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SMITH FIELD 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 VOLUME 45—NO, 7 SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Local Bill For Tax Collector Senator Canaday Intro duces Bill Providing Tax Collector To Be Elected by People; Par ses Senate and Gees to House The outstanding measures on Friday of a busy legislative day in Raleigh included a state-wide game bill introduced in the house of representatives by Sutton of Le noir county and bills to provide pensions for Confederate soldiers and to prevent and assess damage for forest fires introduced in the Senate. Twenty-five bills passed third readings in the two branches and the senate ratified five house bills but they were all of a local nature. This week’s sessions began at eight o’clock last night, but com mittee hearings will be the major feature in the legislature this! week. Among the hearings this week is one on the Australian bal lot this afternoon at three o’clock, by the joint committee on election laws. The joint committee on fi nance will begin hearings also this af emoon, and the joint appropri ations committee .which has been ' Ming hearings will call State • perintendent A. Allen in regard $2,600,000 equalization fund. Hills that have been introduced 'he legislature of peculiar in- ; 't to Johnston county are 1 Senator C. C. Canaday of 1 on, has offered a bill to i •i[ige the date of the primary ' dune to August, and also has ' M one designed to change the " of the automobile registration f'-urn June 30 to December 31. ‘ latter bill has also been in I diicod In the House. 1 l‘he third bill, offered by Sena I Mnaday, which was purely lo I -fts up the office of tax col I "!• in Johnston county. The bill j I i-’i'd the Senate Friday and was over to the House for ratifi- ; cation. According to the Henson Re V!IVV this bill provides for a tax collector to be* elected by the peo P"‘ °f the county, every two years and also provides that the collec tor thus elected give his whole time to tin* collection of taxes. His sal ary will he fixed at not more than $•1,000 a year and if one helper is needed the salary of the helper to he not more than $1200 a year. The office is created to begin two ye:.rs from now unless Sheriff lurloy wishes for it to begin ear ner in which event the county commissioners will be required to select such a collector until next election. HISSES on number ten operated through sei.ma , SELMA, Jan. 22.—The Rapid transit Bus Line, operating busses over No. 10 Highway from Wil mington to Durham, has recently begun operating through Selma, nnd for the present uses Selma ttrug company for a bus station. It is understood that busses will be operated over Highway No. 22 fiom Fayetteville to Wilson just as soon as the road is hardsurfac ed which will be this spring. The contract for most of this road has alreudy been let. Return* From Falcon. Mis Lucy Mathis returned yes terday from Falcon whege she spent the week end with her mother. AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me—4 “When my man g-it mad wid me, he don't reco’nize my vocality.” i Swims to Fortune 1 ' lA^TQCAg' George Young, 17 year ol.l Cana 1ian swimmer, who by his great feat in the Catalina channel swirr ^ on $25,000, is donv besieged with theatrical, movie and athletic offtT S'hich promise to net him a fortum ■ar beyond his wildest dreams. Mrs. J. W. Parrish Passes Away at Fayetteville Hospital; Mrs. Callie Royall Dies at Newport News BKNSON, Jan. 24.—Benson is sad over the death of Mrs. J. W.. Parrish, which occurred at High smith Hospital in Fayetteville early this morning, and over the death of Mrs. Callie Royal, which occurred at her home in Newport News, Va.. late Saturday after noon. The bodies reached Benson this afternoon and the funerals will be held tomorrow afternoon, one at two o’clock and the other at 3:30, after which* interment will be made in the Benson cem etery. Funerals The death of Mrs. Parrish came to the community almost as a shock. She was taken sick about a week ago but it was not thought that her condition was serious un til Wednesday when she was rushed to the Fayetteville hos pital. It was found that she had appendicitis, the appendix having been ruptured for some time be jfore the operation. Mrs. Parrish | rallied from the operation but lit tle hope was held out for her jrecovery. She leaves n husband and two children, J. W. Jr., three i years old, and Lillian, sixteen months old. | The deceased was only about I thirty years of age. She came to j Johnston county several years ago | from Brevard, as a teacher. She | taught school at Peacock’s Cross Roads. About five years ago she married Mr. J. W. Parrish, of Benson. The deceased was a mem ber of the Baptist church and the funeral will be held from the church tomorrow afternoon at .3:30 o’clock. Her pastor, Rev. J. E. I Kirk, will conduct the funeral. Among those here to attend the funeral are: Mrs. A. N. Poole, mother of the deceased, Mr. Joe Poole, a half brother, of Brevard, Mr. Walter Hurst, a brother of Portsmouth, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Shipman, of Raleigh. News of the death of Mrs. Royal carried sorrow to many a Benson citizen, Mrs. Royal having been born and reared near this city. She was before her marriage Miss Cal lie Benson. For a number of years she had been a sufferer with asthma, and just a short time be fore her death was taken with a severe attack. In seeking relief from this attack she took an acci dental overdose of chloroform. | She was found, supposedly about jan hour later, deed. | The deceased leaves three Chil ian, two sons, F. E. Royal, Jr., jnnd Jake Royal, and ono dnughter, I Catherine. She leaves also her mother, Mrs. M. C. Benson, two sisters, Mrs. S. P. Honeycutt, of this city, and Mrs. Purdie Strick land, and one brother Geo. M. Benson. The body arrived in Benson this afternoon and was taken to the home of the mother of the deceas ed. The funeral will be held from the home tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. E. Kirk, pastor of the Baptist church. Urge Reduction Tobacco Acreage North Carolina Ware house Association Pass es Resolutions In Effort To Prevent Overproduc tion GREENVILLE, Jan. 22.—The North Carolina Warehouse Asso ciation, of which J. C. Eagles is president and B. B. Sugg, secre tary, composed of all the leading warehousemen of eastern North Carolina, through its board of di rectors in session at Wilson, Jan uary 15, 1927, unanimously adopt ed the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, our own interests and the prosperity of our customers are involved in leaf tobacco prices fur the crop year 1927. Ami Whereas, we recognize our helplessness when confronted with conditions set us by the laws of supply and demand. Now therefore, Be It Resolved’ First, That we view with alarm the prospects of an increase in the tobacco acreage for 1927 in the tobacco belts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Second: That it is our duty to ourselves and to our customers to sound a note of warning to the , tobacco growers, and urge them against an increase in acreage for 1927, whereby an overproduction of tobacco may follow, resulting in a disaster in price similar to that in the overproduction of cotton de pression and to many disaster and suffering. Third: That it is our best judg ment that if there is no increase in the tobacco acreage for 1927, we may expect with some degree of confidence real prosperity to our section of North Carolina; that a normal crop of tobacco can be cul tivated and sold profitably; that overproduction will bring financial depression, if not suffering to our I tobacco farmers. Fourth: That we appeal to all daily and weekly newspapers pub lished in our territory to give the utmost publicity to these resolu tions, by publishing the same and freely commenting thereon; that all tobacco warehousemen, bank ers, and merchants and county farm agents lend every effort pos sible in urging the tobacco grow ers not to increase the 1927 to bacco acreage; that every tobacco farmer is hereby appointed a com mittee of one to urge every oth er tobacco farmer not to increase his tobacco acreage for the year 1927. Fifth: That the officers of the association be and they are here by instructed to communicate with tobacco warehouse associa tions in the States of South Car olina and Georgia, furnishing them with a copy of these resolutions, and appealing to them to cooper ate with us in saving our States from the threatened disaster which has come to them in consequence |of the overproduction of cotton. FORD MAKES GOOD SHOWING Last Friday, Young Motor com pany, the local Ford dealer, put on an eight-day continuous non stop reliability economy run, using a touring car in the test. The car started at ten o'clock Friday morning and at ten o’clock yes terday morning the speedometer registered 1497.7 miles. During this time fifty-three and three quarters gallons of gasoline and three quarts of oil were used. The top and curtains are up and a double cloth sign throe feet by eleven feet is carried over the car. This is said to take about one-third more gasoline to pull. So far the car has averaged 26.5 miles to the gallon and 459 miles to the quart of oil. The car runs continuously, Mr. Ira L. Lee driving it during the day and Mr. H. E. Stevens at night. The test will continue un til next Friday. Spend Week End In City. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Whitley, of Kenly, spent the week end here with relatives. Watch that date on your label. Don’t let your time expire. Stemmery Will Open Here Today Williamson-Spencer Co., Will Operate Stemmery Which Will Employ About Fifty j Smithfield is again to have a I tobacco, stemmery. After a lapse I of several years during which time this tobacco market has not had a stemmery comes the announce ment that today the Williamson Spencer Company will beg*in oper ating a stemmery in what is known as the Ragsdale factory and which they leased a few years ago. This new concern will employ about fifty hands, who according to Mr. 6. C. Cawley, of the Wil Iliamson-Spvnccr Company, will be mostly negro women. This addi tion to the town’s payroll will be a good substantial spoke in .Smith field’s wheel of prosperity for 11927. IN MEMORIAM HILL: It is with a sad heart that I attempt to write the death of Martha Hill, who died January 1L She was thirty years old. All was done for her that loving friends could do but none could stay the icy hands of death. We feel assured that our loss is her eternal gain. She was never a very strong woman yet she fought life’s battle and seldom failed her duty to perform. She bore her burdens through life just as she bore her afflictions, without mur muring. We belies'e when the Mas ter called she answered: “I’m ready to go.” She was a member of Trinity Baptist church, and was a faithful Christian, a de voted wife, and loving mother. We believe she has gone to sing with the ang*el band in that celestial city not made with hands, where she may rest from all her toils and cares. We rejoice to know that we may have the assurance of eternal happiness when our work on earth is done. She leaves a husband and four small children, two brothers and two sisters to mourn her loss. There’s none more faithful than mother, There’s none n\ore patient and true; There’s none more thoughtful and earnest, There’s none has more to do. She is gone but not forgotten, Never will her memory fade; Sweetest thoughts will ever lin ger Round the grave where she is laid. A SISTER-IN-LAW. Second Extension Class Closes. The second extension class un der the auspices of the State Uni versity held its last session Fri day night. Dr. B. B. Lane, of the University English department, has taught two courses in English here since September, a double ses sion having been held each Fri day, the class meeting in the aft ernoon and again at night. Fif teen students have been enrolled each time. These courses in Eng lish have ben so helpful and in teresting that an effort is being made to have Dr. Lane continue them through the spring, but it is not known at present whether this can b earranged. The course, if continued, will in all probability deal with a survey of English lit erature from Chancer through Shakespeare. Definite information will be in the Herald office by Thursday, and any one who has not already signified his desire to enroll, may learn further partic ulars by calling this office. The work if continued, will go on with out a break, the class meeting in the commissioners’ room on Fri day afternoon and night. A communication from Mrs. A. R. Wilson, who was at the Uni versity last week in the interest of an additional extension class, states that a class in Educational Pscchology under Dr. Deshiel could be arranged on Wednesday nights if the required 16 students can be enrolled. Either of these courses carry four hours credit each, for A. B., M. A., B. S., degrees and State certification. Splendid Growth Of Post Office Receipts Almost Double In Eight Years; City Delivery Added a nd Rural Routes Length ened The beginning of a new yea if is the time when merchants take in ventory of their stocks of goods. The postoflice is a different sort of business from ordinary mer chandise, but a few questions asked of postmaster, Mrs. D. T. Lunceford, inventories in a brief way the postal business in Smith field, which should be of interest to the public. It is interesting to note that since 1918 the receipts of this of fice have nearly doubled. In 1918 the receipts were $9,023.00. In 1926 the receipts totaled $15,448. 35. This increase in receipts has placed this office in the second class and has also made it possi ble for Smithfield to have free mail delivery. A few years ago village delivery was instituted, but on July 1, 1926 this was advanced by what is known as city delivery, which merely means that when the re ceipts total a certain amount, or above, the salaries of carriers are changed and the rules and regula tions are slightly varied. During the period since 1918, pa trons have been added to the two rural routes which go out from Smithfield so that route number one instead of covering a territory of 26.12 miles covers a mileage of 46.5. This gives better service to 120 families. Rural route number 2 has ben lengthened from twenty miles to 55.45 miles, giving better service to 172 families. Horace L Johnson is the carrier on rural route one, while Robt. G. San ders, who has carried the mail on route number 2 since its estab lishment, is still making the rounds. The war record of this postoffice which comes in the period since 1918, is outstanding. During the war period and since that time the postmaster here has sold more than $25,000 of documentary revenue, and that without compensation. War Saving Stamps in the amount of $134,633.48 were sold in 1918 alone, for which no compensation was received. In 1923 when an ef fort was made to fund the war debt through the sale of Treasury Certificates, Mrs. Lunceford was on the honor roll, being placed ; as number five on the list of 33 second class offices in this state I which were on the honor roll. Her i sales amounted to $35,700. Mrs. Lunceford has not only I been recognized in her home town jas an efficient postmaster, but in jJuly, 1926, the North Carolina I branch of Postmasters League j recognized her efficiency by elect ling her second vice-president of [that organization. $35,000 As a Starter. Judge Meekins yesterday granted $35,000 as compensation for re ceivers and lawyers in the Tobacco Co-operative receivership and $10, 000 in other cases. These are said to be only advance payments, going not only to receivers but to lawyers who brought suits to have the asso ciation thrown into the hands of re ceivers. They ought to have been paid by their clients, if they had any clients, and the farmers ought not to be taxed to pay lawyers re tained by others. Receivers and lawyers who are needed ought, of course, to receive fees commensurate with the serv ice they render, and nobody will criticize such fees. But there is no need for the multitude of lawyers who are engaged in winding up the affairs, and paying them big fees is a tax upon the tobacco growers that is indefensible. It is no wonder that creditors oft en accept a small percentage of their claims to ward off a receiver ship. Experience shows that they cost so much in fees and commis sions and expenses that little is left to be distributed among creditors. As a matter of fact receiverships ought to be handled with the clos est economy, and judges are very remiss in granting excessive fees, as is too often done.—The News & | Observer. Poultry Short Some of the Best Authori ties on Poultry in the South Will Be at Golds boro Friday and Satur day GOLDSBORO, Jan. 24.—The Poultry Short Course thaf is to be held at the Community building in Goldsboro on Friday and Sat urday, January 28 and 29, under the auspices of the Wayne County Poultry Association, is the first movement of this kind ever to be started in Wayne county. The idea of holding a poultry short course in Goldsboro was conceived as a result of the rapid growth of the poultry industry in Wayne county. The need of more poul try knowledge along with the rapid strides in production was evident. Many people who are raising- poul try and expect to this season, need ithe opportunity afforded by such a course but who could not possi bly attend the poultry short course held at State College each year and lasting one week. Hence this course to be held in Wayne county is designed for the people inter ested in poultry who could not at tend the state poultry short course at Raleigh. This course to be held in Wayne county will be conducted by some of the best authorities on poultry in the south. Dr. B. F Kaupp, head of the poultry department at State College, and who is nation ally and internationally famous as an authority on poultry, will dis cuss subjects relative to feed, care jand disease of baby chicks; ind | the latest discoveries concerning feeding of poultry. ! Mr. R. S. Dearstyne, Associate in Poultry Disease Research who jis doing a great deal of work on poultry diseases at the present time, will discuss poultry diseases. He is conducting extensive studies [on bacillary white diarrahea and his talk will be very interesting. Dr. William Moore, State Veter jinarian, will explain the rules and regulations of certification of I flocks and tell the purpose of such j work. Every one interested in poul try should hear this talk so as to j have an understanding of the work jbefore another season, j Mr. A. G. Oliver, Poultry Ex tension Specialist, will be present on Friday night and will talk on poultry in connection with the mov ing picture show. The pictures will all be on poultry subjects. The subject of Grading and Marketing will be handled by Mr. V. W. Lewis, Senior Marketing Specialist and Mr. F. W. Risher, Marketing Specialist. Mr. H. S. Wilfonfi, Assistant in the Poultry i Disease Research Laboratory, will ! discuss the subject of poultry par- . asites of all kinds, both internal ; and external. Judge J. P. Kerr, who is manager of the Maxwell Ileitz Hatchery will present the subjects of Accredited Hatcheries. A rooster exchange day will be featured in connection with the poultry short course that is to be held under the auspices of the Wayne County Poultry Association. The short course will be held Fri day and Saturday, January 28 and 29, and the rooster exchange will be held at the Maxwell-IIeitz Hatchery at 3 p. m, on Saturday the 29. The purpose of this exchange is ■ to give the poultrymen who need ! more and better eockrels a chance i to secure them and at the same I time the ones that have an ex cess may find buyers for them, j Some eockrels of the more popu lar varieties have been ordered and will be on sale at this time. A premium of one cent per pound above the market price will be paid on that day by Risser and Rabin owitz for all mongrel roosters brought in and sold or exchanged. In addition to this premium, prizes as follows will be given: To the person exchanging the largest number of mongrel roos ters for purobreds: 100 pound bag of Larro Egg Mash, donated by L. A. Raney company. To the person buying the largest number of purebred roosters: 100 pound bag of Purina Scratch Grain, donated by Smith and Sherrod Edwin Legrand Sabin Here is the author who will en« :ertain readers of this newspapei for the necct twelve weeks with his gripping new western story, “Clay Chimney Trail,” which starts in thii issue. Former books by this greal American writer are “Circle K,’ ‘The City of the Sun*” “Bar B," and “White Indian.” You will en« joy “Clay Chimney Trail.” Rea* .he first instalment this week. Mrs. Allen Drinks Poison And Dies Trouble Is Assigned As Reason For Tragic Deed; Funeral Friday Afternoon in Meadow Township A sad occurrence took place in Meadow township Thursday aft ernoon when Mrs. J. G. Allen took her own life by drinking carbolic acid. Mrs. Allen went to Benson Thursday morning and bought the carbolic acid from the (Sherrill Drug company. She returned to her home, about a mile of Pea cock’s cross roads, and some time about four o’clock in the afternoon, took the deadly poison and died a short time afterward. Dr. Bare foot was summoned and reached her bedside before she died, but too late to counteract the poison. It is said she was conscious un til the end. Trouble is assigned as the reason for the tragic end. The deceased leaves a husband and several small children. She was Miss Rena Kinsey before her marriage about six years ago to Mr. Allen. She was a member of Trinity Baptist church. The funeral was held Friday afternoon and interment was made in the Kinsey family burying ground. MICRO AND (EUREKA PLAY ! TO TIE OF 18 TO 18 MICRO, Jan. 21.—Micro bas ketball team went to Ayden Tues- I day night where they held the ! fast Eureka College quint to 18-18 score in one of the best games of the season. Micro started the game with a beautiful shot over the rafters, then Eureka came back with a field goal which tied the score 2 and 2 at the first quar ter. Micro then took the lead and held it to the last few minutes of play when the college quint came back strong and tied the score. Micro is putting out a strong team and will play any team in the county. company. To the person paying the high est price for a rooster: 100 pound I bag of Carolina Laying Mash, do nated by the Goldsboro Milling company. i To the person bringing in the Iscrubiest mongrel rooster: 25 baby (chicks, donated by the Maxwell Heitz Hatchery. This exchange is open to every one regardless of place of resi dence and is not restricted to members of the poultry associa tion. There is absolutely no charge for participating in this exchange. Now is the time to get rid of all your scrubs and get some purebred roosters in their place. This poultry short course will take the place of the regular Jan uary meeting of the Wayne County Poultry Association. Plan to be present and present your problems as the course will be open for questions and discussions at all times. The course is absolutely free and every one is invited re gardless of locality or residence To Pass Along Major Problems Those That Faced the 69th Congress Two Years Ao Go Over To New Congress WASHINGTON, Jan. 2;).—Moit of the major problems which faced the sixty-ninth Congress tjvo years ago will be passed along to the seventieth Congress which be gins its first regular session next December. These include farm relief, dis position of Muscle Shoals, develop ment of the Colorado river, stren gthennig of the prohibition law, re turn of alien property, coal con trol legislation, railroad consolida tion and ratification of the French debt. Radio and branch banking leg islation still are in the balance, but those in charge of these meas ures hope to get them through be fore this Congress expires by con stitutional imitation at noon on March 4. Tax reduction proposals, advanc ed by President Coolidge and house Democrats, but in widely differ ent forms, als oare doomed, al though the Democrats of the house will make a final efforr tomorrow To start in motion a measure to lop off $335,000,000 from the an nual tax burden. Beyond passage of the annual appropriation bills and the $71,00, 000 rivers and harbors bill, this Congress will have accomplished very little atthis, its final and short session. That is in accord with a'n unannounced program of the Re publican leaders. The senate has rejected the Lau sanne treaty to re-establish diplo matic and commercial relation* with Turkey and has buried in {the foreign relations committee the chemical warfare gas treaty negotiated at Geneva. Besides con sidering these matters and the reg ular supply bills, the senate has developed much time to a discuss ion ot the Mexican-Nicauraguan situations, the seatnig of Frank L. Smith, of Illinois, and rowing over presidential nominations. During its two sessions, this Congress has passed a $265,000, 000 tax reduction bill, ratified the Italian, settlements, enacted a measure designed to maintain in dustrial peace in the railroad world and provided methods designed to promote aviation, both commercial ly and for war purposes.—Asso ciated Press. SMITHFIELD MAN SUED Suit in equity in which dam ages of $200,000 are specified in :he writ was filed in superior court it Springfield, Mass., last week by Harry N. Atwood of Munson igainst Frank K. Broadhurst of Smithfield, N. C., tho plaintiff ask ing for an accounting of the af fairs of the Veneer Products com pany. It is alleged by plaintfif that he is the owner of 300 shares of capital stock in the company, bear ing the names of Broadhurst as president and N. M. Lawrence as secretary of the corporation. He states that the authorized capital stock of the corporation is $50, 000 in common stock only.—The Zebulon Record. Seasoning Sausage Sausage will be more uniform in flavor if the seasoning is added to the trimmings before they ara ground rather than to the sausage after it goes through the mill. 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 I* ciphers bis name and will pre sent it to The Herald office, we will present him with ■ com limentary ticket to the Vic tory Theatre. Ticket must be called for before the following issue. loatlevponupy'TV (Miss) Joyce Monlieth feiU d to recognize her name.