BMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modern Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper -- Established 1882 J 'V, JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops \---/ VOLUME 44—NO. 18 ffi * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1926 * * $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. * \ 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 * ♦ i LV 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.

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