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f BMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modern Hotel - —Renovation o{ Opera House. —More Paved, Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. S -< YOLUME 44—NO. 2. Know Your County Do you know that Johnston, Wil son and EiOi * aunties raised more produce per acre in 1022 than any like area in the United State*'.’ $2.00 PER YEAR No Action Taken On Road Question Special School Elections Called In Cleveland and Pleasant Grove. The matter concerning the approv al Of State Highway No. ^1 across upper O’Neals township was one of the chief things to come before * the Board of County Commission 's in session here yesterday. A ' delineation from that part of the - county was here, and a rather len gthy discussion took place. The ! Board finally asked for more time \ before pushing their former ruling in which they agreed to loan mon j cy to the State Highway to hard surface that part of said highway : which crosses Johnston county. Other orders passed were as follows: f ! Ordered that the road commis . sioner of Wilders township be re leased of their $25,000 bonds and that said commissioner be allow ed to give* a new bond in the amount of $5,000 thereby giving them a reduction on said bond of 120,000. # Ordered that Luby Batten be paid $25-00 for building bridge •cross Mill branch. > Ordered that J. D. Spiers be re leased of valuation of $10,000 on ttock of merchandise same hav * log been put on by error. Ordered that an election be call ed in Cleveland township Special School Taxing District t,o vote on the question of levying a special tax of not more than 50 cents on the $100 worth of property.. Said election is called at the request of wie jDuaru 01 Ordered that there be called a ^ wwsfett** ^x^jvi ui«- ju* • •tt'****. ^ ^ 4„ Grove Special School Taking Dis trict for the purpose of voting a special school tax not exceeding 50 cents on the $100 worth of property. Ordered that Mrs. Troy Narron 1 be released of $900 tax valuation., same having been listed by error. Ordered that D. C. Smith be au thorized to buy 300 feet , of lum ber to make some needed repairs ’ on stalls at county home. Ordered that H. A. Herring be paid $15.00 for making a survey of the Dock Hill property. Ordered that A. K. Worley be released of valuation on personal property to the amount of $2800 same having been put on by er ror. The matter of appointing a farm demonstration agent for Johnston county having come before the Board of County Commissioners, it was ordered tabled until the first Monday in February at one o’clock in the af ternoon. Oredered that Henry Oneal of Wilders township be summoned before the Board on first Mon day in February and show cause why a former order of this Board (Turn to page four, please) Train Runs Into Load of Lumber Friday Last Friday morning about 9:15 o’clock as Mr. Jake Johnson, truck driver for Mr. R. D. Johnson, was driving a load of lumber across the railroad crossing at Powhatan, one standard broke and the lumber ber fell off the truck on the track. Before it could be moved the fast going westbound train ran into it and scattered the lumber and truck along the track. The truck was considerably damaged but the driv er escaped injury. i AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me XL 7 —sa-~*r National Champion \ \ ‘ T ^ • fygTOckCT»Rj STEPHEN M. Crothor of Phila delphia, shooting 200 round a day, broke 400 pigeons without a miss, establishing a world record and winning the national championship at Vandalia, Pa. The former rec ord ws 256 without a miss. North Carolina Gets $1,708,544 Jardine Announces Road Fund Apportionments For This State. Washington, Jan. 2.—Apportion ment of $73,125,000 among the states jfor use during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1926, in con struction of federal aid roads was announced today by Secretary Tardine. Apportionments for ^southern states follow: . _ .. Alabama, $1|1>&),799. Arkansas, $1,207,907. Florida, $897,185*. -— Georgia, $1,981,189. Kentucky, $1,41(3,809. Louisiana, $1,000,764. Maryland, $634,024. Mississippi, $1,293,203. Nlorth Carolina, $1,708,544. South Carolina, $1,051,093. Tennessee! $1,618,419. Virginia, $1,445,852. UNDER SAME PLAN. The fund? be spent on the ] federal aid highway system under; the .?ame plan of cooperation with the states that has been in oper ation f(,r 10 years. The roads in cluded Jn the apportionments are the 'jUto.u important in the coun try tfntKreaeh directly or indirectly every city ©f more than 5,000 pop ulation. s'. Ten thousand miles of federal aid highways were finished during 1925 with a taftal appropriation of approximately the same as for the coming fiscal year. Charged With Assaulting His 5-Year-Old Niece i 1 _ The jjrrest of Leonard Brady j was mafje here Saturday morning at his home, upon a charge of as sault upon the five year old daughter] of his sister, Mrs. J. L. Ormond .of Snow Hill. Brady, who is 22 yefers old had been working at Snow Hill but was at home on a visit, lie was placed in jail here but was taken to Snow Hill Sat-1 urday nijjht. A hearing in the case wiil be hjeld on Saturday, January RABBIAT GREENSBORO ACCEPTS CHRIST AS MAN Greensboro, Jan. 2. Rabbi Mil ton Ellis, of the Reformed Jew ish congregation here, preaching in Temple Emanuel tonight, de clared tha| all Reformed Jews are thoroughly jn sympathy with the declaration of Stephan R. Wise, of New York, who lately stirred the religious world.by his announced acceptance o£ Jesus as a man. “We do n^t accept as Christ,” the Rabbi saijd, “but as one of the great line of 1 prophets, the Son of God only scy far as all men are sons of God/ as their lives reveal God like attributes. We accept Jesus as a vim*' is a- member of the Ministerial assoeia :ed of the Protestant itholic priest and him 1 y had a Presbyterian the city tp speak in ue pulpit. Rabbi Greensboro tion, comp. ALUMNI BANQUET HELD II SELi Albert M. Coates Th< Principal Speaker Dis cusses “The Siate Uni versity Under Fire.” NOW ANNUAL EVEN! i Albert M. Coates, member oi the law faculty of the State Uni versity, was the chief speaker a one of the biggest U. N. C. alumn gatherings ever held in Johnstoi county, on last Friday evening January 1, in Selma. The meeting was held around the banque board, when the Woman’s Club o: Selma served a very delectable | menu to seventy-five or more stu dents of the University, formei students, wives and sweethearts and friends. The ^decorations of banquet hall carried the guests back to college days. Blue anc white streams festooned from the ceiling, and on the table produced a charming effect, and the college songs and cheers made for a real University atmosphere. Dr. George D. Vick of Selma, was toastmaster, and to him was due much of the easy informality of the occasion. Music by a Selma orchestra," and the vocal selections by Messrs. Paul Eason, Chester Alexander and Marvin Woodall*of this city added much to the pleas ure of the evening. Early on the program the toast master called upon County Super intendent |f. B. Mhrrow for a short talk, and Mr. Harrow’s sug sf?s.tu\n. t^at .this alumni occasion be made an annual affair upon the first day of each January found a ready response among those present. A motion was carried and a Johnston County Alumni Asso ciation was formed with the fol lowing officers: president. Dr. A. S. Oliver of Benson; vice-president, G. A. Martin of Smithfieh , o~c retary-treasurer, George Y. Rags dale, also of Smithfield. Others who made appropriate talks during the evening were J. D. Parker of this city, Dr. A. S. Oliver of Benson, W. P. Aycock of Selma, and Marvin Woodall, president of the Jchnston county club at the University. This meeting in Selma was an outgrowth of a recent meeting held in Smithfieid when Dr. H. W. Chase, president of the University, made a talk in the courthouse. For several years an effort, has been made by the Johnston county club and the alumni to arrange for a closer cooperation between the University and the folks back homp, and this was the spirit that pervaded the banquet Friday eve ning. The selection of Albert M. Coates, native Johnstonian and now a member of the U. N. C. facul ty, as principal speaker of the oc casion was particularly fortunate. Perhaps none 'other could so well interpret the spirit and attitude of this great state institution and ex press it so saisfactorily to the public. He called his address. “The University Under Fire,” and dur ing the course of it he outlined some of the chief criticisms that have been made against this in stitution, and endeavored to show that the University welcomed crit icism because it gave her an op portunity to make conditions bet ter. No ill-will is held against her critics. Criticism is an evidence of the place she holds in North Car olina. Mr. Coates touched upon theedrinking situation at the Uni versity, and also alleged teaching calculated to undermine the faith of students. Mr. Coates’ address in full is published elsewhere in this issue and is well -worth reading. Glass Front Broken In Affray Saturday Onions furnished the pretext for a hot time in Moore’s grocery for a short while Saturday when a slight altercation took place be tween the proprietor, Mr. J. W. Moore, and Mr. J. T. Matthews. The glass front was broken as a resuljt of the affray, which oc curred over the purchase of kome onions. I ; ? t- - -.—.$— Soioist and Sqjisg Conductor Rev. J. C. Costen Revival At M. E. Church To Begin Rev. J. C. Co3tcn of Hen dersonville, Evangelis tic Singer To Assist. ■./ _ .. .... According to announcement made Sunday by Rev. A. J. Parker, a .series of revival services will be-' gin at the Methodist church next Sunday morning. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Parker will do the “preaching, but he will be assisted by an evan- i gelistic singer. He has secured Rev. J4 C. Coster. **.. r ^ersonville, who comes highly recommended as a soloist and song conductor. Mr. Parker was very favorably im pressed with his singing at the last annual conference. Rev- D. B. Dodd, pastor of the Four Oaks circuit, commends him a§ a good mixer and the best evangelistic singer he has ever had to help him in a meeting. Further announcements will be made later as to the time for hold ing the services. Dr. Wellons Preaches On 100th Anniversary Elon College, Jan. 1.—An oc- j casion unique in the annals of! North Carolina Occurred here this j morning when Rev. J. W. Wellons, j D. D., Chaplain of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home at Greensboro, celebrated his 100th birthday by preaching a sermon to more than i ovu oi ms 'irienas wno naa as-1 sembled here in the Whitley au-| ditorium building. These friends came from all parts of the state i to hear this venerable minister, and many from outside the state.* “Uncle” Wellons, as he is fa-1 miliarly known to all his friends, j has been a minister of the Chris- j tian Church for more than 75 j years and has rendered a long and ! faithful service to the cause of the kingdom of Christ. He has1 looked forward to his 100th birth- j day for some time, and thinks that \ this sermon will be the last time! he will be able to appear in pub lic. His sermon was wonderfully clear for ji man of his age -and j carried a message gained from 1 experience. Preceding Dr. Wellons in the pulpit Hon. Josephus Daniels, for-! rner Secretary of the Navy and a life-long friend of Uncle Wel lons, spoke words of greeting to this venerable brother and to the congregation on this occasion, j President W. A. Harper q£ Elon College introduced him as one op' the greatest private citizens this I race has produced, and as an out standing public citizen. y-~J> \ A Friend With / Pull Cork: ‘Do youj Corks ow you bore^me ? you’ll have to you out of many Cood Hardware. NEGROES REPORT ON HOSPITAL PROJECT Total Amount Raised By Nergo Rural Schools In County Is $560.32. -- The supervisor ox Negro Rural schools, Mrs. Laura J. A. King, has £iV8?} out the following report on -drive 'la the negro schools for publication: Amount reported to date: $560. 32. Since the last "tag” day, De cember 12. the following schools reported on the hospital tag sale and the report has been turned over to D». W. J. B. Orr, superin tend .'in ji bl,e hospital: Southern Grove, Miss McNeel ey. $1.00. Simms, Lucretia Williams, $2.00. Pineville, Chas. L. Suggs, $6.19. New Bethel, Mrs. Grimes, Miss Lamb, $5.00. Booker Washington, Misses Meadows and Clarke, $6.20. Hickory Grove, Vacelia Spencer, $8.20. Piney Grove, L. A. Ford, Misses Sanders and MeCallum, $20.00. Montgomery, Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Lewis, $5.00. Four Oaks,, Mrs. Josie Womble and Miss Spencer, $15.00. Long Branch, Arnetta Barber, $5.10. Lee's Cross Roads, Misses Mur chison and Horton, $8.85. Each district school has been asked to raise a certain amount in order that a goal of one thousand dollars may be reached to equip the negro wards in the county hos pital. The following schools have paid above their assessment. They paid as follows: Atkinson’s Aonrlcrmr. Tnliu i Heartley, principal, M. Greene, as sistant, $15.00. Hodges Chapel, Gaynell Harris,! principal, $29.00. Pine Level, Mrs. Vinson, Miss Whitaker, $51.00. Next tag day will be held Jan uary 9. Below is the plan used by the Pine Level schools: The teachers, Mrs. Rosa B. Vin-; son and Clarabel Whitaker, met1 the plople of the community in public meetings, spoke op. .the ad- j vantage of the hospital and inter-1 ested them in buying tags and i giving their support in raising the required funds. The people in gen eral were energe/ic in helping. One patron, Mrs. Lugenia Vinson, sold sixteen tag?., $8-00. Total number of tags, sold were fifty—$25.00. Funds from Thanksgiving concert, $8.65; from box party held on De cember 10, $17:35. Total amount raised, $51.00. A CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank each and ev ery one who has been so kind and helpful to us in any way in the loss of our dwelling house which was destroyed by fire Christmas morning. May the Lord bless you *MR. & MRS. J, O. CREECH. Cole To Fight r Damage Sait Father of “Bill” Ormond Whom Cole Killed Files $150,000 Suit. Raleigh, Jan. 1.—W. B. Cole, the Rockingham cotton manufac turer who won his acquittal in Richmond county court last fall for the killing of “Bill” Ormond, was here today conferring with his attorneys in the preparation of | his answer to the complaint in the civil action brought in Wake coun ! ty court by the dead man’s father, | Rev. A. L. Ormond, for $150,000 ! damages. ^ j Cole’s counsel has filed motions writh clerk of court Vitrivious Roy ster for the removal of the civil case from Wake county to Rich mond county, for the dismissal of attachments taken on Cole’s prop erty and regarding matters involv ed in the suit. These will come up for hearing before the clerk Jan uary 5, the date set as a time lim it for the filing of Cole’s answer to Rev. Mr. Ormond’s complaint. Cole came to Raleigh with Fred Bynum, his personal attorney, and conferred with other members of his counsel in the office of James H. Pou, who led in his defense of the criminal charge. This after noon he called to see Secretary of State W. N. Everett, who has been confined to his home by ill ness for some weeks. Rev. Mr. Ormond filed his com plaint in the civil action in Wake court the latter part of November. He seeks $150,000 for the death of his son, “Bill,” whom-Cole -shot^on the streets of Rockingham last summer. * . . Mr. Dave Sellers Dies At His Home Here Invoking a blessing upon the food he was about to eat was the last conscious act of Mr. Dave Sellers who passed away at his home here- Sunday night about eleven o’clock, following a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Sellers was in his usual health and attended church j Sunday morning. He had just sat ; down to the supper table Sunday j evening and asked the blessing j when he was taken suddenly ill j and never rallied. Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon at the home and interment made in a cemetery near Selma. For a number of years Mr. Sellers had been the cemetery-keeper here, and keeping it trim and neat had been his pride. Rev. A. J. Parker, pastor of the Methodist church, of which the deceased was a member, con ducted the funeral service. Tihe deceased leavts a wife and several children all of whom were grown, to mourn his loss. He was about sixty years of age. All Universities In Ecuador Have Closed All universities in Ecuador were closed “temporarily" by a Govern mental decree dated August 11, ; 1925, reports R. M. de Lambert, secretary, United States Legation at Quito. The universities were located at Quito, Guayaquil, Cuen ca, and Loja. For many years past there has j been discontent with the so-called j superior education. It h^s been i most respectable to study for the j degree of doctor of law or doctor i of medicine, Mr. de Lambert states, j and although many efforts have ; been made by Congress and other- j wise to make the courses more dif ficult and have the candidates for degrees more thoroughly prepared, the degrees still have remained too easy of attainment. The result is that the country is flooded with doctors, the majority of whom are unable to earn a living a-t their j profession.—School Life. Gin Report There were 71,049 bales cf cot ton ginned in Johnston county from the crop of 1925 prior to De cember 15, 1925, as compared with 48,492 bales to December 15, 1924. E. G. HOLLAND, Gin Reporter. ---% Mrs. Lee SandeVs, Miss Eliza beth Hyman and Hr. Homer Mur ray went to Raleigh Saturday. Florida Ire MRS. GERTKtTDE Sciti of La Belle, Fla., is a woman of action. When her husband took May Law rence riding she followed them in another car. While hubby left camp to fetch water, Mrs. Seitz handcuffed the affinity, took her to town and had her arrested. Resignation Head Of Pythian Home C. W. Pender Gives Up Clayton Orphanage Af ter 13 Years Service. Henderson, Dec. 30.—R. S. Me Coin, past grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in North Car olina, and trustee of the order’s orphan jss2H£_jt£ ClaytoD. ^as- & visitor to that institution over the week end and brought back with him news of the resignation of C. W. Pender as superintendent of the home. Mr. Pender, who is the first and only superintendent the home has had, having gone there when the institution was opened in 1911, more than 13 years ago, will remain on duty until his successor can be selected. Mr. Pender is now well on to ward his 70th year, his age being a consideration in his giving up the work. He is a man of the type difficult to obtain and the trustees of the orphanage have made no selection, and have in mind no suc cessor as yet. The new boys’ dormitory at the home is rapidly nearing completion according to Mr. McCoin and1 will probably be ready for occupancy in a little more than thirty days. The walls and roof have been com- i pleted, and only the floor remains to be completed, he stated. The structure is one story above ! the basement and while built to provide accommodations ^ for 55 boys will probably be of sufficient size to house 80 to 85 youngsters. It cost between $30,000 and $40,- j 000 including furnishings. This is the second building at the institu-\ tion the one in use since the open-: ing of the home thirteen years ago having been utilized as a dor mitory for both boys and girls and also for cooking and dining rooms j and other purposes. The new building is provided for by funds raised by the membership j of the order throughout the State, and will greatly add to the equip ment and facilities at the orphan age. —Clayton News. Almost Golden Goose Mr. C. H. Allen, of Pine Lev-! el, Route 1, was in the city Sat- j urday and told us of a goose own ed by him that, while not laying the proverbial golden egg, laid during ; December an unusual number of' real goose eggs. According to Mr. Allen, his goose began lay ing on November 5 and up until j Christmas had layed nineteen eggs. This is an unusual record for the time of year. Geese usually begin laying about February. This is the only goose Mr. Allen possesses, but he thinks too much of his goose to kill her. Choir Practice Choir practice will be held at the home of Mrs. M. A. Wallace Thursday night at eight o’clock. All persons interested in the music for the Baptist church are re quested to be present MIZE FUl jpi for :co, First Action Was To Ask For Reinstatement Of , Office of County Farm Agent. __ 4 ACTION DEFERRED j *_ J pV ; A ^ x ! The Johnston Cotomy farm bn i reau which had its birth i|ja meet ing deld here yfesterday; *t the courthouse has already proved to be a lusty infant, having produced quite a discussion in the boird of county commissioners whenHbey asked for the reinstatement the office of county fn^m agent for Johnston. • The meeting held yesterday was I well attended in view nf t,ue in-1 clement weather and the organiza-1 tion was perfected with the follow- I ing officers: president, N. B. Grantham, of this city; vice-pres ident, W.-V. Blackman, of Meadow township; secretary, H. V. Ros|§ of this city; treasurer, W. If,' Flowers, of Elevation township^ These officers will constitute an exfj, ecutive committee with the addi- l tion of A. M. Johnson of Cleveland’! township, and S. P. HoneycurV/5 r»F Rnnruir The president was ordered tcfvj call a meeting for the first- Mon day in February at which time rules and regulations governing the organization and a farm pro gram for 1926 will be presented for adoption. A speaker of some note is expected to'be pi es< ht bis that day and ji ^^;ai farthers meeting' wilPbe held. ' Almost the first action new organization was the decis-, ion to ask for a farm agent in this county. Several farmers pres ent spoke favoring the reinstate ment of this ^officer and when the vote was put. a big majority showed themselves in favor of the proposition. A committee compos- - ed of A. M. Johnson, W. H. Floy.v-, ers, S>. P. Honeycutt and y V, '* Blackman was appointed tc go im mediately before the county com missioners and ask for a ;farig| agent. It proved to be a lively dis cussion before the county board, and for an hour the merits and de merits of a farm agent were band ied back and forth. The board de cided to defer action until the first ^ Monday in February. Mr. Knott Dead Mr. R. L. Knott, a tobacconist/ who has been on the Smithfield market for the past ten or fifteen years, died last Thursday night at the home of hiS sister, George Ferrell, at Carpenter He was a native of Granville and was about fifty-five age. * ; ge is survived by bfte broth* ^ ^ Caleb Knott, of VTendel I. ‘ and ^ sisters, Mrs. Ferrell, of Carpoh?e4 and Mrs. Walter Brummitt, of ATy burn. Funeral services were Saturday afternoon at Wendell Where the body was tal£e» for / burial. Among those attending the funeral from this city were: Capfc. H. L. Skhiner and Mr. L. G. Pat terson. . ^ A Mind Header * An army officer was on one pe- v casion standing near his headquar ters when he noticed that n 'ter- j tain captain, who was standing-,' nearby, was accustomed every time i a private sluted him to return the slute with military precision, but r to follow it up with the words i “The same to you.” Finally the officer first ranjjiion-j: j ed called him over and asked* tain, why do you say “the w you,” every time you return an . enlisted man’s salute?” I The captain grinned. this way, sir: I was a buck private k once myself, and T knew what they say under their breach every tini6r they salute an officer.”—From Ev erybody’s Magazine for January. Safe Insurance Agent: Don’t you war yodr office furnishings in*ui against theft? Boss’: Yes, all excejg Everybody watches Progressive Grocer. t juu wt*r. shin us