8MITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1882 \ V J———-V Know Your County Do you know that Johnston, V. il son and Pitt ■ ounties raised more produce per acre in 1D22 than any (ike area in the United States? S----J yOLUME 44—NO. 3 * * SMITHFIffLD, No C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1926 * * $2.00 PER YEAR Recorder’s Court Takes Two Days Variety of Offences Make Up The Docket Before Judge Parker. It took both Tuesday and Wed nesday of this week for the Re corder’s Court to dispose of the criminal cases that had been dock eted since the court last met. The following cases were disposed of during the two days: 0 Willie' Lee, Elton Johnson, and Erbie Strickland, of Clayton, were charged with trespass. They en tered a plea of guilty, and prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of cost. Ranse Lee, white man of Four Oaks, was charged with violating the prohibition laws. He entered a plea of guilty, and prayer for judgment was continued upon pay. ment of cost. Cleveland Jiles, a negro from Pine Level, was charged with as sault with deadly weapfiK and was found guilty. He was sentenced to do 90 days on the roads of Johns ton county or pay a fine of $75 and cost. Coy Smith, a white man of Micro, plead guilty to a charge of s'mple trespass, and prayt# for judgment was continued upon the payment of costs. Calvin i^assiter, a white man or Elevation township, was tried and found guilty of the charge of cruel ty to animals. The court required • this defendant to pay $1G to S A. Lassiter as damage done to some turkeys. The defendant took an appeal to the superior court and was required to give a $100 bond. Gray B. Jones, charged with disposing of maotgrged property, was found guilty and given a 90 day road sentence* He took an ap peal to the superior court. This defendant is a white man from Princeton. Buck Pollard and Frank Pol lard, white men of Clayton, were found guilty of the charge of lar ceny. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. Walter Peterson, of Smithfield, entered a plea of guilty on a charge of assault. He was dis charged upon payment of costs. E. E. Jernigan, a white man of Benson, was charged with assault and drunkness. On the count of as. sault the State took a nol pros. He was found guilty as to disorderly I conduct and prayer for jjudgment was continued upon payment of costs. The State took a nol pros in the case of State vs. Alvin Crumpler charged ■with disposing of mort gaged property. John Dave Phillips, a young man of Banner township, was in court on a charge of the seduction of a young girl in Ingrams township. After some consultation among the state acceped a charge of tres litigants and their attorneys the pss, and defendant ws discharged upon payment of costs. Seth Cooley, a negro, was charg ed with larceny. He was tried and acquitted. The state took a nol pros against this defendant and Fred Mozingo on a charge of vi olating the prohibition laws. Albert Stancil, a sojourner here from Asheville, was charged with | abandonment. The evidence look t ed thin and the State took a nol pros, dividing the cost between the defendant and the prosecuting wit ness. t Alvin Cooley was found guilty ' of larceny and sentenced to 60 I days on the roads. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me Bein' sick is lak bein’ purty— hit spiles so many people ter know Cured Meat Exhibit At State Fair Most of the first premiums and a large number of second ribbons offered at the first state-wide cured meat show held at the state fair in October, were won by G. li. Smith, of Smithfield, Route 1. This photograph shows some of th entries at this show. An article by I’rof. L. H. McKay which w'i* published last week gives the methods used by Mr. Smith in the successful curing of his meat. Opening Sermon Of The Revival Rev. A. J. Parker’s Sub ject: The Greatest Hin H drance to Christianity. Arrangements 0>r the revival that begins at the Methodist church Sunday morning arc about! complete. At eleven o’clock Rev. A. J. Parker will deliver his first Termon of the revival. The sub ject will be “The Greatest Hin drance to Christianity.” At the seven o’clock service in the eve ning the subject will be, “How to Get There.” The evangelistic singer, Rev. J. C. Costen, of Hendersonville, will, be in charge of the music. Mr. Coste^is a sweet singer and will from time to time render solos to the delight of all. He will wofk in connection with Miss Frances White and her choir which assures good music at every service. Through the week a special song service will precede the evening sermon. The pastors of all the churches in the city, their congregations and the laymen’s federation are most ■ cordially invited to be present and take part in all these services. The hour for the day service will be announced later. This is an opportunity for all to work together and make for a great meetin. Mr. Johnson Robbed of $336 Mr. P. W. Barber, of Cleveland township, was in the city this week and told us of a robbery which took place Monday night when Mr. Atlas Johnson was re lieved of $336.00 in cash. Mr. Johnson, who is about sixty years of age, lives alone. Early Monday night two colored men threw a blanket over his head took his money away from him and beat him up slightly. At this writing the robbers have not been appre hended. Thawing Water Pipes The middle of a frozen pipe should never be thawed first, says the United States Department of Agriculture, because expansion of the water confined by ice on both sides may burst pipe. When thaw ing a water pipe, work toward the supply, opening a faucet to show when the flow starts. When thawing a waste or sewer pipe, work upward fro mthe lower end to permit the water to drain away. Applying boiling water or hot cloths to a frozen pipe is simple and effective. Where there is no danger of fire,'a torch or burning newspaper run back and forth along the frozen pipes gives quick results. Underground or otherwise inaccessible pipes may be thawed by opening the frozen pipe on the house end, inserting a small pipe or tube, and with the aid of a funnel at the other end of this small pipe, pouring boiling water into it. pushing it forward as the ice melts. More thaw pipe should be added at the outer end until a passage is made through the ice, when the thaw pipe should be quickly withdrawn. Begins Term On County Roads C. V. Young, Convicted of Wife Beating Commit ted to Prison Camp. C. V. Young, better known about ' the county as Governor Young, was ! brought to Smithfield on January 6th by Deputy Sheriff O- K. Bare foot, of Meadow township. He was , brought here under a capias issu- j ing from t ehsuperior court by j virtue of a judgment of Judge I Barnhill’s made while he was hold- | ing court here about a year ago. The Governor is well knewn here in court circles, having served a term or so on the county roads j and having been a frequent de-1 fendant in the courts on charges of wife beating and abandonment.! When he was in court before I Judge Barnhill he was given a con ditional sentence, the condition be. ing that if he would clear out the county and not be seen within its j borders again for a period of two : years, that his freedom was his; but if known to return to the county within the time specified j he would be arrested and placed ! in the custody of the sheriff for j 18 months service on the county j roads. He did not believe the judge j was in earnest; so he soon came ; back and made a crop in Benton- ! ville (township during 1925. He frequently visited the heme of his wife in Meadow township and his j visits v. ere mostly for the purpose j of harassing her and the children.; These facts were made known to thP Clerk of the Court on the re-! turn day of the capias, and he was | duly committed to the prison camp j to begin hfs 18 months hitch. Young is a man a little passed , middle life. Drink and an ungov-j ernable temper have eventually j been his ruin. LOCKHART LASSIES IN CONCERT AT FOUR OAKS Four Oaks people will be able to enjoy a very attractive entertain ment next Monday evening, when J. Coate Lockhart and his famous Lassies will appear at the high school auditorium at 7: 30 p. m. Mr. Lockhart and his company are concert artists and entertainers of exceptional merit and will present a program c$f classic, humorous and Scotch numbers. Mr. Lockhart has a most envi able reputation as a concert ar tist in the United States and Can ada and only recently returned to America after an absence of sev eral years abroad, where he has been singing with some well known opera and concert companies. Mr. Lockhart had the honor of singing twice for his late Majesty King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra at Balmoral Castle and Sandring hm House; also the present King and Queen when Prince and Prin cess of Wales, their Royal High nesses, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, the King of Greece and Captain and Lady Scott, and many other prominent people. * Mrs. W. H. Lassiter and daugh ter, Miss Mattie, spent a few days last week in Oxford with relatives. Mrs. J. W. Byrd Claimed By Death Dies At Her Home Near Bunn’s Level; Daughter of Mr. W. B. Hobbs. Mrs. J. C. Byrd passed away at her home near Fonville in Har nett county Sunday morning at 12:30 o’clock after an illness of a few days. Although her health had been failing for several years, she was not seriously ill until about a week before her death. Mrs. Byrd was before her mar riage Miss Linnie Hobbs. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. W. B. Hobbs, who lives near town. In October, 1907, she married Mr. J. C. Byrd of Harnett county, and to this union were born nine children who survive her. She was thirty eight years of age. For years she had been a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and the beautiful Christian life she lived had won the admiration and esteem of all who knew her. From a child her kind and genial disposition had endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. The funeral service was conduct ed at the home by her pastor, Rev. C. M. Gibbs, assisted by Rev. A. R. McQueen, pastor of Dunn Presby terian church, Rev. J. A. Camp bell, of Buie’s Creek Academy, and Rev. J. F. Menius, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Lillington. Interment was made in the ceme tery at Bunn’s Level near the home. The funeral was one of the most largely attended ever held in Harnett county, many being pres ent from Dunn, Lillington, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Smithfield and other distant places. The floral offerings was unusually large and beautiful, showing in a measure the high es teem in which the deceased was held by her acquaintances. The pall bearers were Messrs. J. W. Jordan, Geo. K. Grantham, £}r., Duff Parker, J. M. Shaw, C- M. Allen, Hal^V. Worth and Will Coleman. The deceased is survived by her husband and nine children, also by her father, Mr. W. B. Hobbs, three brothers, Messrs. J. A-, W. M., and J. W. Hobbs, and one sister, Miss Pearl Hobbs, wjio live near here News of her passing brought sorrow to ,numbers c(f friends throughout the state. VAUDEVILLE STAGED IN SERVICE FOR EXPERIMENT Erie, Pa., Jan. 4.—AP.—Vaud eville acts will have a place here after on the program of Sunday services in the First Baptist church of Erie. Rev. Oliver Horsman, pastor, has notified his congregation that vaudeville actors and actresses, from an Erie theater, will appear in future during Sunday evening services in the First church. Last night two acts were inter mingled with the church services —the first a violinist, and the sec ond vocalists and instrumentalists. Explaining his move, the pastor said: “In the past the church has held an attitude of aloofness and condemnation with regard to the stage. I will not say at this time whether that was right or wrong, but I thought a little experiment of co-operation between church and theater might not prove amiss. I hope the congregation of this church will receive the actors and the actresses as human beings like the rest of us.” FIDDLERS CONVENTION AT CORBETT-HATCHER SCHOOL There will be a fiddler’s conven tion at Corbett-Hatcher school on Friday night, January 15, for the benefit of the schol. Musicians and the public are invited to attend. Musicians are admitted free. The prizes offered are: first prize for violin, $8.00; second prize for violin. $4.00; first prize for banjo, $5.00; first prize for guitar, $3.00. Admission 25 and 50 cents. Presbyterian Services Preaching Smithfield Presbyter, ian church Sunday 11 a. m. “The Miracle of the Gospels.” Evening service at Oakland church. Chris tian Endeavor 7 p. m. Public cor dially invited. AN ERRONEOUS REPORT CORRECTED The account of the marriage of Miss Elsie Barbour and Mr. Page Taylor in our issue of Jan. 1, appears to have been ! erroneously given to The Herald reporter. Miss Bar bour and Mr. Taylor arc not married, according to later in formation. jSmithfield Hi Defeats Selma The 1923 Smithfield high school basketball team, which won the Eastern Championship during that year reassembled here on the night of Jan. 1st to win a game from the Selma Highs by a score of 35 to 29. The stars for the locals were Holland and Skinner, both of whom are attending Carolina. Holland is in line for the varsity team at the University this year, and Skinner is showing up well for the fresh men. Holland led the scoring with 18 points. Stanley for Selma was the shin ing player for the visitors. Four Arrests For Robbing Box Cars Four Men Placed In Jail For Taking Shoes and Other Wearing Apparel About the 15th of December some box cars on the side tracks near the Smithfield depot were rob. bed, the principal property taken being shoes and other wearing ap parel. At first there appeard to be little or n oclue as to the guilty parties. A week later some railroad detectives came here for an investigation. It is reported that their work has been very thorough, and on Tuesday morn ing of this week four arrests were made. /Those arrested were Ber nice Narron, Lee Smith, Carl Chil ders and Ned Smith. All of these men were placed in jail to await a hearing. Some of the ones taken at this haul are old offenders, they hving been before the courts here on similar charges prior to this KENLY CLUB TO PRESENT “ROSETIME” Kenly, Jan. 6.—The Woman’s Club of Kenly will present “Rose Time”, a musical play in three acts, on Tuesday evening January 12, in the high school auditorium at. 8:30 nVlnrV. This play has a cast of 26 char acters, consisting of the young men and women of Kenly and is direct ed by Miss Inez Edgerton of the Wayne P. Sewell Producing com pany, of Atlanta. Miss Edgerton who is the daugh ter of Mr. H. F. Edgerton of this city is well known and popular in this section of the state. She has supervised the presentation of this play in several Johnston county towns among which are Benson, Clayton and Selma, and has been most successful in each of these towns. Rose Time is a musical play of very high type and comes highly recommended. It is full of colorful costumes, pretty girls,- good music, catchy songs and produces peals of laughter. The cast consists of the follow ing: Rose, Miss Grace Dixon. Jerry, Mr. Rudolph Kirby. Ma Perkins, Mrs. Agnes Wat son Lenich. Pa Perkins, Mr. J. M. Woodard. M’lle Deauxville, Miss Bess Mc Intyre. Babe Brunette, Miss Hanna Pearlstine. J. D. Jones. Mr. Dobin Bailey. Props. O’Reilly, Lester Watson. Percy Peabody, Mr. S. R. Cotton. | Squint, Mr. T. E. Gardner. A chorus group of twenty-four | talented voices and extra Rosebud chorus of twelve children. --- Friends of Mrs. T. W. LeMay will regret to learn that she is in Rex hospital, Raleigh. She under went a slight operation there yes terday morning, but is reported to be gettiug along nicely. Install Officers Of Junior Order — j Oyster Supper and Social Follow Business Meet— j Dr. Orr Before Council. — On last Tuesday night Smithfield Council No. 102, Jr. O. U. A. M. staged an enjoyable affair in the nature of an oyster supper and a general social which was partic ipated in by the membership, a large crowd of representative cit j izens from Wilson’s Mills, Selma, j Clayton. Raleigh and Durham en | joying the hospitality of the Jun i iors. “Eats” were plentiful and although Brother P. A. Holland was on hand, there were a num ber of “dogs” left. The installation of officers pre ceded the supper and the following officers were installed for the en suing year:|j^mncilor, J. H. Wiggs; Vice-Councilor, J. E. Lassiter; Re cording Secretary, B. G. Jones; Asst. Rec. Sec. W. E. Gordon; Fi nancial Secretary, II. A. Crumpler; L. napiain, iyi. waiiace; v,onuuc tor, N. E. Humphrey; Treasurer, M. A. Wallace; Warden* C. E. Higgins; Inside Sentinel, C. M. Johnson; Outside Sentinel, Wil bert Blackman; Trustee 18 Months, W. T. Holland; Junior Past Councilor, J. W. Stephenson. Dr. W. J. B. Orr appeared be fore the council in the interest of the Johnston County Hospital. He asked that the order furnish a ward in the new hospital that is rapidly nearing completion. A mo tion was made and carried without a dissenting vote to furnish either a $300 ward or two $150 reception rooms. The decision rests with a committee that was appointed to consider the matter. After the business session was over the members were treated to a short talk by Junior Past Coun | cilor J. W. Stephenson. Most beau tifully and forcefully Mr. Stephen son stressed regular attendance at all the meetings and the relation off the order to our government in the preservation of those princi ples so dear to ever Junior Order man. A number of members were called upon for short' talks all of which were interesting and in structive, especially the remarks by Mr. W. H. Lyon and Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the Baptist church. Prom start to fi.®n all that transpired during the meeting, the business session, the. speeches and general spirit of enthusiasm man ifested on the part of mem bership were quite notie™ole and Smithfield Council is fully keep ing pace with the high record be ing made by other councils throughout the state. They are making themselves a power for good in this section. THE DEATH RATE AND THE AUTOMOBILE The national death rate in the United States has been placed by the commerce department at 11-9 ' pex 100,000 population, on the [basis of figures for 1924 as com pared with 12.3 in 1923, 1.8 in 1922 ' and 11-6 in 1921. The figures covered the entire [ death registration area of the [country, which accounts for about I 88 per cent the population. | The number of deaths registered in jthis territory during 1924 was 1, ! 173,990 out of 99,030,494 popula tion. In another statistical study made public also the department noted a further increase in the number of deaths due to automobile accidents in the principal cities of the Unit ed States. The total for the four weeks ending December 5 was 624, compared with 612 the preceding four weeks, 524 in the period end ing October 10 and 521 in the one ending September 12, while in the period ending May 23, the total was only 421. So far this year, the daily av erage of automobile fatalities was 14.7 while last year for the same period it was 14.5, but for the four weeks ending December 5, this year it jumjed to 16 8. Heart disease was found to have been the chief cause of death in the general registration area in 1924, accounting for 176,671 fatal ities, a slight increase over the comparative figure for the preced Heard First Words Dr. Thomas A. Watson, who worked with Alexander Graham Dell inventing the teWjhone, heard the first sound oi® word ever transmitted by wire. In the test, Mr. Dell spoke over the phone saying, “Come here, Wat son, I want you." A tablet was i recently unveiled co nun e moral ing the 50th anniversary of this great scientific marvel, the tele phone. ^ Queen Mother Of Italy Is Mourned Passed Away Tuesday Morning Following Se vere Attack PneumoHa. Bordighera, Italy^an. 5.—Mar gherita, beloved queen mother of Italy died at the royal costle here at eleven o'clock this morning af ter apparently having won a brave fight against pneumonia. Her son, | King Victor Emanuel and other ' members of the royal family were ! at the bedside when the end came having been hurriedly summoned yesterday when the worse was not ed. When the patient last night sank into a coma after herioc ef forts by her doctors, she never emerged. She was the widow of Ki:^ Humbert, who was assassi nated at Monzo July 29, 1900. She celebrated her 70th birthday No vember 20th. Throughout the night the end was postponed by frequent administra^ns of exy gen and the end was hardly ap parent to the little group around her bedside. Extreme unction was administered at eight o’clock this morning. MR. R. H. WELLONS OFFICER IN CHARLOTTE BAR ASS‘N Friends here will be interested to learn that at a recent meeting of the Charlotte Bar Association. Mr. Robert A. Wellons was elect ed second vice president. James L. Delaney, former state senator from Mecklenburg, was eleetjejfi presi dent to succeed Miss Carrie Mc Lean. The construction of a new law office building is one of the present projects of the association. Mr. Wellons has been in Charlotte | only a short time, and his election ; to office in the bar association, is a distinct honor. ing year. Cancer, likewise, took a heavier toll in 1924 than in 1923, 91.941 deaths being attributed to this cauite. Tuberculosis deaths, on the other hand, showed a de j dine, numbering 890,724 in 1924 | as compared with 900,732 in 1923. Cerebral hemorrhage, pneumonia | and nephritis were other large fac tors in the mortality figures while | of 75,745 accidental deaths, auto j mobiles alone caused 15.528, com I pared with 14,411 in 1923. I Both suicides and murders in ; creased, suicides totalling 12,061 in 1924 against 11,287 in 1923, and 8,420 against 7,878. Among cities, Paterson. N. J., was given the highest motor acci dent death rate, 34.8 per 100,000 population, with 49 deaths report ed. Pittsburgh, Pa., came second with a rate of 29.7. These figures could be greatly reduced if the automobile drivers were careful. The death rate from accidents is higher than the rate for disease and other causes and s vast majority of the accidents wer* due to carelessness. If he learns to be careful of the lives of oui fellowmen, then we will eliminate most of the accidents.—Concord Times. Urge Large Cut In Cotton Crop Farmers Asked to Reduce Acreage 25 Per Cent— Another Meeting. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5.—Determin ed to effect a reform in the pres ent federal system ct crop re porting and to bring about a 25 per cent reduction in acreage plant ed in cotton, the South-wide Cot ton Conference which met here to day isued a call for a “greater > men” to meet in Memphis, Feb—,% - ruary 2. Prior to the convention at Mem- % phis, conferences will be held in the capital cities of each cotton producing state, under the direc- £ tion of state commissioners of ag riculture, governors of the various W states and every other interested ' ^ cotton factor. These state gather- r ings will be held January 25, and .j have primarily for their object the | formulation of means of reaching agreement on the question of or ganization and representation at the general convention at Memphis. The Memphis convention will be presented with the action of to day’s meeting here, at which res- •; olutions were unanimously adopt ed urging cotton growers to reduce their 1U2G acreage 25 per cent, and petitioning Congress for reforms in the crop reporting systems, in cluding the abolition of the pres ent semimonthly ginning reports > and substituting for them a once-a ' month report, which delegates ar ! gued, would help stabilize condi tions in the transfer of cotton from the grower to the buyer; an an other provision which asks Con gress to appropriate funds for tl-e issuance at the end of each season of a report showing what is c<!tV to produce the cotton grown that year. i lie uuuv euuuuj of a campaign for acreage redue tion and the stabilization of costs 1 j and prices of farmers’ coramcdi- | ties, particularly cotton, which is 1 [being waged by the American Cot i ton Association. It is also the aim of the association to induce every [cotton grower to plant more feed .'J | and foodstuffs, thus insuring the '-y farmer a greater production of ! self sustaining crops and offset- I [ting the loss incurred by low % [prices paid for his cotton c**op.— | [Associated Press. -^ FIRE DOES SLIGHT TO JOHNSON-LEE MFG. CO. The fire alarm turned in about noon yesterday took the fire com pany in record time to the John son-Lee Mfg. company, but for tunately the blaze was extinguish ed before much damage was done. This firm has recently completed a new kiln, and this was about the third time it had been fired. The owners state that there is practically no loss from the fire. Opens New Shop j Mr. C. E. Higgins has opened l up a shop in the post office build ing. He paints automobiles, washes 1 and cleans and polishes them and sells new tops. He also up holsters furniture. He will be glad to have his friends call upon him at his new location. ORDINATION SERVICE TO BE HELD AT SARDIS On next Saturday night at seven o’clock there will be a special or dinational service at which time three new deacons will be ordain ed. Rev. C. H. Cashwell, pastor of the Selma Baptist church, will preach the sermon and assist the pastor in the ordination service Regular preaching services Sunday morning and night by the pastor. JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor. Death in Beulah Township Mr. C. E. Howell of Beulah township, was in the city yester day and qualified as administrator on the estate of Mr. Gray J. Bas?. who died at his home on January 4th. Mr. Bass had been an in xr valid for the past ro Hi lowing a stroke, 'of paralysis was about 54 years old. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife and thr^wi i small children. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. Jan. 5th, conducted by Rev. W. Perron,, and interment was made in tbo family graveyard. m -I i

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