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SMITH FIELD 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
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. 85
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1926
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$2.00 PER YEAi;
' Chairman Issues
A Call For Funds
Citizens Asked To Con
tribute to Armistice Day
Barbecue and Celebra
tion
Program for Armistice Day cel
ebration and the unveiling of the
-^statute to the heroes of the late
, war have been completed and pro
gram will wbe published in the
News and Observer next Sunday
week, November 7th. Some pigs
have been bought, the cake com
mittees are at work and everything
is taking shape for a great cele
bration and the dinner for the vet
erans of the late war and the Con
federate veterans on November
11th.
I am writing to call the atten
tion of the various committees in
the various townships to the im
portance of raising as much money
as possible in their respective
communities to take care of the
expense. We will need consider
able money to carry this program
through and it will not do for the
■ people of the county to lie down
i on this proposition because these
| boys did not lie down on their pob
I but fought through mud, water
1 and blood, while we were at
home doing our ordinary business.
It is only fitting that we should
celebrate and should show these
boys that we appreciate their serv
ices in the interest of world peace
and defense of our Nation. Let
the committees get busy, collect
what money they can and meet in
the courthouse in Smithfield on
Thursday, November 4th, bringing
with them such money as they
have collected so that we can see
where we are and what we will
have to do to meet the expenses
of the occasion. I hope that every
* member of the committee will be !
present at that time.
F. H. BROOKS, Chairman.
HURT IN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY
Mr. H. G. Saal and Mrs. Chas.
Beasley were painfully though not
seriously injured in an automo
bile accident that occurred on South
Fourth street early Wednesday
evening. One of Mr. Saal’s ears
was cut so that thirteen stitches
were taken when the wound was
dressed, but at this writing he is
resting* comfortably. Mrs. Beasley
was hit on the forehead and neck
and somewhat dazed, but is quite
all right now. *
Mr. and Mrs. Saal, whose home
is in Petersburg, Va., came to this
city a few days ago to put on a
sale for Vara L. and Alma C.
Smith. They are staying at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Beasley and
it was while en route home that
the accident occurred.
0 gin report
There were 35,837 bales of cot
ton ginned in Johnston count for
the crop of 1926 prior to October
18, 1926, as compared with 47,
298 bales ginned to October 18,
1925.
E. G- HOLLAND, -Gin Reporter.
“Now, Tommy,” said Mrs. Bell,
“I want you to be good for me
while I’m out.”
111 be good for a penny,” re
plied Tommy.
Tommy,” said she, “I want you
to remember that you cannot be a
son of mine unless you are good
for nothing!”
AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—•
Dc Publicans hez done swuppoi
(ley chance off fer bloodhounds an;
de Democrats hez kilt him.”
Speaks in Smithfield Saturday Night
GOVERNOR A. W. Me LEAN
The public will have'opportunity to-morrow (Saturday) evening to
hear our business governor talk business. Hear him at the court
house at 7:30 o’clock.
Presbyterians To
Begin A Revival
Rev. Paul Pressly of
Chester, S. C., Will Do
the Preaching Begin
ning Monday Night
On Sunday morning at eleven
o’clock the Smithfield Presbyterians
will hear a sermon by Rev. W. M.
Hunter. Synodical Secretary of
schools and colleges in North Car
olina. Mr. Hunter will bring a
message to the people on the value
of our Christian Educational Pro
gram- On Sunday night the
churches will unite in a service at
the Presbyterian church. The
preacher for the evening service
will be Rev. S. L. Morgan of the
Baptist church.
Monday night a revival service
will begin with Rev. Paul Pressly,
|D. I)., of Chester, S. C., as the
preacher. Dr. Pressly is pastor of
the First A- R. P. Church of Ches
ter. one of the largest churches of
that denomination and is a speak
er and preacher of rare ability and
| experience. Services will be held
each evening at seven-thirty with
a half hour singing of the old
gospel hymns. The public is cor
dially invited to attend and have
a part in all of these services.
Mrs. Theodore Parsons says a
woman is not an old maid at 45.
We say she isn’t if she’s married.
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BABY FATALLY BURNED
NEAR BLACKMAN CHURCH
A sad accident occurred near
Blackman’s Grove church Mon
day at noon when William Earl,
the 17-monthsrold son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Blackman, fell
into a tub of scalding water and
was fatally burned.
According to information re
ceived here, the mother was prtv
paring to scrub i-he floor when
the child hacked up a jainst a
tub of hot wafj*r and fell back
wards into it. He was immed
iately brought to the Johnston
County Hospital for treatment
but was so badly burned that he
passvd away Tuesday morning
He wras the only child in the
family.
The little body was carried
home and laid to rest in the
family burying ground near the
home Wednesday afternoon.
The parents have the sympa^
thy of the entire community in
the tragic death of their little
Kenly Women Buy
Club House Site
G. T. Whitley Presents
Needs of School As He
Expresses Appreciation
of Club
Kenly, Oct. 26.—The Woman’s
Club met on Wednesday afternoon
with the largest attendance since
the beginning of the organization.
Out of a membership of 46, thirty
eight were present. The presi
dent, Mrs. P. D. Grady, presided
over the meeting. The reports of
the departments were most en
couraging. The most outstanding
report was that of the club house
committee when it was was an
nounced that a lot on the new
highway had been purchased.
A few' changes in the committee
chairmen were made. Mrs. L. C.
Wilkinson was made chairman of
the home economics committee, and
Mrs. Edwin Jones the civic com
mittee. Plans were made for the
annual reception to the faculty of
Kenly high school which was giv
en on Friday evening at the
teacherage.
After the reports were given,
the president introduced Mr. G. T.
Whitley, superintendent of the
Kenly school system, to speak to
the women. Mr. Whitley spoke on
the standardization of the ele-'
mentary school. He emphasized es
pecially the material equipment
necessary to make the school
standard, stating that which we al
ready had and suggesting getting
some things we needed.
Among the required materials
our primary department has this
year are phrase, word, and phonic
cards, silent reading materials, sil
ent reading flash cards and games,
seat work materials, self verifying
busy work, study period projects,
project tests, numeral frame num
ber and drill cards for number
work, rulers and yard-stick for
Both grammar and primary de
partments have their grade librar
ies, their maps and globes.
Mr. Whitley stated that the
things needed by the school most
now were victrolas and a health
rule. He expressed his apprecia
tion to the club members for their
hearty support in helping to stand
ardize the school.
With definite work for each de
partment and the addition of four
teen new members the prospects
are bright for the most successful
I club year in the history of its or
ganization. t
Meet In Interest
Of Sanatorium
Representatives From
Wake, Johnston, a n d
Wayne Hear Dr. Mc
Cain Discuss Proposi.
tion
At least a beginning toward the
establishment of a sanatorium for
the treatment of tuberculosis in
possibly Wake, Johnston and
Wayne counties, was made Tues
day afternoon, when a body of in
terested persons from these coun
ties meeting in the courthouse here,
went on record favoring such a
proposition.
The motion that crystalized the
discussion following an address by
Dr. P. P. McCain of the State San
atorium was made by Dr. L. D.
Wharton of this city, and second
ed by Dr. C. C. Massey and Miss
Mattie Pou, also of Smithfield. This
action in no way committed the
counties of Wake, Johnston and
Wayne, but upon motion of Dr.
Bulla, of Raleigh, the chairman of
the meeting, Dr. B. A. Hocutt, of
Clayton will appoint a committee
of three from each county to go
into the matter more fully, pre
sent it to the several boards of
county commissioners, and then
make a report at another meeting.
Dr. W. J. B. Orr, on behalf of
the Johnston County Medical So
ciety, welcomed the thirty or for
ty men and women representing
various civic organizations and of
ficial boards from the three coun
ties interested in the sanatorium
proposition here Tuesday. Dr. B.
A. Hocutt, chairman of the meet
ing, then introduced Dr. McCain,
who, in a concise and interesting
manner, presented the tri-county
sanatorium proposition.
There are between 18,000 and
20.000 cases of tuberculosis in
North Carolina, Dr. McCain told
his hearers, and the majority need
to be in a sanatorium. If the state
could take care of them all, in his
opinion, it would not be wise. Bet
ter results are obtained in treat
ing the disease in smaller institu
tions.
In speaking- of the local propo
sition now under consideration, Dr. i
McCain gave figures which show j
the need of a sanatorium. Last !
year in the counties of Wake, John- i
ston and Wayne, there was a to- :
tal of 229 deaths from tuberculos- j
is. Dr. McCain then presented es- ]
timates as to the cost of erecting ;
and maintaining a 150-bed insti
tution, indicating that a tax of five !
cents on the hundred dollars worth I
of property in the three counties \
would probably be sufficient, with j
other supplementary funds, in- j
eluding the Duke Foundation and
income from the patients them
selves, to finance such a hospital.
Dr. McCain pointed out that the '
group county plan was more eco- ]
nomical than one county acting '
alone. Money would be saved in j
equipment, salary of doctor in ■
charge^ and other overhead ex
penses.
Following Dr. McCain, Dr. Bat
tle, of Guilford, the pioneer coun
ty in this work, spoke briefly of
the good that the sanatorium in
his county is doing. Aside from
the benefits the patients them
selves receive, he believes the pub
lic health teaching that emanates
from the institution throughout the
county, to be of great, value.
Others who entered into the dis
cussion here Tuesday were, Dr.
Caviness, of Raleigh; Dr. Smith,
of Goldsboro; Mr. H. N Morgan,
of Johnston county, and Mrs. W.
T. Bost, of Raleigh.
ILLUSTRATED1 LECTURE
AT METHODIST CHURCH
The members of the Epworth
League return thanks to Rev. S.
L. Morgan, pastor of the Baptist
church, who gave a most interest*
ing lecture on Adoniram Judson at
the League Monday evening. The
lecture was illustrated by stereop
ticon slides. An attendance of
about 45 young people was evi
dence of their interest in the pro
Not spending alt you make will
get you along better than not
making al you spend.
Cuts Showing the Use of J. H. Kirkman’s New Invention
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New Invention
By Local Genius
J. H- Kirkman Devises
] Fast Painting Machine
for Road (Work, Houses
Et Cetera
A machine for the purpose of
painting the white or black center
one-way traffic lines in the city
streets and state highways of the
.United States and foreign coun
tries, which is designed to do away
with the back breaking, knee
bending, neck-twisting old style
way of painting the one-way traf
fic line now used in the 48
states of the union and foreig-n
countries, has been invented by Mr.
J. H. Kirkman of this city.
Mr. Kirkman, who has christen
ed the machine “The Big Labor
and Life Saver.” says that it is his
expectation to have one of the ma
chines on exhibition at the Amer
ican Road Builders Exposition and
Good Roads Show • in Chicago in
January, 1927.
instead oi doing this work in
the slow, expensive, crude way as
is now being done; with this ma
chine it can be done at the rate of
10 to 15 miles an hour by a boy
of ordinary intelligence to oper
ate the machine.
No more men down in the mid
dle of the road, as if at prayer,
will be seen, when this machine is
placed on the market and adopted
by the states; and instead of paint- \
ing the center of the curves only, j
as is now being done, we look for- \
ward to the day in the* near future
when the entire distance of the
roads of the union will have this
one-way dividing traffic line. No
doubt this would have been done
long ago, but owing* to the slow,
crude, expensive way of doing it
by hand, it has been almost pro
hibitive; but now with this great
invention as a labor, money and
time saver, there is no reason why
it should not be done by the cities
and states of the entire nation.
The oltl paint brushes, marking
chalk, rules, tape lines, etc., will be
discarded when this machine is
adopted and used by the cities and
states and then less accidents will
occur more lives will be saved and
far better traffic rules observed.
In addition to this, this machine
is so designed that it is also used
for the purpose of painting frame,
brick, stone and stucco buildings
both interior and exterior, also
metal and shingle roofs, furniture,
automobiles, trucks and farm ma
chinery, also the painting of
bridges, guard rails, bill boards,
sign boards, etc., and can be op
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Husband and Wife
My wife organizes charity ba
zaars and leaves our dirty dishes in
the sink.—G. S. W.
WHAT DOES YOUR WIFE DOl
Committee Report
On Questionnaire
A Majority of Candidates
Answer Question Put
By Organizations of
County
In accordance with action taken
some time ago by representatives ;
of organizations in the county j
which passed resolutions in regard J
to supporting candidates who do
not favor the enforcement of the i
prohibition law, the committee ap- !
pointed ^o send out a question- i
naire has compiled a report. Two !
questions were sent to the candi- j
dates of both political parties, as i
follows:
(1) “Are you in favor of pro- \
hibition?
(Z) it elected, will you ener- j
getically co-operate to enforce the I
18th Amendment?’.’
Mrs. C. W. Carter, of Clayton,
who was elected secretary of the j
committee, send in the following
report:
“Answered ‘YES’ to both ques
tions, Democrats:
Neil Barnes, Clayton; H. V. .
Rose, Smithfield; J. M. Turley,1
Clayton; H. A. Watson, Prince- j
ton; J. R. Creech, Selma; W. P. '
Aycock, Selma; Larry Wood, Ben- j'
son; J. H. Kirkman, Smfithfield; ;
H. R. Jones, McCullers; B. I.
Tart, Four Oaks; C. A. Fitzger
ald, Micro; R. H. Richardson, Wen- j'
dell; R. U. Barber, Benson; C. M.
Wilson, Wilson’s Mills.
“Democrats failing to reply: r
“Jeff Lambert, Angier; J. W.
Wood, Benson. '
“Republicans: Answering ‘YES’ i1
to both questions:
“M. L. Stancil, Smithfield; J. Ira
Lee, Smithfield; Geo. T. Scott,
Smithfield; W. H. Massey, Smith
field; J. E. Edgerton, Kenly; S. H. i*
Massey, Smithfield; J. P. Parker, ;
Smithfield. 1
“Republicans failing to answer: ;
“R. L. Fitzgerald, Pine Level; 1
W. A. Herring, Selma; C. Q. Ste- ;
phenson, Smithfield; N. H. Lucas, 1
Benson; A. H. Morgan, Benson; W.
H. Flowers, Four Oaks.
EDITOR’S NOTE—Just as we,1
go to press, a copy of a letter from '
Mr. Ezra Parker to Mrs. C. W.
Carter in reply to the question- :
naire comes to us, but at this late 1
hour we are not able- to give his
reply in full in this issue. We '
quote a part of one sentence: “If
re-elected Recorder of the County,
I expect to continue to enforce the :
prohibition laws, without winking ’
at the violators of laws of a more 1
haneous nature.’’
Nehi Dealer Here
Mr. Dale Starbuck, of Raleigh,
was a business visitor here this |
week. Mr. Starbuck is the owner of
the Nehi bottle drink, a popular
drink sol«^ in six different flavors.
A number of dealers here and in
this section sell these drinks and a
list of them appears in a large
advertisement elsewhere in this j
issue. Read it. 1
FOUR OAKS LADIES TO SERVE
DINNER ON ELECTION DAY
The ladies of the Methodist
church at Four Oaks wil serve a
barbecue and chicken dinner in 1
Four Oaks on election day. Nov.
2nd. They will use the stand op- '
posite the Corner Drug store for :
this purpose. They wish to thank '
the people for their patronage la«t1:
Saturday, and will appreciate their
support on election day.
Vote early Nbv. 2nd'.
Serve Warrant On
Kenly Policemen
Signatures of Bondsmen
Represent Approxi
mately $1,000,000; Al
ready Exonerated by
Coroner’s Jury
Kenly, Oct. 27.—Leonard Boy
ette, deputy sheriff of Johnston
county, today served a warrant on
3. Pulley chief of police, and
3. B. Bailey, another member of
:he police force of the town of
Kenly, charging them with the
nurder of Lester McFarland,
rhere was a rush of the citizens
)f Kenly and community in their
ifforts to sign the bonds of these
wo splendid officers, who are held
n high esteem by the people of the
community of which they serve.
Signatures representing approxi
nately a million dollars were glad
y placed on these bonds, and the
community will be found standing
solidly behind the defense of these
ifficers, who have for several years
•endered splendid and efficient serv
ces in their respective and pres
*nt positions. On the bond will be
'ound names of both town and
lounty officers and men from ev
*ry walk of life in the community.
Counsel has been retained by the
’riends of these officers whom a
kroner’s jury has already fully !
ixonerated for all blame from the !
•esponsibility of the death of this I
nan whom they killed while dis
:harg*ing their duty as public oth
ers.
S'EGRO TENNIS CHAMPIONS !
FROM SMITH FIELD
The Smithfield Negro Tennis
lub has brought fame to itself
ind to Smithfield by bringing home
eeently the McCauley loving cup.
iwarded each year to the club
hat makes the best showing in the
tate tennis association. The local
lub this year was represented by
)r. C. W. Furlong, A. J. Taylor,
principal of the Johnston County
^raining school, and Dr. Du Bes
it, of Wilson, who is a member
>f the Smithfield club.
All the clubs in the state have
preliminary games, which elimi
late all but two clubs. This year
he final contest was between
Smithfield and Raleigh. The game
vas staged at Kittrell College at
Cittrell on Oct -15. and the Smith
ield team came out victorious.
The cup is given by Dr. McCaul
y, a negro surgeon in Raleigh. It
t now on exhibition in Wilson, but
vill be returned here at an early
late.
Take Notice
This :s to notify all member? of
ohn-Jon Union church that the
hurc'i roll w'n be revised on Sat
irday before the second Sunday in
^ovenil er, and every member of
he church is earnestly requested
o be present.
Singed by order of the church—
ALLIE THOMAS, Clerk.
Mrs. A. S. Johnston, Mrs. L. H.
Sasser and Mrs. W. J. Massey, Jr.,
ittended the Woman’s Missionary
neeting in Princeton Monday aft
ernoon.
Mrs. S. B. Jones has been spend
ng several days in Raleigh with
>er husband, Mr. S. B. Jones who
s in Rex Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whitley, of
Florence, S. C., visited relatives
per© this week.
Cotton Interests
Pennsylvanians Preparing
Cotton Exhibit to Take
Home With Then:—
Other Items
Selma, Oct. 27.—Mr. and Mrs J.
N. Diehl, of Laurelton, Pa., and
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Diehl, of Dan
ville, Pa., are the guests of Mr.
|and Mrs. J. C.' Diehl, this week.
While here they have visit
ed the cotton factories and the cot
ton fields where the darkies were
picking and have had the whole
j process explained to them from the
{planting of seeds to the harvest
ing. They have been shown
through the gins, mills and weav
ing rooms by the prince of enter
tainers, Mr. Geo. F. Brietz, and are
making a collection of cotton and
its various products to take home
with them to put oil exhibit. They
also found the tobacco market
which they visited in Smithfield,
quite interesting.
Dr. and Mrs. Wade H. Atkin
son, of Washington, D. C, with
a party of friends from New York
visited’ Dr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Vick
Monday, l hey were enjoying a trip
through the south in autumn. They
came down through the famous
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and
had visited Chapel Hill before
coming to Selma.
Miss Margaret Wood, of Mar
ion, S. C., is spending- several
days- here with relatives.
Miss Freddie Oliver, a student
at the Southern Conservatory of
Music at Durham, spent last week
end in Selma with her grandmoth
er, Mrs. Peatie Oliver.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Noble and
children, Billy and Bettie, arrived
Wednesday from Brawley, Cal., to
spend two weeks with Dr. R. .T.
Noble and Miss Anne Noble. It
has been seven years since Mr.
Noble was in Selma.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Inabenet,
Mrs. J. H. Smith and Mrs. A. Z.
Pearce spent Sunday in Wilsor.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith, Mr.
Richard Smith, of Alta Vista, Vu-.
and Mrs. V. O. Smith, of Amherst,
Va. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1
C. A. Jacobs last week end.
Dr. and Mrs. I. W. Mayerberg
spent Monday in Raleigh.
Mrs. H. M. Shines and Miss Fan
nie Richardson have returned to
their home in Faison.
Mrs. A. Z. Pearce spent last
week end in Greensboro with her
son, Mr. Moulton Avery.
Dr. J. L. Mayerberg, of Golds
boro, spent Sunday with Dr. and
Mrs. I. *W. Mayerberg.
Mrs. J. H. Smith, of Winston
Salem, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. A. W. Ibanenet.
Mrs. E. G. Richardson, Jr., Mrs.
A. Z. Pearce, Mrs. H .B. Pearce
and Miss Fannie Richardson spent
Monday in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whitley, of
Florence, S. C., spent a short while
with relatives in town Monday. ■
Rev. A. M. Mitchell is attending
the Presbytery in Durham this
week.
Mr. Claudius Aycock and son,
Carl, of Lucama, spent last week
with Mr. W. P. Aycock.
Mrs. C. E. Kornegay, Misses
Lillian Britt and’ Mildred Perkins
shopped in Raleigh Saturday.
Mesdames Hugh Austin and L.
H. Sasser, of Smithfield, spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Junius Pee din.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Copeland. of
Fremont, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Kirby Sunday.
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A Tantalizer
There is exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spel!
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.
nitsuaghgh
“Dude” Dickinson recognized
his name last isue.