miss Bertha Johnson; curios
and relics, J. T. Marshburn and E.
G. Blackman.
There will be a junior depart
ment in which premiums of equal
value will be given to all under
sixteen years of age- Mr. Elmond
Smith and Miss Lillian Marshburn
will have charge of this depart
ment.
The program committee is com
posed of Miss Minnie Lee Garri
son, county home agent, Miss
Mary E. Wells, rural supervisor of
schools, Miss Ludie Lee and Miss
Ada Barefoot. Speaking, games a
radio concert and community sing
ing are expected to be features of
the program.
Meadow township invites neigh
boring communities to exhibit at
their fair. Ail they ask is that the
field and garden crops must be
grown by the exhibitors, livestock
owned by the exhibitors at least
thirty days prior to the fair, and |
ail handwork must be work of |
the exhibitors. The exhibits will j
be judged by competent judges.
No admission will be charged to j
the Meadow township fair and a
large crowd is expected to come
together on October 9 for a profit
able day.
Whiskey Cause Arrests
of Three Men Here
Chief C. R. Cable and William
Parker arrested three men near
Buffalo-, a short distance from the
city Saturday afternoon, charged
with violating the prohibition law.
Suspicion on previous occasions
caused the officers to be on the
lookout- and Saturday afternoon
t woand a half gallons of whiskey
were found hidden in the bushes.
The men arrested were W. R.
Hughes, C- W- Carter and William
Whitley, all of whom live near
Selma. A pistol was found in the
ear of W. R- Hughes. The men
were placed under bond for their
appearance in Recorder’s Court
Family Reunion Next Sundav
There will be a family reunion
at the home of J. Ruffin Johnson
next Sunday September 20. Rela
tives and friends of both Mr. John
son and with are invited to come
and bring well filled baskets.
Preaching and good singing are
also expected.
J. RUFFIN JOHNSON.
Farmers’ minds as well as their
fields suffer from lack of atten
tion.
In the dictionary of successful
farming soil-building is the biggest
word.
GOVERNOR PLANS
CUT IN SALARIES
Expects to Save Much In
Salary of New Em
ployes ; Judge Finley to
Try W. B. Cole.
OTHER STATE NEWS
By M. L. SHIPMAN
Raleigh, Sep*'. 14—The con
tinued heat wave in the Capital
which broke records standing a
quarter of a century, the unflag
ging energy of Governor McLean
in putting into effect his policies,
interest in the American legion
election comment on the latest
statement on the deficit by ex
Govemor Morison, the opening of
all educational institutions of Ral
eigh and a renewal of the “mad
dog" scare were matters which en
gaged interest of Capital citizens
during the past week. In addition
there were a number of compara
tively minor matters which were in
the limelight for a brief moment
each day. Governor McLean in ad
dition to working zealously at the
Capital also attended to a host
of minor matters. Interest was
aroused Friday night in the ap
pointment of the judge to preside
over the trial of W. B. Cole at
Rockingham.
For three days last week, Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday,
Governor McLean was closeted at'
the mansion and orders were that
he was not to be disturbed on any
acount. Newspapermen were un
able to see him during that time
and at the same periods Secretary
Sink of the Salary and Wage Com
mission was at the mansion. The
report was that the two were go
ing over the final report of the
ated as a part of the McLean leg
islative program by the 1925 Gen
eral Assembly. Thursday night the
Governor labored until the “wee
sn:a’ hours" of Friday on the mat
ter in hand. It is expected that
he will announce the wage scales
during the coming week after
another meeting of the Salary and
Wage Commission. Prediction in
well informed circles was that the
Commission and the Governor have
no intention of visiting salary re
ductions upon any large portion of
present state employes. Where the
Wage Commission will get fin its
effective work will be when new
employes are hired. These will
come in a number of instances at
a lower rate and an eventual sav
ing in salaries of many thousands
is predicted.
Raleigh's torrid weather has
con* inued and all reports since
1900 were broken on Saturday
when the 55th consecutive day
with a temperature above 90 de
grees was recorded. Previously
the record had been 54 days in
1900. Though showers were ex
pected. the rain which visited the
western part of the state during
the end of the week did not reach
Raleigh. The local rainfall is about
12 inches less than normal for
1925.
Governor McLean has appoint
ed Judge T. B. Finley to try W. B.
Cole on September 28 for the mur
der of W. W. Ormond at Rock
ingham. The plea of the wealthy
manufacturer has not been made
public although self defense is
surmised.
The election of Henry L. Stev
ens, Jr., as commander of the
American Legion spelt defeat for
Colonel J. Hall Manning of Ral
eigh who was a candidate for the
office. Manning last year was ac
cused of carrying the Legion into
politics in his efforts to elect
Frank D. Grist as Commisioner of
Labor and Printing. The situation
brought about split the Raleigh
post and is believed locally to have
been the cause of Manning’s de
feat
Two more children were bitten
by mad dogs in Raleigh and re
newed care was taken by authori
ties; Governor McLean urged ad
ditional landing fields for North
Carolina in the development of av
iation; the cooperation of Raleigh
was pledged in the deepening of
the Neuse so as to open it to com
merce; the state instituted civil
suit against ice dealers of Raleigh
charged with violation of the trade
combination restraint law, the lat
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