BMITHFIELD NEEDS:
—Bigger Pay Roll.
—A Modern Hotel
—Renovation of Opera House.
—More Paved Streets.
—Chamber of Commerce.
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JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
County Farm Agent
Better Roads Feeding Highways
Equal Opportunity for Every
School Child
Better Marketing System
More Food and Feed Crops
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VOLUME 44—NO. 18
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1926
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$2 00 PFT? VF.AT?
Car Turns Over
Killing Woman
Mrs.'Joe Blackman Fatal
ly Injured In Automo
bile Wreck Near Home
of Mr. John A. Johnson
Saturday Night — Snow
Blinds Driver.
FUNERAL SUNDAY
The blinding snow that fell thick
and fast for about half an hour .
early Saturday night lasted long
enough to cause a tragic accident
just out of town in front the home ■
of Mr. John A. Johnson when the
car driven by Mr. Joe Blackman
was turned over and his wife, who !
was with him, was fatally hurt. |
Mr. and Mrs. Blackman, whoso ;
home is near Turner’s Bridge, had
been to Smithfield and were re
turning home about eight o’clock.
According to reports received here,
the snow had fallen against the
windshield of t,)’e car, partially
blinding the driver. As the car
reached the home of Mr. Johnson
the driver failed to see a car park
ed by the road in front of a negro
tenant house across the road from
Mr. Johnson’s home. Just as he
reached the car, however, Mr.
Blackman saw it and swerved
quickly to one side to miss it when
he saw that he was about to run j
into a ditch. Whirling the car hack 1
into the road it turned over and ;
both occupants were thrown out. i
Mr. W. F. Grimes, of this city, 1
passed soon afterwards and help
ed bring Mrs. Blackman to the
hospital -where she died in a few
minutes. When thrown from the
car her skull was fractured and
she passed away without regain
ing consciousness. Mr. Blackman
was Qnhr alighitlx_iaiUiSdfa^-i
Thcf funeraT was held at the home
Sunday afternoon and interment
was made here' in the new ceme
tery. Kev. S. S. McGreggor, pastor
of the deceased, conducted the fu
neral. Surviving her is a husband
and four children. She also leaves
three brothers, Messrs. J. A. and
Andrew Bradley, of this city, and
Mr. R* L. Bradley, of Tarboro. Mrs.
Blackman was thirty-five years of
ago. She was a tnember of the
Baptist church and was a good
woman.
The bereaved ones have the sym
pathy of the community in this sad
accident.
WORLD’S AMATEUR
TYPIST TO BE HERE
Miss Minnie Regelmeyer, world’s
amateur champion typist, will give
a demonstration of typewriting
speed and accuracy at Smithfield
high school at 9 a. m. Friday,
March 5. Stenographers and typ
ists of Smithfield are invited to
attend. The services of Miss Reg
elmeyer were secured by Mr. C.
C. Chapman of Goldsboro, local
representative of the Underwood
Typewriter Company.
Even a pig likes to be clean and
the young pigs farrowed this
spring will make better growth
and be healthier if they are raised
in clean quarters.
Tom Tarheel says he knows
whether or n^t- he made money
last ;^ar because he kept a care
ful record of all his farm work.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—
I bot. me a new funigraff recud
what has a dog barking in it but
am feared to play it, some of cTese
.tax m^ns mought slap de dog tax
on me.
9 Ships in 3 Hours
; (Avtqqxster'I !
H. L. Ferguson, Resident of the
Newport News SIWpbuilding Co.v
cheered the hearts of American
merchant marine advocates in his
announcement that 9 ships will be
launched and 3 keels laid within 3
houijs on March 20.
Campaign On
Mrs. W. M. Sanders,
Qhairman For Smith
field, Plans To Sell Quo
ta of 380 Coins.
Cameron Morrison, state chair
man Last Call Campaign Stone
Mountain memorial coins, who has
appointed Mrs. W. M. Sanders,
chairman for Smithfield, states
that the people from every part
pj^North.. Carolina are shelving
splendid enthusiasm in their ac
ceptance of North Carolina’s .quo
ta. The State's entire quota is
150.000 coins, and to Smithfield
has been allotted 380.
Mrs. Sanders has the campaign
in this city well planned, and al
ready the sale of coins has begun
Every organization in town will be
asked to have a part, and in- a
short time, no doubt the quota will
be sold.
By a unanimous vote of the
House and Senate, Congress pass
ed the act authorizing the mintage
of these memorial half dollars
which will be sold for one dollar
each, as a financial aid to the Stone
Mountain Confederate Monuments
Association, and as a tribute to
the valor of the soliders of the
South.
The Stone Mounta::. Confeder
ate Memorial belongs to the South.
Every Southern State is repre
sented on its Board of Directors.
Every Southern State has desig
nated five men of distinguished
service to the Confederacy to be
carved on Stone Mountain. The
proceed* c the sale of coins in
each £>•' ,*m!| go towards the
carv!; ' ' ?' i oroes of that state.
A Xf*r* orai Cain has been set
aside.'and numbered for each town
in the State. This Coin will be
sold at aue'tion, or bought pri
vately by some patriotic individ
ual. This coin is registered, can
not be duplicated, and will always
be known as the city’s coin. Smith
field’s coin is number 85. Details
of the auction sale will be announc
ed later.
A part of the plans in connec
tion with the Stone Mountain Me
morial is the hollowing out of the
solid granite at the base of Stone
Mountain a Memorial Hall in which
will be kept numerous records and
inscriptions. Each State will have
a separate book, and each town
will have a separate page.
Coins may be had at either bank
in this city and various committees
will be at work during the week
to help make Smithfield’s page *in
the Record Book complete in every
detail.
Contributions To Jewish Relief
I Mrs. Joe Davis, chairman of the
| Jewish Relief campaign for Smith
i field, acknowledges receipt of the
■following contributions for tha1
jfund to Feb.' 24: Miss Mattie Pou
j$l; R. R. Holt, $2; Miss Georgis
I Pearsall, $1,
Two Addresses
On Mormonism
Mrs. Lula Shepard Gives
First Hand Knowledge
of Political and Finan
cial Power of Mormon
Church.
“The home is the fortress of the
American nation,declared Mrs-.
Lulu L. Shepard in an address at
the courthouse here last Thursday
evening, and “Mormonism is a foe
to the home.”
A goodly number gathered in
the courthouse to hear Mrs. Shep
ard of Salt Lake City, Utah, called
the silver-tongued orator of the
Rocky Mountains, and her hearers
! were not disappointed as they lis
tened to her tell in fluent langu
ages personal experiences with the
Mormons. “The Mormon Menace”
was the subject of her address,
and she convinced her audience
that the JVIormons are to be reck
oned with because of their power,
politically and financially. No de
nomination has grown so rapidly
as the Mormon church in the last
few years, due largely to the fact
that the most of its converts are
women. According to Mrs. Shep
ard the Mormon church holds the j
balance of power in eleven Wes-!
.ton states and needs only two |
more to control every law passed j
by Congress.
She told of how the Mormon
church requires of its followers a
tenth of their income, and how
this money is invested in various
properties, and is held by the
church.
Mrs. Shepard spoke on Thurs
day afternoon at Ithe Methodist
church to women only. Among her
afternoon congregation, according
to a statement made in the evening
address, were ladies who stated
that they were studying Mormon
ism. This was told to show that
Mormon missionaries hove been
at work here in Johnston county.
JAMES CRUZE S SUCCESSOR
TO “THE COVERED WAGON”
(Synopsis Story)
“The Pony Express,” produced
for Paramount by James Cruze I
and opening a run of two days at |
the Victory Theatre on Wednes
day, (Thursday) is a well-knit
and thrilling story of the West
just prior to the election of Pres
ident Lincoln, when California was j
hesitating between North and
South, showing the inauguration!
and operation of the famous Pony
Express and giving a glimpse of
the young Mark Twain.
Jack Weston, a debonair gam-1
| bier and a dead shot, has been con-j
! demned to die because of his an- |
ti-slavery orations by Senator
Glen, who leads the Southern
cause in California, but he es
capes and goes to Julesburg where
he becomes a Pony Express rider.
His rival for the hand of Molly
Stevens is Slade, superintendent of
the Overland Stage company, a
notorious “bad man” who tries to
discredit Weston in the eyes of
Molly and who later makes an un
successful attempt on his life,
j Slade has arranged with Glen to
! suppress the news of Lincoln’s
■ election in order that California
may be swung to the Southern
side, this state being aif important
factor in the fight against slavery.
The story tells of the defeat of
Slade’s plans by Weston’s wit and
j daring. Weston assists in the de
fense of Julesburg against a band
j of Indians led by a half-breed in
league with Slade. Westcn wins
! the girl and is later elected to po
[litical office.
This is a story combining his
torical fact with the element of
romance that /distinguished ^the
West of former days.
B«tty Compson, Ricardo Cortez,
Ernest Torrence and Wallace
Beery are featured in the cast of
the production. The story is by
Henry James Forman and Walter
Woods.
The biggest thing Cruze has
done yet is what Paramount claims
of “The Pony Express.”
Plant pasture seed between
| February 15 and April 1st. From
March first to March 15 is the
best time for eastern Carolina,
finds S. J. Kirby, extension pas
ture specialist.
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Harold Lloyd
>aw tff **ar
jfAyTOCACTgi^j
Everybody has early ambitions uj
be something or somebody when
they grow up, but they seldom
realize those ambitions. However,
Harold Lloyd is an exception to the
rule for this comic fellow of the
screen wanted to be an actor and
we*U say he became one too. • I*.
Fine Sermon At
Baptist Church
Tithing Is Subject Discus*
sed by Gilbert T. Steph
enson From Business
Man’s Viewpoint.
"Tithing” from a business man’s
viewpoint, was the subject dis
cussed at the Baptist church here
Sunday by Mr. Gilbert T. Steph
enson of Raleigh. Christians should
not tithe, according to Mr. Steph*
enson, in order that God may pros
per them, nor because the Bible
teaches tithing, nor to • appease
God. Tithing is more fundamental
than any one of these reasons, It,
is an acknowledgement of the re
lation between God and his follow
ers. Everything that one has be
longs to God. God fixes the tithe
as Ilis due. Mr. Stephenson illus- :
trated this thought by citing the
relation between landlord and ten-I
ant, between debtor and creditor, i
Mr. Stephenson closed his talk!
with a few remarks about the Bap-!
tist foundation. The idea in this!
fund is that of tithing one’s es
tate as well as one’s income. He
holds that a person should leave
a tenth to the Lord’s cause when
he makes his will.
The service which was well at
tended, was characterized by good
music. Mr. A. M. Calais sang a
solo, and Mrs. Dart and Rev. S.
L. Morgan, a duet, during the
service.
NEGROES REPORT
ON HOSPITAL, $833.00
On Saturday, Feb. 27, the coun
ty Teachers’ Association met at
the county training school, at
which time the following report
was made on the Johnston county
hospital project:
Montgomery school, $2.00.
Cedar Grove, $4.50.
St. Amanda, $4-70.
Ransom’s Academy, $3.60.
Stony Hill, $3.25.
Rocky Branch, $.50.
F'our Oaks, $7.50.
Long Branch, $3.00.
Micro, $9.50.
Bethel, $10.00.
Simms, $4.50.
Watson, $5.25.
Pineville, $6.43. N
New Bethel, $.64.
Wilson’s Mills, $9.00.
Greene, $2.00.
Ttotal amount, $76.37.
The following schools have paid
out their full quota on the $1,000
set as the goal.
; Atkinson’s Academy, Pine Level,
Hodges Chapel, Booker Washing
ton, Stewart, St. Amanda,
j Others are very near the goal
[and will be reported dater.
LAURA J. A. KING,
Supervisor.
REV. H. R. FAIRCLOTH TO
PREACH IN COURTHOUSE
Rev. H. R. Faircloth, pastor of
Hopewell and Johnston Union Free
Will Baptist churches near here,
will preach in the courthouse on
Sunday evening, March 7, at 7:30
o’clock. He will use as his subject:
“A Wrecked World.” Good music
is promised and a cordial invita
tion to all is extended1 to attend.
Dogs Trail Booze
Instead’Possum
Lead Hunters A Chase To
Five Gallons of Beer—
Dogs Get Drunk.
(Special to The Herald)
Princeton, Feb. 27.—Some weeks
ago several men went possum hun
ting, and all 'possum hunters know
that the dogs arew always ready
and anxious to go. After being in
the woods an hour and having a
hard time to keep up with the dogs
which were going dowrn the creek
spreading the news of a hot trail,
finally old Bowser opened up on
the news that they had “treed.” All
hands hurried along to the tree
expecting to find a big 'possum up
a little tree—but no sign of a
‘possum could be seen up that tree.
While trying to shine that ’pos
sum’s eyes and walking around
the tree many times all hands de
clared that they could smell beer
mighty strong. Old George says:
“Them dogs has lied they ain’t no
possum here.” All the dogs were
called off and started down the
creek on another trial. They had
not gone many yards before old
Bowser opened up on what seem
ed to be another hpt trail, and im
mediately the other four dogs? join
ed in the chorus, and for fifteen
minutes it sounded like a whole
pack of fox hounds were going
down the creek all looking at the
animal, and they were spreading
the news. All at once the news
“treed again” followed by a gug
gling sound and £he expression
from one of the party: “I believe
them darn dogs has fell in the
creek.” This guggling was kept
up for a few minutes. All, in the
meantime, were hurrying along
through the thicket as fast as
they could go,—but before they
reached the dogs the guggling
stopped, and all the dogs headed
off down the creek opening up on
something hot and fresh. Every
dog seemed to be doing his best
and they were making the woods
ring. About this time the hunters
came near the spot where it sound
ed as if the dogs fell into the creek.
One man says: “I’ll be darned
if I don’t smell beer mighty
strong.” Another one says: “Come
here boys, them dogs did fall in
“shore nuff,” and going over in the
thicket what they saw was five
barrels of beer. All the barrels were
buried in the ground up to the top
hoop and had been full to the rim.
Each dog had evidently guggled
up about one gallon of that beer
and had gone on. About this time
uiu ouwsef- upeucu up uu mo uiu
gag—“treed again” and the live
were spreading the news “treed
again.” Old George says: “Them
dogs is fully a mile down the
creek.” Jim says: “It sounds to me
like they are most to Neuse river
but we must go to ‘em.” For one
hour the men worked their way
through the thick briars and un
dergrowth and those five dogs were
telling the news. George says:
“They are sticking to it this time.”
i/\fter an hour’s hard work all
hands reached the spot from which
those dogs were broadcasting the
news “treed again,” and bless your
life what do you think those hunt
ers saw? Every darn one of those
dogs was standing with his
front feet on the rim of a barrel
of beer and was so drunk he didn’t
know where in the devil he was
at.
SMITHFIELD GIRLS DEFEAT
GOLDSBORO BASKETEERS
The Smithfield high school girls
defeated the Goldsboro High Fri
day afternoon in a game of bas
ketball by a score of 38 to 22.
From the very beginning of the
game the local girls opened up an
offensive that was a ruffle for the
! visitors throughout the entire
jgame. The accurate passing and
!fast floor work proved too much
ifor their opponents, although they
showed good form in breaking up
plays that would have meant a
wider margin in the final score.
Both teams played a good game,
Peterson and Fitzgerald were stars
for the locals while Pickett and
Musgrave starred for Goldsboro,
Creech and Ellington did some ex
cellent guarding.
Watch the date on your l%be!
jand renew.
Utah Avalanche Buries Village!
A huge snow slide claimed forty lives .when it swept down upoi
Sap Gulch, a small mining village near Bingham, Utah. Two board*
ing houses and seventeen other dwellings were buried beneath tons of
snow. Fire added to the horror of the catastrophe, when overturned
stoves ignited the wreckage.
Here Friday Night
Big Truck Mires
Down In Back Lot
Two Tractors Work For
Two Hours Before Pull
ing It Out of Mire.
j The big White truck, weighing
| about nine thousand pounds and
which belongs to Jeffrys and Son,
fruit merchants of Goldsboro,
I mired down in the alley behind
the stores of the Cotter-Underwood
company Friday afternoon, and it f
took several hours work to pull j
it out of the mud. The heavy rain j
of 'Thursday morning had soften-id
the ground and the truck went
down in the mud until it was al
most over the top of the wheels.!
The axles were completely cover- |
ed up. The truck drove to the rear 1
of the Capital Cafe to deliver some
produce about one o’clock and it
was four before it was able to
proceed on its way.
The Young Motor company
S hitched two tractors to the back
i of the truck, and after the front
I wheels had been jacked up, pulled
it out. As the truck camj’e up out
of the hole, it rolled against one
of the tractors, and hurt slightly
Elmer Wood, who was driving it.
The occurrence caused consid
erable interest among the folk up
town, and there was a number of
spectators at all times during the
rescue work.
FIRE AT CANDY SH.OP
The fire company was again
called out yesterday morning when
it was found that the candy shop
near the Dalton Lee Motor com
pany was on fire. The flames were
extinguished however before they
had gained much headway and the
damage was slight, only the roof
around the chimney being burned.
A defective flue was the cause of
the fire.
SMALL BLAZE SUNDAY
The fire alarm sounded Sunday .
just as folks were going home
from church, and it was found that
the home of Tom Bryant, colored,!
on East Market Street had caught'
fire. The blaze was soon put out j
and the damage was estimated to
be only bout $25. A defective flue 1
was assigned as the cause of the
fire.
“UNCLE” CHARLES SANDERS
PASSES AWAY AT HOME
“Uncle” Charles Sanders, an
aged colored man, died at his home
here Thursday after a few days’
illness. He had done odd jobs about
town for years and was a familiar
figure on the streets. He was hon
est and industrious, and command
ed the respect of both white and
colored who knew him.
SMALL CHILD SWALLOWS
A^ OPEN SAFETY PIN
Jonesboro, Feb. 28.—An open
safety pin was swallowed by a
small child of Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Cade, of Sanford, on Thurs
day morning. The pin lodged in
A Hundred Scouts From
Five Johnston County
Troops Outside Smith
field Are Expected.
The Boy Scouts of Johnston
county will assemble at the ar
mory in Smithfield on Friday night
to match strength in scout work
md stunts. The local committees
ire making preparation for over
me hundred scouts w’ho will come
from Kenly, Selma, Four Oaks,
Benson and Princeton, who will
take part in the rally. The work
and stunts include First Aid, Knot
Tying, Signalling, Songs, Rescue
Race and Yells. Judges will be
present and one troop in the coun
ty will be pronounced most pro
ficient. Troop 2, \Smithfield, has
jeen at work for several weeks
md hopes to take off the prize for
the evening.
A part of the evening program
will be music by thp Riverside
Serenaders and afterwards re
freshments will be served the vis
itors by Troop 2 of Smithfield. The
committee hopes that many visi
tors from Smithfield and the
county at large will be present to
snjoy the evening.
Johnson-Usher
Wallace, Feb. 18.—Simple but
Deautiful was the ceremony Sun
iay afternoon when Miss Carolyn
Usher became the bride of Mr. Roy
Raymond Johnson. The ceremony
was perfomed by Rev. W. P. M.
Currie, the bride’s pastor, at the
home of Mrs. Franklin Parrish
McIntyre, grandmother of the
bride. Only a few close relatives
and friends were present. The
home was tastefully decorated with
sweet peas and ferns.
Miss Usher/ attired in a suit of
blue cloth, and carrying a bouquet
of white roses and valley lilies, met
the groom at the foot of the stairs
and they entered the sitting room
where the guests were assembled
to the strains of Lohengrin’s wed
ding march, played by Mrs. J. M
Henley. While the impressive ring
ceremony was being pefrfdjrmed.
“To a Wild Rose” was softly play
ed.
After the marriage vows were
taken, the guests were served t
salad course by Miss Nina Mc
Intyre, the bride’s aunt. Mr. anc
Mrs. Johnson lef*t f)or a motor
tour of North Carolina, and wil
soon return to make their home al
Four Oaks.
Mrs. J,ohnson is the talented anc
attractive daughter of the late
Armand Love Usher and Mrs
Mary McIntyre Usher. She wai
educated at the Pineland Schoo
for Girls, where she specialized ii
voice.
Mr. Johnson is a popular younj
business man of Four Oaks.
the throat beyond the reach o
the fingers. The little one was im
mediately rushed to the Centra
Carolina Hospital where it was re
moved with an instrument. Tin
child suffered practically no ill ef
feets from the experience.
Porkers Promise
Plenty Of Profit
Sanders Chapel Sections
Boasts Not Only Fine
Pigs But Talented
Children *
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Smithfield, Route 2, Mar. 1 —
Mr. Harvey Starling seems to
be the champion pork-pusher in
this community. He bought two -
pigs from Mr. Ben Powell a few
weeks ago of the big-bone Poland ,
China breed. Twenty-eightf days
ago he weighed them to see how
much they were gaining. One of
them weighed 54 and now weighs
96 pounds. The other weighed 33
and now weighs 67 pounds. Who
can beat it? He feeds them on
corn and a first class hog feed.
Last Tuesday lone Powell, the
ten-year-old daughter of Mr. Ben
Powell, came very near being run
over by the school truck. She went
to get out of- her- father’s oar
just ahead of the oncoming truck,
and fell, the truck missing her only
a few inches.
Saturday night Mr. Leonard
Woodard had a nice ham taken
from his smokehouse. The door
wasn’t locked it having been
blown off the hinges by a severe
wind and was just set in place.
He said it might have been a doc
but it must have been an exper
ienced one as the meat' was torn
up and the ham gotten from the
bottom of the box. He wants them
to come back again when he gets
his trap gun set. It would be a
good idea for this community to
call a meeting and order quite a
lot of those guns. Then they could
tell just whose dog it was robbing
meat houses, chicken coops, corn
cribs, potato hills and houses.
Clara, the pretty little blue
eyed, red-haired daughter of Mr.
Rawden Hill, is very talented mu
sically. She was just four years old
last December. She has been sing
ing real songs ever since she was
two years old and now she can
sing several songs perfectly. She
can also play several little pieces
on the piano and is beginning to
play and sing together. Mr. Hill
seems to be proud of her talent
and says he is going to do all in
his power to give her a musical
education. The mystery of it she
has had no one to teach her—just
picked it up alone.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Woodard,
of Selma, and Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Edmundson. of Smithfield, visited
*Mr. *nd Mrs. Claud Hill Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Reid Hodgin has prom
ised the children in her room a
party if they are not tardy and
will get up their lessons. They are
very much enthused over the prop
osition.
MAKEPEACE FAMILY GIVE
TO METHODIST ORPHANAGE
Raleigh, Feb. 27.—An addition
al $10,000 has been subscribed to
the fund being raised for the baby
cottage at the Methodist Orphan
age, bringing the total up to $30,
000 in cash. This donation was
made by Mrs. Nannie Makepeace,
widow of G. H. Makepeace, of San- a
ford, and her children, O. P.
Makepeace, G. M. Makepeace, H.
F. Makepeace, Mrs. W. R. Wil
liams, all of Sanford and Mrs. A.
S. Johnston, of Smithfield.
The Baby Cottage will take care
of children under f\ve years of age
and $45,00Q is needed before work
can begin.
The Mirror
IS THIS YOU?
If the person who answers this
description will call at The
Herald office they will
receive a free ticket
to the Victory
Theatre.
‘You wore a dark brown
sweater, white shirt, gray
trousers and black oxfords.
; Your hair is light and curly.
You were seen Monday about
12 o’clock in front of the Bap
tist church.
“Red” Ennis recognized him
self in last Friday’s Mirror.