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 Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops /• VOLUME 44—NO. 32 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1926 $2.00 PER YEAR Hartley Case Comes To Close After Two Days __ *_____ Judge Raynor Convicts, And Hartley Is Sentenc ed 30 Days In Jail Or $25 Fine; Writ Of Habeas. The preliminary hearing; of for mer Deputy Sheriff John K. Hart ley on a charge of criminal libel of Sheriff J. Prim Parker started Wednesday morning and came to a close yesterday afternoon, the defendant being found guilty and sentenced to 30 days in jail or pay a lint* of $25. While counsel for the defense was contemplating the next step to take, Hartley was committed to jail. It is under stood that a writ of habeas cor pus will be drawn demanding* the release of the prisoner based on a motion introduced by Col Ed S. Abell at the beginning fo the ac tion in which he demurred to the legality of the court acting under the appointment of the county com missioners while in session last Tuesday It is not known what ac tion will be taken as to the habeas corpus, and in the meantime the defendant is in jail. The case was called upon the opening of court Wednesday, after James Raynor had been sworn in as assistant Judge of the Record er s Court, Ezra Parker being a brother of the chief prosecuting witness. An array of counsel was on both sides. For the prosecution besides Solicitor Massey were: W. H. Lyon, of Smithfield; Col. C. M. . Faircloth. of Clinton, and Chas G. Guy of Dunn. The defendant was • represented by Col. Ed S. Abell, Wellons and Wei lotos. L. G. Stev ens, and F. H. Brooks. As soon as the case was called, Col. Abell, leading counsel for Hartley, was on his feet with a demurrer to the legality of the court. He read from the law cre ating the recorder’s court of John , ston county and brought out the f fact that a substitute judge cannot act unless the judge is out of the county or unable to serve. Neither of these conditions existed, Col. Abell pointed out. Attorney Lyon contended that Recorder Paraker was “unable” to serve because of the fact that he is a brother of the chief prosecut ing witness, Sheriff Parker. He said that Judge Parker had chal lenged himself as judge and jury and that the law applied to him just as much as it would have done had he been absent from the county. Acting Recorder Ruynor as was expected, overruled the de murrer. {> James A. Wellons, of counsel for the defense, then moved to quash the indictment on the ground that the act charged did not constitute a sufficient cause of action. This motion was as promptly overruled as was Col. Abell’s demurrer and the State proceeded to put on its witnesses. Mrs. T. J. Lassiter, editor of The Smithfield Herald, Deputy Sheriff C. Q. Stephenson, and Dep uty Sheriff If. T. Chapin were the first witnesses put on the stand, after which Sheriff Parker was put on. Sheriff Parker admitted that as Hartley said in his statement he had written Hartley and asked him Turn to page six, please AUNT ROX1E SAYS— By Me— Kclgercashun is lak smallpox vac cination, hit won’t take on sume folks. Rev. R. L. Shirley Selma Baptist pastor will assist in revival at Parrish Memorial. Parrish Memorial Revival To Begin Saturday Night Service Will Be The First; Dr. R. L. Shirley To Preach During Next Week. Revival services will begin at the Parrish Memorial Baptist church next Saturday night, October 23. The pastor wil] preach Saturday night and Sunday morning. Dr. R. L. Shirley, pastor of the Selma Baptist church, has been engaged to conduct the meeting, and will preach his first sermon Sunday night. The meeting will continue through next week and the follow ing Sunday. October 31. A cordial welcome is extended to everybody to attend and help in the singing. Hours of service, 7:00 p. m. Day services will be announced from the pulpit. JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor. ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC TO BE HELD AT DUNN. 30TH. Raleigh, October, 19.—A clinic for crippled children from the counties of Cumberland. Biaden, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Moore, Lee and Sampson, will be held at Dunn on Saturday, October 30M. under the direction of the State Or thopaedic Hospital at Gastonia, and the Children’s Bureau of the State Board of Charities and Public Wel fare. i ne eiinic, wmcn is tne twenty third in a series begun in 1922, was especially requested by the Dunn Rotary Club, headed by Kenneth Grantham, and Miss Dora Beck, the Harnett county superintendent of welfare, is in charge of the ar rangements. Examinations of all crippled children and re-examinations of all who were treated at the State Orthopaedic Hospital will be made by Dr. J. G. Gaul. Associate Sur geon of the hospital, and Dr. Hugh Thompson, of Raleigh. Notices have been sent by the hospital to all former patients at the hospital, who live in the counties which will | be served by the clinic. The examinations will begin at | nine o’clock at the old hospital j building in Dunn. The Woman’s Club will serve lunch to all who j come to the clinic. Examinations will be made of both white and negro children, since there is now a special negro ward at the State Hospital, given by B. N. Duke of New York. Acted the Part It was late when Pat reached home. Not wishing to disturb his wife, he crept in on his hands and j knees^|tot fate intervened. He struelv Tne bed post. His wife, [sleepily, putting out her hand to his head, and thinking it was the dog, began patting it. In telling this story, Pat said: “And the saints be praised! I had the pres-( [ence of mind to lick her hand!” I Paving Projects Let In County Hard Surface Roads Soon To Traverse Johnston East And |West, North And South. Bids on 23 projects in the State were received by the State High way Commission Tuesday, and con tracts let which totaled $2,774,058, 13. Among this number were two projects in Johnston county. Proj ect 233 on route 22 from Smith field to the Harnett county line, for 15.54 miles of hard surface road and the award was made to Ziegler Bros., of Greensboro at $176,337. Project 234 between Selma and the Wilson county line measures 12.20 miles. Ziezler Bros., were awarded this contract also, at $278,430.40. The projects let in the State Tuesday include 78.59 miles of hard surface, 33.70 miles of dirt road, and 12 structures. About 175 bids were received on all projects, and contractors said the bids were extremely low. When the local projects are com pleted Johnston county will be tra versed east and west, north and south, by hard surface roads. CAST GREEDY EYE AT OLD JOHNSTON Republicans Want To Retain The County As Personal Defeat For Dawson Greensboro, Oct. 14.—Brownlow Jackson, of Hendersonville, state chairman of the Republican party, and other party leaders will make extra efforts to roll up a big Re publican vote in Johnston county in November, and thus administer what would be regarded as a per sonal defeat for John G. Dawson, of Kinston, State chairman of the Democratic executive committee. This was learned today, when Mr. Jackson came here to confer with county and district leaders regarding plans for the final lap of the campaign. This afternoon Mr. Jackeon went to Raleigh and Friday he will con fer with Johnston county Republi can chieftains, and in the confer ence will also be Gilliam Grissom, collector of internal revenue, and J. C. Meekins, another eastern leader. They will give advice as to the campaign in the eastern part Df the State1 Hearing that Mr. Dawson has been making frequent trips to Johnston county in the interest of the Democratic campaign, the Re publicans are determined to make an issue of Johnston county and will bend every possible energy to have the county in the Republican column when the votes are count ed after the election of November Entertains Book Club. Selma, Oct. 21.—Mrs. Thos. H. Atkinson entertained the members of the Friday afternoon book club and a few other friends Thurs day afternoon, October 14, at the home of Mrs. Geo. D. Vick. The guests were greeted at the door by Mrs. Atkinson and Mrs. Vick and given cards representing i birds, trees and flowers. Each group gave stunts which were en joyed by all, especially the repre sentation of a trip in a Ford driv en by Mrs. Robt. Noble, with Mesdames Tuck, Mayerberg and Vick as passengers. Mrs. W. B. Johnson sang several selections. Several other contests and games made the party quite lively de spite the fact that our hostess was leaving in a few days for her Florida home. Block cream ^ind cake, coffee and mints were serv ed. The guests were Mesdames Tuck, Suber, Candler, Ashworth, Johnson. Walden, Jacobs, Call, Wiggs, Mayerberg, Person, Miss Annie Noble, Mrs. E. V. Woodard, Mrs. W. T. Woodard and Mrs. Robert Noble, of Raleigh. Shades of the Past. Mrs. Perkins: “Pa, I honestly be lieve you enjoy the radio better’ll you do the party telephone!” LITTLE GIRL PICKS 117 POUNDS COTTON On October 15, Doris Radford, six-yean-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Radford of near Bagiev, picked 117 pounds of cotton. She was picking for Mr. O. J. Davis. This little girl has picked over one hundred pounds on other occasions and always Picks unusually well, according to reports from those who know her. Her grandmother gave her a dress for being so industrious. Rumanian Queen At White House Is Formally Received By President And Mrs Calvin Coolidge. Last Tuesday Queen Marie of Rumania, who is the second queen to visit the United States, formal ly visited President and Mrs. Cool idg-a at the White House. Her reception at the White House at 4 o'clock in the famous Blue Room that has witnessed a cen tury of Presidential receptions, the return call of the President and' M.rs. Coolidge at the Rumanian legation shortly afterwards, and the Queen’s entertainment at a State dinner at the White House tonight discharged the traditional amenities of nations. 1 he functions came as the cli max to a day in which Queen Ma rie delved deep into American his tory, visiting as preliminaries to her White House call, Washing ton’s home at Mount Vernon, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, and the Lincoln Memorial. The reception ceremony at the ■White House was brief and formal. Two official cars bearing the seal I of the United States called at the legation, which is for the moment a royal residence. Under escort of J. Butler Wright, personal repre sentative of the President, and j Radu T. Djuvara, Rumanian charge ’ the Queen and Prince Nicholas and - Princess Ileana were taken swift ly to the White House, where a fringe of government clerks from 1 the big nearby departments lined the railings for a glimpse of the visitors as they passed into the grounds. Secretary Kellogg had joined the President and Mrs. Coolidge in the Blue Room, as is customary on such occasions. Mr. Wright an nounced the Queen. A moment lat er she presented her children to the Chief Executive and his Lady, and the formality that surrounds the meetings of heads of states were complete. The Queen wore a full length moleskin coat with a huge bunch of parma violets pinned to the shawl collar. Under her coat she wore a mouse colored wool crepe dress of straight, simple lines, and a toque of uncrushed velvet to match. The inevitable three ropes of pearls, pearl ear-rings, biege stockings and kid slippers completed her costume. The Princess Ueana was smartly clad in a mahogany velour J*n semble, colored in black skunk, worn with a matching plush hat of vagabound lines, and blending shoes and stockings. Prince Nicho las wore the double-breasted blue tunic of his uniform as a lieuten ant in the Rumanian Navy—Asso ciated Press. Husband and Wift or-So<,V My husband gets up just when breakfast is ready, and then takes his dumb-bell and Indian club ex ercises while everything gets cold —Mrs. J. W. what does your hu&band DOl Johnston Ass’n Convenes Nov. 9 To Be Held This Year At Baptist Center Church Near Clayton. The following program has been j arranged for the Johnston Asso ciation which will be held at Bap tist Center on Tuesday and Wed nesday, November 9th and 10th: | Tuesday jMorning. 10:00 a. m. Devotional Service, J. W. Rose. 10:15: Report of Delegates, Col lection of Letters; Adoption of Letters. 10:30: Report on Sunday Schools, L. L. Levinson. 10:45: Report on B. Y. P. U., J. G. Lane. 11:00: Report on Social Service, S. W. Oldham. 11:30: Report of Executive Com mittee. 11:45: Appointment of Com mittees; Miscellaneous Busi ness. 12:00: Introductory Sermon, W. T. Evans. Adjournment. Tuesday Afternoon. 2:00 p. m.: Devotional Service, A. A. Pippin. 2:15: Spiritual Status of Churches, with Digest of Church Letters, R. L. Shirley. 3:00: Report on Stewarship and Cooperative Program, J. Dwig-ht Barbour. 4:00: Miscellaneous Business. Adjournment. Wednesday Morning. 10:00 a. m.: Devotional Service, A. L. Brown. 10:15: Report on Christian Ed ucation, I. E. D. Andrews. 11:00: Report on Woman’s Work, Mrs. B. A. Hocutt. 11:15: Report on Missions, J. E. Kirk. 12:00: Missionary Sermon, R. F. Hall. Adjournment. Wednesday Afternoon. 2:00 p. m.: Devotional Service, G. P. Lanier. 2:15: Miscellaneous Business. 2:45: Election of Officers. 3:00: Missionary Pageant, Pine Level Young People. Adjournment. Unmistaken Identity. President Coolidge, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone were stand ing on the sidewalk in Washing ton discussing some topic of inter- ! est when their attention was at tracted to a young man parking a Ford car equipped with Firestone tires at the curb near where they were standing. Stepping up to the young man Mr. Firestone asked him: ‘How do you like Firestone i tires?” The young man answered in the affirmative and Mr. Firestone re marked, “Well, I think they are pretty good, too, because you see I am the man who makes them-” Mr. Ford asked a few questions about the car itself and when the young man assured him that to tiate he had had no difficulty. Mr. Ford remarked: “It is a very good car and you will like it because I know, I am the man who made it.” This was too much for the own er of the Ford. “Say,” he burst out, “what you guys tryin’ to hand me? First thing I know that little shrimp wid youse’ll be tellin’ me he's Presi dent of the United States.”—-From Everybody’s .Magazine. FREE! 5 Gallons Gasoline If the person who has the fol lowing N. C. license number will present a copy of this to Hoi 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: 15.394B ! REMEMBER SHRUB EXCHANGE HERE SOON Those who love flowers, and who are interested in attractive yards are requested to keep in mind the shrub Exchange and I chrysanthemum Show which is planned by the Woman's Club to be held in the near future. Anyone in the surrounding country who has shrubs or Chrysanthemums will be wel come to participate in the show. Prizes will be given for the best chrysanthemums. Splendid Opening Cleveland School Promises To Be a Center For All Community Ac tivities; Patrons Much Interested. After years of planning and working for better roads and schools, the people of Cleveland Township, Johnston county, are about to see one of their dearest dreams come true. October the 13th, 1926. will long be remembered by them as the be ginning of a new era for the'town ship. On that date the beautiful new consolidated school opened its doors for the first time to pupils and patrons, to be used not only as a public school but as a great community center. Although the building was not completed, the trucks not running, and the pupils not all informed that school had begun, yet 124 students besides many patrons and friends gathered there for the opening exercises. After devotional services con ducted by the principal. Mr. J. 0. Terrel of Whittier, the different members of the faculty were in troduced and given an opportunity to say a few words. Following this a number of the neighborhood peo ple made short talks expressing their joy and pride in the newr school, extending a hearty wel come to the teachers and pledg ing their help and cooperation in the work. Among the speakers was Mr. C. W. Pender, former super intendent of the Pythian Home at Clayton. He reminded the teachers of their great responsibility and opportunity and offered them his assistance not only in their school work but in their personal difficul ties. The people of the fcommunity have a live farmers’ organization, which met a few days after the opening of school and began plan ning various improvements for the school and community. Some one suggested getting a radio for the school and immediately different ones began making* contributions; so in the near future it is expected that the poorest boy or girl in this section will have the opportunity of hearing the finest concerts and the best speakers this country af fords. Besides planning improvements for the school, other community in terests were discussed. Plans were suggested for securing better roads and for getting better prices for cotton. i ne social committee announced that a reception will be given for the teachers and patrons on Fri day evening, October 23. and a Hallowe’en party will be held the following Friday evening, October 29. On the latter occasion there will be many features of interest and articles will be offered for sale. The committee invites every body ot come and bring his pocket book, help make money for the school and have a jolly good time. SOCIALIST LEADER DIES IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL j Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader in the United States, died in a san atorium in Chicago Wednesday night at 7:44 o’clock. Mr. Debs was almost 71 years old. About a month ago he suffered a nervous breakdown and after entering the sanatorium other complications set in which resulted in his death. His wife and daughter, a brother and two sisters were at his bedside when the end came. Micro Bank Directors Refute Parker’s Charge Immodest 1 lwice daily, pretty Virginia Allen wears knickers to school at' Jeffersonville, Ind., and each timd she is sent home. School author-J ities claim her dress immodest— Virginia’s mother plans injunction saying knickers are more modest than bare knees. Edge Of Storm Strikes Florida Hurricane Which Swept Over Cuba Wednesday Does Little Damage At Key West. The West Indian hurricane which swept the west area of Cuba Wed nesday. passed Key West, Fla., early Wednesday night without causing material damage. The wind attained a velocity of 100 miles of 100 miles an hour, uttering tne streets with overblown trees and debris. During the six hours that the storm raged the property dam age was comparatively small and , preparations were made to began j business yesterday. Twenty or more were killed and' several hun dred wounded in Cuba. A large number of steamers and sailing vessels were either sunk or dam aged. Forty fishing boats went to the bottom. All launches and small boats practically (were washed away by the heavy seas, according to Associated Press dispatches from Havana. The damage was es timated at about $30,000,000. ARCHER LODGE PARENT. TEACHER ASSOCIATION .MEET Clayton, Route 2, Oct. 20.—The Parent-Teacher Association held its first meeting: of this schol session in Archer Lodge school building* last Friday night, October 15. A goodly number attended. New of ficers were elected as follows: Miss Mary Saunders, president; Mr. Geo. Murphry, vice-president; Miss Thelma Mason. secretary and treasurer. Miss Saunders urged the mem bers to try to make their associa tion both State and National and called attention to new business matters’relating to the cleaning of the school ground, playground equipment and sand tables for the primary rooms. We believe the school, church and community will take on a new life this year through the work of the Parent-Teacher Association as the parents and teachers open ly expressed their hearty co-oper ation for all good work pertaining to these. MR. DINSMORE UPTON AT KIWANIS LUNCHEON The feature of the Kiwanis jluncheon yesterday was a talk b> Mr. Dismore Upton, one of the Chautauqua lecturers visiting in Smithfield this week. Mr. Upton talked about playing the game of life. His words were very effective and a number choacterized his speech as one of the finest they had ever heard. In Sworn Statement They Reply To Charge Made By County Attorney In Pamphlet Now Being Circulated. Those into whose hands has fall en the pamphlet entitled “State ment of the Condition of Public Affairs in Johnston County/' by James D. Parker, County Attor ney, should also read the following statement from the Citizens Bank directors of Micro, which is not only signed but certified to: “Citizens Bank of Micro, Micro, N. C., Oct. 21st, 1926: We. the undersigned being all of the Directors of The Citizens Bank of Micro. N. C., have had our attention called to the pamph let entitled, “Statement of the Condition of Public Affairs in Johnston County,” gotten out by James D. Parker, County Attorney, ! ’n which he charges this Bank with certain irregularities in handling the account of W. J. Massey, Sher iff. Tt is true that Sheriff Massey ha around $32,000 on deposit in this Bank in his Sheriff’s account; | in fact, he had run a Sheriff’s ac count with the Bank for several years, as we are informed he had with other banks in the county, and these funds were checked out and turned over to the County Treasurer on July 7, 1925, and the account closed on that day. It is emphatically denied that there was ever anything irregular in the handling of this account, j but the account was handled by the Bank as any other account made by any other depositor. There was nothing hid about it, and the statement by Mr. Parker that the officers of the Bank de clined to produce the records per taining to this account is abso lutely untrue, and the officers did not consult any attorney about the matter, either. They did decline to produce the records pretaining to Mr. Massey’s personal account, as they would decline to produce records pertaining to the account of any other depositor, unless it were an official account of public Mr. Henry Fitzgerald, son-in law of Mr. W. J. Massey, has been Cashier of this Bank for more than seven years, and no irregularity in any manner has ever been found in his bank books and records, and we emphatically deny that his books have ever showed more cash than was in the bank. His records have always been absolutely straight, and we invite the closest scrutiny and inspection by every Turn to page six, please Changes in Year Book. Davidson, Oct. 20.—L. D. Whar ton, Jr., editor of Quips and Cranks, Davidson College annual, announces many minor changes in the general layout of the 1927 year book, and states that the ma jor improvement over previous issues is the appearance of every Davidson student in individual pic tures. More space will be devoted to the seniors than for the past several years. New sections will be added, the pages will be larger and more of them, and consider able work will be expended by the staff in their etfort to give David son students a publication super seding any past appearances. 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 meat bring copy of this paper in order to secure ticket. trdlnoahuget Junius Stephenson recogniz ed his name last issue.