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VOLTJIV1E 44—NO. 1
Johns'ton County’* Oldest and Bejrt Newspaper-Established 1882
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1926
Kmw Your County
Do yi| know that Johnston, Wil
son aft Pitt • ounties raised more
produo per acre in 11)22 than any
like ana in the United States?
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Johnston Farmer
On Curing Meat
G. B. Smith Explains How
He Wins Blue Ribbons
At State Fair.
By PROF. L. H. McKAY,
Animal Industry Division, State
College of Agriculture.
G. B. Smith, of Smithfield, Route
No. 1, Johnston County, who took
blue ribbons in the ham, shoulder
and baccn classes, as well as serv
ed second premiums, in the first
cured meat show held at the State
Fair lait October, has given his
mothodi of curing and handling
meat. The cured meat he exhibited
was uniformly of excellent quali
ty, and won in stiff competition
particularly in the ham class; so
the melhods he uses should be of
interest to every one putting meat
into cure this killing season.
Mr. Smith kills his hogs when
about) ten months old, at which
time they weigh from 175-225
pounds. He considers that these
give hm the best hogs, then
spreads the pieces out, and allows
them to tool over night, thus mak
ing sure uat the heavier cuts such
as hams J.nd shoulders are thor
oughly cooled out. By so doing, he
reduces hi?i chance of loss from
“souring at the bone” to a min- |
imum. The next morning he trims
the hams, shoulders and bacon
'sides and puts them into cure.
With ever* 100 pounds of meat he
uses tiie Jillowing mixture:
8-10 lbs. salt.
1 1-5 lb. brown sugar.
8 oz. bl*ck pepper.
1-4 oz. Saltpeter.
He mixes all well together, then
rubs eachJpiece tyioroughly, using
Q-km tv mthe 1m^yrnA ike, n
* of using: salt; alone/ He packs
* meat down in one corner of
1 smoke house and let* it lie
| rthe mixture until he considers
vcured» usually for about four
iks, the time depending: on the
iPj of the cpts and the weither
AT of the meat is then ijfaken
J ut of'; cure and smoked for a
[week or ten days with hickory
(wood, then washed in hot water
[with a scrub brush. Next, parched
^neal, black ^pepper, and borax is
fit on the flesh side. Each piece
1^ wrapped well in paper, and
placed in cloth bags with a
?1<* hay in the bottom and
l ,ng in the smoke house that
cannot get to the meat.
Mr. Smith attributes the ex
cellent quality, firmness and flav
or of his meat more t>o his cus
tom of taking the meat out of
cure early than to anything else.
He says that if the weather turns
^varm. he takes his meat out of
less than four weeks.
joints In Meat Curisg
feel perfectly safe in pack
ing away his meat, after rubbing
it again before taking it up ready 1
i for smoking and storing.
Another good point is that Mr.
flSmith pays attention to the
tther. Not only does he watch
proper killing weather before
butchers his hogs, and puts
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I AUNT ROX1E SAYS
By Me
VW MLMi— nMaa ■ J
wishes every body a mercy
r.'«r ’cepten dem what’s ;es
ied, an’ years at fos1
r*ort, I wishes dem /wo
Genius
A,u T'CCAb'TC|j
BILLIE HILL, only seven years
of age, lives in Los Angeles and
is predicted to be the “coming
genius of the violin,” by Efrem
ZimbjnlisL Such words coming
from so great a master is praise
indeed. *
Recorder’s Court.
Has A Busy Day
Several Found Guilty of
Violating the Prohibi
tion Laws.
The Recorder’s Court, in ses
sion here on Tuesday, the 29th
iisposed of the following cases on
-he criminal docket:
Alonzo Wall, of Wilders town
ita "1jI'Sr uKspos'ng of
mortgaged property and found not
guilty.
A. Z- P>rter was found guilty
of operatijg a car while under
the influence of whiskey. Prayer
for judgmtnt was continued upon
payment o? costs.
Brack Davis was found guilty
of violating the prohibition laws
and was discharged upon payment
of costs. *
Juddie (Conner was tried, for vi
olating tjie prohibition lawg and
found guilty. Prayer for judgment
nued o* payment of the
was cont:
costs.
Claude
violating
was fined
On
ray ha- Wj
Paul,
;er Rarbrmr all plead guilty to a
Stanley plead guilty to
the prohibition laws and
$25 and ta:*ed with the
harge of assault W. C.
as found not guilty.
Idward, Jimmie and Les
of assault. Prayer for
was continued upon pay
costs, and the defendants
discharged.
Edwards was tried for
crops before paying his
■ cuts. Guilty, but judgment was
suspended upon payment of rents
and costs.
Ed Jones was tried and found
guilty of an assault with an au
tomobile. The couflft imposed a
flOO fine and taxed the defendant
•With the cost of the action. From
this judgment he took an appeal
to the Superior Court. He was. re
quired to give an appeal bond of
$300.
SISTER OF MR. J. D.
j UNDERWOOD DEAD
Mr. J* D. Underwood was call
ed to lWyne county Monday night
on acvnint of the serious illness
f hisj jister, Mrs. John Granth
am. S/tehad suffered a stroke of
par^lj il and passed away about
midnight Monday night. She was
buried Tuesday afternoon at the
Gran than family graveyard, Rev.
J. M. Juncan, of Calypso, con
ducting the funeral. The deceas
ed was tbout 63 years of age.
Those attending the funeral from
this city pere Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Underwod, Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Jones and Mrs. C. B. Register.
"Fertiher Recommendations
for Nortl Carolina Soils” is the
title of - i recent publication is
sued by the Agricultural Exten
sion Srvicfc at State College. A
copy
cur*
_lhis folder ma]
b' writing the A.
Edi .O’J it ate College S
Ralei
Hollywood Party ‘
In Train Wreck
Johnston County Folks on
Train That Was Wreck
ed But No One Hurt.
News reached here Tuesday
that the Florida special carrying
the Hollywood party conducted by
Mrs. Thomas A. Wadden to the
“Land of Flowers,” was wrecked
near Florence, S. C. Messages
however, were, to the effect that
no one was hurt, and a fourteen
hour delay was perhaps the great
est discomfort.
Mrs. Wadden, who has taken j
several parties from Johnston
county, to Hollywood during the
past few months, had one of the
largest crowds this time of any
trip yet. They left Smithfield
about eight o’clock Monday eve
ning. About thTee o’clock Tues
day morning, (at a poinfc near
Florence, S. C., the engine left
the track and was turned over.
The engineer is said to have real
ized trouble and was slowing
down when the accident happen
ed which prevented the derail
ment of the cars and probable cas
ualties. A message from Mrs.
Wadden praises the work of the
crew, and characterized 'the en
gineer as a real hero, who hand
led the situation admirably. No
cause was assigned the wreck.
After a few hours delay the
journey south was resumeld but
the return will probably be some
what later than was at first ex
pected.
Those from" Johnston county who
were on the wrecked train were^.
Messrs. Chas. B. Register f *§am
Stallings^ Misses _ Flowers,
Hattie Stephenon, Mrs. W- H.
Austin, Mrs. W. W. Cole, Miss
Luna Pearson, Mrs. E. B. Bor
den, little Misses Ellen Broadhurst
and Nell Morgan Broadhurst this
city, Mr. Edwin Woodall, of
Smithfield, route 2, Mrs. Hales,
Mrs. Edgerton and Miss Martha
Lee North of Kenly, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Massengill and Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Grady of Four Oaks,
Messrs. Herman Williams and L.
D. Adams of Pleasant Grove,
Messrs. Jasper Boyett and Wilbur
Wiggs of Princeton.
CLINIC FOR CRIPPLES TO
BE HELD AT WILSON
Cheer has been brought to the
hearts of many cripples of this
county by the possibility of im
provement through the treatment
offered them by the Lion’s Ortho
paedic Clinic at Wilson. This clin
ic is held on the first Saturday of
each month in the offices of the
County Health Department at the
new courthouse in Wilson. The
next meeting will be o nSaturday,
January 2.
Crippled children and disabled
men and women with clubbed feet,
deformed backs, crippled hands,
arms, and legs are having their
deformities corrected through the
treatment afforded them free of
charge by this clinic.
At the first session of this clin
ic on December 5, forty-seven
cripples were examined and many
received treatment. A numbeT
were found who cannot be treat
ed in clinic, but require operations
necessitating their going to Ral
eigh where a hospital bed is fur
nished by the Kiwanis Club of^ the
city or to the State Orthopaedic
Hospital at Gastonia.
'Rhis clinic is sponsored and
supported by the * Lion’s club of
Wilson, which brings Dr. Hugh
Thompson, one of the leading or
thopaedic surgeons of the state to
Wilson each month for the ex
amination and treatment of the
cripples of Wilson and adjacent
counties. Every disabled resident
of this county is invited to attend
the clinic.
Three Stills Captured
Three big copper stills and com
plete ouHifits were captured in
Wayne and Lenoir counties last
week by federal officers. All three
stills were located near White
Hall. One of the stills was in op
eration when the officers found
it but it had been deserted mad
firrests were made. Twelve hun
1 gallons of beer were seized
destrovedj^
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GOLD WAVE HAS
Asheville Had Lowest
Temperature in North
Carolina — Reached
Zero.
MERCURY ON * CLIMB
Raleigh, Dec. 29.—North Caro
lina shivered under the coldest'
weather of the winter Sunday nightj
and early yesterday. One fataji-^
mal, is expaci«d To** ««—dhvy or two,
the backbone of the wave was
smashed when changing winds
throughout the Middle West caus
ed the mercury to start a climb
that deared the zero mark by a
comfortable margin.
A toll of upward of two scores
of lives, a property loss estimated
at $1,000,000 in Chicago alone and
interference with transportation
facilities and wire communica- ]
tions were recorded.
The largest death toll was in!
Chicago, where 17 persons died in j
four days. Half a dozen persons j
were found frozen to death.
REPORT OF UNITED
WELFARE ASSOCIATION
A special called meeting of the
United Welfare Association oc
curred at the home of the presi
dent, Miss Mattie Pou, on the eve
ning of Dec. 17, e’even members
being present. A committee com
posed of Rev. S. L. Morgan, Rev
A. J. Parker, and Mr. H. V. Rose
was appointed to draft a consti
tution and by-laws.
One family assisted, in which
the husband and father is a bed
ridden invalid, from tuberculosis.
This wife is obliged to remain at
home to care for him; and six
children, all under sixteen years
old. The only income for the entire
family is $9.00 per month from
the outside pauper fund of the
county. Mr. Rose used $33.15
from the Community Fund to buy
clothing and food for this fam
ily.
Another family helped consist
ed of a widow and her 12-year
old daughter. The mother has tu
berculosis and heart trouble, but
works when she is able. Groceries
were bought for them in the sum
of $5.01. The names of these ben
eficiaries are recorded in the min
utes of the association and will
be giver, to anyone desiring to
know them.
Since this meeting, the extreme
ly cold weather has caused suf
fering in other instances, which
will be reported at the next reg
ular meeting of the association
which will be on Thursday night
following the first Monday in
January. Visitors are always wel
come at these meetings.
WOMAN’S MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETS
The regular business meeting of
the Woman’s Missionary society of
the Methodist church will be held
at the church Monday afternoon
at three o’clock. All members are
| urged to be present.
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WASHBURN, WIS. has the young
est Mayor of any municipality in
America. Paul Ungrodt was elect
ed to reform the town when hard
ly more than a boy. Now, at the
age of 23, he has made a great
success of his administration, han
dling the city's affairs with rare
judgment for one of so limited ex
perience.
Folks At Co. Home
Enjoy Chrtstmas
Various Committees In
County Provide Things
| For Christmas Tree.
Tiny Tim’s “and God bless us
every one,” seems to have been
the Christmas spirit) in Johnston
county this season and as a re
sult the inmates of our county
home are rejoicing over their
many blessings.
jTtirougn the Welfare Officer,
the different) Advisory Welfare
Committees over the county,
were asked to help make Christ
mas happy for our Home, and
treir generous response brought
a fine assortment of fruit), can
dies, nuts, cocoanuts, snuff and
tobacco, raisins and gifts to be
placed on the beautiful Chritmas
tree which was decorated and on
which an appropriate gift was
placed for every inmate by the
generosity of Smithfield. The In
termediate-Senior department of
the Methodist Sunday school gave
an appropriate Christn^as pro
gram. Christmas dinner was pro
vided by the Methodist Missionary
Society of Smithfield.
Not only did generous response
come from our white committees
all over the county, but the colored
committees as far off as the Long
Branch School communnity of
Meadow sent a fine check for
fruit, and .the colored commitees
of Selma with Mrs. Roberta Bunn
as its capable and energetic chair
man, contributed clothing for the
wife and seven children of one of
our unfortunate ones beside a very
generous contribution to the col
ored inmates of the Hune.
Mr. D. C. Smith, superintend
ent of the Home joins the in
mates and Welfare officer in
thanking every committee, club,
and organization which helped to
make Christmas so happy, and in
wishing a very happy New Year
for Johnston county.
Recipe for a Happy New Year
Take each of the three hundred
and sixty-five days,
Now coming to us along sunshiny
days,
And put into it just as much as
you have may
Of cheery hard work and of jolly
good play;
And’ every once or twice in a while
Just tuck in a corner a glad little
smile;
Then fill all the spaces below
and above
As full as can be of kindness and
love; 1
Just follow this rule—you’ll have
it is clear,
The happiest kind of Happy New
Tea;-. —Selected.
Farmers Meeting
Here Next Monday
Each Township 'To Bs
Represented In Organi
zation County Board of
Agriculture.
A good many of tbe leading
farmers of Johnston county have
been busy lately getting things
ready to place the county on the
map where she was a few years
ago and where she rightly belongs.
They say that in order to do this
there must be some organization
through which to work. The first
Monday in January at eleven o’
clock at the courthouse in Smith
field has been set for perfecting
a board of agriculture. According
to our information, aside from the
reorganization the old boaird
of agriculture through which the
issues will be fostered there will
be standing committees of three
for each special object or job at
hand with authority to act.For in
stance a committee of three on
roads whose duty will be to make
investigations and suggestions for
the Executive Committee of five,
of the board of agriculture rela
tive to put the “cross roads” of
the county in condition so that a
car can go over them at all times.
A similar committee on schools
over tne county; another on co
operative marketing; another on
cooperative production of uniform
good cotton, corn sweet potatoes
and so on. In fact a cooperative
seed growers’ association is pro
posed to furnish pure seed for the
county and other adjoining coun
ties. All these are to be discussed
at the meeting. The one big aim
of the meeting is to get old John
ston started on the road to more
prosperity and contentment by
cooperation. The business men of
the town in the county will be
asked to lend I hand also, later.
The women of the farm are es
pecially invited because the pro
gram for 1926 calls for home
beautifying and home economics
and it would not be much of a
committee for that phase without
women on it. The farmers' room
in the basement of the courthouse
is reserved for the folks to eat
their dinners in if they wish to
bring their dinners. Coffee can be
cooked in the room on an oil stove
provided.
After completing the county or
ganization the different township
representatives will be requested
to go back home and organize one
for each township. Then one elect
ted member from each township
will make up the county board of
directors of seventeen members
which will meet every first Mon
day. Each township will then have
one spokesman for its cause. Every
farmer in the county is here urged
to be present and help his coun
ty out. Think about who you want
for your officers and directors.
Come and have your say next
Monday for, later it may be too
late, say the ones who are anx
ious about tK& farmers conditions
here.
JUNIUS PARKER HEADS
A. T. CO. DIRECTORATE
Chairman of Board of American
Tobacco Company—Charles
Penn, Reidsville VicePres.
Since the recent death of Perci
val Hill, president of the Ameri
can Tobacco companq, Junius Par
ker, formerly of Graham, later
and for the past several years res
ident of New York, has been
elected chairman of the board of
directors of the company. Mr.
Parker, a brother of E. S. Parker,
of this city, has for several years
been associated with the company.
In 1899 he became assistant gen
eral counsel for the company and
in 1912 was made general coun
sel. It is understood that he has
practically given up a large law
practice in New York to give his
full time to the duties of chairman
of the board of directors of the
mammoth concern- Mr. Parker
was here on a visit a few days ago.
Another native North Carolin
ian, Charles A. Penn, formerly of
Reidsville, is also a member of
the board and is first vice-presi
dent in the organization.—Gre<fcr*s
boro News.
Note: Mr. Parker has a number
of relatives in this city.
New Cue Champ
HERE IS Edward Horemans, Bel
gian cue sensation whose skill
wrested1 the World’s Billiard
Crown from the brow of young
Jake Shaeffer. This is the same
crown that Willie Hoppe held for
so many years. Who’s next?
!i. TOMSK
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Was Stricken With Para
lysis While Members of
the Family Were At
the Home of Mother
For Christmas Dinner.
OTHER BENSON NEWS
Benson, Dec. 31.—Mr. John M.
Turlington died at the home of
| his mother, Mrs. Ellie Tufcling
: ton on Christmas day. All the
I children who live here were having
! dinner with their mother. Soon
after the meal was finished, Mr.
Turlington suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis and only lived a short
time. He had not been well for
j several months, but was feeling
as well as usual on this day. His
death was a great shock to the
| community. The funeral w*as con
j ducted from the residence Sunday
j afternoon with interment in the
i Benson cemetery. The Junior or
j der had charge of the services at
j the grave. Surviving him are the
widow and one young daughter,
his mother, and three sisters: Mrs.
Royal Hudson, Misses Sarah and
Mary Turlington, and one broth
er, Mr. Jesse Turlington, of Hen
dersonville.
Mr. Rifton Kernodle and Miss
Ruth Lawhon were married last
Thursday at the home of hpr fath
er, Rev. 0. R. Keller, the bride’s
pastor, officiating. Only a few
friends attended the ceremony.
The bride was dressed in a blue
georgette with accessories to
lumen. iarx. ivernouie is me only
daughter of Mr. J. M. Lawhon and
has a number of friends here who
will .J)© interested in her wedding.
Mr. Kernodle is with the Hedrick
Construction Company in Winter
haven, Fla. The young couple will
make their home in Winterhaven.
Dr. F. L. Perkins entertained
his Sunday school class which is
composed of young boys at his
residence^ Thurday evening. Each
boy invited a young lady and after
a delightful evening of various
games, refreshments were served.
At the Kiwanis luncheon last
evening the college boys and girls
of Benson were guests of the
club. In the absence of President
A. S. Oliver, Mr. H. A. Parker
presided. Mr. Alonzo Pairrish
made the address of welcome
which was responded to by Mr.
Annie Lee Denning and Mabel
Herman Strickland, who is attend
ing the State University. Misses
Johnston, of G. C. W., Greens
boro, sang a duet. Messrs. C. T.
Johnson and S. P. Honeycutt and
C. C. Canaday delighted the club
with a trio. Henry Slocum had
charge ofThe program and it was
one of the most delightful enter
tainments the club has had. Sev
eral rich stunts were puv on by
Chairman Slocum. An appetizing
menu was served by the North
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Special Service
Oi Christmas Day
Selna Finds True Christ
inas Spirit In Program
Given at M. E. Church.
Sema, Dec. 30—On Christmas
day at five o’clock a most im
pressive service was conducted at
the Edgerton Memorial church.
Long white tapers shed a soft
light over the decorations which
consisted of pine ferns and holly.
A Christmas carol “Peace On
Earth” was sung by the congre
gation after which is beautiful
prayer was offered by Mrs. Joe
Morgan. Another Christmas song
by the congregation af er which
Rev. A. M. Mitchell told a Christ
, mas story. Mrs. M. R. Wall sang
a beautiful solo. This was follow
ed by the singing of several car
| ols by the congregation, after
i which Mr. Eric Mhssey sang “H j|ly
j Night’” in a most impressive man
| ner. After singing “Joy to the
| World” Rev. C. H. Cashwell dis
j missed the congregation with a
short prayer. To Miss Margaret
| Etheridge, Miss Mildred Perkins
j and Mr. M. R. Wall goes the
j credit for the arrangement of
j mis, one oi tne most oeauxiiui
I esrvices held during the Yule
| tide. Those who attended went
j away with the deep consciouness
: tl^at the true Christmas spirit
I was prevalent.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Godwin, of
Gastonia, spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Benoy
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Woodard
visited relatives in Benson Tues
day.
Mr. H. T. Moye, of Goldsboro,
: spent Christmas day with fr:endi>-^
in the city, i •
t Mr. and Mrs. W. H Kirby and
little daughter, Margaret, have re
turned from Fremont where they
spent Christmas.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McMillan
i spent last week end in Red
I Springs with Mr. McMillan’s
I mother.
i Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whitley, of
I Florence, S. C., spent part of thow
j holidays with Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
I Woodard.
! Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Parker have
I returned from a visit to Clinton.
Mr. Fletcher Futrell, of - Pine ^ s
I Level, visited friends in Selma1
| Sunday.
Mrs. M. T. Candler spent Wed
nesday in Raleigh.
| Mr. W. G. Ward spent Christ
, mas with his family in Green
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Walston, of
Roxobel, visited Mrs. Herbert
Ward during the holidays.
Miss Dorothy Ward of Green-^^
villa, is spending this week
Miss Thelma "Yard. >
| Mrs; W. G. Ward and 'Laughter,
Miss Margaret, of Greenvltle, are
j visiting Mrs. Ed O’Neal. I ..
I Mrs. B. Lacy Hogc. Mr.
•Hoge and Miss Nettie Hoge,' 0f
Greensboro, and Mr. Robt. / fK.
Hoge from V. P. I. Blacksburg,' ^
Va., spent Christmas with Dr. anefv *
Mrs. Geo. D. Vick. ■■,/
Misses Lomie and Hazel Pike,
of Raleigh, and Miss Glenda i
Hodge, of Kenly. spent Christmas
with their aunt, Mrs- J. N. Wiggs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wiggs visit
ed relatives in Kenly on Christ
urns u«jr.
Miss Ida Parker spent Christ- f
mas in Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McLean and
daughters, of Raleigh, spent the ^
Christmas holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Atkinson.
Dr. Geo. D. Vick and Dr. A. S.
Oliver, of Benson, spent a few
days at Moncks Corner, S. C-.
hunting the first of the
From there Dr. \ irk will go Wed
nesday to Charleston to be with
his brother-in-law, Dr. Alexander 'iy
Martin, who will be operated on
in a hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Leonard
spent last week end with Mr.
Leonard’s parents near Lexington.
Mrs. T. J. Hogard and Miss Ruth
Council, of Norfolk, and Mr.
Claude Norfleet, of Suffolk, Vo.,
are visiting the family of Mr. W.
H- Etheridge.
Mrs. G. W. Peedin and children
of Wilson, and Dr. J. L. Mayer
,berg and daughter Miss Florence,
of Goldsboro, spent the holidays
with Dr. and Mrs. I. W. Mayor
berg.