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y SMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. ✓* VOLUME 44—NO. 42 Johnston County’s Oldest ' and Best Newspaper — Established 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 YEA * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1926. * * * Blaze Threatens Business Section Storage House Full of Hay and Corn Burns; Other Buildings Catch Speaking against a brass band or a fire alarm is almost out of the question, as was evidenced here Sunday evening when the union service at the Presbyterian church was broken up when the fire siren gave the signal for a blaze in the business section of town. A hay house used by the Austin Stephenson company was found to be on fire, and the old frame build ing together with five tons of al falfa hay made quite a spectacu , lar blaze. Two hundred bushels of corn were also in the building. The fire was first discovered by Mr. W. H. Meacham, ^ho holds a position with the Austin stores and who w'as sitting on his porch almost in a direct line from the house that was burned. According to Mr. Meacham, the blaze sudden ly burst forth from the roof, but it is not known how the fire started. The alarm was turned in and the fire denart.menf wnc cr.r,n at work. Because of the absence of Mr. Hogwood, the fire chief, who had been called to Petersburg. Va., I on account of the illness of his father, there was some little de lay in connecting the hose, and be cause of the strategic position of the burning building near the Ban ner warehouse, a frame building that covers a quarter of a block, | it was feared at one time that the fire might get beyond control. The Selma fire company was call ed and they responded in a splen > did spirit. Faithful work soon curb- j ed the flames and only minor | losses were sustained. The north- I west corner of the warehouse j caught fire, but the damage has been estimuted at only twb or three hundred dollars. J. E. Greg ory, proprietor of the five and ten cent store, lost a glass front which was in a storage house at 1 the rear of his store, and also some merchandise which was tor ed. Fire was also discovered on the second floor of the Austin De partment Store where some of the employes have their bedroom Mr. R. E. Whitehurst knocked the door down and extinguished the flames which had burned some wearing apparel. Sparks through an open window evidently caused the clothing to catch. Sparks were carried some distance, for the awning over Wallace Grocery com pany on Third street was burned up, and holes burned in the awn ings of Huntley’s and Vara L Smith and company. 'There was no insurance on the * hay house but the other losses are thought to have been partly cov ered. Mr. and Mrs. Kasey Move Friends of Mr. and Mrs- I’. H. Kasey regret that they are leav ing this city where they have made their home for the past several years and will make their home in Greenville where Mr. Kasey has t accepted a position. They left this week for South Boston. Va. where they will stay until the tobacco season opens in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Kasey have both been active in church and civic work here, and they will be greatly missed. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me— My ole man tried to skur a yur lin’ wid a red han'chef an' ho hooked him smaok in de hosspital. The New Johnston County Hospital Is a Credit to County Facts About New * County Hospital Located on Two State Highways and Is Equip ped With All Modern Conveniences The accompanying cut shows Johnston county’s new hospital which was opened here a few weeks ago. This fireproof modern two story building with basement is beautifully furnished and has all the latest equipment for the treat ment and care of the patients. It will conveniently accommodate -35 patients, twelve nurses and | he House Surgeon. This hospital is located in Oak land Heights and is on Highways 10 and 22. Hancock Street and the highways will 'soon be paved, so the hospital will easily be ac cessible and most of the dust will be eliminated. The hospital prop erty consists of about one and one half acres and with the drive-ways and lawn, shrubbery, the large brick columns at entrance and exit of drive-ways and the paved walk to the front door, give it an attractive approach. The building is almost complete ly furnished w'ith memorial rooms. These rooms are: Two reception rooms furnished by the Junior Order A. M. One ward by the Masons (five One ward by the Woman’s Club and the Kiwanis Club. One room, the Baptist Baraca. One room in memory of the late Judge Stevens. One room in memory of the late W. M. Sanders. E. J. Holt. One two-bed room by Miss Vara L. Smith. > The Baker Memorial Room. .The Narron Memorial Room. The Myatt Room, furnished by Mrs. Ed Edmundson (W. A. My att room). The Bettie Moore Noble Room The Miller Memorial Room. The Hood Memorial Room. The Wilson’s Mills Room, fur nished by Dr. C. W. Furlong. The Colored Ward, dedicated to the colored people of Johnston county, Laura J. A. King, chair The nurses’ reception room, fur nished by the Busin* and Pro fessional Womans Club of Smith field. The Nurses’ Dining Room, fur nished by Miss Kittie E. Blue. All the furniture is the Simmon’s steel hospital furniture with the late patented Ford bed with crank to elevate the head or feet. It is all in mahogany. The Operating room is fitted with splendid high powered lights for operating ait night, is tile 6-ft. high, has foot pedal control lavoratory for scrub bing up before operation, has seven windows, the modern Bal (Turn to page six, please) Music Students Present Programs Prizes Are Awarded For Exceptional Work; Lit tle Folks Orchestra Pleases What have been characterized as the “best music recitals we ever had,” were given in the high school auditorium Thursday and Friday evenings when Mrs. Cle dith Oakley and Miss Georgia | Pearsall presented their fifty or more pupils in concert. Mrs. Oakley had offered two prizes during the year. One was tor the pupil who memorized the , most pieces, and Miss Frances Massey was the winner. Miss Mat tie Lee Grimes also did good mem ory and was given honorable men tion. For the best work in every way throughout the entire year Miss Elizabeth Jordan was award ed the prize among the advanced pupils, and little Misses Nellie Gordon and Elizabeth Scher tied for first honors in the Beginners class, each being given a prize. Thursday evening the program consisted of the following num bers: My Lesson Today, by Nell Thompson; Dolly’s Asleep, by Vernice Ryals; Playtime, by Ruth Fitzgerald; On the Deep Sea, by Evelyn T'alton; A Shady Dell, by Elizabeth Thornton; Daddy’s Birthday, Jjy Mozelle Grumpier; Tallyho, by Mattie Lee Whitley; Ride a Cock Horse, by Ruth Rose; When Dolly Sleeps, by Nellie Gor- i don; First Melody, by Clara Stev ens; March, by Lillian Calais; Dreaming, by Charles Register; Oak Leaves, by Hilda Brown; , Sweet Melody, by Elizabeth John- '< son; Merry Heart, by Rachel Pet erson; uuet, rairys invitation, oy Nellie Gordon and Elizabeth Seher; My First Trip, by Frances Jones; Bootblack Polka, by Elizabeth Mc Lemore; Rosebud Waltz, by Rose Radford; Song; of Long; Ago, by Julia May Patterson; Whistling Schoolboy, by Elizabeth Scher; Darky Dance, by William Norman i Holt; The Haunt of the Fairies, 1 by Esther Myatt; Bicycle Gallop, by Betsy Jordan; Mermaid’s Song, by Edith Henry; Polka, by Mary Elizabeth Wellons; Morning Pray er, by Lunette Dixon; Cheerful ness, by Violet Jordan. The program when about half over was varied by several selec tions by Miss Woodard’s primary orchestra. This group of little folks always makes a hit. On Friday evening the program was as follows: At the Village Smithy, by Gladys Johnson; Pom pomette, by Mattie Phillips; Le Kangowron, by Addie Barber; Love’s Confiding, by Jeanette Hol land; Duet—Joyous Return, jfcy Elizabeth Jordan and Mary Ellen Lawrence; Titania’s Dance, by Mildred Cotter; Butterflies, by Mattie Lee Grimes; Hungary, by Mary Ragsdale; Spring’s Greet ing, by Gladys Powell; Valse Vene*- j bian, by Rebecca Royall; Madam ■ S.S. Convention Meet At Pisgali Baptist Sunday Schools of the Johnston Associa tion Will Hold Meeting Next Sunday On Sunday, June 6. there will be a Sunday school convention of the Johnston Association at Pisgah Baptist church near Smithfield. rhe following program has been arranged: 10:00—Sunday School. 11:00—Value of a Graded Sun day School—L. L. Levinson. 11:15—Why Have, a Sunday School Convention—Gladys H Beck. 11:30—Sermon. 12:15—Adjourn for Dinner—on Grounds. 1:45—Two Minute Reports from each Church Represented. 2:00—Adoption of Aims for Year's Work. 2:10—The Hardest Point on the Standard and How We Met It. Representatives from Pisgah. 5 minutes; Representative from Mt. Moriah, 5 minutes. 2:20 — Organization and Roll, Call. 2:45—Separate for Conferences. ' Main Auditorium, Round Table Discussion—‘Miss Bock. Class Room, Elementary Con ference—Mrs. A. I). Bain. dr. Jordan Returns to This City Mr. Lyndon Jordan who has ! onducted a business in Winston* Salem for some time, and return ’d to his native city and will take •harge of the jewelry business of r. C. Jordan and Son. His friends ■xtend the glad hand on his re- | Tom Tarheel says the best in vestment in fertilizer that he ever nade was when he plowed under i nice growth of rye and vetch. Pompadore, by Elizabeth Creech; \n Indian Suite consisting of In dian love song—Sioux—Indian Love Song, Tobacco Dance Song Prow, War Dance Song, by Hilda ?*eedin; Magot’s Wooden Shoe, by Margaret Edmundson; Romance, 3y Mary Narcross; Duet—Pol'p laise Joyeuse, by Elizabeth Creech md Jeanette Holland; The Brook n the Forest, by Grace Smith; A Dance of the Rosebuds, by Eliza >eth Coates; In a Haunted Cave, )y Esther Alford; Fireflies, by Prances Massey; Dream Memories, jy Mary Ellen Lawrence; In Lqve’s Darden, by Elizabeth Jordan; Rus sel of Spring, by Marie Ann Stev ?ns. The program was varied by vo :al selections rendered by two of Miss White’s voice pupils. Miss i Mary Norcross. sang two songs: Fairy Piper and From the Land }f the Sky Blue Waters, and Miss Dlenn Ward sang Nymphs and Pawns. The program closed with a zhorus entitled “Good Night.” Eleven Girls In Reciter s Contest Mayune Mozingo Wins Medal Offered in Mi cro School by Mrs. M, Hinnant A crowded auditorium in the Micro school building Thursday was evidence of the interest which friends and patrons of that school took in the recitation contest en gaged in by members of the high school. A gold medal was offered by Mrs. M. Hinnant, and eleven girls competed 'for ,£his coveted prize. Each young lady did ex ceedingly well, but it remained for the last speaker on the program, Miss Mayune Mozingo, to so cap tivate the entire audience and the judges that she was named as :he winner. Miss Mozingo gave a ielightful portrayal of the mock .vedding scene in “Mary Cary” Up until this number Mias Louise Moser, who gave an inci lent from the “Bird’s Christmas t'arol,” had probably impressed :he audience most. Others taking >art in the contest were: Katie Corbett reciting “A Barrel of Soft >oap”; Cretta Mae Sullivan, ‘Asleep at the Switch”; Rebecca orbett, “Back in Squashville”; Julia Aycock, “John Maynard”; Ylaybelle Barden, “Aunt Jerusha Visits the City”; Pearl Fleming, ‘Poorhouse Nan”; Irene Peele, ‘Debutante”; Sadie Atkinson, ‘Spike Ramsey”; Irene Pittman, ‘What William Henry Did.” Music interspersed the numbers •n the program. A declaimers contest had been leld Thursday morning, and the .vinner, Millard Johnson, was an lounced at the evening entertain ment. Also a medal was awarded Miss Louise Moser for writing the >est essay on Lincoln. DONNELL WHARTON TO TOUR THE WEST Mr. Donnell Wharton leaves to iay for motor trip to California, lie is accompanying his uncle and lunt, Rev. and Mrs. S. M. Ran kin of Greensboro. They expect ;o be away until the first of Sep tember. MRS. JESSE COATS BROADCASTS READING Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Coates left Sunday for Richmond. Va., where Mrs. Coates broadcasted over radio a reading last night as a part of a program put on by the East Carolina Chamber of Commerce. The Benson or chestra was also invited to give a number on this program. Mrs. Coates is an especially gifted reader and Smithfield is proud to be represented by her in this program featuring Eastern North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Coates wj>re accompanied to Richmond by Misses Nellie and Lillie Coates. Simmons Shows How Farmer Lose N. C. Senator Says Farm er’s Plight Due to Mo noply and Tariff Wall Washington, May 27.—The des perate situation in which the far mer finds himself today “has been produced sometimes by the tariff, sometimes by monopolization and* in many instances Jbintly by both,” Senator F. M. Simmons de clared today in the Senate in dis cussing the agricultural situation. Senator Simmons interrupted Senator McKellar, of Tennessee, who spoke at length on the agricultural situation. During his speech the question arose as to the high price of shoes which are not protected by the tariff and the low prices paid Jto farmers for hides. “There are no articles of com merce produced by the farmer,” said Senator Simmons, “or if any, very few that are now bought in ' the open market at as low a price las the hides of animals out of which these shoes are made. The I price of hides in this country is so buai i Miun iium auuai ex perience that it is hardly worth the cost of stripping them from the dead animal and yet when that article is converted into a shoe, the shoe sells at a price that I ! should say, some 100 per cent higher than it did twenty or even 15 years ago. It is not the tariff that has done this. It is combina tion, unlawful combination combi j nation in violation of express stat utes of the United States, but a combination which is permitted to exist because that combination is composed of a few people who are able to pool their financial oper ations and their manufacturing operations and fix the price in the I domestic market at their will. Only By Organizing. “If the farmer might do the same thing, Mr. President, either lawfully or unlawfully, he could likewise bring jhe price of his hides up to a level with the price of the product that is made out of them by this monopolized indus try. The same thing is true and with reference to agricultural im plements. They are on the free list, that is true, but Mr. Presi dent, that is another instance where the operation of the tariff does not help the farmer. It does not help him in the first instance be cause the very articles out of which these implements are made are upon the dutiable list, fre quently at rates that are absolute ly prohibitive against foreign im portations; and that makes high the cost of material out of which this product is made. But that is not the only reason why agricul tural implements do not get the benefit because of the fact that they are on the free list. Agricul tural implements, like shoes, have advanced since the war even above the high peak price to which they have those high prices been main tained? Mr. President, I answer, first through the tariff upon the raw material, and second, by com bination, unlawful combination, a character of combination of which the farmer who uses the imple ments cannot avail himself because the farmers are so numerous that they have never succeeded in their efforts to pool their issues, their finances and their sales. “If cooperative marketing had been successful to the extent that it had embraced in one great or ganization the farmers who are engaged in a certain line of pro duction for the purpose of sta bilizing prices of their particular products without the action of the tariff, the farmers who are en gaged in a certain line of produc tion for the purpose of stabiliz ing prices of their particular prod ucts without the action of the tariff, the. farmers would have beer able to maintain a level of prices equal to the level enjoyed by the people from whom they had to buy. “There are the clothes of the farmer’s wife and his children and dependents constituting a large percentage of the cost of living Turn to page six, please Cotton Growers HearH, B. Mask A Discussion of Coopera tive Marketing Features Dinner Meeting of Far mers and Business Men Mr. H. H. B. Mask of Raleigh Was the chief speaker at a dinner given at the Woman’s Club room Fi id ay evening in the interest of the cooperative marketing of cot ton. Several loyal supporters of the cotton association made pos sible the occasion, and the splen did repast served by the ladies of the Woman’s Club together with the music made by Messrs. Smith. Benson and Keen on the piano, violin and guitar created an aus picious atmosphere for the discus sion of any topic. Mr. B. E. Gardner, who lives near town, was master of cere monies and he called upon Messrs. G. B. Smith, J. A. Smith and W. W. Jordan for short talks before introducing Mr. Mask who discuss ed at greater length the object of the coming together. Mr. Mask spoke of the relation that ought to exist among the people of any community—a spirit of live and let live. He said that while he thought folks should pat ronize home markets as far as ! practicable, that after all it is the products that a community pro duces and sends away that brings back money to the community. Forty or fifty years ago, it was strongly advocated that farmers raise surplus crops to provide con veniences and luxuries. Now the farmer has reached a condition that the more he produces the less he is getting for it. Last year the cotton crop with its surplus was more of a curse than a bless ing. Farmers in the past have prov en their ability to influence yield, but so far they have been unable to influence price. Mr. Mask then to3d how the farmers could accomplish this also by assembling or grading thdir products and by applying mer chandising methods. Farmers no longer sell chickens for so much a piece, they are sold for so much a pound, but cotton is still sold for so much a pound regardless of its grade. By applying merchandising methods, after assembling or grading the product sold at the point of consumption, will be sold on demand, and the owner Will know more about the product than the purchaser, instead of the other way round. The N. C. Cotton Growers As sociation operating on the princi pal just outlined, was stressed by Mr. Mask as the best medium for marketing cotton. The association is improving details of handling cotton all the time. He amphasiz ed the fact that any successful methods of controlling price would necessarily be slow, and made the prediction that if the thoughtful men of the country backed the association, that in 15 or 20 years its influence would be a powerful factor in controlling the price. Sept. 1, 1927 ought to see 225,000 bales signed up in North Carolina, declared Mr. Mask, and Johnston county, the banner cotton county, should sign its quota of that amount. A number of those present took part in the discussion that follow ed Mr. Mask’s speech. Miss Emily Smith of Smith’s school section, was the first to state that she was ready to sign the new contract. Others taking part in the discuss ion included Dr. G. A. McLemore, j. \V. Stephenson, Paul W. Mack. J. E. Woodall. W. D. Avera, T. C Young, and F. K. Broadhurst. Mrs. Sarah Young Powell Dead Friends here regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Sarah Young Powell which occurred at her home at Auburn Saturday night aftei a lingering illness. The deceasec was 73 years of age. Funeral services were conduct ed yesterday afternoon at Mount Moriah church. • A son of the deceased, Dr. W F. Powell, of Nashville. Tenn., i; well remembered in this city, h« having conducted a revival at th< Baptist church several years ago Surprise Weddin Charlotte Coup!* Ben Wellons Formerly This City Weds M Frye; Spending Hon< moon In Canada Charlotte, May 30.—Miss Anr Myrtle Frye, formerly of C; thage but recently of Chariot and Ben F. Wellons, well-knov young member of the Chariot bar, were married last evening 7:30 o’clock by Rev. A. D. W cox, pastor of Trinity Method church at the Trinity parsonage Jackson terrace. The marriage came as a surpr to the friends of both bride a.. groom, no announcement of thei plans having been made in a vance. Miss Frye is a daughter of M and Mrs. J. A. Frye, of Carthag Moore county. She came to Cha j lotte three years ago and has be< connected with the execuitve o fice of the Hood Brjfk compar since that time. She is considerc a young woman of exception business acumen and splendid pe sonality and has won scores friends since coming to Charlott Mr. Wellons is a native c' Smith-field. He was educated at th University of North Carolina ar studied law at the university < Virginia. He has been practicir law here since 1917. He is a s< of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wellons, . Smithfield, and is a member • the Charlotte law firm of Wello' and Wellons, in the Latta arcar Mr. and Mrs. Wellons left 1? night for a honeymoon trip New York and. Canada. On tl return in about ten days they v reside at a hotel for a while a will later enter a new home Ms Wellons has acquired on E Morehead Street, opposite Woman’s Club. FINALS OF JOHNSTON COUNTY TRAINING SCHO The finals of the negro schnv here begin Friday night, June ; with an operetta entitled “Pel Rabbit” by the primary grad* On Sunday June 6, at three o’clc ' in the afternoon the annual s mon will be preached by Rev. >• B. Evans of Chase City, Va. M< day evening a high school pi will be given and on Tuesday t grammar grades will present program. The senior class day exercis will be held Wednesday eveni: and on Thursday evening, June the graduating exercises will conducted. Rev. James E. Joi of Henderson, will deliver the \ erary address. KENLY BOY KILLED BY FAST A. C. L. TRA Kenly, May 27.—This afterno about 2:15 o'clock, the seven-ye old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dock H nant, of Kenly, was instantly k ed when he stepped in front Northbound Atlantic Coast L Train No. 80. The little boy with an ol» brother about 11 years old was oi his way home from school. NumV 80 was running late and it pass No. 89 Southbound train in Ker, The children were watching i Southbound train and did not s the Northbound train. As soon No. 89 passed, the small boy st€ oed on the track directly in fro of No. 80. The lad was popular among Y school mates. He is survived by 1 parents and several brothers a sisters. A Tantalizer There is exactly enough let f the name of a person in Smith $ field, and if the right one d< J ciphers their name and will pr< j sent it to The Herald office, v will present them with a con plimentary ticket to the Vi j tory Theatre. You must bri copy of this paper in order secure ticket. ejgnordoo Dora Barbour recogim her name in last issue.
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