SMITIIFIELD NEEDS: Daily Meat and Milk Inspection Bigger Pay Roll. A Modern Hotel Chamber of Commerce VOLUME 45—NO. 23 JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS County Farm Agent Better Roads Feeding Highwaj Equal Opportunity for Ever. School Child Better Marketing System More Food and Feed Crops $2.00 PER YE/' 1 Terminate Adam! And Keene Case? Defendants Plead Guilty; Ad ams Given Year in State Prison; Keen Fined The case against W. T. Adams, former register of deeds of .John ston county, charged with cm lezzlement, and J. A. Keen, for mer county auditor, charged with neglect of official duty, were ter minated here on Saturday just a' the close of the March term id •Superior court, by the defendants going into open court and enter ing a pica of guilty on the bills of indictment. Mr. Adams was repre sfitted by Judge Brooks, while Mi Keen had no counselor at all. How ever, several members of the bat were present and practically all of them interceded in Mr. Keen's behalf. Tho court in passing sen fence on the two men expressed the opinion that the mental suf fering of the two men had been great and should mitigate any • entence that should be imposed at this time. Mr. Adams was sen tenced to one year in the state prison, term beginning yesterday. Mr. Keen was fined $50 and tax ed with the cost of the action against him. Uther casts disposed of not al ready reported are as follows: William Henry Morris, a white man of Boon Hill township, was placed on trial on Thursday for tho larceny of some leaf tobacco and was acquitted by the verdcit of the jury. M. C. Blue, the negro from Kenly whose wife. Ella May Blue, was killed in an affray about the first day of Febwimy i i the town of Kenly, was tried on Friday for an assault with a shotgun, and was found guilty. He wav sen tenced to "‘jail for four months to be assigned to work on the roads of Johnston county. Addie Lee King, a white woman of Pine Level who parades the land under three or four alias j names, was tried on Saturday for | forgery, found guilty, and sen tenced to a term of six months in jail to be released in the discre tion of the county superintendent of public welfare. Frank Anderson, a young white man of Clayton, who had abetted in fort ry with Addie Leo King, was tried, convicted and sentenc ed to a term of six months in jail to be assigned to work the roads of Johnston county. DEBATE AT COLORED SCHOOL On the date of March 25, the Johnston County Training School versus Goldsboro High School. Both .schools are members of the high school debating league. This is the first time these schools have had the chance to display their ability as debaters in this league. Special reserved seats for white people. At 8 p. m. Admission 25 cents. DR. T. L. GINN DEAD Friends here will regret to learn of the sudden death of I)r. T. L. Ginn, of Goldsboro, which occurr ed yesterday morning about 11:30 o’clock at his office. Dr. Ginn mar ried Miss Bertha Stevens, a daugh ter of the late W. S. Stevens, of this city, lie was apparently in his usual health, he and Mrs. Ginn having attended the Sunday school training school held in Goldsboro last week. The funeral will be held this afternoon at five o’clock. To cure insomnia, get a job as night watchman. AUNT ROxTeSAYS— 3y Me— “A line uv help iz better ban page uv explanation.” NEW CLEVELAND SCHOOL HOUSE nils BUILDING takes the place of throe former school buildnigs of Clevela d township. The pic ure from which the cut was made was furnished by Mr. A. M. Johnson, who takes considerable in terest in the school. Essay Contest In Cleveland School Redford Williams Writes Best Essay on Cleveland Consol idated School The new school building in the j Cleveland school district, which i has the distinction of being the; only school district that coincides ; with the township, has been the j subject of essays written by pu pils of the high school, and which were placed in the hands of judges . to select the best for publication. The committee selected the one written by Redford Williams as the best, but honorable mention was given Louise Wood and Wil bur Wright. The prize article by i Redford Williams is a follows: 4*We, the students of Cleveland : -chool, think it our duty and take pleasure in telling the people out ride of the community of our new consolidated school. There were only three schools in Cleveland township, and they were all con solidated into one school which is Cleveland. These schools were Mount Zion, Shiloh and Polenta. About ten years ago the people of Cleveland township tried to get a consolidated school, but so many opposed it that it was a failure. Instead of getting a consolidated school, Polenta school house was built. One year ago the school spir it was aroused again. This time there were more for it than there were against it, so the majority ruled and today we have a con f.olidatdc chool in Cleveland town snip. After getting the school, Un people of the community selector! throe men for the committee of the school. The committeemen arc: Mr. F. M. Weeks, Mr. P. W. Bar ber, and Mr. C. Williams These and all other men of the commun ity take inlcr-st in and help the school all they can. With the help of the county hoard of education which is composed of W. G. Wli on, J. W. Woodard and P. B. John son, and Mr. H. B. Marrow, coun ty superintendent, we hope and believe that the school will he a g-reat success. Mr. Marrow and the committee men were lucky in selecting the faculty. The faculty is made op of seven, six ladies and the princi pal, Mr. J. O. Terrell, of Jackson county. The faculty has proven to he exactly what the school needs. As a location for the school, five acres of land were bought in the center of the township. The grounds are :..■ t yet in good con dition, hut in ene ye ir it will be improved and fixed for all kind of athletics. The building has six teen tar,,a class rooms and a large auditorium that will seat five hun dred people. We do not have any use for all the building at the present time, but if the population of the township continues to in crease as it has for the past few months, we can use the entire building. As it is the first year, the building is not very well equip which is around one hundred thous | f Turn to page four, please Fire Destroys Frame Building At County Home 5 Miles of This City; Local Fire De partment Saves Other Bldgs. The fire siren called the fire i company to the county home about five miles from this city, Sunday night about ten o’clock. One of the fgur-room wooden buildings j used by the white inmates before 1 the erectioji of the new brick home, was totally destroyed by fire, but the fire company rendered valua ble assistance in preventing any of the other buildings from burn ing. It was necessary to keep wet' what is known as the “crazy” house, and the barns at one time were in danger. Two negroes had been given rooms in the building on Saturday. Some furniture and a few other things were lost in the fire. A large crowd finally gathered, a number of Smithfield citizens be side the fire company being among those who went. The fire wagon spread the news of fire as it made the quick trip to the scene and the crowd was augmented by those living on the road. The building was an old one, and the loss is probably not a great amount. ENGLISH EXTENSION CLASS TO MEET NEXT FRIDAY Dr. B. B. Lane, who conducts an extension'class in English here each week, wishes to announce that he will meet his class as us ual next Friday. He was unable to come last week on account of ill ness with influenza. SOPH ROMA'S WEDDING A play. Sophronia’s Wedding, will be given in Princeton high school auditorium on Friday eve ning. March 25 at 8 o’clock If you are looking for a real evening’s pleasure you can’t afford to miss it. Come bring others. Admission 15 and 25 cent*;. Thieves Raid Shoe (iet A Dozen Pairs Shoes. Ten Pounds of Candy, Bananas and Cigarettes. During* hte past several weeks Smithfield has been visited by an epidemic of housebreaking and robberies. At intervals of every few nights some store or dwelling or filling station has been entered and money or merchandise carried away. Sometimes several “o? these burglaries take place on a single night. Sunday night about eight o’clock thieves entered the Shoe Hospital from the side and rear windows and carried away a supply of the contents of the building. Accord ing to Mr. ,1. W. Phillips, the pro prietor of the shop, about twelve pairs of shoes, ten pounds of candy, four dozen bananas and four dollars worth of cigarettes were taken. Other thing** may be missed later. Entrance was made through windows, which \\Vre j broken out. The thieves have not been ap prehended. AUSTIN'S STORE TO The sale of the stock of mer chandise formerly owned by Aus tin’s. Inc., and the Austin-Steph enson company, which took place here on March 15, has been con firmed by the court. The Ira A. Watson company of Knoxville, Tenn., was the successful bidder. Mr. Watson has arrived in the city and is making preparations for opening* the store at an early date, an announcement of which will be made in Friday’s issue. Watch for the advertisement in the next issue. Though farmers of Union coun ity saved about 3,000 bushels of jlespedeza seed last season, they • gave orders for a car of seed for i February delivery. BE OPENED SOON Here is a test of memory, intelligence, and general knowledge, that will provide fun and entertainment for all by giving you an opportunity to test your knowledge in competition with others. These questions will cover a wide range of information. How many of them can you answer without seeking recourse to the encyclopedia or dictionary. J. What heroine of Boccaccio and Chaucer is remembered foi lier patient obedience to her hus band ? 2. What is the Lucy Stone League ? 3. What slogan is used in ad vertising* Maxwell House coffee? 4. Who draws th ©“S'Matter, Fop” comic? 5. Who did the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nicho las Long-worth, marry? G. What English nurse was ex i eeuted in Brussels by the Germans ..... . . on October 18, 1915? Why? 7. What well-known American boxer has had his nose remodeled by plastic surgery? 8. What two of the most fam ous film stars are married to each other? 9. What woman is famous for making millions of dollars in Wall Street? 10. What woman scientist has (Contributed much to our knowl edge of radium? (Answers found on page 8) Haynes Suddenly Makes Getaway Man Charged With Shooting Harry Baucom Disappears Before Trial Ends The disappearance of Monk Haynes, charged in the Superior court with shooting Harry Bau eom, was the rcr.ration of the criminal term of court which clos ed here Saturday at noon. The Haynes trial on Friday had pro ceeded far enough for all the ev idence to be in, and the lawyers were ready to argue the case Sat urday morning, but the defendant faiiing to show up, Judge Harris withdrew the Haynes jury. The outstanding case of the term was the case in question which grew out of a controversy between Harry Baucom and Haynes which had its beginning on the night of February 14 th, resulting two nights later in a serious fight be tween the two men. The case went to trial after j the noon recess on Friday, and was hotly contested by both the state and the defendant. Haynes went before the court with the defense that the shooting which he did and has never denied was done in self-defense, claiming that there was bad blood and threatsj between him and Baucom. The j basis of the disagreement, Haynes! claimed, was that he was trying to make Baucom desist from night riding with one of his wife’s sis oaucom on ine otner hand claim ed that Haynes had a grudge against him of which he could not explain and claimed that Haynes attacked him without provocation in his room on the night of Febru ary lGth, attacking him with a pistol loaded with four bullets. I: was in evidence that Baucom had three bullet wounds—two in the left arm and one in the abdomen —and that Haynes was severely beaten oveh the head by some very damaging weapon in Baucom’s hands. According to Haynes’s con tention, thi- was a pair of brass knucks, while Baucom claimed that the wounds were inflicted by Haynes’s pistol which he had wrested from Haynes’ hands after the shooting had stopped. Both Haynes and Baucom made a poor showing on the witness stand as to reputation. It was dis closed that Baucom had been in jail in Smithfield and in Raleigh for non-support of his wife and four children who reside in Harn ett county. He also admitted hav ing deserted the army and serv ing a sentence under court mar tial for this desertion. Haynes ad mitted that he had no particular employment. He stated that he had been in courts for gambling and once when being crowded by offi cers, he deserted a car loaded with whiskey. 1 here were several witnesses examined on both sides of this case but none of the testimony made any substantial change in the contentions of the two par ties, and these are the facts that were to have been argued to the jury on Saturday morning. When Saturday morning came, however, Haynes, who was under a $1,000 bond did not report back to court for a conclusion of the case. He was called and failed, and judg ment ni si sci fa and capias was ordered. The case on Friday was hard fought and every point of law and •evidence was cautiously covered. The state was represented by act ing solicitor, W. H. Lyon and F. H. Brooks, while Haynes was rep resented by Abell and Shepard, with Mr. Abell directing the de tense. When Haynes was called nnd failed on Saturday, Col. Abell announced his withdrawal from the suit and stated in open court that he would not again appear for the defendant. Unc(?r these conditions, the court directed that the jury be withdrawn and judg ment of mistrial was entered. Rutherford county farmers art preparing to store their sweet po tato crops. One 3,000-bushel houst will be built at Ellenboro; one o1 12,000 bushel capacity at Foresi City and four 1,000-bushel house: are planned for other sections oJ the county. i! Grand Jury Files Complete Report Recommends Rural Traffic Officer for County; Also Re pairing Houses at Co. Home The grand jury which was im paneled Monday morning with P. H. Etheridge of Ken'ly as fore man, had a full week’s work ad journed Friday. After perform ing the regular duties of the grand jury, that body offered to the court several recommendations of county-wide interest among which was the suggestion that a deputy sheriff be appointed as a full time rural traffic officer. It is also the wish of this body that the two frame buildings at the county home be repaired to the end that indigent tubercular patients be made comfortable. The report in detail as present ed to the court is as follows: To His Honor Judge W. C. Har ris: Me, the Grand Jurors at the March 1927 term of court beg leave to file the following report: We have examined all bills of indictment sent to us and proper ly disposed of them. We have investigated all mat ters presented to us and made such disposition of same as the circumstances indicted. W*e have, in a body, visited the county home, the stockade and the jail. We find the inmates of the county home well provided and properly cared for. We talked with the inmates and inspected their quarters and we take pleasure in commending the keeper, Mr. Ar thur Hinton, and his good wife fur their*kind and considerate at tention to those citizens of the county who on account of misfor tune have found it necessary to make their home in the county home; we visited the various con vict camps in the county and find! that the prisoners are well fed j and seem to be as centented with j their lot as could be expected un- j der the circumstances. We espec- j ially commend Mr. John Rackley.! the efficient superintendent of the j roads, in the interest taken by him in the welfare of those' unfortu nates who are serving road sen tences. We have visited the jail1 and found it to be in splendid con dition, sanitary and clean, and the prisoners confined there all spoke in the highest terms of the treat ment they were receiving at the hands of Mr. Daughtry, the jailor. He seems interested in the wel fare of the prisoners and has been very considerate of their interests. We have visited the various offices in the courthouse and have inspect ed the records and find them to be well and neatly kept. The of ficers then J elves, were very courteous and attentive, and ren acred every assistance to us in making our inspection. Mr. Rose and his corps of helpers in the clerks office have their l/ecords in splendid condition; Mr. Barnes, our efficient Register of deeds, has his office in excellent condition; the sheriff’s office is functioning splendidly. We found his records well and neatly kept and his work properly attended to; the auditor's joffice was visited and we found all |the records there in splendid con dition. Mrs. Thurston, the very ac tive welfare officer, gave the grand jury a very frank and full report land we found her office to be a ■•very active one is meeting her re quirements and responsibilities, We visited the treasurer’s office and found his records well and neatly kept. We made a careful inspec tion of the office of Mr. H. B Marrow, county superintendent and we especially commend him for his splendid and accurate rec ords that he is keeping of the ed ucational work in the county. He was very courteous and anxious to give all information desired and we find his office in excellen condition and commend him am his co-workers for the splendie progress of the educational facil ities in Johnston county. Every of ficial with whom we have come ii contact has been anxious to giv us the full benefit of informatioi relative to his office. We recommend that the tw frame buildings ,at the count; (Turn to page four please) Asks One Million National Above is Aaron Sapiro, original r of the Farmers’ Co-operativr Marketing Plan, plaintiff against! Henry Ford in a $1,000,000 libefl suit, for a statement in the Dear I horn Independent which charged that he was in “a conspiracy or bankers who seek to control th«j food markets of the world.” No Sensation Yet The Million Dollar Libel Suit Against Henry Ford Brings Crowds to Detroit Court. DETROIT, MichL, Mar. 19,— Crowds that daily have tried to •‘crash the gates” at the trial of the SI.000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford present a serious prob' lem to court attaches as the time for Ford’s appearance on the witness stand draws near. Although the proceedings thus far have not been of a sensation al nature, there has been a spirited fig-ht each session for the seats. No injuries have been reported in jams at each door, but dotes have suffered. Aaron Sapiro, who claims his reputation as an organizer of co operative farmers organizations was injured by articles in the Dearborn Independent, has been the only one of the principals reg ularly in court. Sitting quietly behind his attor ney, the black-haired plaintiff has had little to say other than to ad vise from time to time with his lawyer. \V. J. Cameron, editor of the Independent, and F. D. Black, its business manager, have attend ed more or less regularly, Camer on being the first on the witness Ford-Sapiro Senator Jamse A. Reed, of Mis souri. brought the first bit of ac tion to the trial in his open state ment for Ford. Glancing over his glasses with indignation as he charged failures and consequent loss of millions of dollars throug-h Sapiro-organized associations, smiling sardonically as he told of! promises made by the Chicago at torney and resorting to mockery in quoting from speeches of Sa piro, the veteran Senator held the undivided attention of the jury and packed room. Reed jabbed back savagely at limes following repeated interrup tions by W. Henry Gallagher, Sa piro’s counsel. Stopped by the at torney. as he was referring to the Tri-State Tobacco Association, Senator Reed shot out: “Fra certain I did not cover this ground before, and I’m going to do it in half the time you take up with objections.” Cameron, who was on the stand but a few minutes yesterday be fore court adjourned, was able to answer only a few of Mr. Galla gher’s questions. The battery of Ford counsel were on their feet .it every question as to what Ford and his editors had discussed in conferences over the polciy of the paper. The editor did say, however, that Ford did not impose his views ' on the staff, giving as an instance that Ford rgeards Russia lenient ly while the Independent opposes i Bolshevism. ‘ “Did Mr. Ford ever discuss ar i international banking ring?” ask ed the plaintiff counsel. Reply waj > shut off by Ford’s attorneys 7 Phrased in different ways, th< (Turn to page four please) New Law Fixii Fees In Johns Provision Of Legisia Act In Regard To Of Sheriffs And stables Senator Canaday, in comp! . vnth a request from the H i ’or a resume of legislation p >y the General Assembly t ng Johnston County, has furr his paper with copies of two Oili*. Jne, an act to enlarge the • , >ership of the County Board • Education from three to wfl nembers, has already been ished in these columns. The s the bill entitled “An act rees of sheriffs and constab - Johnston County.” The p ons of this bill are as follow Section 1. That sheriffs •onstables in Johnston C* ;hall receive the following f- • Arrest of a person indicted !r •luding all services connected with he taking and justification f )ail, two dollars. Going for and conveying pr - it to jail, five cents per mile »ch -vay, and expense of guard and )ther expenses of conveying - >ners to jail, or from one jd: mother for any purpose, or 1 any place of punishment, or to a; . • r before a court of justice of peace in another county. Executing suboena on a wit./ sixty cents. Executing summons or other writ or notice, one dollar. For every execution, either in civil or criminal cases, two ars. For collecting execution for m* ey in civil actions, five per cur'- r*r* the amount collected to the am •> of two hundred dollars, and ! and one-half per cent on the 1 ance. For seizing property in claim nrsc delivery proceedings, two dollars' For levying a judgment, twt dollars. Sec. 2. That all laws and claus es of law in conflict with thi are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That this act shall in force from and after its ratJ fication. NEW CONCERN FOR Cl The following certificate ■£ corporation was issued Th» -day, t March 17th in the office of W. V. Everett, Secretary of State “Smithfield Shoe Store, Incor porated, of Smithfield, N. ( T carry on the shoe business ■ a!1 its branches. Authorized api j stock $25,000.00 and su’ $1,500,00 by D. E. Narron ; Narron, and B. M. Davis, Smithfield, N. C.” CITY PRESSING CLUB TO DRY CLEAN SUITS Elsewhere in this paper • found an announcement o City Dry Cleaning compan; progressive firm, ever on th for new business and better ice to its customers, is of' for Wednesday and Thurs this week to dry clean tw or two overcoats for $1.00 have also installed an up shower bath in connection their dry cleaning establ and are offering free b; Wednesday, Thursday, Frid Saturday of this week. Where there is a will th* * ard ] always lawyers wlliing to 1. d. a . way to break it. There are two kinds of in this country: political t ting. Both need watching A Tantaliz i Thera are exactly enou* ters in tha line below to the name of a person In S field, and if the right o > ciphers hit name and w: sent it to The Herald oSl will present him with a limentary ticket to the tory Theatre. Ticket mu called for before the foil issue. :< nhomsxnjota Woodrow Barnes reeof < • is name last issue. —i;

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