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JOHNS+ON COUNTY
PROGRESS AND
CHRISTMAS EDITION
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1925
Forty-third Year
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Number 110
President State
University Here
Plans Are Laid For For
mation of Johnston Co.
Alumni Association.
Plans were laid for the organi
zation of a Johnston county Alum
ni Association of the University of
North Carolina, at a meeting held
at the courthouse Wednesday eve
ning. The president of the Uni
versity, Dr. H. W. Chase, Mr. Len
Grant, president of the State Alum
ni Association, and Mr. Marvin
Woodall, president of the Johnston
county club at the university, were
present and made talks to a goodly
number of former students of the
State University from different
parts of the county and friends of
the institution.
Mr. G. A. Martin presided over !
the meeting and introduced Dr.
Chase who reviewed the history of
the university since the Cilul war
when the student body numbered
sixty-nine to the past year when
6000 were enrolled, either on the
campus during regular school team
or during summer or in some ex
tension work. He emphasized the
fact that the university is now
striving to reach out, to penetrate,
and to serve the life of the entire
state. He spoke of the place that
the North Carolina University
holds among the educational in
stitutions of America. It is known
nationally and is on a par with
the bigger colleges. He stated that
North Carolina and the South
have suffered for educational fa
cilities in the past. The time was
when North Carolinians went to
other states for training and to
locate after they had become fit
ted for some vocation. That time
is about at an end. The complex
ity of life today demands trained
leadership. The University of
North UaTolina can furnish ade
quate training. In his closing re
marks he threw out a challenge
to the alumni of Johnston county
antf North Carolina to have a part
in the future of their alma mater.
Mr. Grant followed Dr. Chase,
speaking specifically in regard to
the Johnston county organization.
There are now sixty-five associa
tions in the state. Johnston coun
ty has the largest number of un
organized alumni in North Caro
lina. He pointed out the good that
an organization might accomplish,
and urged that Johnston county
accept the challenge which Dr.
Chase had thrown down.
Mr. Marvin Woodall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Woodall, of this
city, now a student at the uni
versity, was then called upon as
president of the Johnston county
club which is composed of thirty
six students to invite definite
plans for a joint meeting of the
club and Johnston county alumni
at which time an association will
be formed. He told how the club
in the past had endeavored to ar
range for joint meetings but not
with any great success. He sug
gested that plans for the meeting
this year be made by the alumni
and the club would cooperate in
any way possible. This plan was
adopted and Mr. G. .A. Martin, the
presiding officer, appointed a
committee to arrange for a din
ner meeting on the evening of
Friday, January 1, 1926. This com
mittee is composed of the follow
^ ing: W. P. Aycock, of Selma,
1 chairman, Geo. Y. Ragsdale, Dr.
# C. C. Massey, of Smithfield; Dr.
A. S. Oliver, Judge Ezra Parker,
of Benson; Kenneth Coates, of
Four > Oaks; Dr. George Vick, of
Selma; George Whitley, of Kenly,
and Mr. Swade Barbour, of Clay
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me
I neva railly knowed how ugly
my ole man wuz till ah had his
pictah enlawged.
Rev. W. G. Hughes
Minister Returns to Princeton To Deliver Two Spe
cial Lectures, On December 18th and 20th.
Geo. T. Scott Mow
Acting Chairman
Republican Executive
Committee In Session
\esterday Selects Tem
porary Siuccessor to J.
C. Stanci!.
The Republican Executive Com
i mittee composed of representatives
i from the various townships in the
! county met in the courthouse yes
terday afternoon and discussed the
appointment of the postmasters at
Princeton, Clayton, and Benson.
The postmaster at Princeton is E.
F. Pearce, at Clayton, A. R. Dun
can and Benson, W. P. Lee. These
appointments are due to be made
early in the new year. The Ex
ecutibe committee yesterday unan
imously approved the reappoint
of each Incumbent.
Mr. J. C. Stancil, chairman of
| the executive committee, has ac
cepted a position in New York
city as alcohol inspector, and leaves
this afternoon to take up his du
ties. This appointment came
through the department of Interna!
Revenue. In the absence t from
the county of Mr. Stancil, Mr.
George T. Scott, treasurer of the '
county, was chosen to act as
chairman. Mr. Stancil has been
deputy register of deeds, and his 1
son, Mr. Lawrence Stancil, now a |
student at State college, will be
deputy in his place after January
1st.*
DIOGENES, TERN OFT YOUR
LIGHT; HE'S DISCOVERED
Shenandoah, Iowa, Dec. 9.—If a
moving picture house owner takes
a picture that is no good he should
tell his patrons so they can stay
away. Such is the attitude of C.
J. Latta, owner of a local theater,
which ho outlined today after he
had warned customers against see
ing a picture booked at his play
house for two days. He not only
advertised in the newspapers his
dislike for the film, but posted a
bulletin in front of the theater ad
vising patrons his picture was “one
of the weakest” he had seen. Latta
said he took this action as a pol
icy of honest advertising and would
do it again if the occasion de
manded.
ARCHER LODGE
Rev. Mr. Stringfield preached a
very interesting and impressive
sermon at the White Oak Baptist
church Sunday. He had a large
audience and held them throughout
the forty minute sermon with his
vivid explanations and illustra-'
tions of the power of God and His
love. His text was “I will instruct
thee in the way in which thou
shall* go: I will guide thee with
mine eye ”
Mr. Luther Barnes, who has been
in the hospital for two weeks tak
ing a treatment for injuries re
ceived in France during the war,
has returned home.
Mrs. R. H. Eatman and family,
of Princeton, visited Mrs. S. T.
Liles last week end.
Mr. Wilbur E. Parker Re
ceives Average of $37.
69 Per Hundred First
Advance.
SOLD 300 FOUNDS
The public has watched with in
terest the trend of tobacco prices
on the auction floor. The prices
given for tobacco delivered to the
Cooperative Association have not
been so much in the limelight, but,
nevertheless, good prices have pre
vailed throughout the season. Sev
eral members of the Tobacco Co
operative association have made
unusual averages, the average of
Mr. Wilbur E. Parker, Runn, route
2, being particularly noteworthy.
According to a local representa
tive of the Cooperative association,
Mr. Parker delivered on December
8, 300 pounds of tobacco to the
association warehouse and receiv
ed a first advance check for $113.
07. This was an average of $37 69
per hundred as follows:
AIL. 116 pounds, $49.01.
A20, 42 pounds, $16.38.
D1L; 66 pounds, $24.09.
D20, 56 pounds, $19.04.
D50, 20 pounds, $4-55.
Miss Matthews Guest of Honor
Selma, Dec. 9—Miss Edith
Matthews, of Clinton, was the
guest of honor at a delightful din
ner given by Mrs. W. H. Poole at
her home Saturday evening, De
cember the fifth. The approaching
holidays were suggested in the
decorations and in the delicious
four course dinner.
Besides the guest of honor those
present were Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Poole, Misses Mary Martin, Mar
garet Harrison, Blanche Stone
ham, Lillian Britt, Frances Pit
tard, Frances Moore, Mabel
Barnes and Aldine Barnes.
Here's The Secret
I am 68 years old. I feed and at
tend to all my stock, and make
more on 22 acres than many far
mers make on 75 or 100 acres.
Shall I tell you the secret?—leg
umes, peas, vetch, velvet beans,
etc., with all the manure I can
make. From a field of thrs e acres
sowed last fall I mowed 18 large
two-horse loads of oats, vetch and
wheat combined. I sow 1% bush
els of oats, a peck of wheat, and
10 pounds of vetch to the acre.
Keep what stock you can and
remember cotton alone will never
make you rich.
Try to be a free man
Do not depend on cotton,
And you will live and laugh the
longer
When the other man’s forgotten.
—A. L. Eubank, in The Progres.
sive Farmer.
Mesdames Sam Hogwood, Wal
ter Howell and Miss Lucy Mathis
spent Wednesday in Rocky Mount.
OLIVER CASE TO.
SUPERIOR COURT
Trial I3 Set For Next Mon
day; Eugene Rhodes
Only Witness In Case
Put On Stand In Recor
ders Court.
BIG DOCKET TRIED
Interest in Recorder's Court this
week centered around the case of
the State against Gaston Oliver, a
young boy about 16 years old,
charged with the murder of James
Woodard. Probable clause w|is
found, and the defendant was
bound over to Superior Court un
der a $!?,000 bond. Failing to give
bond he was placed in jail where
he now awaits trial in the higher
! court. Eugene Rhodes, a fourteen
| year old boy living near Pine Lev
el, was the only witness examined.
According to young Rhodes, Mr.
Woodard had gone Thanksgiving
Day to help his brother kill ho|fs.
Archie Woodard, Gladys Woodard
and two little ones were left at
home. About) 8:30 or nine o’clock
Gaston Oliver who had been hunt
j ing, came by and stopped. He had
a single barrel-shot gun. He gave
James and the witness, Eugene
i Rhodes, some ground peas. Later
j James and Gaston got to wrestling.
After they had quit wrestling
j Gaston took his gun and shot
James. The Rhodes boy summoned
help and the Woodard boy was
rushed to the Smithfield hospital,
where he died the following Wed
nesday evening. This case is set
tor next Monday.
Another case of interest was
that of the State vs. Charlie Boy
kin charged with assault. It seems
that Boykin turned over a can of
gasoline in a store in the Moore’s
school house section, and the son
of John Grice was badly burned.
The defendant was found guilty of
assault, but prayer for judgment
was continued upon condition that
he pay the cost of the doctor’s
bill which amounted to $47.50.
Other cases disposed of were:
State against Fulton Norris, Ern
est Langston and Shellie O’Neal,
charged with affray. Guilty. Sen
tenced to jail for a term of 90
days to be worked on roads of
Johnston county and pay costa.
State vs. Marvin Stokes, charg
ed with assault with auto. Guilty.
Discharged upon payment of the
costs.
State vs. Napoleon Deans,
charged with assault. Guilty. Sen
tenced to jail for a term of six
months to be worked on the roads
of Johnston county and pay the
costs. Appeal was taken to Su
perior ourt. Defendant placed un
der $300 bond.
State vs. Marvin Pierce and Ar
thur Pearce charged with assault.
Guilty. Entered plea of guilty. Con
tinued prayer for judgment upon
payment of cost.
State vs. Willis Smith, charged
with violating prohibition laws.
Entered plea of guilty. Sentenced
to jail for a term of four months
to be worked on the raods of
Johnston county and pay costs.
Road sentence suspended during
good behavior.
State vs. J. A. Massey, charged
with giving worthless check. Guil
ty. Appealed to Superior Court.
Placed under $100 bond.
State vs. Bill App Barbour
charged with trespass. Guilty.
Fined $10 and cost. Appealed to
Superior Court. Placed under a
$100 bond.
State vs. Elbert Hudson charg
ed with assault. Guilty. Fined $25
and cost.
State vs. John McLamb charg
ed with assault. Defendant waives
presence of warrant and pleads
guilty. Prayer for judgment con
tinued upon payment of costs.
State vs. Henry Pollard charged
with affray. Guilty. Fined $50 and
cost. Notice given of appeal.
State vs. Dock Chapin charged
with breaking jail. Guilty. Senten
ced to jail for term of four months
to be worked on the roads.
State vs. John McRay and Phil
lip Thompson charged with for
gery. Probable cause found and
bound over to Superior Court.
State vs. Jesse Strickland,
charged with trespass. Entered a
plea of guilty. Continued prayer
for judgment upon payment of the
Four Oaks Votes
Bonds For Water
Election Carries By Ma
jority of 9; Cast 69
Votes For, 60 Against.
The election held in Four Oaks
Tuesday to decide whether or not
that town should have water and
sewerage was czv:fcy a ma
jority of nine. The election calls
for a §70,000 bond issue. One hun
dred and fifty voters registered
for tije election. A total of 129
t*ftes were cast, sixty-nine for the
bond issue and sixty against. The
nine majority was sufficient to
carry the election, it not being
necessary in an election of this
kind to have a majority of the
registration. Elections involving
necessary improvements require
only a majority of the votes ac
tually cast, and while the election
itself was not necessary, Four
Oaks preferred to put the ques
tion to popular vote. The recent
fire which wiped out several of ;
the stores and the A. C. L. sta- I
tion was one of the best argu
ments for a water system that
could have happened. The town will
now have not only the convenience
of water in the homes but a pro
tection in case of fire which will i
mean a lower insurance rate.
FIRST BASKETBALL GAME
HERE WED. NIGHT
Wednesday night December 1G.
the Banner Warehouse basket ball
court will furnish the scene for
the opening contest of the local
basketeers when they will meet
the five from Four Oaks. The
local boys have been undergoing
very strumous practice during the
the past several days and Oiach C
L.Walker reports the Smifmield
quint to be in fine condition for
the game Wednesday night. Come
out and back up your home-town
team.
NEW YORK TO-FLORIDA
AIR SERVICE POSTPONED
Fayetteville, Dec. 9—Adverse
weather conditions in the north, are
holding up the first trip of the New
York to Florida air mail plane, ac
cording to advices received at Pope
Field from the Curtiss company,
promoters of the service.
At the headquarters of the Fort
Bragg air station it was said that
no further advices had been re
ceived from New York since
Lieutenant Harlan W. Holden, the
flying field’s commanding officer,
was notified that the flight had
been postponed indefinitely be
cause of weather conditions.
The doctor was examining school
children. One youngster was un
ler weight. “You dont drink milk?’
“Nope.”
“Live on a farm and don't drink
milk at all?”
“Nope; we ain’t got hardly
enough milk for the hogs.’
Uncle Jim: “Well, Tommy, did
you make any mistakes at school
today ?”
“Nephew: “Yes. I did a sum
right that Miikey Mullegan had
failed on.”
“But that wasn’t a mistake.”
“Sure it was. After school h^
licked me for doin’ it.”
cost.
State vs. T. D. Tart charged i
with trespass. Guilty. Prayer for j
judgment continued upon pay- i
ment of costs.
State vs. C. B. Byrd charged
with removing crops. Guilty.
State vs. W. B. Lee, charged
with removing crops. Guilty.
' State vs. Black I^ecJ, charged
with removing crops. Guilty. The
sentence in the last three cases
was deferred until next Tuesday.
State vs. Boy Love, Isaac Baker,
James Hawley, John McLamb,
charged with being drunk and is
orderly. Baker and Love guilty.
Prayer for judgment continued
upon payment) of cost. Hawley and
McLamb not guilty.
State vs. Walter Love, charged
with assault. Guilty. Sentenced
to jail for four m». .hs to be
worked on the roads and pay costs.
Jail sentence suspended during
good behavior.
Criminal Term Court
Here Next Week
The criminal term of Super
ior Court will open here on
Monday, December 14, with
Judge Devin presiding. This is
the regular December term of
criminal court and there is a
full docket to be disposed of.
The court will be in session for
two weeks.
Basketball Games
In Champ Series
The Rules Governing The
Series Are Outlined in
Detail.
Friday, December 11th
Wilson’s Mills vs Meadow at'
Meadow.
Four Oaks vs Pine Level at Pine
Level.
Micro vs Archer Lodge at Ar
cher Lodge.
Kenly vs Corinth Holders at
Corinth Holders.
Friday, December 18th
Princeton vs Wilson’s Mills at
Wilson’s Mills.
Pine Level vs Meadow at Mead
ow.
Glendale vs Kenly at Kenly.
Corinth-Holders vs Micro at Mi
cro. I
Friday, January 8th
Princeton vs Pine Level at Prince
ton.
Four Oaks vs Meadow at Four
Oaks.
Archer Lodge vs Corinth Hold
ers at Archer Lodge.
Micro vs Glendale at Micro.
Friday, January 15th
Wilson’s Mills vs Four Oaks at
Wilson’s Mills.
Meadow vs Princeton at .Mead
ow.
Kenly vs Micro at Kenly.
Glendale vs Archer Lodgle at
Glendale.
Friday, January 22nd
Pine Level vs Wilson's Mills at
Pine Level.
Princeton vs Four Oaks at
Princeton.
Corinth Holders vs Glendale at
Corinth Holders.
Archer Lodge vs Kenly at Ar
cher Lodge.
Friday, January 29th
Wilson’s Mills vs Meadow ht
Wilson’s Mills.
Four Oaks vs Pine Level at Four
Oaks.
Micro vs Archer Lodge at Mi
cro.
Kenly vs Corinth Holders at
Kenly.
Friday, February 5th
Princeton vs. Wilson's Mills at
Princeton.
Pine Level vs. Meadow at Pine
Level.
Glendale vs Kenly at Glendale.
Corinth Holders vs Micro at
Corinth Holders.
All ties will be played off be
tween February 5th and February
19th. The winning team in Group
1 will play against the winning
team in Group 2 for the champion
ship on neutral ground to be
agreed upon by the competing
teams.
The following rules will be en
forced:
1. No student will be allowed to
play who has not been present at
school at least 60 per cent of the
time previous to fhe playing of
the game.
2. No student will be allowed to
play who has not passed a ma
jority of his school work.
3. Only students who have reach
ed the sixth grade will be elegi
ble to play.
4. All games will be called not
later than 4 o’clock and will be
played in four 8 minute quarters
with 2 minutes rest between quar
ters and 5 minutes rest between
halves.
5. The championship will be de
cided by a process of elimination
6. Any dispute between compet
ing teams will be settled by a
committee of three Principals to
be agreed upon by the disputing
teams.
7. If the weather prevents the
playing of any game it shall be
played during the first three days
of the following week.
Renew your subscription.
CHARLES MacVEAGH
Charlc3 MacVeagh of New York
and Washington has been selected as
ambassador to Japan. Mr. Mac
Veagh has been general solicitor
and assistant general counsel for
the United Statss Steel corporation.
Town Decides On
Amount of Bonds
Will Sell $120,000 Worth
Paving Bonds After the
First of January.
The City Fathers held their reg.
uiar business meeting Tuesday eve
ning, December 8, at which it was
decided to sell $120,000 worth of
bonds for paving purposes. The
committee on the paving proposi
tion composed of Messrs. R. P.
Holding, J. D. Underwood, and
W. F. Grimes had revised the pav
ing area and upon a basis of their
report the decision to sell $120,000
worth of bonds was made. The
paving area as devised included1
practically the same number of
blocks as was first considered, but
a few changes appeared to be
advantageous. These bonds will
not be put on the market until af
ter January 1.
A committee representing the
United Welfare Association of
Smithfield appeared before the
town board and asked for a sum
to be set aside by the town to
be used for charity work here.
After due consideration it was de
cided to appropriate for this wor
thy cause the sum of S50 per
month. Mr. H. V. Rose, secretary
of the Welfare Association, will
thoroughly investigate cases of
need and will disburse the funds
when necessary.
Death of a Child
Pine Level, Dec. 7.—Thursday
morning, Dec- 3 just as the sun was
sinking over the great horizon,
the Angel of Death visited the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Game,
and claimed as its victim the spir
it of their little granddaughter,
Clare Lee Thompson.
Clare Lee was only six months
old, but was a >«ty sweet baby and
grandmothers and loved ones had
learned to love her dearly- ifut God
in His infinite wisdom, who do
eth all things best, saw fit to hake
this little motherless babe to the
great beyond- Clare Lee was the
twin baby of Mrs. K. G. Thomp
son who preceded her to the grave
only six months ago, and her twin
sister, Lettie, died three months
ago. All was done for the little
one that earthly friends could do
but pneumonia set in which fin
ally resulted in death.
The funeral was preached at the
Free Will Baptist church here Fri
day afternoon at two o'clock. After
which the little baby was laid to
rest in the Thompson cemetery to
await the resurrection morn.
Grieve not, lonely grandmother,
father and loved ones for,
Clare Lee is sweetly sleeping,
Where no mother now is needed,
In the blessed arms of Jesus
O what blissful, perfect sleep.
If sugar from dahlia and arti
choke tubers can be grown to sup
plement sugar beets, California
sugar manufacturers may soon run
their factories all the year round.
There are no storms or hurri
canes on the Island of St. Hel
ena. In the course of sixty years
only two flashes of lightning were
recorded. There are no motor cars,
no lawyers there, and only five
policemen.
President Reads
■ Renews Former Recom
mendations; Longworth
Chosen Speaker.
Washington, Dec. 7-—Amid col
orful and turbulent scenes in the
House and utter calm in the Sen
ate, the Sixty-Ninth Congress put
underway today its first, and long
session.
A small group of insurgents
started the fireworks in the house,
but despite their opposition and
that of the Democrats, the Repub
lican majority rolled up with the
Coolidge landslide of 1924 moved
on to victory in every test of
strength. d|!jjg
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio,
former Republican floor leader,
was elected speaker in a three-cor
nered race in which the Democrats
supported Finis J. Garrett, of
Tennessee, their floor chief, and
the insurgents cast their ballots
for Henry Allen Cooper, of 'Wis
consin. The vote was: Longworth,
229; Garret, 173, Cooper, 13. Five
voted present.—Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 8.—A wide
range of legislative recommenda
tions, some of them new, others a
reiteration of policies he has ad
vocated to Congress for the last
two years, was contained in Pres
ident Coolidge’s annual message
transmitted today to the house and
senate.
Abandoning his custom and
that of President Wilson and Har
ding of addressing a new Congress
in joint session, Mr. Coolidge sub
mitted his message in writing. One
| of the longest presidential mes
! sages in years, aggregating 10,000
words and touching on 46 subjests
it was read by clerks in ehch
hotfse.
In the field of domestic legisla
tion the executive urged further
tax reduction, giving general ap
proval to the bill drafted by the
! house ways and means committee;
recommended action to strengthen
aviation along lines proposed by
his air board; renewed his advo-*
cacy of power to deal with labor
disputes in the coal industry as
proposed two years ago by the coal
commission; advised a curtailment
of the shipping board’s powers and
control of the merchant fleet by
one executive and touched again
on the need for encouragement to
cooperative marketing as an aid to
agriculture.
Annual Message
Renews Stand
The President also appealed for
observance of the prohibition law
by the public and vigorous en
forcement with the cooperation of
states. He renewed his advocacy
of railroad consolidation, govern
i mental reorganization and increas
jed state and local cooperation in
reclamation projects, opposed re
turn for the present of property
seized from aliens during the
world war and recommended sale
of Muscle Shoals to the highest
bider.
In a lengthy discussion of for
eign affairs, Mr. Coolidge appeal
ed for favorable senate action on
the proposal for American adher
ence to the world court, voiced
gratification over the Locarno se
curity agreement and expressed
willingness for the United States
to take a lead in any feasible plan
for further reduction of land and
sea armaments.
In the preface of his message
the President set forth the view
'that the country “does not appear
! to require radical departures from
the policies already adopted so
much as it needs further extension
of -these policies and the improve
ment' of details.
He also stressed anew the ne
cessity for government economy,
insisting that it is the pathway
to further lightening of the tax
burden.
The original “Royal” hybrid
! walnut tree on Luther Burbank’s
farm has for In years paid in
nuts and grafts an annual inter
est of G per cent on $10,000.
Straight roads that offer an op
portunity for speeding are more
dangerous than curved roads, ac
cording to Wisconsin figures.
Watch the date on your label and
don’t let your^time expire.