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SMITHFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roil. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce 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 VOLUME 45—NO. 22 * * * SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1927 * * * $2.00 PER YEAi Restraining Order Proves Surprise Calls a Halt on Letting of Contract For New Municapl Building By Town Board of Com , missioners A restricting order taken out by R. C. Gillett threw a monkey wrench into the machinery already act in motion by the town board of commissioners for letting the con tract for a new municipal build ing here Wednesday. The town board had advertised for bids on the contract in out of town publi cations, and scarcely any Smith field citizens knew that the con tract was to be let so soon. Wed nesday had been set as the day for opening the bids, and seven teen bidders were present at a meeting called in the city clerk’s office Wednesday. Several of the bids had been opened when T. E. Talton, deputy sheriff, presented the restraining orders to the may or. The town attorney advised the continuance of opening the bids, although the contract could not be awarded. The three lowest bids on the construction and the four low est on heating and plumbing were f'led until Judge Harris shall have passed on the legality of the in junction at Jonesboro on April 4. The bids which were filed for future reference are as follows: On the construction- of building. Jewell Riddle company, $47,250; Jones Brothers and company. $44, 590; J. N. Bryan and Son, $46, 964. On heating J. L. Powers, $2,- ! COO; Charles W. Christian, $3,164. Plumbing, J. L. Powers, $1,735. Heating and plumbing, B. W. Sugg, $4,000. The proposed building as seen from the above bids would cost be tween $50,000 and $60,000. Th<* plans call for offices for town or- i ficials, a guardhouse, and a mov ing- picture theatre, from the rent el of the latter it is the intenion of the board to finance the proposi tion without cost to the taxpay ers. Bonds would bo issued and the | rents used to pay the interest and j provide a sinking fund. BISHOPS CRUSADE BEGINS MARCH 28TH The Bishop’s Crusade (evange listic services) will begin at St. Paul’s Episcopal church here on March 28 and continue until Ap ril 3. Services will be held every •light conducted by Rev. William A. Lillycrop, of (Hamlet. The public is cordially invited. A CARD OF THANKS To those who have been with «is in our bereavement and by kind words and kindly acts have tried to lessen our sorrow, we extend our sincere thanks. Family of J. A. WOODALL. Baptist Missionary Society. The Woman’s Missionary So ciety of the Baptist church will meet Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the church. Mrs. Paul Brown will read a paper on "Will a Man Rob God?” Matters of bus iness are to be discussed, and ev ery member is /earnestly urged to be present. Old Stuff. "I was out riding with Harld last night. He got lost and had to stop ’til he regained his benringsfl” “Don’t they have funny ex cuses ? ”. AUNT ROX1E SAYS— By Me— w “Doys monnio n hard wall; math' Shiuntin’ u soft job.” Such a Difference “Ain’t life wonderful?" smilingly opined Babe Ruth (above) as he ligned the $210,000 contract for three years of baseball. "Not so i food,” mumbled the same Mr. Ruth (below) as he scribbled his “George Herman” on his income tax report before starting south for the train ing season All Kenly School Bans Bad English “Good English Week” Culminates In a Play Consisting Of a Court Scene With Bad Eng lish As Defendant KENLY, Mar. lfi. “Good Enp: lush Week” was observed through out the grades in the Kenly school last week. Quite a number of post ers bearing such slogans as “Let the light of Good English guide your way”; “Chase ‘ain’t’ and have a clean vocabulary”; “Talk, don’t jabber"; “Enlarge your vocabu lary,” and “We belong to the home of good English” were in evidence in the halls and rooms serving to remind every one of the problem at hand. Many of the grades had question boxes in which errors which had been observed and corrected were placed. Others found that tagging created inter est and effort. In Miss D ebb if Bailey s second prude, the three pupils observing and correcting the most errors were g-iven badges. The following were the winners: Rebecca Fui ghum, 58; Kathleen Barnes, 49; Wildon Evans, 42. (The figures in dicate the errors corrected). In a similar contest in Miss Elizabeth Brocks’s sixth grade, Mozelle Stan cil was the winner. In Miss Hanna Pear 1stine’s seventh grade particu larly good work was done in the poster line. In this grade, too, a play emphasizing the importance iof good English written by Hazel Phillips, and a poem showing the value of correctly spoken and written English composed by Per cell Barnes showed that much thought had been given the sub j ject. 1 At chapel exercises on Wednes day morning, Rev. W. T. Evans in his usual forceful style made a timely talk on the topic. During the course of his remarks he stressed as an aid to correct Eng lish the advantage <*f having at hand and using constantly the dic t ionary. A very fitting climax to the ob servance of the week was a play given in chapel on Tuesday morn ing of this week by the junior class in which the importance of making war on bad English was emphasized. The play consisted of a court scene in which the case of Kenly high school vs. Bad English came up. The plaintiff set forth to prove that had English was guilty of certain charges brought against him and. urged the court to issue an order expelling the de (Turn to back page, please) Erect Dwelling In A Week’s Time Home of R. V. Brown is J Burned and Neignbors Cut Logs and Build House |Within a Week Mrs. W. F. Brown writes from Selma, route 2 that the recent fire loss sustained by R. V. Brown, has indeed proved the brotherly love >f that entire community, neigh boring communities, and towns, for which Mr. Brown and his fam ily are profoundly thankful. On last Friday night, the dwell ng of Mr. Brown was complete ly destroyed by fire, but his neighbors have come to his res cue and if nothing unforeseen oc mrs, he will move into a new res idence today, built in just one week’s time. A citizen of Smithfield who was driving one day this week along the highway on which the new house is located, became attracted by a large crowd of workmen busy building a house. He stopped to inquire why tjiere were so many on the job and found that the neighbors of Mr. Brown had gone into the woods, cut down trees, hauled them to a sawmill, had cut the lumber and on that day had j the erection of a four room house well under way. It is said that as many as fifty at a time have been on the job. Mr. Brown is a good citizen and | his friends realize his worth, show ing their esteem by rendering def- j inite service in a time of need. Baptist To Hold Mission School Dr. John W. Lowe, Mis sionary to China to Speak Here Nights Dur ing Week of April 17th to 24th April 17-24 will bo a week of unusual interest to the Baptists of Johnston county. The interest will center in the visit of Dr. John W. Lowe, one of the outstanding missionaries of the Southern Bap tist Convention, who has spent many years in China, and who as a speaker never fails to stir the hearts of his hearers. He will spend the week named in Johnston county, speaking twice a day. Dur ing the week he will speak each night at the Smithfield Baptist church, which hHs planned a school of Missions to continue during the [week and possibly into the follow ing week. The executive committee of the Johnston association, leam |ing of the coming of Dr. Lowe, arranged for a series of all-day rallies over the county at central points, with Dr. Lowe as the prin cipal speaker. Besides him. Miss I Gertrude Mattison, W. M. U. field I worker in the Johnston association will be a leading speaker. Other speakers will be announced later. The rallies will likely be held at Clayton, Kenly, Pine Level, Four Oaks, and possibly another point or two, the daily program in the Smithfield church being the cen tral attraction. All churches in the county are invited to send repre sentatives to the training school in Smithfield during* the week, and to as many of the rallies as possible. A leading attraction in the night sessions will be the steropticon pic tures brought by Dr. Lowe from China. FREEWILL BAPTIST REVIVAL Interest grows with each service of the revival meetings now in progress at the Freewill Baptist church. The spacious new church was practically filled on Wednes day evening, the third day of the revival. Rev. S. H. Styron, of Pine Level, who is doing the preaching, is an able minister, and at each service presents the truth in a plain and forceful manner. The singing is under the direction of Mr. C. J. Thomas, is live and evan gelistic and adds a great deal to each meeting*. The public is cor dially invited to altond every ser jvice. Forsythe Case Is Put 01 f For Term Illness of Solicitor Causes Other Cases To Be Con. tinued; Janies Rogers Colored, Acquitted In Murder Trial A docket of sixty-six cases list ed on the calendar for the March term of criminal Superior court, at the close of the fourth day, found less than a dozen cases call ed to trial. Solicitor Clawson Wil liams was taken too ill td be in court Wednesday, and a number of the cases around which center ed considerable interest was con tinued until the next term of court. Among these were the cases in which Robert Separk. Evelyn Britt and R. H. Stephen son are charged with both mur Jer and violation of the prohibition law’s. The murder charge is gen erally referred to as the “For sythe” case. Also the trial of Geo. Ferrell, and Taft Boykin, charged with the murder of Alfred Rich ardson, a Wilder township negro, in which quite a number of witnesses had been summoned was continued for the term. Superior court resumed its de liberations here Tuesday morning at ten o’clock taking up the case, State vs. William Whitaker, a col ored man of Clayton, charged with assault, where it left off Monday afternoon. Several more witnesses vere examined and r. H. Brooks, attorney for the defendant., and Solicitor Williams argued the case before the jury. After being* out some little time the jury brought a verdict of guilty. A plea for mercy was made in consideration “f the fact that the defendant had never been in any trouble before and was as a rule a well-behaved ’itizen, and Judge Harris pro nounced a sentence of only six months on the roads. The next case to be tried was :hat of the State vs. Worth Mc Leod, a young negro charged with breaking into a store in the Ar ’her Lodge section some time last December and getting money, cig arettes and tobacco. Two young Flowers brothers, who operated the ^tore, were the prosecuting- wit nesses. The defendant who denied the charge, had no lawyer nor any witnesses and the court gave him the privilege of questioning the witnesses put up by the State. In the evidence it was brought out that he had been convicted of a serious crime before this charge. The jury had had the case only a brief time when it brought in a cerdict of guilty. He was sentenc ed to fifteen months on the road. The State vs. Zeb Jones, of Clayton, charged with assault upon his wife, was begun and several witnesses put on the stand before the court adjourned at one o’clock for lunch. At 2:30 the court re assembled and the case was called and a non-suit was allowed. Various cases were then called, one after another being either con tinued until the next term of court or set aside for another date. Finally two murder cases—the state vs. M. C. Blue and the state vs. James Rogers, both defendants being negroes of Kenly charged with the murder of Ella May Blue —were tried together. By a few minutes of five o’clock the evidence was all in. but argument of the case was waived until Wednesday morning at 9:30 when the court was tailed to resume its work. Wednesday morning more wit nesses were put on the stand, and upon hearing* all the evidence the court threw out the case against M. C. Blue. Rogers was charged Turn to page five, please CON FEI> EH ATE V ETS WILL TAKE NOTICE All Confederate veterans in Johnston county who wish to attend the reunion to be held in Tampa, Fla., beginning Ap ril 5th are requested to make application to the register of deeds for free transportation. These applications must be in by April 1. SMITH FIELD SELECTS QUEENS FOR EXPOSITION j Smithfield will be represent- ! ed by two queens, a junior and a senior queen, at the East Car olina Exposition to be held in Rocky Mount April 4.-8. Miss Ruby Woodall, who holds a po sition with the Farmers Bank & Trust company, has been se lected as Smithfield’s senior queen, while Miss Nell Morgan Broadhurst has been chosen as the junior queen. The introduc tion and voting on junior queens will take place on Wednesday afternoon of exposition week. There will be cash prizes of twenty-five dollars, fifteen dol lars, and ten dollars for each of the winners. The first intro duction of representatives in the queens’ contest will be on Monday afternoon at three o’clock. A diamond ring is the award for the winner in the senior queens’ contest. Sale Of Austin’s Entire Lot of Merchandise Brings $33,070—Ira A. Watson & Co., Highest Bidders A sale which created quite a bit of interest took place here Tuesday when the merchandise belonging; to Austin's, Inc., and the Austin Stephenson company was sold at public auction under bankruptcy procedings. Bidders were here from the larger towns in this state and from Atlanta, Ga., Knoxville, Tenn. Philadelphia, Baltimore and other large cities. The sale began at 11 o’clock and continued until two in the afternoon. Sealed bids had been received prior to the sale, bpt were rejected. The goods in the various depart ments of the store were first sold separately, I. Bloomberg, of Phil adelphia, buying the shoe depart ment for a consideration of $5,100; S. Friedman, of Danville, bidding in the groceries at $7,200; H. G. Gray, the men’s clothing for $7,G00’ W. J. Huntley, the dry goods for $4,550; Heath and Hamilton, of Monroe, the wagons for $300; and J. E. Woodall, the ready to wear and millinery for. $2,625. These sales totaled $27,375. The entire contents of the store were then put up and sold as a |whole. The highest bid, $33,070, was made by Ira C. Watson and company, of Knoxville, Tenn., and the required money was deposited, „the sale being subject to the con firmation of the court. The Ira C. Watson company is the owner of several chain stores, jit is not known whether the local store will be opened and the mer chandise sold here or whether the goods will be moved to some other town for disposal. It has been ru mored, however, that the merchan dise will be sold here. Among the items not included in the merchandise purchased by Ira A. Watson and company were two mules and a Corbett truck. Stevens and Ogburn bid in the truck while P. A. Holland and | Kirby Rose boug*ht the mules. Of South Carolinian Here. Mr. Joe P. Fisher, of Spartan burp, S. S., was in the city IVIon cfay. While the city Mr. Fisher Mated that he wanted to keep up I with the doing of Johnston county and Simithfield and the only way to do this successfully was through the Herald. We’re glad to enlist Mr. Fisher as one of our many readers M. E. Missionary Society. The devotional meeting of the Methodist missionary society will be held Monday afternoon at the church at three o’clock. After the program which will be led by Mrs. J. A. Wellons, an “apron social” will he held in the basement. Mem bers are asked to bring their so cial service reports. House In Flames Before Discovered Home of J. Ruffin Bar bour Burned Tuesday; Afternoon; Practically Everything Lost Tuesday afternoon about sunset, Mr. J. Ruffin Barbour, who lives on the farm of Mr. W. S. Smith in Elevation township, lost his home and practically everything in it by fire which apparently originat ed near the chimney between the ceiling* and top of the house. The family was eating supper when one of the children went into the front part of the house for something and came back scream ing. The family rushed out of the kitchen to find the ceiling falling through in the front bedroom. Re membering that the baby was asleep in that room, Mr. Barbour rushed to the door but wras knock ed down by the smoke and flames. Groping his way to the cradle he found it on fire. The baby was ly ing on the bed and he managed to get to him but falling debris again knocked him down. Finally seizing the baby and wrapping a quilt about him, Mr. Barbour succeeded in getting out of the room. One side of the baby’s face was blis tered and Mr. Barbour’s hair was singed, but they escaped serious in jury. By that time neighbors began te arrive, but the house being practi cally in flames before the fire was discovered, nearly all the furnish ings were lost. One mattress, a sheet and quilt, two chairs, a small stand, of lard, and some flour were saved. All the wearing apparel of •the family was lost. There are nine children in the family. There was some insurance on the house. A new porch had just been built, it having been finished the day of the fire. None of the outbuilding-3 were burned. Mr. Barbour has spent all his life in the Smith school section, where his upright living and his fearless stand for right principles are re cognized by all in his community. His neighbors immediately went to his rescue and have given him clothing for his family and furni ture and other necessary things for keeping house, besides cash donations. He expects to move into a nearby house today. Sunday school 9:30—beginnnig on time. Sermon by the pastor at |11 a. m. on “Our Church Cove nant.” Every member is urged to be present. Intremediate B. Y. P. U. 6:46. 7:30 worship and ser mon by the pastor. Cordial in vitation to all services. Baptist Church. Down the Potomac |^lTQC*.STgfct' Quite often now you will read oi the President, Mrs. Coolidge and friends being aboard the “May flower” on week-end vacations. Hero U the start of the first cruise, as the “Mayflower'' faired south. , Marsh 5. 3 . - fL HOW MANY WOULD BE SO HONEST? An unusual circumstance was brought to light at the meeting of the county hoard of com missioners at their special meet ing held here Monday. Several months ago Walter Manuel, a colored man of this city, applied to Mrs. Thurston, county wel fare officer, for help in bury ing some of his relatives who j had died. It seems that the rela tive had died several days be fore and was still out of the ground because no one had let him have the funds to defray the expenses of the burial. The matter was presented to the county commissioners and the county furnished the coffin. Re. cently Walter Manuel came into the possession of some proper ty. Whether much or little it is not known, but the surprising thing is that on last Monday he went before the county board and paid $12.50, the price the county places on pauper cofffins. New Officers Of Woman’s Club Annual Report of the Treasurer Makes Fine Showing; Delegates To State Meeting in Dur ham The election of officers for the :oming year and the annual report >f the treasurer were the outstand ng features of the March meeting >f the Woman’s club held WTed lesday afternoon at the club room. The following are now officers of he club: president, Mrs. W:. N. dolt; vice-president, Mrs. W. D. Hood; recording secretary, IVjrs. W. M. Sanders, Jr.; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. M. Noble; treas urer, Mrs. G. F. Lattimore; chair nan of civics departmnet, Mjrs. d. C. Hood; chairman of literary iepartment, Mrs. J. H. Kirkman; •hairman of home economics, Miss Ruth Jones; chairman of music, VIrs. John W7hite Ives; chairman of he library department, Mrs. N. M. Lawrence, with Mrs. J. W. Steph enson and Mrs. W. H. Byrd as as sistants; chairman of social serv ce, Mrs. J. W. Davis; editor, Mrs. d. B. Marrow. The amount of mony eraiscd .hrough the club activities during :he year just ended totals $1305.27. ind the disbursements for the year amounted to $1097.55. Of the sum paid out, $325 was paid to the Building and Loan association for | shares taken for prospective build- j ing, and $200 went to furnish a room at the Johnston county hos pital. The club has 105 members now an roll which membership entitles the club to two delegates to the state federation meeting besides the president. The delegates elect ed Wednsday were Mrs. A. H. Rose and Mrs. G. F. Lattimore. with Mrs. W. D. Hood and Mrs. H. C. Hood as alternates The meeting this year will be held in Durham CAROLIN A SERENAUERS SIGN WITH KING COLE COMEDIANS DOUGLAS, Ga., Mar. 15.—John nie Bishop has booked his Carolina Serenaders with the King Cole Comedians, a rep. show under can vas, playing in this territory. The Serenaders, featuring Joe Mahler, drummer and entertainer, is one of the strongest in the rep. busi ness. The band has an especially constructed pit and plays for dances after the show each night. The orchestra's roster includes Johnnie Bishop, leader, piano; Ed die Henderson, ban joist; Joe Mah ler, drums and entertainer; Mar vin Williams, saxes and clarinet; A1 Johnson, trumpet; “Duke” Fos ter, saxes; Frank Collier, trom bone, and "Ikey” Walters, sousa phone.—The Billboard. NOTE—Mr. Joe Mahler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mahler of this city. He has shown musi cal talent from childhood. The bread trust is not the onlj one concerned about dough. Revival At The Methodist Churc Scheduled To Begin April 3rd; Pastor, R D. E. Earnhardt, V Do the Preaching Beginning on April 3 there ^ be a revival of religion held at Centenary Methodist church. 3 preaching will be done by the p tor and the congregational sing; will be led by I. W. Medlin. Th< will be special vocal and inst) > mental numbers given by 1V. :hoir each night. The subjects for the sernn will be divided into three gene beads: 1. Saving the Home; 2. Sa ing* the Community; 3. Saving t Individual. For the first week of the revi’ ?ach service will be divided ii two parts. The first part of 1 service will contain the serir and the song service. The otl part will be a round table discu ion on the general subject, “W! Joes it mean to be a Christian' It has been customary here several churches to call off serv for special programs, such as ‘ Rev. Mr. Earnhardt in regard ' this makes the following st: ment: “Of course we want of r denominations to attend, and ?hall open our doors and our h< to them, but we do not wish f.»r them to break into their own st : . ices because of one we have. Th are people enough in Smithfield fill every church here to overfir ing, and one should not theref • have to call off services to give ‘ other a crowd. I mention this advance so the other churches the city will be able to go ah . with their own plans for sen without feeling that they are < respectful to us.” Centenary Methodist Church (l). E. Earnhardt. Pastor) Sunday school at 9:30, T. < Young superintendent. Preach at 11 and 7:30 by the pastor. Sub ject for the morning, “How ca; Good God allow his people to suf fer?” Subject for the even: “Christians and Ctoss bearin ■ This subject for the evening ser. ice was requested by one of r members in response to the p tor’s recent invitation to hand subjects. Epworth League Monday ( ning at 7:30. Prayer meeting W nesday evening* at 7:30. Sub; “What does the Bible teach al the Judgment Day?” Legion Auxiliary Meets. The American Legion Auxili met Tuesday afternoon with new president. Miss Ryth Joi At this meeting it was decided put on a membership drive : the following committee was ; pointed to work out plans for drive: Mrs. Layton McGug chairman, Mrs. Carlton Steph son, Mrs. J. H. Fitzgerald, M T. C. Ogburn, and Mrs. W. M. S ders, Sr. Each member was a ed to win a new member bef< the next meeting which will held on April 11. MEETING CALLED OFF The physical culture class of Business and Professional W en’s elub, which meets ev* • Tuesday and Thursday even will not be held Thursday n on account of the Kiwanis 1 quet which will be served in he Woman’s club room at that The next class meeting will held on Tuesday ni^ht. A Tantalizer There ere exactly enough S*t ters in the line below to »: the name of a person In Sm; field, and if the right one ciphers his name and will p sent it to The Herald office, will present him with a cc limentary ticket to the \ tory Theatre. Ticket most called for before the follow ; issue. Vance Lewi* recognibed i name last issue. owhrnoodesawr