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VOLUME 44—NO. 94 Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 SMITHFIELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 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 New Methodist Minister Please; Large Congregation Ex tends [Welcome A Churches O f Town Joii In Union Service Sun day Night. “It is often hard to find th< germ of truth in the Christian rc* ligion,” declared Rev. E. D. Earn hardt in his sermon at the Meth odist church Sunday morning, “fo: the scaffolding people have buil around it.” Then he proceeded ti compare the Christian church t< a modern structure just before tht scaffolding has been torn from it: completed beauty. The Puritans the Separatists, the Non-Conform ists, the Episcopalians, the Meth odists, the Baptists, the Presbyter ians have erected scaffolds tha sometimes seem to obscure the es sential truth of God’s plan of sal vation. With this as an introductorj thought, the preacher launched inti the theme of his discourse, empha sizing love as the foundation stoni upon which the church rests. lie enlarged upon the command, “Lov< the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thy self.” At the evening hour, the Bap tists and Presbyterian ministers gave way their services, their con gregations joining in extending 11 welcome to the new minister, whom the recent conference held in Dur ham sent to serve the Methodist church here. The usually large congregation present listened attentively as Rev. Mr. Earnhardt told his hear ers what faith is, the ability ot God in whom we are exhorted tc put our fa utiT "anTTThe1 willingness of God to keep faith with Ilis children. .The delivery of the new preacher is especially pleasing*. He speaks off-hand, though a mastery of hi? theme is apparent. He has the unusual ability of introducing a touch of humor, and then in a mom ent’s time, holding his audience tc a deep consideration of the spirit ual significance of the truth he ha? illustrated. Special music characterized both Sunday services. Mr. Theron John son sang a solo, and Messrs. Paul Eason and Marvin Woodall, a duet at the morning hour, while Mis: Lucile Johnson, Messrs. Pau Eason and Marvin Woodall sany a lovely trio at the evening serv ice. SAYS MOON HAS NO INFLUENCE ON WEATHER Washington, Nov. 28.—The moor may affect lovers and cause tlu tides, but “moon farming” is puri moonshine, department of agricul ture experts declare, thus explod ing another tradition. The supposed effect on certair farm activities done by the “dark’ or the “light” or some other phase of the moon has no influence or weather or the scientists. The} say that the moon has no influ ence on weather or soil and ever the lig-ht of the full moon is no’ nearly intense enough to have an? effect on plan tgrowth or disease —Associated Press. Having to work a little now ant then is about all that keeps mos of us from smoking ourselves t< death. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me— “We needs ter quit dat prankir wid dis buddin juryration and d sum good ole spankin' wid de bod of educashun.” New “Bnby'’ I Here is George H. Corbs Jr,, ,<vir old con$ressman-el<*ct frorr P's trie*, of Missouri, who wi> i zo to Washington as the “Bab) j Member" of Congress. He run foj election to the same ohieo wh« mly 25 out was defeated. Three Are Hurt fn Auto Wreck Mrs. Joe Hunter Painfully Injured And Also Two Men From Wilmington As Cars Collide. Thanksgiving night, quite a se rious automobile wreck occurred I just across the railroad east of this city on the Princeton road, when a high-poweren automobile in which W. B. Caldwell and E. B. Cox, of Wilmington, were riding, struck the Cadillac touring car of Mr. Joe Hunter of this city, com pletely demolishing Mr. Hunter’s car and painfully injuring Mrs. Hunter and both of the gentlemen from Wilmington. j The accident happened about eleven o’clock, as Mr. and Mrs. Hunter with their two children were returning home from Kin ston where they had spent the day. Mrs. Hunter, who suffered 'painful lacerations and bruises, was taken immediately to the Johnston County Hospital, where her wounds were dressed, after which she was taken to her home. Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Cox were j also rushed to ihe hospital. Their injuries were found to consist of severe lacerations and bruises. I They found it necessary, however, j to remain in the hospital for a .f*-*w days, one of them leaving on {Saturday and the other, yester day. I ^ *nd Lifted Heavy Engine. Fayettevile, Nov. 27.—A wind that lifted a 7,000 pound tram en gine from its track visited this vi cinity and caused a loss of $1,000 to the Poe Brick company’s plant south of Fayetteville, damaged ten ement houses owned by the same company to the extent of $500 and blew two houses from their foun dations in 71st township. I No serious personal injury was caused by the storm. It was ac companied by a heavy rainfall. Nin esmokestacks were blown down at the Poe Brick plant, two big stacks on the boiler room and seven smaller brick kiln stacks. | The wind took the roof off the ^conveyor shed and demolished the ^shed housing the tram engine which was blown off the rails. I A\ oman Justice of Peace. New Bern, Nov. 28_As the (first woman justice of the peace of |the section, Miss Pauline Barring j ton, has received an official ap pointment from Governor McLean. |She states that she will carry on a full line of justice of the peace activities, from trying eases to marrying couples. CANADA CATCHING l*P WITH I . S. IN TELEPHONE USERS Montreal, !'. Q„ Nuv. L>S—Can ada is catching up to the United States in the per capita ownership of telephones. The dominion has an average of one phone to every j8 4 people, while America has one |to every 7.3, according to P. A. ’ McFarlane, president of the Tele phone association of Canada, in > an address here before the asso ciation's convention. Conduct Probe In Johnston County Clayton Citizens Doubl Story That Dead Mar Fell Out Of Auto; Sev Theories. - | The mystery surrounding the death of L. G. Forsythe, which is i thought to have taken place early last Wednesday morning probably on the Raleigh road somewhere in the vicinity of Clayton, is still un fathomed. Wake county officers together with Clayton officials, are busy with investigations, around which considerable interest cen ters. Wade H. Lucas, staff corres pondent for the News and Ob server, sums up the entire case in a communication in yesterday’s paper which we reprint as follows: “Investigation into the myster ious death of L. G. (Mighty) For sythe was suddenly switched from Raleigh to Olayfton today, when Coroner L. M. Waring, of Wake county, came here and started a probe with Chief of Police B. A. Smith, of this city. “Coroner Waring* and Chief Smith went into a conference be hind closed doors. Following the conference the two visited the places where the pools of blood, to gether with the shoes, caps and a small sum of money were found by the Clayton chief and other cit izens early Wednesday morning. febYLKAL MISSING LINKS. “Despite the coroner’s assertion that no new developments had oc curred in the Forsythe case, it was learned from a number of Clajfyon citizens, including: Chief Smith, that Wake officials working on the Forsythe case, have failed in some respects to ascertain cer tain things, which, in their opin ion, have to do with the case. “Discovery Saturday of blood stained clothing, which, according to deputies, belongs to Robert Se park, now held in Wake jail on a murder charge in connection with Forsythe’s death; the finding of a bloody cap, split open as if done by a sharp-edged instrument; and the release of Evelyn Britt. 19 year-old Durham girl, who is, now held in $5,000 bail also on a mur der charge, constitutes what new developments to an appreciable ex tent that have occurred in the STEPHENSON STILL MISSING. “W hile in Clayton today, Coroner Waring declared that officers have redoubled their offorts to appre hend Robert Stephnson, third per son wanted on a murder charge as the result of Forsythe’s mysterious death, and that he expected Steph enson to be caught ‘almost any minute. “‘We have a net out for Steph enson now/' ’ declared the Wake coroner, ‘ “and we expect to catch him almost any minute or hour.” ’ He was of the opinion that certain clues he has of Stephenson’s sup posed whereabouts will materialize within a short time and expects that his arrest will follow. “Many people here believe For 'sythe was killed, interest in the mystery death is rife and has been |since Luther Hinton, garage man, here, discovered a large pool of blood in front of Bert’s Filling |Station last Wednesday morning shortly after daybreak. I “Hinton declares he immediately notified Chief Smith and the two, augmented by others, were con ducting- a search in the vicinity of :the blood pools, when word came from Raleigh that the lifeless body I of Forsythe had been delivered there shortly after 2 o’clock Wed nesday morning by Paul King and William Jackson Buffalo, who live jabout three miles from Raleigh on the Garner road. “King and Buffalo told Coroner Waring that Robert Separk, who was accompanied by a man and a woman they did not know, awoke |them between 1 and 2 o’clock Wed nesday morning and asked them to (bring Forsythe, whom they said | had fallen out of the car and in jured his head, to a hospital in Raleigh. When King and Buffalo reached Rex hospital in the Capi tal City, it was discovered that | (Turn to page fourTp lease} Court Dismisses Receivership Suii Col. Willie M. Person’: Suit Against Cotton As sociation Fails To Ma. terialize. —— P|iIt-iKh, Xuv. 27.—Col. Willie M. Person’s suit to throw th< North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative association into receiv ership was dismissed today by the clerk of court of Nash county upor jthe petition of the four plaintiff? I in the action, U. B. Blalock, gen eral manager of the cotton asso ciation, announced here this after noon. Following- the dismissal, Mr Blalock charged, Col. Persor isought to induce other Nash coun ity farmers to become parties ir another receivership action, but failing in that, he declared his pur pose to bring a suit, with himself as plaintiff. CO-ERCEI). ! Mr. Blalock exhibited affidavits jsigned by P. L. Parham, W. E |Cockrell, II. D. Williams and B. A I Cooper to the effect that they had been induced to become parties jplaintiff in the action now dis missed at the solicitation of Col. I Person and that they were not in jformed that his purpose was to ;seek to force the association into I receivership. Their petition for dis missal came when they discovered jthe true intent of the movement, |they stated. J. C. Lindsey, who s'gncu iup prosecution bond. also petitioned the court to tie releas 'd. declaring that he had been in dueett to sign by an erroneous im pression as to the nature of the ■suit. I STATEMENT. Mr. Blalock made the following statement in announcing the dis missal of the suit: “e have been advised by our attorney. Harold J). Cooley, of Nashville, that the suit against the North Carolina Cotton (hov er Cooperative asociation has been dismissed by the clerk of the court of Nash county. This action came about on account of the four plain tiffs stating-in affidavits that they did not authorize the nature of suit that Mr. Person had institut ed. and that they therefore, de manded that the suit be dismiss ed. NO TAKERS. It was further stated to us that Mr. Person had aproached several farmers on the streets of Nashville this afternoon for the purpose of inducing them to be come parties in a suit against the cotton association. Failing in this Purpose, it was also stated that Mr. Person himself ..! i,;. intention to institute a new suit, naming himself as plaintiff. “As has been noted before. Mr. Person is a member of the cotton association, having delivered three bales in 1923 and two in 1924. and none since that time. He is still interested in the reserve fund of 1923 to the amount of $3.72, and and of 1924 to the amount of $1.96. DEALINGS OPEN. "W Hile we have never under taken to publish all our transac tions to the minuest detail, it has .ever been the policy of the asso ciation to publish just as much in formation as could be crowded into our ‘Cotton Grower’ for the bene jfit of our members. Our records land all information pertaining tc ,°ur operations are open to our j members, and to any others whe [are interested in our operation; • from the right motives. I “We court the fullest publicity, (regardless of what has been the result of Mr. Person’s original suit, or any that he may originate afterwards.”—Brock Barkley, ir Charlotte Observer. BONDS authorized for IMPROVEMENTS IN RALEIGH Raleigh, Nov. 28.—Authorizatio: of $210,000 in bonds to build a j $75,000 in bonds to build a $75,001 | garbage incinerator, to extend th. sewerage system, build a refriger ; ation plant for the city market, am | to expand Mount Hope negro cent etery, was made by the city com [ mission yesterday morning. Decide On State Fair Next Year Wire For Date To Be Ar ranged ; Will Spend Ap j proximately A Quarter Of A Million Dollars Getting Ready. North Carolina will have a State Fair at Raleigh during October, 11027! Such was the promise of the di rectors of the Fair Association, i who gathered Monday morning in the__ office of Governor McLean to receive the report of the com mittee which recently sold the old State Fair site. i Approximately one-quarter of a (million dollars will be spent by the association between now and next |October in providing an exhibit building, race track, grandstand to •seat 5,000 persons, fencing, sew er and water connections, and oth ,or necessities, exclusive of the land. Acquisition of the land will be • deferred in all probability until jafter the meeting of the next Gen eral Assembly as it is hoped that (some 'arrangement may be made \v hereby the fair will be permitted to use or acquire state-owned property, either State College or (State Prison property, i It was the sense of the board of directors that the new site, if pos sible, should be located near State College in order that the college might use the land and buildings during the 50 weeks of the year in which the land will not be oc cupied for exhibition purposes. The directors authorized J. R. i\V eatherspoon, to wire immediately to W. A. Graham to close con tracts with the Association of Fair j Managers, to give the State Fair |a dating between the Virginia and iSouth Carolina State Fairs.—Ral eigh Times. NORTH CAROLINA HAS VAST COAL DEPOSITS j Raleigh. Nov. 28.—North Car jolina has a reserve supply of 70, 000,000 tons of coal deposited in ithe old “Triassic” basin, extending in a diagonal direction in the cen tral part of the state, according I to a report made to the department |of conservation and development iby H. G. Bryson, state geologist. Figures on output for the past two years show that this enor mous natural storehouse of wealth jhas hardly been tapped. They show that in 15)24 only 57,05)4 tons were j taken out of North Carolina mines 'and that in 1925 the total had in Icreased to only 65.153 tons, j Only two mines of importance are in operation. They are the |Carolina mine at Coal Glenn and (the Cumnock mine at Cumnock, both near Sanford. | The explosion at the Carolina | mine in May, 1925, cut down the I .mat i'ear 10 a , total of only 272. The year pre ceding there were 287. The daily output in 1925 was given as 240 tons and in 1924 as 200. The North Carolina product is described as a good grade bitumi nous, not especially adaptable for ordinary commercial uses, but ex cellent for use in manufacturing artificial gas and coke and for crushing into coal powder and for the by-product of this product, ammonium sulphate, used in mak ing fertilizer.—Associated Press. Texas woman claims she can jump 40 feet. We, too, have sat on a hornet’s nest. dusband and Wife quite CiGkt. . My husband will take his sec retary’s advice on any businesi natter but he never listens to rae -Mrs. W. W. 8VHAT does YOUR HUSBAND 1XX Using Of Cotton Bags Requested Representatives of Sixty Fertilizer Manufactur ers And Other Business Men Of Eastern Caro lina Adopt Resolutions. Wilson, Nov. 28.—Resolutions were adopted at a meeting of fer tilizer manufacturers and dealers and cotton oil men held here where |by the use of at least, one-half of all hags used in their business dur ing the coming year will be cotton if the plan works out successful ly. J The conference, called by the di [rectors of the Eastern Carolina !Chamber of Commerce, was large ly attended by representatives of .the GO fertilizer manufacturer^ op erating in this section of the state |as well as numerous dealers, oil mil) operators, farmers, bankers and representative business men. N. G. Bartlett, of Kinston, sec retary of the commerce body, who issued the call to the fertilizer manufacturers and oil mill opera tives to attend the conference stat ed the purpose of the meeting after J. W. Holmes, of Farmville,! president of the organization, call- 1 ed the session together. EXPLAINS PROPOSAL. Mr. Bartlett- said it was the tie-1 sire of the organization to study j the cotton situation with a view! of substituting cotton bags for the ! jute bags now being used in the j handling of the products mention-1 ed. The use of cotton bags for the I 1927 business would aid consider- | ably in the consumption of the j bumper crop of this year if a plan 1 could be worked out whereby they ; might be substituted. After numerous talks by the va- ' rious representatives present dur- I ing which the situation was dis- • cussed in all of its aspects the fol- j lowing resolutions were drafted by ! a committee composed of J. H. j Morgan, of Farmville; L. P. Wood- j ard, of Wilson; C. L. Ives, of New , Bern, and J. H. Westbrook, of Rocky Mount, and were unanimous- ! ly adopted by the conference. “Whereas there is at present a burdensome surplus of cotton caus-' ing the price to fall below cost of production, and realizing* that with the high cost of jute bags in j the manufacture of fertilizer and ! cotton oil mill products. Be it resolved that this meet ing go on record as asking these manufacturers to pledge them [selves to use at least one-half of all bags used in. bagging these prod ucts for the season 1927 and long er if necessary made of cotton. “This committee realizes that I the manufacturers have supplied a [portion of their requirements of | burlap bag*s. I TO C ALL COMMITTEES. quest that the presidents of the Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers' Association and the National Fer tilizer Association, immediately to call a joint meeting of the execu tive committees of these two as sociations, to secure pledges to carry out the provisions of this resolution.” Today’s conference is considered a big success and officials of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com merce are anticipating calling oth er meetings in the state. The re quest sent the Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association and the National Fertilizers' Association are expected to meet with the sup port of those organizations and definite action taken in the very near future. The cotton meeting today is the second authorized and' called by the commerce body in an effort to cope with the situation resulting from the slump in the price of cot ton. PRAYER MEETING AT .METHODIST CHURCH Wednesday evening at the Meth odist church, prayer meeting will be held beginning at 7:30 o’clock. ‘‘The Pastor and His People” is the topic for consideration, and the pastor gives a cordial invitation for a large crowd to greet him. Champion Jess. Sweetser Apia America has lifted one „l "!0"' “"ted sport title. If ;;,j;!‘,A,,;:,!"cr <;«if <*»»-„. W-; "• Ull:'w- American Wc"r . full fledged tourney at Muir 3eld, Scovlanu. defeating the best Client the Emerald [,Je cuu'd ,it igamst 1dm. ' Organize Poultry Association Here Poultry Keepers From Over The County Hear Poultry Specialist Fronv Wayne Here Saturday. Johnston county poultry keep ers took a definite step toward the promotion of poultry raising here Saturday, when they organized a Johnston county poultry associa tion with an initial membership of eighteen. About fifty showed their interest by attended the meeting in the courthouse which had been called by the county home agent, Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, and it is probable that the membership of the association will show' an early increase. T. W. Ives, Mrs. D. J. We lions, W. T. Wilson. Miss Myrtle Bailey and Miss Garrison were named as a committee to pre sent a plan of organization at some future meeting. This action was taken after the advantages of a poultry associa tion had been thoroughly present ed by T. T. Brown, of Goldsboro, whole time poultry specialist for Wayne county. He told of the or ganization in Wayne, which is only about two years old, stressing the fact that numbers do not necessar ily mean success. A small group may work effectively. The splendid opportunity offered by the climate uj. i^asicxii varuuim lUi poultry raising was emphasized by the fact that a North Carolina bird will produce, on an average, twen ty eggs per year more than the same bird in Canada. Poultry, how ever, is not a fool-proof business, [declared Mr. Brown; time and care 'are required if profits are to be ! realized. It is his opinion that egg I production is the most profitable iphase of the business, though rais ing broilers for market is not to ping to northern markets has been (made possible by the State Divis ion of Markets. Mr. Brown made a significant statement when he said that there is never an over I production of poultry products. jThere is no danger of glutting the market. Following Mr. Brown, a repre sentative of the Goldsboro hatch ery, said to be the largest in North Carolina, spoke to those present in ragard to the importance of early j hatched chicks, good breeds, and jthe selection of breeders. The year I old hen is the best breeder, because it lays a larger egg and because it lays at the breeding season. A round table discussion preced ed the motion, which was adoptee to form a poultry association ir ; Johnston county. Name Winners In Club Contest Mrs. John K. Sanders, Mrs. P. H. Creech And Mrs. Will Stallings Suc cessful In Mea^ Plan ning And Table Setting Contest. Saturday afternoon, the climax to a meal planning and table set ting contest, which had been in progress for five months in home demonstration clubs of the county, was reached when Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, the county home agent, announced the winners at a meet ing held in the courthouse. Twelve women’s clubs and nine girls’ clubs took part in the contest in which three prizes had been offered. Therefore, it was a distinct achieve ment that received recognition when Miss Garrison announced that Mrs. John K. Sanders, of the San ders Chapel section, had won the first prize; Mrs. P. H. Creech of Creech’s school, the second, and Mrs. Will Stallings of the Sanders Chapel section, the third. Mrs. Sanders was scored 95 per cent on table setting and 89 per cent on planning of menus. The prize was a lovely chest of silver. Mrs. Creech’s reward was a cake making set, while the trophy car ried off by Mrs. Stallings was a mayonnnaise set. Honorable men tion was given Mrs. W. T. Wood ard, of Selma; Miss Myrtle Bailey, of O’Neals; Mrs. Vaden Lasster, of Four Oaks, and Mrs. Arthur Creech. Miss Thomas, state nutrition spee alist, did the judging, the outcome of which had been kept a profound £££!£ L,until -SaXu rda y. - - • A pleasing part of the prize giv ing Saturday was the acceptance speech of Mrs. Sanders. With a humorous style all her own, she recalled some of the prizes she had received in her lifetime, tell ing of the first she ever received which was given for learning the alphabet in a given time. She also told of another prize received in oLiiuui, wncii sne nau to cnoose be tween a pair of cuff links, which she could not use, and a box of stationery that also had little value in her eyes. Mrs. Sanders attrib uted the winning of the chest of silver to the fact that she began early to work for rewards. She kept her audience in an uproar as she graphically described the sit uations just hinted at. The occasion took a serious turn when Miss Garrison called upon a number of the contestants to tell what the study of meal planning and table setting had meant to Mrs. W. T. Woodard of Selma received a cook book for sending in the best set of answers to a questionnaire which had been sent to club members. HAIL AND ELECTRIS STORM VERY SEVERE Rutherfordton, Nov. 28.—One of the worst storms in the history of this county visited the lower end near Harris during a severe electrical storm. Hail as large as guinea eggs fell for some time. Small limbs on trees were beaten off, holes were torn in the top of automobiles and 1 weak roofs. Several window panes were broken and much damage was done. The storm was about a mile wide and moved toward the south east. SAY I SAW IT IN The Herald. THANK YOU. 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 moat bring copy of this paper in order to ( secure ticket. bom’ilalyr : Horace Utley recognized his I name last issue. 1
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