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It Will Pay You to Sell Your Tobacco On the Smithfield Tobacco Market i SMITHFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Renovation of Opera House Chamber of Commerce Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 VOLUME 44—NO. 76 * * * •SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 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 $2.00 PER YEAR Boy’s Experience Is Very Unusual Durward Creech Suffers Concussion of Brain After Encounter With Negro and Wanders To Selma Dunk Allen, a negro who is said to belong t< the street paving force, 1 in jail, and Durwood Creech, young son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Creech of this city, is recovering from slight concussion oi the brain besides sustain ing six cuts on the face, as a result from an unex pected encounter Satur day night. Durwood Creech left his home on Oakland Heights Saturday eve ning about 8 o’clock to go to his father’s drug store to work. On his way down town he passed the tent where a negro minstrel wa? showing on Market street in front of the Red Top Filling Station No. 2. A crowd was in front of the tent, it being about time for the show to beg-in,"and young Creech is said to have brushed the arm of Allen in passing. This seemed to offend the negro and some words were passed. Blows follow ed, but a few minutes later Creech with several cuts on his face made his way to his father s drug store. Little was thought at the time about Creech’s injury and his fath er suggested that he go back home and change his shirt before go ing to work. The young man start ed, and almost immediately after leaving the store, his mind be came a blank. He wandered around not knowing where he was, going further and further from his home. His family finally became alarm ed and a general hunt for him was instituted. As the anxiety on the part of his parents and friends grew, Selma officials were notified and asked to assist in the search, and about twelve o’clock he was found in an unconscious state by three boys on the Baptist church steps in Selma. The boys brought him home but young Creech does not know how he came to be in Selma. Physicians were summon ed and the case was diagnosed as concussion of the brain. He was himself yesterday, but on the ad vice of physicians is staying out of school for a few days. Creech is a member of the high school be ing in the ninth grade, and is pop ular among his school mates. Allen was arrested about two o'clock Sunday morning at John Jones cafe, J. F. Johnson, night policeman, making* the arrest. Orthopaedic Clinic At Wilson The next meeting of the Lions Orthopaedic clinic at Wilson will he held in the offices of the county health department of the court house on Friday, October 1. Every disabled resident of Johnston coun ty is invited to attend the clinic. A number of cripples from John ston have already reported to the clinic, and H. L. Stanton, super visor of vocational rehabilitation, is certain that there are others who need to be helped. If it concerns Johnston—it’s in The Herald, AUNT ROXIE SAYS By Me—< ww ma at “A store what don't have camfiah Nominee For Treasurer RANSOME CREECH Ransome Creech For Co. Treasurer Native of Oneals But Now Of Selma Township; Wen In Primary Over Four Opponents J. Ransome Creech was in the June primary of 1926 along with four other popular aspirants for the nomination for the office of county treasurer. He secured the nomination by a lead of some 300 votes over all the rest of his wor thy opponents. Mr. Creech was born and reared in Oneal’s township. He received his education in the local school. In 1905 he married Miss Martha Strickland of Nash county, and for about a dozen years he was en gaged in farming at the old home site. In 1914 his health failed and he was forced to leave the farm. He then went to Selma to engage in lighter work, moving his fam ily there where he has since been engaged in general clerical work. Mr. Creech is now forty-one years of age. He has always been an ardent supporter of the Dem ocratic party. He has never been before the people of the coun ty before this time for any public office By down-right honesty, by an energy that has often snatched victory out of defeat and by his high standard of moral character and devotion to every trust, Mr. Creech has grown into prominent usefulness. MRS. MARY O. COWPEK TO SPE \K AT SKI M A Selma, Sept. 27.—Mrs. Mary O. Cowper, of Durham, wil| ad dress the Selma Woman’s < lub on Wednesday evening. Sept. 29. at 3:30 o’cl >.’k in tne school auditorium. Her subject will be "American and North Caro lina Citizenship." The public is cordially invited. D has been previously announced that Mrs. Palmer Jerman, of Raleigh, would deliver an address on that date before the Selma club but | she finds it impossible to be b‘re at that time, but expects to come later. DONNELL WHARTON ON PUBLICATION BOARD Davidson. Sept. 24.—H. M. Aus tin, of Laredo, Texas; W. H. Branch Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., and L. D. Wharton, Jr., of Smithfiled N. C.. were elected yesterday by David son College students to constitute the publication board, which di rects the activities of the three ma jor publications of the college, as well as minor ones. Ail of the men elected are editors nf the Maga zine, newspap t anu annual, re spectiely. Other candidates were J. II. Hall, of Statesville. N. C., B. F Martin, of Atlanta. C^n., and W. C. Ogend, of Mobile Ala., each pub lication offering two men for the three places. The vote stood Aus tin 21(5; Branch 189; Wharton 186: Hall 101; Martin 98, and Ogden 11. Total votes cast were 287, the j freshmen not being allowed tc jenst a ballot. All of the men are , seniors except Martin. The electior gonstitutes his seconi Heflin To Make Political Speech Alabama Senator Con sents To Deliver Ad dress at Smithfield on Friday, October 8th I In a statement made in Raleigh to friends Saturday, it was defi nitely announced by Congressman E. W. Pou that his friend and col league. Senator J. T. Heflin, of Alabama, will deliver a speech here in the courthouse on Friday, October 8th, at 8:00 p. m. His speech will be of a political nature and it is expected that he will make a vigorous attack on the Repub lican party. His speech will vir tually open the Democratic cam paign in Johnston county and will be the first of a number of speeches which will be delivered in the county during the campaign. Senator Heflin is not a stranger to the people of Johnston, thousands having heard him here in two speeches durisg the East Caro lina Exposition in April, 1925. and his coming will attract a large audience. Other speakers of note who will visit the county during the campaign are former Governor Cameron Morrison, Governor A. W. McLean, Hon. J. W. Bailey, Hon. O. Max Gardner and Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. Senator Heflin will also open the I Johnston county fair at its open ing* on October 5. FUNERAL OF MRS. LUTHER GRANTHAM HELD HERE All Princeton was saddened when it became known that on Saturday evening a little past 8 o’clock Mrs. Luther Grantham had passed away. P"or weeks Mrs. Grantham had suffered intensely with heart trouble. She sought relief in the Johnston County Hos pital some time ago, but her case was beyond the skill of earthly physicians. When death came Sat urday it was to release her im mortal spirit from a pain-racked The funeral was held at the Princeton Baptist church of which she was a faithful member yes terday at twelve o’clock, conduct ed by Rev. Jas. W. Rose. The body was then brought to Smithfield and at two o’clock was laid to rest near her mother who preceded her to the grave years ag-o. The pall [bearers were: Messrs. C. R. Gur ley. J. J. Boyette, L. D. Mitchell, S. G. Fail, H. A. Watson, and W. H. Massey. The deceased was before her marriage Miss Laura Barnes, the daughter of Mr. Turner Barnes of this city. She grew up and lived here until her marriage when she went to Princeton. She is surviv ed by her husband and six chil dren, as follows: Mr. Lawrence Grantham of Philadelphia, Misses Ruth and Edna Grantham, Henry. I. oraine and Luther, Jr., of Prince ton. She also leaves six grandchil dren. Among those from a distance here to attend the funeral was a son-in-law, Mr. Thos. Briggs, of Sumter, S. C.. and a sister, Mrs. Ada Culbreth of Falcon. The Elephant Johnny came back from the cir cus very much excited. “Oh, mamma,” he cried, as soon as he got in the house, “Kate spill ed some peanuts, and what do you think the elephant did? He pick ed ’em all up with his vacuum cleaner.”—Everybody’s. 5 Gallons Gasoline If the person who has the fol lowing N. C. license number will present a copy of this to IIol leman Motor Company, local Chevrolet dealers, before the next issue of The Herald they will receive five gallons of gas oline absolutely free. Your li cense tag reads: 4HI-257C FREE TICKETS FOR SCHOOL CHIDREN ANI) TEACHERS All white school children and teachers of Johnston county are especially invited to attend the Johnston County Fair on Tues day the 5th. Free tickets may secured at the office of John A. Narron, Secretary, in Smith field until Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock, the 2nd of October. Senator Thomas (Tom) J. Heflin, of Alabama, will offic ially open the fair at 12 o’clock Baptist Women At Pine Level Twenty-Third Session Of Woman’s Missionary Union Johnston Assoc. To Be held Oct. 12 The twenty-third session of the Woman’s Missionary Union of Johnston Baptist Association will be held with Pine Level Baptist Church. Tuesday, October 12th, 1926. Opening hour 9:45 a. m. This will be an all day meeting with dinner served on the grounds. A large delegation is desired and urged from every church in the association with or without mis sionary societies. Especially are the young people wanted of the Y. W. A.'s., G. A.’s, and Sunbeams' age. To all pastors a most press ing* invitation is given. We need you and you need us. Visitors are welcome. Hospitality Committee: Mrs. B. L. Strickland, chairman, Mrs. F. C. Price, and Mrs. Earl Godwin, of Pine Level. Please communicate with this committee if you wish to be entertained over night. MRS. B. A. HOCUTT, Supt. MISTAKE CORRECTED In naming t.ie executive com mittee of the County Service Coun cil in the last issue of The Herald the name of Mr. H. R. Gerald, of Pine Level, should have been on the list instead of Mr. J. R. Oliver. The executive committee is com posed of the following: ,T. D. Mas sey, Selma; Cl'fton Pea-’ce, Micro; Q. B. Hocutt, Clayt m; H. R. Ger ad, Pine Level, ard Edgar Den ning, Four Oaks STEREOPTICAN LECTURE AT BAPTIST CHURCH Last Sunday night at the Bap tist church the pastor gave a ster eopticon lecture on William Carey, the famous pioneer Baptist mis sionary to India. The lecture was much appreciated by the congrega tion. The boys of the older Royal Ambassadors of the church acted as ushers and furnished an orches tra for the occasion, they having taken the initiative in buying the lantern which the church now owns. It is the plan of the church to have a similar stereopticon lec ture one Sunday evening each month. UNIVERSITY EXPECTS TO ENROLL 8,000 STUDENTS Chapel Hill, Sept. 2.—The Uni versity of North Carolina is ex pected to give instruction to ap proximately 8.000 students this year. Already 2,325 have enrolled for the fall quarter, an increase of 100 over last year. Registration still is in progress and there are two more quarters before the year ends. It is estimated that the res idence enrollment will be about 2,500. Last year there were 2,800 ex tension students and Russell M. Grumman, acting director of the extension division, expects this year’s extension enrollment to be 3,000. In nearly all of the ten schools of the university there is a g-ain in the number of students this year. The first year law class is double that of last year. There is a decrease of 50 per cent in the school of pharmacy, ascribed to the new requirement of three years for the B. S. degree in pharmacy. Farmers of Avery county sold over $10,000 worth of green beans TOBACCO SELLING BETTER ON SMITH FIELD MARKET Tobacco on the Smithfield market continues to bring the high dollar. Prices were good during the first we):k but they have steadily gained since the opening. The low grades are selling particularly well. Read the advertisements for the av erage at the three Smithfield warehouses and bring your next load here. Cash Prizes For Highest Mileage Local Ford Dealer Offers $60 To Winners in Con test As To How Far 1926 Models Will Go On Gallon of Gas Owners of 1926 model Fords will be interested in the mileage contest that is to be put on throughout Central North Caro lina in the near future, in which there is a chance to win $120 in gold. The local Ford dealers, the Young Motor Company, announce in an ad elsewhere in this issue that on Tuesday, October 5th, a contest will be staged here to see how far a 1926 model Ford will go on a gallon of gas. The contest ants will start from the Ford place in this city, and the proprie tors will give to any one interest ed the rules and regulations. Sixty dollars will be given away in prizes. There will be a prize of $20-00 to the winner in the closed car contest; $20.00 to the winner open car contest; $10.00 to second closed car contest; $10.00 to sec ond open car contest. Winners in the local contest may enter the competition in Raleigh For the $300.00 which will be given away on Thursday, October 7th. The local contest will start at noon, October 5th. and it is ex pected to be an interesting time when the returns begin to come in as to how many miles have been traveled on one gallon of gas. COUNTY COUNCIL HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING Twenty or thirty-five ladies From different parts of the county were here Saturday afternoon to attend the regular monthly meet ng of the County Council, home iemonstration work. Miss Thomas, ■state nutrition specialist, was present and gave a very helpful demonstration in preparing safl ads. Miss Thomas used the vege :ables available in winter in most :>f the salads. A very interesting feature of Che meeting was a speed contest in making mayonnaise dressing. Six contestants competed as follows: Mrs. Preston Creech, of the Creech Hub; Miss Daisy Creech, of the breech Club; Mrs. Poole, of Selma; Miss Sarah Hill, of Pomona; Mrs. Percy Barnes, of Pomona, and Mrs. r. W. Ives, president of the Coun ty Council. Miss Sarah Hill prov ed to be the most rapid mixer, laving her salad dressing made in :>ne minute. During the morning Miss Thomas met those who were interested in the county wide meal planning and table contest. Another Still Captured Deputy Sheriffs F. L. Pittman, C. Q. Stephenson and J. O. Hinton :>f this city, J. D. Stephenson, of Princeton, and Mr. Adams, a rev enue officer from Dunn, captured a 30-gallon copper still and complete outfit Saturday at the Smith old mill pond in Boon Hill township. When the officers were between seventy-five and a hundred yards of the still they saw five or six negroes running in the opposite tlirection. The officers soon located Ihe still which was running at full blast. Two worms were connected with the still and whiskey was running out at two places. Six gallons of whiskey and 600 gal lons of bSer were found and de stroyed. The cream rises to the top but s,o Negro Fatally Shot Sat. Night Ernest Radford Dies In Hcapital Here Sunday From Wounds Receiv ed In a Fracas Saturday Night Two negroes who have been here with the street paving force, got into a dispute early Saturday night over some clothes, and now one of them'is dead, and the other is in jail charged with his mur der. Ernest Rodford is the negro who is dead, and the man who shot him gives his name as Robert Chaplin. The altercation took place on Market street near the station, and in the course of the fuss Chap lin is said to have produced a 38 pistol firing shots that passed through the lungs and liver of Rodford. Rodford, who was not killed instantly, was taken to the colored doctor, Dr. Furlong, and then to the Johnston County Hos pital where he died Sunday morn ing about eleven o’clock. Lhaplin was arrested soon after the shooting took place and placed in jail to await the outcome of Rodford’s injuries. Yesterday afternoon Chaplin was tried in mayor’s court and turned loose, the court having found no probable cause. In a short time the chief of police had sworn out another warrant before the solicitor of recorder’s court and Chaplin was rearrested and remanded to jail where he now awaits trial in recorder’s court. CLAYTON MOURNS DEATH OF MRS. C. B. TURLEY Clayton, Sept. 24.—Clayton was shocked when it became known that Mrs. Charles B. Turley was dead, having passed away sudden ly at her home on Fayetteville street. Perhaps no death that has oc curred in Clayton in years sadden ed so many people as did the pass ing of this good woman, who was known and loved by the entire community. In the affairs of her church she was always active, and in her death Clayton Baptist church has lost one of its most faithful and loyal members. Mrs. Turley was the daughter of the late John Hales and wife, and all or most of her life had been spent in Clayton. She was about 43 years old at the time of her death, and Resides her husband, is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eloise Owen, of Wilson county, and Misses Miriam, Ethland and Mary Pitts Turley. One sister, Mrs. Pauline Pittman, of Oxford, and two brothers, Nor man Hales, of Florida, and Loomis llales, of Henderson, also survive. Funeral services were held from Clayton Baptist church, conducted by her pastor, Dr. Ira Andrews I he vast audience that attended the services and the numerous and beautiful flowers spoke eloquently of the love of so many for the de ceased. A quartette composed of Messrs. C. W. Carter, D. M. Hall, Aubrey and Ekie Gattis sang sev eral of her favorite selections at the church and at the graveside. Pall bearers were: Dr. B. A. Hoc utt, J. D. Barbour, W. F. Weath ers. John T. Talton, W. I. Whit ley, Neil Barnes, Jesse Ellis and C. II. Beddingfield. The flower bearers were the members of the Fidelis class, who marched in double file from the church to the cemetery, immediately following the hearse. TWO WEEKS’ TERM CIVIL COURT NOW IN SESSION A two weeks’ term of civil court of tlie Johnston County Superior Ccurt began here yes terday with Hon. E. H. Cran mer, of Southport, the presid ing judge. One hundred and twenty-fiv£ cases are on the ! calendar for this week besides ; DOUBT ABOUT FIVE NAMES SOLDIER ROYS The list oi' Johnston county soldiers who lost their lives in the World War is still incom plete. The committee has had information concerning the ' {James turned in except five ! The doubtful names are as fel lows : , John Derry McCullers. Raymond A. Jordan. ' Barney A. Benson. James H. Easom. It is important that this list be accurate before the plate is engraved to be placed on the monument to be erected in the next few weeks on the court house square. Any informa tion regarding the above five will be welcomed by Mr. I). Carlton Stephenson, Smithfield. S. S. Convention Is Well Attended Live Oak Sunday School Awarded Pennant For Largest Attendance The Johnston County Sunday school convention held with the Baptist church at Selma, Sept. 21 and 22 was considered a success by the county officers. More than 200 people attended from ten Sun day schools. Among thosee present were a large number of Sunday school teachers and officers and a good attendance of pastors and j Sunday school superintendents. The attendance pennant was won by the Live Oak Baptist Sunday school, they having .thirty of their members present who were sixteen years old or over. This school is five miles from Selma. The principal addresses were de livered by Miss Pattie Coghill, of Henderson, and D. W. Sims, of Raleigh, general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday school association. The invitation from the Kenly Presbyterian church to hold the next annual convention with that church was unanimously accepted by the convention. The county officers elected for the ensuing year are it follows: President;, C. E. Younger, Selma; vice- president M. J. Creech, Selma; secretary-treasurer, Miss Marga ret Etheridge, Selma Divisional superintendents: the Children’s Division, Mrs. Parlia Hudson, Benson; Your.g Peoples Division, J. Will Hollovell, Kenly; Adult Division, Rev. A. C. Sum mers, Kenly; Administrative Di vision, R. H. Alford, Smithfield. Township presidents: Clayton, Will Parrish, Clayton; Elevation, J. S. Johnson. Four Oaks; Ban ner, Prof. R. C. Renegar, Benson; Ingrams, R. A. Bain, Four Oaks; Beulah, A. J. Broughton, Kenly; Meadow, I). J. Wood. Benson, R. F. D.; Boon Hill, W. M. Holt. Princeton; Micro, Dr. M. Hinnant, Micro; O’Neal, A. D. O'Neal, Selma. R. F. D.; Pine Level, D. U. Oliver, Pine Level; Pleasant Grove, C. C. Young, Willow Springs, R. F. D.; Smithfield, Ira Medlin, Smithfield; Wilders, J. W. Barnes. Clayton; Selma, C. E. Younger, Selma; Wilson’s Mills, J. T. Holt, Wilson’s Mills. FLORIDA RELIEF STANDS AT OVER TWO MILLION Washington, Sept. 24.—Contri butions to the Red Cross Florida storm relief fund today reached $2,012,000. John Barton Payne, na tional chairman of the organiza tion, announced. Mr. Payne said that while the first appeal for funds set a min imum of between four and five millions it was now apparent the latter figure would be required as the need for instant relief was greater than first indicated. | Revised figures on the disaster show, he added, that 5,100 homes were totally destroyed. 6,000 per sons injured and 50,000 homeless. The announced, contribution does not include New York City. Farm women in North Carolina have found that they are not too old to have a good time camping out just the same as the younger - Forecast Large Yield of Cotton Crop of 15,810,000 Bale Predicted By The De partment of Agriculture —Production By State* - . Washington, Sept. 23.— A cottor crop of 15.810,000 bales of 501 pounds gross weight is indicate< by the September 16 condition of the crop which was 59 per cen: of a normal, the Department o' Agriculture announced today. Cotton of this year’s growth gir ned prior to September 16 totallt 2,511,317 running bales, counti; 61,584 round bales as half bale and excluding linters, the Cense Bureau announced today. Upon the preliminary estimate area remaining for harvest, 4' 207,000 acres, the indicated cr would approximate a yield of Im pounds of lint cotton acre. A crop of 15,166-000 bales wa indicated by the September 1 cor dition, which was 59.5 per cent of a normal, approximating a yiel* * of 153.6 pounds per acre. La^‘ year production was 16,103, 67 bales, the September 16 conditio was 53.8 and the acre yield' 167. pounds / Production By States The condition on September 1< and indicated production by state follows: Virginia condition 65 per cen and production 47,000 bales. North Carolina 69 and 1,199.000. South Carolina 50 and 1,057,00 Georg-ia 56 and 1,169.000. Florida 65 and 26,000. Missouri 61 and 213,000. Tennessee 54 and 369,000. Alabama 62 and 1.161,000. Mississippi 62 and 1,401,000. Louisiana 58 and 5,259,000. Texas 57 and 5.259,000. Oklahoma 62 and 1,664,000. Arkansas 59 and 1,286,000. New Mexico 90 and 79.000 Arizona 81 and 103,000. California (old Mexico) 92 am 89,000 (latter not included in b S. totals.) Range forecasts indicating min imum and maximum crops under certain conditions were eliminated in today’s crop report. Ginnings totalled' 4,282,066 run ning bales including 53.311, round bales to Sept. 16, last year and 2, 665,793 running bales, including 87-865 round bales, to that date in 1924. Ginnings by states this year to Sept. 16 were: Alabama 225,948. Arizona 14,114. Arkansas 132,792. California 6,576. Georgia 343.814. Louisiana 172,608. Mississippi 256,599. Missouri 7,763. New Mexico 640. North Carolina 35,723. Oklahoma 36.913. South Carolina 36,913. South Carolina 159,387. Tennessee 6,916. Texas 1,099.546. All other states 365.—Associat ed Press. Orphans To Holly Springs An orphan rally will be held a Holly Spring Freewill Bapti? church or? the first Sunday in 0 tober. Brother C. G. Pope, the s perintendent of the orphanaj will be there with the orphans ar. a special program will be giver; Everybody is invited to attend an* carry dinner. No admission will b* charged but a free will offering will be taken. E. G. HOLLAND. A Tantalizer There ia exactly enough let- i ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith- j field, and if the right one d«- , ciphers their name and will pre- t sent it to The Herald office, we will present them with a com- j plimentary ticket to the Vic- { tory Theatre. You must bring copy of this paper in order to 5 secure ticket. rsmayorets Ben Baker recognized his name last issue. J|LM % _
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