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SMITHFIELD, N. C. TUESDAY \MORNING, JANUARY 4, 192/
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEaS:
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
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\evel Boy
oot Crushed
IVith Gravel Cars
fehway Construc
orces; Rev. J. W.
Resigns Pastorate
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jVEL, Jan. 3.—Yostcr
j number of boys were
hemselvcs with the
used by the construc
on Highway number
y, twelve-year old high
had the misfortune to
t and ankle crushed
f the cars turned over
boys were said to b?
cars and jumping on
)ne of the cars while
n a steep hill gathered
g the accident. Modi
rendered and it is
he boy's foot can be
amputation.
Rbse resigns his pas
vith the missionary
h here, after serving
two years. Mr. Rose
plendid work during
i and has many warm
ire loath to give him
t. was recently filled
Allen from Craven
t may be the church
> him a call,
high school re-operi
r a ten days' vacation
teachers are at their
ty and express them
uving spent a nmrrv
They are starting the
ith the determination
balance of the school
t profitable one.
sh and mother, and
of Durham, were the
dr. and W. \V.
fulay.
E COTTON
OR SEU? IT NOW 1
Jan. 4.—At twelve
>und for cotton, a bale
tvde to lie flat on the j
Under some trees with- *
as thousand.? of bales ]
ng treated, wil bring: j
cents per pound next j
ars ago,’' says E. C. i
ion agronomist at the |
‘the federal depart - \
iculture left six bales j
posed to the weather!
from November until j
next year. After the j
ton had been removed, |
ihowed a net loss in ]
bale, placed on poles j
* up and turned each I
pounds. One bale I
des and covered with
left in one position
11 pounds. The bale
d on the bare ground
Is. The one laced on
bare ground lost 85
eight, while another
dge and turned over
bek lost 03 pounds. The
pich was left lying flat
(nd without being turn
£ 209 pounds or nearly
its original weight.”
rmers who leave their
the ground uncovered,
•e that the bales will
ly in weight due to the
of rain watesr, states
These tests show, how
ihe bales so exposed lose
When the damaged cot
iovetf, the final price re
uuch below whatever the
would have been.
ROXIE SAYS—
Sjr Me—
Uis U?j£iwlntor
overlooahion.”
won’t
' ...J
Long May He Live
t latest photo of Hirohito formci
'rinco H-*Kent who becomes the
«‘w Emperor of Japan, through the
econt death of his father.
Poses As Officer
And Disappears
Prosecuting Witness In
Assault Case ^Vanishes
When Sheriff Asks Him
to Surrender Unofficial
Badge
Further developments in whiskey
raids reported in this paper on
Friday. Dee. 24, reveal the fact
that Johnson, named in the report
Nathan but which should have
be -u Dave, was posing as an offi
cer of Johnston county, he never
having been deputized by anyone.
Johnson was wearing an officer’s
badge, and upon request to turn
same in at the sheriff's office, has
disappeared. In the account pre
viously {,-iven, it was stated that a
'JO gallon and a ten gallon still to
gether with ten gallons of whiskey
had been captured, and that there
was a tussle between two Game
boys and the officers over the whis
k y.
The affray took place on the day
the 00- gallon still was captured,
and since then, warrants have been
served on Leslie and James Game,
who will stand trial here today
charged with assault if the prose
cuting witness, Dave Johnson,
makes his appearance. The ten
gallon still was captured several
days prior to this raid, and the
whiskey on still another occasion.
Leslie Game, who was here yes
terriay, states that Johnson went to
the islands and got 20 gallons of
liquor from some negroes, turning
in ten gallons to Mr. C. H. Holt,
and in some way disposing of the
other.
UNIVERSITY OFFERS A
HOME READING COURSE
Chapel Hill, Jan. 3 —The Uni
versity of North Carolina has just
announced a new series ot reading
■nurses in connection with its pro
s'’r.m for women’s clubs.
Th ■ University Extension Di
vision has a section devoted exclu
sively to the interests of women
and women’s clubs and it is the
aim of those in charge to make
this as much a part of the Uni
versity as the classroom and cam
pus. Many clubs throughout the
state are now registered for reg
ular work in this section, and the
reading courses just announced art
meant to supplement the group
studies.
This new service includes com
plete reading courses in Diogra
phy, The Modern English Novel,
The modern American novel, Art
and Music, Current Literature, His
tory, Drama, Interior Decoration,
Modern Poetry, Short otories Es
says and Ilooks of Criticism, Cit
izenship, Sou thru Literature, Trav
el and Children’s Docks.
Packages of books will be mail
ed out of Chapel Hill to those tak
ing a course at the rate of twenty
five cents a package. Each will
contain three books and a bulletin
that will serve as an aid to the
reading of the accompanying mat
ter. The loan of these books is for
two weeks, but they may be kept
three weeks on request. These
reading courses are not for the
exclusive use of women’s clubs but
are open to everybody.
Burglar Breaks
Into Candy Shop
Bloodhounds Trail To
Negro Home and Wm.
Needmore Is Arrested;
Acquitted in Mayor’s
Court
The Oriental Candy
Shop, owned by George
Hajjar, was broken into
Sunday night between 10
and 11 o’clock, and cakes,
candies, all the cigarettes
in stock, and some money
were carried away.
According- to a statement made
by Mr. Hajjar, he went to the
store about ten o’clock Sunday
night. He left for a while but re
turned about eleven and found five
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Clayton Child Is
Killed By Auto
Car Strikes Nine-Year-Old
Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Truelove—Driver
Speeds On
! CLAYTON, Jan. 3.—The 9-year
|<>1(1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dotie
(Truelove of West Clayton, was fa
! tally injured at 3 o’clock Thursday
afternoon when struck by an au
j tomobile. The accident occurred on {
j Highway No. 10. in West Clayton,
about three-fourths of a mile from
the western limits of Clayton. The
child’s skull was fractured, one or
both legs were broken, and other
injuries were sustained. She lived
only 10 or 15 minutes, dying as n
jihysician, Dr. J. J. Young, reached
her.
The car was a Dodge roadster
and contained two or three men, j
according to several women who j
saw the accident from a nearbv j
porch. These women said the girl ;
was dragged 50 or 75 feet and then !
the driver backed clearing his car j
of the mangled form, and sped !
away.
Mayor and Justice of the Peace I
C. W. Carter communicated with i
all nearby places, giving a descrip
tion of the car, and asking that its!
occupants be held if found.
In Honor of Miss Johnston.
Mrs. A. S. Johnston entertained
at a six-co’clock dinner Saturday
evening* at her beautiful home on
Church street in honor of her
daughter, Miss Marjorie Johnston,
who is at home from Louisburg
College for the holidays. Christmas
decorations were used effectively.
The dinner was served in three
courses. Solos by Miss Rachel
Creech and Mr. Theron Johnson
were much enjoyed.
Those present were: Miss Ra
chel Creech, of Sanders Chapel,
Misses Marjorie Johnston, Mattie
Lassiter, and Rose and Nell Gran
tham; Mr. Charles Wilson, of Wil
son’s Mills, Messrs. James Davis,
Gilmer Wharton, Thomas Watson
and Theron Johnson.
Undergoes Serious Operation
Miss Bettie Straughn was call
ed to Raleigh yesterday on ac
count of the illness of her brother,
Mr. R. E. Straughn, who under
went a serious operation yestreday
at Mary Elizabeth hospital. Mr.
Straughn was married a fwe days
ago to Miss Nora Cooper of this
city.
En Route To Duke University
Miss Virginia Stevens, of Rich
mond, spent the week end in the
city with relatives en route to
Durham where she is a student at
Duke University.
Farms Heavily Mortgaged
There were 283,482 farms in
North Carolina in 1025 and 24,983
of these farms were mortgaged.
The amount of the mortgaged was
only 30.4 percent of the value, how
ever.
Bradley Johnson
Buried In Benson
Deceased Prominent In
Business Circles In Ben
son and Emporia, Va.
Benson, Dec. 31—This city was
hocked when news reached here
ruesday of the death of Bradley j
fohnson, who died at his home in j
Smporia, Va.
The remains were brought to 1
he home of his brother, Charles j
fohnson of Benson, and funeral ;
services were conducted Wednes- j
lay from \he Methodist church by
f. E. Blaylock, pastor, assisted oy j
Rev. H. H. Goff, former pastor
>f Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson, j
ind Rev. C. B. Ratchford, pastor of !
;he Presbyterian church of Ben- '
^n.
There were several business men
from Emporia, Va.. attending the j
funeral as well as other business !
acquaintances, friends and rela-'
lives from Clinton, Clayton, Smith- ;
leld, LilJington, Rocky Mount and ;
other nearby towns. The floral j
offerings were profuse.
The active pallbearers were.:
Messrs. E. S. Turlington. Willie
Dixon, J. Greentnal, Preston Wood
nil. J. E. Wilson, L. Gilbert, »Jesse
Limi, nuu li. y. 0111-111. xne
honorary pallbearers were: Messrs.
S. I). Stone. R. D. Rangoon, M. T.
Britt. \Y. II. Royal 1, C. W. Ander
son, \Y. R. Denning, M. V. Lucas,
all of Benson, and C. F. Johnson,
\Y. T. Newsome, R. G. Dysorf, B.
f'. Lindsay, J. II. Smith of Em
poria, Ya„ and J R. Chambliss, of
Rocky Mount.
Mr. Johnson was born and lived
at Benson until he was .*12 years
old. He was in. business in Benson.,
before going to Emporia apd ha;
lived in thqj city for the $ast 2->
years. He had accumulated a large
fortune and was the largest land ,
owner and farmer in Greenville
County, Virginia.
He was also connected with
several business enterprises of Em
poria. as well as in Benson, his
old home town. He was first vice- j
president and a director of the
First National Bank of Benson, and
was one of its largest stockhold
ers. He was a man noted for his
big heartedness and generosity
Many appeals were made to him
through the mails. His death, per
haps. will be the greatest shock
t(j tenants living on his farms,
which number from 75 to 100.
Mr. Johnson was horn August
11, 1871. and was 55 years old Aug
ust 11, 1020. He was a member
of the First Methodist Church of
Emporia and was one of its most
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ST A II: MARKKTINd
si'ix i \list jo hi; her;:
The Johnston County Poultry
Association is asked by the
I president, S. P. Honeycutt, of
Henson, to meet Saturday aft
| ernoon, January 8, at the court
! house in Smithficld at one
I thirty o'clock. .Members and
anyone interested in poultry for
I profits are invited to be pres
ent. Mr. V.. W. Lewis, State
Marketing Specialist, of Ral
j oij'h, will address the meeting.
Important i - *-r.-s- „j|| he
transacted during the business
session. I , •
Rawls Partner
Raleigh and Greensboro
Chevrolet Dealer Buys
Interest in Hoiieman
Motor Company
Mr. C. H. Rawls, of Raleigh,
ias recently "bought out the forty
»er cent interest in the Holloman
Motor company, the local agency
tor the Chevrolet automobile,
which was formerly owned by Mr.
11. C. Bowden, according to a
statement made public here yes
terday. Mr. B. J. Holleman is the
other partner ir. this firm, he own
ing sixty per cent of the stock.
Mr. Rawls is also Chevrolet dealer
in Greensboro. The firm being a
partnership, the financial backing
is considerably stronger than it
would bo otherwise. Both mem
bers of the firm have splendid
banking connections.
The firm name will remain The
Hoikina:i JM-r, MiipW;- Ok«
floor space has been added to the
present quarters. The old Observ
er ofiice which adjoins the building
usefj by these Chevrolet dealers,
has been converted into a show
rom. Mr. Holloman states that
business has been better than was
expected in the beginning of a new
concern. With the expansion al
ready indicated and with a new
line of Chevrolet?, the firm looks
to a great year in 1927.
In Richmond and Washington
Mr. and Mrs. \\ . J. B. Orr spent
a few days last week with rela
tives in Richmond. Dr. Orr has re
turned to the city, but Mrs. Orr
has gone on to Washington, D.
C., to spend a few days with her
parents..
F'arni Population
The farm population of North
Carolina in 1925 was 1,440,881 per
sons. Of this number 937,001 were
white people.
Presbyterians To
Build New Church
Set $50,000 As Goal For
New Building—Name
Committee to Select Lot
At a congregational meeting
held immediatlev after the sermon
Sunday morning by the pastor.
Rev. Chester Alexander the mem
bers of the Presbyterian church
here decided to ~-ut on a campaign
to raise money for the erection of
a new church building. A commit
tee, composed of Mrs. A. II. Rose,
Miss Alice Edmundson, Messrs. \V.
M. Sanders and J. A. Campbell,
was appointed to select a suitable
lot for the erect'.or. of the new
church. This committee and an
elder from some other church in
Granville Presbytery, will after
a thorough investigation, decide
whether the new church shall be
erected on the present site or
whether a new lot shall he select
ed. In the meantime, funds for
the new building will be solicited
I' ifty thousand dollars has been
set as the goal for the building.
The Smithfield Presbyterian
church has grown considerably ever
since its organization thirty-six
years ago. 1 here is no longer room
in the church lor the Sunday
school classes, and rooms in the
adjoining building have been used
by several of the classes for the
past three or four years. This ar
rangement has been satisfactory
during the summer but in the win
ter it is very inconvenient and un
comfortable for those attending
Sunday school.
The church has an interesting*
history. On the third Sunday morn
ing in December, 1891, Rev. A. J.
A4h-iiKK?l<*
Presbytery, organized a Presby
terian church at Smith field. There
were six members enrolled: Mr.
and Mrs. H L. Graves, Mrs. L. L.
Sasser, Mrs. James 11. Pou, Mrs.
VV. M. Sanders and Mrs. A. J. Mc
Kohvay. There could be no ses
sion formed, having only one man.
so the electon of officers was de
ferred until April, 1894, when
Prof. Ira T. Turlington and Dr.
' L. L. Sasser united with this
church. (Professor Turlington was
the first superintendent of the Sun
May school). This little band of
j women had been working for some
time hoping for a church building,
holding services in the Methodist
church, Baptist church, and court
house. After the organization of
the church, the members fitted up
the Olil Academy, a deserted school
building* on what was call d the
Academy Green, now part of the
[cemetery. This was a happy day
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HOLD TIGHT, MISTER, LOOK. OUT FOR THE BUMPS
New Guard
\ \ m sf* sr r f t
Russel C. Wood secret service !
man is personal guard for John !
Coolidge, Jr., succeeding Col. Starl- j
ing who attracted too much atten
tion because of his age. Young !
Wood will pass as a fellow colle- j
trian.
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Trackless Train
Makes Stop Here!
Locomotive-Like Automo
bile on Coast to Coast
Trip
The Good Roads Special, a lux- (
uriously equipped trackless train,
which passed through this city on
Thursday afternoon of ^last week
about three o’clock, created con
siderable interest. The car came
from Goldsboro and was on route
lt> Raleigh where it saved until
coiuijvued its
coast to coast good roads promo
tion trip, which will last about a
year and a half.
The car from the front looks like
a locomotive and from the rear like
an observation car. It is built on
a 147-inch weelbase with a six
cylinder heavy duty Continental
motor. I: has a heavy smokestack,
that emits smoke, a real bell and
whistle, and sandbox, and Westing
house air brakes. All the fitting*:;
are solid brass except the door
handles, which are washed with
gold. The car is the Kelly-Sprnig
fieid Good Roads Special and while
in the city visited Mr. W. T. Hol
land, the Kelly-Springfield tire
dealer.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyd£ Terry, of
Indianapolis, Ind., were the only
passengers. They left New York
on October 2, then visited Boston
and Cleveland, Ohio, and thence
south. The journey will end in San
Francisco.
Celebrates Sixty-Fourth Birthday.
Mr. and Mr?. J. R. Holt of the
Polenta section, were taken com
pletely by surprise when their
children gathered at their home on
Sunday to celebrate Mr. Holt’s
04th birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Holt
had no inkling of the plan until the
children began to arrive with bas
kets bulging with delicious viands
for the birthday feast. The entire
day was thoroughly enjoyed by
all.
Those present on this delightful
occasion were: Mr. and Mrs. Ash
ley Johnson and children and Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Holt and children,
of this city; Mr. David Holt, of
the Polenta section; Mrs. O. R.
Sumner and little daughter, Vir
ginia, of Raleigh. A nephew Mr.
Hubert Johnson, of Raleigh, and
Mr. Holt’s sister, Mrs. Kttie Wat
kins, of Polenta, were also pres
ent.
MEETING IN INTEREST
OF BALANCED FARMING
A campaign for Better Balanced
Farming in the cotton counties of
North Carolina has been arrang
ed. and the meeting for this coun
ty will he held in the courthouse
at Smithtield, January 10, at 11
o'clock.
Every farmer and farm woman
of Johnston county interested in a
program to relieve the present sit
uation is urged to attend this
meeting. Tell your neighbors of
the meeting and ask them to come
with you. It is very important.
Speakers from the Agricultural
Extension Service of State College
u'vill be present.
I
Destructive Fire
Burns Dwelling
Bungalow Belonging to C,
S. Broadhurst Practical*
ly Destroyed Yesterday
Morning
A destructive fire occurred here
early yesterday morning when the
bungalow on North Third street be
longing to C. S. Broadhurst was*
badly damaged. A neighbor who
was awakened by the light which
shone into his bedroom, turned in
the fire alarm. At about the same
time, Night Policeman Johnson
saw the lig*ht from the depot and
was entering the fire house when
the siren sounded.
The fire was in the roof of the
building and had gained such head
way that considerable damage was
done before the fire company could
subdue the flames.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunter lived
at the place, but they are away
on a visit, and no one was in the
house. Their furniture waS^ prac
tically all saved. The house was
valued at about ten thousand dol
lars,* and the loss is said to be
covered by insurance.
COTTONSEED MEAL
GOOD DAIRY FEED
RALEIGH, Jan. 3.—When a ton
of cottonseed is exchanged for a
ton of prime cottonseed meal, and
the meal converted into butterfat
by feeding to dairy cattle the
feeding value of the meal is ob
tained free of charge.
“This may seem like a far
fetched statement at first glimpse,n
says John A. Arey, dairy exten
sion specialist at State. ^CnUegay--.
“hut it’s true, certainhC >fr the
manure is handlyfi pYoperiy. A
ton of prime cottonseed meal has
a fertilizing vhluo of about $2S.
Only about <one-fourth of this is
lost whep^fiassing through the cow. ;
Tho^f maining three-fourths of the
ferirTiizir.g material, with a value
offS21, remains on the* farm for
soil enrichment. This amount is
only one dollar less than the orig
inal market value of the ton of
cottonseed which was exchanged
for the meal.*’
Mr. Arey states that as a source
of cheap protein, the cottonseed
meal leads all other feeds. The
protein is furnished at three cents •
per unit when meal is secured at^
the exchange price of cottonseed. T
The seed are selling- now for about
$22 per ton. When protein is ob
tained from soybean meal, it will
cost about 4.8 cents per unit as
meal 15. strung xur
about $47 per ton. When the pro
tein is obtained from wheat grain A
at $38 per ton, it will cost
cents per unit.
The cost of the total digestible
nutrients in cottonseed meal i3
the lowest of all feeds, with corn,
next.
This shows, states Mr. Arey, that %
cottonseed meal is not only an
economical feed but that it also
contains large amounts of valu
able fertilizing material which are
obtained at a low cost when the t
meal is fed through cows. Yet, in I
spite of all this, thousands of tons j
of this our most valuable feed is 1
being shipped to other states an- \
nually for cattle feeding arid it is '
enriching their soils at the ex
pense of ours.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of tho
Stock holders of the SmithfteU! 1
Federal Land Bank association over
post office eleven o’clock, Tuesday I
Jan. 11. 1927. All are requested tv j
be present. L. T. Royall sec.
A Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let- 1
ters in the line below to spell j
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, 10
will present him with a com
limentary ticket to the Vic
tory Theatre. Ticket must be
called for before the following
issue.
apblusrallew
Lyndon Jordan recognized his
name last issue.