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BMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modern Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. Know Your County Do you know that Johnston, Wil son and Pitt "©unties raised more produce per acre in l'J2Z than any like area in the United States? Forty-third Year * * SMITHF1ELD, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1925 •¥ * Number 108 DEATH CLAIMS Mr. W. H. Byrd Passes At His Home Here Af ter Lingering Illness of 28 Months. * FUNERAL YESTERDAY Thu fifty-third birthday of Mr. W. H. Byrd of this city marked the end of his earthly career. At five-thirty Wednesday morning the stern Reaper gathered home all that is eternal of one of Smith field’s good citizens for more than a score of years. For twenty-eight months Mr. Byrd had fought a losing fight with the great white plague, and his death Wednesday though sever ing home ties of affection, was not unexpected. When an examination more than two years ago revealed the ravages of disease, Mr. Byrd went to Ridge Top,’ Tenn„ in search of health. Later he remov ed to Southern Pines, but finally his wife, who was his constant com panion in all of his affliction, brought him home to spend his last days. The deceased was a native of i Ilarnett county having been born near Averasboro rn December 2. j J 1872. He married Miss Mary Par : »ker of Dunn. Twenty-three years f ago they moved to Smithfield and have made their home here since that time. Besides his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Wallace Ifrancis, and a son, Mr. Alger Byrd, both of this city, survive. One sister also j survives, Mrs. J. A. Blalock of j Miami, Fla. , The funeral was held at the home on Oakland Heights yester- I day afternoon at two-thirty o’- j clock. Rev. A. J. Parker, pastor j of the Methodist church of which j the deceased was a member, con- j ducted the services assisted by Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the j Baptist church- Interment war made in Oakland cemetery. A pro fusion of lovely floral offerings attested the esteem in which the deceased and his family were held MICRO BEATS FOUR OAKS HIGH 24 TO 9 W Micro, Dec. 3.—Micro defeated | ' Four Oaks high in a well played j basketball game recently to the tune of 24 to 9. Feature of the game was the good playing of the Micro five. Micro is putting out a good team and challenges any team in the county for a game. SMALL FIRE AT HOME OF MR. N. L. PERKINS The fire company was called out j about 5:30 o’clock yesterday morn ing when it* was found that a fire had started under a hearth at the home of Mr. N. L. Perkins. The fire was soon located and ex tinguished with little damage to the house In rushing to the scene over I muddy, slick streets, owing to the I recent rains, the fire truck swerv I cd at one of the street corners and * a wheel was smashed. No serious damage was reported and no one was hurt. Presbyterian Services Preaching Smithfield PrcsbyKbr fan church Sunday 11 a. ra. No night service. Sunday school at 9:50 a. m. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me til m M. I sho made a impresshun today ■when I walked up street and stepped on sum sof seement. BARON ADELSWAERD B 2 Baron Theodor Adelswaerd, for mer minister of finance of Sweden, was president of the council of the (nter-parliamentary Onion, which met recently in Washington. Fix The Date For Poor Fund Drive Wednesday, Dec. 9, Is Designated by Welfare Ass’n. Of This City. The United Welfare Association of Smithfield, in accordance with authority delegated by the mass meeting at the courthouse Sunday evening, has designated Wednes day, December 9, as the day when the canvass for the Community Chest shall be made. The goal is $1200 and the Association believes this amount to be a minimum of what will be required to take care of the charity work in and around Smithfield during the next twelve moths. A committee was appointed at a meeting of the Welfare Associa tion Monday night to select the workers to canvass the town which will be divided into dis* tricts for the convenience of the canvassers. This comittee included the president, Miss Mattie Pou, Mrs. J. J. Broadhurst, Mr. J. D. Spiers and Rev. S. L. Morgan. Their plan for the drive will be annoirttced later. The Association expects to be somewhat more formal in its work during the coming year and de sires a full representation of the various, organizations in town that do charity work of any kind. Such a representation w'ould include the doctors, ministers, welfare de partment of the county, civic or ganizations, Sunday school classes, women’s church organizations, the churches and fraternal orders. A strict account of all receipts and expenditures will be kept) and from time to time the secretary who will dispense the fund, Mr. II. % • Rose, former county welfare su perintendent, will give to the pub lic facts about what is being done. GERMAN RAILWAYS TO SEEK U. S. LOAN Now York, Dec. 2,—Prospects that at S100,000,000 bond issue for the Gorman railways will be sold in the United States early next year were discussed in financial circles today in connection with re I ports that such a plan would be devised to speed up Germay’s rep arations payments. Until such action has been au thorized by the reparation commis sion, international banks said that negotiations for a loan could not I be opened although they pointed lout that under the Dawes plan Germany could fulfill her repara tions obligations in this way* Tt was reported in Wall street that S. Parker Gilbert, agent general of reparations, might visit New York to discuss the possibility of the loan.—Associated Press. Turkey Supper at Kenly There will be a turkey and oys ter supper in the vacant building next to Kirby’s drug store on Sat urday evening given by the Mis sionary society of the Baptist church* Everybody come and en jjoy a good slipper. Industrial Tour 4 Days In dan. First Such Tour Ever At tempted In Eastern Car olina To Begin Jan. 12. Kinston, Dec. 3.—The first real j Industrial Tour ever attempted, as j a section, in Eastern Carolina, is 1 set to begin January 12th and run j four days. This movement is being j sponsored by the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, with head quarters at Kinston The purpose t of the tour, as stated by offical.; ! of The organization, is to acquaint | th * people of Eastern North Car- j olina with the great industrial sec tion 'if Piedmont North Carolina. It will be an educational trip, pure and simple, according to the an nouncement coming out from headquarters. The trip will begin Tuesday j morning, January 12th and will end j Friday afternoon or night. The i towns to be visited will probably include Raleigh, Durham, Burling- i ton, Greensboro, High Point, Win ston-'Salem, -Charlotte, Salisbury, i Roekinghan), and other points of j interest. Eastern North Carolina is beginning to think as never be fore in Industrial terms. It is the belief of those who have given the matter more or less thought, that there is room in Eastern North Carolina for scores of industries more than there are here. ‘‘While the industries are moving South- ; ward, we wit.t to get our share," | Secretary Bartlett stated recently; in a meeting at Benson. Two things | 0 need now, Bartlett continued, j are Publicity and Power. Both are ; within our reach. The mere fact that capital is interested in devel oping our power resources, makes it easy to see that there are real possibilities ahead. This industrial tour will give our people an op portunity, according to the of ft- j cials of the sectional organization, to make investigations for them selves along industrial lines. Towns that are interested in making this trip may get all the information by writing to the Eastern Caro lina Chamber of Commerce. Heavy Storm On The Florida Coast West Coast Swept by Gale —Miami Streets Flood ed By Heavy Downpour -i Tampa, Fla., Dec. 1.—Windlash- j ed and rain-soaked Tampa and o'ther cities along the west coast of Florida tonight1 were shaking off the effects of a 62-mile wind and rainstorm which swept this section j early today. The Weather Bureau here described the storm as “phe ; nomenal" and the worst winter sea- j son blast in 36 years. A twenty-mile wind and a driz- j zle of rain were sweeping Tampa's j streets and out in the Gulf steam- j ers were reporting to local wire less stations that stiff breezes were causing a high running sea. Five Dead The toll from the storm in Tam- 1 pa stood tonight at five known j dead, four missing and eighteen seriously injured in hospitals. All of the dead, missing and injured were said to be negroes. The total amount of damage to property along the west coast could not be estimated early tonight, of ficials said. Conservative citizens say it would reach well into a mil lion dollars. Communications with all impor tant points had been established tonight. Lakeland, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Bradenton, * Sebring, Avon Park, Sarasota, P'orb My ers, and other cities reported dam age by wind.—Associated Press. Miami, Nov. 30.—Miami, drench ed and dripping, resumed her in terrupted labors late today, after the most devastating rainfall in her history. The downpour established a new record for a single day’s rainfall here, with a precipitation of 14.1 inches, according, to United States Weather Observer Richard W. Gray here. This new mark bet (Turn to page five, please) DONATE FUNDS FOR SELMA PLAYGROUND Selma Woman’s ‘Club Gives $150 For School 1'liyground Equipment Selma, pec, 1.—The Selma Woman's club held its regular monthly meeting’ at'xhe graded school building last week, was one of the most delightful and en thusiastic meetings ever held by this club. An Art program, pre sided over by Miss Margaret Eth eridge, was much enjoyed. It had been previously announced that Miss Branham and her domestic science class would display their skill in the culinary art, which they did, serving an appetizing salad course and coffee followed by Dev il’s food cake topped with whip ped cream. A rising vote of thanks was tendered them. The climax of the occasion came when the Woman’s club announc ed it would give $460 toward play_ ground equipment, this added to $100 previously donated by Mrs. Geo. F. Brictz will bring the amount on hand up in the neigh borhood of eight hundred dollars. Supt. Waters thinks this a very fair beginning and will purchase and have installed at the earliest possible moment whatever he deems best. The Woman’s club could hard ly have done a finer thing. The in terest of the whole community centers around our splendid school and spacious grounds, where the young life spends so large a part ,f its time. Quoting from a recent magazine article, “We are begin ning to learn that the amusement of a child is a large factor in his advancement. A complete educa tion must include recreation- Fur thermore, the art of play should precede the science of study or work. “The child who plays well is apt to study ,and work well. The child who plays poorly, feebly, sad ly, or timidly should be watched for physical, mental or moral decay. “One of the best ways to con serve the wr’fe of boys and girls and keep then, out of courts, pris ons, hospitals and reform schools is to show them how to play and help them to do it right. This fact should be made known to all par ents, teachers, ministers, doctors, police, detention and probation officers. The money we spend on prisons should be spent mostly on playgrounds. The prisons would hardly be needed if the playground was operated. “A convincing demonstration lies in the remarkable example of Mem phis, Tcnn., probably the cham pion recreational city of America, if not of the world. Memphis has expended a total of $15,000,000, on its grounds, facilities and oppor tunities for play, which are free for all citizens. “These, amusement reserves in clude parks, playgrounds, recre ation centers, golf courses, -base- , ball diamonds, polo grounds, ten- j nis courts, football fields, bridle paths, swimming pools, wading pools, flower gardens, art gallerys and zoo. “Experts in the varied activi- ! ties teach the children how to ex ercise and play, and have organ ized 140 baseball teams, 56 foot ball squads and 52 soccer teams, all j composed of boys and girls under sixteen. The main recreation park offers a bountiful array of amuse ment devices that children love. On becoming a member of the play ground and recreation colony, each child signs a pledge card promisnig not to play in the streets, nor steal a ride on the back of any vehicle, nor do other equally dan gerous things, but always to choose a safe place for play—the com munity playground. YVe come to tne point wnat ha? all this to do with character building? IIow does it prevent ju venile crime, delinquency and dis order? “Official statements are the an swer. The mayor of Memphis de clares that not a boy, or girl, was taken into the juvenile court last year from the neighborhood where there is a playground. “The right sort of play keeps children, and grownups too, out of mischief. Qrime is largely a case of undirected, misdirected or mis applied energy. Play, being the one supreme exercise of mind, muscle and emotion together, provides the natural outlet of self-expression for children of all ages. To play Stoic University President To Speak at Court House Here Next Wed nesday Night. LTD ALUMNI IN COUNTY One hundred thirty-three alum ni of the State University from Jphhston county together with any and all other citizens of the coun ty v. ill have the unusual* privilege, of Hearing Dr. H. W. Chase, pres ident of the University, deliver an t.d'Jresa at the courthouse here next Wednesday night at seven thirty o’clock. A. telephone message from Chip el Hill yesterday made a spetdal request that all the alumni in the county meet Dr. Chase here and hear the special mes sage he has for them. His ad dress will deal with plans for the State University to serve the pub lic through the alumni, and will be of interest not only to the for mer students but to the public as well. It is quite likely that Chief Jus tice W. P. Stacy, who is president of the State Alumni Association, will accompany Dr. Chase here. Definite announcement will be made later in regard to his coming. Plans Ready for Near East Relief Young People To Make: Canvass In Interest of Golden Rule Sunday. Judge F. H- Brooks, County ] Chairman of Near East Relief, an- ' nounces that plan? are under way I to make Johnston county the Gol-1 den Rule County of America. The Near East Relief, a charitable or ganization chartered by Congress j to minister to the refugees and! orphans of Bible Lands has named Sunday, December G, as Golden Rule Sunday. On this day the : American people have been ask ed to eat a simple meal and make j an offering to Near East Relief, j so that it will help to support the j 30,000 children under their care in I Greece, Armenia, Syria and Pales tine. “To do for these children' what you would like some one to do for your children if they were I destitute in the world,” is the ap- ; peal of Golden Rule Sunday. The Young People Societies, Ep j worth League, B. Y. P. U. and Christian Endeavor are helping in the work throughout the county. In Clayton the young people are to | make a can' ass of the town leav- j ing a pamphlet explaining the idea of Golden Rule Sunday and leaving an envelope for the offer ing of the family to the orphans Selma, Smithfieid, Wilson’s Mills, and Kenly, have their plans un derway and the' organizers will get the other towns of the county lined ub for the drive before Friday. This envelope with the name of the family and the offering en closed is to be taken to church on the following Sunday December 13, and the treasurer will mail it to Carl Gordon at the Farmers Bank and Trust company who has agreed to serve as county treas urer of Near East Relief. A report of the results of Gold en Rule Sunday are forwarded to the New York office of Near East Relief and the city or county in America that has made the best observance of the day is named the Golden Rule Town or county in America. Last year Columbia, S. C., was named the Golden Rule City of America. For several years friends of Near East Relief in New York city have allowed the Golden Rule City of America to choose one of its young people to go across to the Near East with (Turn to page four, please! setter is to do better and be bet ter. Why could not every city fol low the lead of Memphis and every parent learn to apply the same principles ? ” Fatally Injured Dies At Hospital Jas. Woodard Succubms to Gunshot Wounds Re ceived Last Week, JamoB Woodard, who vyis shot on Thanksgiving day by a neigh bor boy, Gaston Oliver, died as a result of the wounds at the Smithfield Memorial hospital Wed nesday afternoon at 4:20 o’clock. Although he had apparently im proved slightly during the week following the fatal shooting, ho lingered longer than was expect ed when the injuries were first examined. The body was carried to the home of his father, Mr. Robert Woodard, near Pine Level Wednesday night and interment took place in the family cemetery yesterday, lie was fifteen years old. The shooting took place on No vember 26 when James, along with several other boys, was play ing in the road in front of the home of Mr. Uhonrpson near Pine Level. It is said that the boys had been wrestling. After they had stopped, Gaston Oliver took a shot gun from another boy and shot James Woodard. Oliver claims, however, that the shooting was accidental, that he had no inten tion of firing the gun. He was brought here to jail to await the outcome of the shooting. He will be given a preliminary hearing when it will be decided whether or not the act was accidental or intentional. Oliver is the son of Mrs. Tom Oliver and is about six teen years of ago. KIWANIS PROGRAM TO BE RADIO BROADCAST Chicago, 111., Dec. 2.—John H. Moss, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, president of Kiwanis International, (and James Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, ex-yruted States Sena tor, wil be the speakers at the banquet of the Kiwanis Clubs of Chicago at the Rainbo Gardens on Friday evening, December 4, when district governors and chairmen of Kiwanis International committees, who will be attending, the Council meeting of International at the Drake hotel, will be guests of this city’s clubs. The program of the evening will be broadcast from station WQJ, 448 meters, and will also be re layed from a number of other sta tions throughout the country. The speakers are expected to broadcast their addresses about' 8 o’clock, cen tral standard time. A reception is scheduled for 6 o’clock, with the banquet starting at 6:30. It is expected that) many Kiwan ians will be visiting Chicago dur ing the week. The reduced rail road rates to Chicago because of the annual stock exposition is an nounced as an incentive for hun dreds of Kiwanian visitors in the city. The mid-winter conference of the Illinois-Eastern Iowa district will also be held on December 4 at the Sherman hotel during the hours of 0 to 5 o’clock. An invitation has been extended to members visit ing in Chicago. Kiwanians over the North Amer ican continent are planning to hear the speech of the International president and Mr. Lewis via the radio. AMERICA CAN RAIbh LARGE COTTON CROP Auburn, Ala-, Dec. 2- Boll weevil or no boll weevil, the cot ton belt; of the United States can produce all the fleecy staple the world will consume and pay for at a “living price,” in the opinion of Alabama experiment station of ficials. This could be accomplished through intelligent use of fertil iser and better varieties of seed, ! said Professor M. J. Punches*, di rector. after studying results of ! experiments extending over a 15 ! year period. The added cost necessary to in crease production would be small compared with the net’returns and it would not be necessary to ex tend the cotton area, he explain ed. —Associated Press. Blind Senator - "Li ' HIS IS the latest photo of Sen der Thomas '). Scholl from Min-j in ,f.a, who ha- attained this high post despite the great handicap of blindness. Eastern Co-ops Will Cut Costs Close All But Four Mark ets After The Holidays In Eastern Beit. Raleigh, Dec. 3.-—Every receiv ing point of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association in East . rn North Carolina except four will close for the season of 1925 1926 on Friday. December 18, ac cording to the anouncement made this week by general manager R. R- Patterson of the association. The four cooperative markets which will continue open after the Christmas holidays to receive to- ; bacco from members of the asso-! elation arc Wendell, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro and Washington. While the association manage ment anonunees that this move is 1 being mark* in the interest of econ- : omy and to avoid undue expense where deliveries fail to justify further operation of a market this I reason, they call attention to the fact that the association receiving points which will be reopened after Christinas are so located that a ma jority of the Eastern Carolina members can reach them without great inconvenience while they are 1 effecting a very large saving by! the closing down of the other: markets. In the meantime members of the ! association throughout the East ern Belt arc urged so far as pos sible to complete their deliveries j to all the local receiving points 1 which will continue to operate un til December 18. Representative members of the tobacco association from 43 eoun-1 ties of the old belt of North Car- ; olina and Virginia who filled the Masonic Temple at Danville last 1 week in a meeting to determine upon the terms of a new five year contract for orderly marketing and j the protection cf the price for their ! tobacco from 1927 to 1931 decid ed definitely upon a contract call-! ing for 65 per cent of all old belt tobacco and delivery of all tobacco grown upon the land of every sign or. The South Carolina tobacco growers have decided upon a sim ilar contract calling for 65 per cent of the tobacco in their belt and absolute delivery of all tobacco grown upon the lands of signers, to the future association. The dark fired tobacco growers of Virginia have already signed up 7,000,000 pounds of tobacco or 17 per cent of the total production of Virginia dark fired tobacco to a contract calling for 75 per cent of the to tal crop in their State DUKE’S CHARLOTTE HOME TO BE SOLD Charlotte, Dec. 2.-—The J. B. Duke residence in Myers park, one of the show places of Charlotte, and said to be one of the finest residences in North Carolina, will he offered for sale, according to announcement here today. It is understood that the property will i be sold at auction, this method hav ling been approved by Mrs. Duke, the widow, and G. G. Allen,*c.f New York, one of the executors j of the late power magnate s es tate. Colonel Leroy Springs, of I.an !easier, S. C., has been mentioned ins a buyer of the property as has J. H. Cutter, wealthy cotton man of this city. REEI Sf» id ns 3! Wife Who Had Husband in Court For Beating Her Suddenly Remeir: bers She Needs Him to Help Kil! Hogs. OTHER COURT NEW - The Recorder’s court, after a va cation of two weeks, due to tiio special session of the Superior Court held here in the meantime, resumed operations hero on Ttteh day. The following cases were dis posed of: j George Childers, a white man living at the Ivanhoe mill village , near Smithfield, wsY in couii charged with wife beating and fail ing to provide support for the family. His wife, Alice Childers, told a harrowing tale on the wit • ness stand of notv she had been beaten by her husband at times when he was drunk. Her plea to ihe court was for relief by sepa ration from such a man as he; George is. Aeting upon her r< quests the court gave her busbar a four months jail sentence. A- | the jailer was escorting George along toward his cell, Alice hap pened to think that on tomorrow she wanted to kill hogs; so shL besought the court to allow George to go back home with her to stay long enough to help her kill the hogs. They, accordingly, went home together with the court’s' injunction to be back next Tuesday to give a further account , | of the hog killing and the wife jj beating. Ready Radford for disposing of mortgaged property, was adjuds*. ed guilty. Prayer for judgment >•. was continued upon payment of cost. Andrew Johnson, a white man of Kenly, and his three sons, J. S., Luther and Chin Johnson, were charged with larceny and conceal ing stolen property. As to An drew and Luther, probable cause was found and they were bound over to Superior Court under a S300 bond. Jimmie Love, Henry Ratliff George McCoy,' Walter Lcve am; Laiah Sanders, negroes from the city of Benson, were charged with crap-shooting in which the sum of four cents was at stake. Wa ter Love was found not guilty while all the others were found guilty. Prayer for judgment was contin ued upon payment of cost in each conviction C. L. Kelly plead guilty of vi olating the prohibition law and was fined SI5 and cost. Fulton Norris and W. W. Ar demon were tried for violatir v automobile laws. Norris was or joined from driving a ear for t next ensuing month and Ander son was discharged upon payment, of cost. Leonard Tanner was found guu ty of violating the prohibition laws and was given a fine of $25 and cost- V Janie and Louise Ward, two wandering prostitutes with a cour* record a yard long, were charged with fornication and adultry and operating a house of ill fame. Thsy were given a 60-jday jail sentence on one charge and a two year jail sentence on the other. They will be released at the ex - piration of 60 days*aad given the privilege to vacate Johnston coun ty. Upon failure to do so they will be returned to jail to spend the rest of the two-year sentence. Buddie Boykin was in court on charges growing out of his as sociation with the Ward women. He was found guilty but discharg ed upon the payment of cost. Richard O'Neal, of O’Neal township, was indicted for slur ping a negro. The trial developed that the prosecuting witness also (violated the law and the case was (dismissed upon payment of eo? ! divided between the two. Andrew Blackman. Coy Smith and Puffev Johnson, were charged I with immoral relations with Jane and Louise Ward. The solicitor took a n:-l pros as to Coy Smith. Andrew Blackman wa di charged upon payment of cost, and Dr, fey Johnson was fined ?25 aw! cost. Prayer for judgment was continued for two years, ^