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BMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Daily Meat and Milk Inspection —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modern Hotel. —Renovation of Opera House. —Chamber of Commerce. \___r ■/*"" yj " S JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System ^ More Food and Feed Crops S-- ^ VOLUME 44—NO. 57 * # * SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1926 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Several Prostrated By Intense Heat Land Bank Serves Johnston Farmers One Hundred Five Farm ers Have Borrowed A Total of $341,400 From N. C. Joint Stock Land Bank Durham, July 21.—Seventy-five North Carolina counties are rep resented by the 3,126 farmers who have borrowed a total of $11,497, 700 for agricultural purposes from the North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of Durham. President Southgate Jones reported to the board of directors at the meeting held in Durham last week. In Vir ginia 128 farmers in 19 counties have borrowed from the bank a total of $140,900, the report show ed. The North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank, operated in the two states under supervision of the Federal Farm Loan Board, a bu reau of the Treasury Department of the United States, is capitalized at $600,000, with earned surplus of $100,000, paid in surplus of $80,615 and undivided profits and reserves of $80,812.24. It has been in operation for three and a half years and the growth has been very pleasing to the officials and directors. The loans run for 33 years, with semi-annual pay ments. in .Johnston county, President Jones reported that there were 105 farmers who have borrowed from the bank, the total amount being $341,400. The directors expressed their satisfaction with the loans made and with the splendid man ner in which the farmers are meet ing their payments, which, they said, indicates a healthy and sta ble condition among the farmers of Johnston county. The officers and directors of the bank are Southgate Jones, Dur ham, president; W. P. Clements, Durham, E. H. Meadows, N*ew Bern, and C. A. Johnson, Tarboro, vice presidents; John R. Holloway, Durham, secretary-treasurer; J. A. Long, Roxboro, chairman of the board; D. F. Wooten, Kinston; Ralph W. Page, Pinehurst; C. C. Blanton, Shelby; E. II. Bigelow. New York; W. S. Blakeney, Mon roe; W. B. Pinnian, Boston; Geo. A. Barefoot, Wilson; Col. R. R. Cotton, Cottondale; J. E. Pegram, Durham; Jesse B. Ross, Washing ton. N. C.; Dr. Joseph Dixon, Greenville; Harry McMullan, Washington, N. C.; R. B. Davis, Rocky Mount. DI RHAM BELIEVES IN BUILDING AND LOAN Durham, July 22.—One out of every 18 white and one out of ev ery 13 colored residents of Dur ham owns building and joan shares, an average of $44.31 for every person in the city, a survey of Building and Loan Association Activities in the city shows. In 1925 Durham people built 271 houses, averaging $2,409 each in cost and totalling $009,292.87, through building and loan. Re ceipts of the six association, one colored, in 1925 were $1,945,182. 80, while the loans were slightly more than a million. AUNT ROXIE SAYS By Me— vw H£u am m . 1 De more ye tries ter hide pov erty de wuss hit shines. Brings You Cheer and Courage DR. FRANK CRANE "The man with a millioa friends joins the start of this news ! paper, starting with this isspe. This is another effort oil our part I to supply readers with the best features obtainable. No one ha j ever had so huge and diverse an audience as Dr. Crane—the banker— 1 the scrub woman—rich—poor—young and old—all find cheer and 1 courage in Dr. Crare’s talks Read Dr. Crane this week—every week l *n *>.'« e-v'*par'e An Interview With Dr. Frank Crane Popular Gifted Author Began at Dollar a Day To Put Across His Idea —Will Contribute Reg ularly to The Herald By R. G. P. As I sat opposite Dr. Crane at a broad flat-topped desk in his commodious study I was impress ed by the great breadth and depth of his human sympathy, his anxi ety to serve his fellow men. Of course I knew that originally the church had been his calling and that as a young man he had ded icated his life to such a Service. But I had felt that possibly it was either a latent literary talent asserting itself or a desire to preach through the press rather than from the pulpit that switched his course and converted him into the world’s foremost newspaper feature writer. It was surprising to learn it was wholly another mo tive that changed his career—a sincere sympathy for human foi bles and a deep-seated yearning to serve mankind. ‘‘Early in my life as a preach er,” he told me when I asked him how it came about, “I learned that people didn’t want to hear long sermons. So I made mine short. They never ran over twenty-five minutes. In that space I generally tried to develop five outstanding points. Gradually I discovered even this was too much. In overhear ing comfnents about them after their delivery it became apparent to me that most people carried away only one point, never more than two. The other three were wasted ” * , Dr. Crane opened a volume of his editorials lying on the desk to show me the brevity of his arti cles. “This set me to thinking,” he proceeded. “If people only seem ed to grasp one point at a time why not give it to them just that way? But I found that the clear and concise development of one point was not enough even for a short twenty-five minute sermon. I felt if they could see this one point briefly stated right before their eyes in print it would im press it on their minds as no speaker could possibly do.” So Dr. Crane resigned his pas torate in Worcester, Mass., and came to New York to try out his idea. It was a bold step. But he Turn to page six, please New Highway Is Under Discussion Henderson-Clinton Road Practically Complete From Zebulon to Selma The new Henderson-Clinton highway was the chief topic for discussion at the last weekly meet ing of the local Kiwanis Club This was a luncheon meeting and was held yesterday in the Smith field Hotel. Messrs. T. C. Young and J. D. Parker, members of the highway committee from Smithfield, made talks explaining the route of the new highway and the plans for financing it. The Henderson Clinton highway will pass through Zebulon. Selma, Smithfield and Bentonville. It will enter highway Number 22 at Selma and turn to ward Bentonville at the overhead bridge near Holt Lake. It is thought that the State Highway Commission will take this road over when it has been surveyed and put in good condi tion. The Highway Commissior has offered to furnish the sur veyor for this highway providing his expenses be paid While the survey is being made. A|t this meeting a committee composed of Messrs. T. C. Young. W. W. Jor dan and W. N. Holt was appoint ed to see that the required amount of money for financing this project is raised. Some aid is expected from the county and it is estimated that citizens will be asked to con tribute $1,200. Several at the >yin/it irr mnilp vnlnntnrv r»r»ntrihn. tions to this cause. The highway is said to be prac tically complete from Zebulon to Selma, and work is expected to be gin soon on the stretch from Smithfield to the Sampson county line. This highway is calculated to serve a large number of Johnston county citizens who have hereto fore been forced to travel bad roads. “THE DEVIL” GOES FISHING J. T. Barnes, better known as “Bozo,” The Herald’s most capable “devil,” spent Tuesday and Wed nesday of this week at Turkey Creek near New Bern, fishing. He reports a nice catch of fish and also that the weather was unusu ally warm in that section- Mr. W. M. Gaskin (relieving “Bozo” foi the short period of two hours ir the sterotyping room) welcome? him back with outstretched arms Two Full Days In Recorders Court Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly In |Weltering Heat This Week Through the weltering heat of Tuesday and Wednesday of this week the Recorder’s Court was in session here. Some of the cases were tedious and long drawn out. and the wheels of justice did not turn at their normal rate. The following cases were disposed of: J. W. Harris, white, of Clayton, was found guilty of possessing whiskey and was fined $10 and I costs. Another warrant had this defendant charged with carrying a concealed weapon and on this j charge he was found guilty and was fined $50 and taxed with the j costs. Nathan E. Lee, of Ingrams township, was found guilty of pos sessing some whiskey. He was fined $5.00 and taxed with the cost- To many readers of these I notes, Lee’s name will be a famil iar sound. Some ten or fifteen years ago he, with his nigh-fam ous “pole shanty.” was under con stant surveillance of the prohibi tion enforcement officers. He is getting a little older now and for i the past few years he has been considered a good and law-abid intr citizen. Gaston Dudley, a negro of Boon Hill, for violating the automobile laws, was sent to jail for sixty days, jail sentence to be remitted upon the payment of $75 and the i costs. The court order also re strained him from operating a car again in Johnston county for the next twelve months. Mack Johnson, white, of Smith field, was convicted of reckless j driving. He did not resist a ver dict. and upon making satisfactory repairs and paying cost he was discharged. Ransom Toler was convicted of an assault and sentenced to sixty days in jail, the sentence to be suspended during good behavior. W. H. Wilson, on a charge of fraud, was called and failed. Judg ment ni si scifa and capias was entered. (Archie Richardson \vas also called and failed and the same entry was made as to him. James K. Bryant was called and failed and judgment ni si scifa and cap ias was entered in his case, l J. W. Brown was convicted of an assault and carrying a con cealed weapon. He was required to pay a fine of $50 and ordered to keep away from the community where the trouble arose under pain of a 90-day road sentence. William Lee Moore, a young white man of Smithfield, was charged with an assault. He did not resist judgment and was tax ed with cost and discharged. Albert Worley, white, of Boon Hill, was tried and convicted on a | charge of maintaining a house of ill fame. He was sentenced to jail for a term of 90 days and taxed jwith the costs. From this judgment • he appealed to the superior court. Bond was given at $200. | The solicitor took a nol pros with leave in a case against Mr. and Mrs. Levi Creech. The charge was prostitution. Ophelia McFatter. a white woman jof Grabtown, Boon Hill township, was tried and convicted on a charge of an assault with a shot gun. She ■ was sentenced to 60 days in jail or to pay a fine of $50, which sen tence was later modified on the 'condition that she report to the court in October and show good behavior. ! Jesse Temple, a youth of six teen from Benson way, was con jvicted of the theft of a bicycle. Judgment was reserved until July 27th. Willie Collins was adjudged | guilty of trespass. Prayer for i judgment was continued upon the (payment of cost, i G. C. Mumford, white, of Boon i Hill township, was convicted of | non-support. The court at first Another New Firm “The American Dollar Store” is Style of New Business to Be Located in Woodall Building Smithfield is to have another new store. Opening on or about August 20th The American Dollar Stores Company will be ready to served the people of Smithfield and this community. This will be store number 1 in a chain of stores which Mr. Sol N. Bane of Dur ham expects to operate in the near future. Mr. Bane has leased the building now occupied by the Woodall Dry Goods Company but whose stock of goods was recently purchased by Hudson-Belk. This new firm is unique in that .nothing will be sold that does not I come at prices between five cents and $4.98. The firm will sell for icash, and the merchandise carried will be varied. Hosiery, ladies and men’s ready-to-wear, jewelry, mil linery, dry goods, children’s goods land notions will be included in the stock. A special department will j feature music, records for all kinds of talking machines to be on sale. Mr. Bane has a successful ex perience from which to draw and 'he is optimistic over the prospects [for a good business in Smithfield. He was pleased with the crowds he saw on the streets Saturday aft ernoon, even in the dull summer (season. j As soon as the Woodall sale is 'over, the building will be remodel ed to meet the needs of the new concern. SELMA BOY DROWNS AT CHENFOO, CHINA Selma, July 21.—Mrs. Alice Coley received the following mes sage Monday afternoon: “Mrs. Alice Coley, Selma. N. C.: The Navy Department exceedingly regrets to inform you that your son, Thomas Howard Coley, Cox swain, U. S. Navy, fell overboard from the U. S. S. Parrott at Che foo, China on July 18, and was drowned. To date the body has not been recovered, however, if found you will be immediately and your wishes regarding disposition will be given every consideration. De tails of death will be furnished when the body is recovered. Sin cerest sympathy is expended to you in the loss of your son.—Bu reau of Navigation.” The incident has caused a gloom to settle over the entire town, for Howard was well and favorably known in Selma, having spent his boyhood days here where he num bered his friends by the score. He joined the navy five or six years ago and has made a splendid rec ord in the navy department, hav ing won several medals and other honors for efficient and capable service. The young man was 22 years of age. He leaves a widowed mother, two brothers and one sis ter, besides numerous other near relatives. The sympathy of the en tire town goes out to the family in this dark hour. gave him a six-months road sen tence but later modified it to a probationary period of 60 days, at which time he is to re-appear to be further dealt with. His appear ance bond was fixed at $200. Tom Bagley, a negro from the Micro section, was given a pre liminary hearing on a warrant charging rape. Probable cause was found and he was bound over to superior court. In the absence of bond, the defendant was sent to jail. David Lee and Worley Raynor, Princeton negroes, were tried for ! reckless driving. Lee was found guilty and sent to jail to be work ed on the county roads for 60 days. Judgment was suspended jUpon the payment of damage and jcosts. Raynor was acquitted. Lee took and appeal to superior court | and gave a $200 appeal bond. I Clips Record Th® Pacific Coast has developed many fast swimmers and Cecily Cunha bids fair to take her place beside the best oi them. During a recent meet at Los Angeles this speedy mermaid broke the Coast record for 100 y?rds. Her tim« was_ 1:5 2-5. Plant Trees And Shrubs In Selma Woman’s Club Plans to Set 1,000 Trees On Ar bor Day—Other Selma News Selma, July 21.—Mrs. G. A. Tuck was hostess to the Woman’s Club on Wednesday afternoon, July 14. at her spacious home on An derson street. Mrs. R. A. Ash worth presided over the meeting and several interesting plans were set forth and discussed, anting them, the planting of 1000 trees and shrubs in Selma on Arbor Day in November and the organization of a Garden Club to be led by Mrs. J. B. Person. Mrs. L. D. Debnam, chairman of the ways and means committee, reported that a drive was to be made in the near fu ture for funds for a club house. Miss Miriam Brietz, president of the Junior Club, explained the pur pose of this organization of the young girls and asked the co-op eration of the club members. She also asked for an assistant in her work and Mrs. S. W. Armitage was chosen for the place. Miss Margaret Etheridge, chairman of the social service committe. ask ed for a donation from the club to send a tubercular patient from the Selma mill to Sanatorium for treatment. This request was grant ed. Several of the committees gave interesting reports of their work. Mrs. Ashworth assisted by Mrs. S. W. Armitage, served dewberry sherbet and drop raisin cookies. A large number of Selma ladies were present and one out-of-town guest, Mrs. J. B. Drewry, of Capion, Va. One of the most delightful so cial affairs of the summer season was the kitchen shower given by Mrs. M. R. Wall on Thursday aft ernoon honoring Miss Clell Bran ham, of Raleigh, whose marriage to Mr. H. B. Bueck, of Spencer, will occur at the Baptist Taberna cle in Raleigh next Friday, July 23. Baskets and vases of pink and white summer flowers were used in the decorations. A very unique and appropriate contest was sup plying the missing words in a writen story with the names of kitchen utensils. Mrs. W. W. Hare was the winner of the prize, a heart-shaped bon bon dish, which she presented to the honoree Mrs. Wall invited Miss Branham to occupy a seat in the center of the group and explained the uses of the various kitchen utensils, which were brought in a huge clothes hamper and placed at Miss Branham’s feet. These articles Street Workers, and Bridge Builders Drop Out Of Line As Thermometer Goes 103 Clayton Loses Prominent Man Dr. J. A. Griffin Passes Away Suddenly at Age of Seventy-Two Clayton lost one of its most prominent and highly esteemed . citizens in the death of Dr. J. A. Glrifffn which occurred suddenly at his home at 4 o'clock Wednes day evening. Although Dr. Griffin j had been in feeble health for some time, his death was unexpected. He was seventy-two-years of age. Dr. Griffin had lived in Clayton for more than forty years and num bered his friends by the score. He was a member of the Methodist | church and was a loyal Mason. The funeral services were con- j ducted yesterday afternoon at 5 I o’clock at Horne Memorial Metho- | dist Church by his pastor. Rev. M. Y. Self, and interment took place in the Clayton cemetery. The Ma sons had charge of the service at the grave. A large crowd attended the funeral and burial. The floral offering was beautiful, completely j covering the grave, j The deceased is survived by two children, Dr. P. A. Griffin, of Wen- j dell, and Mrs. L. D. Debnam, of 'Selma. His wife preceded him to! the grave only a few months ago. VANITY BOX DEMONSTRATION POSTPONED FARMERS’ CON.' The stunt entitled “Vanity Box Demonstration” given by the ! Johnston county girls at the Tri County Girls short course, will no be repeated at the Farmers’ Convention this year as was an nounced, but will be given at the State Girls short course next year. Square Dane a Feature. A letter from Mr. Gray of the State College states that a square dance will be a recreational fea ture of the farmers’ convention net week. A special invitation is tendered Johnston county folks to participate. A few figures will probably be given by the Pomona club in connection with the ’’Live j and Color” playlet to be staged on the green Wednesday night. Magician Here In August Can you answer all questions? Can you make a handkerchief dance? Can you make a table talk? No! Well, Julius Caesar can. Hhe great European artist and his troupe of magicians will do ! this and many more of the seem ingly impossible things. The American Legion has been trying to get this international ar tist for the past year. They have at last signed a contract with Caesar for a three-day stand at the opera house August 5 ,6 and 7. Do not miss this, the people of Johnston county do not often get the chance to enjoy an entertain ment by such an artist as Cae sar. proved to be gifts from those pres- I ent and was a glittering array of aluminum, glass and china, tokens j of the love and esteem in which Miss Branham is held in Selma. The hostess was assisted by Mrs. J L. D. Debnam and Mrs. W. B. Johnson in serving pink and white block cream and white cakes dec- ! orated w%h pink icing. Pink and white mints were also passed. 1 Fifty ladies were present on this : delightful occasion. Guests from out of town were: Mrs. T. A. Bran- j ham and daughter. Miss Evelyn, 1 of Raleigh, and Mrs. John R. Woodard and little daughter, Eliz- i (abeth, of Princeton. Temperature Reaches' New High Record In Several Sections of State — Other, States In Grip of; Heat Wave—Offii ces and Factories Forced to Close j No relief from the extreme heat wave which has prevail ed here for the past several days was in evidence last night when the thermometer contin ued to register above one hun dred degrees. For the last three days the heat has been intense, causing much discomfort and inconvenience, especially to those engaged in work in the sunshine or within buildings. According to official report the thermometer registered 103 degrees here Wednesday and there seemed to be no change in the temperature yesterday. The thernronter in The, Herald office stood at 104 on Wednesday afternoon. Several workmen engaged in the pav ing work have been forced to abandon their post, and a negro, George McCullers, was prostrated by the heat Wed nesday while working the streets. Eight or ten of the workmen employed at the over head bridge across Neuse River near Turner’s bridge wtqre overcome by tlje heat Wednesday afternoon. Last night the heat wave was still unbroken and there were no signs of relief. I i * - * DNE DEATH FROM HEAT IN RALEIGH Raleigh, July 22.—Sizzling with :he hottest July weather since 1887, when the mercury touched 103, Raleigh yesterday fought for wreath beneath a temeoature of L02, and in the afternoon contrib ated one victim to the mortality list of the day. Thomas B. Yates, retired business man, suffered a i stroke about two o’clock yesterday f afternoon on the corner of Davie ! and Salisbury streets, and was •ushed to Rex Hospital, where hQ lied a few hours later. All records for the year were smashed yesterday when the mer cury sky-rocketed to 102 degrees. j From shortly after 12 o’clock un til 5 in the afternoon, it continu ?d to hang around or above the 100 mark. The nearest approach to the high record yesterday was i made Tuesday when the aspiring . mercury climbed to 100 degrees. With generally fair weather pre dicted for today, little change in Lemperature was expected.—News and Observer. HIGHEST IN GREENSBORO SINCE AUGUST, 1917 Greensboro, July 21.—The mer cury climbed to 102 degrees hero today, the highest since early in August, 1917, when the same mark was reached. The minimum dur (Turn to page four, please) A Tantalizer There is exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell | the name of a person in Smith- j field, and if the right one de- ' ciphers their name and will pre sent it to The Herald office, wo will present them with a com plimentary ticket to the Vic tory Theatre. You must bring copy of this paper in order to j j secure ticket. eaplbiecnlelyne “Fatty” Lawrence recognized his name last issue.
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