Mr. Tobacco Farmer: The Herald Force From the “Devil” On Up Welcomes You to Smithfield VOLUME 44—NO. 69 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS_SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926 SECTION ONE $2.00 PER YEAR SMITHFIELD CITIZENS VISIT EVERY SECTION OF JOHNSTON w. T. Booster Tour Undertaken In Interest of Tobacco Market Promises Bene ficial Results In keeping with their avowed purpose to build up the Smithfield tobacco market to the highest peak, the local Kiwanis Club sponsored this week a new thing in the an nals of this tobacco market when they sent out on Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday a long line of automobiles filled with people, lit erature, and souvenirs to the nor thern, eastern and southern sec tions of the county where they were met in every instance save one by large crowds of farmers, their wives and children, all in terested in seeing and hearing what the Booster Tour was like. They saw. They were pleased, and they will be pleased again this aft ernoon when the motorcade leaves here at 1 o’clock for Blackman’s Cross Roads, arriving at 2 o’clock, Peacock’s Cross Roads at 3, Ben son at 3:30, Benson Grove Bap tist Church at 4:15, Elevation Church at 5r Jos. A. Johnson Store at 6:10,' Edgar Lassiter’s Store at 6:35, and winding up the tour by arriving at me last piucc, Grove School, at 6:45. The Booster Tour has been an ambitious movement, and it has succeeded beyond the shadow of a doubt. Such advertising will bring results because it will encourage farmers to know that business and professional men of Smithfield are interested in seeing them get prop er treatment and the high dollar for their tobacco; and it will en courage the people of Smithfield for they have been able during the past week to see for the first time that they are solidly lined up with each other in building Smithfield up to the point where it should be in the sales of the 20 million pounds of tobacco that have been being grown in this county. On each afternoon at one o’clock anywhere from fifteen to twenty five automobiles have left here. A brass band has on each day headed the long line of cars. On yesterday and the day before a negro quar tette has been along, as has been Jack King, comedian of wide fame. The band has played, Jack King has brought laughs to the systems of his hearers, and Corbin Young, Sam T. Honeycutt, Arthur Narron, W. W. Jordan, George Ragsdale, Grayson I). Thornton, Rev. A. J. Parker and others have brought out facts in their brief speeches which every farmer hereabouts ought to know about the only tobacco mar ket in this county. They have told of the re-drying facilities of Smith field, of the big companies repre semen ni'io uy uuyers, ot the ware house capacity, of the storage ca pacity, ot', in a word, everything pertaining to this market. Farmers have been appealed to. from the standpoint of patriotism in build ing up a great market here which will be a credit to the county. They have been ihown that the price lim its for individual grades of tobacco are the same on every market in Eastern Carolina; they have been .shown that if they sell on other markets that they help build up other counting and thereby lower the tax rates *■ of those counties; they have been shown that a near (Turn to page four, please) AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me-— Tempa iz lak fiah de m.o spreads de mo damage hit do, home remedies. i hit A Youthful Tarzan jAuTOCACT BR K? Jackie Strong, 8, of Gresham, Ore., lost four days and three nights in the Oregon mountain range, sustained himself with berries and fish, fighting always to find his way home, is today happy at home and unharmed. He be-! came lost while on a fishing trijl with his older brother. Searcher^ found track of a mountain lion which had been following him. Burglars Enter Pine Level Home Pistol and Flash Light Are Missed; Thief Is Chas ed As He Jumped Thru A jWindow Pine Level, Sept. 1.—The homes in this vicinity were entered by burglars last Friday night, and in one instance a $35 pistol was stol en. About one o’clock Mr. Fletch er Futrell who was sleeping at the home of Mr. W. A. Herring was awakened by some one prowling around the house. Investigation routed the thief Mr. Futrell giving hot chase for a short distance. It is thought that the intruder en tered the house through the bath room window. He went to the bed I room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Tierring and took a flash-light that was lying near Mr. Herring’s head. Mr. and Mrs. Herring never woke up, and the prowler contin ued his search through the house. I Mr. Futrell was finally awakened, but only in time to discover the burglar jumping through the win dow. It was then that Mr. Fu trell gave chase and was able to see that the burglar was a white man and that he was barefooted. The same night some one en tered the house of Mr. Nathan Wil kins, went into the room tfhere he and his wife were sleeping and stole a $35 pistol from a shelf in the room. It is thought the thief entered through the back door which was probably left unlocked. The door was found wide open next morning. PICKS FIRST BALE OF COTTON ON TUESDAY Mr. K. L. Rose of this city who is supervisor of the Myatt farm located about nine miles west of here, stated that his first bale of cotton was picked on Tuesday of this week. Mr. Rose stated that this farm will yield about 250 bales of cotton this year, which is slightly less than it yielded last year. The Myatt farm, which is one of the best in eastern Carolina, is owned by W. P. Rose, of Goldsboro. Episcopal Church The vector, Rev. Walter B. Clark will hold regular services at St. Paul's Episcopal church next Sun day morning and evening. At the eleven o’clock hour the celebration of the Holy Communion will be observed. The evening service will begin at eight o'clock. Presbyterian Church There will be services at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and evening conducted by the pastor, Rev. Chester Alexan der. The morning service will be at eleven o’clock and the evening service will be at 7:15. Turlington Act Includes Cider Sam Penny Case Vigor ously Congested But Court Convicted De fendant; Other Cases Tuesday Sam Penny, a negro of Smith field township, was in Recorder’s Court Tuesday charged with vio lating the prohibition laws by the sale of cider. He was convicted and fined $25 and the costs. Sam Penny, it is reported, is the man who sold cider to Gaston Roberts which caused him to get drunk and assault his wife. The defendant was represented by Messrs. James Raynor and W. H. Lyon who vig orously contended that under the Turlington act cider is exempt both as to sale and manufacture. The court could not accept the theories of this act as advanced by Attorneys Raynor and Lyon, and so the defendant was found guilty. Other cases disposed of Tues day include the following: Herman Webb, white, from the Stanley school section. Ingrams township, was found guilty of lar ceny and prayer for judgment was continued upon condition that he pay for stolen radiator and the cost of the action and that he keep out of court. leave in a case against Claude Barbour. Prosecuting witness was taxed with costs. The State took a nolle-pros wth leave in a case against James K. Bryant. Robert Johnson was convicted of a simple assault and prayer for judgment was continued, for a term of two years*. Johnson is a white man of Ingrams township. Tilghman Baker, white, of In grams township, was found guilty of trespass. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the condition that defendant refrain from fish ing again in Holt Lake without a right. John Allen Baker, white, of In grams township, was also convict ed of trespass by fishing in Holt Lake. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of costs and that defendant cease to fish in said lake without lawful author ?ty to do so. Lee Fort, a negro of Smithfield, was sent to jail for failure to pay cost in an old case. Jim Ingram and Millus Ingram, negroes from Meadow township, were in court charged with pistol “toting” and an affray. This was a disturbance that occurred at a negro church about July 20. last. Both were found guilty and were sentenced to jail for thirty days, which sentence was later modified to a fine of $50 and costs. Artis Moore, white, of Four Oaks, was found guilty of trespass and fined $10 and costs. J. R. Moore, of Meadow town snip, was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon and was fined $25 and costs. McKinnie Lancaster, white, of Clayton, was convicted of possess ing in violation of the prohibition laws. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of the Malcolm Barefoot, white, of Banner, was tried on a charge of assault and acquitted. John B. Beasley, white, of Ban ner, was convicted of possessing beer and was fined $50 and costs. Dewey Ivey and Norman Tart, white men of Banner township, were found guilty of possessing and transporting in violation of the prohibition laws. They each drew a $10 fine and were required to pay costs. John Dave Phillips and Evander McLamb were convicted of oper ating a car while under the influ jence of whiskey he was given $50 and costs. Harvey Hudson, white, of Meadow township, was found guilty of I cursing on highway. Prayer for [judgment was continued upon the jpayment of costs. Sam Terrell, a negro of Clayton j appeared in court under two counts: operating car in reckless manner for which he was fined $25, and for driving while under the influ ence of whiskey for he was given 1 BE SURE TO JOIN THE MORTORCADE Any one who can join the Boos ter Tour in the interest of the to bacco market today are asked to meet at the courthouse at 1 o'clock. One hundred cars are wanted to day. 200 Are Poisoned At Illinois Picnic Cases So Serious As To Prevent Removal of Patients From Hos pitals to Homes; Two Clergy men Among Sufferers Peoria, 111., Sept. 2-—Veal loaf was blamed today for the illness of nearly two hundred persons strick en with ptomaine poisoning after the annual* picnic of the City Chris tian Endeavor Societies. A half dozen of tffe cases were so serious as to prohibit the re moval of patients from their homes to hospitals, and physicians de spaired of the lives o ftwo girls. Two clergymen were among the sufferers whom doctors were call ed to attend several hours after church leaders and young people concluded yesterday afternoon’s outing with a banouet snrend hp. neath the trees. It was expected that both Rev. J. Summers, retir ed, and Rev. R. F. Loo, pastor of the First Evangelical Church, would recover. Physicians who attended the victims agreed that the poisoning was the result of tainted veal ]oaf, which had been prepared in ad vance for the picnic. Within a few hours of the meal the number of sericjisly 41L had mounted to seventy-five, and it was estimated that another hun dred persons were affectde, but re covered with the administration of home remedies—Associated Press. COURT COMMANDS TENNESSEE PRICES Raleigh, Sept. 2.—Unless the commandatory injunctions signed by Judge W. M. Bond at Louisburg yesterday are modified, North Carolina school children are as sured the right to purchase school books at the prices prevailing in Tennessee until September 14, the date fixed by Judge Bond fur final hearings on the injunctions in Ral eigh. Under the terms of the orders signed by Judge Bond the publish ers are not only restrained from selling the books at prices differ ent from those prevailing in Ten nessee, but are also specifically commanded to observe those prices. The orders are interpreted as j meaning that it would not only constitute contempt of court for the publishers to continue to sell the books at the higher prices heretofore prevailing in North Car olina, but would also be contempt of court for them to withdraw the books from the market and not sell them at all. ---. BUILDING & LOAN IN HANDS OP RECEIVER Salisbury, Sept. 1.—The Perpet ual Building and Loan Association of Salisbury which has been in the hands of the insurance commis sioner for several weeks was to day placed in the hands of a re ceiver by order of Judge Finley. The Brown Realty and Insurance company and Frank R. Brown, the former secretary and treasurer of the two firms were also placed in the hands of a receiver. Mr. Wade has been in Salisbury for several days locking into the situation.—Associated Press. Hee Kills Horse Burlington, Vt. — A valuable horse, the property of George E. Bartlett, was killed in a runaway following the sting of a bee here recently. The horse bolted and fell on its head.—Raleigh Times. 6 months in jail to be suspended upon condition^jr^bat he does not operate a car ^^lohnston county during next twelve months, and that he pay cost of action and ap pear here every first Tuesday to show good behavior. Now Ready For School Opening Supt. Shuford Completes Faculty; Public Invited to Opening Exercises Wednesday Morning Superintendent N. C. Shuford has been sojourning in the mountains of Western North Carolina, but he is back on the job now and states that everything will be in readiness for the opening of school next Wednesday. He has complet ed his faculty and announces the selection of several teachers which had not been secured when the list was published some time ago. Mr. Jervis who had been elected as a member of the high school faculty was in an automobile wreck some time ago. and is still in the hospital. Because he will probably not be able to take up his duties before January 1st, a substitute has been secured in the person of Miss France Henry of Durham who will teach History. Miss Meryl Britton of Murfrees boro, has been chosen as English teacher in high school and Miss Florence Boyett of Lucama, as teacher of Science. Miss Caroline Avera, who lives near town, has an-jjiuu sfvenm graae work. Mrs. Joo Davis. Commercial teacher, will offer the same courses as last year, of which she will make def inite announcement later. The opening exercises Wednes day morning will be held in the auditorium of what has heretofore been known as the high school building, but which this year will be used for the primary and gram mar grades. Mr. Shuford will make announcemnts at chapel concerning the new arrangements. The minis ters of the town are given a cor dial invitation to be present at the opening and also any patrons who are interested. School will open at 9 o’clock, and will be dis missed in time for the Johnston County Thanksgiving service to be held at 11 o’clock at the Methodist church at which time Dr. John E. White, President of Anderson Col lege. Anderson, S. C., will speak. JOHNSTON COUNTY HOSPITAL NEWS Mrs. J. T. Edwards and Mrs. C. B. Howell, of Princeton, and Mrs. Carl Lararsky, of Smithfield are doing nicely after having under gone operations in the hospital. Mr. L. S. Penny, of Benson, is receiving treatment in the hospital and is doing well. Miss Virginia Johnson, of Smith field. who was operated on for appendicitis some tink} ago, re turned to her home Wednesday. Miss Susie Roberts, of Benson, is still improving after an operation recently. Mrs. B. D. Jones, of Smithfield, is receiving treatment in the hos pital here and is doing nicely. Mr. Clover Parrish, of Clayton, is convalescing nicely after an op eration. Master Rotho Barbour, of Four Oaks, is improving after an oper ation for ruptured appendix. Those in the tonsil clinic Wed nesday were Misses Alease Par irish of Benson. Lavolette Weaver of Smithfield, R. F. D., Julia Bar bour of Wilson’s Mills, and Gwen dolyn Faulkner of Smithfield. R, |F. D. | Misses Blanche Barbour, Jose phine Poole and Miss Thomas, of Clayton, underwent tonsil opera tions at the hospital recently. Miss Effie May Jones returned to the hospital Sunday to take up her duties as student nurse after spending two weeks with her par ents near Kenly. Miss Onie Thomas, one of the nurses, spent Wednesday with her parents near Wilson’s Mills. MAD DOG IS KILLED IN SANDERS CHAPEL A mad dog was killed in the Sanders Chapel section last Fri day by Mr. Harvey Starling. The dog grabbed one of Mr. Starling’s small dogs in his mouth and did not turn him loose until he was shot down. It is reported that sev eral dogs in the Sanders Chapel community have been bitten by a dog supposed to have been mad. Cleveland Negro Attempts Suicide Is Brought To Johnston County Hospital After Trying To Shoot Him self It is somewhat rare to hear of a negro committing suicide but Will White, a colored man of Cleveland township yesterday ; morning attempted suicide, accord- ! ing to information received here 1 shortly afterward when the man | was brought to the Johnston Coun- I ty Hospital. White is about sixty years of | age. The story is told that he and j his wife on Wednesday night had a family row and the wife was hit on the lip. It seems that their | daughter was married Wednesday j night and White accused his wife of having something to do with j her getting away. Yesterday j morning he saw a car stop at a neighbor’s house and thought it was the sheriff. He stated that he would not be arrested, and then shot himself. He used a shot-gun with No. 6 shot and his chin, jaw bone, tongue and teeth were shot off Mu um, .i:.:_ when brought to the hospital. He did the shooting in the house but then ran outside immediately aft erward. It is said that the K. K. K. call ed on him some days ago and burn ed a cross in his yard. PINE LEVEL WINS LEAGUE PENNANT .Pine Level defeated Smithfield at Pine Level Monday in the final ! game of the Johnston County League between the two clubs. The score was 3 to 2. Price hurled for the Levelers and was too much for the visitors. The hitting of B. Oli ver, who drove out a home run and double, featured Pine Level’s at tack. The winning run in the eigh th resulted from Oliver’s double an infield out, and a neatly engi neered squeeze play, with Don Barnes doing the bunting. Barnes worked out a nice game behind the plate for the locals and his catch ing had much to do with the clever hurling of Price. Ellington held the locals score less until the sixth, but in the late innings the Pine Level bats work ed in machine-like fashion to put the game on ice. This victory for the Levelers, to- | gether with the victory of Four j Oaks over Princeton and Smith- i .field’s forfeit to Pine Level Tues- I (day. cinched the second half pen nant for Pine Level and thus giv ing the Levelers the pennant for i the entire league, that team hav ing won first half honors. Score by innings. R. H. E. Smithfield -.010 100 000—2 7 2 Pine Level __000 002 01x—3 10 0 Ellington and Uzzle; Price and Barnes. AUGUST, SAVE ONE, HOTTEST MONTH IN FORTY YEARS August 1920, with the exception of August, 1900, was the hottest month has experienced in forty years, acording to the monthly meteorological summary of Lee A. Denson, meteorologist of the local United States Weather Bureau. The normal temperature is 77 de grees during August. August of 1900 left a record of 82 degrees mean average temperature.—Ral eigh Times. ‘RAT CATCHING' RECORD IS HELD BY FAMILY London, Aug. 31.—England's rat catching record is held by the Jar vis family, three of whom are girls. Bags of 700 to 1,000 rats a week are nothing out of the ordi nary for the Jarvis.’ Misses Nell and Kitty Jarvis. 21 and 23, respectively, are on the rat catching job every night in the week, often assisted by their sis ter Rose, who is 12. They also ac cept extermination contracts where cockroaches, mice and black beet les are concerned. Jarvis claims to be the only rat catcher in Great Britain whose father and mother, and grandfath ers on both sides have followed the same trade. Molla Comes Back Mrs. l!u Mallory, nee Bjurstedt, is again queen of the Araericari courts, the eighth time she has held the national championship, inter rupted ,only in 1924 when Helen Wills defeated her. Mrs. Mallory defeated Miss Ryan in the finals last week. Miss Wills withdrew due to illness. Johnstotn County Boy Who Was Drowned In China Is Buried in Oak wood Cemetery Raleigh Selma, Sept. 2.—The burial of Thomas Howard Coley, Coxswain, U. S. Navy, son of Mrs. Alice T. Coley, of Selma, who was accident ally drowned at Chefoo, China, on July 18th. took place here yester day with full military honors at the Oakwood Cemetery. Coxswain Coley died in line of duty and his body was sent to San Francisco on the U. S. S. Chaumont and then by train to Selma, Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in Selma at 2 o clock yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Pou-Parrish Post of the American Legion at Selma under the direction of Com mander Carlton Stephenson and Mr. Fulghum. The body arrived in Raleigh at 5:15 o’clock yesterday and was carried under naval escort from the Navy Recruiting Station here to the cemetery. Military honors of three volleys were fired by mili tary escort from Service Company 120th Infantry National Guard, Captain Sprague Silver command- I Coxswain ii'Ps were rendered. Six sol diers from the Selma Post acted as pallbearers and four formed a quartet and sang several hymns. T. Douglas Robinson. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, sent in structions to the local Naval Re cruiting Station to arrange to have the Navy represented by a detail from the Recruiting Station and. further, to have the local post of the American Legion provide mili tary honors. The matter was brought to the attention of the Navy Department by Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, to whom Mrs. Coley, mother of Coxswain Coley, appealed. Moves To New Home The new residence of Mr. K. L. Rose, located on the corner of Da vis and South Second street, is now nearly completed and is ready for occupancy. Mr. Rose and his fam ily will occupy their new home on Saturday of this week. Ryals Family Reunion The Ryals family reunion will be at qld Hannah's Creek church Sunday, Sept. 12. All relatives and friends who wish to come and be with us all will be welcome be sides seeing friends and relatives that you have not seen for years. Come and bring a well filled bas MRS. CALVIN HOLMES, Selma School To Open Sept. 13 Faculty of Twfenty-four Teachers Will Man the School This Year; F. M. Waters Superintendent Selma, Sept. 1.—The fall term of the 192G-27 Selma schools will open Monday, Sept. 13th and the largest enrollment in the history of the school is expected. Last year the enrollment was approxi mately 900 with 24 teachers and there will be one additional teach er this year. Superintendent Fred M. Waters, of Kokomo, Ind., will be in charge this year for his fifth consecutive year. The faculty is made up of teach ers who have had successful teach ing experience, and is composed of the following: High School Teachers. Prof. N. G. Woodlief, Trinity College, Principal of High School; Mrs. R. D. Blackburn, Greensboro College. High School Mathematics; Mrs. Clell Branham Bueck, Ander son College, Home Economics; Rosa Waddell, Columbia University, History; Ruth Phillips, Fredericks burg Normal, Commercial; H. B. Bueck. University of North Caro Elementary Teachers. Luna Taylor, Guilford College,