It Will Pay You to Sell Your Tobacco On the Smithfield Tobacco Market
SMITH FI El,I) NEEDS:
Daily Meat and Milk Inspection
Bigger I’ay Roll.
A Modern Hotel
Renovation of Opera House
Chamber of Commerce
Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882
VOLUME 44—NO. 73
SMITHFIEL1), N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, S5PTEMBER 17, 1926
This Season
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
County Farm Agent
Better Roads Feeding Highways
Equal Opportunity for Every
School Child
Better Marketing System
More Food and Feed Crops
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$2.00 PER YEAR
Continue Cases
Recorder’s Court
More Cases On Docket
Than Could Be Dispos
ed of Tuesday; Ten
Cases Tried
The Recorder’s Court was in
session here on Tuesday, the 14th
Several cases were disposed of
while a great number were con
tinued. The following cases were
disposed of:
Lester Face, a white man liv
ing between Smithfield and Selma,
was convicted of violating the
stock law. Prayer for judgment
was continued upon payment of
costs. In another case charging
simple trespass this defendant was
found guilty and required to pay
a fine of $10 and costs.
Lee Johnston, of Smithfield
township, was convicted of sim
ple trespass. A fine of $10 and
costs was imposed but fine was
later remitted.
Alton Massengill was found
guilty of possessing and transport
ing in violation of the prohibi
tion laws and was sentenced to 4
months on the roads of Johnston
county to be released upon pay
ment of a $100 fine and cost. He
was allowed two weeks in which
to decide what he would do—pay
the fine or pull the time.
Meta Blizzard, white, was up
charged with larceny. The solici
tor took a nolle-pros with leave
in her case.
Sam Thompson, a negro from
Benson, was convicted of an as
sault and assigned to do six
months on Johnston county roads.
Harvey Ryals, white, was con
victed of driving a car while un
der the influence of intoxicants.
He was taxed with a fine of $25
and costs, and was restrained from
driving a car in Johnston county
for next twelve months.
Sophia Guin, charged with im
moral conduct, appeared, for trial
but Solicitor Massey took a nolle
pros with leave.
Robert Jones, Jr., a negro from
up Clayton way. was convicted of
driving a car without license plate.
He was fined $10 and costs.
Earl Starling, white man from
Selma, was charged with conver
sion of personal property. The
state failed to convict.
Lonnie Avery, a negro of Cleve
land township, charged with se
cret assault with deadly weapon
with intent to kill, was tried and
probable cause was found. He was
bound over to the superior court
and bond was fixed at $2000. Be
ing unable to give bond, this de
fendant was committed to jail to
await trial in the December crim
inal term.
COLLECTIONS TO
FLOOD TREASURY
Washington, Sept. 14.—The treas
ury expects to be enriched by ap
proximately four hundred million
dollars tomorrow at midnight when
tax collection for the third quar
tet* close.
Collections for the same quarter
in 1925 were $361,000,000.
Government receipts from July
1 to September 10 already have
increased $10,000,000 over last
year, reaching a total of $486,
000,000. Income tax receipts in
creased twenty million dollars, cus
toms gained eight million, while
miscellaneous internal revenue col
lections declined more than $78,
000.000, due to the abolishment of
many such taxes.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—
not aian makes little impression
on coal facks.
High State Of Cultivation
Of A Johnston County Farm
State Sanatorium
T. B. Clinic’s Free
Institution Would Have
Suspects Examined in
Early Stages of Disease
Sanatorium. Sept. 15.—The North
Carolina Sanatorium wants every
man, woman and child in North
Carolina' who has tuberculosis to
find it out in time to be cured. By
a conservative estimate there are
now from fifteen thousand to
twenty thousand cases of active tu
berculosis in North Carolina. It is
only when the disease is discover
ed in the early stages that it can
be cured. It is a disease that in its
early stages rarely makes one feel
very sick. Only one case out of
every five is discovered in the ear
To find, and help the physicians
to find tuberculosis early the North
Carolina Sanatorium employs two
physicians, especially trained in
the diagnosis of tuberculosis and
conducts diagnostic clinics both at
[Sanatorium and traveling clinics.
The Sanatorium clinic is open ev
ery day except Sunday and is free
provided the patient or his doctor
will write for an appointment. No
red tape is necessary. A postal
card saying “please give me a
date for examination’' is sufficient.
[For the traveling clinics the San
| atorium will be glad to arrange
[for a clinic in any county or city
in which it is requested to do so
by the local physician or the coun
ty health officer. If you would like
j to have a clinic get your health of
ficer or your doctor to write us
about it.
PLEASED WITH
TOBACO PRICES HERE
Mr. J. R. Holly of Fbur Oaks
Route 3, was in the city Tuesday
and subscribed to The Herald while
here. Mr. Holly brought a load of
tobacco here and sold it at the
Central warehouse. He was pleased
with the price he received and
stated that he could not under
stand why any one should be dis
pleased. His load of 444 pounds
brought $145.72, an average of
$.">2.70 per hundred. This was his
first primings but the eight grades
ranged in price from 21 to 39
cents per pound. Last year a lot
of tobacco about the same grade
averaged him only ten cents per
pound.
Mr. Holly had three acres plant
ed in tobacco this year with a
yield of about 4000 pounds. For
some of it he expects to receive
as much as a dollar per pound.
With the exception of one load,
last year Mr. Holly marketed his
tobacco crop in Wilson, but from
his pleased manner Tuesday, it was
evident that Smithfield' will have
another chance at his this year’s
crop.
There is a deputy marshall in
Mississippi who does not permit
any such trifles as extradition laws
to stop him in the performance of
his duties.
Marshall P. Lassiter
Started Out For Him
self 32 Years A go When
Labor Was 40c Per Day
A visit to the farm of Mr. Mar
shall P. Lassiter of Elevation
township is an inspiration to any
one who delights in looking over
a model farm.
Mr. Lassiter started out in life
thirty-two years ago with a medi
um sized farm not an acre of
which was cleared, and a gun and
a dog. when labor was forty cents
ia day or twenty-five cents and
board. Turpentine from the pine
trees furnished the money to pay
laborers for helping to clear the
land. Mr. Lassiter says it was
much harder to get up enough
money to pay forty cents for labor
in those days than it is now to
meet the present high prices.
Eventually, however, by tireless
effort month after month the trees
and stumps disappeared and fine
prnns wptp nrodnppd nn thp “npw"
The farm now consists of 350
acres and all the cleared land is
in the highest state of cultivation
His potato crop and corn and soy
beans are unsurpassed in Johnston
county, y Seventy-five acres are
planted to the Wannamaker im
proved variety of cotton, which
is from waist to shoulder high and'
is loaded with bolls. It is estimat
ed that the fruitage is sufficient
to produce at least one hundred
bales.
Mr. Lassiter believes that rota
tion of crops is the best way to
build up soi] and keep it fertile,
iHe plants beans in his’corn and
also sees that his land is protect
ed from washing in winter by a
'cover crop.
All of Mr. Lassiter’s time and
attention aiT not devoted to field
crops. From the establishment of
his home he has striven to install
.every labor-saving device and to
day he has one of the best equip
ped country Jiomes in this section.
A Delco-Light plant furnishes
,light for the home, store, garage,
and barn. A Delco pump carries
water from the deep well into the
house. The churn, iron, washing
machine, fans and other devices
are run by electricity. He also has
telephone service.
This progressive farmer has a
saw mill, corn mill, wood saw and
large truck for use on his farm.
A small round building of brick
and concrete, ventilated at the top,
serves as an ice house in summer
and a place for keeping sweet po
tatoes in winter.
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LOW GRADE TOBACCO
BRINGS GOOD PRICE
Mr. L. D. Clifton, of Benson,
Route *1, was in town Tuesday and
gave The Herald a call. Mr. Clif
ton brought tobacco which he sold
on the floor of the New Smithfield
warehouse. He sold 282 pounds
which averaged nearly 30 cents per
pound. This was not a good grade
tobacco, but from the price, seems
to be in demand. Mr. Clifton was
j pleased at the prices received.
Upward Trend Oi
Tobacco Prices
Weed Averages At Least j
$5.00 Per Hundred I
More Than On Opening j
Sale Day
Tobacco farmers generally were
satisfied with prices received on
the opening sale here, but aver
ages have been climbing daily,
smiles on the farmers’ faces have
grown broader and broader, and
their pockets bulge bigger and
bigger as they receive their checks
now. Averages are said to have
gone up fully five dollars per hun
dred since the opening sale on
Sept. 7th. A local warehouseman
yesterday told us that their aver
age Wednesday was 27 and a half
cents, and that in all probability
when they finished averaging* the
sales of yesterday, the average
would be thirty cents.
The highest price paid for to
bacco on this market yet is 80
cents, Austin and Phillips receiv
ing this fancy price. The low
grades of tobacco seem to be sell
ing unusually well and it is noth
ing rare to average thirty cents
for tobacco that a year ago would
have brought only half that much.
There is little turning of tags, a
fact that indicates that the farmers
are well pleased.
Sales as a rule, however, are re
ported lig-ht not only here but
everywhere. Some farmers have
not yet stopped curing and much
of the weed is still ungraded. The
opening of cotton also is claiming
the attention of the farmer, and
as a consequence the tobacco crop
is coming on the market in such a
way that the very best of atten-‘
tion is given to each sale.
Farmers come not only from
Johnston county but even distant
counties have been represented on
the market. A Moore county far
mer sold here recently, and tobac
co from Harnett, Sampson, Cum
berland and other sections is a
frequent thing.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR CHAS. A. CORBETT, JR.
Selma, Sept. 14.—The funeral of
Charles A. Corbett, Jr., aged 13.
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
A. Corbett, was held at their home
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The funeral service was conduct
ed by his former pastor, Rev. C.
H. Cashwell, of Mebane ,assisted
by Dr. Shirley, present pastor of
the First Baptist church in Selma.
The pallbearers were Glen Terel,
Theo Eason, Ralph Talton, Fred
Godwin, Haydon Wiggs and Sam
Brown.
The floral offerings were car
ried by special friends of little
Charles who were Malissa Eason,
Lillian Louise Woodard, Mildred
Hayes, Blanch Smith, S. R. Lee,
Jean Terrel, Earl Lane and Wilson
Mayerburg.
The remains were laid to rest in
the family burying ground near
Selma.
The lad is survived by his par
ents, four brothers, Clarence, Al
bert, Julius, Talmadge. and five
sisters, Ethel, Gladys, Myrtle, El
sie Broadwell Corbett and Mrs. F.
L. O’Neal, all of Selma.
FORMING PLANS FOR
ARMISTICE DAY
Plans are already forming: for
the Armistice Day celebration
here on November 11. This is ex
pected to be perhaps the biggest
patriotic demonstration ever stag
ed in Johnston county, for on this
occasion the statue to be erected
in memory of those from this coun
ty who gave their lives in the
world war, will be unveiled. The
county chairman. Mr. F. H.
Brooks, has formed his committee
and is calling a meeting in the
commissioners room on Wednes
day afternoon, September 22nd, at
2 o’clock.
“I belave,” declared the Irish
man, “that me youngest son’s born
t’ be a surgeon.”
Phwat leads ye t’ say thot?”
asked his friend.
“Oi caught him usin’ th’ scis
sors on a book Oi’d lately bought,
and before Oi c’d stop him he cut
out the appendix.”—Ex.
May Govern Illinois
Sr.ould (jo\. Lei. Small decide no.
o 111ii again foi Governor, official
•irele say it i.s likely Mrs. Medill
icCorniick v.i.1 be named in his i
iil.e 'mi - alv.a/s been prom
.... ... politic:: ■! as the wife J
if the late Sen. McCormick \vu.
acGve in official circles in Wash
•ngtor..
Good Percentage
Off To College
Nineteen of 28 Graduates
of High School Here
Last Spring Are Enter
ing Higher Institutions
of Learning
Nineteen of the 28 members of
the class that graduated from the
high school here last spring will
pursue their studies in the schools
and colleges of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia. This
class had the distinction of being
eveningly divided, having 14 boys
and 14 girls. In the matter of
entering college, the boys' are
ahead, there being nine girls and
ten boys who have either already
gone or will enter colleges at an
early date.
Those in this list are as follows:
Delia Ellington, Anderson Col
lege, Anderson. S. C.; Clara Fitz
gerald, Lela Talton and Dorothy
Lee, East Carolina Teachers Col
lege, Greenville; Nell Grantham
and Ellen Patterson, Salem Col
lege. Winston-Salem; Louise Par
rish, N. C. C. W., Greensboro; Vir
ginia Williams, Randolph-Macon
College, Lynchburg, Va.; Mary
Gattis Holland. Theron Johnson
and William Lassiter, Duke Uni
versity, Durham; Clifton Franks,
loe Honeycutt, Ralph Talton, State
College. Raleigh; Arthur Gardner
anj Levin Jones, State University,
Chapel Hill; Irving Gillette, Oak
Ridge Institute, Oak Ridge; Her
man Lawrence, Woodbury Forest.
Va.; Raeford Hamilton, King’s
Business College, Raleigh.
JUDGE MEEKINS COMMENDS
SMITHF.IELD WITNESS
Quite a number of citizens from
Smithfield spent several days last
week and this in Raleigh attend
ing Federal court. E. F. Boyett
was being sued by the receiver of
the First National Bank of Selma,
and there were cases against the
Seminole Phosphate Company,
against the Farmers Tobacco
Warehouse, and against W. D. Av
?ra, these cases all being more or
less connected.
In the course of the trial of Mr.
E. F. Boyett, Judge Meekins took
occasion to pay tribute to the tes
timony of Mr. Boyett, which in
his opinion, showed unusual
strength of character. The suit
if decided in favor of Mr. Boyett
meant a matter of $4600. By ad
hering strictly to the truth, the
?ase went against him. Judge
Meekins publicly, in the court, |
called Mr. Boyett out, and com
mended him for living up to the I
oiblical injunction regarding a
man’s swearing to his own hurt.
Mr. Boyett’s case, we are inform
-d, will be transfered to superior
?ourt for a settlement of his claim
against the Farmers Warehouse.
New Method of Farming
Farmers of McDowell county
ire realizing that livestock and
poultry offer the best mediums for
bringing about permanent farm
prosperity and they are rapidly
adopting this > new method of
■arming, reports County Agent W.
L. Smarr. .
Burglars Enter
Princeton Homes
Thieves Take Money,
Watches and Rings At
Three Homes And Rob
Store
Princeton, Sept. 15.—Sunday
morning about one o’clock an un
known man entered the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Howell by
punching a hole in the screen door
on the back porch and raising the
wire hook. The party went into the
sleeping room of Mr. and Mrs.
Howell and got Mr. Howell’s
trousers and carried them out on
the back porch. Fortunately there
was only a small amount of change
in these pockets. Then the bur
glar returned and went into the
front room of the house where
Miss Lila Stuckey was sleeping.
While fumbling over the bureau
and using a small flashlight Miss
Stuckey was awakened. At this
time the burglar vm« only five feet
from her bed. For a moment she
lay there and looked at the low,
chunky-built man with a gray cap
pulled down over his eyes. Then
she raised up in bed and for a
moment took a good look at him
She then lost her control and com
menced to scream. All this time
she had the DUsh-hlltton to torn nn
the lights almost in her hand, but
fortunately for her she did not turn
on the light. The burglar picked
up her handbag which contained
her wrist watch and some silk un
derwear, and leisurely walked out
of the house, around the rear and
up the side of the house to the
front and across the street under
an electric light. One block from
this corner was his partner with a
car ready to roll.
This burglar entered two other
homes within a block of this one.
At one of these, twenty dollars
was secured. At the other three or
four gold rings were taken. At
this time the car moved away and
their next place, they made an ef
fort to get into the home of Joe
Everett, colored. At this place the
wife was at home by herself, but
she had a gun and the powder was
dry so she tried them one shot.
They ran away from this place,
but fired a shot back at her from
a 38-steel jacket automatic.
From this place they went out
of town to a small store operated
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BKiNTONVILLE DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE TOWNSHIP TICKET
The Democratic voters assembl
ed at Bentonville recently in re
sponse to a call from the chair
man to nominate a township tick
et to be voted on in November. O.
B. Langston was called as tempo
rary chairman. The following were
nominated for magistrates: Leslie
Williford, for Island section; Al
bert Graham, Hannah’s Creek;
Norman Langston, Mill Creek. For
constable. R. Daniel Mahler.
The entire meeting was charac
terized by such harmon that almost
every man was nominated by ac
clamation and every one seemed
proud of the ticket which is ex
pected to be elected this fall.
J. H. MARSHBURN, Chairman.
A. M. ROSE, Secretary.
ONE MAN’S AVERAGE IS 42
CENTS ON LOCAL FLOOR
Mr. J. L .Faulkner, of Smithfield
Route 1, was in the city yesterday
and while he*-, renewed his sub
scription to The Herald. Mr. Faulk
ner was here with a load of tobac
co which he sold at the Banner,
and which averaged him 42 cents
per pound. He sold 842 pounds,
the prices ranging from 32 to 52
cents.
FOUR OAKS GING 102
BALES IN ONE DAY
One hundred two hales of
new cotton was the ginning rec
ord for Four Oaks on Saturday,
Sept. 11, all of which was sold
on the Four Oaks market,
bringing 17 cents per pound
Fpur Oaks has three cotton
gins, and three cotton buyers.
Cotton is rather late opening
and considering this fact, the
above record for Sept. 11 is re
garded as unusual. ^
Uncle Sam vs Daugherty
The Government in its case
against former alien property cus
todian Thomas W. Miller and
former Attorney General Daugher
ty, will be represented by the
present District Atty. Emory E.
Buckner, at Washington. Miller
and Daugherty are charged with
plotting to defraud the govern
ment of their "good and honest
Beryicea.”
Corps Teachers
For Four Oaks
New Six Room Addition
Completed and Work
Well Underway On
Teacherage
, Four Oaks, Sept. 15.—The
teachers for the schools of the new
Four Oaks consolidated district
have been selected. J. T. Hatcher,
for the past two years at the head
of the Four Oaks school, returns
as superintendent of the enlarged
district. The high school will have
six teachers, as follows:
Principal, Miss Margaret Tabor,
Gilkey, N. C., A. B., Duke Univer
sity, Latin and English.
| Lowney Olive, Godwin, A. B.,
| Meredith College, French and Civ
ics.
Lois Adair, Clinton. S. C., A. B.,
Winthrop College, Science.
Kenneth Coats, Smithfield, A. B..
j University of North Carolina, His
tory and Economics.
Maude Creech. Denmark, S. C-,
A. B., Limestone College, Mathe
matics.
Miriam Brietz. Selma, A. B.,
Salem College, English.
In the different elementary
! schools are the following teachers,
Four Oaks:
Seventh Grade: Mary Newman
Jones, Ashland, Va.; Mrs. Leon
Adams, Four Oaks; Vidah Wood,
Four Oaks.
Sixth Grade: Mrs. J. T. Hatcher,
Four Oaks; Katherine Noel, Bur
gaw; Sarah Patterson, Smithfield.
Fifth Grade: Mrs. Reed Adams,
Four Oaks; Ava Myatt, Smith
field.
Fourth Grade: Pearl Johnson,
Benson ; Gladys Felton, Hertford;
Lissie Pearce, Princeton.
Third Grade: Maude Westbrook,
Bentonville; Jessie Hines, Golds
boro.
•jgwmu uiaue; uiauys Dane,
South Boston, Va.; Florence Woot
en, Maysville.
First Grade: Katherine Hancock,
Scottsville, Va.
Piano: Pattie Williams, Sted
Royal School.
Helen Laughing’house, Grifton,
ton; Mildred Allen, Four Oaks;
Jessie Wall, Pearl Brewer, Holly
Springs.
Parker School.
Maud Hayes, Four Oaks; Lola
Johnson, Four Oaks.
Corinth School.
Mrs. G. T. Baker, Smithfield.
The new six room addition to the
school house at Four Oaks is now
practically finished. New labora
tory equipment has been purchas
ed, new plumbing, including hot
and cold showers for both boys and
girls, is being installed and work
is being rapidly pushed on the 18
room teacherage. This will be
ready for the teachers some time
in November. In every way the
prospects are very bright for the
best school year in the communi
ty.
Renew your subscription. Jk
Teachers Arrive
Princeton School
Princeton Would Like
Branch Bank From
Smithfield; A. S. Johns-,
ton Opens Drug Store ■'
Princeton, Sept. 15.—Professor
M. P. Young announces that the
following teachers have been en
gaged for the f$]l term of the
Princeton school:
First grade. Miss Altermise
Boyd. Rocky Mount; first grade,
Miss Elgie Woodard. Kenly; sec
ond gfrade, Miss Annie Bullard,
Farmville; second grade, Miss
Mary C. Womack, Farmville; third
grade. Miss Louise Culpepper,
Fort Gaines; fourth grade, Miss
Ora McCormack, Roland; fourth
grade, Miss Estelle Lee, McIntyre,
Ga.; fifth grade, Miss Margaret
Roberson. Robersonville; sixth
grade, Miss Elizabeth Cara wan,
Goldsboro; seventh grade, Miss
Edna Lee Love, Burlington; eigh
th grade, Miss Louise Harrelson.
White, Va.; ninth grade, Miss
Virginia Harris. White, Va.; tenth
grade, Mr. J. G. Boyette, Kenly;
eleventh grade Miss Ina Walker,
McCormick. S. C.; principal, Prof.
M. P. Young, Princeton.
On acount of the great number
of school children who must pick
cotton this school will not open for
a month or more. The opening date
will be announced' later.
Claiborn King, Carlyle Woodard
and Earl Watson left this week for
Chapej Hill where they will en
ter the State University.
Frank Pearce and Robert Ol
iver have returned to the Univer
sity where they are second*" year
students in the medical depart
ment.
Mrs. B. F. Pasiailiague, from
Charleston. S. C-, is spending two
weeks visiting her brother, Mr.
Waverly Martin.
It is with much interest to these
who have to buy medicine to know
that Mr. A. S. Johnston has pur
chased the building formerly oc
cupied by J. R. Holt and Son drug
store. Mr. Johnston is an old ex
perienced man in the drug busi
ness and owns a drug store in
Smithfield. He will receive a hear
ty welcome in Princdton. Good
healthy competition is the life of
business. Mr. Johnston will open
his drug store here in a few days.
Now that Mr. Johnston has
cracked the ice, the time is now
ripe for one of the Smithfield
banks to open a branch. Smith
field being the county seat, the
local business here should as far
as possible be directed toward
Smithfield. On account of the fail
ure of the Princeton Bank and the
loss which has been sustained by
hundreds of citizens in this com
munity, it will be an impossibility
to get local men who have the
confidence to undertake another
bank here for years to come. But
the Smithfield bank could operate
a branch bank with success, it is
claimed by some of the business
men.
It is reported that burglars en
tered the home of Mr. George Mas
sengill, a farmer living about four
miles from Princeton, and that this
was done just before day Sunday
morning. Indications are that the
same two men did this job that rob
bed the four houses in Princeton
from one o’clock to a little after
two the same morning.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Fail, a son, on September 13th.
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A Tantalizer
There is exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
*ield, and if the right one de
ciphers their name and will pre
sent it to The Herald office, we
will present them with a com
plimentary ticket to the Vic
tory Theatre. You must bring
copy of this paper in order to
secure ticket.
rlulaobwdoy
Jack Hamilton recognized his
name last issue. ^