Smithfield Extends a Warm Welcome to the Boy Scout Troops of Johnston County
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SMITHFIELD NEEDS:
—Bigger Pay Roll.
—A Modem 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. 19
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1926
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$2.00 PER YEAR
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CHILD IS STRUCK BY CAR AND IS KILLED INSTANTLY
MR. ALBERT ALLEN
DIES HI HIS HOME
Passes Aften Ten Years
of Affliction With Pe
culiar Malady—Funeral
Yesterday.
A life filled with sadness and
yet one that radiated brightness
came to a close Wednesday morn
ing about ten o’clock when Mr.
Albert Allen passed away at the
home of his father, Mr. Ben Allen
in Beintonville township.
' To many is known the life story
I of Mr. Allen whose short span was
I only 31 years, for his affliction and
the wonderful manner in which he
bore it have been talked of far
I and wide. About twelve years ago
this young man became afflicted
| with what appeared to be rheu
j matism and he sought relief and
| healing in one hospital after an
| other, consulting specialists in dis
eases of this sort but without
[ avail. About ten years ago he was
in Hot Springs. Ark. They brought
him home with no hope of re
covery. His trained <jnurse, Miss
Southerland, accompanied him
I home, and in her devotion during
[ the long years since that hoine
| coming, is a story of patience and
j devotion that might well have
| caused Lowell, the poet, to pen the
“He’s true to God who’s true
to man.”
I Nbt very long after he came
I home, his mother passed away, and
k on her death bed, Miss Southerland
^ promised to stay with the son as
r long as he lived. She kept her
promise faithfully.
During the past ten years the
ravages of disease kept making in
roads upon his strength, kept tak
ing a hold upon his body until
when he died he could not move a
' muscle except in his shoulders.
■ Every joint was pesjf'ectly stiff,
i Sometime ago it became necessary
i to remove some of his teeth in or
der to feed him. Three years ago
he became blind. In the beginning
of his illness he suffered quite a
bit of pain but in recent years he
! was fairly comfortable. Through it
all he has never been known to
1 murmur nor complain, and he has
been heard to state that he be
lieved he was fulfilling God’s pur
pose for him even on a bed of af
fliction.
The funeral was held yesterday
' afternoon and interment made in
the family burying ground. Num
bers and numbers of friends will
mourn his passing.
New Dry Goods Store
Opened In Smithfield
Mr. Artie Summerfield, proprie
tor of the Spot stores of South
Hill. Va., and Rich Square, has
secured the store building former
ly occupied by the R. S. Smith &
company and is opening a dry
goods store there. He purchased
the stock of goods owned by R. S.
Smith & company and new goods
are arriving daily.
Lost—Book of chancfes tfor
church bazaar by young lady nearly
full.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me
Towns big and little have ;
joltin' streak whar it jins d
country jes ter loosen de buHdoj
grip tight wads have on dey mon
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WAKE FOREST GLEE
CLl’B HERE TONIGHT
The Wake Forest Glee club
will give a concert at the high
school auditorium tonight at 8
o’clock. The Glee club is coming
under the auspices of the Holt
Srenders chapter of the U. I). C.
Everybody is invited to attend.
Voters Vote Down
School Election
Uniform Tax Proposition
in N. E. Special School
Taxing District Defeat
ed by 486 Votes.
The second election to be held
in the Northeastern Special School
Taxing District was defeated on
Tuesday, March 2, by 480 votes. 1
The election called for u^'fljiecial
tax throughout the districc^f not
exceeding fifty cents on the hun- 1
dred dollars worth of property, j
and the voters showed emphati- j
cally how the majority feel about j
increased taxation. The books !
showed 3010 registered for the I
election, and only 1319 votes were ;
cast in favor of the uniform tax. j
Only two townships gave a ma- J
jority favoring the proposition. I
Selma and Beulah, and Selma and I
Glendale (in Beulah) districts al- !
ready have a special tax. West
Smithfield township constituting
Hopewell and Johnson school dis
tricts rolled up the biggest per
cent against the issue. Twelve
votes out of a registration of 200
were cast favoring it. Next to this
section, Pine Level which includ
ed voters from Pomona, Creech’s
and Yelvington’s Grove districts, 1
defeated the measure with only
04 votes cast for the tax out of a
registration of 582.
The vote in the other voting pre
cincts was as follows: Selma, reg
istration 054, with 376 for; Boon
Hill registration 528, with 147 for;
Beulah, registration 447, with 250
for; Ingrams registration 051, with
315 for; Oneals registration 334,
with 47 for; Micro registration 217,
with 108 for.
Meeting Of Interest To
Be Held In Raleigh
A meeting to which Methodist
ladies arc looking forward with a
great deal of interest is the Wom
an's Missionary Council to be held
at Eden ton |Stree*t Methodist
church in Raleigh March 10 to 17.
This meeting will bring sonic of
the finest women of the whole
southern church to North Caro
lina, and notable speakers will fea
ture the program.
Dr. J. B. Matthews, professor
of Old Testament at Scarritt Col
lege ill he in charge of the noon
day L'iVe hour each day. Dr. Mat
thcv.s has h.cen a missionary to
•lava, is an author and an editor.
Another speaker of note will be
I)r. Daniel J- Fleming of New
York City, a Presbyterian minis
\r and former missionary to In
dia. The subject of his address will
be: “World Missions.” Other
speakers are Dr. Chas. R. Zohn
iister of Pittsburg, Pa., who will
[talk on “The Church and the Com
jmunity.” and Miss Sze Vong Pau,
corresponding secretary of the
China conference. Miss Sze will
represent her conference at the
council meeting in Raleigh, and
will also be an official delegate at
the General Conference in May.
Mrs. Spencer Elected
Vice-Pres.-General
Charlotte, March 4.—Mrs.
W. O. Spencer, of Winston
Salem, today was elected as a
vice-presider»t-Ben«ral of *he
Daughters of the American
Revolution by the North Car
olina Society in convention
1 Sunlight Needed.
Sunlight in the hog house bring?
fj about dryness, warmth and sani
-.tation and these are needed fo:
j mere:;-ful growth of young pigs
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Wears Tilden Crown 1
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This isn’t the French tennis ace
who put our own Big Bill Tilden
out of the National Indoor champ
ionship play—but he did defeat his
fellow countryman, Brootra, who'
beat Big Bill, thereby winning the
title. He is Rene Lacosve, new
champion.
C. L Williams At
Meadow Meeting
Addresses Law and Or
der League of Meadow
Community Club.
Benson, Route 2, Mar. 4.—The
Meadow Law and Order club met
last Friday night in the school au
ditorium. The meeting was called
to order by the chairman, Rev. P.
A. Pridgen, after which the sec
retary, Mr. P. Parker, called the
roll and read the minutes of its
last meeting. The chairman made
a short but interesting trflk ’in
which he stated that the aim of the
club is to make Meadow a better
place to live and to fight against
lawlessness. He urged the people to
join the club. The speaker of the
evening was then introduced by
Mr. T. L. Hudson. Solicitor Wil
liams made one of the best and
most forceful speeches yet heard
in the Meadow auditorium o.n the
subject of “Law Enforcement.”
The best way to test a law, says
Mr. Williams, is to enforce it. The
best way to tell whether or not
it is a good law is to enforce it
The best way to repeal it is to en
force it. He also stated that a law
must meet with public sentiment.
The United States, according to
Mr. Williams, is far in advance of
any other country in the percent
age of murders with a murder for
every working day of the year. Too
many of these crimes are commit
ted by the young white men of
the country. The remedy, as stated
by Mr. Williams, lies in the organ
ized efforts of the home-parental
disciplines,—the school and the
church.
Rev. A. J. Parker
Attends Meetings
Rev. A. J. Parker, pastor of the
Methodist church here, has Return
ed home after spending a few days
l this week in Raleigh and Durham.
On Monday he attended a meet
ing in Durham relative to the
country church project which is
now under consideration. This
movement is planning for a sur
vey of country churches of all de
nominations with a view to locat
ing each one on a map. Mr. Par
ser will have charge in Johnston
county.
On Tuesday Mr. Parker attend
ed a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the board of trustees of
jLouisburg College. Mr. Parker
states that the college will under
take to raise $50,000 to match
$50,000 offered by Mr. R. H.
Wright for a new building at
jLouisburg College if the building
jis begun before the one now being
built by Mr. Wright is dedicated.
(Jive Cow Plenty of Water
Milk is about 87 per cent ol
I water naturally, which meant
that the cows should have plentj
iof clean fresh water to drink.
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SEE THE BOY SCOUTS IN ACTION
HERE TONIGHT AT THE ARMORY
i Can you tie nine complicated
knots in less than one minute?
Can you make fire by rubbing
sticks or flint and steel?
Can you send a message by the
Wig Wag method?
Do you know what to do with
a person that has fainted?
Can you splint a broken arm?
Do you know how to stop bleed
ing and take care of a person that
is weak from loss of blood?
If you ever knew how to do the
above, and have forgotten, see the
Scouts in action at the Armory
tonight at 8 o'clock.
If you have never learned the
above, come anyway and find out
how it is done.
! The Scouts of Johnston county
will be glad to have you, and you
will miss a lot if you don’t see
I what they have to show you to
| night.
! Come out, and DON’T forget,
that a little cheer from those in
terested in Scouting has a lot to
do with the pen and action of
each Scout Troop.
The troops that will be here are:
Troop No. 1 Kenly, No. 1 Prince
ton, No. 1 Selma, No. 1 Benson,
Troops Nos. 1 and 2 Smithfield.
The Scoutmasters are: Rev. A.
C. Summers, Rev. A. M. Mitchell,
Mr* M. P. Young, Rev. J. E. Bla
loq^c, Rev. Chester Alexander and
Mi*. Edgar Watson.
JURY LIST FDR
CRIMINAL TERM
Superior Court, One Week
Criminal, One Week
Civil, Opens Here Mon
day With Judge Sin
clair Presiding
A two weeks’ term of Superior
Court will convene here next Mon
day, March 8. The first week will
be devoted to criminal cases and
the second week to civil cases.
Judge N. A. Sinclair of Fayette
ville, will preside over the crimi
nal term. Judge Sinclair has just
held a two weeks’ special civil
term of court here.
The following is the jury list:
FIRST WEEK
Charles Wood, Ingrams Town
ship; J. V. Whitley, Wilders; M.
R. Peedin, Boon Hill; W. A. Lee,
Ingrams; J. A. Jones, Selma; W.
G. Creech, Pine Level; H. L. Skin
ner, Smithfield; G. R. Jernigan,
Ingrams; Joshua I. Pope, Banner;
D. W. Peterson, Smithfield; A. L.
Massey, Boon Hill; W. C. Flow
ers, Banner; Fred Batten, Micro;
Robt. A. Sanders, Smithfield; Dave
T. Overbee, Boon Hill; Ivan Crab
tree, Wilders; L. S. Penny, Ban
ner; W. Arthur Batten, Boon Hill;
J. M. Ogburn, Smithfield; J. W.
Hamilton, Smithfield; Jerry M.
Lee, Bentonville; Robert Parrish,
Smithfield; Carson V. Creech^ Ele
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GO. FARM AGENT
NO! APPOINTED
Commissioners Will Wait
Until Convinced Ma
jority Want Agent—
Numerous Items of
Business
The board of county commission- j
ers at their regular session held
here Monday and Tuesday of this
week, decided not to put on a Farm
Demonstration Agent in Johnston
county until they are convinced
that a majority of the people of
the county want one. Tfhere has
been some demand for an agent at
the past two meetings.
Other items of business trans
acted by the board include the fol
lowing:
Ordered that J. W. Stephenson,
be released of $3000 valuation on
his gin plant in Smithfield town
ship listed by error.
Ordered that Jimmie Young be
released of poll tax on account of
disability.
Ordered that A. M. C. Davis be ,
released of $5055 in the form of a
note listed to him in 1925, same
having been listed by error.
Ordered that Luther Radford be
released of poll tax in Smithfield
township.
Ordered that G. R. Stancil be
paid $56 for bridge work in Wild
ers township.
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Wake Sheriff Is
Fined For Affray
Sheriff D. B. Harrison and His Deputies Receive
Fines For Assaulting Negroes
Something: new in the court an- j
nals was tried here in Recorder’s
Court on Thursday of this week,
the innovation being trying a
sheriff and his staff on criminal
charges by which they stand in
dicted for an assault with a dead
ly weapon upon the person of a
negro of Wilders towinship by the
name of David Adams. The sheriff
in this very unusual case is Sher
iff D. Bryant Harrison, of Wake
county, and the other defendants
are his deputies: Bud Stell, Mallie
Poole, Joe Partin, Pete Denton and
Joe Lowe.
I This trial had its origin in an
[assault upon a negro of Wilders
township, and it occurred on the
[night of July 20, 1925. David Ad
I ams was the state’s prosecuting
witness, and it was largely upon
| his testimony and the corroborat
ing testimony of Mr. and Mrs.
Todd of Wendell, that the state re
lied for a conviction. David Ad
ams was the first witness to take
■ the stand, and his testimony was
I substantially as follows:
He tated that he lives in Joh'ns
, ton county about three-fourths of
a mile this side of the Wake coun
.ty line; that on the night of July
' 20 he came in from his work about
'dark and found at his homo Mr,
Marvin Todd, an automobile me
chanic of Wendell, who had come
to his house to make some repairs
on his automobile; that in conse
quence of a conversation which he
had with Todd he went some five
hundred yards down the road
where he had a watermelon patch.
He had been missing melons from
his patch and his motive for going
to the patch at this time was to
frighten away some trespassers
who might be there bothering his
melons. He had his gun with him.
Upon drawing near to the melon
patch he saw some men in the road
whom he suspected as being Ku
Klux, one of whom commanded
him to halt, and at the same time
flashed a light upon him. This
struck him with fright and he turn
ed around and began running back
toward his house, firing his gun
in the meantime in the direction
where the melons were. The offi
cers followed after him in hot pur
suit, firing many shots at him as
they came nearer his house. He
made an attempt to conceal him
self in the woods below his house
but the officers had flanked him
| on both sides and he was forced
.into his house. They entered
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Makes Million
At seventeen Miss Gene Goldman
left her parent's farm in Calgary,
Canada, and tool; a salesgirl’s po
sition in Chicago, selling real es
tate on the side. Today she has
her own company and has made a
million for herself.
Clayton To Have
Mail Delivery
New Mail Service Begins
May 1—Woman’s Club
Has Trees Set Out.
Clayton, Mar. 4.—About a year
ago our postmaster, Mr. A. R.
Duncan, began work for village
mail delivery for Clayton, and the
town has cooperated in every way
possible, making all the improve
ments recommended by the post
office department in order to come
up to the requirements necessary
to obtain this service. Mr. Duncan
has recently been advised by the
postoffice department that begin
ning May the first Clayton, will
have mail delivery and beginning
with this date patrons of the Clay
ton postoffice, living within the
city limits and adjacent houses,
will have their mail delivered to
their homes or places of business
twice each day and this without
additional cost to the people serv
ed.
The Woman’s Club here has re
cently bought several hundred dol
lars worth of trees which they
have had set along some of the
principal streets, which will add
very much to the beauty of the
town in a few years to come.
One of the outstanding meet
ings from both a social and bus
iness viewpoint was the regular
bi-monthly meeting of the Wom
an’s Club Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. 17, with Mrs. J. Dwight Bar
bour as hostess. The beauty of
this handsome home was enhanc
ed by the effective use of lovely
spring flowers, jonquils and gol
den bell, as decorations. During
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Mrs. Joe Davis Is
Elected Treasurer
Mrs. Joe Davis, who has been
attending a meeting of the North
Carolina Association of Jewish
Women at Durham this week, was
honored at this meeting by being
elected treasurer of the associa
tion. She succeeds Mrs. Eli Ep
stein of Rocky Mount.
$20,000,000 Worth
Of Buildings Will
Be Erected At Duke
Durham, March 4.—With blue
prints and drawings for 820.000,
000 worth of buildings to be erect
'ed on the new campus of Quke
University in their possession,
Prof. R: L. Flowers, secretary
treasurer of Duke University, and
Dr. Frank C. Brown, comptroller
and chairman of the building com
jmittee, left the city Wednesday
j night for New York. The purpose
of their visit is to confer with the
trustees of the Duke Foundation
! regarding the plans for the new
educational plant. Following their
return to the city, definite an
'nouncement is expected to be nfadc
|regarding the new plant.
Dr. Giase Will
Remain At U. NX
Turns Down Oregon Of
fer and Tells Trustees
Recent Events Have
Touched Him Deeply
Raleigh, Mar. 2.—Liberalism and
orthodoxy played no apparent part
in the decision today of President
Harry W. Chase, of the university,
to remain at the head of the insti
tution and thereby to decline the
call to Oregon university as its
executive.
The action of Dr. Chase was pre
cisely the same spirit as that of
the executive committee of the
board of trustees several weeks ago
when it urged the president not to
leave North Carolina, but raised
no issue whatever. In all the dis
cussions yesterday and today not
a word which smacked of a relig
ious controversy was uttered and
the ability of the tritsttfes^who''
are both fundamentalists and mod
emists, Doth radicals and middle
of the roaders, to negotiate this
action today without even think
ing in partisan terms is the best
prophecy that could have been
made of a peaceful time this year.
There were 53 trustees here.
That was a big representation
considering the difficulty of get
ting them notified and their en
gagements changed for this sitting
today. The trustees of the univer
sity are made up of the state’s
busiest men and they are wlell
scattered over the state. But rare
ly is there a better attended meet
ing even on long notice. Governor
McLean presided.
There was little horse play on
the part of the trustees or of the
president. Tfhe whole 'thing was
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Gov. McLean Names
Education Commission
Governor A. W. McLean has an
nounced the appointment of twelve
North Carolinians who \yill form
the Educational Commission au
thorized by the last general as
sembly. This commission will make
a complete survey and investiga
tion of educational problems and
methods of administration in the
state. The members of the com
mission, which include both men
and women, will serve without
'compensation except for a travel
and expense of not exceeding six
dollars per day.
Clinic For Cripples To
Be Held At Louisburg
' On March 18th thre will be a
linic for cripple children at Louis
burg. This clinic will be under the
auspices of the State Orthopaedic
Hospital and the State Department
] of Welfare. Dr. Miller will he
jthere and Dr. Hugh Thompson
I will assist him in making the ex
laminations. Adults will be admitted
| for examination.
| The Negro ward at the Ortho
jpaedie hospital is ready for pa
tients, and the welfare officer is
glad to serve the colored cripples,
i Bring your cases to her.
MRS. D. J. THURSTON,
Supt. Public Welfare.
A Good Idea.
I The Cumberland Presbj tcrinn, of
| Nashville, suggests mat in this
j time of attack on the Bible by ug
.nostics it is goo-t policy for Chris
jtian congregations o place few
copies in th£> pews, and |bfi< rs
(good ones at half a dollar each.—
1 Dearborn Indepemloiit.
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Three and Half Year
Old Son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Johnson
Darts In Front of
Automobile on East
Market Street
DRIVER EXONERATED
The fourth fatality from auto
mobile accidents in and near Smith -
field within ten days occurred hero
Tuesday afternoon when little Jo
seph Edwin Johnson, three and a
half year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Johnson, was run over
by an auto driven by Mr. J. W.
Floars of Burlington, and was
killed instantly.
The accident happened about
four o’clock in the afternoon on
Market Street at the crossing at
‘the Jo-Tex Filling station. Mrs.
Johnson accompanied by the little
boy had been up town shopping ami
was returning to her home on
North Fourth Street. They start -
ed across the street, but seeing
a car, Mrs. .Johnson and the boy
stopped. The child however, after
hesitating an instant darted across
the street in the front of the car,
Mr. Floars in an effort to dodge
tTie'''cTiTld”’ran upon the curb, but?
struck the child, fracturing hi
sKuii. i na mother picked the nctm
one up, but he was dead in » few
minutes. Eyewitnesses to the trag
ic occurrence were Mr. Vassie Jor
dan, who lives near Shiloh, and
who was passing in a truck, and
Mr. J. N. Rhodes, who holds a
position in the Capital Cafe.
Messrs. Edward Woodall and
Charles Springs, who were at the
filling station, reached the scene
just after *it happened and assist -
cd in getting the body to the un
dertaker's shlop. Mrs. Johnson
was prostrated with grief and has
been confined to her bed under :i
doctor’s care. Mr. Johnson, who is
superintendent of the SmithrieltL
Township convict camp, was not
in town when the accident hap
pened but was summoned immed
iately.
Mr. Floars was considerably
wrought lip and sent for Sherifi!
Parker at once. He was placed un
der a S1000 bond for his appear*
ance in Recorder’s Court Thu; -
day. but special hearing on Wed
nesday afternon, obviated an ap
pearance in Recorder’s Court. T ■
following jury heard the case:
Chas. A. Creech, D. U. Thompson,
Britton Smith, J. H. Wiggs, W.
H. Upchurch and J. J. Batten. TV
jury exonerated Mr. Floars of any
criminal intent, the witnesses
showing that he tried, to avoid
running over the child. An exam
ination of the ear. however, shov -
ed that there were no brakes on
the car. The car was damag-d
from running into a telephone pc’o
when the driver endeavored to
dodge the child. Mr. Floars v.
formerly from Fremont and \va*.
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The Mirror
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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 blue flannel suit.,
hite shirt with collar attached,
ou also wore tan slippers, gray
overcoat and gray hat. You vis
ited The Herald Thursday eve
ning.
Mr. Irwin Hill recognized
himself in Tuesday’s Mirror.