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6M1THFIELD NEEDS: —Daily Meat and Milk Inspection —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel. —Renovation of Opera House. —Chamber of Commerce. x s-— JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS) County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System j More Food and Feed Cropa K- r VOLUME 44—NO. 62 * * # SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1926 $2.00 PER YEAR School Will Open • Here On Sept 8th Faculty About Complete; Turlington Building Is Being Renovated For The High School At a meeting of the school board held Saturday the date for the opening of school was set for Wednesday, September 8. Three holidays besides the Christmas holidays were decided upon and these will be made up the first three days of school. These holi days^are: Armistice Day on No vember 11, Thanksgiving and Eas ter Monday. Mr. N. C. Shuford, superintend ^ ent of the city schools, who has been in Black Mountain for the past several weeks, was present at the board meeting and the fac ulty fog next year was practically completed. There are still two dr three vacancies to be .filled but the faculty as it now stands will * be as follows: First grade: Miss Glenn Ward, of Edenton; Miss Minnie Woodard, Black Mountain. Second grade: Miss Ruth Poin dexter, of Franklin; Mrs. L. T. Royal, of Smithfield. Third grade: Miss Alice Ed mundson and Mrs. J. A. Campbell, of Smithfield. Fourth grade: Miss Lucile Lee and Miss Margaret Wellons, of Smithfield. Fifth grade: Miss Lila An drews, of Chapel Hill, and Mrs. Eula King, of Garnet, S. C. Sixth grade: Miss Elizabeth Uzzle. of Wilson’s Mills; Miss v Jeanette Plowden, of Manning, S. C. Seventh grade: Mrs. L. G. Pat terson. Principal of high school: Mr. C. H. McGreggor, of Laurinburg; his tory teacher: Mr. C. G- Jervis, of Mars Hill; French and English: Miss Annie Grady, of Goldsboro; mathematics: Miss Janie Jackson, of Greenville; Latin: Miss Racford Hatcher, of Rose Hill; public school music: Miss Frances White, of Scotland Neck; piano: Miss Agnes Johnson, of Ahoskie, and Miss Murphy Hall, of St. Paul’s; ex pression. Mrs. A. R. Wilson, of Selma. A report of the repairs now be ing made in the Turlington build ing was quite satisfactory. This building has been in use for a number of years and some changes were necessary lor the comfort and convenience of those who should occupy it. After due consideration it was decided to turn this build ing which heretofore has been used for the primary? grades into a high school building, and the primary and grammar grades will occupy the new building complet ed three years ago. The auditor ium of the Turlington building has been turned into a central study hall and reference library. The class rooms have been renovated, some of them having been newly plastered and all of them have been painted- A new fire escape will be added and the building will be made as nearly fireproof as possible. Before the board adjourned the following teachers for the negro school were elected: F. E. Mar shall, L. C. Rowan, Louise Lassi ter, Geneva Bunn, Bennie Grice, Bettina Smith. Alice Holt, Sibyl Haile, Nannie Kee, Geneva Corn well, Bettie and Ruth Cooper. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—« I‘sc like a English sparrow, likes to stay round painted houses. Descendants Of Notable Families Gather In Big McPhail Tart Reunion Held At Four Oaks Sunday The significance of family re unions can hardly be appreciated until one attends a reunion like that of the tenth annual McPhail Tart reunion held, at Four Oaks last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. I. Tart and Miss Maggie Tart, the host and hostesses. Fully two hun dred fifty descendants of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah McPhail and Mr. and Mrs. Whitfield Tart of Sampson county, gathered under the shade of the lovely old oak trees that form a grove in the center of Four Oaks, and mingled in a spirt of fellowship thafc is bound to draw closer the bonds of kinship. A program, appropriate though brief, had been arranged for the day. Seats were placed in the grove and as soon as all had as sembled Mr. B. I. Tart introduc ed a male quartette composed of Messrs. Marvin Woodall, I. W. Medlin, Paul Eason and Theron jonnson, oi bmitnncid. wno de lighted those present with several selections. Hon. Paul Herring, at torney of Clinton, then introduced Solicitor Powers of Kinston, of the Sixth Judicial District, who spoke for a few minutes emphasiz- | ing the importance of home train- ; ing, the McPhail-Tart family gath- ' ering being a notable exhibition of j the results of good home train- j ing. “The greatest need of Amer- ; ica today,” said Solicitor Powers, j “is men and women who can be j depended upon in a crisis.” Rev. j M. T. Plyler, presiding elder of ] the Raleigh district was present, and spoke of the family as an in stitution, and the importance of tracing one’s family tree. Following the speaking, a pic nice dinner was spread on a long table and words fail in describing the delicacies that had been pre pared by masters of the culinary art. Surely all of the women of the McPhail-Tart families are ex cellent cooks. Besides the chicken and ham and tom thumb, salads, pickles, cakes and pies and other good things, there was plenty of iced tea, hot coffee, and luscious watermelons. These two Tamilies are remark able, one thing for their size. Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah McPhail had four teen sons and daughters, twelve of whom are now living. This family group was composed of Mrs. Mar garet Daughtry, of Newton Grove; Mrs. Winfield Tart, of Newton Grove; Mrs. P. G. Tart, deceased; Mrs. Sallie Newman, Mrs. Jap Weeks, Mrs. W. B. Warren, Mrs. A. Vann, Mrs. R. A. Herring, of Clinton; D. C. McPhail, of Clin ton; j. n. Mcrnau, oi mount Olive; Marce McPhail, of Rose boro; Mrs. Mattie Culbreth, of Dunn; Mrs. Henry Brewer, of Red Springs; Mrs. W. R. Herring, de ceased. There arc seventy-six chil dren of these 14 sons and daugh ters, many of whom were pres ent at the reunion Sunday. They are scattered far and wide in nu merous counties of North Carolina. One lady having received news of the reunion in Lakeland, Fla., on last Friday, on that short notice, traveled 800 miles in order to be on hand Sunday. The entire Mc Phail family is characterized by an interest in education and the finer things of life, and practical ly all have received college train ing. The McPhail brothers and sisters all settled on farms, but their descendants are found in va l rious professions and vocations. ! The 'Part family, if anything | was larger than the McPhail fam | ily- Mr. and Mrs. Whitfield Tart j had only eleven children but their j grandchildren numbered between eighty and ninety. The head of | this family, Mr. Whitfield Tart, j who lived near the Sampson and Johnston county lines, was noted for his energy and thrift. He was proud of the fact and justly proud, that never in all his long life did he ever make a note to any one never having owed any man a dol lar. A grandson at the reunion on Sunday related a story that is a lesson in saving what a good many term as “pin money.” He said his grandfather purchased around / , .. 1 Here Comes Suzanne The temperamental Suzanne Lenglen, world’s woman tennis champion has listened to the call of American dollars, turned pro fessional, and has signed for a tour of the U. S. starting Oct. 1. Who her opponents will be is un Auto Accident Injuries of Robert Uzzle Seem Most Serious Though Others Were Painfully Hurt; Car Is Complete Wreck A serious accident occurred near j Wake Forest Friday night when a ! Buick car driven by Mr. Aubrey I Massey, of Wilson’s Mills, crash- | ed into a steel bridge, painfully injuring three of the occupants of the car, according to reports re ceived here. Messrs. Aubrey Massey, Robert Uzzle and Battle Tomlinson, of Wilson’s Mills, had been to Wake Forest to see Misses Emma Lucas I Ward, Vara Blackman and Kath- j crine Thomas, of Selma, who were j in summer school there, and the j party was going for a ride when j the accident took place. It is said i that an approaching car blinded Mr. Massey so that he could not 1 see the bridge when the car struck it. The contact with the bridge ' threw the occupants from the auto- | mobile and the car was smashed. The injured were carried to Rex Hospital, Raleigh, where it was found that Mr. Massey’s lip was cut and his chest bruised, but his injuries were not considered se rious. Mr. Uzzle’s left limb was In broken m five places and a ten inch gash cut in his thigh. The muscles were torn loose in Mr. Tomlinson’s neck but he was oth erwise unhurt. A piece from the wrecked car about the size of a man’s had was extracted from the shoulder of Miss Ward. It had been embedded in the flesh and had to be cut out. Miss Blackman was slightly scarred while Miss Thomas escaped unhurt. The wreck occurred about half a mile from Wake Forest at 10:30 o’clock Friday night. The car be longed to Mr. Massey and was a new Master-Six Buick. It was a complete loss. At the last report Mr. Uzzle’s condition was considered serious. a hundred acres of land at one time and paid for it in silver, and the biggest piece of money was a fifty cent piece. It took all one aft ernoon to count out the money. [He was a sound business man and one in whom everybody had con fidence. He was a Confederate vet eran. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Whitfield Tart were: S. P. M. Tart, P. G. A. Tart, Winslow Tart, Stocton Tart, Whitfield Tart, Jr., Mrs. Catherine West Mrs. Isabel McPhail. Mrs. Hawkins Jones, Mrs. Lovett Warren, Mrs. Erastus Daughtry and Mrs. Marshall Lee. They all settled in Sampson and Johnston counties. Recorder s Court Has Big Docket Superior Court Convenes Here For Trial of Crim inal Cases on Aug. 16 Recent unreported cases which have been disposed of in the Re corder’s Court arc as follows: Borden Adams, a white man of Bentonville township, was fined $100 and taxed with the cost on a charge of manufacturing liquor. Rudyard Young, a young white man of Meadow, was fined $50 and cost for “toting” a postol. He gave notice of appeal but with drew notice upon being released from the fin.c Edgar Adams and John B. Hud son were found guilty of possess ing liquor but were discharged un der prayer for judgment continu ed. Mollie Morgan, negro, was found guilty of possessing a certain bev erage in violation of the Turling ton Act and against Uncle Sam’s constitution. Prayer for judgment was continued until the fourth Tuesday in August when Molli« will again appear before his honor to give an account of her behav-^ ior. Zula Pollard was convicted of prostitution and sent to jail for a period of 6 months. Claudia Pollard was convicted of prostitution and sentenced to jail for a term of six months. Claudia and Zula are white women from Clayton. James Manseur was tried for abandonment but the state failed to make out the case. i he solicitor took a nol pros with leave in the case of State vs. Annie Smith, charged with violat ing the automobile laws. •W. F. Webb, a white man of Meadow township, was before his honor on three counts—assault, trespass and cursing on the high way. He drew an aggregate sen tence from which judgment he took an appeal. On a charge of forni cation and adultery, this defned ant was acquitted. Ira Johnson, white of upper O’Neals’ received a twelve months sentence on a trial charging as sault and possessing whiskey. He was also taxed with the cost. Lewis Mangum. a white man of Selma, was convicted of beat ing his wife but upon the wife’s pleading for him he was discharg ed under suspended sentence and the payment of cost. George Whitley was convicted of larceny, but was discharged upon the payment of cost. James K. Boyett was convicted of reckless driving. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the condition that defendant make re pairs to prosecuting witness’ car and pay doctor’s bill. Defendant was ordered to reappear at the ex piration of 90 days to show that terms of judgment will have been complied with. The cost of the ac tion was charged against him. Frank Pike, an inmate of the county home, was convicted of an assault on the keeper of the home and for damage to the county home property for which he was sentenced to thirty days on the road. State took a nol pros with leave in the case of Mamie Waters, charged with prostitution. Broadhurst Watson was charg ed with larceny. Probable cause was found and he was bound over to the Superior court. L/ncster bmitn was convicted of non-support and was sentenced to jail for a term of 60 days. Quite a number of defendants were called and failed and in their cases judgment ni si scifa and cap ias was made. This writ was or dered against J. D. Reynolds, who was charged with trespass, Claude Barber, charged with car rying concealed weapon, George L. Peedin charged with false pre tense, Elbert Hudson, R. H. Allen, charged with false pretense, D. L. Dixon, and Arthur McQueen. Recorders court is in session here today, and the docket before it is large. Probably two or three days will be required to even it Superior court for the trial of criminal cases will convene here on Monday. August 16. Hon. J$. H. Cranmer, of Southport, will pre side, Foreign Situation Appears Hopeless Congressman Pou Says The United States Has The Active Enmity of Our Former Allies Washington, Aug. 7.—“I cannot imagine anything more hopeless than the situation into which the Coolidge administration has gotten us abroad,” declared Representa tive Edward W. Pou. of the Fourth North Carolina District, who is spending the summer here to help in the work of the Democratic Congressional Committee. “When President Wilson laid down the office five years ago, we were the most beloved of na tions and hailed as a benefactor, and now we have active enmity of our foreign allies, j “The present administration has jraised the issue and started a con troversy by making statements, ! which to say the least of it, do not ^harmonize with th«( statements from the same sources which were made to Congress. Hatred Now. “We entered the war from the most altruistic motives that ever prompted any nation, and now just eight years after the end of the war. the same nations which be sought us to come to their rescue and hailed us as their saviors, look upon us with active hatred. 4 Some of the nations, like Bel gium and Poland, look upon us with benign disregard, but we have incurred the active dislike of most of the great nations. As one member of Congress, I had hoped and expected the time to come when I could stop voting for huge ap propriations for the Army and the Navy, but with the situation as it was, that time seems much fur ther away.” Mr. Pou. while not expressing any opinion as to the merits of the situation in Mexico, declared that there is no question but tjjat the Catholics of this country hon estly believed that the United. States should intervene and that their insistence, on the ground that American citizens have been deported ,is apt to create a se rious situation. Glad Garrett Won. Although he would have bene fited by the enhancement of his own prestige and would have been a possible candidate for Speaker in the event of Democratic control by the defeat of Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, the minority leader, Mr. Pou was delighted by his colleag ue’s success. “Garrett will, in my opinion, un doubtedly be the next Speaker of the House, and his defeat in the primary would have been a ca lamity to the party,” declared Mr. Pou. “With the sole exception of the late Representative Mann, of Illi nois, Mr. Garrett is undoubtedly the best parliamentarian with fwhom I have served in the 24 years I have been here.” Mr. rou, wno opposed tne Me Nary-Haugen farm relief bill on the ground that it offered the cot ton farmer a “Gold Brick” and was unsound economically, does not think the limited time of the ap proaching short session of Con gress will give an opportunity for the passage of farm relief legisla tion, but declares that he and oth er members of the Congress will go to “almost any length” to give the farmer real relief at the first session of the next Congress. “Government figures show that from 1920 to 1925 the value of the wage earners’ dollar increased 21 per cent while the value of the farmers’ dollar decreased in almost the same proportion and that is an extreme situation which calls for extreme remedies,” he stated.— R. E. Williams, in News and Ob server. TOBACCO BARN BURNED IN ELEVATION TOWNSHIP Mr. John A. Smith, of Elevation, lost a tobaco barn by fire on last Thursday afternoon. He was just finishing up his first barn of to bacco when it caught on the in side. Four men were at the bran when it was discovered to be on fire but nothing could be done to save it. The loss is about $350 with no insurance. Democratic Nominee for Sheriff JOHN M. TUIII.EY Brief Sketch Of A Business Man For a Business Job Is John M. Turley of Clayton John M. Turley, Democratic nom inee for sherif of Johnston county, is a native Johnstonian. He was born October 2, 1869, and is a son of the late Joel Benton Turley and Annie Corbett Turley. He receiv ed his education in the old Clay Ion Academy under the late J. M. White and Exum Beckwith, and when but a young man he launch ed forth in the mercantile business in Clayton. In 1894 he was ap pointed as magistrate for Clayton and served in this position until 1900, during which time he kept lemocracy’s torch aflame against fusionism, Butlerism, and Russell ism. He was in Clayton’s van guard in the fight for the 14th Amendment and for White Su premacy during the memorable year of 1900. But business and not politics had the stronger ap peal for him. In 1902 he was elect ed secretary and treasurer of the Claytop cotton mills and in this rapacity he served for sixteen Nominee years. In 11)18 he was elected as cashier of the Farmers Bank of Clayton and stayed at the head of this institution until it was consol idated with the Clayton Banking; Company in January, 1926. Six years ago he was elected mayor of Clayton, which office he now holds. For fifteen or more years Mr. Turley has been interested in farming and dairying and at the present time he is devoting his en tire attention to these industries. Mr. Turley has always been ac tive in social circles. He is a member of the Baptist church at Clayton and hits* “membership with the following fraternal organiza tions: Masonic, Knights of Py thias. Odd Fellows and Junior Or der of American Mechanics. Mr. Turley is a Christian gentleman of highest moral character, who likes everybody and for every one he has a kind word and friendly greeting. He has never been on doubtful grounds about questions affecting the welfare of the gen eral public. Always a tee-totler as to intoxicants, he has always made his influence felt in the cause of prohibition and was a strong ad vocate of the principles of the 18th Amendment. He is a type of man who always adds dignity to poli tics and public office. The Demo cratic party feels a pride in pre senting him to the elcctrate of Johnston county. Little Boy from next house: “Please, may I have my arrow?” Lady: “Yes, with pleasure. Where did it fall?” Little Boy: “I think it’s stuck in your cat!” — The London Hu morist. Welfare Board Holds Meeting Discuss the Establishment of a Tri-County Tuber cular Sanatorium For Wake, Johnston and Wayne The proposition to establish a tri-eounty tubercular sanatorium, perhaps in the vicinity of Clay ton. was the chief issue discussed at a meeting of the County Board of Charities and Public Welfare held here Friday morning in the office of the county welfare sup erintendent, Mrs. I). J. Thurston. There are three members of this j board, namely, Dr. B. A. Hocutt, of Clayton, Mr. Preston Woodall, of j Benson, and Miss Mattie T. Pou, of this city. Following a brief survey of ! county problems Dr. Hocutt, who ! is chairman of a committee from j the Clayton Rotary Club and also j of the Johnston County Medical J Society, was asked to report his findings relative to the establish ment of a tri-county tubercular sanatorium. Wake, Johnston and j Wayne are the counties that on account of location seem best suit ed for combining for such a pro ject, and Dr. Massey, Dr. Bulla and Dr. W. H. Smith, county health officers of Johnston. Wake and Wayne, respectively, are all enthusiastic over the suggestion, and Dr. Hocutt has been chosen from the county welfare board to help carry the plans forward to materialization. These three counties are traversed by high way number 10 and a sanatorium located somewhere in the vicinity of Clayton on this highway would be easy of access. An added rea son for obtaining a site near Clay ton is the fact that a bequest of $5,000 from the J. A. Vinson es tate is available for the establish ment of a hospital in or near Clayton. The members of the welfare board in their discussion empha sized the urgent need of county sanatoriums where indigent pa tients can be cared for and sus pects be examined. The Great White Plague is on the increase and one sanatorium in the state is inadequate. A few counties have already met the emergency and a report from Dr. C. C. Massey show ed the great need for something to be done in Johnston county. At present in the county there are about 100 cases of incipient tu berculosis, thirty advanced cases, and from fifteen to twenty hope less cases. Precarious Perch Lost: Wrist witch, with Kora on the back. Finder please oall Bell 2201.—Ad in the Pennsylvania ;Grit, Williamsport, Pa, ( Benson Faculty For Next Year Supt. Renegar Returns For Fifth Year; Former Benson Citizen Dies In Raleigh Benson, Aug. 9.—The Benson graded school will open on Septem ber 15 with Mr. H. C. Renegar as superintendent for the fifth year. The entire town will bo glad to know that Mr. Renegar is return ing. The school has made wonder ful strides during his regime and we are sure greater and bigger things will yet be worked out with Mr. Renegar at the head. The fol lowing is a list of the teachers: First grade: Mrs. Alfred Par ker, of Benson, and Miss Dolly McMillan. Second grade: Miss Bessie Dean, of Oxford, and Miss Blanche Wil kins, of Greensboro. Third grade: Miss Maude Mc Lean, of Raeford, and Miss Ruth Smithwick, La Grange. Fourth grade: Miss Ellie Mor gan. of Benson, and Miss Hallie Trollinger, of Burlington. Fifth grade: Miss Ella Mae Nixon, of Edenton, and Miss Jean Davis Stuart, of Henderson. Sixth grade: Miss Claudia Wheeler, of Newberry, S. C., and Miss Elizabeth Delay, of Ahoskie Seventh grade: Miss Helia Smith, of Fort Myers, Fla., and Mrs. P. H. Starling, Benson. In the high school: Wray Hess, of Tennessee; English, Shelly Glodfelter, of High Point; Latin. Miss Gladys Harrell, of Goldsboro: " ‘ mathematics, Miss Clara Ernest ine, of Clinton; French, Miss Hes sie Boger, of Rockwell. Music teachers: Miss Eunice Martin, of Raleigh, and Miss Wil helmina Utley, of Benson. The Benson Drug company is making some improvements in their store which will enhance the beauty of it. New booths have been added and the interior is all to be done over. Mr. L. Gilbert, who has been manager for a num - ber of years, is planning to make his one of the most attractive drug stores in the city. Dr. C. C. Massey, of Smithfield, county health officer, was the chief speaker at the Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday evening. He spoke along health lines. Mrs. Harper Holli day, of Dunn, sang two solos andf Mrs. W. T. Martin gave a reading." Friends of Mr. I. P. Roberts will be sorry to learn of his death which occurred at his residence in Raleigh Wednesday morning. Mr. Roberts lived in Benson a sum bor of years. He was connected with the Star Manufacturing company here. He had a host of friends who (Turn to page four, please) NEW FILLING STATION TO OPEN HERE AUG. 11 A now filling station just beyond the river bridge has recently been completed and preparations are being made for the opening on Saturday, August 14. A place on the side of the embankment ho< been filled in and the building plac - ed on this location. Mr. I. W. Dick inson, of Selma, who is experienced, in this work will operate the new station which will be known as the Riverside Filling Station. Good Gulf gasoline will be sold there and cold drinks and candies will also be for sale at this filling sta tion. An advertisement announc ing the opening of the Riverside Filling Station appears on an other page in this issue. Look it up and read it. A Tantalizer There is exactly enough let ters in the line below to a pell 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, wt will present them with a com plimentary ticket to the Vic tory Theatre. You must bring copy of this payer in order to secure ticket. sntnaroowdoilc Tom_ Watson recognized hii> name last issue.
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