BM1THFIELD NEEDS:
—Bigger Pay Roll.
—A Modem Hotel.
—Renovation of Opera House.
—More Paved Streets.
—Chamber of Commerce.
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SMITMFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1925
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tfSiSS
Wyatt Jury To
\ J Seek Clemency
Is Understood That 9 oi
12 Jurors Favor Light
Punishment.
PREPARE AN APPEAL
Raleigh, Nov. 26—Nine members
of of the Durham county jail which
tried Jesse Wyatt last week for the
killing of Lawyer Stephen Holt of
Smithficldj June l,>ave signed an
appeal to Judge Garland A. Mid
yette so Durham people today ap
prised Raleigh folks, and the bur
den of their supplication to Judge
Midyette is the saving of Wyatt
from a prison term.
The Durham jury convicted Wy
att because there was nothing
else that it coultf do. There was
cstimony to the effect that he took
J s pistol, rested it on _his left
[ m and fired at the automobile in
* hich Mr. Holt and a party of
ihnston men were riding- The jury
-id not believe that. Mr. Wyatt de
yfchred that he shot into the pave
lient and the bullet richochetted,
Itriking the lawyer from behind
a^d killed him instantly. The jury
did not believe that. It did not
believe that in his great zeal to
Itop a car which had some of the
Evidence of a rum runner, Wyatt
shot accidentally and too quickly,
merely happening to catch the at
torney in the range of the ball.
There was the whole world for
Wyatt and the jury concluded that
a man who could not hit every
thing except the lawyer, was care
less. It gave him manslaughter and
a recommendation for mercy
Judge Midyette will follow the
ecommcndation but mercy ranges
all the way from 20 years down
to four months in prison. The judge
could give five years and still
feel merciful. The jury will prob
ably decide the issue for him if it
agrees unanimously on a sentence
in jail with leave to hire out. Judge
Midyette leans always to mercy,
jw he has never intimated that
‘fcwould save Wyatt from prison.
■Judge Midyette was prosecuting
Jrsimilar case when called to the
(■eh. He was solicitor and W. E.
Wood fin, prohibition agent, had
tilled Grover Cleveland Bradley,
Northampton blockader. There was
■msideralde evidence that there
Ens no excuse for killing Bradley.
But the federal government de
fended its representative and Dis
yict Attorney Tucker appeared
t>r him. Judge Midyette had then
Jcome judge and he never ap
peared again in the case and fed
eral jury quickly acquitted.
In that case Woodfin used his"
gun and there was no accident,
but there was an element of self
defense. Judge Midyette has no
doubt that Wyatt went in good
faith for a blockader and got an
innocent man- But in 20-odd yeuis
it was the solitary break of Wy
att. who is the father of seven
children, hardly any of whom are
old enough to work.
The sentiment for punishment of
prohibition officers who have been
shooting rather wildly, 'found a
climax in Wyatt’s case and the
Raleigh Officer is the first real
igoat. Wherefore there is a lot of
jinpathy for him.—Greensboro
!lv News.
There will be a box party at the
Tainfield schoo? Friday night.
December 4. for the benefit of the
school. Everybody is invited.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS
By Me
1
Ah sot down on a genthmon'f
hat a chuch en it sho’ wuz tyashec
into higt’ry. * •
SIGNORA CHIERENA
Charlotte Osgood of Los Angeles,
Cal., who has just becomo the bride
of Antonio Vittorio Chierena of Mi
lan, Italy. She has been well known
in New York ffnd Palm Eeach as a
hors. woman. The groom is a
wealthy leather merchant.
W. G, Wrenn
Dies At Garner
Buried at His Old Home
Near Mt. Zion Church
Yesterday Afte4hoon.
Friends throughout the cout.v
will regret to learn of the death
of Mr. W. G. *PV'renn which occur
red at his home in Garner Sunday
afternoon about five o’clock. Mr.
Wrenn was a Johnstonian, and had
only recently moved to Garner. F|e
lived for a number of years in
the Mount Zion section where he
was a prominent and successful
farmer.
The ^deceased passed away after
an illness of about two months
having suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis. He was in his 71st year.
The funeral was held at the
home in Garner yesterday after
noon at two o’clock after which the
remains were taken to the fam
ily burying ground near Mount
Zion church for interment. Rev.
Mr. Cummings, pastor of the
Christian church at Carthage, con.
ducted the services.
Mr. Wrenn was twice married,
the first time to Miss Nettie Hol
land and the second time to
Miss Ella Stephenson. He is sur
vived by his wife and eleven chil
dren as follows: John T. Wrenn,
of McOullers; W. T. Wrenn, of
Nashville, Tenn.; O. G. Wrenn, of
Washington, I). C.; Mrs. N. R.
Rroughton,, of Garner; Mrs. T. C.
Ogburn, of this city; Ilerburt
Wrenn, of McCullers; Miss Gleo,
I . M., Glenn, Worth and Nellie
Wrenn, of Garner; one-son, James,
preceded his father in death.
WOIT.I) PLACE HARNETT
HEAD OF THE TABLE
“Harnett sits at the head of the
table in the number of hales of
cotton gined this season, if the ter
ritorial size is considered,” declar
ed Assistant Attorney General
Charles Ross yesterday.
“While Johnston and Robeson
counties report a larger number of
bales ginned, it must be remember
ed that they are empire counties.
Harnett, with 44,188 bales, is even
ahead of Wake county, which re
ports only 43,”28 bales. Johnston
heads the list with 02,516 and Rob
eson is second with 55,24 bales.
“If the size of the counties are
taken into consideration, Harnett
is at the head of the list.”—News
and Observer.
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PRESBYTERIANS TO HAVE
AN ORIENTAL BAZAAR
Circle No. 2 of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of Sniithfield Presby
terian chrfreh will have an “Orien
tal Bazaar” on Friday, December
4, beginning at one o'clock in the
building formerly occupied by the
May-Shn tea room. Many pretty
and attractive drifts are to be had
j there from your very own mission
! fields.
Gin Report
There were' G2,,110 bales of cot
ton ginned in Johnston county
from the crop of 1125 prior to No
vember 14, 1925 as compared with
34,817 hales ginned to November
14, 1924.
I
WOUNDED BOY IS
NOW IMPROVING
James Woodard, the fifteen
year-old son of Mr. Robert
Woodard of (near Pine Level,
who was shot and seriously
wounded by a neighbor boy,
Gaston Oliver, last 'Thursday,
is getting along nicely, accord
ing to a report given out by the
hospital here- yesterday. Hope is
now entertained for his recov
ery unless complications set in.
Negroes observe
HOSPITAL TAG DAY
Rcpor* $152.1? At Close of First
“Tag Day”; Next Drive
Dec. 12
Mrs. Laura J. A. King, rural
supervisor of negro" schools of
^Johnston county, has instituted
plans for the raising of funds to
furnish a ward for the colored peo
ple in the new hospital which is
now under construction. She has
set $1000 as the goal for which to
■work, and “tag day” will be ob
peAed in the negro schools* at in
tervals until the amount is in
band. Last Saturday $152.12 was
turned over to the supervisor. Sat
urday being the first “tag day”
if the drive. December 12 has been
set for the next tag day, at which
time it is hoped the drive will be
completed. Below is a list of the
-chools contributing and the
amount contributed:
Hodges Chapel, Gaynell Harris,
teacher, $4.00.
Wilson's Mills, Sallie Richard
son, teacher, $2.00.
Wilson’s Mills, Lottie Holt, $1-75.
St. Amanda, Virginia Cooper,
teacher, $3.00.
Cedar Grove, Launada Clark,
$100.
Ransom’s Academy, Julia Heart
ley, teacher, $40.00.
Stewart, Ethel Harrison, $2.25.
Hickory Grove, Vascelia Spen
cer, $1.00.
Four Oaks,•Evangeline Spencer,
S3.00.
Micro, Frances Grissom, $1.00.
Long Branch, Annette Barbour,
$1.50.
New Bethel, C. C. Lewis, $3.75.
Greene, Lula D. Campbell, $3-00.
Pine Level, Rosa Vinson. $19.00,
Simms, Lucretia Williams, $2.50.
Tee’s Cross Roads, Beulah Mur
chison, $0.00.
New Bethel, Pattie Grimes,
$4.00.
Piney Grove, L. A. Ford, $2.00.
Previous amount reported $28.87.
PRAYER MEETING AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
At the prayer service Wednes
day evening at seven o’clock the
home mission book, “Out of the
Wilderness,” will be taken up for
study. This is one of the best home
mission books published in recent
years and every member of the
church is urged to be present at
the beginning of this study.
Solicitor Prepares Docket
Mr. W. H- Massey, of Princeton,
solicitor of the Recorder’s Court,
was in the city yesterday prepar
ing the criminal docket for Re
corder’s court which convenes this,
morning after a lapse of two
weeks on account of the special
term of civil court which has just’
closed.
Notice of Appointment
Elder G. W. Shepard, pastor of
Barbour’s Chapel Advent Chris
tian church, will preach at Mr.
W. M. Blackman's home. Four
Oaks, Route 2. on the 1st Sunday
evening in December at 3:30 o’
clock. Everybody cordially invited
bo hear him.
HECTOR STRICKLAND.
Four 04ks, N. C„ Route 2.
HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Selma, Nov. 27.—Tuesday night
an aceidertt occurred on the high
way near Smithfield which is
much deplored. Mr. Jack Wilkins,
of Selma, was mending his auto
mobile tire by the side of the road
when Mr. Waylon Daughtry of
I Smithfield, ran into him injuring
his side and bruising him badly.
He was rushed to the Smithfield
hospital where he received medical
attention. He has hosts of friends
in Selma who wish for him a very
speedy recovery.
Citizens Dpcicfe
Community Chesi
The Way To Raise Funds
To Take Care of The
Needy In and, Around!
Smithfield.
| A community chest movement
was launched Sunday night at the
courthouse when a mass meeting
was held to consider w'ays and
mefms of taking care of the needy
in and around Smithfield. A bud
get was fixed at SI 200 and tWe
plans for raising this amount were
left to the Smithfield United Wel
fare Association, which organiza
tion will make public announcement
at an early date.
Quite a good congregation as
sembled in the courthouse Sunday
evening, this being the fifth Sun
day evening when the pastors of
the town hold a union service. Rev.'
Chester .Alexander, pastor of the
Presbyterian church preached the
sermon of the occasion and his re
marks led up fittingly to the spec
ial topic to be considered.
,/There are three classes of.
folks in the world,” stated Mr..
Alexander, “those with -childlike
characteristics, those who live for
self and self alone, and those who
do the works of Jesus.” A child
likes to be amused. He likes to be
noticed. There are folks who live
only to flit from one pleasure to
another in an effort to be amus
ed, or who live just to attract at
tention to themselves. The sec
ond class, those who put them
selves first, last and always, takes
in about 60 per cent of our popu
lation, Mr. Alexander belives. But
there are those who like Jesus,
can say, “I must work the work?
of him that sent me, while it is
day: the night cometh when no
iv.an can ork.” (John 9;14) And
it is this latter class that clothe
the naked, feed the hungry, cheer
the fallen, and comfort those in
distress.
Following the sermon, Rev. A.
J. Parker, pastor of the Metho
dist church, made an impressive
talk concerning the charity work
in this vicinity, and particularly of
tiie importance of doing this work
in a business-like way that will
be efficient but not overlapping.
Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the
Bapt'.st church, told of- bow the
community chest plan has worked
in other ^owns and cities and put
his approval upon such a plan for
Smithfield. Mr. H. V. Rose, for
mer county welfare superintend
ent, who has handled the funds of
the United Welfare Association,
for the past year, was calliAl upon
for a statement', and it is his opin
ion that the community chest is
the way to handle this work. Last
year the association spent arounM
$600, which does not include
amounts spent by other agencies.
It would be the purpose next year
to let the association which has a
representation of every organiza
tion tloing charity work, handle all
the charity funds which would be
dispensed by Mr. Rose who offers
his services gratis in this work
When the matter had been fully
discussed, a motion was carried to
use the community chest plan for
caring for the needing in this com
munity, details to be worked out
by and through the United Wel
fare Association.
WHEN WINTER COMES
fleas are close behind
Raleigh, Nov. 16—When the
bad weather of winter comes, the
pets are allowed in the house and
then come fleas. In a few days the
house is overrun with the pests
and a discomfort results.
Dr. Z. P. Metcalf, Professor of
Entomology at State College, out
lines the life history of the flea
by pointing out that the pests lay
eggs on the animal; these eggs
drop to the floor where they hatch
into tiny grubs within the week;
the grubs feed on the dust parti
cles -and form cocoons in about
another week and then the adults
emerge from the cocoon within
two weeks. Thus there is a com
plete generation fleas every five
or six weeks. As each female lays
several hundred eggs, it is no won
|der that the house is quickly over
|run with the pests.
But Dr. Metcalf says there is
hope. The same chemical. P-bcn
I
UNCLE SAM’S GIANT OF THE AIR
t
frills 1J.VRI.ING Bomber in world's h!j;?est airplane. Rt-tiufrcd two and one-half years to build, cost
in" $4<K!,<>00. As noon as Lieutenant John A. MacH-aiy finishes experimental flight tests it will be
stored at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio..
PULL GREAT STUNT
ON HOOD BUILDING
Dare Devil Roland Will Perform
Very Difficult Feat
Tonight
Withjthe aid of big flood lights,
/Dare Devil Roland, known the
.world over as the man with the
iron nerve, will thrill the people of
Smithfield when he gambles with
death on the very edge of the
Hood building. Roland will per
form on four tables and five chairs
which will be balanced by him. He
will do fifteen different hair-rais
ing stunts, such as rocking back
5*nd forth oven the. edge, while.. Hal
meins one one and two legs of a
chair that will be balanced on the
three tables using necks of bot
tles for a base. His feature stunt
will be swinging over the pave
ment from the top while he does
hair-raising stunts on a trapeze.
Roland performed in Kinston on
Saturday night on the new Far
mers and Merchants Bank while a
crowd of about 7,000 people looked
on. Roland is booked in Raleigh on
Wednesday and as he has Tuesday
open, the people of Smithfield will
have a chance 'di seeing Roland
work. His act will last about thir
ty minuted
Faint hearts, this is a warning
to keep away if you cannot stand
to be excited. There will be more
thrills than any circus ever pre
sented. Roland has been before the
public nine years. His home is in
Cleveland, Ohio. He has had only
one fall in all that time which laid
him up for seven months. While
on the Hood building, he will throw
out a number of Smithfield
Heralds, a few of which will con
tain tickets to the Victory theatre
Don’t fail to see this thriller to
night, December 1, at 7:30 o'
clock.
zene, that is used successfully in
killing peach tree borers can be
used on the fleas. Treat the pets
by placing them in a rather tight
container, put a newspaper on the
floor of the box,, -place the crys
tals of P-benzene on this paper
and close the box tightly for about
an hour. Then gather up the paper
and burn it. If some of the fleas
are. left on the animal in a stupe
fied condition, brush them off and
give them the warm treatment
given the others. This treatment
is deadly to the fleas but does not
injure the animals. One ounce' of
the P-benzene is used for each
cubic foot of box.
A room may be treated in the
same way using about one-half
ounce of the material to each cubic
foot of space and keeping the, room
tightly over-night. In the morn
ing the treated rooms may be
swept and the sweeping burned.
There is no injurious effect on the
members’ of the family, except that
some object to the rather unpleas
ant odor of the chemical. Two or
i three treatments, as the eggs
hatch, are generally sufficient to
jrid the place of the pests.
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It is estimated that North Caro
lina will produce, 1.1.20,000 hales
j of cotton this year against 825,000
I bales last year. The total price re
iceived by farmers this year will be
less than for the crop last year if
the usual market conditions pre
vail.
Former Operators
May Not Get Mil!
Negotiations .Appear To
Have Failed; About
$800,000 Tied Up In
Failure.
Raleigh, Nov. 27—Failure of
ncgotations in the lvanhooe cot
ion mills faijure by which the
stockholders creditors who had
drawn such fancy salaries as of
ficers and were due so much mon
ey, would have forfeited their
claims'aha taken over the mill, is
about to be written.
The referee in bankruptcy was to
have all the claimants with him
tomorrow for wnht appeared to be
final action, certainly final as in
dicating what would be the course
of the mill officials. Referee Joe
Cheshire had the interested par
ties together sundry times. The
last time they met it seemed reas
onably certain that -the innocent
stockholders would get their mon
ey out and the oid operators of Use
corporation would get the mill.
But that does not appear even
half way certain now.
Failure to get together tomor
row will postpone the meeting sev_
era! days, but the negotatio.is ap
pear to have failed. There is about
*800,000 tied up in the failure.—
Greensboro Daily News.
FATTEN BEEP CATTLE
TO SELL PROFITABLY
Raleigh, Nov. 10—Cottonseed
meal, native feed of Carolna, may
used profitably in the fattening of
beef cattle for market, and only
fat cattle will pay returns to the
feeder.
“In feedng beef cattle, we must
take advantage of certan facts
then give attention’ fo’thd details,”
says Prof. R. S. Curtis, of the
animal husbandry department at
State College. “On? of these facts
is that our staple fattening food
for beef cattle is a nitrogenous
one which normally produces a
growth rather than fat. But this
cottonseed meal is a good fat pro
ducer if fed properly and from 75
to 85 per cent of its fertilizing
value is incorporated in the ma
nure. The other fact is that to sell
beef cattle profitably, they must
be fat.”
Prof. Curtis states that people
do not like ■ fat beef and some
times compel the butcher to trim
off part of the fat; yet, the fact
remains that to properly condition
a beef animal, he must be fat,
and naturally there is some sur
plus deposited in certain places,
as over the back, the loins, ribs
and intestines: This is Nature’s
way.
A steer may be put in condi
tion by using cottonseed '.peal as
the concentrate. The steer must
never be allowed to get off feed
but should be started off on one
pound of cottonseed meal per day.
supplemented by all the roughage
he will consume. Prof. Curtis
point's out that cattle have four
stomachs and if they arc to get
everything out of their feed, there
must be a sufficient amount of
roughage to fill the paunch reas
onably full each day.
A
USES MANY WORDS
IN 'WRITING WILL
Woman Is Author of Longest Will
Rter Filed In
England
London, Nov. 28.—The longest
will ever filed in this country has
just been lodged at Somerset
House, the official repository and
record office for such documents.
It comprises 95,940 words and is
assembled in four large, leather-,
bound books, with outer covers and
gilt edges.
The amount of the property it
deals with is just under 21,000
pounds, but,it will , be an expen-,
sure matter for anybody to obtain
a copy to see whether they have
been left anything. Somerset
House has issued a warning to
possible seekers of copies that
such copies will cost 79 pounds
each—-owing to the vast wordage
and the official rate per folia of
90 words for copying.
The testator who was responsi
ble for the eccentric accumulation
of words v as Mrs. Frederica Cook,
widow of a well-known dry goods
merchant. Most of it is in her
own handwriting, and the verbi- i
age due to the fact that she made
a most m inute inventory of her j
possessions, jewelry, furs, embrod- |
cries, laces, etc., with descriptive
notes about each and the original
and presumed present value of each
item alongside.
The Pessimist
Nothing to do but work,
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear but clothes,
To keep one from going nude.
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as a flash it’s gone,
Nowhere to fall but off,
Nowhere to stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere to sleep but in bed,
Nothing to weep but tears.
Nothing to bury but dead.
Nothing to sing but songs,
Ah, well, alas, alack,
Nowhere to go but out,
Nowhere to come but back.
Nothing to see bub sights,
Nothing to quench but thirst,
Nothing to have but what we’ve
grot,
Thus through life we are cursed. !
Nothing to strike but a gait:
Everything moves that goes;
Nothing at all but common sense !
Can ever withstand these woes, i
—Ben King- ]
Tom Tarheel says he is going 1
to feed an egg producing ration
to his hen■ this winter and get
Prof. Curtis suggests that one
pound of cottonseed meal be used '
with five pounds of hulls or more
to start with. Gradually increase
this amount of cottonseed meal
during a thirty-day period until
each animal is getting one pound
of the meal to each 100 pounds
'of live weight. This can easily
be figured out and the increase
made gradually about two or three
times each week until the full
amount is being fed. Steers should
be fed twice each day and the
troughs kept clean and sweet.
Distribution Has
Effect On Cotton
Cotton Expert Presents
Facts end Figures Con
cerning The Cotton Sit
uation.
By IT. B. BLALOCK. General
Manager N. C. Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association)
Placing the responsibility for
the present low price of cotton i
a very serious proposition. N<
right thinking man desires to plae<
the blame for any error or condi
tion where it does not rightly be
long. No one can resent being
blamed for some thing they are
not responsible for any quicker
than I can.
Therefore let us proceed cau
tiously. Let facts and figures
speak for themselves.
Go back no farther than 1920,
when we cotton producers planted
.17,043,000 acres and produced 13.
270,970 bales. What' happened in
the fall of 1920? No one connect
ed with cotton production or in
any business dependent upon the
cotton industry wants to recall
what really did happen.
With a carry-over, or visible -
supply, of over 4,000,900 bales of
American cotton—the greatest
ever—at the* end of the .1920 sea
son, we in 1921 diversified our
crops, reduced our cotton acreage
to 31,678,000 acres, produced a
crop of 7.977,778 bales and reduc
ed the visible supply at the end of
the season to 1,911,000 bales.
We had learned our lesson. But
did we stay put? No, indeed! In
1922, we stepped up to 34,016,000
acres and produced 9,729,306 bales
In 1923 we stepped up"3g£in with
an acreage of 38,701.000 and got
a yield of 10,170,694*1 bales. Satis
fied? Not yet!
In 1924, we added practically
4,000,000 more acres, and planted
42.641,000 acres, with a produc
tion of 13,639,399 bales.
With renewed energy and with
ambitions to beat the bumpe:•
crops of 1911 and 1914. but with
very little foresight, we planted ^
in 1925 by far the bigest acreage
ever planted—46,448,000 acres—•
and did our darndest to makj a
ertff of 23,244,000 bales—or one
half bale per acre. A yield of 200
pounds of lint per acre would have
given us 18,575,000 bales.
A merciful Providence, through
the aid of drought and boll wee
vil, has cut Us down to an esti
mated crop of 15,298,000 bales, ac.
cording to the last Government re
port.
We made it . . . How did we un
dertake to market it?
■Realizing that we had made a
tremendous crop, just as soon as
is began to open, every producer
(except the Cooperatives) began
to rush it to the market- pell-mell
—“me first and the devil take the
hindmost,” and in this case “hind
most” includes about 90 per cent.
No market could stand such a
terrible onslaught. Notwithstand
ing that the export demand \va«
unusually heavy, and domestic
mills were buying freely, prices
began to crumble.
Regardless of how eager the .
manufacturers are for cotton, th v
cannot always head off the de
luge. They have their limits in
capital and in a storage space.
The much despised “middlemen"
and the Cooperatives were the
shock absorbers that prevented
prices from being pushed back to
the “channel ports” and reaching
much lower levels. God bless the
“middlemen”! Without them then
is no telling how low our produe
era would hammer down prices
(Turn to page four. Dlease)
RADIO CONCERT BY
MISS McCULLERS
A telegram announces that
Miss Mary McCullers, who holds
a position at Chicago Universi
ty and who studies music at
that institution, will broadcast
over the (radio' from Station
W BBM 226 Tuesday night be
tween ten and twelve o’clock,
and WHY 400 Wednesday night
between seven and nine. Miss
McCdllcrs is a Smithfield girl
and her friends wiR be glad of
this opportunity to tune in ip*
her concerts.