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\ BMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. - r .VOLUME 44—NO. 28 Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1926 1882 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops $2.00 PER YEAR * * * * * * Changes Follow Victory Of Coops Accept Resignation of Patterson After Federal Court Finds Association Solvent * - Raleigh, April 6—The Tobacco Growers Cooperate Association made material changes in its man agement last Saturday when the Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Richard R. Patter son, former General Manager, and appointed in his place a committee of three directors from Notrh Car olina, Virginia and South Carolina, including President, Geo. A. Nor wood, of Goldsboro, Vice-President Bright Williamson, of Darlington, S. C., and Director E. G. Bagley, of Kenbridge, Va. This important action followed immediately upon the legal victory which resulted from a five day bat tle in the Federal Court at Ral eigh last week, when United States Judge, Isaac M. Meekins, declined to grant a receiver for the associa tion. “The Tobacco Growers Coop erative Association can now go ahead and make progress,” Aaron Sapiro and Colonel W. T. Joyner, its attorneys, told the directors at their meeting on April 3rd. They declared that they would not want a single word changed in the de cision handed down by United States Judce Meekins. Association Solvent. The counsel for the association whose brilliant defense of its op erations proved to the satisfaction of the court that the association was not insolvent and that there were not fraud or current evils in the association which would warant a receivership, stated “This series of receivership action again st the association has been para lyzed by the retention of the case in the jurisdiction of this Feder al Court. We are satisfied to have it suggested that we be confined to our usual business. As the de cree now stands it has *everything in it that we need to protect our selves and there are no harmful strings tied to the decision. The association is absolutely at liber ty to handle its own affairs, in its own way, under its own leaders.” Patterson Goes. The resignation of Richard R. Patterson for four years leaf man ager and recently general manager of the association, was accepted by the directors to become immed iatley effective. There has been some suggestion of retaining Mr Patterson’s services as manager of the association’s sales and leaf de partments; but the action of the board severs Mr. Patterson’s en tire connection with the tobacco association. The determination of the board to carry on with this change of management was expressed as fol lows in a resolution unanimously adopted: “That the president ap point a committee of three to in clude himself, one director from Virginia, one from South Caro lina to perform all duties of gen eral management, direct and carry on the activities of the association until further order by this board. Among other things the said com mittee shall make recommenda tions for a new general manager, shall make any other changes which it may deem advisable among other employees, and shall gener ally carry on work of this associa tion, subject to the instructions of the board.’* (Turn to page four, please) AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me— When ye pays cash dese days bettah have two more peeple wid ye, more truthful den you is. Pou-Parrish Post Wins Cup At Exposition Thirly-cight members of the Pou-Parrish Post of the Ainer • ican Legion No. 132, came back | to Johnston county from the Eastern Carolina Exposition Tuesday night jubilant because they had carried off the loving cup awarded the Post that had the biggest per cent of its mem bers in the parade Tuesday. Distance also counted in mak ing the award. The next best showing was made by the Post at Washington who had 58 in the parade. Their organization is larger than the Johnston county post and they were only 22 miles away. The Johnston county lads traveled 83 miles to be there. Dr. Charles O’ Hagan Laughinghouse made the presentation speech, which was characterized as being quite a clever ten minute address. The cup will be on exhibition in the Sundry Shoppe in a few days and it will be taken from there to Selma and Four Oaks. Esteemed Citizen Of Selma Passes H. D. Hood Dies At Home of His Daughter Follow ing Stroke Paralysis Selma, April 8.—Henry Daniel Hood was born July 25, 1845 in Wajcc county at Holly Springs, the son of Samuel Hines and Nan cy Marion Hood. He was married to Maggie Privett Nov. 9, 1876, and had he survived until Nov. 9, 1926, this couple would have cel Arated their Golden anniversary. Ten children were born from this wedlock, four boys and six girls. Six children survive with his wid ow. These children are: Mrs. J. T. Hughes, Selma; Mrs. Geo. T. Noel, Dunn; H. D. Hood, Jr., Dunn; Howard A. Hood, Selma; Mrs. W. L. Skinner, Lumberton, and Mrs. Maggie Hood, Selma. There are also twelve grandchildren. In early manhood Mr. Hood be gan business with his father in Selma where they conducted a gen eral merchandise store. After some years he accepted a position as a traveling salesman for the Ameri can Tobacco company. Later he es tablished the first funeral parlor in Selma, and he buried the first deceased in the present city cem etery. For forty years he labored in this capacity. Three months ago he sold out to another. ■ Some forty odd years ago he was baptized and became a mem ber of the First Baptist Church of Selma. Having accepted Christ |as his Saviour, Mr. Ilood enjoyed [his religion, and expressed it in terms of devotion to his family, his neighbors and friends. His life was an open book. All who knew him, readily recognized his belief and conviction in all moral issues. He was a charter member of the Selma Masonic Lodge 320. He had been in failing health for about six months. Two weeks ago he went for a visit to his daughter, Mrs. G. A. Noel in Dunn, and while there he suffered a stroke of paralysis on Friday, April 2. Again he was stricken on. Monday, April 5. and passed away Tuesday morning, April 6, at 6:30 o’clock. One of Selma’s oldest and most highly esteemed citizens passed away in the person of Henry Dan iel Hood. His host of friends in the state will be shocked to learn of his sudden passing. He will be sorely missed for.he has made his town and community better for having spent his three tcDie and ten years in it. His burial was held at the Sel ma cemetery Wednesday at three o’clock. Services were conducted by Dr. O. P. Fitzgerald, pastor of Edgerton Memorial Methodist Church, Selma, and Rev. G- B. Perry, of Princeton, a former pas tor and friend. Tihe floral offerings w-ere unus ually beautiful and numerous. She: “Is Fraser’s wife fond of argument?” He: “I should just think so. Why, she won’t even eat anything that agrees with her.” Goldsboro Ladies At Woman’s Club Speak on Value of Gar den Club In Beautifying Town; Resolution In Regard to Prohibition The Woman’s Club held its first meeting of the new club year on Wednesday afternoon with several outstanding features. Mrs. Lionel Weil and Mrs. C. E. Wilkins, of Goldsboro, invited by the civic de partment of the club, made help ful talks in regard to beautifying Smithfield, and the business ses sion in addition to the usual re ports was characterized by the passing of a resolution endorsing the eighteenth amendment and its enforcement, both nationally and locally. This action in regard to prohibition was taken after a let ter had been read from Miss Vara Herring, secretary of the Raleigh district missionary conference, and after the resolution passed by Clayton women’s organizations had been read. Mrs. H. C. Hood, chairman of the civics department, presented Mrs. Weil to the club, who spoke specifically in regard to the Gar den Club as operated in Golds boro. Since 1923 Goldsboro women have used the Garden club as one means of beautifying their town. The thought was brought out that “if each before his own door swept, the city would find itself well kept.” This work must rad iate from the home as the center. Neighbors will see w’hat another neighbor has done until a whole community has caught the spirit, and gradually the whole town will see the effect. “Time was,” said Mrs. Weili “when only great es tates were made beautiful, but we are finding out that Nature has lavished beauty on all sides and that all one has to do to make their premises attractive is to transplant native shrubs and trees from the woods. Making a town beautiful is not remote and it is not expensive. It requires only the will to do, a little time and labor.” Mrs. Wilkins followed Mrs. Weil^ and spoke particularly of native birds and native wild flowers. She emphasized the importance of con serving native wild life and point ed out the value of Garden clubs in teaching boys to appreciate birds rather than have a desire to hunt them. She named the most common varieties to be found in this section with which she had made acquaintance. Mrs. Wilkins has the faculty for inspiring in her hearers a desire to know more about our North Carolina birds. Her talk on native wild flowers was quite as interesting. She brought to her hearers a sense of realiza tion that we know too little about the wild flowers almost at our very door. After Mrs. Wilkins' talk, Miss Frances White appropriately sang as a solo, “Wild Flowers.” She | was accompanied on the piano by jMiss Lallah Rookh Stephenson, i At the conclusion of the pro gram the social committee com posed of Mrs. W. J. B. Orr and Mrs. P. H. Kasey, served hot tea and wafers. ATTENTION, JUNIORS Members of Smithfield Council No. 102, Jr. 0. U. A. M. are earn estly requested and urged to meet at the hall this morning at 9:45 and from there we will go to Smith’s school, (2 miles from the county home,) to present a Bible and flag.) A picnic dinner will be served. Hospital About Completed The Johnston County Hospital is about completed and the furniture is being moved in this week. It is not known at this writing just when the patients will be removed to the new hospital. The old hos pital building has been rented to Mr. Hodges for a boarding house. Bftptist Orchestra To Sanford The orchestra of the Baptist Church will leave this afternoon for Sanford where they will play at a B. Y. P. U. convention. 'Phis is a district convention in wnich Johnston County B. Y. P. U.’S' will be represented. Minister Dons Disguise —sc 11 . Rev. Dr. Jame^ Empringham'){m Episcopalian clergyman from N4w York intended to write a pamphlet on prohibition, but to gain first hand information-he has donned a disguise and is making a country wide investigation of the cdfldi tions. : ? f Presbytery Will 1; Convene Tuesday Ministers and Elders of Granville Presbytery to Meet Here Next Week About forty Presbyterian min isters and elders from the five counties composing Granville Pres bytery will meet at the Smithfield Presbyterian church next week. The Presbytery will convene on Tuesday night at eight o’clock and will probably finish the work at hand by Thursday afternoon. The public is invited to attend these meetings- The program con sists of several devotional hounfr! conducted by the visiting minis ters as follows: Tuesday night at eight o’clock, sermon by retiring moderator, W. B. Sullivan; Wed nesday morning at 9:30, sermon and communion service by Rev. T. H. Dimmock, of Oxford; Wednes day night at eight o’clock, a mis- j sionary address on our work in Af- j rica by Rev. C. L. Crane. The ladies of the church un der the leadership of Mrs. W. M. Sanders as chairman are complet ing arrangements for the enter tainment of the visitors. Court Gives Rev. F. T. Collins $21,000 The special term of Superior court for the trial of civil cases j came to a close Tuesday afternoon, j One of the last cases ta come up i in this term of court was the suit against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company by Rev. Fred T. j Collins, of Lumber Bridge. Rev. j Mr. Collins is a1 former pastor of j the Baptist church here and ifc j will be remembered that during his ; pastorate here about three years j ago he was in an accident at the railroad, crossing' at the depot j which resulted in the death of his mother, Mrs. Cynthia Britt, the crippling for life of his infant son, John Newton Collins, and the painful injury of Mrs. Collins. Mrs. Britt died within a few days following the accident andi the baby’s foot was entirely cut off. The court gave Mr. Collins as ad ministrator of Mrs. Britt, $2,500. The child received $7,500 and Mr. and Mrs. Collins $11,000, making a total of $21,000 for damages. MISS McCULLEKS TO BROADCAST SATURDAY Miss Mary McCullers of Chi cago, will broadcast next Sat urday night between eight and nine-thirty our time, from WMBB Trianon Station, 250 wave length. Miss McCullers formerly lived here and her friends will enjoy tuning in to hear her sing. Eighth Grade Gives Program The eighth grade gave a most enjoyable program during the ac tivity period yesterday morning at the high school. They presented a negro wedding and the entire grade ewas blacked up and dressed for the part. Laughable from start to finish, the school and visi tors enjoyed every minute of the hour. Free Health Movies High School Friday Moving pictures along public health lines will be shown in the Smithfield High School auditor ium on Friday night, April 9, at 7:45. These pictures have been prepared by the Bureau of Health Education, N. C. State Board of Health, Raleigh, and shown in many counties in the state. They are both interest ing and instructive and it is hoped that parents wiii attend with their children. The show ing will consume about one hour and a half. Admission is free. C. C. MASSEY, M. D., County Health Officer. Playmakers Make Hit In Goldsboro “The First Year” Proves Popular Wherever U. N. C. Actors Go; Will Be Here Monday Night The Business and Professional Woman’s Club received a telegram yesterday from H. R. Mason, man ager of Mason theatre in Goldsboro which read as follows: “First Year,” by Carolina Play makers en thusiastically received by large au dience.” The Playmakers were in Golds boro Wednesday night and will be in Snfithfield next Monday night at the high school auditorium. The play they are presenting is considered one of the best produc tions they have put on within the past year or so. Scheduled to play two nights in Chapel Hill, its suc cess was such that a third per formance was necessary to satisfy popular demand. As the Tar Heel critic says: “The “First Year” is a superb play, at least for the average American citizen, and it is he to whom the Playmakers cater. It proves that drama can be manufactured from our mundane everyday life. The people of the play are real people doing the real things that all of us do every day.” It is the story of the modern girl who wished to get away from the little one-horse town. With two ardent suitors to choose from, she finally chose one, left home, and began the First Year of mar ried life. The trials, the troubles, the fun and the successes of that first year are woven together in a most enthralling and rollicking comedy. “To those who have had their “first year” and to those who still look forward to theirs—and sure ly that includes all of us—the play speaks with undeniable truth. ‘You two are just suffering from matri monial measles,' Dr. Anderson wisely avers, ‘troubles that look terrible but don’t amount to any thing. Everybody has them and, like the measles, it’s better to have them young and get over them. Years from now you’re either go ing to laugh at this or cry over it. If you let it take you apart, you’re going to cry—so let’s laugh at it. What do you say?’ And of course we all choose to laugh!” The Carolina Playmakers have recently returned from their nor thern tour, bringing the praise of every audience before whom they appeared. They gave *8 perform ances and played before a total of approximately 5,000 persons. They had audiences 'of between 800 and 1,000 in Washington, Bal timore and Norfolk. In Washington the Playmakers visited the White House and were received by President Coolidge who j expressed his interest in the or- j ganization. President ,fTnd Mrs. Coolidge expressed regret that! previous engagements prevented their attending the Washington; performance. CHRYSLER AGENCY MOVED TO SMITHFIELD Mr. W. Jesse Stanley, dealer in Chrysler automobiles, has moved | his place of business from Four | Oaks to Smithfield. He is located j in the postoffice building on Sec ond Street. Mr. Stanley has been jin the automobile business for i about ten .years, and about a year ago he took on the Chrysler agency. J. B. Coates Hurt By Farm Tractor Caught Under Machine A# It Mires in Field; Suffers Broken Hip Mr. J‘. B. Coates, a farmer living some six miles up state highway Nio. 10 toward CIaytc^| from this city, wa^ the victim of a serious and painful accident on Wednes day afternoon when an Emerson tractor which he was operating turned over, pinning him so se curely down that several of his neighbors had to work an,hour be fore he could be released. Mr. Coates had been plowing in a field with the machine and was moving to another to continue his work there when he crossed a miry place. There the tractor mired down with sufficient force to throw Mr. Coates from it. Before he could escape the machine had caught him and sunk him two feet in the mud. As soon as he was extricated he was rushed to the hospital here where it was found that his hip had been badly broken. It is re ported that he is doing well since : his wound has been treated. Mr. Coates is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coates.of this city and he is well known here. Mrs. Dora Baroody Mrs. Dora Baroody, aged 58 years, died at the Johnston Coun Ly Hospital Monday, April 5, aft er a short illness of two days. The funeral was conducted at the Epis copal church by Rev. Walter B. Clark and interment was made at the Oakland cemetery. Tlhe floral offering was very beautiful. The pall bearers were: Messrs. A. G. Rabil, G. J. Rabil, Ed Rabil, of this city, John Ab raham, of Rocky Mount, Joe Ab dalla, of Selma, and Mitchell Hee den, of Goldsboro. Mrs. Baroody before her mar riage was Miss Dora Hajjar, of Beyrouth, Syria. She came to the United States April 5, 1913 with j her children and for the past sev eral years has made her home in Smithfield. She lefit two daugh ters, Mrs. Mary Zaidy and Mrs. Ida Zaidy; two sons, Mr. Ameen j Baroody of this city, and Mr. S. j R. Baroody of Beyrouth, Syria; two | brothers, Mr. George Hajjar, of j this city, and a sister, Mrs. L. Ba- : roody, of Munising, Mich. Many friends and relatives were j here from Virginia, North and South Carolina to attend the fun- ! eral. FUNERAL OF MRS. W. M. PETTWAY HELD HERE The funeral of Mrs. W. M. Pett way. who died in a Norfolk hos pital Monday morning following an operation for goitre, was held | at the Baptist church here Wednes day afternoon at tHree o’clock The service was conducted by Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the Bap- ; tist church. Interment was made | in the city cemetery by the side j of her mother. The floral offering j was beautiful and profuse. The pallbearers were: W. L. Fuller, J. O. Ellington, F. H. Brooks, J. A. ■ Wellons, J. D. Spiers, and N. B. Grantham. The deceased was the daughter 1 of the late Olivia and E. T. Ennis. ■ of Smithfield. She was a native of Johnston County, having been' born near this city fifty-four years and eight ijionths ago. In 1893 she was married to Mr. M. Pettway engineer with the Norfolk-South ern Railway Company, and went to Weldon to li*e. They came back to Smithfield after several years and had their residence here for quite a while. About seven years ago they moved from Goldsboro to Norfolk and were living in Nor folk at the time of her death. Her husband and three children sur vive her. Mrs. Pettway was a member of the Free Mason Baptist church at Norfolk and was an active church worker. She was instrumental in building this church which is lo cated in a suburban section of Norfolk. She had many friends here and in the county who re gretted to learn of her death Miss Lillian O’Neal, of Wendell, arrived Monday to spend some time the gueset of her aunt, Mrs. C. R. HAWAIIAN LAD WINS John Texelra, sixteen-year-old Ha waiian youth, ha a been declared the sixth winner of the H. S. Firestone Four Years’ University scholarship, valued in excess of $4,(XX). His essay, “Economies Re sulting From Highway Improve ment,’’ submitted In a contest con ducted by the highway education board, was chosen as best of more than 200,000 submitted by high school students of the nation. Boy Scout Work Is Progressing Execu tive Committee Plans Boy Scout Week In Near Future The executive committee of Johnston County district of Boy Scouts heard a most interesting report of the work by Mr. W. W. Rivers, scout executive, at a din ner meeting held Monday evening at the Smithfield "hotel.. According to Mr. Rivers, there are seven troops in Johnston county with a membership of 174 scouts. There are twenty-eight troop committee men, seven scoutmasters and two assistant scoutmasters, making a total of 218 scouts and leaders. Two courts of honor function in the county, having held four meet ings this year. One hundred sixty three merit badges have been won by Johnston county scouts, and there are now two Eagle Scouts, one belonging to Smithfield troop No. 1 and the other to trop No. 2. These Eagle Scouts are Charles Alford and James Sellers. The Boy Scouts in Johnston county have been at work and their reports show 568 hours of civic service. The average citizen of the county perhaps does not realize the worth of the Boy Scout movement, and with the idea in mind of acquainting the people of the county as a whole with the un derlying purpose of the Boy Scout movement and with the actual work that is being done, a decision was made at this meeting to set apart one week this spring as Boy Scout week when various means will be used of giving out infor mation concerning the Boy Scouts. Dr. George D. Vick, of Selma, was made chairman of this committee. Those present at the meeting Monday evening were: Dr. I. W. Mayerberg and Dr. Geo. D. Vick, of Selma; G. T. Whitley, of Kenly; W. W. Rivers, of Goldsboro; T. C. Young, F. H. Brooks and Mrs. T. J. Lassiter, of Smithfield. Fire Department Called Out The fire department was called out about 12:30 yesterday and it was found that, a barn in Rose mont had caught fire. The engines were on the scene in a short time and little damage was done. Rebuilding Moore Home Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore mov ed this week to a house on Oakland Heights in order that their resi dence may be torn down to give place to a new building. They contemplated remodeling but found the sills to be partly decay ed and decided to tear the house down. Mr. J. E. Lassiter is the contractor in charge of the work. Congregational Meeting Oakland A congregational meeting of Oakland church is called for Sun day night, April 11. All the mem bers urged to come. Over 2000 Hear J Princeton Band More Than 600 Visitors Turned Away When Band Gave First Per* formance Princeton. April 7.—The concert in the school auditorium Sunday, April 4, was attended by more than two thousand people. Every town and city within fifty miles of Princeton was largely represented. In addition to the regular mem bers of the Princeton Concert Band there were four of the finest mu sicians in the state who are band and orchestra instructors that were playing in this concert, viz: Mr. C. R. Warlick, Mr. B. H. Harris, and Mr. Braxton, from Raleigh, and Mr. H. I. Goodrich, from Dur ham. This was the first* time the cit izens of this town and community have ever had the pleasure of lis tening to such an aggregation of musical talent within their own gates and in their own new mag nificent auditorium. There were fourteen hundred persons in the audience at this time who were captivated and held spell bound for thirty minutes by the eloq quence of Mr. P. S. Daniels, of Raleigh, in presenting and explain ing the objects and mission of the Ku Klux Klan. There were a hun dred members of the Klan pres ent but not all were in robes. Prom inent apd high officials of the Klan were present from other cities. There has never been any at traction in Princeton of such mag nitude as to bring out more than two thousand persons at one time. Mr. Maxton Wells, instruc tor of the Princeton, band, buhigh- — ^ ly gratified over the success of the big concert. The big concert was opened and closed with prayer and there was never a moment of the two hours when the managers were not im pressed with the sacredness of the occasion and were profoundly grateful. It was their intention from the beginning to bring the vast assembly together in wor ship to the Master—Through the Soul Stirring Music, as we are taught in the Bible to worship the Master with many and various kinds of musical instruments. The big auditorium was filled to over flowing and more than six hun dred people could not get into the building. REVIVAL TO BEGIN AT BAPTIST CHURCH Revival begins Sunday. Mr. W. Furman Betts will be present a& singer for the meetings. Spiritual fervor will be the aim of all the services, including those df the Sunday school, which meets, at nine-thirty a- m. Baraca class for young men the same hour in the Victory theatre. More young men wanted. The pastor will preach at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Services through the week at 7:30 p. m. Singers of all the churches cor dially invited to help. The pastor greatly desires the presence and support of all Christians in an ef fort of supreme importance to all the community. Sermons will be on the great themes of our relig ion, and the entire series should be heard in order to a full apprec iation. Sunday at 11 the subject will be, “The World’s Supreme Need—God.” In the evening, “Eternity.” The Mirror IS THIS Tout If the person who answers this description will call at The Herald office they will receive a free ticket to the Victory Theatre. You were seen in frout of j Victory theatre at exactly eight I o’clock last night. You wore a gray suit, gray hat and tan shoes. You had on grey tie with blue checks. (Looked lonesome.) Miss Dixie Johnson recog nized herself in Tuesday’s mir ror.