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SMITH FIELD NEEDS:
—Bigger Pay Roll.
—A Modem Hotel.
—Renovation of Opera House.
—More Paved Streets.
•—Chamber of Commerce.
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More Food and Feed Crops
VOLUME 44—NO. 49
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SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 192G
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Several Cases In
Recorder’s Court
Eleven Criminal Cases
Were Tried Here Tues
day—Few Draw Road
Sentences
The following: cases were dispos
ed of in Recorder’s Court here on
Tuesday:
W. A. Fowler, who was charged
with trespass, was found guilty.
He was dismissed upon thd pay
ment of cost.
Willie Raynor was found guilty
of assault with ‘deadly weapon.
He was sentenced to sixty days
on the roads and taxed with the
cost, but took an appeal to su
perior court. The appearance bond
was fixed at $200.
Coy Lofton was found guilty
of assault. The defendant was
given a six months road sentence,
but this sentence was suspended
upon the payment of $100.
Raymond Hilliard was fined $25
and costs for operating a car
while drunk.
Junius Thompson, who was
charged with assault, was found
guilty. Prayer for judgment was
continued for two years upon the
payment of cost.
David Morgan, who was con
victed of contempt of court, was
required to pay the cost of the
action.
Mary M. Young was charged
with possession of still. She was
found guilty and upon the pay
ment of cost prayer for judgment
was continued until the first Tues
day in September.
For running into a Ford car
John R. Coates was sent to jail
for sixty days and taxed with the
Cost of the action.
Harvey Pendergraft, charged
with theft. Nol pros with leave.
N. A. Wall was called and fail
ed. Judgment ni sci fa and cap
Alien EJyru ana mmom
were convicted of larceny and giv
en four months on the roads and
costs. The road sentence was sus
pended upon good behavior.
George Gilford, who was found
guilty of transporting, was taxed
with the cost of the action and re
quired to pay storage on the au
tomobile.
BIG STILL CAPTURED
Mr. O. H. Barefoot, deputy
sheriff of Meadow township,
brought a big copper 100-gallon
capacity whiskey still to town on
Tuesday which he together with
Arthur Langdon and William
Strickland, city officers of Ben
son, captured on Monday after
non about three o’clock. The still
was taken about 250 yards from
the home of Handy McLamb, about
two miles southeast of the Mead
ow school. The still was running
in full blast, but evidently those
at the still had received warning
of the approach of officers, and
when they arrived on the scene no
one was at the still. They saw
two men leaving in the distance.
Taths were found leading from
the still to Lamb's house and
nineteen gallons of whiskey were
found hidden in the bushes be
tween the still and the house.
Deputy Sheriff Barefoot swore a
warrant while here Tuesday for
McLamb. Ten barrels of mash
were destroyed in addition to cap
turing the whiskey.
Mr. Barefoot captured two stills
in Meadow township last Friday
but neither of these was in op
eration. They were forty gallon
capacity each.
~AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—
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Dey iz 2 kinds uv huzbans—
wuss and wusser.
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New Kiwanis Chief
Ralph A. Amerman of Scranton,
Pa., is the new president of the
United States and Canada Kiwanis
chibs, elected to that post at . the
Montreal convention last week. He
succeeds John H. Moss.
Kn Klux Present
Pastor Donation
Free Will Revival Will
Continue Through Sun
day Night; Service Sun
day Afternoon
The revival services which have
been in progress at the Free Will
Baptist church here for more than
two weeks will continue through
next Sunday night, at which time
the series of meetings will close.
On Wednesday evening fifteen or
eighteen members of the Ku Klux
entered the church at the begin
ning of the service and presented
a donation of forty-three dollars
to the pastor, Rev. H. R. Fair
cloth.
In spite of the showers this
week the crowds have continued
to be good and Mr. Faircloth, the
pastor, has been doing some fine
preaching.
A choir under the leadership
of Mr. C. J. Thomas furnishes
spirited music at pach service.
The services through the week
are held only at night. Next Sun
day afternoon a service will be
held at three o’clock. The public
is given a cordial invitation to at
tend all these meetings.
BAND CONCERT GIVEN
The Riverside Serenaders Con
cert Band, a local organization,
gave a public concert of several
numbers on flood’s corner last
lluesday night after a rehearsal of
that band in the band hall. This
| is the first concert .that the band
has given this summer. At pres
ent there are ten pieces in this
INVITES SIMMONS TO
SPEAK IN JOHNSTON
Washington, June 23.—Senator
F. M. Simmons was invited today
to help redeem Johnston county
from “the grip of the radicals” by
J. B. Benton, of Benson, Demo
cratic county chairman.
Mr. Benton invited Senator
Simmons to speak in Smithfield
during the latter part of Septem
ber. He wrote that the Johnston
Democrats will mafke a lively cam
paign with Max Gardner, Cam
Morrison and J. W. Bailey as
some of the speakers.
MR. AND MRS. LORE RETURN
HO,ME FROM MOTOR TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lore and
children returned home Tuesday
night after a motor trip through
Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.
They report the drought in Vir
ginia and Maryland to be as bad
as it has been in North Carolina.
The potato crop in Virginia was
cut to one-eighth of a normal crop
The drought has been broken,
however, rains having fallen in
the last few days.
M AN AGER !! 1 DSON -BELK
STORE IN C|TY TUESDAY
Mr. Marvin Sasser of Raleigh,
who will be the manager of the
new Iludson-Belk store to be
opened here at an early date, was
in the city Tuesday making ar
rangements relative to coming
here- He was unable to state the
exact date of opening the new
store but it will be soon. Mr.
Sasser was accompanied by Mr.
G. A. Allen also of Raleigh who
will be here in the new store.
Clayton Planning
For A Big Fourth
All Day Celebration of
National Holiday To
Be Held on Monday,
July 5th
Clayton, June 23.—The mer
chants, business men and civic or
ganizations of Clayton are plan
ning for a big day here on Mon
day, July 5th, and people from
all sections of the county are ex
pected to be present and take part
in the celebration of the nation’s
greatest holiday. The various
committees looking after the
events of the day have turned in
reports that assure the success of
the occasion from the standpoint
of entertainment and amusement,
and it only remains for the crowd
to come and enjoy what has been
prepared for them.
The committee in charge of the
music reports that a splendid 18
piece band has been secured to
furnish music for all of the events
of the day.
The days events will open at 11
o'clock on the square opposite the
Ford garage, where the track
events and athletic contests will
bo conducted. The program on the
square will last for about two
hours and will be opened by an
address of welcome from the may
or, followed by a short patriotic
speech by some visiting speaker
Then will come the track and
athletic events, which will include
among other things, a 100-yard
dash, 220-yard dash, pole vaulting
contest, obstacle race, potato race,
sack race for girls and boys, bar
rel race, climbing greasy pole, bi
cycle race, three-legged race and
closing with an automobile race
between two Ford cars. This lat
ter promises to ibe one of the
most enjoyable of the day.
While there will be no public
dinner served, preparations are
being made by the Woman’s Club
to serve dinner for the visitors at
a reasonable charge, and the oth
er eating establishments of Clay
ton will put forth a special effort
in looking after the hungry
throughout the day.
After dinner and through the
early part of the afternoon there
will be something doing, includ
ing a special Fourth of July pro
gram at the Strand theatre, and
at 4 o'clock a ball game will be
played at Ellis Field. The Clay
ton team, which has just entered
a county league, has a strong
team, and for the celebration a
game has been arranged with one
of the leading teams of the Ral
eigh City League. This baseball
game will be worth a 'trip to
Clayton, and at the big park
there is room for all.
What will probably be the out
standing feature of the celebra
tion will be the giant fireworks
display which will be staged at the*
ball park at 9 o’clock in the eve
ning. A display of fireworks equal
to anything seen at the State Fair
has been ordered and has already
arrived for the celebration. This
display will be managed by ex
perienced men and in a manner to
give the best exhibition to all
the people. The display consists of
fixed pieces appropriate to the
occasion and aerial displays that
are trulv wonderful.
For all of the above contests
a first and second prize of value
will be given to the winning con
testants. These prizes with the
donors will be announced later.
Two years ago Clayton held a
similar celebration and everyone
remembers with pleasure the
events of that day. This year the
occasion is, being planned on a
larger scale, and to the visitors
there is assured a real day of rec
reation and amusement- Make
your plans now to be here; the
merchants and business men of
the town will do everything they
can to make your visit a pleas
ant one.
It pays to keep the cultivators
going and to maintain a dust mulch
during periods of drought.
Weeds and grass use valuable
moisture during dry summers.
Frequent cultivation will keep them
in pheck.
State And Nation
News Paragraphs
Tobacco Co-Op Receivers
Give Bond of $50,000
Each — Coolidge Be
stows Medal Upon
Byrd
The three receivers appointed
by United States Judge Isaac M.
Meekins to take over the affairs
of the Tri-State Tobacco Growers j
Cooperative Association met in
Raleigh Wednesday. The receivers.
M. L. Corey of New York city,
J. H. Pou of Raleigh, and Hallett
S. Ward, of Washington, I). C.,
were required to give bonds of
$50,000 each The bigest problem
said to be before the receivers is
the sale of some 70,000,000 pounds j
of tobacco, which includes a large
an\ount, some of it rejected by
buyers, that was held over from
the 1922, 1923, and 1924 crops.
Tigers though blind are not un
common in North Carolina cities
but bears are a real curiosity es
pecially when at large. A dispatch
from Wilmington tells of a bear
hunt in that city Sunday when a
“marauding bruin, black of color
and weighing more than 200
pounds, was shot and killed by a
negro at Ninth and Bladen streets.
He ambled into the city early in
the morning and it was not until
noon that he was killed.
Cotton blossoms are beginning
to appear in Columbus county ac
cording to a news item from
Whiteville. The earliest reported
was on June 18th.
Fully $1,000,000 will be spent )
during the next few years to ad- |
vertise the advantages and re
sources of North Carolina through
newspapers and journals of na
tional circulation, according to an
estimate announced Thursday by
member of the organization com- j
mittee of North Carolinian, Inc.
National advertising is calculated
to focus the attention of manu
facturers, tourists, capitalists,
hon^-builders and farmers to
North Carolina.
The 28th international eucharis
tic Congress ended its session in
Chicago Wednesday. This congress
is said to be the most amazing deni
onstration of religious belief ever
staged. Twelve cardinals besides
numerous other high officials of
the Catholic church have been in
attendance. Forty foreign lands
have sent their delegates, and the
travel expenses and hotel bills of
those who have attended easily
run up to a million dollars or
more.
A reception organized by the
National Geographic society was |
held in Washington Wednesday !
night in honor of Lieut. Command- j
er Richard E. Byrd and his pilot. .
Floyd Bennett, who recently flew ,
over the top of the world in an
airplane. These men attained in
a flight of 15 hours and 30 min
utes what Admiral Peary 17 years
before achieved only after weary
months of travel over frozen arc- i
tic wastes. At the meeting in '
Washington President Coolidge be
stowed upon Commander Byrd the
golden medal of the National Geo- j
graphic Society Which only six !
other men have ever received.
Ode to the Fly
Most injurious typhoid fly,
Drink with you no more will I.
When you settle on my cup,
I perchance bacteria sup;
After what I’ve seen today,
I would have you chased away
I dislike those feet of thine,
What they’ve touched I shall de
cline.
Carrier of germ and spore,
Get thee hence! Return no more!
Spreader of disease, begone!
Kindly leave my food* rfPune
With timely showers, spring
planted pastures will still furnish
as much grazing as if there had
been no drought, states S. J. Kir
by, pasture specialist. He urges
farmers not to plow up their pas
Merchants Give
A Half Holiday
During July and August
Large Number of Firms
Here Will Be Closed
Wednesday Afternoons
Whether the suggestion in The
Herald last issue concerning a
half holiday had anything to do
with it or not, it is a fact that
since the article appeared twenty
merchants and business men in
Smithfield have signed an agree
ment to close their respective
places of business on Wednesday
afternoon of each week beginning
June 30 until September 1. Mr.
L). H. Cooper, proprietor of Pen
der’s store, took the initiative in
promoting the movement and the
following firms will observe the
half holiday:
Peedin & Peterson.
D. Pender’s Store No. 114.
Turnage & Talton.
W. M. Sanders & Son.
Cotter-Underwood Company
Austin-Stephenson Company.
N. B. Grantham.
Woodall’s Dry Goods Company.
Vara L. & Alma C. Smith.
A. & P. Store.
Oriental Candy Company.
R. Lewis.
J. D. Spiers.
Crumpler-Jones Fur. Company.
W7. J. Huntley.
The Spot Store.
City Market.
Wallace Grocery Company.
Rose’s Five and Ten Cent Store.
J. W. Daughtry.
The agreement signed by these
firms states that they realize that
during the months of July and
August of each year that business
is at its lowest ebb and whereas
t is the general custom in most
owns and cities of North Caro
lina to have one day in each week
is a half holiday so that both em
ploy er and employee may divert
their attention from their usual
vocation and relax and rest es
pecially during these two months
Lhat they agree to close their re
spective places of business a half
lay each Wednesday during these
months.
Doubtless others will join the
movement later.
Save water
At the present time the town of
Clayton is threatened with a
shortage of water, and the author
ities are urging the people to be
as saving in their uses as possible
and to avoid all needless waste.
At the regular meeting of the
board of town commisioners on
the first Monday night in June,
temporary ordinances were pass
ed regulating thhe uses of water.
The new ordinances prohibit the
use of water for the purpose of
washing automobiles and sprink
ling or watering gardens, lawrns
and flowers. The penalty for vi
olating these ordinances will be
discontinued service.
The town hopes to have an ad
dition to the present water sup
ply in a short time. The new well
being dug at the water tank has
reached a depth of 467 feet, and
a test to determine the amount of
water available is now being made.
Should this well yield the amount
of water hoped for. it may be
that the present rules will be mod
ified shortly.
Just as soon as the well at the
tank is completed, the town will
begin digging another well on the
lot at the mayor’s office, to fur
ther add to the supply of water.
All of the old wells at the pump
ing station on the creek are still
producing, but not in sufficient
quantity to supply the needs of
the town, which become greater
and greater as the years go by.
While the water situation just
now is in no way serious, the
condition is such has to demand
a saving over the supply normal
ly used by the consumers. If this
is done and everybody cuts out
washings cars and sprinkling gar
dens, etc., there will be sufficient
water to fill our normal needs.—
Clayton News.
Tom Tarheel says the time lost
in attending a farmers meeting
has been worth over a thousand
dollars to him in new ideas.
KEEP FAITH
Proposed monument for erection on the court house square l>y the
people of Johnston County as a memorial to the Johnston County boys
who gave their lives in the World War.
Plan Erection Of
Bronze Memorial
Campaign To Be Formal
ly Opened Next Wed
nesday |With Speech by
Ex-Gov. Morrison
The Pou-)Parrish FJost of the
American Legion has undertaken
a most worthy cause, when at
their last meeting they decid
ed to launch a movement to com
memorate the boys from Johns
ton county who gave their lives
in the World War. Next Wednes
day evening at 8:30 o’clock the
campaign will be formally open
ed when Ex-Governor Cameron
Morrison will speak in the court
house concerning the proposition.
Everybody is invited to hear Mr*
Morrison.
The local Legion Post, feeling
that seven years having elapsed
since the World War, and as yet
no fitting memorial has been erect
ed to those heroes of Johnston
county who made the supreme sac
rifice by giving their lives to make
democracy safe, and believing
that lack of initiative and not
lack of appreciation has been re
sponsible for there being no me
morial to these men, has decided
to espouse the cause, and put on
foot a plan to erect a monument
on the courthouse square. The
money will be raised by public
subscription, but the members of
the Legion will act as the agents
for the people in raising this
fund.
The intention of the Legion is
to raise $5000 in one week—from
July 1 to July 8—and unyeil the
monument on next November 11,
at which time the County Armis-*
tice Day celebration is scheduled
to be held here- An accompany
ing cut shows the design of the
proposed monument which will be
of bronze 8% feet high on a 6Ms
foot gray marble base. On it w-ill
be inscribed the names of all the
men of Johnston county who gave
their lives during the World War.
Every individual, lodges, clubs,
municipalities, churches and all
other groups in the county will
be expected to take part in help
ing to erect this memorial.
The motto of the campaign will
be “Keep Faith.” and the people
of the county are urged to keep
faith with those men who kept
faith with them giving their all
that they might live and prosper
in a land of democracy.
Plan Campaign
Against Typhoid
Dr. Massey Announces
Dates and Places For
Vaccination Against
Typhoid
Dr. C- 0. Massey, County Health
Officer, is beginning a typhoid
and diphtheria vaccination cam
paign in the county on July 5th
which will last until July 23rd
Last year an extensive campaign
was put on practically over the
entire county, and this summer
Dr. Massey has planned the work
at only four points, but these
points are conveniently located in
four different sections. People
both white and colored who have
not been vaccinated against ty
phoid within the past three or
four years ,Dr. Massey says,
should take the vaccine this sum
mer. Diphtheria vaccine for small
children will also ’be available.
The following places because of
their central locations, have been
selected for giving the vaccine:
Rock Hill School (Ingrams
township), Monday, July 5, 12,
19th, at 3:00 p. m.
Rehobeth School (Elevation
|township), Tuesday, July 6. 13,
20th, at 3:00 p. m.
Thanksgiving School (O’Neals
township), Thursday, July 8, 15,
and 22nd, at 3:00 p. m.
Massey School (Pine Level
township), Friday, July 9, 16,
|23rd, at 3:00 p. m.
! Innoculations will be given on
! Saturdays in the office at Smith
field.
THREE MEN ARRESTED
FOR DRUNKENNESS
Late Wednesday afternoon, Shep
Broadwell, who formerly lived
here. B. A. Hodges and Bernice
Moore were arrested at Micro by
the Micro policeman for drunken
ness. They were found in the car
too drunk to drive, according to
information received here, and a
search of the car revealed a quart
bottle of whiskey and a small
amount in another bottle. Wher
carried before the mayor of Mi
cro, he gave them their choice ol
giving a $200 bond each or go
ing to the county jail. Being un
able to furnish the bonds, the>
were brought here to remain unti
I tried in Recorder’s court nexl
Kenly Graduates
Go On To College
Big Per Cent of High
School Graduates Pur
sue Education at High
er Seats of Learning
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Konly, June 21.—It may be of
interest to the people of the com
munity to know how many of the \
graduates of Kenly High School 1
continue their education in high
er instiutions of learning. The
records for the last three years |
show that of the class of 1924 I
numbering seventeen, fourteen
have continued their work as fol
lows:
Misses Mildred Boyette and I
Clyde Hooks graduated this spring 1
from a two-year teacher training 1
course at East Carolina Teachers’
College. Miss Ethel Boyette has *
just completed a year’s work here, |
having spent the previous year at
Flora MacDonald College. Miss
Margaret Hooks is a student of
music at Flora MacDonald Col
lege. Miss Lucile Kirby spent one [
year there and is now in training 1
at Moore-Herring Hospital, in
Wilson.
Misses Minnie and Mamie Bailey
have completed a business course |
at North Carolina College for
Women, and Miss Elsie Boyette :• j
has finished a similar course at
Atlantic Christian College in Wil
son. Miss Nona Godwin has com
pleted two years’ work at this
college.
Mr. George H. Ballance receiv
ed his diploma from the School of
Pharmacy at University of North
Carolina this spring. Messrs. Glenn
Edgerton and Clarence Woodard
are continuing their courses at
this institution.
Miss Eloise Alford and Mr.
Frank Collier have each spent one
term in college. Miss Lois Jones
has attended two summer schools
in preparation for teaching.
The class of 1925 numbered
eighteen, eleven of whom) have
returned from coleges as follows:
Miss Lillian Wilkinson from
Greensboro College for Women;
Miss Eloise Darden from Black
stone College in Virginia; Misses
jLeoria Cook, Maud Boyette, and
Mary Lee Hooks from East Caro
lina Teachers College at Green
ville; Messrs. George Blackman,
Elmer Atkinson and Harvey Lit
tle from Massey’s Business Col
lege, Richmond. Va.; Mr. John R.
Woodard from Elon College; Mr.
Lelon B. Woodard from the Un
iversity of North Carolina; Mr.
Arthur Grumpier from Eureka
College at Ayden.
Statistics for the class of 1926,
numbering twenty-two, have not
yet been completed, but ten have
already sent in their credit to col
leges as follows:
Miss Ruth Jones to Meredith;
Miss Katie Stuckey to Guilford
College; Miss Elizabeth Woodard
to Blackstone College; Miss Fran
ces Godwin to St. Mary’s College;
Miss Katherine Alford
to Flora MacDonald College; Miss
Eloise Grady and Messrs. Cecil
Lawrence and Stephen Hollowell
to Atlantic Christian College; Mr.
Forrest L. Langjey to Davidson,
and Mr. Willie T. Woodard to U.
N. C.
Quite a number of the other
members of this class plan to send
in their entrance credits later.
It is a credit to these young
people to be ambitious to better
equip themselves for their work
in the world and they should
have the encouragement of the
people of the community. Men
and women well trained for their
vocations and professions are a
distinct asset to any community.
A Tantalizer
I'here is exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field, and if the right one de
ciphers their name and will pre
sent it to The Herald office, we
will present them with a com
plimentary ticket to the Vic
tory Theatre. You must bring
copy of this paper in order to
secure ticket.
nnniiieeelgarrmo
Bill Hooks ,recognized his
name last issue.
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