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SMITHFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Rigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 VOLUME 44—NO. 3 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1927 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops $2.00 PER YEAR * * * Discuss Mexicans Relations Free!) Possibility of War; Cool idge Explains Nicara guan Policy to Congress The possibility of war with Mex ico is being discussed frankly in Congress, although the White House and State Department main tained a noticeable silence until yesterday. In the House, Represen tative Huddleston, of Alabama, has introduced a resolution calling for a withdrawal of American forces from Nicaragua. Senator Curtis, Republican leader, and Edge, Re publican, of New Jersey, are rally ingto the defense of Coolidge pol icies. In the Senate, the foreign relations committee has before it a resolution by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, calling for a withdrawal of forces from Ni caragua. In the meantime, addi tional naval American forces have landed upon Nicaraguan soil and preparations are going forward at San Diego, Cal., to organize a ma rine batallion for use in an emer gency, according to the Associated Press dispatches yesterday. President Coolidge, explaining his Nicaraguan policy to Congress yesterday, declared that munitions of war supplied the Sacasa revo lutionists their evidence of having belonged to the Mexican govern ment- He described his Mexican policy as one of thorough protec tion of American interests in con formity with the traditional stand of hte United States. An Associated press dispatch from Washington dates yesterday states that the establishment of two neutral zones in Nicaragua was reported to the State Depart ment today by Rear Admiral Lat imer. A department announcement said: report iro mAdmiral l.ati mer states that business along the Escondido River has been paralyzed conditions are becoming* serious so far as American lives and proper ty are concerned. “The revolutionary forces have already interfered with the ship ment for the Mahoggany Com pany’s employes.” Entertain Christian Endeavorers. Rev. Chester Alexander, pastor of the Presbyterian church, enter tained the members of the Chris tian Endeavor Society Priay eve-, ning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Smith, Jr., on North Third street. The guests arrived about 7:30 o’clock, and one lively game after another furnished entertainment for the young folks until later in the evening when delicious refresh ments consisting of ice cream and cake were served. Candies also were sreved. The evening was thor oughly enjoyed by all present. Mr. Pou To Give Barbecue. Mr. George Ross Pou, of Raleigh, will give a barbecue at the ar mory Friday night for all the members of the American Legion who have paid their 1927 dues. The barbecue will be given at sev en-thirty o’clock and all must pay their 1927 pledges before that time in order to receive an invita tion. >■*- s Multiplication Teacher: “William, how many bones have you in your body?” William: “Four hundred thous and.” “That’s a great many more than I have.” “But, teacher, I had sardines for lunch.”—The Progressive Grocer. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—« / De snow sho is whiter than me. P_A New Yea v Photograph Ai, excellent new pliotnprnph nt The President an.l Mrs. Cooliclet taken on the White House steps New Year tli^. Mrs. CooUdeu oil. Out itiLii turtjif i w --• Fatally Injured In Auto Accident Car Strikes Railing of Bridge, Throwing Oc cupant Into Stream Mr. J. Edward Benson, of Four Oaks, was fatally injured Satur day when his car struck the rail ing of a bridge across a stream be tween Erwin and Linden. He fell from the car into the stream, his head striking some timbers, llis skull was fractured and ho never regained consciousness. He also suffered internal injuries. The in jured man was carried immediate ly to Good Hope Hospital at Er win, where he passed away at 0:30 Saturday night. Mr. Benson was en route to Fay etteville to see his sister who was seriously ill in a hospital there. He was accompanied by his thirteen year-old daughter. For several years Mr. Benson had been the public cotton weigher at Four Oaks. He was forty-four years of ag.c Ho was twice mar ried, ancf is survived by 1^» second wife and five children. The funeral was held in Four Oaks yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, and interment was made in the Four Oaks cemetery. The Masons had charge of the serv ice at the grave. PRINCETON WINS AGAIN The hoys’ basketball team of Princeton continued to win Friday afternoon when it defeated the strong Four Oaks team by the score of 25 to 15. The features of the game were the guarding of Kemple and Cap tain Hill, and the fast forwarding of Gurley, making twelve of his teammates points. Creech, also of Princeton, starred, making a won derful shot from the center of the court. The Princeton tossers started off the game at a rapid rate of speed, keeping the ball in their possess ion most of the time. When the first half ended the score was 15 to 4 in favor of Princeton. Conch Boyett, seeing the game cinched, ran in three of his substitutes in the last half Four Gabs played a good game, but was outclassed by the Princeton aggregation. The Princeton team will chal lenge any high school team in the state. INFANT -SON DIES AT REX HOSPITAL Harvey Poole, the twelve-day old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Poole, of Clayton, died Monday morning at Rex hospital, Raleigh. The body has been carried to Clay ton for interment. First Service In Free Will Church Rev S. H. Styron Preaches Sermon Sunday Even ing When Congrega tions of The Town Come Together In Union Service The handsome new Freewill Baptist church located on South Third street is now about com pleted and the first service was held Sunday evening. All the churches of the town joined in the service and the occasion was one that will be long remembered by many in this city. The church which is a brick structure with modern Sunday school rooms, has been completed in a comparatively short length of time. The first steps toward building a church were taken about the first of last August when a building- committee was appointed. The membership to tals less than fifty, but a thriving Sunday school provides training for more than a hundred each Sun day. Rev. H. R. Faireloth, pastor of the church, was roaster of cer emonies Sunday evening. Me call ed upon Rev. S. L. Morgan, pas tor of the Baptist church. Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, pastor of the Meth odist church, Dr. W. J. B. Orr, in the absence of the Presbyterian pastor, to make a few remarks. The sermon was preached by Rev. S. L. Morgan, of Pine Level, who chose as his subject: “The Power of the Gospel.” The gospel is de signed to show people where they are, to condemn sin, to preach re pentance, and present Jesus. Wherever the gospel is freely preached, said the minister, there will be a mighty shaking up of the people. An inspiring feature of the serv ice was the offertory rendered by the Thomas quartet. In spite of the inclement wather, a large crowd including nil denom inations was present to take a part in this opening service. HOUSE BURNED IN MICRO MICRO, Jan. 10.—Friends of ! Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Davis are j sory to learn that they lost their home by fire Friday about three ! o’clock. They saved only a few ■ things. The loss is partly covered : by insurance. Move To Parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Medlin, who have been occupying an apartment i in the Woodall building, are mov ing* this week- They have rooms | at the Methodist parsonage. Thieves Enter Make Entrances Through Front Doors By Twist ing Off Locks; Stores AH Located On Third Street In spite of the fact that the town board of commissioners re cently retained two night police men in view of robberies in nearby towns, instead of dropping one as was contemplated, thieves made bold entrances into five stores in this city Sunday nigh't and made their complete get-away. The stores entered were all on Third street, light in the business dis trict, and entrances in each in stance were made through the front doors. The shops broken into include The Quality Clothing Store, Joe Davis, proprietor; The “City Market, M. B. Strickland, proprie tor; The Western Hot Spot, Fred Adams, proprietor; The Smithfield Fruit Store. JVIr. Baroody, proprie tor, and the City Dry Cleaning Company, C. M. Johnson, proprie tor. The robbers broke into the stores by twisting the locks off the front doors apparently with something like a crowbar. The full extent of the losses has not yet been determined. It is known that about eight dollars in money was taken from Fred Adams’ estab lishment, and three dollars anc’J some cigars from the fruit store. The thefts were not discovered until yesterday morning when the proprietors went down to open up their shops, and the snowfall had obliterated all traces except the broken locks. There has been considerable thieving of this sort in recent weeks in nearby towns, but wheth er the robberies Sunday night were committed by strange robbers or by local thieves is a matter of conjecture. 5 KENLY WOMAN’S CLUB TO PRESENT MUSICAL COMEDY KENLY, Jan. 10.—On Thursday evening, January 13, in the high school auditorium the Kenly Wom an's Club will present “Cupid Up to Date," an entirely new musical comedy based on scientific discov ery and the progressive age. Care has been taken in the se lection of the larg-o cast and in tensive practices under a skilled director are going on daily. The unique costumes, dances and clever acting will hold the eye, and the catchy songs and music will make an equally strong appeal to the ear. Even better are the whole some lines which reveal the whole gamut of motions experienced in everyday life. Love and art, philos ohpy, science, tragedy and humor all pass in review. An evening of entertainment that cannot fail to please will be offered the people of the commun ity and surrounding country. Tick ets go on sale Tuesday. CONGRESSMAN IS GUEST OF PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Congressman E. W. Pou was en tertained by President Coolidg'e at breakfast last Thursday morning*. This is rather complimentary to a Democratic Congressman and shows the esteem in which Mr. Pou is held in Washington. SIX .MULES KILLED Saturday nighlt six mules be longing to the road force working on highway 2d were killed by an Atlantic Coast Line train. The mules in some way escaped from their stables and got on the rail road track. WILL TRY OCT FIRE SIREN According to information re ceived from the fire chief, B. L. .Tones, there will he a try-out of the new fire siren this afternoon between four and six o’clock. This announcement is made in order that the town may not be unduly alarm ed when the siren goes off. Former Residents Return. Mr. and Mrs. \V. I.. Ellis, who have been living in the country near here, have moved to the city ami are occupying a residence on Seventh street. Hello, Visitor! Have you found on your auto mobile a yellow tag with this greeting: “Hello, visitor?” Mayor Narron was busy Satur day afternoon tagging all the out-of-town ears with a welcome from Smithfield. No doubt many motorists when they -aw the tag on their car thought they had a notice from the police de partment, but it proved to be something quite different. The little tag carries this message: “Smithfield welcomes you and hopes you wifi return often. This card entitles you to park your car as long as you please in Smithfield. Never mind the time limit. This will not exempt you from arrest for parking in safe ty zones, near fire hydrants, or near alley. Free information at city clek’s office or mayor’s of fice. (Signed): Smithfield Board of Commissioners.” Building & Loan Closes Good Year Board of Directors Re elect Officers After Hearing Splendid Re port In Annual Stock holders Meeting With forty persons, fifteen more than a quorum, present, the stock holders of the Building and Loan Association held their annual meet ing yesterday morning in the com missioners room in the courthous.e The year which closed on December 31, has been marked by growth and progress along all lines, as ev idenced by the report of the sec retary and treasurer, J. H. Abell, which received the commendation of all present. ! A dozen or more homes have been built through the association during the past year, seventeen loans in all having been made. Mr. Abell’s report showed that the number of shares sold during the year was 2302, which together with 2112 shares in force at the begin |ning« of 1026 total more than 4,000 ! shares. A new feature was added by the association last year when paid-up shares were offered for sale. At the end of the year just | closed these shares amounted to $18,100. * Mortgage loans, seventeen in number, aggregating a little over $36,000 were negotiated during the year, and loans of $4,310 were made on the stock of the asso ciation. The sum of $13,486 was paid out for matured stock, and, in addition, stock has matured on | which mortgages for $2,400 were held- Interest on this matured stock totaled $2,914. The secretary stat ed that the income of the associa tion is more than $5,000 per month. He called especial attention to the [manner in which colored stockhold ers have paid up their installments. On January 1 only ten dollars of ! past-due installments were on the | books. The secretary-treasurer express Turn to page five, please TEA ROOM CHANGES HANDS Ye Okie Smithfield Tea Room, which has been operated here for the past several months by Mrs. John O. Ellington and Miss Mil dred Young, has been purchased by Mrs. 11. B. Herndon and Miss Ruth Wilson. The name of the tea room will be changed to the “Coffee Cup,” and a formal opening will be held on February 1- The tea room will be located at the same stand, in the hotel building on Market street, but the interior will be re-decoratde. Attractive light ing effects will be installed, and furnishings carrying out a blue and gray color scheme will be provided. Mrs. Herndon, who is an efficient dietitian, will have active charge of the Coffee Cup, which will be opgn from eight in the morning until eight in the evening. In ad dition to the three regular meals, afternoon tea will be a feature. I Miss Ruth Wilson will be business manager. Watch for the advertise ment of this new firm which will give definite announcement con cerning the opening and other de tails of the Coffee Cup. Name Important House Committee Legislature Received Gov. McLean’s Budget Mes sage; Eight Bills Intro duced In House RALEIGH. Jan. 7-—Reception of Governor McLean’s budget message and announcement of the three most important house committees high-lighted sessions of the general assembly today. Both branches met for a few min utes’ devotion to routine "business before assembling in joint session to hear the governor’s fiscal rec ommendations for the ensuing bi ennum. Adjournment until tomor row came shortly after the bodies had reconvened in their respective chambers. The meetings tomorrow are due to be little more than formalities, Many members obtained leave for the week end. and the capital saw an exodus of lawmakers tonight. The jpssenybly does noL convene next week until 8 o’clock Monday night. The governor’s recommended ap propriations totaling $14,686,105 for the first year of the biennium, and $15,124,059. These recommen dations were about $2.00,00 less than amounts requested, but rep resented an increase over the last | two years. No new sources for revenue were | brought out. but increases from : six different sources were propos-( ed. A major part of framing house ! destinies was vested by Speaker j Fountain today in Representatives ' Turlington, Iredell; Graham, Orange, and Connor, Wilson, by naming them the respective chair men of to support the measure providing finance and education. Full personnel of the committees was announced. Both Connor and Townsend, the defeated candidates for the speak ersnip, were represented on al! three committees. The committees follow: Appropriation—Turlington, chair man; Graham, of Orange; Connor, Townsend. Nash, Black. Brewer, of Wake; Price, Giles, McLean of Beaufort; Dunn, Bullard, Wood Brawley, Smith, of Rockingham; Gol d, Rogers, Folger, Younce, Rhodes, Ward, Dutton, Macon, Makepeace, Flanigan. Morgan. Ta tum, Butler, Wilson, of Pasquo tank; Kerr, Woodward, Moss, of Rutherford; Everett, of Durham; Creekmore, Marshall, Brown. Finance—(graham, of Orange, chairman; Townsend, Bridger. Mur phy, Martin, of Davidson; Connor, Winston, Hargett. Squires, Stan cil, Cox, of Forsythe; Gibbs, Hart, Macon, Wright, McDevitt, Boyd, Coffey, Graham, of Sampson; Tur lington, Parker, Gold, Makepeace, Austin, Harris, Oliver, Mathews, Moss, of Nash; W'ard, Moser. Ev erett, of Martin; McLean, of Beau fort; Smith, of Wake; Norwood, Jenkins, Bell, of Chatham. Committee of Education—Con nor, enairman; Miss, of Nash; Ward, Harris, Cox, of Alleghany; ! McLean, of Beaufort; Gold. Par- J ker, Folger. Pool, of Hoke; Black., Austin, Nash, Falls, Winston, j Jones, Privott, Graham, of Samp-I 'son; Giles, Eure. McDevitt, Helms, ! jBost, Kerr, McBryde, Whitaker, i Legefrt, Watkins, of Brunswick; Makepeace, Satterwhite, Smith, of Wake; Rouse, Townsend. Price, Miss McLean, of Mecklenburg; Rideout, Gwaltnoy, Wetmur, Par nell. The house produced eight bills, six from W’ilson, of Transylvania, j but all were of a local nature. The I senate brought forward only three j measures, but one touched on question of lang standing. It was 'presented by Senator Womble, For syth, in the form of a resolution requesting the North Carolina del egation in Congress to work for ipassage of a third federal court ! district in the state. It was passed and the clerk in structed to send copies to all North Carolina members of the lower | house of Congress*—Associated Press. Mr. and Mrs. C. W\ Beasley left Sunday for South Mills and Nor tolk to spend a few days with friends. - * l . Coolidge Appointee Cyrus E, Woods who has beea appointed to the Interstate Com merce Commission by Pres. Cool idge in place of F. I. Cox of New Jersey; whose term expired. A fight in the senate is expected to Local Quint Wins Over Farmville Smithfield High Defeats Visiting Team to Tune of 22 to 12 By TOM LASSITER Coach McGregor’s purple and gold quintet copped the second game on the local's schedule here Saturday night by winning a hard fought contest from Farmville Higho t the tune of 22 to 12. The game was one of the fastest ever witnessed here. Farmville began the scoring with a foul goal and a moment later caged a nice clean shot from the court. Smithfield soon overcame the lead and the two teams began a fierce battle. The score at the end of the first quar ter stood 6 to 5 with the visitors leading. The battle was continued I in the second period and the half j ended in an 8-8 deadlock. Smithfield broke loose late in the j third period and continued to run j wild in the first period. The Farm- ] ville High exhibited a beautiful j passing game, which was a decid- ; ed feature of the contest. For j Smithfield. lizzie, who was recent- j ly added to the local squa, show- | ed up exceptionally well at times. j While the remaining members of the team played good ball. The local band, which has re cently been organized into a high school band, was present and pep pd up the occasion. Score by period: Smithfiled (22) Farmville (12) 5 6 2 3 1 3 6 8 Another Tea Roogm For Smithfield. The eating: public of Smithfield will bo interested in the announce ment that Mrs. A. S. Johnston will open at an early date a tea room, gift shop, and woman’s ex change. Mrs- Johnston has leased the apartments known as the Woodall house on the corner of Johnson and Third streets where the new business will be conduct ed. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston will move their family there at once and by the middle of the month the tea room is expected to m op- ! eration. A few regular boarders! will be kept and the tea room will be open all day. Sunday dinners will also be served. The woman’s exchange is a new wrinkle for Smithfield, but already need for such a thing has been felt. Mrs. Johnston, besides serving meals, will cater to parties and ba nquets. The proprietress has not decid ed upon a name for the tea room, and she is offering a pound box of homemade candy for a name. She will be glad to have sugges tions at once Oyster Supper Friday Night. An oyster supper will be given at the Farmers warehouse on Mar ket street Friday night from six until eight o’clock for the benefit of the new Freewill Baptist church. Everybody is cordially in vited to uttend. V. W. Lewis Talks To Poultry Ass’n Discusses Marketing; Feb ruary Meeting .Will Be Held With Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ives V. W. Lewis, state marketing specialist, of Raleigh, was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Johnston County Poultry Asso ciation held at the courthouse Sat urday afternoon. The poultry asso" ciation is young, having been or ganized a little more than a month ago, an,l has not a large member ship, but practically a hundred per cent of the membership was hery Saturday to hear Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis gave some very help ful suggestions as he outlined the work for flie association. He talk brifely concerning things that are necessary in order to produce poul try for market, dwelling upon the proper feeding, proper husing, and •>unuauon. ne suggested tnat mem bers conduct a hen-laying contest in order that they might test for themselves what it takes to pro duce eggs for the market. lie ad vocated the keeping of records and stressed the importance of pure bred utility birds. It requires 28 million birds to replace breeding stock each year. In order to pro vide eggs 'for incubators in North Carolina the demand for eggs is great, but one of jnain requisites for filling this demand is blood testing. It means too great a loss if a large per cent of chickens hatch from untested eggs di eof white diarrhea which is usually the case where the chickens are not tested. Mr. Lew?is spoke also of market ing, urg-ing that the local markets' be provided first but when the price drops too low to be profit able he advocated shipping to nor thern markets. Mr. S. P. Honeycutt, president \ of the association, presided over the meeting. Before adjournment an announcement was made about the poultry short course to be put on by the North Carolina College, Raleigh, commencing at 10 a. m., Monday, January 17, and extend ing to noon Saturday, January 22. In the next issue of the Herald a detailed announcement of the short course will be given. The next meeting of the associa tion on Friday, February 4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T- W. Ives near town. Not only members of the association, but others inter ested in poultry work are invited to attend. Those attending are asked to carry lunch and be there by the noon hour. CHANGE OF STATEMENT We have been asked to change the statement made in the Re corder’s Court proceedings pub lished in Tuesday’s paper in regard to a case in which the state took a nol pros with leave. The item indicated that Mrs. J. W. Moore had disposed of mortgaged proper ty, whereas Mrs. Moore was charg ed with disposing of property which had been levied upon for ^ taxes. FAMILY REUNION Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hill had aC, their guests at their home in the Sanders Chapel section, the broth- * ers and sisters of Mrs. Hill, with, their families. A delicious four- | course dinner was served. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Whitley and daughter. Miss Elva Mae, and son, Jesse; Mr. and Mrs, A. G. Powell and daughters; Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Whitley and chil dren; Miss Elsie Gardner ami Miss Currin. 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, we will present him with a eom | limentary ticket to the Vie j tory Theatre. Ticket must be ! called for before the following issue. httguhccor Guy Lee recognized no mu lasT. issue. Tantalizer
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