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SMITHFIELD NEEDS! Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - — Established 1882 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops $2.00 PER YE V r: VOLUME 44—NO. 104 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNIN, DECEMBER 31, 1926 * * * Public Meeting Of Town Board Committee JWill Report On Municipal Building at Regular Session Next Tuesday Evening Somewhat to the surprise of the City Fathers, a dozen or fifteen leading citizens dropped in at a special meeting of the town board held Wednesday morning at the city clerk’s office, but the crowd was given a welcome, and perhaps the information it was seeking. The board had called a special session to make some temporary financial arrangements until the. paving bonds, which were sold re cently, can be delivered, but in ^ some manner it has been rumor ed that the meeting was to con sider closing a deal concerning the erection of a municipal building which has been talked of for the past few weeks. In the meeting it developed that at a previous session held on Fri day night, the city clerk had been authorized to notify Miss Ora Poole and Mrs. J. W. Moore that time would be extended for their acceptance of an offer of $6,000 for a corner lot 60 by 150 feet on Market and Fourth streets, unt'l Tuesday at twelve o’clock. This offer was accepted at 11:45 Tues day, but it was the intention of the committee to make its report at the regular January meeting. The matter, however, was brought up at the cal] session Wednes day, and there seemed to be some difference of opinion. The out come of the discussion was the announcement that on next Tues day evening at eight o’clock when ] the board shall be in regular ses-1 sion, the report of the committee I will be heard in regular order, at which time the public is invited to be present. S. S. TEACHER THANKS CLASS FOR GIFT (A beautiful vase was given to Mrs. D. H. Jones, the teacher of the Volunteer Wesley Class of the M. E. Sunday school, and these •verses were taken from the note of thanks sent to the class.) ^ May our lives shine brighter -As the days go by. May our hearts grow lighter As the Spirit draws night. 'Shining with His radiance E^ch day and each hour •A* we hear the gentle cadence— 0esus speaking—“Come up higher.” Our journey will soon be o’er The years fly swiftly by. We’re drawing nearer the beauti ful shore Where we will never say good-bye. May God grant to each of you Whose names are on the roll, A deep, sweet peace that’s true And joy unspeakable, untold. Bentonville, Dec. 27.—Miss Lil lian Rose and Mr. Norman West brook were quietly married yes terday morning at 9:30 o’clock by Rev. W. O. Henderson at Pleasant Union Christian church parsonage in Sampson county. Only a few friends witnessed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook left im mediately afterwards for a short bridal trip, after which they will be at home in Bentonville. Mrs. Westbrook is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rose. Mr. Westbrook, the son of Mr. Stephen Westbrook, is a young farmer of good business ability. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By He—■ “Ah wonda which gits nighesl heven, our grumblin’ bout lo’ price or thanks fer a big crop.” Pretty Wedding Baptist Church Miss Mary Barbour Be comes The Bride of Mr. Charles R. Daniel of Weldon; Reception Tuesday Evening One of the prettiest weddings iver solemnized in the Baptist church here took place Wednes day evening at seven o’clock wher Miss Mary Franklin Barbour be came tht bride of Mr. Charles R. Daniel, of Weldon. The church had been beautiful ly decorated by Mrs. C. V. John son, Mrs. A. R. Wilson, Mrs. M. A. Wallace, Mrs. Paul Brown, and Mrs. W. N. Holt, a color scheme of white and green being* carried out. Ferns, palms, trailing cedar, white lilies, and white candles combined to produce a charming setting for -the wedding scene. The tall tapers, arranged in pyra mid fashion, were particularly ef fective. A musical program that w*as much enjoyed was given prior to the entrance of the bridal party. Mrs. John White Ives played sev eral appropriate piano selections, and Mr. A. M. Calais sang “I Love You” and “Prayer Perfect.” As the strains of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin sounded, six young women, wearing lovely evening* costumes and each carrying a lighted candle, took their places on a raised platform, and as the members of the bridal party en tered, sweetly sang the Bridal Chorus. Those singing were: Mrs. Howard Parrish, of Benson; Mrs. R. T. Daniel, of Weldon; Miss Lucy Turnage, of Wilson’s Mills; Mrs. Carlton Stephenson, Mrs. W. J. Massey and Miss Lucile John The first of the attendants to take their places about the altar were the ushers: D. W. Parrish, of Benson; Charles S. Allen, of Greensboro; Carlton Stephenson, and Dr. C. C. Massey. The brides maids, Miss Rachel Jordan, Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson and Mrs. John Knott, of Durham, wearing variously colored dresses and car rying arm bouquets of maidenhair ferns tied with tulle, and the groomsmen, Dr. Donald S. Dan iel, of Richmond, Louis B. and Walter E. Daniel, Jr., of Weldon, then passed down the aisle and joined the wedding group. ihe maid of honor was Miss Dora Barbour, sister of the bride, who was becomingly attired in | white and silver, and carried an arm bouquet of maidenhair fern tied with tulle. Little Miss Naomi Calais was the flower girl and she scattered rose petals from a bas ket of lovely pink roses in the pathway of the bride. Little Miss Bettie Narcross bore the wedding ring in the heart of a lily. These little maids wore dainty ruffled j frocks of pink organdy. The bridegroom entered the church with his brother, Eugene Allen Daniel, of Weldon, and met the bride, who was given in mar riage by her uncle, Mr. J. W. Stephenson, at the altar. Rev. S. L. Morgan, pastor of the Baptist church, performed the impressive ring ceremony. The usual beauty of the bride was enhanced by her lovely costume of white satin with imported lace collar, and long tulle veil fastened coronet style with orange blossoms. Her only orna ment was a diamond bar pin, a g*ift of the groom. She carried a lovely bouquet of white lilies. Mendelssohn’s wedding march was played as the bridal party left the church. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel left later in the evening for Raleigh where they boarded a train for points north. They will be at home in Weldon after their wedding trip. The bride, the daughter of the late Mr. ar.d Mrs. Geo. F. Bar bour, is a native of Smithfield, but in recent years she has taught school in Weldon. She received her education at Oxford College. She is a most attractive and tal ented young woman, possessing a voice of rare sweetness. The ; bridegroom is a son of Mr. and (Turn to page eight, please) Johnston County Leads In Cotton Latest Figures Put Johns ton Slightly Ahead of Robeson; Ginning By Counties I For the second year in success j ion Johnston county leads North j Carolina in the production of cot | ton. Figures made public Decem ber 24 by the Bureau of the Cen sus give Johnston county 67,275 'bales, ginned prior to December 13. For several years it has been a close race between Johnston and Robeson counties, and until the last report Robeson was in the lead this year. Robeson is a close second with 67,010 bales. Last year prior to December 13 John ston county gined 71,011 bales and Robeson 60,218. Final reports may yet change the lead to Robeson. The largest percentage decrease i in the number of bales ginned was in Polk county, which reported 1,826 bales g*inned this year as compared with 3,480 last year. Following is the ginning by counties: Alamance 1,853; Anson 31,476; Beaufort 10,322; Bertie 12,633; Bladen 10,917; Cabarrus 16.674; Camden 4,521; Catawba 13,596; Chatham 8,673; Chowan 7,560; Co lumbus 2,127; Cleveland 40,715; Craven 3,140; Cumberland 30,362; Davidson 2,211; Davie 4,206; Dup line 14,942; Durham 1.624; Edge combe 32,191; Franklin 22,737; Gaston 11,000; Gates 5,853; Gran ville 2,130; Greene 11,726; Halifax 42,359; Harnett 48,186; Hertford | 7,481; Hoke 17,257; Iredell 19,903; j Johnston 67.275; Jones 2,557; Lee! 10,101; Lenoir 13,829; Lincoln j 14,443; Martin 6,080; Mecklen-1 burg 26,109; Montgomery 7,740; I Moore 8,982; Nash 44,415; North- j ampton 30,483; Onslow 2,663; Orange 1,407; Pamlico 1.781; Pas quotank 3,964; Pender 1,942; Per quimans 8,669; Pitt 25,841; Polk 1,286; Randolph 1,479; Richmond 22,810; Robeson 67,010; Rowan 15, 066; Rutherford 10,346; Sampson 40,439; Scotland 34,783; Stanly 13, 401; Union 31,304; Vance 5,696; Wake 36,755; Warren 14,340; Washington 1,079; Wayne 36,212; Wilson 28,038; and all others 4, 472. S. S. Class To Have Reunion. Busy Men’s Bible Class of the Methodist Sunday school will have a reunion Sunday morning*. A hun dred twenty-five cards have been sent out to members and prospec tive members. A welcome will be given any man not attending Sun day school somewhere else. DEPUTY MAHLER BRINGS IN THREE STILLS Deputy Sheriff Mahler of Ben tonville broug-ht in three whiskey stills Tuesday, one about a ninety gallon capacity, and two sixty-gal Ion capacity, which were captur ed around Christmas. Twenty-five or thirty gallons of whiskey and several gallons of beer were found at the three stills. No arrests were made. TWO MEN WIN BALES OF COTTON GIVEN AWAY During the sale at Austin’s, which closed on Christmas eve!, tickets were given with every ten dollar purchase, and two of those receiving tickets, at the close of the sale, were winners of a bale of cotton. Those holding the lucky tickets were Mr. Ben Garner, who lives near town on the Raleigh road, and Mr. W. L. Lewis, of the Brogden section. Baptist Church. Sunday school 9:30. The New Year should bring to many a new purpose to be regular in their at tendance at Sunday school and church. At 11 an appropriate ser mon by the pastor. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. at 6:15. The evening church service at 7 will be for the young people specially, and in the nature of an educational rally. All our young people in school away from home will be asked to bring brief messages about life in the schools they attend. A brief sermor by the pastor. A cordial invitation >t#an; . Hi Recorders Court Has Full Docket Six Jail Sentences Were Imposed In Court Here Tuesday The first Tuesday after Christ mas was a busy day in Recorders court and six jail sentences were imposed. The following cases wek disposed of: Handy Baker, whose road sen tence was suspended in a judgment some time ago upon the payment of a $50 fine and cost, was required to report to the court every SO days. He appeared in court Tuesday and upon showing good behavior was discharged. The State took a nol pros in the case against Charles Eason, white. Kenneth Reed, colored of Priiffce ton, was in court charged with an assault with deadly weapon. The defendant proved' to be under six teen years of age and was remand-' ed to the juvenile court under Judge H. V. Rose. Charlie Harman was found guil ty of (violating the( prohibition laws. Judgment was suspended’ for two years upon the payment of the cost. He was also found guilty of larceny and was sent to jail for a term of GO days to be worked on the roads of Johnston county and pay the cost of the action. Bob Benson and A. R. Benson, white, were convicted of violating the prohibition laws. They were sentenced to jail for a period of 30 i days and required to pay a fine of i $100 and cost. They took an ap- j peal to superior court. Reuben Brown, colored, plead guilty to larceny, and was sent to jail for a term of 60 days to be worked# on the roads of Johnston county. He was also, taxed with .the* cost. Jesse Jones, colored, plead guil ty to a charge of carrying a con cealed weapon. He was sentenced to jail for 60 days to be worked on the roads of Johnston county and pay cost. He was also in court for resisting an officer, and was sentenced to jail for 60 days to be worked on the county roads. He took an appeal to superior court in both cases. For assault with a deadly w’ea pon, Luther Capps, white, was sent to jail for a period of six months to be worked on the roads of Johnston county. He was also required to pay the cost. John A. Lee, white, was found guilty of an assault. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of the cost. Clarence Utley, white, who was in court for violating the prohibi tion laws, was found guilty. Judg ment was suspended for one year upon the payment of the costs. He was given one week in which to pay. The judgment was suspend ed upon condition that he refrain from drinking any intoxicating liquor within a year. Clayton Gilmer, white, was in court charged with reckless driv-1 ing. The State took a nol pros with leave in this case. Cleo Young and Louesta Young, white, were charged with violating the prohibition law and cursing on highway. Cleo Young was found not guilty and was discharged. Louesta Young was convicted of violating the prohibition law. Judg ment was suspended upon the pay ment of cost. The defendant w-as found not guilty of cursing on the highway. The State took a nol pros with leave in the case against Theodore Reed, colored, who was charged with resisting an officer. FCbLEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Earnhardt spent Christmas with relatives in Durham. Rev. and Mrs. Earn hardt, parents of the pastor here, on Christmas day celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Their children planned the celebration as a surprise, eight of the twelve chil dren being at home for the cele bration. This Methodist preacher, who was a circuit rider for ovei forty years, was superannuated about a year ago, and he and his wife now make their home in Dur i ham. ' j REVIEWING 1926' By A. 6. CHAPIN /JE riUALC Took t^e ?LU^<rE CGtjp.r I 7‘C HARD Coal strjkl- 9fTrLcD CkiG COUNTRY'S irO^AMMivjeRSARY | lLLA*JL - ! * |E i I^ATiOxsj jj l < A TACK IN -M'S C-HAlO. r ♦4S 30BE- A ■ O4AVME0 UF6 AnOT-HE'U , «.iDe ] Got t«(= 44-00 k Passed the* bv— 3o Lives Losnr amd fr 100,000,000'loss ZAUSED BY ill ^ jSwt>wmG- — TER-Rmc STC){*HS AT SEA — - MAMY -TWRlUJWa rescues o Xfdcble / Jtfr A PCNAC ’/'SlYoiV ■Among- the missinc CtfAS.W. ELLIOTT CARDIAL MEftCtCft. Cot. jown c. cooLiPC-e JOHN W. V/EFKS EUGENE V. DBBS Senator. Cummins SENATOR. M«KikJL6Y RuDOlPh WALEimwO LUTHER- DURQAwK c*ca<l S. Straus fcoeT todo Lincoln \J*JCi.G Joe'Cannon ♦<ACHY WOL/OlWl Joseph 'Pennbu. Number Of Jail Inmates Increase Nine Added During Christmas Brings Total To Forty-Three; Two Juvenile Cases The number of prisoners in the Johnston county jail was increased j to forty-three when nine more were | confined during Christmas. Of this j number, thirteen are federal pris- j oners, but thirty are awaiting trial ; in the county courts. The majority i of these prisoners are white men, ; there being twenty-two. Thirteen are negro men; three are negro i women, and five are white women. Two of the prisoners brought to jail in the last few days are ju venile offenders, and will be tried in the juvenile court. On Christ mas eve, Kenneth Reed, a fourteen year-old negro boy T>f Princeton, was arrested for assault with a pistol upon a white man, Morgan Sanders. Sanders was shot through the ear with a pistol, but was not seriously hurt. The trial, according to information obtained in the sheriff’s office, has been set for January 24th. On Christmas Day, a fifteen | year-old negro boy was brought to | jail by Chief Strickland of Four Oaks, the boy having assaulted a negro. It seems the two negroes had a fight Christmas morning, and on Christmas afternoon the boy re turned and hit the man on the back of the head with a pick-handle. The injured man was in quite a serious condition for a time but is now said to be improving. RECENT VISITOR SEES IMPROVEMENT Mr. J. R. Davis, of Greensboro, has been visiting relatives here and in Selma. Mr. Davis lived here 13 years ago, being a member of the Davis Furniture company. He is a brother of the late S. H. Brady. Mr. Davis says Smithficld has grown until it looks like a new Selma Bank Case In Recent Court Depositors Start Proceed ings to Realize in Full On Their Deposits A case of unusual interest was i heard before Judge E. H. Cranmer ' du Tuesday of last week when cer- ] tain stockholders and deposotors j of the First National Bank of Selma appeared before Judge ' Crarrmer and through their attor neys, J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, and A. M. Noble, of Smithfield, moved to set aside a consent judgment rendered at the Novenlber 11)25 special term of the Superior court of Johnston county, which had for its purpose the relieving of C. A. Corbett and P. C. Worley of obli gations to the bank aggregating approximately $50,000. After having heard the motion and affi davits supporting the same and ar gument by J. A. Wellons and W. II. Lyon, representing the Receiver and C. A. Corbett and P. C. Wor ley, Judge Cranmer set the former judgment aside and allowed the de positor's and stockholders to be made parties to the action. No tice of appeal to the superior court was given bv attorneys represent ing' the receiver of the bank and P. C. Worley and C- A. Corbett. The First National Bank of j Selma went into the hands of the I receiver in April, 1925, and to date I only ten per cent has been paid to the depositors. It is the intention of the depositors appearing before Judge Cranmer to exhaust every |legal remedy to realize in full on their deposits so far as the direc tors may be held responsible. A meeting of depositors is to be call ed at an early date. Presbyterian Services. Smithfield Sunday morning and night. Congregational meeting immediately after the sermon Sun day morning. Christian Endeavoi Sunday night at 6:45. The publh is cordially invited to all these services. , ; ’11’ ; Open Princeton Road Near Jan. Completion of This Link Provides Hardsurface Highway From Beau fort to Statesville Among the achievements of the past year, which the new year will usher in, is the completion of that link of highway Number 10 be tween this city and Princeton. Ac- | cording to a statement made by j the State Highway Commission, I this road will be opened to traffic soon after January 1st. This por-1 tion of Number 10 has been under construction for several months, and the traveling public will wel come this announcement. The completion of this link of the main East-West highway fur nishes an unbroken stretch of paved road from Statesville to Beaufort. The time is not far dis tant when hardsurfaced road will reach from Murphy to Beaufort, there remaining only five gaps now to be paved. These unpaved sec tions, which total about 75 miles, are from Statesville to Newton; from the McDowell-Burke county line to Nebo; from Marion to the foot of the mountain w’est of Oid Fort; from the Buncombe-Hay wood county line to Canton, and from Andrews to Tapton. LITTLE BOY DIES IN FAYETTEVILLE SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wiggs were called to Fayetteville Monday on account of the death of the little three-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. C. J. Wiggs. The little boy uied Sunday afternoon after suffering with spinal meningitis. The funer al was held Monday afternoon. The cotton farmer who has his food and feedstuffs in his pantry and barns will be the one who will have a happy Christmas this year. ; Thrifty farmers are strengthen ing their terraces and otherwise jimproving their fields this winter. Give Missionary Program Sunday Daughters of Missionaries to Japan to Be Present at Sunday School Hour In Selma SELMA, Dec. 30.—Misses Edith' -1 ^ ind Elinor Erickson, whose parents’ ire missionaries in Japan, arc vis ting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Brirtzd;.’ rhey will give a short missionary rrogram during the Sunday school tour Sunday morning, January i. The public is cordially im ireel- ■ Mrs. W. T. Woodard entertain id a few of Selma’s younger sot : fuesday evening complimentary to blisses Edith and Elinor Erickson :t vho are guests of Mr. and Mrs, j€0. F. Brietz during the holidays* rhe Misses Erickson are senho nores at Flora Macdonald college; t fheir parents are missionary* in .■<£ fapan and thtese girls, after finish-:’*^ ng high school in Japan were st'tfii. i ' :o America for their college -mIu nation at Flora Macdonald. The guests were greeted at the - ioor by Mrs. Woodard and son, Ralph, afterwards ushered into .he living room where tables were Wrf arranged for heart’s dice: After . playing eight progressions, Miss Elizabeth Pearce had made mpsfc - progressions, and was presented a lovely box of stationery. Ir the ‘ STew Year contest which followed, Miss Mary Stanley Benoy and Mr* Landis Brown tied for honors The prize, a box of candy, was drawn ay Mr. Brown, who presented it»,- j to Miss Benoy. After the contests were over, Miss Edith Erickson who is a pianist of rare ability, delighted p the guests with two instrumental • selections,-and Miss Elinor Erieti^ son sang charmingly a little Jap- v anese song in the native tongue, ■ Miss Mary Evelyn Parker gave two readings which were much joyed. The guests were then invited inter: the dining room where fruit jelujl . and chocolate cake were served. ‘ City Dry Cleaning Company Move;* The City Dry Cleaning compa&y • has recently moved into the build- 4; ing formerly occupied by the “Bud;* :hp Brown barber shop. All the 1^,1 chinery has been put into first«£Ji class condition and prompt servv 4 ice is promised’ the public. Mr. G..SJ M. Johnson is the owner and man* f; ager of this firm. The barber shop has moved mfrj,- ' the building* just vacated by,.tbs' City Dry Cleaning company Fletcher radford en ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCCt NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Fletchei? Radford, son of Mrs. Sophie Rad* ford, of Smithfield, N. C-, who re cently enlisted in the Regular Army sailed today as a passenger on the United States Transport;; Chateau Thierry with eight hun dred other newly joined regulars^ >; Upon his arrival at San Fran-. cisco, Calif., Radford and his companions will be sent to Fort ; McDowell, Calif., where they will be assigned to permanent units. Since his enlistment, Radford ha* been a member of the army gar rison at Fort Slocum, New York, X an historic post on Long Island Sound, where he was trained un der the supervision of Colonel J. J. Bradley commander of that station,. Eggs from blood-tested poultry./, flocks are in good demand at th<v hatcheries which specialize in 'sell ing high grade baby chick*. 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 one le .ciphers his name and will pre sent it to The Herald office, wo ‘ will present him with a com limentary ticket to the Vie tory Theatre. Ticket mu4 he A called for before the following I ; issue. loynrdnajond Kouben ganders recognized his name last issue. I
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