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To Hold Meeting About Highwaj Henderson-Clinton Proj ect Again Claims Th< Attention Of Public Directors And Any In terested Meet Here Or Thursday. A matter that vitally concern? certain sections of Johnston county and a project that citizens al! along; the route have been agitat ing; for some months is that of the Honderson-Clinton highway. The plan is for each county through which this road passes to build such a sand clay road as will meet the requirements of the State Highway Commission with the ulti mate end in view of asking the state to take over the maintenance of the road. A part of this road in Johnston county, that from the Selma town ship line to Zebulon, has been built in recent months by tfie use of convict labor. In order to lay further plans in regard to this road, a meeting has been called to be held in Smith field Thursday afternoon, Decem ber 0, at 5 o’clock. A letter from A. II. Fleming, of Louisburg, pres ident of the Ilendcrson-Clirrton Highway association, to Mr. T. C. Young, of this city, outlines the plan for the meeting. The letter is as follows: “There will be a meeting of Directors and those interested in the Ilenderson-Clinton Highway, at Smithfield, Thursday, December 9, at five o’clock. “This meeting* is called in order to formulate plans to discuss be fore the Highway Commission., which meets December 16. “This is a very important meet ing and we urge that those inter ested be present. “The meeting will be at a lunch eon held in the town of Smithfield on the 11th, and Mr. T. C. Young will have charge of the arrange ments. Each one who attends will be expected to pay for his lunch and notify Mr. Young at once that you will attend so he can arrange for you. Now don’t put this off. Do it right now. “We hope to have this meeting well attended and if you are prop erly interested in your town or section through which this road will g*o, you will write Mr. Young at Smithfield at once that you will be there.” AMERICAN LEGION TO PACK BOX FOR OTEEN The Auxiliary of the American Legion is asking for contributions for a box which will be sent to the soldiers at Oteen for Christmas. The members are arranging to fill Christmas stockings with confec tioneries and a gift, and will ap preciate donations of the follow ing: oranges, apples, nuts, hard candy, figs and raisins in pack ages, chewing gum, cigarettes, comb in case, games, New Year cards, white handkerchiefs, pos tage stamps, shaving cream and tooth paste. This box will be packed at the home of Mrs. Thel Hooks Friday afternoon. Anyone wishing to do nate articles may leave them at the Sundry Shoppe by noon Fri day. The meeting to be held Friday will be the final meeting of the year, and annual reports will fea ture the program. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—* “We raizes too much cotton at raisin’ time and too much san’ at Bellin’ time.”' Believing that she can attain the heights of stardom in movie world out lacking financial backing, Char lene Meredith of Los Angeles ha: incorporated herself for $50,000 ari ls selling stock. Dividends will de nend uDon her success. Negroes Dedicate School Building Short Journey Is Probably Best Elementary Negro Building In State; Ded ication Lasts A Week. Perhaps no county in North Car olina has a negro elementary school building that will compare with the building* at Short Jour ney, four miles west of this city. Therefore, it is a pardonable pride that actuates 4he negroes of that district to spend a whole week ded icating the building. The house is not large. It has only five or six rooms including a big auditorium; but it is a brick structure that rep resents an outlay of* $10,000, the contrast with the house which was used until this year to accommo date more than a hundred pupils being very striking. Miss Mary E. Wells, Supervisor of Rural Schools, representing the county, and the editor of The Herald were present at the first dedicatory service which was held Sunday afternoon. The occasion was featured by good music and by a sermon by Rev. W. H. Hall, pas tor of the colored Methodist church in Selma. His entire discourse was directed toward the uplift of his Every evening this week except Saturday, a program will be ren dered, dedication week coming to a close next Sunday afternoon Judge F. H. Brooks, of this city, was on the program last night, and tonight H. B. Marrow, County Superintendent of Schools, will speak. Special music by represen tatives from Shaw University and from Kittroll College, and by the Smithfield negro quartette is fea turing the meetings of the week. A RRESTED WITH LIQUOR CARGO IN GREENSBORO On Tuesday night, Nov. 30th, ac cording to an item in the Greens boro Daily News, B. H. Clayton, of this city, but formerly of Rox boro, was arrested in Greensboro, 23 gallons of corn liquor being • found in his car. Unable to give .bond he was lodged in jail until his trial. An unofficial report states that when tried he was given a sus pended sentence. The Greensboro officers were said to be walking down South Ashe street when they noticed a negro talking with Clayton who had parked alongside the curb. Clayton then drove into an alley where the officers stopped him, searched the car and made the arrest. The whiskey was contained in four five gallon cans and four half gallon fruit jars. :C. W. CARTER IS NOW MAYOR OF CLAYTON Mr. C. W. Carter har recently been appointed mayor of Clayton to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. J. M. Turley, who was elected sheriff of Johnston county at the election held on November 2. For years Mr. Carter has been a jus tice of the peace in Clayton ,and will continue his work as a jus 1 ti^e, according to an announcement ’made here yesterday. Tom Tarheel says that carpet of jgre^n clover in his big field makes h'm feel good, especially when he I sees the chickens and cows en jjoying themselves these days. Republican Board Completes Work Holds Two Extra Sessions i To Wind Up Affairs And Turns Over Books At Noon Yesterday. The Republican board of county j commissioners has held two special | sessions since last first Monday, one on Nov. 18 and another on j j Dec. 4, closing up the work of the j board before turning things over! j to the new Democratic board which I took oath of office about noon yes terday. The old board was also in session yesterday for the greater part of the morning. Among the items of business transacted in these last sessions are the following: j Ordered that the board of edu cation be authorized to employ one j additional colored teacher for a school in Pleasant Grove township i in the Ogburn neighborhood. i Ordered that the Board of Edu l cation be authorized to buy two ad ditional school trucks for Johnston i county schools. Ordered that A. J. Weaver, of Clayton township be released of poll tax for 1926. Ordered that D. J. Wood of Meadow township be released of $1,000 valuation on 283 acres of land on account of timber sold off said land, this to apply on 1926 taxes. Ordered that Mrs. E. Bynum Sanders be released of $1,040 on tract of land in Smithfield township which was listed as 215 acres when there were only 163 acres. Ordered that J. A. Pearce be re leased of $650 valuation on two lots in town of Kenly which were listed too much by error. Ordered that Cicero Hudson be released of $3,000 valuation on 285 acres of land in Meadow township on account of timber being cut off. Ordered that the list of fees in state failure cases in Recorder’s Court be paid Solicitor W. H. Mas sey as per itemized statement on tile in the auditor’s office. Ordered that Verdie B. Beasley be paid $25 for stenographic fees in J. K. Hartley case. Ordreed that James Raynor be paid $65 for two days as assistant recorder and one day in W. J. Massey matter. Ordered that G. T. Scott, coun ty treasurer, turn over to the coun ty auditor all tax records of W. J. Massey and this board hereby re leases said county treasurer from the responsibility as custodian of 'aid records as per formed or der. ! Ordered that the chairman of i this board and the county treasur I er be authorized to borrow $30, |000 in anticipation of the 1926 I taxes of Johnston county and ap portioned as follows: general coun ty fund, $23,500; Bentonville con vict system, $1,000; Ingrams, $3, 000; Boon Hill, $2,500. Ordered that J. D. Parker be laid $500 in case against Leon G. Stevens, Executor of W. S- Stev ens; $1,100 in case of Board Com missioners against W. T. Adams ind J. A. Keen; $1,000 in case Commissioners against W. J. Mas sey. | uiciered that all unpaid taxes for I :i'.e year 1924 he treated as insolv-1 ! nt and that Sheriff J. P. Par ker be released of same in his settlement of the taxes for 1924. See list supplied by A. M. Pullen md company. It is ordered that A. M. Pullen md company be employed to make a complete audit of the offices of the clerk of the superior court, the register of deeds, the county treas urer, the sheriff and the county auditor from July 1st to Dec. 6th, 1926, and furnish a written report )f the same upon the same terms >t pay as provided for in an order of the county commissioners pass I ed on Nov. 12, 1924. I Ordered that Cotter-Underwood company be released of $10,000 on stock of merchandise for 1925 taxes. Ordered that the Eastern News be released of $3,000 valuation for 1925 taxes erroneously listed. Ordered that the sheriff be al lowed the insolvent list for the 1925 taxes to be furnished by the A. M. Pullen and company as aud Democrats Once More In Power Various Offices Appear To Be Well Manned With Assistants; Others To Be Secured. The curtain has rung down on the two year term of Republican officialdom in Johnston county, and again the Democrats are facing the footlights. A large number of folks from every part of the county was here yesterday to watch the change. It was about noon before any of the officers were sworn in. H. V. Rose, clerk of the court, was the first to take the oath of office, and he in turn ad ministered the oath to the new board of county commissioners. This board is composed of C. A. Fitzgerald, of Micro; It. U. Bar ber, of Benson; B. I. Tart, of Four Oaks; R. H. Richardson, Wendell, route 1, and C. M. Wilson, of Wil son’s Mills. The board held a short session and made C. A. Fitz gerald chairman. No other busi ness was transacted yesterday, 3Ut the board will meet again this morning at 10 o’clock. Although no action was taken yesterday, it is understood that Paul D. Grady, of Kenlv, will be county attorney. In due time Sheriff Turley, Reg ster of Deeds Barnes, Auditor H. Watson, and Treasurer J. Ran dom Creech assumed the obliga tion of their several offices. Lit tle more was accomplished than aking charge of things. Compe tent help seems to have been se cured, in part, in all of the offices. In the register of deeds’ office may ue found Mr. L. W. Barnes, of Clayton, and Miss Mildred Young, >f this city. In the clerk of the court’s office are Miss lone Abell, if this city, ad Mr. Albert A. Cor uett, of Selma. Mr. Dalma Uzzle, if Wilson’s Mills, has accepted the losition of office deputy with Sher ff Turley, and the auditor will be assisted by Miss Ava Wellons. It is probable that others will be added to the force in the court iou.se as need arises. The sheriff .vill furnish us a list of his town ship deputies at an early date. One can make very pretty and useful house slippers from old ’elt hats. I saw a very pretty pair ‘hat a lady just finished. The leavier felt was used for the soles )f slippers and the lighter for the Lops. The pattern may be cut from mi old worn-out pair of slippers by cutting the mto pieces. The tops were bound with ribbon in a larmonizing color. In this way one is able to use materials that otherwise would be discarded and we all appreciate the ?ifts that have been made for us Just a little more than we do the >nes that are purchased on the market. Another good idea is to make :‘aps for the boys and girls from :>ld woolen stocking tops. Cut the Lops off at a length that will make ihe proper sized cap, slit each top and join them together. This makes two seams in the cap. The 'lit end is brought together with a draw thread and fastened se curely. Then a pompon or tassel may be attached to finish the cap. —Mrs. M. P. M., Ohio, in Indiana Farmer’s Guide. Some neighbors, if they acted true to their feelings, would swap ’hots. tors in its completed form when certified to the clerk of this board. The original and additional list }f insolvents heretofore alowed J. P. Parker, sheriff, for 1924 taxes, subject to collection thereafter nade as shown by the auditor’s re port, is hereby ordered approved and allowed. Ordered that there be transfer red from the salary and fee fund to the general county fund the sum of $15,921-92, this being the amount made from fees collectde n the county offices in excess of the salaries for the operation of said offices from Dec. 1st, 1925 to Dec. 1st, 1926. Other items of business included the allowance of amounts to per sons placed on the old pauper list, and the payment of current bills. East is In Grip Severe Blizzarc Heaviest Snowfalls Foi Season In Forty Years Several Deaths Occur. New York, Dec. G—Hasten states were digging out today fron: one of the heaviest early season snowfalls on record which causer half a dozen deaths and seriously impeded traffic. The snow was seven to fifteen inees deep in the more northerly portions of the blanketed area, although much lighter in West Virginia, Washington, and Dela ware. It was the heaviest for the season in 40 years here. LOW TEMPERATURE. Northern New York suffered most severly. There were three deaths in Buffalo, though there was no high wind in that part of the state and little drifting of snow, and roads and railroads were kept open. The temperature fell to three degrees at Rochester. More than 100 boats wre caught in the ice on the Erie and Champlain di visions of the barge canal. Ten thousand men were working in 12 hour shifts for the street cleaning department of New York City today. Six hundred and seven ty-seven plows and tractors were in operation. The chief traffic de lay occurred on the cross-town trolley lines. Most of the railroads suffered delays. POOR FINI) REFUGE. Nearly 100 persons were given lodging at the municipal lodging house last night. The Salvation Army took care of 604 men, with about 100 more crowded into the lobby of its bowery hotel, and gave sneuer to zuu women. The coldest weather was at Northfield, Vt., 12 degrees below zero. Caribou, Maine, reported 10 below and Burlington, Vt., G. Bos ton, with four above, experienced the coldest December in the his tory of the local weather bureau. There was one death in Boston and one in Springfield, Mass. ONE DEAD IN JERSEY. In New Jersey there was one death. In Philadelphia the snow was lighter and was followed by sleet. Sunbury, Pa., had a foot of snow. —Associated Press. W. I. T A ETON IS EN ROUTE HOME FROM GREECE Friends of Mr. W. I. Talton. formerly of the Sanders Chapel section, will be interested to learn that he is en route home from Thrace, Greece where he has been for more than two years. Miss Addie Talton, his sister, received a telegram from him yesterday announcing his arrival in New York, and he expects to be at home in a few days. Mr. Talton holds a position wvith the Liggett-Myers Tobacco company. ARRESTED WHEN FRUIT JAR BREAKS ON STREET h. A. Massey, of Wilson’s Mills was arrested in Raleigh Saturday night, according to an item in the News and Observer, when he drop ped on the street a half-g*allon fruit jar, breaking it and spilling its contents. The supposition is that it contained whiskey. It is said that after the arrest a negro stated to the authorities that he and not long before bought a jar of Massey, which proved to con tain only water. Massey is now said to be out on bail. Husband Wife irS'? My hn.o.vt, lor hoi :h, tm:. ho ■j lots the water heatei i:r f)( i> it' he takes his U'.tv.s \z oft* five nfin H'i vo stalled it ‘*02 Mi.\T )I>13 Vui;ii !l'J,Vu.\XD DO3 Coroner Declines IjTo Re-Arrest Girl _ Disregards Recommenda tions Of Jury and So licitor And Allows Girl; Liberty. (News and Observer) j Disregarding the recommenda jtions of his jury and of Solicitor |W. F. Evans, Coroner L. M. War |ing yesterday morning declined to .allow Evelyn Britt, 10, of Durham, who is held in connection with the mysterious death of Louis j“Mighty” Forsythe, to be re-ar rested on the capias he issued for her arrest on Friday afternoon. The jury and the solicitor had re quested the coroner to hold the girl without privilege of bail pend ing the findings of the jury. | The coroner’s decision not to or ,der the girl’s re-arrest came after jher, Solicitor Evans and J. W. Bailey, counsel for the girl, had engaged in a verbal clash before :Judge W. M. Bond in Wake Su perior Court over the question of the legality of the girl’s re-arrest, j Mr. Bailey, who promised Dep uties Denton and Lowe on Friday plight that he would produce Miss Britt for them on Saturday morn jing at 10:30 o’clock, kept his prom ise. lie sprang a surprise upon the State, however, by threaten | ing to institute habeas corpus pro ceedings in the event his client was j re-arrested and committed to jail .without privilege of bail. ine matter came to a head; when it was carried before Judge I I Bond, but that official was not ' (called upon to render a legal de cision as the coroner acceded to Mr. Bailey’s request and allowed jthe latter’s client to remain at lib ! erty in $5,000 bail, which was put | up by Willie Frank Webster, of Durham, who has a court record, j j Solicitor Evans, who is taking an active hand in the probing of I l Forsythe’s death, conferred with, | Solicitor Clawson L. Williams yes- I iterday afternoon in regard to the I present status of the case, but the j J former had no statement to make ; | last night as to his conference with 1 iMr. Williams. Evidence produced thus far at j i the four sessions of the coroner’s I jury tends to show that Forsythe J met his death somewhere in John-' jston county in Solicitor Williams’ j (district on the night of November i 23, but the Johnston county offi- I icials have done but little in help- I. ling the Wake county authorities I |in the latter’s efforts to solve the I (mystery of the young rum-runner’s j 'death. | STATE’S CONTENTION, j It is the contention of the State ' I that Forsythe was killed in or near i (Clayton on the night of November , >23, while the defense claims that j the man met death by falling from a fast-moving car onto the1 j pavement as the machine passed j through Clayton. j The matter thus remains in the same status quo that it was 10 days ago, when Coroner Waring ■ started his investigation into the j death of Forsythe. j i our sessions or the coroner s , jury have already been held and ' ja fifth is scheduled for next Thurs day morning' at 10 o’clock. |JURY MEETS THURSDAY. “The case will be settled next Thursday if I have to keep the jury in session all day and night Friday,” said Coroner Waring last night. The coroner declared he was planning to attend the next ses sion of his jury with the intention of keeping the jury in session un til that body shall have rendered its verdict in the case. HOT ARGUMENT. Argument waxed hot and furi ous at one stage of the verbal bat tle yesterday before Judge Bond. Solicitor Evans protested the girl’s release and asserted that she should receive the same kind of treatment as is being meted out to the other suspects held in jail in connection with Forsythe’s death. lie thought there is no dif ference insofar as culpability is concerned. It was at that point of the ar gument that heat was shown. Mr. Bailey took issue with the solicitor (Turn to page four, please) Nation’s Youngest? Margaret Joyce of Alma, Nebr., 11*0 youngest school teacher in Mchraoka to hold a state certificate. O.iiy lo years old, Miss Joyce is a graduate of high school anti is r.ow io.iC!\ira: in a rural school. If you kr.cv/ of a younger teacher {hi? nevspoy.er would like to receive name an 1 at?. Kiwanis Minstrel Is Friday Night Reheaesals Each Night For Big Local Talent Event. Rehearsals for the Kiwanis min trel are going forward nightly at he school auditorium and things ire rounding out nicely, everything minting towards a smoothly work ng aggregation when the curtain s drawn at the school Friday light. It is expected that the re learsals will take on new life this veek, there being only three nights nore to work. There is no doubt but what there vi 11 be a pleased audience when he show ends. Several of the end non, already with established rep itations, are apparently trying to >utdo themselves. Several of the ■ehearsals have been practically iroken up due to too much laugh er brought on by some joke or itunt by one of the above men. Too much cannot be said for the unging. It is believed by those in he show that the Circle will be lie best in the history of Sniith ield minstrels. A much needed >ass and baritone have been add 'd in the persons of Dr. Rose and Paul Eason, and with them in the ihow perfect harmony will doubt ess prevail. These two men, to gether with Chester Alexander, venneth Coates, James Davis and Marvin Woodall form the nucleus or the octette which will be fea ured in the minstrel first part in he grand finale. SCHOOL IUTLDING IS Bl'RNED IN SAMPSON i-'umi, uec. o.— i ne puuuc scnoi milding at Cooper, in Sampson :ounty, was completely destroyed >y fire Thursday morning accord ng to reports reaching Dunn. The 'ire is said to have started from placing a can of floor oil on a neater in one of the class rooms. An explosion followed and the room was quickly enveloped in flames. The pupils all escaped, but many of them lost their books, cloaks and lunches in the flames. The building was a wooden struc ture of four rooms and had been in use only a few years. The amount of the loss has not been learned here and it is not known whether or not the building was insured. It was a threeteacher school and plans are under way for continu ing the school term. WAKE SHERIFF HAS THREE WOMEN DEPUTIES Sheriff Numa Turner, who took the oath of office Monday, ha? placed three women in his office as deputies in adding to a custom inaugurated when Miss Madge Bernard was appointed clerk to the office under the last sheriff. Miss Lottie E. Lewis, former county treasurer, heads the list ol women appointees as chief depu ty. She will only hold the place temporarily until the new sherif can completely organize his force Other women named as office dep uties are Mrs. Maud Mitchell, ol Wake Forest, and Mrs. R. S. Hin ton, of this city.—Raleigh Times Man Found Dead By Wrecked Auto Donnie Harper Killed When Car Overturned j Near Four Oaks; C. B. Byrd Also In Car. -_ j A tragic affair happened Sun j day night near Four Oaks, when :the automobile in which Donnie j Harper and C. H. Byrd of Eleva tion township were riding over I turned, killing Harper anil bruis j ing Byrd. The accident, which oc curred on the new highway under ; construction between here and | Four Oaks and which has not yet |been opened to the public, took j place about nine o’cleok Sunday night?, but it was not until early yesterday morning that the dead body of Harper was discovered. Mrs. J. H. Massengill, who lives near the scene of the accident, was the first to see the dead man. Irn Imediately Coroner C. Q. Stephen I son was su?Yimoned, and investiga tions were begun to find the cause | of the accident. A Ford roadster that had been fitted with a truck body overturned down the embank jment, told the story of the man’s death, but it was not until a jury was impaneled and witnesses ex amined that the details of the oc currence were known. ; The jury was composed of D. II. Stephenson, J. H. Hocutt, S. T. I Price, J. C. Strickland, Robert |King and Rufus Barbour. In the inquest it developed that Harper j and Byrd had both been drinking. | Harper was driving the car, which jin some unexplainable manner j turned turtle pinning both occu jpants under it. Byrd stated that they were pinned under it until about twelve o’clock when three negroes came along and turned the car off. Byrd left the scene and did not return until after Mrs. Massengill had discovered the dead body of Harper yesterday morning. The jury did not finish its investigation, and Byrd was placed under a $250 bond for lus appearance at the continuation of the hearing which has been set for tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’clock. Apparently, there was no foul play connected with the death of Harper. It appears to be the re sult of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor. M LI tltJUlKT AIaILIAKi ELECTS NEW OFFICERS At the meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Methodist church held yesterday afternoon at the church, election of officers for the new year resulted as follows: pres ident, Mrs. Thel Hooks; vice pres ident, Mrs. J. A. Wellons; record ing secretary, Mrs. L. H. Sasser; treasurer, Miss Ruth Jones; cor responding secretary, Mrs. J. H. Woodall; local treasurer, Miss Min nie Eason; superintendent of study, Miss Mattie Pou; publicity, Mrs. E. J. Wellons; social service, Mrs. C. S. Pugh; young people's work, Mrs. A. S. Johnston; junior work, Mrs. N. B. Grantham; supplies, Miss Bettie Lee Sanders; agent for Missionary Voice, Mrs. J. W. Keen; pianist, Mrs. A. S. John ston. A rising vote of thanks was given to the retiring president, Mrs. J. D. Spiers, and recording secretary, Miss Mattie Pou, for faithful service. Miss Pou had served in the capacity of recording secretary for twenty years. One-arm driving may cause a lot of accidents but it has advan tages. A Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the lino below to spell ] the name of a person in Smith 1 field, and if the right one le j ciphers his name and will pre sent it to The Herald office, we will present him with a com limentary ticket to the Vic tory Theatre. Ticket must be called for before tho following issue. TMTNORAYUS (Miss) Frances Jones recog nized her name last issue.
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