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SMITHFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce VOLUME 44—NO. 99 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 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1926 $2.00 PER YEAR * * * * * * Johnston County Grand Jury Finds A True Bill --— *_-_ Charging Miss Evelyn Britt, Robert Separk, And R. H. Stephenson With Murder of L. G. “Mighty” Forsythe. The grand jury of the Johnston County Superior court, aftfer ex amining a score or more witnesses in an effort to get all needed in formation in what is termed the Forsythe case, returned yesterday a true bill charging murder against Miss Evelyn Britt, of Dur ham, Robert Separk, of Raleigh, and R- H. Stephenson, of Wake county. Another bill of indict ment against these persons was also presented charging the trans porting and possessing of whiskey. It was about four-thirty yester day afternoon when the grand jury filed into the court room ready to make a report to the court. Ste phenson not as yet having- been ap prehended and Separk being con fined in the Wake county jail, Miss Britt was the only one of the three against whom the charges were made, present. She was in the court room with her mother and her attorney, J. W. Bailey, of Ral eigh. When the findings of the grand jury were announced, Miss Britt showed every sign of perfect self-possession, readily assenting to the $10,000 bond under which she was placed for her appearance in court for trial. No time was set for the case to be tried. Last night, Deputy Sheriff El lington went to Raleigh with an ambulance and brought Separk to the Johnston county jail. Separk wa* reported disabled from wounds received in an automobile wreck which, occurred on the nig*ht of November 24, after Forsythe met nis ncatn. Interest has been considerable in the mysterious death of “Mighty” Forsythe which occurr ed on the night of November 24 somewhere near Clayton, in this, county. The investigation of the mystery was begun in Wake coun ty,-but later Johnston county of ficers took a hand, and now the affair seems to have been trans ferred here. Wake, however, sustains interest in some angles of the case, as evi denced in a news item carried in the News'and Observer last Tues day, which is as follows: “Subpoenas have been issued for the mmebers of the coroner’s jury, who investigated the myster ious death of Louis G. “Mighty” Forsythe, young rumrunner, call ing for their appearance today be fore the Wake county grand jury, it was learned last night from the clerk of the Superior court. The subpoenas were issued at the request of Solicitor W. F. Evans. No subpoena was issued for Cor oner L. M. Waring. “Since Forsythe admittedly died in Johnston county, the only known angle of the case which could con cern the Wake county grand jury is the mysterious book, alleged to have contained names of custo mers of Forsythe, who was a liq uor dealer. Coroner Waring stated at one time that the book contain ed names of ‘prominent citizens-’ “Members of the coroner’s jury for whom subpoenas were issued, are: Dr. S. E. Douglass, Roy M. Banks, P. H. Ray, E. D. Peebles, R. V. Holland, and Irving M. Check” . AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—• “Mennie a brite mind iz bnrrie in laziness.” Champions John S. Martin (upper photol fras won the poultry raising cham pionship 21 years in succession *.t the recent Philadelphia shov. be won 4 silver cups—10 firsts an<.' seconds and 35 ribbons for 4( birds. Herman Trolle (lower), ni American by birth, now a home bteadcr at Wembley, Peace River Alberta, was crowned Wheat am Oats King of North America. Tld 5s the first time both honors hav L*een won by the same man. U. N. C. Banquet Benson This Year Speaker For Occasion Not Yet Arranged; Date Set, Is December 29th. Following the annual custom, i the Johnston County Alumni As- I sociation of the State University will hold its annual banquet thh year on December 20. Last year it was decided to have the meeting at a different town each year, and | the officers this year thought Ben son deserved the meeting. Dr. Adlai S. Oliver, of Benson, is the president, Cl. A. Martin, of .Smith field, vice-president, and George Ragsdale is the secretary and treasurer. A speaker has not yet been se lected, there being four favorites of the University faculty under consideration, any one of whom is available. The speaker will be an nounced later. The hour for the banquet is 7:80 p. m. in the ball room of the North State Hotel. The price of admission will, as always, be $1.50, same payable in advance to either the president or secretary. The !members of the local associations are urged to bring their.wives, or else some feminit " acquaintance. The Johnston County Club at the University, composed of boys from this county, has assured the ! officers of the local association that they are solidly behind the move jment and that they will be here en masse. PRINCETON BAPTIST CHURCH (Rev. Jas. W. Rose, Pastor.) Regular services at the Prince 'ton Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening, conducted by the pastor. It may be his last ap pointment as pastor of the church. 1 A cordial welcome is extended to ; everybody. Selma School To Present Program Other Items Of News In Selma Including Per sonals; Dr. Vick Im proving In Hospital. Selma, Dec. 15.—The Bird’s Christmas Carol will be given in the Selma school auditorium on Tuesday evening December 21 at seven o’clock. Children from the fourth grade assisted by boys and [••iris from the high school will en tertain for about an hour with this j interesting story by Kate Douglas | Wiggin. The number of times that this story has been translated into foreign languages is sufficient proof of its human appeal. Christ mas Carols will also be sung. No admission fee will be charged but a silver offering will be taken at :he door, proceeds to go toward allying books for tlie Junior Ti arary. The entertainment will be n charge of Mrs. Mamie T. Cand er, teacher of the fourth grade, rhose who have been fortunate enough to attend one of Mrs. Cand or's Christmas entertainments, will ae sure to avail themselves of this jpportunity. “A White Christmas” will be ob served at the Edgerton Memorial Church on Thursday evening De cember 23. Instead of the usual Christmas tree the children are isked to bring gifts wrapped in vhite to be sent to the Methodist )rphanag*?. A beautiful program vi 11 be given teaching that “it is noro blessed to give than to re :eive.” Special music will' be rcn Miss Anne Noble was hostess at i dinner party on Friday evening it the home of Dr. R. J. Noble on Railroad street, the occasion be ng the celebration of the 17th jirthday of Robert P. Noble, Jr. rhose present to enjoy this de ightful affair were Mr. and Mrs. M. Noble and children, of imithfield; Dr. and Mrs. R. P. No lle and son, R. P. Jr., of Raleigh, ind Dr. R. J. Noble, of Selma. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F- Brietz, Miss Margaret Etheridge, Miss Miriam Brietz, and Miss Tabor shopped in Raleigh Tuesday. Mrs. Russel Long, of Rocky Mount, is visiting her parents here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Avery, of [he Thanksgiving section, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Misses Ru-by and Myrtle McMil lan and Mr. Lacy Prevatte, of Red Springs, were the guests of Mrs. Hattie McMillan Sunday. We regret to chronicle the ill ness of Mrs. W. A. Nordan at her home on Green street. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Eason shop ped in Goldsboro Wednesday. Mrs. Sarah Edgerton returned from Goldsboro Monday where she ha.d been at the bedside of her sis ter for a week. Mrs. Sasser has been critically ill but is much im proved. Mrs. T. R. Fulghum, Sr., spent last week end with her daughter near Garner. Mrs. Geo. D. Vick spent Wed nesday and Thursday of last week with Dr. Vick who is in a sana torium in Richmond. His many friends arc gratified to learn that he is much improved and expects to be at home soon. Rev. D. M. Sharpe spent Satur day in Durham. Mr. John A. Mitchiner, Jr., of Edenton, spent Sunday here with his fathre. Miss Bertha Woodard spent last week end in Raleigh with relatives. I Mrs. Maggie Hood is spending 'some time with her daughter in ■ Dunn. i Mrs. I. W. Mayerberg shopped in Raleigh Saturday. I Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scales and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Diehl shopped jin Goldsboro Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Oliver and children, of Benson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bailey and family, of Kenly, were guests of Mrs. Peatie Oliver Sunday. Mr. John McGill, of Atlanta, ar rived in the city Tuesday to accept a position with the A. T. T. com pany Mesdames J. W. Short, J. D. Plan County-Wide Christmas Cheer Clubs and Societies To Cooperate With Wel fare Officer In Dispen sing Gifts. By MRS. D. J. THURSTON Clubs and societies from a.l parts of the county are contribut ing cheer to unfortunates. The following organizations arc providing the Christmas gifts for the County Home: Dinner by the W. M. S. of the Smithfield Metho dist church. Fruit and confections by the Woman’s Club of Clayton, Woman’s Club of Ken?77 Merchants of Micro, Kiwanis Club of Benson, W. M. Society of Four Oaks, Com munity Club of Meadow, Commun ity Club of Sanders Chapel, and W. M. S. of Wilson’s Mills. Candy and handkerchiefs for the colored inmates from the colored Welfare Organization of Selma. Stockings for the poor children ; )f Smithfield are to be provided for by the Kiwanis Club. The Ep cvorth League of Smithfield Meth- 1 >dist church is going to play Santa , Olaus to the three little tots in :he county home, and to the three ittle fellows at Mrs. E. F. Crump’s Detention Home. A beautiful, j arge New Testament has already :ome from the Selma Baptist Mis sionary Society to be given where nost needed. It is needless to say ;hat the woman prisoner who had leserted home and five little ones ;o live the life of a prostitute, was ?iven that. She really seemed to ippreciate it. The Social Service Committee of ;he W. M. S. of the Smithfield | Methodist church is remembering . :he five Johnston county girls at ' Samarcand. The Woman’s Club of > Smithfield, and Rose’s Five and | ren cent store have contributed [ :oys for some of the poor famil es. The Woman’s Missionary So- I fiety of Princeton is giving a I Christmas donation of clothes for j 3ther needy families. The Kiwanis Club of Smithfield has been asked to play big brother to a blind young man. Miss Margaret Ether idge of Selma and her welfare com mittee will remember the Mother Aid Cases. Books collected from other organizations for Samarcand Library will be sent by Christmas. But all the cases are not yet taken as three Johnston county boys in Jackson Training School are unprovided for. They are motherless boys, and one is an or phan. The colored boys at Hoff man, also the boys at Eastern Carolina Training School will be provided for. There is' a colored family near Kenly—mother and eleven living children, father on the roads, fam ily destitute. Will not some color ed organization send a substantial basket? A white family recently having moved to Smithfield with seven children is in need. A well filled basket would be greatly ap preciated in this case. Another family in another part of the coun ty with seven children, father sick with pellagra—needs a basket. An other white family with father paralyzed and mother sick—needs a basket also—here there are sev eral small children. A little tubercular colored girl is in jail until arrangements can be made for her at the county home—no people—all but one uncle dead with T. B. and he fears to keep her. She is a patient worthy 16 years old girl, and surely some colored organization of Smithfield will remember her. If the organization or individuals desiring to take cases will com municate with Welfare Officer cor rect addresses will be given and duplicity avoided. There are yet many others in isolated sections, “for the poor ye have always with There is to be a Cbmmun^y Christmas tree in Clayton by the Woman’s Club and Rotarians. and possibly there will be trees ifi other places. There is a gre^ deal of charity locally as well as the county-wide benevolence. Massey, W. W. Hare and S. W. Armitago shopped in Raleigh on Monday. Four Oaks Bows To Smithfield Local Quintet Takes Opener By 32-16 Score; Bane Brothers Star. Smithfield high last [night threw threw the | cover off the 1927 bas i ketball season and won from the “Flying Five” of Four Oaks 02 to 16. The game began with a rush, Smithfield getting the tip-off and displaying* beautiful pass work but the goal failed. The two teams bat- j tied fiercely in the first half and at the end of the half they seemed to be evenly matched. In th second, the Purple and Gold quint ran wild and with the Bane brothers leading the way piled up a score too large for the visitors to reach. In the final min utes the entire second string was sent in but Four Oaks then added but one other point. The work of Sylva Bane, center, for the locals, was outstanding while Milton Bane showed skill in making long shots. Both teams ex hibited good pass work at times. The game was . marred by many fouls on both teams. Give Christmas School Program Public School Music And Expression Department Meke Fine Showing In Entertainment. •' A-^Christmas program bearing out the local school’s reputation for presenting good entertain ments, was given last night in the school auditorium, by the public school music and expression de partments of the school. Miss ^Frances White, public school music, teacher, and Mrs. A. R. Wilson, ex pression teacher, had charge of the program, which reflected credit upon them as well as the pupils whom they had trained. The evening’s enter+J^Tment was in two parts, the first consisting of songs, readings and a panto mine, while the second part was a play entitled “The Christmas Story.” Four scenes were enacted showing the shepherds in a field, j the court of Herod, the market , 'plcae in Bethlehem, an dthe ador ation at the manger. $ € f i The closing number, a carol, j “Silnt Nig-ht,” sung antiphoally iwas quite effective. | - OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL IN INGRAMS TOWNSHIP Deputy Sheriff W. W. Stewart, of Ingrams township, assisted by T. 0. Massengill, captured a whis key stlil in Ingrams and brought it to the county seat yesterday. It was a thirty-five gallon capacity still. Sixty g-allons of beer were destroyed, but no arrests were made there being no one at the still when the officers appeared on the scene. These are the days when Santa Claus is thinking up children’s toys that father can play with. Husband and Wife - . r -vVtN' Nt-r My wife gets library books ant keeps them so long I have to pay more than the books would cost.— A. C. M. WIIAT DOES YOUR WIFE DO? Chaplin’s Love Bark Again On Rocks Charlie Chaplin (in insert, famous screen comedian, is again in marital hot water. Ilis youthful wife, Lita Grey Chaplin, pictured here with their two sons, Charles Jr., and Sidney Earl, has left the luxurious Beverly Hills home and returned to her relatives. Now divorce separation and alimony rumors are rampant in Los Angeles. Commissioners In Session Again Dispose Of Routine Busi ness Including Payment Of Numerous Bills; To Meet Again Today. The county board of commision rs met in an adjourned session Tiesday, spending a large portion ff the time going over bills that , iave been presented for payment. Some of these bills date from last February. It naturally takes long ir for a new board to pass on bills hat they did not make, but as fast is the accounts can be investigated hey will be paid. Those approved ruesday include the following: A. B. Grocery, SI0, supplies for :ounty home; R. E. Holt, cost of juvenile court, $2.00; H. A. Wat lon, help in auditor’s office, $21.15; V. Hinton, registrar Wilders, >21.60; W. B. Lee, transferring •egistration E. Banner, S16.80; R. Keen, transferring registration W. Banner, $30.08; R. A. Keen, shells and nails, Ingrams, $1.40; L. V. Barbour, registrar, poll hold er, etc., $26.68; Hugh Young, judg-e of election, Meadow, $6.00; C. F. Broadwell, judge election, $3-00; Sinclair Refining Co., gas and oil, Ingrams, $18.75; Mrs. W. L. Stal lings, auditor’s office, $12.00; J* A. eeie, registrar, Micro, $21.70; 'has. Davis, clothes for paupers, 28.14; F. L. Pittman, serving civil tapers, $15.00; Johnston County lospital for paupers, five cases, 2G4.50; It. 11. Richardson, gas and il, $1.75. It was ordered that in the fu ure, the health officer and the ounty welfare officer be instructed o approve all hospital bills. Ordered that Carlton Stephenson >e paid $74.38, registrar, judges of •lection, poll holder, boxes and tther expense of election Smith ield township. Ordered that George Taylor be )aid $10-00, auctioneer fees county and sale. Ordered that Miss Lucile John 5011 be paid $2.00 for helping ac countants. Ordered that J. P. Hales be paic 522.70 for serving civil papers. Ordered that'bill of F. H. Brooks chairman of Armistice Day cele bration, for $185.50 be held unti attorney instructs as to legality Ordered that bill of N. A. Mas sengill for $13-00 be paid for up keep of county home line. The board will be in sessior again here today. OLD VETERANS GET PENSION CHECKS Old Confederate veterans anc widows of Confederate veterans are now receiving their pensior checks. They may be had by call ing at the office of the clerk ol the court. To Crochet On Goods. Place a coarse needle in sewing machine, remove the thread, am strengthen the stitch. Stitch edg( on which you wish to crochet. Us« these holes as a guide for crochet ing into the goods. The work wil go much faster and be more even Superior Court Draws Crowds Four Wife-Beating Cases Feature First Four Days; Other cases. The first half of the two weeks criminal term of Superior Court which is in session here at this time is moving along at a lively rate, and wrong-doers arc being dealt with as the law directs. Un usually large crowds have been in attendance this week. The week seems to have been featured by wife-beating eases, four having been tried up to noon yesterday. The case of state vs. Gaston Roberts for assault upon his wife during last cider season, was ter minated upon a plea of guilty by the defendant. Judgment exacted a term of six months on the roads and the exaction of an appearance bond for the next two years to show good behavior following his term on the county roads. Deleware Bailey, a white man of O'Neals township, was in court for wife-beating. He entered a plea of guilty. Judgment involving 15 months on the roads was en tered. He war. required to pay the cost and give $500 bond for his reappearance in court for the next two years to show good behav ior. Milford Lynch, a white man of Boon Hill township, was in court for wife-beating- and failure to ! provide adequate support for his family. He entered a plea on the count of wife-beating and the jury found him guilty of non-support. ;Judgment in his case has not been rendered. , L. V. Sanders, a white man of Boon Hill, was tried for assault upon his wife. He was found guilty and adjudged to work on the roads of Johnston county for period of four months. Cailie Martin and Raspberry Lockamy, white men of Sampson county, were convicted of robbing a store in Meadow township and | were assigned to work the roads of Johnston county for a period oi six months. Ernest Carpenter, colored, oi Kenly, entered a plea of guilty or a charge of forgery. Judgment ir his case has not been rendered. Garry B. Jones, charged wit! disposing- of mortgaged property was called and failed. Judgmen nissi sci-fa. Capias was orderec and his case was continued unti next term. ' Argo Page, Billy Pearce ant ! Otis Gurkin, three young w hite men of Selma, plead guilty tc temporary theft of an automobile and were assigned to work the roads of the county for a perioc of six months. Durwood Parrish, another younj white man of Selma, plead guilt; to the theft of some clothing am was assigned work on the road for six months. R. W. White, a merchant i Selma, plead guilty to the theft of a quantity of meat. Judgmen in this case has not been rendered i Jeff Turner, ngero laborer, ago< Turn to page two, please Kiwanians Talk Christmas Plans Voted Yesterday To Gi ve Christmas Bags To AJi Needy Children Of The Community. Following the precedent set ecv :ral years ago, the Kiwanis club yesterday voted to give Christmas >ags to needy children in amt iround Smithfield, and the rules ind by-laws forbidding the taking >f a collection on the floor were for the first time this year sus >ended long enough for every Ki wanian present to make a co.ntri >ution. These averaged over two Iollars each, and by the time all nembers have been seen it is ex pected that the fund will reach ibout §75. Kiwanians here have ilways taken a genuine pleasure in :his division of its work, always sponsored by the committee on tho* ander-privileged child, of which Dr. VV. J. B. Orr is chairman. The lommitee will select the names of the children to whom the presents will go, and several Smithfield ladies will do the shopping and fill the bags. The entire membership pf the club will meet and distri bute the gifts next Saturday week, It was also decided at this meet ing to entertain at an early meet ing next year the entire cast ot*. characters in the recent Kiwanis minstrel. Several people who took: part in the minstrel received praise' from the membership. It was stated at the meeting that the club would clear around $90 on this production. Several names were proposed, for membership, and at a meeting of the board of directors held im mediately afterwards these men werie passed upon and assign im ntsv made to various members for the issuance of the invitations. Mrs. Y. T. Weaver Dead. Mrs. J. R. Kinsey passed away on Friday, December 10, at her home near Peacock’s Cross Roads after a lingering illness of cancer. She had been a patient sufferer for about fifteen months and grew steadily worse until the end. She was forty-eight years old. Mrs. Kinsey was twice married, the first time to Mr. J .R. Kinsey, of near Dunn. The second time, she married Mr. Y. T. Weaver, of near Peacock’s Cross Roads, who sur vives her. She had been a faithful member of Hickory Grove Pi ■ nr-. tive Baptist church for about fif^ teen years. ! The funeral was held at tK% home Saturday afternoon at three* o'clock conducted by Elder X'ure Lee, of Dunn, and interment was made in the family cemetery near the home. The deceased is survived by five children: Mrs. M. F. Mat thews, Mrs. J. B. Johnson, M O. M. Parker, Mrs. J. G. Allen and Mr. Aaron Kinsey. SCHOOL TRUCK DRIVERS SHOULD NOT CHARGE! At a meeting of the county board of education held here Tues* day, complaints were made that: some of the patrons of school trucks were being charged by the ... drivers a small sum per month for each child going on the trucks. The school truck drivers are nahl by the county and this sum was collected in addition to regular salary. The board requested that anyone being thus charged to re-, port it to the board. It is not ih4 intention that patrons pay i he truck drivers anything, sine they receive wages from the county. A Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith field, and if the right orns ciphers his name and will pre sent it to The Herald oflic*\ we will present him with a eom limentary ticket to the Vic tory Theatre. Ticket mu t be called for before the follow hig issue. V uatnimyghlo (Miss) Mamie Phillips recog nized her name last issue.
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