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BMITHFIELD NEEDS: —Dally Meat and Milk Inspection —Bigger Pay Roll. —A Modem Hotel —Renovation of Opera House. —Chamber of Commerce. Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - — Established 1882 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEED81 County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops / VOLUME 44—NO. 64 * * ¥ SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1926 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Double Tragedy At Little River A Young Woman and A Ten Year Old Boy Drown GIRL SAVED AFTER SINKING TWICE A double tragedy occurred Sat urday morning near Kenly when Mrs. Nathaniel Flowers and a lit tle ten year old boy were drowned in Little River. According to our information a lady from Kenly with two Watson children a little hoy, age ten years, the son of James Hardy Watson, and a little five year old girl, also from Kenly, went by the home of Mrs. Flow ers about a mile south of Kenly, and asked her to go to the river with them to go in swimming. It was about eleven-thirty in the morning and the Flowers’ had just finished barning tobacco. Mrs. Flowers decided to go and for a time all enjoyed being in the river. Mrs. Flowers was said to have been an expert swimmer. She had come out of the river when she heard j the little girl crying, and the chil- i dren were discovered to be in wa ter beyond their depth. Mrs. Flow ers went back in to rescue the lit tle girl who had gone under twice. She succeeded in bringing her to ! safety and then made an effort to j save the boy. The boy is said to ' have secured a grip about the ' woman’s neck, and being unable to 1 free herself, both went under and were drowned. Mrs. i* lowers was a young wom an only twenty-two years old. She was married about two years ago to Mr. Nathaniel Flowers and she is survived by him and a year-old child. Before her marriage she was Miss Ida Mitchell, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Mitchell. The funerals of the deceased were held Sunday, that of the lit tle boy taking place Sunday morn ing in Kenly, and that of Mrs. Flowers in the afternoon at the Flowers graveyard. An unusually large crowd was present at the burial of Mrs. Flowers some esti mating the number of cars at one tousand. Rev. Mr. Wiggs, of the Ffree Will Baptist church con ducted the funeral. Lovely floral offerings attested the esteem in which the deceased was held. FIND MISSING GIRL WITH SHOW MAN Benson Girl Who Disappeared Ten Days Ago Is Located at Dillon, S. C.. In Company With Walter Byrd Dunn, Aug. 12.—Alice Coats, 14 year-old Benson girl, who disap peared mysteriously ten days ago, has been found and is now hack at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coats. She was found Sunday by her father in Dillon, S. C., in company with Walter Byrd, showman, and Byrd is now in the Harnett county jail in Lillington charged with bigamy. The father learned that his daughter had been married in Dil lon to Byrd who is a native of Harnett county and also who has a child living in Greensboro. Byrd has been connected with various tent shows for the past several years. He is about 35-years-old. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me— Poctah Fade take one half do mederson afo’ meals, tother half alter meals, and not to eat nothin’. There’ll Be a Hot Time New York is marshalling its | forces for one gala reception wher ! Gertrude “Trudy” EdeHe come;' home from her record breaking j swim of the English channel. She j sails for home Aug. 21—leaving a record, (the first woman) of 14Vi hours across the channel—a marl! which bids to stand for manj! years. Judge Cranmer Opens Court Here Heavy Docket Necessi tates Night Sessions; Several Notable Cases To Be Tried This Week The August criminal term of the ■ Superior Court opened here at ten o’clock yesterday with Hon. E. H. Cranmer of Southport presiding, and Hon. Clawson L. Williams as the solicitor. A grand jury was called and sworn. E. N. Clifton, of Banrrer township was appointed foreman and Will Vann, of Micro, was ap pointed officer to the grand jury. To this grand jury his honor de livered a charge that was very wisely said and broad in its scope. In the outset of his charge he j pointed to the streamer over his ! head hearing the words, “Keep Faith," which had been placed there i by the members of the American ! Legion, and stated that there was embodied the spirit in which he hoped this grand jury and the en tire court would act. In enumerating the many duties that would devolve upon the hands of this grand jury his Honor charg ed that their duty would take them to th<> county home. He charged that all of their investigations may be made by committees ex copt their investigation to the county home. He wanted the grand jury to make that investigation as a body, and he wanted each one to radiate friendship and brotherly kindness toward every inmate of the institution while out there. In their report they are to report eonitions exactly as they find them. His address to the grand jury was solidly based upon the Bible land the constitution and was re ceived with a great deal of inter jcst by every one present at the 'opening of court. I Judge Cranmer means business when he begins a term of court. He acts it as well as speaks it, with a force that is contagious. In his preview of the docket he found many cases docketed for trial. Realizing that he had only one week here he stated that begin ning with Monday, three would be night sessions until further notice. He would authorize the payment of half-time to the jurors in addi tion to their regular pay. When the first set of petty jurors had been called, it was seen that there was only enough for one working jury, and he ordered the sheriff to place eighteen more men at his disposal for jury duty by 2 p. m. In his preview of Monday's cal endar every case had some kind of a definite disposition. If the defendant was present and ready to abandon his appeal he was plac ed under the custody of the sher iff until eve-y penny was paid. “We don’t run a credit business here,” said his Honor. If a de fendant was called and failed a One Dead Result Of Auto Tragedy Mr. Bernice Johnson Dies From Injuries and Two Daughters In Hospital; Issue Warrant For Ol iv er of Car Mr. Bernice Johnson of Willow Springs, is dead and two of his daughters arc in Rex hospital, Ral eigh, as the result of an automobile accident which occurred on the Old Stage Road, ten miles south of Raleigh between eleven and twelve o’clock Thursday night. W. M. Lawson, who was also in the car, sustained injuries but Jeff Hunt and William Mlaylock, who was driv ing the ill-fated car, escaped with out hurt. According to the report in the News and Observer “the Hudson car, which contained the party of six, was headed toward Raleigh and was traveling around 45 miles an hour, when it sidespread a Ford containing Jackson Willis, Jack Cotton and Delia Whaley, all negroes, at a curve near Myatt Smith’s store. It was reported that Blaylock veered his car to the wrong side of the road, causing it to hit the negro’s car. “Blalock is reported to have lost control of the car and it struck a telephone post, breaking the post into three pieces. Johnson was hurled out of the car. When pick ed up his chest was crushed, his left shoulder broken, and several ribs were broken. He died as prep arations were being made to rush him to a hospital. “According to reports, the Ford was also traveling at a high rate I of speed, but Coroner Waring ab solved the negro of any blame in connection with the accident. “The Hudson car, which belongs to .Snow Blaylock, a brother of William Blaylock, carried a Mich igan license tag, said Coroner War ing. Both Blaylocks, he added, however, live in Panther Branch township, not a great distance from the scene of the wreck. “Coroner Waring was called to the scene of the wreck shortly after it occurred. He stated that he made a preliminary investiga- j tion. He had a warrant issued on Friday morning for Blaylock, j charging him with murder.” Funeral services were held for Mr. Johnson Saturday afternoon at four o’clock from Mount Zion church, and interment was made in the adjacent cemetrey. Surviving the deceased are his widowed mother, his widow, nine children, Violet, Pearl, Vivian, Mary, Annie Belle, Francis. Ivey, Hubert, Lynn; three brothers, Rev. Neal Johnson and Derwood John son, both of the Willow Springs section, and E. M. Johnson, of Morchead City; and three sisters, Mrs. Fiank Britt, of Raleigh; Mrs. Snow Blaylock and Mrs. Sallic Coats, both of Johnston county. Watermelon Party All Baracas of the Smithfield Baptist church whether attending classes recently or not. all Phila jtheas, and the mmebers of the 'Dorcas and Fidelis clases of the same church, including the teach |ers of the above named classes, are invited to be the guests of the Baracas at a watermelon party on the lawn of the Baptist church on Thursday night, August 19 at 8:30 o'clock. In case of inclement weather we will go to some build ing but the melons will be ice cold and will have to be eaten that night, so come without fail. Macadam roads arc named aft er John MacAdam. a British en capias instanter was ordered to be placed in the sheriff’s hands for immediate execution. A large crowd is in attendance and several very weighty cases will be before this term for disposal. The trial of Bud Parrish and oth ers, charged with flogging J. T. Lee of Meadow township, has been set for today. The trial of W. T. Adams, former register of deeds of Johnston county, has been set for Thursday. Visiting attorneys were Mayo Bailey of Raleigh, and Hannibal Godwin of Dunn. Husband Beats Wife Brutally Cider Bar-room Respon sible for Woman Being in Hospital and Gaston Roberts Under Arrest A wife bruised and beaten is in the Johnston County Hospital and the husband, Gaston Roberts, is under arrest charged with unmer cifully beating his wife as the re sult of cider drinking on Sunday afternoon. Late Sunday evening after beating his wife black and blue, Roberts got her, with their three little children, into his auto mobile and went back to the place where he had secured the cider to get more of the vile stuff. He had made threats against her life, according to reports, and when he got to the cider barroom and got out, (Mrs. Roberts slipped from the auto and made her way to the home of Mr. Barney Hamilton on the Goldsboro road not far from where the affair took place, for help. Mr. Hamilton at once com municated with officers in Smith field and C. Q. Stephenson and J. O. Hinton hastened to the scene. They went to the home of Roberts where they found him and the three little children. One is only five months old and was taken to the mother. The other two about two and five years old were brought to Smithfield and placed in the care of Mrs. Thurston, the county welfare superintendent. Mrs. Roberts spent the night at the home of Mr. Barney Hamilton and yesterday a physician was called. She was then removed to the Johnston County Hospital. After placing the family of Rob erts in a place of safety the offi cers went back to the scene of the brutal affair and Roberts was plac ed under arrest. The Grand Jury in Superior Court yesterday found a true bill against him and the solicitor put him under a $1,000 bond. Will be tried Thursday. The officers white attending to Roberts did not neglect to pay their respects to the place whore Roberts secured his cider. They found at the home of Sam Penny, colored, a veritable grog shop. In his barn which was fitted up with every convenience for selling in cluding al] sorts of measures and in his dwelling, two hundred gal lons of hard cider was found and poured out. They broke all the vessels that had been used as con tainers and made short work of the whole outfit. 'Two hundred gal lons was what was left after what appeared to have been a busy day of retailing all day Sunday. Ac cording to the officers it looked like an association from the signs of vehicles that had been there dur ing the day Sunday. This raid took place around two o’clock yester day morning, and by that time things were quiet. Penny was ar rested. however, and is now under a $250 bond for his appearance in Recorder’s Court. PRINCETON FOLKS IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK | Goldsboro, Aug;. 13.—A woman was still unconscious here tonight and eight other persons were less severely injured following an ac cident on a highway seven miles west of here at noon today when two automobiles met in a head-on collision. The woman, Mrs. Emily Rhodes, 64 years old, suffered four broken ribs, a gash on the head and side, a cut on one arm and probably internal injuries. Others in the accident, Mrs. Pearl Bridges and son, Ralph Bridges, of Princeton, and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harrison and four children, of Blades, suffered minor cuts and bruises. The accident occured when the car driven by Mr. Harison and one driven by Mrs. Bridgers met in an attempt to pass a truck- — Associated Press. Picnic at Orphanage In Raleigh The members of the junior de partment of the Methodist Sun day school are requested to meet at the church Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock for a trip to Ral eigh. The young folks will visit va rious points of interest in the cap ital city and will go to the Meth odist Orphanage. Each one is ask ed to carry a picnic lunch. Co-Ops Receive Final Payment Cotton Association Closes Six Year Contract In Sharp Contrast to To bacco Association Raleigh, Aug. 12.—Reporting a consistent annual decrease in the per bale cost of operations since its organization four years ago, the North Carolina Cotton Grow ers’ Cooperative association has advised member growers through the current issue of its official bul letin that it has now reached a state of “permanency” to justify repayment to them of the one per cent reserve amounting to $168, 630 held back from the first years cooperative sales. The 1925-26 season, for which accounts were closed as of the fis cal period ending July 31, 1926. was a record breaker for the num ber of hales handled, exceeding the year before by adding 50,000 bales, while the per bale cost of operat ing the association and handling the cotton was cut approximately 21 cents. The association has furnished the grower members in its official bulletin a detailed statement of expenses for the four year period, listing such items as legal ex penses, administration expenses, field service expenses, etc., items that made big reading in the late court carere of the ill fated To bacco Growers Cooperative Asso ciation. MOVEMENT GETS JOLT. The cooperative marketing move ment grot a fearful jolt from the court in the disclosures of furious spending by the Tobacco Co-oper ative association. But the cotton cooperative, in sharp contract, shows about as economical a list of expenditures as an organiza tion of its size could be expected to present. There may or many not be a moral in the circumstance that the cotton cooperative is run ning on hibh, while the tobacco cooperative is. for all practical purposes, out of existence. Total expenditures for operat ing the association and handling the cotton were shown in the cot ton association’s finance report to have been $1,102,523 on a 135,912 bale crop for the season 1922-23, $1,019,852 on a 130,853 bale crop for the season 1923-24, $683,605 j on a 116,562 bale crop for the sea- j son 1924-25, and $910,654 on a 161.172 bale crop for the season closed with the fiscal year ending July 31 last. While gross expenses of the past year were substantially in excess of those for the year be fore, the number of bales handled were substantially greater and it was necessary to carry them over for a longer period. Actual ex penses of operating the association shower a marked decrease for the year, $331,075 for the year just closed as compared with $357,629 for the year before. The cost of handling the larger volume of cot iton, which included storage and compressing charges, insurance, .interest, etc., was considerably greater last year than the year be fore. That was attributed to the jnecessity of holding the cotton lon ger, however. | The per bale cost of all opera tions by the association has shown a consistent annual decrease for 'the four years. For the first year jit was $8.11 a bale, for the sec ond year $7.79, for the third year $5.86 and for the past year $5.65 The association promises a fur ther reduction in operating costs for the new year. Experience and organization are being utilized to the promotion of economics in op erations. and they have been pri marily responsible for the annual decrease in expenses. The 161,172 bales handled dur ing the past season by the asso ciation represented approximately ol5 per cent of the cotton crop of the state. — Brock Barkley in The Charlotte Observer. One man who answered an ad vertisement offering 100 useful household articles for ten cents got 100 pins for his dime. Pine are useful it’s true but its always better to trade at home where one can get and se ethe purchased ma terials. Democratic Nominee Register of Deeds NEIL BARNES ______I Democrats Pick Good Candidate Successful Business Ca reer Fits Barnes For Public Service; Ex Service Man Neil Barnes of Clayton is the nominee for register of deeds on the Democratic ticket. From among four candidates for this office, the Democratic voters selected Mr. Barnes giving him a lead of about BOO votes over his strongest op ponent. Things like this do not just happen, like an accident. There arc reasons for Mr. Barnes' pop ularity. In the first place he has proven to be a good business man, and that is the first requisite for any public office. As clerk to the Building and Loan association of Clayton from 1014 to 1917, and as secretary-treasurer since 1917 to the present; as assistant cashier of the Farmers Bank of Clayton from 1923 to January 1, 1924; as part owner of the Clayton Buggy and Furniture company and of the Y. M. Holland Grocery company. Mr. Barnes has evidenced his bus iness ability, and the clerical work and other, duties of the register of deeds will come to him naturally if he is elected in November. A young man, age 31, but not too young, he has energy and a pleasing approach that makes folk like to do business with him. Hi? social and altruistic disposition ha? led him to join the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and D. O. K K.. and the fact that he served ir the World War for 18 month? makes him eligible as a member oi the American Legion which organ ization he supports. Mr. Barnes is a true son ol Johnston county having: been borr here, and having lived here all o1 jhis life. His parents are W. A. ant Cherrie G. Barnes. He received th< foundation for his business life ir the Clayton high school, but th< school of experience since then ha: fitted him for the office to whicl he aspires. Upright and honest the county will be well served b; Neil Barnes if the party to whicl he has always been loyal place the responsibility of register o deeds upon him next November. AGEI) WOMAN DEAD Th edeath of Mrs. Tobitha Ken nedy occurred at her home nea town Friday afternoon at the ad vanced age of eighty-three. Sh had been in ill health for Severn months and her death was not un expected. She was buried Saturda afternoon at Little Creek Primitiv Baptist church. Elder Elijah Pearc of Princeton, preached the funera An application of lime has aj: parentl.v controlled corn root rc in a field in Pitt county badly in fested with the trouble last yea Legion Desires Correct Roster It Is Important To Secure Correct Names of John stonians Who Died In World War ! Kindly check over this list of names, if you had a brother, son, or any member of your family that was killed or died of disease dur ing the World War. Kindly for ward this information to D. Carl ton Stephenson, Smithfield. If you know of any one that there is | doubt about please help the Amer ican Legion get this data straight ! so the names may be placed on j the monument that is to be ereet icd to these men. This applies to both white and colored men of Johnston county. Help the Amer ican Legion get this matter straightened out. John It. Massey. Rexford L. Rest. Wilbert F. Wellons. Joseph Lee Pierce. ! Henry Southard. I Otho Durham. George W. Galloway. Herman Higgins. William Clarence Barbour. Edwin Smith Pou. Buck Hill. f* Millard T. Parrish. Jesse Alford. Hugh Coates. James C. Oliver. Maudius Godwin. Eugene Gallion. David Thomas Strickland. Ephriam Pittman. Jr. Ira B. Lee. Preston Woodard. Louis F. Wise. Leonard Moore. Fabian Lee. j Charles Johnson. | William Wallace. ' Joseph Holden. Hubert L. Bridgen. I Joseph Shade Wooten. ■ j Marvin L. Stuckey. Henry Langley. . i Walter E. Watson. , : Pearlie H. Harris. • | John R. Massey, i ; Joseph W. Wall. ; ! Croual Woodard. ■ Jackson W. Barham. ( Preston Woodard. The names that are in doubt are as follows: James O. Driver. • , John Perry McCullers. • 1 Raymond J. Partin. William A. Jordan. 1 : Maine Bailey. Joseph W. Wall. : | Barney A. Benson. L1 James H. Easorn. Abruzzi rye is superior of Roser or common rye for North Carolina - The Abruzzi variety matures ear t lier, provides better grazing anc - makes more growth than the oth *. er varieties. Revival To Begin At Benson Church Benson Social Events In clude Dinner Parties and Club Meetings Benson. Aug. 16.—The revival at the Baptist church will begin on the fourth Sunday morning in this month. Rev. Joel Snyder, pastor of the First Baptist Church o* Fayetteville, will conduct the meeting. Mrs. Parlia Hudson entertained with a dinner party Thursday eve ning at her residence on Main street in honor of her niece, Miss Margaret Lee, of Clayton. Covers were laid for seven. The guests included: Misses Flora Mae Cav anaugh of Wallace, Juanita Mar tin of Dunn, Margaret Lee Jones of Clayton, Annie Belle Noell of Dunn, and Miss Mattison of Ral eigh. The centerpiece for the table was a silver basket of snapdragon and fern. The Junior League of the Meth odist church had a picnic this week after which they enjoyed a dip in the pool at Dunn. The T. E. L. Class of the Bap tist church held their class meeting this week with Mrs. S. P. Honey cutt. At the conclusion of an in tcresting program, the hostess ser ved sliced peaches with whipped cream and cake. There were 2 ' present. Misses Margie Caldwell and Elizabeth Townsend, of Dillon, $ C., visited Miss Margaret Lee (Turn to page four, please) JAMES H. PRIDGEN DIES SUDDENLY Selma. Aug. 12.—The death ot' Mr. James H. Pridgen of this city came as a shock to his family and friends, occurring yesterday morn ing at three o’clock. He was a rep resentative of the Business Men-' Life Insurance company, of Greens - boro, and had been in Dunn on Wednesday in that capacity. At home at the evening meal hr* complained of feeling jaded but re tired at the usual hour and slept until two o’clock when he awak cned his wife saying that he fel nauseated and had pains in hi arms. .She did what she could foi him and called in near neighbors who seeing his serious condition called in medical aid, but life wa extinct before a doctor could reach him. A heart attack was said t^ be the cause of his death. He is survived by his widow and three children, three sisters, Mr*. W. T. Wrenn, of Nashville, Tenn : Mrs. C. M. Markham and Mrs. W E. O’Neal, of Neuse; two aunti and an uncle. Mrs. Zilphia Ellis, of Raleigh; Miss Alice Lindsay and Mr. Charlie Lindsay, of Smith - field. Mr. Pridgen was 47 years of age. He was bom in Jones county«f but had spent his young man-hoci in Wake cd'jntv where on October 25, 1911, he was married to Mis*? Flonnie Beavers. To this union | were born three children, Mary. James, Jr., and a two year old boy. The family moved to Selma ten. years ago and have many warm friends here who regret the un timely passing of this good man. He was a memiber of the Edg«r ton Memorial Methodist church and of the Junior Order of Amer ican Mechanics. Quiet and umis- j suming manner, faithful to every->a trust, he numbered his friends by the score. On account of some of the rel atives living at a disance, funeral arrangements have not been com pleted. A Tantalizer \ There 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 I 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. ewlialdlsigaram Brick Grantham failed to re cognize his name last issue.
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