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SMITHFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce VOLUME 45—NO. 1(5 Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 * * * _SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 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 YEAE PROPOSED BILL NAMES FIVE MEN ON ROAD COMMISSION [Would Empower Board to Issue Bonds Not Ex ceeding $500,000 For Building and Mainte nance and To Levy a County-wide Property Tax Not Over 30 Cents A bill entitled “An Act Creating a County Highway Commission for Johnsto-n County’’ is scheduled to be introduced in this legislature be fore its adjournment. This act would authorize the assumption of the township bond ed indebtedness and the issuance of bonds by the county for build ing roads and bridges. It would also authorize the levying of tax* s against the taxable property i*. Johnston for retiring the bonded indebtedness now outstanding* or that may be incurred under this act for maintaining and construct ing a system of county highway ; and bridges. This act because it involves such an amount of money and be cause it affects every taxpayer in the county, is of sufficient general interest that the provisions set forth in detail are herewith given: Section 1: That there is hereby created and established for the county of Johnston and a Road Commission to be known and des ignated the “Johnston County Highway Commission” herein re ferred to in this act as the Coun i ty Highway Commission, which commission is hereby constituted | a body corporate with all of the :‘ , liabilities. powers anu nu ties provided for county road com I missions under the provisions of Section Three thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-Five of t he Consolidated Statutes of Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen, is so far as the same will be consistent with the provision of this act. Section 2: That for the purpose of administration the, county of Johnston is hereby divided into five road districts to be composed of the following territory: District No. t: Banner, Eleva tion, Meadow and Pleasant Grove townships: District No. 2: Smithficld. In prams and Bentonville townships District No. 3: Clayton, Cleve land Wilson’s Mills townships. District No. 4: Selma, Micro, Wilders and Pine Level townships. District No. 5: Beulah, Boon Hill and O’Neal’s townships. Section 3: That the said coun ty highway commission shall con sist of five members, one from each of said districts. The follow ing named persons shall consti tute said county highway commis sion in the districts Jhercinaftcr nuemd, and during the terms of of fice hereafter set out: L. Gilbert from District Number One for i period of four years or until hi successor is elected and qualified; W. N. Holt from District Nunibu Two for a period of two year? or until his successor is electee and qualified; Swade Barbour fron District Number Three for a per iod of two years or until bis sue cessor is elected and qualified; C P. Harper from District Numbei Four for a period of two years oi until his successor is elected am qualified; and from District Num her Five, J- C- Grady for a per (Continued on page eight) Husband and*Wife My husband spades up flower beds all over the yard and then never plants anything.- Mik. h. (VHAT DOES YOUR HUSBAND DOT And George Did It George T. Swearinger, of Tren ton, S. C., is “Cotton King,” win ning the crown and reward for having raised more cotton per acre in 1926 than any other planter irt the state. Judge Harris At Kiwanis Luncheon Speaks On the Underpriv ileged Child; Kiwanian Shuford Makes Talk on George Washington Judge W. C. Harris, who is holding the civil term of Johnston county Superior court here this week, was one of the speakers at the weekly luncheon meeting of i the Kiwanis club yesterday. Judge Harris was introduced by J. A. Narron. He spoke to the club in a very telling way on one of the I main objectives of Kiwanis, the underprivileged child. He urged all the action possible that the club can give in this matter. He 'stated that the crimina1 dockets of North Carolina are mounting up each year and in most cases the defendants are young people I between the ages of 17 and 22 years of ag*e. He urged the coop eration of all civic clubs and in dividuals with the welfare agen cies in helping the unfortunate young. His remarks were force fully presented and thoroughly ap preciated by the club. The Kiwanis meeting yesterday was put into a thoroughly patri otic frame of mind by the eloquent address on George Washington made by Kiwanian N. O. Shuford, superintendent of the city schools. (Kiwanian Shuford covered the life * of Washington from his infancy giving striking dc'.ails. He pre sented in a vivid manner a con trast between George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, one born i nder obscure circumstances and '. ising from the lower ranks of life to the presidency, the other n com para tivley rich man. but even with wealth attaining the highest office in the land by sheer great ness of character and tenacity of purpose. During the luncheon, different (lub matters were discussed, among which was an invitation from the Henson Kiwanis club to join that club in the near future in a meet ing: with the Smithfield club fur nishing: the program. Kiwanian T. C. Young presented C. G. Rich-] inrdson, a representative of the Standard Oil company, and a mem ber of the Raleigh Kiwanis club. Musical numbers were rendered by Miss Frances White, vocalist, and Miss Murphy Hall, pianist. TWO S. GODWINS The n < order’s court proceedings published o last Friday’s issue contained the following item: “S. A. Godwin wa charged with as sault. Not guilty." There are two S. A. Godwin’s, and S. A. Godwin, | of Clayton township, wishes the public to know that he is not the man referred to in the ease. Many poultry diseases may he jprevented if the birds run on land I that has not been used by poultry for the past two years. CHANGE POULTRY MEET The meeting of the Johnston County Poultry Association which will be held with Mr. W. T. Woodard at his farm near Pine Level, will be held on March 1st at twelve o’clock in stead of on March 2nd, as an nounced at the last meeting:, Mr. Woodard (states that his hatch of eggs will come off on the 1st instead of the 2nd as he first thought. S. P. HONEYCUTT, Treas. j Grand Dragon Of K. K. K. Resigns Judge Henry A. Grady Quits, Denouncing Leg islation Which Klan’s Wizard Demands Probably the biggest piece of news carried by Jhe state papers this week is the resignation from the Ku Klux Klan of Judge Henry A. Grady, who for years has been Grand Dragon for North Carolina. ■*n the grounds of attempted o "rcion to secure by subterfuge the passage of what he regarded as iniquitous legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly. Following Judge Grady’s resig nation a statement was given out that sixty-six of the eighty-six Mans in North Carolina had sur rendered their charters. This statement was later denied, al though a number of the North Carolina klans have given up their charters, the Raleigh organization being among this number. On the heels of this announce ment hills were prepared and in troduced in both houses of Gen eral Assembly, which if passed will virtually dissolve the remain ing orders. Senators Rivers D. Johnson, of Duplin, one time sup porter of the klan in this state, in troduced the bill in the upper house, and Wednesday the meas ure came up as a special order, rnd in a very short time was passed. The bill was sent up by special messenger to the house, where it was scheduled to be of fered by the Rev. Dr. Oscar Hay wood, representative from Mont gomery, and a one time organizer and lecturer for the klan. Under the legislation which the Imperial Wizard undertook to dic tate, and which brought bitter de nunciation from Judge Grady, membership in the Catholic church or in the Knights of Columbus would become a felony, and mar riages between members of the Catholic church and members of Protestant churches would he for bidden, when attended by any agreement as to the rearing of children. Calling attention to the fact “strategy would indicate” that one of the measures should not be known as a Klan bill, one of the demands upon Judge Grady was that “the bill be introduced in the Legislature by some man who is active in the American Legion.” Negotiations between the Im perial Wizard and Judge Grady have been in progress since Jan uary 3rd, 1921, when four pieces of proposed legislation were trans mitted to the latter with sugges tions concerning the manner of securing their passage without in volving the Ku Klux Klan as the responsible agent for them. The fourth measure prohibited mar riage between blacks and whites. Judge Grady replied immediate ly declining to sponsor such legis lation on the ground that it was a direct blow at the freedom of religion, opposed to the principles of the order, declaring that “as we pretend to be in favor of relig ious liberty, freedom of thought, end the freedom of the press, we are putting ourselves in direct op position to our declared principles.” ON WAY TO PALESTINE Elder It. L. Isbell, of Lenior, j will preach at Barbour’s Chapel church on Tuesday night, March 1st, at 7:30 o’clock. Elder Isbell will Kail for the Holy Land mi the 5th j of March. Do not fail to hear him. He Is one of our most J able ministers. J. Q. BAKER Local Basketball Quint Goes Down In Defeat Before Raleigh Hug*h Morson high school of Raleigh handed the Smithfield riuint its third defeat of the sea son here Wednesday night’ at the armory. The score was o2 to 25. 1 he Raleigh team displayed the better form throughout and never once allowed the local five to jump in the lead. The initial quarter ended with the score 11 to fi. In the second quarter Smithfield came back strong and the visitors were only two points ahead at the intermission. In the second half the locals continued their rally and the score stood 20 all as the teams began the last quarter. In this period the Hugh Morson lads resumed their onslaught of the first period and thus won the game- Smith and Grant were the stars for Raleigh, vhile S. Bane and Parrish played best for Smithfield. On Tuesday night the purple and gold quint of Smithfield ’.e feated the strong Dunn high by the score of 22 to 10. Captain Ramie Davis was the outstanding star of the game, his good guard ing being a feature. Drunken Drivers Tried In Court Three Convicted of Op erating Car While Un der Influence of Liquor Only six criminal cases came, up for trial in recorder’s court here Tuesday, half of these being against drunken drivers. The fol lowing cases were disposed of: Charlie Bailey entered a plea of guilty to a warrant charging op erating a car while under the in fluence of whiskey. He was sen tenced to jail for a term of four . months to he worked on the roads of Johnston county. He was also taxed with the costs. The road sentence was suspended upon condition that the defendant does not violate the prohibition laws again in the next tw0 years, and that he pay a fine of $50. Jenkins Johnson plead guilty to operating a car while under the influence of whiskey. He received a four-months road sentence and was taxed with the cost The road sentence was suspended upon the condition that the defendant does not violate the prohibition laws again within the next two years and that he pay a fine of $100. Chester Adams and Ray Adams were in court charged with oper ating a car while under the influ ence of whiskey. Chester Adams was found not guilty. Ray Adams, was convicted and given a 00-day jail sentence to be worked on the roads of Johnston county. He was also required to pay the cost of the action. Minnie Howard and W. B. Rich ardson were charged with assault with deadly weapon. They were called and failed, and their bond was ordered forfeited. A capias was ordered for Mon roe Me La mb to serve 00 days on the county roads. Some time ago he was convicted of malicious in jury to personal property. Johnnie Stevens was found guil ty of carrying a concealed wea pon. He was sentenced to jail for a term of 90 days to be worked on thd roads of Johnston county. He was also required to pay the cost. The road sentence was sus pended upon the payment of a $50 fine and the cost. PINE LEVEL MERCHANTS ADVERTISE THEIR TOWN Pine Level is one of the hustl ing little towns of the county. Its merchants are wide-awake and progressive. The advertisement about Pine Level on another page in this issue shows that they be lieve in cooperating in telling the public about their town and in offering bargains that will at tract outsiders. Look up the Pine Level page and read the eighteen advertisements on it. PIPE ORGAN RECITAL Those who love good music and especially pipe organ music will welcome the announcement that on next Friday evening at the Methodist church a pipe organ recital will be given by local talent. This program will be sponsored by the Business and Professional Woman’s club of this city and there will be no charge. A freewill offering, however, will be taken for the benefit of th chospital fund. Look for the complete program in Tuesday’s issue. Officers Destroy Over 100 Gallons Find Is Made When School Boys Sample Stuff Which They Found Near School House The teachers down at Beulah chool in Banner township, about ive miles of Benson, do not ap '•rove of mixing booze with educa ion, according to a story brought >ack yesterday by Deputy Sheriff r. E. Talton, after he, together vith two other officers, Lester -’arker, deputy sheriff of Ban ter, and Chief Stevens, of Ben on, had poured out over a hun ired gallons of intoxicating liquor ’ound within seven or eight hun !red yards of the school hous.e According to the story, Wednes day at the noon hour, several of he school boys, as they roamed in he woods near the school house, 'ound some liquor in barrels, which hey tasted. They imbibed a bit oo much, however, and their con duct in the afternoon proved on lusively to the teacher that they vere intoxicated. Questioning fail 'd to enlighten the teacher as to he source of their refreshments, *nd even a whipping proved of no ivail. Word was sent to the sher ff about the incident, and yes erday about twelve-thirty, three fficers appeared at the school “ouse to make further investiga :ions. Even the officers failed to “licit any definite information Crom the boys concerning* the ^ooze, but an hour’s search near the school house brought to light two 60-gallon barrels of what ap peared to be grape wine mixed with meal nad red dog. which the officers destroyed. No still was found. The principal of the Beulah school is Miss Julia Mitchell and she is assited by Miss Ethel Wall. Only the first four grades are taught in this school. LOCAL- POST WINS ANOTHER TROPHY CUP Mr. D. Carlton Stephenson, com mander. and Mr. S. E. Hogwood, adjutant, representing* the Pou Parrish post of the American Le gion, attended the American Le gion post officer^ conference held in Sanford Monday. At this meet ing the Pou-Parrish post was pre sented with the Wade H. Phillips trophy cup for leading in percent age of membership over last year’s membership. The quota for the | ; local post for 1927 was 126 mem bers. With 148 members now en rolled. it has gone beyond the quota and won the cup. This is I the third cup this post has won during 1926 and 1927. At this conference the program for the work of the Legion for 1927 was outlined. The program includes community service, serv ice to God, country, and humanity in a civic way as the soldiers serv ed during the World War. MARVIN LEE IS NOW FULL-FLEDGED LAWYER Mr. Marvin Lee, of Four Oaks, who passed the Supreme court Ex amination in January last, was in Smithtield Wednesday and went before Judge Harris and took the oath of an attorney-at-law. Mr. Lee is considering opening an of fice for the practice of law in jSmithfield. Training School For S. S. Workers J Sponsored by Methodist Churches In The Coun ty; |Will Be Held Here March 6 to 11 Arrangements are about com plete for the third annual Sunday School Standard Training school t0 be held in Centenary Metho dist church, Smithfield, March C to 11. Other Methodist churches besides the Smithfield church, co operating in the interest of the -chool include Selma and Selma Mills, Clayton, Four Oaks, Ben son, Kenly, and Princeton. On the board of managers are D. E. Earn hardt, D. M. Sharpe, T. C. Young •J. A. Keen, Marvin Self, F. B Joyner, and M. P. Young. The training school will open Sunday afternoon, March 6th, at three o’clock, and after a brief worship service, the class work will begin. Two class periods of fifty minutes each will be held Sunday afternoon. After Sunday and continuing* through Friday evening the following schedule will be maintained: 7:30 to 8:20 first class period; 8:20 to 8:40, in termission—worship; 8:40 to 9:30. second class period. Courses have been arranged that will be helpful to superin tendents. pastors, secretaries, Sun day school teachers and prospec tive teachers, and others desiring to become more effective workers in the church. Four courses will be offered, and the best instruc tors possible will have charge of the classes. Prof. James Cannon, III, of Duke University, will teach a course in Bible, the text being “The Message of Jesus,” by Brans comb. Miss Georgia Keene, Con ference Elementary Superintend ent, will give a course in “Story Telling,” the text being “Stories and Story Telling” by St. John Mrs. O. V. Woosley, of Lexington, will teach Beginner Department Administration, using as a text book, “Methods With Beginners” by Donielson. Prof. B .G. Childs. | of Duke University, will conduct a study of early and middle adol escence using the following texts: “The Religious Education of Adol escents” by Richardson (for work ers with intermediates) and “Psy chology of Middle Adolescene” oy Moxey (for workers with seniors.) There will be no charge for reg istration or tuition, and any one over 17 years of age will be wel come to take advantage of the school. YOUTHFUL DULLNESS MAY MEAN GENIUS Parents Whose Children Fail In School Comforted By N. Y. Speaker CHICAGO, Feb- 21—Parents whose children fail in school can take comfort. Dullness in adoles cent years may be an indication of genius later on, according to Glen B. Winship, New York nov elist in an address here. “Some of the world’s most fam ous men were dunce caps in their youth,” said Mr. Winship. “Henry Ward Beecher was the last person in his class from whom anything was expected. James Russell Low ell was reprimanded habitually foj carelessness in his studies ami was suspended from school severa times. “Napoleon graduated forty-sec ond in his class. Sir Walter Scott's teacher said of him. ‘dunce he is and dunce he will remain.’ Charles Darwin failed consistently in learning languages. Dryden was a confirmed truant. Sir Isaac New ton, father of modern science ranked next to the bottom in his class. Stonewall Jackson was re garded as an extremely dull youth “Backwardness in children is too often over-emphasized. The paradox of dunces blossoming into great men may be due to unwise teachers, criticism at home, and lack of self-confidence in early years. Many youngsters mature late and for them only the rudi ' ments of schooling are assimilable . in early years. Others are of such ■ individual resourcefulness that i exacting rules of school are re pressing.” College a-la-Spud i/\WTOCACTKR 1 r m Miss Garnet Holman of Mt. Ayr, 'a. has worked her way througfc Simpson (la.) college by peeling po atoes in a dormitory, "2,000 bushel! .>f them in 4 years," she says. she leaves in June a gold potato is t be awarded her by Oat icb<r>$. Princetonites Are County Champs Defeat Wilson’s Mills 23 to 7 In Game at Pine Level The Princeton high school boys’ earn won the Johnston county -■hampionship last Tuesday eve .ling by defeating Wilson’s Mills at Pine Level 23 to 7. The Prince ton boys started off at a rapid rate and soon piled up a winning score. The Wilson’s Mills boys were so ’losely guarded they were able to secure only two field g-oals. For Princeton, Gardner and Gurley fea ured as forwards, while Kemple and Hill made a good pair of guards. Barbour topped the losers with four points. The Princeton boys, under the direction of Coach Boyette, have made a splendid record, playing twenty games and winning seven teen. Princeton scored 410 points while their opponents scored 231. This is an average of 20^ points per game. The lineup of the Wilson’s Mills game is as follows: Wilson’s Mills (7) Princeton (23) Barbour (2) - Gardner (6) right forward Pounds (1) - Gurley (8) left forward Barbour T. (4)-Creech A. (3) center Baker (0) _Hill (1) left guard Godwin (0) _ _Kemple (5) right guard Time: 8 minute quarters. Substitutes for Princeton: Ed wards for Gurley; Creech J., for Creech A. Referee: Oliver (S- H. S.) In another g-ame the Princeton girls defeated the Micro girls 38 to 5. Gardner of Princeton carried away scoring honors with 28 mark ers. while Brewer w-as second with 8 points. Creech's flashy guard for Princeton deserves considerable mention also. IGHTMNG SHOCKS GRIP THOMPSON News reached here Wednes day that during the electric storm earlv Wednesday morn ing. lightning struck the chim ney of the home jof Mr. Rob ert Daughtry on Smith field, route 2, and shocked Mr. Grip Thompson. A child standing near ,Mr. Thompson was un. hurt. The shock happened about six o’clock in the morn ing. In the afternoon, Mr Thompson was reported as be ing practically over the shock. He is a son of Mr. Deb Thompson of Pine Levei. The storm, which was char acterized by unusually heavy thunder, was out of the ordi nary for February. A heavy dow npour of rain continued for several hours. Perhaps one r aaoc why “genth men prefer -idea.' .. they get tired of a^ueesti g black [heads. Local Happenii]' In Town Of Ker Music Literary Club Ho Meeting; Wilson Tal Contributes to Succ. of Occasion Kenly, Feb. 22.—The Mu Literary department of the \\ an’s club held the most enjoy meeting of the year on Thun evening, February 17, at the h of Mrs. H. M. Grizzard with M. Grizzard and mjembers of ‘ school faculty as hostesses. A colonial and civil war progi bringing out the family and so' life of that period was given. A particularly delig-htful f ; ture of the evening was Thor Nelsor. Page’s “Marse Chan” g en as a reading by Mrs. Willi » . A. Lucas of Wilson. Mrs. Luca? a gifted reader and she charr her audience. Other out of tc people contributing to the succ of the evening were Mrs. B. Plyler, Miss Daphne Carraw. and Mr. Lester Rose, all of Y . son. Mrs. Plyler in excellent vc ■ sang “Annie Laurie.” Miss C raway furnished the second clin • cf the program when near the cl of the evening she gave in her inimitable style the story “H vc Bre’r Rabbit Lost His Tail.” Rose pleased the department v h a number of instrumental se tions. The minuet by a group of sroa children powdered wigs and co; ial costumes was heartily appla ed. Other numbers that helped complete the program wer group of quartettes by Messrs W T. Evans, E. V. Neighbors, W Stallings and J. H. Barnes. At the close a delightful so n*f course was served. The fa^ hatchets and cherries, added colonial touch. Young People Have Party. Kenly, Feb. 23.—The Ye * .r People’s Missionary Society of Methodist church enjoyed its fi r social this year on Friday eve’ n r when the members gathered in the church basement decorated in red and white for a George W ington birthday party. A number of games directed Mrs F. B. Joyner, the popu u leader of these young people, engaged in with the enthus characteristic of their age. laughing contest and a flag-poi.it race furnished occasions for g rivalry. In a cracker contest \\ liarn Godwin and Tom Kannan > prizes. Griffin Edgerton was v in the peanut race. After refi ments were served several s and yells were g*iven. Kenly Teachers Honored Kenly, Feb. 23.—A series of jcial events during,.the past a > . culminated on Friday evening a lovely George Washington S*iven by Mrs. R. T. Fulghum h • c-ring the Kenly high school tt I ers living at the teache) . j Blooming plants and spring 1' -w ers in red and white were f as decorations. A miniature ch tree was also in evidence as » • minder of the significance of occasion. As the guests arrived they w,-: , served,punch by Mrs. L. C. ' inson. A delightful peijpur* ✓ amusements which sug < ive of the hirtiKirt!-event celebi ] followed /^ty matching <lu i names Ai presidents and hi ) hatchets partners were secure- j lhs> contents. In the ability t I *eet quickly words spelled k . | - ,1 Turn to page five, please A Tantalize There are exactly enough ters in the line below to j the name of a person in 8a field, and it the right on j cipher* his name and will j sent It to The Herald ofllr will present him with a ! limentary ticket to the tory Theatre. Ticket mo called for before the toll issue. cohtaetnenkes Paul Johnston decipher, name last issue.