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6MITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. Forty-fourth Year Mr. Farmer: It Will Pay You to Sell Your Tobacco in Smithfield This Season Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper — — Established 1882 "We Like Smithfield You Will Too” * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1925 * !{■ Number 89 MR. PARKER TAKES UNUSUAL SUBJECT “Flies” Is The Subject of Discourse Delivered Sunday Morning. HAD FOLKS GUESSING “When a man says he believes in evolution, I want him to define it,” said Rev. A. J. Parker in his sermon at the Methodist church Sunday morning. “If he means progress, then I am with him, but' if he means evoluting from one species to another, I am not with him. The preacher’s subject Sunday morning was “Flies,” and he had his congregation guessing as to the sort of message he could bring on such a homely subject. “It does not take a handful of flics bo spoil a plate of delicious soup,” declared the preacher, “just one will spoil it, and so it is with men and women. A single sin may spoil one”s usefulness. A fine fel low may be honest, reliable and accommodating, but he swears. Another may play cards for fun, but somehow that “fly” will pre vent him from helping a lost sin ner. Still another may gamble for money, and it makes no dif fercnce whether it is in some par lor among finely dressed ladies with cut glass or linen for a prize, or in some back room with doors locked in a game of poker, or playing the future markets in an illegitimate manner, or the lit- j tic boys playing marbles for keeps, ! the same element' of gambling un derlies it all. It may be the carp ing critic, talebearer, self-righte ous, trouble-stirrer; it may be liv ing beyond one’s means, both in dress and food, unwilling to make any sacrifice in order to pay an honest debt; another may be so busy about- his own-wffuirs that he has not time to work for God’s vineyard, or as has already been indicated, one may be all right in other ways but the “fly of evolu tion may have spoiled his oint ment. The preacher stated in the be ginning of his discourse that flies are mentioned in the Bible only on four occasions. First, when they were sent as a plague upon Phar oah. twice by the Psalmist in his historical acount of what took place in Egypt and the last by Sol omon in the text which he had chosen for his sermon: “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothe cary to send forth a stinking savor; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor.” Every time this pest is mention ed in Holy Writ it is in connection with that which is bad, filthy and loathsome. Sin was compared to the fly that creeps in at unsus pected places and spoils everything that it touches. The chief asset in every community is the Christian character of its citizens, and the preacher appealed to his congre gation that this asset be guarded constantly and faithfully for the unguarded life is sure to catch the flies of sin.” An unusually large congregation heard Mr. Parker Sunday morn ing. BETTY'S FAVORITE SCENE IN “ARE PARENTS PEOPLE?” Betty Bronson’s (Peter Pan ) favorite scene took place during the filming of the Paramount pic ture “Are Parents People,” due for show today at the Victory thea tre The scene was in the dormitory of an exclusive boarding Echool and shows Miss Bronson sampling a huge box of chocolate creams. After taking the scene three times, Betty insisted that she thought she could do better and asked that it be filmed again. Not until her mother, who was off-stage, came forward and ex plained that it was merely a trick of Betty’s’ to eat another piece of candy did director St. Clair under stand the reason for his actress' enthusiasm Co-featured with Miss Bronson in “Are Parents People?” are Adolphe Menjou and Florence Vi dor- The picture was directed by Malcolm St. Clair, new to Para mount. St. Clair made “The Light house by the Sea,” “Find Y’our Man” and others just as popular. j $250,000—Stiii Mends Mrs. Annice Prinder, 54, has has been mending bathing suits at Miami, Fla., for 15 years. Her savings, invested in real estate, have just netted her $250,000. What is she going to do ? “Keep on mending suits,” she says. “At 54 one is too old to lose their head over a quarter million.” RULES BUYERS OF 1ISKEYMY Judge Stack’s Handling of Case Made Throngs Sit Up and Take Notice.: “The man who buys liquor is just as guilty as the man who sells it”—so spoke Judge Stack in a North Carolina court, according to the Raleigh News and Observer and translated his edict into ac t-ion by imposing a fine of $25 on a patron of a bootlegger. In this decree and action Judge Stack wipes out the imaginary distinction between the two parties to such criminal transactions—ia discrimination .which tlj,e, courts in general are likely to practice, f thus weakening enforcement of the Volstead law just about 50 per cent. That the purchaser of the unlawful liquor is just as guilty in fact as the vendor, t-here can be no question in any intelligent and honest lay mind; the statement of Judge Stack indicates that it is “sound law,” also. In cases of lar ceny, a person who purchases stolen goods, knowing them to have been stolen, is guilty under the law of receiving stolen goods; the pur chaser of unlawful liquor is equal ly guilty of violating the law— at all events, it might seem to a layman, he is at least subject to prosecution uinder that “conspir acy” charge which now seems so popular with prosecuting offi cials. Describing tne particular case in point, L. J. Hampton, writing to the Winston-Salem Journal, said: ‘ Raymond Gregory was the lad who was fined S25 for buying block ado liquor. That was a sad blow to blockaders and rum-runners. It was something unusual and there fore unique in the annals of illicit liquor decisions in the county, and to say that it made -a deep im pression is to state the case mild ly. Raymond got a 90-day suspend ed sentence for possession of the illicit fluid. Judge Stack's straight forward way of handling the case made the throngs sit up and take notice.” Several points of grea tsignifi cance and importance are raised in this brief news item. ‘‘This was a sad blow to block aders and rum-runners”—and well it might have been. Throughout the land the bootlegging fraternity is supported largely through the immunity granted by prosecuting officials and the courts to the bootleggers’ partners in crime. As a bootlegger is convicted and, pos sibly, removed from his field of activity for a brief period, his place in the ralnks is immediately filled by another criminal, but the ranks of the purchaser are not thinned by even one member—both the source of supply and the pur chasing maret remain numerically and psychologically unaffected. If the purchaser in each instance were convicted and punished, also, it is highly probable that the pur chasing element would become dis couraged and at least frightened (Turn to page four, please) HOSPITAL OR! TO BEJMINIJED Contractors Say Building Will Be Ready for Oc cupancy By Christmas. NEED $20,000 MORE The new building for the new Johnstor, County Hospital, Inc., is going up rapidly and every good citizen in Johnston county should not only feel proud of this hospital, but should have a part in putting it up. This hospital will be one of the nicest buildings in the county, and the contractors ad vise that they expect to have it ready for occupancy in time for Christmas dinner. The Hospital Committee that put on the drive last spring with so much enthusiasm, is arranging to call a meeting Thursday or Fri day of this week to resume their work. In order that the building may be complete including fire escapes, screens, elevator, and in side painting, $20,000 more, will have to be raised. This amount ought not to be hard to raise for citizens of the county have seen the advantage of having a hospital located conven iently. Its value up to the pres ent would be hard to estimate, and with modern facilities, still better service in way of rooms etc. will naturally be the result. The com mittee hopes to have the whole hearted cooperation of enough pub lic-spirited citizens when they re new the campaign for funds, to put the hospital over in an ade quate manner. ACE OF FIVE OF FAMILY TOTAL 346 YEARS An average of practically 70 years is the record of the Lind say family, which had a reunion at -’.low Hill Sunday. Five brothers and sisters are living, the oldest, Mr. C. W. Lindsay aged 77 and the youngest, Miss Alice Lindsay, aged 63. both of this city. Other members of the family who met at the home of Mr. George Lindsay in Snow Hill Sunday were Mr. Geo. Lindsay, Mr. Walter Lindsay, of Clio, S. C. and Mrs. Zilphia Ellis, of Raleigh. The total ages of the five is 346 years. Other relatives attending the re union were Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Sanderford, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ellis, of Raleigh a.nd Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ellis, of this city. The trip was made by automo bile and they report the roads in fine condition and the crops in that section excellent. BIBLE TO BE TAUGHT IN TENNESSEE SCHOOLS The State Board of Education at its meeting June li* authorized the teaching of the Bible in all the schools. The following resolu tion was adopted on the motion of Governor Peay: “Resolved that the Board of Ed ucation of Tennessee hereby ap proves the inclusion of the Bible i.n the curriculum of elective stud ies for which schools may give credit. To this end the commissioner of education is authorized to ap point a committee of five repre senttatives of the Protestants, Catholic, and Jewish faiths of our State, all of which have the Bible as the basis of their moral and spiritual instruction, to formulate a syllabus of Bible study, and a plan for teaching same which com mittee shall report1 as promptly as convenient to the State board of education for final aproval of its recommendatioins.”—Tennessee Educational Bulletin. EX-SOLDIERS ATTENTION You are requested to to meet at the court house Tuesday night September 22, at eight o’clock, for | information which means dollars | and cents to you. The purpose of meeting to let all World War vet erans know what benefits the Gov ernment now has for you. Also to inform you in regards to bonus. This meeting will be conducted by ex-service men. Come and meet your old buddies. Tobacco Prices Make Big Jump During Week End I - Sold Yesterday Five t Seven Dollars Per Hun dred Higher Than Las Friday. BETTER GRADE! With tobacco selling from fiv to seve.n dollars per hundred high er yesterday than it did Saturda; the Smithfield Tobacco Market i: right up to, if not above, par wit! the other markets of Eastern Nortl Carolina. Local men who visited the mar kets at Kinston, Rocky Mount, am Wilson last week, report that t'h< prices paid in Smithfield on an av erage are as high as they were on those markets. A tobacconist, in speaking of the jump in prices yesterday over what they were Saturday, stated that competition was keen o.n certain grades, and it was interesting to see the buyers bid. Better grades than first appear ed on the market are now being offered, and naturally the prices are more satisfactory. The farmers have been some what discouraged on account of the low prices which have prevail ed everywhere, and the news that prices are steadily climbing will no doubt be cheering. FLORIDA CAPITAL INVESTED IN NORTH CAR. Asheville, Sept. 18.—Plans for :he development- of a tract of 1115 acres of land on Elk Mountain, about two miles frini Asheville, ivere announced here today follow ing the purchase of the tract at around $285,000 by Florida and Philadelphia capitalists. Around $500,000 will be expend ed o.n the development, which will ~>e placed on the market in the near future, it was announced. The purchasers a re J. B. Mc Ginley, of West- Palm Beach, Fla-, and F. E. Masland and Horace Lin ton, of Philadelphia. Mr. McGinley is a wealthy real estate dealer; Mr. Masland is a rug manufactur er, and Mr. Linton is a silk manu facturer. A tract of 2000 acres on the Fairview road, about 1 miles from Asheville, was also sold today, through Mr. Fleming, for $225, 000. The property was bought by a Florida capitalist who plans im mediate development. One of the largest land deals completed in Transylvania county in some time, was closed today, when William Lee Popham, weal thy Floridian, purchased from H. E. Guyer, of Bosnian, a .2000 acre tract of mountain and valley land for around $500,000. The tract embraces Joshua Mountain and Indian Camp moun tain. Mr. Popham also acquired several small tracts. Mr. Popham states he acquired the property for development pur poses. He will build a great- sum mer resort and playground for Florida resident members of “My Florida Country Club, Inc.” of which organization Mr. Popham is founder and president. BELIEVES COTTON CROP IS SHOR'I Raleigh, Sept. 17.—Commissich ers of Agriculture of the cottoi growing states, at their recen meeting in Memphis, formed theii own estimate of the cotton crov this year, an estimate that is near ly 1,000,000 hales under the lates Federal estimate, William A. Gra ham, North Carolina commisione: of agriculture, stated today on hi return from the meeting. “The organization,” founded a the Memphis meeting, found,” Ml Graham stated, from ihformatioi gathered from the various cotton growing states, that the 1925 cot ton crop would be less than 12, 000,000 bales, and recommende that this crop should sell for no less than 30 cents a pound, an that cotton seed should sell for no less than 30 cents a bushel. Mr. Graham, at the Memphi meeting, voiced the sentimen found amcjng other commissioner that the states themselves shoul i m|ike independent estimates. i Associated Press. > . WYATT TRIAL IS t POSTPONED AGAIN Postponement for the third time of the trial of Jesse Wyatt, I former plainclothes detective of Raleigh, fcr the rrerder of S. ! S. Holt, on June 2, was occas ioned yesterday by the serious r illness of Mr. Armistead Jones, : senior member of the law firm, t Jones & Jones, and Horton, chief counsel for the defendant. The case w ill be tried on Octob er 15. The trial was set for this week after having been put off | twice before, on account of tech- ; nicalities of the law. The third postponement seems unavoid- j able, Mr. Jones having been re ported yesterday afternoon to be in a state of coma with no hope held out for his recovery. The trial would probably have consumed the greater part of this week as there are quite a number of witnesses for the de fense. JOHNSTON COl'NTY AT STATE COLLEGE (Special to The Herald) Raleigh, Sept. 21.—North Caro ! lina State College of Agriculture and Engineering opened its doors for 'he fall term Tuesday, Septem ber 15. The enrollment shows an increase of sixteen per cent. The freshman class numbering over six hundred. Johnston county is well repre : sented. Never before has there been j a time when Johnston county be | stowed such a great trust upon this institution. Smithfield is well ^represented having five represen tativps. s^They are as follows: Messrs. Richard Moore, Nick Av era, Willard Lawrence, Lawrence Stancil and William Booker. Selma is represented by Geo. Borden; Clayton by Leonard Johnston and Wilson’s Mills by Edwin Turnage and Wilson Uzzle. This increase is only an example of the progress State College is making throughout the State. A process of remodelization has taken place during the summer months. All old dormitories have been completely remodeled and are modern in every detail. Grass and ishrubery has been planted and side walks are being constructed over the campus. A modern cafateria will be opened October 1, which will feed four hundred and fifty men each meal. From all indica tions this is State's greatest year. Enjoyable Birthday I’arty One of the prettiest parties of the season was that given by Mrs. Charles Register at her attractive home here Friday afternoon from four until six o'clock in honor of Masters Joe and Charles Regis ter. the occasion being their twelf th birthday. The lawn with quan tities of garden flowers and ferns was an ideal seeing for this happy occasion. Music was furnished throughout the afternoon by an Edison victrola. Interesting games were enjoyed after which Mrs. Carl Gordon and Mrs. Norman Humphrey served peanuts and lemonade. Later in the afternoon ice cream was served. The little hosts were recipients of many nice gifts. I.ife Is a Cross-Word Puzzle Life is a cross-word puzzle. And some folks make bad guess in their very first word. The word is veracity, and they think it is ca ; parity, and they work out half the puzzle that way. And it seem eth to give satisfactory results for • a time, hut it will not work the 1 puzzle. And they think they find ' a solution to life’s mysteries in meanness, whereas the key word is kindness, and they write in the * word doubt where faith ought to 1 be.—From “Parables of Safed the 1 Sage.” t __ Misses Margaret Lee Austin and ’ Jean Abell left yesterday for Ral *• eigh where they will be the guests s of Miss Frances Green until after ■1 her marriage to Mr. Herndon Alex “ under on Wednesday evening. Misses Austin and Abell are bridesmaids. STOLEN AUTO IS FM FOUND Ford Roadster Belonging to W. M. Sanders and Son Was Stolen Over Two Months Ago. ARREST WILLIE WEBB The Ford roadster belonging to W. M. Sanders and Son, which was stolen about two months ago from Mr. Nat Rand’s place near town, was recovered and brought back to Smithfield last Friday. It was found at Elizabethtown in Bladen county where Willis Webb, of Meadow township, had carried it and was using it as his own prop erty. It is said that no one in Blad en county suspected that the car did not belong to him until he was sought by authorities from Johns ton, Harnett and Bladen counties on a charge of stealing cotton When the officers aproached him, !ie jumped out of the car and left it in the road, making his escape through the woods. Later he was wrested by Mr. Massengill, deptuy sheriff of Meadow township, and was brought here to jail Saturday. He is still iln jail awaiting trial ! n Recorder’s court this week. The car was advertised soon after t was stolen but, Webb not being inder suspicion, the car was not •eported. It is said that he had )cen staying a few miles beyond Elizabethtown where it was ■hought that he was scouting wound, evading officers. The road iter was said to be in a damaged ■ondition, having been used co,a iiderably since it was stolen. •I,ANT WINTER CROPS IN PECAN GROVES Raleigh, Sept. 20—Cultivation jf the pecan groves should have rnded in July so that the trees night have time to harden before j ■old weather; but, now, it be comes time to plant winter cover •rops in the groves and there is lobbing better than rye and vetch ’or this purpose. “Crimson clover is also good as | i cover crop for the pecan groves, lay horticultural workers of the State College. “Whatever crop is rsed, it should be turned under ■arly in spring before growth be- | gins in the the trees.” Adding to this suggestion, W. j N1. Roper, secretary of the North Carolina Pecan Growers’ Society, states that the trees should be watched for any leaf eating in sects. The second brood of cater pillars will be at work this month. They are found in large colonies and often defoliate small trees. If the pests are not found on the leaves, they will often be located near the base of the branches or j along the trunk. They should be knocked off and mashed or spray- j ed. They may also be burned but care must be used not to injure the tree. This form of eradication is not advised. The second brood of fall web worm will also be at work this month, states Mr. Roper. He ad vises a spray mixture for these or at least twist the web around a pole and remove it. “Keep the trees free of leaf eating insects,” says Mr. Roper. “Where the foliage is destroyed new growth \tfll start and will not ripen before cold weather. In such cases the tree will be hurt by win ter freezes. Sometimes the entire tree is permanently killed by such troubles.” "Zander the (treat" Here “Zander the Great,” the newest Cosmopolitan production adapted by Frances Marion from Salis bury Field’s stage play of the same name opens at the Victory Theatre next Thursday for one day. Marion Davies, famous Cosmo politan star, is playing a light comedy role, for which she is ad mirably suited and which contains an element of pathose as well as the whimsical charm of natural gaiety. Supporting the star. in leading comedy roles, are: Harry Myers, Harry Watson, Jr., and Richard Carle. The picture is distributed by Me tro-Goldwyn. Maj. Gen. James C. Harbard, U S. A., retired, who is to head Pres Coolidge’s new committee, namc< to study our aviatoin defense needs The committee met the Presidem before going ir.to session. MU10 ATTEND 5. S, CONVENTION One of the Most Helpful and. Most Largely At tended Meetings Plan ned for Four Oaks. Officers of Johnston County Sun day School Association are of the opinion that one of the most in teresting and helpful, as well as one of the most largely attended, Sunday School meetings ever hied in the County will be the annual County Sunday School Convention it the Baptist church, Flour Oaks, on Saturday and Sunday, October > and 4. Programs of the conven tion have.been mailed to all pas :ors and Sunday school superin tendents in the county, with spec ial invitations to attend the con ventions themselves, and request ing that they try to get all of their Sunday school teachers and offi cers to att'ond. The convention program includes addresses and conferences on prac tically all phases of the work of the modern Sunday school. In ar ranging the program the small Sunday school was given much at tention. During the convention there will he question and dis cussion periods, when those pres ent will have opportunity to give and get information concerning any Sunday school problem The Johnston County Sunday School Association is one of the units of the North Carolina Sun day School Association, in which Sunday school workers of all evan gelical denominations participate. At this time ninety-eight of the one hundred counties in the State are organized into County Suadf^’ School Associations; many of which arc completely organized and doing fine work. MARRIAGE IN ITSELF NOT A BAR TO TEACHING “Women teachers must not be dismissed merely because they are married.” This is the gist of a decision rendered in a test' case brought in an English cmirt. The decision is of far-reaching im portance. The plaintiff. Mrs. Ethol Short, has been assistant mis tress in a council school in Dorset shire since 1924, she and other maried women employed as teach ers by the same local education authority received notice terminat ing their engagements. The chanc ery court decided that the notice was invalid and ordered the cor poration to pay the costs. The New Haven Railroad ran 122 extra trains Labor Day. The July output of U. S. shoe factories was 24,581,966 pairs. The Chrysler Automobile Co., has unfilled orders for 40,000 cars. Moto Meter Company made a profit of $1,200,000, since the first of the. year. The new assessed valuation of Chicago, personal and real is $5, 500,000,000. SPECIAL SERVICES FOR BOY SCOUTS -- ^ev. Mr. Alexander, Pas tor of The Presbyterian Church, Preaches Ser mon to Scouts Here. \TTEND IN A ROHY A large number of visitors were >resent at the Smithfield Presby erian church last .Sunday evening o attend the special Scout Serv ce. The troop banners were hung >n the walls of the church and eats reserved in front for the ■couts n/any of whom attended Iressed in full uniform. At the ap minted hour the scouts appeared it the door and marched down he aisle to the strains of the Star Spangled Banner. After all were rated the congregation sang America, after which the Scouts (11 stood at attention and repeat ed the scout oath. On behalf of he scouts, Mr. Charles Alford thanked the people of Smithfield for their cooperation and talked for several minutes on the pro Tram of the scouts. Mr. Alford delighted the congregation with his wit and proved to all present that .he scout program was worth while. Aff.T Scout Alford’s talk, Rev. Chester Alexander made a short address on loyalty. The choir gave several special selections. After the benediction the scouts marched nut to the strains of “Onward Christian Soldiers”. Several scout masters and other officials were present at the service. The sermon of Rev. Mr. Alex-“ ander was in part as follows: “Loyalty is a great big word in the vocabulary of the soul. To take all the examples of loyalty from the Bible would be like taking the big stained glass windows from a cathedral. Moses’ loyalty to his people Is rael is a daring loyality. “If thou wilt not forgive the sin of my people Israel,” said Moses to Je hovah, “then blot me out from thy Book of Life.” There is the loyalty of Jonathan and David to their vows of Friendship. The loyalty of Ruth in those beautiful words, “Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from folowing after thee, for whither thou geest I will go; whither thou lodgest I will lodge, where thou diest I will die and 'here will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also if aught but death part thee and me.” Those words taken from Ruth are the World’s epitheth of Loyalty. There is the loyalty of Daniel and the Hebrew children who dared the flames of the fiery furnace rather than bow down to a Heath en God. There is the loyalty of John the Baptist who defied the immorality of a licentious ruler and paid to loyalty the tribute of his head. The loyalty of Stephen shone through his eyes and trans figured his face to angelic splen dor before his executioners. Than there is Jesus who by his death on the cross put the crown on tha brow of loyalty. To take the examples ot loyalty from the Bible is like taking tho windows from the Cathedral. It loses much of its beauty and in spiration. There was a Mg mind who look ed into the seul o'f the boy and then without a moment’s hesita tion wrote into your law theae words, “A Scout is Loyal.” First let us think of loyalty to our parents. Scouts, you cannot know the depth of the love for each of you that is buried in the hearts of your parents. Since you were lulled to sleep with a cradle song, your mother and dad have been dreaming of the days when you would be a naan. And there i' in the heart of every true parent 1 not fictitious ambitions that you shall be high in place and fame These are secondary. Ttieir pri mary hope for you is that you will be a man in the true sense of the word. You must be loyal to that trust that they have in you. They want you to be pure and strong and courageous and sincere. They want you to treat every temptation u.« | as impostor, every foul deed as a | poacher hunting on Holy Ground (Turn to page eight, please) |