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SMITHFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce JOHNSTON COUNTY NEED^ County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highway Equal Opportunity for Eve/ School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops VOLUME 45—NO. 14 * # * SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAP Pou s Views On Farm Measure Would Favor Special Ses sion To Draft New Plan If Relief Is Not Given Now; Outlines Objec tions To Present Bill The McNary-Haugen measure passed recently by the Senate was substituted by the House Tuesday by a similar measure which it has been considering. After voting to substitute, the House adjourned and the measure was scheduled to come up again yesterday. It was thought it would be today or to morrow before a final vote will be reached. Johnston county people will be interested in knowing the position on this farm relief matter of Con gressman Pou. Mr. Pou made a speech in the House Tuesday con cerning which Jonathan Daniels sent the following report to the News and Observer: “If the McNary-Haugen bill shall not become a law,” Representative E. W. Pou declared in the House Tuesday, “I for one hope the President will immediately re-con g vene Congress in extra session for the sole purpose of considering legislation intended to be helpful to the agriculture of America.” “If the President will do this,” he said, “in my humble judgment, the agricultural toilers of Ameri ca will rise up and call him bless In his speech in support of a rule to substitute the McNary Haupen bill as passed by the Sen- ! ate for that form of the bill be ing considered by the House, Mr. Pou reiterated his opposition to ! that bill, but declared that he would not “put any obstacle what soever in the way of the consider ation of the so-called farm relief legislation by the Congress.” He 1 stated that he would gladly vote for the Aswell farm relief bill or even the Crisp-Curtis bill, the adminis tration farm relief measure. SERIOUS DOUBTS. ‘‘While I cannot divest myself of serious doubts as to the wisdom this legislation," he said, "I speak the truth when I say I hope those doubts are without any ba whatever. I hope I am mis-' taken in my views with respect to th: legislation. “Mr. Speaker, I cannot help the fears I entertained to the effect of this legislation, particularly upon the cotton farmers of my own1 State. Cotton is raised in North ' nr uma at preat expense. I stat pd in a short address delivered li t week that the cost production P°r pound of cotton in North Car olina was not less than 15 cents. Since delivering that address, I have received communications from »n<n who have made a study of the question, which confirm my belief that the cost price of a pound of cotton produced in North Carolina is more than 15 cents per pound. Just what the effect "f this legislation is poinp to be upon the cotton farmer of North Carolina, whose cotton costs him not less than 15 cents per pound ns compared with the effect upon the farmer of States very much further South where lands are fer tile by nature, where commercial fertilizer is not necessary, and wherein the cotton farmer can produce the staple for 9 cents per pound, no man can predict with safety.” (Continued on pape eipht) Husband and Wife r I, My wife flirts T»ith the trnflfi( cop every time he holds us up ir t>ur fliWer.—A. H. G. WHAT DORS YOUR WIFE D01 “ I he Government” This youth, A. VV. Credit, 21 , /v,ut|'t vv. vjrpiri?, n yrars old, directs the irovernmrnt'. T\i«?}nSt Henry Ford Company StR;in its su,t lo «»<*. 136,000.000 taxes. Hr. is oppose,! L.tW°^°,Tler Pres''‘'-ntial candi lohn w n CS t;va,,s HuRhes and lohn W. Davis, for the defense. Recorder’s Court Has Full Docket Ten Criminal Cases Are Disposed of In Tues day’s Court The Recorder’s Court was held here Tuesday, the following cases being tried: Prayer for judgment was con tinued in the case against W. Jesse Stanley, who was convicted of trespass. Milton Griffin was found guilty of assault with deadly weapon. He was sentenced to jail for a term of four months to be worked on the roads of Johnston County and pay the co.-t. The road sentence was suspended upon the payment of $100 fine and cost. S. A. Godwin was charged with assault. Not guilty. Bill Lee entered a plea of guilty to a warrant charging violation of the prohibition law and was given a four-month, road sentence. He was also taxed with the cost. The road sentence was suspended upon the payment of $200 fine and the cost. Bill Edwards entered a plea of guilty to larceny. He received a 60-day road sentence. The road sentence was changed to 90 days to be hired by the county com missioners. Z. V. Johnson was convicted on a charge of passing a worthless check. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the payment of cost. J. Gid Allen was called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. Judgment was passed on Mon roe McLamh who was tried on August 24, 1926, charged with ma licious injury to personal proper ty. He was sentenced to the coun ty roads for a term of 60 days. The road sentence was changed to sixty days to be worked by the county commissioners. coffee < i p has FORMAL OPENING Around seventy-five ladies call ed at “The Coffee Cup," Smith field's new tea room, Monday, the occasion being its formal opening. From eight to nine o’clock that e vening, business men and women unable to attend during the aft ernoon, were given a welcome. Each guest was served with ice cream and homemade heart-shaped cookies and coffee The tea room has been redeco rated, a color scheme of blue and gray being carried out in the ap pointments. Two-toned gray walls, gray and blue linoleum on the floor, blue and ; ay chairs and tables, draperi : and china to match, combined to make a most attractive eating place. Bracket wall lights with handpainted shades alternating with wall flow er holders tilled with yellow daffo dils gives a charming effect. Bas kets of wild roses reminded those who visited the Coffee Cup yes terday that spring is not far off. Christian Church. Wilson's Mills. Rev. 11. S. Hilley, of Wilson, president of Atlantic Christian Colleg". will preach at Wilson’s Mills Christian church next Sun day morning at eleven o’clock and Sunday evening at 7:30. 134 Examined In County T.B. Clinic Twenty.four Cases Posi tive, 19 Probable, 10 Doubtful, and 81 Nega tive; Seme Are Indigent Cases • 1 The tuberculosis clinic, which for two weeks was conducted in this county by Dr. S. E. Lee, of the State Sanatorium, and Dr. C. C. Massey, county health officer, has closed, and, according to Dr. Massey, 134 persons were exam ined. Of this number 24 were found positive for tuberculosis, 19 prob able, 10 doubtful, and 81 negative A vast majority of the people ex amined were persons who had been repeatedly exposed to an open case of tuberculosis, or gave a history of having had suspicious symptoms for a considerable time. A few persons who had received sana torium treatment were reexamin ed, a majority of which were found to be arrested, or in a much im proved condition. Persons classed as probable or doubtful comprise those who have symptoms of tuberculosis, or per (naps a History of repeated expos ure to an open case, or have both symptoms and a history together, but an examination of the lungs, revealed nothing*, or not enough I to make a positive diagosis without the aid of an x-ray picture; hence |to complete the diagnosis in such cases an x-ray of the lungs was! advised. Many of the negative cases were found to be suffering only from ! , remediable defects, such as diseas- I ted tonsils and teeth, and in such teases the proper treatment was ad “Tuberculosis is a big problem and will continue to take its toll cf human lives so long as open cases are permitted to spread the germs to those about them,” said I)r. Massey in commenting upon the tuberculosis situation. He urges persons having tuberculosis whose circumstances will permit, to apply for sanatorium treatment, as early in the disease as is possi ble to make the diagnosis. But Dr. Massey thinks the main ques tion which confronts us is the care of the indigent patient who is the victim of ±>oth tuberculosis and poverty, and this clinic added a number of new cases to the known list. He urges the public to join in carrying on an unrelenting cam paign against the disease. Much can be done by the employment of the ordinary measures of hy giene and sanitation, and by lay ing all the safeguards that cir cumstances will permit around a known case. HENRY W. LAWHON SAILS FOR HAWAII NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Henry J. Lawhon, whose father resides at Smithfield, N. C., who recently enlisted in the Regular Army, sail ed January 25 from the Brooklyn army base with 900 soldiers on the United States Army Transport Cambrai for Havvaiii. # The trip will include a cruise along the Atlantic coast to Colon, the port of Panama. Lawhon will then sail through the Panama Ca nal, the greatest engineering feat in history, up the Pacific coast, and through the world-rcnowod “Golden Gate to San Francisco. A week’s voyage across the two thousand miles of the placid wa ters of the Pacific will then bring him t ohis port of debarkation at Honululu. Lawhon who selected the Coast Artillery branch of the Regular Army for service, will be assigned by Major General Edward M Lewis, commanding the Hawaiian Department to one of the regiments stationed in Hawaii. Before sailing Lawhon was a member of the garrison at Fort Slocum, N. Y., an historic army post on Long Island Sound, where he received training as a soldier under the supervision of Colonel J. J. Bradley, the post commander. A writer says that a pretty girl well dressed is a pleasant sight. ?o is a pretty girl who is not well I dressed. Brothers And Sisters Meet After 58 Years BENSON, Feb. 15.—W. H. John son and sister, who were separat ed during the Civil War, have met each other again after fifty-eight years. Mr. Johnson, who was bond ed out during the war, hfW not heard of his sister since thatnime. jThrough the efforts of Mr. Sher jman Johnson they met each other again near Benson, January 7, ; 1927. Officers Capture Whiskey Stills Arrest Negro When They Take a 75 Gallon Outfit —Two White Men Jump in River and Es cape Deputy Sheriffs J. O. Ellington and T. E. Talton, of this city and IX T. Oliver, of Pine Level, made a raid on a whiskey still on Lit tle river in Boon Hill township Monday night, capturing a 75-gal lon whiskey still and arresting* a negro, Leonard Stevens. When the officers approached the still it was running at full blast. The negro was arrested after an attempt to escape but two white men, who were also at the still, jumped into the river and eluded the officers. The negro, failing to give bond, was brought here to jail where he will await triaf in recorder’s court. The complete outfit was confis cated together with 100 pounds of sugar, ten gallons of whiskey and sixty gallons of beer. On the same night at another location in Boon Hill these officers captured an eig*hteen-gallon out fit. The still was not in operation and no arrests were made. BOY SCOUTS PASS TESTS Monday afternoon, February 14, Mr. W. W. Rivers of Goldsboro, scout executive of Tuscarora Coun cil, was in the city for the pur pose of examining local Boy Scouts on their second class scout requirements. The meeting was held at the regular meeting place ] of Troop Number 1. Horace Ut ley, Will H. Lassiter, Jr., and Ed ward Gregory, all of Troop 1, passed the required tests and be came second class scouts. Several other scouts passed nearly all of the requirements of the second class test and they will be allow ed to pass the remainder and qualify as second class scouts at the regular meeting Friday night. Troop Number 1, which was re organized about a year ago, now t has a membership of 21 scouts. Of these, two are Merit Badge scouts, j one is a First Class scout, three are Second Class scouts, and fif teen are Tenderfoot scouts. Reu ben Sanders and Frank Gordon passed the Tenderfoot test and be came scouts last Friday night. L. E. Watson, Jr., is scoutmaster. CIVIL SUPERIOR COURT A two weeks term of Civil Superior court will convene here next Monday, February 21. Judge W. <’. Harris, of Raleigh, will preside over this Tobacco Co-op Warehouse Sold B. W. Lewis, of Danville, and L. G. Patterson Are The Purchasers; Prop erty Brings $20,325. The co-op warehouse in this city sold at aucticn hero Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock was pur chased by B. W. Lewis, of Dan ville, Va., and L. G. Patterson, of this city, at a consideration of $20, 325. On February 14, with the sale of the co-op property at Zebulon, W. G. Branham, receiver of East ern Carolina Warehousing: Corpor ation, began a series of twenty eight auction sales of .Tobacco Co-op property that will continue until the warehouse and two lors are sold at Fuquay Springs on February 26th. The National Realty and Auction company, of Gtreensboro, has charge of the sales. Two other sales beside* the one at SmithfieuI, were conducted Wed nesday, at Kenly and at Fremont. The receiving warehouse at Kenly was sold at noon bringing $1,500. H. G. and J. H. Watson, Kenly men, nougnt tne warenouse. me Fremont sale took place Wednes day morning, Mrs. Minnie Yel verton and Son and the Fremont Oil Mill buying the property at $4,350. The Wilson property, consisting of a warehouse and 53 lots, was sold Tuesday for $25,700, W. B. Clark being the purchaser. Also on Tuesday, the Rocky Mount property was sold to R. B. Davis at $57,400. The purchasers of the Smithfield property made a good buy, for this warehouse, which is a brick structure, has frontage on three streets, two of which are the main business thoroughfares. What dis position the new owners will make of the property has not been an nounced. MISS KELLY TO SPEAK AT CLEVELAND TONIGHT Miss Elizabeth Kelly has been ; secured as the chief speaker at the meeting of the Cleveland town-! ship farm bureau to be held to night at the new school house. Her j subject will be: “What is Putting the Brakes on Progress in John ston?” The public is cordially in- ] vited to hear Miss Kelly, who is 1 well known in the county wherej she spent several years as rural supervisor of schools. Since leaving Johnston, she has retained her interest in the county, and her speech tonight will undoubtedly be along a constructive line. A Kiss. A kiss is a noun because it is common and sometimes proper. A kiss is a pronoun because she stands for it. A kis^ is a verb because it de notes action and expression. A kiss is a conjunction because it connects. A kiss is not an adverb, how ever, because you know not how, where, when, or why. A kiss is singular, but is used plurally. A kiss when not declined agrees with “me.” A miss is as good as a mile . . . Some of them are worse than that. W. H. Austin Makes Statement To His Friends And Customers To My Friends and Customers of Johnston County: Owing to a. proposed tax as sessment of nearly one-half mil lion dollars by the Government, my company was advised by my law yers it would be best to put my company into voluntary bankrupt cy until this matter could be set tled, which I trust will be before long, and that we will be able to show the Government that we are not due them any taxes at all. This is the saddest day of my life, to have to take this step, nnd turn over the accumulations of a lifetime, and the pride of my life, for the benefit of our creditors, hut it is very gratifying tu us to know that we do not owt' a farmer in Johnston county, or any other person one dollar, but we do owe you our appreciation, and love? for the many million dollars worth of business you have turned our way. I trust this matter can be set tled some time soon, and we can be able again to serve you more fully in the future than we have in the past. With tears in my eyes, and sadness in my heart, I want to again tell you how much I appreciate your every act of kindness and good fellowship that you have shown us all these years. Sincerely your friend, W. 11. AUSTIN, Local Firm Is In Receivers Hands Demand For Half Million in Federal Taxes Em barrasses the Austin Stephenson Co. ; Meet ing of Creditors Feb. 26 The Austin-Stephenson company, of this city, one of the largest sup ply stores in Eastern Carolina, Tuesday was placed in the hands of Hershel V. Rose as temporary leceiver by Joseph B. Cheshire, referee in bankruptcy. The action was taken at the rc- j quest of the company and was j forced, according to the statment j of the company, by a claim of th:* ' Fereral Government for balance on j income taxes accumulated since 10 18. The amount of this claim is over ! $500,000, and while the assets of j the company will inventory it is oe- ’ Beved, something like $1,250,000, it j was unable to meet the claims of j the government for back income ! taxes. It is understood there are no liabilities of consequence, or at ! least none other than those of a ! current nature in a business of such < size. The company had had differences with the Revenue Department of j the Government over its income tax ; but did not anticipate a peremptory ! demand for the total amount alleg- ! ed to be due Mr. Rose, who is also clerk of the ! court of Johnston county, was noti- ( ried of his appointment late Tues- j day afternoon by local attorneys j for the Austin-Stephenson Com-1 pany, these being Abell & Shep ard and Leon G- Stevens. A meeting* of creditors has been set for February 26. In the mean time the store will not be open for business. It is confidently expected that an adjustment will be made by which the store can be reopen-1 ed. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION | FOR POSTMASTER THIS CITY The United States Civil Service ; Commission, at the request of the Postmaster General, announces a competitive examination for post master in this city. This examination is held under the President's order of May 10. 1921, and not under the civil serv- i ice act and rules. Competitors will not be required to report for examination at any j place, but will be rated upon their education and training, business experience and fitness. Apply to the secretary of the board of civil service examiners at the postoffice in this city or to the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., for application Form 2241, and Form 2213 containing definite in formation in regard to the exami nation. Applications must be properly j executed on Form 2241, and filed j with the Civil Service Commission, i Washington, D. C., prior to the I hour of closing business on the j date specified in Form 2213. U. S. CIVIL SERVICE COM. SAYS PLANE SCARED FINE HORSE TO DEATH WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The' Navy Department announced to day that it had started an inves tigation into the claims of R. C. Cates, of Erwin, N. C„ that a Navy airplane frightened one of his fine horses to death near Dunn, N. C., on January 10th. The Erwin man is requesting re imbursement to the extent of $250 for the death of his horse. He claimed that while the plane was flying low over his plantation, it frightened the horse so that the animal beat itself to death against a fence. PAVING PROGRAM FOR SEI M A Selma, Feb. 16.—-The paving program in Selma is going rapidly forward and other streets are be ing signed up for paving. In the meantime the civic committee of the Woman’s club is planting trees and shrubs all over town. Resi dents are catching the spirit and unsightly fences are being remov ed, yards and grounds leveled prep aratory to planting grass. — Gosh, I’m Happy Tns Speaker, great • American Leo.gue outfielder, will romp in cen ter for Bucky Harris’s Washington Senators this summer. Cleared with Ty Cobb, he accepted the cap ital city bid as best. Dr. Wicker To Conduct Schools Masonry To Be Studied in Two Lodges, Kenly and Four Oaks; District Ral ly at Smithfield, Feb. 25 Masons in Johnston county will have opportunity next week to re fresh their memories and take part in a revival of Masonry when Dr. W. C. Wicker, Educational Field Secretary, Grand Lodge of North Carolina, conducts a school of instruction at Kenly, Four Oaks and Smithfield. There is no charge for the service, and Masons in the county may attend the meetings nearest to them. On Monday and Tuesday, Feb ruary 21 and 22, from two to six in the afternoon and from seven thirty to ten in the evening, the school will be held in the Masonic Lodge of Kenly. On Wednesday and Thursday, February 23 and 24, at the same hours indicated for Kenly, meet ings will be held in Four Oaks. A review of the secret word, instruc tion in Masonic education, and the interpretation of symbolic and rit ualistic work will be given. On Friday, February 25, in the Masonic Lodge at Smithfield at the ?ame hours there will be an all District Educational Rally to which all Masons are invited, and to which all lodges in the Sixteenth district are expected to send rep resentatives whether represented at the other meetings or not. BAPTIST PASTOR BEGINS FOURTH YEAR Last Sunday was installation day at the Baptist church here, when nearly 70 officers, teachers, and leaders in the church as a whole and in the several departments were elected by the church and in stalled. The morning: service was given over to this, the pastor preaching a sermon and giving a charge to those who were being inducted into official positions. The pastor outlined some of the poli cies and the program for the year’s work, which he said had been approved by the new board of twelve deacons and deaconesses. It included a definite effort to awaken and enlist ail inactive members, each deacon or deacon ess to be made specially responsi ble for cultivating a definite group of the members, and to bring the Sunday school and every other de partment of the church as rapid ly as possible up to its standard of excellence. The installation of a new corps of officers and the beginning of the fourth year of lahor for the present pastor furnished th< church the occasion for express ing appreciation of the pastor and for a new pledge of loyalty. The board of deacons and deaconesses presented a strong resolution whidh was adopted by the church ex pressing the high regard in which he was held for his character and consecration and his leadershif during the three years of his pas torate, and pledging- new loyalty in its effort to help him carry oul the policies and the program a> ‘outlined for the ensuing year. Kiwanis F*atu Charter Meml W. N. Holt Rev > *' Achievements of /While J. A. Narron livers Satire on Ch Members _ Th6 regular weekly lur - meeting of the Smithfield K club was held yesterday ir, Woman’s Club building. Tht was host to Miss Hurphy H. member of the music facu \ the graded school, Dwight Jo Raymond Woodall, Mr. Holliday, and Mr. Whitley, all of wh< sisted the Kiwanis club recer . the production of the Ki minstrel. President Ragsdale called <n several committee chairmei reports and after acceptanc the reports, turned the m< over to Kiwanian W. N. F 't ‘Charter Members” was the t nu of the program, and Kiwania:i Holt went into the accomplis’:. of the club as a body since i g*anization to the present which was received with much n thusiasm. The review s: we { that the local club had been helpnig Smithfield and the munity. Kiwanian J. A. Na • delivered a satire on the ch.» • members individually, reviev r briefly their personal accomp ments since their initiation as • u >r ter members of the local • . , Laughs were registered by t present upon Kiwanian Nar remarks. Kiwanian W. J. B. Orr intro ; . ed Mr. J. H. Caughman to club. Mr. Caughman is an oil of the Southern Railway comp He made a few remarks concern Smithfield and Johnston co . which were enjoyed thorough President Ragsdale read be the club a letter from the Be Kiwanis club requesting the * organization to urge the app ment of a county farm demon tor for Johnston county. Two new members were p^e jsented to the club at this m< -tiny* [by Mr. R. C. Gillett. They B. J. Holleman and H. D. E ton. New Telephone Directoru The Carolina Telephone am I' egraph company has issued directories for Smithfield have been in process of di? tion during the past week. A . - ; many changes in telephones been made during recent mt and the new directories are < dated to improve greatly the ephone service here. BAPTIST PASTORS ME The Baptist pastors’ confe • of the Johnston Association in the Baptist church here Sunday morning in its mot session. The topic assigned ft day was “Worship,” which introduced by a paper prepar Rev. R. L. Shirley, of Selmi' Tb ■ discussion aimed to deepe spirit of reverence in our chi and to improve the forms of . ship, and was considered ’helpful by the large number . ing part. Mr. Israel Stephenson I>< .id. Mr. Israel Stephenson p < away at his home near hree . terday morning: after a ling ; illness. The funeral will be held a Primitive Baptist church her afternoon at 3 o’clock and ment will he made in the cit> * etery. A Tantalizei There are exactly enough ters in the line below to $[ IS the name of a person In Sm t is held, and if the right one I* ciphers his name and will p sent it to The Herald office, will present him with a c limentary ticket to the tory Theatre. Ticket must called for before the follow ng issue. gnllaedaula Watson Jones recognized name last issue.