6MITHFIELD 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
VOLUME 44—NO. 10
SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2,1926
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
County Farm Agent
Better Roads Feeding-Highways
Equal Opportunity for -Every
School Child
Better Marketing System
More Food and Feed Crops
$2.00 PFiR YF.AR
: FARM ADDRESS
WELL RECEIVED
Dr. Carl Taylor at Farm
ers Meeting Here Yes
terday ; Action o n
County Farm Agent
Deferred.
—
A |WARM DISCUSSION j
i Dr. Carl Taylor, dean of the
j graduate school of State College,
| was the principal speaker at the
| Farmers’ meeting held here at
noon yesterday in the courthouse.
Dr. ^Taylofc* emphasized the fact
that farmers need more science,
more business, and more coopera
tion in order to place farming
where it belongs among other
ways of making a livelihood. His
address was well received by the
goodly number who heard him.
In the afternoon the committee
i appointed by the Farn\ Bureau to
igo before the county commission
ers in the interest of a county farm
agent for Johnston, placed this
matter before the county board, but
| ‘the commissioners refused to take
| any action until the next first
/ Monday. These men took the po
Isition that the move is unpopular
and while they admit that ar.
agent would do good in the coun
ty the wish to do what appears to
be the will of the majority of the
$ people.
According to our information
there was a warm discussion of
i the issue, Mr. N. H. Lucas of
f Benson, one of the representatives
in the General Assembly from
| Johnston, leading the fight against
9- it- Mr. Lucas made the statement
that Johnston county farmers
have no confidence in any county
* farm agent. Mr. E. W. Gaither,
district agricultural agent for
Eastern North Carolina, was
1 present to help present the argu
f ment favoring a county farm
agent.
Going the Pace
First aimless shopper (to second
' ditto)—“Well, dear, if you’re not
going to buy anything, we might
just as well look at something
more expensive.
Retrospective Thrift
Wife (as hubby comes in)—
“What in the world is Mr. Nex
dore doing crawling all over his
lawn ? ”
Hub—“He says he’s looking for
a lump of coal he threw at the
cat last summer.”—Boston Trans
cript.
Grow Your Own
We have just received a ship
. ment of good Fur-Tkees.—From
an ad in the Miles City (Mont.)
I Star.
The Elect
“Dad, how many make a mil
lion?”
“Very few, my boy, very few!”
—Western Christian Advocate.
Plan the farm work in advance.
Figure how many acres can be
• planted to a crop and select the
I fields in the proper ratotion. It
is also wise to consider the out
look for the market, say extension
workers at State College.
| The western apple can be push
ed back just as fast as North
| Carolina apples are available.
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AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me-—
j De crap dis yeah wuz wuf enuf
Jf ter make fifteen m|llionaries,
JJ banked mos’ly by Michiganders
and Michigooses.
Flying Dutchman
f^lfTOCA C TE 1 f. i
t!
WHEN IN Germany, America’s
two crack runners, Paddock and
Murchison. wrere defeated by Huber
Houben, who is now in U. S. to
show us how' he. accomplished the
difficult trick.
Two Negroes Hold
Up Two Officers
Sheriff Is Notified and
Both Robbers Are Now
Lodged In Jail.
A bold robbery took place on
the highway about a mile beyond
Selma Saturday night between
ten and eleven o’clock when two
negroes, Donnie Sims and Ashley
Perry, held up two officers who
had stopped on the road to repair
their car.
Messrs. Raleigh Johnson and E.
T. Edmundson, who guard convicts
in Wilson county, were coming
here in search of a prisoner who
escaped from them last week, ac
cording to reports received here.
A little beyond Selma they had
trouble with their car and had
stopped to see what the trouble
was when the two negroes stop
ped. They approached the white
men and one of the negroes asked
them if they had a knife. As one
of them handed his knife to the
negro a little skirmish followed
and the negroes took a suitcase,
a suit of clothes and a revolver
from the guards. One of the
guards who had several dollars in
rymey in his pocket eluded the
negroes and made his escape with
out losing his money.
Sheriff J. P. Parker was notified
of the robbery and a search was
started. Later Donnie Sims was
found asleep at the home of his
father. Ashley Pery was overtaken
on the road and arrested. Both
negroes were brought here to jail
to await trial in Recorder’s Court.
JOHN M CORMICK NOW
INSURED FOR MILLION
New York, Jan. 31.—John Mc
Cormack has insured himself for
$1,000,000 and will, within a few
years, begin receiving payments of
annual installments so that he will
have the entire amount of his poU
icies back by 1936. It is said to
be a record figure for endowment
insurance.
Mr. McCdtmack gave his age as
41 years. He took out his first en*
dowment policy seven years ago,
Mr. Hoey said, so that in three
years he will start collecting at
an average of $200,000 a year un
til he reaches the age of 51.
'Thfcse annual payments, taken
in connection with the royalties he
receives from the sale of his
phonograph records and the pro-*
ceeds of his concerts, will insure
Mr. McCormack an annual income
between the ages of 45 and 51
which, it was said yesterday is ex
pected to rank with those of the
[wealthiest financiers.
A Deep Thinker
Sandy, coming home from a
night of glowing “excitement,”
would sometimes think shrewdly:
“Maybe a a lb lb R eshr cmf cmfv,
cmfwy shr so—but what goes does
it do me? What good will it evei
do me?”—From a sentimental ser
ial in an Arizona paper.
Shooting Scrape
at Whiskey Still
Alford Adams Is In Hos
pital; Son-in-Law Gives
Himself Up to Sheriff.
A shooting scrape occurred at
a whiskey still in the woods about
half a mile from MeCullers bridge
last Wednesday afternoon whfcn
Albert Anderson shot and serious
ly wounded his father in law, Al
ford Adams. Adams, with his chest
full of buck shot, was brought to
the Smithfield Memorial hospital
and Anderson made his getaway
before officers arrived on the
scene.
According to ii^ormation re
ceived here, the shooting followed
a drunken dispute at the still when
Anderson shot two loads of buck
shot into the breast of Alford
Adams with a shot gun. It is said
that Anderson then went to the
home of Adams and told Mrs. Ad
ams of the shooting, took his wife
and left the community.
Mr. Oscar Stephenson, who
lives at Crantock Farm, was in
formed of the affray and he went
to the still and helped to bring
the wounded man to the hospital
where it was found that Adams’
condition was too serious for an
immediate operation. Not until
Saturday was it deemed safe to un
dertake the operation for the ro
moval of the shot. However, he
stood the ordeal well and at the
last report was getting along nice.
ly.
Soon after the shooting, local
officers were informed but when
they went to the still they found
it deserted. It appeared to be a
new location, a furnace having
recently been built but the still
had hot been supplied. A' few
tools, a tub and two barrels of
beer were found there.
All day Thursday and Friday of
j ficers searched for Anderson but
no trace was found of him. About
'eleven o’clock Friday night he ap
peared at Sheriff J. P. Parker’s
office and surrendered. According
to his story he was rabbit hunting
with Alford and his his brother,
Donie Adams, and while going
through the woods near the creek
they found some beer. About that
time an argument arose between
Anderson and Alford Adams about
some former trouble the Adams
brothers had had, and Anderson
said that both of them attempted
to shoot him but their guns hap
pened to be unloaded. He said he
pulled his gun on them and forced
them to give up their guns, but
they soon advanced on himi with
their pocket knives and gave him
two cuts about the face before he
could get away. Anderson said he
tried to leave tnem dus mey xui
lowed him and he was afraid of
them. As Adams approached the
last time he said he told him he
was going to shoot if he did not
stop. Anderson said he did not wish
| to kill the man and shot over his
head the first time to stop him
| but Adams did not stop so he shot
| him full in the chest. Anderson
said that Adams dropped to the
! ground and he thought he had
killed him. He then said that he
was frightened and ran away.
Anderson was placed in jail. He
will be given a trial as soon as
Adams is suficiently recovered to
attend court.
Alford Adams lives on the farm
of Mr. Ed Johnson in Elevation
township.
GRADING COTTON SEED
PAYS FOR TROUBLE
Raleigh, Feb. 1.—The cleaning
and grading of cotton seed intend
ed for planting is a farm practice
th^t pays splendid returns for
the time and expense connected
with it. Tests made by the North
Carolina Experiment Station shows
that graded cotton seed have giv
en between 102 and 147 pounds of
seed cotton per acre more than
the ordinary gin run seed.
“Commercial graders are now
being manufactured which are well
adapted to the cleaning of cotton
seed,” says R. Y. Winters, director
of the North Carolina Experiment
Station. “A number of these ma
chines have been installed in the
State with splendid satisfaction,
The sizes vary from a capacity oi
from ten to 15 bushels per hour
to those which will clean at the
rate of 100 bushels per hour. Mosl
'CLINIC SERVES
MANY CRIPPLES
Lions Club of Wilson
Sponsor: Clinic For
Eastern North Carolina.
TO BE HELD FEB. 5TH
Raleigh, Jan- 29—Through the
Lions Orthopaedic clinic at Wilson,
which meets for the third time on
Friday, February 5, in the offices
of the County Health Department,
many cripples of Eastern North
Carolina, who have despaired of
having their deformities correct
ed, are being provided with an
opportunity to secure treatment
by an orthopaedic specialist that
will remove a part if not all of
the physical handicaps of many.
A number of cases are receiving
treatment in the clinic through the
application of plaster casts, ortho
paedic shoes, and corrective exer
cises. These patients are able to
remain at home and come into the
clinic each month for observation
and further treatment. Those re
quiring operations are being treat
ed at the Children’s Hospital at
Gastonia or in a free bed a tRal
eigh.
! The Wilson Clinic is a link in
S the chain of clinics established
I over the entire State of North
Carolina by the State Department
of Vocational Rehabilitation for
; the purpose of providing such
treatment to all of the indigent
i cripples of the State. No
'one can estimate the value of this
j program not only to these handi
capped people themselves, but to
the communities in which they re
side and the commonwealth as a
whole.
Orthopaedic treatment is but the
first step in the program of the
Rehabilitation department. lAtter
the physical handicap has been
removed as far as possiblet the
department provides a course of
vocational training to fit the dis
abled party for a vocation suited
to any remaining handicap, and
then aids him in securing suitable
employment. Thus he is fitted for
an active life of usefulness, sup
porting himself and dependents,
and contributing to the production
of his community. From a non-pro
ducer and a potential mendicant
is evolved a happy, independent
and useful citizen.
HON. PAUL D. GRADY TO
SPEAK AT MEADOW
Hon. Paul D. Grady of Kenly,
will be the speaker at a meeting
of the citizens of Meadow town
ship next Saturday night, Feb. 6,
and his theme will be: “Law and
Order Enforcement by Community
Cooperation.” This meeting which
will be held in the Meadow high
school auditorium at seven o’clock
p. m., is an louitgrowth of the
community club in that section. On
Saturday evening by-laws and a
constitution will be adopted, and
the organization perfected in a
business-like way. Rev. Mr. Prid
gen is president of the law and
order organization; Mr. W. V.
Blackman, vice president; and Mr
R. P. Parker, secretary.
of the machines are equipped with
screens that will clean other farm
seeds. The larger machines are
most durable and economical since
they may be run by a small gas
engine, while the small machines
are turned out by hand.”
Dr. Winters states that the ma
chines nyist always be properly
j adjusted. Good service depends on
| the rate of feeding, the size of
| the opening in the bottom screen
and the force of the aid blast from
[the fan. Seed with much lint at
jtached are hard to clean. If the
i machine is fed too fast, the screen
cannot do good work.
“Graded seed will feed through
a planter more evenly, will give
a better stand, healthier and more
I vigorous plants, earlier maturity
j and a larger yield,” says Dr. Win
! ters in summing up the advantages
i of the grader. “According to re
sults secured at the Station, the
investment in a seed cleaner or
reasonable prices paid for having
cotton seed graded,, is money well
spent.”
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
IS CALLED OFF
Mr. Carlton Stephenson is in
receipt of a letter from Col.
Henry D. Styer» who was sche
duled to speak here on Febru
ary 5, statins that he can not
come at that time. He hopes,
however, to come some time in
the early spring. Colonel Styer
was to give an illustrated lec
ture on Siberia at the court
house.
Johnston Wins
Fair Premiums
Number of Winners Re
ceive Total of $269; Nc
State Fair in 1926.
i Among the 67 counties in North
Carolina winning premiums at the
last State fair, was Johnston coun.
ty with prize money to the amount
of 6269. The amounts won in each
county ranged from two dollars
in Chowan county to $1,965 in
Wake, the total amount of the
premiums within the state being
$10,910.
Those in Johnston who won
premiums were as follows:
Murry Aycock, Kenly, $2.00, ag
ricultural; A. M. Johnson, Clayton,
$19.00, agricultural and vegetables;
Zuleika MeCullers, Clayton, $13.00,
fine arts; Anne S. Noble, Selma,
$30.00, fine arts; G. B. Smith,
Smithfield, $50.00, culinary; B. A.
Smith, Clayton, $35.00, horses; J.
,W. Harris, Clayton, $23.00, horses;
W. H. Turlington, Benson, $86.00,
swine; Miss Minnie Lee Garrison,
horiie demonstration agent, Smith
held, $11.00, home economics.
As now determined by the Board
of Directors there will be no State
fair in 1926. Their plans, according
to information from the state fair
office, are to convert the present
fair grounds into a residential dis
trict.
Tell Him Now
If with pleasure you are viewing
Any work a man is doing,
If you like it or approve it, tell
him now.
Don’t withhold your approbation,
Till the parson makes oration,
And he lies with snow lilies on his
brow;
For no matter how you shout it,
He won’t hear a word afcout it;
He won’t know how many tear
drops you have shed.
If you think some praise is due
hin\,
Now’s the time to give it to him;
He can’t read what’s on his tomb
stone when he’s dead.
More than fame, and more than
tnon'ey
Is the comment kind and sunny,
And the hearty warm approval of
a friend;
For it gives his life a savor,
And it makes him stronger, braver,
And it gives him heart and spirit
to the end;
If he earns your praise, bestow it,
Now’s the time to let him know it;
Let the words of true encourage
ment be said.
Do not wait till life is over,
And he’s underneath the clover;
He can’t read what’s on his tomb
stone when he’s dead.
I American Legion
Preamble
For God and country, we as
sociate ourselves together for
the following purposes: To up
hold and defend the Constitu
tion of the United States of
| America; to maintain law and
order; to foster and perpetuate
a one hundred per cent Ameri
canism; to preserve the memo
ries and incidents of our asso
ciation in the Great War; to
inculcate a sense of individual
obligation to the community,
state and nation; to combat the
autocracy of both the classes
and the masses; to make right
the master of might; to promote
peace and good w”l on earth;
to safeguard and transmit to
posterity and principles of jus
tice, freedom fend democracy;
to consecrate and sanctify our
comradeship by our devotion to
mutual helpfplness.—Preamble
to Constitution of The Ameri
can Legions
Rawls Sues Ford
Quarter Million
Former Raleigh Ford
Dealer Sues Because
Agency Was Diverted
to W. R. Sanders.
Suit to recover a quarter million
dollars for alleged conspiracy to
deprive them of a Ford agency
in Raleigh in order that it might
be diverted td W. R. Sanders was
started in Wake County Superior
Court Friday by C. H. Rawls and
J. L. Kernodle, trading as the
Rawls Motor Company, against
four officials of the Charlotte
branch of the Ford Motor Com
pany.
The plaintiffs were until June
of last year the Raleigh dealers for
the Ford Motor Company, and had
been since 1921. Uhe defendants
named in the suit started~Friday
are F. A. Atcheson, wh° is de
scribed as being manager of the
Charlotte branch office of the
Ford Motor Campany; W. F. Duck
wort^, wholesale manager; B. W.
Borroughs, assistant manager, and
C. F. Uhlman, chief- clerk, all of
the Charlotte office.
Another suit by the Rawls Mot
or Company was also instituted in
Wake County Friday against the
Ford Motor Company, of Detroit
Mich., for various and sundry items
alleeed to be due them, the total
aggregating $36,248.14. Both com*
plaints are signed by Pou and Pou
and WBlis Smith, Raleigh lawyers.
The complaint against the man
agers of the Charlotte office says
.that the dealers contract was can
celled in June, 12, 1925, and that
the cancellation was "due to the
wilful, malicious and wrongful
acts of the defendants, by which
the Ford Motor Company was in
duced and persuaded by the false
and perverted statements and mis
representations made by the de
fendants to said n^otor car com
pany as a part of a conspiracy
entered into by and between the
defendants to deprive the plaintiffs
of the benefits of a Ford agency
or dealership, in order that said
dealership and business of the
plaintjffs might be diverted to
one W. R. Sanders, who has here
tofore been a Ford dealer or agent
in the town of Smithfield, North
Carolina.”—News & Observer.
SOYBEANS IN ROWS
GIVE BEST RESULTS
Raleigh, N. C-, Feb. 1.—In the
western half of North Carolina
where soybeans are not so well
known and are not grown so ex
tensively, many farmers have ask
ed for information about how to
plant the beans for best results.
E. C. Blair, extension agronomist
at State College, states that the
beans will do better if planted in
rows. Grown this way, the beans
n^ake more seed and more hay
per acre than when drilled or
broadcasted.
At the Mountain Branch Sta
tion near Swannanoa, the hay from
soybeans planted broadcast con
tained 50 per cent or more of
weeds, while there were no weeds
in the hay where the beans were
cultivated in rowa. Planting iq
rows also requires only half as
much seed.
“Land to be planted in soybeans
should be well broken and worked
into a good seed bed,” says Mr.
Blair. “This earful preparation
will pay better for soybeans than
for most other crops. Run the rows
three feet apart and place the fer
tilizer in the rows. The best fer
tilizer for Western North Carolina
conditions is 300 to 400 pounds per
acre of a 12-0-4 or the same
amount of a 12-2-4 on poor soils.
Mix the fertilizer in the soil to
avoid burning the seed. Forty
pounds of Mammoth Yellow, 15
pounds of Virginia or 10 pounds of
Laredo beans will plant an acre in
|rows three feet apart. Plant the
beans with a corn planter, using a
plate that drops a seed every sis
inches. Plant the beans level and
! cover lightly. They will not come
| up if covered deeply, nor will they
come through a hard crust.”
Mr. Blair states that cultiva
tion should begin when the plants
'are from five to six inches high
! Three cultivations are usually
I enough but more should be gives
I if necessary to control grass ant
weeds. By (following these sug
At It Again
jfA>rrooAgTK.^
*■*
A IN OTHER MARATHON dancing
craze is sweeping the nation —this
time the erratic Charleston, which
wear out milady’s $12 brogans in,
a few minutes of “buck and wing?*;
Bessie Lemmey of New York ruin
ed* her shoes in a contest which
went 53 minutes—said to be the
record to date.
Second Clothing
School Held Here
Miss Estabrook, State
Specialist In Clothing
and House Furnishings
< Conducted School.
The second clothing school in a \
series given here this winter was
held in the basement of the high
'ftcbool building Friday. This school
which has been very interesting
and helpful was given by Miss
Helen Eastabrook, specialist in
clothing and house furnishings,
and was put on by the State Ex
tension Service. Those present j
Friday studied the making of pat
terns and variations of foundation j
patterns.
A picnic lunch was enjoyed at!
the noon hour. During the after
noon a delightful musical program
was given by Miss Frances White,
voice teacher of the Smithfleld j
graded schools, and Misses Vir
ginia Strange and Glenn Ward.
The community club leaders at
tending the school Friday wrere:
Mrs. T. W. Ives, president of the
County Council; Mrs. K. L. Rose,
Smithfleld and Bentonville; Mrs
J. H. Marshburn, Bentonville; Mrs.
J. W. Boyett and Mrs. G. G. Edg
erton, Carter’s; Mrs. Jessie Wil
liams, and Mrs. S. T. Liles, Ar- j
cher Lodge; Mrs. Preston Creech j
and Mrs. J. L. Peedin, Creech’s; j
Mrs. Wayland Brown and Miss j
Myrtle Bailey, Corbett-Hatcher; j
Mrs. R. L. Barden and Mrs. J. H.!
Creech, Massey’s; Mrs. 0. V.
Booker, Selma; Mrs. J. Lib Lee
and Mrs. L. G. Flowers, Meadow.
A Champion Leap
David Thomas of 3400 Juliet
Street, operator of hte motion pic
ture machine, leapt from the op
erator’s booth when the film ig
nited and closed the fire door, thus
preventing the flames from spread
ing. His trousers, containing $45
in cash, which he left in the booth,
were destroyed.—From a news
j item in a Pennsylvania paper.
When the Millenium Arrives
Cabbages will have beads as big
as high-school graduates.
Every hen will lay her daily
dozen.
Potatoes will use their eyes to
look out for themselves.
Hay will be so healthy that it
won't have to be cured.
Every cow will be contented with
her lot.
The cider will do all the work
ing.
Chickens won't have to scratch
for a living.
The kitchen clock will never get
th^t run-down feeling.
Plows will have a more rapid
turnover.
Onions will be strong enough to
take care of themselves.
The only grafters to come near
the farm will be in the orchard
There will be running water in
the house even when it isn’t rain
ing.
The old auto will shift for itself,
And not all the “peaches” will
be fn the orchard.—Selected.
gestions, Mr. Blair believes that
the western grower can have suc
Jcess with the soybean crop.
Benson Plans
Creamery Opening
Fjr*t Real Creamery In
Territory Covered By
Eastern Carolina Cham*
her of Commerce.
February 4th will be memorable
day in Eastern North Carolina’s
history, when the new creamery
will open for business at Benson
with pomp and ceremony at 11 o'
clock. This will be the first real
creamery to be opened in the ter
ritory covered by the Eastern Car
olina Chamber of Commerce. It is
but the culmination of a four year
campaign for a better balanced
.program of diversified farming for
this section, which the sectional
organization has been working on
ever since its creation nearly four
years ago. Great credit is due the
progressive Kiwanis club, headed
by Dr. A. S. Oliver, of Benson,
and the progressive business men
of that splendid little city in John
ston county for the excellent work
that they have done to put this
big deal over. It is there with a
maximum capacity of 2,000 pounds
of butter daily as soon as the sup
ply will be sufficient to run it to
this capacity. This is the more sig
nificant when it is considered that
this, the first creamery, will open
in the very heart of the best cot
ton sections of the entire South
and in the county that has lead
North Carolina in production of
cotton for the past several years.
With the assistance of the East
era Carolina Chamber of Com
merce, a very attractive program
is being arranged for the occasion
ana tne public is invited. The ex
ercises will begin at 11 o’clock amj
following the formal exercises free
barbecue will be served by the
good people of Benson. Delegations
are being worked up .from more .
than a dozen counties to attend
this big day for Eastern North
Carolina. The Eastern Carolina
Chamber of Commerce is very anx
ious to have a good representation
of the farmers and business men
present from the entire territory.
The Cow, Hog and. Hen have
brought many a section out of
poverty into a state of prosperity
within a very few years. It will
do the same thing, proportionately’
speaking, for Eastern North Car
olina.
The Busy Man’s Creed
I believe in the stuff I am hand
ing out, in the firm I am working
for, and in my ability to. get re
sults. I believe that honest stuff
can be passed out to honest men
by honest methods. I believe in
working, not weeping; in boosting
not knocking; and in the pleasure
of my job. I believe that a man
gets what he goes after, that one
deed done today is \^orth two
deeds tomorrow and that no man is
down and out until he has lost
faith in himself. I believe in to
day and the work I am doing; in
tomorrow and the work I hope to
do, and in the sure reward which
the future holds.
I believe in courtesy, in kind
ness, in generosity, in good-cheer,
in friendship and in honest com
petition. I believe there is some
thing doing, somewhere, for ev
ery man ready to do it. I believe
I’m ready—RIGHT NOW! — El
bert Hubbard.—Exchange.
The Mirror
IS THIS YOU?
If the person who answers this
description will call at The
Herald offie* they will
receive a free ticket
to the Victory
Theatre.
You went to tho postoffice
yesterday afternoon at 4:45
o’clock. You wore a pansy col
ored dress, brown shoes, light
hose, and a gray sweater inter
mingled with blue. Y u were
bareheaded and you were walk
ing with two other girls.
Miss Vara L. Smith failed to
recognize herself last Friday.