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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 ’* Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1926 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops $2.00 PER YEAR .VOLUME 44—NO- 87 * * * * * * Democrats Sweep County Back In Line TOTAL VOTE SHOWS MAJORITYOF NEARLY900 _ *_,_ OFFICIAL CANVASS SHOWS JNO. W. WOOD LED COUNTY TICKET Congressman Pou Leads His Opponent In Johns ton By 1209 Votes Johnston county is back in the Democratic fold and that by a ma jority of approximately 878 votes. The board of elections canvassed the vote yesterday, and Mr. J. W. Wood of Meadow township, who was elected as a member of the house of representatives, led the county ticket with a total of 6.097 votes. Mr. Jeff Lambert, in the running for surveyor, came sec ond with 6,082 votes. The full tabulation appears elsewhere in this issue. The Congressional vote in the county showed that a total of 11, 071 votes were cast for Edward W. Pou and Hobart Brantley, Mr. Pou’s lead being 1,209. Mr. Pou’s majority shows that he is popular not only in his own party but also with a number of the Republi cans. Clawson L. Williams, solicitor for the Fourth Judicial District, of which Johnston county is a part, received a majority of 939 over his opponent, Robert H. Dix^ on, Jr. Mr. Williams received 5,718 votes, and Dixon, 4,779. made prior to the election. Some thought the majority would be small others thought it would be a thousand, some thought it would be a split ticket, others thought j there would be little scratching of tickets. But various as the predic tions were, there is unanimity as to the result. Democrats are re- I joicing- that they have shown j again that Johnston county nor- I marlly is a Democratic county. SAYS BOBBED HAIR LEADS TO BALD HEADS Charlotte, Nov. 2.—Bobbing of i women’s “crowning glory’’ will cause as many bald heads among the feminine sex as there are among the masculine. Dr. A. W. McPhaul, city-county health officer, predicted today. % Frequent cutting of hair, accord ing to the physician, is injurious, ultimately causing it to fall out. Also the doctor said, constant | visits to the barber shop result in | scalp diseases, which tend to di- j minish the supply of tresses. Dr- McPhaul predicted that women will continue to bob their | hair.—Associated Press. The Rock of Ages. A sailor in a shipwreck was once thrown upon a small rock, and clung* to it, in great danger, un til the tide went down. “Say, Joe,” asked his friends after the rescue, “didn’t you shake with fear?” “Yes,” replied Joe, “but the rock didn’t.” Christ is the Rock of Ages.—Sabbath Reading. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me— if tz 1M2 “Whar is dat crowd whuts been walink’ roun’ wid so much soup pea-ri-ority.” Brooks Praises Work Of Women In the Political Campaign Mrs. Debnam and Miss Mattie Pou Render Val iant Service Appreciating the work of the j Democratic women in the recent campaign, Mr. F. H. Brooks ex presses thanks for the whole part^ j for their loyal interest and sup- ' port. His words of commendation ! are as follows: Not only as a humble private in the ranks of the Democratic party but as a former candidate on the ticket and as a militant fighter for the party, I want to express to the good women of Johnston coun ty my gratitude and thanks of the great democratic party for the 'noble work that they did in the past campaign and at the polls on (election day. They certainly waged a good fight, and Mrs. L. D. Deb nam, Vice Chairman in charge of i ! the women voters, and the local 1 women workers under her all over me county, deserve unu nave me thanks of every true democrat. I do not know of the other local women and their workers as well as I do of Miss Mattie Pou of Smithfield township. She was in charge of the branch headquar ters at Smithfield, which was lo cated in my office, and I know that she was faithful, on the job every day during the time headquarters was open and was active in or ganizing the women in the town ship, as well as doing some work in the county. I want again to say that the women and men of Smithfield, certainly did their duty nobly from sunrise to sunset, and Smithfield township rolled up the biggest vote in its history giving the dem-* ocratic majority ranging from 808 to 856. All the workers, bfc>th men and women in Smithfield township, were as trained soldiers, doing their duty fearlessly, yet quietly, and without disturbance, and I think it only fair that some one should voice the gratitude of the democratic party for the faith ful and efficient work done in the county, and on election day. I have maintained and contend ed since last election that old Johnston county would come back into the democratic columns this fall. I knew and felt confident that two years of Republican rule would suffice, and I hope that we have goten enough Republican rule to last for fifty years. F. H. BROOKS. ! . Sampson, Republican Stronghold For Many Years, Democratic Sampson county, home of Marion Butler and heretofore one of the two banner Repub lican counties of the state, has gone Democratic except the register of deeds by a ma jority of from two to three hundred-fifty. The Sampson turnover is said to have been the biggest surprise of the election results as received at state headquar ters. Sampson’s Republican majority has heretofore rang from 1,500 to 3,000 and was one of th ecounties which Dem ocratic leaders had no hopes ! of carrying. ; Ben Dixon MacNeill in yes | terday’s News and Observer answers the question “How I did it happen?” as follows: j How did it happen? There are more explanations for it than anybody can analyze un ! answerably. Anyhow it hap I pened and, an abnormal Re | publican majority of 2,220 has | been converted into a Demo cratic majority of approxi mately 350. Turn to page three, please RETAINS SEAT IN HOUSE EDWARD W. POU Member ('empress Republicans Get A Big Surprise Clayton Gives Splendid Democratic Majority Although Woman’s Vote Was Light In spite of the fact that a vast amount of work was done here by the Republicans, Clayton town ship went Democratic in Tuesday’s election, giving majorities on the county ticket ranging from 325 to J 425. Out of a total vote of 801, , Barnes for Register of Deeds re ceived 612 votes, against 170 for Stancil. Two years ago Clayton gave the Democratic ticket only I 121 majority, which is in striking contrast to the big victory won this year. The result in Clayton gave local Republican leaders the < surprise of their lives, for they had looked for a majority as a re- ! suit of the work that had been The election was orderly and free from any friction or hard feeling. The women’s vote in Clay ton was very small which ac counts for the light vots cast. The vote was as folows: Solicitor of Four Judicial Dis trict—Williams 580; Dixon 218. i Senators for Eighth Senatorial District—Canaday 580, Royall 577; (Turn to page three, please) To Give Ladies Southern Tour Winners In South-Wide Contest Will Join “Seeing Southern Shrines” Trfp Miss Martha H. Haywood, of Raleigh, State Chairman of the Children’s Founders Roll, that de partment of the Stone Mountain Conference Memorial, that is erect ing the world’s greatest monument upon the face of Stone Mountain, eighteen miles northeast of At lanta, in memory of the men and women of the Confederacy, an nounces the appointment of Mrs. H. L. Skinner of Smithfield as, chairman for Johnston county in ! the enrollment of 2,292 children up to the age of eighteen as partici- , pants in the erection of the me- , morial. .rv suuui-vv lue tuiaesi is uciug t organized now by congressional j districts which will provide an op- i portunity for approximately 150 young ladies, representing their j districts to join the “Seeing South ern Shrines Trip,” which will be , run next spring immediately after : schools close. One young lady from each dis trict will be chosen for this trip as the result of her activities in en rolling the children of the south.1 It is expected to enroll one million children between this time and June 1, 1927. Each child enrolled will receive a bronze medal desig nated by the Sculptor, Augustus Lukeman, which is a work of art, and in time to come will be greatly valued. Contestants will be rated on the showing made by them in propor tion to the enrollment quotas as signed to their county, which is ten per cent of the white school population. The trip will include all expenses ! from the homes of winners to their return and will consume at least two weeks time. A special train Will be run from Atlanta and will take the winners to Chatta nooga, Asheville, Charlottesville, Washington, Gettysburg, Balti more, Norfolk, Jamestown, York tovvn, .Richmond, Petersburg, SA (Turn to page three, please) Democrat Gain In, State And Nation Returns Show a Dem ocratic Majority In Next Senate; Good Vote In State New York, Nov. 4.—Belated re turns emphasized indications that from next March till the end of his term of office the Senate will j furnish a problem for President Coolidge. On paper just one-half i of the Senators will be Republi- : cans. Eig*ht of that half will be insurgents. The Republicans will have a re duced majority in the House, but the insurgents will' be a consider able factor there. In addition there is the prospect of the new Senate refusing to seat /two Republican Senators-elect— Vare, of Pennsylvania, and Smith, of Illinois,—because of testimony as to heavy expenses in obtaining nominations. This testimony was developed by a Senate committee Lose Majority. Complete returns show that the next Senate will have 48 Republi cans, 47 Democrats, and one For mer-Labor—Shipstead, of Minne sota. In the present Senate there is a Republican majority of nine. —Associated Press. Charlotte, Nov. 3.—With the as- i sembldng of returns from yester day’s general election in county seats due to start tomorrow morn ing, returns today were meager and hard to get, according to re ports from all sections of the state. With the entire North Carolina congressional delegation of 10 Democrats safely returned United States Senator Lee S. Overman and the Democratic state ticket elected, apathy even more marked than on election nig*ht descended | on officials and others usually in- i terested in getting in returns. In ! many counties the only figures available were majorities based on | estimates gathered by telephone j from the various precincts. The Democratic majority, it is indicat- \ ed, will run well in excess of 100, 000. A total 800 out of the 1,734 pre cincts in the state had been unof ficially reported tonight for Unit ed States senator giving Senator Overman 97,889 votes to 50,304 for Johnson J. Hayes, Republican. The Democratic ticket ran about in proportion, it is estimated, al though exact figures were not available for most of the offices. CLASS MEETING IS CALLED ! OFF ON ACCOUNT REVIVAL | The business meeting of the Vol- | unteer Wesley Class of the M. E. Sunday school, which wras to have been held at the home of Mrs. T. C. Young, has been called off on account of the revvial at the Pres byterian church. Husband and Wife I serve the coffee boiling hot and my husband lets it stand until it's luke-warm.—Emma. vVHAT DOES YOUR HUSBAND DQt Man Stabbed At Peacock’s X Roads Rumor That Hudson Was Killed Proves False; Not Seriously Hurt. The report reached here last night that a man had been killed at Peacock’s Cross Roads and others hurt, but investigation re veals that no one was kill ed although George Hud son was stabbed in two places and perhaps an other slightly hurt. Charley Dudley is said to hav.e stabbed Hudson in the throat and in the shoulder. Dr. H. H. Utley, of Benson who was oalled to dress the wounds, pronounced the injur ies not to be serious. It is reported that the trouble j arose over ten cents. Whiskey, however, was at the bottom of the whole affair. Steady Voting Tells The Tale Thirty-five Waiting To Vote When Polls Open In Smithfield Township —Total Vote Over 1400 Smithfield township gave the biggest vote Tuesday in it's his tory when more than 1400 votes were polled. The vote in Smithfield township two years ago, showed an average of about 880 Democrats voting and about 235 Republicans. When the polls opened Tuesday morning in Smithfield there were thirty-five standing ready to cast their vote, and this same eager ness to vote kept up throughout the day. The folks had been warn ed to vote early, and there was scarcely a lull during the entire voting time. Mrs. J. E. Mahler east the first vote here, and she was followed by two other women. The election here was well con ducted throughout the day and during the counts. No hint of jnfair dealing* on the part of either Please turn to page three DENY RUMOR During the past few days it has been rumored that politics ■was being played in connection with the work now going on on the new Freewill Baptist church here. The rumor was to the ef fect that only Republican work men were being employed, all Democratic workmen having been discharged. We the un dersigned, desire to tell the public that this report is abso lutely untrue. I, Jesse Daugh try, am foreman of the work on the new church, and there was never a more loyal Democrat. I have been a Democratic mag istrate for forty years. I, H. A. Crumpler, am chairman of the building committee, and since I was twenty-one years old have never voted"any thing else except the Democratic ticket. Politics has never been men tioned in any way in any of our meetings. JESSE DAUGHTRY, H. A. CRUMPLER. ASSURED VICTORY LEE S. OVER,MAN L'. S. Senator Z Sermons Please Presbyterians To Hold Two Services at M. E. Church Sunday Dr. Paul Pressly, who is con ducting1 a revival at the Presby terian church here, is giving: his congregation excellent sermons at each service. Wednesday evening he delivered on of his strongest discourses from Proverbs 13:22— “A good man leaveth an inheri tance to his children.” In the in troductory part of his sermon he mentioned the things that are real ly worth while in life, dismissing the popular idea that money and material wealth are first to be de sired. He said there are four things that a good nian will leave his children as an inheritance: first an inheritance of a good name; second, a good reputation, or example; third, an inheritance of prayers; and last, a share in the covenant promises. The minis ter went into each of these at length, quoting freely flrom the Scripture and using Biblical illus- ! trations to confirm his statements. ! He made a forceful appeal to the parents of the congregation to Crowds dren, to give them the things that money cannot buy. At the beginning of the service a duet by Miss Lucile Johnson and Mr. Paul Eason was enjoyed by the audience. Since Tuesday a day service has been held in the afternoon at four o’clock, and the public is cordially invited to attend at this service which lasts just one hour. Dr. Pressly does not claim to be an evangelist, and there is nothing sensational in his serv ices. He preaches strong gospel sermons which go straight to the heart of his hearers. Some of the subjects Dr. Press ly will use during this meeting are: Friday afternoon, “The Times When Jesus Prayed”; Friday night, “Who Pays For My Sin”; Satur day afternoon, “The Dedicated Life;” Sunday morning, “Immor tality of the Soul”; Sunday after noon, “The Bible”; Sunday night, “Motherhood”; Monday afternoon, “David’s Sin”; Monday night, for the young people, “Christian Prin ciples.” Dr. Pressly will preach his ser mon on the Bible Sunday afternoon (Turn to page three, please) Charles Ross At Kiwanis Luncheon Talks on Making High ways Safe in North Car olina; Dr. Pressly Also A Guest Mr. Charles Ross, attorney for the State Highway Commission, was the chief speaker at the Ki wanis luncheon at the Woman’s Club yesterday. He came at tho invitation of Dr. Thel Hooks, who had charge of the program, and gave the Kiwanians a good talk concerning* highway traffic. "‘He stressed particularly the import ance of making travel on the high ways safe, and gave suggestions for accomplishing this. With one automobile for every eight persons in North Carolina, traffic must be regulated in order to prevent accidents. Mr. Ross thinks that only licensed drivers should be permitted on the high ways, and suggests that North Carolina let the State Highway Commission know the sentiment in regard to such a law. The pro vcvuo nwui ouch <» iicniac aum ill# a dollar apiece, would provide state-wide police patrol of the highways, which would tend to check disregard for speed and traffic laws. When one thinks of the fact that North Carolina leads the United States in the number of automobile accidents, it is time for something to be done, according to Attorney Ross. An average of more than one person per day is killed in North Carolina in auto mobiles. Among other visitors present at the meeting yesterday was Dr. Paul Pressly, who is assisting in the revival at the Presbyterian church. He made a few appropriate remarks which were well receiv ed. Kiwanian Richardson of the Raleigh Kiwanis Club led the singing in which all heartily par ticipated. A prominent New Orleans man aboard a ship leaving New York for Europe called the steward and asked: “Are we outside the twelve-mile limit?” The steward said they were. “Can I get anything I want—, cocktails, whiskey, wine—anything without violating the law?” He was told that he could. “Then bring me a lemonade.” BIG ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION NOV. 11TH Day and Night Something going on every minute. The program will appear in next Tuesday’s Smithfield Herald. Watch for it. 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 mint bring copy of this paper in order to secure ticket. mfarkngonar Frank Johnson recognized his name last issue.