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: J J.' 6MITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1882 --v JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm A sent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops S___s VOLUME 44—NO. 22 * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1926 # * $2.00 PER YEAR Grand Jury Makes Report To Court Recommendations Are Made Concerning Pri son Camp Near Smith field The grand jury made its report to the Superior Court in session here last week and was dismissed Wednesday. The court ordered the report to be sent to the county convict camp, to the county com missioners, and to the local pa pers. The report as submitted is as follows: We, the Grand Jurors for the term appointed, inpursuance to a charge by Kon. N. A. Sinclaire, Judge Presiding, respectfully make and submit the following as our re port. 1. We have passed upon each and every bill of indictment com ing before us from -the hands of the Solicitor, and have made true returns of the same according to our findings. 2. We have inspected the various county offices in the courthouse and have found them to be in good shape as respects the manner in which they are kept and the man ner in which the records of said offices are kept. 3. We visited the County jail and found that its condition for the keeping of prisoners is good. The padded cell for the violent in sane is also in good and safe con dition. The kitchen is clean and the food appeared to be good and wholesome. 4. We visited the County Home and found the same to be in ex cellent condition. We personally examined the inmates and found that they were all satisfied. We examined the bedding there and the food and found them to be good. 6. We visited the prison camp near Smithfield, and we respect fully make the following recom mendations: (1) That the White and colored prisoners be separated when quartered for the night and over Sunday. (2) That the stable where the mutes are kept be so improved as to protect the stock from the weather. (3) That the sewerage system be so improved as to provide separate toilets for the white prisoners and colored prisoners, especial attention being given to the condition of the toil ets so that they will be easy to flush at all times. 6. We visited the Road Camp in Oneal’s township and found it to be in an excellent condition. We personally examined the prisoners (some of them) and found that they were humanely treated, and none of them offered any criti cism. Respectfully submitted, R. D. DUNN, Foreman. This 10th March, 1926. Oxford Orphans To Be In Four Oaks The Oxford Orphanage Singing Class will give a concert in Four Oaks next Tuesday evening at the school auditorium at eight o’clock. This class has presented programs in Four Oaks before and the young people always pleased their audi ences. The program Tuesday, it is certain, will be no exception to the rule. The class will be in Smithfield on Monday evening. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me A few pipes frez spite so much hot air. MERCHANTS SCHOOL TO BEGIN HERE MONDAY FRANK STOCKDALE * ■ I Frank Stockdale, Expert in Retail Selling Will Be In Charge The Merchants’ Institute, a se ries of get-together meetings of merchants, their sales people and their customers, scheduled to be gin here next Monday under the direction of Frank Stockdale, ex pert in •retail selling, promises to be an event of importance to Smithfield. Mr. Stockdale has probably spent more time and effort than any other man in America, in a serious and determined effort to master the problems of retailing, and as a result he is a prbved pow er and a recognized authority. The purpose of the institute is Turn to page two, please Funeral Of Mr. Massey Friday Interment Made In Vin son Cemetery Near Wil . son’s Mills; Junior Or der Holds Service A large crowd of friends and relatives from Wilson’s Mills and surrounding towns was present at the funeral of Mr. Patrick Massey held Friday afternoon at the home of the deceased in Wilson's Mills. Mr. Massey had been ill for sev eral months, and passed away Wednesday evening at eight o’ clock. The funeral was conducted by Rev. A. J. Parker, pastor of the Methodist church of this city, of which church the deceased was a member. Rev. Mr. Parker was as sisted by the pastor of the Chris tian Church of Wilson’s Mills. The floral offering was large and beautiful, bespeaking the sympa thy of a large circle of relatives and friends. Interment was made in the Vin son cemetery a short distance from Wilson’s Mills. The pallbearers were: Messrs. Carl K. Parish, B. A. Turnage, Cleveland Young blood, R. G. Allen, John T. Holt, D. O. Uzzle( Willie Wilson, John Turley, of Clayton; C. P. Harper, of Selma, and N. B. Grantham, of this city. The deceased was a member of the Junior Order Unit ed American Mechanics of this city and this' order had charge of the burial service. Donnell Wharton On Debate Friends here will learn with pleasure that Mr. Donnell Whar- j ton who is a junior at Davidson j College, has again been chosen to 1 represent his college in a debate | with Sewanee University at Se wanec, Tcnn. Pardon the personal question— but hasn’t your subscription about :xpired? Renew! Music Program By Benson Book Club Woman’s Exchange and Gift Shop Opens; Club Chooses Verbena As Benson’s Flower Benson, March 15.—Mrs. C. C. Canaday was hostess to the Entre Nous Club and about fifty invited guests, Friday afternoon at the annual musical program given by the club. The lower floor of the lovely new home of Mrs. Canaday was thrown en suite and decorated in keeping with St. Patrick’s Day. Potted plants and spring flowers were used in the decorations, green Rnd white being used throughout. The club president, Mrs. Parlia Hudson, opened the program with an inspiring talk on the Art of Music, after which a prayer on music was given in concert. Each :lub member responded to roll call with a quotation on music. The following program was rendered: Instrumental Duet—Misses Mar tin and Utley. Paper—“Origin of Music,” Mrs. P. H. Starling. Vocal Solo—Little Road and Mother Machree, Mrs. A. S. Ol iver. Instrumental Solo—Mrs. W. R. Strickland. Vocal Solo—'fhe Top of the Morning, and That Old Irish Moth er of Mine, Mrs. J. T. Morgan. Instrumental Solo—Miss Sallie Adams, of Four Oaks. Vocal Solo—I Thank God For a Garden, Mrs. Oscar Strickland, of Dunn. Vocal Solo—Coming Home and Wild Flowers, Miss Frances White, of Smithfield, accompanied by Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson, of Smithfield. Chorus—Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, By the Club. After the program an interest Turn to page eight, please) KIWANIANS DISCUSS COTTON MARKET AND NEW HOTEL The Kiwanis dinner in the Wom an’s cltfb room Thursday evening was characterized not only by de- 1 licious food but by a number of after dinner speeches that put spir it and pep into the occasion. Each Kiwanian was privileged to invite a guest, and about fifty ! men found themselves around the 1 festive board. The president of the organize- j lion, L. G. Stevens, was master I of ceremonies. Three topics of in- ! terest to Smithfield were on the ! program. J. A. Wellons discussed I the cotton market here; E. J. j Wellons, the tobacco market; and ! W. N. Holt, the hotel proposition, j Discussions were started that promise to develop into real con structive enterprise for the town. Hop. Clawson L. Williams, solici tor of this district, was present and spoke briefly concerning the plans | for a new hotel. He stated that he' was present at the Kiwanis meet ing that was the beginning of a hospital here, and expressed a wish that the hotel proposition might be as successful as the oth er. Another out of town visitor on this occasion was Mayo Bailey, at torney for the Corporation of Ral eigh. A home town boy who has gone away and made good. Mr. Bailey’s remarks were particularly welcome. He spoke of the educa tional facilities of Smithfield, re calling the wonderful influence of the late Professor Ira T. Turling ton, and pointing to the forward step in school buildings. Before the meeting was over delegates were elected to the an nual convention at Montreal, Can ada, the first week in June, these being L. G. Stevens, W. N: Holt and George Ragsdale. Woodard Trial Gets Postponed Lack of Time Causes the Delay; The Five Counts To Be Consolidated The five cases in which Mr. George F. Woodard and his daugh ter, Miss Lena Woodard, of Prince ton, were charged with embezzle ment, and false entry and accept deposit, respectively in connection with the failure of the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Princeton, were postponed Friday until the next regular term of criminal Su perior court. The cases were up for discussion about eleven o’clock Friday and the lawyers for the defendants, Messrs. E. S. Abell of this city and J. H. Pou of Raleigh, asked for postponement of the trial in order that the court might obtain an additional audit of the bank's books. They also asked that the cases be combined into one case stressing the fact that consider able time and expense would be saved if this were done. Mr. Abell and Mr. Pou both made speeches favoring this consolidation of counts and postponement of the trial. Solicitor Williams and Mr. Mayo Bailey of Raleigh, attorney for the Corporation Commission, present ed the state’s side of the case* and the court decided in favor of com bining the cases, but declined to order another audit of the books. Because there was not time enough during this term of court to com plete the trial which promises* to be long drawn out, the case wa3 postponed. This will give the de fendants time to have an audit of their own, the judge pointed out. According to contention of the state, two sets of books had been kept. City Sells $120,000 Worth Streetlmprovement Bonds One hundred twejnty thousand dollars worth of city street im provement bonds in denomination of ?1000, was awarded to W. L. Slayton & Company, of Toledo, Ohio, last night at a meeting of the town Board of Commissioners, the bid of this company being par and accrued interest at five per cent plus $463. The bonds were ad vertised at a rate not to exceed six per cdnt, interest payable semi-annually, six bonds to be re tired annually beginning April 1, 1927. This bond issues provides approximately twenty-three blocks of street paving. The next highest bid was made by Broun Bosworth & Company, of Toledo, with a bid of 169 above par at ifve per cent. Twenty bid: ders filed sealed bids. Exclusion of Countess Cathcart Arouses Women Members of the National Woman’s party, headed by Miss Mabel Vernon, at the Labor department In Washington protesting against the exclusion of Countess Cathcart while the earl of Craven was per mitted to enter the country. At the left Is the countess photographed on Ellis island, where she was detained by the Immigration officials. Man Wanted For Abandonment Of Family Gives Identity Away INSPECTION OF LOCAL NATIONAL GUARDS Captain Charles W. Glover, Field Artillery Instructor of National Guards in George town, S. C*, and Major Kenneth Fames Caldwell, Inspecting Gen eral of Charlotte, N. C., will be here Thursday evening at 8 o'clock for a general inspection of the local National Guards. The public is invited to attend the inspection. Negro Child Is Burned To Death Selma, March 14.—A negro baby, three or four years old, was burn ed to death yesterday when a pressing club belonging to Harvey Richardson, and a barber shop be longing to Frank Sims were de stroyed by fire. The r building housing the two establishments was a frame structure. The boiler in the pressing club exploded and in their hurry to save themselves from the onrushing flames, three negroes, employees, rushed out of the buliding, leaving the baby to be swallowed up by the fire. The! firemen quickly answered the alarm j and extinguished the flames a few j minutes before the baby died. The 1 baby was the child of Harvey I Richardson, owner of the pressing' club. Mr. W. C. Matthews, editor of | The Sampson Observer, of Clinton, I was in the city yesterday. Testing the White House Silence .c„ liitlervkood iV Lmlei’w ood. “Silent Cal” Coolidge lived up to bis name when a scientific test of loudness of noise in the vicinity of the White House was made by J£. P. Boyce with an audiometer. Comparative tests in other parts of the national capital were also made. Photograph shows Mr. Boyce with the audiometer at the White Uguye. - v* Welfare Superintendent Keeps Ears Open and Delivers Man to Sheriff John Canaday, late of Johnston county, found himself to be a very welcome visitor here in Smithfield when he appeared yesterday to visit a lady friend who is now in jail awaiting trial on charges of immorality. Canaday fearlessly went into the office of the county superintendent of public welfare, and asked if he might go up into the jail and see his friend, the woman in question. Mrs. Thurs ton, the superintendent, ever ready to accommodate the public, accom panied him up into the jail and to the cell where the woman was con fined. There it was that he very carelessly dropped his name—John Canaday. Mrs. Thurston kept her council and when the conversation between the two had ended she in vited him downstairs and intro duced him to the sheriff, who had a warrant and capias ready to serve upon him which have been waiting for him since last Sep tember. Canaday is wanted in the Johnston county courts for aban donment of his wife and children. He protested against arrest but was held firmly by the sheriff un til he could secure bondsmen. He is now under bond to appear here where he will be tried in Recorder’s Court on charges of desertion. Services At Primitive Church Here Tonight Elder James S. Carbett of Green ville, will preach here at the Prim itive Baptist Church tonight, Pitt man’s Grove at 11 a. m. Wednes day 17th, Beulah 11 a. m. Thursday 18th, Creech’s 11 a. m. Friday 19th, Salem 20th and 21st, at reg ular meeting, Little Creek 22nd at 11 a. m., Cleveland 23rd, at 11 a. m. and Durham 24th at night. Woman’s Council Provides Speaker Mr*. B. W. Lipscomb of Nashville Was Heard by Methodist Congrega tion Sunday Smithfleld Methodists were for tunate Sunday morning in hearing one of the delegates to the Wom an’s Missionary Council of the Southern Methodist Church now in session in Raleigh, Mrs. B. W. Lipscomb of Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Lipscomb is the Home Training and Candidate Secretary, and has a wide knowledge of and a deep interest in missionary work. She told the congregation Sunday mor'ning that the Woman’s mis sionary societies put nearly a mil lion dollars last year into the treas ury of Southern Methodism. Mrs. Lipscomb has traveled in China and other eastern countries and has seen the awakening of the Christian religion in those heathen lands. She declared that the Wom an’s Missionary Society has had an active hand in bringing this about. The speaker was well poised and her appeal was felt by her audi ence. Jesse H. Wyatt Began His Term Yesterday Jesse H. Wyatt, former captain of detectives on the Raleigh police force, who was sentenced to not less than eight nor more than 18 months in the State’s prison, for killing Stephen S. Holt, of this city, began to serve his sentence j yesterday. Wyatt was convicted by a Pur- j ham county jury in a bitterly ccn- i tested trial last November, but on account of an expected birth of a child in Wyatt's home, the effect ive date of sentence was deferred until March 15. MUST VACCINATE SCHOLARS BEFORE NEXT SCHOOL TERM The Johnston County Medical Society held its regular meeting here Tuesday afternoon, March 9. The .attendance at this meeting was the greatest it has been in many months. Interest manifested in local medical topics was unusu ally keen. The outstanding feature was in the form of a paper pre sented by Dr. J. C. Grady of Kenly, on the subject of smallpox. This subject was very effectively and eloquently presented, leading ulti mately to the question of small pox prevention. Aware of an out break of several cases of smallpox of a virulent form in the northern part of the county during January and the tendency of the disease to spread, knowing that prevention means more than cure and that preventative means should always be taken agimst diseases where such are effective, the Johnston County Medical Society goes on record as follows; That the Johnston County Board of Health requires compulsory vac cination against smallpox of every child in the county before enter ing the next term of school, who has not been previously success fully vaccinated, or known to have had smallpox. Knowing that uni versal vaccination is the only ef fective means by which smallpox can be eradicated from the rostrum of diseases, it behooves the local society to make such recommen dation. It might be well to state that in order to head off an epidemic, as above referred to, it was neces sary to vaccinate , between eleven and twelve hundred, people. This was accomplished by the members of the medical society cooperating with the health officer. Dr. W. P. Whitted, of Kenly, was elected to membership in the 5 society. | C. C. MASSEY, Secretary, i Johnston County Medical Society Woman’s Division Of Legion Post Auxiliary State President Spoke To Group Here Yesterday In Interest of Organization Miss Annie Lee, president of fho Auxiliary to the Legion of North Carolina, spoke here yesterday aft ernoon to encourage the organiza tion of a woman’s division of th« local post. The invocation was giv en by Rev. Chester Alexander, aft er which D. Carlton Stephen?on, post commander, spoke briefly oa'; the purpose of the meeting. Tbo'i speaker was then introduced by St. Julien L. Springs. In her address, Miss Lee om phasized the point that the Attrtl!-; iary is not a separate organic tion but a part of the legion and will assist, in the undertakings of the legion in every way possible; r Eleven members signed applica tions for membership, and Miss Ruth Jones was appointed tempo rary chairman, and Mrs. S. E. Hogwood temporary Secretary, The first meeting of the local aux iliary will be held in the commis sioners room at the courthouse on next Wednesday evening at 8t1S. Every woman eligible to join this organization is give'n a cordial in vitation to do so. While here Miss Lee was tho guest of Mrs. W. M. Sanders. YOUNG SOLDIER MAKES AN EXCELLENT RECORD In discharging six soldiers hud: week from the local N. C. Nation Guard upon the expiration of their enlistment, Capt- St. Julien T Springs was warm in his praise Mr. Shepherd R. Lassiter, corpor al, one of the number discharged. Captain Springs said that never be fore in filling out the certificates of honorable discharge had he written anything in the space for “remarks,” but this boy’s recurtl was so exceptional he could noV refrain from making the follow ing comment in this space: “This man is an excellent sol dier. He lives five miles distance from the armory but his attend ance record is one hundred per cent- He has not failed to answer roll call at the armory and in camp, during the three years of his en listment. He t deserves commenda tion from me as commanding of ficer,” Mr. Lassiter enlisted three yenrs ago and has made an excellent rec ord. “I would not mind to go to war if all my soldiers were like this man,” said Captain Sprint?*. Mr. Lassiter is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lassiter wlio live near town. He is twenty-cno years of age. * BAPTIST CHURCH HOLDS MEETING Th econference of Baptist pus tors of the Johnston Association held their monthly meeting in U>»> Smithfield Baptist church yester day morning with a good atte»i 1 ance. The most notable incident et the meeting was the resiginatio?> of Rev. R. C. White, pastor of fjw Clayton church, as president *<£ the pastors’ conference. He will g • from Clayton April 1 to hecoma pastor of the First Baptist church of Jellico, Tenn. Rev. R. F. Hall* of Mount Moriah, was elected pres ident in his place, and Rev. J. E. Kirk, who has just succeeded Rr v* O. A. Keller at Benson, was chos en vice-president of the body. The Mirror 18 THIS YOU* | If the person who answers this description wiU all at The Herald office (her will | receive a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. You were seen in front Fa i mors Bank Saturday about one o’clock during snow storm. You. wore black coat and black hat. You had on pair of black rub - ber boots.
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