SMITHFIELD NEEDS:
Daily Meat and Milk Inspection
Bigger Pay Roll. ^
A Modern Hotel
Renovation of Opera House
Chamber of Commerce
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
County Farm Agent
Better Hoads Feeding Highways
Equal Opportunity for Every
School Child
Better Marketing System
More Food and Feed Crops
VOLUME 44—NO. 80 * * *
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1926
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$2.00 PER YEAR
A Former Deputy
Makes Statement
Says Superior Officer Told
Him To Go Slow In
Arresting Republican
Blockaders But Get
Negroes and Democrats
When a dog bites a man it is
not news, but if a man bites a dog
it gets a headline. If Democrats
make charges against the Repub
licans, it is a part of the game.
When a man who has been a Re
publican attacks his own adminis
tration near election time, it is a
signal for the public to sit up and
take notice. A statement rtartlir.g
in its content has been giver. The
Herald for publication, which is
calculated to make every law-aoid
ing citizen and even some who are
not law-abiding do this very thing.
J. K. Hartley of Boon Hill town
ship makes a grave charge against
a public official. The statement
which is so clear and succinct that
it requires no comment, is as fol
lows:
“Since last March the question
has several times been asked of
me why I ceased to be a Deputy
Sheriff under Sheriff J. Prim Par
ker I have answered each ques
tion in the way I shall now at
tempt to answer that question in
public print.
“I was sworn in as a Deputy
Sheriff sometime about May, 1925
and served in that capacity for a
period of ten months and nine
days. As a Deputy Sheriff I cap
tured, or assisted in capturing, 67
stills and I captured every opera
tor of those stills that I could. In
doing this work I thought I was
performing- my duty as an officer
of the law, and I thought I was
rendering a much needed service to
the people of the county.
“On the 5th day of March, 1925,
I received a letter, which I still
have in my possession, which re
quested me to report to the sher
iff’s office at once, and I went im
mediately to the office and Sheriff
Prim Parker took me off to the
back steps of the courthouse and
he asked me about the arrests I
had been making, and then he told
me that I would have to go slow.
He told me the way to handle re
ported stills was first to investi
gate who it was who was running
them, and if I found that it was
a Negro or a Democrat who was
running it to go ahead' and rush
it, but .if I found that it was a Re
publican I would have to be silent
about it, as I had already arrested
so many Republicans that I was
hurting the party badly.
“I then told the Sherif that if
this was what he expected of me
as a subordinate officer, that I
thought the best thing I could do
would be to resign, and he said
he thought so too. He then prem
ised me that he would publish in
the papers my exact reason for
resigning. I have waited for sev
eral months and he has not done
as he promised me he would do;
therefore, I have taken this meth
od of telling the good people of
this county just how it happened
that I am no longer a Deputy
Sheriff.
“J. K. HARTLEY.”
And, while it doesn’t matter, the
whole Damn family in New York
had its name changed to Garman.
It’s natural a man’s second wife
shouldn’t love him as much as his
first. He’s been revamped.
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—i
“Dat cotton helpin’ crowd haz
dun stepped on Gew Anner’s corn
toe.”
Ex-Governor Morrison
Will deliver political speeches in Johnston County tomorrow (Satur
day) one at Archer Lodge at three o’clock in the afternoon and at
Kenly at 7:30 o’clock in the evening.
Former Co. Agent
Asks For Meeting
A. M. Johnson Would
Arouse Interest In Hog
Raising In Johnston
County
Various are the plans being
suggested for low priced cotton.
Mr. A. M. Johnson, of Cleveland
township, former county farm
agent, is. calling a meeting of all
those interested in hog raising at
the courthouse on Saturday, Oct.
16th, at 3 o’clock.
In issuing this call, Mr. John
son states:
“The cotton farmer is down on
his back; and the weight of nearly
seventeen million bales is going
to hold him there for no ttelling
how long. The weather and the
boll weevil is his only hope.
“The leaders on and off the farm
can do little for the recent predic
ament—the farmer must do it
himself—and that must necessar
ily be a quick shift from cotton
to another crop more favorable to
our methods here.
“I am sorry for the folks over
the South. They have worked hard
and get less than nothing in re
turn, there is yet one good fea
ture to the issue and that is that
any individual or community or
county can to a great extent rem
edy the disease of too much cot
ton. I refer to Johnston county
only now.
“My suggestion is this: shift to
pork protection right now, this
fall, and sell it on the hoof in car
lots on the livestock markets in
Virginia and Pennsylvania begin
ning next August. We have yet
time to plant grazing crops, buy
and breed sows for January far
rowings, and to glow a 200-pound
hog by August, which will bring*
around thirteen cents a pound on
foot. Fatten them in the field, not
in a pen. on oats, rape and corn
for the August market and on corn
soybeans and sweet potatoes in the
fall and winter for the February
market. Let the hog do the work.
Any farmer here can raise as many
pounds of pork as he generally does
of cotton on half the land it takes
for cotton, and still have the other
half left for cotton. ‘Hogs and
cotton,’ >s what the wise farmer
says who has them.
“Let us meet at the courthouse
at Smithfield Saturday, October
16th and find out who and how
[many are interested' in the hog and
Princeton School
Has Fine Opening
More Than 400 Children
Present First Day—
Large Number Visitors
Princeton, Oct. 13.—The most Im
portant event of the week was the
opening of the Princeton school on
Wednesday morning*. There were
more than 400 children present, and
a large number of the parents and
friends of the school. There are
thirteen young ladies present, with
one more, the music teacher, to ar
rive later in the week, one gen
tleman teacher of the tenth grade,
and Prof. Young, superintendent
of the school.
Rev. S. L. Naff, pastor of the
First Baptist Church at Mount
Olive, was present and in his in
teresting and very impressing
manner entertained this large num
ber of young boys and girls for a
few minutes, explaining to them
the great burden which is directly
placed upon each individual child'.
The child must make an effort him
self, or else the teacher is power
less to force learning into an un
willing mind. You want it to be,
and no child is properly educated
in any grade of the school if t*he
Bible and religious training are
left out.
Kev. Mr. rerry, pastor ot tne
Methodist church, had a few words
to say in which he invited the
young lady teachers to visit the
parsonage at any time and to at
tend the church and Sunday school
services. Rev. Mr. Rose, pastor of
the Baptist church, invited the
young ladies to attend the Baptist
church and Sunday school, and re
gretted that there was no parson
age in Princeton for him to in
vite them.
The entire community should re
member that it is under social ob
ligations to the young ladies of
the school. It will be remembered
that dormitory life it not home
life.
Weakened Too Soon.
Irate Flat-Dweller: “Look here,
Brown, your infernal loud-speaker
kept me up till twelve last night!”
Wireless Fiend: “My dear old
cherub, you oug*ht to have stuck
it for another quarter of an hour;
we got some great stuff from
Paris.”—The Passing Show.
cotton proposition and see what we
can do about it. Iam at the far
mers service. Meet me at three
p. m.
Lions Club Is
Organized Here
D. Carlton Stephenson Is
Chosen President and
Other Officers Are
Elected
The Lions Club that has been
recently formed in Smithfield held
its organization meeting at the
Woman’s club Monday evening and
elected its officers to serve for the
remainder of the fiscal year. They
entertained a visitation from the
Raleigh Loins Club including Dep
uty District Governor Robert Ruff
ner, Lions Dan Terry and John
Foster. A very nice supper was
served by the Woman’s club and
it was unanimously decided to
make this club the headquarters
of the Lions Club of Smithfield.
The program was in charge of
Field Representative George .D.
VanKirk* of Chicago, 111., who held
an election of officers and then
called °n the visitors for brief ad
dresses, all of whom responded and
were profuse in their complimen
tary remarks and extended a hearty
welcome to the Cubs. The follow
ing officers were elected: D. Carl
ton Stephenson, president; B. J.
Holleman. 1st vice-president; Mar
vin Sasser, 2nd vice-president; L.
E. Watson, Jr., 3rd vice-president;
T. Honeycutt, secretary; J. P.
Richardson, treasurer; George Ful
ler, Lion Tamer; J. P. Rogers.
Tail Twister. The following were
elected Directors: J. P. Parker,
George T. Scott, Neil Barnes, J.
V. Ogburn and Chas. Beasley.
Hear ye, like the town crier of
old, we are warning the good peo
ple of Smithfield that the “Lions”
will be turned loose in their midst,
in the near future, for one of the
big events of the year in Johnston
county. The Lions Club of Smith
field will be host to the various
clubs of this section of the state,
for a roaring* good time in cele
bration of their Charter Night.
It is with pride that we congrat
ulate these hustling, enterprising
business men of Smithfield in step
ping out and organizing this unit
of the Lions in less than a week.
Smithfield can well be proud of
these men and this town; it is pro
gressive spirit of this character
that will put Smithfield over the
top. Not only will the Lions roam
and roar but they will feast and
play as well.
The following are the princi^
ples:
“Full and hearty cooperation
with all other clubs, the Chamber
of Commerce and other civic and
commercial organizations, in all
movements in the community which
seek to promote any betterment,
civic, industrial or educational, and
any plans looking towards the
elimination of class distinction.
“Promotion of public health, hy
giene and sanitation, especially
among- those who need instruction
and guidance in the care and feed
ing of children.
“Being an organization thorough
ly loyal to our governments it is
our special interest to advance ed
ucation in the language, customs,
ideals and governments of our
countries, especially among adults
of foreign birth.
“Strict adherence to the highest
code of ethics in business and so
cial relations.
“The biggest asset of any nation
being its people, one of the cardi
nal points of Lionism is the culti
vation of a spirit of genuine
brotherhood among men.”
Pageant at Methodist Church
Parents are urged to attend the
special, service at the Methodist
chuYch Sunday evening at 7:30
o’clock. A pageant will be given by
several members of the Sunday
school. This week has been observ
ed as Children’s Week by the
teachers of the elementary depart
ment of the Methodist Sunday
school.
Four Oaks League To Antioch
Four Oaks Epworth League will
render a program at Antioch
Methodist church near R. E. Lee’s
store next Sunday night at 7:30
o’clock. The public is cordialv in
vited.
Two Full Days In
Recorder's Court
Tuesday and Wednesday
Devoted To The Trial
of Criminal Cases
The Recorder’s Court has had
two busy days here this week met
ing out justice to wrong-doers.
The following cases were disposed
of:
Donnie Griffin, a negro of this
city, was charged with carrying a
concealed weapon, and with public
drunkness. On the first count he
was taxed with a $25 fine and ac
companying cost. Judgment was
continued upon payment of cost on
the second charge.
A. P. Stephenson, white, of Clay
ton way, was convicted on a charge
of trespass. He was committed to
jail for a period of four months,
which fine was later remitted.
Avery Watson, a Smithfield ne
gro, was found’ guilty of an as
sault and was discharged upon the
payment of cost in the sum of $15
to prosecuting witness.
F. H. Byrd was called and fail
ed.
Duncan Allen, colored, charged
with an assault with deadly wea
pon, was found guilty and given
a term of twelve months on the
county roads. From this judgment
defendant took an appeal to the
superior court.
R. G. McKoy, a white man, was
convicted of stealing and was giv
en a 30-day jail sentence to be
suspended upon payment of $25 as
a fine, and the cost of the action.
Will Futrell, a colored man of
Smithfield, was convicted of pos
sessing whiskey for purpose of
sale. He was fined $50 and taxed
with the costs.
Viola, Mary and Annie Flowers,
negro women, upon conviction of
an affray, were each fined $10 and
a one-third part of the cost.
Robert Haley, negro, was under
indictment for using a weeding
hoe on Viola, Mary and Annie
Flowers, but on this charge there
was no conviction. He was convict
ed of simple assault and discharg
ed upon payment of cost and' a
fine of $10.
Ernest Rogers, white, was dis
charged upon payment of cost in
a case charging simple assault.
There was another warrant charg
ing this defendant with assault
and a conviction was secured. H^
was discharged upon payment of
costs.
Kenneth Williams, white, was
convicted of possessing liquor in
violation of the Turlington act.
Prayer for judgment was continu
ed upon payment of costs.
The State failed to convict on
an indictment against Robert Par
rish and Virgil Parrish, his daugh
ter, charging them with immoral
relations.
Henry Williams, colored’, charg
ed with abandonment, was convict
ed. Judgment was suspended upon
payment of cost.
Willie Atkinson was called and
failed. Ni si scifa and capias.
Annie Adams and Ezra Byrd,
white of Elevation township, were
convicted of prostitution. Defend
ant Annie Adams was sent to jail
for six months and Defendant
Byrd was assigned to work the
county roads for a term of six
months.
Ramon Bridges, a white man,
was brought into court on a capias.
He had been formerly convicted
of bastardy and had been given a
chance to raise a $200 fine with
which he had been taxed. He was
committed to jail on condition that
he could be released upon payment
of the $200 fine to the prosecu
trix.
Willie Hudson, a white man of
Benson, who had already been con
victed of possessing liquor in vi
olation of the Turlington act, was
again in court today to receive
sentence. He was committed to the
state farm for a period of one
year.
Lula Langley and Wade A. Wor
ley, charged with prostitution,
were called. Defendant Lula Lang
ley failed and a capias was order
ed. Trial of both defendants was
continued until November.
Grant Smith and Jesse Thomp
son were convicted of larceny and
(Turn to page four, pleaseX
Congressman E. W. 1*011
Speaks at Archer Lodge tomorrow (Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Teachers Hold
Conference Here
Eight Months Schools Are
Represented By 164
Teachers—Dr. High
smith Speaks
One hundred sixty-four teachers
o fthe eight ninths schools of
Johnston county were in conference
with county school officials here
Tuesday. The meeting* was held
in preparation of the opening of
these schools on Wednesday, and
the time was devoted largely to
discussion by Superintendent Mar
row of school organization, and
the presenting of the program fo
work and outline courses of study
by Miss Mary E. Wells, rural su
pervisor.
Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, State
Supervisor of High Schools, was
present for a part of the sesion
and talked to those present briefly
on the reconstruction of high
schools.
Mrs. D. J. Thurson, county wel
fare superintendent, was present
and explained how she wished to
handle the attendance this year.
The eight months schools rep
resented here Tuesday include Ken
ly, Glndale, Meadow, Micro, Pine
Level, Four Oaks, Archer Lodge,
Corinth-Holders, Princeton and
Wilson’s Mills. Besides these
schools which do high school work
the folowing smaller schools feed
ers ior tne high schools, were rep
resented: Hickory Cross, Pitman’s
Brogden, Corinth. Mount Zion,
Parker’s, Royall. (Elevation). Cor
inth (near Four Oaks), Brown’s
Barnes, Hales, Emit and Yelving
ton’s Grove.
Legion Auxiliary To Meet
This evening (Friday) at eight
o’clock the American Legion aux
iliary will hold its regular meet
ing in th ecommissioners room.
The members are urged to be
present.
Wedding Announcement
“Mr. and Mrs. John Calvin
Ennis announce the marriage of
their daughter Ruth Munns to Mr.
William Anderson Finch on Thurs
day, the fourteenth of October,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six,
Smithfield, North Carolina.
TO VOTERS SMITHFIELD
AND JOHNSTON COUNTY
Sde your registrar and as
certain whether or not your
name is on the registration
books in your township. Reg
istration books for Smithfield
township nowr open at the Sun
dry Shoppe, D. Carlton Steph
enson, Registrar.
Judge Kerr To Be
Principal Speaker
Accepts Invitation Ten
dered By F. H. Brooks,
Chairman of Armistrice
Day Celebration
The committees at work on the
Armistice Day celebration to be
held here this year are planning
for a complete program in every
respect.
Mr. F. H. Brooks, county chair
man, announces that Judge John
H. Kerr, of Warrenton, has accept
ed an invitation to deliver the prin
cipal address on that day. Judge
Kerr, formerly a superior court
judge, is now congressman from
the Second North Carolina Dis
trict. whom many people remem
ber very kindly when he held a
term of court in Johnston county.
In commenting upon the coming
of Judge Kerr, Mr. Brooks states
that “the program is about com
plete and the eleventh of Novem
ber promises to be a day long to
be remembered in Johnston coun
ty. Judge Kerr is one of the out
standing men of the state in this
age. He made an enviable record
as superior court judg-e; has trav
eled largely over the United States
and has studied and is familiariz
ed with the needs of the American
people and especially North Caro
lina, and is now taking a high
rank amongst the younger con
gressmen of the United States
ess.
“Judge Kerr is a fluent and
forceful speaker and the people of
Johnston county have a great treat
in store for them, and they should
at once make plans to be in Smith
field on November 11th and hear
this great speech, as well as do
honor to the boys who gave their
services and lives in the greatest
war ever stag*ed in the interests
of world peace.”
Methodist Church.
The pastor, Rev. A. J. Parker,
will preach at 11 a. m. The offer
ing will be for the benefit of the
Superannuate Endowment Fund.
Every member of the church is
expected to be present. Visitors
are cordially invited.
At 7:30 a pageant will be put on !
by the Sunday school. You do not
want to miss either of these serv-1
ices. A treat awaits every one who '
comes.
Attend Wedding In City.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yelverton,
of Fremont, were in the city yes-1
terday to attend the marriage of'
their sister, Miss Ruth Ennis to
Mr. W. A. Finch, which took place
at the Baptist parsonage yester
day morning,
i
Baptist Pastors
In Session Here
Two New Pastors, R. L'.
Shirley of Selma and G.
P. Lanier of the Trinity;
Field Welcomed to
County
By REV. S. L. MORGAN
A full meeting of the Baptist
pastors’ conference was held Octo*
ber 11th, two new pastors being
welcomed, R. L. Shirley, of Selma,
and G. P. Lanier, pastor of the
Trinity field. It is a great pleas
ure to report that Rev. A. L<
Brown, of Rose Hill, has accepted
the pastorate of the Four Oaks
field, and will begin his. new work
the first Sunday in November. He
Comes from Rose Hill with a fine
record for successful work, espec
ially with young- people. This
gives the association five new
pastors since the last session a
year ago, the other two being An
drews at Clayton and Kirk at
Benson. Again all the pastorless
fields are supplied. £
The main discussion in the pas
tor’s conference related to the
work of Misses Beck and Mattison
as specialists in the association, the
question being the continuance of
the work another year. The pas
tors passed a motion commending
the fine service rendered by both
the workers and recommending to
the association that both these de
partment of work be continued, if
some means can be found for fi
nancing it. The outlook was con
fessedly dark in view of the fact
that as yet only about one-fifth of
the entire yearly budget for this
work has been paid in by the
churches, with only several weeks
remaining. Miss Mattison will
continue till the end of the pres
ent calendar year, and Miss Beck
has been asked by the executive,
committee to continue till the com
ing meting- of the association, leav
ing it to that body to determine
the future of the work. Unless the
churches generally send in their
contributions liberally between
now and then—the 20c a member
asked of the churches—it seems
practically certain that the serv
ices of these valuable workers can
not be continued another year. Ifc
was thought wise for each church
as far as possible between now
and the meeting of the association
to take up the matter and instruct
their deleg-ates whether the church
wants the work continued, and if
50, to pledge definite financial sup
port of the work.
Another matter of importance
for all the churches to note was
:he request of the pastors that ev
ery church send to Rev. S. L. Mor
gan, associational clerk, its letters
:o the association by November 1.
n order that the data given in
each church letter may be display
ed on a large chart before the as
sociation in its coming session.
Every Baptist reader is requested
:o see that his church clerk pre
pare the letter early, have it read
:o the church if possible, and then
nail it to reach Mr. Morgan not
ater than November 1.
The women of the W. M. U.
lad a great meeting at Pine Level,
with a large attendance, an ad
mirable program and fine enthusi
asm.
A striking fact developed in the
meeting. Rev. A. A. Pippin, of
Wakefield, has baptized 3.500 per
sons, an average of 100 a year
luring all his pastoral life of 35
pears.
Read The Herald—Your Paper.
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
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.
eryobtlfteoeen
Miss Ida Blackman recogniz
ed her name last issue.