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SMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel. —Renovation of Opera House. —More Paved Streets. —Chamber of Commerce. wilWidfo Emtlfo Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper-Established 1882 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: = County Farm Agent Is Better Roads Feeding Qighvaya Equal Opportunity for Every School Child ot Better Marketing System ui More Food and Feed Cropa bt $2.00 PER Ye/,! VOLUME 44—NO. 43 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1926 * * * Two Full Days In Recorder’s Court Several Important Cases Were Continued Until Next Tuesday, June 8 The Recorder’s Court disposed of the following criminal actions here last Tuesday: William Heath, white, plead guilty to possessing whiskey, and prayer for judgment was contin ued upon pyament of costs. Ed Peacock and Gus Eason, ne groes living near Smithfield, were found guilty of an affray and each was fined $25 and the cost was divided between them. Millard Neal and Charles Wil liams were convicted of an assault and got a $25 fine and the costs. Montie Wall, a white man of Upper Johnston, was before the court charged with abondonment. He plead guilty and was released upon payment of costs. W. F. Webb, a white man of Banner township, was up for gen eral misbehavior and peace-break ing. He was found guilty and from the judgment of the court he took an appeal to the Superior Court. Bond of $200 was required. Frank Norris was indicted for cursing on the highway and making threats, all of which grew out of an alter cation with W. F. Webb. The court also imposed a fine in his case from which he took an appeal. His bond was fixed at $200. Several other important cases on the criminal docket were continu ed until next Tuesday. Court was in session here Wednesday for the trial of civil actions. UNIQUE EXHIBIT AT HOOD BROTHERS bett-Hatcher section, was in the Miss Myrtle Bailey, of the Cor city Saturday and, showed us a unique exhibit which had been sent to the Corbett-Hatcher school by Dr. Wade Atkinson, of Washing ton, D. C. The exhibit included Jewish shewbread used in religious ceremonies; Greek Easter bread which was decorated with Easter eggs colored pink; Superior Dutch cheese made in a round shape with a pink coating from Rotterdam Holland, and New York cheese made in pineapple design. These articles which are a real curiosity are now on display at Hood Bros Makes Talk at Prayer Service Rev. WT. T. Dart, of New York, who is spending a few days with his family here, made a very in teresting talk at the Baptist church Wednesday night during the pray er meeting service. Rev. Mr. Dart, who is a native , of Australia and has traveled in almost every coun try in the world, told of some of the customs in different countries. He urged his hearers to be true to Christian teachings and to live their religion. In speaking of the low esteem in which the church is now sometimes held he said, “The trouble is not with the belief of the church but with the practice of its members.” They so often claim to believe one thing when their lives show another. Mr. Dart based his talk on the sixth chapter of Ephesians and his message was practical and convincing. YOU CAN GET YOUR ROAD maps at The Herald office. Maps for N. C. and S. C. highways. PLACE IN YOUR HOME A CQ rona Portable typewriter. Call at The Herald office and look them over. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me— v w um/. am m My ole man is in bed agin be case he tried to ride a cross cut saw on a bicycle. Heads Big Corporation After 23 years of service, start ing as office girl, Miss Mary Dillon wecornes President of Brooklyn Boro Gas Co. Years ago upon her nromise not to ^.arry she wa: 'ode manager, but higher promo on freed her from her pledge, iv jio barrier to success says M« Dillon. Four Oaks Garage Is A Total Loss Fire Destroys Building and Fifteen Used Cars Stored In It; Some In surance Four Oaks suffered a fire loss early Wednesday morning; when the garage and storage house of W. Jesse Stanley was burned. The fire was discovered about 2:30 o’ clock. About fifteen cars, all of which were second hand, were stored in the gara&e. The building was owned by Charlie Woodall, i The loss is estimated at about six | thousand dollars, partly covered ! by insurance. j Mr. Stanley is the Chrysler dealer for Johnston county. He re cently moved his headquarters to Smithfield, but still operated this garage at Four Oaks. FATHER OF MR. ROSCOE BASS DIES AT LUCAMA Wilson- May 31.—Nathan Bass, a prominent farmer and business man of Lucama, and for years president and director of the Lu cama Bank and an ex-member of the Legislature, died at 1:10 this afternoon following a stroke of paralysis April 19th. He leaves his third wife, and the following children: Mrs. L. L. Newsome, of Fremont; Mrs. J. H Thompson, of Black Creek; Mrs. W. H. Mercer, of Black Creek; iRoscoe Bass, of Tarboro; and Hu bert Bass and Waldine Bass. Mr. Bass represented Wilson county in the Legislature of 1899, 1891 and 1919. He was also for years a member of the board of county commissioners and member and chairman of the board of edu cation for several years. A CORRECTION MADE Selma, June 3.—Tuesday’s News and Observer carried the following concerning the senior exercises at Salem College: “Monday afternoon the senior masque was given in the lower col lege campus, it being an original play, composed by Miss Miriam Brietz, of this city. The theme was kept a secret and was not reveal ed until unfolded before the au dience.” Miss Brietz is a Selma girl, who has won distinction in each year of her college course. Along liter ary lines her work has been out standing, having won several worth while prizes in journalistic con tests. The people of he" home town are proud of her attainment and would appreciate having this cor rection made. A CORRECTION In our last issue we stated that Mr. and Mrs. Alex Green had purchased a bungalow in Brooklyn on Davis Street and had moved there. This was an error. Mr. and Mrs. Hern don Alexander, their son and daughter, made the purchase and have moved here from Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Green are still residing on South Third Street. Selma Schools Come To Close Dr. W. McWhite Preaches Baccalaureate Sermon and Dr. E. ;W. Knight Delivers Literary Address Selma, June 3.—The 1925-26 term of the Selma schools came to a very successful close Tues day evening, June 1st. The com mencement exercises were enjoy ed by large and attentive audi ences at each program. The bac calaureate sermon Sunday eve ning by Dr. W. McC. White of the First Presbyterian Church at Raleigh, made a profound im pression on his hearers. Ffrom Matt. 16:18 and 24:25 he took his text. “Heaven and earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass away; and I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” He admonished the graduating class to pay no heed to the false doctrines, false prophets and here sies that were causing so,much un rest. Said he, “Voltaire prophe sied that in 100 years Christian ity would be swept away. Tom Paine said that in 50 years the Bi ble would be out of print, yet, last year more copies were printed and sold than any ten of the most pop ular books for the last ten years. , It will do to live by and it will do to die by.” lecuuit-u luuuutt^ evening oratorical essay and reading con- | tests, which were conceded to be 1 the best in years. Announcementj of the winners was made by Mrs. Geo. D. Vick and Dr. I. W. Mayer berg. Tuesday afternoon the seventh grade program was especially in teresting and thirty boys and girls were made happy when Miss Mary E. Wells, county supervisor, presented itheir certificates and urged them to keep on through high school and college with the ' same fine spirit that they had shown in the elementary school- j The literary address Tuesday j evening was the real feature of the commencement exercises. The speaker. Dr. Edgar W. Knight, of Chapel Hill, was introduced by Mr. H. B. Marrow, of Smithfield, sup erintendent of the Johnston coun ty schools, in a few well chosen words. Dr. Knight’s address was a sim ple, direct appeal to the graduat ing class to face real conditions in North Carolina as they are, and as they go out into the world, to make those conditions better. He cited the wonderful advancement made in North Carolina during the years that these boys and girls have been in school. The sacri fices made by their parents and the work they have done, have giv en them the modern school build ings. the longer term and better equipped teacher. The world must move forward now on the feet of these young people Dr. Knight has recently return ed from Sweden and Norw’ay where he studied the school systems of those countries. He says the con trast is great; there they have no natural advantages, they make them, and he finds them highly efficient- Here, we have unbounded resources, but the climate, perhaps, has made us a bit lazy. He cau tioned his audience not to blame the climate too much- He related one experience of gfaing into a laboratory in the basement of a school in Sweden where he found a trained nurse teaching the young girls the care of infants. This branch of our education is neglect ed or ignored in North Carolina for infant mortality is very high, approximately 10,000 dying an nually under the age of two years, of preventable diseases. Following the literary address, Dr. Geo. D. Vick presented the j certificates and diplomas and Dr. I. W. Mayerberg awarded the prizes and medals as follows: Essay medal to Miss Mary Ev elyn Parker; Reciter’s medal to Miss Alma Lee; Orator’s medal to John Walton Blackman; the Dr R. J. Noble $5-00 gold piece for Turn to page six, please SMITHFIELD YOUNG LADY SPONSOR “YACKETY YACK’’ A coveted honor has come to one of our Smithfield young women, who has been chosen as sponsor this year for “The Yackety Yack,” the State Uni versity annual. A copy of this most attractive publication has found its way to our desk, which bears the following imprint in gold letters on the front cover— “Margaret Alice Weilons.” Turning a few leaves we find a full page picture of this young lady, and a few leaves more we find a likeness of the editor in-chief, Mr. A. C. Summerville, whom we congratulate upon more features than one of this splendid edition. Miss Weilons is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Weilons of this city. She graduated last year from Salem College and for the past term has taught seventh grade at Wendell to w-hich position she has been re-elected, but declin ed in order to accept fourth grade work in the local school. “The Yackety Yack” has other interest for Smithhfield and Johnston county this year. Two members of the senior class featured in the annual are from this county—Edward Patterson of this city and Herman Wel lons of Selma. Another member of this year’s class is William Gordon Weeks, Jr., of Rocky Mount, who is known here this being the native home of his mother, who before her mar riage, was Miss Mattie Wood all. POURS KEROSENE ON FIRE; SUFFERS SEVERE BURNS The Division of Safety Education of the North Carolina Insurance Department quotes the following from a special from Oxford, ap pearing in the leading daily news papers of the State a few days ago: “Following severe burns recgiv* ed Monday afternoon when she threw a quantity of kerosene oil into a wood stove to start a fire, Maggie Miller, age fifteen, died at the Marie Parham Hospital early yesterday.” The Division of Safety Educa tion sends out vast quantities of safety literature to the schools of the State when schools are in ses sion, and safety bulletins to the newspapers of the State when schools are closed. lit also fur nished posters to all interested in putting them up, and yet occur ences like this are daily features of news. The toll of human life that carelessness is taking in North Carolina, is truly appall ing. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET Mrs. N. C. Shuford, president of the local American Legion Auxil iary, requests us to announce that the auxiliary will hold its regular meeting tonight at eight o’clock in the commissioners room of the courhouse. All members are invit ed to be present Meadow Club Meets The Meadow Community Law and Order League met in regular session last Saturday night. Mr. T. L. Hudson was appointed chairman pro tern in the absence of the reg ular chairman. Mr. Pridgen. Mr. F. H. Brooks of Smithfield, who had accepted an invitation to ad dress the club, failed to attend the meeting. The following program was rendered: Music. Speech by Mr. A. G. Glenn, prin cipal of Meadow High School. Speech by Mr. Larry Wood, of Benson. Music. Lecture on the duties of the League, by Mr. W. V. Blackman. Recitation by Miss Ludie Lee. Music. Announcements. The League voted thanks to the Meadow high school faculty for their service and cooperation dur ing the past year, and also voted unanimously a recommendation to the Meadow school board for their re-election to teach again in this community next year. The executive committee with the program committee will meet on Saturday night, June 12, at the school building, at eight o’colck. The program for the next meet ing will be announced later. These meetings are held the last Satur day night in each month. Jr. Order Gives Bible And Flag Meadow School Has Im pressive Program; Com mencement Exercises Today Benson. Route 2, June *2.—The Meadow Literary Society had a picnic at Stewart’s pond on Fri day afternoon, May 21. A delicious ' picnic lunch was enjoyed by all. On Monday afternoon May 10, the Junior Order of Benson pre sented the Meadow High School with a Bible and flag* with the following impressive program: Address of Welcome, Miss Mary E. Wells. Presentation of Bible, Rev. J. E. Blalock. Acceptance of Bible, Rev. P. A. Pridgen. Presentation of Flag, Mr. H. C. Renegar. Acceptance of Flag, Mr. A. G. Glenn. i ne program was interspersed by patriotic songs by the school The school has been busy prac ticing for commencement which began on Thursday evening, June 3, with the recitation and decla mation contests from the high school department. This morning at 11 o’clock the literary address will be delivered by Hon- John R. Baggett of Lillington. After this a picnic lunch will be spread. The seventh grade graduation exer cises will take place in the after noon. This evening, the grades will give their exercises, which closes the commencement. The honor roll for the seventh month follows: First grade, A: Golden Parker. First grade, B: Cedric Smitff .Harvey Parker, Jarvis Adams, Harvey Adams. Second grade: Eloise Lee, Gar Ion Parker, Ambrose Lee, Helen Flowers. Third grade: Alda Adams, Ha zel Morgan, Gladys Altman. Fourth grade: Ella Johnson, Dora Moore, Ethel Parker. Fifth grade, A: Jack Hudson, Melba Hudson, Ila Johnson, Lettie Barefoot. Sixth grade, B: Annie Adams, Alene Johnson, Laverna Langston. Seventh grade: Marvin Johnson, Garland Smith, Golda Mae Lee, Retha Adams. Eighth grade: Delma Adams, J Kermit Blackman. Ninth grade: Annie Belle Hood, Anna Margaret Lee. Tenth grade: Inez Johnson, Ma tilda Johnson, Preston Johnson, Bessie Lee, Ludie Lee, Elmon Smith, Celeste Wood. PARENT-TEACHERS SPONSORS CONCERT The Parent-Teacher Association has arranged for a concert to be given here next Friday night, June 11 in the high school auditorium by sixteen children under twelve years of age from Raleigh. Miss Dolores Crozier, physical culture teacher, has charge of the pro gram. Popular prices will be charg ed. This entertainment has just been given in Raleigh under the auspices of Christ’s church. PICTURES SHOWING AUSTRALIA^AT CHURCH Rev. W. T. Dart will show a large number of pictures o'f Australia and other parts of the world (tomorrow night at the Baptist church. He is a special ist in the use of a stereopticon. He is a native of Australia and on a visit home a few years ago he secured a lerge number of the finest pictures. While here for a day or two the Baptist congregation arranged for him to have the use of a stereopti con, that they might be able to see his pictures and have him tell of his travels. It will be a free lecture and everybody is invited. The hour is 8 o’clock. Just before going to press we were told that Mr. Dart had been called to Winston-Salem. However, he is expected back in time for the lecture tomorrow evening. If he returns in time, the church bell will ring before the lecture begins. Finals Over At Princeton School Band Concert Sunday Was Splendid Success; Large Number Visitors Princeton, June *2.—'The finals of the Princeton High School be gan Sunday, May 23, with the baccalaureate sermon which was preached by Rev. W. P. Watkins, pastor of St. John’s Methodist church of Goldsboro. Rev. Mr. Watkins preached on “The Found ation Stones of Life.” He urged the seniors to take these founda tion stones of life and build upon them a character which would en able them to overcome all the problems of life.' He introduced his sermon by saying that the great est problems which the young peo ple have to face today are the problems which have been handed down to them by their forefathers. The class day '.exercises we)?e> held in the school auditorium on Wednesday evening, May 26. The stage was beautifully decorated as a woodland scene with the class flower, the pink rose. The back ground was made of pine trees and other native shrubs. Thursday eve ning a play, “And Home Came Ted,” was presented by the high school. The commencement address was delivered by Rev. Chester Alexan der of Smithfietd, Friday evening at eight o’clock. His subject was “True Manhood.” He emphasized the fact that young people today must take a militant attitude to ward the evils around them if they are to become strong men or wom en. There were nine members of the graduating class as follows: Ernest Overman, Earl Watson, Carlyle Woodard, Emma Pearce, Mildred Snipes, Mildred Pearce, Pluma Gurley, Ruth Massey and Helen Hardee. The band concert in the auditor ium last Sunday was all that could be desired. Rev. C. H. Cashwell was at his best and for twenty minutes more than nine hundred people from many different towns cities listened with attentive ears to one of the most interesting short -sermons ever delivered in this vast auditorium. One distin guished gentleman from another county made the remark that those people assembled in that auditor ium were nine hundred of the best citizens in four counties, and that you don’t often get that number of people from different counties assembled in one place. The mem bers of the band seemed to pour out their soul into the music for directly in front of them attired in snow white was the Queen of the concert, Miss Inez Gardner, a liv ing picture of youth and beauty an inspiration even for angels to look upon. YOUNG MAN IS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Rags dale were called to Wilson Satur day when Mrs. Ragsdale’s father received a message that his son, James R. Edmundson, had been seriously injured in an automobile accident in Tennessee. Mr. Ed mundson is a senior at McCallie School, Chattanooga. Tenn. The accident happened Friday morning near Knoxville, Mr. Edmundson’s injuries consist of a fractured skull and hip and also a broken collar bone. Dr. Edmundson, his father, of Wilson, left at once and is now at his son’s bedside. The latest report states that unless complications arise Mr. Edmund son is expected to recover. The young man is a nephew of our townsman, Mr. E. S. Edmund son. His sister, Mrs. Ragsdale, will remain in Wilson until her father’s return home. Reunion at Barefoot’s Memorial A family reunion will be held at Barefoot’s Memorial church four miles east of Oak Forest church on the first Sunday in June in honor of Mrs. N. G. Barefoot. Rel atives and friends are especially invited to attend and carry well filled baskets- Services will be held at eleven o’clock in the morn ing and Sunday school at three in the afternoon. The public is invit ed to attend. Heads New Hospital Dr. W. J. B. Orr, Surgeon in charge of the Johnston County Hospital was born in Currie Pen- - der county. After finishnig high school, he took a business course in shorthand and bookkeepfng and was a clerk in the A. C. L. general offices in Wilmington. Later he was in the general merchandise business in the western part of the state. He then went to the Uni versity where he got his academic ! work and first years in medicine, graduating in medicine at the Uni versity of Manyland, at Balti more. He interned at Mercy Hos pital in Baltimore, George Washing ton Hospital at Wasshington D. C-, the University Hospital, Baltimore, and was then Resident Surgeon at the Bay View City Hospital, Bal timore. After leaving B)altin^or(e he was surgeon for the Atlantic Coast Lino Railroad at their hos pital in Rocky Mount. He left there two years ago, spending the summer at Mayo’s Clinic in Rochester, Minn., just before com ing to Smithfield to locate. Dr. Hilley Makes Address At Kenly Twenty-Two Members Of Senior Class Get Di plomas and Certificates mencement exercises of Kenly High School began Sunday, May 23, with the baccalaureate sermon preached by the Rev. Chester Alexander, pastor of the Presby terian church of Smithfield. On Wednesday evening the music recital was given under the direction of Mrs. J. J. Edgerton as sisted by Miss Bess McIntyre. The splendid program attested careful training on the part of those in charge and persistent work of those on the program. On Thursday evening the annual class day exercises were held un der the direction of Miss Eccie Cox. The unique manner of pre senting these exercises was espec ially good. The rose chain was carried by the Juniors in double file and the seniors marched through led by their mascot, Mas ter Jimmy Grady. The president’s address was given byt Mr. Willie Woodard after which the class his tory was most attractively pre sented. Miss Louisa Coleman, class historian, appeared as queen of the seasons. Seated about the queen on her, throne were sixteen small fairies in groups of four, each group representing one of the four seasons which in urn. represented the four years of high school. The class came out and heard their his tory read. The next outstanding feature was the prophecy. The setting which represented the “Gateway of Dreams” was lovely in every detail. The prophetess, Miss Eliza beth Woodard, appeared in the Gateway of Dreams and was greet ed by the moon maiden, Miss Ce leste Edgerton, and Pierrot, the clown, Mr. Joe Pittman. The moon maiden by the touch of her magic wand, revealed to the prophetess the future of each member of her class. As a name was called this particular member passed through the gateway as he or she would appear later on in life- Quite a number of professions was rep resented showing that each *jiem (Turn to page four, please) Wilson’s Mills \ School Clos<* --- Je Finals Began With Col mencement Sermon Rev. Chester Alexs^, der of Smithfield k Wilson’s Mills, June 2—^* first number of the commen ment program was on SundV May 23. Rev. Chester Alexanoa of Smithfield delivered the bacw laureate sermon in the high schh< auditorium. Special music was rf dered by the choirs of the lo!h churches. e The high school play on Thu*? day evening, May 27, was a ere to Miss Margaret LeMay, the o rector, and to the pupils who tr1'1 parts. The play given was ;r Little Clodhopper,” by Walter D 1 Hare. Ruby Dodd as Julia Ell d Carroll Stephenson as Septir;s Green, Glenn Woodall as Oi° Gump, and Elgie Price as M,* Juliette Bean, won applause ir frequent intervals. Outstandi™ parts were taken by Imogene Mi“‘ ray, Mabel Barbour and Clarerfi Batten. The class day exercises feature an address by Prof. J. D. Clar31 of State College. He brought a message with “Service” as t keynote of his speech, and pointij to a selection from H. G. Wel'r “The Ten Greatest Men,” all ® whom were great because of so?,c special service to humanity. o Miss Mary E. Wells gave cret to our seventh grade, and to Mrc Jennie Barnes, the teacher. T ( following members of the sevenh grade received honors: Jay Uu derwood and Dalmon Poole mar the county honor roll with avc£ ages of 90 on all classes; Wilr€ Youngblood made 100 on the spe» ing examination, and James L'i and Vera Kennedy the honor r»jj in history. ■ Mr. W. G. Wilson presented « plomas to Imogene Murray a 31 Loyd Batten, the first graduate of the Wilson’s Mills accredit^ high school. The contributions from t>^ grades were creditable, amoij which were a number of chorustil recitations, drills, etc. « A few days before closing tT® high school pupils entertained tl. high school faculty very deligh^ fully at a supper given at He At the last meeting of teache* and pupils Mr. and Mrs. Nath:s Womack served the entire schcj< with delicious ice cream. The local committee has re-a^1 pointed the following teachers j. their same positions for anoth session: Mr. (Nathan. Wo mac I principal; Misses Margaret May, Jennie Barnes, Harriette T“ son, Mrs. Nathan Womack, Lei" Kistler, Mrs. Lula Uzzle, Evel; Wilson and Atwood Sloan. T only loss from the present ft ulty was Mrs. Carl K. Parrif who has moved to Asheville. Perfect attendance certifica' were presented to the follow who were neither absent nor t dy during the year: Ray Css Lloyd Batten, Maymie Your blood, Ola Day Uzzle, Ellen I A. B. Lee, Ruby Lee, L. Lee, I Jones. Jr., Rachel Lee and W Creech. Public officers who do their d are sure to obtain the opposite of evil doers and their sympath ers. Therefore /every voter w wishes the law enforced sho‘ stand by the officials who are posed by the lawless element News and Observer. A Tantalizer There is exactly enough le the name of a person in Smit field, and if the right one d ciphers their name and will pi sent it to The Herald office, ' will present them with a cor plimentary ticket to the V tory Theatre. You must brii copy of this paper in order t secure ticket. byldaonoehcw Miss Jos Gordon recognized h name in last issue.
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