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SMITH FI ELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce |VOLUME 45—NO. 21 Johnston County’s Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS: County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highways Equal Opportunity for Every School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAR Only One Case Begun In Court Grand Jury Returns Num ber of True Bills Among Which Are Three Mur der Cases Set For Today The deliberations of the Super j lor court which convened here I yesterday, after the organization | of the court and the judge’s charge to the grand jury, were slow, and it was not until about four o’clock I in the afternoon that the first case [got under way. [ Just before adjournment Freder ick H. Brooks, Jr., who passed the Supreme court examination some time ago, and received his license to practice law, was presented by Jiis father, F. II. Brooks, to the [judge, who administered the oath [of an attorney. | After court opened in the aft ernoon the grand jury returned true bills of murder in the cases of state vs. M. C. Blue and James [Rogers, both colored, charged w'ith [the killing of Ella May Blue, also colored, in Kenly. These cases were set for this morning. Also a true bill of murder was i iuiiivu in me tose ui me siuie vs. George Ferrell and Taft Boy kin, charged with the murder of Alfred Richardson, a negro of the Archer Lodge section. This trial was also set for today, f The only case to be undertaken ‘yesterday was the state vs. Wil liam Whitaker, a negro, of Clay >ton, charged with assault. The prosecuting witness was Mr. Ham pey Jones, who it is reported, was a licentiate preacher in the Mis sionary Baptist church hut in re cent years, owing to ag*a and in firmities, has been unable to preach or work, and most of the time has l subsisted upon charity. The evi dence he gave on the witness stand was straightforward and well cor roborated by other witnesses. He testified that the defendant, in an attempt to terrorize him, went to his home near Clayton and fired a double-barrel shotgun into his house from which scattering shots hit him in several parts of the body, inflicting serious wounds in the right arm and about the head. The defendant pleads not guilty and has an array of witnesses which will be examined this morn in ar. The true bills besides the mur der cases returned before the close of court yesterday, include the fol lowing: Stute vs. Worth McLeod, charg ed with housebreaking. State vs. W. H. Corbett, charge ed with larceny and receiving. State vs. Arthur Haynes, charg ed with assault with deadly Weapon with intent to kill. State vs. Howard Oliver, color ed, housebreaking and larceny. Spend Yesterday in City. Mr. Oscar Peedin and son, Eamy, from Washington, were in town on business Monday. Visitors To Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Brown, ; Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson and Mrs. A. M. Calais spent Thurs day afternoon in Raleigh shop | Ping. £, Visit Friends in Erwin Messrs Otho Stephenson and Reuben Johnson spent Sunday in l Erwin the guests of friends. AUNT ROX1E SAYS— By Me— I hopes dey'll git do roads fixed so Yankee Limberzines won't curry off too much of dis high taxed Johnston County inuit. Cat to King “sSlf / Mi Last July an oil field wiui-catter Today worth $10,000,000 and an Oi Kin*. Such is the story of Rober F. Garland, 36 years old, native oi Ohio, who brought in “Discovers Well,” first of the Seminole (Okla.) field which is already producing 1( per cent of the total output o' -rude oil in the United States, ac wording to oil journals. Revival Begins At Free Will Church Opening Sermon Preach ed to Large Crowd By Rev. S. H. Styron of Pine Level The opening sermon for the re vival, which is being conducted at the Freewill Baptist church here, was preached Sunday night by Rev. S. H. Styron, of Pine Level. Rev. Mr. Styron selected as the text for his first sermon of a se ries, the fourteenth verse of the third chapter of John—“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil derness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.” Basing his re marks on this text he preached a splendid sermon on how each indi vidual should lift Jesus up by tell ing others of the word, by song and prayer, and by the life he lives. At fhe close of the sermon several pledged themselves to hold up Christ in their lives by personal work and prayer during* the re vival. Mr. Styron is assisted in the services by the pastor. Rev. H. R. Faircloth. A large crowd was present Sunday night, practically every scat in the house being taken. Services will be held each night at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. C. J. Thomas leads the singing and special mu sic is rendered each night by the choir. The public is cordially invited to attend. DONNELL WHARTON AGAIN ON DEBATING TEAM Donell Wharton again repre sents his college, Davidson Col lege, on the debating team, which will make a northern trip includ ing the following points: William and Mary at Williamsburg, Va.; Gettysburg at Gettysburg, Pa., and Rutgers College, New Brunswick. N. J. Wharton’s colleague in the debate is W. H. Branch, Jr., of Atlanta, Ga., and they will uphold the negative side of the question: ‘‘Resolved, That the United States should cancel the Allied war debts.” When Wharton and Branch de bate this spring, it will be the fourth time they have been on the same team. As freshmen they de bated against Wake Forest’s first year team and won a 3 to 0 de cision. In their sophomore year they defeated the Wake Forest varsity debaters, 2 to 1. Last year they lost to the University of the South (Sewanee) by a 2 to 1 vote. Both are editors, Branch being editor of The Davidson, a weekly news publication of the students, while Wharton is editor of Quips and Cranks, the year book. TO SHOW FORD PICTURE Tonight a Ford film, “Building for Quality,” will be shown at the Victory theatre in connection with the rg*eular show. Tins is a fac tory scene, showing the construc tion of the Ford cars. It is a pic ture in which the public will be in terested. There is no extra charge to see this picture. Training School For S. S. Workers Has Enrollment of 109 With 90 Receiving Credit For Work Done in the Four Courses Of fered The Sunday School Training* School which has just -closed at the Methodist church, and in which eleven churches participated, is the most successful school ever held here. One hundred persons en rolled coming from Selma, Kenly, Clayton, Four Oaks, Sanders Chap el and Elizabeth. Of this num ber, 90 studied for credit and, with the exception of six high school students under sixteen years of age, were awarded certificates. L. L. Gobbel, Sunday School Field Secretary for the North Car olina conference, who directed the school, announced the credits among thy various churches as follows: Selma and Selma Mill, fif teen; Clayton, thirteen; Sanders Chapel, six; Elizabeth, one; Four Oaks, three; Kenly, eight; Smith field Methodists thirty-seven; Pres byterians, four; Freewill Baptists, wo, and Missionary Baptists, one. Of the credits, eighty-three were tandard; six were special, and one, >ftice credit. The school voted at the closing ■ession to hold a similar school H»rp npyf vpnr wnrahin od Friday evening- was character zed by expressions from various )nes present of appreciating of. the 'acuity composed of Prof. Cannon ind Prof. Childs of Duke Uni ver ity, Mrs. 0. V. Woosley of Lex ngton, and Miss Georgia Keene. :onference elementary secretary. HOME SWEET HOME TO HIGHEST BIDDER! Inspiration of John Howard Payne’s Famous Song Will Be Sold By Present Owner NEW’ YORK, March 11.—“Home j Sweet Home,” is for sale. The in-1 piration for John Howard Payne’s | famous sentimental song, the old vray farmhouse, aged by snows of nany winters, in which the author ;pent his boyhood at East Hamp :on. Long Island, is to go to the lighest bidder, it was revealed to lay. The home was owned by Gustave [I. Buek, president of the Aclo Gravure Company, until his death recently. Now his widow, Mrs.! Hannah Louis Buek has announced j her intention of disposing of the' property. “Home, Sweet Home” sung round the world by Adelina Patti and Jenny Lind, was a part of Payne’s opera “Clari, or the Maid of Milan,” produced at Covent Ger den theatre London, in May, 1823. The song proved profitable for the publishers but Payne, it is said, profited little. To Address Farm Bureau. Mr. J. S. Holmes, State Forest er. will address the citizens of Cleveland township next Friday night at seven-thirty o’clock at the new school house. His subject, ap propriate for Arbor day, will be. “Beautifying our surroundings with trees and bushes and how to make our woods pay a dividend.” Mr. Holmes knows the subject and is an entertaining speaker as well. Anyone interested is cordially in vited to come and bring the whole family, says the president of the local farm bureau. Husband and Wife 1 r*r 1 My wife always serves batter u •he throes of melting. WHAT DOES YOUK WU'E DO! Previous Action Of (bounty Board Stands Justice Holmes at <16 Roosevelt called Oliver Wejidel. Holmes, then 61, to the Uaitec States Supreme Court bench. No« at 86 he is still as active as ar; of the nine justices. "Work is thi Becret,” he says, "and I will neve: -etira” In Recent Rally Troop Two Comes Out Victorious In Contests at Selma—Benson Is Close Second Boy Scout Troop No. 2 of Smith field came out victorious in the scout rally for Johnston county held at the school building in Selma Friday night. Three troops took part in the various contests— Smithfield, Benson and Selma. The Smithfield troop made thirty-one and a half points while Benson * ran a dose second, making twen ty-eight points. Test were made in inspection, fire by friction, knot lying, pyramid building. rescue race, signalling, fuzz-stick mak ing, patrol yell, and troop yell. Mr. Marvin Woodall is scout master of troop two of Smithfield, Rev. J. E. Blalock, of the Benson troop, and Rev. A. M. Mitchell is scoutmaster of the Selma troop. I Quite a number was present to see the tests and encourage the boys in their work. The next scout rally will be held in Goldsboro on April 1, when the Smithfield troop, the- winner in Friday’s contests, and the runner up, Benson troop, will meet Golds boro troops one and six. This is expected to be an interesting meet Win MR. B. I. PEEDIN DEAD On Wednesday morning-, Febru-; ary 23, at a quarter after ten o’clock the death angels visited the home of Mr. B. I. Peedin and took him to rest. He leaves a wife, two sons, five daughters, three sisters and one brother besides a host of other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. He had been in a very low state of health for two years or more, and was con fined to his bed two w-eeks. Mr. Peedin was a member of the Pine Level Freewill Baptist church and was one of its best known members. We believe that he has gone to rest. He was sev enty years and three months old. The funeral service was held at the home by Rev. S. H. Styron and Rev. T. M. Bizzell, and the remains were laid to rest in the Peedin family burying ground. A large crowd attended the funeral. Written by a neighbor, MISS BETTIE GURLEY. Mr. Lee Jones Improving. Mr. Lee B. Jones who underwent a very serious operation at Rex | Hospital in Raleigh last week was somewhat improved last night. jHis many friends hope for him a speedy recovery. Spent Sunday in Goldsboro Mr. Joe Stephenson spent Sun day in Goldsboro with his parents, !Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stephenson. County Will Re-Lend! Money to State High way Commission Mon ey to Build Henderson Clinton Highway Thru} Johnston The county board of commis sioners in special session here yes terday, had under consideration again the matter of re-lending the State Highway Commission the five hundred thousand dollars which comes to the county from its quota of the 30 million dollar road bonds just voted by the legisla ture, for the purpose of building a sand clay road with oil finish from the Wake county line to the Sampson county line known as the Henderson-Clinton highway. The matter was discussed in an >pen mass meeting here Monday )f last week, and since that time ; proponents and opponents of the action taken by the county board : m February 8, have been busy cir-'i tulating petitions. These petitions ] were presented to the board here yesterday, and the number favor- 1 ng the proposition were consid- ] •mbly in the majority. Letters ( "mm n nnmW nf sens had also been received and ( he board decided to let its action , >f February 8 stand. The resolutions and supplement al contract as entered into by the ounty board and the State High way Commission follow: Whereas, Johnston county hrough its legal and proper road governing body, to wit, the Board '1 Commissioners of Johnston County, by an agreement dated April 14, 1925, entered into a con tact with the Highway Commis- , don of North Carolina to advance , he sum of $500,000.00 to said Highway Commission of North Carolina for the purpose of hasten- , ng the construction of State ,Hig*n vay No. 22 from the Harnett County line through Johnston County to the Wilson County line: i being agreed by said Highway Commission of North Carolina to *epay the said board of commis sioners of Johnston County the !aid $500,000.00 as soon as the i same should be allocated to the credit of Johnston bounty from :he proceeds of bonds sold by the state of North Carolina or from >ther funds accruing to the credit *f Johnston county from the High way Commission, said agreement !>eine> recorded on nacre 89 of tho minutes of the Board of County Commissioners of Johnston coun ty of 1925. And Whereas, the Board of Commissioners of Johnston county in order to secure the above refer red to $500,000.00 issued bonds of Johnston county maturing on Feb luary 1st and May 1st of each of the years 1932 to 1941, both in clusive, and it further appearing to the present Board of Commis sioners that the Highway Com mission of North Carolina will out of the proceeds of the $30,000, 000.00 bond issue authorized by the present General Assembly pay back to Johnston county on the above refered to contract approx imately $437,100.00 besides other funds accruing to the credit of the county within the next two year period. And it also appearing to the Board of Commissioners that the Highway Commission will take over only 48 miles of new road for the next two year period in this road district composed of nine counties; and it also appearing to the Board that it would be to the advantage of Johnston county to have as much road mileage as pos sible maintained by the State High way Commission and further that the Highway Commission would rot entertain the matter of taking over any new mileage in Johnston county except on the proposed ITenderson-Clinton highway; and further that before the Highway Commission would accept this road the county would be required to survey, lay out, and build the per manent structures of same at a cost which the board estimated by (Turn to back page, please) Chemist Explains Fertilizer Value Dr. DeLoach, of Morris Fertilizer Co., Address ses Kiwanis Club The regular weekly luncheon of tfie Smithfield Kiwanis club was icld Thursday in the San-Gla-Sta • Lodge at Holt Lake. At this lunch- ^ -on about twenty-five or thirty Johnston county farmers were present. The feature of the eve ning was a very able and instruc tive address to the club and its ruests by Dr. DeLoach, chief chemist of the Morris Fertilizer company. President Geo. Y. Ragsdale call 'd on Mr. G. C. Cunningham, rep •esentative of Morris Fertilizer •ompany, to introduce D-. 3eLoach. Dr. DeLoach’s subject vas “Fertilizer.” His lecture was supremely instructive from start 1 o finish. He went into the analysis >f fertilizer and the make-up of he different kinds. He illustrated •y chart the cultivation of cotton md corn from its beginning. He tated that cotton is a plant that ieeds an early start and that cot on properly fertilized at the very >eginning makes the best cotton, fe said that if it was properly 1 reated at the beginning with a ligh type of fertilizer with plenty >f plant food in the fertilizer, that ; otton would mature thirty days ! arlier than cotton planted in the >ld way, and the same thing ap- j' dies to corn and any other farm >roducts. He made it clear that . lie higher type fertilizer with the ligher percentage of plant food s unquestionably the fertilizer to 1 ise In the higher grade quality ( :he sand is eliminated and the j reight on the sand from the point j >f origin to the point of destina ion. The actual chemical make-up | )f the higher plant food fertilizer causes the plant to mature more juickly bceause it gives the plant j it the start the very thing that j Mature gives, only more of it, so. i onsequently, the plant which has lad this kind of treatment at the )eginning naturally thrives. The ! speaker stated that cotton, corn >r any other agricultural product •ould be made much cheaper with he use of higher type fertilizer. (Turn to page five, please) r.VKES $125,000 POLICY ON FOUR VOLUMES Set of Biography of the Signers Most Carefully Guided By Owners. NEW YORK, March 8.—An in surance policy for $125,000 to ?over any damage by fire, collisi on or overturn of conveyance to four books which are daily being transported a distance of less than me hundred yards was taken out i yesterday by Harry F. Marks of 31 West Forty-Seventh Street on! four volumes comprising the “Bi ography of the Signers of the Dec- i laration of Independence,” which contain' the autogTaph signatures of each of the signers. The policy which is described as unique in insurance circles was is-; ?ued by the Federal Insurance i Company of 5 South William Street, Freck. Libby and Co., Inc., of 110 William Street, being the brokers. It includes liability for damage to the books while they are in transit each day between Mr. Marks’s place and the vaults of the Empire Trust Company at 15 West Forty-Seventh Street, a few doors away. The four volumes make up Copy 17 of the 160 copies of Sanderson’s Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” re vised and edited by Robert T. Conrad and published in 1865 by William Brotherhead. As far as is generally known, there are fewer than thirty com plete sets of the autographs of the signers, and the number in private hands is about ten. The others are in various libraries and museums, the New York Public Library having a set that is con sidered to be among the best of the collection. One complete set is in the Library fo Congress, hav ing been presented to the nation by J. Pierpont Morgan. Opens Court Here JUDGE W. C. HARRIS Delivers Charge To Grand Jury Judge Harris Comments Upon Condition and Points Out Duty of Grand Jury; P. H. Eth eridge Foreman A one week term of criminal j superior court for Johnston coun-1 y convened here yesterday about j ■leven o’clock, with Judge W. C. j Harris, of Raleigh, presiding, fudg-e Harris has just held a two veek’s civil term of court in John-1 ‘ton county, but this is the first criminal term over which Judge Jarris has presided since behing uade a judge. The grand jury *as impaneled, P. H. Etheridge, ){ Kenly, being made foreman. Judge Harris, then, proceeded | ;o deliver his charge to the jury j n which he called attention to j ertain conditions as he sees them.' minted out the sacred and honor able duty of the grand jury to in vestigate violations of the law in | lohnston county. Judge Harris stated that owing o an increasing* population ( in STorth Carolina, owing to a mul-1 iplicity of laws, and owing to oth-1 >r reasons, crime is on the increase | n this state, and that it is time ;omething should be done about it. j nstead of cataloging a number of I •emedies for the situation, Judge j darns stressed only one—more re- j snert. fnr t.Vie law ia I :ion of whether people like the aws or not. They have been writ ten and it is the duty of every citizen to obey them. It is the duty >f the court to enforce the law, I :ut is the duty of the people to assist the court. Jud^re Harris hinks the officers should receive more support from the public. Of ficers frequently pet criticism, and if deserved, all right, but too sel dom does the officer for doing his duty get a pat on the back with some such words as, “well, done, good and faithful servant.” J^dge Harris then reviewed the crimes that the grand jury will in all probability have to consider, mentioning the capital crimes first. There are too many homicides in North Carolina, thinks the judge, and one remedy would be more drastic laws protecting hu man life, among which might be laws regarding the carrying con cealed weapons. The judge paid his respects to mob violence, and the danger of persons taking the law into their own hands, and was particularly emphatic in his views concerning the violations of auto mobile laws. Careless and reck less driving is causing too many deaths, and the penalty for driv ing a motor vehicle while intoxi cated, in the opinion of the judge, should be such as not only to deter the offender himself, but to be a warning to any one else. Viola tions of prohibition laws, larceny of autos, and the bad check lav tame in for a share of considera tion, and attention was called tc the fact that magistrates must *e' port to the court 'concerning al criminal actions in a magistrate'* court. Judge Harris closed his charge with a commendation of the wel fare work in North Carolina, stat (Turn to back page, please) Co-ops Mailing Farmers Checks Nearly Forty Thousand Dollars Being Distribut ed Among Johnston County Farmers The North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association is making a distribution of approxi mately one and a quarter million dollars to its members who have cotton pooled in the short time pool, according to an announce ment recevied from association headquarters at Raleigh. Checks are being mailed as fast as they are written and it is expected that the distribution will be completed inside of 10 days. The distribution to members in Johnston county will amount to approximately $38, 187. The ^present distribution brings the price of all cotton to- 10 cents per pound, basis middling. About 50 per cent of the association re ceipts has been sold and if there is no radical change in the mar ket, it is likely that all cotton in the short time pool will be closed out and final settlement made to members some time in the early part of July as usual. Our sales up to this time have been very sat isfactory and unless there is a marked decline in the market our members can look forward to a very satisfactory settlement for cotton of the 1926 crop. While there has been no clamor from any member, or any group of members for a spring distribu tion, it is quite generally known that they are looking* forward to this payment very eagerly as a means for paying cash for Spring fertilizers. MISSION RALLY TO BE HELD AT WILSON The General Board of the Bap tist State Convention, of which Dr. Charles E. Maddfry, Raleigh, is the general secretary, is putting on several series of mission rallies throughout the state during March p.nd April with a view' to inform ing the Baptist people about the work of their denominational pro gram and of warming their hearts for more sacrificial service for the saviour. The rally in which the people of this section will be most vitally in terested will be the one to be held in the Wilson first Baptist church Tuesday, March 22 from 10:30 to 3 p. m. Dr. Samuel H. Templeman, pas tor of the First Baptist church cf Elizabeth City, who has led this church in a marvellous forward movement, will be one of the Other speakers from Baptist head quarters at Raleigh will be present. All the pastors and representa tive men and women from each of ♦ he Baptist churches of this sec tion are expected at this meeting. Dinner will be served at the church. BREAK INTO STORE Sunday night thieves broke in the store of Wallace Grocery com pany and carried away cigarettes, flour and other produce from the |store. Entrance was made through the back door, which was broken and the glass knocked out. It is said that an attempt was made to break into this store dur ing the recent snow, but the thieves were not successful in their ven ture. FIDDLERS CONVENTION There will be a fiddler's con vention at Aycock School, Wayne tonty, Saturday night, March 19. A Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters In the line below to spell the name of a person !n Smith field, and If the right one le ciphera his name and will pre sent It to The Herald office, we will present him with a com limentary ticket to the Vic tory Theatre. Ticket must be called for before the following issue. veeawinies Marvin Stephenson deciph ered his name last Issue.
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