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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 Roada Feeding Highways
Equal Opportunity for Every
School Child
Better Marketing System
More Food and Feed Crops
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1926
$2.00 PER YEAR
VOLUME 44—NO. 24
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R.C. Gillette Head
CountyCommittee
Princeton First in Signing
Up Group Leaders For
Cotton Association; Mr.
Mack Makes Statement
*Thc county re-sign up commit
tee of the cotton association met
on Tuesday, March 16 at the court
house at which meeting Mr. H. H.
B. Mask, field director of the as
sociation. gave a very helpful and
instructive talk on the past prog?
ress of the association and told of
the plans for the new signup on
the next contract.
A number of the farmers pres
ent gave short talks and pledged
their support towards building a
bigger and greater association in
North Carolina. A plan was adopt
ed to reach all loyal members as
soon as possible and the county
committee headed by Mr. R. C.
Gillett as chairman is putting its
shoulder to the wheel and going to
work to the limit to see that John
ston county is the first county in
the state to sign up twenty-five
per cent of the crop produced.
Princeton is the first community
in the county in which all the
group leaders have signed the new
contract. They are 100 per cent
strong for the cotton association
and other communities are said to
be coming close behind them.
Mr. Paul W. Mack, in comment
ing on the work of the cotton as
sociation said: “We meet some
times with all sorts of reasons
for not being a member of the
cotton association and sometimes
our members give a very poor ex
cuse for not wishing to continue
as members. In making a few calls
this past week I had the pleasure
of calling on one member that ad
vanced the idea that he had lost
money by being a member of the
association, for he claimed he
would have sold his cotton at 24
cents and did not believe the as
sociation was going to realize that
much. In our conversation I found
that he had bought several bales
of cotton last fall at 24^ cents
and he still has that cotton on
hand. I asked him why if he was
such a good salesman that he had
not sold that as he claimed he
could have done with what he had
delivered to the association. That
kind of got him up a tree and he
confessed that he was a farmer
and not a salesman and believed
he would help carry on the work
of the association in the future.”
BEN FRANKLIN’ ORIGINAL
EPITAPH MADE PUBLIC
New York, Benjamin Franklin’s
original epitaph, which had been
kept hidden in the collection of a
Chicago business man since its dis
covery 20 years ago, has been made
public.
The inscription differs in only
a few words and punctuation marks
from the widely known epitaph of
“Poor Richard.” It follows:
The body of
B. Franklin
Printer
Like the cover of an old book
Its contents torn out
And stript of its lettering and
gilding.
Lies here food for worms.
But the work shall not be wholly
lost
For it will, as he believed, ap
pear once more
In a new and more perfect edi
tion
Corrected and amended
By the author.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me
ue doctors ort to Know dat de
reason so meny hard blood ves
sels dese days is because dey is
jinwl to so many hard harts.
Father ■
and Son
President Calvin
Coolidge and
his father
Col. John Coolidge.
SELMA GIRL THROWN FROM
CAR IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS
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Snow Hill Wins
In Scout Rally
Awarded Loving Cup and
Decorated With Badge;
Kenly Wins Third Place
Goldsboro, March 20.—Boy Scout
rroop No. 1, of Snow Hill, won
ruscarora Council’s Scout cham
pionship as a result of the Scout
rally which was held at the Com
munity building in this city last
evening and which was attended
by more than two hundred people,
the majority of whom were visi
tors from Mount Olive, Kenly and
Snow Hill.
Troops Nos. 1 from Snow Hill,
Kenly and Mount Olive participat
ed in the contest, and the event was
iiiterestnig and instructive from
start to finish. The feature of the
entire contest was the establish
ment of a knot-tying record by
Troop No. 1, of Mount Olive, twelve
knots being tied in the short space
of 51 seconds.
The honors in sending a mes
sage by the use of the semaphore
system went to Snow Hill. Kenly
won the first aid prize and Kenly
also took the fire by friction hon
ors, the time being 22 seconds. The
re.cue race, in which five boys
were carried for fifteen yards, was
won by Snow Hill, while Mount
Olive took the song contest in a
walk. The Snow Hill delegation,
however, came back strong, and
walked away with the yell prize.
Dr. W. H. Smith, Dr. W. J.
Crawford and Leslie Weil, of
Goldsboro, and F. W. Dixon, of
Snow Hill, acted in the capacity
of judges.
The Snow Hill troop was award
ed the Council’s loving cup and
each scout was decorated with a
badge reading: “Member of cham
pionship Troop, Tuscarora Coun
cil.
Mr. Leslie Weil, national coun
cil representative, decorated each
of the fortunate scouts.
GET-TOGETHER MEETING
OF TOWNSHIP FARMERS
Every progressive farmer in
Cleveland township is requested to
meet at Shiloh school house at
7:30 p. m. on Thursday, March 25,
for the purpose of organizing a
local Farm Bureau through which
to promote harmony and prosper
ity.
A. M. JOHNSON,
Farmers of Granville county
bought 432 pecan trees during the
week of March 8.
Miss Leone Blackman Re
ceived Fractured Skull
Sunday When Negro
Ran Into Car in Which
She Was Riding
NEGRO IS IN JAIL
Selma, March 22.—Sunday eve
ning about 7 o’clock as Mr. W.
R. Smith and family accompanied
by Miss Leone Blackman, were re
turning from a drive on highway 22
their car was struck by one driven
by Romie Hastings, colored, at the
intersection of Raeford and Wat
son Streets. The impact was so
great that Miss Blackman and
Master Harold Smith were thrown
from the car. Miss Blackman was
picked up in an unconscious con
dition and with a fractured skull.
The little boy had only a few cuts
and bruises about the face.
Miss Blackman was rushed to
her home with Drs. Vick and Per
son in attendance. A local- .nurse
was called in until Miss Zelda
Smith of Raleigh, could be sum
moned. The patient has never re
gained consciousness and her phy
[sicians hold out little hope for her
recovery* though a surgeon has
been called in consultation from
Raleigh.
Miss Blackman is one of Selma’s
most popular young woman and
the accident has caused a gloom to
settle over the entire town. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith are prostrated
with grief, while no blame what
ever, is attached to them.
The negro’s car was turned over
pnnd completely demolished though
he escaped almost unhurt. He is
in jail awaiting a hearing.
MICRO HIGH SCHOOL WINS
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Micro, March 19.—The Micro
Five defeated Princeton in a very
fast game recently to the tune of
119 to 15. The Princeton team was
outclased by the Micro five. Mi
cro was too fast for the Princeton
bunch. Micro got a lead in the
first few minutes of the game and
Princeton was unable to overcome
it.
Micro high school boys have been
very successful in basketball this
season. They have not lost a game
this season. Micro has won nine
championship games out of nine.
The boys of Micro high school who
have been so successful in playing
this season are: Carl Hatcher,
Gold Barden, Oscar Brown, Ches
ter Peele Fletcher Vann, and Bill
Mozingo.
Watch the date on your label
and renew.
Funeral Service
For Cal Coolidge
Simple and Brief With No
Eulogy; Buried in Snow
Covered Hills
Plymouth, Vt., March 20.—Col.
John C. Coolidge, father of the
President, was laid at rest today.
In the little community cemetery
here, on a bleak hillside deep in
snow, they buried him among those
of his kin who had passed before
him. The President and Mrs. Cool
idge, their son John, representa
tives of nation and state and a
few relatives and lifelong friends
stood in the snow at the graveside.
At the white farmhouse where
Colonel Coolidge lived for many
years and where Calvin Coolidge
passed his boyhood, the brief burj
ial service of the Episcopal church
was read by Rev. John White, oi
Sherburne, pastor of the union
meeting house in Plymouth, where
the colonel worshipped. Six nation
al guardsmen acted as body bear
ers at the house and cemetery.
There was no eulogy and no music.
The expressed desire of the first
citizen of Plymouth that his funer
al should be without ostentation
was respected. The service was
held in the tiny parlor of the farm
house, with folding doors opening
to a sitting room as tiny. The dark
grey casket, banked with flowers,
stood but a few feet from the spot
where Cloonel Coolidge stood one
early morning to administer to his
son the oath of office as Presi
dent.
A bank of lilies from the Pres
ident lay on the casket, and beside
was a spray of pink roses from
Mrs. Coolidge. Other pieces, trib
utes from government officials and
friends in Washington, from the
crew of the Presidential yacht
Mayflower, from Vermont friends
and organizations in which the col
onel was active, banked one side of
the room. A spray of calla lilies
the gift of Plymouth neighbors,
and the community custom decreed
that all of them should be repre
sented in the tribute.
The short service ended, the min
ister knelt for a moment by the
side of the casket and then the
Presidential group passed to an
other room while six guardsmen
carried the casket to the waiting
hearse and the procession started
to the cemetery.
Rev. Mr. White, with fur coat
thrown over his vestments, rode
first in a snowmobile. Then came
the hearse, mounted on runners
and drawn by two black horses.
The six body bearers followed on
foot, and the Presidential party
was next in a three-seated sleigh.
The President wore a high silk hat.
Attorney General Sargent accom
panied the family. The procession
passed down a roadway shovelled
out of deep snow. Scores followed
on foot to the little cemetery, about
a quarter of a mile from the farm
house, where the Coolidge plot had
been shovelled clear of snow.
As the clergyman uttered the
brief committal service at the cem
etery while the President stood
with bared head, another scene of
sorrow less than !»wo years ago
was recalled. In June of 1924 the
President and Mrs. Cooldge came
to the ancestral home in order
that their son Calvin might be
buried here.—Associated Press.
FUND IS STARTED FOR
, ; J. H, WYATT’S FAMILY
Raleigh, March 18.—Policemen,
brother officers who served with
him on the local force, and other
friends, have started a fund to
provide for the family of Jesse H.
Wyatt while he is serving his sen
tence in the state prison for the
killing of Stephen Holt.
The former detective exhausted
all his funds in taking care of the
medical and hospital bills on ac
count of Mrs. Wyatt’s illness and
the family was left without ade
quate funds for support.
All living expenses and other
necessary things will be met by
checks from the fund started by
the policemen. Different depart
ments of the city government will
share in the fund.
This is one year when it will
be wi6e to diversify crops in this
state, say agricultural workers at
State College.
Atlantic’s Waves Work Havoc in New Hampshire Townj
'rhe freat ftormt? on the north Atlantic wrought havoc In some of the New England coast towns.' This
p.cture shows how houses In Hampton Beach, N. H., were wrecked when the heavy seas broke down the
breakwater.
Dr. E. D. Soper
Fills M. E. Pulpit
Dean of Religious School
at Duke University
Makes Splendid Im
pression on Hearers
“Hidden forces are the forces
:hat move the world,” said Dr.
E. D. Soper, dean of the School of
Religion at Duke University, who
preached to a larged congregation
n the Methodist church here Sun
lay morning. “Water is a powerful
:orce"but very modest; it seeks its
evel. The silent sunlight makes
ill nature rejoice. And so it is
vith the Christian erligion. It is
i hidden force that has a power
:ul influence. Evil has to live on
lotoriety, but goodness is just the
jpposite. In developing this
;hought Dr. Soper paid his re
spects to “eccesiastical muck-rak
ng,” or in other words, gossip.
Some folks, he said, think because
jvil reports are true this is license
.0 keep repeating them. But the
>etter way is to forget them and
nstead of looking for the “muck”
n our acquaintances, make an ef
fort to seek out the good. We
vould be surprised, said Dr. So
)er, to find several saints our our
lommunities that we did not know
>f.
Dr. Soper used as a basis for
iis sermon one of the seven par
ties in the thirteenth chapter of
Matthew about the leaven being hid
n the thr£e measures of meal un
il the whole was leavened. He in
erpreted the parable with refer
mce to the leavening influence of
hp Christian relgiion in individ
lals, human society and interna
ional relationship?. The greatest
hing Christianity has done in hu
nan society is the establishment
if the Christian family, and the
learest approach to it was the Jew
sh family where purity of life and
lie teachings of the prophets were
aught. As to our international re
asons, one has only to read the
lewspapers to see conditions in
Europe. The relation of the Unit
'd States with China and Japan and
vlexico are not what Christians
vould have them. The relation of
abor and capital is not always in
tccordance with the golden rule.
‘If these things are not filled with
Christ can we rest in peace?” ask
id Dr. Soper. “Is it possible for
hem to be permeated with the
ipirit of Christ?” Dr. Soper is an
>ptimist and thinks it is possible,
rhe Christian relation is a hidden
;orce, but a force that will ulti
mately triumph. Characteristic of
his force is the fact that it does
not seek notoriety. Christians
nust and are willing to*be hid in
Christ. That is the explanation Dr.
Soper gives for young people long
ng to go to the foreign field, as
some look on it, to bury them
selves. Churches must be willing
:o be tiidden. Denominationalism
nust be submerged by the kingdom
>f God, and the coming of the
tingdom is being brought to pass
jy unobstructive personal contacts.
\ Christian comes in contact with
some one who is not a Christian
ind is won into the kingdom.
The service was one to be Te
Two Captured By !
Federal Officers
Men Supposed To Be Rum
Runners Arrested jWith
Whiskey In Car
A rum running automobile and
two men were captured at Harri
son’s Lake between here and
Princeton Friday night by Federal
i officers. The car was a Buick and
it was equipped with a smoke
screen. When the car reached Har
rison’s Lake the smoke gave out
and as it slowed down to round the ;
curve, according to reports, the
officers dashed up and arrested
the men. A Federal officer from
I Charlotte and another from Fay
! etteville had been chasing the car
j since it left Kinston but on ac
| count of the smoke screen had not
‘succeeded in capturing it. Between
seventy-five and one hundred gal
lons of whiskey were found in the
car.
The men, Robert Seapark, and L‘. |
M. Hamilton, were brought here I
and placed in jail. Yesterday they |
: were carried to Fayehteville to I
await trial there in Federal court;
this week. They are thought to be!
regular rum runners.
More Than Seven Miles Up
Lieut. John A. Macready reach
ed a height of 38,704 feet in his
attempt, on Jan. 29, to set a world’s
altitude record. (C. E., page 77,)
When he landed at McCook Field,
near Dayton, Ohia, the instruments
were sent to Washington, where
they were examined and checked
by the Bureau of Standards. It!
was found that Lieutenant Mac- j
ready had flown to a height of!
38,704 feet. That stands as an of- j
ficial record but it is not a world’s
record. That is 39,587 feet, held by!
j Callizo, of France. Lieutenant Mac-1
ready plans to make another at
tempt soon to set a new world’s
altitude record.
i INDOOR CIRCUS AT
OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT
The Great Dalbeanie Indoor Cir
jcus will be put on at the opera
house here tonight. This circus is
coming under the auspices of the
Pou-Parrish post of the American
Legion. Hobo Jim. said to be the
: most comical man in the world,
Grady, the wonder man, and Skyes,
the wire-w’alker and trapeze won-1
der, promise plenty of fun for j
those who attend. A street parade i
will be given before the show
opens.
A CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank each and
every one for the kindness shown
toward us during the serious ill
ness of our little son, D. A. Jr.
May the good Lord bless you all.
MR. AND MRS. D. A. PRICE
membered by those who attended
it. Dr. Soper’s sermon has been a
subject of considerable favorable
comment, though good music also
characterized the hour of worship.
A quartet, Messrs. Paul Eason, I.
W. Medlin, Marvin Woodall and
W. C. Coates, rendered a beautiful
offertory.
Merchants Hold
Institute Here
Frank Stockdale Talks on
“Snappy Customers and
Snippy Clerks” First
Evening
Mr. Frank Stockdale, conduct
ed the initial session of the Bus
iness Institute here yesterday aft
ernoon, though the number of bus
iness men present was small. The
institute will continue today and
tomorrow with sessions each -aft-,
ernoon and evening. The afternoon
meetings which are held at two
o’clock, are primarialy for proprie
tors, managers of businesses and
heads of departments. The evening
sessions are arranged for both em
ployers and employes.
The programs, are planned, not
for entertainment, says Mr. Stock
dale, but for the improvement of
business conditions in Smithfield.
He is here to serve this city this
week, and expects to put forth his
best energies in making the in
stitute a success. Last night he
spoke on “Snappy Customers and
Snippy Clerks.’’
The institute is sponsored by
sixteen business firms of this city,
but every business woman in the
city is urged to attend. The mer
chants who signed up for the in
stitute are as follows:
John A. Narron, N. B. Gran
tham, Jordan-Edmundson Hard
ware Company, W. D. Hood, R. P.
Holding, Sundry Shoppe, Coats
Hardware Company, Turnage and
Talton, Holt Oil Company,’W. L.
Fuller, W. J. Huntley, J. W. Moore,
W. H. Austin, A. G. Rabil, L. D.
Debj|am, The Smithfield Herald.
HAM MEETING NOW IN
THE HARVEST PROGRAM
Danville, Va., March 19-—The
Ham-Ramsey party, headed by
Evangelist Mordecai Fowler Ham
of Anchorage, Kentucky, is now in
the closing day of a great city
wide campaign in Danville, Vir
ginia. Twentysix churches are par
ticipating in the campaign, which
is being held in a mammoth taber
nacle in the heart of the city, and
the immense building has been too
small to accommodate the crowds
from the very beginning. The
Evangelist has been dividing the
crowds—delivering the same ser
mon to women only and then to
men only, in order to give all an
opportunity to hear.
Mr- Ham preached practically
five weeks before he gave an invi
tation and the harvest period is
just beginning. Local religious
leaders are confidently expecting
the greatest harvest of souls and
the most widespread spiritual
awakening that has ever been ex
perienced in this section.
The music for the campaign is
under the direction of William J.
Ramsay, chorister, assisted by Earl
S. Rodgers, pianist.
The meeting is * scheduled to
close on March 28th, after which
the party goes to Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, where they will open
a tabernacle campaign on April
11th.
Watch the date on your label.
State Teachers
Assembly Closes
Eight Months School Is
the One Task. Teachers
Undertake ,
Raleigh, March 21.—“This one*
thing we do,” became the solgan of
the North Carolina Education
sociation yesterday.
The one thing is an eight months’
school term for every North Car
olina school child, and to that task
the representatives of the teaeh-,
ers of a thousand communities ded -
icated their lives, their highest re
solves and their noblest impulses
at the concluding session of the
42nd annual convention yesterday.
Dr. Edgar Knight, professor of
education at the university of
North Carolina, was elected pres
ident, and T. Wingate Andrews,
of High Point, was elected vice
president, but their election was
but a formality. They have served
their apprenticeship and know the
ropes of the educational ladd»v
that leads to leadership.
"We want the issue stated plain
ly and without equivocation,” said
Roland H. Latham, who conies
from the Jggest city in North
Carolina none other than Winston
Salem. “Let there be no doubt
about what we stand for, and that
in an eight months’ school term
for every child. We can take care
of the details after we get to the
goal.”
It was close to noon when the
association adjourned after one of
the most eventful sessions of its
history. Its single resolution up<m
which all the teachers of North
Carolina will center their educa
tional efforts outside of the school
room is given in full below, follow
ed by three routine resolutions:
“Whereas, the fact that there
are 219,000 white school children
and 127,000 negro school children
in the rural schools of North Car
olina who get an opporutnity to
attend school only six months in a
year is so well known that it needs
no comment from this association,
and
“Whereas, this fact not only re
sults in a discrimination again•■t
this third of a million country
school children but also results in
a serious economic loss to the
State through retardation due to
bility of these children to complete
short terms and through the ina
a grammar grade education at the
normal age, thereby resulting in
this class of children either not
securing an education or getting
it so late that a part of their earn
ing power is lost, and
“Whereas, this inequality and
discrimination cannot be eliminate
ed by the various counties thorn
selves without a tax rate that will
be practical confiscation of pr<>j»
crty due to the uneven distribution
of wealth in North Carolina; and
since it is necessary to provide ed
ucational facilities and at the sa me
time safeguard the tax rate, we
believe that this inequality should
be eliminated through amendment
of the organic law of the State.
“Therefore, be it resolved:
“1. That the 1926 session of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion endorses the program of the
Legislative Committee in which is
recommended that the. 1927 ses
sion of the Legislature submi; a
constitutional amendmtent to in
crease the minimum school term
Turn to page three, please
The Mirror
IS THIS tout.
If the person who answers this
description will call at Th»
Herald office they will
receire a free ticket
to the Victory
Theatre.
| You were seen last Tuesd .y
in front of tho Capital cafe.
You woro black slippers, reJ
i coat, light hose and your hair
was bobbed. You looked as if
you might be enjoying lifo to
the fullest.
Mr. The! Hooks reeogniz >1
himself in Friday’s Mirror.