Mr. Farmer: It Wifi Pay You to SeU Your Tobacco in Smithfield This Season SMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modern Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. ■—More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. Forty-fourth Year Smithfield You WiU Too Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1882 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1925 s Number 92 Cole Trial at Rockingham Excites State Wide Interest _ *___._ Some Sort of Temporary Insanity Will Be Major Defense; Jury Drawn From Union County. ( TESTIMONY BEGUN Perhaps the most spectacular murder trial in the recent history ! of North Carolina is now being tried in Richmond county with W. B. Cole, of Rockingham, wealthy cotton manufacturer, as the de fendant, charged with the kill ing on August 15 of William W. Ormand, of Raleigh, son of a Methodist minister, Rev. A. L. Or mand. Ormond, who was a former sweetheart of Cole’s daughter, was sitting in a Ford roadster on Aug ust 15 on the main street of Rock ingham when Cole came down 1 from his office and fired three shots at Ormand from 'behind, killing him instantly. There was widespread horror over the cir cumstances, and interest in the outcome of the trial has been keen. A special term of court was called for the trial and a notable array at' counsel has been lined up on Doth sides. The state won the first tilt in the trial which began Monday, Sep- | tember 28, in a successful demand For a jury from another county. A ■ venire of 200 men, county citizens, . were ordered by T. B. Finley, who * was selected by the governor to ;ry the ease. Only sixty-five of the ' special venire were called. The state took advantage of its four preemptory challenges while the de ] fense only used ten of its dozen. The jury was chosen in what is* considered record time. By one o - dock Wednesday nine jurors had * lualified. The court recessed for lunch, and the remaining...^hrec^ were placed within an Kb'ur. Fifteen were excused because they opposed the sentence of cap- c it.al punishment, 20 expressed them- f selves as believing Mr. Cole guilty c Df some offense, one was released 1 because he admitted writing the t prisoner a letter, one disqualified t himself by expressing the opinion I that he thought the defendant not \ guilty, another was declared to i be a citizen of England and the f judge excused one because of ill t health, four members of the ve- 1 nire failed to make the trip to i Rockingham because of ill health hut all four forwarded physician’s certificates- * The twelve men selected are mar- i ried men, the majority of them are I fathers of grown children. The av- j erage age of the jury is a trifle over forty. Mr. Cole, slightly nervous, shown by the occasional twitching of his j fingers, but otherwise entirely ,t composed, made answer to Solid- j tor F. Don Phillips, arraignment ; in a firm voice. He pleaded “not , guilty” of murder, and according , to the ritual demanded trial “by } God and my country.” He sat with ( his group of lawyers and just be- ^ hind the group sat Elizabeth Cole, , the prisoners, the defense of whose good name is expected to he ( a phase of the trial. Mrs. Cole and . other members of the family were r also present, on the opening da\. , Rev. A. L. Ormond, of Nashville, < and Allison Ormond, father and , brother respectively of the slain , young man, were present on the ■ ( first day of the trial, as they have j f - 1 : (Turn to page six, please) j Husband and Wif vM-TN V* ^ • -nr t i-'-i » My husband will drop everything he is doing to follow a bs.nd down the street.—Imogene. WHAT DOES YOUR HUSBAND DO: The City of Smithfield has always stood willing and ready to co-operate in any movement whereby the safety of the public was at stake, both from the standpoint of financial responsibility and economic stabilization. The fire loss in America last year was more than five hundred and fifty million dollars with more than 17,000 persons killed and .1 great number crippled and incapacitated for life. North Carolina’!: share in this loss was more than five million three hundred and twenty thousand dollars with 343 lives and hundreds of our people maimed. The need is for less fire arid more fire prevention. \\e should all pull together to keep the fire hose dry. An inch of prevention may save miles of conflagration. Caroles ness and ignorance are th ■ great factors to be overcome in combating this lire hazard. Now, Therefore, I, John A. Narron, Mayor of the City of Smithfield following the action of our Chief Executive, Gov. A. W. McLean, of North Carolina do hereby set apart and designate the week of October 4th to 10th as Fire Prevention Week and during this week I do further urge that fire drills in our school he held and that the proper officials of the Smithfield Fire Department call on the schools, ehurehc . public and private buildings, factories, stores, and hotels to inspect and to see that every precaution and safeguard against fire is provided and that exit facilities are provided in case of fire. To thm end I urge the Kiwanis Club, the Woman’s Club and all other civic bodies to co-operate with the State in surance Department in reducing fire hazard within our city. I call upon the clergy and Sunday school superintendents to bring this Fire Prevention Y\ eck to the atttention of our people. Done at our City of Smithfield this 2nd day of October :n the year of our Lord, one thno.usand nine! hundred and twenty five, and in the one hundred and fiftieth year of our American Independence. By the Mayor, JOHN A. NARRON. W. L. FULLER. City Clerk. Bounty-Wide Celebration For w VrmisticeDav to Be At Clayton )UNN BOY PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED tutomobile Strikes Hog On The Highway and Turns Over Several Times Dunn, Sept. 28. Normna Bag ett, 13 years old, was probably a tally injured and Herbert Bag ett, 18 sustained serious injuries ist night when the car in which :iey were riding struck a hog and urned over several times on the >unn-Cl.'nton highway- The car •as driven by Hubert Baggett and i is said was being operated at ast speed. Both the occupants of he car are in the hospital and ttle hope is entertained for. the ecovery of the youngest of the wo. His jaw bones, lower and up ler, were broken, several teeth nocked out aiWl he suffered ther bruises and lacerations. The og was killed and the car com letely demolished. CONDEMNS ICE DRINKS John Joseph Gaines, M. 1)., writ ng on healths condemns the use f ice drinks. He intimates that iiany such troubles as appendic.it s are attributable to the immed iate use of ice drinks. “What rozen air is to the breathing ap laratus,” he says, “cold drinks re to the lining of the digestive ract.” Continuing, Dr. Gaines ays: “The walls of the stomach are hilled to a point far below normal topping healthy secretion at once, 'his weakens the delicate glands intil bacteria finds easy access. Inow and ice should never be swal ovved by a healthy individual, no natter how pure they are. It is old that does the mischief. Sur :eons know that a large per cent f appendicitis operations ai-e on ce-water and ice-tea habitues, ind that also, there are about five imes as many cases in hot as in old weather. The logical advice s, never drink ice-cold fluids hab iualiy. Never expose the breath ng organs to extremely cold air 'or prolonged periods. Proper ob servance of these precautions may ;ave a life.”—Stanley News-Her ild. “Indeed our present State Repub lican party plan of organization is more unAmerican than tne tj - rannicai rule of King George III, which aroused the patriotic indig nation of our ancestors and which caused and won the American Rev olution”—Marion Butler. Miss Alice Barbour of near Foui Oaks, spent Tuesday in the citj with Misses Annie and Flora Las siter. Ex-Service Men of Johns ton County to Be Given Big Dinner on Novem ber 11th; Good Music. A county wide eolgbralipn for Armistice Day, November li, with a barbecue to all World War vet erans, will be staged in Clayton this year. At a recent meeting of the Pou-Parrish Post of the Amer ican Legion the matter was pre sented. A. R. Duncan, J. W. Barnes and Siah Barnes, of Clayton, and F. H. Brooks, of Smithfield, were present and expressed themselves as favoring such a celebration. The same idea was suggested last year to the Clayton people by Mr. Brooks, but because of the lateness of the suggestion, the Clayton folk had already made arrangements to hold a rally themselves. However, they agreed to come together this year and have a county wide cel ebration to be held at Clayton on November 11. F. H. Brooks was appointed gen eral county chairman with author ity to appoint committees to solicit funds and barbecued pigs for the dinner. Mr. Brooks has written an article to give general, notice of the plans and to call on all pa triotic citizens of the county to rally to the cause when the local committee shall call upon them. His message is as follows: “During the World War we heard a great deal of protestations of love for the boys who wore khaki and who had gone to the front in defending civilization and repre senting America. Occasionally we find men and women who now are loud in their praise of what the American boys accomplished in the World War, but we want to show “the boys” that it is not all wind, and we want to show them in fact that we appreciate them by enter taining them on Armistice Day. “Committees will be selected during the coming week and not ified, and I appeal to all who are selected to serve and not make ex cuses, as we have no time to make substitutions. “While idle dinner will be serv ed to onlf World War veterans, at' the same time we appeal to the county to turn out enmasse on Wednesday, November 11th, 1925, at which time, there will be some speaker of State or National fame to deliver the address; and we hope to have a band to furnish music for the occasion. Let every body begin to make plans now to be at' Clayton on Wednesday, No vember 11, at 11 o’clock sharp, and enjoy the day and show to the veterans of the late war our con tinued interest in them and our appreciation for what they did for the cause of humanity.” WHISKEY POURED out mm Thirty-six Half Gallon Fruit Jars Emptied In Front of Court House Sunday Morning. The gutter in front of the John ston county court house literally ran with blockade liquor Sunday morning when federal officers and Mr. Charlie Stephenson, the jailor, emptied thirty-six half-gallon fruit jars which had been captured at a filling station four miles from here near Mr. Sanders Peedin’s home or. the Goldsboro road. The '.ight made thirsty bystanders mouths run water, and a negro managed to got a swig before the officers couid prevent' him. The of ficers were at the filling station at about daybreak, and interrupt ed a free-for-all fight among mdh who had spent the night in drink ing and revelling. The local offi cers made six arrests as follows: J. D. Braswell, I. I. Strickland, P. M. Woodard, C. H. Adams, A. L. Moore and Jacob Gurfrey. They were arraigned before Magistrate D. T. Lunceford and fined SB.00 and costs. The real mission of the officers, however, was nob to police that vicinity, but to search the place for whiskey. Hubert Smith and Xorman Larkee. of New Born, were arrested in connection with the thirty-six half gallon jars of liquor. A Ford coupe, nearly new, valued at $400.00, was also tak en. These men were Carried to Selma where a hearing was had before United States Commission er Ibhal Massey. They were placed under a S500 bond each. Failing to give bond they were placed in jail but gave bond yesterday for their appearance in the November Fed eral court. Fal! Opening At The Davis Stores Chic and modish arc the frocks, hats and coats shown at the Davis stores at their fall opening which took place Wednesday and Thurs day of this week. Exquisite models were displayed in the windows. One window was devoted to gowns, two evening gowms, one gold lace and georgette over peach, another varying shades of purple combined with gold lace, and two afternoon frocks attracted special attention. The light brick georgette after noon frock was distinctive, but a black satin model trimmed wdth ermine gave the keynote to the newest styles. Black in any appar el is particularly good and fur as trimming is used extensively. Hats in harmonizing shades were shown with the gowns. Another window held coats all fur-trimmed. In fact the coat that has no fur this winter will be noticeable. TJhe handsomest coat cm display was of rust cloth with German muskrat collar, cuffs and revere. A purple bolivia with Cony fur and a lovely mahogany shade with Fite were most attractive. Shown with the coats were the lat est models in foot gear. Black is practivally the only color in slip pers (no shoes being shown at all) and satin and pate.nt leather are preferred for dressy wear. Pumps are the newest style, although straps are worn too. Cut steel buckles added a stylish motif. The interior of the stores pre sented an array of materials drap ed effectively, and everything ir^ ready-to-wear that a lady might ask for was on display. The mil linery department had a wonder ful lot of hats, every shade, size and shape. The ladies departments of the Davis stores are in charge of Miss IT.illian Wyche, Mrs. Helen Beas ley, Mrs. Bessie Seller, and Mis. Ruth Brown, and they endeavored to please those who called on these opening days. 60-Gallon Whiskey Still Captured Thursday Thursday afternoon (f last week federal officers captured a sixty-gallon copper still buried in the run of Middle Creek near Mr. IGaston Johnson’s home. The worm and cap had been placed in a sack and also sunk in the creek. It had [probably been run the day before. Lecture at Court House To-night - Mr. W. F. LaRowe, world trav ■ ejer and lecturer, will give a lec • '.ure at the court house here Fri 1 day evening at 7:30 o’clock on the subject, “Behind Prison Bars.” Mr. ' lai Rowe is an ex-convict, having 1 served in the Illinois penitentiary everal years ago, and he will peak from experience about pris on life. There will be no admission j charges for the lecture and every i body is cordially invited to attend. LIGHT DOCKET IN RECORDERS COURT Tuesday’s Session Held I n Commissioner’s Room On Account of ~ Civil Term Superior <'J Court. With the Superior Court already in session here, the Recorder’s Court which went into session in the commissioners room at; the court house here Tuesday morn ing for the trial of a few cases, offered something of a double header along court lines for the day. The following cases were dis posed of in the Recorders Court: Ray Overcash, white man from Benson, was found guilty of car rying a concealed weapon and was given a fine of S50 and costs. Hubert Massengill, a youth un der sixteen years of age, was be fore the court charged with carry ing a concealed weapon. Upon as certaining the boy’s correct age, his case was sent to the Juvenile Court for disposition. Kthel Wallace, a married woman, and Charley Willow ford, were found in the vicinity of Clayton ■ - as—husband -and -wita... When brought before the court, they plead guilty to the charges against them. Charley was assign ed to jail for eight months to work on the county roads and pay costs. Ethel, being only seventeen years old, was turned over to the county welfare officer who will assist her in getting free a three year scholarship at Samarcand Manor. Williafei Lawrence, a Durham negro, was convicted in this court on August 11, 1925, for violating the prohibition laws. At that time he was hired out to pay cost. He was again in court here on Tues day charged with having broken the terms of his first sentence. He was this time assigned to jail to work on the county roads for a period of sixty days. THE MAGIC OF AUTUMN By Edgar A. Guest It’s a glorious day with the suu overhead And the maples off yonder in car dinal red. And the elms spilling gold on the floor of the world, And the sumach ablaze as the pie tur’s unfurled; Oh, poor little genius known as a man. Work up such wonders as this if you can! It’s a glorious day, with the magip of Fall Working its changes too swift for us all; Now the green turns to gold, in the glint of the sun, But not one of us knows how this marvel is done; From the high hat of Autumn gay ribbons are tossed And man merely calls it the work of the frost. Here’s nerformance which daz zles the eye! 1 Here are illusions no Hindoo dare try! Valley and hill top and forest and field In garments of beauty are strange ly revealed; Oh. who can detect it, or who can explain, j j Or what can equal such legerde main? The world is the stage, without curtain or wing, Where Autumn performs for the peasant and king; No velvet-topped table he needs for his feat JAMES ‘SELLERS is mm First Boy Scout in Johns ton County to Attain This Coveted Honor; A Scout Since March 1924 James Sellers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. W. Sellers, of this city, has the distinction of being the first Boy Scout in Johnston county to become an Eagle Scout, and on next Sunday evening the badge of this coveted honor will be presented to him publicly at the Methodist church. He is a member of Smithfleid Troup Two, which is sponsored by the Methodist church. His troop will be present in a body to see the award made. To be an Eagle Scout is one' of the highest honors that can come to a scout, and is won only by persistence and hard work. James has evidenced both of these quali ties, having been awarded the fol lowing merit badges: First Aid to Animals; Personal Health; Life Saving; Swimming; Eiremanship; Safety First; Path-Finding; Poul try Keeping; Automobiling; Hand icraft; Conservation; Forestry; Bird Study; Scholarship; Civics; Camping; Cooking; Painting; Car pentry; Craftsmanship in Leath er; First Aid; Pioneering; Public Health; Athletics. James entered scouting March 15. 1924, and for the past thirteen months has been senior patrol leader of Troop Two. He has been before the Court of Honor eight times to pass the testa which en titled him to the merit badges al ready enumerated. He represented Smithneld at Chapel Hill this sum mer at a National Council Train ing Course. Youth More Sinned Against Than Sinning Clarksburg, W. Vu., Sept. 28.— In their present day “misbehav ior” the young generation of Amer ica are “more sinned against than sinning” by those who “exploit” their tendency, in the opinion of Dr. Deets Pickett, research secre tary of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals, the Methodist Episcopal. In an address prepared for the West Virginia conference of the church today, Dr. Pickett declared the young people of the nation are being “exploited for profit or as a means of overturning the tradi tion and customs of the country.” “The erotic dances," he said, “are evolved by baldheaded dancing masters. The erotic plays are writ ten and produced by men of matur ity; salacious novels and maga zines are not the product of youth even though they are produced for youth.” WHY THEY DID IT A young man was arrested at Greensboro in charge of the transportation of 35 gallons of the ardent, and it was explained by his friends that he is a “nieg boy” and that he had attempted to make a deal in liquor to get funds to go to college. If the zeal for edu cation has reached the point that it is considered justifiable to break the law to get the money to go to college, possibly it would be well to lessen, a trifle at least, the stress on college education, lest we overdo a good thing; and put a little more emphasis on what education is for. But the best med icine for the situation at Greens boro, probably, is a little heavier sentence for offering an excuse like that. In Charlotte officers raided an humble home and found a quantity of spirits with the equipment for retailing. The wife wrung her hands as she admitted that her husband had been selling liquor. But he was out of work, she said, and they had to live. Strange, when one reflects that evil and evil only follows the drinking and handling of liquor, that so many of them turn to the ardent for aid in time of trouble-—Statesville Landmark. | As he scatters his silver and gold at our feet; We see the scenes change in the glint of the sun, I But none of us knows how such wonders are done. Making Plans Far Bigge&t Johnston County Fair Yet Runs Farm at 12 TWELVE YEAR old Vivian Brown of -Rye Beach, N. H-, ran a 25 acre farm this summer, milking six cows a day; putting up hay; and raising corn and vegetables. She made money to go to school this winter. ABOUT ON-FIFTH TEACHERS TRAINED Statistics Show That Four-Fifths Of Number Are Not ('al lege Graduates Almost four-fifths of North Car olina’s teachers in the white pub lic schools of the State last year were not college graduates. This is shov^e by figures com piled and published in the current issue of State School Facts, a pub lication of the North Carolina De partment of Education. The exact percentage, as shown by the fig ures quoted by the education pe riodical, was 89.3 nonlgraduates of college; 20.7 per cent college graduates. The State last year employed a total of 16,948 white teachers in its public schools. Of this num ber, 3,512 were college graduates. More college graduates are se cured by the city schools, it is shown, In the city schools, 44.26 per cent of the white teachers were graduates from colleges, while the percentage in the rural schools was only 12-97—the city school per centage of college graduate teach ers being almost four times that of the schools in the country. A similar situation exists with regard to the negro teachers, with an even larger percentage pre- ! ponderance in favor of city schools, in the negro institutions. The per centage of colored teachers who are college graduates is 3.3. In the country schools, the percent age is only 1.38, as compared with 9:54 in (icgro city schools. Ilow Country Folks Once Did For nuite a while I have been somewhat disturbed about the so cial life of the rural South. When I was growing up, farm folks would come together by neighborhoods for coria-ehucking, wheat-threshings, quilting, house raising, log-rolling, singing school, Farmers’ Alliance rallies, etc.; and people went long distances to their associations, quarterly meetings,, presbyteries, and other religious assemblies held at country church-1 es, while fox hunting and horse racing were still fashionable sports and old-time musters, tournaments, and camp meetings were still talk ed of. The roads were worked (what little working they got) by the younger farmers being “warn ed in” to come together for that purpose, and road-working days were really in a sense social oc casions, while horse-swapping dur ing “court week” (since everybody , owned- horses and everybody like , the excitement of a trade) was one of the outstanding “rural rec reations” of the period. In recent years, however, these bid-time country customs have been .changing. To entirely too great an .extent farm folks seem to have been going to towns for their rec reation, and rural social life has been endangered by that tenden cy.—Clarence Poe. Mrs. Grayson Thornton, of Hun tington, W. Va., is spending some time here with her husband, who is connected with the New Smith field warehouse. They are at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Holt. Secretary Narron Has Secured the Famous Brown & Dyer Shows For the County Fair. TRAINED FLEA ACT i ne crown and Dyer shows Which furnish the amusements on the midway at the Johnston county Fair in Smithfield which starts on October 27th and continues through the 30th this season have been neeting with much approval on the ’art of fair visitors who have at :_-nded the Rutland, Vt., Barling -on, Vt., Rochester, N. H., and Brockton, Mass., according to re ports received here from Fred G. Walker, special press representa tive who informs from Danbury, 3onn., that the shows have been freatly enlarged for the fair dates ffld that everything is in spic and pan shape and presents a fine ap pearance. Among the new' abtrac ions offered will be Over the lumps, a riding device new to pa trons in this territory, a large Illu sion show and a diving show with 'ancy and acrobatic water workers uid high divers. A children’s playground will be me of the features. Here are min autre riding devices, three in num >er, especially adapted for the iiddies and where they may be left n comparative safety while the parents enjoy the midway sights. The Trained Flea Circus has ;aken the different cities by storm, [’hero are only three such exhi >itions touring the country today md according to reports it is most mtertaining and instructive. Western sports are indulged in it The Hippodrome and Rodeo by i congress of cowgirls, cowboys md Indians and the real days of 49 are again lived in fills tented irena. Victor Lee’s “Wormwood” ;hows include life-sized wax fig ires of many of the world’s most lotorious men and women and a ■apable lecturer holds the audience spellbound while depicting the past if these much read-about people. A gigantic circus side show where i small admission admits to the nterior, exhibits strange people jathered from all parts of the ■vorld including the fat girl, fab nan, armless and legless wonder, iving skeleton and other equally nteresting folk. Perhaps the most entertaining nidway attraction is that of the ninstrel show known as the Flori la Strutters. Here will be seen and leard as fine a singing and danc ng aggregation of colored per-1 formers ever presented under one op. A hand and orchestra accom pany this presentation and a thor yqghly enjoyable performance is rendered. Beautiful Sahara, a singing, lancing, and posing show of merit, has been enjoying liberal patron age since its inception. Here is seen a sprinkling of vaudeville and the classic, free from suggestive ness and a performance which ca ters especially to the ladies and children. Eight sprightly Misses and special orchestra preside here and taken all in all no one can af ford to miss this offering. The Brown and Dyer Shows are members of the Showmen’s Leag ue of America and are especially recommended for their cleanliness and the refinery of their attrac tions. Coolidge Wants Stamp of Wilson Issued Soon Washington, Sept. 29.—(AP)— The desjre of President Cooltdge that a stamp bearing the likeness of Woodrow Wilson be issued as soon as possible has been com municated to the Postoffice De partment. Announcement to this effect was made today at the White House, with the added statement that the Department would issue such a stamp. Complaints have been re ceived from some quarters that the proper recognition was not be ing accorded the war-time Presi dent. It was pointed out on President Coolidge’s behalf that it was not until his administration that a stamp in honor of former Presi dent Cleveland was issued