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SMITHFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modem Hotel Chamber of Commerce VOLUME 45—NO. 19 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEA!, Biggest Piece Of Legislation Small Counties Favored ea!,, In New Equalizing ^~\Fund; About 85 Will foot Share unt< m‘ - The three and a quarter million dollar equalization bill, as it has passed the House and Senate, is, in the eyes of educators, the most important piece of educational leg islation of the present session of the General Assembly. The bill as it has passed the House is in substantially the same shape it was in when it was intro duced in the Senate by Senator A. E. Woltz, of Gaston county, whose r.ame the bill bears except that it carries $3,250,000 instead of $2, 500,000 and fixes a rate of 40 in stead of 42 cents as a minimum in order for counties to share in it. In addition to being; the largest fund the State has ever set up for the purpose of aiding the counties in maintaining the six months term of schools, its spon sors believe that the provisions of the bill are so guarded that it will be more equitably distributed than it has ever been disbursed before. The fund represents $1,750,000 in crease over the fund that has been available for this purpose. .MAIN FEATI*RES OF BILL. The main features of the bill as it was written by Senator Woltz are: 1. A determination of the values in the counties participating in the equalization fund to find out the ability of the counties to support the school for the constitutional term. 2. This equalization of values v;Ul be made by a board composed of the Lieutenant Governor and one man, appointed by the gover nor and confirmed by the Senate, from each congressional district. The board will get $10 a day for services, but will have the right to employ such expert help as it will need. 3. Every county participating in the fund must levy a tax of 40 cents on the hundred dollars on the values determined by the hoard, if these values are accept ed for local purposes, before it can participate in the equalization fund. Should the local authorities not want to use the values deter mined by the assessing board for tax assessing purposes, the levy will have to be made so that the same revenue will be produced that would come from a 40 cent levy on the values determined by the board. This eliminates the ne cessity for using the assessed val ines of the State board for local taxation purposes. 4. Should the revenue produced by the 40 cent levy not be suf ficient to pay the salaries of the teachers for six months and to cover 15 per cent additional for operating expenses, the remain der will be apportioned to the county, and Senator Woltz expects that the 40 cent rate will not run the schools in 85 of the hundred counties, so all but 15 of the coun ties will get something from the fund. 5. There is set aside from the general fund $100,000 to take care ' r.f emergencies, unexpected ex penses and unusual progress in any county. Senator Woltz wrote $300,000 in his original bill for this purpose, but he has accepted the House amendment which cuts it down two-thirds. f>. An effort will be made, under (Turn to page four please) AUNT ROXIE SAYS— By Me-— "Legislature done gin dem Clev Clux robes to de weather man." I NEWEST OF WESTERN STARS Shake hands with Tim McCoy, Wyoming ranch er, friend and adopted brother of the Indians, colo nel in the American army, clubman, after-dinner speaker and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Western film star extraordinary. Watchful Officer Prevents Robbery Selma Night Policeman Interferes Before Safe of Worley Furniture Co., Is Cracked SELMA, March 3.—J. L. Gurley, local night policeman, broke up what would have been an early morning robbery Tuesday. Three safe crackers entered the store of Worley Furniture Company and were attempting to open the iron safe when Mr. Gurley interfered. Mr. Gurley says as he was making his regular rounds about 3:00 a. m. he entered the alley back of Wor ley Furniture company and noticed that the lights that usually burned in the alley had gone out. He went to the other end of the alley and l.id. An automobile, which was parked a short distance from the store starting running and Mr. Gurley says this was evidently a {signal for the robbers to vacate the store. After the motor of the car started three men came out of ’ the back door of the store with a ,large sample suitcase, two or three handbags and a typewriter, j Mr. Gurley emptied his pistol at the men and they dropped every thing they had stolen and fled to the waiting automobile. On invest igation it was found that one of the bullets entered the suitcase. I It is not known whether he hit any of the men or not. j Markings on the dial of the safe and a quantity of blasting powder showed that they had planned to rob the safe. Clair Williams Filling Station, at the junction of Number 10 and 22 highways was entered the same I l ight and a slot machine and a lot ^of other merchandise was stolen. NATIONAL GCARDS TO GIVE MUSICAL COMEDY The musical coiredy, “The Spict of Life,” is being sponsored by the Smithfield National Guards, anti will be presented in the school au ditorium Monday evening, March 14, at 8 o’clock. The cast is com posed of the very best local taleni •and includes Mayor Narron, Mr. E F. Ward and othir favorites ol former productions. The public b cordially invited to see this play “And now, sir,” concluded the motor car salesman, “what kirn of a horn would you like? I)o yoi care for a good, loud blast?” “No,” answered the. customer. “! want something that just sneers.’ All-Day Institute To Be At Selma Sunday School Workers Will Discuss Problems at Methodist Church A Sunday School Institute will be held for one day in Selma to morrow beginning at ten o’clock. The institute will be held at the Methodist church, and the Sunday schools of the county arc expect ed to send representatives. Among the speakers from out of the coun ty will be the presiding elder of the Raleigh district, Rev. M. T. Plyler; L. L. Gobblfe, Sunday school field secretary of the N. C. conference; and Miss Georgia Keene, the conference elementary superintendent. The program in full is as fol lows: i 10:00—Devotional Service, Rev. E. D. Dodd. 10:15—Welcon^e Statement, M. K. wan. 10:20—Response, T. C. Young. ! 10:25—“Taking Care of the Lit-; tie Ones,” Miss Georgia Keene.; 10:45—“Enlisting and Holding the Big Ones,” or “Organized Classes, Why and How?” T. C. Young. 11:00—“Putting Them to Work,” or “Class Activities,” Rev. D. M. Sharpe. 11:15—Song. 11:20—Roll Call of Sunday Schools. (Special Recognition to largest representation, 11:30—“Better Training for Bet ter Service,” L. L. Gobble. 12:00--General Discussion. 12:30—Dinner. (Picnic style). 1:30—Song Service and Prayer, Rev. Marvin Self. 1:50—“Program of Work,” Mrs. Y. M. Holland. 2:20—General Discussion. 2:35—Missionary Song. 2:40—“Missionary Day in the Sunday School,” Rev. M. T. | Plyler. ! 3:00—“The Sunday School as an Evangelistic Agency,” Rev. D. E. Earnhardt. ! 3:15—Evangelistic Song. ! 3:20—“Reaching the Unreached” Rev. F. B. Joyner. 3:35—Two minute Talks by su perintnedents on “‘What my School is Going to Do About These Things.” Madge (of her fiance): 1 can read Jack like a book. ! Marie (who knows him): Well, >ou’d better skip a few chapters. —Boston Transcript. Interesting Talk By Native Korean , ■ --- ■ Prof. H. C. Kim Delivers Address at Presbyterian Church Prof. II. C. Kim, of Korea, made a very interesting address at the Presbyterian church here Sunday evening. Mr. Kim is a professor in Union Christian College in Ko rea, but he has been in the United States for the past three years and is taking a special course at Un ion Theological Seminary, Rich mond, Va. Professor Kim has a keen sense of humor, and the ac count of his first impressions of this country and his experiences soon after arriving here was thor oughly amusing. ivir. mm oasea ms xaiK on n Timothy 2:3, 4—“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that war reth entangleth himself with, the affairs of this life; that he tnay please him who hath chosen 3iim to be a soldier.” He then pictured the soldiers in the recent World War and named the qualifications of a good soldier. Those who have enlisted in the army of Jesus Christ, he said, must first of all have physical fitness. They must be loyal. A good soldier has su preme love for his country. Duty to his country comes first and his family next. The Christian soldier must have supreme love for God— duty to God must be first for “he ♦hat loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.” A good soldier of Christ must be loyal—be willing to go anywhere, suffer anything, or lay down his life for the Master. No matter how physically fit a person, is, if he is not loyal he cannot be a good soldier. The third qualifica tion is preparation. No soldier, however brave and strong and loy al, can fight without weapons. He must have the necessary equip ment. Christians must give up all things which are hindrances, no matter how hard it is or how- they like them. Mr. Kim said most Christians arc like the soldier who carried his gun in his right hand and an umbrella in his left—they tried to carry things in their lives which hinder them in their work —bad habits, love of ease and com fort, selfishness. The Christian soldier must have preliminary training. The speaker told of the war between Japan and China about thirty years ago wrhen Japan with only fifty million people de feated China, a nation of more than four hundred million, simply because the Chinese had had no preliminary training. Christian soldiers may receive their prelim inary training in home study and prayer meetings and Wednesday night prayer meetings. The fifth requirement of a good Christian soldier is grit. The good Christian soldier must be brave, able to bear suffering, must be courageous. He told of the persecution of the Christians in Korea in 1911), and of how bravely the Christians bore their trails. ' Before that time, he raid, Christians were looked upon in his country as weak and coward ly, but the patience and bravery of the persecuted Christians made a profound impression upon the whole country, and there was a great turning to the Christian re ligion after that time. The first missionary went to Korea about twenty-five years ago, he said, and now Korea sends missionaries to China, Japan and Russia. Mr. Kim closed with an appeal to his hearers to think of the mil lions and millions of people in the world who are waiting for Chris tian soldiers under the banner of Jesus Christ to go to their # cue—to tell them of the Saviour of the world. At the close of the service Mr. Kim sang a song* in the Korean language. He also showed a col orful costume of a native Korean girl. While in the city he was a guest in the home of Mrs. W. M. San ders, Sr. An Eskimo brought to New York was unable to comprehend the Woolworth building. Neither is any other bungalow owner. Seventh Baby Given Boric Acid Will Live CHICAGO, March 6.—The sev enth baby of ten which were givei boric acid instead of distilled wa ter through a mistake by nurse! at Columbus Memorial Hospita a week ago, will live, doctors sai( tonight. Six of the babies have died. Th^ seventh was in a serious conditior for a week and three others wen Jnot affected by th: pcison. Doctors attributed saving th< life of the seventh child, Margare' Elizabeth Gibbons, 12 days old partly to the care of the baby’s mother who, when she learned hei baby was among those poisoned, in sisted that it be brought to her ir ihe hospital, refusing to allow i4 to be cared for longer in the bab> ward.—Associated Press. Road Matter Has Public Hearing County Commissioners Will Take Up Again Question of Re-Lending State Highway Com mission $500,000 Roads are not so bad in Johnston county that a pretty representa tive crowd could not assemble here for a conference on roads yesterday, and what was lacking in numbers was made up in en thusiasm. The county commission ers had set the hearing on the ac tion, taken by that board a few weeks ago, regarding the Hender con-Clinton highway, for two o’clock, and before that time the court rooom was half ful of folks from practiealy every ruTal sec tion as well as from most of the towns. County Attorney Paul D. Grady stated the purpose of the meeting —to hear the will of those present in regard to relcnding the $500, 000 which was advanced last year to the State Highway Commission for the construction of state high way No. 22, for the purpose of building another road through Jonston cunty known as the Hen derson-Clinton highway. Mr. Grady's statement was brief, nnd Dr-. M. Hinnant, of Micro, •'isked that the contract which was made a few weeks ago between the county board of commission ers and the State Highway Com mission be read. Mr. Grady called on T. C. Young to read this con tract. The contract as read calls for the re-lending of the sum aw»w?u aoove to tnc Mate Highway (ommission to be paid back from funds accruing in the future to the credit of Johnston county from the Highway Commission. The {•mount due Johnston county from the $30,000,000 road bond issue ap proved by the legislature now in session is sufficient to reimburse the county the $500,000 loaned in 1925, but long term notes having l een made there semes to be am ple time for other funds to be in hand sufficient to justify the ac tion of the board of commission ers in re-lending this amount. The county will have to pay the inter est which, according to a state ment made in the meeting* yester jday, would amount to about $250, 000. Interest, however, would bt paid only for a period of ten oi a dozen years. The State Highwaj Commission agreed to take ovei this road when built and maintaii it forever thereaftre. The exac location of the road will be lef to the State Highway Commis sion. The contract will be printei in full in a later issue. A. M. Johnson, from Cleveland jtownship, after hearing the con tract read, made a motion that th' |county board of commissioners re Ucind its action of a fwe weeks age jaml then a discussion followde. Mi :Johnson presentde a number o jieasons from his standpoint wh; it he county should not let the High | way Commission build its road I>r. A. S. Oliver, of Benson, mad a few remarks along the sam jline. Judge F. H. Brooks, of thi I city, undertook to answer) Mi 'Johnson’s argument, and then h jdiscussion became general. W. 1] | Turn to Dage four, pleasa Bill To Increase Board Education From Three to Five Mem. bers Passes Both Houses —Also Provides For Audit of Books County Supterintendent Schools j A bill to increase the number of |the board of education of Johnston county from three to five mem bers has passed both houses in the legislature. There has been difference of opinion regarding this change, which apparently is not a unani mous act of the Democratic party, [and a hearing of the matter vas j promised yesterday afternoon be fore final action should be made, but information received here be fore a delegation left, was to the < ffect that the bill passed the Sen ate Saturday night. The newly elected officers of the county in cluding the members of the coun ty commissioners signed their names to petitions asking that the education board remain as it is. The bill states that after the first Monday in April, Dr. J. J. Young, of Clayton; W. E. Edwards of Princeton; W. H. Call, of Selma, and P. H. Etheridge, of Kenly, with the present members of the board, W. G. Wilson, of Wilson’s Mills; P. B. Johnson, of Benson; and J. W. Woodard, of Glendale, will transact the educational mat iers of the county. The bill fixes the compensation of these men at five dollars per day which means $35 every day the board shall meet. The term of office of the new members is two years. At the next primary the people will vote on seven members of the board df “education as they do now Tor the county commissioners. The act first named Dr. J. C. Grady [as a member of the board, but |later Mr. Etheridge was put in his place. J The act also provides for an ! audit of the books of the county superintendent of schools and of the board of education, the same to be published in some newspaper. The full text of the act is here with given: “A bill to be entitled an act to increase the number of the Board of Education of Johnston county from three to seven members. Reg ulate their compensation, provide for their future election, and for an audit of the books of the sup erintendent of schools. The Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ‘Section 1. That the Board of Education of Johnston county be and the same is hereby increased from three to seven members, and Dr. J. J. Young, of Clayton; W. A. Edwards, of Princeton; J. C. Grady, of Kenly, and W. A. Call, of Selma, be and they are hereby appointed for a term of two years from and after the first Monday in April, one thousand nine hun drde and twenty-seven and the compensation of each of the mem bers of said board of education shall be five dollars a day. “Section 2. That at the next pri mary to be held in Johnston coun ty in one thousand nine hundred end twenty-eight, and every two .'ears thereafter, there shall be nominated seven members of said Board of Education to be elected by the next General Assembly, as the Board of Education to serve for a term as provided by law, to begin on the first Monday in April, one thousand nine hundred and fwenty-mne. “Section 3. That within sixt> • days after the ratification of this act the Board of County Commit 1 .Goners of Johnston county shal ■ cause to be made by a certifiec 1 public accountant an audit of tht ■ books of the superintendent o: » schools and the Board of Educa • tion of Johnston county and pub lish the same in some newspape published in said county and pre ■ sent said audit to the Board o County Commissioners of sau ; county. “Section 4: That all laws am ' clauses of laws in conflict wit! • the provisions of this act ar ? herboy repealed. “Section 5: That this act sha! be in force and effect from an after its ratification. No Laughing Matter LITA GREY Chaplin (above) and her famous comedian husband are at maritial odds. Suits and coun ter suits over money and the cus tody of their two children have taken the smile from Charlie’s face. Mr. Chaplin suffered a nervous collapse while in New York. Goodly Number From Nearby Towns Attend Opening Session At M. E. Church The Standard Sunday School Training* School, sponsored by Methodist churches in Johnston county but which is open to all denominations, opened here Sun day afternoon with more than a hundred present. Indications are that the school this year will be considerably larger than that of last in spite of the fact that the roads in the county are in bad condition from the recent snow. Eighteen were present from Selma Sunday; twenty-one from Clayton; about a dozen from the Four Oaks charge, and a goodly number from Smith field. The courses offered include one in Bible by Prof. James Cannon III, of Duke University, which jsen)* to be the .most popular course; Story Telling, given by Miss Georgia Keene, conference elementary superintendent; Begin ner Department Administration, by Mrs. O. B. Woosley, of Lexington; a study of Early and Middle Adol escence, by Prof. B. G. Childs, of Duke University. Prof. N. C. Shuford, superin tendent of the city schools, is al lowing credit in the English de partment of the school to any high school pupils who take a course. Only those who are over sixteen years of age, however, are eligible for credit in the training school. Several of the young people are taking advantage of these study courses. The classes hold a double ses sion each evening beginning a 7:30 o’clock. 1 1 1 1 BOY SCOUTS OF TROOP NO. 1 TO HAVE MEETINGS Troop One of the Boy Scout: will hold a meeting Wednesday aft omoon at four o’clock and Thurs day night at seven-thirty in tlv Methodist church basement. / regular rally program will be giv en Thursday night, and everybod, is urged to be present and tak part. Literary Department To Meet. The Literary department of th Woman’s club will meet at th home of Mrs. W. M. Sander 'Thursday afternoon at three-thirt o’clock. Mrs. Sanders and Mi* Rettie Lee Sanders will be joir hostesses. News In Town Of Four Oaks Visiting Speakers, Rev. f T. Plyler of Raieigh at A. M. Noble of Smit field at M E. Church FOUR OAKS, March 4.—D to the tonsil operation j Rev. E. D. Dodd, who could scare ly talk last Sunday, his appoin ment her ewas filled by oth< speakers. Rev. M. T. Plyler, pr siding elder of the Raleigh di trict, preached an unusually go< sermon at the eleven o’clock hou His sermon dealt with sacrifici. giving which so few of us do. In stead we are prone to give out our surplus instead of our need iness. In this manner his sern led to the cause, “Mission Su day” which the church observ' at this hour. At the night servi Mr. A. M. Noble, of Smithfield, c livered a speldid address on “Lav. Observance and Its Remedy.” spoke especially in regard to ’ prohibition and blue laws wh are broken constantly. After g ing alarming statistics concemi- - increase of crime in Johnston cou ty he gave a remedy to the situ tion. This remedy was Christie homes that are Christian in rea ty and not just in name. Miss Sallie Adams entertain- i the members otf the Epwoi League choir at a candy party i the basement of the Methodi church last Friday evening. So< after arriving the guests enjoy, i several unusually interestii . | games after which they indulge*! | in “candy pulling” in the kitch | of the church. The Junior B. Y. P. U. parti* jpated in an enjoyable social in t> basement of the Baptist chuw last Monday evening. Sever mirth-provoking stunts and gam were enjoyed for some time. Re Mr. Brown showed stereoptico’ pictures despicting two especial, interesting stories. Later refres ments were served by Miss Lown Olive who also directed the gam« Mr. Sammie Baker and lit - daughter, Ruth, who have been spending the winter in Florid,, visited relatives here for a shoi w’hile Sunday. Mr. Baker au daughter were en route to Wilson to spend some time with relative before returning to their home New' York City. Elberta Peaches Are Probably All Kille ROCKINGHAM, March 6.—No the deep snow has melted, and th* accompanying cold wave subside a clearer view of the damage | the peach belt is obtainable. The Elbertas appear to be com |pletely killed. Most of the buds o j these trees have opened, and wer filled with moisture and watt from the snow. The cold wave hi easy picking then, with all but left a dead brown. Georgia Bell' ere next hardest hit, though t! buds were not as far advanced the Elbertas. The June peaches and the O mens (that ripen the first wi in July) are hurt so far but \ little, inasmuch as early beari trees do not blosom until late, a these had not blossomed; there no way of ascertaining as yet ; . to the extent of the damage their tiny buds. Taken all in all, the damage the orchards of Richmond cou this week might be estimated TO per cent. A Tantalizer There are exactly enough le ters in the line below to ape the name of a peraon in Smith field, and If the right one I, ciphers hia name and will prr sent it to The Herald ofllea, * will present him with a eon iimentary ticket to the VI tory Theatre. Ticket moat i ■ called for before the followii issue. gsjoloadhnyna j Tail 1 ranklin Gordon <1 • uphered hia name hut issue, t