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VOLUME 45—NO. 8
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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1927
$2.00 PER YEAR
Evolution bill
Is Introduced
League Attorney Thinks
iBill Contains Nothing
' To Which Objections
Should Be Raised
The anti-evolution bill for which
the public has been on the lookout
since the legislature convened some
weeks ago, was dropped into the
hopper of the House Wednesday
and according to Mr. Tom C
Bo wife, attorney for the North Car
olina Bible League, who made the
bill public and gave his opinion as
to its constitutionality, thinks
there is nothing whatsoever in this
bill to which anyone should object.
The provisions cf the bill are:
“Section 1. That it shall be un
lawful for any professor, teacher
or instructor to teach in any school,
college or educational institution
within the state of North Carolina
receiving aid from the state, :.ny
doctrine or theory of evolution
which contradicts or denies the di
vine origin of man or of the uni
verse, as taught in the Holy Bible.
“Provided, however, that noth
ing in this act shall be construed
to prohibit the teaching in said
^schools, colleges, or educational in
stitutions of oil useful arts and
sciences, unless the same are
tulight in a manner as to contra
| diet the fundamental truths of the
1 Holy Bible.
“Section 2. That any professor,
teacher, or instructor violating the
provisions of section 1 of this act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined
or imprisoned in the discretion of
the court, and in the discretion of
the court may bo disqua’ifted from
teaching in such schools, colleges
or educational institutions upon
such terms and conditions, and for
such a time as the court in its du
ration, may order.
“Section 3. That this act shall
be in force from and after its rat
ification.’*...
STEREOCTICON ADDRESS
AT BAPTIST Oil RCH
An interesting1 stereopticon ad
dress on Argentina was given at
the Baptist church last Sunday
night to a good audience. It was
given under the auspices of the
Royal Ambassadors, the hoj^s’ or
ganization of the church, who fur
nished an orchestra, ushers, etc.
These young boys, having started
the movement to secure the lan
tern owned by the church, are now
promoting the monthly course of
studies in the missionary work of
the denominatio" on its various
fields.
The Junior organization of the
R. A. held an enthusiastic meet
ing last Monday, under the direc
tion of their acting counsellor,
Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson.
‘Some new members were added,
and a number of temperance
pledges were signed, this being a
part of the recent educational ef
fort of the W. M. U. of »tho
church.
How ‘Bout That?
Kenneth rushed in from playing
with hair rumpled, clothes soiled
and hands dirty, and seated him
self at the table.
“What would you say if I should
come to the table looking as you
do?” inquired his mother.
Kenneth surveyed his well
groomed mother thoughtfully, then
replied: “I think I’d be too polite
to say anything.”—The Boston
, Herald.
, AUNT ROXIE SAYS—
By Me—<
it JJL HUM M
“I speck mvnnio a New Yeah
reaoloosion gwine ter be buried wid
cotton seed."
On Guard
Revolution grips the Republic of
Nicaragua. During: this emergency
U. S. Warships are stationed in
jthe harbor with order to protect
American lives and property. Ad
miral .Julian Latimer is in com
mand.
Another Robbery
Takes Place Here
Quality Clothing Store
Entered After Bricks
Are Removed From
Wall; Two Suits and
Overcoa Missing
Another robbery has been added ■
to the series that started about i
two weeks ago. Tuesday night, \
someone entered the Quality Cloth- j
ing Store, of which Joe Davis is i
proprietor, and one overcoat and ;
two suits of clothes have been j
missed. The clothes were missed j
soon after opening Wednesday
morning, but the manner of en- j
trance into th? building was not
apparent until later in the day j
when a hole was discovered in the i
wall at the rear of the building-. |
Enough brick had been removed j
for a person’s body to pass j
through- Nothing except the j
clothes have been missed so far. ]
There was about forty dollars in ;
the cash register, but this was un- I
disturbed. Bloodhounds were used i
in an effort to find a clue, but so
far nothing has been brought to
light.
FIFTH SUNDAY UNION
SERVICES AT FOUR OAKS
FOUR OAKS, Jan. 2G.^-As an
nounced previously, a fifth Sun
day union service of the four
Methodist churches on the Four
Oaks charge will be held here at
the Methodist church, January SO,
| beginning at 11:80 a. m. The ser
j mon will be preached by Rev. E. D.
Dodd, pastor of the Four Oaks
[charge. Later lunch which is to
be furnishd by all attending will
!> > served in the basement of the
church. During the lunch hour,
talks relative to church work will
lx given by representatives of the
four churches in the charge. Again
the congregations of Corinth, Eliz
abeth and Sanders Chapel are cor
dially invited to come and join in
this worship service. The people
of Four Oaks are also given an
other special invitation to be pres
ent at this church meeting regard
less of church affiliation. The pub
lic, too, is invited to participate in
this union service which will in
deed be a great benefit to all who
attend.
Freewill Baptist Church
The public is invited to attend
Sunday school every Sunday morn
ing at 9:30 o’clock, and those of
other denominations not attending
Sunday school are especially in
vited. Am all-day vocal union will
be held at this church Sunday, to
which everybody is cordially in
vited.
The Freewill congregation will
worship in a union service at the
Baptist church Sunday night.
Prayer meeting Wednesday eve
ning at seven o’clock. Subject: the
H7th Pc aim.
State-Wide Bills
Placed In Hopper
Governor McLean Pres.
, sents to General Assem
bly Report of Educa
tion Commission Rela
tive To Eight Months
School Term
_
Several state-wide measures
Acre introduced in the House
Wednesday, while the Senate fail
’d to introduce anything of out
standing importance.
In special messages to both
branches of the General Assembly,
Governar McLean presented the
cport of the education commis
sion. This report was couched in
269 pages and contained a major
ity report recommending an eight
months’ school trm by legislative
enactment and a minority report
urging a:i eight months’ school
term by constitutional amendment.
This report represents months
of study by twelve prominent men
and women appointed to look into
this very important matter. The
commission was divided, seven
members favoring an eight months’
term by legislative enactment, and
five by constitutional amendment.1
The three women on the commis
sion, Mrs. J. A. Brown, Chairman.;
Mrs. E. L. McKee, president of
North Carolina Federation of i
Women’s Club, Sylva, and Mrs. j
James G. Fearing, Elizabeth City, I
were for constitutional amend- ;
ment. The commission was a unit j
in its recommendation that an I
equalization fund of at least $•!.- j
000,000 is an urgent necessity, and I
that thirty-five cents on the hun- I
dred dollars worth of property j
should be tl*e goal.
Among bills of interest intro- j
duced in the House was that of I
Mr. Connor, of Wilson, providing j
for names for state highways. He I
proposed that No. 10. the east to ;
west highway, be named for for- j
mer Governor Cameron Morrison, j
and that No. f>0 be named for j
Highway Commissioner Frank
Page.
Representative Price, Mecklen
burg, sent forward a measure that j
would abolish the present law re- !
quiring all motor vehicles to come i
to a full stop at railroad crossings,
ami substitute for it a measure
that would require such vehicles to
slow down to eight miles an hour
at all crossings over which more
than two trains a day pass. Stop
signs would be erected by the
state highway commission at such
crossings as it deemed necessary.
LEAVES FOR GREECE
Mr. W. I. Talton, who spent the
past several weeks at his home in
the Sanders Chapel section, left
Wednesday for New York City
from which place he will sail on
Saturday for Xanthi Thrace,
Greece. Mr. Talton holds a posi
tion with the Liggett-Myers To
bacco company, and spent several
years in Greece before coming
home on December 8 for a visit.
FORMAL OPENING OF
TEA ROOM POSTPONED
Although the Coffee Cup will be
open for business on February 1,
the formal opening of this tea
room, which succeeds Ye Olde
Smithfield Tea Room, has been
postponed until February 8. Owing
to inclement weather the redeco
rating of the tea room lias not
progressed as rapidly as it was
thought to be possible. Hence the
postponement of the formal open
METHODIST CHURCH
(D. E. Earnhardt, Pastor)
Sunday school at 9:30, T. C.
Young*, superintendent. Preaching
at 11 and 7 by the pastor. Subject
for the morning: “My Neighbor.”
Subject for the evening: “The
Spirit-filled life and the Instincts.”
This is the third of the series
being used at the night services.
Subject for prayer meeting: “The
Book of Job.”
Subject for Busy Men’s Class:
“Modernism and Fundamentalism.”
According to a morning paper,
women are now buying dresses on
the installment system. We seem
to have seen some of them wearing
I the first installment.
To Test Fire Siren
This afternoon (Friday)
between five and <six o’clock,
the fire company will again
test the new fire siren; so
when the alarm is sounded the
public may know that it does
not mean a fire.
American Legion
Elects Officers
—
D. Carlton Stephenson
j Again Heads Organi
zation; Report For
Past Year Makes Good
Showing
The Pou-Parrish post of the
American Legion at its regular
meeting held here last Friday nig*ht
elected officers and outlined its
work for the year. A feature of
this meeting was a report ofi the
activities during the year ^926
made by Commander D. Carlton
Stephenson.
The election of officers resulted
as follows: post commander, D.
Carlton Stephenson; post adjutant,
S. E. Hogv.ood; vice-commander,
Herndon Alexander; post chap
lain, Ira C. Whitley; sergeant-at
arsm, C. L. Stephenson. The fol
lowing appointments were made
by the post commander; finance of
ficer, E. L. Woodall; auditor, Roy
Johnson; post service office, H. V.
Rose; athletic officer, Frank Wal
lace; Americanism, Dr. Thel
Hooks; laison officre, Dr. J. H.
Fitzgerald; legal officer, Ed F.
Ward; publicity officer, W. M.
Gaskin.
The post outlined as its year’s
work the seeing that every
service man in Johnston county
who has a claim against the gov
ernment gets his claim settled dur
ing- the year 1927. The post serv
ice officer and the commander of
fer their services in assisting any
soldier, of any war, who has a
claim to get that claim filed.
The local post begins the year
with sixty-one members. They be
gan 1926 with twenty-two mem
bers. The past has a better start
this year than last, and resolu
tions offered by the commander
were adopted to the effect that
the Pou-Parrish post be a civic as
set, both locally and county-wide.
Appreciation of the kindly sup
port given by the local people of
the town and county was express
ed in the meeting, and they so
licit the same cooperation during
1927.
The following report was made
by Commander D. Carlton Steph
I respectfully submit for your
approval my report as commander
for activities as handled by me
for his post during the year 1926:
“Applications filed for adjusted
compensation certificates, 170; to
tal in dollars and cents received
for veterans on above, $123,701;
applications filed for hospitiliza
tion, 3; number approved, 3; ap
plications filed for bonuses and
travel pay, state bonuses, 6; total
in dollars and cents received by
claimants, $1,420; number of claims
settled with Government for vet
erans, 11; total in dollars and
cents received by claimants, $21,
342; grand total of claims of all
kinds handled, 196; total dollars
and cents received bv veterans,
$146,523.
“D. CARLTON STEPHENSON.”
Baptist Church.
Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Ser
mon by the pastor at 11 a. m. The
subject is: "The Victory of Faith.’
I'nion service 7 p. m., the Baptists,
Presbyterians and Freewill con
gregations uniting in the service at
the Baptist church, the Presby
terian pastor to preach the ser
mon. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. at
6:15 p. in. Senior B. Y. P. U. on
Monday evening at 7:30 p. m.
Presbyterian Services. '
Smithfield Sunday 11 o’clock,
Onion service with Baptist on Sun
day evening. Public cordially in
vited.
Imagine the stunts Frank and
Jesse Janies might have pulled uff
with good roads and a high-pow
ered car.
Local Tossers
Suffers Defeat
Fremont Hands Smith
field First Defeat bj
23-22 Count; Nortor
Stars For Local Quint
A foul goal in the final min
utes of play, breaking- a 22-22 dead
lock, was the deciding factor thai
gave the strong Fremont high ?
victory over Smithfield here Mon
day night. It was the first con
test that Smithfield high has los1
this season.
The Wayne county tossers began
the scoring soon after the game
had staretd but the purple and
gold team soon overcame this lead.
Later in the period, however, the
visitors forged ahead again and
were leading at the end of the
'first quarter by a 10-6 count. The
Smithfield five came back strong
in the second period and tied the
score. The score was still tied
at the end of the half.
The local team entered the sec
ond half with a fighting spirit,
which they held until the final
whistle blew. With only a few
minutes left to play and Smithfield
leading 22 to 16, the Fremont five
started a rally which carried them
to victory.
The game was one of the best
ever seen on the local court. It
was hard-fought from start to
finish. Norton was the outstand
ing star for the local team. He
located the basket for eight points.
The playing of the entire Fremont
team was also a feature. The two
teams will again clash next Mon
day night in Goldsboro.
, GEORGE S. CABLE DEAD
Mr. C. R. Cable has returned to
the city from Clayton where he
was called Monday afternoon on
account of the death of his father,
Mr. George S. Cable.
Mr. Cable, who was seventy-one
years of age, suffered a stroke of
paralysis about three months ago,
from which he never rallied. He
was never able to walk again and
for two weeks before his death
he became gradually worse.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon from the Clayton Bap
tist church of which the deceased
was a member. His pastor, Rev.
Ira E. D. Andrews, conducted the
service. Interment was made in
the Horne cemetery by the side
of his wife who died about two
years ago. 9
The deceased was a native of
Guilford county, but came to John
ston when he was about twenty
one years of age.
Ten children survive. They are:
Norman Cable, of Jersey City, N.
J.; Mrs. J. T. Odum, of Red
I Springs; R. L. Cable, of Hendor
json; Mrs. J, A. Stallings, of Wins
ton-Salem; Mrs. George T. Baeh
jelor, of Rocky Mount; Mrs. Brad
ley, of Norfolk; Misses Alta Lee
and Thelma Cable and George H,
Cable, of Clayton, and Clarence R
Cable, of this city.
EXTENSION CLASS TO
BE CONTINUED
The University Extension Class
in English, which has been meet
ing here each Friday during the
fall and winter, will begin English
III today. Dr. B. B. Lane, whe
has conducted the class, will con
tinue with the new course, and th(
pieetings will be held at the same
place and time—in the commis
sioners room of the courthouse &
four o’clock p. m. This course wil
carry four hours’ credit for A. B.
M. A. and B. S. degrees and state
certification.
TEST CAR STILL RUNNING
The eight-day economy, durabil
ity non-stop test run which is be
ing made by \he Young Moto:
company, local Ford dealer, is stil
under way. At ten o’clock yester
day morning the Ford touring ca
which is being used in the test ha<
run continuously for 1-14 hours
During this time it had travelee
2,839.6 miles, and used 108 *4 gal
Ions of gasoline and nine and j
half quarts of oil. The test wil
end Saturday morning at tei
o’clock.
A committe eof judges, evident
ly not gentlemen, selected a bru
netto as Toledo’s prize beauty,
Monticello, the Home of Thomas Jefferson
This beautiful home will be one of the Southern Shrines visited by
the prize-winning- girls in the great contest for the enrollment of
children as members of the juvenUe department of the Stone Moun
tain Memorial.
I Town Seeks To
I Enlarge Limits
I '
Set Forth Territory at
Meeting of Board Held
| Wednesday Night; N.
B. Grantham Resigns
and H. L. Skinner Is
Chosen
At a meeting of the town board
of commissioners held Wednesday
night it was decided to take steps
toward enlarging the corporate
; limits of Smithfield. The matter
has been under consideration for
I several weeks, and after consid
ering the assets and liabilites of
I the proposition a definite boundary
j line of annexation was agreed '
upon. Notice of the proposed an
nexation appears elsewhere in this
issue, and will be published for a
period of thirty days. This is a '
requirement of the law before an
act of the legislature can be pass- I
ed to increase the corporate lim
its.
At this meeting the resignation '
of N, B. Grantham as a member
of the board of aldermen was re
ceived and accepted, and H. I,.
Skinner was chosen to fill out his
unexpired term. Upon the advice
lof his physician, Mr. Grantham is
I giving up some of his, public du
Suggested Legislative Program.
(W inston-Salem Journal) *
1. A free ballot.—Enactment of
i State-wide Australian ballot law
guaranteeing to every citizen the
right to cast his or her vote free
of interference, embarassment or
2. Equality of education.—Legis
lation guaranteeing to every child
i:i North Carolina an opportunity
I to attend public school at least 8
months in every year.
! o. bafer highways.—State-wide
automobile traffic law requiring
mental, physical and moral exam
ination of drivers; forfeiture of li
cense by drunken drivers; State
constabulary or patrol system; and
gradual elimination of grade
crossings.
4. Complete road system.—A
State bond issue for completion of
North Carolina’s system of public
highways.
5. Fair tax system.—Legisla
tion requiring all property to be
listed for taxation at its full cash
value. “Make the tax books speak
the truth.”
6. Protection of banks.—Legis
lation guaranteeing better protec
jtion of depositors and disectors of
j State banks, through efficient,
jhonest and regular examination and
and control by a competent bank
ing commissioner.
7. Judiciary reform.—Abolish
ment of “emergency judges” and
provision for sufficient number of
■ regular Superior Court judges and
I solicitors to insure prompt trial of
. all cases.
8. Game and fish.—State-wide
I law for adequate protection of fish
, 'and game.
There is a law against driving
i under 10, and there should be one
I against driving over that many.
Movie extra broadcasts song
entitled: “California, Here I Come.”
Probably that is the reason for
so many Californians leaving for
Florida.
Stone Mountain
Contest Begins
Three Local Girls Among
Fifteen Working To
Enroll Children in Book
of Memory; Standing
cf Contestants
RALEIGH, Jan. 25.—Incomplete
returns received from county chair
men in the fourth congressional
district giving- standings of con
testants in the contest now being
waged to determine what young
lady shall represent the district on
the Seeing Southern Shrines Spec
ial Train this coming summer, show
them as follows:
Minnie Bell, Moncure, .0213.
Lucile Collins, Nashville, .0142.
Lillian Gholsen, Henderson .0137.
Martha Everett, Henderson .0137.
Matilda Mann, Whitakers .0107.
Bessie Chapin, Pittsboro .0106.
Nancy Cox, Raleigh .0096.
Caroline Ashe, Raleigh .0082.
Anne Simms, Raleigh .0082.
Eleanor Mason, Raleigh .0062.
Mary Laurens Withers, Raleigh,
.0056.
Mildred Cotter, Smithfield .0043.
Delia Ellington, Smithfield .0043.
Marie Anderson Stevens, Smith
field .0043.
Annette Tucker, Raleigh .0040.
These young ladies are enrolling
children under sixteen years of age
in the Book of Memory, who sub
scribe the sum of one dollar to in
sure the placement of North Car
olina's Generals—Hill, Hoke, Ram
seur. Pender and Grimes—upon the
face of Stone Mountain.
SCHOOLS MAY RECEIVE
PICTURES OF GENERALS
Mrs. H. L. Skinner, county chair
man of the Children’s Founders
Roll. Miss Mildred Cotter, Miss
Delia Ellington, anil Miss Marie
Anderson Stevens, among the con
testants representing the fourth
district spoke before the high
school and grammar grades of the
local school Monday in an effort
to enlist the co-operation of pu
pils in placing their names on the
Children’s Founders Roll of Stone
Mountain Memorial. School rooms
thAt enroll twenty-five per cent
\\ill receive a handsome photo
gravure of Lee, Jackson and Davis,
the central figures now being carv
ed on Stone Mountain Memorial.
These pictures, however, will be
unf ranted.
The local young ladies in the
contest are being* sponsored by the
Smithfield Kiwanis Club, the Amer
ican Leg*ion and the Sanders-Holt
Chapter of the U. D. C.
T. B. CLINIC STARTS MONDAY
Dr. S. E. Lee, Clinic Physician
of the State Tuberculosis Sana
torium, will begin a two weeks'
free diagnostic clinic in the county
beginning Monday, January 31.
It is particularly important that
. those people and children who have
been repeatedly exposed to a cast
of tuberculosis, as well as thost
who carry suspicious symptoms,
jniake it a point to be examined
Application should be made for ar
! appointment with the counts
health officer, by so doing man)
delays will be avoided. This clinu
will be held in the courthouse ii
{the offices used by the health offi
jeer.
C. C. MASSEY, M.D.
Health Officer.
t
Kenly Club Ready
To Build House
Mrs. J. B Downey, Distiict
President, Present At
January Meeting of
Club; Good Reports
KENLY, Jan. 25.—The Woman's
Club held its regular meeting : n
Wednesday afternoon in the dub
room with a good attendance. T'a*
meeting was opened with prayer
after which the president intro
duced Mrs. B. J. Downey of Nash
ville, president of the thirteenth
district of the federated clubs, w ho
gave an informal talk on clur>
work, offering some practical and
helpful suggestions.
Following this the business ses
sion was held. The reports of the
various chairmen showed that the
departments were active. The ed
ucational chairman announced the
purchase of health scales for the
school, the appointment of grade
mothers, and the purchase of a
along with first-aid equipment
needed for the rest room.
The music-literary department,
chairmen reported a meeting held
with Mrs. H. F. Edg*erton during
the month with a program on Ed
ward MacDowell and Mary Rob
erts Rinehart. During the past
three months the membershij in
this department has been doubted.
An out-of-town speaker for the
February meeting was announced.
The American citizenship de
partment has been getting the va
cant spaces along the railroad in
shape for the planting of shrub
bery and flowers later on. Dur
ing the next month, Mrs. J E.
Jones, chairman of this depart
ment, wishes to get in touch \v-th
all who will donate shrubs, io-e
bushes, or flower seeds for tl m
purpose.
The ways and means committee*
is due credit for the recent .suc
cessful presentation of the play
“Cupid Up-To-Date.” The treas
urer’s report showed that this
committee has turned into the
treasury quite a neat sum.
A matter of most interest t<> the
club members, perhaps, was the
delivery to the president of the
deed for the club lot purchased re
cently followed by the announce
ment that there was sufficient
funds in the treasury to make the
final payment. A committee is to
be appointed soon to make plan?
for the erection of a club house
Several new names were pre
sented for membership at this
meeting. The present out • »k
points to a very satisfactory year’*
work.
FALLS INTO COFTEE URN
AND IS FATALLY BURNED
ROCKY MOUNT, Ja. 24.—Fun-,
|era! services w*.*e held at th old
home, located in Virginia just
across the S‘a'e Line from Nor
lina Sunday afternoon for Evelyn
Phillips, three year old daughter
of Rev. and M A. R. Phillip , of
Nashville, who died early Satur
day morning of burns recei\« d a
week ago.
The death of the child cm -t a
deep gloom over the town of Nash
ville, where it? *ither is past v of
the Baptist church.
The little girl receive! the burns
which caused her death F; kilty
night a week ago when she m
some way fell into a large urn
of coffee for a chur:h supper that,
was to be served following* tin? \n+
stallation of new officer?. The
steaming coffee had been prepared
at the parsonage and was left on
the porch for a few minute !,“•
fore being carried to the church.
There are exactly enough ot -
ters in the line below to *p**!l
the name of a person in Sir 'h
field, and If the right one i*
cipher* his name and will pfvi
sent it to The Herald office w«»
will present him with a
limentary ticket to the Vrc
tory Theatre. Ticket mu* he
called for before the folio 4
issue.
“Lollypop” SWven* recor*
ed hif. name laat issue.
Tantalizer
openo j»e ihji.e