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6MITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll —A Modem Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. r VOLUME 44—NO. 11 J-\ \ JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every V: School Child Better Marketing System > , More Food and Feed Crops S---r \ $2.00 PER YEAR Yesterday Marked Formal ® Opening Benson Creamery Appropriate Exercises At tended By Large Num ber Business Men and Farmers Who Own Stock in New Enterprise PROMINENT SPEAKER Yesterday was a great day in j the history of Benson. A cream-1 ery in which business men of Ben- j son and farmers in nearby terri- j tory have stock was formerly j opened with a large number of j farmers from all sections of the j v county in attendance to see what a creamery really is. The town I was decorated in flags and bunting and it was indeed in gala attire. | The Governor was expected to \ t,peak but a telegram received j stated that a slight cold with hoarseness prevented his being ! present. Dri|\. S. Oliver, presi- j dent of the%,Avanis Club, which! organization has been a factor in j the establishment of the cream-1 ery, was muster of ceremonies, j Speaking from a flag-draped plat- j form, arranged on one of the side j streets, Dr. Oliver stated that it j was indeed a unique occasion for j Benson, that the creamery offers j market for diversified crops and , is a monument to a new day that will eventually dawn - all over North Carolina. Dr. Oliver intro-j duced Mr. Jaese Britt, mayor of Benson, who spoke a few words of welcome to those presnet. Mr. N. G. Bartlett, secretary of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, was then introduc ed, who stated that he was happy to be present at the celebration of one of the dreams of Eastern Carolina. He predicted that Benson will eventually be a lf^estock cen ter for Eastern North Carolina. Dr. W. T. Martin then introduc ed the speaker for *ihe day, Mr. A. C. Kimery, of the dairy de partment of State College. Mr, Kimery began by stating that he was always interested in folks who showed an interest in “the old family cow.” He stressed tho'ti (ct that the dairy cow has a distinct,, place on the farms of North Car olina. He said that he had been all over the state but was convinc ed that around . Benson was the best agricultural section in North Carolina. What they need is more livestock. He discredited the idea of “Hambone” that “dairying is a vocation without a vacation.” “Dairying °A'ill be made success ful by the white man,” said Mr. Kimery. “We can use negro labor on our farms but not in the dairy business.” The speaker laid down three fundamental principles for suc cessful dairying. First: the man himself. The dairyman must be-, a person who can “look a cow in j the face and love her.” The next; requisite, is the production of feed for cows, and in the opinion of Mr. Kimery, of all the counties of North Carolina, none are better prepared to do this than Johnston. In the third place, the cow must be a good one. A cow that will not produce five thousand pounds of milk per year will not pay. He stated:, that the average cow in North Carolina was poorly fed, es pecially in the winter. He called attention to the fatt that it cost (Turn to pa$e six, please) AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me Dere’s one advantage in living in town that if de town don’t lak’ .you hit can des move away. White Robed Visitors Cause Near Panic at Oaky Grove Church The intent and purpose of ten white robed members o«f the Ku Klux Klan ultimately proved to be commendable, but the Kluckers came very near to breaking up public worship when they made their august appearance about twelve-thirty o’clock last Sunday at a negro church near town. About fifty or seventy-five of the colored population had gathered at Oaky Grove Baptist church for a fifth Sunday meeting. Just who in the church saw the ap proach of the hooded figures is not known, but by the time the edifice of worship was reached by the members of the Klan, not a negro was in the house and they all apparently had busi ness towards the highway.. When it became apparent that it was only a peaceful visit, some of the congregation mus tered up courage enough to go back and see what it was all about, and were overjoyed to find a donation laid on the table for the purpose of help ing to repair their church. Does Not Favor Reducing Cotton Acreage As Remedy Germany May Enter League WiU°Probably Apply To Geneva By Saturday For Membership. Berlin, Feb. 3.—The foreign re lations committee of the reichstag today approved Germany’s entry into the league of nations and thus cleared away the last internal po litical obstacles to the goal set by Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann in the Lo carno deliberations. Special dignity was lent to the reichstag’s meeting by the pres ence of the entire cabinet which had solicited the committees vote as a matter of courtesy and loy alty although already fully em powered by the reichstag to ap ply o for league membership. All the parties except the fascisti, the nationalists and the communists, joined in approving the cabinet’s foreign political course and voted down the opposition’s boisterous attempts to delay its application. Germany is expected to apply to Geneva by Saturday for mem bership in the league, when a meet ing of the German, premiers will be held in Berlin, followed by a cabinet council under President Von Hindenburg at which the for mal application will be drawn up. Formal acceptance of Germany by the Jeague of naftions probably will be announced in March.—As sociated Press. Four Oaks Now Has Brass Band Four Oaks, Feb. 4—For the past few weeks the “talk of the town” has been the organization of a brass band. Now this talk has become a reality. Mr. William C. Lassiter, of Smithfield, director of the Riverside Serenaders, popular band of that town, is organizing and instructing the band here fif teen members having enrolled m this new organization. Meetings are held every Friday night at the high school. Mr. Lassiter states that with the interest al ready taken and with the back ing of the entire town, a brass ban can be had within several months of which Four Oaks will be proud. Those in the band at present are: Shelton Lewis, cornet; David Lee, cornet; Fred Sanders, cor net; Bennus Boyette, trombone; Wade Massengill, baritonei Ed Keen, alto; Clarence Woodall, alto; Hubert Allen, alto; Hubert Massengill, alto saxaphone; Wil lis Stevens, bass; Ronald Keen, saxaphone; James Parrish, snare drum; John Bandy, bass drum. The people of Four Oaks are asked to help make the band a success by boosting it. ' f’ Concrete on the farm means building for permanence and free dom from fires. ! Commissioner W. A. Gra ham Would Devise Means of Reducing the Cost of Production. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 3.—“Heav en knows I want the price of American cotton trf go higher and remain at a figure that will give our farmers a fair profit on their crop, but I want us to take the full measure of the wolves that are now licking their chops for our markets before we deliberately re duce our domestic supply of cot ton to where the demand must be met by a cheaper cotton, from abroad.” So declared William A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture for North Carolina, presenting his views to the conference on cotton acreage and food supply, in ses sion here today. He also urged that in the “live-at-home” cam paign there be no stirring up of hostilities between the sections within the United States. “The vi tal question for us to answer,” he said, “is whether we shall re duce our baleage production and try to praise and maintain our price levels above world price lev els in spite of certain and inevita ble foreign competition, or shall we maintain our present produc tion of around 15,000,000 bales and devise means of reducing the cost of production to where the farmer’s net profit will represent a just reward for his labor and a fair return on his investment? “Again,” continued Commission er Graham, “we must not only fight clear 'of foreign competition m cotton production for American consumption, but we must see to it that conditions do not arise that will make it necessary to throw one section of our country into deadly competition with another section. We are unyielding in our advocacy of producing on the cot ton farm every pound of meat, every bushel of corn and every other item of food and feed con sumed in the operation of the farms, with the possible exception of sugar and coffee; but when this point is reached, we are inclined to call a halt, otherwise we might find ourselves confronted with the problem of the Southern sugar planters. In 1866 there were pro duced in this country only 896,000 pounds of beet suga^ as against 327,764,000 pounds of cane sugar. But in 1923 there were produced in continental United States 2,170, 000,000 pounds of beet sugar as against only 6,431,244,000 pounds of cane sugar in both continental and insular United States. Here is a case where, ever since 1866, the cane sugar industry of the South has been compelled to fight the beet sugar industry of the West.’” \ Oil the sfcray pump and replace worn or broken parts in time for the dormant spray, says C. H. Brannan of State College. Tom Tarheel says his banker cant plow very well but he does know how to handle' and use money to advantage. AGREE TO PAVE ROADS IN ONEALS County Will Lend Money. To Highway Commis sion If Location Re mains The Same. ' <1 -- - MANY OTHER ITEMS °The matter of roads has been a live topic in Oneals township in, recent, months, and at the regu lar meeting of the County Board of Commissioners amjth'fr boost to roads in that section was given if the terms of the order are,’ex ecuted. The County Board agreed to lend money to the State Hlghj| way Commission for hard surfac ing state highway No. 91 across Oneals township, a distance of, three miles and a half, should it remain in its present location, at the same rate per mile as they do on No. 22 from Wilson to Har-; nett county line, and any other order in conflict to this .provision, is hereby revoked. - Other business transacted Mon day included the following items: Ordered that in the future the clerk of the court be authorized to make out a list of all state failure casls on which witness fees have not been certified to, and turn the same over to the county attorney whose duty shall be to check same with the said clerk of the court to determine its correctness. Ordered that Walter Johnson be paid $158.33 for bridge lumber and hauline. Ordered that Jesse G. Grant be Released of poll tax' in* [Banner' township as he lives, in Harnett county, same having been listed by error. Ordered that Ruford Brown be released of dog tax in Selma township same having been listed by error. Ordered that D. J. Williams be paid $1700 for bridge work in Bentonville township. Ordered that W. M. Sanders and Son be paid $69 for supplies to county for bridge *work, etc. Ordered that Cobb and Strick land be release of $2,000 on a cer tain piece of land in Smithfield township which was listed in 1924 at $3,000 and at $6,000 in 1926, it therefore appearing that an error was made in listing same for 1925 taxes in the amount of $2,000. Ordered that B. I. Stephenson be released of $800 valuation on 90 acres of land in Pleasant Grove township, said valuation having been for timber which had been sold before he bought said land. Ordered that J. E. Booker be released of $400 on personal prop erty in Smithfield township same having been listed by error. Ordered that C. A. Bailey be paid $25 on burial expenses of Jane E. Hocutt, a widow of a state pensioner, as provided by law. •' Ordered that W, V. Blackman be paid $5.00 in the matter of making an investigation of whose dog killed the geese of J. W. Wood, and that J. J. Rose and G. R. Johnson be paid $2,00 each for said services. Ordered that M. A. Tart be re leased of $600 valuation on 31 1-4 acres of land in Meadow town | ship, same having been listed by j error. Same having been listed by whereas HTahw** have been list led at $1,400. Ordered that Ellis Kanm, of Beulah township be released nf | $1,400 on stock of merchandise, same having been listed by er ror. Ordered that Wilbur M. Lee#be paid $389.48 for bridge lumber. Ordered that M. M. Casey of Smithfield township, be released of $330 on real estate, same hav ing been listed by error. Ordered that 12 acres of land listed to L. F. Stancil in Pine Level township be released of tax ation in the name of L. F. Stan jcil as the same property is listed | by A. fc. Stancil in the original tract. | Ordered that I>. U. Thompson be paid $11.9.20 for bridge work. Ordered that John W. Wood be paid $23.00 for geese killed by (Turn to page six, please), ’Eavens ’Elp Us! WELL, ITS here—beauty con t«ets for men—and poor Allen F. Jfavbee, Columbia College senior sfc—!had to go and win first prize as the “Andsomest Man.” He was so embarrased that he went into ex clusion—and says he will succeed at law in spite of all this. Former Sheriff | Kicked By Mule Mr. W. J. Massey Pain fully Hurt By Mule—. Other Princeton News. 11 Princeton, Feb. 3—Mr. W. J. Massey was kicked by a mule some days ago, and very painfully in jured. The fact that he had on an overcoat and it closely buttoned over his breast is possibly all that awred bis-life..-In the absence of Dh Stevens and Dr. Aycock at the time of the accident, Dr. Wilson was called from Smithfield. Mr. Massey seems to be improving and his friends will be glad to learn that his chances for recov ery are good. Mr. John L. Toler died at his home near town Monday and was buritfd in the Woodman cemetery. He was a young man only 24 years old, and had been afflicted for more than a year. About two years ago he was married to a young lady at Durham, and they: have been living at Mr. Dallas! Toler’s for the past several months. Those who know the fam ily sympathize with, them in this hour of sorrow and affliction. Messrs. Floyd C. Price, W. B. Godwin, J. F. Watson and N. M. Gurley, prominent business men from Pine Level, attended the morning service at the Baptist church Sunday. Also Mr- W. G. Creech and Mr. Earp from Hepzi bah. These gentlemen with Mr. W. I. Pearce compose the field com mittee of what is known as the Pine Level field. The committee elected Mr. J. F. Watson chairman for the coming year and the chair man appointed Mr. Chas. H. Holt as secretary. It was decided that the committee meet with the Pine Levelj church on the next fifjth Sunday at 3 p. m. Four Oaks Defeats Strong Erwin Team Four Oaks, Feb. 4.—The Four Oaks “flying five” defeated the Erwin (Duke) quint on the local court Tuesday night in one of the fastest and closest games seen on this court this year. Four Oaks took the lead during the .first quar ter and the half ended wrth the flying five trailing behind a six point lead. Something happened after that and Four Oaks came ~k in the second half to win anu with a combination of air tight afensive work and brilliant offensive playing, succeeding. T!he final SCO* was 24 to 23. Byrd and Wellov : led the scoring for Four Oaks with nine points each, while Parrish and Lewis both played an excellent game on the defensive. Primitivie Baptist' Appointment Elder Robert Johnson will preach at Johnson school house the first Sunday in February at t\Vo thirty o’clock. Everybody is cor dially invited to attend the serv ices. You Can’t Stand There?, j Loyalty Week To Be Observed Here Visiting Ministers to Preach At Presbyterian Church During Week. Beginning next Sunday night and continuing through the week the Smithfield Presbyterian church will observe the Loyalty Week set aside hy the General Assembly of the church. It is to be a week of prayer and stock taking for Presbyterians all over the church and a special effort is to be made to make up the def icits of the different Mission Boards of the church. The pastor has invited to his pulpit six ministers of the Pres byterian church and each will bring some message on the gen eral theme of Loyalty to Christ. On Monday night Professor Kim of Korea wii! speak to the con gregation on Korea. Mr. Kim is taking post graduate work at the Union Seminary. Richmond, Va., and has been working with the missionaries preparing a diction ary of the Bible in the Korean language. Mr. Kim is a delightful speaker and makes the scenes in Korea vivid and appealing. Other preachers will include Dr. W. McC. White, of Raleigh; Hon. E. B. Crow, of Raleigh; Rev. Edgar Woods, of Salisbury; Rev. A. C. Summers, of Kenly; Rev. A. M. Mitchell, of Selma. The sermons will stress the element of loyalty and each should be a helpful and inspiring message. The pastor is desirous of hav ing the members of the other churches get the benefit of these services and he extends them a cordial Invitation to attend. Pres byterians will be in the background and Jesus Christ will be exalted. Each night at 7:30, beginning next Sunday night. There will be special musical numbers and congregational sing ing. The pastor will preach at the Sunday morning hour. ' SEES POSSIBILITIES IN GROWTH OF FOUR OAKS Mr. Robert L. Reed, represen tative of J. C. Mayer and com pany, Cincinnati, Ohio, had the pleasure of'spending a day in Four Oaks recently. Mr. [Reed Btated that he saw great possibil ities in the growth of Four Oaks and that some future date has the expectation of a visualation of a great cotton market .He found the merchants to be a thriving peo ple and stated that there was no question in his mind of a growing metropolis. Mr. Reed explained to the board of town commissioners the advan tage of their contemplated bond issue. For, by introducing water and sewer systems, which will lower both death rate and insur ance rate, it will bring the rural people into the town to live and naturally be to its commercial in terefts. Mr, Reed was warm in his praise of the, hospitality found in the vicinty. New Auto Repair Shop Messrs. Roy Keen and Kirby Rose have opened an automobile repair shop on East Market Street. They are located in the garage formerly occupied by the Spear Motor company. They re pair automobiles and carry a full line of parts. Mr. Keen is the head mechanic and is experienced in this work, having held a posi tion for several years with the Sanders Motor company and with the Young Motor company of this city. Both proprietors of this new firm, which will be known as the K. R. Motor company, will be glad to have their friends call to see them. BANKERS TO MEET AT CHAPEL HILL The semi-annual meeting of Group 4 . of North Carolina Bank ers Association will be held at the Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill oh Sat urday, February 13, at 7:30 p. m. Hon. W. P. Stacy, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, will be the principal speak er. Short business session for any matters of business to be present ed by the member banks of this Group. Fright or Guilt? v rzsmz? jbek . "v&mmaesg m I __-W 7 ' V-jF DAVID L. Marshall, Philadelphia Chiropractor, confessed dismem bering the body of Miss Dietrich, | which he claims took poison be cause of a busted romance—and died in his officie. Through fright, he says, he tried to do away with the body. Consider Adoption Of New Calendar A Thirteen-Month Calen dar Is £eing Considered By League of Nations. Fresh stimulus has recently given to the reform of the calen dar by the action of the commit tee of inquiry of the League of Nations in calling representatives of the Roman, Greek, and other orthodox churches of the East, the Anglican Church of Great Britain, and about 100 Protestant churches to discuss the advisability of mak ing Easter a fixed instead of a movable date, dependent on the full moon. The first or second Sun day in April has been suggested. Further sessions of the commit tee of inquiry are to be held soon to make definite recommendations to the League of Nations regarding plans for calendar reform. Enthu siastic support has been given in man^ quarters to the plan that would divide the year into thirteen 28-day months, with an extra year day at the end of the last week in December. Every four years a leap day would be inserted at the end of June. The change, it is said, could be made easily on January 1, 1928, as that 'will be Sunday. Prof. C- F. Marvin, Chief of the Weather Bureai^ of the United States Department of Agriculture, indorses the 13-month year because it would greatly simplify meteor ological and other scientific rec ords. He points out also that there are innumerable advantages to economic, agricultural, civic, edu cational, and business interests in having all months and quarters ex- i actly alike, and the numbered days j of each month always falling on | the same day of the week. Many | difficulties now existing in compil-! ing accurate comparative statis- j tics in accounting, banking, or: computing interest would be done j away with. An interesting fact in connection j with the proposed calendar is that j it harmonizes in many respects j with the plan of the old calendar i used by the Israelites. Baptist Church Sunday school 9:30 a. m. The j superintendent will announce his I new corps of officers and teach- j ers. The pastor will preach at 11 j a. m. and 7:15 p. m. The morning j service is of special importance j to all members of the church and Sunday school, as it is to be a special consecration service for the large number of officers and teachers of the church and Sun day • school, this service (being postponed from last Sunday be cause of the bad weather and the absence of a good many of those to be installed. Evening services regularly hereafter at 7:15. At 6 p. m. Sunday the Intermediate B. Y. P. U. will meet. A cordial in vitation to the public to all serv ices. A good winter job is to collect the best seed ears for seed corn and test them out for germination. It pays not to guess about good seed corn, say agronomy w'ork^ ers. ...... A . Boy Scout Troop Now At Four Oaks - ■ • ■ Executive Board Tusca rora Council To Hold Annual Meeting Mon day Night in Goldsboro. * _ The Scoutmasters in Johnsjton county will have a splendid report' of the Scout activities, when they shall meet in Goldsboro next Mon day night, February 8, as guest* of the ExeciJtive Board of Tus carora Council. It is the custom of the executive board to hold an an-, nual meeting, and the new Golds boro hotel will be the 3cene for the outlining of the work for 1926. At the banquet Monday evening, will be 26 scoutmasters of the Tus carora Council. Scout officials from Johnston county will carry the glad tidings of a new troop organized at Four Oaks and the application for a troop at Clayton. The Methodi 3 A i church at Four Oaks is sponsoring* the troop in that city and Kenneth . Coates has been chosen as scout- f master. The pastor, Rev. E. D, >C Dodd,*will be the assistant scopl-l master. Twenty-one boys compose * the Four Oaks troop. In Clayton, Rev. M. Y. Self has: ;g made application to the Troop Or-'JJj ganization Committee for a troop, sponsored by the Methodist church V | of ’Clayton, and it is expected that [within the next two weeks, this i troop Kill be organized. ! All boy scouts in the county and : | in the TuscHrora Council will bo ; interested to know tha t a contrac ! has been signed recently for th | use of Camp Tusearora I plans will soon be formed for tfaf* (summer work on Holt Lake. What You Pay For Rent In case you have forgotten 1917 13 and are beginning once more to think that war is glory and glamor and flapping flags, please cut to pieces in this way the tax dollar which President Coolidge’s budget message says you are to pay in 1926. For National defense, 16-32 cents. For pensions, war bonus, sol diers’ insurance, etc.* 16.55 cents. Public debt retirement, 1.76 Interest on the public debt, 22.75 cents. For all other purposes, 29.62 cents. Wars, past and prospective, apd the debts created by them con sume 78 cents of the tax-dollar. All of the work of peace has to be performed for 30 cents. But for these wars Federal taxes, direct and indirect, need not be one third what they are. In terms of gross appropriation, this means that $2,400,000,009 will be spent in 192f on war in all forms and of all times, and $756,000,000, net on /everything else. The postoffice will cost about $740,000,000 more, but will, and should, pay for itself. The present gross annual war charges are considerably mor* than the total cost of Government Y under the Constitution from 17 '> through 1862.—Richmond New - Leader. Tom Tarheel says it appears t*. him that now is the time for the farm boy to get him a place ot his own- Land seems to he m de* mand in North Carolina now. The Mirror IS THIS YOU? If the person who answers thi* s description will call at The j Herald office they will 1 receive a free ticket to the Victory ! Theatre. You wore tan corduroy trou.°. ? ers, gray vest, black ^sweater, L . tan shirt with black tie, black overcoat and slouch hat and tan J shoes- You were seen in a bar \ ber shop last night about sev j en o’clock,, «. ' | : Miss Nola Gurley recognized j herself in last Tuesday’s Mirror 1