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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. 81 SMITHFIELD, N. C-, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1926 $2.00 PER YEAR Notice Served On The Herald Text of Notice Which Comes To This Publica tion As Result Hartley Statement Notice has been served on The Smithfield Herald that the article published on the front page of the last issue contains statements that are untrue, and offers this publica tion an opportunity to retract. The public may be interested in the con tent of the notice which is as fol “To The Smithfield Herald: “Please take notice that a cer tain article appearing in the issue of your paper dated October 15. 1926, in the first column on the front page, contains statements concerning me as Sheriff of John ston county, which are untrue, li belous and defamatory. “First, wherein it states, “And Sheriff Prim Parker took me off to the back steps of the courthouse and he asked me about the ar rests I had been making, and then he told me that I would have to go slow. He told me the way to han die reported stills was first to in vestigate who it was who was run ning 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 Republican I would have to be silent about it, as I had already ar rested so many Republicans that I was hurting the party badly. I then told the Sheriff 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 promised me that he would publish in the papers my r exact reason for resigning,”’ all of which above statements by the said J. K. Hartley are absolutely false. “The facts are that I notified Hartley to come to the Sheriff’s office, and that I informed him that the reports concerning* him and his conduct as Deputy Sheriff were so bad that it was necessary for me to ask for his resignation, he declined to resign, and I there > upon removed him. ‘‘The article is further false, scurrilous and defamatory by in nuendo in that part of the first paragraph, as follows: ‘“When a dog bites a man it is not news, but if a man bites a dog it gets a headline.’” “The said Hartley makes a state ment that he captured, or assisted in capturing. G7 stills while he was serving as Deputy Sheriff, which statement is not correct, as I am informed that he captured only a few stills, the capture of which met my approval. “This notice is served on The Smithfield Herald in order to give it an opportunity to retract, as provided for in Chapter 48, Con solidated Statutes of North Car olina. said Chapter entitled “LI BEL AND SLANDER. “J. P. PARKER, Sheriff of Johnston County.” H. B. Marrow To Meet Patrons H. B. Marrow, county superin tendent of schools, will meet with the patrons of the Rock Hill (In grams) school district No. 4 at 11 o’clock on Friday, October 22, tc discuss school plans for the year On the same day at 2 p. m., he will be at Oak Grove for a simi lar purpose. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—* “Ye cain’t jedge a cheak by d size of his face.” “On Trial” Late picture of Airr.ee Sample McPherson, Los Angeles Kvanjro! ist who is the center of dramat:. court actions. Mrs, McPhersor claims she was abducted, but thorities seek to link her n*o»r. | disappearance with Kenneth 0r> iston, former radio operator In Angelus Temple. Negro Arrested For Disturbance Officer Johnson Has Diffi culty In Getting Him To Jail; Occurs Early Sun day Night George Whitley, colored. was placed in jail here Sunday night charged with drunkneness and dis orderly conduct. About seven oclock J. F. Johnson, plainclothes officer, was called to John Jones’ cafe, a colored cafe on Market street, and was told when he reached there that Whitley had been creating a disturbance but had gone. The offi cer found him on Market street engaged in a scrap with Sport Woodard, also colored. Johnson undertook to arrest Whitley but he resisted arrest. After about a iten minutes’ scuffle. Johnson I states, that he succeeded in plac ing one handcuff on him. In the procedure Johnson struck Whitley with his blackjack. At this junc ture Johnson states that fifteen or more negro men rushed up and some called out for the officer not to hit him any more. Johnson took the one handcuff off and went in search of more of ficers. R. E. Holt, night policeman, and Will Stevens, who was depu tized to assist, accompanied John son as they went back to the scene. They found Whitley about fifty yards from Jones’ cafe, and in the meantime Whitley had se cured an army 45 pistol. He is said to have drawn this weapon on W. F. Rolph. Sr., a tobacconist here, before the return of the of ficers. Johnson covered him with his gun and with the officers suc ceeded in placing him in jail. Whitley is said to have been in court before on several charges and each time was released upon a fine or fine and payment of costs. Warrants are being issued for the men who interferred with the officer while attempting to make an arrest. I ENJOY HUNTING AND FISHING TRIP AT COAST Last week Messrs. C. R. Cable, Jesse Coates. J. T. Coates, R. 0. Cotter and J. B. Coates went to Cherry Point on a hunting and fishing trip. On Wednesday, Messrs. C. R. Cable and Jesse Coates kill ed twenty-two squirrels. Thursday (morning Messrs. J. T. Coates ,R. ,0. Cotter and J. B. Coates killed j 150 red robbins. On Friday Mr. j Cable and Mr. Cotter killed 12 squirrels and Messrs. J. T. Coates, Jesse Coates and J. B. Coates kill ed 25 red robbins. While there they caught 75 croakers. —CAKES WANTED FOR ARMISTICE DAY The chairman of the cake com mittee for Smithfield township, for Armistice Day is Mrs. Lee San ders of this city, and she requests 'all ladies in the township who will donate a cake for the soldier boys’ dinner to please notify her. A barbecue dinner will be served, but the committee wishes to add home made cake to the menu. ? I If it concerns Johnston, it is in ithe Herald Former Deputy Is Held For Hearing J. K. Hartley Is Charged With Criminal Libel and Placed Under A $1,000 Bond Former Deputy Sheriff J. K. Hartley, of Boon Hill township, who last week made public a state ment that he resigned his office as deputy because Sheriff J. Prim Parker toUl him to arrest negro and Democratic distillers, but to go slow when he found out the of fenders were Republicans, was arrested Saturday and held for pre liminary hearing in Recorder’s Court on the charge of criminal libel. Bond was fixed at $1,000. Ho readily gave bond, his bondsmen being W. W. Stewart. J. R. Creech, and C. T. Hill. Preliminary hearing will be giv en today by Judge Ezra Parker, of Benson, judge of the recorder’s court. Judg-e Parker is a brother of Sheriff Parker. Hartley is a farmer and a Hol iness preacher. He has a good rep utation. He stated Saturday that he is sticking to his original state ment, for it was the truth. His friends say he can give a good ac count of himself in any court. He has retained as counsel Col .Ed S. Abell, Wellons and Wellons and L. G. Stevens. The statement and the resulting prosecution are both taken as ev iences of the heat of the political campaign in Johnston county. LOW SEED PRICES INCREASE RYE ACREAGE Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 18.—The low price of pure seed rye of Abruz zi variety will doubtless greatly increase the acreage to be plant ed to the crop this fall. One of the reasons for (the tremendous increase in the acreage planted to soybeans all over the state this spring was the low price of soy beans last season. “Good Abruzzi rye seed can now be bought for about the same price as the worthless Rosen rye cost last fall.” says E. C. Blair, exten sion agronomist at State College. “If we could only realize how bad ly our soils need organic matter and would then consider that three dollars for seed and labor will sow an acre of Abruzzi rye for turn ing under, there would not be a farm in North Carolina without some of this rye planted on it this fall. If the rye is planted now, it will more than pay for itself in the yield of late fall and early spring grazing. Then the benefit from turning it under next spring will be clear profit.” Mr. Blair states that the proper amount to sow is one and one-half bushels per acre. The seed may be drilled in or covered with a disk harrow. A one-horse cultivator is fine for this purpose when the rye is planted between corn or cotton rows. Mr. Blair states that there is plenty of good Abruzzi rye seed available. Many of the county agents have listed those farmers in their counties who have a surplus for sale. The low price of cotton will make it imperative for those who grow this crop to make plans to secure their feedstuffs without great ex pense and rye grown on the home farm offers one of the most ef ficient ways of doing this. DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S COMMITTEE MEETS The Democratic Executive Com mittee for women o£ .Smithfield township met in their headquar ters in Smithfield' Friday after noon with a goodly attendance. In fact the attendance was much larger than had been anticipated, and the enthusiasm was inspiring. At the request of the chairman, Mrs. F. H. Brooks, outlined a plan of personal work after which Hon. Edward W. Pou made a few re marks. Mr. Pou spoke interestingly concerning the duties and privi leges of women in politics. Several ladies from Wilders township were present whc brought good news from that town ship. The ladies present were Mrs J. J. Williamson, Mrs. O. T. Liles and Mrs. A. V. Hinton, Selma Mill Catches Fire; About $1,000 Damage Thp Lizzie Cotton Mill in Selma suffered damage in a fire to the amount of about a $1,000, which is covered by in surance, according to informa tion received here yesterday afternoon. The fire which was discovered about thrjpe o’clock in the afternoon, was stubborn having caught in the boiler room and burned through un derneath. and it required about an hour for the Selma fire company together with the mill fire company to get contro] of the flames. Mr. VV. G. Rey nolds is superintendent of the Lizzie A! ill. Two Jail Birds Make Get-Away Rope of Blankets and Iron Bar Sawed Through Tell The Story Sometime between sunset and dawn Sunday night two prisoners confined in the county jail here made their escape, and as yet have 1 not been apprehended. A string I of blankets tied together dangling from the top story of the court- | house and a sawed iron bar across 1 the window told the story of how ! the get-away was made, and when | the jailer made a check-up it was found that C. L. Kelly and Ezra ! Byrd were missing. Blood spots 1 on the cement under the window indicate that one or both of the men may have been hurt in their descent. It seems that this jail has a number of Federal prisoners which together with the local offenders of the law had overtaxed the ca- 1 pacity of the jail. Forty-two pris oners were lodged there Sunday 1 when the jailer made his last | rounds. This large number made it necessary to assign three pris oners to the hospital ward, these being Kelly and Byrd and Char ley Morris. Kelly was in jail charg ed with skipping a bond, having previously been arraigned for some whiskey trouble. His case had not | been tried. Ezra Byrd had been convicted of fornication and adul- ; try and had been sentenced to nine months on the roads. Morris who had been in jail for about ten 1 days, made no attempt to escape. I Mr. J. T. Matthews, who oper ates an electric shoe shop here but who lives across Buffalo, tells ' the story of giving assistance to! one answering the description of one of the men who escaped. About. 1:30 yesterday morning Mr. Mat thews was called out of bed by a man who gave his name as Par rish. He said he had had an auto mobile wreck between the Mat thews home and Selma, and want ea to get to uoldsboro if possible. He stated that he was leaving his car and would come back for it Monday. The man’s right ankle seemed to be in bad shape and also the side of his jaw and one eye. Mr. Matthews and his son, Elijah, took him to Goldsboro and put him out at a filling station near the overhead bridge across the railroad. Mr. Matthews did »not want to charge the man anything for his services, but he insisted on paying him three dollars which he finally accepted. The description fits one of the men who escaped. What be came of the other one is not known at this time. ADD NEW TERRITORY TO SMITH FIELD ROUTE 2 New territory has been added to Smithfield rural mail route No. 2, and a number of folks are thus enabled to get daily mail service. Mr. R. G. Sanders, who is car rier on this route, has carried the mail since the establishment of this route, twenty years or more. TO CLEAN UP CEMETERY All those who have rleatives buried in the cemetery at Antioch Methodist church are requested to meet there on Thursday, October 21, and help clean it off. Those interested are asked to carry nec [essary tools and be prepared to 'help. Morrison Speaks At Archer Lodge Ex-Governor Aids In Po litical Drive; E. W. Pou Romps On Local Re publican Officers By R. E. WILLIAMS, (in News and Observer) Archer Lodge School House, Oct. 1G.—Issues involved in the effort of the Democratic party to redeem Johnston county, which once fur nished the largest majority to the party of any county in the ‘■tate overshadowed State and National questions in a Democratic rally here today which marked the open ing of the campaign in Wilders township and the first appearance in the campaign this year of form er Governor Cameron Morrison. State questions were barely mentioned, Mr. Morrison devoting himself to national questions while Congressman Edward W. Pou, the other speaker of the day. confined his remarks to the issues and per sonalities in the Johnston county campaign. xvir. Morrison, aitnougn an ad mitted prospective candidate for the United States Senate, 'has heretofore been mostly actively identified with State questions. However, if his speech today is a fair sample of those he will make on his tour of the State between now and Election Day, he will de vote himself to a plea for support of the Democratic party on the basis of a comparison of its na tional record with that of the Re publican party. His only reference to State affairs came in his per foration, which was glowing trib ute to the progress made by the State under the Democratic admin istration of the past quarter of a century. Can Pull Through Cotton Slump. Mr. Morrison got into the ques tion of the present price of cotton for his only combination of State and' National matters. “I am grateful to the Republi can administration because it did not tamper with the banking and currency laws which were enacted under Woodrow Wilson and the Democrats,” declared Mr. Morri son. “But I am not grateful to them for anything else for that is all they have done. “However, due to the beneficient laws of the Wilson administration, which are still on the statute books, although they are being tem porarily administered by the Re publicans, we will get through this situation, bad as it is. “The situation is bad. horribly bad, but it is not nearly so bad as it would have been had it come before the banking and currency laws of the Wilson administration we would have a panic now. “I do not know about the other states but I am confident that the North Carolina people are so cou rageous and that our industries are so diversified and that our ag riculture is so diversified that we will pull through.” (iivon Big Ovation. Mr. Morrison was introduced by Sam T. Honeycutt, former Reg ister of Deeds, as one who could count on the united support of Johnston county in any further as pirations he might have, received a thundering ovation and the au dience rose, when he began to speak. The applause was repeated at the end and someone in the crowd took up the cry of “Morri son” when the Governor omitted his own name from the list of Gov (Turn tn page four, please) FREE! 5 Gallons Gasoline If the person who has the fol lowing N. C. license number will present a copy of this to Hol loman 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: 259-668E Byrd Touring U.S. in Polar Plane HA^TOCAgTCR) ' any , . es ,an<^ states will have the opportunity to see the »-*mfkln£P,ane Commander Byrd use<l to fly over thi» is°backed bv JW will accompany Byrd on the Wp^hich is packed by the Guggenheim Aviation Fund. Flower And Yard Contest Closes Annual Selma Mill Event Characterized B y Awarding of Prizes For several years the awarding of prizes for the prettiest flowers and the best kept yards in the Selma mill village has been an event looked forward to with con siderable pleasure by all concern ed. The superintendent of the mill, Mr. Geo. F. Brietz, takes a great deal of interest in this occasion which is usually characterized by good Ispeaking, good music and refreshments. Saturday evening* was the date set for this year’s celebration, and a goodly crowd assembled' in the mill chapel for the exercises which had been planned. The chief fea ture of the program was the award ing of the prizes. The prizes were divided into two groups, a ten dollar, six-dollar and four-dollar prize being given for the best flowers, and the same amounts be ing given also for the best yards. In the flower group, Mrs. M. B. Blackman took the first prize. Mrs. W. N. Sewell and Mrs. Tom Daughtry tied for next place, and each was given a five-dollar gold piece. Mrs. Walter Eason was awarded the ten dollars for having the best kept premises, while Mrs. I. H. Parrish received the second prize and Mrs. D. J. Biggs, third prize. Nine ladies were graded from 72 to 77 per cent, and were given salad bowls in appreciation of their efforts. These ladies are: Mesdames J. J. Martin, Elvin Creech, W. M. Stephenson, M. G. Radford, C. C. Turner, J. V. Turner, A. W. Whit ley, J. M. Adcock, and H. M. Moore. Dr. O. P. Fitzgerald, pas tor of the Methodist church, made the presentation speech. Anotheir pleasing feature of the evening took place when Stanley Armitage, secretary of the mill, presented watch fobs to the base jbali team. | Dr. Shirley, pastor of the Bap tist church, made an address ap propriate to 'the occasion. Dr. Shirley has recently accepted work in Selma. For three years the judges in I the floral contest have been Mrs. W. T. Woodard, Mrs. T. M. Benoy and Mrs. W. H. Poole, members of the Woman’s Club of Selma. A delightful souvenir in the form of an album showing pictures of the yards of the mill village, was pre sented to each of these judges Sat urday evening. Creech’s orchestra furnished the music for the occasion, and at the close of the entertainment ice cream was plentifully served'. CHAUTAUQUA TICKET SALE IS NOW IN PROGRESS The campaign for selling Chau jtauqua tickets is now on. The or ganization has been effected de Jsigned to cover the entire town. If jfor any reason some one fails to solicit a home, tickets can be se cured from Mrs. Thel Hooks. It is possible that some may not be at home when the ticket seller calls. School children will be admitted or Junion tickets, and these can be obtained at the school house. Th« price for single admissions foi I both adults and children will be , 75 cents. Queen Marie In United States Second Queen To Visit In States; N. C. Lady In vited To Meet Her In New York City New York, Oct. 17.—Father Knickerbocker today put the final strokes of etiquette to the wel coming program for Queen Marie of Rumania tomorrow. Three bands and a platoon of mounted police will lead the pa rade from the Battery to the city hall. Companies of army, marine and navy men will constitute the military escort. Passengers to occupy the auto mobiles in the procession have been desginated and definite instruction given as to whether members of the reception committee are to sit on the right or the left of the royal visitors in the automobiles. Queen Marie will occupy the first car, with Grover A. Whalem, chairman of Mayor Walker’s committee sit ting at her left. In the same car will be J. But ler Wright, assistant secretary of state representing President Cool idge and’ a special secret service agent. — Associated Press. New York, Oct. 17.—Mrs. B. Frank Mebane, of Spray, N .C., now in New York, received the fol lowing message today via Spray, from Mme. Simonae Lohavary, lady in waiting to Queen Marie: “Her Majesty, the Queen of Ru mania, desires you to be at her side when she arrives in New York. Her reception would not be complete without you. This mes sage is sent you direct from Her Majesty.” MARIE SECOND QUEEN TO VISIT IN STATES New York, Oct. 17.—Queen Ma rie’s tour of America recalls the only previous visit of a Queen to this counrty, that of Elizabeth, Queen of the Belgians, who with King Albert and Crown Prince Leopold was the guest of Presi dent Wilson in October, seven years ago. Invited by President Wilson to come to this country as his official guests, less than a year after the Armistice, the royal visitors ar rived at a time when the Presi dent’s illness made cancellation of many of the reception plans im perative. The King and Queen were in this country only 29 days, but their itinerary crossed ,%he continent from east to west with side jour neys to the north. Queen Eliza beth and King Albert made the crossing both ways on the George Washington, the great troop trans port of the war.—Associated Press. Some men tell their wives every thing even when they don’t know it TO VOTERS SMITHFIELD AND JOHNSTON COUNTY S#e your registrar and as certain whether or not your name is on the registration hooks in your township. Reg istration books for Smithfield township now open at the Sun dry Shoppe, D. Carlton Steph enson, Registrar. I Johnston Ass’n Moves Up Date Will Meet With Baptist Center Church Near Clayton Nov. 9 and 10 By REV. S. I.. MORGAN The Johnston Baptist Associa | tion will meet with Baptist Center | church near Clayton November 9 and 10. This is one day earlier than determined on a year ago. The change is ordered by the moder ! ator and the executive commit tee because, as announced a year ago, the second day would fall on Armistice day, and it was thought that the great celebration planned for Armistice day this year in Smithfield would seriously cripple attendance on the association that day, including as it does the un veiling of a monument to the John ston county boys who lost their lives in the World War. with speakers of unusual ability. Let all Baptists who read this take pains to bring this change of date to the attention of their churches. It should be added that the ex ecutive committee, in changing the date, expressed regret at the an nouncement that on the night of Armistice day, and apparently un der the auspices of the American Legion, a great dance is to be given as a part of the celebration. A purpose was expressed to pre sent a resolution to the association protesting against a public dance as a part of the celebration of the day which will forever remain in the minds of countless thousands as a day of the deepest religious significance. Many who feel this will hope that the committee plan ning for this celebration will yet decide not to inject into it any fea ture that will shock the religious sentiment which in the minds of thousands must forever attach to Armistice day. SENATOR SIMMONS DRAWING RESOLUTION Will Present Tax Reduction Plan As Soon As Congress Re convenes. By PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, D. C., Oct. 6.— Democratic talk about a $300,000, 000 tax cut this year over the heads of President Coolidge and Secre tary Mellon is developing into a systematical drive of unexpected proportions. Democrats are now unanimous upon an issue, namely, that the Treasury surplus should be used immediately to lower all taxes in stead of being? permitted to accu mulate until 1928, Presidential year. The United Press was informed today that Senator Simmons, rank ing Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, is now drawing a tax cut resolution to be introduced the day Congress recon venes. Minority leaders have agreed to force the resolution to a vote, and it appears the biggest fight of the coming session will center around the proposal. It has not yet been determined just w'hat features the resolution will contain but those back of the movement want it to provide a general and virtually equal reduc tion upon large and small incomes along the entire line. Mrs. Ella Baker left yesterday to spend several days with her daughter in Weldon. A Tantalizer j There is exactly enough let | ters in the line below to spell i 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 mint bring copy of this paper in order to secure ticket. sjsuinutnosehpne (Miss) Florence Boyett rec ognized’ her name last issue.